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THE BARK OF LIFE.
BY JOHN t. MOORE.

The bark of life bears various freights,
And various are the seas she sails,
She, crew nor passengers, awaits,
But runs before perpetual gales
whose constant, or whose varying force
Keeps her sharp PROV in steady course;
Her pilot but one port discerns,
One haven, where a corpse-light burns;
His course,-ft tracks each trembling wave
Leads from the cradle to the grave.
First launched by hand Omnipotent,
With only two to mind her helm,
Across the pristine seas, she bent
Her sails for Edens fadeless realm.
These two, long time, by angel aid,
happy, stormless voyage made;
No tempests came, their souls to veX,
Nor warning waves, their sense perplex;
But for them fate held griefs untold,
serpent lurked within the hold.
1t boots not now the crime to tell,
Which brought to earth, sin, woe, and pain,
And death-the monstrous brood of hell
And made the sea roaring main.
Enough; with fratricidal gore
The bark soon swami the murderer bore
Upon his brow a burning mark
And, faint with fright, fled from the stark
Cold corse; pale Discord came to veX
The crew; Death; rampant, trod the decks;
And over his first victim, slain,
Did smile and gloat with fiendish glee
Whilst thunders shook the sounding main
And tempests scourged the believing sea;
Then ey'ry dearth, and ev'ry
Poured, ceaseless, on the world below,
Disease upreared her ViSage high,
Pale nature heaved a trembling sigh;
He'll fercely glowed at Deaths first stroke,
And unborn nations felt the shock.
Mid wrecks and carnage, Mercy gone,
And Peace departed from her planks,
The wretched bark of life moves on
Her staggering course by Jordan's banks,
Still bearing seeds of teeming life,
To germinate in jarring strife,
Destroying hope and breeding i'll,
Her bellying sails with saucer swell
Her pirate crew hold holocaust
Ger mis'ry gained and-heaven lost.
Some rooms she has misnamed saloons,
Where rev'llers pour the midnight yell,
Like whirlwinds from the dark lagoons
Which feed the birthstone lakes of hell.
There, fathers, demon-crazed and wild
By soul destroying drink beguiled
Forgettlng vows at ailar niaue
III onsprlhs neai 10 ", e.e
Anu 'heh, " hA u'iinao
iurh oh themselves lle oioouS e'e
VII
There. cold-nincbed children beg for bread,
There, anguish stricken mothers wall,
Heart-Drokeh wlVes' Will oehueu neau'
Before their drunken tyrants, quail.
mi, a1a RI, in INST
Ihere, female virtue prone LII ous'
Shrfeks, victim OF 1neorlate lust'
Dfshonor lifts her praZen heao
From vice-polluted marriage pea'
Truth, Faith, Love, virtue are forgot
Contentment Sone,-ano vice oer"rousnt'
VIII
Jrst Cod, 1s syc6 the Walled wrath
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-23

AS we supposed, Mr.. Grifiths refused to be candi
date on the Confederate ticket The managers then
talked of running Dr. Clewers but finally selected Mr.
Washam. This gentleman was in the I'd Ohio Heavy
Artillery but we are credibly informed that he voted
for Mcclellan last fall. He army delegate to
the Convention that nominated Gen. Cox. And now
he is running in opposition to the ticket he assisted
to nominate. There is consistency for you.
Mr.. Trip beat Washam over four
hundred.
In the summer Of 1876, H. L. Chap
man was delegate to the Democratic
National Convention at St. Louis,
which nominated Tilden for Presi-
dent. Washam was chairman Of the
Democratic County Central Commit
tee.
He bolted the nomination, and sent
the dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, which we publish in another
place. He and Mr.. Chapman met in
front of our office soon after the con-
vention, and Washam then and there
notified Chapman that he, Washam,
would not support Tilden; and he
made his words good, and supported
and voted for Peter Cooper, the Green
back candidate. He got Cooper tick
cts and distributed them all over the
county, and voted one Of them him
self,
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LONDON E. LANCASHIRE
Fire Insurance Company.
STATE OF ONO, J
INSURANCE PREPAYMENT, :

