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Year: 1874

A TEN.THoUsAND DOLLAR GIRL.--On a
certain day, on a Pennsylvania railroad, a
belle of thriving Pennsylvania town, the
daughter of wealthy lumber merchant, was
travelling in the same train with shrewd old
citizen of her native town 'and an agreeable
young gentleman from the West, who tells the
story:


The latter had been talking to the belle; but,
as night drew on, and the young lady grew
drowsy, he gave his seat to her and placed
himself beside the somewhat cynical Pennsyl-
vanian. The latter began the conversation by
pointing to a high mountain past which they
were whirlinR, and said:


"You see that mountain? Slxor eight years
ago it was covered with as fine a forest as ever
grew, and was worth ten thousand dollars and
upward. Now. without tree, covered with
stumps the land is scarcely worth contincn
tai. The net produce of that mountain is ovel
there in that seat, and he pointed to the re-
cumbent belle. "That is my calculation. Il
has Just absorbed all Of that lumber, which
her father owned to raise and educate the girl
to pay for her clothes and jewelry, bring hel
out in society, and maintain her there. Some
of you young men, if you were given your
choice between the mountain yOnder as it now
stands and the net produce on that seat, woulC
take the net produce; but, as for me, give mt
the stumps
Year: 1874

Whenever you see small boy emerging
from the house with his left arm shading his
eyes and the other smoothing the basement of
his trousers, it is safe to arrive at the conclu-
sion that he has been chasing the bOotjack
around bis father
Year: 1874

IT COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH to make fashionable
dress us 1t does to buy ;e material So, If you use
BUTTERIcK's PATTERNS and cut and make your
own you can dress much more stylish for the same
money than in any other way OGlce Ninth and
Franklin streets,
Year: 1874

WE hear of many cases of petty thiev- ing within few weeks While Judge Dunne's residence was being fitted up and before occupation, g new cloth ceil- ing was taken down and carried away and some other thefts were committed at the same place. People must be careful about leaving their property exposed.
Year: 1874

THERE has lately been some talk about interference with private business in Tue son. People must remem Der that it is but a few weeks since Mir. Wm. Zeckendorf admitted to us what we had been previous ly informed, that he had an intimation that champerty was public Offense and not private business. Our readers may not discover any connection of this with the reduction oi an Indian reservation so that the prosperity of the public might be advanced.
Year: 1874

MIR. LEVIN of the Park Brewery and Gardens, has our thanks for a beautiful bouquet of fragrant flowers grown in his own ground. They show what might be done by many of our citizens and ought to be done.
Year: 1874

TITUS was chairman of meeting last Saturday and assisted in passing reSolu- ton which was so diSgraceful and unjust, that the more sensible and fair members of the meeting, upon second thought, will be in order for the poor old creature to cry out persecution. He was happy when assisting to unjustly damage others, but when the recoil comes, then he will be sending forth walls to enlist sympathy.
Year: 1874

nUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with quality of Flour, which we guarantee far superior to any manu- factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California. We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and at our several agencies

 Three OnalitieS of Elnnr
Year: 1874

THE floor of the County Clerks Office
was day before yesterday covered with
carpet. This carpet is of fanciful pat
tern and in it are many high colors.
About the office is cat, raised in the
place, and stranger to anything but
naked floors. After the upholsterer had
finished his work the feline, "Maggie''
by name, came from the office of the
County Auditor, Sheriff, or some other
room about the Court House, and, crying
at the door, Mr.. Thompson, the County
Clerk, went and let her in. Upon the
door being opened Maggie was about to
walk in as usual, when her eyes fell upon
the carpet. She instantly stopped and
gazed upon it as though petrified with as
tonishment. All the coaxing and petting
that could be done failed to induce the
cat to put her feet upon the carpet. She
would smell of it, and if hair tickled
the end of her nose would spring back,
shake her head and prepare to elevate her
back and thicken her tail. AT last she
was caught and carried to the center of
the room, and, after being soothed till
quiet was gently placed upon the carpet
AT first she was afraid to move, but pres
emily began slowly to walk about, smell
ing at the flowers in the pattern and STEP
ping high, like horse with the string
halt, and whirling about with frightened
look whenever the claws of her hind feet
caught in the thread of the fabric. AT
length she got the better Of her fears and
began to examine the situation more criti-
cally. In the pattern of the carpet, at in
tervals of about four feet in all directions,
is large figure of bright scarlet color
After cautiously smelling one of these
spots, the cat lay down upon it and rolled
over and over, displaying much pleasure:
She then went to the next red spot and
rolled upon it, and so on all over the
whole room, selecting the bright red spots
and rolling upon them till thoroughly
tired out. She paid no attention to any
color but red, though there are in the pat
tern of the carpet several other bright
colors of various kinds. Thus 1t would
seem that while red enrages the bulls,
turkey cocks, etc, it is color with which
cats are delighted. Virginia CITY Enter
prise.
Year: 1874

