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Year: 1878

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AT last the long suffering and patient
people Of Arkansas City have been rc-
warded. The steamboat that they have
SO many years prayed for has at last ar
rived, and is now quietly resting upon
the waters of the Walnut, Just east
of Arkansas City. A proud day for Ar.
kansas City was that one upon which
they heard the whistle Of the Little Rock
Steamer, and knew that their fond hopes
of one day being able to prove to the
world that Arkansas City was located
upon navigablc river had boon rcalz-
cd, and we rejoice with them. Tho whole
OF Cowloy county rejoices with Arkan-
sas City in her victory.


The steamer which now floats upon the
bosom of the Walnut is stern wheel
steamer of sixty tons burden, and is cal
led g Aunt Sally" She was formerly
used rs packet between Littlc Rock
and some OF the up-river towns. She
arrived at Arkansas City Just fourteen
days from time Of leaving Little Rock,
stopping two days at Fort Smith, and
only running during the day time, after
running above Fort Smith.


This trip is made in tho interests of
Touring mills at Little Rock, whose
agent has been in Arkansas City for
some days, buying wheat They intend
carrying down the river two thousand
bushels of wheat.


We understand that this boat was sent
up as an experiment, and, if successful,
to be followed by regular line of boats
to be put on the river at once and as the
captain of the " Aunt Sally reports a
plenty of water, and no trouble in com
ing up, there is no doubt but that the
river is navigable. Soon Arkansas City
and Cowley county can boast a regular
line Of Packets between Little Rock and
Arkansas City, which will open up a
new and profitable market for our sur
plus wheat and corn. The railroads will
then either have to run in to Winfield,
and cut down rates, or they will not get
to carry off Cowley's crops. With reg
ular line of boats, the merchants, too,
will be able to get ther freight in, much
cheaper, and in just as good Il condition
as now. The st. Louis or New Orleans
market will be opened to our people by
direct communications and the great quos-
ton Of where the farmers shall sell their
grain will settle itself. Let everybody
rejoice and be exceeding glad.
Year: 1878

The shutting down Of tho bankrupt
mills at Fall River, Mass has cuased
great suffering Some notion of how
much can be gathered by seeing the crowds
which throng the room of the clerk of
the poor, and listening to the sad story
Of their troubles. This afternoon one
applicant was young woman, thinly at
tired, but nothing in in her appearance
which indicated that she was the victim OF
any degraded habits, while at her breast
she carried puny infant four months old
She had indeed lean and hungry look,
and as she told her story she sobbed aud
wept as if her heart would break Hei
child was famishing Her inability to
obtain food prevented her from giving te
it the nourishmcnt which nature provides
for its support. Many applicants, whose
circumstances were Tess painful, could
not refrain from sheoding tears Of sym.
pathetic grief for another, in the presence
Of whose greater sorrow they appeared
for the moment to forget their own
Fall River Letter to the Providence
journal.
Year: 1878

The liver is the imperial organ of the
whole human system, as it controls the
life, health and happiness of man. When
it is disturbed in it's proper action, all
kinds of ailments are the natural result
The digestion of food, tho movements of
the heart and blood, the action of the
brain and nervous system, are all imme
diately connected with the workings of
the liver. 1t has been successfully prov
cd that Green's August Flower is une-
qualled in curing all persons afflicted with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and all
the numerous symptoms that result from
an unhealthy condition of the Liver and
Stomach Sample bottles to try, 10 cent.
Positively sold in all on the Western
Continent. Three doses will prove that
it is just what you want, Ward Il Ogden
agents. tt
Year: 1878

At meeting of the Stockholders of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Association, OF
Crawford County, the Directors were instrue-
ted to offer the following premiums, with the
understanding that others would be added
later in the season. The days of exhibition
will bcannouneed at future day;
Year: 1878

ss5' Solicitor Raynor of the treasury
department rules that money in the pos
session of the state of Virginia at the
time of the collapse Of the rebellion can
not be recovered to the United States as
a part of the treasure of the defunct con
federate States.


