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Year: 1875

Hon. Benz. ID. Silliman, the referee
before whom the Proctor -Moulton
suit was heard, has not made his re-
port and will not make it before next
Monday. The turn which the affairs
of the suit take will of course await
the character of his report, and the
award of the damages will be the sum
agreed upon (S4 4,375). AS the defense
admitted the truth Of Miss Proctor s
testimony there will be no call for an
expression of opinion on the merits of
the case as would have been necessary
if evidence had been put in on both
sides. In connection with this suit it
has transpired that while the parties
to it were awaiting the arrangement
for the reference, and Miss Pro.tor
and General Butler were in Mr. Sill
man S parlor, Miss p. gave the Gen
eral lengthy, vigorous, and straight
forward piece oil her mind. She in.
formed General Butler that she held
him directly responsible for dragging
her name through the filth and mud
of the scandal; that he was a lawyer
and adviser of Moulton, and could
have kept her name out Of the state
ment. What had she to do with the
quarrels of Beecher and Tilton? To
say the least she considered his (Gen-
eral Butler's) conduct in this matter
as contemplate in the extreme and
entirely unworthy of lawyer who
makes any pretensions to be a gentle
man. As Miss Proctor is lady of
culture and education, she has com


mand of words, and while her language
was strictly lady-like, it was a verbal
excoriation which was rather the
sharper for it's delicacy. It is not re-
corded, however, that General Butler
WINGED under the castigation.
Year: 1875

The President has determined, it is
said, to remove General Emory from
command in New Orleans, and supply
his place by General Terry. The
change is very proper one. General
Emory is undoubtedly an honora bic
officer in the respect of obeying
to the letter orders of his superiors,
but he is without ability or judgement,
save Of the most common order, and
is known to have sy-mpathies and per-
sonal relations in the South which
make him a very undesirable man
at such time as this. General Terry
is live, active, intelligent, thinking
mar, whose accomplishments are not all
confined to dress parade. and his
presence in New Orleans will of itself
be worth a regiment of troops.
Year: 1875

All through the large area of coun-
try over which the unparalleled
drouth of the past season prevailed
there is scanty supply of. food for
stock animals Therefore it becomes
a matter Of FIRST consideration to
economize in feeding from the very
start of winter. As warmth is equiva-
lent to a certain amount of food, it is
important to provide warm stables
and shelters for every animal. When
stock is exposed to cold, a large
tain the ordinary animal heat. A
hungry man can not endure the cold;
but give him full meal and he will
again brace the fury of a winters
blast. Food is equivalent to artificial
warmth; and SO. on the other hand,
artificial warmth, or warm stables, is
equivalent to food.-Detroit Trib.
Year: 1875

Some folks don't like the odor of
Limberger cheese; but there are
people that can't appreciate the
flavor of well developed polecat.
One evening, not very long since,
a gentleman had made his prepara-
tions to attend prayer meeting
with his wife. Prior to stan ting he
came down town to his place of
business. and while there and &C
quaintance discovered that he was
about to engage in WEDNESDAYS
evening devotion. Accordingly.
he put up a villainous job Procur-
ing a huge slice of the most fra
grant Limberger cheese to be had,
he watched his opportunity, and
just as the gentleman stepped out
of the door to go home for his-wife,
slipped it in his pocket. Che par
ties repaired to the church and
were soon seated side by side IN
comfortable pew near the stove.
Soon the cheese began to grow
loud. The sisters turned their
heads about and looked as If a
kraut barrel had exploded. The
deacons elevated their noses and
thought of the third plague OF
Egypt. The preacher smelled a
great smell. and the wife of the
unconscious odor casket nudgea
her spouse and inquired if he didn't
smell something. 'sMariar, it's
awful" he responded, cit must be
in the coal. The more the assem-
bly, speculated the louder the odor
became, and finally all hands united
in hurrying the proceedings TO
close. Arrived at home. and while
preparing to retire, the gentleman
discovered the cause of the un-
pleasantness, and removed it on q
couple of chips.
Year: 1875

