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Year: 1875

We have somehow learned to make a
difference between those obligations
which we owe to the Government and to
corpoEations. These ideas are not a whit
more prevalent among ofhce-holders and
directors than they are among voters
and stock holders. Men-arenot mater
iallv changed by being clothed with
Office and power. The radically honest
man is just as honest in Office as he is
out OF it. Corrupt men are the Of
spring of a corrupt society. We all
need Strengthening up. The lines of our
morality all need to he drawn tighter
There IL not man who is not willing to
emuggle, ard to see custom officers be-
tray their trust while he does it; willing
to receive the results of the sharp prac-
tice of directors of corporations in
which he has an interest; willing to re-
ceive the patronage of the Government
in the execution Of fschemes not based in
absolute necessity; willing to take an
exorbitant price for piece of property
sold to the Government or to a corpora
tion, who is fit to be trusted with Office
When we have said this we have given
the explanation of all our public and
corporate corruption and shown why it
is go difficult to get anv great trust man.
aged honestly. All the official Corrup-
tion is based on popular corruption
loose ideassof honesty as they are held
by the popular mind: and we can hope
for no reform until we are better Based
as people in the everlasting principles
Of equity and right doing. If we should
have the stream clear we must cleanse
the fountain.
Year: 1875

Charley Collins, a we'll known news
paper man in Iowa, has recently made
public the thoughts which crowded up
nn him when the Indians surrounded
him and the Black Hills Commission at
the Grow Butte Council. He was sitting
just behind Senator Allison. It occurred
to him that the Indians. If they shot
ANYBODY, would probably kill Senator
Allison at the first volley. Then he
would have drawn the corpse of the
Senator over upon himself, and taken
his chances with dead Senator as fort
i6cations. That which had SO often
proved bulwark of American liberty
might have proved at last a bulwark oi
American life. which is dearer even
than liberty. This will be pleasanl
reading for Senator Allison.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Pickett Boggan, a respectable cit
izen of more than forty years. residence
in this county. anet n most singular
death at his home, near Pine Apple, a
short time since. He was sitting in the
piazza Of his house. in rocking chair.
and near the railing or banister, his feet
resting at the edge Of flooring In this
position his feet sfipped of the Hoor
toward the ground; his body being allow
ed to follow, on account of the moving
forward Of the chair on tha rockers; his
chin caught on the upper railing, and
the back of the chair came up against
the back of his head, and 30 remained,
so that he was suspended in this singu-
lar manner. Being quite old and infrm
he was unable to extr.cate himself, and
the weight Of his body resting on his
chin prevented his opening his mouth to
call for help, and he thus died from
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (Aia.) Ad.
vocate.
Year: 1875

A woman cured her husband of stay
ing cut late at night by going to the
door when became home and whispering
through the key hole, as that you,
willie?" Her husband 3 name is John,
and he stays at home every night now,
and sleeps with one eye open and re-
volver under his pillow.
Year: 1875

THE city of Pittsburgh has an empty
treasury. This is clearly the result of
unjustitiable Ring extravaganza. The
enormous taxes of the people have simp-
ly been wasted by incompetent officials.
The taxes last year were doubled, and
yet at the end of the first six months of
the fiscal year the Treasury is without a
dollar That is to say, the taxes of 1874,
as enormous as they were, were only half
large enough to meet the extravagant de-
mands ofthe Ring. AS bad condition
as the Treasury is in this year, it will be
in worse one next. 1t will take all the
taxes levied in 1875, to meet the defcien-
cies in the shape of treasury warrants for
the fiscal year Of 1915. When the taxes
for 1875 come in they will all beabsorbed
to redeem the outstanding warrants, so
that there will practically not be a dollar
for the current expenses of the fiscal year
of 1885. The result will be that the
laundering financiers of City Hall will
have the city in absolute and hopeless
bankruptcy before the 1st of next Jan
uary. tits about time that the condition
of the Treasury were made known. The
doctored reports given to the public mean
nothing. The tax levy for 1875 will
either have to be doubled, or there will
not be dollar to meet the current ex-
penses of the fiscal year 1856, a fact that
we shall undertake to demonstrate by the
official figures. Pittsburgh Post.
Year: 1875

