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The New York herald., 1871-01-12
SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS.
Decisions.
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DeClsiOnSs
Before Judge Sutherland.
POt0iQfskV rs. P0t0lQfSE fSEv.-Memortal for counsel.
Homer Vs. Smith ct aG-Report confirmed and
order granted. 8H
PtaMUs. Ltppntdn ct al-Order granted.
Sy1fker Ell al cs. Mott et Gk--0rder granted.
StstTQ6s US. Mott ct Gl.-OTder granted.
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In the gold loan market the rates ranged from
six per currency to seven per cent gold for car
ryng. The operations OF the Gold Exchange Bank
were fOllOWS:-
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The amount OF tax paid to the government gross
cepts the whole OF expenses for
year, order TO precisely what the result would
have had the fare been cents IL Ia n presen
ana governments tax paid This EXHIBIT Is alarming to
city railroad stocks and doubt win surprise
numbers people who been accustomed TO believe that
city railroads are institutions Of great profit
A engaged business practising professions
have advanced their prices In proportion to ae Increase OF
expenses The merchant advanced the price OF hs goods
the butcher tho price of his meat the lawyer his fees the
mechanic his wages the newspaper pubshers the price Of
their papers, and the end Of the catalogue Can
be reasonably expected BY the public that city railroads
the that charged
when expenses were but little than half what
they now aref Can people expect ample accommo-
the best of the roads and when the largest
would actually lose! The facts here stated be
cttled conviction the minds OF the most experienced
city ocers that unless relief obtained by adj
Of fare the result inevitably be bank
ruptcy and ruin to most OF the roads.
The following table shows the excess OF receipts
over expenditures as above glven by the various
companies during tho past year and which III most
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uuenfly the goods were lose, and the plantirs bring
this action TO recover the insurance TIE CASE "
gtllI
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80 . Birth.

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NoLES.--0n Monday, January @, the vie OF II. f.
Nolen Dublin tODaccOnst. No. 80 Catharine street,
New York, OF q son. Both doing well.
Dublin papers please copy.
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COMMON plEAs-spEcuL Term.
Decisi0ns,

BY Judge Joseph r. Daily.
Ftu1nan H0berv Us. 0tesia H0betg. g.--Decree OF di.
vorce for piatntifr.
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lu0 De Hud & 10 b l22L 300 Col q K q RR. ~
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Third Avenue. 80.
Sixth Avenue. 80.
Eighth Avenue. ;.
Ninth Avenue. =.
Dry Dock, Z. By
and Battery. =.
Second Avenue.
Central Park. n.
and Il. River.
Bieecker 81. and
Fulton Ferry.
Brooklyn City.
Broadway Rk. of
Brooklyn $500.
Broadway and
Seventh Av....
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GRAIN.--KeceIpts, S4lV Dds. bbls.
coo bags meal $500 bushels wheat 1890 do corn
do. The -four market ruled quiet but
especially for shipping grades. The sales were about IL 900
bbs Southern -four moderately active at abou, former
prices and salcs made of 100 bplR. Rye Gour
steady with moderate demand, the sales Icing 800 bbs
Corn meal dull and prices nominal. We quote-
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VI.
son OF James and Eliza Rutter, aged years. !
months and days.
Charter Oak Lodge F. ana A. NJ, are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from the residence Of
his parents, 40 Lewis street, this Thursday aftor
sAviNe.-On Tuesday, January 10, GEORGE Angus.
TUs, only child Of Augustus H. and Mary A. Saving.
The funeral WIN take place from the residence Of
his .nnr gTandparenss m No City Hail. this hursdsyi
wife Of Leonard Sill In the 6ist year OF ner age.
The relatives ana trends Of tie family, the mem
Churches also the members Of Aeghspia Lodge,
No. lsS, 1 o: OF Q. F., are respectfully invited to
East street. on Friday FRI sernoon 1 ono
O'Clock precisely.
sIIrg A. qsanford \; !. on Wednesday: Jsau.
oi stepnen % and Agnes Chandler Ill s''" An0 'Aaso't
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
ToRRANCE.--On Tuesday, January 10, HELM NJ.
wife Of J. s. Torrance In the 5lst year or her age,
Inc irisnds o. the family are Invited 10 attend tha
funeral, on Friday at twelve O'Clock noon from her
late residence. In Passaic.
vANpRNBUnaH.-in Jersey City, on Tuesday, Jan
The relatives and friends OF tho family are invsed
to attend the funeral from the residence OF her
mother, 157 Henderson street. this Thursday alter
noon. at one O'Clock.
voEaE.-On Tuesday evening. January 10. RsBlccA
GENEsA, wife or August yoege and only daughter
q henry rsayss ana sna. 'ef the family sss
members OF United Brothers Lodge. No. SO. ,. ane
Roland Lodge No. 10, A. o. OF @. +, are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral on Sunday afternoon.
Ninth street. between Sixth and Seventh, Brooklyn.
+. d. Ihe remains will be taken to Lutheran
Cemetery.
WoopRUFF.--On Monday morning January O.
WILLIAM r. WOODRUFF, in tho list year OF his ere.
The relatives and friends OF the fanIy invited
to attend the funeral from his late Residence, $40
West Fifty.nrst street to-day crhursayl at twelve
O'Clock n0QEL
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
AInnr Rrnnrh Romance

