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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
III He Said He Did, He Did.

A little story L am going to tell you
happened before the war, when every
one was very, very busy. Soldiers were
enlisting and going away from almost
every home in the land.
One young man had volunteered and
was expecting daily to be ordered to the
seat of war. One day his mother gave
him an unpaid bill with money, and ask
ed him to pay it. When he returned
home that night she said. Did you pay
the bill?" "Yes," he answered. In a
few days the bill was sent in a second
time. 81 thought" said she to her son,
that you paid this"
81 really don't remember, mother; you
know I've had so many things on my
mind"
'But you said you did"
'Well," he answered, eff said did,
did"
He went away, and his mother took the
bill herself to the store. The young
man had been known in town all his life,
and what opinion was held of him this
will show.
Il am quite sure" she said, my son
paid this some days ago; he has been
very busy since, and has quite forgotten
about it; but he told me that day he had,
and says if he said then that he had, he
is quite sure he did,
"Well," said the man, 81 forgot about
it; but if he ever said he did, he did"
Wasn't that a grand character to have
Having once said thing, that was
enough to make others believe 1t, wheth-
er he remembered it or not.
/ wish all the boys in our land were as
sure of good reputation.-Chr1sttan
Weeblu.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
4 Charge Which Cannot be Denied.

THE Cleveland Daily Leader reminds
the public of fact which ought not 10
be lost sight of, and which is of some in
Uerest in its bearings on the present politi-
cal contest:
1.-THE New York Tribune, which was
and is now under the supreme editorial
control of Horace Greeley, accepted from
Tweed, Connolly, Mayor Hall * Co, a
New York city advertising contract,
ranging from $4,000 to 100000 per
annum, with the tacit understanding that
the Tribune was to say nothing about the
gigantic expenses of the city Government
and frauds of the above named managers.
The Tribune kept its part of the contract
until it was compelled to speak out by the
tremendous force of public opinion, six
weeks after the Times made its expose of
the fact that the Tammany ring had stolen
S2O, 900, 900 from the public treasury. Mr..
Greeley, as a Tribune stockholder, pock-
eted his share of the bribe. Is it any
wonder that the Tammany thieves, Tweed,
Connolly Sweeney, Hall, Brennan, Wood
and the rest, should have celebrated the
nomination of Greeley with reioicings as
they did yesterday"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
Baby Talk.

Is THERE language for babies9 -Ihave
made study of philosophy, yet l never
found a lexicon for such language. Never
theless, every mother and every nurse has
a language for her baby. Generally, it is
distortion of her own; often language
of unmeaning words. Is it law in the
nature OF the child that it should under
stand this lame, deformed language better
than the mothers pure and perfect one?
This reminds me of the one who takes
excruciating pains to distort his own Ian
guage so as to make the foreigner under
stand him better.
In the mother it is an affectation, play
full and loving, if you please; yet it cheats
her child into learning what it must soon
unlearn. The affectation of language is
often pretty; the Tuscans reach your
heart with their melodious prattle; the
Venetians attract you by jargon that is
pleasant to the ear; the Partisan inveigles
you into the belief that he carries his
heart on his lips. All this is done by a
combination of sounds, untrue to their
real vernacular-by q combination of
manners untrue to their real nature.
have no doubt that the mother, in the
playfulness of her love, likes to feel that
her baby is creature ''per sc" and there
never was one like it, and that it must be
addressed unlike other human beings.
"Baby go dey-dey," have learned, is in
tended to convey the idea to her baby
that he is going to take walk. 'Baby
go by-by," that the baby should go to
sleep. ''Ta-ta" is to impart to it a sense
of thankfulness, ETC., etc.
Yet how cruell That very baby has to
learn that all such talk is foolish, and
that it will be necessary it should say
"walk, "sleep," thank" as soon as it
comes in contact with other mortals.
This language of playful-loving moth
ers is often the cause of their childrens'
lispings and affectatiOns that become
ridiculous, in proportion as they grow
older.
l know children who cannot talk a
plain language at seven years of age, and
others who at three talk a grammatical
language.
am from a country where dialect
was spoken, and know how much labor
it cost me to learn a language 1 should
have known without studying.
Teach to your baby the language you
speak, correct in pronunciation, correct
in grammar, and refined in choice. You
will surely one day feel sense of pride
in hearing the praises bestowed upon the
good language of your child. Remember
that praise, or censure, passed upon youl
child's language, will reflect upon you as
the educator-T. s. VerGi, II. d., in Er
ceLsiOr hdQdzine
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
NO.. So.
Youths Department.
PLAYING PUSSY.
BY LOUISE :. UPHAM.

