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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09
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A WORD oEdNEwsrArERssgMc clip the following article from an. Exchange. It is true, and we commend it to every man who has any interest where lie re- sides.
 Nothing is more common than to hear people talk of what they pay news papers for advertising, etc, as so much given in charity:
 Newspapers. by enhancing thevalue of property in their neighborhoods and giving the localities in which they arc situated reputation abroad, benefit all such. particularly if they are merchants pr real estate owners, thrice the a,niaay If 4early.. of the meagrc sumSfhey pass fo, their support. Bcsides, }vcry public spirited citizen has laud&ble pride in having paper which he isnot asham ed of, even though he should pick it up in New York or Washington. A good looking, thriving sheet, helps to sell property. gives characterize the locali- ty, and in all respects is a desirable public convenience. Iffrom any cause the matter in the local and editorial columns should not be quite up to your standard, do not cast it aside and pro- nounce it no account, until you are sat isiicd that there has been no more labor bestowed upon it than is paid for. Ii yon want good readable sheet it must be supported. And it must not be SUD- ported in spirit of charity either, but because you feel a necessity to support it. The local press is the power that moves the people,"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09

If Minnesota had been included, the yield of nine northwestern States would exceed the half of the whole product of the United States for 1866. The wheat crop in England and France has declined in product, gradually, for the past three years.
 HAY.-The reported yield of hay in 1866 is as follows:
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09
Agricultural Statistics.

1 The report of the Commissioners of Agriculture, for the month of Decem- i Der, is replete with valuable statistical
 Information on the industrial and ae-ri- cultural interests of the cotsntss. Much greater care is given to the ana .9tzatiou of the returns of its corres- tAendents, hence it's accuracy can be re- ned up8S ION muck better than here to'ore. since the task has been imposed upon tlc able statistieian, & R, Dodge. Esq, the head of that division of the department. Below will be found synopsis of the leading subjects of this report, so fur as thy are esteemed of Interest to Western readers. There are some tables, however, introduced, which are not given ill the report. but which are eneccssaryf for the reader in the connection with which they may be found After the usual introduction of the Commissioner hercport opens with the
 +-.s..--,-=~tsl} NisaElnSs q ' 9siiE CROPS.
 CoRN.-1'hc corn crop in 1865, cxclu-
 sive of the eleven southern and Pacific
 States, was estimated at 70i000,00O
 bushels: for 1866 the yield is estima- ted at 679,000,000 bushels. being d de- cline of 25,000000 bushels and the de-
 ficiency in quality is equivalent to
 15,000,000 more: making difference of 100000 bushels less than in 1865. The yield in the eleven States excepted
 is estimated at lS5,000000 bushels, be-
 ing S9,000,000 bushels less than were reported by the United States census
 for 1859. The whole crop of last year
 in the United States is assumed to be from S64,Sl9,753 to SS0,O00000 bushels.
 In seven of of the Northwestern States
 the yield for 1866 is as follows:
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09

Through some want of reliable data, Minnesota is not included. AS it is, the seven States n,med have produced nearly one-half of the corn yield of the United States in 1860.
 . WHEAT.-The wheat crop for 1860 is set down at l53,0l5, ,067; and 1865, at LIS, ,0Oo,000 bushels--being an increase ot 5,000,000 bushels. Tn the following States the yield is reported to be, in
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09
Some n sDAe tangles~4 isst touch and tendesN

And count the years ere you shalSs Bright silver threads among the dark--ss Smiling the while to hear me say, .sToull think of this again some day
 Some day p l do not scorn the power of time, Nor count on years of fadelcss prime; But no white glcams will ever shine Among those heavy locks of mines Ay, laugh as gaily as you may, Tousnshink of this again some day--
 Some day. Some hsy l shall not feel as now. Your scf hands move about my brow shall not slight your light commands: And draw your tresses through my hands shall be silent and obey. q And you--you will laugh that day.
 Some day. 4-w know how long your loving hands Will hnger with these glossy bands, When you shall weave my latest crown 0f tLeir thick masses, long and brown; But you will sec no touch of gray Adosn their shining length that day
 Some day, And while your tears are falling hot rpon the lips which answer not ioull take from these one treasured trcss. And leave the rest to silentncss- Remember that used to say, You'll think of this again some day
 Some day"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09


