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Year: 1870

DRUNKENNESS IN RUSSIA curious
police regulation for the punishment Of
intoxication exists in Russia. Persons
found drunk and incapable in the public
thoroughfares are taken into custody and
condemned to work for day at sweeping
the streets; consequently, well-dressed of
tenders are sometimes seen performing
their task, broom in hand" It is added
to the above information that ''This lesson
intended for individuals who have not
ost all sense of shame" 1t is not hint
or street-cleaning contractors toprofit by ?


MANAGEMENT is better than stupidity. A
policy in the Washington is better than the
promises of relatives
Year: 1870




1t is impossible not to notice how frequent
ly of late attempts at burglary have Desn az
tended with murder. 1t is but lew WEEKS
ago that Mr.. Fem was murdered at Aiinord
Conn, by burglars whom he found ransacking
his house at night. Hardly week passes
without something of the kind The Nathan
murder in New York is the latest case Of the
kind that has come to our knowledge. The
reason why burglar takes this course is net
difficult to discover. 1t not only diminshts
chances of detection and punishment, but if
detected he stands chance of getting clear
through defective evidence, the sympathics of
Jurors, or the criminal levity with which the
pardoning power is often used. Murderers
escape punishment more frequently than
most any other class of criminals, and if i'm
prisoned nominally for life, it is highly proba
BILE that they will get paidoned out after the
crime is forgotten and new administration
has come into power. 1t is found that on an
average persons sentenced to Imprisonment
tor life serve fewer years in prison than persons
sentenced for ten years. Taking the country
through, ten per cent. of the convicts in our
prisons are pardoned every year, and in some
of the States the proportion is as high as thir-
ty or forty per cent. The truth is, our most
dangerous, if not our most depraved Grimm
ais are the recreant chief magistrates of our
various States, who turn loose set of reckless
and unrepentant villains to prey upon the
property and lives of the citizens. We in this
State have thus far in great measure escap-
ed this abuse of the pardoning power, and the
frequent tragedies which follow in its train.
But the magnitude which the evil has attain
ed elsewhere ought to warn us to be on our
guard. To such a pass have matters come in
some of our large cities that the authorities
WELD divided sovereignty with the despera-
does and lawlsss spirits which inlest the
haunts of vice. Checks must be placed upon
the exercise of the pardoning power such as
will effectually stop this abuse. The best
check would be such healthy tone of public
sentiment as would subject delinquent gov


or to prompt censure, and if necessary, to


ment from any place of trust. In some
81 r,urder the pardoning power might


lie ken away Or confined to changing
I'd 'pau. nj to imprisonment for life


4 hat our criminal jurspru-
dencs aesSs tha,leh revision, so that what
ever pun.sh.neli assigned to any Of
fense they n ed with reasonable
certainty. AS dow stands in many Of
the States there is premium upon murder.
Year: 1870

We had supposed that every one was famil-
far with the fact that a journal does not me-
cessarly endorse au article reprinted from,
and credited to, another paper. As certain
gentlomen other than our correspondent do
not seem to have discovered this, we take the
present opportunity to remind them and the
public of the fact. We made no comment up
on the extract from the Skowhegan Reporter.
because none seemed to be needed in a COM
munity where nearly all of the signers of the
address" were so we'll known. 1t is, in our
view, entirely proper for the people of this
community to know what is the sentiment of
the public in other parts of the State. Why
should gentlemen be so sensitive about having
it known that other sections of this State favor
consolidation as strongly as this section oppos-
es it?-ED
Year: 1870

Scarcely day passes that We are
not inquired Of concerning the prob
able future Of the wool market, and
as to whether it is best to hold the
clip now ready for the buyer, or sub
NIT to reduction Of from five to
eight cents from the low price Of
1869. We have several times indi.
Gated our opinion, but propose now
to give q reason for the faith that is
in us.


