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Year: 1874

astonishment, Without explaining
his action, he drew her to him with
one strong young arm, and said,
almost solemn|v:


Ida, love you. VIII you give
yourself to me?'


She gave him another searching
glance. Face and voice were too
grave and earnest to admit of doubts
or trifling, even had she been so
disposed. She only let her head
drop again to his broad shoulder,
and said, in low, clear voice:


Yes if you will take me-


If | will Both passion and tri>
umph were in Maxwell Derwent's
voice as he clasped her close to his
bosom, and holding her closer, said.
gently, IT'LL death do US part, Ida.


Till death do us part softly and
solemnly repeated Ida.
A little later Maxwell told her
his story. And at its close he kis-
sed the blue robe once more, saying
1T has made made me very misera
BILE and.ivery happy, too


And if he kissed the wearer as
we'll as the robe, | don't know who
had better right, I'm sure, for the
blue poI'lln and the blue>eyed girl
who wore ii were his own property,
! to be sure
Year: 1874

Resolyed, First: That we are in fa~
vor of the redemption offve>tWenty
bonds and greenbacks according to
the law under which they are is
sued.


Second: We are in favor of the re
peal of the law of March, 1869,
which assumed to construe the law
so as to make such bonds payable
exclusively in gold.


Third: We are in favor of the re-
peal of the National Banking law
and the substitution of greenbacks
for the National Bank currency.
Fourth: We are in favor of a res
turn to specie payment as soon as
the business interests of the cOun-
try will permit.
Fifth: We are in favor Of such
legislation from time to time as will
adjust the volume of the currency to
the commercial and industrial wants
of the countay.
Year: 1874

Yet Ida had never looked so
lovely as she did tonight. Her
fair cheek was flushed the hue of a
pink sea-shell, her blue eyes lit with
a happy light, two or three soft
curls straying from the golden
crown on her pretty head down
over her white shoulders, and moth
ing could have been more becom-
ing to her blonde beauty than the
lustriouS blue folds which fel
around her slender figure, and trail
ed upon the rich carpet beneath hel
feet.
Year: 1874

The people Of Galveston are not
disposed to aquiesce in the contracts
made by their city council for paw
ing the city, and called mass meet,
ing for yesterday to take action.
The manifestation Of this sort Of di.
rect interest in their own affairs, by
the people, is new thing under the
sun, and can only result in good to
them, by amore thorough care for
their own best interest. Public SER
wants must, and will come mp to the
standard erectd by the people them
selves, as
Year: 1874

The excitement at Bryan, with re-
gard to the late rape case, has not
perceptibly decreased. The foul
fiends are beng hung wherever
found. We trust that this terrible
punishment will serve TO deter these
OF like brutality from ever attempt.
ing o similar outrage.
Year: 1874

His Confession OF killing the Organ
Grinder-Search for tho Remains Under
His Direction.


HUDSON. N. Y, April %, 1874
Waltz, the Catskill murderer, was taken to the
farm very quietly this morning by the Sheriff and
his posse, and he pointed out the spot where he
alleges his first victim, an organ grinder, was
buried four feet under ground The place is covered
with water and is being drained, preparatory to
digging III order to verify his story An organ wheel
the sponge with which, he says he wiped up the
BLOOD were found In the places which he
designated. The digging for the body will be CON-
menced as soon as the water is drained Oh. There
seems now but little doubt that Waltz killed two
men previous TO the scissors grinder.
Year: 1874

The Pilot Commissioners held q meeting yester.
day afternoon to inquire into the cause of the dis
aster to the Puritan which at the time OF the acci
dent was In charge Of Pilot Campbell. The session
was private, and the papers got none OF the evi-
dence taken. Commissioner Blunt says that the
finding OF the committee Is that at the time OF the
misnap there was quite panic on board the ves-
sci, and that Campbell explains his action by
stating that ne mistook the buoy on the Outer
Middle. Captain D0ree, OF the Puritan, was not
on hand, SO the investigation closed without his
testimony, yesterday being the third time he alb
sented himself. The finuing OF the commission is
that Campbell was in measure to blame, and that
he be suspended until iurtaer inquiries can be
made.
Year: 1874

