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Year: 1878

Now that the Mineral Resources of Arizona are being rapidly developed. agricultural products will be in great demand and the Farmer will quickly find himself King, and while enjoying home comforts will reap largely of the golden harvest of the hardy minor. Prospectors who are searching the moun- tains for hidden treasures it may be poor as Jobs turkey-will in a moment find themselves Bonanza Kings and be able to revel in luxury the rest of their days; but all men cannot become owners of rich mines. All men cannot become wealthy farmers. To the great mass of man. kind the price of pork and beans will still be an object.
Year: 1878




1t next makes an unmanly assault
on Major Hamilton of the Courier,
whose judicious course has kept Wa
pello county in the republican party
for eight or ten years past, when, had
the butchery bragadocio of the Regis
ter prevailed they would have had a
hopelessly democratic county. More
over during these years we have not
only been a political, but an intimate
political friend of Major Hamilton,
and have yet to hear him utter the
first word as possible or probable cam
didate for Congress. Knowing as we
do the spirit of contempt i'm which
the Registers "put up job" falls upon
this district, we know also at the late
day at which its cannonade commence
es, it may work injury to the men
who have exposed themselves i'm the
open field. Could keokuk county
have obtained from Cults the least as
surance he would positively allow
the use of his name we k10W that
Judge SIMPSONS name would have
been withheld, as at that time, next
to our home man, Cults inherited our
strength.
Year: 1878

The Davenport Gazette thinks our
Indifference as to what the Iowa Re-
publicans say about Hayes in their
convention to-day is scarcely justifia-
BILE. We presume the Gazette Is right.
We are not trying to be logical, or
consistent, or wise, or brave about
the matter. We presume we should
be, but we are not. We are like the
President, however, we are serene.
And we hope our friend of the Gazette,
who is a grand man in his devotion
to principle and honors himself and
his profession, and all of us by that
trait of his character-we hope he
won't disturb the serenity OF the
President and ourselves by wanting
us to be very earnest in caring about
the interests of republicanism, or prin-
ciple, or that sort of thing. To do
this earnest kind ofwork takes pluck,
and force, and earnestness, and in
wolves man in a constant struggle,
and the President doesn't want to
struggle: he wants to beserene. And
having such serene President we
have concluded to be serene ourselves.
We hope the Gazette will not ask us
to defend ourselves in our position.
1t isn't very defensible but It is emf
nently Hayesian.
Year: 1878

A leading democrat, in talking of
the Potter investigation, said in our
presence one day last week, "If those
consummate fools keep on they will
convict us all and send the democrat
ic party to h-ll a howling."
Year: 1878

and inquire of its people, they will &c
to the bedrock and learn the truth
about Hon. E. III. Stiles candidacy.


We should be most happy and con.
tent to submit dW to those who know,
here at home, the facts. 1t is most
singular if our silence has power to
wither the reputation of men and
prevent their successful candidacy
We never personally or publicly COM
mitted ourselves to either of the gen.
tlemen named. We left them as free
as they possibly could be, to go before
our people. If we have the power to
slay the distinguished gentlemen the
Register names, in so quiet way, we
have never comprehended our impor-
tance."


Now what we meant by that article
was just this, viz: That if persons
from abroad would come here and
learn the true and bottom facts of our
people, we would be content, for we
knew they would then be certain be-
yond all peradventure that it was not
our hypocrisy, our duplicity, our un-
derhanded conduct, engendered by
wantingto togo to Congress ourself, that
induced the want Of success on the part
of the gentlemen named;-.in other
words that we were not the pup that
the Register charged us with being.


Now, very few words more and
we are done. We know that the
Hon. E. III. Stiles did maintain and
say that we were influenced in our
course congressionally, by our desire
to go to Congress, which as good a
friend as Mr.. Stiles has and as truth
full and honorable a gentleman as OF
tumwa affords will not deny. We
know Mr.. Stiles spent some time in
Des Moines not long previous to the
Registers attack upon us. In this
connection he can explain what we
are to understand by his having had
no hand in the CoURIER-Regis con-
troversy. We shall refrain from ad-
ding more now on this point.


