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Year: 1874




Despite all expectations and promises to
the contrary the Louisiana bill still drags
its slow length along through the Senate
debates. Yesterday Mr.. Merrimon finished
q speech on the subject begun the day be-
fore. 1t ls also stated that Mr.. Carpenter
has little more shot to pour in as a part
ing salute when the bill again comes to the
surface, which it is expected will be on
Monday or Tuesday. The scheme for
new election in Louisiana was abandoned
months ago. What few friends it then had
have either changed their minds, as a gen
eral thing, or else have become very luke
warm. At this hour it seems little better
than the extent of folly to talk of holding q
special election in that State any time
previous to the regular election
there. If any real good were to come
out OF its long and tedious discussion, that
wOuld be sufficient excuse for its contin-
uance even still longer, but it looks very
much like a useless stirring up OF bad blood.
After the experience of this past winter in
the Southern States, the opinion throughout
the South must have become general that
federal Intervention in their troubles will
no longer be permitted, whatever may have
been necessary heretofore; that the South
must settle it's own internal troubles before
its own tribunals, and work out its own
political salvation. Ii the Louisians debate
has done anything to enforce this idea. il
has not been in vain--AHoHg EeeuiES
Z0Mrn0l.
Year: 1874

Already the fight has commenced in
the Lower House Of Congress over the
financial difficulties into which Radical
legislation has sunk the country. Judge
Kelley yesterday found convert to his
3-6S bond policy in Gen. D. F. Butler,
who made flaming speech in advocacy
OF the measure; and was listened TO
with marked attention; the members Of
both political parties gathering around
him, to the evident delight of the cock
eye, who no doubt entertained for q few
moments the idea that he was soon
ngain to be the champion of a. large
party.


But unfortunately for this happy
thought. Mr.. Garfield, Of Buffers once
cherished party. let fall upon him and
and his ideal project shower of sar-
easm and vindictive rhetoric that must
have made the old veteran feel that the


bottling' process begun by Grant was
never to coase. Mr.. Dawes embraced
the opportunity to urge on the discus
sion, and we hope the Democratic mem.
bers will, at least for a while, stand
aioof, that the Radicals may have full
sway SO that every proposition they can
mako may be ventilated and the whole
question fully sifted.
Year: 1874

The above question has been pro-
pounded to us with regard to the defal-
cation Of the late Republican City Treas
urerp But we cannot answer it. 1t is
inore than q year since the Council en-
ployed an expert to ascertain the exact
amount Of the defalcation; and if we
remember rightly two reports were made.
One put the defalcation at about $4,000
bat subsequently mistakes were pointed
out in the work of the capert and the
amount reduced to about $4,000. But
this was disputed. and another expert, O
man from abroad, was brought here to
make another examination. This gentle
man demanded pay in advance, and not
getting it he resolved not to perform the
service asked of him. And thus the
matter stands. If the Council has faith
in the calculations and deductions of
its late expert why does it not collect the
money that is due the city from the Sc
curities Of the late Republican City
Treasurer? Certainly Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Pickels did not mean to pay 5000 n
month for examining the books OF the
late Republican City Treasurer and not
collect the money of which the city was
deprived by the malfeasancc of an officer
OF their own selection. These gentle
men both have good business reputa-
tionsj they were the movers in tho mat
ter. and they owe some explanation to
the citizens ms to their dilitoriness in
not collecting the money due the city.
Year: 1874

The Wheeling Standard says there are about
two thousand hogs 10 Wheeling, who are edu-
Gated enough to lay in the shiny cutters all
day, and then rub OF the contents on clothes
Of pedestrians in the evening.
Year: 1874

