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Year: 1870

Journals East and West are now in
dulging the Yankee privilege of guessing
what population the coming census Will
disclose, Fifty millions is the highest,
and forty millions the lowest estimate,
The New York Tribune has INDUCED IN
''some careful figuring" and has come
to the conclusion that it will be about 40,
S00,0 We are not able to see how
careful figuring in the dark could help
the matter much, but the Tribune guess
is probably not far out of the way. This
would give an increase of 100000, OF
about thirty per cent, in ten years OF
war and terrible civil commotion. Ii, as
Mill has it, the citizen is the unit OF
power it will make us superior in this
respect to any European nation except
Russia-five millions more than Austria,
three millions more than France, ten
millions more than Great Britain. We
shall have five million more people than
Turkey and Prussia, or Italy and Spain
combined. And who can set our horo
scope for 1900 P Chicago Post.
Year: 1870

A DILA- DRY REsPoNDENT.- y on
know the individual who is always diia-
tory in making the responses? He is
usually to be found in every Episcopal
parish, much to the annoyance of the
quite. orderly people who unfortunately
are compelled to sit near him. A man
of this sort was one Of the most regular
(such always are regular) attendants at
St-'s, Philadelphia and so 'wor-
riting'' had his drawing habit become,
that some of the Pensioners called upon
the rector and requested him to Inter
view the laggard, and request him to
make the resposes in unison with the
rest of the brethern. ou see my dear
Sir" said the rector, 1T is easy enough
to be prompt, if you will but fix your
mind upon it. IF you begin the General
Confession promptly, you will easily end
with the others. Then again, at the
Creed you commence: I believe, etc.,
promptly, why, at the proper time. you
will be able to descend into he'll with the
rest of the congregation Now my dear
Sir, pray be little more prompt, and
do ths:s! Editors Drawer, in Ho,per's S
Magazine for March,
Year: 1870

GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE.-A pas
tor was making call upon an old lady.
who made it an habitual rule never to
speak i'll of another, and had observed it
so closely that she justified those whom
she had heard evil spoken of. Before
the old lsdy made her appearance in the
parlor, her several children were speak
ing of this popularity of their mother,
and one of them added: 'NIother has
such habit of speaking well of every
body, that [ believe if Satan himself
were the object of conversation. mother
would find out some virtue or good quail
ity in him." OF course this remai
elected some smiling and merriment at
the originality of the idea, in the midst
of which the old lady entered the room,
and Oh being told what had just been
said, she Immediately and involuntary
replied: "Well, my children, wish we
all had Satan's industry and perserer-
ance."
Year: 1870

s.Pray Mr.. Dram-drinker, how do you do,
What in Creations the matter with you?
How did you come by that bruise on the head?
Why are your eyes so shockingly redl
Why do you mGtter that infide hymn
Why do you trellble in every limb


VINO has done this? let this reason be shown
And let the offender be pelted with stonel'
And 1he dran-drinker said. "if you listen TO me,
You shall hear what you hear, aud what you see
I had father: the grave is his bed;


/ had a mother she sleeps with the dead;
Freely wept when they left Inc alone
But | shed all my tears ON their grave and their


stone,


planted a wiIlow-I planted yew--
1 left them to sleep Til the last trumpet blew.
''Fortune mine, and mounted her car,
Pleasure from virtue had beckoned me far
Onward / went avalanche down,
And the sunshine OF fortune was changed to frown
Fortune was gone-and took to my side
young and lovely and beautiful bride!
Her 1 eutreated with coldueSS and scorn,
Tarryins back till the break OF the morn;
Sighting her Kindness and mocking her fears
Casting Il blight on her teuderest years;
Sad, ana neglected and weary lett her
TIL like a star when Il falls from its BRIDE
She sunk III the bosom OF misery and died!
II had Il child, and it grew like vine;
Fair OF Damascus mine;
Fair-and watched Ter her innocent youth
As an angel from heaven would watch over truth
She grew like her mother in feature and form
Her blue eye was languid-her cheek was too





Seventeen summers had shone on her brow
The Seventeenth winter beheld her laid low?
Yonder they sleep in their grave, side by side
A father-a mother-a daughter-a BRIDE
'When they had left me, stood here alone
None of my my kindred was known;
Friends all fOasaken and hope all departed
Sad and dsponiiug, and desolate hearted
Feeling no kindness for aught that human
Hated by man, and detested by woman.
Bankrupt III fortune, and ruined i'll name
Onward L kept in the pathway of shame
And to this hour since my drushter went down.
Ny brow has but known continual frown.
&c TO your children, and tell them the tale;
Tell them his check too, was liyidiy pale:
Tell them. .l!is eyes all blood shot and cold
Tell them his purse a stranger to gold
Tell them he passed through the world they are in
The victim OF sorrow and misery and sini
Tell them when LIES shameful conflicts were past
Ia horror and anguish he perished at last
Year: 1870

The METHODIST Book CONCERy-A minority
report on the alleged frauds i'm the Methodist
Book Concern at New York, signed by Rev.
Henry Slicer and others, regards the system of
employing a middle man to purchase for the
house as damaging and discreditable, especially
since II appears that in the article of paper the
said middle man has been paid commissions on
paper he did not buy, but which was ordered
directly from the house. 1t is not known how
much his profits and commissions have
amounted to, but the purchase in this depart
ment since his connection with it have
amounted to seven hundred thousand dollars
His profits on sixty-three Thousand six hundred
dollars in one instance, are set down at
nearly seven thousand dollars The minority
also find objection to the manner i'm which
the bindeIy has been managed, showing losses
counted for, OF over twenty thousand dollars
The appropriation of gold sweepings by the head
OF the bindery, amounting to at least twelve
nundred dollars year, is another ground of
complaint. The minority feels compelled to say
also that the methods of making purchases in
the printing department, the methods of paving
wages and keeping accounts thereof in the bind
goods received, have been defective and likely
therefore, to lead to losses. They at the same
time express their belief and hope that the book
committees investigations have so far awakened
attention, and will head to such improvements
In the methods of business, that the Book Con-
Germ will be secured to a verv great extent
against the possibility Of similar irregularities
and losses hereafter.


The New York Sun, Times, and other Jour
nails, in view Of these disclosures, comment with
severity upon the general management of the
Book Concern, and call for a sweeping reform
at once, If it expects to retain the confidence of
the Methodist public.
Year: 1870




AN INDIAN SUICIDE-Hoeo a Red Nan Kills
Hirsself.-On Wednesday an Indian by the name
near the COldwater bridge with a fatal wound
in the throat. He was brought to the village,
and post mortem examination held. 1t ap-
pears from the testimony that he left home
the Pine river. near MillbrOok. He had gone
about four miles from home on the direct
route to his destination When found his body
was yet warm, but life was extinct. 1t seems
that he unsheathed his knife, which is a long
bowie knife, with a blade about eight inches
long and one inches and half wide and with
one heavy stroke thrust it into his neck just
above the breast bone, the knife passing down
ward and trif.e to the left to the depth of
about five inches, and inhicting wound in the
aOrta about one-half inch wide. The blood in
the road indicated that he had walked about six
rods after the fatal stab before he fell. He had
sheathed the knife and held it in his right hand,
his hand resting on his breast. There were no
signs of a scuiile and no signs of foul play
M. Pleasant (Kich.) Enterprise.
Year: 1870

THE PRoTRAcTED MEETING at the East Wash
ington Methodist Protestant Church continue
with unabated interest, and thus far there haw
been eighty.six additions to the membershin oS
the church. Va
Year: 1870

DON'T BE IN TOO GREAT A HURRY.-As the
turning out Of the fire department is q matter of
a good deal Of expense, the Chief Engineer has
lss ued notice that parties holding keys to the
alarm boxes VIII satisfy themselves Of the exis-
Year: 1870

THE Grand Comic Panorama Of the removal
Of the capital will be brought out again tbis
evening. at the Whitehurst Gallery. This should
be largely patronized, as the exhibition is yarv
good one. and there are many other things well
worth seeing at the gallery.
Year: 1870

OUT IN THE COLD.-Last night, about eight
O'Clock, feeble cry was heard by one of the
Sisters in charge of the St. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum, seemingly coming from the marble
steps OF the main entrance to the Asylum. She
opened the door, and on the steps, wrapped in a
few rags, barely sufficient to protect it from the
bitter cold of the night, lay beautiful female
child about five days old, left by some one to the
mercy Of the Sisters. 1t was taken into the
Asylum; but another place had to be provided
for It, SO officer Alder was called in and took
the babe to the Central Station. Here. too. IL
could not remain; and at last a poor woman,
living on Tenth street, between and F streets,
gave the fOrlOrn waif a shelter for the night,
and it was taken to the Founding Asylum this
morning.
Year: 1870

Feather beds, though much i'm re-
pute, are open TO numerous objections.
In the first place, the feathers used for
bed filling are seldom prepared and
purified. AS stripped from the skin
of fowls, the small feather shafts are
charged with animal matter that un-
dergOes slow but sure putrefactiye
change. The result may not be enough
to perceptibly affect the atmosphere
of bedroom, but enough to be un-
healthy.


Now, in country places, nothing is
more common than the use for bed
making purposes Offeathers that have
not been subjected to any purifica-
ton. Twon uphOlsterers purify, or pro-
fess to purify, the feathers employed
10y them for bedding, but we are call
ed upon 10 inquire in what the purifi-
cation consists. 1t consists in baking,
heating and i'm some cases washing
Granting that these processes are fol-
lowed, that the feathers are purified,
and sewed when absolutely pure in
the ticking, yet what then? Night
by night animal emanatiOns from
the sleeper get absorbed into the
feathers, and there remain, in despite
of shaking up, exposure to the air, or
any other process of domestic purifi-
cation that either is or can be adopt
cd t..s'


We have assumed the best condi-
tiOns take now such as are the Ordi-
nary conditions if not the worst
Feathers never wear out, it may be
said-never come to an erd. To-day
q patient afflicted with fever or other
mortal disease may lie on n feather
bed tomorrow he may die upon it then
after a few days the bed may be sold,
and then who shall be answerable tpr
what becomes of it, or the injury it
may do? We know what ought t. be
done with it at the very least: the
feathers ought to be taken out and
purified before closure in the feather
bed again. Even then the idea of us
ing such feathers is repugnant, but
frequently no sort of publication is
performed, in which case the result
may he easily imagined.-GOOd
HP0Ifh f....... .-.
Year: 1870

A boy at home, full grown, eigh-
teen; q lOunging boy always teasing
his sister, cleaning his gun, or sleep
ing on the best sofa; boy who
smokes his four or five cigars day
making himself n nuisance To sensi-
tive nOstrils; a boy upon whom hints
are lost, and a few kicks would be i'll
valuable.


He always dresses for the evening
in the height of fashion, and lounges
about among his aeqIIaintances where
there are silly girls TO welcome him.
Likes to talk of the governors cash
box. Pretends TO he studying law,
and thinks he is q swell, while all the
time he is only fool. Goes home,
receives his nightly lecture from the
man who has the honor of being his
father, and fOrgets it before he goes tn
bed. Says he won't work Us long rs
he can help himself, or rather, as long
as any body will help him.


ANOTHER PORTRAIT.


A boy at home, full grown, eigh-
teen; smart, active, handsome; the
idol of his sister, the sole dependence
of his widowed mother.


Up in the morning with cheerful
smile; singing or whistling. An't
like to see his sister bring in the
wood or his mother working beyond
her strength. Won't let her. Says 4
fellow can't have but one mother in
this world and he means to keep her
as long rs Providence and his strong
right arm will aid him.


He has a gentle word for the whole
household; would scOrn Ia he idle
Never sees n lazy "swell" without n
tingling just inside the toe of his right
boot. Intends to make q man of the
right sort, and has an eye on the
house he intends to own.


That boy will make a man to be
proud of.
Year: 1870

when brought in circulation. The correct method of
issuing silver coin IL, originally contaminated
to purchase with gold such amount OF silver bullion
market rates. needed for coinage into fractional
parts OF dollar; To issue the silver CONS only in ex
change for gold at par and to require the manufacture
OF such coinage whenever there is evidence
redundancy. In the proposed bill tho language clear
and explicit this point, and these silver coins are
made legal tender for sums less than 81.
Year: 1870

The Steamship Tennessee Total Less.


The owners OF the steamship Tennessee In this
city received Information yesterday from Captain
Chichester that she win prove total loss, there
being no chance Of saving her. The steamer and
cargo are fully insured but for what amount was
not ascertained As reported in the foregoing des-
patch, every passenger on board was saved
Year: 1870

A FIRE alarm bell was petitioned for
at late meeting of the Board of Alder
men, to be put up at the Court House,
and Mr.. Greve offered a resolution to
appropriate the sum of four hundred
dollars for the purpose; this resolution
was referred to a committee and the
question is still pending


We certainly want fire alarm bell
in our City, but good brass bell for
S400 is not an alarm bell at all for our
City. Such one we have already on
the Catholic church, and that cannot be
heard very often by one half of our citi-
zens. We want bell weighing at least
fifteen hundred pounds, and that will
cost not less than $700, and bell of that
weight would bear down any steeple we
have in our City except that of the new
Presbyterian church, which is now being
finished, and whose society we have no
doubt, would be very willing to put it up
and obligate themselves to attend to
the duties connected with proper fire
alarm bell properly performed.
Year: 1870

TEE Democratic party viii constitute the nucleus
and the great body Of the affirmative party: and
IT Is useless for the wlippeIs-in OF the radical party
TO attempt to frigiten the rank and ,e of that marty
with bugaboo stories of hat the Democracy would
have done IN the past ten years had they had the
power-lH3tcuakee Netgs


The Democratic party IS nucleus. )"
we admit tit is nucleus around
which has very little gathered in the last
ten years, save traitors and their sympa-
thizers. i bids fair to be a nucleus
to al time, nothing more. We also ad-
nit that 1t is useless ''to attempt to
frighten the ranl. and file of the Demo
cratic party for they DO not, generally
speaking, know enough TO be frightened,
except at the tax on whiskey. The field
and staff officers, however, are more
susceptible of fear During the war
they were in constant dread Of Union
victories, and now they are s0Iela fright
eacd lest their henchmen in New York
city shall not be permitted TO cast some
20 600 fraudulent votes this fall-lest
they shall lose the state through fair
ana honest election EFlisconstia
Year: 1870

THE Dry DoCK.-Preparations for
the Immediate construction of the Dry
Dock are being vigorously prosecuted.
The site chosen upon which to establish
it is probably the lots on the south bank
of the river just north of Mr.. Whitman S
Stave Factory, where good bottom hhs
been found and which is good location,
being near the city and in spot where
the water is unusually deep. The sub
scriptions for stock have nearly all been
taken and nothing now remains but to
push the work forward to completion.
Year: 1870

LET every Republican voter ap-
point himself a committee Of one, on
next Tuesday, and make it his bust
ness to work for the ticket. Let's
conquer whiskey and domoralized,
bad men, and elect the whole Re
publican ticket.
Year: 1870

We call the attention of our readers to
the premium we offer in another column
the Peoples Journal, which we will
give free for one year to all who pay up
in advance. The Journal is meant to
take the place of our Supplement, and
all can have it for nothing by paying in
advance one year.
Year: 1870

REPUBLICANS vote the straight
ticket. There are better men on
our ticket to-day than the Demo
cracy ever dared put in nomination.
This being the case, don t split Your
ticket but vote for the BEST MEN, the
Republican nominees.
Year: 1870

Our GORDON Press has monopolized
our attention to such an extent, this
week, that our local columns have not
received their usual amount Of time.


During campaign Tor at any other tine)
what would printer do without Cor
Year: 1870

Go to the polls early and stay
there all day, working for the Re
publican ticket and an honest ad-
ministration OF the County affairs.


At the Republican county convention
held at Weyauwega last week, the fol-
lowing resolution was offered by Eyan
Coolidge and adopted unanimously.


Reso7rc3, That we as Republicans. Of
Waupaca county do hereby endorse the
acton Of the Hon. Phietus Sawyer, our
member OF Congress, and thank him for
his fidelity to the interests Of his constit
uents and to the country at large. That
we recognize him as an honest, able and
faithful representative Of the people s
interests-and do hereby pledge to him
our united support for reelection in the
present campaign.
Year: 1870

| CAN Republicans of the county have confidence in


p P Fussenich after ne deceived them once lie s


no republican or Democrat but - hypocrte, who only
| cares tor his own selfish ends-Iitot.


As far as the 'sdeccit' is concerned we


will merely ssy that THE TAX LIST WAS
STOLEN from P. ?. Fuessenich and in


serted in the Pilot when it was the in


tention of that gentleman to give it to
this paper. This information leaked out
after we published the TRADE against
him-not thinking, at the time. that the
reason why he did not give the printing
| to us was that it was stolen from him by
Democrat now holding position of high
trust and a candidate for the same Office
at the coming election We reiterate.
that man who will give the public
printing to an opposition paper is mean
-contemptibly mean-and as we thought
at the time that Mr.. Fussenich had done
so, we gave our opinion of him, little
thinking that a Dem ocratic THIEF was at
the bottom of it. The present manager
of the Plot does not know this,
perhaps, as it was before he came to this
City, but we have ample proof that such
is the case, and that the employees of
that Office were bribed to work extra
hours to get the tax list into the Pilot
before Mr.. Fuessenich should find out
that it was in their possession. Now,
can Democrats have confidence in par
ty organ which will use such means
for its support? Anyway, he
will be elected to the Office for
which he is candidate, and we hardly
think We will sell us out, provided
Democratic THIEVES let the tax list re-
main in his Office until he gets ready to
hand it in for publication.
Year: 1870

Trade was quite brisk on Main street yesterday:


We noticed that The store ofthat enterprising firm
LEVY BROTHERS was crowded with buyers; and


though there were quarter Of q hundred sales.


men busily engaged In waiting on customers there


seemed to be business enough doing to employ as
many more.


We like to see the great success Of this firm,


whose members have been raised in our midst ;and
we, with hundreds Of their friends, wish them all


prosperity. est z.-
or one thing we can assure all persons In wan,
OF dry goods that LEVY BROTHERS advertise only


such goods as they are willing to SELL and at prices


that they are willing 10 sell at and though the Low
prices may appear somewhat fabuloua you ma1
rely upon findingithe article. We say Success Il


LEVY BROTHERS. Zee their advertisement in TO-
days paper.
Year: 1870

Doctor THEoDoR BoLDEMANN, the well-known
physician of this city, who has been selected by
the Nominating Convention of the Conservative
party as one Of the two candidates for the Office Of
commissioner Of the revenue. has been resident
of this city and state for twenty-one years-almost
lifetime. Scrupulously. avoiding to play any
prominent part In the politics Of the country, it
has ever been his principle to sympathize with
and work for his fellow-citizens of his adopted
State irrespective of nationalties and unchanged
and mistaken by veal or woe.
Year: 1870

REa1sTRATIoN.-Many of our citizens are
under m erroneous impression in regard to
the difficulties of registering. There are
two places at the place of registration, one
at which the whites can register and the
other for blacks. Even if there were diff
culties there could be no excuse for any
ones failing to register ut this time.
Year: 1870

TIE CONSERVATIVE PRIMARY ELECTION
The judges and commissioners appointed
by the various Wards to superintcnd the
primary election are requested to meet at
the rooms of the Chamber OF Commerce
this afternoon at o'clock to make arrange
ments for the same.
Year: 1870

Reflect that sound mind and body arc the
most necessary requisites to promote connubi-
nl happiness, Indeed, without those the Jour
NJ neg through life becomes a weary pilgrimage,
the prospect hourly dsrkens to the view, the
mind becomes shadowed with despair, and filed
with the melancholy reflection that the happl-
moss of another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1870

The following statistics Of the Island Of Bourbon,
gathered frem the official report Of Italian Consul
there TO his Government, Of interest to us, as
that country produces chiefly sugars, which come
less into competition with our staple article.


The population Of the Island Of Bourbon is about
100000 of which the foreigners form third. The
sugar production of the Island has decreased greatly
since 1863 as the follow tables will show:
Year: 1870

EVERY time you fail to perform a
promise, you mjure your character for
truth; every time you do an unkind act,
you harden your heart; and every time
you fail to do what conscience dictates,
you say to the monitor, which God
placed within to warn you, ''Hush, 1
want not your warning" and soon she
will withdraw and leave you slumbering,
unreproved till the last trumpet shall call
you forth to judgment.