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Year: 1875

We are always thankful to cor
respondents and other friends for
communications, either written or
verbal, containing items of news
from any part of the country, but
we cannot publish long communi-
cations in which there is nothing
of general interest. We are always
willing that schools and other en-
terprises of a public character
should be mentioned incidentally,
or in detail, when there is anything
of special or general interest to re
late, out we beg our friends not to
write letters expressly to advertise
this, that, or the other private enter
prise. Our space is too limited for
this kind of correspondence.
Year: 1875

WEMAKE room in another col umn for the act in reference to fees and emoluments Of officers, from governor down to town marshal. The act requires an account of all fees and emoluments to be cor rectly kept and rendered to the proper authorities, under severe penalties for neglect or refusal. It will be necessary for every of ficer to post himself on this act, otherwise he may get into trouble.
Year: 1875

An Act to Provide for an Account of Fees

 and Emoluments of Office.

 Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of

 the State of Arkansas:

 SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of each of the following named officers, viz: secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and commissioner of state lands, and of each officer of any county, city, town or village, receiving fees or emoluments of office, to keep record book in which shall be enter ed on each day an account of all moneys or other funds received by him in payment of fees, or by way of emolument pertaining to his office, said record showing in each instance by whom, on what account and in what funds, such payment was made.

 Sec. ?. The secretary of state, auditor, and commissioner of state lands shall each render to the treasurer, on the first day of each month, a statement of the amounts by h.m received on account of fees and emoluments of office dur ing the month preceding, and shall, at the same time, deposit with the treasurer said amounts in the identical plcces of money, or other evidences of value so re- ceived, and the treasurer shall render to the auditor in like man ner in all respects, monthly state ments in detail of the amounts by him directly received on account Of fees and cmoluments proper of the office of treasurer, and the said secretary of state, auditor, commissioner of state lands, and treasurer shall each incorporate in his regular report to the gover- nor for transmission to the gencr- al assembly, classified statement of the sums received by him on account of such fees and cmon
Year: 1875

The New York Herald has commenced a series of appeals, and in it's disinterested friendship and ardent devotion to his "Su- preme Excellency," is exhausting every argument to show Presi- dent Grant that there is but one avenue left him whereby he may record his name high up on the scroll of fame-whereby he may do him self, his party and his country a service, which will eclipse all his deeds of valor as a soldier, his acts of wisdom as a statesman, and his sharp tricks for accommodating a fortune as q nabob. It even runs the risk of incuring the displeasure of His Excellency by gently hinting that for this great act on his part the government could afford to settle a handsome annuity upon him for life. We are inclined to think that this is the most forcible ar gument that could be presented to the mind of our great President, for if anything exceeds his am bition for third term it is his avarice and estimation of self.

 Whenever the Herald succeeds in convincing Mir. Grant that his own ends will be best promoted by a resignation, then that paper may get His Excellepcy to con slider the matter.
Year: 1875

IF THE Pennsylvania elections deprived Senator Cameron of hay ing his son as colleague he is still not altogether inconsolable, for the defeat of Carpenter shows that the elan is still strong in promising sons. Though we have lost Donald we now have an An. gus N. Y Herald.
Year: 1875

County.

 The question of immigration IS nov agitating the public mind to some extent, and various localities are looking sharp to see that they secure their share. There can not be any question that we could discuss, or our people carefully consider more profitably, than this. With return of confidence in the certainty and stability or. our state government, and with some wise and liberal enactment by our general assembly, coupled with proper efforts on the part of our people, we are sure to have a large flow of immigration into our state. There is nothing we need so badly; it is absolutely essential to development of our country. More labor and more capital we must have. Capital we can never get, until we get more labor; for capital will not go where there is no labor. So we see that an in crease in the population of our county is what we want. We want to press upon our people here Tn Pope county, the necessi- ty and importance of some active work on their part in this matter. There is perhaps not a county in the state that has more inviting and irresistible advantages to the immigrant seeking 8 home in the west, than Pope. Certainly there is not a county needs them worse. The amount of rich wild land we have is perfectly astonish- ing. Why, out of more than 400,- 900 acres, the report of the Audi tor of State shows that in the year 1873, there was but 97,170 acres assessed, and the total value of this amount of land and structures thereon was only $360,933. This would indicate that a large ratio of the land assessed is either poor, or that it IS in q wild and un- profitable condition. We have no certain data at hand to make an estimate from, but we suppose there is not much more than a tithe of-the land assessed that. is in a state of cultivation; and we would suppose, too, that not a tithe of the rich river land is. open.

