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Year: 1875

New YORK tribune, 18th.


The statement that the President pro-
posed to the cabinet to make Mr.. Butler
his attOrney-general gives no one any
surprise. There is of course q glimmer
of satisfaction at the fact-if it be true
as repOTted-that two members OF the
cabinet protested against it, and not con-
tent with protesting, threatened to re-
sign if the proposition OF the President
should be carried out. But the simple
fact that such thing should, under tue
circumstances-fami to every intelli-
gent citiZen-be deliberately proposed, is
full Of unpleasant significance. We have
reason to be thankful that there were
two or three gentlemen in the cabinet
who had the manliness and the courage
10 take stand against such an outrage
upon decency. But what do the Massa-
chusetts gentlemen who were so con-
spicuOus few months ago in the Sim
mons fight think OF the President who
offers to take Butler into his cabinet
after Massachusetts and even the Es-
sex district have TeDudiated him?
Year: 1875




A Nashville negro shot policeman
dead. The negro was arres' ed and i'm
prisOned. The people Assem- Uied, and in
their anger broke open the Jail and took
the negro to the bridge to hang him. A
rope was put around his neck and the
poor wretch suspended from the bridge.
But the rope broke, the negro fell over
ninety feet upon the rocks beneath, and
rolled into the waters. rwo shots were
fired at him, and his body sank. We
do not remember to have read for long
time Of an act more cOwardly and brutal
than this killing. The negro was in
custody. There was no chance, no pre-
text that he would escape. The laws OF
Tennessee are clear and supreme, and
in city like Nashville-a southern city
controlled by the whites there was no
fear that an indulgent popular opinion
would arrest the operation Of the law.
But the man was negro, and the old
brutal feeling of the whites toward the
negro was allowed to bring dishonOr
upon justice in Tennessee and upon the
American name.
Year: 1875

The Sodslity yesterday gave its an
nusl picnic at James park. We under
stand that there was a good attendance
during the afternoon and at night. In
the morning the sOciety's procession
along Main street attracted general at
Year: 1875

and was saved. My movements nad
driven the raft again into the current,
which l had not not taken account OF,
and my companion OF the night was the
sole occupant, drifting at terrible rate
down the river. He called to me and
asked me TO use my efforts to save him.
He spoke as though he had abandoned
all hope, and never expected to see an
other day. He referred to his
mother, and said that it would
craze her to know that he had been
drowned. Who he was | do not know,
and he was soon swept from my sight.
When / reached the top OF the em bank
ment, where / had landed, | could just
gee him on the raft, in the middle Of the
river, away off, and il was a sight |
never shall forget. AS l afterwards
learned, we had been companions in q
ride Of ten miles; l WIS saved, AMI he
was still


AT THE MERCY OF THE WATERS.


/ watched him until be passed from
sight, but as he was miles below me |
could do nothing toward saving him.
Perhaps fortune finally favored him; l
don't know. Well, the first house /
found after landing was that Of cOlOred
man, with whom l exchanged my wet
garments for those that were dry. He
furnished me with food, and after
eating / set out for the scene
OF the disaster. Arriving there, l
found my two little boys, but the rest
Of my fsmily-my wife and two dsught-
ers-they had been drowned; swept
from the boat, without a hand strong
enough to save them. Dinsn, who is aD
Irishman by birth, has for number Of
years been q resident Of Kansas. He
had recently made up his mind to come
to st. Louis to live, and with his family
and household goods had taken passage
on the ill-faUed St. Luke for that pur-
pose. He and his two sons arrived here
yesterday forenoon ria the st.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern
railroad in q destitute condition, all the
ready money Of which he was pos
sessed having been in his wiie's hands
al the time Of the accident. He eX-
presses his determination TO 90 to work
st once, and to turn his hand to any en-
plOyment which may offer. The acting
mayor has secured for him and his chill
dren a boarding place at the corner of
Ninth and Market streets, where they
will be provided for until employment is
! secuT ed.
Year: 1875

TRY TIE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL NOT
] Rust or crack and COSTS only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing


for water service pipe have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS
Store in Star Block
Year: 1875




