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New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

KrPHSDfrURk.
Tot eIpentur. nng rent salses food fuel light etc 5000 81
Deduct receipts pm i'1' "
Net cod 81 O8J u
Since the coseof October 1869, there have been fur
nished 1896 lodigs and provided ll4 meals being an
OF lodgings for nine months of 1870 the Same
number OF mOnthdn 1862 Of $780, and total for the past
II months th number reported I'm last annual state
ment OF $780, Bt the Fine months corresponding with
those of 1869 1rnished IL 500 meals being LIS more
than during theeame period last year; and during the
entire ~ mOnthsre have provided ,1i, being total
increase Of 525 DER the number reported last year
During the yeab68 different boys have been sheltered
at the Lodge tn number last year having been i54
to homes in ths Duntry IA than were thus pro-
vided for lat ysr and II have been returned to their
parents One bodeposited In the savings bank at the
Lodge s123 a. and another $t5 81 the total amount de-
posted during being $69 49, In small ameunts
The evening scbo for the benefit Of boys lodging at
the House, oened on the first Of last November,
and continued it$ssiOns until the first Of April the
eTage nightly attndance being about 40.
yDUsrRLAh SCHOOLS.
The third report of tho Superintendent states
that there are ay and eight night schools In regular
operation The ttal number Of pupils taught during the
year is 1908 Las year the entire number enrolled
6,sl3. The averae daily attendance for the year was
2si5. Last year was 2,747. The percentage Of at
tendance WAS or Last year II was tn. Tho number Of
teachers now enjoyed Is 81 The average attendance
in October apo, making average OF Al pupils per
teacher The expnses OF the schools amount to 86 81
The following la list OF the Industrial Schools, their
location, the nuIDer Of pupils ron and the average
attendance:
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

C. r. Fry, the resident Western agent, reports
that during the he has assisted In locating and dis
posing a companies In the aggregate 7S2 persons in
the States Of Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Missouri Kansas, and Nebraska, travelling
IA a QIYnfla
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30
A CITsTOM-HOUsE wEIGHER CHARGED WITH
SELLING OFFICE

Chas H. Phelps of No. S2S East Forty -first-st.
o weigher in the House, was charged befors
Commissioner Shields, yesterday, with presenting
false surety to the Collector to obtain money from the
United States and also with receiving certain sums of
money for procuring Federal offices. The arrest wss
made the Joint afdavts OF Patrick Golden and Thoa
H. Burrell. Golden's affidavit states that he answered
an advertisement for laborer who had 400 and wanted
work He received reply, and called al the Office II
John d. +. voorhees,, No. l76 Broadway, Room No.
Voorhees, stated that he an influential politlcia.
and would procure him situation insthe Cust0m-HOuse
for &OO Golden afterward introduced ~ Mr. Phep,
who said he would appoint him upon the recommenCA
tion of Mr.. Voorhees,. At Godens request Phelps
paper, stating that the Office would be secured
to him as long as Phelps Weighmaster. Golden
afterward informed that the pay only 40 cents dsy
and that work could not always DO obtained and lie de
cined tO give the money.
The affidavit of Burr AYERS that he saw On advertise
ment which stated that pleasant situation at outdoor
work would he given for $780, He answered the adyer
ti.ement and directed TO Mr. Shed, 10 whom be
gave the money. He subsequently employed under
Phelps as assistant weigher laborer and received
full pay from Oct. IS until Nov. 3, 1870 although 10
worked only portion OF the time. Phelps subsequently
told Burr that something had been said Ia the Custom
House about his selling positions and he desired to 10
turn the money, which lie did and Burril gave hima
receipt.
Phelps was bailed in $4,000 to appear for examination
Oh Monday next.
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

7
Total provided with homes 1854 829 persons
schedule will show the number each State during
mspth with the nationality and
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

In the sewing machine rooms, Mr. and Mrs. Trott, at
expense Of $50, have trained 100 girls In the
practice OF the machine that In two weeks they have
been able TO 20 forth and from ~ tO S12 week
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

Number able TO read and .r,e I.tll
Number able W tssi onlI."".1,JIi
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

