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Year: 1874

relative to the transportation OF freight


and passengers over the railroads, or


the consolidation of railroads that have


terminal points in different States or


Territories, and relative to the manage


ment and operation of all transporta-


ton companies engaged as common


carriers of freight and passengers over


such railroads. In case any railroad or


transportation company shall wilfully


neglect TO obey any law Of the United
States, or to observe any order, decision,
rule. or regulation made by the commits
sion in pursuance of law, the same
shall sbe deemed sufficient cause to
restrain such company from csrrying on
business as a common carrier as long as
such refusal or neglect continues, the
commissioner to be invested with the
power of arranging the rates of charges
and transportation of freight and pas
sengers, having due regard to weight,
bulk, value, destructability, distance,
and TO each other matter that ought to
be considered, as he may deem to be
Just as between such companies and
their patrons, provided that the rates,
when charged and collected at the max
imum, snail yield a net earning upon
which TO declare dividend among the
estimating from the b-si-
ness of the preceding year, if not less
than ten or more than fifteen per cent.
upon the actual cost of all the property
Of the company.
Year: 1874

by the other animals, and then the opera COM
menced. Dan and Pomp, the TWO great African
lions opened hrst their bass voices, and we're soon
followed in concert by the howl OF the hyena
aud the believing Of the sacred bull ana
water buf1alo Every animal In the place,
It seemed, took q hand in the frolic,
and finally hand In was taken by the keeper OF
the leopard. She however. did not seem 80
traciabie as usual, and showed nghr, and might
have made 1t rather ugly Tor the keeper, mad not
an unexpected appearance been put IN at tha mo-
ment Dy Master Jack the bull terrier dog whose
Is familiar to all who visit the Hippo
drome. 1ne dog at once made q dash Tor the
leopard ana seized him by the throat, and though
the struggle was fearful one. Jack managed TO
re ain his hold unrt the animal was secured. The
keeper was cut about the hands IN the strngR e.
but not badly injured, and 1t IS a lucky thing
perhaps, that no performance was going On at the
time.
Year: 1874

Oh, how often are we thoughtless,
And how little do We care!
For the fate Of those around US,


Or the burdens they may bear,
We forget that some are nearing


Dire perdition's awful brink;
And that we may help to save them,
II we will but stop and think!
II we'd think before we ntter,


Words OF censure, casting shame,
We might save ourselves from trouble,
And not cloud another's name,
We could make our lives much purer,
And from pleasure s cup oft drink;
II we were not quite SO selfish,


And would only stop and think.
And must wage q constant warfare,


With onr passions and Cur pride;
Never yielding to the evils,


Thst beset on every side,
To the right we must be faithful,


And from duty never shrink;
And when aught shall cross our pathway
We must learn to stop and think.
We can plainly see the atom,


That obstructs our brothers eye;
While our own great faults and failings,
Seem to pass, unnoticed by.
Though our sins may be far greater,


Yet we pass them with wink;
And are often found complaining,


When we ought to stop and think!
If we'd meet the Judge with pleasure,


We must choose the path that's straight;
II we'd have eternal favor,


We must watch, and think, and wait,
We must learn to trust Jesus,


And our own base nature sink;
And when tempest gather round US,


We must learn to stop and think
Year: 1874

Among the sentiments expressed by Mr..
Froude in his work. "The English in Ire
lard" we find the following on Liberty"
which It would be well for many to take
seriously to heart; for on almost no subject
Is there more vague or incorrect opinion


