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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
A Kind-Hearted EMPLOYER.

ParislaL
The other night about nine O'Clock
the proprietor of one of the great bOule,
ward restaurants was to he seen signing
and lamenting at the door of his res,
taurant. Some habitues rs they were
going out asked him what was the mat.
ter. "Ah! Messieurs, four persons have
just gone away without paying for Il
sumptous dinner which they have eat
en-" THAT is unfortunate, but you
need not despair so violently" "Ahr'
replied the restaurant-keeper, in tone
of deep distress, at is not on my own
account. am rich. But my waiter
Messieurs, my private room waiter, the
father of a family, who has nothing but
his place to live on. He will have tC
bear the loss and not l." And he sank
down on a chair and melted into tears
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
THE C00UETTE'S FIRST LOVE.

Are You engaged To be married TO
Charles Danforth, Kate said Ann
Duncan.
pray, why do you ask that Ques-
tom" retortcd Kate l.audon, rather
peevishly.
Il asked merely for information"
replied Ann.
"Well, what put such an idea into
your head2 cannot guess who told
YOU. am very sure neverli liSpcd such
"A thing"
"Such is the current repsrt, Kate.
You have never told me whether it is
true; but | mistrust it is"
ayes, I'll own it, Ann; though I'm
ashamed to-"
"When are you going to he married? :?
or don't you intend TO he married?'
81 told him would he married next
winter but | won't. | am tired of him
already"
kate Landon," said Annie, "will
yOu answer me one question if YOU
CAM"
"Yes, half a dozen if they are not
too silly"
"IIow many times have you been ell
gagged them
"Pon my word | don't know. Twen-
ty times | guess"
"As many as that, to my knowledge"
said Ann,
"YeS, said Kate, "There was viii
Harle. He was such Il wit that told
him | would have him for the sake of
laughing; but | Isoon got tired of his fol-
ly, and told him so. And Captain
Stanton. with such beautiful curling
mOustaches never liked him. | on
ly engaged myself to him for the sake
of teasing Fan Lawrence and Burwell.
/ don't know why ilirted with him,
except it was because no one else offer
ed himself just then. And there was
Mr. Higgins, with a most beautiful
hand and foot But | found he wore
tight boots, and ] would not have him.
Who would? And young Simper, who
looked so sentimental, and always talk
ed of love and moonlight; concluded
he must be the man in the moon. and
should not like to live in moonshine
always. And there was Wilmerton,
who looked 50 silly, and never said any
thing worth mentioning in his life.
But never engaged myself to him. |
flirted with him until he made me an
offer, and then refused him. And
jenkins! Good reason why refused
him. The only question in my mind is
why | ever engaged to marry him.
And Simpson, his father was rich, but
/ found that he was stingy. There are
a host of others, but am tired. They
call me a coquette hut don't care. |
won't have anybody don't like; and if
| find it out after am engaged to them
I'll break off the match"
~ would not have any one did not
like either, Kate; but why did you not
mention Henry Eatonin your catalogue?
| thought he stood at the head?'
because did not want to, Ann. j
don't like to speak of him with those
fellows"
"But you were engaged to him, were
you not?"
Eyes, we promised to have each other
when we were children, and renewed
the promise once week regularly un-
til he went away"
"Why did you then break the en-
gagementp | should have thought it
was so strong no power on earth could
have done it,
Fl thought so once; but l have
prown wiser. have found by sad ex-
] gerience that VOWS are things of air.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
A Dreadful Accident.

khns1s city Journal Oct. g.
A horrible case of accidental shoot
ing occurred in Clay county, nearly
opposite this city, Monday afternoon
Two colored men, named Dave and
Jake Tie, accompanied by Charles John
son, were out cunning. Seeing some
ducks in the river, ii was arranged that
Dave should kneel and shoot, and when
the flock rose, his brother and Johnson
were to take the game on the wing.
Jake Tie and johnson were standing
Just behind Dave, with guns cooked
and every thing in readiness to fire at
the ducks as they arose from the water,
Dave Tie fired and quickly arose from
his kneeling posture. AS he did so, his
brother raised his gun and fired, and
the whole load of shot struck the unfor-
tunate man in the head
The effect of the discharge at such
short range was dreadful. The rear
portion of the skull was shot away, ex-
posing the brain, and the brain was
badly torn by the shot. The wounded
man lived but half hour after the
accident occurred. Deceased was about
"a years old, and left wife and fami-
| ly.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
MISUNDERSTANDING.

