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Year: 1873

A gentleman 10 Detroit hal q dog
who was so trusty and intelligent
hat no was regularly sent to the
butchers. Tho gentleman would
write note aud pat it aud the mon


~ in q basket, with which the dog
would trot away to tho butchers and
return with the requested meat Recent
ly the money has been missing, and
Investigation showed that tho dog was
watched by a colored box when OF
h,s errand. who would feed HIM q
piece Of meat. and while he was
'sstipg it would ahstraet tho money
Year: 1873

INJUSTICE make out HUMANITY worsa
than it is. 1 have seen many countries. stud
led many men, mingled in many public trans-
actious, and the result of my observation is
not what you suppose. Men in general are
mediocre, have never closely examined even
the best without discovering faults and frsil-
ties invisible at first. / have always In the end
found among the worst certain elements and
holding poiuts of honesty There are two men
in every man; it is childish to see only one: IL
sad and unjust to look only at the other.-(De
TOcqueylle
Year: 1873

AN ERRoR.-It is an error to suppose that
man belongs to himself No man does. 10 be-
longs to his wife his children, or his relations,
1t is for their especial good and behalf that
he lives and works, and they kindly allow
him to retain certain percentage of his gains
to administer to his own pleasures or wants
He has his body, and that Is all and even for
that he is answerable to society. In short
society is the master and man 10 the servapt:
and it is entirely according as society turns
out good or bad MASTER whether ae turns
out = good or bad servant-[George Angus
70 Sa1a 80
Year: 1873

A louisville man who had only been
acquainted with his girl two nights, at
tempted to kiss her at the gate. In his
dying deposition he told the doctors that
from under his feet, and his soul went
out of his mouth, while his head touched
the stars" Later dispatches show that
what allied him was the old mans boot.
Year: 1873

In a healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion. which answers
the same purpose as Cling leather


During warm weather this secretion. in
common with all the other secretious Of
the skin, is more abundant than in cold


When it is insufficient the skin becomes
dry and harsh and on those parts Of the
body where the skin is thick ami subject
t. much motion, as on the hands, it readily
cracks or assures. The amount of this Sc
cretion is 50 much reduced in cold weather
that the frequent washing of the hands
with soap causes them 70 chap readily.
and this the mere certainly if the soap is
not washed off The alkkah in soap is
usually in excess. and this combines with
the oily secretion, and 50 deprives the skin
OF Its natural lubricator. To prevent the
hands from chappiug, then, be careful to
wash ali soap from them thoroughly IN
/ clean water. This will ordinarily suffice ;
but, if not, it will be necessary to make
good the removed oil by using KENNEDY
SALT RHEUM OINTMENT a sure cure Tor
all skin disease of whatever name or nature


PRICE 80 cENTs. Sold by Druggists.


3-ldly.
Year: 1873

DROvIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
T additional Weighers.


Of the City Of Rock Island, That in addition to the
city weigher now provided Tor by ordinance the
city Council may appoint as many persons as they
may deem proper within the city Of Rock Island to
do public weighing.


Sec Any person appointed a public
weigher shall before acting in that capacity give
pond In the penal sum OF $500 10 the city OF Rock
island with two good and sufficient securities, to
DJ approved by the Mayor conditioned that he will
talthiully perform all the duties of such public
welgher IN accordance with this ordinance


Sec. J. Each public weighcr shall cease to be
such on Inc hrst day OF April of each year, when
ne may De re-apponted, If the City Council sees fit
to do so.


Sec a. Each public weigher shall. before enter.
ing on Ms duties as such o. furnished by the City
with bound book in which record shall he kent
Of each load weighed on his scales for any person
other than himself He shall also furnish the Der.
son for whom he weighs certificate showing the
full weight Of the load, the tare to be allowed for
the vehicle of conveyance, and the weight of the
same after deducting the tare, which certificate
shall be numbered the same as, and be a duplicate
Of. the record kept by the weigher and be signed
ny said weigher, for which weigh book said
wcigher shall pay to the city, at the time OF pro
curing II, the sum of three dollars.


