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Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD:-We cordially ac-
cept your structures on our article on
Local Option, and take no exceptions
to the working of your blue pencil, as
that is your prerogative, and one
which you should always exercise,
when in your judgment (as the edi-
tor of public journaD, you may think
best for the public good. You fear
that we have a continent attack of
Local Option; you need not fear any
longer on that score, as the word con-
fluent means, to run together; and we
will have to go through radical
change before we run with Local OPP
ton or any other option that is OPP
posed !; 0 the principles of free govern
ment, and the vested rights of Amer
lean citizens. You say of our arti-
Gle that we are radical on the subject
of legislative prohibition, in the
whisky traffic. If earnestness and
honest convictions of the theory of
the plan we propose is radicalism,
then we plead guilty. You accuse us
of denouncing those that entertained
a different opinion to ours on this
subject, and did not accord to them
due respect for their opinions. We
probably should have been more par
ticular in qualifying our denuncia-
tions, but we supposed that our quail
fications were sufficient to show who
was meant as fanatics. We stated
that we did not charge all advocates
Of Local Option as intending wrong,
but they were honest in their inten-
tions for good. The charge of fanati-
cism was only intended to apply to
those who have been for the last quar-
ter of a century trying the expert
ment of prohibition laws in the
East and elsewhere. We have proven


by statistics and other reliable testi-
mony to be a failure the attempt to
enforce upon US, by restrictive law, a
theory which has elsewhere been put
in practice, and proved to be a failure.
Such is the work of Miss Sallie Hart
and others of like ik. You remind us
of the fact that the line of policy we
propose for the ameliOration of intem-
perance would alike affect the value
of gold and the market price of every
article CT merchandise. That is an
admission of the effect that we claim
for our theory, when once put in prac-
tice, but we apprehend that if we only
apply the theory or plan to intoXicat-
ing liquors, that it will only affect
that article, and not materially affect
the value of any other article of mer-
chandise. And if any other article of
merchandise ever becomes obnoxious
and detrimental to our people, then
apply the same rule and plan. We
claim another equitable feature for
our theory that is superior to Local
Option. 1t gives capital me to grad
ually seek another investment with
out loss. While Local Option snatches
at few days, or hours, warning sew
eral thousand dollars invested under
license issued in conformity with the
laws of our Government, and the State
in which they are issued, from the
hands of our citizens who have in
vested their money in good faith, re-
ducing them in many cases to bank
ruptcy. FREE TRADE.
Year: 1874

Bs- The tide ofInmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
u new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2%o
Year: 1874

the man you are looking for. He will give
YOU the incest fitting garments to be had i'm
the city; cloth of the best material; work
done upon honor, and the best satisfaction
generally. Call on him and have full suit
made AT once. jy2 IT'S
Year: 1874

THE Boston correspondent OF the
New York Il 5i6lne, telling the story OF
Bankss pIucky fight, says that no
such spectacle was ever seen in Massa-
chusetts before; and, judging from the
result Of the experiment, none is likely
to be again for an indefinite period in
the future. The Offlceholders swarmed
into the district. Mr.. Dawes was drawn
down from the hills of Berkshire, and
Mr.. Blaine, with an the prestige of his
national rover and position, was i'm
ported from the east. Never were
greater odds piled up against a csndi-
date. Added to this, money became al
most an embarrassment, so plentiful
was the supply in which it was sent
over. To make assurances dOubly sure,
scores and hundreds were eOlonized into
the navyyard and put to unnecessary
service at government expense. Gene
raj Banks stood up bravely in the face
of all this, and with a majority of four
thousand five hundred votes against
him to overcome, he came out Of the
contest with six thousand five hundred
majority.
Year: 1874

THE mslevolent, pestiferous and thiev-
ing Radical gang who have cursed Ar
kansas too long with their presence,
have for some days been contemplating
q coup c7etqt. but have concluded that
discretion is the better part Of valor
safe con clusioR and wise. truly. II
they should, however, attempt such q
thing. we hope Governor Garland will
open wide the gates Of the penitentiary
for than
Year: 1874

same as the State levies), the result would
be that the whole machinery of the city
government would stop, as that sum
would not pay one.tenth of our interest
on the bonded debt. 1t would involve
US in endless litigation.