PARrsra0s
Oph.ps ps...........3l22 ia With parents living $50
Half Orphans ''''''''''"''.'''' ss,s
The boys range in ago from 10 49, The average age
IA from ii 20 H. During the s82 boys have been res
cued from yagTancy and placed In good homes. There
have also been furnished during the year 66 38 meals
and 5o5 lodgings and 713 lost and truant boys ian
OF two ay) have been restored to their friends
and relatives The average II l66 dodgers nightly, Du
been as follows: Lodgings, per cent meals per cent
Since the Institution established COOS boys have
been provided with homes and employment. There Is
now fund TO aid needy boys, and supply them with the
means 10 start In business There have been loaned
from ths fund during the year 55 Co. on which the Dor
rowers have realized profit of 1881 AZ, OF 2i6 per cent
IL IA loaned I'm sums Of cents and upward the date
of the last report there due to this fund vi Oo OF
which S5 has since been paid leaving 80 O6 unpaid
The Lodging house has existed II years during tnat
time the directors have lodged S25I9 different boys, re-
Stored i7a lost and missing boys to their friends pro
yided oOs with homes and employment, FURNISHED tZ
lss lodginp and s7 3H meals The expense or all this
has been t S25 26 which amount the boys nave CON
tributed S28g6 g. lalvng actual expenses over anu
above the receipts from the boys t06S o. being about
81 to each boy.
EICHTEESnI-sT. LODGNG-H0UsE.
At this lodging-houss No. Oil West Eghteenthst near
Seyepthsye the number OF different boys admitted dur
inc the year was s9 VINO were provided for as foows
Sent West II to situations 20; restored 70 frlehds
sent 10 friends 49, andtwo TO other lnsttutiOns to.a
number provided win homes ana empioyihen, Ho"
Nov. |, 1869, to Oct. 81, 1870, 50. o-oa
Lodging. furnished 256 Meals suppied'''.' or
issns, psd for .... af74 Meals paid for.'' loGI
Ird,ns. Meals Eo'
Average number OF dodgers, each night during Iho
,osr about m The m,als nearly "A cents each
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

BOOKS FOR SALE AT THE TRIBUNE OFFICE.
REcoLLEcTIOss OF BUSY LIrE. BY Horace Greeley.
Various styles OF binding. Cloth, " So Library IS 90
Hat Morocco. H. Half Calf, ". Morocco Antique. ST..
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

Totl epenur. nng sses food fuel light etc so %
Deduct receipts pm boys. l3O W
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THE COMMERCE. OF TEXAS.

THE YELLOW FEVER PANIC-EFFECT UPON COM
MERGE AND INDUsTRY-LESs COTTON TO BE
RAISED NEXT YEAR AR-IMPROVEMENIs IN
GALVESTON SINCE THE FIRE-REVlVAL of
New-York tribune., 1870-11-30

1gers, each nIght uIIrIlIB UT
cost nearly "A cents each.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
How TO Kill Root Lice.

Bon cheap tobacco, or the stems, in
water; after the strength has been ex-
tracted from the tobacco, skim out the
stems and leaves, and to each bucket full
of the water, add, say one quart of soap.
When the soap becomes mixed, and the
decoction sufficiently cooled, 1t is fit for
use. A good plan Is 10 take q barrel TO
contain the mixture to a central part Of
the ground where the trees are to be
planted, and when one lot of trees are
taken out for planting, another lot may be
put in. In this way, with but little loss
of time, the trees will be immersed long
enough to kill all the lice there may be on
the roots.
Tree roots, once tree from lice, may be
kept 80 by painting the trunks above
ground each year with boiling hot soap.
This should be done IN the month Of June,
when it will answer the double purpose
of keeping away the lice, and preventing
the apple tree borers from depOsiting their
eggs. The soap put upon the trunks Of
trees while it is hot strikes into the bark,
and is not soon washed out. Make Q
liberal use Of the soap at the base OF the
trunks, as it is at these parts that the sep.
srdd prefers to lay its eggs; and just be-
low the surface, It is, that root lice assem-
BILE before going upon the roots for the
winter. - Prairie FGrnser.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
How to Judge Books.

