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Year: 1875

Yesterday noon Miss Ida Lewis again
distinguished herself by reScuing 4 man
who was in danger of drowning in the
Lower Newport harbor. Miss Lewis
first came into prominence in 1866, when
she saved the life of a soldier who had
set out for sail on the harbor in Il
light skiff. 1t was one of the coolest
and most clustering days ever known
i'm this latitude, vet girl but twenty
five years old, impclled by the noblcst
spirit of humanity, yenturcd To the as
sistance of man who had brought him
self into q sorry plight through sheer
fOOl-hardiness.


One day during the autumn of the
next year, while a terrible gale was rag
inc, two men set out to cross the harbor
with several sheep. One of the animals
fell overheard while the boat was rock
in" bv the heavy sea, and its keepers,
in irving to save it, were in imminent
peril of swamping their craft. Ida
Lewis saw them from the window of her
fathers lighthouse, on Lime Rock, and
in a few moments was rowing them in
safety to the shore After landing the
men, she went back again and rescued
the sheep.


These brave deeds, with others of u
less striking character, made Miss
Lewis's name famous throughout the
world. and won for her the title of the
Grace Darling of America" but in
1869 the newspapers were filed with the
story of what was perhaps her greatest
exploit. On the 29th of March two
Young soldiers set sail from Newport
for Fort Adams in small boat, under
the guidance of boy who pretended to
understand the simple rules of naviga-
ton. Mrs. Lewis chanced to be looking
out of the lighthouse window, and saw
a squall strike the boat and Overturn 1t.
She called to her daughter, telling her
of the casualty. Ida, though i'll at the
time. rushed out of the house, launched
her life-boat and sprang in, with neither
hat on her head nor shoes on her feet.
By the time she reached the disaster
the boy had perished, and the two
soldiers were clinging desperately to the
wreck, almost ready to loose their hold
from exhaustion. They were dragged
| into the life boat, and carried to Lime
Rock, and, with careful nursing, were
soon sufficiently restored to proceed tC
| Fort Adams.


Miss Lewis's repeated acts Of philan
thropy have been recognized by gifts a
various times, but no national testl
monial, so far as we are aware, has We
been offered to her. True generosity
like true virtue, is its own reward, an(
we of the world are not often disposed
to meddle with its quiet enjoyment b.
its possesSOr. 1t seems eminently TIT
ting, however, that among the first t.


receive the new decoration to be be


slowed by Congress for heroic deeds II


saving life should be the heroine 0


Newport harbor.-Ne'0 York. Ere'''"'
Post.
Year: 1875

CRooUET is SO popular at Oak Blu1s,
Marlha's Vineyard, that a clergyman
who was called upon to lead an after
noon prayer meeting the other day re,
piled, ''Let them go ahead, and L VIII
come as soon as this game is done L
will get there before the meeting is out. !"
Year: 1875

A CHILD was brought before hl-
name magistrate, according to a Japa-
nese story, charged with the capital
crime of killing wild duck in the i'm
mense preserves of Shogoun. The
magistrate expressed the opinion that
the duck was only stunned, and gave
the parents a day to cure it, IN which
case the child would be acquitted. This
comforted the father but little, but the
mother sensibly went and bought the
finest live duck she could find, which
the magistrate accepted with smile.
Year: 1875

Complaints arc continually reaching
us Of tritcd and impossible roads
throughout our State. Not ouly are
the railroads great sufferers, but near
ly every wagon road is more or less a
subject of fault finding. The cause Of
this is in the fences which line them.
Where the wind has such long strech-
es of country to blow over as here,
without obstruction, board fence is
just the thing to break its force aud if
there be snow in the air, to catch and
deposit it in drifts directly in the high
way. The result is, that many Of our
roads are worse than useless in the
winter time time, aud travelling has to
be done outside, on the prairie, or not
all. And here lies another troubles.
1t is unsafe, as many man in Mimi
esota and elsewhere in the West can
testify, to travel at night on the prairie
especially if storm should be in pro-
gress. Hundreds of lives, in years
gone by, have been thus sacrificed on
these broad, western plains in this man.
ner, and many more will be, until the
country becnmcs fully settled.


