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Year: 1873

Laporte was left without Holly water last
Friday night and Saturday morning by
an accident. In attempting to exhibit the
Holly Water-works to advantage in the
presence of some 600 Odd Fellows, and a
large number of other citizens and stran-
gers, the maia pipe was burst near the
engine, consequently the entire city was
lett without their water supply from that
source. Fortunately they have plenty of
wells and cisterns to supply them for
their ordinary use. 1t was welt that the
accident occurred at time when there
was no extraordinary demand for water.


Some of the South Bend Stand Pipe
advocates thought the Holly exhibition a
failure. They did not know the rea-
son.
Year: 1873

A FEATURE of the murder law Of the
State Of Maine has recently come to
light in the course of a discussion,
which has not heretofore been generally
known. 1t seems that by the law of
1869 the Governor and Council are en-
powered to review capital cases III the
State, and that Immediately before the
expiration of the year Of the criminals s
sentence the Governor submits to the
Council all the evidence. If the Coun-
ell after examination decide that that
the execution must go on the Governor
issues the warrant for execution; if
they vote for Communication that course
is followed. 1t is said that since the
passage Of the law in every case, with a
single exception, the Council has voted
to commute the punishment Of murder
ers condemned to execution and that
the Governor has acqrnesced in then
decision. Thus the death penalty has
been practically abolished in the State
for the past four years.
Year: 1873

A correspondent of Household pivcs
the following receipt for making salt ris.
ing bread, which is said to be snperinr ia
common yeast bread, and is considered
by some as more wholesome


Put three teacups OF water, as warm
as you can bear your finger in, in two
quart cup or bowl, and three fourths of a.
tea-sPoonful of salt stir in -four enough
TO make quite stiff batter this is for
1ne rising or emptyiugs, as some call it.
oet the bowl, closely covered, in kettle.
IN warm water as warm as Won can be,r
your hnser IN, and keep it as near this
temperature as possible Notice the
time when you 'set" your rising 10 three
houfs STIR 10 two tablespoonfuls of -four.
put 1t back, and in five aud one half hours
from the time OF setting, it will be within
one iDch of the top of your bowl. 1t is
then light enough, and will make nm
eight quarts of -four make sponge in
'ne center OF your Hour with one quart of
water OF the sane temperature as rising,
STIR the rising into it; cover over with a
little dry four. and put it where it will
keep very warm, but not scald; in three,
fourths OF an hour mix this into a stiff
dough If water is used be sure it is very
warm, and do not work as much as Yeast
bread make the lOaves little larger and
keep 1t warm for another three quarters
OF an hour it will then be ready to bake.
hlIe rising this last time have your
oven heating; 1t needs hotter oven than
yeast bread. If these rules are followed
you will have bread as white as snow
with light brown crust, delicously sweet
and tender"
Year: 1873

Last evening, while the chief engineer
of lung tester was expatiating upon the
benefits to be derived from the free use
of his instrument, cadaverous individual
stepped out of the crowd and remarked
to him:


"Mister, do you think it would help
me any to blow into that can 7"


eyes, sir certainly it would expand
your chest, give elasticity to your lungs,
and lengthen your life. Why, you d
soon be able to blow 500 pounds and win
the SIS prize"


"Why, does fellow get So when he
blows that many pounds =


Eyes, sir; wouldn't you like to make a
trial Z" with a knowing wink to the
crowd


81 don't care if do" said Greens,
walking around aud plaukiug down a
dime of the greasy shinplaster sort


Then taking the mouth piece in his
hand, he made ready. He opened his
mouth until the hole in his face looked
like dry dock for ocean steamers, and
began to take in wind. The initiation
was like that of the Graphic balloon, u
not so disastrous That fellows chest
began to grow and distend until he re
sembled pouter pigeon more than man,
at which point he put the mouth piece
to his lips and blew with such force that
his eyes came out and stood around on
his cheek bones to see what was the mat
ter-but that can top went up like flash,
and the needle of the indicator spun
around like the button on country
school house door, until it stood still at
500 pounds The crowd cheered, and
the keeper of the can paid over the So
in stamps, with matter of establishment
But Greens pocketed them coolly, and
turning to the spectators, said


