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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, D. O., tprll so.
rRoF. HAYpEa's EXPLORATIONS.
hrr. ANTHONY called up the resolution to
print $500 copies Of Prof. Hayaen's tiual ro-
port.
said that Congress- should either make some
provisions for distributing theso documents Or
abandon their publication. II Prof. Hayden's
report waa worth publishing, lot tho material be
handod over to some ono WHO would publish it
4nd distribute It. to th9so os wilng to pay for it.
gressfondt Globe in Ohio by mail, while the ex.
press companies did it for st. Something should
he done soon to prevent tue express companies
from carrying documents which should be sont
tion ha received by tho Government, but tho
only way to accomplish this was to reduce the
postage upon them.
Mr. ANTHONY aaid|that the engraving for tho
involved tho cost Of but 5000 for printing. :.
Mr.. FREL1NGHUYsEN said that tho evil
might be romoaied by the passage OF The bill
recontIy introduced BY him, which dIspenacd with
tito prepayment provisions and fixed the amount
Of postage ut 20 cents per volume.
1u tho course OF tho discussion 1t WIS stated
TINT tho engrayngH wero paid for out Of the up
preparation for making tho survey, which was
III. WINDOW said ho could not Boo any ccono.
my resulting from the abolition Of the frsnling
privilege. Immediately after the passage Of tho
act Congress gayo certain large railroad conpa-
MieB @buU, ,GUu A1uItl0hal Tor carrying tAo mallRs
Therefore, the Haying has not nnen much.
Finally tho resolution was laid over.
TRANSPORTATION.
l1r. Oglesby introduced g. bill to promote conn.,
morco among tho Statca and cheapon tho trans
portntion OF Persons and property betweou the
Atlantic aoaboaul and tho Western States and
Territories. Referred.
CIVIL RIGHTS BILE.
The morning. hour having oxpired the Senate
resumed tho consideration OF tho Civil Rtghse
bill, and Mr.. NORWOOD made speech. HoHald
tho Republican party was actuatoa III this meas
uro by aoltlsh motives entirely, and not by love
OF tho colorol people. lilo denied tint there WAS
any moro prejudice IN tho breasts Of tho Doalo-
Gratis than in the breasts OF Republicans, aud
said the fornlor in their social relations. treated
the colorod people, aa we'll us tue lattor.
This bill proposed to put the. black
mud white togstler In schools in
hotola and in places OF amusement aud yet It
WAS declared that aooia! equality waB not con-
tomplatod. lIc predicted ruin 10 that political
party III this country which proscribod tllat poor
white 1aen should 90 with blacks whether oruot
thoy dcHircdtt. Before concluding Ills argument
Mr.. Norwood sa!d be would ask the indulgence
Of THO Senate Till tomorrow that ho might pro-
sant hls ylsws Oh tbs constitutional objsotions
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RAILROADS.
Proposed Combination Between the
Great Eastern Roans.
,Appointmont Of Railroad Commission
ers by the Governor Of
Wisconsin,
Arrival Of a Foreign Agent to Inycsti-
gate Eric Matters.