STATE OF OHIO,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,$
COLUMBUS, Feb. 7th, 1888. }
WHEREAS, The London d Lancashire Fire Insurance
OF Great Britain and Ireland Foreign Fire Insurance
Company is possessed of at least the amount Of actual
capitae required OF similar companies formed under
the provisions of the Act entitled An act to regulate
the State OF Ohio passed April 2 1872 and the Acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and
has deposited with the Superintendent Of Insurance Of
the State OF Ohio in trust for the benefit and security
sum not less than hundred thousand dollars, in
stocks and securities required and allowed by said acts
and has filed in this office certified copy of its Charter
Deed of Settlement, and detailed Statement Of its
assets and liabilities and evidences of investments and
otherwise complied with all the acquisitions Of the said
acts which applicable to Foreign Fire Insurance
Companies Partnerships, and Associations;
Now, THEREFORE,, in pursuance Of law, l. Charles II.
Moore, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of
4ho do hereby certify that the said Company is auth
surance in this State In accordance with law during
the current year. The condition and business Of the
United States American Branch December 3lst 1882
is shown by statement, as follows:
Aggregate amount Of available Assets in
the United States. Observation-Disclosures. 81, ,2S5, ,495 So
Aggregate amount Of Liabilities in the
United States including reinsurance. 696, ,661 16
Amount of Income for the preceding year ~
in cash in the United States. LOGS 817 80
Amount Of expenditures for the preceding
year In cash in the United States 952 279 16
In WITNESS WHEREOF 1 have hereunto subscribed nv
S da hS ss" to be
& CHARLES II. MOORE, Sup't.
w. Il. PRICE, Ag't at Jackson, O.
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The State Fair will be held in Co.
lumbus Sept. 3, 4, 5, 6 and Z.
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ELY'S
CREAM BALM

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reputation W h herever
known. displacing all
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article of un ub tie d
merit.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

II Desertion, Non-Support. Advice and applica .
tIons for stamp. W. II. LEE, Atty, 239 Bway, NY
July !. 4w
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1t boots not now the crime to tell,

1t boots not now the crime to tell,
Which brought to earth, sin, woe, and pain,
And death-the monstrous brood of hell
And made the a roaring main.
Enough; with fratricidal gore
The bark soon swan, the murderer bore
Upon his brow burning mark
And, faint with fright, fled from the stark
Cold corse; pale Discord came to vex
The crew; Death; rampant, trod the decks;
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istry; but those neariOus hvpOcrites who go about
good will to man we regard as sepsSts of SATAN Who
have stolen the Livery of Heaven In Which to serre
religion"
Now if Mr. Grifiths is loyal man, as we believe he
is he will spurn nomination from party that will
thus talk of the Christian Ministry-ninety in
every hundred of whom loyal and true to their
country. If Mr.. Grifiths belongs to the church of
the New Dispensaton-to the Confederate copperhead
faction, then he ought to accept this nomination.
The Standard of the next week,
Oct. 5, 1865, contained the following:
COMMUNICATED
PORTLAND. October Sd, 1865.
Mr.. d. Mackley, Esq.-Dear Sir: In reply to yours,
would say that have notified the committee who in
formed of my nomination, of non-acceptance.
Positively declaring that would not accept under
auy consideration. Yours, very truly,
THOMAS e. GR1FF1THs.
And also the following:
TO THE VOTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
I am an Independent Candidate for Representative,
for jackson county at the approaching annual elec-
tion.
am opposed to suffrage to negroes, here or in the
South. in favor of taxing all property according
to its true value, including Government Bonds-I am
opposed to the four dollars Communication law. am
Independent on all subjects.
The war now being over, and many new questions
will arise, hold that 1t becomes the people TO lay
aside all former prejudices, and meet all questions
fairly as they arise.
October 9th, 1865. WIN. T. WAsHAM
The same paper contained the fol-
lowing editorials:
VIM. T. wASHAM, ESQ.
This gentleman, as will be seen by his card is an
independent candidate for Representative. All union
men who vote for him, will voting directly for the
Confederate candidate. The only safe course is to
vote for Mr. Trip, the regular Union candidate We
are little surprised to that Mr.. Washam Is in
favor of repudiating the contract by which money
was raised to pay him and the other soldiers. With
out the sale of the 730 bonds, Mr. Washam could not
have received his pay when he was mustered out.
But Read his card.
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Aug. l6, 1SS3-1y.
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; MustDesolation overtake

