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Year: 1876

About year ago the ladies of q GER
tain Dorcas Society made up a large
quantity of shirts, trowsers, and socks,
and boxed them up and sent them to
a missionary station on the west coast
of Africa. A man named Ridley went
out with the boxes, and stayed in Africa
several months. When he returned the
Dorcas Society, of course, was anxious
to hear how its donation was received,
and Ridley one evening met the men,
bers and told them about it in little
speech. He said:


"Well, You know, we got the clothes
out there all right, and after while we
distributed them among some of the ma
tives in the neighborhood. We thought
may be it would attract them to the mis-
sion, but ii didn't, and after some time
had elapsed and not q native came to
| church with those clothes on, went out
on on exploring expedition to find out
about it. 1t seems that on the first day
after the goods were distributed one of
the chiefs attempted to mount shirt.
He didn't exactly understand it, and he
pushed his legs through the arms and
gathered the tail up around his waist.
He couldn't make it stay up, however,
and they say he went around inquiring
in his native tongue what kind of an idiot
it was that constructed garment that
wouldn't hang on, and swearing some of
the most awful heather oaths. At last
he let it drag, and that night he got his
legs tangled in it somehow, and fell over
precipice and was killed.


"Another chief who got one on prop
erly went padding around in the dark,
and the people, imagining that he was a
ghost, sacrificed four babies to keep off
the evil spirit.


"And then, you know, those trowsers
you sent out2 Well, they fitted one
pair on an idol, and then they stuffed
most of the rest with leaves and set them
up as q kind of new-fangled idols, and be-
gan to worship them. They say that the
services were very impressive. Some of
the women split few pairs in half, and
after sewing up the legs used them to
carry yams In, and l saw one chief with
a corduroy leg on his head as kind OF
helmet.


"I think, though, the socks were
most popular. All the fighting men
went for them the first thing. They
filed them with sand and used them as
war clubs. learned that they were so
pleased with the efficiency of those socks
that they made raid on neighboring
tribe on purpose to try them, and they
say they knocked about eighty women
and children on the head before they
came home. They asked me if wouldn't
speak to you and get you to send out a
few barrels more, and to make them
little stronger SOS they'll last longer, and
I said would.


"This society's doing power of good
to those heathen, and I've no doubt if
you keep right along with the work you
will inaugurate general war all over
the continent of Africa, and give every
body an idol of his own. All they want
is enough socks and trowsers. I'll take
them when / go out again"


Then the Dorcas passed a resolution
declaring that it would, perhaps, be bet
ter to let the heathen go naked and give
the clothes to the poor at home. Maybe
that is the better way.-PhilddeIphia
Bulletin.
Year: 1876

ASOpNObtSdfS-


Whatever may be ultimately held in
regard to the effect of the ineligibility of
presidential electors. the manner in which
the postmaster cases were disposed Of,
even under the Vermont rule, was
scandalous The intent of the constitution
plainly is to secure the presidential elec-
ton from the direct influence of federal
Office. holders. Yet postmasters were put
up for presidential electors, and. when
their candidacy necessitates vacancies they
are boldly appointed by their colleagues
thereto This is a disgraceful evasion Of
the constitution, morally if not legally,
Nor does it help the matter that the fed
eral officials had, in the meantime, resigned
since their influence had been exercised
during their tenure of Office, which ex
tended up to the day of the popular choice
The constitution provides specifically nj
penalty for the candidacy for office to
which one is Ineligible. but very proper
penalty would be the extension of thu
ineligibility to all Office for all time.
Year: 1876

Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents. There is
not a remedial agent in the world that will cure
fever and ague, and all other malarious, bilious,
scarlet typh old yellow and other fevers aided by
Fifty cents per bottle.
Year: 1876

An Euglishman who insulated his bed
stead by placing underneath each post Il
broken-oif bottom of a glass bottle, says
that he had not been free from rheumatic
gout for fifteen years, and that he began
to improve Immediately after the applica-
ton Of the nsulators. A local paper
quoting this item, wisely adds There's
many Il fellow who could cure his gout if
he would break off the bottoms of his
glass bottles in time"
Year: 1876

