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Year: 1875

THE senate Committee on Appropriations
finished the consideration of the Post Office
appropriation bill today, and authorized
Mr.. West 10 report il with several amend
mentS, none of them being of a very import
ant nature. One OF the amendments provides
that hereafter mail matter shall be weighed
by employees of the Post Office department
and not by railroad companies.
Year: 1875

The HeIlOw-HEammer's Nest.
The yelow-hammer came to build his nest
High in the elm trees ever-nodding crest;
All the long day upon his task intent,
backward and forward busily he went,
Gathering from far and near the tiny shreds
The brides weave for little brides beds:
Now bits Of grass, now bits Of vAgrant string,
And now some queerer, dearer sort Of thing.
For on the lawn, where he was wont to come
In search Of stufI to bu lid his pretty home,
We dropped one day lock Of golden hair
Which our wee darling easily could spare;
And close beside It tenderly we placed
lock that had the STOPPING shoulders graced
OF her old grandsire; It was white as snow,
Or cherry trees when they are oil ablow.
Then throve the yellow-hammer's work apace;
Hundreds Of times he sought the lucky place
where sure, be thought, in his bird fashion dim,
wondrous provision bad been made for him.
Both locks, the white and golden, disappeared;
The nest was finished, and the brood was reared
And then there came pleasant summers day
when the last yellow hammer hew away.
Ere long, in triumph, from it's leAfy hight,
We bore the nest 80 wonderfully digit,
And saw how prettily the white and gold
Made warp and woof Of many cleaning fold.
But when again the yellow-hammers came
Cleaving the orchards with their pallid flame,
Grandsires white locks and baby's golden head
Were lying low, both in ne grassy bod.
And 30 mors dear than ever is the nest
Taken from the elm trees ever -nodding crest
Little the yellow hammer thought how rare
A thing he wrought of white and golden hair!


tJohn W. Chad wick.
Year: 1875

The failure Of the New York publish
ing house of j. b. Ford & Co. is now fol-
lowed by that of Lee & Shepard, with their
Young New York branch of Lee, Shepard
q Dillingham;. The announcement will
be somewhat of a surprise to the general
public, as the house has been conservative
and careful in its business operations, and
the suspension is the result Of misfortune
rather than mismanagement, dating back
to the loss Of about 500, 900 In the great fire.
quickly followed by the loss of half that
amount in another fire.
Year: 1875

The Legislature will almost certainI,
adJourn the latter part of the week.
Ihe second month of our DAILY will
terminate on the 5th, and ii will be lis
continued from that date, inasmuch as it
has been published solely with reference
to the Legislative proceedings which we
nave attempted to "note" faithfully and
impartially.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The force
bill was read in the Senate second time
by its title, but objection was made to its
third reading, and it was laid over; no
motion being made to refer it to any com
mittee.
Year: 1875

ISN'T the Vicksburg Herald hastv in
attrloutlng to Senator Ransom of North
Carolina the loss of the bill to aid the
construction of the Texas Pacific Rail
ROAD We would infer as much from
the fact that it was defeated in the House
by decided majority.
Year: 1875

1t now looks as though 4=4=e only
way the European princes will be
able to keep peace is to get up a
war. The immense standing armies,
supported by the tax ridden and op-
pressed people, are causing muir
murings which the kings will be
compelled to heed, and the only
way to passlfy things is to get up a
little brush with some rival power
and kill off a few hundred thousand
on each side. Well, war will be a
serious thing for the Europeans but
it will raise the price of wheat. No
great evil without some little good.
Year: 1875

Many hesitate to try remedy for a
disease, on account of the expense, con-
nected with the uncertainty Of its bene-
fitting them; while at the same time,
had they confidence in that remedy, the
expense would be the least objection.
With this fact in view, we make the
following proposition: Any person suf-
fering with cold, cough or sore throat,
that will call at F. A.Poole's Drug
Sto- , and purchase a bottle of HALE S
CoUGH CORDIAL, use one-half of it
and if they then conclude that it is do
ing 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 it.


