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Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
The Democratic Messenger,
PUBLISHED EvERY SATURDAY nr
LTTTLEToN DENNIS, Proprietor
At SHOW HILl, woRsEsTra co., NO.
Subscription. 81 Year in Advance

Liberal arrangements made with clubs.
Correspondence solicited from all parts OF
the county.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ctLAYTON ]. PURNELL,
~ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.

Once opposite Court House, Snow Hill, Nd
Strict attention given to the collection OF
claims. VIII visit Berlin on the second Satur.
dav Of every month. ~
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26

GAMUEL II. TOWNSEND,
- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Onlce, opposite Court House, Snow Hill, Nd.
Prompt attention given to the collection of
claims.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26

NA4unn is neysSiound barking up tn
wrong tree.
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
One dollar for one inch space will be charged
for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each
subsequent insertion.
A liberal discount VIII be made on quarterly
tix months, or yearly advertisements.
Local notices win be inserted at 20 cents per
line.
Marriage and death notices inserted free
Obituary notices inserted at half advertising
rates.
All advertising bills are due after the fret
Insertion, unless otherwise agreed upon.
LITTLETON DENNIS. sncw Hill. Nd
Democratic messenger., 1881-03-26

/. EDWARD B. BATES,
~ Qate of Baltimore BARI
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAw
Snow Hill, Nd.
once opposite Court House. adjoining the
Post 0f1ee. ~
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04
Stendahl.

He was with Napoleon in his Russian cam
paign. He stepped out from his quarters to
see tie burning of Moscow, thinking that IL
was the aurora borealis. On the terrible re-
treat from Moscow, across the snow, 1t was
through his dexterity that the army we're sup
piled with three days raiions-the only proviss
ions they got until they reached the Beresina.
This important service he performed at
Orsha, a town half way between Moscow and
the Polish frontier. Yet, with all his adiness'
he was as absent-minded as philosopher and
as careless as beggar. On this same expedi-
tion into Russia, he wore coat upon which
his sister had carefully sewed twenty and forty
franc gold pieces for buttons. These coins
we're covered with cloth like ordinary cloth
buttons SO as to conceal their real value, in the
hope that, should he be reduced to great straits
for want Of money, he might have recourse to
them. On his return his sister inquired II the
device had been successful. Then, for the
first time, he recalled the matter, and was OBJ
liged to confess that, the coat having become
shabby, he had given it away to waiter with
out thought of its valuable buttons. Again,
during the campaign of 1909, he distinguished
himself by his readiness and courage. He was
left in charge of little town whose garrison
had been withdrawn. Scarcely had the troops
left when an insurrection broke out. The peo-
pie proposed to kill the sick and burn the mili-
tary stores. The few French officers present
knew not which way to turn. But Boyle was
equal to the occasion; he made every soldier
in the hospital get up, and he armed them
with such weapons as he could ind. de form.
ed them ina piatoon-cayairy, infantry, anu
artillerymen- all in the monotonous hospital
uniform, and with them he made sally on the
crowd. AT the first charge the crowd he'd
Penn Monthly.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04
Work and Tension.

A certain degree of tension is indispensable
to the easy and healthful discharge at mental
functions. Like the national instrument OF
Scotland, the mind drones wofully and will dis
course most dolorous music, unless an expar-
siye and resilient force within supplies the
basis of quickly responsive action. No good,
great, or enduring work can be safely accom-
plished by brain force without reserve OF
strength sufficient to give buoyancy to the exer-
else, and, If l may so say, rhythm TO the opera
tions of the mind. Working at high pressure
may be bad but working at low pressure 10
incomparably worse. As matter OF experience,
q sense of WEAKNESS commonly precedes col
lapse from "overwork;" not mere bodily or
nervous fatigue, but o more or less conscious
distaste for the business in hand, or perhaps
for some other sub ect of thought or anxiety
which obtrudes itself. 1t is the offensive or
Irritating burden that breaks the back. Thor
oughly agreeable employment, however en-
crossing, stimulates the recuperative faculty
while it taxes the strength, and the supply OF
nerve-force seldom falls short Of the demand.
When a feeling of disgust or weariness Is not
experienced, this may he because the compell-
ing sense of duty has crushed self out OF thought.
Nevertheless, if the will is not pleasurably ex-
cited, if it rules like martinez without aifeo-
ton or interest, there is no uerve, and ike
complex piece of machinery woI king with frio.
ton and heated bearings, the mind wears itself
away and breakdown ensues.-The Nine
teenth Century.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

