New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-20
rulers Of india may be conservative" but
WHO ever before heard that they were

Senator C0nkling, VINO docs ho1 hho ho"op"Po''
complained not long ago that the printed truth wa.
only to be found in The cerge'si2grel globe. Tine
cost Of this precious commodity has been the snbec
OF some interesting debate in Congress- and TAX
payers may wonder. in view OF the enormous OK
pense of very dull publication, which Is neve
road onts;.Ie Of the Capitol and the newspaper
Offices why Mr.. Cconkling should set 50 much Stor'
by it, and, with his .ellow-legisiators, vote away
nearly half million year n'0p - =. 49,. oa,
It should be borne In mind, howcyv-1 '""' "a, A.
Congressman, in the heat Of extempor.n
bate stumble in their rhetoric and miss occa 'oi,a
opportunities for repartee, and break OIL u
point Of their jokes; and the obligiDg con-
ductors Of The Globe are always willing to
remedy these little mishaps, and make on
unfortunate speech as presentable as possible
When Mr.. COnkling declared that the truth was
only in The Globe, he meant that The Globe alone
published to mankind not the things he had said but
the things that he wished he had said. lie has
several times been called to account for carrying the
privilege Of revision" rather too far, and there
have been conspicuous instances OF such trans
actions during the present session. We can under
stand therefore that The Globe may be worth half
million or so year to Mr. Conkling; but we must
be permitted to doubt whether it is worth all that
to the public. Under the present system OF re-
porting and revising, it is nothing but record OF so
much of the remarks of Senator'S and Representatives
rs the authors choose to commit to the Judgment OF
posterity To be of real it ought to furnish a
literal and relentless transcript of the actual debates
Ben. II. Dixon of Caldwell Sumner Co., Kansas,
is in exceeding want of clergyman, and he mas
advertised for one in the newspapers of the State
ID 4I,,t IN, ~
had a sermon ;" but, on the other hand, by way of
avoiding ethargy and lassitude, they have had
five murders in less than one year" Every one
of themD he adds would have been prevented II
we could have had the gospel" Now. if the preacher
will only come and bring religious friend Win
him." BENJAMIN Dixon will show him 81 100 acres Of
good land, clear, constant running water on IT,
enough timber for firewOOd and logs, healthy, at
81 % Der acre." The advertiser does not say that
he is willing TO pay the money necessary to secure
the claim nor does he intimate anything IN regard
to salary But if there be at this end of the country
any minister DESTROYS of wide field OF usefulness,
where can he find wider one than in Kansas, III
county where land is only 81 % per acre, and where
they have five murders annuallyf Moreover, If there
be any minister with the complaint $50 in clerical
circes) of dyspepsia, and with the money to spare
here is one of the prettest opportunities possible of
securing good digestion and 100 acres OF land into
the bargain.
A nice old lady, Mrs. Mary Knapp, celebrated her
Tooth birthday at Aurora, ILL.,, on the 18th inst. AS
the venerable dame is well preserved. and threads
needle with ease without glasses, all young ladies
will be DESTROYS to know what have been her habits,
and how she has happened to exist so long. Well to
begin with, she has the advantage of coming OF
long-ved stock, her father reaching the age Of 102
years. Of course she has always been an early riser
ALWAYS avoided hgh-seasoned food; never took snuff
but has eaten abundantly Of meat. Therefore, good
reader if you wish to live for century, get up early
don't eat of indgestbe dishes, don't take snuff, and
be sure that you consume great quantity of beef
and pork and mutton. Then, if you don't happen to
die sooner YOU may be perfectly certain of living to
be even one hundred and fifty years Of age. The
great point you see. is to manage to lve for if you
die prematurely the experiment is a perfect failure
We find in The Cincinnati Commercials droll story
of an indefatigable old gentleman from Kentucky,
who last week visited faro bank in that city, For
tune frowned upon him, and soon his pockets were
empty. He offered to stake his pistols, but the es-
Enlistment declined. Then he took out his gold
mounted teeth sent them to a pawnbrOker received
$40, and lost them. Out he went, pawned his over
coat, returned with few dollars and lost again.
The undercoat followed its companion, and vest and
cravat went to keep them company. He was then
adjudged complete bankrupt and assigned to a
prominent seat among the high players Of former
times" He went out of that house. in the dim light
of dawn, a toothless wreck, if we may be allowed
the expression. We have read of gamblers like this
in China, but it is new to us that they raise that
breed in Kentucky.
Senator Sumner, according to The Erening Post
has denounced as wretched humbug" published
statement that he informed Senator Wilson during
conversation on Friday that he should soon attack
the President and the Administration with all the
vgor at his command and that he said their pOlit-
cal paths must soon openly diverge." This state
nent is from The Boston Advertiser, and copied,
and duly credited, by lis on Monday. Yet The Times
pleased to assert that it appeared in the Washing
ton dispatches of THE TRIBUNE. 1t is hard to
believe that John Thomas did not know better than
this though We are sometimes inclined to believe
that his capacity in the line of not knowing things
has never been fully tested.
The people injured by tho Eastern Ra lroad COLI
sion last Summer do not all seem disposed to
make private settlement. az we hear Of one gen.
teman who has just brought his action regularly.
In another case the referees Judge BigelOw, S. II.
VALLEY, and Otis Norcross) have awarded S25S00 to
Mr.. S. o. Thayer of Newton, Mass. He lost the use
of all his fingers his two thumbs only being left
the sight of one of his eyes was destroyed and he
may lose the sight of the other. He was also rem
dered deaf as to his left ear. Mr. Charles Nudge of
Boston has settled with the Company for $4,000
We trust that there will be action at law tried
We want formal judicial investigation of this
piece of unmtigated careessness.
One of the charming results of new social order
among women is illustrated in Chicago. Two girls
living in that irepressible city, each only sixteen
years old, have been payfully indulglng themselves
in highway robbery. They went through Their