There is no word in the human language
which SO charms the ear as Liberty There
is no word which so little pains have been
taken to define, or which is used to express
ideas more opposite. There is a liberty
which is the liberty of child or a savage.
the liberty Of animals, the vagrant liberty,
which obeys no restraint, for it is conscious
of no obligation. Ahere is a liberty which
arises from the subjugaion of self and the
| control OF circumstances, which consists in
knowledge of what ought to be done. and a
power 10 do i obtained by patient labor and
discipline. The artisan or the artist learns
in an apprenticeship under the guidance of
others to conquer the difficulties of his pro-
fession. When the conquest is complete he
is free. He has liberty-he commands his
tools, he commands his own faculties. He
has become a master. 1t is with life as a
whole, as with the occupations into which
life is divided. Those only are free men
who have had patience to learn the condi-
tions Of a useful and honorable existence,
who have overcome their own ignorance and
their own selfishness, WHO have become mus4
ters Of themselves. The first liberty is the
liberty Of anarchy, which to man should
be supreme object of detestaton. The
second liberty is the liberty Of law, which
has made the name the symbol of honor,
and has made the thing the supreme object
OF desire. But the enthusiasm for true lib
eriy has in these modern times been trans
ferred to its opposite. With singular in
verson of cause and effects, men have seen
IN liberty not the exercise and the reward Of
virtues which have been acquired under re-
straint, but some natural fountain, draught
from which is to operate as a spell for the
regeneration of our nature Freedom, as
they picture it to themselves, is like air and
light, condition in which the seeds of ex-
cellence are alone able TO germinate. Who
is free? asked the ancient sage, and he an
swered his own question. The wise man
who is master of himself Who is free? asks
The modern liberal politician, and he answers,
the man who has a voice in making the laws
which he is expected to obey. Does the
freedom of painter consist in his having
himself consented to the laws of perspective,
and light and shade? The nation is the
most free where the laws, by whomsoever
framed correspond most nearly to the will
of the Maker OF the universe, by whom, and
not by human suffrage, the code of rules is
laid down for our obedience. That nation is
most slave which has ceased to believe
that such divinely appointed laws exist, and
will only be bound by the acts which it
places on its statue book
Year: 1874

LNNa.-Truth is always consistent with
Itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is
always near at hand, sits upon our lips, and
is ready to drop out before we are aware;
a lie is troublesome, and sets a mans inven-
tion upon the rack, and one trick needs a
great many more to make it good 1t is like
building upon false foundation, which con-
tinually stands in need of props to shore it
up, and proves at last more chargeable than
to have raised substantial building at first
upon true and solid foundation. ADDISON.
Year: 1874

TATTLING tt will be silent and barren of
discourse when | chance to hear tale, rath-
er than 60 with child herewith, till another's
ears be my midwife, to deliver me of such
a deformed monster. may hear a tale of
delight, and perhaps smile at an innocent
jest; | will not jest nor joy at Il tale disgrace
ing an innocent person. -A,1hur Warloick.
Year: 1874

Gates, the anti-monop candidate
for Congress in this district, whose
party's vaunted battle-cry is, "let
the Office seek the man." will
have some trouble to explain why
not being delegate, he happened to
be ut the convention ready to re-
spond, in well-feigned surprise, to
the call of his name after his hercul-
can work and intriguing had result
ed in his nomination. It appears
that Providence not only raised him
up to rebuke horde Of office.seek-
ing politicians, bat he also sent hin,
to Ottumwa to wrest Congressional
nomination whose predilection was
plainly not favorable to him in the
outset. Why did he seek an office
which above all others should seek
the man, and which most certainly
would never have sought him.
Netct0R Free Press.
Year: 1874

Knots is the name of an lndepend-
lent or third candidate for Congress
in the Council Bluffs District. 1t Is
reported that the Anti's are heartily
sick of their nominee, Rood, and as
they can't prevail upon him to With
draw, the committee propose to re-
move him from the ticket. Several
of the Anti -Monop papers of the dis
trict bolt Rood and support Kn otis.
Harmony won't organize among tho
A. MS OF that District while Rood
is on the track.
Year: 1874

A Burlington officer recently
knocked down a lawyer who, in q
speech in court in defence of a crim-
inal was abusing the officer in a
shameless manner. The officer is
said to have the sympathy of the
community. An exchange says !:
A few hundred lessons Of this kind
would teach some lawyers to exercise
common decency in dealing with
witnesses.
Year: 1874

Theodore Tilton is pronounced liar by his
wife, and facts heretofore developed would seem
to convict him Of such accusation. Francis d.
Moulton is woman defamer by his own confess
sion. Verify these are twin worthless to support
30 grave charge as they have preferred
against Mr.. Beecher. His simple denial i'd as
much more worthy OF belief than their sworn
testimony as truth is more noble than falsehood
OF right more desirable than wrong.
Year: 1874

