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Year: 1875

A very interesting story is now current
in New York city in fashionable and
philanthropic society.


According to this narrative, a lady oil
advanced years and great social distinc-
tion, who is conspicuous for her energetic
and efficient benevolence, had her pocket
picked recently of a wallet containing
about 5000, a large portion of which she
had collected for well.known and most
deserving charity, of whieh she is a
prominent manager. OF this sum part
was in checks and the rest in bank notes.
She was greatly disturbed at the loss, aud
was about 20 make it good from her own
private resources, when the servant one
day told her that a strange. looking man
desired to see her in the parlor. She
went down without suspecting what was
to follow. Her visitor, addressing her by
name, said " Madam, you have lost a
considerable sum Of money. and have
come to restore it to you, OF course you
are aware that it was stolen by picking
your pocket; but the fraternity have
considered the subject, and we have con.
cluded that We cannot keep any money
that has been taken from you. We know
your goodness and the charities to which
you devote your time and your means,
and we have determined to restore the
pocket. book. Here it is with its contents
undiminished, and | trust you will no. bo
unwilling to receive and apply, as you
apply so much other money, small ad.
dition which We have taken the liberty Of
making" Saying this he handed her
the pocket book and left the house with.
out waiting moment. On opening the
pockot.book she found everything that
she had lost and one hundred dollars al.
ded by the pickpockets for benevolent
purposes.
Year: 1875

Four Coon HABIrs.-There we're four
good habits a wise man earnestly recon
mended in his counsels, and which he
considered to be essentially necessary for
the management Of temporal concerns
and these are punctuality, accuracy,
steadiness and despatch. Without the
first Of these, time is wasted without the
second, mistakes the most hurtful to our
own credit and interest and that of others
may be committed without the third,
nothing can be we'll done and without
the fourth, opportunities Of great advant,
tags are lost, which it is impossible to re.
call.
Year: 1875

CHEAP PAiNr.-A cheap paint for
wood work can be made, which strong,
smart woman could apply: Five pounds
OF French ochre; one-fourth pound OF
glue, and gallon Of hot water. Dissolve
the glue in small quantity Of the hot
water; when wholly melted add the rest
OF it, stirring slowly until well mixed.
Then stir in the ochre and apply while
hot with good sized paint brush. When
well dried apply one or two coats Of boil
cd linseed oil This paint dries very
quickly, hardening in fifteen to twenty.
four hours. 1t is very cheap; the glue
is about rs cents per gallon. So it is
within the reach Of every woman. An
oeken hue can be given to new pine floors
and tables by washing them in solution
Of cOpperas dissolved in strong lye-a
pound Of the former to q gallon OF the
latter When dry this should be oiled,
and it will look well for a year or two /;
then renew the olling. Grease can be
extracted from floors by applying paste
Of wood ashes and quick lime, to be kept
on for several days and then washed off
Stains on wall paper can be cut out with
a sharp pen knife and a piece Of fpaper so
nicely inserted that no one can see the
patch Ink stains on wood can he re-
moved by solution Of oxalic acid


Cover the spots with bits of the acid,
turn on a spoonful Of water and place a
heated fiat iron over it when the Kissing
ceases the ink will have disappeared.
Year: 1875

given to her here for weeks and pleasant
and moderately profitable employment
was secured for her. She declined the
work and ordered the most expensive
dishes on the bill of fare, because she
was lady. st


Large sums are expended every year
in the public schools upon the education
of our young people. Numbers OF girls
fresh from their classes have been
brought to us for some kind Of practical
training They leave school at the age
of fifteen or sixteen years, without one
qualification by which they can earn !"
living. The parents consider their duty
is done, the children are turned adrift on
the world after they are educated { 2(, in
state of complete bewilderment, to live
in "genteel way" they cannot do ''any-
thing menial IEwould be wise social
economy if the Board OF Education
would add to its provision for instruction
in music and the languages some pracu
cal training in domestic matters. IL girls
were compelled to acquire some Of the
necessary branches ofa woman's sensible
education they would be better fitted to
grapple with the problems laid daily be-
fore them by the exigencies Of life.
Would il not be practical to add to the
public schools departments for instruc-
tion in cooking and domestic work 7
The materials used in the process could
be utilized among the various public in
stitutions, or by judicious distribution
among the sick poor under the super.
vision Of the Department Of Charities
and Correction. 1t is to be hoped that
this proposition will attract further atten-
ton to a subject so important in all it's
bearings upon existing social conditions
as the one here considered.


c. L. HoDGgs.


