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Year: 1874

'Tis easy to stand on vessels deck,
On vessel snug and trim,
And watch the foam from her flashing wake
And the rainbow bubbles swim;
'Tis easy enough to climb the mast
When hushed the pillows war;


And zephyrs play


With the pennon gay
That floats from the highest spar.
lis another thing in the murky night,
BY the snaky lightnings glare,
10 climb and to stand ON the dizzy height,
When the tempests arm is bare;
When the masts are bending low with the strail
And the canvas all is riven,


And the angry blast


Goes whirling past,
And the flying clouds of heaven
Tis easy enough to be brave and true,
With nothing to set us wrong;
When the sky above is a cloudless blue,
And the heart is full of song;
lis another thing when the stormy clouds
Are darkening overhead


When the angel of wrath


Stoops Ger our path,
And all above is lead.
Year: 1874

THE MOUTH OF THE MIssIssrPPI.-The
Importance of opening the mouth of the
Mississippi is conceded now by the whole
country and demanded by nearly the en-
tire West. 1t is not little strange, when
the West is a unit on this subject, that st.
Louis should disturb the action of friends
by springng up some hair-brained project
on the country to accomplish it? 1t is a
large undertaking, to cause the waters OF
the Mississippi to run unvexed into the bosom
of the sea. Yet it is such a vital necessity
to the business wants of the country, that
however great the expense may be, 1t had
better be prosecuted to completion with all
possible dispatch. What the West most
needs is Cheap TRANSPORTATION. 1t can only
get this by bringing the great natural water
routes of the Mississippi and St. Lawrence
into brisk competition with railroads.
Industrial Age.


Won't we soon be making the same cry
in this State? Keep our rivers open and
the country will flourish.
Year: 1874

A guardian of the peace in New York
made his first essay as a mounted police
man one day last week, by grasping the
horses tail and attempting to climb up that
way. The surgeon subsequently remarked
that no horse ever had a finer opportunity
or took advantage of it with such infinite
scorn of the consequences.
Year: 1874

A number of highly respectable and
strictly moral young gentlemen of St. Louis
have organized an association to be known
as the "Gallant's Club" the object of which
is to furnish young ladies who have no reg
ular beau an escort to church, concerts,
lectures and places of amusement. All
members have to undergo a rigid examina-
ton as to character, etc, before they are
admitted and they obligate themselves to
obey all the orders of the executive COM
mi,iee. Any lady wishing an escort has
only to apply to the President of the society,
namin. the evening, and young man is
detailed for the purpose. AS soon as
young man becomes engaged he must with
draw from the organ zation.


We understand a similar club has been
organized here in Auburn.
Year: 1874

The devil of the Tlion Citizen office has
obtained separation from one toe.
The patent office has just reported favor
ably on three new kinds of corkscrews.
The society people of St. Paul have had
gay winter season--three Methodist sos
CABLES.


The most successful cultivators of ever
greens prefer to plant about the time th 3
buds begin to swell in Spring


A jeweler labelled some diamonds in his
window as being as sparkling as the tears Of
a young widow and more lasting.


A Maine husband wanted to bet his wife
that she c'uld whip panther, but she saw
the joke and refused to try.


No man is safe in these times A con-
vict at Sing Sing had notice of breach
of promise.


Pennsylvania girls are not allowed to sit
up with their beaux on Sunday night. Mon
days wash is the reason.
Three pounds Of butter is the usual mar
rage fee in Vermont, but a groom is occa-
sonally found who will ad II a jug of butter-
milk.


There are nearly one hundred thousand
children employed in the workshops of New
York, who are living without the slightest
opportunity for education and culture.
A young lady wants to know whether a
girl may be sure man loves her unuterably
when he sits in her presence for long time
without speaking.


"It is not the size of our standing army
that hurts, but the unnecessary number of
officers who sit about Washington" re-
hectively remarks the Indianapolis Journal.


A much rufiled young lady with four
button kid glove, refused to 90 out and take
her music lesson last Saturday, because her
mother refused to darn hole in her stock
ing, just where it peeped over the edge of
her boot.


