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The New York herald., 1875-11-17
FOOTBALL.

PROPOSITION TO ORGANIZE A NEW YORK CLUB
INVITATION TO AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
NEw York, Nov 16 1875.
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
The encouragement you always extend to the in
crease Of athletic sports induces me to trespass upon
your space IN the interest Of d much neglected game
but one which for vigorous and healthy exercise
equal Last Saturday visited New Haven to witness
the match game ol football between Harvard and ale
an excellent report Of which appeared in the HERALD
Of tie following day, and while enjoying the sport, the
thought occurred 70 me, why cannot football be miro
duccd among amateursY SO far the game has been
played ony At the colleges in vIcnity-the teams
Of Columbia, stevens Institute Rutgers and Princeton
nEnIAllv coming together Eeras Of gamez between
The New York herald., 1875-11-17

Crlttendcn. Col II. p. Pepper Kentucky. So 025
ONO Volunteer Mr.. Bldwell New Orcans J.. . L 900
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE.
An Open Letter from Comptroller Green
to Mayor Wickham.
A Review Of the Department
Of Public Works.
FITZ JOHN PORTER DISCUSSED.

The main points contained in the letter forwarded &c
the Mayor yesterday by Comptroller Green are pre-
served in tho following
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
THE RIFLE.

Two prominent sporting gentlemen, members or the
on Hand Rifle Club matched 70 shoot at Macorab's
Dam Bridge, TO day, at one o'clock + NJ.
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
BRooKLYN's BUDGET FOR 1875.

. The Brooklyn Common Council met yesterday after
noon, and after considerable wranelng over the var
items u the statement prepared by the Board Or
Estimates, adopted the budget Tor the expenses the
City government Tor the ensuing year. iollows:--
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HORSE NOTES.

r J. Strader Of Boone county, Kentucky. closed out
his valuable collection oftrotting stock public sae last
week. at his training and stud farm The suboined Is
list Of the horses, 10 whom sold, and the prices real
iZed.-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
Ode to Autumn.

The grasshopper creaks in the leary
gloom, And the humble bee bumbleth
the live long day. But where have they
gone with the bran new broom, And
what has been done with the buzz saws
play? -
Oh, it's little he thinks of the cold
mince pie, And it's little he seeks OF
the raw ice cream; For the dying year
with its tremulous sigh, Shall waken the
lingering loon from his dream.
Oh, list for the cricket, now far and
now near, Shrillfully singeth his rounde.
lay; And the negligent noodle his noisy
cheer, Andnwhere the doodlebug eats
the hay. 80
AOh, the buzz-saw so busily buzzes the
stiek, And bumbling the humble bee
bumbleth his tune; While the cricket
cricks crickingly down at the creek, And
the noodle calls noisily out, 1T is noon ~
The dog fennel sighs, "She is here, she
ID here pr And the smart weed saws
dreamily "Give us restl" The hop vine
speaks tenderly, "Give us beer" And
the jimson weed hollers, "Oh, pull down
your vestW -
Oh, Anna Maria, why don't you come
homer For the clock in the steeple
strikes tw-Ow! Owl Helpl Firel Po.
licei! Murder Murder.ril Murder-r-rl
The interruption in the last stanza was
caused by the entrance of the Chief, who
came in, and after reading the above
poem, so far as it went, over Che writer's
shoulder, stopped down and pulled of
one of the stove-legs and began mos,
terrific assault upon the poet. The
writer adds these few lines to say that
hereafter, when he writes poetry it will
be after the paper has gone to press, and
those people about the Office who have
no appreciation of Tennysonian mete,
andtNpirft have gone home. It is oui
proud ambition to educate the American
people up to'a thorough appreciation Of
the grandest style Of metrical literature
that has ever been brought forth, but
we solemnly aver that we do not propose
to impart this education at the expense
of being made walking bulletin-board
of stove leg photographs. We feel all
stove up now, from our recent impres
sions. And we are not speaking ironic
ally, either.-Burlington Hawk- Eve.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
An Accommodating Stranger.

