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Vol. I6.---No. SO
senator Gordon = Ante. Belium Life.
From tie Atlanta constitutional


From the Atlanta eohslieu''on'i
The impression has been createo' Aha
it is most zealously maintained py many
persons who have no military repusas'vn'
that General Gordon IL result Oh VIZ
war. They hold that his present pos'
,ion was won when nc pas nss
hazard of battle, aud that IL 'hers Haa
been no war he woula hesaf nas' ss
heard OF. Pretermittlhg deaehcs ~ Wv
rather reliable proposiu2h lhal lne n -,
who handles the sword IN ts'hs VI pc.n'
is the safest leader ~ titne u peaou,
can but exclaim asalnsttae efacity % 'as
Misrepresentation. 49,.
Georgia has prooneaa very =" pllsn.
ter youngsters tfan Johh ID. ooflou Mas.
His college course was parslcu,4ly
brilliant one. lie TOOK the pfs. lshs ~
bis clsss--the largest aasl one o. nv pess
classes graduated AZ tne Ieof9aa LMssI-
sly peiore ths WY. e ~ 1917 1911 ~.
year lie carrier On tua s,sss c.. aaaL
us JUNIOR year 30 'oon '"o IL -, 81.
efs place. IN us sehiof ., :. -.
lege, suddenly, before sfa'us'ine, "a
the purpose OF uiaffyihsa , ,aas.a
eioPs.e = ~; sathar +.
The faculty. however, cav ms. n's ' AVA \.
letter, III whieh tAey stAsea .nAs a"a
remained, he wohia nave .aNen suo wv
Tor honor, and thus shoWea .aiso'
unprecedented bfiiliahcy, 'eesi''nk ~
three class honors thtee years u suo's'
sion. co.ao,
Upon leaving eoneee' Young :. Nth
became engaged ~ goa, 1n'n'us ~ ~
Alabama, just over me oeors'A .nu. ~
became distinguishes ~ onas n a,s i
mountains US bfiiiiant anu eap.'ass
orator. lie cansasseu Tue s.a's ~ 80,
campaign thai was sa wy, a. a"u @ ora.
counted one OF tue pess eaenps'sa was
tors, always ara", NV luns' ~ Knew.
he broke Win Tue nis' oA -, sas con.
Nothlng issue, ahu naae ~, 80
vass against Tue polie,' ,no. ~ J nraeIsn.
W,hva years % n.y. - ,,.a ~ overv.
fioge campaign w "as i',es .,al ~
whefe, anu was plonou VII saa,ranca Al
eioqaan1e III nu e's r. 49, araa, ysncav "a
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Baxter"
but the hard labor was cut out for
me, ell I It's mighty fine night, Miss
Polly. Wouldn't you like to walk
down by the brook and find some VIC
lets -
"Yes; but Miss Hannah may want
me
Mis- Hannah has put on he. specta
cles and gone to borrow Neighhor Hook
er's newspaper, and Thornley, Is steal
ING smoke in the orchard. IL az
good as play to see him tuck his pipe
into bis pocket, at the risk of setting
himself ON fire, whenever he hears
foo,s,ep." And then the two young peo-
ple strolled of to the brook. and lis
tened to whip poor-will making penslye
music in the edge of the woods, and
watched the evening star push the hImy
clouds aside and step ior,h.
Young Baxter had been on the Thorn
lev farm month or so, He happened
one day to knock al the door and ask for
night lodging; he bad small bag
siunu across MS shoulder, and sun
burned countenance, which quckened
Miss Hannal's pulses. "A tramp
said she. Good gracious, Polly, shut
the door quick No, no, we don t take
dodgers Wen be murdered in our
beds-and the spoons my grandfather
left me Didn't tell you to shut the
door Polly No, we don't take folks
in. ,ou'lI find 'commodaton further
down the re ad, at Hookcrs or" But
inst then Mir Thornley, came up, eau
liously knocked the mud off his boots
AMI said;
"a tramp, Polly ?"
give been tramping some distance.
said the stranger, with frank smiie'
{" and Id like to put up for the night
sonewhcre. However. If your family s
uncomfortable at the idea, maybe you q
let me sleep in the haymow "
:" rhe mpudenco !" cried Miss Hannah
from within "That would be mighty
handy for him to make off with Light
foot and the colt, wouldn't 1t, no"
Where's your wits, Hiram why doh
Won say No up and down "
LAS to that" drawled Thornley,, ~
fellow must sleep somewhere; and ther
| s'pose YOU wouldn't mind working
ont in the morning, ell i'-with an eye tc
the main chance "l've got some plowins
ia like done right off
"I1l drive your pow for nights
lodoing, and thanks returned Baxter
:. or mend your fences, or repair you
clocks I'm not above earning an homes
penny" 49,, hand
eapilula,ed HIS Aannah, I'D give hin
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A Convenient Land Measure.
cut GU, and paste in Scrap book.