A little year-old in Richmond, very
fond of certain dish, when asked by his
mother if he wouldn't like TO be an angel,
and fly about in heaven with his little broth
er, replied after pause, "No, ma; Id a
heap rather be a hawk, and live on chick
ems.


A young man who was attending night
writing school was smitten by the charms OF
young lady present, and at the close of the
school pressed forward and asked if he
might escort heg home. Yes said she,
If you will carry my little boy The
young matron walked home alone


This did not happen in Auburn.


The West is noted for its admiration OF
the fair sex. An Iowa Justice of the
Peace refused last week 10 fine a man ar
raigned before him for kissing girl against
her will, because, as he remarked, The
plaintiff is SO temptngly pretty that moth
ing but an overwhelming sense of dignity,
and the responsibility of its oath, has pre-
vented the Court from kissing her itself.
Year: 1874

stin wind blew across the Creedm0or range
yesterday with sufficient force to interfere with
the accuracy OF the dring; but as 1t was constant
the DRIFT OF the projecties was easily ascertaned
and allowed for. 1t did not, therefore, exercise
such bad eject as the cnopping wind OF
wednesday. Bad weather this year has made
Dad scores and as O result very little improve
ment Will be visible in the aggregate number OF
points made by the teams. Some consolation may,
however, be found in the increased skill displayed
n the use Of the rife by the rank and nle, whose
progress, as marked by the regimental scores, has
been most satisfactory. There remain many I'M
provements to be made in the administration OF
the range before it can be made popular.


The first part Of the day was devoted to finish.
mg up the State match and was followed by the
Press and Ali Corners matches, in which good
deal Of interest was felt. Several protests were
entered in the Press match, owing to several
sf the Canadian marksmen having entered them
selves as members OF the PRESS although some,
at least, OF them are known to belong to other
walks in life. In connection with this
matter the smaller Canadian journals are much
to blame, as they seem to furnish journalistic
certificates without much attention as to the use
that may be made of them. The Consolation
match. too, which was supposed to be for the bene-
nt OF unlucky marksmen, was by some strange ar
Tangement thrown open to the crack shots
Of Canada and Ireland. 1t seems absurd
to allow marksman like DR.. Hamil
ton or Captain Mason to shoot in q match
intended to be open only to the second rate Creed
moor shots. This Is exercising hospitality at the
expense OF the popularity OF Creedmoor. II the
vast majority OF the gentlemen who entered into
this match had known that they were
to shoot against the crack shots OF Ire
land and Canada they would certainly not
have been iOoish enough to throw away
their money paying entrance fees. These are, no
doubt errors of Judgment, but they are errors that
have created profound dissatisfaction among the
majority OF the CreedmO0r rilemen.


The Calling gun was won by the Seventy-ninth
regiment, but the award was disputed by the
twenty y-secOnd on the grOuld OF erroneous scor-
ing.


THE SCORES.


The following Is the official score OF the First and
Second division matches -
Year: 1874

Boston inlulgei itself in tea drinking
last week, in celebrating the centennial
How proviiential 1t is that it was tea and
not Santa Cruz rum that was thrown over
board on the former occasion
Year: 1874

General Butler introduced bill on


Monday last to provide for free bank
ing and other things pertaining to the
currency, which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
Though the term free banking is used,
issued seems to be fixed at ten dollars
head for the population of the