A man walked into dry goods store
not long ago, and salesman, with an
imperious head, approached him and
said:
Will you look at some goods, sir?"
ooh, yes" said the man; 'anything
to make you happy" .....i,,..a4..
"Well, it's about dinner-time," said
the salesman, who thought he might sell
the stranger a big bill of rags. "Come
over to Delmonico's and take dinner
with me---will your sft ~ u
"Oh, yes, suppose, So" said the
stranger, and they went out to dine.
After dinner the stranger was shown
through every department.. He admired
the goods, but selected nore. The sales
man was getting nervous, for the dinner
had cost him something, and after. a
while he inquired: m.
"Are you going to buy anything,
"Why, of course Pm not" said the
stranger. i'' ''hsi ei- 'o"
"What do you mean by using my
time for nothingw shrieked the sales
man.
"You asked me to look at your goods"
murmured the stranger, "and / did, for
/ like to be accommodating" N'''
"And then you're no merchant, eh ~
"Not much, just come In here
To-"
"To what2" cried the salesman. ioy
"To look for situation whispered
the stranger, who continued, Blow me,
mistor, If that dinner wasn't a regular
old corkerp And he departed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

THE question of the succession to the
throne of Ulwar, a native State in Raj
pootana, has been for some time before
the government of British India. The
case stands thus: On the death, without
issue, of the late Maharajan Sheodan
Singh, the guddee was claimed by two
persons, one of whom, Shakoor Lakhdir
Singh, was an uncle of the late Prince,
while the other, a boy named Mungul
Singh, was a collateral relative. The
British Political Agen.cdecided In favor
of the latter of the No claimants, and
the Foreign Office gave provisional
sanction to his election. Meanwhile
Lakhdir Singh, pressed his claimssupon
the government, urging that his nearer
relationship to the late occupant of the
throne pointed him out as the proper
successor to his nephew's honors. 1t is
now said that the Viceroy is about to
appoint mixed commission of Eu-
ropean officers and native chiefs to in
quire into and report upon the rights OF
the rival candidates, aud IL is reported
that the Mabersjahs of Jeypore and
Gwalior will be invited TO sit as com.
missioners.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
The Pennsylvania State Treasury In
vestigatiOn.

The Committee, appointed to investi-
gate the affairs of the Treasury, have
agreed upon a report stating that their
investigation has developed the following
facts:
That from 1864 to 1874 there appears
to be a yearly overcharge on the interest
account on the public debt, the different
Treasurers taking credit for paying more
interest than the State debt bore.E The
grand aggregate thus unlawfully taken
from the State Treasury in eleven years
would amount to the sum Of 81, ,123, ,301.
Second-That from 1870 to 1874 there
appears to have been an excess of pre-
MUM charged in the purchases of gold
TO pay interest on gold-bearing bonds,
amounting in all to 1921, ,427. Many
othes fraudulent transactions come un-
der the notice of the committee, but
those here mentioned are the most i'm
portant. ..,...... ..,.e.,
In referring to the action of the ex.
Treasurers in refusing to appear before
the committee, the report says: "Cer.
family 1t is fair to assume that all the
charges made are true, as the Treasurers
do not appear when lawfully subpenaed
and explain or deny them."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