The sting was taken out of Morton's
Joint resolution, altering the manner in
which the electoral votes for President
and Vice President should be counted.
By an amendment it was provided that,
in case two returns were made from any
State, neither should be counted without
the concurrent vote of both houses. This
would defeat any fraudulent returns that
might be made under the bayonet bill
from the Southern States, since there
would certainly he an honest return made
that would meet with the sanction of the
Democratic House. With this amend
ment, the rule will be substantially wha
it is now.
Year: 1875

Little Rock, March S.--The Governor
to-day issued a proclamation appointing
Thursday, March Goth, as a day of thanks
giving for the many blessings which have
been showered upon the State during the
past twelve months.


Referring to the adoption ofthe Poland
report, the Governor says; We have
been sustained by the true Conservative
Republican sentiment in the North which
is one Of the most gratifying features
connected with our struggle, and one of
which we should feel proud, and we
should strive by all means to prove our
selves worthy of this endorsement so
emphatically given by those supposed to
differ with us politically and @ho were
begged and importuned under all circum-
stances to put us down with all we have
undergone. If our cause has been the
occasion of harmonizing and uniting
the Liberal and Conservative elements in
the nation that have heretofore been
discordant, we are more than paid, and
it should be one of our chief duties to see
IlitV lllVy bO NC pb lOeClllCI ucTcdlIGT. AS
the Governor ofthe State, | enioin upon
all persons now to see that peace and
order are preserved, all violations of the
law promptly looked after and those en-
gagged in them be arrested and brought
to answer before the law.


The preventing or prompt furnishing
of individual infraCtions of the law is the
surest remedy against mobs and general
outbreaks that sometimes occur, and al
most defy the entire power of the gov
ernment. AS we have been peaceful and
law-abiding, and thereby won respect
and confidence everywhere, let us con.
tinue to enforce the laws, so that each
and every citizen may feel he owns a di-
rect interest in the government, while
that government not only can but is able
and ready to protect him. Stir up no
strife, revive no past political difference
or animosities, persecute no one that may
have differed or that may hereafter dii-
fer with us, let us at all times in fact ex-
ercise charity to all and malice toward
no one. Should there be any indict-
ments in the courts of past political Of
fenses, would suggest and advise their
dismissal. Let the people of all parties,
races and colors come and be welcomed
to our State, and encouraged to aid us in
bringing herup to position of true great
ness.
Year: 1875

Both branches, so far as the Democrat.


ic majority are concerned, are labOring tC


bring matters to a conclusion and adjourn
about the first of April. In the House
the Appropriation bill is pending, and
while in Columbus yesterday we
heard some discussion over it. Gen
eral Grosvenor, the leader of the minOri-
ty, making three hours speech against
a small appropriation for paying the mil
itary companies ordered to be in readi-
ness to march to the Nelsonville mines
last summer to suppress the riots there.
1t WAS the judicious management of Gov
ernor Allen that probably prevented
bloodshed on that occasion and yet
maintained the laws. The minority in
the House consumed all day of Wednes-
day in dilatOry resolutions; but it was
hoped to bring on a vote to-day, Thurs
day. One trouble is, two Democratic
members are home sick and few others
occasionally absent, thus preventing often
times rulingand constitutional majority.


The Senate Potter bill now pending in
that house, is to change the city govern
ment of Toledo and reduce the two
branches of the city legislature govern
ment to but one branch. This, it is
claimed, will save expense and promote
rather than injure the prosperity of the
city.


