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Year: 1878

A resident of Charles street, Brooklyn,
N. Y, while recently breaking up a
barrel for kindling. gave it a violent
blow with the axe that drove one of the
slaves out, striking squarely between
the eyes cat that was standing a couple
of feet away. The blow was SO forcible
and SO precisely delivered that both of
the poor animals eyes were started ont
of it's head and left hanging on its
cheeks. 1t could not be caught and
killed, as the owner was desirous of
doing, but three days later neighbor
captured it, and, having an idea that
perhaps the animals sight could be
saved, with rude surgery put the eyes
back into their sockets. Singular as it
may seem, though one eye is hopelessly
gone, the other is feebly sensitive to an
object placed before it suddenly, and
there are hopes that the cat will recover.


The other Brooklyn cats habitat is
the corner of Hicks and Cranberry
streets, which also is the, habitat of a
tribe of very noisy boys. One of their
latest manifestations was the orgauiza-
tion of an amateur fire company, having
for an engine a tin pail full OF Goals in a
baby carriage. This was hurried toward
an imaginary fire with such demoniac
clangor and yelling that the cat-kitten,
rather thinking the end of the world
had come, inflated her tail and scampered
with much agility to lofty limb OF a
tree, where she remained for three days
and three nights without venturing to
move, completely paralyzed with terror.
At last her humane boy-owner, at the
risk Of his neck, clambered up and shook
her from the limb, whereupon she de.
scended as precipitately as she had
mounted, struck 2:14 gait for Fulton
street and Albany avenue, and has not
since been seen or heard of.
Year: 1878

Alone | walk the morning street.


Filld with the silence vague aud sweet
All seems as strange, as ssll; ar dead
As il unnumber'd years had fled.
Letting the noisy Babel lie


Breathless ard dumb against the sky;
Tho light wind walks With me alone
Whore the hot day iame-lile was blown,
Where the wheels roard, the dust was beat
The dew is in the morning street.
Where are the restless throngs that pour
Along this mighty corridor


While the moon shines ?-the hurrying crowd
Whose footsteps make the city loud 60
The myriad faces-hearts that beat
No moro in the deserted street?
Those footsteps in their dreaming maze
Cross thresholds of forgotten days L.,
Those faces brighten from the years
In rising suns long set in tears
Those hearts-far in the past they beat,
Unheard within the morning street.
A city of the worlds prime gray,
Lost in some desert far from Time,
Where noiseless ages, gliding through,
Have only sifted sand and dew
Yet mysterious hand Of man
Lying on all the haunted plan,
The passions Of the human heart
Quickening the marble breast of Art
We're not more strange to one who first
Upon its ghostly silence burst
Than this vast quiet, where the tide
OF life upheav'd on either side,
Hangs trembling, ready soon to beat
With human waves the morning street
Ay, soon the glowing morning flood
Breaks through the charmed solitude
This silent stone, to music won
Shall murmur to the rising sun;
The busy place in dust and heat,
Shall rush with wheels and swarm with feet /;
The Arachne-threads of purpose stream
Unseen within the morning CLEAN
The life shall move, the death be plain;
The bridal throng, the funeral train,
Together face to face shall meet
And pass within the morning street.
Year: 1878

AFTER A LITTLE SoUALh. He waltzed
out of the front door, followed by a
, dashboard and two bars Of soap and
as he Strengthened himself and walked
firmly down the street, he remarked
GA man must draw line somewhere,
or he can't be boss of the house and
I'll be hanged if I'll pump more than
one tub of water for no washing, and
there amt woman can make me do it
unless she locks me in.
Year: 1878

Al its best. the spiritual impulse Of
the idea Of reward" is not very
thrilling one. Great actions, or even a
succession OF smsll actions, are seldom
done or perseyered in with an eye to
recompense.
Year: 1878

The storm, reported at length in our
telgraphic columns, was one of the
most disastrous that ever devastated
the country. As the wires are down
in many places accurate reports of the
state of affairs were difficult to obtain.
The loss of life is simply fearful to
contemplate,
Year: 1878

The Keokuk Young Man and his


Money Order.


