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New-York tribune., 1872-12-09
citramboats ano RaiIroa0s.


A-EW- JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILROAD
cug sandy Hook with trains ior Long Branch and AL
% a e2S SaeEeon selSiof fsde p vaesad Bridge,
.. 10 e.. al foot Of aurraJ-st a follows:
nj. Ph s1eDhia TuekeTton Toms River NheiAna Bay
l.oom.-To Toms River waretOwn Tueketou, &c.
.. a. IRON TaeEerton. Waretowu, Toms River he
-fnin yiBeaHd, Philadelphia IleEert0n Tons River,
.ra. ,, stop at way ststiOns e ,,.., . -.
sA Y BaSLR 1sP * Cen Ta.s so % Brosara1 rae'
F.s,l AGENT Pier "a
-. IT,. tDELPHIA and ERIE RAILROAD
sIl0S IoS sSs LGMBEa DISTRICT OF PESS Trains
re.s-s aud CortlGadtst Psrnes:
,-b ..aa Srw,fOrE on CITY. Arr'. sunOTry esoi
ss oss A.s1 % g ~ .sS ssnSyG Il nssod and C1
e. nj Ale0henY River R & for the OIL Region at Bns
10 Ere Mail idai5l with Pullman Palace Car from
sr, RenOyO II a N; ITv.eteD 80 2 Cory $40 sns
.sl Il R Oh Region Ens With Lake Shore T. T. for
a. -''- "A BALDWIN General Superintendent
e3gE, Gen. Pass Agent
r-E,E YORK MIDLAND KAILWAY-WIN-
4 ,ef t.- >. d nd Desbrosses-lts ss follow:
e, IMAM Maywood s;io 1850 m !, l;so, $50
= 1..eli Paterson. Hawthorne Midland PARK and wortsn
Pat BCgoa Rochelle che 4snsee LlLs M'rIst't and
IL ronpt0a. MOntelair junction. 9;l0 lo;So
O1ElaDd BIoOningdsle and West BlOomiuzdAls, T.
Nils. Chafoseburgb Stockholm. sunssO~u, ogdsns-
1ys sle 4 n lasoIs 80 p N p.,t.r.o.r r,,on,1.
Jetnson Slate Hin hiddIstO"n and BOOmngbugh H.
FasS. wSltsooro FAsburgb Mon;oso Liberty Fall,
tisiEG|Lesgs Liberty Falls at s:ss M LIS p m (.
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% OK - byond MdsetouB Does not run beyond Hawthorne
iDoe, soI 5- ohd Bloomingburgh ,---,.-.
VIZ ,gr.a. Geser.l Ticket Assst
GOUTh SIDE r. r. OF L. /.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT
-. AND AFrER MONDAY, IY, sEPrEMBEE II 1872 TRAINS
o. m-asa 70 Paiehogus. via stage TO Fire Place
o. n.-Acc04A AodatOH 70 Babylon until October l.
m-Erpress for Pstebogos stage 70 Fire Place
r. n.-Aeecmmodai0n 10 PatchOgae
. .a.-AooOm IaOdaiOn 70 Ba6Yon
-Acoomn0lenon 10 Ne o l.
f.O M aud $50 ! 10 p trains connect a
Par ROckaEsJ All tfLsbs Hampstead.
WALTER HOMAN supsnhehdsnt
2. fRAC ANSETT STEAMSHIP COMPANY
TAGL RIVER LINE
. slt.7r Sd ALL POINTS EAST. via NEWPORT AND
FALL BIyBh
la.r soaBdsys eIeepieal az sep 2 N.
81 -, North River, loot o. Murtg-s
Tic word -rensEned steainer
BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE.
er.stoTs CApt B. n SIMMONS
sats.rooms. a 2il Brosagsg' Szs srea1wsI.
81 lo.rFa,. an9 yo a Court BROOKLYN,
A. r. BACON Superintendent
EsaND, McNALLY 81 Co.'S RAILWAY
u Ds AND HANDBOOK gves latest time cards and neIs
7 flals gives populst.n, nA deseI yuon 6e Of
s srd hef the U. s. and Canada For sale 6T al
= ---.s.sf- P-ss ~ es"A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11
THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF A FAMILY.