Orange Williams, Proprietor, James
vile, Wis.
Year: 1875

One would think by the man
ner in which certain editors come
to the defcrse Of Chas. X. Landis,
who shot the editor OF the New Ter
sey Granger, a few weeks since,
that they would like to be shot
themselves. We have no excuse
for a cold blooded assassin who
shoots down mis- unarmed victim. 1t
is cowardly proceeding, and one
very disagreeable to the party shot,
to say the least, and it is certainly a
pity if things have come to such a
pass, that ;s:1 editor cannot even
ape the DuudMy NeWs man to
make his paper readable, without
having cold lead thrown at him.
Year: 1875

With the combined brains of
Blakely, Wheelock and Fisher and
with its enlarged size, the Pioneer
Press ought to become the best pa
per of the Northwest, and it doubt
less will unless the fusion should
prove, as is asserted in an editorial
of that paper, the consolidation of
the shortcomings Of the two into
one conglomerate mass"
Year: 1875

And now it is the Pioneer, and
Press that have consolidated,
<*What God hath joined together let
not man put asunder. 1t is simply
Saint Paul Pioueer-Press. The only
thing strange is that relatives so
near Of kin should be so regardless OF
the public sentiment Of this Christian
nation as to publicly enter into this
relation prohibited to those Of the
same family and blood.
Year: 1875

THAT lamp was exploded at
Meriden, Steel county, on Sunday
evening this time, but you can have
it in your own house by blowing
down the chimney, provided you
have loaded up your lamp with oil
of proper explosive quality.
Year: 1875

But just the core and pairing
And those she gave to her old man,
And that set him to swearing.'


X y i X
God never tires nor stops to rest
But works in every nation.
He rolls the wheels of time along,
And stops at no one station.
The book Of nature is quite plain,
If YOU will read the volume;


The truth you'll find on every leaf
In every single column.
Year: 1875

1t has been the practice of police Off
GERS, when persons are arrested for viola
ton Of law. to take security for their APP
pearance at trial, and criminals give off,
GERS no little annoyance and trouble by
sending them or taking them here and
there to find bail. All that thing had
best be stopped, No police officer, con
stable or sheriff has any right to take bail.
They are not judicial officers The fixing
of bail is a judicial act, and can only be
done by court having jurisdiction of
the offense or crime. 1t is the business Of
policemen, constables, sheriffs, or any off


cial or other person making an arrest tC
take their prisoner to Jail and lock him
up. They are not erIand boys who can bt
sent here and there hunting bail They
have no right to take bail at all, i'll any
case Let them lock up the ruffians whom


they arrest and let the law take its course
Year: 1875

1t has become serious question whcth-
er our police force shall be beaten and
kicked around and cowed into silence and
inaction, or whether the police will club
the roughs of this city into submission TO
law. One or the other Of these alterna-
tives will soon take place. Marshal Halves
says he ''hates to strike a man with his
club" Very well-then let him and his
force be kicked into silence by the roughs,
or let US have marshal who don't hate
to strike a rough anywhere he can hit him.
The people are ready and willing to sus.
tain Marshal Hawes and his force, if they
will show some spirit and nerve on the
rowdies who are overrunning the town.
Let them stop the silly practice of firing
pistols after runaway roughs. They Shave
no right to do that Pistols were not fur
nished policemen to hunt down men with
as they would hunt dogs. They were giver
them to use only in selfdefence, Any
other use of them is Illegal, If prisoner
resists they have right to use their clubs
and if the officers life is in danger he ha!
then right to use his pistol. He has ;
right to keep his prisoner when he has go
his hands on him, at all hazards. But h,
has no right to shoot at him when he il
away, either before he gets him or aftel
he gets out of his hands.


Let Marshal sHawes and his men hay,
no fear of using their clubs too heavily Of
men who resist them. Let them go aheat
and make themselves felt, iu that respect
or they will be kicked into silence by tn
rowdies who resist them. The people de
mand that the roughs shall be subdue,
and kept in subsection. And they will de
mand police force that can do it,
Year: 1875

From the Chicago Inter-OeeaR, 18th,


During the past four days the Inter-
Ocean has received large number of let
ters relative to the proposed address by
Jeff Davis, at the Winnebago county fair.
y At least dozen Of these letters
were from soldiers who solemnly declared
that if Mr.. Dayis attempted to deliver his
address they would either kill him or de-
wise some means by which to make the at
tempt failure The Inter Ocean :
can appreciate the patriotism of those
who are still determined that loyalty shall
outrank treason.


