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The Committee OF Finalcc on the
Banking Tax,

The bankers have been peitioning Con-
gress for the removal of all taxes on banking
institutions, and the Senae Committee of
Finance, which has had the natter under con-
sideration, has properly repoted that no legis-
lation is required at present on the subject
The bankers are not conented with their
enormous profits and want o be relieved of
their share of burdens which all others have
to bear. The report says EFT is not even
pretended that banks ad bankers are
not receiving ample prits from their
business and if it had been, the
returns by the Comptrolle of the Currency,
showing dividends averagiy a fraction over
ten per cent for several yeas past, with a con-
stantly increasing surpls, would have
refuted the pretence" This strikes the
question at the root. 1t ishe strongest argu-
ment against exempting linking from tax
alton. Under the remas of constantly
increasing surplus" indeIndent of over ten
per cent dividends, vast mount of profits is
covered 1t would be interting to know what
the amount is. With fromive to six per cent
gratuity from the governmat on their circu-
lation and seven to eigh per cent profit, at
least, on their capital, hides other advan-
tapes. the banks cannot making on an
average less than fourteei per cent Those
that are properly manage make more. In
view of the stupendous ft to the national
hanks of a national circulang medium worth
over twenty millions yet their demand to
be relieved of taxation is ,mething like cool
assurance. The Financ Committee has
wisely ignored their absurclaim.
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NIBLo's GARDEN, Broadway. between Prince and
Houston streets.-LEo AND LoToS
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OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Houston
and Bleecker streets.-HUMPTY DUNPrY
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THE DAILY HERALD, published every day ih the
gear, Four cents per copy Annual subscription
price S12.
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WOODS MUSEUM. Broadway corner Ihiueth ST
ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Afternoon ana EVeuihs'
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UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, between
Broadway and Fourth av.-ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
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ATaENEUM. No. ss5 Broadway.-GRAsD VARIETY EN-
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ALI business or news letters and telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed New YORK
HERALD.
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NEW FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE 72s and $50 Broad 4
Way.-ALxE-
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should member be expelled for an act COM
mitted prior to the time they elected him to
Office. But would it be arbitrary or beyond
constitutional limit to expel member for cor
rupt and dishonest acts done while public
officer in former term and just brought to
light? Would it be violation of the rights
of constituency TO give back into their hands
an Office to which they had unwittingly elected
gross corruptionist?
We leave General Butler to argue out these
points as best he may, and to prove by his
legal ingenuity that the Congress of the United
States has no power to purify the government
in the event of traitors, bribers and other
felons being elected to Office under the dis
guise of honorable men. The object of his re-
port is too transparent to require any discus
sion upon its merits 1t takes issue with the
Poland whitewashers only for the accomplish
ment of common end-to secure the escape
of all the Congressional corruptionists, great
and small, republican and democratic. The
moral perjury of which Colfax has been
guilty was not committed under for
mer term of Office, but this as well
as his other offences, is ignored by the report,
for its object would be defeated if q single
offender should be brought to justice. The
farce WILL OF course, be ended to-day, and its
denouement can be easily foretold The dem
ocrats are to Indignantly demand the expul-
sion Of the petty larceny republicans as well
as OF their grand larceny associate. or TO op-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-04-30
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

James Cooper. David DiberI- George Fritz. A.
J. Hages. r w Hav, John I.gwIaan- Daniel n =
Laughiln- James Mcmillan. James Morley. Lew
Is PliIt. {. B. Ellis, Powell Stackh0uss Conrad
SGppes. Geo. 7. Svank. ". ". Walters. and II.
J. MO-ren- President. febl2
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a Boys Idea Of Heads.

Heads are Of different shapes and
sizes Thty are full Of notions.
Large do not always hold the most
Some persons can tell just what q
man Is By the shape Of his head.
High heads are the best kind. Verv
knowing people are called long-head-
ed \ fellow that won't stop for
anything or anybody Is called hot
head If he isn't quite 50 bright thev
call him s0ft-headed; If be won't De
cOaxed nor turned. they call him pig
headed Animals have very small
heads. The heads Of fools slant back
When your head Is cut of you are be-
beaded Our heads are all covered
with hair, except bald heads. There
are other kinds Of heads besides our
heads There are barrel heads. heads
Of sermOns-a1d some ministers used
70 have fifteen heads to one sermon :
pin heads: heads Of cattle. as the
farmer calls his cows and oxen :
head winds. drum-heads; cabbage
heads: at loggerheads; come TO 4
head heads Of chapters: head
him of; head Of the family, and 90
ahead-but first be sure vou are
right.
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How To Make . Fortune.
By MARK TWAIN

