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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
The Telegraph and Business.

- eOsS0s ~ksA oAAA AD0oA0Co0s
The telegraph, in connection /
nth that other great col1mcrcial
agent, steam, has wrought . won
1erful revolution in the methods
Of doing business. More than
twenty thousand cities and villages
are now linked in one continuous
chain OF telegraphic stations. The
wire, with its subtle
and invisible influence. traverses
all civilized lands, and passes be-
meath oceans, seas and rivers, bear
ing messages of business, friend
ship and love, and constantly, si-
lently, but powerfully, contributing
to the peace, happiness and pros
perity of mankind. Merchants no
longer depend upon the slow
course of the mails, but transact
business between the great centres
Of trade, at home and abroad.
through the medium of the tele-
graph. The time saved by the free
use Of this agent has unquestiona-
bly, served to materially quicken
the currents of commerce all over
the world, stated amount of capital
can now be successfully turned
over, and many times multiplied,
where it formerly performed its
Offices but once or twice. This al
most universal employment of the
telegraph is an expensive process,
especially were communication is
had with the old world centres, but
the very fact that it is thus employ
ed is the best evidence that it
brings ample compensation for the
outlay. AS an illustration of how
commerce is quickened by the tele-
graph, we may mention that a firm
on South-street sent dispatch to
Florance. Italy, few days ago, in
reference to the destination or dis
position Of cargo hence, and re
ceived a reply in very few houEa'
Between New York and Liverpool
and London, commercial dispatches
are about as frequent as between
New York and Chicago. In fact,
merchants are now in constant com.
munication with almost every quar-.
ter of the commercial world, thus
saving time, anxiety, commissions
and interests, while effecting :
much greater harmony between
different markets than in former
lines, when the mails were tb.
only mediums Of communication
Complaint is frequently made tina
"the telegraph does more harm
than good" and, while it doubtless
has some drawback, the ~orls
would no more consent to go bacl
to the mails than it would to ex
change railways and steamers 70
stage coaches and sailing vessel
for travelling purposes. 1t is a gen
uine revolution of which we speak
and revolutions, it has been truel
remarked, never go backwards.
: tells, too, in favor of the Unite
States above any other nations o.
the face of the earth. We ar
placed directly between two ex
tremities of the globe. and as "
are united by steam and the tele
= graph with each, and as our broa
territory is rapidly being intersec
8 ed with railways that so readily d
, the bidding of wires and cables,
. is easy to foresee that our destin
= is to be unequaled in all that col
: stitutes material greatness.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
"A ACharitable Work

Sloo, coo, in 1909 PRIZES in Cash and Real
Estate Gifts, are to be distributed Legally:
Nay 26th, 1877, at Mason City, Illinois, in aid
Of Public Library and Churches.
men Of Illinois. Tickets 1900 eace. For full
particulars, address.
STRAWN 4 Massey.
Business Managers, Mason City, Ill
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
PEsnrtPp-
From November Atlantic.
THE NEW DAY.

From November Atlantic.
THE NEW DAY.
Silent has been the night, and o. SO long
With weary moon forever sailing west,
Save that bird at midnight trilled song,
A dream of daylight from his moonlit nest
The hills lay couched in slumber, range on
range,
The earth was floating in a silver web
That mystery of calm before change
That lull of waters at the lowest ebb !
Some drowsy notes were all the bird could
sing.
Soft as the scattered drops of Summer dew,
Then, hushed within the quiet of his wing.
lie sang no more but now the dream comes
true.
A thrill runs through the spaces of the night,
And futters on the wavy eastern line,
Beyond the stars dilates distant light.
The luminous outflow Of day divine.
With slow approach it deepens into bloom
Faint jasmine yellow, with flush of rose,
And, Frightening till it makes the stars a
gloom,
O'er all the long uncertainty it flows.
What though the perfect day is yet unborn!
Sweet was the carolsd visions of the bird ,
Glad are the tidal coloIs of the morn,
And heaven is pledged without single
word.
The waves Of light are breaking on the shore,
Pulsing in . cadence to a mightier flow
The strong upiift of noblsr hopes below,
The great new future rising in the glow.
Above the hills surges the day at lsst,
\ The longed for day, effnlgent, high and wide
Turn, turn, gray earth, and leave the darkened
past,
And swing thyself upon the incoming tide
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

Il would appear that the average
weight Of . human being ID $50 pounds.
Sixteen thousand Eve hundred persons
were weighed at the Cincinnati exposi-
tion this summer. with that reault.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

Sunday 10 the strongest day
because alt the rest are week days,
and yet. II il is the stronges Why
is it 90 often brokenf I.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
How Much . Fly Eats.

