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Year: 1871

The folly of rushing into expensive
litigation for trivial causes is well
illustrated in case now pending in
the circuit court OF Ohio county, West


Virginia. A citizen of that county
in 1870 shot goat, worth perhaps ten
dollars, that had annoyed him by re-
peatedly trespassing on his grounds.
The owner of the goat sued for dam
ages, and the case was tried before a
justice of the peace. and given to a
jury of six, who failed TO agree upon
a verdict. A second trial before a
similar tribunal resulted in a verdict
of SS5 Tor the plaintiff. The defen-
dant appealed, to the Circuit Court,
where a jury of twelve failed to de-
eide the matter; after which. another
trial was had, resulting in verdict
of twelve dollars and ten cents for the
plaintiff. But now the defendant
came forward and alleged that prior
to the finding of this verdict he had
rendered to the plaintiff the sum of
fifteen dollars in settlement of the
claim, which, If proved, would have
the effect OF rendering the plaintiff
liable for all the costs that had accrued
in tho course of the suit. The alleged
tender was denied by the plaintiff; so
in March last jury was called upon
to decide the question, and this jury
failed to agree. At the June term the
question of fact in regard to the al
legged tender was given to another
jury, which was also discharged with
out coming to any decision on the
matter; and it now seems as far from
settlement as ever. In the meantime
costs have been accommodating, SI1s,95
being charged against the plaintiff,
and S127.25 against the defendant, to
say nothing Of lawyers fees on each
side. II the litigants were the only
losers in this case, it would not be so
bad but the time of the court has
been occupied 10 the exclusion of
really important business, and large
have been incurred that the
State is obliged to pay.
Year: 1871

An agent for large life insurance
company ia New York called some
time since upon a gentleman with
the hope of insuring iIis life. On ask
ing whether the gentleman was not
desirous Of taking out life policy
he was met with the reply that il the
company could insure him in the
future state, he was perfectly willing.
This seemed to be a poser, but the
agent promptly replied that he was
sorry to say hiS company was pre-
vented by its charter from issuing any
fire risks,
Year: 1871

! AvOWING REPUBLICAN, SENTIMENTS.


At some future time when am not
| limited, as now, / shall take occasion
to paw nv respects TO that wing of the
Democratic party which in cowardly
disguise stretches its Shiny length
across the path OF progress and tries
TO force the country back into worse
than heathen barbarism. ~.


In1S69 we pledged ourselves to favor
Universal Suffrage and Universal
Amnesty" When the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States was ratified by q
Republican Legislature, the first part
of the pledge. was made good, and
when, by a unanimous vote, Con-
gress was memorialiZed to remove the
political disabilities of all persons who
had forfeited any of the rights of citi-
zenship by engaging in rebellion, and
when that memorial was presented
and ably supported by every Repre-
sentative of the Statein either branch
of Congress, the party exerted its ut
most influence towards carrying out
the latter part. --


THAT WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN Sue


AECCL IVA EAILls
and we propose to continue our de-
mands until they are satisfied and
every citizen of the State stands on
an equal footing under the Constitu-
ton and laws of the nation. We
promised to establish,


A AUNIFoRNI SYSTEM OF FREE SCHOOLS,
and, behold, to-day eighty thousand
children, throughout the State, re-
spond to the call of the roll and attest
how well he have kept our word
Eighty thousand children redeemed
from the dominion of ignorance;
eighty thousand minds enlightened:
eighty thousand hearts made better
and happier, and the avenues to
knowledge, to the great truths of sci
ence and religion opened to all the
people, high and low, rich and poor
alike. Mississippi stands ahead Of all
other Southern States in the number
and character of her public schools,
and it has all been done within the
so short a time and with so little dis
play that very few are aware what a
tremendous stride has been made, and
how soon we bid fair to exchange the
night of Ignorance for the glorious
brightness of intellectual day. In the
philanthropie enterprise Of educating
the masses,
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NEVER


