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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-30

A WITHOUT EXCEPTION THE MOST ELE.
n. CANT the finest, pair jet black Gedings in the
State. both got by Denmark and bred in Kentucky;
purchased there sluce tor 81 6U0: l5sz
hlgh and years OLD are very closely matched splen
sTs in have BEEN used to Se and srs
sound without bemsh; the property OF Baron ]. De:
be positively sold WITHOUT reserve on "Wednesday TO-
4 SONS City Auction Mart and New YORK Tattersa!rs
corner OF Broadway and Thirty ninth streets, where
they can now be seen and xamined.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-30

GREAT BARGAINs.-CARRIAGEs HARNESS,
" Robes. Every description. New and second
hand. Low prices Phaetons, Rockaways, Buggies
Victorias Pony Phaetons, &c.
MANUFACTURES UNION REPOSITORY,
6S4 Broadway, near Bleecker street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-30
HORSES, CARRIAGES. sc.

A uCTIoN HOUSE OF VAN TAssELL 4 KEARNEY,
IA 10 AND ll2 EAST THIRTEENTH STREET,
NEAR FOURTH AVENUE
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29

WANTED--A NEAT. OBLIGING GIRL AS WAITRESS
W and to assist in the washing and ironing of pri-
vaa family good required Apply at East
4th ST., between Madison and 4th avs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29

4 % I'd Av., BETWEEN PATH AND 25TH STS-A
TO smart. competent Scotch woman good cook
AND washer; would care butter; objection 10 q boar.
ing house or the country good reference No cars no.
ticed, '~' Nv
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29
HELP WANTED-FEMALEs.

90 EAST GID STA RESPECTABLE YOUNG
ZEtO girl to attend bakery fancy store Call or
address.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29

A COMPETENT WOMAN TO ATTEND AN INVALID
n lady and who Is good scams!ress. Inquire from
TO IL A. NJ. at 242 West 18th ST.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29

ITO LEr-FURNIsHED OR UNFURNISHED FOR
l. one more years. spacious Mansion, situated
Flushing L. l.. with all modern improvements and thir
of ground; six laid out in lawn, hothouses
grupcry sabing and requisite Of first class
urban residence. Address H. box 1877 Post Office, New
York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29

NOOK wANTED--A YOUNG WOMAN WHO THOR
" ouRhv understands her business and Is willing TO
assist aundre Apply at AZ East 3st before loi or
after o'clock.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
Court (StllinUS.

The Keith divorce suit was still the
main attraction at the Courthouse yes.
terday.. LaBorteauS, the accused, was
on the stand anu testified in unmistaka.
BILE terms that he didn't do it, and that
the night-gown was morning wrapper,
and that it never was unbuttOned, SO tar
as he knew. He pronounced the Orange
Grove kissing story base fabrication,
and himself an innocent young man who
wouldn't tell lie under oath oil any
consideration. He pronounced Mrs.
Keith's conduct toward him irreproacha.
BILE, as did most Of the other witnesses
examined. The Judge reserved his de-
cision.
Mr.. Milligan, Rufer's attorney, yester-
day demanded permission to see young
Egner. but was at first denied by the
Sheriff. lie then applied to Judge Muir
dock for an order to the Sheriff to that
effect, but was refused on grounds of
illegality: The matter was, however,
compromised by his seeing the prisoner
in company with turnkey.
Elizabeth Quick yesterday appeared
)iA suit against Richard Compton,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

Increased value of the city land has
come out of the labor of the people Of the
city.
Those who have made this wealth, as
compared with those who have made the
most of 1t for them, have been about as
1 to A. Had the land been condemned
by the city sixty years ago and sold to
those only who wanted lots for personal
use, the city could have administered
and improved itself without taxation
and sold the lots to citizens for resi-
dence and business at very low prices.
The purchasers would have made three
fourths of all the increase and thus have
got 80 much more in return for their la
Dor and business than they have OBJ
tanned, SO far as they have not been the
owners of their own dwellings.
Should any one cavil at our estimate
OF the value of the naked land in Cincin-
natl, we turn him over to the gentlemen
who offer land to the city at the figures
eported-especially to Mr.. Groesbeck,
who wants $4,000 for seventy EIGHT
front feet back of the City Buildings
over 81, ,410 per foot!!
There is one difference, however, be-
tween city lots and money at 10 per cent.
compounded; many of the lots have
passed through several owners and thus
the rise in value has been partially distrib-
uted, while the money has steadily re-
NAMED in the same hands, and, as bank
stock has been compounded at even a
higher rate than 10 per cent. SO far,
however, as the homeless of the city have
been concerned, the swindle of their Ia
Dor by land speculation has been i'm
mensely greater than by money spec
ulation..
Every city and town should provide
cheap lots for all its citizens to dwell on,
free of the execution of one.third their
wages for rent. Homes for all!l
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
Cure for COrns,

