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Year: 1874

CINCINNATI, Aug. 6.-Mr. Holmes.
the engineer OF the steamer Pat Rogers,
burned at Aurora, arrived at Cincin-
natl on the noon train, and was inter
viewed by a Cincinnati reporter. He
gives the following account of the
burning:


''It was just about six O'Clock, when
Just opposite Laughery creek, that
flows into the Ohio river two miles be-
low Aurora, that l noticed bright
light among some bales of cotton in the
after part of the boat. / hastened to
the spot and found the cotton to be
burning rapidly, and beyond any pos
sibility of Immediately extinguishing
it. | fastened TO the hurricane deck
and gave the alarm to the pilot that
the boat was burning, and told him to
run ashore. The pilot at once turned
the boats head to shore, and immedi-
atcly che became unnanageable. The
pilot states that he could turn the
wheel, but the steamer would not an
swer to her helm. He thinks that the
tiller rope had been cut. From this
fact 1t is thought the fire was the work
of an incendiary. Another theory is
that one Of the deck passengers while
while smoking dropped sparks from
his pipe into the cotton.


"When the boat became unmanage-
able she drifted on to a sand bar, and
there grounded. The flames instead OF
spreading along the lower deck at once
shot up to the cabin and pilot house,
then swept across the hurricane deck.
The passengers were all aroused and
boats lowered. and many were carried
to the shore, but others in their fright
jumped into the water, and those who
were not drowned reached safe land
ing place after drifting long time with
the current. There were nearly hun
dred people on board, but what propor-
tiOn of this number were actually lost
is not known at this time, as many re-
ported missing have been seen by some
on shore after the disaster"
Year: 1874

Truth is always consistent with itself,
and needs nothing to help it out; it is
always near at hand, sits upon our lips,
and is ready to drop out before we are
aware; a lie Is troublesome, and sets a
mans invention upon the rack, and
one trick needs a great many more to
make it good. 1t Is like building upon
a false foundation, which continually
stands in need Of props to shore 1t up,
and proves at last more chargeable than
to have raised substantial building at
first upon true and solid foundation.
Il Addison.
Year: 1874

A Worcester boy was engaged in
nocturnal cherry-.tealing a short time
ago, and was observed by the owner Of
the fruit, who, unnoticed by the young
robber, placed large stuffed deg at
the foot of the tree and retiredto watch
the result of the strategy. The boy de-
scending observed the dog, and then
the fun commenced: hecoaxed, threat-
ened unavailingly, the animal never


moving, and finally the youth accept
ing the inevitable, settled down to
passing the night in the tree. After
somt hours had passed YEARLY enough
to the lad, morning dawned, and the
proprietor of the tree coming from the
house, asked him how he came. to be
in the tree, to which the boy answered
that he took it to save himself from
the dog, who had chased him quite q
distance. Itisn't healthy for a smaller
boy to say stuffed dog to that youth
now.
Year: 1874




Will vote for license, believing that the
traffic can be- better controlled and in
temperance more restrained under it
than without it. Suppose this be true,
what will be the result? Will these
good temperance men be in sufficient
numbers in the General Assembly to
determine tho character OF the license
laws that shall be passed? Or will they
rather be tail to the great license
kite? They will have assisted to catch
the wolf, will they have power to con-
troll him? They will have aided to
raise the storm, will they rave strength
to direct it? They will have coltribu-
ted to have called the spirits from the
vastly deep, will they go down at their
bidding? / fear not. Ifear that those
who are most deeply anxious for the
enactment of license laws are least anx-
ious for the restraints OF intemperance,
and will rather frame them for the pro-
lection of their trade and the augmen-
tatiOn of its emoluments than to secure
the spread of morality, the growth of
temperance and the happiness and
safety of home, hearth and household
gods. Sincere as are these good tenn
p.rance people, 1 fear they have not re-
tlected on these consequences and con-
templated the Insignificant part they
will play In framing the legislation
that is to enforce the provisions of this
license clause. The one hundred and
fifty million dollars of capital invested
in the traffic, the thirty or forty thou
sand persons engaged in carrying 1t on,
the mighty army of retainers which
tremple at their froYn and do their
Year: 1874

