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Year: 1869

COMMENCEMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL,
We are pleased to be informed that the several
parts for the graduating exercises Of the senior
class Of our High School in July have been as
signed by the members of the class themselves,
and with that spirit Of mutual kindness and
justice which seems to give token Of the sue
cessfui treatment Of each portion. The young
ladies and gentlemen of the class Of 90 are
now busily repairing for the occasion, which
is to take place in the City Hall
Year: 1869

To BE REMEMBERED AT THE PEACE JUBILEE
that the paving stones of Paris are rising
once more and that barricades are thrown up
in the streets. This is something to thank
God for with sincerest assumptions S< praise
A little Napoleonio J1ood spilled Just now
would bo an earnest of peace in the future that
nothing else can afford.
Year: 1869

TEE NEW LAKE SrxAxER.-We learn that
the new steamer built to run from the foot of
sebago Lake to Bridgton is nearly ready for
her work, and will be hauled from the place of
building to the lake to-day. The boiler and
engine are completed and will be taken out
from the city at once, and the remaining work
done ~ soon az 1t Ii possible. 1t ID now conf
IDENTITY expected that the steamer will he rum
ming within two weeks. This will be good
news to the whole community. % 81
Year: 1869

took out his old pocket knife and went
to work. His mother, on going up
stairs, found him on the bed cutting
away at "a furious rate, his hands cover
ed with blood, and an incision about six
inches long cut in his thigh extending
to the bone. She was horror stricken
and came near fainting at the sight
She called his father who came aud re-
quested him to desist, but he insisted
that he had just got to the bone that
should be removed and that he would
finish the job. He took out a bone
his leg, it Immediately healed, and he
Is now free form pain and running
around As lively Us n cricket.
Year: 1869

SEND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS. -- The
New York Times thinks it would be
better for applicants for Office to forward
their photographs along with their re-
concentrations, when they are not able


to put in an appearance III person. In


many cases the President and his Sec


retaries would form a better judgment


of IL candidates fitness for the place by
looking at his photograph than by read
ing bushei Of letters. A man with "A
fine open countenance, of honest ex-
preston, a business-like style, and an
appearance differentiation aud energy.
would find these characteristics OF n,ore
value than the strongest puff from an
other party. 1t is true that some per


sons might suffer by sending their pho
tographs but then it is sweet to suffer
| for ones country.
Year: 1869

lam much mistaken if it be not easi-
or TO die like Il martyr than to live like
"A Christain; and if the glory OF our faith
he not better displayed in a lie OF meek
ness, humility aud selfdenia', than even
in a death Q! trinmph.
Year: 1869

All who have real estate for sale or to let
and those desring topurchase rent such property
will find 1t TO their interest TO advertise In THE TRIBUNE
It's aggregate circulation exceeds that OF any other
paper, and in addition TO this advantage THE TRIBUNE
will be found, only in NewYOrk and all ts cities and
villages but In every State and Territory throughout the
Union. The advertisement should be brief viii
allow OF the advantages claimed being made clear TO the
reader. We would especially dwell on the fact that the


subscribers for the three editions OF The TRIBUNE. Daily
Semi Weekly and Weekly comprise individuals In every
buness professions consequently advertisements IN each
are read by all classes The TRIBUNE devotes especial
attention reports of sales OF real estate both In city
and country, thus adding greatly to the value OF


umns advertising medium The charges for adver.
tsng follows: DAILY TRIBUNE, % cents per line
for each insertion; WEEKLY TRIBUNE, "a por lne SEMI


WEEKLY TRIBUNE 25 cents per line About ten words OF
wide columns average line Terms cash In advance
Year: 1869

Some slanderer of the fair sex
writes of matrimonial infelicities as
follows:


Husbands ESPECIALLY when new to
their happiness) are often puzzled to
know what makes the angel cross,
and, to Use an expensive term, can
tankerOUs. They ask the cause, but
they are fenced off until a chance
occurs for treading on their eOrns, and
then the shindy commences in real
earnest. \ lady of this delightful
complexion Is completely happy /.
she can wind up with a good cry.
The dear creature diSsolves into tears
and the man feels himself at once q
brute. This is her revenge. There is
nothing now for the husband but
absolute submission, and a tull
acknowledgment of his being in the
wrong. A woman has lost her ground
forever who fails in her object when
she has recourse to her pOekethand-
kerchief. and to a display of swollen
ewes and n red nose. Few, however,
are stupid enough to play this card
until their adversary becomes dis
gusted with the trick; it is generally
kept back until the right time, and
then used with a vengeance. Women
with tempers are much more tOlerable
than women without. They possess
both action and spirit, while the
tame, eQuable, eOlorless creature has
neither. A landscape seen in perpet-
ual sunshine or mOOnshine would be
dull il is a relief to see it from time
to time stirred by the wind or in the
light of flushed angry sunset. Is
this the reason why poets so often
marry shrews? Is it probable that q
lady who becomes conscious that heI
husband is analyzing her would, out
of sheer spite, give him something to
speculate upon of hard and practical
descriptiOn-she would cross his TO-
mantle vision on a brOOmstick, or
worse again, fit over his brain with u
poker. TiffS are not sufficient causes
for separation, although they may
lead to the most plenary reasons fol
parting. We should think that in
most instances when they do, the
fault lies with the husband. Marriage
is q science, or, rather a fine art
There is scarcely any woman who
could not be reduced by good system
and discipline to an endurable line OF
conduct. Whether every woman
would be worth the trouble of such Q
training is quite another question
but, undoubtedly, to the man who is
married there is no more important
task to take in hand. 1t requires
judgement, cOolness, and just little
clever cruelty. The slightest sign OF
weakness land bullying, mind, is q
vulgar admission of ineapacity) will
spoil the entire operation. Rough
ness of any kind is, indeed, most
undesirable, and is only the weapon
of clumsy refOrmers. Mild irony and
satire, with the chill of, is much
more effectual.
Year: 1869

LAW OF THE ROAD.-PersOns meet
ing in carriages on the highway are
to turn out to the right of the centre
of the highway. 1t is not the centre
of the smooth or most travelled part
of the road, but the centre of the
worked part, even though the whole
smooth or travelled part be one side.
In winter, however, when the road is
obstructed by snow, the centre of the
middle of the beaten path. The stat
ute requiring carriages to turn to the
right does not apply to the meeting oil
a carriage with a horse car, nor with a
traveller on horseback. A traveller on
the highway is bound to have his har-
ness and carriage in a roadworthy
condition, and is liable for any dam
age to others Occasioned by INSULT
cheney in this particular.
Year: 1869

SELF DEPENDENcE.-Many an un-
wise parent works hard, and lives
sparingly all his life, for the purpose
of leaving enough to give his child
rem a start in the world, as it is called.
Setting young man aflOat with mon
ey left him by his relatives, is like
tying bladder under the arms of one
who cannot swim; ten chances to one
he will loose his bladders and go to
the bottom. Teach him to swim, and
he will not need the bladders. Give
your child good education. See to
it that his morals are pure, his mind
cultivated, and his whole nature sub
servant to the laws which govern
man, and you will have given what
will be of more value than the wealth
of the Indies. You have given him a
start which no misfortune can deprive
him of. The earlier you teach him to
depend upon his own resources and the
blessings of God, the better.
Year: 1869




LONDON, February 16.-The formal
opening of the new Parliament took
place this afternoon. The members
of the House of Commons were SUM
mOned to attend at the bar of the
Chamber of Peers, to hear the royal
speech. The Queen was not present,
but Her Majesty's speech was deliv-
cred by royal commission, aud read
to the assembled House by the Lord
Chancellor. The speech is, in sub
stance, as follows:


The Queen assures the Lords and
Commons that the relations of Great
Britain with all foreign powers are at
present on an excellent footing. The
hostilities which threatened to break
out in the East, have been prevented
by the Conference of the Great Pow
ers at Paris.


The hope is expressed that negotla-
tions with the United States will place
on a firm and durable basis the friend
ship which should ever exist between
England and America.


