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Year: 1878

An ESGAGrNG MANSER.-Po oliteness
is to a man what beauty is to a woman.
1t creates an instantaneous impression in
his behalf, while the opposite quality ex-
ercses as quick prejudice against him
The politician who has this advantage
easily distances all his rival candidates,
for every voter ho>speaks with instantly
becomes his friend. Polished manners
have often made scoundrels successful,
while the best of men, by their hardness
and coldness, have done themselves in
calculablo injury-the shell being so rough
that the world could not believe there
WAS II precious kerne! within it. Had
Raleigh never flung down his coat in the
mud for the proud Elizabeth to walk on,
his career would scarcely have been
worth recording. Scores of men have
been successful in life by pleasing man
ncrs alone. A pleasing trait of character
is well worth cultivating lads. Never
forget the value Of true civlity.
Year: 1878

THE people of New York are Mortified
by the publication of the fact that fully
three-quarters of the population of the
city, live in tenement houses, great num-
ber OF which are too much crowded for


the refnements of decency and the pre-
servation of health. Thus within but a
century Of our national life, we have fall
en- into the errors which have caused SO
mucn misery and sin in Europe. In


France, under the late Napoleon, this
overcrowding OF the cities and partial
abandonment of the country were looked
upon by every one as one of the most evil
signs of the age. Paris and Lyons and
Marseillcs grew, while whole villages
were th:nned, and few, in Bases Pyra-
necs, for instance, almost entirely strip
red of their entire population. 1t is far
better for health and happiness TO 60 West
and work upon farm than to submit TO
want OF elbow room in the sums Of New
York. Under such conditions it is not
surprising that crime is rapidly increas-
ing in the great commercial metropolis.
Year: 1878

THE Hartford Times says: Eels often
attack the shad in the nets, after the
shad have been caught in the river. They
enter the shad ut the gill openings, and
suck out the spawn and entrails, leaving
the fish perfectly clean. Fsherme say
that the shad thus attacked are the best,
for the eels will not enter any but the
finest and fattest FISH. Eels also follow
up the shad, all the way up the river, and
devour the spawn. Were it not for these
natural destroyers, the shad would in
crease to an amazing extent.
Year: 1878

A MACHINE that will knit stockings in
one piece at the rate Of one a minute is
the invention OF n Swede, of Rockland, Ill.
Twelve machines can be operated by one
boy, whose wages-S4,50 per week
make the cost of knitting one cent for
sixty stockings.
Year: 1878

WHEN the princess Helen was born it
was told the Princess Royal that she had
got young sister. "Oh, that is delight
full" cried tho innocent royalist, "do let
me go and tell mamma!r
Year: 1878

A NUMBER of Chicago merchants
sent word to the City of Mexico that
they would visit there in October, and
the good citizens propose holding an
indignation meeting to see what they
can do about it. They are afraid Of
being Chicagoized. gf
Year: 1878

CHINESE laborers are leaving the
Pacific coast for Panama. By this
move not only is the number Of Celes-
tials in the Golden State cut down but
there will soon be just that many less
Cinnamon in existence.
Year: 1878

A Constantinople dispatch says that
in consequence Of the commencement
of the evacuation of Shumla, Russians
announce the probable departure from
Turkey Of a portion Of their troops in
six weeks, and that the remainder will
retire into eastern Roumelia.
Year: 1878

The Jacksonport Herald publish es the following compliment to this deserving corporation: "The St. Louis, Iron Noun and Southern rail- way, under it's present management, is all that could be desired in pub lie thoroughfare. The trains are rarely behind schedule time; the officers and employees of the road are polite, trusty and attentive to the business of the road, as well as to those who patronize it. During the whole time the road has been under the present management, we cannot call to mind serious accident to any passenger train on the road. This is saying great deal for new road, which, in some portions of this state, especially, is built through a swamp, where q fewyears ago it was scarcely thought possible that any road could be built We beg to commend the officers and employees of the road to the confidence of the trayellng public"
Year: 1878

To fhe Toters of Pope County

 I take this method Of announcing myself to you as a candidate for the office of County Clerk, subject to the action of . convention should one be held. If elected shall endeayor to do my duty. Respectfully,
Year: 1878

In nil southern localities, our southern
farmers and planters should keep as
large flocks OF sheep as possible. for the
following reasons:


l. They are very profitable both for
wool and mutton.


