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Year: 1876

It will be but few weeks more until the time for the assembling of our next State Legislature. The suggestion that members elect should begin to prepare for the work which will then devolve upon them may not be amiss. To fill q seat in the Senate or hall of representatives and to wear the honors of the position (which is but little honor, unless honor is won by faithful labor,) is not all that is now incumbent on mem bers elect. During the campaign, when votes were wanted, candi- dates were unsparing in promises and pledges to the dear. dear people. They knew not how to promise enough. They would watch with argus eyes the inter ests of the people, and their right arms should wither at their sides sooner than they should betray trust reposedin them. We'll now, gentlemen, the dear, dear people have given you their suffrages, and you enter upon trial. We shall now see how you keep the trusts reposed in you. We shall see, and watch you and mark the degree of zeal and ability with which you represent your dear constituency. The next Legisla- ture will be one of Vast import ance to the State of Arkansas. There is room for the winning of bright laurels. There is room for the fulfillment of all your pledges of devotion to your people and State. The result of your work will either bring honor upon you and greater degree of prosperity to your State, or it will bring just the opposite. The work of legis

 lation is a labor which cannot be carried on creditably withou, preparation by the members of tho General Assembly. As well had we expect butcher to go into | millinery shop and turn out taste

 full work as to see good wholesome
Year: 1876

An Ohio gentlemen writing to the Spirit of Arkansas, says:

 The masses of the Ohio people have d fixed beliefthata Northern man in Arkansas dare not assert his conscientious views of nation. al affairs without his life pays the price for the inestimable privilege! Again, they say to me: "l and my family would be ostracisedin .so- ciety.." Again, "Oncc there and II would receive no patronage from your citizens! *s* These facts or falsehoods, it matters not which. in effect they are still the same, they obtain command; and then add to this the gextraordina- ry efforts being made all over oar state by Northern and Western opposition land and railroad com tpanies, who, of course, add fuel to this flame against the South. They reply to your "grasshopper taunt" That it is safer to fight grasshoppers than midnight asas- sins; and easier by far to ride a grasshoper. than that your body stretch a rope"

 What surprises us most about the above is the fact that any in telligent people will believe such nonsense. It seems to us that common sense and the exercise of small amount of thought would convince any rational man that such talk is only stuff. We don't see how anybody but the most cred ulous dupe in the world could be persuaded to believe such lies such infamous lies,-for such we charge them to be. Why don't the average Northern man think q little as he goes along, and he would at once see that his fears of our people are most ridiculous, unfounded in fact, and unjust and detrimental in tendency to us. Do these Northern people not know that there are Northern people living here and enjoying the same evil, social and political rights that are enjoyed by the na- tive born? Do they not know that hundreds of Union soldiers who fought us all the waythrough the war, and now vote against us at every election, live among us and pursue the even tenor of their lives unmolested and respected, some of them as our best citizensY Do they not see that EVEN the very worst class of ADVENTURES and excamp- followers live here without being harmed? The very

 lies which this latter class circu

 late against us, give the lietothelr own infamous misrepresentations. It is this latter class who start

 and circulate these infamous lies.

 THEY don't want respectable, hon

 est, intelligent Immigration,

 THEY know that whenever this

 country is filled up with iptelli- gent, honest, men, they will have to fall back to the rear, TnEY
Year: 1876

The discussion about the reading of
the Bible in the public schools will, it is
to be hoped, do this good, if no ether
namely, draw attention to the subject of
Bihle-reading in general. The Bible is
read altoget ther too much. or course, it
is not read too much by people who dc
not read it enough, or who do not read
1t at all, or who know how to read it
great deal, and to edifcatIon. But there
is not another good book in the world
with which 80 many Christian people
bore themselves, and bore their neigh
bors. Some people read and read the
Bible till ita beauties and consultations
have little or no effect upon their minds
or souls. In fact, the Bible has been
made so trite. that only by indirection
and at rare intervals are we apt to get
clear impressions of its incom pa rable
wealth of poetry, passion, and religion.
We knew a good soul who used to read
the Bible literally "on his knees" who
read it three times a day; who read the
genealogies with the same steadneRs Of
purpose ast the Psalms or the Beauiitudes,
and who confessed that he got less good
out of the book than when he became a
kind of heather and stopped reading it
almost altogether. The experience of
this person suggests an intelligent mid
die course, which we leave to the parsons
TO point ont.-[The Old Cabinet; Scrib-
ner for april.
Year: 1876

The Galveston (Texas) News prints
the following letter, addressed by David
Crockett 20 a relative:


WASHINGTON CITY, 26th May, 1884.


