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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24
Ggt dditBita Gaglt.
Cheap Gate.

The old practice of building farm
gates with heavy fOur-by-four scant-
ling for posts and end pieces, and oak
boards riveted together, tenoned. ETC.,
causing an expense Of from three to
five dollars gate. and an everlasting
trouble to keep the gate when hung
from sagging, long since abandoned.
AS substitute, and as forming gate
that has never sagged for ten years, ]
take five pieces of inch boards, each ten
feet long, one eight inches wide tor the
bottom strip, and each of the others
four inches wide. then take one
piece four inches wide for one end up
right, and one piece eight inches wide
for the end piece where the hinges
ought to be. These strips are four
feet long. that being high enough for
any gate for ordinary purposes. Now
lay down your end pieces, then place
the eight-inch-wide and tcn-foOt-lOng
strip for the bottom, nail it at each end
to the upright with wrought nails
now take three Of the four-inch wide
strips and lay them OH parallel with
the bottom one, dividing the spaces so
as to leave four inches between the
lower two boards, and six inches each
space between the upper ones, nail as
before. Now turn the gate over, and
taking the remaining strip, lay it at an
angle from the bottom, ut the hinge
end, to the top at the latch end cut it
SO that it will fit in and lap close to the
long strips: nail it. Now hang the
gate with strong hinges, and you have
a gate that is light and will not sag.
and just as perfect protection against
cattle as one made by the Joiner, and
costing, rs named above, from three to
five dollars.
Any person can put together and
hang the abOve-named gate in two
hours.-Cor. Cincinnati Times.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24
One Potato.

The Yew York Tribune thus de-
scribes how Prof. Tyndall illustrates
the value Of a single potato, by smppos-
ing that every potato i'm the world but
one were DESTROYED; that one would
contain in itself the possibility of again
stocking the world with an invaluable
article Of food. If one potato would
produce. when planted. only crop of
ten potatoes. in ten years the total pro-
duct of this one potato would be equal
to ten thousand millions. which would
be sufficient to stock the whole world
with food. Tie real value of that SIM
gle potato, then, would be such that
Il would be better that the city of Lon
don or New York should be totally
destroyed. than that tuber should be
lost to the world.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

A Washington dispatch says the
number of legal tenders outstanding is
$S5s,795, 100.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

Thamesville. Ontario. is flooded with
water. which is four feet deep in the
streets. The postofiice and several
stores are reached by boats.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

The railroad bridge at New Yankton.
Indiana. on the Cincinnati & Mortons-
Vile railroad. fell recently while the
carpenters were working on il. danger
ousiy injuring thirty and killing two
others
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

The Arkansas river. by rise of
twenty feet. washed out three piers of
q bridge nj Little Rock. Loss $50. 900.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

Captain Jack is mad and is prepar-
ing for another fight,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-24

A workingmen's convention will be
held in New York city on the 2ed inst,
to take action TO insure the speedy en-
forcement of the eight hour law.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29
Stlctt StOrp.
Prom The Golden Ago
The TEMPERANCE ME- ttse Ar
-.". BACktEY.

Loud aud long ran. The single church
bell "a, Backley, bYt It's industry was ""-
,Uey .n4occssagy, tot Tue s.UGIc church
al Bacaley was already luli from the
altar 20 the doors, and the window ,iu>
and ai,ar steps were crowded wi,h cb:.
d.,l. 4he buykiel iIes had beep bc
loye ,o lie regular Ycatiy temperance
meetings, aud kuew TOO wo,l the relative
merits oil sitting and standing 10 wait
unlil called by The bell. OF course Onoue
could afford 10 be absent, lor calertain
ncn.s wee occiJ-d'y nWrq.en' at b'eN
LEY the popuiacc was too smali 10 sup
po.t a course %. lectures, and too mo.It
/ 10 give any announcement 20 clfcqs,s
aud mius,,el ttuu.c-. but 20 temperance
meeting Ma both moral and cheap. ana
the children might ail be taken without
extra cost.
For months alb the Young men and
madeus at Backicy hId becu practising
the chorase5 Of lie songs which the
Temperance Glee Club OF a neighJorins
town was to sing at the meeting. For
weeks had large posters. printed in the
reddes. vi luk. announced 10 The sur
rounding country that the parent society
would send to Backley. Tor this especial
occasion, one oil its most brilliant orators,
and although the pastor made the state
ment (in the smallest possible type( that
q, !Le clo.e Of l,e entertainment i col
lection would be taken TO delray the ex.
penses Of Tic lecturer, the 'sorrowing
ones took comfort in the fact that certain
fractional currency represented but q
small amount Of money.
The bell ceased ringing, and the Grove
at the door attempted 10 squeeze into thC
aisles; the BackleY Cornet Quartettt
played a stirring an, squire Breet callet
I the meeting to order, and was himsel
elected permanent Chairman; the Rev
orend Mr. Genial prayed earnestly tha
intemperance might cease to reign; thC
/ Glee Club sang several songs, with rous
ing choruscs; pretended drunkard and
u cold water advocate (boih pupils oI
lhe RaakleI High SCHOOL, delivered
dialogue in which the pretended drunk
ard was handled severely; tableau o
the "Dlunkard's Home was given; ant
Jheu the parent sociely's brilliant orato
took the platform
The orator was certainly very we'll in
formed, logical and convincing, besides
beng quite witty. lie proved to Ih'
satisfaction OF all present that alcohol
was not nutritious; that it awakened ;
general and unhealthy physical excite
men; and that it hardened the tissues o
the brain. lie proved, by reports o
analysis, that adulleraton, and wit
harmful materials, was largely praciiced
| lie quoted from reports OF police, prison
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29

