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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25

In the columns Of onr contempora.
ries we regularly meet with the widest
aud most unreasonable guesses regard
ing the present number of our popula-
ton. 1t is often stated as low as 40.
OO0, 900. and never higher than As, ,0OQ,.
600. The former figures amount TO q
lampoon on the truth, for they indicate
that the inorossmont OF our people has
been less than one and half millions
during six years, or hardly so much as
our numerical progress between 1870
and 1880, when ten years gave us an
augmentation OF 3, 227, ,567 inhabitants.
Although the last decade contained
four years OF war exceedingly destruc-
tive Of life. as well as largely repressive
OF foreign immigration, the people in
creased Z, 1l5, $50. Even ut the rate OF
increase between 1880 and 1870, which
was 2.060Sl5 per cent. annually, our
population would have reached over
forty millions four years ago. At that
percentage OF growth the procession Of
numbers would have been as follows:
39, 352, ,9S7 in 1871; 40, 163, 979 in 1872:
40, 99l ,6s4 in 1873; Al, s36, 446 in 1874:
AZ, ,G9S,6l7 in 1875: and 43, ,57s, $50 in
1876. But those figures are certainly
much too small. During the last cal.
endar years l,740,905 foreign emil
grants came to the United States,
against S02, 1927 during the first five
years of the last decade, besides which
We have have had no great war to thin
ont our numbers. Il is reasonable,
therefore. TO suppose that our people
are augmenting at least ~ rapidly -
the annual rate between 1850 and 1850.
which was 3.090646 per cent. exactly.
On that basis OF increase our popula-
lstion, on the first day of June in each
Of the years, would be as follows: 80,
750, ,073 in 1881; 40,e7s, 607 in 1872; a..
245, ! 10 in 1873; 43, $50. 756 in 1874; A..
s96, 7i5 in 1875; and 46, 2S4 ,344 in 1876.
Continuing the calculation for the re-
manning years of the decade, we have
these results: 47,7l4, ,S29 in 1877; 49,
lS9. 525 in 1873; 90, 709, 799 in 1879, and
%, 277, ,059 in 1880. These approxima-
tons are based upon deductive proba-
bilities which are both reasonable and
strong; they steer clear of the mere
guess-work of the day, which is 10
slovenly, unsatisfactory, aud mislead-
ing: aud, in tho absence Of an actual
count OF the people, they possess
tnOuRu Vi tilc lhelnoOu VI tccuIncy
to answer all practical purposes. For
the computation Of per capita OF cur
rency, or Of imports, or OF exports, or
Of taxation. and the like, our figures
will prove useful. Last year We show
ed that our population must then have
reached about forty-five millions; and
the argument by which we supported
our conclusion was regarded in the
East as settling the point. 80 that our
estimate was there widely adopted by
the press. But twelve months have
elapsed since then. We have been
growing in numbers during that time.
IL is now necessary to put the figures,
dating at june ], 1876, at AZ, 2S4 ,344.
At the present moment, when we have
passed some forty days beyond that
date, IL is probable that the Increase
amounts TO about 10000 more.- In.
ter Ocean.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25
NUMBER 1880.


