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HALF-YEARLY STATEMENT
OF THE
Auditor and Treasurer of Jackson
County, Ohio, for the Half
Year Ending Aug. 81, 1877,

In compliance With an act Of the Legislature of
the State of Ohio. passed Apfil B, lAJ9, To pro-
vide for the better regulation OF the Receipts,
disbursements, and safe keeping OF public
revenue.
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New and handsome stock of Cassi-
meres, and all kinds of goods for men
and boys, at James Chestnut's.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-09-20

Come and hear the blind orator, Judge
West, on the 2Sth.
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twenty-five cents will pay for the
Standard for two months.
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More new goods at James Chestnut's.
Dry goods, boots and shoes, hats, caps,
carpets, oil cloths, etc, cheaper than
ever
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80 cheap and yet so beautiful" was
the remark of young lady as she beheld
the new dress goods at James Chestnuts.
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OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.


Rev. G. II. PAYNE, ID. D., l.. l.. d.. President.
Six Pull Courses Of study, Preparatory Depart
ment Extensive Museum, Library Of 1000 vol
umes Ladies admitted 10 all departments
and an elegant building for their special Home.
This Institution has an acknowledEed rank
with our best Colleges Expen-es very low.
n. For catalogues &c, sddfcss the fREcSi-
DENT. sepGitt
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE

State of Ohio, Jackson county, S.:
Court of Common Pleas.
Jacob A. Long VS.. John d. Eubanks.
On ith order of sale.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance Of
an order of sale issued out of said court, on the
10Th day OF Sept, A. ID. 1877, and tonne direct
ed sheriff of said county, will offer for sale
at the door of the Court House, in said county
Saturday, October 18th. A. D. 1877,
Lot number three (3) in ]. a. Longs Addl-
tion TO the town Of Jackson, Jackson county,
Ohio, except the stonecoal underlying said lot
and the right to mine and remove said stone
coal.
Appraised at si75.
Terms Of sale, cash on day of sale.
To be sold the property of John ID. Eu-
banks to satisfy a Judgment and decree in favor
Of Jacob A. Long.
Dated this 9th day Of September, 1877.
JOHN NJ. EWING, Sh'ff j. G. o.
Tripp Atkinson, attys Tor pln.
Sepl3f5t
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Hall
NJ, arriving Waverly at PM
THE TENT THE FAIR GROUND HAS BEEN SECURED
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Notice.

The undersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Barsheba Brown, late
sep2O33t ]. r. BROWN.
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Savage's School House, Saturday night,
Sept. 10Th, A. B. Monahan, Paine and
Harbarger.
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Other Schools that may desire to sing w be arranged for they
wH hand in their names and pieces to the Secretary
on or before that morning.
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PR0GR ANIME

Of the Eighth Annual Jackson County Sabbath School Celebration
to be held at Jackson Tuesday, September 25, 1877.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
CarIyIe's Habit Of Writing.

Authorship, to Thomas Carlyle, is
toll He composes slowly, and no mode
of expression pleases him. The manu-
script is, when finished, very neat, and a
page holds a large amount of his small,
upright writing.
But his proof sheets are the terror OF
the printers His fastideousness as to
the expression of his plainest thoughts
causes him to correct and recast, until the
print of the proof-sheet is surrounded by
mass of manuscript.
Once when he was getting out book
he was annoyed at the slowness of the
printer, and urged him to greater dill
gence. "Why, sir" protested the man,
'you really are SO hard upon us with
your corrections! They take SO much
time, you see!"
Carlyle, observing that he was used to
that sort of talk, said: 81 have had works
printed in Scotland, and"
eyes, indeed" interrupted the printer,
eve are aware of that. We have man
here from Edinburg; aud when he took
up bit of your copy he dropped it as II
it had burnt his fingers, and cried out:
'MercY on us! have you got that man to
print for? Nobody can ever tell when
we shall get done-with all his correc-
lions
CARLYLE could not reply for laughing
and he left the office.-4outh's Compan
ion.
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How TO Work Successfully.

