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Year: 1872

Contrary to the expectations of the
greater number of people, the prospects
seem to indicate the Endorsement Of
Greeley by the Baltimore Convention.
We were strong IN the opinion the Do.
mocracy could not be brought to that
point where it would be willing to sacri-
fee its entity and even worship the gold
en- calf of the Liberals. Never has there
been more ignoble surrender ofa party
Democracy seems to be SOLDERING over
Greeley as fhe had always been its most
earnest and faithful henchman, and not
its most deadly enemy and persistent
rivalry.
Year: 1872

Some of the Greeley orators are an
nouncing from the stump that by the


Democrats and Liberals uniting, such
States as Illinois, Iowa and Kansas,
"where the Radicals now triumph" will
be carried for Greeley and numbers of
Members of Congress who are Demo-
Gratis will thus be elected. The usual
Democratic strength of Kansas will be
weakened this fall BY the nomination of
Greeley and the disaffected Republicans
can hardly get up a "corporafs guard" !"
How these fellows can fix up such
falsehoods, is a wonder to us. Their
mathematical power must be more than
human to strike q balance so much in
favor of themselves after having become
acquainted with the intensely Republi-
can sentiment of the State. The Dem
ocrats are counting heavy on gaining the
power in Congress by the coalition.
Their song is, "Give us the Congress
and you may have the President" The
disaffected ones are almost persuaded. to
grant this request. In other words they
are almost ready to sell themselves,
body, soul, breeches and all" to the
Democratic party just for a change.
How they can gain any advantage to
themselves is a mystery to us. The
Democrats, in case they indorse Greeley
as their candidate and he is elected, must
necessarily come out at the top of the
heap.
Year: 1872

We do not wish TO be understood as
debating to the good people OF the coun-
ty on our south, Mcpherson, their action
on the railroad proposition submitted TO
them on the 9Th instant, but to be true
to themselves and their best interests
they should give it a rousing majority.
After scanning closely the notice OF the
election, We believe, Judging from what
we know of the county and her towns,
that no more equitable or fair proposi-
,ion-one calculated to do the largest
number of people the greatest benefit or
accom- modatc the greatest number OF
miles-can be submitted by the county.
The road will strike the several towns,
furnishing the people with depots at rea-
sonable points.


No other county has more natural ad-
vantagcs than Mcpherson. Her lands
are the best, aud no county in Kansas
possesses but few, if more, tillable acres.
She is new, undcvelopcd, and is yet to
make herself. The ingenuity of man
must build up what Providence has
granted us; Mcpherson county must
work out her own problem. A railroad
through the county will perform for her,
in connection with her energetic people,
what no other thing can. She needs the
road and she should improve the oppor-
tunity thus presented to her people she
needs the road to induce capitalists to
come within her borders, to give her
markets, TO settle her territory, to infuse
her people with the spirit that they have
their being the same as the rest of the
world and enjoy equal rights with them.
To defeat the proposition is to rrolong
their chances for a railroad and perhaps
to cause them never to secure railroad.
The times are propitious for road men
now will t: c hold Of the enterprise and
build the road if Mcpherson county does
her duty 1--WE are so adviscdl, whereas III
she forgets her interests in rejection,
distrust will take the place ofwhat prom
inence she has acquired and neighbOring
counties will reap what she has lost. A
people can not vote down a respectable
proposition for public improvement, or
seek to rcpudiate an honest debt, with
impunity. Both react upon them in their
future efforts. The 9th day of July, the
day on which the election is set, marks
an era in the history Of Mcpherson and
she then wills whether it shall be for the
onward march of progress or shall place
her on the backward slope. At no fu-
turc time, it seems, can railroad prop
Osition be submitted with a greater GER
tainty of its being carried. There are
not those conflicting interests now that
will probably arise. Every man should
look to the interests Of the whole coun-
ty and not permit sectional jealousies to
bias him in his vote. A railroad to Nc
Pherson means her prosperity.
Year: 1872

The Nation mentions it to Mr.. Will
sons credit that after twenty years OF
public life he is poor man, and ne has
had rery great opportunities to enrich HIM
sell, lad he not been a man Of prob.ty.
Loftier professions than his have not
seldom been accompanied by practice
inferior to his in honesty and honor"
Year: 1872

suit with citizens and officials and army officers as to the best courseI

 to be pursued, and also if found practicable te take delegation of Indians to Washington for confer ence and to impress them with

 the hopelessness of contendi,g

 against the United States. You

 will see how earnestly the Presi- dent feels on the subject from his letter by me to Gen. Schofield.

