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Year: 1875

A Colorado Yankee has organ ized company to tame buffaloes for domestic purposes. Water is scarce on the plains, and in many places the pools are almost dry. Jack Thompson, the manager, found that six barrels of cheap forty-rod whiskey, poured in small pond, would make the ami mals too drunk to walk, and when once in this condition they can be subjugatcd with laughing gas and tanned Ill a week so as to be yoked and worked like oxen. When buffalo has once slipped at the in- toXicating fount, he loses all con trol of himself and becomes a slave to his appetite. The Den yer papers speak of the enter

 prise in the highest terms. Max Clark, the secretary of the com pany, writes that they have seven thousand animals in perfect train ing, and nearly every ranchmau in the Territory has ordered from three to seven yoke. They are of great service for ploughing and hauling heavy freight wagons through the mountains. A large boiler for the new quartz mill at Fairply, ninety miles from Golden City, was taken over the road in three days. Oxen would have re- qulred more than q week for the same trip. The butialoes become so attached to their drivers in . few days that they follow them wherever they go; and when they get q taste of whisky, they rear up on their hind legs and manifest every sign of joy. A herd broke into a ware house at Kit Karson and destroyed seventy barrels of liquor, and the next morning they lay in heaps all over the town.
Year: 1875

Elsewhere we publish an arti- cle from the State Grange embra- cing an offer of premiums for grain to be exhibited at the cen tcnnial. This is for specimens from the crop of 1875, and sam pies must be forwarded to Little Rock on or before the 18th of July 1875.

 We urge our farmers to read the article, see the conditions and get up their samples and forward them at once.

 This is an opportunity which will not occur again in one hundred years, and it will be an advertise ment for our country, and will be bid for immigration which will be worth an immense deal to us.

 We must take advantage of this golden opportunity. We can not afford to pass it by unim- proved.

 When the capacity of our lands to produce wheat and other small grain, in such quantities as to make it profitable, is once estab- lished, and when the world is made aware of it, we will get flood of immigration that will at once make us a great and pros porous country.

 We have the capacity and we must make the world know it, and beleive it by sending forward our specimens. This will be proof that cannot be doubted.

 There is no time to be lost. We appeal to the farmers of Pope county to at once select your specimens and bring them Tn. We will assist you in forwarding them, and in, all ways we can. For the honor of your country, friends, do not neglect this. Show that you are live men, and that you have fine country.
Year: 1875

How TO PLEAsE.-"Onc great pleasure of pleasing others lies in our wish to please them," said father to his daughter, discours- ing on the small sweet courtesles of life" "I want to tell you ;t secret. The way to make your self pleasant to others is to show them attention. The whole world is like the miller at Mansfield, who cared for nobody--no not he--because nobody cared for him And the whole world would serve you so if you gave them the cause. Let people see that you do care for them by showing them what Starke so happily cal led the small courtesies, in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which mani fests themselves by tender aftec- tionatc looks and little acts of at tention, giving others the prefer ence in every little employment, at the table, in the field, walking, sitting or standing"
Year: 1875

The Augusta Bulletin boasts of specimens of rye sent to that of nice nine feet, eight and q half inches high. If q body were to meet Q body comin' through that rye, a collision would be the first warning.
Year: 1875

On the morning of June 18th, there was quite a shock of an earthquake in the southeastern part of Ohio. At Sidney the shock was sufficient to knock down chimneys and crack walls.

 The shock was also percepti- bic, but not to q sufficient extent to do any damage, in Chicago.
Year: 1875

The tobacco crop of Benton county is said to be unusually large and promising. The tobac co works at Bcntonville puts up q good article of tobacco and it is used extensively in this section of country.
Year: 1875

We presume Chancellor Eakin' s opinion on the case of the State againrt Stoddard's bank, will stop the whining of some chronic grumblers who have been trying to raise a big fuss about this m q fer
Year: 1875

J. E. BATTENFIELD, ESQ.

 DEAR Sm:-Yours of the 18th is to hand. Having been absent from my office great deal during the past six weeks, attending the death bed of my little girl, my business has become somewhat confused, and for the present re quires my personal attention daily, until l can catch up. This must be my excuse for not giving a favorable answer to your polite invitation to be present with the people of your county on Satur- day next, on which occasion you meet for the purpose of organiz- ing an immigration society.