but il didn't do me- any good. BAsoom
wuz with me and saw the money paid.
and he demanded IL nv me, and got Il
too, on account. There amt anything
in life so disgnstin ez payin old hkker
bills. That likker is gone. and amt no
good to yoo-it can't warm your bowls
agin. Under stimulstin- infiooences
one kin afford TO pay-but to pay this
yeer for last yeer's delites. which hev
fled forever and can't never be recalled
except in memory. its disgustin. ]
never did like to pay for memories
they Amt substanshal.
But shel hev the postofis At the
Corners shoor, ef Tilden 10 electid, for
long afore the time conner, I shell be in
debt to Bascom agin.
The platform cant help sootin the
Dimocrisy nv the entire country, per-
tikelerly when the candidates is taken
in account. II is the most flexible
platform ever helpt to construct. and
theODemocrst wich can't stand onto it
ain't worth the name. In Ohio and In
jeany We shel swear it's soft-money-
and reform, and pint proudly to Hem
bricks. In Moo York and the East We
shel swear it's hard-money-and re-
form, and pint proudly to Tilden.
|. Ez shel .hev to stump both seek
shuns hev two speeches, already pre-
pared, one NV wich is hard money and
one soft, and the other orators OF the
party hev fixed themselves likewise. I
wood seJest, now, that ther may be no
mistakes, that committy be appint-
ed in each place where a speech is to
be made, to see that the speeker rises
sober. and that be gifts the right speech
started. After the reform speeker hez
made his speech to the citizens, nv
course he shood be allowed to cit ex
full ez he chooses, but it wood be ter
rible to hev him git up and make the
speech in Hartford, Connecticut, that
wuz intendid for the latitude nv Terre
Haut, Injeanna, or to make in Injeanny
the hard-money speech wich he shood
yoose in Connecticut.
With sich care, and reasonable work.
thar can't be any question ez TO tho re-
suit. The Dimocrisy hez bin out to
grass so long that they will fite ez men
never fought afore, and We shell win
With reform" in our mouths and
postoffis in our harts, We shell march
forrerd to victory. But We hev got to
work for it.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBx.
Wich would like TO be Postmaster.
p. S.--A serious trouble threatened
US at one time in st. Loois. The May
or nv that city he'd fixed upon the mite
afare tina asttin the ceuvenshun 10
mako a rade onto the gambling dens
and the houses of ill-repoot in that
city. Forchnitly We got wind nv il In
time to hev it postponed. He'd it been
carried out shudder TO think wat the
result wood hev been. Two-thirds nv
our reform delegates wood hev been
gobb'ed and wood hev been up afore
poleece magistrates in the mornin.-
Tilden's money he'd bin distributed
that mornin, and the reformers he'd
cash enuff to justify EN- in maxim mite
nv it, and they wuz a doin NV it. He'd
them houses bin raided onto that mite
the convenshun wood hev been obliged
to adjourn for want nv quorum.
p. V. N.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25
HILLSDALE, MICH, TUESDAY, JULY 25. 1875. I,


country, rather than mere partisan
Cor The iurtheranee OF The pe-onsl as.
2iraaions Of any particular set Of men.
Feeling assured that all the reforms
needed for the publication of our Gov
erament can be more certainly attained
under tho administration of snch man
than by giving control 10 the support.
ers Of his opponent, can not hesitate
- 70 my duty, nor can / see why any
i.ibersl Republican can fail 10 vote for
him. .....
The leaders Of the Democratic party.
relying on a united South and, in ef.
foct. rejecting the vote OF the West, ex.
pect to elect by securing the votes of
New York, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut. A failure TO carry New York, they
acknowledge, will be fatal to them.-
They boast; however, that, as the nom-
instion was secured by q judicious use
Of some Of the accumulations of the
"prince OF coupon clippers" the cleo
ton can be arIied In the same way
As lavish as doubtless. this expenditure
viii be, 10 the shame Of those resorting
to snch means, w6 do not think votes
enough can be purchased TO accomplish
the result claimed.
New York Is essentially Republi-
oan State upon full vote. That vote
has not been cast since 1872. As al
ready stated. when. In 1873, Gov. Til
den was elected Governor, 3,062 Re-
publicans did not vote. Last year.
when the Democrats carried their State
ticket by 1000 majority, there were
65, 1876 Republicans that did not vote.
A Presidential election will bring ont
the full strength OF the party, and as
the Liberal Republicans OF the State
viii almost to man vote for Hayes
and Wheeler, there Is no good reason
to doubt the result.
The elections in Ohio and Indiana in
October will have great influence on
the floating vote in November, and the
should be made as great as
possible. I have had, in former years,
my share OF the political contests OF In.
diana j am now past the age when an
active participation could be expected,
and must content myseH with qnietly
casting my vote for the Republican
ticket, as ] certainly shall do IL / live
until the day Of the election. Not be-
lieving that those who stood by the
Ia it's terrible hour Of trial
are yet prepared to hand il over to the
lender mercies Of those who attempted
Ia destruction, (as that seems to be the
real issue presented by the action OF
he Sc. Louis Convention) i cannot
ioubt the result.
JOHN ID. DEFREES.
BxnxxLsy SrKrSos, West Va. July
lst. 1870.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25

