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Year: 1874

REvoLUrloS.-Thisw word differing from
reform has meaning in it. There is no
sham, fraud, or trickery about revolution.
When oppressio rouses the people up to
this pitch, they mean business. Words
can no longer be made substitute for
facts. The government has already expe-
rienced several Of these revolutions. The
defeat of Martin Van Buren, ended the old
Democratic regime. The people had
grown alarmed at the Capitalization and
corruption Of power, which by sudden
revolution they speedily brought to an
end. Thousands and tens Of thousands
who had come, by long usage, to mag
inc they held life-lease upon the public
treasury, were suddenly turned adrift, and
a new set Of men installed in their places.
Neither the danger nor corruption Of that
day bore any comparison with the pres :
ent. It is hi ID time for farmers to de-
ternine upon another revolutio on; a
thorough clean sweep that will not leave a
trace Of the old stencil behind. We can
not believe our people will remain forever
satisfied to be hewers of wood and draw
ers of water for horde Of blatherskiting
politicians, but will fill Congress and the
State legislature''with new. .class Of men
direct from the farms, and thus restore the
Republic to it's old credit and respectable
itv
Year: 1874

The BYECHER.T11ToN denouement has
long inflicted upon the religious community
a shock in which grief can scarcely find
expression. Mr.. Beecher is man Of such
superior intellectual powers so active
and efficient in doing good; so free from
cant and hypocrisy; 80 manly and up
right in his public life; so invaluable as
a world-teacher, for his usefulness ex-
tends beyond his parish to every reading
community, that it seems like a national
calamity to see such man fall into a
polluted and ignominions grave. AS mat
ters nov stand. Beecher will be forced to
make some bold denials or sweeping ex-
plantations, if his usefulness as a beloved
pastor is not suddenly brought to- close.
BY comparing the career of the two men
we can recollect many things appearing in
the writings Of Mr.. Tilton which, long
since, led US to look upon him as 1nercen-
ary and possessed Of no high sense Of
honor, but ready to use his paper unscrup-
ulously for purposes Of gain. The man
who could lend himself to write the fasci-
mating life Of the Woodhull- -Clafain free
lovers stands so low on the moral and re-
ligious ladder that il will require more
than his word to condemn such man as
Henry Ward Beecher. Still, he may be
right in his accusations, and in the end
we may be forced to acknowledge that an
other bright star has fallen. ..s. I o..+
Year: 1874

TIE ESD.-When Congress adjourned
every leading independent paper uttered
an exclamation Of rejoicing. The inference
is plain that no good but only mischief was
apprehended from the government. Sad
state Of affairs when the people are forced
to look upon government as hostile to pub
lie interests. It matters not whether the
evil comes from incapacity or premedi-
tated deviltry, the cala1nitous results are
the same. Better have new government
as speedily as possible. Next time gov
eminent of the people and for the people.
Year: 1874

chants 10 Ncw-York, and their reception here on
"Wednesday by the Merchants Club has excited
newed interest In the Centennial Exhibition for the
beneit OF which the meeting held The Philade-
phians presented the claims OF the Exhibition upon
generosity and patriotism Of NewYork IN strong terms,
and frankly stated that they should for assistance


without which they would be unable to proceed. The
subscriptions to stock OF the EIhbitou amount


to about $4,5cO,coo Two or three millions more will be
needed to carry successfully and insure the
ton Of the proper buildings. NewYOrk is asked to
glye n 100000. Up to date the subscriptions from tina
city have been few and small although. as the great
center OF the country deeply interested in the
cess OF the undertaking About 90 prominent dry goods
merchants OF this city present at Wednesdays
meeting and they expressed great interest in its object


Although organized effort TO raise money made
It was proposed 10 open subscription list for that
Year: 1874

The WAYS and Means Committee spent
to-day in considering the Sanborn report of
the subcommittee on the revision of the
custom laws. The committee did not
finish consideration of either subject. In
relation to the subject of mOieties the CON-
mittee are unanimously in favor of the alb
clifton.
Year: 1874

