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Year: 1875

Prepayment of Postage. The new
system OF prepayment of postage on
newspapers by means of stamps, it Is
slaeeo' Is bringing the postoflices very
satisfactory revenue. The postage col
leeted on this class of matter during
nrst quarter OF the present year amour.
tea TO Ss2 SOB. AT this rate New York
VIII pay during the year about one.
fourth OF the entire receipts through.
onl the country from this source.
Year: 1875

A LIVELY ScENE.---The grounds to
form the new reservoir present lively
scene at present. There are 450 men at
work, not including the boys who drive
the carts. The excavations are about
hnlf done and the embankments about
twelve feet high. They are to be raised
twelve feet higher; but will be built
more rapidly as they progress. as they
narrow ms they rise. The work looks as
though it were well done; and at the
rate of progress it certainly should be.
However, we are not competent to give
an opinion. 1t is thought there will be
considerable difficulty with the numer-
GUS springs that are found in the beds Of
the basins; and men are now endeavor-
ing to dig them out. Where they are
found to be deeper than the bottom the
water from them. We are told, will bo
carefully led out under the basin by
means Of pipes. The bosses say the men
are very industrious and faithful at the
work, and where loiterer is observed
he is at once discharged and another
man put in his place.


Ii anything were wanting to prove
that the whole scheme WIS premature
affair and unnecessary, it might be found
in the unfinished half of the basin as
originally designed, which has now been
abandoned to become an unsightly OBJ
1ect in the midst of the city for quar-
ter OF a century to come, unless by an
other freak of the Council it is ordered
to be filed up and graded.
Year: 1875

IMPORTANT TO HoUsEKEEPERs.--W
call the attention of housekeepers to
the publication in another column CT
the rules regulating the collection of
garbage. This matter has been placed
under the charge Of the Board of Health
and that body has turned its attention
to it in an earnest manner, and we hav Q
no doubt that all future trouble about
garbage may be got rid of if housekeep p-
ers will only observe the regulations
printed for their information.
Year: 1875

SECRETARY DELANO has taken cOgnizance
OF the House resolution passed Tuesday with
reference to the title to the New Idria Mining
grounds, and directed that all proceedings
pehding in the Interior department looking
to the granting Of a patent to the New Iiria
Mining cOunDanN be SnsDenlel-
Year: 1875

SECRETARY BEIsTOw is again cor fined to
his rooms at the Arlington from the effects
of his recent fall on the ice. He came out
yesterday and aggravated his troubles TO the
extent of requiring him to remain indoors
for the next few days.
Year: 1875

THE INTEREST ON THE DISTRICT BONDS.
The District Commissioners are daily look
ing after District matters pending in Con-
gress, and are especially interested i'm the
Dill TO appropriate money to pay interest on
the District bonds. They feel confident that
this Will not be neglected as "a full statement
of the emergency of the case was sent to tue
House Committee on Appropriations some
weeks ago giving them ample time TO take
action in the premises
Year: 1875

CINCINNATI, April IA daring but
unsuccessful attempt to burglarize the
safe OF the First National Bank at
Covington, KY, last night, was discover
ed this morning From the appearance
of the building the burglars had been
laboring some nights to accomplish their
purpose, and had spared no efforts or
expense to ensure success. The work
was begun by raising the floor over
the bank vault, cutting through various
thicknesscs of cement, brick and iron,
until they reached the interior of the
vault and endeavored to open the safe
therein by blowing the lock full of pow
der and firing it. The discharge only
blew off portion of the door. wedging
the remainder so closely that the work
men did not succeed in opening it until II
late hour this afternoon. The contents
of the safe were unharmed except a few
dollars in currency, which had been con
sumed by the powder. The burglars left
Il complete set of tools behind them val
ued ut several hundred dollars, and car
ried away nothing.
Year: 1875

