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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
That Good Old Time.
Cincinnati Breakfast Table.

Just give me chance to pour my
voice into that machine, will you?" said
a red-nosed man stepping to the front
at a phonograph matinee, the other
day. ~ ~
Certainly said Mr., Gilliland. Put
your mouth down close, without press
ing, speak distinctly, and the instrument
will repeat every word exactly as you
''Ain't you joking now? Will it really
say the same thing say, without any
mixing up and changing around, to turn
"You will get back your own words
nothing more nor less, said the propri-
etor.
Hold my hat then, and pull open all
the valves said the man, as he ner-
vously brought his mouth to the proper
position: STEADY now, l am about to
warble.
"Come-up-boys-ev'ry v'ry-body-and
drink with-the- e-land-lord!"
Was what the man said, with an en-
phasis on every word, and the same was
what the marvellous little wonder shrek
ed back.
That's the sweetest music I've heard
for about ten years" said the man, with
a moistened palate and a glowing eye,
"and I reckon it's about that long since
I've heard that good old tune ground
out. l don't s'pose I'll ever get another
chance to hear it again, and so, if IT ain I
too much trouble, please run her back
and shoot it out once or twice more
It's good for the rheumatis. that is
My! what head that man has! If he
could only get up jug now that could
never be emptiedI and the man walked
out with sad look and an unsteady
! step.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
Rich Women.

According to the San Francisco Ec-
change, Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. McDon-
ough, by the will of Mr.. O 'Brien, are
made the richest women on the Pacific
coast. Their share of the estate from
the Nevada Bank alone is valued at
nearly $3,OOO,OOO, and from the remain
der of the estate, it is said, will be at
least $10,OOO,OOO more. Mrs. Melon
ough's three infant children inherit each
100000 more. Says the Eachange:
Mrs. McDonough is the wife of Thos.
McDonough, wool and coal merchant
on Market St. Young Coleman, who is
one of the executors and a $500, 900 leg
atee, is quiet and gentlemanly young
man, one upon whom his new honors
and wealth will sit easily. He has been
employed in one of the Offices in Neva-
da block, and stands well among his as
sociates. His sisters are charming young
ladies, and one of them will soon marry
Mr.. Fred May, Of Wells, Fargo and CO..
Express"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
RanlaZan.
From Constantinople.

Finding myself in COnstantinople in
the month Of Ramazan, which is the
ninth month Of the Turkish year, in
which falls the Mussulman season of
Lent, [ witnessed every evening COM
edy which is worth description. During
the whole Of Lent it is prohibited to the
| Turks to eat, drink or smoke from the
rising OF the sun to the setting Almost
all, consequently, spend the night in eat
ing and drinking; but as long as the sun
is above the horizon. almost all respect
the religious precept, and no one dares
to transgress it publicly. One morning
my friend and l went to visit an ac-
duaintance, one of the Sultan's aid-de-
camps, an unprejudiced young officer,
and we found him in a room on the
ground floor of the imperial palace, with
cup of coffee in his hand. what
exclaimed Yank, 'do you dare to take
coffee after sunrise?" The officer shrug-
ged his shoulders and replied that he
laughed at Ramazan and fasting; but
just at that moment door opened sud-
denly, and he made so rapid movement
to hide his cup that he overturned it.,
and split it on his boot. 1t may be un-
derstood from this how vigorous is the
abstinence imposed upon those who are
all day long under the eyes Of others;
the boatmen, for instance. 1t is anus
ing to plant ones self upon the bridge
Of the Sultan's valide few minutes be-
fore the sun goes down. About thou
sand boatmen may be seen at this point,
going and coming, or sitting still. They
have every one been fasting since dawn,
are wild with hunger, and have their
little suppers ready in the caique, and
their eyes continually move from their
food to the sun, from the sun to the
food, while there is general agitation
and restlessness among them, as in a
menagerie when the animals are about
to be fed. The disappearance of the
sun is announced by gun. Before the
longed-for moment no one puts crust
of bread or drop of water into his
mouth. Sometimes, in corner of the
Golden Horn, we tried to bribe our boat
men to eat before the lawful moment,
but they answered Iok! Iok! no. no!
pointing to the sun with timorous ges-
ture. When the sun is half hidden they
begin to take the food in their hands,
and when there is nothing but thin
luminous arch, then those who are
motionless, and those who are rowing,
those who are crossing the Golden Horn
and those who are skimming over the
Bosphorus, those who are sailing in the
sea Of Marmora, and those who are rest
ing in the most solitary bays of the
Asiatic shores, all with one accord turn
toward the west, and stand fixed, with
their eyes on the sun, mouths open
bread in hand, and JOY in visage. When
nothing is visible but one small fiery
point, and at last the fiery point vanish
es. the cannon thunders, and in that
very instant $4,000 teeth bite off enor-
nous morsels from thousand pieces of
bread; but what am l saying? A thou
sand? In every house, in every cafe. in
every cavern the same thing is happening
at the same moment; and for a few min.
utes the Turkish city is nothing but a
monster, with 100000 mouths that eats
and drinks.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
The Slanderer.

