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Year: 1874

The London NethDiist Eecordtr gives
some excellent advice about the treatment
of ministers, and this good word about
pastors wives:


"Let your pastors ,ritt alone. Do not
make her the subject of criticism. Find
no fault if she does not spend all her after
Moons IN visiting the families of the parish
Do not forget that she has household cares
that are important to her rs yours are to
YOU; that the interests Of her family de
mand her presence at home, and that if
these homc-lnterests prevent her from do
ing work as u Sunday school teacher, it is
very unjust and very unk ind to sit in judg-
ment against her. AS to her visiting, she
is not your pastor, but your pastors help
and companion. His interests, and the
family interests, and the witc's personal
interests are to govern the use of time, and
not the eXorbitant demands of the parish
Her duties are responsible and arduous.
Visit her to cheer and comfort her. not to
criticisc her. And when she visits you
treat her with such confidence and kind
ness as will secure for yourselves place
in her heart of hearts, and will bring down
the blessings of heaven upon your own
souls"
Year: 1874

.-gA Worcester boy was engaged in
nocturnal cherry stcalinga short time ago
and was observed by the owner of the fruit
who, unnoticed by the young robber, plac-
ed a large stuffed dog at the foot of the
tree, and retired to watch the result of his
strategy. The boy descending observed
the dog, and then the fun commenced; he
whistled, coaxed, threatened unavailingly
the animal never moving, and finally the
youth, accepting the inevitable, settled
down to passing the night in the tree. After
some hours had passed wearily enough to
the lad, morning dawned, and the proprie-
tor of the tree coming from the house ask
ed him now he came to be in the tree, to
which the boy answered that she took it
to save himself from the dog, which had
chased him quite distance" 1t isn't
healthy for smaller boy to say stuffed
dog" to that youth now.
Year: 1874

The Attorney General replies, In behalf of
the President, to the request of Gov. Brown
of Tennessee that the United States should
take no further action in respect to the Glib
son County Outrages for the reason that the
State authorities have already done all that
the case required. Mr.. Williams shows that
the State and the Federal Government may
both have jurisdiction over the same crime
which nobody ever denied-and argues that
therefore the President is bound to arrogate
all the jurisdiction to himself, q conclusion
whose force we fail to appreciate. 1t is as
much the duty of the President" he says,
TO enforce the sO-called Enforcement Acts
as any other acts of Congress" But the
professed and only legitimate purpose of
the Enforcement Acts was to vindicate
certain rights which State laws might abridge
or neglect; and It may be said. in q general
Year: 1874

over 1879 by the Insignificant amount OF
$116,2o4 If. on the other hand, they had
paid of their floating debt and had
maintained their roads and equipment in
good order from the earnings, issuing new
bonds only for new roads. they would not
have had dollar of surplus with which to
pay either dividends on their stock or interest
on their bonds.


This is not brilliant exhibit, nor is it an
agreeable task to make it. But it is quite
time to expose the nature OF railroad book
keeping. We now see what became OF the
proceeds of the bonds and stock. The roads
were saddled with $6O.0OO,OO0 of permanent
indebtedness in order that holders OF stock
and bonds might receive dividends, and
with $25,OO0,OO0 more, in order to maintain
the roads properly while managers embarked
in outside enterprises. All this is charged to
construction accounts" and it is against these
that we raise our voice. They have done more
than anything else to bring railroads into dis
repute, both in this country and abroad. We
defy any one to give valid reason for keep
ing such accounts after a road is once built
and properly equipped. All the notorious
plundering of railroads has been accomplished
under their friendly protection. 1t is time to
insist that road shall pay its way. Engines,
cars and rails are as much the implements
with which railroads work and earn money as
his tools are those of o mechanic, or the
horse and cart those of drayman. They
require constant renewal, and the cost of such
renewal is as legitimate an item OF current
expenses az the pay of engineers or conduct
ors. Where is the limit to be placedf Roll
ing stock and iron will wear out as rapidly in
the year 1900 as now, and what will be the
condition of the roads then if meanwhile
bonds are continually issued to make good
the wear and tearf


