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Year: 1875

The BRAIN. One of the readiest
roads to the brain is through the
lungs. You may reach the, brain in
a minute with chloroform, for ex-
ample. The power of this drug is
something marvellous. When under
its influence man may have his
limb cut off without any sensation
whatever; and even when he recov.
ers from the artificial trance, he may
still have neither pain or uneasiness.
Why3 Have you ever seen person
after fit of epilipsyi After fit of
that kind people have no remem-
brance of anything done to the IN
during the fit. During.the epiiptic
paroxysm, the brain is all but CON-
pletely torpid. The same thing hap
pens after the an8sthetic sleep of
chlorOform. In neither case can a
man remember what he never felt.
But mark what may happen after
amputatiOn performed on a patient
under chloroform. The same man
who felt no pain in the stump either
during or after the operation, may
continue for many months to be at
tackled with the identical local symp-
tons for which his limb was remov-
ed, at the hour of the day or night
when he was wont to suffer martyr
dom before it's removal. And more
than this-if seized by the old enc
my during sleep, he may wake ex.
claiming, "Oh, my leg, my leg! it
pains me the same as when it was
on y More curious still, he may tell
you he can, as far as his feelings are
concerned, actually move the foot
of the amputated limb. What DO
these facts prove . They prove:
l. That the brain is the source of
all motion and all sensation, morbid
or sane; they prove inversely, 2.
That the brain is the source of all
paroxysmal recurrence whether the
more prominent symptoms be gener.
al or local.
Year: 1875

The only opposition to an improved and
efficient public school system in Maine, comes
from the Emery-Rawson stripe of intense
Democrats, who evidently consider a school
system which will secure the education of
every child in the state, a deadly foe to their
school of Democracy. There may be church
men opposed TO our free school system, but
if there are, we have failed to find them or 10
see any of their declarations of hostility.
Year: 1875

THERE are rumors of grand secret Demo-
cratic pow-wow In New York week after
next to talk over Presidential matters. 1t Is
the scheme of leaders of the Governor Tllden
school, who foresee serious breach In the
National Convention between the Eastern
and Western Democracy on the financial
question, unless existing differences OF opin-
ion can be reconci:ed beforehand by friend
ly talk. We wonder If the editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer will be called into that
pOW-WOW
Year: 1875

DURING the past year the Secretary of the
. treasury has effected a contraction Of the
currency amounting in the aggregate to ten
millions. Over six millions of legal tenders
have been retired under the act of Congress
providing for the new issues of bank notes.
and over four millions of fractional currency.
which latter diminutioa will tend to make a
demand for small change and will, it is
claimed, require the Secretary TO put his sill
yer coinage in circulation. The Secretary
has been selling some seven and half mil
lions of the new low-interest bonds ION the
quiet" in order to Withdraw these green
backs and buy his silver.
Year: 1875

An earnest desire to justify your generous CONT
dence and strong regard for The honor and ,ceI-
rare or our State inspire Nth the firm resoIve TO
spare nc effort and to consider other consequences
W the endearor to faitty discharge the duties that
w'N oe incumbent on me II your choice shall prore
20 0e the choace Of the people also. pledge you and
thousands for whom you act in that event. an honest
purpose and fred determination to make the public
good my single aim and constant care.


Gen. Connor's Acceptance,
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and commupi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatioDs that are not used
Year: 1875

nually, not less than three millions Of
dollars in excess of all remuneration,
which, ever, under any construction Of
right belonged to the owners Of the
railways between those two cities.
Enough has been written to illustrate
the bearing which "stock- watering"
and extravagant construction has upon
taxation. 1t would be useless to at
tempt to estimate the weight Of the
burden imposed by these means upon
material development. It will Of course
be clear to the reader that the motive
influencing the men who thus increase
their stock, is simply to increase the
amount drawn from the public as earn
ings upon the sums pretended to be in
vested in the road A road operating
with capital Of three milliens of dol
lars and earning ten per cent. on that
sum, goes to work and increases its
capital, by the watering" process to
six millions, and claims ten per cent.
on this latter sum, EFFORTS from the
community more than the amount Of
compensation it is entitled to. by three
hundred thousand dollars. That sum
is drawn from the pockets of the people
and transferred to the pockets Of the



