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Year: 1872

The little farce of maintaining two political


organizations in opposition to the Republican
party was officially dispensed with in Connec-
ticut and New Jersey. Gen. Fitzpatrick mar
shalled the enthusiasm and rode the storm in
the latter State, when Democrat and Liberal,


fred with noble enthusiasm, rushed to one
another's arms, shouting anything to- beat
Grant, But the former, better trained and more
mindful of the main chance than their allies,


showed the use OF experience by getting one
member the most upon the electoral ticket--the
old habit of making a profit from everything
holding good even in so small matter as the
formation of ticket that is forlorn hope IL
the State, and certain OF defeat in the country
Year: 1872

Once at commencement ball. given
by the members of the senior class of
Dartmouth, two Of the class made their
Appearance SO intoxicated chat it became
necessary for the floor managers to in
sist upon their retiring from the room,
One Of them knew enough to get utand
go home. The other, John Buck, after
reeiins about for some time found HIM
self lii the ladies dressing room, where
he Attempted to lie down on a sofa, but
fell flat on the floor, where he lay too
much discouraged to get Up or care
where lie was. Soon he rolled under
the sofa, and immediately he was fast
aieep. However, lie was not destined to
rest in peace, for shortly after, he was
awakened by the entrance Of two young
ladies engaged in earnest conversation,
who sat down on the same seat under
which our friend was lying. After talk
ing q little. while ON various subjects,
one said TO the other, "Did you hear any
one say anything about me?" "Yes, l
heard quite number say that you were
the best dancer in the hall. But did you
hear any one say anything about mef'
eyes, they all said you were the prettiest
young lady here tonight" Now John
was awakened by this earnest conversa-
ton, and began to share the interest
felt by the young ladies. Poking his
head out between. their feet he thus de-


livcred himself to the borrow stricken
couple: "D-d-did you h-h-hear ,,hic)any-
bod s. SAY anything bout me?' The
shrieks of the nifrlghted dsmsels wero
their only response, as they fled in dis
MAY to the ball room, and Johns ques-
ton remained unanswered.


- D. Q s.
Year: 1872


The week drawing to close has been less
eventful and worthy than its immediate predeces-
sor In mercantile circles the trade has been fair, but
without any special feature. In Was the chief event
was the subsidence Of the monetary strngency, the
rates declining from commission of and per cent to
and per cent at the close the unusually low rates
aordng evidence that the lookup had been given over
at least for the present and that the geenbacks had
been returned again to active street use. II does not
follow however, that the bear operators in stocks
were able to their contracts with any profit,
and IL IL more than likely that In majority OF they
yet open From the fact that these spectators were
freely supplying borrowers with funds. 1t is not improb
able they encouraging loading-up movement for
the purpose OF making another onslaught upon the mar
ket BE that 1t may money has been readily obtained
during the last two three days. and Ia some cases
reenbacks lent out instead OF the ordinary cer
fed checks The banks have been receiving remitances
from the interior all the week, and in instances
in important sums. Thus far, is usually the
when the reux movement sets n the receipts are chiefly
in the form OF national bank notes. instead OF green
backs. This form OF currency instead Of beneng the
banks In reserve point OF view frequently source OF
embarrassment, inasmuch they become such a drug
that the banks compelled TO offer extra inducements
to take their loans in nationals. With the
money market again restored to something like its
normal condition, we may fairly look forward to O
son Of steadness for some time to come.


The goldmarket has been quite active during the week
and step by step has advanced from Ot Il1, the up
ward movement finding encOura cement in excessive
imporations and the deficiency Of exports, set
forth In the table Of foreign elsewhere. The
specie export has been very light thus this year, and
far below the standard OF former years The Bank OF
England did not as 1t anticipated in some quarters
II would do, advance Its discount rate, and 10
remains steady ut tho advance OF last week, 1
per cent, while the bullion in the bank vaults shows
gain Of sl3GoOo The higher gold premium s then more





hundred millions being thus allowed to lie idle when IL
might be made to play such important part in our
national finances. Since there probability that Con-
gress will do anything in the direction Of return 10
specie payments while there President be made Il
seems peculiar II not Mcawberian financial policy tho
Secretary pursuing In keeping such extraordin.
ary balance.