EI- The arrow of death is the only
key which unlocks the door of Para
disc,


EF A well informed correspondent of
the New York Sun says Of the guberna
torial contest in Massachusetts If Gen
Butler runs be will be elected. The fruit
is ripe. He has only to stretch out his
baud and pluck il,
Year: 1878

Indians soon missed Us and started to
hunt u. We saw them and heard them
talking and from what they said We sup.
posed they saw US. We then got down
behind some brush and in back Of the
ditch and made our way the best We
could up to the china claim, and there
We halted. It was then three o'clock
10 the morning. I was vet through
from wadiug the creek, my husband
said ! fell down several times 10 max Ing
my escape. / had to lie down with my
vet clothes on. So soon a. We could my
husband took two ohinameu and We al
crossed the river aud told s,me French.
men living there what the Indians had
done. They then went over to our
place and stayed there. In the morn.
ing the men wanted to hang the In.
dams, but my husband would have moth.
ing to do in hanging them. He said he
thought the persons who gave them the
whiskey were as bad As the Indians.
We sent word to the agent At Lapwai of
the outrage, but he paid no attention to
the matter. Our door and windows
we're broken and our porch and yard
we're strewed with rocks they had
thrown at the house. There was nm In
dian killed, but who killed him, know
not. He was shot with 4 pistol ball,
and neither my husband nor myself had
any pistol or pistol balls. He must have
been killed by the other Indians through
mistake or else he shot himself 10 the
drunken row. When I went to the
door l heard them call "Sam" and /
think they either killed him then or
else he shot himself. Mr.. Dupont who
first saw him says that the way he way
lying, with the pistol so close to him
that it had burned his shirt. Mr.. Scott
found the pistol and gave it to my hus-
band. The men asked the Indians the
next morning which one Of them owned
the pistol, and they said that the one
that was shot owned it, but they came
to my husband afterwards aud wanted
it. He refused to give it up lest il
might be needed as evidence when the
case should be enquired into. I did no,
recover from the effects Of that nights
fright for more than one year, aud il
seemed that could not remain there.
My sisters and brother in .laus tried Ia
have my husband leave there, but he
felt that be could not. We had q good
little home and was commencing to make
something, and last summer had near.
ly got over my fright when the troubles
again commenced, and I now think that
If that petition for the removal Of the
Indians upon the reservation had no,
been circulated and signed, my hus
band would be alive to-day. my husband
was indifferent about signing it, but ssid
as the other settlers were signing it, b.
thought they would think that he want
ed the Indians to remain of the reser
vation. To me it has always seemed ,
great wrong in Gen. Howard causiu,
the names Of the siguers Of tsat paper
to be read to the Indians when in oouu
Gil at Lapwai. 1t seemed to point on
to the Indians their victims for revenge
have made this letter long. but I fee
that l could do no less than to give th,


VII lie facts a I witness them.


Yours respectfully.


Mrs. s. BENEDICT.
Year: 1878

The Mechanics store, 40 Main
street,a has just opened another
new line of goods, and. purchasers
will do well TO call there be-.
fore y buying elsewhere, as they
certainly will find the best bar.
gains and nothing but new goods.
The proprietors will make it their
business for everybody to get the
full value of their money. II
Year: 1878

And each purchaser to the amount of


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inspection prior Monday September 30 pledge
this entirety need add that the
will and in equiyhe
valuable the Gifts 92DOa SnIbIAod
Year: 1878

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Year: 1878




She terrible effects of the heat dur
ing the past four days will probably
cause the summer of 1878 to be long
remembered, and the oldest inhabitan,
will draw upon the record Tor recollec-
tions and tales to enliven future gen
erations. In truth it has been fear
full calamity; its uncompleted roll of
victims already announces that nearly
a hundred have met with sudden and
uDprovided death, and although to-day
has shown marked moderation in
the temperature and corresponding
decrease in the mortality, the full
fury of TIE heat is not yet exhausted
Such loss of life, coming in so ap.
palling form, is quite enough to con-
sttute an epoch ia our local history
aud to give painful interest to the re.
cord


But tn ere is nothing to justify any
alarm or to feed any nervous fears such
as have been excited abroad by the
press reports of the weather. At first
sight the mortality makes the vista
tion look almost as serious as an cpl
demic OF cholera or smallpox, but a
little study will show that with proper
care and prudence there is not the
slightest danger to be apprehended
Excluding the fatality from CONGESTION
caused by the heat, the death rate is
rather lower than usual at this seas n
of the year, and the mortality from the
heat is with few exceptions directly
traceable to intemperance and vicious
habits of living. .


