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CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.

CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.
VTVHE undersigned would respectfully inform
ments V Of f any fabric Whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and if unfaded restoring them to
tho original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes but have
them cleaned and made to look as we'll as new.
Work promptly done, and at the most reasona-
BILE prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-07

sas- The rules ofpoliteness are never at va
rance with the principles of morality. What
ever is really impolite is really immoral.
We have no right to offend people with our
manner of con onversation. We have no right to
deal with or be influenced by gossip about the
people we meet Their private affairs are
none of our business. If we believe man to
be unfit company for US, we must not invite
him but if we meet him where he has been
invited by others, we must treat him with ci-
Witty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-07

saT The garden is a teacher. There Ma
ture is ever at work, producing her most beau
tiful forms and transformations. No man
can witness attentively the termination of
the seed, the uprising of the blade, the un-
folding of the flower, the maturing of the
fruit, without at the same time becoming
wiser, nobler and better.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-07

p@ While it may be conceded that many
highly respectable and estimable persons
dance, we have never known g. young per-
son to become fascinated with dancing whose
interest in religion did not diminish just in
proportion as the love for the dance increas.
ed. The significance of this fact need not be
urged upon any person whose religious well
fare is with himself or herself the chief thing.
Make note of this, young friends.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13
ALAS, ALASK A!

The last territorial acquisition made
by the United States is not apparently
proving so valuable as was anticipated.
1t was to Mr.. Seward's ambition to possess
a bit of land in the Polar Seas-we sup
pose that the United States might enjoy
the greatest possible variety of climate
that the country-is indebted for the pur-
chase of Alaska some ten years ago. The
price paid was some 81, $500 in gold, at
time, too, when gold was rather ex-
pensive article of merchandise as COM
pared with greenbac9s. There was a
great deal of good writing and putting
done at the time, through the press of the
country, to convince the public that a
grand acquisition of valuable territory
had been acquired at comparatively
small cost. Tables of statistics as to the
value Of the lumber, and of the fisheries,
and of the seal-skin trade, and vague init
nations of inexhaustible mineral re-
yources closed the lips of all cavilers and
paralyzed criticism. It was opening a
new and grand field for American 9sste1r 92s;ster-
prise, anu it would give the United States
d Pacific coast line of several hundred
miles that might otherwise soon fall into
the possession of the British Government.
This last reason for the purchase of
Alaska is the only one that can now,
utter an experience of ten years, be cited
as of any weight, and that is merely hy-
potheticaL Its commercial value proves
to be very triaing. What it might have
been if properly managed and governed,
1t is difficult to say, as for the past few
years the entire territory, including the
Aleutian Islands, have been farmed out
to the so-called Alaska Commercial Com
pany,, who have obtained lease of the
fur-seal islands for twenty years at a
nominal rent. This Company, with its
headquarters at San Francisco, has proven
powerful enough to drive out all compe-
itition, to discourage fishing or any other
enterprise that might by any possibility
interfere with the legitimate or illegiti-
mate transactions of the Company, to
drive out established traders, to cause
ports of entry to be virtually closed and
Collectors to be removed, and, in fact, to
pbtain complete possession of the terri
Icry for all commercial purposes, through
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13

BEEcHER MEETS MouLroN.-Atthe Grand
Pacific Moulton and Beecher were assigned
apartments in the opposite corners OF the
hotel on the parlor floor. On Saturday
evening Beecher entered ahe ordinary first,
and was, of course, the observed Of every
body at the tables He had given his order
and was addressing some remark to his
agent, Mr., Pond, who occupied seat beside
him. when Frank Moulton, accompanied
by his friend Real, Of Pennsylvania, en-
tered the room. The guests had been ex-
pecting some such scene, and were evident
fv on the qui vive The head waiter, UNI
mindful of the peculiar relation existing
between the great preacher and his almost
as famous enemy, struck out boldly for the
table where Beecher sat, intending to seat
Mouton and his companion vis-a-Vis with
the other two Mouton shrewdly suspect
ing that il had been planned to seat them
together, turned away to another table. III
eyes were liveted on the two men. While
dining neither looked at the othor Yes
tcrday they passed each other in the main
hallway, carrying very high heads Chi
cagO Times
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13