Brigham Young In the father OF six.
ty-three children. foty-five OF whom
are living. More than half OF these arc
females. and, with two or three excep-
tions, all are blondes, and none what
may be called beautiful. The last child
born INTO Brigham's il q little girl,
about six years old, daughter Of Amelia
Van Cott, Brigham's fourteenth wife.
She In q woman about forty, rather
pretty, and the next favorite TO Amelia
Poison, his eighteenth wife. No. ~
in credited with having high grade
temper, aud il is said that SHE treats
Brigham a. IL she we're his mother-in.
Law instead OF his wife.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25

One by one the little incidents in the
life Of Gov. Hayes are coming out, and
they ell show the purity Of the mans
life and the true greatness OF his ma
fmre. Here IL one from a correspon.
dent at Fremont, Ohio, Gov. Hayes
home. "when his uncle sardis Birch
ard died and left him his fortune. the
executor found several notes owned by
poor men that had been sold 10 them.
but never paid for. and Mister Birch
ards kind heart would not let him dis
turb them. The papers we're shown 70
Gov. Hayes and his advice asked: He
said: %. veil, euess you had better
burn them,' aud more than one poor
man owns his home through the kind
ness Of Mister Birehard apd the gen
srosity Of Gov. Hayse' ~ ttfl'ai
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25

Leo Miller, the free-lover of Mime
sofa and elsewhere. is evidently afraid
that the courts may decide that the
partnership agreement nnder which he
and his latest affinity" are dwelling
together, constitutes legal marriage.
He has made stipulation, therefore.
10 the case to I've tried hereafter. that
be Is not married according 10 any law,
that he and the co-defendant "dhsdain
legal marriage" and that they claim
the right 10 live 10 ''psrtnership" nm.
der the Constitution Of the United
States and that Of the State OF Mime.
sofa. which guarantee liberty Of con.
science. He evidently wishes To be g
martyr.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25
CHANTS 0RDEh.
"Le, NO esiisy man Escap@.r ~

Correspondence OF the Inter Ocean:
WASHINGTON, July 10.
In his testimony before the Whisky
Ring Investigating Committee on Fri
day, Ysryan, the gossiper. either con-
fessed his ignorance OF the matter he
swore TO, or else he lied like a horse
thief. In regard to the Presidents e1-
precision, Let no guilty man escape"
Yaryan stated that il was written only
after the most persistent appeals from
Solicitor Wilson and Bristow, and that
the President did not consent 10 its
publication, and was angry when IL was
given out for print. The exact facts
OF the case are as follows: On the eve
ming OF August l6, 1875. Bluford Will
son eams into the Office OF your cor-
respondent in n very enthusiastic state
of mind, aud exhibited an autograph
letter which Secretary Bristow had Just
received from the President. IL was
one OF the most remarkable letters ey-
er written, he said, and contained sen
tenccs which would become as familiar
and quoted as often "a some Of Grants
famous utterances during the war
The President was nj Long Branch. lie
said, and had there received letter
from q prominent Federal officer In st.
Louis, inclosing newspaper articles in
which ID was stated that many of those
implicated in the whisky fraud. had
been promised the protection Of the
President. The latter has written his
sentiments on the back OF the letter
retary Bristow. Your correspondent
read both the letters and the indorse-
mept nj the time, and remembers dis
tinctly that Wilson said he intended to
keep the document IA memeato, M
some time IL would be Of great bistori.
cal value. Wilson then wrote the fol-
lowing paragraph himself, which was
telegraphed TO the Inter-Ocean IA he
wrote II. and was printed the following
morning:
wAsHiseToS, Aux 10, 1878.
Certain stateInents having reached the pub.
lie uIat the President OF the United States and
Secretary u the Trvasnry are not In full &C.
have been engaged In the violation Of ihs In
ternAl revepus laws 10 regard to the tax on
distilled spirits. the President In q eommunl-
cation referred tbcrclo. and forwarded by
him to The Secretary. has made the following
Autograph ipdorsement.
Referred To the Secretary OF the Trcssury,l
This wss intended ss prlyste letter tor nv
Information and contains MANY extracts
from a.. Louie papers not deemed necessary
TO forward. They are oLtsinzble here. and
have no doubt been read by the federal OIL
rIals In 81 Louis. I forward this for iniorna-
lion; and to the end that u IL throws any
light npon new parties 10 rauiInon as wltness-
- they may be brought out LET NO GUILTY
Man E.cAyR II Il can be avoided, Be- speci-
ally vigiiAnt and Instruct those engaged Ia
the prosecution Of fraud to be against ail
who insInuate that they have high influence
10 prutect them No personal consideration
should stand 10 the way OF performing puhlic
duty. L. \. CHANT.
Long Branch, July 20. 1875.
This does not read a. IL il were forced
ont Of the President by Bnstow and
Wilson.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25
GOV. rrLDkSs 8 ooURsr " rms wan,


