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Year: 1874

MR.C.MARcHBANKs, the Democratic
nominee for the Senate from the Fifth
District, is reported by the Kingston
Independent to have made a speech
there the other day In which he sop
posed the Funding act, ridiculed the
Assessment law and condemned the
public printing as stupendous swim
die" We do not believe that he did
anything of the kind. The Iildepend-
ent's reporter could not have understood
him Alright.
Year: 1874

E.B Chandler, Secretary OF the state
Aid Society, states that there are from 90
To ,OO0 people who viii need to he fed the
coming winter. The people OF this Stale
are doing all they can, but will fall short.
Year: 1874

A correspondent Of the London


7in.ts, writing from Copenhagen,
says:


"A Norwegian paper is relating
tale of AN almost miraculous preser.
walton. The captain OF the schooner
Amazon, of Stavanger, recently ar
rived at Bergen with cargo Of salt,
reports that in passing the British
Channel he had the opportunity Of
saving a British lad of fifteen under
very peculiar circumstances. The
Amazon was about twelve geographic
cal miles from the British shore,
when the captain thought he OBJ
served through his telescope some
thing floating on the water. He
altered his course so AS TO get nearer,
and soon discovered that it was
small boat, in which a lad was lying
fast asleep. The shouting from tho
schooner did not awaken him, but
when small log was thrown over
into the boat he awoke with sud-
den start; an end of line was
thrown to HIM, and he was just able
t. fasten it When he swooned, and
had to be carried on board the vessel.
In the boat nothing was found but a
pair of oars and a Bible. The lad,
when brought back to life and
strength by the tender care shown
to him, gave the following account
of his fate: He was sitting on the
shore, reading his Bible, when some
of his companions came down to him
and teazed him with the manner in
which he spent his leisure time. To
escape from their banter he got into
a boat, and kept on reading, when
suddenly he discovered, to his great
dismay, that his prosecutors had cut
the line and left his frail boat to the
power Of the undermining ebb. He
tried to use the oars, but struggled
in vain against wind and water, and,
as dense fog set in, he soon lost
sight Of land. After several hours Of
alternate struggle and powerless de-
spair, he fell asleep; and sleep re-
NAMED, in fact, his only comfort
against hunger, cold, and the deep
pangs of his isolation during the
three days aad two nights which he
had spent in his frail boat, when he
was at last seen and saved. IN
happily, neither the name of the lad
nor of the place where his parents
live is given, but that will, suppose,
not be difficult to get at when the
fact obtains your wide publicity.
The name of the captain Of the ANA
zon is Thomson"
Year: 1874

You can easily mark your name
upon steel by process called etch-
ing. Coat over the tools with thin
LAYER of wax or hard tallow, by first
warming the steel and rubbing on
the wax, warm until it flows, and let
it cool. When hard mark your name
through the wax with graver, and
apply some acquafortis, nitric acid;
after a few moments wash off the
acid thoroughly with water, warm
the metal enough to melt the wax,
and wipe it off with soft rag. The
letters vii! be found etched into the
steel.
Year: 1874

One Of the IN 1T pathetic remind
ers of the recent Fall River disaster
is the habit of woman whose three
daughters were killed, but who still
insanely believes that they are alive.
Every day, when the factory bells
are ringing for dinner, the woman,
who saw her three daughters borne
away to be buried, that Sunday,takes
tin pail, as she used TO do, and
starts for Granite Mill, No. l.. Some
times her neighbors divert her atten-
ton by telling her that it isn't bell
time, but, other days she walks to the
place where the mill once stood, sees
nothing that she can recognize, turns
back in a dazed way, and goes to her
deserted home again.
Year: 1874

