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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-18
THE FINANCES.


In connection with this sui ject, it is pro
per 10 refer to our financial condition.
The same causes which have produced per
cuniary distress throughout the country,
h"~o reduced tho amount of imports
from foreign countries that the revenue
has proved inadequate to meet the neces
sary expenses of The government 10 sup
ply the deficiency, Congress, by the act of
the 23d of Dec, 1857, authorizing The is
sue Of s2O.0O0,oO0 of Treasury notes, and
this proving inadequate, it authorized, by
the act of June l4th, 1853, Il loan OF $40
100000, to be applied 10 the payments Of
appropriations made by law. No states
man would advise that we should 90 OH
increasing the national debt to meet the
ordinary expenses of the government =
This would be most runous policy. It
would be ruinous to continue to borrow
besides it may be proper to observe that
the incidental protection thus afforded by
a revenue tariff would at the present mo-
ment, to some extent, increase the conf
dence Of the manufacturing interests, and
give fresh impulse to our reviving bust
ness. 10 this surely no one will object.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-18
SURGEON DENTIST.

g.. w II. Deifenbacher, has located
ASsAs4@sR w permanently inPlatteve and is
prepared to do all kinds of work in the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-18

Our position in relstIo.- - Tho ;nJe-
pendent State south of us ON ta.
neut, and especially those within the Hin
its of North America, is of a peculiar char
acter. The northern boundary of Mexico
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-18

In regard TO the mode or ASSESSING ana
collecting duties under strictly revenue
tariff, have long entertained, and often
expressed my opinion, that sound policy
requires this should be done by specific du
ties IN cases to which these can properly
applied.
They are well adapted to the commodi-
ties which are usually sold by weight or by
measure, and which from their nature are
of nearly equal valve. Such, for example,
are the articles of iron Of different classes,
raw sugar, and foreign wines and SPIRITS
In my deliberate judgment, specific duties
are the best, if not the only means Of secu-
ring the revenue against false and fraudu-
lent invoices and such has been the prac-
tice adopted for this purpose by other COM
mercial nations. Besides specific duties
would affordto the American man f. ctur-
er the incidental advantages to which he
is fairly entitled. Under a revenue tariff
the present system is sliding scale to his
disadvantage; under it when prices are
high and business prosperous the duties
rise in amount when he least requires their
aid. On the contrary, when prices fell and
he is struggling against adversely, the du
ties are diminished in the same proportion,
greatly to his injury. Neither would there
be danger that a higher state of duty than
that intended by Congress should be levied
in the form of specific duties. 1t would be
easy to ascertain the average value of any
important article for series Of years, and
instead of subjecting it to an advalorem
duty at a certain per centum, to substitute
in its place an equivalent specific duty
By such an arrangement the consumer
would not be injured. 1t is true he might
have to pay little more duty on given
article In one year, but if so, he would pay
little less in another, and in series Of
years these would counterbalanee each
other and amount to the same thing. So
far as his interest is concerned the incon-
venience would be trifing when contrasted
with the additional security thus afforded
against frauds upon the revenue, in which
every consumer is directly interested.
have thrown out these suggestions as the
fruit Of my own observation,to which Con-
gress, in its better judgment, will give such
weight as it may justly deserve.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
Good for Pat.

A male representative of the Emerald
Isle entered dentists office, hat in hand
with: -
The top of the morning to ye, sir, an
I've bad tooth, and the divil bit of com
fort I get short of bottle Of brandy, AND
I've got one of Father Mathy's NEEDLES te
kape me from all sich spirits, shure now
sir, wbat'll ye be akin to pull me tooth !
Half a dollar said the doctor.
'Well,' says Pat, 'wbat'l ye be chargin'
for pullin' o two?'
'O,' replied the doctor, Il won't charge
you anything for pulling the second one.
Pat seated himself, turned up his mug,
and the doctor took peep at his grinders
and with little assistance from Pat, soon
found which were the ones he wanted out
Said Pat:
This is the first one and that is the sec.
ond. Please pull the second one first
i Very well, any way to get them pulled
replied the doctor, and he pulled
Before he had time to fix the instrument
for the other tooth-the first one-Pat got
out of the chair, andwas edging toward The
door. -i-. "a.
Il guess, docther, 1 won't have the first
tooth pulled till it aches, and you told me
that you would pull the second for moth
ing
Pat mizzled, and the doctor pocketed
the Joke instead of the fee.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02

