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Year: 1874

Prof. Marks, Superintendent Of the Edge
field free schools, states that there are now
over six hundred pupils in attendance upon
the free schools OF the city, of which num-
ber five hundred are white and one HUH
dred colored. The white children are
taught by eleven young ladies, and the lat
terby one colored man.


REV. Father Meagher, pastor of St. Co
lumba's Church, on Main street, and who
has been absent for some time in the North
and East on a lecture tour for the benefit
Of his Church, is expected home in few
daysJ


TIE two eolored '1gemmen," who first
fell out and then fell into a right sharp
little scrimmage day or two ago, wer0ar-
raigned before Recorder Bell Yesterday and
fined one dollar and costs each. They ex-
pressed some dissatisfaction with His Hon
or charging them for ''free" fight, and re-
marked that they intended to have him re-
moved from the office of Recorder by elect
ing him County Court Clerk. 1t might be
proper to add here that His Honor did not
consider it a contempt Of court to be
spoken to in that manner.


The luxuriant shade of the Sylvan City
at this time is glorious to behold and de-
lightful to enjoy.


The Sunday-schoOl Of the Edgefield
Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a
large number of friends had a pleasant
time Yesterday in Lindsley's Grove, near
the terminus of the Edgefeld street rail-
road, it being the OCCASION Of their annual
picnic.
Year: 1874

The Attorney General of Wiscon-
SIN aas applied to the Supreme Court
OF that State for a quo ,Oarramto against
the Chicago and Northwestern road, to
Eacate its charter for disobeying the
new railroad law.
Year: 1874

THAT the estate of Oakes Ames
should prove insolvent, after the great
Credit Mobilier grab on the Federal
Treasury engineered under his leader
ship, Is another proof of the trite old
truth that honesty is the best policy.
Year: 1874

The police officers warned the women
before starting out, that there would be
danger If they ventured on Freeman Street.
The officers say they had information that
band OF German women was organized
TO meet them and drive them from the
streets.
Year: 1874

door. 1t makes my heart ache to talk
of it. and ] am so indignant that |
never see one of those suits in their
window but want to spit on it You
may talk about woman suffrage and
you may talk about dress reform, will
go for anything and fight for anything
that will give these girls chance to be-
come good women. and fair wages fol
fair work


Boston. 4 AprI 81. 1874.
Year: 1874

under the provisions of this Act in
Justices Court, the summons and
complaint may be served on the com
pany or corporation by delivery Of a
copy thereof to any officer or agent
Of the company or corporation
against which the damage, penalty,
or forfeit is claimed, who has charge
of a depot or station on the line of
railroad owned or operated by said
company or corporation.


SEC. II. In addition to the civil
actions in this Act provided, any
officer, conductor, agent, or employe
of any railroad company or corpora
ton, who shall demand or receive
any greater amount for freightage or
fare than herein allowed, shall be
guilty of q misdemeanor, and shall
be fined in a sum not less than twen-
ty-fve nor more than five hundred
dollars.
Year: 1874

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


As the critical moment approaches to which as
tronomcis have looked forward with so much in
tercst Tor century the desire on the part OF the
intelligent public TO know more about the transit
OF our SISTER planet and the uses to be made OF 1t
increases day by day. Referring your readers to
the article published 10 the HERALD OF last Mon
day Tor general explanation OF the phenomena
Os NE xAnais and " tbs pxinoipIss by whicA u
Year: 1874

In all our remembrance no document issued
by committee representing great party in this
country ever fell so fiat upon the public as the
one Issued last week by the Union Republican
Congressional Committee" 1t is the most Iidic-
ulous affair that was ever attempted To be inpos-
ed upon an intelligent constituency. Really one
might suppose that it was not intended 10 go be-
tore people who had any minds OF their own or
were at all advised of What had been transp!ing
ior the last decade


We have already given several extracts from
this Address, and We now add tue following:


"2 You already have abundant assurance that
when republicans discover the true way they will
pursue ii. That assurance has not yet been Civ
en- by the other party"


That is certainly an honest confession No
party has ever shown SO little ability in discover
ing tho true way to govern the people Neither
has any party shown such ability to discover"
ways BY which the treasury has suffered IN all
sections of the country.