For juryman was drawn, and to you


do declare, ESD .
1t should of had my own choice, I'D


rather be elsewhere
For to sit and wait. and wait and sit,


and to hear some witnesses tell,
That white is black or black is white,


they have no fear OF Hell.
And lawyers they will make speech


as long as my old arm,
If it does not do them any good it sure


ly does no harm;
But we poor devils must set and listen


to their speech,
If there's dollar bill at stake they'll


stick just like leech.
Sometimes they will get very cross and


say some naughty words,
But when the jury has the case they're


as pleasant as young birds
The Judges too sometimes must laugh,


at some funny words that's said,
But would rather be at home sleep


ing in my bed. L-
One day whilst I was setting there Ia


menting my sad case,
Unfortunately feel asleep, and the


bailiff slapped my face;
1t made me little cross, it did, for l


had q pleasant dream,
l thought | was eating whortleberries


ali smothered in good cream.
And Just as he had slapped my face l


had eaten the last one, . II
Then | awoke twas but dream, and


the slap was just for fun !;
Now what I've said upon this case,


don't think it is all true,
AS | write such nonsense sometimes


when I've nothing else to do.
Year: 1874

Presence OF MISp.-Prof. Wilder
gives these short rules for action IN case
of accident For dast in the eyes,
avoid rubbing, dash water into them;
remove cinders etc, with the round


point of a lead pencil. Remove insects
from the ear by tepid water; never put
a bard instrument into the ear 1t an
artery is cut, compress above the wound:
If a vein is cut, compress below. II
choked, get upon all fours, and cough.
For light burns, dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed, cover
with yarnish. Smother FIRE with car
pets. etc; water will often spread burn
inp oil. and increase the danger. Before
going through smoke, take full breath
and then stoop low, but if carbon is
suspected, then walk erect. Suck pol
son wounds, unless your mouth is sore.
Enlarge the wound, or better, cut out
the part without delay. Hold the
wounded part as long as can be borne to
a hot coal, or end of cigar. In case
of poisoning excite vomiting by tickling
the throat, or by water and mustard.
For acid poisons, give acids; in case Of
opium poisoning, give strong coffee and
keep moving. If in water, float on the
back. with the nose and mouth project


ing. For apople1y, raise the head and
body; for fainting, lay the person fiat.
Year: 1874

for slice, and subcommittee OF the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions Is considering
their case Only two members OF this Suo-
committee served in that war; and so are "
be directly benefited; consequently thero II
some doubt about the success OF the move
Year: 1874

The lecture by ex-President Woolsey of Yale
College at the Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Church last evening was the last of The spe-
cial course, and was listened TO by large
and attentive audience. The subject of the
discourse was "The Universal Law of Nations
land its Relations to Christianity" The as
surance given by the character of The eminent
scholar and divine that the subject would be
treated u an able and interesting manner
was fully borne out by the discourse, which
is reported in this mornings TRIBUNE.
Year: 1874

The proclamations OF Captain General Jo-
Yellar for suppressing the insurrection in
Cuba have not that sanguinary appearance
which characterized those Of his predecessors ;
but in both there is the same show
of vigor His predecessors, too, had
bright auticpations of u speedy close
of the war; yet they found that the re
sources at their command were insufficient.
when it is considered that CUBA is suffering
from great commercial embaTassncnts, II Is
difficult to believe that the insmrection will
no ended in six months, as is now fondly an
ricipated.
Year: 1874

Mr.. John Quincy Adams takes no stock in
the Philadelphia Exposition. In the course of
"a speech in the Massachusetts Legislature in
opposition to a resolution requesting the SEN
atOrS aud Representatives in Congress from
that State to use their influence in favor of
an appropriation for that object, he denounced
the whole scheme as one whose sole purpose
was to make money. and as unworthy the
nation and the occasion. Mr.. Adams is apt TO
take original views of things. His speech had
the effect to lay the resolution on the table.
Year: 1874

There is negro Samson named Mel.


