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Year: 1874

A New SwINDLE.-A Brooklyn pawn.
broker has hit upon new idea for the
improvement of business. He pledge:
in his own office a worthless ring, made
in imitation of gold, and apparently worth
about 500. The ticket for this bogus
pledge on which loan of So or therca.
bouts appears to have been made is then
dropped on the the street, near the door
of the pawn office, to tempt the cupidity
of the wayfarer, while the enterprisng
broker calmly watches his bait. Very
soon the ticket is picked up, and pocket
ed by the finder with a chucklc. In a
short time n call is made for the pledge
the loan and interest at a high rate are
paid, and the finder believes he has more
than doubled the value Of his money
until some friendly jeweler to whom the
ring is shown, acquaints him with it'
true value, which is generally about three
cents. The finder of the ticket is usually
satisfied to let the matter rest there, rs
he feels himself little at fault in con
nection with this petty swindle.
Year: 1874

Trout VERSUS CoIN.-The following
fishing article, from an exchange, will
amuso our hook and line friends 81
met the other day." writes a foreign
sportsman, with an Englishman, who
travels somo hundreds of miles every
year to indulge in his favorite sport, trout
fishing. L believe that, provided his ia
vorite stream were undisturbed, this en-
thusiastic fisherman would be but little
concerned if the whole world were sub
merged in a second deluge, as may bo
judged from the following anecdote:
One day lac was exploring the banks of
his fayorite stream, accompanied by the
landlord of the inn at which he was stop
ping. The latter happening to come too
close just at that moment his guest was
throwing the fly, the hook caught in the
poor wretch's eyelid, causing him in
tense pain. But the sportsman cooly
took out his hook, readjusted the fly, and
as the inn keeper continued bowling at
the top of his voice, You can," said he
in whisper, "put your eye down in
your bill, but I'll trouble you to stop
that noise, so as not to fr1ghten my fish,"
Year: 1874

THE ANTI BALD HEADED HAT
Kirkbaum read somewhere that Dio Lew
is advised men with a tendency TO be-
come bald to have holes punched in the
top of their hats. And so when Kirk
baum purchased his new Winter hat no
had small sheet-iron plato perforated
with large holes and set in the CROWN
That was on Tuesday. On Wednesday
Mrs. Kirkbaum got n new hired girl, who
saw the hat on the chair in the dining
room, and imagining it to be n patent
collender Of some new kind, she removed
it to the kitchen. When Mrs. Kirk baum
came down at noon TO see how dinner
was getting on, she found the girl strain
ing the boiled cabbage through the iron
ventilator in Kirkbdum's high hat, and
swearing in the Ballybugdeen dialect be-
cause the holes were so big and the col
lender so timber. That night, when Mr.
Kirkbaum wanted to go to the Lodge, he
began to hunt for his hat, while Mrs. X
sat still and trembled. But when he be
came exasperated and commenced to pcl
up chairs and jam them down hard, so al
to relieve his feelings, she began to cry
and revealed the whole horrible truth tC
him. 1t may have been done in quicker
time but we doubt it. We say that there
may have been, in former ages, some hir'
ed girl who packed her trunk and pelted
down stairs and was hustled into the
street quicker than Mrs. Kirkbaum's
hired girl when Kirkbaum began to ex-
postulate with her, but the fact has not
been proved He wears an unperforated
hat now, and will probably be entirely
hnld in another month
Year: 1874

THE court of pardons of New Jersey
has postponed the consideration of the
petition Of Louis Wadenburger of Egg
Harbor City until the next session of the
court. 1t is stated that the prisoner, who
has been confined in State prison for four
teen years for the murder of his child,
knew that his wife committed the MUIR
der, and would not divulge until after
his wile's death, which took place a short
time ago. He was sentenced to be hung,
but the sentence was commuted TO i'm
prisonment for life, because the evidence
on which he was convicted was circum-
stantial. His petition bears the sig
natures of the lawyers who were present
at the trial and ten of the twelve jury
men, besides large number Of the prom
inent citizens of the vicinity. One of the
other two jurymen is dead, and the other
left for parts unknown ten years ago.
Year: 1874

