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Year: 1874

ABOUT ORGANS. = The temperance lodge at
Ophir, have we are informed, for some time,
been saving funds for the purpose of purchas-
ing an organ for their hall. We can all under
stand how much pleasure the possession of q
good instrument of the kind would add to
their gatherings. We suppose they wanted q
nice instrument to assist them, as an accompani-
ment in their songs. At last they had what,
they thought, would be sufficient funds to pur-
chase the desired instrument, and accordingly
placed the money in the hands Of one of their
members, and sent him out to secure the long
looked for, and wished for prize. Imagine, what
could have been their indignation, when their
agent returned with little. cheap, music box,
the original retail cost of which was $12. and
smilingly, informed them that he had struck it
rich; had bought an organ that anybody could
play, and all that it cost was $50.
Year: 1874

An English writer says in the Pail
Mall Gazette Many political phenom-
ma of the modern democratic world have
shown that blunders and injustices be-
loug to no particular era or state of So
ciety and here we have the congress of
United States repeating that particular
fraud of feudal princes which even in
the middle ages had fallen into the low
est discredit. There is absolutely no
difference in principle between adulter-
ating tue metallic coinage and "inAa-
ting" the paper circulation. The sole
distinction consists in the greater liabil-
ity of the older piece of cheating to be
found out A medieval gold coin had
its proper intrinsic value in the market.
and the money-changer who melted
down a coin of some particular issue
and discovered that it was half made up
of copper, at once knew that the sover-
eign had been swindling his subjects.
But the effects of adulterating a paper
currency have to be detected, not by
the scales or the tests, but by some
slight labor of the brain. As bank
note is, to begin with, piece of paper
which is absolutely without appreciable
value, very superficial person may
conclude that any number Of pieces Of
valueless paper may be made valuable
by printing on them the same wor Is
which appear on the face Of 0 redeem
able note. The difficulty, such as it is,
of seeing through this fallaoy gives the
modern corrupter Of money his sole adj
vantage over his execrated predecessor,
but both the act and its consequences
are identical in the Two cases. The im-
age and superscription of the monarch
lied in the older example the assertion
that "the United States promises to
pay is lying assertion in the modern
instance
Year: 1874

At the session of the social science
association at New York, lengthy pa
per, by lWilliam G. Flagg, of Illinois,
was read, on the farmers movement in
the west. After giving the history Of
the movement and its effect upon po-
litical parties, it concludes THE
farmers movement meant primarily an
advancement in the intelligence and
ability of the tillers Of the soil; second
", an unusual feeling of oppression and
distress, resulting from the mischievous
legislation of the country, and finally,
an effort to reform abuses and carry to a
more logical conclusion the principles
of our republican-democratic system.
1t was part of the universal upward
tendency of the manual workers of the
world, and was as irrepressible as the
progress of democracy on earth. 1t
foreshadowed the time when the cum
ming of the hand would be displaced
by the brain of the worker, equal and
exact justice to all men,; all men are
created equal : government derives its
lust powers from the consent OF the
governed : whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you, do ye even so
unto them These were all accepted
principles and must work out their logi-
cal results"
Year: 1874

WnrTERs Of every age have endeHv-
ored to show that pleasure is in us and
not in the object offered for our amuse-
ment. If the soul be happily disposed,
everything becomes capable of afford
ing entertainment, and distress will a.
most want q name. Goldsmith.
Year: 1874

To arrive at perfection, man should
have very sincere friends or inveterate
enemies because he would be made
sensible of his good or i'll conduct,
either by the cen ures of the one or
the admonitions Of the other.-Dio-
0enes,
Year: 1874