United States, according to the census
OF 1870. That would give a circulation
of q little over three hundred and
eighty millions, or twenty-six millions
more than is now authorized by law.
This Is not 4 great measure of expan-


sion, therefore, and looks as if Butler
was leading off for compromise on
the currency question between the
President and the administration
party in Congress. The bill provides
that the Secretary of the Treasury be
authorized to withdraw legal tenders
to the amount of twenty-five per cent
Of National Bank notes issued, until
Tie legal tender circulation is reduced
to three hundred and ffty-six millions
of dollars, the legal tenders to be held
as a reserve in the Treasury as for
merly. The bill also provides that the
banks shall retain all coin interest re-
ceived on their bonds, which are
pledged to secure their circulation,
until their whole reserve shall consist
of coin. The banks are prohibited
from loaning their reserve and from
charging q rate of interest on loans
and discounts exceeding seven and
three-tenths per cent. and the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is authorized to
issue notes on the deposit of gold
bonds, the interest to be deducted on
the return o. the notes. This bill
would appear to meet in a measure, if
not entirely, the views of the Presi-
dent. Perhaps Mr.. Butler has been
talking with General Grant and may
be trying to bridge over the currency
difficulty to save the Republican party.
Year: 1874

We daily receive letters says the
Raleigh Neacs, from various sections
of the State expressive OF qualification
Mt the nomination of Colonel STEPHEN
d. Pool as the Conservative-Demo
cratic candidate for the office of Su-
perintendent of Public instruction.
All agree that he is the man for the
place, and that he will not only carry
the full strength of his own party, but
will have the support of those Repub
llcans who feel too much interest in
the cause of education to lend their
aid i'll placing at the head of educa-
tional affairs in this State an unsettled
and unmatured young man like Mr..
PURNELL. The State is too poor to
make such an experiment, for all the
chances are that it would result in
Il disastrous failure. North Carroll
na is not i'll a position to venture
upon the experiment of transferring q
young man without the least expe-
rience, almost fresh from the halls of
college, to an Office of difficulty, and
one requiring executive ability in a
high degree. Mr.. Pool is q gentle
man who has had large experience as
an educator, and is known to possess
those qualities which fit one for the
discharge of the important duties de-
volving upon the Office for which he is
a candidate. We are sincerely glad
that the action of the Executive Com
mittee i'll nominating Col. Pool meets
with such a hearty and universal en-
dorsation. He is in every way worthy
of the confidence reposed in him by
his fellow -citizens, and will make the
State a most Jealous and efficient
officer
Year: 1874

A Washington special to the Rich-
mond Dispatch says a Brooklyn Con-
gresham, who was at the White House
recently with a number of friends
made some allusion to the colossal pic
ture of President Grant on horseback
presented to him by some of his Lou
isiana friends, and the President said:
"Mrs. Grant and myself have often
been puzzled as to what disposition
should be made of it after retiring
from public life, it being so very large
no ordinary room will contain it." To
this, by way of little humor, the
Congressman responded by suggesting
that there might be another four years
service as President fall to his lot.
"Oh," said President Grant, ''that
would be an imitation of my term of
office, and as I have taken occasion to
pronounce against imitation the sug-
gestion would also, for consistency,
have to be vetoed" This, taken in
connection with other circumstances,
may be regarded as at least a slight
indication that the President has no
desire whatever to remain in public
life after this term, even if his re-elec-
ton could be deemed possible.
Year: 1874

was kept unissued. Why? Because
if all the SD, 600, 600 had been issued
there would have been no excuse for
not Withdrawing the $25, 100000 from
New England. But there may be
another reason why Rhode Islanders
do not like North Carolina, antedating
the citing" during the late 1lnpleas-
an!ness. We fear they have not for
gotten the contemptuous insult noted
and notorious North Carolinian, one
Shocco Jones, put upon their insignifi-
cant State and Governor long years
ago.


We cannot recall very many times
when we honestly and heartily rejoiced
that we were once moro back into the
Union, that North Carolina was again
an integral part of the Federal Union
with voice and vote in the Federal
Congress, but no matter what our
feelings may have been in the past we
declare now that we are 80 thoroughly
reconstructed that we feel an intense
satisfaction in knowing that the South
ern States belong to these United
States. Why? Because by being in
the Union we can unite with the peo-
pie of the West and Northwest, and
by being united with them they can
shape and control the National Legis-
lature of the country and by controll-
ing the National Legislation of the
country we can aid in furnishing the
avarice and insolence of just such
hypocritical New Englanders as our
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island cor
respondents. We are now "trooly loil"
and thoroughly reconstructed and we
glory in the future as we'll as in the
past
Year: 1874

other, and in every Part of It. he is
thoroughly wei known, and his re.
nomination by the Convention at
NaSnolia under the operation Of the
two-thrds rule, shows beyond ali
donbt what a strong hold lie has upon
the affections Of his constituents.


