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Year: 1877

It must be conceded thst The doctrine
Of a future life is by no means a. uuiver-
sally difused As i, IS the habit loosely to
assert. II is not always disc0verable
among primitive and savage races. 1t
existed among pagan nations in form go
vague and hay as TO be describable
rather as "A dream than a religious faith
II can scarcely be determined whether
the Chinese. whose cultivation Is perhaps
the most ancient existing in the world,
can be ranked among distinct believers :;
while the conception of Nirvana, which
prevails in the meditative minds oFother
orientals, Is more a sort Of conscious non
existence than a future life. With the
Jews, moreover, ~ is well knQZu, the
belief was not indigenous, but imported,
and by no means an early importation.
But what Is not so generally recognized
is that, even among ourselves in these
davs the conviction Of thOugh nature
varies curiously in strength and in fea-
tures at different periods of life. In
youth, when all our sentiments are most
yivacious and dogmatic, most of Us not
only cling TO it as an intellectual creed,
but are accustomed to say and feel that
without it as 4 solace and a hope to
rest upon, this world would be stripped
of its deepest destinations. 1t is from
minds of this age, whose vigor is unim-
paired. and whose relish for the Joys OF
earth is expansive, that the most glowing
delineations of heaven usually proceed
and on whom the thirst OF felicity and
knowledge which can be slaked at no
earthly fountains has the most exciting
power. Then comes the busy turmoil OF
our mad career, when the present curtains
off the future from our thoughts, and
when a renewed existence in a different
| scene is recalled to our fancy chiefly in
| crises of Bereavement. And, finally, ii is
not the case that in our fading years
when something of the languor and
/ p!acidity of age is creeping over us, just
when futurity Is coming consciously and
RAPIDLY more near, and when one might
II


naturally expect it to occupy US more
incessantly, and with more anxious and
searching glances-we think of it less
frequently, believe in it less co5fdently,
desire it less eagerly than in cur youth ?
Such at least has been my observation and
exper' eace, especially among the more re-
fective ard inquiripg order of men. The
| life OF the hour absorbs US most COM
pleteIv as the hours grow fewer and less
/ full; the pleasures, the exemptions, the
modest interests, the afternoon peace,
the gentle affections Of the present scene
obscure the future from cur view, and
render, curiously enough, even less inter
esting than the past. To day, which
may be our last, engrosses us far more than
tomorrow, which may be our forever


And the grave into which We are just
stepping down troubles US far less thar
in our youth, when a half century lay


between us and it. What is the expla,


nation of this strange PHENOMENON Il


il a merciful dspensatioa arranged by


the ruler Of our life to soften and to eas,


j crisis which would be too grand A.,
Year: 1877




REEOvATING PASTURE LANDS. "A


writer in the Country Gentleman says


II made an experiment with nitrate Of


soda and dsulphate Of lime on couple


Of small pastures, using about 1876 lbs.


per acre of the first, and 100 lbs. of the


second. I have repeated Incorporation


with half the quantity this spring, and


can now show a growth Of blue grass
on the one and timothy on the other,


equal in depth Of color to any wheat


field | have seen, and in quantity Of
herbage, though not in height (of
course) superior to all. The pastures
last fall were fed down bare, but to-day
they carry grass enough to shame the
blue grass fields in the blue grass re-
gion and / have seen many thousand
acres there during the present month.
/ feel | can safely recommend the use
of these fertilizers to dalrymen whose
pastures have become 50 impoverished
that they must buy more land or sell
off stock, and to those others who resi-
ding in thickly settled neighborhoods,
and near large towns or cities, find the
local acreage in pasture lands dimin-
ishing.1 These fertilizers can be OBJ
tanned of dealers. in them in all cities.
The expense per acre, as applied above,
will be about s6. It is a good plan to
experiment with various commercial
Is there is a rapidly growing
interest in them; and although there
is no guide that farmers can at present
follow with certainty of success in all
cases, yet much practical knowledge Of
.he effects Of these fertilizers on every
mans soil can be gained BY making
with them in small guam
ities.
Year: 1877

KINDNESS Would yon have inAu-
ence with those who look to you for
guidance and instruction. Bear with
you The Law Of kindness. Would you
command their respect? Let your
words, though they may inhict pain
for the time, drop kindly from your
lips.
Year: 1877

The Mccullough Iron Company of this
city are shipping sheet iron to England In
large quantities. 1t is principally sheet
iron where it ranks with the best brands
known as r G in that country.
Year: 1877

ic. Therefore, no competition possi-
BILE between the producer of gold
and the producer of silver, no pur-
chase and sale, no account, no price
between one metal and tho other.
Without their being offered, without
their being demanded, the circula-
tion absorbs them both at the legal
par, and cannot refuse them. When
the monetary law is bi-metallic, nei-
ther gold nor silver, coined or un-
coined, is merchandise. That is the
secret.