 Gen. Howard then read the letter in full.

 The President assigns as t1

 reason for sending out the Con- mission his own anxiety, and thu felt by the public generally, that in the future Indian hostilities shall be avoided, and that the\ policy to civilize ard elevate the Indians shall prove successful. It is not proposed by the Commis- sion to interfere with military movements ordered by the proper authority, but the hope is Express ed that a sympathy of viEws lA4Taa be entertained between the off CTS of the army and Gen. Howard It is not proposed to abandon us of force if the Indians will no come under such restraint as will insure the security of white set-I tiers, neither is it proposed to give protection all on the Indian sidel but if they will submit, protection by military force shall be given alike to all. r

 The General continued: Is theiL anything in that letter to whic,t the citizens of Arizona will ol, ject: You do not doubt but that l. this policy might be tried on the Cocopahs and the friendly tribes along the river.

 But the Apaches! you say; the murderous Apaches! what is the sense of trying to civilize such savages: Nothing can be done with them until they have been by which is meant that E you must kill a certain number to make the rest submissive. I be- IleVe in war when it is necesSary but it must be for definite q ' and pushed with vigor | 4
Year: 1872

Sherman said: "YOu have under

 taken what cannot be done." I

 believed it could be done. At any

 rate I knew it ought to be done,

 and we went to work on the prin-

 ciple that a man is a man, and by

 the results demonstrated the prin-

 ciple. It needed a definite theory

 aimed at, and an adherence to it

 right through to the end.

 The new policy does not consist

 in change of agents only. The

 old theory respecting Indians is

 wrong at the bottom. We hold up a set of savage tribes as indepen- dent nations, and make treaties with them, as if they were capable of being a treaty-making power.

 What does the new policy pro- pose? It takes up the Indians as the wards efthe nation, ,and makes an honest practical effort to treat them as human beings, capable, after proper instruction and help, of living in civilized way. What can be done with them if we do not elevate them? I have heard men talk of eXtermination. Well, if that's it, then begin with the first Indian you meet, kill him on sight, aud so on until the last red man is gone, or introduce poison among them. This is extermina- tiOn in a straight forward way. But this nation is not to do that. nor anything like it. There is but one mind on that question. I am asked to decide between two poli- cies. There is now really but one policy, and it is not mixed. The Secretary of War and the Secre- tary of the Interior agree with the President. What he desires you will see from his letter. They all | mean to give the peace policy a full and fair trial. ] have letters | from them all. They insist on peace if it can be had, and they do not propose meanwhile to leave the citizens of Arizona in the ter TOT of robbery and murder by say ages, but to protect them, and at the same time give the Indians a fair chance under honest agents and in security from the attacks @,. 1.
Year: 1872

Some people think there Is no sense in
anything that does not coincide with
their own views, and for this reason they
make very poor editors and writer's. ii
contemporary says anything that is not
exactly in accordance with their own
sentiments, they Immediately set him
down as an ianoramas or an idiot, and 90
to work to prove that he is such. This
naturally arouses the old Harry on both
sides, and bitter controversy is the re-.
sult. One can avow opinions different
fsom those held by yourself, and still be
man OF sense and good judgment; and
it is no indication Of weakness in his
arguments If he says things that YOU do
not h"lieve. It rather shows a wcaknes.
in you to make disparaging estimates OF
all sho do not agree with you,
Year: 1872

A New York editor thinks from the
manner in which shirts are made 10 that
city there ought to be IN inspection Of
se~in.. lie says he went to the expense
u o new shirt the other day and found
himself when he awoks il the morniu:
crawling ost bstvssssvs Of the shortest
sAitchSn
Year: 1872

For three months we have ventured
weekly predictions upon the wheat CROP
but at no time have we had anything as
encouraging to write as now. The
straw, as we have said, is short, and the
stand, in consequence Of the severe wins
ter, is thin, but the heads are full, the
grain we'll developed, and the general
opinion is that the yield in this county
will be nearly as good as last season.
The yield on the lowlauds will be at
least equal to that of last year, and
some OF the upland farmers will produce
an average. Others will not make half
a crop, while some totally fail.


