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Year: 1874

are occasions when they need the
services Of true men, and they do not
find them in shoals and in the mud,
but alone and in pure water.


In the realm of eminent acquire
ments and eminent integrity there is
always room enough. Let no Young
man OF industry and perfect honesty
despsir because his profession or cali
ing is crowded. let him always re-
member that there Is room enough at
the top, and that the question wheth-
er he is ever TO reach the top, or rise
above the crowd at the base of the
pyramid, will be decided by the way
in which he improves the first ten
years Of his active life in securing to
himself a thorough knowledge Of his
profession. and sound moral and in
telleetual culture.
Year: 1874

steam power in the New York y
Erie canal, according to paper read
before the Transportation Convention
at Richmond is a complete success.
The recently built Baxter steamers
make the trip in six days, as against
fourteen days by horsepower, and at
the cost of ten cents per mile as
against thtrty-fve cents for horse
power: so that there is as much
profit in carrying grain at ten cents
by steam as at fifteen by horsepower
"a saving Of FIVE cents per bushel.
Further improvements contemplated,
in the way Of locks that can be oper-
ated more speedily, &c, will enable
these steamers to transport wheat
from Buffalo to New York sat hve
cents per bushel; or ten cents per
bushef'from Chicago to New York.
Year: 1874

Colorado is like miss at her school
examination, anxiously waiting to
see if she will ''pass.' The Terri
tory longs to lay aside her short
dresses, and, putting on the full garb
OF womanhood, step into line with
her thirty-seven sisters, Haunting .
trail as long as the longest. In the
Territory there seems to be an uni
versal desire among the people to
possess State degrees, and the press
unanimously favors the cry for ad-
mission to the Union. In all proba-
bility Colorado will be the next star
added to the flag Of the nation, her
growth, business and prospects oil
pointing to the justice Of her claim
before Congress.
Year: 1874

The Supreme Court Of Iowa holds
that debtor may recover all money
paid for liquor sold in this State
in violation Of law. The doctrine
was declared some months ago, and
rcailirmed in an important case quite
recently.
Year: 1874

A fellow who hid under a sofa at
an informal Boston missionary meet
ing, says that the thirty-tive ladies
spoke twice of the down-trodden
heathen and more than hundred
times of new kind of hair dye.
Year: 1874

such document as one might expect from
the man who allows his friend to make
merchandise of his wife's honor, and
acts as broker in the transaction,-
brutal, cruel, cowardly, infamous. Because his
actions have been misconstrued forsooth, this
Bayard of Brooklyn must save his reputation
for generosity by blasting the homes In which
he has been o favored guest, pulling
out the private letters committed to his
honorable keeping, showing the world
what ugly things brothers and sisters
could say of one another, what sentimental
phrases wives could write in the absence of
their husbands, and dragging the reputation
of ladies whom ho has never known and the
happiness of families which have never
wronged him through the reeking filth OF this
unparalleled scandal. 1t would not have been
considered nice business for gentleman in
olden times; but we suppose it is all right
in these DAYS when husband undertakes to
prove that he is not dog by showing that
he is a cuckOld.


It is time for this abominable business to be
stopped. The accusers have failed in their
case, and every fresh attempt to accomplish
their purpose only makes their failure more
disastrous. The word of Henry Ward Beecher
stands good against ten-acre lot full OF
Moultons and Tiltons. The world will
tolerate no more of their passion
ate and unsupported assertions. IL they
have any proof of what they allege against
the pastor of Plymouth Church, let them take
it into a court of justice where it can be
weighed and sifted. A suit at law may enable
them to destroy the character of Mr.. Beecher;
though nothing will ever mend their own.
Year: 1874