The safest, the most accessible, and
the most efficient cure of corn on the
buckskin, cut hole in it large enough
to receive the corn, and bind it around
the toe. If i'll addition to this the foot is
soaked in warm water for live or more
minutes every night and morning, and a
few drops of sweet oil or other oily sub
stance, are patiently rubbed in on the
end after the soaking the corn will al
most infallibly become loose enough in q
few days to be easily picked out with the
fingernail. This saves the necessity of
pairing the corn which operation has
sometimes been followed with painful
and dangerous symtoms. If the corn be-
comes inconvenient again, repeat the
process at once.-HaIps journal of
Health.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
EMPEROR OF CHINA.

The death of the Emperor of China wa
announced in our dispatches few day
since. The Emperor came into power il
the year 1861, at the death of Hien-fon g
He was then but five years old. Sever
years later measures were taken to Sc
lect him a wife according to the custom
of that country of choosing a lady fit t.
be the mate of "The Holy Son of Heaven
Sole Guardian of the Earth and Father
of his People," The chiefs of the Eigh
Imperial Banners were directed to make
list of all the daughters in the capita
and province of fitting rank. The lis
was then submitted to the committee o.
choice under, the supervision of the two
dowager Expresses who acted as
judges.
Notification was then sent to all the
parents to present their daughters be-
tween the ages Of twelve and seventeen
on specified day. About two hundred
aspirants appeared, each in her own
equipage under the surveillance of o
mandarin. An entire day was consumed
in arranging the carriages according to
the exact rank of the families repre-
serted, and towards night fall the pro-
cession moved to the palace and halted
till morning, the young ladies being
compelled to remain all night in the
equipages without food or wrappings.
In the morning they were summoned
into the presence of "The Holy Son
Of Heayen" and Empress dowagers,
and, after inspection, were hidden
depart forever, or given card show
ing that they had met with some
favor. The choice fell upon delicate
yonng lady who had spine disease. The
Emperor had dreamed that his bride
would have that disease. So she was III.
vited to the palace, and the court phYsi.
clans treated her, but alas sne suddenly
died! Another "bride inspection" fol.
lowed, and still another, but the final
choice was not made till 1871, when
Alute, Mongolian lady, was chosen as
mate, and at the same time three other
maidens, one of them Alute's aunt, were
selected as first, second and third wives
Of the Emperor. After consulting the
Board OF Astronomers for lucky day,
the fifteenth day ofthe ninth moon was Sc
lected: that is October 16, 1872. Ofall the
pomp and ceremony of the wedding we
have not space to tell, nor the grand
state dinners that followed. The wed.
ding cost about twenty millions of dol.
lars. Well, pomp can not prevent death
and the "Holy Son of Heaven" ruler OF
4oO,Oo0,OO0 of souls, has gone to his
long home, leaving behind his Imperial
consort and his minor wives. AS his
successor is but five years old regency
will be established, and by and by wnen
he is older, another "bride Inspection
will take place on his account.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
Fashions In Valentines.

There was a time when valentines
were simply love-letters written on very
fancy note-paper, with some poetry and
a bunch of lor-get-me-nOts at the head.
Years ago my dear old grandmother
made, me happy by sending me one OF
these, which have still, and very pretty
it is, although the ink is faded to a yel-
low. The poetry is especially nice, but
the punctuation marks are left out, as
they didn't care about these trouble.
some little things in the good old days,
think it said:
"When the sunshine is around thee
In the dark and silent night
In the cottage and the palace
May thy way be always brightW
OF course couldn't imagine who sent
it-nobody who gets a valentine ever
can-but l strongly suspected Sally
Lawton, and she had q bite out of all my
apples until found out my mistake.
Tommy Jones was her valentine, and ]
gave him punching for it, too, as he was
mean, and pretended all the while that
he didn't like her.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