WOULD you know whether the ten
dency Of book is good or evil, examine
in what state of mind you lay 1t down
Has it induced you to suspect that what
you have been accustomed to think un-
lawful may, after all, be innocent, and that
that may be harmless which you have
hitherto been taught to think dangerous ?
Has it tended to make you dissatisfied
and impatient under the control of others |;
and disposed you to relax in that selfgov-
eminent, without which both the laws Of
God and man tell us there can be no vir-
tue, and consequently no happiness? Has
it attempted to abate your admiration and
reverence for what is great and good, and
to diminish in you the love of your coun-
try and your fellow creatures? Has it
addressed itself to your vanity, your sell
fshness, or any other of your evil propen-
sites? Has it defiled the imagination
with what is loathsome, or shocked the
heart with what is monstrous Has
disturbed the sense Of right and wrong
which the Creator has implanted in the
human souls Ifso-if you are conscious
of all or any OF these effects-or If, having
escaped from all, you have felt that such
were the effects it was intended to pro-
duce, throw the book into the fire, what
ever name it may bear in the title page
Throw it into the fire, young man, though
it be the gift Of friend; young lady, away
with the whole set, though 1t should be
the prominent furniture Of a rosewood
bookcase. -Southsy. H..
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
WAITING FOR FATHER.

In the gray OF the twilight and glow of the hre,
h A little girl sat on the rug.
She was warming clipper; and pussy sat nigh
And also her friend. Mr. Pug.
And the song in the heart of the glad little girl,
As the light of the fire played over each curl,
Was, $ Father Is coming -hurrah hurrani
Father is coming-hurrah!
She had spread out his soft wooden gown on the
chair,
With its facngs of beautiful blue;
Had picked up her playthings that Jay mere ana
And fixed things as we'll as she knew.
"For the room must be tidy and pretty and
bright"
She said TO herself, when he comes every night,
And soon ne is coming hnrrah hurrah
Father is coming -hurrah!"
How rosy her cheeks, and how sparkling her
How dimplsd her soft little hand!
While Pussy and Pug look as solemn and wise
AZ II the whole scene they had planned.
But you never would think, 80 demure are the
three,
That the little maids heart could be singing with
FEATHER il coming -hurrah! hurrah!
Father is coming, hurrah'"
The sunlight has vanished, and bleak is the
street,
And beggars are dreadng the night
The pavement IL noisy with home speeding feet,
And only the Windows are bright;
When quickly the little maid springs from the
Leaving Pussy half sleeping but followed by
Pug:
Father l. coming --hurrah hurrah!
Father Is coming-burrah ~
Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

practicabk-spply sand. If you hays
that which is fine and white, 80 much the
better. Building sand or glass sand is the
best for cranberries; you want to get rid
of oil color and all fertility In the top
dressing; pat it on four inches deep; it
will kill everything else, but tho cranber-
ries like it and are happy. In three or
four years they viii want another dose Of
sand. But this is not all; this singular
vine loves to be drowned - we'll asstarved,
and requires for perfect health and vigor
TO sleep, during the winter, ct the bottom
of pond. Raising cranberries on large
scale, and for profit depends on four con-
ditiOns: IS .sak A., slststi
I. Have you deep black peat sour and
cold! Is.a2 ff tabtf9f
2. Have you bank of sand handyf
3. Can you build dam 50 as to food
the plantation in winter, and keep the
side bitches half full all summer! n
4. Can you expend from $500 to $500
per acre and be out OF your money for
three years!
If man can answer these questions in
the affirmative, let him go on ; he can have
a cranberry garden in that swamp worth
81 900 per acre. a .Diu4s
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