The Gate CITY tells good story on
. young man in that city who evident'
ly has not familiarized himself with
the workings Of the money order sys'
tenn of Uncle Sans postofflce depart-
ment:


There was q young man at the post.
Office, yesterday, who was very mad
He purchased q postoffice order one
day last week, and supposing the or
der which the postmaster gave him
was his receipt for the money and
that the department would see thai
money was paid over to the proper
person without any further trouble
on his part, he put it away IN . draw.
er at home and quietly awaited re.
suits. The remittance failed to reach
its destination, and the young man
called yesterday to blow the postof-
fee up about 1t. He was satisfied
that the government was trying to
swindle him. He had paid his mon.
ey to the postmaster and had his re-
reipt to show for it. When it was ex.
planned to him that the document re-
ceived was money order instead oi
. receipt, and that il he would for.
ward 1t to the party in whose favor II
was drawn he could get 1t cashed q
the postoffice, the volcanic eruption
subsided and the young man with
drew looking cheap enough and smal
enough to crawl through an anger
hole without scratching himself or
the splinters,
Year: 1878

John Alderman, of Steady Run
township, Keokuk county, was in tht
city, to-day, and informs US that some
Of his young folks met with quite .
serious mishap, Friday night. -Four
Of his children had been at q
neighboring church or school house
attending literary society, and In
returning some person undertook to
drive or ride by the spirited team
when they started to run. George,
the driver, undertook to turn the
team into a lane on short turn when
the wagon upset, throwing the party
violently to the ground. The young
man had an ankle sprained very bad
ly and one Of the young ladies waf
very seriously injured, SO much SC
that she had to be carried home and
has not been able to leave her bed
since.


A party of Musquawka Indians are
in town and attract good deal OF
attention from those who never saw
any Jndians. The party numbers If
teen, two bucks, five squaws, and
eight papooses and half-grown chill.
dren. They are all pretty well cloth
ed ana seem to be well fed. One OF
the bucks was engaged opposite the
BAllingAll House for while, shoot
ing nickels off q peg at about forty
feet range, but as that was too much
Of losing game to the white men,
the spectators-at least those who pu,
up the uickels-soon lost their interest
in the game, The Musquawkas are a
branch Of the old Sac and Fox nation,
which once had their headquarters
here, and under Kishkekosh split OF
when the balance Of the tribe left this
section, and as they preferred to re.
main In Iowa, they were assigned to
a reservation of some 1000 acres In
Tama county, bordering on Iowa
river, where they have lived ever
since l6l3. They raise little corn
but put In their time principally in
trapping mink and muskrat and fish
ing. The number now on the reser.
vation ia something less than sixty
and In time they will probably be-
come extinct
Year: 1878

Although we have employed sddi-
tional help we find our force Insult
cient at times to wait on our patrons.
THIS is particularly the case on Satur-
days, "the great shopping day To
insure being waited upon promptly
and properly within the next four
weeks, we would advise those Of our
customers who can do so without in
convenience, to call ON us during
the other five week days. Our un-
approachable assortment can not be
done justice to In hurry and aspe-
cially in


FINE SUITS and OvERCOATs
we like to have sufficient time to


FIT and PLEASE
our customers in way to insure their
satisfaction and approval.


CHARLES SAX & BRO,


The Peoples Clothiers.
Year: 1878

In this moist and variable climate
colds are the rule rather than the ex.
ception. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup 10


just the remedy for every one to take


when suffering from cough, cold or


any throat trouble.
Year: 1878

The sooner the Potter or some other compe-
tent committee specially nstruc Ell 10 Investigate tue
cipher dispatches the better Democratic Congressmen
surely be blind to the fact tnat all the RpuD-
cans now have this business remain just as II
is on the other hand as we have repeatedly argued,
the Democratic party and must not permit THIS
co be- II any Of its leaders representative men have
attempted TO commit the crime which leading RepuDi-
cans did commit and consummate, they must DC enhat
icaly repuda cd. The higher standard OF political
morality which our enemies U making these charges
nniclIy attribute the Democracy cannot DC lowered
witnout rlos detTiment TO tine party As Tor Mr. III
den he is more drecuy ana personally INTERESTED
in having the All this is so obvious that
continued delay hesitation In the matter win be con-
strued as inspired by hostility TO the late Democratic
candIdae for President Can II be that tnere are DEM
oerats IN Congress who would rather see their party
suffer than give greatest leader cnance TO yindicate
his good namel We hope not.
Year: 1878