son de Lislc in New Orleans. lie is a
horse dealer by profession, and the trick


Of his trade is to take possession Of the
horses in an unauthorized manner. lie
was denominated a horse thief before a
conrt in New Orleans IN 1869 and sent TO


the state prison, where he stayed only
six days Of the five years awarded him


He broke jail By swapping iron bars as If
they had been pine sticks, and carrying
the outer gait fed and hid. Tho police
have been ON the lookout for him, and
afraid they would find him. The other
day two or three Of them got hold Of him,
but be got loose and laid them out on the
pavement with one blow each Of his
mighty arm. De Lisle then ran, and
the cry Of stop thief was raised, aud a
gathering crowd surgod in pursuit. A
policeman fired three shots without any
apparent effect, aud he was at length
brought 10 a halt by running into a
crowd Of d ihousand men that had col.
Iectcd about him, both before aud behind
ia hts flight. The friction Of such a mass
was TOO much for him. lie had no jaw
bone Of an ass or any modern weapon TO
wiold, or be might have wades through
that thousand men aud been free. II
took twelve muscular white Americans
to take him 10 the station house, as be
kept upa diminishing light al The way.
( he was put Ia lie stocks, aud Il was
found tia, a pistol ball tad passed ,hro'
Be- thigh, and club had ludculed his
forehead over the eve Ills yiials shleh
were covered with 5 heavy coating oi
upper lcsthcr, were uuharmed. The
authorities are thinking q putting DE
Lisle q performing fcais of strength for
their amusement, ~ The Phillisunes did
Samson Of Old. BE Is BOT of ofexaggerated
Size, being little over medium size, bat
I Biz mould Il IIerculean and bis endurance
Year: 1874

would get the money and fix it. Peck
went into the car, ! stOpped on The
platform a moment and then went over
to the saloon and begged McClell m to
give me the watch. Hesaid. "Giye mo
hundred dollars and I will give Won
the watch" BY this time the bell rang
and / had to run to get to the train
Peck did not leave on the train. NV
self and the conductor went through
the train and could not find him. I
do not think he left the station.


This is Mr.. Smalley's story of the
manner in which he lost his watch.
Mcclellan and Peck, of course. tell n
different story. After hearing ali the
testimony in the case, the Justice held
them over to await. the action of the
next Grand Jury and fixed their bonds
at 81 900 each.
Year: 1874

Butterfield & Newton announce to the
community at large, on both sides of the
river, that they will run their boat regular
ly between this and New Ulm and will pay
the highest market price for wheat. They
expect to make about one trip week and
intend to run right along until the river
freezes up. They can carry 1000 bushels
Of wheat with the lowest stage Of water
that they are likely to have. They will
go to points above the Redwood landing for
= load or any considerable portion Of a
load. Inquire Of James McMillen ~ to
price, sacks and any other information de-
sired.
Year: 1874

She walks at respectful distance behind him.
never arm In arm. The new cOmers are not In
cluded IN this statement.


SHEEP PENNIEG DAY
is the great island holiday On this day the
children are permitted TO have little candy and
few ginger nuts.


Ihese are some OF the special and peculiar
characterlStcs OF these people, and to the student
oi American civilization they are interesting.
Year: 1874

We wish our space admitted of
our publishing the entire splendid
oration of Rev DR.. Palmer, FIRST pub
lished by the Mobile Register. We
make a couple of extracts from it; a
careful perusal and earnest consider
alton of which we commend to our
weak kneed friends.


"But if our duty is so clear as to
the record of the struggle, the obli>
cation is still more commanding to
uphold with a constant faith the vital
issues which we're embarked in it. |
do not embrace under this term the
institution. of slavery, which was a
mere incident of the confict-the
ostensible pivot upon which it turn
ed, rather than its producing cause.
This lay immeasurably deeper, in an
irreconcilable difference of interpre>
tation as to the nature and powers Of
Of the Government itself. That is
sue, more obtrusively presented only
because more palpable and concrete
than any other, has now passed away
Il suppose, with the intelligent as
cent Of all parties. But the questions
as to the fundamental principles Of a
Republican Government remain to
be determined iu the outworkings OF
the future. What / desire to lay
is this: that principles which men were
willing to die for, are equally worth
living for. These proud eulogies up
on our dead are sheer hypocrisy, unless
we believe them fallen to have in the
service Of truth and right-aDd we can,
withno show of decency, decorate their
tombs, without firm purpose 10 per-
petuate the doctrines to which they
were martyrs.


