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Year: 1872

eral purpose and plan. We claim nothing ior
individuals, and do not think that injuries
formerly received should weigh anything IN
the selection of candidates. But II
such things were TO be considered
we would find no one VINO 10
such an extent as Mr.. Sumner has been out
ragged and assailed by tho unworthy comDina-
ton which surrounds and controls the Presi-
dent TO his damage. For his frank and Loyal
opposition to the illegal measures adopted by
the President for the annexation OF Santo
Domingo no saw himself put under the pan
by the Executive, and Mr.. Motley removed
from his post in England for no reason Dut
their intimate friendship. This did not
satisfy the malice of the baflled conspirators,
who took the first opportunity, through
the servile majority of the Senate, to dispiace
him from the post he had filed with such
singular devotion and success in tho Commit
tee of Foreign Relations. The cue being thus
given from headquarters, every base ana en-
yious spirit in the Administration party ana
press has felt authorized to rail at and slander
him. We have during the last few weeks seen
this illustrious Senator, whose whole lie mas
been passed in noble work by which we have
all profited. who deserves not en- enemy WIZ
stands blameless before the country mercy
for his objection to the perpetuaton Oh inc
present corrupt Administration, vihhed IKE
criminal by the currish official press, ana even
his serious illness made the subject OF brutal
and malignant caricature.


He il q man who never claims honors OF re-
wards. But it is well for the Commonwealth
that all it can do to honor him is puohc
advantage. If tho people of Massachusetts
| elect him their Governor, they will cover them.
selves with honor, and afford to the world
the highest vindication of popular suffrage
In any event, bis candidacy mus 'ne
conflict above a mere political struggle
II ia not alone candidate for Governor that
the Conventions of Worcester have given to
the people. They have lifted up before them
a name which is in itself standard and
platform-wlich means freedom, equal rights,
progress ald enlightenment, honesty in gov
eminent. respect for law, reunion end recon-
| ciliatiOD,
Year: 1872

LAND AND GOLD-AND 4 FOREIGN MLSSION


Again we appeal to the Grant organ to
come forward with its explanation of that
ugly-looking Grant-Jones business in Chicago.
1t need not delay for q bet for we will not
bet on the chances of a national disgrace. If
it can explain the matter, as it boasts, it
should lose no time. Let it do good deed
for once, without trying to make money by
it. Gov. Jewell tried his hand on the matter
last night, entirely without success. His story
went on easily enough until it began to grow
interesting and then it abruptly stopped He
said that Mr. Jones bought and paid for the
Chicago land himself, and afteIward let Gen.
Grant have share of it, for which the Gen.
eral paid S11,22O. If all this is true, it does
not touch the statement made in The Chicago
Tribune of August 8:


"a further investigation will probably show that this
property belongs to the Bishop Hill Colony. and that
Court OF Equity Will decree; that after Jones bought
IT, he concluded to let Grant into the speculation and
drew on him for portion of the purchasemoney; that
he sold part Of it short time before he appointed
Minister to Belgium and reined Grant I'll 900 his
share of the proceeds Of the sale aud made him deed
for the remainder Of the land"


There is sufficiently exact correspondence
of figures between the accusation and the de-
fense. The essential difference is that Gov.
Jewell leaves the $1,000 in the hands of
Jones, and the journalist follows it back to
the President, and finds in its place, in the
pocket of Jones, the commission of Minister
to Belgium. Tho mystery needs more au-
thorized expositOr. John Thomas, stand
forth!
Year: 1872

We regret that the Stdas-Zeitung should have
been betrayed into tho wanton injustice of charging
The TRIBUNE with provoking the Grant journals
to contest the candidature of Dir. Kernan on
the ground of his being Catholic, by
saying that the Catholics would go in
mass for their companion in religious be-
lief" We request the Stats -ZeitanO to correct ut
once an imputation as injurious 1t is unfounded.
THE TRIBUNE has never said one word that could
be tortured into such a meaning Indeed 1t has
never said word editorially on the subject of Mr..
Kernans religion What it did, and all it did was to
publish dispatch in its news columns repellng the
idea that Mr. Kernans faith could be construed as
threatening danger TO the Common School system.
in case of his election The dispatch showed that
there was no ground for such fear, since he had
pledged himself in the Constitutional Con-
vention against sectarian school appropriations,
and was himself prominent supporter of the public
schools in his own home, sending all his children to
them. The story of the Grant organs that The
TRIBUNE had boasted Of Mr.. Kernan's religion as
sure to bring him the solid support of his fellow
members is without shadow of foundation. IL is
merely lie about THE rRBUrE invented "a a pro-
toxt for a brutality On Mr. Eernan,
Year: 1872