The heat is not injurious, and pco-
pie who know how to take care OF
themselves are not apt to suffer from
its effects. Of course there are cases
of illness which are aggravated by the
heat, aud the infant mortality is al
ways larger when the thermometer is
up in the nineties. But an examina.
ton Of she list of deaths shows that at
least 80 per cent. Of the mortality is
the result Of alcohol, while the other
lO per cent is due to an unfortunate
imprudence. If we had no drunkards
In the city the increased mortality
would net have been noticeable, and
the lesson of the heat is lesson
against intemperancc in eating and
drinking. 1t has been dreadful and
an expensive lesson, and its warning
is worth needing BY all, but it is a dis
aster SO clearly and SO easily PREVENT
BILE that it ought not to cause any ap
prehension or alarm but it ought to
make ua more temperate and more
careful.
Year: 1878

How THE JAPANESE ARE SHoD.-
The Japanese are far ahead of us
civilized Americans in the matter Of
wearing comfortable shoes. A travel
er among them says that among the
first things that strikes the traveller in
Japan are the wooden sandals worn bv
these 36,OOO,OO0 of people. They
have separate compartment for the
great toe, and make a creeking noise
on the street. Straw slippers are also
worn, and traveller setting out on a
Journey will strap supply of them on
his back that he may have new pair
when the old ones are worn out. They
cost but three farthings a pair, and
leave the foot free to the air, We never
see those deforlnities of the foot 10
Japan which are SO frequent in Eng
land. They are never worn in the


house being left outside the door.
Passing down the street, you see long
rows of them at the door, old and new


large and small. It is surprising to
see how readily the Japs step out of
them and pick them up again with
their feet, without stopping When
leaving the house. Il a.-s4
Year: 1878

principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Those ideas, however, were
fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the
assumption Of the equality Of the races. This
was an error. II was q sandy foundation aud
| the idea Of a government built upon it-when
the storm came, and the wind blew, II fell.
Our new government Is founded upon ex.
actly tie opposite ideas It's foundations are
laid It's cornerstone rests upon the great truth
that the negro Is not equal to the white man
that slavery, subordination 10 the superior
race, Is his natural and normal condition.
lApplause.l This, our new Government, is
the first In the history Of the world, based
upon this great physical, philosophical, and
moral truth.


These were bold utteranccs; but they
truly represented the sentiments Of the
Southern people at that time The great
question which agitates the public mind Of
the North to-day is: Have the sentiments
Of the Southern whites undergone any
change in this regard? Have they nc.
| cepted the situation? And, in view of the
recent practical disfTnnchisement of the
colorcd voters of the South, under the plea
that they are not fit to be voters, serious
doubt has arisen on this subject in the
minds of the Northern people.


And the further question naturally arises,
If the Southern whites are to be allowed to
disiranchise the cOlored voters on the
ground that they are not flt TO vote, how
long will it be until they will want to re-cn-
slaye them on the ground that they are not
fit to be free?


What future does the South look forward
to? In that future, be 1t what IL may, the
four millions of emancipated slaves cannot
but be nm important factor. Does the rul-
ing element Of the South propose that the
cmancipatcd race having all the advantages
| Of public school Cducation) shall rise in in-
| telligcnCe and culture to an intellectual
| equality with the superior race or that
they being denied all educational facilities
and all show ofequal opportunity shall re-
main in that bondage of Ignorance which
would surely in time sink them 10 their
| former bondage of slavery? The South is
TO choose between two alternatives. II will
educate the freedmen, intellectually and
morally raise them up to respectability,
honor, and intclligence-or it will keep
them down TO their present level aud re-
enslave them at the first opportunity. The
Southern whites either look forward TO q
time when the colOrcd race will be their
equal in everything, or to a time when they
troubles the minds of the old Abolitionists
of the North is that in this respect the cur
rent seems to be setting the wrong way.
Year: 1878