"Look here, gents, that amt nothing
to do at all for man who has been q
bugler in deaf aud dumb asy lum ior
seven years, like me !'-NeW Orleans
Herald.
Year: 1873

When the lessons and tasks are all ended,


And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me


To bid me goodnight and be kissed:
Oh, the little white arms that encircle


My neck in tender embraced
Oh, the smiles that are halos of heaven,


Shedding sunshine of love on my face
And when they are gone 1 sit dreaming


Ofm childhood too lovely to last;
Of love that my heart will remember,


When it wakes to the pulse Of the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made me


A partner of sorrow and sin,
When the glory of God was about me,


And the glory of giadness within.
Oh, my heart grows as weak as a woman's,


And the fountains of feeling will flow,
When L think Of the paths, steep and stony,


Where the feet of the dear ones must go;
Of the mountains of sin hanging Der them;


Of the tempest of fate blowing wild;
Oh there's nothing on earth half SO holy


As the innocent heart of child!
They are idols of hearts aad of households,


They arc angels of God in disguise;
Aud his sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,


And his glory still CLEANS in their eyes.
Oh those truanis from home aud from heaven
They have made me more manly and mild
And know how our Saviour could liken


The kingdom of God to child.
ask not life for the dear ones,


All radiant, as others have done,
But that life may have just enough shadow


To temper the glare of the sum-
would pray God to guard them from evil,


But my prayer would bound back to myself
All. a seraph m1y pray for sinner,


Bat sinner must pray for himself
The twig is so easily bended,


have baniShed the rule and the rod;
have taught them the goodness of knowledge
They have taught me the goodness of God
My heart is dungeon of darkness,


Where shut them from breaking rule;
My frown is sufficient correction;


Ny love is the law of the school.
l shall leave the old house in the autumn,


To traverse the threshold no more;
All how shall | sigh for the dear ones,


That meet me each morn at the door;
| shall miss the good nights" and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The gromp on the green, and the flowers


That are brought every morning to me.
/ shall miss them at morn and at evening"


Their song in the school and the street;
| shall miss the low hum of their voices,


And the tap of their delicate feet,
When the lesson and tasks are all ended


And death saws 'the school is dismissed !"
May the little ones gather around me,


To bid me goodnight and be kissed!
Year: 1873

A very strange proceeding occurred it
a wake down town Wednesday night at
was not ouly strange it was bar.
barous. The deceased was man named
kennedy, whose place of abode when he
lived was somewhere in the vicinity Of
the Hill and Washington streets. The
house was small, the party was large and
refreshments plenty, and as soon as the
good cheer began to tell the party be-
came frisky and wanted to have dance.
The room was too small to dauce in uu-
less the corpse was removed, aud there
was no other room in which the body
could be stored. For a, time the dance
was postponed, but moro refreshments,
made the party more clamorous, and at
last an attempt was made to set the body
on chair and put it on ore side of the


This failed, and as a last resor
tthe corpse was taken off the table
on which it had been placed and
stood up in corner, and the dance went
on. We have heard of rows and fights,
and in fact all kinds Of revery taking
place at wakes, but never before have we
heard Of anything occurring in a civilized
community SO barborous as this M.oy
Times.
Year: 1873

One of the young ladies at the Elsin
watch factory, it is said is at work upon
patent watch, which will have hands so
made and adjusted as to seize the wearer
bv the coat collar every evening about
ten o'clock, aud walk him of home.
Year: 1873

THERE are encouraging signs of puriti-
cation in the political atmosphere IN ali
parts of the State, and 1t is especially
gratifying to see Republicans vigorously
exercising the right TO kick out unworthy
members of the party The last case is In
Gallia county, where the Republican nom
inee for Prosecuting Attorney has been
guilty of certain irregularities and pecca-
dilloes which sviace his unftness for
Office. The Gallipolis Journal, the local
Republican organ, refuses to support him
and will labor for bis defeat. Caucus
packers and ringites will stand from un-
der. The people propose TO have voice
in these matters. = Cleveland Leader,
18Th.