NOW, ii does not require great deal of learn
ing to enable Office holders to lie honest or Iegis
lators to be economical. 1t is in dcviating ir om
these simple matters wherein the people ha We
been outraged, as well as in matters OF more in
tricate craftsmanship.


The confession that The Republican party as
been incapable to End ont the ''trus way" is on ly
what the people have already to their advan-
tage discovered. That party has had iairer tri al
than any other party ever had, and it is now only
fair that it should step aside and let the Demo.
cratic party take its place. The Democratic par
ty reared the country to tho position it held when
the Radicals took possession, and ever since we
have been going behind. Now let us have
chaDge-let the Democrats have another trial
and we venture that in the same time the Radi-
Gals have had the government it VI Ill be found to
be In an immeasurably better position than now
and that liberty, economy AMI prosperity will
reign from one end of the union TO the other
Year: 1874

SINaULAR.-In another place appears su
account of the accident that beiell little Will
lie Cummings, who lost an arm by being
run over by the cars.


When the lad was taken home his arm
was brought alter him. II was thrown into
a pail, when the poor little fellow screamed
with pain. The severed limb was tt en-
placed in a box and buried in the garden.
Shortly after. little Willie complained of a
pain and queer feeling in the severed hand,
He said that something was crawling on the
inside OF the hand. The limb was exhumed
W hen large worm was discovered in the
palm OF the hand. A large Jar WAS then OBJ.
tained, and II became necessary to crowd
the arm in, when the sufferer fairly went
into paroxysm of pain. Tho little fellow
complained that hts arm and fingers were
In a terribly cramped position, and that the
little finger and the next one were growing
together. The jar was then taken up, when
the limb was found crowded and cramped
as described.


This is remark able, although such instan-
ces are often related. In this case the little
nine-years old lad was ignorant of what dis
position was made of the limb. The lad is
very low at the present writing, and some
doubts are entertained OF his recovery
Whitehall Times
Year: 1874

Many of the democratic papers, and others
like the Evening Post, of this city, not demo-
cratic, are urging the expediency of an extra
session Of the incoming Congress- 1t is pro-
posed that bill be passed by the present
Congress calling the new one together on the
4th of next March. The power to do this
exists, and during Mr.. Johnsons administra-
ton it was exercised But then the House
and Senate were opposed to the President,
and they made their sessions continuous in
order to watch him. On the other hand, the
President and the republican party are now
in power, and they will naturally not bring
that power to an end by calling the demo-
cratic House to Washington. The democrats
will come soon enough, and the President
as q party man can hardly be expected to
summon them before they are due.


There is one argument, however. that might
be made in favor of the extra session.
If one thing is clearer than another it
is that, the voice of the people having
spoken, the representatives of the people
should be heard without any delay. In Eng
land, when Disraeli was victorious, he came
into power Immediately. Here year must
elapse before the expressed will OF the ballot
takes effect. This is one Of the anomalies of
our system that should be considered in the
proposed constitutional convention of peace
and reconstruction. Ii the President and his
party were wise they would summon Con-
gress and challenge the amplest criticism.
This would be patriotic and brave act
but it is rather too much to expect.
Year: 1874

That was beautiful speech OF Mr.. Tilden S.
There was the true "happy father spirit Of
the old comedies all through it-a calm, be-
nignant elevation Of soul. One cannot help
feeling that if Mr.. Tilden had died when he
made this speech it would have been happy
death. Not that we wish Mr.. Tilden to die,
by any means. We desire to see him actually
Governor and happily married and settled,
and to have an opportunity of supporting him
for the Presidency if SO minded. But it is so
rarely that we see SO much elevation Of soul
in public speech that we note it as o happy
omen of the good times coming


A benevolent and successful candidate for
a table burdened with champagne and par
tridges, and addressing a crowd OF chippering,
cheering young men, will be pardoned O GER
tain haziness of rhetoric. The best thing that
o cautious orator could say at such time
would be that he hoped all the young men
before him would remember that they owed
it to society to take Office, and thus elevate
our politics. This is what Mr.. Tilden did
say, and he was tremendously cheered. There
is nothing that compliments the young poll
tician more than to tell him he is needed in
public life 1t would not surprise us to learn
that the Governor, upon his arrival at Albany,
found the whole Young Mems Democratic
Club waiting tor him. ready to take him at his
word and sacrifice themselves to public sta
ton.


