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Year: 1877

THE ART OF LIVING TOGETHER
l. If people are to live happily together,
they must not fancy, because they are
thrown together now, that all their
lives have been exactly similar up to
the present time; that they started ex-
actly alike; and that they are to be for
the future exactly of the same mind.


2. Avoid having stock subjects of dis
putation.


3. Do not hold too much to logic, and
suppose that everything is to be settled
by sufficient reason.


4. If you would be loved as compan-
ion, avoid unnecessary criticism upon
those with whom you live.


5. Let not familiarity swallow up all
courtesy.


6. We must not expect more from the
society of our friends and companions
than it can give; and, especially, must
not expect contrary things.
Year: 1877

The Gatling gun in use by the troops
upon the frontier is described as a small
field piece, usually transported on a car
riage constructed for the purpose. 1t
has four chambers or barrels, and is con-
structed so as to revOlve and fire a
charge with each revolution. 1t is
charged with ball cartridge, and in an
open field battle may be made to do
great execution. 1t is different from a
mountain howitzer in that it has more
than one bore, and is smaller in calibre,
carrying a ball but little if any larger
than a musket, while the howitzer has
but one bore and is used principally for
firing shells.
Year: 1877

1t is high time that the entire press of
the United States should join in urging
needed legislation, instead of using
terms of reproach when referring to such
men as are going from place to place
anxiously seeking employ whereby
they can gain livelihood for them
selves and their families. To refer to
any honest man as a tramp, and to ad-
vocate his determination, is bad busi-
ness, and must necessarily bear bad
fruit-EI
Year: 1877

A woman, hearing a great deal about
"preserving autumn leaves" concluded
to put up few jars of them. She told
a neighbor yesterday that she didn't
think they would ever be fit to eat, and
she might just as we'll have thrown her
sugar away!
Year: 1877

to farming. And such farm. Good
reader, I mean you who think that
woman's capacity is limited to the sue
cessful carrying out of only light en-
deavors, wish you could pay visit to
that old Chehalem farm.
Year: 1877

JEALOUSY is such stupid,
illogical passion! Somebody likes you
better than me; therefore, am to hate
you. Thus jealousy reasons, and seems
to forget one of the most obvious facts
in life-namely, that one is liked by any
person accordingly as Que presents a
likable appearance to that person. Moth
ing can prevent the operation of this
natural law. 1t is no good your urging
you are the father, mother, brother, sis
ter, husband, or lover of the person by
whom you wish to be supremely loved.
If you are not lovable to him, or her, all
argument, all exhOrtation, all passion
is thrown away which is intended to
produce love. You can force the out
ward show, but not the inward feeling.
A jealous person will exclaim: "Why
don't you confide in me?" The real
reason is: You are not person to be
confided in; and all claims for conf
dene come to nothing when confronted
with that important fact. Jealousy is,
therefore, the peculiar vice of stupid
people.-Sir Arthur Helps.
Year: 1877

LAND RULINGS - Recent instructions
from the Com missioner of the General Land
Office authorize the filing Of homestead
application upon tract of land already hied
upon by pre-emptor, to prove up and pay
for the land. The homestead applicant IN
such case takes all the risk OF the pre-emptors
rights being established. and his purchase OF
the land in which event the homestead entry
fails. The class of cases to be benefited by
the ruling are those where pre-emption nj
ings appear upon tracts which have been
abandoned, and wherein it would be necrs-
sary for the person desiring 10 tile home
stead application 10 first incur the trouble
and expense of proving such abandonment
and before procuring u cancellation OF the
pre-emption filing, find the tract covered by
another pre-enpiion fling to the exclusion
OF his homestead application. Homestead
applicants are cautioned against exercising
this right except in cases where their entries
are not in danger Of being interfered with
by prior pre-emptiCn rights. The latest de-
cision by the Secretary of the interior In cases
of lands claimed by railroad companies Is TO
the effect, that a tract covered by nome
stead entry at the date of the grant to the
company segregated the land 50 as to except
it from the operation of the grant. Upon the
cancellation Of the entry the land rever's 10
the United States and not to the raiITca
campaDy. y.-EJcAangs
Year: 1877

