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Year: 1874

ON the question OF the separation Of she Church
and state the Chilian press, with tho exception Of
two or three ultramontane journals, has declared
for the government. In the Provinces large meet.
ings have been held to express the adhesion OF
the people to the government and Congress.
Year: 1874


THE Plarteville Witness severely
criticises the conduct of J. c.
Squires in connection with railroad
matters. Knowing nothing of the
circumstances we cannot conclude
how much justice is in the complaint
Of the Il'it',ess. Evidently the rail
road trouble win soon come to an
end, and trains be running regular
ly. The Platteville people are like
ly to come out Of the fight with
nothing gained, but much lost du-
ring the stoppage Of trains.
Year: 1874

Tile Chicago Inter- Ocean comes
to us this week as a quarto sheet OF
the size Of the New York Tribune.
The Inter- Oceaa has long been the
best, and is now the largest and
handsomest daily published West
of the Alleghaney's We are tlr-
nishing the weekly edition of this
mammoth paper to TRIBUNE sub
.scribers at the nominal price of one
dollar q year. Call and see sample
copies.
Year: 1874

AOAA INC OClIOlb ETSe LEeSS.


On Sunday morning two farm


ers and their families who were


driving to Maiden to attend
church, when about eight miles


below or east of the town, saw g
ships yawl Cd the lake heading
towards the beach and about half
a mile away. They could plainly
make out man in the stern
sheets steering the beat with an
oar, and, although there were no
vessels in sight, the morning was
SO pleasant and the sea so smooth
that 1t was supposed the man had
put out from shore to pick up
something, and but little atten.
ton was paid TO the yawl. Pass.
ing the same spot on their return
tue men found the yawl hard on
the beach, and the man sitting
stiff aud motiODless in her stern,
llteless, and frozen as hard as a
rock. He sat bols upright
the seat, the oar out behind and
both hands clasping the handle,
and it required hard work to
wrench i, from his death-grip.-
There was about a foot Of water
in the boat, but the craft did not
show rough usage. The mans legs
were almost covered with ice as
far up as his knees &u3 the spray
had dashed over his back and
shoulders i>nG frozen there. There
was no name ON the boat, and the
person who brought the informa-
lion to Windsor yesterday could
not say that amy thing was found
on the person OF the man to re.
veal bis identity nor to shew how
he had been cast adrif'. He
must have been dead al least three
days or more There was neither
sail nor mast to the boat, aud moth
ing in it but one oar, showing
that the poor fellow had not III
tended long trip anywhere, and
that he must have been blown off
the shore lie had used bis oar
to keep before tire wind, and had
frozen to death on his seat, where
he was SO firmly held BY The ice
that it had 80 be broken with
stone before he could be pulled of.
Year: 1874

In an Iowa breach of promise
case the plaintiff swore that the
defendant hugged her every
night for several months, and
Sunday nights until two and
threes o'clock in the morning;
while the defendant swOre that
he did no such thing. The ju-
ry based averdict of 81 DANA
ages on the ground that if he
did hug her, it was worth at
least 81; while if be didn't, he
ought TO be fined at least that
amount for dereliction in not
living up to his privileges.
Year: 1874

An instance Of the tyranny of


men was exhibited at a woman S
rights meeting In Titusville, where
a gentleman entered and told his
wife, one Of the officers of the
meeting, to come quick, ''as the
baby had the collie" She went.
Year: 1874

l hate anything that occupies
more space than it is worth. L
hate to see a load Of bandboxes
go along the street, and / hate
to see a parcel of big words
without anything in them.-
HdzliH.
Year: 1874

In chasing an annoying dog the
other DAY a Portland man ran a.
gainst clothes-line, which wi
dened his mouth and extracted
two teeth without pay, and be
didn't catch the dog either.
Year: 1874

We have been advised by 6
prominent member of the fra
ternity that during the late ep-
idemic in Shreveport and Mem


phis the first to enter and the
last to leave the field Of human
man suffering was the Odd Eel
lows-not a single member of
the benevolent fraternity nor
his family were permitted to
want for anything from the day
the fever broke out until it was
entirely at an end, and like the
widows cruise of oil the boun-
teous providence Of the Order
for their afflicted brethren ran
over-for their were several
thousand dollars returned to the
relief committees of the Order
in various cities Of the Union as
not otneeded by the Lodges in the
ill-fated cities.


