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Year: 1874

INITIATION. The editor of the New
York Tribune having by some means or
othe obtained one dollar Treasury note,
has been, we fear, at once converted into
an iuaationist. The possession of money,
especially in large and unexpected guam
titles, is extremely demoralizing and pos
sibly some enemy of hard cash placed
that bill 4" where it would do most good
The editor is both descrlptive-as be-
ing new thing to him-and meditative.
He is also we are shocked to say, rather
sarcastic.


/" The crisp one dollar bill is a work of
art simply beautiful. Fresh from the
press, with the promise to pay unbroken
by crease, its pictures unsoiled and un-
wrinklod, and its crinkly sound as signi-
cant of wealth as was the jingle of coin in
the barbarous times when promise had
contingent relations with performance, the
dollar bill is an object of admiration and
delight. Few things are superior to it in
nature or in art. On the upper left hand
corner Christopher Columbus is discover
ing the Land of promise in the centre is
the promise to pay of the land he discov-
cred, and on the lower right hand corner,
the signature of Treasurer Spinner, gem
tleman whose integrity is as Roman as
the nose of the Father of His Country
whose portrait adorns the middle of the
bill, because he never told lie. There
may be citizens who have never seen this
work. And yet there are people who go
about making fuss because this, the best
currency in the world, bears promise Of
the United States to pay dollar, and the
United States never pay dollar, and
will not say when, or if ever, they will
pay the dollar. 1t is a neat and pretty
currency, and by the time it gets to the
Mississippi river will be as sweet and pure
as the politics of the country, of which ii
is the emblem. What pity it would be
to substitute coin for it, or do anything tc
interfere with its mission.
Year: 1874

CULTURE OF HoRsERAbIsu Select
good sunny piece Of ground, dig it deep,
aud when possible arrange it so that you
can draw as much dampness to the roots
as possible, as dampness and richness are
its life Planting should be done as early
as the soil is in good working condition.
The sets Cor pieces of roots) to be planted
should be no smaller than one fourth OF
an inch thick and four inches long And
to have them to be of amy value they
should be dug up and transpan,cd annu-
ally.
Year: 1874

on.


In the records of human depravity there
is hardly any crime that exceeds this in
deliberate villainy. 1t has all the ele-
ments of weakness and wickedness, which
are characteristics Of Harrington, who ap-
pears throughout in the leading part, as
well as of Shepherd. Until Congress was
about to take notice of the outrage, NO in
quiry was proposed. Then grand jury
sprinkled with Ring jebbers and the Ring
Legislature were inspired with sudden
zeal Of investigation. in order to white
wash their friends and allies.


Now that the joint committee is direct
ed to examine into this daring crime, we
shall expect to see it probed to the bottom
and the culprits held up to public indig-
nation. Be their guilt what it may, they
will not be punished, for the District At
torney is bound to protect his subordinate
and the Ring, and the courts are any,
thing but Independent. And when the
plundercd people of Washington cry out
for relief, these thieves turn round auda-
ciously and ask, "Why don't you 60 to
the courts 7"


One OF the Ring attorneys was caught
tampering with the notorious Kirtland
when under false name evading process
and secreted in the room Of confederate.
He had been summoned to prove the cor
ruption of Shepherds partner. And now
another is detected heading an apparent
conspiracy to disgrace and ruin leaeing
citizen, and thus damage the cause of its
memorialists. These are the weapons of
the Ring to strike down opposition and to
defend their corruption. Look at them


1t is singular coincidence that Har-
rington, Williams, Clephane, Shepherd,
Baker, aud others, who have figured
prominently in all the recent developments
of conspiracy, false figures, fraudulent
measurement, and similar iniquties. are
the identical men who came to New York
last summer for the purpose Of forcibly alb
Quoting the editor of the San. We had
exposed then what is proven now, and in
order'to muzzle the press and arrest this
publicity they left Washington in crowd
chesred on their way by the Secretary o.
the Treasury and him of the Navy. and
bearing with them commands to willing
tools here to exert their official power t.
consummate another outrage on the liberty
of free speech. If there be justice left
some of these seoundrels will yet learn tc
know how stern it can be when punish
ment is so well deserved ~. Y. Sun.
Year: 1874