 What an enormous yearly loss to our wealth here. What an UT gent demand for more labor. What abundance of homes for the homeless. The health, climate and water of our county are un- exceptionable Beside our wild lands, we have mineral wealth that needs developing and utili- zing. We have the elements of wealth and prosperity in an emil nent degree; all we wantis aid to develop them. Can we afford to neglect this? Will not our peo- pie put their thoughts to this mat ter and take some steps toward a start? Can't some one volunteer suggestion for some plan to get an organized effort.

 We intend te use the whole in- fiuence of our paper in the mat ter If the people of our county will give us liberal support and encouragement we can do much, but not all; there must be an or
Year: 1875

to-day that our suspense IS over that Arkansas is free, sovereign State, the peer of any other State in the Union, so for as political rights and immunities are con cerned. We think all anxiety and doubt on this point can TOW be dismissed. We think the stabili- ty of our state government is fully and fsn|ly established. High ti1fE it Do, we think, that such is the case. What a burn ing shame it is to. the American people, that such afr announce ment as this, has been delayed un til this late day-that in this land of boasted freedom and grand ideas, state in this union of free states has been kept for the long period of nine wearisome years in the condition of a most abjeet province, her people trembling

 

 constantly in state of doubt and uncertainty. What blot upon the pages of history, and what a slur upon American civilization of the nineteenth century this will be. What a blasting commen- tary upon the craftsmanship of the leaders of the party dominant during this dark period. For the honor of our country we wish that this page in our history could be forever effaced.

 Bnt it is finished. RECON sTRUcTIoN--a word that will ever more be associated with ideas of oppression, fraud, wrong, tyran- ny, plunder, pillage and devasta- tion-is ended.

 What weight is lifted from the hearts of our long suffering people, at the joyful sound of the three words, Reconstruction is ended. We may now turn us away from the contemplation of the evils and wrongs, and the hardships and crimes of Recon struction.

 Reconstruction is ended; the ruin is before us; REHABILITA- TIoN is at hand. Itis of no avail now to recount the wrongs we have sn ffarad: itwill -S-esf1 naoSht to brood over the losses of the past; it will edify no one to tell the long story of how it was done; the ruin is before us and the duty of the hour is to address ourselves to the far more pleasant task of rehabilitation. The task is mo- mentous and onerous, but the nerve, the industry, the persever- ance, the patience and the wisdom ofour people, we believe, is equal to the emergency. A people who can stand with the patience that our people have, the wrongs and oppression of the past nine years, are capable, if permitted, to reme dy all the evils and restore all the losses. The work should have a charm for every true man.

 It is the rebuilding of our homes, which the ruthless ma rauder has pillaged. It is col lecting up again the comforts and the charms to make home happy and bright. This was the home of our fathers; it is our home; it will be the home of our posteri- ty. Cheerfully and encrgetically we should go about the work. The reward will be large. There is great prosperity in store for us. We have state which may be made to rank among the best and richest in the galaxy of States composing this great country; the duty of the hour is for ALL, demo- crats, whigs, know nothings, re publieans-ALL-to go to work in the one great cause and see how soon she can be elevated to such -t I ot ti;. I,a frrf. on fbiC
Year: 1875

We are creditably informed that the
members of this hourishing order con
template another grand invitation ball
on Pfngist Monday-6ve weeks hence
on which occasion the boys also ir-
tend giving kind of dramatic enter
tainment.
Year: 1875

after the first Of January zoe shall
haze to prepay the postage on all
papers GOING OUT or TIL
COUNTY. Subscribers at dis
tance please note this fact, as zoe shall
only send to those 'oho pay IN Advance
after that date, as a0e cannot afford
to aoait for our pay and pay postage
also.
Year: 1875

