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WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAT 4, 1876.
VOLUME V.
NUMBER 5.
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M. M. UCTTDOCK. II. r. BURDOCK.
iiuni)ocK fc imoxrxEn,
publisheus and ritorjuETORs.
TWO IJOLI.AKS TEK YEAIt, Cf ADVANCE.
Atransss satis iocs rsrsrs ch appucatics.
MAILS.
Kastern Mail ( vis Wichita & Southwestern R.
; Mail and KxprcBsXo.2ilcparUl.15 a. m.,
Mail Erpresc No. 1 amvcs;daily at lo:3G r. .
Augusta and DouRlas dcpaits dally at I p.m.
Amies daily at 12 m. , ,
Arkansas City, Caldwill, WlnDcld, MellinRton
Nlnncscab, Little ton, Oxford, ItcUeplaiu. Cliicas
jila, burancr Citv and London Arm es dally at .
r. k. Departs daily at a m
Clear Water, Ohio Center and itolllng Green
Arrives Wednesda) b and batnrdays at 4 o'clock
r. M. Departs 1ucm1o sand rridays atfl o'clock
(n'nr,,i cDr ilute tlic uostoflice will be oncn for
the delivery oriclicrs anu me saic oj suuniw iivui
7 x. m. to 7 r. m. Office open on Sunday biornin;
from 8lo 10 A. m.
Mails going east and south close prompt at 9
p. M. M M. MCKBOCK, l M.
CIIUIICIIXS.
First Presbyterian Church-J. r. IIaimkw, pas
tor. Services in Baptist Church every Sabbath at
11 o'clock a. M. and "H v. M.
M. K. Church J. T. Hanna, pastor. Services
every Sabbath at 10K o'clock A. M. and7r. M.
I'ravcr meeting on Thursday evening.
St. Aloysius' Catholic Church lleierend J. A.
Sciicrz, pastor. Services on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays of every month) hljh mass at 10 A. n.,
reapers at"i P. M.
COUNTY OKl'ICEUS.
Judge Thirteenth Judicial District N. 1.
Campbell.
State senator II. C. St Clair.
Ucprcscntativc John helly.
Hoard of County Commissioners J. M. stkili,
0. O. Jacob, J. A. Nelson.
Countv Treasurer L. N. Woodcock.
County Clerk Join Tcckeb.
Sheriff II. W. Dosiso.
Clerk District Court U. W. Reeves.
ITobateJudge Wm. C. Little.
Suiienntcndent i'ublic Instruction J. liK 1.1H-
MERMAN.
Register of Deeds Milo B. jvellooo.
County Attorney W. K. Stanley.
County buneyork II. L. Jackeos.
citv orricmts.
Mayor U. K. IIarius.
City Attorney B. II. Kisiieti.
Police Judge J. M. Atwood.
City Treasurer It. Coqdell.
Marshal Mike Meagiieu.
City Clerk FiiEU. Schatikeu.
Surveyor
Justices of the reace D. A. Mitchell, E. M.
MisNEn.
ConsUbles 0. B. Joxes and J. F. Hch
ninET. Council First Ward L. Hats, M. Zimueblt.
Second Ward C. M. UAKuibOVaiidJouNFonxr.
Third Ward J. C. Millis and Jav Kiupinskt.
Fourth WardJ.C. Fjiakeii andJ.L. Dteb.
Board of Education First Ward W. A. Reese
and O. F. Haugis. Second Ward J. E. Cald
wxll and II. L. Jackov. Third Wurd C. S.
Caldwell and A. A. Hyde. Fourth Ward C.
A. Walkxb and II. J. Hills.
Treasurer School Board Rev. J. Y. IIabsek.
LODGES.
WIClirrAEXCAMl'ME.VTXo. 29, 1.O.O.F.
meets on the 2d and 4th Saturdays of each
month. CHAS. C. FUHLEY, C. 1
W. V. STEM, Scribe.
T O. O. F. Wichita Lodge, No. 93, meets ev
1. cry Thursday night, at 7 o'clock, at their
hall, over the Firtt National bank. All brothers
in good standing are invited to attend.
Ciias. C. Fublet, X. G.
J. TMcMillex, R. S.
A
F. Jfc A. M. Meets on the first and third
. Mondays of each month.
A Jl. AlUCACZ T .a.
WICHITA CIIAl'TElt, U. A. M. Meets on
the tecond and fourth Fridays in each
month. Geo. F. Uabqis, 11. I.
Milo B. Kkllooo, Sec'y.
SAHHATII SCHOOLS.
The M. E. Sabbath school, W. E. Stanley, su
perintendent, meets at the church at '2i o'clock
p. m.
The Preabvterian Sabbath school. Lee Nixon,
Superintendent, meets at the Baptist Church, at
a o'clock p. m.
The Baptist Sr.bbath school, A.B. Arment, su
perintendent, meets at the Baptist church vcry
Sunday alteruoon at 2i o'clock.
U. S. LAND OFJPIOE.
DOUGLAS AVE., COMMEKCIAL BLOCK.
II. L Tavlob, Register; J. C. Redfield.
lircelier. Office hours lrom a to 12 A. M. and
from 1 to 3 p. m.
COUTY SU11VEYOR .
II. L JACKSON.
COUNTY SURVEYOR. Leave your orders at
the county clerk's office, or call at the West
ichi U jiostofficc. 46-Iy
ATTOrtXEYS.
SLUSS, STANLEY & HATTON,
A TTOIIXKYS, Wichita, Kansas.
A J -tf
E BOUVIER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, New- York Block,
Dsuslas Avenue, WlChiU. 47-
amos HAimis. ro9. uakiub.
HARRIS & HARRIS,
A TTOItXEYS AT Law. Wichita, Kansas.
r. Office in the bulIdingoccuiied by the U. S.
Land OOlcc. Loaxs Negotiated on improved
lands in bedgwick and Sumner Counties, at ten
ler cent. Inten-sf with prii ilege of paying cf at
any time Commlaslon reasonable. Abstracts
furnished and paiers executed rt ithout charge.
35-
M. I. ADAMS. GKO. II. ESOL16II. II. O. ItCGOLXS.
ADAMS, ENGLISH & RUGGLES", .-
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Wichita, Kansas, nill practice in all the
courts of the 12th Judlciil District, Supreme Court
of the State, and the United States District and
Circuit Court of Kansas. ll-tf
J. M. BALDERSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wichita, Sedgwick
county, Kansas. Office in Ccntemal Block,
over Alcy's Shoe Store. ap20-ly
J. F. LAUCK,
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, first dor south of U.