Our report of the speech made by
Judge John n. Lea IN the Tenth ward,
last night, though somewhat meager,
gives assurance that the people viii
find no cause to regret having literally
forced him into their service. His
views as to the minor Importance of the
Senatorial contest, compared with the
various absolutely essential reforms to
which the new General Assembly
should devote its attention, are emi-
nently sound and practical. We re-
gret they have not a stronger hold upon
the public mind.
Year: 1874

WITH a Democratic majority of at
least $500 in this county, the Radical
dark-lante1n candidates for Senator and
Representative can hope to be elected
in but one way. They propose to
swindle the necessary number of Dem
ocrats out of their votes by promising
to support this or that Democrat for
United States Senator.
Year: 1874

In front of the City Hall to night several
speeches were made. The meeting was
large and enthusiastic. A series Of resOlu-
tiOEs were adopted, calling upon their fel
low citizens, over all this broad land, TO
take heed lest the sword now drawing the
life-blood of Louisiana, be not soon pointed
at their own defenseless breasts.
Year: 1874

THE people have taken much trouble
to get Up their conventions of this
year, and secure proper candidates, but
1t all goes for naught unless they stand
by their nominees Tuesday next.
Year: 1874

Among the recent innovations on
old time practice is the introduction
of the culture of Hungarian grass.
On account Of its producing about
double the average crop Of hay, no
less than that It's eaten freely both
By cows and horses, making a change
Of food, which Of itself promotes ap-
petite, tits becoming a common crep
in this section. 1t is usually sOwn
during the first and second weekof the
present month, and a crop Of wheat
after it is thought to do better than
after crop of oats. One peck to
halt a busheI per acre is the quantity
to sow, depending On the condition ol
the land: if this is not in good heart
the larger amount Of seed is requi-
site.


While Of latter years, there have
been undoubtedly many drawbacks
to the farming interests, the general
introduction on our dairy farms Of
sOwn corn and Hungarian grass, both
largely exceeding hay in product t.
the acre, may fairly be estimated on
the other side Of the account, ena-
bling the farmer to keep much more
stock on the same amount Of land.
Occasional change Of food for cur do
nestle animals is getting to be rec
ognized as Of much Importance 10
promoting health and appetite Cut
ting up with a machine and feeding
neither hay nor cornfOdder whole, IS
proved to be sound economy Steam
ing food is sure TO follow, as IS sOli-
ing instead Of pasturing The adop-
ton of these two last is only q ques-
ton Of time.
Year: 1874

To understand the philosophy Of
Of this beautiful and often sublime
phenomenon so ollcn witnessed and
50 very essential to the existence Of
plants and ANIMALS. a few facts deriv-
cd from observation and long
.rain ei experiments must be remeln-
bercd.


J. Were the atmosphere here.
everywhere and at all times, of uni
form temperature. we should never
have rain, hail OF snow The water
absorbed by it in evaporation, from
the sea, and the earth's surface,
would descend in an imperceptible
vapor, or cease to be absorbed BY the
sir when it was once fully saturated.


, The absorbing power Of the at
mosphere, and consequently its ca
paeity to retain humidity, is proper
tionately greater in warm than in
cold ar. The air near the surface Of
the earth is warmer than it is in the
regions Of the clouds. The higher
We ascend from the earth the colder
do We and the atmosphere. Hence
the perpetual snow on very high
mountains in the hottest cline.