Il sensation by moving that Mr.. Joe Digg
should he member of the committee
Deacon Tower. who was the richest man
in the village, and who dreaded subscrip.
ton papers. started IN insidious opposi
lion by cloquently yaunting the value OF
earnest prayer and OF determined will,
in such eases. but the new member Of the
committee Chough manifeslly out of
urdcr) outmnneuvered the Deacon by nc
coping both amendments. and remark.
ing that in hard fight folks would take
all the help they could get
Somehow, rs soon Us the new com.
notwithstanding to open place OF
entertainment in opposition to The tavern,
and furnish it pleasantly. and make it an
attractive gathering'placc for young men
asked fnl contributions to enable them
to do it, the temperance excitement at
Backley abated marveously. But Squire
Ircci, aud the doctor, aud several other
cnterprising men took the entire burden
on their own shoulders -or pookeIs-and
Joe Digg was rs useful rs reformed
thief TO y police department. For the
doctor, whose professional education had
lcIt him large portion OF his natural
common sense in working order, took
practical interest in tho old drunkard's
pasc, aad others ol the committee looked
to The necessities OF his family. and il
came to pass that Joe WAS one OF the
earliest Of tho rolnrmers. Men still 90
TO the tavern in Backley, but even rs
when the twelve spake with inspired
tongues some people remained impeEi.
tent, the temperance men at Raokley teel
that they have great cause Tor encour.
agemenl, and that they have. at least,
more within lew months
than did all the temperance meetings
ever held in their village.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29

JEWS IN PALESTINE. There are now
about sixteen thousand Jews in Paes.
tine, and. their average state oi eul
tuse is much below that OF lellow-relig
ionists in Europe. They have no visi'
bic means OF support, spend their fine
in idleness, praying, TaImud reading
and foolish pining and signing on the
ruins of The temple, eking out a mis-
el.bIe existence by the charity OF the
Jews of Europe. America and Austria
ia." This extract is taken from n rcpor
OF some English Israelilcs, who have
lately been to Palestine to inquire into
the expedlency Of encouraging the emf
grafton of Jews into that land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29
YOUNG PEOPLES CORNER.

~
lam composed Of 10 letters.
Ny T. I6, G, is very powerful.
Ny s, ), G, is 4 useful metal.
Ny 0, 3, IL, I, is part of husbandry.
Ny l3, 10, 1t, II, :, is TO card wool.
NY l, Il, II, 10, ,, is nice sense.
Ny !, 0, 10, II, l3, is an entertainment.
My p l4,s, IL, is right when applied TO wrong.
My whole claims to lead. A'C.
90
\ has pig that weighs $50 pounds. has o
pig that weighs go pounds. They sell them for
$500 BY inspection A's pig is judged to be
worth one.hall cent poundmore than BIS. How
much does each receive for his pig, and at what
price per pound. y l. H.
ANSWERS.
81, Montpelier. 90, ll.622x feet.
Nellie B. Gray, of Denmark, sends answers to
numbers 80 and 9l. Geneora, of West Paris, ans
wers number 9l,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29
BEFORE WESTMINSTER.

