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Year: 1876

IT is too late to discuss the matter now,
but there is An intense feeling against clos
ing the Exposition on Sunday. Everywhere
the weight of opirion is against the narrow
measure. The expression of newspaper
opinion all over the country, show re-
markable degree of unanimity against the
decision of the Centennial Commissioners
to close the Exposition on Sunday
Year: 1876

Gratis have been squarely defeated il
National Convention, and have prompt
ly and maninlly wheeled into line
Perhaps they are themselves suspiciou
of the cause OF the repeated defeat
which have followed their most gal
liant struggles. Perhaps they are con
vlnced Of their own misapprchensioni
regarding the hard.moncy men Of Tho
East Anyway, as faithful Democrats
they have wheeled into line, and they
will be as loyal as New York itself tC
the declared will of the party, and to
the work OF resumption with which
Gov. Tilden will make his administra
tion illustrious. Shall we begrndgc
them their side.arms and the honors Of
war; They have already melted
into the swelling ranks of the Democ-
racy, and follow the flag.


After victory will come the harvest
ing of its fruits, will come the construc-
ton Of new and better public policy.
This will be work as great as far
reaching as that of Jefferson at the
dawn of the century, but aloro difficult
and affecting ten times as many human
beings for veal or woe.


From that, too, will you withhold
your band? Yours, respectfully,


MANToN MARBLE.
Year: 1876

A self-righteous New Hampshirite,
who estooms himself righteous above
all other men, prefers to utilize the
negro as Radical voter rather than
TO see him free and happy with bread
enough for his family. He addressed
letter found below TO "colored
brother" named Dunjee, at Richmond,
Va, in which he gives the combined
standard idea ofhypocrite, demagogue
and knave common TO New England
when dilating on the negro question.


Those men who seldom see a negro,
and who are always foremost to lecture
those who have grown up with them,
in relation to their treatment, presume
largely that they are the special depos-
itors of all that is sacred and wise, and
that all others are wicked and ignor-
ant-the old Pharisee over. But to
the correspondence
Year: 1876

so ss4- r.


CoLUMBus, February 3.-The following


letter has been received here:


ST. LOUIS, February 2.--DEAR SIR: Your


kind letter is just received, and though /
thought everybody knew my general opin-
ions on the points of your inquiry, I cannot
hesitate to answer you in such a way as to
admit of no misconstruction. never have
been, am not now and never shall be cam
didate for the high office of President be-
fore any convention or the people. ] shall
always prefer to see that office filled by one
of the millions who in the civil war stood
by the Union firmly and unequivocally, and
of those | notice many names willing and
capable. Prominent among them is that
of General Hayes, now Governor of Ohio,
whom VIC know as fine officer and gem
tleinan in every sense. do not, however,
wish to be misunderstood as presuming to
advise anybody in the choice of the man.
My wife and family are strong Catholics,
but am not. That, however, is nobody's
business. l believe in tho common schools,
and don't stop over the little matters which
seem to be exaggerated by the press. In
some quarters however, these schools are
extravagant and indulge in costly buildings
and expensive teachers, SO as TO be too
heavy a burden to the taxpayers. This
tendency ought to be checked, which may
easily be done without making it political
question. Self-interest will regulate this,
and make them free schools to all and ca
pable of imparting the rudiments of a good
English education. Yours truly,


w. T. SHERMAN
Year: 1876

Our correspondent in North Idaho says
that Lawyer is dead. This is all the knowl-
edge we have of his demise and we take it
he has died very recently. To say that
Lawyer was remarkable man, although
true in every sense of the word, falls short
of giving an idea of his real character. In
speaking of Indian chiefs we generally at
tach credit to them as warriors. Black
hawk, Red Jacket, Tecumsch and many
other chiefs have their names handed down


in history as remarkable men, but their char
acters were the very reverse of Lawyers.
Although the head chief Of the most pow
erful tribe of Indians in the north h-west he
was always for peace and on friendly terms
with the white people and the Government.
No one knows how old Lawyer was, nor
did he know himself. He has told us he
well remembered Lewis and Clark and
thought he was nearly a man grown at that
time. Lewis and Clark visited this coun-
try i'm 1906, 70 years ago, which would make
Lawyer about 80 years old at his death,
which was very probably the case. He re-


