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Year: 1875

curse Of Coz. But how did her o6eaded
Maker regard herr Certainly not with
scorn. Ere He utters q single word OF
condemnation upon unfortunate Eve, He
curses her betrayer. and upon the awak-
ened. penitent woman fall sweet words OF
promise Of future triumph: Il will put
enmity between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, but thou shalt
bruise his heel Ewes curse was per-
sonal and not merely physical; her mind
as we'll as her body suffered From her
proud eminence she descends to a sec
ondary position, "and thy desire shall be
to thy husband and he shall rule over
thee. Such being the words of her
curse, we may with all safety conclude
that in the beginning woman was the su.
perior being, that she posed mind Of
finer, more majestic quality than that Of
man. The last finishing act Of God was
certainly the most exquisitely perfect


Eve sinned through a desire for un-
bounded wisdom; Adam through desire
for something good TO eat, if we rightly
construe His curse which reads: Cursed
is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days Of thy
life -" and in the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread until thou return
unto the ground"


Men in all ages have claimed, and
still do claim to be superior TO woman in
mental as well as in physical power.
Well, let them claim it, but We beg leave
to inform them that whatever superior
ity, possessed or assumed, they may have
they are mainly indebted to Eve and her
successors for it, for science tells us
and science is masculine agent--thst
the minds Of children are inherited from
the mothers and not from the fathers OF
the race.


Mother Eve did wrong to eat of the
forbidden fruit, but she was prompted to
it by no mean, no ordinary desire. Her
ambition was Sublime, and still, in no
small measure, beats within the breasts
Of her traduced descendants, many of
whom have shown minds equal to any
mans s; and we do most solemnly protest
that while we are more ambitious we are
lees curious than the masculine division
Of the race.
Year: 1875

Hard Times fos Newspapers.

 We respectfully call the attcn- tion of our wise e-heads q? in the legislature who are trying to re- duce the fees for legal advertising down to a rate which common sense ought to condemn, to the following extract from an article headed Newspaper Disasters" !" which we clip from Pomeroy's Democrat:

 We learn from the American Journalist that no fewer than two hundred daily and weekly news papers in this country have been forced to suspend publication. The same paper estimates that not less that five millions of dollars have been lost by publishers in various parts of the country dur ing the year just past.

 As our cotcmporary says, the mortality of newspapers has been fearful, and the lessons of the past year have been unusually severe. Hundreds of newspapers which have not been forced into suspen- sion got through the past year with heavy losses and commence the new year on the same stern chase after profits hoped for, but which will be hard to realize.
Year: 1875

The following article from the New York Newspaper Reporter contains 50 much truth and com- mon sense, that we cannot refrain from giving it to our readers. If our business men and other citi- Ecns will read it and be guided by its suggestions, they will be sure to reap ample benefit from % doing.

 Americans read more newspa- pers than any other people, and have more, better and cheaper ones to read, because they are the most intelligent, active and progressive nation the sun shines upon; and the perfection to which the Amer ican press of this day has attained, will ever be the marvel and pride of our age and race.

 But we desire especially to call attention, now, to the place % we'll filled by local press, which makes especial effort to bring into prominent relief the business and interests of some particular local itv, and while it leaves the broader and wider field to the enterprIsing dailies, selects some prescribed quarter upon which to concentrate all it's efforts.

 To insure success in the midst of such active competition and in the face of SO great disadvantages, it is apparent that the local paper must have the united and generous support of the people where it's lot is cast; as it will certniuly re- ceive a willing response from aLy community which knows how to appreciate, at it's true value, so much labor expended for it's ben eft. Certainly none can glve this support unwillingly or grudg- ingly, when they remember the direct and immediate advantages flowing from a general and hearty recommendation to onc's immedi- ate ncighbors and friends of what ever he has to sell, or can manu- facture, or desires to announce.

 Then, too, to know, of Satur- day evening, as you open the well filled columns, redolent of friends and home, that every page will bear the mark of some familiar hand and discourse upon some topic of especial domestic interest is indeed . delight which the more stately daily, and even the month ly magazine wrapped in the daint- jest of covers, often fail to impart.