the connivance or acquiescence of the
Treasury Department.
The reports of the Collector appointed
last August to the port of Sitka, after
that officer had been compelled to return
to San Francisco for want of Government
protection against the turbulent Indians
and half-breeds, instead of being inquired
into, were forwarded Immediately from
Washington to the officers of the Alaska
Commercial Company. This breach of Off
cial propriety was followed by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury urging upon Congress
the abolishment Of the Collectorshfp at
Sitka, which virtually includes the whole
district of Alaska. This measure would
be nonlinally surrender of the whole
territory to the absolute control of this
Company. That seems destined to be
the sole result of this costly purchase, at
least until the twenty years lease ex-
pires, or the United States Government
interferes to put some restraint upon the
grasping monopoly that now rules over
Alaska, to the exclusion of all other in
terests and enterprises.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13
WHERE THE SUN JUMPS A DAY.

Chatham Island, lying off the coast Of
New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean,
is peculiarly situated, as it is one of the
habited points of the globe where the day
of the week changes. 1t is just in the
line of demarkation between dates. There
high l2 on Sunday or noon ceases, and in
stantly Monday meridian begins. Sunday
comes into mans house on the east side
and becomes Monday by the time it passes
out the western door, A man sits down
to his MONDAY dinner on Sunday, and il is
Monday before he finishes. it.
That Saturday is Sunday and Sunday is
Monday, and Monday suddenly Becomes
transferred into Tuesday. Itisa goodplaee
for people who have lost much time, for by
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13

GENERAL MILES AND THE INDIANS
Robert S. Tingley, Government beef con-
tractor, who has been visiting the Tongue
River country, returned to Benton few
days ago and gave the following items:
General Miles, who had been visiting the
National capital, arrived at the Tongue
River post on the 9th ult. The General
intends to open the spring campaign at an
early date, but is not positive whether his
command will operate in the North OF
South. If the agency Indians who have
recently shown symptoms OF hostility
should start out toward the Platte River, he
will follow them at once; but should they
strike for the North, which is most prob
able, the scene of his operations will be laid
in the Milk River country, and his force
will be sufficient to cope with all the
Northern tribes. About two hundred and
fifty lodges of Cheyennes recently left the
Yellowstone country, and it is supposed
they are now camped in the vicinity of the
big bend of the Milk River. There are larg,
numbers of Sioux on the Yellowstone, anC
it is believed that they intend to ioil
Sitting Bull early in the spring, some o
them having already started North. The
necessity of large military post in th(
Milk River country is recognized in mill
tary circles, and the officers at Fort Keogl
are of the opinion that unless the post il
built early in the spring, there will be ;
general Indian war throughout the summer
Il Helena IN. r. Herald
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13
AGED DEAUEIES,