There is no one in the community
who holds more despicable position
than the common slanderer, and strange
to say, there is no offender who receives
a smaller measure of well-deserved pun
ishment. This social assassin seems to
enjoy species of immunity in the pros
ecution of his nefarious designs, and by
implication claims an unquestioned
right to play the villain. In rare cases
a jury is obtained which has the good
sense to impose marked punitive dam
ages; but the majority of these scoun-
drels either escape entirely unpunished
or have merely nominal damages, with
costs decreed against them. And yet,
properly considered, the crime of SLAM
der is one of the most offensive of which
men or women can be guilty; it is So
cial murder, for its object is the slaugh-
ter Of individual character, or the de-
struction of domestic happiness. In
fact, it is an offence that. "stinks to
heaven" as going directly with persist
ent malignity to impair the best inter-
ests of society. To greater or less ex-
tent, it tends to poison the fountains of
the public health and the harmony of
the domestic circle. 1t assails every
class in the community-youth and man.
hood alike; and even palsied old age is
unprotected from the venom of its pois-
oned shafts. Its malicious, vindictive
attacks spare none. But in no instance
is SANDER more abhorent than in its
conducting as it does, to domestic un-
happiness and the disruption of family
relations setting husband against wife,
child against parent, and friend against
friend We view it as -eminently a
crime, detestable in the sight of man
and notably condemned of Heaven. I,
is an offence that stands arrayed against
the eternal canon promulgated amid
the thunders of Sinai Thou shalt moi
bear false witness against thy neighbor;
and if it be not in this world punished
as it deserves inevitably it will be in the
next. But for the conservation of the
best interests of society, the operations
of this insidious fend-this social assas
sin-should be visited with condign pun
ishment, of such character as in tn;
future may decisively arrest the spreae
of its pestiferous influence.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12

names is extended to the parliamentary
practice of civilized peoples. In the
Legislature it is the height of impro-
priety to call an honorable member by
his right name, although the custom is
found to be very convenient one in
ordinary life. In New Caledonia the
names of natural objects are gwen to
children; but, if the child dies, the rela.
tives must no longer call the natural
object by it's former name. A new ap-
pellationsh has tosbe invented for use in
that particular family. The custom
gives remarkable variety to the New
Caledonian dialect, and taxes the inven-
ton of parents who are so unfortunate
as to lose their offspring. On "tabu
days" in the South Sea islands, any one
who makes noise must die. This reg
ulation is as bad as any of the Connect
cut blue laws. But there is hardly any
form of etiquette that has survived to
do duty in polite society but has it's orr
gin in some of the grosser observances
Of antiquity.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12