Samuel MeFadden wasa wateb,,a.
in bank He was poor, but honest
and bis life was without reproacb
The trouble with bin was that be
felt he was notappreeiated His SAL
ary was only four dollars per week.
and when be asked TO have IT raised.
the president, eashier and board Of
directors giared at himsth-ough their
speetacies, and frowned On him, and
told him 70 90 out and stop his insO-
lenee, when be knew business was
dali and the bank could not meet ex-
+ penses now, let alone lavisbing one
dollar on such miserable creature a.
Samuel MeFadden. And then sam
uel McFadden felt depressed and sad,
and the naughty sevrn Of the presi-
dent and cashier cut him 70 the soul.
he would often 90 into the side yard
and bow his venerable twenty-four
inch head, and weep gallons and gal
Ions Of tears over bis insigniheance.
and pray that be might be worthy Of
the president and cashiers polite a.
tention.
One night happy thought struck
him: a CLEAN Of light burst upon him.
and gazing down the dim vista Of
years with bis eyes all blinded with
joyous tears. he saw himself rich and
respected. So Samuel MeFadden
fooled around and got a jimmy, a
m9nkey-wrench, z crOss-eut saw. a
coal chisel, drill and about a ton Of
gunpOwder and nitro-glycerine. and
those things. Then in the dead Of
night, be went to the fre-proof safe,
and after working az it for awhile.
burst the door and brick into an i'm
mortal smash, with such perfect sue
cess that there was not enough Of
I1at safe left to make carpet tack.
Mr- MeFsdden then proceeded to load
up with coupons, greenbaeks, curren-
ey, and specie, and to nail ell the old
change that was lying anywhere 50
that be praHeed out Of the bank with
over Z million dollars On him. He
then retired 20 an unassumiug resi-
dence out Of town,and then sent word
TO the detectives where he was.
\ detective called on him next dsv.
with a soothing note from the cashier.
Detectives called on him every dsv
with humble notes from the president.
cashier and board Of directors. AT
last the bank officers got up q msgni-
1cent private supper, % which Ne
tadden was invited He came and
IS the bank officers bowed down in
the dust before him, be pondered well
over the bitter past. and his soul was
filed with exultatiOn.
Before be drove away in his ear-
rage that night, II was al fixed that
Mr. NcFadden was 70 keep half 4
million Of that money and 70 be un-
n0lested Il be returned the other
half He fulfilled his contract Ike an
honest man, but refused with haazhtv
tisdain the offer Of the cashier 70
marry bis daughter.
McFsdden is now hon0red and re-
spected- He moves in the best sOei-
ETY., he browses around in purple and
lne linen and other good clothes, and
enjoys himself first rate. And often
now he takes bis infant son on his
knee, and tells him OF his early life.
lad instiils holy principles into the
child's mind. and shows him how. bv
industry and perseverance, and fru-
saiIty, and nitrO-glyeerine, and monk
ay-wrenches. and cr0ss-cut saws. and
.amlharity with the detective system.
svel the poor NAV arise TO afiuence
md responsibility.
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REnRGASIZING HIS MuF