1t is stated by competent authority
that the number of languages spoken is
1904. The number of men in the world is
about equal to the number of women. The
average of human life is about thirty-three
years. One-quarter die before the age of
II. To every 1000 persons, one only,
reaches 100 years. To every 100 only o
reaches SIS years; and not more than in
500 reaches the age of 80 years.
There are on earth I,00O,000,o00 of in
habitants. Of these 1888, ,333 die every
year; 1880 every hour, and so every min
ute, or 1 for every second. The losses are
about balanced by an equal number of
births. The married are longer lived than
the single; and above all, those who. OBJ
serve sober and Industrious conduct
Tall men live longer than short ones
Women have more chances of life previous
to the age of so years than men, but fewer
after. -
The number of marriages is in proportion
of rs to 100. Marriages are more fire.
quent after the equinoxes-that is, during
the months ofJune and December. Those
born in the spring are generally more To-
bust than others. Births and deaths are
more frequent by night than by day. Num-
Der ofmen capable Of bearing arms is cal1
culated at one fourth of our population.
According to the late census of Great
Britain the English people in Scotland
numbered 1862 males, and 1924 fe-
males; the Scottish people in England and
Wales 60,7O4 males, and 1882 females;
Irish people in England and Scotland 2l9,
397 males, and l99,s50 females.
The males in three islands at the SOL
dier's age of twenty to forty amount to
3,300,000 men. So that, with q good
militia system, and such degree Of militia
ry discipline as experience in this country
has proved can be attained by volunteers,
England might bid defiance to all Europe
in arms. - .,.s~, .-f.-,sr
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
Pearls.


Where love is, there is no labor, and il
there is labor, the labor is loved. n5 IS = s.sss
Wisdom is better without an inheritance. q
than inheritance without wisdom.
If you spend the day proftably, yod ViH
have cause to rejoice in the evening. " >
As many days as we pass without doing
some good, are SO many days entirely lost.
A seasonble gathering, and 4 reasona-
bic spending, make good housekeeping,
Aristippus said, he liked no pleasure
but that which concerned mans true
happiness. gah o. IS .gg7k kszEIIsd NJ y
He that would have his business well
done, must either do it himself, or seet to
the doing it. gil a'odv 90 alasbBsa
The shortest way to be rich is not by
enlarging our estates, but by contracting
our desires. 2 - iseq 81 isiqssoz baa
The great are under as much difficulty
to expend with pleasure as the man TO Ia
Dor with success. '~9 fs-ssid ~ u
There are few who know how to be idle I
and innocent. By doing nothing we learn
to do i'll. aeoofs
Rather pay wages to a servant than ac-
cept the offered help of occasional stten-
dants-such are never paid. slaiS hisd
There is no man but hath a soul, and
if he will look carefully to that, he need
not complain for want of business.
Rise early to your business, learn good
things and oblige good men; these are
three things you shall never repent. -.
A wise man will dispose of time past to.
observation and reflection; time present to
duty; and time to come to Providence. 3
Xenocrates divided each day into several
parts for various employments, assigning
one to silence, wherein to study what to
say. '.''i' '''' %
Diligence puts almost everything in our
power, and will in time, make even chill
dren capable of the best and greatest
things. -----.
There is no man so contemplate, but in
distress reqires pity. 1t is iuhuman to bs
altogether insensible of another's misery
Conquer your own passions; it will be
more glorious for you to triumph over your
own heart, than it would be to take cit
adel. .sr.-s..s If---.-.,r,-yr-r
The Egyptians, at their feasts, to pre-
vent excesses, sat skeleton before their
guests, with this motto, "Remember, ye
must shortly be SUCH" J rs'-9
An inviolable fidelity, good humor, and
complacency of temper in wife, outlivs
all the charms of fine face, and make the
decays Of il invisible. ni'a a4f "a
The newspaper is law book for the in
dolent, sermon for the thoughtful . Ii
brary for the poor. 1t may stimulate the
most indiferent-lt may instruct the most
profound. iSsila-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
ALessOn On Riches.

