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Year: 1878

Tradition in agriculture is one Of
the greatest hindrances in the way of
rural progress. This applies with
special force to stock breeding and
feeding. The same is essentially true
in the department of vegetable eoono-
my, where pedigree I'm seed raising is
quite as important as pedigree In
stock breeding.
Year: 1878

The wages of one hundred thousand
women who work for their daily
bread In New York City, supporting
themselves and I'm many cases sup
porting their families. average only
So so a week.
Year: 1878

Lightning struck one of the needles
with which young woman was
knitting at Montreal the other day, ,
knocking 1t out of her hand. but do
ing her no other damage than to
thoroughly frighten her.
Year: 1878

EREEu ANY PERSON WHO WILL U make and forward me a list Of the names Of reliable persons Of their ac- Quaintance who wish to procure an inStru- ment, either Piano or Organ, l vii! use my best endeavors to sell them one, and for every Piano l succeed In selling to their list within one year, I will credit them with Slb. and for every Organ S5, To be applied on payment Of either Plano or Organ; and when it amounts co sum sufficient to pay for any instrument, seiec- ted at the lowest wholesale price, will immediately ship the instrument, free, or after any amount is credited the balance may be paid me in cash and l will then ship them the instrument. They need not be known in the matter, and will be doing their friends real service, as l shall make special offers to them, selling a superior instrument for from One-half to two-thirds what is ordinarily asked by agents. Please send me a list at once, and afler you have made inquiry, you can add to it. Address,

 DANIEL F. BEATTY.

 Washington, N. J.
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing our stock. of old goods, and are
now left with line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade. Our store,
which is th most commodious In the city
or State, occupying three floors, and with
enterprise back of it our intention is this
season to Quito all former Efforts to make
the Boston One Price Clo'hiDg House the
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furnish
ing Goods. With the confidence of th pub
lie that FIVE YEARS SQUARE DEAL
ING has not impaired, and our established
system of Cash and One Price to all, we
feel assumed the present season will prove
successful one. Visit our store and look
at our immense stock OF Ready Mace
Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Child
rem.
Year: 1878

Tweed has taken an appeal to the Arch
Judge of Mankind, where we trust his good
qualities, and he had mary, will plead in
extenuation Of his wrong doing. The Boss
was no worse than any of his confrsres, but
he had to suffer for all. His death in a
prison cell, away from wife and children is
a lesson pregnant with meaning.
Year: 1878

We are not of those who consider
that all the foul details of the Beecher


Tilton case are opened by the comics


sion of Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. The
original oifense is lost in the crimes
that have been wrought TO conceal it


Unchastity is not now the only great
fact, but the black and appalling per
juries, hypocrisies, lies, deliberate cal


umnies, slaughtered friendships, vio-


lated condolences, scattered families


and broken hearts, that formed the


frame work upon which the conceal


ments Of ii were hung. If Mrs. Til
ton'sprcsentc confession be true, Beccher
Is STEPPED in perjury, hypocrisy and


blasphemy bis original frailty is iar
less abominable than his subsequent
deliberate and artfully contrived decep.
tions. The confession of the grief.
stricken woman does not therefore only
open up the old questions again Beech.
er is now on trial also for perjury.


Each Of the parties has made contra
dictory statements. Beecher confessed
his guilt to Mouton and to Tilton, and
subsequently denied it, Elizabeth
made confession at first, then solemn
affidavit contradicting that confession,
and now rcasserts her first confession.
Which is true? The inducements TO
cover up crime are plain enough ;
but what inducements can there be to
make o false confession. 1t is said
that Mrs. Tilton's mind is diseased by
reason Of her sufferings. If this be so,
does ii make her confession the less
credible. Let il be remembered that
this woman has always declared her.
self to be religious it was her religion
that brought her into acquaintance
with Beecher il was her admiration
for him and his influence over her
which first subjected her 10 temptation.
She hes never ceased to be o member
Of Plymouth Church in good standing.
Upon the hypothesis that her present
confession is true, her whole history is
consistent. That she has suffered un-
bearable remorse, that her conscience
constantly urged her 10 confess her sin,
and drove her nearly'mad is easy TO
believe That she should desire relief
from the weight of a hideous lie and
that she should long TO reveal her guilt
to the world and throw herself upon
the mercy of God, is an impulse that
has led to by far the greater part Of the
confessions that have been made. Ii is
no reply TO this to say that she has
made underoath confictingstatements.
For 1t was the making Of those false
statements, the tisshe of ialsehood In
which she lived immeshed, that wore
the hfe out of the grave. No woman
who will think of how much II must
have cost this wretched being TO con.
fcss her crime can doubt its sincerity.
By It's light all that was dark on the
trial becomes clear as day. Bcecher's
own letters and statements the fact
that his astutc lawyers did not dare TO
placc Elizabeth on the stand where
she would have been subject to cross
examination the career of the emitual
friend y; the conduct OF Tilton, these
and q hundred other mysteries arc all
cleared up by accepting as true the
confession wrung by remorsc IRON this
unhappy woman Baltimore Gazette.
Year: 1878

