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Year: 1877

\ CORRESPONDENT of the evening pa
per oi this city states that q conference Of
prominent Democratic politicians OF the
this State WAS recently held in Balti'
more, with view to arranging the Sen
a,orisl contes; IN this State. We are
authorized to say that the statement Of
the correspondent so far as it referred to
Mr.. LEWIS BAKER, is absolutely false.
ss the lstter gentleman knew of no such
conference and did not meet the other
gentleman, named in the communication.
IN conference in Baltimore or elsewhere.
We have the best suIhori;y for saying
tbs, TO such conference as that written
up by the correspondent ever had an ex-
istencc except in his own imagination.
Year: 1877

Daily reports are coming to us from presidents of the various coun- ty immigration societies, who, with one exception, realize the necessity of having q perfect unity in our un- dertaking to bring the emigrant, so much needed, to our progressive state, by acknowledging the Arkan- sas State Immigration society, with headquarters in this city, as the leader.

 The president of the state society hereby returns thanks for the promptness with which his request has been complied, also for reports of anticipated work and the interest universally manifested.

 In aaother column we give the names of counties organized and the officers. We hope the officers of these counties not yet heard from will soon make their report, as the state board desire to get their gener- al report completed and published at an early day.

 We call the attention o1 the Iresi- dent. Vice President and Secretary of the Pope County Immigration So- ciety, to the above card from Col. Mills, the President of the State I'm migration Society. We would ask the officers of our County Society what good they expect to flow from the organization in this county il they never do anything? Our socie- ty was organized some several months ago, and up to the present time we have no information that anything has yet been done toward accomplishing the purposes for which the Society was organized. Our officers should bestir themselves and see if they cannot get up re- port to be incorporated into the Stote Soclety's report which will dc our county justice. We have one oi the very best counties in the State. and it should not be left out.
Year: 1877

In last weeks paper we had few words to say about the arrest of one Rush, at this place, upon a requisi- tion from Gov. Stone, of Mississippi. Our attention has been called to one sentence in last weeks article, which, it is suggested, may be construed in- to q calumny upon the Gully family. After stating that Rush was charged with assault with intent to kill upon the person of Judge Gulley, we ad- ded this sentence:

 "The notorious and brutal Chs holm butchery at DeKalb, about which so much has been said, was part of the subsequent history of this same Gully family"

 We disclaim, most positively, any intention to cast calumny upon any body, in the above remark. The on ly intention we had was merely to state that the Chisholm trouble grew out of difficulty with this same Gully family. We did not intend our remark to go any further than this, and we are surprised that it should be so construed as to be deemed expressive of our judgement against the Gully family. We did not undertake to say who was at fault in originating the difficulty be- tween the Gulleys and the Chis- holms, for we do not know. We dis claim all intention to do any body injustice in our remark, which we again say was only intended to state a fact as to the identity of the two parties to a notorious deed, without touching atall upon the merits or de merits of the cause of either par ty.

 Our remarks may have been awk- lv worded and constructed, but cer- tainly it was far from our intention to make them personal or offensive to any one.
Year: 1877

quainted with the law governing them in these matters.

 The persons who may be elected directors should study the law for it is very strict and severe penalties are imposed for neglect of duty in directors.

 We would urge the people of every district in the county to turn out en masse at these meetings, and in every case vote the full amount of tax allowed-one half of one per cent. There is no other duty so i'm peratively incumbent upon the peo- pie of this state now as to provide better school facilities for the school pupils; and there is no other way of investing the same amount of money where it will do so much good. Therefore, we repeat, remember the 3d Saturday in August, go to the school meeting, choose good di- rector, and vote one half of one per cent. tax for school purposes.
Year: 1877

The Republican party Tn the State of Mississippi has given up the ghost, and the State Committee is out in an address advising tine Republican party to retire from the political arena in that State. This is good: now let the Arkansas Re publicans do likewise, and in so do- ing they will display more sense and patriotism than they have done in ali their past existence.
Year: 1877

The County court of St. Francis county, Mo-, has recently been in dicted by the grand jury for not publishing a detailed statement of the financial condition of said coun- ty. This is proper and right, as the people should know how their money is expended, and know it through their county newspaper. In our county, matters of this kind are pub- lished, and the people see what our officials are doing; and it is pleasure for us to say that our County Judge and other officials are making splen- did showing.-Ex.

