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Year: 1878

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There is no greater fallacy than the opinion
of many, particularly the young and strong
and vigorous, that winter-especially sharp,
frosty one, with plenty of snow-is the most
healthy season of the year. Very few seem
to realize the fact that cold is the condition Of
death, and that in warm and cold climates it
is our unconscious effort to maintain our bodi-
ly heat at temperature of ninety-eight de-
grees, that wears US out. 10 thistemperature,
called "blood heat" every cubic inch of oxy.
gen that serves to vitalize our blood must be
raised by our own bodily heat, or life ceases.
Since in cold weather the maintenance of
sufficiently elevated bodily temperature very
often becomes difficulty too great for our
strength, the advent of severe winter is re-
ally more to be dreaded than visitation of a
pestilence. The saying, "Heat is life-cold
is DEATH" has striking illustration and con-
6rmation in the reports now regularly submit.
ted by DR.. Russell to the Glasgow Sanitary
Committee. The death rate rises and falls
with the regularity of the thermometer. So
many degrees less heat, so many more deaths,
and vice persa. In one Of his fortnightly re-
ports, DR.. Russell says: "The death rate in
the first week of the fortnight was twenty-one,
and in the second week twenty-five. The
mean temperature in the former week was 40.8
degrees Fahrenheit, in the latter 1915 degrees"
he attributes the low rate of the first week to
the high mean temperature of the preceding
fortnight, which was 4703 degrees, and adds:
"This is good illustration of law which
we frequently observe in these reports of tenn.
perature and death rates, that week of low
temperature produces rise in mortality the
week following" In our climate, it would
probably be difficult to find a more frequent
cause of serious ailments than taking cold.
Whatever weak place we have, whatever con-
stitutional disorder we be subject to, cold will
surely discover. We take cold because our
vitality is too low to ward of the effects Of
the reduced temperature around us. AS a
matter of first Importance, then, to resist cold
and the various arrangements Of the system
consequent, it is necessary by proper nutrition
to maintain our natural animal heat second,
to retain this heat by q sufficient quantity of
clothing; third, to regulate with care the tenn.
perature of the air we breathe. Contrary to
the opinion current among lovers Of cold
weather, fire in bedroom in the winter is
cheaper and better than doctors bill; for,
owing to our inactive condition during sleep,
the circulation of the vitslizing blood is both
slow and imperfect, and hence the danger of
taking cold by breathing cold air is greatly
increased. A cold is the beginning of every.
thing that is bad. If any one conscious of
having caught one, feels cold chills running
up the back, let him apply a mustard plaster
to Tho hofton, of tho orino ood lowor mart of
the back at once; and by so doing he may
avert dangerous illness before it is too late
and medical advice can be procured. 1t
should never be forgotten that "heat is life
cold is death-Scientifc american.
Year: 1878

Out in Iowa the young ladies aid
the yellow fever sufferers by selling
kisses at ten cents apiece. We eopine
that there has been enough wasted
around there to have brought in
revenue of sS6,3S1.2S, or in that inn
mediate neighborhood. The worst of
it is the waste continues,
Year: 1878

A man at Alphena, Michigan, wait
ed until all the summer tourists and
other standard liars had gone home,
and then turned in one day and
caught three tons Of fish. There is
nothing remarkable about that, if hO
could only hire somebody to believe
IL for him.
Year: 1878

Der Of servants madness, Z "a


To dream of'a bear fotetokens mis-
chief. no.
+ Qfn rs6io6nbla Y7'srF iai5
dreams Of y lilbettit is . sign That
her thoughts are running upon ~,
Colonel. -,


Todream that your nose is red al
the tip is an intimation that you had
better leave of brandy and water.


To dream of a milestone about your
neck is sign of what you may ex-
pect if you. marry an extravagant
wife.


If you dream of clothes it is a war;
ming not to go to law, for by the rule
of contraries, you will be sure of a
non.suit.


To dream of fire is a sign that if
you are wise you will see that the
lights are all out before you go to
bed.


