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Year: 1874

one could have taken Prof. Woods place at
the piano, and so fully aided the players
and pleased the audience.


1t is to be hoped that another such enter
talnment will not be attempted at this
place until our people shall have learned
to appreciate home talent.


The modern plan of doing it is to make
cool million or so ont of the Indians and
then buy Bishop to give you certificate.
1t IS cheaper to pay for a Bishop, and have
one OF your own, than it is to bother ones
sell about nice points Of integrity while the
Indians are being despoiled.-St. Paul Dis
patel.


We suggest to the Dispatch the necessity
of bringing this matter to a close in some
shape or other. Bishop Whipple, to whom
alIuslon is made, has been many years in
this State. Has been active and efficient in
building up churches and schools He NAV
not nave much force as man of talent, but
he is universally admitted to be a good
man.


If the Dispatch has any specific charges
of misconduct in public affairs to make.
the more digniied course would be to lodge
them quietly before IL more proper tribu-
nal. Perhaps the old South Committee
would accept thema as supplementary pro-
ceedings"


Freeborn county, Minnesota, has twenty
SIX oranges, with an aggregate membership
of about 400.
Year: 1874

One day last week i farmer nameG
Wall, living near Saylorville, mer
with an accident that, but for hi.
grit and GOODNESS, might have result
ed fatally. In his field, about sixt,
rods from his house, was Il huge
boulder which he wished removed
and thought that the most expedi-
tious way and the least expensive
would be to sink it. Accordingly
he commenced to dig under the rock.
After he had got well under the
stone the earth cavcd and the huge
rock came tumbling down upon HIM.
1t broke one of his legs and savage
ly bruised the other. The spade,
with which he was digging, was bro
ken, also, and there Wall was caught
with ton or two of rock above him.
The wind was blowing tiercely, and,
although he made as loud outcry as
possible he was unable to make any
of his family hear him. Then the
clear grit of the man came to the
top. The spade was caught under
the rock, as well as himself. With
his hands he dug it loose and used
the implement so industriously that
in due time he had liberated himself,
and then, with one leg entirely use
less and the other seriously disabled,
he crawled sixty rods to the shelter
of his own roof. At last accounts
he was convalescing and happy in
the prospect of a speedy recovery
from his INJURIES.
Year: 1874

A NAN AND WIFE WANT SITUATIONS To-
gefher; man rs first class coachman and gardener
wife as cook laundress both willing and obliging
country preferred. Address MAN AND WIFE box i9i
Herald ONCE.
Year: 1874

AT the last general election held
in this county, in 1872 you return
cd me shcritf'by large majority
Of the lawful votes cast. The party
then in power, and who had con.
troll of the machinery Of the
election, in defiance of your will
as expressed at the ballot box, and
by chicanery and fraud manipulate
ed the returns to suit themselves
and installed over you ;.n alien
carpet-bagger and thief. With the
coults, from the circuit to the
supreme bench filled with partisan
and corrupt judges, could only
succeed in oustlng hnm by the free
and continued use Of money. The
term of Office for which l was
elected was four ears, and it was
only in view of this fact that | was
enabled to procure the means OF
prosecuting the contest against the
organized band ofrobbcrs who then
held the state of Arkansas by the
throat. Even with this point-ie e
II tenure of four years, guaranteed,
the prize would not have been
worth the struggle and cxpcndi-
ture, simply us pecunlary trans
action. There was with me q
higher and noblcr purpose-the
freeing of my people from the
tyranny and robbery of the junto
who had seized upon her offices.
For six months Ii. +. Best managed
to hold possession Of my office, and
when at last | succeeded in "com-
promising" with him he carried
off the profits of u years labor.


And now, again, before the term
for which you elected me is halt
expired, l am compelled to come
before you as a candidate, solicit
ing your suffrage to retain the
office the balance of the term. With
the past fresh in the memory OF
the voters OF this county, | know
that l shall not solicit in vain.


During the short period in which
have held the Office ! have en-
deavored to do my duty in all
things, irrespective of persons or
classes OF people. There are in
this, As In every community, frac.
tious people who cannot and will
not be satisfied with the conduct
of any official who is not absolute
ly governed and directed by them
in all things. The complaints Of
such IS these added TO the mistakes
made by ignorant and the false.
Year: 1874

We desire return 10 specie payments.


