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Year: 1875

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT PER


PLExED BY A CIGAR Box A loss, simi-
lar TO the one which now troubles Ger.
Spinner, United States treasurer, oc-
CURED three or four years ago in this
department. With the money sent to
the treasury by the First National bank
of Washington, at the time referred,
was cigar box which Gn. Spinner
took charge of, it being no unusual
thing for that bank to present him with
cigars. That evening about s., 500
were wanting to make the cash
account balance. Careful search after
one or two days traced the def
cheney TO the deposits of the
FIRST National bank, and this fact was
reported to it's officers. On inquiry
among the clerks it was discovered that
the amount missing had been sent to
the treasury in fractional currency
packed in a cigar box-the box which
Gen. Spinner had in his own possession.
Year: 1875

ton they working for the appointment OF Judge Nor
ton ~ Postmaster at Richmond in the place or Miss van
Lew and for the appointment OF Gen Heath who served
as Confederate general, and who lately opposed Gen
OF internal Revenue in that city other changes ere con-
templated those who TO be especially interested
in this new pO.ical movement So far they nave acted
privately being engaged at present only with the pre-
limnary movement.
Year: 1875

PROGRESS OF THE OFFICIAL CANVASS.


The Board of Canvassers continued their
work ON Saturday and made good progress Nine votes
cast in the XIIth Election District Of the Xlth Assembly
District for Archibald Watts without the name OF the
district being printed written on them were dsao"eu
by the Democratic majority against the protest OF the
Republican minority Of the Board II did not alter the
general result The following the result of the can
rnss I'm The Nth and Win senatorial Distrlcts
Year: 1875

They have engaged as foreman of this do
partment. one Of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers in the country; and the
presses will be superlntended by Skilled
FRESHMAN from one Of the largest offices In
New England.
Year: 1875

1t is a prevailing vice among men
of doubling the virtue of woman. To
us it looks like not only an outrage to
good taste, but also betOkens a want of
intellect. Besides this it betokens a
besotted nature, and passions that
would disgrace a beast. The idea of
dragging women down to mans level
in point of virtue, is so repugnant TO
the feelings soutterly at variance with
the truth, that the utterer ought not to
have place in civil society.


We would wish to impress upon
those who cast this slur upon the char
acter of the women of our land, that
if what they charge were true, this
fair world of ours would be a perfect
hell. The women of our land are as
far above those who make these asser-
tions as the heavens are above the
earth. Our women are the highest
type of purity and virtue, and any
craven who would drive them from
this high estate deserve the execrations
of all good men.
Year: 1875

o, I have sometimes looked at a
bright, beautiful boy, and my flesh has
crept within me at the thought that
there was bare possibility he might
become a drupkard.


| was once playing with beautiful
boy in the city of Forwich, Connecti-
cut | was Carrying him to and fro on
my back, both of us enjoying ourselves
exceedingly for / loved him, and /
think he loved me. During our play l
said to him,


Harry, will you go down with me
to the side of the stone wall?n


20, yes ~ was his cheerful reply.


We went down together, and saw a
man lying listlessly there, quite drunk,
his face upturned to the bright blue
sky the sunbeams that warmed and
lllumined us lay upon his porous greasy
face the pure morning wind kissed
his parched lips and passed away pois-
oned, the very swine looking more
noble than he, for they were fulfilling
the purpose Of their being. AS | look
then looked upon that child, with his
bright brow, his beautiful blue eyes,
his rosy cheeks, his pearly teeth, and
ruby lips-the perfect picture of life
and peace-as / looked upon the man
and then upon the child, and felt his
little hand convulsively twitching in
mine, and saw his little lips grow
white, and his eyes dim, gazing upon
the poor drunkard-thend did prav to
God to give mean everlasting, increas-
ing capacity to hate with burning
hatred any instrumentality that could
make such thing of being once as
fair as that little child.-John b.
Cough.
Year: 1875

OPIUM EATING.-A New York journal
makes the startling announcement that
there are 100000 confirmed opium-eaters in
the United States. In tracing the history
of the terrible habit the article states that it
is the result of two things. First, careless
prescriptions by physicians, who allow pa
tients to acquire the habit and second, the
deliberate preference of many for opium
mense, amount of opium Is consumed in
this country there can be no doubt. There
is probably no remedy for the diseased ap-
petite when once acquired but greater
care in prescriptions and sale could pre-
vent the acquisition of the deadly habit in
many cases.
Year: 1875