The Senate is a more decorous body
than the House, not being so numerous.
We found Senator Ferrall at his post as
usual, and ever watchful of the public
interest. Messrs. Brooke and Sherrick,
our members in the House, were on
hand, and also attentive to their public
duties, Our County and our Senatorial
district have right to just pride in our
worthy representatives in both branches
of the General Assembly.
Year: 1875

Senator Carpenter to his credit be it
said, forcibly opposed the passage of the
Civil Rights bill. In commenting there
on he said: 1T results therefore, that
all of the provisions of this bill are in
conflict with the Constitution of the
United States as expounded by the Su-
preme Court. From this consideration,
which have briefly stated, l am COM
PEELED to vote against the bill. l can
understand how an orator like the SEN
ator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) could in
flame the passions ofa popular assembly
and rally it to support the provisions of
this bill, but confess my astonishment
and my sorrow that he can carry along
with him the highest court of the land,
the Senate Of the United States, and pass
this bill throughout all the forms of en-
actment. l am consoled, however, by
the confidence that if it shall become a
law the judicial courts will intervene to
vindicate the Constitution.
Year: 1875

THE Democrats of the House in Wash
ington pressed the various appropriation
bills, but the Grant ntmembers were desirous
of saving the party. Ben Butler on
Wednesday last gave the reason why,
when he said ~ know that the next Con-
gress will pass the Appropriation bills,
and that it will not pass this bill 1.-THE
Force bill, I think it wise, as a friend of
the country aud friend of loyal men,
North and South, to pass this bill ratHerr
than the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bills" He succeeded in his Force
bill, which was Third Term measure,
but the Senate gave it quietus.
Year: 1875

THE New York Tribune of Saturday
reports that I'm dry goods circles and in
the general jobbing trade there are more
cheerfulness and confidence than have
been expressed for months past. Busi-
ness men do not believe the final effects
of the panic to be over but they look for
a much better business than has been
known for the past year"
Year: 1875




1t is not in pearl powder, nor in
golden hair-dye, nor in jeWelry. 1t
cannot be got in bottle or a box.
1t is pleasure to be handsome; but
all beauty is not in prettiness.
There is higher beauty that makes
us love people tenderly. Eyes, nose,
hair, or skin never did that yet,
though it is pleasant to see fine fea-
lures. What you are will make
your face ever for you in the end,
whether nature has made it plain or
pretty. Good people are never ILL
looking. Whatever their faces may
be, an amiable expression atones
for ali. If they can be cheerful also
no one will love them the less be-
cause their features are not regular.
or because they are too fat or too
thin, too pale, or too dark. Cultiva-
tiOn of the mind adds another charm
to their faces, and, ou the whole,
if any girl is desirous of being liked
by many and and loved by the one,
it is more in her power than she
may believe to accomplish that OBJ
ject. Cosmetics will not accom- plish
it however. Neither will fine dress,
though woman that does not dress
becomingly wrongs herself Fore
ed smiles and affected amiability
will be of no avail: but if she can
manage to feel kindly to everybody,
not to be jealous, not to be
cross, to be happy if possible, and
to encourage eontentment, then
something will come into her face
that will Outlast youths roses, and
gain her not only husband but a
lifelong lover.
Year: 1875

Push your business! II you
don't it will push you. Turn your
pIOney over often. Don't burn day
light by waiting for high prices.


Put life into your business by ad-
vertising SO that the people may
know that you desire their custom
Don't sit in your stores, like spiders
in a web waiting for flies, but "reach
out" for the flies if you want them.
People like to buy from real
liberal minded men, and people
know who is liberal minded
by the columns of a news
paper. Advertise in the CITIZEN,
advertise with sense and discretion,
not uselessly and without avail, but
advertise little all the time. Try
the "City Notices" column at
twenty cents a line first insertion
and ten cents a line for the subse-
quenJ insertion of the same matter.
But better renew the MATTER often
to make it "newsy" and fresh. As
the Nashville Bonner says, "stir
up stagnation! Life is too short to
be wasted!" Yes, life Is too short to
be wasted, and the merchants OF
Pulaski now on the stage OF
action will not have more than 8
hundred years to do businesss in
They will at the end of that time
become a little superanuated and
find it difficult to stir round and
attend to matters. Make bay while
the sun shines. Verify, we say unto
you, advertise in the CITIzEE, and
your reward shall be great even unto
| the smallest of you.
Year: 1875

