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Year: 1874

dress all preaent inequalities between man and
man; When, in other words, I'll their views con-
ccrning this Life and the hereafter have changed.
and changed radically, will not tho views OF
what their aim 10 this world should be change
also? When they hold no longer that God has
prescribed their present sovore lot, will they
bear it as patiently rs they do now7 When they
conceive that not Gods fore-ordinatiou, but
money-powe1, has mado their employers greater
than themselves, will they keep their hands of
their employers property When tho laboring
clnsges hayo reached this point in their rejection
Of Christianity, there is evory reason to believe
that they will fall like ripe fruit into the aims
Of the Commune or tho International,
where most others whose views OF the here
after have changed have fallen nlrendy.
GUS because their eternal welfare is at stake are
told to be virtuous in spite OF tho fact that there
is no such thing to be gained as eternal salyaton
and only because tho bosom Of tho bad man is q
he'll Of stormy passions, the motive may not be
found adequate to produce the desired effect
Nothing has go contributed to maize the mnss of
men resigned to tho incouyenionces and miseries
Of their lot In the world Al tho Christian doc
t1ino Of compensation beyond; and nothing will
SO tend to change the whole faco of our clyiliza-
ton as fixed and firm denial Of the reality Of
that compensation.


Say what we will, tho foundation Of the pr eg-
Ont Engliah civilization, Of its laws, its whole
social systom, is Christianity, or the sanction
which they haro from Christianity. Tako away
the foundation and the system will most likely
come to the ground. And this remains true
whatsoever viow wo tnke Of tho character Of
Christianity whether We allow it to be Of di-
vlne origin OF not. What is true Of England in
this regard ia true Of every country in Europe.
It is true in u modified sense Of cur own coun-
try. That tho danger threatens is plain ns
tho sun in heaven; but is there no remedy?
Can nothing be dono to break tho fall? Some
thing may be done; aud yet, considering tho
stage Of average human development, it may ba
doubted whether anything Till be done effectual-
II. Efforts may be mado to convince oil men
that virtue il ita own reward. and should be fol-
lowed for its own sake; and to mako tho inoqu.l-
itios Of human fortune less than they nre and
have been. These measures, however, will not
prevent the ultimate crash consequent On 4 total
change among men in their views Of what they
arc, why they aro here, and whittier they aro
going. They mar help to build up after the
ruin. It is vain to hope that they will prevent
it. How soon the great revolution will take place
it is idle to speculate upon. It may not como
for centuries; but its sisns are oven now all
ahQut rs
Year: 1874

| claimed ia such an extraordinary performance
on tho part OF the pistol as to render it wholly
improbable that the lady was killed BY the bullet
fred by the policeman. Tho policeman when


firing was pretty nearly on level with MIS-


Wagner Yet she was shot in tho body, and


with such force that the bullet passed through
her, and then through board in tho fence. 1t


is claimcd that the natural depression Of the ball
would have brought it to tho ground
long before It could hare gone GOO
fcot, even supposing it could have been
projected that far at all. Il these phys
ical facts are such as to render it improbable
that tho victim ras killed BY the policeman's q
bullet. then arises the question, Who killed
her and whero did the bullet como from7 E1-
cluding tho theory that she WAS killed by the
policeman, then tho killing ia wholly unaccount~
ed for. There is not circumstance Of any
kind pointing to shot from any other
direction. The matter, therefore, becomes one
demanding u thorough investigation, It ought
certainly to be susceptible OF proof whether that
particular pistol could project bali at any
elevation GOO feet, and whether bullet at that
distance could have force enough to pass
through human body and q fence-board. These
important points ought to bo, az TIC suppose
they can be- definitely determined II tho affirm
atiyo DO established, then the circumstances
leayo little doubt that the lady killed by the
officer. II the negative be established, then 1t
follows sho was killed by pisto1-shot fred by
some other person, who ought to be hunted up.