Touching the gentleman's invitation
to investigate his character, we re-
spectfully decline. We invited any
one from abroad who was desirous of
learning the real factsabout Mr.. Stiles
candidacy, to inquire here where he
was candidate and see if they would
not, in thatinquiry, completely contro-
vert the charge that we were the hyp-
ocritical dark horse that had done the
mischief. The character of Mr.. Stiles
and ourself is well known to this peo-
pie; the record is well made up thus
far in the lives of both of us, and any
thing he or we might say would be of
very little moment. Mr.. Stiles may
have been very wise in making the
request he has, but we are quite sure
we would not be wise in acceding to it.
Year: 1878

BROWNSVILLE, May %, 1878.


EDITORS BEE:-In company with
one of our citizens / left Brownsville
last Saturday morning for Dyersburg
via Double Bridges, in Lauderdale.
Seeing and conversing with many Of
the leading citizens of both counties
as to the Congressional race, and
Messrs Editors i do not exaggerate the
facts when say that the rank and
file of the Democratic party are solid
for Col. Vaughan. l have never in
my life seen as much feeling gotten up
so early in the canvass in any mans
interest. There was gentleman at
Dyersburg that said to us that his
"part of the county was as foolish
about him as the party were about
Andy johnson before the war;" A
leadinglcitizen at Double Bridges said
that he did not know a single man
in that district that was not for
Vaughan. though there might be
those who were not" There is an
idea too in the county that it is the
policy of the hurrah boys to beat him
in the convention by fighting and re-
sisting everything that would reflect
the will of the people. Better not do
that, boys, it is not right; let all
have a chance to be represented, it
matters not how humble he may be.


RAMBLER.
Year: 1878

Eighty years ago, young actor of Munich so utterly failed in his perform ance as to be peremptorily dismissed by his enraged manager, whose comedy he had marred, if not endangered. And we'll might he be sad for, to add to his disappointment, in wretched garret lay his fathers corpse his widowed mother looked to him as her only stay and a group of little brothers and sisters de! pended on him for their daily bread! With indescribnbIe grief, therefore, and few sorry crowns in his pocket, he left the theatre, bought food for the hungry family, and ordered coffin for the de parted. That night he watched by the side of his fathers remains in the morning he followed them to the grave; and then wandering on the banks of the neighboring river, thought for an instant of throwing himself in but, shudde;- ing at the crime to which he was tempted, he knelt down to ask forgiveness If Goi and at last, absolutely worn ous, he sank down on the grass to sleep. Is he awoke with the rays of the morning sun, and amid the merry chirping f birds, he felt refreshed and thankful that he was still alive, and now resolved tb return to the city. But pebble caught his eye. It was white. for'it was chalk stone, and on it was the exquisite tracing of some little creatures. As he brooded over it with profound attention, a thought struck him; others succeeded experi- ments followed; he saw, at length, tie possibility of engraving on stone, and obtaining therefrom some beautiful im- pressions. That young man was, m fact, Aloise Senefelder, and the white pebble was the cradle of the art of | lithography.
Year: 1878

Down below Aurora, Indiana, some years ago, a man bought farm. Had no money, but was considered good man owner wanted to sell and wasn t anxious to get ill his money so long as 1t was safe, so he sold the farm on three years time one long note, secured only by mortgage on the farm, interest paya- ble annually or at maturity of paper at buyers option. It was his sensible option not to pay anything he did not have to, so he never pad. We'll, he raised three good crops on tho farm, did well, paper fell due, and he was about to take it up, when the Ohio 1ver reached out and took in the farm. Didn't transfer it to the Kentucky shore, just miz1led with it; soaked it up ; hoated it off in mud, took in the whole eighty. Just scooped it, you know. We'll, buyer refused to pay for what he hadn't; seller brought suit, got judg- ment, ard what could he do, when he couldn't get his money, but foreclose the mortgage And what could he fore close on when the land which the mort gage secured was gone? Seller got mad kicked. Buyer told him to fore close, but had no money, couldn't pay, and didn't want his old farm anyhow. And that after he'd had three crops of it. Now that's the kind of snarl q mans gets into by having farms on the river shore. But I knew a man, an Aurora man, who had farm in worse place than on the river shore. Had one hundred and sixty acres on the river bottom. Fact. Cultivated, too. Raised whisky in the ear.
Year: 1878

