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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

HERE is another illustration of the
truth of the old proberb that "honesty
is the best policy p A Rhode Island
farmer went to Newport The other day
and confessed to a grocer with whom he
had been dealing for years that he had
cheated the latter to the extent of SIS by
short count on eggs. He was rewarded
for his honesty by the grocer's admission
that he also had been cheating, having at
one time passed counterfeit $40 bill on
the farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

st can run fast and climb well but still
it is my rule to stand my ground-I
would fight for you to the last. I fear
no man or beast, not L Hank what is
that noise 2"
Il am sure" said the short man,
g that is the growl of the bear know
there are bears In this wood"
The bear was soon In sight. The tall
man ran a short way and hid In tree.
The short man fell fiat on his face and
held his breath. The bear came to him,
smelt him and thought he was dead. So
he left him and with gTuf growl OF two
went on his way
When the bear was out of sight the
short man rose from the ground, and the
tall man came down from the tree.
what did the beast say to you, my
friend?" said the tall man to the short
one. ct saw him put his mouth close to
your ears
sHe told me, said the short man, to
put no trust in one who brags in the way
You do, for those who boast so much are
not brave. "-MethOtSst.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

AT THE University at Charlottesburg.
Va, Leo Napoleon Levi, of Victoria,
Texas, the only Jew in the University,
received the gold medal for eloquence,
in a contest of eight students selected to
represent the whole body.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02
FRESH TOPICS.

TIE Detroit Free Press says Helm
bold's insanity is a fearful warning to the
bankrupts in whose liabilities the unpaid
bills of the printers make dispropor-
innate show.
ANOTHER blasphemer has been brought
to grief by his wickedness. Louis Burke,
of Burkesville, swore fearfully because
the storm destroyed his crops. His
tongue Glove to the roof of his mouth,
and he died the next day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02
The Ostrich,


The greatest feet of an Arab hunter is
to capture an ostrich. It is the largest
of living birds, and probably the swift
est of all living animals. Being very
shy and cautious, and living in the sandy
plains, where there is little chance to
take it by surprise, it can only be cap
tured by well-planned and long-con-
tinued pursuit with the swiftest horses.
The ostrich has two curious habits In
running when alarmed. 1t always starts
off with outspread wings, against the
wind, SO that it can scent the approach
of an enemy. Its sense of smell is so
keen that it can detect a person great
distance, long before one can be seen.
The other curious habit is that of run
mig In circle. Usually five or six os-
triches are found In company. When
discovered, part of the hunters mounted
on. swift horses, will pursue the birds,
while the other hunters will gallop away
at right angles to the course the ostriches
have taken. When these hunters think
they have gone far enough to cross the
path the birds have taken, they watch
upon the rise of some ground for their
approach. IF the hunters hit the right
place and see the ostriches, they start
In pursuit, with fresh horses, and some
times overtake one or two of the birds,
butoften some of the fleet horses fall, COM
pletely tired out with so sharp chase.
When taken tine ostrich may defend
itself by kicking out sideways, and is
able to- give quite dangerous blow to
anyone within Its reach DR.. Living
stone found that it could run at the as
tonishing speed of twenty-six miles an
hour. When running at this speed the
feet and legs of the bird could no more
be seen than the spokes of a rapid wheel.
The length of it's stride or step is then
from twenty-five to twenty-eight feet.
The ostrich is one of the tallest birds, be-
ing seven or eight feet high. Each of
it's wings with the feathers is about eight
feet long. When the Arabs want to call
anyone very dull they say, Stupid as an
ostrich. They say it is stupid because
when' hunted it sticks its head in bush
and thinks the hunter does not see it,
and because it will swallow hair, wood,
cords, stones, nails and other hard sub
stances with great voracity. Date stones
are favOrite food. DIR. Shaw saw one
swallow some lead bullets, hot from the
mould, and another traveller lost a
pocket knife and buckle in the same
C7a5Ld's World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