of salt to the quart. Wild cat claims require
more salt, because the wild cat spoils quicker
than anything else.
Sometimes you catch sucker, too, and yos
have to put him in brine pretty plenty, or you
will loses him. That's one reason why they
salt claim.
Then, again, you often grub stake a man"
"But what is grub stake?"
"Well grub stake is a stake that the boys
hang their grub on so they can carry it. Lots
of mining men have been knocked cold by q
blow from grub stake.
What wanted to say, though, was this;
You will probably at first strike free milling
poverty, with indications OF something else:
Then you will no doubt sink till you strike bed
rock. or true fissurs gopher hole, with traces
of disappointment.
That's the time to put In your salt. You can
shoot it into the shaft with double bafreled
shotgun, or wet it aud apply it with q white
wash brush. III people turn up their noses at
your claim then, and say it is q snide, and that
there is something rotten in Denmark, you
can tell them that they are clear OF, that you
have salted your claim, and that you know IL
Is all right"
The last seen OF the tenderfoot he was buy
ing double barreled shotgun and ten pounds
of rock salt.
There's no doubt but a mining camp Is the
place to send young man who wants to ac-
qure knowledge and fill his system full OF in
formation thai will be useful to him so long ~
he lives
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04
How They Salt a Claim.
Laramie Boomersng.l

\ II wish you woald explain to me all about
this sailing of claims that I hear so much
about" said meek-eyed tenderfoot to griz-
rly old miner who was panning about six
,unces of pulverized quartz II don't see
,hat they want to salt claim for, and don't
n, aderstand how they do it.
swell, you see, hot season like this they
ba, 70 to salt a claim lots of times to keep it, A
fres Ii claim is good enough for fresh tender
foot but old timers won't look at anything but
a pi ckled claim. You know what quartz is,
prol ,ably?"
81 No.
"s Veil, every claim has quartz Some mora
and pme less. You find out how many quartz
there tare, and then put. in so many pounds
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

GATH" says that Pullman, the pala ce
car man, is to organize line of America II
ocean steamers on the Pullman plan, and
will make travelling at sea as comfortable as
iG has been made on land by the palace car
system. There is room for improvement, as
little change has been made in the comforts
of sea travel since the Cunarders first began
to run. The British system will be reversed
and the steamers will be managed like ho-
tel on the European plan, $50 that man
will be obliged to pay for his meals only
when he eats them.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

THE Nashville American says that Presi-
dent Garfeld's assassination is the first ma
tional event which has called forth from the
women of the South wide and profound
sympathy. This, it says. is a sign of restor-
alton worth all the rest, and also 'fact
highly creditable to the man who could in
spire Southern feminine instincts, long dead
to the beat of any national chord, or for the
North any sympathetic chord, with such a
feelinov -
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

FRANK DoDsoN and Ellen Bailey, an elop-
ing couple, finding themselves closely pur-
sued through the streets of Erie by the
BRIDES father, called out to the people
around them to notice that they took each
other for man and wife; and magistrate
decided that this marriage on the wing was
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

EMORY A. SToRRs of Chicago says,
regarding Guiteau's request that he should
be retained for his defense :-"Under no cir
cumstances and for no consideration that I
can possibly imagine would entertain for
second the idea of defending that unmitigat-
ed miscreant.'
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

THE engineer corps of the United States
army has been awarded the first prize by the
international geographical congress recently
in session at Vienna, for the best display OF
maps, surveys, ETC., and TO the signal corps
of our army was awarded the first prize Tor
it's proficiency in predicting weather, and for
the perfect details Of its system.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

A TABLE has been prepared showing the
removals and appointments during General
Arthur's two terms in the New York Gus
tom House, and it appears that fewer men
were removed and a greater number pro-
NOTED than with any other collector. OF
100 appointments to positions bearing over
$4,000 salary, 9S were promotions and the
other two were special officers selected for
peculiar fitness, from other federal offices.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

