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Year: 1871

SO dense is the smoke from the burn
ing forests Of Michigan and Wisconsin,
which covers Lake Huron and Lake Su
perior, that the steamer Arctic, tho crack
vessel Of the upper lake trade, on her
last trip down, was fifteen hours 10 finding
Marquette, after she was of that harbor,
by clock and compass. Such thick dark
ness did the smoke establish. that the
lamps we're kept burning all day the
same as at night.
Year: 1871

Would the aggregate result OF the woman
vote be wiser than The aggregate of he man
voter If not, why h' Guce it as an element
ilto the decision O.. lltcal questions?
Ahat the world ..,-s is the best kind Of
government, The. ,eolly, we republicans
know how to get t,ot. 1t is by putting and
keeping government in the hands of tho
wisost Rnd most virtuous The difficulty is
to establish the rule of their selection. This
selection ought 70 be confined to those best
capable Of Judging But how shall we fad
them? Alas, there is no way. We have
rt3oricd 10 the best method within our reach.
We admit the Whole rorul4t on to have a
voice in the choosing. But il is cumbrous
and an imperfect method, which we would
gladly improve five could


Now, unless the women are visor than the
mon, why should we add the superNuou7
weight Of their vote to sys'cm in which, MS
many intelligent persons believe, We lave too
many votes already? lsituot for the advocates
of female suffrage to show the affirmative Of
the opoeton-namcly, that the wisdom of
woman is greater than that Of mon--in orlcr
10 establish just claim to exercise this
function?


But if they could succeed in doing this,
would tllcy not prove too much For would
not that bc 10 exhibit the ihfcrority Of man,
himself, and afford u sufficient reason why
lie should be entirely excluded from voting
but setting aside 30 unfair a judgment, we
may conclude Tint the votes of women, as,
samlnR them TO be no wiser than men, arc
quite unnecessary TO the guidance OF public
Affairs, smco they wo,dl contribute nothing
to the common stock of INTEL gonco. They
would add weight to the machine. but impart
Year: 1871

no additional power. The accession would
thus result in net loss


This argument, if it be sound, shows that
the only ground upon which woman can ask
to participate in the suffrage is that it is ne
cessary to protect her from the expressions of
man. But when the majority Of men are
willing to concede female suffrage for this
reason, will it not afford excellent grounds
for the conclusion that man is disposed TO
acquicsco in all the amcliorations OF womans
civil condition which the majority Of the
sex can ogrcc upon as worth dcmandng2
And when man is willing TO say yea TO all
that universal woman demands, what moro
would she have? We'll, we suppose she will
answer that she wants the suffrage merely
for the sake of having It; that she is
unwilling to be governed and taxed without
q voice in fixing the government ond the
taxation. Very good If the women demand
this with unanfmity and zeal, probably they
will get Il after n while, whether it Will be Of
any usc to them or anybody else or not
Year: 1871

conducted with fairness, and that malice and per
jury will no longer be employed to overthrow an
innocent man. The best thing for the fair fame
Of the State would be the entire abandonment of
tho whole proceeding but that would be too
much to hope for, considering the amount of
political Onmosity that has been excited against
Mr.. CuAuooS. However, with a fair trial he has
nothing to fear
Year: 1871




A private letter received from member Of
the Arctic expedition under Capt. Hall in the Poars
gVes account Of tho movements Of the expedition since
last heard from through the officers Of the Congress- The
letter s dated Upernayik, Sept s, and was carried
thence TO Copenhagen by Danish vessel whence 1t was
dispatched to its destination via Hamburg steamer


After leaving Disco where he received bis extra stores
from the Congress- Capt Hall sailed nearly north until
he arrived or the harbor OF Proven. He there went
ashore, and well received BY the Danish authorities
His principal object to obtain dogs but he succeeded
securing only eighteen about half Of which at
the time unh for serVce but may BY care be made vau
able After leaving Proven the Polaris sailed for UpeH
nsvfk, where she arryed the sOh Of August. Here
he tried secure the services Of Esquimaux hun
ters and dogdryers, but was unsuccessful he, how
ever obtained some dogs and furs which viii prove of
great value while In Winter quarters Capt Hall sailed
from Upernavk the 9Th Of September, going north
OF course be not since been heard FROM and will not
probably until Winter, when he may send down from
Winter quarters to Disco for supplies All on board arc
reported we'll and confident Of success.
Year: 1871

diae resignation He is Of the cAss fear Of whom


= is s.id thst Toy do and none rc,sn" Ine Pred.
man than Murphy could be found who combined With
executive ability the Same political strength and who
could unite the Republican party State, he would
remove Mr. Murphy and appoint that other nan There
are many such men, and trst that tho President viii
SOON have the sagaolty TO discover ono OF them.
Year: 1871

THE PROSPECT PARK FALL TR0TTING MEETING


THIRD DAY.
There was an improved attendance at the
Prospect yesterday, but the cold weather
exerted preudicial influence the number of Vistors
The in both races Idol Girl being the fret
choice in the pools the rs and Joe Hooker in the
second.
Year: 1871

The hotel at Eden Mills, advertised
for sale in another column is surrouuded
by some Of the most romantic scenery in
the state, aud as good fishing grounds,
and Tor a summer resort Tor pleasure seek
ers, it can be made very attractive.
Year: 1871

; The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive, some
stimes alternating with lax
l with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay
ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or


weakness, debility and low
spirits. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

Register your orders early in
the Custom Department, which
consists of Suits in effective and
stylish combination, while our
Coatings, Trouserings and Vest
ings are of that elegance of taste
and chasteneSs Of colors, from
the silent to the loud, calculated
to please the most tastidious low
or of fine trimmings, artistic cut
and stylish make.
Year: 1871

Especially, who have become the Victims of
Solitary Vice. and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young men of the most ex-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senatcs with
the thunders of eloquence, or walked to extacy
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body nre th'
most necessary requisites to promote connubla
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, TIL
prospect hourly darkcns TO the view, tho lnInt
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed will
the melancholy reflection that the happiness y
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1871

The stock market was strong, and at times active
and buOyant. With few exceptions the share list
showed a further important advance In quotations,
particularly at the second last call, succeeding
which the market became quiet and prices under
went q very natural reaction after the recent
smart rise. The chief incident or the day was
the failure OF three operators for O decline, who
fell victims to the insdious and malicious,
teachings OF the defamatory circulars and
other jaundiced literature which the spectators
have been employing in order to delude the street
into selling stocks. The luckless bankrupts were
.shortn OF Lake Shore and Rock Island, which
they rad sold at 81 and 104 respectively ON the ad
vice Of men who told them not long since to buy the
same stock at 102 and 1926. The extreme prices Of
the leading active shares were as follows:--
Year: 1871

The amount OF tax paid to the government gross
cepts the whole OF expenses for
year, order TO precisely what the result would
have had the fare been cents IL Ia n presen
ana governments tax paid This EXHIBIT Is alarming to
city railroad stocks and doubt win surprise
numbers people who been accustomed TO believe that
city railroads are institutions Of great profit


A engaged business practising professions
have advanced their prices In proportion to ae Increase OF
expenses The merchant advanced the price OF hs goods
the butcher tho price of his meat the lawyer his fees the
mechanic his wages the newspaper pubshers the price Of
their papers, and the end Of the catalogue Can
be reasonably expected BY the public that city railroads
the that charged
when expenses were but little than half what
they now aref Can people expect ample accommo-
the best of the roads and when the largest
would actually lose! The facts here stated be


cttled conviction the minds OF the most experienced
city ocers that unless relief obtained by adj
Of fare the result inevitably be bank
ruptcy and ruin to most OF the roads.


The following table shows the excess OF receipts
over expenditures as above glven by the various
companies during tho past year and which III most
Year: 1871