Dm / ever tell you about Hufnagle's
elephant? A year or two ago Hufnagle's
circus and menagerie wintered near New
Hope, a village about twenty miles from
Philadelphia. The elephant was placed
in the stable of the Rising Sun tavern,
and he seemed to be quite comfortable,
although he gutted the building before
he had been in it week, and refused to
allow horse to enter it. So, when the
spring came, the landlord was glad to
think that Hufnagle would soon take his
elephant out and quit the neighborhood.
When the day of departure came the en-
tire caravan was put upon the road, ex-
cepting the elephant, and he refused to
bulge. The Establishments of Hufnagle,
the wild and frantic oaths of the land


lord, and continual prodding with the
persuasive pitchfork were in vain; the
elephant had made up his mind to stay


The landlord was pretty nearly crazy,
and some of his friends thought he would
commit suicide when Hufnagle suggest
ed that he ought to buy that elephant
and keep it around the place as a kind
of a pet for the children. Hufnagle said
it would amuse the little folks, and per-
haps the landlord might sell it at bar
gain to some circus man who was short
of elephants. The landlord said he
would emigrate to Australia if that ele-
phant was not out of the State in twen-
ty-four hours. He wouldn't take him as
a gift if he had his trunk packed full of
diamonds and his tusks made of
cluded to try strategy with the
beast. He had cattle car run along.
side the platform at the railway
station, and then he bought about fifteen


bushels of gingerbread and apples


These he laid along in a path from the
stable to the station; then he placed
more on the gang.plank, and on the plat.
form, and then he lined the car COM
pletely with the cake and fruit When
the attention of the elephant was di-
rected to the delicacies he trotted out of
the stable and proceeded to follow the
gingerbread route, consuming it as he
went. He ate his way to the station, he
slowly ascended the platform, he ap-
preached the car, and then placing his
fore feet in the car, his hind feet re-
naming upon the platform, he reached
around with his trunk and ate
every gingerbread and apple in the
car. When the car was stripped
clean the elephant backed out upon
the platform, and to the dismay of
Hufnagle made bee-line for home.
The landlord had invited a dozen of his
friends to come into the bar-room and
take something to celebrate his delivers
ance from that accursed beast and just
as the glasses were replaced upon the
counter crash was heard in the direc-
tion of the stable The party rushed
out. The elephant had smashed the
stable-door, and there he was, in the old
place, making way with a couple of tons
of hay. That night he was poisoned,
and there are people who trace con-
nection between the fact and the circum-
stance that the landlord was seen the
same evening rolling barrel of strych.
nine up an adjacent hill. And the prin-
cipal merit of this story is, that it is ex-
actly true.-Mar Adeler, in Ddnbury
Year: 1875

of all the Offices of the higher grade,
systematizing the labor and basing the
compensation of the clerks upon the
quality and amount of the service per-
formed and Introducing q system of APP
pointments snd promotions that will
enable you to reduce the force and ex-
penses to the lowest limit, and increasing
the efficiency Of the service to the great
est extent; while at the same time the
pay to individual clerks may be in
creased if increase is demanded. This
reorganization is absolutely necessary to
carry out the object proposed, and will
receive the attention of the agents de-
tailed for the examination of the Offices"


The Postmaster-G suggests to
Postmasters that they forthwith submit
a draft of such scheme of organization
of their respective offices as they may
think necessary.
Year: 1875




II is not difficult to estimate the char.
acter of Gerrit Smith. He was q man
of supreme moral courage; he adhered
to the right " In scorn of consequence"
He was pure man; he was so constant
~ occupied with schemes of philanthro-
py that there was no room in his heart
for base thoughts. He was liberal IN his
religious views; the bondage of Ameri-
can slavery was so odious to his keen
sense of justice that bondage to sect ap.
peared to him to be moral cowardice.
He was liberal in politics; the ideal gov
ernment to his mind was the government
of the absolute equality of all its sub
jects. He was firm believer in the
binding force of the "higher law" TO
his mind the human enactment which
contravened the law of God was a null
lity. He so spoke, wrote and acted. That
the Republican party rose to standard
of moral excellence sufficiently high to
admit of the cooperation of Gerrit
Smith, and such as he, in its great work
of slavery determination, is, perhaps,
the highest tribute which can be paid to
the strongest and justest political organ
ization of the time. Possessing vast
wealth, Gerrit Smith lavished his abun-
dance upbn the po0fs just man, he
plead eloquently for htmaii rights; an
honest man, he wronged no one He was
true philanthropist, and the world is
better for his having lived and labored
almost the limit of four-score years.
Inter- Dream
Year: 1875

