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Year: 1874

The worst case OF brutality upon the
[ part of a father that we have been
called upon to chronicle, is that of an


old man by the name of Reynolds, q
minister of the gospel, and who lives


near the line of the counties Of Muhl.
enburg and Mclean, his residence be-
ing in the former county. This old


man, who has heretofore borne a good
character among his brethren, been
lOng-winded III the pulpit, and vocif-
erous in prayer, is the father of a
handsome daughter, to whom young
gentleman IN the ueighborhood, a few


weeks since, made proposals of mar
riage. I'VE suppress his name because
of his entire ignorance of the nature
OF the case.) This young man Is of a
good family, and the owner of some
property, but from some cause, Of


which she had the sole right to be
judge, he was utterly repugnant TO


her fancy, or her idea of 4 husband.


The old man, however, was anxious
that she should receive his proposals,
and from her own statements, after re-


peated persuasions TO this effect, all


Of which she answered IN the mega
tive, he gathered q horse-Whip aud


forced her to take her dress from her


fair young shoulders, which he then


lacerated with cruel blows from the


whip until she promised to accept


this man as her companion for life:


which she accordingly did that even
ing, knowing that the old william had


taken q seat near the door to hear that


she made good her promise. As the
preparations for the wedding pro-
gressed, twice did this daughter i'm
plore mercy of her inhuman father,


but Just so often did she have the
wounds upon her fair shoulders again
laid open with the lash. The evening
before the one appointed for the we'd
ding, she contrived to convey a note
TO gentleman in the neighborhood,
informing him of her troubles. He,
with several others, went that night
to her rescue. and carried her to
Greenville, where she threw herself
upon the mercies of the court. A
gentleman in high standing promptly
executed bond and was appointed her
guardian Mclean Co., (Ky.) Pro
g1'esg
Year: 1874

TIE POSSIBLE POLITICAL ISSUE OF


1S76.-A rumOr is ahoat here that be-


fore the lapse of many days a Repub-


hcan member of the House will sub


nit to that body a somewhat bold and


startling proposition for the relief of


the Southern States from their pres


ent disheartening financial embarrass-


ments. This proposition, it is said,


will be to advance to the Southern
States several hundred millions of


cash, or It's equivalent, and partly in


consideration of the heavy losses suf-
fered by the Southern States in the
loss Of their slave property. OF
course there is no hope of the success
! of any such scheme this side OF the
Presidential election of 1876; but
suppose you have an ambitious Re
publican or two intent upon a ne q
departure for 1876, you will perceive


that, in gaining the good viii of the
South, through the proposition sug-
| gested, the Republican leading off in


this movement viii secure some capi-
tai to build upon. 1t seems to be I'M
/ derstoOd here that n powerful bolt
from the administration party is
bound to be made for the campaign


of 1876, and so if some leading Re
pUbhcans during this session of Con-
| gress shall lead off in some movement
| for the Southern vote not set down


in the administration programme You


need not be surprsed.-N !. Ter.
Year: 1874

MARvELoUs-Among other wonder
ful pottery tree of Para. This tree
attains a height of one hundred feet
before sending out branches; the stem
Is very slender, seldom much exceed
ing one foot in diameter at the base.
The wood is hard, and contains a large
amount of silica not So much, how
ever, as the bark, which is largely
employed as a source of silica in the
manufacture of pottery. In preparing
the bark for the potter's use it is first
burned, and the residue is then pull
verized and mixed with clay in vary
ing proportions. With an equal guam
tity of the two ingredients a superior
quality Of ware is produced. 1t is
very durable, and will bear almost
any amount of heat. The natives en-
ploy it for all culinary purpose.
When fresh the bark cuts like soft
sandstone, and the presence of silica
may be readily ascertained by grind
ing piece of the bark between the
teeth
Year: 1874

The sexton of a New York church
having to be away from his duties one
day. got a substitute, who was not ac-
quainted with the congregation, and
became much excited when he saw an
old man come into one of the pews
and raise a peculiar-shaped ear-trum-
pet to his face. Springing to his side
he said something i'll low voice,
whereupOn the gentleman endeavored
to raise the trumpet to his ear, but
was prevented by tie sexton seiZing
his hand. With increasing voice and
excitement he said. ''You mustn't,
sir. You mustn't blow that horn IL
here. If you do I shall be obliged TO
put you out" And the good old man,
pocketing his bugIe, heard nothing
Of service or sermon.
Year: 1874

