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, 1875-06-26

WESTERN GRAM IN THE East - The
sharp struggle Which has sprung up between
the cities of the Atlantic sea aboard. over the
profits of the Western grain, is snre 70 result
in good to the West The subject of the
" terminal charge" is now an engrOssing
theme of discussion in the press of the com
peting cities \ committee of the New York
S,,I:ato, after examining carefully into the
matter, has reported that the total charges
for transporting grain from canal boat
after It's arrival In New York, TO a vessel in
harbor, is about s. per 100 bushels. OF this
sum, the weighing fee is 20 cents, elevatiug,
- cents, storage, - cents, !ighterage, 81 p;
charges to vessel, 90 10 50 cents; clearing,
% cents, and the remainder is set down To
towing, wharfage and harbor-master's fees.
The same grain, on its passage through Buf-
falO, Is subject to similar charges of 81 81
per 100 bushels - making the aggregate
charges on a cargo OF Western grain shipped
through Buffalo by canal 10 New York 81 81
per 100 bushels, or nearly s cents bushel.
We have seen 1t stated elsewhere that the
cost of transporting freight from the cars al
jersey City 10 vessels i'll New York harbOr
amounts To cents per 100 pounds On the
other hand, it is asserted that the cost OF
transfer from ears 10 Locust Point, at Balti-
more. is less than the half one cent per 1O0
pounds This difference in favor of BaltI-
more is large enough, if maintained, to give
to that city large share of the grain trade
of New York, and to materially threaten the
latter city's supremacy as an entrep0t.
, 1875-06-26

4 PEEP INTo ThE FUTURE.-A newspaper
reporter lately interviewed - Governor
Stanford, the great chief of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad, who after general talk about
railroad affairs, Is reported as having deliv-
cred himself as follows:
''I know the mistrust there is abroad in
the community against myself and the man
agement of the great railroad enterprise; but
shall outlive it and all the jealousy such
misunderstanding has inspired. | shall hope
to live to sit upon yonder balcony and look
down upon a city embracing in itself and
suburbs p,illiOn people. | shall see trains
of ears laden with merchandise aud passen-
gers coming foom the East across he present
Trans-continental Railroad I shall see long
trains from the line of the thirty second par
alell | shall see cars from the City of Mex
leo, and trains laden with gold and silver
bullion and grain that comes from Sonora
and Chihauahua on the south, and from
Washington Territory aud Oregon on the
north | shall see railroads bearing 10 and
fro the produce and merchandise of each ex-
treme. / shall lock out through the Golden
Gate. and | shall see there fleets OF ocean
steamers bearing the trade Of India, the com
merce of Asia, the traffic of the islands Of the
oceans: GAMERS from Australia and the
Southern Pacific. l shall see our thronged
ard busy streets, our wharves laden with the
| commerce Of the Orient, and l shall say to
TO myself, 4 have aided 70 bring this pros
perity and this wealth to the State OF my
adoption and tc the city IN which l have
chosen my home I await with confidence
| the second sober though of an intelligent and
honest people. If, with my associates, We
can carry out this railroad system that we
have inaugurated, California will have mil
lions OF prosperous thriving people, and San
Fran c.sco will be the first commercial city
| upon the American continent. Then all
these little jealousies will be forgotten, and
if myself and my associates are entitled TO
any credit, am not doubtful that We shall
receive it. | will vote the republican ticket,
and will do all in my power to advance its
interests, but I will not burden my mind or
employ my time in an attempt to Influence
party politics.
, 1875-06-26