It is more than probable that the ques-
ton will shortly be brought up for serious
discussion in this country as well as IN BaVa-
ria. Hitherto, it has been approached In
dllettante way, as q subject of idle curiosity,
to be Judged by the rules of taste or feeling and
from a sentimental standpoint. If our people
are once convinced however. that it is matter
of life and death, which affects not the feel
lngs of the living so much as their oOdly
health and the number Of their years, sentl-
mental objections will soon be put ASIDE.
The meeting of the Public Health Asso-
ciatlon in Richmond has produced at least
one good effect it has set the people all over
the country to studying out the causes OF dis
ease. and, i'm a feeble way, to remedying
them. The press, lecturers, physicians, town
councils, in both South and North, are now
talking of drainage. water supplies, etc., ETC.
Now, it is impossible to give any serious con-
sderation to the question of public health
without meeting at the outset this matter OF
the disposal of the dead.


DR.. s. ID. Gross, who holds place In the
front rank of his profession in this country,
and who is Jealous In favor of cremation, mas
recently brought forward some startling facts
On the subject 1t requires, he states, from
fifty TO eighty years for the decay OF a dead
body. During that time it remains corrupt,
fostering mass underground. poisoning the
water supplies, and in less degree the air.
In one cemetery (Laurel HilD in Philadelphia,
for instance, there are at least fifty thou
sand such bodies. Rain perco'ates through thls
decaying mass directly into the Schuylklll,
which furnishes the whole of the water sup
ply to the city. There can be no doubt That
the germs of certain diseases remain alive
and viIulent IN the bodies which they have
destroyed, ready to continue their work OF
destruction. A corpse in the Church OF st.
"Saturnin, disturbed by burial in an adjacent
grave, infected 149 persons with mallg-
"uant fever" The advocates OF cremation
are provided with abundance of such
proofs OF the effects of the present MODE
of disposal of the dead IN shortening the days
of the living, but they urge them with
certain apologize hesitation, in dread oi
offending public prejudice. We suspect that
public prejudice is not so sensitive IN the
matter as they suppose. A large proportion
of our most intelligent and thoughtful classes
would prefer cremation, provided it was not
attended with the unpleasant notOriety which
has necessarily attended Its practice so far.


Without taking sides for either burial or
burning, THE TRIBUNE would urge the full,
dispassionate consideration of the subject as
one bearing directly upon the public health.
The most direct way tor the advocates OF
cremation to proceed would be to erect scientific
and cheap furnaces in the neighborhOod OF
the large cities, where the experiment could
be fully tested. under the surveillance OF
medical men and Boards of Health. One or
two such incremations would famlliarize the
public mind to the new idea and serve their
purpose better than folios of argument.
Year: 1878

Edwin Booth writes brief and forcbe letter on
the present state of the drama in which, while dis
claiming his ability to say anything upon the sub
Ject he manages to say good deal in u few words.
1t is an incident of some significance to find an
actor of Mr. Booths rank expressing the earnest
wish that "the management of theatres could be
denied to spectators, and placed in the hands OF
actors who value their regulations and respect Their
calling" On the whole, the public may feel that
they have lost an interesting paper through Mr.
Booths modest conviction that he has "no literary
ability Whatever
Year: 1878

The House must do something about the
cipher dispatches, and pretty promptly, too.
Mr.. Conger, who is one of the most vindctive
and unfeeling men in Congress, shows dis
position to prod his Democratic colleagues
into something like frenzy OH this question.
Year: 1878

The British Government has shown dis
cretion in abandoning Its intention to ask
Parliament to vote money for the RhOdope
fugitives. While there is so much distress at
home, the British people would not have SUBJ
mitted patiently to the proposed use of the
public funds for the benefit of Turkey.
Year: 1878

be removed. If majority of the voters who reside in the county, az provided in that law, wish the coun ty seat removed then it ought to be and will be moved; and we presume there is no man in the county who Is unwilling to have the people vote on the propos .tion, now that we have no court house fit to hold court in, as I am told tue damage caused by the storm is so great that the house Is not safe to use for any purpose.