 It is the law in our State. too, that financial statement of the county shall be submitted to the people oi each county once each year, but ln Pope county the law seems to be so far imperative that the matter has been neglected for the past year. The law should be complied with. We have not the slightest doubt but that our county finances are being ably managed, but the statement should be submitted to the people.
Year: 1877

An Act entitled An Act regulating

 the time and manner of holding

 elections for the determination Of

 the amount of taxes to be levied

 for school purposes"

 Be it enacted by the General As

 sembly of the State of Arkansas:

 Sec. l. That hereafter an election shall be held in every school district in this State, on the third (3d) Sat urday in August, in every year, for the purpose of ascertaining the will of the qualified voters, as to the rate of taxation for school purposes with in such district, which election shall
Year: 1877

h 4, e s SsS E @
Scass q 9 Il fSyS hSSE been Mash eea
zer" he styled his hiding place Whaliey died sew
Ct al hrs aT S Sna o II
the rear Of the Centre Church, New Haven't
twas in the old colonial time,


Two hundred years ago,
That a strange and grimly man was seen,
With locks as white as snow,-
While a bushy beard, that was never drest,
Hung elf-like over his withered breast.
He dwelt in cave in the mountain-side,
Which Natures hands had scooped
Dripping and chill was its rock-barred vault
Where murky shadows dropped;
And they spoke with awe who had ventured


nigh,


OF the terrible light in his wizard eye.
And thither the bear would sometimes roam,
Or the rattlesnake wind his horn,
Or the panther watch through the live-long


night, 5u.


But hasten away at morn;
While the Indian hunter stayed his bow
At the sight of that man of age and woe.
Full many legend the nurses told,


The wayward child to scare;
OF the horrible creature who lived alone,
Like lion in his lair;
Who had no fire meath the coldest sky,
Save the torch that burned in his sleepless eye.
But once, when bold ones climbed the cliff.
With its steep and rocky stair,
And dared to enter his dismal den,


They found it empty and bare; iV,.t
Yet trembling searched, lest his muttering


tone,


Should turn the listeners ear to stone.
And then, in the home of holy man,


Where Holyoke towers in pride,
That strange and spectral form was seen
With noiseless step to glide;
And rumor said, though the sunbeam played,
No sign 1t gave, and no shadow made.
But still within that quiet home


The inmates knew no dread
When that mysterious being stole


To lonely meal or bed
And the babe in its innocence felt no fear
AT the sightofthatguest SO ghastly and drear.
For there the prayer of faith went up,
AT morn and eyentide, gUrfe{ 8
And Christ's dear love had living root
To shelter and to guide;
And he who weareth such blessed charm,
No power of evil can work him harm.
AT length, near the base of that mountain


rude,


Where his earliest haunt was made,
And where the City of Elms unfolds ha5r)
Its beauty Of light and shade
That stranger slept, in the churchyard clay,
But who made his grave there is none to say.
Year: 1877

Chicago Journal Drive out with a
horse and he will switch his tail $50 times
a rod, to force away troublesome flies,
but let him once get his tail over a
line and the old quadruped will wander
on for miles without thinking of the flies
which revel unmolesGed in his living
gore. What horse loves above ali
things is to do the driving himself"


The Cincinnati Enquirer saws thai
"Judge Taft does not look for briebi
news from Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey," And yet there will be some very
bright news along about the 7th of No
Yember. -a5i
Year: 1877

Congressman and others, with reference
to probable serious trouble in Louisiana,
and have received proper consideration
1t is the feeling IN military quarters that
the army in New Orleans is insufficiently
strong enough to prevent outbreak 1t
is not the impression in Cabinet circles
that any violation of law will present it.
self.