The greatest single advance in school
life within the past twenty years, has
been the waking-up of teachers to the
fact that the English language should
be taught in common schools tor its
common, human uses; to enable the
people Of the United States to speak
and write their native tongue with ease,
precision, conciseness, and as much ele-
gance as may be; to arouse love for
the best literature, and direct in the
best way to read good books. 1t is not
too much to say that child sent forth
from public school at the age of II,
unable to speak and write his native
tongue with fair degree of ability, and
destitute of healthy taste for reading
good books, has been badly trained, and
has failed in most important element
of his education. Grammar, rhetoric,
analysis, composition, should be taught
for the sake of the English language,
not the English language for their sake.
The common school is not a university
to work up crowd of small pathological
experts, but a peoples school to train
the children in the master art OF using
their mother-tongue to express the best
that is in them, and to open their eyes
to the treasures of wisdom hidden in
books. Every American citizen, how
ever humble, from the experience of
life has gathered up good deal that is
valuable for his fellow men. The COM
mon school should give him the ability
to set that forth by speech and pen in
way to make it accessible to his neigh
bors. Every citizen has leisure sufficient
to read many good books, provided he
knows how and where to read; and the
common school should place him on the
threshold of the library Of the world.
The first aim of the teacher should be
to help the child speak the mother
tongue with ease and pr0priety. And
what an opportunity is afforded in every
lesson through the entire school life of
the pupil! Do our teachers sufficiently
reflect that for six, often for ten, some
times for fifteen years, the children are
placed where they are absolutely for
bidden to speak except by their direc
ton? Every word is supposed to be an
answer to direct question, and is to be
spoken with the sole purpose of convey
ing precise information on some we'll
defined point, If every teacher would
insist on clear, precise, complete an
swer to every question in the recitation
room, our children would learn the great
art Of expression better than by any
method of special instruction. 1t is be-
cause teachers are often so careless in
their own speech, and tolerate such
laundering in the reply of the pupil,
that the majority of the students in all
schools and colleges 60 forth unable to
rise to their feet with ease and natural
ness, and tell what they know upon the
simplest theme in way that commands
attention and respect. Here, in the dai-
ly routine of school life, is the great op
portunity for teaching the art Of correct
and elegant expression.-[ A. D. MAYO,
in New England Journal of Edaco-
tiOn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
An Important Consideration.

There was funny man who said, IF
all the world were blind, what sad
sight it would be-" but it is serious
question, IF one-ffth of our children
have their sight injured at school, what
are we going to do about it?" Nor is
this merely supposed case. Recent
examinations in Germany show that
large share Of the school children be-
come myopic, as the doctors say: in
plain English, short-sighted. In Magde-
burg, in the Kloster- Pedagogium, q
per cent. in the sixth class were myopic;
five grades higher, the rate was 70 per
cent! in the highest class in the gym
nasium, or high school, the rate was 95
per cent! The evil grew worse as the
pupils advanced Now German schools
are VIGOROUSLY ill-lighted and inconven-
lent; but are our schools faultless in
this?
Mark this we'll: EVERY cause of IN
jury to the eyes IN childhood should be
auoided No one is unimportant; each
error of fine-type books, bad posture,
bad ventilation, bad light, and bad color
of walls should be noted, and reform
should follow.
Ought we to have black blackboards
and vhite walls and ceilings? Certainly
not. Black and white are really high
colors, as truly as vermillion, red and
mazarine blue; and the glaring contrast
is hard upon the eyes. Fine books are
never printed now upon clear white pa
per; creamy, blush, and pinkish tints
are preferred. In the schoolrOoms We
find the strong g-white walls, belted with
gloomy surface of dead black, each
painful to the eye, and worse by con-
trast; even the furniture is red; the
only neutral and easy color is that Of
the floor. How different is that from
the soothing colors outdoors, where
there are gentle green's, cool browns, and
everything tempered with variety; there
are high colors only in flowers, or in
mans red and white houses.
Schoolroom acoVs should be tinted with
pinkish, greenish, or blush tinge; and
the Uackboards should be green, braacn
ish or drob in color 1t is mistake to
think that the board must be black to
make the chalk mark distinct; careful
trial will prove to any one that, within
the bounds of schoolroom, green or
brown board shows as plainly as
black one. The relief and comfort to
the eye may seem slight; but it amounts
to great deal, taking day after day.
Try these tints, and save your children
from aching eyes, weak sight, glasses,
premature old age, and blindness, by
this and all other means in your power.
-[SAMUEL WILLARD, NJ. d., in Nation
al Journal of Education.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12

