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Year: 1875

does modern bookmaking-even tho best-more
commonly fail. In cheap books 10 must be
expected to fail, for good ink fetches good
price. This Is the weak point Of the modern
French printers Names otherwise fDe series OF
French classics offers you page which is positively
weak from the paleness of the ink. Some of jon
austs work has the same fault 80 has Scheuring's
and Clayes though exception in favor of the lat
ter must be made IN the of the Bida Gospels
which he printed for Messrs Hachette Itmust be said
that Whittingham is capable, like other mortals OF
using gray ink and that ink may be black without
being brilliant The Chiswick press like all others.
must do cheap work for profit. and occasional good
work for the glory Of the printers art In accuracy
Il leaves something to DO desired. The page Oh
errata at the end of the first volume shows careless
proof reading The most beautiful books have
not always been the most accurate. Many
of the incunabala swarm with errors, the
best sixteenth century books, the best AidineS
excepted are far from immaculate. the ElEevns jill
the next age are of every degree OF merit ana wneh


we get down TO Bodoni we find IN single volume tne
extreme of typographical luxury combined WIN
scandalons earelessness IL this Ia the practca age
we proclaim it to be, how happens 1t we make 30 i'


tie progress in an art which in no other age was
ever used so extensively as nowI In mechahieai
contriyanees our improvements have been marVei-
GUS, but when we nook at the result VIC Hro nn"1eo
to sec that our gains limited to speed and cheap
ness of production The production itself is not bet
ter but poorer The first Biblo ever printed is bet
ter than the last Nay, If I were asked TO point to
single book as n monument Of typographical excel
lence, should not fear to choose that very first
Bible which came from the press Of Gutenberg him.
self, and l should be almost equally willing
to take O copy vellum or copy on
paper-yellum printing, indeed being now well
nigh lost art There are many books which better
satisfy modern eye, aud tho ancient character,
initiated as 1t was from the character used by the
manuscript copyiss of the day. s not one to which we
should care to 20 back But in its essential features
az piece of artistic printing. as we'll as from
technical point Of view, page OF the Gutenberg
Bible may be placed beside page of any modern
book. and safely abide the comparison.


dare say q modern printer may be found to pro-
test against this opinion, hope there may, and
shall be charmed to read anything he may have to
say N favor of his bandicraft as now practiced All
shall ask him. when he has done, will be TO point
me 10 one of hisown books which he thinks superior
to good example of any one Of the great men of
other days whom have named. g. W. b.
Year: 1875

A man who is always in stew gen
orally goes to pot.


A new definition of an old maid-a
woman who has been made for long
time.


You can't speak in balloon without
having high words, but it is death to
fall out.


A Saratoga belle writes home 'It is
horrid here-not man in town worth
over $4,000"


A Kansas girl says that nothing
makes her so mad as to have a grass
hopper crawl up and down her back
just as her lover has come to the pro-
posing point.


When freedom from her mountain
height unfurled her standard to the air,
her skirts, pinned back so very tight,
made her appear exceeding spare.


The compositer who Submitted an
"m" for ''w" in speaking of lady trou-
bled with Swelling of the feet" accom-
plished the worst typographical feat on
record.


The man whose wife gave away his
last bottle of cocktail to a. sick beggar
has since been heard to mildly express
the opinion that charity should begin
at home.


l never place much reliance on a man
who is always telling what he would
have done had he been there. | have
noticed that somehow this kind of peo-
pie never get there.


The most attentive man 10 business
on record was he who wrote on his shop
door: 'Gone to bury my wife; return
in half an hour" He was 70 relation to
the lawyer who put upon his Office door:
"Be back in five minutes" andreturned
only after a pleasure trip Of three weeks.


Near Knoxville, the other night, a
young girl, who was Unexpectedly in
terviewed by the family as she was
about eloping with the object of her
virgin affections, knocked the old man
down, laid out two brothers with els
tern pole, kicked the hired man in the
stomach, and got away with her lover,
and ''made the rifle" +.


