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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
Tariff ON Printing Paper.

We notice that the Committee Of Ways
and Means, IN the House Of Representatives
OF the present Congress, have been instructed
bv the House, to rerort in favor Of removing
tho entire tariff now existing on Printing pa.
per. We trust that this necessary measure
will prevail. The slight reduction Of last year
did very little towards relieving the deleterous
influences of money loving combinations. No
class Of people have suffered more from high
prices, during the past year and half than
publishers. Combinations Of men who have
been formed under the spccIous pretext Of
''scarcity of material" and high prcies, Of Ia
Dor, and through their power and demands,
money has been exiorte from publishers, while
members Of Theses combinations have been
growing rich. We know that tliis statement
will be denied. But accumulated evidence is
too strong to admit doubt of its truth
The prices Of newspapers has by no means
increased equal to the price of printing paper
In somo cases the terms of the 'papeA have
been put up 25 per cent; bnt 10 many 10
stances the advance,has been less than this
II will be seen that this difference of increase
must work injuriously to publishers, especially
those of papers having a limited calculation.
Thus many papers have suffered very much in
rural lo,atiops. IT. moy be said that the terms
should be advanced in proportion to the high
prices Of material. But subscribers would by
no means stanl this advauce..' The average
sdrance Of printing psrer for the year past
has seen nearly 100 per cent.
Supposing this same Increase had been ap
piled to papers. The weekly foimerlv selling
at 81 go must be advanced to 80 90, and the
Daily bringing $500 put at $1,000. Bit
what are'the factsS In some cases the price
of week.-Mrs. has advanced TO 5000 and that
of the dailies to 5000 or 81 90 Our read
ers see the cause Of complaints made by
very many publishers. Oily papers with an
extensive circulation realizing large income
from that circulation, have comparatively suff
erred very little. Removing the tariff would
Of course, benefit city papers, and work an in
cacuable good 70 those OF more rural districts
Wo shall sec whether the servants Of the peo.
pie, sent to Congress TO speak and act for the
people, will dare to frown on the monopoly Of
rnonied combination, and do that which will
be hailed with joy by the people everywhere
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

TIE BOGUS CESr NUrsANcE.--The busi.
ness men Of Buffalo have inaugurated g cru.
sade against the bogus cent sbomisation. 10
numerous places 10 that city tie announce
msnt No bogus ccnts taken" is consi'icously
posted, and there seems to, be general de.
termination to enforce the rule. here is no
doubt that those who first entered ioto th.s
system of coinage did so from no unworthy
motives, acting simply with view of relieving
pressing necessity, arising from dearh OF
the "lawful coin Of the realn;" but lawless
speculators, not particular a. to whether the
pennies armed Were honest ones or moi, with
au eye simply to profit. entered largely into
the manufacture OF tho necessary crculating
medium, and put hodey in their purses tbers-
by. 1t was "gooi thing" all round. Pr.
dGced at a cost or less Than twenty-five Gems
the hundred they ware sold to dealers for from
ify to seventy ivc cents the hundred, AMI by
them p,id on 70 custo RS "a Of equal vauo
with legitimate cents. The Buffalo Eapress
tells of dealer who. few days since, sold
barrel Of Il ur, receiving nine hundred oftbese
vile "tokens, IN pay ment. The next day
tbev were ropudiated, and he still retains
them, as mementoes Of a once ucc,ssful cur
rency do lg'. an uriq' spsci'p'us of the ANA
teur coinGf's skill. :,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
Leap Year.