1t is very lucky to dream that you
pay for thing twice over, since after
wards you will probably take care to
have all your bills receipted.


To dream that you have paid the
printer, is certain sign that you
are in arrears to him.


To dream that you have married q
very rich girl, is a reminder that you
will marry u kitchen girl.


To dream that You are poor is a
sign that some rich relative will re-
member you in his will.


To dream that You are soldier, is
a sign that you will never be found
in the ranks fighting for your coun-
try.


Ifa young lady dreams of cats, it
is sign that she will marry a man
whom she will have to support by
taking in washing.


For married man to dream that
he is in love with another woman, is
a sign that he is true to his wife.
Year: 1878

If women want to be intrusted with busi-
ness, they must show that they have busi-
ness capacity, that they are punctual, that
they are to be relied on, that their accounts
are accurate, that they are personally polite,
obliging, willing to do their best, and that
that best is complete. II is but too true
that many women do not yet see the value OF
possessing such qualifications as these, and
that, instead of training themselves, or get
ting themselves trained into such good hab-
its, they take their stand upon the fact of
their being women, and expect that the i'm
perfections which would be unpardoned in
men, and would get men turned out of sit
nations, will be condoned in them, and
that they will still be intrusted with work
for which their only qualification is that
they desire the emolument which springs
from holding the post.


Women who want to be allowed to do
work must show that the work is an object
perhaps the object-of their lives. Here
we hit upon a condition which often inter
feres with the success of the majority OF
women as workers. "Ladies," said an old
workman to friend of ours, "are so trans
itory." To do good work, as men do it, re-
quires early and thorough preparation; de
votion to whatever is in hand, not as mat
ter by the way, but as sustained and alb
sorbing interest and generally long years
of practice before success comes. There is
| no transformers in such work. 1t must
| be confessed that the vast majority of young
women who work do so in a "transitory


and perfunctory fashion. They never make
| themselves thorough, because dimly there is
in their minds the idea that the "profes
sion of matron is that TO which they will
by-and-by attain, and their talk about thor
ough work blossoms, therefore, into no fruit
of thoroughness in the way of deeds. The
elder women who want to work all desire
some immediate occupation, and have nc
time or money for preparation. They won
der why their work is not accepted like tha


of men; but they have not gone through


the preparation, and have not the trained


business faculty which men who do accept


able work have acquired. If women's worl


is to be really good, they must give them


selves to it; not as something to be takel


up and thrown down, but as something rea


and earnest.


Harriet Martineau's idea was that "womer


like men, can obtain whatever they shoN


themselves fit for" 1t is this showing @


fitness which we think at the present tim


stands in so much need of extra demonstri
, ton. Nodoubt, when women begin to worl


especially if it is kind not usually done b
them, the fact OF their being women


against them. Until very recently it wa


against their receiving the education nece
sary to them, except under circumstances {
very great difficulty; and even now thel
{ are trades and professions in which wome
: however willing, cannot receive instruction
! Again, there is certainly the notion thi
: women will work less well and steadi
{ than men, and it is this idea which wome
$ must disprove. But good work, when show
Q TO be good, will never be rejected-at lea
. will not be permanently rejected-becau
d it is done by women.
Year: 1878

Here are some ringing words from the adj
dress by DIR. Herrick johnson to the gradu-
ating class at Auburn Theological Seminary


"keep the faith. As Paul stood balanced
between two worlds, looking back to strug-
gle, and away TO rest, he could say from his
heart, Z" | have fought good fight, have
finished the course, have kept the faith"
Now these are not three different things in
the Apostles thought, but the same thing in
three different forms. Paul was emphasizing
his fidelity 10 the truth as Il is in Jesus. He
first expressed it under the general figure of
a contest of any kind. Then under the spe-
cifc figure of race. Then without figure.
1t is as if he had said, Il have kept the
faith, hare kept the faith, | HAVE KEPT THE
FAITH


$50 charge you, before God and the
Lord Jesus Christ, keep the faith, keep The
faith, KEEP THE FAITH. Know more of it,
Go deeper in it. And keep it. Never bate
one jot or title of its imperious claims.
Never swerve one hairs breadth from its
truthful representation. Ii you can't hold
it as Presbyterians hold it, pull down your
denominational colors and preach under
some other flag. BE too honest and courage
ous to 90 on speaking what you deem to be
Gods truth, under Haunting lie.