Even the pcrhdious ocean has its adj
vantages. A young man OF good family
and position, but without income wor-
thy Of mention, went 10 Long Branch
some weeks since with the intention of
marrying girl having wealthy father
not with the intention Of living upon
her, but As a precautionary measure
against possible poverty, He found
such a girl. one Of two children. and
she was sensible. amiable, and mode
ntciy good-looking, he proposed 10 her
after a courtship Of ten days
She thought his wooing rather brief,
and frankly told him she believed he
wanted 10 we'd her fathers money rather
than herself.
With equal candor he admitted that
the pecuniary part had It's influence, but
declared that II he were rich and she
poor. he would be most happy 10 make
her his wife. She wavered for half y
day, slept over the matter. and the next
morning felt constrained TO decline.
The young man performed the phi
losophic role. remarking that he was
sorry, but that be had too much to do
to occupy himself in breaking his heart.
4" We may do better than marry, Bella, T"
he added. "We might have quhrreled
as man and wife. but ne wont quarrel rs
friends and, after all, who knows but
that celibacy is the greatest OF hleSsingsY"
Shll, he did not surrender hope.
He proposed the same afternoon 20
teach her 10 swim, and they went 10.
gether in the surf much further than
prudence would have dictated. He
wanted 10 frighten her. and he succeeded.
The undertow carried her out until she
thought she was really drowning. He
plunged after her, and brought her safe
" 20 the shore. When she had recoy-
cred from her terror, she said 70 her
companion, "You have preserved my
lie, Charles, and il would be ungrateful
for me longer TO withhold my hand.
Charles. ms may be supposed, accepted
the hand.
Papa is delighted with his prospective
son-in-law for his heroic achievement
and in the early autumn the torch of
Hymen viii kindle the fire upon this
new domestic hearth.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