Cut out and paste in Scrap book,
To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy
in estimating the amount OF land III az
ferent fields under cultivation, the follow
ing table is given:
Five yards WIDE by 969 long anntains
one acre
Ten yards wide by Asa long contains
one acre.
Twenty yards wide by 242 long con
tang one acre.
Forty yards wide by III long contains
one acre.
Seventy yards wide by G9t long con-
tains one acre.
Eighty yards wide by 6os long con-
tains one acre.
Sixty feet wide by 1926 long contains
one acre.
10 feet wide by 394 long contains one
acre
100 feet wide by 1863 long contains one
acre.
go feet wide BY III long contains one
acre.
44O fee, wide by 80 long contains one
acre.
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an attic chamber and welcome He amt
near so rough-looking as thought
she contiaed to Poll, later "He's got
an honest face and handy fingers, if he is
forty tramps."
Baxter showed himself so ready on
the morrow. Farmer Thornley, suggest
ed he should spend another day in his
employ, and then the work in hand ran
over into the following day, and as no.
body could finish it so well as Baxter,
he naturally stald on and on, till. at the
end of the week, Thornley, adj tilted,
" Maybe you're as good q hand as ID get
if waited till Christmas perhaps you'd
like steady work for tue summer, with
board and wages p
you wouldn't be likely to do bet.
ter put in Hannah, .without no recon-
mendation you see--though l don't say
You need one"
Thank you, And what do you say 2
he asked. turning to P lily.
"I2 Why, u falssred Polly.
Polly hasn't nothing to say about
it, objected Hannah "Ale and Hiram
"Then she the first woman that hasn't
nothing to say Speak up. Pally.' CON
manded Farmer Thornley,. ''Dontnever
leave sentence to lose ends.
Il was going to say that four makes a
coy family"
1.-TWO company and three's crowd
eh, Polly 2 said Thornley,, with laugh
And Baxter staid
"What makes the lamb love Mary
so P E" he quoted, us they wendell home
ward, Pollys little eve lamb, frIskine
before them, having joined them In Tho
pastures.
"Why, you know explained Polly
4" her mother dsowned her, and she was
left slivering and hungry out in the
cold. And | brought her in and warmed
her before the kitciteH tire, and fed hel
with warm milk, till she grew anc
throve,'
And Thornley, gAve her to your
mo; bus he said, Seems as thongl
she belonged to Polly But Miss Han
nah didn't like it. Then ] s'pose th'
dishes belong TO Polly, cause sh'
washes EN-, and the rooms. cause sh'
sweeps EN-, and the beds she makes 7
she said, Isn't Polly paid her Lawful
wages for doing whatever her hands
find to do, he it TO eosset lambs or cook
the vituals r
YHave YOU always lived here, Mis-,
Poll, 2" asked Baxter.
II have always lived in this house
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nicer than to churn and COOK Tor my dat
~ bread"
aud YOU have saved something r
"A hundred dollars already"
Baxter smiled And when do you
expect to have enough to set out and seek
your fortune?
nDo Won think it will take very long r
she asked, anxiously. Shall be too
old p ....
a. should think not be returned, still
smiling to himself
This was not the first walk Baxter
and Polly had taken together. neither
was this the last confidence reposed in
each other.
"You two do seem to have an ever
lasting lot of talk together, commented
Hannah, land Polly amt no ta'ker
neither; and whats queer, you always
come to full stop when body catches
up to you She had just overtaken
them on the highway, as it happened,
though usually Miss Hannah's inlerrup
tions were not owing to chance. NO
syoncr did she see them stro!ling oil to
pether after work was over than she
slipped out the sink room door with I'M
dignified haste, took a shortcut through
the woods, and joined them AS II she
were returning from a neighbours.
"Yon'd oughter not to take to tramp
inc round the country so much with
Baxter" she advised Polly one occa-
sion; folks will begin to talk about
you .,
Talk about me? What can they say r
asked Polly.
