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Year: 1874

In the United States Circuit Court the
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
case approaches climax. The time al
lowed for the surrender of the road under
the order of Judge Wood expired yesterday
at twenty minutes past six o'clock. A writ
of assistance was then issued on the motion
fled by counsel of F. NJ. Ames, and under
it it is the intention of the marshal to place
the agent of Ames in possession Of the road
this morning, and, if necessary, to do it by
force.


Contra to this is the fact that the sheriff
of Jefferson has been actively engaged in
swearing in deputies, and in tends to make
able as to prevent the service of the writ.


In addition to this, a motion has been
fled and fixed for hearing August 81 to set
aside the order of delivery, and has been
served on the parties plaintiff.


In the Superior District Court the mar
ket war has been at a standstill for two or
three days, but direct issue is now
reached. The court has issued the broad
est possible order to the civil sheriff, and
the matter is now in his hands. He yester-
day notified the esta ablishment of B. Berni.
chau to open, and pledged himself to pro-
tect him against all interference from any
persons. No posse cometatis is at this state
contemplated. If the force he presents
be overcome by the Metropolitan
Police, then it is considered the
proper course for him under act No. IT'S
Of 1868, to apply to the Board of Metropoi-
tan Police for sufficient force to enforce
| the execution Of the writ. Obedience to
this request is imperative, but if the board
should venture to evade the demand, then
| the sheriff has the remedy of calling on the
| citizens. When writ of a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction is issued, and no legal op-
| position has been made in that court, or in


one of superior jurisdiction, every bayonet
| in the United States is behind it. But mat
ters will hardly proceed thus far. Should
the Board of Metropolitan Police disregard
the law, different issue will be presented
by the institution of $50 suits for damages
by the injured private market men against
Governor Kellogg, every member of the


board, and Superintendent Badger.
Year: 1874




1t is a good sign when man lis proud
OF his work. Yet nothing is more common
than to hear men finding fault constantly
with their particular business, and deem
ing themselves unfortunate because fast
ened to it, by the necessity of gaining a
likelihood. In this spirit men fret, and
aboriously destroy all their comfort in
work.


Occasionally. a man fails in life because
he IS not in the place fitted for his recu-
liar talent, it happens ten times oftener
that that failure results from neglect and
ever contempt Of an honest business. A
man should put his heart into everything
that he does. There is not a profession
in the world that has not its peculiar cares
and vexations. No man will escape an
noyances by changing business. No me-
chapical business is altogether agreeable.
Commerce, in its endless varieties, is af-
fected like all other human pursuits, with
trials unwelcome duties, and spirit-tiriug
necessities. 1t is the very wantonDess of
folly for a man 20 search out the frets and
burdens Of his calling and give his mind
every day to consideration Of them.
They belong to human lille. They are in-
evitable. Broodlng, then, only gives them
strength.


On the other hand man has pow er
given him to shed beauty and pleasure up
on the humblest toll if he is wise. Let a
man adopt his business, and identify it
with his life, and cover it with pleasant
associations. For heaven has given US
imagina ion not alone to make some men
poets, but to enable all men to beautify
homely things. Look at good things.
Accept your lot as man does piece cf
rugged ground, and begin to get out the
rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow the
soil, to enrich and plant it. There is
something in the most forbidden avocation
around which may twine pleasant fancles,
out of which there may be developed an
honest pride.
A man can inpart to business flavor
of honor by his own conduct, which shall
make it hereafter more credltable to any
one who enters it, Franklin left upon the
printing office>an impress which has beuc-
fitted the profession of printers ever since.
Blacksmiths love to speak Of the uncan-
onized Elihu Burritt. Once let man
convert his business into an instrument Of
honor, benevolence, and patriotism, and
from that moment it is traus6gured, and
men Judge its dignity and merit, not by
what it externally is, but by what it has
done and can do. 1t is better to stick to
your business, and by patient industry and
honorable enterprise to crown it with hon
or, than to run away from it, and to seek
prosperity ready.maao to your hand. 1t
is not whata man finds that does him
good, but what he does


L. : I
Year: 1874

A pERIMous BALLOON VoYAGE.--The
Partisan aeronaut, M. Durnof, who, when
tauuted with cowa dice at Calais, ,exclaim-
to his wife, 1--WE know how to die," and
set sail in his balloon seaward, with a
strong breeze from the land. has been res
cued from the perils into which his fool
hardy adventure brought him. He and
his wife were picked up by a fishing smack
after ten hours Of terrible exposure. Two
Of which were spent under water. The
captain of the smack saw the balloon, and
it began to descend until it touched the
water, going at the rate Of FIVE miles an
hour. From time to time tremendous
waves broke upon the balloon, covering
Durnof and his vile with water, but still
the balloon resisted, and the danger then
was that the balloon mlghtburs', in which
case both would assuredly tave been lost.
The cold was very severe and the limbs
of the .aeronauts were becoming numbed,
their strength was gradually failing them,
too, and the hope Of being overtaken by
by the smack was the only thing that gave
strength to their arms to hold on to the
wrecked balloon. The wife's limbs were
bepumbed, and at each jerk Of the bal
loon she became weaker and weaker AT
the time M. Durnof held his wife IN his
arms and renewed her courage by point
ing to the near approaching boat.ia The
smack came nearer and nearer, and final
ly the captain seized the rope thrown out
to HIM. The tiny craft was nearly sink
ing, on account Of the'strong jerks OF the
balloon, but the fishermen did not lose
their courage, and seizing Nine. Durnofs
arm, they dragged herpinto the boat, and
soon her husband lay senseless beside her.
The men let go the ropessof the ear, and
the balloon rushed off at q mighty speed
towards Norway FeH ae 9
Year: 1874

The Truckee Republican gives the fol-
lowing picture OF Winter life in the
Sierras: As Truckee is blessed with more
snow than any other town Of its size in
California, it may be of interest to the
outside world to know how people en-
dare so much luxury and cold comfort.
10 obtain an entrance to private DWELL
ing, you have to descend down narrow
incline through the snow to perpendic-
niar depth Of from six to ten feet, and
you reach the front door. You enter the
sitting-room and find lamps burning.
It's broad daylight on the outside, but
without the lamp it would be darkness
within, for the windows are all sealed up
by soidly banked snow. The snow NAV
be only five or six feet deep on a level, but
the buildings act as barrier, against
the snow drifts, and these drifts are in-
creased by that which slides from the
roof. until in many instances the caves
OF the latter are reichsd. Back Of the
business houses and block on Front
street the snow has ccumulated in places
to the depth of twelve to twenty feet.
Where it is so deep, instead of open cuts,
tunnels are made through the mass to
afford egress and ingress from the rear.
Year: 1874

Done at the RECORD Office in the best style
Known to the art; and must be paid for Oh de.
Livery. unless persons havirg the work done
have standing accounts with the Office. No a.
Walton from this rule.
Year: 1874

In view of the fact, that the time is
approaching, when we will be called upon
to select candidates to fill our various
county and township Offices, l appeal to
the voters of Marshall county to consider
well the great and good cause of temper
ance, that is agitating the mind of com
munity, to such a fervent degree, at the
present time Shall all the efforts, the
prayers and entreaties, the good that has
already been accomplished and the hopes
built thereon, and the fond anticipations
of our mothers, wives, sisters and daugh
tiers, be ignored and lost, by our failure to
confirm and support them at the ballot
box, or will we say by our efforts and our
votes, which speak louder than words
that we appreciate their good work, and
will aid and support them by electing TO
office, men who arc not only qualified to
conduct the business affairs Of their office
correctly ard honestly, but men who are
of good moral reputation, and strictly
temperate in its most unlimited sense.
Bat the objection is raised; what can our
officers do, if the people will not hunt up
the offending parties and call their attea-
ton to them? answer, they can do
much were all our civil officers and legal
professors strictly temparate, and had no
sympathy whatever with the vcnder, nor
the drinker of intoxicating liquors, there
would not be so much trouble in getting
judgement when case did come up,
neither would there be so much occasion
for hunting them up; but. on the other
hand, so long as we have officers who are
in sympathy with, and in fact patronizing
the liquor dealer, what encouragement is
it To any one, TO make any effort to bring
the guilty to account, and what good re-
suits can we hope from the Temperance
movement, III til we make temperance
leading qualification in our selection of
candidates for office? We hear of numer-
Gus cases where the Temperance party
have been defeated, through the sympathy
of officers and legal professors for the
opposite party, when, at the same time,
the force OF argument and testimony was
in favor of the temperance cause. Such
cases in fact have come under our own
immediate observation. do not argue
that all our officers are in sympathy with
the liquor element, but that some arc, can
not be successfully denied And now
since the great temperance tide has
brought the important question more for
cibly to view, let us, as voters, steer our
ship across the wave and sail on with the
tide, our chart and compass Qhe good
women of the temperance canse) are
pointing us to a glorious land just little
ahead, on which, if we will lend helping
hand, they will aid us to land safely and
join with us in the song of victory over
intemperance. Let us then, fellow citi-
tens, look we'll to our interest, not sup
port any candidate for any Office, who
has the least sympathy with, or respect
for the liquor traffic, simply because he
belongs to the same party. to which we
belong but lay aside all party feelings,
and vote for principle and not party, and
thereby give to the good women of our
land, the blessed assurance that their eff
forts have not been in vain.


EZRA X. BARNHILL.
Year: 1874

Placing the value of this land at eight
dollars per acre, the price at which the
Burlington and Missouri River II. R.
holds its lands adjoining this firm, it
will be seen that the profit of this single
crop of wheat has over paid the cost of
the lard on which it was raised by three
hundred dollars, and falls short of paying
for the whole quarter section, by less than
one hundred dollars.
Year: 1874

One day, about one hundred thirty years
ago. a young Scotchish maiden was busy
about her household affairs, when an aged
stranger came to the door and asked per-
mission to enter and rest, requesting at


the same time something to eat. The


young girl brought him bowl of bread


and milk, and tried in various ways to


make him comfortable. A piece of bread


happening 10 fall on the floor, she pushed
it out of the way into a heap of ashes.
"Never waste bread p cried the stranger
with much emotion, picking mp the bread


and putting it into his milk. II have
known the time when would have given
gold for a handful of corn kneeded in q
soldiers bonnet. Aquick suspicion cross
ed the girls mind and sent her to the
room of her invalid mother, who hastened
to the kitchen on hearing the description
of the old man with delicate hands and
clean, course linen. In monet she
knew him to be the good Scottish lord on
whose estate they were tenants. He had
just returned from the battle of Culloden,
where the young prince Charles Edward


had been defeated by the royal troops.
He and many others were obliged to hide
for their lives. After being driven from


one hiding place to another, he at last


found safe hiding-place on part Of his


estate where were large cairns, called the


'cairns of Pitsligo." The lady who tells


the story says that "every one in the


neighborhood knew of his residence !" the
very children would 90 peep at him as he


sat reading, but never wonld breath his


name. "Nor,n she adds, 'shall l ever


forget the lesson the poor fugitive taught


me--never to waste bread.'
Year: 1874

The unexampled favor accorded 10 this Maga-
zine by the public, enables us to enter upon the
coming year with the means of making it more
attractive sndssalHables Than ever before to its
large and increasing number Of readers on both
sides Of the Atlan1ic The serial story of the year
Year: 1874

We die not all for our deeds remain
10 crown with honor, OF mar with stain;
Through endless sequence of years to come
Our lives shall speak, when our lips are dumb.
What though we perish. unknown to fame,
Our tomb forgotten. and lost our name,
Since naught is wasted in heaven or earth,
And nothing dies to which God gives birth.
Though life be joyless. and death be cold,
And pleasures pail as the world grows old
Yet God has granted our hearts relief
And Love and Labor can conquer grief.
Love sheds light on the gloomy way,
And Labor hurries the weary day
Though death be fearful, and life be hard,
Yet Love and Labor shall win reward,
IL Love can dry up single tear,
II life long Labor avail to clear
A single web from before the true,
Then Love and Labor have won their due.
What though we mourn. we can comfort pain
Whatn we die, so the truth be plain;
A little spark from high desire
Shall kindle others, and grow a fire.
We are not worthy to work the whole;
We have no strength which may save soul
Enough for us if our life begin
Successful struggle with grief and sin.
Labor is mortal. and fades away,
But Love shall triumph in perfect day;
Labor may wither beneath the sod,
But Love lives ever. for Love is God


-Choabers' journal.
Year: 1874

Young man, you feel a superiority to
the whole human race as you stand at
the altar with your fair young bride.
You would not change places with the
President. Yet few short years. a few
whisking of broom handles, an untimely
stoppage or two of waited fat irons, aud
YOUR weary body will rest under the
swaying willow, while some young gal
liant will bring your late afflicted part
ner out to the cemetery on calm, Sab
bath evenings and whisper love in her
ear, as together they strew peanuts over
your grave. "Oh. why should the spirit
Of moltsl be proud
Year: 1874

A LETTER from Marshal Ney bearing the
date May 10, 1919, has just been received by
Philadelphia medium. The length of time
consumed in its passage suggests some curl.
Gus questions. Tbs first and most obvious
idea which strikes the mind is the great dis
tance of Philadelphia from the spirit land.
We have the impression that communica-
tions Of this nature have been received in
other cities in much quicker time; but in JUS
tice to the Quaker City it should be borne in
mind that possibly the immaterial postal
routes are subject to the same vexatous de-
lays as our own. But unless the missive has
been delayed by some stupid supernal post
master the time occupied in its transmission
furnishes an important datum for the deter
mination of the distance between its starting
point and Philadelphia. The knowledge of
the rapidity of nerve motion gives us the 9TH
er factor 1.-THE velocity of thought) required
in the solution of the problem, and the ap-
plication of well-known mathematical rules
will determine the answer. 1t may be re-
marked in conclusion that the subject matter
of the Marshaps letter is of little public in
terest-or private either, for that matter.
Year: 1874

A DELEGATION of Boston lawyers is at
Washington in consultation with the Justices
of the Supreme Court and with members OF
the congressional judiciary committees in rela
tion to reorganization of the system of do
ing business in the United States courts.
The Supreme Court is three years behind
with its business, and the system is said to
be totally inadequate to the present needs OF
the courts, An effort will be made to secure
the massage Of a bill remedying tine matter.
Year: 1874

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
bat as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
nunicatons that are not used.
Year: 1874

A correspondent, writing of a Turkish
harem, says, Each lady had three
rooms TO herself, and the furnishing Of
them was generally left TO her taste or
caprice. They we're arranged very well,
and the furniture was very handsome,
but curious in form. A regular Turkish
bed is something quite different from
ours. There is no bedstead or mattress,
but about thirty very thickly padded
quilts, covered with silk or satin, laid
one on tog Of the other on the door until
they are about two feet deep. The
sheets are invariably Of silk, embroid-
cred, aud the coverlid is q marvel Of
gold and silver embroidery on satin or
Year: 1874

The Senate caucus scheme to solve the great inan-
eial problem before the country looks like an expc-
dent to avoid the real Issue and at the same time to
make show Of " looking toward" resumption of
coin payments. The date settled upon 1879 for re-
sumption leads to tine conclusion that the Commit
tee have read the Pleasures of Hope" and perhaps
actually believe that Distance lends enchantment
to the view" Free banking has lost its charms of
late though there can be wefounded objection TO
it if banks will pay specie demand for their issues


and the well-known fact that there Is disposition
to avail of the privilege extended by the last cur
rcncy bill proves that but little if any advantage
would be taken Of the power to increase the NUM-
Der of National banks. Hence tho Committee may
feel safo ia pIopJsing tho withdrawal of grconbch3
Year: 1874

The Miami Union docs not
seem to have a high respect
for our venerable Governor. 1t
says: Either the Ohio Peni
tentiary or the power vested
In the Governor to pardon It's
inmates, ought to be abolished
and that Immediately. As this
power is now exercised 1t is a
gross mockery Of Justice and
q shame iul disgrace to the
State. We venture to say that
three-fourths Of those now con.
fined in the State prison are
quite as much entitled to the
benefit Of Executive clemency
as several who have recently
been the subjects OF it. After
what he has done We should
not think Governor Allen
would feel at liberty to refuse
the application of any one in
the institution for a similar ia
vor." a
Year: 1874

HORSES that are kept IN the
stable during the summer sea.
son should Ge given daily the
luxury of a roll son the earth
Rolling Is the means given by
nature for. the animal to rid it.
self of vermin and skin dis
eases, and It tends to make the
animal healthy. Some owners
object to allowing a horse to
roll on the bare earth, because
it gets dirt in the hair and
makes extra work to keep the
animal clean, but the extra
work pays If rightly under
stood.
Year: 1874

