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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

An Aberdeen minister, catechisind
his young parishioners before the con I
greeation. put the usual question to q
stout girl, whose father kept public
house-..What is your name? Nd
reply. The question having been RED
peated. the girl replied: Name 81
Your fun, Mr.. Minister. ye ken my
name well ennugh. Dye no say, when
ye come to our house ou a night, Betj
bring me some ale!
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

A Simple Highland girl called up
ON an old master With whom she had
formerly served. Being kindly invited
by him to share in the family dinner,
the usual ceremony Of asking a bless
ing having been gone through. the
girl, anxious to. { tompliuent her an
,cieat host, ex.laimed: Ah, MASTER
ye maun hae grand memory, fol
that's the grace ye had when was vii
We seven years ago." v9sin
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03
License and German Dictat10m In
Indiana.

1u0 O8ZZetU0 OI may 1Otu Gun
tains ono of those extraordinary
facts which is not only remarkable
but should be carefully noted. The
German press, as body, send
communication to the Republican
Convention of Marion County, Ind,
denouncing the Baxter, law Ia Ii
cense law1 as too stringent, and
demanding its repeal; that is, de
manding that the Indiana Legisla
ture shall iegislate to suit them.
If any body of citizens, however
small, had colled upon any political
convention or any Legislature sim
ply as citizens to make or repeal
certain laws, this would have been
right and according to our usages.
Il Is their right to think, speak,
vote, and act as they please in
peaceable manner. But this was
not done in that way, nor was it
done by men claiming to be Ameri-
can citizens. It was put in an un
mistakeable form. This is the note
= :
addressed:
To the President and Members OF the Re-
! publican Convention of Marion County:
Gentlemen-I am instructed t.'
lay the following preamble and
resolutions, adopted at a convention
of the entire German press of this
State, before your honorable body.
Hoping that the views expressed
therein upon one, if not the linpor
tsnt issue of the coming campaign,
may meet with your approval and
adaptation, I sign,
With great respect, yours,
| An. SEIDENsTICKER,
/ Editor Daily Telegraph.
| There is no mistaking this. II
is evidence of a foreign spirit, and
q foreign dictation in our midst
It does not represent all the Ger
mans by any means, but it repre-.
sents the spirit of the German
press, and the spirit that press
desires to cultivate for its own In
terest; for to keep up a foreign
press, in q foreign language, there
must be a foreign spirit The Ga
, zette has recently been translatine
articles from the German press O
Cincinnati, which, whoever reads
will feel to have the same spirit
and principle. On this state of tn,
case I desire to make q comment
and state some facts. which may b,
suggestive to the politicians wht
want to contract for German votes
To understand the case in Indi
ana, where the first breakout O
the disease has taken place, it il
necessary to say that Indiana has
license law, and very good one
IF there be any German who wan
. license law, or any people VIII,
think that is the temperance plan
they should be satisfied with that
What is the fault with its It re
quires a certain number or pre-
portion of respectable voters t,
sign the petition for saloon
What is the fault with that. II th
people really want dram drinking,
it not democratic, is it not common
sense, that at least q portion o
them should give their consent
The Baxter law, as it is called pun
ishes also saloon keeper for eel
tain offenses of himself, or other
on the premises. Well, is not tha
democratic! Is the saloon keeper
the man who manufactures drunl
ards as business, the only ma
who shall go .unwhipt of justice
The poor. helpless drunkard, whol
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

A Detroit paper, noticing the fact
that a man lately dropped dead while
combing his hair, says, ''And yet there
are people who will persist inthe dan
gerous habit"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

Recent Importation y q ~ splea1l
sur. Is this : dhry gaGh ethotl<:
| tSale6man- Certainly !, uAirla. =
cant Impostatjon-Qch boo
'vvhg:,ss. / :,s =. y! I b sais this lSs lS ! -
~ ssa~-ss4 sdj esn i.A.s.f.. zzs5}<
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03
following are the proportion of
voters in Indiana and Ohio: fh'
In Indiana there are:

Native born voters. IssS%~
dernan ...'...-. AS,sS ,so
Irish I'M,
On the hypothesis that there
were half as many more German
voters who were born here and
grow up under this influence, there
would be only 10000 OF the whole.
It is plain enough that while there
may be . good deal of noise, there
is very little voting power among
the Indiana Germans All the
German voters in the State are not
equal to the majority between the
parties at some elections. Let us
now look at the county of Marion,
, which has the honor of being slO.
ken to ON this subject. Indianapo
lie has crown considerably. sinSs
j, 1870, but the pfoportfosnr viii n
nearlythe same: 'a s
Nnf ffxy<.A
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

It is really appalling to think of the
number Of fresh lawyers who. each
successive year. are turned out in this
country to prey upon unsophisticated
public. A few weeks ago Columbia
College Law School sent forth $50
limbs of the law. and the Albany Law
School shortly afterward duplicated
that figure. These examples will soon
be followed by something like three
dozen other institutions throughout
the land. If this goes on, the men,
bers OF the legal profession will be
placed in the dilemma Of Virgil's army,
which was SO numerous that it had
not room enough to use its weapons.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

If we add more than fifty per
cent. to the German vote it will
still be less than 1000 This does
not look like very alarming power.
The largest part of the German
vote of Indiana is in Evansville,
Indiana, Fort Wayne, and two .,cr
three other towns. Let us now
look at Ohio: see ea
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

II we add so per cent. to the
German voters they will still be
less than $4,000 They viii still
have less than one vote in eight,
and would be divided in that.
About half the German vote OF
Ohio lies in Cincincinnati, Cleve-
land, Columbus, Dayton, and Tole-
do In other pa, is of the State it
has very little influence, and az all
the great towns can only elect
about twenty members Of the Leg
islature, politicians may, perhaps,
learn that the German vote is not
the best political bank in which to
invest their remaining fortune.
May 18. E. D. M.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03
A MURDEROUS PLOT.

A bastard Attempt to Blow up .
Street Car Filled with Temperance
Ladies' The Temperance Movement
i'm Michigan and at Piltsburg.
Special Telegram to the Inter-Ocean.
Rock Isl AND. ILL. May ga
murderous plot to blow upa street car
filled with ladies belonging to the Mo-
line Temperance League was discov-
cred on Friday. but was kept conceal
ed until to-day. In culvert under
the street car track, between Rock Is
land and Moline, can. with a per-
forated bottom, filed with gnnpow-
der, was found. Close by it was a
candle attached to a string. and SO ar
ranged that on lighting the candle and
pulling the string, an explosion would
follow. The string extended long
distance south. The temperance la
dies visited Rock Island in the cars
on Thursday, and the intention had
evidently been to blow them up. but.
for some reason the plot had failed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
Odds and Ends.

California exempts editors from jury
duty. believing they have trials enough of
their own.
Rev. Henry Ward Beccher makes this
comprehensive reply 10 an anxious quest
ioner who il DESTROYS of knowing whether
man can love his second wife as well a.
the first: THAT depends on what sort of
"A wife the first was and what kind of a life
the second leads you"
"A model duel recently came of at OF
tawa, Canada. Two journeymen tailors
having INDUCED in an excess of what Mr..
Dick Swiyeller POLITICALLY calls - the rosy
quarIeled and caused their employer con-
siderable annoyance. after he had tried
in vain 10 reconcile them. he procured a
pair of rusty pistols and persuaded the bel
ligcrents 10 fight il out like gentlemen
Having got the knights of the shears out
in the yard. lac placed them back TO back.
capped the pistols. and told them they
must walk ten PAGES. then turn and fire
The couple proceeded 10 pace. but the
courage of one oOzed out 50 rapidly that
he never turned round at all. When last
seen. he was still keeping straight ON in a
frightened condition.
Sir George Rose being introduced one
day 10 two charming young ladies, whose
names We're Mary and Louisa. he instantly
added. with "A bow. All. yes, Marie
Louise-the sweetest pear know COM
pliment almost worthy of being coupled
with that most beautiful one of Sydney
Smith. suggested by the sweet pea. 4
young lady walking with him in the garden
paused to examine a favorite flower. on
which she had bestowed great pains. -
am afraid. Mr.. smith, she said. that this
pea will never come To perfection" Then
allow me-" said he. taking her politely by
the hand. "to lead Perfection 10 the peat
The habit of hanging mackerel on
nail near a door To drip broke up a match
on Essex street "Wednesday night. The
couple got home late in the evening. and
going around back of the house so not To
disturb the folks. they sat down ON the
stoop to think. During the process she
leaned her head in it, new spring hat
against the house. and became absorbed IN
the stars and other improvements. while
he tenderly eyed his boots. About a halt
hour was spent in this profitable occupa-
toin. when the young man felt something
trickle down his neck. Don't wesp.
Julia" he softly murmured. Il amt
said she. surprised. lie looked M. and
his ewes rested on an ooZy substance back
of her head. whats that on the back Of
your hat.' he cried. She jumped up at
this Interrogation. and instinctively placing
her hand on the back of her head. drew il
away again full of an unpleasantly favored
slime. With shrek of rage and passion
the Infatuated girl tore the mackercl from
the nail. and trampled them beneath her
feet. while she snatchcd of her hat and
tore il in shreds with her lvid fingers. The
horror-stricken young man not knowing
what else 10 do. jumped the first fence.
and disappeared. and haSn'tbcen seen since
by the unfortunate girl.-Dan5uy Neios
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
Democratic Gathering in New York.

NEW YORK. Nav Sat a meeting of
Democrats from all parts of the country in
the rooms of the Manhattan Club last
night. Augustus Schcll. who presided
stated the object of the gathering i'm the
following address of welcome
" The occasion l. one Of great interest to
u. to our city. Ia our state and our coun-
try. We have met together once more to
feel that the great Democratic principles
of our Government are recognized
throughout the country. Recent elections
bring wildly to our minds the condition
Of our country twenty years ago when the
Democratic party was in full tide Of sue
cessful experiment. when our Government
was ably governed by men Of character
and integrity. We are happy to meet you
on this occasion. Ia join with Us in cele-
brating this return 10 great principles.
and we are satisfied before another Prcsi-
dental election shall have passed we shall
not only be represented IN States. but in
the Presidential chair, by Democrats of
virtue and ability
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22

ians and Englishmen, for the purpose oi
organizing a project for the erection OF
monument 10 Lord Byron at some suit
able spot ia the Venetian territories. Con-
tributiOns are earnestly requested in fur
therancc of this scheme.
The lassies of Scotland have opened a
crusade upon dram-drinking. They have
not, however, like their sisters In Ohio.
besieged the lion in his den. They have
gone for the magistrates, with the laudable
endeavor TO reduce the number Of licenses
As a magistrate i'm Scotland j. sometimes
known by the appropriate soubriquet of "a
"salt herrin'.' and "a that playful and
briny fish possesses even more thrst-in-
spring qualities than the tiny sardine or
the graceful pretZel. perhaps il might be-
well If they carried the soriles still further,
and cut off the heads of a few Of the mag
istrates themselves. on the principle that il
there were no magistrates there would be-
no licenses, and consequently no shebeens.
We fear the ladies of Scotland have not yet
discovered the true cause of drunkenness
in that poctical land. II arises from the
metaphysical character of the people
which makes them "aye drouthy," and
prevents them entertaining the virtuous
scruples Of their more volative foster-broih-
ers, the French. To dram.
"A CORES pondent writing from Berlin
10 the Cincinnati Gazette gives lot of i'm
tcresting gossip about the Prussian royal
family. Among the many pleasant ancc-
dotes, he says. that the Emperor's BIRTH
day recalled. the following was. related to
him. and confirms the fact of his kind
heart One of the thousands called TO
battle in the late war was minor. who had
been married but short time. Weeks
and months passed by, and the young hus-
band did not return 10 his unhappy wife.
Unable any longer 10 endure the separa-
ton. She wrote letter and gave il 10 the
magistrate of the village, asking him 10
forward il 10 the address. Ii ran thus
= Dear Mr.. King: When Won were a late
~ married as |. and your wife would beg
you very hard 10 come home. you would
certainly do il. Now. please let nay hus-
band come home TO me for at least four
teen days. and then YOU may have him
again for some months" The letter was
forwarded in the original 10 the Emperor
at Versailles. After some DAYS the anx-
iOus wife. 10 her great JOY. received not
only an answer from the Emperor, but
with il came her husband with two weeks
leave of absence
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
Science and Industry.