 MEN ONE WOULD RATHER Nor MEET. Men who tell stories that run into one another, so that you find it difficult to get away at the end of any one of them.
 Men who have quarreled with all of their relations.
 Men who have been betrayed and abandoned in the most heartlcss man ner, by their friends.
 Men who have been pcrsecuted and swindled by general conspiracy of cv- crybody. !
 Men who are fond of initiating popu- lar actors.
 Men who always ask, "Don't you think so p
 Men who arc always putting a case"
 Men who agree with you too much. Men who ''feel inclined to join issue with you there."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09
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The total yield in the United States is estimated at 3SS, lS6. .263 lbs. for 1866.
 CoTToS.-Thc total yield in the Uni- ted States for 1866, from the actual foot ing up of careful estimates, after close scrutiny and cautious examination. iS l.150.Q90 bales of 400 lbs. each--bcing lS7 ,50o bales of 400 lbs. each, more than the cotton planters and commission merchants estimated it 10 be, and 250,- 000 less than other estimates. The es- inmates are distributed as follows:
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09

sey-What Is the first thing young lady looks for in church. The RIMS.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09

00
 50 %
 70 % 75 %
 ,o o0l 55 Ool 90 % le year will be restricted ,gll.anate business. frt scnal communications charged double. gal advertisements will be charged. for one square or less, first insertion S1, and 75 cents per square for each additional insertion. Advertisements not ordered for a specified time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
 All advertising due after second insertion.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-09
Gossip With Contributors.

{ No notis will be tuk-from this date hereaftcrwards-of letters that hafn t got 2 postage stamp onto them.
 Don't write only on one side of the manuscript, and don't write much onto that.
 Don't endmanuscript unless you can read it yourself after it gets dry.
 we pay, all the way up hill, from ten cents to one dollar, for contribushuns, according tew heft.
 Awl settlements made promptly at the end of the next ensuing year. Poetry and prose pieces respectfully solicited.
 The highest market price paid for awful railroad smashes, and elopements with another mans wife.
 Positively no swearin' allowed in our paper. IsAAc-Yurc article on frogs iz re- ceived. It made me laff like lightning Yurc idee that frogs might be in- creased by propagation, iz bully.
 1ure idee that frogs was diskovercd by Christopher Columbus, in l492, had slipped my memory,
 Yure say frogs grow more bob-tailed as tha grow older This iz tu cussed good to be lost. NoAH.-We hunbly decline your cs- sa on the flood. Yure remarks might possibly lead one more man to think as you do, and we don't want our collums to be held responsibel fur the increasin number of phools. The world has already got more phools than there is any need of
 There ain't no doubt in mi mind that the flood was a perfect success and I've thought that another just such an one would -pay well now in sum seckshuns
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The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
P EO PL f. s LIN r
Brownsville daily at 7 A. NJ, for Pittsburgh,
and leave that citv at p. NJ, daily,

STEAMER "ELECToR," RoDnRr Pull
LIfs, Commander r. G. TAYLOR, Clerk ;
leaves Greensboro. for Pittsburgh Mondays,
"Wednesday and Friday, and return on Tues
day, Thursdsy and Saturday, leaving Pitts
burgh at2p.M. May 10, '66.-Gm.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
LIVERY STABLE.

here Il connected with the Hamilton House
Q Mvery Stable with good horses, carriages
and 'bu9gcs for the accommodation Of the pub
lIG Huscs boarded, and well attended to, at
uodent6 rates. VNHH u ID. q. SrERRY.
W aug Il 'sS..iS F'@s' ''fa'
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
SIlerin''s Sale.

DY virtue Of writ of Venditloni Exponas
D issued out of the Court of Common Pleas
Of Greene comfy, and to me directed, there
will be exposed to public sale on the premises
in Cumberland townshi, on SATURDAY, I'd
day Of March next, Mt 10 o'clock, q. m., the
followlngproperto Wis:
All the right, title, Interest and claim of
defendont, Of. in and to rtan tract of land
situate in Cumberland township Greene Co.,
Pa. adjoining lands Of Morgan Young, VIM.
Sharpneck, Peter Hewitt Rice farm and Others
containing one hundred and three acres more
or less, about ninety acres cleared, and has
erected thereon u frame and Stone house, two
tenant houses, lrome barn and stabc, an up
pie orchard on tho premises
Taken In execution as the property Of Geo.
W. Kelley at tho suit Of Alvin Cloud, Hiram
Cloud and Eleanor Duyall for use Of said
Eleanor Duvail.
svTf tho moncyis not paid down on day
Of sale the Sheriff Is directed TO sell the prop
erty HEATH JOHNS,
Jan. lG.' .'87.-h 'A Sheriff.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
srENooRApHY..wIrhour A TEACHER.

IA SYSTEM OF WRITING WHICH WILL
"a prove Of vast Importance to persons
wishing To take notes. transfer sermons or
speeches into manuscript N may be &C.
.quired In o short time. Price, postpaid, 30
AGENTS.. Address A. II. WOOD. I
Box l0l, Wayncsburg, Pa.
sncv28-2mo., III
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
-E. ML.. &S@TST5,
ATTORNEY AND CoUNsELLORATLAV

Will attend to all claims for back pay, boun-
ty and pensions of soldiers and their representa-
tives. The Pensions Of the following class are
increased from So to $l5 and $25 per month,
and widows TOR children under sixteen years
$2 per month each, viz:
lst. Those who have lost the sight of both
eyes, the use ofboth hands, or otherwise total
" disabled and incapacitated from performing
manual labor.
I'd All widows having children under six-
teen years of age are entitled to ~ per month
additional for each child
3D. Guardians representing the minor chii.
dren of soldiers are entitled to the same Increase
as If the mother was living. augl, cot IT,
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13
GEORGE s. JBPFERY,

'Dealer In Books and Stationery, Magazines,
- Daily Papers Fancy Articles, &c., Way
estsuSg, Pa. oH ll apl, ,'66-1y
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
Spread the Truth.

Some medical men insist that II Is undlgnifed
to advertise a remedy, however valuable 1t may
be. Queer reasoning this. 1t is like saying that
an article which the world needs should he hid
in a corner-that benefits and blessings may be
too widely diffused-that the means Of protect
ing and restoring health should be a close mo
nopoly, and not accessible to all. The argu
ment ia bad. 1t il worse than that; it is iahu
man. Suppose HOSTETTERS STOMACH
BITTERS-an absolute specific for dyspepsia
biliousness and nervous debility-had never been
known beyoad the repertoire of the faculty
what would have been the consequence In
stead Of curing and invigorating millions, the
good effects of the preparation would have been
confined to u comparative few. There is the
highest authority for saying that light should
not br hid under n bushel; that whatever is ex'
cellcnt should be placed as a cityo on n hill, where
I'LL men can take cognizance of ii. 1t is upon
tl.is principle that the BIrTEItS have been al.
vcr;ised aud continue to be advertised in every
newspaper of any prominence in the western
hemisphere, and that the spontaneous testimo.
malls in its favor have been translated into all
written languages. Thousands enjoy perfect
health to-day who would be languishing on beds
of sickness if the newspapers had not spread the
truth nth regard to this unequeued inrigorant
and corrective far and wide Suppose profit has
been reaped from this publicity. Is that any ar.
gument against it! If the public health has
been protected; if lives have been saved; if the
feeble have been strengthened and the sick re.
stored, great good has been accomplished; and who
so mean rs to grudge to exertions thu directed
their fair rewardi
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
Schenck,s seaweed Tonic.

This medicine, invented by DIR. j. ii. ScHENcK
of philadelphia, is Intended to dissolve the foo,
and make It into chyme, the first process OF d.
~gestion. BY cleansing the stomach with
Schenck's Mandrake Pills, the Tonic soon re-
stores the appetite, and food that could not be
eaten before using it will be easily digested.
Consumption cannot be cured by Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup unless the stomach and liver Is
made healthy and the appetite restored, hence the
Tonic and Pills are required in nearly every ease
of consumption. A half dozen bottles OF the
SEAWEED TONIC and three or four boxes OF
the MANDRAKE PILLS will cure any ordinary
case of dyspepsia. %,
DIR. ScHESck makes professional visits in New
York, Boston, and at his principal Office In
Philadelphia every week. See daily papers OF
each place, or his pamphlet on consumption, for
his days Of visitation. ,yEs .ea.G
Please observe, when purchasing, that tho two
Iikenesses Of the Doctor-One when in the last
stage of Consumption, and the other a. he now
tis, IN perfect health-are on the Government
stamp. Il 90. if.f ltp. 49,
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Price $3.50
per bottle, or $50 the halfdozen. Letters for ad.
Vice should always DO addressed to DIR. Schenck's
Principal Office, No. Is North 9th St., Philada.,
Pa. General Wholesale AGENTS: Deinas Barnes
& Co., n. Y; S.. S. Hance, Baltimore, Nd; John
ID. Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Walker & Taylor,
Chicago, Ill; Collins Bros, st. Louis, Mo.
lat w. ga, mo, 4 VI,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
The Celebrated Pacing Horse
KentuCky,t0 be Given Away.

V,HIs HORSE IS WILL KNOWN AS ONE
i of the fastest PAGERS In the country, having
made his mile in Ia. He won I've r9ces last
fall. and took the first premium At the West Viz
ginia State Fair. in October, at the time Dexter,
Patchen, and other celebrated horses were there,
Kentucky" and the following other valuable
premiums, will be given away, By special permits
sioD Of the Commissioners Of Internal Revenue,
at Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, on the
o2d Of February. 1861.
LIST OF PREMuNs-"Kentucky" the Cbep,
pion PAGER, $1,000; l fine Singers Imprcyed
Family Sewing Machine which took the First
Premium at the W. Va. State Fair, tl40; / fine
Silver Hunting Case American Watch, $65; I
fine Silver Hunting Case Lever Watch, $40; I
fine Silver Hunting Cess Lever Watch. 81, ]
fine Silver Hunting Case Lever Faich, IS.
Number Of Tickets limited to 9.3O9. Tickets
Ons Dollar each. Every ticket viii draw q prize
worth iroin ~ cents to $1,000.
"Kenfucky can DO seen at the stable of C.
Beymer, Washington, Ohio, The Sewing Ma
chine can be seen ut Howard Morton'x, Isl Main
Street, Wheeling. The elegant Watches are Oh
exhibition at the Jewelry Store Of Messrs. Scott
& Hennegen, l27 Main Street, Wheeling, v. Va.
Tickets can be had by addressing NJ. ID. Rodock.
er & CO., at Washington, Guensey county, Ohio,
and at the following named places: JOHN Balls
Hotel, Wheeling, Rolls Saloon, Market Street,
J. Beuter's Saloon. Main Street, and ~ ReNaers
Hotel, Centre Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
and True.

In a late article in Fra.er's Maya
zine this brief but beautiful and true
passage occurs Education does not
with the a~lphabet-it begins
with a mothers love; with n fathers
smile of appreciation, or q sign OF re-
proof; with a sisters gentle forbear-
ance; with a handful of flowers in q
green and dainty meadow; with a birds
nest admired, but not touched; with
creeping ants, and almost imperceptihie
comet: with pleasant walks i'll shady
lanes, and with thoughts directed in
sweet and kindly tones and words to
nature; to acts OF benevolence; to deeds
Of virtue, and to the source of all good
God himself"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
Tho Aavantase. sfAarersising.

Business men of oil classes have long
admitted the advantage to be derived
RON d well regulated system of adver-
Using. To succeed IN any undertaking
one must make himself and his csuse
known to the public whose patronage
he ~solicits and upon whose favor he de-
ponds. Failing in this, he fails in ev-
erything; business seeks other channels
whittier it is directed by the agencies
now in operation for that purpose; his
Golfers remain empty; his customers are
few, and his sales unremuneratiye. Ex5
p~erience teaches us that such a man
rarely succeeds However brilliant his
n~rospects may appear; however Jealous
he NAV be in his work; and however
eager for advaneement-if he neg
lects the elementary step Of in
Producing himself by some method
to the people whose wants he would
supply, they will eve remain
in ignorance of his attainments
or his merchandise, and their trade and
custom will flow to other marts already
established by the means he disdains to
avail himself of. So true has this be-
come at the present day, that adver-
Using and success are almost synony-
non terms when applied to labor or
industry. A volume could not tell the
instances of men of small means acquir-
ing priucely fortunes through faithful
advertising, though probably the rec
ords of their gratitude would not make
q big book. The following, however, Is
an illustration of both business sagacity
and generous application well worthy
of remembrance:
A celebrated wholesale merchant in
London, England, has presented the
proprietors of the newspaper called the
Telegraph with n printing press which
cost S25, 900, as a token of appreciation.
In doing so he accompanied the gift by
a letter, which said: SIN your paper,
by judicious advertising, | first built
the foundation of o fortune-and IN
your paper, by judieiOus advertising, l
have amassed the fortune which enables
me to offer this testimony of regard aud
good will" r.' 80.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
Read Advertisements.

Readers of newspapers who habitual-
ly omit to read advertisements are I'M
Willingly losing some. of the most in
teresting portions. If the paper is stu
pid, the chances arc that the advertise
ments are not more so; if it is bright,
its advertising columns possess real in
terest. For, in the first place, these
columns are filed BY hundreds of
writers, each presentinginh his W vein
a subject of vital interest to himself,
and compelled to seek brevity and
point; while the so-called reading mat
ter is prepared by O small number of
men, who do not always believe what
they write, much less feel q keen inter-
est in its acceptability, and do not al.
ways aim at brevity, but sometimes are
Intentionally prolix. In the next place,
the advertisements really represent a
wider range of human operations than
does the ordinary grade Of news; moth
ing could DO duller than many tele.
grams, and nothing brighter than many
advertisements. For advertising has
reached its proper place i'll public esti-
nation of late years, and it is
now made Il subject of earnest
study. Business men arc beginning to
understand that in advertising they
are practicing the art of the salesman
upon the whole public instead of upon
a single individual, and they study the
art accordingly. Ingenuity is tasked
to devise bits of rhyme, conundrnms,
odd c%onjunetions of the article On hand
with the latest matter of public inter-
est, anecdotes ending with advice to
buy your hats of Hit, the halter. tricks
with types and seductive stories which
beguile the reader into an advertisers
store. Hence advertisements are a Gu
rious index of human character, being
dnll, verbose, pithy, straightforward,
polished, blunt, witty or the opposite,
as their writer's happen to be, and in 2
certain sense, advertisers are writer's Of
essays for prizes, for upon the SUPPOSE
ton tast their business is conducted
with average ssgaeity, those who write
the best viii win the largest prize Of
public patronage. The most brief most
pointed, and the oftenest renewed adj
v~ertisements are the most readable and
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
About the Fashions-A Fashionable
COMPLAINT.

COnhptaiut.
There are fashions in everything, even
in sickness, and just now the influenza
is all the rage. Whenever one goes to
visit, shutting and sneezing are the order
of the day. The most charming OF
bellies addresses you in n tone that is by
no means mellifuent, and if she desires
to make a pretty speech in a tender voice
her notes are sure to trrn into u deep
bass, or go off into a squeak. The sweet,
ringing music of an educated laugh
turns into a cackle as mclodious as a
ducks, and ends with q violent fit of
coughing that makes the face rs red as
Il lobster, and swclls every feature till
the most perfect beauty is scarcely rec
equitable. The lips are parched and
cracked-had Shakespeare ever seen a
lady suffering from influenza, never
would those beautiful lines have been
addressed to the fair Portia:
Here are scver'd lips,
flTtet WIN sugar ulthlus w SNt't . wa"
Should sundcr such sweet friends.
1t is really shocking to think of By
ron's beauties as afflicted with such a
disagreeable complaint, but, as they
were mortal, I suppose they must have
occasionally, after a very disagreeable
cold spell, such as We have had, been so
afflicted. They, however, had probably
more discretion than modern bellies, and
while suffering, kept themselves care
fully secluded. l don't care how ele-
CANT a lady's robe de chambre may be, Or
how coqnettishly it may be arranged, or
how often she may call upon "Betty for
n little more paint" a fright she must
look. 1t is really a duty to keep herself
concealed, even from her best masculine
friends. Who ever could feel any SYM
pathy with al angel if the angel was
afflicted with the influenza! 1t is best
to yield at once to the sickness, so reg
ularly to bed, dose yourself with possits
and Cruel, tie up your head, and don't
distress yourself about looks as the poor
Narcissus did, who with the last breath
exclaimed:
let a charming clinix and Brussels lace
Wrap nv cold limbs and shade my lifeless face
One would not sure be frightful when one
dead
And Betty-give this cheek a little red"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-07
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for preparing and using this medicine, in . seal
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dressed to yourself. Address, JOSEPH T
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