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Year: 1874

Gratis stick to their platform their only logical
will be the election Of Mr. voorhees,.


A pretty reasonable Interpretation OF the
October election Is given follows by The Indianapolis
Journal: The only shape In whicn the financial ques
ton entered the canvass as political element, was
in so far as the panic Of year and Its sequences were
concerned 1t the disposition OF the common mind to
party power responsible for every evil OF the


times from hog cholera to foreign wars from deranged
finances to the grasshopper plague. good many un
thinking doubtless held the Republican party re-
sponsibe for the financial panic OF last FALL and for the
hard times scarcity Of money which have followed
But this was done without particular process OF
reasoning and without any reference to the platform
uteranoes probable future action OF either party IL
simply instructive and not very Intelligent desire
to punish somebody the hard times which everybody
feels but which nobody acknowledges the responsibility
for or exactly the Of 30 little part did tue
question Of contraction expansion play In the cam
paign that probably not IN thousand voters IN tne
State could tell to-day whether he intended 10 vote OF
did VOTE for against or the other" me JOWnut
might have little farther and admitted thae tne
people were determined to protest against thiru ter
FOR National Administration which had displayed sucn
pspcuous ncapaciiy for solving the nnanelal anu
other problems which have been before the hatiohai
Year: 1874

The old doctor tore open the envelope,
and the enclosed papers were revealed.
First was the mortgage-deed upon his es-
tate, Cancelled. Next were half-a-dozcn
promissory notes, given different indyid-
uals, at different times, with the name OF
Amos Palmer" ut the bottom and the
word PAID had been written across their
faces in red ink. Last was an envelope,
in which were found ten government gold
bearing coupon bonds of one thousand
dollars each.


Just then Philip came up. Clara caught
him by the arm, and the old man stood,
pale and trembling. as the poor fisherman
might have done when he first saw the
genii emerging from the bottle.


"AIy dear father" said Philip, with
smile, at the same time winding his arm
around Clara, and drawing her close to
his bosom, ''when ! told you that was
IN orphan, with no near relatives living,
! did not tell you of all my misfortunes.
| have the further misfortune-or fortune.
if you please so to call it--of having had
landed upon my youthful shoulders an
estate which, when returned from India.
| found to have grown to almost million
of dollars Do you wonder that l felt
anxious? Do you wonder that felt a
strong desire that the woman who was TO
make and bless my home should separate
me from my outer fortune? At all events
/ think / have done the best thing | ever
did.


Phillip


mo tears, precious wife. We have
your blessing, father"


The old physician struggled up from his
state of bewilderment, and caught Philip
by the hand. Then he took the hand OF
his daughter, and he held the two togeth-
er.


"Bless you. my children? God bless
and keep you ever. Philip, this girl is
my daughter, but do not fear to say that
you have gained true and faithful heart.
Such daughter as she has been to me
cannot make else than a loyal and devoted
wife"


Ayc-Philip Bartol had done wisely and
well. He had gained the chief JOY of his
home for the coming time, and he knew
that the true heart of his wife was not to
fail him while life should endure.
Year: 1874

A STOCK PRIVILEGE ENABLES ANY ONE TO
"A: operate in Stocks with moderate capital and,
the time, increases the chances OF success Calls
bought Tor rise can be used margin to sell
short against Puts are bought tor decline be
used margin to buy long against Double Privileges
will pay profit on either an advance decline


When large purchases Privileges made they
be obtained nearer the market


In view tins fact have made such purchases and
contracts with members of the stock Exchange to
enable extremely low ali week.
Year: 1874

EMPIRE HoTEL.-Wm. Condor gives
notice this week that he has fitted his new
hotel building with both single and double
sleeping apartments, and is now prepared
to furnish the public with good board and
lodging. Mr.. Condon will spare no pains
to make the Empire the best house in
town and give good satisfaction to all who
patronze him,
Year: 1874

ENTIRE New SToCK.-L. Feibush has
Just returned from San Francisco, bring
ing one of the largest and finest stocks OF
jewelry ever displayed in Weaverville.-
Read his new advertisement and then go
and see for yourselves.
Year: 1874

SHISoLEs.-Lang this week advertises
tia. he has two hundred thousand red
wood shingles on the road tor this place.
Parties in need OF shingles are advised
to order from Lang before this immense
lot is all gone. Speak quick.
Year: 1874