Az EDTrOR's APPEAL.-As the report
that we are very wealthy has gone abroad
among our subscribers, and has made them
awful slow about paying up, thinking doubt
less we don't want The money, we hasten 10
say the report OF our wealth Is false IN
every particular If ocean steamers were
selling at a cent a dozen, we couldn't make
the first payment on canoe. The lightning
of poverty has struck US square, and had 1t
not been for an armful Of hay our devil man
aged 20 steal from a blind mule, our large
and interesting family would be without a
mouthful to eat this moment. Is not tins "a
sad picture, and can You delinquent subScri-
bsrs look upon It without feeling the green
backs rustic with Indignation in your pocket
books? We do not like to dun you, but We
must If you fail to take the hint.
, 1875-06-26
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THE DESTRUCTIVE BUFFALO GNAT.-The
buffalo gnat, which Is causing so much de-
struction among cattle in the southwest Is a
small insect, no more than half the size OF
the horse-fiy, which suddenly appears IN the
air bv millions and settles upon all four foot
ed animal within reach. \ horse or COW
will be literally covered with them at
night; in the morning the animal will be
found dead and swelled 70 an enormous size.
The bite is very poisonous and the wound
quickly testers. Cattle owners find that the
most effective way OF protecting their ami
mails is TO cover them with coating OF dilu-
ted tar, but if that cannot be done, fires are
built and the smoke drives off the insect.
Amongst the wild animals, especially Il G
deer. on the Arkansas side OF the river side,
the ravages Of the gnat are everywhere aPPar-
emf. Without any protection, the deer fall
victims in large numbers 70 this poisonous
insect. which. however does not touch man
, 1875-06-26

DIFFICULTIES - Difficulties, which are
the plea Of the tinid and the laggard, the
excuse of the idle. and the shoal on which
multitude wreck their richer argosies, are
the sport of the bold and the spur OF the per
servering. The earnest, manly spirit looks
upon the difficulties that hinder the coward
and sluggsrd as opportunities for di7tino-
ton. Fortune and renown wait upon
their vanquishmenf. Who has made a name
in the world without conluering difficulties:
Never was philanthropist or hero without
hot STRIFE and wearying endeayor- The
stake that terrified the covering, forgotten
crowd, was the welcome goal of the immortal
martyr. The path was fiery, but the reward
was glorious. He b0re the cross, but he won
the crown.
, 1875-06-26

THE Poor PAsroK--The self-denying
clergymen has some trifing compensations
occasionally. There Is poor DR.. Hall. Of
New York Finding it impossible TO endure
any longer the plainness of their church edl-
fee on the corner of Fifth avenue and Six
teenth street, costing not much over $780, 600,
his suffering Presbyterian people have bought,
farther up, piece of ground for $3.50, 900,
and are erecting thereon a building costing
over $500, 900 more. The pastors humble
Souse was abandoned and sold at auction for
S24 600, and his flock have bought him toll
erable home for $50, 600, where, On q salary
of $4,000 or $4,000, he may exc out
scan;y existence. Meantime thousands OF
beatben. within sight OF this new temple are
starving to death, intellectually and morally.
as we'll as physically, and the lofty spires OF
this 100000 monument to worldly pride
and luxury look down on them in Pious
scorn.-Cdioago Courier.
, 1875-06-26

SOMETHING AwFUL.-The following con-
versation was overheard the other day among
a lot Of school girls who had congregated in
front of a house Each one in turn appeared
to be holding up the domestic skeleton which
afflicted their homes. One told how her
little brother had broken his leg; another
about how sick her mother was; aud still
another told about how drunk her father
would come home every night In short
they all appeared TO have some grief to hold
ND, all but one little beauty, who seemed
only unhappy to think there was nothing
she could tell to excite the envy or sympathy
Of the rest She listened to the recital of all
these troubles ss long as she could, and finally
EXPRESSED herself in this way: Well, girls,
we all have our troubles. Some have sick
brothers, and drunken fathers, and ugly
mothers. Some of us have measles, and
smallpox, and scrofula. We've got some
thing awful in our family '' What is it p! ,
asked several. "My little brother Benny is
left-handed.
, 1875-06-26

