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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-29
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
One Week from my Dlaree.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

MoNDAY-ITad suckers for breakfast
Suckers and sassidges are the 2 luxurys ov
life the other luxury is easy boots.
Tucsday-Awoke with splendid he'd
axe, caused by drinking too much water
the evening previously and goin to bed at
nine o'clock precisely. Breaktasted on the
butt end Of sassidge and felt like dorg
Wednesday Rekolected of asking a
man in Misscory if beans was sure krop
in his parts. He said they wuZ "az SER
tain as revolver" Reflekted ON the
danger of carrying conceled weepins.
Rekolekted agin ov bcin in M Hamshire
durin severe sno storm, and innocently
enough remarked that never see emmy
thing like it, and waz told by one ov the
barroom boarders that it warn't nOthin
he he'd seen it fall over thousand feet.
What?' scd /, "a thousand feet on the
level?" "No," scd he, "but u thousand
feet from on high" l retlecl1ted how eazy
it waz for sum folks to lie and tell the
truth at the same time.
Thursday-Rekolckte once more ov
bein on Red river, in Arkinsaw, and seein
large piece of frame work by the side of
the road inquired ov q private citizen
who was leadin blind mul by oV his
ears, what the frame work mought be. He
sNi ~ hto biS iN'Sb oiN boOh y Oh w
oxen to draw the bow, and they had tu
haw and gee to change the tune" Re
fccted on that passage in the poet which
sez "man is fcarfully and wonderfully
made" and thort the remark might ap.
ply to fidles in Arkinsaw without spiling
the remark.
Friday-Vizitcd my washwoman and
blowed her up for sewing ruifles and tuks
on the bottom of my drawers She was
thunderstruiS at first, but explained the
mystery by saying she had sent me, by
mistake, IA pair That belonged to -. !
blushed like billed Holsters, and told her
she must be more keerful about such
things; might have bin ruined for life
Saturday-Writ this diaree for the week
from memry, and am satisfied I've got q
good memry. Rehekted upon the vanity
of human wishes, retlekted how often I'd
wished to be rich, and how seldom my
wishes had bin gratiiicd. Resolved in the
future not to wish for ennything until
had it weeks and see how liked it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
Two Clever Sailors.

In small old town built on the sea-
shore, there used to live two sailors,
named Jack and Joe. They were great
friends, and had one boat between them,
and went out fishing together.
They were both strong, and brave, and
sun burnt. They both liked rum, and
both wore loose trousers. And so they
could never make out which was the most
clever
~ know the best way to cook mackerel,
and herring, and SOLE" said Jack
:" So do |. And l know the best way to
sell them" said Joe,
$50 do l." answered Jack, "And ]
know the best way to catch them"
$50 do L. answered Joe "but what is
the use of all this when we have not got
any ropes for our nets?"
If we had time we could make some,
said Jack.
"If we had money, We could buy some,
said Joe.
"If we knew where, we could borrow
some," said Jack.
"If we knew where, we could stsa
some," said Joe.
Just then the bells of the church Oh
the hill began tolling for evening prayer.
"They ring those bells with ropes
said Jack.
"And the ropes are very good" said
Joe.
Jack began to smile. Joe began tc
laugh.
"Shall we 60 to church, mate, to-
night ?" asked Jack.
"And shall we stay there till the last 2
asked Joe.
Up the hill went the two sailors They
stopped in church till the prayers were
all over and everybody had gone home.
Now IS our time, said Jack.
1t is our turn now" said Joe.
of they went TO the tower where the
bells were hung. Here they found two
long, strong, thick ropes.
zone for me-" cried Jack.
"And one for me-" cried Joe.
Up the ropes climbed the two clever
sailors, like a couple of monkeys.
I'm up at the top" said Jack.
And SO am l. /" said Joe.
Jack pulled out knife from his pocket
So did Joe.
Lick slick went Jacks knife. He cut
through the rope over his head, and down
he fell and cracked his pate on the stones
at the bottom.
"oh, crickee :" groaned Jack at the bot
tom, "who could have thought Of thatt
What q Stupid'head you are" cried
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
How to BE Handsome.

