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Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
Rural Life in California.

In anv Eastern sense there is no rural
life in California, ard the thing called
rustic simplicity is utterly unknown. To
be sure. YOU can find q miner cOiied in
a hole in the hill ike woodcbuck at
home You can find places where it's
always borderss~kti and camp-lhe.. You
can share somebody's shake-down with
YOUR feet to the fire, walled in with mud
ike a barn swallow But the instant
YOU rise to the dignity of home, with
women and comforts in it, tig-leaveS
disappear and Ege's hounces grow ar
ristic. You meet farmers on California
Street, which is the Wall Street. of san
Francisco, and you can noj Distinguish
them from the bHbj5ueS Of the place.
There is no rustic cast 60 their coats, no
bav in their hair, nor is 1t gnaWed
square across with the family shears.
The language Of the city is the yernacu-
lar of The country. Provincialisms are
as rare as gold eaTles in contribution
boxes. Rural simplicity, which means
livjng and doing ike their grandmoth-
ers. does not exist. They have done
with their grandmothers. Find a place
that seems as isolated Us q mid-ocean
island, with neitLer ightning nor steam
and the dwellers are not prisoners.
There is not a slip of girl in the house
but can mount a horse as vicious at both
ends as an Irishman's shillalah, and
chronicallv wound up for a twelve
hours gallop, and ride to Vatnity Fair
without minding it, People that are
born on horseback, in countries where
there is any place to ride to- car teyef
be very primitive. And so tits tlaa bits
of city life and talk and notions Can be
found anywhere in California, and the
tint of green that Webscer's milFmaid
meant to bave is worn by nobody. l
have not seen one in the State whom
The color became, unless he was some
body fresh from the East.-B. f. Iey-
Tor, IN the EanD1jner.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
Beautify Your Homes.

The question how farms and homes
are to be improved should naturally
lead the farmer to thiaK first OF the sur
roundings of the home. The need OF
giving attention to this department Is
apparent to persons who 90 about the
country and see the dOor-yards and the
slOvenlv manner i'm which farming IS
carried on by some. The suggestion
for improvements frequently receives
the reply: 1T costs too much money,
But this is not true. Farmers who have
the most money and are the possesSors
of bank stock, sadly neglect their prem
ises, while others, with an eve to neat
ness and q taste for Improvements, have
every thing in good shape, with but lit
tie means to accomplish it. The eX-
ample of England and France Is an IL
lustrati0n, and shows how the humble
peasant, who cultivates but q small
piece of land, makes it pay not only
largely, but also gives 1t an attractive
and h0me-iike residence by the culture
and taste displayed in its surroundings.
A large sum of money is not required,
but simply little industry, and taste
i'm arranging things to make them look
pleasant and inviting to the eye.
What a change would be wrought in
the ASPECT of our farming districts itthe
gardens and d86Fyards, which are too
frequently filled with wood-piles, heaps
of rubbish, mixture of shade-treeS,
weeds and grass, were converted into a
smooth lawn, with tastefullv arranged
fruit-trees and shrubberv.. Tree culture,
from the seed or from transplantlng,
costs but little effort and no moneEEmd
how much thew add to the oru "a nsrLal
as we'll as useful Let sOme - Fa1ier
take the course ofimprovement sugygtst-
ed. and it would do much to educate the
taste of the whole neighbOrhOOd. We
have in our mind an illustration OF this,
i'm one Of our country towns. The
church was without a pastor, looked
the houses and fences were
unDainted, and the enterprise OF the
town had run at n low ebb. A new Mir
lister took up his home there, brloek0g
with him wife, who, like himself pos
sessed culture, taste and refinement.
The parsonage was first painted, new
fences and q new barn were built, the
surroundings of the churchyard were
trees set out, etc, which was
O. suggestion to others, and the nelgh-
borhood was soon improved in the same
manner How much more attractive
are dwelling-houseS and farms sur
rounded by trees, and it really costs so
little to do itt-HangactUrer and
Builder.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
Oddities Among the Books.