 Give . hearty support, then, to the local journal; send in your subscriptions cheerfully and promptly, and with an expression of lively good will for the hard working editor and his corps ol assistants; remember the charac- ter of q place--whether alive or dead-whether liberal or parsimo. nious--whether progressive or a, . dead level of fossilized stupidity lis better reflected and oftencr demonstrated hy m inspection oi
Year: 1875

An act to suspend the sale of property for non payment of taxes and fixing the penalty for non payment at ten per cent, has passed both houses of the general assembly and gone to the governor for approval. All sales for 1873 and 1874 are suspended for one year from the passage of the act. Senator Tobey voted against the bill.
Year: 1875

WE heard . good farmer say, the other day, that he had killed fifteen ten months old pigs and that he would make more clear money on those fifteen shotes than he would on his whole cotton crop of hfseen acres, we think 1t was. What better argument do you want in favor of making your own pork.
Year: 1875

TAx-PAYERs will do we'll to make . note of it. that by . recent decis- ion of Attorney General Hughes, State scrip will pay all State, county, municipal and school tax es, except interest on the public debt
Year: 1875

WE learn that an effort is being made by some of the enterprising citizens of Cum Log valley to get . mail route established from Rus sellville to Gum Log. so as to give them q Psst.oiflce at our old friend, Calcb Dayis'. A petition has been forwarded to this effect, and we hope our Gum Log friends will soon have an office. The Gum Log Valley Is a rich scope of country, we'll settled by good citizens and without any Post of fee nearer than this place, some six or seven miles. We hope our representative in Congress, Hon, T. M. Gunter, will exert himself in behalfsf this new route.
Year: 1875

From the Missouri border to Red
river, and from the Indian country
to the Mississippi, We have the
most cheering news Of crops, the
happy and peaceful disposition OF
the people and the prevalence OF
an industry which has marked the
state since the war. Go
where you will, new fences
can be found, OLD fences re
paired, new ground put IN culti-
walton, old waste fields fenced and
made use OF, and everybody at
work with cheerfulness. The wheat
crops look better and more extern
sIvc than for years. Corn, cotton,
oats and rye promise an abundant
yield. More and better vegetables
have beon raised than ever known
before. There is less laziness and
more industry than there has been
since the war. Scracely an idle
man can be found anywhere. Ev-
erywhere abound evidences Of thrift
and industry.


The people of Arkansas are hap
py and contented. 1t is the first
year since the war that they have
felt that they could reap the benefit
OF their own industry. The first in
which they have felt their relation
with the general government were
fully restored, and that they were
indeed citizens of the republic, en-
titled to all the rights and priv
leges enjoyed by citizens Of any
other state. Happy, Tree, and con
tented Arkansas All hail to the
new order which brought this
about Il Gazette.
Year: 1875

