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Year: 1874

must be simply disgusting to their readers-
that is. If 1t is possible that their readers
can be disgusted with anything. r


There are one or two points, however.


upon which they all agree. Whenever St


Louis Is attacked they all unite In their
weak way in defending her and expatiating
upon the glory and Importance Of the
muddy stream upon which she Is built


Again, whenever there is any talk of a re-
moval Of the capital, they all chime in with
wonderful accord and crack up" St.
Louis as the seat Of future empire, pre-.
For some time past the gabble upon this
question has been SO ridiculous that at last
Its absurdity was brought home even to Its
authors. As consequence, we have had
brief suspension Of the chatter, and
the name of Reavis, who seems to be
the main inspiration of St. Louis editors,
has entirely disappeared from their columns


The announcement of the intention Of Gene
ral Sherman to remove his headquarters to
the suburb of Shsw's garden has, however,
afforded these gentlemen the opportunity to
reprint some of their old editorials and repro
duce some of their old arguments upon the
subject. The Democrat, for instance, which
seems to be the most stupid of the
editorial trio, denounces Gen. Butler as 'an
attorney for the Washington real estate


ring" because he moved an amendmen;
to the army bill providing that the head;
quarters of thearmy should not be removed
| from this city except in time of war. Could
anything be more inefably stupid2 And 1t
adds: '1f common sense is to govern there
will soon be but few departments of the
Government remaining on the banks of
''the Potomac" The idea, of course, is
that they are all to be transferred to the
banks of the Mississippi at that particular
point. which enjoys the distinction Of pro-
ducing more stupid newspapers than any
other town in the United States. An esti-
mate of St. Louis may be formed from an
article in the columns of the same paper
from which we have made the above ex-
tract 1t is dissertation on ''dust." St.
Louis, it seems, is dusty, and its inhabitants
would rather have dust and dirt than
pay for sprinkling carts to lay it. Dirt, "
says our cotemporary, ''is public
enemy and not private nuisance. 1t
should be removed at public cost whether


property owners wish to be taxed for its


removal or not This Is the community
which is so ambitious to secure the Capital.


1t is very evident that it has good


deal to learn. When it becomes more


civilized, when it shall have made a


little more progress and come out of its
semi-barbarism, it viii be time to listen to


what it has to say. Just now it would


be manifestly as proper to set the Capitol


down among the Choctaws as in ST. Louis
Year: 1874

St. Louis, mere provincial town-nsr-
row. contracted, remarkable for nothing


particularly except the stupidity and vanity
of the editors of its nswspspers-is anxious
to be the capital of the United States. 1t
has been anxious on this point for q long
time, and is likely to be In the same state
of mind for good many years to come. 1t
is q city of small sensations, small ideas,


and small men generally. Missouri is a
great State, but St. Louis is by no means q
great city, and will never probably be great
as long as It is controlled and represented
by class Of editors the sole aim and object
of whose lives would seem to be to attack
one another and prove that each one Is more
of an idiot than his neighbor. For instance,
the Democrat, the GEO6s and the Republican
are from one end of the year to the other
engaged In sort of triangular fight which
Year: 1874

THE HOUSE Committee en- Elections
seems to be unable to come to conclusion
in the case of the Mormon Cannon. The
whole affair has q very unpleasant look,
and the committee owes it to itself to take
such action Immediately ss, win put.an end
to the numerous rumors on the subject.
Year: 1874

DISSATISFACTION WITH CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF


THE sTATK--A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION


TALKED OF.


Some OF the more active minds in the Demo
cratic ranks not only complain Of their new At
torney General but are further disturbed and
disgruntled The judiciary system of the State,
as is well known, has long been the object of
complaint, but it cannot be reconstructed ex-
cept by constitutional Convention. Itis now
said by prominent Democrats that movement
to call Convention is strongly forced, and they
believe it would receive the support of a suif-
cient number Of the members OF the Legisla-
ture.


