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Year: 1874

THE MONEY ORDER Department of the Post
Office is one of the most useful, and the extent
to which it is employed is shown by the fact
that last year nearly $75,0O0OOO Of orders
were issued
Year: 1874

THE PoLrSE-A general order has been
issued for the better regulation of the police.
One rule is for the management of the station
houses and another requires policemen to
wear the uniform when not upon duty AS
many of the recent outrages Of policemen have
been committed when they were in plain
clothes this change is likely to be reform.
Year: 1874

horses in the summer. The forest child of
to-day is generally pretty much of thief and
q good deal of q rowdy, and has acquired all
the vices of the whites without even one of
their virtues AS our conceptions of the In
dian character and our Indian policy are both
founded upon traditions, and not upon the
facts of the present, it is not surprising that
we should have an Indian war every summer,
and that the government should spend mill
ions OF dollars without any useful results. 1t
is certainly full time for the country to ask
William Penn to retire from task he is
unable to perform. He cannot civilize the
Indians, and they are simply becoming more
barbarous under his failure to manage them
The true way for the government to deal with
these savages of the Plains is by the army
The army, in fact, is depended upon
to manage them in every emergency,
and it alone stands between the frontier set
tiers and devastation and death. But when
ever the Indians have enough of war they sur
render and make their own terms. They de-
mand the protection of peace commissioners
| and agents, and live on the rations and the
bounty of the government AS the army is,
in fact, responsible for the Indians in time of
war, we think it should have the full control
of them in peace 1t could then maintain by
its moral influence the peace it annually has
to enforce by arms instead of seeing all the
good it has accomplished undone by divided
rule. The army is the only power the Indians
know and respect, and it ought to have full
control of them, and be held responsible for
the result This is General Sheridan's idea
of the true Indian policy, and the sooner the
country adopts it the better will it be for both
the Indians and the whites.
Year: 1874

newspaper and stock farm ;. his labors, fol
his friends and his fellow citizens and
his section of the country


''Desides the advantages of having mem
Der able and willing to serve people, there
is great deal in having one who knows the
ropes and all the ins and outs Of legislation.
So we live i'll hopes Of yet seeing Col Kings
constituency honor and benefit themselves
far more than they can him by electing him
to a seat in Congress


Now we have no objection in the
world to the Union supporting Bill
King for Congress; but if it does, We
shall insist that it take off the mask oil
non-partisanship, which it has been
wearing, and cease bowling against in
Producing politics into the Grange.


As Republican paper we shall know
just how to meet it. As professedly
neutral paper. doing the dirty work oi
the Republican party, it is more diff,
cult to encounter.
Year: 1874

''Some Gnnger has left his pocket book
on our table. It looks as if it had been run
through threshing machine in the heart Of
sides and sop and sG hers is nary S cent s noo 10
Farmers Uni0n''


Would it be proper for that Granger
to inquire whether the high tariff, the
exactions of railroads, extraordinary
local taxation and universal corruption,
had anything to do with bringing his
pocket book to that dilapidated con-
dition! Or perhaps that pocket book is
typical Of the condition Of your Gus
toners, brother Aberncthy, when you
get through with them! Did you '.go
through" that pocket book, and if so,
what did you do with the body of the
owner! Speak up, brother.
Year: 1874

TIE following admirable letters ap-
pear in a late number of the Farmers
Union. Who shall say after reading
them that the Grangers of the State
are the set Of ignorant clod-hoppers, the
Republican papers would have Us be-
lieve; or that the Rochester Post was
right when it intimated very broadly,
that it was impossible TO be at the same
time scholar and gentleman, ard .
farmers