The Sultan of Sanzibar showed him
self generally very smart chap to the
Europeans. He didn't wear any stars,
and garters, and crosses, and medals of
his own, nor would he accept Of any,
as the wearing of such gewgaws is con-
trary to the customs of his country, per-
haps because, as the evening and morn
ing dress of his subjects is simple naked
ness, they would have to cut button
holes in their skins to adopt such a
fashion
Year: 1875

Sit down on the porch, children, and
let me tell you about Aunt Rachel, and
the story she once told me. One day
when / was about twelve years old, l
had planned to go after strawberries,
but Aunt Rachel said to me. "a girl
of your age should begin to learn to do
housework Take off your hat, roll up
your sleeves aud help me do the bak-
ing.


I pouted and sighed and shed tears,
but was encouraged by the promise
that | might go after the baking. I'm
der good Aunt Rachel's direction l
mixed a big loaf OF bread, placed it on
a tilt as bright as dollar, and was rub
bing the -four off of my hands when
she called out to me: This will new
er, never, never do, child-you haven't
scraped your bread bowl clean


/ shall never forget the picture she
made standing there, her eyes regard
ing me sternly, one hand resting on
her hip, while in the other she held the
untidy bowl.


1t will never do child, she went on /;
it is not only untidy, but it makes too
much waste /; to be good housekeeper
you must learn to be economical. You
have heard the story of the young man
who wanted an economical wife.


No, | answered, and | might have
added, that | didn't wish to hear it ell
ther.


SWELL, she continued, 'le was very
likely young man, and he wanted a
careful wife, so he thought of way he
could find out One morning he went
to call upon the different girls of his ac-
quaintance and asked each OF them for
the scrapings of their bread bowls to
feed his horse You see they all want
ed him, so they got all they could for
him. Finally he found a girl who
hadn't any, so he asked her to be his
wife, because he thought she must be
economical. Now, said Aunt Rachel,
triumphantly, suppose young man
would ask you for the scrapirgs of your
bread bowl, what could you say?


what would / say? repeated,
scornfully, why I'd tell him if he could
not afford to buy oats for his horses
they might starve wouldn't rob the
pig to feed them.


l suppose Aunt Rachel thought that
lesson was all lost on me; but as true as
you live / never knead bread to this
day without thinking Of her lesson in
acOnOnv
Year: 1875

Most men fail because tney neSlect
or DEFY the laws of ordinary prudence
and honesty. When that is the cause
Of their difficulties they had better be
set aside, for the longer they are allowed
TO 90 on the worse will be the troubles
in which they will involve themselves
and their creditors. 1t is the teaching
of observation generally that the most
fruitful source of business embarrass-
ments lies in the failure of business
men to realize the extent to which they
are trustees for their creditors. I'm
fortunately, even in these close times,
the business of this country is out OF
all proportion to the capital that is
actually employed in it. When pur,,
chases and sales are large and actual
capital small, it follows that man 5
creditors must depend largely on MS
honor and on that of those to whom ne
sells. The mercantile community Is In
this way intimately bound together,
and the dereliction Of one may more or
less affect great many. Under these
circumstances it becomes the Imperative
duty of every business man not IN any
way TO impair the security of his credi-
tors Especially is it his duty to con-
fine absolutely his personal or family
expenditures within the sum which he
can afford from means that is his own.
He has neither right to spend more
on himself and family when he knows
that his creditors are likely to suffer,
nor a right to remain in ignorance as to
how he stands with the world. 1t is
far too common for business men to
think that their Giving" is something
which must be provided for, while the
claims of creditors are placed in the
second rank. There may not be a
definitely formed rule Of conduct OF
this sort, but there is consistent con
formity to it, Yet nothing ought to be
plainer than that the exact opposite is
the only honorable course. 1t is man
duty to pay his debts punetually and-ln
full. and to live OH what he has LETT.
The cost of living may be and should
be the variable quantity which is made
TO conform to the actual resources OF
each man. 1t can be reduced very
low, and when it becomes necessary
that it should be so reduced i'll order to
meet business engagements, there ought
to be no hesitation about it. If bust
ness men would only live up to the re-
ouirements of strict honor, 'weedlng
out" would take care of itself to great
extent. Ard this would be done more
than it is if it were not for a miserable
pride which stands i'll the way. The
pride in appearances is very old and
Stubborn sentiment. Many men woulc
rather be poor, and let their creditors
suffer, than to acknowledge themselve'
poor and pay their honest debts as fal
as they can. After all, the ''weedin9
out" which the country really needs
and which will be most beneficial for it,
is that which shall strip men Of then
credit in cases where they do not strive
by self denial and honorable effort to
maintain it.
Year: 1875

Care not what others say,


Be thou true!
If they gossip to betray,


Be thou true.
Be consistent and do right,
For the truth make good fight;
Do what thou dost with all thy might;


Be thou trne! Be thou true.
Let thy love be sincere


Be thou true
Only God hast thou to fear;


Be thou true.
Since our joys must pass away
Like the dewdrops or the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay?


