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Year: 1874

Twas made TO be eaten


And not to be drank;
To be thrashed in barn,
Not soaked in a tank.
I come IS a blessing


When put through o mill;
As a blight and q curse


When run through q still.
Make me up into loayes,


And your children are fed;
But if into s drink,


I will starye them instead
In breed Pm a servant,


The eater shall rule;
In drink, I am o master,


The drinker a fool,
Then remember the warning:
NY strength III employ,
If eaten to strengthen;


If drank, to destroy.
Year: 1874

whipping 1 Will give you IL wall come 20.
confession ut isst-SI are rs BOTH"


For an answer the boy cast off his jacket.


go on" he said I'm ready. You may
whip me to death, if yon like. IN never
call myself n thief.


1t sounded like defiance, and the first blow
fell. With the first blow all the evil passions
that lay dormant in either breast awoke. The
violent Obstinacy of the boy his unfiuchiug
reception of the blows, made the father fu>
rious, every stroke drove the good angels
further from the boy.


Suddenly food of rage, that passes all
description, filed his young heart. aud an oath
burst from his lips. Following the oath came
such q blow as no Christian ever gave an un>
manageable horse, blow with the dubbed
handle of the whip, aud he tell to the ground
like one dead.


The father bent over him for moment and
then opened the door. The old servant
woman followed.


The clergyman. sick at heart staggered into
the pGror; lie sat down in tn" great Turkish
chalr. and looked vacantlv at the figure of his
litt'e girl busy at the table.


She brought into the parlor little box
which she had dubbed her baby house and
unconscious of what had been taking place
in the study, was furnishing it to her hearts
content.


Now it was ready for the reception of the
doll, and she put out her little hand and
plucked her fathers sleeve.


Papa" she said ''there is my house"


The father absoutly nodded, but the child
was not satisfied


Look" she said-"it's got bed aud pill
lows, aud table and stove. and PICTURE
Look at my picture, papa"


Absently still, the clergyman gAzed into tho
baby. house. In a moment more an awful
look swept over his face.


Your picture - he cried. rs that what
you call your picture? Where did you get itl"


"Of the table," said the child. My
pretty green picture l hung it up with q
PIN"


1t was five dollar bill that was pinned
against the wall of the dolls parlor. 1t was
the bill that had been lost that morning.
Lilly, in her ignorance, thought Of pennies
only as money. She had never had anything
else given to her, and her passion for pictures
was great. lnnocentlv she had taken. this
pretty green one for her own


People sometimes ask why the Rev Mr.
IIolbroOk, who was so useful in his coDgregA>
ton, breaches no longer. and lives in . lonely
little country place apart from all who ever
knew or admired him.


One woman knew-his sad yet foFgiving
wife. A. for the poor idiot who crRwls about
the house, pi,itul object TO look upon n moro
pitiful ono to listen To, he knows nothing
He has mover known anything since that last
fatal blow, Of which the father dreams per-
petually, ended all for him.
Year: 1874

Tho Indiana Temperance law haa come to
grief. Tic cardinal clause Of this deyico to
keep people sober by statute lay in tho ninth
section, which first fined man for being drunk,
and thou forced him to tell whero ho got tho
Intoxicating fluid. This section has bcen do
clared unconstitutional BY the Supreme Court
Of tho sIato, whoHo decision docs no moro than
give legal recognition Of tie fact that such
provisions could mover bo enforced. Falling
this section, Of course tho law fails.
Year: 1874

A LAUaHABLE ADvENTURE.-Dur a
hard winter clergyman in Vermont be-
ing apprahensivs that the accumulated
weight Of the snow upon the roof Of the
barn might do some damage, resolved to
prevent it by seasonably shoveling it off,
He therefore assembled it, having first, for
fear the snow might all slide of at once,
and himself with it, fastened to his waist
one end Of the rope, and giving the other
end to his wife. he went to work but
fearing still for his safety, he said -


my dear, tie the rope round your
waist" m8


No sooner had she done this whom Cd
went the snow, poor minister and al, and
up went his wife.