A curious calculation has been
made by IN eccentric individua
we'll known in Paris for his pecu-
lar antipathy to the ~. He col
lected 8, 600 flies in . room meas-
uripg 10 cubic feet. On the door
he spread pound Of loaf sugsr.
At the end OF four days he went to
investigate the result Of his exper-
iment. There remsined but q
spoonfnll Of sugar. The stAaisi-
clan thereupon calculated that SUI
gar being at the rate Of ten cents .
pound, . fly costs the country 30
cents from ito birth to sita domise.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

The following fine passage il
said to occur in the first chapter CT
new novel: "Au Of q sudden the
girl continued to cit on the sand,
gazing on the briny deep, On whose
heaving bosom the tall ships went
merrily BY, frsighted, ah !! who can
ten. with how much Of Joy and sor-
row and pine and lunbsf aad emit
grants and hopes and salt 0sh.'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.

----->-0Oo--
AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
The Express suggested last week
the propriety of so amending the
constitution Of the State as to bring
it more completely in harmony
with modern progress. The sue-
gestion has been received with con
siderable favor by the press of the
State, and there is no doubt of
general feeling in favor of q
change.
All references to color OF citi-
gems, and all disqualifications bas-
ed thereon, should be eliminated
from the organic law. The dis
qualifications are rendered inoper-
ative by the recent amendments to
the constitution of the general gov
ernment, but they are none the less
disgraceful. Every good citizen
feels a blush OF shame when he re-
members that the following article
still exists in the constitution of
Indiana:
ARTICLE III-NEGROEs AND MULAT-
Section l., No negro or mulat-
to shall come into, or settle in the
State after the adoption OF this Con-
stitution.
Section 2, ALI contracts made
with any negro or mulatto coming
into the State contrary to the pro-
visions Of tho foregoing section,
shall be void; and any person who
shall employ such negro. or mulat
to, or Otherwise encourage him te
remain in the State, shall be fined
in any sum not less than ten dol
lars, nor more than Eve hundred
dollars.
| Section 8, All fines which ma.
be collected for a violation of tn,
provisions of this article, or of an.
law which may hereafter be pass
ed forlthe purpose of carrying th
same into execution. shall be sc
apart aud appropriated for the CO.
onization Of such negroes and mt
lattces, and the descendants, q
may bo in the State at the adoptio
of this Constitution, and may b
willing to emigrate.
Section 4. The General Assem-
bly, shall pass laws to carry out th
provisions OF this article.
The article quoted was born j
the political depravity and pref
dice Of the benighted Indiana {
twenty years ago. 1t was too wi
and unjust ever to be enforce
successfully. The people Of Il
State owe it to themselves to wiz
this disgrace out of their statu'
books speedily.
There is another word besid,
swhite," which should be erase
from the organic law. The vol
"male," when used to cut of a clal
from the full privileges of citizel
ship, is utterly out of accord vii
the principles of Republican go
ernment. The battle-cly of ma
kind seeking freedom has alwa.
been, aud we'll ever be, mo tax
tion without representation"
America should be ready to
clare this principle wholly, witho
the mean reservation known now
the law, upon the arrival of the n
tion's hundrdth anniversary. The
il no reason in justice, in comm
sense, or in good morals, why v
men should be excluded from t
ballot box. There should be
, disqualification for voters save
dement's, infancy or crime.
this view the advanced thought
|, the country is already conveltt
and the full triumph of the prin
=
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

