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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
Books Made of CLAY,

Far away beyond the plains of Mes.
opotamia, on the banks of the river
Tigris, lie the ruins of the ancient city
of Nincvch. Not long since huge
mounds of earth and stone marked the
place where palaces and walls of the
proud capitol of the great Assyrian
Empire stood. The spade, first of the
Frcnchmun, then of the Englishman,
has cleared all the earth away, and
laid bare all that remains of the old
streets and palaces where the princes
of Assyria walked and lived. The
gods they worshipod and the books
they read have all been revealed to the
sight of n wondering world. The most
curious of all the curious things pre-
served in this wonderful manner are
the clay books of Nincvch. The chief
library of Nincveh was contained in
the palace Konyunjik, The clay books
which it contains are composed of sets
of tablets covered with very small
writing. The tablets are oblong in
shape, and when several Of them are
used for one book, the first line of the
tablet following was written at one
end of the one preceding it. The
writing on the tablets was, of course,
done when the clay was soft, and then
it was baked to harden il. Then each
tablet, or book, was numbered, and
assigned to place in the library, with
II corresponding number, so that the
| librarian could easily find it, lust as
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
OUR NATAL DAY.


The Fourth has been celebrated one
hundred and eight times. The first eel
cbration, that of 1776, did not take place
on the 4th of July, but occurred at
variety of dates, according to the loca-
ton of the celebrating place. The
independence of the country from
British rule had been talked of for
several years before final action was
taken. As early us l773 the town OF
Mcndon, Massachusetts, adopted rcso-
lutions regarding the rights of man
and the origin Of governments and
the example of the Massachusetts
town was followed in various other To-
calitics within the next three years, so
that by the spring Of l776 the indie
pcndcncc Of the country was the up
pcrmOst thought in mems minds.
now THE DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED.
On the 9Th of June, Richard Henry
Lee, If Virginia, introduced into the
Colonial Congress in Philadelphia Il
series of resolutions, the first OF which
was
That these United States are and of
right ought to be free and independent
states; that they are abSOlycd from all
allegiance to the British crown and
that all political connection between
them and the Statc'of Great Britain is
and ought to be totally dissolved.
A committee consisting of Thomas
jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin
Franklin, Roger Sherman and Il, X.
Livingston, was appointed to draw up
Il declaration. The first draft was
presented on June 2Sth, but the fin
Shcd form was not decided on until
the afternoon of July 18th. The Dccla-
ration of Independence was ordered
printed and distributed throughout
the country.
TIE FIRST CELEBRATION.
On the Sth Of July it was publicly
read at Philadelphia amid the utmost
popular enthusiasm. The Committee
of Safety had ordered the reading of
the Declaration of Independence at
noon, and at that hour the Committee
of Safety and ln-pcctiOn, the officers
of the city and many members Of Con
grcSs marched out of the State House
into the yard, where Il great crowd had
assembled. John Nixon, Il member of
the Committee of Safety, read the
Declaration from the balcony of the
Observatory. As he finished, the great
bell of the State House pcalcd forth
and started the festivities which were
continued throughout the day.
As the Declaration was received in
other towns appropriate celebrations
occurred. At New York the crowd
showed its enthusiasm by tearing down
Il large equestrian statue of the King.
The lead of which it was constructed
was afterwards moulded into 10000
hullriS
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
BUT DON'T YOU TELL!

Dear Mrs. Jones, I'm glad you called!
hoped you'd come to-day.
Now have you heard what awful things
They tell Of Elder Gray!
You haven't Why, heard last night,
That some one heard in town,
lie went TO sec the Black Crook show,
Along with Deacon Brown.
But don't you tell-lm surt you WON'T
Perhaps 1t isn't SO;
But, really, that is what they say
! don't pretend 10 know,
Now, Mrs. Jones, do you suppose
That Mr., Smith will cheat.
I'm told by those who ought To know
lie swindlcs on his meat.
Two ounces short pound, they say,
And just the same on tea,
And he member in the church,
Along with you and me!
But don't you tcll-l'm sure you wont!
Perhaps 1t isn't so;
But that is what the people say
| don't pretend to know.
They say that Thompson aud his wife
Just quarrel might and day.
He's Jealous Well, perhaps there's callsc
That's not for me 10 say
The way that woman puts on airs
New hat and diamond ring,
And CAD, CAD, gadding all the time,
With bCauX upon her string,
But don't you tell-Im sure you wont!
Perhaps IL isn't SO;
But, really, that is what they say
don't pretend to know.
They say that Mrs. JolmsOn's got
A anew silk dress and she
Don't pay her washing bill, I'm told
1t came quite straight 10 me.
| It's hintcd that her husband drinks
And CANDLES on the sly;
But then folks gossip so, you know,
But thank my stars, not
Now don't YOU tc,l-l'm sure you won't.
These things may not he SO;
But, really, that is what they say
don't pretend TO know.
-EJn +. AGttOri
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
40 Rounds, L. S."