THE mines of the McGllivray company
are being run with plenty of water yet.
No attempt at cleanup will be made
until water fails. Everything is working
favorably and prospects are encouraging.
Year: 1874

A New EXCITEMENT IN Town Since
our last issue, the much talked of and
well -adverlized Badgers Auction Bazar
has arrived. Mr.. Badger at once secured
the Theater building us being the only
one in town large enough to meet his re-
quircmcnts. The entire capacity of the
building is needed, however, and even the
stage is used todi>play the immense stock
which comprises everything needed by
man, woman or child. So says the ad-
vertisement and it is fact that no such
variety has ever been seen in our town.
The Bazar is doingan immense trade and
as it will remain in town hut few days
it behooves our readers to not wait the
order of their going but 60 at once and
secure some of the splendid goods now
being offered at half their real value ut
Badgers Great Auction Bazaar.
Year: 1874

A CHINAwoMAN was arrested for un
mercituly heating another celestial dame.
She defended herself with the statement
thnt the woman belonged to her and she
had n right to pound her rs much rs She
plea a-ed. Justice Cochpll didn't see it
that way and sent her to Jail in default of
S35 fine.
Year: 1874

In the Marion County Democrat OF
this week we find this language,
which has singular sound, certain
ly, coming as it does from the leader
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Re-
form party in this county; a party
organized upon the transportation
and finance questions more than any
other; coming as it does from the
party organ which has been bowling
for the past two years upon the trans
portation question especially, ana
whose stock In trade is bluster upon
these very questions. Hear the SEN
atOr:


".IEe fJack Morrison talked ha,f
Year: 1874

How TO RAISE BIG WATEaNELoNs.
Col. Frantz, of the Brandon Re.
Publican, is anxious to make arrange
meuts for his watermelon supply this
summer. Here's the way he tllls
how TO raise big watermelons:


sNow, boys, let us tell you how to
make them grow large. When your
melon gets to be about the size Of
your lead, cut the end of the vine of
about foot from it, take a darning
needle and a coarse cotton thread and
run it through the stem of the melon,
and let the thread hang down about
six inches on each side the stem then
Oil bottle with water, set it in the
ground beneath the stem, and put the
ends of the thread in it, and as fast
as the water is drank up by the
melon refill yonr bottle until the
melon is ripe. If properly attended
TO the melon will drink up gallon
of water week, and grow three
times as large as it would otherwise.
We have never tried it but we be-
lieye the flavor OF the melon could
be regulated by putting flavoring
extracts In the water. -
Year: 1874

d Vs.. G..


The question Of amending the Pre-
amble of the Constitution of the
United States so as to recognize the
Deity in the wording of the same,
which has been discussed by q GER
tain class Of religious enthusiasts for
some time, has been at least tehpora-
rily settled by the report Of the
House judiciary Committee OF Con-
gress, The committee after duly
deliberating on the subject, decided
adversely to the claim Of the petit
TONERS as follows:


Upon Examination Of tho meagre
debates by the fathers of the repub-
lie in the Convention which framed
the Constitution, we find that tho
subject Of this memorial was most
fully and carefully considered, and
that the Convention decided, after
grave deliberation to which the sub
ject was entitled, that as this coun-
try, the foundation Of whose Govern
ment they we're then laying, was to
be the home Of the oppressed of all
nations Of the earth, whether Chris
tan or pagan, and fully realizing the
dangers which the union between
church and state has imposed upon
SO many nations Of the Old World,
with great unanimity decided that it
was i1iexpedient to put anything into
the Constitution or frame Of govern
ment which might be construed to be
q reference to any religious creeds or
doctrines; and we further find that
this decision was accepted by our
Christian fathers with such great
tinanimity that in Tire amendments
which were afterwgrds proposed IN
order to make the Consultation more
acceptable 10 The nation, none has
ever been proposed to the States BY
which this wise determination Of the
fathers has beon attempted to DO
changed; wherefore your committee
report that it is inexpedient to ,legis-
late upon the snbiect Of the memo
rial, and ask that they be discharged
from tha further cenlderaHon
thereof of
Year: 1874

Since writing the above the eastern
mail has brought letters to several of
our citizens from Mr.. Pond, contain
ing q full refutation of the lies so it-
dustriously circulated against the
writer and Mrs. Young. The follow
ing was addressed to the Tribune


BosroN (Mass. }, Feb. II; 1874.