Must Desolation overtake
This ship, and, with her living freight,
Consign her to oblivion? Make
desert of the world, which late
Was filled with struggling busy throngs?
Is there no ray of hope? Belongs
To none sufficient power to save
What seems foredoomed? Should pity crave
A saving hand, would Love deny
The prayer? let souls all hopeless die?
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"Surely I am more british than any man,
,ud have not the understanding of man.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-23

There is glorious Power, serene,
Compassionate, forgiving, kind,
Whose blood can make the foulest clean,''
Or word restore sight to the blind.
He came to bruise the Serpent's head,
To save the world for which he bled,
To bid the soul repent and live,
Impart contentment, sin forgive,
To Him, ye mariners, lift your eyes
His bow of pro mise spans the skies.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-23

First launched by hand Omnipotent,
With only two to mind her helm,
Across the pristine seas, she bent
Her sails for Eden's fadeless realm.
These two, long time, by angel aid,
A happy, stormless voyage made;
No tempests came, their souls to vex,
Nor warning waves, their sense perpleX;
But for them fate held griefs untold,
A serpent lurked within the hold.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07
Insects Working Tools.

wonder if you know that the small
est insects you see about you have
tools given them to do their work with.
There is a little fly called saw-fy, be-
ssause it has saw to work with. 1t Is
really very much nicer saw than you
could make, if you were ever so old.
The fly uses it to make places where
the eggs will be safe. What is more
strange, it has a sort of homemade
glue, which fastens them where they are
laid.
Some insects have cutting instruments
that work just as your scissors do. The
poppy-bee is one of them, whose work is
wonderful. The bee has boring tool
too. Its nest is usually made in old
wood. This borer cleans out the nest
ready for use. When all is ready the in
sect cuts out pieces of leaves to line the
nest and to make the cells. These lin
ings are cut in the shape of the cells.
You would be surprised to see the care
taken to have every piece of just the
right size, so that it will fit When they
are fitted, the pieces are nicely fastened
together and put into the nest.-Ou
LattIs Ones
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07

THE HOME FAIRY.