A METHOD employed in Germany TO
keep rosebuds fresh consists in first cover
ing the end of the recently-cut stem with
wax, and then placing each one in closed
paper cap or cone, SO that the leaves do
not touch the paper. The cap is then
coated with glue to exclude air, dust and
moisture, and when dry it is stood up in
cool place. When wanted for use the
bud is taken out of the cap and placed in
water, after cutting off the end, when the
rose will bloom in a few hours.


THE other day bright little boy, son
of one of the clerks in the Hartford Post
office, was visiting in Norwich. A theat-
rical company had been giving perform
ance in the city, and one of the actors,
being a friend of the family, was stopping
with them. The little boys lively ways
pleased the actor considerably, and he re-
marked, in stage parlance: " wish 1 had
this little boy; think there's money in
him" To which promptly responded the
child: "I know there is, for swallowed
a cent when l was at grandma's the other
day.n
Year: 1874

belle, died yesterday from the use Of
arsenic to beautify her complexion.
Later reports from the elasshopper regions
ase most discouraging, being to the effect
that scarcely any Of the crops will be
saved and that much distress must ensue
among the people who, for the second
year, have their harvesting ,prematurely
done by the great plague.
Year: 1874

der the law the Treasurer cannot pur.
chase them. But none of this Sinking
Fund is tax upon the people, and the
interest of over s23,00O.OO received
frolA il aouually is applied - nay in.
terest OH State debt still unpaid, and
saves taxation to the people in that
amount.
Year: 1874

There are, no doubt, reasons which
justify one man in uttering things
to another's discredit. Truth is, OF
course. the fact. Without that can
be no justification. The next rea-
son is that the suppression of the
truth will work harm. Concealment
of some offences is held IN law to
be completely. A third reason is
when the concealment of the truth
is. in point of fact, assertion of
falsehood to the detriment of the in
nocent, but in the case when all or
any of these reasons are operative.
the master of the secret has no
choice but to speak out. He is a
witness at the bar of the community.
Unless these reasons constrain him,
he is bound to absolute silence. Now
between these two there is no honest
middle ground. Here is the region
of slander. No man has any right
to air his suspicious, to take counsel
OF his malcvolence, to distort or per-
vert facts, or to give vent to insinu-
ations which may mean a great deal
when whispered about, and shrink
into paltry nothings when brought
to the test.


81 never said A murdered L"
whimpers the detected slanderer
81 only said the pistol with which
B was shot, was found in AS wood
she'd" This is fair illustration of
the style in which SANDER is manip-
ulated. And we regret TO say that
many people seem to think it per-
fectiy iustifable. 1t is hardly pos
sible to find community in which
injurious reports are not circulated.
1t is the favorite weapon of a GER
tain class, Whenever they take a
grudge or have a purpose to carry
out which slander will serve, they
appear to consider any sort of evil
insinuations perfectly legitimate,
provided it has enough truth to col
or the story. The fourishing of
this vice marks the time of transition
between the reign of personal ac-
countability between man and man,
Year: 1874