'IT is undoubtedly true," says the New
York World, "that the attempt to prove that
President Garfield was killed not by Guiteau
but by his own physicians can serve no pos
sibe end but that of arming the assassin
with arguments for his defense"
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

'IT is the widest nonsense and the least
useful of suggestions on the part OF the
press,' says the Washington National he
publican, 'to print every word spoken OF
the assassination of anybody. How would 1t
do to let the cranks do their own thinking9"
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

AT commemorative service held at Car
diff, Wales, Sunday, the preacher took for
his text, 81 am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan"
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubca-
ton but az a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or pres We com
municatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04
STATE NEWS.
ANnRoscoaa1N COUNTY

Messrs. A. G. Denison & Co., the WELL
known paper manufacturers, have sold thei
balf interest in the Bowdoin paper mill, a.
Topsham, to Messrs Parsons & Co., OF New
York. This Sale will allow the Messrs. Deni-
son to devote their whole time to their large
Canton.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Rev. A. W. Runyan was installed pastor OF
the Baptist church in Hallowel Thursday
eveninf. Prof. f. B. Andrews preached the
sermon.
The trustees Of the Insane Hospital have
voted that on and after November 1st visitors
shall only be admitted to the hospital on Jnes-
day and Thursday Of each week. This order
is not to apply to relatives Of patients or ma.
nicipal officers, bat only to people WAC vnsf
the hospital simply out Of curiosity
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4.

EVERY regular attsche OF the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
viii confer favor upon by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-10-04

advises Professor Bell to have his 'sinduction
balance" stuffed.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
An ordinance In Relation 10 SueetS, Alleys
and eOmmsns in the town Of Fuscun-
bia, no.

Be 1t ordained by the Board Of Trustees for
the own OF Tu,cumbis, Missouri, as follows:
sLo. /. The COMMITTEES 90 Streets and
Alloys shall once in each month Inspect all
streets, BlIeys aud within tho cor
porate limits. where they are used As public
thorOughiares and report the condition there
OF to the bosrd At each regular meeting.
SIC 2. That any street, alley, common,
or public property belonging 10 the corpora
ton not In use for public travel thall be leas
ed or rented 10 b best advanlagS.ior . term
OF year', 70 any party. execntiog = bond x
good security.
SIC. 8. There shall be reserved one hun
dred ieet front on Water and Perry Streets,
commenciug'at the Southeast coraer Of the
Warehouse on Harrisonis reserve run1ing 10
an easteYly direction for uhArt purposes, for
the moorsgS Of boats and crGiIs plying on the
river.
Sec. 4. All that portion OF Water Stieot
lying east Of the wharf frontihg the river,
of twenty (2Ol feet width, shAll be rented or
leased for n lsFm OF (5) ave Years 10 Aby ons
complying with sec (3) three, 10 quanttes
~f~ss --ssvdias tSn) say feet In ienRht con-
tiguouE, 10 any one party at n tim, Tor the
sum OF (S) dye dollars poT year IN advance.
SIC 9. Aoy person or persons wishing
10 bank Railroad tics, logs or other timber on
gfonnu belonging 10 lDe cOfpofAltont TOT
rafting or shipping by river. sbsll pAy to the
Treasurer 'Oi the town OF Tuseumbaa tAe sum
Of 81 for three mOnths, With the priYilsdge
Of II montbs. Ia shipping said ties or { IN
Der the river banks shalt b0 guarded and pro-
tect0d iFom waste by shute or other devices.
SIC. 6 Aoy person placing wood, tim
ber.or other obstruction Of any description ON
Nh yside walk on any Of the ~ftietts, alleys or
com within abe corporation, 10 Ub,trucI
tie free passage Of citizens, shall DOT permit
such 10 remain longer than twenty -fonr houfs
on tuGh street, alley OF Commons, except TOT
building purposes. q
SEC. 7. Any person violating section six
Of this ordinance, shall be fined the sum OF
not lees than one dollar nor more than five
dollars aud sost Of removing the same by The
toWn authorities.
eEe. 8. Any person failing or refusing q
comply With or pay the rentsge or priyil
edge oil Sec. 5, OF this ordinance; the Town
Marshal shall tetss and levy upon any rail-
road Ties or other timber placed on any
ground belonging 20 the own aud. sell the
same to pay such rentaEe and privilege,
sitter giSiAg ten dsys notice
ThIs ordinance TO take effect snd be in
force from and after It's passage.
Passed this nth day Of May, 1851. APP.
proved. A. FuIKER,oS,
Chairman Is lard Of Trustees.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
Grssnbask Speaking.

