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Richland beacon., 1880-09-04
EDUCATION.

No right-thinhdng person can under
value education, or deny his children
the benefits derived from it but some
men have perverted ideas on the subject.
They seem to think that because they
have prospered in life without an educa-
ton, or at best limited one, their chill
dren do not deserve any more con-
sideration or any better education than
they received, and hence are indifferent
about the education Of their children,
not caring whether they are kept in
school or not They forget that their
children are living in much better
educated world than they lived in when
they were children. They forget that
brains command higher price upon
the stage of human action than muscle,
and that he who can command reason
able amount Of both stands the best
chance to make life success. We have
one of the finest school systems in the
world, and children should profit by it,
and attend school regularly. But If
they are to be educated successfully,
really educated, the physical must re-
ceive due attention, the amount OF at
least three hours each day Of gentle ex-
ercise, walking being favorable. Hard
students cannot sleep too much, while
the brain needs special nourishment. as
certainly as the blacksmith needs nour-
ishment for the muscles and bones.
Even the students food should be
adapted to mental labors. Fish con-
tains the largest amount Of brain food,
while eggs and the grains, including
peas. beans and the like, are favorable.
Fruits, as part Of the meals, are also
favorable, not on account of their BRAIN
food, but as an aid to digestion. While
attending school, young people should
not be taxed too heavily with home
duties.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04
NILL-POWER.

Illness is sometimes brought on by
imagination and weakness. Courage is
a wonderful agent in throwing off dis
ease. A walk of five miles would cure
many an occupant Of the lounge. Will
power will surpass pill-power in nine
cases out of ten, if not in every one. To
hold bottle of smelling salts in the
hand on account of headache may be
just the thing, at times, but to fling a
pound of fruit cake out into the alley,
and then walk furlong as a reward for
not eating the compound, is nearly
always amuch better thing.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04
OATMEAL.

Give the children oatmeal at least once
a day. It is genuine bone and muscle
food, and they must thrive. Could our
gills make the morning and night meals
ON real nourislment-nOt pastry-take
more to nourish the brain and nerves,
we should have less Of the neuralgia
among our women. Indeed, this oat-
meal mush would afford ample food for
the last meal, which should ordinarily
by the lghtest, simple, and easy OF di-
gestion, securing good sleep, while it
may we'll form a part of the morning
meal. Its extensive use would do much
70 promote health among us.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

He stood with his back against the
front door of the street-car. Every one
else had seats, and he anxiously watched
each face for symptoms of getting out
for over three miles. 1t grew wearl-
.ome ami he finally shifted his weight
from one foot to the other, and ex-
claimed "For the love OF the Lord,
have none O yez ony homes to go to?'
Then they all smiled, and the conductor
,.ndered him the ridge-pole of the rear
platform.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

Three of the most remarkable men of
the century are now on exhibition i'll
London at the Royal Aquarium-the
giant Chang, a tea merchant of Pekin
Brustad, tall Norwegian, and Che-mah,
described as "the Chinese dwarf, the
smallest man in the world" Chang is
the largest giant in existence, stands
eight feet two inches, and is highly edu-
Gated, speaking five different languages,
inclndiug English, which he speaks very
well; but with the well-known sing-song
Of the Chinaman. He is eight feet high
without his boots he measures sixty
inches round the chest, weighs twenty
SIX stone, has a span of eight feet with
his outstretched arms, and signs his
uame without an effort upon sign post
ten feet six inches high. Chang is 33
years of age, and it is about fifteen years
since he was in England. After five
years residence in the Celestial empire
he returned to Europe for the Paris Ex-
hibition, and has since visited Vienna,
(where the Emperor gave him ring he
proudly exhibits, marked with the i'm
perial eagles and the initials of Francis
Joseph), Berlin, and Hamburg. Since
his last residence in this country Chan
has grown six inches. He has benevo-
lent Mongolian face, a courtly manner,
and wears richly hly-embroidered dress
worked for him by his sister, who is, like
the rest of his family, Of only ordinary
stature.
Next to Chang, and next at no long
interval, stands Brustad, about seven feet
nine inches high, very muscular, very
broad backed, having as great girth of
chest as Chang, aud a wider span in
proportion to his height. He has low
forehead, but speaks English fairly WELL
Brustad has also ring which he greatly
delights in exhibiting. He presented it
to himself out of the profits, it is sup
posed. gained by being shown. 1t is
four and one-half ounces in weight, and
a penny goes easily through it. To
grasp his mighty hand in greeting is
like shaking hands with an oak tree.
His weight is twenty eight stone, greater
than Chang's, for his bones are more
massive. His age is 35.
Che-mah, the dwarf, gives his age as
~, sings a Chinese elegy, describes
himself with much fluency and variety,
and, as his height is only twenty-five
inches, appears to be what he is de-
scribed, the smallest man in the world.
1t is common for exhibited dwarfs to be
over three feet high. Sir Geoffrey Hud-
son, the dwarf whom readers of Sir Wal
ter Scott will best remember, measured
three feet three inches when he had at
tanned his full stature. e.-L0ndOn Times
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

