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Year: 1874

The increased price of all articles of con-
sumption, over and above the original cost
of production, has been heavy burden on
the people. In many cases the prices are
more than doubled. Now, when such
charges are made, it is evident that there is
a great wrong somewhere. No one can OBJ
ject to a reasonable per centage in all bust
ness transactions; and, bycommon consent,
such earnings as will encourage them to
continue their business, and at the same
time, afford the laboring class, and consul
mers generally, goods at such prices as will
warrant them in buying. Now, where there
are such increased facilities for manufactur-
ing and the invention of so many labor
saving machines, there ought to be corre-
spending fall in prices. Why have they
not fallen2 And what is the remedy9 1t is
very difficult to get at the prime cost of GER
tain kinds of machinery and furniture, be-
cause the manufacturing companies do not
intend that the outside world shall know
what immense profits they are making. But
from the most careful inquiries, the cost of
production is not more than half or two-thirds
of the amount that they are usually fixed at
If, however, the cost is as heavy as stated,
still the selling price is unreasonably high,
amounting to from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty per cent, This class of
manufactures does not generally pass
through the hands of middlemen, and there
is no excuse for the high prices demanded,
as they are bought from the manufactur-
ing establishments and offered directly to
the consumers. But the middlemen (as
they are usually called, men through whose
hands the goods pass before purchased for
use,) are the real cause of the high prices
of most articles. Each one must have
his profits; consequently goods, which pass
through three OF four hands or houses, have
the profits of each one added to the selling
price. When, therefore, the consumer objects
to paying the price. he is told that they can
not be sold for less, because they cost them
so much Immense fortunes have been
made by the middlemen, and immense sums
of money paid out by the consumers, which
ought to have remained in their own pockets.
Purchasers should, therefore, look to their
interest and buy only from merchants who
get their goods direct from the manufac-
turers. BY so doing, they viii avoid the
tariff of the middlemen and save many dol
lars. Indeed, this heavy tax, as we are In
formed, was one Of the many causes for the
formation of the Oranges. Farmers and
consumers saw that they were annually
called upon to pay out money which could
be saved, and unnecessarily fieeced Of their
earnings. In these days of rapid progress
in the arts, sciences, and material wealth,
all classes must look to their own protection
and improvement, or they viii be trampled
under foot and left far behind. Combina-
tions are the order Of the day. Let them
be managed so as to harmonic for the good
of all.
Year: 1874

Senator Allison has introduced bin in
the Senate to prevent the sale'of aduItef-
ated liquors. We have not seen it, but IN
derstand that the provisions are .substan-
TALLY as follows: Before any one can get a
license to sell liquors he must take an oath
that he viii neither sell, nor permit any one
in his employment to sell, any impure or
adulterated liquors. If, after taking such
oath, he should knowingly or willfully sell
such liquors, or permit any one to do 50 for
him, that he may be proceeded against fSfr
perjury, and upon conviction shall be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary not less than
two nor more than six years.


While we are opposed to all prohibitOry
hquor laws, believing that theydo no good,
still, no one, not even the bitterest enemy
of prohibition, ought to object to such a
his senses will advocate the sale of poison
to any one without some restrictions, be-
cause the fatal effects would be intolerable.
Neither should any one oppose law which
will root out and destroy the vile stuff
which is now being so universally sold.
One of the best chemists in the United
States recently made report upon the
quality of liquors sold throughout the coun-
try. He states that the most of it con-
tanned enough sulphuric acid to burn
through a mans stomach in short time!