When the war commenced in 1861,
it was estimated that there were
about sixteen thousand looms run.
ming on wooden or cotton and woolen
goods. The new avenues Of trade
which that year aud the next opened
proved the supply far below the de-
mand, and what had been 4 fair bust
ness in '58, SO and 60 became re-
markably good business in 1861 and
SO. Wool went up from SO cents in


1860 to one dollar pound in 1863
aud at that price more money was
made Tor A. much }. as had ever been
made in any single year in the wool
en- business. In fact, almost every
man who made wooden goods in '63
and "a, and did not hold them till
The great fall consequent upon the
termination OF the war, was made
rich.


OF course, as soon as it was ascer-
tanned that nothing paid like max
ing government blankets, or cloth
for blouses, hundreds Of men who
had money at command ransacked
the country in search Of water-power,
and finding it, and buying it, many
times at fabulous rates, began to
build WOODEN mills, till, in 1865 and
sc, the number Of looms had in.
creased from sixteen thousand to
between forty thousand and fifty
thousand; the last twenty thousand
costing, with what appcrtained Ia
them, more than three times - much
~ those put in operation prior to
1860.


When these mills were ready ia
begin the manufacture Of goods, the
war was over, and the demand occa
stoned BY II. had ceased, aud from
that day to this, seven-eighths OF all
the woolen-mills in the country have
been run at . loss; nearly one hal
Tor quite have sunk all their capital
and been sold to pay current debts
till to-day their are less looms In op.
Year: 1870

We take the following sensible re-
marks from the proceedings at re-
cent meeting Of the New York Farm
ers' Club:


J. Stanton Gould addressed the
club upon better educated farmers,
that OF men who have received spc-
cific education in science relating to
their business or profession There
is no use in attempting to disguise it;
there is an inability on the part Of
farmers to grasp common agricultu-
raj questions that underlie success
full agriculture and master them, due
entirely to this want Of knowledge.
He illustrated this assertion by say
ing that some time since he had oc-
casion to study the construction and
operation ofplows, but could not find
a single treatise that would convey
to the farmer an iota Of knowledge
concerning the science Of blowing or
the rules OF art necessary to be OBJ
served in the form and structure of
of this indispensable implement of till.
age. In turning filrrow- slice, three
distinct operations are performed,
tending to the disintegration Of the
soil-the object Of all culture. When
first raised, the particles Of the fur
row move upon each other in such
a way that the fssruw divides verti-
Fcally, - it were, into thin sheets;
when the slice tends still further, a
similar action takes place transversly
or horizontally; and finally when it
passes the spiral wing Of the mould
board, it is similarly divided in an
oblique direction, and the different
ratios Of motion thus given to the
particles cause them to move upon
each other, and ofcourse comminutes
the soil. He asserts that . plow
which did not combine in it the pow
er to perform just this integration
was not rightly constructed imple-
ment. So Of the value Of grasses.
In New York we have 126 varieties
Of grasses, and yet it would be diff
cult to find farmer who could name
10 Of them. Aud yet this ability to
distinguish grasses is important when
it is known that some of these have
many times the nutritivc value Of
others.


Few farmers can distinguish the
Meadow Fox-tail from Timothy; but
the latter is four times more valuable
than the former.
Year: 1870

Head aches, nervous as we'll as others
arise from torpid state of the stomach
liver and bowels. Never take any min
erals or morphia for it. They hurt more
than they do good. But take Rosenheim';
Stomach Bitters; the Great Western
Remedy, and you are sure Of a cure
Sec Advertisement.
Year: 1870

THE ExAMINEa-1his able and fearless
Democratic paper closed the fifth year Of its
existence the present week. 1t gives us
pleasure to note the prosperity and renown
of the Examiner. The Democracy rarely
ask for bread and get stone from this pa
per, and the members Of our party should
give i. wide circulation all over the coast.
1t is not given TO tricsery or trucking; and
though we bave differed with it on one or
two questions, we can recommend it as the
safest, souudss. and most beneficial reading
that can be found in a city daily on the cast,
snd should be 10 all we'll regulated families.
Year: 1870

