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Year: 1874

drawing a Derringer as he spoke-a
five shooter-and both men fred almost
simultaneously. Harris's shot struck
Robinson in the neck. cutting the Jug
lar vein. and tie blood gushed forth in
torrent. Robinson's first shot missed
Harris. The latter Immediately after
firing, threw his weapon at Rob nson,
and, having nothing else to defend him
self with, ran into the billiard room
back of the saloon, hoping there to es
cape from his antagonist. Although
mortally wounded, however, and with
his life blood gushing from the terrible
hole in his neck, Robinson staggered
after his assailant, whom he had nov
cornered in the billiard room. Steady
ing himself against one of the tables, he
took deliberate aim and fred at Harris,
who was facing him at the opposite
side of the table, the ball taking effect
near the naval and intiicting wound
which is likely to prove fatal. Again
the dying man raised his pistol and fir
ed, the ball striking Harris in the hand
and tearing off the thumb.


Some of the men from the saloon had
by this time entered the billiard room,
supposina the shooting to be finished.
But Robinson's vengeance was not yet
satisfied, and though the glaze of death
was already in his eyes, he again fired
his pistol, and then dropped dead The
last shot struck the night watchman' IS
trousers pocket, but owing to the luck y
circumstance of his having bunch of
keys and a police whistle just in the
right spot. the course of the deadly
missile was stopped, the only da mage
being the breaking of the whistle.


Coroner Black held an inquest soon
after the killing. The jury found a
verdict in accordance with the facts
above set forth, and Robinson was
buried this afternoon, which many peO.
pie around here consider rather quick
work, even for California town. The
deceased was what is generally known
as sporting man, and is said to have a
wife living in Merced. His age is abou,
thirty-eight years.


Harris. whose real name is said to bt
Calvin, is blacksmith, and has no rela
tives in California. The torma.lty OF
placing him under arrest has been gont
through with, but from present appear
ances he will not trouble the court,
much.
Year: 1874

The strike of the coopers in the Eastern Dis
trct of Brooklyn is considered virtually at an end
Several Of the men who left their employment at Prats
Astral Oil Works returned yesterday TO their work on
the terms prescribed by the superintendent II Is un-
derstood that the remainder will seek employ ment else
where.


The journeymen employed in cutting brown stone
have passed resolutions In their various meeting places
pledgng the members of the Union not work for any
employer who docs not adhere TO the letter OF the E
hour law The say they will be able TO drive every
tenhour boss out Of the city in three months and com
mittees have been authorized 10 communicate this
action Of the meetings 10 every employing stonecutter
The employers say shat II such course should be
adopted they will have the work done or near the
Quarries instead Of In this city.
Year: 1874

The VIII OF Tue Iate Judge EdmOnds, which
admitted to probate yesterday by Surrogate Hutch
ngs OF the shortest OF the of the kind
record. The property is said to be very large
The full text OF the will is added:


The last will and testament Of John W. Elmonds of
the City OF New York.


give devise, and bequeath to daughter Laura all
my estate Of every name and nature TO have and to hold
to her In fee and absolute ownership.


And hereby appoint my sad daughter executriI and
James Freeland of Brooklyn and Charles f. Lvernore
OF NewYork executors Of this last will hereby re.
vokins all former and other wills made by me


March 2, 1870 j. W. EDNosDs
Year: 1874

Gold may be hammered so that it is
only l, 800, 900 of an inch thick. A grain
of iron may be divided into 1000, 900
parts. Still chemistry tells us that
there are ultimate parts called atoms CT
molecules, which are absolutely invisi-
bic. These atoms are attracted to each
other by the attraction of cohesion, and
repelled by the force of repulsion. BY
the action of both these forces the atoms
are kept in state of pact. The solid
ity of solid depends upon the fact that
each pair of atoms is in this state of
posed to be of an oblate spheroidal
form. An iron bar would support its
own weight if stretched out to Il length
of three and a quarter miles. A bar of
steel was once made which would sus-
tain its own weight if extended to a
length of thirteen and quarter miles.
Our IDEAS of great and small are no
guide to be used in Judging of what is
truly great and small i'll nature. The
Bunker Hill Monument might be built
over Il mile in height without crushing
the stones at its base When bars OF
iron are stretched until they break, those
which are the strongest increase in
length less than the weaker ones. A
piece of wood, having Il breadth and
thickness of three inches and length
of four feet, if supported at it's ends,
would be bent one millionth of an inch
by ii weight OF three pounds placed at
its center, and a weight of one tenth OF
an ounce would bend it one-seven-mjl