Tripping lightly DER the greensward,
Jewelled with the flowers OF June,
Alice went to visit Oracle,
One bright, golden afternoon;
Long they gambolled, rolling .hoople,
jumping rope" and dressing doll.
Last, of course, came playing party"
As the crowning joy of all.
Gayly, then, these little maidens
Fitted to and fro like birds,
Bringing on the dainty dishes,
Greeting each with merry words;
Plates there were, like white moss-roses,
Cups, like fairy liy-bells,
Knives, like tiny blades of grasses,
Forks and spoons that shone like shellsl
Roll and biscuit looked like snow w-flakes,
White and small and just as light;
Mites OF cakes, with amber jellies,
Nice and tempting to the sight;
All were ready in a twinkling.
Then, cried little Grace with glee,
" Alice, ladies in the garden
Wax before they take their tea!'
Mother. looking from her window,
Smiled, their ways so grave to see;
Then she heard the faintest tinkling
Near the plates ; what could it be?
Quick. on tiptoe, there was Bobby,
Eating fast of every sortl
" you naughty boyl how can you
Rob the girls of all their sport;''
u" am playing Pussy, mammar'
Bobby's quick and keen retorti
Our Young Folks
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

A PRINTER, having been Tilted by his
sweetheart, tried to commit suicide.
The devil" found him out and took him
to the sanctum where the editor was
writing duns to delinquent subscribers.
The picture of despair presented by the
He began to consider himself as compar-
atively happy.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

OUR experience in journalism, says an
exchange, teaches us that there is nothir q
in this world that will so disgust and
sicken the general reader as to learn, after
wading through the particulars of an awful
accident, that there is probability of the
victims recovery.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
Poetry.
BRAVE, WISE AND TRUE.

6RA VI, WISE AND TRUE.
BRAVE is he
Who conquers and controls himself;
unswayed by Establishments of fashion,
unmoved by the appeals of passion,
And the arguments of pelf,
Brave is he.
He is brave
AS any at the cannon's throat,
Who dares to add to well-worn leather
A stitch to hold his shoes together,
Or wear patch upon his coat,
He is brave!
Who has the wit and grace to shun
The debt which brings a scourge tomorrow,
And never feels the bitter sorrow
OF the humiliatlng dun.
Wise Is hei
He is wise
And brave, who unashamed of toll,
Earns the sweet bread he eats with labor,
And never stoops to cheat his neighbor
With the thin sham of shining foil
He is wise!
True is he
Who woos and wins maiden true,
Without the plots of villains clever,
For nothing can his love dissever
While shines the sun or drops the dew,
True is he!
He is true,
Though hard his hand his heart is soft,
Loves tender eyes can soon discover,
A brave man is a constant lover,
His VOWS are registered aloft.
He is truei
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

GONE of those things no fellow can
find out." 4 good husband after II p. m.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

SCoTLAND's BRIGHTEST LIGHT.-Burns.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
Navigation Closed. . oz
Special Telegram 70 Tho negligence,

CHARLESTON, W. VA, January 25.-
Navigation In the Kanawha has closed.
There was no mail from here to-day.
On the 22d instant, in the Convention,
Mr.. Farnsworth, Of Upshur, moved to
have the flag of the United States suspen-
ded over the Hall in which the Conven.
tion was sitting. Mr.. Ward, of Cabell,
moved to strike out "United 'statesn and
insert"West Virginia" He argued that
his first allegiance was TO the State. His
motion was afterwards Withdrawn.
On the original proposition the vote
was, yeas, GO; nays, 9. N"| e
On the 25 inst. Mr.. Price, the Prcsi-
dent, came down from the chair and
moved 10 reconsider the vote of the 22d
inst. This was carried, and the matter
was then laid on the table.
To-day Mr.. Miller, of your city, moved
TO take it up and the motion was car
ried. Mr.. Johnson, OF Tyler county,
moved TO inscribe upon it, "Wcst Vir.
ginia freed from tyranny" Mr.. Hagans,
Of Monongalia, moved to amend that by
adding, "in 1861" Mr.. Wheat, OF your
city, moved TO indefinitely postpone il, as
the cost would be several hundred dol
lars. .... t.... .I,., ,t.Gtt
An exciting discussion by many mem
bers followed, and skirmishing by the
others. Mr.. Atkinson, OF Hancock, ten.
dered a flag without cost to the State
Mr.. Whcat's motion was lost, yeas 80;
nays, Al. .."a Is .
MIR. Pike, of New York State, came to
the reliet of the Convention and rendered
a flag which was accepted with thanks. 1t
is not known whether Mr.. Pixies offer
was made out Of pure generosity to re.
lieVe the State of the expense, or to see
how niggardly West Virginia could be.
HENRY
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
Epormous pension Frauds.