ceived the Rev. Mr.. Spalding and other mis-
sionaries who came amongst his people in
1886, with great kindness. Col. Craig and
Doctor Newell who left the American Fur
Company about that time and settled with
the Nez Perces were also kindly received.
So it has been with him toward the whites.
In all the wars with the Indians on this
coast the Nez Perce nation has been friend
ly. This fact was owing to the power and
influence Of Lawyer. Therefore we say he
was greater and more remarkable in the
| true sense of the werd than those who are
counted great in history. We never had
much affection for Indian character, but We


venture to say if there ever was one whose


true life and character is worthy of the per


of the historian it is Lawyer, the chief o.


the Nez Perces.-Idaho Statesman.
Year: 1876

Hills:


HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF


THE PLATTE,
OMAHA, January "a, 1876. }
MY DEAR GEORGE: I am real glad to
hear from you once more. | had lost all
trace of you since yon left Phoebe. l think
the Black Hills is going to be very fair
mining camp, and there is going to be
big rush to that country i'll the spring, |
have but little doubt. If you were there
you could make money. | don't think the
Government will make any more opposition
to miners going into that country. ! will
in all likelihood take a trip in that country
next summer. will be glad to take you
by the hand once more, and will tell you all
the particulars when see you. Give my
kindest regards to Curtis and rest Of
friends. Yours sincerely,


Crook
Year: 1876

1t got so at last, says the Detroit Free
Press, that his wife began to wonder what
business "the lodge I" had on hand that it
should meet four or five times per week.
He was out four nights week until eleven
O'Clock, and he came home with redness in
his eyes, and his step was unsteady as he
passed down the hall. He said "the lodge"
business was mighty hard on the muscles,
and that candidates were coming In by the
hundreds. One night he groaned out in
his sleep, and talked of &C the right bower,o
and yelled out "spades p and the wife
wondered still more. The other evening
she took position where she could see who
went up stairs into the lodge rooms. Her
husband passed by and entered place
where rows of bottles adorn the shelves,
and spice and coffee stand in saucer ON
the counter to purify the breath. When
she went in lie was one of four at ta-
BILE. Each one of the four was looking at
the pictures ON some cards held in his
hand.


$50 this is the lodge, is it?" she inquir-
ed, as she stood before him.


He was caught. and he resolved to make
a clean breast Of it. He laid his cards
r.wn, rose up and gave her his arm and
said


II won't lie to you, Mary. This is not
the lodge room-this is where we stop fora
minute to beat the blasted enemies of our
craft ont Of their surplus greenbacks
When come home tonight, Mary, III
bling that shawl you spoke Of II n


The regularity with which that man now
hangs around home every evening in the
week is astonishing.
Year: 1876

IF oak; hickory or chestnut tim>
ber be felled in August, in the
second running of the sap, and
barked, quite large tree will
season perfectly, and even the
twigs will remain sound for years !;
whereas that cut in winter and re-
manning ill next fab (as thick as
your wrist9, will be completely
sap rotten, and VIII be almost un
fit for any purpose. ! he body of
the oak split into rails will not last
more than ten or twelve years.
Chestnut will last longer, but no
comparison to that cnt in August.
Hickory cut in the eighth month
is not subj oct to be worm+eaten,
and will last a lorg time for fenc~
ing. When | began fencing in
1902, it was the practice to cut
timber for post fencing in the
winter. Winter oak posts and
black oak rails, cat at that time, |
found did not last morc than ten
or twelve years. In 1903 | began
cutting fence timber in the eighth
month Many of the oak rails
cut that year are yet sound, as
we'll as most of those formed of
chestnut. If the bark be not
taken off this month, however, it
will pee! off itself thu second or
third year and leave the sap per'
fectly sound. The tops Of the
trees are also more valuable for
fuel then than when cut in the
winter or spring. l advise young
formers to try the experiment for
themselves, ARd If post fences do
not last twice ss long, | forfeit all
my experience as worthless. - Men
York Herald.
Year: 1876