The Odd Fellows now num-
her near a half million MEM
bers, ard they distribute to their
own inGigent and distressed
several million Of dollars an
nually, with an exhaGstless fund
to draw from in the event OF
such an epidemic as that of the
two localities mentioned.


Could the people of our South
ern cities find a better insurance
against the distress which these
epidemics entail than is fur
nished by the ODD Fellows with
their half million of members,
each ready to respond alta mo-
warning to the wall Of
distress from the humblest Lodge
in the land? Such evidences Of
human benevolence are well
worthy of public note.
Year: 1874

In this connection il may be remarked that the
Pance and the quick strong play OF
'Mr. Gibbs would deserve some notice were
the bowling and fielding Of their oppo-
to be continued tomorrow and 1t IL to be hoped
the representatives Of the Dominion win then
make better show. The whole game was mon
strously duh. The spectators were much in ex-
cess Of the usual number, amounting on this oc-
casi0n to fully 200 people. The game dragged
its slow length along to such appalling ennttS OF
all present tnat It required the most ardent ad-
mtratiOn of the manly sport and all the bulldog
pluck OF the most during British PATRIOTISM to
stand 1t out.
Year: 1874

A Well Played But spirftless Game Be-


tween tho Mutual and Atlantic Clubs.


There were not more than four hundred
people on the Union Grounds yesterday afternoon
to see the Mutuals play the Atiantics. The game
was played with but six errors-three on either
side-nevertheess but little interest was felt in 1t
as both mines played spiritless game. As viii be
seen by the score tho Mutuals scored in bus two
innings, while the unfortunate Atlantics scored
not ct all Indeed they stood no show at ALL not
getting . man past nrss base but once, and making
but single drst base hit and that even was
questionable. All, however, played we'll The score
ta "a follows -
Year: 1874

President W hite, of Cornell, says that,
as rule, the young women of the Univer-
sity average about ten per cent. better on
the examination papers than the young
men that they raised the average OF con-
science and manliness and decency more
than ten per cent. and that the young Wo-
man who took degree at the last COM
mencement stood easily among the FIRST
8fteen In class of one hundred.
Year: 1874

The following article from the
Nashville Banners correspondent,
writing from Louisville, in relation
to the proposed re-union.of the two
branches of the Methodist church
in the United States, shows that
there are greater obstacles in the
way Of those who desire it, than
mere questions as to church
property, and the prejudices engen-
dered by former discussions and
eontests:-EDs. WIG & TRIBUNE.


"Fraternai relation is evidently
wished for by both parties, while l
do not think that either branch
contemplates organic union. While
it is true that in doctrine they are
a unit, OF nearly so, yet in Church
government they differ very wide
". The Church North Il use the
terms North and South to more
certainly express my ideas) regard
the Episcopacy as an office, while
the Church South regard it as an
order. Many Of the Church North
claim that they have a right to e.
leet Bishop at one session and
displace him at the next, while the
other branch say. Once a bishop al
ways a bishop unless for cause he
should be expelled from the COM
munion. The Southern Church
does not make attendance on class
meetings a test of membership,
while the Northern Church does
In the Northern Church they still
retain the six months probation
feature, which has been discarded
by the VI. E. Church, South 1t is
a condition of NJ. E. Church, that
the applicant for church member
ship shall promise to support aud
maintain the Federal Government,
while no such pledge is required
by the NJ. E. Church, South. In
the annual Conferences Of the
Church, South, there are four lay
delegates from each Presiding Ell
der's district, and in the general
Conference there is an equal num-
Der OF clerical and lay delegates,
while in the Northern Church there
are no lay delegates in their annu-
al Conferences, and only two lay
delegates from each annual Confer
ence in their general Conferences.
In addition to these there are other
minor points of difference in
Church government, from which il
will be seen that there are obsta-
cles in the way of organic union
which are almost insurmountablei
to say nothing of the difficulties
which would grow out of the legs,


lation of a body as large as the two
| general Conferences would be II u


nited. These are some of the mat


ters l hear discussed among the


members of the Conference, and


give them for the consideration o


your readers, trusting that they ma.