A man working by the day needs some
one to think for him, to tell him what to
do and how to do it, and the more varied
the character of the work the greater
need is there for constant supervision on
the part of the employer. Some of the
most successful farmers [ have ever
known were not men who worked hard
themselves. They saw that the work was
done, and done promptly and properly,
but rarely did much steady work with
their own hands. They had the faculty
of directing, planning, and seeing that
everything was in order.
have a man digging potatoes by the
bushel. He works hard and makes every
stroke tell, and earns 81 so per day,
while ordinary day hands get rs cents.
A few days ago asked him why he did
not hire a man or two to help him.
Can't you make them work as fast as
you do?" He thought he could; be
thought they would keep up. ssWell,
said |, Elf you get three men and pay
them 81 per day each and make them
earn $3.50, you would make So day in
stead of 81 So" 1t seemed to be new
idea to him. And judging from the
number of farmers who go into the field,
and work alone, this idea of the value
and cost of superintendent is not fully
! appreciated. Joseph Harris.
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Giot,o'~ Ugline.-a and GOOD nunor.

Meagre as our information Is, and
doubtful as We must be concerning much
OF Giottos history, something at least
We know of his person and character
which helps to make the great Florentine
more than a mere name, and serves to
endear him to us with the warmth and
reality Of living being. Little of sta
ture, and ill-favored of countenance,
Giotto's exterior ugliness formed strik-
ing contrast to the beauty of his mind,
and was so evident that it formed the con
slant subject Of his friends good humored
jests, and is often alluded to by con-
temporaries. Benyenuto da Imoia tells
us that the artists children were as ugly
as himself, and Petrarch and Boccaccio
both mention Giotto as an instance OF the
strange fact that the rarest treasures of
soul are frequently hidden in misshapen
forms. But under this repulsive exte-
rior dwelt the kindIiest heart and happi
est disposition, and a mind that, with all
its many sided complishments, was far
too large to admit of the least shade of
selfish vanity None of that morbid
melancholy which frequently clouds the
most gifted natures saddened the life or
darkened the soul Of Giotto on the
contrary, he was endowed with large
share of practical common sense, that
rare accompaniment of genius, with
shrewd intellect, and excellent power of
reasoning, along with the keenest sense
of humor and most unfailing lightness
Of heart No man loved a joke better,
or was quicker at repartee, or more full of
innocent fun and countless are the
| RI II
and witty savings which dropped from
Giotto's lips and are repeated by his con-
temporaries and friends. Every one has
heard the story of the courtier sent from
Rome by the Pope TO inquire into the
merits OF the respective artists how he
entered Giotto's shop and as ed for a
specimen of his drawing, and how Giotto,
/ taking up a sheet of paper and pencil,
and setting his arm firmly against his
side, drew "a perfect circle at one stroke,
and then handed the paper to the aston
ished Roman, saying, in reply to his ex-
clamation and question if that was all
q It is enough, and more than enough );
whence the saying, Piu tondo che 70
di GiottO," passed into a common pro-
verb in Tuscany. Charming, again, Is
the picture left US by BOccacio in the
Decamerone, of the little, ill-favored
painter trotting along the road to Mu-
CELLO on a hired nag, in company with
the learned advocate Messer Forese, one
showery Summers day, both clad il
old cloaks and hats, borrowed at some
peasants hut, and all despatched with
mud from head to foot, "Well, GiOtto,
said Messer Forese, ''couId stranger
happening TO meet us now, ever guess tina
you are the greatest painter in the whole
world?" g Assuredly he would" returned
the quick-witted artist, eff, beholdine
your worship, he could ever imagine tina
you had learned your A B C.'-The New
| OnarterlY MagaZine.
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A Nan Dies af n Funeral and is
Carried Home in the Hearse.
From the Hannibal Courier. !