To Crafty his wife's persistent de-
mand for q summer in the country,
Smith hired suburban villa, of which,
however, the garden was SO small that
one could scarcely turn in it. "But
how do you get the air in such . tiny
garden ?" one of her friends asked Of
Mrs. Smith. "Oh, it is easy enough, Z"
answered that lady. "We have only to
open the dining.room window"
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

A FELLOW in Chico, Cal, went up in
TO the Record Office to clean out the es-
.ablishment. About three minutes af-
.erward man was seen in the street
with couple of black eyes, a bloody
nose, and a completely demoralized ap-
searance. A passer-by, attracted by his
condition, asked him what was the mat
Ger. 81 went up to see if the editor who
wrote that piece about me was up there. /"
"Well," said the other, "did you see
limp" EYES," said the injured man,
"he was in."
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

IT is well known to persons who have
v;s;ted the dirty cities of hot climates
that when . soaking shower is followed
-, bright sun while no wind is stirring
orest numbers of people suddenly fall
s;ck and physicians are utterly unable
a. raspond TO I'll calls.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

The new census Of Oswego, N. Y,
shows 20, ,622 population, against 20, $40
in 1870 and 2O,428 in 1875. Oswego
people are surprised, but citizens Of
Binghamton, N. Y, are in agony be-
cause the census enumerators counted
16, 900 noses in that city when they ex-
pected some 10000.
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

A rAoEr1ous old lady, describing the
'ambling sermons of her minister, said
If the text had been smallpox, HE
nrmou would never catch it"
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

GOVERNOR to small boy" Benny, 1
shall keep you in if y0a don't learn
your lessons better tomorrow; I'm 60
ing to turn over a new leaf with you"
Small boy" You can't turn over new
Leaf: it's feared out"
Richland beacon., 1880-09-04

If anger arise in thy breast, instantly
seal up thy lips, and let it not forth, for,
like fire, when it wants vent, it will sup
pres itson.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
The lag BABY 1brOdd.

Special Correspondence to the Chicago
Times.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. l6.-The Dom.
inion parliament will meet on the
18th of February. The most lmpor-
tant measure of the session will be
scheme for increasing the volume of
government not es. The agitation in
favor of protective tariff which re-
suited IN the defeat of the Macken-
zie ministry, in September, 1878,
and the return to power of the pres
cntgovernment was speedily follow
ed by arag-money movement which
has now attained such proportions
that sir John Macdonald and his col
leagues can no longer ignore 1t.
The rag.money advocates are divi-
ded among themselves on the de-
tails.ot that question, but they unan-
lmously favor the construction of
the Canada Pacific railway by means
of fiat notes, and advocate besides Il
government issue large enough to
enable the ministry TO carry on the
public business from year to year
without borrowing in the London
market. The charters of all the
banks in the country run out in 1881
and the soft-money men hold that
thereafter the government should
prohibit bank circulation, and
make its own ISSUE the only legal
tender. The measure which the f.
nance minister will submit TO the
coming session will not 60 anything
like as far as that, but it will en-.
power the government TO reduce
the bank circulation and largely IN.
crease the lssne of Dominion not es
without increasing the gold redemp.
ton fund. 1t IS expected that the
banks will make stubborn fight,
but the government has very
large majority, and the bills will be
put through beyond doubt. A
scheme of government life insurance
is also being prepared, but it will
not be ready until the session of
1881.
Tho rag-money movement owes
much of Its success 10 the heavy ia,
alton entailed by the new tariff
and by the enormous cost OF .the
present system of government.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
4 Chance to Sare Big Money.

