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A DEMOCRATIC PAPER,
FOB THE J
Business Fwlan, the Farmer
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A GltE Vl' SECKKT.
ALFCK CARY.
My frionrl, here's a secret
Uy which -ou may thrive :
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1 a:u fifty years old,
My wile's forty-five
A queen among beauties.
The wedding guests said,
When we went to the Church
With the priest and were wed.
Th-it" thtrty long years past ;
And I can vow
Sue was no more a beauty
To me, then, than now !
For never the scath of a
Petuland frown
lias ploughed with its furrows
fkr young roses down.
And fitiil, like a girl, when
ll.'r praises 1 speak.
My heart fairly blushes
Jt.se If through her cheik.
!! smile is now tender
For being less bright ;
And the little bit powder
That makes her hair white.
And all the soft patience
That shows through her face,
In my eyes, are only
Like grace upon grace.
For still we are iovers,
As 1 am alive,
Though I, sir, am fifty.
And she s forty-five !
And here's half the secret
I meant to unfold,
She don't knoc. my friend,
Not the least, how to scold!
Nor does she get pettish,
And sulk to a pout,
G So. since we fell iu love,
We never fell out!
And here's the full secret
That saves us from fitrife :
I kept her a sweatlieart,
0 In making her wife!
And if you but wed on
My pattern, you'll thrive,
For I. Mt am fifty,
My wife, forty-five !
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Kvku Sixck 1 SOI. Several Re
cpubliciui journals have just made
the discovery that California is not
ati'l never has been Democratic
since 1801. We are rather glad
to h?ar this, remarks the San Joa
quin Ilt'jinhliean. We had formed
an impression, from reading the
Radical papers of the past few
weeks, that the State was Demo
cratic and that the Republicans
Were spending a great deal ' of
money in an effort to make it some
thing else. Rut it seems we were
mistaken. It's pleasant to know
that the defeat of Haight was not
a Republican victory. We were
apprehensive that the Democrats
might regard it as such. The
State having been Republican
jsjuce 1SC1, there is no Republican
victory and consequently no Dent--octal
ic defeat. We shall try and
extract a few drops of consolation
from this bit of information. The
Slate lias been Republican all
:along jind all this noise and con
fu sum has been merely an effort on
the part of a few Democrats to
frighten the Republicans! It
wasn't much of a scare, though,
and only cost our subsidy friends
.about half a million dollars, but
they stole the money from the peo
J'l'1 and will soon 'steal back all
ihcy have paid out. And so the
Mate has been Republican since
lbol. Well, we are really pleased
to hear it.
more arc 5,000 newspapers in
tne I nited States, or one to every
;l: inhabitants; 1,200 in Great
n:an, and 1,640 iji France, or
one to every 23,000; 700 in Prus
fiia, or one to every 26,000; 50G in
Ataly, one to every 44,000; 3G5 in
Austria, 0r one t' every 105,000;
'v'i'';' in tzerland, or one to every
' -; ' in Belgum, or one to
y i5;oo0; 225 in Holland, or
To CVC1T 1,000; 200 in Russia,
s' 'v'c u every 530,000; 200 in
or onG to every 75,000; 150
; -onvay and Sweden, or one to
-vvry 2(' imVV f.,,.1 inn :.. rp..i. ...
. .. ' "" J ' 111 J.U1KCV
-o eve.
y 200,000.
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Interesting Conundrums.
Now that the Radical r.m,a
becoming so horrific ,Z-.
In Tor Vnrt -- ij . . manner m which it was ob
m iNew.lork, we would call th r .. xrr 1 t. .
attention to the following 1 7u
able instances of financial success
.i.io.. v.T. '"",41 success,
displayed by different memW nf
tli it v.ortTT w
that party ot great moral ideas,
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Baptist, after visiting President
Grant's farm, a few miles from St
witli the superintendence of rror-
ert7 vaIuedat not less than $300-
000. The farm includes
with re-
OKl n XMflie Says:
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"President Grant went into the
army not worth a cent, and has
hved quite freely ever since. His
horses, equipages, etc., are the
W,VU1VJ1 maniii lui uwen nuons noi
only at Washington, but at Long
branch, and wherever else he takes
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u,, temjjorary auoue. it is,
5 4ut consoiaiory 10 nna
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iiidL out or 111s not excessive sal-
ary, hi st as General and now as
President, he is able to keep 8300,-
uuo ot blooded stock and such like
piopeny lute on a xuissoun tarm.