LOyE-NO sign of real tenderness Is given
by those who die Cor love, for the narrower
the mind, the more it is liable to be deyoured
by whatever predominates over it. II there
were such a superabundance of tenderness
that life itself must be the forfeit of lis
Wounds, il would appear also on other occas-
iouS but you may see people lying for love,
who have not docility enough to submit to
the correction of disappointment. In violent
minds, love will be Il violent passion, like the
rest Violent, ungoveruable love shows the
fury, not the tenderness Of disposition. Mel
ancholy, or thinking people, make the most
romantic lovers, and use all quaint cunceit
of vuluiDg .ritirs belonging TO the object OF
their love, aud are tediOusly interested about
the smallest concern relative TO the sad divini-
ty which is always insipid aud ridiculous to
Others. They love and despair, and love till
they lore despair itself, and fancy themselves
ten times more in love than they really are
But this IL an error common to all lovers
The sanguine love very bountifnlly. They
are not only liberal of their affecuioD, but
they generally sscIifce perfection, 10 the
selected object. There is a continual aDina
ton in their passion, and these are the peo-
pie who will quarrel and forgive thousand
times. The impetuosity of their emotions,
however renders them the victims of jealousy;
and though they love deeply, they are apt to
be Troublesome, unless they meet with mind
a. impassiUned as their own.
Year: 1877

Tue mind has certain vegetable power,
which cannot be wholly idle. If II IL not
laid out and cultivated into beautiful
garden, it will of itself shoot up weeds OF
flowers Of a wild growth
Year: 1877

that the S4,000,O00 proposition is a bad one for the State. The State can pay face value for all the undis- puted bonds which Messrs. AdaTs and Redfield propose to turn in, and also pay the market value for the Levee bonds and then get off at less than $4,000,000. The Levee Bonds are the only disputed bonds includ- ed in their proposition but which have been declared null and void by our Supreme Court. We oppose, stralghtout, the payment of one cent for the Railroad and the disputed portion of the Holiord Bonds. We contend that the decision of the Supreme Court has settled them.

 Again we say examine our tables. We urge members ot the Legislature to examinc them, for the chances are that there will be an effort to convene the Legislature and get through the plan now accepted by the Finance Board.
Year: 1877

There is one fact that we deslre to impress upon the minds of all who are seeking homes. and that is, that any man who is able bodied and in dusirous may easily acquire home in Arkansas. Here labor always meets with neyerfailing reward. The ease with which homes may be acquired here is illustrated by the following incident, related by the Lonoke Democrat:

 Mir. Gillis, who purchased small farm adjoining the town of Old Brown,viiie, two and half miles north of this place, apout three years ago, has made three successive crops on the same, and he tells us the net proceeds of these three crops will pay for the farm. This item is for the homeless to read and think over. What has been done by Mr. Gills can be done by others who are industrious and economical, and proves the assertion we made last week, that plenty of fine farming lands. can be purchased at this time and on sufficient time to make the products of the soil pay for the land.

 Come along to Arkansas, and sc cure home of your own in land of health and of the best climate on the globe.
Year: 1877

the methods adopted are not suhvcr-
sive Of the principles underlying The war
for national existence, and do not jcor-
ardiZe the substantial fruits of victory
attained at such incalculabic cost, they
should provoke but little discussion.
President HAYES challenges the conf
dcnce of the country hv his honesty of
character and undeuiable sincerity of
purpose, and we believe the result of
his proposed policy towards the South
will display equal Judgment and sagac
itv. Stated briefly, the hope of the
President is to break down the color
line in the Southern States, by the com
plete protection of all citizens in the
free ENJOYMENT Of all their constitu-
tional rights" This policy was unmis-
takablv foreshadowed in his letter Of
acceptance. THE moral and material
prosperity Of the Southern States can
abe most cilectuallv advanced by a
hearty and generous recognition of
1.-THE rights of all by ala recognition
without reserve or exception" Ac-
cepting these declarations as evidence
of the object sought to be attained, it
is noticeable that the methods to be
adopted are predicatod upon the une-
uuivocal recognition by the Southern
whites of the fullest and completcst
civil and religious freedom, secured to
the freedmen of the South, through the
amendment to the Constitution, and the
laws passed by Congress to secure their
enforcement In other words, PreSi-
dent HAYES recognizes the fact that the
be exercised to secure the right of peace
able citizenship to the white and black
man alike, leaving all other questions
of political character to be determined
by the legally expressed will of the peo-
pie of the different disturbed States


