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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

There can be no mistaking the signs of fu-
ture decay in the OF New York City.
Her commercial press does not at
tempt to blink the situation, but
boldly raises the word of warning
to the merchants of New York that
unless specials measures are taken to
retain their trade it will slip
away from their fingers. 1t has been the
belief of New Workers, and, indeed, of most
other people, that no influence could divert
the commerce of the country from
that great metropolis and its es-
tablished channels. But every succeed
ing year develops new tendencies. to seek
other thoroughfares. Both Boston and Bal
timore are rallying theoretically to draw
the Western trade to their points. For this
purpose vast and comprehensive schemes of
transportation nave been planned and I'M
dertaken. The tremendous enterprise
of drilling a passage through the obsti-
nate rock of the Hoosac mountain
has been successfully carried out. Whether
it will subserve the purpose in view or not
remains to be seen. Yet no thoughtful per-
son can doubt that a northern line of com
merce will ultimately be opened
of great Importance, and which
will affect the present routes
terminating at New York. The success OF
Baltimore appears more nearly impending.
The spirit and energy of her people are fully
enlisted in promoting her commercial facili-
ties. She has the shortest railroad connec-
ton between Chicago and the sea
by So miles. But the route is
not only the shortest, the railroad
is also the best. The new link lately com
plsted through this state and a portion OF
Ohio varies only about two miles from an
air line, only eleven miles have a grade as
high as twenty-six feet to the mile, and
forty-four miles havo less than five feet
grade per mile. Added to the natural adj
vantsges of the road, il now seems to
beconceded that il is the best managed, finsn-
cially, the soundest and most favorable TO
sbip pers of any through line of railroad in
the United States. The effect OF this road TO
advance the of Baltimore
and propOrtionately impair that Of
New York win certainly be very con
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

The New York Republic has spent a great
deal of its s%uperiuous energy in denying
the report sent from the South that the ne
groes voted the democratic ticket in consid-
cradle numbers. In opposition to the COM
mon opinion, the low caste republicans can
see no good in the abolition of the color line.
IT may result in the lessening of class preju.
dice and the security of the negro, but it
must destroy the supremacy of the repub-
lican party in the South, and therefore all
men in whom craftsmanship is stronger than
patriotism will struggle against such
a consummaiion. With the end of the race
issue at the South rsdicalism must perish.
With a full conviction of this truth the
administration has so shaped it's legislation
in the reconstruction of the rebel states as
to throw the political pr~eponderance into
the hands of the colored voters, and to
throw the management of the colored voters
into the hands of the republican leaders.
When this work was done it was thought
safe to trust the reconstructed common
wealths once more to themselves. Yet how
worthless did these schemes for the aggran-
dizement of the party at the expense of
the national peace and prosperity prove.
In a few years radical supremacy
has gone down in one state after
another, in spite of the most desperate
efforts of the general government to sustain
it, and now only South Carolina, Florida
and Mississippi remain within the course
marked out for them. The Vaccinations of
those Northern politicians who hoped to con-
troll the South for two or three generations
have come to nought. The knavis engineer
is hoist by his own petard. In seeing the
control of SO many states slipping away, il
is not strange that the administrator
statesmen should grow indignant and
appeal to the colored people to stand
fast by the party which has done
so much for them. It is not to be wondered
at thai they should feel the desertion of the
negro as a piece Of base Ingratitude and de-
nounce such action bitterly. This fact OF
the loss of the united negro support is SC
unpleasant that many republicans viii no
open their eyes to it. The frantic denials o.
the Republic, the Inter-Ocean and the
! Washington Chronicle, however, viii
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