Now. when continued evaporation
the air is highly saturated with va
por, though it be invisible and the
sky cloudless, if its temperature Is
suddenly reduced by cold currents
descending from above, or rushing
from a higher TO a lower latitude by
the motion Of saturated air to
lower latitude, its capacity to retain
moisture is diminished, clouds are
formed, aud rain is the result 1t
eOndenses, it eools, and is Ike a
sponge filed with water which It's
diminished capacity cannot hold.
Year: 1874

A correspondent of the Boston
Globe, writing of the Mil River dis
aster, saws: "Some Of the wOrkmen
OF the brass works have little hero
of their own in the person of Jimmy
Ryan, Tom Ryan's boy lad about
twelve years of age, whose father
worked in one of the shops and lived
up at Williamsburg. When the news
first came to that village he got his
mother and seven little brothers out
of the house to a place of safety, and
then took q team and drove to Hay
denville to warn his father He and
Graves left the village together, and
those who saw them thought they
were racing horses. He reached
Haydenville after Graves and before
Hileman turned back, aud went
straight to his father in the brass
shop, and told him and other work
men what bad happened.-Many OF
the workmen say that they received
the first warning from Jimmy Ryan,
as did some people along the road as
! he came down"
Year: 1874

When Napoleon the Great died AZ
St Helena an English physician took
charge Of his heart, depositing it in
a silver basin filed with water.
Two tapers burned near it, but the
custodian felt neryOusly anxious
while watching it through the night,
and could not sleep. In the silence
Of midnight be heard a arustling sound
then a plunge into the water, and
rebound on the floor, all occurring
with the quiekness OF thought de
sprang from his bed to see an ener-
nous rat dragging the preselous rene
10 his bolel A momen more and the
heart which had been too vast IN It's
ambition to be satisfied with the
sovereignty of continental Europe;
wonId have been more degraded
than the dust Of Imperial Cesar.
Year: 1874

An English journal says; Few
persons are aware Of the magnitude
20 which the rose may be grown, or
the splendid effect it can be made to
produce on lawn orpleasure groundi
vet with a sufficiently strong stem,
and a system of careful and patient
training, there can be no reasonable
doubt but that the standard roses can
be grown to the size and form Of the
ordinary examples of the weeping
ash. having the branches all Produe-
ed from the top Of single stem, and
towering downward upon all sides
a very ornamental object for the
lawn.
Year: 1874

L never could have lived through
another meal in that house.


l have since heard that Mr.. Lord
said that if had seen the Elders wife
before she was married, Sally might
have gone to the dickens.


AIasl aIt might have beenI'r
Year: 1874

Another Man with q Fractured Skull.


On the morning of November % an unknown
man. about thirty years olo, was found in an un-
conscious condition in an alleyway in Lexington
avenue, near Forty seventh street. He was taken
to the Twenty-frst precinct station house by
Oficer Minnie, OF that precinct, and afterwards
removed to Bellevue Hospital, where ne died nine
to hold an inquest, alter which Deputy Coroner
Marsh made an autopsy or the body and iound q
large cot Of blood on the lett side OF the brain.
There was also q fracture OF the left temporal
bone. In the opinion OF DR.. Marsh death was due
to compression OF the brain following fracture o.
the skull, resulting from violence Of some kind
The injuries NAV have been the result OF an acci
dental d ia captain acElvaine q the wweny ,H
deceased was Injured.
Year: 1874

Application will be made this morning In the
Common Pleas Court for an injunction to restrain
the police from interfering with the Strakosch
Sunday concerts.


Judge Donohue yesterday evening gave decis.
ION denying the motion to compel the Marine Court
Judges TO lntrust the processes TO the marshals
instead OF the Sheriff and his officers. The case is
not one for o mandamus and the marshas, II any
wrong 10 done, have remedy in the Marine Court.
and II there be wrong decision they can appeal.


sigismund schwab. convicted IN the oyer and
Terminer Court OF selling wine without license
nom the Excise Board. was yesterday surrendered
BY his patlsman the President OF the Liquor Deal
ers' Association. It was late In the afternoou
when his counsel succeeded In finding new bail.
Year: 1874

Railroad Company seeks TO Set Aside


Verdict for Dam ges.


Before Judges Nelson and McCue.


