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Year: 1873

The subject of borrowing and lending
came up in the course of q conversation
with gentleman living near Ithaca, New
York, when he had suddenly recollected a
funny "Reminiscences of that character which
had happened in his own neighborhood.
He said he had neighbOr whose family
were great borrowers, but not 50 distin-
guished as paymasters-they were always
borrowing, but seldom if ever returning
the exact amount borrowed. An old Qua
ker lady, another neighbor, who had endur..
ed these invasions for long time patient.
ly, hit upon very philosophical mode of
eventually putting stop to the nuisance.
Keeping her own counsel, the next time
her good man went to town he had
a separate and express order to purchase a
pound OF the best tea, and also new can
ister to put it in. As he knew she already
had plenty of tea and also canister, he
was puzzled to determine what the old LADY
wanted of more tea and new canister,
but his questioning and reasonings elected
nothing moe than repetition of the order.


"Jim, did Inot tell theIto get me pound
OF the best tea and a canister? Nov 90
along and do as l bid thee"


And go along he did, and when he came
home at night the tea AMI new canister
were his companions. The old lady took
them from him with an amused expression
on her usually placid features, and depos-
iting the Tea in the canister set it on the
shelf for special use. It had not long to
wait, for the borrowing neighbor had fire.
quent use for the aromatic herb. The old
lady loaned generously, emptying back into
the canister any remittance of borrowed
teas which the neighbours conscience inclin-
ed to mak9. Time went on, and a,ter
something less than the hundredth time of
borrowing, the neighbor appeared for "just
another drawing of tea" when the oft-visi-
ted tea canister was brought out and found
to be empty, and the good old lady and
obliging neighbor was just one pound
of tea poorer than when she bought the
new canister, which now only remained
to tell the story. Then she made little
characteristic speech, perhaps the first in
her life; she said: "Thou seest that empty
canister. filed it for thee with a pound
of my best tea, and l have lent it ali to thee
in driblets and put into it all thyself hath
taken therefrom or added unto it, and now
thou seest it empty; therefore will say to
thee, thou hast borrowed thyself out and l
can lend thee no more!"
Year: 1873

TIE new social equality law Of Arkansas
has already had big hole knocked into it
by the Memphis and Arkansas River Pack
ct Company. Said company, rather than
admit the colored element TO the cabins of
their steamers, have closed the same and
refused to receive any but deck passengers.
The St. Louis Republican maintains that
their right 10 do this, and even their right
TO invite such Of their deck passengers at
they may choose to share the cabin with
their officers, cannot be questioned under
any Of the numerous amendments to the
Constitution, nor under any of the queer
laws passed for the enforcement thereof.
Year: 1873

SAN Francisco, CAL, March ia
company of the 4th artillery is ordered from
this city to the seat of the Modoc war, and
will march Friday. The news from the
Lava Bed is unimportant. About six
hundred troops are in the field at the pres
ent time waiting orders.


Canby's plan seems to be to surround
the land bed and starve the Modocs. For
that purpose four posts will be established
on the outskirts Of the lava section and
the shore of the lake.
Year: 1873

A MICHIGAN exchange tells us Of a
strange sect, which has its abiding place at
Battle Creek, in that State. 1t is called the
Seventh Day Adventists, and its members
look for the coming ofthe Savior very soon,
but do not fix any precise da.e, wherein
they are wiser than the Millerites. They
are wealthy as a community, and noted for
strict integrity and the scrupulous cleanli-
ness of their dwellings. They believe in
she water cure, and their establishment at
Battle Creek is the resort of inyalids from
all parts Of The country. They have pub


fishing house, tract house aud stores, and
are as fond of making money as if they did
not expect to go to heaven for some time.
Year: 1873

n We learn that Governor Saloman
has received a telegram from San Fran
cisco, stating that three Of the Directors
Of our Ihurston County road will visit
this. part Of the country some time in
tho coming month, to look over the sit


ati n. We hope their visit may b
followed by active operations on the


Dad itself, ct no distant day.
Year: 1873

e. Only half dead-the Van Buren
Press, Semi mi-occasionaily it appears as a
half sheet. Short OF paper, or some
thing else Searcy RocCrd