We now have as good a State
Government rs any state IN the
Union can boast of. Our laws are
not oppressive, but sufficiently rig
id to punish evil doers. Peace
relgns throughout our borders.
All classes are happy and content
ed. Everybody and his little son
have gone to work in earnest to
make an honest living, having no
fears of being borne town by heavy
and unjust taxation. The future
Of Arkansas IS promising. Capital
and immi. ration will flow in, as a
natural consequence. We feel AS
surcd before mary years, our state
will take rank among the fret
Now is the time for persons tbirk-
ing of moving west, TO prepare, be-
fore lands advance too high. Now
lands are cheap. A good home can
be secured for a comparative trl-
fle. After immigration begins to
pour in like food tide, as 1t sure
ly will, lands will advance in price,
beside the moro eligible localities
will be full, the best places secured,
and immigrants will have to pay
more for Il second or third rate
choice, then they wonld now have
to pay for first Glass; Arkansas
independent.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, February 16.-The
committee ON banking and currency
have had for some time under consider
alton various propositions to further reg
ulate national banks, and have virtually
agreed upon bill which is substantial
ly the same as that Of Mr.. Maynard,
which was introduced ON the eighth in
slant. The committee have the power
to report at any time, and will probably
report at an early day and press their
measure to vote. As the committee
are unanimous, it is supposed that they
will be able to pass their bill through the
house, with q chance for it to 20 through
the senate. The bill makes material
improvements in the present bank
ing act. In it's first section
it removes the restrictions in
the present law by which banks
having a capital OF over one million dol
lars are limited in their circulation to
eighty, seventy-five and sixty per cent.
of such capital. All banks will, under
the new bill, be allowed a circulation
equal to ninety per cent. Of the paId-up
capital. Section provides for the ap-
pOintment of receiver to wind up a
bank upon application from any judg-
ment creditor whose judgment is unsat-
isfied. Section provides that when
any association has gone into liquida-
.tiOn the individual liability of the share
holder may be at once enforced by bill
in equity by any creditor. AS the law
now stands this cannot be done until the
receiver has closed his account, and in
one case this has lasted four or five
years. Section 4 provides for better en-
forcing the payment OF assessments by
delinquent shareholders, by selling their
stock at public auction. Section > ex-
cludes liability for special deposits in
sealed packages or locked boxes, I'M
less a receipt shall be given
by the bank admitting its liability.
There are over sixty suits now pending
against one bank for such liability Sec
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, February 16.-The
house committee on Indian affairs, to
whom was referred the bill to provide
for the organization Of Territorial form
Of government over the country usually
known as the Indian Territory, and for
other purposes, reported, to-day, that
after careful, thorough and impartial
consideration Of the subject, they find,
in view Of the peculiar relations to be
sustained by the people therein, that
there is no authority which will justify,
but, on the contrary, they find much in
the many treaties with the Indians oc-
cupying and owning the territory, and
in the act Cf congress vestiug and guar
anteeing certain rights and immunities
to them, and in the opinions Of the
supreme court interpreting, defin-
ing and sustaining the same,
which expressly forbids the legisla-
ton proposed. The committee say, be-
lieving as we do, that the legislation
proposed in these bills to be unjust and
inexpedient, and therefore unwise. We
trust the seal of displeasure will be by
congress emphatically set upon these
and kindred movements, calculated to
destroy the binding force Of the nations
obligation to the feeble people who are
thereby to be effected. The people of
this great nation ought to know, and
those of the Indian Nation ought to be
reassured, that the congress Of the
United States cannot, and will not, lend
its sanction to any measure furnishing
the nations honor, especially where its
faith has been plighted by a solemn
guarantee and written covenant.
Year: 1875

John Bright is still one Of the finest
looking men ever seen; and his thick,
snow-white hair, brushed back from
forehead and face, and flowing in heavy,
vigorous locks, have added q sort of
grandeur to his cOuntenance. His blue
eye is still bright and sharp, and rest
less; his skin still fair, though not so
ruddy as it used to be; and his mouth is
still pursed up, as it was when the ex-
preston seemed perpetual defiance to
all things antiquated, corrupt and use
less in the British constitution. But he
shows his age and his ill health in q less
rotHnd form, in the wrinkles that have
gathered, in q more sober, sedate man
ner, in the slow instead of rapid, nerv-
Gus walk. In his manner he is more
quiet and deliberate, and it seems as
though illness and years had produced
q certain effect on his body correspond
ing with the growing caution and con-
servatism of his opinions. Yet, for all
this, Bright is still the most forcible
and fascinating Of English platform ora-
tors.
Year: 1875

When the young king of Spain, Al
fonso MI, was on his way through Paris
the other day he was button-holed by the
Orleans princes, who succeeded, before
they let go their grip, in inducing him
to betroth himself TO his still more
youthful cousin, the Princess Maria de
las Mercedes, daughter Of the Duke OF
Montpensier, who was born at Madrid
in 1860. and is not yet fifteen years OF
age. Her elder sister being already mar
ried to the Count of Paris, this little ar
rangement may be looked upon as a
skiliful device to divert the sympathies
OF the new ruler Of Spain from the cause
OF the prince imperial Of France, with
whom he has hitherto been supposed to
be on very clOse and intimate terms,
Year: 1875

The house committee on Pacific rail-
roads in Washington yesterday morning
agreed to report and recommend the
passage OF the Texas Pacific railroad
bill. No change was made in its provi-
sions as agreed to by the subcommittee.
The vote on the adoption OF the SUBJ
committees report stood six against
Eve.
Year: 1875

Water containing lime compounds
very common in country wells-may be
rendered fit for use, for many purposes
in the a't, by the addition of little chic
ride of ammonium.