EN JOAQUIN NIlEE
The Abbey br0od> beside Oh, tuTod lh1me-;
Hcr wo,hcrhcag, s. hllcd viii mcm'rt,,
Itcl every niche j. >tsred with ,ior.cd uamc',
They move before me like mist Of seas
ana confused, am made aha,hed, 10y these
Most knsly souls grand, silent aud severe.
am uo, equal should so disploAss
The liv.uS-dcad Jarc not enter;
Aud stained in storms of graniyr days 90 thins-
appear.
20 but ,hal, no. return again
When Art hiss laugh ne scutcr, kindhcr xiii
Aud time has gwen force aud strength VI strain
20, Oh, ye that dignity oni hl
Tue chronicle, of earth would n,u,
INTO my soul somehow thc atmcs phcrc
or -aur,ty ,hat h.le u-ups thc VII.
But 60. eek the tomb o. onc-a peer
OF reer--uho., dust q fool refused 10 cherish
Lcer Old a.d Nci-.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29
Qottrp.
UILLOW UHTSTLES.
N OLIVE x. wADswORrH

N OLIVE X. wADSwoRTH.
The world is wide awake to-day,
The LATEST dJoues are bustlng,
Th, brook slips by, the wind i gay.
And every leaf 3. ru-tlug;
This shady bank, 'ueaih Beech and oak,
With iauce.likr sta>se- hri,tles,
Ami YOU and /, two idle i"lk
sit making willow whistles.
ola. heavenly sunshine or the May,
succeeding winter hodry,
WHAT shade can shut its Ish; away,
What -luom resist It's glory
DoAu through our lcaly canopy
pott myrtld ,olicu maj, -ilcs,
Nud sili t3e brook, the bank the tree,
Ausr-,u tae willow whistles.
such wealth., vr dear, such world OF green
~ucu b,lm, uo ,o or.l- eau uttcr'
Aud all the hir.i, tua, ver wcrc seen,
ti7,v ,,,..,It.i urrs % aattcr:
Ta. pyltt, pcc,b. 0.rh heads aVry,
JuDu thr -Wo>;as thi-ti.-.
Nuu r,iGcu,ly wonder Ntl
Wetc making willow W.d-tlc-.
Il,N Iuc you. cJmtdie. .uhe so,
o. tIr-, .sirJ forest temples,
Attitulh aul b,tt yuH. -aply ooush.
tlJ SEQ mc bad exam. ...,
,aeh -.u-, of irai>es A,t, arise.
A>l..'-. wcre found .a nis,al>,
NuJa. -huu.i baikcu, wctr We wise.
Iu-I,i.t or making whistle,
They -ay the worlds vale OF tear,
Aud u.au d, born 90 trouble
The Wcrd, sound hll, ,u nay ears
l,r>iI, jhc brooLict', bubble;
Fr,CuJ- chaa-c hear, sud hopes grow pale
TLc flirc,t proicc, dzzlc~,-
Im !. %. 0 thvfe'- u1 sgch wor'l a. TAIL
lu IuLkus willow whistle.
Abe brook shows back two hvod- 90, UfoN',
Though one, prctter color,
! Titan hue no uevi i9 .rusu.
l',v -3li NOT which BE- dui.cri
T,cy o. bt The >am ,bath !uur- aHJ milne,
When tuuc their lrlVGuta. -.isfiy,,
Nud thcu Vc'il laugh 81 Auid Lang N,uc.'
When U, made wl lllco whistles.
Scrthucrs fur HfV
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29

"A man at North Adams, Mass, took
ny drate of chloial enough to Kill ten mel.
lately, for the purpose of counleractins
the effects OF whiskey. II thoroughly
cured him OF intemperance.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-29
G9t eefiuro 9tmotrat
Published Every Tuesday Morning, ny
+. f. SHAN

EDITOR AID PROPRIETOR.
TERMS Two Dollars per yeu-si.ao Iltil
IA advance
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19
OVER THE STATE.

A new paper has been started in jack
son, Tenn, entitled the Herald, pub
lished tri-weekly.
The Bee says Brownsville shipped o.
5l4 bales of cotton during the year end
ing August 3lst, 1873.
The resignation of Judge Walker, of
the Eleventh Judicial District, has been
received, and Colonel Thomas Bateman,
of Savannah, appointed to fill out the
uuexpired term.
Cholera has appeared on the farm of
Mrs. Lucy Randolph, ten miles north OF
Murfreesboro. There were three deaths
from it the latter part of last week. No
new cases since.-Af1tTJreCSJ Monitor
The Franklin RcUic,c and Journal re-
marks that "although everything is now
so calm the election for a successor tor
BrownIow's seat in the Senate, will be
the most hOtly contested Of any in our
history. There are as many candidates
for tbe.pOsitiOu as blackberries in July"
The town and country were startled
lass Friday with the appearance OF de-
cided cage of cholera. a man named
Brown, from Indiana, and Just from
Lebanon. Ky, where tho cholera was
raging, was taken down, and died on
saturday He had evidently brought
the seeds Ofthe disease with him, which
developed Gster his coming here. On
Sunday, a Mr.. ID. A.. Hayman, travel
or of the Fairbanks Scale Agency of a.
". Cadv, at Nashville, who ned been
travelling in kentucky, also, was taken
violently. For q day or two he was in
bad condition, but the cholera was mas
tered and shifted to brain fever, and at
this writing Friday morning), he is in
a fair way of recOvery.-Gd(tGtGJ EtdH-
llcr.
A tanner of Williamson county by the
name OF 5obG w. York, hes invented a
steam piOw which il is said will accom-
plish all that is necessary in that line.
Mr.. York is poor man, and oGers one
half of his invention to enable hin to
perfect and place his pillow on the mark
ct Robert NJ. Fryer of that county has
taken 81, 600 stock in the pillow, and in
less than an hour lie obtained the names
Of six other gentlemen at 81 900 each.
II ill take $50, 900 to start this pillow es-
tabIisbmel,'' aud be is sanguiDe of sue
cess in raising it.
The Savannah Ne,cS OF the I'd max -
this curious statement; An old gentIe-
man who is a Justice in the lower part
of this county, and a man of culture.
called at this office yesterday and in
formed us that out of half a dozen school
commissioners in his neighborhoOd not
more than two could write their names.
and he added that the best material in
the district had been selected to serve as
commissioners This is a deplorable |
truth, yet we must confront it. 1t is the |
best that can be done at present.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19
The Truth TO the People Of
Hickman County.

The following remarks were made
by Maj. w. J. SYKES, not long since,
in remote part of Hickman county,
to an audience seated on the ground
in dense shade, made by the over
hanging branches of magnifc ent
forest on the banks of a little stream
that pours its waters into Lick creek,
one of the tributaries of Duck river.
Pointing to the hills that stood
around, he said: "The great and
good Creator of all things filed these
hills with rich ores, and covered
them with magnificent timber for
some wise purpose and for the benefit
of man, and not that they might re-
main here forever useless and unem-
ployed. He uses some men as in
struments to do his will and permits
others to stand as stumbling blocks
in the way. These latter may for a
time appear to delay, but can never
defeat the execution of his plans.
The time will come when these hills
will be- lighted by the fires Of many
furnaces and these ores, turned into
valuable metals, will be carried on
railroads to distant markets where
they are 80 much in demand and so
much needed, and where they can be
used to advance the cause of civiliZa-
ton and minister to the comforts of
man. Whether this will take place
whilst you and l live ] cannot say,
A few men, persistent to their obsti-
macy, who will not listen to reason
or argument, may for years retard
the improvement of this county, and
and prevent that development so ne
cessarv to her welfare but that can
not always last, and it should not last
another year. l was told that all of
you in this part of the county were
opposed to these improvements, or
TO the means necessary to obtain
them but / could not, / would not
believe that after you had heard
full statement of the case, and after
the whole matter had been explained
to you, that you would not join the
ranks of progress, or that you would
refuse to aid in reseuing from hope
less poverty and ruin in the future,
country so rich in all the elements of
wealth, which only need to be touch
ed by the hands of enterprise to
spring into activity, and to scatter
wealth over the land as the clouds
scatter fertility, or as your beautiful
streams shed joy and gladness wher-
ever their bright and sparkling wa
ters go singing over their pebbly
beds down your lovely valleys"
And Major SYKES was right. The
people of Hickman are not asleep,
but waking, and alive to the necessi-
ty for improvements and labor which
he paints so well.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19
Yellow Fever.