But argument is unnecessary. No lntelll-
gent, disinterested man will deny that such a
course must END in ruin. Many OF the roads
are already suffering from this evil action of
their directors. Many Others hitherto in good
repute, are offering bonds which they will
charge to construction account" but which
are really designed to pay legitimate oper-
ating expenses. We warn them that, unless
there is a radical change of policy. they will
ind "Grangers in the East quite as deter
mined as those in the West, and more to be
feared. The public must and will insist that
directors shall consider themselves as trustees,
and that railroads shall be managed on or
binary sound business principles. Unless this
is done railroad bonds will soon cease to be
classed as Securities"
Year: 1874

A condensed report Of the Auditor General
of Pennsylvania recently appeared in Ihe
Rail,cay Monitor. 1t derives especial i'm
portance from the fact that it includes returns
from all railroads that traverse any portion
of the State, and thus we find there the Erie
and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
although but short section of these roads
runs through Pennsylvania Furthermore,
this official report is the only source from
which the public can get any trustworthy in
formation about many of the roads, as they
publish no regular annual statements for the
enlightenment of their stockholders. The
145 companies named give the following
summary:
Year: 1874




The revival of Rossini's pretty little opera
after a sleep Of several years happy expedient
"The Barber OF Seville retains vitality which long
ago faded of such works as Tho Daughter OF the
Regiment" because the comedy is always amusing ana
the vivacty Of the music does not consist In Sey yes
strictly formal and commonplace tunes, but In an ever
shifting and varying melody bright and changeable
as the glitter OF sunlight dancing waters. II Is nos
often our good fortune to witness so brisk
and generally satisfactory performance OF is
as we had last night, and the occasion was
made doubly interesting by the debus OF two members
OF the company, each Of whom won clear success.
Mile Donadio pretty and coquettish Rosi"o who
showed the possession Of pleasant albeit not specially
rich voice. admirably adapted both BY natural quality
and careful training for the light soprano roles sue
was painfully nervous in her ara d entrdta the Una
yoce POGO a." kind reception reassured her, aud
in the bolero from The Scisn Vespers," which she
introduced for the musc-esson scene, she produced
decided impression. Her vocalism Is beautiful, ana
in all the delicate arts OF execution which the
music of this opera requires she s perfectly
at home still more emphatic success than hers was
that of the tenor Sig De Bassni This young artist


son of the celebrated baritone, comes fairly by his
talent The character of his voice resembles Capous.
but is much sweeter and it has Of those unmus
cal low notes which marred CapouPs register 1t is
voice OF abundant strength and yet Of great decacy
combining in this respect qualities which we do nos
often find united In cultivation he very far surpasses
the French tenor with whom people will naturally conf
pare him. The elaborate Rossinan roulades, whose
proper delivery nowadays is almost lost art, how from
his lips with charming ease and accuracy and II he
prove equally good In serious work. as those who
know him are confident he will. he must be reekoned
one OF the most valuable members OF the company.


The Figaro OF Sig. Del Puente was not just what We
would have had It, but 1t undeniably good. All the
music was properly sung and the action was lively ana
agile But without an unctuous flow OF humor tho
bustng Barber is apt to be trife wearsome' ana IL
must be confessed that Sig Del Puente Is not really
fuuuy The Bartolo OF Sig scoara, however, and the
Basl,o of sig Forni both amusing. and as they
were well sustained by the capital acting OF the tenor
the play was never allowed to flag. and the principal
scenes were greeted with abundant laughter Even
Miss CooDey Bead) contributed to the success OF the
evening and fairly extorted round Of applause oy
.,avar delivery of the aretta In the third Act IL
yecchotto cerca moge." The conductor was MI.
Behrens,
Year: 1874

amount to an addition OF over thirty Genus D
busbel to the price at Milwaukee. When the
canals and lakes close and ocean navigation
becomes more difficult and dangerous, ana
ships and steamers are needed to carry cotton,
the Western producer will lose most OF this
advantage, not to mention that the effect OF
any persistent Withholding of the grain from
market will only serve to make better price
for our competitors in Russia, Germany and
other parts of the world who raise wheat to
sell and not to speculate with. But 1t Is
already apparent that the wheat will
not be held back. The daily receipts at CHI
cago and Milwaukee are now steadily increas-
ing, and might perhaps be considered as large
as it is desirable they should be, did not the
ruinously low lake and canal treights prove
the contrary. The water routes will close In
about six weeks, at the outside, and 1T Is de-
sirabe on every account that the facilities
they offer should be made the most OF. Ihe
farmers cannot expect that men will continue
to build steamers and canal-bOats to run at
loss, and they may be sure that at another
time freights will be as much above the line
of profit as they are now below it. In cOnclu