II breadth of thought and felicity d
Year: 1874

We publish an article from the Oh City
Derrick this morning that gives an &C.
count Of the combination that has beer
effected In the Pen nsylvanis oil regions
toadvanco tho price Of oil. This Is nc
doubt formidable combination, and we
presume that It will succeed for the time
being 10 advancing the price. At the same
time all tie world knows that the natural
tendency Of oil Is In tho other direction.
Aud whys Simply because the produc-
ton far exceeds the demand. The great
law ol supply and demand Is at work to
keep down the price, and the present
combination is an effort not only to neu.
tallze but to positively counteract that
law. 1t can succeed only for the imme


diate present. In very short time the
law must assert itself. Either that or the
supply must be postponed indefinitely,
for as long as 1t Is known that there
Is an immediate readiness and ca.
pacity to inundate the market with oil
the price will be purely speculative and
as liable to break down as the price Of o
fancy railroad stock. The method re-
sorted to is not now by any means. It
has been tried time and again not only in
oil but in other departments OF trade.
Our Nail men. for instance, have had some
experience in that line. The practice
used to be more in vogue among them
thar 1t Is now. With oil their stopping
in times past they did not stop the multi
plication OF nail machines. Therefore
they had the same difficulty to meet over
and over again. and in increased proper.
tions. And thus II is likely to bc with
the oil men. Their stop Is only pallia.
tive and not remedy. 1t will not cure
tho over production unless 1t is proracted
to an extent that will thin out the num-
Der Of producers, and this is not likely.
Year: 1874

THE Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher makes


this comprehensive reply TO an anxious
questicner who is desirous OF knowing
whether man can love his second wife
as well as the first: "Thst depends on
what sort Of wife the first was and
what kind OF q life the second leads him"
Year: 1874

a DEALER out west writes that the iron
received from tho Etna mills is the best
he ever had in his house. We congratu-
late our neighbors on the reputation they
are making for their goods.
Year: 1874

evidently bent on mischief. He gave out
that the wire should not be put up. A
splice was necessary, and before the addi-
.tional piece of wire could be put in the
indications were that there would be
trouble. Jones' quick perceptions, how
ever, suggested a way out OF the dlffi-
Guilty, by the aid of electricity.


Attaching piece of copper wire to the
wire of the line, and inserting the end of
another copper wire Ito which was at
tached relay in the ground, he soon
found that he had circuit" and was
in communication with Tuscumbia. With
the two copper wires he could break and
close the circuit and thus communicate
with the office, and by means of the
relay he could, by sound, understand
what was said to him. He made known
to Tuscumbia "the situatiOn," and
arranged with that office to second his
plan.


Meanwhile the countryman and his
companions had posted themselves at the
point where the main wire was broken,
and to them the preparations going on
were as unintelligible as an example in
algebra. The leading spirit, however,
was the long Individual whose ire had
boiled over ON the ferry-boat. He had
IL
bushes and expressed himself as anxious
that some one should attempt to take it
from him. At Jones' direction the East
port operator took another coil of copper
wire, threw it down near the cOuntryman,
and stepping little further off pushed
loose end into the soft ground, taking
care to leave considerable loose wire.
Then eying the coil and the fellow al
ternately, as though 10th to leave the
coil, he essayed to take it up. The bait
was taken eagerly, the countryman
seized it in triumph, still holding fast the
iron wire.


1t only remained for Jones to direct
Tuscumbia to turn the force of his main
battery upon the Eastport wire; Jones
did this and withdrew. In moment
there was an unearthlY. yell; pair of
huge brogans attached to legs encased
in butternut were seen describing sundry
acrobatic gyrations in the air, and pres
emily about the worst doubled-up speci
men of the genus homo ever seen lay
moaning on the ground. He had received
a pretty heavy shock of electricity from
the battery at Tuscumbia. His confed
crates had seen him go up but they did
not stay to notice what became of him.
They fled to the woods at break-neck
speed, which was not diminished as long
as we could see them.


At first we were somewhat alarmed
but fastening to the man found that he
was not injured, though frightened out
of what little wit he had possessed. He
begged for his life and protested solemn
ly that if allowed to depart he would
avoid interfering with telegraph lines
and operators ever afterward, promise
which, no doubt, he religiously kept
O,tT FSTesS6e Frle1d
Year: 1874

swer to her helm. He thinks the tiller-
lope had been cut. From this fact it is
thought that the fire was the work of an
incendiary. Another theory is that one
of the passengers, while smoking,
dropped sparks from his pipe into the
cotton. When the boat became unman-
ageable she drifted on sand-bar and
there grounded. The flames, instead of
spreading along the lower deck, at once
shot up to the cabin and pilot-house, and
then swept across the hurricane deck.
The passengers were all aroused, and the
boats were lowered, and many were car
ried to the shore, but others, in their
fright, jumped into the water, and those
who were not drowned reached safe
landing place after drifting a long time
with the current There were nearly 100
people on board, but what proportion of
this number were actually lost is not
known at this time, as many reported
missing have been seen by some on shore
since the disaster"


The boat and cargo, consisting of cat,
tie, sheep and hogs, are a total loss.


