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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-13

LEXINGTON. HY.
1t is now believed that Fayette County
will make an average crop of corn.
1t is believed that the Democratic major
ity in the State lor Governor will exceed
iorty thousand.
The work of removing the debris from the
old Phoenix site has commenced. Forty
workmen are employed.
Active work will soon begin on the Big
Sandy Railroad. The bridge across the
Big Sandy River is going up.
Woof & Trost's band are engaged this
week at the Richmond Fair. Next week
they make music at the Lawrenceburg
Fair.
The game of baseball played at the pic
mic of the Maccabees resulted in the defeat
Of the Buckeyes by the Stars twenty to sew
enteen.
The Elkhorn Baptist Association will be
held this week at Hillsboro Church in
Woodford County, beginning Tuesday,
August -, and continuing three days
The following bank stocks were sold on
Monday last: shares of Northern Bank,
500; 5 shares Northern Bank stock, $99 rs;
10 shares Northern Bank, 500. Other
shares were withdrawn.
From 300 to $50 head of cattle were Of
fered for sale on Cheapsde Monday Prices
ranged from to 31z cents. Near 200 mules
were offered and mostly sold from $45 to
$40 per head, according to quality. Plug
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
THRENODY.

The day Is come, and the carpets
Are dragged outside the house;
AZ 9 man IS dragged 20 the station
the close of u big carouse
y see the wife and her landmarks
wade through the suds and the dust;
AID ! feel "a though the pie of my lite
Was nearly all under-crust.
Come, give me n club with a handle
As long as the month of May:
And l wall Waite the carpet
The whole uf the i~iveiong day.
DO you reckon the grand old masters,
Tine immortal bards sublime,
Sent the echoing thuds of the stick
Down the corridors of time?
oh, like strains of martial music,
The endless "thrum, fun, thum"
Makes me think of the man on dress parade.
A-pouncing the big bass-drum.
] WELD the stick they have brought me,
Will a flap. and a thud, and n hiss;
oh, better a Year and a half of sleep
Than fifteen minutes OF this.
Perchance some humber poet
WAS driven at rise of sum-,
TO face II carpet and collar a club,
But he didn't DO II for fun.
Fog q carpet has power to quiet
These dreams of the upper air,
And make a man run riot,
And rip and rave and tear.
But j pound from dawn to noontide,
And IL ever i stop from choice;
From the back door nigh or the window
high,
hear the good wife's voice.
And the day Is so full of this music
That ] wish that some April day.
Some ramps would a K in our carpets and
Twelve thousand miles away.
Huntington Hdirkeye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
Bull DOxing His Employer.

New Hampshire voters are, it seems,
proverbislly independent in their action.
A good story has been told. never before
in print, of an old-fashioned New
Hampshire Democrat who once went
down to work for the rich John II. VIII
liams, of Roxbury, Mass. When voting
day came round, Mr.. Williams asked his
hired man how be wa going TO vote.
He replied for the opposition candidate.
MIR. Williams said, "Ifyou do % vote
viii not have you to work for me . day
longer" The hired man then said.
elf you don't vote for my candidate I
will never work for you . day longer"
They confronted each other at the polls,
watched each other, and saw that they
voted opposite tickets. The hired man
went home, packed up, and asked for An
immediate settlement. Mr.. Williams
laughed and said: al did not mean
what I said, I can't get along without
you; you won't gos" Hired man said /:
ssI did mean what I said / viii never
work for . man who don't vote the
Democratic ticket" And he went home
to New Hampshire. This is . true &C.
count Of the way N o~ld-fashioned New
Hampshire Democrat attempted 70 bull
doze his employer. Exeter (N. h
Nescs-Leter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
TIE BIRDS PLEDGE.