From the Hannibal Courier.l
We are called upon to note another
most singular occurrence-thato of a man
attending funeral and being brought
back dead in the hearse. James Kelly,
of South Hannibal, was sunstroke while
following the remains of Thomas Hart
to Brush Greek Cemetery yesterday.
The cemetery is about fourteen miles
west of Hannibal. and those in attend
ance at the funeral were principally
citizens of the city. At some point
between Bear Greek Station lat which
point Mr.. Hart died), and the cemetery,
Mr.. Kelly complained of being drowsY,
and expressed a wish to get out of the
buggy to take a nap. This was objected
to on the part of his companion, who had
no reason to believe the man to be i'll.
Finally, Kelley jumped out of the vehi
Gle and called for water, after which he
fell in an exhausted condition to the
earth. He was picked up by several men
and carried to farmhouse. Two ply
sicians were sent for, and upon their ar
rival they pronounced the case one of
sunstroke. Death ensued in a short time.
| Upon the return of the funeral cortege
| from the cemetery the remains were
placed in the hearse and brought to the
city.
Mr.. Kelley was boiler maker by trade,
and had been an employee at the HsnGi
bal and St Joe shops long time. He
was about forty years of age, and leaves
wife to deplore his loss.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
TsHANkSGHVING-DAY.

The President has issued the following
proclamation, appointing November 18th
as Day Of Thanksgiving;
by TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
ANERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
The completed circle of summer and
Winter, secd-timc ana harvest, has brought
M. TO the accustomed season at which re-
lgiuus people celebrate, with praise and
thanksgiving. the enduring mercy OF Al
mighty God. Tnis devout ana pubic con
fes-ion OF the constant dependence OF man
unou the Divine Father for all the good
81 fts Of lite aud health. aud peace and hap
pine5s so early in our history made habit
OF our people finds IN the survey OF the
past year new grounds for It's joyful and
s,rafrfll manifestation. In all the blessings
which depend upon the benignant seasons,
this has indeed been memorable year over
the WIDE territory OF our country, with all
its diversity of soil and climate and pro-
ducts. The earth has yielded bountItui
return to the labor OF the husbandman. The
health of the people has been blighted by
no prevalent or widespread diseases. No
great disasters of ShipwreCk upon our
coasts or to our commerce on the seas nave
hroug hU loss and har lshjp TO merchants or
mariners. and clOuded the happiness OF the
community with sympathetic sorrow. In
all tuat concerns our strength and peace
aud greatness as a nation; IN all that
touches the Dermane1ce ana security OF
our government and the institutions on
which it rests; in all that affects the char
actcr and disposition of our people, and
tests our capacity to enjoy and uphold equal
and free the condition of society, now per-
maneut and universal throughout the land (;
the experience OF the past year is cOnspicu-
ori-ly marked BY the protecting providence
OF God, and is fun OF promise and hope for
coming generations. Under sense of the
infinite obligations to the Great Ruler OF
times aud seasons and events, let us hum
bly, aScribc to our own faults and frailtIeS,
il in any degree that perfect concord ard
happiness, faith and Justice, which such
great mercies should dtfuse through the
hearts and lives of our people, do not alto
grther and always and everywhere prevail
Let us. with one spirit and one voice, litI
up praise aud thanksgiving to God for Hi:
manifold goodness To oar land, and HH
manifest care for the nation, Now, there
fore,
!. Rutherford 3. Hayes, President of the
United States, do appoint Thursday, thu
29.h day of November next, as a day OF ma
tioual thanks giving and prayer, and | ear
ucstly recommend that, withdrawn:
themselves from secular cares and labOrs
thu people OF the United States do meet to
Eether on that day in their respective place
OF worship, there to give thanks and praiS
to Almighty God for his mercies, and [
devoutly beseech their continuance.
In witness whereof have hereunto sc
nay hand and caused the seal of the Unite
States 10 be fixed.
Done at the City of Washington on this
the twenty-niuth day OF October, in tn
year of our Lord 1877, and of the 1ndt
ptndence of the United States l02.
6y the President: X. b. HAYES.
WILLIAM NJ. EvARrS, Secretary OF Stat
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OkOlOna States
The Desperate and Fatal Courage
Off Russian Girl.