sion we beg leave to observe that, although
the general concern in this subject fully
iustifes the attention we have bestowed
on it, its scientific interest is also or
the highest There is no article OF uni
versal consumption which is so thoroughly
controlled by the natural laws of value
as wheat Add to this the fact that the
English Government from time immemOrial has
bestowed great attention on the collection OF
the statistics of prices and supplies, ana tha'
the Parliamentary papers are perfect maya
zine of records of this kind. and there Is no
subject more worthy the labors of journalist
or a statesman. And, finally, when we con-
slder the incacuable harm which may result
from ignorance Of the causes OF great huctu-
ations in the prices of breadstnffs. even In a
republic so enlightened as our own, we feel
that we should but il. perform the duty we
owe to our readers did we do nothing but
scream at gamblers in grain, numerous anu
pernicious as that fraternity may be.
Year: 1874

The crowd that is to rehearse the ISLANDERS of
the South gathers slowly at Chattanooga, each
individual delegate being weighed down by q
sense of responsibility and carefully digested
speech in his pocket. The Civil Rights bill
may, however, be an apple of discord thrown
in before the Convention resolves itself into
meeting for the spread of misinformation.
Year: 1874

The Postmasters of Texas may breathe more
freely. This mornings dispatch no longer
threatens wholesale exposure and removal.
Only two of them are to be requested to re-
sign, and they are not to be prosecuted.
There was slight mistake probably in the
announcement of the days of publication at
all events, they are not at hand.
Year: 1874

An animated discussion was the marked
feature of the Episcopal Convention yesterday.
1t grew out of jealous fear that in welcom-
ing the English delegates something might be
said or done that would make the Church OF
the United States dependent of the Anglican
establishment. Considerable feeling was ex-
Lib,ted ON the subject. hnt it was eventually
Year: 1874

II is announced that Mr. Frederick w. Seward is
candidate for Assemblyman in the With District
of this city, If he is elected he certainly ought
to be, the Assembly will contain no better repre-
sentative of the best sort of people, He is one
of those able ncorrupible and devoted public SER
wants whose labor rarely receives its due reward,
but who work merely because the work is to be done
and they are the best men to do it. He served for
eight years in Washington as Assistant Secretary OF
State, and it may safely be said that no one in
similar position ever made more friends or fewer
enemies. 1t is superduous to say anything OF his
integrity No one will ask him to do a corrupt
or dishonest thingeven the coarsest lobbyists have
that much instinct No matter what his party desig-
nation may be, every one who desires to see good
men in the Assembly is safe in voting for Mr. Seward
Year: 1874

What Gen. Butler thinks of himself may be
learned from our report of his speech this
morning. There are few who could equal him
in expanding upon this subject. His opinion
is of course somewhat subject to personal
bias. and even his friends will scarcely hope
for converts to his belief in his own value to
the community
Year: 1874

We seem to have observed in some of the out-ot-
town papers lately some discussion about man by
the name of Simmons There appeared to have
been somewhere or another doubt as to who he
was. From spasmodc utterances that particular
Simmons has suddenly plunged down into profound
and phenomenal silence. Of all the dreadful things he
was going to do against Butler not has yet come
to pass. But meantime there is another Simmons,
whom it is worth while to inquire about. His
initials are w. A. He is described as Collector OF
tho Port. His appears at tho head of tho
Republican Executive Committee for the State OF
Massachusetts. Can this be the same Simmons, who
was not long ago confirmed as Collector OF the Port
against the vehement protests of all Bostoni Why
is Beacon Street silent and wherefore is 1t that the
voice of Forbes is heard no longer in the landi
Year: 1874