II it be ahoWn that Mrs. Wagner
WAS shot by tho policeman, then it
indicates skill in handling pistol hitherto
wholly unknown among the police force. It is
no uncommon tmng for policeman to empty
tho six barrels of his revolver at q dstance Of
ten or twenty feet at burglar, and fail to hit
him. Ninety-nine shots out OF hundred fred
by tho police fail to hit tho person fred at; and
now comes tho fact that policeman can kill At
600 feet, without seeing the person whom he
killed. This homicide ia q most deplora5lo
affair. The lady was an excellent woman, and
her death sudden and shocking. The least that
eau bo done is to havo the case thoroughly in
vestigated. It is duoto justice and to the Off
Ger that the truth be elected, and the RESPONSE
bi1ity p1aced whoro it belongs.
Year: 1874

The INTEGRoMETER-Tbe iutegrometer is the
name of an instrument designed by Deprez, civil
engineer of France for the purpose Of finding the
area the curvature, the center of gravity and the
moment OF inertia of any plain figure whatever, al
most without calculation; 1T is extension of the
instrument known as Amsler's planimeter, now ex-
tensively used by engineers and draugbtsmeD. The
instrument consists essentially of fixed ruler along
which a slider can slide freely; secondly. of q
Year: 1874

CEMENT FOR RENDERING CoRKs 11GHT'-lhe
rorks should be brushed several times with mix
tnre of solution of shellac of the consistency OF
sirup prepared by the aid of heat and with SIM
liar solution of caoutchouc IN benzine, sepaIaleiE
nTenared care being taken that one coat is perfectly
slry before another is laid on.
Year: 1874

Hooks PETROLEUM MorOR.-Iu the imperial
printing Office at Vienna three presses of capacity
of 200 sheets per hour are driven by motor in
vented by Hook which promises to be very useful
for small industrial establishments Combustion
of petroleum IN the working cylinder and the heat
developed by it, constitute the motive power. The
machine is said to be very regular in action, TO be
entrey free from danger to require little attention
to occupy little space, and to be very economical In
running II pounds of petroleum per hour being
reckOned for One-horse pOwe~. Like the gaS-englne
il is also ready at all times and 1t is easily cooled
down.
Year: 1874

Cough is a symptom by which various
diseased conditions of the throat, bronchial
tubes and lungs manifest themselves. But
it arises from the irritation produced in
the throat and larynx by taking cold from
an attack of Bronchitis, from incipient
Consumption,o from various other causes.
Nothing will allay it more speedily nor
cure it more permanently than Dr. Pierce 5
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t does not
matter whether it be a recent attack, or a
lingering cnugh, the Discovery Is in either
case equally well adapted for its relief and
permanent cure. In fact, it will cure a
cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine, and ii
does it, not by drying it up, but by remov-
ing the cause, subduing the irritation, and
healing the affected parts, No time should
be lost in commencing the use of proper
medicine for the relief of Cough, for un-
less this course is pursued, serious and
dangerous disease of the lungs is liable tc
suit
Year: 1874

This justly celebrated DIETETIC Preparation is
in composition, principally the GLUTEN derived
from the White Winter Flint Wheat Cerea, solid
extract. the invention OF eminent chemist


II has not only been highly recommended, bu
Ger lie to by large number of CHEM Sis ant
PHYSICIAN epresenting very high degree o.
medical ence-as the
Year: 1874

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 29.-Judge
Buskirk, of the Supreme Court, this
morning delivered an opinion in the case
of the appeal of Jerry Farrell against the
State of Indiana, from the Hamilton Cir
cult Court, in which case in the lower
court the appellant was fined for selling
liquor to an intoxicated person. The
judgment of the court below was revers.
ed. The opinion applies the same rule oi
construction to that section of the Baxter
bill which imposes penalty for selling
liquor to habitually intoxicated persons,
as was applied to the law Of 1868. in re-.
gard to selling liquor to minors. If the
State proved that the defendant from his
personal acquaintance with the party ap.
plying for the liquor, a knowledge of his
habits, or from the indications apparent
when the man asked for the drink, was
possessed of sufficient facts to make the
subject one of inquiry, then the case was
made out, but if the defendant could
show that from lack OF knowledge OF
these conditions he sold the liquor in
good faith, he was not liable to prosecu-
ton from the sale in the case appealed.
There was no evidence adduced by the
State to show that the defendant was SO
possessed of these facts, and the judg-
ment is therefore reversed.
Year: 1874