The gentry of New York have moth
ing to boast of In their lineage, for
their origin was invariably humble. The
original of the Homes was a German
sugar refiner, who wrote his name
Hum, and probably lived on sausages
and beer. Philip, his SOD, when the
old man got rich, changed the name to
a prettier shape, and took q position
among the gentry. He was a fine look
ing man and was a successful dry goods
auctioneer, in which business his firm
reached wealth and distinction. He as
sociated with the Grinnells, the Irvings,
and others of the more cultivated sOci-
ETY. but on his death the family sank
again, and now we hardly hear of it.
The Brevoorts are descended from old
Henry Brevoort, a Dutch market man
who had an estate of about twenty-five
acres in the upper part of the city,
which he cultivated with his own hands.
The land was very sterile and required
patience and untiring labor, and the sien-
der crop of corn, peas, ,radishes, potatoes,
ETC., was hardly sufficient TO give the
family a support. The son Henry grew
ND an associate with Washington Irving.
and of course had no turn for garden
ing. This he did not heed, for about
the time he came of age the land was
worth S10,O 900 per acre for bui ding lots.
and it soon bore a crop of houses.
Some of the farm was retained until it
became worth 100000 per acre, and it
is now worth double that rate, for it is
included in the Fifth avenue, which is
the most valuable of the abodes of
fashion. The old gentleman lived to
be nearly ninety, and retained his old
habits until the last, but the son be-
came fashionable man. He did not long
survive his father, and the third In gen
Grafton is the present Carson Brevoort,
who occupies a high social position,
and is one IF the trustees of the Astor
library. I might track up the lineage
of all our leading families, and find
each one starting from some humble
origin. It is foolish and unwise to in
dulge iD family pride, and in this city
it is peculiarly snobbish to do so, for
we are all sprung from the common
classes.-COr. So. Louis Republican.
Year: 1874

Niagara Falls on the morning of June
1st, was the scene of a terrible excite
ment in consequence of a painter named
Mccullough, who was employed in
painting the bridge leading from Goat
island to the Three Sisters, having fall
en- from the bridge into the rapids be
low. He drifted with the current to a
point within forty feet of the falls,
where he found anchorage in the mid
die of the stream that separates the is
lands by coming In contact with rock,
to which he clung. In few moments
the news of the accident spread like
wildfre through the village, and an i'm
mense crowd of spectators gathered to
look at the unfortunate mans perilOus
situation, from which it seemed impos-
sible to rescue him. Mccullough had
given up all hopes of being aided; his
arms and body were fast becoming be-
numbed and losing their hold on the
slippery rock, when a shout went up
from the throats of the spectators which
told him that aid was nigh. In that
vast crowd which had assembled on the
islands and bridges there was but one


man who was willing to risk his own
life in irving TO snatch fellow-creature
from ont the Jaws Of death. Tom Con-
row. a guide at the Cave of Winds,
iumped into the rapids, and, holding IN
his left hand the end of a rope and
swimming down the current, he reached
Mccullough In safety. He Immediately
tied the rope around himself and the
nearly exhausted man, and they were
both safely landed ashore ii q few mo
ments. Mccullough was badly bruised
about the head and body.
Year: 1874

the rainfall and telegraph every Friday to the
secretary OF the nearest cotton exchange, all
the information to be consolidated by the New
Orleans exchange and distributed to the .vari-
GUS exchanges throughout the country.
Year: 1874

WELL, this is a sumner. Two young
ladies of Chicago, daughters of a respec-
table physician there, have been arres-
ted for carrying on a wholesale conf
dence game, by collecting money in the
name OF a LEGAL half orphan asylum. 1t
is estimated that they have collected
$4,000 during the year or more In
which the game has been going on. The
thing worked well enough until they
ran against the same victim twice, and
then came the collapse,
Year: 1874