No matter what line You travel, be ID
the Western Pacific. the California or
the river steamer, the public baby in
always on board II can travel on three
lines at once. Change your car 10 rid
yourself Of tho L. b., aud YOU may find
its duplicate la the next Release your
self at your journeys end from the inflie-
tion get a room at the hotel the public
baby occupies the next apartment Go
at night 10 the theatre, the public baby
is IN the next seat.
The mission Of the public baby on
coming into the world is 10 growl. The
parents of the public baby deem all this
howling a concord Of harmonious sound.
They would not have a single note
wasted This is why they manage that
il shall always go Off in puhiic. This is
why it is taken 30 the theatre-to rip
and tear into the finest orchestral strains,
or insert sereech into the eliminating
moment of the dying scene.
The public baby seems TO have a full
head of ugliness on all the time. ex-
aInined one the other day while coming
up here on the cars. When We started
from Oakland Point, / felt a strange
sense OF missing presence. Wondered
at the cause. an was soon explained.
Al San Antonio, the publla baby came
ON board had forgotten that this
little baby never missed trip, nor paid
cent Then felt at home.
AT first, this public baby cried and
h0wied on general principles. Ii hadn't
as yet discovered any special cause Of
grievance. 1t cried because il hadn't.
It's little hands were sticky with some
thing, its little face was sticky il rubbed
i,a little face with its sticky hands the
sickness on its little face was thus
amalgated with the sickness on its
hands, and vice versa.
Then, when IL had prepared this mix
ture, il wanted 20 rub il all over us who
sat near by. II clutched ut lady's hat
or bonnet ribbons twhat do you call
them now y ON the forward scat IL did
transfer an irregular spot OF molaases-
eolored brown 10 the bright blue Of the
broad silk ribbon the lady turned she
looked for the moment as II hhe might
be Mr. Herod's wife or sister the pa
rents withdrew their sticky offspring
the offspring cried because il couldn't
have that lady 10 paw.
They gave Il eolored candy. BY this
the little wellspring Of pleasure"
worked itself still more into an uneasy
lump OF sacchaTine and mucilaginous
nastiness the place whore the candy
went inside Of II soon hlled up; II cried
because il couldn't hold any more il
wanted 10 go 30 it's father il went IL
then cried 20 go back 10 its mother II
went il then howled to 60 back 10 iis
father. He went into the smoking car.
That mother held the public baby high
up il cried. She held il topSide down
then il did cry tFifle less the rush Of
blood had stopped j. little Unfortun-
atcly, the mother soon discovered this.
The child was saved-sayed 10 howl for
years FrOfA dc San Frdncisoo Reporter.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

A lazy man is always good-natured.
He never Hies into passion. He might
crawl into one, il that were possible but
the idea of his flying into one is prepos.
ferrous. Who ever heard Of lazy man
breaking into n bank where n crowbar
hnd 90 be used, or drilling into n safe ?
Not but that he might covet his neigh
boris goods contained therein, but the
horror Of handling crowbar and drills
would always deter him from actually
committing burglary. He never runs
away with his neighbor's wife, simply on
account Of the horror he has of running.
III he is ever known 10 run, IL Is to-run
10 seed. He rarely lies about his neigh
bors, for il would be too much exertion
but he lies about bar room all day. He
il of inestimable service to q billiard
saloon, keeping the chairs warm and
watching the game, for few would care
10 play where there are no spectators.
The fact that he does this without pay,
day in, day out, shows the unselhshness
of his nature The lazy man never gets
up revolutions, instructions, and other
popular excitements, and don't make a
nuisance OF himself 10y training around
the country making incendiary speeches
to promote public discomfort. In his
own neighborhood he is never n busybody
in other peoples affairs, for the very idea
OF being busybody at anything would
drive him out OF his head. No lazy man
ever ran mad. If he went crazy. II was
because he couldn't go anywhere else
without walking. Lazy men don't dis
turb the quiet OF peaceful neighbors by
putting up factories, furnaces, and other
denominations. Exchange.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
An Editors Table

Win VI. Carleton, in q recent poem, draws the
following pictarO OF an editors table;
The editor sat in his sanctnn, his eountcaance
His mind At tho bottom of business, his feet al
the top Of chair,
His chalr-Arm an elbow supporting, bis nSht
hand upholding his head
His ewes on his dusty old table, with different
documents spread -
There were thirty long pages fresn HoNier,
with underlined capitals topped.
And short rcQuisitiaa from GroNicE, request
ing his newspaper siopned;
Therc were lyrics from CASHIER, the poet, con-
corning sweet hoNrris and zcphyrs,
And q stray gem tro,a Fodder, the farmer, de-
acribing = couple ef helters
There were hillets trosa beautiful nlaidens, anu
bills from grocer or two,
And his best leader hitchea 20 letter which
inquired il he wrote il or WhoP
There we're rapturrs ~ praises from writers, ot
the smooth and ueillhrons school.
And one of his rivals las, papers, informing
him he was fool;
There we're several long resolutions, with
names telling whom they were by,
CancniEing some harmless old brother who
had done nothing worse than 20 die
There were traps on that table 20 catch him,
and serpents t0 sting aud sHaite him;
There were elf enterprises q sell him, and
hiticrs attempting 90 hite him
There were Ions. staring lads" fru-n the city,
and money with never a enc,
Which Adde3 Please give this insertion, and
send in your bill when you're done.
There were letters from organiEations-theil
meetings, their wants and their laws
Which said Can yuu print this announcement
f0r-the good az onr glorious cause
There were tickets inviting his presence 20 fes-
tlvals. parties and shows.
Wrapped in notes. with Please give us no
tee" demarcly slipped N 81 The close
In short as his eve took the table, and ran Der
Its tnk-spastered trash,
There was nothing il did not encounter ex-
eeptng, perhAps-il vas Cash.
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A Chnpter ON Grabs.

