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Year: 1877

Pete Reed is in from Peoples Valley, and reports twenty four hours rain making the ground too wet to blow for a short time and doing an immense amount of good.

 This rain came just in the nick of time and did the ground. and especially poor stock more real benefit than if il had been a show er of twenty dollar pieces.
Year: 1877

There are now being worked in Yavapa county over one hundred aud sixty mincs. and some of them are yielding large amounts and pay handsome dividends to their owners It i, only a matter of time with Arizona and we will ship more bullion than all the other Territories combined. Just wait until we get machinery for the reduction of our pr.-
Year: 1877

E. !. Wade Is to remain in charge of the county jail during Sheriff Bowers absence in California, where he goes to bring Hunt back to meet sentence of the Court for violation of the law.
Year: 1877

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

PRESIDENT JAY on THE NATIONAL QUESTION


THE NEW CLUB HOUSE PROJECT.


Tho Union League Club held their monthly meeting
last evening. some $50 members were present. Mr.
John Jay took the chair for the drst time since his
election TO tho ofhce OF President He thanked the
club for the honor and referred in complimentary
terms 10 Its former presidents He quoted many
persons as expressing anxiety about the
welfare OF the country. and sald that mum
Der Of people thought that great evils would
follow universal suffrage. He spoke oI tho
defeat the popular will In the State election or 1868
OF d,sappcarance Of the coored vote IN the south
Mr. Blame the Southern treatment OF the negro


In our muncipal affairs there some cheering
signs The report Of Colonel Hawkins and the able
speech OF Mr.. Cowdin huve advised The community OF
the gigantic wrongs already perpstrated upon our tax
payers and o! the dangers that mpend. Our best
citizens OF all parties combining for mutual proec-
on and the Mayor and Comptroller are loyalty lend
ing their aid 10 correct tho existing abuses Both
houses OF the Legislature arc said 10 be ready TO
respond to demand Tor just LEGISLATION, and we
look with confidence TO Governor RoDinson Tor the
Executive approval.


TRANSACTION or BUSINESS.


A number OF members then elected. The
special committee appointed consider the project
building club house made report which WAS lai on
the table The matter OF making future arrangements
on that subject then referred 10 the Executive
Committee, which IS also the governing committee
The lease OF the present building which Is the prop
erty OF Mr.. Jerome expires year IRON next May.
Year: 1877

She had just returned from a visit
to a married couple, and, as she threw
her hat on the sofa. she tured up her
nose, put on a look of disgust, and
said: "lf there IS anything on this
earth hateful it is to see married peo-
lie kissing and hugging and gushing
before folks" Her little brother crawl,
ed out from under the table, where he
had been hunting stray marble, and,
addressing his sister; said: You and
George is all the time kissing before
me; but you isn't married yet. and
| suppose I'm too small to be folks" T"
That boy told another little boy next
morning that it wasn't always sigu
when your ear burned that somebody
was talking about you.
Year: 1877

a French physician Is out in a long
dissertation on the advantages OF
groaning and crying in general, and
especially during surgical operations.


He contends that groaning and cry.
ing are two grand operations by which
nature allays anguish; that those pa.
tients who give way to their natural
feelings more speedily recover from
accidents and operations than those
who suppose it unworthy a man to
betray such symptoms Of cowardice as
either to groan or cry. He tells Of a
man who reduced his pulse from one
hundred and twenty-six to sixty in the
course ola few hours, by giving full
vent to his emotions. Ifpeople are at
all unhappy about anything, let them
60 into their rooms and comfort them
selves with n loud boo-hoo, and they
will feel hundred per cent. better
sfterward.


