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ET About a pint of salt aprinkled
about the roots Of barren ounce trees
every fall will make them produce good
crops.
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Trial by Jury; or HoA it, Done
The jury then retired to consider their
verdict

nv Juiy ench AeVacu w eo"S'"S' Wv"
verdict.
Foreman--Well, gentleman, what shall
II be 2 For the defendant or the plaintiff ?
l say for the plaintifr-the damages
G1,000.
Number Two--Nonsense; you mean
the defendant lie was in the right, and
nothing shall make me give in il ! stay
here all night
Number Three-Don't say that. Be.
cause ! have dinner party at seven
Number Four-And l promised my
wife to be back at six.
Number Five-I say ditto to Mr.. Fore.
man. Only make it a farthing damages.
Nothing shall move me from that.
Number Six--Which WAS the plaintiff ?
Number Sevcn--Why. the one who
refused to pay the bill, why don't you
know?
Number Eight-Lor' bless me- thought
he was the defendent!
Number Nine-Come, gentlemen, it's
getting late. Make up your minds. !
don't care which you give it for; in fact,
thought both sides In the wrong.
Number Ten-Dld your ! Thought
both sides in the right
Number Eleven-Its no use talking.
! tell you mean to stick to the defend
ant.
Number Twelvo-And I to the plain
tiff Damages $1,000. Not penny less
mind, not penny less!
toreman--l see, gentleman, we must
decide in the usual way. will toss
the shilling, il you will be good enough
to cry heads or tails.
The jury returned alter few minutes,
absence. Verdict for the plaintiff
damages forty shillings,
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Van Buren, Grange, 2. IL.

w. puurs GRANGE, o.3s. p. OH, Neg.
v nlar meetil. gs, first Saturday OF esr,
Month at Q o'clock, A. NJ, at Lem,ey na,,
4 miles east of Van Buren, ARK. IA, IaI''hs -
good standing are fraternaily lnv,sc" ~ A.
MT WEST, Secretary
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LITTLE Rock, ARKANSAS,

XTILL buy and sell lands, take dispositions pay
w taxes, secure donations, pre- EN- ptions home
steads, and furnish showing all lands
township and county in the State. investigate titles
and abstracts furnished. have superior facilities
tor furnishing information from ell Departments of
the StateGovernment.
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10. O. f.

CRAWFORD LODGE, No. 9. of ODD FELLOWS,
| meets every Friday, at I clock. p. M, At theii
Nall iu Eagle Block.
HOMAS NJ. MCGEE. N. G..
BERKELEY NEAL, See'y.
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Van Buren, Encampment.

IAN BUREN, ENCAMPMENT, No. u.I.O.O.F.
meets on the Second and Fourth Thursday OF
ieh month, At Odd Eelisws Hell, Wa huron:
\. 2. ca 1nl Is RBIlso, s. VT. n Il. HAYxAI. J.
H., CHARLES MLLgR, Treas:
aarch s.ls74 J. A.. LOCkA -. scribe.
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Crawford Lodge No. 6, 10 OF, Degree
of Rebekah, meets the FIRST Thursday night of eve
ry month, at Odd Fellows Hall.
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It was drcary Thanksgiving day.
GRAY and overcast, the chill atmosphere
thick with fine show-a wild, wailns
blast tossing the bare maple boughs, and
whirling the dead leaves in every direc.
tion. - :.
But. despite the cheerless day, and her
own sad heart, Nell lit fire in the best
room. and made the old house at Maple
wood as CHEEKY as possible.
There was no one to eat the Thanks
giving dinner but the old people and her
self but unsefish Nell, hiding her owr
sorrow, strovc to make the day brigh
for them She heaped the replace will
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
HAMPTON. IngratItude.

