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Year: 1875

Preserve us from uceremonious people
those men and women who '.never
stand on ceremony''-who are always
perfectly athomc in other peoples hous-
es! Society has many pests, but few 50
:intolerable as they. "F'ree and easy" Wis.


itors are most thoroughly disagreeable.


They will inflict themselves upon you at
any time, and expect to be always cor
daily welcomed because they are so free
and cosy and so 10th to put anybody to
to trouble. They will come before break
fast, or just as you are sitting down to
dinner, and draw up their chairs quite
like one of the family. Early in the
morning they delight to "run in" and
they will come right up to your chamber
to save you the trouble of coming down,
and they will sit and watch you make
your toilet, and comment on how gray
your HAIR is getting, and wonder if you
are not a great deal stouter and reddcr in
the face than you used to be-. They will
hunt over your writing desk for note pa
per; bathe their faces with your cologne
water, and scent their handkerchiefs with
the contents of your choicest perfumery
bottle. They are always ready for lunch
eon-"You know I'm too much at home
in your house to go hungry, my dcar''-
and and any stray confectionery lying
about melts before them as dew before the
sun. They make no scruple Of borrow
ing your latest magazines and novels
even your wardrobe does not escape their
cncroachments; and all this insolencc is
cloaked by some such remark as this: 81
never stand on ceremony, but make my.
self at home everywhere, so ntput your.
self out to entertain me!' Again we pray
preserve us from uncercmonious people!
Year: 1875

The man who won't vote is always an un-
known element in American politics, aad a
very displeasing one. Nobody knows how
many Of him there will be on my particular
day but as rule the stay -at-homes hold the
balance Of power, and could, it they would,
decide an election to suit themselves. Our
Canadian neighbors are troubled by this same
evil ct indiferentism- It is possible that
they will take steps to cure itA+ Their Minis
ter Of Justice has proposed that every voter
who does not vote shall be disfranchised for
q certain time, which time is to cover the
next general election It is uncertain how
far this would cure the evil, and certain that
man may well shrink from casting ballot
for either Of two average candidates Of the
caucus. But, if Canada should try the the
ory, it would be valuable lesson in politics
for us. Wherefore We hope she will.
Year: 1875

+ we revert 10 t1e Government building
question once more in order to impress q


point Of particular Importance, and thnt is
the appointment OF commission Of Chi


cago architects, whose duty it shall be to
see whether the present structure cannot be
saved To go ahead now and undo the work
Of the last two years, to pull down all this
iron and stone work, not only involves q
waste Of years of time and Of millions Of


money, but it also involves very grave
element Of uncertainty whether We shall get
q new building for years to come. If the


present structure is pulled down there must
be new appropriations made. A new set of
contractors, superintendents, aud architects
will come in New kind Of stone will be used


There is the danger that there will be now
jobs, rings, and corruptions. There is the


additional uncertainty whether Congress will


grant the additional appropriation to cover
all this expense. The next House will un-
doubtedly be disposed to look at everything
from partisan point Of view, and, if it
takes partisan view Of this structure, CON-
menoed during the administration OF 9 Re-
publican House, it will be very likely to let
it stand, in order to make party capital, as q
monument Of the bunglingea eand mistakes
which characterized its predecessor. There


is also ground for believing that, it this


building comes down, and an appropriation


should be secured to erect new one, it will


be built of New England granite, like the
Cincinnati structure, instead of Buena Vista
sandstone. The new architect naturally
has had no experience with our Joliet
marble, and knows nothing of its
qualities as building stone. 1nstead Of
going to the Ohio River for stone, as
Mu11ETr did, there is reason to believe be
will 60 clear to the Massachusetts seaooast,
thus opening up direfu1 vista Of possible
delays, increased charges and expenses, and
new contracts, with all their possible jobs
and corruptions, in which case we hive only
jumped out Of the frying-pan into the fire.
It will be shame to tear these walls down
if there is any method Of securing them 50
that it will be safe to go on and complete the
building. The faults which have been dis
covered Of variegation and scaling Of the
stones are not worthy Of moments con-
slderation. The one is merely an eyesote.
The other is defect awt1ich can
be remcdied by preserving the stone
from contact with, the atmosphere which
causes the peetng. The people Of this city
VIII never be satisfied until it has been accu-
ratefy determined whether it is necessary to
pull the walls down, and this cannot be accu-
rately and satisfactorily determined without
consulting mon who are thoroughly acquaint-
ed With the characteristics OF the Chicago
SOL and its ability to hold heavy foundations.
For this foaaon We once moro urge upon tho
Mayor to appoint com1nissinp ot our oldaat
Year: 1875

aAA u1oah experienced AICulLRClb, HAC VaA ~
paid out Of the contingent fund If necessa~