Nature seems 30 have taken into con-
sideration their warlike disposition, for
she has certainly endowed them with
the power Of renewing their arms and
legs. IL is also asserted that they are
almost, II not quite. insensible 10 pain.
for a celebrated naturalist states that he
once saw a crab eating another which IL
had Just killed, while a larger one was
picking on and eating bits Of has body.
lhus crab number three was eating crab
number two, who went on feeding as II
he did not mind his big brother treating
him as he ha 1 crab number one. There
is another fact equally remarkable, and
that is. that some crabs--the spider, for
instance-throw away their limbs with
apparently as much ease ~ an old soldier
could his wooden leg. When pursued
they are probably aware that their enemy
wants something 10 eat and therefore
fling him leg TO appease his appetite
and TO save the loss OF more. / once
had spider crab sent 20 me, and / was
very much yexed 10 find that he had lost
u leg. and blamed the person who had
put him into n basket, for having. rs j
thought, done il earelessly. / put him
by himself in a glass OF fresh seawater,
and next morning, on looking at him,
You may guess nay surprise at finding
that he had but one leg left 10 his body,
the Others being stIewed about the bot
tom Of the glass. presume that he
felt so annoyed at being captured and
imprisoned that he threw away his legs
in tit OF despair, or perhaps il was an
act of spite against me for being the
cause Of his capture. At all events, he
paid the just penalty of his folly, for
after trying 10 hObble about on one leg
for n day or two he died. Before we
return. must tell you that the shell Of
the crab does not grow much larger,
although his body increases In size,
When he begins to find his jacket too
tight 90 be comfortable, he has a natural
desire 10 take il of This IL not an easy
task to perform because he has 80 many
claws and legs, the covering OF which Is
SO attached 10 the jacket. lie therefore
crAwlS beneath u heavy stone, which
holds his shell tight. and then wriggles
himself out OF his shell clothing. As
soon as he has undreAsed himself he
becomes much bigger than he was before.
and could not possibly re-enter his shell
His body is then AS soft as your hand /;
and, therefore. well knowing that il he
met any hard-coated crab. he would Ger
tainly be killed aud eaten, be hides him
self until his skin hardens and forms n
new suit Of armor to protect hfm from
his foes. Little Folks.
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It's remarkable, but nevertheless true.
that. rs q rule, firts, both male and
female, do not marry quickly. The
chances are that n girl who becomes
engaged al Is. and goes on becoming
engaged and disengagcd, as il IN the
custom for hirts 10 do, ultimately settles
down into q confirmed old maid, too.
III she does wed. ms q general rule, she
developes into the most virulent wasp,
makes her husband miserable, and brings
mp her children badly.
II is not very difficult 10 find reasons
why firtS do not marry. Sensible men
admire in a woman something besides
pretty face and engaging manners.
They love intellect, common sense and
heart, qualifications which the hirt does
not possess. The true woman allows
her affections fun play. and is not
ashamed OF them. She viii not lead n
man 30 believe she cares for him when
she does no such thing she viii not
flirt with him just for the sake Of flirting.
She has truer conception OF what is
right, and possesses a good deal more
common sense. She has derived her
education from something else than
three. volume novels and the society Of
empty -pated fops. She can be thor
Iughiy merry but she knows how 10
be merry without being idiotic. She
may attract less attention in drawing
room than the firt does, because she is
less noisy and obtrusive but, for NIL
that, she win get married sooner. and
make her husband better aud a truer
wife.
A true woman does not care for the
spooney Young man. She dislikes his
foppishness, the vapid compliments he
pays her, and his eheminacy. He quick
ly finds this out. and leaves her in peace.
thus, il he ultimately gets married. il is
to fiirt, and the happy pail" lead the
jolliest cat and dog life imaginable.
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A singular Indian Tradition.

