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Year: 1874

There's wicked old fellow lives down in a vale,
And the deeds of his life are horrible tale;
His features are wrinkled, and wizzen, and thin,
And the bristles grow long on his old peaked


chin;
He's the wickedest fellow that ever was found,
And his voice has grating and sqeaky sound;
He's thief, and liar, and cheat 10 boot;
Oh, a regular knave is that same old coot,
And his name it is Procrastination.
A curious fellow g that wicked old elf,
For he steals for the fun of 1t, not for himself;
And he's doing more mischief than forty thieves


should,
And twas never yet said that he's done any good ;
But he's peeping and prying wherever he cam
To steal from boy or steal from man;
And what Is still worse, ah, tits horrid to think,
He will steal from the girls as quick as a wink,
Will that same old thief, Procrastination.
He will steal bread and butter, potatoes and meat;
Steal everything sour and everything sweet
Steal money and jewels of silver and gold,
And rubies and sapphires of value untold;
Steal the richest of diamonds from Africas cline,
But far worse than this, he is stealing our time,
Is this wretched old Procrastination.
He is prowling around us by night and by day,
And stealing the bright golden moments away;
Stealing moments more precious than jewels of


gold,


And hours whose values can never be told;
Stealing days we should use to prepare for the


strife,


In gaining our strength for the battle of life;
Stealing blessings the richest that given
Stealing costliest talents, vouchsafed us from


heaven,


Is that sly old thief, Procrastnation.
Then, up and be ready to do and to dare,
BE watchful, be wakeful, no vigilance spare;
The victory's yours if you're ready to fight,
And battle for justice, and truth, and the right,
And Danish old Procrastination.
Year: 1874

How many, many men there are


in the country who can look back


upon their past life, and bring to
their memory the days of boyhood,
when they once had an opportunity
of securing good common school
education but instead of taking
advantage of the opportunity Of
fered, they worse than squandered


the valuable time of their youth,


and thus grew up to manhood,


scarcely knowing how to even read


and write. They see the folly now


of idling away the precious hours


of their school days. Let the
young men of the present day
learn lesson from this, and re-
member that the time will truly
come when they will look back to
the past with deep regret for their
non-attendance to studies in the
school room.


When I was sixteen years of age,
l was attending school in the vii
lage of Krabville, and it is not a
very strange fact that the idea had
crept into my noddle, as it does
with many others, that / had learn
ed about everything; that l knew
it all, and more too. In accordance
with this belief, l thought that l
might do just about as l chose, and
1 was all right. But one day l was
called up for some misdemeanor,
and being of stubborn disposition,
was unwilling to yield to the COM
mands of the teacher. The conse-
quence was, l received q severe
Furnishing, but dare say not half
as much as l really deserved. When
1 went home that night, I told my
parents what had happened. Father
looked at me sternly, and said In a
laundering tone:


"Whatl You been whipped ?
Now, sir, don't you ever let me
hear of you allowing a teacher to
whip you again !"


These words, coming from my
father, gave me courage, and l de-
termined that l had been punished
for the last time in school. Of
course, the next day my conduct
was not of q very wholesome char
acter, and ere noon l was arraigned
before the teacher. / was deter
mined to whip the master this time,
but l didn't. / again related my
mournful tale to my parents, and
that wns the time / missed it.
Father brought forth a switch, and
danced to the strokes. He told
me to endeavor in the future and
remember that was sent to school
to obtain an education. / remem-
bered it, and was ever after one of
the most orderly scholars in the
room.
Year: 1874

President Grant has very deccntly
snubbed Davis Of the Lone Star State,
and we are glad Of it, We do not mean
that we are glad on account of the prob
able effect this conduct may have on
Grant, because we believe it will prove a
sad shock to his constitution, to thus sud


denly become violently right, but because
Davis deserved and richly deserved it.
The day has past when it is expected that
Governor OF sovereign States, shall go
whining around the Federal Executive,
every time his gubernatorial hen-roost is
robbed. The doctrines taught in Recon-
strustion days have fulfilled their mission.
and are, upon post mortem examination,
found to have never been sound or safe