History is full of the accounts OF the
fascination of women who were no longer
young. Thus Helen of Troy was over
forty when she perpetrated the most famous
elopement on record, and as the siege OF
Troy lasted decade, she could not have
been we're juvenile when the ill-iortune OF
Paris restored her to her husband, who is
reported to have received her with unques-
tioning love and gratitude. Pericles
welded the courtesan Aspasia when she
was thirty-six, and yet she afterward, for
thirty years OF more, welded an undimin-
ished repution for beauty. Cleopatra was
past thirty when Antony fell under her
spell, which never lessened until her death,
nearly ten years after; and Livia was
thfty-three when she won the heart OF
Augustus, over whom she maintained her
ascendency to the last.
Turning to more modern history, where
| it is possible to verify dates more accurate
ly, we have the extraordinary De Poicters,
who was thirty-six when Henry ll-then
Duke of Orleans, and just half her age
became attached to her; and she was held
as the first lady and most beautiful woman
at court up to the period OF the monarch's
death and accession to power Of Catherine
of Medicis. Anne of Austria was thirty
eight when she was described as the hand
soonest queen of Europe, and when Buck
ingham and Richelieu were her admirers.
Ninon de IEnclos, the most celebrated wit
and beauty of her day, was theidol of three
generations of the golden youth of France,
and she was seventy-two when the Abbe
de Berias fell in love with her. True it is
that in the'case of this lady rare comb,
nation of culture, talents and personal at,
fractions endowed their possessor seemingly
with the gifts of eternal youth.
Bianco Capello was thirty-eight wher
the Grand Duke Francisco of Florence fell
captive to her charms and made her hi;
wife, though he was five years her junior
Louis XIV welded Madame de Maintenon
when she was forty three years of age
Catherine ii of Russia was thirty-thret
when she seized the Empire of Russia anc
captiyated the dashing young Genera
Orlof Up to the time Of her death--a
seventy-seven-she seemed to have retained
the same bewitchmg powers, for the lam
entations were heartfelt among all thos
who had known her personally. Mile
Mars, the celebrated French t''aged'enhe
only attained the zenith of her beauty ant
power between forty and forty-fve. A
that period the loveliness Of her hands an,
arms, especially, was celebrated through
out Europe. The famous Madame Reca
mier was thirty eight when Barras wa
ousted from power, and she was withou
dispute declared to be the most beautiful
woman in Europe; which rank she hel
for fifteen years.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13

BARS OF TIE HORSES FooT. THE bars of
the horses foot, are but the prolongation of
the outer wall of the foot. Their object is
to protect the frog and strengthen tie foot
itself. Their value in this direction, can
scarcely be over estimated. To cut them
away, is like removing the beams that keep
the walls of house from falling outward
or crushing inward. II healthy foot is
placed on glass stand, it will be seen that
the ground surface Of the wall bars all bear
the relative proportion Of weight. These
might be called the three great pillars on
which the body of the horse, like some
dome, upheld by three columns stands. To
shorten or remove two Of these three col
umns, is of course fatal. The dome is Of
such weight as to crush the sole remaining
support. This is precisely the condition Of
things under the common yiscious system
of shoeing The bars are cut away so that
they cannot touch the earth, the frog is
pared down the same way ,tke sole is goiiged
out and the result is that nothing is left
but the wall of the hoof to support the vas.
weight above. When you remember that
the wall is very thin, scarcely an inch in
thickness where it touches the ground
you will share with me the surprise, not
that so many horses "pound their feet up"
aud break down or ''give out in their feet"
as the saying is, but that any horses sur
yive at all. The true way is to let every
INN. u i, crow to its fullest extent that nature
designs it to reach, and in shoeing, seek
only to protect from too rapid destruction
what nature has put together, least of all
cut away that which nature has provided
so abundantly and more efficiently than the
art and skill of man can ever hope to effect
The vast importance of having the frog
come in contact with the ground in order to
keep the foot in health and good condition
is most ably shown in "Rational Horseshoe
ing" a small book recently published that
ought to be in the hands Of every owner and
lover of horse.
We have quoted the foregoing from Muir
rays Perfect Horse" and will just say
that in our own city there is room for i'm
provement in horseshoeing. A short time
ago we were anxiously urged to hasten to a
blacksmith shop in the lower part of the
city to see horse who was getting his hoofs
pared until the blood came. When we ar
rived the horse had gone but the ground
was covered with horny parings, and sus,
picious stains attssted the truth Of our In
] formant. E. w
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GE.9TTN e.
Further Proof.
FACTS WILL TELL.

