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Year: 1874




The Kansas DeulOeratpublished at indie
pence, gives its readers this good state
ment of the case as seen by Democrats in
that region


So long as our currency continues ire
deemable, there is a powerful temptation
for the debtor class to depreciate the our
rency by imitation in order to give their
creditors less value. This is just the de-
mand the inaationists now make. Pow
erful interests in the South and West urge
il, and most of the great railroadsare heavy
debtors, their influence is on the same side.
The national banks also stand IN the way
of sound currency, and twill be seen
that tho temptation TO plunge deeper IT.
to the abyss of paper money isyery strong.
/ In truth, every interest of the masses IS
| ieopardiZed BY this demand; it threatens
to wreck our good faith as a people, and
impels Us on in a direction where lies
widespread ruin, bankruptcy as a people,
and an amount of suffering and an amount
of suffering and hardship almost incon-
ceiVable. Our dangers may all be traced
to their source in several fatal errors OF
the past:


l. The attempt to dispense with the ne
cessity Of raising money by taxation at
the commencement of the war, by making
paper promises legal tender. BY this
means the government wholly dispensed
with money proper; discarded it. and sub
stituted for Il the credit of the nation.


2. The vesting in Congress power to
control the currency at will. This is an
absolute power over the business OF the
whole peoples power which no govern
ment ought to possess or can safely ex
ercise.


8 The creation of vast mOneyed mo
nepoly strong enough to control Congress
It remains 10 be seen whether we car
avoid the consequences of those errors anC
reach sound currency by normal meas
ures, or whether we shall embark on al
endless sea of paper to land in final repudls
tion, and natloral and individual bank
ruptcy.
Year: 1874


over the river they beclIon to me-,


Loved ones whoiYe crossed to the farther side
The CLEAN Of their snowy robes see,
But their voices are iost IN the ossnlls uoe'
There's one with ringlets OF sunny gold,
And ewes the reflection of heavens own blue
he crossed in the twilight gray and cold;
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there,
The gates of the city we could not see:
Over the river, over the river,


Ny brother stands .Walllng 10 welcome me-
over the river the boatman pale


Carried another, the heusehold pet;
Her brown curls waved IN the gentle gaze
Darling Minnie 1 see her yet.
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantona bark;
We felt it glide from the silver sands


And ali our sunshine grew strangely dark
We know she is safe on the farther side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be;
Over the river, the mystic river


My childhood's idol is Waiting for me.
For none return from those quiet shores,


Who cross with the bo1tman cold and pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And lol they have passed from our yearnin


hearts,


They cross the stream and arc gone for aye.
We may not sunder the all apart


That hides from our vision the gates of day f;
We only know that then barl1s no more
Yet somewhere, I Known the unseen shore,
They watch, and beoAyas and wait Tor ne.
And sit and think, when The sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
1 shall one day stand by the water cold,


And list for the SO und Of the boatman's oar
/ shall watch for the gleam of the tapping sal
L shall hear the boat as il gains the strand,
1 shall pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the better shore of the spirit land.
l shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfully sweet will the m Getting be,
When over the river, the peaceful river,


The angel Of death shall carry me.
Year: 1874




Horse and rider were both exhausted,
and here another herald took up the IL.
dlngs. Graves could hear the thunder Of
the coming food, but not fully appreciat
lrg its extent he turned to go back to
williamsburg. At the "Dugway" the
disaster which he had predicted burst up
on his sight, and he had Just time TO turn
of into bank near Captain Kingsley's
when it crashed past him. Indeed, he
was not twenty seconds too soon, and as it
was he had almost despaired of reaching
a place of safety, and had even thought
of abandoning his tired steed TO its
Year: 1874

An editor OF Cincinnati paper offers TO
bet five hundred dollars that no fashiona-
BILE lady ever goes to bed without first
looking in her glass. and rival is willing
TO risk the same sum that no CINCINNATI
editor goes to bed without first drinking
out of his
Year: 1874

Alta Brooklyn wedding, among the pres
ents ostentatioHsly displayed was one
hundred dollar bill, present from the
doting father TO the darling daughter.
After the guests had departed, the old
man coolly rolled up the bill, put it in
his vest pocket, and that was the end of
IL
Year: 1874

If it be true that Nature abhors q vacuum, it is equally true that the Great Creator abhors death and glories in life. There is really no such thing as death the term is a misnomer, used to designate the changes which occur in life. Life, eternal life, is created by the laws of Almighty will-power, which are as i'm mutable in their application as is the ex- istence of the Creator Himself. When God made life, He made everything ne cessary to sustain it, but left it to mans progressive intelligence to discover, con- vert and utilize. Good medicine is to the ailing physique what good fuel is to the expiring flame; the better the fuel, the quicker the tire-the better the medi cine, the quicker comes relief from pain. California Vinegar Bitters is life's elixir for old or young. Use this medicine properly and you will live to a good old age without those physical ailments which nankes seventy yeare burden. .-~ Tn,h
Year: 1874

It is reported in London that the rumor about the Queens alarming ill ness had its origin ill the following circumstance: In certain London newspaper office there is biography of the sovereign, which was written ten years ago, and the editor, with the provident forethought of his class, deemed it desirable that it should be revised and brought down to date. It was given out to one of the staff and duly "revised and corrected" The editor thought it would be well to see the article in type, and he consequently gave it out to be set up. A compositor happened to see the notice when it was in type, read the solemn and affecting anitoiincement with which it opened and immediately circulated the melancholy intelligence. As soon as the story was fully set agoing it travelled in all di- rections and underwent all sorts of notifications. In one of it's forms it reached "London correspondents, " and thus obtained wide circulation all over tie country.
Year: 1874

Gen. Egbert l.. Viele gives an opinion as to the cause of the real or supposed earthquake, which lately took place ill New York State. AS it is not volcanic section of the country in which the earthquake took place, the general be- lief is that disturbance was caused by the circulation of 8 magnetic current along a vein of iron ore. The lower part of this State, he said, rested vertically upon q ledge of primitive rock. This ledge ex- tends into the Adirondack region. The Assures or seams in the rock are filed with magnetic ore. On consulting a geological map of the State and vicinity, 1t was found that the sections visited by the earthquake were located upon the line of ore as indicated on the map, which appears to afford proof of the theory advanced by Gen. Viele. The only evidences of volcanic irruPtion in this vicinity, he said, were to be found along the shore of the Hudson river, in New Jersey What is known as the Palisades is composition of basaltic rock, formed by volcanic irruptioa. As there were no reported shocks sustained in that section of the country, he thought 1t was an open question whether the palisades had any connection with the earthquake on Thursday night or not. Gen. Viele said he was ill the city of Mexico during the prevalence of vol canic shock, and that the waters of the gulf were considerably disturbed by it's action. He thought the latter circum- stance also proved that the shock was caused by an electric current, and was local in it's origin, as it did not appear from the published reports that the riv- CTS or Long Island Sound had been per ceptibly disturbed during the prevalence of the phenomenon.
Year: 1874

Senator GORDON, who is an inti-
mate friend of President GRANT-per-
haps he is even more of a friend than
Senator JoNEs-has been asked if he
thought the President aspired to a
third term, and replied: ~ certainly
do. I think that President GRANT is
exceedingly anxious to run again, and
is very apt to do so. 1 am very inti-
mate with him-as much as almost
any one-and he is always very cor
dial with me. I think he certainly
intends to run again" He also
added that he did not think that the
President wished to be the Republi-
can nominee. 1t is his opinion that
he desires to run as the Peoples cam
didate. There are two interesting fea-
lures in this statement. One is that
GRANT certainly intends to be a can
didate for reelection, and the other is
the excellent joke he intends playing
on the Republican party. He does not
care to be the leader of that party any
longer! How are the mighty fallen?
Year: 1874

were so overcome that they tainted, we
all smiled cynical sort Of smile and
said in derisive sort of way, "poor
things.r We all thought these en-
ployees were young ladies, many of
them not dependent on their salary
for living. We did not stop to think
that q large proportion of those dis
charged employees were poor women
soldiers widows-with families of
helpless children to support and only
their earnings to draw upon. Yet it is
true. These women are not all girls,
nor are they able to live without work.
During the war times and for some
time after the death of the rebellion,
many women whose husbands, fathers
and brothers fell in battle, were given
employment about the Capitol. They
made excellent clerks, and were we'll
liked by all for whom they labored.
But these poor women could not vote,
and as the Administration found itself
falling behind-its majority growing
small by degrees and beautifully less
it became apparent that the lady
clerks must give place to those having
votes and willing to place those votes
at the disposal of the men who gave
them places. Thus the widow and
the orphan are driven from the desks
and turned in the streets to beg or
starve, or-die. Millions are stolen,
thrown away, pocketed, by the thieves
that haunt every avenue of the ma
tional capital, but the poor, honest,
hardworking widow whose husband
died in the cause of his country, is de-
MED the privilege of earning the bread
for her orphaned children.
Year: 1874

When the telegraph flashed the In
formation that some five hundred of
the female employees in the United
States Treasury Department were to
be discharged, and that on being In
formed of the fact eighteen of them
Year: 1874

tB- Alta social wedding party in Spring
field, the bridegroom, Mr.. Paddy Burke,
arose and announced his ability to lick any
man in the room, Mr. Jimmy Burns said
that the statement seemed to him devoid of
Of strict adherence to fact. The fight had
not long progressed when the police broke
in and took everybody to the station.
Year: 1874

Perhaps the first and great requisite
to perfect success in life is to be fully
persuaded in your mind what is the OBJ
ject you wish to attain. Many make
their first false step by a wavering, un-
certain beginning. Not quite sure what
their true aim is, they waste precious
time and acquire habits that will unfit
them for any patient, continuous or
energetic labor.


Success must depend, in a great de-
gree, upon the determination to concen-
trate ones self upon some one object.


The object of ones ambition, then,
fully and unchangeably decided. the
plain path of hard working perseverance
punctuality and honesty should be pur-
sued. There is no royal road to sue
cess; for though, as David Copperfield
has told US, some happy talent and
some fortunate opportunity may form
the two sides of the ladder on which
men mount, the rounds of the ladder
must be made of stuff to stand wear
and tear.


For the first round there is perhaps
no better substitute than perseverance
perseverance that will lead one to
work, to go over and over the same dull
routine of what is often merely me-
chanical and uninteresting to labor. 1t
is doubly needed at the commencement
of business, for here concentrate all the
great obstacles that impede the way, so
that it often seems that the first third
is the only really difficult portion of
the road to success.


Punctuality, though seemingly rank
ing among the lesser virtues, its alb
sence will occasion as great evils as
mary a graver fault, and it cannot be
dispensed with in any of the depart
ments of life. The professional man is
ruined without it, and in business
man its absence cannot be tolerated.


Honesty is, if from selfish motives
only, the best policy. Honesty that
will lift a man not only above dishon-
est act, but a mean act. or unworthy
motive; honesty that will extend into
all his dealings, that will allow no
shuffling or shirking of duty, no ap-
pearance of wealth not actually pos
sessed, no extravaganza of living for
bimself or family that may not strictly
and knowingly be allowed, without
detriment to himself or his business,
or without injury to others.


These qualities combined will form
strength of character sufficient to
overcome obstacles, and to insure sue
cess in life in any of its diverse pur
suits. They can never be dispensed
with
Year: 1874

Gustave Dore's new painting with the
above title is described by the London
Academy as q wonderful drama on can
vas. The picture represents Pilates
wife standing on q staircase with an
angel on her left hand the right wing
of the angel is ruddy with the reflected
glow of the torches in the deserted bed
room /; the left is purple With visionary
light. He is opening her spiritual sight
to the scene of the morrow in the
pratorium where PLATE appears, and
to much beside. Pilates wife and the
angel stand at the top of the picture, at
the spectators left hand the scene in
the pretorium faces them, above, and
near to them on the left, is balcony,
where the oppressed of ali ages seem to
be stretching their chained hands to
the great victim of oppression below,
at the bottom of the right side of op-
pressors between them is the process
sion to Calvary. which transforms itself
into another procession, which seems
meant for the eternal crusade of hu.
manity, with warriors in mail, and pre-
lates with cleaning crosiers, marching
up to q cross that CLEANS amid the
hierarchies Of heaven.
Year: 1874

Il is the essential nature of all wines
and spirits to send an increased amount
of blood to the brain. The first effect
of taking glass OF wine or stronger
form of alcohol is to send the blood
there faster than common, hence the
circulation that gives the red face. 1t
increase. the activity OF the brain, and
it works faster, aud SO does the tongue.
But as the blood goes to the BRAIN
faster than common, it returns faster,
and no special harm results. Bat sup
bose a man keeps on drinking, the
blood is sent to the brain 30 fast, IN
such large quantities, that, In order to
make room for it, the arteries have to
enlarge themselves; they increase IN
size, and in doing SO they press against
the more yielding faccid veins, which
carry the blood out of the brain and
thus diminish the size of their pores,
the result being that the blood Is not
only carried to the arteries OF the praln
faster than is natural or healthful, but
it is prevented from leaving it as fast
as usual: hence double set OF causes
of death are in operation. Hence, a
man may drink enough OF brandy or OF
other spirits in q few hours, or even
minutes, to bring on fatal attack OF
appoplexy. This Is literally.
Year: 1874

A trumpeter of regiment stationed
at the Cape of Good Hope drank so
much one night that he could not stand
up, and in this situation his companions
carried him out in the open air and laid
him down to get cool and sober. He
soon fell asleep, and a wild beast hap
pening along and thinking him dead,
lifted him up and carried him of, ex-
pecting to have a good meal of him.
The fellow on awaking was horror
struck to find himself in the power of
ferocious beast, who was making of to
the mountains with him as fast as pos
sible. But his fear brought him to his
senses, and seizipg his trumpet which
hung about his neck, he sounded a
terrible blast, at which the beast, think
ing he had a dead man to deal with,
became as much frightened as the man
was with his situation. The prey was
dropped, and captor and captive,
equally alarmed. scampered in opposite
directions as fast as possible.
Year: 1874

