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Year: 1878

While the conversation of the
South is becoming reconciled to
universal suffrage, thrust upon the
eX-slayeholding States in the form
OF the absolute political equality of
the negro, the Radicalism of the
North WHICH prescribed it as po
litical panacea is becoming in about
even measure, sick of it in all its
applications. Left free to fall into
their true relations, the whites and
the blacks in the several recon-
structed States are found getting
along together politically pretty
well. Stones, remitted to their own
specific gravity, have not scared in
the air or foated on the stream,
and knowledge and intellect have
risen by force of their own natural
buoyancy. That is all.- Calves
ton News.
Year: 1878

Now that the medical properties Of
the Buckeye are clearly established and
utilized for the cure of Piles, why not
make a direct application of its healing
virtues in the form OF Tabler's Buckeye
Pile Ointment and be cured This
preparation is made from the alkaloid Of
the Buckeye, or Horse Chestnut, and,
combined with other ingredients, is Of
fored to the public as cure for nothing
else but Piles. Price 90 cents u bottle.
For sale by G. 4. Pope & Co.


janI0-eOw-y-2
Year: 1878

The most remarkable railroad ac
cident on record happened not long
ago on the Northwestern road be-
tween London and Liverpool. a
man and his wife were travelling in
a compartment alone, when, the
train going at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, an iron rail projecting from
a car on a side track cut into the
carriage and took the head of the
woman clear of and rolled it into
the husbands lap. He subsequent
ly sued the company for damages,
and created great surprise in court
by giving his age as thirty-siX
years, although his hair was snow
white. IL had been turned from jet
black by the horror of that event.
Year: 1878

A lady writing from one of the
fashionable watering places de
clares that "the low-necked dress is
an abomination into which It is the
duty of the press to look. Very
true, and we must say, il simple
justice to ourselves, that it is
duty that we have seldom lost an
opportunity to discharge Cour.J.
Year: 1878

SO long as there must be lot of
humbuggery in the campaign, it
might perhaps as well De over
Southern claims as anything else.
But the fact that it is humbUggery
is too patent for many voters to be
deceived about the subject. AS for
any danger that payment for the
slaves will be attempted. the idea is
simply preposterous.- Springfield
Republican.
Year: 1878

The pencil marks you sec around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at onco. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit TO our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


ES~ We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1878

Equal TO THE Occasion.
CARTS are generally easy to be
scared. A French shoemaker, fond
of boasting that nothing could
frighten him, proved an exception
to the rule. Two young fellows
resolved to put him to the test, so
one slammed dead, and the other
prevailed upon the shoemaker to
watch the body through the night.
Being busy, he took his tools with
him and worked beside tho corpse.
About midnight cup of black
coffee was brought to him to keep
him awake, and he was 80 exhilarat-
ed by the draught that he struck
up a merry song, still plying his
hammer vigorously. Suddenly the
would-be corpse arose and said, in
sepulchral tones. "When man is
in the presence of death he should
not sing" The shoemaker was
startled, but recovering his self
possession in moment, he dealt
the corpse blow on the head with
his hammer as he uttered: "When a
man is dead he should not speak"
Year: 1878

TO FARMERS. Make your farm so val
nable by constant improvement. skillhl
culture, good fruit. ornamental shrub
berry and pleasant surroundings that no
money will tempt you tn leave it. We
think 1t should be the settled purpose OF
every young man to put down his stakes
for life, to make permanent home which
he will never wish to part with till he is
called to the better land.
Year: 1878




Il it better to work at your present
rate of wages, and receive your pay
in money worth ninety-nine and
three fourths cents in gold to the
dollar, or to adopt the greenback
theory and receive your pay in prom
ises worth only thirty eight cents
in gold to the dollArf


Is it better to work at your present
rate of wages, or a possible advance
of twenty-five per cent and receive
your pay in currency deprecated in
value from fifty to sixty per cent
and have to pay for your clothes,
groceries, etc., an advance of from
fifty to sixty per cent over the pres
ent rates, or receive in payment for
your labor 3 currency nearly equal
in value to COLDS raf /


These are questions yeu should
study well before you east your vote
next November. The above ques-
tiOns put before you in few words
the result which will follow the sue
cess of the greenback scheme now
being put before the people. Look
well to your own interests before
you accept such q platform. Stand
by the laws of your country and
like honest men, or repudiate the
contracts of your government and
let your wife and children 60 hungry
for bread,
Year: 1878

go NEW CASTLE, Jan. %, 1873.