- The so-caled vegetable wax of Japan
and China i, in reality, the secretion of
an insect about the size of grain of rice
1t receives its name because il is found on
trees. Amer it j. gathered. il Is melted
and strained; nearly 3.OOO,00O lbs. were
exported from China in 1870.
The following patent has been recently
granted for hardening steel. The object
is heated Ia red heat by any of the or,li-
nary methods for uniform heating. IL l.
then chilled by the action of a strong blast
OF air or gas. by suitable variations in
the strength of the blast. and the tempera-
ture of the air, any required degree of
hardness may be attained. After this the
substance j. tempered IA Is desired.
- Carboic acid turns out to be- a deadly
poison To snakes. a few drops being sulli-
Gent to cause the almost instant death OF
the much-dreadcd cobra. IL has been pro-
posed TO supply the inhabitants of India
with large amounts of carbolic soap: the
idea being that a. soon n the soap gets
into general use the cobra will find il al
most certain death 10 bite any one, and
will soon come To regard that amusement
in the light of suicide and consequently
will seek some other little game with
which TO while away his leisure hours.
ne SpliNSmo1Tann u a niue instru-
ment employed To examine the pulsations
at the wrist. and register them on a strip
ofpapcr moved by watchwork somewhat
after the manner of House telegraph ma
chine. II reveals in a very delicate and
beautiful manner. by the tracing of pen
cl on the paper, the force of the heart
beats, aud in making experiments with
different kinds of medicines. il shows their
ELECT on the nervous system. a writer i'm
the Medicat Record suggests that il will
soon come into common use by life nsur-
ancc companies in aScertaining the eligi-
ollity of applicants and detecting obscure
diseases.
- In some recent experiments on the ef-
feet Of alcohol on the blood. made by Prof
BinZ. of Bonn, IL was found that moder-
ate doses caused distinct decrease in the
temperature of the blood. extending over
nall an hour or more: and Undertaking
quantities caused still more decided low
erlng. rs much a. from three to five de-
grccS f., which lasts for several hours.
Prof Binz also found that when putrefy-
ing blood had been injected under the skin
81 an animal, the addition of sufficient
quantity OF diluted alcohol i'm nearly every
case preserved the life the animal those
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
IIaps and Mislpaps.

-George Burgoe. bartender at Allen
Station. on the Illinois Central Railroad.
was horribly burned by the explosion of a
gasoline lamp one night recently.
An old lady named Miss Raymerson.
aged 30 years. was recently burned 10 death
at Liberty Prairie. near Madison. Wis. by
her clothes catching fire while She sat near
the stove.
Mrs. Carrot klyn. of Dies Nome. Iowa.
was burned 10 death in attempting 10 ill "A
lighted lamp with Kerosene. She saved
her infant. covered with the burning oil.
by throwing il in a slop barrel.
"A daughter OF Dr. Henry Moore. of
Hamburg. lowa.was removing some cloth
ing from the bed. one night recently. when
a loaded revolver fell upon the floor and
exploded, the ball striking Mrs. Moore in
the abdomen. and causing a dangerous. if
not fatal, wound.
AS Mr.. David Preston was engaged
in moving house near Medoc. Greene
county. Mo-. a few days ago. the lever OF
the capstan gave way and he was struck
on the back part of the head, breaking his
skull from ear To ear, and causing instant
death.
"A French girl. sixteen years old. was
caught by her long hair in a revolving
>fldlt Ut TIE DulAOn ld'lbfN NJ hankiktt.
ILL.,. the other day. and the left side of her
head was completely scalped. A severe
c0ncuS ion of the brain was also sustained.
Her condition was considered critical
Miss Anna short. of Hazel township.
Alexander county. ILL.,. was bitten recent
ly bv spider. and in "A few hours her body
was so swollen that her most ultimate
friends could hardly recognize her. The
best physicians OF the vicinity were called
for consultation. but had little hope of saw
ing her life.
james Sargent. OF Cornish. Me-. acct
dentally shot and killed his little daugh-
ter. a bright little girl Of eight years. one
sunday recently. She took pistol from
her brothers coat 10 show To her father.
and he. not knowing il was loaded. point
ed il at her and fired It. The ball entered
the girls side Just below the heart, and
she expired almost instantly.
Some weeks ago family living near
Rutland. Ill.,. lost "A child by death. Two
weeks later another child of the same fam
lily accidentally swallowed n quantity OF
liquid potash and barely survived. and
few days ago third child was burned To
death. It's clothes catching from burning
hubble. In the attempt To rescue il the
mother was seriously injured.
The fond parents of a boy residing at
Davenport. Iowa. celebrated their heirs
fifth birthday. few days ago. with a ire
mendous "blow-out,' ON which occasion
large quantity of intoxicating beverages
were disposed Of Unfortunately, how
ever. a single glass of whisky was left
standing on the table after the debauch.
and on the next morning the iive-ycar-od
son rose early. discovered the whisky.
drank it all down, and in a few hours died
in great agony.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22
About Indorsing the Administration.