They tend directly to the overthrow OF
our republican form of government and
to the establishment Of a military despot-
ism. In the heat Of passion and excite


meut Immediately following the close OF
the civil war, men did not look far ahead
and this reconstruction by the bayonet
appeared a harmless amusement for the
wiseacres who had control Of the gov
ornamental machine--and all was grlst
that came to their mill. Ii was q lovely
sight to see ten States compelled to crawl
in the dust up to the foot Of the great
Caesars throne, but when the sauce that
had been so lavshly ladled out to the
goose was rendered to the gander in the
New York City election matter, men be


gan to see that there was vast and i'm
measurable difference between tweedle-
dun ard tweedledee. Bat the sublime
craftsmanship Of the leaders in the pas


sage Of military bills, has run its course
and the glories Of reconstruction having
been fully realized, oil men--eyen Grant
begins to see there are no more laurels
to be gathered in the field Of Federal in


reference in State matters, We can't
much blame Davis he thought, the prec-
edents being abundant, he could not fail
to secure prompt assistance, to smother
the voice of the people. lie lives too far
from Washington and does not know OF
the virulent attack Of virtue and honesty
with which the Republican party has been
afflicted, caused by over doses Of Credit
Mobilier, and Salary Steal. Exit Davis :.
Year: 1874

The decision Of Chief Justice Mcclure
releasing the prisoners arrested by order
OF Judge Withers, upon hd6cds corpus
finally settles the question as to the con-
tempt business. Now, does it not fore.
shadow the decision Of the Supreme
Court upon the final hearing of the cause
out Of which this injunction grew? It's
said the Chief Justice submitted his man.
uscript opinion to the other Judges and
they fully and unanimously concurred in
the principles of law laid down. If this
be so, away goes all hope Of success for
the friends Of the bill, penling in John
son Circuit Court With the opinion Of
Mcclure before them, the bogus Board
will, of course, appeal il an adverse de.
cision is made by Judge Withers
Mcclure denies jurisdiction Of the sub.
ject matter to the Circuit Court Of John
son County, and it does occur to us that.
If the othe- Judges hold the same doc.
trine, it is waste Of time and money to
60 on to inevitable defeat What say the
true friends of the road9
Year: 1874

Many of our good citizens are permit


ting themselves to become enthusiastic
over the discovery Of silver in the noun.
tains Of Polk CO ounty, Arkansas Two
gentlemen Of this place lately returned
and one Of them informs US. that there is
certainly silver to be found in those
mountains. There is company at work
and they have high hope Of becoming
suddenly rich. Well, maybe they will /;
Mining 10 hard. uncertain life and few
make any considerable amount Of money
by it. A man with good situation,
profession or trade, had better stick to it.
Year: 1874

The nomination of c ,lcb Gushing to
the high position Of Chief Justice of the
supreme Court OF the United States, is 6
vas, Improvement on Williams, but may
still fall far short Of satisfying frieLds oil
foes of the Administration. This is
another square back down on the part oil
Grant and fully demonstrates his grow.
ing weakness in his own party, Ambi
tious men arc determined Grant shall no.
Gil the Executive Chair for another term
And they propose to weaken him by de-
ieating his nominees Don't know how
Cushing may turn out. but, if we had the
nominating power, we would send in tho
name Of Albert Pike.
Year: 1874

E6- 1t can scarcely DO regarded as
part Of the eternal fitness o. things to
express approval ofwhat 10 said in church
with three cheers and tiger. Yet
it happened recently in ireland. During
high mass in the little church Of Glen
tariff, three ladies of the Protestant faith
were obliged to take shelter there from a
heavy shower. The officiating priest,
knowing who they were, and wishing to
be respectful to them, stopped down to
his attendant who was on his knees, and
whispered Three chairs for the Protest
ant ladies The man who was rather
ignorant stood up and shouted, "Three
cheers for the Protestant ladiesr which
were given with hearty good will by the
congregation, while the poor priesthood
were dun founded 1t will harpen so
sometimes --Harper's Drarer.
Year: 1874