>. They speedily enrich the land over
which they range.


Q. Their number increases with great
rapidity when properly cared for and
protected, and they will thus make the
owner rich in few years.


8. A German agriculturalist has cal
culated that the droppings from one
thousand sheep during q single night,
would manure an acre of ground sniff
cient for any crop. By using cheap
portable fences, and moving the same
from place to place. farmer may ma
nure his out Lying fields with sheep, at
a less cost than the hauling and spread>
ing of the ordinary manure.


4. A great deal of the most valuable
manure may also be made by a cheap
and easy system of night-folding on
well.littered yards and in sheds, which
should always be erected on the range
to protect the flock against sudden and
severe changes in the weather.
Year: 1878

Husbands, love your wives. Nothing
brighters true woman's life like love.
She will do anything, suffer anything,
for the sake of husband who truly and
tenderly loves her, and whose heart is
one with hers. When such love ends,
widowhood begins: The woman who
has husband who is not wholly hers.
mourns the loss of her companion, and
endures the presence of mummy
But where coningal fidelity and affec-
tion exist; poverty, privation and toll,
are welcomed gladly for the JOY of love.
But this love must be more than mere
work; it must be in heart, in life. in
truth. 1t must endure as we'll ns de-
mand. 1t mast be self-denying as well
as self desiring. Love beareth all
things and never faileth.


And when, in her weakness, wear-
ness, and sorrow, o woman can feel that
she does receive from her husband such
a self-denying love as this, when his
strength bears with her weakness, and
patience with her petulance, and when
his calm courage soothes her frights
and fears. what gratitude swells up
within her heart.


Woman seeks in husband truth,
and nobleness, and nprightness. She
loves manliness and spotless purity.
And if a man will show his manhood in
HE daily life, he will find blessing in
his heart and in his home such as
tongue cannot describe.


Wives need love. Their hearts yearn
for it as much rs in the days of girl
good, when life itself was love. They
often pass their womanhood in anxious
cares and wearing labors. In the an
gush of maternity they enter upon
new spheres of existance, whose only
life is love. Whether woman's course
is to be sadness or joy. sunshine or
gloom depends upon love. All her
cares are borne with patience if love
sweetens her bitter cnp. A long, hard
weary day of toll is amply paid for with
a smile; ole tender loving clasp makes
her forget whole lifetime of care and
conflict, and bless the day she found n
husband with heart so true and hand
so strong. An unexpected favor touch
es her to the soul. A gift in secret,
an appreciating word, pitying, sooth>
ing glance, kindly. sunny smile, a
little self denial to afford her pleasure
or spare her pain, all these are as snn-
beams of gladness to the heart of the
true and toiling wife.


Her husband and her children ar:
her treasurers. She lives if they stand
fast. She is proud of their honor and
Joyous in their prosperity. And every
token of their care and love for her in
sickness or in health is laid up as n
che,ished m mory, a kindness which
she cannot forget, and which she Is
only too happy to repay.


