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Year: 1875

We met the other day with this SEN
tence There is great deal in
knowing how to work a mine, and a
great deal in knowing how to work a
pocket book" 1t was case of rails
ing money to build meeting house
The village of Tweenit had never had
a meeting house, the old school house
answering for all religious, as we'll as
for all educational purposes. The
women said: I'VE must have a meet.
ing house. The men said, Cant" I"
But the women organized a sewing
circle and began raising money. 1t is
wonderful how they succeeded.
Mems money, after ALL Well, so is
the gold in gold mine, the gold
mines gold. There is great deal In
knowing how to work mine, and a
great deal in knowing how to work a
pocket book .-Ex.
Year: 1875

We fully appreciate the power for
good of the Church of America To
its credit be it said, it is generally in
the fore front of every battle for a
more ample recognition of the doc
trine of human rights. But during
all these weary months, while oppres-
sion and murder have done their
bloody work in the South, the Church
has, as rule. maintained an attitude
of studied indifference We have APP
pealed in vain to the clergy to sound
the note Of alarm, to place the seal of
priestly condemnation upon the horri-
BILE atrocities committed by Southern
whites upon Southern blacks. That
the clergy should inveigh against every
class of crime, leaving out only the
crime of all crimes-the wholesale
murder of one class of citizens by an
other class of citizens-seemed a
monstrous absurdity. We rejoice
that the spell is broken. From Bos-
ton, the source of SO many grand
movements in the interest of humani-
ty, the voice of the Church is at last
heard in hearty commendation of the
Sheridan In Louisiana The Metho-
dist preachers of Boston and vicinity,
in convention assembled yesterday,
unanimously thanked the administra-
tion for interfering to preserve law
and order in New Orleans. They also
thanked Wendell Phillips for his
brave speech in Faneuil Hall, deliv-
cred in the intervals of cowardly his
ses from the noisy Democrats and
weak -kneed Republicans there Assem-
bled to give aid and comfort TO the
assassins of the Pelican State. All
honor to the Methodist Church, which
is the first of religious denominations
to give expression to its horror of vio-
lence and disorder, and its approval
of represslve measures on the part of
the Federal Government. .-I Inter-
Ocean.
Year: 1875

In an inland town of California is
an individual who claims to have a
secret cure for diptheria, to the sale
of which he devotes his energies.
The man has lately become relieieus(?).
At church meeting he is reported to
have male a speech as follows: Il
made up my mind to give my property
to the service of the Lord. I have
several thousand dollars in money. all
of which [ bestow on the church I
have some fine stock, especially some
Black Hawk horses, all of which I
give to the church. 1 have also a lot
of grain and farm produce. which in
like manner bestow on the church.
There is but one thing in all my pos
sessions which reserve for myself,
and that is my celebrated medicine
for the cure Of diptheria which l will
continue to sell as heretofore for the
moderate prices of 50 bottle"
Year: 1875

The peace Of Europe is again in
danger. This time from Herzegovina.
Not that this minute speck on the map
is likely to do much damage by itself,


but 1T has the same relation to latent
destructive forces that u match has to
barrel of gunpowder. The latest ac-
counts show the insurrection increas-
ing III strength, and at any moment the
Servians may take hand in it. Should
this happend there would probably re-
suit such an explosion as would make
the last war between Germany and
France seem only very small affair,
Year: 1875

LeArr has abandoned the frien lship
OF France TO place herself under the
protection OF Germany. This is an
other victory for Berlin diplomacy,
but ii is an act OF questionable wis
dom on the part Of the Khedive. 9th
er nations besides France have an
interest il keeping Germany out of the
Mediterranean, and i'll case OF trouble
the Egyptian ally of Germany would
be lihely to receive severe handling,
whatever the ultimate issue of the
struggle between the principal Pow
ers might be.
Year: 1875