The stock market remains in the uncertain
state that have from day TO day described during
the past month. Ii occasionally shows signs of lfe


only TO relapse again into its former dullness


Numberless small operators watching the quota
tons as they appear the tape of the tclegraphic
indicator, intending to buy when the lowest point
Is reached, but fearful Of gong in too upon
mere spasIn. In this way they are kept busy doing
nothing That brings commissions to the brokers' A
rise OF one per cent hereabouts suggests 10 their
minds the idea that the market liz about 10 crawl
away from them. yet they do nothing and an hour
or twOs delay brings another downward reaction


and they become convinced that il was wise 10 have
abstained The consciousness that the market il in
perfect control of master hand makes all
classes Of operators tiinid, and leaves brokers
who have eAIensiye estabDshmen!s in u rosl-
Year: 1874

ton to look and feel as il they were "perked
up with q glittering grief.D Such, indeed, is the
general timidty that it would not surprise us 10 see
the market, whenever the real rise commences 20
up at least five per cent before confidence IN tne
permanence Of the advance would be feit 10
any extent Judging from the tone OF conversation
il is not supposed that the bears have as yet com
menced to buy in their shorts, that they need be
in haste to do so. The bears work in secret, as
usual. and conduct their business with skill that
NAV have been equaled but has never been sur
nassed 40 that all that is said of their movement Is
mere conjecture. The market will recover ITS lost
ground whenever it suits their purpose to permit IL
TO do 80 and this is probably the whole subject IN
nutshell.


All the active stocks made gain upon the quota
tons of last night, Western Union, Lake Shore ana
Pacific Mail advancing from to 1t per cent, and the
Others from to I. There features OF interest
At the start prices firm and higher than at the
close Yesterday but after momentary steadness an
apparent onslaught was made against the Western
roads which broke the list down to II per cent From
this there was a recovery and the market thereafter
though subjected to occasional relapses ruled hrm.
The most active stocks were Union Pacific, Pacific
Mail. Western Union Telegraph. st. Paul, Rock
Island Lake Shore and Toledo and Wabash. The
general market closed strong at the best prices OF
the day. The opening, highest, lowest, and closing
Year: 1874




Two or three weeks ago an accident did not
occur near Scranton, Penn; the ne Sspapers
missed sensational horror ;and dozen men,
instead of being hurled into eternity without
time to breathe prayer, wa ked quietly
nome TO their dinners, quite unconscious that
Death had had them by the throats. The
facts are briefly these: .... .-


In the largest anthracite coal mine in the
oIa'e, the care OF the engine by which the
cars Ior passengers are lowered and bosteo is
piaced III the hands of Scotch Irsht an. an
ordinary fellow enough. The cable. pecessa-
riiy OF great weight and thickness, passe,
through the roof OF a slightly shed un-
der which he stands. One m jrning, a. the
man stood smoking his pipe, his hand upon
tne lever, his mind very probably busy with
his dinner, and assuredly not wrought I'D TO
any heroic rapture of resolve, the ascending
car (loaded with coal) al one end OF the cable.
oroKe' and fell crashing into the dark shaft,
70 De shattered into thousand fragments
he knew that in the next minute the caoir.
released from the strain, would fly back ard
Iall with crushing weight on the ricke,y
beams and boards of the roof Death was
absolutely certain if he did not escaoe from
the shed. But if be took his hand from the
fever, the descending car, full of men, mus.
lall one or two hundred fert He
had but one instant to face his
death and theirs, and to choose de-
tween them. There was boy in .he back %.
the shed; the man motioned to him with his
head to go out Then he tiehtened his hold
on the lever. The loosened cable struck and
caught somewhere below against the side of
the shaft. Surrey God meant it should so
strike! 1t was the delay OF but breath of
time; but 1t was enough. The car grated
with jar against the ground far below; its
occupants stepped leisure out, while the
man who had saved them above, threw him
sell from under the shed, just as lis roof.
beams, pulley, and all, crashed down on tie
spot where he had been standing.


We do not know the mans name, and
should scarcely need to publish it il We did.
kame or reward jar somehow against the
deco itself. here is wholesome tonic for
all OF us in the certainty, which is forced
upon US how and then, of the unknown,
unmeasured resources Of courage and hero
ism and unflinching integr ity to duty which
we possess among what we choose to call the
mass Ut the people. 1t is, after all, tnly
when man reaches the certainties of the
middle age that he is not surprised every new
day by the knowledge OF how admirable a
crew las been put into the world for its long
voyage; how many of the women are gIa-
cious aud finely natured; how many men
respond promptly to the call OF honesty or
duty or even self-sacrifice because it is the
simple and natural thing for them to do so.