By dividing 1884 by The quotient 10 up-
accompanied b. a''rensindrr. a This, there.
fore. according 10 the old rule aud The Alma.
nae il Leap Year. Maidens Of an Uncertain
age may now without deyia,ipg from tho rules
of maidehly proprie,y. help themselves TO
husbands. Long s'ablshed custom accord
them the blessed-opportguity. We fancy that
they will wear brighter smile at the pleasing
prospect, that their faded hopes are glowing
with more radioncy, and that some finely con
s.ructed specimens Of architecture, are being
reared in mid air, which spurn the mists and
vapors Of earth, that with seeming condescen
sion they deign to use their foundation.
To the er;i,e class Of of'bacheforhood and un
married marriageabiIity Of the male persua
sion generally, the advent Of Leap Year is a
subject Of more serious consideration and OF
more nervous Importance than, on first thought
one would suppose. The privilege Of making
love if no longer theirs--it has become the in
disputable p'erogaive Of the geutler sex, and
the dejecied lord Of creation is terribly agia
ted in bis pal ful anxiety to know what fair
one among hi, scquaintances moy-and what
fai' being may not. The respective rights
and duties governing unmsrricd humanity
may ld, be gsneraIly KNOWN. They peihsps
are rot aware that Bissextile completely over
turns, uproo,s, and demolisbes ,he entire code
Of laws usually regulating the realms Of fcourt.
ship and lose. For the information Of those
who NAV not 3e cogni7aut Of the common law
in this matter, we here reproduce i'om an 0ld
law book, printed in the year OF 1900, the fol
lowing:
"Albe;t !, is now becmc parte Of the
Common Lave. in the rcgarde to the social
telaytioos Of life, that So siteh SO syeyie besey
tile year do,he return, the ladyes have The
privileges, during the time continuoth, Of max.
ing love unto tho men, which they may doe
either by' wordes OF lookes, asIunio them SEEM
eth proper, and moreover. no man will he en-
titled to the benefits IT clergy who do he re.
fufe 70 accept the offers of the ladye, or who
doth in any wise treat her proposal with slight
Or coutumely."'
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
The inequality of Man.

The following passage which exhibits the
tendency Of the Southern Despotism, and re-
assor:s the fundamental doctrine Of the
Southern Confrderacy, is from An articls on
Conscription 10 the Richmond Wig, Of Dec.
%, 1868.
"The attention Of Congress has been occu-
pied for some days past upon the efficiency OF
the army. The act admitting substitutes into
service was repealed with the utmost exped
lion. A bill setting asds all CONTRACTS with
the principal. whose substitute has been recciv-
cd, aud con,cribiug him alsb into our service
has passed the House with preciritancy and
almost unanimity, and there is but little reason
to doubt will be rushed through the Senate,
A more sweeping conscriptjn, embracing all
sble.b boiled men Of all ages and classes, with
various notifications, has also been proposed.
A frenzy for the moment seems to possess
both the administration and the legislative
branches of the government upon the subject
Of swelling tho muster-rolls Of our armies.-
Whence comes this frantic infatuation! Is 1t
a symptom ofpanie Of trep;dohoa border
ing on despairI are Ws reduced to the re-
cessity of making such an exhibition 10 our
enemies and to the ,oorld in rcsorting to such
desperate measures, uu ,arse elled in TIA his
tory Of wars Is it ona Of the protsau forms OF
dem agoyery that has bewitched our civil
leadeIsi The equality Of every man. ergo,
al must 90 into the fieldr Is not our war
based on the principal and fact, which all
history has demoDsxated as truth-ths inc
quality of mon-for policy we say Of races 7
Or is it the scheme Of the dssigning and as.
piringi This subject demands the earnest /,
thu cautious, the most deliberate consideration
aud citccuspectiop OF Congress-
In the same article the Waig says:
"Besides the incalculable injuries that wo'd
in every way result from wholesale couscrip-
tiors. tie xgricdliursl interests OF the county
would DO wholly neglected. Negroes left to
themselves will no: make even their own
support. The next year would be one truly
Of famine. Already We are experiencing The
trials Of scanty proysions; The greatest suf
ferng felt 10 our army is from this ca,se.-
the 8ant Of food with thei. families at home
is tho cause Of over half the dsse,tions. II
would lie good idea now to detail every skill
fol farmer from the raaks and put them to
raising provisions. Yet why not 10 this gen.
eral conscrip,or GO to the full extent. aod
take slaves to entrsnch and fortfy cgrcampsi
Do our soldiers now do III The Yankees
take g a,,anooga. and in Ave DAYS make it
impr, gnsble. We take Lookout Mpun,ain
and Missionary Rdg'. bcIl them fc fr'
wccks. and thoogr POSITIONS iofiuIcly strong
81 than those of the enemy, here being o.
negroes there to hsndle the spadesou Gcner
ais surrender them ~ thg lrst assault"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
NO. 90t.