Ii is serious evil when there are com


mercial mediums Of different values


when one description of money Is for
one class and purpose, and another for a


different class and purpose. We cannot
100 strongly express the importance OF
the policy that shall restore uniformity
OF value TO all the money Of the country,


so that il shall be always and readily
convertible. That gold and silver are
the real standard of value is cheriscd
democratic sentiment not now nor here
after TO bc abandoned. lIut do not
look TO any arbitrary enactment of con-
Igrcss for restoration Of specie pay.
Year: 1874

need not tell you that a great many re-
ligous people are disagreeable. A great
many persons whom you believe to be true
minded aud right-hearted, you have the
most confident belief will die and 90 to
Heaven their religion is cast in such
mold that they are not agreeable. Chill
dren don't like them, and that is a good
test. Natural, simple people don't like
them and that is pretty good test. They
seem stiff and "pokerish," and present re-
ligion in on intensely disagreeable aspect.
The theory Of Christian JOY is that you are
to find it in your business, in your daily
duties generally. Joy must be found in ma
ture, society, enterprise, aud 10 labor
Nineteen. .twentieths Of mans time must
be spent in work. How shall he undertake
to offering prayers during the day unless in.
terjectioua ones2 Therefore let him show
bis religion in the JOY Of being fair and
honest, in doing good and recognizing in
these his love for the Lord. 1t is not the
trouble Of this world that causes US so much
pain, but the low tone 10 which we receive
it, the relaxed condition Of the nature that
receives it, and which, consequently, cannot
bear it; while instead, we should make
ourselves competent to throw aside these
feelings to a great extent. We should make
our lives so joyous with appreciation Of all
that is to be appreciated that troubles meet
shield over our heart and fly away like
harmless darts. | must say | would give
few dollars extra a month for a servant-girl
who sings at her work, and so sometimes
captains like to pay man on shipboard a


little extra because he can fiddle, and the
crew are happier and work better for lit
tie occasional fun at night but how much
better if all can fiddle and have enjoyment,
aod why should not all sing in the house.
hold and be happy 1t is shame that
Christianity gives so little reflected light.
1t is the most beautiful of all things. 1t is
the beatfcation of the soul, lifting it out
of its vugarism and animalism, and they
who are truly Christ's, and represent Him,
ought to stand 10 such contrast TO men Of
the ordinary world that everybody should
not only want to be like them, but ready and
anxious to glorify God in their behalf |
would not have men come into this church
with a carping spirit, questioning doubt.
ingly before they come how far they will
have to conform to church usage, whether
they will have to stop going to the opera,
or playing cards at home, or dancing. |
want people to come here to be joyful and
happy and to find in the religion they es-
pouse the contentment and delight which be-
longs to it. Arise, then, and rejoice.
Year: 1874




That man is of the highest order Of be-
ing would appear from the following COM
parison of qualities The Creator must
possess the following attributes-being,
wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness
and truth A glance at man reveals at
once the same attributes, and hence man is
in quality the highest order of created be-
ings. But ifa mans life varies from a day
to few years only, then he has everything
except being. He has the attributes of a
God, and the arena Of a brute or an insect.
The magnifcence of these attributes ought
to presuppose a magnihcence Of being.
When God hung out the planet Jupiter, he
gave it an orbit worthy of its gigantic pro-
portions. 1t sweeps about a circle whose
diameter is thousand millions Of miles,
and yet it traverses all this long journey
in the light and yerdure of perpetual spring.
1t must be that when God made the soul be
he gave it an orbit being commensurate
with its mental and spiritual endowments,
and not tomb few steps from its cradle.
The immense endowments of man implies an
immense arena Of time, and coming as he
does from a Creator who is inconceivable
as to his immensity, there is no more rea-
son for supposing that man was made for
an early grave, than the sun or the planet
Jupiter was made simply for passing hour.
Reason teaches us that an immense equip
msnt for life presupposes an immense life.
AS vast foundations indicate palace or a
temple expected to endure, so the human
mind and heart reveal foundations that were
not laid for the pitching ofa tent, but for a
fabric worthy of the deep and wide base.
Year: 1874

