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Year: 1874

SOME TIME DURING THE PRESENT SUMNER
a suggestion was made in several newspapers
that persons living in country homes should
offer to take one or two Overw0rked sewing
girls from the city and allow them to help
about the h0usGwOrk in return for their board
We believe one or two such offers were made,
but a correspondent of the Worcester Spy,
who has tried to get some OF the " unfortunate
creatures from the poisonous atmosphere OF
attic shop rooms does not sympathiZc at all
with the movement lie says the girls despise
hOusewOrk, whatever comforts are attached
thereto, and prefer the slavery of workshops,
where, owing to competition, they are under
paid by comparison with house servants. In
conclusion he says: We who live in beauti-
! ful country homes cannot hire our country
women to do the honorable work of the family,
to nurse the sick, to care for infants, or to as
sist the aged. and it is asking rather too much
! of us, when we have sent TO Sweden tor do
mesticS to propose that we open our houses as
summer resorts to those who have absolute
choice of their lot" There is some rugged
sense in this reply, but nevertheless the " Gus
toms of society" bind men and women to Ger
tain walks of life with greater power than ever
comes from law alone, and do not leave theil
victims any "absOlute" choice of their lots
AS : society" exists, and, according to its usa
ges, the working girl who despises' house
work and prefers Shaving with the needle is t
be ptied rather than condemned. But if thu
harsh views of the Worcester Spy correspond
ent should awaken sense OF the iniustices o
society in drawing lines of distinction between
classes, and make the world truly recognize al
labor as honorable, then his structures upOI
over worked shop girls afflicted with false prid
will have some weight. Greater changes thai
this have been wrought in public sentiment
At one time scholars received, as sort of di
ploma from college, license to beg, and al
though some scholars of to-day beg without an.


license, it would be considered disgracefu
thing for them to do so in professional way
Certainly if custom could at at any time justit


beggary, and look upon it as an honorable vO
cation when Prnaotloaed n py scholars ,,os,; CusaOi
service as honorable when practiced by intel
gent girls, whether they be Americans or @
any other nationality.
Year: 1874

The statement of Receipts and Expendi,
lures of the United States Treasury for the
last fiscal year shows that, notwithstanding the
financial crisis last autumn, and the consequent
diminu:ion of the revenues, the Government
did not cxpend all that was received When
we remember the anxiety there was on this
subject at the opening of the last session OF
Congress, and the predictions of deficit
that were then made, it is especially gratifying
to know that the balance sheet for the year
shows surplus Of three and three-quartcr
millions of dollars. We held all along that
there was no necessity for increasing taxation
on this account and the result has proved it,
Phila Ledger.
Year: 1874

There it something very sensible in the i'm
promptu remark of a young lady: II our
Maker thought it wrong for Adam to remain
single when there was not woman on earth,
how criminally wrong are the old bachelors,
with the world full of pretty girls?"
Year: 1874

A Cape May youth used the deeds of his
fathers farm for gun wads The stamp oD the
bottom of the document wasn't anything like
the impression the old man made on the same
part OF the lads anatomy.
Year: 1874

AN ACT to amend the act entit, An act to establish


judicial district of North Carolina.


Be It by the Senate and House Representatives
of the United America Congress assembled That
Of the of June lOuh geen hundred and
entitled An act to establish western Judicial dis
tc North Carolina, be amended by adding thereto the
fwlng There shall also be appointed marshal OF the
United for said district n North Carolina who
shall be entitled salary hundred dollars
payment made quarterly the Treasury Of the United
and in addition thereto the tees O office axed BY law
Approved, June q. 1874.
Year: 1874

Mother, Bring My Little Kitten?' is the
most popular ballad" The mewsick is fair.
SO fur as We are able to judge; but the words
seem to have been scratched off rather hur-
riedly, and strung out to such length that
there is feeling of releaf when the singer
comes to a paws,
Year: 1874

Two young men out riding were passing
farmhouse where farmer was trying to harness
an obstinate mule Wont he draw? " said
one of the men. ''Of course, said the farmer,


he'll draw the attention of every fool that
passes this way" The young men drove on.
Year: 1874