These boss politicians.
whether called Supervisors or Presi-
dents, contrive to live at the high-
est point of luxury, and on moder-
aie salaries, ana yet to roll up
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riches.
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I hen there is the btate 1 reasur-
er of South Carolina, Mr. Parker,
lie ret uses to allow his books to be
examined. The Charleston Jfews
says of him:
lhree years ago he was little
betterthana beggar. When elect-
eu State lreasurer he was in the
depth ot destitution. JNow he
drives fast horses in old-mounted
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harness, buys fifteen thousand dol-
lar diamond pins, and has the rep-
utation of being worth a cool quar
ter of a million. All this in three
years upon an annual salary of
twenty-five hundred dollars."
1 here are plenty carpet-baggers
tin uirougu iue i-ouui just iikc uie
State Treasurer of South Carolina,
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They abound in nearly every State,
Another bit ot romance is re-
lated by the JNew iork Sun:
"A follower 01 Wesley and a
preacher of righteousness came to
the Senate from a VV estern State,
pious and poor. Serving first in
the north wing of the Capitol, then
in the Department of the Interior,
and then again at the Capitol, he
waxed rich, and dwelt in his own
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lavisniy garnisueu urown-stone
mansion, ana Kept a carriage wTiucn
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the Archbishop of Canterbury
would have envied."
Not long since Mr. Speaker
lilaine, M. C., from Maine, deliv
ered a speech at Saratoga, N". Y.',
iu which he was particularly severe
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on boss j.weea k o.. giving as
ponrdnsive r.roof of their dishon-
estv that thev had crown rich in
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the past ten years. Let us see now
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how this hue ot argument convicts
Blaine of peculation. A citizen of
Maine having asked the Agusta
Standard to examine the tax list
of 1SG1, and compare the taxes
paid by Mr. Blaine in that year
with the amount he paid in 1871
as stated in the tax list recently
published in the Augusta papers,
the blandard, after complying with
the request, makes this statement:
In obedience to the polite re
quest of our correspondent, we will
say that an examination of the
books of the Assessor of the city
for the year 18G1 reveal the fact
that Mr. Blaine's total valuation
for that year was $1,750, on which
he paid a tax, including poll tax,
of $25 98. His valuation this
year is 37,000, and tax $813 30.
This $37,000, however, does not
include a large coal and land prop
erty in the States of Pennsylvania
and Virginia, nor a valuable inter
est in a Lake Superior copper-mine,
nor his princely residence in Wash
ington, valued at $40,000 or $50,
000, or any other property. It on
ly represents the assessed value of
his property in this city, which
probably is not a tenth and per
haps not a twentieth of his total
wealth. It will be seen that his
valuation has increased twenty-fold
in the last ten years, and that the
tax which he pays on property in
this city this year is nearly one
half the whole valuation of his
property then. During all this
time Mr. Blaine has been actively
engaged in politics, has been chair
man "of the Republican State Com
mittee, and has been continually
in office. In 1861-'G2 he held the
office of Representative in the
State Legislature at a salary of
$150, and lor the last eight years
he has been a member of Congress
with $5,000 per year. At least
$40,000 of his reputed half million
of wealth was received from these
sources, from which, of course,
must be deducted his expense of
living, tfce.
Our correspondent, we fear, can
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.. wjs was received parties just now.
t , ' a native ot the inn-on color.
1 resident, who is intrusted bv him a mm,!
cent purchases, 869 acres, mostly hand these latter regard the former
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wmi muu iiuieinng 10 tnis as mongrels, and according as
statement of the Central Bantist. th
never learn how Mr. Blaine's great
ea"F ,was 60 suaae? acquired.
wealth was bo suddenly acquired.