The Truthful Pilot.
tvicksburg Herald

Ihe passenger who was poing dow,
tne plg nver for the first time in his life
secured permission to climb up besid
tue P.iGt grim old grayback, VIII,
never told lie in his life.
many alligators in this river? in
quiis9 me stranger, after a look around
Mo,@ mary now, since they got Il
shootin em for their hides and taller
was the reply.
Used to be lots, eh ?"
Il don't want to tell you about 'em
strange" replied the pilot, sighinp
"Whyr
"Caus you'd think I was lyin' to
you, and that's sumthin' l never do. ]
kin cheat at keerds, drink whisky or
chaw poor terbacker, but can't lie.h
!hea there used to be lots of 'em ?''
inquired the passenger.
I'm most afraid to tell We, miste-, but
I've counted 'leven hundred allygaters to
the mile from Vicksburg cl'ar down to
Orleans! That was years ago, afore a
shot was ever fired at 'em." : ''-Nll.
Well l don't doubt it," replied the
stranger, ... =
"And I've counted three thousand
four hundred and twenty-nine of 'em on
one sand-ba bar" continued the pilot. "It
locks Dig to tell, but a government sur
vgor was aboard, and he checked 'em off
as called out" -
!" ! haven't the least doubt of it," said
the passenger, as he heayed sigh.
I'm glad o that, stranger Some
fdlers would think / was a liar. when
I'm, telling the solemn truth. This
used to be paradise for allygaters, and
they were SO thick that the wheels of the
boat killed an average of forty-nine to
the mile ?"
"ls that SOP" ...t..
True as gospel, mister! / used to al
most feel sorry for the cussed brutes,
cause they'd cry out e'enamost like a
human being. We killed lots of 'em, as
Isaid, and we hurt pile more. ! sailed
With one captain who allus carried a
thousand bottles of liniment to throw
over to the wounded ones!"
"He did? atf...
"True as you live, he did. l don't
tpect I'll ever see another such kind,
Christian man. And the allygaters got
I, know the Nancy Jane, and to know
Crptain Tom, and they'd swim out
and rub their tails agin the boat, an
plrr like cats, an look up and try to
snlew ....
"Tbey would %
Solemn truth, stranger. And once
when we grounded on bar, with an op.
position boat right behind, the allygaters
gathered around. got under her stern
and bumped her clean over the bar by
grsnd push! 1t looks like big story,
but l never told lie yet, and never
sh,ll. l wouldn't lie for all the money
yn could put aboard this boat"
There was painful pause, and after a
v1ile the pilot continued:
sour iniines gin out once, and
cowd of allygaters took a tow-line and
huled US forty-five miles up stream to
icksburgw ...
"They did?"
"And when the news got along the
iver that Captain Tom was dead, every
llygater in the river daubed his left
ar with black mud as badge of
nournin', an lots of EN- pined away and
iedw
The passenger left the pilot-house with
he remark that he didn't doubt that
tatement, but the old man gave the
Theel turn and replied:
"Thar's one thing won't do for love
II money, and that's make liar of my
elf. l was brung up by good mother,
nd I'm going to stick to the truth if this
,oat don't make cent"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

by d. s. WEIR.


There's MYSTICAL gun booms over the lake,
Which the coast-guard does not hear
There's prisoner who has just escaped,
But his comrades do not cheer
For he went not under the pale starlight,
Nor over the sentry's line,
Nor bribed the guard with his silver bright
But he went in the broad sunshine.
There's mystical drum with weird sound,
Beats time TO the heavy tread,
As we bear him away to the lonely ground
Where we bury our prison dead
And mufed footballs, low but clear,
Mark time, measured and slow,
For phantom escort marches near,
Trackless over the snow.
No solemn dirge-no requiem grand
No stately, martial show
But sbadowy hands Of a phantom band
Play the dead-march soft and low.
And captain dressed In ghostly suit,
And pale platoon in gray,
Fire low and strange salute
Then silently fade away.
There's double post-mark'd letter sent,
With a single lock of hair
There's gray-haird father low'd and bent,
And sisters wild despair
There's broken wall in distant land,
And q mother crushed and old,
And q fearless maiden's slender hand
With a tiny ring OF gold.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
The Grin of Death.