The Cleveland Leader is high authority
in the Republican Administration party
and of late that journal has been speaking
plainly of the rings and cliques that are
running and running the party and the
country, and Stealing Republican nomin-
ations." In the Leader of the 10th 1t
gives the following:


The Utica Herald, the ablest and
staunchest Republican journal IN New
York, speaking OF the cliques and rings OF
offiee-seeking patriots who steal Republl-
can nominations through packed conven-
tIons, talks hard sense. 1t expresses so
well the sentiment which the Leader
holds on this question that We quote:


1--WE have too many of this class Of men
in the Republican ranks, and they are too
rapidly working themselves into official
positions, for the credit of the party and
The country. They are black spots on the
character of the party, and show all the
worse because Of its general purity and
virtue. Unpoticed or expected as mat
ter of course in the Democratic party, they
are a Political disgrace and scandal 10 the
Republican party. We ought not to per-
NIT this We ought to more faithfully
guard the avenues to political preferment,
and permit none whose private and pollt-
ical character will not stand the most rig
id scrutiny, to be put IN nomination TOR
office. No matter what our opponents
may do, we cannot afford this. Oar can
didates should be above suspicion. We
have such men, who are men OF ability as
well; and these men should be called out
and asked to serve Us. They will do 1t, If
the people demand 1t and Will really make
Office holding honorable by selecting none
but honorable men to fill effice. We sho'd
not be content to take one of a number OF
aspirants, regardless of his moral and in
tellectual fitness. If none who are de-
serving present themselves, them we must
look for some one, who is competent, that
has lot presented himself for office. An
aspirant may be worthy; but something
more than party service should be dsman-
ded as a test and if not worthy, our
choice should by no means fall upon him.
We cannot sacrifice pubic consideration
to crafty personal ambitions"
Year: 1873




To the imports should be added a large
toll for the use of BRUSH ships. At the
beginning Of 1867 we were already heavi-
ly IN debt TO Europe, SO that TO the round
Three hundred millions We have run behind
since then must also be added each year =
large additional sum for interest.


Let US now consider our domestic debts.
The nation and most of the Northern
States have considerably diminished their
debts, but the good effect of this has been
more than couRterbalSnced by the reck-
less increase IN the cities, counties, and
towns, and the Iavishness with winch
puDllc money has been appropriated for
all purposes OF government. Next We
have TO notice tremendous increase in the
bonds Issued by railroad and other corpor-
atlons. Then come mortgages on farms
and other real estate, many OF them dating
back to war Tunes. Finally we have The
loans and discounts OF The national banks,
OF which the record Is startling. They
were IN
Year: 1873

come.


To rejoice over the fall of an enemy
would be unchrstian, and we are sorry
for the failure of Henry D. Cooke, late
Governor of the District of Columbia. and
partner in the house of JaY Cooke & Co /;
but we rejoice that it will relieve Mr.
Cooke Of one embarrassment When he
was in this city few weeks ago, trying TO
extIidate citizen Of this State to the Dis
trict of Columbia and to deprive him OF
the right of trial by jury, no piping frog
ever swelle6 more extravagantly than he
swelled with his purse pride


d" cannot spend a tenth part Of n7y IN
come" he exclaimed, as the strongest ar
gument he could urge TO show his inno-
cence of all completely IN the District
frauds.


One would suppose now that Mr.. Cooke
somewhat exaggerated the difficulty of
spending one-tenth of hls income. In
deed, he appears to have experienced no
difficulty whatever in spending not only
one tenth but tenths of his income,
and in addition to that, considerable
part of the income of very many other
persons. At all events, if he did really
find it difficult to spend tenth of his III
come we may congratulate him that he Is
ucW ieIl6Ncu lIOLn dul 4uA luSA SLADaAAe ass
ment of that kind.