There is something in you and me that
yearns and cries out with uplifted hands
for God If any one believes that he is to
sink down to nothing better than dark ma
tcrialism or atheism, he cannot know what
man is. But who are they that say this
Surely not religious men, but they who pro-
fess that they have no religion, and that
they don't want any. Are these fit per.
sons to speak on this subject ? We ask ex-
perts, not inexperts, to judge thing. Sup
pose an ignorant man were to say to an
educated man, " Your studies and your pur-
suits are Of no account your science will
die out" He would not think much Of his
opinion and when a skeptic or wordly-wise
man tells me that religion is to die out. |
can't think much of it.
Year: 1874

You say you went TO the party last night,
and you saw Mrs. Smith, an old friend,
whom you had not seen since she and your
sister were at school together. You had a
very pleasant talk until supper, then you
gave her your arm and took her to supper.
When some one came along with few
glasses Of wine on waiter, and offered her
glass, you saw her shudder, as she said
" No !" and you wondered Why Mrs. Smith,
who didn't use to be particular about such
things, not only refused, but shuddered
when she said, "Now You can not tell
why? can tell you why. You went on
with your talk, aud had little renewed
Irritation, did your won't say you didn't.
She was very gay and seemed glad to for
get herself, did she2 Very well am
glad you gave ber that hour Of the even
ing. | can tell you where she went after
the party was over. She went home-the


latest person from the party. She was glad
it was late for her husband bad not come
home. She sat and read for an hour, and
her husband did not come She sat at the
piano an hour, aud be did not come. AT
length, between three and four o'clock, there
was noise at the door. She went to the
door, and two policemen held him in their
arms. She knows them both well by this
time. 1t happens so often that she knows
every policeman on the beat. They bade
her good night. She brought him in. She
had locked her child's room that he might
not abuse him. She took the abuse as he
flung himself upon the bed. She dragged
of his neckeloth and coat, and sat there
until he should fall into his stupid sleep.
She was the woman who refused a glass Of
wine with shudder. You do not know
the story. You thought she was SO gay
and bright. know her story because
am her minister. They have sort of skel.
eton in the closet, which we are permitted to
see and you are not And when we see
that skeleton, do you wonder that we some
times say sharp things about moderate
drinking and the temptations offered at
parties?
Year: 1874

NJ NARY,
siddy moth through the nlckerlng aams,
Fitted one summer oyei
The autumn leaves nom the woodland came,
A pail and shroud 10 weave.
child was sent on winter night


To need mothers care
A lover rode, while hls heart was light


To see a maiden fair
man and maid on a spring morn stood
And took the vow for lie
The man, he made husband good,


Tho maiden q true wife
Prom a small, brown seed \ rose tree grew
And stood beside the wayt
While Youth and Hope sent a Gran or two,
To cruise about the bay.
The moth that fitted through the fame
Has perished long ago
Tho leaves that from the forest came


Are covered DER with snow
The child who came into tho world


Built castles 10 the air;
Tho the lover from his stecd was hurled,
The maiden did not care
OF the twain Who At the altar stood,


Aud by tho priest were we'd,
The woman has grown 10 motherhood
The man, alas IL dead.
The rose that grew beside the way


Shall never blossom moro
The ships are anchored DER the bay,


Upon the farther shore.
And such is life Prom youth to age,
We plan and toll In vain,
And reap the common heritage


Ofwesrineu and pain.
Bat lie who sits upon the throne,


And dwells within the light
Is ever watching DER His own,


And lie will make Il right.
So, whore We cannot understand,


Well walk by faith and love,
Until we reach the better land


Tho better life above.
Year: 1874

Do not trust to your own industry for
success, but lean wholly on Gods help rest
in Him, believing that He will do whatever
is best for you so long as you, on your part,
are quietly in earnest and gently diligent.
| say this because impetuous activity hurts
both our business and our souls, and Is really
q hindrance. ~
Year: 1874

We have thus explained at some length
the financial status Of the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling & Kentucky road, The slLua.
tion iS very easily understood and can be
summed up in a very few words. The
road now lies dead on our hands. All
the money invested in it by Brooke and
Ohio counties 10 q dead investment unless
by some means or other It Is pushed for
ward to completion. The Panhandle
Company say without qualification that
they can render no assistance for q year
to come. By that time II is hard to say
what the condition Of the road will be.
The two counties have no disposition to
raise more money, under present circum.
stances, wherewith to complete the road.
They are anxious, however, to have 1t
completed, and are no doubt willing TO
mortgage It Tor that purpose whenever q
good opportunity offers. We have little
doubt therefore that the present move
ment OF the Directors in favor Of issuing
mortgage bonds will be endorsed and
adopted by the Company.
Year: 1874