In sections of the country where


there is nm abundance Of cobblc stones,


collect few loads OF them about -four
or five inches in diameter, grade the


bottom Of the cellar, lay the cobbles in


rows, and ram them down one-third


into the ground, so that they will moi


rock nor bo sunk below the rows by
any heavy superintendent pressure,
such as the weight Of u hogshead OF


molasscs or tierce Of vinegar. The


bottom Of the cellar should be graded


so that the outside will be two or three
inches lower than the middle. A mis-
take sometimes occurs BY grading the
cellar bottom In such manner that
the centre will be two or three inches


lower than the outside. When this is
the case, should water enter from the
outside II will flow directly toward
the middle. A straigbt.edged board
should be placed frequently on each
row of stones as they are being ram.
med, go that the upper sides may be in
line with each other Ailer thc stones
are laid aud well rainnled down, place
q few boards ON the pavement to walk
on then make o grouting ofclcan sand
and waierlime, or Rosendale cement,
and pour il on the stones until tho in.
terstices arc filed As soon as the
grouting has set, spread a layer Of good
cement mortar one inch over the top
of the pavement and trowel the sui.
face Oft smoothly. In order to spread
the mortar true and even on tho sur
face, lay an lnch-board one foot from
the wall, on the surface OF the pave
ment, stand on the board, and I'll the
spaces with mortar even with the top
of the board; after which, move the
board one foot, fill thespace with NOR
tar and trowel it of smoothly. Such
a floor will cost less than n board floor,
and last as long as the supcrstructure
is kept in repair. A floor made in the
manner on the ground in the
basement of a barn, piggcry, ora
stable, would be rat proof, and would
be found cheaper and more serviceahle
thana plank hoor-IHdustridi W0nthlU |
Year: 1875

How TRuE.-That ayoung man who
thinks that he can lead a reckless and
profigate life until he becomes II mid.
dle.aged man, and then repent and
make u good and steady citizen, is de.
luded BY the devil. lie thinks that
people are all fools, destitute of mem
ory. lie concludes that when he re-
pents everybody will forget that be
was once u dissipated wretch This is
not the case people will remember
your bad deeds and forget your good
ones Besides il is no easy thing TO
break up in middle age bad habits
which have been formed in youth.
When horse contracts the habit OF
baking, be generally retains it through
life. lie will perform well enough
until the wheel gets into deep hole,
and then he stops and looks back,
Just so il is with the boys who con
tracts bad habits. They will some.
times leave on their bad tricks and do
well enough until they getinto tight
place, and then they return to the old
habit. OF those boys who contract
the bad habit Of drunkenness, not one
in every hundred over dies q sober
man. The only way to break mp a bad
habit IL never TO contract II.
Year: 1875

A FAMOUS HoRsE.-The history Of
q venerable trotter Flora Temple, now
somewhere in the twenty-oddth year
of her age, affords a splendid example
to the two-legged youth urcountry.


Born of poor though hardly respccta.
bic parent, her early advantages were
extremely limited, and she gave so lit
promise of usefulness in her cothood
that she seemed scarcely worth the
niggardly supply Of corn fodder they
allowed her. Some idea of her appa.
rent value at that period Of her exis-
tencc may be formed from the fact
that she was once sold for the con.
tcmptible sum Of three dollars, and at
another time for the not less contempt
iblc bagatelle of singlc-barrel shot
gun. But the quantity of outcome IN
her was perfectly marvellous. And
now mark where she stands la world
wide wonder on the measureless disc
of fame True, other trotiers have
beaten her time, but then she is hardly
more than half the size of some other
horses, and mono of them. knew how
to trot until she showed them.
Year: 1875