It is now rumorsd from Washington
that after getting handsomely rid Of bis
party BY the vote Of the people. tbe
President now proposes. Of bis own mo-
tion. to get rid Of his Cabinet. As be
never selected his advisers with any re-
ference to their hold upon anybody or
anything but himself, such an operation
would merely indicate that the Presi.
dent is beginning to feel rather uncom-
Portable in bis seat. He il not . day
too soon shout il. But be is very like
y to lind that he is several days too
lste. A man cannot improve bis mind
BY the simple process Of changing bis
boots IN p World
Year: 1874

We copy from the New York Herald
the financial views Of southern man, as
given to the correspondent of that paper
The article, if it represents the view gen
orally entertained in the southern and
western sections of the country, is well
calculated to excite alarm And whether
or not it represents the general view, is OF
comparatively slight Importance, if that
sentiment is sufficient TO control the votes
OF those sections of the country The idea
is full of peril of Aareatenings and danger
to the Atlantic states.


Often during the war of 1861, and the
events which preceded it we had occasion
to say that the north and the south were
not the only sections of our vast country
OF diverse productions and interests. be-
tween which irritating ana bitter questions
were likely to arise; that agitation and
tanaticsm had lashed the people of the
north into fury about slavery-a question
that easily admitted of a peaceful solution
while lying dormant were matters vet
to arise, possessing a thousand times its
capacity for disturbance, danger and even
war. One OF these, the question of the
dollar, is already looming up black rs a
thunder cloud. 1t is the old issue between
riches and poverty-between the man who
rides in his carriage and fares sumptuous-
" every day. and gaunt. hungry and des-
perate poverty that Scowls at him from
the mud Of the street The debtors of the
south and west with tect on their Slvan-
nahS and praireS, say through their rep
resentatyeS in Congress, we are tired of
our money slavery to the east, and will
shak, of our bonds What agitation did
for the personal hondmca of the south, it
shall do for us the vaSsals TO the capital
lords of the east Through legislation we
will have qnasi-agrianism, and divide the
wealth of the land We have the votes In
Congress, and western President and
can do it,


Remembering the result Of the war with
the South and the effect upon the property
of the South what answer can we make
to this =?
Year: 1874

the eastern and northern shores of the lake, and many square miles of valuable lands still occupied by the farmers will be completely inundated should the water rise but 8 few inches above the level of the past five years. A, monument has been recently placed near the shore of the lake to indicate the fluctuations of it's level. This will be watched with great interest for the next few years.
Year: 1874

The Bingham Canyon Railroad, in
Utah, cost only $141 per mile. The Salt
Lake Tribune says that it is the cheapest
railroad ever built in any country, and
demonstrates the fact that the great min
eral resources of Utah can be developed
in an extraordinarily short time, by reason
of their ability to build railroads at a cost
but little above that of any ordinary wag-
on road.
Year: 1874

How sad to disentomb Egyptian


and Assyrian monuments, and gaze
on endless trains of miserable captives
and insulting conquerors, and to see
events writing similar subjects for
history even now. Is this all? If
the thought of Cod comes, there Is
some security of progress, some hope
even of retreval. With all the mys-
terry there is not despair. The past
is not utterly past. The ruin of ma
tons become like the strata which are
platforms for q new world. Take Il.
way our hope in God, and history be-
comes a sea of tumultuous blllcws,
dark and shoreless nations only rising
to fall; A.; great souls shooting across the
horizon like dying meteora and al
the spiritual longings of the past are
written down but to tell us OF the
vanity of our efforts. We could beal
to study history only as we forget al


the higher ends it might serve as 9
school Of training for an lmmorta
state, as the steps ola Divine Archi


tect through the broken scaffoldinG
and scattered stone work upward to &
finished structure. Tho very glimpse
of this is reviving, but to give it up at
once, Architect and end, and see hui


man hearts torn and bleeding, with nc
abiding result, this surely would. fill g
thoughtful mind with pain. The more
Of such history, the more ofsorow.
Year: 1874

A young man of this city, being at
an up river town a few days ago, took
a skiff to row to the next town down
stream. About the time he put out
he noticed man and woman in a SIM
liar boat on the opposite side of the
Ohio, the man pulling with all his
might down stream. The Evansville
youth did not want to be beaten by a
man who had load while he had an
empty skiff so he bent himself to his
work with great energy. Row as
hard as he might the oarsman on the
other side kept ahead Of him, until
the young man made up his mind there
was something wrong with the current
and he tried to cross.