&. butt.
lie said Goodbye" and he took her hand
And thought "Aftcr all | waS,wrong:
| dreamt that she loved me, and wake to
| have dropped away from her fanciful
mind
To the level where belong"
He said, .Good-bye," and he loosed her
And she laughed as he said, FAREWELL :
And she thought, 81 was wrong for once
see;
For somehow thought she cared for me
But perhaps it is just as WELL
lie said, II shall never forget the days
That the summer has brought this year.
When shall see yOu?' "Ah when - she
said.
whilst you are earning your daily bread
] shall be waiting here"
lie thought, "shc is cruel, and hard, and
cold,
| will take back my heart again;
For she vii not St0Op as she passes by,
But carries her proud head far too high
To he touched by word Of pain"
He said, II am wasting your time fear,
You have always 50 much to do.
Do yOu think YOU could think, just once in
way?
! half forgot what meant 10 say.
GOad-byc. for my train is due
She said, II have wished you good-bvc
before,
And think that the grass is wet;
And as to wasting our time She said.
"Onr wastes II dreaming Of days that are
dead,
So think will just forget"
She thought, "To the last he has played his
part,
But am his equal still;
| think that my heart has gone to sleep,
Or perhaps, have buried it safe and deep,
To come back Ia life at WILL
He said, "There are tears in your eyes
sweare
And she answered, "You cannot see"
"At least | may look" he laughed and
said.
"For fancy that something thought
was dead
Has come back tolifc and me-
He said, "Swcct eyes, may read your
tears,
Would you rather went ~
And she said, Since the tran--yOur train.
you know.
Was due, at the least, an hour aga.
think yOu had better stay"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
Fooling a Chinaman.

New Orleans rcayune.
A plump little Celestial, his almond
eyes twinkling with delight and an eX
traordinary grin lighting up his yellow
countenance, dropped in to witness the
lottery drawing the other day.
! He watched the blindfOlded boys
draw the numbers from the wheel with
apparent interest. and bore Jokes of the
crowd around with evident good ma
ture.
Say, John, yOu wasllce that mans
Shirteey asked one Of the crowd. point
ing to one Of the benevolent looking
commissioners.
81 waShec heapee plenty Shirtec if !
Vince plizr," replied the bland Mongo-
liam,
"lTayr You got q ticket, ,Tollr 3" in
Quired the man in the crowd.
well, me thinkcr me hahrc. re-
piled the chinaman, drawing one from
his pocket. "'rhinkcc VIM" he in
Quired.
The man in the crowd looked at the
number, and, scanning his list, found
that il had come in for a $500 prize.
We'll, John" replied the man in the
crowd, very innocently, 81 think you've
lost"
"Chineemm losee ale time" said the
subject of the tlowery empire, "gotee no
luckec. GleSs tlow tickce away"
"You needn't do that, John" said the
man with patronizing air. "Tll give
you a dime for it,"
"Dlime too lillee. Gimme a dollar"
said the Celestial.
"a dollars too much for a ticket
that can't win. Wen split the difference
and call it half a dollar, ch?" said
Johns kind informant.
"Chinee man glottee no lukee; Nell
can man takee ale mOnee. Takee the
tlickee and gimme flo bttee," and
John passed over his ticket in exchange
for the money.
When the Mongolian's grinning fca-
lures had disappeared the man chuck
led and remarked that he had "got her
this time"
Lets see the ticket asked one of
his friends.
The man who made the lucky invest
ment handed the ticket over, ,len his
friend exclaimed:
"Why, George, it was drawn last
June"
lis that so?" asked the man, dumb
founded, the revelation that he had
been duped dawning upon him. where
is that lying rascal of a heather Chi
nese who put up this job on me-"
But the Chinaman could nowhere be
found, and the man had to be satisfied
with the experience he had purchased
with half a dollar.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
The Natural Orator.