A Notorious Desperate to be Hung


LITTLE Rock, March 13.-Parties who
left Clarksville at ten O'Clock this morning
state that Sid Wallace, the johnson county
desperate, was 10 be hung at u o'clock,
and every preparation was made. A
Gazette reporter was with the condemned
man up to II o'clock last night, and
throughout the conversation he wore that
same confident air which has chacterized
him during his long Imprisonment, he
wrote letter to the Gazette last night
which will be published tomorrow, in
which he states that it his last letter; he is
murdered by his enemies through the
forms of law, without giving the least
showing. The scaffold was erect
ed il the courthouse ward
just in front of the jail whara Wallace
was confined; looking at it he asked the re-
porter if he didn't think that was mighty
shabby affair upon which to hang him. He
expressed no fear of death whatever, and
stated his confidence of being borne away
to heaven by angels. If TUNED loose now,
he said, with couple of good six-shOOters
he thought he could get away with a good
many of his enemies; but he stated they
were afraid to meet him-they were pack
Of towards who had sworn away his life
because they were afraid of him. The
crowd in attendance at the execution is de-
scribed by parties Down from there to-
night, as the largest ever assembled in
johnson county. Wallace was related to
one Of the oldest and best families in the
county. His father prior to the war, was a
member of the Legislature and prominent
Methodist divine. lie was killed by JAY
Hawkers about the close Of the war. Sid.
had the reputation of killing several men
besides the one for which he was hung.
There was also a sentence of four years in
the penitentiary hanging over him for an
attempted assassination of another man.
4 special train was to leave Clarksville at
2 O'Clock, but has not arrived; the other
train left at 10 O'Clock, two hours before the
execution,
Year: 1874

Ward IL. LamOn, the reputed author of 9
life OF Lincoln, his intimate friend and law
partner for many years, answers a criticism
OF Henry Ward Beeeher in relation to Mr..
LlncolnS religious views, in letter to that
Reverend gentleman which concludes as
follows:


lie entertained the belief that the Holy
Scriptures were not of divine inspiration.
On this point his mind had reached a fixed
and unalterable decision. He was an in
tidel, and rested in his conclusions. II
would certainly have been pleasant to me
to have closed the chapters of his biographv
without touching upon his religious opin-
ons; but such an OMISSION would have
violated the fundamental principle upon
which every line Of the book was traced.
Had 1t been possible to have truthfully as
serted that he was a member of the
Church of Christ or that he be-
lieved in the teachings of the New Testa-
ment, the facts would have been proclaim
rd with glow Of earnest and unfeigned
satisfaction, come now to complain of
the injustice which you have done me per-
sonally when you say that the heartiness of
his arguments upon Mr.. Iincoln's religion
casts a certain doubt upon it, and leaves
the impression that he was inspired by an
anti-C Christian animus. Pardon me. nv
dear sir; although not aprofessing Christian
myself, / may say that few men Dos
sess a deeper veneTation for the
Christian religion and all that the
orthodox church regards as sacred. than the
humble individual whom you make the
subject Of your somewhat severe criticism.
L may not always employ the language
which WQuid best declare my meaning, but
when so many very good people in pious
and loyal zeal sought to make their idol
(and l might say minel deyout and rigid
christian, deoIned it unjust to him and
TO Christianity itself to permit
such an error to pass without correction
and refutation.


WARD H 7 AgIOE
Year: 1874

Sinking of the Central Pacific Road.


SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received:


PdliSdde, March BY YeSterday about
five miles east of Battle Mountain, while
the Eastern passenger train was passing.
the track begun sinking and is reported
sunk distance of ten miles, although the
train passed over safely. They held the
West bound train at Carlin last night, and
sent a work train to put the track in order;
have ittemporarily fiXedand the West bound
train passed over this morning.


Battle Mountain, NeU., March 13.-The
track on the Central Pacific Railroad, about
sixteen miles from here, at the store house.
is reported impossible. The track is sunk
for distance of one and half miles. and
about forty-five yards of the track is washed
away. A culvert and other portions of the
road are also washed away a short distance
east of Galconda. a work train sent down
this morning nom Carlin, is still at work
at StOrehouse break, but it is thought
no trains can get through to-day. The
west bound passenger trains is side-tracked
here; also one freight and a large cattle
train. The trouble is caused by the great
quantity Of water coming down from the
mountains during the late thaw, which has
formed perfect flood of water over the
whole country, and is washing away cul-
verts, in some places covering the track Is
inches and feet.
Year: 1874

Senate of the United States entrusts the
remains of Chas. Sumner to the Sargent-it
Arms, and the committee appoiniedto to carry
them to his home, there to commit them,
earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes,
in the soil of the Commonwealth Of Mas
Year: 1874