In former days, pure liquors could be
had; and there was not such an amount of
drunkenness as is now seen. The fact is,
the stuff that is now sold for liquor, is too
often made from the most odious COM
pounds, and contains enough poison to turn
the head and stomach of any one. Recent
ly we heard man boasting of having sold
a quantity of such compound, made up, ac-
cording to his own statement, principally of
tobacco, red pepper, soda and a small
amount of spirits. Said he, " they (the
driRkists) Just took the little glass, with the
liquor in, one hand and glass of water in
the other, tossed off the first and washed it
down with water, and went on their way
rejoicing2"


Let the Senator push his bill through, for
it is greatly needed. If any man should
oppose it, the conclusion will follow that
he is willing to make money at the risk of
killing off the very men who are his best
and most constant customers. -


Such laws, properly enforced, win do
more to reform the vice of intemperance
than all of the prohibitory laws which can
be enacted.
Year: 1874




1t is matter of great Importance to the
citizens of the State that the scholastic CEN
sus in each county should be completed as
soon as possible. There seems to have been
inexcusable negligence on the part of the
trustees in several Of the counties, or else
the number of children who are entitled to
the benefits of the school law would have
been ascertained and reported to the Super
intendent of Public Instruction. Now, tits
near the middle Of March, and yet the pub
lie schools in many places are not open for
the benefit Of the childreR, who are grow
ing up in ignorance, when they ought 70 be
at school improving their minds and receiv-
ing that thorough training which win fit
them to occupy high and responsible posi-
tions in the future. With a school fund
and land which cannot be surpassed by any
other State in the Union, and with every in
ducement to stimulate action, there are, in
certain quarters, remissness and want Of
interest which do not speak well for those
officers whose duty it is to put the school
system in operation.


The State Superintendent IS doing all in
his power to hurry up the reports, which
viii enable him TO make the appOrtionment
contemplated By the law, and 70 take such
steps as may be Necessary to make the law
4 complete success. But, unless cther win
cheerfuIly act in concert with him and push
on the good work, the schoOIs.wilT not, in
many places, be opened before the faIL
Indeed, where they are not already open it
is doubtful whether much instruction could
be impaired before the weather would BE-
come 50 hot As to admonish the trustees Of
the necessity Of closing the schools until
the fan season. But al that can be done
Year: 1874

THERE are about 1900 justices of the
peace and notaries public in the State and
their commissions are going out daily, as
fast as the evidence of their election and
qualification is received. From the above,
some idea may be formed of the very large
amount of business which is done in the
Secretary of States Office.
Year: 1874

vezegrs" And with a passionate gesture he palled 0af his hat. and flung it on the groand. and stood wiping the perspira- ten fron his forehead.

 I answered him briefly but kindly enough. told him to leave his case in my hands, go back to Lariceia and try and find some occupation. I confess that even as gave this respectable ad- vice, I but half believed in it. It was none of poor Angelo's mission to arrive at virtue through tribulation. His indolent nature. active only in immediate feeling, w51ld have found my prescription of wholesome labor more intolerable even than his wrong. He stared gloomily and made no answer, but he saw that I had his interests at heart. and he promised me. at last, to leave Rome, and believe that I would fairly plead his cause. If I had good news for him was to address him at Lariceia. It was thus learned hls full name,-a name, certainly, that ought to have been to its wearer a sort of talisman against troubie,-Angelo Beati.

 TcoNcLuDKD NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1874

Some captious Southern editor asserts that two pairs of stairs are necessary to every newspaper office in North Carolina one for the editors to go down as the caller comes up the other.
Year: 1874

These periodicals constitute wonderful mis- cellany of modern thought research, and criti- reviewing is found here, and they treat of the leading events of the world in masterly articles written by men who have special knowledge of the matters treated. The American Publishers urge upon all intelligent readers in this country liberal support of the Reprints which they have so long and so cheaply furnished, feeling sure that no expenditure for literary matters will yield so rich return as that required for sub- scription to these the

 Leading Periodicals of Great Britain.
Year: 1874

The Criminal Courtroom WIS crowded yestet-
day morning, tho attraction being the opinion OF
Judge Rogers on the motion to quash the indict-
mante in the Cage case. The defendant waB
present with his counsel, and occupied seat in
tue SPACE allotted for attorneys. Shortly after
the court WIS opened, Judge Rogers said he vas
prepared to dispose Of the motion, and proceed
ed to read the following opinion:
Year: 1874

the constitution repaired taxes to be made
equal, while this law taxed the saloon keep
ers only You might as ell tax the mer-
chants alone for the support of schools, or
the wheat growers alone for the support of
the government. This law provides for
special and unequal taxation, and compels
one class Of citizens to support the Inebri-
ate Asylum. The use of kerosene oil and
steam boilers makes a necessity for hospi-
tails, but that would not justify Il law com
pelling the sellers Of these articles to sup
port such hospital The whole object of
the law is to satisfy a few hungry Office
seekers.


Mr.. Williston said he understo ood the law
was suggested by the State Medical Asso-
citation. As to the constitutionality Of the
| law, it was an inherent ght in the sover-
eign power to tax any class Of business it
deems necessary The principle is older
than printed laws. 1t is especially necessa-
ry to tax the liquor traffic. This is not a
tax on one class of men for the benefit OF
the community. 1t is q tax on the dealer
for the benefit of the consumer. He thought


that Red Wing was just the place for an In


cbriate Asylum. After lengthy discus
sion the bill was recommended to pass


House adjourned until Monday at 2:3O P. NJ
Year: 1874

A GERMAN refined, strictly private family
"A would hike make with two three gentlemen
reduce let furnished ROOMS
sny part house location Lengny Grand
Central depot Address PANIC Tribune West side oes s0o ~es'
lI.t
Year: 1874

fg The colored Baptist Society, had
Festival, for the benefit of their Church
an Tuesday night-but was not very well
mronized for want Of general notice
of ,he time Of its occurrence.
Year: 1874

The above has been ranked as pretty. but
there is more truth than Rhapsody about it.
II you disbslieye this assertion. Guy q
ticket ia the grand drawing OF the S.ouisi


ana State LOTTERY Company; said drawing
occurring on the twenty sisth Of this month.
Year: 1874




The Poughkeespie Eagle, in an arti-
Gle on "How mistakes happen in a
newspaper" figures up the number of
types used in newnpaper the size Of
the Eagle at 600.0 .000, the actual number
Of bits of metal arranged and rearrang-
ed every day in preparing newspaper
the sizes of the Eagle for the press. We
suppose few people think Of the print
ing trade as the most exact and partic-
ular business, but it is. In making
type, variations that might be allowed
in the machinery OF the finest watch
would render the type useless. 1t is
very rarely that type furnished by two
separate foundries can be used together
without q good deal of trouble, though
they try to make it after the same STAN
dard. We read once in a while of a
wonderful piece Of cabinet work or mo-
siac work containing ten, twenty or
fifty thousand pieces, the maker OF
which has spent months or even years
of labsr in producing it, and the people
60 to see it as great curiosity, but the
most elaborate and carefully fitted
piece of work of this kind ever made
does not compare with thar which the
printer does every day. The man who
dses the first is looked upon as an ar
tist-a marvel of skill, and If hundred
of his pieces is put in wrong side up,
or turned the wrong way, 1t is not OBJ
served in the general effsct-but IL the
printer, in fitting ten times as many
pieces together in the same day, puts
one where another should be, or turns
one the wrong way everybody sees it,
and Is amazed at the carelesness Of
those stupid printers"
Year: 1874

spots of a lighter shade, is said to i'm
part warmth and brilliancy of color
to the whole surrounding scene. But


the nearer the observer comes, all eager


ness to see more closely SO wonderful a
flower, the less does he like 1t. Not
that the color is less beautiful; but who
cares for beauty in human beings when
its possessor is malicious, disdainful or
untruthful? And who cares for beau.
ty ina flower, when the odor is disa-
greeable?