Free Training School.


No. 46 East Tenth st.
Year: 1875

The recent sudden changes in the con-
dition of the Jail has induced the super
visors of this county to call a special ses-
sion TO take into consideration, whether
or not Jail should be of such a calibre
as to retain prisoners when once placed
within their walls, or to allow them to
pass out as seemeth to them best. The
Board will meet on Wednesday the 10Th
of this month. Something must be done
about the Jail. There are many bad and
insecure jails in Michigan, in fact the state
is somewhat noted for the insufficiency of
its Jail accommodations, not so much in
quantity, as in quality, but of all the poor
jails in the state, we think the one i'm Che
boygan county is the poorest. If our in
formation is correct, no man ever remain
ed in it long after he wanted to get out.
Sometimes they stay few weeks, as this
last man did, until the confinement be-
came little menotonous, when they
come up missing. If the county is going
to have Jail at all, it should have one
which will keep in safety any one who
may be put in it. If we cannot have that,
we had better let the criminals 60 with
out going to the expense of catching
them.
Year: 1875

Now that there is daily stage running
each way between Petoskey and this place,
why is it that we cannot have daily
mail? OF course it would have to be a
special arrangement between the con-
tractor and the citizens of this place. 1t
would be little more trouble for him to
bring the mail every day, still we think
that Mr.. Smith would be willing to do
the extra service for reasonable COM
pensation, and this we think our citizens
would be willing to pay for the extra ac-
cOmmodatiOns. We trust that some one
will take the matter in hand and see what
arrangement can be made about it.
Should we secure daily mail this winter,
and the inland route be opened next sea-
son, there will be great doubt about
Cheboygan ever having to go back to a
tri-weekly mail again. After this year
we trust that the government will order
a daily Service here, but until then, if it
can be had at reasonable cost, the citi-
had better club together and pay the ex-
ira EXPENSE. Let us have daily mail.
Year: 1875

1t may be as some say that it is impos-


sible to keep sidewalks clear of snow du-
ring the winter, but such is not the expe-
rience or other places no better located
as far as snow is concerned than this, In
Marquette the sidewalks are kept clear
during the winter, through the labor and
energy Of Hon. Peter White A snow
plow is used. There is probably as much
snow in Marquette as there is in Cheboy-
gan. Cheboygan, unfortunately has ne
Peter White, but it has material with
which snow plow might be made, and
the sidewalks kept clear as well as in
Marquette, or many other places. A
snow p1ow run over the sidewalks after
every snow or wind storm would keep
them comparatively clear, and make the
place much more comfortable to live in
during the winter. aaf n
Year: 1875

1t seems that the announcement that
that the state camp meeting ground had
been located at Petoskey was a little
premature. 1t is true that majority OF
the committee at first favored Petoskey
but it has not been positively decided
where it will go. Traverse City and
Ludington will not give up their claims
for it without struggle. A short time
since portion of the locating committee
again visited the three places named, and
were to decide after their return. As yet
we have not learned That any decision
has been arrived at. Traverse City has
agreed to raise $4,000 as an inducement.
while Ludington will probably not be far
behind. This shows that Petoskey has
got to be awake to her interests; or else
she will say $50 near and yet so far.
Year: 1875

Mr.. David Smith returned from Grand
Rapids, the early part of the week, where
he had been to arrange through freight
arrangement with the Grand Rapids and
Indiana railroad from all the principal
points to Cheboygan. This we under
stand he succeeded in doing. Freight
will be billed direct from Chicago, De-
troit or Grand Rapids to Cheboygan,
where it will be delivered much cheaper
than heretofore. This will be great ac-
commodation to our citizens, and will no
doubt largely Increase the amount of
freight received. The contract with the
company is, that daily stage each way
shall be run, and more if necessary to
transport the freight promptly. The
daily line commenced this week, and so
far have been running with large loads
each way. The roads are in splendid
condition, six hours being the running
time, which is less than half what it was
a few weeks ago.
Year: 1875