A short man reading Longfellow; a
burglar picking at Locke; jeweler de-
vouring Goldsmith; an artilleryman
with Shelley; an omnibus driver calling
for one Moore; nice youngman going
to the Dickens; a labOrer at his Lever;
a Young woman with her Lover; Tom
studying Dicks works; a lancer learn
ing Shakespeare; q servant looking for
The Butler; a miller deep in Mil q
glazier's hour with Paine; a hedger alb
sOrbed in Hawthorne; q Dutchman in
terested in Holland a domestic man
with Holmes; porkseiler trying to save
his Bacon; woman in Theirs; lazy
mans Dumas; a determined man with
Kant; o com-dOctor with Bunyan's
Progress; a philologist contemplating
Wordsworth; a minstrel reading Emer-
son; Catholic at Pope; creditor
pleased with Sue; a jolly fellow laugh
inc over Sterne.-LOujsyjjle Courier
Journal
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
A Stern PARENT Checkmated

Three score and ten is nOta
green old age if. as astronomers d
the period Of time in which this
viii be inhabited is as a mimi
eternity Of its actual existence. A7
some people really forget that theY'
ever Young.
There she stood, the apple OIL
eyes. trembling with suppressed 7
Their frowns deepened rs the n'
wiped her glasses preparatory to
ing a letter found in the girl'sPl
1t began. 81 Angel of my existencs;
"What!n howied the male
" You don't mean to say it begly
that? Oh. that q child OF mine I.
correspond with-But, pray, pnT
my dear" a
Hem. existence spelled VIII
tool" proceeded the mater.
"Why, the Iunatic can't
chipped in the old man. !
1T is impossible for me to "a.
the joy with which your PreseAll
filed me. " (;
"Then why does he attempt
But pray don't let me interrulli
90 on, 90 on; let JOY be unconlI-
Il have spent the whole nsiJ
thinking Of you that's Plctiqll.
anv way, land in bitterly dend il
obstinate, besotted old whelp En.
not consent to our union. u u
"Oh, let me get at him. WEI;
thy servant a toad that ne sloui
be spoken of?n Il,
- But, Theodorus, my deaI' 4
rupted his other half. Ii
"Yes, yes; one moment'
about to observe that the lalin
could pen such words would
itate to scalp the most cherlSDln
tive. a,.
"Theodorus, L didn't see I'd y
the page" h
sEh! let me see; hum =
with all the love of my hear near. n
dorus. May 10, 1855 WY
my eyes, it's one Of my letters N
sation.) Il.
Yes, pa, chimed IN m n
branch, II found it in the close
day-only you wouldn't let me y ~
. Yon may go to the PARK, .,. =.
Hem! we've made nice ues ~
81 Yes, love. Next time W., We ,,t
at the date first. "-B0St911 ~"
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
Cafes I'm Cairo.

