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yISEGAR.-Save the parings and cores
of apples, put them in a jar with .sam nalm
water enough to more than coEer fhem'
sel them in a warm place for Sc. erai days,
then strain and add oae pint OF moiasses
to a gallon of the water, put IN jar, tie a
thin cloth over it, keep in a warm place
and in two weeks you will have vinegar
, 1877-10-20

AMERICAN OFFICERS ABROAD. There
is certainly something incomprehensible
about the choice of an officer to represent
the United States at the headquarters of
ths Russian army in the present war. All
other Governments send experienced Of
fcers, of high rank, upon such missions,
but America is represented by one Lleut
Green, described as raw boy who has
never seen service, and whose general IN
significance has, not without reason, given
some Offense to the Russian Government
The Russians indeed remark that the
United States Government has sent Gen.
Hazen, an officer of rank and distinction,
to the Court of Austria, though Austria is
not at war; and that the poor little un-
known cadet, Lieutenant Green, IS con-
sidered good enough for them The sit
uation is rendered more conspicuously abb
surd by tbs fact that England is repre-
scented by Colonel Wellesley, an officer OF
more than European reputation There
is no apparent reason for the blunderIns
choice of our government IN this connec-
ton. We have plenty of veteran officers
of sufficiently high rank to be sent upon
such mission, and it might have been
supposed, moreover, that one OF the OBJ
iects of having a military attache at the
Russian headquarters would be to gam
whatever valuable military information
and suggestions the progress of the war
might afford Of course a raw Lieutenant
cannot be expected to take advantage of
his opportunities of acquiring valuable
knowledge but of course the man who
was sent to Europe ought to have been so
capable. Altogether it is rather a phe,
nomenal bit Of governmental stupidity and
bad Judgment to say nothing of interna-
tional eOurtesy.-Sac. UaiOn-RecoId
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THIRTY THOUSAND BUSHELS LOsT--Agen'
tleman from Kings Valley, says the Albany
Demoerat, says the loss Of grain In that To-
c,I;tv has been terrible Their crop was e.
t;mated at 20, 600 bushels. and about 390O0
of this is still standing. Most of the whest
~ w,s ~ the celebrated Hazel Club variety, the
very best for Touring purposes; Inc STAN
of this variety is so strong that the ram can
mot soften it enough to allow the head y
hang down, and the consequence y that the
cain has become vet through and has
snrouted and is now growing nicely. During
The few warm days they had last week aoma
of the Chill Club was saved 1t has saoh Z
Eobt stalk that as soon as it became damp
the head would hang downward, and the ker:
nels we're thus shielded from the ram
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Commercial Restrictions.

The evil effect of commercial restrictions
IN limiting trade and Industries IS most
strikingly illustrated III the history of the
commercial relations between the United
States and the British North American pro-
vinccs Before the recent treaty OF reclpro-
city went into effect, the exchanges between
the two countries we're comparatively small.
F,om that Gate they began steadily to III
crease until the year 1866, when the treaty
was repealed. The result was that the an
nual aggregate of exchanges immediately fell
and in 1879, nine full years after the eXpira-
ton of the treaty, when both nations had
largely increased in wealth and population,
the decrease of trade consequent on this alb
rogation of the treaty had been but little
more than made good.
The line that separates these provinces
from the United States is purely artificial
and not natural. 1t stands, therefore, to
reason that were it not for artificial barriers,
arbitrarily set up by legislation, men and
commodities would pass as freely between
the two countries, as they now do between
the different sections of the provinces or be-
tween the different states of the American
Union, and that the methods and amount of
trade ove. the whole territory under the two
governments would be uniformly subject to
the same influences. Now the aggregate
value of all the exchanges between the 4, 400,
600 of people in the dominion of Canada and
the A, ,0O0, 900 of people in the United States,
for the year 1875, through every variety Of
instrumentality, was only $50, 600, 600; while
every 4, 400, 900 of people on the United States
side of the line, under the condition of inter.
nal free trade, effected exchanges between
themselves, through the agency OF railroads
alone. to the extent of Sl,O0O,0OO.
Bat the commercial relations between the
United States and British North American
provinces are by no means peculiar OF exesp.
tional. They are in fact the type of the CON-
mercial relations that the United States has
established with most or all other countries.
One will find everywhere evidence, amount
ing to demonstration, that the development
of the industry and commerce of the United
States his been most disastrously checked,
and the present state of business depression
in great degree Occasioned by the persistent
refusal to recognize, in our commercial and
fiscal legislation, the simplest principles OF
political economy.
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v II, U,s-Wben DIR. Bradon ,

