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Year: 1877

The great success of the late commo.
dore Vanderbilt in steamboating and
railroading, whereby he amassed larger
fortune than any other private person
during a lifetime, has naturally awakened
strong desire to learn the secret of his
uniform and most surprising achieve
ments. The commodore himself, when
questioned upon the subject during the
latter years of his life, gave various ex.
plantations of it. To one young man,
who was about entering upon the career
of Wall street broker, and who sought
his counsel, he said: "Sonny, don't never
sell what you haven't got, which was an
excellent piece of advice for stock
broking adventurer, Notwithstanding its
defective grammar. TO another he said
"Sam, don't never put it into any mans
power to ruin you" And this might be
put into letters Of gold over the desk of
every one who takes financial risks,
whether in Wall street or elsewhere, and
it would be an excellent maxim also for
a politician. To another aspirant for for.
tune, who had asked his advice, he said
"Don't never buy what you can't pay
for"


These were three admirable maxim'
for business, and he probably acted
through his long and successful career il
strict conformity with them. He never
speculated, nor made any rash ventures
But his favorte maxim, the one upor
which he set the highest value and most
seriously inculcated upon those who
were on the most intimate terms with
him, was a condensation of one among
the wisest proverbs of Solomon: In al
labor there is profit, but the talk of the
lips tendcth to penury." The commo
dore probably had never read this COLDER
provcrb, and he can hardly be said tc
have paraphrased it in putting it into
this hOmely advice: "Keep your mouth
shut" This was what he said to his
young grandson, upon whom he based
his hopes OF founding dynasty, only a
few days before his own was closed for.
ever He had been giving the young
man some words of serious advice, and
he ended by saying, "But above all
keep your mouth shut" He used tC
say that he owed most of what was called
his good fortune to the practice of keep
ing to himself what he meant to do unit
he had done it. And this has been the
habit of all great men who have done
anything during their lives to excite The
wonder of their fellow-beings.
Year: 1877

purposes. The valley is of volcanic origin,


One of the extinct craters is about a
half mile in diameter, and one hundred
and fifty feet deep. Tho middle of the
crater is a beautiful little LIKE, emerald
in its hue. The water is reported TO be
as salt as the sea, and contains two or
three kinds of fish, The natives say the
lake is unlathomable, and that it is fed
from the sea. Glancing at the valley as
whole, IL is most admirably fitted for
the purpose to which it is allotted, The
climate is genial, and if at times warm
in summer, the nights are deliciously
cool. In all the Hawaiian islands there
Is not another location 30 perfect for a
leper settlement as this.


HOW THE LEPzRs LAVE AND FIN D AMUsE-


MENT.


The denizens of the leper settlement
manage to enjoy themselves in many
ways They have their balls and par
ties, at which they trip the light fantas-
tic toe, both in native and European
style. There are two hundred and sew
enty-seven houses in the valley, mostly
built by the government, for their COM
fort. There are two Roman Catholic
chapels, and one Catholic church; also
two school houses, where the young are
educated. Many of the lepers who are
able to work have taro patches, where
they plant taro, and thus secure a supply
of fresh poi, delicacy dear to the ma
tive palate. They nearly all own horses
which they at times drive at furious
rate. The average Konoka, no matter
where you find him, is sure to ride his
horse to death some day or another, and
the women in this respect are the same RS
the men. But this is one OF their great
enjoyments, and they will indulge in it
even amongst the lepers. When not
horseback riding, planting taro or other
wise engaged the lepers do little legit.
innate loatng around "the country
store" where they barter and trade OF
keep inquiring for letters whenever {
vessel touches at Kalaupapa, the only
landing at the settlement. No vessels
are permitted to touch there except or
special business with the lepers. When
ever vessel touches it Is a kind of holi
day for all the natives who are able to ride
down to the landing, When foreigners
arrive the natives are sure to reap gooC
harvest, because, though they charge
nothing for the use of their horses, it is
the custom to pay the owners whatever
you see fit for this kindness. Some o;
the natives manage to accumulate a
little money by trading and speculation
Year: 1877

The Black Killers are warmly advocating
the establishing of new Territory with the
Black Hills as its centre. They want to take
for the Territory about $4,000 square miles
from Dakota and Il, 900 each from Montana
and Wyoming, making Territory about one
third the size of the present Territory of
Dakota. 1t is not improbable that the
scheme may be carried into effect when the
population of the Black Hills region becomes
quadrupled, but its immediate prospects are
not very brilliant. The decayed politicians
who 60 to the Black Hills in the hope of bet
tering their political fortunes will have to
wait some time for the realization of their
dreams,
Year: 1877

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
ell cases Indispensable necessarily for publication
but as guaranty CT good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1877

Some sensation has been caused in church
circles of st. Louis by the formal withdrawal
OF the Walnut street Presbyterian congrega-
branch of the Presbyterian church, and join
ing the Northern branch, "the Presbyterian
Church in the United States," as the latter
is called. There is additional significance to
this movement in the fact that of the nine
elders eight are pronounced Southern men,
as well as DIR. Brooks, the pastor, who pre-
diets that the time will soon come, if God had
not given this country over to madness, when
all the Presbyterian churches of the South
would follow the example of his and return
to the old fold
Year: 1877

IUhcbnaH Enquirer.