The low chatelaine braid makes q warm
coiffure, and is losing favor as summer
advances, though it Is not abandoned by
those who find it becoming. The hair is
again combed up from the nape of the
neck and for general, allday wear, is ar
ranged in braids. not coiled, but placed in
oblong rows that reach very forward to a
crown braid, cover the top of the head,
and descend almost to point behind,
though not low enough to be called
chatelaine. For dark hair the front is
scalloped in fine waves, pasted fatty and
low on each side of the forehead, and
these waves are glued in position by BAN
doline, which defies heat and perspiration.
To arrange this the hair is first brushed
smoothly back from the temples, and the
waves are scalloped out by the comb, and
brushed over with bandoline. This fash
ion, however, does not suit light hair,
which should be free from all cosmetics,
and loosely combed together, not fatty
smooth, as if vanished, nor yet fiufdly
frizzled, as formerly, but thick, straight
and natural-looking. Full-dress coiffures
are entirely of finger puffs, covering the
head from the forehead to the nape Of the
neck, and having two dropping curls,
thick, vet loose and light, and only six
inches long when curled. Young misses
and schoolgirls part their hair on one
side, comb it all back together. plait it in
a single braid, and tie it up in long hang
ing loop. These are the directions given
by fashionable hair-dressers; but ladies
who dress their own hair find out what is
most becoming to their faces, and "do"
their hair accordingly, making variety
and indeDendeuce in the matter Of ccif.
fures. For instance, those who have not
burned or frizzed off their front locks. or
made themselves bald by wearing too
much false hair on top of their heads, now
display beautiful white parts, thickly set,
and reaching from forehead to crown;
and this parting need not be in the middle
but on one side, if more becoming, as this
fashion is now often seen on stately gray
haired ladies, and is no longer considered
fast. The front hair is then drawn low
and close to the head just behind the ears.
and may be almost smooth, or else in
succession of loose, natural looking waves
made by doing up all the hair of each sido
on single large hair-pin over night. r.
regular and fanciful locks of hair, curved
forward, are arranged to suit each face,
whether it be to conceal bare temples,
lower high point in the middle Of the
forehead, or hide square corners where
the hair has been burned by frizzing irons.
Hair grown too low on the back of the
neck is frizzed into short curls. Any coif-
fure, to be in good taste (and as It now
happens TO be stylish as welD must be
dressed close to the head, preserving the
natural outline, and adding as little as
possible to its size.-Boston Globe.
Year: 1874

To THOSE Who DRAW NcTEs.--A
man drew note promising to pay ona
hundred dollars. He used the printed
form and did not close up the blank de-
voted to dollars, and after passing it ~
negotiable paper, somebody inserted
sand tiftyn after the one hundred and
before the printed word dollars. The
note, thus altered, gos into the hands
of an innocent party, who presented Il
to the drawer, and the Supreme Court
decided that the maker Of the note was
liable for its face, because through neg
ligence he did not draw q line between
the written words and dollars Any
testimony that the drawer might efItr
to establish the fact that he gave tAo
note for one hundred dollars must 60
for nothing, as .'there was nothing on
the face of the note to show that II had
been altered" Evidence OF an altesa-
tion on the face OF q note would haze
changed the case. let this bea lezon
TO all drawers ofpromissory notes. No
one can be too careful In such matters.


Baltimore News.
Year: 1874

that the world will be something's
trifie only it may be-better for his
having lived i'll it. At all events he
won't be with US long, and every
young man who has an ambition to
figure in public affairs should try to
find some opportunity to see and talk
with Aleck Stevens before he fades
away and before there is nothing left
of him to talk 10. He is a rare relic,


and he delights to talk to young men.
Year: 1874

We die not all; for our deeds remain
To crown with honor or mar with stain;
Through endless sequences Of years %


eemc.
Our lives shall speak, when our lips are


dumb.


What though We perish. unknown 10 fame,
Our tomb forgotten, and lost our name,
Since nauSht is wasted in heaven or earth,
And nothing dies TO which God gives birth.
Though life be joyI.ss, and death be cold,
And pleasure pail as the world grows old,
Yet God has granted our hearts relief,
For Love and Labor can conquer grief.
Love sheds light on the gloomy way,
And Labor hurries the weary day;
Though death be fearfSl and life be hard,
Yet Love and Labor shall win reward.
If Love can dry up - single tear,
II lifelong Labor avail TO clear
A single web from before the true,
Then Love and Labor have won their due.
What though we mourn, we can comfort


pain;


What # we die. so the truth be plain;
A little spark from a high desire
Shall kindle others. and grow fire.
We are not worthy 10 work the whole;
We have no strength which may save 4


soul;
Enough for us il our life begin
Successful struggle with grief and sin.
Labor is mortal, and fades away,
But Love shall triumph In perfect day;
Labor may wither beneath the sod,
But Love lives ever, for Love l. God.