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPOFFORD.
Wide stood the doors that morning,


or the sombar and ancient church,
And gayly the yellow sunshine


Streamed in on its seldom search
Streamed over the rtlstling satins,


Over Jewel and waving plume,
over smiling and confident gallants,


Over women all beauty and bloom,
And paused TO look at the pageant


In the midst OF the simmer and stir,
And TO hear the priest murmur; Forsakins
All others, cleaye only 10 her.
Fair twinkled the taper set altar,


And sweet blew tbs organs breath,
While the lover bent aud repeated:


TO love and 70 cherish till death.
The light from the great rose-Window
Came splendidly sitting down;
On her face there fell glory,


And over her hair a crown.
And l knew by the awful passion


With which be stood white and wan
That he cast his heart before her
For her feet to tread upon.
But the bride was softly smiling,
Loyesome and bright and fair
He was but the ring on her finger,
He was but the rose in her h1ir
And / would there had been a glamour
over my eyes, and blur,
At that eager vow OF forsaking
All others, and eleaying 10 her;
For out OF the pillared shadow
l saw beside me start
A wild-eyed girl with her baby
CiasPed oysr her breaking heart,
And down from the porch go flying-
The wreck Of a rapture unblcssod-
With only the river before her,
With only the river for rest


aaTper's Magazine for May.
Year: 1874

The conflict of moral and legal
questions that has arisen in Con-
gress over the case of the polyga-
nous Cannon of Utah, is no nearer
q settlement now than it was before
the subcommittee reported. The
finding is simply that Mr.. Cannon
was duly elected and that so far as
age or residence in the territory is
concerned he is qualified to hold the
position, but touching the question
of polygamy the committee say
they had no authority either to ex-
anime the facts in the case or re-
port as to their bearing upon Mr..
Cannon's eligibility. In other
words, the committee declines to un.
dertake the consideration of q ques
ton of so grave, moral, legal and
religious import as that involved il
the Cannon case without special
authorization from the house, and
this the committee asks.
Year: 1874

The Atlanta Sun is responsible for
the following:


Several days ago a gentleman in
this city went out in the country fowl
ing, taking with him an experienced
pointer. After hunting some time he
observed the dog come to q sudden
stop, and supposing the dog had
'stood" bird, advanced to shoot it.
But coming nearer he noticed that the
animal was fOaming at the mouth, as
if suffering an attack of hydrophobia.
Under closer observation he discoV-
cred that the dog was the victim of an
enormous snake, which was charming
it and steadily advancing upon its
prey. The dog stood immovable, per-
fectly transfXed. The gentleman
spoke to it, but it gave no heed, so
completely was it under the influence
of the dread charmer. Seeing that
the dog was in the most excruciating
agony, the gentleman raised the gun
and shot the snake dead. Instantly
and simultaneously with the shot and
death of the snake, the dog fell down
perfectly helpless, and to all appear
ance dead. 1t revived after some lit
tie time, but had it not been for some
timely assistance from the master, it
is believed that the poor animal
would have expired with the vicious
reptile of whose charm it was the
victim. The snake in question was a
| blue racer, about four or five feet
long, and was killed near Oglethorpe
park.
Year: 1874

On the recent trial of a man for
horse-sealing, in Bolivar county, it
was pleaded by the counsel that the
accused was not in his right mind
when he did the deed, whereupon
Ex-Governor Clarke continued the
argument thus:


If the prisoner is insane, he
should be sent to Jackson to the
lunatic asylum. If he is a thief, he
should be sent there TO the State
Penitentiary. If he is partly a
thief and partly an idiot, he should
be sent there to the State Legisla-
ture.'


In their uncertainty as to the
place in Jackson he would most
ftly adorn, the jury concluded not
to send him there at all, and brot'
in a verdict of mot guilty.'-Holly
Springs South.
Year: 1874

A Paris letter writer says: Evil
IDENTIFY difficulties are fast closing
in about Us, and every day we have
some fresh cause for rehecting up
on the insecurity of the moment.
The spirit which animated the Com
mune is very far from being crush
ed. The same men are once more
organizing for another attempt, and
Just as they did before in l84S and
1871.
Year: 1874

your bosom should be a prairie of love
and sympathy toward all human be-
ings, and what Will you be a hundred
years from now? 1 shudder to think
of it.