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Year: 1875

According to the Gazette's theories of finance
bank that has one dollar and fourteen cents
Of capital may safely issue its notes promising
to pay three dollars. This might be good for
the banks stockholders, but it would be bad
for the people. The national banking system,
against which Mr.. Bayard and the Gazette are
making their tremendous assault, permits a
bank with dollar capital only to issue ninety
cents in notes, leaving ten per cent. to cover
all possible contingencies in the event of fail
ure. And that system, though not such fat
thing for the banks, il very safe for the peo-
pie.
Year: 1875

than five per centum of the am ount of the

 bond of the bidder required to accompany his bid, if the amount of the said bond ex- ceeds five thousand do liars In case any bidder, on being awarded any such con- tlact, shall fail to execute the same, with good and sufficient sureties, according to the terms on which such bid was made and accepted, and enter upon the performance of the servIce to the satisfaction of the Post. master General, such bidder shall Tn addi- tion to his liability on his bond accompany ing his bid. forfeit he amount so deposited to the United States, and the same shall forthwith be paid into the Treasury for the use of the Post Office Department; hut if such contract shall be duly executed and the service entered upon as aforesaid. such draf or check SC deposited, and the checks or drafts deposited by all other bidders cn the same route, shall be returned to the re- spective bidders making such deposits. No proposals for the transportation of the mails where tho amount of the bond required to accompany the same shall exceed five thousand dollars shall be considered, unless accompanied with the check or draft herein required, together with the bond required by a preceding section: Pr r.vided, That nothing in this act shall be construed or intended to affect any penalties or forfeit

 res winch have heret fore accrued under the provisions of the sections hereby amended.
Year: 1875

Sec 252. That no bidder for carrying the mails shall be released from his obiga- ton under his bid or proposal, nOtwith- standing an award made to lower bidder, until contract for the designated service shall have been duly executed by such low CT bidder and his sureties. and accept d, ,, and the service entered upon by the con- tractor to the satisfaction of the Postmas- ter General.

 Certified cheeks or drafts to accompany all

 bids exceeding $5,00O.

 Sec. 253. That hereafter all bidders upon every mail route for the transportation of the mails upon the same, where the annual compensation for the service on such route. at the time exceeds the sum of five thous- and dollars. shall accompany their bids with q certified check, or draft, payable to. the order of the Postmaster General, upon some solvent national hank, which check orI draft shall not be less than five per centum on the amount of the annual pay on said route at the time such bid is made; and in case of new or modified service. not less
Year: 1875

hIUited.

 Sec. 250. That no contract for carrying the mail shall be made with any person who has entered, or proposed to enter into any combination to prevent the mak- ing of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has made any agreement, or given or performed, or promised to give or per form, any consideration whatever to in duce any other person not to bid for any such contract; and if any person so of tending is a contractor for carrying the mail. his contract may be annulled; and for the first offense the person so offend ing shall be disqualified to contract for carrying the mail for five years, and for the second offense shall be forever dis qualified.
Year: 1875

See. 260. That compensation for add tional service in carrying the mail shall not be in excess of the exact proportion which rhe original compensation bears 10 the original service; and when any such addi- tional service is ordered, the sum to be allowed therefor shall be expressed in the order, and entered upon the books of the Department, and no compensation shall be paid for any additional regular service rendered before tn issuing of such order.

 See. z6l. That no extra allowance shall be made for any increase of expedition in carrying the mail unless thereby the em- pl ymeDt of additional stock and carriers is made necessary, aud in such case the ad di ional compensation shall bear no greater proportion to the additional stock and car riers necessarily employed than the com pensatior in the original contract bears to the stock and carriers necessarily employed in its execution.
Year: 1875

poltation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty ard security thereof; but the Postmaster General shall not be bound to consider the bid of any person who has wilIfully or negligently failed to perform former contract.
Year: 1875

Sec. 27l. That no contractor for tran porting the mail within or between he United States and any foreign country shall assign or transfer his contract, and all such assignments or transfers shall be null and void.

 Schedules to be furnished and posted up in

 post offices. Registers to be re-

 turned and reports made.

 Sec 70. That the Postmaster General shall furnish to the postmasters at the ter imitation of each route a schedule of the time of arrival and departure of the mail at their offices, resr actively, to be posted in a conspicuous place in the office; and the Postmaster General shall also give the post master notice of any change in the arrival and departure that may be ordered and he shall cause to he kept and returned to the Department, at short and regular inter vals, registers showing the exact times of the arrivals and departures of the mail.

 By act of Congress approved April 21, 1908, no member of Congress can be con- tractor, or be concerned, directly or indi- ivN ~e-
Year: 1875

| rary Contracts maGe.

 ] Sec. 25l. That after any regular bidder whose bid has been accepted shall fail tC enter into contract for the transportation

 of the mails according to his proposal, or, having entered into contract, shall fail to commence the performance of the service Stipulated iu his or their contract as there in provided, the Postmaster General shall proceed to contract with the next lowest bidder for the same service, who will lentcr into contract for the performance thereof, unless the Postmaster Gei eral

 shall consider such bid too high, in which

 case he shall re-advertise such service.