Judge Black thinks it will take some
thing more than the Belknap scandal to
float the Democrats into power. When
asked by q correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Times if he did not think the exposure
would give the Democrats the country, he
replied: No, not of itself; hardly think
so. In order to carry an election by excite
ment it is necessary to keep up the fever
heat motive power" When asked if he
did not believe there was material for keep
ing up the fever-heat, he said: swell now,
you see by what mere accident this has
come out, and how hastily they are cover
ing up the debris of the explosion already.
1t was nothing but quarrel between two
women-Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Belknap-
which brought out this thing; a quarrel
while they were in Europe, possibly having
its occasion in some deeper scandal"
Year: 1876

"SAvE NE FROM MY FRIENDs."-Such is
the cry of residents of Philadelphia when
they think of their country cousins who
have threatened them with Centennial
visit. We hear of five or six Delaware
families living there who are seriously de-
vising plans whereby they can best meet
the demands upon their hospitality with
out being swamped, or how, if they think
they can't meet it, they can succeed in
Sinking it. One Delawarean there has re-
ceived advice from the West that twelve
of his relatives from over the Blue Ridge
are coming to pay him visit. Of course
he is alarmed.


: Another we know of has quit housekeep-
ing and gone to boarding. He counted up
over twenty that had promised to call on
him, and he did not wish to interfere with
the patronage of his friends who expect to
take in boarders, so he has set his relatives
a good example. We are assured by one
gentleman that even well-to-do families
there, who are able to spend their summers
out of the city, propose to start for theiI
summer resorts earlier than usual to save
the expense of quartering so many Centen
nial relatives. With very many families
the subject is one Of sheer ability, and not
one of disinclination.
Year: 1876

RATHER ToUGH.-The Rondout Freeman
asks its gulible readers to believe this story !:
An uptown grocery man who has set %
counters in his store that have been used
for nearly century, wondered the other
day why it was he couldn't do up packages
on them as well as he could forty years ago.
"They seemed SO much higher" he said
l must be getting shorter; kinder drying
up like" He determined upon having
them cut down, SO he employed an expert
carpenter, who went to work with plane.
He planed all day, and'actually planed off
over foot from the top of the table with
out coming to the wood. Such an immense
business had been done over them that the
continual contact of sugar, salt, flour, and
other articles of the grocery trade had the
effect of covering them with cement-like
paste that raised them to such a height.
No wonder the groceryman was astonished
about it.
Year: 1876

Born the Cecil Democrat and Mlddletown
Transcript seem to be very confident that
the P. w. & B. Railroad Company will build
a railroad from Middletown to Elkton'
and do the Job in a very short time. Per
haps they have ample reasons for liking
their hopes so firmly. The object OF the
proposed enterprise is to make short cut
to Baltimore, and the inducement to make
this short cut is that our fruit may have
shorter journey to the Western markets
The distance from Middletown to Elkton
across Cecil county is only twelve miles,
whilst by rail, via Wilmington, 1t is over
forty miles. The building of railroad
across this short cut would therefore result
in saving of nearly thirty miles over the
present route. The experiment OF shipping
part of our fruit to the Western markets
last fall, has been the incentive to this
project, no doubt. As a passenger route
however, it would be of little utility
Most of the passenger travel between the
Peninsula and Baltimore is by boat.
Year: 1876

A PECULIAR LOVE MATCH.-Of the elderly
maiden who wanted to marry the fifteen
year old boy, gentleman from Panther
township says: She is well to do, owns a
thousand dollars worth of real estate, is
stout and blooming, and had hired the boy
who is fatherless, motherless, and guardian
less, to work on the farm and to attend to
the stock. She became attached to him.
and the boy came into town to get his
marriage license. Captain White told him
the law didn't give marriage licenses to
children. Next the woman came in, and
Captain White told her the law never mar.
ried old folks to children. After that the
neighbors talked so that the boy has gone
off and taken another place.-RaLeigI
~ C.) Ne,cs
Year: 1876

AN EXCEPTIONAL CoUPLE.-There is a man
living in Wilson, N. Carolina, fifty-four
years of age, who never owed cent to a
living soul in his life, and as the records
will show, was the first man for the past
thirty years to pay his taxes to the sheriff.
Thong hsa blacksmith and pillow maker by
trade, he cuts and makes his own clothing,
and when engaged at this work if there is a
call at the shop his wife goes to the anvil
and will shoe horse, brace pillow, upset am
axe, or perform any other job in the line
with as much skill as her husband.
Year: 1876

How TO GET INTo THE CENTENNIAL EX-
HIBITIoN.-All the newspapers are publish
ing this item:


The managers of the Centennial Expo
sition have agreed that the price of admis-
sion to the show shall be fifty cents, and
that that half dollar is to be paid with fifty
cent note, and nothing else. Ten five cent
pieces, two twenty-five cent notes, or five
ten cent notes will not secure your admis-
sion, any more than will a one dollar note
admit two or a two dollar note four.


