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Year: 1875

What little words, aud yet how full of
meaning? Probably no two words in the
English language are more frequently
combined and certainly no two form a
sentence at once so suggestive and capable
of SO varied an Interpretation. They are
used by every one. We utter them un-
consciously to ourselves and address them
to our friends and foes. They are spoken
calmly, as words Of advice, and vehement
ly when the eyes flash, and the lips quivcr
with passion. They are b:eathed gently
in the ear to almonish, and in thunder
tones or sharp, shrill accents are they hurl-
cd from trembling lips to warn of quick,
impending danger. This little sentence
is sermon in itself: It's " advice Of
age and experience to youth and inexperi-
ence, and spoken by proper persons at
proper times has been the means of saving
many life, and many a soul. 1t is the
warning cry of the mariner, shipwreckcd
upon the sea of liie whose barks are near
ing the sunkcn rocks upon which he struck.
1t is the last speech Of the murderer upon
the gallows to the gaping crowd beneath
him as he is about to be launched into
eternity. 1t is the language of conscience
in its warning to youth against the pois.
oned fountains, the qCicissands and the
pleasures which end in pain. 1t is the
last advice Of the christian, before his tri-
ump!!a:lt death, to the weeping children
about his bedside, speaking volumes to
their hearts. 1t is the last warning Of the
dying sinner to his children, as with fear
ana trembling he awaits his great leap il
the dark, Oh, that youth would but stop
and consider, when age, with its long years
of experience, solcmnly utters the warning
take care! Could the legions Of lost str
its, down there be let loose, metllinks the
air Of heaven would be filled with the cry,
to those still this side of the grave, take
care! Would that these little words were
stained upon every wine glass in the land,
or hoaIed on the top Of every glass of
liquor, that they who would drink must
needs read, and mayhap be brought to re-
member this warning of praying mother
or the cry of anguish of some friend who
had drank this same cup to its dregs and
found there woe and misery and death.
This life must be spent in needing the
warnings implied by these little words.
If VIC faithfully take care, God will take
care Of us in that day when the righteous
shall be separated from the wicked. On
that great day and not till then will the
warning words, take care, cease to be- ut
tered Till that great day these little
words will continue to speak volumes as
advice, as warning, as entreaty and CON-
mand.-Citizen: =:
Year: 1875

THE last cry heard was that of a little
child in the cabin" So runs the cold
and formal dispatch which announces
the breaking up of the Schiller, and the
loss of more than 800 lives. A little child
in the cabin; and its poor infantile ap.
peal for helpl Not all the tragedy Of
that sad affair, the death of the noble
Captain at his post, we hope, as became
a man and seaman; the ending of the
struggle with death upon the sharp rocks
Of Scilly, which the gallant sailors doubt
less fought, or the drowning Of the wo-
men who were on board, pitiful creatures
whose hair is already turned to .sea-weed
none of thes fates. equal that of the
child whose cry was the last sound heard
as the noble ship struck the cruel rock.
1t seems almost like a violation of The
sanctity of grief, like an invasion Of the
heart that means and refuses to be healed
Of the sorrow that will not he comfortcd,
to mention this thing, but the cry of that
child:will be heard around the globe,
piercing the ear and rending the heart Of
every man who reads this story. A little
child! What magic there is in these
words!: What cords do they touch! What
memories revive? A little child, pure
and fresh, the handiwork Of the Maker,
before the debasing breath of earth had
struck it. Sweet and innocent, the image
of his Maker and the reflection of angels
We do not wish to be accused Of senti-
mentalism, nor do we desire to be pathet-
ic, but the involuntary touch of the tele-
graph operator upon the key he struck in
the brief sentence we have quoted, will
vibrate through million hcarts-one
touch of nature makes the whole world
| kin.