The chief signal officer of the army, Brig.
Gen. Myers, has just submitted his annual
report to the secretary of war. Since the
last report sixteen additional stations oil
observations have been established. Ofthis
number seven are near the Tooth meridian,
while nine are on. the Atlantic coast
The weather bureau exchanges fifteen
reports with the Dominion, as a
matter of courtesy. Stations have also been
established in the West Indies and they
now extend even to the Farther Point and
Halifax. No additional stations have heen
established on the Pacific coast owing to the
difficulties of telegraph communications.
The one on the Aleutians Islands, however,
halfway across the Pacific has been contln-
ned as has also the one in Alaska, the latter
connecting with the Russian system of OBJ
servation. The proposition has been made
to receive simultaneous reports from various
nations in the northern hemisphere, and the
consent to this arrangement has been OBJ
tanned from Russia, Turkey, England, Aus
tria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Algiers,
Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Portugal, Switzerland and the Do
minion of Canada. These reports are to be
made at the same absolute moment of time,
and then transmitted to each central obser-
vatory.. As it is the opinion of scientific
man that it is necessary to study the atmos-
phere of the earth as a unit, great and valua-
bic results are looked for from such a
system.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

siderable in any event, and unless
decisive measures are adopted to create
equal facilities on the competing lines, it
win become very great. But. the New York
Bulletin does not hesitate to recognize the
growing trade and traffic of st. Louis.
Her railroad connections with Gal
weston are bringing that harbor
into importance. A steamer
has lately brought to that port a full cargo
of coffee from Rio de Janeiro, consigned to
st. Louis and it is the pioneer OK a regular
line. Sugar from Cuba is received by the
same route. The question Is only of that
period of time, when political disturbances
being fully settled the population and indus
try Of tie southwest shall come to
its destined greatness. That day can not be
distant. 1t is absurd to suppose that the
vast west will filter her future trade through
the tunnel nose Of New York City. And
when other th~oroughfares are once fairly in
operation, the old way will be less
patronized than It is at present.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

The Commissioner of Patents, Gen. NJ. d.
Leggett, submitted his report to the Secre-
tary of the Interior only a few days previ-
Gus to sending in his resignation. He says
that the number of applications and patents
granted during the present year slightly ex-
ceeds those of the previous one. The publ
cation of the Patent Office Gazette has been
one of the aluabIe improvements of the
Commissioner, since now, by the aid of this
journal, the knowledge of the granting of a
patent is made known as soon as the
patent is msiled to the inventor. In this
manner many useless patent applications
are prevented, whereas. by the old system,
there would be in existence during two or
three years, from twenty-five to thirty
thousand patents, the substance of which
would be unknown to all except their
owners. Since 1880 there have been issue Z
over 155, 900 patents. During the past year
an index has also been made of all the pat
eDts issued up to the present time, a want
which formerly led to many mistakes. The
index has been stereotyped and will be sold
for $40 per set, thus reimburs-
ingt the Office for the cost of it's prepare
ton. The work of preparing careful draw
ings of the old patents has been continued,
thus rendering the duplication of patents
less likely. In the one class of ~''harvesters'
enough have been sold to more than defray
the cost of their production. An appropri-
alton of $4,000 is asked for this one feature
of the department work During the year
there have been received for applications, ex-
tensions, etc., $685. $50. The money expended
for salaries, for photogrsphing, and for other
Office expenses, amounts to s694,O75. The
number of applications for patents during
the year is BLOT, while the patents issued
are 1854, and 200 patents have been ex-
tended.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

The course of Gladstone in his recent at
tack upon the loyalty of the Catholics Of
England looks like a desperate effort to re-
gain his lost popularity. This is a harsh
sentence to pronounce Upon a man who
has maintained a character above re-
proach for so many years, and yet
there is a fair foundation for such
an opinion. Gladstone lost his Of
fetal position through his effort in favor OF
unsectarian education. Previous to that
date he had lost the love of many of his fell
low countrymen by his ~disestablish-
ment of the Irish Church. He was so far
distrusted that even the English Church was
not deemed safe in his hands. The very
fact of his having Catholic relatives was
deemed suspicious. It would appear.
therefore, that aware of his ~unpopularity and
the suspicious of the people, he determined
to state lis position strongly to the nation,
and by declaring utter hostility to the
Catholic Church regain his lost favor. 1t
will be time enough to take up his opinions
for raview when the full text of his pamphlet
comes to hand. OF his reported thesis.
namely, that a Catholic can not be a
loyal subject of Queen Victoria, and at the
same time acknowledge the spiritual
supremacy of the pope, there is little to be
said save in the way of condemnation. The
theory is the same which Bismarck has
maintained regarding Germany, and the
Prussian statesman is adopting an honester
mode of warfare in carrying out his ideas
than the English one. The former
acts by national legislation, and
his tyranny and injustice are
carefully measured and regulated. The lat
ter appeals to passions and prejudices, which
have more than once set England into sort
OF fury. He may be e%nkindling a fire which
neither he nor any one in England can ex-
tinguish. The doctrine which he breaches
is a very old one in British politics, but it
fell into considerable disrepute during the
last thirty years. Its resurrection will not
do much credit to the leader of English lii
eralism.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

vious article on this subject, we
should meyer lose sight of the one
overwhelming truth that the voice OF the peo-
pie of Arkansas has settled this matter, and
their will can not be gainsaid without doing
violence to the fundamental principle of
American government.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

Or. Santiago Smith, commissioner OF agri-
culture and internal improvements for the
state of Coahuila, Mexico, is in st. Louis
asking for capitalists to invest in hat coun-
try.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
A General Railroad Law Look
ed For.

Correspondent Of the New York Timei.
The Chairman and several
members of the House com
m;ttee on Railroads and Canals
will be occupied during the re-
cess in the consideration of the
very large number of bills
which have already been re.
ferred to the committee. 1t is
hoped that the work will be so
far advanced that a general
Railroad law may be reported
to the House on the first call
of the committee attet the hol.
idays. The question Of the
right of the General Govern.
ment TO charter railroads
through States, under the con-
stitutional provision for the
regulation OF Interstate com
merce, has been considered by
the committee, which will re-
port that such rightexists, and
will recommend the granting
of suCh charters. The com.
mittee will not, however, re
port favorably upon the bill
Tor d law granting a SPECIAL
charter for q road from Chi
cago TO the sea.board. This
bill fixes too high arate for
freight, in the judgement Of
the committee. '.nr.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
TAXES.

By REQUEST we re-pnblish the
table OF county assessments of
taxes for all the counties in the
State, and again call special
attention to the fact that there
are but five counties in the
State that pay as large a coun-
ty tax as Vinton, and four of
those are c6unties engaged in a
vast system of drainage TO re-
deem swamp lands, so that they
are getting Improvements oil
value TOR the taxes they pay.
There is food for reflection for
evefy taxpayer in the county
in this table, and especially for
those persons who are deceived
in the name.of Democracy Into
voting for the candidates OF the
tax-eaters' ring. Below we
give the table. Exaihihe il,
and show it to your neighbor {:
AVERAGE RATE or TAXATION OF
THE VARIOUS CoUNfIks,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

An establishment to afford
milk baths is the latest enter
prise in New York. These
baths are largely patfoniEed
by the ladies, with The view to
improving their complexion
The price per single bath is $6
which ought 10 rstutn a hand
some revenue to enterprising
proprietor, particularly, as the
same milk will answer for a
number OF baths without de-
stroying its butter making
qualities in the end.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
IFor the Record.
Why Is 1t?


Who can tell me why it is
that toOhaen are expected to
conform to a high standard of
behavior, while the ''lords of
creation" are INDUCED In one,
much lower, without fear of
being avoided or even CEN
sured for the departurei
l cohfess, l have newer been
able to understand why men
should be tolerated in drink
ing, swearing, fighting, smok.
ing. and chewing-spittlng the
juice 6f the hlthy weed here,
there and anywhere, having no
restraint as to the time or place
of these self indulgences while
women may not participate
without exciting censure, aver.
sion and disgust.
Why, l ask again, are men
SO allowedly self-indulgeht in
the various upcouth and dis
gusting attitudes iii which
they place their bodies and
limbs, having no excuse ex
cept that they receive Temporal
ry ease thereirom; its a COM
Portable position, and THEREFORE,
must be borne with no matter
how offensive it may appear to
otherss
Woman must however pre-
serve an attitude Of pt6priety
(if NOT of positive grace) from
which, if she allows herself to
depart, she is liable to lose her
title of lady, and be branded
as q low creature.
Or, why, when called to un
dergd pain is man permitted
and Gas the rule is 80 univer-
sal) | may, with greater pro-
priety ask Why Is he expected
to give vent to his feelings by
groaning and believing, very
much in the style of an animal
destitute OF reason, Wills wo-
man similarly suffering, must
bear all with patience, and in
silence, lest she tresSpass on
the rules of decorumi
l press The question, why is
it that men Gas a CLASSY, may.
as a right granted unto them,
and boldly tod, exhibit all
these coarser Qualities Of their
nature without fear of ceEsuref
In the few hints | have Of
fered, you can not fail I'd see
the different standards by
which the behavior of the two
sexes is regarded, and if any
good reason can be assigned,
why the 6ne should always be
a lady and the other, starcely
ever a gentleman, trust it
will be given to -A-- "QUIS."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

Now are the blessed little
ones beginning to quarrel with
each other over their presents
because one is better than an
other, and to smash up their
small hobby horses and tin
trumpets, and to make ruin
generally of the production OF
Santa ClauSs workshop. q
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

MANY farmers of Ray conn;
ty, Missouri, have already
packed considerable Quantities
of pork, refusing to sell at
three cents per pound and IN:
der. Those that can afford I'd
pack will no doubt realize d
handsome profit upon their
meat next spring.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

A MISSING man with a tsotnaR
nose is advertised; bit the Ma
tlonal Baptist thinks he Will
never be found, as "stich d hoSsr
will ne yer turn up." e. -
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

WHEN they told jim Oxford,
of Virginia, that he was dying,
he replied, avail; don't forget
to put them shingles on ths
mule pen afore it rains again"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

"MANY a young lady who OBJ
jects to being kissed under the
mistletoe has no objection I'd
be kissed Under the rose" A
careless compositor made an
error in the above, rendering
it, "has no objection to be kiss;
ed under the nose.o
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

. SINCE the nsw.iangled -bisk.
les came in vogue, 1t is extra; -
ordinsry how door plates ID
the rural districts have dfsapl
peared. -'' Vu ""
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

FIFTEEN pounds Of died aplr5
Piles were taken as pay f6t pab! !.
fishing a marriage notice ~
an Iowa paper, recently; whicblI
leads to the inference tbst thsa
Wedding was . Z swell ssair. Z 'olg
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

The Ohio Oranges will hold
a meeting at xenla, February
17,h. 1t will be the biggest
gathering of simon pure yeS,
manry ever held in the Stats,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

"JULIUs, can you tell me how
Adam got out of Edenl" 4WelL
l s'pose he clum de fence"
mo, dat amt It," "WelI, den,
he borrowed d wheelbarrow
and walked out" "No." 81
CUBS 1t up, deh." "He got
snaked out" ...a-- Oh.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
\ CorEMfoRARY startIes us

A 0oTEMfoRARY startles us
With the awful alternative,
bread or blood. In view Of the
fact that Ironton spsfds more
money for intoxication liquors
than it does for bread and
meat, we would suggest . more
pertinent alternative, bread OF
whisky.-Ironton Register
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

ASK a st. Louis man about
Chicago, and he will admit
there is such a place In Illinois,
but will add, ut Is all mort'
gagged to Boston. '' go iho'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
ADVERTIsING THRMs
Fact for the NINA Rnnnh.