~ the Common Council might instruct the


Mayor to appoint such 8 commission, and it


ought to: do it immediately, as with lts
report the people Of this city viii


be entirely satisfied, and they will
not DO Satisfied with anything else. Tt will
not be difficult for the Mayor to find halt q


dozen architects who know the condition OF


the grounds upon which the Government


building stands, aud it will not take mora


than day or two for them to determine the


question whether the walls ought to come


down. There ue architects in this city who


could probably map ont the entire subterra-
mean area OF Chicago in its business section,


and the report OF such experts would be more


pertinent and satisfactory than anything


which can be furnished BY architects


who are strangers here and know moth


ing Of the city, or by Government Com


missioners, however skillfu1 or intelligent.
they may be. The people Of this city will


place no reliance upon the judgment of
strangers, and, as they IRE the principal paE:zz
ties interested in this building, they have q


right to be heard in the matter through theiE
best architects, who have built heavy build
ines upon the same soil as that upon which
the Government structnre stands. # they,
report that the walls should come down, all


right but it they report that they can be-
made secure, then the people Of Chicago


should demand that the work shall 60 on,
and instruct their members Of Congress to
see that their demands are respected This is
only simple Justice. There is another point,
also, Which ought to be established, if it is
decided to resune work, namely: whether it
is necessary to finish the work as massively
as it has been commenced. The foundations
and walls which have thus far been mid are
strong enough to hold building 200 feet
high, whereas this building will not bo higher
than the average Of business blocks in the
city, and will not be subjected to my e1traor-
binary weight or pressure. This, however,
is an outside affair. The principal point
we would urge for immediate action
is the appointment Of the local commission !
OF architects first, because they have equal
skill and ability, aud rnore experience, thaa<4
strangers; second, because they know every
foot OF our soil, and have built buildings, both
light and heavy, al over ground Of the same 4
character as TINT now in question; and,
third, because the citizens Of Chicago will &
never be satisfied until it is done, and be-
cause they demand it as matter Of justice.
There is no more important matter that can
engage the attention OF the Mayor and Coun-
cl at present.
Year: 1875

market, even after paying IS to 40 per cent


tax These protectionists close their eyes to
the fact that the production Of hundred


million yards Of cotton CLOTH, with rapid
sale, is more prof table than the production
:of ten millions Of yards, with, mills closed
ttwo-dfths Of the time, and labor and machin-
cry unemployed, even if there be added the


premium extorted by law in favor Of non-


production.
Year: 1875

Some time ago, a certain set of Southern
Republicans united upon the idea that Chief
Justice Waite would be their most available
man for President. Recently, delegation
called upon the Chief Justice here, and
asked him if he would consent to become a
candidate. Mr.. Waite responded that he
would under no circumstance accept q
nomination. He was very grateful, and all
that sort of thing, but he now occupied the
highest position possible in his profession.
fed, and would have no other Official joys
Chicago Times.
Year: 1875

moulds could be discovered. The accused
were taken before Judge Shannon, who
sent them to prison in default of $4,000 bail
each. They will be arraigned tomorrow,
and there is abundant evidence to convict
them
Year: 1875

The announcement, in another paper, of
the delay in relation to the signing of the
death warrant in the Coleman murder case
is entirely erroneous. 1t is still before the
Supreme Court, and the application for a
rehearing has not yet been determined.
Year: 1875

Editors OF the Register.


Being constant reader of your paper
and not seeing anything from Sand Ford,
Thought | would send you few items
from this part of the country. You can
use them if You wish.


Wheat crops are pretty good, consider
ing the late freezing. The corn is doing
well. especially that which was worked
before the good rain, which we had on
the sixth and seventh inst. The potato
bug has visited this country again, and
are doing much damage to young potatoes.
Sweet potato plants are scarce, consequent
ly there will not be much Of crop
raised this wear. Grain is scarce, corn
selling for one dollar per bushel and
wheat one dollar and fifty 10 sixty cents
per bushel Oats is not selling at all.