Here the interview ended.
Year: 1874

From the Little hOck 6aZetlS,l


THE DIFFERENCE.


There was q marked difference yester-
day in the organization Of the two
houses of the legislature, compared to
scenes we have been accustomed to
witness during the past six years. No
passes were required to get in-nO
armed body of military or police had
to be passed through to get into either
hall, and there was no rush for the
speakers chair. The members walked
in quietly, orderly and gentlemanly,
and an organization was perfected with
out the least Jar. What a contrast to
the organization of the last two legisla-
lures!


CAPITAL AND IMMIGRATION WANTED.


Now for Arkansas! Her government
Is now in the hands OF her own people,
peace and quiet reign throughout the
State, and 1t becomes the duty OF all
good citizens to put their shoulders to
the wheel and shove up the State, We
want CAPITAL and immigration, both OF
which can be obtained with proper effort.
With wise legislation the next two years
will be the most prosperous in the his
tory of the State.


WORK, NOT POLITICS, HEREAFTER


The people Of Arkansas have been en-
gagged in political strife for eight years.
They have had no peace in that period.
The first lull-the first real period of
quiet is now being entered upon. We
have had politics dd nduSednl. Now
that peace and quiet once more reign
throughout our borders, we trust we will
have less politics and more earnest work
toward developing the rich resources of
the State.


STATE SCRIP.


The Newport NeaOs says: "The de-
mand for State and county scrip in
creases as the time for paying taxes
draws nearer. We would advise our
readers, one and all, to buy now while
scrip can be had at low figures, as the
tax to be paid is very high-something
near five per cent. II you defer buying
until January, scrip will cost twice the
amount it can be bought for now. Ev-
ery taxpayer should secure his scrip
pow.u Others Of our State cotempora-
ries have noted similar demand. The
INet0s gives the taxpayers good advice,
as the tendency Of scrip will undOubted-
ly be upward from now until the expira-
ton of tax-paying. The present price
of scrip is not the measure OF its true
value, but is the product Of the combined
schemes Of the spectators, the scarcity
of currency, the disturbed condition oi
| the country during the revolutionary
scenes through which we have late
ly been passing, and the fear oi
congressional interpositioD in the az
fairs OF our State, The result of the re-
cent elections In the north and the in
auguration of our new government
have well nigh disappointed these fears.
This fact, with the policy Of discontin-
ulng the issue of Understanding scrip
now entered upon, and the certainty
Of an economical government and an
improved financial policy for the future,
win rapidly increase the value Of the in
terest- bearing scrip now outstanding,
This will be followed by an apprecia.
ton Of all the county scrips, which were
reduced to par with State scrip by the
decision OF the supreme court making
/ the last receivable for county taxes.
Year: 1874

We copy the following from the
Louisiana MO- Journal Of the seventh
instant, which reached US yesterday
marked. We copy it in the interest of
fsir-play, and with view to the COM
plete intelligence Of our people as to
couple OF whom the APPEAL has pub
lished much, both pro and con-:
Year: 1874

Judge Mcbride last week received let
ter from Judge Humphreyville, Of Medina,
on the subject of the New Constitution.
Judge Humphreyville is opposed to the
adoption Of the New Constitution. because
he looks npon as a middle, because either
by accident or design the authority 70 9is'
sue- writ Of habeas corpus will be taken
from the Common Pleas Court, and be.
cause it will add from two hundred and
ffty to three hundred dollars year to the
Slate taxes. So far as he has been able 10
learn, comparatively few will vote for the
New Constitution in his neighborhood.
He is Republican and was q member Of
the Constitutional Convention. - Wayne
CoaHfy Democrat
Year: 1874

he did not add bis voice
against any new isssue of irredeemable
paper money. There were many things be
did not know, but ono he did know, and
that was, it would launch this nation on 4
sea without shore, without harbor, to de-
clare in favor of the increase of paper
money. That proposition involved false
hood, lie, and in the end would upset ev-
erything from an apple cart to an empire.
IL was false that stamp on paper trans
formed it to dollar. The coin dollar
represents the cost of production, and pa
per money was merely synibolical of that
)llar. When there was fio coin dol.
lar behind it, it was merely a false
promise TO pay. He would say
nothing about the legal tender act, but
would say when no war engages the coun-
try, when no oveTmastering necessity is to
be pleaded, mad indeed, in his belief, would
be the action by which the two houses OF
Congress would undertake to solve the
financial problem Of the day by an unlimi-
ted issue of irredeemable promises to pay.
He again appealed to the Senate TO stop
this splitting of places and let the Com
mittee on Finance resume possession OF
this question, and bring in some measure
on which eminent gentlemen around so
learned in finance could agree.