The passenger register and all the
books were lost.
Year: 1874

THE Treasury Department has notified the
public that, in compliance with law passed
by the last Congress, whenever counterfeit
note of any National Bank is discovered, all
of that denomination in circulation of the
bank will be called in.


THEODORE TILToN on the Sd addressed a
note to the Beecher Investigating Committee
stating that by advice OF counsel he will hold
no further communication with them for the
reasons that the committee is composed Of Mr..
Beecher's friends, appointed by him and ex-
pected to act in his behalf, assisted by attor-
news employed exclusively for his vindication;
he expects no Justice, either from the tribu-
nal, since it cannot compel witnesses to tes-
tify, or from its reporters, since they do not
give impartial reports; and that the commit
tee had come at last to be as little satisfac-
tory to the public as to himself, and
that its verdict could not possibly be
based on the full facts, since the COM
mittee had no power to compel wit
nesses nor to verify their testimony by oath,
nor to sift it by cross-examlnation. He thus
concludes: 4" For these reasons, which ought
to have moved me earlier, have at last in
structed nv counsel to proceed at once, at
his discretion, to carry my case from your
jurisdiction to a court of law; and in view of
this instruction from me he has in turn in
structed me to hold no further communica-
ton with the committee except this present
letter of courtesy, in which have the honor
to bid you farewell, in doing which allow me
to add that the respect which am unable to
entertain for your committee as tribunal 1
cannot help expressing for you each and all
as individuals" On the 5th the complainant
in the libel suit against Mr.. Tilton withdrew
Year: 1874

CINCINNATI dispatches of the 9TH give
the following particulars relating to the
recent steamboat disaster on the Ohio
River:


The operator at Aurora, Ind, reports
that the steamer Pat Rogers was burned
this morning on the Ohio River, one mile
below Aurora, and about twenty lives
were lost, principally ladies.


The boat burned near the shore, the
flames enveloping the shore side of the
vessel. Passengers who jumped over on
that side were nearly all lost or badly
burned. None who used life-preservers
are known to be lost, and two ladies were
saved without the use of preservers.
Many sank by clinging to each other in
the water.


The scene of the wreck is thirty miles
from here by river, and was above
Laughery Creek and short distance be-
low Aurora, Ind. The fire was discov-
cred about twenty minutes before five
o'clock All the passengers were asleep.
The crew don't know much about it.
Heartlessness and heroism were dis
played in awful contrast. The officers
exerted themselves nobly to save the
passengers A man who claims to
have been the last to leave the boat says
the last object he saw was child three
years old, beyond his reach, alone,
naked, dancing with pain, crying and
shouting The flames burned it. Not
one of six small children aboard was
saved. Two were brought ashore dead.
Four women, who were afterward saved,
stood on the hurricane deck and shouted
till hoarse, imploring the river-pirate on
the Kentucky shore to come over and
help, but he refused. A brave man came
down the river later barely in time to
save them at his own great peril. One
young man, Robert j. Moore, says a
woman came to him with child and
begged him to save them. He threw a
mattress into the river He told her to
Jump. Half dozen men seized the mat
tress and the woman rushed away half
frantic, bewildered They lost sight of
her. She is thought to be burned with
her baby.


Capt Davis says the officers were
wakened promptly and ran at once to the
rooms of the passengers.


Mr.. Holmes, the engineer of the steam
er, arrived in Cincinnati on the noon
train and was interviewed by Cincln-
natl reporter. He gives the following
account of the burning of the steamer:


g 1t was just about six o'clock, when
just opposite Laughery Creek, that hows
into the Ohio River short distance below
Aurora, that / noticed bright light
among some bales of cotton in the after
part of the boat. / fastened to the spot,
and found it to be burning rapidly, and
beyond any possibility of Immediately
exfinguishing it. hastened to the hur-
ricane deck and gave the alarm to the
pilot that the boat was burning, and told
him to run her ashore. The pilot at once
turned the boats head to the shore, and
Immediately she became unmanageable.
The pilot stated that he could turn the
wheel, but the steamer would not an
Year: 1874

AT LEBANON-There are some as
energetic, Thoroughbred business
men as are TO be found in the State
men who do not stand with folded
arms and wait for something to turn
up, but are up and at work. compelling
something to turn up, and to turn in
their favor. Among the stirring busi-
ness men of the place is our old friend
S. Fl. Claughton. who has acquired
the name of being one of the best
'srulstlers'' in the State, from his per-
seyeriug industry and the unvaryiug
good success which follows him. Mr..
Claughton has now opened one of the
best selected stocks of general mer-
chandise in the placel and he offers to
sell everything on his shelves and
counters at as low figures as good
goods can be purchased for, either for
cash or merchantable produce. Give
him call and save money. See ad.
in this issue.
Year: 1874

We ask our friends everywhere to
write to us. Post us in the news of
your section, that we may print it for
the edification of all. You can, by
very little trouble, furnish US with
vast fund of local and State news
which will be of interest to the gen.
eral public. Write to us-pever mind
the style" write up the news items
of your locality, and we'll put 'em
into shape. Write.
Year: 1874

Subscriptions still pouring in. We
give big paper, full to the brim of
excellent reading, all for 81 so year.
Where is there head Of a family SO
poor that he can't raise two dollars
and half for such a paper! Enroll
your names at once, you that have not
subscribed, and receive the best paper
OH the coast for the money.
Year: 1874

PRIVATE FAMILY WILL RENT SECOND OR
n third story Room with Board, to gentleman and
wife, moderate price; location seventy first street,


LeXingtO ton avenue. Address B. d. box 20l Herald
Year: 1874

VERY COMFORTABLE THIRD FLOOR BACK
L Room; has large pantry, con tanning hot and cold
water. to let with very superior Board party
changing references. 46 seventh avenue, Four
tee nth
Year: 1874

TABLE EroUEr-See that those about
YOU are helped before you commence
eating yourself


Do not eat soup from the tip, but the
side Of the spoon.


On passing your plate to be replen-
ished retain the knife and fork.


Wipe the mouth before drinking.


Remove the teaspoon from the cup
before drinking tea or coffee


Use the knife only in cutting the
food; DO not raise it to the mouth.


Eat slowly, as eating rapidly is un-
healthy.
Ifyou find anything unpleasant in
your food avoid calling the attention OF
others to it.


Close the lips when chewing your
food


Keep your elbows off the table al
ways.


DO not speak with food in the mouth.
When asked to help your neig hbor,
do not shove but hand the plate to him.
DO not turn your head and stare
about The room.


If anv one at the table makes mis-
take, take the last possible notice Of it.
Year: 1874

CuAEM AGAINST HANGING. "A pri-
yate letter from a gentleman in Texas
TO his brother in this city tells the story
how colOred man was saved from
hanging in San Antonio, in that State:
About a month since cOlored man
killed white man in fraDcas in this
place. The colored man was very much
alarmed, knowing that should he DC
caught he would be hanged to the near
est tree convenient for the purpose,
there being no hope for fair trial in
that section. a friend Of his hearing OF
his situation went TO see him in his
hiding place, and promised for a con-
sideration (of money, Of course) to
give him a powder, which he should
take when he was captured, that would
prevent his being hanged or shot The
poor man, believing il to be charm,
readily paid the sum demanded and
received the powder, which he was to
swallow when there was no hope The
next day the man was discovered in his
hidirg place by crowd Of white men,
who were determined 10 carry out the
deciaion of Judge Lynch, and were
about to hang him to tree which they
had already selected. The prisoner,
with great reluctuancc, vet having faith
in the power of bis powder, was taken
10 the tree, and when all the arrange
ments were made took the powder irou
his pocket and swallowed its content.
The effect was quickly seen, as ne fell
dead immediatIy.-cmein. Times.
Year: 1874

The necessity of a popular medium for the
representation Of the productions of our great
artists. has always been recognized and MANY
attempts have been made to meet the want The
successive failures which so invariably followed
each attempt in this country to establish an art
journal, did not prove the indifference of the
people of America to the claims of high art. So
soon as proper appreciation of the want and
ability to meet it We're shown, the public at once
rallied with enthusiasm to its support. and the
result was a great artistic and commercial fri
umph - TIE ALDINE.


THE ALDiNE, while issued with all the reg
ularlty' has none OF the temporary or timely in
terest characteristic OF ordinary periodicals. 1t
is an elegant miscellany of pure light, and
graceful literature and collection of pictures,
the rarest specimens OF artistic skill, in black
ana white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends the real
value and beauty of TIE ALDINE will be
most appreciated after it is bound up at the
close OF the year. While other publications NAV
claim superior cheapness, as compared with RI
walls OF n similar class, THE 1LDINE is a
unique and original conception-alone and nm
pproachcd-absolutely without competition in
price or character. The possessor of complete
volume can not duplicate the quantity of fine
paper ana engraylngs, in any other shane or
number OF volumes, for ten times It's cost: and
hen, there IS the chromo besides,


Ihe artistic Illustration of American scenerv
original with the THE ALDTNE. is an imnort.
ant feature, and its magnificent plates are of n
SIZE more appropriate to the satisfactory trent
eieht oil details than can be afforded by any in
ferior page. "'' III
Year: 1874

Boston has been Mortified by the dis
covery of a corpse in barrel found in
an express office. The said barrel being
pretty roughly handled, the head came
out, and the dead body of man came
after it. This merchandise was brought
from New York it was consigned to
"parties of the highest responsibility, }"
and also of the medical persuasion, being
a "subiect" for dissection. We sup
pose that doctors must dissect, but We
think they owe it to the public to TRIMS
mort their raw material without scandal
and with reasonable privacy.
Year: 1874

JOHN BRIGHT has written a letter on
the liquor question in which he holds
that the only solution of the problem
lies in duly regulated license system,
governed by public opinion and the
control exercised through municipal
representatives.
Year: 1874

SIR SAMUEL BAKER recently delivered
an address upon the subject of the slave
trade in Africa, in which he said that
on one occasion, after having lectured a
chief at great length upon the horrible
nature OF the slave trade. the chief con-
cluded the interview by offering to sell
his son to Sir Samuel.
Year: 1874

| ACCORDING to a story told by q


New York correspondent of the


Boston Times, a prominent mu-


nicipal officer in the former city


has discovered a method for con
verting women into hard cash.
When his first wife was announced
by the physicians to be far gone
lin consumption, that her death


was only question of days, his
feelings overcaine him to such an


extent that he rushed to All in


surance Office and took out a pol


icy of $4,000 ON her life. The
officers Of the company accepted


the risk without asking for any
physical examination of the sub


jpct, the word of her husband


that she was in good health being
taken as ample guarantee. He
then carried the policy TO another
Office, and on the strength of it
got another $40, 600, and thus re-
peated the operation till the pol
icies amounted to 100000. He
lad to wait bit short time for
the fulGllment OF the prospect Of
resping bis reward, as the lady
was gathered to her fathers with
in a few months, and the votful
husband WAS comforted with the
insurance money. The specula-
ton was 30 profitable that be bur-
ried to renew it, but as eligible
women with diseased lungs were
scarce, he contented himself
with a wealthy girl. Before the
marriage her relatives demanded
that he should settle certain prop
erty upon her.. which he did, ta-
King the precaution, however. to-
mortgage it for nearly all it was
worth. When the trick was dis.
covered she left him, but he re-
.ained the better part of her
some 100000, in various goods
and chattels. A third specula-
ion in wives put S250,000 more


q his purse, and even now be is
lot satisfied.