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Year: 1876

The New York Tribune publishes re-
cipe for the cure of diptheria from a
physician who says that of one thousand
cases in which it has been used, not a
single patient has been lost. The treat
ment consists in thoroughly swabbing
the back of the mouth and throat with a
wash made thus: Table salt, two
drachms; black pepper, golden seal, nj
trate of potash, alum, one drachm each.
Mix and pulverize, put into tea cup
half full of boiling wator. and then NIL
up with good vinegar. Use every half
cry progresses. The patient may swal-
low a little each time. Apply one ounce
each of spirits of turpentine, sweet oil
and aqua ammonia mixed every hour to
the whole of the throat, and to the breast
bones every four hours, keeping flannel
to the pant.
Year: 1876

The Judge Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas at Barnwell, S. c., had to
bring business to q sudden halt last
week to save colOred jurors from
starvation. They said they had been
without food for the whole day. and
could get neither money nor credit.
The kind-hearted Judge proceeded
to give them the following "crumbs
Of comfort: :"


Under the circumstances j will be
compelled to discharge you, for 1
cannot keep you here in a starving
condition. But you see to what q
condition you have brought the coun-
try. You arc not without blame, for
the men in Office, responsible for the
stoppage Of the. court, were put there
bv Your votes. Here we are in the
month of June there is no money
to pay your Judge, to pay jurors, to
support the prisoners in Jail, or pay
the other expenses of the county
You colored voters are responsible
for this thing, for by your votes the
bad men who have brought about
this Iamentable state of affairs were
elected r
Year: 1876

~ The New York Tribune says
there is fear thai 1.-THE third term
specter may materialize suddenly
amid the chaos at Cincinnati .
Show Grant the opening ani he will
patriotically sacrifice himself, once
more
Year: 1876

There is town in Kansas called
Woman's Waste. The name came
from an old Indian legend, which re-
lates tat squaw while dressing a
buffalo at time when that animal
was very scarce, wasted some por-
ton of the meat, and her husband
on discovering it Immediately slew
her with his tomahawk. 1t is said
to be waist-place, without any bus
tie even to this day, the business
portion of the town comprising only
two grog-shops and a grocery.
Year: 1876

"a Confederate House is what
Blaine calls the present House of Rep
resentatives. But it is no explanation
of the letter reminding Caldwell, the
railway iobber, that he had decided a
point of order in his favor, and that the
favor should be considered.-Neso York
Herald
Year: 1876

spect for railroad communication with Prescott, if we look no fur ther than to this road alone, but when it is remembered that they are hurrying up their road to head off Scott and his Texas Pacific schemes, and that all the rival in- terests lie along the 32d degree of latitude, we are not discouraged at the prospect of their going as far south and sticking as closely to that line as possible. Should they come up within reach of the trade of Central and Northern Arizona, and yet not come to 1t, we should fear we had then reach ed our ultimatum in the way of railroads, and that capital would be 10th to seek investment in that species of property when the trade already had an outlet, though an imperfect one. Now that the company has chosen to make no division of territory with the 35th

 parallel route we have hope that the vast mining agricultural and timber interests of Northern and Central Arizona and Northern New Mexico will come in for their share of attention, and that this or some other Company will see in the 35th route an inducement to build a road which will cross the Colorado at the Needles, sweep down through Chino Valley, and thence on to the Verde and away across the MoggOl!ons to the great East. If this hope shall not be realized in our time, then our next best "hold" is the Southern Utah and Los Angeles road, or the Southern Utah and Truman or Guaymas road, this latter has been explored from St. George in Utah to the Mexican line, and passes down the Chino and Agua Fria valleys to Salt River thence on to Tucson and into Mexico, the line at one point not lying father than twelve miles from Prescott, which would be the nearest we can ever hope to see d railroad come; un- less it be a branch to the main line, which would most likely be built. The extraordinary mining developments of this and MOhave Counties, now going on, must at tract the attention of railroad makers and the outlook is now even better than when the pro spect promised Us q road by or near Wickenburg - Arizona Miner.
Year: 1876




