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we'll to amend their style of address,
and revert to the simple phraseology
employed by the ancient Romans. How
truly courteous was the Roman method.
If Lucius Verus wished to write to Sci
pio Africanus, he did not begin MY
dear ScipiO, and end with Yours very
truly, but went straight to the point,
and said, Lucius Verius to ScipiO Afri
canus, greeting; after which, without
further palaver, he would proceed to
business. WOuld it not be saving of
time if we were to initiate this excel
lent old fashion? And why should not
Smith minimize trouble by addressing
Brown after the classical method
"Smith to Brown, greeting, send me
ten tons of your best Goals, lowest
price :" or "Jones to Robinson, greet
ing Will you dine with me, next
Thursday, at the Megatherium, at Is
precisely ?" The one word, greeting"
includes all that is necessary in the way
either of friendship or politeness, and
would answer every purpose in the or
dinary intercourse of life. But itwould
never do for love-letters. These always
dii, and always will stand apart rs n
literature by themselves, governed by
their own laws, by their own impulses.
Had Roman lover simply sent
greeting to his Lesbia or his Aspa-
sia, Lesbia or Aspasia, if able to read,
which in all probability she was not,
would have had fair cause to complain
of his coldness. So l except the love
letters.-AU the Year ROund.
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02

the spectrum entirely disappears. 1t is
if all the yellow rays were extinguished
from the light of the sun. Huggins,
with more powerful spectroscope,
found six dark bands, and strong proof
of the existence of hydrogen.
Neptune gives spectrum closely re-
sembling that of Uranus. Secchi found
three principal bands, and the red por-
tion of the spectrum almost entirely
wanting. Indications of carbon have
been detected in this spectrum, and
also a coincidence of the dark bands
with the bright bands of certain COM
cts. The outer planets, Neptune and
Uranus, seem to be in a still more I'M
developed condition than Saturn and
Jupiter, while none of them are at
present fitted to be the abode of living
organisms. 1t is much more probable
that they resemble the sun in the chaotic
condition of their elements, and that
they give out heat and some light to the
little worlds which revOlve around them,
as they in their turn revolve around the
sun.
Thus, the varying color of the planets
makes them familiar as the faces of
well-known friends; the telescope re-
veals every imaginable tint and grada-
ton of color in bewitching beauty upon
their surfaces and the spectrOscOpe
analyzes the changing hues, and brings
messages from the distant orbs, indica-
tive of their nature aud constituents.
The science is only in its infancy. Its
faint developments are but the shadow
of the great discoveries which keener
vision, more powerful telescopes, and
more effective spectroscopes, will make
plain in the astronomy of the future.
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02
Railroad Statistics.
The Business for the Past Year.
From Poor's MANUAL

The total cost of the railroads, the
operations of which are given for the
past year, as shown by the preceding
table. is $3.159, 423, ,O57, made up of
81 ,647, ,SA. lib, of capital stock, and ST.
oil ,57S, ,9+ of various forms of indebt-
edness, Chiefly of bonds maturing at
distant periods. The capital stock
amounted to 52.15 per cent, and
the debt to 1875 per cent. of the
total cost. The cost of these roads per
mile was $50, 116. The gross earnings
for the year We're S473, 241 ,O55, of which
Sl32 ,3O9, ,27O, or % per cent, was re-
celved for the transportation of passen-
gers, and S34O, 93l, 7S5, or y per cent,
TOR the transportation of freight, incln-
ding under this head .he small amount
received from miscellaneous sources. 3"
The receipts per mile were SO, S,256 The
ratio of earnings to population was
Sl1.76 per head. The operating expen-
ses for the year We're 1907, 1856, 6S2, or
20 per cent. of the gross receipts, leav-
ing Sl65, 1873, or 35 per cent. as net
earnings. The percentage of gross re-
ceipts to the total cost of the roads was
10 per cent; of net earnings 50 per
cent. The amount paid in dividends
was Ga, 41S, 151, or 3.91 per cent. of the
aggregate capital stock. The balance
OF net earnings, S1Ol ,333, ODD, was equal
to go per cent. on the aggregate in
debtedness of the roads. The divi-
dends in New England were 6.64, in
the middle states 7.O9, in the western
2.S3, in the southern 15.
The earnings from the transportation
OF freight were nearly three-fOurths OF
the gross amount. The ratio of freight
to passenger earnings is constantly in
creasing, a most favorable feature, as it
indicates very rapid development of
the industries of the country The to-
tai number of tons transported the past
year will probably exceed 100000. 600.
The tonnage for the New England states
exceeded 16, 633, 800 tons, or $500 tons to
the mile. The tonnage in the middle
states equalled 100000 tons, or
S,O41 tons per mile. The tonnage for
both groups equalled 10, 033, 800 tons,
or $3.50 to the mile. The immense ton
age for the middle states is due largely
to the anthracite coal trade of Pennsyi-
vania. With regard to the future in
crease of receipts, it is probable that
they will double themselves in the next
ten years, that is to saw, in 1881 their
receipts will reach 81, 900. .OOO,O 900. The
total mileage of the railroads in the
United States has more than doubled
since 1868. 1t is fair to presume that
the ratio of increase in receipts has been
Dne-half greater than in mileage. The
therefore for 1863 may be fair
~ estimated at Sl90,OOO,OOO against
s437, ,24l ,055 for 1872, showing an in
'rease in ten years OF $3.50, 100000, or
EDS, 100000 annually. Further CON-
oarisons are shown by these tables
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02
HUMOROUS.

