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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-28

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CENTENNIAL BOOK.
Immense sales. 1T PAYS. Send for circulars
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TAX NOTICE FOR 116.

In of l., w. OxBelmOnt
county Ohio hereby give notice 10 the Payers
that levied
BILE for the 1876 for i'm the several
Townships and Corporations, follows:
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-08-30
sHERAaOa c. c. A1YlBREToRs


THE ENORMOUS WAsTAGE Of grain, so Inevitable
Improved Machine, sufficient, on every jd6, 10 more than
pay all ezpeases OF t~hreshing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
like seeds are threshed, separated, cleaned and saved
% easily and perfectly as Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley.
AN EXTRA PRICE Is usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness.
IN THE WET GRAIN Of 1875, these were substan-
TALLY the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect work,
Dhea Others utterly failed.
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting complica.
tons, such 40 ENDLESS Aprons" "~Eaddles," "Beaters,"
"Pickers," etc, are eatireN dispslsed Wah; less than
one-half the usual Gears, Belts, Boxes, aid Journals;
easier managed; more durable light running no cost
ly repairs; no dust; no" ntteTings" to clean up; not
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms.
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by 1t will not employ infe-
rior and wasteful machines, bat viii insist on this
Improved Thresher doing their work. g
-FOUR SIZES made for 9, 8, 10 and ~ Horse
Powers. Also O specially Of SEPARAToRB, designed
and made EXPRESSLY ron STEAM POWER. .l.
Two STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, viz. our inn
proved "Triplo Gear," and our "Spur speed" WOOD
bury Stylel both Mounted " on Jolw wheels.
If INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising,
apply to our nearest Dealer, or write TO no for Illnstras
ted Circular sent Freo), giving null particu1crs Of siEel
Styles. Prices, Tcrns, etc. 9
Nichols, Shepard d Co.,
BATTLE CREEK. MICH
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-08-30
COUNTER, PLATFORM WACON&TRACK
INSOLYENT NOTICE.

'YHE insolvency of the estate Of James
Il Ross, decd, having been suggested to
the clerk of the County Court, Of Greene
County, it is therefore ordered that publ
cation be made, for four successive weeks,
In the UyIoN AND AMERICAN, a newspaper
published in the town Greenevllle, Tenn,
notifying the creditors of the said estate
10 file their claims with the Clerk of the
County Court, of Greene County, authen
ticted according to law. on or before the
20th day of September, 1876, or they will
be forever barred.
JAS. II. ROSE,
Admir- Of the estate of Jas, Ross, decd.
March 2tth, 1876.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-08-30
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
In q Boys Pocket.

A noise one day breaking the silence of
the school room, the offender was swiftly
brought to justice and his spool confis-
Gated. Another minute, and another
noise from the same delinquent-this time
file. Rejecting that economy of time
might be useful in the case, l desired
Master George to bring me all he had
and, reluctantly, there was poured forth
such an unending stream of treasures that
despatched an assistant for the saucer of
a flower pot in which to place them. A
list is in order.
A rubber ball gnawed at one side, four
yards of Irvine, three peewees, two slate
pencils, piece of soap, q copper, six
board-nails, a pickle, fish hook, bun,
letter which had once been pink, but
now, alas!-five lozenges, top, d dolls
boot with the handle in it, a gold stud
weepingly confessed to be my Man,
miles," a patent lock, key attached; a
piece of gum with tooth impressions, a
leaf from speller round q treacherous
piece of tar, two-kite- knobs, scissor, a
watch-key, pipe-bowl colored and
scented after the latest epicurean style, a
shoe string, whistle, four scarlet BEANS,
an inch doll, two bobbins, an Irishman's
jackknife, lampwick, three pieces of
rainbow coal, five jackstones, q photo.
graph, tack-hammer, ring, skillet
leg, metal toe, rabbits tail! Total,
sixty -five!-Ftom a Teachers Letter.
:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
How ArtemuS Hired q Hall.