On the return of the 18th crops from
the relief Of Knoxville, after having
marched all the way from Memphis
and back TO Chattanooga, soldier of
the Sth Missouri one Of Sherman S
bummcrS, an Irishman who had been
a rouStaboul on the lcvccs Of st. Louis
came struggling along behind the
column on cold, drcary day, for that
section; his knapsack slung on one
shoulder his blanket over the other;
across his breast and tied at his left
hip, u greasy, hut empty havcrsack
his pants worn and rent in many
places and in Others scwcd up with
cord; no peak to his cap, his muSkct
at "rcvcrScd arms and altogether
presenting the appearance of general
disgust and drmora iHatiOn on from
the road he was attracted by head
quarters tent and sentinel in Il neat
and comfortable uniform, whom he
approached and accostcd, when the
fol owing dialogue cnsucd:
II say, Sintinil, could yc tell me
where me regiment is?'
"What regiment do you belong to?''
Eighth Misshory, sure
"What diviSion?'
Morgan III III Smits, Nv coorsc. -
"What brigadc?'
"Phwat brigade? Faith, an don't
yc know its Giles Smit's the Sucund
brigade of Morgan HIS division"
"What corps is it in?'
"Phwat coor is it? All, thin, yc
blackguard, doesn't everybody know
that lis the Fifteenth coor?'
GLOW could tell what crops you
belong to, when YOU have no army
badgc?"
"Noa badge, is it?-Coor badge!
Now, thin, phwat'S coor badgc?'
"Do YOU see that crescent on my
partners hat? Well, that's the badge
Of his corps the Eleventh; and this
star on my cap is the badge of my
corps the lwclfth.'
"lIo, no! see now. Thim's the
lights ycz Potomac oycs have to show
home some dark nights. Ycz, takes
the moon and shtars along wild ycz.'
Laughing at the witty remark, the
Scntinclrcspondcd: "Wcll, what the
badge of your coIps?'
llcSitating Il moment To gather Il
thought, then making Il left face and
slapping his hand on his cartridge box,
the IriShman replied: "D'yc see that?''
r'rhcn Il moments pause "Forty
rounds in my cartridgc-boX and twenty
in my pocket that's the badge Of Lao.
cans 10th coor, do ycz mind that! that
KEN all the way from VickSburg tc
help ycH Potomac fcllcrs foight at
Chattanooga.
The incident having been related tC
General Logan the same evening by III
officer who overheard it, the cartridg,
boz bearing the legend 40 Rounds.
L. s, waSat once adopted by Genera
Logan rs the corps badgc,and gcncr'
al order to that effect issued next day
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

Tho aborigincs of Australia fare as
hard at the hands of tho British set
tiers as have the North American In
dans in their contact with the white
pioneers. Baron Maclay, the Russian
naturalist, writes to the English Gov
ernment that the white men in Aus
tralia think nothing of taking the lives
of natives for trivial oilcnSes, and that
iuries acQut them of the crime. Un'
fortunate wretchcs are killed OF
wounded for stealing few pieces OF
tobacco. A skipper on the south coast
of New Guinea opened fire upon some
natives with Il revolver, one being shot
through tho body and two Others
wounded in the limbs because some to-
bacco had been purloincd. The matter
is to be brought lofore Parliament
Boston journal.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
High Liyers,