II was announced by teIe2 graph on Saturday
evening that boy had been shot at the Cen-
trail dslot, Buffaio, by soldier. The follow
ing further details Of the sad affair are gycn
by the Courier: 'fftisl
"Two car loads of substitutes from New
Hampshire, in charge Of some twenty four soil
ders belonging TO the Invalid Corps OF hat
State, arrived in the Depot little before ccg-
en- o'clock, Friday evening, on the Central
Railroad. They wore Immediately transferred
to the rear cars OF the express train or the
Lake Shore road, guard OF severalmen Ue.ng
stationed on the outside Of the cars TO prevent
the egress of those under their charge. A few
minutes afi fierwards the boy Wheeler passed
over the platform Of one Of the cars, and upon
stepping to the floor Of the depot on tie south
side OF the train, be was ordered peremptoi
ly TO halt by one .hs corps. Evidently noL
knowing the significance of the command, tue
boy rctorted an impudent manner, and started
to walk towards the entrance of tho depot.
He had gone bat few steps when the soldier
discLsrged the contents of his gun at him the
ball anil bhckshot with which t. was loaled
taking effect 10 the head of the unforluGsla
lak and tearing away a large portion OF the
right side the skull and bIain. The boy vas
first seen after falling by Mr.. Asa Harris, vbo
fou' d him dying and removed him to spot
a few feet from where he fell. Death was al
most instantaneous, although muscular aptloa
was n,liceable for some six minutes after tho
fatal ball had done it's work. Mr.. Harris AMI
Others Immediately determined to find the per
pelrator, but wore Informed that the murder"
er had surrendered himself, and had bo,n Is
ken before the Provost Marshal. This, how
ever, proved to be mistake. From The time
Of the murder tili'the departure of the tSain,
at least ansbour must have elapsed, and ir
that time but comparatively little was done
towards making The arrest. Tho large crowd,
which cougregated' in the depot upon heariug
Of the iiagedy, would, without doubt have ia
ss,ed upon the surrender Of the criminal 10
terms that could not be misunderstood, had
they net been led TO believe that rrcsssrel bad
been taken to secure. q
1t is urged, in palliation of the offence,
that the guard supposed that ono Of tho drum
mer boys belonging TO the squad was trying
to mako his escaped, and thau no only actel
under orders in shooting him down. From
what We can learn, however, the bov might
have been readily overtaken had The soldier
pursued him short dstsuce,"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
Adina----PrOphctess Of the Lost
G -. Tribe. ~ s'' s''.''