not be unacceptable to them"
Year: 1874

We say a great deal which is not
complimentary of hotel clerks
But, after all, we are submissive
enough before them. There is
something in the Office they hold
which has an independent influence
of its 'own that takes us in its mesh
es and holds us unresistingly. Be-
fore him we are subject to his hu-
NOR, abashed by his sternness,
awed by his dignity, amused by his
wit, and entertained by his conver-
satiOn. At his back we dispise
him, jab him with sarcasm, prick
him with satire, and roast him with
burning indignation. In following,
admiration and interest, he is rank
ed by the bartender only. The
presiding genius of the bar stands
at the head. There are no stories
that are relished as are his stories;
there are no Jokes with such pith
and point to them, and which win
such appreciation as his jokes
His going and coming are matters
of engrossing interest TO his admi-
rers. If he buys a new garment it
is closely examined in every par
ticular, and his taste in selecting
it, and his judgement In buying il,
are commended with bated breath
as being but little short, if any, of
the supernatural. If he rips his
bootthe extent of the damage is
subjected to the closest scrutiny,
and he is Obliged to narrate with
strict minuteness where, when, and
how it was done, which he does
with an easy condescension that is
considered phenomenal, and receiv-
ed accordingly. Everything about
his person or pertaining 10 his pos
session has an interest in the eyes
of his admirers that is difficult to
express. We only hope he realizes
and is thankful for his blessings.
Year: 1874

A very peculiar custom is prevh-
lent throughout tho Netherlands,
which is the permanent fixture Of
two upright mirrors, rejecting the
right and left Of The house respect
lively, thus enabling one sitting
near the window to discern, with
out being seen, persons approach
ing the house.
Year: 1874

Reverence is an ennobIIng sen
it is felt to be degrading
only by the vulgar mind which
would escape the sense Of its own
bitterness by elevating itself into
the antagonist of what is above it.
He that has no pleasure in looking
up is not fit to look down; of such
minds are the mannerists in art and
in the world-the tyrants of all
sorts.-Washington Allston.
Year: 1874

The Emperor Alexander of Rus
sia is a very quiet unobtrusive
man. He dislikes noise or hustle.
During the eight days he is to so
iourn in England he will spend
most of his time at Windsor. He
will not devote more than two, or
at furthest three days to London,
and it is his wish to be let alone
as much as possible when he is in
the metropolis.
Year: 1874

A man in Fayette County, penn
read in an almanac that his feet
could be kept warm by lining his
boots with Cayenne pepper. He
don't feel much like walking now,
but says be would like to 6nd the
man that put that in the almanac.
Year: 1874

A peace-loving husband on Shell =
by street, agreed TO give his wife
three dollars u week TO maintain
comparative silence deducting one
cent for each superfuous word she
uttered. This contract was made
two months ago, and now she owes
him enough TO pay the city debit
Memphis Ledger.
Year: 1874

A Careless barber, trimming
Thompson's hair, put him to great
pain and uneasiness. Are you
trimming my left car now?' said
Tom. NO, sir; not till I've done
the right OH 1 thought by
what 1 felt that you were passing
through TO the left ear without
going round.
Year: 1874

When I think of the xast-eapaeities
of the human mind, of Gods nearness
to it and unbounded love towards it,
I am disposed to wonder, not that
revelations have been made, but that
they have not been more variously
vouchsafed to the wants of mankind.
-TFenelon.
Year: 1874

New Orleans Picayune: Some
time ago, when the river was high
and the cutters full of water, an G.
normOus rat, gray with age and fat
as an alderman, crawled out of the
Canal street gutter and rushed into
the store of Messrs, Morrison &
Woodward, bearing in his mouth
something that fluttered about like
piece of paper. He was tired
and bedragg led, and deposited his
burden behind the first box and set
down to rest. One of the gentle
men present made a dash at his rat
ship, and away he went, leaving
behind the article he had brought
in his mouth and which proved to
be a S5 greenback. Whether the
rat intended this as a contribution
to the sufferers by the overflow, or
was. himself moving to avoid. the
encroaching waters we are unable
to say, but certain it is that he has
not yet returned to claim the prop
erty.'
Year: 1874

Dean Ramsay, in his "reminiscences
of Scottish Life and Character, tells
the following story. The answer of
the old woman under examination by
the minister to the question from the
Shorter Catechism, What are the de-
crees of God? could not have been
surpassed by the General Assembly
of the kirk, or even the Synod of bort
Indeed, sir, he kens that best him
self,
Year: 1874

EDITORS WING AND TRIBUNE:


The May term of Circuit Court for


Hardin county has been postponed


until September on account of high


water.