J S. Land Office, iu Commercial Block,
Wichita, Kansas, Special attention given to all
kinds ol business connected with the U. S. Land
Office. 15-tf
W. R. KIRKPATRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kansas. 44-tf
niYSICIAXS.
DR. C. C. FURLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, Doug
las aicnue, first entrance castof Main street,
up stairs (oyer Hill's Drug Store.) 12-tf
DR. E. B. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office Centen
nial Block, Wichita, Kansas. 3-
DR. HENDRICKSON,
(U. S. Examining Surgeon)
JUYSICLVN AND SURGEON, Office No. !
Main Street. 4-2-ly
DR. W. l DOYLE.
DENTIST Office over Mathcw's Jewelry store.
Centennial Block, Wichita. 41-tf
vxTEiirxAitr.
G. B Kesslek, C. G. Tuompsos.
KESSLER A THOMPSON,
'."ETKRLVAHY SURGEONS. Will treat all
y horses intrusted in their care In the most
dentine mnner. omce in Star, Livery and Sale
Stable, corner Market and Douglas Aicnue,
M ichita, Kansas. 10-
KEAX. ESTATE.
G. W REEVES,
(Clerk of the District Court!
-p KAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting-
jl .fevwfc, .. imum, iuubu. voiiecuons maue
and taxes paid. All business entrusted to my
care will receive prompt attention. 41-tf
JNO. EDWIN MARTIN,
"QROKER and dealer in Real Estate, Notary
J3 Public and Conveyancer, Agent State Line
Steamship Co ., Abstracts Furnished, Taxes paid
Loans Negotiated. Office at the Red Oval Sign.
wp. T6 Main St., Lock Box 304. Wichita, Sedg
Xick county Kansas. 24-Gm
MISCELLANEOUS.
NNE BATH ROOMS.-Rooms which are sup
plied with Hot and Cold Water. AR things
pertaing to the bathing department are new and
tasty and first-class In every respect. Open Sat
urday nights until 12 o'clock p.m.. and on Sun
day until 12 o'clock m., otberdaTsfrom 7 a. m.to
10 p. m. Shop on Douzlas Ave No. 111.
45-tf DIETER Jt KATSER.
J. L. ZIMMERMAN,
COUHTT SCFEIUVTEDE"rr AXD NOTABr TCBLIC.
WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY to writing
Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, taking ac
knowledgments, etc l'ays special attention to
the paying of taxes for non-residents. Office
In South Room, Occidental Hotel Block, Wichita,
Kansas. 25-tf
RICIIEY HOUSE. No translcr, no bus fare at
the depot. Hare refitted, refurnished anp
reduced fare to tl.80 per day. Good stable ac
commodations in connujU n itn the house.
Mi-tl 1UCUEY BROS.
WOODMANS'
COX.TT2WE3ST.
Devoted to Lands, Honey & Commerce,
MONEY
Is always pifpared to furnish money on satis
factory Real Estate securities iu the Counties of
SEDGWICK,
SUMNER,
COWLEY,
BUTLER
and HARVEY.
On one to five year's time, in sums of ($50 to
$10,000) Fifty to Ten Thousand Dollars, at the low
est rate f interest attainable from responsible
sources, being permanently resident are always
available Tor consultation and ajustment without
the perplexity and embarrassing contingencies.
Ever consequent upon foreign negotiations.
J1
1ST
BANKING
First Arkansas Valley Bank,
W. C. WOODMAN & SON.
This is the first and oldest bank of the Arkansas
Valley, iu first operations dating back to 1870.
Accepts Approved Deposits.
Negotiate Approved Endorsed Notes.
Buys and Sells Foreign Exchange.
But io not talicite fortign colltclioni at the magni
tude of Iht Home Loan department precludri our
abihly to give them perfect attention.
TjAJSTJD
XjAHSTID
XiA.3STID
We are both selling and acquiring daily. Those
who wish cheap Farms should apply at once. We
Sell cheap for Cash or long time as may be de
sired. Our list embraces some
SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES.
Chiefly f the first and earliest Pre Eroptions
of these counties and of the most choice and de
sirable lands of the Happt Valley, in various
stages of imprortiment. Bottom, Valley and Up
l'ratne Land. Timber, Water aud Shelter Cor
ral, Suburban and City Property in tracts, blocks,
acres and lots.
N. B. The title and controll of these propertys
have accrued to us through the operation of our
loan department, and generally at about one-half
their correct value.
Our purpose being to have money rather than
our lands, especial bargains are ever offered to
purchaser for cash or on liberal terms of credit
Elaborate Maps. 1 lalts, and diagrams, compre
hension and explani'tory are always to be found
in our office- WTiere .It will always be our pleas
ure to show, as It will ever be the intent of every
jHirchases of lands to see and inquire, when pur
chasing in this region.
W. C. WOODMAN & SON,
First Arkansas Valley Bank,
H M H, WICHITA, KM VSA5
Centennial Block.
Jewelry, Drugs, Hardware, Boots & Shoes.
THKEE LEADING FIRMS!
St. Louis Hardware Store.
BCOTJOS: BBOS.,
Proprielori.
Dealers iu
HARDWARE, STOVES,
AGRICULTURAL
" IMPLEMENTS.
SPECIALTIES.
CENTENNIAL STOVES,
JOUN DEEIt GANG & SULKY TLOWS.
GARDEN CITY TLOWS,
ADXAXCE AND GARDEN CITY
WALKING AND RIDING
CULTIVATORS.
Browns' Corn rianters.
Old Iieliable Buckeye Reapers and Mowers.
Original Haines' Header, Eldward Harvester
for two or three Binders, Buckeye and
Hoosier Grain Drills and the
Celebrated Studebaker Wagons !
XST Ml prtcet aJjutted on a gold latit. Sbth
ing tan git leloic that,
98 DOUGLAS AVENUE.
J. H. ALEY,
Dealer in
BOOTS & SHOES,
HATS &s CA"PS.
Leather and Findings!
Goodt Sold at Zowttt caih price and warranted
to gire Satieaction.
Heywood's Standard thick Boots,
Constantly on hand. Warranted for six months.