This question is not one to be set
tied by the desires Of certain class,
or locality, who have alone in view
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and convenience
of themselves at the expense of tho
State at large. The main question
to be discussed is Will it be accessi
BILE. more convenient. to the whole
of Louisiana, that the capital should
be located ut New Orleans, or at
Baton Rouge In our Judgment. its
present location is tho proper one.
1t would, to transport the scat
of onr State Government to tho
village of Baton Rouge, entail upon
the whole Commonwealth nm amount
of trouble and expense, that the fu-
ture pomposity and highcockalorum
OF sticktown would never pay
Year: 1878

THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED
STATEs.--Itis not generally known,
even in cultivated circles, that the
amount of arabic soil in America is
greater than in Europe, Asia and
Africa put together, and can there
fore sustain more lives. This is no
rash conclusion. | speak from a
scientific basis; and [ will show
you hat that basis is: Our CONT
nent is narrow, and therefore the
winds of the ocean water it well.
The mountain chains on the east
side of the American continent are
low; on the east side of the Old
World, are high. From this it re-
suits that the trade winds, laden
with the wetness of the sea, are at
tracted to our land. The breath OF
the Old World and its high eastern
ranges cause the rainless interiors
of Asia and Africa. Again, Amer
lea is the land of fertile plains; the
Old World of scorched plains. Our
plains run north and south and so
attract and receive the rains



America is high under the equator,
the Old World is wide; hence v ith
US small surface is exposed to the
scorching sun. The result is that
the productive soil in the Old
World is 10000, 900 square miles
and in the New, 100000, Thus
borsts upon us in all the light OF
scientific truth the fact that Ameri
ca can sustain greater population
than the Old World, and if she can,
it is unquestionable that some day
she will.-C Coal Trade Journal.
Year: 1878




ENvY-The very moment man
achieves success there's somebody V
at hand to tell how poor, how OBJ
scure, how "no account" he used
70 be, and TO express wonder and
astonishment that he should ever
have amounted to anything" The
fact he has amounted to something.
that he has proved himself a sue
cess, seems to make some of his &C.
quaintances feel that they have been
robbed in a manner, and that by so
much as he has risen above them in
position or influence, by so much
they are dwarfed. Men who have
groped blindly to find fitting place
for the exercise of their talents, find
it, and with it come naturally ap-
probation, money, influence, pros
perlty. Can their good fortune
cause anything but rejoicing in a
magnanimous and noble mind ?
There are very few men Of note be
fore the public who have not fought
their way up through poverty, OBJ
scurity, disaster and countless OPP
positions of adverse circums. ances.
In fact, almost everybody "that is
anybody has had to fight for his
crown, and when be gets it, should
not everybody rejoice with him !?
Doubtless there's many a rough
diamond that is never polished or
set, but lies buried in mountain
gulches covered with mud many a
"mute, inglorious Milton" sleeps in
quiet, country churchyards but the
world is flashing with light from
diamonds that are set, ringing with
melody from Millions that are not
mute. One thing is certain, the
man or woman who is occupied in
picking to pieces the crown law fully
won by successful neighbor is not
likely ever to wear one, for the time
thus spent is worse than wasted.
and the disposition that can find
pleasure in employment so ignomi-
nous and degrading, can never find
these aspirations, labors and tolls
corgepial which bring deserved re-
putation and honor and success.
Year: 1878

WHEN WILL WONDERS CEASE p
What's up now? the reader will
exclaim. Well, we may as well tell
it at once, and be done with it.
The Duluth Minnesotian-H Herald has
been purchased by J. D. Howard,
leased by r. G. Mitchell of the
Tribune, and will be hereafter ed
tied by Judge L. f. Parker To
be plain about it, the paper has
passed into the control of It's rival
editor of the Tribune; and how be
will manage to run it, or have it run
in opposition to the Tribune, is a
problem that only Mr.. Mitchell can
solve. 1t would seem that one pa
per ought to receive a very respect
able support in Duluth, and it is
generally conceded that one paper
is all that is needed there. But the
fact that Mr.. Mitchell gobbled the
enemy and gained the day will be
anything but relished by many in
Duluth, who a short time ago made
an attempt, which failed, to crush
him out Whit the Mess. Foster
will now turn their attention to we
are not advised. but they are active,
capable young men and will lot
long remain idle.
Year: 1878