Youths Companion.
"The orator is born, not made" says
certain critics. The assertion is con.
tradicted by so many exceptions that it
can not be received as a general rule. 1t
is, however, verified in the career of
some great orators. The most notable
case, in the annals of American orators,
is that of Patrick Henry. The bees OF
Hymettus touched his lips as they did
those Of Plato while slumbering in his
cradle. He lisped in elOquence as Pope
did in numbers.
Henry was a natural orator, but he
was "only that and nothing more. y
Mr.. jefferson, who knew him well, and
often listened spell-bound to his elo-
quence, says he was neither a man of
education nor a well-read lawyer.
Writ, in his Life on Henry" which
should more properly be entitled Wirt's
"Romance," says he read "Plutarch's
Lives" once year. 81 don't believe"
said Mr. Jefferson, "he ever read two
volumes of them,"
One November, on leaving JeffersOn's
house, Henry selected two books from
his hosts library. 81 will take these
two volumes of 'Hume's Essays" he
remarked, as he put them in his saddle
bags, land try bread them this winter"
In the spring he returned them, saying
he had not been able to get half through
one Of them.
In fact Henry was too lazy, and too
fond of company to read. His delight
was to pass weeks hunting in the "piny
woods" along with overSeers and peo-
pie of similarposition At night, when
they gathered about the campfire Hen
ry was the soul Of the company, telling
stories and cracking jokes until bed
time.
Yet the lazy, half-educatcd lawyer
seemed like one inspired when he stood
before jury or on the stump.
"IIe appeared to me- wrote Mr.. JEFF
ferson, "to speak as Homer wrote. !
never heard he continued, "anything
that deserved to he called by the same
name with what flowed from him.
Where he got that torrent of language
from is incOncciyablc. Ihave frequent
ly shut my eyes while he spoke, and
when he was done, asked myself what
he had said, without being able to
recOllect word of it. He was nOlogi-
clan"
But llenry's case is an exceptional
one. There is nothing like it in our
history, and the times were on his side.
To-day the man who wishes to attain
eminence as an orator must have ideas
and know how to put them in an at
tractive form. 70 gain ideas and ac-
quire the art of putting them, he must
study.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
How TO Deal with Rats.

\ writer in the Scientific American
says: We clear our premises of thes,
deteStablc vermin by making whitewasf
yellow with cOppcras and covering The
stones and rafterS in the cellar with it
In every rrcvicc in which rat may
tread we put the crystals of copperaS
and scatter the same in the corners of
the floor. The result was a perfect
stampede Of rats and mice Since that
time not a football of either rats oI
mice has been heard about the house.
Every summer Il coat of yellow wash
is given the cellar as a purifier, as a
rat eNtermimator, and no typhoid, dyS-
entery or fever attacks the family.
Many persons deliberately attract all
the rats in the neighhOrhoOd hy leaving
fruits uncovered in the cellar, and some
times even the soap is left open for
their regalemcnt. Cover up everything
eatablc in the cellar and pantry, and
you will soon Starve them out. These
precautions, joined TO the service Of Il
good cat. will prove as good a rat eX-
tcrminatOr as the chemist can provide
We never allow rats to he poisoned in
our dwelling, they are so liable to die
between the walls and produce much
ANNOYANCE,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14

! tnceSc..... -. ~ ~ cts.
While these products have declined
in value nearly one half since the spe-
Gle payment period of 1860, and their
producers are the bearers Of the great
bulk of the tax burden, the National
tax has increased from S56,054, 800 in
1860, TO 1887, ,446,776 in 1873, while
state, county, town and municipal tax
atiOn has at least doubled. All this
from the neglect of farmers to see that
they are honestly represented in con-
greSs and state legislatures.
They alone are responsible for filling
congress with lawyers and bankers.
The congress which inaugurated the
present financial policy of the govern
ment, was made up of 250 bankers and
lawyers and % farmers.
The congress previous to the present
was made up of 1S9 bankers, 80 law
yers, IA merchants, l3 manufacturers,
Z doctors, mechanic. Farmers, not
one! the money power having rs mt
jority over all others.
Who wonders that the peoples in
terests are neglected?
What can one mechanic do for 40
OOO000 labOrers against two hundred
nOn-producers whose interests are to
rob industry?
The government to-day represent a
money power which occupies the exec
utive chair, fills all important positions
in subordinate departments, and enacts
all the laws.
1t laughs at our boasted sovereignty,
and snaps its fingers at our ballot
1t selects and puts into nomination
its own tools, and deceives the people
with the idea that an election is an ex-
preston of their will.
1t has protected itself against the
possibility of taxation by contract
with the government before it became
its creditor.
1t has obligated the government to
contribute to it all the surplus increase
of wealth and then destroyed the cur
rency of the country to prevent the
| pVOPiN iiblu ilIuludulliS tIlt bullpdtlOllS.
1t has added millions of dollars to
its own strength and in correspond
ing ratio weakened the people and de
prived them of the means of defense.
Partisan follies have gone to seed,
and labor and enterprise arc reaping
the harvest.
The people have loaned to their enc
mics the weapons of their defense.
They have unlocked their doors and
set thieves to guard their treasures,
and now as soon as the nominations of
1880 are flashed across the continent,
every cringing partisan slave rushes to
lick the hand still raised to shed the re-
naming blood in labors veins.
And this in a land where the majori-
ty inherit absolute sovereignty, but
basely submit to be led or driven as
beasts of burden under the Democratic
or Republican lash in the hands of
gamblers and political slave masters.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
A FARMERS REPUBLIC.

