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Year: 1874

do what is claimed at the hands of all good
citizens, yield gracefully to the require
ments Ct the law, and if the law is wrong.
tered that it will be right and do them JUS
tice.


The Age has extended correspondence in
the five States of Illinois, Michigan, Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and it has yet to
hear the first man say he is not heartily
willing that the railroads shall be permit
ted to make not only fair but strong
profit on the legitimate and fair cost Of
| their roads. On the contrary, the people
want them to realize a round and liberal
but they are resolved that the roads shall
not further rob and ruin them by extorting
from them ten per cent. profit on fifty per
cent Of watered stock, and forty per
cent. profit on the real cost of the roads to
the present owners. That game has been
carried far enough. The monopoly oil
garchy have been too long permitted to
meet in their back Offices, in New York,
and elect to levy, after thirty minutes
consultation, from half million to two
million Of uni ust tribute on the industrial
interests Of the West. That game, the
| stalwart people of the West have resolved
shall be blocked, and they care not what
amount of buster and lamentation it may
| create here o: elsewhere. 1t these States,
the territory Of which was ceded by Vir-
ginia to the national government on the
condition, when formed, they were to be
FOREVER FREE, are to be perverted into de-
Tendencies TO less than two scores of un-
principled money sharks and corruptionists
in Wall street, it is high time the matter
was understood, and an examination made
| to ascertain whether the letters have been
so forged that they cannot be loosened, and
some of the lost rights regained.


| At the next session Of the Wisconsin leg
islature that body should so amend the Char
ters Of all railroads in the State that ma
:jority of each board of directors should be
| residents of the State, and the books and
papers kept withinthe States jurisdiction,
SO that at all times they would be subject
to the examination Of the Railroad Com
missioners and committees of the Legisla-
ture.


The Wall street gentry and Mr.. Mitchell
have yet to learn that, in order to be sue
cessful In public enterprises under control
of State legislatures, there must be mutu-
ality Of interests between the corporations
and citizens that will prove alike advan-
tageous to each They need yet to be
taugh bit that the power that gave can take
away, and that when the roads forget the
power that gave them an existence they
have outlived their usefulness
Year: 1874

- No act Of General Grants entire ad-
ministration is more sensible or commend
able than tho position be recently assumed
in regard to the States os the South. and
his positive refusal to interfere with the
local political affairs Of those States. To
q number Of unscrupulous politicians Who
resently waited upon him to, csdcavor to
induce him to. Interfere in the affairs Of
Mississippi, he is said to have replied as
follows: 1t-


begin to think that it is tune for the
Republican party to unload. There has
been too much dead weight carried
by it. The success of our arms during
the rebellion and the confidence THAT the
Republican party was strong enough to
hold up any burden, have imposed all the
disaffection in the Gulf States on the ad-
nlinistration. am tired of this nonsense.
Let Louisiana take care of herself, as
Texas will have to do. don't want any
quarrel about Mississippi State matters to
be referred to me. This nursing Of mon
strosities has nearly exhausted the life Of
the party. l am done with them, and
they will have to take care of themselves


Had this course been pursued by the
Administration long ago it would have
done more to settle the difficulties between
the North and South, and secure the peace
for which the President professed to want



than all the Civil Rights bills, and Re.
construction Acts that Congress ever did
or ever will pass.
Year: 1874

HERoIsM OF A LITTLE CALIFORNIA
GIRL.-We were witness to an act of
bravery on Monday afternoon that is
seldom equalled, never surpassed. A
little child of Mrs. Saul, some two or
three years old, was playing or running
around. near the fume that conveys
water to the foundry, when in some
manner it chanced to fall in. The nume
was full Of water running very rapidly.
There was no one near but a little
daughter of Edward Keegan, who
instantly jumped into the flume, caught
the child and screamed for help. The
water was running SO rapidly that if
took her off her feet instantly. Still
she clung to the little one, and to a
great extent kept its head above water,
at the risk of being drowned herself,
until assistance arrived and rescued
them from their perilous situation The
little girl seemed perfectly pblivious of
self in her efforts to save the child, and
unless assistance had been speedily
rendered would have become a martyr
to her noble heroism. Ell Dorado Re
publican.
Year: 1874