From the nature of things the in~
come of most of the inhabitants of the
earth must be' limited, and indeed
within very narrow bounds. The pro-
duct of labor throughout the world, if
equally divided, would not make the
share of each individual large. 1t is
impossible that every one should be
what is called rich. But it is by no
means impossible to be independent
And what is the way to compass this
as Burns appropriately designates it
GLORIOUS privilege?" This method is
very simple. 1t consists in one rule :
Limit your wants. Make them few
and inexpensive. To do this would
interfere but little with your real en-
joyment. 1t is mostly a matter of
habit. You require more, or are satisfied
with less, just as you have accustomed
yourself to the one or the other. Linn
it your wants, estimate their cost, and
never exceed it, taking pains always
to keep it inside of your income. Thus
you will secure your lasting independ-
ence. Young men, think of this. A
great deal of the happiness of your
lives depends upon it. After having
made your money, spend it as you
choose, honestly; but be sure you
make il first.
Year: 1875

THERE are few salient points in ad-
vertising that are easily mastered. For
instance, it is not difficult for even the
most Indifferent business man to satisfac-
torily answer the query-when is the
best time to advertise? 1t needs but lit
tie reflection and less experience to con-
vince any tradesman who would faln
induce an extensive sale for his wares
that the best time to advertise is IN
season or out of season; that is to say,
that the best time to advertise is all the
time. In other words, the secret OF suc-
cessful advertising is the same as the
standard price of liberty" eternal vigi-
lance" A truly gifted advertiser was
located at Cleveland a few years ago
following the dry goods business. One
morning he noticed in each of the local
papers a column containing nothing but
the word Xenophon" oft repeated.
Pursuing his inquiries cautiously he dis
covered that an enterprlsing grocer or
the town was about to introduce a new
brand of flour to which the name of
Xenophon was to be given, and that for
two weeks public curiosity was to be
whetted by the sight of the great Greek 8
name standing unexplained in the col
umns of the Cleveland papers, and then
the debut of the flour was to be made


with great flourish. Having got his
information our advertising genius saw


at glance how he could and now ne
would utilize it. He took down from
the dust of his top shelves an auction


lot of hoop skirts, long out OF style,
Year: 1875

A Wellknown drummer for a dry good
house who chanced, last summer, to be
in Maine town where the circus was to
show that night, made bet that he could
pass every one of party of thirty, who
had come over from a neighboring town,
into the !" show" without paying cent.
The wager being accepted the party was
marshaled and proceeded to the tent,
where the doorkeeper was buslly engaged
taking tickets from all who passed
through the aperture in the canvas. Com
ing up with his crowd, the drummer
rushed up to the ticket-taker with his
hand full of cards, and said:


.sJust count these men as they pass in,
ending with the one in the straw hat"


"Certainly, sir" and the Cerberus
went to work: "Five, ten, fourteen,
eighteen" ETC., as they passed by him
and mingled with the crowd, till the
straw hat was reached, when he shouted
!" thirty-one,n and turned round for the
tickets. But the polite individual who
had bade him enumerate had vanished,
while the party who was crowned with
the straw hat, the only one who was
stopped before he had mingled with and
melted into The indistinguishable mass
of the crowd inside, proved to be an in
nocent codntryman who had legitimate
ly procured his admission pasteboard.
The ticket-taker couldn't leave his post,
for the ingress of regular spectators was
pressing, so he made the best OF II ana
said nothing. He hal learned q lesson,
however, that made him take tickets frst
and count afterward, for the future
Year: 1875

A LONDON naper tells a very romantic
story to the elect that the deceased elder
son of noble Lord just now dead was
secretly but legally married to lady,
who gave birth to son still living. she
was sworn to keep the facts secretuntll
the death Of the child's lordly grand
father. There is certain gallant eX-
Captain of the Lancers who will lose
long. expected title and heritage ii this
story proves true.