Dull 10 no name for the state Of affairs
In and about our city, The only event
70 raise ripple during the week was
the communication of a. B. O., Ia your
edition of "Wednesday. Some seem to
think 1t struck the nail on the head and
may produce some effect. As 1t is no
funeral of ours We say let the procession
move on.


The Jail is rapidly filling up and soon
the cry for more room and increased IA
cilities for slowing will be called for.


Another candidate has posted his card
In the Sheriffss office with the hope that
he may at some future day take up his
abode near by. There 10 plenty of room
for all the cards of the anxious but only
one of the 10000 will win. Only think
of 1t, 1855, 900 blanks In this lottery with
one grand prize Of about $4,000.


It Is said 1--WE use the term conscious
ly) that minstrel troupe is being organ
lied In this city. That we have plenty
of raw material for such a project we feel
assured, but as to the practicabllity OF
working It up to advantage we have our
doubts. z..,.


Ordinances and police combined have
not one-hslf the effect in putting a stop
to corner lounging, that good north
wesler has with the thermometer at 10.
At least such is the experience In this
city.
Our street lamps seem to be lighted
only for the express purpose Of showing
how dark 1t Is. II for any other We fail
to see It.
Year: 1878

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thoroughly unpleasant experience the other
night. They set out to row across the
Ohio river In a skiff which had been lying
against the bank for several days, ana
when half way across the man in the bow
declared that he heard rattlesnake in the
boat. The oarsmen stopped, and all hands
listened, but none could hear moth ing, and
soon the beat went on again. Again the
man in the bow gave his warning, and
again the boat stopped, but nothing was
heard and the boat reached the shore with
out any further trouble. But the man in
the stern was SO alarmed that he leaped
into the water and washed ashore, rather
than pass through the boat, and all three
went to hotel for lantern. On 'theil
return they found ratt lesnake with clever
rattles eoiied up under the oarsmsn's sea-


and Immediately despatched 1t.
Year: 1878

THE Pacific Mills justify their name IN
the peaceable adjustment Of wages to tie
profits ef the times. Confidence in these
Lawrence Mills seems to be the basis Of
tie satisfaction, the understanding being
that as prices 60 up wages will rise also,
and that is the kind of corporation that is
needed in all industries to keep the 1un-
ming even, in slack as we'll as we'll as flush
finnes
Year: 1878

1t is sad to loose a very dear friend,
for the tie that binds true friends to-
gether is strong, But how much sad
der is it fora doting father and tender
loving mother to have an only son
around whom so many bright hopes
of the future clustered, a child whose
extraordinary brightness, intelligence
and beauty was the comment of all,
taken suddenly from them. Such o
child was little Henry Wade. To
know him was to love him, for by a
thousand different ways he would so
ingratiate himself into your affections
that anyone would be irresistibly
drawn towards him. His merry pratt
tie, his cute childlike expressions and
his unusual intelligence would often
excite the wonder and admiration OF
those who were with him. But he has
gone where that mind can grow and
expand with far more rapid strides
than it possibly could if left here.
The All>Wise One in gathering his
brightest jewels to ornament his king
dom above has seen fit to gather this
bright little jewel. And may He who
has seen fit to pluck this little bud
ere it had opened into bloom, and
transplant it from Earth to Heaven,
heal the gaping wound left an the pa
rental soil. We extend our heartfelt
sympathies to the bereaved parents
and friends A FRIEND.
Year: 1878