Soldier, scholar and statesman, as
he was so happily ch :racterized by
Mr.. DAVIS, III his nominating address
before the Convention, Colonel WAD-
DELL received from its members proof
OF confluence and affection of which
any man might well be proud.


With such candidates as these and
presented to the people under such
encouraging auspices, there can be no
doubt of success if our party friends
shall only do their duty. We have a
clear Conservative majority in both
the Judicial and the Congressional
District. We have only to poll our
acknowledged strength and the victory
will be ours.


Meanwhile let us prepare for the
tight that is before us. If we do this
and do our duty on the day OF election
when the sun shall go down on the first
Thursday i'll August, a NJ. WADDELL
will have been elected as our Repre-
sentative for third time, a. A.
MckoT will be our Judge and W.
5. NoRMEcT our Solicitor. So mote
it be.
Year: 1874

city of New York. The South and the


West both have "real values" to give
in exchange for currency, but the


holders OF the currency live at such a
distance from us that they are not
willing to let it go upon the same rates
that they would upon property at
Year: 1874

The SEA MousE.--The sea mouse is
one Of the prettiest creatures that lives
under the waters. IL sparkles like a
diamond and is radiant with all the colors
Of the rainbow, although it lives in the mud
at the bottom Of the ocean. Itshould not
have been called mousse for it is larger
than big rat. 1t is covered with scales
that move up and down as it breathes, and
glitters like gold shining through aocky
down, from which fine silky bristles wave
that constantly change from one brilliant
tint into another, so that, as Cuvier, the
great naturalist, says, the plumage of the
humming bird is not more beautiful. Sea
mice are sometimes thrown up on the
beach by storms.--Hearth and Home.
Year: 1874

An error In punctuation will sometimes
cause very remarkable transformation in
the meaning Of sentence. The omission
Of comma on an epitaph in a Western
cemetery, causes the inscription to read,
Erected to the memory-of John Phillips,
accidentally shot as a mark of affection by
his brother"
Year: 1874

1t is not what we have or what We have
not which adds to or subtncts from our
felicity. 1t is the longing for more than
we have, the envying Of those who possess
more, and the wish to appear in the world
Of more consequence than we really are
which destroys our peace of mind, and
eventually leads to ruin.
Year: 1874

An old minister once recommended a
parishioner to take snuff to keen him
awake during the sermon, to which the
old back-slider retorted that be had better
put the snuff in the sermon.
Year: 1874

VS. haye good farm i is very
level, and sometimes we cut hay twice a
year, and the last crop is a. great deal
better than the first crop. We have four
horses and five cows. We have no sheep
now, but father: talks about getting some
but he has not found any to suit him.
The school house is on our land, it is not
more than quarter of mile from our
house. We have a good deal of snow
now, it is about three feet deep in some
places. We can't go through it with
the team. Hay is ten and twelve dol
lars ton, and must conclude to stop,
and you must excuse this letter.


ISAAC SAUNDERS.
Year: 1874

Dear Editor Grange Advance:


am going to write again. I wrote
the week before last, and you did not
put it in the paper: and so I thought 1
would try again. That is what they
say, try, try again, and SO I thought l
would. I was going to say something
to Aunt Betsy, she is always talking
about the girls and running them down
all the time, and if all the girls were
like me they would not stand it, they
would all write and tell her that we are
not to be run down They all say we
do not know anything. They forget
that they were girls once themselves.
When they see anything in the paper,
they always tell US about it a half
dozen times and jeer and sneer, That
is all I have to say about that this time.
I will write again next week. So good
night.
P. 81 forgot one thing, you said
something about baking and washing.
can do both Of them, and house keep
ing, and cleaning house too. do not
know how to make sold New England
doughnuts;" please send the receipt for
them. S.
We do not know anything about the
letter our little friend speaks Of How
did she send it. We like her maxim,
"try, try again." If our young friends
desire to make themselves respectable
and influential men and women they will
accomplish this only by repeated efforts
ard continued perseverance. That boy
or girl who becomes discouraged with
one or two failures is weak and coward
ly, and unworthy of responsible posi-
tion in life. The boy or the girl VIII
never tries to do anything will not make
many mistakes or failures, nor will h,
or she ever amount to anything in thi