We will congratulate ourselves, then, not
that his class can boast one such brave fellow
as this Scotch Irish engineer, but that, like
King Harry over Percy's grave, we believe
that it has thousand such as he."
Year: 1874

another, year after year, shows de-


feet in existing legislation, and the
necessity Ofp tribunal clothed With


power to visit punishment upon often


ders that can not and win not be in


f]icted in the State courts. The pres


ence Of troops in many instances has


had restraining influence upon the


lnurderous disposition Of Southern


Democrats, but Of late it is only a
cause Of irritation and the awakening
OF q retributi0n that gluts itself when
the troops are Withdrawn, with Il full
knowledge on the part Of the assassin
that the authority that furnished tenn
pOrary protection to his victim can
not punish him for his assassination.


Though every feeling of humanity
prompts us to deDouEce our political
opponents, we forbear to retsliate
upon them in kind the abuse heaped
upon us. We tell the stol y Of Southern
Democratic prejudices, malignancy,
and crime, and challenge refatatioD.
We lay before the country unmistak-
able evidences that men in untold
numbers have been aud are being
daily sacrificed for adherence to that
political faith which the patriotism of
the nation vindicated at the cost Of
three hundred tlonsand lives and
three thousand millions of treasure,
and we leave it to the sublime sense
Of right and justice that claracterizes
The American people to judge us
Alright, and afford to us upon our own
soil that protection that is 70 readily
accorded to the persons of their fel-
ow-citizens in foreign lauds.
Year: 1874

the railroads, and therefore be of great ad.
vantage to them.


Mr.. Aiken concluded his remarks by say.
ing that he would gladly answer any ques-
ton which might be asked him on any point
upon which he had not spoken.


During the address he was frequently In.
corrupted by applause, and when the meet
Ing adjourned every one seemed satisfied
that the time had been we'll spent.
Year: 1874

People should beware Of those inpostOrs who
copy Dr. PIERCE's original style ef advertising
by Offering various sized rewards for cases OF ca
tarrh and other diseases which they cannot cu:e.
Those who do not possess sufficient intelligence 10
write all original advertisement are not likely to
have made great and valuable discoveries in medi-
Year: 1874

Nor TO BE FRIGHrENED.--An old
French shoemaker, who boasted that
nothing could frighteu him, was put
to the test by two young men. One
of them pretended to be dead, and the
other going to the shoemaker, induced
him to "set up" with the supposed
corpse. The shoemaker was in a
hurry With some work be had prom
ised to have completed the next
morning. So he took his tools and
lesther and began working beside the
corpse. About IL o'clock at night I.
cup Of coffee was brought him to
keep him awake. He drank it and
resumed work. About l o'clock the
coffee having exhilarated him, forget
ting that be was in the presence Of
death, be commenced to sing a lively
tune. keeping time with his hammer.
Suddenly the corpse arose, and exs
clsimed in a hollow voice. when
a man is in the presence Of death be-
should not singr" The shoemaker
started, then suddenly dealt the corpse
a blow on the head, exclaiming at the
same time: "When q man is dead
be should not speak" 1t was the last
time they tried to scare the shoemaker.
Year: 1874

How TO BE HAPPY.-Nobody is
happy who is not conceited. So it
curiously happens that only for i'm
perfect characters is reserved the life
of perfect enjoyment. There is no
content so all-embrscing. so pervading
and invigorsting asselfcontent. The
philosophers bold out other means Of
happiness, but they are moonshine to
this. The man whose bosom contains
a perpetual principle of .selfesteem,
possesses balm for every woe. The
blues that so easily beset the rest Of
humanity afe unknown to him. His
ways are ways of pleasantness. The
winds and the rains may blow and
dash against bin the burricare may
shake bis window-shutters and topple
over bis cbimneys but within all is
peacc. Be conceited and you will be
happy.-Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1874

der the dancing feet of the child, and
landed him gently on the roadside,
without q scratch!