The people of the Seventh Congress
sional District are becoming considerably
excited over the Congressional race, and
there are rumors that pledge had been
extracted from Mr.. Beck just before his
Popular feeling is to return Mr.. Beck re-
gardless of any pledges he may have
made not to run.
Year: 1874

rhs Taylor County Convention, at
their meeting few days ago, took the
liberty OF naming the 9th of May as the
time for holding the proposed Capital re-
moving Convention at Grafton. The day
nreyiously suggested was the 25th, but
that day comes on Monday, and is there
fore not as suitable as Wednesday, the
97th. Thus far there has been no general
resnonse to the call for this Conyen-
tion. Whether there will be such
a response can not be known until
the various counties either act or de-
cline to act in the premises. The day is
not far off now, and it is therefore time
that all persons who favor the holdt1g OF
,be convention should take the necessary
stems to be represented in it. Grafton is
a central locality for the territory especial
lv embraced in the call for the convention,
viz-the First and Second Districts, and
can be as conveniently and inexpensively
reached as any other locality. By the
middle of May, or two weeks from now,
all the counties intending to be represent
ed should in some way let the fact be
known.
Year: 1874

How TO AMEND OUR WEST VIRGINIA
CoNsT1TUT1oN.-Gov. KKMPER has sent
a special message TO the Virginia
Legislature, asking 1t to appoint com
mission of five or seven men to revise the
State Constitution, and submit their work
TO the next Legislature. The leading
journals of the State have been urging the
need of change in the fundamental law
and heartily approve of the Governors
suggestion. In order to become law, the
amendments must be approved by two
successive Legislatures, and then be ratl-
fed by mSority vote of the people.


Why is this not the proper way to over
haul and amend the present unpopular
Constitution of this State One or two OF
our cotemporaries have been advocating
another convention in order to revise our
Constitution, but we have felt called on to
oppose the calling together of such an ex-
pensive body for that purpose. The people
are weary of conventions. They have q
horror OF so much changeable and bupg-
ling legislation. They see the mistake
that was made in adopting the present
Constitution, but at the same time they
have no assurance that another conven-
ton would give them what they need in
the way Of amendments. They would
not object to see committee Of five first
class men appointed by the Governor for
the nurpose Of thoroughly revising the
present instrument. The work could be
well done for tithe of the expense
that would be incurred by q con-
vention. Deliver US from any more
conventions, with their interminable CAB
BILE, for years to come. But if five men,
carefully selected for their capacity from
the Democrats, jacob men and Republic
cans OF the State, could be appointed,
there would be reasonable prospect that
the present constitution could be made
unobjectionable to the people without
much expense as compared with con.
vention.
Year: 1874

ratus, and other things useful to the advance
ment of science.


The trust embraces every inch OF ground
and every cent of money owned by Mr. LICK.
He places himself on the list of his own bene-
ficiaries, in q curious manner. He reserves for
himself the use and enjoyment during his Ire
of his homestead property at San Jose, In
Santa Clara County, which is to revert after
his death to the two societies last mentioned;
and he further charges that the trustees shall
nav to him "such sums of money as ho may
" from day to day or from week to week de-
"mand Of them not, however exceeding the
"silm of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars In
"any one year." 1t is said that 1t required
some persuasion to induce him to reserve so
large a sum as this for his own use.
Such in short is q sketch OF the most
extraordinary public bequest of our time. 1t
differs widely from the Peabody benefactlonS
in tho fact that the California capitalist has
reserved so little for himself, and has lett
almost nothing for his relatives. The trust,
if wisely and luckily administered, may be
made the means OF great good, but this 1t Is
impossible for any one to fOresce. No one
can help being little nervous as to the dis
position to be made Of the S3jO,OOO devoted
to monumental art. The trustees have 1t In
their power to give the Pacific Coast two of
the finest monuments in the world, or to
cover the name of James Lick with ridicule
more enduring than brass
Year: 1874