Ar. Editor-As our municipal election will take
place about the middle of next month, prudence
would suggest that all important questions per-
tanning to our city and school government should
in the meantime be carefully considered by every
voter who takes anyiinterest in!the welfare and
prosperity of eur city. During the past three
years We hare been running to destruction at
breskneck speed. OF this we have indisputable
evidence in the number Of persons who are from
time TO time hastily disposing of their effects
and jumping off our train. Shall We order down
the brakes, or shall we wildly and recklessly
rush on to destruction: This is the question to
be determined in March next. Let us at this
election, vote into Office men whose acts un.
der all circumstances we will feel bound to sus-
tain. To repudiste, as We lately did, the acts of
men whom We had placed IN responsible positions,
was to say the least of it, unbecoming the in
telligence of the people Of Ottawa.
Year: 1870

visors, at their recent session, made another ap-
propriation to dress up the Court House Square,
but the application was granted somewhat
grudgingly, for the reason that, although the
county has frequently spent considerable money
in dressing up the Court House and square, the
citizens of Ottawa appear to take no pride or
interest in the matter. and to act as if the more
uncouth and dilapidated the square looked the
better it suited them. We hope, at least, if such
complaints have been just heretofore, there may
be no occasion for them hereafter
Year: 1870

will only cost you dollar buy bottle EDWARD
wLpER's COMPOUND EXTRACT WILD CHERRY, which has
been known to fail in giving rapid and prompt relief in
all kinds of Coughs, colds and caars In Bronchitis Lar
yngtis Asthma and Phhsc gives immediate comfort rol
lowed oy rapid is also admirably adapted 70 the relief
the cough and difficulty OF breathing consumption In
Pneumonia, Winter Fever Peursy, and every conceivable
form of Pulmonary disease it Indispensable and should al
ways he kept in every household,
Year: 1870

The married ladies are getting down on But.
ton, Of the new dining hall on Main street. west
of the First National Bank. He gets up such
splendid meals for 35 cents, that about half the
husbands doing business up town not only don't
60 to dinner themselves, preferring to stop at
Buttons, but forget to send home something for
their suffering spcuses But why blame Button
Year: 1870

A Coon SELEcrIoN.-The Agricultural So
ciety have "the right men in the right place in
their new officers. Frank Bruner will make a
good president, and no more energetic secretary
than w. E. Bowman could have been found.
Under this management, with the aid Of a work.
ing executive committee, such as they have, the
next fair must be u success
Year: 1870

SCHOOL CHILDREN CRY FOR WATER


Perhaps there is nothing more conducive


to good health and safe preventative of
disease, than the use of pure, good wa
ter We are led to these reflections from
q knowledge of what our children, that
attend the High School in this city, are
forced to use to quench thirst this warm
weather The water the children at this
school have to drink, through the long
school session, is dipped out Of a warm,
filthy sprmg--so warm that it is almost
nauseating to the taste. 1t needs no ar
gument to convince any one that this
should not be, and all will admit that it is
a burning shame and disgrace for this
thing so to be,-more particularly so,for
time and again have the attention of the
School Committee been called to this
matter. They arc aware that the water,
they provide, or all that the scholar can
get without going n long distance, is of
the character we have described, and they
further know, that they would not auow
n child of theirs at home to drink such
water as they at school are forced to do.
We speak thus plainly on this subject,
for the committee have children as well
as others that are deeply interested in
this matter. There are yet, two long
months before school closes, and will
our School Committee give listening
ear to the cry Of these children for good,
fresh water We trust they willard
right speedily too.
Year: 1870

BoRpER RAIL RoAp.---The Ozark IaJ-
let, in noticing an invitation of the citizen
Of Franklin county to send Delegates to
the 9th of June, Railroad Convention at
Bentonville, says


"We hope the people of Franklin will
movo at once in this matter and send a
number Of live, active, potent, represent
atives, men who have proper idea of
our local advantages in connection with
the proposed road and who have the ca
pacity and Fim to impress them upon the
convention.


