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Year: 1874

THE DUTIES OF A COMMON CARRIER,


reasons Mr.. Curtis, include the furnishing
of labor and material, and the rights of q
State government do not include that of
prescribing the price at which these shall
be furnished by such common carrier, anv
more than they include the right to fix the
price at which such material and labor
shall be furnished by an individual. The
right to fix the tolls on bridges, ETC., is q
different matter, bringing up new questions
for consideration which are not here involv-
ed. The law, inasmuch as it attempts ar
bitrarily to fix such charges for the use Of
labor and material by railroad corpora
ton, acting as common carrier, is there
foreu unconstitutional.


Mr.. Curtis then proceeds to state


THE SECOND CONCLUSION


at which he has arrived. He refers to pre-
vious decisions Of the Supreme Court, and
quotes at length from the act itself. Re-
ferring to certain sections Of the law, he
holds that they amount to a partial eonfis-
cation, or taking away Of the property be-
longing to the company for public use.
This cannot be done under the constitution
Of the State of Wisconsin, or under the
general laws governing the United States.
without the parties or corporations whose
property is thus appropriated for the ben
eft Of the public receiving from the State
OF General Government, such q return AZ
shall, in the opinion Of parties duly ap-
pointed for that purpose, be held to be an
adequate remuneration for the property
Year: 1874

CURING BEEF.-There is great mis-
take in curing beef so as to have it the
most palatable, and we feel anxious to
present and adopt every means to this
end, so we reprint the following for the
benefit or the public. We intend 10
adopt it:


A subscriber writing for the INTER OCEAN
from Coxsackie N. Y, asks !: Wiii you
or some of your readers, in your talk with
correspondents, give me recipe Tor corn
;ng heef which is intended for drying,
stating length of time for it to remain in
brine.


several years, and find it perfect. To
four gallons of water add one pound of
brown sugar, one pint of molasses, two
ounces of saltpeter, and fine salt till it will
float an egg. This quantity will answer
for quarter of beef For drying, when
thel beef Sis thoroughly picked through,
take it out and hang 1t where the drying
process is comparatively slow. The time
required to pickle through depends upon
the size of the pieces, probably from ter
days to two weeks. If any one has bet
ter process we should be glad to publish
IT,
Year: 1874

Tho great argument for child's learn


;no to read early is the fund of innocent


and onet entertainment-how we old
folks welcome anything that keeps the
Young ones quiet found in the story
books and pretty magazines so tempting
" laid before our little ones these days.
Teach your child then to read as soon as
he is willing to begin, but never make an
issue with him on that score until fully
turned of seven That fearful diseases
of tn, brain are engendered or the whole
mental structure permanently stunted by
being pushed to unnatural growth by hot
house culture, any skillful physician will
tell you is no fgment of sensationalists
brain, but peril to be cautiously and ju-
diciously warded off by prudent for
bearance on the qart of educators and
guardians of infancy. We have heard Of
similar cases, and know of one instance
where two children possessed Of equally
fair capacity, started at their books, the
elder at four, the other not till seven,
three years afterward, and two more years
they were in the same classes and worked
abreast ever afterwards. Do not exam
pies like this show the real educative work
of life is not materially advanced by be-
ginning so early?
Year: 1874

| country Gentlemen.


In breeding horses we breed for trot


ters, racers, &c, but never for walkers


which is very great mistake, particular


ly IT the horse is intended for the farm


What the plowman wants is a good walk
er, also needed for the harrow, and il
fact for almost any kind of work on the
farm, the road included.


