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Year: 1874

The steamer Pat. Rogers was burnt in the Ohio River near Aurora, Ind. on Wednesday of last week; and forty-five lives were lost. The fire seems to have caught in some bales of cotton on deck. There were over 100 people on board Not one of six small children on board was saved. A man who claims to have been the last to leave the boat says the last object he saw was child, three years old, who was beyond his reach. It was alone, naked. dancing with pain, and shouting and crying as the flames burned :k
Year: 1874

John Bright's advice to English temper ance people strikes us as peculiarly appro priate also to the latitude of Connecti- cut:

 In my opinion appeals should be made to all members of Christian churches in the hope of creating great public opini- on among the thoughtful and religious classes in favor of the temperance move ment, and of offering through them to the view of the nation grand example of ab- stinence from the use of articles which are so seldom useful and so often pernicions. At present a few persons clamor for legis- lation which the country is not prepared for and which it will not bear. The con- sequence of this is failure, there being much contention and no result. In a case of this kind, Parliament can do little, but that portion of our people which cares for religion can indeed do all.
Year: 1874

Do not part with your common
sense when you write. You need
not make an idiot of yourself be>
cause you have pen in your hand
Be simple, be honest, be unaffected
in speaking and writing. Never
use long word when a short one
will do. Call things by their right
names;never smother your thoughts,
with a cloud of phrases; let a spade,
not a well known long instrument
of manual industry; let home be
home, not residence a place, not
locality. Write as much as you
would speak speak as much as
think. With your interiors, speak
no coarser than usual: with your
superiors, no finer. Be what you
say, and what you are.
Year: 1874

Take a deep plate, into which
pour quantity of water. Set a
vase of flowers upon the plate set a
bell glass with its rim in the water.
The air that surrounds the flowers
being confined beneath the bell
glass, is constantly moist with water
that rises into it in the form of
vapor. AS fast as the water be-
comes condensed it runs down the
side of the hell glass into the dish
and if means betaken to enclose the
water on the outside of the glass.
so as to prevent it evaporating in
the air of the sitting-room, the at
mosphere around the flowers is con,
tinually damp. The planIis desig-
mated the /" Hopean apparatus.
The experiment may be tried on q
small scale by inverting tumblel
over a rosebud in a saucer of water
Year: 1874




him he has no wife, SO his people
will not miss him till long after VIZ
are gone. If they knew how I've
treated him, we'd have the whole
tribe at our heels, and they would
make short work of killing US and
dividing the spoils, | fear. Once
out of this detestable place, and we
are safe.'


daylight at last came, though
the time seemed long before it did
and never before or since have
hailed the first CLEAN of light in the
eastern horizon with greater joy
The teamster soon made his ap
pearance, my husband helped hin
to put the trunks on his cart, anc
we were quickly driving rapidly
toward Griffin, which place We
reached in two days, and without
meeting with any other adventure


so you see Mr.. Williamson, she
said, in conclusion, my life thus
far has numbered at least one thrill.
ling experience. [ can afford to
laugh now at the perils and fears
of that terrible night, but it is mo-
likely that shall ever forget it OF
them as long as [ live


The Present Condition of Latin Gram


mar.


By Prof Gustavus Fischer of New Bruins


wick, N. J.l


Suetonius reports that the first
teacher of Latin grammar was
Crates of Mallos, who after the
second Punic war stayed in Rome
as an ambassador of King Attalus,
being compelled to prolong his
residence for considerable time by
fracture of his leg, which had
happened when he fell into an ope1
gutter or sewer. The fact was q
bad omen. Scioppus, a learned
German philologist of the last cen.
tnry, cynically remarks that since
this ominous fall all Latin gram
marians were nothing but cloacines
wallowing with delight in the mud
of the sewers. Certainly the science
of Latin grammar has not KEPT
pace in our day with other sciences
The purpose of the paper was to
show that in almost every part ot
syntax the present condition o.
grammatical science is exceedingly
defective. This was demonstrated
by a very abundant citation of pas
sages from Latin authors and gram
marians, and a careful analysis O.
the assumptions of the latter.


The paper was long and far too
technical in its character to be
fairly represented in this report
The following were among its con
clusions: If We examine the treat
ment of any subject in Latin gram
mar we shall find it open to criti'
cism. The grammars leave US
without any answer just where they
ought to answer; they often answer
Just where it is not worth while t
ask question. In my opinion the
time has come when we should ap
ply to the study of language. The
philology is one of the natura
sciences, and accurate and minute
observations is no less necessary il
it than any other of them. Philo.
logy, indeed, deals with the mind
we may call it physiology, but Al
the same time history of the mind
We have already begun to apply
this microscopic investigation tt
the origin of words; it remains nov
to apply it to syntax in the same
manner as many members of this
Association have successfully ap'
piled it to some parts Greek gram
mar. Such a treatment of Lati1
grammar would be essentially his
torical, carefully separating tn
different epochs, and always begin
ming with the oldest writer's il
which a given syntactical form
occurs.
Year: 1874

you ask why hate that woman.
! should think you might see for your
self She has better complexion than
mine, and hate her for that. Her hair
is two feet longer than mine, and that is
another reason why | hate her. Her
face is fresher than mine, and that is
another reason why | hate her. Her
jewelry is finer than have, and that j:
even enough for me to talk about her


She lives in better style than do, and
| hate her all over for that She has q
new bonnet every month, and l only
have six in year, and despise her fol
that. She has beautiful dresses, ana
they always fit her so well, and that u
IA. ror reason why ] hate her. Sh'
minds hen syn business, and never say'
mean things about any one, and woman
who does that should be hated by every
other woman. Her husband is a NOR,
prominent man than mine, and hat,
her for that. She never goes abou


grumbling and telling things to make
Others teal mean and uncomfortable, and
hate her on this account. She vii
not lend me her jewelry, and ] fee
above any woman who will not cheerful,
lend her best clothes and jewelry. Ther
| her diamonds are real, while mine are
paste. and | hate her for that. Hate
her? lshould think | had enough to hate
her for. She can sing and can't and ]
hate her for that. When offered to tell


her half a dozen lies that had heard and
twelve that | made up about her and she
would not hear me, was mad enough
at her to bite her head uh-the stuck-up
decetiful thing! When | give her ad-
vice she pays no attention to it, and |
hate her for that. When ! try to tell
her something about her husband that
will make her hate him as | hate mine
she will not even listen to me, and hate
her for that. When | would tell her
what somebody or some other body has
said against her, she does not care what
folks say 10 long as she has her husbands
devoted love and confidence, then | hate
her more than ever for throwing out
slurs against me. Her breath is sweeter
than mine, and hate her for that. And
I'll hate any woman that is happier or
getting along better than am."
Year: 1874

lr is reported that new plank is to
be inserted in the Republicans platform
in South Carolina, in consequence of an
unpleasant accident TO colorcd voter
who became the victim of a spring-gun
while endeayoring 10 commit burglary,
A meeting Of colored citizens after u full
discussion Of that lamentable occurrence,
unanimously resolved against hereafter
giving their support to any candidate for
office, and especially for the Legislature,
unless he will pledge himself to work for
the passage of bill, making it a penal
offence to set II trap-gun in the vicinity
of any corn crib, chicken coop, smoke
hOusc, or pig stYe
Year: 1874

A young man living in Cumberland
Street, this city, had for many days suf.
fered with severe toothache, and, -
de,nier resort. he decided to 60 to . den
tist aud have the offending bicuspid taken
out. With that resolution well hxed In
bis mind and one dollar in his pocket be
he sought we'll known "tooth carpen-
ter in Green Avenue. The dentist st
once decided that two teeth would have
to be drawn. The young man had not
the nerve to stand the I" double extract"
so he told the dentist to bring forth the
nitrous oxide bag, and he would qua6
himself away into insensibility. He took
the mouth piece, and drank away at the
gas. The dentist at last thought be had
enough He spoke to him. A rational
answer was returned. He must have
more gas, and the mouth piece was again
inserted between his lips. When he had
taken gas enough to render two men 10
sensible to pain, the dentist thought he
would apply a wel-known dental test to
see if he was "gone.


Billyi" No answer.


He then touched the patients cyslid
to see IL there was any muscular con.
traction, and in so doing suddenly touch.
cd the eye itself No twitching OF any
kind. He must be insensible The for.
ceps at once brought out tooth with
tremendous roots, and at the same time
brought the young man to his feet with .
yell.


"Why in the deuce. Doc, didn't you
wait until had sucked some more gas :"


More gas! You took enough to put
two men to sleep; and besides ] touched
your eyelid, and even put my hand on
your eye, and you never showed twinge,
and that Is considered an infallible test.


"Thats good, by George! won
dered what in thunder you were fooling
around my glass eye for I"


The valve, which was found TO be out
Of order, was repaired, the mans second
tooth drawn, and he went away chuck.
ling to himself, A" That's good; feeling
of my glass eye to see IL Id twitch. -
brooklyn Union.
Year: 1874




A fellow with pistol bullet In his
left side. one inch abye bis heart, q
s'x,inch slash on his head and
broken leg, crawled into Bangor,
Maine, doctors Office "to get fixed
mp" as he pleasantly put it, the other
morning. He said "they'd been
havin' some fun over to q house," but
he declined to desigantc the domicile
more particularly and possibly they
are too we'll used to these comic eey
centricities down in Maine to inquire
very closely. They do this sort of
thing TO perfection in the Indian
country, out West, where man who
bankers after pistol bullets can get
bis stomach full at any time but
then it isn't done for sport there's
always malice prepense in the CLEAN
of the knife, and murder in the voice
of the pistol. But this Maine chap
is evidently a fellow who can take a
joke, and bear no grudge against the
giyer,
Year: 1874

THIN SA ws.-Tberc is a great
waste of timber and power in using
the. thick saws SO generally in use,
A saw to rpn in the roughest timber
should never be heayierthan S.guage,
For walnut and poplar saw should
never be thicker than ten or twelve
gauge.


There is a general opinion among
saw-mill men that q thin say can not
be successfully run. This has been
brought about by say makers who
have not the skill and means to mako
good saws. We Lave to p1sh Tim
saws on our customers, but they never
return them after giving them trial,
= Saw Mill Cincinnati,
Year: 1874

To be found DAY or NIGHT at his office on
the county road near the Depot


American, French and German prescriptions
carefully put up in accordance with their respect
i've Pharmacopeias, Janizuoa
Year: 1874

COMMENTS UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF GEN.


DRIsTow


The appointment of Gen. BristOw az Secre
tary Of the Treasury the subject OF general
vaon yesterday in this city, although few able
speak with any degree Of confidence regarding IT, since
Gen. Brstow is little known in NewYork and his views
upon the nuances have not been declared The feeling
was one OF relief that Thoroughly incompetent
for his position as Mr. Richardson had been removed
whoever might take his place. Those who were
acquainted with Gen. Bristow spoke OF him in the
highest terms as man and lawyer, and expressed the
conviction that he would adapt himself to bis new
work, and prove faithful and efficient


Mr. Fisk OF Fisk & Hatch said that Wast. was
pleased that change had been made but how Mr..
Brstow would succeed could not be anticipated since
SO little was known OF him. He had the good fortune
10 we'll spoken OF his native state and In order TO
improve upon the past In the Treasury no very difficult
task required Of him.


Mr. Morton Of Morton. Bliss h Co. said that Mr..
Bristow was Q man OF acknowledged ability and in-
tegrity and. he believed would Nil his new position
with credit himself satisfaction TO the country as
he has filed former positions.


