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Year: 1875

1852, in all its vigor. as the one of their
choice.


The policy agreed upon as the best
calcuted to advance the interest of the
party in the present Assembly is a
continuous demand for a PlehiscIte
which will leave the final decision a
To the form of government in the
peoples hands This il in continual
tion Of the policy of the Emperor him
self, who always founded his power
upon plebiscite.


CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION.


They will also demand revision Of
the Constitution, in accordance with
article of the cOnstution of FebTu-
arY 70
Year: 1875

An American judge was Obliged to
sleep with Az Irishmnn in crowded
hotel, when the following couversa-
ton ensued pat you wOuli have
remained a long time in the Old COun-
try before you could have slept with II
Judge, would you not ?' Yes, your
Honor, said Pat; and l think your
Honor would have been a long time in
the Old Country before ye'd been a
judge, too"
Year: 1875

A criminal in Augusta, Georgia.
upon receiving sentence Of death, a
few days since, experienced such agony
that large part of bis hair turned white
during the night which succeed his
ordeal.
Year: 1875

bel-boy and look round for his bag and wonder how
Pm to find No. e93 to show him to.


parrate now no particular grievance: consider
this rs the statement merely of great general fact
Nor think that blame the hotel clerk OF the period
On The contrary, I am convinced that the fault Ees
with my tailor; TO him shall address myself for
correction of the fault: he must sling more style
into my clothes to speak, tighten up my trousers
legs tr:ile roll the collar Of my coat down lower
and add foot two to its skirt. Otherwise shall
have to wear placard my breast stating exactly
how much these clothes do cost for If you suppose
that my tailor doesn't charge much as any other
one, just try him on once!


Comparatively unfamiliar with Long Branch.
cannot institute fair comparison between this sea-
son aud former ones and the statements of hotel
proprietors must be taken, of course, with more
grains of salt than cucumber bears. But all agree
in saving that the season scarcely up to the aver
age and there is less dress and display. there are
fewer fine turnouts and tandems, and such glitering
Qeneralities than one would look for. The times
make themselves felt to a certain extent, OF course
with contracted incomes a contraction OF eXpenai-
lures becomes necessary-and again the Saratoga
Regatta has probably drawn many away from the
seas de.


The West End is not quite fiush.' and the Ocean
House should say has drawn" fewer pairs
still than 90 t. make full" or these two houses
which without invidiousness to the others NAV bo
called the leading taverns of the Branch-thc West
End seems to bear away the palm of solidity 1t Is
here that wealth and Tespectabilty most flo congre
gate, and there corresponding air OF steady
solemnIty about corridors. Guests bow graVeiy
to each other and inquire aont families and finance
and the Centennial tanning themselves the while
with The atlantic, OF Popuidr Science Monthly. The
tllp otb hand.
esonen and the people there stir round to livcier
measure. shaking one another by the fliIper i'll q
frivolous way. and cracking jokes, and asking con-
undruIns while they rattle over the leaves OF Hdr-
pey's to SEE the pictures


Where wealth and resrectahiliy congrcgate, and
The Adanhc is read, there you always find me-


,JOHN PAUL.
Year: 1875




Ut is not Blackwell's Island, but Governors. that
we pass in sailing down the Bay. but Governors
filed out the rhythm of the line little too well
and the class which people Blackwell's are really
our governors after all.)


If | owned a steam yacht think I'd spend the
Summer months cruising between the city and Sandy
Hook Given good weather, good company, store
of good provisions and good store of TRIBUNE sup
plements what more could the mind of man ask for !


HOTEL CLERK AND TAILOR.


As a few words about Long Branch may not be in
appropriate especially when 1t is considered that
thence this letter is dated perhaps you will pardon
me if descend TO particulars for moment or two.
Generally speaking the hotels are well filed. This
assertion hazard the result Of observation rather
than of inquiry. The hotel clerk venerate in the
abstract but am rather afraid to approach him i'll
tho concrete Ny experience is that when he does
not snub you he patronizes yon and I'd about as
lief be killed one way as another. W here moral
character and that sort of thing tells feel partcu-
lary at home. but where man is judged only by his
clothes, confidence fails me, and 1 am backward
about coming forward.