There's funny little fairy
On his rounds by night and day,
And he goes about his errand
In "A very funny way.
Such tiny wand, so starry,
Bears he I'm his tiny hand,
And he visits every mansion,
Every cottage In the land.
Then he looks up in our faces,
With quaint and quizzing bye.
When he finds themldark and frowning.
or he goes without goodbye,
But IL sunny smiles and dimples
Meet his glance, to work he goes,
And before a body knows It,
Pop! He jumps astride our nose.
To our ears he creeps and whispers
Many sweet and lovely things.
In our eyes he scatters sunshine
From his pretty diamond wings.
Then..he smOoths away our wrinkles
With the dazzling wand he bears,
While he sings song, so cheery,
That he lightens al our cares.
oh, his task Is never ended
Til the world in slumber lies!
Even then we dream so sweetly,
With his sunshine in our eyes.
Has he met you on his journey?
Listen while his name tell:
He's the merry sprite Good Nature"
And hope you know him well.
George Co0per, in Golden Days.
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ALWAYS been very reticent. and some
wa, had always hesitated about ask
ing him. He seemed to command the
same delicacy of treatment that one
usually exercises only toward an older
man. q
Net long after saw Joe in his home.
1t was bitter winter night, and was
sent by my Office over into one of the
poorest wards of the city to inquire into
the particulars of case of wife-beating
which had been reported at police
headquarters as one of peculiar Sc
verify:
To my surprise, in answer to my rap
the door was opened by Joe. He seized
my hand and drew me inside.
| go, thought you would come" he
cried. "What can we do for herp"
and with Joe still leading me, went
into the miserable room where his poor
mother was lying. had never seen
any one die, but l knew she was dying.
Joe seemed to realize it, too, for the
first time, as he looked at her, and
springing forward with a heart broken
cry, he knelt down beside her. She
smiled and patted his hand.
"God will be good to my son, were her
last words. l telephoned for another
man to come and gather the facts nee
essary to be published, and 1 devoted
myself to Joe. A doctor who had been
sent for arrived soon after did, but it
was too late. He sent for woman TO
prepare the poor woman for burial, and
when it was all over, Joe went with me
to my home.
That little newspaper paragraph next
morning, glanced at by thousands of
eyes, unnOticed by thousands more,
was the record of brave boys work
for two long years. The paragraph
only said something about the drunken
brute who had finally beat his wife to
death and would probably receive life
imprisonment, and ended with the SEN
tence: "The family had been supported
by the twelve-year-Old son, who sold
newspapers for living"
The brave boy had borne his burden
and his disgrace all alone, and had
never told even me, his best friend, of
his life and trials. If were not writ
ing true story, 1 might tell you that
we made up purse for Joe; but we
did nothing of the kind. We only en-
couraged him to work on, and as fast
as he showed himself worthy, better
position was given him. Last year he
announced that he had saved up money,
and was going to leave us for school,
and on examination he proved to be
ready for the last year of high school.
Now, at eighteen, he is studying in his
first year at college. and is just as al
ways-a brave, Independent boy, strong
in all the qualities which 60 to make up
pure, earnest and successful man.
| ROudL Road
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07
The Other Sort Of Swindler.

There were six or eight of us in the
smoking-car as the train was running
down to West Point from Atlanta, and
everything was lovely until the seventh
man got on at small station. He had
no sooner entered the car than he looked
fixedly at the man who had been telling
us snake stories, and directly he walked
up to him and called out:
ella! you Internal swindler, I've
found you at last!'
"Who's a swindlerp"
"You are!''
81 never saw you before!"
YOU'RE a liar, and I'm going to
pound eighteen dollars worth of cash
out of you'll"
1t was presently discovered that he
recognized the snake-story man as q
fruit-tree agent who had sold him some
grape-vines which did not show up, and
he was splitting on his hands and making
ready to do the pounding, when the
other remarked:
"My dear fellow, 1 insist upon it that
you are mistaken. was never in the
fruit-tree business, and Inever swindled
you out of eighteen dollars
81 say you did. y
"Never! Instead of swindling you out
of eighteen dollars on grape-vines, am
the man who charged you sixteen dollars
too much for sewing machine, and
here's your money!'
"Well, now, come to look more close
ly at you, / believe your, right" said
the seventh man.
"Of course I'm right" growled the
other, as he counted out the money,
"and / warn you to be little more
careful in future. l have a reputation
to sustain, and grapevine swindles are
not in my line. Here's your sixteen
dollars, and now / think you ought to
apologize!"-DetroH Free Press.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07
HIS OPINION.

In Clear Sentences an Authority adds his own
to the popular Judgment.
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Seabury and Johnson, Chemists, New York.
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"A man in England has been fined
for biting off the tails of two dogs. He
must be something OF a wag.-ROcJies-
ter Post EIpress
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-07
BETTER THAN IT'S PROMISE.