AS to these rumblings, we shall see what we
shall see. New Castle county Democrats may
desire Mr.. Pennington's removal and the calling
Of a Convention, but Kent and Sussex Demo-
Gratis vote the party and the State.
Year: 1874

In Sweden a peculiar plan has been
adopted by the friends of temperance
for preventing the evils resulting from
an excessive use OF intoxicating liquors.
The authorities Of GotteLburg in 1865,
began movement which afterward cx-
tended throughout the kingdom, and is
said to have been attended with the
most beneficial results. 1t was based
on two ideas, first, no single individual
out to be permitted to derive any gain
from the sale of spirits and second,
that spirits ought not to be drank with
out the accompanying consumption OF
solid food The method adopted to
carry out these views is this An in
corporated company in each town, con
sisting of the most respected members
of the community, takes the entire re-
tail liuuor traffic under its supervision,
selling at costsafter deducting a margin
for leakage and breakage, Thepersons
put in charge of the places where
liquor is sold are paid salaries by the
company. The expenses paid includ'
ing tine current rate of interest for the
capital invested, all profits are paid into
the town treasury. Of course where
louor is sold at cost no profits can
accrue from that trade but each public
house is allowed to sell at profit food,
tobacco and unintoxicatiug drinks, and
what is m important part Of the plan,
every place where liquor is sold Is
bound to supply wholesome cooked
food at all times during business hours.
The result of this system has been a
great decrease in drunkenness. 1t may
seem singular that making drinks cheap
should lead temperance, but the secret
of the business is very simple. In the
first place habitu0l drinkers of small
means being able to satisfy their crav-
ings for liquor very cheaply, are, there,
fore, enabled to buy nourlshing food
without depriving themselves of alco-
holic stimulants, which to them is the
first necessity, the food being always
ready at hand And, in the second
place, as the traffic Is not conducted for
gain there is no temptation to sell I'M
pure, poisonus liquors which excite a
desire for excessive indulgence, and at
the same time ruin the digestive organs
and destroy the appetite for natural
| food.
Year: 1874

A correspondent says I am nc.
quairted with + lady who writes Spen-
cerian pages in the patent Office at
Washington for 5000 year. Her father
was a naval officer of long and merito-
rious service, and died rear admiral.
Her husband put S70,0 on the wrong
side of the stock sale in New York, lost,
sneaked to the hereafter through the
back-door of the suicide. Patient and
lovable, she works as steadily as if
some mighty reward were near at hand.
suppose it is hope on, hope ever, with
her, though nobody can see anything
she has to expect more than life OF
routine and an humble grave. In Paris
she would have flown first to the streets
and then to the charcoal bra2ier. In
London it would have been the Argyll
rooms, gin, and the waters of Black
friar's bridge, As you pass the tables
of the ladies in the treasury building
you are moving among the better ma
terials for romances than exist in the
teeming brains of Hugo or Turgenietf.
You see that second woman to your
left, whispered Spinner. Her father
was once at the head of two railroads
The 81 panic laid him out. She mar
ried Baden baron, and he left her in q
year or two for some Dutch flame. She
has noble little boy, five years old
now. Says she is going to fit him fol
Harvard by and by, and then make 9
senator of him. Watch her count that
money You cannot move your fingers
up and down in the air as fast as she
brushes off the single notes. Never
did a days work of any kind in her life
till she came here"
Year: 1874

There was an old couple at the Cen
trail depot yesterday waiting to go
through to the west, and they seemed
loving enough until the old man went
out aud returned smoking a five cent
cigar, and with his hat slanting over his
left ear. The wife looked at him twice
before she could recognize him, and
then opened her mouth and said
What'd l tell ye, Philetus Reming-
ton, before we left New jersey? Didn't
l say you'd go and make fool of your
self the first chance you got ?" He
tried to pacify her by saying that the
cigar only cost FIVE cents, but she
shouted "You teased and teased till
I let You git your boots blacked then
you wanted some soda water, then you
bought apples on the train, and here's
another five cents thrown away 1t all
counts up, and if you don't die in the
poor-house then my name haint Sary
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1874

WHEN Tennessee husband will
horsewhip his wife for washing potatoes
in his Sunday plug hat it is time to in
uuire whether this generation of men
isn't getting TO DO too confounded high
Year: 1874

An interesting little boy, timid When
left alone in dark room, was over
heard recently by his mother TO say IN
his loneliness, 80 Lord, don't lot any


one m hurt me. and I'll 90 to church next
Year: 1874

We publish below Will S. Hays latest song
for the good il ought to do-hoping young Ia
dies will learn to sing it for the benent ofsucf
gallants as talk about marriage without any
visible means Of support:
I'll sing little song night


And ev'ry word Is true,
You'll find that ev'ry line is meant,
Young gentleman, for you,
Eve no intention to offend,


In what is sung or said
The sum and substance of it is,
To go and learn trade.