A curious lawsuit is announced from Rome
in the State of New York. An individual,
becoming inebriated, drove away from q hotel
in that city upon a road that led across the
Mohawk ri;er. A freshet, it appears had
carried away the bridge, aud the individual
being too much under the influence of liquor
to observe this, drove directly into the river


The horse and wagon were lost, but the mar
was saved, the duckng having brought back
his senses. He has now begun suit to recover
damages for the loss and injury he sustained


from the landlord of the hotel where he go


the liquor. This suit, whichever way it may
be decided, will involve such novel points il
law and equity as to cause it to be carefully
watched by both sides of the liquor question
Year: 1874

There are conflicting rumors regardlng
tho whereabouts of this gentleman. Ac'
cordinp to his own engagement, he was to
be in the city between the tenth and twelfth
of Julv. to appear before the Chamber OF
Commerce in little matter OF difference OF
opinion which has sprung up between our
senator and his constituents. Allowing the
usual grace for the fulfllment OF TINS under
taking. this is the last day for his appear
ance. He may be in the city preparing Dis
argument, though We have not met anyvne
who has eeen him. 1t is hardly prooaoie
that he will forget his promise to the Cham
ber of Commerce, or keep that dIgnlneo
BODY in undue suspense.
Year: 1874

There were several petitions before the
Council yesterday in reference to the occu'
pancy OF certain places on the lavee by the
jackson Railroad Company. We have al
ready published the letter Of Major Burke,
freight agent of the company, giving the
views and foreshadowing the policy of the
management of the road We learn that the
propositions therein laid down will be strict
ly adhered TO. The company does not set up
any right to occupy the streets for their
cotton yards, though they will be glad
to hold on to the privileges they have
enjoyed by courtesy for the past two
years. 1t remains with the city, howe yer,
to say whether they stay on the levee or
not. II they are required to open De lord
and South Market streets their cotto n and
freight yard Will be rendered quite useless
and they will abandon it and transfer their
freight depot back to Magnolia street. This
is really question in which the merch ants
and draymen have more interest than the
railroad company. The freight charges on
bale of cotton or any other mercha ndlse
will be the same whether left al one depot
or the other, while it will make differ rence
of about twenty-five cents ton to the con-
signee.


But the company has determined not to
go into litigation in any event. Ii the
city orders their cotton yards on the levee
to be condensed, they will be abandoned
The Mobile road, however, appears deter
mined to contest the matter, and has al
ready, as We are informed, obtained de-
cision OF the Supreme Court which they
construe as favorable to their interests
which will probably be made public in
dav or two.
Year: 1874

- Rssc~"NS' LrA


WANT of time and scarcity Of
room prevents US from making an
extended response to the Democrats
last free trade effusion,. even were it
deemed necessary to. do so. Only
one query is necessary to show the
fallacy Of our neighbor's proposition
that "the amount of tariff is added
to the price Of the article taxed and
comes directly out Of the pocket of
the consumer" Admitting sewing
machines are made for Sl3 and sold
for S65, what has the tariff TO do
with that! The only way ia which
the tariff caa affect the price of the
machine is in the cost of its manu-.
factnre. 1t is the agency monopoly
and not the tariff that makes the
farmer pay $50 for a machine whose
first cost after tariE en- iron is paid,
is only Sl3. 1t seems impossible
that any argument Is needed
to convince readers Of the truth
Of this assertion. Again We men-
ton, as evidence that the amount
Of tariff is not so much added to
the price OF the article, the fact
that sewing machine that now
costs 500 in greensacks, was sold,
for the same price in aold in the,
days Of Democratic supremacy,w when
there was no tariff worth mention
ing on iron or manufactured ma
chimes. Of salt, the Uemorm says,
it is shipped frolp New York and
sold in Canada cheaper than at
home, which may be true, and
proves that the tariff on salt is too
high but it does not prove that if
the tariff were entirely removed, as
our neighbor wants it to be, that
salt would be one-half cheaper III
the Z. s. Before there was tariff
on salt, and most Of the article used
in this country was imported, fagm-
ers paid about che same per barrel
for it as, they DO now; heco,'sc, .hen.
a toreig" monopoly controlled it in
stead of a home monopoly. SO
long as our contemporary fails to
show that the same articles on
which tariffs are imposed are dearer
than when there was no tariff there
on, he cannot hope to convince any
one that the amount Of a tariff inn-
posed is SO much added to the cost
Of the article, and we deem it un-
necessary to discuss the question
f. .tler..
Year: 1874

eminent property then Congress might do with 1t
according to its will IT, the other hand, 1t was
fund acquired IN trust by the process of litigation
to which nations the parties then this Govern
ment was bound by the highest considerations that
couli rest nation to discharge that trust IN
honor and good conscience. In conclusion he said:


