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Year: 1876




DIR. Hall is opposed to the eimmoderatcdrink-
ing of water. He says "The longer one
puts off drinking in the morning especially
in the summer, the less he will require dur.
ing the day. If much is drunk during the
fornoon the thirst increases and very un-
pleasant fullnees is observed in addition TO
metallic taste in the mouth. The less q
man drinks the better for him, beyond
moderate amount. The more water man
drinks the more strength he has to, expend
into the system must be carried out, and
there is but little nourishment in water, tea,
coffee, beer and the like; more strength is
expended in carrying them out of the sys-
TEN than they impart to it. The more
man drinks the more he pespires, either by
lungs or through the skin the more he. per-
spires the more carbon is taken from the
system but this carbon is necessary for
nutrition, hence the less man is nourshed
the less strength he has. Drinking water
largely diminishes the strength in two ways,
and yet many are under the impression that
the more water swallowed the more. thor
oughly is the system washed out Thus the
less we drink at meals the better for u.s. II
the amount were limited to single cupiof
hot tea or hot milk and water at each meal,
an immeasurable good would result to adj.
Many persons have fallen into the practice
of drinking several glasses of cold water or
several cups of hot tea or coffee at meals,
out OF habit. All such will be greatly bene-
fitted by breaking it up at once. 1t may be
very well to drink a little at each meal, and
perhaps it will be found that in all cases it
is much better to take a single cup of hot
tea at each meal than q glass of cold water,
however pure.
Year: 1876

GIVE THEM MONEY! think children
should have money of their own from the
time they understand its value. There is
no error more fatal than imagining that
Bpinching youth in his pocket money will
teach him frugality. On the contrary, it
will occasion his running into extravaganza
with so much more eagerness when he comes
to have money in his own hands as pinching
him in his diet will make his appetite only
the more rapacious. Ifyou put into the hands
of your child more money than is suitable to
his age and discretion, you must expect to
find that he has thrown it away upon what
is not only idle but hurtful. A certain
small, regular income any child over six
years of age ought to have. When he comes
to be capable of keeping an account he
ought to be obliged to do it; he will there
by acquire habit of frugality, attention
and prudence that will be of service to him
through his whole life. On the contrary, 10
give young person money to spend at will,
without requiring any account of it, is lead
ing, or rather forcing, him into extrava-
gance and folly. ''----
Year: 1876

IT seems that radical issues have
been nearly absorbed by the recent
sensations at Washington. We hear
nothing of the school question, nor Of
the Five Gray Nuns that so terrified
our republican friends a short time
since. Why is it that the radicals
no longer warn US of the great danger
which will result from teaching the
youth of the land that there is ap
oyerruling Providence"
Year: 1876

AN ENCOURAGING Sign for American
manufactures is the reported intention
of a leading Sheffield concern to trans
fer its business to this country. When
English manufacturers lind that they
can make goods as cheaply in the
United States as in England the Amer
lean competitor is not likely to be far
In the background.
Year: 1876

A WISE CoNCLUsIoN.-It is said
that Secretary Taft is determined
hereafter to make no more appoint
ments to post-traderships uuless recon-
mended by the officers at the military
stations This is very well so far as
it goes. As general thing the officers
are more reliable than the politicians;
but little wholesome legislation to
prevent the soldiers from being rob-
bed by extortionate charges Will not
be amiss.
Year: 1876

FRANK BLAIR's estate is valued at
SOU. Here is a man who was a
member of Congress, United States
Senator, General in the army, Pacific
haIlroad director, and We know not
what other offices he he'd, yet he did
not leave enough money to pay for a
trst class funeral. Poverty in his case
bears the stamp of honesty.
Year: 1876

TOWARD the close of the war, when


Grant told how the confederate lead.
ers were robbing the cradle and the
grave " to get soldiers for their army,
he did not foresee that be himself
would III a few years be at the head
of an administration under which the
graves of union soldiers and the cradles
of their orphans would be robbed TO
feed the vultures of his appointment.
Year: 1876

PRESIDENTIAL CALCULATIONs.-The New
York Herald has been figuring up the chances
of the democratic and republican parties in the
approaching Presidential election, and ar
rives at the conclusion that New York will
decide the results. The following is the Her
aid 8 statement.
Year: 1876