A CHEAP Ice E-HousE.-Throw dozen
or two old rails or poles on a piece of
ground sufficiently inclined to carry off
the water, fill the crevices between the
poles with sawdust, cover with old boards
slabs or barks, get from the saw-mill a
few loads of slabs, take four, say twelve
feet long, notch the corners like log
house, set them on the platform, and you
have a crib about ten and half feet square
by the width of the slab deep; fill this
crib with sawdust and pack it down hard.
Cut your ice so that it will pack close,
and two by four feet lay it on the saw
dust, put on another CRIB of slabs and fill
up and pack hard with sawdust, all around
and SO go en- until you get six or eight
feet; then put q foot and half of sawdust
on top; over this put shed roof of slabs
one end of the slabs nearly to the ice,
raising the other three feet. If ice is all
that is wanted, it will keep in this man
ner as we'll as in vanished house
Year: 1871

lnr. Elitor i see an article going the
rounds Of the papers, in which it is stated
hat have become convinced of my error
in opposing the Kankakee Vally Draining
Co. and am now about joining them in
their operations. This statement is un-
qualitiedly false; have no connection
with them, nor do | intend to have any
other than contest what | deem their
illegal claims. Many of the statements
made to induce those who are opposed
to join this close corporation, are so well
known to be absurd and incorrect, that no
intelligent man could so far stullifv him.
selfas to lend his sanction to their schemes
l, for one, can not consent to even have
the suspicion attached to me that regard
this scheme other than an illegal attempt
to deprive land holders of their lands.
Such appears to be the opinion of those
most affected, as over 300 appeals have
been taken in this county from their as
sessments, and the assessments with the
mortgages upon which they We're based,
have all been declared ijy the court to be
null and void and of no effect in this
county-and all further Operations of
the company will be vigorously contested
ISAAC FsMAY.


South Bend, Dee 12, 1871.


! Lapofte He1dld
Year: 1871

in the hand of the maniac. Aye, more. it
would demolish society itself. The an
cient Priests seeing this, in their endeay-
or to arrest the tendency, declared that
Ignorance was the mother of devotion.


| have presented you with extremes.
1t is rare that such cases do occur; but IN
proportion to our neglect to each dlvis-
ion, or the failure ON our part to keep up
an equilibrium, will we approach these
extremes. Having limited at the import
ance of educating the whole being, and
alluded to some of the evils attendant up
on the failure to keep up the equilibrium,
by training the whole capacity, it is appa-
rent that education means the careful
training of the whole being in his COM
pound nature; and when thus developed
is one of God noblest creatures on earth.
In this capacity everything is contempla-
ted for the ultimate good of mankind, and
to that end, and to subserve their inter
est, you not only find him mastering the
elements, but adapting the destructive
agencies in nature to mans benefit
Who is there that would refuse to ap-
ply themselves constantly to the develop
ment of all their powers! Who is there
that does not desire that moral develop
ment which would enable him or her >to
grasp in all the requirements of that ma
ture, and be fully cognizant of our rela-
ton to each other and to our God. Who
does not desire the mind of a Newton that
he may at one glance grasp in the whole
of natures laws; OF the physical develop
ment of Washington, that whenever the
mind is willing to discharge the duties OF
life the body is able to perform. When
this is done you have found the Philoso-
piers stone You are then prepared tc
perform life's duties, with promise of 8
name written higher, and in the end ever
lasting happiness.


You can then say:


Ny life on earthshas not been spent la vain
Tho it has cost me labor and much pain


Cold in the dust this perished heart mus
| lie;


But that which warmed 1t once can never
/ die.


lThe above was prepared and read be
| fore the Stark County Teachers institute
Nov %, 1866. Having, as yet, no reason


to change our views, and this being thu


season when the mind is naturally turned


to educational matters, re reproduce i
for what it is worth.
Year: 1871

The SQUIRE's INDIG EsT1oN. - Old
Squire Il was a very successful md
substantial farmer, in an interior town of
Massachusetts,, and more amazing cater
never lived in any town anywhere And
especially much did he eat when fresfs
pork was to be the nourishment Well,
at certain time one of his hogs had beer
killed. The rext morning there was to
be fresh pork for breakfast, and the old
man ate most wondrously. Ii the course
of the forenoon he ate his luncheon. con-
sisting Of bread and butter and mince. Die
and cheese. At noon his dinner consist
ed of fresh pork, pickles, mince pie, and
the usual accompaniments. His safternoon
lunch was like that of the forenoon.
When he came home to his supper, his
tavorite dish had not been prepared as
part of that meal


The old man fretted and scolded till
fresh pork was added to the substantials,
He ate voraciously, as usual In the
evening he toasted some cheese, butteref
and ate it. Just before going to bed he
roasted couple of apples and ate them.
In the night he was taken with severe
collie; the doctor was with him till morn
ing, and wrought miracle in saving the
ola man llte The next day Bolles W.,
one of his neighbors, went in to condole
with the old Squire. Faithful Bowles," !"
saia the old worthy, Il liked to have died
last night. I'll never cat another roast
apple as long as live. | never did love
them very well, and last night ate only


two, and they nearly killed me-"
Year: 1871

"Shall l do it?" said little boy
softly to himself; as he stood before a
bakers window in little town in the
western part of Missouri.