Pasture is tolcrably good where the
stock has been kept off till it got start.


Yours respectfully,


4 FARMER.
Year: 1875

ExHIBITIoS OF CURIosITIEs.-By an
advertisement in another column, it will
be seen that large number of our lead.
ing citizens have consented to serve on
the committee, who will, at an early day,
exhibit the curiosities they are raising for
the benefit of the ChiIdren's Home.
Some rare old relics have been promised
and the prospect is that this will not be
one Of the least entertaining Of the exhi-
bitions gwen for the noble charity for
whose benefit it is proposed.
Year: 1875

SALT LAKE, June lS.-Geo. Reynolds
was found guilty of bigamy or polygamy
at the June term of the District Court,
under the United States law of 1862,
furnishing bigamy in territories This
being the first conviction in this territory
under that law, Reynolds was not SEN
fenced, but an appeal was taken to.the Su-
premc Court with the intention of
taking the case to the L. ) Supreme
Court, the Supreme Court of the territory
having decided that previous connection
was null and void from the fact that the
grand jury was composed of II instead
of 10 grand jurors, as required by the
territorial Statutes
Year: 1875

ST. Louis, June l9.-Advices from all
parts of southern Nebraska say that the
grasshopper ravages have been exagger-
ated and that they left all the counties
in that section of the State, or that those
few that remain are doing very little
damage. Those which have come from
Kansas and Missouri made but brief
stay. and did but little injury. Wheat
and other small grains will harvest a half
crop, and the corn crop will De full. In
the sections where corn and other grains
were seriously injured, farmers are re-
planting and expect fine crops.
Year: 1875

BY MARY d. BRINE.
WHY, what is the matter with Harry to-nightr
His eyes have lost half of their usual glad


light;
There's cloud on his brow which should


never be there
And scowl on the face which once thought


SO fair.
Well now let US sec il perchance we can trace
The cause of this poor little miserable face.
First, Harry this morning at breakfast was


late,
And raced thro' his toilet at such at quick
That his bonny brown hair, truth compels US


tosay,


day.
Reproofs from papa and mamma followed


next,
And Harry felt all the more sullcn and vexed.
Then bright little May looked up laughing


and said:
"Dess Hawwie dot out the wong side of de


bed!"
Well, school-time arrived and our Harry, you


see,





had he,
And perhaps for that reason things seemed to


go wrong,
And Harry was naughty the whole school


time long.
He missed all his lessons and spilled all his


ink
And worked himself up in a terrible kink.
And when he came home for the rest of the
He seemed to have nothing but cross things


to say.
He snarled yes" and "no" in SO ugly tone
That mamma and his sister quite left him


alone.
And SO all the day nothing seemed to work


right
And Harry grew very unhappy toward night.
So this is the cause Of his sorrowful face
His light heart has gonc-there's a stone in


its place.
He is thinking OF bed time, and what shall


he do
Without mamma's kisses SO tender and true!
But his proud little lips, they are 80 10th to


speak
And ask for the pardon his heart longs to


seek!
Come here, little boy, and jump up on my


knee
And we'll fight all that bad pride away, you


shall see;
Why, how can you sleep if you lie down to


night
Without an attempt to do that which is right? :?
There are standing beside you, my boy, do


you know,
A good and bad spirit-now which one shall


go?
And which one shall enter this dear little


heart
That has acted to-day such troublesome


part?
All! now that is right! there are tears in your


eyes
know you are going to do that which is wise.
Go ask mammals pardon and soon this sweet


face
OF all this days trouble will lose every trace.
Pm glad we have found our own Harry again,
For the boy in his place gives us all so much


pain.
And now mammals kisses come thick and


come fast,
And all the dark clouds have passed over at


last.


Rural Ne,p Yorker.
Year: 1875

tornado. Five persons were killed and
several were dangerously and many
slightly wounded.


The Grand Jury of Cook County, ILL.,,
has recently found four indictments
against the editor of the Chicago Times
three of them for the libel of individuals
and one for the publication of an alleged
obscene article.