An Indian, with an unDronouLceable
name, who camps by himself near the
head Of the Obitteebee lake, is known
and spoken of as the only surviving
member of a family Of cannibals, and
he is stunned and feared by other
members Of the tribe.
HOW II CANNIBALs LIVE.
The Obitteebee Indians are described
as being tall and stoutly built, with q
very %forbidding cast of countenance,
the squaws being positively repulsive
in their appearance. They are lazy
and filthy in their habits, make no at
tempt at tilling the soil, and 1--we en-
tirely by hunting and trapping. They
sometimes engage as axemen in the
shantles, but seldom remain long, as
they will not will not work constantly,
and it is as hard to feed one of them as
it is to keep six white men. The
squaws and children are clothed with a
sort of blanket which they make from
hare skins, cut into strips, plated and
stitched together in the required shape.
Their dwellings in winter are composed
of poles, which are stacked in the form
Va ~ tSlit, ulld toNCICu Will DllcH DuIh
and moss, a fire being built inside in
the centre, from which the smoke fiads
it's escape through a hole in the top of
the wigwam. AS long as game is plen-
tlful, the Indians remain in the same
camp but if a moose is killed at any
considerable distance, the camp is
moved to that vicinity, and the owners
remain there as long as they can find
enough to eat.
The above is the substance of what
Mr.. Wright has heard from his men
and from HuGson's Bay fur traders who
have been dealing with this extraor-
binary tribe of Indians, and as incred-
ible as the statement appears to be, he
says there are dozens of shanty men at
the headwaters of the Ottawa who are
willing to testify to the truth of it. The
exploratory survey of the route of the
proposed Canada Pacific Railroad will
pass through the section of country
occupied by the Obitteebes, and in
another year, or probably i'll a few
months, something more will be known
of the manners and customs of these
extraordinary Indians.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11

1t is terrible to think of the agonies
of a woman of cultivation and refine
ment when suffering under an attack
of that dread of disease, kleptomanla,
An instance of heart-rending intensity
took place the other day in Boston,
An elegantlv-dressed woman was detect
ed in the very act of plagiarizing a
pair of silk stockings. She started,
turned pale, suddenly conscious Of her
guilt, and then in the most agonized
manner besought the proprietor to re-
lease her, and offered him a twenty
dollar note for the stockings. The gem
tleman kindly reasoned with the af-
tlicted woman. and then, taking the
price of the stockings, returned her the
change from the twenty-dollar note
The poor woman then disappeared and
was heard of no more, although her
bank note was. rs it was proved, a we'll.
executed counterfeit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11
Scarcity Of Water in the Canals.
From the Syracuse Journal, March 10.

The canal authorities have serious
apprehensions that there will be Il
greater scarcity of water the coming
season than has been experienced
before since the canals We're construct
ed. Is is said that the reservoirs We're
never so low at this season of the year,
and the principal dependence for filling
them is III the heavy rains, since there
is very little snow on the watersheds.
Commissioners Wright has issued orders
throughout the Middle Division closing
the outlets of all the reservoirs, that no
water be wasted, and that all that falls
be saved. This action by Commission
er Wright Will effect a serious damage
to manufacturers owing mill property
upon some of the streams, particularly
those upon the Skaneatles Lake outlet
and on Seneca River. The proprietors
of some have had the enterprise and
foresight to provide themselves with
steam engines, and will not be seriously
affected by the cutting off of the water
owe With others it will go hard,
particularly with their operators, slnce
the canal seldom opens before the LIST
of Nav.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11
Sonnet.
By JOHN G.. K E.

By JOHN g. SAKE.
I send this letter, o my sweet to tell
The old, old story of my hearts deep wealth
OF tenderness and of my body's health
And how in all things worldly / am well:
Which thou wilt gladly hear. II holds not much,
Beside, to pleasure thee. 1t bears no word
of fond affection which thou hast not heard
Leap from my living hips. Well will touch
NV mouth unto the leaves, caressiDgly
And 30 wilt thou. Thus from these lips VI mine
Ny message will go kissingly to thine,
With more than Fancy's load of luxury,
And prove a true love letter, warm and sweet
As ever yet a loving spouse did greet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11
How Agassiz Lost Some of His Fish
Specimens.
Rio de Janeiro February 1) Correspondence of the
New York Tribune.