A little boy sat by his mother. He
looked long in the fire, and was silent.
Then, as the deep thought passed away,
his eyes frightened, and he spoke:
"Mother, l want to be rich"
"Why do you want to be rich, my
son!" =
"And the child said, "Every one praises
the rich; and every one asks after the
rich. The stranger at our table yesterday
asked who was the richest man in our vii
lage. At school, there is boy who does
not like to learn. He cannot say his les
sons well. SOMETHING'S be speaks bad
words. But the other children do not
blame him, for they say he is wealthy
boy" %
Then the mother saw that the child was
in danger of thinking that wealth might
take the place of goodness, and be an ex-
cuse for Incidence, or cause them to be
held in honor who led unworthy lives. So
she asked him
"WLat is il to be rich?"
He answered, ~ do not know. Tell me
how to become rich, that all may ask af-
ter me and praise me-"
"To become rich is to get money. For
this you must wait until you become a
man." .z1-.a. s--sia. /
The boy looked sorrowful, and said, "Is
there not some other way of becoming
rich, that may begin now!'
She answered, "The gain of money is
not the true wealth. Fires may burn it,
the winds may sweep it away, the moth
may eat it, the rust waste it, or robber
make it his prey. Men are worried with
the toll of getting it, but they leave it be-
hind them at last. They die, and carry
nothing away. The soul of the richest
prince of the. earth goeth forth like that
of the wayside begger, without garment.
Those who possess it are always praised
by men, but they do not receive the
praise Of God"
"Then," said the boy, "may I begin to
gather this kind of riches; or must l wait
until | become a man?"
The mother laid her hand upon his lit
tie head, and said, '"To-day, if you will
hear his voice; for He hath promised that
those who seek early shall find"
And the child said, "Teach me how l
may become rich before God.
The she looked tenderly on him, and
said, "Kneel down every night and morn
ing, and ask that you may love the dear
Saviour, and trust in Him. Obey His
word, and strive all the days of your life
to do good to all. So, though you may
be poor in the world, you shall be rich in
faith, and an hair of the kingdom of Hea-
yen." "Hf
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02

broom when John swept the hearth, but
shut in the closet with very little air, they
had been slow in kindling; but now they
had kindled thoroughly, and when Leake
sprang to the closet door, and opened it
the broom was in lighted blaze, and the
heated partition had taken fire. John
seized the broom and threw it into the fire.
place, and at that moment the fire had
made so little progress that single pail
of water at hand would have extinguished
it. ' i sa t='.rr-. ..l
"Oh, the pail of water" shrieked Mrs.
Leake. Leake thought with anguish of
the empty pail, rushed to the kitchen for
It, and rushed to the well. The ground
was descending to the house, and as he
said, slippery as glass;" and Leske fell.
Again he let the bucket down to the deep
well and filled his pail, and reached the
house with it, but the air had rushed thro'
the open door aud blw up the fire like a
furnace bellows. 1t would not now have
felt twenty pals Of water. The smoke
filed the whole house, and the outcries of
John and his wife had awakened the whole
family, who now came out-all excepting
two girls who had bolted themselves into
the bed room, had talked together late in
to the night, and were now sleeping on in
spite of all the mischief, danger, and mise
ry about them. Lyman rushed through
an outer room filled TO suffocation with
smoke, and shrieked, aAnne! Sally! fire !!
fire !" There was no answer. In vain he
banged against the door, it was too secure
ly bolted. Quick as thought he sprang to
window communicating with the wood
house, passed through it it, and in a mo-
ment returned with his ak. The smoke
had become fire, the room was blazing
But, with Heavens help and blessing Che
said he could rot-could not have possibly
have done it alone), in a breath the door
was battered down, and in another breath
the girls jumped from the window unharm'-
ed, followed by Lyman. -.rI ~
The rapid consumption of wooden
house in the country in cold gusty night,
can scarcely be conceived by those who
have not witnessed it. There was out
from the stable when that, as we'll as the
house and wood house, was inveloped in
flames. Ali, as Leake's neighbor had for
warned him, went together, and in one
mass of ashes lay the labor Of many
months-the dear old furniture of the Con-
necticut home, all the childrcn's pretty
things, fond memorials and precious keep
sakes, that no toll, no art, no kindness
could make to them. "And all this great
loss," as Mr.. Curtis would repeat to his
listeners in the school,. "for the want of a
pail Of ,cater in the right place. And
life saved by the ak being in the right
place, instead of being thrown into the
closet, as Leake proposed, beside the
broom by the careless use of which all
the harm was DONE" So
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
GIRLS, BE CAur1oUs.-"Girls, beware