Thus. on one side Of the barn the a..
tonixhed and confounded clsrgyu man hung
while on the other side hung his wife,
high aud dry. in majesty sublime. dangling
Nthe other end Of the rope At tha,
moment. however, a gentleman passed BY
and delivered them from their perilsu,
situation.
Year: 1874

A QUAKER WoMAN's SERMON. my
dear friends. there arc three things very
much wonder at. The first is, that chill
drsn should throw stones and brick bats up
into fruit trees to knock down fruit; If
they would let it alone it would fall itself.
The second is, that men should be SO fool
ish and SO wicked as to 60 to war and kill
each other; if left alone they would die
themselves. And the third and last thing
that wonder at, is that young men should
be SO unwiss as to go after the young wo-
men; if they woulibut stay at home the
young women would come after them"
Year: 1874

The contest waged in this State is not local
further than it happens to be for the governor
ship of Massachusetts. 1t is the best illustration
which has yet been given of principle. The
issue is purely national, and goes to the very
roots Of the system under which we live. Are
the people OF this commonwealth and Of this ma
ton ready to meet it honestly. and to free them
s,les from the snare which has been spread for
them so artfully ?-[ Boston Advertiser (Rep.)
Year: 1874

Let Philadelphis and Pennsylvania. then
unite in getting up monster Fourth OF
July, and they may rely not only upon
abundant patronage from the American
people, but upon achieving a reputation for
taste, enterprise sud liberality of the city +,
and State where liberty was first proclaim
cd s'to all the land and to all the Inhabitants
thereof" This is the way, the best way.
the only proper way to have our Centennial
celebration ST. Louis Republican.
Year: 1874

OUR AIM is TO SUPPLY GooDs adapt
" ed to the wants of the poor as well as to the
rich, and we keep ONLY THE BEST and most
SERVICEABLE grade of every class OF GOODS.
With fixed price and not misrep1 esentlng the
quality of any article. the pnollc may supply
their wants from US with confidence.


HAMILTON EASTER g. SONS.


@-Samples supplied by mail on application.
Year: 1874

CONSULTATION OF THE COMMITTEE.


The Investigating Committee adjourned on
Tuesday evening TO meet again last evening. Tdey
were drawn together, however at IL H. yesterday at
Mr. Winsow's Office. All the members, and also Mr.
Tracy OF counsel present, and the discussion. ac-
oording to the members OF the Committee. related to
the proposed report This had previously been pre-
sented by the subcommittee, and 1t was thought de-
srabl that two three meetings should be devoted to
its consideration in order that Its form might be made
acceptable 70 ALL II was now, the committeeman said,
nearly completed and ready for the finishing touches
1t was very comprehensive and would show
the public that the Committee had done
thorough work and good deal of it. The Committee.
he said were absolutely united upon the substance and
the form of the report and it would certainly be ready
for the public on Friday evening. 1t would probably
MI several columns of print When asked II the report
would in any part reflect upon the character OF Mr.
Mouton with view to vitiating his published state
meut he said that OF in treating OF the whole
matter 1t would be impossible to ignore Mr.. Moulton,
and that 1t would shown that he had told more than
one that the charges against MI Beecher were false
but that probably report would deal further than
this with him.


Mr. Sage would only say response to questions that
the Committee had asked Mr.. Mouiton to submit to


crossexamination and 1t was likely they would not,
although this was yet undecided The Committee will
have private consultations to-day and the last general
meeting prior the presentation OF the report Will be
held this
Year: 1874

that a report was spread among the ne
grOes a few nights ago that an armed
body Of four hundred masked men were
going TO attack negro church and mas
sscre the entire congregation. 1t is said
that this report, which was base lie,
excited the negroes very much, and ter
rified the entire congregation. The ne
groes are being constantly agitated by
white ard negro Rsdicsls, who engage
in the most incendiary speeches that
malice and depravity could suggest. 1t
is believed that the negroes were Induced
TO accept this report because of the ne
gro speech made at the Radical conven-
ton ia this city, few days ago. Those
speeches and false reports are made and
circulated right upon the heels Of the at
tempted robbery, murder and outrage
upon the Durant family, In the out
skirts of this city last week.
Year: 1874