Rio de Janeiro [February 13) Correspondence of the
New York Tribune.
Professor Agassiz has made a good
deal of use of our detention here,
gathering many valuable specimens
here, and, with his assistants, especial.
ly DIR. Steindachner, making very nu-
merous beautiful anatomical prepara-
tons Of fresh specimens. An accident
exceedingly vexatious deprived him of
some of them. He was Mt the residence
of Il friend in the country, and had
spent a day very successfully in
making delicate dissections OF
fresh fish, exposing internal
parts. These prepared fish were I'M
mersed in alcohol, and committed for
safe keeping to a black servant, old and
trusted, who was to guard them sa-
credly. The next day, when the Pro-
lessor asked for them, the grinning
negro showed him the pan in which
they we're flying. They had poured off
the alcohol, scaled and cleaned the
fish, and were frying them for the Pho
lessons breakfast. Imagine the Pro-
lessons grief; imagine the vexation of
the friend, whose faithful servant had
done the irreparable injury AS for
the G himself, he, of course,
thought he had kept the fish carefully.
and put them to their intended use.
What are fish good for but to eat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11

To speak in a loud tone, under any
circumstances, IS a breach Of etiquette
ana 4 gross vulgarity among japanese,
to be INDUCED IN by no person OF rank
and good breeding.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11
The Result in Connecticut.

The annual election for state officers
came off in Connecticut on Monday,
and resulted in the success of the Re
publican ticket. The vote was lighter
than usual, many having been deferred
from going to the polls by stormy
weather. The towns thus far heard
from give Jewell. Republican, A, 1876;
Hubbard, Democrat, ~, 1862 Gillette,
Temperance, 1890; Harrison, Labor
Reform. 1916. If the towns unheard
from go the same as last year, the re
suit will not be changed. Jewell's
plurality is about 2,014; his majority
over all $50. The Senate Will probably
stand IA Republicans to Democrats.
and the House about the same rs last
wear. when the majority was u.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11

THE freshet fish story from
Charleston. 5. c. They claim to have
a great curiosity on exhibition in the
window of a fruit store, IN the shape Of
a fish with a head like a horses, and a
tan Ike an alligater's, and fins on its
back and the sides OF its head.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-11

The Obitteebce Indians Eating their
own Fnmilies-A Mother, Pressed by
Hunger, Sacrifices her Children-In
Turn, the Mother Eaten by her Hus-
ba nd and xon-Thc Old Man Making
Food Tor the Boys.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16

1
You accepted him OF course III
is rich, and I am poor, and all tn,
girls like gold.
Harry"
"Teli me quietly, Juliet. he cried
almost passionatly. "Don't keet
me in l6p ger in snspense."
81 told him. Juliet answered in
nocently, that fhad already prom
ised to marry you
"My little dove !" and Harry
AveneIs dark face Frightened into
sunshine once sgain. And YOU
were right, for Nay and November
never yet were happily mated. Ny
uncle is an old feol; and yet l can't
blame him, Juliet when 1 look at
your sweet face.
The countenanfe of Mr.. Avenel,
was sligAtly conhsed when he met
his nephew at Raesbreak fast table
the next. morning at further than
that, there was 20 sign of the dis
comfiture he had undergone. He
gave Juliet an exquisite set of we'd
ding pearls when she was married,
and congratulated Harry after a
very cordial fashion. But he never
proposed to Mrs. Hawkhurst, and
as she never expected anything of
the sort, no harm was done.
And everything goes on at Aven-
el Place just precisely as it ought to
do. Mr.. Avenel kept his honse-
keeper and Harry has gained a
xuifo
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16

In Mr.. Greeley's speech at Balti-
more he threw out the following
sensible views on farming:
L. That the area under cultivation
should be within the limits of the
capital and labor employed or, in
other words, that on impoverished
soils no one should cultivate more
land than he can enrich with man
ure and fertilizers, be it one acre or
twenty.
2. That there should be law
compelling every man to prevent
his stock from depredating on mis-
neighbor's fields.
3. That green soiling is more
economical than loose pasturage.
T. That deep tillage is essential to
good farming.
5. That the muck heap is the
farmers bank, and that everything
should be added to it that viii en-
large it, and increase at the same
time its fertilizing properties. @
6. That no farmer or planter
should depend upon one staple
alone. but should seek to secure
himself against serious loss in bad
seasons by diversity of products.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
VOL. VIII. NO. 40.