The recent agitation in the English
Parliament over Plimsoll's shipping bill
was occasioned by the bold and fearless
manner in which that gentleman made
charges against the British maritime
community. His persistence is finally
rewarded by the passage of the bill
framed to remedy the evils he alluded to.
Mr.. Plimsoll says that the losses of
Great Britain exceed those of any other
maritime nation, and are in a great part
due to what is known as "club insur-
ance," that is, number of maritime In
surance companies club together and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18


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The Vi nntpcicr E-ln,|e Humane A>sncia-
tu:n. chartered ~ II, Legislature of Virginia
and tn" Eircat Court If Orange Co., proposes
hs ii iran.i Gift { rccIt ~ 'stan!!s!1 and Eticw
Il '.l.omc for the "ll. Inir,n. and Dc:titu:e
Ladies ut Niry.ni. =" at II 'n:,,...r, tn. for
y er :vs.,;cc of prc>i.:r,t j., n"s Madison.
iuvErScn'S OFFICE. RicEA,SE. Ju!; ,. 1874.
Ii .i.ur i nix pleasure 10 say thri I ana wei!
acquainted WV Il large !n" i"riiy of 'h: III
GERS %: he 'Ontp"!c: fc:ia!e s.uM.D* Asset
| ati"" who resI'1,: in The vicinity OF III; l.:rac,
! and a'cst heir inI el!isenre ans! their VIZ; III
and high reputation as gentleman. as veil %
the pubic cua.i:i.'nce influence anal -s:,>tan-
tiai m.:ans literally rel, c~ru!ed nnug tiiela-
JANE S l.. kENp''t, Coy. Airsin:s.
Alex .SnElA. Va, July $, lS:4.-* 4 I
c"nmen'i th;in rs gents %! Aon"r and irtegri-
~: ami 'uI', entitled J." the confidence of the
ru.,ic y
H. W. HUGHES. e. $ Jul-~ E,~f'n Dist. Of
Va. Further r''ivrrncrS by ;..,E:$i II: His
| ExcrIl.uc, G:bs,t {. aihts. TX -t:..v~rncr
/ OF Va; Hon. K bit. E. :E:thr.<. iut Gov.
| of VA. ami i. ). cDa:or ,l'c; senators and
Members Hcngr IS ,rn'n q.
RemilianrcS Tor tickets may s'e made Hv cx-
press prepaid. prSt -.:iIire money Orders IN
Wa-hir. tnn. D. e.. or h, registered r. tiers.
For full ;'ar:lcul.r-. c+:im"n ais. &C.. send
| for Cir.uiar Ar.s*, Skas.s. J HES
IS :l<ssOli1s, Pxrsr y. +. II a.. AK
ASrHIA, "a.
HeIi ale asv','s wantrl ever. where. 36lw
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
Austin.

Going fouth, 6 30 P. NJ, 1880 p. N.
Palace sleeping cars, owned and operated
by this line, accompany all night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOW:
At Burlington, with thicas 20 Burlington
Quincy X. X. tor Chicago, pcoria Cincinnati
kcukuk, Quincy & st. Lnuis. West to Ot
ka. and with Burlington South Western
KY for Farming'"n, bioomi Id, and all
points in Missouri and Kansas.
At columbus Junction. with Chicago i.
South Western Railroad tor Washington and
Leavenworth.
At Vest Lib, rty, with Chicago Rock Is
land T. Pacific KaiIlOad. for ivwa City, DeS-
Moincs and Dcavrnport
| 1t Cedar Rapids with Milwaukee Division
If B. C. r.. u. TOR Independence. IVES,
! Union. Po:tvilIe and Mcircg"r, with Chicago
| l. \ nth Western Halfway for Omaha. Coun.
Gil Bluffs and Chicago, and with Dubuque 4
Southwestern Rr,Iway for Dubuque.
\, Nichols, with Musoatine Div. B. c.. Il.
l. NJ, fer Musra:ine.
At Waterloo aud Cedar Falls with Illinois
Central Railroad tor Independence, Dubuque
Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
| 4, Nora Junction with Milwaukee l. ST..
Paul Railway, for Mason City and Charles
City.
| At Austin. with Milwaukee i st. Paul
hallway, for all pints in Minnesota. -.
At St. Paul. for all points on Horhern Pa
clio Railway; the x'eat Lake Superior r.
yion md al p"ints North and Northwest.
| VIM. GREEN. Gent Manager. ..
| ". ". WALKER, Gen'l Supt.
CO.. IVES, Genl Pass. 4 Ticket Agent,
Cedar Rapids, Iswa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
!HlARP1ER.'S WEEKLY,
ILLUSTRATED.
Nt,t;rcs nf the Per,