Millions find in the
cold bath protection against those
external Influences which are the
cause of so much disease. No ton
&c not even qnlnine or iron, equals
water. The skin suffers by seclu-
sion from air and light. The heat,
moisture, and darkness, resulting
from dress, produce in the skin a
pale and delicate condition. In
our climate this morbid condition
can be removed by nothing so sue
cessfully as by cold bathing. The
skin is the organ which we present
to the external world. Whatever
invigorates it, whatever tends to
make it tough and resistant, pro-
tects us from a multitude OF mis-
chievous influences.
Year: 1878

of effort is involved. But if even
the least intellectual effort raises the
temperature of the head above that
which it reaches in amused and idle
observation, it would seem to show
that there is waste involved in
voliticn which belongs to no So
called "automatic" action of the
mind. And that is itself fact of
no slight significance. = London
Spectator.
Year: 1878

The shipment yesterday at Du-
luth of eighty-two thousand bushels
of wheat and the arrival of thirty
car loads OF Manitoba wheat in the
last two days, is an indication OF
the vast amount that IN the near
future will seek market through
Minncsota's lake port. What Buf-
falo is to-day as a shipping point
Duluth will be before her present
age is doubled.-Ptoneer Press.
Year: 1878

PHYSICAL EFFORT OF THoUGHr.
An interesting paper was read at
a recent meeting of the Royal So
ciety on Experimental Researches
on the Temperature of the Head, " in
which the writer, Dr. Lombard show
ed that mental activity will at once
raise the temperature of the head,
and that merely to excite the atten-
ton has the same effect in less
degree. This is a curious result, as
appearing to show that anything of
the nature Of voilition involves a
waste of nerve tissue which is not
involved IN involuntary perception
and observation. There is no dit
ference, we believe, between he
temperature OF the sleeping body
and tiat ofthe waking body, III be-
tween shat of tbs waking body and
that OF the head, SO long as no act
Year: 1878

WALL STREET YRsTERDAY.-There
was still further reduction in the volume
of business done at the Stock Exchange,
and the market closed upon decline rang
ing from 4 to 2b per cent from the closing
figures of Saturday. Government, State
and railroad bonds were dull, but gener-
ally firm. Gold was unchanged at 1909.
and money continued easy on call at 1 a
8 nor cont
Year: 1878

The moon fulls to day, and on Thurs
day evening the editor of the ErerS
Evsning was out gazing at i's gradual


changes. We reminded HIM last Sat


urday Of the approaching change and
regre tied the effect which that full


luminary combined with defeat Of the
Democracy in South Carolina might
have upon his mental caliber. Happi-
ly for him South Carolina went glOri.
ously Democratic and thereby relieved
the double strain upon his mental Or
gans, leaving only the full moon to
contend with. As the time drew on
when old Luna was to shed forth her
most brilliant rays, our model editor
who in Just the man to edit a newspa-
per. might have bssn seen on Thursday
night, with his editorial cloak drawn
closely around his editorial body, look
ing through his editorial quizzing glass
o., and with his editorial pencil he no.
ted in his editorial not. book the
changes and influences which the bright
rays Of the moon had upon the editorial
brain.


He looked and 10 the moon about
two hours high and nearly full, was
partly obscured by thin whitish cloud
through which the rays Of the moon
stresmed, forming lunar bow. This
lunar phenomenon had q wonderfully
lunar effect upon the lunatic mind of
our model editor. The longer he gazed
upon the sight the colors became more
duh, and the editorial mind more illu-
minated, until at last the colors became
brown and dull, ~ the editorial mind
became more brilliant. As tho b.auti-
ful sight faded away the editorial mind
was impressed with the thought that
only in the Southern States did such
sp-et scles appear; the North, Of course,
since las: Tuesdays elections, having
lost al attractions. This sxperienc.
bridges the moon plagued editor over
another change, and We shall watch
" it'll considerable interest what the
next full moon change will bring forth.
Year: 1878

which in ~ general rsvolutioN NOD


going on Suld most sasuredly sanss
herself q The side Of the solid Nortt
against the solid South. watchman
what Of the night All bright for the
Republican future; all dark for the dis
appointed and Misguided Democrats.
Year: 1878