From all points of view we rejoice in
the effectual way which the Van Brunts
took to protect their property and their
lives. It was sensible proceeding on
the part of Judge Van Brunt to put a
burglar alarm in his house and connect
it with the house of his brother, near by.
Mr. Van Brunt's mode of proceeding,
when the alarm sounded, showed that
two o'clock in the morning courage"
which Napoleon thought so rare and val
liable. Mr.. Van Brunt was an invalid,
and prudently sent out his son on re-
connoissance to see whether the alarm
was occasioned by the wind or burglar.
The son performed his scouting duty
thoroughly the fact that
some one was in the deserted house I;
then waking up the gardener; afterward
ascertaining that there was more than
one burglar; then getting the reinforce
ment of the hired man; leaving his two
detachments in front and rear of the
house, and going back to headquarters
10 report to the General commanding.
The oldest soldier could not have done
better. .


Then, when Gen. Van Brunt learns
that it is not a false alarm and that an
engagement must be fought which re
quired steadiness and caution, as well as
courage, he gets up, though suffering ter
ribly from rheumatism, and, calling his
forces together, lays out plan of cam
paign which neither Grant nor Sheridan
could have bettered, and takes the field
himself. When the enemy is securely
invested and at his mercy he shows q
rare degree of both maganimity and
courage by missing fair chance to kill
the unsuspecting scoundrels who had
forfeited their lives, and gives them the
opportunity to begin operations, so that
they could be shot in self-defense. This
policy exposed both himself and his SCI
to several shots, but they were fighting
on a well-arranged plan of campaign
and proved the better marksmep. The
burglars got their "rights"-the Charley
Ross mystery was partially solved, anc
the manhood of the Van Brunts was vim
dicated in way that their great-great
grandchildren will never forget to boas
of with honorable pride.


II was the best days shooting evei
done on Long Island, and that before
breakfast.-N. Y, BUening Matt
Year: 1875

"A householder complained to a
plumber because he had sent boy to
put in faucet instead of doing the work
himself. The plumber reminded him of
the legal maxim, "Qui faucet per alum
faucet per se."
Year: 1875

off the water, Straining if necessary to
remove every particle Of the potato
Put this water into a jug or keg, set
it in Il warm place and i'd one quart
Of molasses for ten quarts of the water,
and cup Of hop yeast. Let it stand
in warm room three or four weeks,
and You will have most excellent vim
egar. -, Exchange,
Year: 1875

TIE GREAT RENlNALlSTS GREAT SONG.
Rejoice ociM me for ! TAare t0pad my sheep
that ap0S lost. Luke XIV o.
There were ninety and nine that safely lay


in the shelter of the fold,
But one was out On the hills away. far off
from the gates of gold,
Away on the mountains wildand bare, away


from the tender Shepherds. care,
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
Lord, Thou hast here Thine ninety and nine,
Are they not enough for Thee"
But the Shepherd made answer, This of mine
Has wandered away from me-
And although the road be rough and steep,
go to the desert to find my sheep.
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed;
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord


passed through,


Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert He heard its cry
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
Lord, whence are those blood drops all the


way


That mark ont the mountains track =
They were shed for one who had gone


astray


Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
Lord, whence are Thy hands SO rent and


torn =


They are pierced tonight by many thorn
But all though the mountains thunder riven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose cry to the gate of heaven,
'Rejoice have found my sheep!'
And the angels echoed around the throne,
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own =
Year: 1875