charging him with being the father of her
|iilegitimate child. The defendant, who
lives at Sharonville, in this county, de-
MED that he was guilty. The jury res
turned o verdict of guilty, and the Court
rendered judgment against the defend-
ant for $500, OF which $l60 was to be paid
in cash, and the balance at $50 pes
month.
In Lizzie Robinson's bastardy suit
against j. w. Taylor, the verdict Of
guilty" was was rendered and Judgment
Sophia Kinckman is pushing lively
bastard suit against Gus Schafer, th0
child having been born in December
last. Gus claims that Sophia was on in,
innate terms with a variety of roosters
and that nothing can be proved against
him.
On convening the Superior Court in
General Term yesterday, Judge Tilden,
the presiding Judge, stated that COM
munication had been received by the
Court from Mr.. Hooper containing his
resignation as one of the Trustees Of the
Southern Railroad. His Honor then ana
nounced that the resignation was &C.
cepted by the Court, and they had dL
rected an entry to be made on the JOUR-
nal to that effect. On Monday week, Feb.
8, the Court would convene for the purs
pose of delivering decisions, and they
would on that occasion announce Mr.,
HoOpers successor. In the mean time
the names of fit persons to be appointed
as such successor were solicited from
responsible citizens, and could be placed
in the hands of the Clerk of this Court.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
NOMETHING ABOUT CITY REAL
ESTATE.

The search for a site on which to locate
the new city buildings affords matter for
Instruction. The lots opposite the hos
yital, embracing 64,695 square feet, can
be had for $265, 1000. This is at the rate OF
(182, 900 per acre. The tract between the
City Buildings and Central avenue, CON-
yrising 2O7 front feet, can be had for $241,
600. This is at the rate of about $3.50, 900
Per acre.
At these figures we suppose that all
the land within an area Of square
miles, including the densely built portion
sf the city,is worth an average of $10O, 900
Yer acre, exclusive of the buildings. This
would give over $500, 900, 900 as the value
of which the owners hold this amount Of
naked land, to wit, 5000 acres. We sup
pese that ali this land could have been
bought go years ago at an average of $1OO
per acre. 1t has, therefore, increased in
value one thousand fold. At ten per
cent. simple interest on the worth of the
tand go years ago, the amount would not
be $700 per acre. At 10 per cent. COM
pound interest the amount would now be
nearly $4,000 per acre. But the land is
held at 100000 per acre, or 14S times the
amount of the cost of the land
% years ago, and 10 per cent. simple in
terest, and three and one-third ii mes the
Kmount at ten per cent. compound inter-
sst.
What difference between simple and
sempound interest-10 to 429 in so years
But how much greater the difference be-
tween simple 10 per cent. or even CON-
pound 10 per cent. and the increase in
The value of land in growing cityl The
difference between the amount of simple
Interest and the rise in value of the land
b rs to 1000; at compound interest as 2
to7. Citizens are now living who were
cid enough to speculate in city property
- years ago. Those Of them who got
land then and held on to it have made
money three and one-half times faster
Ihan they would have done by lending at
HE ruinous rate of 10 per cent. CON-
sounded. How, much more ruinous,
therefore, is land monopoly than COM
pounded 10 per cent. interest! All this
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

A large number of valuable papers,
that had been charred apparently to a
mist rule in Paris, have been deciphered
by Raphelot. He first severed the leaves
by cutting The backs of the books and
immersing the mass in water, and then
subjecting it to tolerably high temper
ature in hot-alr stove. The leaves,
thus loosened from each other by the ra-
pid vaporization of the water, were,
with great care, separated. and were i'm
mediately Transcribed, the writing being
quite legible, as the letters appeared
dull upon the glisten ng black surface of
the paper.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

WISCONSIN and West Virginia are
still hard at the work of Senator-makIng.
Neither has much prospect of early sue
ness. Carpenter stands greatly in need
nf little help from the Democrats.
which it is whispered in Washington he
win have, while an under current in
West Virginia indicates that the effort
10 to prevent an election in order that
Governor Jacobs may be appointed.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
Real Estate Transfers.