That President Hayes is actuated by
the highest and most patriotic motives
no reasonable man can doubt, and he is
indeed a ptiable partisan who with
holds his sympathy in the consum-
nation of an end so desirable as the
restoration of permanent peace and or
der to localities recently the theaters of
scenes alike disgraeeful to humanity and
civilization
Year: 1877

1t must be apparent to every intelli-
gent observer, that the course indicated
by President Hayes with reference to
Southern politics, must have incalcula-
hle influence upon the future of the
Republican party. Whatever may be
its final result, whether Of success or
of failure, one fact is certain, that the
nation at large sustains the policy
which the President has announced,
and will accord him all the moral sup
port he may require, in applying to his
views the severe test of actual and judi
cious experiment. 1t is true that there
is considerable element of the Rcpub-
lcan party to which the mere idea Of
concession is distasteful Who regard
the disposition Of the President to con-
cliate the South, by according it rep
resentative in his Cabinet, as an equiro-
cal method to conciliate his political
enemies at the expense of his political
friends, and who view with suspicion a
policy that places power in the hands
of men who have but recently BETRAYED
the most solemn governmental trusts.
Making reasonable allowance however,
for every objection to the Presidents
policy, so far as he has indicated it, it
still must commend itself to the final
acceptance Of all with whom patriot
ism is higher motive than party


Besides, it must seem to be ample time
to criticse it when it is more specifi-
cally announced and more definitely
indicated. Our present knowledge of
it does not extend beyond the announce
ment Of the leading or cardinal ideas of
the President in his determination to
adopt more generous methods in deal
ing with the South. Indeed, so long as
Year: 1877

The system of civil service, proposed
by President Hayes, promises to be
thorough and effective He is very
earnest in referenc to it, and his efforts
will be directed to bring about such
reforms as he indicated in his inaugural
address. This embraces thorough
reform, not merely Of certain abuses
and practices of official patronage, which
have obtained the sanction of usage in
the several departments of the Govern
ment, but contemplates a change in the
system of appointment itself; a reform
that shall be thorough and radical, a
return to the principles and practices
of the founders of the Government. 1t
can be confidently stated then that it is
the fixed purpose of the President, so
far as practicable, to carry out to the
letter the utterances of his letter of
acceptance. Appointments will not be
made merely for partisan services, nor
will Congressman he regarded as hav-
ing an inherent right to control them
The action of the Cabinet, on Tuesday,
with reference to this subject indicates
the practical system contemplated
General rules for the government of
appointments were discussed. The
most important one was that Congress
men shall not dictate appointments as
rewards for personal services. Their
recommendations will be duly consid-
ered but such Endorsements will not lie
final and will not be held as binding
upon the President In order to give
shape to the policy to be pursued in
making appointments, three members Of
the Cabinet We're requested to draft
general rules, to be reported at an early
dav 1t is designed to make these rules
so comprehensive, that all cases may be
determined under them As soon as
they are perfected, they will be made
public, so that those seeking places
under the Government may know the
precise course of procedure to be fol-
lowed. 1t is generally understood at
Washington that, until the details Of
the system shall be fully arranged, no
new appointments to Office will be made,
except where vacancies occur by expira-
tion of commissions
Year: 1877

POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY has indi-
Gated a line of policy for the admins
tration of the Post Office Department.
which will not only give satisfaction to
the people, but also disarm the crit-
cism Of Republicans who were disposed
to take exception to the appointment to
Cabinet position of an Independent
Southern Democrat. Changes will not
be made in the postal service, except for
cause, and the efficiency and character
of applicants for appointments will be
rigdly inquired into. AS he was placed
in the Cabinet to represent the South,
he will endeavor to make such appoint
ments as will be calculated to conciliate
all conflicting local interests.
Year: 1877

MORE MEN have been financially
ruined by becoming security for others
than in any other way The system is
q wrong one, and it should be abolished


No man should be required or solicited
to make himself liable for the obliga-
tion of another in which he has not a
moneyed interest. That he should do
so is not business. 1t is wrong in prin-
ciple and disastrous in practice 1t
makes third party equally liable with
the second without any compensation
for so doing C insures B for AS bene-
fit without any percentage for his risk.
If an insurance company were to un-
dertake to do that sort of business it
would last just as long as its original
capital held out and no longer. There
are but few men in any community
that can afford to do that sort of busi-
Year: 1877

"STAND by the President seems to
be standing editorial head in the Re
publican newspapers. There is one
great duty at the present time for every
citizen. 1t is to stand by the Presi-
dent. Every word of his yet spoken,
every act of his yet done, demands tie
cordial and earnest favor of patriotic
men of every party. He has started
right and started bravely. He has ex-
ercised in the selection Of his Cabinet
only the proper prerogative of his Of
flee. There is nothing in the character
of any gentleman named for the head
of a department that disqualities him
for the place. On the contrary, each of
them is distinguished for ability, high
character and clear discernment of the
duties of the hour
Year: 1877

The appointment of Frederick W.
Seward as First Assistant Secretary
of State deserves all the praise that can
be bestowed upon it Mr.. Seward is
we'll fitted for the place as well by
former experience in the same position
under his father as by refined scholar
ship and marked diplomatic taste.
Year: 1877

ness even for Il short time. Insurng
the obligations of other people without
any consideration, is very poor bust
ness when we'll followed This is so
universally considered in that light that
copartnership articles generally have a
clause in which the partners indivdu-
ally and collectively bind themselves
not to become security for others.
Year: 1877

SENATOR SIMON CAMERON voluntar-
iv retires from his seat in the Senate,
giving as reason his advanced age
and WEAKNESS with public life. His
real reason is understood to be desire
to have his son, the ex-Secretary of
War, succeed him.
Year: 1877

THE voice of the American people
has no uncertain sound in its commenda-
tion Of the conciliatory policy of Presi-
dent Hayes. If any one doubts the
power of that voice, as expressed
through the journals of the country,
let him look at the sudden collapse of
the Senate's opposition to the Cabinet
appointments. Not until they have the
most positive and convincing proof of
the impracticablity Of the pacific plans
of the President, will they question the
wisdom or patriotism of them.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10, 1877.


DEAR WrIG:-YeSterday being Sunday,
the political horizon indicated very little
that might be considered startling or of
unusual interest. Newspaper Row seemed
deserted, and in the hotels was noticed an
absence of the busy throng of political gos-
sips that usually crowd the corridors. Al
together people are satisfied. The great
contest is ended, and the ardor of puhlic
interest has correspondingly moderated.
Everybody regards the outlook as favorable,
and whatever agitation there is now in
public attention seems consequent on the
future Southern policy of President Hayes.
Just what that policy will be ha. engrossed
the minds OF people for some time, until
now, when all other things of Importance
appear settled, the one question is, what
Will be done regarding Louisiana and South
Carolina? Conjecture is wild and rumor
frantic over what somebody says somebody
else thinks, but all seem to agree upon the
idea that the manner of treating the gov
ernments of the two States will receive the
early attention of President Hayes.