The Chicago Times has come out
with q stab in n'the back at Mrs. Young.
I can only assure you that it is false
as false can be. When Mrs. Young
was first engaged by the Young Mems
Christian Association, at Blooming
ton, o party of men got up a protest
against the Christian Association in
dorsing such woman. They wrote
their paper and signed it, but the
newspapers refused to publish it.
There was q bitter counter influence
there. cannot account for it. Mrs.
Young was so sick the night spoken
of in that article that I had to carry
her down stairs when we started for
the depot. We left on a very cold
night, and the trains were behind
time and she being sick, I had to be
with her constantly. My daughter
has not been away from her a mo
ment until l hired a companion, Miss
Ruth Storey, of Evanston, a most
charming lady. Redpath has written
Mrs. Young that he will defend her
here. He is q sharp writer. as you
know, and not afraid to defend the
right. 1 think the Mormons are at
the back of this. They started in
Bloomington out Of spite to Colonel
Wickizer. By the way, Wickizer was
with us that night, and spent some
time in my room after the lecture,
which will show that the hotel clerks
statement is no more true than the
rest. We are going to win; and this
is not going to hurt Mrs. Young, in
the end, particle. J. B, POND.
Year: 1874

The jury in the Challis libel suit
against Woodruff & Clafiu returned
a verdict Of not guilty. Judge Suth-
erland characterized the verdict as
one of the most outrageous he had
ever henrd.
Year: 1874

He was in favor of Congress exer-
cising all its constitutional powers
to abolish the slave trade between
the States, and in favor of immedi-
ate Legislation for the abolition of
slavery in the District Of Columbia.
This was during the Twenty-ffth
Congress, when the struggle took
place upon the question of the recep-
ton Of petitions for the abolition Of
slavery. Mr.. Fillmore expressly
stated, however, that he would not
pledge himself as to his future course
upon any Of these subjects, but re-
served the right to modify or change
his views, as upon further reflection
or examination he might deem
proper.
Year: 1874

As the semi-annual bridal season is at
hand, it is the time to plead for reform
in weddings. Every year this sacredesl
Of all occasions is turned more and more
into mere opportunity for display, and
for replying to some fancied social obi.
CATION. Instead Of the time when a few
Of the closest friends gather to witness
the solemnest compact human beings cal
frame, it is chosen as the moment foi
bringing together the larger part of a
family's social circle, to show the brid,
in her bridal garments, to prove how
many flowers and refreshments the fam.
lily can afford and with shame be il
said, to exhibit to criticism and light
comment the precious tokens that should
have come with tender regard to the
maid on the eve of their new life.


Il wedding must not De uncncerful
but it must certainly be solemn to all
who realize what it is. On the one side,
it is renouneing old ties, promising to
begin with faith, and hope, and love q
new and wholly untried existence. On
The other, it is the acceptance Of sacret
trust, the covenant t. nrder liie anew IL
such ways as shall make the happiness
OF two instead of one. Can any such
occasion be fitting for revelry? Is it not
wiser, more delicate, to bid only the near
est of friends to a marriage ceremony
and leave the feasting and froIic for i
subsequent time We are sure there are
few girls wlo, if they reflect on the seri,
business of the step they are about to
take, will not choose to make their vow
merely within the loving limits of tneil
home circle. All our best instincts
point to the absolute sim plicity and pri
vacy of wedding services only a per
version of delicacy could contemplate
the asking of crowds of halfsympathet
ic or wholly curious people to altenu tb,
tul6lment of the most solemn of con


racts. Let there be as much party
making, rejoicing and pleas0reIakins
afterward as hearts desire; but let tn,
solemn vows be made 10 the presence oil


y of those nearest and dearest.-. Serb
aer's for Octob.r.
Year: 1874

If you say anything about neighbor
or friend, or even stranger, say nothing
i'll. 1t is a Christian and brotherly
charity to suppress our knowledge of
evil of one another unless higher pub
lie duty compels us to bear accusing wit
ness and if it be true charity to keep
our knowledge of such evils to ourselves,
much more should we refuse to spread
evil report of another DiscreditabIe as
the fact is, it is by far the commouest
tendency to suppress the good we know
of our neighbors and friends. We act
in their matter as though we felt that by
pushing our fellows down or back peg,
We were putting ourselves up or forward.
We are jealous of commeDdation unless
we get the larger share.