From our Special Correspondent.I


MCKENZIE, TE IN, September III
found quite sn excitement in Gibson
county to-day, growing out Of the arrest
by United States troops Of several men
charged with being engaged in taking
the negroes from the Trenton jail. 1t is
apprehended that the innocent are as
apt to be arrested as the guilty. 1t is to
be hoped that the grand jury Of Gibson
county will find out several of them this
week. In this way Federal interference
will be rendered unnecessary. saw to-
day the reason why the country is not
prosI erous. 1t is n disagreeable truth,
but it had as well be told. In distance
Of one hundred miles I saw only two
persons at work in the fields; they were
white boys, picking cotton, and one Of
them stopped to throw 8 rock at the
train as it passed. Laziness is the cause
Of our want of prosperity. L saw great
numbers of whites and blacks standing
about doing nothing while the fields
were white with cotton which ought to
be gathered before 8 rain. No mending
Of tencee, no sowing Of grain, no cutting
Of cane, no fall plowing-in fact, no
doing anything. There appear to be
more drones than working bees in the
hive. a change must come, or the coun-
try is gone. 1t has been said and it ap-
pears TO be true, that cotton aud negro
countries viii be poor countries. When
men work, whether white or black, they
find 20 time to engage in riots and jail
breaking. There are enough white men
1 in Tennessee to cultivate it much bet
ter than it is now cultivated, if they
would al go to work in earnest. Let
them adopt the policy you have so often
advocated of putting a large portion of
West Tennessee in grain, clover and
grass, and hence laboreTs VIII be needed
aud much more will be made each year.
The more owners Of the soil that be-
come eultivators OF the soil will make
the country richer and more productive.
Whoever says this country cannot be
cultivated by white men much better
than it is now cultivated, shows great
ignorance of the country and Of the
people. We are not dependent on the
negro for the cultivation OF this coun-
try, unless we make ourselves so. All
the cotton viii soon be open and should
be gathered before the winter rains com
mence. II we have but little cotton let
that be q good article. Rain is very
much needed throughout all this portion
OF West Tennessee.
Year: 1874

In the autumn of 1871 there arr ived
in this city a young German from the
city of Recklinghausen, Westphalia,
in a state of most abject poverty. He
gave his name is Louis Steenkopf, and
said that he had been robbed of all his
clothes on boad the emigrant ship
To aggravate his misery, he became
affected with rheumatism, and wander
ed about the streets of New York fam
ished and ragged. Finally humane
countryman of his took pity on him
and got him admitted to the German
hospital, whence poor Steenkopf was
discharged shortly ofterward with only
few shillings in his pocket. He was
thrown upon the town again in the
dead of the hard winter of 1S71-72, and
he was soon more miserable than ever.
One day in the summer of 1872,
by that time having become a filthy
and disgusting beggar, he piteously
begged policeman to have him sent
to the island. There he remained two
months, when he suddenly received,
through the German Consul, letter
with the enclosure of $500, and an ur-
gent request to return to his German
home. A few hours after the New
York pauper visited a barber shop and
clothing store, and was transformed
into a gentleman, and the next steamer
carried him back to the Fatherland.- =
Upon his arrival at Recklinghausen
Steenkopf found that two of his veal
thiest relatives had died suddenly. and
that he, their sole relative, who, a
short time before, had begged aims in
the streets of New York, had, all of n
sudden, become possessed of real es-
tate and stocks valued at 1000, ,OCO
thalers. A more singular and sudden
revulsion of fortune has rarely taken
plaee.-Su,aday Mercury.
Year: 1874

Sunday morning two farmers and
their families, who were driving to


Maiden to attend church, noticed, when
about eight miles below, or east OF the
town. a ships yawl on the lake, head
ing towards the beach, and abont
half mile away. They could plainly
make out a man in the stcrn-sheets
steering the boat with an oar, and, al
though there were no vessels In s1ght,
and the morning was so pleasant ana
the sea 80 smooth that it was supposed
that the man had put out from the
shore to pick up something, and but
little attention was paid to the yawl.
Passing the same spot on their return
the men found the yawl hard on the
beach. and the man sitting stiff and
motionless in her stern. Leaving their
wagons they discoverd that the man
was ifeless and frozen as hard as
stone. He sat bolt upright on the
seat. the oar out behind and both
hands clasping the handle, and it re-
ouired hard work to wrench 1T from
his death grip. There was about one
foot of water in the boat, but the craft
did not show rough usage. The mans
legs were almost covered with ice as
far up as his knees, and the spray had
dashed over his back and shoulders
and froze there. There was no name
on the boat, and the person who
Lrought the information to Windsor
yesterday could not say that anything
was found on the person of the man to
reveal his identity, or to show how
he had been cast adrift. 1t is not be-
lieved that he put off from any vessel,
but it is the theory of some of the ma
rine men that he was driven from some
of the islands or from some point down
the shore. No one conld say how long
he had been afoat or when death over
took him, but he must have been dead
at least three days or more. There
was neither sail nor mast to the boat,
and nothing in it but the one oar,
showing that the poor fellow had not
intended a long trip anywhere, and he
must have bee blown off the Shore
He had used his oar to keep before
the wind, and had froze to death on
his seat. where he was so firmly held
by the ice that it had to be broken
with stone before he could be pulled
off. For days, and perhaps weeks,
the frozen man sat there with his icy
fingers clinging to the ashen oar, and
the gales and the waves spared him to
reach the shore and receive christian
burial, while a score Of hardy men who
manned staunch propeller saw her
go down to a grave in the deep waters
and followed after. Truly, the great
lakes have their mysteries as well as
the broad ocean.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1874

