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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
The Secret Of 1t.

The secret OF the great success Of
the Harper Brothers was due to their
thorough unity 1t is said that if the
question was ever asked as to who
was the head of the housewife was
THE Harper, and who were the Broth
ers-the only accurate answer was,
Either Que is Harper and all the
rest are Brothers" In March, 1869,
James Harper, the eldest brother, and
Mayor OF New York in 1874, was
thrown from his carriage while driv-
ing in Central Park, from the effects
of which he died within two days.
Joseph Wesley Harper, who had
charge of the department of cores
pondencc, was so ceeply grieved by
the death of his brother that he Wis
tied the office only few times after
ward, and died on February IA, 1870.
The loss of his brothers made it an
equally painful duty for John Harper
to visit the office, and so the business
of the firm has gradually come into
the hands of the next generation-thc
FIVE sons of the original members of
the firm.-N. Y Tribune
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
A Danbu,ry Boy Has Fun.

Robert Collyer says that children
must have less study and more fun
He is right There is the boy in the
family across the way. Last Thurs
day he put dead mouse in his moth
er's work basket. attached asplit stick
to the tail of the. next-door cat. set
tie vinegar faucet 10 in business,
palmed himself off as a ghost when
she went down cellar after the butter,
besmeared his fathers choice bantam
rooster with blue ink. and finally
wound up the entertainment by tying
the boiler 20 strange dogs tail, and
slipping down ia the slush and hurt
ing his back His exasperated father
hardly knows which to hunt up first
the strange dog with the boiler or
Robert Colfyer.- News.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
Famous kissing.

The Chicago Inter Ocean says
There have been some famous kisses
in history, and some that have been
important in shaping political events.
When Cardinal John, of Lorraine,
was presented to the Duchess of
Savoy, she gave him her hand to kiss.
The great churchlnan was indignant,
I'll not be treated in this Manner"
said he II kiss the Queen, my mis-
tress, and shall [ not kiss you, who
are only Duchess ?" and despite the
resistance of the proud little Portu-
guese Princess, he kissed her three
times squarely in the mouth. Voltaire
was once publicly kissed by the young
and lovely Countess de Villars, who
was compelled to this salute by the
clacquers in the pit, who were mad
with enthusiasm over the great writer
Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire,
gave Steel, a butcher, a kiss for vote,
and another lady equally beautiful,
Jane, Duchess of Gordon, recruited a
regiment in a similar manner. She
was in the habit of putting shilling
between her teeth, the sum usually
handed recruits to bind the bargain,
and inviting any man who filed the
physical requirements of a soldier to
take the silver from its place and be-
come one of the famous Ninety-sec-
ond Said Daniel O'Connel, in Sc
curing votes for his favorite candi-
dates, Let no woman salute the man
who votes against them OF course
he carried the day. The portrait
painter, Gilbert Stuart, once met a
lady in Boston who said to him, Il
have just seen your likeness, Mr.
| Stuart, and kissed it because it was so
much like YOU" And did it kiss
you in return ?" said he. No" re-
piled the lady NThen," returned the
| gallant painter, lit was not like me.
| Speaking of kissing, the remarks of
Rev Sydney Smith on the subject are
| particularly pertinent: I'VE are in
| favor says he, ''Of certain amount
of shyness when kiss is proposed,
but it should not be too long; and
+, when the fair one gives it, let it be
| administered with warmth and energy;
let there be soul in it. If she close
her eyes and sigh Immediately after
it, the effect is greater. She should
be careful not to slobber kiss, but
give it as a hummIng-b bird runs his
| bill into a honeysuckle-deep but
| delicate. There is much virtue in a
kiss when we'll delivered. We have
the memory of one we received in our
| youth which lasted us forty years, and
| we believe it will be one of the last
| things we shall think of when we die. -
1t will be seen from the above ex-
tracts, that kissing is no more new
| tangled luxury, but is ancient and
venerable, coming down from the ia
theirs. Any attempt, therefore, to
throw disrepute upon the custom, or
to do away with it, is a plain assault
upon our liberties and rascally in
novation that should not be tolerated
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
GrasshOppers.

The crop of grasshoppers this year
promises to be as abundant in Mis-
souri, as it was in Kansas and Nebras-
ka in 1874. A gentleman in this city
received box of specimens from
Weston, in that State on Tuesday.
There seemed to be millions in tan
innumerable mass of sprightly little
fellows from an eighth to quarter of
an inch long. They had been scooped
up by the handful and the gentleman
who gathered them in says there az
acres upon acres of them. The ground
is alive with the pest. and as soon as
they have grown little more they
will take wing, and then comes the
havoc 1t is not unlikely that they
will appear as far east as Southern
Illinois the present season. 1t was
thought the late cold weather would
be fatal to these grasshoppers, but
they seem to be proof to any ordinary
temperature, and can stand sharp
frost a good deal better than the fruit.
What with the grasshoppers to devour
every green thing, the buffalo gnat to
sting to death the live stock, and an
unfavorable spring, the farmers of the
West have dimal prospect before
them for 1S75.--Cin. Com.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
Cincinnati Market

CINCINNATI, May 4.-Flour steady.
Wheat firm; red, 81 35(91 81. Corn
firm at 75 97Sc. Oats. 67@69c. Rye
steady at 81 20@1 @. Barley un-
changed. Oils unchanged Eggs ad-
vanced to 15c. Butter in fair demand
but lower; choice, 27@2sc. Cheese
but held firm at s22 IL. bid. Lard
steady: steam, 151c; kettle, 15a@16c.
Bulk meats strong at 84@11s@12c.
Bacon firm at 9I@123@13fc. Whis>
ky. 81 ID. Hogs unchanged; common,
$7@7 IS; fair to medium, 81 85@8 Is;
good, 50 25@S IS; receipts, 1,O45
head; shipments, 26O head.
CINCINNATI, Monday, May 8.
The receipts of live stock for the
past week have been as follows:
Cattle, 2.195 head; sheep, 1924
head; hogs, 8,3O2 head.
Cattle-Ssrong with short sup
ply of better grades. All sold.
The following were the closing
prices per GENITAL: Extra shipping
stock. So 2O@6 so; prime butcher
stock, $6@6 Is; medium, $5a5 IS;
common. SO 75a4 rs.
Sheep-Steady and firm. All
sold at S5a7.
Hogs-Quiet with too many in
ferior. Fat hogs scarce All sell
ing at S7aS To- Choice would
bring 50
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05

Mother Stewart addressed large
audience of children. on the subject
of Temperance, in the First Presby-
terrain Church in the city of Elmira,
New York, Sunday, April 18th. OF
this lady's work in Rochester, the
Daily Evening Express, Of that city,
says
| Mrs Stewart is woman of modest
but commanding appearance, very
forcible and effective speaker, and is
not afraid TO expose the wrongs and
curses OF the liquor traffic, and the
contemplate shutting of Office seek
ers to curry favor with those engas e
or interested In the manufacture of
ardent spirits. She took the position
that all persons, Christian people with
the rest, are dominated by the liquor
interest. She remarked that out of
the eight hundred liquor saloons in
this city, one hundred of them were
selling without license, while most Of
them were, contrary to statute law,
selling liquor on the Sabbath day.
She said that notwithstanding the as
sertion TO the contrary, the Crusade
movement was not failure, but has
been the means Of starting on foot
movements whose influence will reach
the confines of eternity. That what
ever check it has for the time re-
ceived is attributable solely to the
moral cowardice of the men who
trusted to the efforts of feeble women,
who could not fight an old enemy sim
gle handed and carry their cowardly
husbands on their backs at the same
time She spoke in scatl,ing terms of
the Board of Excise in the city of
Rochester, and said she was surprised
to learn that one of them was a Meth
odist, another an Episcopalian, and
the other a nothingarian, &c. She
secuted the idea Of temperance people
allying themselves with any party, but
preferred defeat to a. dishonerable
compromise She compared the pres
ent Indifference of the public on the
temperance question to the great anti
slavery movement. She claimed that
the horrors of the late civil war was a
divine Judgment sent to punish our
i people for tolerating a great moral
t wrong.
She referred very feelingly to the
dead heroes of Andersonville prison,
( over whose graves INC projecting nag
! of the Republic was now floating; but
she said. no flag of honor or tribute
would ever be paid to those slaugh
tered by the ravages of intemperance,
I Mother Stewart addressed a large
congregation in the Asbury NJ. E
Church last night on the temperance
question, and particularly the crusade
movement.
She is evidently pious and devoted
Christian woman, who relies largely
on the dispensations of Divine
Providence to assist in righting the
wrongs of this great evil in our midst
We understand she will remain in
this city some time, engaged in this
great movement"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05

