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Year: 1872

We understand that Mr.. j. c. Chaplin. by
courtesy called lawyer, who has been filling
the Office of County Attorney for this Coun-
", still insists on serving and at the present
term of the Court drew his quarterly salary
notwithstanding the Supreme Court have de-
cided the law, under which he claim. to act


null and void. We are not astonished at his
audacity in claiming it. but are astonished at
the County Court for aUouing it. lie has no
more authority or right to insist upon acting
in this capacity. and claiming and collecting
1926 per quarter of the peoples money than
any other citizen Of the County, and he
knows this Now, we would recommend that
if he still insists on being supported by the
County that he be put on the pauper's list, as
we think it more just and generous to appro-
pirate money for Il charitable purpose than to
expeLd it on dead heads" 1t is not to be
wondered at, that the cry of" hard times and
money scarce" is heard from every quarter.
1t is no strange thing that the poor mans iu-
come after paying his enormous tax is not
sufficient to meet his necessities, and that our
City and County Scrip has deprecated 30
much in value. when these vultures can prey
upon us with impunity. This, with a thou


sand other transactions of like kind.will solve
the pulling propositon,a and when the courts
to whom the interests of the people are in
trusted permit and connive at such things. it
is time we should be awake to our preserva-
ton. MAGo.
Year: 1872

We have before noticed the decided i'm
provement made in the time Of travel between
Little Rock and the Western part Of the State
the last ten miles. And we refer to it again
at this time after noticing an article in the
Lewisburgh Empire. attempting to show that
it is the wish of the "whols upper Arkansas
Valley that the present timetable should be
changed. That is, that the train that now
reaches Lewisburgh at noon, should arrive
there at night. so that the way travel between
that place and Little Rock could reach the
latter city and return the same day. We OBJ
ject to the change, first, for the reason, that
all the travel to this part OF the State would
be out t,co nights while now tAeyare out but
one. That the morning Little Rock papers
that now reach rs, the next day afternoon,
would under the change reach us the third
morning out. AS it is, all mail matter for
Fayetteville and the North arrives in the af-
ternoon and leaves at four o'clock next morn
lug for its destinaton-but under the pro-
posed change it would Invariably lay here
twentyfour hours. Under the time table of
the Managers of this road, we are twelve
hours ahead of any other connection with the
outside world, and il we could have daily
mail by this route, as is needed, we would be
content. We have no objection in the world,
that the citizens of Conway should be able to
go to Little Rock and return the same day,
and can only hope the business of County be-
tween the two points will warrant the put
ting on of an accommodation train for their
benefit. But we do object to the North west
paying tribute to any such proposition. With
the present arrangements business men re-
ceive their communications irem Little Rock
in time to answer il necessary by return mail
in the morning-but on the other hand, both
mails arrive and depart about the same hour
A o'clock in the morning precluding any
answer for two days. We are sure no other
arrangement could suit our business men bet
ter. From our standpoint, we are decided
against any change.
Year: 1872

Fs- Sunstroks is prevented by wear
ing a silk handkerchief in the crown OF
the hat, or green leaves, or IA wet cloth
Of any kind; but during an attack warm
water should be instantly poured on the
head, or rags dipped in tho water and
renewed every minute. The reason is
two fold-tho scalp is dry and hot and
the warm water not only removes the
dryness, but carries of the extra heat
with great rapidity by evaporation.
Year: 1872

TEA, TEA, TFA, EN-


Those who enjoy good cup OF Tea are here
by informed that choice article OF Japan Tea
can be had at the Grocery Store OF w. III. Gid
den, which will be sure to give satisfaction TO
all lovers of that beverage $40.
Year: 1872

Writing to the Advocate, of Green Bay,
Wis, lady describes what she has witnessed
of modern "witchcraft," and confesses her
mystification thereby. Adjoining her home
property was the humble house and garden
plot of poor English family. Becoming in
terested in this family, upon whom the sur
rounding farmer folk were inclined to look
down, a daughter of the same, who had i'm
prudently contracted a union with some
rough fellow ofthe baser sort, and been virtu-
ally abandoned by him after the birth of a
child, attracted her particular attention and
sympathy. Making overtures for accquaint-
ance with the girl, who walked much in the
garden plot with her infant, the lady was
presently the confident of her story; learning
that her worthless husband, while under COM
mand of the law to provide a certain monthly
allowance of money for mother and child,
really yielded obedience in the matter only
under compulsion of a magic SPELL"