The Idaho Statesman thus ISLANDERS
an Oregon minister "Near the close
of the day at camp-meeting in Oregon,
short time ago, the local preacher
said hope all the congregation will
be here by 10 o'clock, for precisely at
that hour we will pass to the creek,
where | shall baptize four adults and
six adulteresses.
After the examination is over.
Exclaimed freshman Did pass my
examination, professor Professor with
proud scornJ-NO, sir! Off dances
freshie, radient with smiles. Professor
You misunderstood me you failed
sir! IncOrrigible freshie-Ah! bnt |
won bet, you see. Professor staggers.
The locomotive of western ex-
press train collided with hand-car,
and smashed the headlight. The con-
ductOr was equal to the occasion. He
inst stuck his diamond breastpin in the
cow-catcher, and the train moved right
along.
The Missouri editorial convention
was opened with prayer by Elder Berry,
and the Troy Chief says that cit may
have been opened by elderberry, but
we'll wager it was closed by juni-
per-berry and old rye"
"A Massachusetts postmistress has
resigned her Office, as a matter of hon.
esty, because she cannot find time to
read all the postal cards and attend to
her other duties beside.
On very pretty girls saying to
Leigh Hunt, 1 am very sad, you see, he
replied, o no; yOu belong to the
other Jewish sect you are very fair, /
see
A noted English clergyman re-
commends to people to urn their dead.
Wouldn't he do better to show them
how to earn their living?
-Rasper, being told he looked seedy
and asked what business he was in, re-
piled The hardware business; look at
my wardrobe"
Man is the only creature endowed
with laughter. Is he not also the only
one that deserves to be laughed at?-
Lord Chenille.
Hens are all ready to begin their
spring gardening, and are disposed to
complain because the gardens are not
yet constructed.
Georgia Francis Train is occn-
pying his time in London arranging for
the disposal of some of his Omaha lots
by lottery.
In these times we fight for ideas
and newspapers are our fortresses.
Patrons of husbandry-Mothe
narriageable daughters.
nerous aeanaintances-Thd
gfully. L
Rcompenx axN;1
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A queerly mixed entertainment wa,

"A queerly mixed entertainment was
recently given at a London theatre.
GOunod, the composer, who never
played publicly in his life, made his
debut as pianist, Wilkie Collins, no
elOcutionist at all, recited a storyl
Mdlle Desclee, the great dramatic 90
tress, played the organ, and Hillega ~
pianist, gave xhtassa in the ID
bars. Risto1 on the tight r
II 1fui - Q pgima 11nnSr
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02

BLACKBERRY JAM.-To six quarts of
ripe blackberries add three p0undss of
brown sugar, mash altogeth9 Nith .
spoon. Put it iuto . kettle . boi1|
two hours. stirring frequsntlX s.
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02

the following attractive niece of uortraitu
'' A''''''Ns' ''"u'
AFTER A DIVORCE.
49,.
Mrs. Addle was fat-adlpose,
"nh ienn!soh ~ 'ip-tlited nose,
With a sort Of csvort,
And countensnce as red as rose.
Her duck ~ bonnet was small.
Tipped forward till ready to fall
Of pantomime Dumpty,
Who couldn't stay upon the wall.
She came into court. and she saf
In chair, IL was fili tshe was fat)
With a stare at the miners,
a.. And penny-a-liners,
And lawyers, and judge, and all that.
she started Win the sfnlilnRest stare
AT the hoodlnms surrounding her there;
And every one said,
by the toss Of her head,
Shed discount the sweet Mrs. Fair.
one miner of old ~ ~
Who panned out the bloom OF his mine
In high-colored nose,
said: " II she Amt rose,
Just say amt much ON opine."
me sne,in criea Suehce me court
Her cpunsel SAID les,
Thar she wanted redress,
ANA nave IL sne certainly orr.
or T d;dn't % r' nr bsdpI bd u nr wanIdn, n ''"" y
Support the petitioher'
Richland beacon., 1873-08-02
THE SPOUSE OF SORROW.

