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Year: 1878

Appetite is Q necessity. Without 1t, suff- cient food is not received into the stomach either to nourish the system, or to give the stimulus to the bowels which they require. Both these organs and tho liver become tor pid in consequence, and the blood grows poor in quality and quantity. Improve the agPe- tite, therefore, and avoid such results. This is most effectually done with Hostetter't Stomach Bitters, a tonic appetizer and altera' tive without peer. It gives not only an un. wonted zest for food, but enables the stomach to digest and the system to assimilate it Flatulsnce, heartburn, nausea, and every other concomitant of indigestion, are removed by it. as are also biliousness and constipation Each nerve and fibre of the body is made tc jingle with health by its use, and it is tht leading remedy for dependency.
Year: 1878

Don't write there" said father to his son who was writing with diamond on the window.

 Why not?"

 Because you can't rub it out.'

 Did 1t ever occur to you, my child, that you are daily writing that which you can not rub out ? You made cruel speech to your mother the other day. It wrote itself upon her loving heart and gave her pain. It is there now and hurts her when she thinks of it.

 You can't rub it out.

 You wished wicked thought one day in the ear of your playmate. It wrote itself on his mind and led him to do a wicked act. It is there now.

 You can't rub it out

 All your thoughts, all your words, all your acts are written on the book of memory. Be careful, the record Is very lasting.

 You can't rub it out.
Year: 1878

STANDING ARoUND.-A little boy who went to church was told to remember the text, which was : "Why stand ye here all the day idle ? Go into the vine yard and work, and whatsoever is right, that I will pay thee." Johnny came home and was asked to repeat the text, He thought it over for while, and then cried out What do you stand round here doing muffin for ? Go into my barn yard and go to work, and I'll make it all right with you."
Year: 1878

The widest excitement prevails among some of the cit1zens of Trigg county, Kentucky, over the apprehen- sion of the immediate coming of the day of final judgment. Many of them have abandoned all business, have turned their stock loose to range through the woods, and cutting themselves loose from the contemplation of all earthly affairs, they go from house to house singing and pray : ing for the eventful day.
Year: 1878

The delicacy of Virginia mast-fed hams is we'll known their excellence arises from two or three distinct causes. One of these IS the health of the pigs an- other is the fact that, during much of the year, it is ''root, hog, or die!" and then, when the woods are full of chest nuts, chinquapins, acorns and other mast, they pick up a living very easily and fatten up ittle-enough to make their flesh juicy and tender before kill ing time and another case undoubtedly is that this food is sweet, wholesome, and both it and they far removed from their ordure. If it be really true that for this wild life, the native hog is the most economical producer of pork, and that the pork is of the best quality, it is time that we knew it, and it would pay some body to undertake the demonstration.
Year: 1878

MT. Thomas Hale, living near Hales- boro, Red River county, Texas, was standing in front of his fireplace with his little child in his arms. Suddenly 8 flash of lightning came and he was knocked down, and he and his little one both fell into the fire. His wife who was standing near, was also stunned at the same time, but partially recovering, she dragged them out of the fire. Her hus- band was dead, and her little one, though not dead, suffering. Its clothes were burned off and it was fatally hurt. On the same day, and about a mile from MT. Hale's, MT. Webster and his family were sitting in his house in conversation. His wife was leaning against him. Under his chair was cat, and still under the hool beneath him was hen with her brood He was struck by the lightning and in stantly killed, as were also the cat, hen and her brood. Mrs. Webster escaped unhurt.
Year: 1878

This is a question often asked by the friends of those who are about to visit New York City

 To those who have not decided, we can say that there are few hotels that give the universal satisfaction, both in rates and accommodations that characterize the Grand Central Hotel New York. It is concededly the best kept and most popular among all its rivals.
Year: 1878

A WISCONSIN, country editor sent King
Alfonso as wedding present receipted
bill for one years subscription to bis
paper. with complimentary notice to
his majesty In tho first number. Write
him down an ass.
Year: 1878

There are ten voters in this country who
belong to the laboring class where there is
one voter who belongs to any other. The
hoorers' therefore, govern the country and
are are responsible for the government of il,
onaer these circumstances it is very diff.
CUT TO make them believe that thev arc
sunerlng under any disabilities which thew
cannot readily remove. '
Year: 1878

The Presbyterian Church has fred off n
SET OF resolutions against intemperanee.
In It's opinion to rent a house, make n
casK OF construct machinery for the whisky
trafiic Is to participate in the crime
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 1878.