Please, sir, said the white boy.


Please, sir said the black boy.


Well I've got to fine you some a
mount, If I do it with broken heart,
and I'll make it one dollar each. Now,
then, stand back there until your
friends pass up the greenbacks. and
let this be q warning to last you as
long as you live. We're all put into
this world with the expectation that
all viii live together as peacefully as
sardines in a box, and if you are
brought here again 1 may conclude
that you need a stronger dose


Biian said the court stood adjourn
ed, and after ascertaining who threw
them peanut shells on the floor he
proceeded to put one of his boots
where 1t would do the most good, to
the great delight of all the small boys.
Year: 1874

The Alabama river is falling slow
". The damage done is great, and
between Selma and Mobile, a large
cotton area is under water, and the
scarcity of cotton seed will prevent
the replanting of the crop.
Year: 1874




SECTION l. Be 10 ordained By the City Council !
OF the City Of Rock Island, That ali the water
rates of whatsoever nature heretofore established
by the Board of Water Works Commissioners and
not repealed by said Board, hereby ratified and
approved and declared he in full force and that
the same. together with all water rates and assess
ments hereafter passed by the Board Of Water Com
missi0ners regulating fixing the price upon the
of water supplied by said works, or for any 9th
er purpose connected with said works, after being
approved by the tity Council shall be and the
is hereby declared to be a lien upon the premises
and real estate upon or for which the same is used
or supplied.


s2 All water rates shall be due and payable on
the first days OF January and July in each year in
advance.


So The superintendent Of the Rock Island Wa
ter Works is hereby constituted and appointed the
collector of all rates and assessments for said
Water Works. He shall be required, before enter
ing his duties to give bond to the City of Rock
Island in double the amount OF the total sum of wa
ter rates for the previous year, conditioned for the
faithful performance OF his duties in every respect
as city and township collectors are required. He
shall provide himself with suitable books for enter
ing the descriptions Of each lot or tract supplied by
eaid Water Works with water,wiih the name OF the
owner thereof He shall as soon as possible after
the first days of January and July of each year
give notice in the corporation newspaper OF sald
water rates being DUE and at any time, after thirty
days from first davs of January and July respec-
lively the said superintendent may make out list
of ali those lots or tracts upon which said water
rates are due and unpaid with the amount scYerally
due npon each and return said delinquent list ia
the County Collector, who shall at once proceed TO
collect said tax and to publish said delinquent
list in the corporation newspaper for the same time
and in the same way and he shall apply for judg
ment against said property for said rates to the
| same court at any term, in the same manner a;
near may be in all things in case of delinquent
taxes for state, county, township municipal pur
poses, under the general laws for that purpose.
| s4 For failure to pay the water rates assessed
against any lot, If land, within thirty days
from the first days OF January and July respectively
in each year the superintendent Of Water Works i,
fully empowered to shut of the supply of waite
from said lot or tract, and may elect to bring sui
either against the owner thereof in the name of thu
city Of Rock Island for the use OF the Rock ISLAND
Water Works assess the same against said lot o
tract in 3 of this ordinance


5 The superintendent of the Water Work.
shall not receive any fees percentage for collect


ing water rates or assessments aforesaid. but hi
salary shall be deemed in lieu of all compensation
for such services.


Passed Dec. 81, 1873.


Approved BAILEY DAVENPORT. Mayor
Attest: JOHN BARGE Citv Clerk 3d3t
Year: 1874

New York, Jan. AT the conclusion
OF the prayer meeting at the Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn. tonight, the clerk of
the church read communications from the
joint committee of the Church of Pilgrims
Year: 1874

NEW HYDRAsr.-A handsome new by.
drant bas been put up for the spring at tie
corner of Twelfth and Franklin streets Ii,
place Of the old bydrant which formerly
stood near the gate by which the square is en-.
tered from Franklin street.
Year: 1874

MILITARY MEETlNs.-The Board Of Officers
of the First Virginia regiment will meet to.
morrow night to recommend colonel to the
Governor TO ill the vacancy oceasioued By
the resignation of Colonel John q. Sloan.