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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

On the one item of interest alone the
government has paid since the war began
about 1900 million of dollars in interest
on the public debt in CON. Suppo-e that
interest had all been payable in green
backs, would it not have increased the
demand for them 10 the extent of 1900
millions of g.eenbacks, and diminished
the demand for 1900 millions of coin?
Would not that have tended to make
greenbacks at premium and put com at
a discount Again, the total receipts for
custom duties during the last fifteen years
has been about 22OO million dollars; had
this all been paid in g!eenbacks it would
have increased the demand for 900 mil
lions of greenbacks and lessened the de-
mand for 22G0 millions of coin. Would
not this also have sent greenbacks to a
premium and brought coin to discount? !?
Such measures would of course have
equalized the value of greenbacks an coin,
without any law to make the one redeem
able in the other.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

i prom tne ltOCky MOuntih NcNH.
A good number of tourists strictly de-
fined, are pouring through the dehles ol
our mountains in every direction. They
come with money in their pockets seeking
pleasure. They have health and enjoy
picturesque sightseeing. 1t is this class
who devote their attention to the trout.
Some cultivate and exercise their art ca
pacities. Most of them camp out and the
more hardy climb the inaccessible peaks.
The tourists are our pets. We do not
have to nurse and console them. All they
ask is that we entertain them well and
take IN their money as they go scattering
it around. The tourist trade of Colorado
is steadily growing with each succeeding
year, and mountain inns mt romantic spots
are multiplying. 1t is not likely to abate.
With improved accommodations 1t will
constantly enlarge, and it may be counted
as one Of our permanent resources.
The invalid is distinct from the tourist
patronage. 1t is the source of large rev.
enue to our people, especially to Colorado
Springs and Denver. 1t contributes ex-
tensively TO our permanent population.
Many who come here and recover usually
conclude that it is safest to remain, and
do so, If they have sufficient income or
can find satisfactory employment. The
excess Of this class who are anxious to
dwell here on any terms has produced
great competition for all sorts of light
work, and wages on that account are, in
some occupations, very low. On the 9TH
er hand many who may be classed as in
valids, persons threatened with consump-
ton, or having some delicate member
of the family to care for, locate
here on account of the climate, and
spend fortunes, or the interest on fortunes
acquired in the east. Our reputation with
this class is growing, and will continue to
grow. The only thing that works against
the invalid trade is the advent of people
whose lungs are already gone. The rare
air quickens their decline and every death
seems to contradict the impression that
this is n good climate for weak lungs.
Every citizen and every newspaper ought
to loudly warn advanced cOnsumptives not
to come, while earnestly insisting that the
disease is greatly benefited and
cured, and that those predisposed can
avert it altogether.
We class as prospectors all those who
come to look for business or professional
location, for farms or for mines. They are
neither invalids nor tourists. They do not |
come to spend, but make. 1t is from this |
class that the glumblers and dissatisfied |
are recruited. Many come with wild Wis
IONS. Those having the right sort of stuff |
n tbnff1 for Ii In IN "a ptFu
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
For u Rainy DaV.

From the Lawrence Kan, lhbanc.
"ln the Gi "enJack canvass this year
the tlans will be made OF paper, and will
be hauled in on ro'ny DAYS So says the
New York Head. Wet put! The tc't
OF hoanc'a', o. well as OF MANY other
questions, 'e The "a5ny day. y Tx.
Yes, toe ,1nv day ,S a good test, and
let sreenbu Ss and cold be tlled by It.
In tie 'rO Nv cay" OF lS6l-lS6j,
when it raned 500 end shell, bombs and
bul eia, ti'e aud blood, death and ashes
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