1t is quite likely that if the voice of the
free press could have been silenced by
prosecutions for libel, this same Henry D.
Cooke and his associates might have con-
tinued the sale of the District bonds
and have maintained their deceptive com
mercisl standing.


Who knows how much Judge Blatch-
ford's sound decision has had TO do with
prIcking the gigantic bubble?-N Y. Sun.


Some weeks ago an attempt was made
by the government pimps at Washington,
to take the editor of the New York Sun
to Washington city on charge of libel.
After the arrest of Mr.. Dana the case was
taken before Judge BlatchfOrd, of New
York, and he decided that Mr. Dana, Of
the Sun, being a citizen of New York
must be tried in that State. Thus were
the Grant schemers foiled and nothing be-
came of their vilanous attempt to
throttle the liberty of the press.
Year: 1873

Before we apply desperate remedies we
should understand the nature Of the dis
ease. We have maintained and still in
sist that an initiation of tbe. legal tender
circulation is no cure for The malsdy that
attic Us. This will appear If we 60 back
and examine into the remote caases--not
so very remote, after all-Whieh have pro-
duced the present state OF things. We are
bound to suffer for our foilies. Imitation
may postpone for a short time the day of
reckoning, but that day will surely come


The trouble with us is our immense
mass of indebtedness, both foreign and
domestic. 1t must never beforgoJten that
by far the larger part of that indebted
ness Is the direct effect of the initiation cf
our currency. The payment OF debts has
always been troublesome, yet it is the on
ly honest way Of getting rid Of them. Pri-
vatlon and suffering must be endured or
the money cannot be saved with which TO
make the necessary disbursements. And
now let US calmly consider how we came
to be SO much in debt, and take a look at
theledger.


In the first place we will glance at our
indebtedness. From the year ended June
30, 1868, to the year ended June 80, 1878,
our imports rapidly and steadily increased
IN value, as follows:
Year: 1873

The reunion of the army of the Cum
berland took place last week at Pittsburgh
and a grand banquet was given 70 rTesr-
dent Grant. The VINE and liquor flowed
profusely and huge bill is to pay. The
Gazette now claims the police stole and got
drunk and let some thirty hummer friends
in to assist. We presume they were all
lGlnr-nl ~
Year: 1873

In Hamilton County and in Franklin
County, where the Republicans have no
hopes of electing members of the Legisla-
ture, one Negro in each county has been
nominated for the Legislature But in
counties which they expect to carry they
are very particular not TO give any nom
nations to the colored men.
Year: 1873

TNOTE.-W hen the oath is taken before a justice of the peace, the certl fcate of the clerk of a court of record should be added under his seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is duly qualified justice of the peace.
Year: 1873

veying the mail on route No, from

 -, do swear that l have the ability pecuniarily to fulfill my obligation as such bid der; that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into con- tract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted; and that the sigma lures of the guarantors thereto are genuine. and that believe the said guarantors to be pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform ny obligations as such bidder.
Year: 1873

During tic session Of the Legislature, from
tho great length Of the proceedings, which
We are compelled to publish, it is impossi-
Bile for US to give much variety to the col
umns of the Statesman; but as soon as we
ore freed from this pressure, VIC intend to
make ous paper a first-rate family one, and
the most readable and interesting in the
State. It win contain politics, literature
and news, in due proportion, and the taste
of all shall be gratilied, If possible.
Year: 1873

We hope the Journal viii carefully cxan-
inc this table Of illiteracy We refer
again to that paragon Of State, that
claims to be in advance Of the world in
progressive civilization, and ask, is not
Texas IN advance of Massachusetts,, consid-
ering all the circumstances Nearly
ninety eight thousand over ten years.of age
that cannot writei ne are aware it may
be retorted that the ratio Of the illiterate is
greater in Texas than many Of the States
enumerated, but We deny that this is the
Just and correct mode Of determining the
relative success Of school system If ter
ritory be considered, and certainly this con-
stitutes one of the great barriers Of educa-
ton, public or private. then Texas IS IN adj
vance Of all other States Who does not
know that it Is easier to educate one thou
sand children living on a mile square Of
territory, than one-fourth that number liy-
ing on forty miles square, aud vet this is
about the relative territorial condition OF
Texas, in contrast with any Of the other
States above enumerated.
Year: 1873

tits easierto be good business
man than q bad one. Half the
energy displayed in keeping
ahead that inquired to catch up
when behind will save credit,
give more time for business,
and add to the profit and repu-
tati0n Of your word. Honor
your engagements. IT you
promise a man to do a certain
thing at a certain moment, be
ready at the appointed time.