The Many Who Produce and the Few
Who Consume---Bondhold Usur-
ers and Railroad Gamblers Thrive
while Labor Starves---Bankers and
Lawyers who legislate for Mechan-
les and Farmers.
A chapter from B. S. Heaths Labor and Finance
The last report of the commissioner
of agriculture estimates the number of
males of all occupations in the United
States at 15,000,000, and that more
than half of this number t0-wit; 7,600,-
600, are engaged in agricultural pur-
suits.
That the total value of farms, farm
animals and farm implements is $l3,-
461 200, ,433, or two-thirds of the total
productive wealth of the nation.
That the value of farm products and
animals for 1873 was $3,000,000,000
against $2,800,000,000 of mining and
manufacturing products.
Thus it appears that not only a ma
jority of the people of the United
States are engaged in agriculture, but
majority of the wealth is invested in
it, and a majority of the products of
the nation is derived from that source.
So far, the farmers are the predominant
ing class in society. They can have
things pretty much their own way, if
they act in harmony. There are also
100000 men engaged in mining and
manufacturing, whose interests are
identical with the interests of the farm
er. These two classes constitute two
thirds of the voting population of the
country. These two classes produce
all the wealth and pay all the taxes,
but exercise little or no influence in
shaping the politics of the government,
or in disbursing the vast sums they an
nually contribute. These privileges
have been usurped, and are exercised
by class of non-taxed and non-pro-
ducers, who make politics a profession,
and Office an occupation to be exercised
in the interest of clients who will pay
the largest fees.
Nearly every lawyer who chooses
that profession for livelihood, regards
it as the only path to political promo
tlon. Men enter the legal profession
as a stepping-stone to official position.
The first lesson that a lawyer is taught
is to ignore right and justice, and labor
with all his zeal and powers for client,
regardless of the merits or justice of
his case. If murderer is brought into
court with his hands red with blood Of
innocence, the lawyer, who for fee
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14

bridegroom than Ann Duncan and Ed
ward Leslie. Kate Landon was mar
ried to Henry Eaton.
Solution-Lieutenant Atwood was
Henry Eaton. The plot and fictitious
name had Been contrived by Ann Dun
can and Edward Leslie. The climate
and hardships of India had so changed
Henry, his dress and manners were so
altered, that Kate did not recognize
him. After the wedding Kate received
a diamond ring from Ann. She had
not made new engagement; only re-
newed an old one.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.

He stood on his head by the wild scashore
And danced on his hands a jig;
In all his emotions, as never before
A wildly hilarious grig
And why? In that ship just crossing the
bay
His mOther-in-law had sailed
For tropical country far away,
Where tigers and feyers prevail
Oh now he might hope for peaceful life
And even be happy yet,
Though owing no end of neuralgia wife
And up to his collar in debt.
lie had borne the old lady through thick
and thin,
And she lectured him ont of breath;
And now, as he looked at the ship she was
in,
He hOwled for her violent death.
He watched as the good ship cut the sea,
And bumpishy up and downed,
And thought If ready she qualmish might
be,
He'd consider his happiness crowned.
lie watched till beneath the horizons edge
The ship was passing from view;
And he Sprang TO the top of a rocky ledge,
And pranced like a kangaroo.
He watched till the vessel became speck
That was lost in the wandering sea.
And then, at the risk of breaking his neck,
Turned sOmerSaults home to tea,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-10-14
A British Steamship Strikes an Iceberg