So, Notwithstanding its proudly bril-
liant color and its great size, the rable-
sia arnoldia will never be admired, for
we are told that its odor is intolerable,
polluting the atmosphere for many
feet around. Another bad trait Of its
flower character is that it is toe lazy to
support itself, but lives upon the labor
of others. In the forests where it is
found, there are many vines, sometimes
climbing up the trunks of the trees and
sometimes trailing along the ground.
Fastensng itself to vine in the latter
position, unprincipled ranesia grows
without further trouble to itself than
to draw for its own use the nutriment
which the industrious vine-roots are ali
the while collecting from the earth.
The vine must be very amiable you
think? All, but the poor vine cannot
help itself. 1t cannot shake off the big
selfish flower and can only work hard
er than. ever to collect supplies sufi-
cient to nourish the odious hanger-on,
and have enough in addition, for its
own branches and leaves.-St. Nicho-
las,
Year: 1874

An exchange thus descants upon
printing-office bores, hitting the mark
so fairly on the head, we cannot fail to
appreciate, indorse and copy. Here are
a few of the innumerable questions
which printers are called upon to an
swer.


Do you print both sides of the paper
at once?


How long does it take to make a
newspaper?


Suppose you write everything you
print cont you?


Why are those boxes of different
sizes, and how do you know where to
find certain letter?


Can't you print picture of anything
you want to? should think you could.
Why can't you?


If you print one hundred bills for s.,
1 suppose you will let me have four for
twelve cents?
| should think it would be fun to be
an editcr-you don't do anything but
sit down and read newspapers and
stories all day!


Do you threw your type away when
you have printed upon it once?


You don't care ii I take handful of
this type, do you?
1t can't be very hard to set type all
day-is it now?
Can't I help you print something9
Iwish you would print my name for
me; it wouldn't be much trouble to
print of just one name.
What is this for?
What do you do with that!
What makes that look so funny?
What are you going to do now?
What for?
Why?
What m axes you keep so still?
Ysu don't care If a fellow just talks
do you?
By the time man gets through with
this list of questions, his company be-
comes so mOnot0n0us that he cannot
fail to perceive its effects upon the lis
teners, and he walks off with the i'm
preston that we have treated him un-
kindly and impolitely.
All the above is to the point, aud
when the.questioner takes the hint and
leaves of his own accord, we feel Sc
rene.


But then, when, as occurred with us
the other day, 3 man comes in with o
32pags pamphlet with the backs torn
of and insists on us printing him q
copy Of that same, backs and title page
included, for ten cents, because that is
all the original copy cost him, we feel
disposed to explain to him the quickest
method of getting downstairs, free Of
charge.
Year: 1874

A LIVELY SCENE IN THE SMITHSONIAN
GRoUNDs.-The Washington Star says:
In the Smithsonian grounds on Sunday
last quite an exciting scene took place
on one of the main walks. Among those
sauntering about were young couple
who, from their appearance seemed to
be either newly married or mighty near
that happy event, their steps being slow
with Joined hands and low conversation.
While so engaged, oblivious of all the
rest of mankind, a good-looking and
well-dressed young woman appeared
upon the scene, skulking behind the
clusters of trees and bushes, but with
her eyes fixed fiercely upon the loving
couple.


Approaching a group at one OF the
benches, she excitedly asked how long
that man and woman had been walking
about there, pointing to them in dis
tant path through the branches. The
answer was that they had been there
for some time. She bit her lips and
said that was her husband, and it look
ed very suspicious. Watching for a
convenient moment she darted like a
deer toward them, the sound of her
starched, skirts resembling street
sweeping machine, and almost before
they knew what vas in the wind she
had the truant husband by the arm, and
the word "hussey" Kissed through her
lips as she tried to get her hands in the
hair of the strange female, who caught
up her skirts and made hasty retreat
across the high grass to another path,
giving several disdainful tosses Of the
head, while the wife led her erring hus-
band by the shoulder out of the ground
by the way of Tenth street, o sumber
Of curious observers following with the
expectation that she would duck him in
the frog pond.
Year: 1874

fThe following touching poem wal
written in the prison dead-house al
Camp Chase, by Col. w. S. H. A fel
low-prisoner was engaged to a beautiful
lady; she proved faithless. her letter
came breaking the troth. Soon after hs
died, and this was Col. H.. reply.
Your letter came, but came too late,