The difference between the man Ol
talent and the man of genius would be,
that the man of talent could be replaced
by a dozen men of ordinary power,
whereas a million Of such men would be
no nearer to replacing the genius. A
thousand dwarfs may be kept back for
ever by a barrier which is overstepPed
as soon as there comes a single giant ;
and if the young gentlemen who we're
plucked for their de rec in any given
examination were multiplied by thou
sand, they would be as hOpelessly un-
able as before to make one Of NewtOn's
immortal discoveries. In the same way,
q clever man may write something which
is superfcialy Just like a irst-rate
poem, but when we take 1t TO pieces we
find it to be nothing but a skillfui com
bination Of echoes, whereas in a single
gong or verse which shows genius there
is always something which could not
have been borrowed from anybody else
In short, originality is the mark of
genius in this sense, though the word is
constantly used to denote great powers,
which are, riRidly speaking, merely a
faculty for doing more quickly than
usual what has been done ny others
before. The man Of genius
introduces INTO the .sorld something
which was not there before. instead Of
simply using up old materials.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Chronicle says
Mr.. Lick's trustees have at length taken
a decisive step with view to relieve
themselves from the peculiarly embar-
RAISING position in which they have
been placed by this deed of revocation.
The original deed conveyed to them, as
trustees, large amount of property IN
which they had no personal interest,
and established certain very delicate re-
latiOns between them and the beneficial
ries under the trust, which were Capa-
bic of being viewed in widely different
lights from different standpOints,
When called upon to recoL vey to Mr..
Lick the property decided to them for
certain specific public uses, they nat


uralIy felt some doubt as to the course
which they ought to pursue. To COM
ply with Mr.. Lick's demand might have
seemed like a tame surrender of the
rights of the public, if any rights had
IN fact been vested, and a weak betrayal
of public interests, while on the other
hand their motives were liable to gross
miscOnstructiOn if they refused such
compliance, Placed In this embarrass-
ing position they seem to have adopted


the most ludicIOus course open to them
in institutIDg a suit the object of which
is to relieve them Of all responsibility
in the premises, and TO refer the whole
matter to the decision of the courts


The complaint of the trustees, filed on
Saturday in the nineteenth district
court, asks for leave to resign their
trusts, and for the appointment OF new


trustees to be their successors. The
complaint is in the nature of an old
fashioned bill In equity, and the court
in dispOsing of the matter will have to
pass upon the question whether the
original deed was valid and irrevocabIe.
Year: 1875

The diverse of the coin viii have the fig
ure of liberty taking it easy in sitting
posture, and surrounded by thirteen
twinkling stars. Theword ''liberty" will
appear on the maiden's shield, and the
numbers, 1875, under her feet. On the
reverse, the eagle with his talons kick
ing at " twenty cents" will scream
"United States of America" The edge
of the coin will be smooth, instead of
futed, to distinguish it from the TWEEN
ty-fve cent coins.


AMONG the first results of the revival
of business will be an immense emigra-
tion to this country from Europe. The
enormous increase of the continental
armies Will stimulate thousands to es-
cape the conscription, and if the Ger
man system of universal military ser
vice IS adopted in England, as it is quite
possible that it may be, we shall have a
large immigration of Englishmen and
Irishmen. So soon as the the IaboriDg
classes in Europe are sure that they can
obtain employment here they will emf
CRATE by thousands, and we need no. h.
ing except q revival of business to in
sure plenty of work to every man who
lands on our shores.


AN upheaval of mud has occurred in
Pass a POutre, one of the mouths of
the Mississippi, forming an island
with an area of about eight acres, two
feet above the surface of the water. It
is thought these upheavals will seriously
interfere with Capt. Ead's jetties and,
indeed, it looks as if it would be nee
essary to keep a Gatlin-gun in readiness
to break the mud lump, for it seems
they are simply inflated with gas gen
Grated by the vegetable matter deposited
under the mud, and can be pierced and
dissipated by a we'll directed shot. The
abolition of mud Jumps may become a
source Of serious expense in the much
needed improvement of the mOuChs of
the Mississippi.


A STEAMSHIP arrived IN New York the
other day with a cargo of I, $50 sacks of
salt and 100 barrels of arsenic. The
bulk of the salt was stored in the lower
hold, and the remainder was placed be-
tween decks with the arsenic. During
the voyage the contents of several bar
rels of the poison was scattered over
the salt. The cargo was discharged,
delivered to tie consignees, and by
them forwarded without delay to ooUn-
try customers who had bought to arrive.
The cargo had not entirely disappeared,
however, before a chemist was called in
to ascertain if the scattered poison had
penetrated the bags holding the salt,
and il was found that it had to such an
extent as to endanger the lives of the
consumers of the salt. Instantly the
telegraph was used, happily with entire
success, to secure the return of the
dangerous commodities to the city
The interesting question now is, who
shall stand the loss The material can
be used only in tanning or some like
chemical process, and, of course, it's
value is greatly reduced.
Year: 1875