 observe in the last issue of your paper that correspondent accuses you. of having "immigra- tion on the brain" l trust you have, and that the citizens of Pope county will be imbued with the same spirit. l wish all the peo- pie of Arkansas were similarly afflicted. We have been in the background and the laughing stock of other sections of the union long enough. Endowed with, I verify believe, the richest country, in every respect, in the American union, there is no reason why our state should not be filled up with honest, industrious peo- pie. The resources of Arkansas have been hid under a bushel, as it were, from the admission of the state into the union to the present day. Prior to the war the wealthi- CT classes, who controlled the pol itics of the state, never made any effort toward settling up the state, and developing our hidden resources-indeed they were rather averse to immigration. With their mag nificent plantations, and plenty of slaves to work for them, their principal idea was how to get more land and more negroes. They neither cared for nor desir- ed an Influx of whites, who would have labored for themselves and become voters.

 Since the war we have had such miserable, tyrannical, thieving set of robbers to govern us that no honest man desired to come to

 

 the state, and it was becoming a serious question with those who were here how they were to get away, when our present govern ment was instituted.

 We now have a government de void of the selfishness which was so prevalent prior to the war, and clear of the sordidness, peculation and rascality so prevalent after the war, and until recently. We have a government which keenly feels the humiliating estimation in which our state has been held ;n the past by outside people, and one which is determined, so far as lies in it's power, to wipe out all these stains, and commence the race of life anew. We desire te make Arkansas respected every where. We want the people oi the union and of Europe to know the wonderful riches in our Dor bers waiting to be gathered U!
Year: 1875

The Gazette in speaking of the Stoddard Bank matter, ventures the assertion that in case the money due the state cannot be made out of Stoddard, Bros, x Co.,, tncssecurities of cX-treasurer Newton will come forward volm- tarily and make good the amount to the state. We presume the Gazette knows whereof 1t speaks, and we hope to see the matter speedily settled so that the state shall not be loser.
Year: 1875

The New York Herald in an editorial headed. Are Criminals Automata?" reviews the tendency of the teachings of certain class of socalled scientists who are was ting great deal of sympathy upon the criminals who have late ly made the community shudder at the attrocity of their crimes, and points out the folly of such teachings and the danger into which they are calculated to lead.

 The views expressed by the Herald strikes us to be so correct and applicable to the times, that we produce the following extract:

 Now, while the psychology of criminals may be a fascinating study, this morbid and increasing sympathy for them which has passed the limits of the metaphy- sician's brain, and to some extent taken possession of the Judges bench, the jury box and the pop ular heart is simply folly. It re- suits in offering premium on the very worst forms oi crime, while it spurns the ordinary scoundrel with contempt. fla deed be only passably bad it is punished; but if it be most horribly bad then it is not punished but physicked. The safest course for murderer to pursue is to mutilate his victim and make each particular hair on the head of society stand on end. The worse the deed the better for the doer of it. This may be startling, but it is nevertheless true. Simple confusion is con temptible, but confusion worse confounded is equivalent to q yer dict of not guilty. The motto of science is, prison for the man who steals once and feels sorry for it, and dose of paregoric for another who steals all the time and laughs at it.

 It is absolutely necessary for the welfare of the community that the accountability of all classes be emphasized. It must be pro- claimed in tones which know no such thing as compromise that evil deeds Of all kinds and grades will meet with severe and unpity- ing retributionr that justice holds the balances firmly, and there is no appeal from her decisions. It must be remembered that society punishes crime, not sin. What sin is, what is the weight of mo tive that prompts to it, what is the just and exact punishment for it, is not for us to decide. A higher power will take charge of that matter, and, without doubt, many of the decisions of that higher court will startle us. Con- demnation will strike in unexpect- ed quarters and pity and mercy will go hand in hand along sur prising paths. But what is known as crime in political economy can not be tempered with with impu- nity. It will not do for Despine to sit in the Judges chair and treat the criminals of q great city as so many automatons whose peculiar psychological bias ren- ders them amenable to no law. Such a policy would disintegrate our social system ill a very short time. It is we'll enough for the philanthropist to mix crime and disease in such inextricable fash ion that they become inseparable, but it would be exceedingly dis estrous if the so-called dangerous class should learn that that theo- ry prevailed to any great extent, either among the police who ar rest, the jury who listen to the testimony, or the judges who heal the case. Heaven help us all when we learn to pity and fear te punish!