II you buy butter now in tin pail and
the seller smilingly observes that the pail
need not be returned for it is part OF the
bargain, weigh it after the butter is taken
out, and see how much you have made by
paying forty cents pound Tor tin and a
heavy iron handle.
Year: 1876

SEED WHEAT.-A Coop THING.- Every farmer who lias tried it knows that it pays to procure seed wheat of the very best quality. No wheat is fit for seed unless it is free from cheat and cookie. We have been shown an invention gotton mp by our fellow townsman, M. B. Roys, which we think is just the thing our farmers need for clearing and class ing their seed wheat. Mir. Roys has shown lis how it operates and the work that it does will Ut once recommend ii us valuable machine. We witnessed a trial with lot of wheat badly mixed and full of cheat and cookie. In few minutes it was put through the machine and gave three classes of wleat--the first class of which was free from all cheat and cookie and also small grains, and was really good seed wheat. Call at Roys' tin shop and see this contriyance. It is ineXpeu- sive and every farmer, or at least every neighborhood should have one.
Year: 1876

-Up THE FT. SMITH Roap.--- We have 10 return many thanks to Col. I'heo. Hartman, Sap.. of this road, and acknowledge ourselves under renewed obligations to him, for his goodness and generosity in proyid- ing us with gratuitous transporta- ton to the terminus of the road at the western end of the line. As he result of our trip we have received two very emphatic impressions OH our mind. First, the energy and go-al,eaditiyeues of the managers of the road is fully impressed upon any one who makes n trip over this ] portion of the road, for the magni- tude and expense of the job Of put ting the road through has certainly been immense. The deep cuts i through solid rock, and the immense fills which have been necessary and 1 which have been so well and so speedily accomplished tell not only of pluck and determination but also of an immense outlay of money. The Western part of the State should certainly feel very kindly toward the road for the accommodation and convenience which will result to them will certainly be much greater than the pecuniary reward which tie road will reap for such large outlay.

 The second vivid impression we received was the grand and pictur- csque sights and scenery which meets tho eye of the traveller over portions of this road. Surely there is no sucb scenery, telling so forci- ply oI the power and grandeur oi the Author of Nature, to be seen ill any other portion of Arkansas. A trip over the Western portion of the F't. Smith road would well repay the cost, just to behold the grandeur which nature displays in this por- ton of Arkansas.

 Aloug the line of road in Johnson Franklin and Crawford counties tberc are some fine lands and noble timber. These lands are now on inc market and the excellent coni- missioner of the road spares nc trouble to show them to prospecting parties. Almost every trip over the road there are more or fewer ol these seekers for new homes, gener- ally accompanied by some trusty and well posted guide connected with the land department of the road. The company owns and now offers for sale OH easy terms several hundred thousand acres of these fine farming, pasturing, fruit and timber lands. We have ardent hopes of seeing these lands speedily settled by active industrious immi- grants, who, if they come to 4Arkan- sas, will surely never regrcr the step.
Year: 1876

Governor Hendricks opened the canvass
at Shelbyville, Indiana, on the second of
September, and here are his views upon
the Southern question:


What is the truth and your duty and aim
IN respect to the Southi bur repeat my
letter of acceptance when say that all the
people must be made to feel and know
thai once more there Is purpose and pol
ICY, under which all citizens, Of every
condition, race and color, will be secure in
the enjoyment Of whatever rights the Con-
stitution snd laws declare or recognize, and
that he Is dangerous enemy Of his coun-
try who would arouse or foster sectional
entagonisn- Is it not indeed true that for
fud ten years the Republican party has
been enacring laws. has been expending
great sums OF money and has been using
the army to establish and maintain control
throughout the South, and that yet strife
and bloodshed prevail in some Iocalitiesi
fAiiare Is stamped upon their policy. In
but swc States is there bloodshed and death
between the two races In these States
alone, Louisiana and South Carolina, is the
Republican party dominant. In every 9th
er State Of the South the people have re-
covered and restored the American right
Year: 1876