CLERICAL AGITATION IN FRANCE is to
be repressed. Although the repub-
lie may suffer injuries at the hands of
the priests it may be found that an
attempt to repress will only increase
them. American experience shows
that the best way for the State to
deal with religious questions is not to
deal with them at all.
Year: 1876

now below 5 per cent would be inpol-
itic, and would tend to Danish the
security from the country, and the in
terest also, which would be a great
calamity. 1t would be more to the
interest of the people to keep these
securities at home by paying at least
one per cent. more interest, and none
but unthinking persons, jobbers and
the friends of jobbers, would advocate
a different policy After all the other
securities were either paid off or con-
verted into new securities, we could
authorize the Secretary of the Treas
ury to enter the market and buy up
the new loan at the market value
with any surplus revenue he may
have on hand not required for other
purposes, and place them in a sinking
fund, the same as he now does. The
rates of interest paid on national Sc
curities in any country generally con-
tracts the rate of interest to great
extent in all other transactions with
that country, particularly in the old
er settled portions. We are aware
that it rules much higher on the from
tiers of a country like ours, where
the settlements are thin, and the ex-
pendition of little money largely in
creases the value of property. But in
the money centres of the country the
lower the rate of interest, with bust
ness in healthy condition, the great
er will be the prosperity of productive
industries. We would also tax the
banks in addition to their present taxes
from l to II per cent, Or compel them
to substitute the new loan in place of
the bonds they now hold at 6 per
cent.


In my next I will give you a few
suggestions on the currency questions
and then give way to abler pens.


WELSH MINER.
Year: 1876

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION exists
among the manufactures of Lancashire
and Yorkshire, where business is
almost at standstill in consequence
of accumulation of cotton and woollen
fabrics, on the question whether wa.
ges shall be reduced by ten per cent
um or whether the operatives shall
work "short TIM" say four days in
the week instead of six.
Year: 1876

To give ordinary water all the re-
freshing and invigorating qualities of
sea water salt it till it has buoyant
feeling. Salt will do it somtimes, but
the most effectual way of producing it
in the family is to plant a "Light-Run-
ing Domestic" square in front of the
hearth stone.
Year: 1876

The average politician, and newspaper man, is just now spec ulating upon the probable mate rial out of which Mir. Hayes will be likely to form his cabinet, and some of the more knowing ones have the list all fixed up. Thess enterprising fellows may spare themselves any further uneasi- ness on this score for Mir. Hayes will never have any occasion for a cabinet. He will never be pres ident. Mir. Grant, backed by the army and navy, and aided by all the horde of scoundrels who do the dirty work in the south, can not make him president. The sovereign people of these United States think they have something to say about this thing of presi- dent making, and they have no idea of having any body else but Samuel J. Tilden for their chief magistrate. They have said they want Tilden for their president and they have house of repre- scntatives who will see that they are not defrauded out of their choice.
Year: 1876

Our readers will find the full text of President Grants last message in to-day's paper.

 As nothing able could be ex- pectcd from our military presi- dent, no one will be disappointed at the common place, formal doc ument which constitutes hIs last message.

 The probability that his official life is nearly at an end, and the self realization that his past ad. ministration has been weak and full of incompetency seems to have been fully impressed upon the mlnd of the president. His apologies for his blunders are pit iful and puerile; and his formal allucions to the reports of the depart ents are dry and uninter- esting, although the bulk of the message is composed of para graphs referring to them.

 Not once does his comprehen. sion seem to have seized upon the perilous political conditions of the country, and not word of wise or statesmanlike counsel has he to offer at tlns most interesting crisis

 The failure of his San Domingo annexation scheme seems to have weighed more heavily upon the Presidential mind than all the ! vexed questions that are now
Year: 1876

We have plenty to eat and plenty to wear. What more is wanted?

 Texas can make no such favor able showing. Better let 'tolera- ble welr' alone.

 Texas is overcrowdcd with poor people who have gone there, thinking to find . bonanza by % doing. Many of them are camp ing out. Landed proprletors ask them from two to three prices for their lands. They are unable to purchase and many of then are in . deplorable condition. Provisions are high, and the money is required in every in- stance. As fast a they can do so they go back from whence they came. If there is anybody else in Arkansss who thinks of going to Texas for the same reasons urged by your Searcy county friends, let them reflect a little before making up their mind.
Year: 1876

The national democracy of the United States have probably dis played more ability, more shrewd- ness, more prudence and discrc- tion, more statemanship, and a higher appreciation of tn. needs of the hour, during the present presidential campaign, than has ever characterized a former effort on their part. The foresight ex- ercised by the leaders of the party and the good judgement which has governed at every step, pres aged a sure victory over the willy foe with which they have had to contend at such a great disadvan- tage.

 The democracy has stood as sond and firm during thls contest as q stonewall and the harmony and we'll concerted unity of action which has been manifest at every step shows that the parry is now under the leadership of men of giant ability. Never has the par ty been so firmly knit together as at the present moment, and never have the people had greater cause to feel grateful to any political party than they now have to the Democratic party for thelr glo- rious and valient fight for the preservation of our free institu- tions. The party has covered it. self all over with glory, and the gratitude of a thankful peo pie will make the party stronger and better than ever before.