"Can have room 7" / modestly ask after regis
terng my name.


Clerk looks at me moment. takes in the general
unOstentstiousness of my apparel at glance, turns
away and aftends to the swells who get credit of
Bell instead of buying for cash Of Porter chats with
the young men whom lie knows for a few minutes
pauses to tell some old gentleman with bald head
the last brilliant bon mot apropos of the Beecher
trial and when everybody else is roomed and he has
settled the pen right behind bis ear then he calls
the smallest bell-bOy in the Office and turns to me
WITH "Show this gentleman up to 993" Aud by
tLis time feel 30 humble about it that bow TO the
Year: 1875

The Highland Base Ball Club have at last had their game
with the Hiawatha Blues" The game took place the


grounds Of the latter Club last Friday afternoon The
result easy victory for the Highland boys the
standing 81 to L. We sorry that cannot give the
of the umpire hut will say that he lIiawatha
man, and an honest jadge There no "squealing


done, except by st. Loui, drummer who bet two
dollars the Blues with Miss Stanley daughter of
the landlord Of the City Hotel We could not hear Of any
money being lost except the dollar that Bay Camp
bell foolish enough wager Special mention should
be made least two the Blues viz: Backenstoce
and Nevins They both good players, and honest


the day is long Close and Springer Of Club did
remarkably good playing In behalf of the Highland
club tender sincere thanks the Blues for the
kind and gentemany with which were treated
while in their city We ready and willing to play
club although We do not claim to be professionals"
Troy, when will you be readyl R.S.D.
Year: 1875

This is what the Bondholders and the Money
Rings call Greenbacks-the "rag baby" 1t is
their favorite term Of derision. They have long
since left behind them and forgotten the happy
days of their youth; and when a glimmer of
memory does beam upon them, it is to apply an
emblem of youthful happiness as a term of con-
tempt, to one of the emblems of the happiness of
our nation.


Rag baby is very good name. The child,
tree from care, in the full faith that its parent
viii provide and care for it, finds happiness in
cherishing IFS rag baby. The baby was made ex-
Pressiy for it, by its kind mother, out of material
wholly supplied from the household. 1t may not be
SO gaudily dressed and painted, or of such costly
material, the grand foreign dolls, in which the
children of the rich delight; but it fills its Office
satisfactorily, brings happiness and is convenient
to handle for off-hand usage. 1t is swbatitpurports
to be; aud as it was provided for us by mother,
we shall prize it as long We have faith in her.


The nation is our kind mother. She has given
us the greenback to supply a need that the
foreign and domestic nabobs find in gold. 1t
answers all our wants; with it we have been
contented and happy; we have faith in our moth
er, and are satisfied with what she has provided
for us. Now come the money rings, asking us to
give up the rag baby for something more diff
cult to get, harder to take care Of, and which
will be of no more service to us than the "rag
baby"


We believe in holding ON to the "rag baby"
They may promise us something more handsome
and substantial, but they only want an opportu-
nifty to run in substitute of paint and saw dust.
Year: 1875

dreay sppearance but this was not general There
many nne houses but mostly small with flowers in front
Of most of them. They had homeIike appearance


Bellevle the County Seat is slightly place, being
avery nigh prairie Their public buildings but tem
porary but with six stores two hotels two churches and
fine stone school building &c make the town The
County has population of 1000 and polls 100 votes
The crops here remind the fall Of - in Doniphan
think District No. co should be moved here win
ter.