A school teacher we wot of sent small
boy with no,e to his juicy spicy, asking
her company the next evening. He hand
ed the boy ten cents for his services, with
the note. But the boy, never having car
ried notes before, supposed the money was
for the girl, and accordingly delivered it
with the note. The girl wrote an answer
telling the school teacher he might come
see her, but it was not necessary for him
to send so much money, as she would
have allowed him to come for a nickel. :
Scotland Co. News.
Year: 1874

A Highland clergyman, eminent for his
piety and simplicity Of heart, but also
noted for great eccentricity of character,
surprised his bearers by introducing the
following passage into one of his prayers
80 Lord we desire to offer our grateful
thanks unto Thee for the seasonable relief
which Thou hast sent to the poor of this
place, from Thy inexhaustible store house
in the great deep, and which every day
we hear called upon our streets: Fine,
fresh herrings, sax a penny sax a pen
ny"
Year: 1874

A very portly gentleman being obliged
to take trip across the country, off from
the railroad route, sent servant to the
stage Office to secure him two seats, so
that he should not be crowded.


The man soon returned, and was asked
if he had executed the order, and he re-
piled that he had


"In what part of the coach are the
seats 7" said the gentleman.


Zone is on the inside of the stage and
the other is outside with the driver" said
the shrewd fellow
Year: 1874

SOMEWHAT CoNDENsED A French
chemist is said to have condensed the body
of his wife into the space of an ordinary
seal, and had her highly polished and set
in ring. He made nice income by bet
ting, with lapidaries and others, that they
could not tell the material of the set in
three guesses, and after pocketing the
money, burst into tears, and say: 1T is
my dear, dead wife. l wear her on my
finger to keep alive pleasant remenbrances
of her"
Year: 1874

A CoNsIDERATE HusBAND.-This man
knew what he was about He lived in
the country, and in buying an axe the
other day, he was particular to select the
smallest he could find. An acquaintance
axed him why he did SO, and he replied
"Well my wife isn't enjoying very good
health this winter, and if get heavier
one, I'm afraid she won't be able to cut
the wood"
Year: 1874

A Chinese girl is now undergoing trial
at Pekip, charged with being the captain
of piratieal craft recently blown up in
one of the Chinese rivers But she
couldn't help it She had no husband and
had to blow up something.
Year: 1874

Hen manure mixed with ashes and in.
corperated in the soil about strawberry
plants is an excellent fertilizer for them.
1t will pay you to buy it at 6fty ,sats per
bushel if you can get it.
Year: 1874




A NOTICE in city paper That "bov"
is wanted Is pretty likely to be answered
by whole mUltipllcation-table of boys,
The New York correspondent Of titc
London dHtertcnt tells how he saw the
thing managed ut the corner of Fulton
and Nassau streets, where citizen was
besieged by brigade of applicants:


We are continually hearing of the
advantages of advertising, but the disad-
vantages of that process for making
known ones wants have never been told
VIII give few instances. A friend of
mine was walking through Bond street
the other morning when he came upon
crowd of over hundred boys standing
in front OF a house. They were laughing
and screaming, and completely blocked
up the sidewalk.


My friend stopped to see what was
going on, and was surprised TO see the
door of the house open suddenly and
mans hand thrust out into the crowd,
grab a boy, pull him inside, and bang the
door shut again.


"Such singular conduct excited his Gu
riosity, and on going up to q man who
was sitting on the front steps of the
house he asked him what was the mat
ter


go Nothing at all, said the man, only
we HuVeruSeu 1Or 1Our DOyS IN This morn
ing's papers, and early as it is you see
the result There was nothing left for
the man who wanted the boys 60 do but
make his selection from the window,
then grab the boy and pull him ln."


The effect of advertising for "a giFp'
would seem to be still more perplexing.
The same writer goes on to say;


My friend told this incident to
well-knOwn merchant the other day,who
related similar experience. Some
time ago. said the merchant, I had oc-
casion TO advertise for half-grown girl
to take care of child stated in my
advertisement that the applicant mus
call at two o'clock in the afternoon.