Social conversation, as known to every
observer, is largely made up of what is
understood by the term scandal. 1t
would be difficult to find talkative
group, Of either sex, who could spend an
hour together without evil speech of
somebody. Blessed are the peacemak-
ers is not the maxim by which we are
chiefly governed in our treatment of per.
sonalities. Better a thousand times to
stand or sit dumb than open our lips ev-
er so eloqueDtly in the disparagement of
others. What we should do is this, as
in all other human relations, is to prac-
tice the golden rule. If we do unto 9TH
ers as we would thar others should do
unto us, we should be exceedingly
careful not to volunteer i'll words
about them. Where other than a
good word is to be spoken, let it be
spoken TO the person concerned, that be


may know that your motive is not idle,
cowardly and sinister, and that he may


have a chance TO defend himself.
Year: 1874

A gentleman travelling on steamer
one day at dinner was making away will
a large pudding close b., when be wa
told By aservant that it was dessert. alt
matters not to me" said he; =" l would
eat il if it we're a wilderness"
Year: 1874

We heard story the other day that
made her eyes moisten. We are deter
mined to tell it just as we heard it, to
our home circle.


A company of poor children who had
been gathered out of the alleys and gar
rets of the city, we're preparing for their
departure to new and distant homes in
the West. just before the time for the
starting of the cars, one of the boys was no.
ticed aside from the others, and appar-
emily very busy with a cast-of garment.
The superintendent stepped up to him,
and found that he was cutting a small
piece out of the patched Innings. 1t
proved TO be his old jacket, which hav-
ing been replaced by new one, had
been thrown away. There was no time
to be lost:


"Come, John, come," said the sup,r-
intendent, "what are you going to do
with that old piece of calico?"


"Please sir" John, am cutting it
to take with me. My dead mother put
the lining into this old jacket for me.
This was a piece of her dress, and it is
all | shall have to remember her BY


And as the poor boy thought of that
dear mothers love, and of the sad death
scene in the old garret where she died,
he covered his face with his hands, and
sobbed as If his heart would break. But
the train was about leaving, and John
thrust the little piece of calico into his
bosom to remember his mother by, hur-
ried into the car and was soon away
from the place where he had seen 30
much sorrow. We know many an eye
will moisten as the story is told and re-
told throughout the country, and many
a prayer will go to God for the father
less and motherless in all great cities
and in all places. Young readers, are
your mothers still spared to your Win
you not show your love by cbedienceS
That little boy who loved so well, we
are sure obeyed. Bear this in mind that
If you should one day have to look upon
the face of dead mother, no thought
would be so bitter as to remember that
you had given her pain by your willful-
ness or disobedience.
Year: 1874

DANBURY.-One of the saddest sights
in this season of the year is a young
man who has waited outside the church
of an evening until he is chilled through,
only to see his girl walk off with some
rascal who has been inside all the time
toasting his sinful shins at the stove.
The following note picked up on the
street, Monday afternoon, is manly ex.
position of what narrowly escaped being
a grievious wrong =


DEAR ANE:-I hope you amt mad
because l didn't laff at you when you
lafft at me last evening at the post offs.
1 amt proud, dear Jane, but have got
bile under my arm and l cant laff as /
used to, as Heaven is my judge.


Yours truly,


HENRY.
Year: 1874

! OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE AuTOfsf.


The following interesting particulars
are condensed from full report of the
proceedings of the special meeting of the
Philadelphia College of Physicians on


Wednesday evening, at which the results
of the autopsy on the bodies of the ST.
amese twins we're given; The supposition
that the band connecting the twins was
simply Of a heshly nature has been de-
cided in the negative, 1t was found that
peritoneal connection did exist that
is, reflection or extension Of the pecu-
liar membrane lining o. the abdomen ex.
tended into the band, though it was not
continuous. Sacs or pouches we're form
ed by this reflection, possessing no COM
munication between the two. The inti-
mate viscral connection between the
twins was shown by the injecting fluid,
which was passed into the mesenteric vein
of one and appeared in the mesenteric
vein of the other. The liver of Chang
occupied its normal position on the right
side Of the body below the diaphragm.