The man worked as gardener to an infrn-
ary some two miles away, and when sthe girl
wished to compel visit from him it was her
custom to pin large living toad to the
ground by means of an iron skewer, repeat
ing over it rbymed incarnation to the effect
that the cruelty tortured reptile, at the price
OF its own deliverance, must give the recusant
husband neither rest nor Sleep until he
should ''come and speak, to the utterer of
the spell. The Mortified lady's discovery of
the poor impaled toad, wranglng under an
inverted howerpot, was what particularly in
dnced the young wife's explanation. "It's
four weeks since he came last, and have to
do this to bring him again at ALL" said the
girl. '"The toad has been here two days and
two nights now, and tonight Tom will have
to come, in spite of himself If you don't be
lieve 1t, keep me with you in your own house
until he does come, and then listen in the
garden to what he says to me-"


Her hearer was curious enough to accept
this proposition, and tells the results as fol-
| lows: A few minutes after ten O. o'clock in the
night, neighbor's dog began barking violent
| ly, whereat the younger woman said quietly :
There he is" and went out of the house
| and across the lawn to her fathers gate. The
narrator, listening, heard her say, ''Pve
brought you, Tom, because / must have


some money to keep the child. If you'd keep
| 1T paid, as you ought I'd never trouble YOU"


The man, whose voice indicated both rage


and fear, cursed her for bewitching him.


What is it you do, you she-fiend ?" he ex-
claimed. 81 haven't been able to sleep a
! wink for two nights for your Internal witch
craft, and had to climb over the infirmary
| walls to come here tonight. Something
seemed to drag me, and know you've been
practicing some of your accursed witcheries
on me-" His wife told him that it was no
matter what she had done, she needed and
must have the money, and he knew that he
would not be able to resist or sleep again un-
til he paid it. And pay it he did, though
with many bitter oaths; and upon his depar-
ture the girl liberated the tortured reptile.
Year: 1872

Truth AND PoETRY.-Miton puts into the
mouth of Lucifer, in Paradise Lost" these
memorable Words


ITO BE WEAK Is MISERABLE"


Never was truer sentence written than this
supposed to be wrung from the Arch-6end in
his impotence and agony. Every victim of ner-
vous debility, or of that depressing languor
which is one of the Accomplishments of dyspep.
sia and biliousness can testify to the misery
Of mind and body which they involve. The
motive power of the system is partially para
lized; the mind is haunted by anxiety and fear;
and the sufferer is as incapable of applying
himself energetically to any kind of business
as if he were under the benumbing influence of
catalepsy. This terrible mental and physical
condition need not, however, be endured for
forty-eight hours by any human being PLAN
TATIoN BTrTERs is an absolute specific for all
the torments which deranged stomach, a dis
ordered liver, and shattered nerves, superin-
duce. m20-eod1w&w1t
Year: 1872

CENTRALIzATIoN has been great bugbear in
government; but JORDAN, MARSH & Co., in
their great Boston House, find that it works
well in trade,-the grouping of many depart
ments under one roof being very convenient to
Year: 1872

WERE man to conform more to the laws of
health and of nature, and be less addicted to
the qualification of his passions, it would not
be necessary to advertise Fellows Compound
Syrnp of Hypophosphites as restorative for
the powers of the brain and nervous system,
while the worlds progress in enlightenment
would indeed be marvellous m1Sd1w&w1t
Year: 1872

The government of Jamaica has invented a
novel plan to prevent frauds in the postal
service, which have been frequent of late.
The government now requires each officer to
pay premium to a common fund, out of
which losses by robbery or theft are to be in
IDENTIFIED.
Year: 1872

A young couple who had been holding
cosy tete-a-tete in retired alcove, at party
In Nashville, were somewhat abashed, on
emerging into the party, to find that around
the young mans neck there was the print of
two arms in chalk and diamond dust, ON his
shoulder quantity of gold-powder, and 9TH
er equally unaccountable phenomena observ-
able elsewhere; from which the company, of
course, drew its own conclusions. aH.ah
Year: 1872

