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Year: 1877

to prepare poem to be read before the next meeting of the Association. Mr. Q. is an old newspaper man, q pungent, spicy writer, and fully com potent to get up something good. It was also resolved to invite some Arkansas lady of well known ability to prepare a poem for next year.

 The selection of the place for next years meeting was the last business transacted. After a spirited contest between Little Rock, Hot Springs, Philadelphia, Forrest City, and Hcl- ena, the race was finally won by Hot Springs. President Sparks then announced that all the business hav- ing been transacted for which the Association met he would adjourn the meeting until the first Wednes- day in June 1878, at which time it would convene at Hot Springs. And thus closed the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Press As sociation, after a session of perfect harmony, good feeling and pleasant discussion of matters relating to the profession. The number present ex- ceeled any former meeting and we know full we'll that not 9. member of the press who attended went away without realizing that it was well for him to be there.

 During our stay we have been onncihlv improsSed with the ppnpr- ous hospitality of the good people of Ft. Smith. The kind hostess of the City Hotel, Mrs. Dodson, and her daughters have our kindest thanks for their many acts of kindness, and we trust fortune may ever smile upon them.

 To Capt. A. s. Fowler and his most estimable lady we are also es- pecially indebted for their warm hearted kindness, and for hospltable courtesies extended to us. May life ever be bright and full of pleas ant things for them, and if ever their lot should be cast among strangers may they find the same kind hospi- tality extended to them, which they themselves know so we'll how to dis pense.

 We would also return thanks to Col. Roots and MT. John Vaughn, two of Ft. Smiths most whole souled citizens for efforts to make us feel at home.
Year: 1877

Joe Bradley has been getting
a certificate of character from
his neighbors, which he sorely
needed. He was very grateful
for it, and his thanks made the
whole affair a mutual admira-
ton society. It was ga tickle
and-I'll-tickle-You" affair.
1t is much like we have known
in the way of complimentary
testimonials where, for instance,
an officer of the army and navy
would purchase a sword, pay
ing for it out Of his own pocket,
and getting some admiring
friends to present it to him
with appropriate remarks, to
which he would reply with a
bashful surprise beftting the
occasion, and in terms highly
complimentary to the liberal
donors. Old Joe, your certif-
icate of character and your
thanks, therefore, are
of like fraud.
Year: 1877

Not the lonely old hut on the brow of the


hill,


Is all Thorny-Hollow can boast;
In the canny wee cot by the leaf-dimpled


rill,


Lives the lassie we all love the most.
And bonny Draw lass is the pretty Kath-


leen,
3 Yes, even stole would say,
As she trips O'er the lawn with the grace


of queen,


In her garments so lightsome and gay.
Unrivaled in beauty, rusticity lends
A charm to each movement the while,
l witchery rare. that so graciously blends
And turks in each love lighted smile!
Forbidding the name of her birthplace may


sound,


As harshly it falls on the ear;
Yet tho you might take the whole world
. in your round,


But few more enticing appear.
Not wholly abounding in thorus by the
way,


Is this beautiful, sylvan retreat;
sSVhere fully contented fairy might stay,
In love with its solitude sweet
Her dear native vale-in retirement here,
5 Away from the world and its woes,
Not shadow of care, on her countenance


fair,


For a moment doth seem to repose.
Oh, sweet is the sound of that silver-toned


voice,
In its innocent gaiety ringing;
Enough to make even the wretched rejoice
And rival the lark in her singing.
In vain of her coldness each rustic COM


plains,


As she turns deaf ear to his wooing,
Away from her presence, ye love smitten


swains,


Before she has proved your undOing.
Most truly fun-loying, frolicsome thing,
To which ye are bound to surrender;
As airy and blithe as the bird on the wing,
And yet so confiding and tender!
Full worthy are these of the first of the


land,


And well in they wake may they follow,
A prize must he be who obtains thy fair


hand,


Our darling Kathleen of the Hollow.
Year: 1877

l An extraordinary affair hap


pened about the year 1740. One
lof the directors of the bank of


England, q very rich man, had


occasion for 100000, which he
was to pay as the price of an


estate he had just bought. To
facilitate the matter, he carried
the sum with. him to bank, and
tebtained for it a bank note. On
his return home he was sudden
ly called out on particular bus
Iiness. He threw the note care
Elessly on the mantel-piece, but