Punctually at the hour named called,
and found Artemus Ward in the best of
spirits. "All right, my boy" says he;
" I've been waiting for YOU" and, with
out stopping, Do you know Rose (aom
de plume of I" Arthur Sketchly'), the fell
low who has Egyptian Hall-Mrs.
Browns lectures, you know?' Yes l
l replied; but you can do nothing with
him. He is drawing fine houses, has the
hall engaged for the season, and he GER
tainly would be very foolish to abandon
it, eyes, but wait moment" replied
Arty;' you don't know the man-his
egregious conceit, his great I and all
England self opinsonatum. Capital fellow
otherwise, but vain. Why, 1 believe he
sincerely imagines that his fame has been
waited to the remotest corners of the
earth, and that it is even whispered with a
smile among the veriest barbarians of the
plains. Say nothing further, but just do
as tell you. Capital joke, my boy!'
and Artemus laughed heartily over his
prospective scheme. Now" said he,
"to business. You know Sketchly, don't
you?' I had heard of the gentleman,
and so replied. Eyes, certainly" he
continued, with a merry twinkle in his
eye, and giving me you understand nod.
Knowing there was a joke about it some
where, I replied, "Oh, certainly; yes.''
"Well,' said Artemus, "you have heard
of him for years in America; name a
household word. Often wondered why
he had confined himself entirely to En-
gland-why he had never visited Ameri-
ca, and then, what happy coincidence
if at the same time an American humorist
was seeking to please the British public
England's great humorist should be doing
the same thing in America and receiving
the well-earned Inequalities and ovations
of her people," ETC., etc. Well, to alb
breviate the story-and perhaps much
more was said on the occasion than has
here been written-the part was we'll com
mitted to memory. Upon the following
day called on Artemus and found him in
company with the gentleman. Introduce
ton followed, and in the course of general
conversation the "piece" was spoken. 1t
is merely necessary to add, in conclusion,
that I" it worked'' Artemus very soon
afterward secured the hall and made an
immense hit. Sketchly visited New York,
gave few lectures only, hastily returned
to England, and, as subsequently learned,
wrote book all about the blarsted Ha.
mericans.-Frank B. Con0erse, in Clece-
land PlnSut1euler.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
The Marriage Question.

The country never possessed so many
beautiful manageable young women as it
does at the present time. And why do we
not have more marriages? We answer,
because marriage for love is the exception,
and not the rule. The young people of
this age have gone fashion and money
mad. If the dandy bank clerk who pays
one-half of his income for board and the
other half for clothes cannot improve his
condition he will not marry. The shop
girl who earns good wages and cannot be
distinguished BY her dress from the bank
er's daughter certainly will not plunge
into matrimony unless she can better her
condition in life. If . man is fortunate
enough to possess money, it matters not
how old or ugly he may be, hundreds of
Intelligent, handsome young women can
be found only too willing to become his
wife. Love Is an after confederation.
They marry to be supported and dressed
extravagantly. How often do we hear the
remark, Better to be an old mans dar-
ling than poor mans slave Alas! too
many Of them are not satisfied to be dsr-
lings. They will persist In loving other
men after they are married. It cannot be
denied that . great number Of the unmar-
ried men are adventures looking for
wives who can keep them without work.
ing for living The peace and content
ment OF happy home are not taken into
consideration. They arc willing to suffer
: hell upon earth = they can b kept in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06