We do not believe that any necessi-
ty exists for a war of races, or that
there is any peculiar reason why the
whites and blacks should not live to-
gether in harmony, each exercising
the ordinary rights of citizens. with
out strife or general disagreement.
But if the foolish people of the South
insist that this cannot be; that there
is an irresistible conflict between the
races, and that the present lamentable
state of affairs must continue, then
the quicker the plan is carried out for
an exodus of the colored people the
better it will be. Let them go where
they can be protected, or where they
can muster in sufficient numbers to
protect themselves. And in this, if
necessary, they should have the sub :
stantial assistance of the nation, as
we'll as the hearty encouragement and
good wishes of all good men.-Inter-
Ocean.
Year: 1875

At the State Grange last week, it
was found that the Treasury was
empty and lacked 81 800 to pay expen-
ses They therefore had to borrow
that sum, and report their finances in
rather impecunious condition. 1t is
stated that there has been considera-
ble mismanagement in this direction,
and the publication of their finance
report was forbidden Fort Dodge
Messenger
Year: 1875

There is something exquisitely pleasant and
,Ouchng-at least OF Il very sweet. soft ana
winning etfect--in this peculiarly OF needle
work, distinguishing men from women. Our
own sex is incapable Of any such by-play
aside from the main business of life; but
women-be they of what earthly rank they
may, however gifted with intellect or genius,
or endowed with artful beauty-have always
some little handiwork ready to till up the tiny
gup of every vacant moment A needle is
familiar to the fingers Of them all. \ queen,
no doubt, plies it on accasiOns; the woman
poet can use it as adroitly as her pen; the
womau's eye that has discovered new star
turns from its glory to send the polished little
instrument cleaning along the hem of her
kerchief, or to darn u casual flaw in her dress.
And they have the advantage of us in this
respect. The slender thread of silk or cot
ton keeps them united with the small, famil-
lar, gentle interests of life; the continually
operating influences do much for the health
of the character, and carry off what would
otherwise be dangerous accumulation of
morbid sensibility. A vast deal of human
sympathy runs along this electric line, stretch
ing from the throne to the wicker chair OF
the humblest seamstress, and keeping high
and low in species of common union with
their kindred beings. Methinks it is token
of healthy and gentle characteristics when
women Of accomplishments and high thoughtf
love to sew. especially as they are never more
at home with their own hearts, than when sc
occupied. -- H,vthorne's "lNarhe Fam.
Year: 1875

The train-boys think they haven't much OF
an opportunity in this world, and other peo-
pie think they are nuisance. One OF them
tells the New Orleans Picayuae one way in
which they impose upon their employers:
You see,' he says leach boy is furnished
with just so much fruit, so many books and
papers, and he is obliged to show them up at
the end of the route or else turn over the
money for which they must have been sold.
The only way it can be done is thus: We
sell book to passenger for dollar and
half He reads it, and then we give him
new book worth fifty cents for the one he has
read. He is generally willing to make the
exchange, and reads the new one. This
when read, he is ready to swap for ten cent
paper, which he leaves in the car when he
gets out. The paper we pick up and put
back in our pile, having all orr books and
papers and $3.50. This is about the only
show we have; without it we could no. make
a decent living"
Year: 1875

THE grand mistake that young men make
during the first ten years of their business
and professional life, is in idly waiting 1or
their chance. They seem to forget, or tney tW W
do not know, that during those zen years tney
enjoy the only leisure they VIII ever nave: &
things. they will be absorbingly busy. There
win then be no time for reading, culture, and
study. II they do not become thoroughly
grounded in the principles and practical de-
tails Of their profession during those years
# they do rot store their minds with useful
knowledge; if they do not pursue habits OF
reading and observation, and social inter-
course, which result in culture, the question
whether they will ever rise to occupy place
where there ia room enough for them will be
decided in the negative.
Year: 1875

From the Leavenworth COMMERCIAL.