Perhaps we owe our exchanges, and
more particularly the editor Of the Scarcy
Record, an apology for sending to them
half sheet, sometime since in exchange
On account Of the extreme bad weather,
paper that we had on the way was de
tanned two or three weeks over the usual
time in transit, and we were compelled
to send to our exchanges halIshcets, or
none at ALL The Van Bnrcn Press was
one Of the first papers, after the war, that
was re. cstabliscd in the State, ard es-
poused the cause of the Southern people,
And from that time to this, we have nev
er committed acts that compelled us to
flee the State and discontinue our paper,
but have regularly furnished to our
friends, and enemies too, the Press up
to this time, and if spared, shall continue
to do so, without begging from Gov.
Baxter, bone as recompencc. for any
help we may have given to advance his
election, We trust our explanation is
satisfactory to our many esteemed ox
changes Of both parties, and particularly
so to the editor Of the Recor!
Year: 1873

@ We agree with the Little Rock
Republican Of Friday in its expressions
below. Over two months has the eg
been in session and little or nothing has
been accomplished as yet. The Speakers
rebuks was timely and much needed


Yesterday morning Speaker Tankers
ley took occasion to call the attention OF
the house to the light and frivolous pro
ceetlings of the few previous days. stat
ing that the matter had been made the
subject Of comment and aaimadyersion,
and very justly SO. lie expressed hope
that members in the future would be n
little more dignlled in their proceedings.
and pay more attention to the business
OF the state. The rebuke was well
earned one on the part Of some on the
floor, and we sincerely trust will have
the desired effect.
Year: 1873

senate will confirm the fraud which be
perpetrated, and the people of Arkansas
must submit to be represented four years
longer by a man who was never fairly
chosen by them


But Norwoods expose will have the ei-
feet to drag the dirty business into the
light Of day, and show the country the
practical workings Of that vile machinery
which is ruling and running the South.
Perhaps when wa have had few more
such revelations of rascality the country
may understand the material Of which
the senate is largely composed, and form
a just estimate OF the character of body
which has never yet been sufficiently hon
est to punish the crimes Of its own mem
bers. st Louis Republican
Year: 1873

The following is the vote of this County on
Monday, on the Constitutions, Amendment
1t will be noticed that the most wilful neSli-
gence has been shown in net coming out and
voting. Only about one-thid cfthe regis
tered vote Of the County has been cast We
think there is no doubt OF the adoption Of the
amendment. but 1t does not speak well for
the people that so little interest was shown
in so momeptJus matter;
Year: 1873

Considerable of the inventive ingenuity of
the day is directed to the destruction of cats.A
man in Washington is trying to devise terrier
dog that can r'n along the top of fence and
climb tree. II he succeeds in his unfeelin'
design the feline race is doomed.
Year: 1873

All, freedom is a noble thing!
Freedom makes man to have likingl
freedom all solace to man gives!
He lives at ease, that freely iivesi
A noble heart may have none ease
Ne Giles, naught that may him pleage.
If freedom fail; for free liking
Is yearued o'er all other thing.
Ma he that aye has lived free
May not know well he property
The anger, ma the wretched doom
That il coupled to foul thraldom.
But If he had essayed it,
Then all perfect lie should it wit,
And should think freedom more to prize
Than all the gold in world that is.
Thus contrary things evermore
Discoverings of the tother are.


