WEA MAW,
M. WALLACE.
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ADDI§ON MUTTON,
ARCHITECT,
532 Walnut Street, Philadelphia; .Pa.
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D R.,GEORGE SEARIGI!T, •
DENTIST,
From the Bultitioiro College of Dental Surgery. Oillee
ut the residence of 1114 iiinilter, Enid Lowlier street,
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attention. .t9u. t7t,
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enlijo,t to the decinioa of the Republican Noniltiating
Omivontion ' ' It. •IC.•eTANCILICIt
arch 2, 18711.,.
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,FOR SHERIFF.—At ,the solicitation
of a nualbrrOr Reprililleaus throughout the
county, I offer marl( oa a candidate for Lilo comma°.
Boa of Sheriff at tlia uoxt County Cumulation, null
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IN SORBOTIT
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When thou art sorrowful, and cares around,
Crowd fiud upon tho r tops of happier ;Isys; •
When thou belle v'st e'en brightest thing', can lout
The saddest echo to the rnye,l I tys-7
A Witten of old were fed with ongel's food,
(to sock thy lentelly- in d lug glod.
A hen thole to thee the deareat Atoll have died,
fuel each (yeah day grow weary to thine eyed
When every hope that onion; build upon
COll, to tiny Henri, with n tail nurprlte
Take op the lord •n of enother•n grid,
I o or. neon 1101 0 1 . 1/ Alin thy WOO'il
M tanner, he here that may ,01 . 1 . 0 W It, bribed
With trillga f,ot the heat n , t nighs nor t. a s
❑ut no• to. eacrillee—of helping hand.,
Of cheering stntlex, of aympathetie aurr e
Oft luau the amide t words the, sweeter a rain •
o angals notaielr I thy soul ve..iplain.
Titvti Golll'Blll.ll lit J 011 l lislf..vort ell foot
rion the threshold of a bright, d .y
And !lope shall talcs l, , W••• t.y by the hand,
And botIOneo: down o Valli, to meekly pray
Lille 1 from earth, Noce shall immortalize
Ths limit that its own ..Ingush porttlea
THE OHBA T RAILROAD BILL
VETO MESSAGE. •
Ex ECUTIVE CIIA3II3ER,
HARRISBURG, April 7, 1870.
To the Senate and House Of Reln•esenta
tires of the Comioonweaith of Pens.
:
GENTLEMEN—SC=63 bill No. 1070, en
titled " Anact to facilitate, and secure
the construction of an additional rail
way connection between the waters of
the Susquehanna and the great lakes,
Canada and the nortliwcistern States by
extending the aid and credit of certain
corporations to the Jersey Share, Pine
Creek and Buffalo railway company,
and in like manner to aid the constrttc
tion of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston railway, the Clearfield and
Buffalo railway, and the Erie and Alle
gheny railway," was only presented for
executive approval on yesterday, the
sixth instant.
Regarding it as among the most -im
portant ever submitted for consideration,
both in the principles it . involves, and
the consequences-of my action thereon,
I have examined it with,- as much care
as was poiail i tie in the short time allowed,
and the pressure of our duties as this
lategtage of _the_session. Ifur these rea-.
sons it would have been desirable that
the views about to be announced,.should
have been the subject of more mature
reflection. Entertaining, however, firm
convictions that the proposed measure
is not only in conflict .with the - Consti
tution, hut at war with the best interests
and true policy of the State, it is deemed
an imperative ditty to guard against all
possible mistonstruction by returning
the bill prOmptly to the Senate, in which
it originated, With the followipg state
ment of the reasons for withholding my
approval.
There are in the sinking fund tethe
State nine and one-half millions of
-dol
lars (0,500,000) in' railroad bonds, viz :
$0,000,000 in bonds of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, and $3,500,000 or the
thnt neripruns—ratioy
Company, the payment of the latter
guaranteeVby the Philadelphia _and
Erie reilioad company, the Northern
Central railway company and by the
Pennsylvania railroad company. These
$5,000,000 area part of the proceeds of
the sale of the main line of the public
works, sold in 1857 ; and the $3,500,000
are bonds substituted Of a like amount.
of Loud.: which are proceeds of the
sale of other portions of the public
works, made subsequent to 1857. The
whole $5,300,000, therefore, aro proceeds
of the 'sales of public improvements
formerly owned by the State ; and the
bill under consideration, if approved,
will take this entire sum out Of 010 sink
ing fund and distribute it among the
Tour railroad comp:111W named the
bill, in - the proportions therein recited.
In the consideration of. tins Most,
Amn
portant slbject two questions naturally
MMI
/riod. Has the Legislature the consti
tutional power:to enact this lain? and
Second. if the power exists, is it ex-
pedient to exercise it?
If the first question be answered in
the negative, the bill should not be ap
proved. If in the affimativc, then the
second question assumes a gravy impdr
lance. What then are 'the written - con
stitutional provisions bearing upon the
subject The latter clause of the twenty
fifth 'section of the first iu•ticle of tho
Constitution declares that :
- •' No law herafter enacted shall create,
renew„or extend the charter of more
QM
than one corporation:"
The eighth seetion of the eleventh
article is as follows :
"No bill shall be passed by the Leg
islature containing more than one sub
ject, which shall be clearly expressed
ii the , title, except approbation bills. - "
The proposed act is not an a . ppropria
tion bill within the recognized meaning
of this section of the Rind:mental
Every one familiar with the history of
our' State Constitution • knows the ob
jects.for 'which these clauses Were in
sertQl and adopted: Our Stateliad been
cursed with omnibus l9gislation; enacted
by what in common legislative parlaace
was known •fts. the system of log rol-.
ling.Tfeasures which aloni4 could not
stand upon their merits, and which of- -
ten had no merits 'on which to stand,
were fastened together 'in one bill, and
by ingenious combinations iSf local inter . -
eats, the most incongruous,' and sorne
times iniquitous provisidus wore 'forced
through in the same act. Essentially
diverse r cOntlieting, and even rival and
hostile interests and' parties, 'who could
agree uPon mithilig else, were thus. in , .
duced to unite in a comMion raid - upon
the Treasury of the' State. This evil
became in time so intolerable that the
people were at last compelled to •pridect
I themselves against it.;. and they did so;
- by thee plain- constitutional prohibl
tiong. The.. People in their sovoreigli ca
pacity, declared' and wrote in it their
Constjtution, that bill. should be•
pasSed by' the Legislature containing
more than ono snbject, o and that "no
law hereafter onatled shall create, renew,
or extend the charter of nioro than one
corporation:" . • , ' •
contended,' and' with, sonic shoW
of.plausiliility, that the bill under con-
Siderationerellreccs•but the ono subject
of railioull'3, anti this, and flue 'Odin, is
.okpressedin the title ; and that the. act
does not create, renew, .or extend the
°barter of more than ono corporation.