102 DOUGLAS AVENUE.
GEO. G. MATTHEWS & CO.,
JEWELERS & DRUGGISTS.
Sell at Kansas City Prices.
WATCUES,
CLOCKS, '
JEWELRY,
DIAMONDS.
Silver Plated Ware and Spectacles.
IF-A-lJtSTTS,
OXX.S,
GLASS,
Lubricating Oil, Pure Winei, Whitley, Srandt
and Stgari.
Prescriptions Carefully Prepared in
the Day Time.
53- Do not send off to buy yonr Jewelry,
CUcts or Watches, v. e ill sell to you as low as
you can get the same Goods any where, 4-
MY CREED.
BY rilCEBE CARY.
I hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity Is seen; that when
Wc climb to Heaven, 'tis on the rounds
Of lore to men.
I hold all clso, named piety,
I fX selfish scheme, a vain pretense.
Where center is not, can there be
Circumference ?
This I, moreover, hold, and dare
Afllrm where'er my rhyme may go:
Whatever things be sweet or fair,
Love makes them so;
Whether it be tho lullabies
That charm to rest tho nursling bird;
Or that sweet confidence of sijhs
And blushes, made without a word;
Whether the dazzling and the flush
Ot soltly sumptuous garden Lowers;
Or by some cabin door, a bush
'Tis not tho wide phylactery,
or stubborn fast, nor stated prayers,
That make the saint; we judge the tree
J5y what is bears.
For when a man can live apart
From works, on thcologic trust,
I know the blood about his heart
Is dry as dust.
THE CENTENNIAL ISSUE OP THE EAGLE.
Additional Congratulations and Notices from
Kansas Papers.
For two weeks wc hare boon endeav
oring to find room on the inside of the
Eagle for a few of the complimentary
notices elicited by its late illustrated
issue, and at last are forced to repro
duce them on this page or not at all.
No doubt many notices have been
overlooked, but wc present herewith
compliments iu number sufficient aud
tone fine enough to satisfy the ambi
tion of any editor:
The Wichita Eagle is four years
old, "goin' on" five. It celebrated its
fourth anniversary by getting out a
paper that has no equal iu the State.
It contained a history of the county,
statistics, etc.,and was illustrated with
cuts. It is a bi-j thimr. Hutchinson
News.
M. M. Murdock & Brother's Centen
nial edition of the Wichita Eagle is
undoubtedly one of tho most hand
some specimens of the art we have
ever seen in tho great west. The paper
contained thirty-six long columns of
praise, history and description of the
Arkansas Valley and the Southwest.
Tho Murdocks are a live, energetic
race, aud the newspaper bnsincss is
evidently their calling. Success to the
Eagle and its useful proprietors.
Howard Count; Courant.
Undoubtedly the liveliest, the new
siest, aud at the same time the spiceest
weekly that reaches our table from
anywhere in the interior of Kansas, is
Marsh Murdock's Wichita Eagle. It
is a large nine column sheet, as bright
aud clean as the new silver halt dol
lars that Uncle Sam is issuing to take
tho placo of tho greasy little shiiiplas
ters, aud shows about tho same in con
trast when compared with many other
papers. It is brimful and overflowing
with Wichita. Its Centennial edition,
issued a couple of weeks ago, was a
raro sample of Kansas enterprise, ty
pographical skill, and editorial ability.
It was profusely illustrated with en
gravings, showing the public build
ings, stores, private residenceSj busi
ness and adjacent scenery. Outside
aud iu, from the first column to the
last, it was something about Wichita
and Sedgwick couuty, statistics of
trade, progress of settlement, popula
tion, aud everything that could Inter
est, aud which an emigrant seeking a
home could desire to know. Wa
baunsee County News.
The Wichita Eagle don't trouble
itself with any little New Year or
Fourth of July editions, but conies out
with nn edition for a hundred years.
Its issue of April sixth is a splendid
specimen of typography, and contains
an immense amount of valuable mat
ter, showing up the fertility, beauty
aud advantages of the Arkansas Val
ley generally, and of Sedgwick county
and Wichita especially. It gives beau
tiful views of prominent buildings iu
and around Wichita, aud of country
scenes in its vicinity. In fact it is a
regular Centennial edition, and worthy
of the name. Wyandotte Gazette.
The last number of tho Wichita
Eagle was filled, to the exclusion of
all advertisements, with a history of
the town aud county, its commerce
and resources, and wa3 embellished
with numerous wood cuts of business
houses and residences. The Eagle
displays a degree of enterprise that
ought to command, and no doubt
does, the appreciative support ol
Wichita aud Sedgwick county. Bur
lington Patriot.
Tho last number of tho Wichita Ea
gle is one of which any city iu Kau-
sas might well feel proud. It is a de
cided credit not only to the enterpris
ing town of Wichita, but to the pub
lishers. It is devoted to the commerce
mauufaeures and industries of Wichi
ta and its surrounding country. There
arc a large number of excellent wood
cuts representing tho principal busi
ness houses, public buildings and con
spicuous private residences. The com
mercial statistics and reviews are very
comprehensive, aud make a striking
exhibit of the capital aud resources of
the prosperous and enterprising youug
metropolis of the Arkansas Valley.
Wc congratulate the Murdock Bros.,
on their Centennial Eagle. Atchison
Champion.
Our enterprising cotemporary cele
brated its fourth anniversary by issu
ing a Centennial edition cf eight to
ten thousand copies. It is almost as
profusely illustrated as Harper's Week
ly aud is full to repletion of historical,
biographical, aud business items that
will be very valuable for future refer-
ence. uonsiaering tne space occupieu
it is a fuller and more complete resuino
than any Centennial paper we have
seeu. We take pleasure in congratu
lating our neighbor upon tho eminent
success of bis big undertaking. The
difficulties to bo overcomo were suffi
cient to discourage any one less san
guine than Col. Murdock. This edi
tion is a triumphant proof of the ca
pabilities of the press of Wichita, aud
a good index of the spirit which per
vades this valley. Wo prognosticate
that the Eagle will experience some
trouble iu finding space for the numer
ous "complimentarics" it will justly
receive. The very handsome notice cf
tho Beacon is fully appreciated.
Wichita Beacon.