CHORUS.


The acoming man" is he who lives


To see his fortune made,


Whom ev'rybody will respect,


Because he learned a trade.
Your education may begood,
But time is fitting by,
Instead of working don't be fooled;
The old man may not die:
And if he should the chances are.
His will may be mislaid,
Or you cut on without cent,
So 20 and ..learn trade"
The country's full of" nice young men,
Who from their duty shirk;
Who think 'twould crush their family pride,
II they should go to work.
Pull on your coat (your father did,
And find some honest maid,
Who'll help you make your fortune, when
You've learned an honest trade.
Be temperate in all you do,
Be faithful to your -'bossy
You'll find the more you do for him
Will never prove loss.
You II find it hfty years from new,
When fame and fortunes made,
The wisest step you ever took
Was when you learned trade.
Year: 1874

s9To destroy cockroaches take dry
red lead; mix with thin molasses to
consistency of thin cream; then take
pieces of glass and broken plates, etc;
spread it on about as thick as thin
window glass. Where reaches are very
numerous, give them plenty of the
mixture, as they eat very greedily of it.
l think the general failure with roach
poisons is this-the poison is so quick
in poisoning the reaches that they will
not eat enough Of it to kill them, for
they are slow eaters. The red lead be-
ing slow in its effect on them, they will
get good quantity into them before
it will sicken them. | have noticed
when any of them would happen to be
trampled upon, it would appear that
they were entirely filled with the red
lead. Place the lead where the roach
es can get at it most conveniently. If
the lead should become too dry and
hard, mix a little more lead and mo-
lasses with the old to freshen it up a
gain, and place it in other places.
Year: 1874

IA Baptist paper was sent for
nine years to subscriber who never
paid cent for it. The other day the
paper was returned to the patient and
long suffering publisher with the affect
ing pencil note on it's margin: "Gone
to a better world" The editor is
very pious man, but it is reported that
his faith is terribly shaken in regard
to the accuracy of the information.
Year: 1874

To SETTLE PERMANESTLY.-Dr. J. F. Cheese
man, formerly Of New York, but who, last
spring, removed to this city and opened an office
on Sixth street, between Market and Shipley
has determined to remove his family here and
become permanent resident. For this purpose
he has rented dwelling at Sixth and Washing
ton streets, into which he will remove in few
days. The doctor is not only a practitioner of
the allopathic school, but minister Of the gos-
nel in the N. Z. Church.
Year: 1874

1 respectfully announce myself as can didate for Delegate to Congress st me election on the third of November next. The reasons which induce me to depart from the ordinary routine of private ousi- ness that I may devote some attention to the public welfare, at least for this cam paign, shall endeavOr to explain at such times and places as my friends may deter mine, notice of which will be duly given in the newspapers

 cordially invite the voters of the Terri tory. without party distinction to give me their support, and if successful, will do my best to see that no man in Arizona shall regret having cast bis vote for me ,.

 c. c. BEAN.

 Prescott, A, T., September l, 1874.
Year: 1874

YUMA COUNTY. Our ancient friend, Judge Wm. J. Berry, was just about taking MT. c. c. Bean to his bosom. when sealed orders were received and the poor man had to "slop over" on H. s. Stevens. .-Artzon0 Miner.

