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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
Home POliteness.

A BOY who is polite to his father and
mother is likely to be polite to every
one else. A boy lacking politeness to
his parents may have the semblance of
courtesy in society, but is never truly
polite in spirit, and is in danger, as he
becomes familiar, of betraying his real
want of courtesy. We are all in danger
of living too much for the outside world,
for the impression which we make in
society, coveting the good opinions of
those who are in sense part of our
selves, and vino will continue to sustain
and be interested in US, Notwithstanding
these defects of department and charac-
ter. We say to every boy and to every
girl, cultivate the habits of courtesy and
propriety at home-in the sitting-room
and the kitchen, as well as in the parlOr,
and you will be sure in other places to
deport yourself in becoming and at
tractive manner. When one has a
pleasant smile and a graceful demeanor,
it is satisfaction to know that these are
not put on, but that they belong to the
character, and are manifest at all times
and under all circumstances. Sunday
School ClGSSn1ate.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27

the year, and so often it goes for trihes
of no real value that when the year is
over they have nothing to show for it.
Take the small sum of ten cents. II may
be expended in chocolate cream drops,
and eaten up in a few minutes It may
be spent in buying dainty little easel
for your mothers photograph, or a
pretty illuminated card, or a gay fan,
which, hung on the wall, will make q
vivid bit Of color, quite Frightening the
room. Down the street there is a
crippled boy, who watches you with a
sad, wistful face as you 90 bounding
past his window on your way to school.
Poor JIMMY the hours move very
slowly, indeed, TO him. He is fond Of
reading, but he has read all the books
he possesses till he knows them almost
by heart. For ten cents you can buy a
beautiful story, or q charming illustrated
paper, which will give Jimmy two or
three days Of delight. The money which
we deny ourselves, that we may bestOw
some pleasure on others. always is the
best investment, for it returns US the
most true happiness.
Perhaps you can persuade your
parents to give you a small amount
weekly or monthly for your particular
expenses. Julia and Arthur, brother
and sister of my acquaintance, have
such sum, and they are careful to
keep an exact account OF all that they
buy and all that they give away. Their
pens and pencils, luXurie5 of every sort,
and car fare, as we'll az their charity
fund, come from this allowance, and
they are learning the right use of
money as they never could in any other
way. A boy who has a scrOll-saw may
earn little income for himself, if he is
industrious, in his play-time. So may
one who has a printing press. A girl
who has learned to embroider nicely,
or paint cups and saucers, can often
have her own money; and let me tell
you, money that is earned by ones
own diligence is much more enjoyed
than any other.
A few days ago little Alice, friend
of mine, was molding in clay and
drawing with crayons just for her
childish amusement. Last year, though
not eighteen. she was able to buy her
entire wardrobe from the proceeds Of
her pencil. Economy is a noble word.
1t does not mean stinginess, but rather
good management of whatever one has,
and care in the use of ones means
Hdrper'S Young People.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
"Liviain he said.

AAANAWA AAg oUlhs
"Maskelyn!" / replied. And 1 felt
as he did-impossible TO say whether ii
was this world or the next, whether
really saw him, or it was, as it had been
many times before, that / dreamed /
did. And then l said to myself, "The
worst has come. shall hear presently
that Maskelyn is dead" But he was
saying to himself-and yet heard him
Scan it bep Is it SOP HerselfP In the
old home! My God! if she should yet
be freel" And then a glad cry, and we
were in each others arms. And we
were fifty years old. Too old for such
Joy; and | drew back, all blushing and
ashamed, only to be taken in those arms
again. He broke offby-and-by branch
OF the honeysuckle, and twined it in my
hair
"What would Belle and Alice sayP"
murmured. Haa
"Who are Belle and Alice2" said he.
And in the sudden jealous spasm that ]
had realized anew my fifty years and
their twenty.
"I am SO old, }" I said, "and they are
so young!" o." .r.
For me you have eternal youth" he
answered. "We are going to live back
ward all the years in which 1 have lost
you, since you are so good, my angel,
as to love me still, to refuse to Eeproach
me, to forgive me-" .a. .....
And sometimes l ask if they to whom
fate seems kinder, and give a smooth
current of love in their early season,
have half the depth of delight in it that
they find who at later day love with
the concentrated force that, spread out
over all the intervening years, might
have been a shallow and stagnant pool.
Did l love Maskelyn any better at twen-
typ Not any fraction so dearly, Did
he love me moreP l can not answer for
that. One could hardly love more than
an abject worshiper loves a saint in her
shrine, and so he seems to love.
And SO l am to be married
tomorrow. 1 sit here in a
daze, while Belle and Alice are
weaving garlands on the steps below.
1t does not seem to strike them as any
thing strange. "We were always sure
you had a romance and hero, Miss
Livia, they say. ooh, it is like read
ing new chapter. And you are 60
ing to come back here, after you have
seen the great world, and never let us
lose youP" And l forget, as see him
coming up the walk while they weave,
that can no more ride and ramble
without fatigue, for 1 have an arm on
which to lean; and know that / shall
thrill once more to sunset and sunrise,
water scene and mountain view, for
there will be eyes to double all the beau
ty, and reflect it back on mine. | forget
that any time has been stolen from me
when look at MaSkelyn's face, that has
only grown stronger and more rugged |
and noble in the full light of his noon.
l thank Heaven, that is letting me begin |
this life, however short the life may be,
SO blessed, so blessing, although at fifty
earS.-HdTDer'S BGzGr,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
Spending Money.