VINO He WAs-When DR.. Bradon was
rector of EItham, in Kent, the text he one
day took to preach, was, "Who art thou:
After reading the text, he made las was hls
custom, a pause, for the congregation to re-
Act unou the words; when gentleman IN
military dress, who at that instant was
marching Il very sedately up the middle aisle
of the church, supposing it to be = qnesoo4
addressed to him, to the surprise ol Az pre-. ehs
ent, replied. 81 am, sir, an officer o, tne
Seventh Foot, on recruiting party he:i
and. having brought my wife and family with
me. | wish to be acquainted with the neigh
boring clergy and gentry This 50 defang
eJ the divine and astonished the eongresar
ton that, though they attempted to listen
with deeorum, the discourse was not pro-
eeeded in without considerable difficulty.
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HAD ESoUeH TO LAsT.-A farmer was
asked why he did not take the newspaper.
Because, said he, :" my father, when ne
died, left me a good many newspaper
and I have not read them through yet.
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WEATHER SIGNs,-The corn -husks are
thin, indicate mild winter; the woods are
full of mast, an Infailing sign of long,
hard winter; there are myriads of spiders,
mild winter; acres of caterpillars, hard win
ter; the squirrels are idle and listless, mild
winter; the squirrels are noisy and busy,
hard winter; the goose-bone is white and
gray, mild and hard winter; the woodchuck
has gone in, mild winter; the woodchuck
stays out, hard winter. 1t is, indeed, only a
question OF time when the systeR OF weather
representations viii become one Of the ex-
act sciences.
, 1877-10-20

A WoxAN yas offered thousand dol
lars if she would remain silent for two
hours. At the end Of fifteen minutes she
asked: "Isnt the time nearly upl
, 1877-10-20

PoINTs WELL TAKES.-'Yes, yer Honor,
Mike Binke responded to question, Il did
call him that; but if You only knew what a
liar he really is, your Honor, you'd wonder
| didn't call him ten thousand liars all roll
ed into one
What sort of liar is he. Something re-
markable?
Have you heerd of Annerlriers!
.Aaenias: Oh, yes
And his wife, Sephias
'Sapphira, you mean; yes
And Baron Munchauseny
Yes
We'll, then, Ton Johnson, which 1 called
liar, is as bad as all of them rolled into
one: and if its sin to call such man by
his right name, send me down, Jedge, send
me down.
But the court let the persuasive fellow oa
with the nominal fine and costs.
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BLANK DEEDS at this chee
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opening Of the exhibition, IL ctr citi-
zrns are to share the advantages If this
international competition for the trade
Of other nations. the necessity of i'm
mediate action is apparent To- enable
the United States To cooperate. in the
International exhibition which was
he'll a. Nienna in 1873, Congress
then passed joint resolution, making
an appropriation of 5000, GO, and au-
jhorizing the Pre>i'ien, To- appoint u
certain number Of practical artisans
AMI Scientific men. who should atteGd
the sxilibiiion a,.l report their pro-
'.retiinrS and observations To him.
Provision Was also made for the ap-
pointment III Il numbcr of honorary
commissioners.
i'-lt that prompt action ty top@r,s>
IN accrp,ir. the Invitation Of the
Governmcn, of France l. of - mitch
interest I, the people ii this country
aud 81 essential 10 the cordial relations
between the Governments al the two
Countries tha;'t!Ic subject might prop
crlv he presented for attention 10 your
present session.
The tspvrrnmc!lt OF Sweden ami
Norway has addressed IN oiiicial in
vilaticn To- tbs Government 70 take
rari In the International Prison Con-
-res> IT, H. he'll 1T Stockholm nex,
var. The problem wh;s-i, the Con
.'r,>S propose; 20 study. ''Eow 10 III
miii>h c.imc. i ore in which MI
civilized nations have IN interest in
co.nmon. ami the Congress 81 Stock
h"'nr seems likely To prove the most
Important cvnvcntinu ever held fol
the study Of this grave question.
! nds lniu' resolution ot tou-IcS~.
approved February IL, 1879. Il ccm-
missioner was appointed Nv my prcde-
ces,sor 20 represent the United State
uisn.I that occa>icn. and the pr'<rn:
Congress. HAVING been 1T the earnest
request of the Swedish government
postponed to 1873, lii comm. son w.
renewed hy ma. I'm appropriations
Of SS.O00 was made III the sundry
/ civil service act o,' 1919 to meet the
expenses of the commissioner ]
recommend the reapprrpria,ion "a
that sum for the same purpose. the
former appropriation having hccn
covered into the Treasury AIT! being
no longer available for the purpose
without further action by Congress.
The subject Is brought to your atten-
ton ut this time. in view of circum-
stances which render il highly de>ir-
able that the commissioner should pro-
coed to The discharge of his important
duties immediately.
AS the several acts OF congress pro-
viding for detailed reports from the
different DEPARTMENTS OF the Govern
men. require their submission at TIE
beginning of the regular ANIMAL Sos
sion, defer until that time any fur
TIER reference to subjects Of public
interest.
Signed K. b. HAYES.
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SUERIFF,S SALE .iS TEIISTEE