An intelligent correspondent in the South
sends us a report of a conversation with the
Hon. j. Amber Smith, Representative in Con-
gress from the Richmond district, who has
just returned home from an interview with
the President at Long Branch. Mr.. Smith
found the President unwilling to commit him
self on the subject of q third term, from
which, of course the only conclusion that can
possibly be drawn is that he will take the
nomination if he can get it. Mr.. Smith de-
clares the public sentiment of his State to be
"not at all unfavorable to President Grant,"
and for himself he goes $50 far as to say
"that If the people are ever disposed to give
"a President three terms they will not find
"more worthy recipient of the honor than
"Gen. Grant, The agitation of this i'm
portant question has been somewhat checked
by the later sensation of "War OF Races"
but it is clear enough that party, not by
any means contemplate, contemplates offer
ing the President denomination as the price
of his expected veto of the Civil Rights Bill.
Year: 1874

The Pork-Packers' Convention at Louisville,
of whose proceedings we publish an extended
report, appears to have closed somewhat
stormy session by mutual concessions and to
the satisfaction of all concerned. The chief
object accomplished was the agreement upon
"a uniform standard for packing. specifying the
number of pounds of meat and salt respect
lively that each barrel of pork shall contain.
The advantages to trade of such uniformity
can only be appreciated by those who have
Been subjected to the inconvenience of an ir-
regular and huctuating system.
Year: 1874

A very pleasant report comes from Vicks-
burg of the formation of an order of soldiers
from the Union and Confederate armies.
Hearty good fellowship appears to have been
elected at the preliminary meetings, and the
organization of the Order of the Blpes and
Grays seems to have made rapid progress
The men who actually did the fighting have a
respect for each other unknown to the blatant
civilians who took no part in it, and there are
no traces in the army of that sectional ami
mostly which politicians find it so often
necessary to inhame.
Year: 1874

The urgency which Gen. Custer is said to
exhibit in his final report to the War Depart
ment concerning the Black Hills will not 1T
is to be hoped, bring about any violations OF
our treaty with the Indians. Even If there
were any pretext for overriding its provisions
and breaking the pledged faith of the nation.
it is an open question whether any material
advantage would accrue to the eager IRON
tiersman doubt as to the value of the al
legged gold discoveries, coming from the geol-
ogist who accompanied the expedition, may
be coupled with the fact that good-sized
thimble would easily cover all the gold that is
actually known to have been found in the
region. There is as yet no occasion for inde-
cent haste.
Year: 1874

Matters at the Columbia Convention are
coming to a crisis, the hunger of the dele
gates threatening to pass before long beyond
all control. Gov. Moses has made speech,
declaring that his errors are not OF the head
but the heart, his sole fault being an over
weening love for the black man. The conclu-
sion naturally to be deduced from this state
ment would be that the black men ought
therefore to vote for their friend, what
ever his little moral peccadilloes; but
as Moses has also requested to be re-
garded in the unexpected light of "burnt
" "offering,n the Convention is perplexed.
There is a comforting report that the chances
of defeating both Chamberlain and Moses
continue to improve; but he must be a san
guine observer who looks for any good out
of the present Republican assemblage at
Columbia.
Year: 1874

What life-like picture of the Refined Mr.. Moul
ton unconsciously presents in the letter from Mrs
Morse embodied in his new Statement Mrs. Tiltor
tells her mother that T. did not take any meals a
home from the fact that she could not get such foot
as he liked to nouyish his BRAIN and so he took hi
meals at Moulton's" We should have supposed, in
deed that the brains of those two gentlemen wer
nourished on the same food.
Year: 1874

Gallatin, out in Davies county. il
very pleasant little town and has good
many very pleasant people rrri,s;...s
within its corporate limits and they en-
JOY themselves very pleasantly by hav-
ing festivals and mite society meetings.
and all that kind of thing. Last week
some of our citizens were out at Gallatin,
the Black murder trial; and
one evening they attended a festival that
had been gotten up for some purpose
There was a big crowd present. and
among the attractions was a SHOW
where one could see any animal they
wished TO by the payment of the small
sum OF ten cents. The show aforesaid con.
sisted of mirror carefully covered with
''see" place themselves i'm front of the
mirror. and, OF naming the animal they
wished TO see, the cloth was removed,
and they bchcld themselves reflected in
the glass.