Dear sir: YOur favor of the 11th Inst,
came safe to hand 10y the last mail, and
! will hasten to answer it, contents. You
request me to say to you at what time !
shall visit the White Sulphur Springs
Ii would give me pleasure to say to You
At what time could be there, bnt we
have set no day for adjournment of Con
impo-sible for me to say to you that
would be there on any particular day,
and, again, will be Compelled to 60
Immediately home when Congress ad-
journs. ] will then make my arrange
nIents. and come up and see yon. have
some business that will require my at
tenIion when we adjourn. My pustofiice
is called Crockett Post Office, Gibson
county" where, if you write TO me at
home, / will get it Immediately. have
no idea when Congress will break up;
but If it does in time will be at the
Springs in August or the 1st Of Septem-
her. If come have no object in view
more than to enjoy myself am elrc-
tioneering for nobody in The world III
can pnt back the political Judas, Martin
Van Bnren, / will do so, for | do think
him a perfect scoundrel, and. in fact, he
lie is like the balance that jackson j.
surrounded with. The truth il, he il
surrounded by a set of imPs of famine
that would destroy the country To pro
mote their own interest. They do not
care if jackson WAS at the devil 40 they
get the sppils of victory. The truth is.
they have prompted the poor old man
by singing Qualifications to him until hr
helieve- his popularity il able TO break
down the Constitution and laws Of the
clu-ion that he can make the people he
lieve that no man ever did und.rStHnd
the Constitution until lie mounted the
throne. He has come TO the conclusion
that not even the men that framed the
Constitution understood it. In fact we
may say with propriety that W. have the
Government Of one mIn. Andrew Jack
son holds both the sword and pnrse. and
claims it by the Constitution, as the
arms and ammunition and other public
property. and he has tools and slaves TO
his party enough to su-tain him in the
Honse of Representatives. But we have
one hope. The Senate will save the
Constitution and laws in spite of King
Andrew the First We have had warm
session, and expect it will get no better
until Congress closes. We are getting his
poor lickspittles almost ashamed Of
themselves. must close, and remain
your obedient servant,


nAurn CUnruy
Year: 1876

Two new and distinct breeds OF sheep
have lately been introduced into Eng
land from the west coast OF South Amer
ica. The frat are two fine white wooled
sheep, each having four long. massive
horns. two OF which have a forward
curve over the head. while the other two
curve downward under the eyes. giving
the head a singular appearance. OF the
second, which are said to he n species
between the Llama and Alpaca. there
are three, one male and two females,
which are thickly covered with long.
dark brown, but exceedingly fine hair or
wool, which is highly prized by the ma
tive Indians for the manufacture Of their
more delicate fabrics. The male stands
about three feet high at the shoulder.
Year: 1876

An enterpri-ing grocer in the town Of
Santa Clara, California, has adopted an
original method of business. Each side
Of the store is fitted up for business on
its own account. In the general arrange
ment each side is duplicate Of the 9TH
er, the difference being that one side is
cash and the other credit. When Gus
toner comes in the first question asked
is, do you wish TO buy for cash or on
account" II il is a cash customer the
goods and prices on the cash side are
shown, but if it is one who wants credit,
he is shown the other side, and made TO
realize the value Of ready money.
Year: 1876

a spring is always a vital point in the


land-cape; it is indeed the eye of the


trld-, and how often, too, il has a noble
eyebrow in the shape of an overhansing


bank or ledge. Or else its site is marked


by some tree which the pioneer has wise


ly left standing, and which sheds a cool
Ness and freshness that make the water
more sweet. In the shade of this tree
the harveSters sit and eat their lunch
and look out upon the quivering air of
the fields. Here the SUNDAY sannterer
stops and lounges with his book, and
hathes his hands and face in the cool
fountain. Hither the straw berry girl
comes with her basket and pauses a mo-
ment in the green shade. The plowman
leaves his plow and in long strides APP
proaches the life-renewing spot, while
mis- team, that cannot follow, Look wi-t-
fully after him. Here the cattle love to
pass the heat of the day, and hither
come the birds TO wash themselves and
make their toilets.