The liver of Eng was on his left side,
next to Chang, his spleen being abnor.
mally situated on the right side of his
body. The two livers had evidently at
one period of existenee-possibly fetal


of the twins being virtually one gland,
but had eventually become separated
This is shown by the passage of the in
iecting fluid from the mesenteric vein of
one to that of the other The fact of a
common umbilical cord between the
twins is also settled, the navel being sit
uated in the middle of the band Dur
ing foetal life, therefore, the circulation
was conducted to the twins from the ma
ternal system precisely as to a single in
dividual. These facts show that sep
aration of the twins during life would
have resulted fatally to one or both of
them. The nervous intimacy through
the band was extremely slight, and the
individuality of the two men was SO
strongly marked that it was not deemed
advisable to examine the brains, nothing
further than a comparison of the weight
of the two being expected from such an
operation. The extension of the ensi-
form cartilage or breast-bone, which
formed constituent of the attachment,
was mere flexible fibro-cartilaginous
in which there was nothing
like an appearance of an elbow-like joint,
as has been reported.
Year: 1874

The MAN WHO KNEW EXACTLY WHAT
TO DO AT A FIRE.-There might have
been disastrous fire on Fourth street
Saturday, but for the heroism displayed
by man named Sweetman. He was
passing along when be saw little flames
creeping around the chimney, and he
dashed into the house. He shouted fire
until the house rang; he seized bureau
and threw it over, and called to one of
the family to 60 and sound the alarm,
The bureau was left lying ON the floor
and Sweetman gathered up table and
ran into the yard. He sent small boy
to sound another alarm, and ran in and
began racking bedstead to pieces, at
the same time ordering the women to
throw everything out of doors. He got
the bedstead down, and ran out DOORS
and rushed third boy to a fre-alarm
box, and then went in and carefully
brought out the wood box and floor
mat. The women were meanwhile shov-
cling the parlor furniture out of doors,
and as soon as Sweetman had flung the
looking-glass through the back window,
and torn the baby's crib to pieces, he
ran in and helped them, while another
messenger was sent to jerk an alarm out
of letter-box on the lamp-post. While
Sweetman was thus working heroically
another man had climbed upon the roof
and put out the fire, and three or four
more came upon the scene just in time
to prevent Sweetman from throwing the
piano down cellar to give himself room
to work.-Detrod Free Press.
Year: 1874

A surgeon, after sanguinary battle,
was going his rounds examining his pa
tients. he came at length to sergeant
who had been struck by bullet in the
left breast directly over the region of the
heart. The doctor, surprised at the
narrow escape of the man. exclaimed,
Why, my man, where in the name of
goodness could your heart have been 4"
:" l guess it must have been in my mouth
just then, doctor, replied the poor fellow
with a faint smile.
Year: 1874

The women of Chicago commenced
the temperance work in that place on
Wednesday of last week, ani are form
ing a sisterhood to work among the 5000
drinking saloons of that city. In this
work they have been promised the CO.
operation of a large number of the more
Jealous of the clergy. 1t also reported
that the Sabbath school, Superintendents
propose to lead their army of 10000
children into the strife to sing while
mothers and sisters pray. The first real
work in the crusade was begun to-day
on the West Side, where number of
saloon keepers have had their eyes open
ed to the probability of general en-
gagement by the visits of quiet old la
dy who has since morning been tramp
ing from saloon to saloon, in Madison
and Halstead Streets. Her conduct has
taken the enemy by storm on account of
its mildness. She says, as she leans
against the beer.stained counter, " Dear
sir, | am praying for you," and then she
steps back into the furthest corner Of
the room, and kneeling on the sawdust-
covered floor, utters not loud word, but
prays in secret for an open answer to
her prayer. In moment after she has
said good by" and is gone. The saloon
keeper is amazed; the woman has made
no noise, and he has vague idea that
she was in earnest and prayed for him.
He has declared that he would kick the
first woman into the street who tried to
pray him out, but he hasn't. These Wis
its have already begun to work upon the
visited saloons in causing an extra dill.
gence to be used in keeping the places
neat and orderly, and in some instances
vile pictures have been removed surep,
titiously.
Year: 1874

A dealer in horse-fesh sold to a gen.
tleman of little experience in such mat.
ters steed as perfectly without a
fault" Next day the buyer came back
in great fury, because his groom found
out that the alleged faultless horse "
was blind in the right eye. Why"
replied the sly dealer, " that is not the
horses fault; 1t is only his misfortune"