AZ thsre il . great deal Of dOab
IL regard to the best way Of pro-
pogating geraniums, I will give e
few hints on the subject that will
probably be Of some use to your
readers. 1he geranium is one OF
the easiest to propagate among
the towering plants, either from
seed or cnttings, Of which have
any knowledge. But ono other
family Of plants (coleus) roots
more readily.
In starting cnttiDgs. ! get
q box, say four or i've inches deep,
and two feet by eighteen inches in
size. / then ill the box with light
garden soil, coarse sswdast and
coarse sand, well mixed together.
Now I take sharp knife and cut
of limbs nearly as large - my lit
tie finger. l then mske . hole in the
dirt and put in the cutting two or
three inches deep, pressing the dirt
firmly about the base, and putting
them three or four inches apart,
until the box is full; then water
freely one time, keeping the box
in the shade. They should only
be watered when the top of the
| box seems to be getting dry. A
| wet soil is totally unfit for geran-
ium growing. A plant standing
in water twerty-four hours 10 Of
ten ruined. The plant, therefore
will generally be the healthiest
which want water the ofteAest.
How often to water them will be
according to how easy the waiter
passes away. If, when you pour
water on them,- it disappears al-
most instantly, it would be better
to water such flowers every day.
!; Scarcely single cutting will fail
to root, and soon become . lsrge
| Towering plant if treated in this
way.-Correspondent Rural Home
+
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

There are manufactured in the United
States over 2,25O, 600 packages OF pins
per annum. Each one Of these packages
should contain $500 pins, giving the
enormous amount Of Z 7,425, 100000 pins
made annually. One factory alone in
Boston turns out eight tons per week.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

A nve-year city boy told his mother
how to make butter: "You just take long
stick with cross ut the end Of it, then you
get big tub, and then you borrow cow
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

An English traveller says: Put IN Ameri-
can baby six months old on lis feet. aad il
will Immediately say, sAr. Chairman and
call the next cradle to ORDER"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09

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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11
Few Nuts for Southern Greeley
Men to Crack.


The New York Tribune of june %.
1872, contained the following comments
on what is known as ''Butler's woman
order" issued in New Orleans on the 10th
of May preceding. Lord Palmerston,
Prime Minister of England, had in Par
lament denounced the order as a dis
grace to humanity and civilization, and
the European papers Agenerally classed
Butler with s.the Austrian Butcher .
Haynau, but Horace Greeley, in lead
ing article in the Tribanc, said: '-e.-z 81
"No fair man who knows-how universal.
persistent and outrageous have been the
studied insults offered to our Union sold
iers by the hooped secessionist will pro-
nounce that order one whit too severe
She rebels have presumed upon their pet
icoats to treat our volunteers as no decent
dog ever deserved to be treated. The
cowardice of these insults is but one ele
ment of their baseness. General Butler
found it necessary to protect his soldier!
from this wanton, degrading abuse. OF. suf
for them to protect themselves. So he
issued an order that women who in The
public streets insulted his soldier
should be treated like the street-walker
should be taken to the calaboose anC
locked up with other disorderly persons
This order did its work. = y The sh'
secesh of New Orleans dried up at once.
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A Child Attacked by a Leopard i'm
Central Park.

The excessive heat which has prevailed
for some days past rendered the animals in
the Central Park ,menagerie unusually
morose and irritable, and visitors were
warned not to approach their cages. Last
Sunday evening the house containing the
lions. tigers and leopards was densely
packed with sight-seekers. Among these
congregated before the cage of the mag
nifcent leopard were Mr.. William G.
Coffee, of 261 West Houston street, and
his little son, about five years of age.
Mr.. Coffee, lost in gazing at the leopard,
failed to notice that the child had passed
under the out bar, and was standing with
his face pressed against the cage. The
savage beast within, however, was not slow
to observe it. and, bounding suddenly to
the bars, he imbedded his claws in the
bows face. The child's sarieks induced
the belief that some of the beasts had
broken loose. and rush, for the door ensuaed
the panic being increased by the roars
of the other animals. and the widest
excitement prevailed. Meanwhile the
father tore his child away but not till
he had been badly lacerated. The leop-
ard was subsequently removed into one OF
the upper cages.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11
APuzzled Dutchman.