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for all the subtitle troubles Of women and for
those bodily disorders induced by anxiety, care
and mental strain, its effects will surprise you
1t is not an essence of ginger. Delicious to
the palate. an antidote to the liquor habit. and
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SOC and 81 sizes.
HIsCox g. Co., New York.
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PARKR'S GIN CIR TONIC.
ONCE TESTED ALWAYS PREFERRD.

This great remedy has won it's way to the
highest place in the esteem OF the most inteli
gent people. There are daily recruits to its
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-23

The Indian Chieftain, published at
Finita. in the Territory, is doing con-
siderable amount Of growing on a sub
jet that it can't affect in the least. viz ::
the lease OF the Cherokee Strip to the
stOckmen. IL we remember correctly
this same wOuld-be Chieftain was one
OF the strongest advocates of the lease,
when the question was before the Cher
okee council, and why the paper should
now attempt TO make the Indians dis
satisfied, does not appear. Perhaps the
Chieftain does not profit by the lease
that no part of the one hundred thous-
and dollars rental money reaches the
Chieftain-and that if the lease did not
exist there might be "lobby" fund
raised by others anxious to secure the
prize, and that this fund might be so
distributed that the Chieftain would be
the recipient of a slice.
The latest on the subject from the
Chieftain is the following:
The Chorokees and other tribes who
have made or contemplate making leas-
es of their lands for grazing purposes TO
wealthy corporations in the states
Shouldhave intelligence enough to know
that they themselves are aiding i'm bring
ing about state of affairs that will ne
cessitate legislation by congress which
will not he favorable to the preservation
OF their rights. Nothing more than a
pretext Is wanted To bring about this
result, and IL these leases are approved
by the department of the Interior. il
will be furnished by the herders, the
horses, the interminable miles of wire
fencing and other property of citizens
Of the United States that will become
fixtures in the Territory, without law.
without orderand without organization.
II the voice Of reason, of patriotism
and even of self interest could be heed
ed in the haste to grab the mess Of pot
tage rendered them for their birth right
they would see that this valuable trust
could and should be kept within their
own hands and under their immediate
control. IL cattle and sheep and horses
and goats must be introduced into the
country To Craze on our native grasses.
let II be done by those am5nable to our
laws, under well-matured restrictions
and regulations devised and adopted by
our National Council"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-23


AS may have been noticed within the
past two or three weeks. the prices of
stock cattle have been gradually OF the
increase. During the month of Septem-
Der and part Of October. when the rains
were threatening to do such serious
damage to the grass, cows and calves
were commanding no higherprices than
they did in July. But now they are
climbing toward the top figures very
rapidly. Yearlings are not considered
high at So, an increase Of two dollars
in few weeks; and two-year-old steers
sell readily at So and even S34. All
this because ranchmen have confidence
In getting their stock through the win
ter, now that but little Of the fat has
disappeared, though winter has got n
good start already.
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MEMPHIS ROUTE SOUTH.
Kansas City to Memphis Without Chang,

Kansas City to Memphis Without Change Of
Cars.
The attention of the people of the
west and northwest is called to the
Memphis extension Of the Kansas City.
TT. Scott & Gulf Railroad, now compile
ted and in operation between Kansas
City. Mo-, and Memphis. Tenn. The
completion of this short line to the south
brings that heretofore to the West prac-
tically inaccessible section into close
relation with the West and Northwest
to the very great advantage Of all.
Through trains for Memphis with
Pullman Palace sleeping car and ele-
CANT day coaches leave Kansas City
daily. saving frequent changes and many
hours time to Memphis, Jacksonville,
Florida, New Orleans and all Southern
cities. Tourists tickets via this short
route 10 Jacksonville, Mobile, New Or
leans, and all the winter pleasure re-
sorts of the South, will be OH sale ut all
coupon Offices throughout the west. A
map Of this new route has just been
prepared and will be mailed free on ap-
plicatiOn to J. Z. Lockwood, q. Z. 4
Il. A, Kansas CITY, Mo.