After travelling over the most of Republic County,
drove south 10 SePo where the great salt marsh
covering several thousand acres which is eoYeredmOre
less with salt


We next came to Clyde, on the Republican River, in
Cloud County. We then passed Clifton and Morgan and
came to Clay Centre which is the County Seat of Clay
county This is the terminus of branch of the X p r r.
which makes the lumber and grain trade immense for
this is the trading point number of Counties vest
The country here is fine farming country-I think the
best We passed over after leaving Brown County We
passed through Dickinson County which is owned princ
pally by spectators.


We next came to Junction City the County Seat of Da
Wis County. Northeast of the city we saw Fort Riley
which Is kept by twenty soldiers in honor Of the past
There are some fine business and dwelling houses in the
city but there many vacant that it makes the
place look forsaken.


Here crossed the Smoky HILL and thirty-six miles
brought us to Council Grove the County Seat of Morris





rock than soil We but few houess; chickens
prairiedogs, jackrabbits; few wolves with buffalo
bones and horns, all had look at The country
is not worth looking after until you get Council
Grove on the Marias des Cygne.


Council Grove to Usage City. forty miles. The first
twenty has the most natural pike in that dis
stance Along the streams there fine farms with
good crops The boys had fine sport shooting chickens
while crossing this rocky country We came to Usage
where they doing big business in the of digging
and shipping coal We rested here day, and started
home going by way Of Burlingame which has had the
County Seat voted away it TO Lyndon, little town
about like Geary City.


Next we came to Topeka Having been there years ago
we but little but while there, took look
through the State House. thinking at the time how many
Ofhceseekers had been disappointed in those halls.


From Topeka to Atchison, the crops poor indeed
think they off than District No. co. for they
have no one to write out their begging papers.


As came Troy, the crop began to look good
After taking trip sixteen Counties came to the
conclusion that there is years surplus raised in those
Counties this year. TRAMP
August 90 1875.
Year: 1875

THAT UNION PARTY.-We have received a


package of the circular address issued by the re-


cent meeting in Boston, convened to form Ma


tional Union Party. The address was by some po-


litical demagogue, and the names of one hundred


Union soldiers obtained to attach to it, such as


Simon Mulligan, Dennis Crowley, Michael Dono-


hue, ct al. 1. calls upon the people, especially


the soldiers, to discard the old parties, and unite


fer the establishment of an honest Government
and fraternal feeling between the sections.


There happens to be a party in existence, that
proved itself Union party just at the right time.
Had it not been for that party, there would to-
day be no Union. And after conquering the foes
of the Union, it displayed a magnanimity never
before witnessed since the creation of the world.
1t pardoned those foes restored them to all their
rights and did all that men can do to restore
fraternal feeling. But the South, under the lead
of the very men in whose interest this new party
is being organized, rejected this friendship, and
have been keeping the spirit of the rebellion
alive. Do those one hundred soldiers who have
permitted the use Of their names in this address
know that, whatever parties may be organized,
the private soldiers of the Confederate army will
almost unanimously vote the Democratic ticket,
Mt the dictation of the rebel leaders 7 They will
surely do SO; and as fast as the Democracy adj
vances in power, in that proportion will the
leading spirits Of the rebellion be exalted, and
the Union soldiers ignored. If the Union SOL
diers would like to see their pensions taken away
or reduced, and the pensions of widows and or
phans of Union soldiers, or pensions granted to
the soldiers who fought to destroy the Union; if
they would see laws passed, under some false
title pretence, for the punishment or annoyance
of the men who fought in the Union ranks; if
they would see the country loaded down with
taxes to pay the losses sustained by the South in
attempting to destroy the Union-f they want
all this, let them throw away their votes on such
a fraud as this new Union party, or, by shorter
cut, vote the Democratic ticket. But if they re-
ally want to accomplish what they call for in
this address, their best and only is to vote
the Republican ticket
Year: 1875

VI -I1SIIISeIIf OIttIHlpFUW


She has either asked secured special privileges
favOrs from the Legislature. What has accomplish
ed and she has has been by her
efforts and work.