Whereas. John z. Miller. NattIe ". Fletcher and
Horace. H. Fletcher, by their cert deed of trust
dated the 18th day of May, ~ H., ls.6, aud reconl-
I'll IN the Recorders office of PettIs county, Mo-,
ia trust deed record, book H. page zfa'.conyey-
-! To- Richard l.. Garrett. trustee. all their right,
title interest and estate, in AMI To the follow ing
described real estate. situated ia the county 1T
P-tiiS aud state Of Missouri, viz; Lot number
three, =. and lot number seven. =. and the east
half at Lot number eight, s, all in block fortyeghf,
H. the south side Of the Pacitic railroad, in the
city of Se,iia, which SAID conveyance made
trust to secure, the PAYMENT at aeertaiD prOmis-
sorry n",s IN said died described. and whereas said
note has hong since Become due AMI II unpaid
aud whereas, by the provi:ions Of said desss Ut
trnst the undersigned, acting Sheriff Of fetfis
county, Mo-. was appointed sbd made the sI,ccass-
ia trust ease tl, sail Richard p Garrett
reason IT his absence from the said county ut Pet
III and Whereas the said Richard p. t;arrert is
permanently absent from said county Of Pettis ard
from the State cf Missouri. AMI is unable to act
trustee herein; now tie rCforc, at the request of
the legal holder "f said note, and in pursuance of
the terms of SAID deed of trust, public notice is
hereby given that the undersigned will proceed to
sell the above described real estate at the court
house door IN the city Of Se,isa. in the county Of
PetiiS state of Missouri aforesaid, tn the highest
bidder for cash. Vt pnbiie auction, on Monday, the
.,i day of October, A. d., 1877, between the hours
Of niIe IN the forenoon and five In the afternC 81
that day, To satisfy said note, together with thss
cost aud expense Of executing this trust.
LIS. MURRAY,
Sheriff Of Pettis county, Mo.
Se,ialri, No., Aug. u, ISL. s-2l-w9t
Houston & Boutwell, attorneys,
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promised, but which have for one rea-
son and another been so pcrsis,ently
denied. While the North il building
canals and projecting vast schemes of
internal improvement at the expense
of the nation, it is mt unreasonable
that the farmers Of the West should dc
mand that the long deferred all I" their
river navigation should Ike rendered at
last. Randall's election To the Speak.
ership is significant Of all Of these
things and it may possibly be the event
which Is To usher in the beginning If a
new AMI happier era for the country.
SPIRIT OF TUE PRESS.
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the military which was long and so
efirctualIy used by the late administr..
ton to prop up the carpet bag gov
ernments in the South has measurably
passed out of the control of the Pres
ident. Its very existence is now de-
pendent upon a Democratic Congress.
which IL not likely to stand idly by
and see the Republican party again
strew the South with bayonets. Mr..
HAYES change Of policy is,
therefore, about as important for all
practical purposes in life rs a last
wears hornets nest.
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1t is very probable that an effort will
be made at an early day to put a ball
through Congress increasing the stand
ing army. 1t will be claimed that
the recent experience Of our troops on
the frontier not only renders such a
measure advisable, but makes it inn
perative. Of course the real idea
behind it all will be centralization of
power in the hands of the executive.
1T is an undeniable fact that our
army. as ct present organized, is I'M
able to cope with the difficulties which
have attended every step of the In
dian policy of the late administration.
But those who cite this argument. fail
te take into consideration the equally
well understood fact that these diff
culties are entirely unnecessary. Saw
ages are human beings. They, as
well as white people, understand the
principles of justice and honesty; and
there is No Disgusting the fact that they
have had ample cause to rebel against
the authority of the government.
They have been beaeviled, outraged.
swindled and abused at every step and
stage of the peaceful and 'paternal
policy that has been pursued towards
them. Their treaty stipu.ations have
been disregarded by the government
whenever it has suited the convenience
or interest Of the hoard of avaricious
adventures who have swarmed like
locusrs on the frontier, under the
guise Of superintendent, Indian
Agents. Contractors and the like.
They have swindled the Indians and
the government with impartial and
persistent avarice. The Indians, be-
ing the poorer and the weaker have
suffered the most. Robbed, insulted
and mistreated by this army of pilla-
gers, at rare intervals, as in the case
of Joseph, they have risen in revolt.
and taxed the resources of fifty millions
of people to subdue them. But the
remedy for these border disorders is not
in standing army. A simpler and
more effective expedient is at
hand. 1t consists in honesty-the ap-
p!ication of the golden rule: "Do as
we would be done by If this policy
is once pursued. there will be no use
tor any army on the frontier at all
certainly not in the Indian country.
Whatever complications may arise on
the Texas border, the condition of
affairs in the mountains and on the
plains will be peaceful and satisfactory.
But to effect this purpose, the govern
ment must be just. The reservations
it gives the Indians it must permit
them to keep-the treaties it enters |
into with them will have to be observed
by the strong as well as the weak. |
The hoard of mercilcss and Unsuitable |
robbers who are now fattening upon
Indian spolls, must be driven from |
the border. and compelled to seek |
other fields for the practice of their |
avarice. The Indians,
treated as human beings. will soon
learn to trust the government, which |
while rigid in the punishment OF
crime is yet honest in its dealings.
This done there will be no need of a
army.
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THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
POLICY.