SLIGHTLY sarcastic was the
clergyman who paused, and
addressed a man coming into
church after the sermon had
begun, with the remark: "Glad
to see you, sir; come in, always
glad to see those here late,
who can't come early" And
decidedly self possessed was
the man thus addressed in the
presence Of an astonisbed con-
gregation, as he responded
"Thank you; would you favor
me with the text
Year: 1874




DRINK as little as possible in
warm weather. This simple
rule will prevent almost all
discomfort from heat. 1t is the
stertor'ous people who 90
about putting and blowing like
steam engines and taking in
about as large an amount Of
fuel at every street corner who
complain, probably suffer most
from the summer warmth, and
are most liable to be attacked
by summer disorders. Inces-
SAINT thirst is induced partly by
habit, partly by the quantity Of
salted food-ham mainly
which is used during the warm
weather. Abstain from salt
food; eat fresh meat, fruit and
vegetables, and drink as little
as possible, II you would be
comfortable.
Year: 1874

tkln two5ycars from the first fTudsday
in Nosember'the Presidential elef Jon
will take place. Let foreigners, who
have been in the country three years,
and who have not yet taken out their
first papers, remember that they must
take out those first papers within the
next five weeks, or they cannot vote
for the next President. Foreigners
IN now take out their papers in tie
United States Courts; and those of n
other county may take them out in Il is
city if it is more convenient In Ia king
the first papers it is only necessary to
go before the court and testify that you
intend la become citizen. Save the
certificate then given you and in two
years you can be fully naturalized.


Remember that, in order to vote for
President, you must take papers out
before the 1st of November. The Uni
ted States court meets in this city every
Tuesday until the 1st ofNovember, for
the purpose of issuing naturalizat ion
papers.
Year: 1874

We We're informed 10y the late Benz


Webb that he remembered when the
land III Chester county was 20 poor that
1t would not grow a crop Of grass Dne
OF our old citizens made the remark to
us few days since that he had visited
the Level below MiddlctoNn in 1881
and that great many Of what are now
the finest farms in the county did not
t1en produce enough grass to feed "A
II 'ck OF sheep. A number of the men
wAo owned farms there then still own
theA, But the circumstances are SO
changed that those who visited the Pc
ninsula Fair during the past week would
scarcely #uppose that such had been the
case. What changes may be produced
IN the lfe-tlmc Ct single man are not
only wonderful but exceedingly crafty
ing to those who are careful to note the
changed circumstances that surround
them after the lapse of forty wears


The successful exhibition Of the Fair at
Mlddletown marks an era i'll the agricul-
tural enterprise of New Castle county
and the State. Forty years hence such
exhibitions may be- common in every
county on the Peninsula. The present
candidate of the Democratic party for
Governor was Just turning into his ma
Jorlty about the time our old friend Wis


1T ID the Levels and has a vivid recol-
lection Of the Situation" at that time


Perhaps no man in the county has had a
better record or more beneficial infu-
elce upon the neighborhood in which he
hls lived. Undoubtedly he has been the
leading farmer and the land under his
hand has been made to blossom as the
rose He has diligently and persistently
e Dntinued his business as farmer, and
a a farmer he has prospered; his lands
are among the most fertile Of all that
beautiful region. So close has he kept
his children under his care that from his
parlor window the houses Of three or
four OF his sons are in view; and their
farms are carefully managed and con-
Quoted by their own labor. We say it
without fear Of contradiction that no
man in the State has done more for his
neighborhood than John p. Cochran;
and none has made fewer enemies. He
may to-day be classed as the first farmer
in the State. He has made a large for
tune; but so careful has he been that
his name can hardly be found on the
court records, either as complainant or
plaintiff, Notwithstanding he has pur-
chased and worked so many farms, that
he is reckoned the largest land owner in
the State. 1t is useless TO assail the
character Of such a man by mean and
contemplate insinuations. He has the
respect of all parties in his Hundred and
no man would be more missed. lie is
intimately connected with the whole of
the surrounding country, and there is
scarcely young farmer in the neighbor-
hood who will vote against him.