 We pronounce the above an un- mittigated falsehood, and the author of it 8 malicious liar. The first clause is a gratuitous false hood, in the assestion that i've were just about taking c. 0. Bean to our bosom," Gin a political sense,) as the writer meant it.. What we said about Mir. Bean we meant, and mean it still. In pay. ing a tribute to his character, to his high moral standing and to his ability, we did it only in the interest of truth and friendship and we mean it yet. We never did and we never will sink truth and friendship in the maelstrom of politics. In that same article we distinctly stated that we did not commit ourself to the support of any candidate. The second clause of the above dirty squib is equally false and malicious, to- wit that "sealed orders were re- ceived and the poor man, (we) had to slop over on H. s. Stevens" Now, we will inform this menda- ciOuS writer. that though we may be "poor man," yet we are not poor enough to have 8 master. We are the free and independ- ent editor of the SENTINEL however humble it may be, and, no man or set of men can order us to do anything. While we live and our name appears at the head of our columns. we will con- duct the paper as to us seems fit. While we have espoused the cause of MT. Stevens in this can- vass, we have done it freely and voluntarily, and in the exercise of our free and untrammeled jugement that he is the right man for the place. No man has con- troled us or offered to control us. The writer of the above is one ot those unfortunate characters whose mental and moral vision is so contracted that it is i'm possible for them to see how a man, or an editor, if you please, can entertain feelings of friend ship or appreciation of goodness and worth in a fellow citizen, and at the same time in the free exercise of his judgment favor an opposing candidate for office. From such narrow views may God deliver us.
Year: 1874

In the Miner of October 2d, ap- pears an article in the shape Of a communication, but headed "Ad- vertisement," and signed "* *,"

 which is so low and mendacious that for ourself we would not con- descend to notice it, mu h Jess re- DIV to it. The man who wrote it | is fool or liar. or both.

 The writer speaks of Wm. B.

 Hooper & Go. and the Colorado Steam Navigation Company, as being the financial supporters of the SENTINEL. Now, we will most distinctly state that neither of the companies named have any interest in the SENTINEL. ffnan- cially, nor have either of them at any time, either by money or per suasion. endeavored ts control or influence the action of this paper. To this we are free fo make oath. On the contrary. we know that some of the members and attach es of those companies differ with us very materially in the present canvass. And further, we hap pen to know that each memtnr or attache of those companies is altogether free to vote as he sees it, without let or hindrance. The idea that either of those compa- nies control or endeavor to con- trol the free political action of any one connected with them or em- ployed by them, we know to be absolutely false. As we remarked at the outset we would not for ourself, coudescend to notice or reply to the Scurrilous article in question. But this anonymous writer, shielding himself over three stars proceeds to make gross and unmanly charges against two honorabIy companies who have done and are still doing much toward promoting the prosperity of the Territory. If the indivi- dual members of those companies have been kind to us, and liberal in their patronage to the SENTI- MEL, it is nobody's business but ours, and it is no reason that they should be charged with controil- ing the action of this paper in po- litical or any othef matters.
Year: 1874

In regard to finance Congress may truly be
said to have done nothing that it ought to
have done. Disregarding its failures, let us
note briefly the important duties which were
not so much as even thought Of At the head
of these we place the matter of reducing the
interest on the Public Debt. The saving
which, by the adoption of some common-sense
plan of funding, it is entirely possible and not
even difficult to effect, is over nine millions a
year. For several months our five per cent
bonds have been from one and half to three
Der cent above par in the markets of the
world. All this time has been suffered to
elapse, and we have thus far the magnificent
sum of six million dollars subscribed for the new
loan during this calendar year. Four years
ago, when our bonds, both fives and SKIES,
were at a discount, Congress took great
interest in the subject of funding the
Debt. An issue of thousand three
hundred million dollars in four and four
and a-half per cent bonds was offered to
the world at par. Only two hundred millions
of fves were authorized. The world laughed
at us, and justly, too. Now, when there is a
market for our bonds at par, aud q reduction
of interest to the extent of one per cent on
over nine hundred millions of debt is
easy, Congress and the Treasury are notion
less The necessity for some additional legis-
lation will appear from this fact alone THAT
while there are over nine hundred millions of
fve-twenties subject to call, the power of the
Secretary to issue five per cents is limited to
two hundred millions.