We read Mr.. Tldens speeches curiously
because we have him in kind of special keep
ing We mean to exact from him as the leader
Of the democracy q severe accountability. We
want him to redeem the promises he and his
party have made. The first promise is civil
service reform in New York. For years and
years the whole system of appointments to
Office in our municipal government has been
shamelessly inefficient and corrupt. Let this
come to an end Let Mr.. Tilden show us what
the democracy will do in Washington by what
they do in New York. 1t is too soon for our
new Governor to act, but he could make
speech on the subject. Let as have an ex-
preston OF his opinion as to civil service re-
form in New York. 1t will act as o rallying
cry to the country.
Year: 1874

We CANNOT UNDERSTAND this story about
the English bishops going to Rome to have
special rules made for them to control their
relations to the civil power. We are in
formed that they mean to ask to be relieved
from the restrictions imposed upon Catholic
bishops on the Continent. We cannot under
stand the nature of the restrictions" of
which they complain, but it will not aid the
Catholic cause in the present controversy to
have English subjects, even if they are pre-
lates, asking counsel of foreign pontiff as to
their obedience to the civil law. 1t is very
certain that there has been and will be un-
usual agitation in England on this subject,
and 1t is on agitation the result OF which no
cns oau forssse. There q no question that 10
Year: 1874

A New POLITICAL PARTY is said to be in
process of organization in Massachusetts to
take the place of the republican party if it
can, or of the liberal republican party if it can
do no better. 1t does not appear, however,
that General Butler is in the movement.
Year: 1874

SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS s-Mr. S.rakosch re-
ceives from one OF our correspondents quito
an acute criticism upon his views in relation
to the amusements the public ought to have
on Sunday. This great question, it must be
remembered is not new one i; really it dates
back to the time when Christianity first came
into conflict with the strict Mosaic law, and it
has been in numerous ways decided in this
country, of late years, by public opinion. But
it has never been discussed with SO much
energy and earnestness as now, and we trust
the agitation will be productive of good. To-
morrow we shall print additional contribu-
tons which ably deal with the principles and
the expediency of this important social topic.
Year: 1874

What Peter Il. Would Have Done.


John Kelly, the new boss, has shown how
mucn OF boss he really is by his manage
ment OF the case of Dick Croker Dick was
Johns friend and of course John was bound
to stand by Dick. But John has managed 80
badly that Dick is in Jail and he will be tried for
his life under an uncomfortable pressure Of
public opinion.


Now, if Peter b. had been boss, how differ.
emily all would have been managed He
would have had Dick arrested, and articles in
the newspapers about ''the majesty Of the
law knowing neither friend nor foe.' Ther
he would have had him bailed for q hundred
thousand dollars or SO, or, if bail would not be
wise, he would have had him locked up in
one of the sumptuous Tombs cells. with
relays of the "boys' to keep him company.
Then he would have had "a speedy trial. and
the jury would have acquitted Dick. There
would have been no scandal, no noise, no pop
ular indignation, and the sympathy would
have gradually turned toward Dick. as it does
to man i'll Jail.


liceman, detective, magistrate and general
busybody has led people to fear that there ID
q job behind it all. And so Dick will have
hard time


Peter BIS strong point when a friend
tripped was the jury. He never bothered
about the Coroner. 1t would be well for John
to open cable correspondence with Peter B.
It will cost money, but we think it would
pay.


John should know one thing: that the
people regard any interference with justice as
the Israeltes regarded the touching of the ark
in the temple.
Year: 1874

TIE FURTHER REPORTS of the recent hurri-
cane in Jamaica show that the desolation Of
the island was terrible and that starvation
threatens the people. Here is proper field
tor American generosity.
Year: 1874

This is the way the Nevada City
Transcript aliudes to the shaving pro-
cess generally adopted by the hotel
keepers of Sacramento during the
State Fair: "Harvest is soon to COM
mence at Sacramento. The yield is
not expected to be as large as in former
years, but the field will be cut close
and not a kernel wasted. The grass
has been rather short there the past
year, and those who attend the Fair
may expect to be shaved close to the
ground.u
Year: 1874

Everybody Is wondering why the BAZAAR
is selling their goods so cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and Sum-
mer goods to make room for the immense
stock of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

fortunate. The next day the gentleman
was arrested as mail robber, and the
young lady returns to the city of her
abode spinster. The " Personal" adver
t1sement is about on par with the clair
voyant in its power to work mischief. and
should be looked after accordingly.-
Neso York EGpress.