On the 18th of January, 1873, Thomas Ennis, q
minor, stepped on the front platform OF car be.
longing to the Coney Island Railroad Company,
which was Standing still on the corner OF Jay and
Sands streets While In the act or stepping on to
the platform, he was struck by the brake of the
car with great violence. and, falling beneath the
vehicle, one OF the wheels passed over his hand
On the trial which ensued, IL was shown that the
driver had mold OF the brake and let 90 of it sud-
denly as soon as the plaintiff had one foot on the
iron step and the other on the wooden platform.
The law requires from the defendants the exercise
OF such care on their part aud OF their servants
Will insure the safe carriage OF their passengers so
far as their safety depends upon the diligence
and care or those engaged IN such carriage, and
makes them responsible for any injury sustained
from omission on their part. 1t was argued on
the trial that instead oi guiding the brake slowly
around the driver let 90 OF It, thereby causing it to
swing around swiftly and strike tae plaintiff IN the
face. The rear platform OF the car was full at
the time, so that his attempt TO get on the front
was not negligence, and could not exonerate the
defendant from the consequences of lnuring him
by such cupable negligence. The jury on the trial
awarded Ennis, the plaintiff, verdict for So, 200
damages Yesterday Mr.. Winchester Britton, as
counsel for the rsiroad company, argued that the
granted, as the patntin was party to the injury,
he having violated the rules or the company by
getting on the front platform. The Court reserved
1ta decision.
Year: 1874

Eleven station house dodgers were brought be.
fore Judge smith, yesterday, and complaint OF
vagrancY was preferred against them by Captain
Van Dusen. OF the Fifteenth precinct. They were
a!l committed to the care OF the Commissioners or
CnaIities and Correction.
Year: 1874




The american Artisda has an ac-
count of new process, the invention
of Mr.. Kichofer, for preserving milk.
The object of this invention is to
subject milk to such treatment that,
without altering It's elements or taste
and without the addition of any for
eign substance, it may be preserved
in its natural statef or several months
without change, except the rising
of cream, whether it be kept in a
state of rest or subject to constant
movement as in sea voyages. IF
this object be accomplished, the in
vention is a most important one, as
condensed milk is not in favor with
most people when used directly as
an article of food, although it is ex-
cellent when used in cookery, or for
tea and coffee. In Mr.. Kirchofer's
process the milk, fresh drawn from
the COW, is placed in cans or bottles,
which are filled nearly full as posi-
BILE, and Immediately corked tightly
or hermetieally sealed.


The cans or bottles are then placed
in a bath of water, heated to the
same temperature as the milk, in
such a manner as to allow free cir
culation of water beneath and
around, but not over them. The
temperature of the water bath Is
then slowly raised to between 16O
and ITO deg. Farh. The water is
kept at this temperature for a great
er or less length of time, according
to the period during which it is de-
sired to preserve the milk. One
hour will, it is claimed, preserve the
milk four or five weeks. Five hours
heating is enough for eights months
or year.


The fire is then withdrawn and
the bath allowed to cool down slow
ly, after which the cans are with
drawn and the operation is complet-
ed. An essential condition of sue
cess in this process is that the yes-
sells designed to contain the milk
should be perfectly clean and sweet,
and the milk itself pure and unadul-
terated. If the temperature be raised
above the degree indicated, the
milk acquires a cooked taste.
Year: 1874

insulted and espOiled-denied the
right of self government, although she
had been the first to plant the seed of
Anglo empire upon this
continent. and had so often and so
bravely defended it from those who
were unwilling to see 1t grow. But
she did not yield to jgnoble despair Oh
that account. When she found that it
was designed to place her under the
heel of the negro, she called her sons
together and told them that they must
save her from that disgrace, but to do
it they must bury all recollections of
former feuds and divisions. They did
it. They did save their mother from
the shame and disgrace of such a spec
tacle. She still lifts up her face to the
world unspotted, unsulied, and BEAM
ing with affection for her children.
who have never deserted her in any OF
her trials. She will never forget their
love or their services. but will bury her
dead with q mothers love, and keep in
everlasting remembrance the cause
for which they died. Their enemies
cry out rebellion" if they choose
Rebellion to whom? Not to hel
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest


BY all their country's wishes blest


When Spring returns with dewy fingers cold,
To deck tho turf which keeps their hallow ed mould
She there shall dress a sweeter sod


Than Fancy's feet have ever trod


By fairy tongdes their dirge is sung,


By fairy hands their knell is rung;


Here honor comes pilgrim gray,


To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair


To dwell a weeping hermit there"
Year: 1874

There are but two radical daily
papers in Tennessee, and both are
published by Post Masters. Here
is what one of them says.-ED.
News.


The President. some mouths ago,
expressed the opinion that it would
be necessary for the Republican par
ty to 'unIoad," but the efforts of the
party have not been sufficiently rapid
and effective in that direction, and
the people are simply helping the
work along a little, Ii the party
learns the lesson properly, which
these revorseS are calculated to teach
all will be well with it two years from
to>day; if not it will GO to destruc-
tion, and some other party organiza-
tion will rise up to carry into effect
Its political principles.


The Democrats will unquestiona-
bly, have the next House of Represent
tatiyes but there is no ground for
alarm among Republicans as to the
future sscendercy of their party, if
they wall resolve shat it shall serve
the people and be controlled by the
people Ben. Butler was able to
pack and control the party conven
tion in his district. but he could not
stuff the bsiiots of Republican party

voters into the ballot box. If party
success we're the only consideration,
we should not now think of swapping
parties with Democrat in order to
attain 1t.


This sounds rsther well, but it
comes a little toe late. You re-
fused to unload and the people
have now taken the JOB eff your
hands and they are unloading you,
so suddenly :hat your heads are
swimming.
Year: 1874

We have met here to renew the ties
which bind US together to a common
struggle, and common sufferings we
have come TO weave again still more
firmly the bonds of an olden fellow
ship which binds us TO each other and
which we are proud to remember.
May neither rivalry nor resentment
fret those bonds assunder. have some
where heard that a club was once
for ned amongst the survivors of the
British Army which was engaged at
Waterloo, composed of officers of a
certain rank who were to meet annu-
ally to celebrate the anniversary of
that battle. But their numbers
thinned SO rapidly that their meet
ings became better calculated to cele-
brate the deaths of the absentees than
to promote pleasant intercourse
amongst the living. So melancholy
became those meetings that members
of all ranks were admitted from the
army, and finally the meetings them
selves were abandoned. 1t will be
long before we shall be subjected to
this catastrophe, we draw from SO
much larger number and descend so
much lower ia the scale of the ages of
those who may form our ranks. But
still nature will hold its course, and
the time must come when we may
draw no longer from living sources for
the history for which | understand it
is our chief purpose to collect the ma
terials from those who were actors in
the scenes and affairs which we pro-
pose to commemorate. This, | sup
pose, is the great object of this Associa-
ton, and well loes 1t behoove US to ac-
complish it We have helped t. make
this history let Us see that it be truth
fully written. For wo! 20 the people
who leave it to their conquerors to
write the history of the contest. The
temptations To faIsify the record are so
strong that it seems TO be difficuit to
avert them. Already we have boasts
of victories which no contemporaries
of those events expected to hear
claimed.
Year: 1874

The King of Bavaria IS eccentric, His engagement to marry princess is said to have been suddenly broken off because she persisted in refusing to ex- press admiration for Wagners music. Among his freaks was the construction of lake on the top of his palace, Tn which he sailed about in boat for rec reation. A few yea1s since he took a notion that he wanted to see repre- sentation of an eruption of Mount Yes uvius, and immediately ordered court pyrotechnist to proceed, regardless of cost, to produce such. Q spectacle on the mountain near his secluded palace. He complied with the order, but the repre- sentation was not satisfactory. The court pyrotechnist at Vienna was then sent for, and he made extensive prepa rations and gave entire satisfaction, and had an order for it's repetition, the King expecting and thinking that he was and would be the only spectator He, however, heard that the villagers had assembled at the foot of the noun tain and had witnessed the spectacle also. On hearing this he countermand- ed the order for it's repetition, sent the pyrotechnist home, and, ordering the burgomaster of the village before him, severely rated him for allowing the people to approach the mountain.