Most people like TO be handsome. No
body denies the great power any person
may have who has good face,
and who attracts you by good looks, even
before word has been spoken. And we
see all sorts of devices in men and women
to improve their good looks-paints and
washes, and all kinds of cosmetics, includ-
ing plentiful annointing with dirty hair
oil.
Now, not every one can have good feat.
ures. They are as God made them; but
almost any one can look well, especially
with good health. 1t is hard to give rules
IN very short space, but in brief these
will do.
Keep clcan-wash freely anduuiversally
with cold water. All the skin wants is
leave to act freely, and it will take care of
itself. Its thousands of air holes must not
be plugged up.
Eat regularly and simply. The stomach
can no more work all the time, night and
day, than horse it must have regular
work and regular rest.
Good teeth are help to good looks,
Brush them with soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with the teeth clean
Of course, to have white teeth, it is need.
iul To let tobacco alone. Any powder or
wash for the teeth should be very simple,
Acids may whiten the teeth, but they take
oil the enamel or iniurc it,
Sleep in cool room, in pure air. No
one can have clean skin who breathes
bad air. But more than all, in order to
| look wcll-wako Up the mird and soul.
When the mird is awake, the dull
| sleepy look passes away from the eyes.
| do not know that the brain expands. bu
| it seems to. Think, read-not trashy nov
els, but books that have something il
them. Talk with people who know some
thing; hear lectures and learn by them.
This is one of the effects of goot
preaching. A man thinks and works
and tells us the result, And if WI
listen, and hear, and understand
the mind and soul arc worked. l
the spiritual nature is aroused, so mucl
the better. We have seen plain face real
ly gloricd by the love of God and mar
which shono through it. Let us grow
handsome. Men say they can't aflort
books and sometimes they don't even pay
for their newspaper. In that case, it doe
them little good-they must feel so NEAR
while reading it. But men can afforC
what they really choose. If all the money
spent in self.indulgence, in hurtful indul
gcncc, were spent in books, and selfim
provement, we could see a change. Mcr
would grow handsome, and women, too
The soul would shine out through tn,
eyes. We were not meant TO be mere ami
mails. Let us have books, and read them
and sermons, and heed hem.-Hedlh Re
former
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
How Alick Shot the Panther.

l AN going TO tell you true story OF
some children l knew when lived in
Texas Alick was ten years old, Mary
was eight, and little Eta was only four.
They had lost their father and mother,
but had big brother Frank, and the best
sister in the world, Sallie; and she took
Just as good care of them as their own
dear mother could have done.
They lived far off in Western Texas, on
the edge of wide prairie. Do you know
what prairie is? Just think how it
would look if you could see nothing on
either side of you but one great field of
waving grass and beautiful flowers reach
ing away, away, far away to where the
blue sky seems to bend down and touch
it. That is a prairie.
Well, brother Franks fields were on the
prairie; but the log-house in which they
lived was in the edge of the woods that
bordered it.
The trees were not such as you know
about. They were live-oaks, which stay
green all winter; pecans, which bear the
incest nuts; dogwood, with large white
flowers holly, with glossy leaves and
bright red berries; and, best of all, the
stately magnolia, which is almost too
grand to talk about in small magazine
like this,
There was great magnolia growing by
a spring not far from the house; and this
was the place where the children liked
best to play
One bright SATURDAY. afternoon, they
had gone to the spring as usual, to have
nice time, and Sallic was busy making a
Jacket for Alick, when suddenly the little
boy came rushing into the house, and
seized his brothers gun which stood in
the corner.
40 Alick I" cried Sallie, show often
must you be told not to touch that gun"
Cant help it this time, sister Sallie:
there is big panther up in our tree, and
I'm bound to shoot him."
"But where are Mary and Etta?"
"Oh! they arc down there looking him
right in the eye, so that he may not go of
till get back.
! lie was running with all his might as he
| spoke. Poor Sallie! her heart seemed TO
stand still; ut i. was no time to faint.
! She caught up the horn with which she
used to call Frank to dinner, and blew a
blast which she knew he would under
stand to mean danger. Then she wrote
on the door in large letters, To the spring,
gHick :" and followed Alick with all the
speed that love and fear could lend her.
The hoy reached the spot little before
| her. When she came in sight, there was
the frightful beast stretched out on a
bough Of the tree, growing low, and look
ing down with fiery eyes at th"'little girls
who stood hand in hand gazing steadily
up at him, and never thinking Of the
danger.
Bang, went the gun, and the panther
fell to the ground.
Presently Frank arrived. Sallie had
sunk down at the foot of the tree, clasp
ing the little girls.
Alick stood looking at his prize ana
YOU may be sure he got plenty of praise (;
only he was told that he should never
again leave his sisters alone in the woods
to keep guard over a panther.-1he
| NUrSerU
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

