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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16
PREPARED By
II. r. Stevens, Boston, Mass

What is VEGETINE?-It is a compound extract.
Ell from barks. roots and herbs. 1t IL natures
remedy. 1t Is perfectly harmless 1. ON any bad
effect npon the system. It is nOurishing and
STRENGTHENING. Ii acts directly upon the blood
IL quiets The nervous system. it gives you
gOOu, sweet sleep at night. Ills great panacea
Tor our aged fathers and mothers; Tor 1t gives
them strength, quiets their nerves. and gives
them natures sweet sleep, as has beenl'rOved by
many an az person lt is the great Blood Pu-
rifer. 1t Is soothing remedy for our children.
1t has relieved and cured thousands. Ii Is very
pleasant to take; every child likes It, 1t relieves
and cures all disas. originating IRON impure
blood. Try the VEGETINE. Give 1t fair trial
fer your complaints; then you will say to your
friend, neighbor end acquaintance, Try 1t; it
has cured me-"
VEGETiNE tor the complaints for which it is
recommended, is having larger sale throughout
the United States than any Otner one med .cine.
Why: NEGEJINE Will cure these complaints.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16

We fear the Enquirer is not always to
be trusted. 1t proved some very severe
things against Hayes, the other day,
through witness named Howe. Feel.
ing some interest in the case, we caused
Mr.. Howe To be looked up, and an inter-
view established the two following points:
First, everything attributed to him was
utterly false; and, second, he intends,
though a DebOcrat. to vote for Hayes.
We hope the Enquirer will have better
luck with its next effort. = Cincinnati
Gazette. ,.Hti ii3ff
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16

A smart boy i'm Brooklyn has recently
furnished good example to those per-
sons who, instead of looking for work.
are asking municipal assistance because
they have nothing to do. He wanted to
earn some money, and instead of whin-
ing because he was out of work. he
looked around to find some. Noticing
the unusual number of kerosene lamps in
use i'm that city las a result of practical
war on gas companies) he solicited the
Job of taking care of the same for several
stOre-keepers. His price was notes.-the
per week for each lamp-for which sum
he agreed to keep clean the lamps brush
out the chimneys, etc. His success sur
prised him. He soon got 80 lamps to
look after, and then his work increased
that he engaged an assistant. paying him
stated salary, while he. as '.boss," took
the orders. He HOW has the care of sew
eral hundred lamps on Fulton street
alone, and employs two other lads to
help him. His weekly profit amounts to
$25, and it Is safe enough to predict he
will be rich man some day.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16

The behavior of those who speak for
Mr.. Tildcn, as his especial champions
and friends, is far more damaging than
the evidence yet atlduced. They treat
the matter flippantly, and cOntempto.
ously, as ii it were not an objection In
the estimation of honest citizens that Il
candidate for the Presidency had evaded
taxes or made false return:. Or they eX-
plain that the large, sums received in
1862, and subsequent years. were really
earned by many years of professional eff
fort. Unhappily. this excuse is SO shall
low that, if it could be supposed to be
made by Mr.. Tilden himself, it would
justify an absolute refusal of confidence
in him as an upright, and law-abiding
citizen; for he, being an excellent law
yer, must have known from the first that
the courts would cOnstrue the excise law,
as they have repeatedly construed it, rs
covering the amount actually received
during Il year, no matter when earned. Ii
Mr.. Tilden made a return based upon
different Interpretation of the law. he
made return which he knew was not
according to the intent and judicial con-
StructiOn of the act.-NeaC York Tribune.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

49, cd BOSTON, DEC. Il, 1869. l
Gentlemen My only object i'm giving you this
this te timOnial Is Tn spread valuable information.
Having been badly afflicted with salt kheum.
asd the whole surface Of my skin bel & covered
w TIL puppies an. eruptlOGs, many of which
caused ne great pain and a"nOvance. and know
inc il TO be blood disease. took many OF the
advertised blood preuarations, among which as
any quantity OF sarsaparilla, without obtaining
anv benefit until IcOmmenced taking the FEGE
saw that hal got the right medicine. Conse
q''ently, followed on with 1t until 1 had taken
seven bottles, when / pronounced we'll
m an, and my skin is smooth and ertrely frer
from PmtIes and eruI TONS. have never en-
jOyed SO gOod health bef re, and attribute it all
10 the use of VEGET NE To beDft those aici-
ed with Rheuma;I- lem. will make mention also
of the VEGETINs's wonderful power of curing
me of thu. acu-e cOmplaiut. OF which have sui
fered So intensely.
| q. III TUCKER. Pas ag't Mich. G. X. r.,
| % Washington street, Boston.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-09-16
Removal--2oo PIANOS & ORGANS