In letter received az Washington
from naval officer at Port Royal, who
is IN direct communication with assist
ant surgeons at Key West, he says
there have been two more deaths from
yellow fever at that port, and several
new cases have apDeared.
Year: 1875




Oliver Alexander, Esq, Dancyyille, gives
US a singular aud signifcaI instance Of the
mortality among the negro race. He states
that in District No. 2, of Haywood county,
the population Of the two races is about
equal. Three years ago the negroes started
a cemetery at one Of their churches, where
majority Of their number who died since
that time have been buried. This cemetery
now shows one hundred and fifty graves.
In the same neighbOrhOOd is a cemetery
where nearly all the whites who died in the
same space Of time and in the same dis
trict are buried. They only number
eleven. This is a remarkable disprOpOr-
ton and to our mind is somewhat s'gnif-
cant Of a decline Of the culOred race. Re
cent American medical journals contain
startling statistics showing the same state
Of things in many Of the Southern States.
The decrease in the cOlOred race is begin
ming to be perceptible and without change
it will be plainly distinguishable in anOth-
er decade. Is il possible that the negro is
to share the fate Of the North American
Indian?
Year: 1875

THE postmaster at Monticello, Georgia,
recently performed the feat Of reading a
letter without hearing its contents. An
old woman who had never been 10 school,
got a letter one day, and asked the post
master TO read it for her. She did not
want him to hear it, so she took a wad Of
cotton out Of her pocket and stuffed his
ears WIN Il. She then had him read The
letter in low voice, and was perfectly sat
isfied that the reader could not hear word
Of il
Year: 1875

Boston, May Mrs. White, wife of a
cOlOred man, was found dead in her room
this morning and her body badly burned.
Several cOlOred men have been arrested,
who are supposed to have killed the woman
and then burned the body to hide their
crime.
Year: 1875

We endeavored, yesterday, to hear
the public opinion, in the street, IN the
Office, both before and behind the coun-
ter, of the mob murder which was CON-
mitted Friday night.


In ali of our hearing there was but
one sentiment expressed-that was of
unqualified denunciatiOn of the act and
most unmistakable denunciation of the
official neglect which permitted the
killing Of a prisoner IN the hands of the
law and behind the bars Of a jail.
Year: 1875

the members Of the City Council meet at
their respective chambers at o'clock Sun
day afternoon, 10 attend the funeral of the
late officer Frazier. The resolution was
adopted and the Board then adjourned.


Subsequently subscription paper was
handed round among the members and
numerOusly signed.
Year: 1875

The assumption that the appointment Of
Judge PierrepOnt was made with reference
to change in the Southern policy of the
Administration is altogether improbable,
the selection being based chiefly on per
sonal grounds, and there is no question of
the fact that Mr.. Williams and his whole
bitter policy was entirely acceptable to
Grant. He goes out Of his own accord so
far as Grant is concerned.


INDIE Keller View On snufhern
Year: 1875

FIRE-ALARMs.-DuriD the past month
the Department was called out thirteen
times IN response to alarms of FIRE and once
for inspection. This is the greatest number
of tire.alarms in any one month for several
wears.
Year: 1875

Manure is to the farmer what capital is
to the merchant. Without ii his labor
will be in win, his drafts dishon-
ored, and bis soul discouraged. A
discouraged man is not good for
much. IL is not every one that
can afford TO buy the trade fertilizers,
and these are too often without merit.
They are to be purchased with caution
and Judgment In the matter Of ma
nure we believe almost wholly in home
manufacture, and are persuaded there
is no branch of farming entitled to
more attention than this. We can
hardly name substance out Of which
the earth with its secret chemistry
cannot extract strength and nourish-
ment. The earth needs food as much
as the OK. Rich fields are well fed.
The virgin earth manured by the de-
caying vegetation Of ages yields fifty
bushels of wheat TO the acre, but man
soon exhausts it. We take from the
hand of God and the bosom Of the
cartn nnerclvs untold. for which We
forget to make returns. lngratitude
dries up generosity. The race robs
the earth and passes on. Sections
which were once prolific now are bar
ren. This continent, with eastern i'm
migration, is once more being skinned.
We first sell the forests, and then ex'
tract from the first few inches of earth
and move on. The duty of return is
seldom present with us. The ashes
of the forest are sent to the merchants
to bleach the calcoes Of Fall River
and Manchester


The material for making manure is
most abundant. Nature cries to US to
be wise in the application Of the de-
caying things about u.s. The very
weeds of the highways can be made
available. An old shoe or big bone
will tell in the orchards for twenty
five years. The wash-tub of the
kitchen, il rightly used, is u fountain
Of nourishment. Some stones, clays
and mucks are convertible into -ood
for the ground. The manure of a well
fed animal is worth twice as much as
that of one poorly fed, whose owner,
perhaps, lays out in whisky what he
should lay out in fodder Every farm
has on and within itself the powers Of
rccuporation, and if man will only ap-
propriate these secrets, there will be
fewer discouraged farmers. Knowl-
edge and reflection, judgment and in
dustiy, can increase the yield Of farms
almost indefinitely. The key to agri-
cultural Improvement in other coun-
tries has been root crops and clover
fed to good stock on the farms and
the same key will open the door to
prosperity here. Beef and mutton,
hides and wool, butter and cheese,
poultry and eggs, are always in de-
mand, and, unlike grain crops, pro
ducing them leaves the land better
Nay, keeping live stock in proper pro-
portions enables the farm to produce
more and better grain in series of
years than it could do if it were de-
voted to nothing but grain culture.
Wherever butter and cheese factories
abound the land becomes much more
beautiful and productive. Is there no
lesson in this fact
Year: 1875

THE SCHOONER JOSEPH HENRY ACCIDENTALLY


STRUCK BY THE UNITED STATES STEAMER


NINA IN A CoLLIsIoN-NARRow ESCAPE OF


LIEUTENANT swINBURN.


NEWPORT, R l., Sept "a, 1875


This forenoon the United States steamer Nina sta
toned at the torpedo station went outside with the
class of lieutenant commanders board. The
schooner Joseph Henry, recently ordered to the sta
tion for torpedo practice followed having board the
leutenants of the station for the purpose OF having
mock battle with the Nina the latter having the Harvey
torpedo in tow. The Nina to make every effort
TO strike the Joseph Henry with a dummy
Harvey torpedo The Nina was chasing the
schooner the wind, and the latter, in order to
avoid her, tackled the Ninas bow, but finding
that she coming into too close quarters
her bow instead. The Nina not expecting her to hold
her wind attempted pass under her stern, but the
schooner wearing her bow prevented it, The
engineer to prevent the collision, which was inevitable
ordered to STOP and reversed the engine, which
striking her She struck her about abreast the mainmas
crushing her side in and causing her TO leak rapidly


Lieutenant Swnburn, board the schooner,
knocked overheard by the shock but was quickly
cued from his perlous position by boat from the
Nina The schooner, having the hole on the weather
side, stood of for the west side of Rose
Island, where she beached on seven
feet Of water. The Nina followed her. and soon
she struck sent boat alongside and took of the lieu
tenants and She stripped of her sails and
rigging, but II is not expected that the vessel will be
worth raising she being very old and rotten in
places and valued at about sis 0OO The collision in
full sight of Her Britannia Majestys ship Bellerophon,
and the officers and midshipmen on her deck in
teresed spectators Of the manGuvrng of both vessels
from the fact that the torpedo which was being expert
mented with invented by an Engishman. The
Bellerophon has two of these torpedoes on board.
Year: 1875

THE PRoPRIEToRs OF THE BULLETIN AND CALL


ENTER AN ACTION AGAINST THE PRoPRIEToRs


OF THE ALTA FOR LIBEI-TwENTY-FIvE THOU


SAND DOLLARS DAMAGES DEMANDED.


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept "a, 1875.


Fitch Pickering & Smonton instituted proceedings
to-day the Fourth district court of this city against
the propretors of the Alta ON a charge of libel
for publishing an article on Tuesday headed,
edmonton unmasked." The editorial complained
of was review of the Simonton card, In which the
writer says"It is true that Messrs Fitch and Pick
ering have remitted large amounts Of money to Mr..
Simonton, but what forS-to speculate In stocks and
take advantage of the panic which they strove to make
as disastrous possible The Associated Press
dispatches, of which we have complained,
purposely used to affect the stock market in
New York, and this can be proved. Simonton admits
that his partners sending him money at the time
he was advising them that the bank would fail We
believe that he lies when he says that
not a word OF these premontons given
to the public until afterward. We recolcct
that the Commercial Advertiser in New York. one
of simontons recent mouthpieces predicted trouble
in California two three days before the failure. We
satisfactorily show that deep laid conspiracy was
laid TO break the bank that the bulletin and eau were
the tools Of the parties operating for mutual in
terestn


The said offensive editorial closed with the following
uncomplmentary sentment:-


eve brand Mr. Simonton one Of the worst scound
res that disgraced journalism" "


The complaint is very lengthy closing with the ac-
knowledgment that the Bulletin and CdU have been
seriously injured and the plaintiffs have been brought
into public scandal, inlamy and disgrace, with and
among their neighbors and other good citizens OF
this State and have been otherwise injured and dam
| aged In their said business publishers Of said
newspapers and in their credit and standing jour
nalists; and further, that by said foregoing wrongful
false malicious defamatory and libeilous acts and con-
duct OF said Defendants these plaintiffs have been
damaged in the of $25 000 wherefore plaintiffs
bring this suit and demand judgment against said de-
fendants the of $25 coo and costs Of this action


Right wrong the popular current is with the Alta
and It's proprietors will have all the money and legal
talent they in their defence The deep hatred
manifested against the Bulletin and Call the death
OF Mr. Ralston will find in this libel suit all the noursh-
ment it can feast upon The most prominent lawyers
OF the city proer their services and business al
ready volunteer the funds to fight the quarreI out to
| tbah and
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Sept "a 1875.


WEISS BEER NOT TO BE TAXED.
ExCommissoner Douglass to-day said that had he
understood the question taxing beer we'll
last January as he does to-day he would not have
strued the law in the Revised Statutes as reimposng
the tax on that beverage 1t is believed that Comms-
sioner Pratt will hold that the ruling Of Commissioner
Deiano to the effect that this not intended to
be taxed is the correct ruling under the law.
LARGE RECEIPTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE


DURING THE MONTH.


Thee receipts from internal revenue during this
month the Commissioner thinks will amount to nearly
SIC, 600, O0Oa large amount for this Of the
year


RETURN OF NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION
ORGANIZATION OF BANKS DURING THE YEAR.
During the week ending tomorrow there has been
returned OF the circulation of national banks over
$5oooOO: as much as the capital of all the banks
organized during the month OF September


Since October last there have been just 100 new
banks organized the First Trinidad National Bank
Of Colorado completing that number and receiving the
certificate Of organization to-day.
Year: 1875

Yesterdays SESSION OF THE GRAND LODGE
DEPUTY GRAND SIRE PARKE, OF THE SAND
WITCH ISLANDS, DELIVERS AN ADDRESS


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept "a, 1875
The session Of the Grand Lodge Of the 1. o. o. +.
to-day largely taken up with routine work. Tho
Grand Lodge has accepted invitation to hold their
next session In Philadelphia The credentials of rep
resenatves Tyler and Stiles reported upon favor
ably, and they admitted to seats in the Grand
Lodge


It decided that after a subordinate lodge had be-
deunct for five years any funds surrendered by
shall pass into the treasury of the Grand Lodge and
the Grand Sire and Secretary empowered to take
such action in regard to incorporation of the Grand
Lodge of the United States they may deem necessary
charter granted for a Grand Lodge in Dakota
Territory provided expense shall be incurred by the
supreme body until ten subordinate lodges nsti-
tuted.


committee appointed to ascertain the condi-
ton Of the Rebekah degree throughout the national
jurisdiction and report at the next session


An extra session Of the Grand Lodge was held last
night at which Deputy Grand Sire Parke of the Sand
wich Islands, addressed the Grand Lodge in gen.
eral remarks thanking them for courtesics extended
aud expressing wish for their future prosperity
Year: 1875

W. L. Van Nest General Eastern Agent Of tho Iron
Mountain road desires to state that the trains of the
International and Great Northern Railroad are being
run to Hearne and via Texas Central Railroad to points
southwest kilograms received by him from the gen.
eral Office OF the international Railroad that the
road unbroken and all trains running through
Regularly and on time.
Year: 1875

Stephen McRuver, brakeman on the Pennsylvania
Railroad was walking on tho roofs OF the cars at two
O'Clock yesterday morning in Jersey CITY when he
slipped between two cars was over and SO injured
that he died an hour afterward
Year: 1875

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty-four hours in COM
parison with the corresponding Of last year as in
dcated by the thermometer at Hudnups pharmacy,