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The Grange advance., 1874-09-16
The Pullman Car Abrond.

Col: Thomas W. Knox, the journal
ist, who has been travelling in Europe
tor year past, writes from Berlin on
the 10th of August as follows:
"For the last three weeks I have
been Knocking around with Col. Gour-
and in Pullman car, which Won are
doubtless aware was taken to the con-
tlnent two or three months ago. The
car has been from Liverpool, by way of
London and Ostend to Paris, Mont Gents
Tunnel, Turin, Florence, Rome, Naples.
Bologna, Venice, Sommering Pass, vi
emma and Berlin, and since coming here
it has made two trips to Potsdam and
one to Frankfort-on.the-Main. 1t starts
tonight for St. Petersburg. by the way
OF Bromberg, Kenigsberg and Vina,
stopping a couple of days at the from
tier to adapt the trucks to the Russian
gauge. When it reaches St. Peters,
burg it will have travelled 1000 kilo-
meters from Ostend. So far there has
not been the slightest accident, not
even hot box. The car attracts as
much attention as menagerie in a
country town, and has been visited by
thousands of people, including Grand
Dukes, Princes, railway officials, and all
sorts of 'swells' generally. All have
expressed the greatest admiration, and
several impo1 tant contracts are under
negotiation in addition to those already
concluded and announced
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

The Washington creditors of Jaw
Cooke 4 Co. met Tuesday night and
appointed committees to consider
whether the trustee cannot be compell-
ed to state the condition Of the assets
and declare such dividend as the funds
will warrant.
-Madame Doche. of the Paris stags,
was stung or bitten by an insect on the
beach at Etretat, and may lose her arm,
or even her life.
AT Kearney Junction, Nebraska,
Sunday evening, = man named McNa-
mara died from the effects Of q tar&a-
tulais bite. ~
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16
permitted to influence our markets for

1t is.very natural that Mr.. Jackson,
who is an Englishman,, should wish his
country to be the gamer of the $65, ,000,.
GOO which. he rather confidently con-
cludes will be the value Of the difference
between the ensuing and the last year
purchases Of wheat for British account
in this country !; but it is not at all de-
SRA able that through an entirely mis-
taken Endorsement Of Mr.. Jackson's
supposed unimpeachability, our hard
working farmers and our country should
lose this vast sum fcr lack Of timely
examination Of the gentleman's claims
to ingenuousness, veracity, and good
judgment. ALEX DELAAR,
Late Director Of the Bureau of Statis-
tics.
THE census OF 1870 should have
showed the crop Of 1859, but as the
taking of the census was spread over
eight months of time, and extended far
into the year 1871, the agricultural in
formation obtained by the marshals
related mainly to the harvest year
1901. See remarks to this effect in
the compendium to the census of 1870,
page 69l ?. The Annual Agricultural
report Of 1871, page 20, says that the
census returns Of sheep are manifest
" Incomplete and leaves the reader
to infer that this is the fact in other re-
spects relating to agriculture; but if
true as to wheat this would make the
crop more than the census stated it,
and not less, as the commissioner Of
Agriculture estimates it.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

"umstance to Mr.. Kains.Jackson's in.
sight into the contradictory and sup.
pressed statistics of our rather dynam.
lcal than statistical wheat culture.
With reference to Turkey, Mr..
kains-Jackson, in his eagerness SEEM
lngly to ''bear the London grain mar
ke;, appears to have forgotten the terri
ble famine which is now desolating that
country. But if Mr.. jackson forgot it
the London Times did not, for the very
next day after it printed his letter, it
published an account from Constantine.
pie which set forth that from 5000 to
10000 people had perished from star
,vation in Angora and other parts of
Anato.ia; that the distress still con-
tinued; and that, according to Mr..
Farnsworth, an American missiona ".
who had recently visited the neighbor-
hood, there will be no bread crops this
year, the wretched inhabitants not hav-
ing possessed seed wherewith to SOW
the earth. This condition of affairs
oespeaks strange sort Of. .''exportable
wheat surplus" in Turkey this year.
01"AAA0h AUTHORITIES ENDEAVORING TO DE.
:E y PRESS THE MARKET.
nave now done with Mr.. Kains.
jackson and his conjectures Of wheat
crops and prices, and have only to re-.
marx tnat 1t would be truly q grievous
tn1ng II the tissue of probabilities which
appear over his name, and are based
uron an evidently exagxerated estimate
OF this years British wheat cron. and
otherwise merely Wild guesses as to tie
American and some other erons. ,vere
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