The la3t number of tho Wichita Ea
gle was filled to tho exclusion of all
advertisements, with a history of the
town and county, its commcrco and
resources, and was embellished with
numerous wood cuts of business
houses aud residences. The Eagle
displays a degree of enterprise that
ought to command and no doubt does,
the appreciative support of Wichita
and Sedgwick county. Emporia Led
ger. As it was neither Christmas, New
Year's nor the Fourth of July,we were
"struck all of a heap,'" on receiving
the Wichita Eagle yesterday. It ap
pears that Murdock had decided on
getting out a Centennial issue, and,
without regarding anniversaries, con
cluded that "the happiest time is now."
The Centennial Eagle is a "scrcam
or," with pictures on all sides and both
ends. It tells about the history, geog
raphy, agricullurc,commorc6 and mau
ufacturcs of Wichita, Sedgwick coun
ty and parts adjacent and Theodore
F. Price even furnishes the poetry of
the Arkansas Valley, and, to make tho
thing more striking, after all this,
Marsh apologizes in one corner for this
"imperfect description of our county."
Commonwealth.
The last number of tho Wichita Ea
gle is an illustrated Centennial sheet,
exhibiting the commerce and manufac
tures of Wichita,Scdgwick eountyand
surrounding country. There are a
largo number of excellent wood en
gravings presenting the principal bu
siness houses, public buildings, and
conspicuous private residences. The
commercial statistics aud roviews are
very comprehensive, and mako a strik
ing exhibit of the capital and resources
of the young metropolis of the Arkan
sas Valley. The Centennial Eagle is
highly creditable to the professional
enterprise of the publisher Mr. Marsh
Murdock. Kansas City Journal of
Commerce.
The Centennial issue of the Wichita
Eagle did the Murdocks grtat credit.
It was an entire sheet, devoted exclu
sively to Wichita and surrounding
country, illustrated quite numerously.
It was readable, the matter well ar
ranged, and was elegantly printed.
Junction City Union.
The Centennial edition of the Wich
ita Eagle is admirable. The Eagle
is tho most enterprising paper in the
State. Eureka Censorial.
Friend Murdock, of the Wichita
Eagle, made a decided success of his
Centennial issue last week, and basset
an example of enterprise which it will
bo well for other publishers to follow.
The Eagle contains a complete ro
vicw of the business and resources of
Wichita and Sedgwick county, besides
numerous fine wood engravings of
prominent public and private build
ings in that city. The paper is very
handsomely printed, neatly made up,
aud must be of decided interest to the
people of that county, aud a useful
document to send cast. A number of
copies will, of course, be scut to tho
Centennial Exhibition, and placed on
file there as an advertisement of the
Arkansas Valley. Wc congratulate
Marsh upon his very elegant issue of
the Eagle. Ottawa llcpublican.
One of our old subscribers writes to
us in this fashion : "Your Centennial
number was a perfect treat to an old
settler of the valley. I had the pleas
ure of lodging iu the old Stockade Ho
tel in the winter of C9-70, aud the way
Vigus dished up the buffalo steak met
the hearty approval of all voracious
emigrants. Yours respectfully,
J. A. McIlvaixk.
Wichita Eagle. Let us make
even at this late day, for our neglect
in noticing the Centennial issue of tho
Wichita Eagle. It was the best and
most thorough thing of tho kind ever
issued iu Kansas. It contained many
illustrations of leading bildings in the
city, and was running over with valu
able and interesting local statistics. It
will do immense good, not only to
Wichita, but to all that ecction of the
State. Ten thousand copies were
bought by the citizens and sent broad
cast throughout the eastern States.
Emporia News.
' The Wichita Eagle of last week
contains several cuts of the prominent
business houses and residences of that
thriving city. The paper has also a
new head. Murdock has one of the
best papers in the State. Arkansas
City Traveler. .
The Philadelphia North American
says of the Republican party under
investigation : "No party was ever in
vestigated so much and came out of
the ordeal so well. There must be
some thousands of the Republican of
fice holders iu the country we mean
National office holders. Now there
arc possibly one or two hundred but
probably not more than one hundred
Democrats in Federal places by Demo
cratic appointment. Of these six have
proved unworthy of confidence within
two months."
The stipulated fees for the lawyers
employed by the Osage settlers in the
great laud suit were $10,000, and of
this sum Governor Shannon, will rc
reccive $13,000.
The Great Expounder in Bronze.
The bronze statue of Daniel Web
ster will bo ready for unveiling late
uext summer or early in autumn, it
will be erected in the Central Park, in
tho cfinter of the main drive, near Sev-
euty-Second street. Work on the
tounuauon lor tne peaesiai was ucgun
last week. Mr. Gordon W. Curuham,
of this city, an enthusiastic admirer of
Mr. Webster, who is having the statue
and pedestal made at his own expense,
received a letter last fall from Mr.
Thomas Ball, tho artist, in Florence,
Italy, saying the model had been sent
to Munich to be cast, and that it would
require about ten mouths' time to fin
ish. Sunday',News.
A lugubrious looking missionary,
who undertook to prosecute his evan
gelical labors in a mining town in Ne
vada, was waited on bv a committee
who considered his manner of present
ing tho gospel rather infelicitous. As
suring him of their kind disposition
toward him, and of their high esteem
for the cause in which he was engaged,
they gave him a broad hint to seek
some other field of usefulness by
simply saying: "Now you can git,
pard; wo ain't agin religion out here,
and it riles us to sec a feller spilin' it.
Gitl" Aud he "got." Who could-re-fuse
to take such a hint?
THE TRUTH OP HISTORY.
The Albs aito Sedition LawIt's
The Case or John Fhies.
Origin
The following article was from the
pen of the venerable Col. John John
ston, who was well versed in the early
politics of tho Government. Ho was
an Indian agent at Piqua, Ohio, for
many vears, commencing with the ear
ly settlement of that State ; and he was
alive and in tho enjoyment of all his
faculties, within the last twenty years :
Au article has recently been going
the rounds, stating that during the ad
ministration of tho elder Adams a per
son was capitally convicted aud order
ed for execution under the alion and
sedition law of Congress, in 1798. As
there arc very few men now living who
personally kuow any thing of the case
and as I was an eye-wituess, I propose
to set tho public mind right on the sub
ject. No one could suffer capitally un
der tnat law; its penalties were line
aud imprisonment at tho discretion of
tho court; a jury first finding the facts.
It was the misfortune of the admin
istration of the elder Adams to fall on
tho most turbulent aud factious times.