There is vacancy in the New York Her
AIDS local department, caused by the ingenu-
ity of the reporter who was too tired to 90 to
Rev. Henry Powers church, and so wrote up
quarter of column of an imaginary ser
mon from text of his own selection.
Year: 1872

Now this is too bad! A woman who has
arrived at the discreet age of forty-three has
sued a boy of nineteen, in Detroit, for breach
of promise ofmarraige. Women whs desire
to speculate with their untried affections and
get gain by a broken heart, might be excus-
ed if they exercised their business talents on
aman of mature years and varied experience,
but to take advantage of boy in this way is
too much of confidence operation" We
trust that the intelligent jury will harden
themselves to all appeals on behalf of the lac
Grated feelings and blighted existence of this
mature maiden.
Year: 1872

Geese, my son; merely geese" calmly
replied the sapient parent bird. Through
life, child. observe, that when you meet any
one who makes a great fuss about himself,
and tries to lift his head higher than the rest
OF the world, you may set him down at once
to be goose"
Year: 1872

1t is pretty sight to see the Democratic
leaders taking hold for strong pull to purify
the government 1t is no matter now about
the millennium; we can do just as well with
out it. e. a
Year: 1872

More than half century ago, the fol-
lowing lines were found in the Royal
College OF Surgeons, London, beside a
skeleton. remarkable for its symmetry
of form. They were subsequently, pub
lished in the London Morning Chroni-
Gle. and vain effort made to ascertain
the author, even to offering reward Of
fifty guineas:


Behold this ruin Twas a skull
Once of ethereal spirit full,
This narrow cell Was liteS retreat;
This space was thought smySteriouS seat.
What beauteous visions filled this spot
With dreams Of pleasure longtorgot!
Not hope, not JOY, not love, not fear,
Have LETT one trace OF record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed;
If with no lawless fire it cleaned
But through the dewS of kindness


beamed


That eve shall be forever bright,
When sun and stars are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern rung
The ready, swift and tunetul tongue
If falsehood's honey it distained,
And when it could not praise was


chained


Ifbold in virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle concord never broke;
The silent tongue shall plead for thee
When time unveils eternity.
Say, did these fingers delve the mine,
Or with the enyied ruby shine
To hew the rocks, or wear the gem,
Can little now avail to them.
But if the page Of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the moumer brought,
These hands richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on wealth or fame.
Avails it whether bare or shod
These feet the path of duty trod ?
If from the bowers OF ease they fled,
To seek affections humble shed
If grandeurs guilty bribe they spurned,
And home to virtues cot returned
These feet with angels wings shall rise,
And tread the palace of the skies
Year: 1872

Somebody tells the Scientific .4meri-
can of way to clear a well of carbon
ic and acid gas. 1t is to lower a red
hot iron to the water, so az to produce
q little steam. The vapor instantly alb
serbs the gas.
Year: 1872

There was little or excitement at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday over the Northwestern
hub-bub in Wall street. 1t was apparent that the
brokers and bankers had exhausted the subject as
far as talk was concerned, and although,
during the evening especially, there was quite
q large gathering OF the mammoth worshppers
ON hand, there nothing like the fear OF panic
among the operators, that was SO noticeable up
town on Friday night and even on Saturday after
noon. The "bullm and "bear'' cliques in North.
western, OF course, formed the main topic OF con-
versatiOR. RumOrs as TO the future plans Of
the chief operators were thick as leaves
nothing definite to he CLEANED from the
general conjecturing Indeed, II was rumored at
one time that Jay Gould would be arrested to-.
morrow on q new charge: another that he and
Smith were not at such loggerheads as people be-
ieved them to be, and had secret understanding
one with the Other and yet another that Smith had
made up his mind TO repudlate all his contracts.
The truth or lasity OF each and all OF the rumors will
be made apparent TO day II all the 'fsn 10 the
street trouble stand good.
Year: 1872