There is a good deal of philosophy
about the words of the cool reflect
i've individual who smokes and talks
to his better half In the annexed
The girl is generally educated on
novels, and her first disappointment
comes on the quiet indifference of
the husband after the honeymoon.
You love me no longer said bride
of few months to her better half
in gown and SLIPPERS. why do you
say that PussT he asked quietly, re-
moving a cigar from his lips You
do not csrcsS me nor call me pet
namcs; YOU no longer seek so anx-
louslf for my company, WRs the tear
ful answer. My dear continued
the aggravating wretch, Did you
ever notice man running after q
car? How he does run-over stones,
through mud, regardless OF every
thing till he reaches the car, and he
seizeG hold and swings on. Then be
quietly seats himself and reads his
paper. And what does that mean?
An Illustration, my dear. The car
- - aAA pNi SeAhO W IuS AlhL alCSE iC
gets in as when he is chasing it, but
the manifestation is no longer called
for. l would have shot any one
who put himself in my way
when in pursuit OF you, as
1 would now shoot any one who
would come between US, but as a
proof Of my love you insist upon me
running after the car. Learn to
smoke my dear, and be q philoso-
pher. The two combined clear the


brain. quiet the nerves, open the
pores, and improve the digestion
Year: 1875

1t is r prevailing vice among men
of doubling the virtue of women.
To us it looks like not only an out
rage to good taste, but also betOkens
q want of intellect. Besides this it
betokens a besotted nature, and pas
sions that would disgrace q beast.
The idea of dragging women down
to mans level in point of virtue, is
so repugsnt to the feelings, so utter
ly at variance with the truth, that
the utterer ought not to have a
place In civil society.


We would wish to impress upon
those who cast this slur upon the
character of the women of our land,
that il what they charge we're true,
this fair world of ours would be q
perfect hell. The women of our
land are as FAR above those who
make Ahese assertions as the heav-
ems are above the earth. Our
women are the highest type of purity
and virtue, and any craven who
would drive them from this high
estate deserves the execrations Of all
good mem Selected.
Year: 1875

PRoFAEIrY.-We are emphatically
in the age of profanity, and it seems
to us that we are on the topmost
current. One cannot go on the
streets anywhere without having his
ears offended with the Yilest words,
and his reverence shocked by the
most profane use OF sacred names.
Nor does it come from the old or
middle aged alone, for it is fact as
alarming as true, that the younger
portion of the community are
most proficient in degrading Ian
guage. Boys have an idea it is
smart to swear; that it makes them
manly; but there never was a great
er mistake in the world. Men, even
those who swear themselves, are
disgusted with profanity in a young
man, because they know how. of all
bad habits, this clings the most
closely, and increases with years.
1t is the most insidious of habits,
growing so invisiblythat almost be-
fore one is aware he becomes an ac-
cOmplished cursor.
Year: 1875

After a great snow storm, little
fellow began to shovel a path
through large snow-bank In front
of his grandmotheF's door. He
had nothing but a small shovel to
work with.


"HoW do you intend getting
through that driftY' asked a mar
passing along.


"By keeping at it," said the boy
eheerfully, ''that's how"


That is the secret Of mastering
almost every difficulty under the
sun. A hard task is before you,
stick TO it. Do not keep thinking
how large or hard it is, but go at il
and little by little it will grow
smaller until it is done.
Year: 1875

If mosquitoes or other blood
suckers infest our sleeping rooms at
night, we uncOrk bottle OF the oil OF
pennyroyal, and these animals leave
in great haste; nor will they return
so long as the air in the room is
loaded with the fumes Of the arom-
attic herb. If rats enter the cellar a
little powdered potash, thrown in
their holes or mixed with meal and
scattered in their run ways never
fails to drive them away. Cayenne
peper will keep the buttery and
store room from ants and cock
roches. If mouse makes an
entrance into any, part of your dwell
ing, saturate a rag with Cayenne, in
solution, and stuff it into the hole,
which can then be repaired with
either wood or mortar. No rat or
mouse will eat the rag for the por-
pose of opening communications
with depot of supplies.
Year: 1875