From the indianapolis Sun.
Our interest bearing debt is about
S2,OO0,0O0,000 in even numbers.
Refund this into four per cent bonds
and the annual interest will be $780,
100000. These bonds arc to run
thirty years, so that the people will
have to pay in interest S3,400,0 ,000,-
600 and at the end of the thirty
years still owe tho 100000, 900.
Now add the annual expenditures
out side Of the interest, which accor.
ding to official report amount to
SlS6,947,300. This in thirty years
amounts to s5,60S, ,4l9,O00, which ad'
ded to tho public debt and interest
gives the enormous sum of 10,00S,.
$4,000. All OF this is required to
run the government and pay the
public debt. Can lasting prosperity
come to US during this great drain
upon our industries ? Tho Green.
back party proposes to pay off the
bonds. Do this and over si,400.
100000 in tho way of principal and
interest will be saved to the people
Then as the debt will have been ex
tinguished the other expenses Of
the government will be greatly re-
duced. Thus by installing the
Grccnback party the people will Sc
cure the speedy payment of the pub
lie debt, reduction Of an,
nual expenses. and replace
the National bank currency
with legal tender Greencacks. This
system will cquallze business, Civ,
employment to every man and
woman in the nation, and present tc
the monarchs of the east the grand
est government on the globe. Vot,
only for tho Greenback nominees.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29

with the men who, having bought
Government bonds at less than one.
half of their face value, new de-
mand that they should be paid in
full in gold.
1t is extremely funny to see this
organ ofa gambler trying to per-
suade the ex-soldiers that they
would be debasing themselves by
asking to be paid in the same way
that the bondholder is to be paid.
Just listen TO Gould's stool-pigeon:
"a man who has served honor.
ably in the army is likely to have
have too much patriotism and too
much honest pride to clamor for
backsheesh at theldoors ofCongress.
He did not go into the war for the
purpose of making good thing out
of his countries mistortunes. What
ever money claim he had upon the
nation was acquitted long ago ac.
cording to the terms of the contract;
and be feels that to set up further
demand now-consldering what the
nature of his service was, and what
sort of devotion it is that a good
citizen owes his country-would be
the depth of baseness. We have no
fear that soldiers will ever combine
to urge tho adoption of the crazy
and indecent measures which th,
Iowa member is promoting"
That is rich, isn't it ? Tho sol
der, who as far as he is u Govern
ment creditor on an equality will
the bondholder, cannot, without be
ing guilty Of basencss, ask the Gov
ernment to do for him that which
if the Government shonld attempt
to refuse to do for the bondholder
this sheet would fill tho air with 1t
shrek about reputation and ma
: tlonal dlshonor.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
Circular From Gen. Weaver.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. II, 1880.
To the Soldiers and sailors of the
United States.
Continue to hold your meot ings
and send on your petitions. The
impression that tho Greenback Con.
ference at Washington, on the Sth
inst, refused to indorse the soldiers
bill Is a mistake. A resolution was
passed by an overwhelming major.
lty, approving the bill. But as the
Conference was not called to adopt
resolutions or platforms of any kind
but simply to fix the timo and place
for holding National Convention,
l personally requested the Confer
ence not to depart in any particular
from the object of the meeting,
and to withhold passing such reso
luton until the meeting of tho con
ventlon IN June, when its introduc.
ton would bc eminently proper.
Go on !! The nation shall do you
justice, or fatty refuse to do so.
J. B. WEAVER.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29