There was deep, mourning In the land,
And Israel with one accord
Sent ZIP the solemn voice Of prayer:
A vail was in the wild winds poured:
"And shall we smite him with the sword?
Our brother, who. through long dark years
OF exile, peniience and tears lre
With all their sorrows safely DER, h-
Abides on Caanans golden shore!
How shall We smite him with sucL woef"
And the voice answered, Thou shalt CO."
Adina rose and gazed far out
Into the starry radence u
OF the soft. delicious IEsruing: i
She bound the tresees Of her hair,
So long aud dark and softly fair,
I. With clustering rubes o er her brow
A bride-in Sin's transcendent glow;
30 go not forth, my warrior brave,
The battle field shall be ,hY grave,
And all that We have loved this day,
In the wild conflict pass awayt IL.
Then go not forth, my life,
Flee the dark scene Of death end strife"
He turned and c'asped her to his heart.
And in one hong aud sad embrace, -
Gazed in her eyes aud on her face. si.
Detain me not-my bride my own,
chnnOt orOok ulut pieiuiDS Jonet
And with his strong, uplifted arm.
Our tribe shall ward the foreman's harm.
Mystrfngth is theirs through good or i'll,
T6 love ia peace-in war 10 kill
See ere the son set ON the wave
A victory shall crown the bravel"
Adna seized the golden Tyre,
And from it stirred prophetic fire.
20 60 not forth. for DER my soul
Prophetic murmurs darkly roll
The sword shall kill-the fire shall burn;
Our princely tribe no more return.
go 60 not forth the wave runs red
With royal blood, SO vainly shed:
And victorys exulting glow
Pales IN the purple tide Of woe.
The ties Of brotherhood are riven
The sacrifice ascends 10 heaven,
The mGden weeps within her bower,
Weeps for her lovers fallen power.
The early flowers shall come and 60.
The mountain palm-tree sweetly blow:
The golden skies shed glory down
On Israel's departed crown.
- ~ = -.
"And Ger each fallen hero's grave
The people amaranth shall wave, 81
The tears Of those who love them well,
Itfsilence fall for Israel. =" = y"
"He will not hear thy pleading pray'r,
He will not heed Thy souls despair:
His waves above thee fereely swell,
My Brothers! Oh, my Israel!
"Then go not forth, my love. my pride.
'Twere better thine Adina died;
Nomore beneath the vine we dwell,
My brothers Oh my, my Israel"
And from her brow she seized the crown
And east the sparkling circl down:
The quiv'ring Tyre fell ut her feet,
In dying cadence sad and sweet
But in it's echo seemed 10 swell
A dirge for fallen Israel
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

PoMERoY. OF Tho La Crosse Dem,erdt, Tells
a marvellous story about the cold in La Crosse.
lie says that on one of tho recently cold
mornings his cat (wor,h $02 in good season
for cats) fr"za Tho tir end Of tail TO red hot
stove. Seeing frozen mouse at one side CT
the room she sprang for II, and jumped clear
out Of her skin, leaving the skin standing by
the stove frozen. Feeling cold she went back
and crawled into tho skin the wrong way, aud
now a tail is growing on the end Of the cat
that used TO be the front.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
From the Toledo Commercial.
LABOR AND PLEASTRE.



There 10 happiness In labor.
Toilsome though the task may be;
Work is Pleasures nearest neighbor,
And the heart from thraldom free.
SAD .rh tah =,
Laboris the root supplying
lHappiness the branching tree;
Each without the other dyipg,
What may be their pedigree.
d. - j.
As the nucelus is enfolded,
Hidden in the briery shell,
Peace is beautifully moulded.
Labor labelled, ".All ia we'll
Head or hand, work one or other,
Or by turns We're better still;
Let us work for one another,
Laboring with an easnest will.
Sloth is poison. sweetly rroffered.
Wears tempting look, tbs true;
Take IL not. however offered,
iOn no Christian soil it grew.
Ifthere's one thing Satan loveth,
One thing he delights to find
One where unrestrained he moveth,
IT'S an idle human mind.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

John Morgan visited Libby Prison at Rrch
monc, asl whllr there he met Gen. Nca DvV
Being ln,fcducedio ,be Yankee. tie ret
Genera; said, sm'lngly, "Gen. Dow, al
ve'y hsppy tn see YOU b. 'e; or, shoue Pa
since you are here, ! am" happy to sec ,
hooking 50 welt" Dow's natural ss,us Il -.
and fsukee gennIty came TO bis aid,'sr
quickly r-pli 4, wi,hou, sppnrent Ur,pa,.ss.
msut. " GIN. Mcgan, ! esngts' sIa,e I'll, +,
ycar -~cap-; ca no, sAyrthat am ol, n.
,on M e~rsp'. 'n slnce you dill, | am H..
Cd " scs you scfe."
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