ExTRAvAGANcK ExEMPLIFrED.-The num-
Der of employees borne upon the civil list of
the United States in 1860, were As ,527.
Up to 1866 the number had been increased
to 53,167 This we can readily under
stand, as the extra business in the various
departments caused by the war, would
naturally call for a greater number OF men
to do it. But when it is known that this
number of employees have annually increased
at greater ratio since the war than during
its continuance, the people are at loss to
understand the cause. In the last two
years these leeches have been increased
from 81 ,605 to $500, nearly 10000, or
at the rate of $1,000 per annum. These
figures tell an awful tale. Such wanton
extravaganza stands without parallel in
the annals of civil history. Is it any won
der the country is threatened with financial
crisis that to the far-seeing forebodes ruin !?
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

The BLIND BEGIN TO SEE.-The most OBJ
stinate and obtuse Republican journals are
beginning to open their eyes to the present
corrupt condition of the Republican party,
and from day to day we notice acknowl-
edgements from papers of that faith to the
effect that the old party must shortly die.
The leading Republican journal of the State
of Nevada says "the Republican party can
not continue its lease of power merely be-
cause it has the Republican name. 1t is
now suffering both from apathy and insur-
rection." Its reign, though brief, has brought
upon the country high taxes, and evil deeds
sufficient TO curse us for several generations
TO come, let the government hereafter
be administered ever SO wisely, and when
dead and gone we think the mourners will
be few.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25


SIGNS IN THE AIR.-Dne would think
that party spirit is running rather low, or
that something extraordinary is going to
take place III the politics Of the country,
when such men as Aaron Sargent boldly
declare in tie halls of the United States
Senate, that "lIigh above all purity organi-
cations are the principles Which are to be
illustrated and referred to by these organi-
zations' This is noble sentiment, and
indeed, Mr.. Sargent, in the same Speech in
which he scathingy attacks the iuhationists,
says many good things. He makes a gal
liant defense for the people, and declares that
sooner than follow the banner led by such
men (refetring to the friends of the billy, he
would cmancipate himself from the party.
Others may view this action of our Senator
differently, but it locks to us as though be
sees grand future for the Independents.
Or, III other words, he sees the people, with
just Indignation, are bound to trample the
corruptionists into Infamous obscurity, and
he hopes by taking sides with them TO avoid
being stepped on.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

STRANGE, though good to say, Grant has
vetoed the initiation bill,
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25
NclC AdCertiSenle eutS.
SUM NJ ONS.

In the District Court Of the Fourteenth Judicial
District, of the State of California in and for
the County OF Placer.
Nellie Winters vs.. Francis Winters.
Action brought in the District Court of the 14th
Judicial District of California, in and for the
County OF Placer, and the Complaint filed in
said County of Placer in the Office of the
Clerk of said District Court.
The people of the State of California send greeting
to Francis Winters, Defendant:
VOU are hereby required to appear in an ac-
Il ton brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the 14th
and for the County OF Placer, and to answer the
complaint filed therein "a copy of which accom-
panies this summons), within ten days (exclu-
sive of the day of service) after the service on
you of this summons-if served within this
county; or, if served out of this county, but
within this judicial District. within twenty days
or, if served out of said District, then within
forty days-or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer of said
complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court, dissolving the bonds of matrimo-
ny existing between you and this plaintiff, and
awarding to her the care and custody of her
minor child, Frank winters,-al of which is
more fully set forth in said plaintiffs complaint
on file, herein copy of which accompanies this
summons.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
quired, the said plaintiff will apply to the Court
fer the relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
District Court of the Fourteenth Ju-
dicial District of the State of Cali
[srAL1 fornia, in and for the County of Pla-
Ger, this ninth day Of April, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Seventy -Four.
n3c-2m b. F. BURT, Clerk.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25
TELLING WORDS.