Their color is different, their
weight is different, their production
is different-no matter; the paying
power of the two cnrrencies being
legally identical, no depreciation can
befall one metal relatively to the
other, and consequently the relation
between the weight of the gold coin
and that of the silver coin never
needs alteration.


Knowing that ne could prescribe
for perpetuity, the legislator of 1903
took good care not to say that the
l5i should be merely provisional and
subject to modification the Isl
was never modified, and during
three-qnarters of IA century it govern
ed the relative value of gold and sill
yer In the entire world. 1t will ap-
pertain to the International Congress
to re-establisl, ", to declare it uni
versal, and thus to give it absolute
stability. This will be a great bene-
fit for all nations.


Concluded.
Year: 1877

but also reflect credit on our gov
eminent.


The whole question is so intel
ligently and clearly stated by our
correspondent that nothing is left
for Us to say on the subject. We
might ampIify, without improving
npon, the views expressed in his
letter. We therefore content our-
selves with giving to this letter as
much prominence as possible and
expressing the hope that assessors
and taxpayers throughout the
State will give heed to the sound
suggestions it contains.-N. o.
Democrat.
Year: 1877

PUBLIC SALEs.-The season for pub
lie sales in this vicinity is nearly over
There have been more than usual this
season owing to the fact Of so many land
owners, who have been renting their
farms, having determined to go on them
themselves, or the land having been
sold to more practical farmers than some
Of its former owners. For this reason
many Of the sales that have been made
have been BY persons who would gladly
have continued farming but were una
bic to obtain farms and we're therefore
obliged to sell off their stock.


This anxiety for farms and unwil-
lingness to quit among renters indicates
healthier state Of feeling in regard to
farming that was evinced a year or two
ago, when SO many persons quit, de-
claring that they "eould net make a
living at farming" It begins to look
as if there were some people who think
it will pay better to farm than to do
nothing. 1t also furnishes sharp re-
buke to young men who, though they
own their farms, prefer to lounge around,
idling their time away. on the frivolous
pretext that farming don't pay" and
that they can make as much doing moth
ing as they can farming. Perhaps they
can, but it is contrary to common sense
to suppose that man can accomplish
anything without effort, and those who
Year: 1877

adopt that course will soon find them
selves outstripped in the race. and that
their neighbors who continued to labor
willing to take what they could get
when they couldn't get what they want
ed, are getting far in the advance; aye,
and they will soon see their patrimOny
passing into the hands of their ener-
getic neighbors.
Year: 1877

About noon on Monday a stranger,
apparently about twenty-five years Of
age, dressed in dark clothes, with a


black slouch hat and a snuff colored
ovsrcoat, his face smooth, with the ex-
ception Of an suburn moustacbe, applied
at the upper gate to Prospect Park for
admittance. and after paying bis fee,
entered and walked along the bank to a
point just below the tail-raee that emp
ties 10 the river. An attache of the
park walked down toward the stranger
for the purpose Of directing him where
to obtain the most attractive views of
the scenery around the grounds His
attention was attracted from the man
for a moment, and when be turned be
was thunderstruck to see the stranger
wading out into the rapids He in
stantly shouted Come back, you fool,
you will 60 over the fall F' The only
attention the man paid to this gratuitous
advice was to throw himself forward on
his face and strike out Justify for the
brink Of the cataract just below
where be entered was a small cascade,
over which be was carried, and under
the water out Of sight for a moment
When he emerged his hat was off, and
a moment later be obtained foorhold
10 the rapids and stood up waist deep
10 the foaming water Mitchell. the
park attache, had by this time reached
Prospect Point, where be had hastened
in hopes of being able to reach the man
when be came down the stream The
stranger, standing in the rapids, saw
Mitchell, and divining bis object in
stantly struck out again, swimming
Justify out farther from the shore, and
successfully placing himself far beyond
the aid Of the astounded man on the
bank. Just as the stranger reached the
brink, and as be went over, be doubled
himself up, clasped his hands over bis
head, and went down to his death. Of
course. the body of the suicide has not
been recovered, and the chances are
against its ever being found. Niagara
Falls Gazette, March 8
Year: 1877

He that loses his conscience has moth
ing left that is worth keeping There
fore be sure you look at that And,
in the next place. look to your health !;
and if you have it. praise God and
value it next to good conscience ; for
health is the second blessing that we
mortals are capable Of, blessing that
money cannot buy, therefore value it,
and be thankful for it.-IzaaE Walton.
Year: 1877

THE New York Tribune establishment,


when besieged by mob some years ago,
deluged the crowd with hot water in al.
topathic doses, the result OF which was
that the disorderlies retired. The Chicago
Tribune suggests that every manufactur.
ing establishment possessing a boiler
should see that hose attachment is
made thereto, IA there il not a mobster
on earth who would quietly stand and be
patboiled in the defense OF any principle
or the protection Of any supposed right.
Year: 1877