HAD A RIVAL


among political organizations. Its
adherents in Mississippi, while court
ing generous competition and help
from every source, will not abandon
the field while there remains in the
State a man or woman who cannot
read, or while an angry wave of igno-
rance and superstition beats against
the ark OF liberty. The temporary
tumult which has been aroused against
the system in few localities will soon
be hushed into silence, and there will
then come up flom the people but
one voice, and that will proclaim the
sentiment worthy Of an age of pro-
gress--Oar free schools. the pride OF
ne State. Another plank of our plat
form guaranteed i- il
Year: 1871

A dealer in fertilizers down in,Ala-
bama, dragging OF his guanO, says q
farmer recently put a sample of II in


his pocket In which there happened
TO be a earpet-tack, and started home
on horseback. Before reaching his
house his steed broke down, and the
farmer was at a loss to discover the
cause until he found that the carpet
tack had grown to be along bar 81
railway iron. -Tr'i-ldt
Year: 1871

"GRACE GREENWOOD" has written short
sketch Of her trip to this town, which we pub
lish elsewhere. From its tenor she was evil
IDENTIFY not so we'll pleased with Smyrna as
Smyrna was with her Our citizens, those who
met her and heard her, manifested real friend
skip and marked appreciation. But her ar
ticle partakes more of the nature of censorious
criticism than any thing else, and is in bad
taste, to say the least
Year: 1871

New BRIDGE-The Levy Court of New
Castle county on Monday week visited a site
for bridge across Blackbird Creek, at the
Landing, one mile and half from the town.
and resolved to build the bridge. The bridge
will be forty feet long with twenty five feet
draw. About one hundred yards of causeway
will be required.
Year: 1871

MARTIAL LAW MOVABLE. Tho ex-
ample of the administration iu being 80
careless as to put up the wrong county
in the first proclamation of martial law in
South Carolina is having its effect on the
United States military there. They
would seem to think that they carry mar.
tial law as handy thing in their pock-
cts, or that it is lying around loose all
over the country, to be picked up and
used by them whenever convenient
Among the instructive incidents of the
new rebellion" are the raids made from
York county into tho neighboring state
Of North Carolina by Major Merril's
horse to arrest in that state, without
warrant, alleged Ku klux who have fed
into it to avoid tho reign of terror near
their homes. A number of such refugees
North Carolina, carried to Yorkville, and
there imprisoned. On another occasion
o gang Of these lawless troopers came
into the town of Shelby, the county seat
of Cleveland, in the night time, in such
disorderly manner that tho inhabitants
became panic.stricken. many fleeing into
the woods in their night clothes, aud re.
naming there until the military row dies
left, without finding any of the parties
they pretended to be in search Of.


The people Of both the Carolinas are
thus enjoying the blessings of an admin.
istration which gives them the "equal
protection Of the laws" And yet they
are not happy i-Republican.
Year: 1871

An unprecedented case Of somnambu.
lism occurred few nights ago IN New
Haven. Connecticut, the subject being o
little child about three years old that
went out in q rain-storm twice in q single
evening to meet its parents, and was
brought back each time and put to bed
without being awakened.
Year: 1871

The Democrats at Washington are
generally very reticent in regard to the
cooperative or passive policy. and favor
the settlement Of the whole question in
caucus of all who are in Congress.
Year: 1871

EXPAND THE LUNGs.-There are
many people who hardly fill their
lungs once in a year with pure air.
In consequence they become liable,
like any other half exercised organ,
to contract disease. This may be
prevented by the following simple
exercise: On rising from bed in the
morning, stand up straight, throw
the head back, and inhale all the air
you can; now breathe slowly out,
throwing your arms behind you.
Repeat these long breaths Il few
times every morning, and you will
much diminish your chance of hav-
ing cOnSumDtiOn.
Year: 1871

Frost BITES. dissolve one hand
ful of copperas in a pail half full of
warm water; soak the feet we'll in it,
set aside and repeat until it is all
drawn out. Often one application
will answer, according to. extent of
IiSaaSn
Year: 1871

