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Year: 1873

risen to the dignity Of merchants, and
the value OF their exports makes no in.
considerats item in the annual trade
returns Of the country. But old clothes,
after they have served the purpose
Of mankind. from the shabby gentility
to utter beggary. are yet far from closing
their career. When they have seen their
worst they take altogether new lease
Of existence. As old Jason was re.
newed, in ancient story, by being ground
in mill, so are our garments. When
old clothes are too bad for anything else,
they are still good enough for shoddy.
We all remember how this article was
denounced through the rebellion as
devil DUST" and yet il is as legitimate
a raw material for making felted goods
as fax is for linen. Formerly old woolen
rags went to the land, but now all except
those which are dyed scarlet-which are
treated for the recovery Of the cochineal
they contain-go TO the great factories,
where, after being torn to places by long
toothed pickers, they are mixed with
fresh wool, and appear in the market as
talmas and petershams. beavers and pilot
cloths. More than 60000,0O0 pounds
avoirdupois Of woolen rag we're used in
1870 in this couRtry for this purpose,
and above l00,000,000 pounds in Great
Britain.
Year: 1873

1t is painful spectacle in families
where a mother is the drudge to see the
daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at
their ease with their drawing, their
music, their fancy work, and their read
ing, beguiling themselves Of the lapse Of
hours, days and weeks, aud never dream
log of their responsibilities; but as
necessary consequence Of neglect Of
duty, growing weary of their useless
lives, laying hold Of every newly in.
vented stimulant to arouse their droop-
ing energy, and blaming their fate, when
they dare not blame their God, fer having
placed them where they are. These in.
diyiduals will often tell you. with an air
Of affected compassion (for who can be-
lieve it reaD that poor mamma is work
ing herself to death, yet no sooner do
you propose that they should assist her
than they declare she is quite in her ele-
ment, in short that she never wonld be
happy if she had only half so much to do.
Year: 1873

Our German contemporary, the VoZks-
fTelGfad, calls upon the Democratic ma
jority In the General Assembly of Ohio
to repeal the Adalr Liquor Law. They
will probably modify it considerably 1t
contains provisions which are opposed to
the law of evidence, and which afford op-
portunities for fraud One is where the
wife is authorized to bring a suit as a
femme sole to recover damages for her
husbands drinking by which be may be
deprived of work ana business. This, it
will be seen, renders too easy, a collusion
between the husband and the wife, by
which the unfortunate liquor dealer Is
Victimized. There should be more guards
and restrictions. For all the evil conse-
quences of the liquor traffic for which the
dealer may be personally held liable, such
as selling to chronic and confirmed drunk
ards, as well as to minors, we are in favor
Of severe accountability, but we are not
In favor of other provisions of the Adair
Law, which are OF the most indefensible
and tyrannical character, and defeat
themselves by their very severity'-CEn-
ci1gGti Enquirer.
Year: 1873

Following right after the announcement
that the Ohio State Board Of Agriculture
had lost $15, 900 by the suspension of the
First National bank Of Mansfield comes
the announcement, in a special to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, that a radical official,
"H. S. Babbitt, chief clerk of the State
Auditors Office, who is custodian Of the
funds of the Agricultural College, has over
thirty thousand dollars of the funds of
that institution locked up In the CONNER
cial Bank, which suspended last week
This Is last years interest of the endow-
ment fund, and in accordance with law
should have been deposited in the State
Treasury. 1t was put IN the bank, how
ever, where interest could be realized up
on it, and now when the college is Just
opened the means for its support are not
to be had.
Year: 1873

GRANT is puzzled to find out why, when
silver is at so low premium, it still keeps
out of the channel Of circulation This
reminds one of the profound perplexity
of old George III as to how the apple got
inside of the dumpling. If Grant will
order Congress to Withdraw the forty odd
millions of fractional shin plasters, and
the millions of one and two dollar legal
tender and National bank notes, he'll see
the silver coins take their proper place in
jiffy; unless indeed the premium comes
around as soon as the demand arises.
Year: 1873