"But keep The faith. Hunger to know
more of it, Thirst to drink deeper of it,
Above all, get it inwrought in your life
Transfuse it into experience There are
blessed gateways to open before you yet
and into riches of God of which you have
not even dreamed.


"a dear classmate of mine in the sem
mary, writing to me only last week, copied
this out of his heart ! have learned a great
deal more of the sweetness of the doctrines
of grace than knew. My understanding
of the goodness of the Lord has been much
enlarged. Though my convictions of these
truths were strong, had not entered into
their blessedness in my own experience
Now find them rich and sweet beyond my
power of expression.


$50 will you, dear brethren, as the years
90 on, and you are found faithful. Goo
keeps those who keep his truth. God feed'
those who love his truth. And the truth
grows sweeter to the taste as it grows usec
to the lips and hearts. But the truth is fol
battle as well as for nourishment. Nothing
arms like the truth of God. 1t kept Pau
unblanched before wild beasts at EpheSas
and before the Neronan lion at Rome
Brethren, wild beasts doubtless want somt
of you. That roaring lion, the devil, will a
least mean harm to you, if you threaten t.
trouble him. You are thrust into no easy
time. Skepticism will confront and challeng'
you. The age is bent on material rathe
than spiritual gain, and problems and philos
ophies. One of you will at once stand fac'
to face with some of the worst features OF |
willy, repressive despotism. All of you vii
be beset with the rulers of darkness. Bu
you will quail in no presence and before NJ
opposition, if you keep the Jdih."
Year: 1878

leaping into wagon whose driver had vii
lainously disappeared, apd careering along
the road, while the president turned back
from his walk that his eyes might not alight
on so profane scene. Notwithstanding
some incidental ills, | do believe that it is Of
advantage to have young men of sixteen,
eighteen, or twenty, under some sort of over
sight when they are away from home. | am
convinced that professors and tutors, as a
rule, have kindly feeling toward the young
men with whom they come into constant
contact, and may, If they are made TO feel
their duty requires it, exercise happy moral
influence over them. | should deplore to
find instructors settled on the understanding
that they were simply to teach Latin or
Greek, mathematics or metaphysics, and
had no responsibility in regard to the forma-
tion of character and the kindling of spirit
ual aspiration. President McCosh.
Year: 1878

LITTLE KINDNEssEs.-Smau acts of kind
ness, how pleasant and desirable they do
make life Every dark object is made
light by them, and every tear of sorrow is
brushed away. When the heart is sad, and
dependency sits at the entrance of the
soul, a trihing kindness drives away despair,
and makes the path cheerful and pleasant.
Year: 1878

Sharp county was established
by the General Assembly OF
1868, and is bounded on the
north by the state of Missouri,
on the east by Randolph and
Lawrence counties, on the south
by Independence county, and
on the west by lizard and
Fulton counties. Its population
is about nine thousand. Since
the establishment of the county
all of the necessary public
buildings have been erected and
are paid for. The face Of the
country is generally undulating,
though diversified with rich al
luvial bottoms and flat uplands.
In many places the hills are
lofty enough to be called noun
tains. The arabic lands are sus-
ceptible of producing large
yields Of cotton, corn, wheat,
rye, hay, oats, potatoes, tobacco
and field crops generally, while
vegetables Of nearly every kind
may be produced to great per
fection, and all fruits adapted
to the climate attain the highest
degree of perfection under prop
er culture. That portion Of the
land which is thought to be un-
fit for cultivation, on account OF
the stones which lie principally
upon, its surface, produces, each
year, a l1Xuriant crop Of wild
grass upon which large numbers
Of cattle thrive and fatten dur
ing the summer months, and
which, in many places, could be
protitably saved as hay. On &C
count Of the splendid range the
barrens afford, and their adapt
ability to the production Of the
tame grasses, stock raising and
sheep husbandry could be pur-
sued very proftably, especially
so on the lands last mentioned,
a large portion of which can be
had under the I. S. Homestead
law for almost the asking.