From twenty to twenty-five Republic
can voters according TO Democratic
authorities at the timc) were asslssina-
ted In cold blood at Ellen.on, Aiken
County, South Carolina, about a
month after the Hamburg massacre.
General Hampton asked President
Hayes that the prosecutions against the
murdercrs OF these black men should be
discontinued because their crimes were
political oifenses." Only onc man III
we remember rightly Was prosecuted,
and, although the evidence against
him was clear, the Democrats on the
jury refused to convict him. Now we
hear of the arrest of Members of Con-
grcss Smalls, the cOlOrcd hero who ran
ont the steamer Planter during the
siege Of Charleston, and of Mr.. Patter-
son, the only Republican Senator from
the State of South Carolina.
There Is a parable in the Good Book
concerning Il debtor whom his Lord for
gave all his Indebtedness, and who left
his presence and seized one of his debt
ors and ordered him to pay the utmost
fartlIing that he owed.
We recommend that parable TO Coy
crnOr Hampton, Some show, even Il
faint one, of reciprocal reconciliation
would be more potent just now to in
duce fhe North to believe in the SINGER
ity of the Southern Bourbon leaders
than Il thousand speeches in laudation
of the Presidents Southern policy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
From the Knoxville %Chronicle.l
IMPORTANT TO HORSE OWNERS.
Sure Cure for Horse Collie.


SPRINGDALE, CLAIBoURNE Co., Tenn,
October G, 1877.
Mcssrs. Sanford, Chamberlain & Al
bers, Proprietors Of DIR. Ilart's Great
Relief, Knoxville, Tenn.
GENTS: / feel it due to the public to
inform you that have made an expert
ment with your Hart's Relief that
consider to be worth millions of dollars
to the public. On the 81 of this month
Mr.. Jasper Hearill rode ~ fine young
mare to my carding machine and in a
few minutes she was down and rolling
with the collie. Having no medicine at
hand except a bottle Of Dr.. Hart's Re
lief and hearing it said that what was
good for man was good for horse, adj
yised its use and we put a teaspoonful
in a pint of water and poured it down
the suffering animal, and to our sur
prise in about five minutes she was qui-
ct and all right. The next day n mare
of mine while in the pillow turning land
for wheat was taken with collie, and we
treated her in the same way as we had
done Mr.. Hearill's and with the same
result, in about the same time. | am
fully satisfied that the Relief will effect
a cure in all cases of collie if given soon
after the attack. | think the public
ought to be well informed and by all
possible means, and also advised to keep
one bottle at least on hand for imme-
diate use. ! have no other motive in
sending you this except duty and to al
leviate pain JACOB y. PARKS,
J.J. Parks Is a very responsible man
and handed me this to send to you for
publication, which you can do If you
wish, or as much oft as you think
proper. Yours, truly, j. w. DIVINE,
Tazewcll, Tenn. M. ID.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
democratic Economy.

The Democratic papers are talking a
great deal about the ECONOMY" of the
last House of Congress. They produce
figures to show how small the appropri-
ations were. Now the fact is they refu-
sed to make the necessary approprla-
tions and are now, as the result, in eX-
ira session to make appropriations to
carry on the machinery of the Govern
ment. The extra mileage of the pres
ent Congress will cost more than TO
have made the whole appropriations
which they now will have to Make. a
man who has cash on hand, and VIII
buy things and have them Charged
TO him in order to say that he spent no
money, deserves exactly the same cred
1t as the last Congress.
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Enron OF ~IIERALp;

EDITOR or HERALD:
The different professions or ayOcatiOn'
Of man only require their natural quail.
~ihcations, to aid their progress, which
answers the question why the
minds Of 30 many thousands are 50 mar
rOwly compassed that they ignore
almost everything that does not come
Immediately into contact with their
profession. But when oppression and
bad legislation began 10 pinch, we are
constrained % see condition, we
find that unequal and unjust taxation
i oppression, aud It throws lts main
burden upon the laboring mans shout
dcrs, and this Is caused by bad Legisla-
ton. The bond holder furnished the
pltiful sum Of 800 to the Government
for = 1000 in bonds. Now the laborer
pays him 500 annually for his 800 in
vcstment which i nearly 10 per cent.
interest In gold. You may have $1,000
and loan it for is months at G per cent.
You get $3.50 interest and pay from 80
to so per cent. tax on your notes, then
you may buy q piece Of real estate for
your $4,000 and give your notes due Is
months after date, then you are assess
ed with $4,000 worth of real estate, and
the note holder is assessed with 81, 1000
worth of notes that makes 3 assessments
for that 81 1000, which would be about
$50 per cent on that amount tax or
probably 2lO per cent. or with your
: 1000 you may buy $1,000 worth Of
bonds and be released from taxation on
II and draw $40 annually in gold
which is - per cont. on your $1,000
investment and the labOring man pays
it, and the capitalist who made his
thousands during the war, which was
the price of blood, now when the ilnan-
cial regions are darkening and he finds
retrenchment necessary, never thinks
of curtailing his Owl luXuries, but
would cut off a small p%ittance of the la
boring man, and no doubt think it just.
In 1861 to GJ there were men who stood
square to the front, unllinching, while
their blood was speculated on, who
have since that time gone back on what
they did, and we would say stop, dear
soldier brother, and reflect and cOnsid-
err for a moment, and don't go back on
what they did then, for you verify did
good work. SUBSCRIBER.
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A good place Tor HaJes' Poliey.