THE Nation, Republican paper, but apt
to tell the truth on any subject, whether it
damage Republicans or not, has this TO
say about what has been styled the Con
federate House - 1T is the first House
since the war which has shown the slight
est appreciation of the demand Of the coun-
try for retrenchment in the extravagant ex-
penditures of the government, and the first
Congress for long time that has brought
its labors to close decently and in good
order, withou: The usual log-roIling chaos.
An enormous amount of abuse has been
poured out upon the Democratic majority
because they have made some discreditable
appointments and because they have shown
q disposition to initiate the currency. But
this criticism, coming from the party which
is responsible for all the currency shams OF
the past ten years, or from advocates of the
silver swindle, many of whom are Republi-
cans in good aud regular standing, is rather
nauseating. Considering the inexperienee
of the members and the financial ignorance
50 plentifulIy distributed throughout both
parties, the session has been, on the whole,
honest and creditable."
Year: 1876

The New York World comes burdened
with the charge that the nomination of Sey-
meur was trick of party leaders, in which
the Executive Committee Of the State took
hand, and it says the Saratoga conven-
ton was adjourned through fraud to meet
the ends of these trcksters:, The object
seems to have been to defeat selection by
the convention, SO that few men could
name the candidate; and the World now
advises the Democrats of New York to vote
for Seymour, although he does decline, and
to thus defeat the plans of these tricksters.
1t is opposed to new Convention, because
there is not sufficient time to have it called,
and it is also opposed to the reassembling
of the Saratoga convention, because it
would become necessary to purge that body
of those who deceived it, and this too
would consume much time. Ir


The action of these men in New York
Vitally concerns every Democrat in the coun-
try, and their acts may even cause the de-
feat of the Democratic party in November.
But it is the same old tale, which has been
enacted and re-enacted thousand times.
Every community is subjected to tricks
of party leaders, and until such men are
out of the way and made to take back
seats, we may look for a repetition of
what is now transpiring in New York.
We have seen parties subjected to tricks
in Texas, and even" here in Austin defeated
by them, and the men who perpetrate
these frauds must be branded by honest
men and placed, where they will never
more. be heard of. The World is justly in
dignant, and it becomes the sacred duty of
the press to hunt all tricky rascals out of
politics, and to help the people run pure
government by placing them in the degraded
positions to which they justly belong. A
party's ethics should be beyond attack, and
holding men to them would then insure
pure government. "''
Year: 1876

The Denton Monitor is opposed to the
division of Texas, and, except as to indulg-
ing in species Of Growing over the strength
of one portion of Texas as compared to an
other, says some sensible things. Wishing
the Monitor well. we only give publication
to the following patriotic portion of its ar
ticle:


1--WE shall oppose division of the State
by legitimate means, nor even consent that
this glorious heritage of our Revolutionary
sires shall be rent into fragments to CRAFTY
the vanity of q few would-be governors
and senator's"


This is the pith of the whole matter
The masses are in favor of the Indlvisibil-
ity OF the State, and were it not for the po-
litical demogogues, who would have office
on any terms the question of division would
never be raised. As between the North
and the South, the East and the West, we
are prepared to leok upon this question of
division with an eye to the interests of all
portions of Texas, and the day that sees
Texas divided will be one full of calamity.
Texas is destined to be the proudest State
in the American Union, and with its politi-
cal strength undivided the time is not far
distant that in national political contests il
will not be ''as New York goes" etc., but
as Texas goes, SO will the Union 60. We
would not have the name of Texas tarnished.
1t has a proud heritage, and its people
should cherish it ss such. North Texas,
while exhibiting pride in its own advance
ment, should remember that nature and the
march of immigration has made it garden
spot. West,rn Texas is a wide expanse,
full of fine lands, suitable for either agn-
culture or stock-raising, and within its
territory there are mineral fields as rich as
those of any portion Of the globe. The
rich cereals of North Texas, so soon as
internal improvements open the West
as they did Northern Texas, will
find market at home. The grain inter-
ests of the North will combine with the
stock interests of the West, and Texas will
not only supply nations with meat but
with bread. The water power of West
ern Iexas is equal to any emergency The
rich cotton fields of the North, East and
South will some day be inadequate to the
demands made upon them by Western ma
chinery, and Texas, through what
nature has bestowed, will be enriched
as is no other country. With such a
future it ill becomes the people of
Northern Texas or of Western Texas
to SOW the seeds of disunion With the
varied interests of Texas it is necessary that
its people should stick closely together, and
Northern Texas, instead of boasting over
its power to control the legislation of
the State, should do all in its
power to assist those sections now behind in
prosperity. Let the fable of the rods be
borne in mind, and adhered to, and the
State of Texas will yet be the brightest
star In the galaxy of States.
Year: 1876