Be thou true! Be thou true.
Friendships very hard to find,


Be thou true.
True love is not always blind;


Be thou true!
Time at last makes all things straight,
Let rs not resent-just wait
But not trust too much in fate,


Be thou true! Be thou true!
Like the summers fragrant flowers,


Be thou true!
Like the April's coming showers,


Be thou true!
Like the mountain looking high,
And the river rolling by
Like the blue and arching sky,


Be thou true! Be thou true!
Year: 1875

Coon ADvIcE.-Think for yourself
and think much more than you talk.


Be proud of your calling; if a shoe
maker, strive to make better shoe than
anybody.


Look well to the ways Of your foot
steps; never let one be inside barroom
or gambling saloon.


With clear eye and an upright heart
resist every wrong.


'If thou hast truth to utter, speak and
leave the rest to God.


Touch not, taste not that which will
corrupt.


Go not to your grave one-third whis-
key, one-third tobacco, and the other
third a composition of corruption so
filthy that grave worms will shun the
place where you sleep.


Be something-be somebody. Set
your mark high in the world and then
move towards it.


Don't wait for somebody to lift you
up TO the place you aspire-lift your
self


"Act !; act in the living present, heart
within and God o'er head"
Year: 1875

The following advice was given by
lady who was asked TO help boy write
his school composition. 1t is good and
should be read by every school girl and
school boy.


What you have got to do is to know
something well, aud tell it as plainly as
you can.


have never found you at a loss for
words when you have come home from
a fishing party or nutting frolic. Then
you had something to tell, and you told
il. Very well, that is precisely what
You should do in "getting up" your
composition. The only difference is
that you write it out instead of speak
ing il. A "composition" is nothing but
written talk. Now you don't talk much
about faith, hope, and charity or if
you do, l have never heard you then
why should you addle your brains trying
to write about them =? How is it posi-
BILE for you to write about what you
cannot talk about? 1t is not possible (;
you cannot do it and when you try
you only succeed in copying something
that you have read or heard.


Here is good rule to go by: Never
attempt to write about a thing until you
have seen it if you can touch, taste,
and smell it, all the better you will
have less trouble hunting up long words.
You see | know that trick. Yet get
the biggest words that you can find and
then you make them sprawlbesldes.
For this particular composition, as
You will not have much time, you might
use the letter that you wrote to me. l
wish that yau would do so. 1t might
give your teacher new idea. l will
send it to you with mine, for of course
you did not keep copy you only pre-
serve copies Of your compositions. ;"
And yet | will venture to say that that
letter was more truly yoar own compo-
sition than any you have ever read III
school.


Or if you would not rather let folks
know what a hard time you have chas-
ing after ideas, suppose you take tad





might be able to get up the regular
number of lines on this subject without
any very heavy brain-work. l am very
sure that you know more about tadpoles
than l do, and if were required to tell
what l know about tadpoles should
start for Duckville Immediately for the
purpose of interviewing Master Tom
Brown. Then there are muskrats, field
mice, squirrels, bugs, birds and bees
without number; and, oh, hundred
other interesting things that nobody
knows much about except you boys,
and those other boys-the naturalists.