Put this fund at the disposal OF some competent
tribunal then allow every man who has claim, or
thinks he has claim to 20 into that Court and tgate
for his rights When that IL DONE let the Court make
its award Let the national law apply thereto ana et
add to that grand example Of the Geneva Treaty the
grander example Of strong nation submitting its
claims and the claims OF all its citizens 10 the law ana
bowing with equal submission TO fat OF our highest
Court OF Justice.


Messrs. Monroe OF Ohio and Burlegh OF Maine TOOK
the opposite ground and sustained generally the prn-
cpes Of the substitute The discussion s to be renewed
Tomorrow aud the previous question Is to be seconded
O'clock when the debate will closed and the vote
taken.
Year: 1874

Fred was freed, and the happy trio
went back to the old home, to bring
back the sunshine that had for long
years been q stranger to it.


In closing, we can simply say that
the goth Of May saw double we'd
ding, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Will
mot went, as they planned, to smooth
the way Of the aged feet in their path
to the vale of shadows, while Frank
and lilly went back to the old home,
where Fred always went to spend the
summer months. He has turned out
the pan his early years gave promise
of, and settled in D., where he is
far on the way to repute at the BAR
Ever found Oh the side of right and
duty, he casts aside all old associations,
and hard as it may have been for him,
q short time since, secured the convic-
ton of the desperado, Dick Garland,


1t is never too late to mend, and no
one is ever too far gone 10 be past
help. When you sec falling brother,
extend your hand, and by the help Of
God, you may be the means of bring
ing him back to the paths of virtue,
and place star in the crown that
shall be yours after the cross has been
faithfully borne.


(THe EuHO
Year: 1874

Pink and purple, arching over
Meadow-slopes thick set with clover
Pink and purple and blue together
0 the perfect summer weather
0 the corn, with green leaves cleaning
o the roses deep in dreaming
Wherefore. darling, dost thou tary ?
Come and bind the spell of faery
Pink and purple slowly fading,
Fainter colors intershading-
Hid in dusk, the meet chorus,
Tells that night is falling DER us.
In the east II star is burning
Signal, dear, of thy returning
And the baby's eyes are weary
Come and bind the spell of faery
Pink and purple gone together,
o the perfect summer weather
O the dark blue, arching over
Meadow slopes, thick set with clov er !!
o the ceaslcss insect-droning
o the tender baby-croning
And the love that does not tarry,
Making all world Of faery.


-.From The Aldine for August.
Year: 1874

by GEO. W. sLAYToN.


PART ".


When Frank Worthen learned the
name of the man he had so quickly
brought to justice, he could not but
blame himself for the active part he
had taken in the matter, aud as he
walked to the depot, up the long
shady lane to the residence Of Tffly,
his mind was filled with conflicting
thoughts and queries. Was she still
true to him ? Had she heard of her
brothers arrest ? Would she ap-
prove of his action, and many Others,
when in the distance he spied well
known, and wondering if she will
recognize him, makes the old, well
known school-day signal. She an
swers it, they meet, and in the cordial
shake of the hand, the glance of eyes,
he sees he is once more welcomed at
her side.


Dear Tilly, after the two long
years Of waiting do find you the
same, do you love me as Of old 2"


eyes, the same as of old. Did you
expect to find me changed ? Yes, l
am changed, Franklin this-where
1 was then the giddy schoolgirl, l
am now a woman. Then / looked
only to worldly pleasures, now my
dear father and mother beckon me on
to higher and better things, and lead
me to place my trust in Heaven"


'Dear lilly, faith and trust found
ed there can never be shaken. Have
you any companions but your flowers ?
They show the care they receive
How beautiful they are p


"They are all l have but my broth
er Fred, and he is away now. Why
do you start, Frank ?"