It has been recently stated that expe-
ditions to the Black Hills country will
be prevented from entering that region,
or if any get in they will be driven out
as soon as the weather will permit. A
Washington dispatch Of the 10th says the
Government would endeavor to extin-
guish the Indian title at the earliest
practicable moment, but until that was
done al persons would be prohibited
from going there, and those now there
would be required to remove


The crusade began again in Chicago
on the evening Of the 18th, several ladies
visiting billiard and liquor saloon and
engaging in singing and prayer.
Year: 1875

She returned to the city q few days
after this little episode; and one morn
ing, when she had been at home nearly a
week, she received the following note:


HERcuLANEUM, Jan. 2 1873.


MI DEAR Miss HALLowELL-I hardly
know how to apologize for what must have
seemed to you the most outrageous rudeness.
But as the exact truth Of the matter is all
that can afford any excuse for me, will give
it at once. l called that morning at Mrs.
Mason's request, having promised her to give
you some advice about your manner TO gen.
tlemen; and feeling. after the promise was
made, that you could hardly fail to consider
such action very ofiicious and unwarrantable,
was awkward and embarrassed, and con-
Quoted myself in way which led to the very
natural mistake you made. l beg you to be-
Keve that am heartily sorry for having acted
SO foolishly throughout, and hope you will
not refuse to number among your friends your
sincere well-wisher. ALAN THORNTON.


Miss Hallowell's reply was an invita-
tion to her wedding-HearM and Home.
Year: 1875

Again and again he parked, as II he
were shouting:


"Hello-o! I've found him! Here he
isl"


Caspar had not barked very long before
two men came toiling through the storm.
One was St. Bernard monk and the
other was one of the men with whom
Paolo had started out in the morning.
These two took the boy by the arms


and raised him up. They shook him and
they made him drink a little brandy that
the monk had with him and then they
led him away between them.
Caspar went ahead, SO that it should be
all right


They walked back with great difficulty
by the way they had ccme and soon


reached place where the road could be
regained, at a point some distance be-
yond the snow-drift.
Then they pressed on to the convent.
The four men had been overwhelmed
by the snowdrift, but, as they were con-
| siderably in advance of Paolo, the great
er part of the mass of fresh snow seemed
to pass over them and hurl itself on the


boy.


After some struggling the men got out


of the deep snow. They missed the boy
but could not tell how to look for him or


save him. If they stopped they were


afraid they would perish themselves. So


they hurried on and before they had gone


very far they met Caspar and two of the
st. Bernard monks.
They told their story, and one OF the


monks with the dog started down the


mountain. He thought the boy might
be saved. The youngest OF the four men
thought he would GO too. 1t was shame
to desert the poor boy so.
As they hurried along the man said:
"lf the snow-drilt is still there we


shall never be able to get around it or


into it to find the boy"


"Caspar will attend to that" said the


monk


He believed in Caspar.
And when the dog reached the snow


drift he did not try to 60 through it. He
had more sense than that. He stopped;


he seemed to be considering the matter.


Then he turned around and ran back.
The monk and the other man waited to


see what he would do. When Caspar


reached place where the bank was low


he leaped down from the road, and kept


on down the mountain. His idea was to


90 around the snowdrift. Suddenly he


stopped and glared through the failing


snow flakes that were whrled this way


and that way by the wind.
He saw something. The men, who


were following at distance, could only
see little way through the storm.
Then, with sudden bark, Caspar


rushed over the frozen crusts and


plunged through the deep places, bound
ing and leaping, caring not for drift or


storm, until he found the boy!
For he was a snow -king.-H. Ntcholas.
Year: 1875

Rev. DR.. PoKTEoUs is in Chicago and
they like him exceedingly. His habit Of
calling things by their right names just
suits them. The Chicagoan is nothing if
not child of nature. His soul comes
and goes as freely as the winds, and the
cry of the whangdoodle is music in his
ear. The East is still in bondage to the
tyrant custom, but out toward the setting
sun man exults in his freedom and speaks
st all times without the dust of conven-
tionality choking his Cinein-
mats Enquirer.
Year: 1875

A MAN in Butler county, KY, think.
ing himself on his death bed, confessed
to have murdered man named Mitch
ell, in the year 1870. No sooner was
the confession made to magistrate,
than the murderer began to recover.
The officers of the law are now watch
ing his recovery with interest, to ar
rest and prosecute him as soon as he
can safely I've removed.
Year: 1875

