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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10

eved with all the firm convictions impressed upon my
mind in regard to this casethat am yet relieved from
the power Of their ingenuity and oratory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10
MR.. BEECUER NOT ENTITLED TO THE PRF
SUMPTION OF INNOCENCE.

Now, gentlemen, before | pursue the argu-
ment which design to submit to you and which 1
supposed could have been concluded at the most in
couple Of days. becomes necessary for me 10 consider
some OF the assertions and some OF the propositions
which have been presented in their very able arguments
By my learned friends II your Honor please, my friend
Mr. Porter has advanced the proposition that the jury in
charge Of this case are assume, for the protection OF
the defendant, the presumption OF innocence ano that
they are extend him the benefit OF all doubts which
may arise upon the proof. I think. Sir. my learned
friend mlsappies doctrine OF evidence more
appropriate to investigations under the criminal
law than to o cvilactionat law for the recovery
Of damages. 1 know there cases, such as fraud
and where perhaps incident in the case great wrong
or crminality Is imputed to pary-I know that in ex
ceptona civil Of that character the presumption Is
also INDUCED but in this respectfully submit to
your Honor the doctrine has application Mr. Beecher
is entitled to no presumption OF innocence no more than
II this was an action upon cont ract or upon proms
sory note He Il sued for seduction In an action for
criminal conversation To be sure, the action IN itself
imputes personal improperly, moral wrong, yet, sub
nit not OF that character Of that degree either, Sir
which justes the application Of this presumption But
II 1t were So what Is the result when evidencesasfac-
tory evidences given upon the part OF the plaintiff OF
the claim which he presents When evidence Is pre-
sented your Honor which pass to the jury Prd
aee proof Of the oensc charged against Mr. Beecher
what becomes VI the presumptioni 1t s overcome It Is
destroyed.
More than that. your Honor, the presumption then
chauges Concede that In the commencement OF ths In
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-22
THO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for Laying Water Pipes and their
Water Pipes viii be received The office Of the Water
once IL os,s BLOCK i in until O'clock p Of
Tns O. &C s
Contract Within three days Of the award
sc DO he or viii 5. aban
Goned i and default % the sai city Of Sewion:
august 1873 and to Ss sOq5ipusd |, with until
weather tue Engineer said orders to
n B-rhe prices must be written in the bid and also
stated In and al % for BE &c be en-
Bidder. required state their proposals their
persons tod with Them and if other person be
aso that MADE without with any
ana ss ali pa or a and S
out coliusion or fraud zach proposal shall be accom-
BE persons resilient IN aassac with their
II the Contract be awarded to the peron making
Bio hey VIII on II; being 50 nw9raed Ssco%s
ss Ss % Wien 81
oa is approved 6y said
they VIII pay to the city q Newton any damage that
The adequacy am suice1cy Of the snretes offered
Bidders will state the price in the following proposals
separate item of work, by which the bids will
be tested These prices are to cover all tie expense Of
tine work aforesaid IN conformity to the contract and
The Engineer's estimate Of work to be DONE and BY
which the bids will be compared, is as follows
z60J lincal feet A-inch pipe.
1898 lineal feet 0inch pipe.
zZll0 llueal feet l6-inch pipe.
2l.520 lineal feet l2inch pipe.
$3.50 lineal feet S-lnch pipe.
TAI lineal feet 6inch pipe.
81 800 hneal feet finch pipe.
TO cubic wards concrete.
20 cubic var Is brick masonry
$50 MIGRANTS.
200 wooden gate boxes. DC.
5000 lbs wrought
A00O cubic yards of rock excavation.
These quantities are TO be considered as only ap-
proximate and the Commissioners therefore expressly
the right OF increasing diminish the same.
The amount security required will be not less
one.tourth more than one-half the valus OF the
work.
he Commissioners the right to reject any or
all bids
FRANCIS j. PARKER, , OF the
ROBERT r. BISHOP, J City of Newton.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-22