The wheat crop Of Kansas, now pret!y
nearly harvested, is the largest ever raised IN
the SKATE. There will be some millions OF
bushels to spare, and the prospect tor good
price is excellent. In Colorado the grasshop-
pers have almost entirely consumed the crop,
and as our fields are the nearest to that coun-
try of any where this staple is grown it IS
but reasonable to suppose that we shall assist
to. supply the demand there. New YORK,
Ohio, Indiana, and portions Of Illinois are
below the average yield very considerably
and this will tend to keep up the price. we
think our people have reason to rejoice at
the prospect before US as State.
Year: 1875

A gentleman advertises his willingness to
exchange cork leg for revolver. This is
the nearest approach to the old law OF retail
alton we have seen for long time. 1t isn't
an eve for an eye-but it's a leg for An arm.
Year: 1875

A lady, returning from IN Improbable visit
to church, declared that "whcn she saw the
shawls on those Smiths, and then thought of
the things her own poor girls had to wear, if
it wasn't for the consolation Of religion she
did not know what she should do"
Year: 1875

WAsHINdroN, Feb. 25.-The scene in
the House last night were not such as to
reflect much credit upon the representa-
tives OF the American people. The eve.
ming session had been ordered with the
understanding that the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill was to be proceeded
with. The extreme Radicals had deter,
mined not to ccmri5 with this under
standing, and rallied in all their strength
to bring up the caucus force bill. The
Democratic minority, under the lead Of
NIGHT against this attempt. But the
bill finally got before the House and
was read. The House then adjourned
after being in session twenty -one hours
The bill will come up as unfinished bus
mess to-day.
Year: 1875

The first attempt to establish a female
barber shop In Cincinnati has proved
failure, partly for the reason that the
undertaking was by many wrongly con.
sidered as a speculation in the most
pernicious sensationalism, and partly
because an impression had got abroad
that the girls were thoroughly incom-
petent for their business.
Year: 1875

The county bridge and two mill
dams at Glencoe Station, Nd, on the
Northern Central Railroad, were
swept away yesterday by the break.
ing of an ice gorge ia the Gunpowder
river The bridge cost $4,000.


The Sound steamers for Boston die
not leave New York last night, on &C
count of the dense fog and large
quantity of drift ice in the Sound.
Year: 1875

The Commercial is the sole defender
ana admirer Of Ben. Batter in this city.
1t is bitter always and secs nothing good
in anything that comes from Demo
erat. The last number contains the last
puff Of cold Cock-eyo," as follows;


Tho Baltimore american wonders
what some of the Democratic papers
will do, when General Butler retires
from Congress, and he is no longer the
mark for their abuse. Turn their sting
on themselves. like the tabled scorpion
We hope.


The Democrats are laboring to benefit
the country, and therefore it is quite
natural that the Commercial should
hope that they would sting them,
selves.
Year: 1875

dience, for the house was deathly still. /
have thought Of that death scene hun.
dred times; it is one never TO be forgot
ten. During the night on which Rossi
played Hamlet he was called before the
curtain thirty-two times. At the close OF
the play he came forward to acknowledge
the applause Of the house. Having
bowed three or four times, he withdrew;
the applause subsidized, but was at once
resumed again he came forward and
bowed. This little farce was continued
until even the audience must have felt
the utter absurdity Of continuing It any
longer. Rossi Was seen coming on to
the stage in various degrees of fatigue,
until | at last fondly hoped they would
bring him out on q shutter. He inva-
riably ran on from the extreme upper
entrance, as if he were on his way home,
when he was sent for by the manager to
come out again aud bow, and serape, and
look weary and wayworn. and petted TO
death; and so sleepily-oh, hang i'll
What a bore this sort Of thing isl One
good American round Of applause, such
as is enough to raise the roof Of the
building, and which lasts for minutes
that seem like glorious and triumphant
hours, is worth ten thousand of the
mincing, halfwinded Miss Nancyish
6ddle.faddle attempts at enthusiasm that
the Italians are SO fond Of indulging in.
They manage to make q little superficial
admiration and great love OF display
90 further than any other people ! ever
| fell in with.
Year: 1875

There is curious prescription in
England for the cure OF drunkenness,
by which thousands are said to have
been assisted in recovering themselves.
The recipe came into notoriety through
the efforts Of John Vine Hall father Of
Rev. Newman Hall and Captain Vine
Hall commander Of the Great Eastern
steamship. He had fallen into such
Year: 1875