Information received here Indirectly from
the Rothschilds, but undoubtedly with their
sanction, places that firm in the position of
opponents to our four per cent loan and all
our credit If Judge Hiton's insult to Joseph
Seligman means an entering wedge to the
social prescription Of Jews in America It Is
evident from these statements and hints that
the Rothschilds are angrily excited about the
matter, and ready If this Is intended as even
a social menace from the American people. to
stand aloof from any further connection with
American financial transactions national.
municipal or corporate.


The Jews here say that they are bound to
prosecute tho Saratoga matter under the
civil rights bill. on account of the misappre-
tensions and injury to our business interests
that might result If tho Jewish capitalists of
Europe should get wrong impressions about
IT itdccp-scated enough to cause lasting prcju-
dice
Year: 1877

Secretary Sherman denounced the act of
Judge Hilton in severe terms The general
Christians. that Judge Hilton is running his
motel upon n personally sentimental rather
than II business basis. and that he does not
express the sentiment of the American people
or the theory Of our government in his action.
and our officials advise his prosecution to the
fullest extent of the civil rights law.
Year: 1877

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
put as a guaranty of good faith.


we cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

Almost all the great poets, orators,
and statesmen of all time have been
witty. When wit is combined with
sense and information, when it ls sOf-
tened by benevolence and restrained
by strong principles, when it is in the
hands of man who is witty, who loves
honor, justice, decency, good nature,
morality and religion ten thousand
times better than wit, wit is then a
beautiful and delightful part of our
nature. There is no more interesting
spectacle than to see the effects of wit
upon the different characters of men,
than to observe it expanding caution,
relaxing dignity, unfreezing cOldness


teaching age and care and pain to
smile extOrting reluctant CLEANS of
pain from melancholy, and charming
even the pangs of grief. 1t is pleasant
to observe how it penetrates through
the cOldness and awkwardness of 30
ciety, gradually bringing men nearer
together, and, like the combined force
of oil and wine, giving man glad
heart and a shining countenance, Cen
inc and innocent wit, like this. is sure
ly the flavor of the mind! Man could
direct his ways by PLAN reason, and
support his ways by tasteless food; but
God has given us wit, and flavor, and
brightness, and perfumes to enliven
the days of mans pilgrimage and to
"charh his panied steps over the burn
ing marble.n
Year: 1877

eyes full of black files, is much like
what its ancestors were In the days of
the Pharaohs. In the older quarters of
the town the scenes are much the same,
only that there is not so much room for
observing them; for the streets are sell
dom wider than Paternoster Row, and
the traveller who stops to look around
him is roughly jostled by Hlnbad the
porter, with his heavy bale of carpets,
or the uncle of Aladdin, with his bas-
ket of copper lamps, or the water-carri-
er, clinking his brazen cups, with an
immense skin slung around his STOPPING
shoulders.
Year: 1877

If you are gaining little by little,
every day, be content, Are your eXpen-
ses less than your income, so that,
though it be little, you are yet constant
ly acCumulating and grow richer and
richer every day? Be content; so far
as concerns money, you are doing we'll.


Are you gaining knowledge every
day? Though it be little by little, the
aggregate of the accumulation, where
no day is permitted to pass without ad-
ding something to the stock, will be sur
prising to yourself.


Solomon did not become the wisest
man i'm the world in a minute. Little
by little-never emitting to learn some
thing, even for a single day--always
reading, always studying little be-
tween the time Of rising up in the NOR
ming and lying down at night; this is
the way to accumulate full stOrehOuse
of knowledge Finally, are you daily
improving in character? Be not dis
couraged because II Is little by little.
The best men fall far short of what they
themselves would wish to be. II is
something, 1t is much, If you keep
good resolutions better to-day than you
did yesterday, better this week than
you did last, better this year than you
did last year. Strive to be perfect, but
do not become downheartened so long
as you are approaching nearer and
nearer to the high standard at which
you aim,


Little by little fortunes are accumu-
lated; little by little, knowledge Is
gained; little by little, character and
reputation are achieved.
Year: 1877