From the Chicago Tribune. 18Th.
It may not be worth while to speculate
upon what Jeff Davis would have said if
he had Oeen allowed to speak in Winnie
bago county; but, as an item of current in,
terest, we may notice prediction of the
Memphis Audldnche made before the ac
ceptance of Davis was rescinded. 1t is tt
the effect that Davis is prepared to accept
the issues of the war as forever settled
and that he accepted the invitation of The
Winnebago County Association expressly
for the purpose of making grand recon
ciliation- speech. He did make an utter
ance of this kind in Texas not long ago
though not so distinctly and unreservedl
as he would doubtless have made at Rock
ford; and the people of the North wer
then much gratifed by his words.
Year: 1875

The article in the Union, entitled "A
Big Head Company" is piece Of imper-
tinence. Neither the business men nor
the Union are responsible for the manage
ment of the L. S. Express Co..
1t is the duty of the company to trans
act its business safely and no outsider can
Judge of what course the company should
pursue in any given case. What would
be said of set Of men or of newspaper
that should insist on one of our banks dis
charging teller, or book keeper or mes
senger and appointing some one else? i
would be regarded as all insufferablt
peice of impudence.
Year: 1875

A CHANGE AT THE BOSTON BAZAAR
Messrs. L. S. Gates & Co. would inform
the public that they are now going out of
the dry goods business and intend to de-
vote their time to the sewing machine
business exclusively, and will sell their
entire stock Of dry goods, notions and
carpats at net cost. There has never been
any misrepresentation of selling goods at
cost heretofore, and the public may be
assured that this is no humbug, but that
they mean just what they say. They
recommend the public to call early and
secure bargains before the stock is
broken. 30 d&W2m.
Year: 1875

Iowa STATE UNIvERsITY-LAw De-


PARTMENT.-In this issue of THE ARGUS
will be found an advertisement of the Law
DEPARTING Mt of the Iowa State U University, to
which the attention of young gentlemen
who desire to become learned in the law is
directed. The institution is a prosperous
one and is under state patronage. Some
of our attorneys can testify to its excellent
facilities for instruction in the law, and tC
the high character of its managers. See
advertisement and write for catalogue.
Year: 1875

IAN ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" A bottle of Renne' S
Pain-Killing Magic Oil in the house, or on
! hand for immediate use in case of emer-
gency, will often save life, or long and
tedious sickness. Try it for collie or chol-
era mOrhuS
Year: 1875

CAssIUs NJ. CLAY.-The people
Of this county ave indebted In Q
great degree to Hon. Cassiu3 H.
Clay for the glorious victory they
have won His presence amongst
Us was an inspiration to the white.
and his voice like an oracle t. tie
black people. They listened to
him with respect, and as the result
Shove, believed aid acted on what
he said. All honor to the old vets-
ran who came 50 generously to the
help of our struggling stAta. Long
may he live q light the battles u
right and justice.
Year: 1875

On the streets In 0reenvilie, on
the morning after the election, one
MEDIUM SIZE CARPET BAG,
In bad condition, and containing
nothing of worldly goods except u
spoon, which will be promptly for
warded TO Governor Ames for his
father-in-Iaw.
Year: 1875

THIS Peach ripened the past season In


this city the latter part Of June, nearly
two weeks before any other variety was In
the market. am ready to furnish the peo-
Peach trees, and seven other choice varieties,
Year: 1875

Ot all the grasses permissible in an OF
chard, clover is the least Objectionable and
most beneficial. particularly as shade
An enthusiastic agricultural writer argues
that there is no other plant OF SO much
value to farmers AS this. 1t furnishes
the most perfect protection to the soil
during the fierce dry heats of summer.
Being a constantly deduous plant, its
leaves are perpetually falling, and soon
form a DELICATE covering for shade, and
easily penetrated at all points by the air,
which is the great carrier to the worn out
soil of those atmospheric elements that
are to enrich it. In this way the clover
plant not only contributes directly to the
tertllizing OF the soil by giving its own
substance to it, but it furnishes a protect
i've covering to the entire ground which
encourages and stimulates those chemical
processes by which the hungry and eX
hausted soil is recuperated from the vast
supplies OF nutrment that are held in the
atmosphere. 1t becomes to the farmer the
most valuable fertilizer in the world as il
imparts fertility to the entire SOIL 1t
should be added, by way of caution, that
every two or three Years it should be
ploughcd under and left tor a year to rot
in the soil otherwise the ground may get
too sod bound, which is almost invariably
injurious to fruit trees. EX.
Year: 1875

disorder, and the Americans left their de-
fences, pouring velley after yolley into the
enemy's ranks. They rushed for their
boats amid a shower of bullets. and on
reaching the vessels they weighed anchor
and started for home, leaving the brave
settlers for the third time victors