Some sensational correspondents al
Washington, and noticeably "Mack,
Of the GLOBE Democrat. are industrionsly
engaged in sending out rumors that
the President, chagrined at the re-
suit in Ohio, has determined on a
change of policy in his dealings Will,
the South. People who are at first
startled into surprise at these enor.
nous sensations, forget for the moment
that the President has no policy ia
change. The wise act which rescued
the Southern States from the hands of
carpet baggers and restored them to
the control Of their own people, is a
thing of the past. 1t has been exc
cuted and has gone beyond the Pres
ident's control. He couldn't recall it
If he wished to, and wouldn't if he
could. The fact is there is no man in
the country who has reason to take
such supreme satisfaction in that act
of lofty patriotism as Mr.. Hayes him.
SELF He struck from the escutcheon
Of the nation the foulest bolt it has
ever worn. Rebellion and its kindred
iniquities may be very bad, but in its
worst conditions it always wore the
aspect of humanity and the decencies
Of civilization. But the subsection Of
three millions of intelligent people to
the dominion of imbruted, half bar
barous negroes, and hoard of pillag-
ing knaves who represented in their
persons all the crimes against which
the criminal statutes Of the world pro-
test, was an outrage more inexcusable
than all the horrors that ever burned
over continents and ages in the wake
Of civil war. This terrible blot upon
the civilization OF the country MIR.
Hayes policy removed, and to say
that he regrets it, is to say that be is
cheap and vacillating puppet equally
destitute of irmness and principle.
But even conceding this and more,
what good will the change of the
Presidents policy do the Republican
party? He cannot restore the South
em States to the rule of the negroes.
lie cannot recall thescampering thieves
Who have fled in terror from the thea
er Of their crimes and give them back
heir ill-gotten gains, nor bow again
he necks, which have shaken off their
calling yoke. That is something
which neither Mr.. Hayes nor the Re
publican party will ever be able to do |
again. Freedom once secured Is rarely |
lost; never to thieves and robbers. |
The South has regained her indepeud-
nee and she means to keep it. Even
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OppER OE pi-cTJCsriON