GoFrSrowN, n. H.. Aug. !, 1870
II. r. STEVENS, ESQ
DEAR SIR--AlloW lne TO say a word in faVor ei
VEGErINE. During the past year have suffered
from a complication OF discusses. | lay in bed from
the Sd OF November until the middle of the fol-
lowing Jttnc, and on anaverage did not sit up two
hours week; | had eight OF the best physicians
in the state, Int sot no help, and consequently
grew worse. They agre sd that had heart disease,
phthisis, pyacn'ia- ana kidney complaint, and
could never be any better | was reduced in
weight so pounds, which is much, for am natur-
ally thin. s,.,u ...... .... ..
In June, finding was falling under The treat
ment Of the physicians. cp1nmcnced the use Of
VEGETINE through the earnest persuasion of
friends, and, sul happy to state, with good re-
suits haNq gained, , ten e pounds in weight and
ain greatly encouraged, and shall coiitinde
using the VfaiEriEE ii i ci, get it. ] am a poor
man, but for the truth of this statement refer to
any man in Guffstnwn or vicinity.
Yours very respectfully, :, g...s
A. j. BLRBECK,
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taking an early start they can always get
day ahead on Chatham Island. 1t took
philosophers and geographers long time
to settle the puzzle of where Sunday noon
ceased and where Monday began, with a
man travelling west fifteen degrees an hour,
or with the sun. 1t is hoped that the next
English Artic expedition will settle the
other mooted question:-"Where will one
stop who travels northwest continually"
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1t is at last definitely settled that Sulei-
man Pasha is none other than Pat. Sulli-
van, of Cork, Ireland. The Cork Examiner
has the news. His early home was karrica
Druddad, ION the River Lee'-the same
river whose pleasant waters 'the bells of
Shandon sound So grand on" in those
whimsical verses of Father Prout that
Thackeray loved to repeat. During the
famine Of 1s47 the family of the hero re-
moved to Cork city, shortly after which his
sister Ilcen sailed for East Troy, New York.
| The circumstances connected with her de-
parture were peculiarly affecting:
when his sister embarked at Cork for
| East Troy, N. Y, he was not apparently
moved, bat when he returned home he was
noticed, while solacing his mother, to burst
out in emotional tears for his sister. He
left off his favorite game of Knox, a Cork
game, and Racquets, and his aged mether
would say to him, What is the matter,
Paddy? Nothing, mother, can't live in
Cork ("
Forthwith he went to London, plunged
into journalism, shortly engaged and took
second cabin passage to Constantinople, en-
listed IN the Turkish army, entered the
military school from which he graduated
with honor, and rapidly rose to high rank
in the service. For all this no less an au
thority than "Veritas' youches in the Cork
journal, so that the case seems to be fully
made out Indeed the genealogical proba
bilities are almost sufficient of themselves
to establish it, The derivation of Suleiman
Pasha from Patsey Sullivan is much more
obvious than that of ''pickled cucumber
from Jeremiah King.'-[Sunday After
noon for March.
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THE situation in the East is more
critical to-day than at any time since the
war between Turkey and Russia COM
nfenced. Turkey has positively refused
to allow the British fleet to pass the
Dardanelles, and it is even stated that
the Turkish commanders have received
orders to fire on the fleet should the
passage be attempted. 1t is more than
probable that it will be attempted
to-day, and that the clear and explicit
orders sent to Admiral Hornby as stated
by First Lord of the Admiralty w. H.
Smith, in the House of Commons, were
to this effect. AS Turkeys determine
tion not to let the fleet pass is doubtless
based upon the agreement with Russia tc
that effect, in consideration of the Rus
sian forces not occupying Constantinople
Russia may relieve Turkey from the
embarrassment of the situation by
at once taking possession of the Turk
ish capital. She has expressed hel
determination to do this as soor
rs the English fleet has passed the Oar
danelles, and being convinced that the
English iron-clads could force passage
IN spite of Turkey, may conclude to take
the step without waiting for the fleet
The, very singular phase of the presen
situation is the undoubted fact that Rus
sia and Turkey are acting with a perfec
understanding of each others move
ments.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-13