This morning the President was visit
ed by the Attorney General, Secretary OF
War and Secretary of State, and his at
tcntion was given, among other things,
to the condition of affairs in Louisiana,
and also to an article in the .Sunday Cap
itat of this city, edited by Don Piatt,
which was interpreted by Government
officers as strongly advocating violence
and defiance OF law, and as such was
given very serious attention, and led to
subsequent interview Of the Attorney
General with the President.


NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The 7ribuneS
Washington special says the Republican
Senators held n caucus yesterday morn
ing, at which, although no vote WIS
taken, an informal understanding was ar.
rived at that, if the Democrats should
determine to tiIlibuster in the House to
prevent the completion OF the count Of
the electoral vote. it should be the duty
of the President of the Senate, at some
time before the 4th of March, in joint
convention, il possible, and il not, then
the Senate to complete the count and
declare Hayes elected.
Year: 1877

During a warm political campaign he
fore the war, Marshall went to the highly
moral and populous county of Clark to
address the citizens at the Courthouse
in Winchester. lie was aware that he
had to address q most moral, religious
community, every member Ot which,
almost without exception, belonged to
one or other Of the different denomna-
tions, and his adversary was himself u
strict "clturch member" And to add to
his embarrassment the churches were
about equally divided and he himself
was known not To bc remarkably pious
How to praise all and offend none Was Il
task that only hi' genius was equal 10,
and he wound up = long speech with the
following characteristic "clcctIo0eering
dodge"


"Fellow citizens" said he, my com
pctitor is an honorable member Of the
church-wou!d to Heaven could sny as
Year: 1877

SENATOR TURNER, of Clsi ksburg,
paid US visit yesterday. The Senator
halls from the future Capital of the
Ststs-so he seems to think. And if all
the people Of the First and Second Dis
tricts tnrn out and vote, next dog-days,
Clarksburg may stand chance; but the
probability is, the people won't trouble
themselves much about it. The great
mistake our legislative statesmen, who
happened to represent the many
towns which aspired to Cap
tai honors, have constantly laborec
under, was, that the people were in
sgonies to have the Capital question
settled by a permanent location some
where. One. half of the people of the
State scarcely know where the Capital is,
and the other half don't care hg where
it is now or where it goes TO. AS the
matter looks now, majority of the peo-
pie will testify their indifference by for
getting to vote at all at the dog.
day election. The mistake that
Clsrksburg msde-snd it may prove a
fatal one-wss in insisting upon having
the vote taken at special election in
mid. summer, under irresponsible and un-
paid election officers, instead of at the
next general election, when there would
be other interests to bring out q full and
honest vote.
Year: 1877

To win we must deserve success; hence
if We are to elect our city ticket we must
be at work. We hear some little grumb-
ling, when in sight Of enemy, and in the
smoke of battle, no true soldier does
aught but fight. Away with all petty dis
tensions and 90 to work like men. Will
ninston is Democratic city AID ought to
be ruled by the Democracy.
Year: 1877

Has made the most astonishing cures so rap
III are the ch-EgcS the body und.r.oes under
the influence Of this truly wonderful medi-
cine that every day an increase in flesh and
weight l. seen and felt.
Year: 1877

with Lopez, we must not forget 20
mention the great need of q good
blacksmith. If such person were
to locate here, a thriving business at
his trade might be built up. The
settlers have At present, we are told


no accommodations in this repecr
worthy of mention. Then again, the
people of the south side want com. 1.
petent and obliging man with little
capital to start store in their vicin


ity. Such a person, by taking pro-
duce at market rates, could do good
sized business, besides accommodate.
ing the people very much. The slh.
ject of another post office needs but
a little agitation and proper showing
up, to insure its being established.
Year: 1877