There are many singular occupations


in London, some of them as precarious


and peculiar as that OF providing peo-


pie with smoked glassed through which


to look at an eclipse; but as rule


those of the more occult kind, which


appeal to belief in mysteries beyond


the power of reason to comprehend,


only make themselves known for bust


ness purposes through special channels


OF communication. Recently, however,


professional clairvoynte" has been
openly asking for an opportunity of
hiring residence in the neighborhood


of Mayfair. From this we may pre-
sumo that the trade or art Of the clair
voyante is looking up. Mayfair sug-
gests, also, that the gift or accomplish
ment of reading the present through
stone walls, and of reciting incidents OF
the past with a miraculous accuracy, is
appreciated in quarters in which there
would be but cool reception for the
ordinary wise woman with her dirty
turban and pack of cards. The clair
voynte, however, is just as much a
scandal to the enlightenment of the
age as the sixpenny fortune-teller. The
former, indeed, may charge a good
round sum for her services of an even
ing in the private drawing-room of a
West End client, while the latter seems
in as bad plight as ever. The evil one
was said to leave the witches who were
bound to his behests. The police would
never think of intruding upon the
seance of Mayfair clairvoyante, while
a constable often runs to earth the de-
graded Meg Merrilies who frequents a
less distinguished beat. To be sure,
the latter cozens and cheats ignorant
servants and uneducated folks, while
the former operates upon people with
whom money is no object when they
have taste to indulge.


That the professional clairvoyante
should yet flourish among US is just as
disheartening as the fact that Moll
White still obtains credence in the
country, that "love philters" are offered
for sale in town, and that fortune-tel-
lers are not entirely extinct within the
postal district. But clairvoyance claims
a respectable relationship or partner
ship with spiritualism, of which we are
bound to speak With a certain amount
Of respect when we find that a gentle
man, who has other claims to consider
alton besides proving that the earth is
not as fiat as table, is satisfied that
the laws of gravity can be suspended,
and that the human frame is capable of
being elongated and clasped together
again like MISREPRESENTATION NeUS. |
Year: 1874

A MISTAKEN GoAT.-One day an Eng
lish traveller seated himself on the trunk
of fallen tree TO read /; falling asleep
over his book he began to nod. A male
goat noticed the gentleman, and con-
sidering the nodding to be Q challenge
for fight, it took position, measured
distance and ran upon Albior's son,
giving him such butt as to throw him
on his back with his feet in the air.
The victorious goat seemingly surprised
at the non resistance OF Briton, raised
itself with one forefoot upon the trunk,
and stood looking in mute astonish-
ment at its kicking and screaming
victim.
Year: 1874

The sun is full of heat and light, and
it asks no questions as to how it shall
do good, but is perpetually pouring out
its golden flood. The spring that
sparkles at the foot of the hill is full I;
and asking leave of no one, is forever
swelling forth its sweet waters. So the
Christian, if only full of the love of God
and man, and shedding around him
benign influences as a natural result,
can not help doing good.
Year: 1874

The Republican and its correspondents are
gnawing file, in their efforts to oimpeach the Re-
publicansm of the COMMERCIAL, on account of
the independent movement in the Seventh Ward.
Our candidates for Governor and Congress have
taken the wise course Of refusing to identify
themselves with the municipal business of Will
mington, and while it would be true, at any rate,
az we have already stated, that there isno proper
relationship between our corporation affairs and
State politics, this action of Messrs. Jump and
Lofand puts fresh edge on the fact. The Com
MERoIALs position is sustained by the people,
and IDS efforts to secure the best possible local
government meet the approval of Republicans
generally, for good government is first ON the
list OF Republican principles.
Year: 1874

We have not space, to-day, for the editorial
comment which several important and interest
ing topics deserve. We commend to our read
ers the news of the day. and leave them to COM
ment for themselves
Year: 1874

The city election will take place next Tuesday,
the 1st of September A clear majority of men,
bers of City Council-eleven in all-are to be
chosen, aud those voters who feel an interest in
the affairs of the city should make it a point to
be on hand
Year: 1874

The nomination of Mr.. Ottendorfer for
Mayor does MT seem to amount to much now /;
but it may come to great deal before elec-
ton day. The German dissatisfaction with
Kelly and Morrissey is intense; and the
efforts to unite the opposition to Tammany
look as if they might possibly win.
Year: 1874

Prof. Hayden's expedition, penetrating the
interior of Colorado. finds grand and varied
scenery in the mountainous region somewhat
to the westward of the center of the Terri
tory. Upon our third page we print letters
descriptive of these solitudes. If the discov-
cries of silver ore reported should be verified.
that part of Colorado will not long remain an
unexplOred region.