In the Liberty (Miss.) Herald, a Dem
ocratic paper we find the following:
In this county, in Wilkinson, Frank
lin, and Pike, the most diabOlical
crimes have been secrctiye committed
whipplngs, mutilatiOns, rObberies,
rapcs and murders-by bands OF men
under the guise Of bulldozers or pro-
tectiyc clubs. II, rs was the case in
more than M instance, good men de-
ounce these acts-these crimes-they
are mysteriOusly threatened with yiO-
lcnoe % enforced to exile, or the torch
o. the ~incendiary. In such u condition
Of Affairs, every industrial interest of
the country Is depressed, and We are
travelling with lightning speed Oh a
down grade to the devil.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

Is this a foreign country? Russia
leather is made in Connecticut, Bor-
deaux wine is manufactured in Cali
fornia, French lace is woven in New
York, Italian marble is dug in Ken
lucky, MarseilIes liicn is Produced in
Massachusetts,, English cashmere is
made in New Hampshire, Parian art
work comes from a shop in Boston,
Spanish mackerel are caught on the
New Jersey coast, and Havana cigars
are rolled out by the million in Chi
ergo.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

During the last nine months the
United States exported to England
sc, 132, 730 lbs. of fresh beef and l.
883,850 lbs. of mutton. The total
exports of meats TO the Old World for
the period mentioned amounted in
value to S1l, 1926, $50. There were al
so exported 12,S28,630 lbs. of butter
ard 75,917,443 lbs. of cheese, an in
crease in these lines Of 80 per cent.
over 1876.
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what A. II. Stephens Says.

In a recently published interview
with Alexander IL. Stephens, the fol-
lowing is given as an expression Of his
sentiments: "There isn't much COM
fort for the forlorn few who are still
clinging to the fraud cry. Think Mr..
Hayes tenure is flrmer than that ever
inaugurated in the United States. He
holds HIS Office by the highest judicial
authority in the land. Even if thought
their decision wrong, which do not,
4 should bow to it as | would to any de-
cree from the Bench"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

John Gupton, an aged citizens of
Cheatham county, met with an I'M
timely end near Walnut Grove, a day
Or two ago. He was assisting several
men to repair a road, near which
stood a dead tree. Suddenly the tree
fell, and before Gupton could get out
of the way, it struck HIM on the neck,
killing him instantly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
TUFTS PILLS
A disiinguished physician Of New York

A distinguished physician of New York
tAys:
at is astonishing how universally DR..
TUFTS Pills are used. In my'daily rounds,
l hear Of them not only among the poor,
but their virtues are heralded from the inan-
.ions Of the wealthy and refined. Know.
Ing the inventor from his long connection
with the medical profession, / have great
confidence in their merits, and Of late have
often prescribed them with tho %happiest 70
suits in cases where / desired 10 make a de-
cided impression on the liyu.'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

The st. Louis Times refers to the
slow stage of the currency caused by
John Sherman's policy" Does the
Times take everybody to be fools? Are
not grecnbacks worth more now than
they ever were before. Gold is only
worth $lO224 in New York while out
side of that place Gold is only worth
10Y, or IL cents more than green
backs. Is that what the Democracy
call slow stage of the currency" If
SO, give us more of it.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
Convict Labor,

A correspondent writing from anoth-
or State to the Knoxville Chronicle
says: feel a deep interest in the CON
Wet labor question and what is being
done about IL, as | consider It one Of
the greatest outrages Of the times, and
hope It will be suppressed. My i'm
preston is that the State has no right
to farm out its thieves, murderers, and
other criminals at n tominal charge. to
politicians, and allow them to be taken
to any part of the State to interfere
with and, perhaps, destroy the honest
and Legitimate industries Of the coun-
try,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

When you have Just fifteen min.
utes in which to eat your breakfas;
and catch the train, how it does soft
the tender heart of man toward
the gcntler sex to see the waiter Cir
who went off to get his order lean up
against the sideboard and go TO
sleep, and dream of home and heaven
and peace anti the whistle blows.
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The Weekly Herald.
OCTOBER 25th, 1877.