Ha-C.sntio, iv<<. y=s.s- -siveo. u harsh
word from you is worse than poisoned
arrow from an outside foe. Your sneer
turns life to bane and blackness, while
Your smile alone brings sunshine to her
soul. One selfish meanness in you, one
contemplate thing robs you of your
crown and honor, and leaves her to be-
wall her loss.
Year: 1878

Our young girls do not understand
the witchery of bright eyes and rosy
lips. but set off their beauty by all the
artificial means which lie in their pow
er. never rejecting by so doing they
destroy their principal charm-that OF
Innocence. The rounded cheeks, the
bright eyes. the waving hair of girl
in her teens need only the simplest set
ting. Rich fabrics and snmptuous
adjoining are more for the patron, her
dress gaining in ample bold and grace
full sweeps she puts on the dignity OF
wears. The seasons teach us something
here, if we go to nature for an object
lesson. How different her charm from
the deep, maturing summer. when the
hues are decided, and the air is loaded
with perfume from thousand censers.
The school girl is only on the threshold
of summer. She has not crossed it yet.
Let hor copy the sweet grace Of the
spring on her graduation day, ard dis
card arsifcialty .foI nsture.
Year: 1878

II one raises soiling crops, he 10
much more independent of the seasons.
and can feel sure of keeping his stock
well all the time, whether there comes
a season of drought or not. Partial
soiling will enable one to increase his
stock, if, in his Judgment, the condi-
ton of the markets appears favorable to
such increase. Soiling helps to make
farm grow rich, while pasturing tends
to improvement.


We would overstock the pasture in
the spring, and secure NIL the feed that
should be spared, and then, when the
dry weather of midsummer comes on, aa
it does nearly every year, we would take
the cattle to the stables and feed them
there with green crops, till pasture is
fit to turn into again. 1t is poor plan
to let cattle run in pasture 30 poor
and short that they will be forced to
work all day for living. For soiling,
the most valuable crop to cultivate is
sweet corn, grown especially for feed>
ing through July, August and Septem
Der. We have raised the largest varie-
ties, but are not certain but medium
sized corn wonld be quite as sati:facto-
ry.


Oats, spring rye and barley may be
sown for early feeding, before corn be-
comes sufficiently grown, and they may
each be sown in the summer for late
feeding. after the frost has killed
the corn. We have sown nearly two
bushels of corn per acre, but some suc>
cessful farmers believe that half the
quantity would produce crop of equal
value. If sown too quickly the lower
parts of the stocks are bare of leaves.
and the whole is qnite apt to be blown
down by heavy winds.


Winter rye is one of the most useful
soiling crops. as it comes so early in the
spring and grows between the seasous
for other crops, thus requiring no chars
ges for land or time, but you cannot
have that every year.
Year: 1878

The emigration Of farmers from lndi-
ana, Illinois and Iowa to Texas and
Mississippi, is much greater than most
people have an idea of. The colony
plan seems to prevail. In some places
there are regular emigration associa-
tions, and even "district committees. .
What the effect will be on the future OF
the South cannot be foreseen, but II
must necessarily have an influence on
shaping the future. Even Louisiana Is
making bid for share OF this human
wealth.


Schemes for national aid to make our
great American deserts fertile are abun'
dant, but while we have so many mill
ions of good land uncultivated, and
millions more half cultivated we can
afford to let these barren spots take care
of themselves. 1t is well enough to
know what can be done with the ground
but while we have so much else to do
with our money we can afford to let the
future take care of itself.
Year: 1878

Guns should always be carried at the
half cock, as then neither the blow or
the trigger nor pull on the trigger
will bring the foi mer into action. There
ia no necessity whatever for gun to be
otherwise than at the half cock, unless
game is Immediately in front; and.
furthur, it may not be ont of place to
add, that it is dangerous when shoot
ing in company, for the gun to be
swuly roull in taking aim with the
finger on the trigger. The eye should
follow the line of fight, and the gun be
raised at the proper moment. Accidents
from guns bursting are rare, bnt caution
is very necessary in getting over fences
to see that no earth gets lodged in the
muzzlc, or in winter time that the latter
does not get blocked up by snow drop.
ping from bushes or otherwise. These
obstacles, although they may be easily
removed. are quite sufficient, if they re
man, 10 burst the strongest barrels
when the piece is fired. This is caused
by the wonderful velocity of the ex-
pandins gasses. This expansion, which
is said to be about the rate of seven
thousand feet per second. is the same
in all directions, and the least check
at the mnzzle of the gun causes such a
sudden increased pressure on its sides
that the latter are unable to resist its
effects. and are burst open. No one is
more cautious or scrupulously careful
in the use of his gun than an old sports
man, and no one more readily than he
detects and condemns carelessness in
the manipulation of their guns in 9TH
ers.
Year: 1878

crashes Of power. and yet intermingled
all the while with an undersong of
sweetesHcsdence. His forehead glow.
ed like furnace. his countenance was
haggard like that of maniac; and ever
and anon he flung his bony arms on as
if gasping after thunderbolt.