The mortgage held by the Government, in
its terms and by judicial decision of the
United States circuit court cannot be enforce
ed until the maturity of the bonds, which is
near the close of the present century.
The bonds are accommodating an interest
account, also uncollectible until the princi-
pal is due. Principal and interest, when due,


will amount to-the very large aggregate of
over S7z.GOO 00U-
Year: 1878

with the State Treasurer, read him this mild lecture

 A few days leO we urged the state Treass trer to take immediate steps to voluntarily comply with the constitutional provision directing the deposit of State moneys. We take the liberty Of repeating that reconmen- dation now. The Treasufer's letter to the Governor shows the great necessity of doing what tLe Constitution says he shall do. Had he done it when he first went into office. he would have saved himself the morti1eation Of hls present confession, the State this threatened loss, and his party the scandal of this wretehed business.

 As the incoming revenues of the State are about to go into the hands of che State Treasurer, the above ap peal cannot be deemed unreasonable In, fact there should he some way to put s atop to the Treasursr's mis- directed efforts to hold up insoyeAt banks with the peoples money.
Year: 1878

Dick Thompson, Secretary of the Navy taiklng with friend recently. sad he had one political ambition.

 Do you want Io come back to Con gross ' said the friend. Lord for bId, replied the mariner. What office do you long for, then [ was the query. Why. l have run for Inspector of Public Roads in my county twenty times said the Sec reEary and every time been woe- fasy beaten what want is to be elected to that office.
Year: 1878

When the physical energies droop, revive them with that safest and most active of tonics Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. By timely use of this salutary and agreeable medicine you will save yourself from positive diseaseS for be assured that the ianguor and loss of strength and appetite which troubles you is in fact the precursor of some malady of, perhaps, se- ious nature. Appetite, tranquility of the nervous system, and pristine vigor will assur- edly be restored if the Bitters are used system atically, and the almentary disturbance, which in nine cases out of ten gives rise to debility and nervousness, be entirely removed. Regularity of the bowels, active bliary secretion, the ex- pulsion of impurities from the blood through the kidneys, are also among the beneficent effects of this admirable restorative.
Year: 1878

A SToRY.-This story comes from Holyoke (" A prominent physician was making an evening call on Mayor Whit ting, when an alarm of fire was sounded. The first rumor located the fire in the Opera House. The doctor asked if it was insured, and when the Mayor told him it was, he coolly remarked, let the good work go on! The next message from the fire announced that a certain shed was burned instead of the Opera House, whereupon the doctor evinced no little excitement, exclaimed, why, my sleigh was in that shed r Let the good work go on,' quietly responded the Mayor"
Year: 1878

The late Senator Wade's property, which was left to his widow, amounts to a total value of S65. 5000. It is related of Wade, that once upon a tune, after hold ing court, he seated himself beside a friend, and said to him: Brother-I have studied the scriptures of divine truth prayerfully and carefully for my own salvation, in order to find the divid- ing line between rich and poor. You know it is said to be almost impossible for rich man to inherit the kingdom of heaven, and have arrived at the con- clusion, that in period of forty years if man accumulates over $2O, 1000, he gets it dishonestly, and there is no salvation for him. To live perfectly honest life, and deal justly in that time he cannot, at the age of fortJ-, get beyond that sum, so have agreed on that amount
Year: 1878

THE ARMY.-In response to question of the Washington Post as to the needed strength of the army General Sherman says: "The necessities of the frontier and to guard our public property will require from 25,0O0 to 3O.OOO men, for at this moment there is almost absolute certainty of renewed war with the Sioux. The Utes of Western Colorado are also likely to give us trouble, as are also the Bannocks of Idaho. The Mexi- can border calls for 5, 1000 men, and every time we attempt to withdraw troops from that quarter for use elsewhere disorders occur which compel us to send them back"