GERMAN professors are gradually gain
ing foothold in the colleges and uni
versities of Italy Their knowledge is
accepted with a good grace, but their
superciliousness in regard to what does
not suit them-their inhexibility-is
highly objected to. The most eminent
and successful of these scientific emf
grants is Prof. Maurice Schiff, who is
universally admitted to be contributing
some valuable mites to science In Flor
ence.


On April 26 a servant girl was placed
under arrest in Limerick by the con-
stabulary, charged with having been ac-
cessory to the death of a child under the
following somewhat peculiar clrcum-
stances: She took out the child for
recreation in a perambulator, and while
conyersing with woman whom the
servant met near the docks the perambu-
later accidentally, it would appear, rolled
unawares into the river. The perambu-
Iator was recovered, but the body OF the
child is supposed to have been washed
down toward the pool
Year: 1875

BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
ALL white and pure on the ground it lay,
A letter directed to May, sweet May;
We could only guess what it might reveal,
For nobody ventured to break the seal.
1t had come from a distance, that we knew
From lover quite fond and faithful, too,
For every year on certain day
There was always letter for May, sweet


May
March came along in his clustering style,
And gave the letter frozen smile,
AS If he guessed what it might contain,
And buried it deeper in mud and rain.
At last, after many sore mishap,
1t landed safely in Aprils lap,
Whose pulses madly began to stir
When she found it wasn't intended for her!
OH ah! indeed! and alack-a-day!
A Younger sister was Mistress May
And the Jealous maiden began to cry
couldn't begin to tell you why.
Sadly soiled on the ground it lay,
This letter directed to May, sweet May;
Torn were the edges and pale the ink,
But she broke the envelope and, what do you


think?
Out popped the violets, bright and blue,
And apple -blossoms-oh! not few!
Down they tumbled, perfect shower,
Till the woods and The fields were all in


flower.
That was the letter so gladly torn
From its stained envelope one bright May


morn,
And bud and blossoms were but pant
Of the treasures locked in old Winters heart.


~ Y. Indeperadent.
Year: 1875

A Nevada paper, speaking of th'
avalanches of snow which have beer
so destructive of life and property thii


winter, says: The purely sliding ava


lanche, or snow slides, are such as oc


cur iii dry, or mere moist snow, while
the rolling avalanches take place wher
the snow is wet or sufficiently moist
to form into balls by rolling. The
avalanches that occurred in Virgins
City were of the genuine rolling des'
cription, the kind most dreaded and
the kind most destructive in the val
leys of the Alps. A very small be.
ginning when the snow is in the prop.
er condition may end in destructive
avalanche. A ball of snow no larger
than mans head, started high up on
the side of Mount Davidson, might
have swept away several houses at
the foot of the mountain. The fear
full force of an avalanche was shown
here when one broke into house and
killed two men, and another demol.
ished two houses and buried five per-
sons, who were rescued with much
difficulty. A further illustration OF
the terrible force and destructive
power of the avalanche is found in the
fact that twenty-eight Cinnamon were
killed in the one that fell near Genoa.
AS we have said, small ball of snow
started high up on the side of the
mountain, would result in a genuine
avalanche. In rolling a distance of
fifty yards in the moist snow, the
small ball of snow would become four
or five feet in diameter, when it would
burst, and each piece of it would an
instant later, form ball of large size
these iu turn would explode as soon
as they acquired certain weight and
velocity, and a moment after there
would be hundreds and thousands of
these balls in motion, all bounding
down the steep side of the mountain.


While hundreds of these are explod
ing or just forming, other hundreds
are of full size, and are picking up
rocks, dirt, and all manner of rubbish
which becomes involved in the grand
downward rush. Towards the latter
part of their course the balls become
SO numerous that they bound and
clash together SO often that they are
broken before they acquire any great
size. and the whole avalanche is then =
plunging. sliding mass of snow. The
avalanche which knocked two houses
to pieces and buried five persons,
started but few hundred yards above
where the houses stood. 1t started at
a bunch of rocks which projected fif-
teen or twenty feet above the general
surface of the mountain. On these
rocks the snow had fallen and accu-
mulated to the depth of about three
feet, hanging in places as snow is seen
to do en the caves of house. From
one Of these rocks fell bunch of snow
which commenced to roll down the
hill, and the result was a destructive
avalanche. Doubtless the avalanche
which killed two men started in much
the same way.
Year: 1875

If you invest your money in tools
and leave them exposed to the wealth
er, it is the same as loaning money to
a spendthrift without security dead
loss in both cases.