Half century ago bellows making
was thriving trade. Every house
had its pair of bellows, and in every
well-furnished mansion there was "a
pair hung by the side of every fire.
place.
But as stoves and CRATES took the
place Of open fire. places, and as coal
was substituted for wood, the demand
for bellows diminished, and the BUSH
ness, as separate trade. died out.
The same lis true of fint-cutting.
FlInts were once necessary. not only
for der-boxes-and a finder box
was as necessary for every house as a
gridiron or a skillet. Every one
who looks back to childhood of forty
odd years ago, must remember the
cold winter mornings when the per-
sistent terack, crack of the flint against
the steel sent up from the kitchen an
odor of igniting finder and sulphur
which peryaded the house. We have
no more idea what became of the flint
producers than of the old man of sor-
rowful memories, who, three or four
times a week, called at our store with
birthstone matches, for sale at penny
the half-dozen lunches Both have
completely vanished from the coun-
try.
Then, again, are gone the PIN max
ers, who, though they have been in
their graves this quarter of century,
still figure in lectures and essays to
illustrate the advantages of labor.
Instead of a pin taking II dozen men
or more to cut. grind. point, head.
polish and what not, as it used to do,
pins are now made by neat little ma
chimes at the rate of three hundred
minute, of which machines single
child tends to half a dozen.
Nail making at the forge is another
lost industry. Time was, and that in
this nineteenth century when every
nail was made on the anvil Now,
from one hundred to one thousand
nails per minute are made by ma
chimes. The nailor who works at the
forge has but bad chance of com
petng with such antagonists, and he
would have no chance at all were it
not that his nails are tenfold tougher
than the former
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05

In the course of the recent Senate
debate on the Civil Rights bill Sen
ator Morton said: Il am one of those
who believe in the right Of women to
vote, and 1 have always believed in
that"
In card to the Herald, Tennie G..
Clafiin complains of the attempt of
Brother Sherman to rob her of all
or any part in "the grand communis-
tic procession of January, 1872" She
says she neither walked beside or i'm
mediately before or behind Theodore
Tilton. nor did she ride with him
either in the procession or afterward.
The fact is, she says, she did not like
Theodore, anyhow, and always quar-
relied with him when they met. If
Mr.. Beecher's innocence" she says,
depends upon proving that MIR.
Tilton shared the honor of that pro-
cession with me, he might as well
step down and out, and make no
more fuss about it. Gin. Com.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
The Ohio GovernOrshiy.

The Hancock Jeffersonian gives
Judge Taft, of Cincinnati, the follow
ing handsome endorsement
Judge Taft, of Cincinnati, appears
to be looming up as the coming Re-
publican candidate for Governor.
The Judge is highly endorsed by a
number of leading papers. lie has
been twice elected Judge of the Su-
perior Court Of Cincinnati, the last
time without opposition, and the Ga
zette pronoupces him sound as a Re-
publican, and says: lie is a man of
fine ability and pure character, who
would be an honor to any office, State
or National, within the gift of the
people Such man, on the issues,
which arise In the coming campaign,
will carry Ohio by 10000 majority.
1t should make no difference as to the
part of the State our candidates come
from Is he honest {? Is he capable 2
The Republicans must unite on a man
who possesses these elements. 1t is
not merely question of carrying the
State The effort should be to. rob
up a rousing majority. We believe
Hancock county has no preference,
but will only insist upon a man. of
pure record and undoubted Republi-
canism."
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
Fire in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The fire in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
was more destructive than at first re :
ported. The loss will not be under
two millions of dollars. Hundreds of
families were made homeless In pro-
portion to its population and wealth,
Oshkosh suffered more severely than
Chicago, in the great confagaation
In 1874 there was lire in the same
city which destroyed some six hun
dred houses. with a loss of $500, 900.
The city was beginning to revive from
this shock when a more terrible visi-
tation of fire deva-tates her. 1t is
probable the citizens will now be able
to come to conclusion concerning the
use of wood in the construction of
buildings Lumber is plentiful and
cheap in Oshkosh, and the temptation
to use it freely in building has been
too strong for resistance. The bitter
experience of the past and present
year, however, will impress upon the
people the importance of employing
less inflammable material in their
business houses and dwellings.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
DOnaldsOn's Last Adventure.