Very longiDgly did he look at the
bread, and cakes, and pies, that were
spread out in the window.


Poor fellow! He Fad been left an
orphan six months before, and the
pleasant home had been sold to pay
the debts of his father, and he had
been left penniless, to work his own
way through the world!


Until now, he had made a living,
but the man for whom he had worked
had failed, and he was left again with
out home or money no place to rest
his weary limbs not penny to get
something to eat.


He was very hungry, so hungry
that he felt dizzy-headed, and leaned
against the railing as he looked at the
tempting food in the window. Almost
noon, and he had tasted nothing since
the morning before; and then but q
crust.


He seemed to hear the low, sweet
voice of his mother, as she said to

him on her dying bed, "Be honest,
my son-resist all temptations to take
what is not your own, and God will
provide food and friends"


81 will suffer on" he said aloud
Eyes, I will suffer rather than steal
but o, I am so hungry !"


1 had been Watching him with a
plying eye, guessing the struggle of
his young heart. stepped up now,
and said, kindly, "It's most noon,
John-I'm going to get something to
eat. Won't you go with me? Come,
I'll treat this time"


Inc tears came thloker and faster
now. He grasped my hand and sob
bed out, go Frank, Frank! I was
going to steaI-but 1 couldn't-I
couldn't because I remembered what
shs told me. But O., 1 was SO hun
gryP'


l took him and bought him all he
could eat then I divided my months
wages with him and afterwards
hunted up place for him. to earn his
bread at chores; and when 1 left him,
be promised me that he would al !
ways remember his mothers last
words, and trust in God.-[Guiding
Star,
Year: 1871

hllWWs


There Hves q family ia Dorchester
county, every dark-eysd male member
Of which for the past fifty years has
gone blind at the age Of twenty 70
twenty-five years. Those With blue
eyes escape the terrible circumstances,
which we lay before our readers as we
hear Of it Some sixty years since
so goes the stOry-a beautiful black
eyed girl Of twenty, thEoagb some
cause or other, lost her eyesight Her
misfortune Brought penury and want
with it. Being reduced to beggary,
she was wont to go abroad asking
aims. During one Of her journeys, she
visited the nelghborhoOd in which
resided the ancestors Of those who are
now sightless. Instead Of her help
less condition exciting, as it should
have done, feeling Of sympathy, she
was treated with ridlcule by some of
the younger members Of the house her
evil star had led her into Two Of
the boys, as a matter Of mere deviltry,
took her out, promising to conduct
her to place where plenty awaited.
Instead Of giving her q safe conduct
they carried her into a swamp and left
her. 1t is said that she cried out, be-
seeching them to put her on the pub
lie road, but they needed not her la
mentations. Finding herself abOst to
be deserted among the tangled brush
wood, she turned her prayer tOa curse,
asking her Maker, in her revengeful
anger, to punish her betrayers, By
making their offspring for seven gen
eEatiOns as helpless as she was. It Is
said that she was found dead In the
swamp, having perished EUm hunger
and cold. This may appear somewhat
romantic, but whether the traditiOnary
part of 1t be false or true, it Is assured
ly fact that the maIe offspring OF the
family referred to lose their siQht as
indicated. Hundreds Of persons in
Dorchester county will verify it,
Cambridge Mass Herald.
Year: 1871

Good temperance people will be
surprised to learn what q sOt the mock
ing-bird makes of himself in Florida.
His special weakness is the berry of
the Pride-of-China tree, upon the juice
of which he becomes as drunk as a
blind owl. A flock of tipsy mocking
birds is a very funny sight. They fly
around in a most cOmical manner,
hiccoughing and staggering just like
real men, mixing up all sorts of bac-
chanalian songs and interrupting one
another in the most impudent manner,
not at all like we'll birds.
Year: 1871




OF course I do not mean that q MIN
will not produce more work in q week
by working seven days than by work
ing six days. But I very much doubt
whether, at the end Of the year, ne
will generally have produced more by
working seven days a week than By
wOrkiugsix days week; and 7 FIRM
ly believe that at the end Of twenty
years he will have prodaced less By
working seven days a week than by
working six days a week. The mt
ural difference between Campania aud
Spitzbergen is triffng, when eOmpar-
ed with the difference between a eOun-
try inhabited by men sunk in bodily
and mental decrepitude. Therefore
it is that we are not poorer, but richer,
because we have through many ages,
rested from our labor one day in sew
en-. That day is not lost. While IN
dustry is suspended, while the pIow
lies in the dusty furrOw, while the
Exchange is silent, while no smoke
from the factory, a process Is
going on quite as important to the
wealth Of the nation as any process
which is performed on more busy days.
Man, the machine Of machines-the
machine compared with which slI
the eOntrivances Of Watts and Ark
wrlghts are worthless repairing
and winding up, 30 that he returns tO
his labOrs on the Monday with clearer
intellect, with livelier spirits, with re-
newed corporal vigor.-CLord Macau-
Law
Year: 1871

It is chiefly through books that we
enjoy intercourse with superior


minds; and these invaluable means OF
communication are in the reach Of all.
In the best books great men talk to
us, give US their most precious
thoughts, and pour their souls into
ours. God be thanked for books
They are the voices of the distant
and the dead, and make Us heirs OF
the spiritual life of past ages. Books
are the true Jewelers.. They give to
all, who will faithfully use them, the
society, the spiritual presence, of the
best and greatest of our race. No
matter how poor l am no matter
though the prosperous of my own
time will not enter my obscure dwell.
ing if the sacred writers will enter
and take up their abode under my
roof if Milton will Cross my thresh-
old to sing to me of Paradise, and
Shakespeare to open to me the words
of Imagination and the workings OF
the human heart, and Franklin to
enrich me with hispractical wisdom,
shall not pine tor want of intellectual
companionship, aud l may become
cultivated man, though excluded from
what is called the best society in the
place where l live.-[W. Z. Chan
ming.
Year: 1871




On the day Of his death, this simple
Western attorney, who, according to
one party, was a vulgar joker, and
whom the dOctrinaries among his own
supporters accused of wanting every
element of statesmanship, was the
most absolute ruler in Christendom,
and this solely by the hold his good
humOred sagacity had laid on the
hearts and understanding of his coun-
trymen.- Nor was this all, for it ap-
peared that be had drawn the great
majority, not only of his fellow-eiti-
zens, but Of mankind also, to his side.
So strong and so persuasive Is honest
manliness, without a single quality of
romance or unreal sentiment to help
it! A civilian during times of the
most captivating military achieve
ment, awkward, with no skill in the
lower technicalities of manners, : he
left behind him a fame beyond that of
any cOnquerOr, the memory Of a grace
higher than that of outward person,
and Of gentlemanliness deeper than
mere breeding. Never before that
startled April morning did such mul-
titudes ofmen shed tears for the death
of one they had never seen, as if with
him friendly presence had been taken
away from their lives, leaving them
colder and darker. Never was funer.
al panegyric 80 eloquent as the silent
look of sympathy which strangers ex
changed when they met on that day.
Their common manhood had lost a
kinsman.-r rJ. r. Lowell.
Year: 1871

Any design can be printed on such
fruit as apples and peaches by cutting
the design in paper, and pasting it
with common -four paste upon the
fruit just before it ripens. The action of
the sun in coloring will be prevented
on the protected portions and when
the fruit is ripe, remove the paper,
and the design will appear in a lighter
or different color from the rest of the
fruit. If you try the experiment on a
red-cheeked apple, the design will ap-
pear in yellow, surrounded with red.
Year: 1871

Boys, use no profane language.
Profanity is a mark of low breeding,
and degrades the mind. An oath new
er falls from the tongue of the man
who commands true respect. Good
men have been known to use prOfane
language, in the delirium of sickness,
who have never uttered a profane
word since childhood. Bad words,
once uttered, often leave an indellble
upon the mind.