huslsed cap from his hair ]; A. so I've lost
NJ place, ana little Mary's sick and that
mikes it very bad just now" ~
So il Does answered Mrs Beach, her
sJmpathies warmly enlisted but never
mind, Joseph; I remember, only Eight
b(ere last, my brother said he would
want Z new errand boy, In few days, for
hil st0re, and he will give good one two
ddlarsa week. Now, IN see him to-day,
aul ret the situation for You, if you like"
che bows white face frightened. go!
&cc!a Be . glad 81 Il, Mrs. Beach. -
And see here, Joseph, I'm going to
market, and perhaps I can lind something
nice for little Mary" The lady remem-
MED 1hat Joseph's mother, though a
man, and felt that this would be gentle
way of presenting her gift. ID
So she found some delicate pears and
grapes, and nice chicken to make some
broth for Mary, who, IS she learned, was
i'll with fever, before she proceeded to do
her own marketing But it was a pity
that she did not see Joseph as he sprang
into the chamber where little Mary lay
YEARLY moaning on her bed, while her
mother sat busily stitching in one corner,
and held up the chicken and the fruit,
crying, "Good news good news! I've
got all these nice things for Mary, and a
place at two dollars weekr' HI
@! how little Mary's hot fingers closed
over the punches of white grapes
while the sewing dropped from hel
mothers fingers, as the tears ran dowr
her cheeks.
1t was evening, and Mrs. Beach sat il
the library, absorbed in some new book
when she heard her husbands step in thu
hall. Though the morning had been S,
pleasant, the afternoon was cloudy, ant
the day had gone down in low, sullen
penetrating rain.
Now Mrs Beach loved her husband
with the love of true wife, but he wa
not demonstrative man, and the frs
beauty and poetry of their married lifi
had settled down in q somewhat bare
everyday, matter-of- fact existence. Blu
her heart was warm to night will
good deeds of the day, and remembering
her resolution Of the morning, she threw
down her book and ran down stairs.
"Henry, DEAR" said the soft voice of hi
wife, has the rain wet you at alp lie
me take your coat for YOU"
"Thank you, Garry, don't believe Tn
anywise injured, hut You may help M
just for the pleasure of it," and he stood
still, while she removed the heavy coat
with all the softness of touch and move
ment which belongs to woman. Sht
hung it up, and then the husband drew
her to his heart with all the old lover ten
derness.
"You are very thoughtful Of me, Carry
my wife," he said.
And there was music in Mrs. Beach''
heart as she went up stairs-music set tC
the words, Eyes open eyes open!"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

ever They have got no port It this
house think of that I" cried he.
Then Housewife, wishing to discover
the Young gentlemans reason for wanting
port, as well perhaps as to remove this
stigma from his character for hospitality,
caused bottle of the desired liquor to be
brought.
snow, Why were you so anxious for
that wine, my young friends" inquired
he
"Well. you see, I've had great deal of
dancing: and though your Fig thy which
he meant chsmpague) is well enough,
there's nothing like port wine to pick
fellow up"
From subsequent inquiries discovered
that this gentleman had just arrived at
his teens; he had seen, as the novelists
say, only thirteen summers!
Surely Housewives remark upon the
probable extinction OF the genus tnfdns
o6iciaalis-the common child IS it used to
be-was not without good grounds.
am bound to add, however, that the
rising generation are as sharp az needles
perhaps, their brain, forced into premature
activity, will soften at the period when it
was wont to become well seasoned and ma.
ture; but at present their intelligence is
acute. During the course of that evening
Professor Puzziet0n entertained q with
one of the very best conundrumst thai ever
heard in my life. 1t was one of tina. COM
plicated kind, it Is true, which excited the
wrath Of Sydney Smith, who deemed that
man should be hurried to execution with
out being permitted to explain the rela-
ton of his third" to his fourth" but
it was excellent for all that
In my first my second sat;
Ny third and fourth ate;
The answer to which is like Columbus
egg problem-very easy when we have
learned what it is.
Iasatidte.
Our juveniles applauded il Exceedingly,
and quite appreciated it; but what was
still more curious, when the Professor
added as pendant to the above,
Under my first my second stood
think you II own this quite a. good
there was quite roar OF juvenile voices
that had all guessed right. ~
Let US hope my grown-up readers have
been equally sagaciOus.- Chambers Journal
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
Cranberry Culture.

AT recent meeting Of the American
institute Farmers' Club, correspondent,
wishing information about the soil best
suited Tor growing sranberries, and the
mode Of culture, Mr.. Lyman said that Q
great many persons, having low, wet
lands, think they have q true cranberry
soil, and ask advice for planting. In an.
swsr TO ell such, he would say briefly, that
the crsnberry thrives and derives its sour
ness from acids in cold, sour, peaty soils,
that are useful for no other crops. But q
situation which il low and peaty may be,
for other reasons, unsuitable for this Pc
culiar crop, that wants what nothing else
does. ana isneuishes in q fat coil. You
dig bitches, get rid of grass and bushes,
and set the cranberry plants. They viii
grow, and 90 win the grass and weeds.
The grass may grow faster than the Gran.
berries, and you cannot cnlfiysts m the
usual way, tor the runners Of the plants
must not be disturbed.
There Is only one mode oftreatment found
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