No greater contrast can be imao
than chat between a European a55
native cafe in Cairo. Tn the one Il
are the stereotyped mattresses. S,lo
and the inevitable band Of Bobama
musicians Of both sexes, with the eorg
inevitable little girl, whose cbHf
uaiUete forms one of the GREAT M,
tons.
Here poor beer is dispensed n
tune Of poor music from 7p.m to,'
2 Am, till the fddlers are readr
drop, the little Girl spasmodicaIJv
asleep and wakes, by fits and starts |.
the wearied audience lounge so~
home, wondering why on earth 4
waste seven or eight hours a dav in =
places, and yet return to them ag,
like the needle to the north. From
haunts the traveller, of course, caiB,7
idea Of Oriental lite. Nor is he anr
ter off when his dragOman takes br
the purfeus of the Rosetta Gardens
exhibits the squalid haunts wherp
mongrel population of the town and
criminal classes smoke opium or
HjSh. As we'll might one exhibit
dens of Whitechapel and round Al
the Tower as a criterion Of English
in London.
The Arab cafe is a very different
fair. IJmust be looked for in the am,
ters toward the citadel or Boulak |
better still, in the towns of the Deh-
in Rosetta, Damiettah, Mansour
Dingy and black, Illuminated bv ON.
two dimly burning oiI-lamps, shedso
lust light enough to cast weird shad
across the still weirder and fann
visages sitting around, the fumr
consists only Of Wicker-work benchs
reed-covered stools about q foot hig .
shelf for the nargmleh, another fof =
cups and cupholders-ftl9t5B and sgl !
and the Iittiecopper cOHee-pOJs inNN
the aromatic beverage is prepared. /
Here sit the solemn Arabs qU oI
smoking, the cystjer merhodioall}u.
inc his coffee over the glowing am,
of q charcoal fire, and his servants
erallv young boys, clad in a bigaI
and belt, handing the cups around, :.
fetching a Live coal now and thg !
place upon the tll05ack N
the dat-bowied narghileh. ~,
time to time an itinerantv venda
boiled melon seeds, pistachio or MON .
nuts, and bHilCnT-a sweetmeat mad
honey and seasame OiI-haWks I'd
his wares; somebody buys i've p
worth-one farrhing-snd gn
shares the deHcacy with his neigh;f
After q while the stOrv-teller make
appearance, generally a blind man. If
O. red turban. and his snOw-White
flowing down over his black robes IT
is accompanied by two Arabs, one
his darnbUEG-a kind of tambo-
made tot q gOurd-5he otherwt
Dal eh, or fue. BY this time a l
"a colored glass Lamp-has been
pended from the middle OF the Gel
and under this lantern the eld man !.
his seat after having grayely saIaanl 4
kajned aIl-round, and received The ,
kllna saLaam in retuTn.-L0ad0a
GH1JHeT.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01

During the experiment OF co-educa-
ton in the University Of Wisconsin,
thus far, absences from recitatiOus on
account of sickness have been relatively
less frequent with the girls than with
the boys, and the present health OF the
alumng of the University compares
favorably with that of their male class
mates
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01

1t is a curious fact that, notwith-
standing the sure destruction of houses
built near the base of Mount Vesuvius,
sooner or later, still the Italians do not
cease to build there. The town Of
Terre del Greco, containing nearly ten
thousand inhabitants, is built entirely
upon the lava streams of 1881.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
- Yours is a very pei

-s Yours is a very pen"
remarked a lady-passer ger y !
ductor; " doesn t it require I
Of courage on your Partf ,.,osr
ma am, replied the conaGor Gor
gently but firmly charged u a'l ,
extra for neglecting to @ ge' h
yes ma'am, none but IIo =, h
serve the fare" " And as ns Il K (.
she blushed, and wondered l. q =
that piece Of impudence i0i
ment.-HdaGkege.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01

David Strong, while telling trees
near Columbus City, Ind, was caught
between a falling and standing tree and
had both legs cut completely OFF. His
injuries were fatal.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01

A young lady who is studying
French lately wrote to her parents THAI
she was "invited out to a dejeuner the
day before, and was going to a jete
champetr~ the next day" TIE professor
of the college was surprised to receive
dispatch from the cod man" day or
two after, saying: eff you can't keep
my girl away from these blarsted men,
ageries and side-shows will come down
and see what ails her. er.''-Pr0Uidence
Jo25rn0J.
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01
TO rnpprspnNnENYs

All communications for this paper noGld pc
accomnauicd by the name of thr author h'l
ncrc '-arily torpuhGcctian, but c'lir..'n nl
onlynu one side of ti}aaHper b" particularly
careful in giving names and dates to hl's
altiot'crs on figures plain and distinct
Sharp County record., 1878-02-01

Seventy kinds of bricks are made
by Philadelphia company.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-04-11