It is needless now to speculate upon
the future of that little child had he lived,
and it was perhaps ordered wisely and
we'll that he should die as he did The
ocean is the graveyard of greater dead
than the earth, and in its bosom, uncotfin-
ed and unshclled, lie some Of the worlds
best heroes, Westminster Abbey is no
nobler tomb than the dark, unfathomcd
caves of the ocean, wherein lie those who
died that others might live, and who per,
ished in the most unselfish cause for
which man can die-the preservation of
the lives of their tellow-beiugs. Let us
hope that the child was savcd-the stories
run that way-telling us not only Of the
brands snatched from the burning, but OF
wrecks cast upon the shore, that after
wards bore themselves as brave]y as the
best. Casabianca, over whose melancholy
ending we mourncd in our youth, was q
subaltcrn in the ranks of hcroism com
pared with the child who made his voice
Eheard, above the roar of winds, the rush
of the waters, and the thunder of tllt
breakers, the light the good ship Schille
down. Perhaps his fatherlad been swep
into the sea an hoqfkaefore; doubtless III
laid warm upon the breast Of his dcai
mother, but that cry which rouses thu
best nature of man, and has sometime:
stayed the murderer's hand, was LearC
above the din Of the waves, and at thu
the mercy of heaven itself; for was it DO


He who said, "Su1cr little children te
come unto me, for of such is the kingdom
Of Heaven"
Year: 1875

A MECHANICAL genius in New Orleans
has invented q contriyance worthy OF
the originator OF the famous machine
for the determination Of the exchange
fiend. II consists OF neat little skol-
eton attachment for the roof OF a street
car. with tho hinge just over tho door.
II is rather ornamental than otherwise,
AMI doesn't in tho least interfere with
passengers. The driver works II with n
sort OF trsadle. Whom he sees boy
catching ON the step he will SO through
the usual forms. He will look indis-
nan, aud threaten the boy. and appear
to be awiully riled; and OF course the
boy will grin. and stand on ono leg. and
waggle bis finger against his nose IN de-
rision. And just at this interesting
crisis the driver will stamp his foot with
yigor. and thing like a grapplins.hoo
will suddenly fly down and wrench out
the seat Of that boys trousers. and
snatch him several feet to the rear OF
the sar. where the inevitable milk cart
will run over him.
Year: 1875

On brick pile In New Orleans Q
boy was found tied up In sack. Hs
bad been put there by bis father, who
had left him without food for three
days.


Volcanic erupuons still continue In


Iceland entailing great distress upon
the inhabitants Of many districts.
Year: 1875

"You have no idea how many of
those fellows who prey on other peo-
pie come about u.s." said an old Post
Office clerk yesterday. People think
we don't see them when they inquire
for letters, sitting as we do inside of
a glass box, with nothing of us visi-
BILE but the face but if they can't
see in we can see out, and we take
note of what we see. We get to
know faces by sight as we'll as the
owners of them do. and take a cer-
tain sort of finterest in them. i have
caught myself feeling sorry enough
for young miss who came daily for
letters and never found any, until |
had a great mind to write her one
myself. so that she shouldn't be dis
appointed so often. That was when
was at the ladies' window, a long
time ago. She disappeared after q
while; don't know what became of
her; city swallowed Eer up, reckon.


There was another woman-lady,
l almost said-who lived in Newark.
and l knew it, and | knew her too,
who came regularly once week
and inquired for letters in another
name. / knew well enough she had
no such eager interest as her voice
betrayed in another persons letters.
Once when she received one l asked
her if she was Mrs. Statira, and she
said Yes and then | knew she lied.


:" Once detective came in and
asked me if certain man, whom he
described, called for letters. / knew
him as a person | had set down as
rogue without knowing anything of
him, and said, Yes, he is here near
ly every day. lie comes at such an
hour, and if you stay here / will
give you the wink. So he stayed
where he c1uld not be seen. but if
you will believe it, that scamp never
came near the place for a week; a
great pile of letters accumulated for
him. Finally the detec i've began 10
feel the fellow had lit out, as he .ex-
pressed it, and said Ire wonld just
stretch his legs a little and COME
back OF course at that very mo-
ment the rascal appeared, and was
in sweat. you bet. First thing
when l saw him sent a messenger
after the detective; next thing |
stayed away from the window as long
as I dared. When | did 90 to it l
couldn't hear very we'll, and had
hard work to catch his name. When
that had to be stopped | couldn't
seem to find any letter. though there
were hundred or so right under my
hand. l Ishuff1ed them all over, both
of us all the while on pins and nee
dies, he to get away and l to keep
him SO he shouldn't.


g How do you spell it?' said.