In accordance with .he above, the
crying Of children should not be too
greatly discouraged. If ID is system
atically repressed, the result may be
st. Vitus' dance, epileptic fits, or
some other disease Of the nervous sys-
TEN. What is natural is nearly al
ways useful, and nothing can be more
natural than the crying of children
when anything occurs to give them
either physical or mental pain.
Year: 1877

When a young man enters u news
paper Office and explains that he has a
poem only little over a column long,
which he read on the Fourth of July,
and which he would like to have pub.
lished "in your valuable paper, an ed
itor may be fully justified in killing
him. as has been done in several in.
stances; but humane and forgiving
editor will simply cripple the intrude,
for life, and let him go at that.
Year: 1877

An exchange says he likes to hear
man refuse 10 take his home paper,
and all the time sponge ON his neigh
Dor for the reading of it. We like to
hear man complain when we ask
him TO subscribe for his home paper,
that he takes more papers now than
he reads, aud then 90 around and Dor,
row his neighbors, or loaf about until
he gathers all the news from il.
Year: 1877

FRiESDs AND FoRrUSE.-With a
clear sky, bright sun, and gentle
breeze, you can have friends in plen.
ty; but let Fortune frown and the firm.
ament be overcast, and then your
friends will prove like the strings Of a
lutte, of which you will tighten before
you will find one that will bear the
stretch and keep the pith.
Year: 1877

to Russellyille as will induce them to make this their shipping point, not only will the road be greatly benefited thereby, but the city of Little Rock will be able to sell some thing like quarter of million of dollars worth of goods to the mer- chants of those counties. It is so manifcstly to the interests of Arkan- sas to keep this important trade at home and to have the transporta- tion done by Arkansas roads that we hope the Ft. Smitn road will make some overtures to those people, so IS to induce them to turn their trade and shipping this way.
Year: 1877

cumbent upon the people os. the United States IS to so deal with the first Fraudulent President known in our history that there shall never be another of the kind.

 In the performance of this duty ordinary social considerations may sometimes have to give way; but no such consideration is of any impor tance compared with the preserva tion of republican institutions and democratic self government.

 An honest king is better than q Fraudulent President. The Ameri- can people fought seven years to get rid of their honest king. Get ting rid of their Fraudulent Presi- dent will neither be so long nor so difficult a process.
Year: 1877

The following item caught our eye in the last number of the Harri son Times:

 Last week our merchants sent a petition to D. Wishart, general freight and ticket agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway O., desiring that he furnish them a schedule of the lowest special rates on freight to Springfield. They re- celvcd an answer Thursday night, stating that he was unable to offer any special rates to the merchants fl Arkansas other than those already in operation to Verona, Pierce City and Neosho-points west of Spring field. Of course the merchants and traders of this county cannot be ben efirted by any special rates that may be in existence with those shipping points.

 Why not have general mass meeting of the merchants and lead ing business men of the county, and consult as to the propriety of chang ing our place of shipping from Springfield to Clarksville or Russell vile?

 Now here is a hint to which we call the attention of the Ft. Smith road. The entire frcighting busi- ness for tho counties of Boone, New ton and Searcy counties may be secured by the Fort Smith road if the proper overtures are made to that section of country, The new business which might be secured for the Ft, Smith road from this source IS not by any means an insignificant matter. If the Ft. Smith road can give these people such special rates
Year: 1877

The above pertinent remarks are from our able confrere, Capt. J. H. Battcn6eld Tit should be J. E--Ep. DEM. of the Russellyille DEMOCRAT. We will state that our new Govern or Miller, when auditor, informed us about . year and hale ago that the State Board of Finance in making up their estimate, more than two years ago, for means to run the ma chinery of the government overlook ed the important item of Assessors blanks and subsequently, held con sultation in which they agreed that state scrip should be issned for as- sessment blanks. This was all right and no one complained, although we have. never seen any public notice of such a conclusion. Since that time the legislature has convened and re- duced the price of these blanks from one dollar to fifty cents per quire and we see nothing in the acts where pay for these blanks shall be issued in state scrip. If the Board of Fi- nance have arrived at such conclu- sion why don't it publish the infor- nation, and give it to the public if such is the case, their authority for taking such step. When we pub lish proclamation from the govern or we receive pay in currency. Why not get. currency for assessment blanks at fifty cents per quire? That is the question.

 The above IS what friend Newman, of the Pine Bluff Press, says after copying our article of week before last headed "Is the State Scrip Mill Again in Operation"

 Now few more questions just here If the Legislature made no appropriations to pay the expense of printing Assessors blanks when it reduced the price to fifty cents per quire, what authority has the State Board of Finance to say that this item shall be paid in state scrip? If the State Board of Finance can hold a consultation and agree to issue state scrip for one purpose where no appropriation has been made, may it not do it in other cases? And thus may not state scrip be ground out ad libitum ct ad infinitum.
Year: 1877

There never was a man who adver

 tised his bushes lIberally who could

 justly be accused of being stingy.

 The liberal advertiser is always a

 large .souled, generous man and n

 liberal person to deal with. The

 man who advertises has claims upon

 the patronage of the public which no

 non advertiser has, or can have. He

 says in practice, that in exchange

 tor the patronage of those among

 whom he does business, he is willing

 to contribute share of his means toward sustaining the various enter prises and institutions winch tend

 to enlighten the masses and build

 up the country. The press he rec

 ognizes as public benefactor, as, all educator of the masses and as, a 1 friend to progress; he therefore pat

 ronizes it.

 But how about the non advertiser the man with soul so small and pinched up that lie cares only for his neighbors so far as their dollars go? He says just the opposite of what the liberal advertiser says.

 He says to the public that he wants their money; that he wants to grow fat and rich from their patronage; that he wants to fill his safe and his his coffers with the peoples money, but he wants to do nothing for them in return. He says plainly that the civilization of the country, the edu cation and intelligence of his GUS toners children, and the press of the country can go to the devil so far as he is concerned. All he wants is the money of his customers, and when he has filled his coffers well up with it, he cares nothing more for those whose patronage has made him rich and fed him with the fat of the land. He says the children of the land can grow up without ever seeing newspaper or print ing press, and that he don't want the people to read the papers, for fear they should find out that there are better firms and more enterpris- 1 ing business men than he Is. He | don't care cent for any body but i himself---he IS selfish, stingy and | ignorant of the proper way to do business in this advanced age of printing presses and civilization. The man who seeks the patronage of the public owes duty to the pubic. He owes it as duty to aic Tn sus taining the newspaper press through out the land, for the newspaper is indispensable to the welfare of the country. These remarks apply with equal force to the merchant, the pro fessional man, the mechanic and all others who seek public patronage. They apply not only to the adver tiser here at home but to those firms and business men in other cities who seek the trade of our merchants and people.

 Watch our columns and see who advertise, and patronize them only. Let the non advertiser severely alone.
Year: 1877

The Countless de Bassanville, who is responsible for the Almandch du saUoir UiVfe, admits the decline of good man. ners in France, for which she thinks Anglomania is to blame to a great ex- tent, and does her best to remedy the evil by laying down a code of etiquette and behavior of the most comprehen- sive description, embracing rules for the various incidents of social life from the correct way of raising mans hat down to the usage to be followed in christening ship or unfolding table napkin. According to this lady, who piques herself on being one of the old school, and therefore an incontestable authority, the ladies are as muck to blame, if not more so, than the men. How is it, she asks, that now that la dies have ceased to be as ignorant as blow boys, now that they are we'll read in astronomy, travels and poetry, and can talk glibly on the evolution theory or the latest change in the ministry how is it that men avoid the society of ladies and spend their time the at clubs or in still worse company This is 8 question in which our own country women are equally interested, and which our monitress and guide above mentioned answers by charging the ladies with a want of common polite ness toward the male sex. How few ladies, nowadays, are we'll bred enough to respond by slight inclination of head to the politeness of man who makes way for them, whether in the street or on crowded staircase! How often do they exercise Christian chari- ty when 8 cavalier, in spite of all care and diligence, happens to have the

 misfortune to tread on their volumin- ous trainsq The reward he gets for his apologies and pleas for pardon is too often only black look, if not less gentle and more audible rebuke. This being the case, it is high time to start on crusade for the restoration of good manners and amiability, and the best and most elementary advice that can tbe given to both sexes, for perhap both are equally defaulters, is not to be too sparing with what has been called he small change of courtesy, whichs costs so little and goes so far.- London Globe r--.-. -..f , ..,
Year: 1877