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poor man and that to-day he is a
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millionaire, roiling 111 miurj.
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Thn in s. n!;
are having a singular division of
Thev are divid-
The brown mulat-
.! sr rTTiY a o
nutting lr.r. 4Vr
adulterated blacks whom thev re-
I o-ard as inferior. On th otT.pr
unfit, fnr thp?r assnotinn A MoMr
man of some standing bv the name
of Delany writing from that State,
8avs: "the colored DeoDle clinr
to the
whitfi li nnrt and hrnvvn nmn ov nn
And to such an extent is this car-
rjed, I am told, that bid societies
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have been revived and revised, and
absolute provisions made against
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the admission amono- tlim nf a
pure-blooded black. Fire, military
companies, and even churches and
graveyards, it is said, are perma-
nentlv established on this basis.
In one church at least no blacks
are to be seen, and in another there
is a division line between the
blacks and browns by different
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seats.
Tim statements here made, savs
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the World, ridiculous as they are.
will call to mind how, when the
colored population of Hayti had
accomplished independence, the
same question of black versus
brown arose, and became the oc-
casion of no few bloody struarsles.
until finally the blacks virtually
segregated themselves on the west
ern end of the island, or Ilavti wro
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per. and the yellow fellows betook
themselves to the east, or Santo
Domingo. Possibly the same gen
eral issue is the secret of the re-
ported hostillity between the two
colored West Point cadets. Smith,
the elder, is a yellow indivdual.
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while the new-comgr, who has been
committed to his care, is a nure-
blooded black; and that the brown
nesrro "oppresses the black pre
sumably by beating him on the
sconce with a dipper as he oppress-
ed his white criticisers is now the
current statement. It would be a
singular circumstance if, iust as
the question of color has bored
every white man in the United
States into desperation Cuff should
take it up and quarrel lntermina-
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biy about it in turn.
Touching Incident.
In the city lived a poor family
the father of which is a Catholic
Hiile the mother is a Protsstant.
Recently their daughter, a beauti-
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iui cinia 01 uve years, suaueuiv
sickened and died. During? its
sickness it was attended by a phy- j
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feician who was accompanied on
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every visit ty his daughter, a gin
of fifteen years, who evinced the
greatest solicitude for the little
sufferer. When death came with
its cold icy grasp, the young lady
was there, and with tender hands
closed the innocent eyes and ar-
ranged the form of the babe who
had been called home. The funeral
took place the next day, and owing
to the conflict ot religious opinions
between the parents, neither priest
nor minister was called in. The
young lady went to the house of
mourning and, in company with
the grief stricken parents, followed
the remains to the cemetery. Ar
riving there, the little body was
placed by the side of its narrow
resting place to allow of a last
look at the sweet face which ail
loved so well. With a low wail
the poor mother threw herself
down by it, and with passionate
kisses sought, as it were, to recall
life to the cold motionless clay.
Everyone was visibly affected by
this outburst, and when she called
upon this young lady to offer a
prayer for her poor darling, all
reverentially uncovered and knelt
to the ground. The young lady
without a moment's hesitation,
knelt and commenced praying.
At first her voice was visibly af
fected by emotion, but as she pro-
eppdod she seemed to fonret self
and surroundings, and poured forth
such a fervent and touching appeal
to the Throne of Grace that there
was not, when she ceased, a dry
eye or an unmoved heart in the
assembly. When she had finished,
the body was carefully lowered in
to the grave, above which now
grows some beautiful flowers, me
mentoes of the love of the fair
young lady, Memphis Avalanche.
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Squabbles, an old bachelor,
shows hi stockings, which ho had
just darned, to a maiden lady, who
contemptuously remarks "pretty
good for a man darner." Where
upon Squabbles rejoins, "good for
a woman, darn her."
The Missing Million.
From the "VV"ashiDgon Patriot.
The following letter from a de-
tective officer employed to "work
up" the case of the steamship
Golden Rule, which carried the
"lron box" referred to in the let-
ter of the Comptroller of the
Treasury, with over a million dol-
lars of notes and $102,000 in 7.30's,
throws new light on the subject,
The Comptroller "presumed" they
were "compound-interest notes,"
but Mr. Wiegel states emphatically
that they were "legal-tenders, and
nothing else." Between the "pre-
sumption" on one f ide, and the
positive contradiction on the other,
the public is left to draw its own
conclusion, without any aid what-
ever irom official sources. 'Ihe
books of the Treasury furnish no
information on the subject. A
million of dollars was issued, sent
out for circulation, and yet there
is not a record to show the denom-
inations or numbers of the notes,
or any means of tracing them,
How many more millions were is-
sued in the same reckless manner
no human being can tell.
This is the way in which the
public credit is protected here,
Untold millions, representing a
debt for which the people are enor-
mously taxed, and transferable like
bank notes, are sent forth from the
Treasury, without a particle of ev-
idence on the books by which they
may be verified in case of dispute
or forgery. This fact, which is
admitted officially, may well excite
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marm m Luc puunu mniu, m regara
to the integrity of coupon bonds,
legal-tenders, and other forms of
notes which require no endorse-
ment:
Baltimore, Aug. 2G. The
statemcnt of Mr. Taylor, of the
United States Treasury, or of any
one else, that the iron safe of the
Golden Rule was ever delivered in
W ashington to the Ireasury De-
partment, is a lie.
David W. Gray, lisq., of the
then firm of D. W. Gray & Co.,
of this city, now a member of the
old firm of Fitzgerald, Booth &
Co., is a living witness of the false-
nessof that statement.
The schooner on which that safe
was shipped for delivery to the
United States Treasury officers was
consigned to the firm of 1). W.
CjU'ay & Co., and ' the sate was
thrown overboard in a storm by the official in the land, who has ped
crew of the schooner, it being a died the public patronage for per-
part 01 the deck-load. Ihis same
firm had the collection of salvage your trust. You may get a re
011 the 8100,000 in seven-thirties nomination at the hands of the
which were recovered by the place holders, who are your pup
wreckers, and who had consigned pets, but you have forfeited the re-
the safe to them. Owing to some
alleged informality, there was
much trouble about the collection
of the money from the Govern-
ment, and I am not sure that it has
ever been paid.
In reference to the $1,000,000
being compound-interest notes, with equal severity to the candi
that is also a myth. When I went dates of both parties. If any man
to the Issuing Bureau, with a note has enriched himself at the public
from Assistant Secretary Richard-
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son, directing that 1 should have
access to books, papers, &cv, they
could tell me nothing about the
notes, excepting that they were
numbered in a certain series; and
that was all. Tlcey icere not com
pound-interest notes. They icere
legal-tenders, and nothing else.
Judge Richardson and Mr. Ban-
field were very anxious to search
the case through, and I was even
sent out to Chicago in July, 1869,
to get a personal interview with
Mr. S. M. lelker. He knows as
much about the case, and more
than either Mr. Taylor, Murray,
myself, or any of those who work
ed on the case.
I have the letter of instructions
now iu my possession from Mr.
Redington, the chief clerk of the
Secret Seryice Division, in refer
ence to my trip to Chicago, as well
as a letter from the confidential
clerk of S. M. Felker, in Chicago,
making an appointment with me
at Felker's house on Sunday, July
10, 1869, where I saw him and
compared notes, and got valuable
aid and information.
That $1,000,000 went into the
hands of scoundrels, and some of
the officers of the Treasury re
ceived their precentage.
War, II, Wiegel.
Every young man must be ex
posed to temptation : he cannot
learn the ways of men without be
ing witness to their vices. If you
attempt to preserve him from
danger by keeping him out of
the way of it, you render him
quite unfit for any style of life in
which he may be placed. The
great point is not to turn him out
too soon, and to give him a pilot at
first.