Chamber Journal.
Year: 1874

A SCENE IN THE STAR CHAMBER.


The Ball Room is mighty cham
Der, admirably fitted for the dance, with
even a rocky gallery, in which an or
chestra has, from time to time, been
placed, when gay parties from Louis
vile and other neighboring cities have
engaged in festivities with music and
torches. A short distance beyond looms
up huge mass of rock known as the
Giants Cofiia. Passing the deserted
chamber, the Wooden Bowl Cave"
where oxide of iron and lime are sprin-
kled on the floor, and crossing the
+" Bridge of Sighs," we came at last to
the Star Chamber


Here our guide had prepared genu-
inc surprise for US. Mysteriously COM
manding us to be seated in dark corn
er, he suddenly seized the lights, and
saying that he would return to find us
on the morrow, withdrew. We heard
his sonorous voice echoing along the gal
lerIes as he hurried back over the path
way. and while we were yet wondering
what was the object of this sudden ma
n@vre, we saw above US twinkling stars,
and seemed to catch glimpse Of the
blue sky from which we had thought
ourselves shut out by the solid rock. In
deed, SO strange wasfthe illusion, that
we fancied we could feel the fresh air
blowing upon us, and, for few mo-
ments, imagined that the guide had con-
veyed us by some roundabout way to the
mouth of the cave, and then had hastily
LEFT us, that we might enjoy our surprise.
But presently we heard his voice, con-
Tossing the cheat he had practised upon
US. The dark ceiling of the Star Cham
Der is covered with myriad sparkling in
crustations which resemble the stars, and
the artful guide, by careful display of
his lamps and the use of Bengal lights,
had produced a magical effect. The
ceiling which was not more than forty
feet from our heads, had seemed remote
as the heavens. 1t was like the early
dawn, when the stars seem no longer to
belong in the sky, and when they are
gradually fading away. The guide, in
the distance, initiated to perfection the
growing of the morning cock, and then
burst into loud laughter as, removing
the lamps, be took away with them the
deceit, and returned to us.--Scribncr's.
Year: 1874

One of the advantages of being " pas
put in a word of good motherly advice
to the other sex. So I'll begin at once,
and say to any single gentleman reader
who chooses to listen-don't stay too late
when you go to spend quiet evening
with young lady. 1t is not fair; il is
short.sighted, and is pretty sure to wear
out welcome. Even if the poor thing
is eventually to allow you to stop until
death doth part, this is no reason why
you should bestow too much of your te-
diousness upon her at the outset. When
she really wishes your visits to be long
er, you'll know it; even then be chary
of the moments after eleven. At any
rate, don't suffer yourself to be misled
by th e usual commonplace forms of de-
tention that, in nine cases out of ten,
arise from sudden consciousness on the
lady's part that she may have been be-
traying her weariness rather too plainly.


1t won't hurt you at all to be longed
for after you are gone but beware of
ever causing girl to give sigh of re-
lief when the hall door closes after you.
There is sandman for the parlor as
we'll as or the nursery and after GER
tain hour, except in special cases, when
ever he finds the eyes too we'll drilled to
succumb to his attacks, he sprinkles his
sand around the hearth. After that,
your best efforts to please are wasted.
Every word will CRATE, every winning at.
tempt be met only with the silicate of
emotion.


/ know all about it. I've received
young gentleman visitors in my day
yes, and enjoyed receiving them, if ever


a girl did. I'd think all day that per


haps John, for instance, might come, in
the evening and on these occasions I've


come down to tea with rosebud in my


hair, and happy futter in my heart
! Yes, and I've started at the knock at the


front door, and when at last he came in


smiling and bowing, I've looked just al


if didn't care single bit. There wer,


others, too not Johns by any means


but friends who were always welcome
and whom it was right pleasant to see
But that did not make null and void al
somnifc law it didn't make father an,
mother willing that the house should b
J kept open till midnight; it didn't max


it desirable that / should feel rebuk
in everybody's " Good mornlng!" whel
with throbbing head, came down late


to breakfast. No, you may be sure
/, didn't.