Indeed spring is always an oasis in
the desert of the fields. It is creative
and generative center. 1t attracts all
things to itself, the grasses. the mosses,
the flowers. the wild plants, the great
trees. The walker finds il out, the camp
ing party seek it, the pioneer builds his
hut or his house near it. When the
settler or squatter has fonnd a good
spring, he has found a good place to be-
gin life; he has found the fountain-head
of much that he is seeking IN this world.
The chances are that he has found a
southern and eastern exposure; for It is
fact that water does not readily flow
north; the valleys mostly open the other
way; and it is quite certain he has found
a measure of salubrity. for where water
flows, fever abideth not. The spring, too,
keeps him TO the right belt, out Of the
low valley, and off the top of the hill.


Then there seems a kind of perpetual
spring-tim about the place where water
issues from the gronnd-a freshness and
a greenness that are ever renewed. The
grass never fades, the ground is never
parched or frozen. There is warmth
there in winter and GOODNESS in SIMMER.
The temperature is equalized. In March
or April the spring runs are bright
while the surrounding fields
are yet brown and sere, and in fall they
are vet green when the first snow covers
them. Tins every fountain by the road
side is fountain of yonth and of life
This is what the old fables finally mean
+ John Burroughs, Scribner for April
Year: 1876

There is a story told in the life Of
Abraham Lincoln which touches the
heart One reason why people liked
him so much was because be WAS IA man
of compassion The story is that of
little BenIie. lie enlisted at very
early age. One night the companion
who went with him was sick and Ben
ME had 10 go out OH picket duty III bis
stead. The next night he went out
again As it was his second night with
out sleep he became weary and fell
asleep He was tried and ordered 10 be
sh"t when th6tows reached his father
and mother ia Vermont it was a terri
ble blow To them. News came also that
Mr. Lincoln was not going TO interfere
again in army affairs. SO the father and
mother thought there was no hope for
their boy. There was little child III
the family who had read the life OF Lin
celn aud she knew he had a little boy.
aud that he was a man of compassion,
and she sail 10 herself, 4" Ii Mr.. Lincoln
krew all about the circumstances he
would not let him be shot She took
tue train and went ta Washington. She
went 10 the White House. The sentries
after little passed her in She went
right to the Private Secretary. and ne.
TOO. passed her into the room to the
President There were Governors and
Generals there. bat When Lincoln
turned and saw the la>sic, he asked her
what she wanted and size told it all her
own way. As he listened the great
t.ars came stealing down his che, ks
be couldn't keep them hek He at
once wrote a dispatch, ami telegraphed
To the front tn have the boy seit 10
Washington He went home with that
sister
Year: 1876

eight or ten Of these between the
thousand islands and Montreal.
Some are quite small and tame after
the first curious sensation of going
down hill on q steamboat has been
experienced; but some are grand
and terrific in the extreme. Cedar
rapids especially present q sight
hardly inferior in breadth and tu-
multi to the rapids above Niagara
Falls. If you can imagine going
in steamboat through ae strong
est surf that is ever s.. , at Cape
May, and going rapidly down hill
at that, you will have some idea of
the passage of the Cedar rapids.
The hight of the surges is very
great. In the midst of the descent
the river makes a clear drop of
about fourteen feet over a ledge of
rock through which our pilot found
a way invisible to me. A curious
effect is caused by the "white caps"
being all turned up stream.


After sunset we approached the
head of the last and most dangerous
.of all the rapids, Lachine. AS we
drew near the Indian village of
Caughnawaga, on the southern
shore, every eye was eagerly on the
lookout for the canoe of Babtiste,
the old Indian pilot of the Lachine
rapids. For forty years he has
piloted vessels through this dan
gerous passag7. No steamer ven
lures down unless he is at the wheel.
At last he came in sight and rapidly
boarded our craft. He was verify
the observed OF all the observers,
A tall, well built, well preserved
man Of about sixty years of age,
with not very decided Indian fea-
lures, but with a look ofintelligence
and iirmness about him that al
once inspired every one with conf.
dence in him.