The following extract from the New York
Nation, one Of. she alb est journals published
in the country, and which has been one of
the strongest. advocate of the Republican
party and CRAFTS administration, we rec
ommend to the careful consideration of our
Republican readers. Especially would we
urge our Auburn contemporary to bring his
ShakesperiaTintellect to bear on the subject
and let us know whether he can exonorate
his favorite chief and party from the state
ment here presented. The Nation says, in
speaking of Grants reelection:
"Our one hope of reform, it was said,
lay in General Grant. He was represented
as carrying on deadly struggle with Conk
ling, and Morton, and Boutwell,, and But
ler, and the other bad men of the party;
and our true policy was to stand by him,
bear with him, and finally to re-eect him,
which we did, The finishing touch was
given to the farce-for farce we now see it
to have been-by putting strong civil
service reform plank in the Philadelphia
platform The fact was that Copkling,
Boutwell, & Co. were all the while having
private laughs at our expense. Boutwell,
was indeed so full of humorous contempt
that he calmly told us that he wished the
Treasury 10 be let alone, as he was training
up in it young men to be doctors of med-
cine and ministers of the Gospell'
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

The incidental expenses of the last Legis-
lature were $40, ,521 81 less than the pre-
ceding session. Whether this saving be
credited to the Independents Or not, no mad
cap, we hope, is fool enough to deny that
in point of economy, at least, the last was
a reform Legislature
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

LIE OoT.-The Placer Argus says:
"When we deem proper to quote any arti-
Gle from any paper, we will give it the pro-
per credit" The Grass Valley Union says:
"a few days ago we published an item
about how to cure the effects of poison oak.
We see the item is going around credited to
the Placer argus. That is wrong. We
rescued the item from it's obscurity in the
columns of the San Francisco Chronicle,
put new and taking cap on it aud started
It out. The Auburn paper took the item,
cap and all, and gets TIE credit of il"
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

The "PLAINDEALER" is the name of
new paper recently started in San Leandro
by Messrs. Eason & Saul, the first number
of which lies before us. We have seen
larger papers, but we seldom saw one neat
er. The Plaindealer is started for and in
the interest of the masses. AS such we
wish it all the prosperity it deserves, which
is all it needs to make it perfect success.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

In the District Court Of the Fourteenth judicial
District, of the State of California, in and for
the County OF Placer.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25
NOTICE TO LITIG ANTS.

As tire constitutions right of the Legislature to re-
peal the Act to Protect Igants far as relates to
the contracts Of those papers that have complied with
,he.law is TO be tested IN the courts notice is hereby
given that the proprietors and publishers of this pa
ance with bond nlvd until judically determined
tr lagsl notices pubishcd in the HERALD they
are sure be right. II published elsewhere dccls-
ion IN our favor would make illegal all publications
not made in the HERALD. and throw the suits o.. all
li,ipv who have been disreoarding this no
ticc back into the courts word to the wise is sufi
Cipnt.
The Placer herald., 1874-04-25

. EXACTLY RIGHT. 1t will be remembered
that in speaking Of the Eastern elections in
our last issue, we attributed the route and
slaughter of the Republican party not to tie
Democrats, as claimed by some, but, to
use our own language, "to the power of the
good and true men Of the country, regard
less of party affiliations or society associa-
tions bent upon common purpose, viz: to
huri demagogues, tyrants, thieves, swim
dlers and oppressors from power" TO show
that we were exactly right, we now give the
words of the Hartford Times, published at
the seat of war, and of course must be ac-
cepted as conclusive authority on the sub
ject. 1t understands precisely the opera
ting of politics in Connecticut, and in speak
ing Of the victory it says: '1t was not
party victory, but great uprising of the
people to achieve great public ends. 1t
could not have been brought about by one
party alone" A victory for the people is
what it was. May the people continue to
triumph.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
A Good Lesson.

If your boys revolt from study,
give them an opportunity to test the
pleasure of manual labor, and then
let them follow the occupation they
prefer. In nine cases out Of ten,
books will carry the day.
'When l was a boy sad the
elder Adams, 4 had to study the
Latin grammar, but it was dull, and
I hated it. My father was anxious
to send me to college; and, there's
fore, [ studied grammar till [ could
bear it no longer, and going to my
father, | told him | did not like
to study, and asked for some other
employment. 1t was opposing his
wishes, and he was quick in his an~
swer.
We'll, John, if Latin grammar
does not suit, you may try ditching,
perhaps that will. My meadow
needs a ditch, and you may put
Latin by and try that
This seemed a delightful change,
and to the meadow I went. But l
soon found ditching harder than
Latin, and the forenoon was the
longest [ ever experienced. That
day Z ate the bread of labor, and
glad was l when night came on
That night Imade some comparison
between Latin grammar and ditch
ing, but said not a word about it,
[ dug the next forenoon and wanted
to return to Latin at dinner, but it
was humiliating, and l could not do
it. At night toll conquered pride,
and [ told my father--one Of the
severest trials of my life-that if
he chose, I would go back to Latin
grammar. He was glad Of it and,
if Z have since gained any distinc-
ton, it has been owing to the two
days labor in that abominable
ditch
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
MunbeIinG English Eovscs