"My dear girl, can you bear sad
news of your brother o.


"What is it, Frank Has anything
happened to him? Tell me !"


"Be calm, lilly. He is not dead,
but it were almost better that he were.
Dear one, your brother fills fellon's
cell, and | fear when you know all,
you will denomce me as your greatest
enemy, for it is to me he owes his
Imprisonment. But I could not be
true to my manhood and do other
wise than l did. He was caught in
the act Of kidnapping a young Lady in
D., Miss Edith Weld"


edith Weld, my old friend! Oh,
Fred, God forgive you Have you
come to this"


"This is not all, for when he was
arrested he was on the point Of fore
ing the young lady into mock mar
riage. But fear the worst thing he
will be called to answer for is the at
tempted assassination Of Mr.. Weld
and Charlie Wilmot, though they
say it was not he that dealt the blow,
but his accomplice. Bear up, Tilly,
all may yet be well, but can you for
give me for the part | have taken,
knowing what you do of the plot, and
the motives that led me to it, and that
| thought l was only doing human
act to save the young girl from her
enemies. Come, will you forgive
me ?"


'Forgive you? yes, and heartily,
though it was my own brother whom
you brought to a just punishment for
his awful crime. Oh, why could he
not have followed sisters advice,
and needed her warning On my
bended knees have besought him to
renounce the life he was leading, but
to no purpose. God grant that now
he may repent and lead a better life.
I must go to him at once, Frank
I am his only friend, and my duty as
a sister, if not my affection, calls me
to his side in this hour of need. Per-
bons ovan uow ba 10 rannntant and is
Year: 1874

LAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
u experience, an entire success Simple promnt
efficient and reliable. They are the only medicines
perfectly adapted 10 popular use-so SIMPLE that
mistakes cannot be made In using them; so harm
less as 20 be free from danger; and efficient as
TO be always reliable They have the highest com
faction.
Year: 1874

Who'll press for gold this crowded street

 A hundred years to come? Who'll tread yOn church with willing feet

 A hundred years to come? Pale, trembling age and fiery youth, And childhood with brow of truth, The rich and poor on land and sea = Where will the mighty million be

 A hundred years to come? We all within our graves shall sleep

 4 hundred years to come; No living soul for us will weep

 A hundred years to come; But other men our land will till, And others then our streets will fill, And other birds will sing as gay, And bright the sun shine as to-day,

 A hundred years to come
Year: 1874

of our common Uncle as well as for the Western Union telegraph company, but it is very doubtful if he possesses enough to create and conduct business to sustain himself or give employment to others. AS religious creature, we are debarred from bluntly asserting that any thing was ever made for no good at all, but just what wisdom there was in the design and creation of things like Haines, we are not permitted to more than conjecture. In this vague degree, we may venture the belief that one negative good is to make texts such as he gave to the Los Angeles Mirror, whereby we may show to others the awful consequences of being an migrate and falsifier of 8 large and valuable portion of one's own country If Haines wants to heighten his interest, to say nothing of his knowledge, of Arizona, he might call together The Mirror man and that great and illustrious ex-sold- fer, Georgy Stoneman, and read the fore going aloud to them. In this event, he should not fail to have representative of Harper or Leslie or some photogrA- pher with his machine on the spot Each might enjoy Q lovely gaze upon the other, but without the precaution suggested, could never see himself ID his true col DTS on such A rare occasion