While on this subject we may
add that we are informed by a
gentleman engaged to some ex-
tent in the wool business, that
the wool from our common grade
Of sheep brings almost as good
a price in the market as that
produced on lands costing fifty
dollars per acre and upwards,
and where the sheep must be
fed daily. 1t therefore seems
that North Arkansas offers in
ducements to the wool producer,
superior to any other country,


Sharp county is we'll timbered,
excepting in the barrens. Sur
rounding Evening Shade is a
large scope Of country covered
by yellow pine, which is cut by
the saw mills in the vicinity in
to excellent building lumber.


Health in this country is very
good indeed. We will venture
to say that no country in the en-
tire southwest surpasses it for
| healthfulness-the malarial and
bilious diseases SO prevalent in
a large scope of the west being
very rare here, except in a very
mild form in the densely wood
ed bottoms.


Scarcely a neighborhood in
the entire county is without it's
church house, which is generally
used by each denomination, and
a great interest is manifested in
the cause of education. More
schools are sustained in the
county at present than ever be-
fore, and some Of a high order.
Among these may be mentioned
the Evening Shade College, To-
Gated at the county seat, and the
Ash Flat Academy, twelve miles
north Of this place.


The county also abounds in
minerals includiuU iron lead
Year: 1878

favor Of God, which alone can bring
real prosperity.


Resotred, That we should regard it
as most fitting act if the president
of the United States should recon-
mend a day of public prayer in behalf
of the country.


1t would be great deal better if
these ministers would study the
questions Of government and finance
which underlie the prosperity of the
people and give sound advice to their
people thereon. instead of praying to
God to help them. It is recorded that
when the wagner of old found his
wagon stuck in the mud, he prayed to
the god Hercules to help him out. and
Hercules replied by telling him to
"put his own shoulder to the Wheel -
''God helps those who help them
selves" The calamities of this
country were not produced by God,
they are the work of knaves, who
have absorbed the products of the
peoples industry into their own
pockets by cunning laws. Th.
remedy is to suppress the knaves and
repeal their laws.
Year: 1878

1t is with great pleasure that we
announce the fact that H. P. Hall,
formerly editor of the st. Paul Ecen-
ing Dispatch, is about to issue a
morning daily Democratic paper in
st. Paul, the first number to appear
on the 18th inst. and to be known as
"The Daily Globe" Mr.. Hall is an
editor of uncommon energy and ability
and will make very lively, interest
ing paper. The best of it is, that the
Globe will oppose the abominable
financial heresies, invented by the Re-
publican party, and the bondholders.
and which the Pioneer Press had con-
vinced a great many Democrats were
part of the teaching of Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson. Upon this point
Mr.. Hall speaks with no uncertain
voice. He says in his prospectus;


The present paramount issue is
whether the few shall derOur the
manu-. Whether the business depres-
olOI WlllCil I1OW ldIlSS Inc d pdIl wv
the land, carving woe and desolation
everywhere, shall become more fear
full, or whether the burden shall be
lifted. On this, as upon JAIL other
questions, the GLOBE will be found
battling with no uncertain sound upon
the side Of the people. 1t will favor
the RECONCILIATION OF SILVER. and
the REPEAL OF THE RESUMPTION ACT,
as the least that can be done to make
amends for the secret crime by which
debts payable in coin were changed to
the gold standard alone. It will favor
any and all other measures calculated
to advance the business interests of
the country and tending to improve
the condition of the masses.


We heartily welcome this new en-
terprise and wish it abundant success.


Since writing the above the first
number of the Daily Globe has appear
ed. 1t is u very handsome sheet,
full Of reading matter; looking some
thing like the New York SIN.
Year: 1878

Times have grown so distressingly
bard in the East that the ministers
have taken to praying to God for
relief. We quote:


At the meeting of the Philadelphia
conference of the Baptist ministers
and the Methodist preachers meeting
in Philadelphia Monday extraordinary
action was taken concerning the
financial distress from which the
country is now suffering. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted.


WHEREAS. The country has. for
more than four years. been suffering
under commercial and industrial
depression, which has brought great
distress on all classes. and


WHEREAS. This prolonged calamity
is due largely to moral causes. (some
of which 20 back in our history.) to
seltishness. greed of gain, public and
private dishonesty. waste rccklessness
and in general toa disregard of the
rights of man and the laws of God:
therefore


Resolred. That it is most fitting
that we humble ourselves under the
hand of God in view of our sins, and
pray for His interposition in our
behalf.


Resoirsd. That We commend to all
our brethren to employ Thursday of
the week of prayer january IOl as a
season of special humiliation and
prayer before Almighty God for the
| forgiveness of our sins, for a revival
of personal and national righteousness
tor the bestowment Of the truest
J wisdom upon our rulers, and for the
Year: 1878

The Constitution of the State, Art.
XIV Sec provides for the submission
of amendments to the constitution of
the State to the vote Of the people,
for their approval or reflections; "and
if it shall appear says the Constitu-
ton ''in a manner to be provided by
law, that a majority of voters present
and roting shall have ratified such
alterations or amendments, the same
shall be valid, to all intents and pur-
poses, as a part of this Constitution"


Now when the canvassing Of the
amendments voted on last fall came up
for consideration on the 10th inst, in
the joint convention of both houses,
it was shown that over 100000 voters
were present and voted at the last
general election, while the amend
ments received altogether, of affirma-
tive and negative votes, but 58.17l
votes; of which about $4,000 were
cast in favor of the amendments,
which was about one third of the
whole number ''present and voting
and $1,000 less than majority T!
Time was asked to obtain the opinion
of the attorney general and Of the
eminent lawyers; and the question
was also raised that the Constitution
required that the several amendments
should be voted on "separately,'
whereas they were all voted together
on the same ticket. But partisan
Legislature, under the lead of bull
headed speaker who knows as much
about constitutional law as COW does
of Sanscrit, rushed the measure
through and refused to permit even
discussion. Thus a lot of stuff is
affixed to the constitution which does
not belong to it, and which will be
brushed aside if the matter is ever
presented to the Supreme Court.
Even the governor in his message
referred to the amendments as
''probdbiy" adopted, and that too after
the speaker had announced to the
world that they icere adopted!
Year: 1878

Make up your minds You must work, but
if you consider yourself fellow-nember,
don't work alone. Help your church, but
don't carry it you find meddlesome busy
bodies, give them plenty to do; they hate real
work as mosquito does smoke. Your main
business is to preach; but to do this you
must know your people and ascertain their
wants. Don't visit Just to please, but to
help on your work. Some families will need
six visits to another's one. 60 where you
can hurt the devil most. Be governed by
mems wants; not their complaints Preach
not as others do, but as you and God can
best arrange it. Fill your hearers with
sound reason, then cork them tight with
sound application, bind them tightly with a
Thus saith the Lord" BE sparing, if not
a little stingy, in using old sermons. Re
member when the stream of study stops
flowing the pulpit pond lowers. Give no
censures, unless there is love enough to pre-
vent their drowning in hatred. 1t requires
much love to praise, more to reprove. At
tack measures; "hit " people only when
they stand between you and the devil. You
must begin in time, and not be too long in
uttering what you have TO say-if you would
have this busy age stop and listen. If you
would preach the best sermons, practice
them faithfully beforehand. Eudeavor to be
the greatest man in the parish, and that by
being the servant of all, Be childish enough
to think you never can be left away from
Christ Run to show him all you have, and
ask him for all you want. Work when you
can, retire when you must, and you shal
have favor with God, when you will.-Con
QreQafiOnaiiSi.