FIERCE FfsHT WITH WoLvEs.--Ona recent
night, a Norwegian farm hand, livingnorth-
east of Spring Valley, Fillmore County
MINI, IN the edge of the big timber, had
lively fight with three wolves. He started
out after dark with a single-barreled shot
gun to shoot down a wolf whose howls he
could hear some distance off in the timber.
The stars were bright in an uncloUded sky,
and even in the woods the hunter could see
quite plainly for short distance. The
howls Of thc animal led him in the right
course, and the sounds grew palmer as he
advanced; and, after about half hours
search, he espiCd the wolf crouehed upon a
brush heap in an Opening in the shrub
berv-eviiently a den. The wolf not re-
treating upon his approach, heimmediately
fired at it, The wolf sprang at him before
he could make the first motion toward re-
loading his gan. and in about three seconds
the snow and shrubbery were hylng right
and left in tussle between man
and beast. Emboldened by hunger, the
fierce animal endeavored to fasten on the
mans throat and, though the hunter sue
ceeded in giving the wolf two or three
severe blows on the head and SIDES, 1t
seemed only the more enraged and fero-
ciolls, and gave tongue to continual howls
and snarls while maintaining the light.
Two O. her wolves, evidently called by the
bowls of the first, appeared on the scene.
The last two were smaller than, but as fero-
cous AS, the leader. Clubbing his gun, the
man finally planted o terrific blow ON the
neck Of one laying it out lieicss, and then
began a retreat for the timber edge, beating
off the brutes as well as he could. When
,hc clear field was reached his weapon was
minus the stock, and he held only a bent
grn-barrel ilY his hands, having hit the
trees about him oftener than the wolves;
but he succeeded in keeping them from
doing any serious injury until he came to
the open country, where he turned and ran
for dear life The wolves followed him but
| a short distance
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VFGETINE.
Sworn Statement
OF A
BOSTON POLICE OFFICER
H, r. STEvENS:-

H. R. STEvENs:--
Dear Sir-From exposure took sick about nine
years ago with Rheumatic Fever, from which
suffered about four months. When | recovered
from the fever found myself suffering with pain
in my side and constipation which brought ON
the piles. consulted Il physician, t14 paid him
over 500 for attending me and all the while was
gradually growing worse. Then one physician
after another was employed, until seven of the
best physicians of Boston had taken my case in
hand.
On consultation between several OF the leading
physicians they concluded my complaint was
asthma aud general debility. | had great diff
Guilty II breathing, and mn inhaler was required 10
afford me breath. Through the treatment of one
physician took from 75 to 100 boxes OF calomel
pills and faithfully tried all the medicine that
each physician prescribed. From my long sick
ness and~thc vast amount Of medicine used to
overcome the great pain, my kidneys became bad
ly affected and suffered excruciatiug pain in the
small Of my back, with great difficulty in passing
my urine.
| one physician said / was diseased all through
my system and he regretted that he could give me
no hope for health My suffering from indigestion
was SO great that it was impossible to keep any
solid food on my stomach, and the whole nature
of my food was broth from oatmeal.
/ also took prescription from celebrated Eng
lish physician who slid lay lrTubfe was Bronchitis
and Dyspepsia. took Is btttles OF medicine es.
pccially prepared for DyspcpSin, anG have Used n
great deal of medicine rom aPOtheenries' prescTip-
! tons ] have taken SarapaTilla until you could
count the bottles by the dozen, and indeed have
given nearly all thepupuiar advertised medicine a
fair trial. | h0d dreadful cough, aud did not
average over two hours sleep night fer eight
ye2ts.
but for long time refused, having got complete
" discouraged from taking so much medicine
without any benefit; however after urgent per
srasion concluded to try il, and before had
ach b rfsteak, thing had not been able to do
before for years; indeed, / obtained more sub