town last Sunday. Our prominent
coal-digger (name torgottoD) and
Liza Zimmerman, known as Be,
were united with Vinculum matrimo-
Mi. Good luck to them.
There was a spelling.school at
the Vaughn school house the o ther
evening, and two fellows took a
couple Of girls ttither in a buggy,
and were followed by number of
bad boys on horseback. The boys
did not like to hug the girls while
such bad boys were watching to SEQ
whether it was done scientifically
or not; and the others, not wishing.
Of course, to expose their ignorance
of the art, postponed it until some
future time, but sent a telegram to
to the Professor, by the & & A line,
and the next morni ng, Oh, my
Didn't they catch it? The boys
won't care to follow another buggy
soon.
The lecture by Rev. Beard for
the Cleomatheon Literary Society,
was a success, and the Society have
presented him with q four dollar
book; "The Lives of Illustrious
Men,"
Tho Academy is lssulng a "Col.
lcge Circular" setting forth the ben
cfls of the institution, and informa
tion generally. 1t Is an eight.pag,
paper, and all desiring one will
please send your address to Prof c
: J. Kephart, A. NJ. Avalon, and 70,
will receive one.
The Executive committee has en-
gagged the services Of Miss Moore,
. graduate, of western Iowa, for tn
Q remainder of the year.
: In the public school, where MI
Wardrp Is teaching, the enrollmen
t of scholars for the past month wa
40; daily average 81. The primary
l taught by Mrs. Poush, enrolls S,
: daily average, 42. Avalon can we
I, boast OF her public school, for it
/. one OF the best in the county.
! The Choral Society will give
s grand concert at the chapel ne1
e Saturday night. Admission te
l. cents. More anon.
IS DR.. JAMES CoRTIUs.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
The fright Homestead Bill.

Mr.. WRIGHT, ono Of the Green
back congressman from Pennsylva-
MIA, has q bill pending before Con-
gress known as the "Wright Home
stead Bill" (which provides for maxi
ing the homestead law now in force
effective. The homestead law now
in force, gives a person the right to
locate q homestead OF one hundred
and sixty acres of land, and after
making certain improvements and
Lying upon tho land u prescribed
length OF time, he will be entitled
to patent for it,. But the Govern.
ment lands are all in The West, and
the people who most need the home
steads reside in the East, mostly in
The large cities. Mr.. Wright propo
scs for the Government to enable
these people to take homosteads, by
loaning them enough money 10 ge,
to the lands and buy a team and
farming implements, so that they
can cultivate IT, retaining lien up
on the property for tho money thus
advanced. BY this means. many a
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
SheriHS Sale.

BY virtue and authority Of an execution Issued
rom the Office oftho Clerk Of the Circuit Court
OF Living,ton county, State Of Missouri, datei
January 10, 1880, and returnable to the January
1850 term OF said Conrt,and to me directed in ia.
v0r OF the State Of Missouri at the relation and IL
the use ofThomas ". Foster, Curator ol the per.
sonal estate Of William Davis and John Davis,
and against John Davis, Thomas W, Foster anj
lewis Collier, have levied upon and seized as
the property OF the said Jvhn Davis, the follow
ing described real estate, as follows, to-wit:
The twenty-five acres of of the northwe,
quarter Of section thrtyfour; also the northeast
quarter OF the northwest quarter of section mi
tynye, AL In township hitynine. range twenty
three, situated In Livingston county, State o
Missouri, and l will on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5ru, 1850,
Between the hours Of nino O'Clock In the forenoon
and I'VE o clock In the afternoon of that day, in
front of the Court room door, In the CITY of Chill.
icothc, State Of Missouri, sell at public auction,
TO the highest bidder Tor cash ir hand, ali Inc
right title interest, claim and estate Of the said
John Davis, of In and to the above described
real estate to satisfy said execution and costs,
ISAAC LEEPER,
sherin of Livingston county, Mo.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
The Soldier and the Boi,dholder

