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The moderation which, accord -i
ing to tiio Associated Press dis- j
patches, lias been exhibited by the !
•white peo)de of Monroe, La., in ail
nninistakableei'isis, and the per ect
calm prevalent in a parish filled
with armed and threatening ne
groes, is a sufficient indication of
the temper of the Sontern people,
and their great t'orbearanco under
tiying circumstances. As the New
Orleans Times truthfully remarks,
the Conservative masses realize
thntWe rape rate action in every ex
igency, and a moderate cotuse,
however exasperating he the enor
mities of our opponents, is a victo
ry over passion which must, event
ually redound to the benefit of the
community and stigmatize as false
the calumnies which thousands are
hired to circulate.
The National Republican Exec
utive Committee concedes to Tiid
en fifteen States having an aggre
gated electoral vote ot 120. The
Cincinnati Commercial, Hayes or
gan, concedes an additional State-
West Virginia—making the aggre
gate. vote conceded 128. New
York, Indiana, Louisiana, Missis
sippi,,North Carolina and Florida
are not included in either of these
estimates.
The New York Times's Portland
correspondent writes that “L’iairte
is doing hard work for the Ilcpub
lican ticket.” llarl as it is it
must seem like mel'e child’s play
pared to the work of explain
ing liis railroad jobbery and that
offer to use ids influence as Sneak
er of the House for a valuable con
sideration .
Too Tium* —As the dew falls noise
lessly upon the tender herbage, hs the
present passes sileu.lv ’L" [)as ;, as
the perfume of a kindly net, rises lieav
, onward unseuu, so the hired gill slips
•out of the back way nights with a litlla
tea and sugar f >r relatives.
The mother of Lieut. Sturgis, who
■was killed in the Custer battle, has be
come insane from grief. He was her
only son.
The entire coffee crop of the world
last year was 900,000,000 pounds, of
which the United /States imported ovel
300,000,000 pounds.
An English farmer recently remarked
that lie fed his land before it was hun
gry, rested it before it, was weary, and
weeded it before it was foul. We have
seldotU, if ever seen so much agricultu
ral wisdom condensed into a single sen
tence.
—-**<££"►
Agriculture is the basis of all civiliza
tion. There we find less vice and
immortality. ’
The dairy businesses profitable
in Tennessee, Alabama and Geor
gia.
Sire, one word, said a soldier one
day to Frederick the Great, when
presenting to him a request for the
brevet of Lieutenant. If you say
two, answered the King, I will have
you hanged. Sign, resplied the sol
dier. The King stared, whistled
and signed.
Lord Brougham once defined a
lawyer thus: A learned gciiuGlKdl
who secures your estate from your
enemies, and keeps it himself.
Horses, hogs; cattle ami slice])
can be raised proitably in Tennes
see, -Alabama and Georgia.
Where there is no intelligence
there will be no progress in Agri
culture.
Hayes is reported to have prom
ised Sun—Struck Blaine a choice
of Cabinet positions in case he,
Hayes, is elected President. Hayes
need be to no trouble in dividing
out the Cabinet positions in ad-
Yance. The appointment of a Cub
jnet will novel 1 devolve upon him.
Grant, Cameron and Chandler are
not plotting for his election. They
are playing a desperate game m
prevent a fair elect ion, in order
that. Grant may seize, the executive
power as Brovisipnal Dictator.
Alfred H. Colquitt, the Democratic
nomiuee for Governor of Georgia, is a
native ot this Slate, and a graduate of
Princeton. He was a representative in
Congress fioiu 185 ft to 1855 and a
Breckinridge elector in the campaign of
J 8(10.
There is a woman in New York
Almshouse, 103 years old, who has a
heavy giay beard and is shaved oc
ntTbiiulh. :i .
Miseellnnens Advorlisiimi'iil
r —~■^ r — tfr ii —iiimiiir i w.wuvi
SQUAREGRAND
Pianos Retailed at Wholesale Prices
SOOO lor $350.
SOSO lor $275.
S7OO for S3OO.
SBOO for $350
Tim
“Mendelssohn” Nano Company
HAVE STRUCK. II V lID FAN I'ltldiS,
Only One Price for Cash, and a
LOW ONE
NO DEVIATION!
Wa give no dUcoubiH.
We pay no agouLS" commissions,
which double the prices of ail l’ianoe.
We look to the People, who want a
first-class Piano at a fair prr.til over cost
of mnuusactiire. We appoint the peo
ple our agents, and give them our Pianos
as low as any agent cun buy equally good
Pianos of any other manufacturer, giv
ing the People, in a reduced price, what,
is usually ex pended in commissions, rent,
freight, traveling aud incidental ex
penses.
The “MENDELSSOHN” PI AND
CO. cun sell you aYI octave, rosewood
base Piano, 6 feel 19 inches long, with
front round corners, carved legs. *'i pon
tine and plinth mouldings, with all im
provements, including
I’ll 11 IvonFraiiw,
Over Strung Hiu-s.
AgvSl' Treble, ami
ErcucU ftvnij.it Action
whi’Y, only accompany the best. Pianos j
of the most celebrated makers, at the!
very low price of $250, §275 or s3oo,ac |
cording to style of case, or with four j
round corners and full agraffe for $350, ;
and guarani os them in every respect
• qua! to any Piano made of similar style,
or no sale.
The “MENDELSOHN” Piano is;
manufactured from the very best ma !
teri a Is, and by the most skilled and fin-!
ished workman. The manufacture is j
conducted by one of the most experi
enced Piano manufacturers in the coun
try. This is no new enterprise, turning
out a poor and cheap piano, made from
green wood, and by utile me it mechan
ics.
Our Piano is unsurpassed by any in
the market for its rich and powerful
tones, and its adaptation to the human
voice in .sympathetic, mellow and singing
qualities. It speaks for itself. 9
Wearo willing to place it beside any
other make of Piano on its merits, oil her
in beauty of ease, or excellence of tone,
and “at half the money” of equally good
instruments.
“The best is the cheapest”—
When it costs the least money.
All Pianos fully warranted for five
yeai s.
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Unabridged Dotionaiy
10,000 Words and Meanings not in other
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Pages Quarto. Price &12.
Webster now is glorious—it leave.® 110 t
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Vasmr College.
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U work— W. 11. Prescott , the Historian.
J Relieve it to be the most perfect dictiona
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On peri or in most respects to any oilier
O known to me— George P Marsh.
r | ''be standard authority for printing in Ish
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I Excels all others in giving and delining sei
1j entific terms —Paendent Hitchcock.
eniarkable compendium of bur.ian knowl-
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S‘j ;.C T'fst practical English Dictiona
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October, 1873]
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C' l -A -* -tilth
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tfolUt and which will undoubtedly ho tho most
he live and hotly eo-titested of any pinoc the ue
morahio canvass of 1800 is now fairly opened I
The National Democratic Party will thi* year j
make a hold, vigorous, and doubtless successful' J
struggle for the maintenance and supremacy of
those principle* which aro vital to tho prosperity
of the Republic and essential to the well-being
of the people.
In addition to the Presidential election, the
people in Georgia and Florida will elect new
Slate governments. Tn Florida the campaign
promises to be unusually vigorous, and there is
a probability that for the first, time since the
war the people of that Radical-ridden State will
elect a DotnoWuic Slate government. In these
campaigns the people of tho South arc deeply
interested; and ©very intelligent citizen, who
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of the great work of redemption aud reform tLuv
is now going on.
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Sewing Machine Sales for 1874.
The table cf Sewing Machine sales for last year show that our sales amounted to 2-*ldD
Machines, being a large ioc:v.ov.,-i the proyious year. The table shows that OTR BALF&
};XCKFniiD IliUcF OF sY OLD Kit OOM PAN Y lor the peiiud named by the number ot
US V.ViMrtchiner* r neiu-iy 1111 U K TIMES those of any other company. It may he fuitlu-r
stated ilia'- the sale.-’ of 187.8, ; • .red v.dth those of 1872, show a. relatively larger Increase,
i,, v- • and ilie sales ot other makers, for instance, in 1872 we g0'd45,000 machines than any other
t v whereas, in 187 3. toe sales were i 13,2:74 machines : '*••'■• • f ’ A, ir highe.-t eouipetitui!
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