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Year: 1873

CHICAGO, September 12.-The follow
ing resolutions, adopted by the pork
packers convention yesterday, were ac-
cidentally left out of the report of the
proceedings sent:


ResOtUed, That all packers shall report
the number of hogs they have cut at the
end of each month, commencing with
December, giving the number cut in
November, and so on from month to
month, and where, through the year,
and also shipments Of product, in like
manner, in detail, giving the number of
barrels and tierces of pork, hams and
shoulders, lard, and boxes and pounds of
bulk-meats shipped during each month,
and from March lst TO November lst all
packers and stOrers Of provisions shall
give monthly statements Of the stock
on hand. All the reports to be sent to
the secretary of the convention, prompt
ly the first of each month, to enable
them to publish the totals from each
point by or before the sixth of each
month. The secretary is strictly pro-
hibited from gaining any information
directly or indirectly, except through
the medium Of the press, and he shall
so arrange all such reports so that they
may appear in all the papers of Chica-
go, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Louisville, In
dianapolis and Milwaukee, on the morn
ing Of the same day, so that all may
get the news as near the same date as
possible. All such reports 20 be kept up
from year to year for future reference
and comparison.


The following additional resolution
was subsequently adopted unanimously:


ResOlUed, That in the action of the
convention to-day with reference to the
subject of statistics, it was not the inten-
ton OF the convention in any manner
to discourage the members of the trade
from furnishing information to Colonel
Sidney d. Maxwell, of the Cincinnati
chamber Of commerce, or other statis-
ticians who have been in the habit of
collecting statistics concerning the pork
trade, it being the desire OF the conven-
ton that as much light shall be thrown,
from time to time, upon the extent and
progress of the trade as circumstances
will allow.


A heavy rainstorm to-day necessitsted
a pOstpOnement of the lake excursion of
the packers till tomorrow.
Year: 1873

THE ASSASSIN OF JUDGE MEERs.


johnson county has not now, nor has
she ever had, an effective sheriff since
we have been resident of the county.
Some of the deputies have given salts
faction and evinced a desire to perform
their duties, but they have certainly had
the lamest set of men for sheriffs that
ever we have seen. When there is any
money to be made, in which 40 personal
risk is involved, they are into it "neck
and heels,n but Just let them see a party
coming against whom they have a writ,
and they are certain to have business in
another direction. When Doc Ward
was shot no effort was made to
race up the guilty party and
bring him TO justice. When Judge
Meers was shot intead of the
sheriff summoning posse instanter and
starting in pursuit Of the assassin, he
jumped into hia buggy and went out to
see how the nudge was shot, although he
was no doctor, and bis duty demanded
that he should have been actively en-
gagged in trying to catch the murderer.
FOur hours afterWard be did manage to
get together few men, and trailed him
about four miles, taking care to get back
to town before dark. Since that time he
has been in Little Rock most of the time.
This is plain, yet it is true; and it is but
right that the people of johnson county
should be exOnerated from the intina-
tiOns made against them.- Ci0rksUiHe
Ark1 EnterDTiSe
Year: 1873

The musicale by the Taylor Mission Band, at
Central Church, this evening, should not be
forgotten. 1t is meritoriOus affair and worthy
public attention tit -
sonation of Rip Van Wrinkle, tomorrow evening
The sale OF seats began this morning.
Year: 1873

gave origin and form and administra-


tion to every department of the Fed
eral Government in the past, will but
add degeneracy to our disgrace if we
fall under the lead of incompetent
men. We of the South have had
n1any and bitter cuumies, but we never
had and never can have worse enemies
than those thoughtless ones of our
own people, who, in this crisis, push
themselves in the Offices without the
qualifications needed for their duties.