Cool weather has come, but the Cabinet
tarries long at the sea-shore. The President
rushed to Washington yesterday, but there
were but two of his council to meet him, and
he rushed back to his cottage by the sea-
These gentlemen do not like Washington
they will like it less anon.
Year: 1872

We are gravely informed by special White
House authority that the President and De-
partment of State heTOically refuse to say what
is the exact amount of the award by the Ge-
neva Arbitration moreover, they do not know,
as some additional points are yet to be ar
ranged 1t is pleasant to know, however, that
while the Government resolutely refuses to
divulge the secrets which it does not possess,
it is very much pleased with the result in
Maine. as well as in Geneva, and thinks that
both are in the interests of peace.
Year: 1872

Although more than two years have elapsed
since the Spanish Government made formal
proclamation that hostilities had ceased in
Cuba, the revolution is alive, active, and Or
eanized. A correspondent of The TRIBUNE,
whose letter is to-day published gives some
account of the present prospects and condi-
tion of the insurgent Government, and so
much of its military strength as may be dis
creetly made public. 1t will be seen that the
revolt is likely yet to last an indefinite time.
and the occasional successes of the insurgents
are enough to keep them in good heart.
Year: 1872

The Liberals in New-Hampshire took the
field yesterday in admirable style. The Re-
publicens and Democrats held their COnven-
tions in adjoining halls and subsequently the
Democrats marched over to the Liberal
Republican Convention. The Electoral ticket
is conceded to be an excellent one, and our
friends there can elect it if they will. The
same may be said of Connecticut without an
it, They can hardly throw away the ticket
they nominated there yesterday.
Year: 1872

Providence IN MARRIAGR.-Among the
attendants at Methodist conference was
very beautiful and intelligent looking
of many eyes, particularly eyes masculine,
always on the lookout for feminine faces
During the intermission at noon, spruce
young minister stepped up to the presiding
elder, and said, with an air of secrecy:
did you observe the young lady who
sat by the first pillar on the left ?''


Yes" said the elder, what of her ?''


Why" said the young man, " feel
impressed that -.he Lord desires me to
take that lady for my wife. think she
would make good companion and help
mate in the ministry"


The elder, as a good Christian ought,
had. nothing to object.
But, in a few moments, another candi-
date for ministerial efforts ard houors, and
for the name of husband, came confidently
to make like impression regarding the
same Identical young lady.
You had better wait a while 1t is
not best to be hasty in determining the
source of such Impressions" said the pru-
dent elder.


And he said well, for hardly were the
steps of the second youth cold at his side,
ere third approached with the some sto-
~, and while the worthy confdant still
marveled, a fourth drew near with the
question:


Did you notice the fine, noble looking
woman on your left ?''


Yes = cried the swelling elder.


"Well, SIR went on the fourth victim
of that unsuspicious girl, 1T is borne in on
my mind that it is the will of the Lord
that | should make proposals of marriage
to that lady. He has impressed me that
she Is to be my wife"


Tne elder could hold in no longer.


= Impossible impossible - he exclaim-
ed in an excited tone, . the Lord nerer
could hare intended that four men should
marry that one l00nlQn."
Year: 1872

A very hard-hearted clapper in an old
church tower professed the intensest dis
tress because its bell was hopelessly crack
ed. Many people thought 1t pitiable
position, and wished the sad hearted clap
per a better bell But just then the
ghost of Diogenes, the sage, foated in
through the window, and whistled most an
grily Master Clapper, cease your noise
and remember, in the first place, you
cracked the bell; and, secondly, nobody
would have known it had you not told
them" have observed often that those
who bemoan divisions in a church are they
who make them; and [ also have observed
sometimes that they who make them are
most ready to publish the fact. | have
observed annother fact, viz. that all
clappers are. not of as good metal as the
bells they crack.-BaptiSt Weekly.
Year: 1872

sents himself for his first examination,
which is conducted by the authorities of
the college under the superintendent of
the school councillor. This examination
embraces religion, language, arithmetic,
writing, drawing and singing, and is partly
oral and partly on paper. The perform
ances of the candidates are estimated with
great precision, and certificates are given
to all who acquit themselves satisfactorily.
The teacher is now taken in charge by the
department-couneilor, who appoints him
to vacancy in his district. He holds,
however, only the position and the title of
provisional teacher, full status and rank of
schoolmaster being withheld until he has
passed a second examination, held three
years after the first This examination is
rather an investigation into character aud
conduct than into attainments. When his
last ordeal has been passed, the teacher
takes the oath of allegiance and receives
definite appointment as master of the
school,"
Year: 1872

LUMBER REGION OF THE FUTURE.-A Mich
gan gentleman has been visiting the timber
region around and about Puget sound Oregon.
and is now telling the Michiganders some
thing about it. Going through the forest it
was rare to find a tree as small as three feet
through the butt. They were from five to
six, seven, eight, and sometimes nine or ten
feet through at the base, and marvelously
tall some $50 feet high. He saw one tree
that would make an amount of lumber equal
TO the average of five acres in Michigan. 1t
is estimated that tree 200 feet high and
ten feet through at the base will make so 400
feet of lumber eight acres Of Michigan pine


lumber, as the trees run, would therefore
make no more lumber than one of these
Oregon trees. They are Of white cedar, make
very fac finishing lumber and the product is
worth $40 per thousand feet at Portland and
other places On the coast.
Year: 1872

q" OLD FASHIONED Fowls. There are
great many people among us who are always
signing for the good :" old-fas hioned' breed
of owls-thCse with big bodies and short
legs non-scIatchers and everlasting LAYERS
regardless of the Burtonian maxim,
that - the sassengers of infancy never re-
turn, and obliviOus of the fact that if the
same motherly old hens that live 50
pleasantly in their memories were suddenly
resurreeted, they would cut a sorry figure
by the side Of our modern Brahmas or
CJchins 1t is a very general, and very
harmless delusion, that the sun shone bright
er and the grass grew richer green when
we were boys but when talk OF the past
glOries of our domestic animals, we are con-
fronted by the stern and unde niable fact.
that there has been constant and steady i'm
provement in their useful qualities for the
past twenty years or more, and that among
the many breeds and varieties now kept by
ianciers, are fowls that will outweigh,
outlay, and Out-shOw anything produced in
the days of auld lang syne."


Not many years ago, writer on poultry
matters was rash enough to state that it was
no uncommon sight to see cocks weighing
nine pounds by the road side in Ireland
whereupon be was quietly assailed by Amer
lean fancers who Informed him that nne-
pound cock was sturdy FELLOW of any Of the
large breeds, and that it was hardly likely
they were common anywhere. Now we
venture the assertion that nine poun1 cocks
not uncommon in the bArnyards of
America and we think, pinch, we
could find some that would 20 twelve pounds
or higher.


As for egg producers, it hardly holds TO
reason that the old fashioned buddy, with
her season of laying and her season OF fuss
my arc und with her eggs and chickens,
could have been as useful to those
who want hens only for their eggs as our
modern animated egg mach mes, the Black
spanish, Leghorns or uamburgs which
hardly give themselves rest enough from lay
ing TO keep themselves from an ca ly grave.


As iondty AS We may hug the deiusIOr, we
cannot resist the 70 rec OF testimony to the
fact that our modern fowls show the result
of persistent effort toward lmprovtme as
much az the present rsc-s OF cattle, she ep
or swine-LiUe StOck Journal
Year: 1872

The GREAT FIRES IN LOWER CALIFoR-
MIA The San Diego (Cal.) Union of the
2oth ult., gives the following concerning
the fires which are said to have burned
over fifty square miles of territory in
Lower California