GIRLS, BE CAUr1oUs.-"Girls, beware
of trancient young men-never suffer the
address of strangers; recollect one good,
steady, industrious mechanic is worth more
than all the floating trash IN the world
The allurements of a dandy jack, with some
honest tailor's coat on bis back, and q
brainless, thought fancy skull, can never
make up the loss of kind fathers home,
a good mothers counsel, and the society
of brothers and sisters; their affection lasts
while that of such man is lost at the
wane of the honey moon. Girls, beware,
take heed lest ye should fall into the
"snare of the fowler" too many have al
ready been taken from kind fathers
home and good mothers council, and
made the victim of poverty and crime,
brought to shame and disgrace, and then
thrown upon their own resources, to live
their few remaining, days in grief and sor-
row, while the brainless skull is making its
circuit around the world, bringing to his
ignoble will all that may be allured by his
deceitful snares, many fair one the shame
Of his artfal villainy." "''I
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
A Little Difficulty.

The Plaindeater gives an account of an
enterprising travelling agent for a well
known Cleveland Tomb Stone Manufacto-
ry, who lately made visit to a small town
in an adjoining county. Hearing in the
village that a man in the remote part of
the township had lost bis wife, he thought
he would 60 and see him and offer him
consolation and grave stone on his rea-
sonable terms. He started. The road
was frightful one, but the agent perse-
vered and finally arrived at the bereaved
mans house. Bereaved mans hired girl
told the agent that the bereaved man was
splitting fence rails, 'over in the pastur
about two milds.' The indefatigable agent
hitched his horse and started for the pas
tur.' After falling into all manner of mud
holes, scratching himself with briars and
tumbling over decayed logs, the agent at
length found the bereaved man. In a sub
dued voice he asked the man if he had lost
his wife. The man said he had. The agent
was very sorry to hear of it and sympa-
thised with the man very deeply in his
great afiiction; but death he said was an
insatiate archer, and shot down all, both of
a high and low degree. Informed the
man 'that what was his loss was her gain,
and would De glad to sell him grave
stone to mark the spot where the beloved
one slept-marble or common stone, as he
chose, at prices defying competition. The
bereaved>man said there was "a little diff
Guilty in the way Haven't you lost your
wife 2 inquired the agent. why, yes, 1
have said the man, but no grave stun
amt necessary; you see the cussed critter
amt dead. SHE'S scooTED WITH ANOTHER
MANI The agent retired.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
Country PaPers-.Their Uses.

Country papers are of much more use
than the p ,ople imagine.
They aid in directing public attention to
matters in which every citizen of the coun-
try is more or less interested.
They contribute in variety of ways to
the formation Of public opinion on subjects
of public interest. -
They aid in giving characters and i'm
portance to the county in which they are
published.
They stimlate taste for reading, and
disseminate, in the course of one year, a
vast amount of useful information which
would not reach portion of their readers
through any other channel.
They are of essential use in family in
fostering taste for reading among chill
dren. Country papers enjoy an advantage
in this respect over papers published at a
distance, because many of their items are
of local interest which naturally attracts
child's attention. The advertising col
umns of these papers are particularly at
tractive to this class of readers. 20.
Country papers, by the local information
they contain, are often the means of draw
ing new and valuable citizens to the coun-
ty in which they are published.
To the objection we do not unfrequently
hear urged against the support of country
papers that the price charged for them is
too high, it may be replied that the price
at which the paper can be afforded depends
mainly upon the numbers. The chief ex-
pense in the publication of a paper, con-
sists in sutting up the matter. One thou
sand, or even ten thousand copies can be
furnished at very small addition to Che
cost over and above that of composition.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02
The last of the BORDER Rrffian..