Does the Champion forget how Pomeroy lied to
divert railroad from its true course through
the Northern Tier and take it to Atchison; how
Atchson struggled to cary the scheme through the
Legislature, as the Henderson Amendment; how
they gave the their solemn pledge that the land
grant should be used to build the road to Tope-
ka; and how they afterwards diverted it to build
the Central Branch Road, which has been run
into the ground somewhere out on the Blue and
will always stay run in the groundi Oh, no;
Atchison never asks special privilegesl
Year: 1875

p The Republicans of Ohio have removed
the financial question to the back ground in the
campaign, and are now making the principal is
sue upon the school question. 1t is to be hoped
that they have not made this movement too late.
The people are with them upon the school ques-
ton, but not upon the financial question, as set
forth in their platform.
Year: 1875

V Several papers having made favorable
mention of Judge Price for Governor, the Wa
thena Reporter ruins him by telling everybody
that Price attended to law case for Jack Selover.
Everybody in the State is interested in the per-
sonal fight of the editor of the Reporter upon Jack
Selover; and all he has to do in order to play
out any candidate for Office, is to cry "Jack Sell
ovarf0
Year: 1875

q The Bridge Celebration at Atchison, last
Thursday, was the biggest thing ever seen in the
State. We had two kind invitations to establish
headquarters, and several others waiting to
catch us up; yet, as is usual on such occasions,
we could not go. No adequate description could
be given in the space that we could spare for it,
The Atchisop papers are full of it.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: When you hear
man talking in favor of the currency of the
government, call him lunatic. If that doesn't
silence him, call him repudiationist Having
press and the speakers who serve the Money
Power are able to do
Year: 1875

The Topeka Commonwealth says: There are ra-
tions for thought in the following suggestion,
carelessly hove in" by the Usage City Free Press:


The libel suit brought against the Burlington
Patriot has been tried, and the Patriot acqui tied
We have arrived at the conclusion that You can
Libel man in this country. In calling him
names, you always hit the nail on the head.
Year: 1875

SToP THAT COUGH Many hesitate to
try medicine for q decease, on account
OF the expense, connected with the un-
certainty ofits beneftting them; while
at the same time, they had confidence in
that remedy, the expense would be the
least objection. With this fact In view
we make the following proposition: Any
person suffering with q cold, cough or
sore throat, that will call ct A. N. Kinks
drug store and purchases bottieof Hale &
Cough Cordial" use one half Of It, and
if they conclude that it is doing them
no good, they can return the bottle and
receive back their money


No medicine ever sold in this vicinity
that produced such magical results
Don't fail to try. GINA,
Year: 1875

WoMES's RIGHTs-We do not hear
much said about women's rights nova


days. The majority of the ladies seem
quite content to keep within their old
time sphere of usefulness. This seems
to US to be very sensible. They will
sometimes expose themselves to the
cold, however, and contract pulmonary


diseases; but If they make early use OF
HALLS BALsAM, no danger will follow
their indscretion. HALLS BALsAM is
the very best lung remedy In the market,
Price Al 90 per bottle. Sold every v here.
Year: 1875

There are twenty members Of the
State Legislature from this, the Sec
ond Congressional District, and thir-
teen Of them are Democrsts-it being
the only District in the State which
elected = msjority belonging to that
political persuasion.
Year: 1875

The PEACH TRADE.-The Milford -N,rS
ard Iir,rt.1er suggests that the peach
growers make Wilmington grand dis
tributing point for the fruit of the PENN
sula. and all of the growers agree that
they Will not ship single car load Of fruit
beyond that city. and give due notice of this
fact to all the dealers throughout the
country. and thus compel those who make
the money out Of the trade in fruit 10
assume the responsibility and expense of all
further transportation as well as the final
disposition Of il in the markets of the great
cities. BY this method the grower will
avoid the larger portion Of the expense Of
Transportation and retain the control Of his
fruit until it is sold at private sale or to the
highest bidders at auction