1t may not be generally known to
our readers that water, even salt water,
imbibed through the skin appeases
thirst almost as well as fresh water
taken inwardly. In illustration of
this subject, a correspondent has sent
us the following abridged quotation
from Narrative of Captain Kenne-
dy's losing his Vessel and his Distresses
afterwards" which was noticed in
"Dodsley's Annual Register for 1862
Il cannot conclude without making
mention Of the great advantage | re-
ceived fran soaking my clothes twice
a day in salt water, and putting them
on without wringing. 1t was consid.
erable time before | could make the
people comply with this measure, al
though from seeing the good effects
produced, they afterwards practiced it
twice Il day ON their own accord. To
this dicovery | may with justice altri-
butte the preservation Of my own life
and six other persons, who must have
persisted if it had not been put in use,
JS hilit was iiiEb w
me from the perusal of treatise writ
ten by DR.. Lind. The water absorbed
through the pores of the skin produced
in every respect the same effect as
would have resulted from the nader.
ate drinking of any kind OF liquid.
The saline particles, however, which
remained in our clothes became in
crusted by the heat of the sun and that
of our own bodies, lacerating our
skins and being otherwise inconyen-
lent; but we found that by washing
out these particles, and frequently wet
ting our clothes without wringing twice
in the course of day, the skin be-
came we'll in short time. After these
operations we uniformly found that
the violent drought went off, and the
parched tongue was cured in few
minutes after bathing and washing our
clothes and at the same time We
found ourselves as much refreshed as
if we had received some actual nour-
ishment. -Four persons in the boat
who drank salt water went delirious
and died but tnose who avoided this
and followed the above practice exper-
fenced no such symptoms"
Year: 1871

One Of our city exchanges makes
the following truthful observation con-
cerning local papers, and the duty OF
giving them wholesome support;


The local paper is an absolute neces-
sity to the county and community
where it is published. All the city
papers cannot supply the first love Of
every man or woman, for with the pa
per is the locality identified. The pa
per gives the county aud town, where
printed, much Of their Importance in
the world, and gives in detail the local
news, which cannot be gained by
anv other source. Eyery-day's issue
of the paper is so much local history,
and the rise, growth and development
of the town and county can be meas
ured and recorded only by the local
newspaper that constantly is gathering
its items. People do not properly APP
preciate their house newspaper. They
measure the value Of Il paper too
much by the number of colu nus 1t
contains. The home paper at any price
is the cheapest paper one can take, Tor
in it is found matter that cannot he
had from any other source. Another
thing To be taken into consideration.
Every county has one or more newspa-
pers. Hence, the circulation Of each
paper must be limited. There is, there
fore, the greatest need of activity and
interest ON the part Of the people, to
give their own paper good vigorous
and substantial support
Year: 1871

Many ladies with small fortunes law
ished ON their dress, lock dowdy ana
and gawky; while others, with only a
scanty purse to fall back upon, out
shine them in every particular, be-
cause the harmony Of colors was stud
led in the latter case, aud disregarded
in the former. Women should study,
individually, the colors that are most
becoming to them, The real secret of
success in dress is to wear those colGrs
which hormonize with the hair, eyes,
complexion, and general appearance.
1t is not so much thv style or texture
of a garment, as the colors. If only
our American ladies would be more
independent and select for themselves
whatever is most becoming, without
regard for what IS worn abroad, they
would soon establish for themselves a
reputation for taste in dress, which can
never he attained by blindly following
the fashion set for them by the DANES
of the Continent
Year: 1871

anton sent Supervisor Fulton to make
up the case, and he was proceeding
with it when Supervisor Presbury made
his appearance on the scene, with
authority from Secretary Boutwell, to
take part in the investigation. Mr..
Pleasanton was sent word and as he is
responsible for the whole matter, under
the law, insisted that he should proceed
with the case as he thought fit Mr..
Boutwell, differs with him and here is
another dead lock which the President
will have to take in hand when he
comes here Friday.


Government OF the District.