New YORK, June 2.-Col De Queralta,
recently of the Cuban army and now mem
Der of the new war commission, now repre-
senting Cuban cause in this country. says:
At DO time since the first blow for liberty
was struck, nine years ago, have we
Cubans been so near realization of our
hopes as at the present moment, and it
IS matter Of regret to us that Americans
should be so Indifferent to our fate, and
more especially the colored population, as
we are not only fighting for liberty and
independence, but also for the abolition of
slavery. We need arms and ammunition,
we do not ask for fllibrsters; we have
enough Cubans on the island and in exile;
more indeed than we need to plant Cuban
flags even in Havana, itself, if we only
had arms and ammunition. For the
last three long years we have not
received single pound of ammunition
from outsiders, we have to fight for it and
take it from the Spaniards, we, however.
make good deal of powder on the island
and the rife cartridges are picked up
from enemies, this is a slow process but
still our little army of $4,000 men is now
well clothed and this has enabled us for
the past year to maintain the offensive
with considerable success. My efforts and
those of my two colleagues, now in this
country are in one direction only to open the
eyes of American people TO struggle at
their doors in one of the finest islands of
the world and to enlist not only their
sympathy but the active support of their
government in granting US belligerent
rights
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food
change of water diet too free indulgence of ice
water, exposure to sudden changes of temperature
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
to n gallon of
Year: 1877

free from serious objections yet palatabIe even in
viting to the sensitive palate which win create no
morbid appetite for itself, and operate assis-
tlnt to digestion, as well as perform the functions
OF a stimulant. Such we confidently believe is TO
be found in
Year: 1877

FlatuleECy, Sluggish Digestion, want of Tone and
Activity in tbs Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating are sure to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. great want exists for o
Year: 1877

To You've MEN. We would like to
see our Young men giving themselves to
the farm labOrs with more readiness than
many of them seem disposed to. The
great object of every man is happiness.
One takes one road and another diff
ferent one, but all have the same object
in view. The path of ambition has never
secured it it has only multiplied miseries
and disappointment. The sure road IS
the PLAIN path No man can enjoy life
without health. To secure this great
blessing the body must be trained as well
as the mind The farm is the place for
health. vigorous, manly Y exercise, the sur-
vey for health, without which all other
blessings are but blessing on the lips. We
would prefer to be Cincinnatus to an
Alexander, the farmer Washington to the
conqueror Napoleon We would rather
see our young men ambitious, if that be
the proper word, to make large crops up
on a few acres to make two ears grow
where only one could heretofore be OBJ
tanned ambition To have fine horses,
cows and hogs of their own raising, full
barns, neat, well enclosed farms, COM
Portable and ornamental farm houses and
rural dwellings,; priding themselves upon
owing 10 man nothing, and to have
their neighbors say of them that "they
fear God, love truth and practice virtue. !"
If thus it be, You have no use for the rug
ged, dangerous path of ambition full of
tolls. cares, anxieties, disease and disap-
pointmentS
Year: 1877

TREATMENT OF HORSES. Prof. Was-
ner, in writing upon this subject says
"Many think they are doing finely, and
are proud of their success in horse train
ing, by means of severe whipping, or
otherwise arousing and stimulating the
passions, and then crushing the will
through which the resistance is prompted.
No mistake can be greater than this, and
there is nothing that fully exhibits the
ability, Judgment and skill of the real
horseman, as the care displayed in win
ming instead of repelling the action of the
mind. Although it may be necessary to
use the whip sometimes, it should always
be applied judieiously. and great care
should be taken not to arouse the pas
slons or excite the will to obstinacy. The
legitimate and proper use of the whip
Is calculated 10 operate from the sense Of
fear entirely. The atfectionate and bet
ter nature must be appealed to in train
ing horse as well as in training a child.
y reproof given may be intended for the
good OF the child, but if only the passions
are excited, the object is depraving and
injurious This is vital principle, and
can be disregarded in the management Of
sensitive and courageous horses at the
risk OF spelling them. | have known
many horses OF natural gentle character
to be spoiled by whipping once, and one
horse that was made vicious by being
struck with whip once while standing
in his stall.
Year: 1877