STRANGE ADVENTURE IN A SWING
The Reading pa. Eagie gives an account
of "A frightful adventure of a young lady
while swinging at a picnic few days
since. She EXPIRE sed a wish to swing IS
high as possible, and was enjoying the
sport greatly. when all at once. as she
rose to the height of fully thirty-fvc feet,
her courage gave way and she tainted.
The momentum of the swing tossed her
apparently lifeless body into tree which
stood thirty-eight feet from the tree to
which the swing was attached. By some
fortunate chance she was safely lodged
between two branches and there remained
until the gentlemen were able to rescue
her from her unpleasant position. Two
of the gentlemen assembled the tree, passed
a rope arround her body, and lowered her
to the ground in safety.
Year: 1874

A correspondent in Georgia writes about
the watermelon crop, saying: Parties
who are posted tell me that fair average
Weld is one thousand melons to the acre.
These sell at wholesale at twenty-five
cents. which makes. you see, two hundred
and fifty dollars. This beats cotton or any
other crop raised in this state, as there is
so little expense attending it. Cotton and
corn look poorly down here. and will not
produce over one-third crop. Fruit of all
kinds is abundant and cheap.
Year: 1874


In the autumn, when the hollows
All are filed with flying leaves,
And the colonies of swallows
Quit the quantity succeed caves.
And silver mantle glistens
Over all the misty vale,
Sits the little wife and listens
To the beating of the fail,
To the pounding of the fail
by her candle sits AMI listens
To the Tapping of the fla |.
The bright summer days are over,
And her eyes no longer sees
The red bloom upon the clover,
The deep green upon the trees,
flushed the songs of finch and robin,
With the whistle of the quail;
But she hears the mellow thro1bng
OF the thunder of the fiail,
The low thunder of the fail
Through the amber air the throbbing
And reverberating fail.
In the barn the stout young thfesher
STOPPING stands with rolled-up sleeves,
Beating out his golden treasure
From the ripped and rustling sheaves:
Oh was ever Knight in armor-
Warrior all in shining mail
Half so handsome rs her farmer
AS he plies the dying tlai,


As he WELLS the htshing fllil?-
The bare-hroatcd, brown young farmer.
AS he swings the sounding fail?
All the hopes that saw the sowing,
All the sweet desire of gain,
All the joy that watch ID the growing
And tue yell0wing of the grain,
And the love that went to WOO her,
And the flIth that shall not fail
All are speaking softly to her


In the pulses Of the fail,


OF the palpliating fall
Past and Future whisper TO her


In the music of the fllil.
IN its crib their babe is sleeping,
And the sunshine from the door
All the afternoon is creeping


Slowly round ui.on the floor;
And The shadows soon Will duken,
And the daylight soon must pale,
When the wifi: no m Jre shall hearken
To the trampins OF the fail,


To the dancing of the fail
When her heart no more shall he lrken
To the football Of the fail.
And the babe shall grow and strengthen,
lie maiden, be wife.
While the moving shadows lengthen,
Round the dial of their life;
Theirs the trust of friend and neighbor,
And an age serene and hale,
When machines shall do the labor


OF the strong arm and the fail,


OF the stout heart and the fail
Great machines perform the labor


OF the good Old fashioned iai.
But when, blessed among women,


And whe1. honorcd among men,
They look round them, can the brimming
OF their utmost wishes then
Give them happiness completer:


And can ease and wealth avail
Tomake any music sweeter


Than the pounding of the fail?


Oh, the sounding of the halli
Never music can be sweeter


Than the music of the haiii
Year: 1874

A TELEGRAM to the San Diego Union says that those who claim to have lost by the transfer of the old Fremont project to NJ. o. Roberts and others, will, it is said, be found no tritling obstacle in Col. Scott's way. We were present at the organiza- tion of the company under Roberts lead, and with few exceptions it did seem that the only object of the stockholders was to see how much money they could make out of it regardless of the welfare of the road; and many were sadly disappointed when they found that their interest in the charter could be sold for nothing, and if they kept it they would be compelled to advance their proportion of the per cent. required by law. We had hoped that these old disappointed hangers on had gwen up all hope of making money out of an enterprise so much needed, without giving any consideration therefor, and we still hope that Congress will not be sweryed from granting proper assistance, by such influences. The businessintcrests of all sections demand road below the snOw-line so that malls, freights and pas sengers can be carried with certainty dur ing any season of the year. The govern ment requires it, for even in time of peace great losses arc liable to occur in consequence of snow blockades, and if we were engaged in war with d foreign na tiOn the most serious consequences might follow. It is a national work that should receive factious opposition from no sec tion or party as all sections are equally in terested in its completion. And the in- fuence of those who enly seek to black mail the enterprise should not be allowed to prevail.
Year: 1874