Barbour 18th ceatu
Year: 1873

White linen suits promise to be fashionable
among ladies at the seaside and in the coun
try this Summer. They are trimmed with
lace or embroidery, the latter stamped on the
waist and skirt.
Year: 1873

If the man in the moon should repeat his
terrestrial visit, and ask his way to Norwich,
Conn.,, the inhabitants of that place hope to
be able to show him an opera-house whereat
he will be chafme to spend all his quarters.
Year: 1873

A lady who works nicely in straw, under
took, some time ago, to make summer hat
for her husband out of the sherry cobbler
straws used by him last year. She has al
ready made fifty hats out of them, with a
large leaf of straw to spare, and thinks of
setting I'm a store
Year: 1873

EDITOR HERALD:-NOw that the
question of United States Senator is
before the people, and seeing that one
OF the San Francisco papers has prom
inently set forth the name of Gov. J.
G. Downey as thoroughly eminent
and fit man to represent our great
State in that body, permit me to in
vite the attention of the State at large
to the fitness and propriety of this ex-
cellent name for that honorable posi-
ton. Governor Downey is represen-
tative man. A man who is thorough
ly identified with every conceivable
interest of the entire State. A man
whom our people feel, seizes hold, and
cOmprehends our resources, and who
is not in connection, or entangled In
alliance with any of the great mOnOpo-
lies in this State, or the United States;
careful, shrewd thinker-both in
matters of local concern, as well as the
graver matters of State; man who
would bring to bear an untrammeled
judgment and devotion of mind in
which the whole people of the State of
California would feel was exercised
for their greatest possible good. The
whole State, for once, ought to cOncede
to Southern California this honor.
We have never had a member of Con-
gress or Senator during the twenty
years Of our State sovereignty, and
surely the time has arrived when this
iustice shOuld he conceded


GRANGER.
Year: 1873

Be- The tide of immigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
II new one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
comparison between the two.
Year: 1873

A wELL-BRED woman never hears an
impertinent remark. A kind of discreet
deafness saves one from insult, from much
blame, and from not little connivance In
dishonorable conversation.
Year: 1873

Every housewife of neat and tidy habits
takes especial delight inkeeping all the tin,
copper and iron ware of her kitchen as
clean and bright as painstaking labor can
make them. A pride in this direction is
commendable. and always meets the smil-
ing approval of the 'tyrant man who
pays the household bills Remember that
Sapolio is the only thing on earth that will
make an old tarnished tin pan or rusty
kettle shine as bright as new And by the
use of Sapolio it is the quickest and easiest
thing in the world to keep every utensil in
high state of polish,
| +. F. KUNKEL' s BITTER WINE OF Iron
This truly valuable tonic has been 50
/ thoroughly tested by all classes of the COM
munfty that it is now deemed indispensable
as Tonic medicine. 1t costs but little,
purifies the blood and gives tone 10 the
stomach, renOvates the system and pro-
longs life. Everybody should have it.


For the cure of Weak Stomachs, Gene
raj Debility, Indigestion, Diseases of the
Stomach, and for all cases requiring a
tonic


This wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt of Iron we possess
Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with
the most agreeable of vegetable tonics-
Yellow Peruvian Bark.


Do you want something to strengthen
you?


Do you want good apetite2


Do you want to get rid of nervousness.
1 Do you want energyP


Do you want to sleep well?


DO you want to build up your constitu
ton.


Do you want to feel well?
Do you want brisk and vigorous feeling


If you do try Kunkel's Bitter Wine o.
Iron.


4 only ask trial of this valuable tonic


Beware of counterfeits, as kunkels Bit
ter Wine of Iron is the only sure and eft
fectual remedy in the known world for tht
permanent cure of Dyspepsiaand Debility
and as there are number OF limitations OF
fered to the public, would caution thu
community to purchase none but the gen
ulne article, manufactured by +. f. Kun
kel and having his stamp on the cork o
every bottle. The very fact that other
are attempting to initiate this valuable
remedy, proves its worth and speaks vol
umes in its favor.