The height of roughness: 50 come
home when your wife has gone away
for a day or two, and find that slle has
accidentally carried off the key to the
closet where the consolation is.


A ladies club in London is about
breaking up, the members being hope
lessly divided on the great question as
to the propriety of using sealing wax
for ordinary business letters.


''This is a very crooked path" said
Jones to Brown, as they wound up
the sides of Montallvut "Crookedl"
was the reply; ''it's SO confounded zig
gag that you can stand with one foot
on zig and the other on gag, without
any difficulty.
Year: 1874

Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen
On an occasion like the present II Is duty
on my part to bear testimony to the great
and good qualities of the patriotic man
whose earthly remains now rest beneath the
dedicated monument. Ii was not my for
tune to make the personal acquaintance OF
Mr Lincoln till the beginning OF the las;
year of the great struggle for the national
existence. Duringlthose years of doubt and
desDOndeney among the many patriotic men
of the country, Abraham Lincoln never for
a moment doubted but the final result
would be in favor OF Peace. Union and
Freedom 10 every race on this broad land
His faith in an all-wise Providence direct
ing our arms was the faith Of the Christian
that his Redeemer liveth. Amidst ObloquY.
personal abuse and hate undisguised, and
which was given vent q without restraint
through the press, upon the stump ami IN
private circles, he remained the same
staunch. unyielding servant OF the people,
never exhibiting resengesul feelings toward
his traducers- lie rather pitied them. and
hoped TOR their own -ake anu the good name
of their pos;erity they might desist. Fora
single moment it did not occur TO him that
the man Lincoln was being assailed. but a
reasonable spirit, one waiting 10 destroy
the freest government the sun ever shOne
upon, was giving vent 30 itself on him, a.
the Chief Executive Of the nation, only be-
cause he was such Executive. As lawyer
in YOUR mids: he would have escaped all
SANDER. for his lie was 4 pure and simple
one. and he. no doubt, would have been a
much happier man. Bat who can tell what
might have been the fate Of the nation. bdi
for the pure, anseifsh and wise administra-
tion OF Lincoln? ? From March, 1864. to
the day when the hand of an ASSASSIN open
ed a grave for Mr.. Lincoln, the President
Of the Unitsd States, my personal relations
with him were as close and as intimate a.
the nature Of our respective duties would
permit. To know him personally was to
love and respect him for his great qualities
of head and heart and for his patience and
patriotism. With all his Disappointment
from failures on the part Of those TO whom
be entrusted command, and the treachery
on the part OF those who had gained his
confidence but to betray it. never heard
him utter complaint nor east a censure for
bad conduct or bad faith, Ii was his na-
ture to find excuses for his adyersaries. la
his death the nation lost its greatest head
in his death the South lost its most just
riend.
Year: 1874

YANKToN, May 19.-In the Winter
mute case to-day nineteen witnesses were
examined on behalf Of the prosecution.
A majority Of these were eye witnesses
Of the shooting, and corroborated, in all
the main points, the statements concerning
the tragedy given by the first witnesses
yesterday; they agree as TO Wintermute
being seated In chair next to the aisle,
looking frequently towards the entrance.
He arose and fired the first shot towards
the door where MeCook was standing;
that McCook rushed towards him, and
Wintermute again fired, after which blood
was seen coming from his breast. In a
subsequent struggle two shots were fired,
making four in all. Tho pistol was after
wards taken from him by Maj. Hanson,
who produced 1t in court, When thrown
away the cylinder was missing, this was
found by another witness who produced
1t, and It was found to fit perfectly. When
found 1t had four empty cartridges in it.
1t Is shown by other witnesses that
McCook had been in an adjoining room
in tho hotel previous to the shooting, that
Wiutermute few minutes previous look.
cd in that room and then went into the
court room and took his scat, looking
frequently towards the door. McCook
came out Of the room where he had been
and stood in the court room door, with
his hand above his head, leaning against
the jamb, and had only stood so q few
minutes when WIntermute fired at him


