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Year: 1875




An investigation now in progress into the
manner in which certain contracts for clothing furnished
to the Marine Corps have been filled has disclosed some
OF the most startling frauds For instance 1t has been
discovered that the shoes furnished for the use OF
listed men have been made by covering with thin
yeneerng leather placed upon the outside OF the soe
mass Of chips and old rags Of which the bulk of 1t has
been composed As soon as the thin leather has worn
brong the inside OF the sole falls out and the shoe be-
comes Ithless The average time that shoes OF TINS
description last is IA days.


draft for more than 81 200 was sent to Pennsylvs-
mia to-day proceeds Of assessments the clerks
from that in the Treasury Department. Some Of
the bureau officers took decided stand against Judge
Edmundss levy and refused to allow any intimidation Of
their empoyes Mr.. Gilhan, the cashier OF the Treas
ury when applied declined To contribute or TO ask hs
employees to contribute, the ground that lie was q
haIdnOncy man, and did not believe in giving paper
money for political purposes that he preferred TO con
tribute to harmOney principles Ii Is understood that
Mr. New and Dr. Linderman among the bureau officers,
do not sympaze with the theory OF political assess
ments.


The business OF the two clerks Oakshott and Church,
who have been sent California from the office OF the
Supervising Architect OF the Treasury turns ont to be
the examination OF the accounts Of public buildings and
not of the buildings themselves As some OF these ac-
counts said To be In very confused state the send
ing of two expert accountants TO overhaul them seems
to be perfectly proper
Year: 1875

made by another bank director II impossible that the
people Of this country will permit this state OF business
ruin long 10 continue.


read in the Associated Press dispatches yesterday the
saddest sentence that has TO my eye. SPEAK
ing OF the Fall River troubles, manufacturer said
1.-The courage Is all taken OF the operatives they
will submit 90 anything for work" You have been wrlt.
ing me and have been replying upon the reduction OF
values OF property by this system Of contracton but
what shan say OF the reduction Of men into slaves by
this system Of contraction Men, free, white, ana IL
crushed down in spirit until they will submit to any
thing" simply 10 get work al opportunity TO " earn
their bread by the sweat OF the face" not right to par
take OF the blessings OF God 20 his creatures on earth


To submit to anything" for the privilege only TO enjoy
the prmeval How long. on Lord how long, shall
such things bel The end must sooner or later sure
como, and in this that the workingmen and women VIII
be obliged call for their wages invested in sayngs
banks, and that amount is greater than the capta Oh
the National banks although enjoys none OF te 10 per
cent dividends of the latter Institutions and when tIt
call comes, the moneylender at usuTy must stand from
under and may find himself much broken In spirit as
the workingman il now and ready to submit 10 any!
thing to get work" am yours truly, . -


Boston, Sepe$30, 1873. BENZ. L. BUTLER
Year: 1875

THE FATE OF AN IMPORTANT BILL-THE ACT lo


SECURE THE PUNISHMENT OF WIN. S. KING FOR


PERJURY, AND TO LEGALIZE GRAND JURlEs,


sMOTHERED IN SECRECY AND SILENCE.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUHE.l


WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-PersOns who recall the cir
cumstancesof the safe burglary conspiracy trial,
about year ago, may remember that after IL was
over the Grand Jury by whom the alleged conspH-
atOrs had been indicted was found to have been
Illegal in its constitution Upon this discovery not
only all untred cases on indictments then found
fell to the ground but had il not been for special
act which expired Feb 1, 1875 the District of CO.
lumba would have been left several months
without a Grand Jury. During this time, the
Pacific Mail investigation took place, and the test
mony taken before the Ways and Means Committee
seemed to convict VIM. S. King, of having been
guilty of perjury in his testimony before the same
committee of the previous Congress As no Grand
Jury was in session, after Feb J. and none could be
drawn as the law then STOOD until the expiration oI
two years from the time the alleged perjury was
committed it would have made MIR. Kings proSecu-
ton impossible, under the statute OF limitations
Both Houses of Congress, therefore, passed jury
bill for the District Of Columbia, which would not
only enable the Courts TO take cognizance OF inc
case in question, but also remove all ques-
tions in regard to the legal constitution OF
Grand Jurics in the future. This Dill
provided for the appointment of Jury Commits
sioners, whose duty it should be to make lists OF
Jurors selecting male taxpayers on real estate ana
bousehoders, residents of the district, and citizens
Of the United States