Pettis county circuit court. September term, 1877.
James &. Thompson, plaintiff, ". W. +. Det-
REX, defendant.
Now. ut this day. comes the plaintiff, BY his at
torney, and il appearing 10 the satisfaction Of the
court that the eiendant w. +. Destric, cannot h.
summoned in this action, il ~ ordered by the
court that publication he made, notifying him that
an acton has been commenced against him BY
petition aud attachment, n the Circuit court OF
Pcttis county, in the State Of Missouri, founded
an account tor the sum Of $ss, Mooney loaned to
the defendant; that his property has been attach
ell. and unless he II. and appear at the next term
Of this court. To lie holden nc the court house, in
the city of Scia!ia. IN the county Of Pettis on the
first Monday January, 1873, and on or before the
sixth day thereof III the term shall 50 long con-
tnue and II moi. then before the end OF the ternl,
Judgment will lie rendered against hin,, and hs
property sold To satisfy the same ~ ~ further
ordered that a copy hereof be published IN the So
siaIia Blzoo, q weekly newspaper published IN the
county Of Petiis, for four weeks ssrccsiveiy, the
iasf rt,on to h Mt least four weeks before the
commencement Of the next term OF this court.
true copy. Attest, J;t. WIZ CierS,
Att'ys for p!'titt. D-9-wit
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SOUTH AND WEST.

In all the demands which the South
and West are likely Ia make upon
Congress for legislation, their Interests
are identical. They are mutually in
terested in building the Southern Pa
cific railroad-in appropriations for
the Mississippi and Missouri. and dor
national all in rebuilding levees.
These are imperative necessities. and
are not behind wen the reconciliation
of silver in importance.
For wears the federal government
has protected the East and North with
every p,ss,ble appliance Of legislation
at the expense and to the INJURY Of the
rest Of the country. Our obnoxious
tariff laws are the outsrowth # favcr-
itism which has practically made the
agricultural States the servants of the
manufacturing districts. Northern
rivers and Eastern harlors have
drained the Treasury. while the great
water highways which are the legii-
innate outlets f,r the commerce Of a
continent have Leen neglected or were
flung a beggarly pittance which only
augmented the Instructions they were
designed to remove. This has been
Republican policy, because that party
has been dependent on the moneyed arts
tocracy Of the North and East for the
means upon which it has pro'racted
its existence. For the benefit Of the
same section the burdens Of the Ma
tional debt has been increased. and
the farmers and producers Of the coun-
try have been put under the heels Of
monopolies. Every bushel
Of grain which is raised in Missouri.
and which, under favorable conditions.
would find a cheap and legitimate out
let to sea by our great river has been
diverted by this system Of legislation
to the costly transportation Of the
railroads and compelled to pay rninous
charges to the middlemen Of the
North. Two-thirds Of the profits of
Western industry has in this way been
to pay tribute 10 the North
and East. And what do they give us
in return? Only increased burdens
and more complicated taxation. Our
Western rivers improved, the Missis-
.ippi levees rebuilt, and the means
Of Southern and Western tr.nsporta-
lion augmented. a buSl,el Of grain can
be landed in Liverpool for just hal,
what is required to transport by rail
to New York. Why then should this
condition of things continue. We
hold the balance Of power in Con-
,ress. The South and the West are
Or should he q unit in their require
nents. Acting together they can re-
verse the tendency Of legislation. and
1--WE to their own country anu people
he benefits which the arrogant mo-
,oPolists have persistenly secured for
heir section of the Union.
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Fatal Enthusiasm of a Dog.

Dan, an intelligent black-and-tan
dog at the Arlington House. com.
mitted an indiscreet act yesterday
that cost him his life. He was up in
the third story of the building when
two dogs on the street below engaged
in a fight. Dan sprang TO the win
dow and looked down on the combat.
ants, his indignation rising to fury
as he watched the struggle. At last
his excitement went beyond control,
and with leap he cleared the window
and bounded into space. He fell on
the stode pavement with a slight
whimper. unable TO rise, both fore
legs being broken by the fall. There
was q wistful Look in his eyes, but
there was no hope, and the report Of a
pistol signalized and the OF poor Dams
career.