The Hon. Gilbert De La Matyr, OF IndS-
ana, addressed n very tair hndisnee az the
Court House In This city, on the BIB. inst. in
the interests OF the 0FsenbAck-L Labor party.
Hon. Lnman A. Brown, of Howard, presided,
and introduced the speaker in a few we'll
chosen remarks.
His time being Halted The speaker could
not cover the whole gronOd intended in his
argument And his remarks were directed
mainly 10 the great question Of ~rnonopolies
and the GENERALIZATION OF the money power,
IN this country. he depicted in forcible
language the dangers looming up around vs,
threatening the stability OF the government
and the very liberties OF the people from
these causes, and demonstrated tho iallAcy
OF hoping tor relief from eilher OF the old
parties. They are united on Rll essential
matters relating TO iaaPees aud the only
hope is for the people 10 rise In their might
ard Iend the letters that bind them. The
people, he said, are awakening 10 the dam
gers that surround them, apd be declared
his belief that We are on tue eve OF the great
est revolution ever witnessed In the christian
world.
His speech was 9 mastery presentation OF
tbs G%reenback cause. HE argument waa
L. q swersble and the facts given Will afford
food tor much thought.-BOonVille News,
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
Iberia, no.
May l7tb, lSsl

May l7Ih, 1881.
Editor BANNER:-This is line growing
weather, wheat looks we'll in this vicinity.
The farmers are very near lone planting
corn. The corr that was planted before the
rain Is now ready for the plow and needing
il badly.
Trade WAS quite brisk Last Saturday, quite
q number from MAries county were up.
The MasonS and Odd Fellows met last
Saturday night At their respective halls.
We had q nice time last Sabbath at the
Congregational church. Rev. X. T.. Marion
preached q fine summon, after which, tie
Lords table was spread and the broken en-
blems partaken OF, the house was crowded.
Aboat 4 o'clock D. IN. last Sabbath . col.
cred boy about IA years oil by the name OF
jas. Allen, vent 20 the Tavern creek tSo
miles east OF this place with some small boys
TO 20 in bathing, he got into an cid boat
from which he Jumped into The water which
being quite deep and he very unable to swim
he drowned.
Last Sabbath afternoon 20 young men
from the country came riding through town
In single Ole. They made q grand circle and
came TO q halt In front of John e. ThOmpson's
blacksmith shop, where they dismountod and
hitched. Alter spending q couple OF honrs
In taking in the town, they departed as they
came carrying three hAnkerchlets lied on q
pole.
The Children Of this town play some plays
on the streets OF an evening which they call
Drop the hanksrohieL, Leap frog and Frog in
the meadow, In which the grass widows and
widowers take quite a lively part.
Marble playing Is all the 90, everybody
takes q hand, bring on your champions,
WELLS.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
THE ROYAL PATH
of
LIFE.

IE LIFE THERE Is A ROYAL PATH. Alas
HOW TuAT 80 MANY MOI sEiNo URakD TO
XXX LIFs's PRIzEs, Fail TO EsD TREM.
The uDdersigusd is now Agent In Miller
cJan,y for . book bearing tie abOYs name
or "Alms and Aids to success aud Happiness %
By j.. l.. Haines and Il w. Yaggy, author Of
Our Home Councillor. A werk adopted to
those who tave become indifferent TO liie's
purposes. A comfort 10 those who have long
travelled on this Royal Path and serving to
awaken he Laundering genus within the
youth, stimulate and impel them 10 nc BILE
thoughts and actions and lead them TO honor
success and happiness. IL Is work entirely
new there being nothing like II before the
public, every page 10 just alive With sparkling
truths. Nearly every line has a sublime
thought aud flashes with only the brightest
literary gems. IL begins with lie and ends
with death aud contains every subject oil
interest OF LIES pathway.
Knowing that the work will recommend
ittelf without 'arther description, | take pleas
ure 10 announcing 10 the people OF Miller c..
that / expect to call baiOre msny days and
give you q chance OF Obtaining One OF the
finest Literary works now 10 ths market.
T. A. SoN, AgL
Rocky Mt. No.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
HEBICIEE PEDDLERs.