!, Therefore l have learnt to honor thss


who knew it was time to go when hal
e past ten came; while those who didn'
n know were the bane of my existence.
a So, dear single gentleman, whoeve


and wherever You are, the next time yo
e go out to spend quiet evening with
. lady, remember my words. Young girl
, are human they require rest and sleep
they are amenable to the benefits of dc
l mestic system and order they have


precious heritage of strength, health an
good looks to guard.


r Don't go too late. and don't go b


inches. Goodbye" is the flower of
!, welcome If you wish it to retain ii
/, armona, the few leaves it sheds the BET
a ter.
Year: 1874

The quaintest thing of late is baby
talk. A little girl, seeing a dog scratch
ing to be let in at an opposite door,
promptly knocked at the window and
called out, " Ing bell. doggy iug e
hell"
Year: 1874

In his late speech delivered at Atlanta
Geo Gen B. F. Hill pays this tribute to
the characte. of Robert L. Lee:


"When the future historian comes to
survey the character Of Lee, he will find
it rising like huge mountain above the
unduatng plain Of humanity, and he will
have to lift his eyes high towards heaven
to catch his summit He possessed eve
ry virtue Of the other great commanders
without their vices. He was foe with
out hate, friend without treachery, a
soldier without cruelty, and victim with
out murmuring. He was pubic officer
without vices, private citizen without
wrong, christian without hypocrisy,
and man without guile He was C@
sar without his ambition, Frederick with
out his tyranny. Napoleon without his
selfshness, and Washington without his
reward He was obedicnt to authority
as true king. He was gentle as wo
man in lifo, m odest and pnrn as virgin
in thought, watchful as a Roman vestal
in duty, Submissive to law as Socrates,
and grand in battle as Archilles.'
Year: 1874

A meeting Of the State Press Associa.
ton is suggested at Little Rock some
time soon. We think such meeting
necessary, and favor it as soon as posi-
BILE. cay about the lst Of May. The cut
throat business pursued by some of the
press Of the State should be stopped il
possible. and perhaps regular organized
Association could do something in that
Observation-Disclosures Standard.


Most any time. after the nrst of May
would suit us. Why NOT about the 2lsi
Of May.
Year: 1874

| We see call for meeting of the


Democratic Central Committees, State


and District, for the purpose of consulta


ton This meeting will we trust, result


in good 1t can be made productive OF


much good or evil.


We are left to conjecture much as to


the real object of this proposed meeting.


1t is said to be called in order t, bring


about harmony in the Democratic ranks,


and prepare plans for the ensuing cam


paign most assuredly no two things


are more needed at this time. We have


chickering's and snappings by Democratic


journals, savagely warning over the dead


carcass OF the election Of 10. Remind
ING us much of the long articles found in


journals Of the day, announcing new


methods of show the Confederacy could


have succeeded. We need peace in our


ranks, for peace is conducive to thought


Much must be done before the fall elec-
ton or we will meet defeat from a new
enemy. The Radicals cannot out vote
US, but we can easily throw our ranks into
confusion and become the prey Of infe-
rior forces. If we are without proper
organization and discipline, our power
will be wasted.


1t cannot escape our notice, that the
voting masses are very Tired Of conven
tons They are beginning to look upon
them as mere instruments, by which a
few designing men carry out schemes for
their personal advancement. Men do
not generally, like to know they are
assd by others. 1t is contrary TO human
nature Individual indepcndenccs strong
in the American heart. Conventions
have deserved the name given them by
the people. They have been mere traps
to catch the honest voters, They are
called at the instance Of committee,
Of men unknown, perhaps, to
the people. The course to be taken in
is not roreshadowed, and the
delegates are called upon to act upon the
spur OF the moment, on resolutions long
since :" cut and dried. " Hence, the in.
of party platforms and indi
vidual belief, Our political parties have
always been alike in this that collective
ly they profess one set of principles. and
individually the members think very diff
fercntly This is because political plat
forms are adopted hurriedly in ccnven-
tons. These platforms have, perhaps,
been laboriously prepared by some one
or more leaders, but in that case they are
but the individual views of their author,


We trust the committees will adopt the
method Of organization Of committees.
in future, proposed in these columns
some weeks ago. 1t is a good, feasible
plan and, if adopted, we believe it will
result in bringing the people back to ad
hcrcnce to the convention system We
must have organization and discipline,
and cannot have them without conven-
tions. Conventions are useless unless
their fats are obeyed-they will not be
obeycd, unless the people hare conf
donce in them.
Year: 1874




Louis Republican, 2Sth ult:


ASSISTANCE REFUSED.


One of the Good brothers, who resides
here and has rancho at SCOTS bluffs,
where Martin was killed by the Indians,
received letter to day from the Gov
ernor of Nebraska in which he states
that he has been refused by the Presi
dent to have the General Government
aid in placing the border in condition
Of self defence; says the express OF East
cra Nebraska has misreprescnted the
condition of affairs, or he would have
obtained aid ere this; promises to do all
in his power to protect residents and
property, Int is powerless to do so in
the extreme borders Without the aid o.
the military authorities.


We are glad to see change coming
over the spirit Of the Federal administra'
ton. 1t may be that General Grant
should send troops to protect or aid in
the protection of the borders of Nebras-
ka, but what pleases us, and should be a
source OF JOY to all who appreciate and
love true republican government, is that
this refusal OF the President taken in
connection with the Texas refusal and
others, leads US to hope that our Federal
authorities have now seen the danger of
resorting to the Federal military arm
upon any and all, even the most trivial
occasions. 1t is dangerous to the free
dom of the people, and the power OF the
military should be evoked only as last
resort. 1t was much to be feared that
the pernicious lessons of reconstruction,
would bring to us an overthrow of our
civil liberties Or at least that we would
cease relying upon the civil arm Of the
State governments, until enervation from
disuse should render it powerless.
Year: 1874

Er Said an eminent person, whose
gift Of money making seemed to his
neighboIs to quite outstrip his gift of
money, "true, don't give much but if
you only knew how it hurt when give
anv, you would not wonder" "
Year: 1874

There is always some new idea coming
up in the cultivation of the soil. orignat
inc frequently by accident and quite often
by those who have not made the work Of
the farm or garden the study of their lives.
\ case of this kind came under my Obser-
vation, wherein gentleman living in the
upper part Of New \ IOrll Island, and cul-
tiyating but a small garden patch behind
his house, discovered that, to utilize his
small space, he could SOW his Little
Gem peas, and carrots, beets, or parSnips
at the same row, two feet apart. The
peas, of course, came up boldly seemingly
leaving the more tardy root seeds SO far
behind that they would be no more seen.
Not so, however, for as soon as the peas
were matured for use, clustering among
the stems came the feeble seedlings of this
second crop. The "straw" Of the pea crop
was carefully removed on a cloudy day,
50 as not to have the sun burn up the then
unshaded seedlings of the root crop a
few days exposure to sun and air, and
they were thinned out to the usual dis
tance of three or tour inches, and by fall
the crops Of carrots, beets, or parsnips
We're Just as good as if they had had the
space entirely to themselves, or that the
first crop Of peas had not been taken.
Market gardeners, who usually occupy val
liable land are obliged to resort to every
possible eXpedient to keep the land earn
ing something all the time, and they make
it prod cc two and often three crops in Il
wear
Year: 1874

For mango, cholera and worms in hogs,
the Planter and Tanner gives the following
method Of treatment. We don't like the
calomel part, but give it as we find it.
The turpentinc would do no harm.


There are but three diseases requiring
treatment which are mango, cholera and
breaking down in the loins. For mango,
wash well with lye soap, and then pot
liquor. For cholera, if YOU know the dis
ease, as soon as you see the hog begin to
droop and try to vomit, gag him, and give
him twenty grains of colonel made into Il
pill. If you have been in the habit Of
giving Your hogs spirits OF turpentine, at
the rate of one tablespoonful to the hog,
put it ON corn, and You will be rarely
troubled with this fatal disease.


II the first dose of calomel does not re-
ieve in twenty-four hours, repeat the
dose. | rarely have to repeat it if admi2is-
tered in time We sometimes see hogs
dragging their hind legs This is caused
by worms in the kidney, and may be easily
cured by giving a ateaspoOntul of turpentlne
every morning for three or four days,
mixed with corn Hogs which have been
feeding on acolms are most subject to this
disease, and should have the turpentinc at
least once OF twice week while feeding
on this mast Every hog feeder should
keep bottle Of the spirits Of turpentine
and give it occasionally through the year !;
he will find if Of great benefit to his hogs
have practiccd this for twenty years snc
cessfully. 1t seems to he I specific t'or all
hoe Diseases