John HoOley, a mOlder in Burdett,
Smith & Co.'s foundry, retdes at 295
Tenth street with his wife and family
of several children. Last Saturday
Forepaugh's circus and meaagerie ex-
hibited here, and as they we,s to show
in Albany on Monday, the alimals, or
at least a part OF them, REMAINED over at
Troy on Sunday. The four eleEhants, a
male and female grown and two young
ones, were kept in vacant lot at the
corner of Vail avenue and Middleburg
street, and attracted crowds dtring the
day, who watched the animals as they
fed, and offered them little deliticies of
fruits, nuts, cakes, etc. Hooley MOTTO
ing the elephants, thought to ha,e lit
tie fun with them, went home, ~ some
apples and candy, and returnirA pro.
ceeded to feed the animals. Hgave
several apples to the large NAH who
ate them with evident relish, and was
very friendly in its disposition, the
female standing by meanwhile andeye-
ing Hooley. with suspicious interest.
Finally he offered the male some caAey,
which 1t declined to take. He Zen
rendered piece to the female. Ashe
approached, she watched him very mr.
r6wly, but he, being unfamiliar with he
character OF the animals, paid no attn
.tion to the, indications of anger, aid
boldly advanced to proffer the cands.
AS he did so the female extended lis
trunk, as Hooley supposed to take tfe
sweetmeat; but to his astouishment, i
threw its plant and powerful membeI
around his arms and body, and proceeded
TO draw him head first toward its mouth
Hooley tried to draw back, but he wa
in an iron grip, and seemed utterly
powerless. The animal, with fearfu
deliberation, drew his head directly to
ward its widely extended Jaws, and pre
pared TO crush his skull into fragments
The pinioned victim, casting up hi
eyes, felt the warm breath of the mon
ster, saw its huge teeth, It's powerful
jaws, and its cavernous mouth, and mad,
q desperate and almost superhuma,
effort to throw of the grip which fel,
him almost breathless and with powerfn
violence. Throwing back his shoulder
and ciutching out with his hands. h,
succeeded in loosening the hold for ,
second and Immediately slipped IN IN,
ground, rolled out Of reach, and jumped
70 MS feet, and, in his terrible excite
ment, fairly ran home. He was shortl,
taken Ill, and remained in the house
sunerlng. severe pains about his chest
until tuesday, when he started toreturr
70 work. On reaching the foundry h.
ssuooeniy fell 70 the floor, and begar
bleeding from the mouth. He was ten
derly carried home, and DR.. Burton wa
called, who, after an exam;nation do
clared that a blood vessel had been rup
tured, and that Hooley's condition wa
very serious.-7roy (M W Times.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
Chinese Bridges.

Whether the Chinese are right in as
signing to their portion of the world a
much greater antiquity than many are
willing to allow may be fairly questioned,
but certain it is that in China many of
the arts and sciences have been known
at period when the European nations
were sunk in barbarity and ignorance.
The ancient Greeks and Romans knew
little or nothing of China. To that
vast country, the southern part of which
was known imperfectly to the people of
India, they gave the name of Tsina
some time before the Christian era, and
this is the name by which the whole
empire is called by the Russians even
at the present time.
The names both of China and Tsina
are unknown to the Chinese. The early
history of the nation remains shr0uded
in fable, but it is certain that civiliza-
tion was considerably advanced among
them when it was only dawning on
other nations. They have records now
in existence, consisting Of the writings
of Confucius. which date as far back as
five hundred and fifty years before the
coming of Christ, from which period
they descend in an unbroken series to
the present day. The emperor of this
immense region is styled Heavens
Son." and is accountable only TO heaven.
He unites in his person the attributes
of sovereign, pontiff and supreme magis-
trate, and his government is san unlimited
despotism. e,ru 1scl 7tty Yr =
The first intercourse was attempted by
the English with China in the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth, but the vessel sent did
not reach its destination. No satisfac'
tory results with regard to intercourse
with China were obtained till about
thirty years ago, since which time all
nations are at liberty to visit the country
under certain restrictions.
Some of the bridges in China are OF
\ extraordinary beauty and magnifcence.
| There is one near Pekin built entirely
of white marble, elaborately ornamented.
Others are found over the canals of still
greater magnifcence, ard with a great
friumphal arch at each end and some,
instead of being built With arches, are
lat from one side of che canal to the
other. marble flags of great length being
laid On p;ers 20 narrow and airy, that
the bridge looks as If 1t were suspended
in the air. Frop the amazing facilities
aHor,led bv the numerous canals for
transnortation If goods by water, these
bridges do not fequire to be built OF great
strength. for only foot-passengers use the
bridces which Is the reason they are OF
snnh IeMnt and fanciful construction
Tha.o 7 h2dges are built with a number ol
archs. the central arch being about
nr% feet wide, and high enough for yes
vi Ito mass without striking their masts
NE great elevation of these bridges rem
dars stems necessary. They resemble, in
this respect, the old bridges of Venice
On which You ascend by steps on one side
and descend on the other in the same
way. Chain bridges were i;ot,nsr no, m%uc cen :,
this country for more than e'gn.eeTTp Tp,;na I
turies after they were known III on'n"
1
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
i, MINOR TOPICS.