Joe, at the top. "You should have done
as do"
With these words he cut the rope close
under his feet Down Il fell, and left him
hanging by his two hands at the top.
"Oh, crickeol" cried joe at the top ;
"who could have thought of thatp
"What q stupid head you are" groanod
Jack. "You will have to hang there till
morning.
And so he did, and made his arms so
stiff that he could not move them for a
week.
1t was sad night for the two clever
sailors. They cried, and groaned, and
prayed, and said bad words till morning
Then Jack went off to the hospital, and
Joe was taken off to prison.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
POETRY.
WORK AND THINK.

HAMMER, tongs and auvils ringing,
Waking echoes all day long,
In doep.toued voice are singing
Thrifty Labors iron song,
from Thousand 1y wheels bounding,
From thousand humming looms,
Night and day the notes are sounding
Through the misty iactry rooms.
Listen workmsn, 80 their play
There's advice in every cink;
"wRiist You labor, learn lear Iey 10 hnt II isyng
Think what power lies within you,
For what triumphs yo are formed,
III, in aid OF bone and einew, =.
Hearts by emulation warmed.
mighty tnongh yo WOO and cherish
WHAT snail hold your spirits down.
WI Wby saai ass, make yo9T high hopes perish'
DO You wish for profit, plessuroi
lhirst At Learning's fount TO drink?
crave ye honor, fame or treasurer
re the germs hAve-work and think
Think but not alone ofllving.
Like the horse from day to day;
Think but not alO1c Of giving
Health for pelf or soul for payl
Think Oh, be machines no longer
Toiling just for daily food
Think twill make you fresher, stronger;
Link you to the great and good
Thought eKslis and lightens labor,
Thought forbids the soul to sink
Sclt.respect and love for neighbor,
MARX the men who work-and think
Think l-and let the thought new.nerve you
Ihlnk OF men who've gone before;
Leaving lustrous names 10 serve you
Yours the path they've plodded o'eri
Freedom fights and wins her charter
with the sword of thought--the penI
Tyranny can find no quarter
In the ranks of thinking men.
Think for thoughts wand Of power
- POWER 10 make oppression shrinkf
Irlsp ye, then, the precious dover
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

A LUDIcRous scene took place at the
Tuilleries on Christmas eve. There was
to be a children's party for the friends of
the Prince Imperial, and very fine
specimen of the Christmas tree. AL was
ready, and the Prince thought he should
like TO see the tree; so he entered the
room, and lot he found an unlimited
guest already there-a iavorite monkey
belonging to some one in the palace had
got into the room, treated himself to al
the prizes, eaten all the goodies" and,
finally, having set fire TO the tree, was
sitting down enjoying the fun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

J.W. MARSHALL, who first discovered
gold in California, at Suffers mill, is now
living at Kelsey's Diggings, El Dorado
county. He is upward of so years of age,
and is so reduced in circumstances that,
though feeble, he is compelled to work for
his board and clothes, not being able TO
earn more In order to render him sub
stantial aid in his declining years, 1t is
proposed that the miners Of California
take up a collection, limiting the subscrip-
tion to fifty cents each, and present 1t to
him
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

THE New York Musieal Gazette says,
that when the idea of learning to sing by
note was first introduced into New Eng
land, something more than 100 years ago,
it was strongly opposed ON religious
grounds. 1t was regarded as nothing les>
than Popery in disguise. The New Eng.
land OhTOniele put it in this Torm: "1f
the singing of songs by rule is allowed,
the next thing will be TO pray by rule, and
preach by rule, and then comes Popery,"
In the town of Bralntree, several mem
bers of the church were expelled because
they advocated singing by note.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

A CRAZY woman in Paris has delivered
herself up TO the police authorities, de.
claring that she was an accomplice OF
TraupmAnn In series Of crimes far more
horrible than the Pantin tragedy,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04

TEE first iron building ever seen In
America was erected in Boston In ioAs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
OUR RECORD.