Technically, this may be So; but we are
" considering grave titiostions of ..constitn
tional law, Whore diffordtd. /mica' of con
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CARLISLE, PA
JOHN nuoADe
struction must iirevail; . and judged by
these it is clear that the' provisions of
this act aro in manifest violation of the
letter, spirit, intent and object of these
plain constitutional provisions. In the
case of the Commonwealth vs. Clark (7
Watts and. Beres L , -Rep., 127)' the late
Chief Justic Gibson, in delivering the
unanimous opinion of our Supreme
Court, said : •
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"A. Constitution is not to receive
technical interpretation like a common
law instrument or statute. It is to be in
terpreted so as to carry out the great prin
ciples of he Government, not to defeat
Mom."
Apply this authoritative, sensible and
Well established principle of constitu
tional construction to the cusp : hand.
The Constitution declares, in substance,
that omnibus legislation and log rolling
enactments shall - cease.; and to that end,
"no law hcreafterenacted shall create,
renew, or extend the charter of more
than one corporation ;" and "no bill
shall be passed by , the Legislature con
taining more than one subject." The I
returned includes four different railroads
companies as principals, and nine others
as guarantors, and by a liberal construc
tion assumes that they all constitute but
one subject. By this omnibus system
the proposlid act combines the interests,
local rivalries And cupidity the Dela
ward to the Lakes, and has thereby se
cured its pa'ssage. The several corpora
tions, it is true, aro not, technically;
created by this law, but were first incor
porated by other bills, with the ninnifest,
intent to be followed by- this act, which
artfully combines the locarinterest of all
the other beneficiary companies n breathes
into them the breath of life by the ap
propriation of the public moneys, and
secures the bury identical end pf , ohibited
by the Constitutio9, Thus, by a liberal
construction of the ' act,' and a narrow
and technical interpretation of the Con
stitution, the sound rules and principles
applicable to both are reversed and Tins-.
applied, and the effort made to reconcile
the statute with the prohibition. The
attempt is a failure. The Constitution
cannot be evaded or nullifiedlin any such
manlier. As ruled by Chief Suetice Gib‘
son, it must "be interpreted so - as to
carry out the great princiPles of the
-government, and not defeat them."
But there are other provisions of the
constitution prohibiting such legislation.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of
the Xlth article are ns follows :
- " - Sec. IV. To provide for the pay
ment of the present debt, and any ad
ditional debt 'contracted as aforesaid, the
Legislature shall, at its first session after
the adoption of this amendment; - create
a sinking fund, which shall be sufficient
to pay the accruing interest on such
debtosnd annually to reduce- the princi ,
pal thereof by a sum net - :less than two
hundred and fifty. thoMSand dollars ;
which sinking fund shall consist of the
not annual income of the public works,
hy_thm.State,
or the proceeds of, the, sale of the mine or
nap part thereof, and of the incense or
proceeds of - sale of stocks owned by the
State, together with other funds or re
sources that may be designated by law.
The said sinking fund may be increased
from time to time, by assigning to it any
part of the taxes; or other revenues of
the State, not required for the ordinary
and current expenses of Government,
and unleis in ease of trot., ineasion or in
surrection, no part of the said sinking
fund shall be used or applied otkericise
th. , n iie &rant/Nish/nod of the public debt
until the amount of such debt is reduced
below the sum or live millions of dol
" Sec. V. The credit. nj the Unnauron-
Wealtlr shalt not in any wanner or orate
be pledged or loaned to any individual,
comp , ny, Corp Oration, or ;
nor shall the Commonwealth hereafter
become a joint owner or stockholder in
any company, association or corpora-
Ont.".
'• Sec. vi. The Commonwealth shall'
not asBlllll.o the debt, 'u any part thereof
of any roll sty, city, borough or township;
or of any corporation or association ; un
less suck debt shall have been contracted
to enable the State to repel invasion, sup
press domestic insurrection, defend itself
in thou of war, or to :insist the State in
the discharge of ally portion of Its pres
ent indehtedueSs."
These three sections are part of the
Constitutional amendments adopted by a.
vote of the people in 1857. They speak
for themselves, and in no doubtful lan7
gunge. The fourth seethm requires the
Legislature to create a sinking' fund, to
consist; among other things, "of the net
annual income of the public works, from
time to lime owned by the State, or the
proceeds of the sale cif the snipe ; ; and de-.
elares further, that "unless in canv of
war, invasioll or insurrection, no part - of
•the sinking fund shall be used or applied
•othertrise tlayt :in extinguishment of the
public debt." How inn it possible to rec
oncile these plain declarations of the -
Constitutiim with the provisions of the
bill under consideration? These nine
and a half millions of bonds are the
precolals of the sales orthe l~ubliewo•ks^;
and they. are in thi: aunt ing fund created
by. the'act'of`twentycsepolhd April, 1858,.
he compliance with this same section of
the fundamental law. The Constitution
dublares as plainly as language can direct,
that " no part of tiles:ad si llting fund
shall be, used' or dppliedythoswis'i titan em
extinguishment of the public- debt.". The,
bill proposes to apply the whole of the
nine and oite half millions to the con
struction of sundry enumerated rail
r oads.A ,
The iiftli sectioii declares tiMt the
credit of the Commonwealth stall noon,
any yianner.or event pledged, or loaned
to any imlividant. company; corporation'
or association. This bill proposes, not
technically a loan or pledge. of-credit,
but more It proposes to pay for the cori•
struction - pf the railroads for these cor-
Toratthus. Ilow,can this'be dotie con
sistently with the conatitutionaL mein
bit4ion ? Does not the greater include the
low? In principle, or sdbstancc, Wow
does the thihg authorized differ from the
thing prohibited f except perhaps in do-.
give? Truo, Ate one prohibits the loan
or piedgo of credit, and the other appro=
,princes the money to pay for the work,
Ibut the actual i:Oittfit is the same; viz :
the taking of..the proceeds of the side of
the Pilblic worsts out of the sinking fund
and appropriating thent to the construe
'Doti of railroads. t • •
The sixth section declares that ",:the
CARLISLE, PENN'A, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, IS7O.