Canada ASSEyATIoN.-A convention OF
DELEGATES from both countries has been called
70 meet at Buffalo, New York, on the Fourth
of july. with a view to prop sing aud per
fecring plan for the union OF Canada with
tbs United States. These two countries seam
to be getting along very anicahly Just now
under separate governments, and with the
constantly increasing railroad facilities be
tween them, with the enlargement OF the
Wellaud Canal, in the use Of which both
participate for their mutual interest, they
will become still more friendly. But the
proposed convention Will give the delegates
an Opportunity to Prouulgate 70 the world
an the advantages which would be gained
bv such anne xation; bat that annexation 3
not likely to be favored for the present "
any considerable influence IN Canada.
, 1875-06-26
UNDER THE Daisies,

" l5 strange what deal of trouble Jre take
W hat sacrifice most Of Us willingly make
now the llls may smile though the heart NAV acl
Ana We btnd 10 the ways OF the world Tor the 81 ke
OF the poor and scanty praises.
Ana time runs on with such pitiless How
! nat cur ives are wasted before We know
W lat work to finish before we 20
10 our long rest under the daisies.
And too often we fail in a useless fgbt
tor wrong IS so much IN the place of right,
And the end Is 50 far beyond our sight,
us as one who starts on chase by night,
An unknown shade pursuing
EFen 50 90 We see, when our race l. TlID.
That Of all We have striyen for little Is won,
And OF all the WOlk our strength has done
How little WAS worth the doing.
50 most Of US travel with very poor speed,
Failing IA thought whert We conquer IN deed:
Least brave IN the hour Of greatest need,
And making riddle that few may read
OF our HES intricate mazes.
such 4 labyrinth Of right and wrong,
Is II strange that a heart once brave and strong
Should falter at last, and most earnestly long
For u calm rest under the dAIsies
But if one poor troubled heart can say,
- BIS klD5Dess s0it>s7el my lzi's H14elZ EaF,''
am he lesArs k4N over he Etele.Ss clsF,
y z sl4n stand no IN Heaven ia brighter array
Than If al earth rang with our praises
For the good We have done viii never fade,
! hough the work he wrought and WAGES pad
And lne wea9l-fl frame Df me lal.OTer Ind
All peacefully under the dalseS.
, 1875-06-26
MAMIE AND BEN.

"N " for Mamie and q B " for Ben;
i see them now rs l saw them then,
On the bark OF the oak tree vel
She waist-derp in the clover white,
And the liquid gold Of the June sunlight,
Swept over her sweet young head.
And stood carving the letters twain
That time aud tempest have al IN valn
StrIven to blur and blot
They live IN the oak trees dusty grain,
Stamped as their memory On my brain,
Changing and fadin, not
Oh, the VOWS that I vowed that dav,
Their broken shafts in my bnsOm stay
NouudinS It hour by hour.
Could he false 60 one so true!
Dared I be cruel, my love, 10 you,
Mamie, my lily flower!
Ere the SHOW had whitened those letters twain,
In the old church porch yOu hid your pam.
As my bride and | passed by:
Your eyes were brave, but yOur cheek grew whit
The cheek l should have pillOwed tint night
Where It never more may he
Little Mamie you are at rest;
The buttercups grow over your breast,
Close hy the graveyard gate;
But ali, | have TO rue the day
God tempted my steps from love away,
And mine Is the sadder fate.
For I'd give the rest of my life tonight
To see you sit III the clover white,
The sun on your locks of gold
And carve once more, rs | carved them then,
n " for Mamie and - b. for Ben,
On the bark of the nlk-tree old.
, 1875-06-26
wit and EIUHlOr.
Nhaleman's motto-Ile try.