The Christmas holiday has become like
the Sabbath, Christian institution in this
District, the proper observance of which
can only be secured by suspension of Sec
ular pursuits. We therefore conform TO the
custom of the occasion and forego the pub
bcation of paper tomorrow morning.
This will allow those engaged in this office
to share in the obscrvances and enioyments
of the occasion, which would he otherwise
interfered with. We believe that there are
seasons aud occasions when we should rise


above the plane OF mere cupidity and pay
some respect TO the customs of Christian
civilizations and we regard the present rs a
time when such obscrvances are peculiarly
proper under suspension of labor.
Year: 1878

Now that the New York 7rib"ne has, with
artistic taste and thorough enterprise, dec
Grated the Democratic party with cipher
kilograms of every variety of color and tur-
pitudc for the holidays, and it has deter
mined to meclily bear them without an at
tempt at removal Or change of style, the
Inference is that they have been adopted
for common wear. No one will envy tbs
character Of decoration if the Democrats
elect to adopt il.
Year: 1878

THE absurd suggestion is made that
DAVID DAVIS is too fat TO run for Prcsi-
dent. This is a mistake. Once get him on
the track, running at Il good pace, and the
bhoys, who are capable of such things,
would thrive with grease as they did when
TILDEN's bar'l O money was on tap.
Year: 1878

EVERY DAYS developments in the
Treasury Department proves that Mr..
John Sherman is not the man for the po-
sition he holds. 1t requires more ability
than he possesses to cover up the Himsy
path that he has pursued; both as the
Chairman of the Senate Finance Com
mlttee and subsequently as Secretary of
5he Treasury. He had another long con-
terence with the Finance Committee
yesterday, and the tenor of it showed
chat he was determined to keep gold
above par Us long as he could do SO by the
non-use of the silver dollar to pay any
Indebtedness with. He is thus forcing
The merchants to patronize the brokers
Tor gold to pay duties There is more
gold now boarded i'll this Treasury than
would suffice to satisfy all the demands if
it were put i'll circulation. A trial of
silver currency, which is now legal ten
der, would prove further that the people
care nothing for silver or gold either
when satisfied that it can be had. The
greenback is now the most popular paper
money ever issued, and there is every
probability that the banks which th,
rate tavorably with any movement h,
might make toward actual specie re
sumption. 1t is true that some of there
institutions might attempt to hoard gold
But they will not be prevented from
doing that year hence and the gov
ernnent is just as able to commence pay
ing out specie now us it will be because
everything tends to reissue of green
backs before two years, unless gold i,
paid out to extend the amount in creu
lation.


The Treasury and the various depart
ments are now paying out grcenbacks
for services. These viii have to be re
deemed in gold, and it would be far bet
0er To commerce to pay out gold now
than to continue to hoard it, All the
government expenses should be paid in
gold and silver. Those who aet the
money would of course eNpend it, aut
JhtIs it would come in circulation. auf
oung greenbacks to par. Those VIII,
preferred greenbacks, should be givet
5helr preference, and we have no doub
that large numbers would prefer tn
paper money, because of its convenience
sherman Is, however, too obstinate t,
do this. He will be compelled to do ii
however, in short time. He canno
hoodwlnk the people much longer
Ewing is every way his superior an,
Will show him up before long to be tn
most consummate dissembler there is il
Washington.
Year: 1878

THE WAR fever in England and Rms
he English statesmen fear they have
made a mistake; and so they have it
would seem, but they do not know how
TO get out of the awkward fix, and no
power in Europe is ready to help them.
Russia holds the chesnutS and although
Austria, England, and Germany don't
want her to keep them they all fear to
attempt to get them away from her. If
England can't secure cats paw there
will be a row sure. But if she cannot it
is altogether likely that some fine day
the English fleet will be found to have
passed safely tromi the Sea of Marmora
for some very wise purpose not fully uu-
derstood by the world. But Russia will
Ut once come forward with the utmost
grace and express herself as entertaining
the most friendly relations, and hoping
Egypt and the Khedive will be as good
subjects under Victoria as they had
proved to be under the Sultan This
may be the result, but the chances art
that war will ensue by some collision,
before the diplomaticpeople have fully
played ont their parts.