From the Irish world.
The Weaver bill, which has for
Its object the paying Of ex,soldiers
the difference between the gold val
ne and the currency value of the
pay they received in the army, is
giving the hard>money organs a
great deal of annoyance. The OBJ.
ject of tho bill is to place tho soldier
creditor on the same footing as the
bond creditor. The thought. that IS
embodied in this-if the bondholder
is to be paid in full IN gold or its
equivalent, why should not the SOL
dier be paid in the same way2
No argument can be adduced to
prove that the bondholder should be
q preferred creditor to the soldier
The hard money organs are annoyed
at the false position Mr.. Weaver's
bill has placed them in. They have
always professed to bc great friends
: of the soldier, and now their friend
ship is put to the test by a bill
that simply proposes that the mar
who rlsked bis life to save the gov
ernment be placed on the same foot
ing as the man who in lending hi'
money had every assurance that he
would get it back with large inter.
est.
One of these hard money organs
Jay Gould's Tribune, thinks that il
is an outrage that such a bill should
be introduced into Congress. II
believes that it is an insult to the
peoples representatives to ask them
Ito vote for a measure that will
plaza Union soldiers OH an equality
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
The Pat, tOtic BOndholder Should
DO raid.

From the Cincinnati to.> Labor.Trlbune.
We think the patriotic bondh Id.
er, after eight long years of ser ce,
should bo paid off and relieved. AT.
ter all the sacrifices that they made
during the war, it was unjust, aye,
cruel, that they were not paid off
and mustered out when the soldiers
were. That sacred obligation
should be paid and they permitted
to depart in peace. The patriotic
banker who nobly assumed the
great responsibility of safely keep.
ing the peoples money for these
many years should also be reliev-
cd. The duty is onerous, tho peo.
pie are becoming thankless, and
Knox saysit don't pay. The Green.
backOrs demand that they be rellev.
cd.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29

IT is to the interest of National
Bankers to have the greenbacks re-
tired. If the greenbacks were re.
tired these bankers would be able to
loan about q half q billion mo re OF
their notes, the interest upon which
would net about forty millions 4
year, and they would thus make
that much moro than they are now
getting. They look at tho matter
in purely a business light, They
consider that they can well aflorC
opay out their increase OF intercs
for the first year or two TO buy
Congress and the great news
papers( the great newspapers al
ways must DC bought ard have the
greenbacks called in and burned
But these bankers look a little
ahead always, While they know
it will be no trick at all to buy Con
gress, they are sharp enough to feel
the pulse Of the people on the sub
ject, fearing that the people might
at the next election, elect men tC
Congress, who could not be bought
and who would not only decline Il
retire the grecnbacks but would
retire the National Banks. Bay
ards bill could have been passed bu
great growl came from the peopl
and they were afraid to pass 1t a
this session. Speeches are beln,
made in favor of it and published II
the monopollstic press, and betwee
now and the meeting of next Con
gress the subsidized papers will er
deavor to make tho people believ
that National Bankers are angel
and that the greenback is a disgrac
10 this nation. This Is but a sau
pie ofthe tactics of tho money-pov
or,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29

poor family which is now starving
to death IN the large ci,ies-and the
small ones too would become hap
py, healthy, Useful family, daily
adding to the material wealth of the
country. Every quarter section of
fcrrle land that now lies dreary
waste, would become a productive
farm, adding to the comforts of the
whole people. Congress is loaning
about S350,00O,000 10 the bankers
at one per cent. Congress has Civ
to railroad companies millions and
millions of acres of land, and loan
ed them millions upon millions OF
dollars, virtually building and
equipping the railroads and then
making present of them to the
companies, "a few sharpcrs) and
throwing in enough land TO make
half dozen large states. Congress
for the last twelve years, has been
giving to few idle men, who have
not added one cent to the material
wealth OF the country, nearly $l00,
100000 annually, calling il interest
on bonds, bonds which were issued
10 take up and burn the circulating
medium which was giving the coun-
try unparalleled prosperity. Yet
these banker, railroad and bond
holder robbers, pretend to be shock
ed at the enormity of the PROPOSE
tion of Mr.. Wright to advance n few
dollars to men who have as goo d
yea, better claim on the govern
ment than they who have been Civ
en- millions.
We are IN favor Of Mr.. Wright
bill. 1t would enable the industri
Gus man 10 accomplish his desire t
become useful citizen. The gov
crnment would be paid dlroctl,
back the money it shall thus ad
vance. In less than FIVE years tn,
bill, if passed, will be the means c
, adding a billion dollars to the mat te
: rial wealth of the whole nation.