The indications of treatment for
nervousness are fourfold. First, we
must remove the cause, we must restore
tone to the heart, improve the condition
of the blood, and brace up the nervous
system; and to these we might add the
treatment of occasional symptoms. All
injurious habitss whatever they are
must be given up, late hours, intemper-
ance in eating, drinking or smoking,
etc. That itself is a good start on the
road to cure: for, believe me, reader,
Nature is very kind. The diet should
be regulated as to time, quantity and
quality. The food ought to be nourish-
ing, and not too sloppy. Soups as a
rule ought to be avoided so long as
solid food can be taken. And remem-
Der never to Overeat. Its a thousand
times better to rise from the table feel
ing that you could eat little more.
Many a man has lived-to ninety simply
from following this rule alone. Bread
should be stale, and the food not over
heating. Refreshing sleep ought to be
secured by exercise. A cold bath
should be taken every morning, and let
early to bed and early to rise" be your
motto. Exercise must on no account
be neglected, and it ought to be exercise
with some degree of interest and ex-
element about it. If young man or
young lady either, there is nothing
better than general course OF athletics.
1t relieves the mind, gives tone to the
nerves, and braces and invigorates the
whole system. Try it. Breakfast early
and dine about two, letting the supper
be two hours before going to bed. Avoid
tea. Change it for good coffee made
with half milk. Never be induced to
take sleeping draught. Above all,
keep up good heart, and cherish resO-
luton. need hardly add that change
of air, cheerful society, and sea-bathing
are great remedial agents in cases Of
nervousness.
Year: 1877

I'd rather walk through shower with thee,
Than with another when the air
Is soft with summer, and as fair
The heavens above us as a sea
OF dim, unfAthOmed sapphire, where,
Slow drifting on liquid sky,
The white-sailed ships Of God float by
Sweeter in storm to be with thee,
Dark waters round us, and the roar
OF breakers on an unseen shore
Resounding louder on the lee,-
Than with another, sailing DER
A ripping lake, where angry gale
May never rend the silken sail.


--Scribner'S Monthly.
Year: 1877

We must remember that there are
many people who, although lacking
originality, yet wish to say something
striking, and thus the most whimsical
things of all sorts are produced.


A good name Is properly that reputa-
tion of virtue that every man may chal-
lenge as his right and due in the opin
ions of others until he has made forfeit
of it by the viciousness Of his actions.


A bad breath-The breath of calumny,
Year: 1877

future. In the recommendations of the board fully concur. l am, however, welded to no particular plan upon the question of hnance, and am quite willing to listen to any suggestion, from whatever source, that may promise relief from our endorsements and protection to the taxpayers of the country; and you may rely upon my cordial cooperation in all measures tending to this end.

 FREE SCHOOLS.

 intelligence and virtue being the guards of liberty and the bulwark of free governments" it is made the constitutional duty of the state government to maintain Q system of free schools; and that duty should be performed to the utmost of our ability. l shall give my hearty and earnest sup port to all measures tending to advance the interests of these schools. All legitimate means should be employed to render them the boast and ornament of the State. The money raised for their maintenance should be sa credly applied to that purpose, and no extravaganza or waste in it's expenditure should be toler- ated. While giving to the inter- ests of the common school system the closest attention, those of the Industrial University of the State, and it's Normal Branch at Pine Bluff, and the institutes for the education of Deaf, Mutes, and the Blind, should not be neglected. They should each receive, in hh- eral measure, the fostering care and encouragement of the gov ernment. 1t is the establishment and support of institutions like these that forms, perhaps, not less pointedly than any one other mark the characteristic of an en- frightened and philanthroplc com munitv. It should be our pride, as it is our duty, to maintain them in such state of efficiency as will best promote the objects of the former and afford to tue unfortunates, for whose benefit the latter are designed, every ad- vantage of education which may go to compensate them for their cruel dcprivations, and to render them, instead of burden, intelli- gent and useful members of soci- ety.
Year: 1877

den or dazzling. but founded upon free government, upon the steady exertions of her citizens, and per haps I may add of the wisdom that is born of diversity-upon which she has recently entered, point to her as destined, in the near future, to occupy an excep- tionally high position among the commonwealths of the union. It is for us to see to it that by wise legislation for the development of her resources-by encouragement of immigration-by fostering the cause of public education, upon the success of which depends the prosperity of our institutions, and even their very existence -- by the protection of labor, with out unjust discrimination against capital--by economy and wise administration,.we may do our part toward advancing the State to the place for which she is so eminentIy fitted by nature.

