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Year: 1874

A member of the House gets
kicked into the street and finds
himself in the Station House.


The Richmond correspondent of
the Petersburg INDEX & APPEAL,
writes the following. We hope he
will be sufficiently explicit TO ex-
culpate all of the delegates from
the Southwest, and we trust that
our Southwestern delegates will
zee that this correspondent, who
has been partially definite in his al
lus,ons, shall so amend his report
that only the guilty one is pointed
at. 1t is certainly a very disgrace
fnl affair and should not be kept
mdcr a bushel. Here is the eX-
tract:


A day or two 2go member of the
House, hailing from q county far to
the west of the Capitol, had an amu~
sing adventure on Broad street. He
is a Jolly fellow at all times, but being
somewhat under the influence of q
stimulant. he was especially prepared
for fun. Passing along the street his
antics provoked the mirth of two or
three ladies who observed him from a
porch. which he noticed, and imme-
diatelv ran up into the porch after
them, cxciqiming, "bless your
hearts - or something of that kind.
The ladies ran in and the lord of the
bouse ran out. ''What do you want
here. sir?" tNothing, sir. Its a
mistake; | thought | recognized one
ef the ladies'" said the law-maker.
"You lie, sir, and | think you re
a scoundrel," said the man OF the
house and with that he struck a blow
that knocked the member off the
porch Lead foremost. As soon as the
latter could recover his equilibrium,
which was very difficult on account OF
the repeated kicks of the infuriated
stranger, he ran down the street at
his fastest time, which was accelera>
ted by additional kicks from the same
source, and ran into a street car
From this he was dragged and taken
to the station house, where he was
fined and afterwards released at the

urgent request Of fellow members Of
the Legislature. The affair is the
subject of much merriment among
those who know the facts,
Year: 1874

world to love was far different from


calling it to orthodoxy. Pride and


veneratiOn and beauty come and claim


the crown, but after all the word OF


the Lord would stand sure. There


was but one name, "LOve, sit thou


there and rule in the name of God thy


father" When the voice that goes
out from one church to another should


be the voice of love, when that was


the steady, unvarying atmosphere,


then there would be on earth the churh


of God. The atmosphere of the
churches at present was vastly differ
ent from this. Now and then there


was the Intermittent light of revival
and general enthusiasm in the CO.
operative labOrs of love, and all dis
cords die out and old quarrels were
settled, and stubborn debates over
questions that no man can settle dis
appeared; but these things did not
last long, and things soon resumed
their normal condition. This spirit
of love was needed, too, by men in all
the relations of society and in busi


ness, and when all the processes of
society could be got to move in this
channel there would come in another
element, and that was the principle of
heredity, and men will be born in a
higher plane; and at last be (Mr


Beecher) did not despair by the CO.
operative influence of the devine provi-
dence and the influtnce of the church
of Christ, of seeing the earth of men
who were centered in the perfect gov
ernment oflove and who would govern
all others by love. The progress of
scientific knowledge was not to be
derided, but it would never lift men
from lower to higher life. Thought
and scientific knowledge were valua-
bic, but after all the central element
of manhood lay not in the direction
of knowledge but in the dispositions.
Intellect was not the head. it was the
servant. The world was far from per-
fection; there were dissensions i'm all
the churches; in the Roman Catholic
the detection of Pere Hyacinthe and
his syrnpathizers in Germany; the
English Church was composed OF four
antagOuistic elements, and only held
together by single hoop, cut off that
hoop and it would fly about into four
srperate churches. The whole Chris
tiau world was battling for mere
eXternalities. and The power of the
Church was not centred in the idea
that man must be like God; there
never would be a conversion of the
world until it was converted by the
enthusiasm of love. Here we are
sending our missionaries to the hea-
then and quarrelling at home. Great
laughter and applause.) Yes, you will
join in when am laying it on others,
but you are just as bad as they are"
Laughter.) All sorts of eruelties had
been practised in the name of religion,
but nothing had been done for Orpatience
and gentIeness "There is no danger
of our being too loose i'll doctrine. We
are tight enough; and the Church is
like an empty cask which We are
coopering, driving up the hoops Oh
the outside. while inside there is moth
ing worth Keeping" Not that
eXternals were Valueless, for they were
not. They were of great and real
value; but they We're not the most inn
portant part of religion. If the spirit
of God was present, eXternals would
adjust themselves.
Year: 1874