"By glance at any map IL will be seen
that Ozark is the most northern point on
the Arkansas river in the State, and the
nearest to Fayetteville or Bentonville.
And 1t is the opinion of those we'll ac-
.quainted with the country that the route
to this point is as feasible as any other
If not more so. BY putting in our claim
in time, and urging it in a proper manner,
we have chance to make Ozark the
point at which the Border Road will
make the junction with the Little Rock
and Fort Smith Road; thus uniting with
the many other favorable circumstances,
10 make Ozark the largest town in North
West Arkansas. Real estate owners if
you desire to see your property enhanced
in value twenty fold, here is your oppor-
tunity. We give our neighbors of the
Herald and the Press fair warning-right
on this ground shall commence that
three cornercd flghT-though We ap-
prehend the other two corners will form
an alliance against us in this war"


Our friends of the Tablet need have no
fears Of quarrel on that point. We con-
cede that Franklin has Just as good claim
for drawing the connection of the Border
Road with the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Road to that point as we have to bring
ing here. At the proper time, we have
no doubt. Van Buren, will use oil honor
able efforts to have tho junction Of the
two roads made in this vicinity, and that
too, without disparaging any efforts that
may be made to divert it to other points.
We are not one, that feel that if zoe can.
not have the junction at our door, that
we are not willing no one else should
have it at theirs. The people generally
OF Western Arkansas are alive on Rail.
road matters, and VIC are glad to sec it,
Aud we are glad, also, to sec that Frank.
lin county has taken the preliminary steps
TO subscribe 100000 to the Little Rock
and Fort Smith Railroad Company.


Railroad enterprises are sure to cluster
around . city, where the people express
liberal views and are ready to extend a
helping hand to public improvements of
all kinds. We hope Franklin as well as
Crawford will be largely represented at
the Bcntonvillc Convention on Monday
next.
Year: 1870

In volume on epigram writing re-
Gently published in London, appears the
following prettiiy turned compliment
from Lord Chesterfield to Miss Ambrose
Say. lovely Tory what the jest


OF wearing orange on thy breast,


When that same breast betraying shows.


The whiteness Of the rebel Foser
Year: 1870

Many and thrilling are the associations which
the weekly recurrence of the Sabbath brings,
The sun of Sabbath morn first shed light on
a finished creation. When the earth stood out
complete and lovely thing before its Maker;
when Eden bloomed little heaven below, and
man, with his pure and lofty spirit, lived in its
bowers ere yet the trail of the serpent was over
all, God blessed the seventh day and sanctified
it. The beams of Sabbath morn first shed
light on ransomed creation. Thenit was that
the Captain OF our salvation. having battled
with death in his own dark domain, shivered
his fetters, rose victor from the tomb, led
captivity captive. and gave gifts unto meE; so
that now, instead of the woe and shame sin had
entailed upon the fallen, there is profferd to them
the beauty of the brightness of purchased i'm
mortality. The Sabbath is a type, and tells of
that rest which remaineth to the neope Of God
of that hour when the Christian pilgrim shall
terminate his long and toiIsome march through
rhe wilderness, and cross the threshold of his
Fathers home-when the Christian mariner
shall heave over the last ocean billow, and enter
the desired haven-when the soldier of the
cross shall lay Oft his panoply wear the rich
robe and the crown. Independently, too, of the
grander associations, there is much-much of
poetry, much of piety-to make the Sabbath
day to Christian soul the very best of ali


the seven.' The image of a gray haired sire,
the family shrine, the domestic Sunday school,
the ''big ha Bible, once his fathers pride,'
the music of the church bell, the house girt
round with the graves of his kindred, devotion's
lofty peal-Oh! it cannot be that the man is on
his way to heaven Who loves not as his life this
atom of heaven dropped on earth--it cannot be
that he is of the peculiar people who cal not
the 'Sabbath delight the holy of the Lord,
honorable that he has any claim to the char
acter OF religious being, who allows It's golden
hours to glide away without some thought a
bout that inheritance to which it points.
Year: 1870

We hear good deal said about becoming
behavior" in the house OF God and We think
there ought to be even more said, but some of
IL IN different direction


1t is said that one should be devout and rever-
ential in church. But will that justify man in
keeping his pew door shut when strangers are
without seats? in taking the best seat iu his own
pew in permitting those who are within his
reach to go without book while he is devoutly
using the best one in the pew?