A set of paper ear-wheels on
one of the Pullman 'cars running
to Jersey City, have run over 1G0,
000 miles of track, and worn out
entirely one set of steel tires,
which have been replaced. The
ordinary wheels will only run 00,
000 miles
COURTESY OF BANCROFT
Political Dishonesty.
f From the Chicago Democrat.
It would not be in common witti
principles of honesty to charge
that public corruption is confined
to eithtr party. There are un-
doubtedly thieves on both sides,
No doubt many are disguised by
the cloak of Democracy, however
they are thieves, no matter where,
when or in what political party
they are found. There are just
two questions which seem to sug-
gest themselves in relation to th?s
matter. The first is. How came
things to such a pass ? The next
is. How shall the thieves be
strangled and purity restored to
public offices ? Things came to
such a pass because the Radical
party consented to cloak with "loy-
alty" every crime hi the decalogue,
When the notorious thief, Ren.
Butler, came north from New Or-
leans, laden with stolen plunder
and reeking iu the stench of his
crimes, the Radicals of Massachus-
etts welcomed him warmly and
sent him to Congress as o'ue of
their representatives. Ilewasloy-
al, and his loyalty covered a
multitude of sins. He was licensed
to steal because the hand which he
thrust into the till was gloved with
loyalty, lie was privileged to
plunder because he wrapped his
spoils in the American flag, and
fastened his ample pockets with
soldier's buttons. He gets to-day
the unqualified endorsement of
such men as Theodore Tilton mnn
educated to the Christian ministry.
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who profess to represent the ad- j
vanced moral sentiment of the
country.
It is because such men as he
and such other men as Whittn-
more and Bowen, of South Caro-
lina, Warmouth, of Louisiana,
Davis, of Texas, and Ames, of no-
wdiere, are permitted to escape the
punishment of their unnumbered
crimes and to exercise a quieting
influence on public affairs by reason
of their loyalty, that things have
come to such a pass,
But if the next -ear shall bring
no change for the better how then
shall we avert calamities which
will surely befall us ? Nothing is
left us but to take the control of
affairs cut of the hands of demo-
gogues and forcing the responsi-
bility of self-government upon hon-
est citizens. Say to the highest
sonal gilts, you have betrayed
spect of the people, and the days
of your official life are numbered.
Say to the Congressmen who
leave their homes poor and come
back from Washington rolling in
wealth, your services henceforth are
not reduired. Apply the same rule
expense, repudiate him and scorn
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the touch ot his stolen dollars.
We must apply the knife to all
this corruption, no matter if it
should sink deep into men ot our
own party ; the flesh may quiver
and the nerves recoil,but spare not.
It can touch no vital part of the
Democracy. The party will be
stronger for the operation. As to
the Radicals the instrument that
severs this corruption must reach
the heart before it measures the
depth of the disease.
The ''Golden Rule."
Grant and his Administration
do not practice the Golden Rule
"to any great extent" but it seems
from the disclosures of Wood, that
they have had something to do
with it.
The "Golden Rule" was a ves
sel bound from New York to New
Orleans and contained over a
million dollars, money which be
longed to the government.
The vessel was wrecked on the
coast of Florida, losing no lives
but losing all the treasure. Wood
was once a detective for the gov
ernment and an ardent Grant man
and he now comes out in a dis
closure which implicates some of
Grant's warmest friends in the
wrecking of the vessel. The
theory advanced by Wood is, that
the vessel was wrecked on pur
pose ; that the officers connived
with the scheme ; that the person
in charge of the safe containing
the money was appointed at the
instance of Grant, that the money
was stolen by Grant's friend and
divided among a certain "Ring" of
Grant's officials and a large amount
of it was used in carrying elec
tions for the Radicals,
This is an application of the
"Golden Rule" to which most of
theologians are strangers but we
must remember that we live in a
progressive age and among theo
logical politicians of very progress
ive ideas. Ottumxca Democrat.
None but fools believe in dreams.
LIBRARY,
Female Suffrage-
From the Ottumwa Democrat.
The Radicals in four counties in
this State, have nominated women
as candidates for County Superin
tendents.