Harvest will commence this week in
earnest, and by the latter part Of the
next most of the wheat will be in shocks.
A good many crops will be threshed by
the first of July.-Shenaadoah Democrat,
June 20.
Year: 1872

CINCINNATI, June A.-It is stated
that an organization of workiugmen
favoriug the eight hour system has as
sumed definite shape in this city and
the demand for those hours will be
soon made, and if not complied with, q
simultaneous strike of nearly all the
trade branches will take place.
Year: 1872

" one Of his Arctic or Ice King Rsfrigera-
t0rs and you can do it perfectly. They are
the best In the marked for meals, vegsta-
tables, and indeed for all articles that ought
To bs kept cDoi In warm westher they are
the thing. Call and examine and Leave
your order now and he ready In time. He
also has large assortment OF Water Cool
erS, all sizes, and great variety Of H0uss
Furnishing Goods, all at low prtoes- All
the celebrated Cook btoyo are 10 be found
at his place.
Year: 1872

The sociable given by the gentleman COM
prising the Philharmonic Society to the lady
members and their frieads last evening at the
Board of Trade Rooms, was all that could have
been wished.


John Scherf that prince of caterers, supplied
the edibles, and when that is said, everybody
knows that the oysters were just right and the
etceteras just the same. Well, Mr.. Scherf GER
tainly understands his business, and knowing
what would be expected on tie occasion, salts
fed his own critical taste Upwards of a hun
dred persons were present during the evening,
and from the evident enjoyment of all, it was
apparent to the most casual observer that the
Philharmonic sociable was an event the friends
of the Society will look back to with pleasure.
After doing ample justice to the viands set
before them, those present were favored with
music by the ladies, the first piece being a song
by Mrs. Barton, THE Home of the Heart"
Reluctantly we left with the delicious strains
still vibrating in the air, for we knew our read
ers would be disappointed if we failed to men
tion this most enjoyable occasion. .
Year: 1872

\ lot Of young fellows were trying their
skill at story telling, a few days ago.
Among the numerous stories told on the
occasion were the following hard crust
kind Of yarns:


Bill said: / know tree that seven men
chopped at for seven weeks, and then they
took a notion to go round and look at the
other side. They travelled four days and
then came to a party of forty, who had
been chopping at it for four months, and
had not cut half through yet.


Tom said: remember it well. 1t was
an oak, and five millions of hogs were
fatted yearly on the acOrns that fell from
it,


Sam said: The tree was at length cut
down, and five hundred saw mills have
been working on it for two years, and
it is not half cut up yet. Two
new towns, five bridges, and nearly q
thousand barns, have been built with the
lumber it has produce. The chips in cut
ting it down when closely heaped, meas
ured four million cords, and have supplied
two furnaces with charcoal for the last
two years.


Jack said Deacon Brown afterwards
dug out the stump and turned the place
into pasture field. He kept so many
COWS on it that he made million pounds
of butt9r and nearly as much cheese every
year.


Now came Joe Moore's turn. Drawing
himself up, he said: Wa'al, | dunno how
many pounds of butter and cheese Deacon
Brown makes year: but do know that
he runs the five hundred saw mills Sam
mentioned, by buttermilk power!
Year: 1872

evening, % Dr. james Rodgers % gave 'o report of Of
the progress of the case of the young man on
whom the operation of trcphining, or opening
the skull, was reformed some days since. He
reports the case as progressing we'll and that the
patient is relieved d-of many of. the symptoms
There is no doubt now but that he has been suf-
fering for long time from an abscess in the
brain, and in the opinion of the Society the op-
Grafton should have been performed before it
was. The faculty deem it q case of unusual in
terest and no doubt a lengthy report of it will
be made to some of the medical Journals
Year: 1872

preparation of roots and herbs warranted to
strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to any one