Among the Seminole Indians there il
a singular tradition regarding the white
mans origin and superiority. They cay
that when the Great Spirit made the
earth he also made three men. All Of the
men had fair compilations and that after
making them he led them 10 the mar
gin Of q small Lake, and hade them leap
in and wash. One obeyed. and came
out pnrer and fairer than before the
second hesiiated n moment, during
which the water. agitated by the first,
had become muddled, and when he
bathed he came out copper-oolored the
third did not leap till the water had be-
come black with mud, and he came out
black with lis own color The Great
Spirit llid before them three packages,
and out Of pity for his misfortune in
color gave the black man the first choice.
lie took hold OF each package, aud hnv-
ing felt the weight. chose the heaviest.
The copper-colored man chose the next
heaviest, leaving the white man the
hghtest. When the packages were
opened, the first was found 10 contain
spades, hoes. and implements Of labor:
the second envrapped hunting, fishing,
and Earlike apparatuses the third gave
the white man pens, ink and paper, the
engines of the mind-the means Of mn-
tual mental improvement, the social link
Of humanity, the foundation of the
white mans superiority.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

THE ANIMAL KNoDoM number
Of species of animals known to be now
living il thus given by Mr.. Bentham.
The number Of mammaha is estimated
al between two and three thousand
species birds al about ten thousand ;
reptiles and amphibians, under two thou
sand fishes nc about ten thousand ;
insects at above one hundred and sixty
thousand crustacea and arachnida rather
above ten thousand mollusca about
twenty thousand worms, radiates, and
sponges and infusoria, under SIX thou
sand while there are about hundred
thousand species of plants He thinks a
"Genera Plantarum" is still within the
capabilities of q single botanist, while
such a work on animals would have to
be accomplished by division of lnbo
among BIOLOGISTS.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

GRADES. Railroad engineers will be
interested in knowing that recent re-
ports from Switzerland seem to indicate
that such steep grades as that OF the
Mount Rigi Railroad, even with the ex.
ercise Of the greatest precautions, are
not entirely safe. An ascending pas
senger train on this well-known road
was recently stopped by the inability OF
the locomotive TO carry it any further.
All the brakes were applied as tight as
possible, but absolutely without effect
tie train began to slip down gradually
and was soon beyond the control OF the
engineer and brakesmen, when the timely
arrival of another train with fresh en-
gine fortunately ayerted shocking ac-
cident. The slipping train had acquired
but little velocity, otherwise il would
have been impossible to hold il, even
By means OF the other locomotive.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
Prurress q Ce-eptrallre Inaastry.

People are slowly learning the advan-
tages OF combination in industrial pro-
duction, both In profit OF result and i'm
escaping from the worst drudgerics Of
toilsome labor. Even the farmers. who
are usually the last to move i'm amy
cooperative direction, are beginning 70
see the benefits of this policy, and 60
reap It's advantages The production OF
cheese in factories by neighborhood com
bination has now become an established
business, and not only turns out 70 be q
real economy, but in removing labo-
rions branch OF manufacturing industry
from the household, il has proved one
of the greatest domestic bVons to over
worked women in many farmers family.
This industrial improvement Is not only
exteL ding in this country, but the English
farmers are beginning to copy the Ameri-
can system with satisfactory results.
The report OF the Derbyshire associated
dairies, shows that their first years
experiment has been fairly successful. so
that there is every probability that the
plan OF operations wiz not only be con-
tinued but extended. The "Food Jour
ssdr' says that the manufacturers of milk
have realized good prices for their pro-
duce, while the quality of the cheese
made has decidedly improved, and what
il a hopeful feature in the transaction
everybody seems satisfied.