Arrival OF NIcEQenry, to Investigate
Gs8c--EnNcuA of lRni}ronu nInEMutcs
.-COmbtnhtioM OF tho Through Limos
Expected.
Special Dispateh to The chicaqo Tribune.
New YonK, April s0.-Jnmos Mo11onry, whoso
coming was announced to you yesterday, arrived
here early this morning. 1lo remained at his
hotcl throughout tho day, nnd would 500 no one
Ravo few who hayo important business rola-
tiona with Linn. 11o parsed tho evening at 8.
L. Barlow's residence. and thero
RECEIVED THE ERIE OFFICIALS
Besides his close relation to tho affairs Of the
Erie aud tho Atlantic s. Grcat Western Com
panies, ho las important intorosta in the New
York, Boston l. Montreal Railroad, tho United
States Rolling Stock Company, tho Pennsylva-
mia Railroad, and In oil landa and coal COM
panios. .......
A RAILROAD CONFERENCE
Of no small Importance was held On Wednesday
night as tho Windsor Hotel, on Fifth avonuo.
Though faw IN n"mhers, tha e, oonfercneo renre.
tho Now York Central; Mccullough, Of tho
Baltimore & Ohio; aud Potor Il. WatHon, OF tho
Eriu Road, tho lending epirlts at the four great
trunk liuoB, botng prosont. Tile mootinE was
intondod to be stslotly aocrot. but It is now posi-
was to consider the subjoct OF passenger mud
freight tariffs from Now York to tl.o West, aud
other subjects concerning tho corporations rep-
resented.
COMBINATION 1SaTEAD OF COMPETITION.
Heretofore d satisfactory CAUCUS Of tho trunk
lncs could not bo held, owing to tho bitter
rivalry existing botwoon tho Pennsylvania and
tho baltimore d Ohio Railroads. This. how
over, ia now anaicably sottled, the two roads
milking mutual concessions. As tho policy OF
theBa roa1B lns been
NOT TO nEpucE FARES,
except when compelled by competition to do 70,
1t can easily be understood that, when they aro
all united, an elevation Of both passenger mud
freight ratos will follow. II ia understood TINT
most Of the mcoting'a time was occupied in try
Ing to eflcct d satisfactory schedule Of prices
but whether tho result waB reached is not known,
ANOTHER FINANCIAL Est1BsARY.
AIr. Fl. 0storborg editor Of tho German-
Maine. having been 1onutized by German bond
holders In Ancricnn railroads to look nftor their
interests here, arrived to-day by tic Scotia.
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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Stiits to Sottle TITLES to Land Occupied
by Eottlers and Claimed by n knfl-
rond Conpnny-Esiglt OF n Stnto to
Ink Lnnd Grants.
Specia' Dispatch to This Chicago Tribune.
ST, PAUL, Minn., April 30.-Attornoys en-
p1oyod by tho stato under the law pissed last
winter arc commencing suits in several counties
againat the Union Pacific 1airoad to aottlo titles
clai1ned by aome GOO settlers OIL odd on railroad
sections along the line of the rond from tho Mis-
sisBipp tn tho Red River. The aottlemants wore
nude under tho Homestead net subsequent to
the county filing a map of the general route
and prior to the county filing map Of tho
6eiinito route. Tho Land Department frat de-
ciled in favor OF tho aettlors, that tho
Company, WAS not entitled to those particu-
lar sections till n dofnito location Of
the road waa filed, but tho Secretary OF tho In
terror reversed tho decison, on tho advice Of tho
Aesistaut-Attornoy-G General, TINT tho Company
cidcd that purchasers Of evon or odd acctiona
during tho same timo must pay double the mini
mum price.
Averills bill, pending in the House, If passed,
will not rolievo tho settlors from the latter part
Of tho Secrotary's decision, requiring $500 i'd
ditional for eaoE quarter section. Some Of tho
cases will probably 20 to the Supreme Court OF
tue United States before tho matter is settled.
The 8teelo County case, involving the right Of
the State to tax lands granted to tho old Cen
trail nalroad Company, which has no rondB, but
which sold It's franohiaes and right Of way to
tho Milwaukee l. st. Paul Railroad Company,
was today argued and submitted to the State
Supreme Court.
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made H., nn her tia tr!p Wednesday, Tho din,onaons Of
s imo hnR @ "fG r. ~ o follow: Length Of keel i2 feet
salloweat place, md 81 feet bean ior enaino j. ass
%, mud nhe earriea ona ta!os 8 faot & 1nchrn in
cter. md with % pounds Of atcan, mads IA Inyotnn.
FER minnto: ann ~ intended for rnrcular tra,la
will ako sa1t for Chicago. or cost ii aot sa an s
sho ,!t BY George Francis, Under tle s,,,,orw,
sion Of George Hing, WHO is pnrt owner. "'S@' "
THE now barao ueorgio Kelly wan Bncce,nsu1t,
launched Mt East Saginaw day beforo yestorday, al:
In l60 feet long, 30 feet hca 10 feet inches deem
ahonloat place; Cuato-Iiouaa tonnage, 31o rates IA
aud cost {l5, ono.
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SHIT Against the 4sozlds1ncs1 of n Do-
EsaulttnE QitY YTEcnSMrer.-Ltbel suit.