1t is trying ordeal to which we
are summoned. The sternest virtue
alone can keep us from crumbling
through attrition. The daily cruci-
fixion Of the spirit is harder to be
borne, than the torture Of the body.
Happier are these dead. who by one
lofty act Of sacrifice have secured an
Immortality Of praise whilst we
survive to bear in silence the stigma
Of the very terms in which our cause
is conveyed to posterity. But the
truest heroism lies just here: to stand
mistaken by all the calamities of our
defeat--to accept with Tatience
the prescription and the pow
erty which form our lotto en-
dure without a murmur the misrep-
resentation Of our words and motives
to sustain with dignity the obloquy
Year: 1874

From all sides comes tidings of tht
deleterious effects on field laborers o
the overflow and the distribution o
rations gratuitously to them. On the
Lafourche the negroes living on inun
dated lands refuse work offered, anG


remain in their cabins all day, ventur


ing out only when the food giver


them has been consumed and theil


visit to the agents Of the Distributing


Committee is rendered necessary


Tlanters living on land above water
testify to the fact that the bountiful
charity of the people of the country
has so demoralized labor that it is
only with extreme difficulty that a
sufficient number of hands can be OBJ
tanned to cultivate their plantations,
Notwithstanding the fact that thou
sands are idle.


From Tensas parish we learn that
the negroes even 60 so far as to make
wariike demonstrations against the
agents of our committee, and threaten
vengeance if their wants are not i'm
mediately supplied. All this is no
fault of the gentlemen here who have
charge of these charities. Their in
structions are rigid and clear. They
direct their sgcnts not to furnish ra-
tions to any who refuse work, or who
do not seek to obtain subsistence out
side the agency, and they have by
every possible means endeavored to
prevent any misappropriation of the
provisions and money donated. In
some parishes the white sufferers are
crowded out and the lazy field hand
paddles home over the waste Of wa
ters in his canoe, laden with sugar.
cured hams, -four, and other luxuries,
to him hitherto unknown.


We fear very much that our State
will feel the sad effects of all this.
The negro, always satisfied with
whatever relieves present necessities,
will, after receiving his support dur
ing the inundation without working
for it, surely resort to any expedisnt
10 the future rather than labor. The
food has been terrible, but we fear its
effects will be worse.
Year: 1874

Robert Ovens dream has become
reality in the New Forest, where an
elderly 'Flady of wealth and position -
has assembled about 130 men and wo


men to have them live as ct mmunists.
They occupy thirty-one acres, donated
for the most part by the lady, and, as
may readily be supposed, the large ma
iority of them are from the poorer
classes, AMI were very willing to accept
an offer which assured to them easy
times and full stomachs. The principle
on which the community is based is
that rich and poor alike shall give up all
they possess for the common behoof !;
yet one or two persons of means, sur
prising as that may seem, have joined
the community and complied with this
condition. No money is used except as
means of buying from the outer world
what the farm will not supply, and, as
the arm is not sufficiently productive
to feed the community, it seems evident
that the communists are using up their
capital. While the great principles of
liberty, equality and fraternity are in
force ia this earthly PARADISE, yet "they
are subordinate to another principle,
that of obedience" The mother" as
the patroness of the institution is called,
is supreme. and her bidding must be
done in all things She assigns the
tasks and labors of the day, and at her
magic word the whilom tailor must be-
come a cobbler, and the cobbler the
purveyor of meat. It will be readily
{ cen that this government will occasion
a precious deal of trouble when the
lady grows old and childish. The flow
ers, the sewing, the washing, the house
keeping and cooking are assigned to
different departments of the sisters,
and everything at present goes like
clock-work. All the women, young and
old, are dressed in plain bodice, short
skirt and trousers, which generally are
becoming to them. The hair floats at
will down the back. The men dress
with the greatest plainness and neat
ness, and music is the chief art and
recreation of the community, which, it
should be said, holds no new or "ad-
vanced" notions on the marriage ques-
ton, and, therefore, is not regarded by
the neighbors as immoral and objection
able
Year: 1874