| AtSNs Asottto AEu"ofoFos
| II. w. Struive to Alfred Wolf, Eve years
| lease OF NO. 4SS Main street, at yearly rent OF
| 1900.
| w. r. McGill to John Brockel, X Of an acre
on the Batavia pike, near Newtown, Anderson
| tOwnshlp-S150.
II. j. Miller and others, per Sheriff, to Jacob
| Elsas, lot 30 by l05 feet, on the north side Of
Yeatman street, l99 feet west Of Broadway
| SO, ,lC6 81.
Jacob Maison to Elizabeth Brown, lot 1s, in
Wamsley's subdivision, at Cleves-$200.
George Decker to Ahdreas Roesser, five
years lease OF part Of the premises known az
No ll3 Harrison avenue, at a yearly rent Of
$500.
Moses Allen to Carrie G. Gibbons, lot 19H by
1So feet, on the west side Of Main street, 1Sg
feet south OF Second street-Si3,OO0.
Church, lot Ak by 1865 feet, on the east side Of
Sycamore street, S2s feet south Of Water
| street, IN Harrison-$6O0.
Executor Of John Bates to Bernard Western
dorf, lU years lease Of a lot rs by 150 feet, on
the south side of Harrison pike, 227 feet west
OF Spring street, Twenty-f0urth Ward, at an
annual rent of $45, with the privilege of pur-
chasing the same for $3.50.
W. p. Hubert and wife to the City Of Cin-
cinnati strip % by 1861 feet for the extension
OF Findiay street, lying between Freeman
street and Mclean avenue-$A,8W.
Elizabeth Dell to Anna Wagner, leasehold 2T
BY rs feet, on the north side Of Twelfth street,
so feet east of Race street-$l 800.
j. B. Sampaon, trustee, to W. D. Mead, lot
80, Block +, in the Cottage Hill subdivision, in
the eastern part Of the First Ward, 26b by 100
tect-S250
Augustine Montegriffo and wife to G. A.
Seaver & Co., years lease of the first story
and one room in the second of No. 10 Commerce
street, at an annual rent OF $3.50.
Philip WINNER to Herman Ortmann,5 years.
lease OF the premises on the northwect corner
of Richmond and Mound streets, at an annual
rent OF $500.
Freeman and Alfred Compton to $. p. Comp,
ton, 75A acres in section S6 Springfield town.
ship, quitclaim-$l 800.
lhe Merchants and Mechanics Land and
Building Association to l.. d. S. Bishop, lot 32,
in the grantor's additiop to Hartwell, so by l4a
feet-$500.
Same to John. Devenng, lots 1871 and l3a.
same subdivision, each 50 by 14O feet-$1 900.
Same to d. B. Serena. lot II, same subdiyIs-
ION, by 40 feet-.50O.
Same to w. A. Murray, lot 145, same sabdi-
vision, 20 by 140 feet-S5OO.
w. S. Groesbeck and wife to Marcus Fech-
heimer. lot % by % feet, on the south side Of
Third street, 17S feet west CT Vine s;reet-$l3,-
200.
Carrie C. Gibbons to Joseph Longworth,
same property-S3,00D.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
EvANESCENCE.

What's the brightness Of O browp
What's a mouth of pearls and coralse
Beauty vanishes like vapor,
Preach the men Of musty morals.
Should the crowd then, ages since,
Have shut their ears to singing Homer,
Because the music fed as soon
AS fleets the violets aromap
All, for me, I thrill to see
The bloom a velvet cheek discloses'
Made Of dust-I well believe It'll
So are lilies! so are roses.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

Christmas pie has succeeded Christ
mas tree. The pie is jolly English Gus
tom, and very amusing when there is a
large company Of intimate friends. 1t is
made of sawdust, stuffed with gifts and
favors for the German that is to fellow,
and baked in an enormous wooden tub,
decorated with holly berries, gold foil
and gay pictures. 1t stands in the cen-
tire Of the drawing-room on piece of
canvas to protect the carpet, and each
guest is allowed to take three-spoonfuls
If he gets present with his name on it,
there is shout of applause; but if he
fishes out some one else's, back it has to
20, and the pie is stirred up again, and
that person takes his or her turn.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
HORWARD LOoK-NOr BLACKWELL