They'll say Bakers making fool OF
you-and they won't be far wrong"
"Whv should he wish to make fool
of me-" persisted Polly, the tears gather
ing in her eyes, "Why should he take
the trouble II
at amt no trouble-it's amusing
| You re an easy victim, reckon
| After that Polly made an excuse when
Baxter wished leave to go with her on
an GRAND, or begged her to sep outside
on fine twiliyhts and listen To the whip
poor-wils; she had always stint to
| finish, the bread TO mix, the milk to set
or some homely duty to detain her. Al
older woman than Polly could have seer
that Miss Hannah herself had set bel
heart upon Baxter, followed him abou
like his shadow, courted him with sweet
meats, and fattered him within an incl
of his life. Bakers that cute about
place, its pity he wasn't born twins,
she used TO declare
Though be DO tramp Thornle,
would add.
But it was loves labor lost. Her Hat
tcrios fell upon unhceding ears, as SD
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A correspondent Of New York paper
was planting potatoes in the light Of the
moon, or in the increase oI the moon
several Of his neighbors were present ana
discussion arose a. to the enect tns
moon had on different crops. Answer
ing it's correspondents inquiry, the paper
SAID.
There has always been q powerful
sunerstition that the moon exerted
great influence upon the affairs OF man
kind, but this idea has prevailed chieny
among those who did not understand the
utter inpossibility that the moon could
exert any such influences. Formerly ths
stars were supposed to assist we moon
in these intcrterences with mAnKlns anu
their labors, and to be able to read the
stars was equivalent to the possession OK
propbetic powers Now the stars have
| lost this reputation, and the moon Is In
fair way to lose what little is left to II.
Formerly crazy people were moon
struck bat now when we see lunauo
derived from luna, the moon, aud really
meaning moon-stsuek) we do not blame
llhe moon for it. The moon has now
fallen 90 low "a to be supposed by some
to influence only the twining OF beans on
the pole, the planting OF seeds, the was
ting Of fat pork in the pan, unless y was
killed under growing moon, ana tns
mshis.. Of soft soap To seasonaole
person this seems small business TOE
the moon to be engaged in. u IS abso.
llutely certain that the moons inuaencs
ON our atmosphere is 81 very small 'nas
in cannot even effect the weather 10 the
| least
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iopS
name, his work might be sent to prison
everything might go against him, and
had nobody bat her ter defence AS II
happened, he had gone down TO the wi
lage 10 get the mail and do some chores,
and while Hannah inveighrd and Polly
defended,a small boy knocked at the door
to bring the pleasing news that MIR
Baxter, the fellow as works for old Thorn
lev, give me quarter to run up anu let
YOU know he wouldn't be at home to
night. and may be not to- morrow neither,
as he'd been called away sudding like
along of letter"
There" CALCULATED Hannah, ~
hope you're convinced He's absconded.
IN have the law after him sure as his
names Baxter, which ! dare say 1t
amt"
"Were your bills new grcenbacks I
and did you take the numbers asked
Polly.
:. Crisp and fresh as new cabbage
leaves: and as for the numbers, they
were fives aud tens just as 1T happen
ed
We must have another good search
before YOU accuse any one.
"Only them that hides can find"
And Polly spared no pains; every
minute that she could secure from her
duties was spent III the search hnt
when the second day and night passed
without bringing Baxter, or any tldnss
from him, her heart sank beneath the
weipht of Miss Haunah's words; not
that she doubted him Tor an instant, but
the suspicion might keep him away, anu
she might never see his face again
There was now but one thing to do, and
she did il. She begged leave OF Miss
Hannah to go to tue town and mail a
letter.
"Lor', Hiram ii mail it for YOU said
Hannah, intent upon mastering It's con
tents first. But Polly was firm in the
matter, the letter was to precious to
trust to another. 1t ran:
Mr.. BAxrER-If you are staying
away from your work and losing wages
be cause you are suspected OF find'ng
| Miss Uannah's money, which she lost
the day you left, please return at once
as money has been found, and your goou
name restored. though never suspected
by your friend
pauline POWERS"
But her object in town was not merei,
to mail this document, she went dlrtc'
from the post office to the bank Whef'
her little heard was growing, and DIRE"
out hundred dollars in crisp green
backs. fves and tens, trusting that the,
made no larger parcel than Miss han
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was not slow to discover. BY painful
degrees her keen eyes took in the situa'
ton. and her emotion changed, as the
case became hopeless, from love to
hatred she seemed to echo the poet
assertions
ITO love you was pleasant enough,
But, oh! 'tss delicious to hate your
Neither was Poly's existence made
more agreeable just at this time. Han.
nah's amusement was to thwart Baxter
in his love making, to send him Wild
goose chase of mile or two in the wrong
direction, to put stumbling blocks in the
way, But she did not stop here she
suggested to Thornley's slow mind the
possibility Of an elapement, of duty
neglected along of spoonlng upon
Polly"
DO We know anything about Bax
ter? Did we have any accommodation
she darby insinuated. Didn't eau
ton you against taking hith in II you
lose anything through him aud Polly
| if you please, don't lay it to my door,
that's ALL"
Him and Polly" gasped Thornley,.