In the House of Representatives yes
terday, Mr.. GARFIELD stated that the
Committee on Ways and Means had been
assured the day before by the Secretary
of the Interior that fully one.Iourth ol
the pensions now paid were frauds. He
had been so startled by the statement that
he wrote down the words at. the time
and they were afterwards confirmed by
the Commissioner Of Pensions.
This is astonishing, and the first in.
qliry naturally is, how long has the fraud
been going on, and how long has its exiS-
tence been known to the Secretary and
Commissioner, and il for any length Of
time why has it not been made known be.
loreY The annual pension roll amounts
to over thirty millions, so that some
seven or eight millions a year, according
10 this statement, are stolen through pen.
sion frauds. Z
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26

CoLuMBus, January a5.-In the House
bills were introduced 10 exempt members
Of fire companies from military, Jury and
road duty; also 10 make 1t the duty OF
prosecuting attorneys, on complaint of
parties aggrieved, to prosecute in The name
Of the State for violations by railroads Of
the law prohibiting thcm from charging
more for ireights pro rata for less than for
greater distance. The House spent the
afternoon in discussing the bill for the
election Of delegates TO the Constitutional
Convention. A long discussion was had
as TO the propriety OF holding an election
for delegates in April or October. The
general sentiment Of the discussion was
that il would be highly desirable to sink
party ties as much as possible and 10 elect
the best men in the State as delegates,
without regard to their political antece.
dents. 1t was finally decided to elect
delegates next April Pending the dis.
Cusslon on the passage Of the bill the
House took a recess .....a..N
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The Custom Honse Innnirv.

New YORK, January 25.-At the Gus.
tom House investigation to-day, George
Wood testified TO receiving five dollars
when in the Custom House, from the
clerk, for looking alter parcel.
Witness did not know Of any Inspector
having received gratuities from import
ers. The witness himself did not often
receive gratuities.
Beckwith, from Oneida county, said
that he voted for Smith rs Speaker OF the
Assembly OF his own motion, and had
ever been asked to so vote.
E. Bigelow testified to paying money
to Custom House officials ior holding
back iron, by which witness had saved
two hundred dollars. 4H.s5 PR"
The Inspector testified that he had
saved 5000 and II. J. Meyers warehouse
man testified that It was as charges.
D. G. Ford, testified he voted for Smith
for Speaker OF the Assembly, but not IN
der pressure of any of the officials, as was
stated by some, but flrmer virtues.
Benz. Jones, importer, testified 10 losing
goods between vessel and his store.
John Mckay, assistant weigher, testified
to several instances where gangs of men
were sent TO primary elections, and for
political work, generally receiving pay as
IT at work for the governments; knew Of
Mr.. Vance, who cannot read or write,
holding q positionin the custom house al
one time; nine members of the Vancott
family hold offices; know that VIM. Mar.
tin holds position in the custom house,
because lie voted at convention as he
was told;o he, Mckay, was discharged in
November for attending reform meet.
ings, and denouncing the Republicans.
II. II. Schneider, manufacturer, testified
number Of articles, including u box Of
lewelry twelve feet long by twelve feet
wide, passed out Of the steamship City 0l
London Thanksgiving day, without pay
Ing duty; was told ly A. A. Lowe, lie
feed the inspectors
4, Roberts, testified paying inspectors
Tor getting OF goods quickly as extra work,
and such Is the general practice.
Adjourned. .riI.tIEY .r.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
Steamer Alaskn IYreckedL

CINCINNATI, January 25.-The steamer
Alaska, bound from Cincinnati 10 New
Orleans, struck Bacon Rock, this morn.
ing, breaking in some OF her timbcrs,
Hopes were entertained that she would be
got of, as the EcEert is there. Atlast &C.
counts the water was gaining strongly,
and apprellenslons were felt that she
would break in two. She had 800 tons
of mixed freight, 200 tons being from Gin.
cinnati, was insured here.
CAIRO, January 25.-The Alaska ran
on Bacon Rock at / o'clock this morning,
remaining there until 10 a. NJ, when the
steamer Eckert pulled her of. The ex,
tent of the damage cannot be asccrtained
until the hull is entered. 1t is probably
not serious, as she leaks but little.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
SAN FRANCISCO.