lionth of an inch. Professor Norton
described machine for testing the
variations of sticks of wood. The ma
chine consists of levers and screws so
contlived that the amount of weight
brought to bear upon the stick can be
accurately measured, and the variation
of the stick from straight line can be
measured, even though it does not ex-
ceed one.seyen-millionth of an inch.
Year: 1874

Pitman' S woodpile has suffered good
deal lately from the ravages of thieves,
so the old gentleman the other day
loaded his gun with coarse salt, and
expressed his determination to bonn
bard the first man who should be OBJ
served to haunt the timber. On We'd
nesday morning he had to attend court,
and as he did not expect to reach home
until late in the evening, Mrs. Pitman
felt It her duty to keep an eye upon the
woodpile. But Pitman returned about
dusk, and as he walked up the yard he
thought he might as well carry in
enough wood to last all night. He had
just placed the fourth stick upon his
arm when an explosion occurred, and
the same instant he felt as if million
red-hot darning needles were dancing up
and down his legs. He had heard from
Mrs. Pitman. He yelled with pain, and
dropping the wood, most of it upon his
toes, he fell to the ground. just rs he
did so, he saw Mrs. Pitman standing in
the kitchen doorway with his firearm at


'parade rest, and contemplating her
victory and her victim with serenity.
Pitman's first thought was that she had
''''t''Nh'N DSNh ny an
but iudicious desire to realize upon his
life insurance policy. But when ne
screamed to her, she dropped her artil-
lery and flew to the scene with express
sions of alarm and grief at the discovery
that she bad perforated Pitman. She
called the servant girl, and as they car
ried him into the house, she explained
that she mistook him for thief, and
then she apologized. Pitman said it was
all very well to apologize, but what
good was that to a man with two quarts
of salt and half pound of gun-wads in
his legs. Mrs. Pitman insisted that he
oughtn't to mind little salt, it would
do him good. She urged that salt was
better than anything else for preserving
meat, and that his legs would probably
be alive and well and prancing around
the universe when the rest of him was
dead and spoiled. That made him mad,
and after splitting up his gun with the
AK, he went to bed, and he hasn't
spoken to Mrs. Pitman since but he
has limited gloomily to the doctor that
if divorce can be had he will obtain
One.-.Nar 1deier
Year: 1874

A writer in the Medical journal,
London, states that in case of whoop-
cough in the last stage-that is, after
the third week-he has bad once ounce
of the strongest liquid ammonia put
INTO gallon of water in an open pan,
and the steam kept up by means of half
a brick made red-hot throughout, and
put into the boiling water containing
the ammonia, the pan being placed in
the middle of room, into which the
patients were brought as the ammonia
steam was passing off. The method,
he says, was used in the evening, be-
fore bedtime, and it proved so effica-
cious in abating the spasmodic attack,
and after three OF four days terminating
the malady, as to establish, beyond
doubt, the value of this mode of inhal-
ing ammonia as therapeutic agent in
tranquilizing the nervous system in the
whooping- cough.
Year: 1874