Mr.. Oglesby said he thought there was
in the Senate to-day ability, intelligence
and experience to compare with the most
favorable era of the American Republic.
He had been benefited by the discussion on
this subiect-he commendedt the wisdom OF
the Republican Congress which gave the
country greenbackS and the national bank
system, and had no doubt he reflected the
feeling of the whole country when he made
the assertion that the greenback currency
was a noble one and sealed with the best
blood of the nation. It would be redeem
ell in gold, every dollar.


Mr.. Morton said it was evident that this
debate could not be closed to-day, and he
proposed that the gentleman give way to
the motion to adjourn.


Mr.. OgleSby said he didn't want the SEN
ate to adjourn IN the middle of his speech;
it would leave it with no more intelligence
than the resolution which he had in his
hand (hOlding up Mr.. COOper's substitute).
Continuing, he said he thought that reSolu-
tion would become very important paper
in the history of American financial litera-
ture, and would take it with him to the
people OF his Stale.


Pending discussion, ON motion to recen-
slider, the Senate adjourned.
Year: 1874

SOME wiseacre in the Ohio Legislature,
Tired with landa5le zeal, has prepared a
bill TO put an end to the emotiOual-insanity
dodge. l. provides that, when insanity is
pleaded as a defense to criminal charge,
the accused shall be examined by a special
jury. If found to be sane, the plea fails
and the trial proceeds. If really insane, he
is TO be sent to lUnatic asylum, and kept
there until permanently cured, whereupon
the trial is to be resumed. On what prin-
cipleS of law or equity any one is to be
tried for anything done during insanity, the
bill does not say. Itmight be styled bill
TO make insanity crime.
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Mr. White,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported a
bill to provide for the location of the two
Representatives at large for Alabama, un-
less the Legislature shall otherwise provide
by law by the time fixed for the election
He stated that the necessity for the bill
arose fsom the failure of the Legislature to
redistrict the State, one house being Dem
Ocratic. The bill passed.
Year: 1874

NEW YORK. Feb. l9.-The strike on the
New jersey Southern Railroad, begun five
weeks ago,is at an end. The business of the
road is started in accordance with bill of
the New Jersey Legislature which provides
for the appointment of a receiver to run
any road that alas ceased ten days and
which guarantees that the employees Of
this road shall receive their two months
hack nay from the first earnin1S
Year: 1874

There is another strike on the New York
Midland Railway to-day, owing to failure
of hands to realize on the scrip with which
they were paid a few weeks ago. The
switches are spiked at Summit and no
trains allowed TO ran.
Year: 1874

New COTTAGE AND CHOICE COMMERCIAL
BUILDING SITES NEAR THE SECOND STREET
MARKET AT AUCTION THIS DAY.-Our read
ers are particularly referred to the sale Of
a beautiful new double cottage residence,
on Second street, and seven choice lots for
stores, ETC., all adjoining the new Second
Street Market, to be sold to-day, by Messrs.
Nash g. Hodgson, auctioneers, on long
credit.


This market is gaining popularity every
day, and the properties sold should com
mand the attention Of enterprising men.
See the advertisement and the plans at
the place of sale.
Year: 1874




DEAR JOHN: | returned from the
mines a few days ago to get a stock of
provisions. tools and hands; and find
It very difiiult to get hands. but hope
to succeed in securing the help I want
in day or two. Myself and two part
nerS have made desirable arrange
nentS to work two gulchcs or creeks
for the term of five years, giving one
fifth of the net profits. and am con-
tident we will make something out of
the arrangement. However, | will
know more about our prospects soon
after | return, as we are all ready to
commence sluicing. One of my part
hers is here with me, and will return
whan | do. We are about seventy
miles from the coast ny river, between
the Sinnemary and CorSabo, and three
miles from the banks of the Corsabo.
Nearly all of the II that came with me
on the Greyhound have left. and two
more 90 tomorrow. The country is
very unhealthy. the fever and ague be-
ing the prevailing disease. of which all
three of us have had dose. 1t has
rained nearly all the time since I land
ed. The heat Is not very intense. but
very oppressive. and it is impossible
for an American to do much work here
and keep his health. Generally speak
ing, it is a hard country: which those
who have returned will tell YOU. Will
write you when return to the mines
and make Il few clean-ups. Don't
come until you hear from me again.