I'm a proken hearted Deutcher
= Dots villed NIT Grief und shame;
I dells you vot der drouble ish:
T. l does not know my name.
You dinks dis very funny, eh?
Ven. you der shdory hear
You will not wonder den so mooch,
1t was so strange and queer.
Mein moder had two little twins,
Dey was me and mein brodcr
We lookt so fiery mOoch alike
No,one knew vich from toder.
One of der poys was "Yawcup,"
Und ssHans'' der oder's name
But den it make no different
We both-get called der same.
Well. von of us got tead-
Yaw. Mynheer dot is so!
But vedder Hans or Yawcup,
Mein moder she ton't know.
2 Cnd so am in droubles,
- CANT get droo mein he'd
Vedder I'm Hans vots lifing,
Or Yawcup vot is tead!
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A Touching Incident

An old Democrat, a delegate from Or
ange county. Indiana, was see leaning
against the. wall of building few mir
utes after the adjournment of the otncln-
natl Convention weeping Bitterly. When
interrogatea By kind-hearted gentleman
Who was passing. as to the cause OF his
trouble, asking at the same time if he
could serve him in any way, the mortified
and deeply humiiated old man replied
mo. my good man, you cant do me no
good. God knows wish was dead I;
for forty long years Eve been yotln' the
Democratic ticket, and made an afilauy
that I'd stand by the party, and here
they've gone and passed orders to vote for
Horace Greeley, and I've got it to do or
brake my afhdavyl And that amt all
Mister I've raised nine sons, and they're
all liyin, and I've spent many and many
night reading Hendricks and other
Dimocratic speeches to them children-
and very lately, toto teach 'em what
an everlastin' old nigger thief and lynn
hypocrit old Greeley was, and now they're
ali gone back on me, and I've got to &C
home to them boys and tell 'em that
their old dads been lyin' to them all hl'
life, and that old Horris Greeley is one o
the Lords anuinted p And the poor
deceived. and almost heart-broken ole
| man, busting into tears again. trembling
| with emotion, went his way, saying only
sThis Is too much to bear II believe i
will surely break my heart y
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11
Mind Your own Concerns.

If the following lines were set to music
and sung in all the churches and sabbath
schools for awhile, and posted about town
at every public place we are sure no harm
would result. and perhaps great deal OF
good effected. If any person has not been
minding his own concerns, just cut tins
plain little poem out and send it to that
person: .-..;-,- + =.
Mind your own concerns. my friend,
For they are yours alone; s-s.
Don't talk about your neighbours faults,
But strive to mend your own.
Suppose he does not always lead
A truly perfect life,
What matters if he sometimes frets,
Or quarrels with his wife?
Don't meddle-let him know, my friend
Your better nature spurns.- So zE
To act the spy on him or his
just mind your own concerns.
Yes, mind your own concerns, my friend
And presently you'llfinds
| That all your time is occupied
And you've quite enough TO minG
| Why need you care if Snooks or Spook'
Should wed with Sallie Jones? - -
| What matter # your neighbor @
/ A half million owns?
/ The money is not yours, my friend,
| Though golden stores he earns;
| SO do not envy him his wealth, S--
But mind your own concerns.
Yes, mind your own concerns, my frio:d
1t is better plan,
Than always to be spying out
The deeds of brother man.
Remember that all persons have
Though hidden from the view,
Thoughts that to them of right belong,
/ Aud not atall to you.
And also bear in mind, my friend,
A generous nature worms
mo secret from a brothers breast
4 So mind your own concerns.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11

EXCITING TALE. A Yankee, out
walking in Virginia, at Wheeling. while
to himself a-talking, experienced feel
ing-strange, painful, alarmin', from bis
caput to his knees, as he suddenly dis
covered he was covered Ger with bees
They rested on his eyelids, and perched
upon his nose; they colonized bis peaked
face, and swarmed upon his clothes.
They explored his swelling nostrils, dived
deep into his ears; they crawled up his
trousers, and filed his eyes with tears J
Did he yell Ike hyena r--did he holler
like loon? was he scarf and did he cut
am run ?-or did ths critter swoon? Ne'er
one! He wasn't scarf mite; he
never swoous nor hollers; but he hived
'en in : nail-ksg tight and sold 'enn for
two dollars. G
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11

Two WAYS OF IT. / know somebody
who always appears to be miserable. and
this is the way she contrives to be SO {:
thinking always about herself; constantly
wishing for that she has not got; idiing
away her time; fretting and grumbling.
know somebody who is much happier,
and this is the way she contrives to be SO :
thinking of others; satisfied with what
her Heavenly Father has judged best for
her; working. caring for somebody else
besides herself, and thinking how she. can
make others happy.-British Juvenile.
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senator AIcorn speaks.