The English Agricultural Laborers'
movement has been reinforced by Bish-
op of the Established Church. DIR. Har-
old Brown, the newly appointed preIate
of Winchester, is announced in the latest
English papers as having declared himself
on the side of the Union. At a recent
conference he told the clergy that he
feared that in all Protestant countries,
not the Church only, but religion itself
was losing its hold upon the poor. There
was no sufficient reason for this, he added,
in the Church of England, at al events,
and he went on to say that "the minister
of God is the natural defender of the
poor, and he had better err by defending
him too much than by deserting HIM
when he needs defense" These Weighty
words, coming from such a source, can
hardly fail to exert considerable influence
in behalf of the workingmen. in their
pending struggle with the landowners, at
least so far as his diocese is concerned.


Slowly comes hungry people, as a lion creeping


higher,


GIares At one that mods nd winks behind a slowly


diving fire"
Year: 1873

The Revival Continuing to Spread


We advanced far enough outside the
Democratic line TO meet a body of disaf--
fected Republicans. There was a upion
OF forces. There was q defeat. But the
union was not without its advantage It
was lIberaizer, and its effects sre seen
IN the fact that the Democracy of TODAY
Is no more the Democracy of four wears
ago than the Liberal Republicans who
supported Greeley are the same they were
when they supported Grant. There has
been progress, and, if the Democratic
party should stand chance of coming
into power, it could not be denounced with
any reasonableness or truth as an OBJ
structlve, reactionary party. The penny
whistles OF the party will of course make
a great squeak and noise. But the fact
Is that the country has got beyond the
epoch of the war issues. and good or had
hopeful or hopeless, the one tangible
scheme of political action rests for the mo-
ment within the competency of Mr.. Thur
man. Deplore 1t or deny it. as men may,
there s the fact plainly staring us IN the
face, and 1t is not going to get out of any
mans way. 1t may be turned to good or
bad account 1t may prove the merest
Dead Sea fruit. But the organization at
its back IS too strong, the numbers of
people who are deeply enlisted in it are
TOO great, the minds controlling Il are too
respectable to be set aside. It viii run
Its course to success or failure as other
movements have. But for the present
the New Yorz World is right. The only
opposition to the Administration. weak
or strong as it may be, is the Democratic
party.


There was time when the Democratic
party was the party of tolerance. the
party of progress and the party of Union
according to our reading Of Mr.. Jeffer
son he was as broad and soundin hispoliti-
cal teaching as Mr. Lincoln, and we know
nothing IN the career of General Grant
which entities him.to be considered a bet
ter patriot or more progressive states
man than General Jackson. The revival
OF the historic Democratic party, the party
OF Jefferson and Jackson, ought to terrify
no man who sincerely seeks the berma- .
nence Of republican institutions. The
modern Democracy, the Democracy whose
story Is divided between the interesting


volumes Of Mr.. John CoVode and the
equally entertaining records of the So
ciety called Tammany, the Democracy of
slavery, secession, Boss Tweed and OBJ
structIon, need not be considered, If good
/ men me-, OF all persuasions, good old-line
f Wings and good old-line Republicans will
} come together on a platform of wipe out


and begin again." sketched upon the


original slate, the reverse side of which
contains the maxims and exploits Of JEFF


terson and Jackson
Year: 1873

We do our very best to believe all the
queer stories that we find, for we could
not conseientiously present them to our
readers unless we believed them to be
true, but here is one that, we caution the
public, seems TO Us little doubtful. We
wall not say it is lie, but 1t is improba--
BILE. A horse in st. Paul, MINI, drank
beer until be was in beastly state of in
toxication. His owner, knowing that his
previous habits were exemplary, thought
he was dead. and skinned him Nsxt
morning ghastly steed, without hide or
hair, was found grazing on the publa
common, and skillful veterinary surgeon
is engaged in planting his superfcies with
hair from neighboring ta2neTy.
Year: 1873

The man most likely to make his mark
in the world-one who cannot write his
own name.