JUSTICE, though blind, is always beau
tiful. So is justice of the peace when
his head is perfectly horizontal and his
heart is tender. Such is that mild mind
ed magistrate Of Guthrie county, Iowa.
who has just made decision in the
case of parent who sued his daughters
wooer for kicking him out ofbis own par
lor. 1t was held by the court that court
ing is a necessity, and must not be need


lessly interrupted-that a parent has no
legal right in a room where counting is go
ing on. This, however, leaves open the
questions whether father may not, in
the exercise of proper parental authority,
order his daughter still domicled in his
house, to 60 to bed at nine o'clock, and
whether he ia bound to find light and fire
for the convenience Of the enamored.
Year: 1874

THD DISEASE OF Dick YATEs.-Poor
Dick Yates went down to the grave i'm
PEELED by fatality that was unyelding.
His difficulty was not one of his own
seeking. 1t came to him by transmits
sion, and he was no more responsible for
it than is the child born with a taint
of scrofula, or the person who finds his
system pervaded with poison communi-
Gated by the bite Of rabid dog. lie was
an inebriate from conception he was
doomed when he lay on his mothers
breast; and his subsequent yieldings to
stimulation were no more than the out
breaks of congenital disease. He fought
the thing gallantly; he fought it with all
the odds against him he fought It as a
man fights against pulmonary consump-
ton which has fastened itself upon him
and for this fighting off the fatal catastro-
phe as long as he did, he is entitled to
consideration.-C Chicago Times.
Year: 1874

A Sponish Moor, being on the eve of
setting out on n pilgrimage to Mecca, en-
trusted all his money to man who had
hitherto. borne a reputation for unblem-
ishcd probity. His fortune consisted of
two thousand peasants. On his return
he was not little surprised, when the re-
puted honest man denied all knowledge
of himself and his money. The pilgrim
entered complaint against him, entreat-
cd the judge to help him to his property,
and took his oath on the truth of his
statement-but all in vain. The old
mans good name outweighed all he could
say, the plaintiff was non-suited and he
went away in despair.


Presently he met an old woman who
was toddling along with the aid of staff.
Touched by the strangers grief she
stopped him, hailed him in Allah's name,
bade him take heart, and having listened
to his unvarnished tale, she said :


BE Of good cheer, young man. May
be, with Allah's help, shall get back
your gold. Do you buy chest, and fill
it with sand or mould only let it bo
bound with iron and well locked. Then
choose three or four discreet men, and
come to me. We shall succeed, never
fear"


The Spanish Moor followed her advice
punctually. He came with four friends,
bringing n Ghost, which the strongest
porters could scarcely drag along.


"Now follow me-" said tho old wo-
man.


On reaching the door of the supposed
honest man, she went in with the Span
iard's four friends, bidding the latter
wait below, and not mako his appear
ance until the chest had been carried up
stairs.


She now stood in the presence of tho
hypocrite, when she introduced her four
companions saying


Behold, here arc some honest Span
iards about to make pilgrimage to
Egypt. Their treasures are boundlcss.-
They possess, among other things, ten
chests of gold and silver, that they know
not whore to stow at present. They
would fain entrust them to safe hands at
present, so /, well knowing your unsul-
lied reputation, have brought them hith-
or. Pray fulfil their wishes"


Meanwhile, she ordered the heavy chest
brought in, which the pretended honest
man gloated over with greedy looks
But just then the young man rushed in,
and impetuously demanded his two
thousand peasants. The faithless deposit
tory was much frightened, and lest the
young man should reproach him with his
treachery in presence of the strangers,
who would then take away their untold
treasures, which he had already deter
mined TO appropriate TO himself, he cried
out to the Moor


" BE welcome was almost fearing
you would never come bnck again, and
was puzzled to know what to do with tlS
two thousand peasants. Allah be prais-
ed, who brought you back safe. Here is
what belongs to you"


The Spanish Moor went away with his
treasure as triumphant as though he was
carrying off SO much booty. The old
woman begged the master OF the house to
pnt this first chest in safe place, whilo
she went and ordered the rest to be sent.
She then sheered off with her four com
panions, and of course failed to return.
Year: 1874

A YOUNG man who belongs to Club,
where euchre is the principal intellectual
study, took young lady to church last
Sunday evening, and fell into a gentle
doze before the minister had reached his
"Thirdly." He cannot explain exactly
how it happened, butjust as the reverend
gentleman said something about the last
trump the young man earnestly ejacu-
lated "I'll go it alone !" The young
lady says the next time he can ego
Alone" for she won't go with him. And
she let him go home alone, too.
Year: 1874

breadth from the position he has taken, and


surrounded by hosts of friends, both in the
presbytery AMI out of 1t, IL is easy to per-
ceive thai all this show, and parade, and no.
toriety are exceedingly distasteful to him,
and that the heresy trial is dreadful bore.