TVANTKD-A GENTLEMAN HAVING A GOOD CON
W necton AMONGST FIRST class hotels RESTAURANTS
and drug stores in New York and vicinity 10 sell on
commission article already in great demand Al
drcss f. r., Post ONCE box 3lTt
WANTBD-A SMART YOUNG MAN AS CLERK I;
w ono who has been engaged in the rubber business
preferred Address box 4S5 Post ONCE
IVANTED-A YOUNG MAN ABOUT NINETEEN
~ years OF stock clerk and salesman In elotn
yobning house. only those of several wears experience
m the business need address J. A. c. Herald office One
VINO speaks German preferred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08
a1eranhria, Qirginia.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7b show the very age and body of the Time

"7b sho.o the very age and body of the Times"
President Grants message created much ex-
element in Madrid.
Some soldiers have frozen to death in Spain
3 thing remarkable in that climate.
The latest accounts place the number of deaths
by the Swaithe Main colliery explosion at one
hundred and thirty.
The Louisville municipal election occurred
yesterday, resulting in the reelection of Mayor
Jacobs
Max Muller has resigned the chair of Compsr-
alive Philology in ALI Souls College al Oxford
preparatory to leaving England.
Intense cold is reported in the North OF
death.
Count Won Arnim refuses, on the ground of
i'll health to obey the summons to attend his
trial on the charge OF treason.
Hon. John @. Smith, formerly q member Of
Congress from Ohio, was yesterday appointed
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
The paper train from New York on the Penn
sylvanis Railroad, jumped the track yesterday
morning near Marion, n. j., and run into a
freight train, demolishing both engines and sew
ersl freight cars
Great dissatisfaction prevails at Pekin in ref
erence to the arrangement made between the
Chinese authorities and the British Minister, and
pacards in opposition to it have been posted
throughout the city. The arrangements for le-
cations to foreign countries are proceeding, Min
listers having already been appointed to the Unit.
ed States, Peru and Japan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Biting files ia q poor business generally.
Petty jealousy and hypocrisy are alike con-
temptible.
Blessed are they that expect nothing, for
they shall not be disappointed.
Every recruit for the British army has to
spend four hours in gymnastic exercise each day
during the first three months of his service
COL Munford, Of Richmond, Was the only
Virginia delegate who had arrived in Baltimore
to attend the international Christian Association
Conference.
Miss Cstharine E. Beecher has discovered
"a sure and immediate remedy" for the Brook
Ign scandal, which is this: That the public and
press shall agree that Mr. Beecher is an inno-
cent man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
The Legislature--BOssT weed--Beres-
ford Hope to Governor Kenper---
No Thanks to the Preachers---The
johnson and ImbO<Ien Affair.

ford Hope to Governor Kelnper---
No Thanks to the Preachers---The
johnson and ImbOden Affair.
To-day was working day for the commit
tees of both Houses. TheHouse met, and after
session of about twenty minutes adjourned,
without doing anything of importance or wor-
thy of special notice.
A nice lot of Rogers best cutlery was served
to the members of the Senate to-day.
Among the members of the Legislature is an
old gentleman who says he has been trying for
forty-three years TO get there and has just sue
ceeded. He is now in his SD year, and expects
to save his bleeding country yet.
Great sympathy is felt here tor Boss Tweed,
and fervent prayers are hourly donated tor his
escape from this blsrsted country. We have
not forgotten that he sent his check here tor
$1,000 to defray the expenses of the Walker
campaign.
Governor Kemper to-day received letter
from Hon. A. j. B. Beresford Hope, in which
he speaks a. follows of the inscription and ped
estAl Let me now particularly congratulate
you on the inscription. Its admirable in taste
and composition, just saying the right thing and
neither too much nor too little The patriot
was very cleverly brought in, and also the
'Stonewall.' l trust you have noticed the Stone.
wall in the stature
| understand that last night q fight occurred
Vow C0A Y" JOalS ucu VI ZIG ulRuSsL SOClAl
position in this city, and during the alteration
one ofthem was shot and quite badly wounded
in the thigh. An effort has been made to hush
the affair, as both young gentlemen were On 3
spree at the time.
The Governor to-day reappointed 4. A.
Booker State Inspector of the Farm Vile tobac
co warehouse.
The Religious Herald of this week has sharp
editorial, in which it says some rather hard
things about the General Assembly. The srti
Gle states that at the close OF the sessions from
year to year, the Legislature has passed resolu-
tions complimenting and thanking It's paid off
GERS for the faithful discharge of their duties.
This course was creditable alike to the Leglsia-
ture and to the agents. To the clergy, however,
who have performed the service requested OF
them for years past, and to do it have regularly
appeared i'll the Capitol through cold and rain,
and snow, and III the time of day most valuable
for their pastoral labors, no vote of thanks has
ever been offered. We are quite sure that thew
do not render their services with any desire for
legislative compliments till something is due to
propriety."
Colonel William S. Gilman has introduced a
bill in the House for the establishment of 8
House of Correction in this city. The Mayor
and Judges have all requested it.
approximations of diff ;ulty between Gen.
1mboden and Gen. B. L. johnson continue.
Although Gen. Imboden has been bound over,
1t is thought that either he or his brother will
have fight with Gen. johnson.
STRoNaRnw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08