1t must be that the burning of dwell
ing which is occupied has tendency to
cause insanity in the human race. have
been to several fires in this village, in
the short period that have resided here,
and if the actions Of the citizens are any
criterion by which to judge, Ishould
think that there was a regular iule, to
govern everybody upon such occasions.
When the whistle blows little spasmodic
toots, you may be sure there is fire
somewhere, for that is the way they give
an alarm of fire in this town. Grab your
hat, hunt up your mittens, but be very
careful not take bucket, but run and
yell. The faster you run and the louder
you shout. the more excitement there
will be. When you get to the fire, if you
can find an axe, grab it and knock the
first door off its hinges you can reach.
Be very careful to spoil the door if posi-
BILE, because you want to save it for the
insurance company; for they never have
to pay for any doors that are taken off,
whether there are any panels left or not.
Having got firm foothold in the build
ing, and becoming satisfied that you are
in no danger yourself, take your axe and
knock out a window. Grab a rocking
chair you will find there and throw it out
the window with all your power, because
that will break it, you know. Take the
bureau and pitch that out, especially if
you are up stairs: If there is mirl or in
the room be sure and pitch that out, or
if you do not think that is the correct
thing to do, take it carefully down stairs.
across the street, and sling it against the
fence, because that will save it:


Take the mattress off the bed, carry it
down stairs carefully, and ifyou can find
secure place to put it i'm neighbor's
dOOryard, do so. Be sure and take up the
carpets; and do it as careful as you have
a mind to, but be sure and tear them in
two or three places in doing it. S.
Year: 1875

In TROUBLE AND JAIL.-A member
of the numerous family of Petoskey


from the village by that name, came into
town Thursday. In the evening he
started out to make some calls. Feeling
quite sociable, he called alike upon those
he knew and those he did not know; il
anything showing preference. for the
latter: This led to little dissatisfaction
on the part of some of the recipients OF
his visits, and he was put out Of the
house. He then commenced making a
disturbance, and this ended up by his
being put in Jail by Marshal Mulvaugh.
Year: 1875

DESERVE MENTIoN.-The men who
went out to the wreck in the small boat
Monday last, deserve more than a passing
mention. Theirs was an arduous under
taking and not without danger. We
would give their names, but have not
been able to learn them ak
Year: 1875

ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-The Che
boygan Improvement Association hold a
meeting at Humphreys law office Tues
day evening next for the purpose of elect
ing officers and transacting such other
business as may come before it. 1t is very
derisable that all who have signified thefr
intention of becoming members and All
who desire to join in efforts to improve
the place should be present.
Year: 1875

The unprecedented success which
has attended the Artesia sales from
the very first day to the present was
fairly illustrated on the grounds yes
terday. The excursion was the largest
yet had, and was composed of larger
number of bidders than usual. The
bidding was lively during the greater
portion Of the day, and the results
were satisfactory to all concerned. At
the close of the days work the mana
gers found that they had about five
hundred acres of land left, and upon
the earnest solicitation of many who
still desired to make purchases, they
concluded TO extend the sales one day
more, and hence the usual excursion
train will leave this morning at $3.50
A. M. There are more tickets now out
than there have been for either of the
former excursions, and to- day bids fair
to be the big day of the sales. While
this is true, it must be remembered
that a large number of persons are
now supplied with all the land they
want, and hence the competition is
not likely to be so lively. The asso-
citation bought the land, however, to
sell, and hence will let 1t go to-day,
even though the margin for expenses
and profit isvery small. For this rea-
son these will be a better chance to
get bargains than during the former
days when the competition was more
lively. This is announced as posi-
lively the last free excursion to Arte-
sia. Should any lands remain unsold
after to-day (Which is improbable)
they will be disposed of at private
sale. Following are the figures of
Yesterdays sale:
Year: 1875

Have you read the monthly reports
of the scholarship and department of
your children? Have you compared
their standing with the standing in
the previous months of this session?
The preparation of these reports gives
the teachers much labor. This Is lost
if your children see that you are in
different in reference to their pro-
Year: 1875


Patience is so like fortitude that
she seems to be either her sister or
her daughter


Earthly pride is like the passing
flower, that springs tofall, and BIOS
sons but to die.


The passions, like fire, are useful
in thousand ways, and dangerous
only in one-through their excess.