If you have work to do, do
it cheerfully, and therefore
Imorespeedily and correctly. If
you 60 out on business, attend
promptly to the matter on hand,
and then as promptly go about
your own business. Do not
stop to tell stories in business
hours.


If you have place Of busi-
ness, be found there when wan
ted. No man can get rich by
sitting around stores and sa-
looms. Never "fooT about bus
iness matters. If you have to Ia
Dor for a living, remember that
one hour in the morning is bet
ter than two at night. If you
employ others, be on hand to see
that they attend to their duties,
and direct with regularity,
promptness and liberaIity.


Do not meddle with any busi-
mess you know nothing of. New
er buy an article simply because
the man who sells it will take
it out in trade. Trade is mon
ey. Time is money. Good
business habits and reputation
are always money. Make your
place of business pleasant and
attractive, then stay there to
wait ON custimers.
Year: 1873

A sea captain, in the vicinity
of Boston, was about to start
on a long voyage, and entered
into contract with a builder
to erect him commodiou5
house during his absence, Ey-
erything was to be done accOr-
ding to the contract-no more,
no less-which the captain
caused to be drawn up with
great care. A large sum was
to be forfeited by the builder if
he should fail to observea any Of
the stipulations where the con-
tract made no promotions where
the contract made no provision
forthem. The captain sailed, and
returned. His house stood in
ample and imposing proper
tions before his sight, and he
confessed himself delighted,
with the exterior. But when
he entered and attempted to as
cend to the second floor of the
building, he found no stairs, and
no means of ascent were to be
had till ladders were sent for.
The captain felt that he was tri-
fed with, and a bit of nautical
gale seemed brewing. But this
soon quieted by opening of the
written contract, and there was
found not the least provision for
stairs in any part of the house.
"Give me your hand, sir" said
the noble captain; 'all right!
You've stuck to the contract,
and / like it."


The stairs were subsequently
at a great expense, put in, and
the captain often remarked that
one of the pleasantest things a
bout his elegant residence was
theremembrance of one man who
could stick to the very terms of
a contract!
Year: 1873

The most fecocious is the
NorthWeste'fn wolf, an animal
OF wonder full strength and sa-
-gacIty, found in n orth Oregon
ana the British Possessions.
As "a general rule the bear ard
! me buffalo will not attack man
% ut in the Spring the swolfefiies
at every living thing he sees.
Horses are his usual prey, and
them be pursues with almost
human cunning. oara


When a band of wolves dis
C over a horse they encamp at
some little distance,all the troop
squatting on their hams except
two old fellows, who sally forth
toward the horse. He is fright
ened at first by his visitors; but
they gambol so pleasantly in
the field, and look SO innocent
and friendly, that by degrees
his terror subsidies and he con-
tinues to Craze. Then the
wolves slowly separate, one go
ing to the front of the horse,
the other to his rear, and both
fIisking about as amiably and
apparently as unconcerned as
before. Slowly and cautious
ly they approach the doomed
steed with equal steps; when
they are within springing dis
tance-they can cover over
twenty feet at a bound-both
dash at him together, one at his
head and the other at his ham,
strings. Horses are proverbial-
ly helpless under such circum-
stances; this is one Of them.
The most the poor creature can
do is to turn round and round,
uttering cries Of pain. In a
few seconds the wolf who at
tackled him from behind-this
being the main attack-has cut
the sinews of his legs, and he
falls helpless to the ground.
Then the whole pack come rush
ing down, howling and each ca
ger to tear a morsel from the
living carcass. There is little
left for the yultures. z