There IS no honor now in holding
ONCE There is all honor in dcsery-
ing it; and there is glory, such as
brlghtens the names of nsne in human
annals, in store for those whose power
shall be equal to the great task ct STAY
ing the frenzy Of passion and the riot
of hate, and of restoring the General
Government to its proper sphere. the
States to their proper rights, and the
people of all sections to consequent
peace and prosperity.
Year: 1873

THE New York Herald says "0ur
correspondents have had interviews
with the editors of the principal
Journals throughout the country, and
we present them as the concentration
of American thought upon the propO-
sition for giving General Grant third
term and the evils which may spring
from policy so mistaken. These inter-
views show the many-sided opinions
of a many-sided people, and it will
have the effect, besides, of forcing
men to believe that there is in the
Republican party deep-laid scheme
looking to Grants second reelection,
and that an apathy exists among tie
people which would not make q mon
arehy or an empire impossible. Indeed,
Mr. Cowardin, of the Richmond Dis
patch, expressly declares his satisfac-
tion at the prospect of an empire. In
the South this feeling is perhaps more
general than in the North, for the
crushed and oppressed condition of
the Southern States under the present
Administration makes the people of
that section anxious to be freed from
the domination of the Republican
party. With an empire established
the obliteration of party lines would
quickly follow. In the North an en-
pre- would not be welcomed, but il is
likely that it would be aequieseed in,
the money interests of late years exert
ing great influence against frequent
political changes and in favor of
strong, centralized government. On
all hands we see evidences of Caesar
ism, which impel us to keep up the
battle against looming despotism."
Year: 1873

A delicate but self-satisfed youth oil
great Gotham recently found himself
in one of our New Mexican coaches.
In leaving our goodly town the shoddy
exquisite placed himself carefully upon
the back seat by the side Of minia-
ture rifle and fishing tackle, which he
carried as part of his baggage. As
the coach drove over the Acequia
bridge the youth saw picture which
caused his heart to dance with delight.
In the shade of the tall cottonwood
trees, which line the banks, gamboled
a group of young Mexican girls in the
limpid waves of the Acequia.


" For Gods sake, Mr.. Driver, what
are those beautiful animals?"


Them are mermaids, answered the
stage man, suppressing a twinkle in
both eyes.


%, hold on just one minute" and
out went exquisite with line and rod !,
while he threw the hook toward the
laughing group with a gesture of be-
seeching agony.


The gay throng gradually closed on
the fascinated fisherman as he sat upon
the bank drinking in the rapturous
scene before him, but paying little at
tention to his line or bait. Suddenly
a black eyed Peri of about fifteen
caught the end of his pole, and with
dextercus movement landed the fish
erman into the middle of the Acequia.
Every mermaid of the batch immedi-
ately took a lively interest in irrigating
their captive, who only succeeded in
crawling up the Acequia bank after
desperate struggles, and very much in
the condition of a Norway rat.


The washerwoman at the next sta
ton declared she never saw so much
Rio Grande mud on one suit ofclothes
in her life, and the young man was
heard to mutter, often to himself:
" D-d hard fish to catch, those Mexi-
can mermaids %
Year: 1873

which conveys a lesson to the rising genera
tion, and illustrates the truth Of the coup
let,


As the Twig is bent


So is the Tree inclined


We find him, even when boy, giving
evidence of the possession of those talents
and impulses which subsequently have
earned for him such an honorable fame.
Instead of spending his leisure hours in
idleness and frivolity, he engaged in study,
and was frequently found hiG away, when
dinner was announced, in some secluded
spot, in the old house, pouring over
proposition, which required time and re-
Election to solve.


As speaker, Mr. Foran is fluent, grace
full and eloquent while added to these ad-
vantages Is the possession of a command
ing presence, All earnestness and logic,-
which carries conviction to his hearers. -
an organizing and executive ability Of the
highest order, which fortuitous combina-
tion peculiarly adapts him for the onerous
and responsible position to which he has
been called


Taken altogether there is 10 leader in
the labor movement to whose future we
look with more hope OF expectancy than
the President Of the Coopers' Information
al Union
Year: 1873

The Sexton Of st. Joseph's Cathedral at
Vienna, being a man VI extraordinary
nerve and bOldness, was accustomed to
stand on the pinnacle of the tower whenever
the Emperor made grand entrance 70 the
city, and wave flag as the pageant passed
by. When, however, Leopold, who had
lust been chosen Emperor Of Frankfort,
was about To enter the city, the loyal sex
ton, still anxious 10 be true To the old Gus
toms, but finding that years had told
against his nerve, declared that anyone
who would take his place successfully
should win his daughter. Gabriel Peters
helm, who was disliked by the sexton, but
beloved Of the daughter, at once accepted
the offer, 10 the disgust of the sexton, who
then arranged with two Williams to close
the trap door ~ the upper stairway while
Gabriel was above, thinking that, as the
Emperor was to enter toward evening, no
one need be the wiser, and the lad must
certainly fall before morning. The two ac-
completes did their foul work, and their
intended victim, finding his way down
again, was then confronted with the alter
native Of clinging to the slender splre,
through a cold wintry night, with his feet
resting On a surface hardly ten inches in
circumference, OF Of precipitating himself
to the pavement az once, and thus ending
the matter Gabriel was youth Of firm
will and hardy constitution. He clung tO
the cold column till morning. But the
story goes that his curling locks where
white as snow, and his wonted rosy cheeks
were yellowed wrinkled, and his eyes, be
fore 50 bright, were now sunken and dim.
One night of horror had placed him forty
wears nearer his grave.
Year: 1873

trust CHILDREN Never accuse a child
Of fault unless you are certain they com
mitted it. Children should not be treated
with suspicion. We should act toward
them in this matter As we feel We ought to
act toward others, only with greater ten
derness not less, an il usually done. We
should always put the best construction
possible upon their conduct that is, unless
You are sure a child is telling a lie, and you
can prove it, do not show the least hesita-
ton in believing what he says. Far better
YOU should be deceived, than run the risk
Of showing . truthful child you do not
trust him. Your simple trust may make
lying child truthful. Your doubt Of his
truthfulness may make truthful child q
liar.
Year: 1873

4 DETROIT boy stood an umbrella, with
q cord tied TO it, in . public doorway.
Eleven persons thought that umbrella was
theirs, and carried IL with them the length
Of the string. They then suddenly drop
ped it and went of without once looking
back or stopping TO pick Il up again.
Year: 1873

A boy borrowed hatchet
fiom a nelghb, r and promised
to return it at night. Before
he went, he was told that his
brother should see the article
returned. After he had come
home and gone to bed, he In
quired and found the tool had
not been sent to its owner. He
was much distressed to think
his promise had not been kept,
but was pc suaded TO 60 to
sleep AMI rise early and carry
it homo next morning. BY day
light he was up, and nowhere
was the hatchet to be found.
After a long and fruitless
search, be sat of for his neigh
boris in great distress, to &C
knowledge his fault. But how
great was his surprise to find
the tool on his neighbours door
stonel And then it appeared
from the prints of his little
bare feet in the mud, that the
lad had got up in his sleep and
carried the hatchet home, and
had gone to b. d again without
knowing anything of what had
happened.


That was a boy 10 be trusted
We wish there were more like
Year: 1873

how they had suffered, and the
decadence of both commerce
and liberty. In reference to
the moral and religious causes.
and the idea that because we
did not succeed we were nec-
essarlIy wrong, he SAID that in
a cause like ours the great Ore
ator must have looked down
with an approving smile; that
we do not always see the work
ings for good in the WAYS of
the Great Father; that our
chastisement might be design
ed to lead to the triumph of the
principles for which we strug-
gled. He had received a let
ter from a gentleman in Massa-
chusetts, which said that man.
kind owed a debt of gratitude
to the Southern people for
their efforts in behalf of that
constitutional liberty which
men were so rapidly forgetting;
that our story had only been
half told, but when men came
to look upon it without passion,
and the whole truth had been
told, would We then be con.
demned before the world? No,
no! These facts must be got
ten together. 1t was due to
the unrecorded dead, who had
fought for truth and died in a
patriotic cause. While this or.
ganlzation can not write the
history of this war, yet it could
collect the material from which
future historians might obtain
the facts. Would not our enc
mieS-or, in the phrase of the
day, our northern brethren
make up at least and take the
hand of oppression from off our
Southern daughters, or are we
in that decadence of all that
is honorable, to be brought TO
the condition of which the Irish
poet sang:


"Unhonored thy sons, till they have


learned to betray;


Undistinguished they live, If they


shame not their sires;


And the torch that will light them to


dignity's way,


Must be caught at the shrine where


their country expires"


Ii thus We must seek The road
to preterment, who would NOT
live a life of obscurity in prefer
ences He had hope IN the
future, founded on the fact that
he had never seen a recon
structed Southern woman, and
while the men of the present
day might yield the principles
for which they struggled, yet he
hoped the children who succeed
them would grow up to main
tain and perpetuate them, and
redeem all that we had lost.


He thanked the audience for
their'kindly expressions of good
will, and as to the members of
The Association, he hoped that
their steps might always be on,
ward to prosperity, and follow
ing in the steps of the grand
old Early, who never faltered
during the war, aud Dever fail
ed since our flag went down,
they were sure to accomplish
their object.
Year: 1873

Japanese Fans


Many of these fanlplctures
are illustrations of national
classics, fairy tales, aud histor-
ic legends. On this neutral
tinted reverse, for instance, a
curved line dashed adross the
disk is a slack-rope; on it is a
nondescript dancing, and be-
low a halfkneeling figure rep
resents the juggler OF show
man. He is gesticulating wild
ly with his fan, his mouth is
wide open with well simulated
astonishmenU at the antics of
the creature on the slack-rope.
This performers is like a badge
yet it resembles tea-kettle.-
Its body is the kettle; one Gun.
ningly curved paw is the spout;
another, which swings the in
evitable umbrella, Is the han
die; and the tail and hind legs
form the tripod on which the
kettle sits. The story OF The
Accomplished Tea kettle is
very old, and numberless yer
sions of it form staple dra-
matte, poetic or artistic diver
sion of the japanese. Briefly,
it is related that a company
of priests, who -dwelt bysfhem-
selves in a temple, were at-
frighted by their tea-kettle sud
denly becoming covered with
fur and walking about the
room. 1t bothered them very
much by its pranks, being
part of the time a useful and
sober culinary utensil and
partly a mischievous badger
Catching it and shutting i, up
in a box, they sold it TO a trav
cling tinker for trifle, think
ing themselves we'll rid of it,
But the tinker, though sorely
aArighted when he found what
a bargain he had gotten,
shire wdIy put his witcled
tea-kettle to good account
He travelled far and wide ex
hlbi'ing his wonderful beast,
which diligently performed on
the slack rope. Princes and
mobiles came in throngs 10 see
his show; and so he made him
self very ilch by his uniqe en-
tertainment. The lucky tinker
and his accomplished tea ket.
tie furnish forth adventures for
the japanese play-goer as nu-
merous and various as those of
our own Humpty Dumpty,
dear to the heart of every En-
glish.speakine child. On the
reverse of another fan you dis
cover an illustration of fairy
lore. A hare and a badger,
grotesquely dressed in water
mems garb, are each padding
about in boats ON a small sheet
of water. They glare at each
other defantly, but the hare,
Notwithstanding he keeps his
simple expression, seems to
have The advantage of the 9th
er. The hare and the bad ger,
in the story of The Cracking
Mountain, were old foes, and
had many a tussle, in which
The hare usually got the better
of his adversary. Finally the
hare, having built a wooden
boat, set off on a voyage to the
capital of the moon, inviting
his enemy to accompany him.
The wary badger refused, but
building a boat of clay, he fol-
lowed the hare. The waves
washed the clay so that it be
gan 10 dissolve; then the hare,
padding his craft full upon the
luckless badger, crushed his
sinking boat, and the wicked
Year: 1873

him in the world. Be careful
how you promise but what you
promise, do There are people
whose promises are easily
made, but when you come to
look for performances OF these
promises, they are so few and
small that you need a micro
scope Of more than ordinary
power. Don't be like them.
Year: 1873

The Mining Journal recon-
mends use of pulverized fuel in
the manufacture Of iron. II
states that the iron made in
this manner will bear a greater
tensile strain when reheated
and rolled once than that which
has been reheated and rolled
three times by the ordinary pro-
cess.
Year: 1873

Ice CREAM.-Those who have wcahncs, for
ice cream in all It's frozen richness Of taste and
elegance Of flavor should not fail to patronizc
Mr., Hess, next door to Cashs, in the post office
building. Mr.. II. knows exactly how to dish up
frigid Injuries and to adorn hi, tables with nice
cake and to have everything correct His par
lors are large, cool and handsomely furnished.
He received fully two tons Of the best Of pure
candies from New York one day last week, en-
bracing all the novelties in tins line. Call and
see him, try his cream, taste his candy go for his
cake and you will be happy, and your girl ditto.
Year: 1873

SWE-Thc Building Association viii have a
special meeting Monday evening Sept. l. While
these energetic builders are at it, we should like
TO have them make some repairs on our "shcd,'
This thing OF sitting up all night when it rains
with an umbrella over you, and under the bed at
that, and water seven inches deep on the floor
is getting monOtonous.
Year: 1873

VIM. Stormont, the foundry man, was standing
near one Of the wooden buildings when aportion
of shed and some timbers above him gave way
and fell upon him, striking him in the forehead,
cutting and bruising him badly but not serious
ly. couple of other gentlemen standing near
were also somewhat hurt Charley Harvey was
Il hero on this occasion.
Year: 1873

AcCIDENT.-On Sunday afternoon last, George
Dralle, Groccryman at the upper end of Main
street. while pulling his buggy into his barn,
slipped and fell upon the floor, breaking one leg
below the knee.


On Thursday evening Mr. McGowm was
driving his team into city under the aQucduct
The horses took fright and ran away He man.
aged to keep them in the center of the street to
the corner of Columbus and Madison streets,
where one horse kicking, broke some Of the
harness and let the tongue down, This speedily
ran againsta rock or something and spilled the
driver and boy into the street. The team than
turrcd down Madison street, and while trying to
turn again into La Sale street both horses fell
and were captured, The driver was bruised
somewhat, but not badly hurt.
Year: 1873

Two or three days ago there was an
advertisement in the Ledger, stating
that young man was wanted in a
railroad Office. Within twenty-four
hours there were nine hundred and
eightyJiCe applications for the place
lett at this Office for the advertiser.
While the occurrence shows incideE-
tally the extent to which advertise
ments in this journal meet the notice
of the particular persons whose atten-
tiOn it Is desired To attract, we make
mention of it for another purpose.
There is no social error more preva-
lent, and but few that are more
lamentable, than that of fond, indul-
gent mothers and short sighted fathers
who allow their boys to grow up with
no other business, trade or occupation
then what they pick up in the way of
"cleIking" about offices or stores. All
such parents or guardians can see from
the number of applications for one
clerkship sent to one advertiser in one
day fair indication of the number of
clerks, or persons who desire To be
clerks, who are vainly yseekinRmplOy-
ment in that capacity. There is q
fearful excess CT young men, and in
deed of men Of mature age, who desire
to go into offices or stores to write or
to 'dO anything" as some of them
express it. When such persons get
out Of employment they generally
have long and weary waits-mOnth
after month and year after year-be-
fore they can get other places, for the
reason indicated in the above figures
there are a thousand persons st
hand to fill any one vacancy that Oc-
ours. No one should bring up boy
so that his only or chief qualification
for useful employment in his manhood
is fitness to act as clerk, boOk-keeper
or attendant in an Office or store. 'Nine
times out Of ten" the boys and men 50
brought up lead lives OF disappOint-
ment and penury .-PbilddelphiT
Ledger.
Year: 1873

God is a center to the souI;and Just as
in u circle, what is nearest the center
is subject to least motion, so the
closer the soul is tO God, the move
ment and agitation to which it is ex-
posed. Make the experiment upon a
level area; sink a staff into thegrOund,
attach to it a line, around it as CEN
ter describe a circle Of consider able
extent; then bid some friend walk
around that circle, while you do the
same round another drawn at a short
distance from the staff. You will
find that your friend will have to
walk long ard fast 10 accomplish his
task, but that few steps will be enough
for yours. 1t is the same with the
soul. TIE greater its distance from
God and from spiritual and heavenly
things, the wider the circuit it will
bave to make, the faster it will have
to speed without knowing why, and
the more viii it seek, but b. unable 70
rest He however, who, by devotion
and rest, love and resignation, keeps
as near as possible 10 God, finds that
which his heart desires