-
Winter Is overt" piped the quail TO The
piover.
Glad IL is gone." quscked the duck TO the
swan.
$50 are wei So are wc~ sag the saucy
towhee.
"Corn was planted to day. screamed a gar
ruIous jay.
"rn delighted to know !" csweda hoarse old
crow.
"we're building a nest" carolcd robin red.
breast
"lt's quite time. i think !" trflled a gay bobo
link.
"Your nest IL too NARROW" said the wren TO
the sparrow
II sba'n't change 1t ar inch 20 txitiered spar.
row 60 finch.
what q VERY bad manager" cried q proud
scarlet tanager
speak kindly of aili" warbied voices small.
Let's make 1t "a pledge '' said q thrush In the
hedge.
"And Il written one. toor whistled clear the
curlew.
Tin sure 1 agree" peeped a modest pewee.
l. pledge IN q minute" said q sweet tenn
pered linnet.
Some caroled ii loud, some echoed Il shrfl.
But All gave the promise. I'VE win, yes, We
will
Each mind our own business and never speak
-Y0ufh's COMPANION.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
Victories Fear OF Assassination.

Queen Victoria was strangely moved
when she heard the news of the At
tempted assassination of the Gear. She
has . morbid dread lest somebody shall
take II in to his head to put an end to
her happy reign BY shooting her. She
never travels even from Westminster to
London without An escort of from three
to twelve stalwart gentlemen. Four Of
these attendants went to Italy with her
to enjoy the scensry and to protect her
from ssaOins. A coIrespoodant of the
Cardiff 1iAes relAtes an inc51ent Of the
Queens passage through Edinburg .
few years ago. She had gone thither to
unveil q statue of the Prince Consort.
The city was full from gate to gate with
. loyal and enthusiastic population.
All went we'll with the procession, till,
Just as it Wns shout to turn into the
square in which the statue Is erected, q
Sudden stOppage occurred. The Queen,
who was sitting in IN open carriage,
seemed struck With . sudden terror.
She started, clenched the side Of the
carriage with her hand, and, with every
vestige Of color fed from her face,
hurriedly asked Whist wls the matter.
1t was nothing but . cavalry horse per-
forming maneuverS NO included in the
programme, but Il seemed - II she
thought that another brainlees boy had
been caught with his ohsolees mnaket
loaded with rcd pocket handkerchisfs,
and his head filed with designs on the
Life Of the Queen Of England.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

The Emperor William was greatly
moved when he heard Of the recent n
tempt up IN The life Of the Car. He
immediatsay sen 20 his nsphew . long
telegrsphic message Of cosgratulahoa
upon his escape. The Car sent TO his
uncle full desaals Of tho event. He de-
scxibed how whom taking his usual
morning walk . man sccosted and then
fired 1t him. Being without Ards he
sprang back and took 70 fight, where
upon the murderer pursued and con-
tinusd to charge 1t him until seized BY
some ~passers-by.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

LISA curious fact that the least
maritime Of the moro important Euro
pean countries should possess the great
e: port on the Continent, equally i'm
portant in . military and commercial
sense. According to the statistics re-
Gently compiled b. Col Weaver, United
States Consul At Antwerp, the maritime
movemenfs Of that port are inferior on
" to those OF London ard Liverpoal.
Next in importance coms successfully
Aarseilles, Hamburg. Havrs, Hall, AM
sterdam. Bremen, So thAmpton, Bor-
deaux, and Glasgow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

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The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19
Or. JOHN BULLS
Smiths Tonic Syrup
Foe the cvRG o.
fever and ACNE
Or CHIllS end FEVER.

Tie propristsr o. this celebrates nssisl.s
justly claims fuS % . superiority Ger al ses.
ealss sser offered 70 the paslis sr tAs sAFL.
CERTAIN. SPEEDY ssaPEEMAxENT care
sfAsue and Feses. o, chiiis and fsves. vAssA
or Of sAer; or long standing. Ne fsssr 20 tAs
sntirs Western and Soutksrn eountry 90 bsas
hin iestinoay % tbs truth 81 the asserfiss
that IN no Ease vhsssves vii ., fail 20 care n
tbs elreet ons are strictly fslisvsa ase carried
cat. In sgrest . eases sGagls dess AAs
been susae.eat for seare. and Whale sAailio
have bsss cared by . saagls esiiis, With . pss.
fec, resiorssioz Of the gssssal health. II ID.
however, pruGenf, AID IN every eass nsfs eeg.
tsia % cure, N tie ass 10 eesiissse IN soaiies
ccsts Cor . week o. tvs as.sT tbs diseass has
been checked. more especially In tinlsais asA
long-staaeinx esses. ususiiy this medicine
will not reqHirs any sidts kss1 the bowels In
good order. sAsaid the pa;iest. Aovsvss, re-
quirea esthartie medicine. sstsr havlse tahss
three or four eeses Of the feaie. Q sansis desc Il
BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS win
be sunaeient.
b sgenuins sAifH'sfoEIc SYRUP mast
have DR. JOHN BULLS private ssanp 90 sasA
bottle. DE-. JoHx BULL esly has ,as night 70
manufaeture and sell the original JOHN J.
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP. of l0uisvliis. ~.
Examins veil the label on each bottle. II ny
private stamp 10 not on each bottle. de- ret
purchase, o. ysa will ee dsosivsd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

-Russsa hss haa great baAk en-
bezziement case. Mr.. Tuchentzo6,
Cashier of the Landed Bank Of Mutual
Credit, has bsea sentenced 70 Siberia
for plundsring his institution for four
Years of millions Of roublss, which be
spent for magnificent living Like
TKindt Of BELGIUM, he went on in his
career Of thees and extrsvAgAnce with
out exciting the suspicious Of the Direc-
tom Of the hank.
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

-"Give me- that bottle, John" she
cried, you horrid, wicked ell" but
when he took . walk that night she
drank il up haseh-OUego Record
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

of the period. Maxwell GIN me the or
der, cash on the nail" Thereupon
they went with one accord to the gro
Gerry store and gave three cheers for the
proprietor. Persons of fine mold said,
"Another bid for tra0s." Maxwell
heard thereof, and thought it over.
Every man Of the fire company was al
ready . customer. Moreover, nine
tenths of his trade came from other
towns and villages.
Time went on, and the new idea in
the grocery line flourished nightly. 1t
was the wonder of the trade, and deal
ers came from afAr to SO how the thing
was done. Sensible fathers from the
city came with requests that their sons
be taught the new business. 1t was q
new business, for the grocery-nan of
the period knew none Of these things.
People patronized him because they
must. They came to Naxwell's be-
cause It Vas . pleasure. They came,
and saw, and bought much, for the bust
ness WAs founded On . recognized law
Of human nature.
Meanwhile the Object lived on and
on apparently Indifferent but really
keenly alive to al. She attended par
ties and receptions, and heard people
speak Of Maxwell only in slight and
contempt, and she heard it al in cow
ardly silence.
At last her eyes were opened. She
was pat on some charity committee in
the church to visit the poor, and, to the
surprise of al she really did 90, which
was unusual for q committee-woman.
Every where before her had gone an
other. He had thought his ways un-
known, but the WIDOW and fatherless
were garrulous in his praise. She came
back q wiser and happier woman.
That night there was . reception At
The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-19

AASA
At 10 o'clock Tom Maxwell closed MP
the place and went home. He would
not exactly describe it, but he felt it-an
indefinable something, . shadow, IS If
he had passed under q cloud. The next
day it was clear enough. He had step
ped into q social cold bath. :
In ruder civilizations peoples showed
their disspprovsi by quietly burniugthe
offending party, or they tore down his
house or exiled him, or, in the modern
English fashion, they broke his win
dows. Nothing of this happened to
Maxwell. None the less sharp and ef-
fectual were the arms used against the
social offender.
They spoke to him when they must,
but No need to describe it in detail.
He had totally lost position. Days and
nights passed. There was q reception
on Walnut Street; he was not invited.
There was Q German on the hill; he re-
ceived no card. At church they nodded
distantly; no more. he sat in his pew,
pale, with compressed lips, and an un-
spoken prayer on his tongue. The
preacher said, "Forgive your enemies -
and he resolved he would.
Day BY day it grew worse. Acquaint-
ances became strangers; friends be-
came acquxintances. The Object pass
ed him in the way as one would . total
stranger. He had become-what? In
the bitterness of his heart he cried out
that all men were cruel, all women SELF
ish and hard of heart. He bit his lips
to repress the Mingled tears and morti-
fication. What had he done? Was he
not a man doing . mans work?
Work! An! that was the thing. He
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09

H. Semler gives in ''Die Natur" an &C.
count of living two-headed snake, found on
the line of railroad from San Jose to Santa
Cruz, and now on exhibition in the museum
of the Woodward Garden, San Francisco. 1t
Is a gopher snake (Pelicophis Wilksei,) q
species which lives on gophers, rats, mice
and small birds. The gopher snake is per-
fectly harmless reptile, like all the other
snakes of California except the rattlesnake.
The two-headed-snake is twenty-five inches
in length it's age cannot be determined, but
it is not over two or three months the full
grown snake is seven to eight feet in length.
Its color is dirty yellowish-white, with a
double row of chestnut brown spots along
the back; these spots are nearly square and
seventy-ive in number. On each side is q
row of smaller spots of the same color and
shape. On both of the necks up to the head
are also several small spots. From the points
where the necks fork to the extremities of
the jaws is one inch and half. The heads
and necks are perfectly separate and about
one inch apart; each head and neck is fully
formed and in every respect symmetrical.
Each of the heads has two large eyes. The
animal can put out each of the two forked
tongues separately or together. The two
Jaws open into one throat. As each neck is
perfectly flexible, the snake can turn each of
its heads in any direction at pleasure. 1t
often-times lays its two heads close together; ;
often it spreads them as far apart as possible,
or rests upon the other. 1t takes its food
through either mouth indifferently, and both
Jaws seem to possess the same power.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09
Prince Albert 10 his Daughter.

am delighted to see by your letter of the
s4th that you deliberate gravelY upon your
budget, and will be most happy to look
through it., if you send it to me this is the
only way to have clear idea of ones self of
what one has, spends, and ought to spend.
AS this is business of which l have had
long and frequent experience, will give you
one rule for your guidance in it, viz: to set
apart considerable balance pour Tsnpreou.
This gentleman is the costliest of guests in
life, and we shall look very blank if we have
nothing to set before him. Therefore keep
large margin upon which you can draw for
all that cannot be calculated before hand, and
reduce all the expenses cap, BIZ of previous
estimate, courageously, so low as to obtain
for yourself considerable margin. Fate,
accident, time and the world care very little
Tor previous estimate, but ask for their due
with rude impetuosity. Later retrenchments
10 meet them do not answer, because the de
mands of ordinary life have shaped themselves
good deal according to the estimates and
have thus acquired legitimate power.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09
A RHYME THE TIME.

Nellie G. Cone, in Scribner for September.l
Miss Palas Eudora Won Blurky
She didn't know chicken from turkey;
High Spanish and Greek she could flucntly speak,
But her knowledge of poultry was murky.
She could tell the great-uncle of Moses,
And the dates of the Wars of the Roses,
And the reasons of fthings-why the Indians rings
In their red, aboriginal noses!
Why Shakespeare was wrong in his grammar,
And the meaning OF EmersOns "Brahma,"
And she went chipping rocks with little black box
And small geological hammer!
She had views upon co-education
And the principal needs of the nation,
And her glasses blue, and the number fhe knew
Vi the stars in each high constellation.
And she wrote in hand writing clergy
And she talked with an emphasis jerky,
And she painted on tiles in the sweetest of styles;
But she didn't know chicken from turkey!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October 9, 1879.
THE TURN OF LIFE.
Crossing the Viaduct that Leads to the
Valley Of OLD Age.