 And if any Lidder whose bid has been ac-

 cepted, and who has entered into a con

 tract to perform the service according to

 his proposal, and in pursuance of his con

 tract has entered upon the peri rmance Ot

 the service to the satisfaction of the Post

 master General, shall subsequently fail or

 refuse to perform the service according to

 his contract, the Postmaster General shall

 proceed to contract with the next lowest

 bidder for such service, under the adver-

 tisement thereof, (unless the Postmaster General shall consider such bid too high, ] who will enter into contract and give bond,

 with sureties, to be approved by the Post master General, for the faithful perform ance thereof, in the same penalty and with the same terms and conditions thereto an neXed as were slated and contained m the bond which accompanied his bid; but Ill case each and every of the next lowest bidders for such service whose respective bids are not considered too high by the Postmaster General shall refuse to enter into contract and give bond as herein re- quired for he faithful performance of his contract, the Postmaster General shall i'm advertise for proposals to per form the service on said route. When ever an accepted bidder shall fail to cutter into contract, or contractor on any mail-route shall fail or refuse to perform the service on said route according to his contract, or when a new route shall be- established, or new service required, orI when from any other cause there shall not be contractor legally bound or required to perform such service, the Postmaster Gene, al may makc a temporary contract for carrying the mail on such route, with out advertisement, for such period as may be necessary, not in any case exceeding six until the service shall have com menced under contract made accordingl to law: Provided, however, That the Post master General shall not employ tempOra " service on any route at higher priceI than that paid to the contractor who shall nave performed the service during the last regular contract term. And i'm Ill cases of regular contracts hereaiterI made, the contract may, in the dlscretiopI )f he Postmaster General, be continued

 n force beyond its express terms for a period not exceeding six months, until new contract with the same, or other con-

 tractors, shall be made by the Postmaster General
Year: 1875

Sec. 266. That the Postmaster General may make deductions from the pay of con- tractors for failures to perform service ac- cording to contract, and impose fines upon them for other delnqueneies. He may de- due: the price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceed ing three times the price if the failure be accustomed by the fault of the contractor or carrier.
Year: 1875

Sec. 249. That all contracts for carry ing the mail shall be in the name of the United States, and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful performance, with out other reference to the mode of trans
Year: 1875

The manner in which Proposals shall be

 made, and the Liability of Postma sters.

 Sec. 245. That every proposal for carry ing the mail shall be accompanied by the bond of the bidder, with suIeties approv- led by a postmaster, and in cases where the amount oi the bond exceeds five thou

 sand dollars, by a DC sImaster Of the first, >ecend, or third class, in a sum to be deS. lgnated by the Postmaster General in the of each route to which bond a condition shall be annexed, that if ihe said bidder shall, within such time after his bid is accepted as the Postmaster Gen. eral shall prescribe, enter into a contract with the United State of merica, with good and sufficient sureties. to be approved by the Postmaster General, to perform the service proposed in his said bid, and, furth CT, that he shall perform the said service according to hls contract, then the said ob iigation to be void. otherwise to be in full force and obligation in law; and In case of failure ot any bidder to enter into such contract to perform the service, or having executed d contract, in case of failure t. perform the service according to his contract, he and his sureties shall be liable for the amount of said bond as liquidatcd damages, to be recovered ill an action of debt on the sad bond. No pro- posal shall be considered unless 1t shall bel by such bond, and thereI shall have been affixed to sad proposal the oath of the bidder, taken before an officer qualified to administer oaths, that he has the ability, pecuniarily, to fulfill his obligations, and that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to. enter into contract and perform the serv- Ice in case his bid is accepted.

 Sec. 246 That before the bond of bid der provided for in the aforesaid section is approved, there shall be Indorsed there on the paths of the sureties therein, talk en before an officer qualified to adminis- ter oathS, that they are owners of real es tate worth, iE the aggregate, a sum dOu- be the amount of the said bond, over and above all debts due and owing by them, and all judgments, mortgages, and eXecu- tiOnS against them, after allowing all eX- emptiOns of every character whatever

 Sec. 247. That any postmaster who shall affiX his signature to the approval of any bond of bidder, or to the certificate of sutficiency of sureties in any contract before the said bond or contract is signed by the bidder or contractor and his sure ties, or shall knowingly, or without the exercise of due diligence, approve any bond of a bidder with insufficient sureties, or shall knowingly make any false or fraudulent certificate, shall be forthwith dismissed from office, and be thereafter disqualified from holding the office of postmaster, and shall also be deemed gull ty of misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceed nr iVn tbnnSDn6 dollars hV i'm nriSnn- ment not exceeding one year or both.

 Service to be Awarded to the Lowest Bid

 der. Bids of Failing Contractors may

 not be Considered.

 Sec. 249. That all contracts for carry ing the mail shall be in the name of the
Year: 1875

By regulation of the Department, no carrier should be employed who is under sixteen years of age; and no bidder will be accepted who is under twerty-one years of age, or who is married woman.
Year: 1875

SEC. 18.) That no postmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk employed in any post office, shall be a contractor or con- cerned ill contract for carrying the mail.