In the numbering Of their houses,
says the Danbryy News Man.
Londoners have achieved the great
est success. Iou will frequently
find the Erst and last number on
street directly opposite each
other. This apparent impossibility
is easily performed by numbering
first one side OF the street and then
back on the other side. Let us
suppose a case. Yon want No. $40
Oh Great Christopher street. You
find one end Of tha: avenue, look
up at the number Of the first house.
and learn Gas you are sure to do
nine hundred and nincty>nine times
IN every one thousand searches for
the highest number) that it is the
first number, No. l. Thunder
and lightning :" you cxcjaim, and
at once put up the street at lives
ly gait, looking neither to the right
or left, but keeping straigh: ahead,
and thinking only Of the fact that
you have to pass four hundred and
twenty houses before reaching your
number
BY the time you have gone near>
ly that distance you are suddenly
confronted by a wall or building
ahead, and fatter yourself that the
journey is aC an end. You look up
to the nearest door with the exS
pectation that you are seven hum
dred and something, and are amazed
to see that you ere barely half that
with but few houses,ahead of you.
You hurry on with bated breath,
searching every door with hysterical
eagerness, only to find the expecta-
tion Of some unraveling of the
hideous riddle baseless fabric.
You reached the last house on that
side. It is 420. You look across
to the opposite door ; it is 421. To
the next; it is 422. You call
policeman and tell him your trouble.
lie explains that the number,
Judging from the surroundings,
must be at the lower end of the
street, and his information is not
exactly ike the trickling of crystal
waters over messy rocks, but it is
knowledge, and knowledge is pow.
er; and you knock your head against
q post, and pick up your weary and
perspiring legs and start on again.
When you stand before $40 and
ma JnaV IL il eAucEly uppoeito No
l, the language with which you
clothe your ideas fits better than it
looks.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
Why Poor People Are Poor.

What makes poor people poor?
Such aquestion would naturally be
first answered by a decisive laugh.
How absurd! one class exclaims.
By following the scriptural prccept.
and taking no thought for the NOR
row, boldly asserts the sceptic.-
Because there are too many too
conscientious to disavow the claims
of others connected with them by
family or friendly ties, puts forth
the self>righteous, Idleness and
crime, declare the Industrious and
prosperous. Now each and all
these reasons may, no doubt claim
some consideration as means pro-
ducuive of poverty, but the simple
and primary cause is, after all,
more plainly and better stated in
the latter part of the maxim which
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
The Original Plot.

A slight farce, which has proved
an immense success at the Odeon in
Paris, has the merit # a really
original motif. Doctor Borguilus
is phlIanthropist, who has vowed
eternal hatred against the penalty
of death and the executioner. Not
content in his horror of capital pun~
ishment with saving the life Of a
wretched highway robber who was
going to be hanged, he took him to
his house, pampered and petted
him, and was about to make him his
son~in-l law, when, just as the worthy
doctor thought his protege cons
pletely reformed, the fellow stole
everything he could law his hands
on, and ran away. The doctor,
disenchanted and furiously angry,
called down avenging thunders on
the head of the atrocious malefac-
tor. At this moment young man
appears, and proffers his suit for
the hand of the disappointed phil-
anthropist's beautiful daughter
who are your asks the DOCTOR
'The executioner,' replies the suitor
THE excutioner the very man
want!' cries the doctor, who in
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
Two Conundrums.