And as the brave Carmichael put
on his vacuum, and dashed forward on
his lightning course, the last glimpse
be had showed him the rescued infant
still iiappping his little hands in child
isb clee. as if to thank him for the
skill md courage that had saved it
from q dreadful death.
Year: 1874

Frettine is both useless and unnec-
essary it does no good, and great deal
of harm {; yet it is almost a universal
sin. More or less we are all given to
it,


We fret over almost everything.
In summer because it is too hot, and
in winter because it is too cold; we
fret when it rains, because it is wet,
and when it doesn't rain, becanse it is
dry when we are sick or when any
body elseis sick.


IL short, if anything or everything
doesn't go just to suit our particular
whims and fancies, we have one
grand general refuge-to fret over
it.


1 am afraid fretting is much more
common among women than among
men. We may as well own the truth,
my fair sisters, if it isn't altogether
pleasant. Perhaps it is because the
little worries and cares and vexations
of our daily life harass our sensitive
nerves more than the more extended
enterprises which generally take the
attention of men. Great wants de-
velop great resources, but the little
wants and worries are hardly provid-
ed for, and like the nail which strikes
against the saw, they make not much
of a mark, but they turn the edges
terribly.


I think if we looked upon all the
little worries of one day as a great
united worry, selfcontrol to meet it
would be developed. But as they
generally come only one or two little
things at time, they seem so rery
little, that we give way, and the
breach once made in the wall soon
grows larger.


Many q woman has driven q kind
husband away from her, away from
bis home and its sacred influences
and caused him to spend his time o
billiard table or in drinking saloon
amid their profane influences, simply
by her ceaseless fretting over triAe'
which were not worth . word mucl
less the peace and happiness Of I
home,


/ know that many q mother ha'
turned her son against her own sex
and made him. dread and dislike th'
society Of women, by her example
constantly set before him.


/ know thst many q mother haI
brought up and developed daughte.
just like herself, who, in her turn


would wreck and ruin the comfort o
. another family circle.
And knowing all this, my sister
and brothers, too, if they need il
Il know that we ought to set on
faces like q flint against this useless
sinful. peace-destroying and home-de
stroying habit of fretting.-Ef.
Year: 1874

Observing in the newspapers charge OF al
ieged defacaton part while Auditor of the State
of Minnesota purporng to be the substance of report
of committee appointed by the last Legislature have
TO request suspension OF public opinion until can
have opportunity 20 refute the false and malicious
charges thus made against me.


The committee in question has acted entirely ex parte,
holding secret sessions, aud giving me no opportunity TO
crosse xamDe witnesses or explain Official transac
tons. Its duty 10 report 10 the neat Legislature,
and not before. its present report Ii wholly unau
thOrized and Is made thus prematurely for political
effect


need only say that at the proper time shall be pre-
pared verify accounts vindicate my character,
and show the utter fasity OF every material statement
and conclusion 20 prejudice put forth by the COM
mittee To those who know me. at my place of resi-
denc aud the circumstances connected with the
sppontmeDt of this committee and the character of Its
proceedings IL would not be necessary TO make even
this eaulauation CHAs. McILRATH,


Late Auditor State OF Minnesota.
Year: 1874

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-The Special Grand Jury
IN the Criminal Court in this city returned 125 ndtc


ents for various crimes and presented report In ref
erence the charge OF bribery against members OF the
Board of County Commissioners and Others the effect
that although they have not sufficient evidence TO
indct any Of the accused they have doubt there
has bribery, and that certain witnesses called
before them have perjured themselves
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, Sept. Ga letter received at
the Treasury Department from the Collector of
at Brunswick Ca reports that the 1sth Of last month
the American ship William Wilcox put into Doboy
Sound In that district with yellow fever board the
captain anu first officer having died at The collector
ordered the vessel 10 remain In the Sound away from
the track OF passing vessels and that guard be kept
ON prevent boats going to the vessel He also
had a temporary hospital constructed Wolf Island,
and the crew. twelve In number. landed there. where
they attended and supplied with provisions and
medicines by ply ysician whom the collector employed
10 attend them. One OF the crew died The rest are
improving very fast, and Will be In condition 70
disQua
Year: 1874