The war correspondent of the London
Times relates this incident of the battle
of Rasgrad: AS the Russians began to
waver and their fire to slacken as the
Turks were pressing forward with in
creased vigor, a young Russian officer
was seen standing just behind one of
their batteries waving his sword and
boldly encouraging his men to stand
their ground. Over and over again he
rallied the troops, who were pouring out
of the trench, but it was of no use; it
was not in his power alone to stem the
tide of victory. His men, animated by
his example, turned and held their own
for few minutes, but the fire was too
heavy for any human thing to stay and
live. They could not bear it. They
fell on their knees and entreated him to
fly, but not an inch would he stir, and at
last he stood for more than minute alb
solutely alone, save for the dying and
dead piled in heaps around him. 1t
could only end in one way amid the
storm Of bullets which were raining
around him as thick as hail one at
least found its way to that noble heart
and he fell dead. AS the Turks swept
over the parapet and dashed past the
spot where he lay, the colonel, struck
by the boys extraordinary courage and
devotion, gave orders that he should be
decently buried. In the evening he re-
ported to the comma 1der-in- chief that
the body was that of girl. l give this
most astounding declaration of the COLO
mel upon the authority Of one of the En-
glish officers of the Serdar's staff, who
tells me that he was really present when
it was made. 1t seems almost incredi
ble but true, or false, no drawer heart
ever beat than now sleeps in that little
grave on the sunny slope of Kalcelyevo
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THE HAND OF CARE.

lis writing wrinkles on thy cheeks,
'Pis weaving silver in thy hair,
And Der thy life it holds cloud
On which | see the word dispair.
Each morning some sad thought | trace
In every loving look you wear,
And well ! know this sald ming change
Is written by the hand of care.
Oh. gladly would | own the power
From thy Young life To Danish woe,
To fill thy heart with Joy again
And cater smiles where tears now iiow.
But, Fate, alas has wiied it SO
That thou thy heavy cross must bear,
Aud | am helpless - avert
The crushing of the hand of care.
| saw thee when the wine OF life
Thy cheeks with rosy radiance flld,
And laughter lit thy winsome face.
When thy young neSrt with JOY was
thrilled.
1t Saddens me to see the change
The wrinkled brow, the whitening hair,
But. darling, a glad time will come
when we shall all be free from care.
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NIuIfum im Parv0.

No man is happy Who does not think
himself so.-Marcus Antonius.
Lynx-eyed towards our neighbors,
and moles to ourselves.--La Fontaine.
To try to conceal our own heart is
bad means to read that of others.-Rous-
eeau.
There is an oblique way of reproof
which takes off from the sharpness of it.
Steele.
Every absurdity has a champion to
defend it, for error is always talkatiye.-
Goldsmith.
Republics come to an end by luxu-
rious habits monarchies by poverty
Montesquieu.
The sunshine of lite is made up of
very little beams that are bright all the
time.-Aikin.
Hasten slowly, and without losing
heart put your work twenty times upon
the anvil.-Bolleau.
Since time is not person we can over
take when he is past, let us honor him
With mirth and cheerfulness of hear
while he is passing.-Goethe.
Physic, for the most part, is nothing
else but the substitute of exercise anC
temp rance.-AddIson
That state of life is most happy
where superfuities are not required anC
necessaries not wanting.-Plutarch.
Initiate time it destroys everything
slowly; it undermines, it wears away,
detaches, it does not wrench.
To maintain an opinion because it
thine, and not because it is true, is t
prefer myself above truth.-Venning.
Reputation is a most idle and mos
false imposition, oft got without merit
and lost without deserving.-Shaki
peare.
A Mosquito cannot fly as high as a
: eagle, but he can bully all the Christia
graces out of a man great deal quicke
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
The Excess of Women.