dition of affairs in certain official circles.
Which makes the heavier demand upon
our credulty we need not now pause to
inouire. There is natural reluctance in the
public mind to believe persons of apparent
responsibility like Harrington capable OF the
yillainy specified in the Indictment, and many
of us would perhaps be ready to acquit them
on the ground of the bad character OF their
principal accusers. But if Hayes and Zirruth
are not worthy of belief, we must remember
that in embarrassing the prosecution and
keeping witnesses out Of the way tho prisoners
have had great deal of suspicious official
assistance. 1t is hardly secret that the
whole influence of leading Republican
politicians in New-Jersey was thrown
against the Government attorneys and
detectives when they were searching for
testimony in New@rs Benton WAS assisted
to ahSSoond by gross abuse OF the
power of the District Attorneys office. Hayes,
as soon as he left the stand, was arrested and
committed for perjury in q manner which
Judge Humphreys denounces as an outrage
upon justice and contempt of the Court.
From first to last there has been an effort at
suppression in which officers of the Govern
ment have betrayed a most unbec0ming and
suggestive anxiety. Indeed, whatever may be
the truth about this alleged conspiracy. it is
plain that there are secrets connected with the
District Government which persons in high
place are determined to keep close. This trial
could not be permitted to go far.


After all, however. whether the verdict is
to be Guilty or Not Guilty, we can take solid
satisfaction in the belief that the scandals out
of which the prosecution arose will not dis
grace the national capital much longer. The
District Ring, Notwithstanding the protection
of the President, has passed the period of its
pride and brazen prosperity, and seems to be
marching rapidly to its ruin. 1t is no longer
possible for it to plunder and defraud the tax
payers, and in a short time its chief members
will perhaps have all they can do to keep out
Of Jail. Its overthrow was the result of no
one circumstance, but of the general popular
revolt against official misconduct which has
been gathering impetus for three years, and
has at last swept over the entire country.
When it has carried away Grant why need
we vex our hearts over Harrington and Whit
low
Year: 1874

the clerk, is absorbed in visions Of promotion
and gets his pay docked.


Many o man is Mulberry Sellers who
would be astounded if you dubbed him so.
Superficial men who never learn or do or say
anything thoroughly; immethodical men who
lack the system and fidelity that make success
inconstant men who abandon one purpose as
soon as their quick brains conceive another.
and accomplish none Of them; foolish fellows
who think that real success is a thing TO be
stolen or bought or snatched out of thc hand
of Fate-these are representative Ameri-
cana and representative of much that is raw
and worthless in or civilization. The moral
Of Mulberry Sellers is good, whatever his
morals may be.
Year: 1874

A check was put upon the indefinite exten.
sion of the Safe Burglary trial yesterday. The
counsel for the defense was reading the Pick
wick Papers to the jury, explaining to them
the incidents of that novel, and enliveniDg
the atmosphere of the Court with the genuine
humor of its pages in place of the mysterious
jokes of the burglary. This was doubtless a
pleasant variety to the jury, but after it had
proceeded to considerable length, Judge
Humphreys felt constrained to interpose. Har-
rington missed all this, having asked and OBJ
tanned leave of absence during the speeches
of counsel; his name appearing among the
select list of guests invited by Gen. Grant to
u reception.
Year: 1874

The Redemption Agency is always in hot
water. The trouble now is with its employees
some $4,000 having been stolen by them in the
process of counting. 1t is not at all surprising
that Secretary Bristow does not hold this
portion of his Department in as high esteem
as the bureaus to which lie has given more
personal attention.
Year: 1874

1t is to be hoped that the reports ar true
that Secretary Bristow has ordered an inves-
tigation of the charges against certain Deputy
Surveyors for completely in passing goods
subsequently seized as cOntraband. The
charges were of such serious character as to
demand inquiry and to justify the changes al
ready made in the Surveyors Department.
Year: 1874

For several years men of science have been
urging the British Government to undertake
new Polar expedition. Their efforts met
little success. But the good luck of Austria
excited jealous emulation which in a few
weeks has matured in the announcement that
two steamers will be sent out by the Govern
ment next May; the captain of one of them,
an officer of the Navy, being already named
Our American Polar explorers may have to
look to their laurels if we are to keep, where
we are now, ahead.
Year: 1874

Our Baltimore dispatch sets forth more
significantly than hitherto the opposition Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Sara
toga compact. The views of Vice-President
King indicate that the Baltimoreans consider
themselves masters of the situation. They
have got new road to Chicago, built
cheaply and they think they can make more
money by running it on their own terms than
by entering into combination.
Year: 1874

There is a prospect at last of the revised
statutes, which are now the law of the
United States, being accessible for reference.
The distribution of copies without index can
be made at once, and the index will be ready
by January. 1t is quite time that the means
of knowing what the law is should be suD-
piled to the United States officials who are
required to obey it.
Year: 1874

The draft which Russia laid before the
Brussels Congress was subjected to some
much-needed notifications. But the protocol
which was finally adopted must undergo still
greater changes before it can acquire the force
of an international code. The proposition for
new conference might be accepted if there
were reasonable prospect of a less rigorous
copstruction of the obligation of an invaded
Year: 1874

Naturally the Commissioners and Others dis
satisfied with the appropriations allowed them
by the Board of Audit have applied to the
Aldermen to increase the amounts. The Board
of Audit did not happen to be a very unani-
nous body, and consequently the estimates
were pretty thoroughly scrutinized. Owing to
this fact, as well as on general principles, the
decisions of the Board of Audit are apt to DO
more satisfactory to taxpayers than those OF
an irresponsible Board of expiring Aldermen.
Year: 1874

Economy is the watchword of the hour. 1t
is echoed-a welcome sound-by the House
Committee on Appropriations. They hope to
keep the totals for all the Departments within
those of last year, and one of their members
says that The deductions then made were not
meant for buncombe, but to be permanent.
1t is pleasant to learn that these efforts at
economy find a hearty coadjutor in Secretary
Bristow, and his Department is not likely to
figure in the Deficiency BILL
Year: 1874

The following minority report was
made:


We would also recommend the pay
ment OF the amounts as agreed upon by
the appraisers under the peculiar hard
ships and circumstances, if the general
council think it proper to remove those
parties off Of the premises.
Year: 1874

THE BEST WoMAN.-I think old wo-
mani don't quite like theword s'lady"
because it doesn't mean anything, nova
days are the most beautiful and loyable
things in the world. They are so near
Heaven that they catch the glow and
brightness which radiate from the pearly
gates and illuminate their faces. When
the hair begins to silver, and the embers
in the fire grow cold, and the sun has
got around in life's horizon that the
present makes no shadow, while the past
stretches down the hillside to little
mound of earth where we will rest for a
season-a little mound, not big enough
to hold our corner lots, and marble fronts,
and safes, which we shall have to leave
on the other side of the hill, but big
enough, 1 trust to hold our memories and
fancies, our air-castles and secrets and
when the journey is nearly done, and the
night is setting in, and the darkness be-
gins to gather around us without any
stars, and the birds sing low in the trees,
and the flowers wither and die, and the
music we hear comes from afar, strange
ly sweet, like sounds coming over the
water, and like little children we live
within ourselves, and the world gradually
recedes from us--then / should like to be
an old woman, full of blessed memories
and peaceful antcipations.


l think / know the best woman in the
world, and think the one | know has
tie kindest heart and the dearest face
and the most caressing hand, and the
most undying devotion among all wo
men. Her eyes were once to me the
boundaries of the world, and were the
first things l ever looked into, and pray
Heaven that they might also be the las
/ shall look into. And think the bes
woman every other man knows has al
these qualities in the same degree. Ant
I think there is not one of us who has
strayed so far from that woman-the bes
of all women-not one of us so callouseC
with the strife and toll of life, not one o
us in the midst Of difficulty and danger
who does not feel the invisible arm around
him to shield him, and who does no
long to go back to the arms and love o
that woman, and rest as we rested before
our feet got into the finty roads, upor
the breast of our mother.
Year: 1874

THANKTUL.-A preacher took up col
lection on Sunday and found, when his
hat was returned, there wasn't penny
in it. II thank my God," said he, turn
ing the hat upside down, and tapping the
crown Of it with his hand, "that have
got my hat back from this congregation. -
Year: 1874

AN idea of the terrible nature of the
Indian famine may be gathered from
the statement that rice is selling at four
cents per pound, which is exactly .the
price Of laborer's daily wages.