A pair of canaries give to your care;
Don't blind them with sunshine, or starve them


with afr,


Or leave them out late in the cold or the damp,
And then be surprised II they suffer from cramp;
Nor open your windows in all kinds of weathers
Quite near to their cage till they put out their
The birds that are free fly TO bush and TO grot,
II the wind be too cold, or the sun be too hot
But these pretty captives depend on your aid,
When they ehirrup, and ceaseessly hop to and fro,
Some want or discomfort they're trying TO show;
When they scrape their bills sharply on perch or ut
They're asking for something they greatly desire;
When they set every feather on end In twinkling,
With musical rustic, like water a-sprinkling,
In rain in sunshine with sharp, cal-like notes,
They are begging for water TO freshen their coats.
Cage, perches and vessels, keep all very clean,
For fear Of small insects--you know what mean =
In buying them seed, choose the cleanest and best
feed my canaries (excuse me the hint
On hemp and canary, rape, millet and lint
I try them with all TIL find out their taste
About their bright cages I.hsng D gay bower
OF shepherds purse, chikwced, and !groundsel In


flower. .f"+- -
AT root OF bright grass they will pick with much
For seeds and small pebbles their food to digest
But all should be ripe, and well seeded aud brown
In summer, 1 hang them out high In the shade,
About our hall door by portico made;
In spring, autumn, winter, window they SHARE
Where the blind is drawn down TO the afternoon
The window, If open beneath them, we close,
Lest the wind should seize hold OF their poor little


toes


A bath about noontide on every mild day
Will keep your small favorites healthy and gay.
In hot summer sunshine some calico green,
As roof to their cage makes very good screen ,a
And they'll sing In all weathers and live to be old.


The Aniadl World.
Year: 1874

Beadle, a correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, writes from Salt
Lake City: "Under the Poland bill a
man convicted of bigamy has an appeal


to the United States Supreme Court /;
under the Territorial statute there Is no
such remedy. No doubt the final result
will be as the most conservative could
wish while nobody will be very much
hurt, yet there will be a steady and in
creasing pressure upon polygamy, which
will check and put it in the course of ul-
innate extinction. occasionally see
statement in some Eastern paper that the
Saints will fight before they will aban-
don polygamy, which is calculated to
make man smile who knows their tricks.
They have already surrendered the only
tenable ground on which they ever stood.
Two years ago, the Mormon people unan-
imously voted for State constitution
forever prohibiting polygamy and biga-
my, and hints already reach us that they
are willing to do the same thing again.
And here is how they justify such
change of base: In one of the volumin-
Gus revelations of Joseph Smith occurs
this convenient clause Nevertheless, IL
your enemies come in upon you that you
be not able to perform these things, then
l, the Lord, will not require them at
your hands, but ye shall be freed from
the covenants We have made, and shall
not perform these things; but /, the
Lord, will still request it Of your enemies
etc. Observe that the Lord with that
accommodating spirit He always exhib-
tied toward the Saints, proposes to let
them off whenever the gentiles make it
too hot for them, and take the will for
the deed. When the State organization
on the compromise basis was suggested,
this text was quoted by all the elders,
and the people were soon persuaded that
if the United States would assume the
responsibility Of compelling them to do
so-as one apostle expressed it, take
the shower of Gods wrath for disobe-
dience, 1T would be perfectly right for
them to abandon polygamy. / have lit
tie doubt that if the proposition was
made to the leaders tomorrow, that all
past offences of every kind should be
condoned if they would renounce polyg-
amy, an old prophecy could be found
to exactly suit the case
Year: 1874

Rats greatly infest ships, and are by
them carried to every part of the
world. So industriously do they make
homes for themselves in the numerous
crannies and corners in the hull of ship
that it is almost impossible to get rid
of them. Ships take out rats as well as
passengers and cargo every voyage;
whether the former remain in the ship
when i'm port is best known to themselves.
When the East India Company had
ships of their own they employed a rat
catcher, who sometimes captured five
hundred rats in one ship just returned
from Calcutta. The ship rat is often the
black species. Sometimes black and
brown inhabit the same vessel, and ln-
less they carry on perpetual hostilities,
the one party will keep to the head of
the vessel and the other to the stern.
The ship-rat is very anxious that his sup
ply of fresh water shall not fail he will
come on deck when it rains. and climb
up the wet sails to suck them. Some
times he mistakes spirit cask for a
water cask, and gets drunk. A captain
of an American merchant ship is cred
tied Tor discredited) with an ingenious
bit of sharp practice as means of clean
ing his. ship from rats. Leaving a cargo
at port in Holland, he found his ship
i'm a juxtaposition to another which had
just taken in a cargo of Dutch cheese,
He laid plank at night from one vessel
to the other; the rats tempted by the
odor, trooped along the plank, and began
their feast. He took care that the plank
should not be there to serve them as
pathway back again and so the cheese
laden ship had crael addition to it'
outward cargO.-AN the Year Round.
Year: 1874