Commonwealthshalt notassumetho dobt;
or any part thereof, of any bounty, city,
borough or township, or
. of any corpora
tion or adociation."
Technically, the bill' under consider
ation may not authority the assumption
of the debts of these railroad nompanies,
but it does more. It actually proirides
for their' payment, and takes frau, the
date treasury the necessary means with
which to do it. These are all clear,vip
lotions of the very plain 'provisions of,
our vritten constitution. An effort is,
made to escape from these conclusione.
An effort is made to escape from these
conclusions;ander•the ruling Of the Su
preme Conit in the case of Oratz . vs. the
Pennsylvania railroad company, (0 Wright
447), which;seems to assume that those
bonds in the sinking fund are not the
proceeds of the 'sales of the public works.
But the court in that case justifies its
opinion on the ground that the act there
in question, authorized the sinking fund
commissionere to exchange deprecated
securities for those of more value. Here
the attempt is to authorize the exchange
Qc
most
confessedly good for others
of most questionablo value. This I re
gard as a most important distinction,
and one on which the legislation of last
session may also be justified. Moreover,
I consider the assumption that the bonds
now iu the sinking fund are not the pro
cads of the sale optlie public, worke, as'
wholly untenable, unwarranted and nn--
true. The putchaso money was the pro
ceeds of the sale of the public works, as
understood at the time and ever since.
Not only the $lOO,OOO required by the
law providing for the sale to be paid
dew*, at the time • of the bid, .but the
whole seven and one half millions, which
the same law designates as " the whole
amount of sales to be paid in the bonds of
the company." fend if anything, can
make this more plain, it is the fact that
same, at the saniesessinn of the Legis
lature, passed these coast itutional amend
ments of 1807, and also the act for the
sale of the main line ; and they natural
kused the same words and expressions
to express the same ideas. The words
of the Constitution have already been
-quotes!, and the twelfth section of the act
for the solo of - the snails line, approved
siXteelith May, 1857, declares :
" That the . entire proceeds of the sale
of satTl main line shall be paid to the
sinkio, fund, and applied to the pay
anent of the State debt." Burely it can
not be necessary to argue - this question
further. It is very clear•that, the fratuers
of the Constitution intended that' the
whole of the proceeds of the public
-works-should go into the sinking fund,
and should be appropriated to no .other
purpose than the payment of - the public
debt ; and the practice Of the 'Govern
ment ever since 185 S, in 01 — its depart
ments, has conformed to these constitu
tional 'requirements. No Manipulation
of welds, no artfuLyl drawn phiases, and
no subtle distinctions, or contracted, or
..nusappped--sules—of-interpeetation T -can
explain away these plain constitutional
restrictions on the 'power of the Legig- 7
lature ; or enable it, in defiance of them,
Ad bankrupt the treasury of the State
through means prohibited by the 'funda
mental law of the land.
Having thus demonstrated the uncoil
st tutionality of the proposed law I
might will ho spared the discussion of
its expediency.
It is possible, however, that different
views may be entertained as to the legal
question' involved. I 'have; therefore,
deemed it proper to subniit the follow
ing proposition as conclusively establish-
ing the inexpediency of this sclakie.
First. By the terms of the
State is to exchange six millions of bonds
($0,000.000) secured by a mortgage upon
a road worth many times that amount—
for six. millions (6,000,. On) of bonds to
be issued by a company as yet- unorgan
ized and whose road is not yet com
menced.
Second. The contract of guaranty re
quired by the bill is illusory, for it is
uncertain who is to execute it, and if on-
ored into by responsible parties it binds
them to nothing except the construction
and equipment * of die contemplated
road. The manner in which thif road is
to be Constructed and equipped is wholly
unprovided for. Upon this vital point
the bill is : entirely and ominously
Third. The interest upon the six mil
lions (0,000,000) bonds to be surrendered
is payable,• accerdinkto a recent decis
ion of the Supreme Court of the United
States, in gold. The interest on! the
bonds to be received would be payable
, .
in currency.
Fourth. The State ix now. receiving
upon the bonds to be, surrendered four
hundred and sixty' thousand dollars
($400,000) per annum and under exist
lug laws is entitled to receive that amount
annually', until the whole he paid. If
'the contract of guaranty mentioned in
the bill wend performed to the letter, the
State could only receive three hundred
thousand dollars (300,000) per annum
for the next throe years. The lose, there
fore, to the revenue by this exchange
would bo one hundred and sixty thou-
sand (100,000) annually for the
first three years, and thereafter the whole
amount would be lostrmiess paid by the
projected road.
Fifth. Other bonds to the amount of
throe millions and a half dollars (3,G00-
000) most amply Sectireit are to be ex
change for second mortgage bonds on a
prospective railroad, the first mortgage
being already authorized for sixteen
thousand dollars - ($10,000) per mile, at
seven per cent. interest..