This seemed to give additional energy
to the other oarsman, whose 'feathered
oar was piled with such will that he
gained sensibly, and our Evansviller
dropped back, but still kept the couple
in sight.


After q days row the single oars
man stopped at town, rested and dld
such business as he found, and tool
the next steamer for home, On the
way down the steamer was hailed, an!
the couple from the skiff got aboard.
The young man, after a short time
approached the champion oarsman and
remarked: "Well, you beat me, didn't
you; but tried hard to get ahead.


"Thunderation.' exclaimed the
man. "Was that you pul'in' after
us. tho't it was Lies dad, an !
Jest lit in with all my might, butts its
no use now; we's married for good
now, stranger, an [ wouldn t row
that hard even if the old man was to
heave in sight. '-Evanscille Joumol
Year: 1874

II think it must be almost time for
him to come now y


Gertrude Fisher glanced up at the
olool, tinny mother-of-pearl. dial,
resting in a tangled mass of gilded
wheat and ivy leaves, beneath an
elaborate glass shade the hour hand
was fast verging on the figure eight
when Gertrude siged softly to herself,
and no more took up the bit of deli
cate needle work with which she was
occupying herself


Gertrude was tall, noble looking
girl, with Jet black hair brushed plain
ly back from her clear, pale face, and
features pure and motionless as those
Of a classic statue. Her dress was of
rich wine colored silk, but very simple ;
and the garnet ornaments that she
wore, set in heavy Etruscan gold,
seemed peculiarly adapted to her
style of beauty.


All the fittings and appointments of
the room around her were elegant and
luxurious, betokening the refnements
of wealth. The carpet was Of soft
pearl gray, with white buds strewn
over it, delicately shaded into crimson,
the walls were gray, panneled with
gold and the furniture was of darkly
veined rosewood, upholstered with
gray velvet: while the pictures, hang
ing from gilded rod which run
around the inner edge of the corncie,
the statuetts on their carved brackets,
and the alabaster vases, filled with
rare trailing ferns and hothouse bios
SONS, where selected with the utmost
taste and care. For Gertrude Fisher
was an heiress, and she had learned
the best and truest way of enjoying
wealth.


The time seemed to pass away very
slowly as she sat there, listening to
the silver tick of the clock, and an
occasional fall of a glowing cinder
from the CRATE into the polished fend-
er below, and waiting anxiously for her
engaged lover to make his appear
ance.


'He is not often so late, as this" )"
thought Gertrude, drawing out her
little jeweled watch, and comparing
it with the clock, with a sort of an ac-
knowledged hope that the mother-of-
pearl dial was too fast But no; the
two timepieces Tailed exactly, and Ger
trude had no refuge but to sight again,
and blame herself for being too partic-
ular. "Of course I cannot expect him
to measure time by the second" she
said. But nevertheless she did feel a
little disappointed Il wonder where
Cecile is," mused Gertrude. Gwen
her merry, unreasoning chat would be
better than this dead silence and lone
illness. 1 suppose she has gone up to
her room for the night"


But Cecile Moore had not gone up
Year: 1874

BOYS Do YoU HEAR THAT.--A
New Orleans paper tells of printer
who, when his fellow workmen went
out to drink beer, during the work
ing hours, put in the bank the exact
amount which he would have spent if
he had gone out to drink. He kept
to this resolution for five years. He
then examined his bank account and
found that he had on deposit S521.9 81.
In the five years he had not lost day
from i'll health. Three out Of five OF
his fellow workmen had, in the mean
time, become drunkards, were worth
less as workmen, and were discharged.
The water drinker then bought out the
printing office, went on enlarging his
business, and in twenty years from the
time he began to put by his money
was worth Sl00,000 The story,
whether new or old, teaches a lesson
which every boy and young man
should lay to heart.
Year: 1874

ne next week, reprinted from it
;suc of June 27, 1926 ):
Meeting of the Three Friends.
Once more welcome, dearest friends,
Here at last our wandering ends,
And though Hope did oft depart,
Oft though Sorrow sped its dart,
Let our grief no more remain,
Since we three now meet again.
Though remote we long have been,
Many toisome day have seen,
Though the burning zone we traced,
Or the polar earth embraced