The Buffalo Express gives the particu.
lars of the recent body.snatching episode
which led to the arrest Of large number of
students in the Medical college of that
city. The sexton who had charge Of the
Holy Cross Cemetery noticed that a new
ly-made grave had been disturbed during
the night, and on examination found it to


be that of the wife of Richard j. Carey,


who had been buried the day before. He


opened the grave and found that the body


had been removed and the grave-clothes


and coffin left. Detectives were set to


work. and Mr.. Carey offered reward of
5000 for the arrest OF the grave-despoilers.
Subsequently. suspecting that the corpse


might have been taken to the Medical Col
lege, he obtained warrant to search
that institution, and placed it in the hands
of an officer for service. Accompanied by
Mr.. Carey and sister of the diseased he
proceeded to search the College, where
they proceeded to search the lower rooms,
but found nothing. Then they essayed to
the dissecting room, but were stopped.
They showed their authority, and were
allowed to pass. Opening the door of the
the scene that presented
itself was one OF horror to the unaccus-
TONED visitor Upon as many dissecting-
tables lay six naked bodies, four of men
and two of women, around which between
thirty and forty students, clad in the usual
garb of the disecting-room, were at work
with their cleaning instruments. The SIS
ter gave wild cry. recognizing one of
the bodies as that of the stolen dead. There
was panic among the students, and they
would gladly have hidden both themselves
and their instruments out of sight. The stu
dents, thirty-eight in number, were march
ed off to the police station to await the
further action Of the authorities.
Year: 1874

OF the public systems Of education at the South w re-
oeve II not fatal blow from any legislation
which should make such systems OF education maintain
able only on the scheme OF mixed schools the organ
izaon requires for such public education The Board
Of the opinion that while justice and public duty,
"a we'll as the interests and feelings OF the white
and oolored people of the South. concur in dc.
maDding a system OF public education which
should give equal advantage to the children en-
OF either color, such result would %
promOfed by the compulsory system Of mixed schools
In their views this subject tine Board believes there
is very considerable diversity Of Judgment In the
communities OF the South to be affected the proposed
legislation. The Board have adopted from the begin
ming the plan OF using the means at their disposal for
the development Of the spirit and purpose and acton OF
the States and Of their people toward building up ana
mainta ing systems Of free education for white and
cOlored children, without Partially or distinction The
Board respectfully ask the public mind, whether at the
North the South TO the important OF the
views Of their General Agent on the subject.
In so doing they desire to pronounce as
the result Of these considerations the decided opinion
that compulsory legislation by Congress In favor OF
mixed schools" the system OF public education Will
be most pernicious the interests Of education In the
communities to be affected by IT, and that the colored
population Will suffer the greater share OF this disas
trous Influence.


The report approved expressing the unanimous
opinion Of the aud ordered to be published
Year: 1874

CITY, During the meeting the fact was elected that Mr.
Keller was the first expert examiner ever appointed,
and IL Is that TO him. than TO one
else indebted for the provisions OF the law OF
1885, which have been substantially adhered to ever
snce and may be said to embody the American patent
system.


The Rev. Robert Collyer Of Chicago has de-
cided not accept the call of the Church Of the Mes
siah In this city. At meeting Of his church
on Thursday evening last he announced his in-
tention to remain the following characteristic way
"I had felt some while just II were 10 the con-
dition OF miller and his clapper they say That when
the clapper stops the miller awakes Ibad been fene
If my words and my work were such matter OF
my church that the people did nj care much
about IL. had done all could, while another man
would take hold where left Of create new interest,"
and make things they ought to; In other words
the miller would wake up and attend TO his MILL But
these two meetings Of my flock have convinced me that
my people are deeply interested In my ministry
than suspected and than they are likely TO be In the
ministry OF other man. while the resolutions nave
gone to my and altered the whole aspect OF the
question. 1 did MT how could possibly leave CD
cago in view OF the revelations OF the present week.
did nt leave, ana did nj mean TO- unless was as
compelled Further, I did Mt know VINO was 8oinS W
compel me, II made up my mind TO stay'
Year: 1874

ALBANY, Oct. 17.-The Independent Temper
Executive Committee have issued an address to the
temperance voters of the State urging united sup
port Of the ticket headed by the name OF Myron IL.
Clark The Committee state the fact that heretofore the
larger portion of OF the State have not
favored independent party though always fayoring
independent political action and an independent ticket
when nominations of the other parties were not ac-
ceptabe They argue that the time for such ndepend
ent action has arrived. The Democratic party
having its declaration Of devotion to the liquor
interest, and the Republican party, which conquered
slavery having voluntarily accepted the rum power as
worthy of the sympathy or support OF the 1rends OF
temperance and OF the Christian Sabbath Inc ADDRESS
Christian Church TO lend their influence to the move


ment which is especially designed to resist the demand
OF the lguor dealers for the repeal OF the Sunday law.
Year: 1874

An eagle was killed in Coffee coun-
ty, Ala, a few days since, measuring
eight feet and half from tip to tip.
When first seen it was after a couple
of deer, and now and then would
alight on first one and then the other,
burying his talons in them. The deer
were running for life. A gentleman
out hunting saw them coming, and
when in shooting distance fired
at one of them. The other stopped
and he too was shot. The eagle per-
ched on tree near by, seeing them
both shot down, alighted on one and
went to eating, but fatal shot at that
juncture of the game brought him
down. There are said to be numbers
of them in that section of the country.
Year: 1874

ROASTED coffee, says The Homeo-
pdthic World, is one of the most pow
erful means, not only of rendering ami
NAL and negotiable effluvia inhocuous,
but of actually destroying them. In
proof of this, the statement is made
that room in which meat, in an ad-
vanced degree of decomposition, had
been kept for some time, was instant
ly deprived of all smell on an open
coGee-roaster being carried through
it containing one pound of newly
roasted coffee; and in another room,
the efIluvium occasioned by the clean
ing out of a cesspool, SO that sulphur
reted hydrogen and ammonia could
be clearly detected, was entirely re-
moved in half minute on the en-
ployment of three ounces of fresh
coffee. The best mode is to dry the
raw bean, pound it in mortar, aud
then roast the powder on moderate
ly heated iron plate until it assumes
dark brown hue it is in this state
ready for use.
Year: 1874

HENRY WARD BEEcHER talks in this
way of the Pope: 81 have a great
many friends in Rome, the Pope
among them. He never came to see
me, but would just as lief go to see
him as not. He would hardly say l
was orthodox, but really believe he
preach, and | would let him preach
here if he asked me. l really believe
the old man is good man, with some
cobwebs in his head, but they will be
brushed away before long; we all
have got them, in some way or anoth-
er, and whatever thero is in him that
is pure, and true, and right makes
him my brother.
Year: 1874

NEW ORLEANS, July lotn, 1874


For the last few days there has been SAD |
and mournfal family of five helpless children
on Felicity Road, and yesterday funeral
cortege bore off to the graveyard the corpse OF
the father of these little ones amid their sad
cries and bitter lamentations. On whose
strong arm will they now depend FOR food'
clothing, and shelters To whom Will these
little ones now look for aid and advice
Bereft of o mothers care some time ago, ana
now, through gross inattention end careless
ness, their father, Frank Larkins is rushed
into the presence of his Maker, without one
last goodbye to his little ones. Now the
worldly outlook is to them indeed dreafy
blank Who should be answerable to these
in nocents for the irreparable loss they nave
| sustained Who are answerable for their Do
reavementi Let the facts be plainly stated.
| His life is not the only one that has been
| forfeited in this Same cu1pab1e mauners how
many others have come near stepping of into
| the river on the Aigiers side on dark night