A young lady, when riding from
her fathers country seat to neigh
boring village met a young man on
foot, who was carrying jug. She
at once reigned in her horse, and
asked him what he had in the jug.
Looking up with a comical leer,
he simply winked one eye and
smacked his lips, that it contained
something good.
The young lady, supposing he
meant alcohol, Immediately began
to talk temperance, but her auditor
requested the privilege of first ask
ing her one question.
"What is it" she asked.
"It is this" he replied ''why is
my Jug like your side>saddle? ?"
She could not tell.
" It is because it holds gallon, -
said he.
What triAing,, p exclaimed the
indignant young lady, and then
continued.
" Young man, do you PERCEIVE
"Just one more question" In
terrupted her auditor, and then
I am done. Why is my jug like
the asscmbly'room of a female sem
mary at roll,call p
Il am sure I don't know" pet
ulantly replied the young lady.
"Well, it's because its full o
lasses,' said the incorrigible audi
tor.
The fair lecturer touched hel
spirited horse with her whip, an(
was soon out of hearing of the rude
young man.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
LODGES.
rhe Nights and the Places of Meeting.

Concord r. A. Chapter No. 5, n, NJ. Law
renee, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocati0ns first Thursday in every month Al
20 o'clock a, NJ.
Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night
at o'clock P NJ. and third Saturday at IL
o'clock A. NJ. in every month.
Repiton Encampment No. 13, |. o. 0. F.,
DR.. Jos. H. Baker, Chief Patriarch, Odd Eel
lows Hall, meets every first and third Thurs
day of each month.
Edgecombe Lodge No. so, I. 0. o. F.,
!. H. Baker, n. g., Odd Fellows Hall, meets
every Tuesday night
Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of
Temperance, meet every Friday night at the
Dad Fellows Hall.
Advance Lodge No IS, I. 0. G. T, meets
every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows Hall
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
y, N. c., FRIDAY, JULY II. 1871.

New York wholesale merchant got
his per cent. Then the Railroads
and Steamers got their return
freight and the insurance man got
another per cent. Mcssrs. Tucker
must have q per cent, and
Here the clerk reached down and
pulled me out with 4 jerk, and 10
and behold, my old master, the
man who raised me. said he would
take me, " that be wanted some
norTard homespun, and [ was bun
died and an now at my old home
n Wake, expecting shortly to be
cut up.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17

1 don't kare how rich man il, if
he expects to enjoy things in this
life he haz got to live just as tho
he was poor.
The only way to hold our own il
to keep adyancing-on one can set
still and do it.
A dog IL no fatterer. If he il
your friend or your enemy, yu kno
it. rite off.
1t duz seem that all mankind
luv lies more than they do truth.
How menny people do you suppoze
thare il in the world who wouldn't
rather listen to fattery they knu
waz false, than to reproof they knu
was just.
Wize men laff at most things in
this life-it is only the phools who
gap and swallo.
Fortune il wheel allwus on the
the move and thoze at the top
to~day, are at the bottom to~mor-
row.
Thare IL not q man on earth who
IL free from envy. If thare ever
should be one, he ought to pray for
immediate translashun, before he
gifts the diseaze.
Yu kant allwuss tell how much
a man IL really tickled bi hearing
him laf. Thare ought to be a
masheen invented to meaZure the
| joy in him, just az there il to find
out how much water thare IL in
milk.
Honesty IL the basis ov all that
IL good or even remarkable in amy
| man.
The reazon why cyeryboddy luvs
a child, and pets a puppy IL be-
kauze they are SO natural.
whenever yu see phelloW who
IL forever and amen in a red hot
hurry, yu kan make up yure mind
that he hant got mutch to do, and
but little kapacity to do it.
Man il a natral glutton, besides
baing something ov phool. He
eats everything that kreeps, krauls,
flies, swims, or wiggles, and then
wonders what on earth ails him.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
TORTH WESTERN N. C. E. R.
(SALEM BRANCH.)

Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 5.41
P. NJ, connects at Greensboro with the
Northern bound train making the quickest
time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick
cts same as via other routes. -
Trains to and from points East Of Green's
boro' connect at Greensboro with Mail
Trains to or from points North or South.
Trains daily, both ways.
On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation
leave Richmond at 9.42 A. NJ, arrive at
Burkeville 1885 P. NJ, leave Bukeville 80
\. NJ, arrive at Richmond 7.58 A. NJ.
Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, (without
change.)
Fer further information address
s. Z. ALLEN,
Gen'l Ticket Agent,
Greensboro, n, c.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTT,
Engineer & GenI Superintendent.