 Next" as the barbers say.
Year: 1874

OUR dispatches show that Lieutenant Rice has recently killed lot more saw ages. This officer is active and efficient and his work will not only tell for peace in Arizona but to his own honor and ad- Vancement-
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, November 22.-Arch-
bishop Bailey, OF Baltimore, has written
q short letter on the statement made by
Mr.. Gladstone in his late pamphlet, that
since the Vatican council defined the
dogma Of the infslibility Of the pope,
every Catholic is called upon to re-
nounce his mental and moral freedom,
and place his civil loyalty and duty at
the mercy OF another. The archbishop
saws: HWhen q person tells me that my
religion requires me to be dislOyal TO my
country, the old Adam comes up in me,
and / feel more disposed to pull his nose
than to answer him politely. The only
thing l have TO say against Gladstone's
declaration is, that 1t IS false, and q
shameful calumny, aud ] would appeal,
with perfect confidence, as to the truth
Of my assertion, TO the conscience Of
every Catholic over the face OF the
earth. 1t has no foundation, either
in the words of the decree,
nor in any possible logical deduction
from those words. The thought, even.
that it would have any such bearing l
am certain never entered the nina of
any member OF the council. The Vati-
can canon did not changein one iOts the
relations of Catholics to civil power any
more than it changed those OF Protest
ants. 1t left that important matter as
connected with the order OF civil s0cie-
tv. where the New Testament leaves it
where our blessed Lord left il when he
told us to "Render unto Caesar the things
that are Csesar's, and TO God the things
that are God'sn Ever since Gladstone
committed political harikari by dissolv-
ing parliament ne has been a souIed
aud disappointed man. There is no be-
ing on earth more mischievOus and dam
gerous than an old politician turned out
to grass. Everything he has done and
said, and written since shO rs that he is
as anxious to get back into his cage as
polar bear is anxious to get ont of his,
and so he has taken to what an old
English divine used TO call his Ches-
shire cheese, the "nO pOpery" cry,
which Little Johnny and many others
have tried before him, aid is endeavOr-
ing to raise a whirlwind in the hope that
il may blow him back on to the treasury
benches. It will be more likely to blow
him out to sea, BY this publication
Gladstone has paid but poor cOmpli-
ment to the good sense and Intelligence
OF the English people, and | have my
doubts whether they will dance to his
music. II he was aotuated like Bis
narck, and could put 6 soldier alongside
OF every honest citizen to make him
dance, then there would be some sense
! in the thing"
Year: 1874

On Thursday next we propose pub
fishing a very large edition Of the APP
PEAL to consist Of fifty-two columns,
over thirty Of which will consist of
choice residing matter, news Of the day,
commercial reports, editorial on current
topics, and the news OF our own and The
States surrounding US. This edition of
the APPEAL viii, as we have said
Us very large, and already we have rea-
son to believe viii be well occupied by
our advertising friends, adordiDg, as it
does, an unusual opportunity for busi-
ness men to make known to the public
their preparations for the holiday season.
We hope those who have not called upon
our business manager viii bear this in
mind, and avail themselves OF the col
umns Of the Thanksgiving APPEAL.
Year: 1874




CHANGING THE NEWSPAPER Posr.N. Sys-
TEM.---lt is now proposed to abolish the
present plan of newspaper postage and charge
entirely by weight, at the rate of two cents
pound. Such an arrangement, it is said will
be no additional expense to newspaper pub
fishers, while it will secure to the government
its entire revenue. AS the matter stands now
Postmaster James asserts that outside OF the
large cities, not more than one-third of the
newspaper postage was ever collected, owing
to the manner in which country postmastcrs
combine private business with their duties tc
the government. Thus, a country postmaster
generally keeps small store, and if q good
not often press his claim for postage at the
possible risk of injuring his other business
In this manner, he says, the government
suffers great lossthat cannot be well renetlied


Under the system proposed, the rate of two
cents per pound is so low that publishers will
not be taxed any more than at present, and
the trouble of stamping and prepaying will be
obviatcd. The bundle of papers, Or in fact
any printed matter, when delivered at the
post office, will be weighed, and the amount
charged against the paper, which will be coll
lected quarterly, rs heretofore. The fact of
paper then being in the mail will be The
best evidence that it is paid fof, and it will be
delivered in any part Of the United States
without further charge or trouble. Or, if a
newspaper does not wish to have al account
kept, book of stamps may be- retained, of
which an amount equal to the weight of the
mail matter delivered can bescapcelled by the
clerk receiving the bundles. This innovation
was proposed by. Postmaster DANES, and we
are told has received the entire concurrence OF
Postmaster General Creswcl. It is now be-
fore the Postal Committed oflCongress for
consideration. ~ %
Year: 1874

That Iron is valuable as a Medicine has
long been known, but it is ouly since its prep
aration in the peculiar form of Peruvian
syrup that its full power over disease has
been brought to light. It's effect in cases of
dyspepsia and debility is most salutary.