The Reese River Reveille. wild curiosity Of Amer
lean journalism. published, it's aliterative tito
proclams. IN one of the remote mining suburbs of
civilization, has powerful bard called " Singeline :"
from whose latest locally characteristic epic Of
ciety the following attractive piece Of portraitufe
may be admiringly selected:
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The st. Paul Press has some ac-
count Of large farm on which the
great staple is very successfully pro-
duced. Out of 1000 acres 900 are
in wheat. During harvest 100 hands
are employed at $3.50 to So day,
who are assisted by ten Mccormick
reapers and four steam threshers.
The wheat is not stacked, but hauled
from the field to the threshers, and
from thence to the warehouse, put
into cars from the wagons, and sent
to Milwaukee. The price obtained
last season was $1.2O per bushel-the
freight being about 16 cents. The
crop of 10000 bushels brought pref
ty good sum, and the profits above
all expenses, including interest on
money invested, is set down at % per
cent. The expense is about $40 per
acre. The yield Of the farm last year
was % bushels per acre, and this
year it should be nearly if not quite
as great.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-14
TEACHERS NORMAL INSTITUTE
AND EXAMINATIONS.

The annual Institute for Kenosha
County,will be held at Wilmot in the
Town of Salem, commencing Monday,
Sept. 1, and closing Saturday, Sept.
Is, 1878.
The Institute will be conducted by
V. V. Barnes, agent of the Board of
Normal School Regents. Prof Rob
ert Graham will be present part OF
the time. There will be a lecture
each week.
Teachers should supply themselves
with the necessary books, paper, etc.
AS the attendance, punctuality, and
work accomplished by teachers at the
Institute, will be recorded on their
certificates of qualification, all are
earnestly reminded to be present at
9 o'clock, Sept. 1st.
An examination of Teachers for
the inspection district, comprising the
Towns of Brighton.S Salem, Wheatland
and Randall, will be held i'll the
School House at Wilmot, on Monday
and Tuesday, Sept. 18th and 10th.
An examination of Teachers for the
inspection district, comprising tne
Towns of Somers, Pleasant Prairie,
Paris and Bristol, will be held in the
School House in District No. 2, Som
ers, on Monday and Tuesday, Sept.
22d and Esd.
Kenosha, Sept. 8th, 1878.
II. V. MAGUIRE,
County Supt. Of Schools.
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Next followed Lewis Miller, Esq. OF
Akron. o., President of the Board OF
Trustees He spoke briefly of the
Object of the College, and hoped it
would so accomplish its special mission
that Science, also every good cause and
department of industry, would be promot-
ed by the workings ofthis College in its
several Departments.
Mr.. Miller hoped to find more of the
Alumni among the mechanics in the fu-
ture; he wanted these mechanics to marry
Alumni. so thnt tn y might rise to the
true dignity of their calling.
Hon. w. D. Henkle, Ex-State'School Com
missioner, and G. Aultman, ESQ.,, of Canton,
o., Treasurer of Board of Trustees. each
made spicy speech. The President of the
Faculty then proceeded to confer the Bacca-
laureate Degree on the several members OF
the Graduating Glass also the Masters
Degree on a large number of the Alumni, up
on examination Of their Post. Graduate
Course of Study also the Degree of Doctor
of Divinity upon Rev. W. Fl. Docke, A. M .
of Alliance, o., and upon Rev. G. H. Whit
ney, A. NJ, of Newark, NJ. The Bacca
laureate Sermon was delivered on SABBATH
by President Hartshorn,
The CoDjoint Exercises of the Literary
Societies in the evening which followed
showed that the advancing classes were made
up IF young men and women of mature age
and promise of quite as much talent al
those just graduated.
We should not close this letter withou
alludng to the fact that the College hal
been the recipient of several liberal Dona
tions, of which Messrs. Lewis and Jacot
Miller, and G. AuItman. contributed SIG, 200
while other generous persons OF mean
have also contributed largely.
MRS. H. NJ. TRACY CUTLER,
Mt. UNION, O., July 80, 1873.
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EDUCATIONAL ISSUES.