Sec. D Each public weigher shall, at the end o
each ana every month, report to the City Clerk.


sec. D. The sum to be paid to the City Treasurer
by each public wcigher at the end of each anf
every month, shall be two and half cents for eacf
load weighed by him. from the last reporf


Sec. T. Any public weigher who shall neglect II
furnish the person for whom he weighs a cartia
cate a. provided for by this ordinance or fail t1
keep record OF any weighing or use any devic,
shift to evade the provisions Of this ordinaDc,
shall be ftned not less than five than hft,
dollars for each offence, ana may be prohibited b.
the City Council from further acting as such publ
weigher


Sec, 3. The sum of ten cents shall be charged b!
each public weigher for weighing each load on hi
scales.


sec: q Any person procuring weighing done oi
any Of said public scales who shall fall TO procure
certncate therefor, shall either with or with
out coliuslon with any public weigher, make an,
shitt or device to eyade this ordinance, shall b.
nned not LEES than Ave dollars, nor more thai
twenty Ave dollars.


Approved, THoMAs MURDouK Mayor


Attest: JOHN BARGE City Clerk


hooK ISLAND, March nth, 1878. 1sd2t
Year: 1873

$4,000 IN CASH FOR $l.-We call the
attention of our readers to the advertise
ment in another column of the Nebraska
State Orphan Asylum Here is chance
to win fortune in Public Legal Drawing,
and aid noble charity.
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road TO an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there Is but truly great
and reliable remedy. and that Is
Year: 1873




The habitual conviction Of the presence
of God is the sovereign remedy in tempta-
tious it supports, it consoles, it calm us.
We must not be surprised that we are
tempted We are placed here to be proved
by temptations. Everything is temptation
to us. Crosses irritate our pride, and pros.
perity Aatters it our life is continual
warfare, but Jesus Christ combats with US.
We must let temptations, like a tempest,
beat upon our heads and still move on; like
a traveller surprised on the way by storm,
who wraps his cloak about him, and goes
on his journey in spite Of the opposing
elements. In certain sense there is little
to do in doing the will of God. Still it is
true that it is great work, because it must
be without any rescue. This spirit enters
the secret foldings of our heart, and even
the most upright affections, and most nee
essary attachments must be regulated by his
will but it is not the multitude Of hard
duties, il is not constraint and contention
that advance us in our Christian cause. On
the contrary, it is the yielding Of our wills
without restriction and without choice, to
tread cheerfully every day in the path in
which Providence leads us, to seek nothing
to be discouraged by nothing to see our
duty in the present moment, to trust all else
without reserve to Goo, ,--Fenelon.
Year: 1873

want you to notice the popularity Of
Christ's kindness to the neglected and vile.
lie crossed their threshold as a guest he
went into their houses as a friendly visitor.
lie sat down with them as on equal footing.
lie made himself at home with them. He
suffered them to make entertainments for
him. lie drew up with them to the house
bold board. He ate with them, and drank
with them, and talked with them in cheer
iul, social converse. lie maintained no dis
tance, kept no reserve; opened his heart,
opened his lips, warmed and frightened
them in the light of bis benignant smile,
and made the hour add the place full Of the
JOY fhis comforting presence.


Oh, what good this did them! This was
friendship that cost something and that
meant something; it was genuine and true.
1t gave something to them aud it won them
to himself If be had stood aloof and sent
some message to them across the chasm be-
tween, if he had dealt in rebuke, or even in
invitations from a distance, he would have
gained nothing lie must prove what was
in his heart; and if he were shy of them
personally, he might have talked love for
lifetime and made no converts. 1t was
the acting out his love, going under their
root, taking them by the hand, brushing
his garments freely against theirs, reclining
with them at supper, for time member
OF their iamlly-it was this that tested him
and won them. The example Of Christ re-
mains for bis people 1t was not, in this
matter, an incident Of his life; it was char.
acteristic; il ran its golden thread through
all his intercourse with men. There is
nothing taught US more explicitly by the
record, than the use the Saviour made Of
his personal and social power to recover and
elevate the lost.


We make but little progress in social re-
form. More than eighteen centuries have
gone by since the true method Of this re-
form was so beautifully illustrated, and yet
how few have been the trophies Of Christian
charity from those whose character is not
more clearly expressed than their treatment
when VIC call them " the abandoned" We
are quite willing to stand on our immaeu-
late social heights and aing tract down
below, and point our wandering brothers
and sisters to some isolated shelter we have
provided for them but we are not willing
that their feet, climb they ever so diligent-
ly, should cross our threshold, or that ours
should cross theirs. All, the hand that only
points is too cold, too white, too distant !
IL is only the ciaspdtg hand that can guide
one astray, warm with brothers love and
sinewy with q brothers strength.