From the Country Gentleman.
We had planted a row of Delaware vines,
one of which was placed about three feet
from hole in which a quantity of bones
had been buried. The vines all made
healthy growth, but the one referred to
specially vigorous. This, however, we at
tributed to its general vigor, and not to
any special influence, having forgotten all
about the buried bones. But one day,
ter digging near this hole, we noticed
that our healthy, vigorous vine was willing,
and in few hours it was as completely
wilted as if it had been pulled up by the
roots and exposed to hot sun. Unable
to account tor this strange circumstance,
and suspecting some new enemy, we dug
it up, carefully following all the roots to
their extremlties.
To our surprise, however, there was only
one root of any consequence, and this led
directly to the aforesaid hole. Following
it up, we came to where we had cut it,
and there taking up the severed end, and
following that, we found that the pit full
of bones was one mass of roots. 1t was
evident, therefore, that when first set out,
one of the roots had pushed off in the
direction Of the bones, and on reaching
them, had found such supply of nutri-
ment that it alone was competent to carry
to the vine all the food it wanted. The
other roots therefore dwindled away, or,
at least, made but triaing growth, and
the vine, depending wholly upon the sin
gle root just described, perishcd when it
was cut off.
We may add that the root was almost
bare of fibrils, or branches, in its course
from the vine TO the bones, but once there,
it divided and branched in every direc-
ton, running into the interior of the hol-
low bones, and clasping both internal and
external surface with perfect network Of
6brils. To us it showed several points.
Bones are evidently one of the best ma
nures for the vine, and as we wish them to
last for years they need not be broken up.
As it is well to have the roots Of the vine
spread over considerable space, bones or
other very rich manure should not be
placed in holes, but distributed through
the soil.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14


]. S. Cradle of this city has female
canine who is a mother of twelve pups.
These pups were in his barn last night
during the heavy rain. Shortly after
l o'clock Mr.. Cradle was aroused from
his sleep by a scratching at the back door.
Upon getting up he found the old dog
with pup in her mouth trying to get in.
After taking them In he went to the sta
Bile and found about six inches of rain
water over the pups nest, and one of the
pups drowned. The others had been de-
posted by the mother upon dry places
one had been laid upon box, two upon
a keg, and still another upon a pile Of
bricks that was above the water. Had
they not been thus disposed all would
have been drowned, being too young and
helpless to save themselves. This is an
other illustration Of something more than
mere brute instinct.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
CONGRESSIONAL RECORDS,

Extract from John Sherman's speech in
the Senate reported in vol. II, Congress
sional Globe:-
at is not possible to take this voyage
(resumption) without the sorest dis
tress. To every person except capitalist
out of debt or salaried officer, lassitude
Of trade, bankruptcy and disaster. 1t
means the ruin of all agricultural produc-
tion, without any reduction of taxes. To
attempt this task by a surprise upon our
people, bv arresting them in the midst of
their lawful business and applying a new
standard Of value to their property with
out any reduction of their debts, or giving
them an opportunity TO compromise with
their creditors, would be an act of folly
without example of evil in modern times.
You cannot approach specie payments by
contraction, except through a distress and
destruction of all the business interests of
the country that our people will not toler-
ate and will not submit TO-"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

81 will be frank" the Doctor went on L..
81 place myself wholly on your forbear-
ance."
"You have nothing TO fear from me, ="
replied Casserly, with calm smile.
As they walked toward the drawing
room to rejoin the ladies, Professor Cad
der laid his hand appealingly upon Cas-
serly's arm.
I'VE really know very little about Chi
nese literature of the sixth century before
Christ" he tremulously remarked,
VERY little!" said Casserly, in a severe
tone.
The eminent sinologiSt shrank humbly
away.
And as Casserly wished Professor Flam-
way very goodnight on the brown stone
steps of the house which they had just
left in company, the great entomologist
bent fearful eyes upon him.
PRAY don't expose me to the Others"
he said in piteous voice.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
GEN. BUFFERS VIEWS.

Gen. Butler said in his great speech il
Congress in 1859 on anirredeemable paper
currency.
81 stand here, therefore, for inconveri.
BILE paper money, the greenback, which has
fought our battles and saved our country;
which has been held by us as al Just equiva,
lent for the blood of our soldiers, the lives
Of our sons, the wdowhood of our daUgh-
tiers, and the orphanage Of their chit
dren.
~ stand here for currency by vii C
the business transactions of 70 v m;l'Cl
people are safely and cce.stuly &c e,
which, founded on the iAith, the we h,
and property of the nation, is at olre le
exemplar and engine Of lis industry end
power-that money which saved the
country in war, and which has given 1t
prosp arity and happiness in peace. To it
four million men owe their emancipation
from slavery; 10 it labor is indebted for
elevation from that thrall Of degradation
in which it has been enveloped for pGes.
| stand for that money, therefore, whicl
is by far the better agent and INSTRUMENT
of exchange of an enlightened and Tree
people than gold and silver, the money
alike of the BARBARIAN and the despot."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

From the Charleston News and Courier
1t is no use for an Eastern man to try
to tell big story when there is a Western
man about. "When was young man, y
said Colonel B, I'VE lived in Illinois
The farm had been well wooded, and the
stumps were pretty thick. But we put
the corn in among them, and managed tC
raise fair crop. The next season | die
my share of the blowing. We had a
'sulky plow,' and / sat in the seat and
managed the horses, four as handsome
bays as ever a man drew rein over. One
day | found a stump right in my way
| hated to back out, so | Just said word
to the team, and il you'll believe it, they
just walked that pillow right through that
stump as though it had been cheese
Not soul expressed surprise. But Major
s., who had been a quiet listener, remark.
ed quietly, "lt's curious, but | had a
similar experience myself once. My
mother always made our clothes in those
days, as well as the cloth they were made
Of. The old lady was awful proud of her
homespun-said it was the strongest cloth
in the State. One day | had just ploughed
through white-oak stump in the way
you speak of, Colonel. But it was little
too quick for mo. ltcame together before
| was QUITO the way, and nipped the seat
of my trousers. | felt mean, can tell
you, but | put the string on the ponies,
and, If you'll believe it, they just snaked
that stump out, root and all. Something
had to give, you know"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
A Plant that Kills by Its Sting.

One of the best points about our North
American forests is that careless person
may ramble in them for a month at a
time and come to no harm from poison
GUS shrubs or vines. Saving a few spe-
cies of nettles, which are not so yirulent
as the European species, and an occasional
poisonous Rhus, the mosquitoes and flies
have no competitors. 1t is different in
the antipodean forests. Not only has the
traveller to be constantly on the alert for
about hundred different kinds of snakes,
but there are trees and shrubs whose poi
son is virulent enough to make the vapers
from the famous upas tree harmless in
comparison. There is one shrub growing
in Queenland which actually kills men
and horses if certain portion of their
body be stuag by it. The curious thing
is that the sting leaves no mark, but the
pain is maddening, and comes on again
and again for months on every change
of temperature, such as the body experi-
ences when in bed. Horses become SO
frantic when stung that they have to be
shot, and dogs gnaw off affected parts il
they can be reached. The shrub is not
named botanically. 1t grows from three
inches to fifteen feet. In the old ones the
stem is whittish, and red berries usually
grow on the top. 1t emits a peculiar dis.
agreeable smell, but it is best known by
its leaf, whichis nearly round, having a
point on the top, and is jagged all round
the edge like she nettle. All the leaves
are large-some larger than saucer. 1t
usually grows among palm trees.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
Huqiru
THE SAFEGUARD.

ELIZABETH W. DESIsoS.
A baby crept to his fathers knee,
And WAS lifted up and lulled to rest,
Till the blue eyes closed, so tired was he,
And his little hand fell peacefully
AT ease on the ready shoulder there,
While the baby hand so soft and fair,
Lay like shield on his fathers breast.
or old twas said that when men drew near,
To fierce temptation or deadly strife,
And lost their way in a maze of fear,
Or periled their souls for worldly gear,
By way unknown an angel hand
Would lead them out of the dangerous lane
Into the light Of noble life.
The story is true for the world to-day;
We sec no white-robed angels mild;
But out of the dark and perilous way
Where men and women forget TO pray,
Into the peace Of purer land
They are led by gentle, shielding hand
The hand of a little, helpless child.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
An English Husband.