-N o Democratic convention has
nominated women or seriously
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tnougnt 01 sucn a thing.
The friends of female suffrage
are found in. the Republican ranks
and it is evidently their intention
to familiarize the minds of the
rank and file to women suffrage by
nrst inducing them to vote tor fe
male School Superintendents.
It seems scarcely necessary,, to
enter into a serious argument
against this last absurdity of the
crack-brained school of politicians,
but here is one idea which sug
gests itself in connection with this
School Superintendent business and
sensible men should consider. Wo
men cannot vote according to our
present Constitution. They are
placed in the same position with
minors. Now if women cannot
vote and yet can hold the office of
County School Superintendent,
what is there in the laws or Con
stitution to prevent a minor from
holding the same office ?
The truth is, this whole female
suffrage and female office-holding
idea is not only one of the great
est humbugs of the age but it is
pernicious, demoralizing and un
natural in all its tendencies. .
To carry out the female suffrage
whim would be to convert the
world into one vast boarding house
homes and home circles would
be abolished, for how would female
politicians, lecturers, congress-?eo-meri,
preachers, lawyers and doc
tors find time to devote to such
base and unwomanly occupations
as ordinary household duties en
tail, nursing babies and the like ?
To carry out the system harmo
niously, would be to board out in
great colonies; , children ; would be
sent to Foundling Hospitals to be
raised by hand and Mrs. U ood
hull's ideas would only be reached
when women choose each vear
-ml
who shall be the fathers of their
children. .. .
Such old fogies as St. Paul, who
advised that women should keep
silent in the churches, would be
ostracised and kicked out of Pan-
tarehy of which Stephen Pearl
Andrews would be prophet.
; Bibles would be thrown aside to
give place to Tennio Claflin's
speeches in bad German.
Ancient females in breeches,
swinging blue cotton umbrellas
would gad around the country
ready to mount a dry goods box
and make a political speech on the
slighest provocation !
Long-haired disciples of the in
famous creed would sing their
senseless rhapsodies over the de
delightful state of affairs through
noses of villainous tone, made
pinched and unnatural by Sodomic
lusts and indulgences.
Instead ot the glorious shape of
woman dressed in modest style
gliding unobtrusively through the
streets the eye would rest on pant
alooned Amazons, gathered in
groups around the corners dis
cussing politics or the latest police
sensation !
But the heart sickens in contem
plating such a future 1
It is such a future however as
will legitimately come in the train
of female office-holding or female
suffrage !
To suppress all such tendencies
is not only the work of good men
but every good woman should do
her part in crushing with her scorn
and contempt such folly, such
wickedness !
A Ku Klux Outrage. One of
the most brutal outrages of mod
ern times was perpetrated last Fri
day in the vicinity of Moss Sta
tion, on the person of a little girl
about twelve years old, the daugh
ter of a Mr. Bennett. After ac
complishing his hellish purpose,
the negro, not being satisfied with
the extent of his atrocity, took his
knife, cut a hole in the abdomen of
the unfortunate girl and outraged
her again. He then cut out her
tongue, cut off her ears, and with a
club beat her over the head, broke
her jaw, and threw her into a pond
where she was drowned. The
news of the crime was soon made
known, and the entire community
turned out and searched the woods
until they found the diabolical
wretch. He was then taken in
charge by an officer, who started
with him to jail at Clinton, Ken
tucky ; he had not proceeded very
far, however, before he was over
taken by a crowd of citizens and
killed on the spot. But shooting
was too easy a death for the
wretch his crime ought to have
been punished with death at the
stake. Union City Courier.
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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
has purchased a house and gone to
live permanently in Hartford, Connecticut.
Gold and Silver Product of the Pa
cific Coast.