when he came back a few min
Intes afterward to lock it up, it
was not to be found. No one


had entered the room; he could
hot, therefore, suspect any per-
feon. At last, after much inef-
fectual search, he was persuad-
Jed that it had fallen from the


mantel-piece into the fire. The
FDireetor went to acquaint his
colleagues with the misfortune
that had happened to him; and,


as he was known to be a per-.
fectly honoeable man, he was


readily believed. 1t was only
about twenty-four hours from
the time that he had deposited
his money: they thought, there
fore, that it would be hard to
refuse his request for a second
note. He received it upon Civ
ing obligation to restore the
first note if it should be found,


or pay the money himself if it


should be presented by a stran-


ger. About thirty years after


ward (the Director having been


long dead and his heirs in pos


session of his fortune), an un-


known man presented the lost


note at the bank, and demand


cd payment. 1t was in vain
they mentioned to this person


the transaction by which that


note was annulled; he would


not listen to it. He maintained


that it had come from abroad,


and insisted upon immediate


payment. The note was paya-


BILE to bearer, and the 100000


were paid to him. The heirs


of the Director would not listen


to any demands of restitution,
and the bank was obliged to
sustain the loss. It was discov-
cred afterward that an architect,


having purchased the Direc-
tors house, had taken it down
in order to build another on the
same spot, had found the note
in the crevice Of the chimney,
and made his discovery an en-
gine for robbing the bank, in
which he was completely sue
cessful. as
Year: 1877

There is a great deal of relig.
ious faith in the world that will
not stand the test of experience.
One day ship was caught in q
severe gale. A woman, frighten
ed beyond reason because she was
very likely to go to heaven in a
few hours, went to the captain
and said, Captain, do you think
we shall weather the storm?" he
replied with great gravity, "Mad
am, we must trust in God" She
threw her hands up in consterna-
ton and exclaimed, sob, dear,
are we SO badly off as that?" She
was fair representative of some
proiessed Christians OF the pres
ent day.
Year: 1877

A Fort Madison man went in
to his cow stable the other day..
and by mistake, mixed her a.
nice mush in a boz full Of saw
dust instead of bran. The COW
merely supPosing that hsrd times
had come, and they were all going
to economise, meekly ate her sup
per, and that man nevtr discover
ed his mistake until the next
morning, when he MIXED that
COW, and she let down a half gall
Ion Of turpentine, quart of shoe
pegs, and bundle of laths.
Year: 1877

A remarkable shot occurred
at New Orleans. One negro
had shot four times at another
one without the other having
been hit or even finching. The
latter pointed his finger at the
shootist and said: 1.-THE day
viii! come when you will be
sorry for this shooting" AT
these words the fifth shot was
fired, shooting off the identical
finger that was pointing at the
shooting negro. -
Year: 1877

An Omaha man is doubly in
trouble. lie deserted lis wife to
elope with q girl. and the wife is
chasing him. Then be deserted
the girl. and she is chasing him.
The chasers have joined in the
pursuit, and be fears the worst if
they catch him.
Year: 1877

AAcHO OAncu1IieS--A scene mol


on the Bills-Borsen's Rage.


To the Editor of the Observer


New York, April 20, 1S77.


News has doubtless reached


you regarding Tweed's revela-


tions, synopsis of which was


published here early this week.