Sixth. It May well be doubted whether
the proposed. road from Jersyf Shore
would be a success. Almost •everY, new
road thiough.such doveloped'regions has
experienced a period of insolvency. The
connection of the State A Vith similar en
terprises presents .4 sad history of disap
pointment and failure, of which, the
Philadelphia and Erig roai , l . is a conspicu
ous' illustration:: The competing roads
already in existence render the Proposed
Security entirely hazardous, if not
worthless... •
Seventh. :A9 already, states in my last
anntint message, a largo amount of the,
debt of the Commonwealth' will shortly
fall duo.. • During the next three 'years
over nino millions of dollars ($0,0Q0,000)
will mature. , Should the securities now
in the sinking fund:be exchanged for'
invailable bonds' the State could not
meet hop just obligations. This would
Riad to renewals and those would in tinte
impair our.credit. The peoQlo ilava . do•
dared and have-the right to . expect that
the debt shall be paid off as provided iu
the Constitution, and their taxes, re-
ducod
Eighth. This bill proposes to remit the
State to the pursuit of a policy of pub
lic improvements by which in years past
she identified herself with enterprises of
doUbtful expediency, and which her citi
zens have with great con-
ctemned. •
On what sound principle of
public policy, equality M. justice can all
the securities of the State,be distributed
to those four railroads, to the exclusion.
of the hundred others in the Common=
wealth equally meritorious, and to the
exclusion also of all the other interests_
of the State? What have the great ag
ricultural, mining, manufacturing and
other interests done, or omitted to do,
that,they should be denied all partici
pation in the -public bounty ? •
Other objections to this measthe might
be stated, but those ,airoady: given are
considered sufficient to satisfy every im-,
partial mind that the- proposed scheme
is as gross a violation of the constitution
as of sound' policy.
It is therefore most respectfully sug
gested that the bill be reconsidered in
the light of threso objections, which may
not havt been fully presented during
the few days occupied in the discussion
and passage cir,thiS act. .
'NO. W. GEARY
Domestic life presents many oppor
tunities for thO exercise of virtue, as
*ell as the snore exalted positions of
honor and ambition. Sure enough its
sphere is more humble, and itaftransac-
Mons aro less splendid, ybt the dikties pe
culiarly incumbent on it, constitute the.
basis of all public character. Pefection,
in private life is by far the more arduous
attainment of the two, since it involves
a higlier degree of virtue, to acquire thb
cool and silent admiration of constant
and cloSe observers, tliairt'a atitch _the
undistinguishing applause of the vulgar.
Many accustomed to the business of the
world, may think it a mean occupation
to be engaged in the duties of a family.
It is, however, by comparison that they
are rendered to a superficial eye, petty
and insignificant. View plant apart, and
their nectssity and importance immedi
ately rises. How many -daily occasions
there are for the exercise of patience,
forbearance, benevtflence, good humor,
cheerfulness, candor,.; sincerity, com
passion, "self denial How Many in
stances coo= of 'satirical - hints,- -of- ill
natureewitticisms, of fretfulness, strife
and Ouvyings ; besides theSe 76f disre
spect, discontent, sloth, and very many
other seeds of evil,--the magnitude of
which is perhaps small, but for the guilt
of. which shall most assiiredly be judged.
When we eciusider that_priyate life also
has its trials, temptations and* troubles,
it ought surely to make us vigilant,
when aroului oar own fireside, lest we
should—quit— ens—ajtrehensions,—at-nd--
coase'from-our daily watchfulness.
Provo your love and . ;.hoetion for your
family, and your friendAsip and attach
ment for all your connections, by using,
not partial, hypocritical, momentary acts
of kindness, but one universal, constant,
aniniateeeffort, one sheens desire of
rendering others nappy,,- united with
compassion for their sufferings, charity
and candor for their errors,. and- forgive
ness for their injuries. Especially cul
tivate a, benevolent disposition, an incli
nation rallies: to think and speak well
than ill Of those around, accompanied
with that candor which expose not the
errors, but rather the virtues of otluirs
to view ; and which brings to light with
regret their failings, for uo other end
than their suppression.
Brick Pomeroy, in an article recount
ing the heroism of. all engineer on the
Erie road, closes as follows:
" And who of those who ride ever hi nk
of the engineer, with hia oily elo• nes
-his advanced position, and his responsi
bility? Too few of us, we fear) We
Chat with the conductor, we tell him
stories, we say ho is a good fellow, as he
is, but there is another on the train in
Whose keeping we are when rushingover
this rails, and that is thwengideer.
"Thank God, they, are bravc,„ sober,
earnest' men. They are undervilued,
•overworked and :underpaid.; they are
not noticed because they. - - do not - dress
well ; th'ey are seldom thought or spoken
of, because they are workingmen or 'me
chanicCl.' but'who of us all are better,
brhver, or more deserving than the rail
road enginecrs.of America "? •
Alma Dickinson Says that she is not
a man hater, but she declines to he re
garded as a plaything that smells sweetly
like a flower; or sounds sweetly like a
Auto."
to
'Cannot • properly be
likened to a flute, browse, although she
is a wind instrument, she has no stops.
No one who knows the i'ailectalde 'Anna
will consider her a man hati r.
Don Platt says: "I was in lovo once
with a fat -girl. She was very fleshy.
She was enormous, but the course of
true love camp to grief. I was sitting
with her , in the dinttwilightone evening.
I was sentimental ; I said many soft.
things ; I embraced part of her. She
frequently turned her lovely head from
me. At last IThought I heard a mur
mur of voices on.thdother side, I rose
and walked around; and there fVund
another fellow courting her on the left
flank. I was indignant, and upbraided
her for hei:Veachery in thus concealing
from me another's love. She laughed at .
my conceit, as if she were not big enough
to have two lovers at once."
A 'traveler who spent: sonic time in
Turkey relates a beautiful parablo which
wais told him by a - dervish, and which
seemed oven more beautiful than Btorno's
selobratod 'figure of the acusing spirit
and recording angel." Every Man,"
said the has twe ^,angole r oho
on his right shoulder and boa on his left.
ho doei any thing good, the inagol
on his, right shoulder :writes it down
and seals it, because what is. welVdotio
forinrer. 'When •ho .;(loes ovil; angel
oir thii loft writes It' . down:nnd Waite till
midnight,: lf 'before tbiit thne.tho Mon
boWs,hls head`' and "oxelorns, ;` Graoioris
`Allah LI hzi;io sinned f forgive !int '4116 . ‘
'angel nibs out di° record.; tut if" not,
_at midnight ho soils it, and tho
angel. on.the right shoulder WoOps;" •
'MOSAIC „WAY . OF BUTCH.b'BING,
VIE LEVITICAL LAIVNIN FORCE IN CIE...