Judging from the amount of la
Dor dispatched the last few weeks,
our farmers have certainly chosen a
Scriptural maxim, "By the sweat OF
thy brow we shall eat bread"


Our young friend R E. Aymett
is bestowing unremitting labor upon
his study of medicine. We have
great hopes of his success, as he is
very assiduous AMI well qualified
for his calling.


We have day school in session
at this place under the supervision
of our most worthy and efficient
friend, H. C. Worley. He is a man
of merit and one whom the people
should patronize.


Prof. McFarlin instructed a class
in vocal music at this place some
time since. He acquitted himself
with much credit, and is to return
in the summer for a second school.


The Sabbath school convenes
punctually at 81 o'clock, regardless
of foul weather. Here the old and
young meet with their faithful su-
perintendent, Mr.. James Harwell,
to pay their grateful homage to
God for ali kindnesses during the
past week.


Wheat is not looking altogether
as well as it ought, considering the
favorable winter. DR.. A. ought to
90 round and dose it. BLANNIE.
Year: 1878

There are a great many things
lost that are found again, and a
great many others that are never
found. There are regulations lost
which cannot be regained; there are
friendships and joys lost; there are
thoughts and talents lost which are
never found. Every man has at
some time lost something which he
would give the world, if it were his,
to recover. 1t may have been but
a single pearl from the thread of
friendship, but it was precious to
him, and life is sad and dark with
out it. The smallest things are
oftentimes the dearest to the
heart of man, as for instance, lit
tie wife, a little heir, little fortune,
little home. What wonder, then,
that when they are lost, he would
give everything he had for their re-
CONVrN,
Year: 1878

My dear boys, you make 8 great
mistake in supposing that the time
on the corner. trying to- smoke n
cigar, is not wasted. Think, or try
to think, how much time and money
you are wasting, and for what. The
qualification afforded by the lounge
or the corner or the cigar is not
ouly temporary, but positively hurt
ful. You cannot indulge in them
without seriously injuring your
selves. You will acquire Idle and
wasteiul habits which will cling to
you with each succeeding year.
You may in after life shake them
off, but the probabilities are that
the habits thus formed in early life
will remain With you to your dying
day. Be warned, then, in time, and
resolve that, as the hour spent in
idleness is gone forever, you will
improve each passing one, and
thereby fit yourself for usefulness
and happiness-which can never
come while you waste each hour as
it flies.
Year: 1878

OF the acts Of cowardice, the
meanest is that which leads one TO
abandon a good cause because it is
weak, and join bad cause because
it is strong. The smitten deer Is
said TO be avoided by the herd; It
is the instinct of the brute: but in
the higher law which reigns In the
breast OF mankind and womankind,
YOU never saw the smitten son
abandoned by the mother. ! have.
in the great questions Of the day,
educational and religious, in Scot
land and Ireland, cast my lot with
the minority, which in due season
become the majority; when / lett
my cause IL was because IL had
waxed strong. and did not need my
poor aid. We have TO see 70 II
that, in the struggle OF life, we stand
by right, not by might being sure
that in the end the right shall have
the might.
Year: 1878

There is no place for idle men


In such u world as this is,
For who o single talent hides


The ten-fold increase misses;
With busy hand and active brain,
Our strength we are renewing,
And if aught worthy we'd achieve