SHREvEFoRT, Sept. 16. The report
of the Howard Association for the
twenty-four hours ending at six p. m.
Of the 18th, gives the names of so
dead, all white, among them the man
ager of the Western Union Tele-
graph. it is supposed the number of
new cases is decreasing for want of
subjects. Thirty-fiye interments
yesterday. Weather cool.
CINCINNATI, Sept. l6.-Wm Ber-
nard, an old operator of the Western
Union Telegraph, has orIered his
services to the Company TO be sent
TO Shreveport and leave for that
place to night.
New ORLEANS, Sept, l6.-Any
money sent to the Howard AseoCia-
ton here will be iudiciously e&pend-
ed.
4 private dispatch from Shreve-
port reports the death of Rev. Father
Quemerais and the serious illness of
Father Pierre. No other priests are
there.
Gov. kellogg to-day forwarded
thousand dollars to the Howard As
ISOLATION at Shreveport for the benefit
of sufferers.
WAsHINGros, Sept. Ex-senator
West to-day received the following
dispatch from the Mayor of ShreYe-
port: Sickness is on the increase.
Do all YOU can for US. There is no
money in the city treasury, and the
Door are on our hands, and for lack
of funds We And difficulty in burying
them.
LITTLE Rock, Sept, lG.-The vel
low fever is reported at Fulton, ii
southern terminus of the Cairo and
Fulton Railroad. Also at several of
The smaller towns in North louisa
aa. Two circus men died with it at
La, "Wednesday. No trace
e fI ,oro --t. though there arc
fears it will reach here. -
MEMPHIS, Sept. 16-There is A.
abatement in the yellow fever, |
though its ravages are most exclus-
lively confined to "Pinch,' or of the
portion of the city adj |
iacent to the mouth of Wolf river,
where it first appeared. 1t is impos-
sible TO obtain reliable data in regard
to the mortality, but evidently there
SIS no decrease in the death rate. The
city authorities to-day took the first
step toward meeting the exigencies
of the occasion, the whole street force
being put to work distributing and
burning coal tar in the infected quar-
Ter while the citizens met and rcor-
ganized the Howard Association,
with A. d. Langstaff, President.
Ehe Association will tomorrow
open an office and be prepared 10 fur
lish nurses and relief to all who ap-
ply.
The exodus from the city contin-
les, the physicians advising all who
AN to leave, and the trains in all de
'ections are crowded. The widest
eports are circulated throughout the
country in regard to tho numbe ly-
ng, but it is safe to say that since the
lisease appeared the number of
leaths from all causes has not reach
"a 80 in any day, and since the flight
# the terrOr-stricken ones there is
ess excitement than during the pre-
-alcuce of the cholera.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19

Iron the tarls Intelhgencer,
The news from Middle Tennessee
is very encouraging to friends of the
Cairo and Tennessee River railroad.
There is little room to doubt the vote
of Hickman county in favor of the
road. Major Sykes and Col. j. II.
Lewis, of Marshall, are making
speeches to the good people of old
Hickman, and they are waking up 10
the vast importance of The en-
terpriSe.
Hickman is one OF the richest cOun-
lies Gin mineral wealthy il the State,
and Undeveloped as she now is, this
wealth is utterly useless TO her own
people and to the world, and might
as well be buried in the depths of
the ocean. Bat give Hickman this
road and she becomes at once rich,
and win add largely TO tie wealth of
other counties. aud 10 the aggregate
wealth OF the state. We. in West
Tennessee, are largely interested in
the development of the rich iron
fields which lie at our very doors.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19

~ NJ tue United states, III the
Dietrict Con-, assoc. In the glat-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19

TIN result of the railroad election
i'm iIicbmu county. is not Sd diScOur-
agiug to Che friends OF the Duck Riv-
cr Valley Railroad as at first suppOs-
ed. Hickman county has not foot
ofraiIrual running across her terri
cory. and like all counties in that con-
di,iou. there Is a prejudice against
railroads. Two years ago. the friends
glthc railroad could lie counted on
ones fingers, Gradually the Preiu-
dice has been melting away before
the continued efforts OF few public
spirited men. Ii is astonishing how
skiltuI are tie tactics of the oppo-
ucuts of the road. "NcTily the chill
drcu of darkness are wiser in their
lay and generation than the children
Of light" But the most potent cause
of there being anything like re.
spectacle vote against lie road, ID the
fact that the road-bcd had never been
located. Let the road be located on
the North side of Duck river, below
WiUiausport, and run along the Tiv-
cr olull, and there will scarcely be
vote against the subscription. y vote
was taken several weeks ago, at
NEE, ing at Little Lot, and every man
yas for the road provided twas To-
Gated on the North side Of the river.
The same men voted against it be-
ctuse IL had not been located. When
the proposition is again presented to
the people OF Hickman county, many
who voted arainst il before viii go
for st.. because obey believe in the
ruling. The subscription
received 81 majority of TWO hundred
.uI jwo votes. and the people Of that
county believe In iAa Old Democratic
s,aDublicm dUcuinc OF the majority
ruling. Uuc ola man, living on swan.
,rfea when be found lac had voted
a-a.u>t ,bc majority, and We have
% ard ocSeyull changes from the
same cause.