1T has been used by hundreds. an known for the
last ~ years as of the most reliable ecacous and
harmless preparations ever offered to h SUFFERING If
taken regularly and permanently il is
Year: 1872

The New York Journal of Com
merce. in answer to the question OF
a correspondent, what is the secret
of business success, rcaponds, as fol-
lows:


1t is not genius. All with such
peculiar gifts make bad managers OF
anv business. and are too erratlc for
ordinary executive purposes. And
it is not high intellectual attalnments.
Few scholarly men will lay aside
their devotion to letters for their own
sake. and follow the plodding course
bv which success in business Is to
he attained, And 1t lies not IN the
force of circumstances. Some who
might otherwise have been successful
on course. have doubtless broken
down in the face of popular
obstacles: but the man who can bend
occasions and conditions to his Will
can achieve his triumph in spite of
such adverse surroundings. 1t is not
luck. There is less at happy chance
in such success than is commonly
supposed. 1t is true that many
tempt their fate and escape as by
miracle. but This can form no rule of
life; success in business IS obedlent
to a law that can be clearly and
distinctly traced throughout the
whole of ones career. This law is
based on the principle that every
thing has its price, and they only
who are able and willing to pay it
can acquire that which they covet.
Some are unable through want of
nerve, or failing health, or defective
Judgment, or other mental and ply
steal defects from succeeding in the
struggle. But more who are able
fail because they rre unwilling to
meet the cost. They seek the end,
but will not by patient self-denlal
employ the means. Present ease,
present qualification, some form OF
Indulgence not consistent with the
end which has been proposed, offers
q temptation too strong to resist.
Tomorrow they will begin a sterner
course; next week they will turn
over another leaf with other reading
on the diverse side; but to-day let
the hands be folded and the old
incumbrance remain. No man is on
the road to success who has not al
ready paid part Of the price, and is
not now holding out to fortune IN
full the next installnent that is due.
Year: 1872

The education, moral and intellec-
tual, of every individual, must be,
chiefly, his own work. Rely upon it,
the aneients were right: both in
morals and intellect, we give the final
shape to our characters, and thus be-
come emphatieally, the architects Of
our own fortunes. How else could it
happen, that young men, who have
had precisely the same opportunities,
should be continually presenting Us
with such different results, and rush
ing to such opposite destinies


Difference of talent will not solve it,
because that difference is very often
in favor of the disappointed eandi-
date. You will see issuing from the
walls of the same college, nay, some
times from the bosom Of the same
family, two young men, of whom one
will be admitted to be a genius of
high order, the other scarcely above
the point of mediOcrity, yet you will
see the genius sinking and perishiDg
in poverty, obscurity and wTetched-
ness: while, on the ther hand, you
will observe the mediocre plOdding
his slow but sure way up the hill of
life, gaining steadfast footing at every
ckEDs anu AnOuulAA4k dI III " NAA--
nenee and distinction, an ornament
to his family, blessing to his cOun-
try.


Now, whose work is this2 Mani
testify their own. They are the aren-
iteets of their respective fortunes.
The best seminary of learning that
can open its portals to you, can do no
more than afford you the opportunity
of instruction /; but it must depend, at
last, on yourselves, whether you will
be instructed or not, or to what point
you will push your instruction. L
speak from observation a certain
truth, there IS no eEeelteHce eCithOut
great labor. 1t is the fiat of fate,
from which no power of genius can
absOlve you.


1t is this capacity for high and
long continued exertiOn, this vigOT-
Gus power of profound and searching
investigation, this careeTing and wide
spreading comprehension of mind,
and these long reaches Of thought,
that


PLUCK bright honor from the pale-fseed
OF dive into the bottom ofthe deep.
And drag up drowned honor by the locks


This is the prowess, and these the
hardy achieve ments, which ore TO
enroll your names among the great
men of the earth.-E LIE PreUOSt.
Year: 1872

party OF gentlemen connected with the va
rious street railroads In this city and elsewhere,
met yesterday morning at the depot OF the
Bleecker Street Railroad Company in order to In
specs ana test the merits OF steam car, built at
Hon. N T., and which successlly in the vicinity
OF that place for several weeks.