A Montreal dispatch says: One of
the most singular escapes of vessel
from being sunk by an iceburg hap
pened to the steamer Thurworth, Of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, which has just ar
rived at this port. She left Bar0w-on-
Furnes on the Goth ult., laden with
2,200 tons of railroad iron, and all went
well until coming within two hundred
miles of Belle Isle, when floating fields
of ice were met with, and it required
great caution to pass through them
safely. Just as Captain Anderson
thought he had surmounted his difficult
ties his greatest danger arrived. On
Sunday evening, August 29, about ten
O'Clock, when within three miles of
Belle Isle lighthouse, the steamer en-
countered an iceberg some fifty or sixty
feet high, and ran full tilt into it. As
the night was unusually calm, and the
water smooth as a sheet of glass, most
of the men, who had been without their
rest for some time, had turned in. The
collision was so sharp that they were
thrown out of their hunks, and, in a
state of excitement, they hastened upon
deck. They were alarmed to see a
huge piece of ice on the the bow of the
vessel and the iceberg looming up
above her. Thinking she had been
badly damaged and was likely to sink a
rush was made for the boats, but the
captain and the chief officers being cool,
under the circumstances, took in the
situation and induced them to remain
on board. However, the boats were
prepared in case any danger arose after
ward When the collision occurred the
teamer was going at the rate of ten
knots per hour, and the result of the
crush was to shatter the bow from top
to bottom, but to do the greatest dam
age above the water line. When the
alarm subsidized efforts were successfully
made to fill the huge hole with tarpau-
Inns and timber, the men working with
out ceasing and all the time up to their
breasts in water. The result of their |
eyertiOns was to enable the ship to
steam slowly into port. Whc the col |
lision took place one of the = j was in
the forward bunk, close to the bow of .
the vessel, and how he escaped with his
life is a wonder, for the broken iron
tore away the hunk, and catching the .
sleeping mans shirt, held it between
the broken plate and the side of the
ship, while he, fortunately for himself,
was pitched bodily ont among the ruin,
being followed by tons upon tons of
ice, which was forced between decks.
Another member of the crew. named
John Randle, was not so fortunate, as
when the boat he was in was being
hauled on deck, the tackle gave way
and he fell into the SEA and was
drowned. His companion sustained
himself by getting hold of the water
board, which had been lowered into the
boat, until he was rescued. II is a
most unusual occurrence TO meet lee
bergs in the latitude of the straits at
this season of the year.
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This, congress established by resolu

This, congress established by resolu-
tion on the 18th of December, 1865.
How many of the eleven millions Of
producers, toiling in their shops and
factories, delving in the subterranean
store-house of the earth, or bending
their backs to the harvest sun, petition
ed Mr.. McCulloch to make these sug-
gesti0ns to congress on its meeting?
How many of these mills asked that
the thing for which they were all toll
ing might be made more scarce and
difficult to obtain?
How many of them prayed that in
stead Of receiving greenbacks for their
products, they might be made to pay a
semi-annual gold bonus to have them
destroyed?
How many of them voluntarily con-
sented to have the value of their prop
erty deprecated one-half and the value
of their products reduced? How
many of them consented to be turned
into the streets, their families into the
poor house, hundred thousand bank
rupted-and the most fortunate among
them to be taxed beyond their ability
to pay simply to conform to a system
of contraction, for the benefit of whom ?
Reader, do you believe single
labOrer or producer, or manufacturer,
or a miner, a merchant or transporter
of merchandise, a farmer or a meclfan-
ic, would have voted for this measure
if he had been called upon, and had
known the results? Not one. Not one
of the eleven millions asked for it or
was even consulted in regard to it.
Outside of the eleven millions of
producers is Glass; per cent of the
population-whO live off of labor con-
trolling and gambling in its necessities.
A class who "weave not neither do
they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these"
A class who never added one farth-
ing to the wealth of the world, who
are not entitled to handle a dollar of
money, never having produced its
equivalent, as exempt from taxation
as infants. and having to bear no more
risks, burdens, or responsibilities in
the affairs of the government than the
inmates of the poor house, arrogate to
themselves not only the governing and
law-making power, but the right to
control and monopolize the most i'm
portant instrument of production.
with which they may gamble and win
the product. During all the dark days
of contraction, while the wealth pro-
ducts of labor were shrinking in a ratio
with the shrinkage of the money
volume, the usurer'S lamps burned
brighter and brighter, as the purchas-