GoLIAD COUNTY has held meeting in
the interest of law and order, at which time
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted: y H


Resolued, That it is the sense OF this
meeting that the prime object of govern
rnent is to secure to the people protection
to their persons and property-that it is for
this purpose they pay taxes to support the
government and render to the same due al
leglsnce; and that whenever any govern
menL, either State or national, refuses to
give the people that protection and security
to which they are entitled, they have the
right, and it is their duty, to fall back
upon their inaliensble right of self-prolec-
ton and preservation, and protect them.
selves in such way and manner as may seem
to them expedient.


ResoIced. That we hereby express our un.
qualified dlsapprobation of the course of
Governor Coke in vetoing the bill known
as the ''Sheriff's Bill'' and making known
to the Legislature his objections TO the bill
organizing company OF fifty men to pro-
tect the people from lswless bands, and
compelling the Legislature to change the
law to suit his own personal and peculiar
views; that, in his message to the Leglsla-
ture on vetoing the first named bill, he
showed not only the spirit of the dema-
gogue, but an apologist for the outlaws of
our country; that, although it is the sworn
duty of the executive to see that the peo-
pie are protected and the laws enforced,
he has shown an almost wanton disregard
Of their appeals.


r. solped, That although we deprecate
and deplofe a division of the State into
other States, yet we hereby affirm that, un-
less the legislatures and executive of our
State shall give to us protection in person
and property, and render to us our just
dues as part and parcel of this great com
monwealth, that we will use our exertions
to establish in the west separate State.
Year: 1876

purpose will become more and more appar
ent as the canvass progresses, while Til
den will grow in strength arising from his
aggressive power and the enthusiasm aris-
ing out of a cause supported By reason,
right and visible reform.
Year: 1876

AND now IT, comes TO pass that two
steamers, one drawing ten and the other
thirteen feet of water, have been unable to
pass between the Eads jstties at the mouth
of the Mississippi. a .sa
Year: 1876

THE fact that $500, OOo, 600 Of the four
and one half per cent. loan has been readily
taken demonstrates that no difficulty about
the reduction Of interest may be anticipated,
and no doubt IN time all outstanding FIVE
and six per cent bonds win be converted
into lower denominations. The following
shows the present condition Of the public
debt: T1
Year: 1876

THE tongue of calumny is always busy.
1t now appears that Major ]. D. Sayers is
the subject of a most unjust and unwarrant-
able attack, and those who viii do him jus
tice can but say that he is above the charge S
brought against him. We are unprepared
to point out parties who have thus under
taken to vilify this gentleman, but it would
not take very close guessing to do so.
There are those proposing to be leaders IN
The party who are entitled TO and should
meet nothing but defeat, and when it comes
their first effort Is to attack the honorable,
and thus to direct attention from the dis
honorable. They are first for themselves,
and when defeated become disorganizers
and enemies of those who through honora-
BILE means obtain preferment. These are
the men who impose upon conventions and
attempt to make party subservient to indi-
vidual interests, and if the, people will
keep their eyes upon such men, and never
trust them, they will soon have good and
cheap government over all the land.
Year: 1876

SOUTHERN MEN IN A WORTHY ROLE.-The
calmness and moderation of the Southern
representatives in Congress is striking fact
in the situation. The Northern Democrats
have lost their temper and heads, and are
trying to precipitate grave menace to the
public peace. The members from the
South, on the other hand, inculcate prudent
counsels The scheme for impeaching
the President, which grew out of a bitter
partisan feeling, was only defeated by the
resolute opposition of nearly the entire
Southern delegation, who, under the lead
of BenjaInin Hill of Georgia, stubbornly re-
fused to have anything to do with the
project.