IHK PoToAAc Fault GROW ERs.-The Poto-
mac Fruit Growers Association neld its Decem-
Der meeting yesterday in Washington.
There was some discussion on the matter OF
changing the name Of the association so as to
cover all branches of horticulture. The secrs-
tsry road the preamble ofthe constitution. which
referred to fruit growing exclusively.
The order of discussion was called for, and
the president Mr.. Gillingham, read an ESSAY
upon the APPLE referring especially to the effect
produced upon the fruit by different stmos
phetic conditions and the presence of moisture.
discussion on the points of the essay follow
ed, and was participated in by several mem bers
of the association.
The association then proceeded to the discu-
SION OF fruits offered for their consideration, IN
afterwards adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08
Legislative.

In the State Senate yesterday bill was intro
dueed ITO confer upon the Corporation Court
of Alexandria, Jurisdiction to yenire Justices and
constable Of said city, In the House bill was
introduced for the establishment of q State
House Of Correction for the punishment and re
formation ofjuvenile offenders. Also resolu.
ton requesting the Second Auditor to report by
what authority he converted for w. d. Coleman
the registered bonds, amounting to $1,000, be-
longing to the Sinking Fund, into tax. receivable
coupons payable to bearer. It was stated that
the information sought would account for q
large portion of the money which has been lost
through transactions in the basement offices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-08


TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY.
ln connection with this important question
would also call your attention to the importance
of correcting an evil that, if permitted to con-
tinue, will probably lead to great trouble in our
land before the close of the nineteenth century
1t is the accumulation of vast amounts of un-
taxed church property.
IG 1850, believe, the church property of
the Uoited States, which paid DO tax munci-
pal or State, amounted to about $50, 10000
La 1860 the amount had doubled in 1875 it Is
about s ,00O, 900 900. By 1900, without check
it is safe t, say this property will reach a sum
exceeding $4,000, 100000. So vast sum re-
celving all the protection and benefits of gov
eminent, without bearing its proportion of the
burdens and expenses Of the same will not be
looked upon acqulescently by those who have
to pay the taxes. La growing country, where
real estate enhances SO rapidly with time as iD
the United States, there is scarcely limit to
the wealth that may be acquired by corpora
tions, religious or otherwise, if allowed TO re-
tain real estate without taxation. The contem
platoon OF so vast property as here alluded to
without taxation may lead to representation,
without constitutional authority and through
blood.
would suggest the taxation of all property
equally whether church or corporation, ex.
empting only the last resting place of the dead.
and, possibly, with proper restrictions, church
edifces
RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN POWERS.
Our relations with most of the foreign pow
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
Rules for Milking.

The following rules are issued from New
York cheese factory for the use fits patrons,
and are worthy Of a wider dissemination.
Mich cows should have free access, at all
times, to good running water
They should never be heated by being run,
stoned or dogged.
The utmost cleanliness should be observed
in milking, and by no means wet the hands
in the milk while milking.
No can of milk should stand where it will
absorb the barn-yard or stable odor, or any
other scent.
The milk should be strained and well aired
Immediately after having been drawn from
the cows.
Some arrangement for efectually cooling
is at all times very desirable, and when the
milk is kept at home over night, is indis-
pensable.
Scalding all vessels used about milk at
least once day with boiling water, and
rinsing with cold water at night are essen
tial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
Waste in Cooking.