1t is said that VIM. ii. Vanderbilt's
household expenses alone are $3.50, 900,
August Belmont is also credited with
being a princely liver. His yearly ex'
penses, exclusive of art and equine
purchases, are rated at 100000. jay
Gould is much more moderate. His
family entertain but little, although
they have magnificent house,
Including the expenses of his summer
house at Irvington, Mr.. Gould does
not spend over $50,0OO a year,
Samul j. Tilden, who is a partial in
valid and u bachelor, spends more
than that, but dclights 10 entertain
his friends. Cyrus W. Field is a good
liver and he entertaipa . great doal'--
Albany Journal
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

She lifted her head, She and Baron
Alvcrton looked into each others eyes.
His sad gaze read all her struggle
"Oh, tell mo the truth!' he prayed.
Perhaps the sea, sounding its grand
thunder in her ears, helped her to ri c
above all pcttincss.
81 love you, Baron,' she said, sim
ply; and both were happy!
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

A New YORK theatrical manager
saws that he receives on IN average
,hirty-livc or forty plays week
throughout the entire year. During
three years he has accepted but three
of these, and neither of them has yet
been produced.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

THERE is sort of universal genius
in the town of Atkinson, Me. His
principal business is blacksmithing,
In one corner of his shop he has u dem
,is,'s chair He is also II lawyer. and
the spare room of his house is his
office. When he has nothing else to do
he practices the trade of cabinet max
inp
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
Royal in his day sounds as if meant
r,, ia, lnll rn,,,n

Royal in his day sounds as if meant
for the ballroom.
Toward the end of the last century,
the publisher of the Evening Mail was
arrested 10y order of the House Of
Commons for publishing the debates,
and the Lord Mayor was sent to the
Tower for libcrating him.
Queen Mary of England in 1904, the
Emperor of Germany in III, and the
Dauphin and Dauphincss of France and
their son in l7l2,thc Emperor of Russia
in 1880, and Louis VX, of France in
l77i, area few of the royal pcrsonagcs
who have died of smallpox.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

BAYARD TAYLoR's father and moth
cr, still living, up in the nincnties in
Years, inhabit the beautiful country
house which Bayard built years ago at
Kcnnett Square, Pa, and which since
his death has fruitlcssly been offered
for sale.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

TIE Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale,
of Boston, has with him an old ser
want, Abel Fullom by name, who has
been with his family ever since 1919,
three years before the doctor was
born.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

a NEGRO was fined $40 in the Wash
inston police court for stealing pint
of whisky from Senator Malone.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA boasts that
he has written over 1000 newspaper
essays ina journalistic career of thirty
five years.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

THE Cinnamon, having occupied the
land on each side of the Methodist
Episcopal church, on First street, Los
Angeles, now express II desire TO buy
the church building and make it Il joss
house.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

1t is suggested that the authors Of "Bcautifu
Snow" and "Thc Breadwinners" hold con
ventlon in Milwaukee. While milwaukee,
would be pleased to entertain such dis
tingushcd crowd it has hardly hotel room
enough 10 accommodate twenty thousand, thai
being the number who claim The authorship, -
ptcks Sull
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

THERE is danger that the hcprospcrous
town of Grccuville, Miss, will slip
into the river.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

TIE Prince of Wales health is not
good. He has taken place near
Dorking, in which he hopes TO lead Il
uliict life for some time.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

EXPERIMENTS made by NJ. Muntz
with various kinds of watcr-spring,
river, sea and rain water, also snow
prove that alcohol may be found in
all, except in pure spring water.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

A PHILADELPHIA woman drank II
pint of coal oil with suicidal intent,
but, as she forgot to swallow lighted
match, she still lives.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17
CURRENT TOPICS,

SOME of the best pictures in the Paris
Salon, are, as usual, coming to
America.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

GEORGIA is fertile in imagination as
well as in magnetic girls. A Cuthbcrt
farmer tells of a swamp toad which
carried of pig but could not pull his
captive through the fence.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

IT is said TO be fact that persons
with light hair are more susceptible
than those with dark hair to all kinds
of disease except chronic rheumatism.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

THE American railroad system,
which now extends over about 100, ,0OC
miles, has cost something like $780,.
OUO, 900, and nearly four-iifths of that
amount has been expended on the loco
motives. There are estimated to be
$4,000 railroad engines now in use
and they cost not less than $1,000
nnippp
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