Oh that Christian people would be true,
at whatever cost, to the ideal Of Christian
benefconce Innumerable hands, | speak
what know, are stretching up out Of the
miry places in the midst of US, to take hold
Of some helping and saving hand The
hand that was wounded touched them; shall
not onrs 2
Year: 1873

Men aud women, aud especially young
people, do not know that it takes years tC
marry completely two hearts, even Of the
most loving aud well sorted. But nature
allows no sudden change. We slope very
gradually from the cradle to the summit Of
life. Marriage is gradual, fraction Of us
at time. A happy wodock is a long fall.
ing in love. | know young persons think
love only belongs TO brown hair, and plump
round, crimson checks. So it does for It's
beginning, just as Mt Washington begins
at Boston Bay. But the golden marriage
is a part of love which the bridal day
knows nothing Of Youth is the tassel and
silken flower Of love; age is the full corn,
ripe, and solid in the ear Beautiful is
the morning Of love with its prophetic Grim.
son, violet, purple and gold, with its hope:
OF days that are to come. Beautiful also
is the evening Of love, with its glad remcm.
brances, and its rainbow side turned toward
heaven as well as earth Young people
marry ther opposites in temper and gener,
al character, and such marriage is com
monty a good match. They do It instinct
lively. The young man does not say, " Ny
black eyes require to be wed with blue, and
my over vehemence requires to be littl,
modified with somewhat of dullness anC
reserve" When these opposites come TO-
gether to be we'd they do not know it, bu
each thinks the other like himself. Old
people never marry their opposites; they
marry their similars, aud from calculation.
Each of these two arrangements is very
proper In their long journeys these young
opposites will fall out by the way greal
many times and both get away from the
road; but each will charm the other back
again, and by-and-by they will be agreed
as to the place they will 60 to, and the roat
they will 90 by, and become reconcied
The man will be nobler and larger for be.
ing associated with so much humanity un
like himself, and she will be a nobler wo
man for having manhood beside her that
seeks to correct her deficiencies aud supply
her with what she lacks, if the diversity be
not too great, and there be real piety and
love in their hearts to begin with. The old
bridegroom, having a much shorter jour
ney to make, must associate himself with
one like himself. A perfect and complete
marriage, is, perhaps, as rare as perfect per
sonal beauty. Men and women are mar
lied n nav,ivuaiiy, uvw smdii n aveivu, ttvr
large fraction. Very few are married
totally, and they only, I think, after somt
forty or fifty years of gradual approach
and experiment. Such large and swee
fruit is complete marriage, and it needs a
very long Summer to ripen in, and then Q
long Winter to mellow in. But a real
happy marriage of love and judgment, be
tween a nobler man and woman, is one o
the things so very handsome that if the SUI
were, as the Greek poets tabled, god, h,
might stop the world In order to feast hi
eyes with such a spectacle.
Year: 1873

"A young man entered the bar-room OF
village tavern, and called for a drink.
No." said the landlord "you have had
too much already. You have had the de-
lirium tremens once, and cannot sell you
any more" lie stepped aside to make
room for a couple of young men who had
Just entered, and the landlord waited upon
them very politely. The other had stood
by silent and sullen, and when they had
finished be walked up to the landlord, and
thus addressed him "Six years ago, at
their age, stood where those young men
now are. was man with fair prospects.
Now, at the age of twenty-eight, l am a
wreck, body and mind. You led me to
drink. In this room | formed the habit
that has been my ruin. Now sell me few
glasses more, and your work will be done


| shall soon be out Of the way; there is no
hope for me. But they can be saved; they
may be men again. Do not sell tito them.
Sell it to me, and let me die and the world
will be rid Of me; but for heavens sake
sell no more TO them ~ The landlord lis
tened, pale and trembling. Setting down
the decanter. he exclaimed. "God helping
me- that is the last drop will ever sell to
any one!" And he kept his word.-Na.
tionai Temperance Adroeate.
Year: 1873