A young lady of Alabama, visiting in
Memphis, was lately walking along the
streets with young gentleman, when
he jokingl ly proposed to step into a
church hard by and get married; the
young lady assented, and started
toward the church. When the young
man saw that she was disposed to
humor his joke, he backed down and
acknowledged himself beat. Proceed
ing still further they met mutual ac-
quaintance, n bachelor business man,
and the lady's companion told business
how she had backed him out on the
matrimonial proposition, whereupon
business remarked to her, You can't
back me out" She answered, eyes
/ can" The parties laughed and chat
ted little, when they started off to
get the license, each supposing the
other would give it up, but the docu-
ment was duly procured, and the matter
began to look serious. The next thing
was to tic the knot at length a
preacher was found. BY this time both
parties began to draw long breaths, but
They entered the church, and the
preacher pronounced the words that
made them husband and wife, and
there was no flinching from the VOWS !;
neither would take a dare and the
result was n marriage, without any
subsequent desire for divorce. 1t
would be wonderful relief to many a
timid swain, if this daring business
were thing of more common occur
renee.
Year: 1874

FIsH.-The fish of the United States
are unsurpassed in flavor in the world
Sportsmen who, with rod and line, have
whipped European waters, say there is
nothing like them there from the Nor
way fords to the Guadalquiver. Africa
and Asia are both poor i'll this respect.
Even in China, where fish is an abun-
dant article of food, and is found in
great variety, the flesh is coarse. The
salmon OF the Scotch lochs afford the
nearest approach to the succulence and
tender delicacy Of our mountain trout
and the tiaky tenderness OF Our salmon
trout. Then there are the whitefsh,
the bass, the shad, and an innnmerable
multitude of others. We have but one
rival, aud that prolific but small one.
1t is the French sardine when fresh.
This delicious fish in a few years will
cease it's rivalry, however, if reports are
true from the coast of France. Atpres-
ent the sarlinc fisheries employ twenty
thousand men, women aud children on
land to prepare the fish for market.
Each year shows an advance i'll the
price and n diminution in the catch,
and in no great time everlasting will
have produced its usual consequence
failure of the fish.
Year: 1874

BIZ JuSEfHiSb POLLAkD
In cold. cold country. Oh far away.
Where the Nortbmsn live and their children play
With snowbslls and icicles every day,
W inter or summer, the whole year round
In little dark cavern underground,


These two conspiratoIs were found.
Twas very seldom they crack ed Joke
And when Brother Frost the silence broke,
Twas as if O snapping turtle spoke.


IN tell you what. Brother Snow" he said
4 A. ne he tossed his nishtcap over his head q


We've got good long journey to take, you know.


And over the mountains on foot must go,


Ana we haven't en- moment to spare Brother Snow


And. eating their breakfast OF Arctic broth.
with Zero TOR company. sailed forth.


They knew the road, for they'd travelled down
The same old horouehfsre into town.


And LETT it white where there they found it brown
IN ice III NIL up these ruts and cracks"
Said Brother Frost-theso are solemn facts;
And be sure that you cover we'll my tracks!
So together adown the street they went
Cold blooded villains on mischief bent;
v hLe Zero his friendly assistance lent.
And MIR. Price, in the morning light.
Beholding the ground all covered with white,
Said "A nice little sprinkle Of snow last night
But not enough to disturb a mouse
Or keep the children within the house"
SO he went to the barn to feed the COWS.
But lust US he stepped where the snow lay soft
| On the narrsw path he had Travelled Oft,
| His head went below and his feet aioft
l Then Johnny Price. In warm coat and cap,
Ran after his dad a rosy chapl
And met With the very same mishap!
But he hadn't SO far to fall, you know,
And his getting up wasn't quite SO slow
As his father had been from the self same blow.
And the two conspirators laughed with glee,
And shook rare buds from the mape-tree
As II 'twere a Jolly sight to see,
For little cared they Tor smile or frown,
As they went with Zero into the town,
And brought the Prices suddenly down.
l It's often accounted eign of grace
II you cannot stand in a slippery place.
But circumstances may alter the case
l And everybody that have known
l " ent down with a laugh and got UP with groan
| For they seldom strike on their funny. bonei
L TaHs danf
Year: 1874