RICHMOND has new charter
which provides for an upper coun-
ell, or board of Aldermen, and a
lower one, or common Council The
Mayor has a provisional veto powS
er, and the city debt is limited TO
eighteen per cents Of tie assessed
value of real estate.
Year: 1874

The scientific world has opened ques-
ton of inquiry in reference to the dispos-
sal of the dead, and it is being made n
subject of discussion by the press gener-
ally. 1t is needless to say that the prop
ositon to burn, rather than bury the dead
finds advocates, among whom are some
of the most eminent of the medical facul-
ty. Cremation is argued in favor of up
on the ground that it will be less expen-
sive than burial, and that tits also pretera-
BILE in sanitary point of view. Another
reason urged applies with great force in
the :hickly settled communities which
will possess but little significance in the
rural districts. The cities Of the dead,
whose people increase in numbers from
day to day and from year to year, en-
croach upon the domain needed by
the living. 1t is possible, therefore, that
the practice of cremation may, to some
extent, ultimately be adopted by the
poorer classes of thickly settled commun-
tiles but we do not believe that it will
eyer become the universal custom of any
Christian nation.


There are sorrows, sad yet sweet, which
fall 10 the lot Of humanity, and among
them are those which cling around the
memory of the loved and lost. Even in
the depths of grief there is mournful
pleasure in kneeling by the grave of our
buried love, and living once more in the
past. The last resting place Of the loved
one becomes, if near at hand, a place to
which the heart burdened with the sor-
rows of life turns instinctiyely, and we
return from our pilgrimage with better
feelings and better thoughts than flow to
US upon the current of everyday life.-
With all people and all nations who pro-
fess belief in the truths of Divine Rev
eation, the narrow home of their loved
ones becomes a sacred spot. And such
will continue to be their feeling. Sci
ence may demonstrate that the burial OF
the dead serves no purpose which burning
would not serve equally as well, but sci
ence will find it no easy task to crush out
customs and traditions cherished and hal
lowed by centuries of Observance.
Year: 1874

We find in the Yreka Union, the edi-
tor of which was a member Of the State
Senate an extract from the new School
Law of this State, together with syn
opsis of other provisions. This Legisla-
ture has done one good deed and for
that it is entitled to credit--it has pro-
vided for the support of common schools
in such a manner that the education Of
our youth for the next tive years will fall
where it should, upon the property, in
stead of upon the population as has been
the law heretofore. The wealthy coun-
ties will pay into the State Treasury for
school purposes much larger amount
they will receive in return, while on the
other hand such counties as our own will
receive large relative sum in excess of
our payments. Provision is also made
by which the distribution of school mon
eys is so arranged that the small districts
with fifteen or more scholars will each
receive the sum of five hundred dollars,





money was apportioned among the dis
tricts in proportion to the number Of
school census children in each, the amount
received was often insufficient to justify
the attempt to maintain school. One
probable effect of the law will be the es-
tablishment of three new districts in this
county at Indian Creek, Minersville,
and Canon City, each of which places,
we believe, has more than the requisite
number of school census children to enti-
tie the district to the sum we have named.


According to the synopsis of the Union
che law requires State tax large enough
20 raise sum equal to seven dollars to
each census child within the State to be
raised. 1t also requires the Board of Su-
pervisors to levy county tax equal to
three dollars for each census child within
the county. The annual interest on the
permanent school fund of the State, which
it figures at between $40, 900 and $50, 600
in addition, apportioned as at present, and
the net revenue from the poll tax is also
paid into the school fund of the county.
1t will be seen these combined sources
aggregate large revenue to the support
of education. According to the late school
census the number of school census child
ren in the county were $50. This in
cludes only those between five and fifteen
years of age. The new law requires those
between five and seventeen years of age
to be enumerated. If we add fifteen per
cent. for the number added to the list of
census children by this change and for
those who will have attained the age of
five years since the last school census was
taken, we find the number of children for
whom we are entitled to receive public
money to be 6l0, and the amount receiv-
ed directly from property tax toward
their education exceeds six thousand dol
lars. To this must be added the amourt t
receivable from the semi-annual appor-
tionment of interest and the receipts from
poll taxes, which will probably swell the
amount to nearly ten thousand dollars.