 A native of the State, having no past or future elsewhere, indept. ed to her people for all that l have been and am at present, no man is under stronger obligations than myself to labor for her well being. Others conld have been found with more ability to serve in the position to which l have been called, but none more devot- ed in his heart to the welfare and prosperity of her people. My highest ambition will be so to serve the State as to contribute in some degree, greater or less, to her moral, social, intellectual and material growth and advance ment, and to receive at the close of my administration the approv

 al of all the good people of the State. W. R. MILLER.
Year: 1877

In conclusion, gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representa- tives, permit me to express the hope that your labors may result in the substantial advancement of all the material interests of the State, ane of the well-heing of the whole people. Let it be remem bered that it is not in the number or bulk of the laws that are fram framed, that there is afforded the greatest security to life, liberty and property, but in the perspicuity and simplicity of those laws, and in the certainty of execution. Called directly from the people, familiar with their wants. and directed by an exalted patriotism which rises above party lines, and ove-looks the narrow domain of mere parti san politics, let us look forward to such legislation as shall mark a new era in the onward career of our State, occupying, though she already does, a very enviable pc sition. Let it ever be borne in mind that 'the safety of the peo- pie is in the supreme law of the land;" that to attain such safety and maintain their true interests, you are to lcgislate for no locality, corporation, sect, party, or color, but for the entire body of the community. We cannot close our eyes nor can we look with in difference upon the momentous events which to day are shaking the country from center to cir conference, and testing, as in a crucible. the integrity and stabil- ity of our institutions. 1 trust, indeed, as l most earnestly desire, that the difficulties which envi- ron us may speedily be settled upon just and equitable basis. Toward this great end. it is for us to see that the proud reputa- tion which Arkansas has won for public peace, tranquility, and a due observance of the laws, shall continue to be maintained. Let us cot, by wore or deed, in any manner eNntribute to the difficult

 ''es and compi,~s.,ons of the day,

 but let us ae.all times o ,ronor

 ed to follow the path of duty, diligently to pursue the means best adapted to promote the true and lasting interests of our country.

 l need scarcely again remind you of our financial embarrass- ments, of the necessity of preserv- ing our credit, of the imperative demand for economyof administra- tion, or yet of the danger growing out of a frugahty so rig id as to become parsimony--a false frugality always dangerous to the State as to the individual. Public interests there are involv

 ing the highest welfare of the State, in the protection of which a prudent expenditure of money becomes the truest economy.

 The production of wealth by judi. cious expenditure, indeed, is the test of wise legislation on tue part of the State, just as it is the test of financial ability on that of the citizen.

 With peace aud stability restor- ed to the country by the cquita- ble settlement of the great ques. tions now agitating the public mind, there IS bright outlook for Arkansas. Her great natural advantages, aud the career of substantial prosperity-not sud.
Year: 1877

Gentlemen of the Senate and

 House of Representatives:

 It IS with feeling of profound distrust of my ability, properly to discharge the duties of the high position to which l have been called, that 1 appear before you today to take the oath of office. Under circumstances the most favorable, that position is one of very great responsibility, and re- quiring for the adequate perform ance of its functions no ordinary degree of executive capacity.

 Under the circumstances now surrounding the country in the unsettled and even threatening condition of our national politics, the responsibility is doubly great. It is therefore with no feigned diffidence that l undertake the grave task imposed upon me b. tue sutirages of the people. l do so, trusting not to myself, but relying for the wisdom which should guide the affairs of state upon a benignant Providence, and for aid and advice upon the mem- bers of this general assembly, and upon all good men in the com wealth, can only pledge my self to this-that I shall not shrink from the performance of any duty devolving upon me as the chief executive officer of the :. State, and tha. with whatever of earnesrness and zeal there may be in my nature, 1 will labor, in season and out of season, for her piosPStist'

 After the recent able and com prehensive message of my prede- cessor, I deem it unnecessary, if not improper, to call your atten- ton, in detail, to the subjects of legislation which will present themselves to you at the present session. l shall centent myself with referring to few of the more important of these topics, and indicating, in a general man. ner, such views as l may enter tain in relation to them. Should l have occasion to communicate further with you upon any sub ject, l shall do so in a special message.
Year: 1877

We learn from the Nebraska City
Ne,rs that J. Sterling Morton had 6
hog die lately. and upon being cut
open the stomach vas found full CT
worms. Shortly preceding death the
hog was taken wish a violent cough
ing, and it is supposed that this was
produced by the WORMS crawling INTO
the throat OF the animal II was found
upon trial, that charcoal saturated
with coal oil. fed 10 the other hogs
who were troubled with the same dis
ease, produced immediate relief and
that the animals devoured this nedi-
cine most eagerly. This coughing
disease has troubled agrest many hogs
u this vicinity and we would advise
or farmers TO give this remedy tEia,
before they sustain any more losses.
Year: 1877

Prof Aughey recently delivered
lecture IN Eiobrara " hen refer
ring to the soil Of Nebraska he said !:


"The soil Of Nebraska has been G
matter OF q great deal Of Interest.
Chemical analysis shows that this soil
IS equal to any In the world. Since I
became acquainted with the quality OF
this soil, never lost confidence IL
this state, Notwithstanding the raw
ages o. ggasshoppeIs- We have here
natural resources sufficient to support
a denser population than is now found
in any state Of the union"