For heaven had claimed its own;
Ah, sudden change from prison bars


Unto the Great White Throne
/ And vet think he would have stayed


For one more day of pain,
Could he have read those tardy woes


Which you have sent in vain.
Why did you wait, fair lady,


Through so many weary hour
Had you other lovers with you


In that silken, dainty bower'
Did others bow before your charms,
And twine bright garlands there !
And yet ween III all that throng


His spirit had no peer.
wish that you were by me now,


AS draw the sheet aside,
TO see how pure the look he wore,
Awhile before he died.
Yet the sorrow that you gave him


Still had left its weary trace,
And meek and sanity sadness


Dwe!ls upon his pallid face.
"Her love-" he said, "could change for


me


The winters cold to spring;
Ah, trust of thougbtless ma!den's love,
Thou art bitter thing!
For when these valleys fair, in May,
Once more with bloom shall wave,
The northern violets shall blow
Above his humble grave.
Your dole of scanty words had been
But one more pang to bear;
Though, to the last, he kissed with love
This tress of your soft hair,
I did not put it where he said,


For, WneU lHe dHSelo oohe,
| would not have them find the sign
OF falsehood in the tomb.
I've read the letter, and l know


The wiles that you have wrought
To win that noble heart of his,


And gained it-fearful thought
What lavish wealth men sometimes give
For trife, light and small !!
What manly forms are often held


In Folly's fimsy thrall
You shall not pity him, for now


He's past your hope and fear
Although l wish that you could stand
With me beside his bier.
Still forgive you; Heaven knows


For mercy you'll have need,
Since God bis awful judgment sends
On each unworthy deed.
Tonight, the cold winds whistle by,
As my vigils keep
Within the prison dead house, where
Few mourners come to weep.
A rude plank coffin holds him now,
Yet Death gives always grace
And would rather see him thus


Than clasped in your embrace.
Tonight, your rooms are very gay.
With wit. and wine, and song;
And you are smiling, just as if


You never did a wrong.
Your hands so fair, that none would


think


1t penned these words of pain
Your skin, 80 white-would God your


soul


Were half so free of stain
I'd rather be this dear, dear friend,
Than you in all your glee;
For you are held in grievous bonds,
While he's forever free.
Whom serve We in this life, we serve
In that which is TO come
He chose his way; you yours; let God
Pronounce the fitting doom.
Year: 1874

Ill rather be this dear, dear friend,


Than you in all your glee
For you are held in grievous bonds,


While he's forever free.
Whom serve we in this life, we serve


In that which is TO come
He chose his way; you yours; let God
Pronounce the fitting doom.
Year: 1874

Factory Butter like factory cheese, com.
mands an extra price. In butter factories


as in cheese factories, a superior class Of
help is employed, and the expense to the
patrons are lightened and the profits in
creased. We find it 80 among our cheese
factories, and no farmers wife who has once


been rid of cheese making would be willing
to return to the old method 1t would be


Just the same with frmer's wives, if the
farmers in the butter districts were to adopt
the factory system of butter making, it be-
ing such relief TO the family. Aud as the
sales are made oftener, there is the ad-
vantage OF always having ready money,
The same mode Of dividing expenses and
proceeds of tho sales may be employed in
butter factories that is employed in cheese
factories or a company might be formed TO
buy the milk or cream only might be taken
to tho factory. As to the butter.milk or
skimmed-milk, that might be fed to hogs OF
calves, If the factory is conducted on the
pro rata system, good way would be to
purchase hogs or calves with the money Of
Of the patrons, taking those of the patrons at
u fixed rate per pound, put them together and
employ man to take care Of them. If any
additional feed be required, lot 1t be pur'
chased with the common fund by an execu'
! tive committee, In the fall, when the calves