Special Dispatch to TIE CAiea9o TrlbNut.
FonT WAYNE, Ind, April 30-To-day tho city
began suit for :s50, 900 against tho bondsnen OF
Johu A. Droegmeyer, lato City Treasurer. Tho
case will bo ono Of the most important ever
tried in Northor, Indiana. and will attract much
attention, not only owing to tho amount in con-
trovcray, but also on account OF important prin-
cip!es OF law involved. It will be fought Ut eyory
stop, and will no doubt be carried to tho Supreme
cluas lawyers in the city are engaged on ono side
or tho other Of tho case.
To-day, Cosgroye, Of thia county, began suit
AGAINST DR.. ONO for libsl, laying damagea at
$4,000.
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Suit In L0nisilnh Under tho Civil
Rights Act.

New ORLEANS La., April 3o.-Btato Senator
Alexander T. Barber nul Bradford N. Davis,
both colorod, hayo brought suits against tho
Louisiana Jockey Club, each claiming $4,000
damages BECAUSE, as the petitioners aver, !" the
said Club refused to sell them qualter-Htretch
badges during tho recent race. on account Of
their color they baing Of African descent; that
such refusal and exclusion were not only in yio.
nlso OF the rights guaranteed to them by tho
Constitution and statutes OF the State.
, 1874-05-01
WASHINGTON,


that It ought 10 ho amended by omitting tho scc-
tion which proposos TO repeal thoproeont law grad
deposited as security, according to tho amount
of capital OF variouB National Banka. An iutor-
ohango OF vtows disolosed tho certainty TINT tho
Committee will recommend tint all tho reserves
for circulation should be abolished. The otl,or
Important question involved in this bill, and in
general tho financial subjeot, nru yot to be con-
Bidcr8d.
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CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Marble FoltsllcrB and Stone aEubbers
In C0mXoMtt0G in R1atias&1eIpllla.

Special Dfspatch 10 Ths Chfcaaa Tribune.
polislorB and stone rubbers OF this city hold 4
mass meeting this evening in Kehoo Hail. Jamos
Rosa presiding, to concert measures for tho
protection Of white against colored labor. On
tato the old union. whereby tho body might
obtain botter regulation of prices tor the dinor
cut grades Of work. A deslltory conversation
thou enaued as to the adviaablity Of inaugural.
Ing strike againat the introduction Of coiored
labor, Which It was argued was running the tradc
into tho ground. as employers, In their endoavora
to nndersell each other, engaged unskll!ed col
orod help Of very low wagoa. The meeting ad-
Journed without arriving at definite conclusion
on the nattar.
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MILWAUKEE, April 30.-A. Scott Sloan, At
tornoy-General Of Wisconsin, has commenced
damages nj S6o, ,00o. The a1ogoa Aboi oons,atea
Of All article orticising Ut oflicia opinion by tho
plaintiff to the Legislature, holding that tho
Legislature had no right to regulate the charges
nf eleyBtnyH
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n Species OF Communism Among tho
MormoMs--A Now society.