Call Providence "slow" city, indeed |
Why, an active man was run over by q
funeral week or two siuce,


what is home without a mother?' as
the girl said when she sent the old woman
out to chop wood.


An old female oddity at Liverpool
Ohio, didn't want 'em to take any trouble,
after she was dead, but, if 1t was Just the
same. she'd like to be buried with her
spectacles on.
Year: 1873

The Republicans have two principles
and only two, and these two they jingle
together so continuously, that they make
noise enough for dozen. One, and the
great leading principle of their party, is
the social equality of ihe negro with the
white man the other is the protection Ci
labor. We don't propose 10 say anything
now Of the Disgusting idea of race equal
ity, and only a woId or two concerning
the protection feature; and what little
we do say upon that matter is well worthy
of serious attel { on upon part of that
portion of the people who are fooled to
the top of their bent by the Radical poll
ticIans and their pensioned presses.


According to the census reports, the
amount paid in wages, the number o.
hands employed, and the average yearly
wages of each hand, in all branches O
manufacture IN 1850, 1850 and 1870, were
as follows:
Year: 1873

Another question has been raised
concerning back pay. Treasurer Spin
ner holds that Senators and Represent
atives sending their checks to him for
the amount due them under the increase
of salaries do not thereby part with
their legal title to the money, and that if
they should demand n return of the
funds at any time, or institute proceed
ings for its reclamation, they would be
very apt to succeed. The Treasurer has
never been legally authorized to receive
the money of the penitents. And be-
sides, they part with itwith no consider
alton either expressed or understood.
However, Gen. Spinner says that the
question belongs to lawyers, of whom
he is not one. On the other hand, ac-
counting officers of the department say
that the money once conveyed into the
Treasury cannot be withdrawn except
by an express act of Congress, and that
if any of the gentlemen who have de-
posted their drafts with Treasurer
Spinner expect to recover money Oh
them in the future, they viii be disap-
pointed.
Year: 1873

THE negro, David Goggin, who was
recently hanged st Franklin Court
House, Va, lived more than an hour
suspended by the neck, and his heart
was distinctly heard beating for more
than three quarters of an hour after his
fall.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General Of the United States after a trial
Of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch . was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

$4,000 IN CASH FOR $l.-We call the
attention Of our readers to the advertise
ment in another column of the Nebraska
State Orphan Asylum. Here is a chance
to win fortune in Public Legal Drawing,
and aid a noble charity.
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road TO an uutimely grave
with bilious complaints there is but truly great
and reliable remedy. and that is
Year: 1873

by the Order.


Resolued, That this Council take steps for
the appointment of some business like men,
Der Of the Order whose duty it shall be to
attend to the purchasing Of machinery,
merchandise, etc., and to take charge of
the shipping Of our produce, said member
to be required to give such bonds and re-
ceive such salary or commission as shall
be determined by the Executive Committee,
said agent to be appointed for the term of
two years, and required to make such re-
ports as the Committee may deem neces-
sary.


Reso1ved, That the Patrons of Husband
ry Of Pierce County are in favor of Home
Manufactures.


Resoluea, That we will deal with the
manufacturers directly, and not through
what is now termed middle-men.


Resolued, That it is our bounden duty to
ourselves to use the right Of franchise for
the purpose of protecting our interests,
and in such manner as will benefit our
selves the most, without regard to partv
prejudices; that we should be represented
in our legislature by honest, competent,
thinking men who are willing to Cooperate
with US in the downfall Of monopolies; that
We should look upon all ot6ce-seekers with
suspicion who are not willing to pledge
themselves to use their utmost influence to
establish laws for the regulation Of Rail-
road Companies.
Year: 1873