xOA HAhD LOOh-NOI BACh W dhJ
Henry Ward Beecher was unusually
merry at his last Friday evening talk in
the basement of Plymouth Church,
After describing our sorrows as hall
Imaginary, and but part of the other
half not worth the fuss that is made
about them, he described the contrast
no often made between the miseries OF
adult life with the "joys of childhood" as
without much reason to sustain it. Re-
SURFING to his own boyhood he said:
"Why, what sorrows had when WAS
ten years oldl I don't believe suffer
to-day any such trouble as when my
father told me might go hunting with
him, and Aunt Chandler, knowing moth
ing about 1t, sent me down town to buy
hnutf. [Laughter.] You need not laugh
you don't know how unhappy a boy
can be. went about the house and
through the garden, crying Father,
fatner, father 10 see if could end him.
Why, l almost feel bad about it now
f0reat laughter.] When ten years old it
was great sorrow. I can't help laugh
ing now, to think that it troubled me-"
There is truth in this, though the po-
etry may be on the other side. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, however, got some
poetry out of the Beecher view of the
case. He represents an old man in a
dream. He sighs for "one hour of youth
50l joys" he would "away with learn
iDg's crown" blot out life's written
page, "and dash its trophies down."
His angel heard the prayer and prom
tsed to grant the petition, but asked
whether there was nothing that would
bid him fondly stay while hurrying back
sto find the wished-for day."
All, truest soul OF womankind!
Without thee what were lifeY
Ono bliss l can not leave behind:
PHI take-my-preclous-w
The angel took sapphire pen
And wrote in rainbow dew,
"The man would be a boy again
And be husband too"
+; The angel taen asked ii there was
nothing else he would dislike to part
with:
Why, yes: for memory would recall
My fond paternal joys;
] could not bear to leave them all
Pn -girl-and-boysl
The smiling angel dropped his pen
''Wny, this will never do;
The man would be a hoy again,
And be a father toop
At that the old man awoke and made
the boys laugh by telling his dream. The
moral is, that every one better consider
his present time as the "golden age" of
his life, and rather strive for more joys
70 come than sigh for thoseOf the past.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

IT rs rumored that Jay Gould proposes
10 use his influence against the Texas
Pacific scheme. This will hardly be
needed, as the bill is doomed to almost
certain defeat If it should come to a vote,
snd there is not even probability that
It's friends can succeed to that extent.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

An editor in Vermont bemoans the
calamities of the past year in the follow
ing touching strain: "First that Beech
er business, then the grasshoppers, then
the democratic victories, and now the
increased tax on whiskyl My goodness
what 10 the world coming tor
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

Mr.. MoULToN's examination ended
yesterday, and he was permitted to step
down.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.

ATLANTIG.AND GREAT WESTERN. :.
Depot Fifth and Hoadly. Time. minutes fast. 4
Depart, Arrive, Arrive,
Cin'ti. Cin'ti. Destinat'n n
New York Ex. daily. $40 AM. 500 A M. 7:l5 Pm,
New York Ex. daily. $3.50 PM. $3.50 Pm. 7:05AMi
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.

FROM every point comes the news of
rejoicing over the election of Andy john
eon.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-28

THE news of the settlement of that
little difficulty between Germany and
France was not unexpected.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-07

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 6.-To-day
was the time fixed by President Parish
for stopping the pumps and permit
ting the mines to fill up, if the miners
did not resume work. They refused
to resume work, and the pumps and
other machinery will be removed at
once. There is no present prospect of
the strike ending. The miners are as
determined as ever, and are daily re-
ceiving assistance from other sections.
Last night the house OF Bernard
McDane, a miner living in Kingston,
who has been working, was attacked
by gang of men, women and boys,
and McDane beaten till life was de-
SPARED of. His house was nearly
demolished. A warrant was issued to-
day for the arrest of the whole gang.
Waterman & 3earn. have ordered
the miners who occupy their houses in
Kingston, to vacate them by the 18th
inst. They mean to enforce this order,
and trouble is anticipated.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-07
WOOD AND HAY,

at the stations IN this command, viz:
Omaha Depot Omaha Barracks, Fort HartsufT,
Fort McPher-On, NnrIh Plai1c, Sidney Barracks
Fort ID. A. Russell, CHEYENNE Depot Fort San
ders. Fort Erred Steele, Fort Bridger, Camp
Doug ass, Fort Cameron, Cam Robinson, Camp
heridRn. Fort Laramie. FU-t Fetterlnan, Cam D
Stambaugh, Camp Brown.
Bids for the supplies to be delivered at each of
the above named stations. will also be received
up TO the same day and hour, allowing for diff.r-
cnce OF time at all posts in telegraphic cUmmu-
nication with Omaha, hy the respective Quarter
masters at said stations, at hich time ana
places they will he opened in the presence of
bidders. and forwarded 10 The undersigned as
directed in General Orders, No. 81, War Depart
meut, 1871
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
Full conditions and requirements will be
made known and blank bids furnished on ap-
plicaIiOn 10 this office.
Bids for any portion Of the above supplies will
be considered.
Contracts made under this advertise ment not
to go into effect ill July /, 1875.
preference will be given to articles of do
nestle production.
By order OF the Dept. Comd'r,
ALEX. J. PERRY.
Dept'y Q. N. General.