Statistics tell us that the actual nu-
merical excess of women over men is but
smalI-not more than two or three per
present State Of the social fabric, is quite
sufficient to disturb the equilibrium.
Look at the question in a broader way;
examine the ranks which make no pre-
tensions to belong, in the most distant
manner, to "society." The tradesman,
the clerk, the workingman, from the
highest to the lowest, all with families,
have to meet this problem: What to
do with the surplus women? 1t is not
only a matter of employment or of earn
ing a livelihood, serious as that aspect Of
the thing may be- What is to become Of
them, socially and morally? What does
become OF them now? Certainly they do
not all fit into the ranks; they do not all
marry; hundreds and hundreds must
exist in some. way outside and beyond
all domestic ties. The inequality and
consequent pressure is far in excess of
| that which might be expected, Judging
only from the mere nominal disparity,
the mere numerical difference. 1t arises
| from the obvious circumstance that,
! whilst practically speaking, every woman
is competent to marry, the men, having
to provide homes and the necessaries of
life, can be only said to present few
who are eligible. In some mysterious
manner the girls seem to accumulate fas
ter than the men. For a man there is
always hope-some chance may at any
time give him lift; but it is to be feared
that to very many women there comes q
time, and that early in life, when though
without vanity they may call themselves
handsome, the hard facts of existence
crush out the hope of ever fulfilling theil
natural destiny
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
a E4eVee hill.

The following Is the Mississippi River
Levee Bill introduced in the House OF
Representatives by Hon. Casey Young,
of Memphis;
First--That so much of Illinois, Missouri,
Tennessee, Arkansas. Mississippi and Lou
fsiana as are subject to overflow shall be
constituted district known rs theleVee dis
trict of the Mississippi valley.
Second--For the creation Of board Of
Ievee commissioners three officers OF the
army engineer corps, one colonel, two cap
tains add two civilians appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate,
army officers only TO receive pay allowed
bv law and civilians $4,000 per annum; the
board 10 take charge OF and continue the
survey being made of Mississippi river and
tributary streams tor the purpose of deter
mining the proper method OF reclalming al
Iuviai lands of the Mississippi valley and the
cost.
Third--The Secretary OF the Treasury
shall issue thirty years bonds bearing in
terest at four per cent. per annum to the
amount of $45.000,0 900; the proceeds to be
applied to the construction OF such works
as may be recommended by the board. a tax
to be levied upon all lands reclaimed from
overflow. aud upon tonnage OF all vessels
navigating streams in the levee district, this
tax to constitute sinking fund for payment
of principal and interest of bonds, and cost
and expenses of keeping leveeS in repair,
the bill not TO take effect until States in the
leyee district cede TO the government power
and jurisdiction to carry into effect the pro-
visions of the bill.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-14
Early Rising

For farmers and those who live iu D..
calities where people can retire at eis..
or nine o'clock in the evening tha a.I
notion about early rising Is slI apuT
pirate. But he who is kept DIP u.I I.u
or eleven or twelve o'clock and taau
rises at FIVE or six, because of the teach
ings Of some old ditty ABOUT "oar.y u
rise, is committing a sin against hIs 9Hu
soul. There is not one man boz t.H
thousand who can afford To- do WIth.I.
seven or eight hours sleep. AN fH.
stuff written about great men who slept
only three or four hours night b. au0..
ryphal.s They have been put upon such
small allowance occasionally, and pros.
pered but no man ever kept healthy Bon
body and mind for a number of years
with less than seven hours sleep. I.yuu
can get to bed early, then riso early. N.
you cannot get to bed till late, then r.a
late. IL may be as proper for ono man
| to rise at eight as it is for another t1 rise
at FIVE. Let the rousing bell Dog ruug Ht
least thirty minutes before your public
appearance. Physicians say that "a. OBJ
sudden Jump out Of bed gives irregular
motion TO the pulses. 10 takes hours ig
get over too sudden rising. - s hlr.
barous to expect children instantly .1
land on the center of the floor at Che
call Of their nurses, with .he thermuu.
eter below zero. Give them time ATTIC.
you call them to roll over, gaze at OBJ.
world full in the face, and look 5et0r.
they leap.-Carolina Farmer