Prof. Proctor's lecture at Stein
way Hall, last evening, was upon
"The Life and Death of Worlds"
and similar substantially to his leot
ure given here on the same subject
a year ago. Stereopticon views
were given of the moon, Mars and
Jupiter, to illustrate the gradual de
cay of worlds, the moon being dried
and withered and barren, Mars drier
and older than the earth, and Jupi
ter younger and fresher. AT the
close of his lecture he considered
the approaching death OF the earth.
This, he said, may be caused by a
sudden and excessive blazing forth
of heat by the sun, or by the slow
process of cooling, as upon other
planets. But when death comes to
the earth, life will come upon other
planets, until it comes upon Jupi-
bCAs 0AC Ouu 5tSOs anu 0ibCE budb biiG
sun may take on life, and then in
time some central sun, not yet dis
covered, may become inhabited, and
so on in endless cycles of time; for,
as Emerson says, "there is no final
ity in astronomy" We may find in
this thought of death a new kind OF
life, and could we but understand
the scheme, death might become to
us higher form of life.


Mysterious night! when our first parent knew
Thee from report Divine and heard thy name
Did he not trembe for this lovely frame
This glorious canopy of light and bluel
Yet meath a curtain of translucent dew,
Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame
desperuA, with the host of heaven, came,
And lol creation widened on mans view.
Who could have thought such darkness lay
concealed


Within thy beams, . SUM- or who could find
While fly and leaf and insect stood revealed
That to such countless orbs thou mad'st u.


blindl


Why do we then shun death with anxious


Strife


flight may thus deceive, wherefore not Life
Year: 1876

We find in the columns of the
Baltimore Gazette the following
statement, which will be of interest
to our readers who can't go to
Philadelphia:


The number of paying visitors to
the United States Centennial for
the first thirteen days aggregates
338,734, whilst the number visiting
the Vienna Exposition for the first
thirteen days only numbered 72,7l9
showing that the pay visitors to the
American Exhibition are more than
three times as numerous thus far as
those to the Vienna Exposition
during the corresponding period,
whilst the price of admission is
about the same.
Year: 1876

Olive Logan, writing to the Chi
cago Times from Washington, gives
her views of Southern men from a
social standpoint:


Men of this decidedly Southern
cast of thought are amazingly agree
able to women. 1 forestall retort
here, by at once asserting that do
not speak of them as a lover or
sweetheart (in which capacity
have no use for them), but as the
mere caUaIiere serverte of society, the
the carpet knight of the drawing.
room. In this respect they are i'm
measurably superior to our pre-oc-
cupied, busy and thoughtless North
ern men. Their form of address is
In itself, more respectful. A re-
mark to lady is almost invariably
Profaced by the word madame"
A seat in a street car is instantly
in favor of a woman
by these courtly men. To meet a
lady in the street and walk with her,
and not relieve her of such little
parcels as she may be carrying,
would be considered very rude con
duct. This particular item in their
code of etiquette is directly at vari-
ance with that prevailing among
New York men, who, copying the
European custom, hold that a lady
may carry a small bundle with pro
priety, ladies being constant pur-
chasers of odds and ends, but no
gentleman carries a parcel, that
being a distinctive badge Of a
counter jumper or errand man. 1
know that l shall evoke a respon-
sive eyes" from the lips of hun
dreds and hundreds of my lady
readers when 1 ask if it is not their
custom to carry their own shawls,
umbrellas, bundles and even bags,
instead of slowing the same in the
arms of hubby, pa or brother.
Year: 1876




A correspondent of the American
Agriculturist says:


1 wish to describe to you the
method of making fruit trees bear,
that 1 blundered on. Some years
ago had small apple tree that
leaned considerably. 1 drove
stake by it, tied a string to a limb
and fastened it to the stake. The
next year that limb blossomed full
while not another blossom appeared
on the tree, and as Tim Bunker
said, sit sot me thinking" and I
came to the conclusion that the
string was 50 tight that it prevent
ed the sap from running to the roots,
consequently it formed fruit buds.
Having a couple of pear trees that
were large enough to bear, but had
never blOssOmed' l took a coarse
twine and bound it several times
around the tree above the lower
limbs, and tied itas tight as I could.
The next spring all the top above
the cord blossOmed as white as a
sheet and there were no blossoms
below the place where the cord was
tied. A neighbor seeing my trees
loaded with pears tried the
same method with the same
result. l think it is = much bet
ter way than cutting off the roots
In early summer, say in June or
July, wind a strong twine several
times around the tree or a single
limb and tie it, the tighter the bet
ter, and you will be pleased with
the results.
Year: 1876

Since our last we have had fine
rain and crops are looking splen-
didly, everybody in good spirits
and things are more lively gener-
ally, even the blackberry crop is
very promising. Some of our
neighbors were so sure that we
would have frost on the night of
the 23d that they covered up their
beans, &c, in their gardens, to keep
them from being killed. They had
better look out for frost in June, as
the moon changes again sometime
in that month.


DIR. @. F. w. was out last eek
looking out a place to locate. He
says it is distressingly healthy in
this neighborhood, consequently
don't know uksthar he will locate
here or not.


The clever, good -humored, good
looking, popular young merchant,
Bob Hollins, of Nashville, stopped
a few minutes in our town last
week. We are always glad to see
Bob. Also our old friend r. F. NJ,
of Prospect, paid US quite a short
but welcome visit a few days ago.
1t would be no news to say that
Frank is good looking or clever,
everybody knows that. Miss NJ. j.
L., of Pisgah, was also among our
visitors of last week. (Pardon us
for not mentioning her name soon
err We merely mention a few of
the many visitors. Space will not
allow US to mention all.


As Mr.. T. D. has declared himself
a candidate to represent us, we take
this opportunity of calling him out
upon the question of repudiatiOn,
as that will probably be one of the
issues of the day. Come out, and
tell us whether you are for or
against repudiating the State debt.


We have it from reliable source
that there is a grown man in this
county who does not know the diff
ference between a one dollar bill
and a ten dollar bill. Could hardly
give credit to such a report if it did
not come from a reliable man. More
proof in favor of schools.


We have a ma1 in our vicinity
who has not voted in 13 years, but
says when he doesEote again is go
ing against the present dog law. He
is in favor of one dog free, and tax
the balance $50 each. Perhaps the
present dog law will be the means
of bringing everybody to the polls
1t is reported in our neighborhood
that there are two or three young
lawyers in Pulaski who say they are
going to run for the Legislature an6
make the dog law an issue. Oul
district candidates are electioneer
ing energetically, each confident o
being elected. We are sure to have
a good set of officers this time, az
all the candidates are good men.
KILLER.
THE above letter was intended
for the CITIZEN of last week, but die
not reach our hands for some rea
son or other until it had been print
ed and more than half mailed.-ED.
Year: 1876

San AatonIo (Texas) Herald:
This morning Sheriff Bonnet left
town with quite large amount Of
tax money to be paid over to the
proper official at Austin. In order
to transport the funds with the
proper degree Of safety, it was nee
essary to engage the services Of
nine men as an escort, and as they
passed down Commerce street,
armed to the teeth with repeating
arms, they presented a war-like ap-
pearancc. What a commentary on
the condition Of the country.
Year: 1876

We do not believe that anybody
is suffering from contraction. A
great many people are suffering, we
are aware, but do not know of any
one who is suffering from the
contraction of the currency. We
know of plenty who have borrowed
more than they can pay because
there has been a redundancy of
currency. We heal of many who
have spent more than they have
earned, because in redundant times
it was the fashion. We have heard
of those who have lived on great
expectations and over valuation of
lots, stocks and railroad bonds sud
denly risen in value or pat out on
flimsy credit. We hear of many
mill owners and other manufacture
ers who can not employ their in
vested capital at a profit, simply be
cause so many people are trying to
make up the deficits resulting from
their previous extravaganza by
strict retrcnchment of expenditure
We hear of many laborers who arc
thrown out of employment by the
same cause. But all these classes