My entire household. says a writer,
is full of satisfaction over the fact that


| have just driven the axe handle into
the axe and wedgel it there, SO it
cannot under any circumstances come
out. 1t may read like Il small matter
to you, but do you know that that
helve had been loose for nearly five
years ? Yes, for five year that axe has
flung itself across the yard whenever
| struck q heavy blow, leaving the
helve in my hand, and | suppose that
| decided more than q thousand times
to go in and get hammer and chiSel
and tasten the helve in. Twas thrown
down and had my arm broken by the
axe flying of, two girls had their no.
ses broken, we spoiled the stove boil.
ers, nearly killed three boys, and yet |
didn't fix the axe until to day. Foster
was telling me the other day that he
had finally glued the knob on the bu-
reau drawer, and he seemed greatly
relieved. | remember when that knob
was knocked off almost seven years
ago. was helping him move the bu-
reau when the accident occurred, and
l never was iii the house afterwards
without hearing Mrs. Foster say
"Come, Henry, havn't you got time
to fix that knob this evening -
'Yes, Marther,' he would reply, and
V, it was seven years before he got
to it.
Year: 1875

And before the winter was over AL
gernon married Margaret, and togeth-
cr they dwell in the old homestead,
and on stormy nights they tell their
children the story of the old oak clos
n+
Year: 1875

--"Piety," remarked an Arkansas
preacher to his congregation the other
day, "does not consist in noise. Tue
Lord can see you give to the needy
just as easily as he can hear you pray
the roof off.
Year: 1875

HULLEp oRN.-For three quarts
Of white, shelled corn, take three pints
common wood ashes in a sack, (an
old sack will do,) and put into gal
lon of water over 4 hot fire, After it
has boiled ten minutes, pour in the
corn and boil until the hull will slip
off between the thumb and finger.
then wash in clear, cold water until
clean, washing it with the hands or
stirring with paddle. Put onc-halt
of it over a slow fire to simmer, ire
serving the other half for the next
day, and if cold weather it will keep Il
week. always keeping 1t covered with
water. Some corn will cook in from
six to ten hours, other corn will re-
quire fifteen or eighteen hours. To
be eaten with salt and butter, or milk
and sugar, to suit the taste. The
great secret is TO get it cooked enough
without burning-cooking slowly is
the surest preventive.
Year: 1875

portance. In countries which remained faithful
TO Rome during the great schism OF the sixteenth
century It Is impossible for the Churches OF
the Reformed Faith TO add largely to the
number OF their disciples. AS Macaulay pointed
out IN his celebrated essay, those who at the
present DAY renounce their belief IN transuo-
sanitation almost invariably renounce their be-
lief in nrst cause as well, ana With belief In
a nrst cause returns belief Ia the doctrines OF
transubstantiation. And those VINO are at once
liberal and religious will do well, ir they can to
remain within the Church, to endeavor to reform
her from inside instead Of altogether quitting ner
communion. II the laity would put play their
part IN the Church OF Rome as taey play It In the
Protestant Episcopal or the Presbyterian churches
a sincere devotion TO the Catholic faith would
soon cease 10 be Irreconcilable with an equally
sincere advocacy OF the cause Of freedom.


CHURCH PROCEssIoss RIDIcULED-rHE LIBERAL


WHISTLE.


An amusing instance OF the weapons to which
party warfares Will resort Is TO be found in some
watch caains, which may be seen for sale in the
shops OF Bruaes, and which are lifted with patent
whistles TO be blown when religious professions
pass by. Mock professions are also arranged by
liberal artisans after supper time when much
beer has warmed the Flemish heart, and parodies
OF Catholic Iitanles. in more than questionable
taste, are INDUCED in.
Year: 1875

yet they to carry out all Of its requirements and
win not leave her until every scrap Of iron out Of her
ana she placed alongside Of the dock This the be-
ginning Of the end of the long law suit now peucing
against the Bristol Court holding that dam
ages and expenses arising from the accident must be
divided between the OF both vessels, and the
present indications that both vessel and cargo viii
be disposed OF at an early date The bark wl not be
worth ntting for sailing vessel but Capt Merritt Is
OF The opinion that she can be at down and made into
4 barge, her bottom being sound.


"A later despatch reports her arrival At Portland PM
Yath