The disturbances in the Colony of
New Zealand are to be regretted, but
the Queen is sure that prudence and
moderation on the part of the Gov
ernment will prevent a recurrence of
such unhappy events. The esti-
mates which will be laid before the
Commons BY Her Msjesty's Ministers
coupled with efficiency. In the admin
red suppression OF the operation OF
the writ Of Aabeas oorp1ss In Ireland i
Year: 1869




To lhe Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: IL is with the greatest reluctance that j
allow my name appear in public print but feel II to
be duty to my heretofore unsullied and unblemished
character TO give 20 tho community explanation las


silence would be cOnsent in regard 10 the very singular
and distorted statement OF Capt. j. Petty, which Is
mythical the beginning to the end and intended 10
whitewash the necency Of the police at the risk OF de-
sroyng existence reputation, character Of aud con
ddencc a gentleman who has before had occasion
TO doubt that fully enjoyed the good opinion Of the
community and which report will have @ tendency To
brand him dishonOrable man. aye, worse would-be
swinder The facts they transpred simply these.
my place OF business had been burgarousy entered
twice through the skyght from Canas and large
OF goods stolen could not at this season OF
another location and therefore thought
woud myself police the balance OF the stock. My
and because he did not In detail tell them where every
dozen OF gloves placed their color &c. his father
mu 81 be scoundre, and the thcfts fabrication OF his
rascally brain The simple question presented TO
reasonable mind would be this: Why should resort TO
the pretense OF fictitious rObberies myselff have
paid every cent OF accrued indebenncss still owe
few hundred am ready TO pay them. My stock (even
after deductng the well secured booty OF the thieves OF
Can't Pettys pTecDcD ia more than amply sufficient TO
pay all my debts but since the publication Of the state
inent Of the police my credit Is wholly aud irrevocaby
ruined among those that don't know personally.
have however for the purpose OF vindcatng my repu
tatiOn a and citizen, and my standing as ner-
chant commenced an action OF libel against the German
newsDaper. the Netr Yorker Journal


CHARLES ABELs. No. 45 Lispennrd-st
Year: 1869

Epouirfr.-Plymouth Church belongs TO its pewhold-
ers inst as every other Congregational Church does.
and they change more or less every year. Tho sur
plus profits of the last year and this were All ex-
pended upon building and furnishing mission
srhonl- house. There never any surplus before
Year: 1869

What is the velocity of time? Or, at what
rate of speed does it carry US onward toward the
great and boundless ocean of Eternity? Let us
see: We will suppose that as the earth lin its
daily revolution) revolves, the sun draws line
on those parts of the earth s surface nearest to
the sun those parts pass alternately before it.
Then let us divide that line into three hundred
and sixty degrees, the number of fdegrees around
the earth and, let us remember that we are
flying through these degrees of space-at what
rate? In one year We have been flying through
one hundred and thirty one thousand and a.
bout five hundred such degrees, and those re-
duced to geographic miles at 60 to the degree,
would show that in this time we have been fly
ing through seven millions. eight hundred and
about eighty-fve thousand miles of space or,
twenty-one thousand and something over six
hundred miles In twenty-four hours, and little
over nine hundred miles in an hour, and lit
tie over fifteen miles in minute, and little
over quarter of mile in second. Tremen-
dous velocity! And swiftly as we pass through
space. so swiftly We pass through time an ir-
resistible something carries us on, we can not
stop by the way, but float on still until with US
there is a shock and the body sinks down to the
grave and the soul goes either to heaven or to
hell-the children of God awaiting the resurrec-
ton unto life and glory, and the children of dis


obedience the resurrection unto damnation.
Year: 1869

With few exceptions, the papers of both par
ties at the North democratic and Radical) ap-
pear anxious for the defeat of the Walker tick
ct in this State. This is a strange union be-
tween antagonistic parties, and yet it is intel
ligible Both the Northern parties desire to
make party capital out of the disturbed and
unsettled condition of the South. The Demo-
Gratis wish that the Administration shall not
have the credit of composing the troubles of the
South, and the Radicals desire that the subject
may be kept open and unsettled that they may
at all times have ready at hand an element of
mischief with which to fire the Northern heart.
Between the two we should be kept as foot
ball in perpetuity @


We hope it is no treason if we do not wish to
play this improbable and unenviable role
We seek quiet and a settled condition, that we
may repair as speedily as we can the disasters
of the past, and enter once more upon career
of prosperity. We believe that, under existing
circumstances, the election of the Walker tick
ct will tend most speedily and surely to the at
tainment of the end we seek. 1t will save US
from the terrible spoliatons of che carpet-bag-
gers, discord and ill-blood among our people,
and the ruin of our system of internal improve
mens. We, therefore, beg all, friends and
foes, not to impute it to US, as crime, if we
take what we conceive to be the shortest road
to escape great evil and reach comparative
good Wing.
Year: 1869

The fsh-hook and needle have been hitherto
the product OF English manufacture by the slow process
OF handlabor England has monopolzed the markets Of


the world which have had to pay tribute to her exclusive
hold upon this branch Of manufacture and trade
Machines have now been invented. however by DR..
Crosby of NewHaven, for the production Of these two
necessary wares heretofore deemed impossible Of
structon by any combination or modification Of mechan
ical powers In automatic machine. These machines
now In practical operation In our city.


