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GAUET HOUSE,
(LATE sHERMAN,)
CHICAGO.

= This frst-cass Hotel corner of Madison md
Clinton sts one block from joint Depots of the chi,
cago, Milwaukee Il st. Pail, Chicago & Alton ana
Pittsburgh & Fl. Wayne Railroads. The House Is
eommodious and elegantly furnished, with Deaal
full suits of rooms baths, ETC. a ~
The Best Sc 80 per day House OF the Continent
j. f. CHAPMAN, Proprietor,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
STANDARD loTIABusTn.

DIPLOMA AWARDED
BYlHE AMERICAN In
sTrrUTE each year. A.
sW. TheIaas, Pstentee
and Manual tufer, for
the Lightest Strong
est and most comfort
cable Blu stie-T b e
Standard Lotta-that
can be worn. Sizes
to snit every afYle of
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4 IwARnANT ONE BoTrLEA frsrEcr susE ~
the WORST FORMS of Piles two to i've bottles In
CANCER. CATARRH KDrEY DISEASES, and All qis-
eases of the skin, and the greatest Blood furneI
ever discovered Entirely vegetable -Irequeft 81
| cases of failure. None for Is years ii. D.FOWLE,
| Chemist Boston, aud Montreal. Sold throughout
| ishiny cures.
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Saws.

Two Direct Cutting Edges, instead OF one serapng o
.-a extra steel and Durability the cid vs. on'Ahea
49, M tooth.
Challenge $500, toward expense s ~ o,bers IN
Speed Ease and Simplicity has been Siiei eg s a o,
and has never been accepted. More than " ~ ,aakn
ming saws were sold during the year is'Z 'he
IF Which testify to their superior merits
fSnT leafing papers. such as the dFtou'e A1aeso1h
ttrid Christina Union. etc, have punnsheo over
siyy editorial notices recommending these saws. Fa
,,ers Clubs Iumberuen, and Hardware Deaiets unite
~ the genuine Lightning Saw The gIeates1
labor saving implement OF the age. -, -. -oi
have hundreds of letter from practical toI-
nrilv written expressing entire approval saws
t w blake Esq Superint, @dent OF the American IN
.ute writes: " For all purpo OF prosecuting iaige
~ ANAL timber your crosscus wood saws nave no
iai IN snee8 or ease Their universal use would save
vast amount of money and time and tighten the laoo'
of millions Of men, a,.. =. o.sx N
practical lauhcr man also writes II Is as easy 70
emf 81 TO q Thousand feet with the Lightning SsN a. -
10 thousand with the oil tooth We get si een' p
thousand for cuttingfo the difference would pay I'm
| saw IN less than one days work" ,.A...
Where the Hardware Trade do not sell me - = hlsae
/ Saw will send 6-foot eross-eut and a eaeA On" ~
| on receipt of IS. - = -. ad5rsss
EN-. RoYNTON, 80 Beekman st., New xotAs
Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer
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RETCaER,s POSITION.

Mr.. Peache, is evidently a candidat. ior
martyrdom, if there is anv one courageous
enough to pile The fagois and apply the
torch. In his last sermon, he essayed to
show why Christianity had made such slow
progress, ba-ing his arguments upon the fact
that Christ Was not master of q system, that
! he organized no sects, and never wrote any
thing, and that the secret Of his power was
owing 70 the fact that it was the power of .
higher type of manhood than bad ever been
seen in the world before. Ia this connection
Mr.. Beecber said:
Church organizations have exerfed great
power in the world, but don't think you
will find that they have exerted a. much in.
fiuence for good as for harm. Organizes
Christianity has been the poorest part Of re-
iigion. 1t voult have sunk long ago, If
there had been no Other power. Ii has not
been the church that has preserved religion,
it has been religion that has preservee the
church. 1t has not been the priesthood that
has preserved the iai'y, it has been the ex-
ample OF the humble lives in the laity that
has preserved the priesthood.
This, for heresy, is pretty bad, but when
Mr. Beecher alludes to his own position in
the Congregational rect, be blows q trumpet
blzst Of d.fance. Noticing the fact that 1t
had been said - him, 'If you are 30 IND
pressed With these liberal ideas, why don't
you 90 out from the Congregationslists?" II
stay here" said Mr.. Beecher. "because
there are men that say that Congregational
ministers shall not stand in the pulpit and
say certain things, and say that they shall. !"
(great applause There is no mistaking
this language. 1t is persmptory, defiant and
emphatic, and coming 80 soon after the Con-
gregstiunal Council, it has unusual signiti-
canoe. Tie gauntlet is thrown into the
.rens. Who viii pick it np?-Gicogo
Tribune,
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MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.