In the meantime, Captain L., anx.
ious about the genuine quality of the metal,
dispatched q party, with specimens, to one
of the gulf ports, where there was An as
saver. A few weeks elapsed before his
return but the anguine miners, in their
excitement, not doubling the true worth of
the ore, went on briskly with their work.
In due time, however, the messenger re-
turned with the report that it was moth
ing but iron pyrites!"
This intelligence fell with crushing de-
spair on the whole party.
What fall from rich gentlemen OF
leisure, which they already had been in
their own anticipations to the poor Jacks
on board a whaler! All felt chagrined
some affecting to laugh it of, others
remarking that the old man had got sold
once in his life" But one of their num-
Der replied that "all hands might as well
own up that they had been sold as well
as the Captain. There is not one of us, v
said he, "but has got more or less of the
stuff slowed away in sly corner, expect
ing to play sharp with the old man on the
Law business" Such, indeed, was the fact
many having appropriated choice nuggets
to private benefit, secreting them in bags
between the timbers of the vessel, while
others hid their coveted treasures in their
beds or carried them constantly about. theil
persons.
The following morning, all hands were
called and ordered to make q muster aft,
and the whole ships company Immediately
assembled about the quarter deck. The
Captain at last made his appearance: A
long silence ensued, when, raising both
hands, he exclaimed: If any man evei
divulges anything about this here scrape
I'll be the death Of him, and haunt him il
purgatoryi And, mind you, there ha,
got to be some oil taken this season, OF
else you'll see some cedar split Thu
whales are already in the bay, and thu
sooner we are at it the better"
Thus ended the gold mining on Marga
rita Island. .5'.fe,
1t is but justice to state, however, thai
this Captain and hiscrew of amateur miners
made the most successful season" OF any
on the coast.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
MIXING.

FEW people are aware OF the great diff
ference the mere process Of milking
makes in the yield of dairy cow. Many
imagine that they are good mixers when
they are really very poor ones, so far as
the ability to bring a COW to her largest
possible yield. To understand how this
difference can exist, it must be considered
that large portion of what q COW gives
at any particular milking is actually Sc.
GREETED during the process of milking. The
milk stored up in the milk reservoirs can
be drawn by any tolerably skillful mixer,
but unless the cow and the mixer are In
sympathy, so to speak, unless the animal
is content and satisfied with the mixer
and the circumstances, the secretion Of
new supplies during the process OF milk
ing will not take place. There Is close
and intimate connection between the
nervous and secretory systems and this
explains the fact that the cow will often
"hold up her milk" as it is termed. It
shows also that every mixer should strive
to be on good terms with the COW he Is
about TO milk. If he is a perfect stranger
to her, he should take time to gain her
confidence and good will by handling her
gently and petting her, or giving her
something she is fond of to eat.
We know mixer who can increase the
flow of milk more than quart week BY
the mere difference in the mode Of milk
ing, and without the slightest change in
the food of the animal, and that too, not
withstanding the fact that her regular
mixer is quite % good as the average, and
no doubt thinks he knows how to milk as
well as anybody.
It is not always fair to Judge of the
milking qualities Of a COW without taking
into consideration the question as to who
milks her, and how this operation is per-
formed. A poor mixer will spoil the
reputation Of any cow.-Boston OMttoa-
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
On Advice.

ADVICE, like physic, il better to give
than to take
Everybody has got stock OF 1t On band,
ready t. administer It at the slightest
provocation.
If YOU want to sound the depths of
human generosity, just ask somebody for
advice.
You will get any quantity Of it for the
asking.
) And you sometimes get good deal
without asking.
On the other hand, it is..difacult to get
anybody to take advice.
There are two kinds Of advice, prac-
sicar advice and impracticable advice.
For instance, when in fatherly man.
uer advise Themistocles:
"My son, don't climb over that fence, be-
cause if you tear your trousers again,
another will wallop you sure!"
Here is something practical; warning
is conveyed Of consequences not to be con-
templated by a youthful mind without dis
may.
But when young man informs an ex-
perienced relative that he is going to get
married, and the experienced relative says
<don't," it is impracticable advice.
Because when ayoung man has gone go
Tar de cant retreat.
There is reasonable advice and unrea-
sonable advice.
What is the use of advising man to
keen cool when the thermometer is at % !
OR to get richs
Which is just what he would like to do,
without being told.
Some people seem to be born with the
rift of advice. :.
The fact that nobody ever takes it, don't
deter them from giving advice; 1t Is a
species of generosity Of which they never
Hire.-Erchange.