The gold and silver annually
produced upon the Pacific coast
approximates $80,000,000 an
amount that will be greatly in
creased within the next two or
three years. Only a little morb
than twenty years have elapsed
since we began mining for these
metals, during which time we have
extracted and put into circulation
something over $1, 200,000,000;
to say nothing of the' other 'orms
of-wealth created by our compara
tively limited population mean
time. Never before, perhaps, have
so small a number of people built5
up and established upon perma
nent footing such a broad and
profitable business in so short a
period. But this has not been ac
complished without much lass to
individuals, and even the most
costly sacrifices on the part of
arge classes ot the community,
As in the founding of every other
important industry, time and tho
expenditure of vast sums of money o
lave been required to bring mining
to its present state of perfection,
nearly all the experiments and
trials made in the furtherance of
this business have been carried on
under conditions involving great
lardship and heavy expense.
Hence, while it has brought
ample reward, and even opulence,
to some, it has inured only in loss
to the many,who have, consequent-
y, felt sore over their want ot suc-
cesss eeking often to attribute, and
sometimes with good cause, their
ailure to the fault of others. Thus,
the prospector and locator of mines
s prone to censure the capitalist,
and vice versa, each conceiving
that the other had been overreach-
ing.
remiss, or otherwise instru-
mental in working him a wrong.
The indiscriminate indulgence of
this feeling, though natural enough1,
is apt to do both parties injustice,
since,o verlooking exceptional cases,
a survey of the field of operations',
so remote and vast, and a consid
eration of the troubles inherent to a
hew fancied wrongs were general
ly the result of excusable ignor-0
ance or unavoidable necessity,
rather than of willful error. And,
as such, they should be overlooked
in passing judgment upon the pio
neers in this great industry.
Overland Monthly.
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How do you Like It ?
We here present the picture of aP
farmer, who is going to church
dressccl in his Sunday clothes, and
votes the ticket which is very pop
ular with the thieves and plunder
ers", headed "Republican :"
TAX OX MAN WHEN IN HIS CLOTHES.
Hat Silk plush, 50 per cent ;
ribbon, 50 per cent ; alpaca lining
for brim, 50 cents a pound and 32
per cent, for leather inside ; mus
lin lining, 7 cents a square yard;
glue, 20 per cent. ,
Coat Cloth, 55 cents a pound
and 35 per cent, ad valorem ; but
tons, if worsted, 20 cents a pound
and 35 per cent, ad valorem i
M. J
worsted braids, 50 cents a pound
and 35 per cent, ad valorem ; vel
vet tor collar, 60 per cent. ; red
worsted padding 50 cents a pound
and 35 per cent, ad valorem ;
hemp padding, 40 per cent.
1 ants Cassimer, 50 cents a
pound and 35 per cent, ad valorem-,
cotton used therein, 5 cents a
square yard ; hemp cloth for facing
40 per cent. ;-metal buttons, 30
per cent.
V est silk or satin, 60 per cent ;
linen lining, 35 per cent ; silk but
tons 60 per cent.
Braces 25 per cent.
Undershirt If silk, 60 per
cent ; if worsted, 50 cents a pound,
and 35 per cent, ad valorem ; if
cotton, 35 per cent.
Drawers The same.
Shirt Cotton, 5 cents a square
yard ; linen for the front, 35 per
cent.
Buttons 35 per cent.
Boots Raw hides 10 per cent;
tanned leather, calfskin, 30 per
cent ; if patent leather, 35 per
cent ; soles 35 per cent.
Neck-handkerchief If silk, CO
per cent ; it linen, 35 per cent ; if.
cotton, 35 per cent.
Gloves Kid gloves, 50 per
cent.
Pocket knife, 35 per cent.
Watch. 25 per cent.
Silk watch-chain, CO per cent.'
Newspapers. The Pacific Ad-,
vertiser gives the total number of
newspapers on the Pacific Coast at
304; of these 215 are weekly, 56
daily, 10 semi-weekly, 6 tri-wetfklyy
11 monthly, 3 bi-monthly, 2 quar
terly and 1 annual. The entire
population of the district included
in this count is 835,000 inhabi
tants giving one newspaper and
periodical to each 2,746 of popula-.
tion. If the general diffusion of
information is taken as the stand
ard of popular intelligence, these,
figures indicates that the people of
this coast are far ahead of any
other portion of the United States;
and of course ahead of the world;
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