 The prudence and calm, but dignified firmness which has marked the whole progress of the democratic battle thus far, will, we doubt not, be followed up du- ring the interesting and import ant residue of the contest; and the skill and ability which has non-plussed and foiled the repub- lican managers at every step and point, will culminatc next March in the successful deliverance of the country from one of the most powerful and interruptions juntos of ambitious men which has ever attempted to usurp a free govern ment.

 We doubt not the wisdom of our leaders will accomplish the peaceable and happy inaugura. tion of Mir. Tilden in spite of every obstacle which the desperation of the republican party may inter pose.
Year: 1876

The different editions of the sun during the next year will be the same as during the year that has just passed. The daily edition will on week days be sheet of four pages, and on Sundays sheet of eight pages, or 56 broad columns {; while the weekly edition will be a sheet of eight pages of the same di- mensions and character that are already familiar to our friends.

 The Sun will continue to be the strenuous advocate of reform and retrenchment, and of the substitu- ton of statesmanship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pretence, imbe- cillty, and fraud in the administra- tion of public affairs. It will con- tend for the government of the peo- p'e by the people and for the people, as opposed to government by frauas in the ballot-6ox and in the count ing of votes, enforced by military violence. It will endeavor to sup ply it's readers -a body now not far from a million souls-with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy accounts of current events, and will employ for this purpose numerous and ca. efully selected staff of report CTS and correspondents. Its reports from Washington, especially, will be full, accurate, and fearless; and it will doubtless continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive hy plundering the Treasury or by usurping wha the law does not give them, while 1t will endeav- or to merit the confidence of the public by defending the rights of the people against the encroachment of unjustified power.

 The price of the daily Sun will be 55 cents month or $6.50 a year, post patd, or with the Sunday edi- tion $7.70 a year.

 The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, $1.20 year, post paid.

 The benefit of this large reduction from the previous rate for the Week ly can be enjoyed by individual sub- soribers without the necessity of making up clubs. At the same time, if any of our friends choose to aid in extending our circulation, we shall be grateful to them and every such person who sends us ten or more subscribers rom one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper tor himself without extra charge. At
Year: 1876

the pest portions OI tnls state ana are situated in the heart of the coal and iron region of this state, coal of the finest quality abounds in large quantities in each of them especially in the counties of Pope and Johnson, where min ing is now in successful and high lv remuncrative operation. All these counties also possess farm ing lands unsurpassed by any other counties in the state and will compare favorably with any section of country in the union for fertility of soil and salubrity of climate. The wild grasses are most superior and very fine for stock raising. Clover, timothy and herdsgrass grow well on the low lands.

 These counties are also we'll situated for convenience of trans portation. as they border on the Arkansas river and the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway. Conway county is situated on both sides of the Arkansas river and hence contains a large quan- tity of river bottom land, besides excellent creek bottoms of the Cadron creek, which courses it's eastern boundary, and Point Re move creek, which runs nearly the entire length of it's western boundary.

 There are in each of these counties good schools and acade- mics which afford efficient means of education.

 The various Christian denomi- nations are well represented, and there are also numerous lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows and Good Templars, all in active and four ishing condition.

 Theie is also in almost every township in these counties a live and wiIe awake Grange.

 The Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway which passes through the counties of Conway, Pope and Johnson, has large quantity of very superior land which is now in the market. The land depart ment of said company is at Little Rock, the Capital of the State, and is under the control of Col. Slack, a Pennsylvanian, who is 8 very courteous and obliging gen. tleman, and who will, as 1 under stand, furnish a free ticket over the railway to persons wishing to view and locate in the country. He also has maps and charts of their land in his office which is furnished free, and also furnishes a man in each county to show persons over their lands.

 In conclusion l would say to all, that to be convinced that this is the country in which they can better their condition, they have bat to come and see; and we ex- tend . cordial invitation to come to all. old and young, rich and poor; come by public conveyance, come horseback, come in wagons, come in carts, come on foot, no matter how you come, so you get here, for wen you come you won't want to go back again.

 Yours truly,

 LEWIS w. DAVIS.
Year: 1876

The latest horror is the burn ing of a Brooklyn theatre involv- ing a most fearful loss of human life. The city is literally in the valley of the shadow of death, and there is hardly a house but where there arc mourners for dead friends. There has been over three hundred dead bodies recovered from the ruins.