Grange Hall was crowded. The
Professor began by saying: Science is
everlasting. Mountains rise and fall;
so do nations and cities. Not so with
science-with truth. The ancents,
with all their superstitions, have
passed away, because not founded on
science. Study and investigate, and
we discover many things which even
science cannot eXplain-which elude
mans comprehension. Man has a
spirit, the counterpart Of the body in
which it livesa--spirit eye, ear, and
endowed with all the senses, that can
communicate here with spirits in the
spirit land. Here the speaker pro-
duced much authority from spiritu-
alistic standpoint, proving modern
spiritual manifestations. The brain
the great mental organ cannot do these
things. We should look at this SUBJ
ject calmly and investigate it to ascer-
tain the truth. Has man q spirit
which is to live on and on in another
state ? and what is to be its condition
there? The spirit here dares not fol-
low the conditions of the body>-and
in the future state, it will be free from
the shackles of the body. How then
can it go on developing, and ris-
ing higher and higher. We cannot
follow the speaker through his course
of arguments neither do we feel much
inclination to do so. The subject was
ably treated from his standpoint. The
fOrcible, candid, and earnest manner
of the speaker and his familiarity
with his subject, together with GER
tain degree of elOquence, carry his au
dience with him in spite of all preiu-
dice or error on either side. The.
speaker closed by saying: have laid
the question of a future state on the
shelf. / am satisfied we do not die at
death; but we shall live there as we
elect here. If we live good, no.
BILE, virtuous lives here we shall
be prepared to enter the spirit land in
high state to occupy high positions
there, and all will have chance
to develop themselves through endless
ages. I have Investigated, have
searched for the truth, and cling to
it and dare to tell it. Let all inves-
tigate this subject. Professor Denton
is undoubtedly convinced of the cor
rectness of his position, and the pro-
found learning and intelligence which
he has displayed in this long series Of
lectures, will long be remembered by
our people, and right or wrong on the
subjects of these last two lectures, his
opinions are entitled to respect and
Investigation.
Year: 1874

A man whose name we did not learn
lost pocket-book last night, contain
ing check for five thousand dollars
and one hundred and fifty dollars coin,
in house on Los Angeles street. He
gave the alarm at once, and Officer
Harris coming to the rescue found the
lost wealth after twenty minutes
search.
Year: 1874

Parties living outside of the city
limits who wish to send their children
to our city schools, can do so by trans
ferring the apportionment of their
The provisions of the law are that the
have power "tO make arrangements
with the trustees of any adjoining
district for the attendance of such
as may be best accommodate therein,
and to transfes tie school moneys due
by apportionment to such children to
the district in which they may attend
school," We bring this into notice,
as such an arrangement may accom-
modate many who would otherwise be
debarred from school privileges.
Year: 1874

na. The tide ofinmigration is steadily set-
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
anew one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
comparison between the two. go
Year: 1874

Young man ahoy! Fitzpatrick is
the man you are looking for. He will give
YOU the incest fitting garments to be had in
he city; cloth of the best material; work
done upon honor, and the hest satisfaction
reneraliv. Call on him and have n full suit
made at once. jy2 IT'S
Year: 1874

Republican Party In Corrupt.


and the Independents join in now. 1 do
not deny that there are corrupt men in
the Republican party. There was never
an organization where corrupt men did
not creep in. Christ found corrupt man
among his twelve disciples. There are
corrupt men in every church organlza-
ton, and the church is the great civilizer
of the world. The thieves must go some
where, and it is not surprising that some
of them should get into the Republican
party, but | could name two dishonest
officials in the Democratic party to every
one in the Republican party, and | could
point out two frauds in the Democratic
administration to every one in that of the
Republican party. He then referred to
the frauds which occurred under Buchan-
on's and other Democratic administra-
tions.l Have YOU forgotten these? vii!
YOU turn away from party which has
saved the country, and take up with those
who never exposed the offences OF their
own officials as the Republican have con-
tinuallv done, but robbed and buried up.
Men complain, too, Of hard times.
Were there no hard times under the
Democratic administration? Have YOU
forgotten lS3aand 1857? The speaker
then compared the two parties for equal
lengths of time and asked his hearers to
weigh well the questions that lay before
them, and finding the path of duty follow
il fearlesSly.
Year: 1874

COLUMBUS, September 29.-Thi> even
ing as the train on the Pan Handle road
was rounding a curve near this city, the
engineer saw man jump from clump
of bushes about thirty feet ahead The
man deliberately folded his arms, threw
himselfon the track and was almost i'm
mediately cut to pieces by the wheels of
the locomotive. The man was an entire
stranger here, and nothing was found
on his person to identify him. In one
pocket torn envelope was found, on
which was imperfectly written the
words: "To Jack Heed and Miss Hisei
lay the instigation of my death" The
body was So mangled that it is impossi-
bic to give much of description of him.
He was probably % years old, of medi-
um height, black hair and very light
beard.
Year: 1874

The Importance of home manufactures in
the West is thus discussed by the Toledo
CO., Blade in terms applicable to all parts
Of the country.