\ frivolous word. e sharp retor

A frivolous word, & sharp retort
parting in angry haste,
The sun that rose on bower OF bliss.
The loving look and the tender kiss.
Has sent on a barren waste,
Where the Pill grims tread with weary 1ast
Paths destined never more TO meet.
frivolous word, a sharp retort,
moment that blots out years,
Two lives are wrecked on stormy shore
Where billows of passion surge and roar
To break in a spray of tears
Tears shed to blind the severed pair,
Drified seaward, and drowning there
A frivolous word, a sharp retort.
A flush from passing cloud,
Two hearts are scathed to their L1most core
Are ashes and dust forever moIe.
Two faces turn to the crowd,
Masked by pride with lifelong lie.
To hide the scars of that agony,
a frivolous word. sharp retort,
II has cut in twain the mystic tie
That had bound two souls In harmony,
Sweet love lies bleeding or dead.
n poisoned shaft with scarce an aim,
Has done a mischief sad as shame.
frivolous word, a sharp retort.
Alas for the loves and lives
SO little a cause has rent apart,
Tearing the fondest heart from heart
AS the whirlwind rends and rives,
Never to reunite again,
But live and die in secret pain
a frivolous word, sharp retort-
Alas! that il should be So
The petulant speech, the careless tongue,
Have wrought more evil and more wrong,
Have brought to the world more woe,
Than all the armies age to age
Record on hist'ry's blood-stained page.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
Postage on SEEDS and Plants

One of the greatest post office
boons was the permission to send
/ seeds, gratis, plants and cuttings by
mail at the rate of two cents for
every four ounces, in quantities OF
not less than four pounds. 1t was
thankfully accepted, and by this
means innum cradle varieties of
valuable vegetable articles have been
introduced into paris of the coun-
try where railroads and express
companies failed TO reach. No one
ever complained Of the law that we
have heard of. II was thought that
it might operate to the disadvantage
of the express companies hut, III
the main, the parties who have
availed themselv to this accommo-
dation would not have used the ex-
press. Besides, the matter is so
small an item in the express bust
ness that it is unlikely it would
seriously interfere with them. AT
any rate, this good step in progress
is virtually repealed by the new
postal code, and the horticultural
and agricultural community feel
very indignant thereat the more
so, as no one can see any particular
reason why this retrograde step
should have been taken.
BY the present law packages of
only twelve ounces can be mailed.
Some of the smaller kind of seeds
and roots can yet go in this way,
but of larger varieties not enough
can be sent to be of any service to
any one except TO faise a half-dozeE
specimens for a bonnie garden J;
and as for living vegetation, where
so much of packing material has to
be employed to preserve them fresh
and from injury by the pressure of
other mail matter, the postal limit
will be reached before the plant is
enclosed.
Tie great topic of conversation in
rural circles just now is what inter
est, public or private, is to be served
by this anasked and unexpected
change. But it is probably 10 more
than a piece of hasty legislation,
adopted without rejecting much on
the consequences, and which, if
brought to the notice of their Re-
representatives. by those interested,
will no doubt be remedied next
session.-The Gardeners Monthly.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
visible supply of Corn.

The visible supply of corn, June
29th, was 12,0S7, lS9 bushels against
7,493, 900 bushels at the correspond
ing date in 1871. The exports from
the principal Atlantic ports from
September l, 1871. to July 2, 1872.
were to Great Britain %, ,53S. .979
bushels, and CSC. 460 bushels to the
continent, against 5,71O,966 bushels
ponding period in 1912. The
clearances from New York during
the last, four weeks for Europe have
been 4,645, 81 bushels and the ag-
to Great Britain, and 1888 bush
els to the continent for the CORES
gregate exports from Boston, New
York, Montreal, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, and New Orleans during the
same lime have been 7,5l4, ,S76 bush
els. The Cunard steamer Siberia,
which left this port yesterday fo1
Liverpool, took out nearly a, ,0Oo
bushels Of corn as a part. of hen
cargo.
WARM CAKE.--One cup Of sugar
one Of butter, one of sour milk,
teaspoonful saleratus, two eggs.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
FOREIGN GLRANINGs.

HARDLY a travelling foreigner Is yet
seen in Rome, and many Of the no
man trades people shut their shops
at mid day, as in the good old times
of Papal lethargy.
A LAW has been passed prohibiting
the erection of new buildings IN VI
emma during the progress OF the Ex-
position in 1878. This has been
done with a view Of preventing
street distractions.
THRoUaHoUT Europe the interest
in the coming Vienna Exposition ls
intense and widespread. Universal
ly it is believed that il will be the
most imposing and valuable OF all
the worlds fairs.
RoME has a new daily paper pub
lished in the English language. IL
is called the daily Nelos, and is con-
Quoted by an American, Mr. Daniel
brother of former Minister Resi-
dent of the United States at Iurln'
BERLIN is filling up again, and en-
tertainments at the foreign ambassa-
doris palaces have been resumed.
Americans, as usual, are to be iouno
at the Hotel de Rome.
AN INDIAN Punch-the india"
Charlrari-is announced in Calcutta
It is to be owned and edited by Ool.
Percy Wynham, is to be issued ior1-
nightly, illustrated by lTartists OF ac-
knowledged ability" and IS 70 es-
chew everything saYoring o. pelson
ality, the great aim being 70 iao8n
at and with our small world around
us. and we hope they viii return ef
the compliment" All, however
to depend npon the number OF 81
scribers secured, and people are y
luctant to subscribe before thoy kno"
what it is they are subscribing 20.
FROM the mortality returns lot
1870 for the United Kingdom, winch
have lust been published it appears
that during the year the deaths oi
eighteen males and of siKty-three r.
males, whose ages were stated 70 pe
upward Of 100 years. were register
ed; in all eighty-one persons, against
sixtv-three and seventy-nine respee
tivelv in 1869. The highest aeee
said TO have been attained 70 1oie
were IO8, by a male, who dlea n
Stone, in Siaffosdshire, and lvt, p} 7
female, who died in Huddersns'o
Russia still advances. Her ir91
NAV be turned to ConstantlnoP''
where the Empress OF Rus'ia
N-,-.a - a. Gland Duke NicuQINH
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
BENEA tn THE TREES.