Nnt;rcs Of the P.es..
The Weekly is the ahlsst and most powerful
i'lust nted periodical published in this couu-
try. Its editorials are scholarly and convin-
cling. and carry much weight. It's illuxtra-
tiors Of current events arc full and fresh, and
are prepare, by our best designers. With u
circulation Of 10000, the Weekly is read BY
ut least half million persons, and its inhu-
, encc IA an organ Of opinion is simply treucn
I deus. The Weekly mai a positive 20.
siton. and expresses decided views on p"iiti
cal and social probicms-L""isoil;s C"".ie,
Jnnyn"i.
Its articles are m"des~ Of heightened dis
, cus>"n. and its pictorial Illustrations arc Of.
! en- corr"h"rative arguments Of no small force
~ Y. Examiner nud Chroui~le
Its papers upon existent questions and its
| inimitahie cartoons help to mould the scrti
mcnts Of the country.--Pt'sbu,yh Commerciul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
TER MS.

Postage free to all Subscribers IN the United
States.
Harpcr's Weekly, one year 90.
$4.Go includes prepayment OF U. S. postage
by the pubi:h>rs.
Subscriptions to llarper's Magazine. Week
ly, ana Bazar, to one address, for. one year
$lo.oO: or tw" Of llarp"r's Periodicals, t. one
address for one year, sou; postage free.
An Extra Copy Of either the Magazine,
Weekly, or B"zar will be supplied gratis for
o'cy C'uhof Five Subscribers At 100 each.
in one 'emittaLcs; or, SIX Copies tor $4,000,
without extra copy; pcs. &C free.
Back numbers cam be supplied At any time
The Annual Volumes Of liarper's Weekly
in neat cloth binding, will be rent bv express
FREQ ri expense. for Il o" each. A Com plctt
Set, comprising Eighteen Volumes, sent on
receipt o. cash a, the rate If 1925 per vol
freight at expense Of purchaser.
Address &
HARPER / BROTHERS, n. Z.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
Harper's Magazine,
ILLUSTRATED.
Notices Of the Prcss.

Notices Of the Press.
The ever increasing circulation Of this OK
celent monthly proves its continued adj ption
to popular desires AID ee.ls. Indeed, whrn
VIC think into how many homes it pcaetra' es
every month. We must consider it rs one of
the educators as we'll rs entertainers Of the
public mind. for its vast popularity has been
won Ivy 70 appeal t" stupid prc;udiccser de-
paved taStcs.-R .,tr" Gl.he.
The character which this Mag" zine possess
cs for variety. enterprise. artistic wealth. ana
literary culture that has kept pace with. if it
has not led the times, should cause It's Gun
ductors t" regard it with JUST fable c"mp|a
cency. 1t n so entities them to great Claim
upon tho public gratitude. The magazine
has done good and MT evil ali the days o: its
lite.-Br0.ktym Engle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
TERMS.