• \ •
CINNATI-110W TO Mitt WMOLESOME
MEAT.
A mode . of butchoring- 2 4nciont,
unique; Suppprted by a largo class, and
for which
,thOse who sanction it cliiirn,
great adVantages, is in vogue in Cincin-,
nati, and most groat' cities. Hanging
out in front of certain meat shops is, a
card on which are Hebrew letters. It
announces_ koschner, which is ,
meat
butchered and inS'pectecl after the' man
nor prescribed first by Moses, the. great
Hebrew lawgiver, then modified to the
present mode nearly two thousand yeall
ago. There is in its Preparation_no long-
Or religions meaning. It is a 'sanitary
measure, pure and simple—nothing less,
and not a whit more. A Hebrew rabbi
sets apart a man called a Shochet (or as
many as are required) to kill animals.
„He has this exclusive duty. His is a
distinct office or profession. Ho must
luidergo an examination, and obtain
.a certificate of qualifications. This done,
he must be supplied with his implements.
For slaughtering cattle there is a knife,
with a blade about eighteen inches long
and ono and a quarter broad. It resem
bles a thin bladed committer. It is of
the purest silver steel. No spot or Mem-_
ish is permitted to stain its burnished
surface. The edge must be sharp, keen,
and' unbroken by the' minutest nick.
Ono of the qualifications .of a shochet is
the skill to keep his kref in -order. Any
butcher who 'Wishes - selllkosohner
meat must employ a scho het to be pres
ent at the slaughtering, and to slay, in
spect, and seal the meat. Ho travels a
sort of circuit, which includes several
slaughter houses. His compensation is
per capita and is paid by the butchers
Let us take a look at this officer uptin
the duties of his office. He steps into a
slaughter house, bearing with him his
knife, inolosed in a long wooden box,
The victim for slaughter is driven in
Wit be a bullock, or a large animal, a
running noose' is thrown around O'ne
hind leg. In this noose a hook is placed,
which terminates a rope which swings
down from an axle placed high over head.
By-menus of-ropes and pulleys the animal
is suspended in the air except the head,
which rests on the floor, throat'upward,
The Shoehet approaches with drawn
knife, with his left band he lays hold of
the animal's throat. With a peculiar
sawing sweep, executed too' rapidly to,
to followed by Um+ eye; his right hand
lays the animal's neck open nearly to the
- cervical vertetrat. The animal is left to
bleed. The mode of the stroke is pre
iicribed even to the number of s . weeps'of
the blade: A stroke 171 not permitted for
the reason that it is believed to prevent
the freest flow of the blood, which is the
chief object to be attained. The next
duty - of the shochet is to examine the
lungs of the animal. If these are grown
together on to the sides, or are in any
..mtay..diseased,_the.aniinaliszejacted-and
another ono is brought to the shambles.
If the lungSTstand the test, the shochet
stands by
, and sees the )13 ullock dressed,
which affords him an opportunity for
further inspection. If he finds in any
part of the animal a blemish, he Con
demns the carcass. His final duty is to
lax a peculiar %oven seal or stamp,
bearing a Hebrew device, to several parts
of the dressed caremg. Ho is required
not on any account to 'absent himself
duitibg the dressing of the carcass.
Sheep andilight animals of the cattle
kind are suspended by the heels, and
slain in the way above described. The
shoehet whose duty is to kill poultry,
goes to private houses where 'his services
are required. His knifb, too, must be
evenly sharp, and he must use the"
precautions moire(' in the slaughter of
cattle. The bird is suspended head down-
ward to facilitate the free flow onloor
"he cutting must Lo according to - the
formula laid, down by ancient custom.
bay the throat is cut--the head must
not be severed from the body. The of
ficer who does this fOCa wealthy congre
gation receives a yearly stipend of twenty
live to seventy-five dollars (roll e;ich
household, according to the a mouth of
duty required of him. 'Poor families pay
five cents, or such smell stuns as they
call afford, for each bird killed for them.
The object of this mode of slaughter
ing and impecting is two fokl?1 The
animal - must be slain with the greatest
comfort -to itself consistent with time
operation. The health of the consumer
is the chief obhict in view of which this
method'is practiced. Blood is considered
unwholesome, In thoroughness and ad
equacy, no ether mode of inspection
equals this. It affords a certainty of se
curing wholesome meat, and gives perfect
protection against being imposed upon,
in purse _Or• health, by- the flesh of-dis
eased animals. Attring the last vkita
tion of !ho Asiatic cholera to London,
the Hebrew population-escaped almost
outiroly,unscaithed - by the scourge, while
all other classes were falliog_ ham° it
like the leaves of an autumn forest. 11l
crowded cities visited by any sort of pii
tileneec.they have enjoyed a tosnarkable
exemption frail its ravages. When dm
cattle,plagua raged in the Western States,
only 4 couple- Of years ago, they enjoyed
imniunity,front the effects of eating un
sound meat. The Hobl'ew t6-day founds
his objection to the use of pork .on his
regarding it as unwholesome. The result
is alMost a total escape from trichinae.
• No rule limits, any Hebrew to the use
of, moat slain , and inspected as we-have
described: Some. disregard ; it, and use
pork or, other meats not so inspected,
but the number is small. • The greater
portion Conscientiously - adhere to the ,
exclusive use of koSchuer meat. Many
who are not Hebrew's use ; exclusiVely
meat butchered and
.:inspected in the
Hebron , manner.--,e64anati MU/U& '
i
An entire revolution lit the method of
. ,
constructing railway Carriages is under
consideration in England. It is proposed
to make them inueltlightei then at Pres.
one; aply to.Menet thorn on, trucks, in
the same weyillnit an ordinary coach .19.
Qa its four.Whecle. :The present form of
oar wheels is to be abandoned, and the
-fixed exletreee aro; to give place to those.