To KNOW how to use money, how to
save it and how to spend it are very
important parts of education. Every
penny is an opportunity, and pennies
make dollars. There are very few
young ladies and gentlemen who do not
spend a generous sum in the course Of
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
The Pioneer White Woman Of Lead.
vile.

FllleS
THE Buffalo Telegraph gives the his
tory of Mrs. Sarah Bell, Of Leadville,
who was the pioneer white woman in
that town. She has dug in the mines,
fought in wars with Indians side by side
with her husband, secured the plains
on horseback as a scout, and became an
expert in the business; helped found
the City of Leadville, mapped out roads,
built houses, took in washing from the
Leadville miners, and is to-day in pos
session of a fortune that pays her an in
come of 100000 a year, The Telegraph
interviewed her and learned this: She
came from the North of Ireland to New
York City when she was sixteen years
of age, and married a bookkeeper
named Joseph Ordway. Her husband
died a year later, and she went to
LeavenwOrth, Kas.; from thence to
Denver, and finally, in 1876, to Lead
vile. In Denver she married miner
named Frank Ray, but he died soon
after. She told how in LeadVille she
braved the dangers and storms of win
ters before there were buildings there
to inhabit; how Cora, her seven-year-
old daughter, had to be kept wrapped
up in heavy blankets to keep her from
freezing while she pursued her task of
building a hut; how, when the place
became settled she saw the land she
had taken up turn into fortune, ETC.,
etc. She owns buildings in Leadville
that rent for $1,000 month, 81 saw
my old man once sit on a horse and
shoot seven Indians without stopping;
and I've done something like it myself.
Young man." she added, with quiet
twinkle in her eye, "Pve shot more
Indians than you've got fingers and
toes. You wouldn't think, to look at
me, would you, that I've gone out on
the mountain side, UP to my waist in
snow, and staked out the streets in
LeadvilleP But its Gospel truth" She
said she didn't know how long she
would stay in New York. Her property
in Leadville was attended to by agents,
and she felt perfectly content to stay
away just as long as she felt disposed.
She is now about fiftyyear old, weighs
about one hundred and forty pounds,
and is rugged and clipper.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27

AN English girl writes that no man
viii stare long at a woman who does
not stare back. That sounds very well,
but if she does not stare back how is
she to know whether he has stopped
staring or not.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27

PUBLIC opinion on the subject of
faithless husbands is very strong in
Somerset, KY. Mr.. Love was that kind
of an offender. His wife led mob
against him. He fled hastily, without
coat, trousers or boots, with the crowd
in close pursuit, At the end of a mile
he was overtaken, and left suspended,
head downward, from tree. He was
almost frozen to death when, two hours
afterward, a humane preacher cut him
down.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27
nm rnnIlrsPONnENru.