The weekly statement OF the associated banks
proved unlavorabe, owing chiefly to decrease OF
about million and half OF SPECIE the loss OF which
is attributable TO the locking up OF coin by the pool
in the gold market. A loss OF ss0O,0o0 legal ten
ders IS NO. so easily explained because the do
nestle exchanges have ruled in favor OF New
York and considerable amounts OF greenbacks
have been sent here from the West. From this
fact, and the dismemberment and dissolution OF
the gold pool by the corner in Northwestern
stock. it is fairly inferred that the statement is
made on rising averages, and that the banks are
really much better of than represented. There is
a small contraction OF loans and a


DECREASE IN DEPOSITS


OF nearly five millions, the latter being the
result, doubtless, OF the locking.up operations
above referred TO. The statement compares with
its predecessor OF last week as follows:-
Year: 1872

The Aldermanic Committee on Election Returns
have concluded their examination OF the returns,
and are now engaged in examining the canvassers
VINO made them out. This work, they think, will
occupy them for the next two weeks.
Year: 1872

CARE OF THE EYEs.-Nultitudes of
men and women have made their eyes
weak for life by the too free use of eye
sight, reading small print and doing
fine sewing. In view of those things, it
is well to observe the following rules in
the use of the eyes:


Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.


Never read by twilight on very
cloudy day.


Never sleep so that on waking the
eyes shall open on the light of the win
dow.


Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.


Never read or sew directly in front of
the light of the window or door.


1t is best to have light to fall from
above, Obliquely over the left shoulder.


Too much light creates a glare and
pain and confuses the sight. The
moment you are sensible of an effort to
distinguish, that moment stop and talk,
walk, or ride.


As the sky is blue and the earth green,
1t would seem that the ceiling should be
a blueish tinge, the carpet green, and
the walls of some mellow tint.


The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eye, that moment
cease using them.


If the eyelids are glued together on
waking, do not forcibly open them, but
apply the saliva with the finger, and
then wash your eyes and face with warm
water.
Year: 1872

EVE AND THE FIG LEAVES.-An anus
ing story is told of daughter of distin-
guished Southern General, who was
spending the summer during the war at
Silver Spring, Florida. As is well
known, the ladies were compelled to re-
sort to all sorts of eXpedients to make
their gowns presentable, and many of
them became very expert in the use of
dyes, so that, shut out from the rest of
the world as they We're, their attire was
always neat and lady-like.


It appears that the young lady in
question had a black barege which she
wished to restore to its pristine beauty,
and so ordered her made Eve to boil
her some fig leaves, which, as is known,
are excellent for restoring color to dark
materials.


Having waited for some time for the
decoction 10 be brought her, she went
out upon the gallery of the hotel, and
called out in a loud voice-'Eve, have
you put on the fig leaves ~


A number of gentlemen seated below
with difficulty suppressed laugh, and
the young lady receiving no answer, re-
iterated her question more loudly than
before. Unable longer to restrain them
selves, the gentlemen laughed long and
heartily. The absurdity of her question
suddenly flashed upon the young lady,
and she hastily retired to her chamber
to hide her bushes and confusion.


Eve and the fig leaves was a standing
joke at Silver Spring all that season.
Year: 1872

Last Saturday several children were
playing in the yard Of the Seventh
Street congregational Church.. in Gin
cinnati, and one of them, a little i've or
six wear old son Of the sexton, was IN
dueed TO decend to the bottom of a dry
cistern. After he got to the bottom
his little play-fellows called to him that
iinow he was shut down forever" and
closed the cap over him for two or three
minutes. When he was taken out II
was discovered he had lost his reason
from fright. The distressed mother, IL
is said, is crazed in consequence.
Year: 1872

We thought of writing an article
on the Moral Power of the People,
but the following from the Bellefonte
(Pa.) Waterman, comes 30 near orr
own ideas that we use it instead.
The serlous question with US is, will
the people use this power. or will
they continue to blindly follow the
dictation of selfish demagogues and
interested ,iiice holders, until it is too
late Tor remedy? We confess that
we have b nd serious apprehensions
Of the latter, and that our fears are
not all gone, though there are indi-
cations of waking up, for the re-
suit of which we are anxiously looking:


"One Of our exchanges heads an
article "rne Moral Power OF the
People the Hope of the Country"
We do not know what the future may
reveal in that way, but the past has
shown that the moral power" Of
the people has suffered itself to be
overcome by the Establishment, cor
ruptions and terrorism Of military
rule. The moral power of the peo-
pie couid do everything, If the peo-
pie would but assert it. 1t has been
the (apl,arent) lack Of all morality
among The people that has caused
the misery and unhappiness Of the
last ten years. Crushed to the earth,
however, AZ they have been for SO
long, an d pressed down beneath the
burdens of bad government, they
may in he future reassert their indie
pendence and free themselves and
the country from the incubus that il
now resting upon them.