President Hayes returned this morning from his
Western trip. He expresses himself as much pleased
with his reception, both private and pubic, on the
way, and said he was particularly gratiaed with tho
evidences of restoration OF prosperity, and Of the
feeling Of the people In favor Of sound currency,
such the administration Is seeking to establish.
Soon after his return the President In separate
con ference with several members OF the Cabinet.
Year: 1878

1t is hard Tor young mother who has
not yet overcome the wayward tenden-
cies of her own youthful nature, to
realize the influence she exerts over her
little ones. She is continually SUR
rounded by critical imitators, who copy
both her morals and her manner. As
the mother is, so are her sons and
daughters. If family OF children are
blessed with an intelligent mother, who
is dainty and refined in her manners, and
does not consider it necessary to be one
woman in the parlor and an entirely dlt~
ferent person in her everyday life, but
who is a true mother, and always a
tender. charming woman, you will IN
variably see her habits of speech and
pleasant manners repeated in her
children. Great rough men, and noisy,
active boys viii always tone down their
voices, and strive to step quietly, and to
be more mannerly, when she stops to
give them a kind word or pleasant
smile, for a true mother will never fail to
say and do all the kind and pleasant
things she can that viii in any way help
to lit up and cheer those whose lives are
shaded with toll and care. The mother
of to-duy rules the word of tomorrow.
Think of it when you sre tempted to be
fretful and impatient, and guard well
vol,r home treasures.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Whistler, according to the London
World, paints portrait in this odd
style.


His entire apparatus is on large
scale. His palette is a table. His
brushes are more like those of a house
painter than of an artist. With extra
ordinary rapidity, without sketching any
outline, he throws, as i. were, the back
ground on the canvas as if the figure
were rather the accident than the motive
of the study. Then, beginning at the
bottom of the robe, he proceeds to paint
his figure upward as a sculptor builds
uD his model y, clay, Nit by bit from the
base. While litors-sly
work a gyarde coup de pinceaa the painter
is study in himsef-of combined
mental and physical activity. The pace
is tremendous, the face and head being
painted almost as rapidly as the fringeof
the robe. At the end of an hour and a
half there is a picture, susceptible, of
course, of being painted over and finished
to an unlimited extent; but in its pre-
sent condition perfect picture enough,
conveying as precise an idea of the
figure, carriage, features and character Of
the original as did the wonderful por
trait of Mr.. Carlyle exhibited at the
Grosyeuor Gallery"
Year: 1878

OF an Indian with beard and a ro-
mantle legend the Tuscarora (Nevada)
Times-R Review says; Possibly the Oldest
looking savage in the state is a denizen
of Tuscarora. The oddity consists in
the savage being as heavily bearded as
Russian trooper. Tie Indian belongs to
the Shoshone tribe, and is apparently
sixty or seventy years of age, stands as
erect as Pompey's pillar, and with his
white flowing beard and distinguished
mein, is really venerable looking .old
party. There is curious legend about
this hoary pioneer of the valley. AL
though the Saoshones persistently assert
that he is trueborn member of their
tribe. vet the story goes that the cid man
is really a native OF Mexico, and that he
was stolen while an infant and carried to
the north by rsiding band of Shoshone
warriors. The long beard, contour of
features and general make up of the o d
fellow give plsusibility to the legend.
Whether the tale Of captivity be true or
false, our savage issn odd specimen oi
the American red man.
Year: 1878