We have sweets from Friendship caught
Often on each other thought.
Let us seek that cool retreat,
Where we three oft used to meet;
Where beneath it's spreading shade
We have oft together strayed.
And where last with anguished heart,
We sadly tore ourselves apart.
All how altered is the bower
Where we first felt Friendships power
How has Time with ruthless blow,
Laid its vigorous beauties low
Naught but this lone pine remains,
And itsruthess arm sustains.
Are We then that youthful three,
Who reclined beneath this tree,
Then with yerdant foliage crowned,
Now with moss and ivy bound
Not more altered is this pine
Than our looks by wasting Time
Every feature then was fair,
Nor was grief depicted there
Then our sparkling eyes did glow,
Then our cheeks with health did flow;
Then these lamps of Life were bright,
Now they spread glimmering light.
But though mortal strength decay,
Though our beauties waste away;
Though our languid eyes are blear,
And the frosts of age appear;
Still our Friendship bright shall bloom
Far beyond the closing tomb.
Year: 1874

IN PRoBATE--MANITOwoc COUNTY


In the matter of the estate Of John E
Cronin, deceased.


On reading and fling the petition Of Peter
Mulholiand, setting forth the amount o. per-
sonal estate that has come to bis hands and
the disposition thereof-the amount Of debts
outstan1i ling against said deceased, and q
description Of all the real estate Of which
said deceased died seized, and the condition
and value of the respective portions thereof;
and praying tina. license be TO him granted
TO sell all of the real estate Of said deceased, |,
and il appearing by said petition, that there
is not sufficient personal estate in the hands
of said Administrator to pay said debts, ard
that it Is necessary in order To pay the sans,
TO sell the whole Of said real estate il is
therefore ordered that all persons interested
in said estate appear before the Judge of this
Court, on Mon lay the 18Th day of April. A .
b. 1874, at 10 o'clock A NJ at the Office of
the County Judge in the City of Manitowoe
IN said county. then and there to show cause
(if any there be why license should not be
granted to said Administrator to sell said
real estate according to the prayer Of sad
petition. And il is further ordered, that
copy Of this order shall be publshed for four
successive weeks prior to said day Of hearing,
in the Manitsvoc PILoT d weekly newspaper
printed and published at Maaitowoc in said
county. and personally served on all persons
interested in said estate, residing in said
county, ct least fourteen days before said
day Of hearing By the Court


Dated at Manitowoc, the 10th day of March
A. D., 1874.


sl3-4t t G. 0LNsrKp, County Judge
Year: 1874

Competition is only open to inhabi- tants of this town. The seed must in all cases be purchased of us. Competitors for the Potato prizes must give date of order for seed. date of planting. date of digging, mode of culture, kind and quan- tity of fertilizers-weight of crop when dug-which must be witnessed and certi- fled to by an indifferent person.

 It is not allowed to buy more than one Pound of seed and select the pound from the whole.

 The prizes must De exhibited at the County Fair, and in the case of the As- ters the award of the Committee on Flow CTS will be accepted by us and the Pre- miums paid from that award.

 For further particulars inquire of
Year: 1874

The father of the Secretary, who sat
in Congress with me, and whom ]
knew well, had the reputation of being
the honestest man in Kentucky. be-
lieve the son has inherited this good
quality. At any rate, such is his rep
utation; and his frank, open, honest
face carries the evidence of it. am
satisfied that the President had his
reputation for integrity and for ster-
ling common sense in view when he
made his selection of him for the most
important place in the Government.
L don't think that he is welded to any
particular scheme or theory, but that
he will patiently hear persons on all
sides of the vexed question, and will
then, after mature reflection, digest
and announce consistent and COM
prehensive plan Of national finance
[ Letter to H. Bowlby Wilson, of New
York.
Year: 1874

Everybody is wondering why the BAZAAR
Is selling their goods SO cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and Sum
mer goods to make room for the immense
stock of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

ARE our Democratic friends making
arrangements to get out our vote on Tues
day next? If one hundred Democrats
remain away from the polls it may de-
feat one or more of our county ticket
Talk to your neighbors of the Importance
of getting out our entire vote. Have
them bring teams to the polls, and go fol
all not present by A o'clock.
Year: 1874