BEORGASIZING HIS WIFE, new
er attempted 10 reorganize nv wife
but once, :, confessed Artemus Ward.
i shall never attempt 10 do it again.
I'd been 10 4 public dinner, and had
allowed myself 10 be betrayed into
drinkin' several peoples bealths;
and wishin' TO make EN- as robust as
possible, | continued drinkin' their
health until my own was Affected
Conscience was, | presented myself
to Betsy's bedside late at mite with
considerable Ticker concealed about
my person. l had somehow got pos
session Of hoss-whip on nv way
home, and rememberin' some cranky
observation Of Mrs. Wards in the
mornin', | snapped the whip putty
lively, and in q very loud voice, /
said: Betsy, you need organizing
| have come, Betsy I continued,
crackin' the whip over the bed, I
have come 10 reorganize YOU
dreamed that mite that somebody laid
c hoss-whip across me several times
and when | woke up | found she had.
l. hain't drank much Of anything
since and if l ever have another re-
organizin' job on hand, i shall let it
0rr- -
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Can YOU wonder at nv doing as
( did ? The train did not stop until i
reached London, and | found that by
the time ! had hunted up the address
to which you had gone from the ser.
wants at home, should have lost the
last train and not been able TO get
here till long past midnight Wha.
to do | could not think"
In the carriage in which | sat some
body had been talking about the nur-
der of Tawell, and the telegraph. the
police on the doorstep, and 50 on.
1t all flashed on nv mind in an in
slant
Il went to the telegraph Office and
looked in There was only young
lad there -
II went in and called him
Can you telegraph 70 York for
me p
Certainly sir"
Il wrote the telegram Won saw
You must sign this. sir"
NO | must not young man" and
| drew him toward me By the shoUl-
der
MY names Field Inspector Field :;
you understand ?"
oh certainly sir Did YOU catch
that man the other day. ] beard Of
it from one Of our clerks"
"Oh yes; caught him safe and
sound he's in Newgate now
Indeed, sir" said the lad
You'll send that at once; the
trains due r. icss than half an hour.
III see = u do it."
"He did send It and as | heard the
click, click click, il was Ike the thr0b
of new heart circulating ferry blood
in nv arteries. for knew it would
enable me 10 see Won. Clara dear
and then | came down a. You see. By
the train, and feel disposed now 10
embrace all the telegraph clerks in
the kingdom"
We'll, young man, It's q dangerous
game suppose you are aware its
an offence not lightly punished to
pretend YOU are an officer Of police -
said Mr.. Blake.
NV dear Mr. Blake ifit was death
on the instant or discovery. and |
was in the same strait. ! should do
the same thing over again"
You must find q prosecutor, Mr.
Blake. -" said Clara, "and as /. the
principal person concerned, am not
going to prosecute the officer. / think
he VIII escape"
Aud why" said l. did YOU not
to Clara direct -
Because I feard that Mrs. Web
ster might possibly prcTent our meet
ing
Mr.. Blake left Us with bis twink
ling and muttered something TO me
about ~servitude for life. -
4 month after this | had the pleas
ure Of giving away my niece TO Her
bert, and in two months more [
had the pleasure Of reading in the /.
Times the announcement OF the mar Z
rage Of Mrs Webster to Francis /
Tredgar, Esq, Of Tredgar Hall %
which ceremony, I need scarcely say. +
| was not invited
Clara, Herbert and live together .
and to this day be issPoken Of among (
his intimates a Herbert Langley. I
that active and intelligent ofic9r."
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The deepest well ever sunk is sup
posed 70 be that in the village Of
Sperenburg, about twenty miles from
Berlin. Prussia. This well has been
bored to the extraordinary depth Of
4l94 feet. or about four-ffths Of
mile. II was begun five years since
BY the authorities with the view Of
obtaining 4 supply Of rock salt, which
they struck at depth of 2s0 feet;
and when the boring was thus shown
TO have a thickness OF nearly 1000
feet The diameter Of the shaft was
sixteen feet, but was soon
reduced TO thirteen inches
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A Spanish Prison

\ correspondent Of the London
Daily Telegraph, writing from Mad
rid, gives the following vivid descrip-
tion Of part Of the SaIadcro, Or city
prison, Of that city:
Having traversed well lighted pas
sages, we stumble down q dark. break
neck and filthy staircase. and making
our way through groups Of ill-fayor-
ed. ragged deniz.nS Of the place, stop
before an iron bound door. at which
my conductors knocked loudly. It's
opened. We enter another passage.
and halt for few seconds. 4 man
with forbidding countenance, himself
prisoner, shouts loudly. announcing
the Governors visit, and a crowd OF
filthy, miserable objects in human
form hurry past. The Governor
beekons me to follow. and we find
ourselves in a long. dismal. vaulted
chamber. The offensive stencil for
an instant made NE recoil with dis
gust
Throughout the whole length Of
this horrible abode is sloping wood
work, similar to that in guard-houses.
which serves for the prisoners bed
steads Standing on these sleeping
places the wretches, about ninety in
number, had taken their position
No bedding of any kind is provided
for them, and unless they have friends
outside who eharitably supply them
with mattress. the scum Of society
crouch for the night on the blackened
filthy boards, huddled together Ike
wild beasts in their lairs. The au-
thorities have not 4 sufficient quanti-
~ Of blankets to provide one for each
prisoner And now. although the
weather was mild, within this vault
ed den the pestilential atmosphere
was damp aud chill. The inmates
who had blankets KEEP: them tightly
drawn round their shoulders. for
warmth, and for fear Of them being
stolen by their associates. On the
walls are long lines Of woOden-pers.
to which are suspended the extra rags
of the prisoner entitled to consider
the portion of the plank beneath his
sleeping-place. High on the wall TO
the left hand are a few small unglaz-
ed apertures. with iron gratings. which
dimly light the den, and afford the
only and far from sufficient means Of
ventilation
Toward the centre Of the wall IS a
recess, the state of which Is indis-
cribable. And in this den, unfit for
wild beasts, human flesh and blood
must pine and rot until tardy Spanish
justice either releases the wretched
tenant or sends him for trial. or TO the
Bagne. which is, by comparison, Par
adise. The brawls and fights which
sometimes occur are terrible Imag-
ination refuses to picture to itself the
horrible and depraved scenes enacted
when the sun has set, and those two
poor little lanterns swinging by cords
from the shed their faint, hi,kering
light on the mass Of human wretch
edness shut in from the outer world
A sojourn in the Saledero would de-
moralize the strongest mind. There
in the innocent become criminal, and
depravity doubly deprayed. The
abuse of power, the total disregard
of humanity, and the disgraceful ad-
ministration of law, which my visit
to this hellish place has revealed,
would alone justify the overthrow of
the governments that have tolerated
them
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THE NEwsBOY.s DEBT.