ical disturbances Of which both countries
have been the scene during its existence, has
given rise TO no complaints on the part of
either Government, against either it's spirit or
tts Irov;sions, ehould be abruptly ter
minated. It has tended to the protec-
ton OF society, and to the general in
terests OF both countries. Its violation
or annulment would be q retrograde step in in
teraauonal intercourse. Ihave been anxious,
and have made efforts to enlarge it's scope,
and to make new treaty which would be .
still more efficient agent for the punishment
and prevention Of crime; at the same time l
have felt IT my duty to decline to entertain a
proposition made by Great Britain, pending
its refusal to execute the existing treaty, to
amend it by practically conceding by treaty
the identical conditions which that Govern
ment demands under its act Of Parliament.
In addition to the impossibility of the
United States entering upon negotiations un-
der the menace of an intended violation of .
refusal to execute the terms of an existing
treaty, deemed it inadvisable to treat of only
the one amendment proposed by Great Brit
ain, while the United States desires an en-.
largement of the list Of crimes for which ex-
tradition may be asked, and other improve
ments which experience has shown might be
embodied in q new treaty.
1t Is for the wisdom of Congress to de-
termine whether the article of the treaty re-
lating to extradition is to be any longer re-
garded as obligatory on the Government of
the United States or as forming part of the
supreme law of the land. Should the attitude
of the British Government remain unchang-
ed, l shall not, without an expression of the
any action either in making or granting
acquisitions for the surrender of fugitive
Grimm ais under the treaty of 1912. Respect
fully submitted, U. s. GRANT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06

dramatic exit from the world, but no cause
is known why the young girl should wish
to make any exit at all. In New York
City, last Sunday, a young lad of
sixteen, a clerk in u banking house, shot
himself, and no cause is known why he
did it. Sometimes the motive for suicide
verges on the ridiculous, as in the case of
Diedrich Braunlieben, sixty two years of
age, and old enough tohave known better.
This precious fool cut his venerable throat
because his second wife refused to 60 with
him and assist him in paying his respects to
the grave of his first wife. The only cred
table feature Of the affair is that he had
the good taste to cut his own throat, in
stead of getting mad with the second Mrs.
Braunlieben and cutting hers.
For the suicide Of fools and madmen, of
grown up male idiots and adult maudlin
women, we may at least invent some ex-
cuse, but what excuse will be sufficient to
explain this dreadful propensity of chill
dren to commit self-murder? What pos
sible cause can there be that the dawning
of life should be so clouded over? Young
life never has a denouement of tragedy.
There is no situation in childhood so des-
perate and distressing that there is not a
strong probability of relief. The sky is
AoU always ONClLlOuuCu Ill yOuul. liz
storm and shine alternate in every young
life, however hard the circumstances of its
surroundings may be. Despair only
springs from the Accommodations of years
and the buffetings of fate continuing until
the victim is no longer able to endure
them. The cause of these juvenile sui
cides is hard to find, because, in natural,
healthy child, the whole course and condi-
ton OF life tend in an opposite direction.
The New York Tribune, in a recent dis
cussion of this subject, says very peril
nently:
Many boy has been ruined for life
by misunderstanding of his idiosyncra-
sizes on the part of those to whom his cul-
ture was confided. If he has naturally a
bad temper, or is continually Responding,
or if there is an abnormal development Of
his imagination or of his curiosity, he
may, whenever sufficiently and peculiar
ly excited, seek qualification or relief
through resource about which he does
not stop to reason. This may specially be
the case with children of an epileptic dia-
thesis. 1t is for parents carefully to
watch their charges, and fully to conf
prehend, if possible, their peculiarities,
adapting culture and discipline to each
particular case'
This view of the case might be empha-
sized by calling attention to the impor-
lance of watching the reading of such a
child A child who is morbid in temper
ament or over sentimental in its imagin-
ings, may find an impelling cause
toward suicide in the reams of sickly
swash that are issued from some of our
publication houses, both in the shape of
newspapers and books. They will lead a
child of this kind just as surely toward
suicide as they will lead child of i'm
moral tendencies toward crime Whatever
may be the cause, however, the fact ex-
lists, and the fact is of consequence 50
alarming as to demand the earnest atten-
ton of the moralists.-Chic0g0 Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
A Banker OutWitted.

A correspondent of the Paris Figaro
staying at Monaco has been amusing its
readers with some laughable tales of life
in that fashionable watering place. Among
them is the following: A Partisan bank
er had the misfortune to possess wife
who is addicted to gambling. Year after
year she goes to Monaco and loses large
sums on the green cloth. Her husband
has been at his wits end to stop the evil
without resorting to harsh measures. At
last happy thought struck him. Calling
to him confidential clerk named Armand,
who was unknown to his wife, he gave
him instructions to follow the lady and to
attend daily at the gaming table. Armand
was told to watch carefully the way she
staked her money, and always to place a
similar amount on an opposite number
or color. By this means the banker hoped
that he would be able to hedge the sums
staked by his wife, and that the only loss
he could possibly experience would be
the general expenses incurred by his
clerk. A short time elapsed, and the hus-
band received among his correspondence
one morning two letters from Monaco
one from his wife the other from Mr.. Ar
mand. Opening the first, he found but
two lines, but those to the point. The
lady had experienced loss of sixty thou
sand francs, and wrote for more money
Turning to the next letter with some self
satisfaction at his own shrewdncss, he read
as follows: "Kind friend and patron;
have implicitly followed your instructions,
but never worked so hard in my life.
Madame arrives at the casino at midnight
Twelve hours without eating or drinking
is no joke. However, have nothing to
complain of. I have won sixty thousand
francs, and as I am not ambitious am
content to stop there. I start at once for
Montguyon, a charming little town, where
I was born, and where my cousin awaits
me, to whom am about to be married
Knowing the interest you take in my well
fare, shall indeed be proud if you will
be present at our wedding. Of the twenty
thousand francs which you entrusted me
with there remains l1,341 francs, which
remit to you in bank check; the balance
has been expended in my hotel bill and
other incidental items" The Figaro con-
cludes the feelings of the banker on the
receipt of these two communications can
he better imagined than described.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
The Chinese Portrait of Washington.

have frequently been told that the best
likeness of Washington was cut from a
china pitcher, framed and placed at Mount
Vernon, or Arlington House. Ihave been
much amused at several discussions upon
the singular circumstance that Chinese
artist should be inspired to make the finest
portrait of our great patriot without ever
having seen him! I think, myself, it
would be curious, with the Chinese zigzag
view of nature and great desire to avoid
making anything that looks like a human
being. The facts are these: Edward A.
Newton, a nephew of Mr.. Stuart, who
was in England on business, commission
ed my father to paint him a Washington
for the especial purpose of having it
copied on china pitchers, at Liverpool,
and had some dozen struck off to send to
his friends in America. l am sorry to do
away with this idea of " Chinese inspira-
tion," as there is always fascination in
mystery.-Jane Stuart, in Scri6ner for
JuLv.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
Gypsies and Their Friends.

Where did the gypsies really come from?
In what country was the cradle of this
race of wanderers? ACQUISITION which has
been answered in a hundred ways; the
widest theories have been advanced, and
on the slenderest grounds. They wandered
from the province of Zeugitana, in Africa;
they were fugitives from the city of Sin
CARA, in Mesopotamia, driven out by Jul
ian the ApOstate; they came from Mount
Caucasus; their name "Zigeuner" is u
corruption of Saracenar; they are the
Canaanites whom Joshua dispossessed;
they are Egyptians; they are Amorites.
All these theories are based upon their
names. Other origins are assigned them
from the peculiarities of their customs and
language; they are faquirs; they are the
remains of Attila's Huns; they are the de-
scendants of Cain; they are German Jews,
who, during the dreadful persecution of
the fourteenth century, betook themselves
to the woods and remained there till the
troubled times passed over; they are Tar
tars, separated from Timour's hosts about
the beginning of the fifteenth century;
they are Circassians, driven away from
their homes by this very Timour with his
Tartars; they are Bohemians; they are
Sudras from India. All these opinions
and many more are enumerated at length
in Grellman, and quoted by everybody
who has written on the subject. As we
write these lines, we read that M. Batail-
lard, who has made the gypsies his study
for many years, has in the press paper
in which he attributes altogether new
origin to them. Mr.. Charles Leland's
opinion is that they are the descendants of
a vast number of Hindus of the primitive
tribes of Hindustan, who were expelled or
emigrated from that country early in the
fourteenth century, and that they were
identical with the two castles of the Doms
and Nats-the latter being at the present
day the real gypsies Of India. The peo-
pie have drawn around them a whole lit
erature of inquiry and research. The
names of Simson, Borrow, Pott, Grell-
man, Liebich, Paspati, Smidt, which are
readiest to our hand, have been quite re-
Gently supplemented by the addition of
Mr.. Charles Leland and Prof. E. H.
Palmer. Rommany literature is like the
Homeric ballads, inasmuch as it is entire
" oral-unlike the Had, it is extremely
limited in extent. Borrow, in his latest
work, gives few songs and pieces in
verse, but the Rommany folk are not given
to poetry.-Tenpk Bar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06