The az .trous floods which have attend
ed The spri,s rise Of the lower Mississippi
and it, trihutsries, have caused suffering to
many thousands Of the people living on the
shores Of these streams. So great mas become
the need of these people, that cry for assis-
lance has reached US directly from the larger
cities OF the overhGwed country. Nearly
every levee along the Mississippi has been
broken throu. h and vast tracts OF country are
under water, the depth and extent Of which
surpass any previous overflow since lsi7.
Business is nearly stopped, railroad tracks
have been undermined, and the prospect
locks bad Tor population who, one would
think, have suffered their share during the
past dozen years from the disasters OF war,
disease and flood.
The telegraph dispatches printed in to-
days paper convey to the readers imag-
iration depIorabIe scene Of hardship and
peril, and should suggest immediate and &C
tive measures for the relief Of the maDy
thousand sufferers who have been rendered
homeless by the inundation. The piteous
appeal for help coming from Louisiana and
Mississippi should not pass nnheeded in this
christian city Of Lesvenworth. Let the
churches Join the press in efforts to alleviate
the misery of human creatures.
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RAISING: 1slr. nDESla..

Gov. Brooks, OF Ariansr., ~ retired
,Iergyman OF t'.- Meihodnt persuasion,
whose ss,d i.4 ,.y' entirely run out He
'iolio~-i the profession Of gospel preaching
n the Methodist church at Burlington, Iowa,
or many Year,, and then ertsred the ser
vice o. Uocle sam a. chaplain Of q colored
regimeai.
Old AMI observing politicians graveiy re-
mark that preachers always raise the devil
when they ge, into politics, and the truth of
the remark has certainly been verified in the
case of Brooke. In difference 10 the poet
and scholar-Gerald Massey-who will
doubtless ,ead this paper at the breakfast
table tli- morning, we will not asume that
Brooks ha- raised a real, veritahie devil,
yet We DO insist that If such an animal as .
real fi--L ard blood Satan existed, Brooks
would rane him, if the raising would
secure winning poin, in. the present. Ar
kansas contest,
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STRATEGY ny BOY.

An Omaha saloon keeper who had been
Iaided by the crusaders, and indeed sorely
pressed rsso-ted to little piece Of strategy
which afforded relief. A Miss Garrison,
the leading spirit of the crusade in that town
negIecs no opportunity to make herself con-
reformer Of men. On the occasion of which
We write she Lad taken possession of one
Capt. Lees saloon, and Was going through
with The usual exercise. Among the audi.
ence which eatpered WAS Tennie Z. Clafin,
who happsn a 10 !e in Omaha soliciting
subscriptions for her paper. The saloon
keeper saw his opportunity. and knowing
that Tennie possessed the gift of gab" in
remarkable degree nj once introduced her to
the crusader Immediately Miss Clafiin
wanted TO know v hat Miss Garrison was 60
lug TO do, to which the latter replied she was
going to reform the den she was IN. MiseClaf-
lin retortec that she would he better engas-
ed in reforming her iai'en sisters in Omaha.
This little spsrE kindied the con4sgration.
The two women went at i,,give AID take, and
waxei hotter and hotter as they progress
ed. After about half an hours hard epar-
ring, Miss C'aain was evidently getting the
best Of it, and Miss Garrison thereupon
struck up a hymn. Tennie, however, wasn't
to be sung down. She kept At her work,
and finally drove Mics Garrison away, but
followed her up, and for aught We know
they are still at it. Capt. Lee, however,
is not hs-as.ed any longer BY the crusader.
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ISAAC sPRIGGINs.
lIts Hon.iersui Adventures tn ssarys-
Vile.