He spelled it.


Where do you expect a letter
from?'


= New Orleans


threw one, two, three down.


'Ain't there no more"


Wait minute, III see.'


1 stretched the minute all l could,
till finally just as he was going away
cursing me for my stupidity,
threw down the whole of them
and began to push them out to him
he turned to gather them up but was
himself gathered up by the detective,
who came back just in time. He
was one of these sawdust swindlers."
Year: 1875




CS5~ \ woman is awaiting sentence in
Dansborough, Pa, for trying to kill her
infant, her husband being the complain
ant, and their little daughter the only
witness She was harshly treated by
her husband, German farmer named
Colman, and one day while he was away
she told the daughter that she had made
up her mind to kill herself She took
the baby in her arms and opened the
cover of the well, but was for while
hindered by the girl. who clung to her
dress and begged her not to jump in.
She persisted, however, and when she
had sunk in the water the girl ran as
fast as she could to neighbor's, shout
ing, Ma an baby's drownin' to death. !"
Some laborers heard her, and ran to the
we'll in time to rescue both the mother
and child alive.
Year: 1875

E55~ y Harrisburg paper informs its
readers that "when a gentleman and lady
are walking upon the street, the lady
should walk inside Of the gentleman. :"
How the lady is to do it is not stated.
Year: 1875

C This is the sort of notice an Ore
gon lecturer gets from his village news
paper: Col. 10. Meek has shOuldered
his jaw bone, and will tell the people
more than they ever drcamt Of about
mininw y
Year: 1875

e5 A Leavenworth man told lie and
then said: 81 hope TO be struck dead If
have not spoken the truth" He had
scarcely ceased speaking when he fell to
the fioor-a man having Knocked him
down
Year: 1875

AN EDITOR'S APPEAL.-Asth the report that we are very wealthy has gone abroad among our sub- Scribers, and has made them aw- ful slow about paying up, think ing doubtless we don't need the money, we hasten to say that the report of our wealth is false in every particular. If ocean steam CTS were selling at a cent a dozen We couldn't make the first pay ment on a canoe. The lightning of poverty has hit us square and had it not been for an armful of hay our devil managed to steal from blind mule, our large and interesting family would be with out mOuthful to eat at this mo- ment. Is not this sad picture, and can you delinquent subscrib- CTS look upon it without feeling the greenbacks rustic with indig- nation in your pOcketbOOks? We do not like to dun you, but we must if you fail to take the hint.
Year: 1875

From the Cincinnati Commercial


The election of Allen and Cary af-
ter the shocking ignorance and reck-
lessness they have displayed on the
financial questions, and the immense
publicity that their utterances have
received, owing to the Importance of
the campaign, would shake American
credit at home and abroad. Such a
result would drive capital, otherwise
seeking investment here, away from
us, check the sales of bonds at lower
rates of interest, and send up the
price of gold, which is reducing the
value of the currency, the most pain
ful process of contraction known.


Judge Taft strikes the tender spot
of the Democratic imposture on the
currency question when he urges
that the resumption of specie pay
ments will revive trade. That is the
point exactly, and the howlers of in


1ation foolishness are destroying
business to the utmost extent of
their power. The one event that
would do more than any other to re
store business is the exemplary de-
feat of Allen and Cary, and the Rag
Baby funeral for which our Collin
Company have prepared so judi
ciously. 1t would be worth millions
to the people of Ohio to silence the
fog horn and hang up the whang-
doodle forever.


An artist is wanted to draw the
picturesque Sam. Cary standing upon
the platform in Cleveland with his
horrid hair in the wind, his terrible
eve softened with tears, his benevo-
lent face dimmed by unutterable sor-
rows his horny hands uplifted and
outspread, his fiery lips gently part
ed with deep emotion, exclaiming:
80 l wish | had some bondsw while
the political duffer has $25,500 in
bonds, according to the report of the
Auditor of this county.


Credit is sensitive, capital is eau
tious, and they shrink from the inter
minable blasts of fog-horn states
men and the fierce blowing of bazoo-
rippers among politicians. Not only
should Allen and Cary be punished,
for their presumptuOus roaring of
patent follies, by an overwhelming
defeat, but there should be a public
opinion developed that would declare
as public enemies the assailants of
the public credit.


It is a standing fiction of the infia-
tionIsts tn at those who are not with
them are opposed to greenbacks, and
they are squirting this notion about
like tobacco expectoration. We
are for appreciating, and they for de-
preciating the greenbacks. We are
| for making the currency equal to
gold. They are for debasing it; and
they would begin by violating the
| law of the greenback.


The Enquirer ana Catholic Iele-
oraph having by their united efforts
thoroughly justified the charge of
an alliance in Ohio between the
Democratic party and the Church of
Rome, have become discreetly silent.
There is fitness about this sort of
thing that is pleasing to the judi
cious.
Year: 1875

The Bulletin, in speaking of the
late Republican procession, says:


"Fully one-third of the whole
number were colored."


If this means anything, it means
that colored voters are not entitled to
join in political professions. They
may vote for democratic candidates
for office, but they must not be seen
in professions. This is the spirit of
the old slavery times. when Democ-
racy preached the sentiment that a
''negro had no rights which white
man was bound to respect, except the
right to work for democrats for their
board and clothing"


Aftersuch a display of democratic
hatred and prescription, surely no
colored voter will be found voting that
ticket, or for any candidate upon it.
They would disgrace their manhood
to do so.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Commercial wisely
remarks:


There is something too much of
this talk of economy and reform if
the Democracy get the upper hand.
The facts do not warrant it. 1t is
mere wind and nothing else. If
Democratic administration in Gin
cinnati or New York is to be taken
as sample of what Democracy will
do on National scale, we have fears
that not only one biscuit would be
stolen from the bonest mans plate,
but the entire batch, and the honest
man then taxed to pay for the meal.
Year: 1875

al. V. R." of the Cincinnati
Commercial says:


How very absurd it is for men to
go up and down the State, advertis-
ing "cheap money" There can be
no such thing. 1t is contradiction
in terms. That which is cheap is not
money, and that which is money Is
not cheap. In other words, if money,
it is not cheap, and if cheap, it is not
money. What would we think OF
man who should advertise short
ward sticks? There is as much sense
in it as in 'cheap money"
Year: 1875

A Washington special to the Gin
cinnati Gazette says:


Information from New York, brought
by Democrats directly from some of
the leading Democratic moneyed
men, is to the effect that the position
of their party in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania has already begun perceptibly
to effect our credit abroad, and that
if Ohio goes Democratic next month
the financial injury done abroad viii
be very great.
Year: 1875

ALIENS strong point against Grant
is that he pardoned Paymaster who
had stolen half million of dollars,
and invested it In an attempt to solve
the mysteries of draw poker. The
Ohio State Journal inquiries:


as it possible that Old Bill is so
ignorant as not to know that that
Paymaster was Democrat, and that
he was pardoned out on petition
signed by nearly every leading Dem
ocratic politician in Pennsylvania, his
native State?'
Year: 1875

Pa, what does Sc. chip Of the old
block mean?' why do you ask. my
son ? Because. when l was coming
home from school. saw three squirrels
up tree, and said there was a dozen
and some men Who were there said
Vas chip Of the old block Hem


Well. they meant that you we're sharE
and honest. ike your pa. You car g
play now III
Year: 1875

A South Boston lady was recently
intsrrogated By Benedict as to why
she did not get married. She replied :
/ prefer to be m old maid He said
be did not believe it, as be felt sure she
snvisd bis wife. 'Oh, no that would
be breaking the commandment Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's ass.
The subject dropped.
Year: 1875

NASTnINE is superior to all other preparations
for the hair now before the public. II renders the
hair soft and glossy; leaves the skin clean restores
tie hair to It's original color In marYeously short
Year: 1875

Show me two villages, one embowered in
trees and blazing with all the glories Of Octo-
ber, the other merely trivial and treeless
waste, or with only single tree or two, and |
shall be sure that in the latter will be found
the most starved and bigoted religionists
and the most desperate thinkers. Every
wash tub and milk can and gravestone will
be exposed The inhabitants will disappear
abruptly behind their barns and houses,
like desert Arabs amid their rocks, and
shall look to see spears in their hands. They
will be ready to accept the most barren and
forlorn doctrine-as that the world is
speedily coming to an end, or has already


got to it, or that they themselves are turned
wrong side outward. They, will perchance
crack their dry joints at one another, and
call it a spiritual communication. - Ihore9~.
Year: 1875

had occasion to be in the Office of one


Of our city papers on business one morning


at about half-past two o'clock. The mass


OF news matter had all been sent to the


type room. The telegraph editor had just


received ''S0," (the last telegram). The


foreman of the type-room was getting ready
to clock the FORMS" preparatory to send


ing them to the stereotype rooms. The


managing editor had come into the room


where the telegraph editor and your cores
pondent sat. He was waiting for that last
telegram to be sent over, preparatory to
closing up the editorial offices for the night.
He stood contemplatively before the CRATE,
conjuring up political schemes in the mys-
tical lore of the Goals, and relieving the
wirework of his brain occasionally by see
ing how straight he could spit off
hand at an ember. Mr.. Telegraph Editor
took the telegram from the envelope, and
glanced over its contents with sweeping
look. Turning suddenly upon the manag-
ing editor, just as that worthy was getting
good ready at red-hot coal, he said,
rather abruptly, Cannon Kingsly is
dead"


" The h-ll he is p


And the managing editor stood up as if
moved by the tillating end of playful
wasp. The aim and force of the prepared
discharge of saliva were spoiled What
was intended for dead shot-for an ex-
tinguisher-went off half cooked, and in
stead of demolishing the coal struck the
wall several feet above the top of the CRATE.
1t was a finer piece of acting than when
one player says to another, "Me Lord, the
Juke of Buckingham is dead ~


"Now, by the snout of the holy hippo
potamus, have had column and half
obituary of that man, for which paid $50,
lying in a pigeon-hole for the last month.
And he has to die at this unseemingly hour.
But, by the tail of the sacred COW, | will
get the obituary in if it delays the press an
hour.''


And he shot into an inner room with the
motive force Of $40, and the zeal of a live
newspaper man. In d moment afterwards
his footsteps rang along the hall on dead
gallop to the box, and the cachinatory thrill
of his tender voice shrieked through the
tube of the type-room commandingly "Set
her up, John, and give the old man chance,
if it takes all winter
Year: 1875

There is certain Colonel here who re-


presents the Cherokee nation in the lobby.


He is certainly enamored with the fair
Winnie. Miss Sculp, allow me to present Mr..


sscalp-child of art-child OF nature.
don't know whether we are to have anotils
er Parker affair, but certain it is, Winnie
cannot go into milliner's to purchase a


whalebone for her corset but the red man
is on her trail. The day saw the fair
pale face patching up Farragnt the dusky
brave was there. l tell you Cooper should
have lived to sec the Indian of the falcon
glance and lion bearing gazing with eagle
eve ON the child of his white brother. As
she Strengthened ont the Admirars nose
| and took reef in his neither garments q
pure prayer went up from the dark bosom
| of the Cherokee to the Great Spirit thai


He might incline the healt of the white


fawn toward him. twas too much for me


I went out and INDUCED in some fire-water
Year: 1875

Any one who takes paper regularly from the Posi-
Office whether directed to his anothers, or
whether he has subscribed nos responsible for ths
payment.


If person orders his paper discontinued he must
pay all arrearages the publisher will continue 10 send
It until payment is made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the Office or not.


The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers or periodicals from the Postoce or remoy.
ing and leaving them uncaed for is ra aca evidence
Of intentional fraud.


Papers ordered to address be changed aneth
er address at the option of the subscriber


Remitances by draft check money ORDER or registered
letter. may be sent ut risk All Postasters are re.
quired to register letters application.