The wire, from which the two articles made,
into the machines from reel and drops out Of the
fsh-hoOk complete, except the temperng and cOOring


he machine being adapted TO the production OF the
largest and smallest sizes md ont OF the other needle
complete except the tempering and polishing The pro-
duct OF each machine Is about 100 per minute.


The hook may be said to be In full command OF the
American market the demand exceeding the production
The sales for the past months have been equal TO the
sales for the preceding twelve months. They are now
exported the company receiving orders from abroad


The has inst been brought to point OF
perfection that makes 10 satisfactory TO the critical and
exacng character disposition OF the inventor, and
will subject the markets OF the world TO its control
Year: 1869

the Government through the peoulatons OF dishonest
men, through mlsstated circulation brokers
through their noDpayment Of taxes on banking capital
and the present whisky ring through their muitu
dinOus frauds annually swnGle the Government ont OF
an amount nearly not quite sufficient TO pay half
OF the interest Of the national debt.
Year: 1869

Persons having real estate for sale or to let
and those desrous Of purchasing renting such pro-


perty will nnd It to their interest to advertise IN THE
TRIBUNE Its aggregate circulation exceeds that Of any
other newspaper and IN addition TO this advantage TIE
TRIBUNE will be found. not only in Eew-York and all Its
cities mud villages but In every stato and Territory
within the Union The advertisement shoud be made
brief AZ will allow OF the advantage offered being ear to
the reader We wond especially dwen ON the fact that
tbs lsessesD igr TIE tprss saip0ns Of TnR TsisUKE
Year: 1869

Polygamy is practiced IN the


tribe, but not extensively. A man


may have as many wives as he can


keep, but he must buy them


The universal price of a wife is a
pony, or for a white man an Amer


lean horse. A squaw once bought


becomes the immediate property
of the purchaser, but he must


catch her. Men have bought


wives and never been able to catch


them; most Of them, however, are


quite willing to be caught. An


Indian, several years ago, took a


fancy to an officers horse and tried


in every way to purchase him, but


the officer would not part with the


animal. Finally, the Indian of


fered his sister, beautiful girl, il


exchange for the horse. Fearing


he would steal or MAIN the ami


NAL, and not willing to offend him,


the officer gave the Indian the


horse, but he declined to receive
the girl in return. The young
lady, however, was informed she
was sold, and SO the matter stood.
After waiting for long time for
her husband to come and claim her,
she one day, as he rode by camp,
put herself in his way, when see.
ing he took no notice of her, she
naively asked: "Why don't you
catch me ?" The officer, who had
never seen her before, inquired
what she meant, when she round
ly told him she was his wife, and
not at all pleased that he had not
come for her. He never claimed
her, but she was regarded by her
tribe as the white mans squaw,
and at last accounts was still sim
gle and waiting for her husband.
Some of the Sioux are quite rich
in horses, cattle and furs, and ed
ucate their children. / am told
Spotted Tail has two Of his daugh.
tiers now at school in the North,
and that the Misses Spotted TaiL
are very good-looking and intel
ligent girls. Generally the wo
men are homely, being compelled
to labor hard, while the men do
little but hunt, fish, and make war.
Now and then, however, a hand.
some Sioux girl is seen, but al
most invariably she has lice in her
head. Cracking lice is one Of the
occupations of the Sioux women.
If woman's husband leaves her
she does not lose caste, but can
marry again. A man who leaves
one wife generally finds it difficult
to get another. If a girl is unfor-
tnnate, her lover must pay one,
TWO, or three horses, or her friends
will kill him. In all cases Of
rape, the penalty IS death,
Year: 1869