The somewhat prevalent opinion that
the New England States are decreasing
in population is not sustained by the
census of Massachusetts,, just completed,
which makes the total population of the
State J65l,6 ,65l. This is an increase of
194, 300 over the United States census of
1870. If other States have gained in
the same ratio since 1870, the present
population of the Union is more than
55,OOO,0OO.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

The Indians in parts of Nevada are
busy gathering pine-nuts. A white man
could not gather a sack full in month,
but the average squaw will gather over
one hundred pounds a week. The cone,
which contains the nut, IL pulled from
the tree and roasted the turpentine be-
ing sufficient to burn them. This opens
the layers, and the nuts are shaken out.
The Indians used to exchange them for
their weight in -four but the increased
demand has considerably raised the
price. v...r,,. ,..,. sl,,r-
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
ADVICE is given by German profess

ADVICE is given by German profess
sor to keep in orchards certain space
around the trees free Of grass and weeds,
as these draw too much water away from
the trees; indeed, It has been proved
that trees which were sickly and bore
little fruit have been restored to vigorous
growth by returning TO them the neces-
sary water In this way. To prove how
much water fruit trees need, IL may be
stated here that an acre planted with
them will evaporate in about ten days
I'VE mill IN pounds.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

Tn these days of labor.saying devices,
,..r S rns,;cs will rejoice to know that q
'vey Veymonter has invented churn wnIcn NJ, =
can be SO adjusted to wagon Una sia' rs;ns ar :
man has TO do is to pick up DIS s. r1,ms, hm,,
drive a mile or 30, and pres'o-'"o '"'
ter's madel
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

PRAIRIE FARMER: The writer once
lost large jar of butter down a we'll,
where IL remained for three years. On
cleaning the well the butter was found
to be perfectly good, except an inch on
the top. Good butter will keep anv
length Of time when completely excluded
from the air. in a coo. p.ace.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

OF the two hundred hands employed
in Mr.. 9. T. Simpsons shoe manufacbry
at North Adams, Mass, ninety.threeare
young Cinnamon, and he is so we'll at
isfed with the results of his experience
that he continues to engage them. The
seventy-fve who were originally i'm
ported for his factory all left when heir
three years was up, some staying inSan
Francisco, but most of them returnilgto
China. In twenty-eight months the
seventy-fve saved from their wges
$37, 900, and at the end of their hree
years they had in the hands of frienls at
home, forwarded by the month an
average of $500 each, which is an nde-
pendent fortune there. They go lone
now whenever their time is out, and more
are hired to take their places, ccning
through the agency of Yung, Cung,
Wing & Co., of San Francisco. They
are more Industrious that the ntive
workmen, but do not acquire expeience
enohgh to turn off as much work. They
are paid twenty-six dollars mont, and
it costs them about nine dollars b live.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

THE police investigation in New York
has disclosed the fact that the lightning
pills and liquids, which are advertised to
cure all ills, are made respectively of
bread and colored water.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

The ocean Is the throbbing heart Of
the universe, and its every wave mound
over those who have no graves.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11

Most of the newspapers have pub
lished or commented upon an extract from
the Liverpool Post giving an insulting
letter from Thomas Carlyle to the over
seers of Harvard University, in which he
declines the degree of LII. D., conferred
upon him by that institutions. The Chi
cago Tribune says: The Post has been
hoaxed. The language attributed to
Mr.. Carlyle was invented by the Chicago
Journal, which several weeks ago pub
lished series of. articles containing i'm
aginary answersof Carlyle, Bright, and
other distinguished foreigners, to the
American colleges, which had honored
them. al &g er5
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-11
A GRAssnoPPER,s ASACREoN n re. Il

Happy insect, what can be
In happiness compared 10 thee,
Fed with nourishment divine
The dewy mornings, gentle vine -,
Nature waits upon thee still
And thy verdant cup doth AL.
IT'S filed whenever thou dost tread,
Natures self thy Ganymede.
Thou dost drink and dance and sing,
Happier than the happiest king.
AL the fields which thou dost see, ,
All the plants belong to thee =
All that summer hours produce
Fertile made with early jq &c.
Man for thee doth sow and plow,
Farmer he and landlord thou
Nor doth thy luxury destroy 80 80
The shepherd gladly heareti thee,
More harmonious than he.
To thee, Of all things upon earth, ,
Life Is no longer than thy mirth,
Happy insect, happy thou
Dost neither age nor winter know; ltE
But when thou'st drank and danced and sung
Thy fill the fowery leaves among,
Voluptuous and wise withal,
Epicurean animal. ta uf
Abraham Cosoley.