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Year: 1871

4 DoG-MArIc SroRY.-An editor in
Iowa advertised the other day that he
would take good dog in payment of
one years subscription for his paper


The next !ay iorty-three dogs were
sent TO the office.


The day attcrward, when the news
had spread out into the country, four
hundred farmers had sent two dogs
apiece by express, with eight baskets
full of puppies, all marked {. .. ID.


In the meantime the offer found It's
way into the neighboring States, and,
before the end of the week, there were
eight thousand dogs tied up with ropes
in the editors from, and back yards.


The assortment Included all the kinds
from bloodhounds down TO poodlcs.
a few hundred broke loose and
swarmcd on the stairs and in the entries,
and stood outside the sanctum, and
howled, aud had fights, and shifted un-
der the crack OF the door as ii they
were hungry for some editor.


And the editor climbed out Of the
window, up the water. spout, and out
on the comb of the roof, and wopt.


There was no issue of the paper for
six days, and the only way tie friends
of the eminent journalist could feed him
was by sending lunch up to him in bel.
! looms


At last somebody bought barrel Of
arsenic and three tons Of beet, and poi
soned the dogs and the editor came
down only to find on his desk bill for
eight thousand dollars, being the mu.
picipal tax on dogs at one dollar per
head.


He is not offering The same induce
ment 10 subscribers now and lie doesn't
want dog.
Year: 1871

Difficulties over disputed land
titles have already begun to exer-
else the Chicagonians. On mon
day a party having secured from
the bona ide owner the least Of a
valuable lot set about removing
the debris, when he was confron-
ted by another claimant who had
already erected a frame shanty
upon one corner of the premises.
Called upon to show his title,
he exhibited a lease from a pre-
tended owner in Omaha. AL
though the title to the property
was known by common report to
rest in an entirely different per-
son, there is not the least posi-
bility Of proving it, and conse-
quently the squatter who claims
to have leased it from q man in
Omaha has as secure a claim as
though he had owned it for a
thousand years. By such means
the best lots in the burned dis
trict can be gobbled up by adven-
lures, and until legislative relief
is given there can be no way of
ousting them except by force.
The serious troubles of Chicago
have but just commenced.-St.
Louis Times.
Year: 1871

1uCuIcs


The Taxpayers Convention
may do great deal towards the
organization spoken of above,
coming as the delegates probably
will, from every part of the State.
They may take steps looking to-
wards aud directing ward, county
and State organizations, which
will array and put in order the
full voting strength of the party,
and welcome into our ranks men
of every party and every color,
who hope for release from the Or
ganized robbery and the shame
less plunder of the party now in
power.


We cannot afford to be beaten,
or leave anything undone that
will secure us victory. Another
term of years Of plunder under
Radical rule, a still greater accu-
mutation Of debt upon our un-
happy State, and a consequent
increase of taxation upon an al
ready overburdened, oppressed,
wronged and outraged people,
and the cry of "blood OF bread"
may resound through our streets
and thoroughfares, to call forth a
suspension of the writ of h@be0s
corpus by the military head at
Washington, to inaugurate the
rule of third-rate lieutenants, and
the merciless trampling under
foot of the personal liberty OF our
people, as in '66 and '67, and
probably worse.


I confess that / fear that the
shameless perjury and gross ty-
ranny of bayonets, (which deprived
us of a Congressman in this Dis
trict in '6S, may wrest from us
the fruits of victory in '72, and
bring about the same results men,
toned above. But we must do
all that is in our power, do our
duty, and trust to God for the re-
suit. And all that we can do is
to perfect our organization and
bring out the whole voting
strength OF that portion of the
people who desire a prudent and
economical administration Of our
State government, as opposed to
the wild and reckless legislation
of the past few years.


I fear and feel that my answer,
hastily written, to your question
is not as full and satisfactory as
desirable, but I shall depend
greatly upon the prudence and
wisdom of the Convention to an
swer more satisfactorily.