Passions, new born, at first are in
our power, but when their tide runs
strong they sweep away resolves.


Violent passions, are formed in
solitude. In the hustle Of the world
no object has time to make a deep
impression.


In grateful man, with liquorish
draughts and morsels unctuous, grease
his pure mind that from all consider
alton slips.


sensibility would be a good FORTRESS
if she had but one hand; with her
right she opens the door to pleasure,
but with her left to pain.
The pious and just honoring ofour-
selves may be the radical moisture
and fountainhead from whence every
laudablc andworthy enterprise issues
forth.


Laughter and tears are meant TO
turn the wheels at the same rnachin.
cry of scnsibility; one is wind power
and the other is water power, that is
all "
Year: 1875

STRAWBERRY FEsTIvAL.-The ladies
of Elm Street Baptist Church are now
holding a strawberry festival at the
City Hall, and respec fully invite the
support of generaus public. The
festival is being conducted In man.
ner to give pleasure to all who attend
and as 1t Ia being for the benefit of the
church 1t should be literally support
ed.
Year: 1875

the money in the County Treasury shall be
counted by an honest man elected by the
people, and not by man nominated by the
present incumbent, and by raising funds to
detect and prosecute every illegal voter


That meeting Of merchants was q crush
ing blow to the HBRa crowd, even If the
gang of p1ug-uglies from the blackleg dens
of Clark and Wells streets had not sought
to break it up. It showed that the hon.
est, respectable, peaceful, and }aw-ab'dlng
citizens Of Chicago have ut last walked
up to realizing sense of the dangers
that surround them, and the infamous
assault upon them by HEa1Se's cutthroats
and bullies shows that HEs1Na feared this
meeting would be the death blow to him.
It was the last effort Of the Devl-fiah; but
the people have griped the monster. Now
let them slash off his head.
Year: 1875

The DANGEROUS PEEClNCTs.


We call the especial attention Of the Re-
publican Committees to the imperative neces-
aty for providing the means for thorough
and rigid scrutiny Of the ballo-bo1es, Of the
poll-lsts, and Of the counting Of the votes


Especially is this provision necessary in
those precincts where tho Committees know
that frauds are possible and that frauds are
intended. The men selected for the i'm
portant duties at these precincts should have
all the support they may need in order not
only to guard against, but to detect and ex-
pose, frauds. There Gre many precincts where
there is reasonable ASSURANCE Of fair play,
but there are others, and they are well
known, where there is certainty that fraud
is intended and will be practiced- It is at
these precincts where strong force of reso-
lutte, cool-headed men should be provided,
with the means Of enforcing compliance
with the law and an honest record and IN
honest count. That is all TINT should be
asked, and that should be insisted on and
secured
Year: 1875

If Mr. HEsNo had entered the meeting at
Farwen Hall alone, or, as most Of the gen
tlemen present did, accompanied only by q
few friends, he would probably have
been permitted, ut the proper time, to speak
in his own defense. Under no circumstances
could he have claimed the right to speak
but he might have asked the privilege Of
doing SO, and it is unlikely that the courtesy
would have been denied him. His appear
ance in the hall at the head Of company Of
rouehs was virtual declaration of war upon
the purpose of the meeting. His rude inter-
ruption Of the speakers and his defiance Of
the Chairman were acts Of open hostility.
He stood there as the champion Of confusion,
not as one who demanded, or wanted, free
speech, or any other kind of speech To
have given him the floor would have been to
hnnd the meeting over into the keeping Of
him and his friends, and to confess that the
Chairman and officers elected to direct the
proceedings were incompetent for their posi-
tiops.
Year: 1875

The extraordinary proceedings by the
friends of HEsNa and the hummer ticket at
the Farwell Hall meeting On Friday night
leave no doubt as to the purposes of the
*Opposition." The Stats Zatuaag yesterday
was filed with incendiary appeals to the
Germans, Irish. Scandinavians, Bohemians,
and all others Of foreign birth, to array them
selves in personal and political hostility to
the Americans It proclaims a contest for
the absolute mastery Of this city. Shall HEs-
ING crush the community, or shall the CON-
munity now crush the bold and defiant GRIM
inal class which at Farwen Hall on Friday
night sought to take possession of the mer-
chants moeting?