Tapped in the cider and wrapped in the silk, cherub watching her beautiful rest, Carved from ivory, white as milk, The little princess lies in her nest And the upstretched wings hold the drift of

 lace That floats like cloud round the fower-sweet

 face - While the jewelled ladies wave to and fro Great plumes that perfume the winds theyblow. Folded in fleece and swinging aloft

 In ths rough rolled sheet of hemlock bark, The pioneer baby sleeps as soft,

 Though round her the forest frowns vast and

 dark; Where the axe rings clear and the birds sing

 high, u

 And the beast with crash is leaping by; And the shaft of sunshine comes and goes, And. the wild bee fancies her cheek rose, Long, long ago, in the misty gleam Of that elder day where the ways divide, The little ancestress dreamed her dream By the spear-head's glow and the camp-ire's

 side; While the blood of battle across the night Yet sang of the awful joys of fight, And, with all it's dints of fray and field, a, One rocked her to sleep in her fathers shield
Year: 1877

Given away as a Special Premium to the sub scrtbers of this paper. Silver Goods furnished under this Premium Proposition are from the well known and reliable Union Silver Plating Co.,, Philadelphia, Pa.

 Under a very favorable proposition from the above well known house, all regular patrons of this paper can secure useful and beautiful, as well as very valuable Premium, in the shape of a handsome set of Extra Plated silver Spoons, warranted equal to the best article of the kind sold in this country for $4 r set And in addition, each spoon will be hand- sOmeIy engraved with your mOnO- gram initial.

 All who are entitled to receive this elegant and useful Premium can do so on compliance with the following conditions :-Send your name and post-of1ce address, together with your ex- press office, to the Union Silver Plating Com pany, 7O4 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. together with the following Premium Coupon, Bnd inclose with your order 75 cents, to pay cost of engraving your initials, express charges boxing, and packing, and you will receive by return express Cor mail, if you have no express ofice) full set of extra plated Silver Spoons, free of any charge. All express and packing charges are covered by the 7o cents, and the Spoons will be delivered to you free. If you do not desire to have the spoons engraved, you are only required to send 60 cents, to pay ex- pressage and boxing. The coupon must in all cases be sent, to Indicate that you are entitled to this premium, as this very liberal offer is not extended to any one who is not patron of this paper. The retail price of this set of spoons is $4oO, as the following letter will show:

 OFFICE OF THE UNION SILVER PLATING Co.,,

 PHILAD'A, Pa.

 We assure all subscribers that the goods con tracted for are flrst-clasS in every respect, and that the usual retail price for them IS $4,0 per set. Our lowest price to Jobbers Is $s6.0o per dozen sets, and we will in no case retail them at any price, or send them In single sets to any one who does not send the required coupon, /" show ing that the sender is patron of this paper.