C. p Huntington, President OF the Central Pacific
Railroad had been some what acquainted with Mr. Brs
tow for many years. and regarded hun nrsrelass
man" and strong and able lawyer greatly respected in
Kentucky. He thought that for o new man In the
Treasury Department, he would succeed better than
almost any other man who could be named.
Year: 1874

droop until they reached level where capitalists
would stand ready to The prostraton OF the IRON
other nd manufacturing interests and
stoppa9c Of tho construction Of new railway enter
pr1ses had materially reduced the earnings OF the
roads, inasmuch there was no longer the
same amount OF freight traffic, and there was
not the same necessity for passenger travel.
He did not believe that the action OF Congress woud
affect way the other during the remain
der the session He did not believe that any measure
looking TO the OF the legaender circulation
would meet the approval of the President. The large
sales gold by the Secretary OF the Treasury s5cOoo
per MONTH he construed showing the intention OF
the Treasury Department TO reduce the circuia-


on to the $3.50 600 which 1t stood before the Degin
ming Of the panic September. The Treasury Depart
ment was accumulating balance by this sale OF gold
which amounted in reality to general retirement OF
bookkeeping as to when they would be charged on"
They we're practically Withdrawn as the balance IN the
Treasury increased.


The other side OF the question, "a represented oy
gentlemen prominent from bis connection with the
"bull" interest, is as follows: He believes that there
will be general stagnaton with firm prices until the emu
Of June. when there will be slight upward turn out
that real upward movement will not begin until the
end OF the FALL when all the crops Will have been
moved and there will be not only improved tone In
commercial and financial circles, but also more money
from the sale OF the crops.
Year: 1874




RETIREMENT OF PRESIDENT WATSON FROM THE


ERIE-HUGH j. JEwETT PROBABLY HIS Sue


CEssOR-A PETITION FOR THE INCREASE OF


BROKERS CoMMIssIoNs-THE PROPOSED TAX ON


SPECULATION.


Wall-st. was again feverish yesterday, under the
malign influence of a number of disturbing causes.
Prominent among these was the adverse legislation
against the Pacific Railroads. the prospective at
tempt to revive the imposition OF the tax OF
onc-twentieth Of per cent on all gold and
stock sales and the renewal of the report OF the
prospective retirement Of Amasa Stone from the
Lake Shore Railroad. The stock market was weak
during the day, and prices just before the close
showed decline of from to "a per cent. The de-
preston was most marked in Lake Shore. Western
Union, Wabash, North West Common, Union Pacific.
Pacific Mail, and st. Paul. The decline IN the re-
mainder of the list was only to per cent.
Erie was exceptionally firm throughout the
day, advancing from 80! to !, closing at S}t.
Prominent among the features of the day was the
private announcement Of the early retirement OF
Peter II. Watson from the Presidency Of the Erie
Railway Company and the probable succession OF
Hugh J. Jewett of the PAN Handle y Road to the
position. The extraordinary condition OF the stock
market and the confusion of those who deal in 1t
has prompted the procuring of interesting state
ments from those whose position enables them to
judge Of the probable course of events.
Year: 1874




STATE CONsTABULARY VETOED.


Boston, June 2.-Gov. Talbot sent into the
state Senate this afternoon message accompanied by
his veto OF the bill abolish the State Constabulary
The message quite long, and was read in the Senate
After referring briefly novelty of his position in
an Introductory way the Governor calls attention TO
the bill and gives his for vetoing it, He says,
virtually that although but established nine years the
force has been OF great benefit in enforcing order and
in executing the criminal laws of the State The local
police he states, appointed in accordance with
local interests and it is incOnvenient to transfer
them for duty in other places. In TINS re-
spect the Constabulary is a convenience, and the
constant demand their services from all parts OF the
state shows necessity for the force In the e1eeu
ton OF the Liquor law they have done much service and
are in fact necessity. II this the reason for abo-
isng the force act inconsistent with public
morality to abolish force because it executed the laws
II the argument was that they had done too little, then
i would be better make the force efficient II
the local and state police together could not enforce
the law argued the need for more Instead OF less force
H. had yet unable Just reason Tor setting
aside an strumentsy that had been so e1elent u ex
ecuting the laws in different pst Q tlq State ana has
rendered such goo4 sery.oe.
Year: 1874

SIDhH Vr ''fS@'s''


The condition of the stock market at the
time has been such as to confuse many Of the
Oldest operators As the street at large It actually
be wdered and does not know which way TO turn for
relief All are anxiousy waiting for events to shape
themselves in order that they avail themselves OF
the and profit by It, With view 70 ascertaining
what the representative opinions we're, inquiry was
made among those influence us felt IN the stock
market.


one gentleman. who may he said TO represent the


short interest said that wall-t had seemed to have
relapsed into state Of complete sagnaton there being


general ndi-poiton TO speculate on either side OF the
market H. s.IA LA.t nA.svs uvvid prvssph ssAlA1ii
Year: 1874

MILWAUKEE, June 2.-Papers have been
served upon the Attorney General and Railroad Com
mssioners Informing them that injunction would DO
applied for in the United States District Court the
Western District of Wisconsin. to restrain them from
institung any proceedings taking any for
purpose OF executing the act OF the last legislature
Tue action Is brought by the creditors of tho Chicago
and North Western Railroad Company, who claim that
their securities weakened destroyed by the law Of
l..f WInt.
Year: 1874




The substitute reported by Senator Windham,
from the TRANSFORMATION Committee for the House
bill 10 regulate commerce among the several States
nrovides that every line of railroad extending into
or throuph two or more States, aud employed in
carving freight between points in different States,
ar TO or from any foreign country, whether owned
and operated by or by several corporations,
or persons, shall keep posted IN each OF ITS
stations aud depots full classification of freights
and of It's charges per mile for every distance for
which IL receives freight for transportation and
the rates so established and posted shall be the law
full rates il shall charge in every except for
Government transportation and for charitable pur
noses so long as SAID schedules remain unchanged !;
and 30 days notice must be given of any
intended change of the schedule rates
The bill prohibits any and all determinations in
charges Tor like services performed for different
shippers, OF any determinations III the delivery
OF freight except according to the priority OF
,himuent It is also provided that the rail-
road company receiving freight for transportation
over other roads in addition to its ow line, shall be
responsible to the shipper for the safe delivery of
tIe freight at its destination. Each violation of
any of the foregoing provisions Is 10 De punished by
a fine not less than $500 nor more than 5000


MR. SAWYER TO LEAVE THE TREASURY DEPART


MENT.


There il no longer any doubt about Mr.. Sawyer
Those who know him best feared that he might
after all remain in the Treasury Department to sign
papers without reading them and TO abuse the
newspapers but he going and so the last sad relic
of Sanborn in the Department VIII have passed
away When the Secretaryship was offered to Gen
BSistow that gentleman accepted 1t with the cond-
tion precedent that Mr. Sawyer should vaeate the
office of Assistant Secretary and leave the place
to be filed by a man OF his own selecnon'
The President readily consented, and made pass
in remark not al ogebller complimentary TO saw
yer that il better 10 have all the sannorh men
OUT The President yesterday. accepted the resig-
Year: 1874




WASHINGTON. Tuesday June 2, 1874


During the consideration of the currency print
ing question before the Committee on Banking and
Currency to-day, Mr.. Hubbard of counsel for the
New-York Bank Note Printing Companies said the
secret process of printing the currency IN the Gov
ernment Printing Bureau, which the Bureau claimed
as preventive against cOunterfeiting, was nothing
more than bath of CASTLE soap and animal glue,
and that persons employed in the Bureau had given
representative of these companies information that
the process was a humbug. Assistant Secretary
SAWYER said if these employees of the Government
knew this secret process humbug, they should
have so stated to the head of the Department instead
of volunteering information to outside hostile
parties If they knew it TO be humbug and
did not so inform the proper authority, they
should be discharged for dereliction Of duty.
f. p Stanton counsel for the Columbian Bank Note
Company, took Issue with Mr.. Hubbard, saying it
could be established beyond doubt that printing
with the proper kind Of sizing was not only guard
against counterfeitng but gave the note additional
durability. Mr. Maynard Chairman of the Com
mittee thought as persons in the Department volun-
tariy gave the information repeated by the counsel
for the Bank Note Printing Companies they should
have noobection to appearing before the Commit
tee and make their statement. Mr.. Hubbard, in
plv TO a demand by several members of the Com
Inittee for names of nfOrmants. said he was not at
liberty 10 give them, but the Committee coud sum-
mon witnesses from the Bureau TO prove whether
the statements true. he further Mid these in
formants were not experts. The Committee took
no action ON the snbjec and adjourned till to-mor-
w.