Donaldson, the 8ronaut, gives the
following account OF his recent bai-
loon adventure.
When [ had been up some twenty
five minutes, l found, on consulting
my barometer, that [ had reached an
attitude of over 5000 feet. 1t was in
tensely cold. l have in my time
reached far greater attitudes, but l
remember none where | experienced
the cold more keenly than yesterday.
| I was chilled through, and could
scarcely move my limbs and hands,
they were so benumbed.
At this elevation [ desired drink
and turned to a bottle of mineral
water. two of which [ had taken up
with me, and l found both frozen
solid. l now passed over Gloucester,
and was making my way rapidly to-
wards the ocean, which l could see IN
the dim distance. between Atlantic
City and Cape May. L thought 1T
about time to come down, and reached
up, but, to my surprise and dismay, L
found the valve ropes gone.
You may rest assured this worried
me. | could only account for it on
this ground that by some powerful
suction they had been drawn into the
neck of the balloon. Before my as
cension l had them in my hand, and
were certain they were within reach,
and was stunned to learn my mistake.
If my hands had not been so thor
oughly paralyzed with the cold, L
might, by going up on the netting, ar
range other ropes to work, but this
was now impossible. There was a
slight lull in the wind, and l let out
all my rope, with the anchor attached,
| and this brought down the balloon.
The point where [ commenced to land
| was about twenty miles southwest of
Camden, and when l reached hight
of 100 feet above the earth, [ had gone
| about six miles beyond the town OF
| Atco, which is about twenty-five miles
beyond Camden. My anchor caught
The balloon, under freshening wind
pulled at it like a giant, and there /
was between the two, not knowing
whether to trust myself to the rope
beneath or take my chances in the
would not hold. and [ knew that if
went up again 1 should probably come
down with nothing better than water
1 W resi- uptu- Cci Woulo nav Z
got into the ocean. In this extremity
l heard the swapping of the net, and
knowing that some of the meshes had
previously given away, made up my
mind not to trust myself any longer
in the balloon. So [ out with my
jack knife and cut the rope which
held it to the concentrating ring, and
in a moment the balloon was going of
to Europe and and the basket were
tumbling to the earth. l fell dis
lance, | think, of seventy five feet
but dropping with the basket, my fall
was broken somewhat, and [ escaped
with only some severe bruises. | was
stunned, and lay there some time,
guess, when number of people came
running up. Some stayed. while Z
few put off to the town and sent IL
the dispatches about my having beer
dashed to pieces.-Ind. Journal, Both
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
OBITUARY.


The elder brother of Senator Nor
ton, William S. T. Morton, died at
Centerville, in this State, at 4 clock
last Friday afternoon, in the sixty
eighth year of his age Mr.. Morton
was we'll known throughout the State,
especially the Eastern portion of it,
having been actively engaged in mer.
camille pursuits in various towns of
Eastern Indiana for many years, at
times having establishments in opera
tion in several places at the same
time. He was also the owner and
operator of one of the finest farms in
Wayne county He displayed in his
business operations all that energy,
prudence and foresight. which have
distinguished his brother in the polit-
ical field. In only one instance did
his prudence forsake him, or rather
it was sacrificed to the claims of
friendship. He some years ago in
dorsed heavily for friend, through
whose failure he became deeply in
volved. With characteristic energy
he set about the work of retrieving
his fortunes, and was entirely success
full, leaving to his surviving wife and
three children an ample fortune. Mr..
Morton never entered political life.
He was essentially a man of business,
known and respected everywhere for
his strict integrity, and admired for
the sterling qualities which made up
his character. He did much to build
up and advance the commercial and
material interests of Eastern Indiana,
and his death will be sensibly felt by
all as a loss not easily to be repaired.
On Sunday, at 3 o'clock, his re-
mains were buried in the Centreville
cemetery, by his brethren of the
1. o. o. F., attended by a very large
concourse Of his old neighbors and
friends.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
OSHKOSH CONFEDERATION.
The Total Loss Estimated at o., $780,
600 and the Insurance 1T $500, 900
The Fifth Time that the City has
been DeSOlafe0.
OSHKOSH, Wis, April 30.