The French revolution was raging iu
all its horror; tho sovereignty, exist
ence aud worship of God was publicly
denied by its rulers. It was solemnly
decreed by tho Directory that death
was an eternal sleep; that thoro was
no future existence. Every person of
note suspected of favoring religion,
was put to death or had to fly the
country. The United States afforded
an asylum to thousands of those per
secuted people. But there was anoth
er class who were sent; a set of polit
ical incendiaries, who labored inces
santly to draw the Government and
people into tho war on the side of
France. Democratic societies, as they
were called, were established all over
the Union. The French Minister, of
his own mcro act and will, commis
sioned privateers iu various ports of
the Union, to prey upou the commerce
of England and tho neutral powers;
tho press favorabio to the cause of
France teemed with abuse of the Gov
ernment and the leading men of the
country who upheld its measures;
Washington, Adams and others were
denounced as hoary headed-eucmics to
the cause of freedom, aud the retire
ment of Washington from the Presi
dency was hailed as a jubilee. A lead
ing journal of the faction iu Philadel
phia called on the people for thanks
giving on his going out of power, that
ins name should no longer give cur
rency to bad government and perni
cious errors. Faction reigned rampant
and the country was in the greatest
clangor of being dragged from its neu
tral position. It was under these cir
cumstances that the alien and sedition
law wns enacted. It turned out to be
an unwise measure, and that, together
with the direct tax, unquestionably led
to the overthrow of the Adams ad
ministration. The direct tax occasioned a forci
ble opposition to the law iu the coun
ties of Northampton and Berks, Penn
sylvania. The leader was a certain
John Fries, an auctioneer. The mili
tary was called out, tho insurrection
put down, and the leaded apprehend
ed. I commanded a company of State
troops at that time, ready to march,
but not ordered. Tho appearance of
some mounted dragoons iu tho infect
ed district frightened the people into
submission, and they dispersed to their
farms and homes. Fries was brought
to Philadelphia, tried for high treason,
condemned and ordered to be hanged.
At that time the influonce of the Qua
kers in the city was so great, that an
execution was almost impossible. Al
though the President had asserted that
Fries should find no mercy at his hands
and although his Cabinet was unani
mous against the exercise of mercy iu
the case, he did finally grant a pardon,
as was alleged at the earnest entreaties
of the Friends. Fries was so unde
serving and insensible to the mercy
extended to him that he was seen
drunk in a low tavern in the Northern
Liberties, on the day iu which he was
discharged from prison.
John Johnston.
Near Davton, May 22, 1834.
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
A Proclamation by the Governor.
State ok Kansas, )
Executive Department. J
Wiiekeas, It is deemed proper that
the accompanying joint resolution of
Congress should be brought directly
to the attention of the masses of the
people in order that the necessary
steps may bo taken to carry out the
purposes iudicated therein ;
Now. therefore, I, Thomas A. Os
born, Governor of tho State of Kansas,
have directed such resolution to be
published herewith, aud do recom
mend to the people of the various
counties, that measures be taken to
carry into effect the patriotic sugges
tion of Congress, not only that the
"Centennial Anniversary of our Na
tional Independence" may be properly
observed, but that a fitting record of
our local progress may bo contributed
to the general history of the country.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the great
seal of State to be affixed at Topeka,
this 24th dav of April, A. D 1876.
l. s. ' Thomas A. OsnoitN,
Tiios. II. Cavanaugii, Governor.
Secretary of State.
Joint Resolution on tho celebration of the
Centennial in the various countiesortowns.
He it retchtd ty the Senate and Ifoute of Jiep
retentaticet of the Untied Statet of Amirica la
Congreit attemlled. That it be, and is hersbj,
recommended by the Senate and House of
Representatives to the people of the several
States, that they assemble in their several
counties or towns on the approaching Centen
nial Anniversary of our National Independ
ence, and that they caue to have delivered on
such day an historical sketch ol said county
or town from its formation, and tht a copy ot
said sketch mav bo hied, ia print or manu
script, in the clerk's office of said county, and
an additional copy, in print or manuscript, be
filed in the ollicc of the Librarian of Congress,
to the intent that a complete rcord Jraay
thus be obtained ol the progresi of our insti
tutions during the first Centennialol their ex
istence Approved March 13, 1870.
Colored Wash for Fences.
The following, says the Massachu
setts Ploughman, is a most excellent,
cheap and durable wash for wooden
fences aud buildings. It owes its dur
ability to the white vitriol, which har
dens and fixes tho wash:
Take a barrel and slack ono bushel
of freshly burned limo iu it, by cover
ing tho lime with boiling water.
After it is slacked, add cold water
enough to bring it to the consistency
of good whitewash. Then dissolve in
water, and add ono pound of white
vitriol (sulphate of zinc), and one quart
of fiuo salt.
To give this wash a cream color, add
one-half a pouud of yellow ochre, (in
powder.) To give it a fawn look, add
a pound of yellow ochre, and ono
fourth of a pound of Indian red.
To mako this wash a handsomo gray
stone color, add one-half a pouud of
French blue, and one-fourth pound of
Indian red ; a drab will bo made by
adding one-half of a pound of burnt
sienna, and one-fourth pound of Vene
tian red.
For brick or stone, instes.il of one
bushel of lime, add half a bushel of
hydraulic cement.
Gray hair is not only honorable,
but when it clusters in snowy luxuri
ance on the head of a married man, it
is an indication of perfect domestic
felicity. When one considers how few
married men there are who have any
hair left to turn gray, when it comes
time, what wonder that meu regard a
gray-haired man with feelings of ex
aggerated envy and veneration. Bur
lington Haakeye.
Gen. Santa Anna in His Old Age.
I lie lives in tho Citv of Mexico, in a
third-rate house of two stories, with
courts of not more than tweuty feet
square, tno pavements out ot repair,
tne whole tellins the storv or poverty.
He was seated upon a much-worn sofa,
attended by a smart appearing Mcxi-
can of middle age, and rose, with some
(lilncultv, in receiving us. lie com
plained considerably of his wooden
leg, and also of blindness.
Ho is an old man of eighty years,
very decrepit, yet iu full command of
his faculties; has a good head and face,
not unlike the pictures of Humboldt
in old age, with broad temples and au
abrupt, square nose, and, at onetime,
good eyes. He had little to say, but
appeared pleased at our visit; and, as
we told him of the four or five genoral
officers of the Mexican war still living,
he listened with interest, but showed
no special recognition until the name
of Pillow was mentioned, whom he
remembered perfectly.