WASTE NO TIME.-Time lost can never
be regained. After allowing yourself
proper time to rest, don't live an hour of
your life without doing exactly what is to
be done in it and going straight through
with it from beginning to end. What
ever it is take hold of it at once, and fin
ish it up squarely, and then the next
thing without moment dropped out be-
tween. 1t is wonderful to see how many
hours prompt people make out of day !;
it is as if they picked up the moments the
dawdlers lost If you ever find yourself
where sou have SO many things pressed
on you that you hardly know where to be-
gin, let me tell you secret. Take hold
of the first one that comes to hand, and
you will find the rest Will all fall into file,
and follow after like company of we'll
drilled soldiers, and though work may be
hard to meet when it challenges you in
squad, it is easily vanquished if you can
bring it into line
Year: 1877

PALPITATION OF THE HEART. DIR. Lar
dies describes method by which palpita-
ton of the heart not due to organic LESSONS
may be arrested at once The patient is
directed to bend the body, head down,
with the arms hanging so as momentarily
to cause congestion of the upper part Of
the body. In all cases of nervous or an
emic palpitations of the heart it quickly
resumes its natural functions. If respi-
ration be arrested for few seconds while
the patient is in the above position, tho
relief is still more speedy
Year: 1877

BURNED FOR ADULTERY. - The Reno
Journal tells the sad fate of a squaw NAM
ed Mary, who left her husband, San, to
live with brave named Jim. About tif
ty Piutes, including several squaws, es-
corted her to the hills just back of Wash
hoe Lake, where, safe from Caucasian in
trusion, they made huge pile of sage
brush, and after tying her firmly in the
midst of it, set it on fire. Then they
commenced a war dance around the scene
of cremation in which all joined except
Jim-Sam being fierce in his leaps and
yells The screams of Mary added to the
zest Of the dance Jim meantime sat
quietly by and seemed an Indifferent spec
tator to what was going on. When the
body of the unfortunate Mary had been
reduced to ashes Sam expressed himself
as satisfied and they dispersed The war
riors threaten their squaws with similar
fate if they are not little more discreet
in their conduct.
Year: 1877

THE new constitution of Georgia will
probably be defeated by the people. 1t
ought to be, as it repudiate a portion of
the State debt and legalizes robbery The
people of Georgia ought to show that they
are not as mean as her politicians.
Year: 1877

BRIGHAM You've bequeathed his whole
fortune of some two millions to his wives
and children excepting the Amelia Palace,
which is to revert to the church after the
death of that princess As Mrs. Amelia
Is still young woman In vigorous health,
the church may have to wait good while
for the legacy.
Year: 1877

ROWLAND HILL was once requested to
preach a sermon to the elect He prompt
ly replied Have the goodness to mark
the elect with piece of chalk, so that l
may know them, and l will preach to
them The request was not insisted on.
Year: 1877

BLUE CHEcKs.-In Ohio, few days ago,
says a correspondent of San Francisco ex-
change, / saw girl in a spank-clean check
ed apron that went around her waist with a
string; the Old-fashiOned sort made of
numberless and undivided checker-boards,
with the little blue aud white squares alter
mating with mathematical precision, The
sight of that apron would have taken you
back to an older wearer of a similar garment
who brought apples from TIE orchard in it,
and white maple chips from the wood pile,
and gathered eggs in it from the hay-mow,
and spread it smoothly and decorously over
her lap when she sat. and her knitting
work reposed in it; and sometimes cat,
marked like her best Sunday comb would
assay a slumberupon its checkered existence
and be whisked off in second. You have
seen that apron flung over its owners head
like knitted cloud" of modern times,
when she went to the next neighbor's. That
apron has wiped away the tears Of your
childish sorrow, when they ran down your
face, and your elamorous tongue ran out at
each corner of your mouth between the
syllables of lamentation, and licked them in!
You saw where she laid them when her
work was done, There is whole system OF
mnemOnics in those blue and white checks.
Year: 1877

"WnL the boy who threw that pep
per ON the stove please come up here and
get the present of a nice book, said a
a Sunday school superintendent in Iowa,
but the boy never moved. He was a far
seeing hoy.