The venerable and much reve red Arch
bishop Perche publishes to-day an appeal
to the benevolent Of this city in behalf Of
the poor orphan boys. In addition to the
ills that stratened circumstances have
necessarily entailed upon this institution,
that terrible scourge, the smallpox, has
attacked many of the inmates. The good
Sisters of Charity, who devote their lives
to the care of the helpless and suffering,
now find themselves in sore need of ma
terial aid. Their selt-sacrifice and devotion
alone can not suffice to provide means for
the relief of the helpless and suffering.
Ministering angels are they, but generous
public should provide means to aid them.
We refer our readers to the noble appeal of
his grace, the Archbishop, elsewhere pub
lished in our columns to-day. If, after
reading it, those able to respond should fail
to do 80. We fear that no word of ours could
move their pity.
Year: 1874

For the thirty-seventh time our volunteer
fire department will parade to-day, making
its annual display. This, compared with the
first representation, will be as of new
generation, for the changes made by time,
in men and machinery, are great. Few of
the original members will be on the streets
to-day, and none of the old machines. 1t
would be a novelty if one of the first en-
gines could be shown in the parade to day.
Quite number of strangers are here to
witness the sight, and doubtless they will
be pleased at seeing what they will see. 1t
is believed that the depar tment will outdo
itself ON this occasion. Let our citizens
remember that it is legal holiday.
Year: 1874

Colonel H. S. McComb is in the city
stopping at the st. Charles Hotel. The
| presence of this railroad magnate in our


midst naturally suggests the idea and hope
that some effort will be made by the proper
parties looking TO the completion of a
through railroad connection with Texas.
What is known as the western branch of
the Mobile and New Orleans road appears
to be in a hopeless condition Of "statu quo
Whatever legal injunction may be in force
against certain supposed or proposed own
ers. one thing is certain, the progress of the


road is enjoined almost perpetually unless a


change is speedily made.


Such condition of affairs is truly de.
plOrable. Relief can only come by dispos.
ing OF that portion of the road that is fin


ished, and by Offering for sale the rolling
stock to some responsible party who will
guarantee the speedy completion OF the
work.


We are not prepared 90 state that Colonel
McComb is in the market, even in the event
of a sale of this railroad, but we confidently
assert that the opportunity to offer him the
refusal should not be lost. So prudent a


business man as Colonel McComb would
scarcely allow his intents or proposed enter
prises to be made known, but from his per.
sistent and successful endeavor to gain


through railroad connection between this
city and the lakes and Northwest, it may


fairly oe presumed that ne would regard
the completion Of the connection between
this point and Texas as favorable and


proper enterprise. His speedy fulhllment


of his last great railroad undertaking argues


favorably for his ability to do the like again.


An able tnancier and possessing ample re-


sources, he would not require State aid or


subsidy in any form. We have no informa-


ton that Colonel McComb is at all desirous


of extending his operations in this railroad


enterprise; but in homely phrase, we say,


that if those parties having the matter in


hand can not run the matter successfully,


let them sell out to those who can.
Year: 1874

We were pleased to meet yesterday
Colonel w. II. Sparks. who is on visit to
his Old friends IN our city. Ihe Colonel is
general agent tor the sale Of Appleton's
"Cyc!opedia.' one of the most valuable
works of the kind ever published in any
country. and which should form part of
the library Of every re aiding man. A, the
author Of memoirs OF Fifty Years" Colonel
Sparks has won high rank among the lit
erary men of the Union, as his book has not
only reached an extended sale but ranks as
one Of the standard historical works of the
country. Although he has passed three
score and ten, still he is as hale and as Wig
orous as most men Of forty. and we feel
assured that he will ye: live to add other
inestimable gems to Southern literature.