Fact IOr the Mud Bound.
Farms in Perry and Fairfield
counties lying along the line Of
the MaysFille pike, a toll road
sell for twenty and thirty dol
lars pei acre more than farms
equally good, but distant Eve
and six miles from the pike;
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

A LADY reporter; sent to Oh
agricultural far, wrote of d i6t
of young pigs: They look too
sweet to live q mihute." I'D
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

An Indiana lady held a tqt,,
glar by the whiskerss until .hsy
husband came home. BlrglRs
should shave ofteh. y y - a.. !. /.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

Two Oil City bloods .slabi
their money and buy lagood o
suit, and take turpsin weafihgr
it: -.r.-. .o-t,. NJ 81
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

An accomplished bar keeper
in New Orleans mites drinkHs 6
in si1 different lanEuases.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

"A LAZY editor in Ohio peadS
all his exchanges In d.lrHas
finds 1t the easiest way 40 liHa I
up his sheet: sl 100 l'.g G I
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

The same engine at SpsleH,
Mass, grinds sausagS ana /,
prints the village paper. l,essb
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

"MARGERY, what did you do
with that tallow that Mr., Jones
creased his boots with this
evehihgp "Please, ma'am, 1
baked the griddle cakes With
it" "YOu did; / thought you
had wasted it,"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22
Political "reminiscences.

by Judge YapIe, published in
the Cincinnati Commercial re-
ferring to Gov Allen's first
race for Governor, the follow
ing, which has d loSal applca-
tion, is given:
"ln that men1orabls contest,
Allen was declared elected by
one votel Five hundred men
are yet living who claim the
honor of having by lucky accl-
dent cast that votei Among
these is
ABRAHAM wILBUH,
Now some eIghty.ssven years
old. /" He was Thurfnan's fiat
client, and, as the writer knows
has patronized many a young
brieaess lawyer sinee; for he
has never besh without at least
one case in some Uourt. The
leading case as to possession
taking a verbal coatract for
lands out Of the Statute OF
Frauds; IS the case OF Will
bur VS.. Pane, in the first
volume of the Ohto Reports.
Subsequent volumes will show
that he has several times since
been in the Court In Bank
Allen, he says, when his all
depended upon the result, won
his case against Paine before
the jury, and he voted for him
Tor Congress When he was
elected by that one vote. Will
bur has long been rich, walk
ed over thirty milea in one day
after he was eightJthree years
old. He is a cha tacter, and
tough as a pine knot. He don't
know a letter, and came from
Massachusetts. He had a broth.
er who was a scholar and the
author of an English grammar.
1t is SAID that when Abraham
was a lad he was sent with the
other children to an infant
school kept by a "schoolmarm."
She showed him the letter A,
and told him its name. allow
do you know its Az" said he
why" said she "when l was a
very little girl l went to school
10 a good, kind, white haired
old man, and he told me it was
A." show did he knows" ask
ed Abraham. "Oh," said she,
"they taught it to him when
he was a little boy like you"
"How did they knowG" again
the lad propounded, Though
he did not formulate the prop
osition, he evidently felt that
it was taking Tor granted the
very matter TO be proved, and
he has ever since RETAINED
firm IN this logical conviction.
Now, when the good Deacon
Smith, IN a lecture before the
Y. NJ. O. A., smashed Darwin.
ism, by asking triumphantly,
"lf man sprung from the m6h-
key, where did the monkey
come font" his argument was
deemed a posst. Not so Viii.
bur's by the school miss, Sake
alive" said she, "what a stupid,
stubborn chIldP As all Massa-
chusetts could not beat into
him that A was A, Wilbur mi
grated for freedom from the A
B, @ persecution Of that med !.
dlesome people to jackson
county, Ohio. He should be
at the Inauguration. The only
difficulty will be found In in
dncing him to t1ake a change
of lin-no, flannel; as he has al
ways deemed such changes
prejudicial to health and lon.
gevity, and never takes off his
shirt until 1t is worn out. Many
is the gibe he has had to bear
on account If that popularity,
A question oncs arose d. to
where a. man was entitled to
vote-wbether where be board
ed or had bis washing DONE
Judge Richmond, Of Macarthur,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

UNoLE.--"Now, how. did the ID
mother Of Moses hide hinrA .
Niece-sWith d stick.a4 % ''sd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

A FRENCH lady, hearing that
a tunnel cost five thousands
francs yard, importuned hef'
husband to buy her 3 dress OF
that material.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-01-22

A PANIC conundrum.-sHowT
many mills mskes a d8ilar9',