EE A writer in the Wisconsin State Jour
nal, tells Of Dane CouBty farmer who KEEP,
an exact accoun, Of all bis farming operations
during tbe'pa,t ear. He found bis sorghum
and wheat crop TO compare As follows: Alto
paying labor. rent Of ground, expense'of marx =.
citing, ETC., his wheat crop paid $3.50 per acre
net profit; sugar cane, sl4,00; thus makit
the net profit Of can, =, conp,r d with wbea.
In The ralio OF FIVE AL th-cs -ffths to ono.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

What do you drink whisky for! Do you
knowa You don't knowi Well, We would
like to know who does. 1t is vile practice,
in which politicians, corumon people, and the
rest Of mankind. and even editors and law
yers indulge. tits very mean p'actice.-
It destroys tho intellect, kills the body, and
damns the soul. The devil won great vic
tory when he introduced whisky into the
world. He knew What hc Nwss about. 'yt
was his business TO fll his region with sculs,
and he knew that was th b,st rec'uitn. offi
Ger for the armies Of p'rli,ion that hs could
employ. We have n few words to say to
whisky drinkers--don', touch il. l, injures
il ruins, il kills The kindelt, truest best.
hearted men ia the world drink liquor to ex-
cess. God, and God alone, knows the strug
glcs Of such men TO resist temptation H
alone knows how ea,nestly they prayed to te
delivered from evil. Oh, how many we know,
kind hearted. true, loving men, who are fapid-
ly passing down to death ON the finshipg tide
OF inioxica,ion. Do v6u drinki Stop TO .lay
Tor your own sake Do YOU know friend
WHO sometimes drinks to eyccst, but WHO is
tying To lead sober III I" You aci We'll
don't tempt bip.~ II is grca' crime to use
,oor irhrancs for the les,ruction of fellow.
creature. II you will irjlrc Yourself 10 sol
but doli; be instrumental in the narder OF
your ncighbor.-[T,onisyile Journal.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

AZ BRoap AS 1T IS LoNo "A German sta
tisticsl writer rern,rks that tho Invention Of
the sewing machine has enabled one woman
10 sew IA much as hundrs could sew by
hand century ago. but, he confines. one
woman now denrand4 as much cloihiig a.
hundred did a century sgo--so that the stu.
stion is not 10 much changed sftsr ell.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

In bull.Hght dsys, a blacksmith who was
rearing bu pup, in'uced bis old father to
90 on al foun to initiate tho pup. Tho
canine pupil pinned The old man by the moss.
The son. d,segardirg PARENTAL roaring
exclaimed, "IIoId him, Growlcr! boy, hold
him! Bsw it, fuh,r. bar it; i,'il DO the
making u the pup!'
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

Charles Noyes has been convicted of tho
'obhery Of the United States Express office
At It. Louis. of 100000, and sc. tenc~pro
the Missouri pen'tso,Iafy for tuo yeats. Oav
Noyes is thus suppressed.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

The Military COMMITTEE Of the House Is
maturing recou menia,icn TO the Precedent
to 'nus'er out of service all unemployed Gen
ersl officers.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09

Gen, Curtis has en- csrJ vigorously inin the
work before him. III viii roi onl, ex'srm'-
nate the cuertillas north of the Arksosas. but
will prepare Ers cam 'a'xn sou'h~a-dIy IN
tba spring. Majs G,prval I,Iunt-~lI bav"
Nm irnporranf cr'i,nari IN th'- p"''neni. Z.
when hp csn ,ad the g,lsn' Arny II The
,Erout,sr 10 conquest and victory.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
Eg- AP POlN ENTS S -Ry
For 1864. 1868. and 1866.