The usually easy job Of endorsing the
Administration OF President Grant in the
Republican State Conventions will be at
tended with difficulties this year in some
of the Western States. A large body of
Western Republicans do not indorSe the
veto of the Currency bill. and will not be
forced to. Imagine the 81. Louis Demo
crat and other imitation Organs Of this
State indor>ing the Administration. with
that veto staring them in the face, Or
imagine senator Morton's State Conven-
ton in Indiana. or Senators Logan and
Oglesby Convention in Illinois doing
sol The thing is impossible. a we'll
trained Republican partisan will do any
thing i'm the way Of indor>ing Grant that
he can do; but there j. an intrinsic diff
Guilty in the present task that cannot be
surmountcd. To indorSe Grant Is TO con-
denim Morton in Indiana. Logan and
Oglesby i'm Illinois. and. IN short. nearly
every Western Republican senator: and
IL the Presidents partiSans attempt To ex-
tort an Endorsement there will be a split
The Springfield (Ill.) Journal says. def
antlv: 1.-The veto message cannot and
will not be indor~ed. but our Senators and
Members will be-" To this the Alton
Telegraph replies. from Presidential
point of view:
This advice cannot be- followed without
indirectly censuring President Grant.
Vice President Wilson. and. i'm our opin-
ion. a very large majority Of the members
OF the Republican party throughout the
United States. In fact. such course on
the part of the Republicans of Illinois
tcoutd be virtually declaration Of hostiii-
~ 70 the Republican organisdtiOn.'
30 there i possibility Of trouble, after
all. Two trains cannot pass each other on
the same track without smash-up: and
two indorsemcnts-one of the President.
the other of ''Our Senators'-cannot be
engineered through the same Republican
convention without a similar catastrophe.
ST. Louis Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-22

In the Centennial show Of the products
of her varied industTy-and IL j. very large
and every way honorable To her-we pray
Philadelphia 10 hoist 10 conspicuous eX-
hibitiOn the army-wagon that seems to en-
chain our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IL must
have unapproachabie merits. In building
wagons Chicago has a reputation that runs
10 the Pacific sea. Milwaukee likewise
turns ont wagon on which saw millers,
teamsters. ana farmers rcpoSe faith and
heavy loads. All up and down the upper
Mississippi and the Red River the wagons
of Il. Paul and Minneapolis stand the test
of severe and protracted use. In what the
wagon OF Philadelphia Is better than these
Western wagons we know not. And we
are very curious 10 find out. Fer the
uarterInaster-C,e General buys them grecdi-
ly. The saving of freight 10 be- effected by
buying In Minneapolis wagons for use I'm
Dakota j. e immense an item when the
purchases run up toward the thousand
that the Philadelphia wagons Isust be
miracles of art. In the last fiscal year 80
of these wagons were bought in open mar
ket in that city. at the price of $40 each,
and Gsl wagons were built under contract
for Sli9.5O each. All these wagons were
shipped by rail 10 Fort Abercromhie, Da-
kota. distance of 400 miles. We would
liht 10 nave lIll- transportation Ju~tihtu.
Therefore we beg Philadelphia TO put one
OF her bewitching army wagons on high
exhibition i'm the Centennial show. IL
Minneapolis would consent To place along
side Of il one Of her own wagons. the con-
trast would serve to bring out the excel
lencics Of the iour-whecled machines. and
undoubtedly win the approval of our
robbed and skinned payers Of taxes 10 the
seemingly reckless waste of 400 miles Of
transportation of property that should
have been bought in the West and not IN
the East.
Ii the army l. reduced. the purchase
and transportation OF Philadelphia wagons
will be- reduced.-N y. san.