If you inyest your money in books
aid never read them, it is the same as
putting your money into bank and
never drawing either principle or in
terest.


Ii you invest your money in fine
stock and do not feed and protect
them and properly care for them, it is
the same as dressing your wife in silk
to dc kitchen work.


If you invest your money in choice
fruits and do not guard and give them
chance to grow and prove their val
ue, it is the same as putting a good
hand into the field with poor tools to
work with.


If you invest your money in geed
farm and do not cultivate it well, it is
the same as marrying good wife and
SO enslavius and abusing her as to
crush her energies and break her heart.


If you invest your money jill fine
house and do not cultivate your mind
and taste so as to adorn it with intel
ligence and refinement, it is as if you
were to wear broadcloth and a silk
hat to the mill.


If you invest your money in fine
clothes and do not wear them with
dignity and ease, it is as if a plough
man were TO sit at a jewelers. table TO
adjust hair-springs.


Ii you invest your money in strong
drink, it is the same as turning hum
gry hogs into a corn field-ruin will
follow in both cases.


If you inyest your money in every
new wonder that flaming circulars
proclaim, it is the same as buying
tickets at lottery Office where there
are ten blank to one prize.


If you invest your money in the
last novel, it is the same as employing
tailer's dandy to dig potatoes
Year: 1875

When all 1.-THE journals of the coun
try raise It good right arm in the
cause of morality a, does the San
Antonia (TcxAs) Herald, then may
we hope. Says the Herald stcrnly ;
"lIereafter VIC shall publish tho list
of the names Of those who 20 q fish.
lug on the LORDS day and fail to
send us string Of trout. Perch and
suckers have too many bones in them
to allow us to forget that the moral
element Of our population 'ook to
tie press to eradicate this growing
desccratiOn Of the Sabbath"
Year: 1875

Much comment was caused about town
by the communication of "Felix," in last
weeks TRIBUNE, regarding the unsafety
of the school house.


AS soon as the School Board discovered
the unsafe situation of the building,
they at once set about remedying the
difficulty. Thursday, workmen were
engaged in putting heavy iron rods
through the building to prevent the
walls spreading any further. Four iron
rods are to be put through the build
ing from east to west, and three from
north to south. The rods are to be one
and halfinches in diameter. Upon the
ends and in the center where the heads
and nuts of the rods come will be large
washers twelve inches square and three
inches thick. This..must absolutely pre-
vent any further spreading of the walls.
1t is thought that the primary difficulty
which caused the trouble was defective
drainage, which permitted the water to
remain in the soil around the foundation,
giving chance for the walls to settle,
This will be prevented in future by the
drains being enlarged and improved.
Competent judges claim that these inn
provements will make the building safe
beyond a question.
Year: 1875

at Sugar Island, whose principal product
is raspberry JAM" Some of us held the
fond hope that we might get some of it,
and satcbels and pockets were gaping to
be filled. But all the jam was safely put
within stone Jars. SO we could only i'm
agine it, the eye availed nothing. In the
ante room of the building brisk traffic
of Indian curiosities were kept up, and
the disappointment in regard to the rasp-
berry Jam seemed to be met. At all
events think the dealer had occasion to
bless his lucky stars and the captain of
the Marine for stopping.


At o'clock we reached Mackinaw,
where we went ashore for an hour aud
then set out for Duncan City, which
place we reached at 7:3O p. m. We babe
adieu to the boat and those who went on
with sigh, which proved that it had
ended we'll, and that we had a glorious
time. ONE WHO WENT.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Charles Merritt, of Battle Greek,
Mich, agent for the celebrated. Chand-
Ter & Taylor iron frame muley saw mills,
which are advertised in the TRIBUNE,
has just put in operation one of these
mills for James M. Wadsworth, of Gen.
trail Lake, Antrim county.


The.mili is run by an eight horse en-
CINE, (6xl2) and gave perfect satisfaction.
The novelty of this mill was on account
of its being run by steamboat. This is
probably the first time steamboat has
thus been utilized.