GRAPHING WITH THE QUESTIONS OF THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ExERCIsEs-AL-
UMNI MEETING ADDRESS BY REV j.
M. CARR PECULIAR FEATURES OF
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No Person can sn2se these Bittcrs accord
iHE to directions, and remain long uIwell provided
sr bones ae not DESTROYED hv mineral poison or other
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in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palptation of the
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# tae Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms
IRE She otsprngs OF Dyspepsia. In these complaints
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The following is the combined average
OF scholarship attendance and department
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ending Aug. 9Th, 1878.
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LIFE BELOW THE SURFACE,
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only to be used as medicine, and always according
to directions.
They the sheetanchor of the feeble and debili.
tated. They act upon diseased liver, and stimulate
to such degree that healthy action is at once
brought about AS remedy to which Women
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04
Communicated
Whisky Triumphant,

1t is known to all that money il a
most powerful agent i'm the world it
gives a man confidence in himself :
makes him look neat, knowing and
happy ; smooths the rugged wavs of
life; changes the blockhead into a
man of sense, and ever gilds the
portals of the tomb so as to rob death
OF some of its outward terrors. But if
the e~vanescent dollar is king. his
sovereignty is not wholly undisputed.
IN MS realm there is another ruler
VINO IS a v,eritable despot over the
bringing slave. and that is Whisky
The dictator in our Legislative halls /:
the chief power in our election con,
tests ; the fomentor of family lars !:
the murderer of millions of fair Young
lives. WHISKY. alas! is a dreadful
scourge 10 a in defled race
Take a drink" is about equivalent
to saying to a man Ego to HILL" not
by any means a polite thing to saw.
The ramificatiOns of whisky are every-
where in ritual business life-weaken-
ing and killing wherever they 20.
How whisky check even mining
operations and Obstruct Developments
im%peratively called for, has been
illustrated within the last few DAYS
in this comparatively temperate dis
trict. A certain mining superin-
tendent let a tunnel contract to a
miner for whom he had a personal
friendship, but said miner got drunk"
and worked not at all, unless crawl
ing in the gutter was his work. 1t
was necessary. of course, to look after
the erring brother, and so the foreman
of the mine was sent to hunt him up,
but he tOo-alas, for frail human
nature-got fuddled up and lay down
to sleep-nOt in the bosom of his
family. While whisky was thus
Frustrating sober sense, and PLAYING
havoc generally, the tunnel, i'm which
three shifts should have been at work,
has remained for days together un-
touched; and the company, anxious
to have the work completed, cannot
for the present do otherwise than sub.
init TO the arbitrary reign of whisky,
1t would be sad to see a notice like
the following placed over the entrance
of the tunnel: "Work is suspended
here on account of the contractor
tapping a vein of whisky. Hitherto,
the superintendent has utterly failed
in finding miners capable of doing
the work until the fiery fluid has been
drunk completely dry" Such, oh We
believers in the progressive character
of the age we live in, are the facts
which can be verified at any moment.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04

NOTICE. 1t is a we'll known
fact that Dyspepsia and Indigestion are
the causes of nearly all the diseases that
the human body is heir to: then why
pay enormous doctors bills? BY using
Ir. Henley's celebrated ! X l. Filters
they can be thoroughly eradicated from
the system and new life impaired to the
sufferer. Read advertisement in another
column. mhIl-3m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04

bso,n hf FAST FREIGHr.-We
by Pritchard's agent
1t teams bomman. that the fast
bond hauled away from the
pounds of on Wednesday
e train ot bullion. A fair load
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04
Arrivals.
The Corner" Saloon.

!. saloon will be reonened to.mor.
'ehllS' anu van Aistiile' ass'soea
bhn McSorley, will receive com
! and extend the hosnitalities of
s.Iou .,o;. 80 ..:..ss -.
ouse All ne oiu irie"us' as
|Rs a welcome to all new ones.
fhole interior has been tastefully
hted and frescoed, and Looks as
and bright as a May morning.
painting and varnishin is in
E0cks best style. The trescoing
o's was done by l.. X. Kelly, as
Eas the whitening aud calcemin-
The patchwork II frescO IN the
3 is a good piece OF pa per-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04

ABATED.-At this writing mid
night, the snow squall which visited
us Yesterday at intervals has entirely
abated, leaving the sky clear and the
atmosphere chilly.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-04

e. cni Ross. a resident of
Judge was yesterday fined
4'iet of her neighbors'