Among those present on the evening
alluded TO was young bridal couple,
whose marriage had occurred on the
same evening that the husband had join
ed The grangers. The bride wasn't a
granger by any means, and had always
been ''twitting" her husband in reference
TO his connection with that organization.
She was anxious To- see the "show," and
paid her ten cents for that purpose. TAX
ing her place before the covered mirror,
she was asked what animal she wanted
to see. "The goat my husband rode the
might he Joined the grangers," was the
reply. The cloth was removed and Gu
riosity was satisfied.
Year: 1874

NJ. =. Colbert in the Chicago Tribune Of July T.


The letter of Mr.. Parkhurst 10 the
New York Tribune has created consid-
able sensation. as the writer undoubted-
ly expected il would. Mr.. Parkhurst
predicts that towards the end of this
month the earth will pass through the
tail of the comet, and that the moon


VIII probably gain an atmosphere at the
same time, an article in which she is lust
now lamentably deficient. There i rea-
son to believe, however, that Mr.. Park
hurst has dropped figure somewhere.
or taken an are out in the wrong quad
rant. or made some other mistake. which
even mdthematicians are occasionally
guilty Of There il no reason to believe
that the earth will pass anywhere near
the tail Of the comet.


AT the time of passing the perihelion,
which is its nearest distance from the
sun, and nearly its least distance from
The earth. the comet will be about twen-
fy-five degrees from the plane of The
eclcptic. The tail will then be nearly
Mt It's greatest length-the time. one
week from to-day. Ten or twelve davs
thereafter the comet will cross the clip
tic. at which time its tail will have
dwindied down TO "A length not much
exceeding its present one The tail of
comet j. rather uncertain subject for
computation long before hand. but we
may safely say that It's length, when
the comet is on the ecliptic, will be not
more than about five million miles. As
the head OF the comet will then be more
Than 4O.OO0OOO of miles away from the
earth, it is evident that there will be Il
little gap Of 35,0O0O00 miles between
he tail of the comet and the earth at
he time of their nearest approach To-
each other. This is too great an interval
o admit of any possibility of a doubt
hat the earth can be seriously infu-
need by the comet itself, or that there
AN be any accretion to the earths at
nosphere from the comet. or any at
nospheric formation around the moon
iue to the same cause.
Year: 1874

| SI. HENRY, IND, July 10, 1914.


EDITOR CoURIER:-I am a merchant
and find that by these hard times il
would be a good plan for all engaged in
the same business, TO organize against
persons unworthy of credit. The longer
these hard times continue, the larger
will be the number of such. 1t is well
known fact that when times are good
and plenty of money that the most dis.
honest persons will pay. though OF
course not all but let hard times come
as we now have and we will see that a
lgood many that was thought honest,
though not in the heart, will take the
hint and even if they were able. will not
take pains to keep up their reputation
and give hard times the fault; if they
don't get credit at one place they will
90 TO another and so keep on supporting
their families with necessaries, never ex-
pecting to pay for. As long as such
people can get what they want on credit.
they will not care much for working,
because they generally belong to the
lazy set.


u
part of our county for our meetings and
in said room keep our "Back Book"
with the names of all those deemed un-
worthy OF credit. Our manner OF pro-
curing the names should be about as fol-
lows. Each member should be required
to furnish the SECRETARY of our associa-
ton with list of the names of those he
deems unworthy ofcIedst, although they
may not be owing him. The names so
furnished then placed on the black book
ny the secretary. and opposite said name
place the number of the member or firm
who has caused his name TO bc placed on
the book. BY these means any member
can find ont the doubtful ones, and can
then use his own judgment about giving
credit. But as the association should
not absolutely prohibit giving credit TO
a person whose name appears on the
black book; but seeing the name on the
book puts members on their guard. and
should more than one number appear
opposite his name, such person finds ii a
difficult matter 10 get credit from men,
bcrs of the association unless they give
good security.