UNION AND CONFEDERATE soldiers Of
the war enrolled themselves and are now
serving in the same volunteer regiment
for supprcssing the rioters in San Fran.
cisco. This is probably the first instance
Of actual military fraternizatiou on the
part Of Northern and Southern velerahs.
Year: 1877

We offer no further criticism upon the
course pursued by Representative Fobb
than is contained In this simple state
ment Of the prevailing belief among his
constituents. We have no intention OF
denouncing him as traitor to his party
or the people who elected him. because
we are not prepared to deny that his
action may inure to the ultimate benefit
OF his Republican constituency. what
ever the motive that prompted it,
donaldson Vile Chief (Rep.).
Year: 1877

AT meeting of the Executive Commit
tee last evening the dispute in the Third
Ward was heard; on examining the proofs
and allegation from both the friends OF
Messrs. McGlinchy and Cooling, it was dea
clded that no nomination had been made,
and the committee directed the Ward Exec
uLive Committee to order new election sor
candidate for Council from the Third
Ward. Both parties are satisfied.
Year: 1877

The strike mas now extended to about
all the important, and many OF the un-
important. lines of railroad in the United
States, except the Union Pacific and
Southwestern railroads. The Union
Pacific has restored the wages that pre-
vailed before the last reduction and the
men are going on with their work.


The public sympathy which WAS so
strongly with the strikers in the begin
ming was cooled Of in y marked degree
By the Communistic groupings out at
Pittsburgh and by the bad be-
havior at Baltimore, and 1t viii
remain cool urtil the strikers set their
faces like flint against al such dolngS.
They must not only disown lswless
acts, but they must have no fellowship
with lswless men. They cannot afford
to be the associates of thieves and tramps,
and AL kinds of vicious characters. They
cannot afford to allow such characters to
attach themselves to their movement for
relief. An immediate divorce from all
such must be proclaimed and known OF
all men. if the strikers hope to succeed
Year: 1877

TEE strike excitement is decidedly on
n. wsne in this city. Last night was
,ba ouietest night on our streets tor q
week. By eleven o'clock the city was
almost as quiet As Quaker grave yard
Now if the nervous people Will compose
.,amsslyes sll will be well.
Year: 1877

The people OF West Virginia nave
reason to congratulate themselves upon
the comparatively fortunate state Of
affairs now existing in the State aud
brought about by the prudent and prompt
action of the State authorities.


The Governor resisted every effort to
induce him to call tor Federal aid until
he had exhausted every means at his
commsrd to procure the peace and exc
cute the laws. When, however, he was
satisfied Of the imperious necessity for
dong 80 he did not hesitate TO obtain the
aid of the Federal government. His
action has compassed the trouble in this
State without bloodshed and prevented
the sad scenes within this State which
have taken place elsewhere.
Year: 1877

MR. EDITOR: 1 desire calling the attention of school directors to a few facts which concern not only them but all the people at large.

 It is a fact that our tree schools are not what they ought to be, but that they are being rapidly improv- ed no one can deny. am glad to hear our editor and others speak out so boldly in favor of the special tax" Enough has been said on that subject. So far, so good. But what are the people going to do? In some districts nearly every man will vote the full amount, while in others they are determined to vote it all down. When it comes to this that men will positively refuse to do anything for rthe education of their children, thus acting contrary to their own interest as we'll as that of their country, it is sad state of affairs indeed. But let that be as it may, we have men in our county that are willing to act and act now. At no distant day Tn the future we expect to see our free schools in a prosperous condition.

 Much depends upon the efficient work of each director. But says one l cannot afford to do the work of director, because l get no pay. Will complaining and faultfinding ever do the work? If it is done at all some man must do it, and why not you? Besides it is not true that you get no pay for your work. To see schools Tn prosperous con dition and know that your own children are reaping the benefit of them is pay enough for a patriotic man. But this is not all, you are exempt from working on the roads and serving on iuries. A man IS liable to serve on a jury at least three weeks in a year, add to this a week of roadworking and there is at least a month of public duties from which you are exempt. And now if there is director in the county who spends more than month each year in the school work exclusively let him come to the front and he shall be paid for his superabundance of labor.

 To the best of my knowledge every district is now furnished with the law, blanks, books and every thing necessary for the systematic prosecution of the work.

 Sec. 59 of the law attaches fine of twenty-five dollars to the non- performance of your duty. Unless the work is done some of our direct ors will have this to pay.