The Hot Springs commissioners have
been instructed to return to Arkansas
and continue such work as can be done
without specific authority by congress.
There are nine hundred and fifty claim
ants for sites owned by the government
and improved by the complainants. The
commissioners, previous to the expiration
of their term of office, took the testimony
of two thousand seven hundred and fifty
witnesses, and have an immense amount
of written testimony. They Will cons
tinue to take testimony until congress
meets, but will of course not attempt to
adiudicate titles until after further
LEGISLATION by congress. The work to be
done is much greater than was at first
supposed, and Messrs. Cragin, Stearns
and Coburn expect 10 be employed for q
wear and a half longer before all the
claims are settled. There seems to be
GOOD reason for believing that the error
in enrolling the sundry civil bills, by
which the Hot Springs legislation was
ommitted, was a deliberate scheme to
defeat the legislation proposed. 1t seems
that there is a person named Russell
who has been at work for years on what
is known as the Rector" claim, by
which he would be benefited 10 the
amount of FIVE hundred thousand dollar
il he could establish it. His interes
lies in defeating all legislation for th'
sale of the Hot Springs property to tn
present occupants. His claim is, unde
the circumstances, a hopeless one, but
is believed that money has been used Il


prevent the enrolment of the Ho
Springs clause, which would put an en-


to the claim New York World.
Year: 1878

One of the most inconceivable things
Ia the nature of the brain is that the
organ of sensation should in itself be in
sensible. To cut the brain gives no
pain, yet in the brain alone resides the
power of feeling pain in any other part
of the body. If the nerve which leads
from it to the injured part be divided, 1t
becomes instantly unconscious of suffer-
ing. 1t is only by communication with
the brain that any kind OF sensation Is
produced, yet the organ itself is insen-
sible. But there is circumstances more
wonderful still. The brain itself may he
removed; may be cut away down the
corpus coIasum, without destroying life-
The animal lives and performs all Its


unctions which are necessary to simple
vitality but no longer has a mind Il
can not think or feel; it requires thai


the food should be pushed into the stom


ach; once there it is digested, and thu
animal will thrive and grow fat.
Year: 1878

D. 802, to denote that the emperors O.


Rome and Germany were united in him


AS it is among birds the king, and being
the emblem of noble nature from lts
strength of wing, and eye and courage
and also of conscious strength and innate
power, the eagle has been universally
preferred as the continental emblem o.
sovereignty. OF the different eagles Of
heraldry the black eagle is considered
the most noble, especially when blazoned
on a golden shield.
Year: 1878

bc Tn hare but two resulat classes during the COM
inc session. but should either Of these become too
larye and a division necessary the County suPerin-
,endent will take one of the Divisions All oil the ar
rausements for holding the Institute are complete
and its success Will depend upon the teachers ap-
probation of efforts in their behalf. we clam
that every teacher in the County can be oenent.e0
by attending, and We shall expect 70 enroll every
name that stands upon record as an applicant ior
n scbool and a teachers certificate. We are offen
told by woul,be Teachers that they cannot AFFORD TO
attend an Institute. Now, am not one of those who
believe or held that competent teachers cannot DC
found outside of the culture and training of Nor
NAL School but do claim that if teaching is pro-
fession and that If education is both science anu
an art every poor teacher-one so poor that he has
never expended dollar in learning how to teach-in


word too poor to qualify himself for the RESPONSE
bilties of teaeher-that such should never again
enter the sacred precincts of schooroom except as
a pupil. OF all the quackery that is imposed upon
the public believe that of quaek teaching to be the
most deplorable. One engaged in teaching, who
does not understand the mental and moral nature OF
the child, and who has no other knowledge of the
profession than that to be obtained in common
schools is only calculated to dwarf, instead Of ex-
pand the intellect of every pupil he processes to
teach One, to teach successfully, must know the
order of mental development, and be able to so
adapt his methods of imparting instruction as to
reach the understanding of every pupil In short he
must himself first learn the theory and art of teach
ing-a branch of education that is only taught by
professional teachers, in training schools for
teachers In view of this allmportant fact, We ask
every teacher in the County to be present during this
session of Institute, and to come prepared for
study. Work will be assigned you, which, if accom-
complshed, will elevate you in your profession and
as the horizon Of your attainment widens, and as you
obtain clearer and broader conceptions Of the respon
sibilities of your work. and its elements of power in
moulding not only the character of the individual,
but also the veal of nations, you will not be
content with your present limited and defective prep
aration but professional ambition will be aroused,
which will urge you onward and upward in the scale
of mental Improvement Come, then, prepared to do


duty that you to yourselves and the profession,
and in the performance of which there can not be
more sacred obligation. ID. ID. ROSE,