The question recently raised as to the legality OF
the present Grand Jury has caused inquiry as to
what became of this bill On examination, 1t
is found that the Senate amendments to the
bill were concurred in by the House, and
the bill finally passed Feb. %, 1879. 1t
then went to the President, and was not
approved by him. but was sent to the State Depart
ment without his signature. As omitling sunday
there were but nine days of the session left this ac
ton was equivalent to veto. 1t thus appears that
the President probably at the instance of the Dis
trict Ring, took upon himself the responsibility OF
placing an obstruction IN the way of Justice here,
by defeating bill which was passed almost unani-
mously 10y both houses of Congress. If he had re-
turned the bill with his objections Congress could,
and probably would have passed it over his veto,
but the course he did take left Congress entirely
helpless in the matter
Year: 1875

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGS-IHE PROSPECTS


THROUGHOUT THE STATE DECLARED TO BE GOOD.


The Republican State Committee held pri-
vate meeting yesterday the Fifth Avenue Hotel The
members who were present from the interior OF the State
gave verbally their views the outlook in their districts
In most instances the representations favorable
although it stated TO be rather carly to give anything
like definite reports. II asserted that considerable
proportion OF those who had hitherto acted with
the Liberal organization were supporting the Re
publican state ticket good deal of routine matter
disposed Of and plans for the campaign discussed
and agreed upon The report Of the Subcommittee ap
pOnted hear complaints Of those Republicans who
deemed themselves aggieved by the action OF the lead
ers in this city, not received because the Committee
had not completed abOrs 1T is doubtful whether the
Committee will be prepared to report that action win
be had the report If 1t is made before the November
Year: 1875

A Pennsylvania bull caught sight
Of Dan Rice's elephant going to water
and charged him The man who
owned the bull said there was moth
ing worth saving except the ring in
the nose, and that represented the
figure s.
Year: 1875

condemnation those of your leaders


who attempt to inveigle you into the
appreciation of a financial policy


which by the force of necessity will


make the Government more corrupt
and profigate than ever. venture
to affirm that while the Democratic
party puts forth strict Limitation of
the powers of Government and the
suppression of corruption as its first
objects, those Democrats who adyo-
cate an imitation of our currency are
advccatinS more despotic and dan
gerous ,yercise of Governmental
powers ar more demoralizing, Cd.
pressivc extravaganza and corruption
than We ever experienced, thus bctray.
log the very principles which tho
Democracy loudly professs. / trust
no candid man will deny that / have
made good my assertion. The inter.
ested partisan may bubble, but no
patriotic man will close his eyes to the
truth. What excuse, then, can be
presented for such a betrayal OF pro.
fcssed principlesg
Year: 1875

CONSTITUTIONAL AMEDMExfs.-We heard a
large number of persons, on Monday, express
themselves decidedly opposed to the Constitu-
tionai Amendment to be voted upon at the com
ing election. We are confident that if the ques-
tion were properly discussed before the people,
the proposition would be defeated Even if the
amendments now pending were adopted, it would
leave the Constellation in bad shape unless other
amendments are adopted; and this is matter
wholly dependent upon a future Legislature. 1t
IS making jump in the dark, in the hope of
nndinS something substantial to grab hold of as
We 90 along. The Consultation is already patch
ed enough. Better have new one, and be done
with it. The expense will not be half as great
in the end as it will be by this continual patch
ing and bungling


We still adhere to our advice, to vote against
the amendments. There is no economy in them,
but there may be trouble.
Year: 1875

EB@ Those Republicans who went after Reform,
and found it to be jack-o-lantern leading them
toward the bog of Democracy, are getting back
on the solid Republican ground as fast they
can. The latest case of prominence is that of
James L. Watson, the reform " candidate for
State Treasurer last year. He has been nominat-
ed as the Republican candidate for Treasurer of
Douglas County.
Year: 1875

rY7 The County Convention wisely refrained
from handling the financial question, believing
that County officers have not much to do in reg
ulating the currency, and that Republicans have
as good right as Democrats to differ on the
question. But from individual expressions which
we heard, we have no doubt that large major
it'd of the Republicans of DOniphan County have
faith in the greenback.
Year: 1875

q The following is from the Cincinnati EHqHir-
er, the organ of the Ohio Democracy. 1t is just
what the Democratic party think of the Germans
They are continually blowing about the Democra-
cy being the true friends of the Germans, and of
foreign born citizens generally; but when they
refuse TO vote the Democratic ticket, they are
slurred as not having principle above glass of
lager beer. Here is what the Enquirer SAYS:


The German vote Of the cities was .ivap Ios,
yesterday for specie resumption Their beer wasn't at
stake and they followed the lead Of Schurz He
have been good investment for the Rrpubhcaus.
Year: 1875

JUSTICE OF TIE PEACE.-P. S. SoPer announc-
es himself for reelection TO the office of Justice
oil the Peace He has held the position for many
years, is thoroughly posted in all the details of
the office, and it would be hard to find better
man for the position
Year: 1875

~ S. r. Shepherd informs US that this is the
first time in his life he was ever a candidate for
Office and attributes this back sliding to the fact
of being ont of business; for Satan always finds
some mischief for idle hands to do He has al
ways attended strictly to business and let office
seeking alone. Although many of the voters of
this Township are not acquainted with 5. r., we
think they will be safe in giving him their votes
for the office of Justice. His best friends are
those who have known him the longest
Year: 1875

PLEASANT SURPRISE. .--On Christmas
eve, at the close of the weekly prayer
meeting, the ladies of the Olivet Pres
byterian Church, presented their pas
tor with a very beautiful and costly
wrapper for his study, and his wife
with very handsome lamp mat. In
addition, they received other substan-
tial expressions of kindness from their
people few days previous, 1t is but
proper to state that this in keeping
with the former history Of the church
And it is also safe to say that they be.
lievc "it is more blessed to give than
to receive" The thanks Of the pastor
and his family are due for such marks
of favor.
Year: 1875

A CHRISTMAS HTNr.-One of the pref
test Christmas customs is the Norwe
gian practice OF giving, on Christmas
day dinner to the birds. Here it is:


On Christmas morning every table.
gateway, or barn-door is decorated with
a sheaf of corn fixed on the top of tall
pole, wherefrom it is intended that the
birds shall make their Christmas dinner.
Even the peasants will contrive to have
a handful set by for this purpose, and
what the birds do not eat on Christmas
day remains for them to finish at their
leisure during the winter"


But If the birds are to be fed, let no
human being 60 hungry.
Year: 1875

\ Row.-There is row at Lewes
over the appointment of a Democrat
on the life station service. The wreck
ing cempanys are at loggerheads, and
a council of dignitaries was in session
at that place on Wednesday night
They are going for the scalp of that
Democrat .-Sussex Journal.
Year: 1875

We remember reading Of three uIfor>
tunate ladies who were entertained one
summer day at the house of country
friend, and whose consequent suferings
we're so remarkable that they will serve
10 point a little moral. These ladies
were very h'gh>toned, so to speak. They
were so very genteel, and so extremely
proper in their manners, that if society
conferred dNgress they would have been
Mistresses of Social Arts and Doctoresses
Of Social Laws,


So these three bigh.toned ladies sat
down to dinner in the house of their
country friend, and there were peas on
the table. Peas wrote one of the i'm
maculate trio, "such as we never see in
town-freSh, green, plump, and luscious,
and 50 delightfully."- hot and tempting =
But as the forks had only two prongs
making it quite useless to try to cat peas
with them, we were obliged to leave the
delicious things on our plates. The FAM
lily ate their peas with their knives. but
os course we could not dothat.' r..1f,


Now our opinion may be of social her,
esy, but we certainly believe that true
lady would have eaten those peas with her
knife. She would have done so simply
because Size would have known that the
lawso true politeness made it imperative
upon her to use knife in such case. -
but this gerteel trio did not appear to
understand that politeness requires a
greater attention to the feelings of others
than in mere forms, that what is very
genteel in one place is often quite boorish
in another, and that there is hyper.gen'
tility and plu.propriety which is offen'
sive to the nostrils of q true gentleman OF
lady.-Sribner.
Year: 1875

We learn that man named Kirkpat-
rick who lived in the mountains was
climbing tree after coon, a week or
two ago, and 'ell distance of GO feet
splitting forked dog wood in the de,
scent. lie was alone at the time of his
fall except accompanied by his dogs
which stayed with him for near two days
and was the final cause of his being found.
When the man was found lie was in a
perfectly helpless condition not even able
to keep the flies off himself and was suf,
fering for water and food, almost all of
limbs being broken, yet Notwithstanding
all this he was able to talk and tell how it
happened. lie said that his hold gave
way in reaching for limb of the tree.
He lived several days afterwards in great
suffering. Truly this is a day of acci>
dents.-Sceet,cater Enterprise.
Year: 1875

An estimable lady living in the near
edge of Pueblo county. Col, had occa
sion to visit the States few months
since and found it convenient to bor-
row a handsome red blanket Of Mr..
Ed. Redmond, highly respectable and
jolly stock man of our county. At
Denver, where the lady stopped one
night the hotel was crowded AMI two
other ladies occupied the same room
The night being cold the possessor of
the blanket generously offered her
room mates the valuable article for
their comfort during the night, but at
the same time enjoined them to take
good care Of it as it was q borrowed
one, The ladies gratefully accepted
the kind offer, and with curiosity
peculiar to their sex asked who might
be the happy owner of the handsome
article, and were told that it was Mr..
Redmond q bachelor friend living in
Southern Colorado. In the morning,
one of the ladies', a handsome young
widow, clipped small piece off one
corner of the blanket and put it in her
pocket, and returning the blanket with
her card, SAID:


Tell Mr.. Redmond if he wants the
rest of his blanket to come and get it. >


In due time the lady returned. from
her eastern visit and delivered to the
owner his property, the card and mes
sage. Mr.. Redmond, not to be out.
done by banter from lady, wrote
her note. Other notes followed each
way. Their intimacy, so romantically
begun, rirened into love and marriage,
although they had not seen each other
till the time the nuptials were celebra
ted. ..af


After Mr.. Redmond had started on
his trip to claim his slowing BRIDE" he
was met at the depot at Colorado
Springs by our efficient Clerk of the
District Court, George A. Butte, and told
him that he would have to he retained
as witness in an important case that
would soon come up in the court. Mr.
Redmond pleaded important business
in Denver-business that could not be
attended to without his presence-bUt
found Mr.. Butte inexorahle until he told
him the nature of the business, wher
Mr.. Butte, recollecting that he himsel
was q bachelor-thought it right tc
obey the Scripture command: "DC
unto others as you would have them dc
unto your" Without further detention
Mr.. Redmond arrived safely in Den
yer, claimed successfully his bride
and, on leaving to return with her tc
his home, he was told by some young
ladies present that if there were an,
other bachelors in Southern Colorado
having red blankets, tell them to scnt
them up.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Pittsburg Leader
writes that there is very remarkable and
curious freak of nature on the bank Of the
Castleman River, about two and half miles
above Confluence, which is we'll worth the
trouble of going to see. A short distance
from the river at the foot Of the mountain
six poplars are growing, the space enclosed
being in the shape Of coffin. For about
six feet from the ground the six trees have
a common trunk, or rather root, as it seems
as if the six trees in the enclosed space had
all united soljdly and had grown out of the
ground carrying the earth above them up
along to the height named. This root trunk
is fifty-fve feet in circumference, and the
poplars, when they assert their individuali-
ty, are each two feet indiametcr. But now
an extremely curious feature of this freak
of nature presents itself to the astonished
belolder. Upon climbing up on the top of
the common trunk, it is found that these
poplars must have been planted around a
child's grave. The enclosed space is about
four feet long, and the green grass is grow
ing on the earth there. At one end is o
great stone with an inscription on it, which,
however, cannot be deciphered, as 1t is SO
worn by time. A part of it is broken off by
the wear and tear of time, although it would
be thought that those sturdy poplars would
be able to protect this small charge of theirs.
No one knows by whom or when this grave
was made.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON Sept. 2S.-Before Secre-
tary Belknap left Washington last week he
said that nothing had yet been done on the
application of Fitzjohn Porter for q review
Of the proceedings Of the court martial by
which he was dismissed from the army and
deprived of the privilege Of holding any Of
flee of profit or emolument under the United
States Government.
Year: 1875