We shall be ready to weep If the Hon.
FRANK HEREFORD Is not re.nominated
Tor Congress from the Third District OF
this State. He has, at the eleventh hour,
donated his back pay TO the School fund,
and made speech in favor OF restoring
the frsnking privilege to the newspapers.
What more could fellow do to make
himself popular? The venerable fossil
from Georgia said in his speech in the
House not long ago that all statesmen
were demsgogues, Weare Of the opinion
that the Hon. FRANK HEREFORD is there.
fore an immense statesman.
Year: 1874

sion to say that he "believed in free press
A. one of tho most powerful auxliaries of o
free government. and they should 90 hand
in hand.ni A sentiment beautifully expressed.
and worthy of CLAYTON. We remember to have
heard something like it before. He also be-
lieved in free schools, being indebted to them
for his education He remembered the rod of
the tcacher-alas. that it should be only
memory-and believed it to be good. "The
rod the newspaper men heldn he thought
was also a good thing "when they laid it
"upon persons deserving it," but that when
Il thew went slashing around every which way
he would ask those gentlemen to DO little
more careful"
Mr.. CLAYTON is not singular in his notions OF
things great many good people before him
have beloved in free press, and have ap-
plauded it when it laid the rod on other
Deople's backs. When it came to be laid upon
their own they began to think "these gentle
"men should be little more careful" II is 50
much easier to bear up under the rod when it
,s laid on another mans back. What Mr..
CLAYTON wants - to see it applied to deserv-
"ing persons" 1t having dropped on him, be
remarked, in conclusion, that he "took this
means in the Senate to set bimsclfrieht before
the country" As to there having been any
bad feeling between the Postmaster-General
and himself. he said It had "ail been settled
" satisfactorily to both partios.' so that the
setting himself right before the country
amounts to this: That he did give the Post
master General to understand that unless
Little Rock was furnished with q free delivery
he would vote against any further appropria-
tions for the system, and that there was " bad
feeling" between the two on account or the
same, but that ho did uot-no, neyer-say
he would SEQ the y. nj. G.. in any
warmer place than Washington, or at most
Arkansas, under any circumstances This he
distinctly stated and desired to have under
stood by "the country" IIe demanded the
fair thing for Little Rock. That was all
And he proposed to have justice done to
Little Rock if he had to stop the whole Post
Office Department to do it. Not that ne ioved
Creswe,l less but Little Rock more. And
"the country" will rejoice to learn That no
did not use prOfane language about it.
Year: 1874

Minister. Similar assurances had previously
been given. but they did not prevent the
Government from pursuing . course toward
Germany and Italy which was calculated to
offend the suscepibilities Of both those pow
ers. 1t is fortunate that these declarations have
been made, however, if they can be accepted
"A An evidence that an end Is to be put to
deplorable demonstrations which add nothing
to the strength of France. and only serve to
en,b,tter her foreign relations.
Year: 1874

There was pure and sturdy manliness about
Lord Derbys recent speech on self-culture which
commends it to Young America as well AS to Young
England. He tears up one cherished opinion of the
masses when he declares that ceverness is not the
first qualification for successful career but he does
not lack for instances. He mentions particularly
two men who rose to till some of the highest offices
in England and who filled them we'll tOo and who
vet were at college constantly rdicued for sowness
of comprehension and he goes on to speak of those
frst-class men at the universities who are now
struggling bard for bread and roof. Touching
Oh the mental restlessness, the inquiry. the
doubt of the times, he says most simply and natur.
ally what it will not harm the modern American to
read again and again. Right and wrong, honor.
duty, and country, benevOlence toward men and
responsibility toward the unseen power by which
human actions are guided and eOntrolled-these are
not idle phrases. They realities which corre-
spOnd with the deepest wants and feelings OF our
nature and no man will feel himself utterly cast
down who say in his heart what the wisest and
best Of the human race have proclaimed in the
whole tenor of their lives. Whether am happy or
unhappy 10 not my chief affair." what most and first
concerns me is to find my work in life, to recognize
it, and to do It,"