We all remember that thrill of an
guish ran up and down the spinal col
Hmn of the American people when q
certain announcement was made soon
after the marriage of Edinburg to the
czarina. We all know how the daughters
of Columbia arose as one man and in
dignantly cast back the foul allegation
into the teeth of the alligator, whoever
he or she might be. Now, however, we
have the pleasure to announce that it is
all right. England is not absolutely
starving for lack of royal family, but
will probably be inclined to welcome
this Anglo Cossack little stranger, as
Mrs. Edinburg's papa is rich and care
less, and will be very likely to come
down with something handsome on the
occasion. 1t is interesting to know also
that the cherub has been born, if not
with G. silver spoon in its mouth, at
least with half dozen in the cupboard,
and will not be absolutely destitute of a
mug. This is from reliable authority.
Edinburg from this time will have to
give up his dge-meetipgs and private
smokes in the club snuggery and con-
duct himself as beeometh the father of
a family and the sire of a secondhand
Romanoff. Tha czarina is reported to
be a great stickIer for the proprieties of
life, like Victoria, and between them
both the outlook for Edinburg is not so
festive as it might be. However, there
is one comfort, his mother-in-law can't
STAY with him forever, which will at
least take from him the temptation to
follow the Romanoff example and put a
little cold pizen in his old lady's tea
pot.-tSt. Louis Republican.
Year: 1874

This is what children ought on every
account to be accustomed to from the
first it is vastly more for their present
health and comfort than little nice
things with which fond parents are so
often apt to vitiate their appetites and
it will save them great deal of morti-
fication in after life. If you make it a
point to give them the best of every
thing to pamper them with rich cakes,
sweetmeats and sugar piums if you al
low them to say with scowl, 81 don't
like this or that" 81 can't eat that, +"
and then go away and make them lit
tie toast, or kill a chicken for their
dainty palates-depend upon it you are
doing a great injury, not only on the
score of denying full muscle and rosy
cheek, but of forming one of the most
inconvenient habits that they can carry
along with them in after life. When
they come to leave you they will not
half the time find anything they can
eat-and thus you will prepare them to
O chafng and grumbling through life,
the veriest slaves almost in the world.


Mothers, listen and be warned in
time, for the time will come when you
Year: 1874

A writer in the Arcadian speaks of
"the American girl abroad" as follows:
"We have discovered that she can
dance and speak French. Let us inquire
whether she can talk. Certainly, we
have Just heard her at the table. She
can tell you who was the favorite tenor
in New York last season, and who will
probably be so next, and compare the
principal opera-houses of Europe with
the academy of music at home. She can
relate to you the private history of
Count Walewski and Baron Rosengar-
ten, can tell you why the former was not
received in London society, and what
induced Mrs. Bricabrac to refuse her
patronage to the latter in New York.
She is on intimate terms with the lady
who brought out the Polish exile that
made such sensation among the old
Kuickerbocker families, and can give
you scrappy genealogical information
as to the unquestionable possessOrs of
blue blood. She will criticise with
frankness Les IdeRs de Nine. Aubray,'
and is half a convert to the convictions
of the author of Monsieur Alphonse.'
She will tell You, with as near an ap-
proach to effusion as she ever makes,
that she has eighteen bosom friends and
correspondents at home, and read you
portions of their letters, if you have
purchased for her a sufficient number of
bouquets and advanced far enough into
her good graces. She does not always
speak dramatically, having an odd
way of confusing the nominative and
objective Gas es, and you was in prefer
ence to the plural form of the verb.
But she always has plenty to say, and
is Indifferent as to where she says it.
One of the chief charms of her con-
versation is the patience and publicity
with which she corrects her mothers
pronunciation. That unfortunate lady,
far from being able to master a solitary
word in the French language, has not
been capable of coping successfully
with the difficulties in her own. But
she is never ashamed of her ignorance,
and accepts the correction of her more
gifted daughter with meekness that is
not without certain grace. Words of
five sylIables are her special bugbear,
and her alert daughter is never so en-
crossed in the delights of gossip as not
to detect the false quantity, trip the de-
linquent up, and set the fraudulency
right before the surrounding group"