He drew a picture of murder in ap-
palling colors. that in comparison. hell
itself might have looked beautiful; he
painted the slanderer so black that the
sun seemed dark at MONDAY when shin
ing on such monster. And then, fix
ing both portraits on the shrinking
Hopkins, fastened them there forever.
The agitation of the audience almost
amounted to madness.


All at once the speaker descended
from his height His voice walled out to
the murdered dead. and living the
beautiful Mary, more beautiful every
moment as her tears flowed faster and
fastspS till men wept and sobbed like
children.


He closed by strong exhortation to
the Jury, and through them to the by
ISLANDERS; the panel, after they should
bring verdict for the plaintiff not to
offer violence to the defendent, however
richly he might deserve it-in other
words not to lynch the william, but to
leave his punishment to God. This
was the most artful trick of all, and was
calculated to insure vengeance. \


The iuryfendered verdict of fifty
Thousand dollars, and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out of his bed
by the lynchers and beaten almost to
death. As the court adjourned, the
stranger said.


John Taylor will preach here at
early candlefsht.


He did preach, and the house was
crowded. / have listened to Clay,
Webster and Beecher, bnt never heard
anything in the form of sublime words
even opproximatsag to the eloquence of
John Taylor, massive as mountain
and wildly rushing as cataract OF fire.
1
Year: 1878

THERE used be- man-gone West
now. poor fellow-in the United Safes
railway mail service, ran east OF st.
Louis, whose eyes we're SO crooked that
he could carom with them. He could
hold postal card at out at arms length
before him, read the address with one
eve and look around the end and read
the message on the other side with the
other, and watch man trying to climn
in At the car door behind him, all ~
the same time. He left the servIce
because he always had to go to the
door on the other side Of the car 10 see
tho station.
Year: 1878

TEE business man of 1888, who, when
every other man and every other woman
and child In the whole country was rejoic.
Ing over Independence just gaiued, went
through the streets crying for pay tor his
beef, set at example that other men follow
even to this day. In the rising into promi
men ,eof the financial question every thought
full and patriotic person has rejoiced, and
has had reason to rejoice, because whatever
financial condition might become, we had q
prospect Of getting rid Of dangerous sec
tionslism in our politics. Financial difficult
ties can be only temporary in country like
this. Senator Conkling is the first promi-
nent man to introduce the subject into the
campaign, and he does 1t with an astenta-
tion and a bitterness not excelled by any OF
those who have lived upon such agitation
for the last dozen years. He will, II he
lives until the November election, look upon
the people Of New York as they vote upon
other questions altogether, and ask himself
why he was silly enough to drag in an un-
patriotic subject which was dying and which
ought to die. 3. s.a,. .s..s .-s.s. ,-.,i


In this connection It Is interesting to
know that General Merritt, lately appoint
cd Collector Of the port Of New York, who
has been here, says that the Greenback
movement has made astonishing progress
In that State. He might have added that
other influences were at work tn impair the
strength Of the Republican party at the
polls, for that such Is the fact is knowntto
all who keep we'll informed of affairs.
Year: 1878

MINORS RUNNING TO F1REsA is dis
graceful exhibition to see minors running
to fires. Ifthere is no law to prevent it
an ordinance ought to framed upon the
subject, and the police directed to arrest
every minor caught running to. or at fire.
Every fireman should be empowered to
take into custody. boys who would do SO.
Year: 1878