Anexchange says We suppose that
macy people think that newspaper
men are persistent duns; het farmer
place himse!fia similar business po-
sition and see if he would not do the
same. Suppose he raised one thou
sand bushels of wheat, and his neigh
ber should come and buy a bushel,
and the price was small matter of
only two dollars or less, and the neigh
Dor says: 81 will hand you the amount
in few days" As the farmer did
not want to be small about the mat,
ter, he says all right, and the man
leaves with the wheat. Another comes
in the same way until the whole one
thousand bushels of wheat is trusted
out to one thousand different persons,
and not one of the purchasers con-
Germs himself about it, for it is a
small amount that he owes the far
mer, and of course that would not
help him any. He does not realize
that the farmer has fritted away all
his large crop of wheat, and that its
value is due him in a thousand little
driblets, and that he is seriously en-
barrassed in his business because his
debtors treat it as a small matter.
But if all would pay him promptly,
which they could do as well as not, it
would be very large amount to the
farmer, and enable him toearry on his
business without difficulty. Theabove
comparison is too trae of the difficult
ties that the newspaper man has to
contend with.
Year: 1878

hurry to move out that they left an
infant lying on q bed in their dwelling,
which they had locked up secure and
fast. Its walls could never have been
heard, had 1t possessed leather lungs,
and no one would ever have dreamed
that such an absence of mind could
occur with the average parents.
When they had gone a mile and a
half toward Paducah Junction, the
wife exclaimed, as she wrung her
hands in grief at the very thought of
what might befall their sleeping
infant, Lord help us! we have left
the child at home on the he'd" aaal.
The husband went back home and
there fouad the infant. 1t had been
left asleep. bad evidently walked up
and then cried itself to sleep again.
Year: 1878

A gentleman from Union City says
that when the yellow fever scare was
at its height in Union City and peo'
pie were Fastening to che country, to
the woods, anywhere to escape the
bare possibility Of taking the disesse,
the quarantine notwithstanding, o
man and his wife were IN such a
Year: 1878

Tom Harrison is jumping around
worse than a grasshopper, (but you
must not call him that, and he is SIM
ply hopping on every bale-of cotton
that comes to Milan, more especially
when the owner tells him there is $40
or s15 worth of trade TO come out Of
that bale. 1t will pay every seller Of
cotton to investigate him. You can
do that with less trouble than any man
YOU can strike.
Year: 1878

The TIME FOR SLEEP.-Sleep OBJ
tanned two hours before midnight, when
the negative forces are in operation. is
the rest which most recuperates the
system, giving brightness TO the eye
and glow to the cheek. The differ
ence in the appearance of person who
sits up until. iI..twelve, is quite remarkable.
The tone of The system, so evident in
the complexion. the clearness of and
sparkle OF the eye, and softness OF The
lines offeatures, is in person OF health
kept al a''concert pitch" by taking reg
ular rest hours before twelve O'Clock,
thereby obtaining the "beauty Sleep
OF the night. There is heaviness Of
the eye, sallowness of the skin, and
an absence of that glow in the face
which renders it fresh in expression
aud round in appearance, that readily
distinguishes the person who keeps late
hours.
Year: 1878

Or Bad luck is simply a man with
his hands IN his pockets. and pipe IN
his mouth, looking on 10 see how it is
coming out. Good luck is . nan Of
pluck. with bis sleeves rolled up and
working 10 make it come out right.
Year: 1878

g. The fate Of q recent religious
newspaper enterprise in Chicago in
duces its protector 10 remark. with some
acerbity "Now let the devil fOFeclose
on this town as soon as be wants TO-"
Year: 1878

We respectfully invite the attention
of clergymen of all denominations to
q subject which the rich members of
their congregations lave frequent oc-
casion TO consider practically, and in
reference to which theory and prac
tice have hitherto been widely asund-
or. We refer TO the question, what
concession is it right TO make to
thieves for the purpose of recovering
stolen property?


No compromising Of folonies, says
the law. No conniying at the escape
of thieves, thunders the pulpit.
Compounding Of telonies is effect
ually prohibited, because the COM
mand Of the law is enforced by alllix-
ing q temporal penslty to its viola
ton. But while technical offence
of this kind is avoided, an evasion of
the law, to which the moral objection
would seem to apply with equal
force, is often practiced- When
bank has been robbed of a
large amount of securities, the good
deacons to be found in the board of
directors are apt to have sudden
perception of another class of moral
considerations. "It is all very well, >"
say they "to condemn making con-
tracts with thieves and robbers, by
which thse criminals profit, but then
we have to consider our duties to the
widows and orphans whose funds we
have in trust, and the question arises,
if we can get back two millions of
bonds by allowing the thieves to re-
tain two hundred thousand, why
should we make any fuss about it?
The high moral ground is good for
churches, and we believe in it in gen.
eral and profess it loudly; but then
it is not adapted to counting houses
and banks.