The remedy lies in building such
fences by the roadside as will offer but
little obstruction to the wind, and
there is nothing better than wire.
This is less costly than posts or boards,
more easily built, and if taken care of
and properly put up, more durable.


We are glad to note that the Dako.
to Council Patrons Of Husbandry have
taken the matter in hand by passiny
a resolution requesting all farmers er-
ectipg fences along the highway to
build them of wire. The Legislature
ought to take hold of the matter, fol
snow drifts are no trifling thing in this
country, where snow covers the ground
six months of the year. -Frrnsers
| Union,
Year: 1875

A Chicago Tribune dispatch from
Grand Haven. Mich, says that the
weather from the 5th to tho 9th was
more intense than ever before known
at that point. The fruit crop for the
whole surrounding section is totally
destroyed.
Year: 1875

On Wednesday evening last, about 6
or Z o'clock, while the proprietor was
at supper, some one, to the public as
yet unknown, took a stick of wood,
with which he feloniously unlocked the
back window of John Bierwalter's sa-
loon, walked through where the win
dow once was, took from Johns till
some $35, and walked out again, leav-
ing the window open to air the saloon.
- Wuseca News.


A petition is being widely circulat-
ed at Sioux City, praying Congress to
take immediate action on some one of
the bills now before that body looking
to the speedy opening Of the Black
Hills country to white settlement. It
is being signed about as fast as people
can write their names There will
doubtless be large emigration to that
country from the border this spring.


A scheme for the redivision Of Him
ois and Indiana it soon to be brought
up in the Legislature Of the latter
State. The idea is, SO far as it has
taken shape, to unite the northern
and southern parts Of the two States.
Exactly where the iivision.line would
be drawn, the orators affirm not.
Year: 1875

a DECISION OF GENERAL INTEREST
TO FARMERs.-In the case Of d. M.
Osburn vs. w. Smith, tried before the
Distrie, Court on Tuesday 23d Judge
Crooby rendered a very impotant
charge to the Jury. The action was
brought to recover on note given by
Smith for mower, who sought to be
relieved from the payment on the
ground that the machine. from fire.
quent breakage, was useless to the
purchaser, and he had thrown
it aside and bought another, to


cut his grass. These facts
were proved; also that agents for the
machine agreed to put it in order at
stipulated time, which they failed to do.


The Judge instructed the jury that
they were to find for the plaintiff in
amount of the note less the expense
incurred in bringing the machine up to
the general warranted, the machine
having been warranted to do good
work. This ruling Of the court will
have tendency to check large lot
of suits growing out Of obligations for
farm machinery, and pointedly declar-
es that purchasers Of machinery will
be held responsible for loss or dam.
ago occasioned by want Of care in hous-
ing and otherwise taking care Of farm
O,0at0nna Press
Year: 1875

The sick squaw Of dusky chief in


Washington Territory, lately told her
noble husband that she didn't think
that she should ever feel any better un-
less he killed her docter This is a
novel and startling view of medical
matters, and interesting to the profess
ion. The doctor was duly killed: and
upon being tried for his murder, the
chief was acquitted on the ground that
he acted in defence of his wife's life
The doctors in those regions must feel
a little doubtful about continuing in
the business under such circumstances.
Year: 1875

Wo yesterday published tho otllcia1 state
mcnt Of tho officers Of the Coal-Hcave1s AS
sooiation, defending tho policy Of that Or
ganization in the present strike. Wo pub
lishel this defcnsc, and In order that It might
have MI tho force possible, made no comment
thereon. Wo now propose to say that tie
only vital point In controversy has not been
met by the strikers. If It bo trio, aa is
claimed, that thoso rnou cannot work at loss
than from St To 81 TOR wllecle1H and shovel
ers, and the employers will not pay TINT
price, why do those coal-honvora Interfere
with other men who otfcr their labor at tho
p,ioos the o1up1oyeru ars willing to pay7 Wo
havo no objection to tho coa1-lcavers getting
wllatovor wages they can for their labor; wo
10 not seek to underrate it but whom tho
employers declare TINT they cannot pay 81
por day, and peremptorily refuse to do 30 j;
and when thore are hundreds OF mon willing
and anxious to work at tho SO to 81 per day
offered thom, BY whit right does tho Union
soy TINT those other mon shnl1 not work, and
by what right ore they naltroated and driven
from tho coal-yarda7 That Ia tho only point
made by THE TRIBUNE against tho conl-heay-
ers, and that is the point which hos not been
answered
Year: 1875

political parties shows that such devia-
tons have invariably resulted in
their destruction. The people vote,
not so much by habit, certain ticket
but because the ticket and the names upon
it symbolic sentiment. That sentiment
illustrates patriotic belief and it is only
when it is not aroused that the ordinary
voter forsskeS his fealty to party organiza-
tion. But it is mosfearnestly aroused when
the leaders of party organization attempt
to betray their followers by abandoning
well-established principles. Then the peO-
pie turn upon their leaders, and, as the or
dinary phrase is, the party unloads itself;
but the principles remain as firm as the
everlasting hills to form the nucleus of a
new organization. This fact received def
mite illustration when the Democratic lead
ers sold themselves to the so-called Liberals,
and went before the people on liberal
anti-Democratic platform, with Horace
Greeley, an Abolitionist, as their candidate.
If the Republican party should pursue a
similar course, should nominate any one
but an out-an-out Republican, and present
to the people anything but an out-and-out
Republican platform, its defeat would be q
foregone CONCLUSION. In short, in the pres
ent temper of the people, the boldest policy
is required to secure success. By this we
mean not only strict adherence to both
principle and record, but declaration of
progressive intent. While the party was
making its record it incurred many
obligations, founded upon sacred prin-
ciple, which remain to be fulfilled.
As it was the party of freedom
and moral progress, it freed the slaves, and
it is morally bound to protect them in the
exercise of the rights of citizenship which
followed as the natural consequence of their
freedom. AS the party of the Union it as
suned an obligation to take care not only
of those who fought for the preservation of
the Government, but of those who remained
true to Union principles during the war
and those who uphold them now that the
war is ended. A declaration embodying
these propositions as a part of the next
National platform is a paramount require
ment. Coupled with them should be dec
larations of reliance in the patriotic inspira-
tions of the people and faith in their ability
to govern themselves. No matter how
centralizing the executive authority OF the
nation may be, there is no danger that
the ship of state will drift away from its
purely republican moorings so long as that
inspiration and ability remains unsullied;
and the most earnest rebuke of the acts
which led to the war can only be effected
by the adoption of such a declaration in
favor of a strong, healthy and independent
central Government. On other questions,
including the finances, internal improve
ments, interstate commerce, &C.; the
party will simply be called upon to re-
peat its former pledges and complete
those which have been partially made
as the result of more recent public
emergencies. With such platform as this,
and nominations made upon it of men who
are known to be able and bold enough to
carry out the pledges it contains the people
will be convinced that the party is entitled
to their confidence, and its success will be
assured
Year: 1875

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN has had no
quarrel with the Typographical Union, and
will have none. 1t is owned and edited by
men who have been practical printers, and
who entertain the warmest sympathy for
the craft. AS the friend of working men
of all kinds, its columns have ever been
open TO a reasonable defense of the Union !;
but it appears, on investigation, that the
present rates Of prices paid for composition
as established by the Union are really dis
advantageous to the printers themselves.
1t is not necessary to explain this fact more
in detail, and it would be injudicious to 90
so, because it would inure to the benefit
of strangers if the public were fully in
formed regarding it. We merely allude to
it now, pending the discussion of prices by
the Union, for the purpose Of warning the
members of that body that unless some ac-
Commodation is reached between them and
their employers public sentiment will GER
tainlY justify the latter in the adoption OF
extraordinary measures. We do not wish
to be understood as advocating any sudden
change, or resort to undermined and
sneaking substitution of nom Union men
but, in a friendly way, we advise the
printers that their beet interests will be
served if they come to some reasonable
agreement before Congress meets. Every
employing printer in the District will gladly
yield something for the privilege of retain.
ing skilled labor, and the skillful Union
men should yield something in return.
Year: 1875

The necessities which brought the Re
publican party into existence were not
fieeting and unstable. They had their
origin in the desire of loyal people of the
country to destroy the fallacy of State
rights The struggle between the pro-
slaveryitesi.a and the esnti-slaveryites was sub
sidiary to this consideration, although the
discussions which occurred as part Of that
struggle were active influences in centering
public thought upon the question of q
divided allegiance between the governments
of States and the General Government.


The times required Capitalization Of
power in the latter. To accomplish this
without shocking the sensitive love of the
people for forms which are free from even
an appearance Of strong or arbitrary gov
eminent was delicate task. But while 1t
was being accomplished the war occurred,
and the people were taught the absolute
necessity of it by the stern experience Of
civil and sectional strife. In this way the
PRINCIPLES of the party were fixed and its
record was made. To deyiste from those
principles now or hereafter, or from the
path of consistency which is plainly laid
down by that record, would be both dis
graceful and ruinous. The history OF
Year: 1875

THE prevailing centennial excitements
have induced great deal of research into
the past history Of the country and un-
earthed many of the peculiarities of the
public men Of the earlier period Of our his
tory. Among other things, it is discovered
that Washington always rode in coach
and -four, " that the hoOGs Of his horses were
blackened and polished like a dandy's
shoes, and that their teeth were picked and
cleaned by careful groOms This has all
been published time and again; but we
have failed to perceive that the Detective
press has discovered in it any evidence that
Washington was an aristOcrat or any enemy
Of his country. President Grant, plain,
unassuming man, is described by them as
grasping tyrant simply becluse he loves
and admires a good horse
Year: 1875

SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY, of Michigan,
is among the latest accesslons to the
list of those who prophesy that there
will be no Third Term" Of course the
Democratic papers take up the prophecy,
and comment upon it favorsbly. In fact,
the assurance it contains is the sweetest po-
litical morsel the Democrats have had
between their lips since Buchanans admin
istration. Do they relish it because they
appreciate it as declaration of principle, or
because it carries with it the assurance that
the hardest man for them to beat next year
will not be a candidate?
Year: 1875

Ex-SPEAKER BLAINE is being talked of
as the leader of the Republican party in the
next House. By right of experience,
ability and former position he is entitled
to it, and if he maintains on the floor the
principles he has asserted on the stump
since the last session, he will satisfy the
most ardent friends Of the party. Now
that the Third Term project is out of the
way, he will probably be satisfied that the
Republicans of the South can be protected
from violence without insuring the re-
election of President Grant. The So
called Force bill would have become law
if this assurance had existed when the first
Republican caucus was held, just before
the holiday recess.
Year: 1875

WHEN TWEED was convicted and SEN
tenced to the penitentIary none of the Dem
ocratic papers or leaders assumed to regret
it or find fault with the manner in which it
was done. Now, however, that he has
been or is about to be released, he finds nu-
merous friends in that party who declare
their belief that he is an injured man-all
of which shows that Tweed in Jail and
Tweed with the possibilities of a free fu-
ture before him are two different men. He
is no longer dead lion, and the jackasses
are either afraid to kick him or expect to be
rewarded for praising him.
Year: 1875

ANTINoNnANIsM signifies a conviction
that a man may be SO holy that he is no
longer to be bound by the strict moral law;
and when a man has it very bad that which
would defile another has no power to stain
his ethereal garments. We are indebted 10
the Philadelphia Press for this lucid defini-
tion, and would willingly increase the in
debtedness if that journal will point out a
single living antinomiansc
Year: 1875

Rumor has it, and with an appearance OF
unusual directness, that Senator Morton Is
openly in the field as Presidential candidate,
md that his recent visit to the East was made
wholly for political purposes. The friends Of
the Indiana Senator profess to be informed of
the object and result of his conference with The
President at Long Branch; and they state
with more of exuberance than authenticity, we
imagine-that Grant has privately declared
for Morton, and has assured the latter that the
influence of the Administration will be exerted,
SO far as it properly may be, in his interest as
a candidate for the Presidency in 1876. The
story goes that Morton confidently relies upon
the support of the West and South, but that
he is not sure Of the East. Just how far this
expression of enthusiastic friends may be taken
as Morton's own estimate of the situation we
can only guess, but in all probability they
have pronounced more freely than he would
be willing to do, and have dealt more largely
in hopeful representation than in accom-
plished fact.
Year: 1875

AMONG the leading Democratic objec-
tions to the present Constitution of North
Carolina is the fact that it provides for the
maintenance of a penitentiary. DR.. Girls
som should at once take charge of those
who UNFOLD this objection.
Year: 1875

CHsm the Albany ETeRing Journal


The Boston Journal has a dispatch from
Washington saying that Senator Morton's
present trip to the Eastern States is designed
to place him in the field as an avowed Presi-
dental candidate, and that his personal friends
say he has the support of the President. Sena,
tor Morton is a very able man, and is entitled
by his services, talents and rank to be com
petitor for the Republican nomination. But
we do not suppose that he or any other man
says or has the right to say that the President
is for him.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco BuilefiR says
that family in the southern part of
that city recently engaged the SER
vices of a Celestial domestic, whose
intelligence and industry were high
Iy recommended. The lady of the
house decided that the mating on
the floor of the spacious kitchen need
ed renewing. The old mating, hav-
ing been patched, was a sorry sight;
in fact it appeared to be made up OF
dozen irregular pieces. The bright
new mating was sent to the house,
and John was requested to substi-
tute it for the frayed and patched
stuff. The. family accepted an invi-
tation to visit the interior, aud left
John a clear field for his operations.
They returned to find that the new
mating had been laid with methodi-
cal precision. There was the new
mating to show for itself But what
showl John had cut it into irreg-
ular pieces, patched it, and frsyed
the edges, until it was q counterpart
of the old mating in everything but
ape
Year: 1875

Everybody should plan TO have
pleasant conversation at the table,
just as they have good food. A lit
tie story telling-it may be of hu-
morous things, anecdotes, ETC., will
often stimulate Joyous elements Of
the mind and cause it to act vigor-
ously and BEAUTIFULLY. Cultivate
mirth, and laugh when anything wit.
ty is said. If possible, never eat
alone. Invite a friend Of whom you
are fond, and try and have a COED
time. Friendship and friendly inter
course at the table promotes the flow
Of animal spirits and aids digestion.
Think of a sulky churl munching bis
meat in dogged temper He will be-
come dyspeptic. Never bring a cor
roding growI or complaint to the ia
bic. is the pudding too salty? Was
the bread burnt? Do not mention il
especially at the table. Let that
pass, though you need not eat that
which may not be palatable or health
sul, but politely decline 1t. He who
brings the most happiness to the ia.
bic is the best citizen.
Year: 1875

Picking the ears is a most mischie-
vous practice; in attempting to do
this with hard substances an unlueky
motion has many q time pierced the
drum and made it as useless as q
pierced India rubber life preserver ;
nothing sharper or harder than the
end of the little finger, with the nail
paired, ought ever to be introduced
into the ear, unless by a physician.
Persons are often seen endeayOriDg
to remove the wax" of the ear with
the head Of pin; this ought never
to be done; first, because it not only
endangers the rupture of the ear by
being pushed too far into it, but if not
so far, it may crate against the drum,
excite inflammation and an ulcer which
will finally eat all the parts away,
especially Of a serOfulous constitu-
ton; second, hard substances have
often slipped in, and caused the ne
esssity OF painful, dangerous and ex-
pensive operations to fist or cut out /;
third, the wax is manufactured by
nature to guard the entrance from
dust, insects and unmidi6ed cold air,
and when it has subserved its pur-
pose it becomes dry, scaly, light, and
in this condition is easily pushed
outside by new formations of wax
within.
Year: 1875

Deposits Of ONE DOLLAR AMI upwards re-
ceiyed, and interest allowed on all sums, payable
twice year. Interest IL not drawn out, is added
to the principal thus CONIP0UNDING TWICE
a YEAR, without troubling the depositor to call
or even 70 present his deposit book. Money can be
Withdrawn at any time after giving the bank GER
tain notice by letter.


Married Women and persons under
age can deposit money IN their own names so that
it can be drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys can be deposited forchildren, or by
societies or as trust funds Subject to certain con-
ditions