The local politicians here say that the
probabilities is that the next Congress
will repeal the act providing for Ter
rltorial Government for this district.
Everything seems to have gone wrong
and the city is suffering from severe
case of ring" There is no money in
the treasury and under the act enough
cannot be borrowed to run the govern
ment in the way the new authorities
propose.
Year: 1871

Perhaps you have heard of the castle of Lear
And the lord Of that princely estate;
How he lived without care life without fear
And banished all thoughts of the sombre and


drear,


As the olden traditions relate.
The lands of this lord were as bread and as fair
As his castle was stately and grand,
And within the cool shades of merry wood


there
A fountain of crystal, as pure as heair,


Was poured from cold marble hand.
One morning this lord of the Castle of Lear
This joilliest lord of the land
Came down from his castle. and, wandering


here,
He quaffed from the deep marble basin the clear,
Sparkling water that fell from the hand.
And there, as he bent DER the waters of this
Bright fountain, so sparkling and cool,
A water nymph rose from the crystal abyss
And greeted his lips with a cool, dewy kiss,
Then sank to the depths of the psol.
Then the youthful lord of the castle grey


Watched where the waters fell ;
For the fountain nym-h was as fair as day,
And, when she had stolen the kiss away,
She had stolen his heart as well.
And every morning and every night


He stood by the fountains side,
And wacthed the form of the water sprite
AS she slowly rose on wave of light,


Than sank in the crystal tide.
But once he came with feversh brow,


And his hand was red with gsre.
And his heart was the heart of a murderer now, /,
And the water shrauk from his grasp somehow,
And the nymph was there no more.
And, as he gazed in the water there,


Only a stitied g. oan
Seemed to come forth from the chilling air,
And his own wild visage seemed to stare
From the pool in the sculptured stone
Now lonely and drear is this Castle Of Lear,
And the lord Of that princely estate
Has gone. like the leaves. that are withered and


scar,
And the fountain quakes with a kind of fear
So the olden traditions relate. s. A. NJ.
Year: 1871

A gentleman recently being about to
pay his doctors bill, said; "Well, doc
tor, as my little boy gave the measles to
almy neighbours children, and as they
were attended by you. | think you can
afford to deduct ten per cent. from the
amount of my bill for the increase ofbusi-
ness we gave you This reminds us ofa
man not far away from Berkshire, whose
laughter having died after severe III
ness, and left large quantity Of medicine
untaken, the father called at the drug
store and wanted to know if the druggist
wouldn't take it back 10 part payment Of
his hill.
Year: 1871

The Grand Jury in Chicago, after
a careful consideration of all the fasts
connected with the case, have come to
the conslusi IN that there are no esod
grounds for sustaining the indictment
against young Treat for the shooting Of
Colonel Grosvenor.
Year: 1871

Sunday morning an intoxicated
man went into one of the New Haven
churches and listened intently while
the soprano was singing a solo. After
she had finished he got on the seat and
waving his hat, shouted, "Bully for
you !" The CONSERVATION Of the au-
dience can be imagined. The fellow
was elected by the sexton.
Year: 1871

Rev. Robert Collyer Of Chicago
has an invitation from the faculty and
students Of Cornell University to make
first class horse hoe for them with
his own hands, and in consideration Of
the work Of art they will give two
thousand dollars to the city.
Year: 1871

The stock market, on the whole, during a
portion OF the day at least retained the improvement Of
yesterday the purchasers mainly representing the snort
operators who stand in fear Of the action OF the
Lake Shore (Cleveland) meeting OF Thursday. The
improvement lacks that stability that cbaracterzes
an advance predicated on more substantial ba-
sis and the impression among the more con-
servatiye portion OF the street is that the pres
ent rise lacks the element Of DURATION and point In sup
port their theory the exceeding dearth Of outside
orders The North Western shares were the chief ea