The people of The West would to-day be
better off with much less number Of acres
cultivated and larger amount OF manu.
featuring in their midst. This every one
must admit. If one man has not the means
to start a business Of this character, let a
combination of men furnish the capital.
By all means, let the people of the West
adopt course which will not leave them so
dependent upon the East for the sale OF
their surplus products and the supply Of
their wants in everything except meats and
breadstuffs. Every village and every COM
munity should give encouragement and sup
port to home manufactures. Enlightened
selfshness, as we'll as the general good.
dictates such policy. The West should
be dotted all over with manufacturing es-
Establishments, and the people should cease
impoverishing themselves by paying freight
upon raw material sent to the East and
manufactured articles sent to the West. 1t
is too expensive, and the expense is all
borne by those living at the West end of the
route. Let the West stand by its own in
terests- encourage home manufactures
and its independence will be established
and its progress made stronger and more
enduring.
Year: 1874

The New York World, speaking Of Gre
nation, gives the following instance Of the
neatness of the thing: In the Vienna
Exposition this matter was practically ex-
emplified. On one of the mysterious shelves
was bottle marked No. 10, containing
three and three quarter pounds of fertiliz
ing material. the gross result Of an Italian
gentleman, who had evidently never been
in such reduced circumstances before.
The entire cost Of putting him into glass
case was just two shillings and four pence,
English money. This of itself is an item
Of sufficient Importance to carry conviction
to any sane man. 1t only takes three hours
and about half a cord Of wood to put q
millionaire into a very small glass bottle.
The only difficulty to be apprehended is
the inevitable increase Of family jars.
However, after death, it will be always
possible to put q stopper in, which during
life is sometimes difficult.
Year: 1874

Brother Mackley, of the Jackson STAN
DARD, is fretting because he cannot get
out number free from errors. It's no
use; for in the hurry of newspaper
office, with cheap labor, such as is gener-
ally employed in small offices. bad gram
mar and bad mechanical work will con-
stantly appear; the Standard S ideal is
right, but it must not feel disappointed
if it is never reached. We never take
up the Register in cool blood, after the
issue is out, without finding many things
to complain OF, and never expect to.


Where an editor writes hurriedly. an
apprentice sets the matter, and the same
apprentice makes corrections, often max
ing bad matter worse, and perfect
paper is out of the question. In addition
to this half the manuscript received is
full of bad spelling, in bad writing, prop
er names left to be guessed at, and both
sides of the paper written on, and inter
lined. This, too, frequently comes in
about two hours before going to press,
and must appear this week" of course.
An editor must patiently bide his time,
and never forget, do never SO well, that
in addition to all his hard and conscien-
tious labor he gets more curses than
coppers" But 'he that is faithful to the
end" &c.-1Marietta Register.
Year: 1874

that if had liberty to record my vote ]
should vote "ay."


The result of the vote was then an
nounced as above recorded.


Mr. Bundy moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed; and
also moved that the motion to reconsider
be laid on the table.


The latter motion was agreed to-
Year: 1874

"How much better it would have been
to have shaken hands and allow it was
all mistake" said Detroit judge. Then
the lion and the lamb would have lain
down together, and white-ro6ed peace
would have famed you with her wings
and elevated you with her smiles of ap-
probation. But no; you went to clawing
and biting and rolling in the mud, and
here YOU are. It's five dollars apiece
Year: 1874

recover sufficientiy from his excitement and alarm
he told substantially the following story