Government bonds have presented an active and
strong movement and prices close at the figures Of
the week. Tho home and foreign demand has been pret-
ty large Tho scarcity Of bonds available for street Use
has been feature Of the market order for round
amount could bs hled without advancing quotations.
Year: 1872

The market foreign exchange has been dull through
out the week. drawers being indsposed to make
cessons in the rates owing to the scarcity OF cotton bls
while buyers generally disposed to hold off tempo
rarily in hopes OF bills offering against shipments
of American securities. Short bills have been somewhat
easier than 60 days. change having been made this
week IN the discount rate Of the Bank Of England while
the difference between the quotations OF long short
bills is adjusted to considerably higher rate OF in
tercst than prevails in the open market London.
Tie immediate future of exchanges is exciting
considerable discussion. The increased premium gold
would to indicate expectation OF higher rulings and
speedy advance of exchange to the specie shipping point
On the other hand, increasing OF large
tiatons again foot, likely to result in the placing
of heavy amounts Of American securities in Europe,
which will In considerable degree to Offset the
adverse balance of trade existing against this
try Quotations at the close were as follows:
Year: 1872

The moro general rate for call loans to-day, per
cent though the range was and ON Government
bonds and miscellaneous shares Toward the close Of
bank hours, however, there was a more spirited de-
mand and dilatory borrowers had to pay sharp per
cent to per cent in Prime mercantile paper
on the basis Of i to 10 per cent The bank statement
shows, far the exhibit Is guide to the posi-
ton of the banks better condition OF affairs than last
week, and though the specie was down over iio0OO0
the legal-tender item being Increased about three
times as much. Tho coin movement Of the
week the disbursement OF million on account
Of tho regular weekly gold sale account of
coin interest and u redeemed s2os the specie
shipment footing up sss9,6ss, and the receipts for
customs t,i6A5s6 The loans contracted g. SQ3oO
The following table shows the condition OF the New
York City banks at the dates aforementioned:
Year: 1872

WE were off at noon, after light
lunch, and soon came in sight of the first
Cliff house. 1t was a mere stone hut,
some fifteen hundred feet below the sum-
NIT /; but one glance served to disprove
many of the theories advanced about
rope ladders and the like. 1t could not
have been reached thus, for the cliff over
hung considerably both above and below
it. Indeed, rope dropped from the
brow of the cliff above would have swung
over the cliff hundred feet further out
than the ledge on which the house stood.
As near as l could judge at the distance
the ledge was fifty feet wide, and the
house some twenty feet square. Evidently
the "Aztec" who boarded there did not
go to bed by means of a rope ladder.


My guide was now all life and anima-
ton, shouting and calling my attention to
everything Of note on the cliffs as we
walked our horses slowly down
the sandy stream. He seemed to
take as much interest in the
ette-hogans ('cliff houses'0 as I did An
hour more brought us to regular ham
let; the ruins of considera BILE village
were on the bottom of the canon by the
foot of the cliff, and about hundred feet
straight above them ten or dozen houses
in perfect preservation, standing all to-
gether on a ledge a hundred feet wide and
completely inaccessible. Above the vii
lage the cliff was perpendicular for hun
dred feet or more, then gradually swelled
outwardly till it extended considerably
ove- the houses, leaving them thus actIl-
aly in a great crevice in the rock.
Here was a wonder My Navajoe ran
about with the activity of cat, and in
several places managed to climb up TWEEN.
tty feet or SO, then the smooth wall cut of
further progress. Hunting along the
rock he found and called my attention to
Year: 1872

Young folks should be mannerly. How
to be so il the question. Many a good
boy and girl feel that they cannot behave
to suit themselves IN the pre- srnce of COM
pany. They feel timid, bas bful and self
distrustful, the moment they are address
ed by a stranger, ur appear in company
There is but one way to get over this feel
ing aud acquire easy and graceful man
ners; that is to do the best they can all
the time, at home as well as abroad.


Good manners are not learned from
arbitrary teaching. so much as acquired
from habit. They grow upon u by use.
We must be courteous and agreeable,
civil. kind, g, Dtl manly and womanly. at
home, and then it will soon become kind
of second nature TO be so everywhere.