The mill was set on the dock, and the
boat run into slip, fastened with a cable,
pinion slipped on, the belt put Oh, and
the mill is ready for business. This en-
tire operation lakes but about ten mini
utes. The boat can be detached from the
mill and be off in the lake in five min
utes time. The advent of this mill was
hailed with joy by the settlers i'm the re-
giOn of Central Lake. They all declared
that there should be one Of these mills i'm
every township where settlements are
being made. This mill, as in fact all
which have been put up in the state, have
given entire satisfaction. These mills are
just the thing to do custom work for set
| tiers, and one or more in every township
where settlements are being rapidly
made, would assist largely in the devel-
opment of the country, They run with
very small amount of power. In every
settlement in the northern part of the
state there could be found water
power which could be commanded at
very small expense sufficient to run these
mills. A mill of this kind would bring
more income to the owner than one
hundred acres of improved land. We
would like to see for the benefit
of the settlers in this section of
the state, several of these mills put into
operation. 1t is not everybody who
would have steamboat to run it with,
but the mill would benefit the country
just as much if run in less novel man.
ner
Year: 1875

A THEATRICAL SEAsON.-The Nc
Kean- Campbell Theatrical combination,
which have been spending the summer
at Mackinaw, and giving very pleasing
entertainments at that place twice week,
will start out on their winter tour the
first week in September. They will
make their first stop at this place, play
ing short engagement of three nights,
commencing on Tuesday evening the 7th.
This company, as at present organized,
is strong one in every respect. The
entertainments given by the company at
Mackinaw have given general satisfaction
to the visitors as well as to the residents
of the island. We anticipate some fine
performances
Year: 1875

BUR GLARY. Saturday night. the hard
ware store of Post & Van Arsdale was
burglarized to a small amount. The
thieves effected an entrance by cutting
the glass out Of the rear window
of the iron room adjoining
the main storeroom. They pried open
the money drawer and took the entire
contents, all small change, which amount
ed to about five dollars. They also tam
pered with the show case, taking four
revOlvers and perhaps some other articles
Of small value. 1t is rather surprising
that once in the store that the thieves did
not take more. So little did they disturb
that when the store was first opened the
loss was not discovered. The work was


evidently that OF green hands, as yet,
there is no clue to the perpetrators.
Year: 1875

The WHEAT CROP.-We have taken
some pains to ascertain the amount of
damage done to the wheat crop in this
region by the frequent rains of the past
few weeks. We are enabled to make a
much more favorable report than we an
ticipated. Although few farmers had
their wheat injured quite materially by
the wheat starting to grow standing,
many have been able to secure their crop
with very little if any damage. The
very warm and pleasant weather of the
last few days will enable farmers who
have not already done so, TO secure their
crop without further damage.
Year: 1875




No one except those who have visited
Sault st. Marie, can have a just appre-
citation Of magnitude Or Importance of
the state and government work at that
place. 1t is well known that direct nav
igation into Lake Superior is obstructed
by the rapids in the st. Mary's River at
that point.


About twenty years ago the state built
a canal around the rapids, which at that
time was probably the largest in the
country, and was thought to be of a suffi-
cient capacity to accommodate the COM
merce for all time to come. So rapidly
did this northern country deYelope, that
several years since it failed to accommodate
the nec essities Of ommerce, and govern
ment aid was involved, and work was
commenced upon canal Of much greater
capacity. Upon this work being rap
idly pushed forward in the most substan-
tial manner by the engineers in charge,
Major Noble, who is thoroughly con-
versent with every detail of the busines
The short visit paid by the manager Of
| this paper at the time of the late Marine
City excursion. gave no time for thorough
investigation or to give the public cor
rect idea ofthis enterprise, or of the bus
iness of the canal already in operation
This is under the superintendency 81
Capt. Frank Gorton, who is emphaticly
the right man in the right place. To this
gentleman we are under obligations for
favors rendered in giving facilities for an
examination of matters of interest. We
hope soon to give detailed account OF
this important work.
Year: 1875

SURVEYING THE NATIONAL PARK
A party of government surveyors went
to Mackinaw on the st. Joe., and intend,
we understand, to make complete sur
vey of the island. This is probably the
commencement of the work contem-
plated by Senator Ferry, looking towards
making the island in reality, what it al
ready is in name. a National Park.