II may DO well enough TO call attention to
the fact that the last legislature passed a law
which virtually stops the intsnetant vendsr
Of patent medicines. The law Is as follows:
"Any intenerant vender OF any drug,
noslrum, ointment or appliance Of any kind,
intended for the treatment Of any disease OF
AMI kind, intended for the treatment OF any
disease or injury, who shalt, by writing or
printing, or any other method, publicly pro-
Tess 70 cure or treat dlsesie or injury, or de-
for nifty BY any drug, nostrum or manlpula-
ton or other expedient, shall pay . license
OF one hundred dollars per annum, 10 be paid
in the manner for obtaining peddlers
licenses"
This law was intended to strike the yendsr
Of patent medicines and iDtsnerant doctors
generally. But 1t may cause some trouble.
The law has not defined what an ''iienerate
vspdeF' ls; Webster defines the word sin.
te~nerAntn-"one who travels from place TO
place. Now q doctor. regularly registered
Is an intenerant in that sense, aud II the let
ter of the law is followed out, every doctor
10 the country who goes forth nom bis Office
TO practice his profession, or publishes in the
newsrapers that he can cure certain diseases,
will be liable 10 psy 8 license ofons hundred
dollars per annum.-RuStic Leader.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
Oil never drink whisky.

Oh never drink whisky, no., neveri
No matter how thttsty you are
OIL never drink whisky, 20, never
Lost you drink yourself down 10 de,pnir.
Never 20 to tho place whore they keep 1t
For sorrow turks thers IN Disguise, -
Never 20 70 the Tavern or dramshOp
Lest you lose the respect Of the wise.
Obi never drink wbisky, no, neyerj
Nor anything else from tbs still.
OIL never drink whIsky y, no, never
Lest the grave Of = druhkard you hu.
Many good men have been ruined
BY drioklng too oft ofthe sluG,
Evsn nov the base habit is doing
For every one mIschioi enough.
OIL never drink whisky, no, meyer
Tho a dear friend shoIld offer the bowl.
Moves drink whisky 20, never
Lest lt GAUGES tho loss Of the soul.
Two highways, one leading to glory
The other to sorrow aud woe,
Are open, vide open before you,
Ga which Of the two will you so.
Obi meyer drink whisky, no, Y
Whilest q fountain remAlns in he land.
OIL never drink poiionous liquor
When something feE he,ter's. at hand.
Cold water Is ever 4 wrestling
And:nevcr once crazds the brain.
Cold waters = God given blesalng
Accept IL and happiness gain.
@. w, AKERs.
Roodhouse, Ill.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
A Belled Bussara.

About two years AGO, Tom Craghead's boy,
Ave or Vix miles east OF town, caught a
a turkey buss ,rd In a sleel trap. They put
the sheep hell on the bird and SGT u free. IL
was eesn by a number Of persons during the
summer, but alter the cold weather set 10 II
disappeared aud was not seen until eight or
ten days ego. Legrand Ratekin, Of 81
Aubert township, heard u bell ~tingllng Ia tho
air above his head, and on looking up, saw
the buzzArd with the bell on. There 20
doubt this bird Rintered IN Texas, as q bellsd
buzEard was seen there several times during
the past winter.-Fulton MO- Gazette,
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-19
Fishing Exeuraiun.

Last Saturday the steamer 'Tuicumbia"
landed at our wharf, direct from J asrson
City, having on board Gen. J. l.. Smith,
Gen. H. Q. Ewing, Com p. sea. Of govern
erumont, Mel. Scare, banker, Capt. Becker,
r, Willis, Dept Warden, IT.. Kim VIM
ston and others ON their wsy to tho Neongs
river, ten miles above Linn Creek. The
party wac we'll supplied with all kinds Of
fishing tSckle, guns etc, camp eouipage on
board oil Col. simpsons o. 4. camping
barge. While we may be looked upon as boz
Ing In . benlghted land the brightest s.ars
occasionally appear Ia our midst. Ia 1884
we propose that one Of these stars shsll adoSn
the q abernatoriAl chair OF the great State Of
Missouri.