Many who are suffering from the effects of
the warm weather and are debilitated, are adj
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts
of whisky two or three times day. In lit
tie while those who adopt this advice fire.
duently increase the number of " drinks.
and in time become confirmed inebriates.
beverage which will not create thirst for intox-
icating liquors, and which is intended especi-
ally for the benefit Of debilitated persons,
whether at home or abroad. is DR.. Schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the juices of
many medicinal herbs. this preparation does
not create an appetite for the intoxicating
cup, The nourishing and the life-supporting
properties of many valuable natural prodqe-
tions contained in it and we'll known to medi-
cal men have a most strengthening influence.
A single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate
its valuable qualities. For debility arising
from sickness, over exertion or from any cause
whatever, a wine glassful of Sea Weed Tonic
taken after meals will strengthen the stomach
and create an appetite for wholesome food.
To all who are about leaving their homes, we
desire to say that the excellent effects of DIR;
Schepck's seasonable remedies, Sea Weed
Tonic, and Mandrake Pills. are particularly
evident when taken by those who are inturi-
ously affected by change of water and diet.
No person should leave home without taking
o supply of these safeguards along, For sale
by all druggists. eod-l33-I5o
Year: 1874

Both houses consumed the entire day
in the discussion of the currency bill,
upon which several members aired their
eloquence in discussion Of the general
merits or dement's of the bill, or in offer
ing elabOrately drawn substitutes and
amendments, and the close Of the days
work found the bill just where it begun.
In the senate a bill was offered by Sem
ator Ramsey to provide for the transmits
sion of correspondence by telegraph.
The bill is similar to the one offered
some time ago, known as the Hub
bard pOstsl-telegraph bill, and pro-
poses 10 incorporate Gardner
&. Hubbard and his associates
as postsl-telegraph company, on con-
dition that ii shall contract with the
rostmaster-general for the transmission
OF correspondence by telegraph at rates
and in accordance with the provisions
in the bill heretofore offered. Senator
FreliBghuysen also offered bill which
had for its object the accumulation Of
gold coin into the national treasury,
with a view to an early resumption of
specie payment. In the house several
bills of minor importance were offered
previous to the resumption of the cur
rency bill, and toward the close OF the
davis session an attempt was made to
adjourn over to Monday for the proper
Observance of Good Friday, but the
movement failed, and the house will be
in session to-day as usual.
Year: 1874

The Meridian Miss Gazette says:
''We were shown yesterday evening by
Professor Stone the petTitied jaw-toOth
of monstrous animal which is suppOs-
ed to have existed on land or on sea
ages ago. The tooth was about four-by-
eight inches upon its grinding surface,
and large otherwise in proportion. 1t
was found in YazoO county and sent to
the professor to be preserved among the
relics of the MERIDIAN female college. 1t
is q great curiosity, the tooth being
fifty times as large as that of an OK, or
ten times larger than an elephants"
Year: 1874

The pledge not to use alcoholic liquors
of any kind as a beverage, and to well
come any adequate legislation, State
and national, for the suppression of the
traffic in alcoholic liquors for drinking
nnrposes. which has been in circulation
among the ministers of New York and
Prook1yn, has received over one hum
dTed signatures. Two Lady delegates
from each congregation in Sew York
eity will meet Tuesday next to fora Q
central union.
Year: 1874

Day after day the fiery sun sends down
Unmoistened heat on mountain and on plain,
While sha,l low brooks, and meadows sere and


brown,


Lift up the cry for rain.
Night after night the myriad stars move on
Undimmed by cloud, along their trackless way;
While all the dews are from the heavens with


drawn,


And e'en the flowers decay.
God send us rain! breaks from impatient lips
Yet night or morn no promise brings, or change
For still the burning sun has no eclipse


In all his daily range.
0 weary nights, o long and tolsome days,
When God holds back his moisture from the


land,
And woods, and fields, and all life's trodden


ways,


Are dry as desert-sand.
o days and nights more drear and toilsome still,
In which the parched soul sits dumb with pain,
Nor asks that God would gracious be and fill


Its empty springs again.
Lord. send thy quick'ning rain, and hill and


field
And stream, to life, as from the dead restore;
So that the autumn harvests to US yield


Their blessings as before.
Break up, o Lord, this more than summer


drought
Wherein our thirsty souls so long have lain:
Bend low thy heavens, ,ard on US Lord pour out


Thy blessed latter rain!
Year: 1874

BY YJANEE. CHENEY.
What time Gods answer to thy prayer shall
come,


Oh! heart Of mine, It's not for thee to say!
1t may be weary years, or but a day
He is not deaf, nor are His grand lips closed,
But, seeing all this restlessness of thine,
Perchance would teach thee patience.


So be calm,
That lesson learned shall be like heavenly balm,
A thread of music through thy life to twine.
1t may be He is waiting to bestow
Some hoped-for joy, so wondrously complete
That all thy life shall blossom fair and sweet
Along the way which He shall bid thee 60;
Or it may be that path thou fain wouldst
shun,


Yet better 80, if still His will be done.
Year: 1874

Perhans it is not exactly game, but it might be
easily made into one. don't know what to call it
either unless it be tourney by the Fireside," or
it may be the "HOme Encyclopedia" The idea is
this: Some one selects an object, any common one
whatever, and questions the others. Take for il
IustratioI, the lirst thing before me-a lamp. see
what a lot of questions may come out of this.
What is the lamp made of! What is brass? What
is zinc! Where does it come from? In what
shape is it found? What color? Does it melt easy
OF not? What is it used for besides to make brass3
So the same series longer of questions about the
copper. The base of the lamp has lead run into il
to make it heavy, and wh0lelO more can be learn
ell about that Then the chimney and shade are
glass, and probably but very few can tell much
about 50 common thing as that. The wick-thai
is of course, cotton. What is cotton? what part
of the plant? where is it grown, and all about ir9
why is the wick made hollow, in the form of cyl
iuder? Then the Oil-there is quite story about
that Here is single article in the room thai
would keep lot of bright boys and girls prOitably
at work whole evening. Such loOking-up o
dictionaries and other books before some OF the
questions could be properly answered! and no dOub
some of the Older people would fnd themselves al
their wits ends" TO answer all the questions thai
could be put. ] hope some of the boys and girl:
will try this for they will lind out in the first placI
how little they really know about the articles they
handle and use every day, and in the second plac'
they will find that these silent common things, like
some silent common people, have history if the!
can b. only made to tell it. At least so thinks you
Old Uucle.-lAmer. AgricGlt.
Year: 1874

The Supreme Court of Indiana has
decided the Baxter Liquor Law-the
best license liquor law that State or
any other State ever had-unconsti-
tutional and void, upon the following
petty and senseless pretext, as we
find it given by the correspondents
of the Cincinnati Commercial:


"Ihe opinion, which is by Judge
Warden, the majority of the Court
concurring, holds that the section is
in contravention of Section 10 Of
Article A of the Constitution, which
prescribes that every act shall en-
brace one subject and matters prop
erly connected, in the title. The
judges say that if the title of the bill
were simply an act concerning intox-
icating liquors, they can see no rea-
son why the section under considera-
ton might not be within the title OF
the bill. It reads: San act to regu-
late the sale of intoxicating liquors,
&c. It does not come within that
section. They say further that, grant
ing drunkenness is one of the evils
growing out of the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors covered by the title, it
does not follow that it is properly
connected in this case; for the rea-
son that the evil provided against is
intoxication generally, withoutregard
to the manner in which the liquor is
acquired. The section is declared
unconstitutional and void, anl the
judgln Mt of the Court below is
therefore affirmed"


A dissenting opinion is filed by
Judges BusEirk and Downey, Chief
Justice. The dissenting Judges hold
that the ninth section is properly
covered by the title. They cite nu-
merous precedents from half a score
of State Supreme Courts in support
of their opinion. In most of these
States the constitutional provision is
express that there shall be but one
subject contained in an act, while in
Indiana, this provision is qualified
by the words ''and matters properly
connected Herewith" They hold
that the subject only will be expressed
in the title, and on that subject they
hold that drunkenness is an evil
necessarily resulting from the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors, and section de-
fning the offense and prescribing its
punishment is properly connected by
the title of the bill"