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Year: 1876

A good cistern cut in the stone of one of
these hills about Austin costs with the gut
tering and pipes and pump and fixtures,
5000. To clean it and refill it costs time
and money once each year. If there are
fetid vaults around it, as commonly hap
pens in this undrained town, it must be
cleansed again and again or typhoid fevers
are generated. A servant or the housewife
loses an hour each day pumping and carry
ing water. Her time and labor are worth
500 per annum and taking the chances of
sickness and doctors bills, to come of water
from foul cistern, each of these recepta


cles for water represents an investment for
each family of st least $500. The interest
on this is S3o-and even after paying this
there is no sufficient supply of water in the
cannot have, as every decent family should,
daily baths. The supply of water will not
admit Of the indulgence of such q needful
habit. But the water company gives
all this, and all the water family can con-
sumo, for eighteen dollars per annum. It
is little enough, and the best and cheapest
investment family can make. Health, de-
cency and good morals sre only compatible
with purity Of person, and AUSTIN should
congratulate itself that the Colorado, rush
ing down from mountains and plans, gives
the people the best beverage and delight
full opportunities for the practice Of the old
Roman virtue Of cleanliness. Il is not the
less painful to reflect that while the people
themselves, at this tnning cost, viii SURELY
be clean, the city smells like rotten mack-
erel BY moonlight, and fsarfully does
Year: 1876

THE government of Lerdo, if recent ad-
vices be trustworthy, is about to be over
whelmed, or rather fall to pieces. He is
betrayed on all hands, and every placeman
hies away towards the rising sun of some
new chieftain. The country is in desper-
ate condition, and If there be no speedy
change disasters as terrible as those that
have wasted Cuba must befal the hapless
republic. Our stake in the event is hardly
less than that of Mexieans, and interven-
ton may become an unavoidable necessity.
We want nothing that the Mexicans have.
Least of all would we have more provinces
for more satraps; but railway from Aus
tin to San Bias or Mazltla and uninter-
rupted commercial intercourse with coffee
and sugar growing districts of the unhap-
py country are imperatively demanded by
the commercial necessities of the United
States. We cannot dispense with both
Cuba and Mexico, because robbers and ad-
venturers and ambitious military upstairs
would plunder towns or reign unrestrained
in wretched provinces. There must be
peace and order at any cost across the Rio
Grande, or there can be none east of it.
Year: 1876

EVEN if TIlden be counted out by
knavery in Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina, it is cleary shown that the plat
form of hate and of sectional animosities
can never more be serviceable. 1t has been
condemned in each of the great States Of
the North, and Morton and Cameron are
subordinated by the voice of the Northern
people to men of moderation and wisdom
and justice. The people have administered
lesson to Radicalism that must give way
to Republicanism, and the moderate wing
of the party of Hayes, if the South act
wisely and temperately in the midst of
causes for infinite JOY, becomes most potent
within that party, and whoever may be
President, public events must derive their
coloring from the fact that extremists have
lost caste, and moderation and decency
have shaped the result of the election
Year: 1876

"THE Old Cabinet" in Scri5ncr for Novem-
Der says that "more and more il becomes
evident that the hope of the Republic is the
personal virtue of its inhabitants. Such
outside reforms reforms of mere system
as that of the Civil Service, are chiefly
valuable for their effect upon individual
character. They are Of great immediate
Importance in the conduct of public affairs
and in the publication OF politics; but they
are OF wider Importance in educating the
people toward higher standard OF honor.
II men were as good as they ought TO be,
such legal checks and regulations as It is
desired to institute would not be necessary
every one would act upon principle; no ono
would think Of bestowing an Office upon an
incompetent person, and no person who felt
himself incompetent would think OF accept
ing an office; and especially would it be i'm
possible for any one either to give or to take
a public position merely as q reward for
party services. Now, after you have sue
ceeded by q new method Of appointment in
getting good man into power, IL will be
Of no avail il this good man degenerates in
character, yields 10 temptation, and comes
at last TO administer a public Office for a
private purpose. Everything depends, il
will be seen, upon his personal continuance
in uprightness. And besides, supposing
the country to be composed Of two classes
Of citizens, those morally ft 70 hold Office,
let US say like Gen. George Washington,
aud those morally unfit, let as say like Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler; IL is manifestly in the
interest OF the country that the number OF
eligible citizens should be increased. and
the number OF ineligible citizens diminished.
Therefore, every public device like Civil
Service Reform is valuable, not only in It's
immediate effect, tut more deeply and
widely in its indirect and widely diffused
moral effects. Therefore, Il is absolutely
and practically" true and demonstrable,
that whoever cultivates in himself and In
his neighbor kcener and clearer moral
sensitiveness, Is, in fact, carrying on reform,
not only in the interest OF spiritual and
| commonwealth.
Year: 1876