All Communications for this paper should be accom-
panied BY the name Of the Auh0r not necessarily tof
publication but az an evidence Of good faith on tho
part Of the Wter Write only on ono side Of the pa
per Be particularly careful In giving names and dates
10 have the letters and figures plain and distinct Prop
are often diCult to decpher because OF the
careless manner In which they are written.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-01-27

or he sped and the planet spun
Away on its axis round the sun; .
When, Watching with edriOus eyes, found
He hadn't made ii. precisely round!
The zones, moreover, were strangely m1xedi
Constantinople was squeezed betwixt #., f,
st. Petersburg and Baltimore;
South Carolina and Labrador I
To Massachusetts, were snuRly ted
New York and Paris were side by sideS
And. oldest of all earthly fates, r iJ
England was in the United StatesI
Greenland (he couldn't have made agreater
Mistakel was on the new equatorl ..I..
While in each crack Of the crust some bit
OF broken China was made to fit.
Whereupon cried, with a wild halo,
" Hold on come baCkl this never will do2
Just see what q bOtCh you've madel" Before
He had time to turn, with clang and roar,
And a glare of its own great Cyclops eye
The Lightning Express went Whizzing by
-... With q rush of steam, .
And howl and scream.
That walked me from my curious dream;
Which the Doctor AYERS tand he makes II
plain -
Must all have passed through my busy brain
With the passing of the midnight trainl
~ I. TrOirbridge, IN Wide-A0dke.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
a REMARKABLE PRINTER


The most remarkable newspaper man IN
the United States lives at Angels Camp, IN
Calaveras county His name is S. S.
Waterman. He is "a years old and has
been paralyzed eversince he was born. He
was born in Angels and has never been
away from the town but once, when he
went in search of medical aid but failed to
find any. His paralysis is OF the upper
and lower limbs, which he cannot move.
His speech is also affected and it is only
with difficulty that he can talk at all.
Early in life he manifested a liking for
movable type, which he placed in position
with his teeth. He soon began to cut type
out of wood, holding the engraving tools
between his teeth when he used them. lie
has made a good deal of block type IN this
way, with which he at present conducts a
small job printing business. He also cuts
metaltype with his teeth. Waterman was
one of the founders of the Mountain Echo,
weekly paper now being published in
Angels. He set a good deal of the type on
this paper with his teeth, and having a
good education manufactured his editorials
and other articles as he went along. He
is now out of the newspaper business and
confines himself entirely to job printing and
engraving, He does all the programme and
invitation work for the town, frequently
engraving special designs for his jobs. His
presswork, of course, he cannot do with
his teeth and employs a boy to do that part
of the work for him-the only part he can
not do himself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
SPANISH RECORDS.

Mrs. Governor Wallace, of New Mexico,
has been examining the old Spanish rec
ords of that territory, and has found them
filled with evidences of avariee and cruelty
In one record was this passage:
''Our captains were great enemies to al
kinds of labor They taught that gold
was good for sore eyes and disease of the
heart Their desire for it was such they
would enter into the Internal regions and
cross the three rivers of hell to obtain
it."
A Captain Salazar is recorded as having
tortured chief to make him reveal the
place of hidden treasure, and evidences Of
great cruelty to the Pueblo Indians, fol
purposes of gain, are abundant.
Mrs. Wallace describes the present meth
DDS of mining, promising that they arr
the same as those of the seventeenth cen
tury:
"A yard-square piece of untanned hide
stretched on two sticks, is the miners
wheelbarrow The drill, the pick, th'
crowbar, are his only tools. Out of tht
black door of the mine he steps quickly
lightly. though weighted by sack con
tafning one hundred and fifty pounds o
ore A broad band of raw hide attaches
the burden to his forehead. He is naket
as when he came INTO the world. His necl
and limbs are like prize fighters Thu
perspiration streams from his sooty fac
and body, and his breast heayes spasmodi
cally."
The metal is extracted from the ore b,
hand, and in the crudest manner.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
NEW YORK EsTHETIc LUNACY.

new York letber IN syracuse JouIHhi
The aesthetic craze seems to be at its
height A single flower of large size is
now worn ON the waist of lady's dress
mot a buneh) because it isin agreement
with high art. Another freak of fashion
is to wear an embroidered butterfly on one
sleeve of dress. Jewelry seems to run in
the form of snakes, lizards and the claws
of birds. A pretty girl wears a bonnet
made of silvered silk, with leaves and
flowers of silvery material fastened to one
side with silver turkey claw. What are
called theatre bonnets" are made entirely
of flowers. One worn by a lady of fashion
is composed of purple pansy, one flower,
alone, the centre flower being on top of
the head. the purple and yellow leaves
dropping gracefully over her golden hair.
But usually these bonnets are made of
many flowers of kind, say roses, violets
and lilies of the valley, with a few green
leaves. and are tied with long lace strings
under the chin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
HOW LONG NAN NAY LIVE.

1t was Prof, Hnfeland's opinion that the
limit of possible human life might be set
down at 200 years; and this on the general
principle fiiat the life of q creature IS eight
time the years of its period grown. That
which is quickly formed quickly perishes,
and the earlier complete development is
reached the sooner bodily decay ensues
More women reach old age then men, but
more men attain remarkable longevity than
women. Some animals grow to be very
old. Horned animals live shorter lives
than those without horns, fierce longer
than timid, andamph ibiouslo longer than those
which inhabit the air. The voracious pike
exists, it is said, to an age of $50 years;
the turtle is good for 100 years or more,
and among birds the Golden Eagle is
known TO have lived nearly 200 years,
while the sly and sombre crow reaches the
venerable age of century Passing up
in the scale of life to man and skipping
the patriarchs we find many recorded in
stances of longevity among the classic
Greeks and Romans, Pliny notes that in
the reign of the Emperor Vespasian in the
year 1855 there were 124 men living in
the limited area between the Apennines
and the Pc of 100 years and upward, of
whom were 40 and over 1876. Cicero's
wife lived to the end of 103, and the Ro-
man actress, Lueeja played in public as
late as her 18th year. Coming down to
more recent times. the most notable au-
thentic instance of great age is that of
Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire, England, who
died in 1870, 1859 years old He was
fisherman, and at the age of 100 easily
swan across rapid rivers. Another histo
ric case is that of Thomas Parr of Shrop-
shire, day laborer, who lived to the age
of 152 years. When more than 100 he
married his second wife, and till 100 he
could swing the scythe and WELD the fail
with the best of his fellow-laborers. In
his 152d year Parr went up to London to
exhibit himself to the king. 1t proved an
unlucky visit, for, violating the abstemious
habit of a century and half, the old man
Toasted so freely of the royal yictuals that
he soon died, merely of a plethora. On
examination his internal organs proved to
be in excellent condition, and there was no
reason why he should not have lived much
longer save for bis unfortunate taste of
royal hospitality. Prof. Hufeland's roll
of centennarians includes many more re-
markable bases.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01

FoR SALE-Old newspapers at so cents
per 100 at THE ARGUS office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
RAILROADS.
Rock Island & Peoria
RA-ILW AY
SHORTEST ROUTE 10 TEE
FAsT AND SOUTH

trains leave Rock island
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o'o0 n-stns arrive at Rock Islaad
through Freight and Accommodation
1a.45 IN Mail and express.
c.t0 + Fast Express
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man EXPRESS leaving Rock Island ut SID
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an The I 40 o. M tram makes close connection ii
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Arriving at Peoria q $50 p 70 making cloee con
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except Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
Never Give Up.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01

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g NORTH, SOUTH EAST OR WEST. 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-05-26
Clairvoyance and Dreams.

SEVERAL months ago charcoal burner at
Indiantown Gap dreamed that at certain spot
silver ore would be found. The dream was
repeated, he says, for FIVE successive nights.
He searched for spot ON the mountains like
that which he had seen in his dreams, and
found one A clairvoyant was then told of the
dreams, and a seance followed at midnight on
the mountain, when the new moon was appar.
emily over the spot. 1t is claimed that strange
noises were heard on that night coming from
the earth. A few shovels of earth and gravel
were thrown up, and a rock was taken out
and examined. Veins of bright, mineral
like substance could be traced in the stone,
and when this news was spread through the
region the valley was wild with excitement.
The spot is on the hillside, only short distance
from the hut of old Joe Raber, who was muir
dered by the "Blue-eycd Six" to get the $aO,-
600 insurance on his life.
Ten Woodworking backwoodsmen who be.
licved the giit-edged story of the clairvoyant
paid in one hundred dollars each, organized
company, and resolved to begin operations at
once for ore. A force Of ten men was put to
work on shaft. After few days work, one
VI the miners, named Kreiser, was killed by
q heavy bucket falling on his head while
working at the bottom of the shaft. At first
it was supposed that the silver would be
found at depth Of fifty feet; then sixty was
named as the limit, then eighty, and finally
ninety. When the outlook at each limit was
gloomy, the company promptly made another
assessment and pushed the work ahead. The
shaft is now over eighty feet deep, and the
day and night shifts Of men have been in.
creased to fifteen. They are working under
Thomas Job, an experienced ore minor from
the anthracite coal country. Nothing OF any
value has yet been found.-Lebanon tPoD
I'm. " y N.in