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Year: 1873

We cannot avoid a regret that the
fianking privilege should have been
abolishedju just when it was. The last
Patent Office report that we received
from Judge Kelley contained a story
entitled The Reversible Toothbrush,
which broke off abruptly at the most
exciting place. We 90 not know
whether the heroine bafiied the villain
who was trying TO marry her, by blow
ING out his brains with the tooth
brush, while her father soused down
on him with a mud dredger alluded to
in previous chapter, or whether the
hero slew himself by swallowing the
bristles in the toothbrush subsequent
to beating out his charmer's young
life with the bone handle. We want
to know more Of the story. We yeam
to ascertain the fate of these pathetic
people, and we had looked forward
with keen pleasure to the arrival of
the next volume Of the Patent Office
report which might come through the
mail in the same package with the
wash of one Of our Congressmen.-
But now we shall not receive it. No
more the tender poetry and sweet
pathetic tales with which those volumes
are filled will delight and interest
millions of our people. Destruction
of the franking privilege has robbed
us of this innocent enjoyment, and at
the same time deprived us Of the
pleasure we used to have i'll reading
those fifteen and twenty-column
speeches on pig iron and the tariff and
League Island, over which we used tc
laugh until we cried. We shall have
to be original in this column now
We used to crib joke after joke from
the department reports ; but those
humorous volumes now will convulse
none but the grocers of Washington
and the hired girls who carry home
butter and sugar wrapped in theil
amusing leaves.-Phi!adelphia Sua.
day Dispatch.
Year: 1873

81 Sometimes think it were Best"
Well, how shall help to right the things that
are going wrong
And what can do to hurry the promised time
of peace
The day of work is short and the night of sleep
is long;
And whether to pray or preach, or.wether to
sing q song,
To SOW in my neighbors field, or to seek the
golden fleece,
Or to sit with my hands in my lap, and wish
that sin would cease.
l think, sometimes, it were best just to let the
Lord alone;
think some people forget He was here before
they came;-
It's little for His glory, and a good deal more
for their own,
That they peddle their petty schemes, and
blate and babble and groan.
| sometimes think it were BEST and l were less
to blame,
Should sit with my hands in my lap--in my
face crimson shame.


-ScribnerS for April.
Year: 1873

Ill TEMPER.-A single person of
sour, sullen temper-what a dreadful
thing it is to have such a one in a
house! There is not myrrh and aloes
and chloride Of lime enough in the
world to disinfect a single home of
such q nuisance as that no riches, no
elegance of mein, no beauty of face
can ever screen such persons from
utter vulgarity. Theis one thing
which rising persons hate the reputa-
ton of more than all Others, and that
is vulgarity but trust me, i'll temper
is the vulgarest thing that the lowest
born and illest bred can bring to his
home. 1t is one of the worst forms
of impiety. Peevishness in a home is
not only sin against the Holy Ghost,
but sin against the Holly Ghost in the
very temple of love.-7heodore Park
er.
Year: 1873

"TuE BEAUTIFULS Snow" The Utica
Herald says:


"a man in the eighth ward picked
up aribbon on the snow recently. 1t
was fast to something and he pulled
up one end of a jute switch. Pulling
on that he pllled up the hired girl.
She was on a ladder hanging out the
washing, and she told him to quit his
fooling and let her attend to her
work"
Year: 1873

AN exchange tells about brave
little boy who found broken rail on
the railroad track, and perceiving the
peril in which the train would be plac-
ed if it should come dashing past with
out warning, sat out on the fence for
five long hours, in the bitter winter
cold, in order that he might carry the
first news of the accident to his father,
who is local editor of a paper publish
ed in the neighboring village.
Year: 1873

Buy Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil of
the druggist or>Iperchant where you usual
ly trade IF they are out of it, get them
to order some at once. All the wholesale
druggists keep it on their list of staple
goods It is an excellent remedy to cure
any kind of pain or inflammation, and is
used both externally and internally Try
Year: 1873

sgy~ Those holding tickets in the original scheme
can return them to j. G. WALLACE, Manager. Dav-
export, and receive two chances In the new scheme
for one in the old - which will give them one
chance in Is to draw prize


The managers assure the public that the drawing
Will


POSITIVELY TAKE PLACE,
As above, and now request the agents TO work with
a will. and see to it that not ticket remains I'm
soid at fhe close Of the time appointed.
Year: 1873

A case occurred of severe group, where no doctor
could be had before morning The mother bethouEht
Of some Porous Plasters she had in the house. They
were slit to fit around the throat and chest
The whistling breathing abated. In few
hours the child slept and in the morning sign of
Group remained Sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1873

A man whom DR.. Chalmers engaged 20
manage a disorderly Sunday school kept
his eyes wide open during praying, and
when one hoy thrust pin into another he
marched up the aisle, still praying, and
cuffcd that boys ears, and went back
again, praying all the way. After that he
was master Of the situation. for the boys
thought that a man who could watch and
pray like that could not be put down.
Year: 1873

Some good propositions have been made in
the Chamber of Commerce on this subject, to
which Congress will be asked to give the sane
ton of its legislative authority, and to which
it will be requested to call the attention of
other governments as proper matters for inter
national regulation. The one important and
Immediately practicable point is in regard to
laying out courses for steamers. Hitherto
this has been only suggested and recon-
little attended to that only one company has
given orders to its captains in accord
ance with it. 1t is now proposed to
enforce by law the sailing Of steamers
in definitely indicated courses, which would
certainly render it impossible for steamers to
collide with one another and would reduce to
the lowest possible point the chance of col
lision with sailing ships, as these would then
know exactly where to look out for steamers.
Unfortunately, Congress has but little au-
thority in this matter, and none over the vast
majority Of seagoing steamers, as they are
under foreign flags, and we cannot legislate to
control their conduct beyond our Jurisdiction;
but no doubt the representation of our gov
ernment would have much weight with other
Powers. 1t is also proposed that every
ship shall carry an electric Light, and that
the staterooms and passageways on steamers
shall be kept lighted all night. Perhaps the
electric light will be a subject of some diff
Guilty on account Of its expense, but the latter
proposition is one without that objection and
should be accepted without hesitation by
every steamer company. At the hour when
the Vile du Havre was struck the staterooms
were all in darkness, for the lights are gen.
orally out at midnight and, perhaps many
one now gone down lost, while cropping in the
dark, the valuable time that would have suf-
feed to reach the deck. Any one can see in
moments thought what confidence, as well
as assistance, light would give in such cases,
and it is to be hoped the steamer companies
will understand this as readily as the public
may.
Year: 1873

The CONGRESSIONAL PANIC. The conscience
stricken Congressman who supported the
back-pay larceny and the increased salary bill
last session, following the lead of Senator
Conkling, are rushing in bills by the score
for the repeal of those measures. A single
bill would answer all purposes, but every
terrified sinner desires TO be able to say to his
constituents that he had a finger in the repeal
pie. Many culprit has convicted himself by
shrieking out his innocence as soon as the
weight of the policeman's hand has been felt
on his shoulder, and these Congressional
gabbers, by their eagerness for repeal, only
render their responsibility for the larceny Of
last session the more apparent
Year: 1873

when the government of country is un-
able to secure our flag from insult at
the hands of a portion of its subjects
of the wrong doers. This is our position to-day


1t has become evident that Spain can no
longer control the Hispano-Cuban volunteers.
She can no longer offer guarantees for the ex-
ecution of her treaty stipulations in Cuba,
because the violence and passion of o section
OF the population will not permit reparation
to be made to the offended dignity of our
country We cannot submit to this mob die
tation and, since Spain can no longer make
herself obeyed, we must step in and enforce
respect to law and vindicate our injured honor.


Spain entered into solemn engagement to
restore the virginius to the American nation
as some apology for the outrage committed
against our flag. And now wretched cut
throat mob has interposed its veto to the full
flment of a treaty engagement between two
great nations, and we must pause, and our
injured honor must wait, and make conditions
with vile rabble This is what is meant by
demand for delay in the fulflment of an en-
gagement to secure which Mr.. Fish sacrificed
What monstrous sight! Two great na-
tions bullied by truculent mob! 1t is
not possible for this country tamely to
submit to such dictation, and no course re-
mains for President Grant but to appeal to
force There is now no question between this
country and Spain. The Havana volunteers
have virtually declared themselves indepen-
dent by defying the orders Of the Madrid gov
ernment. They have no longer the right to
cover themselves with the Spanish flag, and
we hope General Grant will take decisive steps
to crush this nest of land pirates. Whatever
the Hessian press may say, the people will
support the President in an energetic and de-
cisive policy. Spain admits, through the
mouth of Captain General Jovellar, that she
can no longer enforce obedience in Cuba to
her government or her laws. She cannot,
therefore, quarrel with us, because we shall
only step in to punish outlaws who have
defed the government Of their own country
and heaped insult and outrage on friendly
nation. If she should make such action on
our part cause of quarrel she must abide
the consequences. Spain fails to fulfil her
engagement to deliver up the virginius, and
there remains no choice for us but to take her
by force. Whatever. it COSTS the Virginius
must be taken to an American harbor We
owe thus much, at least, to our dignity and to
our safety. The nation will expect to see the
fleet go down to Havana and bring the vir-
ginius back. If the mob refuse to let her go,
then We must appeal to force Run out the
guns, and let them speak.
Year: 1873

Subterfuges OF the State Department..


The people of the United States are dis
posed to be very lenient with the authorities
the government in regard to the Virginiu
trouble. War is an evil to be avoided as W,
would avoid plague or any other grea
calamity, and if the administration can pro
serve peace consistently with the honor of th
Republic it will be entitled to the gratitude
the country. But there is a point beyoni
which the patience Of the people cannot b.
expected to go. Secretary Fish recently ar
ranged with the Spanish Minister terms
peace which every American felt to be dis
graceful, but which many preferred to war
The Virginius was to be delivered up Il
us Immediately, at a port to be agreed
upon between Mr. Fish and Admiral Polo
This was the first and chief condition of th,
protocol But the Spanish-Cuban authoritie,
declare that the Virginius shall not be sur
rendered ut all and now we are told that oui
government will 80 far recede from its position
as to ''wait until the delivery can be effected
in way that will give the least offenc,
TO Spanish pride" We are further informed
that the arrangement between Secretary Fish
and the Spanish Minister did not contemplate
that the virginius should be delivered up e
us in Havana or any other port but that sh'
should be ''taken from the harbor Of Havana
and conveyed beyond its jurisdiction, ant
then delivered to such United States vessel al
might be sent to receive her."


Is our government demented? Do the au
American people will patiently suffer theil
standing as first class Power and an honor
able nation to be thus bartered away by Z
miserable diplomatic huckster? Translated
into plain English, this new degradation
means that we are to prowl about the harboi
Of Havana, waiting patiently until by some
ruse the Spanish agents of the Madrid govern
ment can steal the Virginius, sneak with heI
out Of reach Of the volunteers and the guns o.
Moro Castle, and deliver her into oui
possession. Having heen robbed by Q
highwayman we are to stand shiverina
round corner until policeman
stealthily brings back our property and
restores it to us. We are not to confront the
robber, lest our presence might give him
offence. And for such surrender of tho
Virginius we are asked to overlook the viola
ton of law and treaty in the seizure Of the
Virginius the outrage on our flag, the bloody
slaughter of poor Fry and his fellow victims
the insults to our Ministers and Consuls, and
all the other wrongs inflicted upon US by tn.
cutthroats Of the Spanish colony. We maj
well ask, who has been the offender in thu
matter-the United States or Spain? Th,
dastardly conduct of our administration woult
put Spain in the position of the injured party
and make us the real aggressors.
Year: 1873

ing to the spirits of the criminals. What the
convicts at Sing Sing particularly dread is
transportation to Auburn, where the discipline
is more strict, where the chances OF escape are
fewer and more difficult, and where the con-
vict is uncheered by the spectacle of the river
and the passing ships. No friend of humanity
can regret that the bonds are tightening around
two culprits, who, whatever may be the differ
ence between the kind and intensity of their
guilt, have done more than ordinary criminals
to deserve the doom which has been accorded
them.
Year: 1873

The LATE STORM, which was comparatively
light along the Atlantic seaboard, assumed
the character of a summer hurricane in its
course west Of the Alleghanies, from Memphis
to the Great Lakes. At various intervening
points there were lightning and thunder, hail
and rain, and in numerous localities trees,
houses and barns were blown down and fences
swept away. A tempest 50 violent and sweep
ing over such q vast extent of country as this
we may confidently expect will soon be
followed by great reaction.
Year: 1873

We are polite, forbearing and patient
people, and the buchu diplomat who signs
protocols for us is the paragon of politeness,
forbearance and patience towards anybody
who will help him in any Of his buchu plans
He was SO patient with CASTELAR, that we
almost wept when we saw how anxious he
was to concede everything which American
honor demanded rather than hurt CASTELAR,
CASTELAR, wanted little time, and Secretary
Buchu conceded it. Admiral Polo wanted
until Christmas Day before Spain should
purge itself of contempt to our flag by salut-
ing it; Secretary Buchu bobbed his topknot
in the dust in his haste to grant all that the
Spanish Admiral wanted. From CASTELAR, we
come to Jovellar, and now the latter wants
time. Can Secretary Buchu refuse? CASTELAR,
got what he wanted, why not Jovellar
or Burriel-ar or any other-ar? CASTELAR,
got month"; let us be more generous to
Jovellar. The bloody minded Casinos are at
fever heat, and it may take year or two to
cool them off Let them have time-as much
as they want of it. Senior Soler wants time
too. He should have half a century. Ameri :
can honor is such an elastic thing, under
Secretary Buchu's policy, that it can surely
stretch as far to accommodate Jovellar and
Soler as CASTELAR,. Now, let them be given
year, or two years, or seven years, to settle all
the business they have on hand-to cool off
the volunteers Let Congress vote several
cargoes of ice to aid the cooling process; but
let our war ships be got ready, let our volun-
teers be mustered, and then let these hot
gentlemen of the bloody minds be peppered
until the island of Cuba is rid of them. Give
the officials and everybody all the time to cool
they want, but let them do it in their way, and
in their own country, while we make Cuba too
hot to hold them.
Year: 1873

NOTHING Could DE FArRER than the last
mild request Of Captain General Jovellar that
our government refrain from pressing its de-
mand until such time as the bravos of the
Casino Espafol can be. conciliated. Having
conceded almost everything else to appease
the Spanish wrath, why not "give up the
snip too, or at all events, wait for it until we
can get it without hurting the tender feelings
Of the yolunteers9
Year: 1873

CONGRESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS BY the
number of bills for the return of the grabbed
salary we are shown new trait in the Con-
grcssional characteristic grab showed that
the members would filch the public purse, and
the bills show that they will try to play honest
when caught at it.
Year: 1873

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON draft of fifty con-
victs was made from Sing Sing and sent to the
prison at Auburn. Among them were Wal
worth and Ingersoll. We are afraid this will
be very disagreeable news for the criminals


friends. as IL certainly will prove most deprcss-
Year: 1873

CONGRESS Has A GREAT DEAL to say about
back pay, but not a word about Cuba. Our
Representatives are more concerned about
their own political standing than about the
honor of the American nation.
Year: 1873

If Mr.. Blaine went to work to appoint the
committees of the House of Representatives
upon the principle of giving the worst men
Though the odor of the Credit Mobilier
exposures hangs about the garments of Dawes
and Garfield and Kelley and Scofeld, they
retain their old places-the first as chairman
of the Ways and Means and leader of the
House. the second as chairman of Appropria-
tions, the third the second place on Dawes
committee and the last rs chairman OF
Naval Affairs. Comment upon this action
of the Speaker is almost impossible, so
base is the act The reputation Of these
men is SO soiled and besmutched that to hear
Dawes and Garfield talking virtue is much
sinners to pursue the straight and narrow
path. Young Mr. Hale, Of Maine, is not so
youthful man to hold the second place on
the Committee on Appropriations as most
people would suppose, for he is the Speakers
other SELF Wheeler, O'Neill and Starkweather,
who are on the same committee, are all men
who ought not be entrusted with the expendi-
ture Of the peoples money. Poor old Mr..
Hooper has been 'bounced' from the
craftsmanship of the Committee on Bank
ing and Currency, Maynard taking his
place. In the present Congress this
committee is one of the most important, and
it is unfortunate that it should have Cheap
Jack for q chairman. Eldridge retains his
place on the Committee on the District of Co
lumbia, and altogether it is arranged as con-
venient instrument Of the Washington Ring


Sypher, young man who earned very bad
reputation in very short time, is chairman
Of what ought to be an important committee
that Of Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment-and has the second place on the Com
mittee on the Pacific Railroad. There is neat
irony in making General Butler chairman Of
the Judiciary Committee position for
which he is amply qualified giving
his bitterest enemy, E. r. Hoar,
the second place on his old committee,
the Revision of the Laws, Of which
Poland is chairman. Last year Blaine
doomed Butler to this Botany Bay Of the
House, and Judge Poland for some offence
laundering, we infer, in c. M. transactions
is sentenced to penal servitude this year. The
democratic members from this city all get
good places and the republicans bad ones.
Wood takes Brooks place on the Ways and
Means Cox succeeds to Woods old place on
Foreign Affairs, Roberts goes on the hard
working Committee on Claims and Creamer is
put upon the Pacific Railroad Committee; but,
Of course, democrats do not count in this Con-
gress. On the whole, Mr.. Blaine did his work
as badly as it was possible to do it.
Year: 1873

tee as well as Of the General Committee that there
should be ful and cordial union the democracy in
the coming contest and in OF that view here
with notify that the Conference Committee OF this
organization rs and Will be session. and ready to meet
and confer with any committee appointed by your or
pllshment OF q similar purpose: Respectfully yours,


SAMUEL g. COURTNEY,


Chairman OF Conference Committee.
Year: 1873

And here We find the Germantown Chronicle
calling editors a Caste" Oh shame! And
this from an admirer of Mr.. Sumner! 1t may
be that great editors are born such, to be sure
but there are plenty of people welding the pen
who are not great editors.
Year: 1873

The protection of every man in his
natural rights is the basis of our sys.
TEN of government. Any attempt of
one man to oppresS another, or of one
class of men TO control the industry of
another class, would very soon result in
open violence and opposition. Among
the industrial classes in this country
there is, happily, general harmony of
interest, and prosperity for one is pros
perity for all others. The Government
guarantees to every man the control of
whatever is his; whatever he owns by
conveyance or gift whatever he gains
by labor, or by natural or accidental In
crease of value whatever farmer
raises to sell is his, and he is entitled to
all it will bring in market, less the cost
Of getting it to market. Under the ex.
isting order of things, however, he can
have nothing to say directly as to what
this latter item shall be. The railroads
do the carrying to market chiefly, and
they fix prices to suit themselves. In
this matter the State, and the State
only, can act for the producer The
state can arrange a Just tariff Of prices
FOR carrying agricultural products by ne.
g5tia,iou or else By enactments As
our legislators are mainly agriculturists,
or men Interested in the producing IN.
scres.s, 10 Is wonder that some Of the
cxorbitaat rates of transportation
charged by railroad companies have not
been reduced. We are in receipt Of
circular from the Secretary OF the Lii.
uois State Farmers Association, giving
some account Of meeting held at


bloomington last month, where meas
ures were taken to secure "the organiza.
ton of every county and township in the
State into farmers clubs, oranges or 9th.
er agricultural societies, through which
every farmer in the State can be reached
when it becomes necessary, by conccn
tration OF our strength 70 protect our.
Year: 1873

no asylum or provision of any kind in


this State, Yet ninety per cent. of the
young can be permanently cured, if they
live to become adults and probably
half of the adults may be trained TO a
state far superior to their present oond


ton, and so that they can in large de-
gree care for their own physical needs.


Indeed, we have seen it asserted by An
experienced authority, that idiooy can
nearly always be cured, if the patient is
put undor treatment in youth, and lives
to become an adult whereas insanity,
in many eases, is incurable. These help
less beings are, thus far, the most neg.
lected Of all " the wards of the tate -
1 he Legislature cannot do better deed,
or one more creditable to our State, than
to provide an asylum for idiots, particu-
larly for the young and durable IDIOTS of
the State. Detroit Post.