But Gov. Hayes was no ordinary
soldier he rose steadily through all
the grades 10 the rank Of maior-gener-
AZ, and when the war wss over he re-
turned TO his quiet home honored alike
by the people % HIS own State aud
those of the entire county. Will some
one tell me what Gov. Tilden was do
ing during all this time? Did he 60 TO
the war; Did he make war speeches?
lCries of "No."l Did I've write letter.
Yes. he wrote letter oaying that q
State had right 10 secede from the
Union Il the people Of that State de-
sired. But Gov. Hayes wrote letter
in " ~hich he stated that he would rath-
er die on tho field Of battle than have
Ia ssid that war took place in this
country in which he took no part.
fApplanse.l Gov. TilSen did not GO
AT an. bnt stayed at home aud became
the lawyer Of railroad corporations, ana
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-25

Boston can run in debt seven million
dollars aud not go outside her charter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05
The California Lamp at the Centennial.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.


1t is proposed to have California rep
resented at the Centennial, under the
auspices of the Centennial Light As
seciation," by memorial lamp post to
be erected in Paramount Park at cost
of about $4,000. Each state will be
represented by a post. The design for
California is somewhat elaborate and
more of monument than lamp
post. The pedestal represents the
trunk of one Of the "big trees" with
gold quartz piled about the base. A
grapevine starting at the ground twines
itself about the trunk, with fruit and
leaves in relief. Near the top branches
are sawed square off, and on the face
appears the coat of arms of the state
cut in the wood. Above is an irregular
shaped plinth, which supports the fig
ure of a miner, holding in his hand a
cluster of star lamps, the branches and
pendants being decorated with fruits
for which the state is famed. The pc
destal is intended to be symbolic rep
resentation of California-as the Gold
en- State-the great fruit state, etc. On
this pedestal will be the seal of the
state in high relief, and medallion por-
trait likeness of distinguished citizens
Of California. The height of the pc
destal with figure is Is feet, and with
the cluster of lamps II feet. The
whole is to be made of enduring
bronze, and the money to be paid for
it raised by individual subscription and
volunteer entertainments.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05
4 Little Absent.M

A well-known manufacturer of Wor-
cester drove down street on Tuesday
afternoon and hitched his horse in front
of the City Hall. The animal being a
valuable one was carefully blanketed.
Atsupper time the the owner, in COM
.pany with a friend, walked home,
passing within few feet of his horse.
In the evening he came down street
again, and again walked past. his team,
repeating the operation later in the
evening when he returned home.
Meanwhile the horse remained quiet,
but attracted the attention of the police
who, knowing the team and the owner,
thought it strange that the animal
should be left in the street so
long. Yesterday morning about two
o'clock the horse was taken up by an
officer and driven to stable. In the
afternoon the manufacturer went to
the stable where his horse is kept, and
was very much surprised to learn that
the team had not been seen since the
day previous, when he himself drove
it away. Gradually light dawned upon
the mind of the owner. He remem-
bered where he left the team the day
previous, and fearing that it had been
stolen, was not long in looking up the
missing property. Although much
gratifed at the fortunate termination
of the affair, he will not hear the last
of it from his friends at present.
Worcester Spy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05
Charles Kingsley's Moral Courage.
From the London Saturday Review.