From the Baltimore SUM- tfIH


South from Jacksonville about two
miles is Alachua lake. Formerly this
was a vast prairie Of over twenty thou
sand acres Of good grazing land. In the
midst of it was deep hole or land sink,
Of which there are great many in the
State, into which the waters of the Nc
Kinstry lake, situated further north, and
the surrounding country used to how and
find subterranean outlet to the sea-
About four years ago the outlet got more
or less choked up, and the surplus water
backing soon covered this vast tract of
country, in which aqueous condition it
has remained ever since, increasing and
diminishing in area as the season varies
from wet TO dry. This lake is literally
alive with FISH. l have seen col
ored boys with an ordinary
pole cut from the woods, a
line not over four feet long, and fly,
rudely constructed Of white and red
flannel, catch eighty pounds of black
bass in a couple of hours. These fish
average from two to twelve pounds. An
eight pound bass is common. A few
days ago gentleman residing in Gains
vile caught and weighed on Fairbanks
scales, in the presence Of number Of
Northern visitors here, q black bass
weighing nineteen and one-quarter
pounds. Tradition says one was caught
here last year that weighed twenty.three
pounds. All the small streams flowing
Into this lake are also full of bass. Day
before yesterday saw three small boys
standing in a stream, about three feet
wide, and may be foot deep, each
armed with piece of hoop iron, with
which they killed, in the half hour | was
present, eight good-sized bass. Another
boy Of the same party, with two-bushel
corn bag, made one haul in the same
stream of ten bass.
Year: 1875

We would give the Charleston papers a
little wholesome advice II we thought
they were in any mood to be advised.
They, of course, have great contempt for
anything in the nature Of advice from this
quarter, but It Is nevertheless true, even
though it Is a Wheeling paper that says 1t,
that they are making fools Of themselves
in talking about Charleston having been
robbed Of tho Capital, Such language
may do we'll enough for the Charleston
Courier, whose editor i5simply machine
for venting malicious CpithctS, but the
Journal ought to be above anything Of tho
kind. We should like the editor to ex-
plain, in good faith, what he means by
Nthe high.handcd robbery that Wheeling
pcrpctratcd against the Kanawha Valley
by carrying away her capital" We ital'
iciso tho word cher" The expression
seems so peculiar that We feel obliged to
give II prominence. Whatdocs tho editor
mean by IL? The State Of West Virginia
has, or had, a capital located at Charles
ton, but we are not aware that the Kama
wha Valley had anything of tho kind
The representatives Of the people Of West
Virginia saw lit to remove heir Capital
from Charleston to Wheeling, anil that
Is all there IL oft, call the act what you
will. They saw IL once upon u time to
take II away from Wheeling and locate 1t
at Charleston. No body hero said that
Wheeling or tho Ohio river valley had
been robbed, and still less that either OF
them had been robbed of her Capital,
While they did not exactly initiate tho
meek and submissive spirit OF him who
said "thc Lord givCth and the Lord
takclh away" Sc., they nevertheless pre-
served their own self respect no far as not
to whine over the result or blaCkgnard
every body who had any agency, fair or
unfair, in bringing it about


It Is a poor compliment TO The mcm'
bcrs Of the Legislature to say that Wheel
Ing, through their COnnivnnca or ignor-
ance, (fOr Il must be one or the other)
robbed The Kanawha Valley Of her Capt.
tol. Althoughit It would perhaps scarcely
amount to an act Of petty larceny to rob
the Kanawha Valley Of the entire city of
Charleston, yet the charge becomes Scri'
Gus when 1t Is interpreted as meaning that
the members were q party to fraud
when they voted to remove the Capital Of
the State to Wheeling. There Is some
thing decidedly small in such way ol
Cllaracterising legitimate act Of lcgisla'
tion. There Ia certainly nothing dignilled
in 1t, and nothing that will commend
Charleston to the good gruces Of the peO'
pie OF the State.
Year: 1875

We are advised by the General Agent Of the ves.a
Crate that he is now ready to f1 orders for them
promptly. We have one in editorial room. aud as
far See, upon short trial. 1t is worthy
the inspection OF all who desse clean crate. The
Office Of the Agent Ia 16o East Washington street.
whore another one may be burning At any time.
Year: 1875

Gen. Sheridan will probably learn that it IL
only sin the hands of men entirely great'
that the pen Is mightler than the sword
Boston Globe.