This confession had been long


promised, and when it came
there was a general ducking of
heads all over the city and State
something similar to that which
took place in the old Scotch


kirk whose pastor one morning
broke into his discourse with
the sudden announcement that
he was about to throw his


prayer-book at an unfaithful
husband whom he saw in his au-
dience. The full particulars
are not known yet, the docu-
ment remaining in the hands of


the encouragement, pending
his consideration Of the propo-
sltion that accompanied if,
namely, that Tweed is to be
set free, and to be insured
against further prosecution, on
condition that he produces his
proofs of the allegations of his
so-called confession. If this is
rejected by the government the
old Spartan threatens to relapse
into his clam like silence. E.
nough has already leaked ont
however to furnish material for
numberless suits and investiga-
tions, the latter being loudly
courted by those whose names
are. found in the statement pub
llshed. Queer thing, thatl
Tweed is known to have stolen
millions and to have distribu-
ted his booty widely and freely X;
and yet you may scrape the
State of New York With a fiue
tooth comb without finding a
man who ever took one of his
ill-gotten dollars. Here for in
stance are ajudge on the bench,
the editor of a prominent New
York journal, and a "reform"
leader in the Albany Legisla-
ture whom Tweed claims as ac-
completes, and now the torrent
of their virtuous Indignation is
a sight both grand and beauti-
full to behold. Well, we shall
know more about it later.


The climax of the life insu-
rance proceedings which I have
noticed from time to time has
at last been reached in the pub
lication of the long looked for
report of the committee appoin-
ted to examine the Equitable
This young giant of compa-
ny which in its eighteen years
of existence has distanced all
coeval competition, has for some
time been the real focus of the
blows aimed from all sides at
the life insurance interest. Jeal-
ousy, like death, loves a Shin
ing mark, and as consequence
a number of lesser corporations
have for many months sought
in various ways to undermine
public confidence in their too
rival, and to iniure
its business. To remove any
doubts concerning its condition
which might result from such |
attacks or from the general dis
trust occasioned by the failures
Of last season, the officers of
the Equitable in January last
made the request Of nine New
York business men of the high
est standing, headed by ex-
Governor Morgan of this State,
that they would act as a special
committee to probe the affairs
Of the society to the bottom.
and ventilate every corporate



lct of its life. The commits
sion was accepted, and three
months having been given to an
nnsparlng scrutiny of its ac-
counts and condition, Tie results
Year: 1877

A jury in Alabama had been
impaneled in the case of a Mr..
johnson charged with killing his
wife. The evidence was positive
and conclusive leaving no doubt
of his speedy conviction. To the
amazement of all, the jury, after
a short absence. returned a yer.
dict: "Guilty of horse stealing"
The Judge astonished. asked an
explanation, stating that the in
dictment was not for horse steal
ing, but manslaughter. The fore
man with his hand upon a huge
law book, and with an amusing
ly dignifed air, informed the
court that ''it was not a case of
manslaughter, but for woman
slaughter for which the law made
no provision; but being satisfied
the man deserved to be hanged,
they had brought in @ verdict of


horse stealing, which in that coun.
try, would be sure to swing him"
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YORK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plau--you therefore only pay fol
what you get. Everything is first class
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriape hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel
your baggage will be delivered in YOU
rooms, titteens minutes after the arriva
of the cars, free of expense. We advis,
you to give the Grand Union trial.
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and an order OF the Board of
Trustees and entered the 14th day of August A
1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-
longing and standing in the Of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary to the
upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
standing in their upon the books of the company
will be sold public auction at the office of said company
in the Office of Trenmor Coffin, in Carson City, Nevada on
Year: 1877

NTVC DISTRICT COURT OF T9E SEC


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and


the county of Ormsby Roger Grow, plaintiff J. L.


Cegg and Florence Clegg and A. w Pray, defendants.


Action brought in the District Court OF the Second Judicial


District of the State of Nevada, in and for the


Ormsby and the complaint filed in said county of Ormsby


in the office of the Clerk Of said District COurtThe State


Nevada sends greeting to j. L. Cegg and Florence Cleg
and A W Pray, defendants You hereby required
appear in action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial


District of the State of Nevada in and for the county
Orsby and to the complaint filed therein Ga
which accompanies this Sunmons) within ten days lex
elusive of the day of service) after the service
this if served within this county, or served
out of this county, but in this district within twenty DAYS
otherwise within forty days-or judgment by default will
be taken against you The said action is brought to fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Cegg said plaintiff, lot No one ) in
block No six (6 in Rice Peters addition to the city of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada which said mortgage
was given the payment of prOmissory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Clegg the goth
dav of Nav, A. d. 1879 to plaintiff for the of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three @ per
Der month all in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks of foreclosure of said mortgage and


the mortgaged premises be decreed be sold the
proceeds applied the payment of COSTS attorneys fees
taxes, insurance and the principal sum and interest
said nOte in gold coin of the United States, and found
that judgment be docketed against the prop
ery of defendants L. and Florence Cegg for any bal
found remaining due plaintiff All of which is
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office
And you hereby notified that you fail appear and
answer the SAID complaint above required the said
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded


%* Given under hand and the seal of the District
Court of the Second Judicial District of the State
~ OF Nevada, in and for the county of Ormsby. this
** oath day of August, in the year of Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven


su23lswew ALFRED HELM, Clerk.
Year: 1877

The bank failures in 81. Louis are
another warning TO the country thst
the finances Of the United States are
badly managed. These failures, the
hard times, and the business del res.
sion are distinctly attributable 20 The
contraction Of the currency. Con-
traction destroys confidence, aud since
this is seen to be the effect, Il the Gov
ernment does not cease contraction,
we may look for still worse results.
There is a great diversity Of opinion
as to the volume of currency necessary
to transact the business Of lie
country. One thing is admitted,
that the smaller the volume me
greater the difficulties Of the debtor
class, and the greater the profits reaptd
by creditors. All civilized countries
have long since ceased the attempt to
confne the currency TO coin alone.
Nine.tenths of the exchanges Of values
in the civilized world are now made
through a paper currency. Some OF
the best fnanciers argue, therefore, that
the Government ought TO regulate the
volume of currency, and il ought to
determine the amount according TO the
population. This looks like q very te-
nable position. 1t is certainly
more tenable than the one that Is
continually reducing the volume, TO the
great injustice of the debtor class. That
is the situation at the present time.
Nearly all the debts owed now were
made when the volume OF currency
was nearly twice as large as Il is now,
This accounts for what we hear called
shrinkage. Real estate shriuks in value
just in proportion TO the contraction OF
the currency, or more, if there is any.
thing like a panic. This is plainly
seen in the 81. LOUIS failures. There
is nothing in the condition Of ST. Louis
or the surrounding country to cause
these failures. The crops are abund-
ant, and manufacturers are as success
full in producing supplies Of goods
as ever before, and the people need as
much. Notwithstanding ell these facts,
all values have been steadily shrinking,
and debters have been steadily pressed
until this crash 10 the result. These
banks loaned money on real estate,
but they cannot realize because steady
contraction has paralyzed confidence.


The relief ought to come from Wash.
ington. The Government ought al
once TO change its financial course. Ii
ought to restore the volume OF curren.
cy as nearly as possible to what It was
when the greatest portion Of Tie in.
debtedness Of the country was made,
aud 1t ought never again reduce It be-
low that amount.
Year: 1877

For MANY YEARS we have watched the
steady progress of Hosfettcr'S Stomach BIT.
feTS in public estimation, and its beneficsnt
effects q cure for AL complaints ari sing
from the stomach Of n morbid nature, and
we are free to say that II can be relied upon
as a certain relief aud remedy.
Year: 1877

August ~, 1877. :


Jas A. Stevens, Esq. Columbus, Miss;
DEAR SIR: Your note of the 7th in
slant was received only two days since,
still it would have received my earlier
attention but chat l have been other
wise engaged.


To numerous inquiries. such as yours,
verbally and in writing, | have replied,
as now do, that am not an indepen-
dent or any sort OF candidate for gov
ernor or anything else.


disapprove OF much that has been
done by tie democratic party since its
return to power 10 Mississippi, aud L
have said so. It's acts OF omission and
commission do not afford assurance to
my mind that we are to reap those rich
rewards that were so lavishly promised
us in 1875, and again iu 1876. OF
these matters / have spoken freely, but
have written very little. 1t is to these
utterances, suppose, that am in lebt-
ed for the frequent mention OF my name
as an independent candidate. That
was not what l meant.