There is no time like the old time,
When you andI were young,
When the buds of April blossomed,
And the birds of spring-time sung,
The gardens brightest glOries
BY summer suns are nursed,
But oh, the sweet, sweet, violets,
The flowers that open first!
There is no place like the old place,
Where you and were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids
On the splendors of the morn,
From the milk white breast that warm


ed US,


From theeilnglng arms that bore,
WhenTthe dark eyes glistened DER US,
That will look on us no more
There is no friend like the old friend
That has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise;
Fame is the seentless sunfower,
With gaudy crown of gold
But friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold.
There is no love like the old love
That we cOur'ed in our pride;
Though our leaves are falling, falling,
And we're fading side by side,
There are blossoms all around us,
With the colors of our dawn.
And we live in borrowed sunshine.
When the light of day is gone
There are no times like the old times
They shall never be forgot
There is no place like the old place
Keep green the dear old spot !
There are no friends like our old friends
May heaven prolong their lives
There are no loves like our old loves
God bless our loving wivesl
Year: 1874

and the reign of actual Christian
brotherhood. Men are too Chris !.
tian to fight duels, they are not vet.
arrived at that state when thew are
too Christian to give cause for duel
ling. tits quite time that the truth
tul and high-toned part of the COM
munity should begin to make SLAM
der odious. ae -a'l


We believe that something Z rests
on the listener. If every person on
nearing an injurious story, would
promPtlysaY: 'You must do one Of
two things: prove what YOU s. saw. or
take It back Instantly, or I will 90
directly tosthe person, and bring YOU
to book" there would be spmewhat
less of it. If every Christian man
and woman would resolve 5rever to
utter disparaging words of another.
except with plain evidence of their
truth, after full investigation, and
then only with jjustifying cause.
there would be great deal less


Nowadays nc one meets It EVERYWHERE.
we 90 not approve of fswhftewash-
lng, as IS too often practiced in.
scandal cases. believe the truth
OF wicked deeds ought to come out
when men IN prominent places are
really guilty. But there would be
less temptation to whitewash, if there
was no throwing of dirt until some of
it sticks. 1t may be said the honest
and upright fear no slander-that
one can live down evil report and
the like. However true in general,
these things are not always true. A
raise story may ruin man who.
while morally pure, is not important
enough to the public to get fair
Year: 1874

There is an old legend which de-
s9ribes how Satan was smitten with
jealousy when he beheld the work
of creation, and how he strove to
surpass it. He toiled and toiled with
the earth and the water, and 10! he
produced Iceland. The old legend
is less complimentary to its subject
than such stories generally are, with
Year: 1874

AN AUDACIoUs BEAR.-Some time ago
a goat belonging to II. Brehmer, who lives
on the Todd place about two miles from
town, was missed. From tracks seen in
the neighborhood at that time it was CON
jectured that bear had carried the goat
off, but when the goat returned few
days afterward, it was then evident that
it had not been carried Off, but probably
frightened away by the bear. One even
ing last week Mr.. Brehmer's wife had
occasion to go to the chicken-house across
the road, taking a lantern with her.
When crossing the road she was greatly
frightened at meeting a bear dropping
the lantern and screaming at the top of
her voice quickly returned to the house,
when her husband rushed out, gun in
hand, just in time to see bruin disappear
ing in the darkness, but too late to get n
shot. That bear is altogether too familiar
and certainly needs killing.
Year: 1874

Invrpsp REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE on


CoMMERCE-PACIFIC MAIL DENOUNCED AS


wAII-sT STOCK JoBBING CoNCERN-CALIFOR-


MA Neutrality-suspicious. TO THE GENERAL


POLICY OF sUBSIDIEs-PRoBABILITIES In TIE


HOUSE.


WASHINGTON April 22.-It is understood that the
Committee on Ways and Means will soon resume
the investigation INTO the affairs OF the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company 1t is perfectly well-known
here that An enormous amount of money was sent to
Washington for purposes ofcorruption, though many
Congressmen deny that 1t really reached any of the
Congressional pockets. Their theory is that it was
mainly absorbed by middle-men and by dishonest
officers of the Company themselves. The unani-
mons report of the Senate Committee on Commerce
against the continuance of the subsidy Of S5Oo0oO
ia likely to be followed by similar action the part
~ the House Committee, and it is not improbable
that even the remaining subsidy may also DO taken
away.