PAULINE LUCIA, who is being
treated for hay fever in London,
scarcely looks Il day older than she
did when she captivatcd American
audiences ten years ago.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

A LITTLE girl of Burlington, Iowa,
saved 800 from the sale of flowers.
Her father deserted his family and car
ried off the money. That assisted the
neither to II divorce.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

FOURTEEN barbecucs are advertised
in Lexington county, South Carolina,
for July and August, and the candi
dates are expected TO patronizc all of
lhnm
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

A SUBSTITUTE for human hair is now
made out of the inner lining of the
bud of the palmetto tree. 1t can be
made of any length, and dyed any
color.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

The emperor of Anam has n large
niece of water in his palace, in which
he keeps his reserve treasure, to be
touched only in case of absolute neccs-
sity. The onoy not intended for use
is placed in the hollowed-out trunks OF
trees, which are thrown into the
water. To keep away thieves and pre-
vent the king himself from being
tempted to draw upon this reserve
fund without sufficient cause, mum
Der of crockodiles are kept in tho wa
ter, their presence and the certainty
of being eaten alive acting as a whole
some restrainer and insuring tho So
curity of the royal treasure ina mos
effectual manner. When it becomes
indispensable to draw upon this move
style of bank the crockodiles have tt
be killed; but this can be done only
with the emporor's permission ant
and after tho matter has been duly ap
proved by The minIstOrof finance
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-07-17

BEREA college is on the border line
between the blue grass region and the
mountains of Kentucky. The pupils
are divided into about equal numbers
between males and females and be-
tween whites and blacks. Boys and
rirls, white and black, sit side by
side together at common table and
recite in the same class. On COM
menccment day the colors and the
sexes alternate ON the same platform.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05

caves: It'd inside might 1bs seen huge
stones inserted to keep the statue in.
position. 1t took twelve years to erect,
and cost three hundred talents. The
sstorythat the legsof the COLOSSUS ex-
tended across the mouth OF the harbor
lis generally conceded to be a fiction;
but thas it stood close by the entrance.
of the port Of Rhodes, and was made to
serve asa pharos or q lighthouse, seems:
certain enough. 1t was overthrown.
and smashedto pieces by an earthquake
ffty-six years after its erection; For
9O3 years che fragments Of this Wonder
of the World strewed the mole,a a
Rhodes, and then they were sold by the
Caliph Omar to a merchant at Emesa,
who carried away these prodigious ma
rine stores on the backs of 900 cairlels.
Hence soaliger calculated that the ag-
gregate weight Of the bronze musthave.
been 100000 pounds.-Demorests Mag
azine.' !: :
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
A Timely Shower.

81 was mighty thankful for that rain
we got yesterday"
"Yes, it did the corr a world Of good.
How many acres have you got planted
in corn2"
Give got 10 corn planted this year at
al. l wasn't thinking about crops"
"Well, how then can the rain benefit
you?"
"You see I don't often get a decent
dinner at home, as my wife says she
can'tcook in hot weather, but yesterday
there vas to be a church picnic and she
liked up q lunch basket for the preach
ar's table, but it rained SO the picnic
could not come off. 10 keep the preach
.er's lunch from spelling we had it for
dinner, and 1T was the best dinner I've
had since we were married. There was
no end of chicken, and %jellies, and that
sort Of alleviations. I feel like a new
man, Just as if I was born again. Don't
tell me that rain yesterday didn't do
Che country any good. 1t was the most
refreshing shower we have had for
years
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
A Comparison Of Statues.

The Raartholdi statue of Liberty En-
llighteningthe WorldY has been present
ed by it's creator in Paris to the repre-
%sentatiyes of the American govern
ment. The pedestal on Bedloe's Island
is not yet in readiness. Indeed, the
popular collections come in very slow
ly. NJ. Rartholdl has recently been
comparing his statue withthe Colossus
of Rhodes. The figure OF Liberty
stands, without reckoning the diadem,
104feet high; but to the extreme height
from the feet to the upper end Of the
torch held by the outstretched hand is
1877 feet and 9 inches. The statue will
be placed on a granite pedestal SO feet
high. 1t is interesting to learn that a
person six feet in height, standing on
the lips of NJ. Bartholdi's head Of Lib
erty, can only just reach the eyebrow:
that people can jump with ease in and
out of the nose, and that the eyes meas
ure five feet from corner to corner.
Turning to the old "Wonder of the
World" we find it was the largest Of
the hundred colossal statues of the Sun
which at one time embellished the CITY
OF Rhodes. 1t was upward Of 1O5 feet
high; few persons had arms long
enough to embrace it's thumb; the fin
gers were longer than the whole bodies
OF the statues then extant; the hollows
Of the limbs, when broken, resembled
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
County Legislation.