The e1pectant render must rest content for
another day. Mr. BEEcurn did not testify
ycstertla but positive assurance is given that
tho defendant will occupy the witness-chair
to-day
Year: 1875

s-Y" The real waste among well-to-
do farmers, says the Boston Journal of
Chemistry " Is in the throwing away Of
house slops, and in allowing the liquid
excrement of animals to be lost. 1t is
better to advise farmers to save every
drop of the liquids of the house and
barn, than to urge them to pile up huge
heaps OF inert substances to be used as
fertilizers. A heap of dry muck orpeat,
which in itself has no special value, may
be used advantageously to absorb the
valuable liquids of the house and barn,
and in this way farmer may largely
increase his manurial resources without
incurring great expense"
Year: 1875

To CLEANSE GLASSWARE. AS O rule
ssaf.Z1 1assr and q soft cloth are all that
are required to keep glass in good con-
dition; but water bottles and wine de-
canters, in order to keep them bright,
must be rinsed out with little muriatic
acid, which is the best substance for
removing the I" fur" which collects in
them. This acid is far better than
ashes, sand or shot; for the ashes and


sand scratch the glass, and If any
shot are left in by accident the lead is
poisonous, - H
Year: 1875

ERAsIyE Soar. Recipe for making
genuine erssiye soap that will remove
grease and stains from clothing: Two
pounds Of good CASTLE soap, half pound
of carbonate of potash dissolved in half
q pint OF hot water. Cut the soap in
thin slices, boil the soap with potash
until ID is thick enough to mold into
cakes; also add alcohol, half an ounce:
camphor, half an ounce; hartshorn,
half an ounce; color with half an ounce
OF pulverized charcoal. =
Year: 1875

PoTATo BALLS FOR BREAKrAsr.
and mash double quantity of potatoes
Tor dinner, season with sweet cream and
little salt; work in two fresh eggs to
q quart. Mold into little balls, prick
the tops, and lay away in the cold ON q
plate. In the morning put on baking
pan and set into the oven until done to
q delicate brown, which requires fifteen
or twenty minutes. ga.f 80.
Year: 1875

To BAKE HAM.--Most people boil ham.
II is much better baked, il baked right.
Soak for an hour in clean water and
wipe dry. Next spread it all over with
tmn butter and then put it in a deep
d.sh with sticks underlit to keep it out
OF the gravy. When it is fully done.
take off the skin and matters crusted on
the flesh side and Get il away to cool.
Year: 1875

HIS INJURIES NOT SO SERIOUS AFTER ALL.


NEW YORK, August 1S.-It is now
thought the accident to Edwin Booth
will not interfere with his engagements.
In four or six weeks he will be able to
resume his pursuits.
Year: 1875

The story of the Buffalo operator who
was locked in the Office at dinner time,
and who had to telegraph to various
cities to get out, is surpassed by a SINH
lar occurrence which happened in De-
'troit not long since. The Free Press
tells the story: An operator was work
ing on one Chicago wire, and feeling a
desire for o toothful of the weed, quietly
interrupted the report he was sending to
instruct the gentleman who was taking
from him in Chicago to ask the other
gentleman on the Detroit wire to tell
Powers, who worked about six feet from
him, to hand him chew of tobacco.
The instructions were followed out, and
in about half minute Powers tossed
over his tobacco box, as he could moi
fail to respond to friend who had sem
for favor 80 great distance.