"I,aac Spriggins," OF the Louisville Gu
7i~' Journal, has visited MaysyIle, X, sud
40 relates part OF his experience there:
am stopping at a nice livery stable,
where / am quite comfortably installed.
They gave Zoe bride chamber. ] suppose,
on account Of my coming by Lexington.
bought me a suit of clothes the Other
day, which are as good "a new, at leas, they
don't leak like my old ones. The first time
pu, them on the result was tight BIT. /
got tight at the ST. Charles, and had the IA.
round on Market street.
We went mp to the chair factory and
was introduced to the proprietor, who il a
very afiable young gentleman and a very
popular one. TON says he was 40 popular
that when he ran for city clerk few months
ago, he beat everybody in town except one.
had very entertaining conversation with
him. He informed me tina: he bad
| had a good deal OF trouble with
his machinery, especially with his
id old boring machine. 1t pretty near
i bored him to death last summer. His clOthe-
/ got caught in it and undre-sed HIM, so he
mad to borrow an umbrella to 90 home with
/ He asked him what kind of chairs he made.
He said split-bottom, and told me to sit down
in one and see for myself. asked how
many hands he worked. lie said tao eeLer-
ally, but his left one was sore rDw. i tod
him he needed another story On his factory.
lie said yes, and he was going to have one i!
be had to tell ii himself.
After leaving the ehair-fac,ory we went
over TO the Eagle Piow-work-, where We
met Mr.. r. +. Means, one Of the proprie-
tors. Tom told me that he was 40 d.fideni
tina, lie never went out except at night.
When he heard that we were coming he hid
under an anvil, and we had Confederate,
trouble in getting him out to show me the
machinery. was particularly struck with
large pair of shears, and ssked Mr.. Mean.
what they were for. He said they u.ed thea
for cutting the workmen's wages down dug
ing hard times. We thanked him and were
| abb ut to leave, when be said he was going 70
give a large fish ball in few day., and ingi,'
ed us to come, which We promised 10 do
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$500, 900 Rohber Arrested.

N
Jim Ssger, a young man won considerable
notoriety some years ago as the leader of the
gang who robbed old Bennehof, an oil mil.
lionare of Western Pennsylvania, has just
been captored at Denver and lodged in Jail
to await q reputation from Gov. Hartranft.
The robbery took place in the winter of 1868
and was adrol.ly planned and boldly execu-
ted. Bennehof Was German upwards of
eighty years Of age, who resided in an old
log house on the farm where his wealth had
been go suddenly acquired. His family con-
sisted of an aged wife, two daughters, and q
German hired man. Sager, accompanied by
three ether men, closely masked, visited the
house akou. nine O'Clock in the evening, and
having obtained admission by rapping at the
kitchen door, rushed in and seized. gagged
and bound all the inmates. They then cool
" 'oke open and rihed the safe and bureau,
obtaining in all over half million Of dollars
in currency and government bonds, and then
visiting the barn hitched the old mans fast
est horse to his best cutter and drove away.
Another safe containing several hundred
l0OuSd0u uOIG WAS lett uBtcuSbSis wv
bers being unable TO open it. More than
year elapsed before any Of the party were
captured, when one of the number who had
been cheated out of his share of the ''swag"
turned states evidence, and two of his con-
federates were arrested and brought TO trial
and sent to the penitentiary for term Of
years. Sager himself, who retained the lions
share of the plumber, steadily svaied his
e 0, Iii. ~.
lives in the country were employed 10 search
for him. The rewards for his capture
amounted to 100000. He visited Cuba,
Mexico, and finally brought up in Texas,
where he has been engaged in cattle raising
for several years past, and claims TO own
thirty or forty thousand head. Lately he
visited Denver, where he was betrayed by
a confidential friend, and handed over to the
authorities. The old man, Bennchoff, was
extremely glad to meet him after 20 long a
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m sHE BR Az.

We oS-erve that, at a recent reunion oil
soldiers in Indiana, Governor Hendricks de-
iiyer-d an add .eSs in which he thanked the
soldier. OF that S,-te 's:or their .fforis in be-
half O: tie Iibsrty ans; union OF this great
and p,oriou. c.nrtry" A little over ten
wear. ago tii- -1n- "a t.n-ia-,icaily patriotic
individual b.nS-,! G.,i" that he never ad-
vi.ed any sua , - iif /, 6 ger in v.ndication
Of that .iberiv, or in iefe. - OF that imperled
Union i.ut Governor H. ndrlck- - sup
,,,-s,i =, has, Wa.t. aun-- On the Drain
ard tLst snty Iccuu 'r The Astonishing
change which = O. -i"c- 'aker place m the
{ ,ne Of hi. voic..
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-Spinks rushed into chop on fremont
street. yesterday, and cried eagerly, .sWhat's
that going along in the street," "a water
ing cart, said the salesman. "Is il SNOW.
ine? asked Sp,nks. ''Don't Won zee il ie?''
said the other. Thank you" said Spinka
81 thought was crazy" -Boaoa Globe.
1t is said that an admirer Of Neilson,
calling on her one day, Wa introduced q
Mr.. Lee, and failed to form IN exalted dea
Of the gentleman. The next day The I'D.
mirer made another Wait to the fair AIDE.
laide. sad inquired. who = that mutt
Lee?' 'tOh, oevef mind him." ~ u;
answer; hs's nobody h4 my huIhand."
500. go voon in ths UaiAea Etaao N
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yssOOr TIL. CURRENCY BILL.
Editor Tires.