Sold only in s. bottles. Sold by Drug
gists and dealers everywhere, and in Rocl


Island by Smith & Bonney and Joh
Il Bengst0n.
Year: 1873

Sir Humphrey Davy became known to
eminence by his brilliant discoveries in
chemical philosophy; and Renne by using
chemical philosophy to discover Renne's S
Pain Killing Magic Oil, one of the very
best remedies for pain ever used by man
kind. Try it in the family
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsr-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

An Iowa Clergyman was just un-
reasonable cnoughto want his salary,
and when the church failed utterly to
pay him any considerable portion OF
it, hc sued ana recovered judgment.
The matter was recently made tho,
subject of investigation by council
of inquiry, and that tribunal arrived
ut four solemn findings, viz: That
the church did wrong in failing to
pay its pastor his salary that the
pastor did wrong in suing the church;
tha: the chnrcl, should apologize 70
the pastor: and That the pastor should
apologize to the church jack Dunsby
would have found 1t hard TO beat
that.
Year: 1873

Green corn is just now coming in
to use. Every body is fond Of it.
Our good wives and daughters all
like to prepare it in as many ways
as it will prove palitable. In order
to please them we append the fol-
lowing receipt for making a pud-
ding out of green corn that is not
hard to take:


Allow one long ear of sweet corn
for each person. Take half a pint
of milk, one egg, a desert spoonful
of white sugar, one of sweet butter,
and teaspoonful of salt to eyerv
two ears; beat the eggs and sugar
well together, and add the butter
and salt. Cut the corn off the cobs
with a sharp knife, and chop the
divided grains with chopping knife
but not too fine; or, better still, split
each row of grains down the middle
before cutting them of the cobs.
The corn must not be boiled first
Stir the chopped corn into the milk
and bake in a brisk oven in eustard
cups or tin pan until the top is
nicely Drowned, but not hardened.
Common corn map be used if young
and tender, but requires as much
again sugar.
Year: 1873

The value Of learning q trade be-


comes more and more certain every


day. Screcely week passes but


some young man is asking Us to


point out a field Of labor for him.


With good attainments, perhaps, or
I an Unsuitable desire to be at work at
something whereby an honest penny
may be turned, he finds himself land
ed as it we're at the first ebb Of the
tide. The slightest recession of the
waters deposits him on the shore
among the weeds Of idleness, and
unwhoiesOme Vapors becloud his
mind. There is scarcely a man in
business but has an experience ike
ours; his young friends continually
ehVylns him the privilege Of work
ing IN well defined field, and wish
ing that like him they had some
thing to strike at.


These young men, are generally
afflicted with the disease of ambi-
tion. They want to be Something
more than common, and mistalxipS
often their desires for the abilitv t9
satisfy them, they flatter themselves
that they are fit for something bet
ter than the common run ofhumani-
ty. Their great fault is in trying to
achieve manhood without serving
an apprenticeship to it, and they find
themselves, when they should be
prepared for their life work, wonder
ing what it will be, and fretting be-
cause it doesn't declare ITSELF and
nine cases out Of ten waiting in vain
for such a call, go into politics,
agencies, &c.


The great remedy for all this is &
trade thoroughly learned. The time
between school and twenty-one
should be spent at the carpenters
bench, in a machine shop or at an
anvil, so that when the the young
man commences his battle with life
IN any vocation he can, if Torsted at
ms first attempt, turn to his trade
with confidence that his skilled labor
will at least procure him a living,
and perhaps a competence. Time
fritted away in trying to discover
desirable roads to success, foots up
q considerable total on the loss side
OF the balance sheet.
Year: 1873

Clyde, Ohio, June l, 1873.
Dear Sir; tbs extremely gratifying TO me TO be
able TO announce a perfect cure of both cancers
the one internal as well as the one on the breast
The wonderful effect of your remedies in my case
astonishes my friends. Ny general health has been
made good. would not be placed in the condition
was in six months ago, for fifty times what it has
cost me TO get well. do wish that people would
not be so blinded by prejudice to TRUTH but try ma
ture's remedies and be restored to health. ] am
personally acquainted with others-some in my
own family-that you have cured, and have all the
the confidence in the world in your skill. Your
mode of treatment for such chronic diseases seems
to me is just what is needed. If other physicians
would turn their attention to successful treat
ment of such Diseases there would be less suffer
ing in the world. You can refer to me and my case
whenever you feel disposed to do so; and shall be
happy at any time to answer questions for the ben
eft of the suffering if called on in person, or ad-
dressed as above. You can rest assured that if l
should ever require treatment again, and you are
among the living, that you viii be called npon in
preference TO all others.
Year: 1873