sALT LAKE, April 80.-The first organization
Of the Unitod Order, rs 1t IL oalod took pnco In
this city last evening in tho Twentieth Ward.
aro the giving to q common fund. under control
OF elected otncorA. tho property OF all tho mem-
bors tho control Of the labor OF members, and
the production aud manufacture, as far aB pos
that similar organizations will be objected in a
the wards In the city. and throughout the Nor
mon settlements, mud that nlembership will bo-
come tue toat OF loyalty to the Mormon Church,
as 1t is strongly advocated by tho Church Load
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lake Frei9lstB
wcro moro active aud oaater, carriers being more
anxious to charter their veaaola when 1t bccamo known
that tho straits wcro open. Charters woro inado o.
4Ao for wheat, Do for cor, and 3o for oats to nuf-
fafo, mud TOO for whcn to Kingston Chnrtors were
TO uirno, sclr Iafrinier and rensa',kee wheat at
oata 1T 34c prop Fountain City, corn through. 70
Kingston, achr Japan whoat ut 1901 to 0swego. sohs
G. smith, privnte terms total. Z. Capacity
bu oats. This barge l.alogh aud achrs Shawnee autt
Canadian reported to load wheat At Milwaukoe
for Dntinto ut 4Nc.
Tonrpo, April 2a-sctr Rival, to Dunk!rk, corn at
5No per bi1. 8ctlr Ia potiso Buffalo, ro oak atavas,
80 per Bchr Provost to buffalo. intbor $3.50 per
IN. Bchr Richards, to Cleveland, corn at ave per in.
sohr parknlcw, to buffsio nt3Nc. and schr Ben
Franklin. Eric, corn nt 2No per bn.
DETno1T, April 29.-Wteat to 0swcgo, 10, with a
hnreralundance Of tonnago. Chartera: scow CLARA,
fclce.pos.s, Cedar 1lnrbor {Nine Milo Foint to De-
trot, ut 5A&e; scow Butcher boy, GOAL, 8andusky 10
Detroit, ut Coo I. o. b.
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Tho general gloom and deapondoncy Which reryslea
1narlno circles day before yo4erny on account Of Tho
uniAyorAbe from tho straits 9ayo way to hnrrl
nesa yehtetday. Tho glad ttduga OF tho opnug nf the
straIts and tho arrival OF tie rAt Btoanora at Mlwa
kee, reached hers Mt an oAry hour yostcrday morning
THE BrEAMEn IAPAN,
Of tho Anchor Iino boro of tue hoiors, and was tho
the hnnor bolonga to tho steamer China, which hrd
lecn foremost III wording through tho barrier, and
was only pngscd by the JBpan III tho jam Which
ceeded tho oponing Still, M both ycBsols belong to
the samo lIno tho credit falls upon the shoulders.
THE PROPELLER CHINA
the first yosas from btlnw to reach this barber,
and n largo crowd collected at the dock whero aho
was ono Of tho rat to climb board OF tho propeller,
md after considerable search, got hold of Capt G. u.
NicEeraon, who has communal Of llcr. The Captain,
who Ia kln1-lcarted old salt, nthouHh very busy,
willingly gave a deairad information. uo Eatol that
lie LIFT nuFFALo
In company With tia llladtlrhiA Wednesday, April
q, with d cargo Of sundreH. uo arrived Of tho ice
day, aud found largo fleet there Tho East bouud
ect tho other side Of tho tce nbout eight ten
miles OF. They worhod away at the ics ulil yeaer-
day when it finally gave way anl tho long looked for
opening was an accomplished fact.
THE nuatoAs ABOUT FAMINE
arc declared to have been fAso in cvery particular BY
tho Oapnin, bnt the reported leaking Of the Nashua
co but utter throwing of part Of hor cargo,
which consisted Of -four, sho was onabod
to continue on her voyage. Tia ouyanoga
AlEo co,nmcIced lealng, como of her pauka giving
way, ind Hc had to throw soo OF lar cargo Of Rat
overheard to prevent her from sinking. slo 1s ox-
rcctcd to arrive horo to-day.
Tho following Is
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Tho Dollefort Furnace, noar. 1ronton, O.,
which had shown nymptoms Of chilling, an OPP
srstiou which would hayo involved q loAa OF sew
eral thousand dollars, has been brought neaz!yto
4 normal condition agaiu.
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DErno1r, April 10.-pAeaED Tr-prop Caniseo !:
bark L. a. ScholAon achrs @. II. Walker, Harvest
1lorae, A. Ant,rewa,
rAssrp DowN-Propa D!rhhcad, Y. II. Kosohum
actrs James +. Joy, Monterey.
W1Np-Houth.
DE1no,r. April 3o-Evening.-pAssEn Ur:-rrops
City Of rort Huron and hsrgos, Concord and barEea
Baaco, Folly Rogers, Riverside, Levi Nawson, Maty
Eltzalcth. Hnttto Johnston, Adlronaac, 0arlbai1f.
Huron City. Winona, .. ". nuat aud bargos aollrs
j. 7. Joy, Monterey, Dakota.
WtHn-EAat.
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CoNsuLTATIoH OF HALLWAY MAaNATEa,
l. meeting Of railway magnates was hold ysa-
Burlington d Quincy Nailroad, the following
gentlemen being preasnt, ]. +. Joy, pxeailsus,
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Special Dispatch to The chteago Tribune.
WARREN, O., April 30.--Aaron Loyelana, =
laborer, as yeara old hanged limsolt to-day.
Family trouble waa tue ca,1sa
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MARINE,


Illinois <: Michigan Cnnnl.
DnypaKronr, April 3U,-ApnivRp-Danuhe, Ottawa.
t7G0 bu corn North America, T,&GD bu oats.
CLEARKp.-omaha, Reneoa, VI .Qo3 y Lumbar; Orion,
ns; ns1nox;soar. 9A Anril a9a,s D. ~
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ATTITUDE or THE PRESS.

