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New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

The effort which some of our most eminent
philanthropists have been making for an organized
system of charity in this city seems to have reached
a point where its success depends upon public sup
port We do not doubt that this will be cordially
given The Committee which the recent Charity
Conference appointed to devise plan for the united
action of benevolent societies. held meeting on
Tuesday and unanimously approved 9. report
which furnishes admirable and practicable solu-
ton OF the Ff5b'cif5 Il viz sab@itted by the Rev
Dr. John Hall aud Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, lOS
recommendations are that the Committee shall '0o'
tainl authoritative information concerning the
objects and resources of the various benevolent
societies of the city; shall system of regis
traton of all persons aided by those societies, in
order that impostions may be prevented; shall
ascertain whether the existing institutions
have the requisite facilities for meeting
the increased demands of the Winter; shall give to
the public the methods necessary for detecting
fraudulent applications for aid and for verifying
deserving ones, and shall ascertain and make public
the law regarding charitable societies, and also that
concerning street begging and other forms of pauper
ism This report put to practical application, as 1t
doubtless will be, seems to meet the want which
charitable people have deeply felt. While the
Committee has power to suppress fraudulent in
stitutions when discovered, the publication of any
such will be enough to put stop to their operations
The Committee will meet again on Friday. In the
mean time the least every charitable society can do
will be to send in itsname, that Central Bureau
may be formed and a directory issued.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

A namnblet published By Judge John W. wright
late Indian AGENT sets forth that he is grossly III
urod citizen. A series of suits have been orougho
against him by the Government, charging nun VIZ"
extensive frauds in his settlements with the Indians
and alleging that his vouchers showing IeceiP. Vi
money by Indians were forgeries. The painphiet
alleges on the other hand, that his payments nave
been regular and his vouchers authentic, out lha'
he has been tho victim Of highhanded persecution
and an attempt at blackmail The vigor oil the
means employed for prosecution certainly seems uh-
usual In one instance there appears to iave Dseh
an endeayor TO ncarcerate Judge Wright III the Sl'
Iouis County Jail while the smallpox was raging
in that institution. This danger he was fortunate
in escapng. He declares that the documents which
he has filed with the courts in his defense are re-
moved from their proper custody, and conceaieo 80
that they are unavailable. he alleges that ms cor
respondence is intercepted III the mails, note
worthy instance being the abstraction o1 Drlei
drawn up by his lawyer, showing the line OIL MS de-
Tense He states that his wItnesses-prlnclpaily
Indlans-are suborned to testify contrary to the
facts 1t is certainly of those cases, Ike that OIL
Phelps Dodge & Co., where the prosecution, Dy
Selling all the books and papers, holds the deIehse
at a great disadvantage While not proposing TO
express an opinion on the merits of the case, al
thouOh the friends of Judge Wright assure us that
she is incapable of the crimes ascrlDed 10 hln' VIC
deem it necessary that attention should be caied u
one of its collateral features. Pending these suits
there is the sum of 3O0000 earned wages ana bounty
due to Indians withheld from them, thus depnYlnS
hundred poor families of the means of subsistence
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

Members of Congress are beginning to feel
the abolition of the franking privilege, as
they are obliged now to buy stamps for the
documents they send by mail. Of course they
are talking of restoring the frankng priv
ilege in some modified FORM The pocket OF
the average member of Congress is his most
sensitive part. He feels the abolition of the
franking privilege almost as quick as he did
the increased salary. But he is little quicker
to complain of the former than the latter.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

The debate on the repeal of the Salary bill
ran on through yesterday in Congress and is
to be continued till 3 p. m to-day, when 1t
will be closed The notable speech of yester-
day was by Mr. Dawes, who advocated the
cutting down of all salaries increased by the
bill of last session. His speech was excep-
tiOnal in its Outspoken treatment OF the IN
crease of the Presidents salary and its free
discussion of the Presidential perquistes,
which other Administration members have not
dared to touch upon.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

A strange and tragic story is that OF a crazy
woman who wanders amongs.the mountains about
Partenhenn, in Bavaria. A short time ago she was
the handsome and happy wife Of man who had
but one evil habit-that of poaching. One night he
was pursued by forester, and, turning he shot the
man. The deed was seen by others, and he was
obliged to fly. With his wife and two children, one
of them an infant, he went toward the Austrian
frontier and at night. while all were sleeping,
ceaed in a thicket, the sound of hoofs was heard.
Touching his wifes arm, the husband whispered,
Tho gendarmesw She started SO suddenly and so
violently that the infant resting in her
arms awoke and began to cry. The father
ordered her to keep it quiet, and the poor woman
held the little one closer, endeavoring to stop its
cries. while the gendarmes had halted and seemed
to be listening. Then her husband laid his hand on
the child's mouth and held it there for the ten min
utes that his pursuers remained quiet. When, at
last, they rode away, the child was dead. The
family went on its way and at the frontier the Gus
tom-house officers inquired if they had anything TO
declare. Nothing said the murderer but the un-
happy mother. uncovering her dead infant. told her
wretched story. only to lose her reason in the
fct Of wifely and motherly affection.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

fearful slaughter menaces the rats at Red Oak,
Iowa, the authorities having offered bounty Of two
cents for every rats tail delivered to the Marshal.
But It's sagacous little creature and we should MT
DO at all astonshed TO hear of its biting Oft ts own
tail in selfdefense thus sacrificing continuation
to make sure of another
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

When sensible people want al work of art. they
engage capable artist to make it. When our law
givers at Washington want anything of tho kind
they appoint hafdozen incapable judges to invite
proposals from lobbyists. The advantage of the
former system may be seen in works like Thompsons
Farragut Tablet, unvailed last night in DIR. Mont
gomery's Church. The Disadvantages of the Con-
gressional plan may be in places too numerous
to mention.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

The Police Commissioners have done graceful
act in passing the resolution of upon their
own members involved in their order respecting
theater tickets. Hereafter no member of the force
is to ask for accept free ticket to any place of
amusement and an ample number of officers is de-
tailed for duty at the Academy of Music and all sim
liar resorts. We will not assume that this is the re-
suit of the recent remarks of THE TRIBUNE upon
Mr. Commissioner Smiths affair with the manager
of the Italian opera; but the Board has evidently
perceived the unfortunate not to say ridiculous light
in which it was placed by the action Of its President
in that case and has been prompt to repair the blum
der 1t is not every public body which has the
moral courage to own itself In the wrong.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-11

President Grant made a short address to
the Louisiana delegation to the National Con-
vention of Colored Men yesterday. with
reference to the civil rights they sought, he
said he did not know what action Congress
would take, but presumed some Civil Rights
bill would pass, adding that " if such bill
{" is defeated it will probably be because some
extreme measure will be urged by person
claiming to be particular friend of the
"colored man." Such remark seems III
nnestiona BILE taste, to say the least.
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

VALUE OF CASTOR OLA correspon
dent o! the Germantown Telegraph
writes: ave have used meats foot oil
in its simple form and prepared in vari
Gus wave, also tho leather presetvati 1--WE
oils, sold in cans at the stores also all
oleaginous, butyraceous, and other lu-
gubrious substances known to the farm.
kitchen, but We give the preference over
them all to castor oil. We have had
boots year old that we oiled with it
and the leather was soft smooth and VA.
ter proof to the last time they were used
We apply ii clear, without heat A little
lamp.6l1ch might be used on old leather,
but is seldom necessary on new, as the
oil itself seems to keep the blacking on
and renders tho leather black and Of fine
appearance Those who have been an f,
noycl with hard, cracked, water soaked
boots, the surface OF the latter rough
withou; lacking, and the leather shrunk-
en- aud wrinlt,ed so as to chafe, gall and
otherwise punish their feet, will find cas-
tor oil well applied to be every way sat
isfactory We have used it for wagons
and bugges and find that it is in every
way superior. 1t will wear longer, lu-
bricate better, and is least Objectionable
Of anything we know of We use it very
little at once, and enough to cause it to
run Off aud catch dirt at the ends of the
hub,
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

Ak AMrsING EXPERIMENT The gas
of our ciiias can be lighted by frictional
electricity, excited by lady's ordinary
fur mufr Thus-place four tnnblers,
upside down, upon the floor Of carpet,
and upon these lay board or other sub
stance to stand upon. within reach Of the
burner Upon this insulated board let a
person stand, and second person take
the mun and rub it number of times
down the back of the coat Of the first, by
which he or she (If it be lady with a
wooden shawl on) will become charged
with electricity Sufficient to light the gas
with the tip Of the finger, rs eHectuslly
as il done with an ignited match. To
perform the experiment well requires
three persons. one 10 turn on and of the
gas. for if done by tho person insulated
and charged he viii not only receive a
shock, but discharge the electricity be-
fore applying i: to the gas. A number
OF persons can participate in the amuse
ment at the same time, By insulating
themselves and joining hands Let the
friction of the muf be applied to the
person farthcst from the burner, until all
become charged, and the person at the
other extreme can light the gas, all feel
ing sensible shock at tho time of igni-
tion or discharge Of the fluid
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

A Hollow MooKggY. AIR. Stcadman
of Detroit went out to farmers house
to buy span of horses, and found tha.
the farmer was working with neighbor
mile away A near way across lots to
the neighbor's house was shown him, and
he was warned that one of them contain
cd very comba,ivo bull. He prospect
cd this lot and saw in it some stumps and
logs and strip OF bushes, but nothing
to prevent o man from crossing it. He
started across, thinking only of how he
was going to get that span Of horses for
$50 less than their value. When about
ten rods from the bushes he heard a
sound Of distant thunder and looked
around to sec from which way the show
or was coming Tho subsequent pro-
ecedings are thus detailed by the Detroit
Free Press:
About thirty rods away he behed the
old bovine coming for him, head down.
back up, and eyes blazing. Steadman
was satisfied that he was the man who
wanted to be making the gravel fly, and
he went for the bushes. He thought the
bull would stop and run around tho strip,
and was startled when the old fellow
dashed through them on his trail, utter
ing deep beom!' every instant
Steadmsn lodged this way and that, but
the old bovine tore along after him,
smashing bushes and leaping logs, and it
was getting to be red hot affair when
the man spied the open end of large
hollow log. The ball was no. over forty
feet behind, and into the log went Stead
man. finding an orace aboe. twelve feet
long and largo enough to 10 ioomv. TIE
bovine had seen the movement and stop
at the log and ripped off a bushel Of bark
at the irst dash. Then putting his horns
under it he gave it = roll, and Steadman
spun around like dried pea in police
mans whistle. The log was large, but
old and tender, and every time the bull
hauled back and jumped for it he cover
Cd himself with glory and clouds of bark
and wood. Sometimes he whirled one
end, and then he gave the centre heave
and then he knocked foot Off the other
end. SteadmaR swore, shrieked and
pleaded, his eyes full Of bark and his /
mouth stopped up, and every act of his
lie passed before him like vision
"W-o-oh! whoop" beloved the bo
vine as he slammed away at the log, and |
every moment Steadman expected to soc
the roof cave in on him. He was in de-
spair, when he heard the barking OF dogs
and the shouts OF men, and after few
minutes the farmers succeed in releasing
him, but 1t took good hour to get the
kinks out Of his back and the rotton
wood from his ears and eyes
r.
ELI PERKixs.-rhere is q street in
Saratoga, named vaud--n street (excuse
me for not writing 1t in fun. and on this
street boards Mr.. Gaudam, OF Lock IIa
ran. Mr. Gaudam is church deacon
there. They have funny times there in
The Lock Haven church, they say. for
when tho minister says, I" Gaudam you
please pass the plate. = the boys and girls
burst out laughing. It's worse than
when you talk about McCombs dam
bridge In New York. Don't ever ask,
What's 10 namo 7" again
-.---ss-e->----.------
what roof covers the most noisy
'snarys The roof Of the mouth
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

LEARN a TRADE, One man with n
trade Is worth thousand without one.
a return to the old plan of apprenticing
boys to trades is being advocated The
hosts of young men in every large city
who apply for employment and fail TO
get it. for the reason that they cannot
tIuthfnlly affirm that they are educated
or especially fsted for any pal ticular bus.
mess, constitute n potent argument in
favor Of reform Under the apprentice
system we should have fewer ignorant
mechanics and incompetent business
men A trade is half mans fortune
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
Different Styles of Dancing.
IEli Perkins in the Graphic


The fashion of dancing is no. at all
cosmopoliie---note even national In Sar
atoga the different styles make medley.
IL you sec two hundred pound man
and woman perspiring around with their
bodies tossed lightly and springily in
the air, arms swaying, keeping good
time. and making Persian salaams for a
bow in the lancers, you can set them
down as belonging to the old Tweed
Fisk Leland Americus club school.
IL you see two heated young people
tripping fast away ahead of the music,
taking short steps. and Jerking through
a square dance as il the house was on
fire and the set must be completed before
any one could take TO the fire escapes,
You can set them down as from the plan.
tation districts Of the south or the rural
districts of PennsJ Jlyana and tho west.
1t is the steamboat quiekstep
If you see a hlack-eyed youth with
long hair and young lady with liquid
black eyes. and she has her two hands on
the young mans shoulders at full length,
and she stands directly in front 0! him,
and they both go hopping around like
Siamesc twins with wire springs ualer
them, you can wager they arc from Lou
isville, Memphis or Little Rock They
have the square.toed wrestling step.
II you see a young fellow grasp n
young lady firmly around the waist, seize
her wrist, stick her hand out like the
bow spirit Of Sound yacht, and both
hump up their backs like a pair Of mad
cats on door yard fence, and then go
sliding slam bang against people, over
people, through people, up and down tho
room. sidewise, backward, and up and
down like saw-mill gate, you can be. on
them having learned their dancing from
the Morristown. Riverdale, and Yonkers'
socisbles. 1t ls the suburban New York
saw mill jump-up
Ifyou see coupe gliding gently and
slowly and lazily through The Laneors.
just half as fast as the time, but keeping
step with the music, quietly sauntering
through tha "grand chain, - too languid
to whirl partners, talking swoetly all the
time, as if they were strollng in grave
yard, you can rest assured that they are
from New York, and from the most fash
ionable section between Madison square
and the park. This is the graveyard
saunter step.
Ii you see fellow clasp girl melt
ingly in his arms, squeeze her hand
warmly, hold her swelling bosom to his,
and they both go floating down the room
locked in each Others embrace, hooking
like one person, his feet only now and
then]protruding from profusion Of il
lusion and lace and so on, rely upon it
you can set the two down as belonging
to the intense Boston school II is the
melting Harvard jrcket race embrace.
Massachusetts, take our hat
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

Ii Usa&EErlNG HINTS All kinds OF
poultry and meat can lie cooked quicker
by adding to the water in which they are
boiled n little vinegar orpiece Of lemon
By the use Of an acid there will be CON
side saving of fuel, as well as short
ening Of time. It's action is beneficial on
old tough meats, rendering them quite
tender and easy TO be digested Tainted
meats and fowls will lose their bad taste
and oder if cooked in this way, and if
not used too freely, no taste of it will be
acquired.
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

SS In GO0 Per Day! Agents Wanted All
De- v" OtSV classes of working people of either
sex, young or old. make more money at work for us
in their spare mements, all the time than al any
thing else. Particulars free. Address q. Stnson *
Co., Portland, Maine. jan2l ,13-yl.
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
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The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
Budget OF SciSsorings.
A Little Girls Curiosity.

Ny mas been working very hard.
And also very sly.
And keeps her sewing out fsight
Whenever am nigh.
lacked her once what made her stop
Her work when came in;
She said she only stopped TO get
nesdlc. thread, or pin.
The bureau drawer next TO raine
Is locked both night and day,
Aud when raa wants to open II
She sends me oil 90 play.
| stole peep one afternoon,
Although il was not right,
But, o the little things ! saw
We're such pretty sight
The cstest. incest little clothes,
Jset big enough for doll.
But then / know they re not FOR her.
She needs them not ut all.
| know they're not for ma, nor pa.
Nor me. nor brother Hor.,
Fer We cant wear such little clothes;
Iwonder who they're for
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

Ia DR. Martin Luther once blessed
one Of his little children in its aunt's
arms. and said "Go thy way and be
good Money shall not bequcath thee,
but shall leave thee rich God, He
will not forsake thee "
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

GS- Pay us whdt you ore
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
"hiSIxoy,
iron =

from the Globe Rolling Mills, Cinn., bought
since the govt. manufacturing duty was re-
moved. which our customers and all hands con
have the benefit Of by calling carly on
GEO. AUSTIN,
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

TT Petroleum is now used for clean
ing guns, and is said to cnec,uallv pro-
tect them from rust. In the British
army mineral oil from Rangoon has
been used for tho purpose for the last
twelve years
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
PURELY VEGETABLE.

This unrivaed Medicine is warranted not to
contain single particle of .hescs;gg, or any inju
rous mineral substance, but is
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02
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Ky \ distinguished clergyman being
invited to one Of our churches, few
weeks since to open service by prayer,
declined saying that "If his friend was
going to do the moving he might whet
his own scythe
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

T1' Busy not thyself in searching in
to other meas lives the errors Of thine
own are moro than thou canst answer
for. II more concerns the to mend one
fault in thysef than to find out thous
and in others.
The Van Buren press., 1873-09-02

~ What roof covers the most noisy
tsnauys The roof Of the mouth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-30
From New York,

New YORK July 3O.-James and Alexander
Brill, brothers quarreIled III their house IL
Newark last night, when Alexander stabbed
James in the breast with an old shoe knife,
killing him almost instantly. Alexander who
was little intoxicated fled, but afterwards sur.
rendered himself to the police. Nobody wit,
messed the fight, but the aged mother Of the
Brrills.
Lewis Tappan's will shows that be left prop,
erty worth less than $1,000.
Fourteen hundred and twcnty-cisht Nor.
mons have arrived at Castle Garden so far thi:
year w
The storm Was most destructive in Newark
yesterday. \ large number Of cellars aud
streets were overapwed and mauy families
were driven from their houses
Many persons were suustruck in this city
yesterday.
Yves Allen Internationally surrendered al
Sing Sing yesterday, and was removed to cell
where he can do no harm, and Will be taken tc
Auburn in the next batch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-30
Tweed Again.

New YORK, July 3O.-A report is circula-
dictment through stupid blunder or design
of some. official. Andrew j. Garvey testified
before the Grand Jury that he collected a fraud
uIent bill from the city for $l26, TOT, and that
he collected bill through Ipgersoll to whom
he gave on the same day his check for S95, 900.
90 this and other testimony concerning the
parties implicated the Graud Jury ordered an
indictmen, against Tweed, 1ngersoll and VII.
liam G.. King Tweed's private secretary, but
when the bill of Indictment was returned for
the signature of the foreman the name of Tweed
was found omitted, and the mistake, if such it
was, was not rectifed. Ipgersoll and King
having fled, the new Indictment is worthless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-30

Works there were nominated, First ward. w.
Blythe and w. +. Carne; Second ward, John
w. Green and John A. Fields; Third ward,
W. A. Boothe and Samuel Beach, Fourth
ward, John B Smoot and JAS. w. Nails.
First ballot, First ward. Blythe, 9; Carne 8;
Second ward. Field, 9; Green, 7; Third ward,
Boo,he, H. Beach, 3; Fourth ward, Smoot,
II, Nails, ..
On this ballot Messrs. Smoot and Boothe
were chosen.
DIR. johnson said that W. f. Carue desired
that his name be Withdrawn in favor Of MIR.
Blythe, aud he withdrew it accordingly
Second ballot, First ward Blythe, Is. Sec
ond ward, Field, H. Green, s.
The joint meeting here closed, and on the
rcasseInbling OF the Common Council, the con-
slderatiou of the resolution IN relation to charg-
es against the finance committee was resumed.
Mr. Shirn said that the resolution was incor-
rect in the statement that irresularitles had
been charged against the Finance Committee.
None had been charged against MessrS. Corse,
Eichberg or Green. He charged irregularities
on the chairman, and he wus prepared to sus-
tain them. The chairman, when he asserted
that there was auy charges against any one but
himself made charge utterly untrue and scan
dalous.
Mr. Mckenzie hoped the whole matter would
be laid on the table.
Mr. Evans hoped the matter would be more
fully ventilated 1t was owing to these inves
legations that Council had learned that the sink
lug fund had $l25, 600 which had not before
been made public He thought the iuvestiga
ton should 70 on.
The subject was postponed until the ncx
meeting.
A motion to adjourn until October was re-
jected on the ground that bills Of the stree
committee, tor paviog, would have to be actec
upon and the motion was withdrawn.
Adj nrned