L. With the subsistence of the yellow fevef
10 the South the contributions are taking
the form Of provisions In place of money,
and extraordinary exertions are being made
to supply the necessity, however great it


may be, which Is sure to continue until busi-
ness Is re-established in the stricken dis
friciS.
Year: 1878

Mr.. George G. Ward is q candidate for
Assessor in the Northern District. He is
every way qualified, and We hope the Demo
Gratis Of the District will turn out and elect
him. He has been always active and anti
ring in bis party labors, and deserves to Be
remembered by the party.
Year: 1878

spectable sources that there are no terrors for the wicked in the world to come.

 1 Let him who will reject the articles of faith in hls own heart-it is his right; but let him not admit his children or those of others into the secret of his doubts. Hold the chil, dren aloof from skepticism until their minds are instructed and their consciences formed, and they are 1 prepared, by observation, reflection and experience, to judge rationally Give the children the advantage ol careful training, good education and wholesome example, and when they come to be men ard women they will i determine for themselves, and none but themselves will be responsible for the character of the judgment arrived at. There is no danger of blindness on the part of those who are left free to the exercise of in structed reason. Whatever is ration al will be entertained, and all ab- surdity will be rejected.

 Safely landed across the gull streams of evi. that flood the paths of youth, there is little danger there after; and that the child's prayer and like softening influences, unite in affording safe passage over them none will deny If reference be had to the comparative conditions of the communities enjoying these advan- tages and those destitute of them With every appreciation, therefore of the offices of reason and argument as expounders of the truth, and with all respect for the opinions of the well,informed who differ with us touhcing their entrance upon an anal ysis of the subject of religion, we must exclaim against the missions of self-appointed reformers in that field, believing that the soundest in struction which is to be imparted therein will be derived from the ultimate experiences of society, and not from the superior wisdom of per sonal conceptions.

 Without any connection with the 1 Church, we still acknowledge the in debtedness of the world for it's bene factions. Born and reared among it's pious associations, we would have our children instructed in the same lessons taught as we were tC repeat the little prayer, upon lying down to sleep, and to refrain at al tunes from all impurity. We cannot summon before our eyes more mel ancholy sight than to sec the dis solving and retirement of little ones untaught of God-unused to have their tender hearts turned into thaLkfulness, trust and repose by soft accents of a mothers prayer And we will let no man assail the sanctity of the nursery altars, or ad vocate the abandonment of Sab bath schools and churches, without eur solemn protest.
Year: 1878

Lonoke Democrat "From the sen for proprietor, who has just returned from St. Charles, Arkansas county, we give the following facts of hor- rible deed committed near Dewitt, by man named Thomas. It seems that Thomas had in his employ a neighhor's son, and had treated him so cruelty that the youngster thought that he would visit his father and tell nim of the inhuman treatment he had received at the hands of his em- ployer, and thereby secure his re lease from the hands of the tyrant, who had suspicioned his departure home with no intention of returning, jumped on his horse, overlook the boy and carried him back to the home of his own, and there beat and whip ped him so unmercifully that he died at night of the same day, and was buried before any one was appraised of-the murder that had been so qui- etly but speedily committed before the gaze of no one exceptthe murder

 CTS family. But there being some mystery conneeted with the young hireling' very sudden demise, the suspicion of the community was soon aroused. the dead boy was raised from his newly made grave, and to the discredit of old Arkansas county, before the large and exaspe- rated crowd, the physicians with the
Year: 1878

ty to such an extent that they do as they please? This matter should be thoroughly investigated by Governor Miller, and if it be ascertained that the militia is necessary to keep the peace there, we say let them be or dered out without hesitation or fal- tering, and have done with the dilly- dallying in this matter of suppress ing crime and lawlessless. That is the only section of the State where peace and order and civil law does not prevail, and prompt, energetic, and stern measures should at once be applied to the correction of the disorders there. If it requires the militia to do it, there is no doubt but the good people will sustain the Governor in ordering them out.