A BoATMAN on the Mississippi Rive ,
tells the following: A poor chap was 60
ing down the river in a dug-out, and had
been informed of certain locality called
Rick's Bend, which was eighteen miles
around, and in one place about a hundred
yards across. He was advised to land at
the narrow point and drag his craft over,
but passed the spot going down without
observing it, and padding on eighteen
miles around he struck the other side.
Landing at once, he dragged his boat
across, and went gliding along down with
light heart till he came along within a
few PAGES of the spot where he dragged
across before. Thinking it was a new
cutoff, he went ashore and dragged his
boat over again. When he got back to
the river second time he sauntered
around little to stretch himself, and
soon discovered an old newspaper out of
which he had taken his breakfast in the
morning. It was now about sundown,
and as he had padded thirty-six miles
without flattering progress he scuttled
his dug-out with hatchet, built camp,
and waited till next day for steamboat.
Year: 1874

poured it into another bottle, and pre-
scribed the mixture to be taken three
times day" with unblushing assurance.
AS rule, however, he is wary as to his
dealings with patent medicines, and con-
demns them without stint.


All large druggists keep full assort-
ment of curatives of this description for
two reasons: there is great popular de-
mand for them, and retail profit of
from 10 to so per cent. ON them. They
never pass IN opinion upon the medicine
to purchasers. A man who wants a bot
tie of any of the thousand specifics in the
store obtains no word of condemnation
or commentator of it's contents from the
seller. He pays his money and takes his
choice. He is supposed to know what
he wants, and the source of his informa-
ton and his line of argument are emi-
nently ridiculous.


A well ll-dressed, intellectual gentleman
strolled in hesitating way into Buck &
Rayner's store day or two ago, and
asked for a bottle of Plantation Bitters.
Mr.. Rayner handed him bottle. "What
do you think of it?'' asked the customer
We never express an opinion, sir, upon
these medicines. We do not know what
they are made of, and will not he made
responsible for their effects"


"Wel1," returned the customer, ''that's
perfectly right. Pm opposed to these
quack-remedies myself. told my wife
| never would buy bottle of them. But
these Plantation Bitters have been so ex.
teasively advertised that there must be
something in them." This species of
reasoning is very prevalent among even
intelligent men. Because some vandal
hand has posted a glaring wood-cut on
Lookout Mountain, Plantation Bitters
will regulate the stomach, e1pel the
poisonous humors from the body and
transform wasted life Of misery and
sickness into an earthly paradise of
health and happiness. Precious faith
and sublime reason.


In speaking of the patent medicines it
must not be inferred that all are worthless.
Some of them are undoubtedly valuable;
some are harmless and some positively
injurious. 1t stands to reason that a
drug which must yield 400 per cent. profit
to t.; remunerate the compounder, and at
the same time sell at a reasonable price,
can {: contain no costly ingredients; or if
it should their efficacy must he merely
nominal, not active. Take the trifling
matter of buchu, for instance. The
quality for the same price than is con-
tanned in a bottle of the Helmbold prep.
aration, the actual value of which is
mainly in its association with gorgeous
posters representing Africans carrying
huge bundles aimlessly about in different
directions, and wearing an expression of
the utmost benignity. Some of the in
vigorants" (and their name is legion)
contain an alternative of acknowledged
et1icacy-corrosive sublimate Now, as
everybody knows, this is, in excess, an
exceedingly deadly poison, and should be
dispensed with the utmost care and with
a heavy personal responsibility. Under
responsibility.-Chtcago Tribune.
Year: 1874