Postage free to al! Subscribers in the United
st ties.
uarper's Magazine, one year........s4,oo.
$500 i"clnles prepayment OF U. S.'postage
by the publishers.
Subscriptions to Harper's Magazine. Week
", and B;lzar. t" one .id!rcss for one year,
$40 90: or, two of Hnrp"r's Periodicals. to Que
address for one Year, 81. 90; postmge free.
An Extra copy Of either the Ma.azinc
) Weekly, "r Bazaar will BE- supplied sratis Ion
every Club "f Eve Subscribers ut S4,OO each
in one remittance; or, Six copies TO- $50, co.
without estra copy; postage free.
Back numbers can nc supplied Mt any time
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comprising ~ Volumes, in neat cloth hiding
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ume., by mail. postpaid, $500. Cloth cases
for binding. So cents, by mail postpaid.
Address
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

A DVEikTuSING Cheap; Good,
- Sy;':"".ie:-Al, persons who .eonte n,
tho insertion Of advertisements. should send
rs cents to Geo. P. Row ell 4 Co., Al Park
Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET
BOOK Cnine.y ssren'h ed;';on] containing lists
or over 1000 newspapers and estimates,
showing cost. Advertisements taken fol
leading papers in many States at . tremen-
dous rsdactiou from Psblisbe,s' rates. GET
THB 6OOK. nll-1y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
THE TRANSCRIPT
fhs County has no Official Paper.


How drsary seems each hosr,
A It slowly. slowly goes.
TO the man who eits in anguish
With boil upon his nose.
John Henry wants to know if the Ohio
lottery law prohibits marriages.
The financial pressure is looscaing.
Even the days arc not as 'short" as they
were.
In some of the new styles there are no
change. Poor relatives are cut the same
rs last year.
Silas Card was married the other day
and on his wedding notices were the
words: mo cards." But he dosen't
know what might happen.
what station do you call this :" said
man as he crawlcd out Of the debris of
railroad smash-up. "Dcvastation," re-
piled the conductor.
A Scotch divine recently praying, said:
"OLord, give unto us neither poverty nor
riches, and pausing solemnly moment,
he added, respectfully poverty"
II hate anything that occupies more
space than it is WORTH" said William
uazlitt; II hate TO see a load # band
boxes 20 along the street, and l hate to see
. parcel Of big words without anything
in them.
Clara Louisa Kellogg tells untruths.
She says, for instance, that she wouldn't
marry the best man in America. 1t is
Joke, however. She knows we've been
married number Of years.
Edward Garrett uttered beautiful sen
.imcut thus: Signs and tears win sympa-
thy; but no, for the wise insight which
can sympathyzc with the signs that are
breathcd inwardly and the tears that are
never seen.
lie lives at Rhincbeck now--109 years
OF age, threads a needle at arms length,
slept with Noah whea hoy,phyed mar
bles with Pharaoh, has lively recollec.
ton of how Adam appeared when going
out of the garden, and turned the grind
stone for G.. W. to sharpen lis little cher
y cutter.
A Maryland man whose vito dropped
dead tow days ago, had the funeral put
off one day longer to get the balance O.
his corn huskcd. He said 1t wouldn'
make any difference to her ~ she was al
ways good
A man out West who married widow
woman has invented device to cure he
If Externally" p:aising her former hus
band. Whenever she begins to dcscan
"a his noble qualities, this ingenious M
merely says: Poor dear man! How
wish he had not died."
A stranger from the country observin!
an ordinary roller rule on the table, tool
and inqur,ng its use, was answered: II
10 rule for counting houses" Too vel
bred, as he construed poli,eness, to asl
unnecessary questions, he turned it owe
and up and down repeatedly, and at lis
In 4 paroxysm of batfled curiosity, inqui1
cd: "Haw in the name Of wonder d
you count houses with this?'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

No Person can snl&c these 1Siltcrs accord.
ing t. directions. "lhl remain long tinwcl pre-
vit,eil their hOlcR arc not eslrOved Ivy mineral
poison or other means, AMI vital organs wasted
heynnd iN,iut Of repair.
Nysprpair or 1nii :.cntioss, Headache Pain
III The Shoulders. Coughs TiGhlness Of the Chest.
Dizziness. Sour Fluctuations al the Stomach. lad
Taste in the MOntlI.lsiliouS Attacks Fuh,itntion
OF the Heart. iniil.nl0 ion OF the Lungs. Pain in
the region Of tile Kidneys. and hundred other
painful symptoms are the Gi$prings OF DYspep-
*ia. One hntie will prove Il better guarantee Of
It's merits than L lengthy advertisements.
Fer Female Complaints, in young or Old.
the turn Of life. thcxc Tonic Filters display de-
c'eh an influence that imrro, el*cnt is SOON per.
ccptih.e.
For ln0nlaI,so tcry mad Chronic IS.scu-
ss1atislsl AMI ;ot. iioli. I.ehliltcnt AMI Intc:
haittcnt Fcvels discusses OF tic Eluu. Liver. Kid
news and BLADDER these Filters have no equal.
surh Diseases are ralsel 10y NiliatcA E!ont.
'rhcy arc n gentle Fur%aiivc we'll IA
n Tonic, possessing tic merit Of acting as
Inflammation Of The Liver and Eiseer1l Organs, aud
in Bilious Diseases.
For Skin Oiscnscs, Ernpiions. letter. Salt.
EheuM. Elo'ctcS. SlGs. Puppies. PustulcS. loils,
Cafhun"!eS. Ring wof'sl> Sralel-ll Sore Eyes,
ErySipeIas. Ilcl. S"ur<. Di~O!Orntol, nG the Skn
lu,ur and Diseases OF tie Skin Of whatever lame
or nature. are literally Ang u.' ami carried out CT
the system in short tnic by the use Of these
Ettcrx.
Grateful Taeu~an.,. proclaim VINEGAR
RITrE!;S the most wonderful nIi,or.Ht that ctei
| sustained the sinking svste'".
| IL. II. MCDONALD g. CO.
| Druggists and Gen. AgtS.. San Francisco. CAL, /
| cor Of Washington and Charlton SITS. y. y.
| SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS j. DEALERS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18
BRAlNARD'S
MUSICAL WORLD,
A MoS~HLY MAGAZINE.

The AuslcAL Would has just entered upon
IT. tw slfth yearly volume. greatly enlarged
and improved. Each number contains thirty
ok pages Of choice new masic and IN Interesting
and instructive rendnig n attcr, consisting OF
Musical Stories, Sketches and Biograph'
Instructive Editorials, News. Gossip and gen
srsl musical intelligence, Reviews Of New
Music and Books, DC. Tho MUSICAL WORLD
10 edited b. Karl Kerz, who will continue his
valsabls
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

81 C"mpl<t~ Pictorio' His'nry Of til. Times.
--''The hest, chc"rest, and mast successful
Family Paper in the U"io".'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

EMDl nv. for all. at your homes or
W. ~ travelling for yonr leisure
MIN moments, Or your entire
tino. Our com bin alton heats the world The
Most for the MONEY. You can mike nancy.
Profitable, honorable. congenial Send your
address at on"e snd get our novel plans, ideas,
etc., get particulars, terms, ETC.. sent free.
Address, WArENS l. CO., Publishers, Chi
! care. v7n36
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

" U"qucstion"bly the best *"stained 'eork Of tie
kind in the WnrId."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-02-18

Always payable In .dvance. Single copies
IS cents.
~ws desire to employ An active agent in
. every town. to whom liberal cash commissions
will b paid. Send rs cents for agents .utft,
spseimsn copies and full particulars.
3. BRAlNARD'S SONS, Publishers.
CLEVELAND, O.
Catalogues Of Music sent free,
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HARPER I BROTHERS, Il. =.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-10
AhOut Women.