The Japanese Embassy. X Remarkable
Scene at the Banquet--AB Brave and
Noble Speech Against Pacific
Coast KnOw.NOthingIsm--.It is
Cheered to the Echo.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 25-Near the
close of the japanese banquet last even.
ing, q remarkable scene occurred. Ex.
Governor Haight, responding to tho sen.
timent, 1.-THE State Of California, !" warmly
welcomed tho Embassy, saying God had
made of one blood all men who dwclt on
the face of the earth, and the arrival Of
this Embassy marked new era in the
progress Of civilities and humanity.
Rev. Horatio Stebbins, then speaking
to the sentiment, "The Spirit Of Ameri-
can Commerce." welcomed the Embassy
warmly. saying:
= ave here are providentially placed in
new relations with them, exclusive of
civilization. The changes unsought for
by trans continental communication
have changed forever the era of com.
mercc distributed for this city. We can
never do the business of the Mississippi
Valley, and probably shall not extend our
inland commercial era beyond the limit
ol the great mountain chain. To com.
pensate for this We must gather up the
islands Of the sea, or present our trade to
tho innumerable population Of the Asia.
attic world. But our position is anoma.
lous. While we are here to night wooing
tho commerce OF all the empire, you
have the Governor (pointing to Gov.
Booth) as therepresentativc OfOne political
party and Ex-Governor Haight as the lep.
resentative of the other, committed 10
o policy TO exclude those people
from our shores The position Is
absurd and ridiculous. As a policy It is
nonsense; as q principle il Is nowhere;
it is rag tail and boblail. II any of you
cheap politicians have won a penny by
il in the passions Of the hour, beware, be.
ware, when You put that penny iu
your purse, lest the eagle on the reverse
ol your gold coin sticks his talons through
and scratches the face Of liberty"
The widest excitement followed; round
after round OF applause, and finally three
cheers from nearly the entire guests were
given for the speaker, the main portion
gathering around to shake hands with
him. Governor Booth arose in evident
excitement, saying when he had be
come accustomed To such er.cathelu
uenunclalions he would probably like
them, End after few words more wen
on with the regular toasts. The in
cident was regarded as significant AMI
calling Tor a change of public opinion
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Massachusetts Temperance Conven.
tiOn. "a