If We remember rightly. one Of the very
first matters that the Peninsula Fruit
Cirowcrs Association took into considcra-
tion after ii was organized was a suggestion
something Ike this; to establish a home
market and enable the f;tlmeI, to sell their
fruit at the dapots from whence it was
shipped in the same manner as grain,
potatoes, &c. But the plan was never
brought into effect. 1t could never be con
summated. Some Of the members Of the
organization pointed out the difficulties
III the first place, the plan now pursued
had been thoroughly established and it wa,
found to be more difficult to break it uI
than to devise a new system to take it,
place In the next place it was found thai
the law Of supply and demand would no
meet the ca-c. as in grain. Peaches are :
luxury, and like all luxuries they mus
seek the market rather than the lnalke
should seek them. If the giowers becom,
captious and say they will permit them t
rot on their hands if they cannot establi.I
home market for them, the consumer
can. with an equal amount Of captiousnes
say, . let them rot they are not a neccssar,
article of food. and we can afford not to "a
them bettor than you can afford not to sci
them an attempt to forcstall the markc
Will bring calamity upon yOuSnot upon u.
&c. The peach interest is too vast to be pu
upon . tit for tat " basis There is to-
much staked upon it TO surround it viii
dangerous and untried experiments. d.
growers are too deeply into it 10 take an
risks. Nature imposes enough of II
without bringing othero 70 bear u}on !, ,...
il is ready for the harvest Besides. tn
extreme pnri-hableness Of the fruit has NOR
10 do in the dictation of the present al
rangement than all things else combined
a " corner in peaches is ont Of the que
ton.


These We're the obstacles the grower
found in the way early in the beginning {
peach shipments, before they had reache
their present immense proportions. Thu
one Of the earliest plans of the Fru
Growers Association never reached tria
Year: 1875

A READER wants to know what is the
meaning Of the word ''bOnanza." It is a
Spanish word applied in mining to a very
rich find of gold or silver, as in the Com
stock Mine nautically, it means a fair
wind at sea, The word seems to be in a
fair way of incorporation into the knglish
or rather the American language CinciR-
natl Commercial.
Year: 1875

PROMINENT fnanciers in Wall street
express the opinion that Pacific Mail
stock viii bewiped out IN less than two
years. The more the affairs of the
company are investigated the worse
they appear; and, in fact, there is no.
reason to believe the stock worth any
thing.
Year: 1875

Our report Of the debate In the
House, yesterday, on Mr.. Cummins'
resolution to investigate charges Of
bribery and corruption against men,
bers Of the last General Assembly, was
carefully prepared from shorthand
notes. We refer to the matter as indi-
eating the purpose Of the UNION AND
AMERICAN to keep the people fully
and correctly informed concerning all
questiOnsO of public interest that may be
brought before the General Assembly.
GRANI's MESSAGE ON LOUISIANA.


The message on Louisiana affairs
sent to Congress yesterday by Presi-
dent Grant, while assuming to discuss
the questions involved with fairness
and candor, is, nevertheless, a violently
partisan document. For those who
do not care to wade through
it, the following summary may,
perhaps, suffice: The President
sets out with a narrative of the politi-
cal events in Louisiana In their rela-
ton to the Administration. The en-
tire subject is treated IN very nearly
the same manner that it was in the
message Of last year, describing
his reluctance" to interfere In
the affairs of that State, and
his unwiLingness to use the
United States army for the Preserva-
tion Of peace or the support Of the
State Government. a telegram to
Governor Kellogg is quoted
him Of Federal sup
port to maintain him IN rightful au-
thority. The keynote Of the Presi-
dents action is the pretense that the
White League intend to obtain control
of the State government Of Louisiana,
whatever means may be necessary.
The message recites that he was COM
mitted to the Kellogg government by
the action of thecourts, andby his mes
sage to Congress two years ago, and that
if any blame attaches, Congress, by its
inaction, is largely responsible. The
President winds up by urging the i'm
mediate adoption of a definite policy
toward the people Of Louisiana, for
whom he has already done his worst.