The only apparent difference between this
''dummy" and the ordinary street car is that on
the front platform there is machinery; but under
meath the car, invisible to the casual observer, is
framework OF iron upon which the
body rests. The combination has the ordinary
direct-acting locomotive engines. There are two
OF them-a high pressure one on the right hand
side and q low pressure one on the other. The
boiler cannot be seen from the interior OF the car
as It is encased; the water tank Is under
meath the flooring and tubes are supplied
by steam. The engines are both twenty horse
power and are able to propel the contrivance at q
rate Of thirty miles an hour. When running In
Ilion 1t was ascertained that 1t was capable OI
ascending the steepest grades and could turn
curves with admirable ease. Wheels have
been affixed to suit our city lines, and yesterday
the way the machine worked Indicated success. IL
can be stopped within half its length no breaks be-
ing used, but the engine instane0usly reversed.
Year: 1872

Jumping or Falling fSom n Window.


On Friday night James Johnson, thirty-three
years Of age and born in Ireland, who lived at SO
Sixth avenue, returned home In a state OF intoxi-
cation, and his mother fearing he would leave
again for more liquor locked him in his room. Yes
terday morning Mrs. Johnson went 20 look after
her son. but on entering the room was astonishcd
not to find him there. The window being
open Mrs. johnson looked out and saw her son
on the nagging In the yard, and on going down
TO her horror discovered that he was dead. Whether
deceased fell or jumped out while SUFFERING from
an attack OF delirium trcmens may never be known.
coroner keenan, mas the case in charge, and will
story window.
Year: 1872

Colonel Rough Rice h@ peliHd from
the high calling OF Journalism and
discontinued his Atlanta paper. Col.
Rice says:


1 have labored hard for two years
aud sunk over fifteen hundred dollars
to establish the Reporter, and now |
have to say that It must 20 down.
Atlanta Is the poorest town for the
size Of it for newspaper in the world.
The people will not subscribe. and the
business men will not advertise. There
have been more newspapers failed In
Atlanta than any city in the United
States. The merchants and people
have less energy and pride In literary
way than any other people. They are
the most selfish people in the world.
They should be left In the dark, where
they belong. to grope their way after
the almighty dollar. which they wor-
ship, aud lumber on down to the devil,
where they will surely so. i am done
with the newspaper business In At
lanta now and forever"
Year: 1872

a FRUIT grower has made the dis
covery that cats. when properly used,
make excellent guardians OF straw
berry patches to Keep away the birds.
The cat Is fastened by chain which
slides on a wire extending the whole
length Of the patch, so that the animal
may walk up and down. A knot at
each end Of the wire readily prevents
the cat from twisting round the post
which supports the wire, and a small
kennel placed In the middle Of the
walk affords shelter and home for
her kittens. In large gardens a Sec
ond cat Is required. aud the young
ones In their frequent visits to each
other greatly assist in soaring away
the birds.
Year: 1872

THERE Is q woman In Boston who
has stolen, In the course OF long and
eyentful life, one thousand and one
umbrellas. The one thousand and
oneth one was taken OH the evening Of
her elghtieth birthday, but unfor-
tunateiy her uncomfortable practice
was detected, and she is in one Of the
Boston moral prisons.
Year: 1872

In New York OH Monday night, mn
Italian, who had separated from his
wife. induced his wife and her brother
to meet him for the purpose of arrang-
Ing for divorce. During the inter
view he suddenly drew a revolver,
and without warning, fired at his wife.
wsunding her severely. and after
wards fired at the brother, woundinS
him In the head. lie then ran, follow
ed by the brother, who fired at him
several times, and finally shot him ia
tally as he was entering n station
house for protection. The woman and
her brother are likely to recover. but
the husbands wounds are mortal.
Year: 1872

devoted TO THE MATERIAL INTER
IL ests Of the Southern States, and laboring
for the development of all their wonderful
resources. by encouraging immigration and
giving full and relinble information concern
ing every part of the South.