We should also direct our attention to
another article. II is about the present
long credit system: There ale many
business men in our county who wait on
people for pay at least two years, if they
are only good for il. and because the
stese-kccper is afraid. that If he would
reniind him Of his duty, the so-called
gooi customers might be offended, stop
dealing and 60 somew here else. Now
this won't do, rs money is worth inter-
est, YOU let IL stand out two years with
out interest. You will be loosing raless
YOU take a great profit. II each one
would make customers give notes with
interest or pay, after twelve months
time, it would be different. They would
surely not quit dealing on that account.
because they know they would be served
just ;he same nj other places. Now
wish some old business man would start
the thing going on the above plan.


w. III. X.
Year: 1874

The Legislature of Massachusetts has
lately passed law making it necessary
that a dozen eggs weigh one and one
half pounds. This is move in the
right direction, and we hope that all Of
the other States may speedily follow the
good example set by Massachusetts,. II
is annoying to the breeder of blooded
and fine fowls to find, when he offers for
sale eggs nearly twice as large as bis
neighbors, that they bring no more per
dozen than do the smaller ones. Also,
the consumer is often vexed to find that
be must pay the same price to-day for q
dozen eggs weighing but a pound that
he yesterday paid for dozen weighing
pound and half Besides, an egg
from a well.fed fowl is heavier and richer
than an egg from common fowl that is
only half fed, so that weight compared
to size is an indication of richness.
Thus, eggs of which eight will weigh a
pound are better and richer than those
Of comparatively the same size Of which
ten are required for a pound.
Year: 1874

From the Los Angeles Express.I


The tract of country known as the
Slate Range valley is probably one OF
the most curious that Southern Caliior-
MIA can boast of. 1t is there the i'm
mense deposits of borax were discov-
cred something like year ago, and at
that time the whole lower or central
portion of the basin was covered with a
deposit, breaking away in some places
in large soda reefs, in others resembling
the waves of the ocean, aud in still
others stretching out for miles in one
unbroken level from which the sun re-
hected its rays with glare almost uRen-
durable. But one of the most singular
features in connection with this section
was the absence of rain there, until
some three months since the spell
was broken. Suddenly, and with
scarcely any warning, rain commenced
to fall, and for thirty hours it
came down steadily but increasingly, ac-
compauied by wind, but yet thorough
drenching rain. For two or three days
it remained pleasant, when suddenly a
waterspont was seen winding its way
through the valley. 1t came in a zigzag
course across the upper end of the lake,
striking the range Of hills on the east
side and coursing rapidly along them:
The canons and gorges we're soon filled
with water, which poured from them in
fearful volumes and spread itself out
upon the bottom. In short time it was
over, and the denizens of the locality
now look for another dry season Of five
years. The borax company now in ope-
ration there are said to be doing well,
and another set of works on small
scale will probably go in within a short
time. Thirty.6ve hundred pounds of the
refined article were recently shipped to
San Francisco, and ten tons of crude
material.
Year: 1874

The first line Of Gray's Elegy, eE
"The curfew tolls the knell Of parting day. :"
has made the word curfew familiar
to every English.speaking boy and girl.
The word is formed of two French
words, couvre feu or eouvrir feu (cover
the fire) aud came into use when VIII
liam the Norman, the first monarch of
England, made law that all fires should
be extinguished at the sound of the
evening bell.


To many hearts in the old country
that cherish its traditions, the I" curfew
recalls story Of loves devotion.


In the time Of Cromwell a young SOL
der, for some offense, was CONDEMNED to
die, and the time of his death was fixed
at the ringing of the curfew." Nat
urally such doom would be fearful and
bitter to one in the years of his hope
and pride, but to this unhappy youth
death was doubly terrible, since he was
soon to have been married to a beautiful
young lady whom he had long loved.


The lady, who loved him ardently in
return, had used her utmost efforts to
avert his fate, pleading with the judges,
and even with Cromwell himself, but all
in vain. In her despair she tried to
bribe the old sexton not to ring the bell,
but she found that impossible. The hour
drew near for the execution. The prep
arations were completed. The officers
of the law brought forth the prisoner,
and waited, while the sun was setting,
for the signal from the distant bell
tower fli1iill HA4 A3t lt
To the wonder Of ofeverybody, it did not
ringi Only one human being at that
moment knew the reason. The poor girl,
half wild with the thought of her lover 8
peril, had rushed unseen up the winding
stairs, and climbed the ladders into the
belfry loft and seized the tongue of the
bell.