Editor lures:
notice that The TIMES, in common with
many other Republican papers, regrets the
veto OF the Currency bill, and is disposed to
regard il As injurious t. the interests OF the
west. The writer OF this takes 4 different
view Of the situation and believes that all
industries and actions will he benefited by
a gradual and regular return 10 specie CUT
rency. Particularly ia this true of the grain
growing states OF the west. The market
price of agricultural products is Gxed by the
gold standard, while that of the commodi-
ties, sold and CONSUMED in the west, is based
upon paper currency. 1t is familiar fact
to every western farmer that he pays double
as much az formerly for coffee, boots
and calico, and gets for his pork and wheat
no more than ne did in specie paying times.
Amssa Parker, the ablest political econo-
mist OF our day, in 1865 wrote as follows:
"a, the time of writing the people of the
west are suffering prodigiously
from the Influence of a redundant
currency. All they consume of purchased
commodities they pay one hundred and
twenty per cent. upon; while their products,
wheat, corn, etc, can only be advanced
about forty per cert.-the premium on gold.
Wheneve; they see this, the evil will be
remedied; for the asriculturists Of the nation
hold the political power of the country in
their hands, and sll this class Of producers,
East or West, North or South, in Maine OF
Tsxas, Florida or Minneo:a, are alike in
tereeted in his mater"
Now let us glance for a mnuicut at the
moral aspect OF the subject. The plain fact
that everv dollar Of the greenback currency
represent dollars worth of property
transfer ID from tie people to the Govern
ment, Fl es the character OF that currency a
debt. 1t is objectionable a debt due by
the Government t. The individual citizen,
the payment of which should not be evaded.
Again, history and science agree in teach
ing that il is impossible to regulate paper
currency or to fix its volume.
If the supply of currency Is drawn from
natural sources, as it is when the precious
metals axe used as money, its volume is cell
regulating. With inconvertiole paper NO
pey in use it can never be known whether
We have too much or too little currency.
The currency bill which General Gran
has vetoed, short as it was, violated ever
sound principle Of political economy an,
morality. II inflated the currency.
made the currency permanently incOnvsrsi
be. 1t attempted to regulate the volum'
Of paper money according to the suppose'
necessities Of the people.
In my humble judgment. the Prcsiden
has acted like q statesman, like q hero, Ek
}, . man. The permanent interests Of th
country, and especially the interests of labo
and production have been served BY his &C
ton. Evidently, be thinks that the cul
rency Of the country should be regulate
By TIE decalogue;and not become the foo
ball Of politicians and ina.iiouists.
INDEX.
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FINANCE.