with on irresistible lobby. 1t Is not impos'
Slble that such q scheme will be attempt
cd and that It may succeed. Tho retiring
members of Congress are SO numerous
that they may conclude to avail them.
selves Of last chance to turn their votes
to profitable account for themselves and
other people. In that caso VIC should
undoubtedly see o temporary rcanlma'
tion in the iron business, let tho final re-
suit be what II might. Furnaces out ol
blast would soon blow In again, and the
immense volume Of production would ere
long be as great as ever. Whether
prices would not speedily break down
Ogain would depend largely on the ability
OF those interested in the thousand and
ono new railroad projects now before the
country to secure the necessary means TO
carry them out. Their ability 10 do so
may we'll be doubted when VIC think
what tremendous scare Granger legis-
latlon in the West has given to every
form OF railroad enterprise. 1t is there.
fore hardly too much to say that those
who are building their hopes Of perma'
nent improvement in the price Of iron on
Congressional aid this winter, arc build.
Ing on very unreliable basis indeed.
Year: 1874

A boalman on the Mississippi river tells
the following good one; A poor chap was
going down The river in dug.out, and
had been informed Of certain locality
called Rick's Bend, which was eighteen
miles around, aud in one place about q
hundred yards across He was advised 10
land at tho narrow point and drag his craft
over, but he passed the spot going down
without observing II, and padding on
eighteen miles around, struck the other
side, Landing at once, ho dragged bis
boat across, and went gliding along down
with light heart. till be camo along with.
in few PAGES Ofthc spot where hc dragged
across before. Thinking II was new cut
Of. ho went ashore and dragged bis boat
over again. When be got back to tho
river o second time ho sauntored around o
little to stretch himself, aud soon discover.
cd an old newspaper, out Of which be had
taken bis breakfast in the morning. IL
was now about suudowu, and as ho had
padded ,hirty.six miles without datteriug
progress he seuttled bis dug.out with q
Ratchet, built camp, and waited till next
day for steamboat.
Year: 1874

AMBITION -Thatsis the. tbravest
ambition which is1yigorous enough
to overleap the little life here
The highest aspirations seek not
fame. { Whatever we can Go OF
good in this world, with our facul;
ties-or our affections, rises to God
as humanity's going of praise. A
mid the million tongues ever JOIN
ing to swell the holy music of that
song, are those which sound loud
est and grandest here, the tones
which travel sweetest and purest up
to the eternal throne,,which mingle
in the most perfect harmony with
the anthem of the angel choir
May not the most obscure life be
dignifed by a lasting aspiration,
and dedicated to q aoble aim!
Year: 1874

Let us now take tho case OF o house


badly infested with rats. How shall


We got rid of them or course, ifthey


come from some public sower or other


colony, tho supply is probably unlim.


itod, and the first thing must be TO cut


oifoutsdors. But five are troubled by


none but natives, it will not require


much skill to capture every one of
thcm-old, cunning follows and all.


In the first place we must resolve to
take time TO II and capture the whole


lot, and TO this end no attempt must


be made to capture single animals,
since this will tend to mako them sus.
picious and will put the old ones on
their guard Then provide q large
box or barrel place In it quantity
OF old carpet, brush, &C., and also some
food, such as meal, cheese, herring, &c.
Bore twoinch hole in the side Of tho
box, and then leave it for some days.


The rats will soon find il out and
frequent IT, First young one will
60 in and have good feed and come
out all right the old ones seeing that
be is not hurt, they too, will 60 in,
and in short time every rat about
tho premises will frequent it. When
this occurs, see that it is well sup
piled with food and arrange over the
hole block having corresponding
aperture cut 10 it but having also q
series of wires stuck around the hole
and pointing inwards, just as they are
arranged in the common wire traps.
Every rat will go into it as before
and not one can get out.