Over the sola where Santa Anna sat
was the picture of a beautiful woman
in her fullness of youth and loveliness.
This was his wife when both led the
fortunes of Mexico. As wo passed out
of the court our attention was called
to the figure of a woman of fifty in tho
window opposite, iu olaiu dross, aud
devoid of any interesting attribute.
This was she whose picture had so in
terested us, Mrs. General Santa Anna.
Correspondent Cincinnati Enquirer.
How they Dress in London.
The ugliest thing we have seen in
Loudon, says a correspondent of the
Memphis Avalanche, is her woman
kind. This is owing iu a great meas
ure to the uutasteful dress. It is al
most a caricature. The elementary
principles of taste seem unknown.
The leading idea is to get as much cost
as possible iu a costume aud as little
beauty. We saw one lady who woro
a sealskin jacket, trimmed with silver
fox fur twenty inches wide, plaited on
in heavy box plaits. The hideous ef
fect may be imagined. But she had
paid $500 for her trimming, and was
happy. (Don't leave this out, Mr. Ed
itor, the women will understand it if
the men don't.) They trim their
dresses elaborately round the middle
of the body and tuck .them up at the
sides with mathematical precision.
They look like market women with
their panniers. There is not a line of
grace in the square sturdy figures.
The abundance of color is another
prominent feature in English women's
apparel. Not the lily, the lily of tho
ucld, butaolomon in his glory is then
ideal. Blue, green, purple and red
Hash along the street often all com
bined in one costume. They dress
more outrageously in traveling? than
any people in the world. Ono lady a
genuine lady in our coach wore a
scarlet petticoat, a gray overdress, a
blue hat. aud a brown feather 1 At
the theater, among tho haul noblesse,
who sat iu the stalls, wc saw au old
lady dressed in a low crimson satin,
pink rose iu her gray hair, diamonds
on her withered neck, and a blue cloak
half off her shoulder. Now and then
one sees a young girl extraordinarily
pretty and fresh, but of tho old ladies
not ono have I seen to coinparo with
those beautiful old women of America,
who wear their years like so many
added charms, whose silver hair shines
like the glory around gentle faces that
years and sorrow perhaps have refined
aud spiritualized to '.a beauty beyond
the rose and rounded outlines of youth.
The best dressed people wc have seen
are the actresses and the shop girls.
Wheat Cultivation in the West.
The idea that has been industriously
spread abroad that the limit of wheat
cultivation has been attained in tho
west is a mistake. It is perhaps not
strange that such a mistake should
have been made in in view of the won
derful development of this interest,
aud the vast amount ot grain already
produced. In Minnesota, for instance,
tho growth of the wheat crop in twenty-live
years has been so enormous as
to forro the conclusion on a superficial
consideration of the figures that the
outside limit has been reached. Iu
18o0 only one hundred aud fifty-seven
farms were sown to wheat, and the
vield reached only fourteen hundred
bushels. In i860 with 18,031 larms
the crop was 2,183,393 bushels. In 1870
46,256 farms returned to their owners
17,660,576 bushels and in 1875 60,000
farms yielded 31, 173,000 bushels. These
figures are official. The commissioner
of statistics further estimates that the
crop of 1877 will aggregate, with a fair
yield, 40,000,000. ct lie states that
there is an unoccupied wheat area iu
that one State for 100,000 to 150,000
new wheat farms of average size.
These would yield, when iu full culti
vation, 100,000,000 bushels of our great
staple. It is estimated by the Minne
sota JIail that the wheat crop of the
State would then load a railroad train
nineteen hundred miles long, aud the
locomotive would have passed New
York aud Boston and have reached a
point four hundred miles out into the
Atlantic before the last car of the train
would have left the depot at Minne
apolis. Minnesota is not the only State iu
which there must necessarily be a vast
increase in wheat cultivation. Mis
souri, Arkansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne
braska and Kansas arc all capable of a
very great increase. The receipts of
grain from these regions are larger
from year to year in St. Louis, Cincin
nati, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Chicago.
If wc take tlicse States alone and in
quire into the facts, wo shall fiud that
they are capable of trebling their pro
duct of wheat within a reasonably
short space of time, aud that tho rail
road and navigation facilities are con
stantly overcoming more and more the
cost and difficulties of transit.
It is no exaggeration to say that
America is becoming the granary of
Europe, aud that we have it in our
power to remain so aud to oust all
competition. That of IJussia, which
was the most formidable, is already
broken. Spain, Portugal, Holland,
Belgium and Italy ought to take large
quantities from us, and will do o
through English operators until we
supply them direct. In the English
markets our domination is complete
aud well established.
In 1779 tho entire wheat crop of tho
United States was but 851,000 bushels.
Iu 1873 it had reached upwards f 300,-
000,000; a century of amazingprogrcs3.
From 1830 to 1870 the export of wheat
and flour averaged $25,000,000 a year,
and iu 1873 they had reached $130,000,
000. It is, perhaps, safe to' estimate
that in 1900 wc will export more wheat
and flour than wo now produce. There
will bo a growing demaud from abroad
and the increased crop to supply that
demand must come principally from
the west add northwest, from the
States above named. St. Louis Jour
nal. Our attention has been called to the
literary achievement of a young art
critic recently employed on a Lincoln
(Neb.) paper, who was lavishing rivers
of gush ou the works of a local artist,
a youug lady. He didn't think it
would be just the thing to compare a
young lady artist to "the old masters,"
which is the proper thing to do when
speaking of local artists, so he com
pared her to "the old mistresses."
And now he is wandering aimlessly
through the woods. Burlington
JIawkeye.
Two tribes of the west coast of
Africa are fighting now, and have been
fighting for three years past, for the
po3sessiou of an African Helen. The
woman wears the uurotnautic name of
Mrs. Mcbbo.
How Lincoln Obtained His Education.