/ We hear from all quarters a gener-
] al cry of hard times; and indeed, the


prospect is anything but encouraging.


It will be a week or ten days before


the farmers on the river can begin to


plow. The oldest men Of the county


generally agree that this has been the


most inauspicious Spring in the his


tory of farming on Tennessee river.


The Birmingham and Jackson rail


road is creating some talk, and the


people are beginning to regard it as


certainty. 1t is generally conceded


that railroads are the necessary ac-


compartments of a high state Eof


prosperity and enlightenment, and


that the greater the business done by
the roads, the greater the benefits re-
sulting from them 10 the country
through which they pass. In look
ing at the map of the United States
we can see at once that the carrying
business of this road will be immense.
For the present at least, the South
must rely upon the Northwest for
breadstuffs, and when this road IS
completed from Pittsburg Landing !
to Birmingham, it wiz be the bearer
of this vast volume of freight, aud |
Pittsburg will be the point of trans
ferring it from the river to the rail-
road by the hundred and one side
wheel steamers that will daily ply the
Tennessee from the cities of the North
and West. But for the slowness of
the human mind to comprehend a
great truth, would expect the prop
erty owners Oh this river to seize the
of contributing to the
constructing of this road as a means
of greatly increasing the value and
utility of their broad bottoms, which
cannot fail as a result of the CONNER
cial activity that would follow the
OF the road.


Some of the citizens of Adamsyille
have attained to the degree of Profess
sor of the art of rolling houses, and
30 successful have they been that
hey had concluded to follow the bus
ness for a ivihood, until recently
change came over the spirit of their ,
lreams. .::ss.IHon. J. W. Purveance of
Purdy, offered twenty-five dollars to
get certain house rolled back a few {
ards, the offer was accepted by D. A.
Hill, p II. Thrasher and Mark Hol- =
nan, and sitter working three days g
hey gave up the job in disgust, and f
lave determined to advertise that c
hey have quit the business of house
olling. '


H. L. Nc Whirter has built a neat ]
.allery in connection with his shop, b
nd is doing some excellent work. =
Persons wishing good pictures will do a
veil to favor him with a sitting, for t
am able to assure them that on all 6
rdinary work he is decidedly the :
'est that has ever looked through a v
ems at Adamsville. I


- II
Year: 1874

a North Carolina judge added
three years to mans sentence be-
cause the fellow hit him on the pate
with a quid of tobacco and called
him sold horse 1t does seem as
if the word freedom had no bust
ness in this country.
Year: 1874

meal or grits go in, aud kept boiling,
/ the longer the better. These are pre-
| parations which nobody but lady


can make rightly, so much refinement


and judgment is needed for their per-
| fection.


More than one person has written
to know what is meant by the term
! coarse food. It is not a word of dis


paragement, but quite the reverse


1t means unbolted flour, grits, oat-


meal, buckwheat, corn, and rye meal.


A very large part of peoples food


consists of -four in some shape, and


this should contain the best Of the


grain. Fine -four is only the starch


of the wheat, which creates fat in
some degree, but does not give


strength. Every kernel consists of


three parts-the hull, which does not


nourish at all, the starch in the cen


ter, which is partly nutritious, and
the gluten, between the two, which
furnishes brain and muscle power
For a weak prejudice in favor of
white bread, half christendom throws
away the best of its wheat. White
bread is really so poor in nourish
ment that children fed largely on it
are sure to be weak and pale, and if
fed wholly with it, they would waste
and starve TO death. But brown flour
is rich in what makes flesh and !
trength-richer, indeed, than any |
other kind of food. BY a new pro- |
cess coming generally into use, the |
hull of wheat is removed before grin
ding, which leaves the valuable part /
for use in various forms. The crush
ed white wheat sold by grOcers is one
of the best articles, as all disagreea-
BILE parts of the grain are left out, and
mhen boiled a long time (speaking
only as gourmands, and without
spark of hygienic enthusiasm), this
breakfast dish
Year: 1874