We give, as reported, an extract from
Col Giddings's speech as delivered Satur-
day in Galveston. Whether correctly re-
ported or not we cannot say; but it Is not
the less true that the reported speech tells
the literal truth. This fact none can deny.
During the whole session of Congress,
while Blaine and Morton and many like
them were denounciDg the people Of the
South with bitterness unparalleled, and
when representatives of the South who bad
been Confede-ates were necessarily silent,
then, when Judge Hancock, as we all
thought, and still think, should have served
his constituents and the South most effect
lively, then he was silent. Like a lamb be-
fore his shearers, he was dumb. His con-
duct may have been emlnently Christian
like, but he lost caste in this district, and
can never recover his hold upon the conf
dence aud respect OF this people. His
election of Coke to the Senate, was not ap
proved by the people, and while none have
objected to his Unionism sn6 all defended
and approved it who have voted for him,
it surely became his duty to defend US when
we were SO brutally assailed again and
again in the Congress of the United States.
We opposed his alliance with Tom Scott
and for this reason and the other above as
signed opposed his election when he
sought seat in the Senate. Mr.. Giddings
SAID in Galveston of Judge Hancock that


''He was elected By the Democracy three
| times. lie has received every office he has
asked for except United States Senator, and
it is therefore evident he was not defeated
because he was a Union man. But in Con-
gress he was known as having been Union
man, and he was defeated, because he be-
ing Union man and having it in his power
to defend our people from the vIlest as
saults upon them in the halls of Congress,
he failed TO do so. When, by agreement,
no Confederate was allowed to open his
| lips, because 1t was known the assault was
gotten up to provoke Southern men, We
were bound to leave it to the Northern
Democrats and Southern Union Democrats
TO defend the South. But during all that
violent and calumnious assault upon our
people, Judge Hancock never opened his
mouth. [Applause.l He had il in bis power,
and believe it was his duty to defend our
people from these assaults. but he never sav
proper to do il, and during all the angry
discussion he never defended the people of
the South from the assaults which he knew
to be false"
Year: 1876

THERE are many natural affections which
our Maker to come near to us. Such are
the fraternal and sisterly affections that we
entertain for each other, irrespective of
worldly gain and of selfish aims. Such,
especially, is parental love. Through these
feelings God often comes to man and
softens his heart, and gives him strength,
at least, to battle with life. The Iites of
the church are of a character arising from
desire to worship God, and besides may be
mentioned all efforts in the performance of
good done for the love of the neighbor
from unselfsh motives; these arc among
the modes 10y which the God comes into
the heart of man.


But the essential opening in our heart
through which He comes, is the Divine
acknowledgment. The external things
which we have mentioned, the remains of
childhood, the natural affections of later
years, acts of external worship, and
the life of charity, these are all
outer means for softening our hearts,
and for cultivating within US the divine
acknowledgement, which is door through
which God will come, calming every
storm of life. They are external, but they
may be body to contain this internal as a
soul. And now, as we exercise the natural
affections, let us have them pure and dis
interested, ana enter upon the worship of
the Lord, with q spirit good and true,
humble and devoted, and in efforts at an
external charitable life, seek to be actuated
by spiritual motives and purposes. BY all
these means shall we cultivate an acknowl-
edgment which shall bring the Lord to us
through every storm in life. Thus shall our
life be filled with hope, with peace, with
comfort and with trust, and no storm shall
prevail
Year: 1876

RADIcALIsM has no right to complain of
the result or character of elections in the
savagely-ruled States. The woes Of these
are the Legitimate offspring of Radical
madness that undertook to rob and ruin and
reign by making Ssmbo's stupidity and
vices stepping stones to power. Other peo-
pie may rightfully use the same agencies 10
obtain the same ends, and if Radicalism
weep it surely is not wronged.
Year: 1876

WE read the whole testimony in the
Mckee trial and like many Others believe
him perfectly innocent of criminal purpose
President Grant will pardon Mckee excites
little ungenerous, partisan comment. We
have said that he should have been pardoned
before he went to prison. Con Mcguire is
q bad epS
Year: 1876

THE enormous cost of eyer-enduring
courts of all grades begins to attract the
attention of intelligent people everywhere
in Texas. The evil becomes intolerable
and the more courts the more litigation.
Every man with proper training would be-
come an incurable gambler and most courts
are the veriest gambling hells.
Year: 1876

OY 1t is reported that from
the present outlook it is more
than probable that the business
of fruit canning will not be as
extensively carried on in Della
ware the coming season as here
tofore. Some few establish
ments, it is stated, will not be
opened at all, while compara-
lively few peaches will be put
up. 1t is reported that heavy
stock of this fruit was brought
over from last season, and there
is no danger that the supply
will be short. Tomatoes were
also heavily packed last sea-
son. The market is not yet
cleared of this stock, and as the
prospect is that large quantities
will be canned this season, it is
anticipated that prices will be
low and the margin of profits
small. The most being done
now is in the line Of packing
berries, and even in this the op-
erations are unusually limited.
Year: 1876

New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune.