The senate. after passing number of reso-
lutons authorizing committees to sit during
the recess adjourned sine die to-day Mt lo r
O'Clock. The only event Of the session ha
been the Caldwell case. With the exception
of the member. of the cabinet. the president
has sent comparatively unimportant nomina
tions TO the senate. While the senators here
they buscd themselves most Of all in worry
ing the president for Offices for their friends
and adhercnts On this account there Is no
doubt but that the president Il glad to he rid
OF them. Several senators len for their home.
this evening and the balance will go before
the close OF the week.
Year: 1873

All indebted to us for subscriptions ana
other work. will oblge us greatly and please
those we owe more, by calling and settling
their accounts We know that money Is
scarce and hard to Cet-bu we trust our
friends will make an effort in our behalf,
Year: 1873

Irf- There is late mystery Of the sea
which has caused curiosity and wonder
ment The American brig May Celeste
Of New York, bound from Gibraltar to
Genoa, loaded with alcohol, has been
found abandoned 500 miles east north.
east of the island of St Mary, { one of the
Western islands). She was worthy,
and the clothing Of the captain and that
of his wife and child and the captains
watch and sword were all on board, just
as these articles had been left The brig
was evidently abandoned on the Goth of
November, as the last entry on the log
book was at noon the day before The
most remarkable circumstance connected
with the affair is that not a single word
has been heard Of the officers or crew
since the last entry on the log four
months ago.
Year: 1873

| CALDWELL LoSEs HEART AT LAST
! HOUR.


| WASHINGTON, March "a.
! PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN SENATORS.
The commercial value of Senator OF
| the United States does not rank so high
in this locality a. it did before the days
of the Credit Mobiler Investigation,
| Nevertheless yo,r correspondent was led
last evening To make'a statement on the
positive authority Of Senator Caldwell to
the effect that all the rumors with regard
to his resignation were without founda.
| ton, and that they were set aloat by his
malicious enemies with view to his in
| jury. Ii will be remembered that in the
case Of this geatiemen, he had such an
exalted opinion Of official dignity that,
when he came to make q statement be
fore the committee on privileges and
elections us 10 the circumstances attend
ing his election. he refused to be sworn.
but simply submitted his statement on
| the honor Of Senator. La denying the
rumors as to the resignation Of Caldwell
on his peremptory request your CORE
! spoudent was under the impression that
this statement was also made on the
honor of Senator How much that
honor amounted to NAV be inferred from
the fact that in less than twenty -four
hours after his assurance To the contra


ry, Caldwell arose in the Senate and ten.
dered his resignation.
WHY CALDWELL RESIGNED.
The resignation Of Senator Caldwell
was occasionod by knowledge that many
Republican, senators would vote for Fer
rvs resolution of expulsion though it is
net certain that the necessary two third
vote would have beea secured therefor


1t is believed q majority might have been
obtained Caldwell did not desire to re.
main in the Senate with even \ minority
vote for expulsion, but prefe red to re
sign and refer the whole matter TO the
people Of Kansas. Caldwell will not re.
turn to Kansas for week or ten days.
CLAYTON.


The Senate has elected to proceed with
the Clay ton case the present session. The
final disposition OF the same may be east
ly predicted both from the report OF the
committee and the vote by which the
case was taken up. To day leading Scna
tors are OF the opinion that the debate
may last two or three days, and that
Clayton will be completely exonerated.
THE SOUTHERN POLICY.


The administration organ here to
morrow will officially announce, first,
that the president intends to make no ap
po.ntmen, in the South except from na
tive republicans, and second, that no
changes will be made Of present iucum-
bens save through incompelency OF in
efficiency or maladministration Of official
duties
Year: 1873

" Since President Grants father ia dead, the
Democratic papers have lost one fruitful subject
for ridicule and abuse. But his old mother is
still living. Let them turn their batteries upon
hop
Year: 1873

U The Democracy are worried al,out Grant
They think his managers are already schemins
for his third term. Perhaps, If they knew all the
secrets, arrangements perfected for his fourth
and fifth terms
Year: 1873

The FAILURE of the Butcher Steel
Works, at Philadelphia, is attributed
mainly to the reduction of the tariff
by Congre $, whereby foreign compe-
tition has been allowed to flood our
markets. What have our rampant
Free Traders to say to this?-[ Marys-
vile Appeal.