The whole affair is fitted to disgust the
American people with Louisiana and all that
pertains to it. The people of that state ap-
pear to have lost all capacity for self-govern-
Eent. The constitution of the United States
seems no longer applicable to their condition.
They show themselves to be capable of no
government but that of military force. wheth-
er such government be lawful or not
Providence Journal.


Congressman Schumaker's' performance
before the Pacific Mail committee disgustsd
the Democrats and Mr.. Beck said to him
bluntly as they were leaving the committee
room, "Wel, Schumacher, am bound to say
you have made an ass of YOURSELF"


The effect of those dispatches from the
lieutenant-general reaches beyond his own
reputation. They seem to say to the people
that they are not to expect justice from tie
national government. Living under what
they honestly believe 10 be an usurpaton, they
are notified that, if the military commander
of the department can have his way, all who
protest against the usurpatiOn will he treated
as outlaws. As they know that Sheridan
either fails to understand the situation or
misrepresents it, they can have little respect
for the government which sends him there.
They do not hesitate to charge him with fal-
styling the situation, and the number and
standing of those who protest against his
statements give the greater weight 10 their
denials.-Boston Advertiser.


H. P,I1 A. Al.
country, the stoppage or diminished working
time of the manufactures, and the disposal
of the stocks in the hands of New York mer-
chants, have brought the market into a
healthful condition, and prepared it for
rapid improvement in all its branches when
renewed activity springs up. This is view
of the situation that the business man has
the best of ground for taking; and from
which he can gather justifable hope for the
future, even though his balance sheet for the
year 1874 does not show that large sum OF
profit which it had displayed on previous Jan-
uarys.-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1875

THE Intercollegiate Literary Association
is already addressing itself to the work Of the
contest next year. The addition of COM
petitive examinations in the classics and
mathematics 10 the contests in oratory and
ESSAYS has been determined upon, and in
time examinations will be established which
shall cover the whole field of academic cul-
ture. The classical examination next year
will be based upon Greek play, and the
contestants will be required to translate at
sight from some Greek author into English,
and from some English author into Greek.
The examination in mathematics will be in
analytical geometry. Any college may enter
the Association. If more than eight colleges
send contestants, the number will be limited
to one from each college; but eight colleges
or less can send two contestants apiece. 1t
is proposed to form state associations, and
send the victor in state contest as state
representative to the intercollegiate contest.
Year: 1875

CERTAIN Western papers are, in view of
subsidy legislation, beginning again to talk
about be necessity Of providing cheap and
easy access to the untold millions of dormant
wealth in our Western territories. The
argument is a weak one; for the wealth
appears to be so very dormant that the last
trump can't awaken it,-much less loco
motive whistle. The aid plains of the
Northern Pacific give no promise OF agrieul-
tural wealth. So long as the farmers of
Illinois find it difficult to sell their crops for
enough to cover the cost of production and
transportation, it is useless 10 attempt to raise
corn for market in the frost-bitten belt
thousand miles beyond. The existence of
mineral wealth is doubtful, and certainly a
great transcontinental railr Dad is not needed
to work the mines.
Year: 1875

THE poem on our fourth page, entitled
"Ancient and Modern Syrens," from the pen
of gentleman not altogether unconnected
with the city government, who softens the
asperities of official labor by toying with the
Muses., will command attention by the grace
fulness of its treatment and the facility of its
numbers. 1t is not often that knowledge of
poetic feet accompanies familiarity with linear
Year: 1875

DEMOCRATIC state committees are sound
ing the ponderous hew-gag all over the
country, and sending out calls for indignation
meetings on the Louisiana affair. A little Of
this indignation can with great propriety be
visited upon the New Orleans White League,
and it is to be hoped that at these vocal
entertainments, to which people are invited
irrespective of party" some sound advice
may be given to the Southern malcontents.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty o; good faith.


We cannot unTertake to return or reserve COM
munications t'hat are not used.