For weeks Greeley organs have claimed
Senator Aleorn, from Mississippi.as for the
Democratic ticket. He speaks for him
self now and his language is .'plain,e
In reply to an invitation to address a
Memphis meeting. he says;
Your meeting, gentlemen, should be
one of congratulation. The Philadelphia
Convention was but the response to de-
mand of the people Your party is with
out rival!
The Democracy-your ancient enemy
now routed and ruined, with all its splen-
did memories and blurred and bloody re-
cord-yields at last to the oft-repeated
verdict of the people, and proposes to put
this in evidence by cutting its own throat
in the presence of the nation and bequeath-
ing its obituary to the New York Tribune.
That party's most cruel foe could not
have wished more humiliating end. j
would, In the charity of my heart, have
had the old party met less ignoble fate
that like mailed warrior, its principles
emblazoned on its shield, it might have
died with armor on. But the party has
chosen the manner of its own taking off
At the Baltimore Convention it will yieie
up its spirit, dead as Andrew jackson i
will thenceforth be.
/ Irepeat, gentlemen, your meeting vii
be one of congratulation; your triumph
stands assured. The election in Noyem
Der will be Republican ovation.
Regrctting that cannot be with you
L have the honor to subscribe myself, faith
fully yours. d. Il. ALcoRN.
Hons. Barbour Lewis, I. nj. Hill, L.
Ayers, W, J. Smith. WIN. r. Moor
and others, committee.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11

= FAITH IN MANI cannot but pity
the man who recognizes nothing godlike
IN his own nature. / see; the marks of
God in the Heavens and the earth, but
how much more in liberal intellect, in
magnanimity. in unconquerable rectitnde,
in philanthropy which forgives every
wrong, and which never despairs of the
cause of Christ and human virtue. l do,
and must reverence human nature. j
see in it the marks of divine origin, and
the pledges of celestial. Inheritance; and
thank God that my own is bound up
with that.of the human ace.-Channing
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THE COMING TIME.

non forget their love of gold
WIN ,rd !" love their honor more
And cou ."n love freedom for.its sake
For sar al tha !, greatest good, their work
from uS ,brow self aside and live
When @ snme gTT lust purpose high,
FOR ,m sImt ,Se glorious era come
Then WIZ Ia "" shall fear 70 die.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11

An Iowa paper has been examining the
names of Grant and Greeley, and tell the
result thus: "Both have the same han
die, Or. One has the sufix ant, which
means industrious, prudent, full Of work
foresight and energy, and the other has
the sufix eey, which means wriggling,
slippery and nottwice in the same place"
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voR ADxERrIsING.
uAIN-DROPS.

e. IES..tebing !. in little drops staana,4. Of ram
Down ,urnoSnders unS what's the matter
,TS'ti,yygStfully TStiy she lifts her eyes
Thouggd'to Thgzd 70 tho darkened skies
6PMusstIv and long she gazes,
Earned ed her little face is,
Very stu t,rns and questions, "Why,
As she do the angels cry ~
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-11

70 On one of the late terribly bot
drs, little boy of three years and a
half. who was persriring very freely ran
to his mother, saying "Oh ma1nma, rs
leaking ell over. .oc-7 Er~F4 81
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DasMeId Acadensy,
ELIZABETHTON, TENN.

EL1ZABETHTON,T TENN.
TE,he next session of this school opens
IL on the and, Monday of June, under
the supervision of Prof. j. L. Il. Boyd,
who has devoted many years of his life
in teaching. Terms reasonable. Board
can be had in private families on very
low terms. ~ g
may30tf.