That man is killed in the pulling
down of an old building is no proof of
utility or lack of utility in the house
itself If an unhealthy impetus is
given to one industry by tariff, of
course the taking away of the tariff
disturbs the industry and incommodes
, those who pursue it.
Year: 1873

A young lady has entered the Los
Angeles HERALD office for the purpose
of learning type-setting, proof reading
and possibly, in course Oftime, journal
ism. She is one Of the class who pre-
fer the pleasures of occupation to idle
ness, social shams, servile dependence.


Every woman, be she rich or poor,
ought to be useful worker in the strug-
gle of life, whether in the family rela-
ton or out of it. Her health and happi-
ness depend upon it. To attain a certain
individuality and independence and
yet retain her womanly qualities-a
happy MEDIUMS woman's true mis-
sion. To accomplish il she must be
permitted to enter alt suitable fields OF
Industry. Her normal position is IN
home and family, but the conditions
Of society in these times require her to
prepare also for seif-sustenalce. If
home and family do not exist for her,
it is her right and duty TO pursue any
calling adapted to her sex and 10 earn
for herself an honorable livelihood


Where, aside from dotaestic duties,
...ii Wuliiii : fingers he used with great
er advantage than in setting type ?
Where can her brain receive quicker
and broader impulse than in being
brought in daily contact with the liv-
ing thought of the world?
Year: 1873

f'he Chinese at Shanghai have also
embarked in the shrkie business. and
pilgrimages are being made from the
most remote parts Of the empire to
the Fountain OF blood, which spurts
out from the wall Of decayed temple
near the city.
Year: 1873

MORE SOLDIERS wASrED.-Our regular army is entirely too small for the service it has to perform, and if next Congress docs not see fit to add on several thousand more men, We will want several regiments of volunteers in the West, to whip the Indians and protect our Mexican border
Year: 1873

A writer in the Overland Monthly, in dis cussiog the Modoc situation, sxclaims. "Oh for ore hour of Crook" We cannot spare ham for even an hour, ss there is yet work of serious nature for him to do bere.
Year: 1873

We have to stop the press in order to state that the jury in the contested water case have decided that Mir. Shiyers is entitled to n share of the water

 Also, that thIs tFrlday) afternoon. heavy rain. of one hours duration, fell upon Prescott and vicinity
Year: 1873

In conversing with home manufacturers
in our travels in this State we have had it
asserted, that farmers when asked to buy
Of them will promise that when they need
anything they will remember them and
come and buy, and will even grow eloquent
over the necessity of supporting home in
stltruttionns,S 1rt but invariably forget all about
1t as soon as some smooth tongued agent
from some company away down East, where
tney Doll the sun up. comes along, and buy
on II the e spot, for fear they will miss the
splendid chance. There is about FIVE million
times too much truth in such charges.
How such men expect to get out of the
clutches Of eastern monopolists, while
they will starve those Of their own house,
hold that they may bestow their goods
upon these benevolent (?) creatures, is a
question which we confess ourselves unable
to answer. The home manufacturer saws
that, without keeping the very best of
agents in the field at great expense, he
cannot compete with these runners of the
east, and would be compelledsto shut up
shop. The man that has the keenest agent
sells the most goods: not necessarily the
man who sells the cheapest, nor that sells
the best article. The farmers will persist
in buying of the oily chaps, with olesmar-
garine lingual appendages, hawking over the
| country for some Bagdad or other distant
manufacturing company: Now will this
nonsense ever be stopped?
Year: 1873

2lOyerss


For some time past the firm Of James NJ. Shaw 4
Co., OF rs Duane street. have been missing goods
from their house, and despite all their efforts they
were unable to detect the thief In this dilemma
they applied to Captain Irving, at the Central
once, and this Official detailed Detectives
Heidelberg and Tiley to ferret out the
rosues. The oficers set to work, and in
day or two were rewarded BY discovering the
thief to be none other than Charles Victor, q young
man in the firms employ victor's mode OF opera
tion was TO carry the good pocket cutlery out
at night when he quit WORK and take
them over to Jersey City, where he found
O. ready purchaser in the person OF one
william Carroll. Victor was at once arrested,
and day before yesterday Heidelberg went
up to Albany and procured from Governor Dix
requistion on Governor Parker, by means Of which
Carroll would be brought over from New York and
tried on charge OF receiving stolen goods.
Heidelberg captured his man last night and brought
him over to Police headquarters, where ne was
locked up This morning both the prisoners VIII
be taken TO the Tombs Police Court for examinar
ton.