On Tuesday, woman, who resides at
Ferry village, and who comes to the city
frequently to assist families in their
house.cleaning, started to return to the
Cape in the evening, but was too late to
catch the last ferry y-boat. Although a
young woman of considerable personal
attraction, she is not devoid of pluck, and
she determined to walk home by way of
Portland bridge. The hour was late, be-
tween ten and eleven, but the woman
trudged along, carrying large bundle
that had been given her by the family
with whom she had been working. AS
she passed the little clump of woods on
he cross-road that connects the Cape
Elizabeth road with Ferry village, man
suddenly stepped forth with the remark
"Good evening, miss; allow me to escort
you home" "Thank you, sir" said the
woman-bold as a lion, where most
women would have been scared to death
-"but unless you have had the SMALL .pox
would advise you not to approach me.
am only allowed to 60 out in the even
ing and am now taking some soiled linen
from q patient, to be washed" 1t may
be unnecessary to remark that the indi'
vidual in question gasped out an 90,
Lord - and the last seen of him was a
pair of cost.tails msking good time
toward Portland bridge.-I'ortland (Me.
PrAeS.
Year: 1874

4 LOST R CE-WONDERFUL DIS


GOTERLE.S on THE NORTHERN


SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR


A correspondence whose state
ment has since been verified-wri-
ting from one of the mining settle
ments on the shores of Lake Superi-
or, says that the remains of a consid-
cradle number Of ancient copper
mines have lately been discovered
on Isle Royale, Thunder Bay, on
the northern border of the lake,
which exhibit undoubted evidence
of having been worked by Il race OF
men long since extinct, and of whom
we possess no knowledge save that
left behind by such traces as are
now being brought to view. Shafts
of considerable depth, filled and
choked with the accumulated debris
of ages, have been opened, aud IN
penetrating to depth OF sixty feet,
tools of wonderful Workmanship
have been discovered, together with
charcoal remains, which mark the
point where skilled artisans formed,
from copper, tools whose temper and
durability would astonish the ingen-
ious makers Of the present day.
Hammers aud chisels seem to have
been the principle implements for
Year: 1874




The Times !. From the crest of
the Ra,ons, lateral range thrust
from the Rocky Mountains as before
mentioned, and constituting the
border land Of Colorado and New
Mexico, we looked to the south into
the valley of rivers, into mighty
canons, into the tops of extinct vol
canoes, and many league off over
grassy plains beyond.


East and west the uplift or Mesa
ran with Its summit, smooth and
level is the surface of table, which
is the English of the word-like a
series of truncated cones, or as if
the heights along the north shore Of
your Lake Superior were cut down
4 quarter of their elevation to Il par
allel with the water.


The formation stretched away to
the right until lost in the upper
space and everlasting snow of the
Sierras, and on the left went off in
TO the Indian Territory, where it
sank gradually into the level coun-
try, extending, how far | know not.


Behind me to north lay the great
basin over which | had been Jour
neying a week, with the bold Span
ish peaks on It's margln-glant war
ders and watchmen of the plains,
which had never left my mind or
sight, the first thing in view at
morning, and the last TO disappear
at nightfall.


Mount Capolin, a dozen miles or
so southwest, is an old worn out
blast-turnace, from which | Judge a
lively flame had issued before its
draft got choked from disuse or neg
lect. Perhaps the Titans, who
wrought there, struck for more wa
ges and stopped work, or their mas
Ter had ceased the reduction of
metals from hard times, low tariff
or other Encouragement. The
works at any rate, were now silent,
cold, abandoned-bu as / looked a
column of mist was slowly rising
from the mountain and the fancy
easily shaped it into the wrath OF
the old hammer-smith, Vulcan, son
of Jove, yet haunting in the sorrow
full aud troubled spirit the scene OF
his ancient labors


After taking drink from little
spring, the very source of the river
Cimarron, we viz: Trinchara (horse)
and self, began to descend into the
intricacies of the region, through
which our path now lay, and soon
came to the hospitable dwelling OF
a Mr.. Brown. He had come all the
way from Missouri to perch on these
heights and keep cattle. He had
no fault to find except the short
seasons at his altitude, and this he
meant 10 correct by moving down
lower, thus guaging the climate to
his liking.


About noon we came TO MeNi-
can p5aza where a pack OF huge and
hungry dogs, made n attack upon