The general impression is that the Senate
will adjourn within the next ten days, with
oSt taking any action upon the South Caro-
lima or Louisiana contestants leaving the
President free to act without the least
embarrassment. Should. however, the Sen
ate change its mind and decide to consider
the matter in question, the probabilities are
that the present session will! be prO:racted
some time.
Year: 1877

To retain or recover health, persons
should be relieved from anxiety concern
ing disease. The mind has power over
the body-for person to think he had a
disease will often produce that disease.
This we see effected when the mind is
intensely concentrated upon the disease
of another. We have seen person sea-
sick, in anticipation of a voyage, before
reaching the vessel. We have known
people to die of cancer in the stomach
when they had no cancer in the stomach
or any other mortal disease. A blind
folded man, slightly pierced in the arm,
has tainted and died from believing he
was bleeding to death. Therefore, per-
SONS should have their minds diverted
as much as possible from themselves. 1t
is by their faith that men are saved, and
it is by their faith they die. AS man
thinketh, so is he. Ii he wills not to die,
he can often live in spite of disease; and,
if he has little or no attachment for life,
he will slip away as easily as child will
fall asleep. Men live by their. minds as
well as by their bodies. Their bodies
have no life of themselves; they are only
receptacles of life-tenements for their
minds, and the will has much to do in
continuing the physical occupancy or
giving it up.
Year: 1877

whether produced by Indigestion, improper food,
change of water or Diet too free indulgence in ice
wat r, exposure to sudden changes OF temp erature
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
a gallon 1f
Year: 1877

tical status of them, and not upon
their religion. Russia we look upon
as friendly to the United States, and
we all have a good word for her; but
when was the time that we ever had
to count on Turkey as our enemy?


Let us try and be as just as the
God Of battles, and he is just now
on the side of the Turks. Let us cast
away all predjudice, and look upon
them as we would like to be looked
upon. W.


Will, Del, Oct. 4th.
Year: 1877

New YoRK, Dec, 1.-The contest over the late
Commodors's will was resumed to-day. Itcame
up on arguments as to the admissibility of Jen-
ME .sanforths testimony, taken at the last
session. subject to q motion to strike it out.
The testimony was that nine months before his
death the Commodore expressed his regret at
having made the will. and said he would make
another will. and them added that, he did not
know but that he had made q mistake In taking
the advice of DR.. Linsley and his son William
IN excluding his daughter. Mrs, Laban. from
the room. Judge Black insisted that the evil
denee was admissible. not as proof of insanity.
which they did not want proved. but of weak
ness of mind.


>, His friend, Judge Comstock; thought the
Commodore the sanest of men. but in fact he
was the weakest. Hts whole life showed it.
Judge Black argued at considerable length to
show that this evidence either establishes. Or
tends to establish, that this man of weak mind
was liable to undue influence and conscious of
the fact. and as such the evidence is admissible.


Judge Ccmstock replied on behalf of pro-
ponenis. when adjournment was taken for half
an hour.


After the recess the surrogate decided that the
testimony Of the witness on clairvoyance should
be stricken out, together with her testim 9ny as
to the Commodore's declaration Of dissatisfac-
ton with his will
Year: 1877

WAsHINGToN Dec. 12.-In the Senate Mr. Nc
Donald to day introduced bill to recognize the
Woodruff scientific expedition around the
world and for other purposes. which author
ICES the secretary Of War to grant for the pur-
poses of the above named expedition reg lster
to u foreign built steamship, and authorizes the
navy. not to exceed five each. for duty with the
expedition. who shall report to the chiefs Of
and sba y tham seese
The vessel Is to be approved by the Secretary
Of the Navy as suitable for the purposes of the
thereon with % capacity Of at least 200 students'
In no case shall any mercantile or commercial
venture form part of the expedition.
Year: 1877

THE following occurred in the House the other day:

 Conger moved 10 go into Committee of the Whole on the private calendar.

 Tine Speaker declined to admit the motion, on the ground that there are no bills on the private calendar. and he added, the Chair ought 10 exercise a little common sense in such matters.

 Conger retoried that if he Chair was making an effort in that direction he was unwilling to interfere with him. Laughter
Year: 1877

An Iowa justice of the peace refused to
fine man for kissing girl against her
will, because, when the lass came into
court, he was obliged to hold on to the
arms of his chair to keep from kissing
her himself