The People Are Thinking

The " living questious' of the day, says Appleton's Journal, are, indeed, pretty niuch confined to matters of currext expediency and practical inteiests Amid the torpor of parties the cominon sense of the people has leisure to think deliberately about flnance and trade, immigration and good or bad administraron. An era has come when there is little persecution for party's sake; when the people are rather inclined to elect the best man whatever the color of his political views.' Their attentiou is happily ealled to subjects which are of interest to the individual, such as taxes and the future money basis, or of such general bearing as corruption or faitht'ul Bervice in office. The work of raising the etandpipo for the new water supply of Toledo was completed last Thursday afternoon. The pipe has a perpendicular height of 205 feet, and is twenty-four feet in diameter, lts weight is 64,000 pounds. It resta upon a bed of solid masonry thirty seven feet square, and when full will exert a pressure all over th city of 103 pounds per square foot. It was con&tructed all in one piece, and raised trom the ground by a pair of derricks 115 feet in height This difficult task was performed by ' Bailey & Bro., shiphuildeis for the John Cooper manufacturing company, of Mt Vernon, Ohio, by whotn the pipe was constructed. An attempt to raise the pipe August 29th failed through the givng way of the tackle. ' The Men who Can Forgive.- The brave only know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue h-iman nature can arrive at. Cowards have done good and kind aotions- cowards have even fought, nay. soujtítimes oven conquered, but a coward never forgave. It is not in his nature the power of doing it flows ouly from a stiength and greatness of soul, conscious of lts own forcé aíid security, and above tbe little temptation ot resenting every fruitloss attempt to interrupt its happiness. A terrible gale set in on Lake Miohi gan Saturday aíternoon, ana has continued ever since, increasing, if anything, in violence. The steanier City of Traverse arrived here this afternoon after a voyage of forty-five hcurs from Chicago. Capt Baldwin reports encountpring a thick snow-storm out on the lake last night and Hgain this morning. He niet with three vessels on the voyage, and they wore weathering the gale in apparently good condition. One unknown vessel was discovered ashore near Manitowou. It is reported that a large fleet have sought sht'lter at the Beaver Islands and sevpral huvo also run into Northport. No disasters are reported from Frankfort. The general passenger agent of the Central Pacific declares the reports of the robbery and swindling of their passengers, by short-card and monto sharps, have been much exaggurafed. He says the offioers of the road do all in their power to preveut the sncctss of the garnlilers, who ara liceusad by th Stata of OaliforuiB. '