 UNION SILVER PLATING Go.
Year: 1877

"Old age in this country is certainly Q very ,unlovely thing" was the remark /; the speaker implying by the epithet 'sunlovely" that absence of deference to years which characterizes the Amer jeans as contrasted with respect and tender care for the aged which is the practice in most foreign countries. Unfortunately there is too much truth in the allegation, for who cannot recall instances of neglect and disrespectful mention of the, 'sold man" in almost every grade of society? As the chill dren developing into men and women, the family hearthstone, which ought to be the topical point around which the rays of domestic affection should concentrate and warm what is good within us, is too often deserted for pur- suits which the habit of the times has made congenial. It is @ melancholy outlook to the reflective person in the region of his prime to dread the ap- proach of days which take from life so much that is attractive and leaves nought in it's stead. He looks around among his friends and tries to under stand what the writer meant to convey when he spoke of a ''green old age. D In European Countries, notably France and Germany, we can gather much profit, and among other things the ten- der grace to make glad the old heart to compensate for waning powers and capacity for enjoyment. There the old grayheaded father is the patriarch, is consulted on all important affairs, his advice is sought and followed, and def erence paid to all his wishes. How common it is among Germans to see the entire family with the venerated head and his aged spouse enjoying with equal zest those outdoor amuse- ments of which this sometimes slug gish nation is SO fond. Nor need we be ashamed to follow the example of the Chinaman in this respect, although we scorn to admit him on the same scale of civilization as ourselves. While we may have no predilection for his sacred pig-tail, nor justify him in his indifference for female children, yet in the practice of some of the domestic virtues he is our peer. An oriental father while he lives never loses con- trol of his "boys" be they ever so old, and in that benighted country one never hears of the ''old man" having to give way in business or in the coun- cils to the rising generation. It is com mon to cover up our shortcomings in the general assertion that this country is too young to pay much attention to the cultivation of the arts, that the rush of business excludes everything which does not contribute to the az gregation of this worlds goods, and after that comes the refnements oi older nations. Let us hope, however, that word for the aged dropped now and then may take root in the hearts oi our people, and instead of finding nothing but the "unlovely" in the old, we might soothe with the kind word help with the strong hand and send them on their way rejoicing, feeling within us the benediction winch tho poet voiced:

 -''blessing on your frosty pow,

 John Anderson, my Jo."
Year: 1877

I suppose I must tell what that first paper was, though had much rather not, for am so heartily ashamed of the whole business as never to have looked at the article since the first hut- ter of it went off. It was on "Female Writers on Practical Divinity" I wrote away, in my abominable scrawl of those days, on foolscap paper, feel ing nightly like fool all the time. I told no one, and carried my expen- sive package to the post-office myself, to pay the postage. I took the letter V for my signature-I cannot at all re- member why. The time was very near the end of the month. had no defl- mite expectation that I should ever hear anything of my paper and cer- tainly did not suppose it could be in the forthcoming number. That num- Der was sent in before service-time on . Sunday morning. My heart may have been beating when I laid hands on it; but it thumped prodigiously when saw my article there, and, in the Notices to Correspondents, 8 re- quest to hear more from V. of Nor wich. There is certainly something entirely peculiar in the sensation of seeing ones self in print for the first time the lines burn themselves in upon the brain in way of which black ink is incapable in any other mode. So 1felt that day, when I went about with my secfet-I have said what my eldest brother was to us-in what reverence we held him. He was just married, and he and his bride asked me to re- turn from the chapel with them to tea. After tea he said, "Come now, we have had plenty ;4-willread you something; and he held out his hand for the new Repository. After glancing at it, he exclaimed, ''They have got new hand here. Listen" After paragraph, he repeated, "Ah this is 8 new hand they have had nothing so good as this for long while." ct would be impos. sible to convey to any who do not know the Monthly Repository of that day, how very small 8 compliment this was.) I was silent of course. At the end of the first column, he exclaimed about the style, looking at me in some wonder at my being as still as mouse Next (and we'll remember his tone and thrill to it stilD his words were "What fine sentence that is Why do you not think so ?" I mumblet out, sillily enough, that it did not seen anything particular. "Then," said he 'you were not listening. I will reat it again. "There nowI' As he stil got nothing out of me, he turned rount upon me, as we sat side by side on tn sofa, with Harriet, what is the matte with you? I never knew you SO sloy to praise anything before." I replied in utter confusion, q never coul' bafae anybody. The truth is, tha paper is mine." He made no reply read on in silence, spoke no more till

 was on my feet to come away. H then laid his hand on my shoulder and said gravely Calling me "dear for the first time), ''Now, dear, leav it to other women to make shirts an darn stockings; and do you devot yourself to this." went home in

 sort of dream, so that the squares ( the pavement seemed to float befol my eyes. That evening made me a authoress.-Harriet Mortiaeau's Aut, biography.