Hewill be as happy as prisoner just released
from long duranoe when it Is over. OF his
demeanor as a party to the trial, and
the most deeply interested in it. 1t is impos-
sible to say anything, from the fact that he
manifests little interest, and does not appear
70 have any more connection with it than
the most disinterested visitor. In tact, DUR
ing the larger part of the trial, a stranger
would have taken him for casual passer-b by
who had strolled in out of curiosity, and was
rather disgusted with the show. He is not
even constant attendant, but trusts much to
his friends, satisfied that his case is in good
hands. That he will be acquitted does not
admit of a doubt; but, if the case is carried
up, and another hearing is ordered there is
little prospect that Professor Patton will
win any new laurels. II. in his present tenn
per, Professor Swing will not be tried again.
He will quietly step out, and Patton will
find himself before the synod with no one to
prosecute, unless, like the scorpion, he turns
and stings himself mou -i'.'
Year: 1874

-Hil3Lfft ne ''>S poses!s et.' 8iFlfrf

 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

 tives in General Assembly convened:

 Section l. Any county in this tstato my take land which has been fixed upon by it as site for new jail, court house, other county building, addition to suit already occupied by jail, court house, other county building, and which is necessa- said land just compensation therefor in the following manner:

 Sec. 9 1.-the county commissioners of the county wishing to take land for the purposes aforesaid not agree with tho upon the compensation to be paid him therefor they may prefer their petition in in the county in which the land Hes 0F if said court is not in session either judge thereof praying that such compensation may be ascertaned and deteffnined by said court or said iudpe Vhe nekition shalI he ac copanied by summons signed by competent author ity, notifying the owner of the land to be taken and said court or judge and shalbe served fin the same

 manner is provided by law for the service of other Peetions ana upon said petion sald court or judge shall appoint committee of three judcious and dis

 interested men, who after being swOr, and after giv

 ing reasoAAble notice to the parties, shan examine value and assess such in favor of the owner as will justly compensate him therefor, and shall make

 judge; said court judge may reject the report of said committee and set aside their dogs for any ir regular or improper conduct in the performance 0f

 Sec g. If the report of said ebnmitteeb be rejected, and their doings set sde the court judge shall ap- point ahother committed, wEo1 shaM proceed in the same manner as the first committee are required to port shall be accepted by said court judge such ceptance sha have the erect Of judgfent in favor of the owner of the land against county sferring said petition for the amount of the assessment made by the committee; and such court or jndge may mako any order necessary for the protection of the rights of all persons interested in the land which may be SO talk but said land shal not be used nor enclosed by the county for any purpose whatever until the amount of said judgment shall be paid to the payt0 whom it is said county and upon said payment caeposit said land shall be and become the property of said county

 Sec A The. county preferxfng the petition af0re- q ment reasonable compensation for their services, which shall be taxed by saidcOurt or iudge,,tlA

 Approved, July 15, 1874 -

 H Ffs 4[coHTaUxR ON roUzzH RkaE1sh
Year: 1874

meet which indeed looked very handsome IN the
blazing sun. A meeting OF the captains Will be
held on the flagship this afternoon at haf-past five
O'Clock 10 consider the question Of departing rom
this quiet city.


am informed upon the best authority that Mr..
George Dunnng, OF the Sadfe, walked from Green
pert 20 ORIENT Point yesterday as q part OF his
training practice for the coming boat race and
winnie there INDUCED In much athletic exercise
Many In the squadron who have staked
lher money on Dunning and sawyer
are OF the oplnlon that the former IN the matter OF
hls diet Is Just little too generous and tbat ne
should have been more careful and fitted himself
as well as possible Ior the pItiless task of pun0
three miles under broiling sun. But ,;eorpe Is
locker ~ ~
Year: 1874