 The age is just a bit softheart
Year: 1875

The Van Guard last week, gave the address prepared by the com mittec chosen by the Johnson County Immigration society, to prepare the same. The address is short, but gives information on many subjects which will bo of interest to those desiring to know something of Johnson County.
Year: 1875

ster he had been addressing as Miss Grey
off the chair and tried to seat Mrs. Jen-
nings in it. But Jennings was too quick
and popped the little sister there to her
infinite confusion.


We had refreshments and a pleasant
chat, during which l said to Smith;


"Don't look like that, man, when 1
brought the real thing here"


l saw it sll plainly enough now-cynic-
al Smith had been most desperately gone
with Jenny, who liked him too but after
the fashion of some young ladies, snubbed
him and kept him at bay. After the
meeting, though at the chamber, and the
discovery Of bis rehearsal, Jennings was
not long, aided by bis wife, in arranging
for the proper acting Of the drama. So
Smith declared, was accepted, the play
came off and | was one Of the actors
best man was my part, and l could not
help thinking how pleasant it would be il
some little Jenny were to take pity or
my fOrtyfve years and gray hairs, anC
make me as happy man as was Smitl
on his wedding day.


The rehearsal, though, is a standing
joke ; and the sticking up of sofa pillow
whenever we may meet is sure to bring
a red flush into the cheeks OF Mrs. Smith
and a declaration from her that it is toe
bad for anything.


Poor Smith how he ought to have
thanked US for bringing matters to (
climax.
Year: 1875

Too DEEP FOR UTTERANCE.-The
are times when language, even in Michi-
gan, is totally inadequate, and one OF
them was the other day, when carpen-
ter named johnson put his finger through
an auger hole to remove a silver, and his
fellow workman seeing the digit project
ing from the orifee, took it for another
silver, let fly with his chisel and took il
off clear up to the knuckle.
Year: 1875

ANOTHER PACIFIC RAILROAD. A
meeting In st. Louis called national
convention to meet in that city Nov.
23d. for the purpose Of memorializing
Congress to grant such legislation as
shall secure the construction of anoth-
er railroad to the Pacific coast, and
to consider means for the reduction OF
the cost of transportation between the
Atlantic and Pacific, the lakes and
gulf and between the Mississippi val
lev and the Atlantic seabord.
Year: 1875

harmony had been urged. He was IN
favor of harmony too, but he wanted
the party to harmonic on his views. lie
thought that the House was committed
to impeachment by its action last winter,
yet admitted the power Of this body to
undo its action. He admitted that the
Constitution of the State was the only
guide for the House in determining what
constitutes an impeachable oaense. Mr..
BLALEMoRE's whole speech seemed better
designed to give shape to some political
aspiration than q discussion of the grave
question before the House, and the opin-
ion was expressed that it squinted little
toward bidding for Republican support.


Mr.. WILLIAMS, of Greenbrier, spoke
for half an hour in practical common
sense strain. He knows nothing of the
the technicalities Of the common law, but
took the plain statuary provisions ot our
State as his guide-the only guide when
the common sense farmers OF the country
had was our laws as LAID down IN the
Constitution and Statutes. 1t may be
that the Auditor and Treasurer had re-
ceiyed J9,pty, but he could nowhere see
any provision in the laws prohibiting
them from doing so. The defect was in
the law. He could not see the necessity
for sending this question to the Senate,
where months would probably be cor
sumed at an expense of 500 per day to
the State, when common sense would
teach any man that the verdict would be
mot guilty


Messrs. CoRNwELL, MORGAN and
SMALL briefly explained the reason for
the votes which they would cast


Senator CUNNINGHAM appeared al the
bar of the House, announcing the pass
age by the Scnateof resolutions ofrespcct
to the memory of Gen. PANNELL, late
State Senator from this district, which
were likewise adopted by the House, and
Gus of respect to the memory of the dead
Senator. the House adjourned without
further business.
Year: 1875

Ir is SAID that every drug store in tue
city run out IF seidlitz powders yester-
day. Some say Thanksgiving day was
the cause, but others intimate that tie
members of the House, who were trying
to digest the impeachment question, had
exhausted the supply.
Year: 1875

DARGAIN FOR SOMEBODY.-A PERFECT FAMILY
ID Horse, color black l5s hands high; chunky and rang
build years Old; good all day traveller sound and kind
for lady to drive has long tail and full mane reason
able offer refused also full spring top Wagon Harness
IN good order, together otherwise.