We must be up and doing.
We waitln vain for fortunes purse
To fill our lap with treasure,
And lose our interest on the notes


We sacrifice TO pleasure.
In misery and poverty


Our folly wen be rueing.
So while the golden moments last,


We d best be up and doing
A holiday once in while


Adds strength unto endeavor,
But who would prize jubilee


That lasted on forever!
So if we have our work TO do
And who can do WI hout iti
We never viii accomplish much
Unless we set about 1t.
There is no room for idle men,


In this great hive of labor,
W mere each duty owes himself,
a duty owes his neightOr;
Beneath your feet. within your hearts
The soil must have renewIn5,
SO from your lethaTgy awake,


To-day be up and doing.
Old age is coming on apace,


How swift the hours are flying,
And soon beneath The churchyard stone
At rest you will be lying.
Live while } ou live; each noble aim
Attentively Pursuingl
For ifyou would to honor rise


You must be up and doing.
Year: 1878

The mere lapse of years is not
life. To eat, and drink, and sleep,
to be exposed TO darkness and light,
to pace around in the mill of habit,
and turn thought into an implement
of trade-this is not life. In all
this but a poor consciousness OF
humanity is awakened, and the
sanctities still slumber which make
il worth while 10 be. knowledge,
love, truth, beauty, goodness, faith
alone can give vitality TO the me
chanism of existence The laugh
that vibrates through the heart, the
tears that freshen the dry wastes
within, the music that brings child
hood back, the prayer that calls the
future near, are the true nourish-
ment of our natural being.
Year: 1878

Reader, don't despair. AS Old
Abe Lincoln used to say, "keep
pegging away" There's plenty of
lite in the old land yet. The dark
est hour OF the night comes just be-
fore daylight-the brightest mora
ings succeed the most stormy
nights. Cheer up. Your daddies
passed through a good deal harder
times than the present You have
been looking upon the dark side of
the picture long enough-lOOk on
the bright side awhile, and thank
God that we are as well off as we
are. Fussing and tuning won't
make the times any better. Good
times will be along one of these
days when you are not looking for
them.
Year: 1878

1t is so easy to say, Never give
up the ship" II is 50 easy to hold
your head up and step firmly, TO
laugh cheerily, TO have a pleasant
word for erybody. when safely
hedged in from sorrow and poverty
by the love of friends and a bottom
less purse. When sickness passes
by to knock at some other door,
when home is the one sweet safe
corner in all the world, when there
are those who would suffer that you
might go fIee-ah then IL is easy
to feel as If nothing could ever
make you quite discouraged. This
is a beautiful. world, and there are
lots OF good things in it. Yes,
many a son and daughter, a few
wives and mothers, and about the
same proportion Of husbands aud
fathers, do live more in the shine
than IN the shadow of life. But
there are so many, SO many more,
who have to buckle on their armor
and spend their best hearts blood
in the daily life. Such bitter trials
as men and women do live throughl
Who can doubt that heaven sends
them fortitude? 1t cannot be OF
earth. Such strains OF heart and
brain as hearts and brains do still
bear up under. Is it any wonder
that weary hands sometimes fall
despondingly, and weary heads bow
discouraged2 Oh! We, whose paths
are in the pleasant placosl whose
faith was never tried by heavens
seeming disregard of your prayers
and tears! who never knew the lack
of tender home love and protection,
exult in your happiness, and thank
Providence. But while you drink
from your cup of life such honey
sweet draughts, give thought now
and then to those whose daily por-
tions SAVIOR so strongly Of worm
wood, and remember that a kindly
word and a helping hand, which
cost so little, may make lighter tho
burdens of some one now almost
discouraged
Year: 1878

Washington Correspondence st. Louis Post.


At State dinners and other cere.
monious occasions here there is the
strictest observance of the rules of
official etiquette as regards the or
der of precedence. The Secretary
of State and his wife rank next the
President and his wife when the
Vice President is unmarried As
Vice President Wheeler is a wild
over, the two ladies of highest rank
among the guests at the dinner Ia
bic on the 10Th were the wife of the
Secretary of State and the wife OF
the senior Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court; so these two
ladies sat on either side the Presi
dent, the most honorable positions
at table for ladies. The two gen
tlemen of highest rank were the
Vice President and Secretary Ev
arts; so the former sat on Mrs.
Hayes right and the latter on her
left. She went to the table with
the former.