The old sexton was in his place,
prompt to the fatal moment He threw
bis weight upon the rope, and the bell
obedient to his practiced hand, reeled
and swung to and fro in the tower. But
the brave girl kept her hold, and no
sound issued from its metallic lips.


Again and again the sexton drew the
rope, but with desperate strength the
Young heroine held on. Every move
ment made her position more fearful;
every sway of the bells huge weight
threatened to fling her through the high
tower window; but she would not let 90;


At last the sexton went away. Old
and deaf, he had not noticed that the
curfew gave no peal. The brave girl
descended from the belfry, wounded
and trembling. She hurried from the
church to the place of execution. Crom-
well himself was there, and was just
sending to demand why the bell was 81.
lent. She saw him.


- and her brow,


Lately white with -sickening horror, glows


With hope and courage now;
Al his feet she told her story, showed her


hands all bruised and torn; -,
And ker sweet yeune face still hagEard with


the anguish il had worn,
Touched his heart With sudden pity, lit his


eyes with misty Light


Go. your lover lives cried Cromwell, cur
few shall not ring tonight.
Year: 1874

The testimony taken by the sub-commit ZEE
now sitting i'll this city is overwhelming on
the main charges. At least a dozen OF the
leading members of our bar testify to Dureifs
habits of indulgence in stimulants to degree
to bring discredit upon his office and induce
a demeanor OH the bench offensive, overbear-
ing and insulting to the members OF the bar. Be
sides the lawyers, a number of respectable cit
liens testify more emphatically and pointedly
to this point.


The most pertinent and emphatic of these
dispositions, is that of a keeper of a fashiona-
BILE restaurant in this city, who testified that
at festivity held at his establishment, the
judge was 50 far gone in his inebriation that
it required the aid of his two festive compan-
ions to carry him to his residence; and, what
Is still more remarkable, the two gentlemen
who rendered this friendly service to the un-
fornate judge, were the only two witnesses
who testified before the committee that they
never saw him under the influence of alcoholic
or vinous stimulants in their lives!


On the other charge, of sanctioning, permit
ting and colleaguing with the perpetrators OF
the most audacious, systematic and whole
sale plunder of the people ever heard Of in a
country of law and courts, the evidence was
OF startling character. We will not antici
pate it's publication. We fear, indeed, it will
never see the light. When it does, we can
safely affirm that the civilized world will re.
gard with infinite amazement and horror the
development of the most ruthless and auda-
cious spoliation and devastation of the pro-
perty of the citizens, perpetrated under the
shelter and with the sanction, the aid and
authority'of a United States judge. And fur
ther, it is shown beyond contradiction and
doubt, that whilst all this depreciation and
rapacity were carried on against our people
the judge, who should have protected the
people against it, was the constant, festive
boon companion and inseparable associate
and partaker of the most unbouded luxury
fest tV for nf tha snpjla ms
wrenched from an impoverished and plumber
ed community,
Year: 1874

The attention of our readers is called to the
Entertainment advertised by tho ladies, in
another column. What with gumbo, turkeys,
Salads dancing, and everything else that can
contribute to the enjoyment of the guests, this
is rare chance for the people of this Parish
We shall be very much disappointed if the fine
dancing rooms arc not crowded to overfowing
on this occasion. Let everybody and his wife
Tor sweetheart, if he is fortunate enough to
have one) come,-and don't forget to bring a
supply of small change;- because q little
change relieves monotony so mach.
Year: 1874

We notice that the Town Council has had
several bridges built lately ON Walnut and
Lombardy streets, to the great convenience
and satisfaction of the residents in the east
ern portion of town.
Year: 1874

When the negro down in Louisiana was
hauled up for stealing bacon, he put in as q
defense that he was told by his poiltlcai
teachers. that now, when he had the right to
vote, be must take ''sides" somewhere,
Year: 1874

1T is sweet. when sorrow and
weariness are our only companions.
to remember that the hour is not
far away when the Father will fold
the tired hands of His child in His,
will ease the aching eye with sleep,
and breath under its trembling lid
the sweet dream of heaven.