The eldest daughter of VIM. Butler Duncan,
of the house of Duncan, Sherman & Co., of
New York, who is to be married to the Earl OF
Roseberry, is described as the "prettiest and
best girl in the metropolis"
Miss Braddon is described in a letter as
tall, rather angular woman, evidently on the
shady side of forty, with dark hair cut short
and streaked with gray, with coarse lines about
her mouth, and a deep furrow between her
ewes. She dresses toeraby well, and one
might imagine her to be the principal of girls
school, or the spinster aunt of large family of
obstreperous boys and naggipg girls.
Miss Thackeray will visis America, next
year.
Mrs. Grant has suffered for years from Sc
we're Inflammation of the eyes, which affects
her sight so much that she cannot recognize
faces unless very near indeed to the person,
and this necessarily affects her manner in pub
lie, as she often cannot tell to whom she is
speaking.
What bellies the two unmarried daughters of
Sharon, of Nevada, will be when they arrive in
Washington! Filtration! There's millions in
it"-Boston Post.
Edith King, daughter of the Rev. Starr
King, is to be married to son of the late
Gov. Davis of Massachusetts,.
Miss Ida Greeley and her sister, Miss Gabri-
elle are going to Europe in the spring, accom-
panied by the Misses Cleveland.
Queen Victoria, on recommendation of her
Prime Minister, has granted pension of $3.50
year to the widow of Giovanni Battista Fall
ceri, the servant of Byron, who is celebrated
In, ha af his in
those of Moore, Rogers and Shelley, by the
name of "Tita"
The statistics of normal schools show how
rapidly the work of education is passing into
the hands of women. AT the semi-annual grad
uation exercises of the norma al school at West
field, Mass, last Thursday, class of twelve
young women and two young men was gradu-
ated. On the day following, the state normal
school at New Britain, Connecticut, graduated
class of twenty young ladies and two young
men. If thorough literary education is quail
ification for the exercise of the suffrage. the
women of New England in this respect already
surpass the men.
Lizzie. the daughter of the Hon. George NJ.
Parsons, of Columbia Ohio, has eloped with
an English peer-Jasper Miner Gibson-in de-
fiance of her parents wishes.
A writer in Lippincotts says: "The Mexican
women look their best in ballroom. Their
black eyes, black hair, and white teeth glisten
in the light they are dressed in the gayest of
gay colors; ponderous ornaments of gold,
strongly relieved by their dusky complexions,
shed around them rich barbsric luster Not
that they eschew adventitous hues to blanch
q Ay~Asrd Cl.IAx ks~A,
the senoras or senoritas have worn mask of q
white clayey mixture to give them an ephsmer-
al whiteness for this occasion. Those who
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-10


THE people of Maine are not uninterested
spectators of what is now going on at Au-
gusta. They feel that it is time when
their representatives should exercise the most
judicious economy. The educational or char
liable interests of the state they would
not have neglected. Money properly spent
for the diffusion of general education and in
the preparation of teachers to make the best
use of money so expended, the larger and
better portion of our people will regard as
wise investment. They do, however, demand
prudence in these matters-the same thought
full and mindful care which prudent and sue
cessfll men give their own affairs. II may
be assumed, too, that our intelligent people
will deem it cheaper and more humane to
care well for the unfortunate and criminal
classes in the state asylurls or reformatory
institutions than to leave them burden to
their friends or dangerous element in So
ciety. They will not, therefore, oppose the
necessary appropriations for these objects.
There are, however, many little expenditures
amounting to quite sum in the aggregate,
WHICH Dc CdiCtuh1 SSiuUAhi1SN3 ~hN
perhaps reduced or entirely cut of. These
are hard times, and there is no immediate
prospect of better. Corporations are, conse-
quently, reducing their expenditures, and
prudent people are doing the same in their
own affairs. They have right to expect
that the same general prudence shall charac-
terize the management of public affairs; and
above all, that any tendency to extravagance
and every indication of abuse should be
promptly checked We are aware that the
work of retrenehment is not pleasant one
either for those who are called to do it or
those who may feel the contraction. Never
theless the people who have sent their repre-
sentatives to Augusta expect that they will
faithfully care for their interests in this mat
ter. not our purpose to poin: out the
direction in which economy may be practi-
cally exercised. The financial committee
who have the matter assigned to them are,
we understand, giving it the most careful
consideration and will doubtless make a re-
port which If adopted by the legislature, will
be satisfactory to the people, and have sal
utary influence upon the public service.