These are the gallant exploits of their
ancestors which the people Of Machias
propose to commemorate an the 18th Of
June, and certainly they are as worthy Of
remembrance as any Of the events of those
stirring times Apart from the individual
prowess shown in these actions, their inn
portance is manifest when it is seen that
they without doubt saved TO the United
States all that territory Of Maine lying
east Of the Penobscot River Let then the
people of Machias and surrounding towns
do honor to the memory of these patriots
of the olden time, and show by their inter
est in the occasion their appreciation Of
the advantage obtained through the un-
selfish patriotism Of the men of a hundred
years ago. Portland Advertiser
Year: 1875

INVITE TIE SMALL BIRDS. We may in
duce them to come around us by putting
up old, discarded fruit and oyster cans,
&c. Place them in the trees so that you
can iasten them by driving small nail
through the corner of the cans, being
careful to place them so they will be shad
ed when the leaves come out. Oryou may
place them on the shady side OF some
building, driving two nails through the
edge of the can into the building. These
birds will accept such houses tor their
Summer homes. in which to rear their
young. All this is cheap. Then why not
all enjoy these birds company and music? !?
All living in the country, i'll villages, or
the suburbs of our large cities, may do it.
| have about 200 of these bird nests
around my buildings and in my orchard
of some G5 acres. | hope to see them
more common elsewhere These birds
harm nothing, but destroy many larvae also
the perfect insect; and, in addition-and
this comes in to make up life with me-as
| pass through my grounds daily, troubled
it may be on all sides, am also chcered
in the midst of my cares by the constant
and pleasant company and music of these
birds. | bless the Gwen OF all Good for
the birds Rural World
Year: 1875

In doing up The fashion gossip, the Bos-
ton Post SAYS the ladies have all got the
neuralgia in their shoulders from wearing
Spring clothes, and many new dresses are
supplemented across the backs by porous
plasters, and next to q vest front mus
tard poultice is generally most worn.
Young ladies alternate between a neck
lace for street wear and flannel rag for
the house Diamonds are worn in the
ears with much effect abroad, but lock
OF cotton and a little roast onion is the
usual adornment at home. Pearl powder
is applied to the shoulders for full dress,
but camphorated oil and hartshorn lini-
ment are considered very pretty also by
the sufferers. Silk stockings, with color
ed clockings, are the things for low slash
ed shoes, but pals of hot mustard water
and warm bricks are also much worn on
the feet.
Year: 1875

Farmers, grade UP Your stock i you
do not teel able to buy am; breed thorough
bred stock, breed your common stock this
spring to none but thoroughbred males
Secure the services OF some OF the thorough
breds OF your neighbors, on procure one
of your own of some reliable breeder, and
when once YOU have a lot of grade stock,
either cattle. horses, hogs OF sheep, You
will never raise scrubs again, for farmers
raise stock for the purpose of making the
most money out OF their farms by feeding
their crops rather than sell the grain and
hay to dealers. Then the kind OF stock
that will mature the quickest and grow
the largest is the most profitable for meat,
and it is now no longer a question, but q
settled fact, that the grades OF common
stock crossed with thoroughbreds are more
profitable to Western farmers than raising
scrubs, while the first cost of grading up
is small compared to the actual profits in
dollars and cents. Too many farmers just
here are penny wise and pound foolish be-
cause they caiinot get fine thoroughbred
males as cheap as common stock they
don't like to make the stalt-to make the
first outlay-but the world moves, and
our stock must improve with everything
else. Western Agriculturist.
Year: 1875

SAVING STREET SCRAPINGs. The best
heap OF rich tcrtiizing material that |
ever owned was pile composed Of street
scrapings and good horse stable manure,
evenly proportioned. The first was pur-
chased at a low rate. and embraced every
imaginable ingredient that one could think
of to turn into plant food. The basis ap-
peared to be about equally proportioned
between leaves, kitchenot1al and horse
droppings; and this was placed during
the first manipulation in alternate layers
with the manure 1t was turned and
thoroughly Incorporated together during
the summer, so that by the succeeding
spring | never saw such a mass of black
unctuous compost as this presented. 1t
went on my tloWerbeds, my garden and
field crops, and | was always under the
impression that | never before had such
success as this particular autumn returned
The most serious trouble was, not where
to apply it bnt what should do without Il
portion, tor it seemed Just the thing for
all and | shall not soon forget the size Of
my roses, the color Ct my Seckel pears,
nor my excellent vegetables during that
memorable season. Should circumstances
prove favorable, Will again be bidder
for a similar bargain in the way of street
scrapings. n. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1875