Good cookery is also but another name
for careful economy; for good cook would
not throw away the smallest bone until she
had extracted from it all the geatine and
nutritious matter, by. boiling it with carrots,
onions and celery tops for a soup, which
would be great addition to small bill of
fare. Turkey and chicken bones, when
picked clean, still possess nutrition and if
boiled with mutton or lamb shank, will
make an appetizing dish
Crusts of bread, scraps of meat and small
portions of vegetables can all be utilized in
this way out in many kitchens they are
thrown into the swill-barrel, or even into
the fire. | have known servants who would
burn up good food, merely because it was
left on the plates. And in the slop-buckets
of our cities will always be found half slices
of bread and good scraps of food, which have
been thus shameiully wasted; for it is a
shameful waste to throw away or destroy
any portion of good food, which would feed
poor persons who are literally starving
from woeiul want, while this wiliful waste
takes place very near to their homes,
The head Of every family should make it
duty to gather up the fragments, that
nothing be lost )" aud also 10 seek for some
worthy widow or family, whose daily comfort
could be greatly increased by the bestowal
of odds and ends from her table, which are
SO often thrown away. If we are so well
supplied with means that we do not need to
exercise strict economy in our own tables
we should certainly consider in incumbent
upon ourselves to do it, in order that those
whom Christ bade lis to remember can share
of our plenty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTs. The
coming winter will doubtless bring misery
and suffering to hundreds, if not thousands.
throughout the States, because the pressure
Of the times has forced our manufacturer.
either to close the doors of their establish
ments, or else to run them on half time,
and curt IL wages. Economy and thrift do
not always 80 hand in hand with poverty,
aud the waste of many hours in cookery
and fires can hardly be estimated. Fuel has
now become Il costly article in most house
holds, and therefore the proper management
of the fire ought to be taught in every kitch.
en-. Cinders and halcburncd bits Of coal
are often wasted because servants do not
like to siit them from the ashes yet they are
not only useful, but necessary in lighting a
fire and in keeping it burning, and are far
better for broilng than any other form of
Goals excepting coke.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

How TO LIGHT A COAL FRE.-After
thoroughly sitting out the ashes, leave Il e
cinders in the gratc aud put upon them
some shavings or waste paper, and few dry
sticks Of kindling laid loosely across each
other, then put on some large cinders and
few pieces of small Goals. Light the fire at
the bottom with 4 lighted paper, and when
the sticks are burning well, put on some
larger piecessof coal with your hands, using
old gloves to cover them ii necdlul, but do
not throw on the coal with the shovel or q
scuttle. 1t packs it entirely too closely.
All the smaller cinders and some
unburnt coal can b, placed on the top, and
i'll little time you will have II good fire,
and one suitable 20 cook steak or a chop
as we'll as to boil the teakettle and the oat-
meal porridgc. \ fire cannot burn without
a supply of air, and if the coal and cinders
are too closely packed they can neither
light quickly nor burn rapidly aud a steady.
constant fire can be kept up with less coal
than one that is constantly stirred up. II
you desire clear-iire for the gridiron, put
few cinders on top, and when they have
ignited, sprinkle little salt over them.
Cinders can be styled homemade coke,
and the women who wastes them should
learn that she throws away thing of value.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
More Education Among Farmers.

1t was shown before the British Parlc-
ment, that ''while the rental of land in Ire.
land had doubled during the previous hun
dred years, and that of England tripled, the
rental Of Scotland had sextupled itself in
the same time" This is attributed mainly
to the vastly superior school system which
Scotland has possessed, and to the skill and
enterprise it has fOsterei amolg the people
1t is fact that truck farmer, within II
dozen miles Of any Of our large cities, will
get clean profit Of two or three hundred
dollars from an acre ofland, while the aver
age old-style farmer, hardly gets that
amount Of profit from his hundred acres or
more. These facts are worth studying by
the still large class who do not see the use
OF agricultural papers and teachings, etc, but
think muscle is the main thing in successful
farming The truck-ia studies his mar
ket, knows what is wanted learns how to
raise it, when and where to sell it, believes
in manure, buys it, believes in knowing all
about his business, takes his paper reads
and thinks, don't kick at facts because they
are printed, keeps his eyes open, and drinks
in knowledge from men and books. He
keeps learning and succeeds in his business.
There is still large class of our farming
population completely stereotyped. Many
take no agricultural paper, attend no fairs,
no farmers club, try no experiments, have
no faith in improved tools or stock. and are
hardly able to tell at the end of the year
whether they lose or gain in their business.
Success in cultivating the soil already, and
is to be more and more, dependent upon
brains. Men who read and think most,
plan most wisely and execute most skiliully,
will succeed best We need all the help we
can get from the teachings of science, from
journals, from fairs and clubs, as well as
from the daily experience Of the fields
AmerieaA AgricuHaria.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
A column of fOp