Shall the gamblers rule Chicago? Shall
the bunko-men, the pickpockets, the brothel
pimps and runners, the foot-paas, and the
traf6ckers in stolen goods assume possession
of all branches Of the Government in this
city? Shall Mr.. HEs1Na, the recognized
chief Of the mob, be henceforth during his
natural life Dictator in Chicago, and, armed
with the brute power Of the criminal class,
regulate the incomings and outgoings Of our
people? Shall he prescribe who shall be
merchants and who shall be 1nborers; who
shall vote, speak, or express an opinion, and
who shall be permitted to 1.-Two or do business
in Chicago? The purpose Of this mob is
avowed. It is the subjugation Of al classes
of society to the government Of the bum
mers, of which government h1r. A. G. HEsEa
is to be the chief. Does it require that any
citizen interested in the peace, prosperity,
and character of the city, or in safety for
person or property, shall be actually
knocked down, maltreated, turned out
Of his own store, or out of his church,
to make him realize the necessity for meet
ing this gang at the polls On Tuesday next,
and there determine whether tlis city is to
bo the prey Of mob, or governed by law ?
Shall we abandon everything to the undis-
puted control of tho men who swarm On
South Clark street every day to rob and plum
der the stranger and the unwary? Shall we
abandon everything like an attempt ct self
government, and, without an effort at self
defense, accept the political and personal
domination of their chief and the gangs Of
criminals enlisted in his service five do
this do not We deserve the contempt in which
this mob holds the general public # We
will not meet this inso1ent combination now
at the polls, do We not invite the rule Of the
mob, and the bowling demands Of the Com
munists, when month OF two hence they
seek the division Of property? Shall We crush
this conspiracy now by our votes, or shall
we be crushed by it 2
Year: 1875

Let every merchant and employer OF labor
in the City of Chicago calculate how much ne
may possibly lose on the profits Of sales BY
closing his establishment half of the day
next Tuesday. Whatever this sum may be
land there will probably be no actual loss, as
the same sales will be made before and after),
he NAV be sure that he will save mora than
an equal amount in taxation by keeping out
of Office the men who are elected by ballot
box stnding, and who are in the hands OF the
vicious and corrupt classes
Year: 1875

The law governing the holding of public
meetings is as well known and as well de-
fined as is any other law for the preservation
of the peace and of private and public rights
That law is, that those who call public
meeting and organize it by the appointment
of officers, and who are 1nwful tenants Of the
room, have the same absolute right to control
and direct its proceedings that the clergyman
and other officers have to control and direct
the services in church. This is the absolute
law, and the only one consistent with the
preservation Of the public peace. Otherwise
there could be no public meeting which
might not be disturbed and broken up by IN
invasion of the opposing party. A1r. HEsr'o
is u candidate at the head of the ticket OF one
party, md Mr. HucK is at the head OF the
ticket Of the other party. To have Mr.. HUGE
invade every HEsEa meeting and insist upon
defending himself would be denial
Of the HEsNa party to hold meeting at ALL
and We do not e1aggerate when We suggest
that such an attempt by a1r. HucK's friends
would result in violence, and probably in the
killing of somebody. The case is in no wise
l4UeE0It NudA ILL., 41E6AHS IL ttAoo443 1s"~41HeA
BY brigade of armed gamblers, thieves,
rufBans, county officers, and other notorious
sconndrels, entered mass-meeting OF mer-
chants and demanded that he be heard in
advocacy Of his..own election; he committed
crime against public morals, against public
right, against the freedom OF citizens to con-
vene in public meeting,-a crime of O pecu-
liarly anti-American character, and especially
indicativeof the propansities that subordinate
reason, dccency, law, and intelligence to the
force Of ruffianism.


It is time that MIR. HEsNo should know
that this is an American city; that, except as
an American citizen, he has no political rights
whatever; that, while his birthplace is no
disfranchisement, he derives all his political
privileges exclusively from his letters cloth
ing him with the character of an American
citizen.


A1r. HEsNa had the same right to enter
that meeting at Farwell Hall that he had to
enter Clark Street Methodist Church and in
sist upon addressing the congregation in
reply to the sermon Of the pastor. The
right in both cases to be disturber Of the
public peace is the same,-no moro and no
less.