The proprietor Of q simmer


hotel near this city had a very


singular experience recently.


Among his guests were a mid


dle-aged widow and her mar


ried daughter and husband. He


was impressed with the idea


that he had somewhere. seen the


widow before, but could not tell


when or where. Finally max
| ing inquiries about her, it ap-


pears she was formerly a Miss
s., living on Ninth street in


this city, in a locality formerly
very fashionable. 1t appears
that the landlord was an old


beau of the lady's and that they


were once engaged to be mar
'ried, but she was a great flirt,
and the gentleman became Of
Tended by some action of hers
which he regarded as indiscreet.
He went to Europe, and on his
return was informed that the
young woman was dead. Un-
der this impression he forgot all
about her. Strangely enough,
the woman about this time was
married and removed to Cincin-
natl. During a subsequent Wis
it to New York she was like
wise informed that her former
lover was likewise deceased-a
circumstance quite natural, as
the papers reported the drown
ing Of q man of the same name.
He married and became a wild
over. A fortnight ago the
meeting occurred, and when he
made himself known the wo-
man could hardly believe her
own senses. Each party i'm
agined the other had risen from
the dead, but the acquaintance
thus revived has bcen a happy
one to both, and the boarders
are remarhi ing the singular fond
ness of the widow for the land
lord. The explanations which
followed only intensified the
new attachment, and it is sup
posed wedding in September
will be the result.
Year: 1876

B The Silver bill passed
by the House enacts that the
trade dollar shall hereafter be a
legal tender, and provides for
the issue cf fifty million of sub
sidary coin. The Secretary Of
the Treasury is authorized, at
his discretion, to use a part of
the sinking. fund to. purchase
silver coiE bullion for coinage.
The proposition to retire green
backs as silver coin is issued
and to increase the legal tender
limits of silver coin from five to
twenty dollars was rejected in
conference.
Year: 1876

A folly popular with the resi-
dents of the Hoosier Capital is
thus noted by the indianapolis
Journal: "Another emulation
idiot climbed tie court house flag
staff yesterday, and inscribed his
initials on the ball at the topuand
slid down in safety, TO the supre me
disgust of the Coroner's clerk, who
stood below waiting for a subject,
1t is only a question of time, and
when the victim does fall his re-
mains will be scooped into tub
with a shovel and carried off. 1t
is suggested that goose grease be
rubbed on the urt.house flag.
staff to expedite the tragedy"
Year: 1876

rs The Troy Times says
truthfully: "The matter of adj
vertising as business measure
is often misunderstood. 1t is
an undeniable rule Of the trade
that advertising pays. Of
course the same judgment and
prudence must be exercised in
advertising as in any other part
of ones business. If this is


not done, instead of paying it
may become a source Of loss.
1t is more necessary to adver-
tise now than it was fifty or a
hundred years ago. People are
more busy now than they were
then. They. have less time and
leisure to look about for what
they want. They look to the
newspapers to learn where their
wants can be supplied, and they
accept it as a settled rule that
the man who advertises the COM
he has for sale, instead
of waiting for the people to
find out the truth for themselves,
is the best man to deal with,
and the most likely to give sat
isfaction."
Year: 1876

They tell a story of judge
in Alabama who sent an officer
out a few days since to get him
a drink of whisky. The officer
returned with it, but the amount
did not satisfy the judge. The
second time he came back with
a tumbler full, and remarked
that the barkeeper said that he
"didn't know that the old fool
wanted to take a BATH"
Year: 1876

A workman in Charlottenburg,
Germany, who could not live hap
PLY with his wife, an industrious,
frugal woman, sold her to a young
man for five thalers, or about 81.
She is now living happily with


her new husband, while the first
one is drinking himself to death.
Year: 1876

A Lee merchant began to take
gas in order to have a felon cut
out, but before the inhalation was
complete he had the dentist down
on the floor and was masticating
his ear, despite a loud call for a
stay of proceedings.
Year: 1876

The United States District At.
torney in New York informs a col
ored preacher from Philadelphia
that the Civil Rights Law viii
not enable him to bring an action
for damages because the waiter
girls refused to wait on him at q
restaurant.
Year: 1876

A great many years ago, on
one of our Southwestern rivers,
there was an old skipper who had
a ferryboat which was sailing in
shoaly water and got stuck in the


mud. She was swung around in
the water, and there was no
chance to get her afoat, do what
they would. lie was a terribly
profane old fellow, and everybody
knew it through the country. Sud
denly an idea struck him. He
said to one of the deck hands:
"You 60 up to town and tell them
1 have got religion, and l want
them to come and hold a prayer.
meeting on board" The deck
hands went to town and spread
the news around, and every one
being interested in the old skip
per's conversion went to hold the
prayer meeting. The old man
was standing ready to receive
them, and as they came down he
said to every man, go aft, and
they all went aft until there was
a great weight, and the end which
was in the mud got loose, and the
ship foated off. As soon as the
ship got afoat the skipper said:
"The meeting is over. Jump
ashore"
Year: 1876




A man walked into the House
Of the Angel Gurdian at the South
End, and after a conversation
which showed o thorough knowl.
edge of the institution and It's
management, he suggested to the
steward that he had better buy a
a quantity of sugar, as the price
was rapidly advancing, saying
that be would sell at the lowest
price of that day. He sold three
barrels. He then went to the
store of Messrs. Haskell & Adams
and purchased the sugar in the
name of the institution, taking a
bill for the same, saying he would
get the bill approved and bring
the money that night or the next
morning. The bill was presented
by him to the steward and paid,
and that gentleman was surprised
a few days later to receive an un-
receipted bill for the sugar from
Haskell & Adams.
Year: 1876

Announces to prorrietors Of beer saloons and
10 the public that having completed his inn
meuse apparatus for manufacturing


LAGER BEER,


he is prepared to sell the same at lower price
than any othor homemade article. and of as
good quality any similar article produced In
he United States. fea
Year: 1876

In the long run the nation that is hon
est, the people that are Industrious. will
pass the people that are dishonest, the
people that are idle, no matter what great
ancestry they may have had; and so |
say, "Mr. Southerner," and so say, "Mr.
Northern democrat, look out, look out"
The superior man is the man who helps
his fellowmen. The superior man is the
useful man. The superior man is the
kind mantle man who lifts his down.
trodden brothers; and the greater load
of human sorrow and human want you
can get in your arms the higher you can
climb the hill of fame The superior
man is the man who loves his fellow-men.
Let me say right here that the good men,
the superior men, the grand men, are
brothers, the world over No matter
what their complexion may be. Con-
tinents may divide them; yet they en-
brace each other. Centuries may sep
arate them, and yet they are hand in
hand. and all the good, and all the grand,
and all the superior men, shoulder to
shoulder, heart to heart, are fighting the
great battle for the progress OF mankind.
pity the man, l execrate and hate the
man. who has only to brag that he is
white. Whenever | am reduced 10 that
necessity, believe shame will make me
red instead of white. l believe another
thing. If cannot hoe my row, will
not steal corn from one who does hoe his


row. If l belong to the superior race,
will be so superior that can make my
living without stealing from the inferior.
believe all the intellectual domain of the


future is open to every man. Every man
who finds fact first-that is his fact
Every man who finds thought first-that
is his thought. l believe every round in
the ladder of fame, from the one that rests
upon the ground to the last one that leans
against the summit of human ambition,


belongs to the foot that gets on it.
Year: 1876

The Proposed Tnter-Oceanic Canal
BY American Press Association to the STAR.


WASHINGTON, August 21.-A great
many inquiries have been addressed 20
the Navy Department concerning the
contemplate dInter-Oceanic Canal 10
connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
For the information of those concerned,
the following statement is authorized:


In November last the Canal Committee
having thoroughly examined the report
Of survey Of the different outlets, united
in report to the President of the United
States, recommending the Nicaraugan
as the best route for the canal.


A copy OF the report was furnished the
State Department, and from there a
copy was sent to the Governor OF Mica
rauga, accompanied by an invitation to
the President of that Republic to send
Minister to Washington, authorized to
make and sign an agreement relative to
the construction of til e canal. A draft of
such agreement was, in the judgment Of
this Government, best to secure
speedy construction OF the canal, and
protect the interests Of all concerned,
was sent along with the report. This
agreement embodied the spirit and prin-
ciples of the Clayton -BuloVar treaty,
and contemplated that the canal should
be purely international WORK,
and that all the great powers
should join in its construction and in
giving it proper projection. The Secre.
tary of the State had previously commu-
nicated freely with all the great powers
on this subject, and had invited their
cooperation, and their replies showed
that the Importance and value to the
whole commercial world, of the compile
tion of this work, was fully appreciated
by the governments Of Europe and the
West. Cordial cooperation was prom
ised. The failure Of the Nicaraugan
Government TO properly understand
the Importance of speedy action
on its part in sending their Minister to
Washington has prevented any steps
being taken tor the opening OF the work.
Without treaty on the subject between
this Government and Nicarauga, the
former Is prevented from reaping the
benefit of its enterprise in surveying the
route through that country. The Re
public of Costa Rica is anxious Tor the
construction of the canal, and will lend
all possible aid to the enterprise,