haIeman 5 mOttO-lle try.
Woman's movement-Us sing the fan.
BARRIERS say that bald headed men dy,
easy.
A man sticks at nothing when ne tries t,
stab ghost.
The canse of woman suffrage" Scarcity
/ of husbands.
What did Ncah's bees do while aHoat
They kept the archives.
The annual prediction Of the seventeen
year locnSts turns punctually mp
Why are Jokes Ike nuts? Because the
dryer they are The bstter they crack.
You can't weigh an eel with scales, be.
| cause they have no scales, you know.
1t is only when the rich are sick that they
realize the impotence Of wealth.
Quite likely. Somebody SAYS that birch
rods make the best baby jumpers
AwNnA - SND YaG1gs-15s 2lW2ra Eqle ID
be engaged " wheu a man, or WOMAN
either, rings the door bell and asks to see
- the lady Of the house
Blibbs' boy says that If he thought he
ANA->N wv - ~ 'lhA NbAb llr " DulLN care
Tor mola-ses ball, he would pray that he
might die when be was young and innocent
Bergh says that the popular mode of kill
ing mosquitoes by rolling them between the
thumb and tOrehnger Is barbarous. as il only
half kills the insects. Tying shot around
their necks and drowning them would be
more humane.
" The revisers of the Bible have reached
Isaiah IL twenty-eight Sessions" This is
very slow work "OId Whaxem. school
master, reached Isaiah in one session. Isaiah
was IL the act Of placing . crooked pin on
the masters seat at the time" "
Do you intend TO naastloqte YOUR house ?''
inquired a lady Of friend who was build
ing. He was 4 critical. cultured New Eng
lander, as exact as witty. What droll
look came over his face rs he answered
" NJ wife says that l can eat like anaconda,
and | am blessed with the digestion of an
ostrich but, really, madam, don't think
could manage three-s;ory brick"
The German papers tell fbi. story in con-
Rection with Baron Ro'hschilas' death A.
B. meeting B., weeping and sobbinS uloud.
Says \, Why DO yon weep?" q Because"
says Il As if his heart were breaking, - be-
cause he Is dead, the powerful, he rich baron"
" But" replied \, ''why do you cry so
much, be VAS no relation Of yours That's
Just what I'm crying about, howls B., more
affected than ever.
rs two school girls were posting letter,
not long since, Cne of them said: AS l
was telling y0u, ma ana ! are going to the
White MouutsiUs, TO be gone AZ summrr.
I'm going 10 have gray dress and a green
dress, and blue dress and new hat and
new shoes, and ma says I'll probably find
5eg->. ; and Sho say9 I've Eot 10 cUmmsrve
being dignified and | left my gum at home
aud shan't chew another bit nor carry any
more jaw breakers 20 school,
, 1875-06-26

The GKANGE.-It Is now hardly moro
than six years since the first Grange was Is
t4blished in the United States Its growth
since then has been almost unprecedented. In
January, 1863, there were ten Oranges; one
in Pennsylvania, one in Ohio, one in illinois,
one in New York, and SIX in Minnesota. In
1870 thai number had increased To IS, and
the following year to 1872. The grand popu-
lari'y OF the movement did not begin until
1873, when the first session of the National
Grange, at St. Louis, in 1871, there Were
10000 Oranges reported, with 10000 mem
bers. The present body represents %, 1000
subordinate Oranges, with an estimated mem
berShip of 100000. including women. As
to the financial status Of the order, in cash
and government bonds, considerably exceed
S2G0, 900.
, 1875-06-26

As 1876 will be the centennial year OF the
Republic, and as everything ought to be IN
keeping, with the time we are gong to cele-
brate, a writer IN the GoLaeQ -dgs makes the
original suggestion that the nation adopt,
for 1875, the costumes in vogue hundred
wears ago - knee-breeches, silk stockings
shoes with broad buckle, blue coats with
brass buttons, buff wai-tcoa's, lace and
ru4fIss for shirt fronts, and cooked hats ior
the men Powered brocades OF rainbow hues,
nr Golden or silver, rich lace far'hingale.,
sumptuous iewel-fastened stonacheIs, nigh
COMBS. and powdered hair for women These
osTb, bestow an elegance upOn a social com
pany that no modern dress can riVaI' e-P5-
cially nos the funeral suit tha' Is no" "
yigeay for the American gentle1nen-
, 1875-06-26