WE are glad to see that papers in Cali fornia, even those not specially friendly to railroads, advocate the necessity for the construction of road below the snow line. The Bulletin editorially says:

 It may be set down as a fact that no rail- road within the snow-line can be placed beyond the contingency of obstruction by snow storms. We may not know the worst of these mountain storms yet, but they are terrible enough to turn public at tentiOn to the great importance of having a continental route beyond the snOw-line, such as that of the Texas aRd Pacific,
Year: 1874

THE Gro Blanco mine, situated near the boundary line, is claimed Joy citizens Of Sonora and of Arizona; the former con- tending that it is located in Sonora and the latter in Arizona. The Arizona own- CTS employed surveyor some time ago to run the line and after a careful survey the mine was found to be about three miles on the American side of the line. The Mexicans at the time appeared to be satisfied and agreed to leave the mine, but subsequently, they have expressed dis satisfaction and the Prefect of Altar ad- dressed letter to Gov. Stafford upon 70 the subject. The Arizona owners nave au- thOrized the Governor to select a com potent surveyor to again run out the line, and the Governor has addressed letter . to the Prefect of Altar asking him or some responsible officer of Sonora to select a surveyor to meet the one he appoints, at the mine, at some stated, time and trace the line through. The old boundary monumentscan easily be found and the line can be run with certainty in a short time, so that no unpleasantness is liable tegrow out of this dispute.
Year: 1874

A PRIVATE letter from Smith 6o Taylor's mill states that the mine is turning out plenty of bullion and that the mine never looked better. 7They want postofice established there. It would be a great convenience and we have no doubt it will soon be done.
Year: 1874

HE SENTINEL of April 4, entered upon its third volume. Under the management of Judge Berry The Sentinel has been made an interesting live paper and an able advocate of the best interest of the whole Territory. We heartily wish it success.
Year: 1874

Our stock has been selected with great care by one of the firm of most

 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE and with especial reference to the require. mentS of THIS MARKET. We are cOnfi- dent we meet the necessities of our custO- mers at as REASONABLE RATES as any house in the Territory.

 To examine our stock and PRICE our goods, will be to purchase.

 FULLY, OCHOA S co.
Year: 1874

Thou shalt love the Grange with all
thy heart and with all thy soul. and
thou shalt love thy brother Granger
as thyself:


Thou shalt not suffer the name of
thy Grange to be evil spoken Of, but
shalt severely chastise the wretch who
speaks Of it with contempt.


III.


Remember the Grangers' day. On it
thou shalt set aside thy hoe ,and rake ,and
sewing machine, and wash thyself, and
appear before thy Master in the Grange
with smiles, and songs, and hearty cheer.
On the fourth week thou shalt not ap-
pear empty-handed, but shalt surely
bring pair of ducks, turkey roasted
with fire, caked baked in the oven,
and pies and fruits in abundance for
thy Harvest Feast. So shalt thou eat
and be merry, and =" freights and fares -
shall be remembered no more.


w.


nonor tny Master, and all who
sit In authority over thee, that the
days of the Grange may be long in the
land which Uncle Sam hath given
thee.


V.


Thou shalt not go to law.


VI.


Thou shall not burn thy straw bnt
shalt surely stack it for thy cattle in
winter.


Thou shalt not do business on "tick %
Pay as thou goest as much as in thee
lieth.


Thou shalt not forget that the good
Husbandman places Faith in God, nur-
lures Hope, dispenses Charity, and is
noted for his Fidelity.


TX.
Thou shalt plant trees, fruits and
flowers so that thy descendants may
bless thee. Be honest, diligent and
faithful.


Thou shalt have no Jewish middle.
men between thy ranch and LIVERPOOL,
to fatten on thine honest toll. but
shalt surely charter thine own shiputss..
and sell thine own produce, and use