To avoid confusion a small en-
velope is handed every gentleman
when he enters the cloak room be
fore dinner on these occasions. In
this are two cards. One has dia
gram of the table, with his own
name and that of the lady he will
face at dinner written opposite
the numbers at the seats they are
to occupy. On the other card is
the name of the lady he is to escort.


There is always a little excite
ment about opening these envelopes
of the same description as the tre-
NOR of expectation which seizes
one on opening a prize package.
And well there may be, for three
hours is the usual duration of a
White House State dinner, and to
be bored for three hours is no joke,
and the little envelope contains the
solution of the problem each man
has anxiously asked himself on his
way 10 the scene of the feast: "Am
1 to have an agreeable partner or
not?'
Year: 1878

Madge came home from school
one day in great tribulation for she
had got to write a composition.


I'm sure l can never do it," she
said III tone of dispair, while rela
ting her trouble to mamma. "Min
ME Seam on's is going to write
about Temperance, and Bell White
about Spring, and May Bennett
about Perseverance, and Jennie
Hartwell about EducatIo,n but /
don know single thing to write.


1T seems very strange to me
that a little girl who has lived ten
wears in this world and isn't deaf,
dumb, or blind, shouldn't know u
single thing" replied mamma.


"0h, L know lots of common
things, OF course, but nothing that ;
dt to write composition about"


well, my dear, some of the
most interesting books I've ever
read were about very common
things indeed. There's one re-
member that l used to read wheu l
went to school and studied French.
IL was all about a little plant which
grew up through crevlce in the
pavement OF a prison yard, and was
watched and tended by poor pris
oner until he came to love it almost
as dearly as though it had been a
little child. A good plan is to
choose something that you see ev
cry dag and try what you can say
about il"


Madge walked thoughtfully out
into the yard, and two or three hours
after came to mamma with this
composition which she asked her
to read and see if it would do.


CHICKoNS.


Chickens are very yousefnl crea
lures they can lay eggs and people
can get the eggs and sell them and
get money and there is another way
they can be youseful the chickons
Geash is very good ro eat people
can kill chickons and eat them the
chickons are born in a very won
derful way hen lays an egg and
the egg must keep warm several
weeks and at last the chickin groes
in the egg and keeps eating the egg
till 1t gets so large that it brakes
the egg and comes out and the
chickun groes to be large hen or
a ruster if it is hen it lays eggs
and matches chickins if it is a rus
ter it sits on the fence and crows.


MADGE MORTON.


Mamma thought ii would do very
well, but said that Madge must
copy it carefully, and correct all Of
the misspelled words before giving
it to the teacher. The little girl
made rather a wry face at that, but
when mamma promised to show her
about the punctuation points and
capitals she went bravely 10 work,
and when finished concluded that
writing compositions was not such
a dreadful thing after all.
Year: 1878

The pencil marks you see around thIs
paragraph lthus) mean that your sub
scriPtion is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested 70 pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere 20 a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and Irenew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


t8- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1878

Women don't care n cent for poll
tics, and it is right they shouldn't.
Providence didn't make any mis-
take when it decreed that a woman
should worry more over the set OF
her back hair than a Senatorial can
didate should over his chances.
Year: 1878

Ifthe occasional visitor from abroad doe
not believe that a fine quality of durabl,
chairs can be made at the Military Prison al
Fort Leavenworth; in an incredibly shor1
space of time, few minutes walk through
the shops under the guidance of Col A p
Blunt,.the efficient governor Of the prison
Will be proof absolute and convincing. No
one who has te n through the establishment
has yet failed to express surprise at the
amount OF work done, not only Ia the chair
factory, but the shoe shops, the saddle depart
ment and in fact every class of work used ia
the staple Trade.
Year: 1878

The grounds about the Court House are be-
ing generally looked after, and will be
cleaned up and put in order for spring wealth
er. These grounds are the most important in
the city to be kept in order, and should be
properly cared for. Future years will make
known the result ofthe judgement ofthose in
charge of them.
Year: 1878