County Supt.
Year: 1878

The charge of drunkenness against public
men, as an electioncering argument, is getting
to be decidedly monotonous; and is made SO
promiscuously, and with such disregard for
truth, that it fails TO have wholesome effect,
when made justly: Temperance is virtue that
should be looked after, in the selection of pub
lie ofheersj but any attempt to make political
party temperance or religious organization,
will prove total failure. The charges Of drunk
enpess against Col. Phillips have been made 30
recklessly, that We are not sure but that they
have helped him. But in order to offset the
charge, some of his newspaper supporters are
making it just as reckiessly aginst his oppo-
nents. There is paper at Manhattan, called
the EHterprise, which is sometimes on the high
moral policy, sometimes on the reform, generally
on the sore-head, and always on the side oppos-
ed to the Nationalist. Because the Nationalist
charged Phillips with drunkenness, and express
ed a willingness to support Mr.. Leland, the En-
taprise makes this fling at Leland, of whom it
knows nothing, and which charge is untrue:


There are some newspapers who pretend to be very
strict temperance, and Violently abuse Congressman
Phillips because he is drinking man, yet these same
papers announce that they will eheerfully support
half the brains of PHILIPPE.


Prouty, Of the Junction City Union, having
given Judge Price complimentary notice, the
Smith County Pioneer, edited by one of the ubiq-
uitous jenkins family, abnses Prouty for sot,
and says of Price:


Price is old whskey sot and his abilities for guz
cling bad whskey second only one in the State
the author of the above paragraph. The people of
Kansas perfer man who is sober at least ouefourth
of his time, and such is not Nat. Price of Troy.


Even some who arc favorably disposed toward
Price, seem to have dread of the charges, as
witness the following:


The Chautauqua Netes says if Judge Nate Price has


doomed the blue it is for him for Attorney General


Judge Price is not man who advertises the
fact to the world when he turns over new leaf
but We think every one ought to have credit for
the good be does. Price has not put on the rib
bon, or any other sign to catch the public eye !;
but it Is only necessary to say that he is not
druken sot He does not drink intoxicating
liquors of anyokind, nor has he done so for
months. If these fellows are opposed to Price,
let them come out honestly, and not attack him
upon point on which he has exhibited more
manhood than they ever possessed.


And now comes an obscure paper in Southern
Kansas, charging that John A. Martin is sot.
Keep the ball a-rolling!
Year: 1878

A GAME THAT WILL GIG BACK.-Last week,
the Anthony organs made the sensational an.
nouncement, and it was telegraphed over the
country, that the Governor had discovered that
some of the Trustees of the Public Institutions
had been misappropriatng public funds to their
own use, unauthorized by law. The Governor
made bombastic demand upon the Trustees for
restitution of the money, and requested the At
torney General to examine into the matter, and
If necessary, bring suit for the recovery of the
money. Thereupon the Attorney Gen eral issued
his ukase, and between him and the Governor,
they raised q first-class tempest in a teapot
Be it borne in mind, that this discovery of cor
ruption by the ineorruptible and vigilant Gov
ernor was made upon the eve of electing dele
gates to the State Convention.


That is one side of the question; but there is
another side. The accused Trustees publish a
under his own proboscis. They say that they
did what their predecessors had done that Gov.
Anthony knew all the facts year and half
ago; that they asked his advice upon that very
point, and he and the Auditor advised them to
do just what they did; and that their action
was investigated by the Legislature, and not
condemned. They say the Governor expressed
his determination to impress 4nthony so indelli-
bly, upon the institutions of the State, that it
could not be eradicated in fifty years; and they
very plainly intimate that this hullabaloo has
been raised because they would not do the bid
ding of Anthony. The people of Kansas will be-
lievs this side of the story. In fact, the Com
monmealtk does not hesitate to acknowledge that
Anthony has opened his batteries upon these
men because they saw fit to oppose his re-eloc-
tion.