BENEA III THE 1RHE,S.
Underneath the trees we sit;
And the breezes as they fit
Softly by
Throw the shadows ofthe boughs
over little Maudie's brows
Prettlly.
watchet. winning, wond ring eyes,
Gazing on the land that lies
Ger the lea.
Building castles in the air
How. 1 wonder. do you there
Picture me?
Lying near my longing lips
Are her dainty hnger tips.
Little handt
Much I'm tempted you to kiss:
Very hard it is such bliss
To withstand!
There it lies, so soft and white;
If She knew wha. dear delight,
: -zes-=k - lid she choose,
- -s = q sFt,sisnow impart
aS9sS 'ae IN It i9Iser isea
- - Torefiise
?, 4 ere !, lave enough 10 dare,
Would that fringe of golden hair,
Sweet to see,
On her forehead lower down,
Till she turned a cruel frown
Upon me?
No one near, and no one coming
All is still, save for the humIning
Ofa bee
Hov'ring near my darling's dress
80 should 1, must confess.
Were he.)
That kiss might the preface be
To the opportunity
That 1 need,
All my longing TO express,
And my loving tenderness
Humbiy plead.
Sweet white forehead. do not frown
Do not, pretty eyes, look down
Angrily
When that little hand I've kissed
Love, too naughty to resist,
Urges me,
Fly away, you noisy bee;
Do not use my property
For a throne.
Maudie, that most priceless prize
Maudie, hand, and hair, and eyes,
Is my owni
- London lSOcistV.
The Hickman courier., 1872-11-16
Fashionable Xnmen.

There is passage in Lord JEFF.
frey's view of Miss Edgeworth S
"Tales Of Fashionable Life" in
which the great critic describes,
with admirable force, the miseries
of the fashionable. This wretched
, hunt after reputation for fashion,
Pwith its constant heart burnings and
defeats, is. he considers, more pro-
ductive of real misery than the Sc
rious calamities of life. This may
seem a strong assertion, he adds, but
is his deliberate conviction, and his
statements on this head are strength
ened by the opinions of one fully
as competent to form just conclu-
sions-Sir Henry Holland.
In his recent photographed
sketch that celebrated person says
he has known people to be made
absolutely i'll by their anxiety and
disappointment in regard to tickets
of admission for Almack's balls in
London.
Speaking of fashionable women,
the London Lancet has lately had
some very sound remarks in the
name strain. Fashion," it says,
it kills more than toll or sorrow.
Obedience to fashion is greater
tsansgressieno OF the laws of woman's
nature, greater injury to her phys
fcal and mental constitution, than
the hardships ef poverty and neg
lect. The slave-woman at her task
still lives and grows old, and sees
two or three generations of her
mistresses pass away. The washer
woman, with scarcely ray of hope
to cheer her in her tolls. will live to
see her fashionable sisters all ex-
tinet. The lxitchen-maid is hearty
and strong, when her lady has to
be nursed ike sick baby. 1t is a
sad truth that fashion-pampered wo-
men are worthless for all good ends
of life they have but little force OF
character; they have still less pow
er of moral will, and quite as little
physical energy. They live for no
great ends. They are dolls, formed
in the hands of milliners and SER
wants, TO be fed to order If they
Ihave children, servants and nurses
+ do all save to conceive and give
them birth; and when reared what
are they? What do they amount
to but weak seions of the old stock
Who ever heard of fashionable
woman's child exhibiting any virtue
and power of mind for which it be-
came eminent? Read the biogra.
phies of our good men and women
None of them had a fashionable
| mother"