The people of Spain appear to have determined


that Republic is most suited TO their conditon


Should the old monarches of Europe not com.
menee a system of inirigueNvith the express view
OF preventing the establishment of government
more liberal and satisfactory there is great prob
ability that the present effort of the republican
leaders will prove successful. II is too soon yet,
however, To predict the future. The changes that
will be adopted have to be tried. They may not
be satisfactory TO the people, and civil war may
result at any time. BY the latest intelligence it
will be seen that the separation of Church and
State Is called for by one party one vi the first
things proposed This may OF itself be produc-
tive Of mischief. The questions that will arise as
TO the course Of the honlc government with regard
to Cuba is another difficulty over which the po-
ltical leaders may differ widely. We can only
hope that the efforts making may not prove inef-
fectua and that the people may resolve TO con-
slider the difficult questions calmly and arrive at
some permanent government without resort to
arms and the shedding OF blood.
Year: 1873

DIDN'T LIKE HER BED FELLOW. "A female
teacher applied to the School Commissioner
Cecil county for an assistant, and a school
marin of sweet sixteen was sent on the next
day. The next train, however, brought the
young lady back with sOrrowful face; aud a
letter from the principal informed the SCHOOL
Commissioner that she, the principal, would
not sleep with girl no younger than herself
Whether this Tepugnance for young bed
fellow would have changed with change
of sex, and the fOrmality of the Clerks license
and few words of encouragement from
monster, respondent sayeth not Wing.
Year: 1873

Plato's tradition of the lost continent is
being verified by leading biologists, and tina.
the space now occupied by the Atlantic Ocean
was once that continent. Upon the Rocky
Mountains abundant evidence Of the theory
that they are outskirts of it are found in the
aquatic plants and shells strewn over them.
The White Mountains and the AdirondackS
are also recognized by those interested as high
points of the boundary of the country which
lies under the sea
Year: 1873

The Legislature of South Carolina has adOp-
ted a resolution requesting their Representa-
tives in Congress to use their influence to pre-
vent the removal of troops from that State,
which they think would be detrimental to
the peace Of the State.
Year: 1873

Wednesday afternoon as party Of painters,
two in number, were engaged in applying a
coat of paint to the roof Of the Rolling Mill,
the ladder upon which they were standing,
and which was reclining upon the roof O the
building, became loose from its fastening in
some way, and in q moment the two workmen
were sliding with increasing velocity to the
ground below One Of them, whose name we
were unable to learn. seized hold Of The spout
ing in his passage downward, THUS materially
breaking the violence of the fall, and he landed
upon terra termG with only few bruises
The other gentleman, whose name is Chambers,
and who is said to have family living at Har-
pers Ferry, was not so fortunate as his com
pauion, and was precipitated to the ground
with sufficient violence TO fracture lis thigh
and uilict other severe injuries about the head
He was carried to his boarding house, where
Dr. Welirey was called in, and gave him such
attention 40 his wounds required -CumJer-
lapd Times 29H.
Year: 1873

1--WE meet upon the level and we part upon the
square"
What words of precious meaning those words ma


sonic are;
Come let us contemplate thero-they are worthy
For il in the very soul of Masonry those precious
words are wrought
awe meet upon the level" though from eTery
station come,
The rich man from his mansion and the poor man
from his home,
For the one must leave his heritage outside the
While the other finds his best respect upon the
checkered floor.
ave part upon the square" for the world mus;


have its due
We miugle with the multitude, faithful band and


true,
But the influence of our gatherings in memory is


green,
And we long upon the level to renew the happy
scene
There's a world where all are equal-we are jour
neying toward il fast.
We shall meet upon the level there, when the gates


of death are past;
We shall stand before the Orient and our Master


will be there
To try the blocks We offer with His own unerring


square.
We shall meet upon the le7ei there, but never


thence depart
There's mansion, It's all ready for each faithful,


trusting heart;
There's a mansion and welcome, and a multi


tude is there
Who have met upon the level and been tried upon


the square.
Let US meet upon the level, then, while laboring


patient here,
Let Us meet and let us labor, though the labor be


severe,
For ahead, in the western sky. the signs bid us


prepare
To gather up our working tools and part upon the


square.
Hands round ye faithful Masons, in the bright


fraternal chain,
We part upon the square below to meet in Heaven


again!
What words Of precious meaning those words ma


sonic are
"we meet upon the level and we part upon The


square"
Year: 1873

An amusing incident happened to-day Nov.
2sth, in connection with member Of Con-
gress. The member arrived here Washing
toni this morning on the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad with his family, including the
babe. In the hurry Of eaying the cars tho
babe was forgotten, and was not thought OF
until after the arrival at the hotel Then there
was some considerable excitement exhibited
both by papa and mamma, which was not
quoted until the little one was discovered snug
ly eusconsei in the sleeping car, where it had
been left
Year: 1873