The fires which have been raging near
the boundary line in Lower California
during the past four or FIVE days surpass
in severity and extent of country burned
over those of any year within the recollec-
tion of the oldest settler Certain sections
of Lower California bordering on this
country have always been regarded as
subject to these annual visitatlons. but
this year the destructive element has Wis
tied places and valleys hitherto exempt.
Among the valleys that have until this
year enjoyed immunity from fire is the
Rosario. But during the past five days
the flames have swept it entirely and now
there is scarcely bunch of dried grass to
be found in the valley. a gentleman who
has Just arrived from the lower country


informs US that the fires have swept over at
least fifty square miles of land, and that
their destructyeness had never been
equaled in former years. He thints s that
the flames were confined to the north
side of Table Mountain, and that they did
not spread further south. Ii his surmise is
correct, the entire country burned over is
visible from this city. Judging from
appearances We should think that his
estimate of the amount burned over is
rather within than over the marx. On
Saturday last, when the fires seemed to be
at their hight, the entire range of country,
commencing at a point due east ofthe city
and extending to the seacoast on the south
east, seemed to be burning. Vast volumes
ofsmoke filed the air, and the odor ofthe
burning brush and grass was distinctly
noticeable in this city, forty miles from
the fire"
Year: 1872

flag or the country is under discussion.
The affirmative in all instances is the strong
est, and comes from the best quarters, but
there is minority always there, insignif-
cant though it may be. Blood is thicker
than water, but Geneva and Berlin have
had some effect.


At Manchester Sergeant Bates was
greatly lionized, and was compelled to
speak from a hotel balcony. Here he
was presented with the union jack, which
he intends to carry all over the American
continent on a similar wager.
Year: 1872

GooD.-By a beautiful dispensation Of
Providence. whenever a poor, shiftless,
good-for-nothing man is sent into the
world, some active, go-ahead little woman
is invariably fastened to him to tow him
along through, and keep his head above
water. It's for the best, of course. What
would become of the poor fellow without
her? At the same time, she sometimes
finds il a little hard.
Year: 1872

A good joke was perpetrated the other
day at the expense of one of our lawyers.
Old lady Horton had occasion to visit his
Office in company with another lady who
was seeking legal advice. After the con-
sultation the lawyer remarked to the old
lady that he had known her for good
many years and felt well acquainted with
her. " Yes" she replied, " feel as though
| was at home. l am no more afraid of
you than would be if you was a gentle
man"
Year: 1872

The Eoening Mail says that wine will
not be allowed at the better class of en-
tertainments in New York this winter.
Society will thus protect itself from the
disgraceful scenes that have resulted from
the free use of champagne.
Year: 1872

Soda Water Soda Water
PURE AND COLD. HIGHLY CHARGED.


Gas generated from


Pure BUarb soda.


Water drawn from POrCelaln-lined


Fountains


Syrups made from sound ripe Fruit


and best white sugar,


Pure Cream, daily, from the country.
Ice paned In each glass Of soda Water
Arctic Apparatus Sparkling and bright
re-opened for the season. Soda Water.
FULL LIST OF DELICIOUS sYRUPs.
CarhOnic Acid Water, or Soda Water as It is popu-
larry called, when properly made from pure mate
rlas and kept out Of contact with deeterOus metals
like copper, lead or BRASS, a refreshing and whole
some drink grateful alike TO the thirsty and to the
invalid. such Soda Wate Is drawn from our Arctic
Apparatus, where we shall be glad to see all who
enjoy this agreeable beverage
r., No intoxicating liquor is dispensed from our
Fountain.


SMITH 4 PAINTER, Pharmaceutists,


Seventh and Market streets.
Year: 1872

From Old and New for September.


But the personal qualities of our
candidates for the Presidency have
always been most freely discussed
during Presidential campaigns.
They always will be, must be, and
ought TO be.


The President is not the most
noisy branch OF our Government;
aud there has been, in accordance
with well known law in the ply
siology of constitutional govern
ments, a decided tendency in the
representative branch TO be much
more visible and audible than the
executive, and also to acquire, more
or less indirectly, any accessible
bits of executive power. Probably,
therefore, the real extent OF the sort
Of fpersonal executive influence now
referred to (which does not include
the dangerous and undesirable de
partment of official patronagc) may
be freshly illustrated to most people
Year: 1872

The MoSr GEMS TUSNEL.-The
advantages Of this undertaking. it is
reported, are not fully realized, In
consequence Of the misconduct Of the
directors on the French portion Of the
line Of railroad from Paris to Turin.
The journey from Paris to Modsne Is
interrupted by vexatious stoppages,
and on approaching Modane the speed
of the trains Is reduced below that Of
n small coach, and no dependence can
be placed upon arriving at the schedule
time. On the Italian side the traveller
Is taken to Turin at full speed. The
obnoxious course Of the French com
pany Is said to have its origin In n
desire to keep the receipts rs low as
possible, and so reduce the profits


according to which the payments In
purchaee Of the old Victor Emanuel
line Of railroad are to be calculated.
Year: 1872