Mrs. Henry NJ. Field gives TO The Eraaseist an in
teresting sketch of the old French nobility. race
picturesque and almost pathetic, even in Repub-
can eyes, in its simple and ardent devotion to it's
traditions. aud in its rapid passing away. Where
the lord of many magnificent estate once held
sway, his descendant now labors as farmer on the
poor remnant left to him Of ell those acres. The
Revolution brought to the old nobfcsse complete an
Inhalation Of their rank but 40 their power and in
nusnoe disappeared did not their prsjudioes nor
their strictly guarded exclusivenoss. Mrs. Field
points out tho uocessary infsriosity which Y ~
Year: 1874

The question of when and how the


Democratic State Convention shall be


called this year, having arisen, togeth-


er with some groundless rumors about


the attitude of the State Executive


Committee on the subject-the follow


ing from the Memphis Registerof April


IA, will be of interest:


ssThe Sparta Indez stated not many
days since that Col. T. B. Murray, one
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, had said that the committee
had determined not to call a conven-
ton this year. The statement was
copied IN the Avalanche and other pa
pers, and is still going the rounds of
those journals which are desirous to
witness the downfall of the Democratic
party. Col. John G. Burch is the
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
and is now on visit to this city. The
editors of the Register have called on
Col. Burch and made inquiry in regard
to the matter He authorizes us to
state that there has been no call for a
meeting of the committee, no meet
ing has been held, and no consulta-
tions taken place on the subject, so far
as he is aware. that when the proper
time arrives the committe will be called
together for the purpose of taking such
action as may be deemed proper for the
assembling of State convention. Col
Burch thinks that it is probable that
Col. Murray has been misunderstood,
or misrepresented in the matter. So
far from the Democratic party or its
committee in Tennessee doing any act
which would even s4uint at dissolution,
or permitting an election IN the State
to go by default, they are more alive
than ever TO the obligation they have
taken upon themselves to save the
State from the ravenous wolves of rad
icalism, who plunged it in debt almost
inextTieable during the short period
they We're in power. The Independ-
ents' so-called, will be disappointed. |
There viii be convention.
Year: 1874

on the part of Kellogg. The law had been
repealed, yet he (Kellogg) had in his pocket
an act repeating the act which would rein
state the whole obnoxious law. He (Car-
penter) did not charge any completely in
this thing upon his friend West. That
Senator had been swindled, and now the
Senators could see for themselves how safe
Year: 1874

We hear so much of the facts that
women are not given the same chances
to earn q livelihood as men, and that


women do not receive for the same work
the same compensation that men re-
ceive. Hearing, we say, these COM
plants so frequently made, set us to
thinking deeply on the subject. We
believed there was some reason, and a
good one, for this state of affairs, and
our solution of the problem We wish
briefly to offer for the considerations of our
readers. We believe the trouble lies in
great measure in the fact that girls are


not educated properly. They are not
| taught, as boys are, that they must rely
upon their own exertions for support,
! and the comforts Of life; and, therefore,
they do not prepare themselves properly
for a successful competition with men
| in the different pursuits of busint IS life
| The fault lies principally with the par.
ents. You instill into the minds of
your girls, both by the manner of their
| education in the schoolroom, and by
your home teachings, the very strongest
| principles of dependence. On the other
| hand, you do all in your power to teach


your boys seIf-reliance and a manly in
dependence. You say to them, learn
while you are boys TO take care Of your
selves when you become men. 1t is


neither fair nor right to make this dis,


tinction; give your girls the same
chance that you do the boys; teach
| them, too, self-relianee while young.
Give them not only q good but q useful


edueation-an education with view to


supporting themselves, even if they are
never called on to put it in practice.
1 One would not abolish the carrying o
/ life-preservers on our steamers merely
! from the fact that they are seldom used.
! Women do not succeed in business &c


well as men for the simple reason thai
| they are not by their early teachings sc
well fitted for it. When women fl
| themselves for and do the same work as


men, they will be able to obtain EN-.
ployment as readily as men obtain it


and will receive as high compenss.