Glyccrin added to a paper sock in.
creases the fiexibility Of the paper.


Copper and brass articles may be coat
ed with zinc, by dipping them into boil
ing concentrated solution of sal ammoni.
Gu containing finely divided zinc


Platinum bronze, ,91said to be entirely
unoxidizable and especially adapted to
the manufacture of cooking utensils, is
made of nickle 100 parts; tin 10; plati.
mum I. .


A mixture of 35s parts phosphate Of So
da and 224 parts boracic acid is mention
ed Is another good copper-welding com.
pound.


Silicatc of soda stops fermentation.


Adulteration of soap By starch is shown
by dissolving the soap in alcohol, which
leaves the starch behind.
Never allow drinking water to be drawn
from cistern supplying a water closet.
Dry furnace heat my be moistcncd BY
hanging wet towel in front of the regis
ter, the lower edge of the towel being al.
lowed to DIP in a shallow vessel Of waite
After taking mp carpet. sprinkle the
door with very dilute carbolic acid, be-
fore sweeping.


Avoid wearing heavy ovcrcoats or furs
for hours in succession the tendency is
to weaken the powers of resistance of the
wearcr leaving him liable to inflammation
of the throat and lungs.
To cut india rubber, dip the knife blade
in solution Of caustic potash.
A wall of soft burned bricks built up
within cistern makes an excellent filter.


Never store any articles of food or drink
in old petroleum barrels. They are poi
sonors eyen after being cleaned.
To mould figures in paste, take the
crumb of a new drawn white loaf, mold
in mass until the whole becomes as
clQfc As wax and very pliable. Then heat
and roll with rolling pin. Mold it 70
the required shape. and dry in a stove.


Frozen potatoes can'be cured by soak
ing them in water three days before cook.
ing.


In drilling wrought iron, use one pound
of soft soap mixed with gallon Of boil
ing water. This is cceap lubricator. aud
insurcs clean cutting by the drill
To cure on horses, wash the legs with
warm strong soap suds and then with
beef brine.


To remove paint eplashcd upon win
dow panez, yse a hot solution Of soda and
soft flannel.


Frosted feet may be relieved Of Sore
ness BY bath ing in weak solution Of al.
um. -.


Never use glazed e.EEih.espware h9.s9 pipes for
upward lues.
Year: 1875

j
to be done with the women any way.
We male up purse and sent off two
of our townsmen home a few days
ago, and people can't give all the
time. The fellows got sick, and
that was the easiest way to be rid of
them"


"Mrs. Marston must be got home
some way, she will lose her mind If
she dpes not. 1 shall see some OF
the Episcopal church members
about it, as soon as I can. Tie
weather was so bad the clothes
would not dry till Thursday, and
am rather behind hand. 1 wish /
was back myself sometimes"


"You'll be back soon enough never
fear, if you go on coming money as
you are at present. How much have
you on hand ahead?"


"Not so very much-enough to
get back with if wished it."


"Don't you want to invest it,"
ain what wya7"


"Why let me take it, I'll put it
out at three per cent. month for
you. 1 have mine drawing that"


'Do tell! l don't know-I have
thought of buying lot on Kearny
street, it will bring more in the end
than on interest"


"But the titles-I don't know as 1
should like to risk it in that way;
you might find somebody else own
ing it, as well as youseif, and there
would be the lawyers eating it up in
no time.'


"But the lawyers haven't it yet
you know, and l think it will be
some time before they do. l shall
bui me shanty somewhere, for il
is no use paying so much rent. l
get this room and the use of the
yard tor fifty dollars month, but
have got to move soon, because they
want to build on the lot"


I've a piece OF property on Stock
ton street you can have cheap, with
sound title, but l would rather let
the money out, its such bother
looking alter real estate. We'll, il
you want me to do anything for you
I'm on hand"


But Hetty did not propose to ask
anything of any man who proposed
French mistresses as an example for
a decent respectable woman, and she
went on meditatively as the man
closed the door behind him.