A movement is on foot in Phil
adelphia to introduce newspapers
in the reading exercises instead
Of the usual Stereotyped readers.
We knew lady in Tennessee who
ten years ago, adopted that plan
One day in the week the scholars,
were required to read a portion
of the county paper, aloud, and
the more advanced students were
obliged to write a composition up
on some theme furnished by the
newspaper. The result was that
every pupil gained a knowledge
OF passing events.
Year: 1869

The buffaloes found in the tel.
egraph poles of the overland line
a new source of delight on the
treeless prairie-the novelty of


having something to scratch a.
gainst. But it was expensive
scratching for the telegraph COM
pany; and there, indeed, was the
rub, for the bisons shook down
miles of wire daily. A bright idea
struck somebody to send to St.
Louis and Chicago for all the brad
avis that could be purchased, and
these were driven into the poles
with the view to wound the ami
mails and check their rubbing pro-
pensity. Never was a greater
mistake. The buffaloes were de-
lighted. For the first time they
came to the scratch sure Of a SEN
sation in their thick hides that
thrilled them from horn to TAIL
They would go fifteen miles to find
a brad-awl. They fought huge
battles around the poles containing
them, and the victor would proud
ly climb the mountain heaps of
rump and hump Of the fallen, and
scratch himself into bliss until the
brad-awl broke or pole came down.
There has been no demand for
brad avis from the Kansas region
since the first invoice.
Year: 1869

ding near Exeter possesses a
Notwithstanding hen. Before be-
being exclusively applied to this
feline purpose, she was observed
constantly watching close to corn
rick. and the moment mouse ap-
peared she seized it in her beak
and carried it to a meadow adjoin-
ing. where she would play with 1t
like a young cat for some time, and
then kill it. She had been known
to catch four or five mice a day IN
this manner.
Year: 1869

The LAST DOC STORY.-A Maine
paper tells the following story of
a dog: "The children were in the
habit of sliding down a hill near
the house, accompanied by a favor
ite dog. Early one morning they
discovered that the dog had taken
the sled, drawn it to the top of
the hill, and was now sliding down
hill all alone by himself and this
was frequently repeated"
Year: 1869

A French woman who had lost
one of her eleven sons chartered
with the undertaken about the price
of burial, saying: snow, look here,
sir, you mustn't be hard with me;
I shall be a good customer; I've got
ten children more"
Year: 1869

There is a territory about the head
waters OF the Colorado, with an area
as large as the State of Illinois, about
which nothing is known of any practi.
cal value. One or two persons have
made the passage through the great
Colorado Canon, and now and then a
pioneer hunter or miner has looked
from the nights into its fearful chasms.
But we know little or nothing of the
topography of the country, what mex
haustable mines ofprecious metals it
may contain, and, more important still,
what great table lands and rich valleys
it may have, adapted TO agriculture and
to the maintenance of dense popula-
ton. We do not even know from au-
thentic sources whether the Colorado
IS navlgable above the Great Canon,
and we know even less of two or three
OF its largest allluents. The Flax river
is traced on maps for more tnan two
hundred miles through northeastern
Arizona; but the country through
which it flows has been shut out from
civilization, and even from thorough
exploration. We hear of fierce savages
OF floods and droughts, of semi-tropi-
cal vcrdure and of mineral deposits
richer than have been developed in any
other part of the country. We shall
never know how much OF truth or how
much of fiction there may be in these
reports until thorough exploration
has been made.


We have already stated that an ex-
ploring expedition under the military
supervision of MAJ. Gen. Thomas, will
be sent to this country during the
present season, comprising engineers,
geologists, botanists and other scien-
tiiic men with all necessary appliances
for thorough survey OF the country.
The White Pine pioneers on the n orth
and the South Pacific railroad survey
ors on the south might be able to tell
us something about this unknown
country within the next year or two.
But more important results may be
expected from the labors OF this mill
tary and scientific expedition L rich
mines and fertile lands sl3oaI be tound
it will not be long before the current
of population will set toward the ap-
per waters Of the Colorado. The CON
struct,on Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road will have much to do in hasten.
i've the settlement ofthat country,
Year: 1869

A woman in one of the census dis
tricts on Long Island, gave to the emu
merator the names OF twenty of her
children and then said she believed
there were two or three more, but she
couldn't Just remember their names.