An open fire with large chimney
throat, is the best ventilator for any
room; the one half or two thirds of
the heat carried up the chimney is the
price paid for immunity from disease;
and large though this seems from this
daily draft on the wool pile or coal
bin, it is tritling when compared with
doctors bills and with the loss of
strength and efficiency that invariably
result from living in unventilated
apartments. Cot. Wdr'ng in October
dEdntic.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The admin
istration adherents were very loud to
day in claiming the result of the Ohio
election as an Endorsement of the
administration. This is stoutly denied
by the anti administration republicans
who say that the issue on which they
won WAS hard money. They assert
that on question Of indorsing the
course of the administration, Ohio
would go for the democrrts by 10000
majority. 1t is admitted by the more
intelligent and less prejudiced class OF
republicans that the election of Hayes
cannot be in any sense regarded as o
party victory. The great paramount
issue was the question of sound money
and there is no doubt that Hayes
majority is more than made up by
democratic votes.
Year: 1875

destruction. Money is worse than
nothing if the past and associations ol
the present have not taught us how to
put it to it's noblest uses. ~


But the order, the training, the expe-
rienee Of life are invaluable. They
form with education, key that unlocks
the reeeeses of the world, and becomes
power that no less in stocks or bonds,
or houses and lands, can deprive the
unfortunate possessor of. They make
him the equal of the best, and there
fore at ease with all men. Deprived of
leisure and resources which we would
know how to appreciate, he still finds
within himself more than others find
outside of themselves. Outwardly, his
life is isolated ; inEardly, he holds
communion with all that is best and
finest in art and society and literature.
His gracious and kindly manners, which
he 1etains in spite of poverty or wealth,
show that he consorts only with the
poblest, whether his dwelling here be
hut or palace.
Year: 1875

We learn with some regret, that the farmers of our neighbor coun- y,Yell, are acting very imprudent- ly, as we deem it, in the matter of their wheat crop. We under stand that every boat that goes down the river takes from 300 to 800 sacks of wheat from Darda- nelle; and judging from this, the farmers must be rushing q large portion of their wheat into mar ket. This wheat will all be ship ped to St. Louis and other places, and the mills of those places will get the Touring of it. This we say we deem very imprudent. We have no doubt, the merchants of Dardanelle, before next June, will be shipping four back to Yell county and selling it at from $S to $10 per barrel. And then there is large loss of feed-stufT in the shape of bran and shorts. If there is really q surplus of wheat, the farmers should take it to the home mills, have it ground, save the bran and shorts and ship the flour to Little Rock, home market, where there is always good sale for it. By this arrange ment we would save something on transportation and keep a large quantity of very good feed-stuff at home which we are now ship ping away.

 We are happy to make note of it, that our Pope county farmers are acting more wise in this mat ter. We believe we have made as much wheat as Yell county, but our farmers arc selling but very little of it as yet, and we think they will be gathers by keeping it at home. It must be remembered we have q great many non pro ducers, and we are also looking for goodly addition to our pop ulation by immigration, and all of thsee non-producers must be sup piled with bread. The less money we have to send abroad for our bread the moro we keep in circu- lation at home, and the better of we will be.
Year: 1875

and for other purposes" approved March 6, 1875, where the Herald will find the manner of making the appointments laid down in plain terms. The manner in which the appointments for Jack son county have been made is not as provided by law and we doubt very much whether the ben eficlaries appointed would be ad- mitted on such an appointment.

 Again we see the necessity of giving better and wider publicity to the laws. Under the present system not even the officials keep posted.
Year: 1875

On Wednesday last the county iudge and county superintendent of public instruction, disposed of the applications of candidates for admission into the Industrial University at Fayetteville, Ark, as beneiiciaries from this county. -Jacksonport Herald

 From the above we may con clude that the county judge and county superintendent of public instruction of Jackson county are like many others ignorant of the law governing the appointments of benedciaries to the A. I. U.

 For their instruction we refer the Jacksonport Herald to sec. 6 of an act entitled An act chang ing Board meetings and estab- fishing the office Of Regent of the Arkansas Industrial University
Year: 1875

It strikes us rather forcibly that merchants who do as good q business as some of the popular Atkins houses are doing ought to give their county paper some ad- yertisements. We are sure it would look right nice in the paper, and would not set the advertiser back any-on the contrary it would be great aid in showing their liberality and public spirit,

 and iA keeping their business constantly before their customers,
Year: 1875

Camden Beacon: Some of our farmers tell us that their cotton crops will be cut off at least one third, in consequence of the rust, which is said to be very destruct- i've in some localities.
Year: 1875