 The dreadful loss of life entail ed by this disaster.should impress npon the authorities Tn large cities, where there is apt to be such large assemblages, the ne eessity of requiring all public
Year: 1876

oDe dollar q year, postage paid, the expenses of paper and printing are barely repaid; and considering the size of the sheet and the quality of it's contents, we are confident the people will consider the Weekly Sun the cheapest newspaper pub lished in the world, and we trust also one of the very best. Address,

 THE SUN, New York City, N. Y.
Year: 1876

VERY TRUE.-~Whrn boy has been off
all day, contrary to the expressed wish Of
his mother. and OH approaching the home
stead at night with an anxious and cautions
tread, finds company at tea, The expression
OF confidence and rectituale which suddenly
lights up his face cannot be reproduced on
canvas
Year: 1876




VIZ call tho attention OF our own
county judge ana county cloik to
the following law. IT explains it,
self fully,


SEcTIeN |. That section six hun
dred and twenty-three (623) OF
Gant's digest be amended to read as
follows The county court for zach
county shall cause to be published
at tho close of each regular or spa
cial session thereof, q statement of
all sums of money allowed, and for
what purpose, by causing tho clerk
to pest the same on the door OF the
court house, or place of holding
court said court shall also cause to
be made out and published az atore-
said, between the third Monday In
January and the third Monday IN
February, in each year a report OF
receipts and expenditures for the
year next preceding, and detailed
statement of the Indebtedness and
| financial condition of said county
said statement may be published in
a newspaper if SO ordered by ths
court.


Aud as the county newspaper il
the only medium through which
the people can keep posted in re
gard to thc financial condition o
county aTairs, We suggest that they
shall be published IN the county pa
pers. !
Year: 1876

The Mercantile Library people are Wig
orously at work. The supporters of each
of the three tickets are pulling every
string, and the vote will doubtless be the
largest ever polled. If you are arrayed
in the ranks OF either Of the columns now
is your time for work.
Year: 1876

DROWN STONE QUARRY, WITH FIRST CLASS


I'D House and Grounds within hour OF Wall ST., with
out money required income from quarry viii pa,
the whole Send for circular TO box S26 Post office
Year: 1876

The Southerners are reported to have
made the proposition plainly and un.
blushingly. They will vote the Centen.
NAL appropriation if JEFF Davis is in
cluded in the general amnesty-oi her.
wise they will vote against the appro-
priation. In other words, these MEM
bers propose to trade upon the patriot
ism and national pride of their fellow
members to secure the restoration of
Davis so Jhe fullest privileges of citizen
ship. Well, it gives US very fair idea
OF the patriotism of the men who mako
the proposition, at all .events.-Philad' q
Sssday Press.


We have not heard the rumor that is
given publicity in the above paragraph
from any other source. Nor arc we dis
posed to put any faith in it.


Sill it does seem to us that the South
ern people would regard with disfavor any
member of Congress from their section
whowould vote for bill of amnest that
singled out Jefferson Davis as the only
man to whom guilt should attach tor
their acts during the Rebellion. Rely
ing mainly on the character given Jeffer-
son Davis by some of the Abolition Sena.
tors who served with him in Congress
previous to his withdrawal from the
Senate, we must regard him as no worse
than the best of the Confederate Gen.
erals.


Mr.. Blaines proposition to except
General Davis from the bill that is pro-
posed 70 be passed is one Of the most
disrepu.able acts of his life. His only
object is selfshness, hoping to secure a
little eclaw from the most violent Of the
Radicals. Perhaps no act could more
distinguish Jefferson Davis shan this
one. 1t would at once make him
the sole martyr OF cause, which whether
right or wrong in its inception, became
the cherished object of every influential
Southern man.
Year: 1876

The next Cniou Republican National Convention
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice-Presdent of the United States will be held in
the city OF Cincinnati on Wednesday, the fourteenth
day of June, 1876 at II O'Clock noon and will consist
OF delegates from each State equal to twice the mum
ber OF its Senators and Representatives in Congress
ana OF two delegates from each organized Territory
and the district of Columbia.


In calling the conventions for the election of dele
g1tes, the committees of the several States are re-
commended to invite all Republican electors and all
other voters, without regard to past political dit
ferences previous party Affiliations who are
promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony
throughout the country by maintaining and enforcing
all the constitutional rights of every citizen include
ing the ful and free exercise OF the right of suffrage
without intimidation and without fraud; who are in
favor OF the continued prosecution and punishment
OF all official dishonesty, and economical admnis-
traton OF the Government by honest faithful and ca
pable officers; who are in favor of making such re-
forms in government as experience may from time to
1t OF the nation by deprecatng any of its obligations
and in favor of sustaining in every way the national
faith and financial honor; who hold that the common
school system is the nursery of American liberty and
should be maintained absolutely free from secarian
conrol who believe that for the promotion of these
ends, the direction of the Government should con-
tnue to be confed to those who adhere to the prip
the Constitution and the laws and who are in favor
OF recognizing and strengthening the fundamental
principle of National Unity in this Centennial An
niversary of the birth of the Republic


E. D. MORGAN, Chairman,


VIM. E. CHANDLER, Secretary,


REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE,


Washington, January 10, 1876.