A lighthouse without any light atop.
So was sydney Smiths reply to the church
wardens, when tney wanted wood pave
ment round st. Pauls; Lay your heads to-
gether and the things done;" wuile his re-
mark to little child who was scratching q
tortoise, that it was like scratching the dome
of ST. PauPs to please the Dean and Chap
ter, is fine example of perfect humor The
wit Of Jerrold is often equal to that of the
Dean, and many a brilliant saying is attrib-
Jerrold occur to me, though it is too late to
add any new ones to the record, for his 'wit
and humor" have been carefully collec ted
and published. There are a few, however,
that will bear repetition. Mature has writ
ten honest man upon his face" said a per.
son trying to make interest for his friend
with Jerrold. "Then nature must have had
very bad PEN" was the prompt reply
Everybody knows how he reyenged himself
upon pompous fop, who had made himself
Extensively conspicuous at club dinner
where Sleeps head was fayorite dish.
Pushing his plate aside, the stranger said,
"Well, | say sleeps head forever" "What
egotism p remarked Jerrold. This, no doubt,
led up to kindred flash of wit on another
occasion at the expense OF literary friend
Of Jerrold's, who had just ordered "Some
sleeps tail soup, waiter" "Ah," said Jer-
rold, looking up and smiling with his great
eyes, Extremes meet sometimes" There
was an old gentleman who drove a very slow
pony in ramshackle gig, and he was anx-
ious one day to pay Jerrold little special
attention. The humorist was on the way
to the station from his house, "Ah, Mr..
Jerroldl shall give you a lift2" "No
thank you, "said Jerrold, 81 am in hurry"
In the country on visit, Jerrold was told,
among other gossip, of a young man in the
neighborhood, named Ure, who had cruelty
Tilted his sweetheart. "Ure seems a base
'un," said Jerrold, At a ball, seeing very
tall gentleman waltzing with a very shorl la
dy, Jerrold said, "rhere's a mile dancing
with q milestone" The author of an c ic
poem entitled "a Descent into He'll" used to
worry Jerrold very much. At last the wit
grew irritated with the poet, who, coming
bounding upon him with the question, "Ah,
Jerrold Have you seen my Descent into
He'll 7" was answered with quick asperity,
"No; should like top-LOndOn ,Sociev>
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

Considering that the following comes
from British source, it is not very bad. 1t
is going the rounds of the English railway
smoking carriages. For be it known, in
these carriages, so much envied by the ladies,
social harmony animates the travellers, and
they talk just as if they were not reserved
first-class Britons
"Tlis is not Il smoking compartments ,sir," ,"
said an indignant lady, pausing on the step,
and glaring savagely at the smoker
Very likely" said the smoker.
"You have no right to smoke here, sir !;
and you don't desist must call the guard, y
said the lady.
very likely" was the reply,
81 shall be choked."
Every likely"
"Why do you smoke, sir, when l object ?"
"Why, madam, tobacco is a disintectant,
and as | am professionally engaged at Stock
well Smallpox Hospital, l -"
The lady got out. Il feel as if should
faint"
"very likely" was the last response as
the traveller put up both windows to enjoy
all his smoke.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

A BT OF INFORMATIoN.-A man called
into a store in Lewistown, Me-, and asked
for sheet of paper on VIII ch to write a let
ter. After writing while the proprietor
noticed him scratching on slip of paper,
aud shortly came this request: Look here,
friend, it's some time since wrote much /;
won't you show me how to make 2. | want
to write Isaiah" The merchant helped him
out of the difficulty,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

4 Saginaw lady sarg out to her husband
as he made his exit through the doorway;
Go to Barr's aud get some No. 50. black
thread, three cord. D." "K-ris-to-fcr K-lumbo,'
muttercl the head Of the family, as he start
cd after the woOd-inspector to cord it up.
"Must be she is going to have the sewing
society this week"