Mains, Hunt & Co... editors of Mr..
ClaRke's paper, in this place, are having
much trouble in these latter days, about
the senior editor of this paper. In their
last issue they published extracts from
THE EMPoRIA News in 1856, and COM
pared them with our paper of last week,
to show our record on the Clarke bust
ness. They prove just one thing,-and
that is that we had to support Clarke
when we did not want to do so. In
1866, we took him as the choice of evils.
At that time we could not be divided
in our councils, because of the pending
questions which grew out of the war.
We are sorry to say we have had to
support him since then as a nominee of
the party. We hope we shall never
have to do so again. Mr.. Clarke is not
the only man we have supported for
Office in Kansas whom we have consid-
cred unfit for it. We have been for
union in the Republican ranks, and have
not stood back because we could not
get our first choice. When we said last
week that we had always opposed Mr..
Clarke's nomination we told what can
be easily proven, although in 1866, after
the close of his first session, we yielded
that opposition to what we considered
the general good at that time. So much
for the immense article with the i'm
lnense head lines of the Clarke ring.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
WAR NEWS.

There was great battle on Thursday
last west of Metz. The following dis
patch from the King of Prussia gives
the result:
"We have.defeated the French under
McMahon and Bazaine, after battle
which lasted ten hours. There were
10000 killed and wounded, and the gar
rison taken prisoners. l commanded.
The defeat of the French is complete.
WILLIAM"
Prussian dispatches state there will
be no fighting for two weeks, but the
French dispatches say that Bazaine and
Mcmahon having made q junction will
attack the Prussian lines within the next
forty Eight hours, and that the Prussians
are only anxious to postpone fighting
so as to fill up their decimated ranks.
Creditable authorities assume that
Steinmetz and Frederick Charles lost
over 100000 men, leaving them NO more
than 10000 to hold the line from the
frontier to Metz.
The feeling in Berlin is one of unde-
niable horror and depression. The war
threatens to last, and already the flower
of North Germany is decimated. The
railways are all laden up with the woun-
ded, SO as TO delay the movements of
reinforcements. A boat service is Or
ganizing on the Rhine for the wounded,
and three steamers have already been
converted into floating hospitals. The
amphitheater and Episcopal palace at
Graves have been taken for hospitals.
A special messenger from st. Peters
burg arrived with important instruc-
tions to the Legation here.
Russia insists on the clearest intima-
ton to Prussia that she is to be held to
her original pretexts in the war, and
that no territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT will
be permitted by the allied powers.
The dispatches stated that Bazaine
and Mcmahon were separated and that
there were 100000 Germans between
the French army and Paris; but later
kilograms state that the Armies of the
two French generals had come together,
and put brighter face upon the strug-
gle for the French. La Presse, in an
extra, makes the following statement:
We are now at liberty to make pub
lie the fact that Mcmahon has Joined
BaZaine with a great number of troops.
Bazaine has not abandoned his strong
position near Metz. Mcmahon moved
north by way of Rheims, MeZiers and
Montmedy, and France is saved. Nc
Mahon reached a position where he can
enter upon decisive struggle.
1t is thought that leading European
powers will soon interfere to stop the
terrible flow of blood.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
ELECTION FOR DELEGATES.

The call for the election of delegates
from this county to the State conven-
ton, appears in this paper. There are
four delegates and four alternates to
elect, two of each in the Gath district,
composed of the townships of Emporia,
Pike and Center; one of each in the
Goth district, composed of the townships
of Elmendaro, Jackson and Waterloo ;
one of each for the Goth district, COM
posed of the townships of Americas,
Fremont and Agnes City. The call is
made so as to allow the people to vote
directly for the delegates at their own
precincts. 1t is hoped they will turn
out and attend to the matter.
The chairmen Of the meetings in the
several precincts should see that the
returns are sent to the Central Commit
tee.by Monday, September 9th, qcithout
fln
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
MR.. CLARKE'S SPEECH.