To think John Nicholson with as
good wife as ever l knew, saying
such things. He is scallywag of
the first water. A member of the
church too. l don't believe he has
got any money. 1t Is my opinion
he wants to get hold of mine. I'll
let somebody else do my business
for me. But Mrs. Parton was not
destined to have anyone but her
husband look if she only would.
Mr.. Parton returned and hung his
hat in the room, and told her now
that she had come to her senses, was
behaving like a decent woman and
so on, he should be happy to live
with her.


She declined very decidedly, but
he told her he could claim her wages.
and should do so If she did not
return to her marital duties. He
had paid some old chums visit at
Marysville, had spent all his money,
and now wanted to 90 to work.


Mrs. Parton was confounded, she
was q wife sure enough. She could
not be sole trader, as no law had
been passed to that effect, conse-
quently she might keep on working
till doomsday, unless the law could
be made of some effect in her case,
but how could it?


ITO be c0ntinued.)
Year: 1875

The next world. There is some
thing very terrible to some minds in
the idea of leaving all they have en-
joyed and most valued, and going
away to the cold and silent grave.
They cannot bear it. They turn away
from the unwholesome thoughts that
would intrude themselves upon them.
They cannot bear to be alone-would
have anyone, no matter whom, with
them, rather than remain in solitude.
They strive to drive away the thought
which presses on them, reminding
them that the days are passing-pass-
ing; that the hour is approaching
when the soul and beay must part,
which time will be the shadow and
eternity the substance. 1t is with
the life of such as it is with ship
that passes over the waves of the sea,
which, when it is gone by, the trace
thereof cannot be found, neither the
keel in the waves. Or as when bird
has flown through tho air there is no
token of the way to be found, as
when an arrow is shot at mark it
parts the air, which Immediately
comes together again. So these pass
away like q shadow, their life great
mistake.
Year: 1875

CONTAGIoN OF FEAR.-A curious in
stance of the contagiousness of fear


was shown on a large scale in a fac
tory at New Hayen, the other day. A
number of girls employed began talk
ing about the frequency of sudden
deaths, and became quite sober in their
conversation, when one of them, more
lively than the rest. to change the CO, /.
versation, placed small land turtle,
which she had found somewhere, up
on the bench Of her neighbor, who,
seeing it. was SO startled that she
tainted away. This circumstance
coupled with their former cenversa-
ton, had such an effect upon the girls
that, one after another, they fell into
dcath-like stupor, until seven of them
were stretched upon the floor. One
of the men too, though evidently
against the contagion also
and the foreman becom-
ing alarmed, sent all hands from the
room and shut down work for the
day.
Year: 1875

From the Doylestown (ra.) Democrat.


There is wealthy, selfish, some


what arrogant and very pious farmer
in Chester County, who, understand
ing his business well, cuts his crops
little earlier than his neighbors, thus
getting the pick of hands and plenty
of time. His farm is on an elevated
range, and comprises 200 Or 300 acres;
Last summer, standing on the bridge
Of his barn as the last load of hay was
taken in, he took off his hat, passed his
over his face, pulled
down his vest and gave it an extra
smoothing, then casting his eyes over
the landscape where hundreds of
farmers were moving and curing
their hay, and rolling them upward
in the most bland and satis-
flying tone, GA little rain now would
prove a great blessing to the crops!
Year: 1875

CONCERNING the treatment of scarlet
fever now so prevalent in the country,
an eminent physician says he does not
fail in effecting a cure more than once
in a hundred cases by giving the pa
tent warm lemonade wit gum arabic
dissolved in it. A cloth wrung out
of hot water and laid upon the stom-
ach should be renewed as often as it
b comes cool. To this simple treat
.nent the most obstinate cases seldom
fail TO succumb.
Year: 1875

A Providence boy, five years of
age, having stolen can of milk, his
mother took him to task, with moral
suasien, and wound up her discourse
by exclaiming: 'What in the world
was you going to do with the milk,
anyhow" "I was going to steal q
little dog to drink it," was the crush
ing reply,