RIVER IMPRoyEkIESTs-Ab bill has been report
ed in Congress, making appropriations for pro-
lection of the banks of the Missouri River. The
sum of $4,000 is appropriated for work at St.
Joseph. wbereupon the Atchson Champion
growls because the appropriation was not for
Atchison instead of st. Joseph, and calls Justify
upon our Sena tors and members of Congress to
look after this thing We suppose the Champion
knows it but we will inform it nevertheless,
that nearly all this $4,000 will be expended in
protecting the river bank Oh the Kansas side, in
Douiphan County that there are other places
in Kansas besides Atchison that the banks op-
posite st. Joseph need more speedy attention
than those in the vicinity of Atchison; that the
Kansas members of Congress are under as much
obligation to look after the interests of Doni-
pban County rs those of Atchison and, finally,
that if not dollar of the money was to be ex-
pended on the Kansas side, the State of Missouri
ia as much entitled to Government aid as Kansas
is. If cities are entitled to aid according to size,
then St. Joseph would get 100000 to Atchisons
SIS 900.
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Random Notes.
PLEASANT RIDGE, DoSrrHAN Co., n
Anil Z

1LkAcANI DpNiffAN IT,. hANsaS,(
April ), 1873 :
EDITOR CHIEF Sojourning. for a few days. u this
neighborhood, it has seemed meet to me to try to
write few items. have deserted the Chief,
looking upon you the only simOnpure editor that
is left. who was never, and who will be-, con-
troled by either cliques secret organizations The
cry of Democracy, made by renegade, tour slogan
not sounded by such men), and the threatened sys-
TEN of blackbang, carries but little Of the scare in
it, among sensible Your strength is only made
the apparent, by the action Of fools. Men who
ventilnte spleen through their columns, are worse
enemies to the Masonic than either Morgan or
Writ.
| understand that Mr.. John Mcdaniel is getting
along very well in the erection Of his new house.
Ben. C. says he depends upon the virtues Of Jor-
dams waters and classics" (the latter to often runs
to sugar) for his health and happiness and that he
trusts Jordan will not prove "bard road to travel
from this time
Mark what say: wedding in old Wayne, not far
off. No particular parties referred to-
Two Young men, well known to your correspondent,
and whom, by the by, he recommend, Mr. William
Glen and Mr.. Christ. Naylor, in the market, as
bachelors They say that their dishes all dirty,
and that they feel the need of hepmeets at is not
good for man to dwell alone Oh Lord! what flap
fritters they can fix up. Il have sat at good mems
easts both to the stalled without hatred and the
dinner of herbs where love was but at their bach
elor home / took new and agreeable lesson in gas
tronomy. Girls, go for them they are whoe-souled,
industrious modest and unassuming and are worthy
of YOUR virgin affections. As they little bash
full, Christian charity should urge You to pop the
question. Now is the accepted time
Mr.. Eylar, a clever and worthy Ohio gentleman,
farms Mrs. Starts property, this year.
The soiree at Mr.. Hendersons, report says, was q
complete suecess-a feast Of reason and flow Of
genial hospitality.
In this section, all nature smiles, and everything
bids fair for prosperous season for the sons Of toll
know blatant fool in this County, in whom there
is a speculation and who reminds me Of the couplet
.The best speculation the market holds forth
To any enlightened lover of pelf
Is to buy him mp at the price he is worth.
And sell him at that he puts ON himself
Farmers are all busy plowing.
OCCASIONAL.
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Sherif,s Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, }sc
DoNIPHAN COUNTY,

STATE OF KANSAS. lss
DoNIPHAN COUNTY,
In the District Court for Donphan County State Of Kanaas
Peter yarnOS. Plaintiff
Joseph Walker ct al, Defendants
NYOTICE is hereby given that will the 18th day of
IL Nav A ID. ls7s. at the hour Of o'clock, p. NJ
Of aid ay at the North door Of the Court House. the
city of Troy Donphan County, State Of Kanxas offer
for sale q, public auction for cash the following descrb
ed real estste wit Beginning twenty 0) ros south
of the northeast OF the west half Of Lots "a
three C and four t4 in section twelve 7 In township
tyo ~ Of range tventyone t2 thence eighty fe1
rude thence south twenty t0 rods thence eighty
(D rods thence north twenty 0 rods TO the place Of
beginning Taken the property Of Joseph Walker
and offered sale the highest bidder for cash.
isfy certain Judgment and costs Of record In the
District Court Doniphan County State Of Kansas
which Peter vsrnox plaintiff, and Joseph Walker
was defendant Appraised at rs:
Given under my hand this sth day Of April A. D. le7s
CHARLES BURkHALTER
Sheriff Of Douiphan County.
April IL, 1sss-Jr. Prs fee, No5o.
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Sheri6's Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, lss
nOxIPHkN COtiNTY