devouring rust, creep through and eat off
the glitter of the gold, mar its face and
scar its beauty. Humanity, aye, even the
soul is frequently bartered for the golden
bubble, but never for iron. Iron is the
lowest and cheapest of metals, yet it can
rise highest in the scale of intrinsic merit.
When wrought to its highest value it is
worth treble its weight in gold. Gold,
the purest of ores, may sink to the meanest
service OF man. Gold is imperial, exclu-
sive, despotic and scarce. Iron is domes-
tic, cosmopolitan, abundant. Gold is re-
garded as the standard which fixes values.
Iron produces the values so fixed, whether
by the pillow, or the press, the mine or the
mill, the ship or the steam car; iron dem
onstrates its utility, its producing power.
Cities have been ransomed with gold, but
empires have been built up by iron. Gold
clings to the few, but iron is the possession
and the blessing of the many.-N. Y.
Mercantile Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
Iron and Gold.

1t is peculiarly of gold that, from the
moment of its discovery to the day of its
destruction, its intrinsic value cannot be
increased. 1t will sell for as much in the
dust or nugget as when coined into the
sovereign. Experience has proved that
every dollar of gold coined costs its dollar
in gold to mine. Not so with iron. Iron
continues to increase in value at every
stage of development or manipulation !;
from the unattractive earthly ores, till it
pulsates with the seconds Of time, as it
measures out the limits of the glorious orb
of day. Gold is indestructible. No acid,
gas, heat or cold affects its quality or dis
turbs its purity 1t is regarded as the
monarch among metals. It is more due
tile than any other, and is the only metal
free from oxygen-chemically free and
pure. Iron is the servant of all. Its steel
arms, its iron ribs and its revolving feet
carry us obediently to the uttermost parts
Of the earth; it nurses US in our days OF
sickness; it protects us in the hour of dan.
ger. Iron has greater affinity for oxygen
than any other metal, and is never found
chemically free or pure. Gold always has
an aristOcratic shine. It is the mineral
snob, typical Of pOmp, pride, riches, lazi-
ness, incidence and extravaganza. 1t is
piled idly in the bank or counting room.
1t is the ornament of the belle and the
servant, the prince and the peasant, the
palace and the play house, the temple and
the tenement. It is courted alike
by both fools and philosophers,
though "all is not gold that
glitters." Iron is the bone and sinew
Of the land; 1t only shines when work or
worth is demanded. The friction of en-
terprise, industry and duty keeps it ever
bright. It builds our houses. It saws and
draws, and smoothes and grooves, and
sows and mows, and faithfully serves both
king and commoner without blush of
shame, or bruise of resentment. It is
the general benefactor Of mankind, q true
gift Of God. Iron and gold cannot be
fused or united their elements are antag-
onistic. Iron Is the only metal that will
destroy gold. You may plate iron with
gold, but the oxygen will II time, with its