from the London saturday ReV1oW.
When Mr.. Kingsley was Professor of
History at Cambridge, we had occasion
to speak more than once with some de-
gree Of strength of some of the writings
which he put forth 10 that character.
The mere fact of his death cannot make
those writings better or worse; but a
fact which happened some while before
his death made wide difference in the
way in which any fair critic would look
at them. One act of Mr. Kingsley's
life might we'll be taken as wiping out
all old scores on the ground of nything
that he said or did as professor. To put
the matter in plain words, he was
appointed to an Office for which he was
unfit and, when he found out his own
unftness, he gave up that Office.
We are not speaking without book
when we say that Mr.. Kingsley gave up
his professorhip, not from caprice, not
from WEAKNESS, notfrom the ambition
of any higher post, bat from the honest
conviction that he had made a mistake
in accepting the Office at all. An act
like this may fairly be set against the
original mistake and against any other
mistake that followed it. TWAS the act
of a just man. 1t was the act of a man
who had clearness of moral vision
enough to see what was right even
when it told against himself, and it is an
act which as yet had no imitators, even
where an imitation of it would have
been most for the welfare of learning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05

The trustees Of Cornell University
have succeeded recently in effecting a
sale of western lands belonging to the
institution; and considerable addition
will be made to the annual income.
Further sales will doubtless be made,
and it is anticipated that within the
next five years 100000 will be added
to the yearly receipts of the University,
A new chair of German Literature,
distinct from that of the German
Language, has boen established, and
the duties will be assumed at the be
ginning of the next academic year by
Hjalmar Hjarth Boyesen, who has been
filling the position Of Assistant Pro-
fessor of North European Languages.
The students in the Mechanical Labor
atory will send number of specimens
of thoir work to the Centennial Exhibi-
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05
AT THE PRESIDENTS TOMB.
BY EBEN Z. REXFOB

BY EBEN E. REXFORD
A solemn hush is in the air;
A stiffness that is half divine,
And through the shadows here and there,
A strange white glory seems to shine.
A tender incense fills the day..
The last, sweet tribute of the flowers
To the great man who sleepeth here,
Through all the quiet, peaceful hours.
What strange emotions fill my heart
Ny soul stirs with electric fire;
Perhaps his spirit fingers near,
To lift my earth-born spirit higher.
look with barred and reverent head
Upon the martyrs place of rest;
This spot is truly holy ground,-
The sacred Mecca of the West.
To-day, beside this grave of his,
Tive those April days again,
When in the hush of broOding war,
The nation moaned in bitter pain.
The electric wire that girt the land
Throbbed with strangely human grief !:
The man we loved so much was dead!
Cut down like some untimely leaf.
The loss was not our loss Alone
We lost a chieftain, true and tried;
But freedom claimed him for her own
With all loving mothers pride.
And many heart beyond the sea-
Who breathed with him in freedoms air,
Cried out in tribute to our Dead
eve lost our noblest brother there !"
The angels of the upper world
Heard with a deep and holy awe,
Then sang an anthem, grand and sweet.
When liberty was made law.
But grander, sweeter swelled the strain,
When he who sets the bondman free
Passed in through heavens wide open gates,
To Gods unending liberty:
Rest in the grave where pilgrims come,
Here comes to thee no hint of strifes
Thy memory is the worlds for ave,
The record of grand true life.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct, 1875.
Western Rufal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05

Tom BROWN having once asked a man
how he contrived to live in these hard
times, was answered, "Why, master
Brown, live as l believe you do, by
my ants" "Faith," replied Tom, you
must be much more able trader than
I ever thought you, to carry on bus
mess, and live upon so small a capital.