90 went down to my stor as usual
but had not been there over two hours
when a messenger arrived, saying that l
must come home Immediately, that the
house was full of girls, and that my wife
had been obliged to call in policeman.
Hurrying home, | found that not only the
downstairs hall was full, but thu. the
halls up to the third story were equally
filled with "half-grown girls" '''


1.-THE front door had been closed upon
them, but those inside took possession of
the house and let the others in. They
would not go even when threatened by
the officer, and it took me the whole day
to ask them questions and tell them they
would not do He finally settled upon
girl who came precisely at two o'clock,
and she proved an excellent servant"
Year: 1874

THK ringing OF the DIRE bells yesterday
caused . mule TO run away on Washing
ton Avenue. Ho came 10 contact With q
tree. which put stop to bis wild career.


Neither the mule nor the tree were much
hurt, but the cart 10 which his muleship
was attached was considerably jsmmed up.
Year: 1874

Tic r,1rnored declaration of war between China
md Japan may set the newspaper mon OF New
Yof in fever, but It will most certainly ho do
niea within the week. The nlost economical
treatment Of 1t iB that Which requires the fowcst
Year: 1874




We learn from newspaper slips and
private letters, of rather ridiculous
occurrence in Norwalk, Ohio. The
hero is prominent and respectable
Deaeon-Deacon O., we understand.


The other Sunday he started for
church with an old hat on his head.
1t was an easy hat, and the old gen
tleman enjoyed it. 1t appears there
are pegs to hang hats on in the
churches there. He thus disposed of
his head gear on reaching the church
and took his seat with the congrega-
ton. When the services were over
he fingered, as is customary and
proper for Deacons to do. lie finally
reached the porch, and stopped for
his hat, and any respectable citizen
can imagine the horror he experience
ed on beholding but one hat left, and
that most dilapidated and scandal
ous-lOOking article. He could feel
his blood boil within him as he look
ed at it and thought of the mutton
head who owned it and walked off
with his glossy beaver instead. He
said out loud that the owner of that
hat was a mutton head, and ground
his deaconish heel into the floor, and
felt much relieved by so doing. Then
he tied a handkerchief about his
head because the old hat was much
too large for him and he could not
wear it, even if flesh and spirit had
not revolted against the spectacle.
He told the sexton that that hat
must have been built in a dry dock,
and that the only thing that troubled
him in the matter WAS how man
with a head of that size got into the
church anyway. Then he stalked
maiestically hOmeward, with the red
handkerchief wound about his head
and the detestabIe hat held at arms
length ahead of him, and altogether
forming a spectacle that fastened
the astonished attention of every be-
holder. Arriving at home he ex-
tended the article towards his wife,
aud waiting an instant for her to
take in the awful enormity of the
offence, he explosively shouted,


Look at that villainous rag!" The
lady looked at it, and was astonish-
ed. 81 don't wonder you are sick, 7"
he howled morosely; sit makes me
sick 70 think of the bullhead who
owns such smOke-stack, palming it
off on me, and taking my new 6ea-
yer for himself in mistake! (He
ground this out with whitening sar-
casm.) A pretty mistake, | must say,
when his miserable rag is big enough
to cover a cart, and filthy enough to
make a crow sick" "But that's your
everyday hat" asserted his wife, in
still greater astonishment. "1Ny
hat!" gasped the amazed Deacon,
staring at her with eyes half way
out of their sockets, and then laugh
ing Historically, and shivering from
head to foot. "Certainly it is" per
sisted his wife, "and here is your
best hat" taking this article from its
accustomed place, and holding it out
to him. Without a word the misera-
bic man sank into a chair, and after
staring blankly at his wife for a mo-
ment, slowly said: "The ways of
Providence are past finding out; rub
my head, MatildY!" -....
Year: 1874

Of tho laws Of Go1 the fcrfcture OF heaven, tho
Abandonment OF the soul destruction and ruin What
Ia there 10 man in the happiness OF the world 70
pensate for eternal mseryf