Mr. Lincoln in the latter years of his
life was an educated man. He did not
read Greek or Latin, nor was he versed
in the translations of classical litcra
turoorin mythology, but his mind
was well stored with the knowledge of
the times in which he lived. He was
almost the only man I ever knew who,
not having learned to spell accurately
in earlvlife, afterwords became a good
speller. Mr. Lincoln's manuscripts
will show that he rarely spelled a word
wrong. He never studied English
grammar, and for his success it is per
haps fortunate that he did not know
how to make complicated sentences
like Choalc. He never in early lifc,when
his language was formed, even read
tho British poets, or standard English
prose writings, or, if at all, to a vory
limited degree. Hence his language,
as now found iu his speeches, is the
language talked by common people
rather than the language of literature,
and all his similes are from common
life aud not irom classics, ancient or
modern. His sentences are grammatic
al, not becauo he knew much of gram
mar, but becauso they were simple and
straight, like himself. The way he
came to be educated was by never be
ing ashamed to confess his Ignorance
ot what in fact ho did not know, by al
ways asking questions where he could
probably elicit information, -and by
studying all his life. I have seen him re
peatedly around upon the circuit with
school books. I remember once in
particular when ho had a geometry.
His mind being naturally logical and
accurate, the demonstrations which he
was then going over for the first time
struck him wonderfully. I can see hint
iu memory now sitting' on the porch
of Burnett's Hotel at Clinton, delight
ed iu the proposition that the square
described upon tho hypothenuse of a
right-angled triangle is equal to the
squaro of the other two sides. Leon
ard Swett.
Johnny's Pig Composition.
The pig is a domestic animal, but
the old one don't like it wen you cetch
a little ono by the hint leg to make it
squeal. Pigs kHOW thoir dinner hour
better'n some humans, but it's cause
they never have any thing on their
mind but slops. Our pig's iu a pen,
but Grafl'er Peterses pig is white with
a black tail. Our'n put3 nis feet in the
trof aud that makes father swear tho'
he he don't know no better, and I fan
cy he would too, if he a fattuin' to be
killed in October, you ain't a goin' to
be a gentleman forthat short time, not
if you nose it. Iu Indy my unkcl Ned
says they stick en with spears, for they
i9 wild, and no wonder. The fur of
pigs is bnssils wen tney lias any, out
the pig3 as they make now-a-days is
gotten balder every year, like Graffer
Peterses, but all oyer My sister's
young man says a friend of his'n hes a
pig that is a show, and plays cards.but
that's a lie. Some meu spend a lot of
time curhn' their pig tails, wnicu is no
use except to cat, aud is best roasted,
tho'thc trotter is good, too. If .1 was
askt to curl a pig's tail I would be an
gry and say it aiu't fit business for any
human beiu'; you'd better git Billy.
One day a man was driven' a pig thro'
our village with a string tied to his
hint leg. Tho man tied the string to a
telegraph post and went into the Jolly
Brewer to git some gin, and my unkel
Ned he left the pig loose and tied a
ham out of tho kitchen in its place.
Won the man came out of the tap he
fastened the end of the string about
his wrist, like it was before and looked
for the pig. He looked at tho ham,
and then he looked up at the telegraph
wire, and then he swore an awlul
oathe an' said I'de jest like to get my
hands on the beggar as sent that last
message. Pig roots in the mud and
then lies down iu the root- aud grunts
like snorin'.
GENERAL BELKNAP.
His So-Called CourEssios.
Gen. Belknap is very much annoyed
at the continually repeated statements
in the newspapers that he confessed
his guilt to the CIvmcr committee
when Marsh's testimony was read to
him. This is a mistaken impression.
The real facts, as stated at the time,
were as follows :
When Marsh's evidence was read to
the Secretary he wa3 thunderstruck,
The committee asked if he bad any
thing to say in reply to it. He asked
lor time to prepare a reply, and re
marked: "I know Mr. Marsh; sonic
things he has stated iu his evidence are
true; some things are false; some
things 1 know 'nothing about."
This was his confession all the con
fession ho ever made. In a private
note to your correspondent, General
Belknap says:
"May I ask you to again correc',if it
is not too much trouble, the utterly
false belief that seems to have fastened
on the majority of minds, that I have
confessed something. The -New York
Tribune on Thuisday and the New
York Herald on Saturday repeat the
statement many times. This is abso
lutely without foundation. I did not
confess. If my resignation is deemed
a confession, the reason lor it will
plainly and in due time appear. If I
confessed why not is the person to
whom I confessed examined and my
trial ended at once." Inter-Oceun.
To Put Nervous Babies Asleep.
A baby is a very tender thing, peo
ple say, but most of them are far from
knowing-how tender. Imagine how ner
vous you are iu certain slates when re
covering from illness, say, when the
fall of a book or the slam of a door
makes you quiver aud feel faint, as if
some one gave you a mow. mat is
the way a young baby feels at best. A
putt' of wind will set it gasping, its
little breath blown quite away. A
noise makes it shiver, a change of sum
mer air makes it turn death cold. A
baby is the most nervous of beings,
and the torture it suffers in going to
sleep aud being awakened by careless
sounds when just "dropping off," are
only comparablo to the same experi
ence of an older person during an acute
nervous headache. Young babies
ought to pass tho first month of their
lives iu the country, for its stillness no
less than its fresh air.
The American Flag.
The American flag is one of the most
beautiful that floats upon any land or
sea. Its proportions arc perfect when
it is properly made ono half as broad
as it is long. The first stripe at the
top is red, the next white, colors al
ternate, making the last stripe red.
The blue field for the stars is the
width and square of the first scvon
stripes, viz: four red and three white.
The colors of the American flag are iu
beautiful relief, aud it is altogether a
beautiful national emblem. Long may
it wave uutarniahod. He who would
erase one stripe or dim one star upon
it, "acts a traitor's part, and deserves
a traitor's doom."
The term "car-load" is very gener
ally used, but few people know how
much it i3. As a general rule, 20,000
pounds or 70 barrels of salt, 70 of lime,
90 of flour, 60 of whisky, 200 sacks of
flour, 5 cords of soft wood, 18 to 20
head of cattle, 50 or 60 head of hogs,
80 to 100 head, of sheep, 9,000 feet of
solid boards, 17,000 feet of siding, 13,-
000 feet ot flooring, 40,000, one-half
less of hard lumber, one-foujth less
green lumber, one-tenth less of joist,
scantling and all other largo timber;
340 bushels of wheat, 300 ot ear corn,
and 360 of shelled corn, 680 of oats,400
of barley, 300 ot llax-seed, 360 of ap
ples, 340 of Irish potatoes, or 1,000
bushels of bran, make a car-load.
Kansas Governors.