at Ganuatrrefs pfiees. The Subscribers iu sell their
entire stock Of Pianos and Organs, and second
hand sheet music, music books and merchandise. at
vey cost prices for cash During September prerous
TO removal 10 their store 40 EAST i4h eT.. UNION
SQUARE OCT. Isl Illustrated Catalogues mailed Agents
Wanted Specfdl inducements to the trade HOR.
ACE WATERS Il SONS, Manufacturer: and
Dealers, 4SI BROADWAY, ". 7. Iia.l.f q.
, 1876-02-20

tutions or d5nasties7 No doubt Diahop DCp.v,o,-.
md the clergy would resist the Intrusion Of he ~.
into th.t domain Of the family which they vnne =.
cmpt from I'll external supervision except their
hut Freuchraen are very much changed indsed II ,hs,
allow divine right Of family ignorance to be enfoss!
By priests. There mead ba no fear that oors sho,~
things will be forgotten in tue midst Of light for N.
multiplication Of elementary schools.
The decentralization of France can NM.
surely be secured by general education. md
until that event France must be at the mon,
of despotism, Of military power, and Com.
munal mobs, because the peasantry r.,
always on the side Of absolutism, The av;11
Which France is suffering can only ba
overcome By education, and when the Frenc,
people enter earnestly upon this reform Their
prospects will brighten. So long, however
as the great mass Of the French peonla
remain in their present dense ignorance
Paris will remain the centre Of authority. and
the priests will continue to accumulate poli..
ical power by enforcing 81 the divine eight a
family ignorance.
, 1876-02-20

Tie Chicago produce markets were steadier
in breadstuffs on Saturday, and irregular On
provisions. Mess pork was nctive and easier:
closing ut .4o@2l.4ok for March and
S2167!@2l.7o for april. Lard was very
active and easier, closing ct $12.82l @12.s5
per 100 Tbs for March and .97!@13.o0 for
April Meats we're in feir demand and steady,
closing at ssc for boxed shoulders, 11Se Tor
do short ribs, and 1ec for do short clears
Hghwincs were quiet and unchanged, at
S1.0G per gallon Flour was in better re-
quest and steady. Wheat WIS less aet1ye
and s@1c higher, closing at S1.os for Febru-
ary and S1.oo; for March Corn was active
end easier, closing at 422c cash and 42sc
for March. Oats were quiet and firm, closing
ut 3oc cash and 3oSc for March. Rye was
quiet, at GG!@G7c. Barley was active and
stronger, closing at G3Sc for February and
C:@63!c for March Hogs were active and
strong, at SC advance, selling at S7.50@8. Is
for shippers to extra assorted lots. Cattle
were dull end henry, ct decline from Thurs
days prices of 1e4@a5c. Sheep were in de-
maud at former quotations. One hundred
dollars in gold would buy $113.75 in green
backs at the close.
, 1876-02-20

City Clerk, Attorney, and Treasurer These
have to be elected by popular vote. The
charter further provides that the Council
may, by ordinance, provide for the election
by the people Of Collector, Marshal, superin-
tendent Of Streets, Corporation Counsel,
Comptroller, and ssuch other" officers as
the Council may decide. The Common
Council has already created the Offices OF City
Marshal and Fire Marshal, aud these officers
are to be appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent Of the Council. It Is to be
hoped TINT the Council will not add to the list
Of the officers required to be elected by the peo-
pie. II it were possible to reduce the existing
list, it would be q benefit. The Offices Of
Comptroller, Corporation Counsel, Fire Mar
shal, are not Of q character to be satisfactorily
filed by popular election. They, as well as
oil the others, may be safely left to be select
ed from among the fittest by the Mayor.
The hope, therefore, is that the Council will
not undertake to enlarge the List OF elective
Offices; and that, instead, it will order
special election to FIJI the vacancy in the
office Of Mayor, so that in April next the
City of Chicago may have not only newly
elected Board of Aldermen, and other city
officers, but nlso new1y-elected Mayor,
fresh from the people, clothed with power to
select wise and competent subordinate Of
ficers in all the branches of the City Govern
ment
, 1876-02-20

about the same length Of time on all other
merchandise which they carry. When grain
comes to this city in the shape OF -four, the
railroads store it and, take care Of it free OF
charge to the shipper, for from to 10 days;
they should do the same when the freight
comes in the shape of wheat.
Every consideration for both the elevators
and the railroads dictates n compliance with
the proposed change. The increase of busi-
ness for both will more than compensate for
the apparent reduction. The Western trunk
lines must place Chicago on an equal footing,
as far as terminal charges are concerned, with
every other distributing point, if they would
maintain their business; and We have been
given to understand Chat they will consent to
pay the first storage charge. if the elevators
will reduce it to cent bushel as proposed.
The elevators, on the other hand, can afford
to handle the grain for cent If Toledo ele-
yators can make money by charging only
eo-fourths off cent; and if Philadelphia can
take from the GERS, weigh in md out, elevate
and store for fifteen days, for l cent,
then the same amount will certain
" nay the Chicago elevators for one-half
the time, especially in view of the fact that
the change will lead TO an increase in their
business. Nobody asks that the elevators
should do this business for nothing, nor at
loss; but thedemand is reasonable that their
"pool" should be broken up, and that the
working elevators should not be required to
support those which are idle. 1t may also be
fairly e1acted that system be not sustained
which tends to build up more elevators than
are needed, to be supported by the common
spool" The ultimate welfare Of both ele-
yators aud railroads is equally involved with
other interests in the reduction Of all termi-
nal charges at Chicago to ut least as low a
rate as they ere in other competing cities, and
the Board Of Trade must not abandon the
matter until they shall haye accomplished d
thorough reform.
, 1876-02-20

4 APhiladelphia gentleman is anxious that
TIE Tn1ncsE should tell him just how large
proportion of our businessmen will visit
his city during the Exhibition, and, also,
whether these gentlemen will bring their
wives and daughters with them or not. The
question is asked on behalf Of the Phila-
dolphin hotel-leepers. It is IN Important
DIE, and, with the universal knowledge Of
tlsa newspaper fraternity, We shall proceed to
n1swer him. It depends on circumstances
Just how many businessmen from Chicago
and the West will visit Philadelphia during
the Exhibition With the characteristic eau
ton of Ill +oracles, We prefer not to commit
Tur Tnmu:sE for the present to the exact
number. II also depends On circumstances
just how many Of these businessmen will
take their wives and daughters. One OF
these circumstances is whether they always
have wives md daughters; for the rest,
We refrain from being exact in the
proportio SO as net to disappoint
the aforesaid wives and daughters. But
We may t.lfo tell our Philadelphis inquirer,
On behalf Of tho hotels, that the reasonable
zess Of ,uHeasonah}ene9 ot the Philadelphia
, 1876-02-20
THE TERMINAL GRAIN CHARGES.

There is little question but the charges of
So car for switching and 81 q car for
trimming" that are now made on grain
consigned to Chicago elevators will be abol-
ished, the railroads giving up the former and
the elevators the latter. These are to be
surrendered simply because they are too
unusual and e1tortio8ate to be sustained.
The Western railroads have consented, and
the matter remains only to be confirmed by
the Eastern railroads, who will scarcely re-
fuse their consent. The abrogation Of these
charges will relieve Chicago grain Of about l
cent bushel, which has heretofore been i'm
posed on it as toll over and above what
grain has had opay ut other terminal points.
So fur so good. But to place Chicago on an
equal footing with other cit5os competing for
the grain business of the Northwest, so that
its natural advantages may fully assert Them
Selves it is necessary that there should be d
still further reduction in elevator charges, or,
ut least, that those who ship to this point
shall be relieved The present system of
elevator charges is 2 cents per bushel for
receiving, delivery, weighing, and elevation,
including twenty days storage or any part
thereof, end J cent per bushel for every ten
days storage thereafter. These charges are
excessive as compared with other cities. In
Philadelphia the charge for the first storage of
fifteen days is cent bushel; in Baltimore
for ten days, II cents; in Toledo: we believe
it is only cent, and never more than cent.
The Chicago charges are also e1orbitant in
themselves, since, at the present rate, the
elevator "pool" has been able to support two
making excessive profits for all There is no
need Of any further illustration to prove that
there should be q reduction.
The fairest proposition that has been made
relative to q relief from these e1orbitant
charges is that ~ they shall be reduced by
ten days, leaving the extra storage as it
stands; and (2) that railroads shall pay this
first charge Of cent bushel. By this ar
rangement the shippers would not be bur-
dened at all with storage charges, except
when their own interest suggested holding
the grain longer than the time necessary
for d regular sale. The Justice of
the first part of the proposition is
manifest, from the fact that the ele-
vators would mike practical reduction Of
only about J cent Tho average storage on
the present system. including extra storage,
yields the elevators about q cents; but, on
the system proposed, the timo Of tho first
storage would be reduced one-half, and the
average storage, including the extra storage,
would probably amount to 2 cents bushel.
It is not denied thst the elevators cen make
money at this rate. The second part of the
proposition, viz: that the railroads shall pay
the fist storage Of I cent, is justified by the
fact the railroads furnish storage freo for
, 1876-02-20
FRENCH ILLITERACY.

One Of the most prolific sources OF the
misfortunes Of France is the astonishing
illiteracy Of her people. The London Times,
in recent article upon the political situation
in that country, brings out some remarkable
statistical information upon this point. The
returns Of 1872 respecting the number Of
French men, women, and children who can
neither read nor write show that the num-
ber over G and under 20, was 2,OS2, 1888, and
over 90, 7,7o2, 1869. Thus it appears that Us
late as 1872, out Of q totd population Of
3G, 100 pei, there were 9,7S4, 700 who could
neither read nor write Of those above years
Of age. The ratio Of population over 20
years Of age in any country is about one
half, showing TINT nearly one-half Of the
ndults Of France can neither read nor
write. There is perhaps no civilized
country in the world that presents such
dreadful illiteracy as this, and it is specially
singular that it should exist among people
who are remarkable for their intellectual
quickness and subtlety, and who have pro-
duced some Of the finest scientific minds Of
tho present century, and some Of the finest
writers in romance md Imagination
The Republicans of Franco have recog-
nized this iliteracy as the source Of their
political evils; and, during the past few
years, under the lend of II. jules SIMON,
they have lessened the proportion somewhat
by establishing district schools in few Of
the $4,000 Communes into which France is
divided. They have recognized the impor-
tance Of general education, and they know
that the social and administrative institutions
Of the country can never be developed in q
healthy manner until the peasants are edu-
catcd. The headway they have made, how
ever, has been comparatively slow; for, in
struggling for the school-house and the
teacher, they have had to struggle against
UltrEno ontanism, thefoe Of popular education
The priests are responsible for the i1literacy
of France, and, consequently, responsible for
the fact that Paris rules France by the CEN
tralization Of power. They have had the
control of the people for centuries, and they
have never attempted to educate them,-tirst,
because it would antagonize their political
power and endanger the relations Of Church
and State; and, second, because of the force
Of the old medieval doctrine, that ignorance
is the mother Of devotion. The action Of tho
Republicans, however, is step in the right
direction The Times says, very forcibly:
Surely the combined energy Of II. GA,1nErrA, Il.
DE- Bnoal1E, and II. BUFFET might be moro protta-
bly, employed In deyistag aud enforcing real sYstern
of compulsory education than in aeatlsS fQs cons.
, 1876-02-20

The great railroad contest in the Wiscon-
sin Legislature has endel BY the passage Of
the VANCE bill, which materially modifes the
POTTER Law, in both Houses. It now only
needs the Governors signature to take effect,
and Of the favorable action Of the Governor
there remains no doubt. When this is done
l.
the great obstacle to railroad enterprise in
Wisconsin will be removed, and the Legisla-
ture is now free to der ote itself to Chippewa
Dells and other thrilling subjects which may
cau for attention.
, 1876-02-20
GRAET AND BRI9T0W---LINCoLN AND
CHASE, A COMPARISON.

The r11mors relative to the disagreement
between President GRANT ind Secretary
BB1srov have been revived, and this time
with more appearance of truth than ever.
The character Of the issue between them is
not distinctly outlined, but it can be we'll
Imagined. The Presidents ear has been
gained by men who have sought to persuade
him that Secretary Dn1sTow has been manag-
ing his Department with reference to his
own succession to the Presidential chair, and
that Gen. BLuFoRD WILSON, Solicitor Of the
Treasury, has been using his position to turn
the whisky prosecutions against the Presi-
dents particular friends. Secretary BR1s-
TOW, on lis side, cannot voluntarily retire
from the Treasury because Of any vague mis-
understanding with the President, since such
course would place him under the suspi-
cion Of having grown weary of weu-doing and
having Welded to the pressure Of. the Whis-
Ky Ring nor eau he consent to the removal
Of Solicitor W11soS, since the whisky prose-
cutions have been conducted mainly under
his supervision, and since many of them
would probably fail If the Government were
deprived Of his services. Here is tho stun
tion. 4 recent dispatch to tho New York
Tribune. which has special avenues of in
formation on this subject, outlines it as fol-
lows:
This fact need no longer he concealed that the P7es
dcct md Secretary Of the Treasury must soon part
co:apany. Gen. GRANT 1s no longer satisfied with lIr.
ristoT mud tho atter is becoming restiye and ssat-
is1ed with his present Aunoys. The growing distance
o1 #
, 1876-02-20

CHICAGO, Feb. IA company Of geut1emen have
during their leisure EVENING" discussed the following
propositions. Naturally. there Is great diversity Of
opinion. Would you be so Kind as to settle our
doubts by answering them in your Sunday edstion5
J. Hes the Congress Of the United States the power
to aell Territory to foreign power, even with tho
consent Of M jority Of the inhabitants thereof.
2 ia State shouid vote herself out Of the Union,
and Congress approve OF such act the President sign
the bill would that in fact take her ou: Of the Union
Yours truly, ALVIN TEtssA1-
The answer to this is that the American
Congress is not constitutional body in tho
same sense US the French Assembly, which
creates the Constitution, nor IS the British
Parliament, whose laws lave constitutional
force Of themselves. Congress WAS created
by the Constitution, and is in every respect
subject to it, like the other branches
of the United States Government. It has no
powers except those expressly defined end
delegated to it by the Constitution. It de-
rives no powers by implication, except such
rs it may assume as war necessity, and
which receive the tscit acquiescence of the
people, The passage of the Legal-Tender
oct is an instance Of this. But the specific
powers Of Congress are d.fned in Sec. 3,
Art T., of the Constitution, and it cannot 60
outside Of these powers.
:..ssIn reply to the first question, therefore. it
is evident that Congress has no power to dis
pose OF any United States territory, either
with or without the consent Of the people
inhabiting the section proposed to be sold.
And, though the United States Congress has
assumed to indorse the purchase Of territory,
Mr.. JEFFERSON was doubtful whether he had
constitutional authority to act when be made
the purchase of Louisiana -.
In reply to the second question, it may be
said in general way that there is only one
way in which State could retire from the
Union, and that is by the consent Of Con-
stitutional Convention of the people Of all the
United States. called and held as provided in
Art. v Of the Constitution, and ratified by
three-fourths Of Ill the States, either in their
Legislatures or Conventions. AS the proba-
biity of any such action is exceedingly re-
mote, it is not likely that any State can con-
stitutiona1ly separate itself from the United
States. Meanwhile, any attempt to do SO
would unquestionnbly be treated in the same
summary manner as when the twelve South
ern States made their Intellectual movement
to set up IN independent Government,
, 1876-02-20

The Receiver Of the Cook County National
Bank, which closed its doors in January of
1875, he's just made detailed statement OF
its condition, from which it appears that the
assets are valued at S345,C4S, while the ad-
niited liabilities amount to &94s,G5O. The
disputed liabilities are $1,os1, 400, and the
nssets held es collaterals are estimated at
e:Ss,0sl The real estate is valued at low
price, but its character is such and it is SO
;ncumbered that it will not sell ut the va1ua-
hon put on it At present