A terrible explosion recently occurred
at the Standard Oil Works, near the
Forest street crossing of the Atlantic
and Great Western railway, in Cleve-
land Three men were engaged in
drawing crude oil from train of oil
tanks into reservoirs below, by means of
pipes. One of the men went to the top
of the tanks to open the man-hole, when
the gas from the oil ignited from lam
tern the man carried, and exploded with
terrific force. The men were thrown
some distance from the cars, their per-
sons covered with burning oil, and sur
rounded by mass of flame. No help
could reach them, and not until the fire
had abated were their crisped remains
recovered. Six oil-tanks exploded, one
after the other, scattering the burning
oil in every direction. The cover of the
man-hole being off, the seventh car Of
oil burned out without escaping. The
oil-sheds along the railroad track were
destroyed, and it was only through we'll
directed and strenuous efforts of the
fremen and citizens that widespread
confagration was prevented.
Year: 1874

To have the money needlessly spent every
year would give substantial comfort to almost
every person. TO have the money saved by
buying SILVER-TIPPED boots and shoes
would buy each parent every year new pair
of shoes.
Year: 1874

was no laughing matter. Tie committee Is CON-
posed OF positive, determined and sagacious men.
fully as obstinate as the Mayor himself, ana not
less shrewd than the Commissioners whom they
lately deposed. These tentlemen are backed by
two powerful organizations, and what Is more
formidable still by the sentiment OF people
who feel that they have been in GER
tam sense betrayed and outraged. They
apply TO Governor whose every pubic
act and expression indicates his open hostility to
dereict officials. 1t is less than three years ago
that Governor Dix in person headed y committee
which appealed to Governor Hoffman for the aid
OF the State IN securing the removal and pun
ishment OF the Tammany Ring leaders In this city.
Less than TWO years ago In his message he re-
lerred In unequlvocal terms to the criminal negli-
gence OF New York ofciais and congratulated the
state on the punisnment and removal OF q num-
per of them. Later STILL IN removing Winchester
Brtton from the office OF District Attorney OF
Kings county. he expressed his sentiments on this
question.
Year: 1874

Coroner Wotman yesterday continued hts inves-
tigation into the cause OF dea.h Of the unknown
man who was shot in the heart at the corner Of
Re ector and New Church streets on the Fourth.
Two barkeepers-Prederick Holmes and John
Pepper-ol No. Rector street, opposite the place
where the deceased was fOund, were known TO
have been practising In the barroom with pistol
on target during the day. They were arrested
by the police OF the Twenty-seyeBth precinct on
Monday. The pistol with which they were shoot
ing was our-barreIed Smith Wesson, and the
bail used was OF the same size as the one found In
the body. Tbey admitted firing, and thought that
some OF the snots might have gone through the
doorway into the stress. Coroner Woltman ad-
mitted them both in $500 bail
Year: 1874




SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 7, 1874
There is q large innux in this city this evening
OF prominent boating men and others interested
in aquatic matters to witness the rowing match
tomorrow. between Brown, OF Halifax, and
Scharfr, OF Pittsburg. The race will be pulled
ON the Connecticut between four and five in the
afternoon, distance i've miles, and for purse Of
$4,000 in gold and the aquatic championship Of
America. Both contestants have been here in
practice upwards OF a week, and they announce
that they are in laultess condition and Will make
unprecedented time in getting over the course


POOL SELLING


has been lively all the afternoon and evening.
Brown being the favorite all the while. This even
ing Scharn,s stock took an upward turn and sold
the rate Of about 40 to SO for Brown. Later the
hackers OF Brown refused to give odds, aud
ScBarf1s friends at the same time refused to bet
even. The lack OF faith In the PittsOurg
oarsman is chiefly on account OF his failure in the
contest with Ten Eyck at Poughkeepsle few
days ago. His friends, however, believe In his
ability to vanqush the Nova Scotia lad, and Will
risk Hberaliy on their opinion. At all events, the
race will be an exciting and interesting one.