Let us look little at this. A good
walker will walk with ease four miles an
hour; the best of walkers will readily
make five miles an hour. This is done
with as much ease as the ordinary walker
will make three miles. This, in ten hours
wlllsmake a difference from ten to fifteen
miles, which is clear gain, as the one horse
will use no more excrtion to do this, than
the other in doing less. 1t is in the me-
chanlcal structure in the gait, and this is
as susceptible of transmission as the trot-
ing or racing element


Take the ten or fifteen miles gain ina
day, and make the estimate for the year,
and the sum will aggregate an amount
that will surprise those who have never
reflected on the subject. The one horse
Will do from one quarter to two-ffths
more work than the other, which is a con-
slderation that cannot be ignored. Recol-
lect that it costs no more to keep such
horse He walks with ease, while the
other horse labors or must be on small
trot to keep up. This every one of us
must have seen, and it irritates one to
see it. A good walker will walk sixty
miles per day, allowing twelve hours for
the day at five miles per hour. Will the
trotting horse do it and come out at the
end OF the day as well as the walker?
your walker will walk every day at brisk
pace (tnnr CT five miles an hour) and it
will IL ,lt play for him. for it is the nat
ural and therefore the easy gate of the
animal. have had such opportunity for
testing this thing that | cannot be mista-
ken. The thing may be stated even
stronger than this: The natural fast
walker will do his four or five miles per
hour easier than to be forced to do but
three or less. 1t will worry him to 60
slow if he has any mettle in him; and a
good walker is not generally lazy horse.
But there is not the eclat attending the
walker that there is about the trotter or
racer, or even PAGER. We therefore are
indifferent. 1t is great error; great
reform is needed What the farmer
wants is to breed for walkers. The coun-
try wants this, with the few exceptions of
the general trotters and racers kept for
that purpose; for, let it be understood
that for the ordinary roadsters the walk
ing property will not hurt the trotting
element-rather benefit it. +. G.
Year: 1874

III the lower portion OF the city
OF Sacramento, Cal, resides a
widow lady who is in straitened
circumstances. A few days ago
, she had an attack oftever and agne.
ana being alone, the circumstances
were decidedly unpleasant. A
young lady friend hearing Of her
illness, next morning, accompanied


by a gentleman, proceeded to the
widows residence, where the Young
lady did her best to make the sick
woman comfortable. She started
a fire aud made arrangements for
the preparation OF a nice cup of tea.
The water being hot the tea was
pnt to steep, but just then the dis
covely was made that there was no
milk in the house. The Young lady
wasaware, however, that the widow
had four Or FIVE goats, and from
these obtained 4 goodly quantity Of
milk. She did not know much
about goats, but thought it would
be possible for even her to obtain a
sufficient quantity Of milk from one
Of them to suffice for the cup OF tea
the sick woman stood in need Of.
Procuring a pale she went out to-
where the goats were and found
them all loose but one, which was
hltched to'the tence Ofcourse she
directed her steps to this one. AS IT
might take some time to catch ore
OF the Others, but it so happened
that the one tied up was not the
ole she should have chosan-in
fact, it was a William goat! When
the amateur mixer got within a
few feet Of William he showed
symptoms Of reStlessness--,o ,oweri,g
his head significantly, and prancing
about. The young lady became
frightened and went back into the
house, but the sight of the tea made
her think it was too bad there was
10 milk far it, and she remarked to
her masculine companion that she
thought she could milk that goat
it he would take hold Of its horns
aud keep it still. lie consented.
aud they sailed out. He advanced
promptly and caught the animal,
but as she was approaching him
with the tin pail the goat made a
bound, which upset his captor, and
proceeded to butt and prance upon
him vigorously, doing his garments
more hurt than a years ordinary
wear. When the couple returned
into the house and informed the
widow oftheir ill-luck, it did her
more good than all the tea imagin-
able, especially when they hap
pened to mention that the goat
they had been operating with was
the one which was tied up.
Year: 1874

A Brooklyn young man, who
sat down to mediate in his sweet
hearts lap, had occasion to caution
her against looping up her skirts
with pins. He found that the
consequences had q tendency to
disturb his mental poise.
Year: 1874

effected the change ono night when could
not see it, and was lel very little wiser
than before. And know not much more
about the meeting between Harry Lee and
his wife, over the sewing machine, that
evening before Christmas as (confound
iD felt myself obliged 10 leave them alone
together just at the interesting moment,
and they had made 1t all up before thought
ii proper to return.


However, had my revenge. Mr.. Lee
Il wish 10 be understood and believed on
this point) never flirted any more with ine,
however mlldly-"never no more" He
went 10 Europe, but little later, and took
his wife, leaving his little son with his no.
table New England mother, who was sure
TO take good care OF him though she might
not permit him 10 romp too hilariously.
They were kind enough 10 believe that
had been OF service to them and was the
recipient VI certain rings, one OF which
Harry Lee gave me with what thought
was rather a conscious look, and the otL el
Of which Oracle Lee gave me with no
shamefacedness and hearty kiss.


saw them together, and at home again,
in pretty new home over which, taught
by some mistakes in the past, the wife was
sole mistress, apparently very happy, the
next Christmas and 1 think that Mrs. Lee,
under some sort of idea that she owed the
recovery Of her husband to her sewing
machine, looked upon that useful article as
a species of good fairy, and her seat at it as
place OF refuge, and always was TO be
found sewing when things went at all
crooked in the household.


My acquaintance with them, at all
events, showed that the indolent, useless,
and selfwiled wife had become the busy,
useful, and gentle ono =: aud that the hus-
band, who had begun by misu ndersland-
ing her, had come fully back 10 his senses,
and grown much wiser as TO the quality ti
the woman with whom he had been in
trusted. And something Of this, If not al.
Of it, was the result of a little Irritation
nippei in the bud, and My Christmas Re-
vcnge.-From the Atdine for December.
Year: 1874

INCREASED REVENUE RECEIPTs.-The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue feIicitates him
self upon the increased receipts of the national
revenues. If these southern troubles only keep
jogging along the tariff on whisky alone from
that section will soon pay the national debt.
Year: 1874

ANOTHER FIRST NATIONAL BANK Dividend
PRoNIsRD-The controller of the currency aud
the receiver Of the First National Bank of Wash
ingtOn having returned to the city, have been
IN cons sultatlOD on the condition Of the receipts
OF the bank, with a view to a third dividend in
liquidation of Its liabilities. A suficien sum
now ON hand to insure another payment o
about twenty per cent. to the creditors 1t suO
determined as yet when payment will be made
but il will be some time between now and the
1st OF next January.
Year: 1874

AN EPFoRT is being made in this city to call
together the members of the executive com
mittee of the national democratic committee to
consider the propriety of calling a convention of
the dt moCTacy north and south to disclsim sny
smith. - -
Year: 1874

THOSE public speakers who are afraid
to venture before an audience without
notes will find encouragement in the fol-
lowing story told of poor country priest
who preached such excellent sermons
that the fame of them came to the ears
of the Cardinal Archbishop of the do
cese, who felt his curiosity excited and
determined to go and hear for himself.
He accordingly set out one Sunday morn
ing, he and his suite-Chaplain, Vicar
General and Secretary-and, arrayed in
full canonicals, invaded the small village
church filled with wondering pumpkins.
The poor priest had not counted on such
goodly company, but the sight OF the
Cardinal seemed to have very little effect
upon him. He went through the service
in his usual simple manner, and after
ward preached sermon of such impress
sive eloquence that the Cardinal felt
moved and followed him into the vestry
when mass was over to compliment him.
Probably His Eminence was not more eX-
empt than other folk from the occasional
failing of snobbishness; for, after bav-
ing offered his praises, he could not resist
the temptation of adding: :" congrat-
ulate you the more, sir, that was afraid
my presence might perhaps render you
nervous and prevent you from speaking
with your ordinary excellence" :" 0 no,
my lord, answered the priest, with mild
look at the Cardinals scarlet robes, :
make it point in preaching to look upon
my congregation as so many cabbages,
and a red cabbage more or less makes
not the slightest difference" We are not
told that the priest was promoted to a
richer benefice after this retort, but it
cannot have mattered much in his case,
for man who could have found such an
answer was sure to make his way in life.
NJ r. O5se1Der
Year: 1874

IT is beautiful to behold at wedding,
saws a cheerful old bachelor, the sorrow
stricken air of the parent as he ''gives
the bride away" when you know that
for the past ten years he has beer trying
his best to get her off his hands.
Year: 1874

Paper covers furnished free to all that
buy School Books of Jones & Cole.


Poole sells groceries cheap. Try
him.


T7If any one doubts the announce
ment of Simmons, Olson g. Bush, that
they are selling off their entire stock of
goods at greatly reduced prices 70 close
out their business, let them go and
price their goods. This firm are not of
that class of business men who deal in
catch penny advertising, in fact they
have never advertised any until since
they have decided to close out their
business and now they have felt that
every member$of the community where
they have lived and done business so
ong should have the advantage Of their
ow prices and they have therefore made
the announcement, and every one can
depend upon it that they will stand by.
and i've right up to what they have an an
nounced.
Year: 1874

the SliH House Road.


From the Daily Alta California;


few evenings since party OF ladies' and gem .
tlemen went out horseback riding on the cid
House road. The lore part OF the evening waa
quite pleasant. and the ride was much enIoyed-i
After spending about an hour at the Ocean House
the party started to return. In the meantime
heavy, thick banks Of fog had rolled In from tho
west, and objects in the immediate neignborhood
were scarcely discernible. When the party
reached the hill overlooking the Cr House race
to the Homestead was proposed, and all accepted.
1t appears that one OF the y0 ung ladies', Miss
Fowler, q teacner III the Public School Depart
ment, was mounted on en- animal OF conside rabe
speed and her horse soon distanced the others
and was lost to view. As soon as the rest OF tho
party passed the Homestead they drew up Their
Fowler One OF the gentlemen In the company ana
the young lady's brother immediately started on
ahead, and reached the tOll-gate without having
learned anything OF her Whereabouts. the toll
gate keeper said that q horse had galoped through
whether q lady or u gentleman was the rider or
whether there was rider not. The rest OF the
party soon came up. and the ladies were sent
home under the escort OF one gentleman, ana the
others started or to the young lady's residence.
other points. The horse had not returned to the
stable, there were no tidings OF the young lady az
distracted. While the friends OF Miss Fowler were
bustly engaged In looking Tor her in the city sno
was was wing stunned and bleeding on the Slln House House
started iOr the race she lost control OF the ANIMAL
and after running about mile she lost conscious
ness and fell from the horse upon tue
hard ground. How she managed to extricate
her foot flom the stlrrup she does not remem-
ber and can recollect nothing after her fall until
she recovered her senses with the exception OF .
terrible fear which came over her when the horses
OF the party dashed past and over her.. One OF the
hoOfS OF horse struck her on the shoulder and
bruised her very much. At least an hour must
have passed before she regalned consciousness.
she was wet through from the heavy fog. cold,
shivering and miserable, with the blood from sew.
eral cuts on her forehead covering her face, and
her limbs and shoulders aching badly. In this
condition she started to walk into town; but be.
fore proceeding lar she thought she might be-
going IN the wrong direction. However, she kept
on, and about two O'CLOCK in the morning reached
the residence OF q friend In the Western Addition.
where she was comfortably cared l0r and word
sent to her home and friends. The horse was
found the next evening tied up to post on ME-
sion street.
Year: 1874

An Opinion from the Corporation Coun.


seI-They Have No Power To Audit


Claims Against the City and County.