We only wish that We could put
implicit confidence in the moral
strength ',f the people. We know
the mighty power they possess for
& Jod. If they would but exercise it,
experience has shown. however, that
they are too easily led astray-are
too apathetic-too much indisposed
TO make the proper exertion. All
that is wanted to restore the pristine
glory of the Republic-to give back
TO the citizen the rights and Liberties
he once posessed-to revive constitu-





ton, and to render the country AS
happy and prosperous rs it once was,
is united and determined effort on
the part of the People. Their "mor-
al power" expressed in thunder
tones through the hauot-box, would
be the panacea for all tue diseases of
the body politic-the healing oil
poured upon the trout led waters Of
sorrow aud discomfort


Will We, o, People. ever more re-
alize the responsibility We owe to
God, your country, TO your children,
and to future general ons? Now is
the time to secure not only your own
happiness, but the poll deal freedom
and physical prosperity of millions
yet unborn. The negl. ct to improve
the opportunity now of cred. will un-
donbtedly seal you to a. adverse fate
forever Heaven does not present
such golden chances of'en. Do not
cast your own happiaess over your
shoulders"
Year: 1872

The WRoNa NUMrER. Mark Twain
tells the following funny incident:
"Why Captain, you happen to have
bad cold" Eyes, Madam said
the Captain, who is fond of working
in the garden early in the morning
in his shirt sleeves, II suppose /
deserve it. I caught it while break
ing the seventh commandment last
Sunday" The party, male and
female, started and looked blank,
and the lady who brought out the
remark said, as we'll as coughing
fit would let her: 'Well, upon
my word captain, considering the
usual circumstances of the case and
you present surroundings it was
hardly necessary for you to enter
into such full particulars. When
the innocent captain got home be
found to his amazement that the
seventh commandment does not say
"Thou. shalt remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy"
Year: 1872

The first report of the Street-Cleaning Bu-


reau has quite the tone of romance OF the
modern practical sort. In the first week OF
its existence it has cleaned the entire paved
area of the city, and large part OF it has
been swept three several times. We venture
to say that the whole city was never before
known to be clean at one time. Moreover, we
are promised that all the streets will be kept
clean hereafter, which is perhaps too good a
story to credit fully, OF too fair promise to
make Internationally, and so the Superin-
tendent, whose report we are talking about,
Year: 1872

The McCunn trial was fairly began yester-
day only to be postponed until next Tuesday
The counsel for the defense succeeded in con-
vincing the Senate, much against its will, that
the testimony must all be taken over again,
and the tedious work was begun by the ex-
animation of single witness and the sub
mission of the papers in one case. Thus far
twenty-fOur Senators have appeared in their
pieces, of whom twenty-five are necessary to
convict,
Year: 1872

We have the authority of The Boston Reormer for
the statement that ninetenths of the Massachusetts,
Republicans feel just as Gen. Wilson did when he
said. few weeks ago, %, if Grant was only out of
the wayp" The people of the country are under
such obligations to Gen. Wilson for past services
that. though they may not be willing to create him
President they will probably make an effort to
crafty him by putting Grant out of the way'
and the General must not complain if it should DO
found necessary to put the other man out OF the
way at the same timo
Year: 1872

Our London correspondent, in his letter
herewith published, sketches graphically the
scenes In the British Parliament when Gen.
Schencks humiliating letter was brought IN
Earl Russell's triumph at being able at last
to compel the production of a distinct
disavowal on the part of the United
States that they meant anything by the
presentation OF the indirect claims was mani
testify most exquisite. Russell has triumphed
over the Government which he hates, and has
gratified his spleen at people who owe him
no goodwill. But what can compensate for
the humiliation of our own Government,
standing hat in hand, begging leave to give
it's promises in writingf