"Bnxter =
Hannah had hit the mark at last
| Blessings brighten as they take their
flight Polly might have lived at Thorn
ley farm for a century, and THORNLEY,
never have found out that she was dearer
to him than Hannah, ill some one else
should threaten to claim her After that
Baxter could do nothing to please him
he lay in wait and watched the lovers as
cat watches mouse, and worried them
as cruelty.
One evening Miss Hannah entered
the room where Polly was sitting in the
twilight.
"Piotting mischief, recon- she
said. Are you fond of darkness, Pol.
! ", cause your deeds are evil Strike
light, girl I'd roll of crisp bank
bills in nv hand an hour ago.-Sqnart
Enery paid his butter bill this after
noon: | put EN- in my gown pecke
when Hiram called me to turn the grin
stone-and they're gone! Now yol
needn't tell me they're gone withou
hands y
"There's been no pcltpoeket here
Miss Hannah. y
Amt there2 When YOU take folk'
in out of the highway, without no re
commentator, how do you know wha
their habits is? To he sure, | diln
su spect no one of having stolen IN ON
of my o ket, there's "A hole in it, II
naturally them hills
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Doctor, YOU must really prescfios
athing for me" My dear lady.
Won need no medieine-~ only i't'ie req :.
ard thea you'll be as well es ever
:. pn,. doctor, surely ought to be gwen
sene medicine Of some sort or othet'
You've only felt my pulse; examine my
,,,,e,,,rn III, does so. 50 Precisely. mad
an, yorr tongue needs rest, too
what ;s sweeter than sugar house,
WHY. Young ladies' seminary "aea F"
is full Of 'lasses.
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Van Buren, Grange, r. IL.

WV prprS GRANGE, No. as. T. Of II. Reg-
v Mar meetiLgs first saturday OF earn
,,,o,th at Q o'clock. a. NJ, at Lemleys lia!I'
4 miles east Of Van Buren,. ARK. ta ray IN
God standing are fraternally invited
g''' NJ. &. LEMLEy, W. III.
-, noATRIeHT Secretary
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POET RY.
DON'T STOP MY PAPER.

Don't stop my paper, printer,
Don't strike my name of yet;
You know the times are stringent,
And dollars hard to get;
Bat tug little harder,
Is what mean to do.
And scrape the dimes together,
Enough for NE and you.
] can't afford to drop It;
l find it doesn't pay
To do without a paper
However others may;
hate to ask my neighbors
To give me theirs on loan;
They don't just say, but mean It,
Why don't you have your own3
You can't tell how we miss it
lift. by any fate,
Should happen not to reach US,
Or come little late;
Then all is In n hubbub,
And things go all away,
And, printer, If you're married,
You know the reason why.
! cannot do without it,
Ii is no use to try,
For other people take it,
And. printer, so must |;
|, too must keep me posted,
And know what's going on,
Or feel and be accounted
A fogy simpleton.
Then, take it kindly, printer,
Itpay be somewhat slow,
For cash is not ST plenty,
And wants not few, you know.
But must have MY paper,
Cost what it may to me,
I'd rather dock my sugar.
And do without my tea.
So printer. don't you stop it,
Unless you want my irown,
For here's the years subscription,
And credit it right down,
And send the paper proA pity
And regularly on.
And let it bring us weekly
Its welcome benson.
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HAPPY M.x-The brighter liehts o.
the Strskosh Opera Troupe Ga'ne.eo
around them few friends on Sstatasy
evening for quiet supper. Ine talk
turned on Max Strakosch's new naoy'
Hes got tooth said gentlemaa
sitting at one end OF the table. ).
:. Max is very proud Of his oapy,
said Miss Kellogg, who was sitsing assos
other IN,
YES, said the gentleman, sun carry
;,a AM his own train of thought, and
he's rot two more coming"
Miss Kellogg shrieked, and then drop
ped her napkin and knife ana 'orS, WI
The gentleman sill further enllvenso
matters by insisting that bis reference
was solely to the teeth
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was not slow to discover. BY painful
degrees her keen eyes took in the situa'
ton. and her emotion changed, as the
case became hopeless, from love to
hatred she seemed to echo the poet
Insertion:
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WAKEFuLYEss AT NlGur "A glass OF
milk, taken, on going to bed at night
may assist you in overcoming YoHr
sleepleasness. In the New York State
Iuebriatc Asylum glass Of milk is fire.
ouently administered at bed time to pro-
iuce sleep. and the result is often salts
factory without medicine
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out between here
Iran and me has
r and again, and it
couldn't have trav-
lands."
oily. "How much
dollars. miss +; and
. f'-a.- a--a.s,s,ai,bJp II
that | took your
2"
but its gone--and
hat do you or !
