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Year: 1874

eleven revenue districts there had been q
falling off in the months Of January and
February Of revenue derived from intoxi-
eating liquors $s54,ooo. The Wholesale
dealers in Cincinnati had been seized with
CONSERVATION. Bankruptcy stared many Of
them in the face, and they were using every
expedient to check the work. They were
even sending special agents to every place
where the movement was being pressed to
counteract its influence if possible. But in
spite Of their desperate efforts the work
was still progressing. Verify it seemed as
If this work must be " Of God"


But the greatest good that would prob
ably be accomplished by the movements
would be the strong temperance sentiment
that would be created. All respectable
men and women, whether they have hereto
fore been avowed temperance men and wo-
men or not, would now be more heartily and
earnestly in favor of the temperance cause.
Such brutal and outrageous conduct as the
whisky advocates Of Chicago had seen fit to
resort to, would only add fuel to the flame.
They could not lend greater or more ef
flcieut service to the the cause It would
stir up the indignation of respectable peo-
pie everywhere, and arouse the luke warm
to immediate and energetic action. Indeed
it might be that the God who had hardened
Pharoah's heart that his destruction might
be the more complete and signal would yet
permit these men in their blind rage to &C.
complish the destruction of their nefarious
traffic the more surely and speedily.
1t was objected that this movement was
forwarded in fanaticism and carried on by
fanatics. The same objection had been
urged against Luther and many other great
and good men who are now regarded as the
best men of their respective ages. Every
reformer had been stigmatized as fanatic,
| and every reformation as fanaticism
Anti-temperance men had always been
loud in their praises of the plan of moral
suasion. This was the only means in their
judgment that would prove effective in pre-
I


venting intemperance. But when the moral
suasion principle is being pressed with the
most efficiency they suddenly lose faith in
! it, and they are not so much in favor Of
moral sussion as they were-in fact they
are absolutely opposed to it. The fact is
they are opposed to any and every means
that will decrease the demand for intoxi
eating beverages and thereby decrease their
profits.


In conclusion the Rev. gentlemen coun-
| seled wise aud deliberate action He had
| no doubt that in the enthusiasm Of the
moment, rash acts had been committed and
mistakes made. He believed in carrying
on tue work in the spirit of love and kind.
| ness, with charity for all. Saloon keepers
are not all hard-hearted demons as they
are frequently represented. Many Of them
realize the true nature Of the business they
are engaged in and would be glad to absn-
don it if there was any other business open
to them. 1t was one of the greatest benefits
Of the present movement that they raised
money to remunerate saloon keepers for
quitting the business and enabling them to
start in some more respectable calling.
Year: 1874

yet shake the whole country and perhaps,
the civilized world The whole movement
sprang from simple tale by the lecturer
OF how his mother and a few other Chris
tian women had driven Intoxicating drinks
out of d little town thirty years before, and
had kept it out ever since. The plan did
not seem to have been concerted or devised
OF men, but to have been broug ht about by
God in his own good time.


The great means employed in carrying
on this work was prayer. 1t was not con-
fined to any one sect or denomination, but
there was a united effort Of all religious
bodies. At on place in Michigan they con-
tinued in prayer two weeks. While the
women pray in the saloons and on the
streets, their husbands, brothers and sons
prayed in the churches, occasionally ring
ing the bells to notify their wives and sist-
ers that they were still interceding for d.
vine assistance Since the movement COM
menced thirty-seven towns in the States Of
Ohio and Indiana had been completely
purged Of the cursed traffic. One thousand
one hundred and seventeen saloons have
been closed, and eight hundred saloon
keepers have professed conversion. In
Year: 1874

Garden Of Eden, or tho tree which bare
twelve manner Of fruit and yielded her
fruit every month" It is little strange
how they deceive any one into believing
their lies, but it reads fine and they are.


doubtless, Of the professional swindlers
who have studied their trade and know
their victims. Besides these there are nu-
mcrous others who are holding out to their
fellow mortals splendid chances to make
fortunes. This latter class will always be
Stunned by all honest minded men, for no
honest man wishes to obtain money (if he
could, and he can't,) without giving value.
Year: 1874

Bismark has been threatening to resign
again. That is the way he has of bringing
his government to time. This time it was
because the Reichstag opposed his army
BILL It would be joke if the government
would take him at his word sometime and
accept his resignation, but it is hard to tell
upon whom the joke would turn. 1t is
doubtful whether the government could get
along very we'll without him.
Year: 1874

There is nothing in social life more
ignoble and contemplate than what
Byron calls "the abominable title tat.
tie" of those who delight in circulating
scandal, who gloat over, even while
they profess to deplore, the details of Il
slanderous story, whose very manner of
deprecating credence i'll the tale con-
firms the listeners belief in its truth
fulness. How many there are of these
mischief-makers in every circle, who
know how, with skillful touch, to
heighten the tints of a slanderous rumor
with insinuations worse than open lies,
because they can not be met by open
denial by mingling sneers with smiles,
and by pretense of candor. And the
pity of it is that they shound find so
many people willing to listen that so
many would rather believe evil than
good of theirneighbor. Nothing spreads
like scandal, and the worse and more
unlikely it is the more readily it OBJ
tains circulation and credence. Society
is quite as much to blame az the scan
dal-mongers themselves. 1t is as mean
and disgraceful to listen to slander as
to utter one.


1t is a common trick with slanderers
and scandal-mongers to scatter their
vile inventions broadcast among the
community, and then point triumphant
" to the wide circulation their stories
have obtained as confirmation of their
truth. Theybespatt 9r o. man with mud,
and cry out upon him for dirty fellow.
Calumniate calumniate !" is their
motto; "some of it will stick" Per-
haps the most effective, as well as the
meanest, way of slandering is to do it
with affected pain and reluctance, as ii
well-nigh heart-broken at hearing evil
things whispered round about man so
dearly loved and honored. An adept in
this method of SANDER can work infinite
mischief.


There is something marvellous in the
way a slander grows as it passes from
mouth to mouth, we'll illustrated by the
the well.known story of three black
crows. Without intending, perhaps, to
exaggerate or be uutruthful, each one
who repeats the story adds something
of his own, and by the time it has gone
the rounds of society it has grown into
hideous Frankenstein, a monster OF
untruth and malignity. This may be
tested by the game of "exaggeration.
where one whispers story, couched in
as few words as possible, to the person
sitting next him. He repeats it in the
ear of his neighbor, and so on through
circle of ten or twelve, each one try.
ing to tell the story just as he heard
it. The last person in the circle tells il
aloud, and in nine cases out Of ten II
will be found that it has gained some
thing every time it has been told. The
moral of all this is expressed in the line
already quoted from Tennyson, "Speah
no Islander no, nor listen to it.
Year: 1874

BEGAN TO build their nests in the green
orchard. Afterward, when she had been
my wife for some time, Nellie told me,
under those very apple trees how she
had found my picture one day when no
one saw her, and worn it afterward for
love of me-worn it and wept over it
while ! was far away, and trying to for
get terrifying, but never succeeding,
for the love | had for Nellie Brodie was
part of my life, and will be, 1 believe,
part of the eternity, where, when death
sewers us here, we shall be reunited.
Year: 1874

formed by the King himself. There is great
deal more Of philosophy in the remark Of the
pe1sian Monarch, who wondered that people
would tire themselves out dancing when they
could hire others to do it for them. than hns
usually been attributed to him.
Year: 1874

While men may differ as to the essen
tial merits of the new currency bill, every
body seems to admit that it is a fair COM
promise of difficult question. 1t places
Congress and the President in far more
harmony than could have been hoped for
thirty days ago, and furnishes a much
better settlement of the financial question
than any body believed possible after the
Presidential veto. In fact, the new law
is tar better measure than the one We
toed by the President, and gives greater
satisfaction to both of the contending
parties. 1t was to be expected that the
bankers and contractionists Of the East
would object to the withdrawal of West
ern deposits and redistribution of the
national bank currency, but they cannot
dispute the essential justice of the meas
ure. Viewed from the Western stand
point, the outlook is very cheering. Con-
fidence is revivihg and business improv-
ing. There is general feeling Of relief
that Congress was able before its adjourn
nlent to agree on bill so fair in its
main provisions and so explicit in its op-
erations on the immediate financial situa-
ton. 1t removes several elements of un-
certainty, and to that extent gives conf
dence to trade. The result is already
noticeable in general improvement OF
business. There is every prospect o.
abundant crops and plenty of money to
move them. The West will have large
amount of surplus produce to sell, and
there will be 30 scarcity of buyers. With
the assurance that the present status OF
affairs cannot be disturbed for some time
to come, confidence is returning and capi-
tai is seeking natural and healthy en-
ployment. In short, there is every rea-
son to believe that the bad blood engen-
dered by the recent violent debates will
soon have wholly disappeared, and the
hard feelings to which it gave rise be en-,
tlrely forgotten in the career of general
prosperity on which the West IL about to
enter-Indidna Journal
Year: 1874

| have less work.
l think that many doctors would better black


smiths make.


l think that clerks that gamble have more than
gold at stake.


/ think man that marries, if he gets proper
mate,


Secures fortune, though the bride may own no


real estate.
think that many ministers, renowned for fluent
speech,


Would more consistent be if they would practice


what they preach.


alone,


their own.
ELECTRICITY AND LOVE.


A lover in Arkansas, falling to make a
favorable impression on the heart of the
girl he loved, went to fortune-teller for
advice. The fortune.teller advised him
to try electricity on the obdurate fair
one. Thereupon the lover procured an
electrical battery, and after a good deal of
manoeuvering succeeded in connecting IL
with seat which the young lady was
occupying. At a favorable moment he
turned on the electricity, and the young
lady sprang toward the ceiling. But she
came down again, and, with the light
ming flashing from her eyes, caught him
by the collar, opened the door, and direct
ed his attention TO the side walk This
we consider one of womsn's rights.
Year: 1874




THE Gazette and the Journal must show
their conspiracy to get the State printing.
BY mutual understanding the Gazette pub
fishes information about bill made by this
Office for State work. It charges that the
price was exorbitant, and the Journal n IA
gives the price charged for doing the work.
The work referred to was ordered just at q
time when we were moving from one build
ing.to apotheT, and when it was impossible
for us 20 do any book work for some time =
come. The Journal office was the only one
In the place ready to do 1t, and con-
tract was made with that concern TO
do the composition and printing, this
Office supplying all the material. The
bill of the Joarndl for tho work alone
was $3.50 paid in money. This, together
with what the material cost, was borrowed
money at heavy interest, and, though the
warrant given for the work is still In the
hands of our bankers as collateral It is to-
day worth about one hundred dollars less
than our entire outlay upon the matter in
question. Such is a glimpse at what is pro-
nounced very exorbitant bill. win the
Gazette explain to the Legislature how the
present printing bill and the election Of a
State printer defeated it and its Radical
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journal printing at a cost of several thou
sand dollars more to the State than subsc-
quently provided under the printing BILL
Year: 1874

The effect upon business Of the new
Currency bill is thus pointed out by the
New York correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Ledger:


The Presidents signing of the Currency
bill has produced favorable effect upon
business circles: The long prevailing feel
ing of depression has given way to conf
dence that we have reached the point for u
new departure, which will lift the material
interests Of the country out of the slough
of despond in which they have been foun-
dering ever since the panic of September
The fixing of the legal tender circulation
at an mvariable point, viii enable the mer-
chant to say what his goods viii be worth
month or SIX weeks hence, and with the
removal of that heretofore great clement
of uncertainty, a freer and more confident
movement must follow At any rate, that
is the view that is generally entertained
among the leading merchants, not les. than
in Wall and Broad streets, and the baov-
ancy in the stock market, is accepted as
but the foreshadowing of like improved
feeling in regular trade which viii soon be
manifest.
Year: 1874

By reason of Pacific railroads and the
general opening up of the plains and the
Rocky Mountain regions to civilization, the
murderers, horse-thieyes and various re-
fugees from justice who used to find safety
and a precarious existence in the vast spaces
lying between our western frontier and
California or Oregon, have been compelled
to seek retrets In more northern ATTITUDES
a colony composed of such worthless was
formed, some years ago, in British Ameri-
ca, and has at length become so large and
formidable as to demand the attention Of
the Canadian government. This com
munity of desperadoes occupies beautiful
and fertile valley at the foot Of the Rocky
Mountains, and is believed to consist of be
tween five hundred and six hundred men,
many of whom have been joined by
their families. They neither are or pro
tess to be agriculturists, and their regular
or irregular occupations render them very
Objectionable residents near the main route
between the eastern and western settle
ments Of the Dominion They plunder
and even murder emigrants and other
travellers, and there is no doubt that they
have been the perpetrators of many atroci-
ties for which Indians have been held re-
sponsible. As may be taken for granted,
their influence on the neighboring Indians
is very bad. They manufacture kind of
strong whisky for which the Indians ex-
change valuable peltries and even their
wives, who thus become slaves. Moreover
the rufhans without pretense or form of
bargain and sale seize whatever they covet
OF Indian property, and in case Of resist
ance or offensive remonstrance, brutally
murder the owners.


Some time ago, the Dominion govern
ment organized a mounted expedition of
! three hundred men for the purpose ofbreak-
ing up this fagitions colony. The expedi-
ton seems to have been prepared and de-
spatched with as much quiet and secrecy
as possible, in the hope of taking the scound-
rels by surprise This was desirable, as
they are known to have sort of entrench-
ed camp in the mountains near their settle
ment. Among the means of defending this
position are said to be several feld-pieces
which they succeeded in carrying off from
a raid into American territory At any
rate, they are well armed with Spencer rifles
and may be expected to make desperate
fight. The expedition sent against thenr
is commanded by an English Captain of
known skill and courage, and it has been
joined by number of young Englishmem
of good social position whose object is adj
venture. 1t is expected that certain In
dian tribes will unite with the expedition
as allies to take vengence upon the rogucs
who have wronged and oppressed them.
About the first Of July, if all goes well,
the first blow will be struck, and there will
be nothing surprising in the fact, if Ameri-
can territory in the region of the Rocky
mountains soon receives a considerably ac-
cession to its ruffianly population Driven
from their northern retreat, the rogues
who escape their pursuers seem likely to
return to their former haunts
Year: 1874

A man in western town had a pet calf,
which he was training up in the ways OF
an OK. The calf walked around very pea
ceably under one end of the yoke, while
the man held up the other end. But in
an unfortunate moment the man conceived
the idea of putting his own neck in the
yoke, to let the calf see how it would seem
to work with a partner this frightened
the calf, and elevating his tail and his voice,
he struck 'dead run" for the village, and
the man went along with his head down
and his plug hat in his hand, straining
every nerve to keep up, and crying out at
the top of his voice Hear we come
Head us somebody 2"
Year: 1874

HEARTH AND HOME, the popular instructive
q and useful household family paper lately pub.
York. will hereafter be published by the
Graphic Company. A slight change in its
form will be made, and it will hereafter be
profusely illustrated. Il is not likely to lose
any OF its interest in the hands of its new
proprietors. Mr.. Judd will confne his efforts
IN tae future to the columns of the dmerican
Agr'cnltardtist an excellent monthly for the
farm and household.
Year: 1874




Even the taxpayers of Dover are crying out
against the lavish expenditures of the Levy
Court and the large prospective increase in the
tax rate for the next year. 1t is now asserted
without contradiction, that this court house will
cost fully double the contract price and will
exceed s64, 600 instead of 49,, ,000 The real
estate of the county will be assessed to pay thir
unnecessary debt, TO say nothing of the extra
expense on the jail, and other burdens which the
county will have to bear
Year: 1874

It has been a work of immense difficulty and expense to keep open the transcontinental railroad

 at all the past Winter, and it has

 often been b ockaded for days at a

 stretch. Some of the heaviest

 storms of the season, on the line

 of the Central Pacific, have Oc-

 cured the present month, and at

 latest accounts it was impossible, and had been for many days,

 where it crosses the Sierras. The experience of every year makes more and more apparent the ne- cessity Of the speedy completion of a southern road. The great ranscontinental channel of trade and traffic must extend from the southern, not the northern part of the State. No amount of capital or energy can suffice to contend against obstacles so formidable as Nature has placed in the way of the northern route. te.-B0terSfeLd Courier.
Year: 1874

There is no longer a question with regard 10 the present and future success of the breeding oi the AngOra goat in California. Enough has already been accom- plished to prove the entire adap- ta,i0n of food md climate to the growth Of a goat equal in quality of fleece, and superior in size and vigor to those bread upon their native Asiatic nights. Our high est mountains are not too high for them to climb in Summer and the foothills with their semi Winter climate (even in Winter, are the grounds they seem most to deliUht in roaming over.

 What we'are soon to be in need of with the present enormous in- crease. will be Winter forage. The foothills, are destined to be the homes of small farmers, which will greatly contract the extent of present goat ranges, and any re- mainiDg lands will be but third or fourth rate for farming purp 'ses, except for goat grazing. These lands, abOunding with leafy shrubs and low growing trees, furnish just the proper food, for the goat prefers 2 leaf t0 the hest grass that can he grown.

 From this We cac take 2 hint, that to improve the now barren and waste places Of these la1 i5 by growing more leaves than now grow upon them would add vast " to their vdlue as goat --nga5. We suggest therefore, that as soon as any one has secured q Government title to these lands that he proceed to add at once to their natural value by planting all waste places with the com mon maIya. as this is a shrub that is hardy, leafy luxuriant of growth, and an evergreen; or so nearly the latter that only very severe freezing will cause the leaf to fall.

 All domestic animals eat the loaf and small twigs of the malva with ayidity, and to all it is a nu. tritious and wholesome food. Its blossoms. which are numerous and continue to bloom all Sum 'mer. are excellent for the honey bee It is shrub easily cultivat- ed-in fact will take care or !tseli when once esta blished; and is as easily planted and grown . as corn. IT In either high or low land the malva is one of the best-if not the best-of leafy shrubs for win ter forage for the goat that the soil can be made to produce; ana as it can hardly suffer from drouth--rooting deeply, like the forest tree-it should be extensive ly cultivated. S0n FF0scasco Chronicle.
Year: 1874

Atthe funeral of Harry Shrieves at Gold Hill on Saturday, his heart broken widow, frenZied with grief leaped from the car riage and attempted to throw her self into the newly. made grave, praying that she might be buried with her idOlized husband.
Year: 1874

History is the revelation of that Divine Providence which has for it's ultimate end the elevation of the human race to the highest de- gree of usefulness and perfection. History is the great printer, with the world for canvas and life for a figure"
Year: 1874

ELSEWHERE we publish report OF
the proceedings of the friends of tenn
-perauee in grand council at Nashville.
It will prove of interest to members OF
the order here and elsewhere throughout
the State. 1t win be noticed that MOTH
ing was said touching the great move
meHt in Ohio, Indiana and other States,
and which threatens to spread all over
the Union. This is rather singular,
especially in view of the efforts of the
ladies of Greeneville and the threats
which are being made in other towns OF
this State to suppress the traffic in liquor
soy prayer, supplication and praise.
Year: 1874

On our fourth page wepublish report
that will interest our insurance people,
and no doubt astonish our merchants
and business men. 1t is generally sup
pos,ed by 'outsiders" that insurance is
very profitable. A careful reading of
the figures Of this report will show that
it is about as poor mode of investment
IS offers to the public, except when sc-
compzuied by brokerage. The insur-
ance folk have our sympathy.
Year: 1874

The attention of all classes of our
people is called to the report of the
Shelby county bible society, one Of our
oldest and most useful religious organi-
cations. 1t will be seen that, notwith-
standing the epidemies Of last year, the
society has not fallen behind in its good
work of spreading that Book which,


shove all others, is the most precious to
AL who would be useful, hOnored and
Year: 1874

THE Augusta Ark Bulletin contains
the proceedings of a meeting of citizens
of that place "to consider some improve
ment in the lamentable mail service" in
Arkansas. a memorial was drawn up
and adopted by the meeting, and We
hope it will have the desired effect.