1t is common boast with English people
and their admirers that English women
are the only wives who are real compan-
ions to their husbands. We are told that
they can ride, walk, sail, and climb Alps;
that they wear stout shoes and seasonable
clothes; that it is delightful to see them
sharing their husbands healthy pastimes.
1t is true that English ladies do all these
things; il is touching to think Of the
trouble they must take from earliest years
to &c themselves to be the companions of
men. Anybody who has seen one Of them
in the full enjoyment of her privileges
coming into Chamouni after crossing the
Coul du Greant, for instance, hot, drag
gled, with cold In her head and no skin
on her nose, trudging half afurlong in the
rear Of a silent, cross-loolung man--must
have been impressed with their ideal Of
human felicity:
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

1t is said that one out of every four real in
valids who 20 to Denver, Col, TO recover
health, never return TO the East or South, ex-
cept as a corpse. Tho undertakers, next TO
the hotel keepers, have the most profitable
business. This excessive mortality may be
prevented and patients saved and under
tho care Of friends and lsved ones at home, II
they will but use Hop Bitters In time. This
we know. See other column.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

Little Johnnie Green, of Louisville, KY,
having heard once upon time that Ben.
iamin Franklin experimental with kite,
resolved to do something in that line him
self. His idea was to test the relative
strength of his kite and his pet pigeon,
with the idea of basing some grand inven-
ton upon the result. So he took kite and
pigeon and wended his way to the nearest
common last Wednesday afternoon.
He ran the kite up to the limit of his 200
yards of cord, the wind blowing a stiff
breeze from the northeast the while. Then,
taking the pigeon from its basket, he tied
the bird by the leg to the end of the kite
string which he had held in his hand. The
pigeon, feeling stself half free, flew to-
ward home, which was directly against
the wind. The resistance of the kite
caused his flight to tend upward, and, in
turn, the efforts of his wings caused the
kite to sail higher in the air. For a while
the bird seemed to have the best of the
struggle, making slow progress for at
least square, but, in spite of all efforts to
take direct course, flying higher and
nlpHcr. hllcr tnc Olru ldu reaCneu an
altitude of perhaps 400 feet, the kite be-
ing about 100 feet higher still, it was
plain that the latter had greatly the ad-
vantage. 1t was flesh, blood, and feathers
against the untiring wind. Unable to
continue the STRAIN, the pigeon changed
his course to one side, thus Stacking the
string and causing the kite to fall, slant
ing from side to side in helpless sort OF
way, But, feeling free again, the pigeon
once more made break for home, when,
the string beng pulled taut, the kite,
with a spring, glancing in the sun a thing
of life, rose rapidly and gracefully to its
former level. Soon both bird and kite be-.
came mere pecks. and, at last, vanishing
in the southwestern sky, left Johnnie to
weep over his unexpected loss. Next
morning when the little fellow went to
look in his empty cote, there stood the
pigeon nodding its head in pride. 1t had
broken away from the kite, piece Of the
string still hanging to It's leg.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14
Some Perils of the White Mountains.