world. Those who are continually striv
ing to do something for themselves
their friends. and the world will Otter
make great mistakes, but in the enc
they will have accomplished much
while the others will be like the ma,
who hid his talent in the earth. Nov
boys and girls, who are in favor of tn
, motto, try, try again.
Year: 1874

3 in his cake, Bpt there was q glimmsr;
ing Of something in him that showed


dst a iKles through his uncouthnessl
|E'Aftersa year or two he became full
farm laborer-a broad-shouldered,
deep -chested, powerful fellow who made
himself clumsily useful. Well, about
that time the farmers daughter came
home from school. What a revelation
she was to Tom. He never knew un-
til then what it was to worshi p any,
thing, or how awkward and coarse he
was. He would have given all he
had, which wasn't much, to learn how
to get into room without hitting the
door, or what to do with his hands, or


how to sit down right He began to
change his clothes for better ones when


he came in from his days work, and
there was about him the dawning ng of
improvement. Finally the great day
came. He stood trembling before the
farmers daughter, the hard word was
spoken, and she didn't repulse him. I
think there is nothing in the life of a
man which so rouses and stirs him as
love. Tom went to the wrestling
matches, and what a vim there was in
him. He read, he went to church, he
wanted to see how people acted. And
when, after a good life, he grew to be
an old man, and talked in a trembling
voice to his grandchildren, he used to
say, 20, what a wife she was to me.
Whatever I became she made me" /"
The world is full Of just such instances
Of blessed influence.
Year: 1874

In our last paper Nettie Walker won-
dered if the editors of The GRANGE
ADVANCE had any little girls. Why,
Nettie, don't you know we claim all the
little girls who read, and write for The
GRANGE ADVANCE. What big fami-
ly, and how we would like to see them
altogether sometime. Suppose children
when you are getting your pictures ia.
ken, and are sending them to your
friends, you also send one to the editors.
We promise you We will take good care
Of them, and keep them all together,
and then when you come to see us some
day We will show you great gallery Of
the pictures Of our large family. Let
US see who will be the first one to send
US picture.
Year: 1874

DEAR EDITORS This is the first
time / ever wrote to any paper before.
I am going to school this winter, and my
father and brother are hauling wheat,
and have been hauling alt winter. We
have good deal Of hay to sell in the
winter, and my two sisters are going to
school with me, and we have singing
school at night, and spelling school too,
and we have a good time in the winter,
and last summer we done all the work
alone, and we put about seventy-6ve tons
OF hay up last summer, and about fifteen
hundred bushels Of wheat last year, and


! hope we will have good crop this
Year: 1874

Editors Of the Grange Advamce:


[ wrote to you once before, and told you
not to print my name, and you didn't.
You done the fair thing by me, and 1
hope you will again. You thought the
school ma'am had been going for me,
and that's the reason didn't like her.
You was mistaken about that. She has
never licked me once, but I don't like
her, and never will, unless my mind
changes from what it is now, and I don't
think it will. If I could write as good
as some Of the other boys and girls I
would let you put in my name, but I'm
ashamed to have them all know who
am. Perhaps next summer I can write
good enough to have my name in the
paper, but they won't know it's the same
boy that wrote this. I like to read the
letters from the boys and girls, and I
wish some more of them would write.
That's all I have got to say this time
Good bye.


(We are just little suspicious this
boy does not want the teacher to know
who he is, and that he does not like her.
We hope that there are not many boys
who do not love their teachers.-ED.)