6om the millionaire bankrupt tC
the Idiana farmer or the mill oper


ative struggling to keep body anC


soul together, we fail to discern the


person with a valuable collatera


who can not borrow upon it all th'
currency which it is good for, anC


at lower rate of interest than a
fany previous time in the past ffteel


years-[Sp Springfield Republican.
Year: 1876

EDITOR CITIzEN:-There is no
medium by which these few thoughts
may reach the people of this county
so easily as that of your paper. 1
believe it is now positively asserted
that Gen. Whitthorne will not be
candidate for the position he now
holds. If such is the case we will
have several candidates from our
county for Congress, either of whom
would fifty and ably represent us
and do credit to himself. Now
let us not repeat the folly of the
last Congressional Convention at
Columbia, by going to the cOnven
tion divided amongst ourselves, but
rather let us confer together and
select from the names of all the can
didates here and go to the cOnven-
ton resolved to use all honorable
means to elect our man. l believe
if we pursue such a course as this
we will be successful. l think that
Maury county will certainly have
generosity enough to concede the
candidate to some other county
than herself this time. 1 noticed a
communication in your paper some
time since suggesting a grand rally





of the masses on the 4th Of July
next. 1 most heartily endorse the
sentiment, and would suggest that
the people meet at the courthouse
next Monday and take some steps
looking to this end. Hoping these
suggestions may be received in the
same spirit in which they are made
1 subscribe myself HARMONY.
Year: 1876

In a case at Little Rock, not long
ago. the counsel asked the sable
court TO charge the jury. His Hon
or hesitated a moment ana said,
with great gravity, that he didn't
think it was right to charge the jury
anything, as their pay was small
and the position they held was un-
thankful,
Year: 1876

DEAR CITIZEN My home used
to be in Tennessee, one half mile
from the Giles county line, in Lin
coin county, near the Pulaski and
Fayetteville road, where my parents
now live. l came to this prairie
country in Dec, 1875. had heard
so much of the Star State thought
/ would come and see for myself.
I found some things true, but
really believe it was over rated to
some extent. The water in this
portion of the country is fine and
the society is good. There are a
great many people living farther
west; so the Indians are not dan
gerous here.


Something about crops. Wheat
is not so good as the farmers
thought it would be. The rust
struck it sometime ago, and the dry
weather is at hand; so they say il
they make ga half turnout" they
will be satisfied. Oats are tolera-
BILE. Corn is fine now but would do
better if we could have some rain.
Cotton is as fine as could be ex-
pected. JOHN A. j. BRADFORD.
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean thai your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone will Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere TO a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EB We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1876

A young lady in this city a few
days ago was engaged in explaining
to a young gent the difference be-
tween liking and loving. She said
that likinga person was only think
ing something of him, but loving a
man was different, that a woman
that loved q man wanted to kiss
him all the time. That young lady
is posted.


A book agent who has retired
from active labor, upon the hard
earned accumulation of life Of in
dustrious cheek, says that the great
secret Of his success was, when he
went to a house where the female
head of the family presented itself,
he always opened by saying, 4 beg
your pardon, Miss, but it was your
mother wanted to see.' That al
ways used to get 'em. They not
only subscribed for my books them
selves but told me where l could
Find more customers.-BrOgnsVille
Democrat.
Year: 1876

Governor Garland has issued his proclamation declaring Mess. Gunter, Cause, Slemons and Cra- vens duly elected as Arkansas Representatives in the 45th Con- gress of the United States.

 This week again several of our State exchanges were so bad ly printed that we had to throw them aside without ever attempt ing to read them. Ifyou cannot send send us papers which we can read, gentlemen, you need not send any.

 FIRE AT OUITA.-We learn that on last Saturday the stockado and sleeping quarters at the Ouita coal mines were destroyed by fire. The fire occurred through carelessness of some of the trus- ties, and made such rapid head way that it could not be subdued. The convicts were all in the pit at the time, and had no chance to take advantage of the excitement to attempt an escape.