Man in this life would give all 10 preserve the life Of
the body and ought he not 10 moro than all TO
deem him from eternal miscryf Again. all the glory
and power OF this world. very small portion OF whick
IL thought considerable. II multiplied thousandOli
not 10 he compared In value ~ immortal soul Tho
devil knew well its power that he even yentured 70
parage the world or It's enoyments but comparison
will show that though it, glorios and advantages
"What shall IL profit man II he gain the whole world
and lose his sOu THIS IA the voice OF truth Itself
speaking through Jesus Christ prOclaimng 10 man that
there IN something within hun worth moro than the
power and glitter and pomp OF this world worldly hap
piDess IL bur false glory shooting meteor that bllSs
aud il gone forever. Yrtuoas men have a happiness
which no troubles nor caro- can disturb. WhateVcra
OF happiness which sD eventually entails. III I
could pant the glory even the darkest sha6es


make the d S sinners %sa
have bocn denied the pleasure OF seeing M But thess
tered into the heart OF man 10 conceive 10 u they arc
represented by King and Crown. Light and gores and
things that we can understand but tney are Dnt poor
comparison 10 the faintest feelings or pleasure which
they euJ0y VINO are allowed TO dwell with God Heaven
Is the only state OF happhessi tne next world Bad
Dd other sources oil enjoyment IN this world than


life comes, when the world fades from their dying
and open upon vista OF eternity, may ours not be
the feeling with which they contemplate the scene. Qua
OF their greatest tOrments will be the agTay u
loss. The happiuess which the blessed saints ENJOY
might also have been theirs Christ purchased heaven
for all OF and what Will even The contemplation sf
their loss be TO eternal desparf VIII not their
misery be dearly bought by life OF sensuaiity and
seeming pleasuref


Are you treading the narrow path that loads 10 God
or on the road which leads 10 destructont Dc
you live according TO the precepts OF faith, or 10 those
of ni1elttyi Does the world aud its cares Danish all
thoughts Of God from your mndf IL So beware OF tia
wrath TO COME There are many who cannot comply
with the deyotons and duties OF this penetential ne
but at they practice charity AVOID defamation
but at least they can practice charity AVOID defamation
and indulge their sensual PASSIONS The gospel in
vies you heavenly banquet to taste hcw sweet
God ~. DO not beseecb you. mitate the imprudent
guests who made little Of IL.
Year: 1874

IN, Rev. Robert Crook TAy Mshod.s, Epp&t


CharcA


The Rev. Robert Crook, LII. D., preached at
the Thirty seyenth-st Methodist Episcopal Church yes
erday morning He selected his text the following:
Wherefore seeing also compassed about with
great cloud Of witnesses let lay aside every weight.
and the sin which does easily beset and let
with patience the race that before Hebrews,
xii l. The preacher said Take what view you may
OF it, Christian life demands the utmost energy aud
tence and OF those who make 10 success
ful lu the foot-races OF Older time q certain
course was marked out for the competitors and those
who devated from it counted out OF the race 50
man may be successful attaining the great prize Of
everlasting life If he leaves these rules he Is lost There
are many men who take few commands from the Word
OF God and abide by them leaving certain otner rules
which they dislike ind II lncOnVeulent 10 execute.
This is course, at the choice OF the man, but eli
you he must take the consequences OF his actions Our
course laid out 10 this book, and we must abide by t
or lose the race. Just sure as we mako
deviation from any OF tho rules herein laii
down we draw upon Us the anger OF God
There many, hearers, who once, through the III
huence OF God have laid aside great sin; viii
say, for example, OF intoxicating liquors.
who the influence grows less again return To tbs
OF US are doing. and need the patience Paul speskz
OF the text TO keep them away after we have once
parted Many people enter race suppOslrE
that they may win by casting aside their weghts or
extra clothing Just they about to reach tha goal
This is not We cast aside weights and sins
before we can the course shall never reach
Heaven Let u.s. my brethren take heed Of the text and
use Christ example watch mis- prOgres, through
life and make bs course our course, that We may gin
the heavenly
Year: 1874

Indirectly the true princples OF republican government
Through its Influence. civilization s rapidly advanced
and the vast tracts OF land that beeu unoCcupeu
are being steadily pe0ped The society Ia well worthy
your aid, and hope you will give liberay.
Year: 1874