 Persons in the employ of the Post Office

 Department Gnciuding postmasters) can

 not b. come interested in a mail con ract,

 nor act as agent of contractors or bidders.

 SEC. l2. That no person emp oyed in the Post Office Department shall become interested iu any contract for carry ing the mail, or act as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering to become a contractor in any business before the Department i; and any person so offending shall be i'm mediately dismissed from office, and shall be liable to pay so much money as would have been r. aIzed from said contract, to be recovered in an action of debt, for the Use of the Post Office Department.
Year: 1875

REDUCTION IN Coal. the organi-
zation of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company it was claimed
by the managers that as coal would be
furnished directly by the producer to
the consumer, the profits made by the
middlemen would be saved by the
latter. We notice by a circular just
issued by the company that reduc-
tion of from fifty to sixty cents per
ton, according to size, has been made
in the price of coal from the first OF
January. AS such reduction at this
season of the year, when most collie
ries are idle, is unprecedented, 1t seems
but fair that credit should be given to
the managers for this evidence OF de-
termination to fulfill their promises -
Phsld. Press. n 4
Year: 1875

SMOOTH SnoD HORSES. 1t is a posi-
tive cruelty to allow horses to 60
smooth shod while the streets are in
the present condition, and as it serious
ly Injuries them also, the owners, as
a matter of economy should see that
they are rough shod. 1t is better to
go to the expense of the rough shoe
ing than to have valuable horse rem
dered useless by constantly slipping
and falling on the icy streets. Let
all humane owners have their horses
rough shod at once.
Year: 1875

The Washington press feel much in
'censed Mt the treatment they have re-
oeiv.d at the White House recently on
occasions Of public receptions. The Star
has this to say of the matter:


"..Last year the representatives of the
press were treated SO discourteously at
the official White House reception on
the LIST of January, that but few were
present yesterday, and those few were
treated to a repetition of this rudeness.
tits possible that General Grant is not
aware of this offensive treatment of the
press by his employees, and which is in
such marked contrast to the courtesies
extended to press representatives in the
past at the White House"


The contempt which the ill-tempered
and ignorant man Of the White House
has shown toward the Washington press
people serves them right. They were
all Radical negro-worshippers, and have
been guilty of such dunkyism that out
side parties, and those who were not Of
the ring and had nothing to expect, and
asked no courtesies, were long since dis
gusted at what they had seen and read.
Year: 1875

MORE TAXATION. Tea and Coffee to be
added to the list Of dutiable articles.-The
New York Journal Of Commerce, which is
one Of the most independent and at the
same time the most accurate commercial
paper in the country, in referring to the
policy Of the majority of the present ses-
sion Of Congress saws:


The currency measure, introduced by
Mr.. Sherman, is designed to amuso the
people, and to draw the fire OF the oppo-
sition, preparatory to fresh grasp of
the heavy hand on the earnings of the
producer. Under the guise of plan to
resume specie payments, the heavy part
OF which is put of into the years to come,
there is to he further imitation of the
paper issues; and hidden behind this de-
lusive scheme is the tax-gatherer with
his gripping fingers ready to fill his pouch
from the hard earnings of the industi-
GUS.


There is to be heary duty laid on tea
and coffee! This is part of the official
programme, and behind it will be found
the whole force of the Administration
1t is to follow adroitly upon the currency
measure, as if the fallacious promises
held out in that reckless and utopian
measure could blind the eyes of the
masses to the unwelcome presence Of this
new tax-gatherer. More money ia want.
ed at Washington, for fresh millions art
to be lavishediin the vain hope of buyinl
a further lease of life for the psrty il
power; and how shall this revenue b,
gathered unless from articles of universe
consumption?


Mr.. Kelley and his friends would fai,
add to the percentages already levied OF
dutiable imports, but this will not brini
the needed sum. Even at the presen
rates the trade is languishing, and NOR
would lay it prostrate. And thus, il
spite OF the promises of relief from taxa


tion. made so literally two years age
and in the face of want and distress il
30 many humble homes, the cup of te
and coffee is to be made still dearer t
fatten those who feed at the public Grill
Year: 1875

Gen. Grant and Attorney General vii.
hams are both charged with being i'm.
plicated in the Safe Burglary case. and


At Is surmised that for this reason. The
Republican majority in Congress have
refused to pass the resolution calling for
an Investigation of the conduct of the
officers OF the miscalled Department Of
Justice; A failure to approve the resolu.
tlon will subject the members who vote


AGAINST 1t to injurious suspicious, and
1n9se VINO are thus suspected will have
only themselves to blame. No honest
member member you'd lend helping hand TO-
Opposition to the resolution when r. ;s
next brought up, will be regarded bv
Inc public as evidence of completely