One of the first objections urged against
this was that it would create corner in
so cent notes, but this is to be obviated by
the fact that there will be thirteen bran
ches of the Centennial National Bank, one
at each entrance, where your loose change
will be converted into 80 cent notes.
Persons entering will be obliged to go in
single file, the adults through one gate,
children through another. AS each one
enters their entrance is registered by a
turn-still they pass. There will be recei-
vers at the turnstill who will decide
whether the notes rendered for admission
are good or bad, and then drop them into
box. As each note goes into the box it
will register itself, and at night it is expec.
ted that the stile and note box registers
will agree; if not the receiver will be
denounced as crooked. There will also be
an entrance for those who hold complimen.
tary tickets, and employees.


The singular mode of paying for admis
sion has created considerable comment, but
the plan has been tried in other countries
at worlds fairs, and is said to have sue
ceeded admirable. There will be nC
trouble about fifty cent notes, as there will
be plenty of them. The admission paid Al
the gate will entitle person to visit all the
buildings without additional cost
Year: 1876

The boasted economy of the Democratic
House was singularly wanting on Saturday,
when the publication of 100000 copies OF
the Agricultural Report was authorized
Bad as is this extravaganza it has the worse
feature of being probably an entering wed &c
for restoring the franking privilege. II
may, however, be doubted whether either
party is ready to brave the unpopularity
that would follow such a measure.
Year: 1876

The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections agreed on Saturday to report
favorably on Mr.. Morton's proposition for a
amendment providing that
the President and Vice President shall be
elected by direct vote of the people. Several
members of the committee reserved the
right to oppose the proposition in the
Senate
Year: 1876

To cure badlyshutting windows, cover
the bottom of the sash with fresh putty,
chalk the corresponding face Of the frame.
shut down the window fast, and leave it
long enough for the putty TO harden. The
fresh putty will accommodate itself to any
inequalities, and harden into permanent
close-itting joint, any excess being pressed
out between the sash and the frame. The
chalk on the latter will prevent the putty
adhering to it, and so interfering with the
reopening of the window.
Year: 1876

The House Committee on Military Affairs
decided on Saturday to report favorably on
the bill for the equalization of the bounties
of all Union soldiers and sailors who served
for any time in the late war. 1t provides
for the making of all bounties equal to SIS
per month for the whole time of service
taking into account all local payments ot
bounties. The same bill passed both House
and Senate last year, but failed on amend
ments.
Year: 1876

Max wants to know how he may
break through the conventionality which
compels him to leave his girl at half past
ten. Give a minister 81 so and tell him to
put a stop to it--N Y. Herald.
Year: 1876

New ORLEANS, December ia large
crowd, headed by band of music, serenaded
Messrs. Nichols and Witt at the City hotel
tonight. In response to a call, General
Nichols made a short speech, IN which he
said that those who had been chosen as rep
resentatives OF the people would be found
faithful to their trust; they would act with
frmness and discretion, keeping in view their
honor and the interests Of the people. Cen
eral Nichols reaffirmed the statement made
by him before the nominating convention,
that he would be the governor of the whole
people, and not of party or race. In conclu-
sion, he said: ''ln the midst Of the grave
events now transPiring, it would be lneXpe-
dent and unwise for me TO fE end define the
exact course to be pursued THIS much
must say to you: Let every Individual eiti-
zen yield his own opinion as to the best mode
and time of reaching the final result which
we all have equally in view, to the decision
Of those who, accepting positions Of honor
and trust, rendered them by the fellow-citi
zens should justly assume the responsibilities
flowing from those positions. Peacefully,
fairly and legally elected your governor, by
over eight thousand majority Of the votes Of
both races in the State, Iannounce to youmy
determination to assert and maintain my
right to that position, and | know that You
are equally determined that shall do go. !
shall be prepared to do my whole duty, and
| shall expect the same from every citizen Of
Louisiana" These remarks were received
With great applause. Mr. Witt, candidate
for lieutenant indorsed the re-
marks of General Nichols, and spoke to the
same effect.