Very truly and respectfully,


II. b. TOMPKINs.
Year: 1871

Item from u Georgia paper: a
negro went so far as to faint in a
store at cambridge. ite was res
tored to consciousness by an un-
sympathetic friend, who sprinkled
him with the short end of Il bug
gy trace.
Year: 1871

The regular semi-waekly meeting OF the Rink
Reform or Backhouse Committee was held last
evening, Mr.. samuel Hutchinson in the chair. The
session was held as usual, with closed doors. At
the termination OF the meeting the representatives
OF the press were informed that the committee
had nothing further to say than that
"we report progress" The several sub
committees, who have been visiting the different
departments Of the municipal government during
the past week. reported the progress made by them,
which was SIMPLY to institute few preliminary
inquiries at each bureau. This ana nothing more.
They also determined that Tor the future the organ
ization u body would meet Saturday evening
only OF eacn week insteaa OF Tuesday and Satur-
day, as heretofore. The Executive Committee win,
however meet at 367 Fulton street each morning
and on Tuesday evening. for the transaction
OF such business as may be within their
province So far they assert that every facility has
been accorded the committees They state that they
have no objection TO the presence OF reporters dur
ing any OF their Investigations at the departments.
as there Is nothing secret about their movements.
1t is the intention OF the committee TO TO- 900
circulars solicit the aid Of the citizens further
ing their investigation. These circulars will be q
copy or the address which has already been pub
liShed In these columns.
Year: 1871

Bogus News Movements Of the subcommittee
Of the Committee of Fifty-A Correspondence
and Visit to the Water Board-The
Late Deoapitations- Recent
Election Frauds-Eighteen In


dictments Found by


the Grand Jury.
Year: 1871

IMroRTANT DEoIsioY.-The Supreme
Court of the United States decides that
notes given for the purchase of slaves
prior to the war are valid. We publish
ed in our columns, few days ago, the
decision and opinion of Judge Caldwell
adverse TO the validity of obligations
given for the purchase Of slaves before
the abolition of slavery.


In the case Of Ginears VS.. Campbell,
recently decided by the Supreme Court
of the United States, that court overrules
a decision similar to that of Judge Cald
well and sustains the validity of such OBJ.
legations This decision Of the Supreme
Court ofthc United States is in harmony
with the late decision of the Supreme
Court Of Arkansas on the point involved,
In the aforesaid case of Ginears VS.
Campbell, the Court below sustained the
contract Of promsory note given for
slaves in April, 1861, and the Judgment
was for the holder Of the note The
Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of
the Court below, holdine that as the con
sideration Of the note was legal at the
date of the contract, the instrument is
valid and the rights Of the parties must
be decided by the laws then existing.
Any other rule would impair the oblga-
ton of contract when made - Gazette
Year: 1871

Our sister County, Sebastian, seems to
be born to troubles or else has an un
paralleled faculty for getting into hot wa
ter. While they are still wrangling about
the County seat question, another is
sprung They claim the right to tax
steamboats,! This claim or right has
been asserted for some time by Sebastian
county, and, so far as we know, by her
alone No other County in this State
has pretended to any right TO tax steam
boats running the rivers. From AN ar
ticle in the Era, Of the 7th inst we
gather that the Comfy claims the right,
not to tax the boat, but the freight and
passenger receipts! How this helps their
case, in legal aspect, we leave to the
County and Company to decide. 1t seems
to us that if the provision of the Federal
Constitution, granting full power to Con
gress to regulate commerce between the
States, means anything at all, it means
that States shall not do this, and taxa
ton is but a part Of regulation. If the
States have power to tax steamboats, at
all, they can make the rate oftaxation so
high as to amount to prohibition, and
thus completely destroy this kind of car
rying between the States, and Congress
would be powerless. 1t is evident such
a state of things was not contemplated
by the trainers of our Federal system
The States may, doubtless, tax the
amount of money steamboat owners may
have invested in stocks, but this power
can only be exercised at the place Of resi-
de ice Of the party, and when paid there
cannot be retaxed here. But this whim
OF our neighbor seems to be confined to
the adams line The 7hos II. Alien Of
that liue was summarily "tied up" on
her last trip, and compelled to. deposit
money to secure the payment of some
$500 taxes The Glascow was at the
whaif at the time and no effort made, so
far as we can ascertain, to collect tax
from her. II this right exists at all, it
can be only exercised equally upon all
property of the same class, irrespective
OF the owners. The plan ofmaking Van
Buren, head of navigation, because Of
these unjust and illegal exactions, will
doubtless soon be put into operation
We trust, however, that the sober second
thought may cause our friends over-the-
way to abandon this claim, and thus
avoid the inconvenience of hauling
freight from Van Buren,; for the assess
ment must, eventually, be made and the
tax collected Of all the boats that do
business with Fort Smith
Year: 1871

real Joining point OF The new dspensation win the
Oil IL found In the final beGefcti0u OF our Lord IN
rers0n-"dy peace ! leave you; nv peace give
YOU" This was what lsaian had SAID, zine WORK
OF righteousness shall be peace, and the eject OF
righteousness quietness and assurance forever"
tpat tnese significant f0rmaues nav Disappeared
1nd IN their stead We are Obliged to use


THE MEANf5r EXPRESSIONS -
OF meaningless speech. Our Ielgion has no ntting
recognition In The conrfesies OF 1ailY lie. We cease
to know each other as the children OF one Father.
ment upon heais and chIlls upon


S4ApEs AND SHADOWS.
our piety might enter without any obstruction in
to even 'le most commonplace acts OF our inter-
course. Religion might have recognition. as our
PATRIOTISM does. Ia our dav greetings in


THE MARKET PLACES.


Christianity is IN no respect unc0ngenial with
pOliteness or culture The most refined heart ought
to exhibit It's excellence IN It's painest demeanUr.
As we know gentle nan by mis- constant go d
breeding. SO We might well demand TO know the
CHRISTIAN ny his grace l believe the followers Of
but know they nave come to be most disadvan
tage0usiy and abSurdly AFRAID or each other. Tney
are quick 10 recognize the advantage OF easing the
burden OF lie WIN words OF sympathy and good
Will; the' Know II gives cheer to every heart to
make the proilers OF friendship and fellOwshlp
They Will even go SO flr as to


CLAP A HAND IN A HAND
with cordial wish OF welcome. But they are
modest beyond measure as To uttering any express
sion OF religious gOod Will. So we meet. and with
most assdu0us interest ply each other with pro-
found surmiSes concerning


the PROBABILITY or MORE RAIN.
All this we fear for what we call cant. Now, II may
as well e understood thai cant Is In our manners
ana manners alone and one may cant as much
about the weather as anything e.5c.
Year: 1871

How LITTLE LAND WILL KEEP Cow.
On the first cay of June last commenced
cutting clover for one COW confined in a yard
enclosed by high tight board fence, with a
stable attached in which she had been fed
She had no feed but freshly cut clover from
the first of June to the fifteenth of October.
and all taken from one-fourth of an acre of
ground. She has averaged eighteen quarts of
strained milk per day, from which my wife
mas made eight pounds of butter per week.
during the four and half months. The cow
is five years old, and a cross of the AYRSHIRE
and Durham. She has given more milk, more
butter, and OF better quality than she has
ever done on pasture. On one-eighth of an
acre have raised $50 bushels of sugar beets
and carrots, which with the two tons of bay
Will keep her handsomely the balance of the
year. The labor of cutting clover for the cow
Is less than the driving her three-fourths of a
mile to pasture; besides, the manure saved is
quite an item. In the dairy districts. the
usual estimate Is tOur acres to the COW. on the
nay ana paature system, whereas by soiline
and raising roots five eights of an acre is fonna
10 be sufficient will state further, what
Deleve from nearly thirty years experience is,
tnat there is no crop SO valuable for soiling as
ciover, no crop so many pounds of which. and
OF equal value for milk and butter. can be
produced from an acre OF ground, Sweet
corn is a good crop for late feeding. where
clover will not grow, but not profitable for
winter NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Year: 1871

The "kangoroo droop,' now fashionable,
is thus defined in New York letter: "To
make the thing perfect,a glove with three or
four buttons is selected, SO that the wrist NAV
be as long and as small as possible. The
wrist OF the lett hand and also that of the
right hand, if it is not engaged with an Al
pine parasol, is brought close to the breast.
ana then the hand is permitted to fall, palm
.e .Gownward, as II all muscular action was lost
This is the present attitude of locomotion bv
the descendants of the Kangaroo. and il sug


gests the loveliest helplessness imaginable.
besides proving respectfulness TO the deceased
progenitor."
Year: 1871

No HUMBUG.-Mr. Z. B. Warner commu-
statistics in relation TO the potato bug, that
will perhaps explain its mnltitudinous visita-
tion in the States east. From careful obser-
vations he finds that thirty three days COM
pletes the cycle OF one generation from fertil-
cation to the pupa state, or about three crops
annually in this latitude, Seven hundred OF
these bugs are the average product of single
female, from which the family grows IN the
second generation 10 245O 900, and in the lhiid
to $500 900, which must be considered as
very respectable increase.


A further calculation shows that one fe
male bug can thus expand itself into total
production of sixteen hundred and sixty-sX
bushels of average sized bugs in little over
three months! Any one looking over the gar
dens and potato fields at the present time,
will conclude that several Of these females
must have already made fair start the D, es-
ent season. The person who can turn Them
into some economical use, may not ouly make
fortune, but get universal vote of thanks.
II they are TO develop on the theory proposed,
We shall be forced before tall TO annex Cana
da to get storage room. What are now to be
seen are only the first effort. What will the
next be? 1t is said that they do not relish
Paris green as an article of diet; and now
that the Communists have been duly put
down, perhaps the Parsians may see hope III
vast demand ior bug poison on this side OF
the ocean. Who knows but the bugs are to
give birth to new industries, and to an i'm
porlant change in human food? Greater
events have followed from even less causes.
Year: 1871

BOOTHS THEATER-LOvR AND LOYALTY.


This evening, at Booths Theater, the ro-
mantle play of Glove and Loyalty" Will be brought
forward with Mr. Lawrence Barrett in the chief charac
ter This expedicnt s employed, not only to give Mr
Booth night Of neodfl ret-after six performances OF
the exhausting part of hcheeubu TO give Mr. Barrett


special opportunity for the demonstration Of his pecu-
liar abilities Those abilities OF the highest intel
lectual order this line OF employment Mr. Barrett
has fine and fervid mind sensitive temperament a
heart easily enkinded by contact with what Is noble in
seton sweet In feeling; true and deep love OF the
beautiful just Of symmetry in artistic forms and
OF effect in dramatic combination andmoyement Intense
earnestness OF emotion; electrical energy ripe
culture and accurate control Of his faculties and art
resources. We look back to his fine performance Of
shakespeare's Cassus and TO other kindred efforts
OF his dramatic genus forming this estimate OF his
nature and powers. To see this actor In character
that gives him adequate scope Is 10 enjoy real
pleasure; for be Is always conscientious. We
have mover known him 10 emphasize a little
part, for the purpose OF making himself conspicu-
ou nor 10 reverse the proper and right process Of dram
art by making character glass through which
10 show the actor Love and Loyalty" affords MI Bar
rett part that IL is worth his while to play, aud In
which he may be expected to do himself justice. He will
have efficient cooperation. The debut TO be made In this
piece-tO which we time ago made passing alu-
sion-wn be that Of Miss Theresa Selden The young
lady altogether without experience in theatrical
pursuits and she Is known TO possess many Of those ac
compishments which elevate and decorate character
and adorn and sweeen social life The complete cast Of
Invn and L Ifv - vdE
Year: 1871

USING THE LEFT HAND.-The number
of left-handed peple seem to be on the
increase. Formerly it was quite rare
thing to meet person who gave the
preference to the left hand, and those
addicted to the habit We're a little dis
posed to conceal the popularity, but now
it is not an unusual thing to see lady or
gentleman sitting at the table with the
knife in the left hand, and the cup of
tea at the left side of the plate. This
reverse of the general order of things
appears awkard enough, yet we do not
know but the time is coming when the
left hand will generally have preference
over the right. In one school room at
Perrysburgh there are fifteen left-hand-
ed children. This indicates rapid pro-
gress on the part of the left digits in
their struggle to gain the mastery over
those of the right hand. How long will
it be ere we shall be. told TO 'put the
left foot foremost" and hear people
speak of the strong, left arm? ~
Year: 1871

An Ohio Judge has recently delivered
q decision which, aside from its adverse
Importance to the paternal parents OF
large families of marriageable daugh-
tels, may have considerable to do with
the increase of matrimonial alliances in
the future At least it removes g all
son-in-law to maintain the authors of
his partner in conjugal bliss, so far as
the legal obligation is concerned.


The suit in which this opinion was an
nounced was brought by a fatherin-law
against son-in-law upon contract, the
father alleging that before his daughter
married he was living with her in the
West, and that the young man, then
living in Ohio, wrote to him that if he
would come there and bring his daugh-
ter he would marry her, and that the
old gentleman should always have a
home with them and in accordance
with this understanding they moved
East, and the young couple were mar
ried. The question came incidentally
before the Court, whether son-in-law
was legally bound to maintain and sup,
port the father of his wife, in the alb
sence of any specific contract The
Court held that he was not-that when
a young man married, he took no such
legal obligation upon himself.


The decision will open the way for all
who may have had misgivings upon this
point, and definitely determine as well
the greatly agitated question about
+" marrying the whole family


Since this Ohio jurist has given q de
cision upon one side of the question, we
advise him, if he desires to make HIM
self popular among the young men, to
hold that the father-in-1aw is bound TO
support his sonin-law. For such a de-
cision he can find thousands of prece-
dents, agreeably to the maxim that "cus-
tom makes law" 4':." ae-H '4"-
Year: 1871

The CONCERT LAST NIGHT.-The last
of the two concerts advertised by the Gal
ton troupe, came off at Assembly Hall last
night. The audiencei in attendance was not
large not so large by hundred, perhaps,
as attended the night before. OF the sing
ing, we shall not attempt to speak in detail.
We heard much to commend, and also
much that would not bear close criticism.
On the whole, however, it was rather an
enjoyable performance, and several of the
pieces were vociferously encored.


We see it stated that the troupe will
give concert in Washington city tonight.
Year: 1871

Z ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF
TIE LEGIsLATURE.-Wha a sad COM
inentary upon present corruptions, is con-
tanned in the letter of Democratic writer
in the Norfolk Vagiaian of yesterday, who
says: "One of our most popular sporting
men is enlarging and otherwise improving
his establishment, for the better accomno-
datiOn of members Of the Legislature"


We hear Of other establishments white
washing, carpeting and repairing for similar
purposes. The people, it seems 10 us, have
the control of selecting men to represent
them in the coming Legislature, and there
is no reason why these selections should be
made of men for whose entertainment
great preparations, in certain quarters, are
being made.


These preparations" account for the
necessity of '.jobs !" Tor the zeal exhibited
all over the country to serve the '!Giear
people," and we do hope these same dear
people will see to it, that men will be sent
to represent them, who need and will
have no other than the ordinary "prepara-
tioas' for the accommodation of gentle
men, VINO should come here 10 labor and
not TO -rolic. We shall have more TO say
in the future of the decentralization Of the
two or three hour system, of our present
Legislative bodies, in which our readers will
find contrasted the days of the past with
those of the present.
Year: 1871

1t is no wonder that some among the
Democrats cry out fora "New Departure;
but reformation cannot be obtained there,
and those who wish it must abjure the party,
and in good faith and purity of purpose
Join the Republican ranks. X.
Year: 1871

The most beautiful girl in the United
States lives near incoln, H. Her hair
is Of that peculiar hue that field Of ripe
wheat throws towards the setting SUM-
Her eyes send forth light SO effulgent
and magnetic that strangers become spell
bouud under its influence and stand rude
ly gazing. Her cheeks bear bloom like
the sunny side of an early peach. A pearl
would seem almost black beside her teeth.
Her form is so graceful that men worship
her before seeing her face. Her hands
suggest the idea of waxen fingers tipped
with vermilion. Her smile seems actually
to illuminate her presence, aud when she
laughs the listener fances he hears sweet
music in the distance. ia3e