Mr. Alexander Hyde, well known
agriculturist of Massachusetts, com.
municates TO the New York Times some
useful suggestions in regard TO keep
ing apples through the winter. One
method Is to wrap each apple in q bit
of newspaper, the paper serving both
to keep out the air and prevent the
apples from brusing in transportation.
A method more cilectual still Is TO fill
the barrel nearly full Of apples, and
then put in somc fine, dry sand or pow.
dercd plaster, and shake it down gent.
ly. This will ill up all nterStices be
tween the apples, and keep them fresh
indefinitely. Another mode is to put
the apples in some dry, sandy or grav-
ely soil, Just as potatoes are pitted
On this point Mr. Hyde says "They
will keep splendidly through the win.
ter when thus pitled, but must be used
speedily in the spring after they are
dug out, as they will rot soon after ex-
posurc to the light and air In order
to pit apples, select some dry spot
where there is no possibility of water
filling the pit, and dig hole three or
four feet deep and of any required size,
place some clean, dry straw on the
bottom, and on this the apples TO the
depth of two feet covering the whole
with layer Of straw and then q layer
ofdry earth, raising the latter above
the general level Of the ground and
sloping it rooi.iashion, so that il will
shed rain. The apples will come out
in the spring as crisp as cabbage when
pitted in this way"
Year: 1875

Laura says, in note addressed TO
Detroit paper "You newspaper men
have had good deal 10 say lately
about tho pull-bacl' dress worn by Ia
dies OF fashion, and think it comes
with very bad grace from you, too, for
] never saw n pair Of pantaloons in ny
lite that didn't have a pull-back 10
them, in the shape of a strap and buckle
behind. Better cut of your own pull
backs before You say anything about
ours"
Year: 1875

mention OF her name and the memory
of old associations. He made the rc.
mark TO n young elergymcn thirty
Years after his marriage that "scaicc
one person ont Of twenty marrics his
FIRST love, and scarce one out of twenty
OF the remainder has cause 10 rejoice
ut having done So What we love in
those early days Is rather ianciful
creation of our own than reality.
We build statues of snow and wccp
when they melt" ?


sourHEY's METHOD.


The manner in which RobeltSouthey
wrought upon the adverse stream Is
worthy ofnotice. lie was in lovo with
o girl as poor as himself, and was
obliged 10 loavc England for Portugal
for the purpose Of improving his for.
tunes. Tho day the vessel was to sail
he fixed on for his marriage with Edith
Fricker, and his maiden bride bnde
him sad farewell at the wharf and
went homo wearing her wedding ring
MS the only memento Of the occasion.
Southey wanted to send her money,
and knew that she would not accept il
from one who was not legally her has.
band. This strange wedding was the
beginning Of q union marked by more
than the usual degree of felicity. Up
on the whole, it seems, as Shakespeare
says, that marriage and hanging go
by destiny" 1t is, OF course, very
trying to be disappointed IN love; as
Orlando says On "As You Like IT,
30, how bitter thing it is to look in
to happiness through another mans
eyes but il is an experience often
noticcd.-Troy Times.
Year: 1875

money, and seem like banqueting halls de


serted


Grocers groan over the lack of trade. Mer
who bought by the pourd buy by the quarter


men who bought by the chest buy by the
| pound. Butchers say that their trade has de


creased one-half; men live on vegetables. The
BARRIERS complain; men shave themselves.
The car receipts are reduced; men walk in


stead OF riding. They have nothing to do,
and five cents is worth saving The churches
feel this state Of things terribly. In one
church that happen to know, over third OF
the pew rents have been lost, and the penny
collections have been reduced one-ha!f.


In the most important Baptist church in
this city $1,000 was taken from the minister $
salary, and III milf he resigned general
reduction Of salaries is threatened all along
the line. Last year in Brooklyn, very costly
Presbyterian church was built through the
influence Of one man. He was worth quar-
ter Of q million, and promised to see the
thing through He went to smash, and the
minister, disheartened, has left. Our mission
work feels the pressure beyond example. The
sufferers have increased a hundred told, and
the supply is cut off full fifty per cent.


The same is true of all the benevolent
operations. The Dutch Church have an
nounced that their receipts the last month for
missions were the smallest ever known since
the organization. Men are begging who
never begged before. There is absolutely
nothing to be done, and no pay if people
could get work. To say that there is actual
want and starvation IN the city is to speak
within bounds.
Year: 1875

We say it regretfully and with many qualm


of conscience, but we say it boldly, that if W.
of the South had been compelled to wait unit
our brethren of the North were moved to pity
our hapless and almost helpless condition by
means of words or through any appreciation
OF our wrongs and suiferings, we would proba
bly, have waited until the sun swung from its
orbit and went kissing through illmitable
space.


No words of ours, no knowledge of the
cruel and barbarous treatment meted out to
us by the Central Government, ever moved
the great mass of people in the North to sym
pathy, much less to indignation. SO long as
they made money and were not interfered
with materially in any of their rights and
privileges, the people of the North regarded our
situation with nonchalance and stoicism
which would have been amusing had it not
been so disastrous in its effects upon the
South.


We cried aloud unto them, showed them
our wounds, exhibited our people PROSTATE
and bleeding beneath the iron rule of the
carpet-bagger and the military tyrant but
they glanced at us askance, and mumbling
some meaningless words of coincidence,
turned away to pursue the paths that lead up
to the golden temple where they worship
They little dreamed that in their heartless in
difference for the sutftrings and wrongs of the
people of the South they were fatally iniur-
ing themselves-that they were undermining
their own fortunes and would one day look
III utter amazement at shrinkage of values
almost unparalleled in any country. They
begin to see it all now very clearly; they find
that their riches are crumbling away and
vanishing into thin air. Real es ate is going
down, stocks of all kinds are depreciating,
firms that have been always regarded as Al
are failing; wet blanket seems to have been
thrown over the business OF the entire North.
and men in their despondency and gloom are
becoming convinced that the policy of crush
ing one-half the country under the heel Of a
merciless despotism is fatal ld awful
blundor. The pockets of the people of the
North have been touched, and sympathetic
chord in their hearts vibrates responsive. As
an evidence of how the shoe pinches, we quote
the following from a recent letter of the New
York correspondent Of the Boston Journal:


Building is stopped, and men by the hum
dreds are thrown out of work. Rents are
down, and landlords have to wait where rents |
remain, or take the stores and warehouses on |
their own hands Every third store on Broad |
way seems to be to let, with chambers and |
lots innumerable. Men who had fair employ
ment last May, and took "A tenement to live in,
having lost their places, have to give up So
ciety is 50 interlocked that what hurts one de-
partment hurts all. The hotels are losing
Year: 1875

Gov. Allen, OF Ohio, dispatched Adjutant-
General Amos to Stratsvlle on the 20th where
the mining riots are occurring, with instruc-
tions To the Sheriff of the county to exert his
full authority and call out such posse as will
be necessary to restore order and protect life
and property. Tonight he returned from
Straitsville and reports all quiet Informa-
ton has been received from reliable source
that trouble will follow any attempt to put
colored miners in the Troy mines. The white
miners are said to be determined to drive the
colored miners from that field and keep them
out.
Year: 1875

The Model Establishment of Mem.


phis.


To be successful in any business it is
necessary to be able to supply customers
with what they want, and to suit them in
quality, style and prices. In order to
do this the dealer must give strict atten-
ton to the keeping up of his stock, pur-
chasing only such good as he knows will
give satisfaction in every particular.
This rule applies to the printing bust
ness as much as any other In fact,
there is a very great diversity of tastes
and ideas on this subject. We are pleased
to call the attention Of our merchants
and business men generally to an estab.
lishment which has gained the reputation
of being eoer in dd0GGce of all competi-
tors. Their Office is supplied with the
latest New York and Boston styles of
types, wedding, visiting and invitation
cards, as well as every other NOVELTY
known to, and used in, the printing busi-
ness Whenever a specially in any of
the above articles is wanted, and all the
other offices in the city have been ap-
piled to in vain, it will surely be found
at Tracy & Cos, 295 Second street. 1t

has been proven that they never fail to
give entire satisfaction,
Year: 1875

WILL BUY A AQUARTER BOND OF THE
wv Industrial Exhibition Company Of New
York.