tion for the work done. Let the parent


then, when he gives his boy busines.


education, do as much in justice for his


girl. The ladies' department OF our col.
! lege has much Increased of late in size


we think it is a good sign, and hope


that parents will reflect on what we


have said, and send us their girls, to bt


prepared for the different duties Of bust.


ness life; should misfortune depriy,


them Of other supports, they may be


able by their own exertions to earn M


honorable and comfortable living


Hedlds College Journal.
Year: 1874

Speaking soberly, there are many well
sounded objections to the usual style of
celebrating party victories. In the first


place, Dragging is always foolish, de-
grading and cowardly business. True
grit never brags-least of all after the
victory IS gained. He who exults over


1ailen adversary, whatever be the ma


lure OF the contest, is too much of a saw
! age to be called gentleman and too


much OF sneak to be called a savage.


To serenade the successful candidates,


congratulate and rejoice with them, Is
perfectly, proper and right. But to
make public demonstration in the usual
way is the appropriate work of none
but hOOdlums, towards aud buffoons.
In the next place, these deniORstra-
tiOps encourage a disposition, already
to general among US, to disregard private
rights and feelings. Only when the
general good requires it, is it right TO do
this. And surely no one will be insane
enough to claim that these barbarian
parades subserye any public Interest. 1
have known the plastering to be
knocked from the wall and the glass
from the windows of private houses, and
in several instances have seen sick per-
sons fatally injured by the firing of
guns at these times. And / claim that
our City Council has no more right
to suffer such things than to allow the
hOodlums who do this firing to drag
sick man from his bed and beat him
with the ramrod.


Every one familiar with history
knows that Horace Greeley's wife was
virtually murdered, and that he him
self was hurried into his grave by the
bitterness and ridicule with which he
was bounded. Thousands of other in
stances might be cited; and the fact that
the victims have before made victims of
others is our argument in favor Of the
principle. / hope the time will come
in this nation when it will be considered
as wicked and cowardly to pummel a
man to death with cartoons and SLAM
ders as to murder him with pistols and
knives.


Politics should not be regarded as a
war between enemies. Our differences
are differences Of opinion between citi-
zens, between neighbors, between
friends, often between members of the
same Church. To call the man who
would magnify these differences into per-
sonal or sectional enmities "Modoc,"
is equivalent to slandering the MOdoc.
The Republican is in a bad way when
party or sectional victories are regarded
I by any great number as paramount to
I National triumphs.
Year: 1874

SOME people may be IA little surprised that tn,
HERALD, which is known for its open expires.
sions on matters of public interest, does not take
n stand on the Local Option question, one way
or the other We would say this: we have an
opinion on the Local Option subject, as we nav,
IN all Others that we know anything about, but
we are not dog enough to run into a fight wher,
we have no interest. When the people If Placer
county wish to contest their strength on tn,
question, they will fntt us ready to take sides.
but for us to be wasting our precious space il
h8htlng over n matter that the people arr mo-
concerned about, would be the heghth of folly
On the sixth of this month a decision. on th


onsttntionality of the law, is expected from tie
Supreme Court. 1t that should be favorable t,


he Optionists. we may look to see our Super
7sors Hooded. at their next sitting, with petition,
FOR elections, and then we may look out for war
Year: 1874

The FUNERAL of Hang Koy took place at hall
past one O'Clock, last Saturday, with all the
pomp and ceremony characteristic of his native
country. His rema. MS were deposited in the
Chinese burying ground, about one mile from
town, there to rest until it shall be convenient
for his friends to take them up and forward them
to the Fiowery Kingdom
Year: 1874

The BAND-we mean the Auburn Brass Band
left on the o'clock P. NJ. passenger train
last Thursday, for Gold Hill Nevada, to furnish
music for that town on the Fourth of Jnly
We hope they will enjoy themselves better than
they did last Fourth, and return with fresh
laurels in the crown of their preeminent sue
cess.
Year: 1874

SURVEY OF SAN JUAN.-The following
is an extract from a Washington letter
from JIG. Swan, Esqr., to the Port
Townsend Argus:


After we had got through with the
y Ppst Office Department went with our
dalegate to the Land Office. where the
Judge delivered himself of an Grafton
on the subject of the surveys of San
Juan Island. The Judge stated that
he had learned that some of his consti.
tuents were blaming him for the delay
in these surveys and called for the doc.
uments in the matter. One clerk after
another came into the Commissioners
office till there were four or Ave, and the
last one stated that the Executive order
to stop the surveys until the rights OF
British subjects on the island were de-
cided. had caused the delay. This gave
the Judge a,chance to pour out the full
ness of his soul in emphatic Words
Gentlemen, = said he, Il will ask you,
in the expressive language of the YER
nacular of Puget Sound, are the rights
of few cu1tus Englishmen to prevent
our citizens from having their rights?
enter my protest against this delay
and I will file a document which will
bring this matter up Immediately. The
survey must so on. twill in no way
Year: 1874

CAssIAR MINES Mr.. J. w Erwin. a
practical and reliable business man, has
just returned to this city from visit to
the Csssiar gold mines. His report is,
that the extert and richness of the
mines have been vastly exaggerated:
that there is not enough country of the
section supposed to be gold bearing to
allow a paving claim to one in ten of
those who have gone there. Of about
twelve hundred men who were there
when he left, not one IN hundred had
paying claims, and all of the others had
got nothing. Many were returning
empty handed, and a considerable num-
Der who could moi pay their passage
were'brought down free by the steamer
California. Mr.. Irwin says there are
few good mines, but not enough to go
around -
Year: 1874

MAJ. WALL: In reading the VR-
DICTATOR, | see many good suggestions
for the Grange. never pass one IN
read, and yet, in my opinion, there is
one of vital Importance to the Order,
and that is, the selection of Secretary
of Subordinate Oranges. Very many
of the Oranges in this State were or
ganized last year, the charter members
knowing but little about the Order,
and nothing of the duties of the off
GERS. In most cases the Secretary was
selected with an eye TO his proficiency
in penmanship, and while we like to
look at nice writing, etc, we think
there are other qualifications to be
looked after. We we're not to blame
then. But now that we have seen
what we want, | think we should look
well to this matter. Show me HUe
active working Grange, and l will
show you a good Secretary. Nine
times out of ten his duties are heavy,
and if he has filled his office we'll,
thank him for it, and let him of, and
fill his place with his equal. If he
has not filled it well, thank him too,
and get a good one for the next year.
One year is long enough for good
one to serve, and too long for poor
one.


The Secretary should be live work
ing Patron, willing to make some sacri-
fee of time to serve his brethren. He
should keep posted in prices of mer-
chandize, and the best markets to buy
or sell at. The principal buying and
of produce should be done by
him. No doubt one cause of tr ,uble
with our agent last winter was want Of
business tact in Secretaries, and an
other the fact that the members did
their own correspondence, which, of
course, multiplied the agent business,
and in many instances caused delays
md mistakes. Let us start next year
With a good Secretary, and, in my
opinion, our Order will prosper.


YEAR OLD PATRON.


July, 1874.
Year: 1874

There has been O great deal of
trash written and labeled "Hygie-
mic" but the following saccord With


actual experience The fact is that


as life becomes concentrated, and its
pursuits more eager, short sleep and
early rising become impossible. We
take more sleep than our ancestors,


ana we take more because we want
more: Six hours sleep will do very


well for a plowman or a bricklayer.


or any other man who has no ex.


haustion but that produced by man.


ual labor and the sooner he takes it
after his labor is over the better.


But for man whose labor is on his
brain and nervous system and for
him who is tired in the evening.
with day of mental application
neither early to bed nor early to
rise is wholesome. He needs let
ting down to the level of repose.
The longer the interval between the
active use Of brain and his retire.
ment to bed the better his chance
for sleep and refreshment. To him
an hour after midnight is probably
as good as two hours before it, and
even then his sleep will not so COM
pletely and quickly y restore him as it
will his neighbor who is physically
tired. He must not only go to bed
later but lie longer. His best sleep
probably lies in the early morning
hours, when all the nervous excite
ment has passed away, and he is in
absolute rest.