T. CRONIN 10 South street New York
Year: 1875

I'epulsive--not as matter of duty,


but because he yearned over them
as mother over her sick child. We
are to imagine that gentleness by


which in the m DIST of his vast work
he would pause to take children
caressingly in his arms, and bestow
thought on the falling sparrow.
From all the wonderful touches of
description in the Gospel narrativesy
and by the sympathetic Interpretation
of our own hearts, we are ITO frame
the thought OF this Cerist Jesus as
he really lived. Then We are to see
that he beckons us to his side, saying,
"Be as l am" 1t is a life setvup not
for distant veneratioh only but, to be
reproduced in ourselves.-~Ghastioo..
Uniom raf, v..dr v,
Year: 1875

SOME MAKE complaint of the meth
DDS used to get up these large meet
ings, of the money spent on Sunday
excursions, the Sabbath desecration
&c. &c. But no great meetings can
be had without great effort and in
many directions, and where so many
are concerned a large portion aciU
find fauh with something, or ecery-
thing.


In the olden time it was customa-
nv for families to move out to the
Camp Ground, fit up cabins and
spend days and weeks at fiiuch ex-
pense of time and money, and with
very many incotfveniences to put up
with, carry on the meetings for the
glory of God in the conversion OF
sinners and the Strengthening of be-
levers.


People rode in all sorts of vehicles,
and hundreds came ON foot many
miles, on Sundays as well as other
days, and we heard no complaint OF
.SaJJath breaking. Nowadays, when
steamboats, and cars are used to
bring the people cheaply and quick
ly to the meetings there is great
outcry about Sabbath desecration
As though the Sabbath is broken by
the use of car instead of a carriage
by the use of steam instead of horses
1t is sin to ride to meeting, but NO
harm 10 ,cdik


IT is wrong to drive the engine
but no harm TO drive horses Verify
some people will strain at a enat
and yet can swallow q camel ,sllote
To our mind, the advantages Of the
new ways over tie old ways Of get
ting TO these meetings, the saving
| in time, money and trouble arc large
ly in favor Of the late fashion
Year: 1875

This reeihs to be the season for
camp meetings all over the county.
In the North, East and South many
are being held, some lasting few
days, others continuing for weeks.


Thousands have been converted,
and it is hoped that this is only the
prelude to a great revival which is
looked for in the Fall when Moody
and Sankey begin their work.


Now, as of old, there is much dis
pute as to the value of these meet.
ings as a means Of doing good. Some
claim that vast amount of good is
done, while others contend that more
harm than good is caused by them.


AS usual in such disputes, there is
some truth on both sides, but, we
think, the history of these meetings
clearly proves that the balance for
good is largely in their favor, Thou
sands flock to these meetings who
can not bp induced to attend the
regular services at church, and al.
though the majority come for sport
or wickedncss yet many are Brought
to their knees when they hear the
Gospel preached and having their
eyes opened to see their sinful state,
aided by the powerful prayers Of
hundreds of believers, scores are con-
rerted to God


This is the t7ee arork Of tie meet
usgs. 1t is true that thuch wicked
ness is carried on at some Of these
meetings, but much of this could be
prevented by proper regulations.


If Christians allow the Deyil to
take possession of the meetings it is
their own fault, they should go with
a determination to fight Satan in all
his forms and by faithful and earnest
prayer, united and powerful efforts
turn many to righteousness and faith.