DR.. HAMMOND read an assay on the
"a Brain not the sole Organ of the Mind - the
other day before a learned society in New
York He coutended that The spinal cord, b,
as well as the brain, was center of percep-
ton and violation If this is so, good
backbone Is even more important to a man
than has generally been supposed. The facts
given by Dr. Hammond are certainly very
curious, but whether they establish this the
ory in lis full length and breadth, must be
lett for the scientific world to say. DR..
Clark, one Of the hearers of the essay, in dis
cussing its merits, closed with this startling
question: May it not be true Of man as 1t
appears TO be of the lowest forms OF life, that
the mind prevades the whole body"
, 1875-06-26

4 NAN in Nebraska. who dropped two
cents. worth Of mail matter in the pOst-ofhce
box, and had to pay six cents to do it, went
over and stood by one OF the windows, and
said: "May Hannibal Hamlir Of Maine,
and Alexander Ramsey of Minnesota, have
the bilious collie, the ague. the gout, the
iaundiee, corna, bunions, boils and buckwheat
scratches from this day noon for the next fif-
" wears 10 come. "
, 1875-06-26

a BosToY wag once wrote to Presi-
dent Grant, asking whether be would
accept a carriage and horses as a to-
ken of esteem from the Young Mems
Christian Association of that city. In
due time an affirmative answer was
received from Washington. The wag
thereupon sat down and wrote back
8 | thought So
, 1875-06-26

TUEFD's old companions, IN the days oi
his I'VE. are all scattered some IN prlson
and some in exile, and one Of them has Just
5i.5 a drum kard's death in Paris. Jim
So So wore as big a diamond as any OF
-. and was counted right good fellow
oIoong the boys; but retribution overlook
- 5ays in & strange land, wretched for
him wirh the rest Of the gang. and he ended
s,Lan sot, IIl-gotten gains sometimes don
- Il would Be- as well for lmltators
r. Tammany 70 make note Of this
, 1875-06-26

LIKE most garments, like most carpets,
everything has right SIDE anc wrong
side. You can take any Joy, and BY turning
it around find troubles on the other side; or
Won nav take the greatest trouble, and by
turning it around, find joys on the other
side. The gloomiest mountain never casts =
shadow on both sides at once, nor does the
greatest Of life's calsmities.
, 1875-06-26
No WoxDER.-A lady went into a corner

No WoSDER--A lady went into corner
e,rocery, the other day, for some tritilng
Thing. The goods wanted were on the very
TON Shelf. The woman placed box on
hair and climbed up 10 the shelf at the eyl-
5snt risk of her limbs. Her husband sat by
A., stove playing with small dog Lady
"a. "Why don't your husband reach itF
: Iook of infinite contempt came into her
faca as she replied: my husband J l got
n,frIIv smoked in NIT dat man. He knows
ching but to play NIT dog"
, 1875-06-26

4 Western man set fire t. prarie for fun,
but after ne had run seven miles and climbed
a tree, with his pants about burned of, he
concluded the sport was little too violent
exercise to be indulged in oftener than Oncs
in q lifetime
, 1875-06-26

THE grasshOppers have been committing
u-aoI rsTages in some parts Of Kansas, ana q
80 esat;ng has been held in Jackson county 70
80 means of relief for helpless farmers,
-e. = tateroent being that half of them would
be objects of charity in three months. Oa1I
tIs are being fed on straw and the leaves OF
tree.. which have 10 be cut down for tha'
rurpose.
, 1875-06-26

MrGHrY P,KTIcULAR.-T say, landlord,
said Yankee, that's dirty towel for
man to wipe on" Landlord, with look OF
amazement, replied: Well, sir, you re
mighty particular. Sixty or seventy OF ray
boarder7 have wiped on that towel this morn
ing, aud you are the first one to find fault
, 1875-06-26

TIE character OF the people Is raised, when
little chickering's at home are made to give
wav 70 great events that are developing
abroad but the character Is degraded, when
tbev are blind to measures Of the greatest
moment abroad, by paltry jealOusies at home
, 1875-06-26
The Chinese Question.

Each month, says the Stock ReD0rt-
er, brings 10 California fresh cargoes
Of Cinnamon from the West and a
continual influx Of white immigrants
from the East. Between these two
great bodies of people dissimilar in
habits, inclinations, and complexion
the strife has begun for sustenance.
Just at present the Chinaman has the
advantage. Before he arrives here
employment has been guaranteed him
by one of the Six Companies, who pay
his passage and see that he is properly
provided for. Able to live On almost
nothing, he takes his mean lodgings
at a tIifiing cost per week and then
lives upon food commanding the low
est possible price. Such & system Of
labor and living Is so infinitely sDpp-
I70r 10 his Past experience that witIt
bis meagre earnings, fODl lodgings ana
stale food he lives content, thanking
MS JOshfor iDat Sale Of existence mlO
which he has been called and wishing
he may always live and die here.
With the immigrant Of slender means
from the East it is different. Unac
cuStomed TO the rude, life in which 4
Chinaman is content, he looks out for
the comforts of a home and an employ
ment sufficiently lucrative TO support
his wife and little ones in a style
which, if not lavishly expensive, shall
at least be decent. With the China
man in competition, he finds that it is
DO easy matter to get employment.
Wages upon which this rival would
fatten and hoard money, would not be
20 him sufficient to supply his family
with the common necessities of life.
Such is the condition of many upon
arriving upon this coast, Hundreds
who expected 10 find employment are
bitterly disappointed and find that the
Chinaman has supplanted them by
working for wages which are, TO use
forcible phrase, next to nothing. If
the immigration from the East con-
tinues TO increase, this Chinese queS-
ton, which has provoked long and Ia
borious discussions, will come up for
active consideration.
, 1875-06-26

As garbage cart was dumped lately IN
the suburbs Of London human head rolled
out Of the mass II Was fresh and bleeding,
and the mystery Is from which one OF the ash
pans emptied into the cart that morning
IL came
, 1875-06-26

a BROoKLYN girl has Just rejected
her lover for using profane language
on Sunday night. The young man
had been recently vaccinated, and
when she threw her arms around him
and Rugged him with all the ardOr Of
true love, he slid out of her embrace
as if he bad been CREASED, muttering
Cesar 'Blaze'n Great guns!
and the like.
, 1875-06-26

Augustus, dear said she, tenderiy
pushing him from her az the InoonLigh'
flooded the bay-window where they were
standing. al think yoa had better try scme
other hair dye; your moustaehe tastes Ike
turpautiua.'
, 1875-06-26

"Dear me, how fuidly he talks SAD
Mrs. Partington recently, at Temperance
meeting. Il am always reJolced "nen no
mounts the nostriIs, for his eioqusncs warns
every cartridge in my body
, 1875-06-26

Two Irishmen, on q certain occa-
sion, occnPled the same chamber In
the morning one Of them inquired of
the other, Dennis, did you hear the
thunder in the night?' No Pat; did
it really thunder Yes it thun-
dered as if hiyen and earth would
come together Why, then, didn't
We wake NE, for We know | can't
slape when it thunders?' .
, 1875-06-26

An Iowa woman gave her husband mof.
nbins 70 cure him Of chewing tobacco. -
cured him, but she is doing her own sp'iHs
Moving.
, 1875-06-26

SARroRls, the President son-In-ia"' mas
n,,.baseI a building lot IN Washington CITY
And vet some of our radical friends inslss
that Grant does not contemplate tniru
, 1875-06-26

Az Irish doctor lately sent IN ms IN IN -
follows. "To curing your husoand '--
died"
, 1875-06-26

The first person who ever went round the
uorIi-ths man IN the moon
, 1875-06-26

CHEAP FOR CASH, to the Trade -. II
Gs- Samples shown and orders IScei'eO ~ I1t
REYNOLDS Office. and at the Mi!lS. III