The Board OF Supervisors met yesterday for q
rev minutes. The only business OF any interest
which transpired was the reception OF written
opinion from Corporation Counsel smith relative
TO the powers Of the Board in auditing claims.
The gentleman decides that the Board has such
authority, since the passage OF the Consolidation
nct, either claims contracted before or after
the law went into effect. He also decides that Ac-
tions be maintained against the city and
county OF New York without this audit.
Year: 1874

" A writer in the New York Ercn-
ing Post makes IL good suggestion as to
the ocean steamship of the future,
which at present is simply q huge freight
boat. She should be of the same
length as now, but broader and shall
lower, with lines adapted not to carry
ing capacity, but to speed. The chief
novelty, however, proposed is that the
entire hull, excepting the spaces re-
quirod for engines and coal should be
filled up with very small air and water
tight compartments, or cells, enough to
make the ship n gigantic life preserver.
All the stateroom and quarters should
be on the main deck. The writer az
CUES that not only would greater speed
be secured, but the expense become
less, and the vessel make double the
number of trips in year.
Year: 1874

The MYSTERIES OF CoURrsuIp. In
courtship, the men are supposed to be
in tho active, and women in the passive
voice. Exceptions are recognized as
occasionally taking place; but the world
notes not vast multitude of cases in
which the lady, though not apparently,
is the actual originator of affairs which
end in matrimony. By means which
trench not in the least on delicacy-by
mere manner, susceptible on chal-
lenge of different interpretation-she
can dispose the soft heart of man to the
reception of an interest in her, which
he will believe to he of his own origin
ating 1t is strange how literature has
almost overlooked this simple fact in
our social life, considering that it affords
such excellent opportunities for nice
delineation of feeling.
Year: 1874

How CHICAGO FEELS OVER TIE VEro.
"A Chicago dispatch says that care
full inquiry among all classes of people
in that city and vicinity, during the last
few days, as to what they think of the
Presidents veto of the currency bill
has strengthened the conviction that
there are really very few men of bust
ness or labor thereabouts who reject
the Presidents action. The general
sentiment is that the sooner the re-
covery from uncertainty to stability is
attained in our financial affairs the bet
ter for all. Even many of the real es-
tate men, whose self-interests, would
favor the initiation, are disposed to ac-
quiesce in the policy of the President
as the wisest and best course.
Year: 1874

wGive us a call. Price our Goods and inspect our STOCK. We will make It to your advantage SURE to do so. Our Goods are FRESH and NEW. Our Prices LOW. Our facilities SUPERIOR and we are always ready and prepared to satisfy everyone of these facts.
Year: 1874

A Whirlwind. passed over Fort Yuma last Wednesday afternoon with such force as to hoist the roof of the Commissary store and demolish the verandas. It then crossed the river and passed up Gila street without doing any damage to the town. A sheep, a burro and a tame deer were in its track. and are missing. We have not learned where they came down, but suppose some. where.about Guaymas.
Year: 1874

writer on political economy has said that
as much bread as a man may need in Cx-
change for as much labor aB a man
should do, Is the fundamental right of
every human being. In this country we
have no theories or policy on the subject.
Itis not often that VIC have occasion 10
provide employment for labor. Asa rule
tho whole land is full Of work waiting 10
be done. But now since tho panic the
case Is ChaDgel-especially in the great
manufacturing districts Of the country,
and hence VIC shall not be surprised to
sec the question Of employment for Amer.
iCan labor raised at an early day in Con.
press.
Year: 1874

Tho Directors Of the Pacific Mail Com
pany have ratified the ten years contract
with thelPanama Railroad, under which
ths former have the privilege of making
the tariff on freight and passengers be-
tween New York and San Francisco, and
all earnings of the railroad company over
twelve per cent per annum 10 the stock
holders are 10 be equally divided between
the Panama and Pacific Mail compsnies
Year: 1874

ure and metre requiring it, and also for this reason. The party is unable to lie com posed in sleep, but has not bid adieu and retired from his serenade. Having reflect cd upon those words for years in the sere- l thought to let them slide at some suitable time, and if discussion arises upon them, then let some vaunting person furnish the last couplet. that is written out to complete the whole, said stanza is written out, and will be sent you hereafter to complete the other If desirable.

 Yours respectfully"

 [After the above was in type, still an other letter of four large fools (cap) pages written full, was fired at us, and we have come to the conclusion, that if the whole city government of Goshen requests its publication, we shall most respectfully de- cline. Good Lord deliver us !-ED. NEWS, l