As an evidence that the desire to
acquire military glory is not dying
out among the French, it is stated
that but six persons have proved re-
fractory to the call for the reserve
force Of 1875
Year: 1875

LATE news from the Upper Missouri
country represent the Indians as dis
satisfied and insubordinate. The
Black Hills treaty did not terminate
to suit 'hem, and they are on watch
for an excuse to kill somebody.
Those at the Cheyenne Agency think
they have struck it in the person of
the interpreter there, and he had to
hunt safer quarters.
Year: 1875

Once q more popular article
could not have been written for an
agricultural paper than on the use
of liquid manure. There were the
cr ps; here were the figures.
There could be no doubt about it..
1t was no waste to manure to have
the best of lis matter washed out
of it, if only the liquid could be
collected in tanks, and pumped i'll
to liquid manure-carts and hauled
over the ground or even pumped
back again to the manure heap
from which it had been washed.
80 the argument went.


Though a vast amount of this
wiring appeared in American pa.
pers, little of it was founded oa
any experience in American farm
ing, ltwas simply written because
it was fashionable to wriIc so in
English papers. There was an i'm
pression that over there they knew
more of the science of farming than
we did, and 50, on the doctrine of
chances, one won d be more likely
to be rig than wrong in advocacy
of the practice here. Because it
was wrong; in the hrst p ace, be-
cause no good farmer, in places
where manure is valuable, cares to
have his manure washed in this
way, but builds a roof and covers it
from rsin; and in the next place it
does not pay to build cisterns, in
vest in pumps and buy broad
wheeled carts for the sake of dis
tributing few gallons of liquid
manure Water is heavy to carry,
and the hauling of a gallon for the
sake of teaspoonful of nutritious
matter, is an absurdity few Aneri-
can farmers would be guilty Of
But it was said there were the fig
ures. go there were as to actual
products; but this is nos the way
to calculate farm profits. That a
piece of land watered with liquid
manure will yield more than a
piece manured in the regular way,
may all be true enough; but if it
cost treble for double the profit, ii
had better be left alone.


The liquid manure idea as an
element in profitable farming seems
to have departed here. We sell
dom see the oldtime article now


Even in England it seems on its
last legs. The while parapherna-
liza of tanks, water carts and-so-forth
| says the London Agricultural Ga
zette, are the mere toys of farming;
and so said we long, long ago.
Year: 1875

In an interesting article in the Gdt'
0ry Julian Hawthorn says:


How unsatisfactory is the posses
sion of a mcerschaum pipe! Supposing
you to have secured fine piece-the


best piece in the universe say-you


would not be more happy than miser-
able. The whole universe seems
leagued to destroy it. You fear to put


it away lest harm should come to it in


in your absence; equally do you dread
taking il up, for there is the risk OF
dropping, scratching, and breaking


While smoking it you cautiously keep
on the morocco case; handling would
soil the bowl, and you have heard
that the coloring oil evaporates if ths
pipe be exposed to the air. The lon
ger and more completely your precau'
tions are successful, the greater your
anxiety and nervous apprehension; and
if, after all, it generally ends SOY the
cherished, the inimitable, the inYalua-
BILE meerschaum is broken all to pieces,
your agoniIing sense of loss pays dear
| for your season of uneasy ecstacy,
This ever-present excitement and un-
rest is destructive to the peace and
comfort which should attend thoughts
of pipe smoking. Our pipe should be
our refuge and solace rather than our
care and torment. You will seldom
find a smt ker of age and experience
indulging his habit through costly
and fragile medium; possibly, if he be
rich, he will have you 60 to his cabi-


net and parade before you a choice
spcci men of real Vienna" but you


will notice that the clay is still virgin


and having carefully locked it back in


the cabinet, your experienced friend


picks up some battered, disreputablt


looking old corn cob or other, which


he loads and fires with q sigh of reliet


and satisfaction and when he il


through smoking he throws the corr


cob carelessly on the table, nor caretl


he should it fall thence to the floor


bless You, the corn cob can stand it


Be not deceived by this seeming ne


glect, however; trust me, your wis,


friend loves corn cob from his heart


and would feel its loss there, while


the "choice Vienna's" evanishmen


would chiefly harrow his packet"