Captain Waldron, an old citizen, testi-
fed to coming into the court room aiteI
the struggle was over, and after McCooh
had been carried out; saw Wlntermute
standing with another man; inquired who
did the shooting, and WintCrmutc an
sYered l did.
Year: 1874

LONDON, May 1O.-The Gear went TO
Oldershoa this morning. The usual
crowd gathered In tho streets. The Czar
will return this afternoon, and State ball
IN his honor Is to take place at Buckipg-
ham Palace tonight.
Year: 1874

The money market continues In the same groove
of ease call loans making at two and three per cent
Prime mercantile paper is selling at 4l06
Government bonds have been dull and irregular.
some issues being steady and others lower We an
Year: 1874

There is such thing as having any.
thing too bad; this chrome business is
having great run among cheap newspa.
pcrs, and is becoming annoying to the
people We have stood the arrival Of
daubs. and paid express charges without
a murmur, until this last indignity was
heaped upon us, and now the lion within
us is aroused. A few days ago the gen
tlemanly express man came in with fat
package Ins,inctively we knew it con
tanned colorcd pictures of highly colored
females or impossible dogs; but we paid
the charges and at our leisure opened the
package. Not content with sending us
ones there were three pictures in the
package, and to make the offense more
hideous, the confounded sculch came
from q Christian paper the Christian at


Work or some such improbability. We
have boarded these hideOus caracatures
for three days. They have frightened
some Of our best customers out Of the
office. We took one of them to the barn
and the COW saw it and has persistently
refused to give milk since. The picture
is terror In the foreground is an old
mare and two mule colts, lying down, all
unconscious, and right above them two
wolves are just ready to pounce upon
them. The artist seems to have thrown
good deal of soul into the ears Of the
smallest mule colt, and the tail of one of
the wolves is woven into hind legs so
perfectly that you can't tell where the leg
ends and the tail begins. The whole ef-
feet of the picture reminds the true artist
Of jar Of preserved hucklekerries spilled
on the cellar stairs, and stepped in by a
number eight foot in e state Of anxiety.
One Of our frequent visitors says the
picture represents sheep and two lambs,
instead of a mare an two mule colts, and
instead of wolves there are two dogs.
Well, there is no artistic but has his
faults. 1t may be sheep and dogs, but
we would have taken our solemn affidavit
they were mules and wolves But this
is neither here nor there. What we want
to illustrate is the check Of that Christian
at Work. Yesterday was the molly Sab
bath, and on that day we received a let.
ter from the supreme idiot who runs the
Christian ut Work, informing us that the
aforesaid pictures had been sent us, and
we we're expected to do advertising for
them to the extent Of S20 Now we are
nothing but poor weak creatures, and
don't want a row with q Ch1sHdn at


Work, but if worse comes to worse, we
will perish honorably with our face to
the foe before we will do one cents
worth of advcrtising-any more than
this artcle-for those blasted things, and
the Christian can work on us all winter
without success Twenty dollars what
do you take us for ?-Ld Cross Democrat
Year: 1874

A MILKMAN's GRIEP.-A story 10 tod
Of German who had made a small for
tame In this country by selling milk, and,
having turned his capital into gold pieces
and placed them in two bags, he went on
board vessel to take passage for bis
father land A mischievous monkey
watching an opportunity, seized one OF
the bags. and ran up to the masthead,
where he opened II, and taking out the
money, dropped, alternately, one piece
on deck ana the other in the water. until
the bag was enptied. When the German
at last found speech, he exclaimed: " He
must be de Tuyvel for what came from
de water he does give to dc water, and
what came from de milk he gives to mi" "
Now if this little story be true, We are
really sorry that German won't out Of the
milk business, for no milkman we ever
heard of considered half and half fair
deal at all