Try my plan, Tom, and don't write
long-tailed, and mind your capitals,
spelling and punctuation ; and, my word
for it, you will "get up" composition
that will do you credit, and astonish
every body but your affectionate aunt
Year: 1875

A very loquacious female witness,
whom the opposing counsel could not
silence, so far kept him at bay, that by
way of brow beating her he exclaimed,
"Why woman, there is brass enough in
your face to make kettler "And sauce
enough in yours" she Immediately re-
joined, ''to fill It
Year: 1875

Drummers fromeastern houses are now
making their western tours. They do
not report the business prospect
throughout the country, either East or
West, as particularly bright, but they
are as pertinacious as bluetailed flies for
what there is going.
Year: 1875

There is dew in one flower and not
in another, because one opens its cups
and take it, while the other closes itself
and the drop runs off SO Heaven
rains goodness and mercy as wilde as
the dew, and if we lack them it is be-
cause We will not open our hearts 10


eceiye them.
Year: 1875

"A father fearing an earthquake near
mis- home sent his two boys to a dis
tant friends until the peril should lie
over. A few weeks after the father
received this letter from his friend
Please take your boys home and send
down the earthquake.
Year: 1875

A man may conceal his name, his
age, the circumstances Of his life, but
not his character. That is, bis moral
atmosphere is as inseparable from him
as the fragrance of the rose from the
rose itself. In the glance of the eye,
in the tones of the voice, in mien and
gesture, character discloses itself.
Year: 1875

TERRIBLE PosITIoN OF AN ENGINEER
The Alexandria, (Va,) Sentinel tells
of an accident at Big Bend tunnel, on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, by
which the engineer, Mr.. John Quincy
Adams Wilkins, was injured. The big
Bend" is what is known in railroad par
lance as ''dirt tunnel being very liza
BILE to cave in, and therefore the engi-
neers are more careful to look out for
danger ahead in passing through
them. 1t was the exercise of this care
that probably saved an immense loss of
life, as the train had been brought down
to very slow rate of speed OH ap
preaching the tunnel. 1t seems that an
end of one of the large timbers support
ing the roof had become detached and
fallen on the track few feet within
the tunnel, and the pilot of the engine
striking it, the jar loosened the other
timbers and large quantity of earth
and stones, and the whole mass came
tumbling down upon the locomotive,
breaking it to pieces. The fireman,
who was standing close to Mr.. Wilkins,
was mashed to jelly and could not
nave hved moment, while Mr.. Wilk-
ms was thrown forward in a standing
position, with his throat across the re-
verse bar, and large timber fell across
the back of his neck, rendering it i'm
possible to move. He had 0uid of
tobacco in his mouth at the time. and
so tightly was he caught that he could
not expectorate and could only swallow
with difficulty; indeed, he could scarcely
raise his voice above whisper. There
he remained for six hours in the pitchy
darkness, while every second or two
small pieces of dirt and gravel from the
roof would fall down by his side, con-
veying the impression momentarily that
another mass was about TO fall and
crush him completely. All the time
the shouts of those outside could be
heard, as with shovel andax they forced
their way to his rescue, which, however
seemed to him beyond all hope. When
they finally reached him he was more
dead than alive, and, being completely
exhausted, lost consciousness in swoon
which lasted several hours.





Pay up your dues at this office.
Year: 1875

DOCTOR VIyIAN.-We cordially
endorse what correspondent says
in another column, respecting DR..
Vivian as candidate for Secretary
of State. His nomination would
insure the ticket o cordial support
in this locality, and his election
secure to the State an honest,
capable and faithful officer. lf the
delegation from Iowa county present
his name, and urge it as we hope
they will, we believe adjoining
counties will follow suit, and the
nomination be attained.
Year: 1875

NR. EDITOR In the article in
your paper Of last week, discussing
the prospective Republican State
ticket, l see the name of one of
our Iowa county men, Doctor J. III.
Vivian. Now, without knowing
even that the Doctor would. accept
the nomination if rendered to him.
and feeling sure he is not in any
sense an applicant for it, ! wish to
say few plain words IN his behalf.