STATE OF KANSAS, }ss.
DoNIPHAN COUNTY,
In the District Court for Doniphan County State
Kansas.
The State Savings Bank
Of st. Joseph, Mo-, Plaintiff
Joel Ryan, Defendant
AYOTICE hereby given that will the 18th day Of
IL Nav, A. ID. 1873 at the hour Of o'clock. p. n,
Of said day the north door Of the Court House in the
city Of Troy Donphan County State Of Kansas offer for
sale at public auction for cash. the following described
real estate to wt The northeast quarter Of section
seventeen Q) and the northeast quarter Of section
twenty nine t29) all in township three GU Of range nine
teen % also the north half Of the southwest quarter
9 and the quarter Of the
north quarter of section sixteen. Q6) in township
three, 81 Of range twenty t2oI all in Denphan County,
Kansas Taken the property Of Joel Ryan, and offered
for sale highest bidder for cash to satisfy certain
Judgment and of record in the District Court
for Doniphan County in the State Of Kansas in which
The State Savings Bank of ST. Joseph, Missouri.
plaintiff and Joel Ryan defendant
Given under my hand this 9Th day Of April A D. ls7s
CHARLES BU URKHALTER,
Sheriff Of Donphan County.
April II, 1s7s-5w. Prs fee, ti2.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-04-11

HEnE's RIcHNEss-when the Chief published
Gov. Anthony's letter, We wrote an editorial
commenting upon it. The Howard City CoaraHt-
Ledger stole this editorial almost bodily, making
a leader of it; and now the Leavenworth Times
copies it, crediting it to the Coaranf-Ledqer. We
do not object to furnishing leaders for all the
papers in the State, but think they ought to oc-
casionai.y intimate that, to the best Of their
knowledge and belief, the Chief entertains SINH
lar sentiments.
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Di.srics No. % Items.

Hon. b. H. Brock il 20 years old, on this April 4th,
and still holds to his Republicanism Yet he admits
that the Republican party ought long ago to have in
augnrated measures for indemnifying the freedmen
for their abuse, &C.. under the dark dispensaton-
slavery. He also admits that the heirs of such men
as nfy brother, who were positive Union men, and
who were conscripted into the Confederate States
Army and were slain, ought toreeeve assistance from
the Goyernment-the same, at least, as If they had
been slain in the L. s Army. He aso agrees that, if
the present session of Congress would Immediately
provide means and measures for irrsating the West
ern and Southwestern plains, whereby fifty thousand
men could he employed the present season. giving the
lands so redeemed to agriculture, homesteads to
operatives, according the plan heretofore proposed
by this deponcnt the Senator's and Representatives
would so immortalize their names, and secure the
confidence of the people of the United States, as to
render their defeat in future elections impossible.
Further explanations will be given as called for.
Our Sunday School re-opened, last Sabbath; Joseph
Walker, Superintendent; ii. c. Wykert, Assistant; ;;
Judd Neeland. Librarian; VIM. Mansfield, Treasurer;
and E. F. Tranf, Secretary.
Mrs Rebecca Walker has an heir. Frank feels as
if he weighed little less than ton-its the first boy
The infant daughter of Vim. and Susan wykert
was badly scalded. by pulling the eofee-pot over.
Better let Bill measure the coffee himsef the next
time.
Samuel Gibson is very sick; needs the sympathy
and attention of the community.
Our Greenbaek Club numbers over fifty members.
Meets next Wednesday night, 10th inst
Wheat is jointing.
Sarah Merritt is a years old, and as lively as most
of the bellies. John Lewis, Abraham Lewis, and Mrs
Mary Foster each about 20 years old and Jealous
Greenbackers- Nicholas Wykert is 80 years old Come
to District No. Co. If you want TO live long, and enjoy
gool health and a sound mind.
Miss Virginia Hale is teaching our school She viii
have her hands FULL this Summer. There are about
hundred Of en- entitled to her services
Samuel Gibson died on the 9Th, at II O'Clock, O. m,
and was buried at the Highley graveyard ut o'clock
p. m the 5th inst. Rev. II. G. Wykert preached the
funeral large circle Of friends and reia-
tiyes were In attendance.
Mrs. Henry Clary is, and has been for some time
JssEs ". TRsxr.
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NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE.
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY.
FOR THE
DISEASED AND DEFORMED.