In 1867 I felt confident that the white
men of Mississippi we're embarking on
a course that would lead to disaster, and
volunteered to tell them 30. You and
all men know how my sdvice was re-
ceiyed. | was then fresh from the ser
vice Of the people, and held, as L sup
posed, sort of warrant TO speak when
/ saw danger ahead. Now l have been
in retirement twelve years and more.
II [ was denounced then for volunteer
ing advice what would be said OF me
now if 1 should do the same thing? L
feel moral conviction that the demo-
cratic party is hurrying on its own over
throw, not this year perhaps, but GER
tainly In the no distant future. II
pointed to where the danger lies l
should be again covered with obloquy,
and again at the end of another eight or
ten years, il l should live 50 long, hear
people lament the folly of not having
taken my advice in time, and in the
next award the credit Of its paternity to
other people.


Iwant no Office, and if did | would
not seek it through a sea OF defamation.
About all that is left me is to do my
own thinking and my own voting, and
these blessed privileges intend to ex-
ercise to their fullest extent during tue
remainder Of my life.


1 pretend to no extraordinary pre-
science, but I am just as confident that
l am right now as | now am that l was
right in 1867. 1 decline giving the
reasons for the faith that is in me. You
will read my justification in what | have
written above. Very truly your obedi-
ent servant, A. G.. Brown,
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1877

the sweet thing lying pulseless before
you, lifted at once beyond pain; lift.
ed, so you say, beyond any possible
reach of your tenderness and sympa.
thy.


What was it that went away, and
whittier did it go? Was it only wan
dering breath stole out at the parted
lips and spread itself abroad, and was
at last like a drop in the ocean? Was
it an effect that ended when its cause
was spent; a vibration that ceased
when the cords no longer were struck /?
Orwas it an existence, an actual be-
ing, as real as God himself? Then
where is it now! Not here, you say,
but why not! She was here, this very
spirit that has gone away; she lived
with us, she loved us. Then why not
now? Has she met with loss of pow-
er! Something has ceased; but it is
that life which we share with the grass
hopper yonder: that which goes on is
the life we share with God. And if
lie in his eternity knows and loves
and pities, if to our weakness and
sinfulness and suffering he be indeed
the Father of Mercics and God of all
comfort, why should not we in our
eternity be drawn to those outside the
veil to comfort and console with no
dlmming of our joy? There may be
better places, God forbid there should
not be,-but alas that love should
come to its own, and its own receive
1t not! There are pagan countries
where they lay the little child away,
and then with lighted candles sweep
the house that they may sweep away
the poor, homeless ghost, beating
the doors and the lireside with prayers
and imprecations that it come not back
to its mortal haunts. l have often
thought how some tiny ghost might
come creeping back out of the awful
dusk to which heathenism consigns it.
and draw silently near the warmth and
light af its earthly home, only to be
chased away into emptiness and night.
goes back and forth from rnat no1he TO
this. And often when we sit silent in
the June twilight, and Mans hands
lie empty upon her lap, with her face
white and wistful, there comes a sud-
den watt of sweetness from the white
lilies, and we both think Of the little
marauder who was always grasping at
their glistening cups. You say she
has all the flowers of heaven; but
these are His perfect work also, and
who knows but their souls go out in
perfume, and leave only the body to
wither ?-NdtionI Repository.
Year: 1877

An amusing. incident occurred re-
Gently at church in Connecticut.
The clergyman desired to call the at
tention of the congregation to the fact
that, it being the last Sunday III the
month, he would administer the rite
of baptism to children. Previous to
having entered the pulpit he received
from one of the elders, who, by the
way, was quite deaf, a notice to the
effect that, as the children would be
present that afternoon and he had the
new Sunday-school books ready for
distribution, he would have them ready
to sell to all who desired them. After
the service the clergyman began the
notice of the baptismal service thus
"All of those having children and de-
string to have them baptised will bring
them this afternoon" At this point,
the deaf elder, hearing the name OF
children, supposed it was something
in reference to his books, and, rising,
said: "And those having none and
desiring them will be supplied by me
for the sum Of % cents each.