 The center of population is the center of the county for court house purposes, and no one will say that the court house at Dover is at the center of population. Galla Rock, Wilson and Holly Bend townships alone have more voters than the whole of Pope county north of Do yer (especially since the last Legis- lature cut of 8 much of the north west part of the county) and the people in these townships have to travel from 20 to 30 miles to get to the present county seat. Again, Illinois township has more voters in it than any forr townships nor.h of Dover, and as the object of all government is to do the greatest good to the greatest number we think a vote ought to be taken on this question, and at as early day as can conveniently be had; and we say let it be had.

 We are aware that county seat questions are exciting ones, but any intelligent citizen must know that this question must come up sooner or later, and we think now is the time for it before large expendi- ture is made for repairing the old court house. Some candidates for office, who think they will be injur- ed by the agitation of tbls question, may find it little annoying to ad just their position on this question so as to suit the occasion. but we suggest to them that their qaalifica- tion for office and the question of the removal of the court house are two very different matters, and they need not get excited in the least We advise all of those worthy gen tlemen-we understand there will be a number of them-to keep cool and uuiet. as summer will soon be kere and they will need ali their energies in the contest with each other.

 Yours &c., GALLA Rock.
Year: 1878

This gentleman card, announcing himself for reelection to the office of Prosecuting Attorney will be found in the proper column of to days pa- per. Mr. Byers has served in that capacity for two terms, and notwith- standing the fact that he was young and n.experienced, he has made a record of which he may well feel proud. That he may have commit ted blunders we presume he is aware, but we opine no one who has watched hls course, will doubt that he has energetieally and faithfully and conscientiouslv endeavored to serve the State to the best of his ability. No one will ever accuse him of slothfulness or remissness in always exhibiting disposition to be at his post of duty. Neither will any one contest the fact that MT. Byers has greatly improved and is now far better qualified for the posi- ton than he has been heretofore Experience in this position is worth great deal and Mr. Byers' expert ence for the past few years gives him many advantages for the third term. The office is not political one, and the objections which are of ten urged against third terms will not apply to Mir. Byers. The pride that this gentleman has always exhibited to come fully and squarely up to the conscienclous discharge of his duty is sure guarantee that if he should be elected again, the execution of the laws of the State within his Circuit will Dc we'll and ably looked after. MT. Byers will run strong race, and his opponent or opponents in the contest will have no time for nap. ping. =
Year: 1878

The contest for U. $. Senator from this State to succeed Mir. Dor sey is going to be very warm and interesting one. There are goodly number of candidates already men toned, with several more counties to hear from yet. The names thus far put forward are all men of abili- ty and worth, and any of them would do our State credit. The Van Buren Argus has the following resume of the Senatorial prospects up to date:

 "From some of our exchanges we learn that Col NJ. l.. Bell will not consent to become candidate~ for Governor, but will be candidate for U. s. Senator. We had hoped to see Col, Bell in the field for Governor, although he will be valuable to the State in the Senate. He Is man of great ability and energy. and has been firm friend to Arkansas as we'll as a consistent and sound Dem

 ocrat. The field is filling for the place of Senator. some one will be chosen and some several will be left at home. Who is to be the lucky man, is very difficult thing to tell at the present time. With Bell and Walker both in the field. each weak. ems the chances of the other. Ex- Gov. Baxter will have much strength Tn his own section, but we do not be- lieve he will have much elsewhere. Johnson will have strength all over the State, and will make strong fight, In our opinion his. strength

 will not be sufficient to elect him, but the man who defeats Bob John- son xill succeed s. ". Dorsey. Gen. Newton will have a large following in southwestern and southern Ark

 ansas and at Little Rock. and. if not again slaughtered in the house of his friends" will be a formidable op- ponent. Walker is very strong in northwest Arkansas, and will not be touched by any opponent up here. Bell will have his strength in his own and adjacent counties. Now, here is the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast occupied, with the center for battle ground. Much depends upon a mere trifle. Any false step on the part of either of the gentlemen named, will seal his doom. Another factor is to be taken into the calculation of chances. Hon. c. D. Royston is favorably men toned, and many others will doubt less be present Ut the onset. These are to be disposed of, and some one of them may prove the ''dark horse. The struggle will be hard one, and the future cannot be foreseen. All the gentlemen mentioned would make us good officers, but we believe Hon. J. D. Walker would be our best.
Year: 1878