A coarse rough manner at home begets
habit of roughness which we cannot lay
off, if we try, when among strangers
The mosi agreeable people we have ever
known in company are those that were
perfectly agreeable at home Home is
the school for all the best things, especl-
ally good manners.
Year: 1872

A CASE recently tried before the Clon
mel Qreland) Assizes was brought to a
singular and novel termination by the
presiding Judge. The parties in the case
were a young man and young woman,
both of whom claimed possession to a
rural property. one by virtue of an an
cient lease and the other under a will.
They were in court for the purpose of
giving their testimony, when bright
idea occurred to the magistrate, MIR.
Clarke, who interrupted the case to say {:


cit just strikes me that there is pleas
ant and easy way to terminate this law
suit. The plaintiff appears to be re-
spectacle young man, and this is very
nice young woman. Laughter They
can both get married and live happy on
this farm. If they go on with law pro-
ceedings it will be frittered away between
the lawyers, who, am sure, ore not un
gallant enough to wish the marriage not
to come off"


The young lady, on being interrogated,
blushed, and said she was quite willing
to marry the plaintiff. The latter, on be,
ing asked if he would wed the young
woman, gallantly responded. ''Most un-
doubtedly." Mr. Clark remarked that
the suggestion occurred to him by in
stinct on seeing the young couple. A
verdict was subsequently, entered for
plaintiff on condition of his promise to
marry defendant within two months, a
stay of execution being put on the YER
dict till the marriage ceremony is com.
pleted. The counsel gave the young lady
such an unmerciful chatting on her
consent, which many in court thought
should have been first obtained from
plaintiff, that she left the court in tears.
Year: 1872

Twas once very much amused at an
anecdote an old preacher told of himself.
1t occurred some sixty or seventy years
ago. He had been raised in the back
woods and knew but little of the ways of
the world. Having been admitted into
Conference he was sent to circuit and
upon certain occasion was invited to
dine with wealthy man.


Carpets we're not near so common then
as they are now. Most people had their
floors secured very clean, and nice, white
sand sprinkled over them. Sometimes
an extra touch was given the floor by
sprinkling black sand about in streaks
and figures over the white.


This wealthy man with whom the
young prea cher was to dine, however,
had a carpet, but it was not large enough
to cover the f1 Ior, so there was a naked
place all round the room about the width
of a chair.


1t was the first carpet the preacher
had ever seen, and he thought it would
not do to step on it, so he took seat
near the wall and drew his feet around on
each side of his chair so as not to touch
| it.


After while a servant came in, and
spreading down a piece of linen in the
middle OF the room, placed the dining
table on it and began to set it.


The preacher was greatly troubled he
| did not know how he was to get from
the naked place where he sat TO the piece
of linen on which the table stood. I'll
knew he could easily jump it if he had q
fair chance; but how was he to manage
with the chair between his feet he die
not know. But then the thing must be
done some way so when dinner was an
nOunced he arose from his chair, and
summoning all his energies he made a
desperate leap, and to bis great joy made
the tlip in safety-Pncifc Methodist.
Year: 1872

On that accorint fears 70 brls,be II. the
same thing holds true in regard to water,
but this need not necessarily make any
one afraid to drink it. Not all foreign
matters, nor even all foreign organic mat
tiers, are of necessity unwholesome; and
the votaries of strict science too often
represent man as being who must SUBJ
NIT the world to a series OF severe chemi.
cal operation before it is fit for him to
-.
Year: 1872

THE Auburn IN. Y Afufrfiser gives an
account of a big lift made for liberty by
a convict at the Stale Prison He was
confined in an upper cell. next to the roof,
which is composed ofslabS of heavy stone,
covert d by solid grouting and masonry
two feet thick Having resolved to raise
this roof, he extemporized two jack-screws
of great power. Being employed IN me
axle shop he procured such tools as would
answer his p,lrpose. The large nuts used
on the ends of the axles of express wagons
served his purpose admirably. All things
being ready on a recent Sunday morning
he commenced the work of raising the
roof. Heb I'd raised a sItb of stone and
the superintendent mass of groufing
about six inhes, when he was discovered
and an end put TO further OF erations.
Year: 1872

The excitement consequent on ithe recent elec.
tions was only slightly on the wane yesterday
around the public offices In the City Hall Park. As
the morning papers had efrectually squelched the
rumor that Lawrence had been elected by small
majority, by the publication Of oficial figures, the
fact that Havemeyer was the Mayor elect was ac-
cepted as certainty and the effect thereof among
office holders was one OF the mooted questions OF
the day. calm review oil the position
seen that there could be very little dis
Special Maycr % Han Sss AVE-
pointed to all the commissions and these appoint
ments at present are good In every instance for
ronage OF the Mayors Office to dispose Of, but That
is OF comparatively Insignificant character. With
ar republican legislature, T. was thought BY some Of
charter would be passed or q modification OF the
present one would become law. Either OF these
course there was the natural expectation that
that would be distributed among the dominant
party; All this formed the pabulum for
holders, and served to turn the current OF


thought from the stupendous defeat Of the election
election expenses OF Mr.. O'Brien were and 1t was
said by one OF the Aldermen who had been re-
elected that the assessment for all the Aldermen
on the Apollo Hall ticket was $4,000 each. In ad-
dition to this assessment O'Brien spent q large
sum, and there seemed TO be general impression
he went into the Sherif.s Office. The Aidermanic
vote VIII insure democratic President, and Mr..
the Alderman selected. He has reputation
for integrity, which Is well deserved, and has great
energy and determination. MI. Vance, who would
have been elected II the republicans had been In
the majority, will probably have the Chairmanship
Of the Finance Committee. Mr.. Plunktt claims
that he is at the head OF the ticket and that ne has
the largest number OF votes II so he will be en-
titled to the refusal OF oi these Offices. IL Is
too early to speculate as to the cerkshps OF either
Boards OF Aldermen, but the present incumbents
arc both experienced men and will undoubtedly
be retained
Year: 1872

60 cents-the perpetrators of that crime
have good chance to make some, by Civ
ing themselves up and avowing the deed.
They run not particle Of danger to be
punished, even in Minnesota courts. Come
Mr.. Herald, such "blowing' is too trans
parent, even for the latitude of Duluth :
you must rouse up your organ Of construct
iveness, and construct a more plausible
story to blow" with


But while Superior had nothing whatever
to do with the silly attempt to destroy a
ting that was already destroyed, the Her
aa might look nearer home to find the
perpetrators of the "dark and awful crime"
1t complains of. If there has been an at
tempt made to blow up the dike-which
IS doubttul-the scheme was most likely
concocted in duluth, and made by citizens
of that deectable town


Let us look at the facts as they exist.
This spring has fully demonstrated the fact
that the waters Of the st. Louis river are
seeking their outlet to Lake Superior
through the canal cut by Duluth, that they
have left their natural channel. AS we
said before, they are rushing through the
frame work of the dixie, they have entirely
undermined that structure, and the current
under 1t Is so strong, that large pine logs
are drawn under the dixie by the force of
the current. Thus the falsehood, deceit,
and fraud Of Duluth and its patron saint
Jay Cooke, have become SO open and bare
faced; the facts establishing their illegal
usurpatons have become so patent, that the
War department can no longer shut its
eyes, even to please Jay Cooke.


Now the landsharks and spectators,
conceiving that the end is approaching,
and desirous to prolong the day SO as to be
able to "unload," have undoubtedly made
up this little innocent plot, to appeal for
sympathy and compassion, by raising the
cry that Superior attempts to destroy the
dixie. But the lie is too transparent. All
the blowing and bowling of the Duluth
windmiIs,' all the whining and tawning
of Duluth emissaries with Jay Cooke to
lead them cannot prevent the overthrow of
the Duluth surpations-st stealings.


Even the redoubtabe Graves, who-ac-
cordIng to his own accounts wasting his
transcendent abilities as the most consum-
mate lobby manager of venal congressman,
upon the desert air of Lake Superior, will
find his occupation gone, and be compelled
to 'unearth'' hills Of potatoes, in lieu of
department instructions. "Oh what fall
was there my countrymen.'


But the silly lie which appeared in the
Hera1d shows how hard run Duluth at
present is for matter wherewith "to raise
the wind" It's blow is almost exhausted
the gas is almost out of the balloon, and
Duluth which "went up like a rocket will
shortly come down like stick" Nat
ural advantages are bound to tell in the
long run, and will prevail.
Year: 1872




THE following is the text Of the bill In
troduced in the Senate by Mr.. Carpenter:


bill to restore the Of the Bay of Superior to
their natural channel.


Be il enacted bv the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled:


That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to
apply all moneys that may hereafter be appropriated
by law, for the Improvement of the harbor Duluth
to filling up thC canal recently dug Minnesota
Point socaed DulIth in the State of Mime
sota so that the waters of the Bay Of Superior shall
be restored their natural outlet at Superior in the
State of Wisconsin, and to the removal Of any OBJ
structions to the navigation of said bay recently
erected therein in the form of dyke by the City of
Duluth or by other persons


This bill proposes simply to conform the
harbor works and Improvements at Duluth,
for the future, to the wise and practical
system devised and recommended by the
L. S. government engineers-the regular
official authorities, under whose plans and
directions the business of harbor construc-
tion and repair, throughout the country,
constantly proceeds.


These officers, acting intelligently and
impartially, uninhuenced by intermeddIing
suggestions from any quarter, and guided
only by their own educated good sense and
professional experience, adopted for a har-
Dor at Duluth, plan which they declared
to be adequate for all the possible needs of
the commerce of the place. In fact, it was
the only plan which the nature of the case
admitted of, compatibly with the use of the
great natural harbor-the Bay of Superior
on one end of which Duluth is situated.


But the particular feature Of this plan
which rendered it distastefu to the town
lot spectators of Duluth, was the location
of the harbor entry; circumstance which
$50 far as it was then material TO them) had
nothing to do with the merits of the harbor
as such, but which, on account of the OPP
portunity it gave for a comparison between
the town-lot market.


The entry to the harbor of Duluth was
was at the mouth of the St. Louis rivera
boundary stream between Wisconsin and
Minnesota. BY this entry, all lake craft on
its way to and from Duluth, would pass
right along i'll front of Superior, which by
virtue its extraordinary local advantages,
could not fail, if the natural harbor confor-
nations were left intact, to become the
chief and permanent seat of commerce at
the head Of Lake Superior, so soon as the
railroad system of this region, hitherto un-
formed and embryonic, should be adjusted
upon regular business basis.


While this circumstance, we repeat, de-
tracted nothing from the merits Of the har-
Dor of Duluth, it did affect very materially
Year: 1872

On last Tuesday afternoon, our citizens
were both amused and amazed, to learn that
a tremendous excitement had regned all
day in Duluth, and was still raging, on ac-
count of an alleged attempt made during
the previous night, to blow up the Duluth
dyke with gunpowder; and that it was cur
rently charged in Duluth that some persons
more or less-living in Superior, were
the perpetrators of the atrocious deed.


The first announcement of this absurd
sensation and accusation, was received with
incredulity by our people: but the advent
of the Duluth HeruM on the evening of the
same day, with a long account of the mat
ter, in which the editor of that sheet ago
nized painfully to find epithets suited to the
enormity Of the supposed act, and the fla
gitiousness of the supposed actors; and the
subsequent appearance of the Duluth Tti-
6une also writhing in travail with an edito-
rial OF the same purport, have compelled us
to believe one of two things-either that
the silly alarmists in Duluth, who are res
ponsible for this ridiculous scare, were in
deed deluded by their own puerile imagin-
ings; or else that they are engaged in a
conspiracy to place Superior at a disadvan-
tage before the country, by trying to mike
it appear that its people, inspired by ha-
tired of Duluth, have committed heinous
outrage.


To which Of these alternatives, their own
stories-the circumstantial narratons Of
their newspapers-remitt them, we leave to
the decision of n discriminating public,
which will not fail to transfix them with
one horn or the other, of the dilemma. In
the first case they are to be pitied; in the
latter, despised.


We do not wish to be understood as init
mating, that if anybody had blowed the
dyke into "demnitlon finders,'' he would
have been in law, guilty of any crime; but
as we are confident that no one in Superior
has yet tried to do it, we can't yield to Du-
luth even the poor capital which such an
attempt might have afforded.
Year: 1872

If we are oyEEsTocKED in anything it is in Grocer.
les and Provisions, of which we keep Good Stock,
consisting of CHOICE and FANCY GROCERIES.
as well as S71PLE& In this line we would call
special attention TO our TEAS, which we think are
not excelled by anything in the market.


sB When visiting our store if you do not see what
you want, ASK FOR IT.


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