[Christian Register.]
Between the ages of 45 and 60 man who
has properly regulated himself may be con.
sidered in the prime of life. His matured
strength of constitution renders him almost
impervious to an attack of disease, and ex.
perience has given soundness to his judg.
ment. His mind is resolute, firm and equal ;
all his functions are in the highest order; he
| assumes mastery over his business builds up
competence on the foundation he has laid
in early manhood, and passes through per-
iod OF life attended by many qualifications.
Having gone over year or two past 60, he
arrives at standstill. But athwart this is
the viaduct called the turn of life, which, if
crossed in safety, leads to the valley of ''old
age" round which the river winds, and then
beyond, without boat or causeway to effect
his passage. The bridge is, however, con-
structed of fragile material, and it depends
how it is trOdden whether it bend or break
Gout and apoplexy are also in the vicinity to
waylay the traveller, and thrust him from the
pass but let him grid up his loins and pro-
vide himself with filter staff, and he may
trudge on in safety and perfect composure.
To quit metaphor, 1.-THE turn of life" is a turn
either into prolonged walk or into the grave.
The system and powers have now reached
the utmost expansion, and now begin to close
either like flower at sunset, or break down
at once. One injudicious stimulant, single
fatal excitement, may force it beyond its
strength, whilst careful supply of props,
and the withdrawal of all that tends to force
plant, will sustain it in beauty and vigor
until night has entirely set in.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09

Ex-SECRETARY BoUTwELLs speech at the
Massachusetts Republican Renunioni on
Monday, contained this admirable advice to
the party concerning its future: "Our future
as party is with ourselves. If we daily
with wrong, if we turn deaf ear to the cry
of the oppressed, if we consider questions OF
trade and finance, the commerce of the sea
and of the land, as of more consequence than
human rights, If we neglect to exercise all
the powers of great Government for the
protection of its citizens everywhere, then it
can with justice be said that the Republican
party has lived as long as it deserves to live.
But if, anticipate, we are now to engage
anew in contest for the equal rights OF all
men with the zeal, courage and persistency
which were manifested in the great contest
against slavery, we shall deserve and receive
q new lease of party life, and for another
generation keep the Government in the hands
of those by whose efforts it was saved"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-10-09
JOHN PHOENIX.
His Experience of q JacKass Battery
How 1T Worked.

| On certain Western Fort, some time ago,
the major conceived that artillery might be
used effectively in fighting the Indians, by
dispensing with gun-carriages, and fastening
| the cannon upon the backs Of mules. So he
explained his views to the commandant, and
it was determined to try the experiment. A
howitzer was selected and strapped upon an
ambulance mule, with the muZzle pointing
| toward the tail. When they had secured the
gun, and loaded it with ball cartridge they
led the calm and steadfast mule out on the
bluff and set up target in the middle of the
river to practice at. The rear of the mule
was turned toward the target, and he was
backed gently up to the edge of the bluff.
The officers stood round in a semi-circ)e,
while the Major went up and inserted time
fuse in the vent of the howitzer. When the
fuse was ready, the Major lit it and retired.
In minute or two the hitherto unruffled
mule heard the fzzing back on his neck and
it made him uneasy. He reached his head
around to ascertain what was going on, and
as he did so his body turned, and the howit-
zer began to sweep around the horizon. The
mule at last became excited, and his curiosity
became more and more intense; in second
or two he was standing with his four legs in
a bunch, making six revolutions per minute,
every man within half q mile The COM
mandant was observed to climb suddenly up
tree; officers were seen sliding over the
bluff into the river, as if they didn't care at
all for the high price of Uniform the adju-
tant made good time toward the fort; SER
geant began to throw up breast-works with
his bayonet; the Major rolled over the
ground and groaned. In minute or two
there was puff Of smoke, and dull thud,
and the mule, oh where was he! A soil
tary brute might have been seen turning sue
cessful back -somersaults over the bluff, only
to rest at anchor finally, with his howitzer at
the bottom of the river, while the ball went
off toward the fort, hit the chimney in the
Majors quarters, ratified the adobe bricks
down into the parlor, and frightened the
Majors wife into convulsions. They do not
allude to it now, and no report of the result
was ever sent to the war department.