The lateness OF the hour at which we
prepare this article prevents us from Civ
ing more extended comment on the
law. The changes made are of great
general interest, and are such, we think,
as will meet with universal appreciation.
Year: 1874

SAYS the Oakland transcripts "Lut-
trell made a speech in the HXuse of Rep
rcsentatives few days ago, and it is re-
ported that be beloved like the bull of
Bashan he could have been heard half
n mile had he been in the open air. We
can imagine how the great Siwash spread
himself. The idea Of sending such a
ciyuse to represent California in the
Congress OF tie United States is ridicu-
loas. He is the laughing stock of the
whole House specimen brick Of the
Dolly Warden column.
Year: 1874

ELECTION ORDERED.-The Board of
Supervisors Of Humboldt county have
ordered an election to be held in Union
Township on Monday the 25th day Of
May next, TO determine the question of
license or no license under the provisions
of the Local Option Law"
Year: 1874

THE latest use of the bribing chrome
is in Decatur, Indiana, where a saloon
keeper has offered one of those beautiful
art treasures to the man who guzzles the
most at his bar during the month of
A nril
Year: 1874

1t was generally supposed, when the
Constitutional Convention was called by
the Legislature, that all Democrats, at
least, woul4 be happy, when Clayton d
Co. over lesqed. themselves and broke
their own backs and that of the Republi,
can party in the State. Yet, what do we
find THAT there are not places for
all. and the Clayton band seeing that all
want to be leaders, that there is a chance
for them to rise again by the help OF
those dissatisfied, and at once they make
a bid for the sore headed Brooks Demo,
Gratis The Little Rock Republican, pre-.
pairing to lead off for reform, asks these
men to go with it. And, strange to say,
many are biting at the bait and following
these false gods, knowing that that paper
and those men have, by frauds, thieving
and rascality, brought about the deplor-
able condition in which we find our State.
We find men, who have stood shoulder
to shoulder with us fighting this vile
horde, being led off by their seductive
promises into the camp of the enemy
and making direct war on their former
friends. There is duty resting on the
masses who desire good government
the redemption Of our State from its po-
sition Of slavery, to take it out Of hands
of the thieves and robbers who have had
control of it for six years, and place il
on sure foundation,to keep aloof from
these men, touch not those who are now
afliliating with Clayton, Brooks Il Co


The masses ofthe people are right, when
not misled by designing politicians. You
know at once that no man afiliates with
these men for the good Of the State, but
for their own personal gain, Any one
who reads the articles in the Little Rock
Republican of the 18th, can but see what
it is after. to- build up its fortune agair
by the assistance of the dissatisfied
Brooks Democrats, and when it does ge
into power it will kick them overheard


and we will find the State in worse con


dition than before. Look well to your
leaders.
Year: 1874

II you ever expect, with any good re-
suits, to figure as class in The selection
of the officers of the County, it is all
important that you are successful with
the candidate you have put out at this
time, for the suti'rages of the people.
"United you Stand-but Divided you
Fall. {" IT there are any Farmers or
Grangers. who are disposed to ignore
the meeting at Black Oak, and support
Gen. Thomason, they should well weigh
the consequences before doing so, In a
few months. Farmers and Patrons will be
again called on to make nominations of
County officers, If any are dissatisfied
with Judge Sangster, their candidate
now, and do not yield their preferences
to the wishes OF the majority as ex.
pressed at Black Oak. how can they look
for harmony and united vote at the
at the hands of the friends Of Judge
Sangster in any election hereafter.