 The detention of wagons which the train causes while standing at the depot here is still a fruitful cause of complaint The train should either be parted while standing on the main track and switch, or crossings should be fixed which will not be cover ed by trains upon their arriva here. In this connection we ma, be permitted to say that we have heard serious complaint of thu crossing just east of town, where ono or two wagons have beer broken down in attempting tt

 ross the track. This crossing aeeds fixing very badly.

 Looking at the matter iron financial stand point, the fre' show was not success.
Year: 1876

Be certain to select goo' men for school directors Satur day. Choose men who know something about schools and who are in favor of good free public schools where the whole youth of our land may drink from the fountain of knowledge freely, without money and without price.

 Cotton growers in this part of the State are just about wind. ing up cotton picking.
Year: 1876



 ments.

 The right kind of man could make a fortune if he would come to Rus sellville and start first-class tam nery.

 5000 invested in the Hotel busi- ness here would yield good hotel man handsome dividend on the in- vestment.

 A tailor would make good living here if he understood his business.

 A wooden mill here would be . business which would increase with great rapidity, and would soon be . big thing for the owner. Ours is a good sheep country and if there was any encouragement to grow wool there would be maoy who would give sheep raising their attention.

 Stoneware could be manufactured here with as handsome a margin to the maker as is commonly realized on any investment. $5,0OO put into furniture manu- factury would be . paying invest ment. Our town would be a choice location for such a concern. $20,0O0-any good business man with capital of $20, 900 could make 25 per cent. interest by going into the banking and brokerage business here.

 Whoever will start a blaming mill and sash factory here will make money if he knows how to conduct that business. Bargains in farms in almost any part of our county can be had by those who wish to live the most in- dependent life in the world. Those who own land here at all, own too much, more than they can work to advantage, and they will sell cheap. Railroad lands of good quality can also be bought near town cheap and on easy terms. Some fine farms will be found ad- vcrtised for sale in this weeks paper.
Year: 1876

- - related by our Dover corresponds ent in another place, concerning the capture and Imprisonment ot John Hughes, accused of being concerned in the shooting of the preachers at Douglassville not long ago. Our law abiding citl- zens will rejoice with us at this evidence of determination On the part of our people to bring offend CTS face to face with a violated law, and root out lawlessness at whatever cost. We trust Hughes may have as speedy . trial as possible, and that justice may be fairly meted out.
Year: 1876

We have been sending the DEMOCRAT to frien ., to some foi5 six and others twelve mon.hs, on . credit. A and now we are for csd to ask of themf 1the favor Of an early remittance, for we\ Weed Noasy! The a. mount each man ow es is small but they aggregate sum that would benefit us now. The mark Q after your name will be intend cd as gentle reminder that we want to hear from you.
Year: 1876

to work can easily earn dozen dollars day right in their own localities.

 have no room to explain here. Business. pleasant and honorable. Women, and boys and girls do as well as men. We will fur nish you complete outfit free. Tho busi- ness pays better than anything else. We will bear expense Of starting you Partic: mechanics, their sons and daughters, and all classes in need of paying work at home, should write to us and learn all about the work at once. Now is the time. Don't Maine
Year: 1876

The Appropriations Committee at Wash.
ington have done but little work yet, and
business drags in reprehensible way. None
of the largest bills have yet been considered,
The attempt to cut down the appropriations
is found to be an undertaking of great diff
Guilty, and not to be accomplished in few
days even by boasted Democratic economic
skill. The Democrats went to Washington
with the intention to make many changes,
and they loudly boasted of what they were
to do. One simple man announced his de.
termination to reorganize the State Depart
ment, but has found to his great surprise
that he knows nothing about the matter and
Secretary Fish knows great DEAL He is
not alone in such experiences.
Year: 1876

THE opinion prevails that no amnesty bill
which may now be originated in the House
has any chance of success. The position
taken by the Democrats Monday shows that
no further movement will be made on that
side. They say however that they are will
ing to pass any bill which may come down
from the Senate.