The Knoxville Chronicle says the
anti Tammany Democrats o. New York
have Joined with the Republicans in a
common fight against Tammany. 1t
will prove Intellectual. Lot, though a
just imam, wogid dave stood a
poor chance as a candidate for Mayor
of Sodom or GOmorrah.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

The fashion journals say, "Fcath-
ers are sill the style for hats and
bonnets." Beds, too. W. slept on a
hotel bed the other night that must
have had as much as thirty or forty
feathers scattered around on q car
load of Stats. But this is carrying
feather decoration to the extreme of
fashion.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

Nashville American: Gov. Porter
says that the assessments will be
completed, in accordance with the act
passed by the last session of the Leg
islature, by Nov. 18th, and that he
will determine by then Us to whether
he will call an extra session of the
Legislature.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

Congressman Springer, of Illinois,
wants above all things to have the tax
taken off Of whisky. The West, he
says, demands cheap whisky. Hi
nois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and
Kansas demand cheaper whisky. 1t
isl the dear whisky that keeps the
West back, retards civilization, i'm
pedes commerce, paralyzes mrnufac-
ture and clogs the q Of progress.
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hacking Down.

The JGesborG Times speaks Of certain
Republicans as ''hacking down" from
the support of the President. The
truth is, the President and a few OF the
sorc-hcads are the only ones that have
ever done any backing down. If some
ri the parties he Is putting in Office had
been hung, and all such papers as the
Times used as winding sheets for them,
the country would be better off to-day.
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Dr.. Tat has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
fora longtime was dcmon-
stTatuT OF anatomy in the
Medical College Of Gcor-
gis, hence, persons using
his Pill have the g1afAn-
tee that they ne Prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quaCkery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antlgonisuc
qusli' cs of q SfrTHgiASH-
ing, fHtgafirr, md
UyIEg tonic.
Their first apparent cf-
feet h. 10 increase the APP
petite hy causing the food
10 properly assimilatc,
Thus the System is nuur-
isbcd, and Ivy their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
evatuItious are produced.
The rapidly with which
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
Wagons.

RayrALSO Bar Iron, Diamond and Rabbit
Metal, Wire Rope, Ingot Copper, Light Rail,
Fish Plate and Bolts, Screen Iron, Foundry
Coke aud Blacksmith Coal.
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PEsssYs gAEE eg TizsE,
wuEgR .aLia wyIaE7 =, aaLp.
LOUIsvILLR, Ky.
ANp. I. IS1s.

LOUISVILLE, KY.
Aag. ), 1875.
DR.. Dear Sir;
For ten years | have been
a martyrt 10 dyspepsia, con.
sGpation, and piles, and
had well nigh exhausted
the matcria mcdica for re-
lief from this living death,
when, Ivy accident, your
Pills were brought 10 NY
notice. ! began their USE,
and the first dose gave mc
such relic. that | continued
totahr them. ! am now 4
well man, have y good ape
petite, can digest well, the
piles have disappeared,
and ! have gained forty
pounds in solid flesh I
would not lie without
them for their weight in
gold.
REY. II. l.. SIMPSON.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

They arc perfectly
harmless, can be TAX
en- by young or old
without restraint OF
diet or occupation.
PRICE rs CENTS.
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amlkeeping n full stock
Of one and twO-housc Wa
CONS, which | am offering
at lower prices than ever
before offered In this mar
ket.
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Square Brick, Key Brick,
Arch Brick, SOnp Brick,
lamb, Furnace Tile, Fur
mace Hearths and BOshes,
Drail Tile, etc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-16
The Maine State Convention.