n despatch dated this morning at st
Petersburg says: $50 certain do the au
thorities here feel of a war with England
that the preparations have been thus
early begun, SO that no time may bs lost
after hostilities commence"
Year: 1878

CAN anything be more scandalous and
lishonorable than the actions of Mr.,
Conllling in the Senate? He is prostitute
ing the whole power of the Legislative
branch of the Government to effect his
bargain and sale OF votes in that body
should alone defeat any honorable man ;
and really we would think that no TRULY
honorable man in his own State would
vote for him.
Year: 1878

THE Suicide of Nine. Restell is decla-
ration by an expert that career even of
prosperous crime is necessarily failure,
and that no amount Of upholstery can
compensate for public detestation. So
utters the New York World, a truism
which, however, too many fail to recog-
nj Il
Year: 1878

THE TELEPHONE is the most popular
business helper now talkedof We shall
soon be able to talk with our friends in
New York as we take our tea at night or
sip our coffee at breakfast.
Year: 1878

Punctuality is proverbially not a
feminine virtue, yet most necessary to
those who seek for employment. As
regards gaining it, the whole fortune
of a woman's life may turn on her
punctuality.


Some persons have a most mistaken
notion Of punctuality, and fancy that
it consists in never being later than
the time appointed. With this loose
idea they are quite content. But to
come before the time fixed for an ap-
pointment is an equal want of punctu.
ality with coming too late, and is often
quite as inconvcnient TO the other per
son or persons concerned


punctual both in keeping engage.
ments and in your fulfllment of work.
Let the one be scrupulously finished on
the day promised, let the other be kept
to a minute. Let experience teach
that your word may be thoroughly
relied on.


Not a word can be said in excuse for
those who are late in keeping engage.
ments, or who promise what they can
not perform in the time specified
They are utterly inexcusable. In
them zeal and discretion are alike
wanting either they have undertaken
what they can not do, or they are so
wanting in energy, and so dilatory,
that they will not exert themselves to
do il. In either case, much to blame
in the latter, deserving of whatever i'll
may befall them You will do well
rather to overestimate than underesti-
mate the time yoL require for work
This is an error you can easily remedy
But err once or twice on the other
side, and you viii find it hard ever to
establish q character for punctuality.
And unpunctuality is a fault which, in
seli.deiense, an employer can not over
look.
Year: 1878

The doctrine that the necessity Of Ia.
Dor is a blessing, and not a curse, can.
not be insisted upon too strongly. II
is to this very necessity that mankind
owes not only its first redemption from
the savage state, hut every step OF its
advance in civilization, from which,
we trust a great deal more may be cx-
pccted still
Year: 1878

AS profession, teaching should be
as much honored as preaching. The
school-master should rank with the
minister. The profession should never
be chosen for mercenary motives mere
ly, or by any persons except those who
enjoy teaching and who deliberately
propose to be satisfied with modest
but honorable living. 1t offers no
money prizes, and young persons OF
vigor and talent should be induced to
enter it by its stability and peaceful
ness and by the social consideration
which should attach to il.
Year: 1878

at is better to divert than to punish
pupils How to settle n difficulty
with an offended parent: First, resolve
to keep cool in temper, and do so sec
ond, state the case to yourself from the
parents standpoint, remembering his
instructive feelings, not always guided
by good Judgment, for the protection
of the child then hear with patience,
state your own side fairly, and finally
deal iustly.-Ncc England Journal Of
Education.
Year: 1878

We advise all young people to ac-
quire in early life the habit of using
good language, both in speaking and
writing, and also TO abandon the use Of
slang words and phrases. Tho longer
they live, the more difficult the acqui-
sition of good language will be, and If
the golden age of youth bc passed in
It's abuse, the unfortunate victim is
very probably doomed TO talk slang
for life.