Will the Times arithmetic man be good
enough to glance along the political ledg-
er for 1874, and face up the balance in
favor Of the Democracy TO date ? In the
following States it will be observed, the
balance Of votes has been transferred
from the credit of the Republicans
to the credit of the Democrats since
1872:
Year: 1874

See that you have teams ready on the
dayiof election, to bring the sick, the
lame, and the laggard. Make your ar
rangements in time to bring out every
possible vote. Thus make success not
only sure, but roll up rousing majority,
Year: 1874

CARELESS TRicK--A newspaper, in
telling how q little boy got drowned.
while in swimming, says that after wad-
ing about for some time be stepped of
over his head. Now that was a care
less thing to do. Little boys should DO
very careful not to step over their heads,
for even il they do not get drowned, they
may break leg.
Year: 1874

Changers. do you want motto! Take
this oIe; cut it out and paste it up
where the whole family will read it ten
times day:


at is not birth, nor rank, nor state,


But the git upand git that makes men great "


A jockey was once trying to sell us a
fast horse, and he set forth his merits
in his own picturesque vernacular, thus
"Sir." said he, "that horse will Just
stand right up on his hind legs and
howl" We assured him that however
beautiful such a trait might be, we
could not see that it added anything to
the pecuniary value of the animal. But
with men it is different. We like to
see man who when he has anything to
do does it; who has, the get up and get;
and who, when some extraordinary oo-
casion demands it, will just get right up
en- his hind legs and howl.
Year: 1874




Grange.


The ULTIMATE OBJECT OF THIS ORG ANIzA-
T1oN Is FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION AND PRO-
lection.


Human happiness is the acme of earthly
ambition. Individual happiness depends
upon GENERAL PROSPERITY


From the address of the Master of the
National Grange, Master Adams of Iowa, de-
livered at the last National Grange meeting
at St Louis, January, 1874:


"Article xii. also demands most serious
consideration to definitely decide what in
depreciation shall be put upon the word
political" l am gratifed that our members
are substantially unit in the opinion that
the Order should not in any sense become a
political party. But at the same time, there
are questions most fundamentally affecting
our material interests (which can only be
reached through legisLatiou.-H seems I'M
PERArIvE that such questions should BE dis
cussed in tie Grange. Shall it be said that
of the Constitution? The questions Of
TRANSPORTATION, TAXATION, FINANCE, COR
RUPTIoN IN PUBLIC PLACES, acere such as come
home to the cOnScienceS and pockets of our
members, and they wish to know whether
they will be denied the privilege of can
vassing them on the ground Of politics"


To this suggestion the National
Grange replied as follows in their


NATIONAL PLATFORM.


"We emphatically and sincerely assert the
oft repeated truth taught in our organic law,
that the Grange, National, State or Subor-
dinate, is not political or party organiza-
ton. No Grange, is true to its obligations,
can discuss political or religious questions,
nor call political conventions, nor nominate
candidates, nor even discuss their merits in
its meetings. III


Yet the PRINCIPLES WE TEACH UNDERLIR ALL
TRUE POLITICS, ALL True STATIsMANsHIP, and
if properly carried out will tend to purify the
whole political atmosphere of our country
For we seek the greatest good to the greatest
number


We must always bear in mind that NO one,
by becoming Patron of Husbandry, gives
up that inalienable right and duty which be-
longs to every American citizen, to take q
proper interest in the politics Of his country"
"We propose meeting together, TALKING
TOGETHER, and generally ACTING TOGETH-
Err, for our mutual protection and advance
ment."


"We are opposed to any such spirit and
management Of any corporation or enter
prise as tend to oppress the people and rob
them Of their Just proits'
eve are opposed to excessive salaries and
high rates Of interest"
Year: 1874

The sudden and brilliant fortunes
made by Western speculation will cease.
Wealth must be won by slow and pa
tient industry, and great caution and
judgment. We doubt, if this year, we
have the annual autumn stringency or
panic, because of the accumulation of
capital here on account Of the dread of
the Granger movements. In time, of
course. this ease Of the market and ac-
cumulation of money here will lead to
speculation again, but for many years,
in our opinion, the Changers will have
brought certain calm to the fevered
speculations of our Eastern capitalists.
The East will now show a more regular
and measured growth.-N Y. Times.