NEIL How'll.
Year: 1874

CURE FOR EAR ACIIE.-Take a
small piece of cotton wool. making a
depression in the center with finger,
and fill it with as much ground pep
per as will rest on five cent piece.
gather it into Il ball and tie it up, dip
the ball into sweet oil and insert it into
the ear, covering the latter with cot
ton wool. and use bandaee or cap to
retain it in its place. Almost instant
retief will be experienced and the APP
pication is so gentle that an infant will
not be injured by it, but experience re-
lief as well as adults.
Year: 1874

SILENT PEOPLE.-We all reckon among
our friends or acquaintance some silent
man or woman whose influence is felt,
whose rarely expressed opinion carries
weight, few indeed, but well chosen, spo-
ken in clear harmonious tones. 60 TO the
point and decide it. We have all met with
quiet, well-read. and well-bred women,
whose society we have sought and found
an ever-increasing thirst for-women
whose minds unfolded, leaf by leaf, rare
beauties, which made one feel better for
every hour spent with them. To know
such women is to study them, to study
them is to love them, to hunger for their
society, to prize their presence, to regret
their absence, and to mourn them forever
when they have passed into the '' silent
land To such women the world owes
much. far more than those who speak?
they are the women who make home happy
and life beautiful; to whom the cross word.
the impatient tone are strangers, whose
children are surprised at a harsh tone, and
who never fear the blow they have no
knowledge of; these are they who, saying
nothing of women's rights, think the more
of women's duties, the chief of which is a
woman's highest privilege. making home
happy.
Year: 1874

standing in his eyes, :" in one short month,
from a poor lieutenant, became rich
man." Truthfully it was said, that no
man is more worthy of these gifts and dis
tinctions; for no man will employ his for
tunes with more usefulness, or enjoy his
honors with more modesty. 1t was also
said of Commodore Macdonough that his
steady mind II would say his pious mind, }
remained the same when victorious and
honored, as before. a sure accompaniment
of talent, of piety, and nobleness of heart.
Such pious and prayerful men, such noble
and worthy examples should be remem-
bered, and held up for all to admire and
initiate. I refer to his example, not only
as worthy of imitation by military men,
but by all in every condition of life, and
especially by the young men of the present
age, upon whom so many and so great re-
sponsibilities are resting and pressing.
Year: 1874

Speaking of Baptists, we have this from
an Ohio friend, though the incident occur
red in Illinois: At the opening of service
one afternoon Baptist clergyman be-
sought the Master to so instruct the per-


sons who were to be baptized at the close
of preaching that they might be enlighten-
ed as to the only ef1icacious mode Of adj
ministering that ordinance. A lady. not


holding a corresponding view Of the mat
ter, said, 81 was sprinkled when was a
baby, and am thankful that / am just as
much a Christian, and feel it too. as if ]
| had been anchored in the middle of Lake
Michigan for a MONTH"
Year: 1874

They have good fishing in Waterford Har-
Dor (Irelard) lately. The locality was vis-
tied recently by immense quantities of fish.
The shoal Of herrings was such as to battle
description. The fish were actually wedg-
ed together into one compact mass, and the
men could not let out more than half their
nets, lest the immense weight of fish would
break them. The farmers from the sur
rounding country came with their carts to
reap this bountiful harvest. Buyers came
over from England and bought as many
fish as they could manage to barrel and
cure. The shoal of herrings was followed
by large number of turbot, hake and
dogfish,
Year: 1874

What relation is loaf of bread to a To-
comotive? You'll never guess it. Bread
is necessary, locomotive is an inven-
ton. Now as necessity is the mother of
inven, ion, he maternal relation of a loaf
to locomotive will be seen at once.
Year: 1874