'rldeb: will tdlow the wheels to run inde•
'Pendently of caoh. other Enid' freely, and
do Adapt themselves to nll curves, &c.
'Tivato, lire, to be no buffers; 'hut the ends
Of oarnages ere, tocbc;cirkidar, and to. be
ifeenred closelrlogother.. .• • ' -
, 8,000 . opium' - caters . in . C,hiongo
HUNDRED ' MILES UP
STAIRS.
FO.UR
" Reading about electricity, lightning,
and the telegraph, the other day," said
Uncle Peter, ~ f.:yetnincled,,mo of a curi ,
ous story I once • heard, vhen 1 was in
England.?'
It seems there was a newspaper In the
city of Glasgow,- in Scotland, which em
ployed a London correspondent. The.
correspondent madeithis duty to gathet
the news every day'and - - Send it - to Glas
gow every night - by telegraph.
lie made an agreement with an opera
tor at a certain office, by which liis:nevvs
was sent to Glasgow at a Tedultithl...by
the year. •
One night he arrived'at the lower door,
at the foot of the stairs leading up into
the telegraph office. The door was locked
and ho could not open it.
The telegraph office was way up to
the top of the• building, in- the sixth
Story. The operator had a bed there, to
which he retired.promptly at three o'clock,
and it was now half past two. '
The opeiator up stairs - yawned and
looked athis watch. " Jenkins 'won't'
come to-night," said he : "I may as well
go to bed."
And there was poor Jenkins all the
time pounding away on the door at the
foot of the long stairs, unable to get in.
" Hello I up there I" he cried, looking
at the window of the telegraph office.,
that glowed `with light. " Hello I Jones !
somebody bat; locked the outside door,
andl can't get in."
" What's the row ?" said a policeman
coming along. . -
- " I'm locked out," said Jenkins.
" Hero I've got a batch of the - most im
portant news for m 3, paper—a murder,
three fires, and a riot—and the door
locked 'in my face, and I can't get in.
What.will' I do ?"
' So the polieem - an began banging the
door, but Jones, the - operator, up in his
office, was as unconscious of the tumult
as if it had been in l tho moon. He was
whistling to himself and yawning pro
digiously.
" Whir don't you go to some other of
fice 2" asked the policeman. x
"No authority to use any other line,"
said the - correspondent. " Alt! - lYve -got
it ?" he added, and before the policeman
could ask what " it was," the excited
Jenkins had dashed off down street as if
ca mad-dog was after him:
Jenkins rushed breathlessly into an
other telegraph office, six blocks.tlff.
" I say !" saidhe to the operator, "I'm_
in a fix ! got news to' go off inside of half
an hour, and the stupid operator at my
office has gone to ~ sleep, and I can't get
iu—and—and—and--" 4 .
" Well, that is a fix. .
" Tell you what I want," said Jenkins,
endeavoring to catch his breath: " I
want you to telegraph down to' Glasgow,
and ask the'operator there to telegraph up
.here to Joues and bid him coins- down
stairri and let me in."—
'
this, but went-atlynce - to;Jris instrument
and began rattling , away' at a great _rate.
This is the message he pent :
" Glasgow. Wake up Jones, Station
X. ; tell him Jenkins at the foot of the
stairs can't get in."
• Jones was lookling at his watch again,
and concluded that ho had better put out
the lights and go to•A!Sis little bedroom
across the hallway, when clatter I clatter!
went his instrument,
" There's Glasgow calling me," said
Jones; and hurried tObiS instrument and
ticked off
" What's wanting'?"
Back came the answer.
" Jenkins down stairs—door fast—go
let'him
- Off went Jones with a.rush down stairs
tire open the door—and at last the
anxious Jenkins got up, and sent off lii
=
So you see how a man sent a message
through a solid door, and up four pair of
stairs, four hundred miles around, and
by: way of Glasgow, and all within
twenty minutes.
An English paper which rejoices in
the name of .T.,adka' Own, thus plays
tricks with rhyme' and reason:
• "Its many 'years Since I fell in love
with Jane Jerusha Bkc6gs, the handsom
ost-coluttry girl by ,far, that ever went
on legs.• By meadow, r creek, and wood
and dell, so Often (lid tire walk, and the
moonlight smiled 4 her inciting lips,
and tho night Windf learned uur talk.
Jane Jerusha Was all to me, for my heart
Was yOuiliand true, and I loved with a
double twisted love, and a love, that was
holiest too. I roamed allover the neigh
bor's farms, and I robbed the wild wood
bowers, and tore my trowscrs, and
scratched my hand in smirch of choicest
flowers. In My joyi7lB love, I brought
thegi3 to my Jortisho Jane ; but I wouldn't
be so foolish' now, if I were' a boy agaiii.
-A city chap. thee came along:al
dressed up in fine olothe's, with• a shiny
hat and a shiny vent, and a. moustache
under. his' nose. Ho talked to her of
singing schools,(for her father owned .a
farm), and sho loft fne, the country love,'
and took the now chap arm. All that
night I nevir slept, nor could I. oat next
day, for Flowed - that girl with a fervent
loVo that nought 'could drive away 'I
strove towin her back to me, but it was
all in vain; the oity chap with the hairy
lip married Jortistia Jane. And my poor .
heart was sick and sorountil the thought
struck mo, that just as good fish still re-'
Mainodtts over was caught i , ho sea.
Bo I wont to the Methodist • Iruroh ono
night, and saw a dark broW curl poop
ing from umbra gipay hat, and I mar
! rled" that very girl. And many years
have passed and gone, and I think my
loss their gain ; and ' I often bless that
hairy chap that stole Jerusha ' Tome.
.....-.. .
, Saida venerable, farmer, some eighty
years of age, to a' relative' who
,visited
hint. " I have lived on this farm for'
over half a century. I have
,no desire
to (Mango my residence as lade as I live
on earth.' I have rfe desire to be any,
richer Muth" InoW rim. I Worshipped
the God of my fitthere with the' same.