A YOUNG gentleman who a few nights
ago went TO South Leavenworth with hack
to convey q lady friend TO The Opera House,
and had to get passing driver of grocery
wagon to pull his hack out of the mud has
been interviewed and says that he is willing
TO pay all charges to the driver for the loss
of time
Year: 1878

OUR DADS DOLLAR.
The House Passes the Silver Bill
With the Amendments of


the Senate.
And il Now Goes to the President
for His Approval or Veto.
The Bland Silver Bill Men Accept
the Situation, in Lieu of Moth


ing Better.
Year: 1878

1t is net generally known, even in cul-
tlvated circles, that the amount of arabic
soil In America is greater than in Europe,
ASIA and Africa put together, and can
therefore sustain more lives. This is no
rash conclusion. l speak from a scien-
tiic basis; and 1 will show Won what
that basis is: Our continent is narrow.
and therefore the winds of the ocean
water it well. The mountain chains on
the east side of the American continent
are low; on the east side of the old
world, are high. From this it results
that the trade winds, laden with the
wetness of the sea, are attracted to our
land. The breadth of the old world and
its high eastern ranges cause the rainless
interiors of Asia and Africa. Again
America is the land of fertile plains; the
old world of scorched plains. Our plains
run north and south, and so attract and
receive the rains. America is high under
the equator, the old world is wide;
hence, with US small surface is exposed
to the scorching sun. The result is that
the productive soil in the old world is
100000 square miles, and in the new,
100000. Thus bursts upon as all in
the hight of scientific truth, the fact that
America can sustain greater population
than the old world and if she can, it is
unQuestionable that some dav she will.
Year: 1878

There appears to be many different
ways of understanding the true meaning
of newspaper patronage, as it is called,
and as an interested party, we give place
to disquisition of the subject by one
who knows whereof he speaks. It viii
serve, perhaps as a mirror where certain
persons can see themselves as others see
them.


Many long and weary years have
forced the conviction upon US that news
paper patronage is word Of many def
nluons, and that a great majority Of
mankind are either ignorant of the cor
rect definition or are dishonest in q
strict biblical sense of the word. News.
paper patronage is composed of as unanv
colors as a rainbow, and is as ehangeabie
as a chameleon.


One man comes in and subseribes for
paper and pays for it in advance, and
goes home and reads it with the proud
satisfaction that it is his. He hands in
his advertisement, asks the price, pays
for it, and goes to his place Of business
and reaps the adYantagement thereof
Another says, "yOu may put my name
on your books" and goes of without say
ing word about pay. Time passes on,
and you want money, and want him to
pay you what is honestly due you. He
Hies into passion, perhaps pays, per
haps not, and orders his paper stopped.
This is called newspaper patronage.


Another man lives near you-he does
not take the paper-he don't like the
editOr-the paper is too small for him
yet he goes regularly to his neighbcr's
and reads it, and quarrels with the opin-
ions Of the editor. Occasionally he sees
an article he likes, he begs, or gives half
a dime for the number This is called
newspaper patronage.


Another man likes the paper and
takes copy for his family, and paws for
it, and does all he can to get new sub
scribers: he never grumbles, but ALWAYS
has q cheerful word for the editor. If
any little item of interest occurs in the
neighborhood he informs the editor.
This is newspaper patronage.


Another man has patent and wants
you to give it tWo-dOllar notice every
week: it will be of interest to your
readers he says; but although knowing
it will benefit him most of all, he does
not offer to pay for it. This is called
newspaper patronage.


Another man has taken the paper for
several years, but has not paid for it, and
comes in with a four or five dollar adj
vertisement and asks you to insert it for
nothing, because he is an old patron Of
yours. This is called newspaper patron
age.


Another mana young man about
towns" no use of taking a paper; he
knows all there is going on. By and by
he gets married, and hands in a notice
with Gust give me dozen copies" He
gets them, and when you mention pay
looks surprised-"You surely don't charge
for such a thingP And this is called
newspaper patronage.


Now isn't newspaper patronage a curl
GUS thing?


And in that great day when the gen.
tleman in black gets his dues, as he
surely win, how many of the patrons
enumerated above will fall to his shareP
Now it will be seen that while certain
kinds Of patronage are the very life and
existence of newspaper, there are
other kinds of patronage that are more
destructive than theideadly night-shade.