Washington Springs, Jerauld Go. D. T.
Monday, September I, 1884,
Board met in accordance to law at
the court house on the first Mond v in
September.
Members present: A. B. Smart, chair
man, S. II. Melcher and II. D. Fisher.
On motion the following rates of tax.
alton were fixed: for road fund 2 mills:
for bridge fund 2 mills; for county
schoolfund2 2 mills; for ordinary county
fund 6 mills. =,
The Territorial rate was fixed by
Territorial Board of Equalization at
3 $40 mills. Total: Is $40 mills.
On motion minutes read and ap.
proved. Board adjourned until 9 o'clock
4. M, tomorrow.
Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1884, 9 o'clock, a. m
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Members present: A. B. Smart, S. II.
Melcher and II. Z. Fisher.
Petition from ANNA township fol
civil township organization was read
and referred for future action.
On motion the following bills were
allowed: One Of $500. in favor for alb.
stract of proved up lands in J.erauld
county in favor of. G. B. Everett and H
Barber, Jr. One of S27.74 for lumber
used il. culverts in favor of J.. NJ. lie
wake & Co.
Minuggees read and approved.
On motion Board adjourned unit
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1884, at 2 o'clock.
Attest: A. B. SMART,
T. LINUS BLANK, Chairman
County Clerk.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
Quarterly Report Ct Pioneer ". q. I. u.

The first Quarter ending August the
18th, 1884;-!we submit the following:
The Union consists of twenty-six
voting members and eighteen honorary
members. The society has held five
regular and five extra business meet
ings. Officers the same with the ex-
ception Of treasurer, Mrs. E. Tofaemire
takingthe place of Mrs. u. .Batettanire.
signed. .~svu -, j.,;H
President, Mrs. G. M. Spears; Vice
Pres, Mrs. AAJerdan ;a'Rec. Sec, Mrs.
L. A. ShryncSs' Cor; Sec, Mrs. r. J.
smart; TREAS, Mrs. j. Bateman; Libra
rian,rMrs. Fannie Mcdonald; Organist,
Mrs. r. j. Smart; Local Supt. Scientific
Temperance Instruction, Mrs. Nettie
Q. Hall, M. d.; Local Supt. Juvenile
Temperance Instruction, Miss Lo Ella
Lamb; Standing Com. for circulating
voters pledge, Mrs, r.. j. Smart, assist
ants, Mrs. e. Observation-Disclosures. Net
tie G. Hall, M. D.; agent: for Union
Signal, the weekly official organ Of the
National W. CT: U, Nettie G. Hall,
M. d.: Com. for circulating total alb
stinence pledge and raising funds, Miss
Lo Ella Lamb and Luella A. Miles.
Report of printing CON-: Received Is
cards at so: $3.50, that of Bateman g.
Mcdonald being complimentary. Paid
Mr., Mcdonald Oh printing, $500; Ex-
press on handbi9ls, 15cts.- Refunded
for non-appearance Of programmes,
Sl.50. Amount in treasury, $685. -
Treasurer's report: Receiyedonmem-
bership, $3.50; on honorary member
Ship, 500; on 4th July stand, $3.50; on
printing, S2.85; on collection mass
Meeting, $3.50; collected on cards, $500.
Total, S32.65.
Disbursed: 'fortemperance literature,
$3.50; county work, $500; temperance
text books, s2.25; transfer members,
$3.50; collectors card and pledge, 5000;
Paid Rev. Hoadley,,$5.so; badges, $1.5O;
sugar, $3.50; expense Cor. Sec, S1.14;
territorial dues according to con-, $500.
Total, $21,49. Amount in treasury,
$ll.36. BY order Of Elk. Com.