" :"
" do it,"
rove Il. I'll have
irt, as sure as you
y keep her anger
iacious words: the
n blow to her; she
thoroughly; though
III him, yet would
Bat how often has
F! how often has In
,ver justice ! To be
$ irreparable injury.
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"Time softens all things" except the
Young man VINO parts bis mar IN the
middle. and whistles on the street cars
Nothing can make him any softer than
he is.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-02

Harry R. Mighels has assumed full
control of the Carson Morning Appeal.
his old partner, Marshall Robinson, re-
firing from the business. Mighels is
one of the most consistent. and hence
one of the most Radical Republicans,
aud will not stsltify Cthe record Of his
party by throwing the principles which
it has advocated for years, overheard.
aud admitting that the "bloody shirt"
was symbol of mockery, used for the
purpose of deceiying the people Of the,
North and influencing their minds
against the. Sonth.A He holds. contrary
to the, expressed, sentiments Of the ADJ
ministration. that the South deserved
the treatment it received. and that the
policy now pursued by the President is
ruineus to the Republican party. and
not particularly beneficial 10 the
country, We admire Mr.. aMighels'
CONSISTENCY. in battling for straight Re-
publicanism, but should regret to see q
majority of the people uphold his
views. og0 CA 81 ouQi3 20 NV
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-02
STATE MONEY.

T.s4 a esse a = - ga = s@FNw {
The Eureka Sentinel makes a point
against those who repadiated it's theory
that the State rate 0f taxation uoald be
materially reduced without depicting
the treasury. aud its statement that at
the next meeting of the Legislature the
amount IN the State Treasury would ap.
proxilnaie. $1,000, 600. The Sentinef
nhows that according to the sworn
statement of the Board Of Examin ers.
made last month, they found in the
Treasury in coin aud coin vouchers,
$6l5, 100 80; currency and currency
vouchers. $50. 957 05; Nevada, Califor
MIA and United States bonds, 1864, 500;
grand total, $l,2lO,S57 95. Comm eut.
ing on this, the Sentinel says: This
ID II vast sum, and the accumulation
must go on yet another year. When
we said, some months, ago., that the
amount in the Treasury at the meeting
OF the next Legislature would approx
mate $1,000. 900, our statement was
discredited in certain politically inter
ssted quarters. According to the latest
official showing. We have already some
ahiDg near million and a quarter.
with one year to go in. ut Is now
probable that there will be in the
wants of the Treasury aon January 1st
1879, nearer two million dollars than
one. The bonded debt of the State is
only a little over 100000, which does
lot mature and become payable for ten
years--in 1887. There can be no re.
ductiorof taxation tor State purposes
until the Legislature meets again. 1 The
satlook must be raore than cheering 10
I, . hearts and hopes of the high pres
slre advocates. But, may be, taxpayers
will YET ae~aker 70 areslization) ot The
difference between Political buncomb
and economical legislation in the inter-
IS OF, the people," r. ]
-
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-02

The express company say they have
ascertalniDg the character of bullion
and ores reported, wlth the following
result: The yield Of the Comstock
mines is 40 per cent gold; of the whole
bullion product of Nevada, 81 per cent.
is gold; and of all so-called silver or
base bullion, % per cent. is gold, The
gross yield for 1877, shown above,
segregated, is. in round numbers, as
follows:,
Lead, per cent. ..........~-...... 5 5,0S5, $50
Silver, AZ per cent. ......... Al, 2D6,957
Gold At per cent. Observation-Disclosures. 6,l29, SAT
AS lead is an important element in
what 10 herein termed base bullion, we
might add that of Missouri and Illinois,
value approximately 81, 5OO, 900; which,
with the silver and gold of the Lake
Superior country, Virginia and North
and South Carolina, amount say $780,
900. woyld swell the gross prodaet to
over $lUO, 900, 900 for the year. The
lead product of Utah. Nevada and Cali,
fornIa, exceeds that of the remainder of
the United States aud Territories com.
bined; and in tonnage is greater this
year ihanalever before. though not ex-
ceeding in value that of 1876, the
average price having been lower than
tor many years past.