WHAT Is THE GUIBoRD CASE ?-The
disturbance in regard to the burial Of
Joseph Guibord, in Canada, grew out
Of the fact that he had sometime pre-
vious to his death, (Which occurred
over three years ago) joined secret
society which was denounced by the
authority Of the Catholic Church.
When be was taken sick he sent for a
Priest, but be (Guibord) refused to
abjure the society and submit to the
Church. and SO died in practical and
avowed obstinacy against the Church.
The Catholics then determined that he
should not be buried in their cemetery,
and his wife determined that be should
be. as he owned lot therein, and on
her appeal to the authorities her claim
was sustained. So great was the OPP
position however, that the military had
to be called out to preserve the peace
and enforce the decree Of the Court.
But to make the matter tight, and de-
ter.othert members Of the Church from
joining secret societies, the Catholic
Bishop Of Montreal has cursed the spot
where Guibord lays. so that it is inter-
dicted and separated from the rest Of
the cemetery, 50 that the cemetery may
not lose its sacredness or the holy rites
the Church has upon its sancti6ed and
blessed places cannot be sacrificed or
trodden under foot. h 1aH @ 9
Year: 1875

The Reformed Episcopal Church
leaders have resolved to hold council
in Chicago for the purpose of dividing
Illinois into synodical districts. after
the Presbyterian mode. It is proposed
that each synod is to have bishop, all
Of whom are to be supplementary to the
present missionary bishops, among
whom are Bishops Cumming and Che
ney. Under such an arrangement the
young church will be abundantly sup
piled with bishops.
Year: 1875

To run country newspaper, and
make a fortune from it, one must
learn to breakfast on "call again."
dine on "I'll hand it to you some
time" and sup off of "what in the
deuce does an editor want of money
ANYWAY
Year: 1875

This is the way the Santa Barbara
Press treats one of the fault-finding
visitors at that place: "That cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
is advised to carry his troublesome
breathing apparatus back to the gen.
ial air of Ohio. The average invalid
does not find the air of Santa Barbara
too stirring during the greater portion
of the day to allow person with
weak and sensitive lungs to expose
himself with impunity. The most
delicate consumptive can spend the
greater portion of almost every day in
the open air, as the greater number OF
sufferers from pulmonary diseases who
have found restoration here will tes-
tify:. .,, ,o ,,,s


the lamentable fact that we have no


hospital or poor house in our county,


but adds that Colonel Hollister keeps


q private poor-house, ten miles up In


the country AS he has been one OF


the many partakers of the ColonePs


boundless hospitality and kindness, he
includes himself, with nearly every
body else in the city, in his category
of paupers. And perhaps that VIII
explain why he tarries so long with
his peculiarly sensitive organization,
in this inhospitable CLINE. If so, we
will cheerfully head a subscription for


means to send him home to his moth
er, and a petition that travel on the
overland route be made easier, for his
convenience"
Year: 1875

Has been laid out on the township line three
miles South and three-quarters of a mile West
of Norwalk Station. A quarter-section of land
is included within the town plat. II is the in
tention to make this town the CEN er of one Of
the richest farming communities in Los An
geles county. At the last sale, town lots sold
for from 800 to Sl6l each, and many have since
changed hands at advanc figures


Arrangements are now being made for the
establishment of Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the erection of a house of wor-
ship. so


A lot will be given to any Church or Society
that will erect thereon a buildiag for public
Year: 1875

FAIR AND FEAsT.-The ladies of Union
Station Methodist church commenced fair
and feast in the leclure.room Of the church
last night. The cause.-The repair and paint
ing of the church-is good one, and the
ladies will no doubt be well patronized.
Year: 1875

TWO HUNDRED PIECES NEW SASiI-RIBBoSS Just


opened al SYCLE BROTHERS. They are The best
selected stock ever shown In this city brfure there


fore 20 ut once and take your choice before they
are all gone.
Year: 1875

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.-We solicit your or
ders for printing, or i call at any time you may
wish to see specimens or obtain estimates, feeling
assured that 1t Will he to your advantage.
Year: 1875

The Pittsburg Dispatch has an arith-
metical and laconic way of disposing
of the third term pretensions in this
wise There is no written OF un-
written law against third term-but
in the case of President Grant there
would be majority of about l ,O00,0 900
against it, which might perhaps ans
wer the same purpose.
Year: 1875

