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Year: 1872

Fifty and sixty miles an hour for


railway travels oftener talked about


than realized. A speed of sixty


miles an hour for regular passen-


ger train has never been attempted,
except in one instance, and that OH a


wide seven foot guage in England.
This rapid speed pleased travellers
very much, and many willingly paid
the large extra charge for being shot
great a. to render the way stations of
the accommodation trains almost in
visible. But the railway company
soon found they had passed the prac-
tical limit of the endurance of wood
and iron. They found that the wear
and tear" induced upon both road
and rolling stock by such excessive
speed was beyond the endurance of


finance, and that high rate of speed
was conseq uently abandoned. There
are but few trains now running on
the best wide guage straight roads in
England which average a speed Of
fifty miles an hour. The express
traffic is usually done at the rate of
tiiirty-fve to forty miles, while the
ordinary travel is about twenty two.
Railroad travel in this country is
much slower, and necessarily so in
consequence of the lack of solidity |
in our roads and rolling stock. Oar
q" lightning trains scarcely reach |
and very seldom exceed thirty five
miles An hour; ia fact, trains do not
over thirty miles. while our
general passenger traffic does not ex-
ceed an average Of twenty. Freight
trains usually run about sixteen to
eighteen miles an hour.
Year: 1872

4 nsn in Eldstsvit1e, r., sook . sin.
gular method to murdet one of his neigh.
tors aud fearfully succeeded. He con.
stsxcted . piece Of artillery out Of as
old iron gas OF wa,ct pipe, loaded the
instrum ument Of death With powder and
then rigeed his improvised gun on post
which admitted Of its being pointed di
rectly into the bedroom window Of the
man he Wished to des,soy. Tie then az.
rauged fuse aud train Of powder aud
waited for his victim to retire for the
night. The victims name was John
Alliugham, and be was over 20 years Of
age. lie retired with his wife, and the
latter was soon startled by q terrible crash
which she imagined vas in the room.
She soon discovered that one Of her 6n.
gers vas blown away and that she was
bleeding from other wounds. She tried
to arouse her husband, who appeared to
be asleep, but he would not move. and
then she found that nearly his whole
head had been torn away, and his brains
aud blood we're scattered around over the
bed. He had, of course, been instantly
killed. There was great CONSERVATION
among the ueighbors when they found
out what was done and how it was done.
Henry Briceland, a mulatto, was arrested
for the murder. lie is carpenter, and
on an examination Of his shop we're
found several evidences that he was the
mau who constructed the engine Of death.
He had q grudge against Allingham, and
had made some preparations to poison
him, but could get no opportunity to ad-
minister q deadly drug which be had
provided for that purpose.
Year: 1872

cratic majority and feeble Republican
minority but at Washington We have a
strong Republican majority and a feeble
Opposition minority This condition OF
things gives rise to . curious phenom.
enon the Republican press Of this city
are just as convinced that Democrats
ought not to be listened to, at Washing
ton, as they are that Republicans ought to
be listened to at Jefferson City. Their
arrogance about matters at Washington
is exhibited in es offensive form az pos
sib'e; they'iutimate that all public ques
tions are committed to the exclusive Gus
tody Of the triumphant Republican major
ity, aud that the defeated Opposition
have no right to obtrude their opnious
on any of these questions that the ma
jority need not listen to them, but settle
the tariff, the civil cervice subject, the
Southern question and all other great
national matters of dispute in their own
way. In short, tell the feeble Opposl
ton that it will become them to keep
quiet and let the majority dc as they
please to. But when we turn to Mis-
souri, affairs, we find a change these
same Republican organs drop their ar
rogance, and affect better manners. They
discuss the senatorial question with com
nendable fairness, and claim The privilege
OF taking part in it. They the ma
jority not to elect Bourbon, but to
chose Liberal Democrat who stands on
the Cincinnati platform and one of them
makes this plea to the majority in behalf
Of moderate, nenpartisan legislation


"ln this state q great victory has bsen
won BY the Democracy. What will they
do with it? Republicans ere as deeply
concerned in the question as they. We
are all citizens with identical interests,
and must sink or swim 10 the Same boat
The welfare Of the country and Of the
good old state are alike dear to US ALL"
If we we're disposed to take o purely
partisan view of things We would say,
perhaps, that this is impertinenee, but as
We are accustomed to take different view
of things, We say that it is first rate
doctrine. We heartily commend it to
the attention Of the Democratic and
Liberal ma o-ity that will control the new
legislature. Tha: majority ought not to
ignore the Republican minority 10 the
state and legisla,e in q PARTISAN spirit
for the interest Of the majority. Its
legislation ought to be directed to the
veal Of the whole state and the benefit
Of al! it's citizens and if tho feeble Re.
publican minority shall offer reasonable
suggestions and propositions for the
promotion Of the general interests, we
hope the majority will treat them with
consideration and respect. The fact that
the Republican majority at Washington
will pursuce totally different course
from this-will pay no attention to the
minority and Be animated by q spirit OF
intolerant partyism-d does not release the
Democratic majority in Missouri from the
obligation to Be governed by highe,
and more patriotic principle. That ma
jority has the right and the power tc
shape legislation; but a reasonable re-
spect for the minority and a supreme do


votlon TO the welfare of the whole com
monwealth should never be lost sight Of


Republican.
Year: 1872

The more thoughtful Republicans are
beginning to have serious misgivings
about the arbitrary and peremptory fed
eral interference in the Louisiana quarrel.
They arc not sure that it is right, nor
that 1t will turn out for the best. A
Republican paper in Pennsylvania says


The Louisiana difficulty" and the
manner 10 which it has thus far been
treated, have aroused the very graves,
apprehepsions. The country 10 no,
"gone" yet; but unless the recurrence ol
this controversy in any state of the
American republic IL not now made for


ever impossible by q precedent that shall


stand cut clearly in all the future, q
great many will conclude that it is going
Year: 1872

The LouisianA delegation protesting
against the decision Of Judge Durell in
their state matters, not being favorably
received BY the President, have appealed
directly to the Supreme Court for Justice
Brady to repair to New Orleans to hold
. circuit court ia connection with Judge
Woodson, to decide whether a Federal
District judge can destroy one state
government and create another at his
pleasure. 1t is feared by some that the
Supreme Court will attempt to dodge the
question.
Year: 1871

when a worthy deacon of the Baptist church
wished to have the minister read notice. The
deacon was a man of rather diminutYe size, and
walked as lightly as a cat. He had approached
the pulpit with the notice in his hand, unper-
ceiyed by the minister, and was on the stairs,
within reach, when the minister raised his hands.
The deacon, to attract his attention, twiggled
his coat-tail. Of course the minister thought it
was dog, and that it was necessary for him to
kick once more, which he did. The deacon, not
on the lookout like the dogs, received the min
ister's foot in his side, and tumbled down the
stairs.


There was a scream, rush of the deacon's
family, general uprising of the whole congre-
CATION and exit of the dogs. In the midst of
this confu sion the minister waved his hand to
restore order After the people were seated and
quiet again reigned, he told the people the story
Of the sausageS in all its particulars, which
seemed a satisfactory explanation, and the flu
neral proceeded (; but the minister was never
known to carry sausages in his pocket again.
Year: 1871

AN exchange says: I" We are in receipt of
two poems on the 'Throbing Brain, and an
other on a Bleeding Heart. We will wait until
we receive one on Stomach ache, and pub
lish all three together"
Year: 1871

4 MOVING MoUNTAIS.-Th The organ
of the Zurich Society of Natural
History publishes curious account
Of the travels Of the glacier of Monte
Rosa during the last sixty years.
For fifty years it steadily and surely
approached to the town of Zermatt,
moving at the rate Of about three
feet a week during the spring months.
Its way was through pastures and
grain fields, over which it passed
like a devouring pestilence. Its ap-
proach was heralded by great bould-
ers which is kept constantly moving
before it Serious apprehensions
were at one time entertained for the
safety of the town, which lay directly
in its track. But during the last ten
wears this ice monster has changed
the direction of its movements, and
thus danger has been averted; but
the fields through which its track
lay can never be again cultivated,
on account of the many immense
fragments Of stone by which its
course was thickly marked, and
which are deeply imbedded in the
soil.
Year: 1871

prospect Of fame or reward sustained him
through the droary hours of darkness. No
eye but His to whom the darkness and light
are both alike, marked his heroism Ii was
a decd Of pure unsclfsh love for the children
whom he saved had no claims u pom him Of
blood or kindred. Even his name has not
been preserved but the memory Of his deed
survives. Aud when around the winter
hearth. the fishermen tell Of the awful hurri-
cane Of 1867, they DO not fail to repeat the
story Of the noble boy, at times the tears
stealing down their woathcr.beaten checks.
In other lands, too, lei the t,le be told, as a
memorial Of him, and o means Of melting
other young hearts to deeds Of scll.sacriiice.


The iorlorn survivors Of that shipwreck dug
a common grave on the bleak coast, and with
bitter, hcart-wrung tears laid in il the lifeless
forms Of wives and children, of brothers and
friends. No coffin enclosed the dear remains
no sheet or shroud onyclopcd any form. Rev.
orcnily the faces Of the dead were covered
aud earth given 20 earth. Then rocks were
piled above, to keep Oh the prowling beasts
Of prey This was the only memorial to mark
their resting-place. The young hero, whose
tale | have told, was laid with the others in
this lonely grave Close beside him, as a
meet companion in death, they laid another
form-that of young mother who was found
dead on the Shore with living infant cling.
ing Go her bosom, and ondeayoring to draw
uouri-hmaut from her breast. "a sight that
wrung the tears from men who seldom wept.
With love stronger than death, the poor
mother had stripped herself Of most Of her
clothing. wrapping it round her babe, and
thcn o.aspiug 10 90 her bosom so as to shelter
60 from the Blast she sank into the death stu.
por. lu the morning the unconscious babe
was found playing with the breast Of its dead
mother and looked up smiling into the faces
that were wet with tears at the sight.


O mighty power Of love that often throbs
most strongly in the bosom Of the humblest,
those whom we in our pride pass by or de-
spise, to deeds Of hcroism that
show what wondr9us possibilities Of goodness
slumber unsuspected in the human heart
How poor looks many a deed that has been
sung by poet, or applauded by admiring gen.
eratious, when contrasted with the self-sacri-
fee Of this poor loving mother and nameess
fisher boy Dead mother dead boy sleep
ing side by side in this rude grave-how your
deeds Of love brighten this scene Of horrors,
carrying our thoughts up to that Infinite Love
who gave himself for our poor lost humanity
rebuking our cold sefshness, and kindling
/ the spirit Of seEsacriico. o, dread mystery
Of sorrow. pain and death How ye conlron


Us on all sides, aud shake our faith in the Dl
vine Love But with such examples Of self
sacrificing love that has been breathed int
the soul Of man from the source of all good
ness, we will believe, notwithstanding all ap
pearances to the contrary, that the universe


is rocked in the arms Of everlasting love, an,
that Every cloud that spreads above, ant
vcileth love, itself is love-
Year: 1871

If you would have loving wife, be as
gentle in your words after as before marriage
treat her quite as tenderly when matron as
when a miss don't make her the maid of all
work, and ask her why she looks less tidy
and neat than when you " FIRST knew her.
Don't buy cheap, tough beef, and scold her
because it does not come to the table " porter
house !" don't grumble about squalling babies
if you cannot keep up nursery" and re.
member that "baby may take after papa in
his disposition don't smoke and chew tobac
co. and thus shatter your nerves, and spoi
your temper, and make your breath nui
sance, and then complain that your wife de-
clines to kiss you; go home joyous and
cheerful to your wife, and tell her the good
news you have heard, and not silently put OIL
your hat and 60 out to the "club" or "lodge,
and let her afterwards learn that you spent
the evening at the opera or at fancy bal
with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife be pa.
tient; remember you are not perfect, but try
to be; let whiskey tobacco and vulgar COM
pany alone; spend your evenings with your
wife, and live decent, Christian life, and
your wife will be loving and true If you did
not marry a heartless beauty without sense
or worth; if you did, who is to blame if yor
suffer the consequences - Phreaologica
Journal.
Year: 1871

Did any of our readers ever think how lit
tie it takes to stain their characters A
single drop of ink seems very small thing,
yet dropped into a tumber of clear, pure wa
ter it backens the whole. And so the first
OATH the first lie, the first glass may seem
very trivial, yet depend upon it, they leave a
dark stain upon your character. Look out
for the first stain. Remember that small Vi
ces lead to great crimes, and that every little
vice is a stain upon your character and re.
member, too, that if you continue to indulge
these vices, the stain grows darker until your
whole soul is blackeRod. 1t is compara-
lively easy thing to rid ourselves of them at
the beginning, but if we allow ourselves to
indulge them, they will soon have mighty
power over US. Look out for the first stain.
Year: 1871

Within few weeks past a number
Of exceedingly dangerous counterfeits
have made their appearance. How large
the number may be cannot be known, for
the counterfeit is so nearly iantless that
il is only with the utmost difficulty that
it can be distinguished from the genuine
The spurious bill is a twenty dollar green
back. The only weak point in the cXecu-
ton seems to be the Genital figure, which
is little too coarsely done When pre-
sented in a package, however, this figure
is not seen in the rapid counting, it being
hidden by the hand or the oyerlying bill.
The other points Of the bill are SO excel
lent as to stand the test Of The strongest
light, We are told that two or three
banks have been deceived by the bill.
There has not been a more dangerous
counterfeit put atloat. Business men,
bank tcllers, railroad ticket agents, and
others, would do well to keep a sharp
lookout for these bills. PeicrsoR'S BoRI
Note Detecior.
Year: 1871

Leader, viz: That the State should
set up Printing Office of its own,
after the fashion of the National
Government Mt Washington. This
plsn also looks very plausible; but
there are nevertheless great ohjec-
tons in the way. In the first place,
as said before, the Office would nec-
essarily have to be very complete
and costly, in order to do great
amounts of work within very short
times, as needed. And then, when
the heavy runs were over, the Office
must lie idle--idle, indeed, the great
er part of the time, because the State
has nowhere near printing .enough
to do to keep such an Office in work.
And while it was idle the Office
would prove, we think, more than
expensive enough to eat upaii profits
it could save to the State. Aud the
State could not legitimately go into
the general Job Printing business, to
keep its Office and workmen em-
ployed. With the Government
Printing Office at Washington the
case is different in every respect.
That Office. vast as it is, is run to its
fullest capacity all the time on Gov
crnment work-as very much Of that
work is of such u nature that it don't
have to be done in any special hurry,
but may run through the year.


But this article Is already too long,
though 50 much remains unsaid. To
sum up, it appears to us that, while
the present system of letting the
State printing has Objectionable fea-
lures, it will be very difficult to find
one not liable to greater objections;
and that no new plan, however
plausible, should be adopted without
very careful consideration, and then
only upon the concurring judgment
of practical men who understand the
business,
Year: 1871

The coming election Of n State
Printer elicits some discussion among
ourexchanges. The Indianola Lead
er, for one, urges the repeal Of the
present law which requires the State
printing to be done at Des Moines,
and argues-or rather, has hitherto
argued-that any responsible printer
in the State should be allowed to bid;
and, if the successful competitor,
allowed to do the printing at his own
office.


There is a certain degree Of fairness
in this idea, apparent on its face;
but we fear that in practice the plan
would hardly prove successful. The
largest and wealthiest publisl,eis,
having the most machinery, and
having to employ numerous work
men anyhow, with the risk of their
being some of the time unemployed, +,
could of course afford to bid much
lower, on large amounts of work, +,
than the country offices possibly
could. And this fact would instantly
have the effect of ruling all but four
or FIVE Offices in the State out Of the
competition; 50 that one of the main
objects Of the aforementioned plan
would be practically nullitled.


And further The competition be-
tween the large Offices, under this
plan, would be SO great that the
work would at first be let at figures
much below its real worth. The
successful competitor would lose
money by his work. There could
then but one Of two results ensue:-
either the States work would be
most miserably done, with numerous
delays and failures; or else the few
large Offices, seeing the "losing prof
its" of their competition, would form
a "ringu and thus secure as high
prices as formerly, or higher. The
truth of the matter is that the State
printing is real "white elephant"
to-well, we might almost say, to
anybody but Mills & Go. of Des
Moines; for itrequires large amount
of machinery, that great quantities
of work may be rushed through in
very short times-and for the rest Of
the year the machinery must lie idle,
"eating itself up" unless the Office
has very large and general run of
work from other sources. TO the
best of our knowledge and belief,
Mills & Co., who have lately done all
the State printing, are the only firm
having both the requisite machinery
and the general run Of work to
make the machinery a saving invest
ment.


Again, if the printing were done
anywhere outside Of the Capital, the
sending forward and back OF copy,
proofs, revises, &C., would not only
considerable expense, but, as
every one can see, would be attend
ed with much risk Of loss and Of in
accuracy. True, this risk would not
be so great now as when the law
above referred to was enacted; be.
cause we have railroads and teIe-
graphs now; but it would still he a
matter Of grave importance for con-
sideratjor.


The Den;sOn Reriep proposes An
other plan, which is secopded by the
Year: 1871

INDUSTRY AT HOME.-Nature


is industrious i'm adorning her
dominions; and man, to whom


this beauty is addressed. should


feel and obey the lesson. Let
him, too, be industrious in


adorning his domain in max
ing his home not only conyen-
lent and comfortable, but pleas
ant. Let him be industrious in
surrounding it with pleasant
obiects-in decorating it with
in and without, with things
that tend to make it agreeable
and attractive. Let industry
make home the abode of neat
ness and order. Ye parents
who would have your children
happy, be industrious TO bring
them up in the midst ola pleas
ant, cheerful and happy home
Year: 1871

afford good sleeping-places
generally have them. The de-
gree of refinement and cultiva-
ton, as well as wealth one has
attained, may be easily read by
one glance at their sleeping
apartment. Cleanliness and
comfort are perfectly consistent
with honest poverty, for straw
and water are cheap every
where in the country, and with
in the reach of all.


AS a general rule, the better
care a man takes of his body,
in feeding it with skill, clothing
it with discretion, and giving
it due and refreshing sleep, the
more work he can do, and the
higher quality of his work. A
vigorous, energetic, and hardy
body may patiently endure for
a series of years gross viola
tons of its fundamental laws,
but the day will come when it


Will demand full retribution foI
dishonored requisition. The
rules of physical well-being are


like those laws that Moses re,


ceived on the granite of Mount


Sinai. Tobacco, broken sleep
; bad fare, cold, dampness, mi
asms. vii! tell on every frame
at last; and when Nemesi
comes he requires eye for eye
tooth for tooth, stripe for stripe
} burning for burning.
Year: 1871

GRANT DOESN'T SLoP OvER.-The WASH
ington Republican comments on the fact that
Gen. Grant never ''slops over" He does not
talk for the sake of hearing his own clatter, nor
make speeches because off1cous friends advise
him to announce policy every quarter. To
all such appeals he simply replies that he has
no policy but the will of the people, whose ser
want be is. Hs recognizes the fact that his
business is to execute the laws not to instruct
the people as to what they should or should
not do. When he does speak, it is to some
effect We have seen very little criticism of
his messages and his few brief public utter
ances. They are all good and full of meaning.
1t is what he does NOT say that the busy bodies
are enraged at. When he confines his remarks
on Louisiana to the statement that things seem
to be in a muddle down there, and he shall
wait until he hears both sides, we feel that
quiet assurance of safety that we did when be
telegraphed that he was going to sight it out
on this line if it takes all summer" There is
no bombast or rhetoric about the man. In
short, he don't "slOp over"
Year: 1871

That splendid lot of land known as the Tree
lot on Congress street, and some fine lots in
the other part of the city will be sold by f. o.
Bailey s. Co. this afternoon by order of AS
sienee.
Year: 1871

THE Young Mems Christian Association, in
fitting up their new rooms in Mechanics build
ing, few months since, had in view the re-
plenishing of their library which VS. nearly
destroyed in the great fire; a room was there
fore set apart and neat case put up. Meas
ures are now being taken to fill this up, as
frequent applications are made for books by
young men and others. Historical, Biographi-
cal, scientific, religious and all other works OF
an instructive and moral character are needed
Even books that have been used some would
be acceptable. Contributions of the above or
money for the purchase OF the same, will be
thankfully received by either of the officers OF
the association, or the agent of the rooms, who
will also call at any place designated to receive
Year: 1871

THREE boys were arrested by the police last
night on suspicion OF robbing garden. Three
girls, aged IA 16 and II were also committed
to the cells for bad conduct on the street. Can
nothing be done to save such from life OF
shame. The police Office shows too many
such unpleasant incidents