A WRITER in the English Mechanic
exults greatly on account Of the sue
cess Of a device put into practice by
him for preventing cats from coming
over the fence into his yard. This con-
sists In mailing down horizontally n
piece OF wire gauze or netting, having
q coarse mesh about two feet OH each
side. The netting will bend slightly
downward by its own weight. and
while 1t does not exclude the light or
rain from the garden, will resist the
most perseverins effort Of any cat to
surmount it.
Year: 1872

From the January Atlantic.


1t had a garret, very nearly such'a one
as it seems to me one of us has described
in one of his books but let us look at this
one as l can reproduce it from memory.
1t has a flooring of laths with ridges Of
mortar squeezed up between them, which
If you tread on you will 60 to--the Lord
have mercy on you! where will you go
to the same being crossed by narrow
bridges Of boards on which You may put
your feet, but with fear and trembling.
Above you and around you are beams and
joints, on some Of which you may see,
when the light is let in, the marks Of the
conchoidal clippings OF the broadaxe,
showing the rude way in which the tim.
Der was shaped as it came, full Of sap,
from the neighboring forest. 1t is
realm of darkness and thick dust, and
shroud-like cobwebs and dead things they
wrap in their gray folds. For garret Is
like a sea-shore, where wrecks are thrown
up and slowly 90 to pieces. There is the
cradle which the old man you Just remem-
Der was rocked in there is the ruin of the
bedstead he died on that ugly. slanting
contrivance, used to put under his pillow
in the days when his breath came hard
there is his old chair with both arms gone,
symbol of the desolate time when he had
nothing earthly left to lean on there is the
large wooden reel which the blear-eyed
old deacon sent the minister's lady, who
thanked him graciously, and twirled it
smilingly, and in fitting season bowed it
out decently to the limbo 0f troublesome
conveniences. And there are old leather
portmanteaus, like stranded porpoises,
their mouths gaping in gaunt hunger for
the food with which they used to be
gorged to bungling repletion; and old
brass andirons, waiting until time shah
revenge them on their paltry substitutes.
and they shall have their own again, and
bring with them the fore-stick and the
backlog of ancient days; and the empty
churn, with its idle dasher, which the
Nancys and Phebes, who have left their
comfortable places to the Bridgets and
Noras. used to handle to good purpose;
and the brown, shaky old spinning-wheel,
which was running, it may be. in the days
when they were hanging the Salem
witches.
Year: 1872

PROPOSALS will be received for music


during the fair-a brass band composed OF
twelve performers. The band to play two
hours each day in the city, and the remainder
of the day at the Fair Grounds


se24 LEON TROUSDALE, Secretary.
Year: 1872

The Republican State Convention will
be held at indianapolis, on the 22nd of
FEBRUARY, and as yet we have heard moth
ing said about holding primary meeting
in Marshall County 1t is about time
for the central committee to move in the
matter. The fact that the Democratic
party is in the majority here is a strong
reason why the republicans should be ac-
tive. We have voice in the nomination
OF state officers, and we should see that
men are nominated to fill the state offices
who are honest, capable, and the men of
our choice. A county convention should
be called imnediatelv
Year: 1872

SEVERAL of our Democratic exchinge
papers solemnly affirm that they will sup
port no candidate fer county Office,
who is not subscriber for their paper.
SO far as our experience goes, Republican
candidates for Office do not need such in
situations thrown at them. They are
generally able to read and write, and feel
an interest in the affairs of the county, as
well as state and national.


The Winamac Democrat was the first to
speak it's mind on the subject
Year: 1872

PROF. B. WILSON SMITH, of Terre
Haute, made US a short call on Friday
last. He was formerly President of the
College at Valparaiso, and is well and
favorably known to many citizens of this
portion of the State. We believe he is
the only Republican candidate for Super
intendent of Public Instruction, in the
State The following we clip from the
Valparaiso VSdene.


Rev. B. Wilson Smith Is a candidate
for the office of State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. Mr.. Smith is we'll
qualified for the position, and would
make an efficient officer. We think he
would add much to the interests of our
school system, and we should be glad to
see him get the nomination.