Mr.. Clarke spoke at the Court House
in this place last night, to large audi
ence. His speech was almost wholly
devoted to abusing Kalloch, Governor
Robinson, Wilder, Richie, G. A. Craw-
ford, Ross, and others. His excuse for
pursuing this course was that they had
abused him. To those who have been
the campaign, the speech was uninter-
esting, as all of it has been published
in that paper several times over. He
scarcely touched upon the real issues
before the people, and every candid
man must have concluded, after listen
ing to him, that he had kept a great
deal of bad company at Washington,
and according to his own story, had
made a great many hair breadth escapes
from being corrupted. His explanation
of his course on the Black Bob swindle
and Usage treaty was not satisfactory.
He did not refute- the charges of Sena-
tor Ross, which he backed by affidavits.
OF course his statement is his side OF
the personal quarrels between himself
and the parties to whom he directed
his speech, and must be taken as such.
We have no doubt the other parties
could tell different story. He said
Robinson and Kalloch had each tried
several times to buy him on the Usage
treaty, and the neat time they came to
sec him he would kick them out of his
room in the name of the people of
Kansas. If he was so virtuously indig-
nant why did he not do it the second or
third time? He said he saved the Usage
land to the people, but did not tell why,
at the same session, and about the same
time, he did all he could for the ratifica-
ton of the Pottaw otamie treaty, which
gave away to old POneroy and a rail-
road company $4,000 acres of as good
land as there is in the State, without
distributing an acre to settlers or
schools. Mr.. Clarke's whole speech
put us in mind of the drowning man
catching at q straw. The cheers were
feeble and the enthusiasm at a very low
ahh
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
Ex.GOV. CRAwFORD's LETTER.

Our readers will peruse with interest
a letter published elsewhere and written
by Ex-Gov. S. j. Crawford, of this
place, to the editors of the State Record
Hon. Sidney Clarke being pushed to the
wall for an explanation regarding his
failure to secure the passage of the
Price raid bill, seeks to shirk the respon-
sibility of its defeat by alleging that the
then Governor of Kansas advised him
to allow the bill to be killed. This, Mr..
Crawford stigmatizes as a deliberate
falsehood. The facts are that Mr. Craw-
ford did all in his power to have the bill
pass. he visited Washington and urg-
ed its passage upon the attention of Mr..
Clarke and other representatives. The
bill had already passed the Senate, and
had Mr.. Clarke put forth single effort
It would also have passed the House.
But that he was anxious for its defeat is
plainly seen from the fact that he allow
ed the bill to pass out of the hands of
the Appropriation committee into the
hands of the committee on claims,
whence Mr.. Clarke well knew it would
never again come to light. Then, two
or three days after this had taken place
he telegraphs to Gov. Crawford and
Major Anderson to come Immediately
TO Washington, ''for the Price raid bill
is in dangerl" If this isn't dishonest,
hypocritical and mendacious, we know
not what is. BY perusing Mr.. Craw-
ford's letter IL will be seen:
LIST. Mr.. Clarke himself defeated the
bin, thereby defrauding the State and
enriching himself. =,
I'd. That he undertook, after the 6iH
had been defeated, to make Gov. Craw-
ford and others believe il was undergo
ing fierce opposition in the House and
needed more support in order to insure
its passage than he could give 1t, al
though earnestly laboring in its behalf.
Sd. That he is endeavOrfng now, in
the face of these facts, the proof for
which is at hand, to make the people be-
lieve that although he did allow the
measure to be killed, he did so by rea-
son of the advice of Ex-Gov. Crawford
and others. The people will form their
own opinions of the character of the
Hon. Sidney Clarke
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-26
OTTAWA, QUENEM0 : EMPoRIA R. R.

This is road to run from Ottawa to
Emporia, via Quenemo, Olivet, Arvonia
and Neosho Rapids. The incorporators
met at Quenemo on the 10th inst, and
organized the company by the election
of the following officers President,
Jacob Stotler; Vice Preside, j. Mather
Jones; Secretary, Warner Craig Treas
urer, A. j. Bartels. Every point on the
line was represented. The proper COM
mittees were appointed to put the en-
terprise in motion, and it is confidently
expected that with the local aid which
can be secured the road will be built at
an early day. The above company was
organized for the purpose of working
up and receiving the necessary Franchise
es, and they expect this fall to be able
to induce capitalists to invest in the
enterprise.