The Western newspapers TINT have como into
this office since tho veto, md othors concerning
which VIC havo positive information, mike tho
following record:
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France. Norris oooo bu corn; ontank, 81. tLon's,
l47 tons pig iron.
Witt se g moss Fteaa,p, 81
lumber: Henry. IaHqllc, "a IN lumber.
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Old 11ntos OF WnRes Ikostoreds
New YonK, April 80.-To-morrow tho wages
Of the worlfu1en OH tho Camden and Amboy DIV
iBLpn OF the Pennsylvania Uatlroad will bo re-
stored to the rstss boiors thu reduction.
, 1874-05-01

to tho pasaagc OF tho BILL hc not boing phyaloally
Tho iii was tllon informally laid aside.
TUE GENERAL APPROXIMATION hill.
Tho Legislative, judicial, IND Executive Ap-
preparation bill was received from tho Ho1lso.
aud referred 10 the Committee on Approprla-
lions and ordorod to e,t,,opt.l 10 printed
Tho CHAIR hid boforo tho sonato resolutions
adopted by 1naaa-meetiu, Mt INDIANAPOLIS. III
relation 10 tho iinaucos. 1oforrod to tho Com
mittoe Oh FnanccB.
PRIVATE bills.
Tho 6of1ato thon procgcdod to tho considorh-
lion Of bills OIL tho calendar, md d number OF d
private charactor woro paaHod.
THE ARMY pAY DEPARTMENT.
Mr. LOGAN called up tho SonRto bill to in
tho number Of Paymasters at Nifty, With tho
ranls, pay, and omolumonts Of Majors OF CAV
alry.
Mr.. WEST offered m amendment providing
for detail Of oc9rs ot lo linz to sot rs pay
mont providing that any appointments 1nado
under tho act shall DO taken from officers now
MIR. BUCKINGHAM moyod an amondmont
providing that additional appointments might
bo made from paYmaBterB' clorls.
hfr. MORRILL, (Vt. gave notice that ho would
offor substitute for tho two amendments pro.
yiding that all appointments under tho net shall
DO madc from volunteers In tile late war who
held rauk not iowor thu that of Captain.
Mr. LOGAN opposed any provision which
would direct the President who to appolnt: Tho
President was a military man, and know as woll
how to select good Pay1naaters rs any Senator.
Some Of those on this floor seemed to have loBt
faith In the preBident In tho lust fow days, but
he uogan) bud not.
Mr.. Buckingha1n'a amendment was rcIocted.
Mr.. MORRILL, tlnn offered hiB substitute,
which was rejected.
Tho question recurring on Mr. Wosts amend-
mont, It wa8 raioctol.
Tho bill was tllon passol-yeas, 9; ; nays, 49,
aud now goes TO The houso. Should tho bill be-
como n inv, nl1 new appointments III tho Pay
masters Department will DO made. Adjourned.
, 1874-05-01

The following special dispatch waB received from
Escnnaba alich last evening: The Btcanlbarge FREQ
Kelly an4 consort. from Cleveland, arrived oa ths'
passed through tho straits Tho Ice 1s still firm iI
Little Bay <ls Noe, but the Kely pulled the Point
thia lftaynoon, aud will reach the docka tonight.
, 1874-05-01

ta} Runs to Champaign Saturdays.
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON b Uut9cY RstLRna1.
Derots-!oo n Laks.. lnia"a 41r., and SfEstnt4.st.
ana Caaat 1seenth-sts. Ticket oces No. 90 CLARK.
H., Grand Fucufa Hotel, and At dspost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-30
The World Without God.

How sad to disentomb Egyptian
and Assyrian monuments, and gaze
on endless trains of miserable captives
and insulting conquerors, and to see
events writing similar subjects for
history even now. Is this all? If
the thought of Cod comes, there Is
some security of progress, some hope
even of retreval. With all the mys-
terry there is not despair. The past
is not utterly past. The ruin of ma
tons become like the strata which are
platforms for q new world. Take Il.
way our hope in God, and history be-
comes a sea of tumultuous blllcws,
dark and shoreless nations only rising
to fall; A.; great souls shooting across the
horizon like dying meteora and al
the spiritual longings of the past are
written down but to tell us OF the
vanity of our efforts. We could beal
to study history only as we forget al
the higher ends it might serve as 9
school Of training for an lmmorta
state, as the steps ola Divine Archi
tect through the broken scaffoldinG
and scattered stone work upward to &
finished structure. Tho very glimpse
of this is reviving, but to give it up at
once, Architect and end, and see hui
man hearts torn and bleeding, with nc
abiding result, this surely would. fill g
thoughtful mind with pain. The more
Of such history, the more ofsorow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-30