Various methods may be adopted
for killing them. Ifyou are q sports
man, you can let them out one at
time and shoot them or kill them with
terriers. A few slips OF sulphured
paper thrust through the hole and
burned, is, however, very simple
plan and will give them q most effect
ual quietness. We have known q
case in which sixty.seven rats were
caught at one time in box arranged
as described. In this instance tho
premises were effectually cleared of
the vermin.


In this system the great agent is
education. Let the animals be taught
during period of several days, that
there is no danger in the boxes,
barrels or traps that we wish them to
frequent, and they will rush in pell
nell if they expect TO procure food by
the operation. Who has not seen
rats attack corn, potatoes, and other
things when covered up in box and
with considerable carer


They will not only push covers aside
and eat holes through boards, but they
will seem to entirely ignore the pres
once Of wires, traps, and other ct ceteras
of the rat Gathers art. So long as
this feeling of ofsecurity is not disturbed,
just so long will the rats run to the famil-
iar spot, but once let one be caught
and his companions Immediately take
the alarm and keep at a respectful
distance Rural Nelo- Yorker
Year: 1874

The night was misty and dark. Not star
shone in the armament. There was chill,
clustering wind that foreboded dashing rain
before the day dawned.


The windows of the Bluffs mansion now
and then ratified noisily, and every little while
the tree-boughs sighed and shrieked as they
were twisted round aud round and to and fro
by the strength of the coming storm.


Cecilia Gadbury sat alone in the library
She looked weary and sad. Evidently, her
thoughts were still in errant defiance of her
better Judgment lingering tenderly where they
should not have been, and she was grieving
over the hard fate which had once more linked
her for life to man to whom her soul was
Indifferent, and consequently condemned her
to everlasting uuhappiness. She had welded
so rashly! Size knew it now, and acknowl-
edged it but i! was too late. She was asking
herselff there was not dshonor in allowing q
man to claim her hand when he no longer
possessed her heart? If she was not sinful in
remaining bound to man when she thought
constantly of another, and loved him more
and more every day and hour? Was she not
acting like coward in still calling that man
husband, when she knew that her affections
belonged to another? Was it not her whole
duty to confess the full truth to him, and ask
him to release her from her bonds He would
release her if she told him She felt conf
dent of it. He owned noble spirit, and he
would not stoop to claim a loveless wife for
an hour! No, no, she could not, would not
do it! What if she did adore Irving Nc
Donald, ought any power on earth ever tempt
her to forget her marriage.vow She might
sin in thought-that much she could not re.
Year: 1874

Atthis he rose, and threw the bits OF paint
ed pasteboard on the floor.


81 don't know what ails me tonight!' - was
his reply II feel rritated, and my nerves are
as unstrung as an old woman's." Then he
added, with evident effort, "I shall 60 to bed
now. Igo in the morning before you waken
must take rest


ri hope you will be back soon! shall
miss your she returned, in her sweetest ac-
cents.


He went away without another word. He
found it difficult to control himself. Some
devil in his heart kept telling him to turn on
her and rend her on the spot for her base
treachery toward him, and the awful dishonor
she had brought on his noble house; for guilt
less as we know her to have been, he believed
the worst things of her he could believe.
Year: 1874

Look at him! He is just getting out of
his carriage! He steps with difficulty; his
face is scanned with care; his coat is rusty
you would not know him in the street from
any hard-working business man. Yet he owns
whole streets full of houses, and miles of un-
improved property. He keeps an army OF
servants in his great house uptown, and
an army of clerks in his business houses
downtown. He has neither chick nor child,
and he lives on bowl of cruel for bis break
fast and the wing of chicken for his din
ner-he dare not eat srpper. What does he
get out of his money!


His house. it is true, cost him hundred
thousand dollars, but he occupies the smallest
room, sits on the plainest chair, eats the sim.
plest food, and sleeps the least of any one in
it. While he was saving the money, he
thought he was doing it for HIMSELF and the
thoug ght stimulated him to save more. While
he was building the house he thought he WAS
building it for himself, and he consulted ar
chtects, and had plan after plan drawn out,
until he believed that he had found one that
was perfection.