Farmers grow poor because they
impOverish their lands; because they
pay as much for working poor land
as for the rich, and the price for la
Dor is out OF all proportion with the
yield. 1t costs no more to cultivate
an acre that will yield ten barrels of
corn than one which will yield only
two barrels. II the cost of labor
per acre be five dollars, the cost of
producing a barrel on the rich land
will be fifty cents, whilst the barrel
on the poor land will cost Just two
dollars. No matter what may be
grown upon the land, this ratio is
maintained, and no matter what
economy may be practiced in other
respects, the farmer who pays for
cultivating poor land must grow
poorer every year.-UGrksUiLLe
Chronicle.
Year: 1875

1t is well known that little alum
dissolved is very effective in clean
ing muddy water; but a short time
since some alum was applied in a
manner which, from it's novelty and
its valuable results, is worthy of no
tice. In place where water is scarce
at present, a little alum was dissolv-
ed in hot water, and thrown into a
tub of thick soap-suds. In a moment
the soap curdled, and accompanied
by the muddy particles, sank to the
bottom, leaving the water perfectly
clear, pure and devoid of smell. This
water was found very useful for
washing clothing again, when poured
of the sediment. A SIMILAR result
was attained in q quick manner, by
illinga boiler with soap-suds, pla-
cling it on q fire and throwing bit of
alum into it. When the suds boiled
the scum went over and left the wa
ter clear, soit and as useful for
washing clothes as it had originally
been.
Year: 1875

Uprights. These are men who
take newspapers, pay for them, and
read them. Observe the order ir
which those things are done; the
pay comes first, the reading next
These men consider they get the
worth Oftheir money in the bargain
1t seems as fair and just to them that
the newspaper should he paid for as
barrel of sugar or q new coat
They never entertain any other opin-
ion. When the year runs out, or a
little before, they are on hand with
the pay. There is no more difficulty
with them in remembering this per-
iod, than Sunday or the first of Jan
uary. If one of them wishes to stop
his paper, he either calls or writes q
letter by his postmaster, in due
season, like a man. This class is
dear TO the heart of the editor
Their image is embalmed in his
warm affections. May Trey live q
thousand years, and see their sons
sons to the fourth generation.
Year: 1875

When skilled and cautious medical men give over
their signatures favorable opinion of the sooth


ing and yializing effects of preparation, the public
does not hesitate to believe them. The voluminous
and emphatic professional testimony in favor of
Hostetters Stomach Bitters specific for all dis


orders Of .he stomach and bowels for liver complaint


INTERIM dent and remittent fevers and the thousand
ills that wait upon dyspepsia, must convince the
most sleptic.I Aside, however, from the testimo-
ny OF the faculty, there is large Of evidence
from patients in every walk of life all showing that
this great preventive and restorative is Of nesmable
value to the sick and the debilitated. The Bitters
are suited to all climates, and universally en-
dorsed as preventive of disorders caused by mas-
and impure water d&w
Year: 1875

Bad specks on the teeth are almost as un-
pleasant as bad specs in the money market.
TO prevent them or to get rid Of them, use
Sozodont 1t is literally specific for
every blemish that disfgures the teeth, and
whitens them without endangering the en-
amel.
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winner
and are furnishing the bes
and most easily worked
in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we nave
lately added ne " and exceed
ing'y taking inducements, re
quiring only intelligence and
for any one,young
or old, of either sex, to make
really first-class paying bust
Year: 1875

Capt. Beaucond6 of the French Transatlantic
Steamship Company in this city endeavorng TO effect
an adjustment OF financial dispute between hsCompany
and the Panama Railroad Company. The Transatlantic
Company has line Of steamers running TO the Isthmus
OF Panama and has occasion TO use freely the Panama
Railroad BY the terms OF their contract the Railroad
Company agrees to carry their goods on the terms
made with the Royal Mail Steamship Company, an En-
glish line which touches at the Isthmus.


The French company has discovered that its English
competitor has been obtaining more favorable rates.
and Captain BeaucOnd3 has been sent here to obtain IL
possible refund Of the charges which have been
maze strong effort is making to have the Transat-
lantc steamers stop Plymouth England, and receive
aud deliver and freight The officers OF the
Company think well OF the plan, and it Is not unlikely
that II will be carried out.