1fin some cases there we're less sobriety and
more poiteness. would not the devotions be more
profitable to the soul and more acceptable to
God The last seat In pew is usually the
easiest. and should be reserved for the aged OR
the feeble, and not for the nimblest, who, when
once in it, suffers his aged mother or some
feeble lady, to sit where she can. The gentle
man-church- gentleman, we mean-will take
he end seat next the aisle, and suffer one, two,
three four persons. ladies' it may be, to get past
him by climbing over his legs.


The fact is, one may,tave his mind so entire
ly raised above the world, on Sunday, as to for
get great many little duties quite allied to
that benevoleuce which the Gospel inculcates.
No Christian man has right to make another
person unhappy, or even to annoy him through
selfindulgence, carelessness. or selfish devotion
Year: 1870




Mr. EDITOR As we all have the privilege
of thinking, let me tell you some of my
thoughts, which run in this wise:


That as Virginia did at one tune give to the
government of the United States an immense
territory of public land embracing the garden
of the West, cannot but think that it would
be nothing more than justice now, for the Gov
ernment to appropriate sufficient public land
70 the States of East and West Virginia, for
the mpletion of the James River and Ka-
nawha Canal, with an enlarged capacity, aud
then that same garden Of the West would be
materially benefited, a. well as the Eastern
States, and new life and energy would be IN
fused throughout East and West Virginia.
Why not have the Governors and Legisla-
lures of bo h East and West Virginia, to ask
tnis of Congress; to ask 1t In earnest, aud
without delay. Let this he done now, and Ii
cannot be consistently denied. fg


JUSTICE.
Year: 1870

X The circulation Of the "SPEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined clreula-
tion of both the other papers published IN
this place, and has as many subscribers IN
this county alone as are contained IN the
whole list of either of the other papers.
Year: 1870

A gentleman from the corn growing districts
attempted to open clam in the same manner
that he would bulls eye watch-with his
thumb nail. After repeated efforts he became
disguised and called for another one that was
not so stiff in the hinges"
Year: 1870

A man may see the figures upon dial but
he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun
shines. We may read many truths in the Bible
but we cannot know them savingly till God by
his Spirit shine upon our soul.
Year: 1870

nsa- We are offering our goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES, and we are determined to
give satisfaction to all who may need anything
in our line of business. a ~ segs.s


We solicit the citizens and Farmers gener-
ally who have not tried US to So We thank
all our friends for their past liberal patronage,
and respectfully request continuance of the
same. Do not forget the place. Be sure to
e' - RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
Year: 1870

eve never saw a newspaper that
was not worth greatly more than it
cost a family. It Is to a great extent
true of every collection of written
matter, book or newspaper; but more
especially Of the latter, for 1t covers
q much greater variety of subjects,
and Is necessarily more condensed.
1t il well-known fact that there is
no royal road to learning. The
brain, full of knowledge, whose ac-
tivity sends light over our daily
pathway, has been acquired by hard
and constant study. Every book
and newspaper which the careful or
careless reader picks up Is filled with
the results Of labOri0us sinvestigation.
Take the single Issue Of . daily OF
weekly paper, and see in its editO-
rials, its financial articles, its sreviews,
its mere drudgery Of daily facts, its
quibs and quiddities, its philosophy
and fun, how much care and labor
must have been bestowed to furnish
1t with the regularity of ones meal.
1t makes no pretensions. 1t is fur
nished to every man for fraction of
what his ice or any simple luxury of
his household costs him, and yet it
is teeming with thoughts which are
constantly influencing his actions,
and forming the opinions OF his chill
dren to govern their after lives. In
to the columns Of the newspaper
come the matured opinions OF the
greatest thinkers and statesmen of
the old world and the new, and at a
cost, compared with the value Of the
information that Is acquired, utterly
insignificant in amount. No man,
no head Of family especially, who
would properly qualify his children
to pass respectfully, profitably and
with satisfaction to themselves
through the world, should ever deny
to them the advantages Of a good
newspaper."-L