Two or Of the surgeo2s of the Nateaa Surgical
Institute of Indianapolis, IndIans with its three great
divisions at PhiadePh. Ati.nt: and San Frs.ei.eo will
make visit to Atchison, Kanssa the 18th
and sOth Of A pril, 1873, at the Lindell Hotel.
As this is the ouy visit which they will likely be able
to make away the Institute, the opportunity here
offered for seeing and consulting them without visit "a
the Institute, should not be neglected This visit de
signed the accommodation and benefit Of their old
patents all such desire treatment Of the
Institute yet unable to afford the expense and time
will come fully prepared cases of Club Feet,
apin al Disease, Hip Disease, Diseases sf she
JOin @, Chronic Disease, Female Dfse0ses,
Disc ases Of the Eye and Ear, Paralysis, Piles,
FistaIa, Catarrh, asd Privete Diseases. which
are curable be benefited No will be taken
under treatment unless with fair prospect Of
All the afflicted are invited. Csssals1sien Free.
2smch3w.l
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-04-11

- The Democratic papers are fond of throw
ing mp to Republicans their office holders who
have been sent TO the penitentiary. 1t is rather
bad; but it now begins to look as though the
Democracy do not think man fit to elect to
office until after he has Served term in the PEN
itentiary. We last week spoke of one OConnoT,
Democratic member of the Ohio Legislature.
He was not only bounty-iumper and a adeserter,
who obtained admission to the Soldiers Home,
at Dayton, by perjury; but later revelations
show that he was a robber and professional bur
glar, who had served term of three years in the
Michigan penitentary.
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County Board.

The County Board convened on Monday, and adj
journed We'lnes'iaynoon Present Cyrus Leland,
Jr., Chairman, VIM. ii. Deekard, and D. y Long
Commissioners; ID. W. Morse, Clerk; Charles BrIrk-
halter, Sheriff.
Ordered, that c. q. Turkelson furnish Ole Thomp-
son such aid as he may need until able 10 De taken 10
the Poor Farm
Ordered, that Mrs. Ball be allowed to redeem Lot
s. Block l3, North Wathena, from tax sales for 1919,
for So
Ordered, that d. iiulan be allowed to redeem the
north half of Lot L. and all of Lots and o. Block ID
North Wathena, for sales OF is'4-5-6, for sio.i3
Ordered. that w. Wallace be allowed TO redeem
Lots IL and IL Block y Wathena, for tax sales Tor
lS14, for the amount for which they were Sold with
interest at 10 per cent. per annuin.
Ordered, that Thomas Majors be allowed Il per
week, until able to be removed to the Poor Farm
Ordered, that VIM. Hawley be allowed to redeem
Lots and J. Block D. Severance, from tax sales for
lSi-5-6, for s'O.5l, If paid within thirty days.
Ordered, that James F. Forman return all books
and records in his possession belonging to the Co-
ty Surveyors Office to the County Clerks immediate
ly.
Ordered, that the personal property tax OF Ole
Rasmussen be RENTED, IT being erroneous