For quarter of . century, he
has been,a resident of Iowa county:
his profession and his lively interest
in all public affairs, have made him
as well known to the people of this
part Of the State, as perhaps any
man. that can be named. He has.
without having sought or desired it,
been frequently called upon to dis
charge important public duties
as State Senator, Assemblyman,
Mayor of Mineral Point, member
Of County Board, and at present,
Chairman OF that body,--and l
have yet to hear the first individual
Of whatever party or creed, to
question his integrity, or charge
him. with inediciency or neglect of
whatever was given him to do. AS
citizen and neighbor, there are
none who stand higher in the esti-
nation and esteem of their fellows.
In the political affairs of the county,
State and Nation, the Doctor has
always taken q lively interest, as il
is proper every citizen should do ;
and perhaps in this line, he has at
times differed with you or mo, or
many others, and it may be that at
times he erred in Judgment, or
has been injudicious, but ! believe
it never has, or truthfully can be
charged, that he was actuatcd by
any other than good motives, or
that his actions were the result of
anything but his convictions of
right, that he is abundantly quail
fed to creditably ill any position
i'll the State Capitol, Ipresume there
is not a doubt in any mind, and
assurance on that score from me,
would be superhuous.


| Now, if Doctor Vivian, possess
ing all the requisites, an extended
and favorable acquaintance, unim-
peachable integrity, political zeal,
energy and capability; and it seem
ing to be conceded that the South
western part Of the State should
be represented on the ticket, il
seems to be clearly tie duty as well
as the right Of Iowa county, to ask
the State Convention to accord US
the nomination of the Doctor foI
the office of Secretary Of State
There will, | suppose, be other good
men presented, and some / under
stand, from this Congressional Dis.
trict, but they are nearly all from
Grant county, whence we have just
taken congressman for four years
| and have at present "a Circuit and
Supreme Judge. Lafayette cOuuty
has the present Congressman, and
Iowa is not likely to contest his
reelection /; which are further
reasons why ! think it but proper
for Iowa county to present a candi-
date to the State Convention, and
ask other counties in the district TO
unite with Us. SUBSCRIBER.
| June 7th, 1916.


| -
Year: 1875

The S. w. Industrial Association
offers premium Of s15 to the best,
and $25 to the second best band
that will play at the next exhibition.
The premium to be awarded on the
third day and the one taking the
first premium to play on the fourth.
Year: 1875

THE st. Louis Globe Democrat thinks
that Mr.. ex-Speaker Blaine would be NOM
mated without difficulty to be the Repub-
lican candidate for President il the conven-
ton were to assemble within a week or q
month from now. This is sad miscalcu-
lation. Mr.. Blaine may receive the nomi-
nation in due time; but before that he must
prove by his course on the floor of the
House that he has not forgotten the pledges
of the Republican party to protect and en-
courage the exercise of the privileges of
citizenship by Republicans in the Southern
States. The currency, the tariff and other
similar questions may divide the people of
the North; but it is safe to assume that in
the selection of our next candidate the
South, holding the balance of power, will
see to it that he is pledged to carry out the
policy of the party as indicated by the con-
stitutional amendments and the reconstruc-
ton scts to the very letter. If Mr.. Blaine
shall prove himself to be faithful to the
sentiments contained in his Connecticut
speech, his chances may become solid
enough to form the basis of speculation;
but until then he is in danger of being
rated as among the many able men of the
party who have forgotten how to be con-
sistent with their past record.
Year: 1875

IT is NOT difficult to trace the vein of
thought which induced Mr.. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania, to adopt his present position
as regards current political affairs. In the
first place he went South and returned, de-
claring that all is peace and quiet in that
section. In this declaration he placed him
self voluntarily in thorough accord with
the Democracy. Subsequently he enlarged
upon his financial theories, and became
more blatant than ever in favor of cheap
money. In this declaration he also placed
himself voluntarily in thorough accord with
a powerful wing of the Democracy. Now,
what is he seeking ?-the first or second
place on the Democratic ticket? The his
tory of the Republican party since its Or
ganization does not furnish a palmer in
stance Of a man who has enjoyed its honors
and emoluments, deliberately attempting to
cut loose from all obligation to it. But
Kelley's race is run.
Year: 1875

If THE COLORED PEOPLE Of Louisiana
should execute their threat to emigrate if
they are not protected from violence at the
hands of the White Leaguers, the indepen-
dence of the act would realize all that is to
be hoped of the race but the result would
be fatal to the commercial interests of the
State. The truth is the blacks perform the
greater portion of the manual labor of all
the Southern States, and their sudden with
drawal from the cotton fields would throw
the white landowners helpless upon their
own weak resources. 1t would have the
effect, however, to teach them lesson Of
their dependent condition, and perhaps
induce them to deal more justly with the
laboring element. Is the experiment worth
a trialf