YETO.-The President has interpose,l the veto
power against the law for the relief of the peo-
pie in money matters, this too at the behest of
the money -nongers. He has chosen tn obey the
will of that power, which lives by expressing
the people. He CEASES tn be the exponent of the
people and becomes the leader of their tyrant.
Hide it partisans may choose, the only issue
in the next campaign will he the vetoed fnan-
cial bill Had the President signed it,, the money
power would have recovered and taken some
new tack. but people, oppressed by what they
will regard bad faith, never will, but will
force il us the issue.


Grant may now awake from his dream of n
"Third Term" and say, .'PShaw, | had the night
mare, that's ALL" He fails TO hide his ignorance
of all financial matters in his message of veto.
He might have nSrd the veto power on the back
pay bill, and become the pet of the prop'e. He
failed then. His own salary 'lonbled by
that law. BY this veto, he throws millions into
the laps of the moniedl autocrats of the land,
and takes bread from the months and clothes
from the hacks of poor children to accomplish
the feat There is no peoplr in the world who
will sooner contide complete confidence in men
than the American people. nor is there any who
will lose it sooner. The President will realize
this in its fullest measure. He has chosen his
course, and the people will choose theirs. There
are about one hundred poor men to one rich, hut
the vote of the one counts the same az the other
Let us wait and scr.-LedreRTOrfk Call
Year: 1874

ONCE MoRE.-we acknowledge that we are
tired of talking about that libel case; and we
expect to be more so, as it has to be "straned
over" But we don't like to have the Republicda
misrepresent us, while claiming to be desirous Of
making fair statement. 1t is q little matter,
but it may as well be given correctly. We there
fore say again, for the information of the RepHb-
ioda, that, no matter how many days had elaps-
ed, we believed we were stating facts, when We
published our article about Collector Anthony
and the very first idea, intimation or inkling We
had that it was not correct, was the service of a
warrant of arrest Can the Republican tell us
how it was possible to make a correction, under
the circumstances, before being arrested, or what
ground it has for the presumption that we never
would have made q correction had not proceed
ings been commenced against usf


To make it still plaIner: If the editor of the
RepHblican should sit down on a bumble-bee, and
immediately receive halfineh notice to get off,
how would it be possible for him to rectify his
mistake before receiving said notice ef-especially
if there were a dozen other bumble-bees around,
urging that particular bumble-bee to keep on
stinging, and to pay no regard to the editors
disposition not to injure il.
Year: 1874

SADi-1t Is sad to think what would have been
the fate of the poor bondhold-rs, had Govern
ment broken faith with them, and deferred their
payment, by the passage of the currency bill.
The poor fellows can draw their interest only
twice year, aud have to take it in gold, at that;
and besides, the States prohibited from tax
ing their bonds, while poor men enjoy the blessed
boon of paying high taxes upon almast the whole
of the little they possess, and can receive their
daily pittance in greenbacks, or orders on the
store! And yet it was in contemplation to break
faith with them. Blessed President, whose heart
is open to the appeals of these down trodden
men! and blessed veto power, by which the great
wrong was prevented! Are the bOndhoders the
only persons who have rights that are entitled
to be respectrdi .Miss the business of two-thirds
of the States suffer from lack " currency, lest
the interests Of the bonaholders should be inter
fered withi
Year: 1874

~ Grant used To say he had no policy in op-
position to the will Of the people and of Congress.
Yet, when Congress, representing majority Of
the people, passed the currency bill, and the
New York bankers and capitalists "came to see
him" about it, he quickly found policy in oppo-
sitinn TO the will of the people and of Congress.
Year: 1874

~ 1t will not promote good feeling toward
the President, to recollect the fact, that when
the Eastern money gamblers got into distress,
he promptly shelled out the Treasury reserves
for their relief; but when the laborers of the
West were in distress, and asked Congress for
relief, the President vetoed the demand at the
behest of those same Eastern money gamblers.
Year: 1874