This affair is but another characteristic dis
play of the disposition of the man who happens
to be Governor of the State. He would blast
the character of every man in the State, if nec-
essary to compass the ends of his ambition. His
reign will soon be over. Let him and his super
serviceable Attorney General be put together in
their little bed.
Year: 1878

q Sidney Clarke has announced himself as
candidate for the Republican nomination for
Congress, in the Second District, and is making
vigorous canvass. He spreads it on too thick
ly in the platform he lays down; but he would
make as good q member as the District could
possibly find
Year: 1878

u Mysterious are the ways of Providence.
On the Pan Handle Railroad, last week. a freight
train was wrecked by the breaking down of q
bridge. The engineer was mashed to a jelly,
the fireman was killed, and all the cars were
smashed except one. On the trucks of that one,
two tramps were stealing ride; the car was
turned upside down, and the tramps escaped un-
hurt
Year: 1878

II Col ID. NJ. Johnston, of Troy, Kansas, is ia
voraby spoken of by his brethren in several portions
of the State the Democratic candidate for Lieu
enant-Governor There is more chance of the light
ming striking him, of his being borne up into the
clouds in chariot of fire. than there is of Demo
crat being elected to of the State offices in Kan
sas, but at the time it gives pleasure to re-


fleet upon the many good qualities possessed by him,
has always been consistent, will give him credit
for that for although the worst kind of Democrat
he has always been one, and for many years has
ed his old Democratic banner almost alone in Kan
sas, like the boy who stood ON the burning deck,
whence all but him had hed.-S. Joe Herald.
Year: 1878

R-A controversy is in progress over the letter
in the Commonwealth, said to have been written
by p P. Elder. The Commonrealh one day said
he wrote it, and another day said he didn't Two
or three personal friends of Elders at Ottawa
try to explain that Elder didn't write it, but
Elder doesn't say word. We suspect that Elder
got lis foot into it, aud that it is hard task to
get it ont.
Year: 1878

a Sam. Hardy reported us correctly to the
editor of the Bulletin, as to our action on the
Governorship, two years ago. That's exactly
the way wo did, and no witness is necessary in
that case. By the way, how did you vote for
County Surveyor, in 1871 For Waters or Will
sonf
Year: 1878

Large numbers of white laboring
men are moving South, where they
are offered homes on reasonable
terms. These honest toilers will
find warm hearted friends in the
Southern States, if they come here
to make an honest living at any
honorable occupation; but if they
are coming here To control and
shape the political affairs of the
South, they will find themselves liv-
ing in the wrong country. The
South has had its share of dead
beats, and now asks for honest men
to make their homes in her goodly
land. There are millions of acres
of land in the West that ought to
be in cultivation, but the system of
land holding is such as to drive the
poor out of the West. The South
has many uncultiyated fields now
inviting labor, which is hurrying
there to take advantage of the open
ing. The South is now at peace,
prosperous and happy, and we shall
be surprised if she does not soon
regain her old-time glory. Soldiers
of the North will find true friends
in the South, if they cannot lind
employment in the Norht.
Year: 1878

Hard times remain with the peo-
pie, while the few money-lords call
for resumption, and continue to de


mand unreasonable interest on their
money. The financial policy of the
Government does not meet the
wants of the people, and should at
once undergo radical change. The
people must have money enough to
do the business of the country, or
great suffering must follow the pros


tration of business. Thousands of
honest, hard working people of this
country are now living ON less than
half rations, and how they will be
able to pass through the winter is a
question almost too serious to be
asked. If the Government is in any
way at fault in this matter, it should
at once undo what 1T has done
wrong, and do speedily what may be
demanded to put all thugs right,
and thus call harmony out of confu-
sion. The greenback dollar was
good enough to pay the soldiers
with-so thought the money-lords
during the war-and it is good
enough to pay these men of ease
with. Give us more money! EX.