We think it would be well for the
clergy to consider this subject and
to debate it, and see if they and their
leading church members, cannot get
upon some common ground in rela-
ton to it. Certainly money is no
object compared with the importance
of faithfully performing a religious
duty.
Year: 1878

The Chicago Journal has discover
ed that nearly all men have one leg
shorter than the other, but the great
mystery of life will be to ascertain
which is the short and which is the
long leg.
Year: 1878

COOP ADvIcE.-A Weaver merchant
held the note of an impecunious native
Californian for a sum exceeding one hun
dred dollars, and thought to realize upon
1t by playing generous. Calling the
debtor into the store one day, he politely
informed him that he had chance 20 sell
the note at discount, but not wishing to
be mean ubout the matter would sell it to
the signer himself at the same figure,
rather than Jet it go into the hands Of Il
third party. The debtor thought the
matter over for some time and then asked
how much the merchant could get for the
note :? Fifty cents on the dollar"
promptly responded the man of business.
Well," said the other, "you better sell
'em J" And yet some people think there
is no cheek " outside of Congress-
Year: 1878

ALL RIoHT.-So far as we have been
able to learn no material damage has been
done in this county by the late heavy
rains and high water. Streams and
gulehes were higher than for several wears
past, but the freshet will prove beneficial
IN cleaning them out to some extent
with us the storm has been all good and
no bod
Year: 1878

OUR subscription list will be re-copied
next week. If any who have been get
ting the JOURNAL for several years with
out paying for it, fail to get it after this
month, they will please attribute it to
their neglecting to settle.
Year: 1878

The DAMAGE.-We have positively
learned nothing as to the extent of dam
age done to the railroad below Reading,
further than that the bridges at Cotton
wood and Red Bank Creek had been
washed out and some damage done to
trestes and embankments. Albert Kise,
driver on the Shasta line, heard that one
OF the railroad men had been up TO Read
Ing and that it would probably take a
month to put the road in running order
again, but weeks time will likely be
sufficient.
Year: 1878

An Oakland, CAL, paper says:
An exciting episode broke the
monotonous serenity Of Broad
way recently. A bewitching
lady with the usual raven tress-
es, sparkling eyes, ruby lips,
etc, was seen rushing frantical-
ly down Broadway as the butt
end Of the city train was disap-
pearing around the corner.
Those who saw her graceful
flight--females are proverbially
graceful when they gallop--sur-
missed that she was some doting
mother who had just remem-
bered that she had left the baby
at home in Frisco, with a gross
Of matches to suck, while she
went to the swimming baths.


AS she tripped past a shop
keeper, who was calmly reflect
ing at his doorway upon the
Chinese question, she gave her
umbrella a fliyt, and in an in
slant his Nardin watch was
snatched out Of his pocket OH
the rib of her parasol and away
she sped with the booty. The
chase that cnsued for about one
hundred feet surpassed Molly
McCarty's best time. When
the now maniacal shopkeeper
was about to yell "firc," the
painting lady realized that she
was attracting considerable at
tention and came to a halt.


Then ensued a search for the
watch. Part of it dropped ont
of the umbrella, a few cog
wheels and things were hang
ing to the fringe Of her dolman,
and the residue was scattered a.

long her track in the most care
less manner. The inartistic me-
thod with which the lady failed
to nip the ticker, satisfied every
one thatinstead of being a beau
tiful pickpocket from the East,
she was an estimable lady, who
was willing to appeasc the shop
keeper by purchasing new
timepiece, regardless Of expense.
Year: 1878

lEJURED.-John Hooker, of Red Hill,
while on the road to junction City went
over an EN- mbankment with his wagon and
received some severe bruises, one day
last week The blame is laid on the
Road Overseer, rs the place was not wide
enough to cross wagon safely.
Year: 1878

A SUCCESS. The dance at Loonard's
Douglas City Hotel, last Friday evening
was complete success. Besides the poo
pie OF Douglas City and vicinity, "A ladies
and gentleman from Weaver were in at
tendance All who were present say they
had splendid time.
Year: 1878