The Republicans have large majority il
each branch of the present Congress, carried
in by the presidential curren. Of 1872. In tho
Foriy-second Congress the republicans hal
forty majority in the Senate and only thirty
seven in the House, whereas they have thirty
six in the Senate and one hundred aud five IN
The house.
Year: 1873

"The last word" is the most dangerous
Of Internal machines. Husband and
wife should no more strive TO get il than
they would struggle to get possession Of
a bomb-shell.


Married people should study each
others weak points, as skaters look out
for the weak parts of the ice in order to
keep off them.


The wife is the sun Of the social sys-
TEN. Unless she attracts. there is moth
ing to keep heavy bodies, like husbands,
from flying off into space.


Wives, be lenient to the marital cigar.
The smoke always hides the most disa-
greeable part Of the battle.


The wife who would properly discharge
her duties must never have soul "above
buttons"


The liberties of England have been
won by mutual concessions. Let the
husband who would acquire the privilege
of asking friends to dinner without no.
tice remember this when his wife hints
at new bonnet. The wife's want is the
husbands opportunity.


Notwithstanding the assertions Of
msthematicians, the marriage ring is a
circle in which husband and wife have
the problem set them of making all
square. Punch.
Year: 1873

There are four lodges of Good Tenn
plars in this county with a membership
Of nearly four-hundred. A movement
is on foot to establish County Conven.
lions to be held quarterly. Upon that
subject we find the following excellent
advice in the Good Templar's Advocate: /:


"Hsving watched with interest the
practical work of these organizations, we
urge their necessity in every county
where more than two lodges exist.
Some ask what profit are they, as the
laws they make are of no binding effect
upon the Order.


We answer, they are life to the weak
Lodges, and profit to strong ones-the
weak member in the opening is strong
at the close. In counties where several
Lodges exist, one occasionally becomes
Indifferent and lukewarm, sometimes the
FIRE upon the alter dies out for the want
of tanning. At these conventions the in
terests of such are cared for. Wher re-
ports are received and a Lodge is report
ed daBSut to surrender, committee Of
workers is appointed to visit the weak
Lodge; the next convention meets there
and in short time thereafter a strong
Lodge is the result. Delegates attend
ing these conventions should return TO
their Lodges with new zeal for the work
and the fraternal ties are strengthened.


They are of such value no county can
afford to be without one, and we hope
soon TO record their existence in every
county where the Order exists. They
should meet quarterly, hold two days,
and every Lodge in the county see to it
that only such delegates are elected as
will go and be of active service when
there.


Where working they are proving of
incalculable value. Let us make them
more numerous, and great good will re-
suit.
Year: 1873

In one Of the Western States there re-
sides family consisting Of an old man
by the name Of Beaver, and his three
sons, all Of whom are very wicked
They had often laughed to scorn the ad-
vice and entreaties of a pious, though
very eccentric minister. who resided in
the same town. Ii happened that one
of the boys was bitten by a rattlesnake,
was expected to die, when the minister
was sent for in great haste. On his ar
rival he found the young man very pen.
itent aud anxious to be prayed for. The
minister kneit down and prayed in this
wise; "Oh Lord ! We thank thee for
rattlesnakes; we thank thee because
rsttlesnske has BIT him. We pray thee
to send rattlesnske TO bite John send
one TO bite bill and, o, Lord send the
biggest kind of rattlesnake 10 bite the
old man, for nothing but raitlesnakes
will bring the Beaver family to repent
ancs."