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To Reform the Iutcm2erate.

No great progress will be made
in curing intemperance in drinking
by prohibitory and penal legisla
ton until We come to treat the
drinker as responsible being, and
subject him to restraint and to
some substantial moral suasion.
The persevering avoidance of this
is q striking feature in all the anti
liqor agitation and legislation. II
treats the drinker as an innocen.
man siuned sgainit by having
temptatiesd set before him. 1t IS :
sumes that every person would be
correct and useful if not exposed
to temptation by the sellers Of
liquor. and therefore that if these
| shall be suppressed every body will
be good, Industrious. thrifty, good
fa,rily-rroviders, and so On And
upon this assumption it holds the
sellers guilty OF all the improvi-
dence lsziness, and worthlcssness
OF drinking men, and advocates
| laws I'D MAKE tuctu oCCouAtuUfC iCt
it
Il even treats the drinker as
having a just cause Of complaint
.ainst the man he bought bis
drink of, and IS a proper witness
against him. Upon the same theory
OF the irresponsibility OF the man
who drinks, when after course
of scottish, selfish, worthlessness
he dies, it is held that the stl!el
should account TO his family in
money damages as If he would
have been q valuable husband and
father if the seller had not tempted
him.
| Without seeking in the least tt
plug the vent Of this wrath agains'
the seller, its results are not Sc
perfect as to iebar US from th,
consideration Of moral and coer.
Give influences to be applied to th,
drinker And first We NAV re.
mark that while it might be yer,
nice to have the world so CON
struted that there should be u,
temptation to do evil, and 80 tha
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sense of shame, and are ready to
quarter themselves on the asylum
between their debauchcs. For
such as these an industrial course
can be provided either in the asy-
lum or in the work house, which
will protect the public against i'm
position.
When We come TO treat the in
temperate "a the person to be
legally disciplined, whether as ac-
countable or unaccountable beings,
we shall make some hea0way in
the reform Of intemperance. So
long IS we are afraid to make this
principle of justice the starting
point Of our coercive Temperance
legislation, we shall only multiply
laws without real progress, as We
have done in the past.-Cincinnati
| Gazette.
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The Two Pictures.

It was a cold dismal evening In
November. that two neighbors
might have been seen vending
their way along tho streets of q
large manufacturing town.
Slowly they proceeded with de :
jcct ed countenaLces, not exchang-
ing a word until the one we shall
call Smit b halted before q neat lit
tie house and matched the gate
Then there was such look Of Ut
ter misery and dispsir g'esming
from his eyes that his companion
murmured.
we must trust in God, Smith,
The words were unheeded, and
his companion passed on. while
Smith entered the house.
A tall. dark woman was fitting
abou. getting SUPPER. She gazod
up as lie entered exclai ing:
You are late to might!
Yes he ar'icula!sd gloomily
and going to the cradle he took ur
he six weeks old baby, and sor
rosfully pressed it TO his heart.
i do wish you would put that
child down and get ready for sup
perl exclaimed the wife, after
enduring his gloom;ness for some
time in silence.
He slowlF obeyed. and then seat
ed himself with Ler, at the table
with a cad, deep sigh.
What in the world is the mattel
with you tonight ? She sharply
exclaimed.
His voice trembled as he re-
Piled:
i suppose you might as vel
know first as last. l have becl
discharged.
'There2' exclaimed his wife
quickly pushing back her chair
Just what I have expected! L,
like to know what We are going Il
do now. Winter coming on an
all. l declare, Smith, you wi
torture me to death
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"Our relations with Prussia"-Cousin
German.
A carriage has been built at Newark, MI.
for the Captain General of Cuba.
foundliog left in Boston street car has
been appropriately named "Os-car!'
Fisk's military charger, Blucher, was sold
at $3.50. one eighth the price originally paid
for him.
They tell Of railway in Kentucky where
on tie locomotives are assisted up steep
grades by yoke of oxen.
Colonel Cleveland, founder OF the town Of
that name near Peoris, once owned the land
| on which Milwaukee is built.
South Bend is to have new So 5000 school
| house.
| Stone coal has been discovered in Madison
county.
The bell worn BY Mrs. O'Learys COW
tinkles in South Bend foundry. We learn
that it is to be made into charm bells.
Rumor hath it that the Fort Wayne Gasett,
d soon to change hands again.
Williamson, the man who murdered his
daughter few days ago near this place, died
this morning from the wounds inflicted by
his own hands.
A Rolling Prairie preacher recently forgot
to NIL an engagement to marry . couple.
His Observation-Disclosures may save The couple
the expense Of . divorce suit.
/ Joseph Peters, living . couple Of miles
west Of Brasil. has horse tweaty.eighs
years old, which is jet perfectly sound and
able to do his faA quota Of work every day.
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The Meancst Man Yet.

The United Brethren pre- acher
on Ctntre Point circuit, once upon
a time, visited cle' er sinner and
took dinner with him As he was
about to start home. a little boy in
the family poured into his buggy q
peck OF hazlenuts as present to
the preachers little boy, which was
daily delivered to the proper owner.
Some time after, Cne of the stew
ards found ont the transaction and
brought in bill for five
cents at the next quarterly meet
ipg for hazlenuts. and charged it
on salary Ind. American.
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The arrant hypocricy of sor,
pretended temperance men. in OBJ
jscting to Genera! Brownies form
er habits. as disqualifying him for
the duties of Governor, Is quito
manifest when we require them 10
apply their scruples to other walks
OF life. One Of the most popular
pastors in the Methodist church
came out Of the army much moro
addicted to inteinperance than Gen.
Browne. yet he is q member OF the
same Conference. and a brother
beloved Of one of the noisiest Oh :
jectors. Consistency is rare
jewell indeed. Honesty is quite
rs rare. 1t is quite admissible to
have a man who had been q drunk
ard, administer the sacred ordi-
nances Of religion, but utterly out
of place to have him administer
the affairs Of S ate! Ind. Ameri-
csn.
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Some of the Temperance men OF
Wayne county held a convention
at Richmond, on the 9th and 7th
inst. Among the things discussed
was proposition to endorse Ds.
Boyd's State Nominating convcp>
tion, which WAS voted down, but
permission was given to all who
SO desired to attend, expressing at
the same time q desire that said
Boyd Convention be postponed to
later date. About refusing 10
endorse the nominations made at
Columbus, Ohio, for President, the
Convention adjourned. having spent
two days in reaching these results
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lheir imprisonment they have been a.
quite and easily managed - any other
prisoners.
We next went to the ancient prison
Of S: Michael's in Rome. It vas built
in 1719, by order Of Pope Clement, and
is said to be the first cellular prison eyer
built. It is now OILY used for tempora.
ry confinement. and has sixty prisoners
within its walls. The cells arc large.
we'll lighted and ventilated. and arranged
in three tiers, ono above another, with
large hall, used also for chapel. be-
tween them. It was interesting for its
historic "reminiscences more than its
present condition, but is yet quite q
creditable prison.
We also visited to-day Q very ancient
prison entitled the "Carcer Mamersinus
or Prison Of Namertinus. It consists
Of two chambers, one beneath the other
and is said to b, the place where Ju-
gurtha and Cataline's accomplices per-
ished. 1t is in the shipe ofa well (fol
which it was originally intended), and
access to the town chamber was oh,
tained through an opening like the mouth
Of well, BY which prisoners would b
let down into inner darkness and gloom
Tradition says that st. Peter was inn
prisoned here, and small church which
has been built over it is called "St, Pc
ter in Prison'-a spring at the bottom
is also shown which was made By hin
(miraculously) to procure water to bap
tise his jailors! The legends are ridicu.
lous' but the fact Of its original use as
prison is unquestioned, and it possesse
great interest as illustrating the manne
Of treating prisoners ct that early date
and fully confirming the Bible account O
some Of the prisons in which "Holy me-
ofOld" were incarccrated. c.F.c.
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THE TEMPERANCE CONVEN-
TON.
A New Departure Wanted.