Of the present condition of the
Surroundings of the grave of the late
President Zachary Taylor, the Lou
isVille Courier,Jolt says:


Between FIVE and six miles from
the city, on On obscure neighborhOod
road, quarter of a mile from the
BrownsbOrO road, rest the remains
of the twelfth President of the Uni
ted SEates-Zachary Taylor. The
grave is situated in the northeast
corner of the Taylor farm, and it is
notifying to relate that it is in
sadly neglected conditioD.-under-
brush, weeds alanthus trees render
ing it very difficult of access, No
monument has ever been erected to
General Taylor's memory. The re-
mains lie in a plain vault built in the
side of a hill, with q marble slab
over the door bearing the inscription,
Year: 1873

The CINCINNATI Enquirer characterizes the
late speech of Senator Carpenter at James
vile, Wis, in defence of the back-pay grab,
as "the prolonged echo' of the speech made
ton, few days before. The echo of Butler s
clarion notes must be exceedingly strong to
enable it to reach from the Club to -four
ishing little town away off in Wisconsin. 1t
is almost like extending from the Hub 10 the
periphery Of the wheel of the universe
Year: 1873

tions of the coastguard or ife-saving stations
must be greatly assisted by having telegraphic
communication with the entire line and with
the country back of them.


These stations are now so near each other that
by rocket or by flag signal they can immedi-
ately communicate with each other, concentrate
forces and make the best and most timely use
OF their life-saving apparatus. ALI coasting
vessels will do well as soon as the new service
is put in working order to keep good look
out for the storm flag or red storm lantern OF
the Signal Bureau as they pass and repass the
stations And it will frequently happen that
the larger vessels and steamships after leav-
ing Atlantic ports will be in position to see
and improve the cautionary signal displayed
at the lighthouses and life-saving stations, and
thus to be forewarned of dangerous storm
moving toward them.


As the fruit of the inter-departmental cour-
tesy and cooperation between the Treasury
and War Departments it Is to be hoped the
new service will reflect credit on them both,
and prove a great boon to our shipping and
commerce.
Year: 1873




The Lifc-saving and storm-Warning


Service on the Coast.


One of the most useful applications yet pro-
posed for the Signal Service is to connect its
system with that of the lighthouses and life
saving stations on the sea coast, and we are
glad to learn that arrangements to this end
have been made. At its third session the
Forty-second Congress provided for the estab-
lishment Of ten ife-saving stations, to be
located from the Maine to the North Carolina
coast inclusive, and the Treasury Department
has already executed the design of this legisla-
ton. The Signal Office, cooperating with
this important ife-saving service, under
recent act of Congress- will proceed immedi-
ately to connect itself by wire with the life
stations and lighthouses in order to signal
vessels passing within sight of tho latter of
dangerous storms and hurricanes in time for
their masters to escape impending danger.
The double system of life-saving and storm
warming service will begin at an early day,
perhaps in July, and will be extended first to
Sandy Hook, Cape May, Montauk Point,
Minots Ledge lighthouse and Long Branch,
and thence, as rapidly as possible, 10 Maine
and the coast of Cape Hatteras.


1t not unfrequently happens that o storm
signal displayed at some of our seaboard capes
would be visible in o single day TO several
hundred vessels which would be cautioned to
put back 10 shelter or to take other suitable
means Of weathering the gale. This is prac-
tically new service, or new application Of
the weather forecast, which will be Of great
utility, not only as heretofore to the seaman
contemplating voyage but to the seaman
under sail. When this cooperative system is
complete our Atlantic sea front will be well
guarded by an active and efficient line Of SEN
tinels. The honorable emulation enlSindled in
both branches of the service will be highly
stimulating and beneficial while the QpeSR-