The following are the more essential points OF the
unanimous report of the Senate Committee:
Itnowhsre appears that senli-monthy mail service
between San Francisco Japan and CHINA Is necessary
or that monthly mail service between these ports Is In
sufficient for the purposes Of trade commerce. and mail
facilities The amount required for subsidy by the act
of Feb H. 1865 being $4,000 per annum for 10 years in
wolves the expenditure in gross of SoOooo for monthly
mail service during said period. the sum OF 1865 ss
for each monthly trip Other lines OF steamers afford
ample communication with China aud Japan, which, the
Year: 1874

A reporter of The TRIBUNE last evening
called upon ex-Gov. j. Gregory Smith Of Vermont,
temporarily stopping at the Windsor Hotel and asked
him for his opinion of the of the Currency Bill He
said he had formed very decided one in the matter
and it was that the veto of this bill the salvation of
this country This was the universal sentiment in the
New England States where all considered that this was
the only safe course the President could have taken It's
approval would surely have tended TO the depreciation
OF every value, and ultimately the decentralization OF the
country. Luckily this now averted, and the next
question was whether Congress would effect any com
promise between the two extremes and remedy as far as
possible Tins currency mudde. Ii was greatly to be
feared that this would be accomplished. In his
opinion the only safe plan was gradual return 10
specie payment. He was favorably disposed toward
the free banking system, but this would not be safe
except upon q speoe basis. The commercial and fnan-
cla world would feel the beneficial results OF the
veto The inatonsts themselves however conscientious
they may have been in their support OF the bill, would
stl be enabled 10 see how mistaken they had been in
their views. Without doubt there were many in the
Western states with whom there strong noed Of
pausiOn the currency but the increase that pro
posed bg Congress would not have improved matters
with them There would su have remained the same
was a natural law that made New-York the great com
mercia and financial center, and the great b1k
way there no matter wnat extent it's vol
ume was increased. More method in the distribution
OF the currency was needed Here was where the com
promise bet the inhatOniss and the antllnhation


ss was needed but seemed probable that IN their
present excitement little to this END could he expected
He said il would be mprudent and premature for any
Prominent members of both parties had favored as well
as opposed the bill.
Year: 1874

A ''FARMER, in the Houston Age, takes
exception to our notice of the new company
formed to introduce steam plows and steam
blowing into Texas, and evidently thinks
we know little about the matter. Well, we
were raised on a farm, and do know little
about the cultivation of the soil, though
nothing worth Dragging about. We under
stand that deep blowing is good thing,
and that steam plows may be used success
fully on large sugar plantations, but they
cannot be made profitable on small farms,
and there is no such necessity for their in
PRODUCTION into this State as to authorize
the Legislature to make such liberal land
grants as are sought to be obtained. We
know thing or two as we'll IS the
Farmer (D in the Ags.
Year: 1874

THE San Antonio Herald copies in full
our article on tho Rio Grande and Mexican
trade and makes it the subject of some
ratker ill-naturcd remarks. Now this is all
wrong. It was not written to stir up any
ill-feeling. There is no necessary antagon-
ism between Austin and San Antonio. tits
hardly right to say that we ''do not appre-
ciate the liberality" Of the latter. 1t is still
less right to make our kindly written article
the occasion Of sn unjust attack on the Hon.
John Hancock. But our friends will natu-
rally be q little sore till they get railroad,
which we hope will be soon. If our article
stirs them up to look out sharply after their
Mexican trade, we shall be glad of it. We
have a great liking for the beautiful City
of the Saint, if not the saints, and shall
always rejoice in its prosperity.
Year: 1874

WE see it stated that an inquiry is to be
made in Congress about the $500, 900 ap-
preparation to kill tho moths, which are
said to destroy tho soldiers cIothing. As
another appropriation of 500, 600 is asked
for the same purpose, it is thought proper
to look into tbs matter and find out what
becomes of so much moth killing money.
Year: 1874

Spooney young gentlemen are advised
never 10 write gushing efusions in prai't
of their sweethearts hair. They may
safely operate on her nose or eyes. but
the color of her hair is apt to change
with the fashion. 1t would be very awA
ward to send her poem telling her that
hor hair is like golden threads spun from
a sunbeam, aud meet her next day wear
ing a deep chestnut-colored chignon.
Year: 1874

Reports received at the Agricultural
Department in Washington show that the
wheat crop will nearly average that of
last year. None Of the large corn prOduc.
ing States reach an average. There is q
fair crop Of oats, potatoes and hay, but
less than half crop Of tobacco
Year: 1874

At High Falls. New York, the other
day, young lady while crossing a field
was knocked down by a ram; the next
time the damaged damsel saw her lover
she informed that astonished youth that
he might 60 about his business, as she was
disguised with the sex.
Year: 1874

A \. Y State quaker was found in
a patch of grass behind fence looking
at a circus procession, and turned 1t of
by asking Friend, hast thee seen the
kingbot of my wagon around here ."
Year: 1874

lie who is pleased with everything is
n big fool, and he who is pleased with
nothing is bigger one.


The only pedigree worth having is
the one we leave to our children, not
the one We get from our fathers.


Tho man who at all timae -, a,
mis- wants no uouDt Is happy, but show
me this kind OF man, viii you?


The devil can't fool with busy man
any more than loaier can with honey
bee.


We owe our enemies more than we
do our friends. 1t is they who keep
our wits-bright and our tools in order.


Epitaphs are too often like the bills
of circus company-ihere is u heap
more in the bills than in the perform
ance.


Debt is as easy TO fall into as well
and often as hard to get out Of,


A fanatic is the worst man we have
TO contend with. reason has no power
over him, and it Is against tho law TO
club him.


If you are going to give man any
thing, give it 10 him cheerlully, aud
quick, don't make him get down on his
knees in front Of you and listen to q
moral sermon an hour and half long,
and then give him ten cents.


Bashfulness is often like the silver
itssfows tee brass.


A goofdeal Of beauty and good
deal of sense'are seldom found together.
Year: 1874

An old man is like an old wagon
with light loading and careful usage ii
will last for years; but Que heavy load
or sudden strain will break it, or ruin
it forever, Many people reach the age
of fifty, or sixty, or even seventy, mea-
surably free from most Of pains and IN.
frmtes OF age CHEEKY in heart sound
in health and ripe in wisdom and expert
ence, with sympathies melowed by age,
and with reasonable prospects and OPP
portunities for continued usefulness In
the world for considerable time. Let
such persons be thankful but Let them
also be careful. An old constitution is
like an old bone--brokon with case aud
mendod with difficulty.


A young tree bends to tho gale, an
old one snaps and falls before tho blast.
A single hard lift; an hour of heating
work an evening of exposure TO rain
or damp; severe chill an excess ol
food; the unusual indulgence OF app
petite or passion n sudden tit OF anger
an improper dose Of midicine--any OF
these, or other similar things, may cut
off valuable life in an honr and
leave the fair hopes Of usefulness and
enjoyment but shapeloss wreck.
Year: 1874

The New York Times presents the
following for the consideration of its
party:


We took tho liberty last fall of fore
warning our respected leaders that II
they lacked the courage to deal proper
ly with tho financial question, they
would find themselves in very un-
pleasant position towards the summer
OF 1874. And now here they are--"up
n tree" We could point out without
much difficulty half q dozen members
OF Congress who are by no means in
SO good . position for the great contest
oflS76 as they were or (thought they
were) q few months ago. They have
played unintcntially iuto tho hands oi
the President, and, as we had occasion
TO remind Horace Grceley's followers
two years ago, people who take Gen.
Grant for q simplcton don't Quite know
the kind Of man they have to deal with.
lie is now the only prominent man in
the Republican party who is making
any headway and how do our dlslin-
gushed friends in Congress like that
DO they still fancy that n private barrel
organ or two will enable them to rocov.
CT their lost groundI


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