This well known gentleman's $ card announcing hls candidacy for the office of State Treastrer will be found in to-day's paper. He needs no introduction to the people from us. There is perhaps no man in the State who has always remained in the quiet walks of private life attending to his own business, so we'll known to the people generally as Maj. Woodruff: and there is cer- tainly none who has labored so in cessantIy and arduously for the wei fare of the State and people. If any mans long devotion to his corntry's good gives him claim to prefer ment for office, Major Woodruff will certainly come in this list, for while he las never, we believe, held an office, his services and labors have at the same time been of such a public nature, and have tended so largely to initiate to the public good, that he may justly be called one of our most faithful and hardworking pub lie servants
Year: 1878

The candidacy of Judge Mansfield for seat on the Supreme Bench will necessitate the election of new man as Circuit Judge ofthis District. Among other names which we have heard mentioned Is that of our dis tinguisLed fellow .townsman, Hon. Lewis ". Davis. Judge Davis is known to almost every man, woman and child in Pope county, and to our home people no words of commenda- tion which we might give him would add to the esteem in which he is Ieid. As a man no one will ever bring into question his integrity of purpose and character. As lawyer he has gain

 ed a place in the front rank of the bar at all the courts in the District. With clear, active mind and wig orous physical organization, Judge Davis is we'll fitted for the arduous duties of the bench. We presume Judge Davis will at the proper time let the people know definitely, If he will serve them in this capacity.
Year: 1878

This gentleman's announcement as candidate for Prosecuting Attor- ney will be found in to-day's paper. Mir. McKennon is personally known to many of our citizens and by repu- tation all are acquainted with him. In the last Legislature he made q creditable record; and his dignified bearing, his eloquent oratory and his firm, logical views which he al ways defended so vigorously and conscientiously gave him prestage among his fellow members of the House rarely attained by so young a member. In the convention four years ago MT. McKennon was can didatel for the same office for which he now announces himself, and if we remember cor rectly hs went into the convention with instructions from four and a half counties out of seven. By some turn. however, he failed to get the vote instructed for him, but never the-less he submitted with grace which told that he cared more for unity and harmony of the party than he did for his own advancement.

 Without disparagement to the mer- its or prospects of any other gentle men who may intend to contest fer the office, we are free to say that Mir. McKennon is erhinently qualified for the position he seeks, and If he is elected, the verdict must be "Good for the State"
Year: 1878

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: l notice in the Russellville DEMOCRAT, of the l4th Feb'y, that voter had sent you previously communication suggesting the name of one of Pope county's best citizens for Probate Judge, hut you refuse to publish the same on account (you say ) the voter not giving his name; as have been a reader of the DEMOCRAT for some time, I think l have right to ask you a question or two, as you refuse to publish that communication sug- gesting Frank BayIiss as candi- date for Go. and Probate Judge Why did some editor some time ago, publish communications suggesting Ben. T. Embry for Governor, and some editor for Representative in the next Legislature? If that commu- nication suggesting Frank Bayliss Is not published I will be compelled to think you are unjust-have pets. The shoe did surely pinch some where, on account of said Bayliss not being your favorite, or the writer not living in the fayorite part of your county. The DEMOCRAT has been my favorite paper, but if you have pets-guess at the balance.

 4 VOTER.

 In replying to the above we will state at the outset that there IS no principle of right or justice, nor any rule of courtesy or privilege, known to newspaper men, which gives a man the right to demand the puoli- cation of communications without imparting the writer's name. We do not mean to say that the writer's real name must be signed to the communication, but we say that if a man wishes his correspondence pub lished he should at least let the pub fisher of the paper know who he is. He can then sign any nom de plume to his communication he pleases. This is the rule with ali newspapers. The writer of the above communica.