1t is regarded as doubtful whether the re-
urning board VIII furnish tomorrow the
original copy of tabulated statements Of the
board of the vote for Presidential electors; and
should they DO so, the question of contempt
will come up squarefy, though it is believed
that the committee will await the action Of
the house on the subject before taking any
slept toward arrestng the member Of the
board for contempt.
Year: 1876

the Republican party under Hayes would re-
gard the south as the property of conquest,
and that no assurances need be INDUCED in
that his policy toward the south would differ
materially from that Of Grant" The same
correspondent states that Mr.. Ben Hill has
received letter from prominent men in his
State to the effect that if the views imputed
TO HIM IN an interview which recently ap-
peared in the New York Herald, and now
being oopiously copied by the organs, are
genuine, that he need not expect further po-
htlcal preferment from the State of Georgia.
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIS, December 20.-Ihe commits
sioners who for the past two or three weeks
have been .recounting the vote cast last Au-
gust for the adoption or rejection of the
scheme TO separate the city from the county,
and a new charter for the city, concluded
their labOrs to-day, and will report the result
TO the circuit court in day or two Their
count of the vote cast is about one thousand
less than returned by the judges of election,
and they found many fraudulen. votes cast
and counted Deductlng these votes from
the aggregate, the scheme and charter were
carried by handsome majority. Whether
these fraudulent votes will be thrown out is
for Judge Gottschalk, of the circuit court, to
decide as the commissioners have only minis
terial powers. There were also many other
ballots cast, the legality of which viii depend
ON the decision of the court
Year: 1876

EDITORS APPEAL-We merely express the
wish Of every business man in the city when
we, through your valuable medium, ask that
the coming holidays We have more cotton
Everything of a combustible nature is as dry
as tinder, and water is scarce. A fire now
might cost the city a million or more of
money. So, under the circumstances, we
hope the authorities will insist on and rigidly
enforce that no fireworks shall be used with
in the corporate limits.
Year: 1876

The associated banks Of New York have
sent petition to congress praying the repeal
of the law taxing capital and deposits. What
do the Memphis banks say about it? 'Free
trade and sailors right" Is our motto.
Year: 1876

EDITORS APPEAL have read with great
interest Judge Black letter in your issue of
the twelfth, but would like, with all due hu-
mility, to point out where | think it is weak


feel quite satisfied that the returning board
Of Louisiana has been guilty of great frauds,
but | don't think that Judge Black makes
out his case that congress has the right to
correct these frauds. ! agree with him that
a reasonable construction of the constitution
gives congress, or It's app0lntees, the right to
count the electoral votes, after the president
of the senate has opened them, and also the
right to be satisfied that the electoral. returns
are signed by the proper State officials re-
quIred by law; but behind that | do not think
they have any right TO 90, nor do think that
the trainers of the constitution ever intended
congress to have the right to throw out the
legally certified electoral votes of State.
In case of fraud on the part of a governor or
returning board of any State, in connection
with the Presidential election, it appears to
me the only remedy Is in the State legisla-
ture or In the courts If these fail, then all
can say Is. that 1t is a weakness In the
American system, and a weakness in the sys-
TEN of States rights. Unfortunately, the
present case has been complicated by an un-
due interference Of the Federal power, but |
scarcely think this wrong can be remedied by
the additional wrong of congress interfering
in State affairs. The true remedy ap-
pears to be for congress to control
the Federal power by new and more
explicit enactments, if necessary. and
leave the States to take carr of themselves,
and ] think tins plan is more IN consonance
with the spirit Of the constitution than any
other. If Grant has exceeded his powers,
impeach him. If he has kept within the let
ter, but exceeded the spirit Of the law, which
believe to be the true state of the case, have
the laws made more explicit and rigid. Fre-