 0. H. TUCKER. Co. EXT.

 Atkins, August 9, 1877.
Year: 1877

Our eye has fallen upon few ad- dresses containing more truth, abounding in richer beauties, or more redolent of truly joyous and patriotic thought, sandwiched all along with wholesome advice and counsel, than the speech delivered by Mir. Jno. II. Seals, editor of the Sunny South, at Americus, Ga, on the occasion of the Commencement of Furlow Masonic College. The Sentiment is noble and grand; the advice worth shekels of gold; and the deduction as beautiful as apples of gold in pictures of silver.

 We make the following extract and say study the sentiment, imbibe the spirit and treasure up the advice:

 Drive down your pegs where you are and thank God for the millions of blessings which surround you. Learn with Paul to be content with your lot, whatever it may be, and believe with wise old Virgil that happiness depends not on climate or place, but upon the state of the mind. Tear down your old rusty houses and build up new ones. Get plenty of white paint and make them look more like family resi- dences than county poor houses. Let your children understand that that is home, that there your bones are to sleep, and beside you theirs must also be deposited.

 Teach them to love the old home stead, and let it go down from gem eration to generation as a rich inheritance. Keep them from the towns and cities where vice prevails; {; from the crowded professions in which so many thousands are all ready starving. Kill off your poor scrubby horses and cattle, and get a few of good breed and attend to them. Select fifty or one hundred
Year: 1877

acres of the best land you have and sell the balance, or give it away, a 1C make the ono hundred bring you two bales of cotton to the acre and other crops in proportion. Stop cul tivating four and six acres of land for one bale of cotton. It will make you a pauper all your life. Stop buying your provisions in the West and l am glad to know that many in Georgia are doing italready. Let your corn cribs and smoke houses be at your own homes, and not in Kentucky and Ohio and don't allow merchants and bankers to insult you by talking of liens on yonr crops, houses, and stock for something to eat. Be men, be self-sustainihg and independent. Be candid and honest. Let us all set higher value on vir- tue and honesty If you owe your neighbor let him have faith enough in your honesty to feel easy about it. What we want in the South is more confidence in one another. We have plenty of money. Let every man unite heart and hand in bring ing about a healthier moral senti- ment and 9 higher appreciation of personal integrity and individual rights. Let the man who knowingly wrongs or defrands his neighbo-, or steals from the public treasury he branded as Q thief and suffer the punishment he incurs. Do these things and it will hasten the coming of the new South.

 This is the destiny of this coun- try. It will yet bloom as garden. These old hills will yet blossom like the rose. The crowded millions of other lands have long had their eyes turned in this direction and nothing has kept them away but slavery and sectional bitterness. But this is all passing away, and the tide will, ere long, turn in this direction. Our States are now in the hands of our people; the lawsare administeredwith impartial justice, and the Adminis- tration of President Hayes, which is so satisfactory thus far, will bring permanent peace and prosperity to the whole country. Bayonet rule has ended forever. Law and order will reign supreme. This Southern land will flow with milk and honey. The dawning of the New South is already visible, and it will eclipse the world in glory and wealth. Our people are learning slowly, though surely, from hard necessity. Fine horses, fat cattle, comfortable homes, waving fields, and an earnest and est and industrious popula- tion will cover the entire area. while the music of machinery will sound along our streams. Christianity will cover the land with it's richest blessings; our colleges, schools and literature will flourish abundantly, and we shall be the richest, happi- est and most grateful people on the green earth.
Year: 1877

One of the greatest expenses that many of our people incur is their tobacco bills. The amount of money sent out of our county annually for tobacco will foot up considerable sum. Some few of our farmers grow their own tobacco, and where it has been tried it does exceedingly we'll. We have seen some very fine tobac- co grown here, and there IS no doubt in our mind that if some attention were given to tobacco culture in our county, the weed might be exported and yield us an income. instead of importing it and keeping us dreamed of money. Arkansas tobacco stands high in the markets, and Pope coun- ty we believe can produce it as sue cessfully and of as fine quality as any county in the State. We would be glad to see it tested at any rate. Here is what the St. Louis Republi- can says of Arkansas tobacco

 "There is new fact in the mar ket here to be noted-the position Arkansas wrapping leaf of the last crop and filters are assuming in this market. Heretofore Virginia wrap pers have monopolized the demand here, but it is now beginning to be believed that selected wrapping leaf from the production of some of the counties of Arkansas is designed to contest our market with the Virgin ia production; while Arkansas filters of the new crop have been among the most desirable.
Year: 1877

CHICKEN CHoLERA.-Seelng con siderable about this disease in the different poultry and agricultural journals, give you a very simple cure, which was communicated to me by lady friend. We have tried it and found it ito work like a charm" It is simply piece of salt bacon or shoulder nailed to stump or board and placed where the fowls can pick at it. Old wormy stuff that is not fit to eat is just as good as any, and large piece can be bought at almost any country store for a mere song. Try lt.-"Hay- seed," in Son of the Soil.