lures OF speculation and large amounts of stock changed
hands, the sellers adroty taking advantage OF the adj
vance to sell heavily and thus this stock which led the
upward movement to 6sl, was foremost In the down
ward turn by of this pressure These stocks are
in peculiarly shaky condition, and do not afford much
iuducement operators the more especially since the
report due June l has not yet been forthcoming. In
sympathy with these stocks, the whole market sub
mitted to decline and became heavy the precise figures
being contained in annexed table, Ohio and Mississippi
advanced to asa on the reported complete narrow
gauging Of the road which It is hoped will so lessen ex-
penses as TO make a dividend less probematical the
clique however hold the stock at higher figures and


of course for the interest OF the pool to hold up the
market though the afternoon price run down over per
cent Shore strong in the morning. but heavy
the afternoon and it is likely TO be feyerish Tor
the next hours during the session of the stock
holders convention which it will be remembered is
called for the purpose deciding upon the question OF
authorizing the Company to issue s5oO0oO new stock
thus raising the Shore capital TO So0OOoOo It's full
amount After the aforementioned stocks the dealings
were principally in New-York Central, Rock Island,
and Union Pacific Hannibal and st. Joseph stocks
were less active than usual and having made an advance
yesterday declined to-day. We note sales OF Delaware,
Lackawana and Western at 100; Fort Wayne, 1Oo Nor
ris and Essex 9S and G. c. and c. 19i Western Union
elegraph the leading attraction in miscellaneous
shares, and in sympathy with the railways was weak in
the afternoon Coal stocks and expresses dull and
stsady Ihs following table % shows the highest and low
81 nflGN snfa eincks made To-day:
Year: 1871

Hard corns are caused by too much
pressure of the shoe, or by It's being so
loose as to slide back and forth on the
spot where corn afterwards shows
itself. Medical books record several
cases where a hard corn has caused a
bleeding which no means could arrest,
and death ensued Nothing harder
than the finger nail ought ever to be
allowed to touch a corn, which can al
ways be cured or kept from causing in
convenience by simply bathing the
part in warm water for half an hour for
several days in succession often sin
gle bathing will accomplish the object
of so softening the parts adjacent the
actual corn that it can be picked out
with the finger nail, and the shoe can
be instantly worn without discomfort,
which an hour before gave pain; it may
return in a week, or a month or year,
but the same treatment will always
avail. Pairing them causes them
to spread and take deeper root.
Soft corns are very troublesome, but
are sometimes removed by patiently
bathing or soaking them in strong
alum water night and morning. 1t is
so much better to know a safe and in
expensive way of doing things, that it
is really worth while to teach these
methods to every child in the house
hold.-HQlrz Journal of Health.
Year: 1871




On Monday Of this week a servant in
the family of Dr. D. W. Hallenbeck, of
this village, was filling a lamp with a
patent burning fluid, when by seme
means she split some of the fluid on the
table. She wiped it up with a piece of
paper, and then went to the stove with
the open lamp in one hand and the
paper in the other. She threw the pa
per in the stove, but it blazed up so
quickly that she stepped back frighten-
ed, and in doing so dropped the lamp
on the floor, the contents running ont
or the carpet. The burning
paper also fell from the stove
on the floor, and in an instant large
flame arose The servant was so fright
ened as to lose her self-possession, and
so Mrs. Hallenbeck came to the rescue.
first taking the can and the lamp from
the room, and then tearing up the car
pet and throwing it out of the window.
BY the time this was accomplished
Mrs. Hallenbeck's s clothes were on fire,
and she had to direct her efforts to her
own preservation. She soon eXtin-
gushed the flames, which threatened
speedily to envelop her, and escaped
with no more serious injury than a Sc
we're burning of her hand and arm
Mrs. II. displayed rare energy and
presence of mind, and doubtless saved
the dwelling from destruction.
Year: 1871

An extraordinary case is on trial be-
fore United States Commissioner in
Rochester, N. Y. 1t is alleged that the
defendant and about thirty others en-
tered into formal written agreement
before the election to sell their votes to
whoever would pay the most, and that
one of the bylaws of their association
provided that twenty lashes should be
inflicted on any member who voted
contrary to the direction of their Presi-
dent.