The Border RuAians who once figured
so largely in Kansas, are now hard to find
and no one is willing to acknowledge thai
he was one of them. saia1'
Gen. B. F Stringfellow is about to take
up his residence at Memphis, Tenn. He
Is in too bad order to remain in Missou-
ri. y t'afa.-' ..''I - i'Tli -lIise q
His brother, Dr.. Stringfellow, has re-
Gently joined the Congregational Church,
and may be seen partaking of the Sacra-
ment with his old political enemy, Gen.
Pomery. He now declares himself Free
State Democrat, and is strongly recon-
mended by his friends as the proper per-
son to fill the Office just vacated by the re-
signation of Gov. Denver. '''.'
Gov. Shannon has met with great
moral, as well as political change. He
has discontinued the use of his once IA
vorite beverage, whisky,-discarded his
Border Rufian associates-and is now
one of the most exemplary men in Le-
compton. ... iatl - t-i5
His old friend, the notorious, Colonel
Titus; after proving himself coward in
Central America and vagabond in Kan.
sas, headed the Lynn county assassins, the
remnant of Col. Buford's ragamuAins, and
left for Arizona, there TO work in the mines,
or, 'if unsuccessful, to rob the Spanish
Churches" fa
Chief Justice Lecompte is presiding over
murder trial in Leavenworth. nj
Jack Henderson, who was conspicuous
in making up fraudulent election returns,
appeared a few days since in the secret
caucuses of the democratic party. ae
Gen. Mclean has not made his appear
anee in the Territory since he peJured him.
self in connection with the famous candle.
box.
His miserable master, "Gen. Candle
Box Calhoun" is inclined to keep at a safe
distance from the people over whom he
once assumed dictatorship.
Emery is in the United States Land
Office at Kickapoo.
General Whitfield is the Register il
the same office.
Sheriff Jones has recently received the
appointment of "Receiver" in Arizona.
All of the above notorious character:
have been, or are now the recipients of i'm.
portant Offices under the General Govern
ment. e
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02

THOUGHT A BEAUT1F1ER.-A writer in
the Home Journal thinks that mental &C
tivity tends to keep the body young:
We were speaking of handsome men
the other evening, and I was wondering
why K. had so lost the beauty for which,
five years ago, he was famous. 20, it's be-
cause he never did anything" said B. He
never worked, thought, suffered. You
must have the mind chiseling away at the
features, if you want handsome middle
aged men," Since hearing that remark,
have been on the watch at the theater, op-
era, and other places, to see whether it is
generally true, and it is. A handsome man
who does nothing but cat and drink, grows
flabby, and he fine lines Of his features are
lost; but thehard thinker has an admirable
sculptor at work, keeping his fine lines in
repair, and constantly going over his face
10 improve original design. r SrJ
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-02

Oriental VIVA young man going q
journey, entrusted a hundred deeners to an
old man when he came back, the old man
denied having had any money deposited
with him and he was bad up before the
Kanzee.
"Where were you, young man, Awhen
you delivered this money! 7sst
"Under tree" ,ezs N sas
@Take my seal and summon that tree"
said the Judge.
The young man went in wonder. After
he had been gone some time, the kanzee
said to the old man a.,s .s-sree
ale is long-do you think he has got
there yeti" -.
"No," said the old man 'it is some dis
tance; he has not got there yet"
allow knowest thou, old man. cried the
Kanzee, "where that tree iss" ell e -
The young man returned, and. said the
tree would not come. s
.THs has been here, young man, and CIV
en- his eyidence-the money Is thine.