The Chicago Times lately indulged in
n sensational hoax by getting up column
with glaring head lines, giving de-
tailed account of the destruction of a
theater in that city to which it added q
list of the "burned alive" The pro-
posed object of the hoax was to show
what would result were one of the
theaters in that city really to catch fire.
This was one of the results A gentle
man just out of Chicago, left his home
the night before, for the purpose of at
tending this theater with friend who
was visiting him. They were to stay in
the city over night. The next morning
Mt breakfast, the wife of this gentleman
took up the morning paper, and was
greeted by the display headlines of this
Infamous hoax. In horror she turned to
the list of "killed," and found the name
of her husband. She shrieked and fell
to the floor. The mans mother, who
lived with him, Immediately seized the
paper to find the cause of her daughter
in-law's distress. On finding it, she fell
to the floor beside her, and expired
The wife became raving maniac. Sure
ly, there must be some form of retribu-
tive justice that will reach the causes of
calamities such as these.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Ledger, who
says he is getting into serious pecuniary
difficulties, wants to know whether it
would be best to tell his wife about it Mt
once, or to hide your troubles from her
until he weathers the stolm, or finally
goes under, as the case may be.


Tell your wife, of course, and tell her
at once. The effort which man makes
to keep his troubles from his wife under
such circumstances, is heavy addition
to his burdens. Any wife, worthy of
the name, would be drawn closer to her
husband by his confiding his troubles
to her. And what source of strength
her sympathy would be to him And
not only her sympathy, but her advice
her mental and moral help. For wife's
intellect, when aroused by sympathy for
her husband, whose fortunes are i'm
periled, is intuitional and prophetic.
She sees straight into the very heart of
complications which her husbands
harassed mind cannot penetrate. His
own mind is warmed and quickened and
strengthened by communion with hers.
When husband confides in and coun-
sells with his wife in his days of trouble,
she is then in very truth what God made
her to be, help meet for him."
Year: 1875

Understand the reasons why the habit
is injurious. Study the subject until
there is no lingering doubt in your
mind. Avoid the places, the persons
and the thoughts that lead to the temp
tation. Frequent the places, associate
with the persons, indulge in the thoughts
that lead away from temptation. Keep
busy; idleness is the strength of bad
habits. Do not give up the struggle
when You have broken your resolution
once, twice-a thousand times. That
only shows how much need there is for
you to strive. When you have broken
your resolutions just think the matter
over, and endeaver to understand why it
is you failed, so that you may be on your
guard against recurrence of the same
circumstances. Do not think it is an
easy thing that you have undertaken.
1t is folly to expect to break off bad
habit in day which may have been
gathering long years
Year: 1875

A gentleman of Sioux City, who is
just back from a trip up the river, gives
the particulars of rather extraordinary
case of experience in the last awful storm.
An Indian and his squaw were caught
out in the storm while journeying from
Fort Randall to the Fort Thompson
agency, and becoming bewildered, took
refuge in small ravine. They wrapped
their blankets about them and sat down
under the bank. The snow soon covered
them, but the Indian kept hole
through the rapidly forming drift with
his gun, which he would poke up occa-
sionally. They remained there ali night,
and the drift became Sc high i'll the
meantime that he was obliged to splice
the ramrod to the end of his rifle in order
to reach to the top and keep up ventila-
tion. During their cheerless imprison-
ment the squaw was delivered of child


and it was christened "Snow Drift"
Year: 1875

"Josie, / have little story I wish to
tell you, will you isten2"


1 whispered faint eyes," 80 taking
in his the hands lying idly in my lap, he
went on:


"Once on q time, boy, ,friendless and
alone, came one cold night to village.
He had been trying for weeks to find
work, but met not one who cared to
give him even n kind word, SO, faint and
weary, he came to this village speak of.
do not know what devil tempted him,
but he crept into farmhouse, having
but one thought and that was to obtain
food, which lie failed in getting, for he
was caught and fastened into q room to
wait until morning, when he would be
taken to prison. Too miserable and
hopeless to speak in his own defense, he
laid weeping on the hard floor when the
door was opened and a young girl with
tender, pitying face stood before him.
In her soft, low voice she bid him weep
no more but to follow her and she would
set him free. Noiselessly they crept
down the stairs, out into the silent night,
then telling him to wait an instant, this
boys good angel left him, but soon re-
turned with money, which she gave him,
bidding him go sin no more Shall 1
tell of the prayer that went up to Heaven,
of the vow this boy took, of five years
later, where he had become man, how
he returned to that village, hoping to
find the girl who had never been for
gotten, how he did find her, fairer,
sweeter even than on that night when
she saved him2 Shall I tell, Josie, how
he knelt at her feet praying her to be his
own2 How he waited with fast beating
heart for her answer, knowing if she
failed him the home he had striven 30
hard to win for her dear sake, his very
life, would be worthless p


My king was ON his knees before me rs
he ceased speaking. bowed down my
head until it rested on his breast, and he
was answered.
Year: 1875

They got MP n surprise party on n
young married couple Mt whose house in
Chicago similar affair was one of the
social successes of last season. The
conspirators were met calmly but
cordially at the gate by the husband,
who rested on his shotgun, while his
beautiful and accomplished wife, whose
face and form were visible inside the
porch, said she was very glad to see
them, but she didn think she could hold
the bulldog back more than q minute
longer.
Year: 1875

Our grandmothers thought they knew
all about the economies in their day and
generation, but they were vastly behind
the present age. A sharp-witted girl
who likes to look nice, and yet has a
scant purse to draw from, could teach
her frugal grandmother lesson that
would make her open her eyes in wonder.
Silk was silk in those days, and a silk
dress was an honest garment, fit for the
closest inspection from head to foot It
does not do to inquire too closely into
the makeup of much that we see prom.
enading the streets, and looking very
handsome, nowadays. Still it is handy
to have the knack of making over an old
dress into something very presentable,
without great outlay. Two good heals,
and two pairs of nimble fingers, recently
made over a black silk in way that
may give hint to somebody else.


First, the old garment, which was
scant and plain, and darned in many
places, was carefully ripped apart. Then
it was sponged in water in which an
old kid glove had been stepped, then
ironed on the wrong side, and it was
found to be as stiff as new. Now the
old black silk bag was brought out, and
the mucilage bottle. The tiny holes
and thin places were gummed over, and
little patch of black silk placed on the
under side, and ironed smoothly. There
was scarcely trace left on these worn
out places. I wonder what our grand
mothers would have thought of such
patching!


The old waist pieces were turned and
basted to the waist portions of polo
naise lining, piecing them where it was
needful. Then the polonaise skirt was
cut out of the best breaths of the skirt,
joining it to the waist pieces very neatly,
closing the polonaise in front. The old
sleeves cut the lower half of new sleeves
by judicious piecing, and the upper
sides come from the skirt. The polo
naise was a success, and there were still
pieces enough left to founce an old
alpaca skirt cut scant according to fash
ion; and plain strip Of silk above the
hounce came well up under the polo
naise. There were scraps enough to
ruffle this upper garment on the edge,
and to trim waist and sleeves SO as to
hide the piecings. When all was done,
it was very respectable dress, and es.
pecially in the evening would pass al
most for new.


1t is always n good rule to save the
pieces, as long as q dress is in existence
Even some scrap may be just what you
will need to piece out corner. Old
black silk and alpaca always come use
full. Even the smallest pieces of alpaca
are worth saving to cover for cording
which is just now in order as trimming.
A little bias band of black alpaca often
answers in place of more expensive trim
ming, and brightens up little girls
dress of blue, or red, or plaid.


An old alpaca dress can be vastly i'm
proved by ripping apart, sponging with
coffee, ironing and making over after q
good pattern.
Year: 1875

In the early part of this century, while
Rev. DR.. Backus was pastor at Bethle-
hem, Conn, he eked out his salary by
fitting boys for college. At one time he
had a scapegrace from the South. When
the young man was about to join Yale
College he asked his teacher for letter
of introduction to Professor Kingsley.
The doctor promptly complied, as fol
lows: Professor Kingsley-Dear Sir
hereby introduce to you the bearer.
He is the only son of his mother, and
she is widow. The Lord have mercy
upon her."