The Maine Republican State Convention
met at Augusta on August 8, and Governor
Connor was renominated unanimously and
by acclamation. The following resolution
was presented:
Resotred, That we reaffirm our unshaken conf
dence in the integrity, patriotism, and craftsmanship
of Rutherford B. Hayes and cordially approve his
efforts to carry out in good faith the principles ayOwed
by the Cincinnati Convention.
Governor Chamberlain spoke in favor of
this resolution: and his remarks were re-
ceived with great applause. c. A. Boutelle,
of Bangor, moved the following amendment,
and advocated its adoption:
Resolred, That this convention declare the belief
that Governor Packard, OF Louisiana, and Governor
Chamberlain, of South Carolina, were entitled to
their respective offices by the same votes which
elected Rutherford B. Hayes President Of the United
States and that both Governors were clearly entitled
to recognition by the national government, and that
the failure to recognize them placed the national gov
ernment in a humlatng attitude of surrendering to
rebels threatening with arms in their hands, to re-
sst its legitimate authority.
Hon. V. A. Farwell, of Rockland, spoke
in favor of Gen. Chamberlain's resolution.
Mr.. Blaine took the floor, and said he was
opposed to both resolutions and in favor OF
peace. He moved that the resolutions be
tabled.
Mr. A. G. Lebrake made a violent speech
against the Administration, which was
greeted with cheers and Kisses.
After other speeches, Aaron V. Morrill,
said he wanted peace, but there was no
peace in opposition to the National Admin.
istration, and he desired to say this to his
friends who had preceded him. He pro
ceeded to address the convention amid a
scene of great confusion, being greeted
with cheers and Kisses.
Blaine's motion to table both resolutions
hreyailed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-16
Slightly Familiar with Wales.

Those who remember how Major Tom
Ochiltree was appointed United States
Marshal for theState of Texas-persuad-
ing President Grant that he, Major Tom,
was seriously injured in the defense of
the Presidents good name against a
crowd of Texan rufians-will not be
prejudiced against the truth of this other
story anent him as told by New Mex
leo newspaper: "On one occasion he was
in England, guest of a nobleman who
had come iii contact with him during a
visit to this country, and who had fallen
an easy victim to Toms unsurpassed
impudence and powers of fascination.
The Englishman had taken Tom to Lon
don and was exhibiting him to his friends
as genuine American lion. Tom was
plentifully supplied with funds by his
noble friend, and was cutting a grand
figure. One day Tom and his friend met
the Prince of Wales at club. The no
bleman asked permission of the Prince
to introduce his American friend. Leave
having been obtained, Tom was form
ally introduced to the heir apparent. He
grasped the royal hand and shook it
heartily, and then burst out: Wales, old
fellow, Pm devilish glad to know you
let's take drinkp The horror of the
nobleman was changed to amazement
when the Prince gave Toms hand a
hearty shake and replied, Don't care il
l do Cheek carried the day"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-16
Another Distressed NObleman.

A tramp came along the other day,
says the Bridgeport Standard, and con-
fided to the impressible better half of a
farmer on the road that he was a Count,
who was travelling through the country
in this humble way seeking true heart
which he might win and take back with
him to share in the revenues of his i'm
mense estates in Italy. He begged that
she wouldn't mention the fact, as it
might interfere with his cherished plan
of being loved for himself alone. She
promised not to say word about it, and
invited the Count to stop with them all
night, giving him the best bed in the
house and the seat nearest the beefsteak
at the supper table. The meal was quite
revelation to her in the matter of the
table habits of the nobility of Europe,
but the discovery she made in the morn
ing was still greater eye-opener. His
lordship had departed in the small
hours, taking with him, probably as
cherished souvenirs, the larger portions
of the bed linen, the farmers best boots,
an old horse-pistol and half a ham. He
left dirty, scrawling misspelled note
stating that he must away, as his pas
sionate longing for the true heart Of
which he was ever in search would MOI
let him rest until they were united. Tht
farmer loaded his shotgun, took thu
road, and was gone two days, but didn'
find the Count. He must have gon,
back to his estates in Italy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-16
Pacific Steamship Eten Wrecked North
of Valparaiso.

New YORK, August ia Star and Her
aid, of Panama, Just received, announces the
total loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Eten, Captain Coathupe,
on the morning of the 18th of July, at Los
Vilos, about seventy miles north of Valpa-
raiso. Fourteen bodies had been recovered,
while forty-three of the crew and passengers
had reached the shore in safety, and twenty
were still on the rocks.
A British war vessel and Chilian gum
boat were sent to the scene of the wreck
as soon as reported, but were unable to
render assistance, owing to rough weather
and fog.
The survivors on the rocks, from exposure
and want of food, threw themselves into the
sea to end their misery, and only three were
saved.
A correspondent writes that out of the
crew (sixty-seven all told) and the passen-
gers, there are probably saved sixty-three.
There could not have been less than from
ninety to one hundred passengers. The loss
of life, therefore, may be estimated at about
one hundred persons.
The commander of the vessel is thought to
be among the lost.