Is there any reason why proper precaution
| Ehouid not be taken TO protect the lives OF


persons crossing, or do they pay their 'erryage
to run a risk of certain death. On the Canai
street side there is O large space that may be
discerned SO that q possible chance may Dc


given a person, aided Eby the dim lights fur


nished by the Ferry Company; at AIgiers 1t


in different; there the waitiDg-rooms are 80


close to the waters edge that many have near


met Larkin's fate, and some, like him. have


been epRulphed in the meIciless waters Have
these Ferry Companies no liabilities Do they


not know that each landing should be made to


appear like the other, 30 that SO fearful mis-


take as this should not occurf Why have they
not q railing to protect passengers from such


fearful accidental


Why are not these Ferry landings protested
go that passengers cannot step overheard
Twenty dollars would accomplish the object
l Is il not fearful to contemplate 80 much risl


wbich may he avoided for 80 trfliDg sum
; and vet IL is not done. 1t is to DO hoped tina
! some good man may look sitter the rights o
these little ones. and as the father is sacrifices
to this parsimonious corporations negligence


that they shall be forced to contribute some


their earniDgs to the benefit Of the distreSse'
q orphans. There are surely many ebAfitae'
9 members of the Bar who will not think 1t 70
j. much to help to prosecute the case and smal
d fund can be easily collected to meet the q
!, penses Of the courts by the mechanics who, on
oftheir hard earnings, viii cheerfully subscrib
= to assist in so laudable an act of dnty an


charity, they not knowing who may be q
m next victim. A'".S'M'
Year: 1874

Farmers in a great majority of cases,
have les. pride in what they do for swine
than any other labor upon the premises.
First class barns for horses and cattle,
convenient sheds, etc, for sheep are
numerous, but it is something of rarity
to see nice, airy and really convenient
pig sty. The reason Of this is doubtless
attributable to the generally conceived
idea that the hog is filthy animal, and
not fit to occupy decent place but the
fact is, swine are made more filthy than
it is their nature to be by being confined
in unwholesome and uncleaned pens.


A pen can be easily constructed so that
the floors of the different departments
may be kept dry and wholesome. The
floor should be tight, on little decline,
and kept Uttered with obsorbents. In
the construction of pens there is gen
eral fault in the way of having them too
low between joints, most of them being
not over, five feet, when there should be
no less than seven, so that man can
stand erect in them We have seen many
expensive pens having this fault and the
swine therein absolutely neglected on ac-
count of the back aching work Of clean
ing the different sections out.


Every sty should have good yard at
one side, so that the swine may get at the
earth, but they should not be allowed to
run therein at will, nor should the clean
ings of the pen be thrown into the yard
to be mixed with the soil by the stamp
ing aud roofing of the hogs, for it is one
of the most valuable manures that can be
produced upon stock farm.


The farmer who makes most money
from pork raising, is the man who not
only is careful in the selection of breeds,
but particularly careful TO have good com
nodious pens and give the swine all the
attention required to make them grow
and lay on the fat rapidly When we
see fattening hogs in rail pens with the
earth for floor and the sky for a roof,
our opinion is at once formed as to the
chances of that farmer to prosper, and
they are decidedly unfavorably = Ohio
Farmer.
Year: 1874

He was an Irishman, and when first
seen he was coming down Montague
street, Brooklyn, on his way to the Wall
street ferry. Over his port shoulder hung
bag containing about bushel of pota


toes and in his starboard hand he carried
a stout stick. Being under full sail the
momentum acquired in coming down the
steep grade carried him nearly through
the gateway, when, seeing boat about
ten feet from the dock, he shook out an
other reef, made an astonishing burst of
speed, and jumped. Just as he reached
the deck the potato bag shifted heavily to
port and laid out Broad street clerk
who was smoking Henry Clay through
a meerschaum holder, while the stick hit
a rotund South street merchant in the
wastband, shutting him up like a jack


kuife, and Pat himself assumed an invol-
untary devotional attitude He was the
first to recover his perpendicularity, and
as he replaced the bag in its normal posi-


ton, he complacently remarked "Be nay
sowl, but got the boat anyhow" "Got
the boat 7" screamed he of Broad street,
splitting tho piece of amber out of his
mouth, "Why, you double blank idiot,
this boat is coGing in :" And SO she was.