In conversation Mr.. Hill said that if the
people of this country were not capable of
settling the disputed Presidential question
without violence, they were not fit to have
a President, and ought to be governed 10y a


hereditary monarch. He said he had conf


dence in the wisdom of the people, and felt
sure they would not sustain any movement


likely to .jeopardize the public tranquility


If the representatives of the people here in


Washington could not settle amlcably the


present difficulty, they ought to so home
and give their constituents chance to put


wiser men in their places. For party pur
poses, ne salu ne hau OSeh put III Il laIse dt
titude before the North in the late canvass
but those who know his record and dispoSl
ton will bear him out in saying that nt
man deprecates ultra measures more than
he, or is more earnestly determined to main
tain the interests Of the whole Union.
Mr.. Hills views seem to be entertained
by nearly every influential Democrat from
the Southern States, and it is a remarkable
circumstance that the Representatives o
the section which precipitated the countr.
into civil war in 1861 should now by it
moderation and fairness do so much to
ward averting like calamity.-N !
Tribune.
Year: 1876

Volumes might be filled with proof from all parts of
the world prove that remedy has ever been dis
covered in the whole history of medicine that
promptly even in the worst of pulmonary dis
ease. good appetite. complete digestion, strength
and disposition for active exercise, is to follow
its use. If you have been tampering with the many
articles put out by persons totally ignorant of the
science of medicine. in theory practice, and your
been neglected the cough deep with purulentand
bloody eXpectoraton. pain and oppression: sore
throat. diarrhea night SweatS fever parched skin,
you will find in DIR. SwAYNE'S COMPOUND your only
hope of cure. If the bowels cOStive or headache
accompanies your disease. the use of SwAYNES SAR-
SAPARILLA and TAR PILLS will remove it. Thirty
years experience. and the increasing popularity of
I" Dr. Swaynes Medicine" are convincing proof.
Year: 1876

Miss Anna Dickinson has written and
appeared in a new play at Philadelphia,
called "True to Herself" On Wednesday
evening she said of this play to an Item re-
porter: at is written rehearsed and acted
within week. 1t was begun last Thursday
evening, and it is not YET finished. ! am
on the last scene Of the play now. All the
rest is thoroughly reheared by the company
am determined not to shut an eye until
the last word is written" On Thursday
evening the play was produced.
Year: 1876

The Chinese do not seem to have an in
tuitive idea of the sanctity of an oath. A
consular ofice-boy, who had been in the
service nine years, was looking for some
thing which he evidently could not find,
and was asked what it was "The consul
Is going to try a case this morning." he re-
plied. nand / am looking for the little
book he makes the witnesses smell.
Year: 1876

W by? because Inhalation
is the only way that the
Air Passages can be reach
ed. and Catarrh is Il dis
ease of Air Passages of the
Head. Use this treatment
as we direct, which is easy
andpleaSant, and we guar
iantee a perfect CURE OF
lCatarrh.
Year: 1876

The appointment of General Hugh j.
Campbell to the vacancy in the Fourth Dis
trict Court has revived the speculations
about the probable fate of the bill to abolish
the Superior Court. The weight OF opinion
was in favor of the probability that the
bill would be signed. In case the bill be-
comes law the powers and duties now de-
volving upon the judge of the Superior
Court will be ditfused to the Third, Fourth.
Fifth and Sixth, the first named, however,
having no jurisdiction in any new cases.
As the dockets of our district courts are gen
orally pretty clear Of cases, perhaps the
three Judges could, among them, easily dis
pose of the new business which would be
sent to them by the proposed new law,
without overtaxing their energies. The
public convenience, therefore, is not likely
to be greatly affected one way or the other,
though, on the other hand but little saving
can be effected by abolishipg the court.