EE- "7he Roots and Leaves ,OW be for
The Heating Of the Notjons. y BIRLE.
DR RI. LYONS. THE CELEBRAT
ed Indian Herb Dcct ,r be consulted at the fol-
lowing places every month during lse2.'6s.
cleFelaud ce 2sa superio street teat Of the Public
roovs:r3d, an, 6lb, sts. 18Th 18th and i7lh.
Co.dwater. Mirh. So ithrrn. Mich, Hotel 2sh
Ekhart. Ind Elkhart, House 29h.
South Bend. nd. Gibbs. House, 3oh
'aporte. Indiana. Tee Ga den House, 31st.
Ann Arhor hch. Monitor House. 2Oth
psTo E EG.el Ior.s s1s month, s,s M and lss gss
ia ;kson, Mich ribtard House, 2,s.
Wooster. Crandsll Exchsnge, 7tb and 9Th
Mansfield Ohio. Wi-r House, 9th a. 10Th
Mount Vernon. KenyoH House, llth 18th
Ne~a,k i,olton House. 13lh {" 18th
painsviil. COwles' Haasp, Ath
q. Maxim strictly adhcared 20:
give such bslms have no strife
With nature the laws of life.
with blood my hands ! never stain,
Nor poison men to ease their pain.
IIs Is Physician Indrc who Cures!
The Indian Ncrb Doctor o.. J. LYONS, cures the follow
ing ccmpaintsia the most obstinate stages of their exist
enoe. viz
dropsi In the cIes', rheumatism neuraliga, fits or
Falling sickness ana all other arrangements.
scrofula. Erysipalas cancers, fe-
sores. leoprdsy,
and all other complicated chronic complaints.
Az ol s Of k.naie d,euliies atteFssl with the hap
given the Indian Herb Dectors Medicines faithful trial
s During the Doctors travels in Europe West indes
East Indies, South America aud the United States he has
been the inst n Gods hands To restore health
and vigor honsaf DIS who given aud
incuribe by he ast eminent d School PLY scaDs; nay
liyeing MONUMEN1S'to the Indian Herb Doctors
skl and treatment, and daily excaiming B.sed be
day when we hrst aud partook OF the Indian Herb
Doctors Medicine Z" b.. ,.,. ,s.,u -,
III. Doetar pledges hs sacred VOID and honor that he
will in wise ufrcetiyor ind ecy Induce
invalid Ia take his medicines without the strongest posi-
bty of
Remember. consultations and advice free.
The poor shalIb iberally considsreG..4
hoDE oF ExANiNAvI6N-Dr l.. dtsesrns diseases BY the
Eyes, he therefore, asks questions neither does he re-
qure patients explain symptoms. Invalids invited
to call and have thci symptcus and the location their
diseases explained, free ofchaTge :. 80. ,
Post-0hce address, box 1903, Cleveland, Ohio.
u. J. Lyons, M. n.
ADRIAN, Oct. %, 1861. F.
DR. j. LYoSsI should be wanting In gratitude aid not
sck knowledge what you have done me. | had been
sne. with bad sh for two wte msdi.
cine Afforded me instant relief In two months was able
perform many household duties II II will do for Others
whG. IL has-done lar ne, twhch haveno doubt) you
utmost confidence in and your medicine, aud shall
commend It, Yours, gratefully,
Mrs NJ l., PRUDEN.
TOLEDO Nov. 25 1851.
DIR. r. J. IYoys-Dear Sir. I am happy 40 say that
your Invaluable Medicine has helped beyond my
era6l that my hus5and and friends despaircd
OF my Every tlsught ! was rapidly going
into Consumption, but thanks Providence and to yous
skillfu mana ement. am WE'LL and with comfoii
- cATnERi EeUYET
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-09
Or OARE W A RD-

" - W. Daring the early part oi last Spring, some
per,on nought y Bnrrsn OF EyDLUM DONAGHY with
two O1 TOMAN COVERS IL, ne OF the drawers. Whoever
will give Information where they may be found
v u, recs We the above reward. IN ". DpNAGHY.
Hltdslc, Aug. 77, 1859. - .A