CLoTHINa.-J. r. Balch has received
his usual Spring and Summer stock aud
is prepared to dress up the male portion
OF our community in latest style at AS
tonishingly low figures; call and see his
new goods,
Year: 1878

A New DEPARTURE.-This season
Ksrsky 4 Abrshms have received large
portion of their Summer goods direct
from the East whore they have been pur-
chased at bedrock prices. The assort-
ment is full and complete and in the way
of charges they say they will sell cheap
er than anybody. Better 60 and see
about it.
Year: 1878

THE GREENBACK MAN.-Oh YES ,
he's been here. He is a great big fellow
with benevolent countenance and n
striped suit also box OF greenbacks. a
banjo and lot of inferior pens. He's a
good talker, poor singer and No. ! whist.
Ter. And liberal yes liberal to fault.
Why, he sold dollar greenback for half
dollar then sold the half for quarter:
the quarter for dime and then gave
the dime away. 1t is habit he has
But when he performed the foregoing as
founding feat Of liberality he was not
himself at all he was actually astoniS he'd
at his own stinginess it had been so long
since he had done anything SO entirely
mean and penurious that he couldn't re-
member the time he said he couldn't :;
there was nothing parsimonious about
him ; he was neither frugal, covetous,
economical nor niggardly he said he
wasn't all he wanted was to give his
greenbacks away and then give silver for
them. Oh wasn't he generous man I
Too muchee This is the way he display.
ed his liberality


Envelopes containing greenbacls, 100
one dollar bills, 10 tves, fifty and one
hundred dollars in all lI2 envelopes and
$500 were placed in box with ll2 blanks
in similar envelopes. Any one who wish
ed to become suddenly rich could pur-
chase box containing six pens, worth
less than one cent, for one dollar, and
draw from the box of envelopes, with a
chance to get even by drawing a one
dollar bill or make m oney II he got fve
fifty or hundred. Ifhe drew blank he
was nothing loser, because he got the
pens anyway. Liberal Dick -" was a so
willing to do better than this he would
give eight envelopes and box of pens
for five dollars, and If u man didn't draw
50 he gave him eight more envelopes. -
The game started brash. One hom Sre
bought two five dollar lots and got S24.
This and MI he got besides was returned
to Old Fatty" for more envelopes and
when our aflluent friend got through he
had pocket full of pens and was 50 loser.
Had " Big Generosity " disposed of all
his envelopes he would have received less
than $500 and paid out $500. He said so.
But be was willing to lose 500 because
he wanted to advertise the pens. He said
so. Oh how thin ! But yet there were
plenty to bits. About 400 envelopes were
drawn from the box which had many in
it when the game closed. and among
those left we're the ones containing the
800 and $50 greenbacks. He said so.-
He got back about all the greenbaclIs he
paid out and $3.50 in coin, leaving town
not less than 500 ahead. He didn't say so,
but that is the fact. If the Fool Killer
would travel in that fellows wake what
big hauls he would make But we don't
believe anybody but the Greenback Man
himself could ever haul 500 or $50 bill
out of that box. lie intended to remain
all week. He SAID so. But he left next
morning on the stage and some OF our
folks know more than they did even it
they haven't as much money.
Year: 1878

MINING ACCIDENT. - Last Friday
while at work in drift on Canon Creek,
above Ahren's place, j. j. Francis met
with most serious accident. He had
put in giant powder blast which hung
fire, but went off just as he returned to in
vestigate, lacerating him in most horri
BILE manner. Both arms were terribly
torn, the flesh in places being freed from
the bones. The right arm is the worst,
and this DR.. Lord hopes to save, although
it may be necessary to amputate as a last
resort. Francis face is badly powder
burned and tho sight of the lett eye en-
tirely destroyed. He is man of good
constitution and extraordinary nerve
and although about go years old will pro
b"bly pull through the terrible ordeal
In his younger days he had part of his
foot shot off with a cannon ball in an en-
gagement between SLAYER and British
msn of-war, and only few years ago
had leg broken in mining claim on
Canon Greek. Besides these he has had
many other severe accidents in his time.
But Frank is tough and his time is pro-
badly not yet come.