The republican Icelanders have experienced
the danger of coming in contact with king.
The simple-minded self-reliance of their an
cestors seems to have forsaken at least one
member of the community, who happened to
be delegated to express the happiness of his
fellow citizens at the presence of royalty. The
poor Amptmann, or Mayor, of Thorshavn,
was 80 overcome by the presence of king
that instead Of reading an address Of welcome
he forgot his good manners and dropped down
dead. It is difficult to understand why the
Mayor, who was probably useful member of
society, should be so awed in the presence of
man whose only claim to distinction rested
on his occupation of throne. This king is
not clever nor illustrious either in war or
peace. Had he been born in the ranks of the
people his Intellectual qualities might never
have raised him to the rank of alderman, and
yet because he happens to be called king o
man drops dead in his presence as though he
were divinity We suppose this must be
accounted for by the inborn stupidity of the
human race, which countless ages of pro-
gression still leaves in q mental condition not
80 very far removed from the apo as thswen
wishers of the human kind could desire.
Year: 1874

subject exchanged between Washington and
Berlin, that is to say between Mr.. George
Bancroft at the Prussian capital and his
nephew in the State Department? Here is an
other fact of which it would be interesting to
have the whole dimensions. Mr.. George
Bancroft as our representative at Berlin was,
1t scarcely needs to be said, not our represent
ative at all, but only deliquescent old gentle
man verging toward drivel, and so saturated
with Prusso-mania that the adroit diplomats
in Berlin gave his mind any shape they
pleased, and readily made him believe that
their thoughts were his thoughts Did he
write to Washington while under these infu-
ences on the subject of the cession, and was
the answer written by his nephew and to what
effect was t2
Year: 1874

AN IND1CATIoN.-Jack Brown, of Americus
Ca, believing in the immutable right Of
every man to ask for an Office when he desires
it." fings his name to the breeze as a can
didate for Congress His reasons for this
course are given distinctly. He is a candidate
''irst, because he wants the Office" He says
it is ga ground hog case" as to the meaning
of which our perceptions are not clear, but
we should judge the term to be nearly equiva-
lent to '.root little pig or die" If Brown
cannot draw q little cash from the public
treasury he does not know where else he shall
get any. Another Of his reasons is more sig
nifcant He believes he will represent tho
people of his district s'more satisfactorily and
efectually" than any other candidate, be-
cause he has ''an inordinate and uncontrolla-
BILE desire to zee General Grant his own sue
cessor for the next decade of years" From
which it may be inferred that ''the third term
folly is not unpopular in Jack Browns neigh
borhood There is one more reason which
completes the picture. His final reason is
that as he has made failure Of everything
else he has undertaken since the war, he
knows that he is totally unfit for anything but
to be Congressman. By such supporters
the third term thrives.
Year: 1874

Here we are again, Mr.. Merriman The
time approaches for the meeting Of party
conventions, the nomination of candidates
for office and the opening of the political
campaign so "here we are again." with the
old joke Of "a vigorous prosecution Of the
SUITS designed to "recover several millions of
public money abstracted from the public
treasury" by the "old ring" This time we
are told the conduct of these famous suits has
been delegated to two or three lawyers dis
tinguished for their ability and earnestness in
the cause Of Reform, with a capital r. This
means, we presume, that the legal gentlemen
who have heretofore been drawing large
vigorous prosecution" arc to step aside and
make room for new luminaries of law and
reform. The robbery of the treasury by the
old ring and their associates was discovered
in 1871, and the "vigorous prosecution" has
continued through the years 1872, 1873 and
1874 It has cost the city an enormous
amount of money. That it has had no sue
cess may possibly be due to the fact that it
commences just before election time and
ceases with the close of the polls. During
the balance of the year the ''vigor' is confined
to the collection of the reform lawyers bi lis.
1t is time this fraudulent trick should be
properly understood. The people who
were robbed by the old ring feel that
the plunderers should long since have been
compelled to disgorge, and they would have
been if there had been any honest desire on
the part Of the prosecutors Of the suits to
bring them to en- end. But the political
schemers who have held control of The legal
proceedings have had no intention that such
result should be reached. The 'storm
raised in 1871" must be kept alive 1t serves
as capital in the annual elections and it
diverts attention from the dishonest practices
of tho new ring. It helped to give US Have
meyer, with Charlick, Gardner. MatseI
Stern and the rest of the municipal rif,raff at
his heels.


The suits against the dishonest Tammany
officials for restitution are not dead and will
not be suffered to die. The people will take
care Of that The bogus reformers who have
made political capital out of the vigorous
prosecution" cry and who have used the suits
as a pretence for drawing large annual fees
out Of the public purse will soon be dis
posed of, and then the power of the law will
be invoked not only to recover the money
appropriated by the "old ring plunderers
but to expose and punish the dishonest prac-
tees of the ''new ring"