Boston, January 25.-Thc State Tenn
perance Convention closed its labors to
day after adopting an address to the peo.
pie of Massachusetts and fifteen resolu.
tions, the principal Of which was the iOl
lowing: 't,H 1s.''.''s'' ''''A -
Res0lUed, That the present Legislature
be and arc hereby petitioned to restore
the prohbitory law in 1867, with the fol
lowing amendments: ,
1st, Making the implementsiof a liQuol
store containing liquor prima ftrM cvi
denCe of guilt.
Cd. Excluding liquor dealers asiotheI
criminals from the jury box.
ID. Securing the, right to challenge
liquor drinkers from q Jury at discretion
4th. Making the punishment for unlaw
tul sales 80 days Imprisonment for The
first oaense, 90 days for the second and Sc
on, doubling the time of imprisonment for
each and every succeeding ofiense abol
ishing the liquor commission, and leaving
the State police under the control Of tllt
Governor as formerly. .....ar VI.
9Th. Making every person who unlaw
fully sells or gives away liquor rcsponsi
BILE tor damages arising therelrom.
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CINCINNATI.
The Myers Forgery Case--Myers Ac.
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CINCINNATI, January 25.-AIaurice NV.
ers; late law librarian, charged with
forgery in connection with furnishing
clothing to the inmates Of the lunatic
asylum, was acquitted this morning, the
jury remaining out only about fifteen
minutes. At the close of yesterdays ses.
sion Judge Cox announced TO the counsel
that from an examination Of the law for
tho government Of asylms lie doubted
the authority OF the Probate Judge 10
furnish clothing to the inmates Of the asy-
lnm, and il this view was sustained The
defendant could not he held for forgery
The Judge this morning, In his charge 10
the jury, reiterated this opinion and sus.
tanned It by liberal quotations from the
statues touching the government Of asy.
lnms. After the verdict the Prosecuting
Attorney entered a aOlle in the case, In
which Myers was charged with procuring
goods under false pretGnses.
A MYSTERIOUS CORPSE RY RAILROAD.
Mr. Lytle received a box weighing about
$50 lbs, from the louisville u Nashville
Railroad, at Louisville, The box was
carefully strapped with iron, and address.
10 John w. Collier, OF this city. On
reaching here il was sent by mistake 10
house to which II was not consigned
The curious employees, willie the biiI nc.
copmanying the box was being examined
slightly opened one end, and were star.
lied by tho smell Of the dead body and
thelIeet Of anegro. Whether the body
was Intended for medical school or some
dark crime sought 10 be covered up, will
be determined by the Coroner, who has
been summoned. t#Nlf = " ''''
The members Of tho committee of the
Ohio Legislature who to-day visited the
tomb Of President Harrison, are free 10
express themselves in favor Of an appro.
priation for the erection OF suitable
monument, and there appears no doubt
but they will recommend favorable
legislative action. ..'
The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad has
reduce d the fare 10 st. Louis, LouisyillG
and intermediate points. Round trim of
per cent below the former rates,
Annie Burton was badly burned by 4
coal oil explosion this morning. She wa.
filling a lamp near the fire when the oil
spilled on the CRATE and ignited, tht
flames thus communicating TO the content!
Of the can.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26

BYa recent decision of the POstOiilce
Department the law regarding sending
newspapers by mail has been more clear
ly defined than It has therefore, stood No
name or memorandum can he made on u
newspaper inside Of the wrapper on
which the address is written. II is bare
ly permissible tomark an article with pen
orpencil. More than this subjects the
paper 10 letter postage, and the violator
ofthe law to fine. Noprinted card, hand
bill or advertisement, no written notice,
letter, or slip Of any kind whatsoever,
must be folded in the paper. To do any
Of these things is TO violate the law.
Printed slips pasted on the outside or fold.
ed in papers or periodicals, soliciting
notices, are also violations of the law,
Scnders of transient papers can send
bundles of printed matter by weight, at
transient postage charges, but must not
send any written matter in such bundles.
Publishers especially will do well to oh.
serve Carlully these facts. 1t will save
them both trouble and expense in these
days OfnvestigatiOn and reform.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26

A RESOLUTION was introduced in the
House of Delegates Saturday, to limit the
legislative session to 80 days (the constitu,
tional limit is 45) but it was not adopted,
The session ought to be limited to about
thirty hours but we have no doubt the
full 45 days will be consumed. Even al
tue starvation pay of 50 a day most of the
members are making more money than
they would earn at home, and they will
hang on till the last hour.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-26
The Proposed Monument 10 Presi-
dent Harrison.

CINCINNATI, January GA special to
tho Chronicle says tho committee appoint.
ed by the Ohio Legislature 10 take pre-.
liminary steps towards the erection Of a
monument over the tomb of Gen. Harrison,
consisting Of Senators Wright, Brimsade,
Leeds and Young, and Representative
Wilson, accompanied by party Of ladies,
arrived at North Bend this morning on q
visit to the tomb. Arriving at the tomb,
Rev. Chidlaw, prehCing his remarks with
briet review Of the lie and services Of
the illustrious dead, welcomed the com.
mittee on behalf Of the citizens OF North
Bend and Cleves. After the conclusion ol
the speech the door Of tho tomb was
opened for inspection. After these pre-,
liminary ceremonies the committee and
company proceeded to Cleves, where a
reception and dinner awaited them.
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GhtGntelti9Ftrfer:
~. Grafton capItaI.AIOvers.

Yesterday was the day appointed for
holding mass convention at Grafton to
nromotc a removal of the capital from
charleston. We sought to learn last
evening by telegraph something about
what the Convention did, but the operator
At Grafton could find no one who knew
anything about it, We infer that the
gathering was not large, but would be
clad II some friend out there would write
,ls briel account Of what, II anything
was done.