Each Quarter Bond participates in Four
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one-quarter of the below named pre-
miuma
Year: 1875

Whetherproduced by indigestion, improper food,
change Of water or diet, too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes OF temperature,
are immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
to q gallon of
Year: 1875

THE finest and softest wool is always
found on the shoulders of sheep. But
not one person in 10000 is aWsre OF this
fsd. Let Us watch an expert when he IS
about TO pass Judgment on & sheep con-
cerning the value of the animal Tor pro
duciRg wool. and it will be seen that he
alwAys looks Al the wool on the shoulders


first. A writer Of extensive experience
in rearing flne-woeled sheep and IN hand-
ling wool communicates the following
suggestions for selecting a good Woolea
sheep. Always assuming that the Wool
to be inspected is really tine wool We
first examine the shoulder at the part
where the finest and best wool Is usually
found. This we take as the standard,
and compare il with the wool from the
ribs, the thigh, the rump and the shoulder
parts, and the nearer the wool from these
various portions of the animal approach
es the standard the better FIRST We
scrutinize the tineness, and if the result
be satisfactory we pronounce the fleece
in respect of tineness very" even Next
We inquire into the length OF the staple,
and if we find that the wool on the ribs,
thigh and back apprOximateS reasonably
in length 10 that Of ouI standard We
again declare the sheep. as regards
length of staple, true AMI even We
next desire 10 satisfy ourselves Of the
density of the fleece; and if we do this
by closing the hand upon portion OF
the rump and of the lOin wool, the fleece
at these points being usually the thlnncst
and faulty, and It this again gives salts
faction We signify the fact by designat-
ing the wool even" as respects density.
Now to summarize these separate exam
nations: If you find the fleece Of nearly
equal fineneSs from the shoulder 30 the
thigh; of nearly equal length on the
shoulder, rib, thigh and back, and of
density on shoulder and across the loins
you may conclude that you have nearly
perfect sheep for producing valuable
wool Selecting sheep for valuable
feeders is quite another thing.-N. Y.
Herald
Year: 1875

WHAT picture for hose about to
marry" Is thus given in the .Suurday Re
ciS,r Of i wife who Is a kad manager:


Her dress is always stained with the
dToppingS of her teacup, and she has no
intermediate state between uutidiness
and tincry. She puts on her best clothes
for morning walk, and keeps nothing
for her visiting days. Her piano always
wants tuning, and She never remembers
the date of the taN-cullectOr'S visits. She
fOrgetS her gloves or her Card-cas till
she has arrived at the hall door. and
when they are brought the gloves ALWAYS
want buttons, and there are no cards in
the case She never learns the rate Of
postage, and writes her foreign letters
after The mail has gone out. \ drive in
q cab involves a fight about the fare. and
she brushes the muddy wheel with her
dress in getting out She expects her
servants 10 do everything without in
stTuctIonS, and usually speaks of them
a. wretchcS' While she cXaCts oh
SequIouS respect from them, she talks be
fore them of their shortcomings. She
gives them needless trouble by her lazi-
ness or CarelesSneSS, and, while she does
nothing for their comfort, expects them
10 study hers constantly. She will
thoughtlessly ring them up to the top of
the house 20 put on the Goals which are
IN the scuttle beside her chair. and Will
Lcedlessly send them three or four er-
rands when little fOTethought on her
part would have maze one enough. She
never interests herself in their welfare.
hardly knows their names. never spares
them when they are i'll. or thinks of how
she may save them trouble She pro-
yldeS 10 wholesome literature for their
leisure reading, and does not inquire af
ter the proper investment OF their little
savings. Their wages are ALWAYS in ar
rear, and she habituallY temptS their
honesty BY leaving her purse or her let
tiers lying about, and yet frequently sus-
poets them without cause. She charges
them with thgfr and untruthfulness on
the smallest grounds, and constantly
tancieS that they are looking al her
through the keyhole or listening behind
the door. She Is indignant when they
give her notice, snd refuses them a char
&Cter when she finds that tney cannot
compel her 10 give them one. She
knows nothing of them after they leave
her, and never concerns herself IN oct
them places She expects them both 10
oe up before her in the morning and also
to SIT up late for her al night If She i
Ill they must attend her Ike nurses rise
TO her call st all hours OF the night. and
Work for her in every respect as if they
loved her.