You should he united, Farmers and
Grangers, on whoever you put out If
there are dissentions, it should be before
the candidate is in the field. after that
your cry should be. forward ali, Stand
united and victory is certain.


Drop, then, all personal preferences,
and give hearty support to the man
you have selected from among your mum.
her, for this important trust.
Year: 1874

IE- What was Thomason's answer to
the question put to him, to-wit: if the
question came up in the Convention as
to whether Brooks or Baxter was Gov
ernor, how would he vote? Did he an
sSer? He lodged the question as be
did in answering Pixies argument Said
he did not see how that question could
come mp. No, he who would abuse all
former friends individually protect Clay


ton & Co = dare not answer that question
here according to his sentiments-it
would cook his goose in this election.
Year: 1874

The news We get from all paris Of the
County is cheering. The personal friends
Of Judge Sangster in every section Of the
County, are giving him hearty support.
They are not noisy and demonstrative,
but they are at work and the result q {
their labols will be felt on Tuesday next.
We warn them, however, not to spare
their efforts, but to work necessarily,
night and day, until the night of election.


Let yonr vote be full and the victory for
Judge Sangster will be the more glorious.
Year: 1874

Now is the time for The Farmer to
show his faith by his works" If be-
lieves that Farmers, as class, should be
respected in degree to their worth they
should make the power they possess, felt
at the ballot box on the 30th of June.
it is to be no boys play, for the "oflice
seekers ring will leave no stone unturn
ell to defeat your candidate. A victory
now, for the Farmer candidate, is a
fsre. ordained defeat to the "otllce seek
ers" at the Fail Election.
Year: 1874

If women ask men for work, remarks
Miss Emily Faithful, they will get what
they have always got-that kind men
do not want to 90 themselves. Thew
will get hard work, rough work, coarse
work, poorly paid work, hopeless work,
all the cant about sex Notwithstanding.
But if they really want to be independ-
ent, if they want their share of the good
things Of life, if they want to make a
home for themselves: if they want to
help others, let them be neither afraid
nor ashamed, bat begin with any honest
labor, for which they are paid, and
work up. The difficulty with women
is not that they are idle, but that their
habits are so desultory, and their work
so objectless. If the wretched little
child's play which women call "fancy
work" could At once. be blotted out Of
their existence it would be an incalcu-
liable blessing. What would be thought
ofa man or grown boy who could de-
liberately sit down day after day and be
content to kill time by working ridicu-
lous little pen-vipers, bead napkin rings
and the like, which no one dreams Of
ever using; he would be. considered and
rightly, as either a fool or crazy.
Year: 1874

Now comes the editor of The Ameerii-
can Naturalist and gravely advises the
Western people who are worried by the
hateful grasshoppers'' to turn to and
eat them. One may love ones enemies,
but whether or not that principle should
carry one so far as to make them pala-
table dish, and that enemy grasshopper,
which we know along with his various
unlovable peculiarities is infested with
"hair snakes" and other disgusting
parasites within and without is extreme
ly questionable. Although the beast
may be "palatable when killed with
boiling water and fried in butter," we
donbt if it will be eaten to any extent.
-Er.
Year: 1874

The difference in value between ma
nure made and kept under cover and
that kept in open yards is shown by the
following analysis made by professor
Of chemistry in the Georgia Agricultu-
raj College:
Year: 1874

LIGHTNING RoDs NO Protection
The most marked and instructive thun-
derbult discharge brought to my notice
was that which struck the building of
Gitard avenue aud Eight street, Phila-
delphia. This building was provided
with extensive arrangements of light
ming rods. 1t is gravel rooted, and
around the whole circumference of this
roof there runs an iron rod conductor.
From this horizontal iron bar there are
perpendic lar lightning-rods at sixteen
different equi'distance places. 1t has,
in fact, sixteen lightning rods pointing
to the clouds. Upon the roof and GEN.
tering on the avenue front edge of the
building, there stood flagstaff A
branch OF the circumferential conductor
runs across TO this staff and up it about
twelve feet, where it ended and was fas-
tened to an ilon band around the pole.
The lhunderbolt, in disregard of the six
teen ightning rods, struck the flagstaff,
and completely shivered it down to with
in four feet of the iron band, and where
the branch conductor ended. Why did
this bolt prefer the wooden pole to the
lightning rods Simply because it was
in the path of the descending bolt. Now
if, as is claimed by eminent electricians.
the rod does its silent work of discharg-
ing the cloud when it is yet afar off, why
d it not quietly and decently disarm
this nimbus artillery in this case? Ger
tainly the garrison was we'll fortified with
these barbed protectors, expressly sta
toned there to prevent an explosion of
electricity, by drawing the surcharge
from the cloud, if not when yet afar off,
at all events when the pending cloud
passed over the protected building
Prot. Wise.
Year: 1874