But he knows now that it was mistake
all the way through; he did not save the
money for himself, for there's nothing that he
wants of it now that he has got it. He did
not build the house for himself, for he cannot
occupy it; it is simply small hotel, which
offers luxurious accommodations free, and
round sum for pocket money, to dozen male
and female domestics, who enjoy it infinitely
more than he does who give him as much or
as little as they choose of everything that he
has, and who consider him only valuable as
money-bag from which their supplies are
drawn.


AS a lad, how he envied the rich man !!
How he dreamed of what he would do when
he became possessed of wealth How greedily
he looked at fine house, at handsome
equipage, at the insignia of money, and social
position!


And now he is rich, but he does not realize
it; he thinks of nothing but the twinges of
his rheumatism, the complainings or delin-
quencies of his tenants, or the "tricks" Of his
"rascally" servants. He does not really live
in his house or ride in his carriage, for in the
one he does little but sit and think upon the
happy times when he was poor boy at home
upon the farm, and in the other, wish that by
giving it, with his fine horses, to the manly
young fellow whom it passes in the street, he
could buy his health, activity and power of
enjoyment. .....,,


It is not what man has, but what he is,
that makes man rich.
Year: 1874

WHAT DOES 1T NATTER!
It matters little where was born


Or if nv parents were rich or poor,
Whether thev shrank at the cold worlds scorn
Or walked in the pride of wealth secure;
But whether live an honest man,


And hold my integrity firm in my clutch,
tell you, my brother, plain as can,
It matters much!
1t matters little how long stay


In a world of sorrow, sin and care,
Whether in youth am called away,
Or live till my bones of flesh are bare;
But whether do the best can


TO soften the weight ofadversity's touch
On the faden cheek of a fellow man,


It matters much!
It matters little where be my grave,


If on the land or on the sea
By purling brook, or meath stormy wave,
1t matters little or naught to me;
But whether the angel Of death comes down
And marks my brow with loving touch
AS one that shall wear the victor's crown,
It matters much
Year: 1874

A BREATHING CAvE.-In the range of
mountains in western North Carolina known
as the Fox Range, most singular phenome'
non exists. 1t is a "breathing cave" In the
summer months current of air comes from it
so strongly that a person can't walk against
it, while in winter the suction is just as great.
The cool air from the mountain in the summer
is felt for miles, in direct line from the mouth
of the cave. At times most unpleasant odor
is emitted upon the current from dead car
casses of animals sucked in and killed by the
violence. The loss of cattle and stock in that
section in winter is accounted for in this way:
They range too near the mouth of the cave,
and the current carries them in. At times,
when the change from inhalation to exhala-
ton begins, the air is filled with various hairs
ofanimals not unfrequently bones and whole
carcasses are found miles from the place.
The air has been known to change materially
in temperature, during exhalation, from quite
cool to unpleasantly hot, withering vegetation
within reach, and accompanied by terrible
roaring, gurgling sound, as pot boiling. 1t
is unaccounted for by scientific men who have
examined it, though no exploration can take
place. 1t is feared by many that volcanic
eruption may break forth there some time.
Such things have occurred in places as little
nnexnected
Year: 1874

confidence in the opposition. The
colored voters doubt the inclination, and
whites have no confidence in the ability
OF those opposed TO the Republican par
ty to do themselves justice, or to protect
them; and, as s consequence, the whole
south is at the feet Of the administration.
1t is now demanded, not ouly by just
regard for the welfare of the people of
the south, but by the consideration that
deeply affects the perpetuity of free in
stituti ps everywhere, that the different
races IN the late slave States should be
harmOnized, and be taught to look to
themselves, and to influence just laws
and their impartial administration for
the protection and for the promotion of
their happiness. 1t is to be hoped that
the opposition, by its candor ana justice,
will be able to win the confidence of all
classes in the south, and by that means
remove what seems to me to be one of
the most serious dangers that threaten
the country. Very truly yours, etc,