Every man who has ever filled tho
Executive chair of the State of Kansas
is still alive. Chas. Robinson was the
first Governor, who took his scat on
tho 9th of February, 1861, and served
until January 12, 1863. lie was suc
ceeded by Thomas Carney, who served
two years. Samuel J. Crawford wa3
sworn into office January 9, 1865, and
served four years. James M. Harvey
followed Crawford, retaining tho of
fice four years. His successor was the
present incumbent, Thomas A.Osborn,
who is now serving his second term.
IJobinson is now a prosperous farmer
in Douglas county; Carney is mer
chandizing iu St. Louis; Crawford is
practicing law and operating iu real
estate iu Emporia; Harvey is in the
United States Senate, and Osborn is
setting-his pegs to go there. Now,
whilo all these gentlemen arc living,
would it not be a good idea to have
their portraits painted by some good
artist, aud placed in one of tho Gov
ernor's rooms at the capital ? Some of
them will be with us in the flesh but
"a ltttlc while longer." Topeka
Times.
Kind o' Took Him Off HhFeet.
The other evening a young lady ab
ruptly turned the corner and very
rudely ran against a boy who was small
ragged and freckled. Stopping as soon
as "she could she turned to him and
said:
"I beg your pardon. Indeed I am
very sorry."
The small, ragged and freckled boy
looked up iu blank amazement for an
instant; then, taking off about three
fourths of a cap, ho bowed very low,
smiled until his face became lost iu tho
smile, and answered:
''You can hev my parding. and wel
come, Miss ; and ycr may run agin tne
aud knock me clean down, an' 1 won't
say a word."
After the young lady passed on, he
turned to a comrade and said, half
apologetically, "I never had any one
to ask my parding, and it kind o' took:
mo oil my leet." .f'or 6'cot7 Monitor.
Water and Disease.
The Journal of Chemistry warns the
drinkers of water from wells near
dwellings to beware of typhoid poison
sure so be found sooner or later in
those reservoirs, if any of the house
drainage can percolate them. The gel
atinous matter often found upon the
stone of a well s a poison to the hu
man system, probably causing by its
spores a fermentation of tho blood
with abnormal heat or fever. Whole
some, untainted water, is always free
from all color and odor. To test it
thoroughly plicc half a pint iu a clear
bottle, with a few grains of lump su
gar, and expose it, stoppered, to sun
light iu a window. If even after au
exposure of eight or ten days, the wa
ter becomes turbid, it is a sure indica
tion that the water has been contami
nated by sewage of some kind; if it
remains perfectly clear it is pure and
safe.
Great Clock for the Centennial.
The clock for Memorial Hall, which
has been building at Thomaston, is
completed. It has 1,100 pieces, the es
timated weight of all being six tons.
The main wheels arc four feet in diam
eter. The pendulum ball and rod
wcigh,respcctivelv,700andS00 pounds,
the rod being 14 1-2 feet long, and con
nected with tho clock by what is
known as gravity escapement, and
makes two-second beats. The rod is
of steel, and to compensate for con
traction aud expansion is encased iu
two cylinders, one of zinc and one of
steel, which by their relative expan
sion upward, maintain n uniform cen
tre of oscillation.- New Haven Reg
ister. Rothschild's Day's Work.
Tho Baron is a hard-working man.
His wealth imposes a deal of labor up
on him. Ho ri-es at seven iu tho inorn
ingand goes to his bureau, working
there steadily through the day, having
his midday lunch brought 'to him.
When iu need of air or exercise, he
runs down to Ferriercs for a little
shooting. Meanwhile Mine, do Roths
child is making the rounds of her hos
pital, carrying relief and comfort to
hundreds of those wiio suffer. These
people have enormous fortunes, but
they make good ue of them, and live
really noblo lives. Paris Letter to the
New York Times.
It is a great favor to the old man.
Grandfathers who have been neglect
ed and made to feel that they were in
the way. and wished they wure dead,
who have long been thrust away iu tho
kitchen aud left to mumble to them
selves in thu chimney corner, are as
tonished by being brushed up of au
evening and brought into the parlor,
where they arc shown off to the com
pany as Centennial relics. "Grand
father, you know Washington, didn't
you ?" screams a granddaughter in
his car, for he is very deaf. "Yes.
yes' says grandfather, "the Gin'rel
borrer'd a chaw terbacccr of me many
and many a time !" The old man is
going to Philadelphia, sure.
An excellent sedative water for ex
ternal application, for bruises oraches
of any kind, is composed of ammonia
two ounces, tincture of camphor two
and a half drachms, common salt two
ounces, and water two pints. Mix aud
dissolve without heat. This is largely
usod in France, and is sold iu this
country under a patent medicine
name. It is an excellent liniment for
cattle when strengthened by the addi
tion often drachms more ammonia.
This is how Elder Pike tries to de
fine chronic rheumatism : "Swallow
two quarts of carpet tacks, take a run
ning jump bare legged into a barrel of
broken beer bottles, let a swarm of en
raged hornets roost on your head, aud
then roll out into a bed of fish-hooks,
and you'll get a faint idea of the nature
aud sensation of a first-class rheuma
tism whan it gets hold of you and
means business."
Brown came home late the other
night, and Mrs. B., reaching out of tho
bedroom window, said: "So you've
been tipping the glass again, have
ou?" "Glass," said Brown; "(hie)
'ts a funny word; tako off the 'g' and
it's von, my dear." "Yes," answered
the wife, "and then take ofl the '1' and
it's you, you wretch," and she slam
med down the window with abounce.
A Methodist and Quaker travaling
together, stopped at a hotel, and were
both given the same room. The
Methodist made much confession of
himself. When he roe from his knees,
the Quaker said. "Dost mean all thee
said, friend?" Being answered in the
affirmative, he shrugged his shoulders
and said, "Then thou art too bad a
man for me to sleep with thee."
Speaking of sunflowers, the Mary
land Farmer says : For absorbing ma
laria, ?ud preventing diseases caused
by malarial influences, for prime food
for fowls, for a home remedy, sure and
safe, for founder in your horses, and
for market as a profitable seed to be
sold for making oils, be "sure to sow
sunflower seed.
The spring style Of pantaloons will
bo so large that no modest man can
climb a ladder with a pair of 'era on.
The last census of Japau places the
population at 33,300,675, an increase'of
189,000 in three years.
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