last week, a mass temperance meet
ing was held at Pearl Street NJ. f.
Church on Tuesday ami Wednes-
day OF last week. The attendance
was small and large per cent were
women. The convention repre-
seated the most radical participants
in the temper sance movement. A
few Of the less radical we're pres
ent. enough to make things lively.
Howell Grave was called to the
chair and J c Macpherson chosen
Secretary The Chairman stated
that the Cambridge City conven.
tion appointed committee to wait
ON the Republican county conven-
ton and to call another temperance
convention after the meeting OF the
county convention if, in the opia-.
ion Of that committee it be deemed
advisable to do go. The committee
thought it advisable, and hence
his convention
After prayer by A A Brown, the
following query was real for con-
sideration: sWhat are the duties
of the advocates of temperance to.
ward each other, to the county, 10
the State and to the nation?' The
query was discussed at consider
able length by both men and wo-
men. The discussion soon resolv.
ed itself into a personal review Of
Iom Browne and other candidates
now in the field, and some who are
not candidates, and 81 party
movement One gentleman, in bis
review Of party. said some very
harsh things about Senator Nor !.
ton, that he would have hard work
to prove. which is sad, considering Q
the source.
A gentleman present, said tt a.
he had understood that Miss WAY.
| Che we'll known temperance advo
ca'e) bad temperance pledge
from Tom Browne, and would like
to haze it read. and that also she
had a letter from him. Miss Wsy
explained that it was not written
by him but was q memorandum
she had made during an interview
with him. She then read the fol-
lowing:
Il am SO situated that I must pt
forward in the campaign. Fear.
OF results do no. annoy me, but t.
feel that good men and womer
who have hitherto acted with tn,
Republican party, ere disposed te
abandon it because of my nomin-
, alton depresses me. am NOR,
: anxious to he worthy Of the re.
spect and confidence Of the goot
than l am to Governor.
NO one is so fully conscious
that in my past life there has bee,
errors OF omission and comm;ssio,
!, as l am M self If l could q,
. backward and correct them
? would, ut what ever cost, bn.
r cannot. For my perfect vindica
3 ton, l must rely upon the future
II life free from al appearance
OF evil will avail me, will ye
: achieve a victory
J. A third party was strongly ad
vocated all day Tuesday. Tues
day evening Rev. j NJ Washbur
' offered the following:
: Resolved, That it is right, an
! therefore the duty of the temper
/ ance men Of Indiana, to form q
9 once . political party for the pur
: pose of putting in nomination suit
able temperance men to fill th
various Offices Of the State
. After q warm discussion th
: resolution passed.
i Wednesday morning the resolr
i ton was re>considered. The cor
vention closed on Tuesday ey,
: ning'to meet on the second SAT
. urday in April, by adopting Il
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gnrf4p-
Tsil: REFCKMER.

All grim and soilel and brown with tan,
saw strong One in his wrath,
Shifting the goddess shrines Of men
Along his patti.
The Church beneath her trembling dome.
Eessayed in vain her ghostly charm;
Wealth shook within her gi!ded home
With strange alarm.
Fraud from his secret chambers fled.
Before the sunlight, bursting in;
Sloth drew her pillow o'er her head,
To drown the din
Spare, Art implored, yon holy pile,
That grand old time-worn turret spare;
Meek Reverence, kneeling in the aisle,S
Cried cut "FOrbear r.
Grsy-bearded q sc, who. deaf AMI blind,
Groped for his old acc ustomed stone.
Leaned on his staff and wepted to find.
His seat o'erthrown.
Yong Romance raised his dreamy eyes,
Ger hung with pearly locks of gold
"Why smite. he asked in sad surprise,
"The fair. the old !"
Yet louder rang the Strong Ones stroke,
Yet nearer flashed his axes g!eam,
Shuddesing and sick OF heart woke
As from dream.
I Looked aside the dust-cloud rolled;
The Waster seemed the Builder too;
Upspringing from the ruined Old
| saw the new.
Twas but the ruin Of the bad,
The wasting o: the wrong and i'll
Whate er Of good the old time had
Was living still.
Calm grew the brow of him ! feared;
The frown which awed me passed away,
And left behind smile which cheered
Like breaking day.
The grass grew green on battle plains,
Ger swarded war mounds grazed the
COW;
The slave stood forging from his chains
The spade and plow.
Where frowned the fort, pavillions gay
And cottage windows, flower entwin
Looked out upon the peaceful bay
And hills behind.
Through vined-wreathed cups of wine
once red,
The lights on briming crystal fell,
Drawn, sparkling, from the rivuiet head
And messy well.
Through prison walls like Heaven-sen
Hope.
Fresh breezes blew and sunbeAml
.trayed;
And, with the Idle gallows rope
The young child played.
Where the doomed victim in Lis cell
Had counted Ger the weary hours
Glat school girls, answering to the bell:
Come crowned with flowers,
Grown wiser, for the lesson given.
fear no longer; for know.
That where the plowshare's deepest drive!
The best fruits grow.
The worn out rite, the old abuse,
The pious fraud transp srent grown.
ihe good held captive in the use
OF wrong alone
These wait their doom from that great Ia,
Which makes the past-t.me serve "a
And flesher life tho world shall draw
From their decay.
O, backwar I'd looking son of time
The new is old, the old is new,
The cycle of q change sublime.
Still sweeping through.
So wisely taught the Indian seer;
destroying Seva forming branm
Who wake by turns Earth's love and feal
Are one, this same.
A idly as in that old day.
Thou mournest, did thy sires repine
So, in his time, thy child, crow gray.
Shall sigh for thine.
But life shall on and upward 60;
The eternal step of progress beats
To that great anthem, calm and slow,
Which God repeats.
Take heart THE Waster builds again.
I A charmed life old Goodness hath
That tares may perish, but the grain
i, Is not for death.
God ks in all things all obey
His first propulsion from the night;
Wake, thou, and watch 1.-THE world is gr,
With morning light!
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WAYNE COUNTY. IND. MAR