In few minutes more we were
in the midst of the whirl and tur.
MOL Of the rapids. At one mo
ment we seemed to be inevitably
dashing upon a large rock whicl
lay directly in our course, and whicl
was mercilessly lashed by the surges
but a sudden turn of the whee
brought US by that also, and sooi
we were in placid water again, ant
before many minutes had elapsed
we had passed beneath the msgnifi
cent Victoria tubular bridge an,


were fast approaching the splendi(


wharyeS of Montreal.
Year: 1876

A writer in the London Musical
World says A recent cursory de.
scription of TIE well-known Mo-
zarteum, from the pen of an intel
ligent correspondent in a daily pa
per, mentions the fact that amongst
the interesting relics Of the divine
composer exhibited to the public
gaze at Salzburg, is a drawing Of
his ear, showing an abnormally
large bell, as though nature intend
ed him to be a gifted listener. 1t is
noteworthy that in all portraits,
except those painted by the sun
itself, next to the boots the ear
seems to present to the painter the
greatest difficulty. 1t is rarely one
sees a shoe beautifully drawn-per-
haps it is still rarer that the ordin-
ary covering for the feet presents
anything that can be made beauti-
full, even by a skillful craftsman.
With the ear the observer cannot
help remarking the same absence of
individuality. Anything will do
for an ear, and a daub Or two, that
would with equal propriety repre-
sent dried fig or an oyster, would
do duty for the above organ. In
calling attention to this matter |
venture to submit the results of
some of my own observations in the
hope that something more may be
elected on this, as | believe, most
interesting question. And l shall
be extremely glad if any person who
is Of opinion that my conclusions
are premature or erratic will kindly
contribute to the result of his or
her individual experience. Small
ears are invariably under great dis
advantage. Large ears are unusu-
ally indicative of a more compre-
hensiye taste. A narrow harp or
harp-like opening always denotes a
good ear for music. If the harp is
very regular you may safely prog
nosticate a correct intonation. For
u singer the rim must be very even
and the circle unbroken. Any
protuberance on the rim of the ear
will occasion a slight discrepancy of
intonation-the singer will not be
at all times alike. Some have u
double harp-this is dangerous to
the success of the singer. A perfect
double rim is, on the other hand,
advantageous. This is, however,
open to the weakness Of easily be-
ing satisfied with sweet sounds of
any kind. The ear without a rim
is the most dainty and difficult to
please. 1t appears to receive,
almost as it were by selection, only
The best soulds-ordinary sounds
have no attraction for it. These are
. few leading features of the ear.
Seeing that we have casts of pian-
lists hands, would it not be as in
structive to have casts of compo-
sers ears? Surely the one is as im-
portant to the musical student as
the other.
Year: 1876

An Eastern gentleman engaged
in mining in Arizona has written
to a friend, giving an account Of
the difficulties under which mining
operations are prosecuted in that
telritGyy, He says:


@The amount o. progress ! make
seems to me small, bit you can
have no idea Of the difficulties
which have to be constantly met
and overcome. The labor here is
very unreliable, and it is hard to
get a days work for a days pay,
and there is a strong feeling Of
jealousy between tlle whites and
the Mexicans which is hard to over
come. The weather is hot beyond
belief Never, l think, less than
90 degrees IN ths shade, and from
that up to 12O degrees. There is
no lumber in the country, and all
the building has to be done with
cottonwood poles, and hauled five
Year: 1876

From tho Bay City (Michl Tribuncl


The Tribune some time since chronlcled the failure
or John Larkin OF Midland, leading business man or
that county and one of the prominent lumbermen Of
Northern Michigan He was reputed to be wealthy in
pine lands but the depression OF the times the de-
structon Of his mill by fire and the necessary outlay
OF considerable money in rebuilding drove him TO the
wall He was regarded as an upright and honorable
man he had occupied positions OF great trust in the
county and Il with regret that his friends learned
OF his failure AT the time OF his assignment he was
Treasurer OF Midland county, but speedily resigned.
No Suspicion obtained in the mind Of any one that his
accounts ''crooked.n Having placed such conn.,
dence him, therefore, the public will be surprised at
the following telegram, which received at this
Office at noon to-day


John Larkin, who recently failed In business and was
Treasurer OF Midland county arrested this morning
His accounts having been Investigated by the Supervisors
shortage Of $4,000 discovered lie admitted
bail.