ENTHUSIASM VERSUS Noise. II Some
teachers object to quiet manner in
the schoolroom, because, SO they say, it
indicates lack Of enthusiasm" Here
in lies great mistake. There is no
necessary connection between enthus-
iasm and noise; between quiet deter
mination to have order, and phlegsn-
difference to inattention and mischief.
Pacific School and Hoase Js~Nsal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12

SPRING PoETRY.-Her cheeks were
very ruddy, and the streets were awful
muddy, and she loudly shrieked, 20
thunder!' and her feet few out from
under. It was really very shocking, for
she showed her striped stocking. Bos-
ton Post.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12

An ths.ahqve Ree4 ie1flsoa aaAaeed - suit
Indspendence. H., Nay Is. n.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
Feed MlH

Plows Repaired, Horse ShOeing by an Expe-
rienced Workman, General Job Work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
Reduced Prlces.

Feed Grinding done; Feed kept on hand fol
sale.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
III. w. HOLMAN,

SUCCESSOR TO j. S. wOODWARD)
A TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTION
n Agent Office over Tabor s. Sons Drug
Store Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
Qtt Bnlltti'l,

Legal and Official Advertisements, One Dollar
per Square for the first, and Fifty Cents per
SQUARE for each subsequent insertion, up to
four insertions. square is equal to ten lines
of BREWER type, or eight lines of Nonpareil,
business Cards Of six lines, or less, 5000 a
Marriage, Death and Religious Notices insert
ed without charge. Obituary Notices ten cents
per line.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
MANUFACTURE
INDEPENDENCE
Manufacturing Company
Wood Work.
Machine 9hop.

Sherman Patent Window Blinds. Screens fol
Doors and Windows, Sash and Doors. Frames
Mouldings, Wood Turning, sc.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
BIachsmlthing.

Machinery Repaired, Lathe work Of every de-
scription, Drilling and Fitting. Corn PlOw
ShOvels speciality.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
j. e. COOK

j. E. COOK,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
IA Iowa. Office over A. H. Franks Restau-
rant Main St.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
ATTORNEYS.

FRANK JENNINGS.
A TTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE OVER
n O. 'Briens Store, Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-12
r. 3. h A. p. LACEY, Att'ys,
-------- WASHINGTON ID. C.

Any person desiring information as to the
standing and responsibility Of the members OF
satisfactory reference in his vicinity or Con
gressiOnal District. 1224tf
National Republican., 1878-12-28

Anrra hIirf illne,, pr dr'hcria. Mis Niui Bob.
hsun aged fourteen. the only daughter Of Mr..
Bushrol RpGins,n, clOthier, died At her fathers
r,idciCc yesterday aileruuvu "a lis o'cl,Ce she
was die idol "r her parents aud the iiule b.i!c Of
the ncighburhOud Although petcd, loved, and
humnrch In everything that she might desire, It iid
not spoil hcr disprit.pn bat on the contrary her
pretty manners and laly.Iikc conduct wud fDT
hrrcIntuu uuous admiration she WIS rvinars ably
Intelligent. aud rlnS cd a know lC'llT that would
have lsru Cr,al,iubC IT, tiIr.C more advanced in
yv"'s, and gave r'idcHrc, bad HE Lc'n pared 10
her. Uf In coming O inU~i b' liant woman. ~rC was
v'usciuuS nigh unto tcpdh HwHr" that dissolution
va. approaching rnt wh', the hearts Of father
and LIvillri wCp almost bUT. ing with slrfpW, she
Wa, cam aud ,'ul. r'yd. With the same rrcCi,inr
that nar.rd her Ways white In health. she made
deposition ui her sju." of little articles aud. what
was more touching 'tll che scicrud from the Bibic
r.t'.sii p.s'ag'o.. tnVU,s'iug that they wishl be
Tv.'I az hyr ''ITul Her dturiss W0s ttr1br blow
r The iLMll y, tat IN rir,r tu"r an elton iuCN HaiC
a." rusu.U,l"u e Lu'NImg tUt lhctr liuc tud
las h"Cu uGu-UIuulul " b,pWh In ilIHl garllr
Nirrr tull2lr, - ti nal
National Republican., 1878-12-28
CTaIed by Troubic--Good Fortune Comes
Too Late,

In February, 1876, o young man named
William IciGur, thirty years Of age, arrived in
this country from Hamburg on the steamship
Suoyia. Though he came in the storage II
WAS noticed by tho officials at Castle Garden
that ho was Il person OF education and refine
mCnt lLg above the average class Of cmigrunt
arrivals Hv hsl very little to say during his
soiourE at the Garden, and left that place with
the intention of seeking employment suitable
to his abilities. Nothing was heard from him
for a long while until about year ago, since
which timo ho has made frequent visits 10
Castle Garden, on each occasion eagerly iuGuir.
ing ii any letter had arrived from his relatives
IN Germany.
Upon being questioned he said that he had
written to his friends, who he claimed were
very wealthy. asking them for a,sistance, lie
had found IL difficult 10 obtain employment,
aud all his means having been exhausted he
was on the verge of starvation. No letter,
however, WAS received from Germany, and the
poor fellow went away every time greatly dis.
appointed. Ills visits ceased n month ago, and
nothing more was hGarl of him until the 9th
Of this month, when information was brought
10 the Castle Garden authorities by an Inmate
Of his boarding. house IN Chrystie street that
Iciger was acting IN singular manner. On
Investigation II was found that the poor fol.
lows brain had been turned by his troubles,
aud II was determined TO send lin 10 lhe Lu.
nnIic Asylum Oh Wards Island, where he was
admitted DectmbcT
4 letter was received yesterday by Superin-
temdcnt Jackson from AdOlph Zeigcr, the
brother Of the unfortunate emigrant, annOunc.
ing the death of his father IN November aud
informing his brother William that lis share
Of the patrimony awaited his orders. Accord.
ing to the letter the elder Xcigcr on his death
had lett fortune Of 10 100 marks (S?i, ,2lI 40 !,
| Of which he bCIucathod TO his wife 90, $40 marks
| -, -,15i co. and to each Of his i've children
lO,59i marks ,Ei,i9j,Gsl. lmmodia'oly OH re.
ccipt OF tho letter Superintendent Jackson
! repaired TO Wards lslnnd, hoping that
| the good news would bring Xcigcr
buck TO sanity. lie visited the
| Asylum, ana quietly informed tho luBatic that
/ the money which he hal so long expected was
now at his disposal; but, to Mr., Jackson's sur
| prise, I,isvr Informed him that he would have
| nothing To do with the money, because it wa,
thc cause of all sorts Of misery in this world
| The doctors connected with the institution
state tnHt Iciger is very quiet patient; but
! In their Onuiun, his Is Il cuSc of luuaCy from
! which 1t will be dilicult tn recover.
! The Commissioners Of Emigration havc
! called the attention Of the GrIIuan Consul tc
| the C,,-r, alll tho IuattGr will be placed IN the
hand ol that oIliCiil.--Ncw inrk Hs,GR.
National Republican., 1878-12-28
ScckimE EcIrase rrn,n JaII.

Colonel William \. Cook and Mr. \. Is. Williams.
cOuu.H TOR -nnry Emery ir., committed to Jail On
the rharrr ul killing IEmcr : COOml. Rt the Maj.
hr Salppn, OF Christmas evening have prepared 4
petition fora wrt u 'b,ns oOIInis which they be.
lcvo v III lie "!dyr,d to be issued - ,oon as they
can llud Justice W!l,r, OF the Criminal Court, and
place The Irp,I hci,c him. Tie petition ,ct, forth
ih the I, nT j. ill' ly restrained Of his liicTIy
amt u.I tic Ii .lI.s was accidental; brt should II
appear upon iuyts .gd.pn. that there wa sutiy ycmt
evidence { uu.d the rytitiuHcr ~ await the action
OF tie .T.lrl jury. .i,u the OfCn'C Ot tho illrh'st
could not u, more than mauSaus ht"r, ant they
rai'I that To- be- b,!ayIr one. He Will ask tor Nj.
dl.chnp,u iIum agIr.r uIl yhuuid llrl hr icnird
lhcn application viii hc made 70 'Ske h''l The
r.tiluI " ~ he pIr.Cutgd today.