The temper of the public and the TINE OF
the pres poior 10 he CONCLUSION MAJ
nance" ell lie the ail sir"rbins q,e-'iou OF
the mex. .,oli,ical can; aign Low Taxation,
Cheap transportation, and the T~r'ff may
figure NJ 81 ,e.i-su-s. but IT is plain enough
that the main Issue x,ii he Expansion or
Contraction
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A correspondent, writing from the City
of Mexico, says: II cannot pretend to give 4
description OF the cathedral. never saw 90
much gold and silver used Is ornaments In
the interior of building in all my life
solid silver columns, ten or twelve feet high.
.nnnortine golden csndlesticks, surround
everv alter; bronze ratings protect The
nrecious decorations from the curiosity Of
he deyout worshippen. In every recess
a, m altar, at come Of which. during my
visit, ladies, goreeou.ly attired. ware kneel.
no an the hare floor beside the filthy Indian
s.ying mas. and each alike dropped thei,
h-much or Little 20 the case may be-
iato he soldea box which the .sasndan!
held onk. Paintings o. the wallA gold
vroppinss around The ncred alcoves. and
burniShed gold and Glvsr in grsat masses BE-
hind tie principal altar. make tie inhsrio'
- scsne Of splsador."
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Another old letter from Senator sum
ner is now published for the first time. i,
vas written while he was recovering -low y
from the assault OF Brooks, and the follow
ing extract elbows how earnestly he was
longing to return to the work which had
cost him 90 dearly: my strength il coming
slowly. slowly, but think at Iast surely.
With inexpreesible pain have seen pa-s
away the opportunity Of speaking from my
seat Ut this session, in exposure of the true
character of Slavery and its Influence on oIr
countryside greatest opportunity Of my lie
IL lost forever
The Temperance ladies Of Plain6eld are
unhappy. The saloons have all been closed
there for the past ten year.
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The man Who remarked that the Prince
Of Wals Was bora With crown on his bad
~ noe aware that al children axe 10 bmn.
80
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of the banking capital of the country. l
was disposed to give great weight to this view
of the question at first, but, on reflection, ii
will be remembered that there still remains
S4. 600. 600 of authorized hank-note circula-
ton assigned TO States having less than their
quota mot vet taken. In addition to this,
the States having less than their quota Of
bsnk-circulation have the option Of S25,-
600, 600 more to be taken from those States
having more than their proportion. When
this il all taken up, or when specie pay
ments are fully restored. or are In rapid pro-
cess of restoration, will be the time to con-
slider the question Of more currency.
[Signedl U: =: GRANr.
Executive MANSION, April q, 1874.
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bed clothes as ne spoke, INK yer VIA,
the matter. Thar is stranger down
stairs-stranger 10 yor, lovey, but man
ez I've knowed long time. He's been
here about an hour, and he'll be here
ontil Tower O'Clock, when the up stage
passes. Now l wants We, jimmy dear,
to get up and come down stairs and kin
der help me pass the time with him.
It's no use jimmy" he wen. on, gently
raising his hand to deprecate any inter
ruptiOn, tits no use-wOn't GO 10 bed!
he won't play keerds; whisky don't
take no effect on him. Ever since
knowed him he was the most onsatis-
factory critter TO hev round"
"What do you have him round for,
then?, interrupted Miss Jenny, sharply:
Mr.. McClosky's eyes fell. EFF
hedn't KEN out of his way tonight toihe
me q good turn, wouldn't ask ye, Je do
nv, 1 wouldn't, so help me! Butn-
thought ez couldn't do anything with
him. you might come down and sorteI
fetch him jimmy, as you did the others. u
Miss Jenny shrugged her pretty
shoulders.
SIS he old or youpsf"
"He's young enough, Jinry, but Il
l kuOWS tOWSA VI sAsuSos
"What does he do?"
"Not much, hes got money in iht
mill at Four Forks, He travels round q
good deal. I've heard, Jinnythat he's
a poet-writes them rhymes. yu know"
Mr.. McClosky here appealed submissi-
vely, but directly, to his daughter. HI
remembered that she had frequentl!
been in receipt of printed elegaic know
as: ''mot,oes." containing inclouare
equally saccharine. Miss Jenny slight.
" curled her pretty Lip. She had tina
fine contempt for the illusions OF fame,
which belongs 10 the perfectly health
young animal.
"Not," continued Mr.. McClosky, rub
bling his head re1ectively, mot ez T.
advise ye, jimmy, to say anything to hir
about poetry. 1t isn't twenty minits az
ez / did. ] set the whisky sfore him i
the parlor. I wound up the music DO
and cit it goin', Then I SEE to him 20
ciabls like end free. Just conside
yourself in your own house and repea
what you allow to be your ineft produl
-
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CHAPTER II.

Before noon the next day 1t was gen.
erally believed drought -Four Forks that
Ridgeway Bent had been attacked and
wounded at Chemisal Ridge by high
wayman, who fed on the approach of
the Wingdam coach. 1t is TO be pres
umed that this statement met with
Ridgeway's approval, as he did not con-
tradict il, nor supplement it with any
details. His wound was severe, but not
dangerous. After the first excitement
had subsidized, there was, l think, a pre-
yailing impression, common to the pro-
yincial mind, that his misfortune was
the result of the defective moral quality
of Eta being a stranger, and was in q
vague sort of way q warning to others
and a lesson to him. "Did you hear
how that San Francisco fellow was
taken down the other night" was the
average tone Of introductry remarks.
Indeed, there was q general suggestion
tha. Ridgewsy's was one that no self
respecting, bigh-minGcd ii-H--7 ymsn,
honorably conservative .-a .rLerests
of Tuolumne County, co-lI IT, men;
tolerate.
Except for the few words aau on
that eveutful morning, Ridge y vas
reticent OF a.. past. Whe4 my
stroye to gsth,r details Of iae al
fra7 tina, nj esl : clue tu D.s I'M
known assailab,, a subtitle twinkle in
his brown eyes was the only response.
| When Mr.. McClusky attempted the came
process the young gentleman threw
abusive epi,he,s, and eventually slippers,
teaspoons, and other lighter articles
within the reach of an invalid, at the
hands Of his questioner. ~ think he'l
coming round, jimmy" said Mr.. Nc.
Clusky, she laid for me this morning
with candlestick,"
alt was about this time that Miss Jen.
nv, having sworn her father to secrec,
regarding the manner in which Ridge
way had been carried into the house
conceived the idea of addressing tn
Young man IS "Mr. Dent, and Of apollo
giving for intruding whenever she en-
+ tered the room in discharge Of az house
l