Mr.. Larkin is OF the pioneers OF Midland county,
he having located there when quite younghs worldly
possessions at the time consisting OF kit Of shoe
makers tools. BY hard labor and constant attention
TO business however he finally rose, until at tho time
Of his failure he conceded 10 be the weahcst man
n the county
Year: 1876

Remit by Express. Postal Order, Bank
DGaft' Certified Check, Registered Letter. or
payable to the order Of the Secretary Of the
Industrial Exhibition Company, u East nth
Street, New York Specially chartered By the
state Of New York. for the purpose Of build
ing in New York 7. -.
Year: 1876

Is CONSUMPTION CoNTAGIoUsY-Som
experiments and observations recently
made on the transmission Of tuberculosis
or phthisis from one animal TO another,
are worthy of note, ~ indicating one
fruitful source Of pulmonary disease
Thus it has been found that when an
animal with tubcrculated lungs IS made
the yoke-fellow Of a perfectly healthy
animal, and the two are housed ana fed
together. so as TO inhale one another,s
breath, the one which at first was sound,
before long exhibits the symptoms OF
tuberculosis. Again, Krebs has produced
tuberculosis by giving animals milk from
those which were diseased. In addition
to the rabbits and Guinca-pig (Which an
imals are very susceptible to the artificial
production of the malady), he accident
aIlv induced the disease in dog by
feeding it with the milk of a COW IN the
last stage of phthisis. As result OF his
observations, he asserts that tubercle
virus is present in the milk of phthlsical
cows. whether they are slightly or grayelly
affected. On vigorous subjects such mix
may produce no injurious effects but the
case is likely 10 be different with children,
and those Of enfeebled constitution. sim
liar effects may result from eating the
Gesh of animals affected with tabercle,
and by incubation with the virus. Thor
ough cooking Of milk and ilesh-meat
neutralizes their injurious action.
Year: 1876

The average of the indebtedness is
S63 per capita, while the frugal Swiss
and the provident Scandinavians run it
DOWN to almost nothing. AS a matter
of fact. however, some of the nations
that owes the most per head enjoy the
very best credit.
Year: 1876

SEVERAL fine logs of magnolia are to
be shipped from Florida TO New York
house for the purpose of engraving.
When thoroughly dried they are said to
be very slightly, if at all, inferior to
lockwood. Florida can furnish an in
exhaustible supply of the material
Year: 1876

THE question is often asked, what is
the best way to keep apples for common
family use? Central shelves in an apart
ment set off or devoted TO this purpose
have been found most convenient. The
apples are spread on these shelves only
few inches deep, 50 that they may be
readily examined or picked over as fast
as decay commences on any specimens,
Year: 1876

A NEGRO boy in Fairfield county, S. c.,
was packed up in bale of cotton last
week The deceased was engaged in
packing cotton ut Mr.. James Jones' press.
About half a bale had been trampled
down, and the other hands went for more
cotton, the deceased being ordered in the
meanwhile to drive out some cattle. On
the return of the hands the boy was not
to be seen. The balance of the cotton
was put in and trampled but slightly,
the bale being light. The bale was then
packed. On removing it the negro was
found dead in the middle of the bale 1t
is supposed the boy entered the box and
had gone to sleep and was sufiocated.
Year: 1876

EXTREMES meet, and in this doctrine
is a whole library of explanation of sing
ular things. Physically extremes are
always meeting. Westward the course
of empire takes its way ;" our fathers
came from the cast and our songs go to
the west, but if we should wish to see
our fathers we should only have to go.
far enough to the westward, while if we
chose to travel long enough towards the
east we should come across our sons
again. In the ring also extremes are
always meeting, and the ring is one of
the symbols of eternity. -