Some Christians do not let their
lights shine, as they ehould, at these

places. By their light conversation
and loose bcbasior they bring re
proach on the good cause. Christians
arr the salt OF the meetings, but if
the salt has lost its SAVIOR; of tourse,
the meeting is failure. A long pull
a strong pull, and pull altogether
is bound to make the walls OF the
citadel of sin and folly to tuttet and
fall, and by the blessing oil. God
the walls of Zion are strengthened
and built up. God speed the work
Year: 1875

A Maine mother seconds the Bi-
bic Service plan with all her heart:
"What a grand scheme it would be-
she writes to tie Christian Mirror,
''to hive but one sermon, and that
in tie morning; and merge the after
noon service into i Sunday-school or
Bible-class, where all should join,
old and young; in some pleasent
way, With the Bible for textbook,
and a pdstor for a aleAder, and with
varied exercises, such as any good
minister with ordinary talent would
know how to suggest. if his heart
was in the work. Let the afternoon
be given up to the children, but let


us all be children together. If the
children are Interested the parents
will be-" We can assure this mother
that few of the pastoral fathers are
moving in this matter, and that those
churches which have given the BIZ
ble-service plan fair trial would
not now go back to the oId,way.
Year: 1875

1t will be seen by notice in another col
umn that the gallant gentlemen of the Wash
iagton Artillery have not heard the call for
help in vain. 1t was the intention of this
battalion to give tonight an entertainment
for the purpose of raising funds to aid them
in their preparations for the observance of
the national centennial at Philadelphia, but
yesterday, when the cry for help came
from the hungry and homeless sufferers by
the late .rrible storm on the Texas coast.
all other idea was b,,nished save that of re-
spending promptly to the call of humanity.
Colonel Walton has called upon the bat
TALON to assemble this morning to take
action in this matter, and it is presumed
they will direct the entire receipts OF the
evenings entertainment to be forwarded to
the sufferers at Indianola and her sister
cities in distress.
Year: 1875

A "Ruby" customer tackled dignified
looking member Of the Chamber of Com
merce, the other evening" as the member
came out from the meeting, and attempted
to gain some commercial information. 1t
was mellow evening, and the placid moon
sent down soft rays on the soft head of the
customer, as pillowed against an iron post
it rested.


"What's er Chamber been doinY'


Been fixing q tare on sugar"


"Suo such thing"


II ought to know"


"'Sno such thing. Can't have no tare on
sugar"


'You know nothing about sugar. Don't
bother me.'


know nothing about sugar! was raised
on sugar; was Ialways touk it in mine.
Yer bloody old Chamber amt been fixing
for a tare on sugar. Take a drink, dea-
con; lit show you what tare is; Tam a
spoilng to go on one"


The deacon told the customer to come
around in the morning, when the atmos-
pbere was less mixed, and he passed on.


"The old buffer" said the customer.
Talking about going on tare with sugar.
He's drunk, and he'll 60 home and say
twas the sugar. I've been there; but the
old woman told me my breath was little
off from sugar. The Chamber fellows are
fixing for a tare on whisky, and know it.
What did the old chap say about being
inxedf It's impossible. to mix things like
whisky and sugar. say, Bob, can you
mix"


The customer disappeared behind the
green screen, as if to get the opinion of the
barkeeper, and he was seen no more until
he was set out on the sidewalk with the
beer kegs when shutting up time came. He
had strug led with commerce, and had
fallen. Yet he was a man, for when trying
to pull his coat off in an argument with the
barkeeper, he had said SO several times,
distinctly.
Year: 1875

To-Day the irritating pop of the India
cracker will be heard over the land. One
wonders if the boys of long ago took to the
explosion of these crackers on Independence


Day because of the resemblance in color to
the relocated British soldiery whom it was
thought eminently patriotic to blow sky high.
To-day We rejoice in achievements of those
same soldiers as proof of the bravery and
steadfastness of men of Anglo-Saxon blood.
Year: 1875

Mr.. James R. Nichols, an accomplished
chemist, advances plausible theory to ac-
count for the drug-shop explosion in Boston.
He has no doubt that the explosion was
caused by the vapor of ether, which he has
known to PROSTATE heavy buildings when
freed by the breaking of so small quantity
as five pound bottle of ether When mixed
with air in the proportion of one to eight the
vapor explodes with a terribly destructive
force and with the peculiar rumbllng sound
which was heard in Boston. The yapor lib
Grated by the breaking Of tbree.quart bot
tie, uniting with the air in a contracted cellar
would furnish all the conditions for an explo-
oil