JOHN NJ. PALMER.
Year: 1874

THE committee to arrange for the
reception of our Texas and Louisiana
visitors have discharged their duty
faithfully. Everything that can in any
way contribute to their comfort, or to
prove the high position Memphis occu-
pies ,Nmong the business centers Of the
Missis-i7pi valley, has been provided,
and va feel sure that the honor and
credit of our city will be fully upheld
in the presence of our coming guestF'
Our merchants, bankers and business
men sre thoroughly aroused to the im-
p-rtance, now and hereafter, of acting
in concert on all such occasions, for the
welfare and benefit of Memphis. Are
we not in q fair way TO at last realize
the benefits of community as well as
merely individual effort?
Year: 1874

A CORRESPONDENT writes us in regard
to the condition Of our streets, and fears
that if something is not done they viii
be all but impossible this winter, and
entail upon our commerce an amount Of
injury in extra drsyage that will be
more sorely felt than the general tax for
their repair could possibly be. This is
true. We learn that already the drsy-
men are discussing the prepriety of rais-
ing their charges. What have cur city
fathers to say about that?
Year: 1874

A London letter says: "Rochefort's
work is going on at good PACE. II you
visit him at his hotel you are likely to
find him surrounded by four or five sec
all az busy as himself. 1t is
not difficult to guess the intended desti-
nation of his writing, but of the means
by which they are TO reach it, it may
not be prudent to say much.U
Year: 1874

That was bright little child who inquir- ed Ma, when COWS die do they go the milky way?'

 And John Champlain was lying cold and dead w1ithing in his mortal agony says a New Jersey paper.

 The latest instance of like curing like is the announcement by Western veterinary surgeon that brandy is remedy for stag gers.'
Year: 1874

other heights. There are well beaten paths 300 feet below to the very base of the rock. The seemingly carved head is named from Caesar, black man, and is a source of, ceaseless conjecture. Is it 1etsus na ture, OF is it the work of giant race whose his. tory has been lost through the centuries?

 The ascent on the South Carolina side from Greenville is quite different from ours. Indeed, there is a mystery in it which has more than once misled the tray eler It is noted place called The Wind.' where the road is forced to wind nearly in circle on account of the steepness. A gentleman escorting to Cesars Head lady whom he was soon to marry, allowed the hours to glide away without taking note of time or surroundings. Finally new idea dawned on him. Checking his horse, he shouted to a man in log-cabin which looked familiar, Where am I?' You are whar you was three hours ago, for saw you go by here then with the lady. Why didn't you mind the road after you rode around The WinG?'

 We left our hotel next morning under heavy clouds, and we never had view from the rock in clear weather, but we re- member the rainbow that rested on the clouds at evening, Interpreting it as bow of promise that we shall some day enjoy these wonders of the Almighty in the full splendors of sunshine. VISITOR.
Year: 1874

DEAD, But Nor BURIED. When n
friend dies and is buried, there's an end
of. We miss him for space out of our
daily existence; we mourn for him by
degrees that become mercifully less; we
cling to the blessed hope that we shall
be united in some more perfect sphere;
but so far as this earth is concerned,
there's an end of him. However near
and dear he was, the time arrives when
he does not form part of our daily
thoughts; he ceases ever to be an at
traction. We go no more with flowers
and tears into the quiet cemetery; only
the rain and the snOw-hakes fall there:
We leave it for the finger of spring TO
deck the neglected mound.


But when our friend vanishes unac-
countably in the midst of n crowded
city, or goes of on q sea voyage and is
never heard of again, his memory has n
singular tenacity. He may be to all in
tents and purposes dead, but we have
not lost him. The ring of the door-belI
at midnight may be his ring; the ap-
proachlng footstep may be his footstep;
tue unexpected letter with foreign post
marks may be from his hand. He
haunts US as the dead never can. The
woman whose husband died last night
may marry again within a lustre OF
months. Do you suppose week passes
by when the woman whose husband dls-
appeared mysteriOusly ten years ago
does not think of him? There are mo-
ments when the opening OF dooT must
startle her. There is no real absence
but death.