spread with his same favorite |
dishes. There was the short cake
and toast, ilanked with golden
lump'of butter, q plate OF honey,
and a deep dish Of roasted apples,
to be served with sugar and cream
while It his wife's plate sat the
steaming teapot. As James took
it oil in at a glance, he greatly
wondered at the frugal yet COM
Portable way of living. How his
wife had been able to make the
small amount of money last SO
long was mystery to him: yet
he could not help wishing inward.
ly that she had been more economi-
cal; then perhaps, the rent might
have been paid; and he felt that it
would have been better to have
subsisted on one crust day rather
than to be turned out Of doors,
homeless.
He refused to sit up at the table
pleading that he had no appetite !.
And great large tears arose in the
strong mans eyes as he informed
his wife that on the morrow they
would be turned from their home,
to go be knew not whether, as he
had not q dollar in his pocket to
secure them even o room else
where.
rs that it ? exclaimed his wife
in soft ripping tones. And trip
ping up stairs she soon returned
and placed two ten dollar bills in
his hands.
Where did you get them ? he
exclaimed eagerly turning them
over il, his hands, as though to as
certain whether they were really
genuine or not
Il earned them replied his wife
gaily. I knit afghans. shawls,
children's sackques, hoods ant
socks: at first only for those whom
IprovidentialIy heard wished ar
tic!es of the kind, attcrward l wa
employed to furnish a trimming
establishment with my work
And kept it all a secrc: from
mel
Yes: because l thought yo,
would he worrying for fear tha
l was doing 100 much. l love t
knit dearly, and considered it NOR
of a pleasant pastime than la
bor.'
God be praised for giving m
such a womar' excIsimed he
husband, earnestly and pressing
his wife and child closely to hi
. bosom, he said: Her children aris
up and call Eer blessed; her hus
band also, and he praiseth her; fc
many daughters have done virtu
ously, but thou excelleth then
all ,
Twenty years have passed, CD
James Hawley is a rich man. Bt
Joseph Smith is q contirmel drunk
ard, while his wife has long sine
passed from earth, victim G
misery and want.
Why will not all wives ASST
their husband to bear their trial
with helping hands and willin
hcarts2 If they would do this ho
! many families would be save
: from ruin, and how sweet woul
! lie their reward, not only on ear
. but in heaven!
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4 TTORNEY AT LAW and NO.
A.rARN, Office No. 80, Main street
e .hm0nd, Ind: attends to the collec
sion Of all claims in any State the Union
Will practice in any of the Courts OF Indiara
and Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers of Attorney, either inland or for
sign. By special arrangement with C. p.
lIILL.R : Co., o: New York, I am enabled t.,
f,rw ard and receive any money packages OF
other valuables, as we'll as to attend to The
transit of persons from any part otEuropc
or from this country.
All business strictly confidential ana
poI0ptly attended to. ]. Ii. p.
July 7th 1862 19tf
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following resolution from J v n
Miller:

'-0 -De~~~D- 49, - -
Miller:
Resolved. That II any person OF
persons desires or desire 70 attend
the State Temperance Convention
at Indianapolis on tho Sd day Of
April, 1872, we would encourage
such person or persoas to do so.
Resolved, That we request that
the State Temperance Convention
he deferred till after the nomin.
at!ng convention shall have been
held in the counties preparatory
thereto.
Resolved, That each townshi? GO
requested to send delegates to the
meeting on the % Saturday Of
April Tor the purpose Of delihera-
ton and action in reference 10 tho
organization Of . Temperance
party.
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Dan Swift, writing from the junglss Of
India, said: 'lt's fun to hunt the tiger, except
when the tiger takes it into his head to hunt
you. Trumbull and Schurz thought II would
be fun to investigate Grants conduct. When
1t was proposed to investigate their records
they got into rage and callei hard names.
Senator Trumbull even used profane Lam
guage in the Senate Chamber ESQ it is re-
ported because the fact was developed that
he had made l03 recommendations to ths
President, in behalf OF his friends. While
they were after General Gran. it was pleas.
ant sailing, but when their own conduct is
brought to light, they rave and tear their
hair, anc fume and play the bully. Let them
remember that what is sauce for the poose
is sauce for the gander'-or ough. to be.
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Jehiel Railsback,

attorney at Lu1O,
Richmond, Ind.
Entrance one door East Of Petchell's Stol
and ,ver Hudson's Drugstore, Main-st:
Richmond, uR. 10. 1870.
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MARY F.THoMAs, ND
PractiCin6 Physician.

OFFICE NORTHEAST Con. MAIN rxTa,
E1xCEEN6oND, KIN DIANA.
Special Atten- OFFICE HOURS:
tim to Obstetrics and to a. m., 70 to 2
Diseases of Women p. M, and to 9p.
and Children. m.
Oct. 81, 1871. n3l2f
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j. q. MCINTYRE, M. D.,
Office opposite Huntington HOUSE
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
Special Attention Given to Surgery
Residence No. IL South Franklin Street.
n13-ly.
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DIR. s.. 3. HARTMAN
No. Is North Pearl Street,
Opposite the Warner Buildine.)
R c III NJ ON ID, IND.

Office Hours: From to 2, and from
to r. NJ. AMI at.an other times when not
professionally engaged.
RICHMOND. Nov. 9. 1859. lQ:lv
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-28
Holland DikeS-IIOW Built and at What
Cost.

The February number of Hdper's Mag
aziRC contains ali interesting article on the
bikes of Holland, from which we make the
following extract ....- ..r
To the dikes Holland owes its existence.
They are immense ramparts of earth and
stone raised all along the coast, and suff1-
GENTLY strong to prevent the sea from for
cling its way through them and high
enough to defy inundation. They are also
required to restrain the channels of the riv-
ers, which arc nearly as perilous to the
kingdom as the ocean itself. The first
thing necessary to the dikes is solid fOun-
dation, obtained by Tamming down the
soil, and by laying a substratum of clay,
or, when that is not possible, by driving
piles. The dixie is formed of such earth as
will cohere most readily, and its face is
protected by the Intervening of willow
twigs, whose interstices are filled with
puddled clay. This Wicker-work, being
renewed every three or four years, makes
such an active demand for willow boughs
that the trees are extensively cultivated in
Holland for that purpose. Not infrequent-
ly the dikeS are planted with trees, because
their spreading roots aid greatly in holding
the earth together. Sometimes their base
is faced with masonry, and strengthened
by huge heaps of stones brought from 9TH
er countries, while the upper part of the
dikes, rising i'll some places as high as for
ty feet, is thickly covered with turf. The
vastest of these artificial projections are at
the Heider, and at the western end of the
island of Walcheren. The annual expense
of keeping i'll repair each of these stupen-
dous dikes is not less than 10000 guilders
about $4,000 of our money; and taking
care of all the bikes Of the kingdom and
regulating the water levels cost from 6 $780,
900 to 100000 guiIders-S2, 100000 to 49,
900. A special corps of engineers IVA
terstaat), numbering many men of science,
receive regular salaries for guarding the
country from .all danger :of inundation.
During the winter, when great storms are
common, these engineers are stationed at
the points where an Eruption of the wa
tiers is most to be feared, and ample sup
plies are at hand to resist cid Neptune in
case of need. Watchmen are posted day
and night along the line threatened with
attack to give instantaneous warning of
approaching peril, and to summon from
the neighboring villages workmen APP
pointed by the authorities to the scene of
dangee.