Tho Chinese idea of heaven is a
singular mixture of spiritualism and
materialism. They seem to believe
that the unseen world Is, In a certain
way, n counterpart OF things visable,
and that the. spirits of the departed
stand i'm need of the same support as
they did when living-food, clothes,
and houses reduced, however, to a
state suitable for the invisible, which
they seem to imagine Is TO be attained
by the process of burningl They
have q curious way of carrying their
supperstitiOns into effect. Having to
provide, not on the day of the funeral
alone, but In perpetuelty, for the COM
forts of the departed, they take care
that clothing, furniture, and money
shall cost them as little as possible.
They manufacture limitations of these
necessaries I'm paper, the paper money
being cOver0I with tin or gilt foil !;
and ON some occasions paper house,
ready furnished, is burned and pass.
ed entire into the unseen world. The
food Of the spirits Is managed more
simply still. The feast, is spread hot
and stcaming and the steam and
fumes arise from the repast appear to
form the nutriment OF The spirits; for
the substantial food Is afterward con-
sumed by relatives. From this feel
ing with regard to ancestral worship
results the strong desire OF every
Chinaman to have asson instead OF q
daughter for should the male line
of his fhmily fail, the ancestral feasts
cannot be properly performed, and
then not only his own spirit will be
starved, but all ancestors win be re-
duced TO astate OF beRgsry. -,
Year: 1874

Laugh at it though we will, public
opinion il our master. lis influence
is far greater than is generally int
agined; and as it makes our reputa-
tiOn, it is,well we take some thought
Of the impressions we leave, and


show a degree of respect for the sent
iments and cherished opinions Of So
ciety. We have heard men say that
as long as they acted cOnsclentiOusly,
and did what was right, they cared
little what people or the public
thought of them reasoning highly
c0mmendable in itself, they may do
very well for one who would isolate
himself from society and the world
but 1t seems founded on q somewhat
selfish basis. "Happiness was born
a twin," and to be indifferent to pub
lie opinion we must exist within
ourselves and for ourselves alone,
since no one In this world is wholly
independent, each depending ON the
others for the happiness we receive.
no man or woman ever attains a
height which places him or her above
criticism and there are few of us
but have some inner experience
which we fain would hide from a
castle world therefore no one
can afford to hold sOciety's rules in
defiance. Some may imagin it pre-
sumption or cOnceit to think they
exert sufficient influence to attract
attention. . Yet every lifelis fraught
with interest in the particular sphere
of It's exhistence, and we are in. it
what we arc thought to be, the char
acter is to ourselves what we really
are, to the world it il what reputation
or public opinion makes it /; and al
though man may be fully conscious
of his own worth, The world alone
shall say whether to his memory he
leaves "FOot prints on the SAINT of
timc., or sinks into oblivion. .rs,--. /. q
Year: 1874

Either man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else be willing
To deny himself some luxuries, and
save, TO lay the base Of independence
i'm the future. But if n man defies
future, and spends all that he earns
(whether his earning be one dollar or
ten dollars every day. let him look
for lean and hungry want some future
time-fOr It will surely come, no
matter what he thinks.


To save is absolutely the only way
to get q solid fortune; there !. is no
other certain mode ON earth. Those
who shut their eyes and ears to these
plain facts, will be forever poor; and
for their obstinate rejectiOns of the
truth, mayhap will die in rags and
filth. I.et them so die and thank
themselves. But no! They take a
sort of recOmpense in cursing fortune.
Great waste of breath! They might
as well curse mountains and eternal
hills. For / can tell them fortune
does not give away her real and
substantial goods. She sells them to
the highest bidder, to the hardest,
wfsest worker for the boon. Men
never make so fatal q mistake as when
they think they are mere creatures of
fate; tis the shearestfolly In the world
Every man may make or mar his
life, whichever he may choose. For
tune Is for those who by diligence
honesty, frugality, place themselves
I'm position to grasp hold of fortune
when itappears I'm view. The best
evidence Of diligence Is the sound Of
the hammer In your shop, at five
O'Clock In the morning. The best
evidence of. frugality Is the five
hundred dollars or more standing In
your name at the saving bank. The
best evidence Of honesty are both
diligenceand frugality, .,,esl