From the Little Rock Republican.


j. A. Surby, who lives about twelve
miles from this city, and who cultivates
plantation, is great hunter. For the
past year he has been annoyed by a
large panther, and until last Thursday
night had been unsuccessful in meeting
the brute. On the night mentioned he
took his rife, which carries thirty-two to
the pound, and proceeded to deer lick,
where he had previously erected plat
form in large tree. He climbed up to
the perch and ensconced himself for a
nights watch for deer. He heard these
animals walking round in the vicinity,
and kept very quiet waiting their APP
proach. While sitting there with his
good rifle we'll in hand, he was astonished
to see his old enemy-the cougar-glide
through the underground and climb into
tree few PAGES from his stand. The
beast was watching for deer too. Rails
ing his gun noislessly Surby took aim at
the magnificent animal, and the report
saw him fall shapeless mass to the
ground. Surby lowered himself from
his perch, and forgetting all about veni.
son in triumph over the panther, walked
up to the dead beast. Suddenly the
corpse rose into the air with terrible
spring, and lighting on Surby's side-he
having lodged in the nick of time-tore
all the clothing off the left side of his
body and limbs. AS he swerved, the
cautious, quick eyed hunter dealt blow
with his dubbed gun at the panther,
smashing the stock to atoms. The
wounded brute came again to the attack
and slashed his antagonist from top to
toe, without, however, wounding Surby.
The latter, with nothing but the barrel
of his gun as a weapon, drove terrible
blow into the panther's skull and fat.
tened him out. The dimensions of the
brute were nine feet from the tip of his
nose to the end of his tail, and he was
royalty muscled and beautifully marked
The hunter now has the skin hanging as
trophy.
Year: 1874

A lady correspondent of the London
Times, writing from "The Lodge, Kip
drift, Vaal River, South Africa" gives
an account of the eclipse of the sun
which took place on April 16, as follows


At a quarter to four p. NJ. We first OBJ
served the moon in contact with the
suns disc, but for three quarters of an
hour after the first contact there was no
atmospheric effect. At length, on re-
garding the eclipse through our glasses,
we observed the sun had become in form
like new moon. Three times a mass
of cloud passed slowly before the eclipse.
In each interval the sun was like still
younger moon; but just before its total
ity cloud sailed slowly in front of it.
Darkness had been gradually falling on
the earth, and now occurred the most
magnifcently solemn spectacle can ev-
er hope to see. All over the heavens,
Tor full seven minutes, were myriad of
stars, and low down on the horizon,
south and east, was strange glow Of
pale yellow aud crimson like the earliest
CLEANS of dawn. l cannot adequately
describe this mysterious light in the hor-
izon. The nearest approach to an idea
of it which | can recall, is the attempt
to torepresent the dawn after the hecrucifxion
in some OF the works of the old masters
but even that is only faint and meagre
hint of the serenity of color, which was
the more remarkable, as it was a more
brief transition than either sunrise or
sunset, but had the calmness of both,
and the awful beauty which gave US the
impression of rare mystery. When
the light came on the land again the lu-
dicrous aspect of the effects of the phe-
nomenon pre- ented themselves. The
whole of this small town was filled with
the growing of fowls, which had gone to
roost with the twilight but a few min
utes before, and far and wide we heard
the tinkling of the bells on the goats
and oxen, which the Caffres were bring.
ing home two hours before their usual
time