Teeple for more than forty years. Aar-
Jog the'peried 1 Wive - rarely boon absent
from the sanctitaii on' tlie_Babbath, and
neverlestlbut - one aettacon.
have novor been confltied to my bed byl
Sickness a single The blessings of
God have been richly spread 'around me,
and I made up my mitallong . ago that if
I iv - billed to he any.liaipler, I must halo
More
HOW PAT DUG THE WELL
- -- •
Not a great while ago an Irraliman was
employed in a village where he was well ,
known, to dig,a well, pro: bow - public°.
The contract was made that he was to
bq paid a certain sum per foot, and war
rant a free. supply of water. At 4 it he
went with a willow:I' his daily prOgress
was intently watched by interested par
ties. Early and late he delved away
faithfully, deep down in th ° e earth, full
of confidence in the speedy completion'
of his labors. .
. He had reached the depth' of about
twenty.flve fO, and soon expected to
" strike watir." Early in the morning
Pat returned to the scene of his laborF,
and horrible to tell, it had' caved in and
was nearly fulL He gazed with rueful
.vissage upon the wreck, .and thought of
the additional labor the accident would
cause him. After a moment's reflection
ho gazed earnestly around and saw no
one was stirring, then quickly divesting
himself of his hat and coat ho carefully
hung them on the windlass, and speedily
made tracks fora neighboring eminence
that overlooked the village. Here, hid
among the undergrowth, lie . quietly
awaited the progress of events.
As the morning wore on, the inhabit..
ants began to arouse and stir about.
Several were attracted to the well, think
ing that as Pat's coat and hat were there
he was below, of course, at work. Soon
the alarm was. raised that the well had
caved in and Pat was in it. A crowd col-.
lectecl and stood horrified' at the fate of
poor Pat. A brief consultation was held,
and soon spades amid other implements
were brought to dig out the remains of
the unfortunate niaa: To work they
went with a will, when one set became
wearied with the unusual labor a dozen
ready hands grasped the implements and
dug lustily. Pat quietly looked on from
his retreat on the eminence, while the
whole village stood around the well, and
watched with breathless suspense the
work go bravely on. •
As the diggers approached the bottom
the excitement of the bystanders grew
intense, and they collected as near as
safety would admit, ''gazing fearfully
down into the well. With great care
and precaution the dirt was dug away,
and when the bottom was at -length
reached, no Pat 'was to be found. The
crowd, before so anxious, gradually re
laxed into a broad grin, which broke
forth in uproarious merriment when 'the
veritable' Pat walked up with a smiling
countenance and, addressed the ,crest
fallen digger 4, who now stood weary and
soiled with their labors.
Tlimm,gh the kindly, odd of his fellow
citizens' Pat soon finislMtyls,woll, and it
remains among the monuments of his
genius to this day.
A COMPOSITION BY A SMART
BOY:
Zia is my Mother. I an her son. Ma's
name is Mrs. Shrimp, and Mr. Shrimp is
her iusbinil Pa is my father. My
name is' John George Washington
Shrimp. Therefore pa's name is Shrimp ;
so is ma's• • •
_
My ma has a ma. Site is my grandina.
She is mother in law to pa. My pa says
mother in laws might to be vetoed. I like
my grandma , bettor than pa does. She
brings me ten cent stamps and bolivars.
She don't bring tiny to pa. Maybe that's
why he don't like her. .
Aunt Jerusha is nor aunt. When pa
was a little boy she was his sister: I like
little sisters. Dickey Mobbs has a little
sister. Her name is Roso. I take her
out riding on my sled. Aunt Jorusha
ought to be ashamed of herself.
Aunt Jorusha is a very pions . women.
She never wants us to talk aloud on
Sundays, and says we ought to have cold
dinners. She hears me say the
cate
chism,•and knows i tall without the book.
She says Suran Jane is spoiling that boy;
Susan Jane is my ma, and /that boy is
me. She says she hopes the baby ivill
early show a' change of heart. If• a
change of heart will make baby stop
crying, I wish so, too.
Aunt Jeritsha lives with us. Sometimes
T. think ma would rather have her live
with somebody and set up for heniell.
She said, that many a man wanted to
marriher, but while poor Susan J:11113
warin such a state of health, she
couldn't think of leaving. Bosides, Rho
said, what would-become of your pa?
Aunt Jeruslta sometimes has a state of
heaith, too. On washi l tiirrtinresslie has
the headache, and does IMr head in brown
paper and vinegar, and I have to make
her toast at the kitchen., fire ; I make
some for myself too. •
Aunt Jorusha says that nobody kMag
what she Ants 'done for the boy. That
boy's me again. I told pa what
He said it was just so. Ma says that
Aunt Jprusha means well, and that she's
pa's dear sister. I don't see why that's
any reason she should always scold_ when
I eat cabbage with a knife.
Truth will never die ; the stilt's' will
grow dim, the sun will pale „litsglory;
- but tiruithwilf baineveryoung. Integ
rity, uprightness, honeiity, good
'fess, "these are neiMperiShable. No
grave_ean over .eptemli those 'imm(ntal
prikiples, They have boon in _prison,
but thqy have•beon freer than before ;
those who have enshrined thorn in their
hearts have burned at the stake, but out
of their ashes other witnessess have
arisen:. No sea can drown, no storm can
wreck, no abyss can swallow up the ever
living truth of
.God, - You cannot kill
goodness and trutli t iand integrity, and
?faith, and holiness ; the waythat is con:
sistont with thegb must be • a way over
lasting. t s ip urgeon.
Who -3vAstes his youth beggars him
self for life., Youth is the time to store
the intellect with .knowledgo, and who
ever fails to lay the - foundation for seem
tide and literary attainments then, if ho
'has the Opportunity, is noverlikely to do.
So, or should ho attempt it, he never can
make up the loss - for early negligence.
Youth is the time_ to forma virtuous
character: "The'lnind is then open; tho
heart, Is then receptive ; all the the Wee
tions are in a plastic state to bo moulded
. by tho ingtionces • of heaven. and earth;
g iven „hy divine providehce •to elevate
and 1340 Rand-WheoVer does not then lay
UP the "rewards" through which Qod
May be present in ther,inmost of man, is
not likely td do so after Wards; or attempt
ing ip mutt come far short of what it was
his privllego . ,te become:' •••' • ••
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(Titian: Ix ADVAXOI,
1 .$2,00 ay ear.