Sir If you please, my brother jim
The one you give the bill. you know
He couldn't bring the money. Sir,
BecsHse his back was hurted 50.
lie didn't mean to keep the change
He got ruined over. up the street:
One wheel went righ; across his hack,
AMI t'other fore-wheel mashed HIS feet.
They stopped the horses Just in tine,
AMI then they took him up for 4esi.
And al that day and yesterday
He wasn't rightly in his head.
They took him to the hospital
One Of the nevsbcys knew twas Jim
And went too, because. you see.
We two are br0thers. and him
He had that money in his hand.
And never saw il any more.
Indeed, be didn't mean 10 steal,
He never lo=t cent before.
He was afraid ;hst you might think
he meant to Keep it, any way;
This morning, when they br0sght him 70.
He cried because he e0uldn't pay.
He made NE fetch his jacket here;
It's torn and dirted pretty bad:
Its oaIy n to sell fS rags,
But then. yOa know, its all be had
When he gets well-it won't be long
II you will call the money lent,
He says he'll work his fingers of
but what hen pay you every cent.
And thea he cast rucful glance
At the soiied packet where it lay.
''No, n, ny boy. Take back the coat,
Your brothers badly hart, you say.
Where did they take him. Jus, run ont
And hail a cab, then wait for ne.
Why, l would give a thousand coats.
And pounds for such boy as he!-'
1 half hour after this We stood
Together IL the crowded varls.
Ani the nurse checked the hassy steps
That fell - loudly oH the baarls.
Ith0ughi him smiling in his sleep.
AMI scarce bel!eved her when she said,
SHoothins away the tangled hair
From brow and check The boy & dead. -'
Dead- dead 50 soon How fair he looked ,
One stresk OF sunshine On his hair.
Poor lad: Wei. il was warm In heaven:
No need of change and jackets there,
And s5nethiny rising In ny throat
Made il 50 hard f5r ne 70 speak.
Iturned away. and left tear
Lying up.5n his sanburnei cheek
Extract fron Poem by II. z. HUDsoS. in Har-
e Hsga-izc for Nag.
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BANK OPEN DAILY FROM 9 4 ". to p. n.
ALSO on WEDN ESDAN AND SAT
TRDAY EVENINGS. PROM
6TO5lz O'CLOCK
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The richest man in Virginia is A.
d. Williams, q Richmond real-estate
agent He bought 10000 acres of
coal lands in West Virginia during
the war, for $1,000, and there is no
end to the timber and coal included
in the track.
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WHILE there's bite in the air nc
one ought to starve.
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Sidney Smith made the quaint con-
fcssion that according 10 his eompu-
tation he had eaten and drank, be-
tween his tenth and seventeenth
wear, about forty-four wsg
on loads more than be needed.
How many people, dull-headed from
such q cause, would be frank enough
TO confess a. much.
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Two sovsrdgns-Sna-Ens aad
Joking.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-17
Ghe eureka Sentinel.
THE A 8

BY JOAQUIN FILLER
And when had they suns a hymn they
went out into the Mount OF Olives
What song sang the twelve with the
Savior
When finished the wine:
Were they bowed and subdued IN be-
hsvior.
Or bold as made bold with a sign?
Were the hairy breasts strong and dc.
fiants
Were the naked arms brawny and
strong:
Were the bearded lips lifted reliant,
Thrust forth and Iuil sturdy with song:
What sang they: What sweet song of
Zion,
With Christ in their midst like a crown !
While here sat saint Peter, the lion;
And there. like alanb, with c down,
Sal saint John. with his silken and raven
Ric hair on his shoulder r., and eyes
Lifted up to the faces
Like a sensitive child 5 in surprise.
Was the song as strong fishermen swing
ing
Their nets full of hope to the sea"
Or low, like the ripple-wava, singing
Sea songs on their loved Galilee:
Were they sad with %foreshadow Of sor-
rows,
Like the birds that sing low when the
breeze
Is tiptoe with a tale of to-morrows-
OF earthquakes n sinking OF seas:
All! soft was their sons as the waves are
That fall in low musical means;
And sad / should say as the winds
That blow by the white gravestones.
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ASSESSMENT Norn
MINING An, .1

EUREKA MINING AMI S,,]
+, ~tONPANH.-l ocaiion Nv
rcka County state of Neyoda 4
NOTICE is hereby given Ito,
ing of the Ioard OF Directors NJ.
Office on the ith day of Inn
assessment tNo, u of tven,, |.
per share was levied ulon ~ i
stock of said corporation. n,s.]
mcdiately in United States y.
the Secretary, at the Office of,,
ny, No. 2l1 SaDsome street S,n |
co, California.
Any stock upon which thi, ,,J
shall remain unpaid on The nj
July, 1873, Will be deemed deli,SJ
bc advertised tor sale at ruIi:1
and unless payment shall h. u
tore, will be sold on FRIHAy h
day of August, 1873, TO ray N
quent assessment, together NJ
of advertising and expenses Of NJ
L. h. BEACH SS,
Office, 217 SanSoue street r,|
San Francisco, California.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.-An accidel

FATAL ACCIDENTAL accident
occurred on Thursday at the
Spanish Hill, Bingham. when a
man named Sanders, who was
running a charge Of giant powder
at the time Of the explosion, had
the tamping bar blown through
his side, causin. a fatal wound. 1t
is said that the unfortunate man
heldthe bar as it emainedthroueh
his body while his associate work
men filed a bur on the end of it,
which was necessary to be done
before the bar could be drawn out
of the wound. The man died the
same night Salt Lake Tribune,
14th inst.
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SILVER WEST CONSOLIDATED
MINING COMPANY - Location of

works, Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada.
No:Ice is hereby given, that At a meet
ing of the Board OF trustees OF said COM
pany. held or the tenth day of June, 1873,
an assessment OF S~aventy-ive Cents per
snare was levied upon the capital stock
OF said com pany. payable Immediately,
to the Secretary, at the Office of the com
pany, No. ST Montgomery Block, in San
Francisco, state OF California.
Any stocS upOn which said assessment
shall remain unpaid on 1~hursday, the
Seventeenth bay II July, 1873, shall
he deemed delinquent, ana vii BIZ uu4y
advertised Tor sale at public anction, and
unless payment shall be m tde before,
will be sold on Tuesday. The Tweifih
Day OF August. A.. II. 1873, to pa the
delinquent assessments, together with
the costs OF advertising and the expenses
of sale.
BY order of the Board Of Trustees.
+. r. BUNKER. Secretary,
Ofice-No. IS Montgomery Block,
Montgomery street. San Francisco. Cali.
fOrnia. jel5td
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Minine lothes.
Notice of Assessment.

nrEY HILL TUNNEL C0MPANl:--
location of works. Eureka .oun..,
Nevada. Eureka Mining DISTRICT. rim
uap niare ol business, Eureka, Nevada.
"EntIce is hereby given, that at a meet,
ing of the Trustees Of said COMPANY, nena
on the 18th day o VIA 1870, an isN,ed
mnon the capita stock Of he corporation
payable Immediately to the en Secr TnuI,.
nj the Office OF the w"
Honse Building. Eureka, New.
ANY stock upon which this ASSESSMENT
shall remain unpaid on the ttn gay o q.
July. 1873. will le a%s,li9u anr;inn n' and
nnless payment shall be made before,
will be sold on the 18th day OF July
ISIS, TO pay the delinquent assessmrn,,
together with the costs OF advertising
and expenses of sale.
By order of the loard Of Trustees:
SAINT. BELL, Secretary.
Office. COURTHOUSE luilu!ng, Eurcka'
New. ~ toe
Eureka, New. June 6, 1873. leo