About an nour before daylight he was awakened


by man who stood by the side OF his bed. Castor
sprang up, but was stopped by the man, who put
pistol to his head and told him 10 De stu or he
would blow his brains out Another man. with
lantern, was going about the room searching
every hole and corner. The old shoemaker ut nrst
thought the men were negroes. out aiterward dis
covered that they were white men with blackened
faces The one man r,ned the pockets OF MS pam
falcons which contained nearly $500. but rot be.
ing able to md money that they evioenty be-
lieved was secreted about the room, the ROBBERS
told the old man that he must tell them where
he hid his money or they would Kill him. Castor
assured them that he had no more money; that
his pan falcons pockets contained all he had IN the
world. and he begged them to leave ham some OF
that as he was keeping 1t to pay his fnne-
raj expenses when he died. The burglars,
failing TO force the Old man into revealing the
whereabouts OF the rest Of his probable treasure,
ana daylight being near made their victim get out
OF bed. They then bound him TO the chair and
gagged him, aud took their departure. They mad
effected an entrance into the house through
back window. Castor said that he would not be
able to recognize the robbers. He could not dis
tinguish their features and their voices were
strange to him. The general impression is that
they are parties living In the neighborhood as no
ST. angers have been seen about the place. There
is NOT the slightest suspicion. however, as to who
they may be. Castor says that the robbers took
every dollar he had In the world. The affair has
created great sensation in this q uier village.
Year: 1874

An Old Mans Honrsiings of Years
Enthusiastically Conduct of the Ruff
fans--The Victim Lett Found and
Gagged.


MoNRoEr0N, Pa Nov II, 1874


For many years there has lived in this place an
eccentric old man named Isaac Castor He is a
shoemaker and lives alone Ia little house in an
out OF the way spot. He Is over sixty years Old
and for years has hoarded his earnings, using only
enough money 10 procure the bare necessities OF
life. His income has never been large, but its
accumulation Tor over quarter OF a century
amounted to a snug little competency. He always
carried several hundred dollars In his pantaloon
pockets, which fact was generally known, and it
has been the standing wonder here for years that
he had never been robbed; so the occurrences Of
last Sunday night did not take the village by sur.
prise when they became known.


On Monday morning last 1t was noticed that the
old shoemakcr's shop was not opened as usual.
and that there was no stir about the house This
was so remarkable an occurrence that two or
three citizens went TO his house and broke omen
the door. They found Castor bound tightly in a
chair, so that he could not use his hands or eet,
and a handkerchief tied tightly over his mouth
He was hastily released. and as soon as he could
Year: 1874




The following directions for keep
ing frost ont of cellar We find feat
ing without credit A friend of ours,
who has tried it, says he prevents lrost
IN his cellar by lasting the walls and
ceiling over With four or five thick
nesses of old newspapers, curtain OF
the same material being also pasted
over the small low windows at the top
of the cellar. The papers were pasted
10 the bare joists overhead, leaving
an air space between them and the
floor. He reports that the pspers car
ned his roots through last Wiuter,
though the cellar was Lett unbanked,
and he is confident they have made
the cellar frost proof.


Wherever paper IS employed, it-wiii
be necessary to sweep down the Salis
thoroughly, and to use a very strong
size to hold the paper TO the stones.
1t is not necessary 10 pass the paper
down into all the depressions Of the
wall every air space between i! is an
sddilioEai defense against the cold
Year: 1874

A writer in an English paper says:
By the way, speaking of waterproots,
] think | can give travellers valuable
hint or two. For many years l have
worn India rubber water-proois, but
viii buy no more, for l have learned
that good Scottish tweed can be made
entirely impervious to rain, and more
over, / have learned how to make it
SO !; and for the benefit of your read
ers l will give the recipe:


In a bucket of soft water put half
a pound of sugar Of lead, and half a
pound of powdered alum; stir this at
intervals, until it becomes clear; pour
it off into another bucket, and put the
garment therein, and let it be in for
twenty four hours, and then hang it
up to dry, without wringing it. Two
of my party-a lady and geutle-
man have worn garments thus treat
ed IN the widest storms of wind snd
rain, without getting wet. The rain
hangs upon the cloth in globules In
short, they were really waterproof.
The gentleman, fortnight ago, walk
ed nine miles in a storm of rain and
wind, such as you rarely see in the
South and, when he slipped off his
overcoat, bis underwear was as dry
as when he put them on. This is,
think, a secret worth knowing; for
cloth, if it can be made to keep out
wet, is, in every way better than what
We know as waterproof.