The second subject which it was desir-
able that Congress should have taken some
notice of, was the manner of MIR. Richardson's
issue of the extra tweuty-six million dollars.
That issue was made in the months of OctO-
Der, November, December, and January, long
after the panic. 1t was wholly unnecessary,
since the Treasury held, during the whole of
that period, from forty to fifty-fve million
dollars in gold, and could have provided it
self with currency at any moment by selling
coin. With the consent il not by the order
Of the President, Mr.. Richardson stopped for
four months his sales of gold. and steadily
inflated the currency. Who will say that that
imitation was necessary 1t should have been
the last resort of the Treasury instead of the
first. In view of all that has since happened,
we cannot think of this disgraceful act with
patience. 1t has not, however, to our
knowledge, called forth solitary protest from
any one of our "a Senators and 293 Repre-.
sentives in Congress. The legal-tender circu-
lation has, for the time being, been fixed at
s3S2 100000, but no provision has been made
for supplying the Treasury with funds in the
Year: 1874

political economy does your young Bachelor
Of Arts carry away with himf How mnch
social sciencei how much Of the necessary
however distasteful, science OF logic now
much first-rate rhetoric how much even tol
cradle elocutOnf How well is he armed ana
equipped for the public servicef Perhaps the
world has been absurdly wrong heretofore
in its cherished ideal of craftsmanship
perhaps an ignorant, clustering, empty
headed and venal demagogue is as ht 10 DC
in Congress as if he were person OF education
and refinement and honesty. But we DO not
want to think so; and our advice to the young
men who are just leaving their colleges Is 10
leave behind them the weak delusion that thus
far they have more than made beginning
No scholarship is good for much unless 1t is
resolutely kept up. No man should care 10
succeed through the abandonment OF those
noble aspirations which, at any rate some
graduating students cherish. Whether a man
goes to Congress or does not go, ls very
little matter They may also serve who
quietly stay at home cultivating kitchen gar
dens, practicing law or medicine, or dispensing
theology. Whether one who desires to be q
Senator is fit to be such is very large matter,
about which his own intelligent and honest
Judgment is of the first importance
Year: 1874

event of q temporary deficiency Of revenue
case by no means unlikely to recur 1t is
not even improbable that in the event OF
repetition of last Falls experience, twenty
Ave or fifty millions more of greenbacks wouid
bo issued--and Congress would only be too
glad to legalize them. The suspension OF the
English Bank Charter act would be quoted as
a precedent! Who can say that we have seen
the last Of the panicsf


A third question which, though legisated
on without stint, has never received parti-
Gle of intelligent consideration from this Con-
gress. is the subject Of banking. With pos
sibly few exceptions, every Dahk In the
United States suspended payment nine months
ago. Depositors were forced to be content
with certificates that the banks owed them
money, but neither legal-tenders, bank notes,
nor fractional currency were to be had, ex-
cent that in order to avoid resort to barter,
in some cases currency was dOled out for the
navment of wages. Here was highly inter


eating and unprecedented state OF things,
worthy. ono would think, OF the atten-
lion of Congress. But to investigate
those extraordinary occurrences never entered
into Congressmans head. DO not they
know by instinct all there is to know about
banks and currencyf The vast system of the
National banks representing mass of active
credit beyond the power of imagination to
conceive tho disturbance Of which has just
been felt by every living man, woman, and
child in the land, was handled by this Con-
gress as baby handles rattle. Such igno-
rance of the subject, united with such reckless
ness of consequences we venture to say can
not be paralleled in tho annals OF Anglo
Saxon legislative bodies. And all this
without the slightest suggestion from any
one that little information from
bankers and business men, or from other per-
sons having a knowledge of the subject, might
be useful And this right after panic, at
tended by unusual and startling phenomena
in the workings of tho banking system. The
result of it all is that wo have law. first
heard of on Thursday passed by the Senate
on Friday, by the House on Saturday, and
signed by tho President on Monday, which
makes most important changes in the restric-
tions heretofore imposed on banks. Imagine
sick man rushing into an aDothecary's shop
and swallowing the contents of the first bottle
he sees. If the intention is political suicide,
there may be method in this madness. But
the professed object was relief! Relieved the
country is, but it is because Congress has dis
persed and the Capitol stands empty.
Year: 1874

1t is extremely gratifying to note that in China
woman may grow old and remain unmarried with
ont being considered disagreeable person to have
about In fact it is rather nice than otherwise to
be an old maid there. A Shanghai journal tells US
that the Emperor has just decreed that special
haors be paid to two ancient spinsters one Of whom