OSHKOSH, Wis, April 30.
There is no possible way of arriving
at the loss to the insurance companies
by the Oshkosh fire, since all the
agencies but one have been burned
out. The books are in confusion, and
those of one agency are burned. The
insurance with this last named agency
-Gary Il Harmon sis estimated at
$500, 600. The total loss by the fire is
thought to be greater than was first
reported, and is now estimated at
50, SOC, 600. 1t is estimated, in general
terms, that the insurance is fifty per
cent. of the loss. About three hun
dred families are burned out, and re-
lief is much needed. The City Coun-
Gil has appropriated $1,000 for their
immediate wants. There is no dis
couragement among business men, and
the feeling is strong that rebuilding
must begin at once. Several hours
rain to-day failed to extinguish the
fires in the debris.
Among the principal residences
burned are those of DIR. Barber, DIR.
Noyes, Mr.. Strong, DIR. Sanders, f.
w. Fernandez. W. B. Felker, B.
Haskell, A. Bugbee, James NJ Porter.
Mrs. Pride, George Myer, Henry
Bailey, Josiah Woodruff, James
Kennedy, Dr. Wright, E. Quinn, and
others. A deep pail hangs over the
city. Five times since its foundation
has conhasration visited it, but the
present calamity is the most crushing
of all. This is the third time within
year that fire has desolated the city.
| Oshkosh lies on a fat piece of
| ground. and there is almost continu-
Gus southwest wind, which, on the
day of the fire, was blowing with great
violence. 1t has been the custom In
Oshkosh latterly, when heavy west
erly wind was blowing, for the mills
in the western part of the city to stop
work to prevent fires. A number of
mills shut down on Wednesday noon,
but Spaulding & Peck refused to stop;
and when Mr. Morgan asked Mr..
Peck to do SO, he was answered CURLY
that he (Peck) intended to run his
own business Shortly after this
Morgan Bros. mill was seen to be on
fire and in few minutes the whole
building was in flames.
The fire companies and thousands
of citizens were promptly on hand,
but the gale was so fierce and the ma
terial of the mills so comhustible that
the fire could not be stayed and speed
lily drove them from place to place,
advancing to the heart of the city. j.
n. Davis, a clerk in the employ OF
Morgan Bros. attempted to save some
books from the mill. but becoming
bewildcred was nearly roasted to
death before he could find his way out
and soon expired after reaching the
open air. The air was filled with
shingles and cinders, which bore de
struction to houses at a great distance
from the actual fire. and as the flames
advanced rapidly toward the principal
thoroughfares, even the most sanguine
gave up the hope of checking them
aud the fire ran its course unchecked
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-05
Fires All over the Country.

The Oshkosh fire, that occurred
last week. occasioned loss of $780,
600. At Montpelier, Vermont, on the
1st inst, fire broke out that de-
stroycd property to the amount of
$3.50, OOO-both sides of the street for
a quarter of-a mile, the buildings
were consumed. At WATERFOWL. Wis.
loss OF property. occasioned by fire,
to the amount of $50, 900, occurred on
the Both ult At East Minneanolis
MINI, on the Sd inst, damage by fire
to the amount of S35 900 occurred.
The light house at Port Maitland was
burned down on the night of the 29th
ult. At Detroit, Mich, on the 10Th.
damage by fire to the amount of 1856.
O0O, occurred. At Cincinnati. on the
10Th, Hammers moulding factory was
destroyed by 6re-S4O. 900 is the esti.
mated loss.