A singular financial transaction .tic
enrred in one of the dock offices - a - 4y or
two since. By some meads or other; it
happened that the office , boy owed one of
the clerks throe Cents, the clerk owed
the cashier two bents. One day last
week the office boy having a cent in his
pocket, conaluded to diminish WA debt,
and therefore banded the nickel over to
the cliUk, who in turn 'paid half of his
debt by giving the coin to the cashier.
The latter handed the cent - back to the
office hey, remarking, " Now 'only owe
you one cent." Tho office boy again
passed the cent to the clerk, who passed
it to the cashier, who passed it back to
the office boy, and the latter individual
squared all accounts by paying it to the
cleric, thereby discharging his entire debt.
Thus is may be seer} how - great is the
beUellt to be derived from a single cent,
if only expended judiciously.—Buffalo
Express.
A yOung member in the Legislature
who rose to deliver his sentiments on the
bill . to abolish capital punishMent, with
a dignified serenity of countenance com
menced with :—"Mr. Speaker, the gene
rality of mankind in general are disposed
to exercise oppression on the generality
of mankind in general." Just at this
point, ono who sat immediately behind
hiM pulled him by the coat tail and cried,
"Stop, stop, I say, you are coming out
of the same hole you just went in at." -
A Western paper thus does up a recent
"incident" in immortal verse, and the
Hartford - Courane reproduce it : ‘ o ‘l
told you a stbry about Mr. Boric; and.
then my story begun, how his beautiful
daughter saved Reeves from the water,
and now my story's undone—for Berk)
hasn't any daughter.
Boston complains because Beecher.
charged $4OO for a lecture there. Henry
can give them a $2OO lecture when they
want it, but when ho dives right down to
the bottom and brings up sand in his
hair, he must have the highest price.
An astronomer predints..for this year a
comet of such brilliancy, and so neat,the
earth, that our nights will be almost as
bright as pur days.
Thelasses candy wedding is 'when
tho first baby gets old enough to lick.
What kind of a cat nifty be found in
every library? Oat-nlogue.
" My son," 'said an anxious father,
"what makes you use that nasty tobacco?"
The boy, declining to consider the ques
tion the spirit in which it was asked,
replied, ".To got the juice."
A 'gentleman just returned to This
country from a tour in Europe, was
asked how ho liked the ruins of POMpeii.
"Not very mild'," was the reply ; . "they
are so much out of repair."
Why is a short man struggling to kiss
a tall woman like an Irishman going, up
to Vesuvius?- Because, sure, he's trying
to gqat the mouth of. jhegrater.
Why, when a very fat map gots squeesed
coming ° out of an opera, does it make
him complimentary to the ladies? .Be
cause the pressure makes him flatter.
An elderly lady who was handling a
pair of artificial plates in a denial office,
and admiring the fluency with which the
dentist described them, asked lihn,
" Can a bddy cat with these things?"
" iSty dear madam, mastication can be
porfoi med with a facility scarcely emtalled
by nature herself," responded the dentist.
" Yes, I know, but an a body eat with
them ?"
A young gentleman who feels a wil
lingness to sacrifice himself to the hap
piness of somebody else's family, thus
unbosom his alacrity : " Wanted.—A
situntion as son in law in a respectable
family. Blood and breeding no object,
being already swihilicd; capital essential.
No objection to going a sho . rt distance in
the country."
. The driver of a coal cart at Bridge
port a few days since inquired at several
places for Mr. Nasitun—James Nasium,
he believe they called him, for whom he
had-'; to load of as good coal as ever man
had, sure." It finally turned out that
the load was intended for the Gymnasium,
at which institution it was left, the man
repeating "Mr. Nashua has got, a-goOd
lot of coal this time."
Never fret about whab,you can't help,
because it won't do any good. Never.
fret about what your can help, beeatise, if
you can help it, do so. When yow are
tempted to grumble about anything, ask
yourself, Can I held) this I"' and if youl
can't don't 'fret ; Mit if you can,, do so,
and see how: muchbetter you feel. .•
A. Nantlickot corre'spondoiiVgivesThn s
entertaining illustration et . the "grolual
progress of- opinion In tho anocicloto
about a shipmate who accompanied him
on ono of his early voyages : Stiles was
ksimple hearted, transparent young fel
low ; and, when wo •sailed, had been
" paying attention" for some time to a
young lady, who, he had reason to think,
did not fully reciprocate his ardent feel
ings:, At all events, the parting on her
side, waS not so affecbonate as ;ho could
wish, and ho was impressed by the belief
that she only kept him as ac standby, in
default of a better lover. '
• "Itlon't believe," Stiles wolild say,
with a despondent shako of his head,
"I don't believe Auti Jones;ll have me,
anyhow." „
When we had heels out a few months,
and had mot with fair success) Stiles'
was,Moditied. The burden of his mo-
nologue change to. , Well I don'no but
what Ann Jooos'll haVe me after
' With a thousaud • larrels of oil _under
hatch, ho became: still moro hopeful.
" Chance is v protty good for Ann Jones,"
ho would say, " prettysood now." ,
At fifteen hundred bagels ho .had as
sumed a self Satisfied . Manner, and ; rs
liloquized—"l guess there's no difugey
but what Ann . Jones'4ll have Me now."
At two thousand biirrels—" Ann Jonesl
-be glad to ge,t me-now,' I know."
Whoa we out the last whale • that wad
to fill the vessel's hold and squared away
for home, Stiles threw his hat iu tho air
with a wild. Indian yoll of triumph—
"PH be d-41 if ft/it'd/x4w/ v r . 9 " l "Y".
41101" - .
Prussian entliiirities are .very uneasy,
about the immense emigration front their
country, which has kmost.sorions effect
upon the.conseription. Young Prussia,
it soothe,• infinitely prefers becoming- a
landed'Proprietor in this country to being
food for powder in fatherland. , -
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