PENNsYLvANIA COAL TRADE.-Nothing
or very little, is known in reference 20 the
coal trade for the current year. What is
called a final meeting OF the operators of the
Lehlgh, the Upper Iehigh and part OF the
Wyoming anthracite coal regions, 10 arrange
q basis of wages for 1875, was held at Mauch
Chunk about the middle of the past week, at
which IL was decided TO terminate the system
OF wages established in 1871, and TO offer the
miners reduced rates. The committee ap-
pointed 10 confer with operators in other re-
gions reported that all agreed TO join the
movement TO bring down wages, and that
there was concurrence as TO the percentage of
reduction that should be insisted on. The
miners Will probably take q fortnight 10 con-
slider them and to consult their brethren in
other regions. A strike is apprehended by
some operators, but the general belief is that
there will be none. Two months suspension
would, IL is said. be for the interest of
the trade, as the large stock of coal
In first hands could be worked OF
II there was cessation of production.
The national organization OF miners is said
TO be strongly against any strikes taking
place among the miners in any section Of the
tration and conciliation are exhausted, and
If they strike against the advice OF the presi-
dent of the national organization they will
receive no aid from that quarter. The trade
is local and duh, the markets being well
stocked with coal, sufficient to last for seve-
raj months, with the quantity that would 60
forward, strike or no strike. Besides, the
iron men have recently resolved to curtail
One-half the product of pig iron, and would
rather invite a strike. II the terms proposed
by the operators and companies are not ac-
cepted by the men, arbitration will probably
follow, with its usual pacific and advantage
Gus results.-P Philadelphia Ledger.
Year: 1875

SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT OF THE PA
CIFIC MAIL SUBsIDY-The Postmaster
General has suspended the payment of all
moneys on account of subsidies TO the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company until the opinion
OF the law officer of the Post Office DEPART
ment, which has been asked for. is given a,
tO the prOpriety OF making further payments
The payments under the subsidy, act which
amount 10 s500,000 annually, are payable
quarterly.
Year: 1875

GEN. CUSTER has written long cOmmuni-
cation 10 the New York World, intended as an
answer TO the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, who in his recent official report took
pains to deny the truthfulneSs Of the Gene
rails report to the War department in relation
To the discovery of gold in the Black Hills
country.
Year: 1875

THE KIND OF MEN LET LOOSE ON THE
COMMUNITY BY PARDoNS.-Jacob Wagner
otheTwlse Dutch Juke, who has been four
times committed TO the Eastern penitentiary
OF Pennsy lTania, aggregating twelve years.
Is now in the dark dungeon for insuborrIina-
ton. His pardon, under the Communication
law, was signed by the governor the other
day, and forwarded TO the warden of the
prison. When taken out of his cell Jacob
declined putting on his old clothes and in
sisted on having new ones. When ordered
back into his cell he showed fight, and the
guards were Obliged to carry him i'm. The
governor has since withdrawn his pardon
and the prisoner will now have TO serve out
the balance of his term, which is something
over nine months.
Year: 1875

THE FIRST ORDER OF THE YEAR.-Gen-
cral Orders No. I from the War department
January =, directs that: Whenever a disburs-
ing officer of the War department receives q
Treasury draft on q depository not especially
designated for the use of this department. he
will endorse the draft and deposit il TO his
official credit in some one OF the repositories
50 designated and in use under orders from
this Office
Year: 1875

THE REASON for the discontinuance of the
monthly sales of gold heretofore made by the
Secretary OF the Treasury is the large de-
crease liz the collection OF the customs reye-
uues. The receipts from this source last
week In New York city did not aggregate
one million dollars. An examination has
also disclosed the fact that these receipts for
the months OF November and December last
did not even come up to the amounts collect
Ell IN the corresponding months immedia tely
following the panic. Should the small re-
ceiptS continue, the Secretary OF the Treas
ury will be Obliged TO ask Congress to meet
The emergency through additional internal
taxes,