Prominent Western, Northwestern and South
ern members of Congress are SO heated mp with
the dlspleasure occasioned by the veto that they
are almost unable to contain themselves and
openly avow their purpose to bs avenged for the
deprivations which they allege will be inflicted
upon the people of their several sections They
say that when administration measures shall
hereafter come before Congress, they will not be
found among their Fassy supporters, aud may be
numbered with strong opposition which will
resntt from continuation of anti-Adminstra-
tion Republicans. The threats that within for
ty-eight hours from the time q veto should go
into Congress, a great and irremediable split in
the Republican party in Congress will occur,
and that the rebelling members would form n
new party, are reiterated tonight. If the Se-
nate fail on Tuesday next the message will be
taken up, when an acrimonious debate will un-
doubtedly ensue, during which Senator Morton
VIII have an opportunity to let of some of th.
superhuous bile which now and then has for
some weeks past affected him very injuriously
An effort was made just before Congress ad-
lonrned to-day, to get up Republican caucus
III each body to see IL the difference in the party
could be settled and an open rupture avoided
but the movement failed, because many of the
sagaeions Republicans said that with the pre-
sent state Of feeling, q caucus could only result
10 q general Disagreement, and that it would
anord an opportunity for criminatisn n and re-
erimination rather than Cancellation and restora-
tiOn of harmony.
Year: 1874

OUR local page Is largely devoted thlI
morning to the proceedings Of the Wo
mems Temperance Movement, now fair
~ insugurated In our midst. We give az
outline Of the demonstrations that tool
place At the Fourth Street Methodist
Church on Saturday evening and al
Washington Hall yesterday afternoon
These demonstrations, and especially the
very large one yesterday, show that the
uprising that has taken place at 80 many
poIuts In Ohio aud other States, and
about which we have all been reading
and hearing 80 much, Is at length unmis-
tAkSbIy manltesting itself here. The pa,
ItsDce and sympathy with which the
large crowd listened to all that was said
yesterday at Washington Hall, many per
sons standing all through the exercises,
show that the popular heart Is with the
movement in this city, and that II It Ia
wisely conducted Ii will have the support
ofthe most influential classes in our midst.


Up to this time we are not aware
that any definite programme Of operations
las been decided upon. There are some
who advocate the same plan Of procedure
that has characterized the movement in
tue Ohio towns, and especially the plan ol
saloon ylsitatlonS, while Others are dis.
posed, for the present at least, to exert the
principal force OF the movement upon
property owners who rent houses lor So.
loon purposes and members Of the City
Council who grant license to sell liquor
ltisurged by such persons that II property
owners would refuse to rent their houses
for any such purposes, and II members OF
the Council would withhold license for
selling liquor, that the temperance battle
would be more than half won 10 start
with. All that would then be necessary
would be 10 bring public sentiment up TO
the support Of the movement by public
meetings and other exercises calculated
to develope and strengthen the cause.


Whatever direction this movement may
take In our midst, there Is no doubt OF the
fact that the blect Is good one. lntem.
peFance Is the great crying evil Of our
time More than any apd all ether vices
it drAgs down society aud entails woe
upon the human race. The great prob.
lem Is therefore as 10 the beat method Of
delivering our fellow creatures from It's
temptations. This Is the grand difficulty
that confronts the whole country. We
trust that the present movement 10 our
midst. ss indeed all over the land, will
ae conducted In such manner as 10 leave
permanent benefits behind 1t when the
Immediate excitement Of the occasion
has died away.
Year: 1874

ALTOONA, Pa, March 14.-An engine
In tho Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's yard got started to-day In
Some way and ran through the round
house, across an open space, and into the
large machine shop, In which over five
hundred men were Of work. One man
was killed and another wounded, The
engine smashed everything In lts course
Year: 1874

NEW HAVEN, March l4.-The office Of
Adams Express Company was robbed
last night Of o messengers safe which had
arrived from New York this morning.
The safe was found open some distance
from the office, Loss not known,
Year: 1874

The election in Iowa county,
though not so favorable as we could
wish, is fully up to our expectations.
Last year, it mus. be borne in
mind, the bogus reformers carried
the county by over three hundred
majority; this year their majority
is less than ono hundred on an av-
erage. The followip, table gives
the vote on each cam idate in each
town, and can be selied upon as
correct--the official canvass Will not
change the result on any candidate: