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Year: 1873

We are indebted to the Gate
City for the following words on the
relation of newspapers to candidates
and campaigns, uttered in reply to a
letter from a defeated candidate who
complained that the paper had not
treated him as he had right to ex-
pect:


There seems to be an idea in the
minds of some that political parties
own their papers they are bound to
become the special champions of
every man who is nominated by the
party and whatever their private
opinions OF candidate may be, they
must P uff, praise, blow and strike for
him from the day of nomination to
the election. Now we would rather
be dog and bay to the moon than
be such an editor. Our notion about
this is that the Gate City is as much
the private property and business of
Its owners as any other business
whatever. The paper belongs to J.
B. Howell and S. M. Clark and to
nobody else. 1t is Republican be-
cause we are Republicans and make
it reflect our own sentiments. 1t
puts up the Republican ticket and
supports the Republican candidates
because we choose that it shall. We
buy the Offices materials and pay for
them: we pay its running expenses:
we pay its taxes and insurance the
parry does not de this the candidate
don't do it we do it ourselves. Now
can anybody tell why paper is not
as much our private property as any
kind of property would be? Mr..
Woodman says he has paid us SO
mnch money. In consideration for
that we have sent him so many
numbers of the Gate City. He
bought it and paid for it like any 9TH
er merchandise. If he didn't like it, it
was his privilege to refuse TO buy it.
We stand in relations to our patrons
just as does any other dealer. We
furnish a certain commodity for sale,
aud those who want it buy it !: those
who don't want it don't buy it. And
shooo WIZ ouJ IL uoHI puL US uuueT
one bit more obligation to them than
if we were selling them coffee, flour
or dry goods. The man who is a
candidate has no more claim upon us
than man who is not candidate.
If we don't choose to put up his name
in our paper as candidate, that is
entirely our own affair. If we don't
choose to support him that is our own
affair. If we don't think well enough
of man to puff and praise him on
his own account personally we shall
not do it because he happens to be
the nominee of our party. Ifthis
paper belongs to the party or party
candidates, then we should like for
them to come forward and foot run.
ming expenses. As long as we have
to meet these expenses ourselves we
shall conclude that this paper is the
private property of its proprietors,
and we shall manage it just as we
please at all times.
Year: 1873

The slave when he burst his bonds
and began his journey toward the
North knew that the north star point
ed out the direction he was to pursue,
but the north star did not tell him
how many rivers there were to cross,
or how many mountains there were
to get over it is only told him that
was the way, and so the revelation
tell men the way; but they have got
to overcome the difficulty themselves.
The outlet and consolation of the
world is to be found in the hope of
future. If men were simply like the
maple leaves, that shake in the sum-
mer wind and drink their little drops
of moisture, turn to scarlet in the
autumn, and then die; it man was
that and death annihilation, how
wretched creature he would be.
Year: 1873

No consequences can be to man
what his betrayal Of woman is to
her. Man tells as that the world
was made for man and 80 we're wo-
men. Many OF US, / am sure, of both
sexes, have held the belief that we
were made for each other. I fear
those men who think the world was
made for them viii find that Heaven
was not.
Year: 1873

A grand bull fight will be given
tomorrow in honor of the officers
and crew of the Tornado. Spanish
colors are displayed in several streets
OF havana on account of the arrival
OF the now so called National steam
er, Vlrglnius in this port. The bull
wnacklng savagss may have some
thlng else to attract their attention
ere long.
Year: 1873

desire to call attention to the fact that Ihave on hand full stock of all varieties of LUMBER called for in this market and am prepared to sell the same at the lowest market price for Cash. My stock comprises
Year: 1873

The reckless accusation having been made
against Judge Lawrence that he is the friend
and candidate of the railroads, and opposed
in sympathy to the farmers in their warfare
against railroad extortion and injustice, such
cloud of witnesses has promptly arisen to
protest against and disprove this SANDER that
even the Chicago Times of Wednesday con.
cedes that the impeachment of Judge Law
renee on that point has failed and must be
given up Among the numerous voluntary
witnesses in Judge Lawrencc's behalf who
press for hearing, we can only find room
for Judge Thornton, Gov. Palmer and Hon,
G.. V. Dieterich. But while hundreds more
are anxious to be called to the stand these
ought to be enough, in all conscience, to show
that the farmers in Judge Lawrence have
real and reliable friend committed in their
favor in hundred ways, while they really
know nothing Of his opponent except that,
up to the day of his nomination, he was a
railroad attorney
Year: 1873

A meeting of the farmers Of Earl, in this
county, was held last week, to protest against
the present outrageous assessment which
compels the assessment of property at its full
value, taxes a great deal OF it twice, and al
lows no deductions for Indebtedness. The
meeting in question recommends the asses
sors to resign in body at the end of June,
before making their returns, and thus defeat
the possible execution of the law
Year: 1873

The Hcnncpinites are rejoicing over a
packet which leaves for Peoria every morning
at 6:30, and returns at 7:30. The boat is
built for low water navigation, and it Is ex-
pectcd, should the business justify that the
packet will run until the river closes up next
winter. If the flourishing towns along the
river consult their interests they will see that
this fine little steamer, the Grey Eagle, is
well patronized
Year: 1873

The Bender family, at whose house in
southern Kansas such horrible discoveries of
wholess.e murder were recently made, are
said to have been captured in Texas. They
deserve to be made an example Of
Year: 1873

They tell good story concerning
Senator Conkling, which we fear, how
ever, must be taken with a few grains
ot salt. 1t is said lie is great lover of
the manly art and can put on the gloves
with any member of Congress. Some
ofhls colleagues, were probably still
smarting under his vigorous blows. laid
trap for him. into which the Senator
fell Immediately. One evening they
visited his room and introduced to him
a gentleman newly elected to Congress.
The conversation was carefully piloted
in the direction of Muscular Christian
ity,' and the result was. that Mr.
Conkling aud the unknown gentleman
were soon in the centre of ring with
their boxing gloves on. At first the
stranger acted little awkward, but
after a time warmed to his work and
polished Oft the Senator in the most
approved style. After the vanauished
Conkling had partially recovered from
the hard usage he had received he was
introduced once more to his combat ant
who this time bore the name Of Joseph
Coburn, whose name he had only to
hear to account for his defeat. The
New York Senator has foresworn SPAR
ring. 1t is said Joe Coburn did not play
his part with out considerable credit, his
extreme modesty being the only defect
in his assumed Congressional charac-
ter.
Year: 1873

Cows usually become addicted to kicking
when hcilers from being MIXED by abusive
mixers. have never seen an old COW be-
come kicker unless abused Instead of cows
being averse to being milkcd when giving a
large quantity, have ever found it .hc reversc
Wien pasturagc is good, and cows come home
at night with milk, our down East" COWS
seem grateful to have it removed. Milking a
heitcr for the first time requires patience, for
they will almost invariably kick IN such a
case put broad strap round hc7 body, just
front ofthc udder and buckle j; up moderately
tight and so soon as She gets quiet for she
will dance around little at first. take your
pail, sit down and 20 to milking for she Is
as lepless as a kitten. DO not attempt to
Use a rope instead ola strap, for .tw... not an
swer. This IS a much better method than
tying the LEGS, as it does not hurt the animal
in the least. a Few applications Of the strap,
with plenty Of patience and kindness, will
cure the most obstinate ease e-HrG Home
Year: 1873

DO You think you can make a girl lovely if
you donot make her happy. There Is not one
restraint you put on a good girls's nature
there is not one check you give to her instincts
Of affection or Of ehort-whch is allthe more
painful becauset takes away the brightness
from the eyes Of innocence, and charm from
the brow Of virtue. The perfect lovluess Of a
wolaau's couutenance can only consist in the
majestic peace which IS found in the memory
Of happy aud useful years, full Of sweet re-
cords: and from the joining Of this with that
yet more majestic chi.dishuess, which IS still
full Of change and promise opening always,
modest at once aud br:gh: with hope Of better
things 70 be won aul 10 be bestowed There
an old age where there is still that promise
1t Is eternal youth.
Year: 1873

Once upon time some resident upon the
line Of an eastern road took umbraso at hi.
treatment by its officers in the matter of slain
COW or an oyer-charse On freight Thereafter
be persisted in refusing to buy a ticket at tic
tickct-ofiice, and invariably paid his faro on
the train, proceeding which involved an cx.
ira ten cents Oh each occasion.


As he was almos! daily passenger this pro
cceding excited the curiosity Of the conductor
who one day said


" Why don't you buy your ticket at the Of
fec? ItwouId save YOU money and me deal
Of trouble"


L dare say" said the passenger, looking mp
dryly, 60 but I've got a spite against this COM
pauy, and I've taken an oath that they'll never
sec q ceut Of my money ?"
Year: 1873

Of the important general laws
passed at the recent session of the
Legislature and approved by the
Governor, we give an abstract of
the following:


An act providing for a salary
Of $400 for the Chief Justice and
each of the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court payable quar-
terly.


An act authorizing the munich
pal authorities of any city village
or town where companies are form
ed for the purpose Of supplying
water for public municipal or.oth-
er purposes.


An act providing for the pun
ishment ofamarried woman guilty
Of arson, although the property
may belong in part or wholly to
her husband also, for the punish
ment of a married man, although
the property burned may belong
in part or wholly to his wife.


An act giving power to the
Year: 1873

He comes rs lover with soft noiseless feet,
And listen and wait for him; speechlcss and


and sweet
He comes down the pathway, his heart all


aglow,
peep through my easement and watch-for


know
By the light of his eye and the smile on lis


face,
All trembling, eIpcctant, all shining with trace
OF the same love, soul-lighted, that blessed


me in youth,
He loves me as ever, still, only as truth.
He is constant and faithful. l know he is


mine;
In the sadness Of sorrow, through shade and


through shine,
He hath soothed my caprice, with kindness


that told
How precious his love, more than rubies and


gold,
And often and often, far back in the years,
l know that my waywardness grieved him to


tears;
And now, as wait for him, can forget
That he loves me and loves me more tender


ly yet?
How steadfast in. purpose, how pure in his


heart,
And that ], poor and helpless, should live as


its part,
When he took me and blessed me, and called


Inc his own,
And now, for his bread, do give him stone!
Oh, no for love him as woman can love,
know of his olive branch am the dove,
And tranquil and happy, and joyous my life,
As feel that he loves mc-that l am his wife.
Year: 1873

The town Council of WarreDton have
passed an ordinance to encourage manpfac-
turing in that place, and, as an inducement
to encourage the introduction of capital for
that purpose, have declared that ali capital
invested in manufactures shall be exempt from
Corporation taxation for twenty years.
Year: 1873

Animals, especially the dog. cat. aud par,
rot, often indulge ia tho luxury of dresms.--
A correspondent of Land and Wuter tells the
following auecdote of cat


"she WAS very still and appeared to be fact
asleep. when suddenly she spraug into tha
middle of the room, where she fixed her feet
on limited spot on the floor. to which also
her nose vas applied as if closely grasping
something she held in her claws. This eou-
tinusd for short time, when the nose was
gently raised aud the visible attention was
directed to tise feet, which still continued
their grasp, but after time one of them was
gradually removed, and then the other, as
which puss appeared greatly at a loss to lima.
gine whittier the imaginary object could have
gone, so as to escape her grasp She looked
in various directions along the floor, with ~
foolish face of confusion; and then again her
attention was directed TO the spot on which
the feet were FIRST closely pressed, as If to et.
awiuo closely whether the presumed escape
had been by sinking through the floor; and
when this seomed unsatisfactory. the disar-
pointed animal, now widely awake, retired
slowly from the spot, hut she returned more
than once Ia re>exaniuc the place, as IL sha
found it impossible to comprehend how an
object she had so plainly seen and grssped
should have sunk into nothing. Many min
utos elapsed ht fore the cat appeared to bs
rcconciled to the conviction that what had
been dream was not in truth a reality"
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starehes in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consrm-
nrS
Year: 1873

Unless you wish a premature death you
will let all the poisonous hair preparations
alone. NATURES HAIR Restorative is
perfectly harmless as any druggist will tell
yon. See advertisements,
Year: 1873

A few days since, friend handed Us a
few packages of DIR. Prices Cream Baking
Powder, with request to try it We
tried II and found it superb. We gave
small packages to a few friends, and they
all came back to us for some more As
we were not prepared, however, to aban-
don the conduct of the Central to 60 into
the Baking Powder business, we were
obliged to turn them away disappointed
For their qualification, and that of the gen
eral public, we viii say that this inimitable
Powder can be had at most of the leading
grocers in this city, and at wholesale ot
Steele & Price Chicago and St Louis.
Year: 1873

Old Isaac Barrow, in his famous ser
mon on Foolish Talking aud Jesting,"
gave a somewhat lengthy description Of


facetiousness or wit, which was pre-
nounced by Macintosh to be the
greatest proof Of mastery over language
ever given by an English writer This
illustration, which is too diffuse and .
uncertain to be called definition, is so
old that it will be new to many. He
says: "Wit is 4 thing so versatile
and multiform, appearing in so many
shapes, so many postures, 80 many
garbs, so variously apprehended by
several eyes and Judgments, that it
seemeth no less hard to settle a clear
and certain notion thereof than to make
portrait Of Proteus or to define the
figure OF the Heeting air. Sometimes it
lieth in pat allusion to known story,
or in seasonable application Of trivial
saying, or in forging an opposite tale;
sometimes it playeth in words and
phrases, taking advantage from the am
biguity of their senses or the affinity Of
of their sound sometimes it is wrapped
up in dress Of humorous expression;
sometimes it is lodged in sly question,
in smart answer, in quirkish reason,
in slfrewd intimation, in cunningly
diverting or cleverly retorting an OBJ
lection; sometimes it is couched in
bold scheme Of speech, in tart irony,
in a lusty hyperbole, in a Startling
metaphor, in plausible reconciling OF
contradictions, or in acute nonsense;
sometimes a scenical representation of
persons or things, counterfeit speech,
mimical look or gesture passes for it;
sometimes an affected simplicity, some
times presumptuous bluntness giveth
it being sometimes it riseth from a
lucky hitting upon what is strange;
sometimes from crafty wrestling obvi-
ous matter to the purpose often it con-
sisteth in one knows not what, and
springeth up one can hardly tell how.
It's ways are unaccountable and mex
plicable, being answerable to the
numberless rovings of fancy and winding
of language.
Year: 1873

LU MBERlNd IN THE NORTHWEST.- ~
An Oshkosh dispatch says:


Notwithstanding the gloomy fnan-
cial prospect, many large numbering
firms are putting an extra large force
of men and teams into the pineries,
and the prospect is that the aggregate
amount of logs put in this winter will
be fully two-thirds as large as usual.
Reports from upper Wolf River state
that sleighing is good, and that the
number of numbering camps now la
operation is greater than at the CORES
ponding period last year. The large
numbering firms are doing an increased
business, but the smaller ones are not
doing anything to speak of. It is the
opinion of mill-men generally that the
ultimate result Of the present financial
stress will be beneficial to the lumber
interest. The present surplus will be
worked off before this winters crop of
logs can be manufactured, and next
year good prices must rule.
Year: 1873

w, q w. r. R,-Oa the LIST OF October
change will take place in the time table OF the
Wilmington n Western r. u. One train each
way Will be taken of for the winter. The table
corrected will be found elsewhere In this Issue.
Year: 1873

CONCORD, March The present political


canvass in this State, though involving the
election of three congressman and the Go


vernon, Is the most quiet ever known here


The Republicans claim that they will carry
the State and reelect Governor Isham by
2 800 majority. Per contra the Democrat:
are confident on a full vote of electing Yves
ton Governor, and their congressman in tht
first and third districts. Much will depend
on tue amount of money spent by either


party. The Credit t-Mobiiier business and
the increase of salaries bill have damaged
the Republican cause here.
Year: 1873

BosToN, March IA majority OF the Mas
sachusetts legislative committee on the SUE,
ject have reported in favor OF the withdrawal
of the petition for expupging the resolution
condemning Senator Sumner.
Year: 1873

LONDON, March 7.-So little credit IS at
tached TO the rumor of the separation Of tho
Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise that
their friends have not taken the trouble to
publicly contradict it. n
Year: 1873

SpRING-STYLE SILK HArs.-Thc style Of silk hat
sold by the 1rst-cass retailers in New York city is
the same style that p. WErsIGER co. are selling
now This hat Is light and stylish, ana decidedly
the neatcs hat that has been brought out for long
Year: 1873

DEw.-There is probably no operation
of nature more universally misunderstood
than the falling of dew. With the except
ion of Aristotle, the philosophers and
scholars of antiquity entirely misconceived
its origin and nature indeed, until the
opening years of the 10th century, the
whole subject was one of conjecture and
speculation. There is at all times GER
tain amount of humidity in the atmosphere
held in suspension, in the form of invisible
watery vapor, which is deposited on COM
ing in contact with substances whose tenn
perature is of lower degree than that OF
the surrounding air. Transient showers
of rain are not unfrequently the result of
the interception of currents of warm air by
elevated objects whose temperature ls less
than their own. A familiar illustration of
the formation of dew is exhibited by intro
ducing vessel containing ice-water into
we'll heated apartment. In briefperiod
the outside of the vessel is covered with
minute globules of water precipitated by
the atmosphere Immediately surrounding
it, which is gradually increased in quantity
by deposition from the adjacent strata,
and this process continues until the vessel
and apartments have acquired a uniform
temperature. Hence, what is termed the
dew point, is simply the state or condition
of temperature at which a deposits of the
humidity of the atmosphere commences.
Year: 1873

and TO convince the instructor of youth OF
the necessity of moral and religious cul-
ture. This Is the more essential, because
the symptoms Of decline in State are ,ia hrss st
manifested in the young. Plutarch tells US
that Lycurgus wound up the strings OF
Sparta, which he found relaxed with lux.
ary, to a stranger tone; but no one was
fonnd able to Wind up those of Athens
when vice and corruption struck at the
foundations of her youth. 1t is important
then, that the morals of the young should


be preserved; and he is to be honored VINO


blends the moral, intellectual and spri1uai


in his system of instruction..
Year: 1873

never saw garment too fine for man
or maid there was never chair too good
for a cobbler, or cooper, or king to sit in
never a house too fine to shelter the human
head. These elements about US, the gor-
geous sky, the imperial sun, are not too
good for the human race. Elegance fits
man. But do we not value these tools of
housekeeping little more than they they are = g
the mahogany we would bring into it I
had rather eat my dinner off the head of a
barrel, or dress after the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on a
block all my life, than consume all myself
before get to home, and take SO much
pains with the outside that the INSIDE was
as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a
great thing, but beauty of garments, house
and furniture is q very tawdry ornament ,, ent
elegance in the world will not make a
home, and would give more for spoon
full of real hearty love than for whole ship
loads of furniture and the gorgeousness
that all the uphosterers of the world could
gather together.-(Cdnes.)
Year: 1873

We, the undersigned members of the committee
appointed by the Board to examine the assets of the
New Or leans Mutual Insurance Association, and to
value the for the purpose Of reducing its capital
do hereby solemnly affirm that have carefully and
conscentiorsly examined sad assets each item
ately, detailed in the statement now opened for
examination of stockholders in the Associations office,
and that have valued them, to the best of know
ledge and Judgment. at their respective actual value,
and that we have arrived at the following result to
wit: