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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-02-17

Tho Concerto Pnrlor Organ is rsome-
thing entirely new it is'a beautiful parior
ornament, possesses n sweet and power-
ful tone is most cominendahlo inveR-
tion and holds n high place in public IA
or."-N. y Efcaiag Post.
AN ORCHESTRA IN THE PARLos.-The
orchestral organ is the name Of new reed
organ recently announced by Horace Wa
ters a Son, The instrument takes this
name from It's recently invented orcheS-
tral step. The voicing OF this Is peculiar,
producing the effect OF full sweet con
tralto voice. Its finest effect is produced
When the stops are drawn, so that an or
chestral effect is given, The case is UNIQUE
and mpkese handsome article Of furni-
ture. ~. y. Sen.
Tho Waters Pianos are known as among
the very best We are enabled TO sneak ~
these instruments with confdenee. frora
personal knowledge.-N. y, EpangeljN.
2-lY
New-York tribune., 1875-10-02
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DAY sChOoLfor Yoang Ladies a!i Children


VIII REOPEN WEDNESDAY, Sep, fAter y. 80
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MISS VAN WAGENEN

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kHRS. SYLVANUS REkD's

W. ENGLLaH FRENCH, and GERMAN BOARDING and
DAY SCHOOL for Young ladies' and Chfrn,
Nos 6 and = East 53D+iT, (Ccniral Pafkl.
The l2th Sci0ol Year VIII bogtn ScDt 20, 1870
A win be ODcied Oct. 3.
New-York tribune., 1875-10-02
JnstrnctI1n.
For Yours I.adies-City.

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IT. bet NTs GREEN viii be at homo after
New-York tribune., 1875-10-02
or TOUNjs CCUOOl.
For Both sexes-CitY,


SgADEMOI2ELLE TARDIVEEs BOARD
IVA ING and DAY SCHOOL - West Forty sixth a., Eeg
YORK REOPENS for YOGEg Ladies Chidrea, aud Iniane
Sent 2l. hpply HersOnally or by otter.
New-York tribune., 1875-10-02
AAISS SPRINGS


w French Boarding and Day SCHOOL loT young aes and
children with kindergarten Deparll x. Est flt th 81
SUpCa classes ard English ftrJ'urei aj Leo
ures op History Pine ATs, f0r isdcs who "is - Dur
so more extended than tEe usl2 school Garlic
MIA
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19

/ III Existence Is the comic one. 1nal
still holds place because Of the opportu.
nifty it provides to malice, satire and ridi.
Guile. If we could obtain correct Stats
tics of purchasers We should perhaps find
that not few admits employ this inge-
NOUS method If venting their vindictive-
ness. Decency forbids Jones should tell
Smith to his face that he is a common
drunkard; but it cannot prevent him
| mailing him a valentine repre- sentlng him
with very red nose and an empty bran
DIV bottle The sweet amenities Of life
render it impossible for Green to taunt
Brown with having had mother who
took in washing. but it is eminently add
MISSILE for Green to send Brown some
anonymous rhymes about soapsnds. ac-
companied with highly colored illus
,ratlon representing Mrs. Brown. mere.
over the tub. Mr.. Thompson dare not
inform his landlndy that her terms are
high and living low; but be can send
her. without detection. some satarical
verses on hash, which will be superb
Naturalization for the punctual pay
ment she iniurionsly insists upon.
St. Valentines Day is. then, an annual
escape-valve for the malice and unchari-
tableness OF close acquaintance. 1t af-
fords Us an easy merhod for wounding
our utighhor : sehsibilities without being
found out Yet even III this respect 1t is
steadily on the decline, and eIe long
must take its place among the ghosts Of
dead Institutions. and II Is Il ghost which
no one care to mHt-TtiIZe and make tan
gibe again. 1t has lad its golden hours
AID has contributed in hygone times to
the smiles End bluslts and happy tears
of innocent maidelis and susceptible
Spinsters. Is sentimental side has too
much Of Arca,!i4n simplicity and rustic
righteousness to suit this rafting loco /
motive age. 1t it therefore take its
place beside All Iia.low L en- aud other
spectral institutions which come stealing
quietly ont to us once year from be- |
hind the tapestry Of tradition. till AT, last /
they melt Into AIRY Iutnlhg and are lost /
in the hlne rists Of time. No sensible /
adult seu1s IA serious or sentimental val /
entlne nowadays excepting from reason /
similar to that which may lead him to /
choose stage coach in preference TO the .
steam car. There Is something reveren- +
tial and antique IN the flavor. The !
most radical among Us do not always re-
fuse Il passing tribute TO a custom our !
fOrtfathers were not too wise to love-
". Y. Hercid
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19
TIE NEWS

The House Committee on Foreign At
fairs have agreed upon bill which it is
hoped VIII pat a stop to tie importation
of Oriental prostitutes.
The war between the Pennsylvania
Central and Baltimore and Ohio Rail
roads is raging red-hot Each is exclud-
ing the others trains from its tracks and
reducing the price Of freight and pass
age.
Allen f. Caperton, formerly member
of the Confederate Senate. has bean
elected to the United States Senate from
Western Virginia.
The Capital of Western Virginia is to
be removed to Wheeling.
On Wednesday an unknown man
jumped from the dome of the Capitol at
Washington. the roof. l50 below. was
the first thing to break his fall 1t broke
all his bones besides.
The last New York city within is 10
make the study of German compulsory
III the public schools.
The Baltimore AMI Ohio Company
have issued orders for an immense re-
duction of passenger rates between
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
and leading Western cities. The fare
from Chicago and Cincinnati to Balti-
more and Washington IS reduced to SO;
from st. Louis to these cities SIS; from
Louisville SD. ETC. Similar reductions
have been made between Western cities
and Philadelphia, to take effect imme-
diately.
Iarysyille, Cal, February Isles
terdav, at 3 p. NJ, Mrs Bliss, wife o.
Edgar Bliss, Il farmer living about nine
miles above here, committed suicide bv
taking strychnine. Deceased was %
years OF age. and leaves a husband and !
two children. No cause is assigned for
the act
Phoebe, February 1S.-Patsey Marley
No. 2, the stage robber who escaped from |
Jail few days ago, was captured yester-
day by Sheriff File. Patsey declares
that he will never 60 to Carson. but he
and the Sheriff differ on that point.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19
AUTHORS. PUBLISHERS AND
BOOKS.

The London Aihenanm ANNOUNCES
that Charles G.. Leland has in the press
work entitled. "Fu-Sans; or the Dis
covery of America by the Chinese Bud
dhist Priests in the Fifth Century"
Robert Bro wiring will soon publish a
poem entitled .Aristophanes' Apology.
F.B. Patterson of No. 30 Cedar street.
New York, will shortly publish a volume
of society poems by George A. Boxer.
Jr., under TIE singular title of Point
Lace and Diamonds
They have issued Presbyterian cook
book in Philadelphia. Why Presbyter-
ian2 1t was Erasmus who said. when
caught eating savory dish Of meat IN
Lent, "Oh, have Catholic sonl, but
a Protestant stomach
Interesting as the published portions
ofthe late Charles Grenviile's Memoirs"
have been found, the imprinted portion
is still more interesting, but is withheld
for the present for the alleged reason
that it would scandalize many persons
now living.
1t seems, acc, + ling to the new. Of
Especial CORE spondent, that Fletcher
Harper. one of the great firm of Harper
Brothers, is about to he married again,
and to a young and lovely authoress.
Er. Harper is strict Methodist. with
no free-love proclivities whatever. He
Is 40 years of age.
The late Mr.. Nich.let provided by his
will that the complete edition of his
works. Of which he had never sold the
copyrrsht, Should be prepared by his
wife. who had given him much literary
assistance during his life. Some of his
heirs objected. and brought the subject
before the tribunal at Paris, stating that
it was to be apprehended that Nine.
Micbelet would publish with the edition
writings Of her own as her late husbands |
The tribunal declared this objection to
be Gnfounded, and decided that Nine.
Nichelet IS To- prepare the complete et!i- !
ton CT the works which must be pnb- /.
lished uninterruptediv. ana that the /,
copyright for the next forty years is 10 /
be put Tp for sale at the price of 80, /
o00f.. which, it IS expected, VIII be ez-
ceeded.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19
OF ST. VALENTINE
DAY,

Have those times forever passed W hen
the most delicate expression OF youn :
man : admiration for a young lady lay il
sending her once a year uu expensive
and elegant valentine: The paper Wis
miIaruiuus'y fiigretd auI embossed. \
minimum of picture was enclosed III Il
maximum OF frame. lmpossiblS nvmi - ;
were shown reclining beneath uurea!iz-
able foliage. Preposterous notices did
duty for poetry. Alteration Nriggled
ana vrithed through doggefel. Screens
and curtains of embroidered paper re-
vraled, when uplifted, intinitesimal
scenes Of gold -and-,issue enchantment.
The papsr was Infinitely more poetical
than the prosody with which it was en-
biazon,d. If neither appealed to a very
high oTuer OF Intelligence both made All
onset at the heart. They were the very
cream Of Standardization, the coxcombry
of passion. No wonder that Araminta,
who had a soft bosom, and brains. which
We are afraid, betrayed IA similar want of
density. believed herself the most wor-
shipped and the most worthy to be wor-
shipped of her sex. No wonder that
Alphonso considered that he had done
the chivalrous thing, and did not regret
the FIVE or ten dollars for that ettiores-
eence of the stationer's art.
But now a change has come over the
spirit Of St. Valentines Day. The SEN
timental valentine has almost dwindled
into tradition. Nobody sends it. ex-
cspt fools and children, and perhaps
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19

A late letter to the New York Tribune
says that General Fitz John Porter has
presented to President Grant another
nervously- and very strong appeal
for a rehearing Of his case by a Board of
army officers. upon the ground of public
justice, because Of new evidence of IN
questionable character, which, if it had
been attained ut the time Of the trial
wou!d have insured his acquittal. The
appeal is accompanied by opinions from
several eminent lawyers, who declare
that the evidence on which General Por-
ter was convicted does in fact acquit
him Of the charges. Among those who
hold thus is Charles O'Conor. whose
opinion embraces searching anal,s
of the entire case.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-19
On the Evenings Of Thursday. Feb. IS,
Friday, 70, Saturday 20, Monday,
90 and Tuesday %.

Proc. MCDONALD. who is Justly considered
one of the lest ILr-r oIogists IN the world gives
accurate examinations i'll regard To talent, bust
Hrs- adaptations. self Iuproverle nj, a..
EE. RICE, who has had an eminently Success
full practice FOR more than quarter OF q ceItu-
~, Isr-uIIns astonishing cures il the treatpI Mt
II diseases Of the brain, Lungs. Heart, Liver
spleen and Kidneys. Also, rheumatism. Paral-
y>l-. Cancers, TuuOrs. Nervous Debility. &c
tIcItlcInen sui ring from weakness resulting
from the indi-cTetIun Of yout or aUy disease of
any private nature. And Ladies afflicted with
Pr"lapsus Uteri. DArangtd Nenses, or any all
meuts 10 woman should interview DIR. RICE.
a. he will surely bring them relief, no matter
what NAV lie the nature of their disease if il
GOMEZ withintlle reach OF medical aid.
See Programmes. COSJLTATIONS FREE.
Office RoC7s at the COrbett House.
fel9-td
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-01
HENRY ID, DENISON,

No better Illustration could be given of the work
ngs of the section spccication-the mechanism by
which canal frauds are 50 largely perpetrated-
than the Denison contract for slope and verti-
cal walls, etc, between Port Schuyler and
the lower Mohawk aqreduct on the Erie Canal.
AS this contract is being carried out the State
is being grossly swindled, as will be seen from the
careful and unbiased reports of the engineers. who
have made special examinations for TIE TRIBUNE.
The aggregate amount bid, based on the exhibited
quantities, of course not large The contractors
seldom permit it to be but the prices bid all
the items. except slope and pavement wall and
hemock timber, were excessive. The result OF
leaving the contract open to amount has been to
increase the amount of work estimated as done to
six times the amount estimated to be done, and
this increase on items for which excessive
price was bid, except in one inStance-that Of
hemlock timber, in which the increase amounted to
the insignificant SUN of 500. No statement could
more clearly expose the Intentionally and finally
fraudulent character of this contract and contracts
like it, than to say that of the fourteen thousand
cubic yards of slope and parement waH whch bid
for at entirely inadequate price, not single gard
has been built.
In this case the contractor avoided loss. but his
main endeavOr of course, is not so much to escape
losses as to ovcrtop them by enormous and fraudu-
in this contract that which increased the amount
of embankment from eleven hundred cubic yards
which bid for at thevish price, to Sirty-seren
thousand sir hundred cubic yards For this item alone
Mr. Denison receives $4,000. or would receive
it. if the work to cease at once, being paid at
the rate of eighty cents cubic yard, three times
advantageous price to the contractor. What he will
finally reccive-fOr the work is still going on-Or
whether he will dare in the face of an aroused pub
lie opinion to continue these thefts by contract
mains to be seen.
BY the terms of the section specification, the con-
tractor is paid for EARTH both excavation and en-
bankment, whenever he is required to deposit it
more than 200 feet from the place where II Is cxca
waited The result of this rule Is that wherever en-
klnkncnts are made from excavations more remote
than 200 feet. the cost to the contractor consists
simply in the labor Of hauling the earth the distance
in excess Of 200 feet cost which, in this instance,
could not have exceeded ten cents per cubic yard
bnt for which the thrifty MT. Denlson received
eight times much
Another extravagant item of increase in this con-
tract is in the quantity of rock which swollen
from 1900 cubic yards to 1855. This is an
item which demands and should have investigation,
inasmuch as The TRIBUNEs engineers report that it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-01
PHILIP CORKINGS.

Adjoining the contract just described on the west.
and extending westward 100 chains, is the contract
of Philip Cortings, made on the same day and for
the same class of work. The price for slope and
pavement wall in this contract is - cents per cubic
yard or nearly four times tho price accepted on tne
.ame day b. the same Commissioners and for the
same class of work as in the preceding contract
while the price of vertical wall dry is So per cubic
yard, something over half the amount accepted for
vertical wall in cement the same day and for the
same work, by the me Commissioners, on adl1in-
ing contracts. Nothing has so far been done under
this contract except that n short section of slope
wall has been begun. This wall. however, is being
built at n sleeper slope than the earth in tho bank
would naturally assume, and consequently is liable
to disturbance from the pressure OF tho surrounding
soil The stones used in its construction do not, by
any means. comply with the requirements Of the
contract as to form and size They are, for the most
part. rounded glacial powders too small to form
wall Is inches in thickness, required by contract,
and entirely too irregular in outline to be properly
used at all for work of this character. So that 50
far Mr. Corkngs's work is worthless. What the rest
of il will be NAV be seen hereafter.
And yet sir. Jarvis Lord says there are no canal
frauds.