SHIPPED years ago. 1t was old and
haggard now, with sunken features
and strange set lines round the mouth
and brow. And as she stood shudder-
ing there, the last spark of the love
she had cherished for so many years
died out forever. She had forgiven
him once-now she forgave his mem
ory.
"Cecile" she said, turning to her
cousin-alas how wan and wretched
she was with a relic of her old beau
ty remaining-':you must come home
with me, you and your child"
"With you, Gertrude 2" exclaimed
Cecile, in amazement.
"With me. Nay, don't shrink
away F.; | have forgiven you"
And she bent to press a kiss upon
the brow that had been SO WaAel lall
once while the little one, taught by
chid's unerring instinct, clung close
to her skirts.
"Oh, Gertrude" sobbed Cecile, 81
think you must be like the angels ii
heaven ?"
In all the pain and bitterness Other
first bereavement, Gertrude Fisher
had never wished for revenge, but she
had it now, full and complete.
George Tracy lay dead before he'
eyes, and Cecile wept upon her breast
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-30

Go HOME. BoYs. BOYS, don't hang
round the corner of the street. If you
have anything to do, do it promptly,
right off, then go home. Home is the
place for boys About the street cor
ners, and at stables, they learn to talk
slang, and they learn to swear, to
smoke tobacco and do many other
things which they ought not to do.
DO your business; then 60 home. If
your business is play, play and make
a business oft. I like to see boys play
good, earnest, healthy games. If /
were the town, | would give the boys
good, spacious playground 1t
should have plenty of soft grass, and
trees, and fountains, and'broad space
to run, and jump, and play suitable
plavs. l would make it as pleasant.
as lovely, as it could be, and | would
give it to the boys to play in, and
when the play was ended | would
tell them to go home.
For when boys hang round street cor
ners and stables they get slouchy and
listless. OF all things, / dislike a list
less boy or girl. Iwould have hund-
red boys, like hundred yatchs, with
every spar straight, and every
rope taut, with decks and sides clean'
the rigging all in order, and every
thing ready to slip the cable, and fly
before the wind, when the word comes
to 60.
But this cannot be if you loaf round
the streets, and lounge about the cor
ners, and idle away your time at the
stables, and the saloons.- S. 5. Schol-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-30

Story of "Old Clo' men are al
ways in order-in better order gener
orally than the wares of these garment
merchants. Here is a true one of a
South Boston vender: a young
mechanic saw an overcoat in a second
hand store, which he thought he
would be glad to possess at a reason
able price. "How much p he asked.
Twenty. one dollars vas the answer.
The usual higgling took place, and
the mechanic started to leave the store.
"How moosh you gif!' asked the
merchant. "Three dollars" Take
it then. l shall shust be ruin of my
self only make two dollars off dat
coat, 70 help me gracious"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-30
Rowing for the Girl he Loved.

A young man of this city, being at
an up river town a few days ago, took
a skiff to row to the next town down
stream. About the time he put out
he noticed man and woman in a SIM
liar boat on the opposite side of the
Ohio, the man pulling with all his
might down stream. The Evansville
youth did not want to be beaten by a
man who had load while he had an
empty skiff so he bent himself to his
work with great energy. Row as
hard as he might the oarsman on the
other side kept ahead Of him, until
the young man made up his mind there
was something wrong with the current
and he tried to cross.
This seemed to give additional energy
to the other oarsman, whose 'feathered
oar was piled with such will that he
gained sensibly, and our Evansviller
dropped back, but still kept the couple
in sight.
After q days row the single oars
man stopped at town, rested and dld
such business as he found, and tool
the next steamer for home, On the
way down the steamer was hailed, an!
the couple from the skiff got aboard.
The young man, after a short time
approached the champion oarsman and
remarked: "Well, you beat me, didn't
you; but tried hard to get ahead.
"Thunderation.' exclaimed the
man. "Was that you pul'in' after
us. tho't it was Lies dad, an !
Jest lit in with all my might, butts its
no use now; we's married for good
now, stranger, an [ wouldn t row
that hard even if the old man was to
heave in sight. '-Evanscille Joumol