Cor. u the N. Y. Mail,
Mr. Mathews, London artist attempt
ed to make the descent from Mount Wash.
ington on foot last Saturday afternoon
and when about half way down Mount
Pleasant was 0vertaken by 4 fog and
nightfall, lost his way, ard was obliged ts
crawl on his hands and knees three miles,
the darkness being so dense that he could
reaching his umbrella ahead to ascertain
whether terra firma or yawning guilt was
before him. After u terrible struggle
between life and death, he brought up at
the Mount Pleasant House at |: 80 Monday
morning, and knocked upon the doors
with vengeance born of desperation.
After making himself known, he was
taken in and done for" by the proprietors.
An accident. one day last week, came
very near being fatal, to Mr.. Page
Perkins, of Portland, Me. He started
with his sister and some Boston friends to
visit Tuckerman,s Ravine from the MouRt
Washington Summit House. A spirit of
dethroned for time his better
ana ne VCntured beyond the
second snow-arch in the cavern. Sudden
ly ne found himself surrounded by total
darkness and imminent peril on every
side. To remain in that cave of solid ice
was but to die there alone and to move
forward was to "Ay to ills he knew not Of. "
He decided upon the latter course and
made a plunge into the darkness, not
knowing whether he was going toward
the entrance or farther into the ravine,
but he brought up in pool of mud and
snow water above his waist and was per-
fectly powerless to move. The guide be-
gan to be alarmed at his long absence
and went in with tapers in search, finding
him in fainting condition. He was un-
conscious for a long time after being taken
out, and after lying upon the soft side of
q stone several hours, with the assistance
Of his friends and the guide he reached
the Summit House, the hero of the day.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

It is stated on good authority that Mr..
A. Appleton has purchased for 5000 Tom
Taylor's highly successful play, "Bar Sim
ister, and that Mr.. Paulding will make it
his principal piece for next seasons star
ing tour.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

From the Providence journal.
Con-howers figured largely among the
decorations that graccd the recent golden
wedding of the emperor and empress OF
Germany, and these flowers are great ia.
vorites with the royal family. The corn.
flower of the Germans is nothing but our
American bachelors button, which every
one knows is not distinguished member
of the floral family. 1t is not, therefore,
for its stately bearing or intrinsic beauty
that it has found favor in royal eyes.
Years ago, when Prussia lay crushed un-
der the Napoleonic rule, the beloved
Queen Louisa and her family lived in ex-
lie in a village near Konigsberg. The
young princes often gathered the flowers
among the corn. These they carried to
their mother, who wore her children S
offerings as ornaments in place of the
Jewels she had been accustomed to wear
as queen of Prussia. The children never
forgot these happy days and the corn
flowers associated with them. The be-
loved mother and queen has become a
memory of the past but her son William
has always cherished the corn.nower as
his chief lavorite during his long career
IS Prince William, king of Prussia and
Emperor Of Germany. The flower has
held the most prominent place in the
floral ornamentation during the celebra-
tion of three great events in Kaiser vii.
liam's history, all occurring within less
than a year; in the thanksgiving festivi.
ties which commemorated his escape from
assassination last fall; IN the jubilee over
his eighty-second birthday on the 22nd of
March, and in the recent celebration of
his golden wedding on the II of June.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

The frisky Aimee is delighting the peo-
pie Of San Francisco.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

"Mucu has been said about paper mon
ey, and gold and silver and copper money;
but all such language is deceptive. There
is no such thing, legally, as gold and sill
yer money and paper money. Money is
the sovereign authority impressed upon,
and attached to, that which is capable Of
taking and retaining the impress of that
authority. It's value is the sovereign will
recorded on its face"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

The public credit has been strengthen
ed during the last ten years by 100000
business failures, by loss of $4,000, ,0O0,-
0OOto debtors, by the shrinkage of national
wealth at least $4,000, 100000, by the
developemcnt of 100000 tramps, and an
army Of beggars, criminals and idlers
larger than the army required to crush
the rebellion and restore the union.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

Nor to exceed one.half of the laboring
element Of the country finds full and
speedy employment, and that at prices
which barely sustain life, leaving nothing
for education, recreation, or old age; and
still we are told that we need no more
money, which alone can bring higher
prices and better pay.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-14

BEWARE greenbackers OF Maine on
what ground you are led to tread by desire
to get some of the State Offices! Beware
lest you lose the opportunity to send men
to Congress nextyear, who would set down
on this doctrine that "coin Is the blood,
the life Of business genuine ring of
specie payments.