The following, which we find in the Lon
don (Eng.) Examiner, is rather rough
on the heir to the British throne. The
Prince is not political parsonage. lie
has no more influence on the foreign and
domestic policy of England than his
own lacqueys. lie is one of the few En-
glishmen who are denied the ordinary
political rights of Briton, for he dares
not vote at an election, or take the chair
at a political meeting, or make speech
against Mr.. Disraeli, or say word i'm the
House of Lords. He dares not do any
thing but hunt, and shoot, pay a round
of visits, and spend hundred and thirty
or hundred and forty thousand pounds
sterling year. Life must be very dull
to his Royal Highness. 1t is rather
hard then, that he should not be allowed
to call upon the Comte de Chambord,
when the visit can not be of the very
slightest political consequence to any
human soul. We treat our Princes as II
they were not our own flesh and blood.
But il we tickle them do they not laugh
If we prick them do they not bleed For
our own part our loyalty is such that we
should encourage them to do anything
they liked, whether it should be to take
the chair at Indignation meetings at Hyde
Park, or for TO stand for Northampton.
or to ask for halfa-million year each,
or TO rise in the House of Lords and
move votes of no confidence in her Maj
esty's Ministry. Royalty would then
be lively institution. IL is rather dull
at present, in spite of what II COSTS"
Year: 1874

Administrators are liable to account
for interest on funds in their hands, al
though no profit should have been made
upon them, unless the exigencies of the
estate render it prudent that they should
hold the funds uninvested.


When house is rendered untenable
in consequence Of improvements made
upon the adjoining lot, the owner of such
can not recover damages, because he had
knowledge of the approaching danger in
time to protect himself from it. ., Il.


A person who has been led to sell goods
by means Of false Fretense can not re-
cover them from one who has purchased
them in good faith from the fraudulent
vendor.


Permanent erections and fixtures,
made by mortgage after the execu-
tion of the mortgage upon land conveyed
by it, becomes part of the mortgaged
premises.


A seller of goods, chattels, or other
property, commits no fraud in law when
he neglects to tell the purchaser of any
flaws, defects or unsoundness in the
same.


An agreement by the holder of note
to give the principal debtor time for pay
ment, without depriving him of the right
to serve, does not discharge the surety.
The opinion of witnesses as to the value
of dog that has been killed is not ad-
missible in evidence. The value of the
dog is to be decided by the jury.


Money paid for the purpose of settling
or compounding prosecution for a sup
posed felony can not be recovered back
by the party paying it.


A day-book copied from "blotter' in
which original charges are first made,
will not be received in evidence as a
book of original entries.


A stamp Impressed upon an instrument
by way of seal, is as good as seal if it
Greats durable impression in the tex
turc of the paper.


If any person put fence on or plows
the land of another, he is liable to tres
pass, whether the owner has sustained
injury or not.


A private person may obtain an in
junction to prevent public mischief by
which he is affected, in common with
others.


fla person, who is unable from illness
to sign his will, has his hand guided in
making his mark, the signature is valid.


Ministers of the Gospel residing in any
corporated town are not exempt from
jury, military, or fire services.


A wife can not be convicted of rcceiv-
ing stolen goods when she receives them
from her husband.


An agent is liable to bis principals for
loss caused by his misstatements, though
they be unintentional.


No man is under obligations to make
known his circumstances when he is
buying goods.


The fruits and grass upon the farm or
garden of an intestate descend to the
heir.


Money paid on Sunday contracts may
he recoyorad