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Year: 1874

Something new is the musical tree.
It is owned by a resident of Murray
Hill, who purchased it in Europe,
and is quite positive it is the only
thing of the Kind ir America 1t is
an artificial tree or bush about five
feet high, set in a large square tub Of
Russian leather. 1t looks very natural
and beautiful, every leaf, sprig and
twig being absolutely perfect in the
workmanship Of copying Nature
Touch a knob on the side of the tub
and instantly the tree is literally illeS
with small birds of every imaginable
hue and color, including those repre-
sented in the rainbow, Each and
every bird begins to sing, and very
sweetly, too, their soft notes blending
beautifully in harmony. Touch the
knob again and the birds disappear
mysteriously, to reappear whenever
summoned by pressure OF the little
gold knob. And this is the musical
tree about which SO much is said in
fashionable circles uptown.


NoRvAL.
Year: 1874

The caucus has reached no conclu-
sion with reference toSouthern affairs.
and great variety of opinion exists
The subject is regarded on all sides as
presenting most difficult problem,
and the whole matter will be still fur
ther and more carefully considered
before any 6nal action is taken. A
proposition to recognize the Kellogg
government in Louisiana met with
considerable support, though it was
also strongly opposed. Those who
desire this action urge it as the short
est and best method of solving the
difficulties in that State. The caucus
committee reported in favor Of the
admission Of Pinchback as Senator
from Louisiana, but the caucus disa
greed to the proposition, and referred
the matter to the Committee of Privi-
leges and Elections substantially in
the following form:


Resolved. That the credentials OF
2. B. S. Pinchback entitle him to a
seat in the Senate o. the United
States, but charges having been made
affecting his personal character in
connection with the methods of his
election, render it expedient to refer
his case to the Committee of Priv
ileges and Elections"
Year: 1874

A correspondent of the Couier-
Journal furnished the following in
teresting account of Theodore Til.
toms rise, progress, and decline in
the editorial world:


He is a native of New York. and
was left, when quite boy, depend
ing upon his own exertions, owing to
the death of his father. He went to
the college of New York for a time
and while there learned to write
short hand. This enabled him 20
find employment on the Tribune,
Frank Ottarson, who was then city
editor. gave him his first piece of
work, and took quite fancy to him.
He soou left daily newspaper work
to take position in the Observer
office, where he worked faithfully
as he once said, enough verse to hang
any man, and doing general utility
work. From this position he went to
the Independent, of which Beecher
was editor in chief. The latter be-
frinded him in many ways; and Til
ION owes more of his advancement
to Mr. Beecher than to any other
person. When the latter resigned
the editorship of the Independent his
ycung assistant succeeded him at his
recommendation and thus at the
age Of about twenty-five, Tilton
came into public prominence. HIS
position has scarcely beer paralleled
for one so young. He had salary
which, in time, was equal to that
paid to Horace Greedy: he was paid
81, 200, with the privilege. of lectur'
ing, having refused $4,000 without
that privilege. His duties consisted
mainly of writing one double loaded
leader every week, all the routine
work being pefor,aed by Oliver John
son, then office editor of the lnde-
pendent. This was certainly ex'
traordinary pay, but Tilton deserved
it. He is a brilliant writer, and,
when inspired by a great theme. he
can write in the grand style. The
trouble was, however, that be treated
all subjects-ih this style. and this
sometimes gave unmeritod promi'
nence to articles on trifling themes.
During each winter he would fill
about one hundred engagements to
lecture andthus he gained a national
reputation bS his eloquence, IN adj
dition to the eclat which his position
as editor Of the Independent brought
him. Is iF any wonder that he should
have been carried away by such sue
Year: 1874

The amount of liquid matter which
passes through the micrOscOplcal tubes
of the skin, sin twenty-fOur hours, in
aDy adult person of sound health, is
about sixteen fluid ounces, or one pint.
One ounce of the sixteen is solid mat
ter, made up of organic and inorganic
substances, which, if allowed to re-
main in the system for a space of
time would cause death. The rest is
water. Besides the water and solid
matter, large amount of caTbOlic
acid, gaseous body, passes through
the tubes so we cannot fail to under
stand that they are active workers,
and also we cannot fail to see the inn
portance of keeping them in perfect
working order, removing obstructions
by frequent application of water, or by
some other means.


Suppose we obstruct the functions
OF the skin perfectly by vanishing q
person completely with compound, e,
impervious to moisture. How long
will he live? Not over six hours
Tie experiment was once tried on a
child in Florence. Pope Leo, the
tenth, on the occasion of his accession
to the papal chair. wished to have a
living figure to represent the Golden
Age, and so gilded q poor child all
over with yarnish and gold leaf. The
child died in few hours. Ii the FUR
of a rabbit or the skin of pig be COW
cred with solution of India rubber IN
napthia, the animal ceases to breathe
in two hours.
Year: 1874

Some people are always too late. and
therefore accomplish through life moth
ing worth naming. il they promise
to meet you at such an hour, they are
never present until thirty minutes af-
ter. No matter how important the
business is either to yourself or TO them
they are Just as tardy II one OF TINS
class is to take passage by steamer or
railway, he arrives just as the boat has
left the warf, or the train the station
His dinner has been waiting for him
50 long that the cook is out of patience.
This course, the character we have de-
scribed always pursues. He is never
IN time for church; at bis place OF
business, at his meals, or ia his bed
Persons of such habits, we cannot but
despise. Always start iR time, and be
ready at the appointed hour. We
would not give fig for a man who is
not punctual to his engagements, and
who never makes up his mind to q
certain course till the time is lost
Those who hang back, hesitate and
tremble-who are never at hand for a
journey, to meet an appointment for
business, or anything else-are poor
sloths, and are i'll calculated to succeed
Ia business or get living in this
world,
Year: 1874

On a ranch ON the Carson river,
eight miles below the mouth of Six
mile Canon, is to be seen herd of
twenty-six camels, all but two of
which were born and raised in Neva-
da. But two of the old herd of nine or
ten brought here some years ago are
now living. 1t would seem that the
original lot fell into the hands of
Mexicans, who treated them very bad
ly, overlooking and abusing them
The men who now have them are
Frenchmen, who had formerly some
experience with camels in Europe
They find no difficulty in rearing
them, and now show twenty-four fine
healthy animals, all Of WashOe
growth The camel may now be said
to be thoroughly acclimdued IN the
State. The owners OF the herd find 1t
no more difficult to breed and rear
them than would be experienced with
the same number of goats or dOnkeys.
The ranch upon which they are kept
is sandy and sterile in the extreme :;
vet the animals feast and grow fat on
such prickly shrubs and bitter weeds
AS no other animals would touch
When left to themselves their great
delight, after filling themselves with
the coarse heritage of the desert, is TO
lie and roll in the hot sand. They are
used in packing salt to the mills OF
the river, from the marshes lying in
the deserts some sixty miles to the
eastward, They have animals that
easily pack eleven hundred pounds.
Year: 1874

WARRINGTON, August 1.


J. w. Smith, the South Carolina
colored cadet at West Point, who was
dismissed for deficiency in philosophy,
details the history of his examination
in a communication to the New Ma
tionGi Era, showing that the report
made against him was not for de-
liciency, but in accordance with a
suggestion from high authority not to
allow him to graduate, and thereby
save the War Department the
onerous task of finding a suitable
assignment in the army where he
would be welcomed by the white
officers as an officer and gentleman.
He quotes the following from the
Brooklyn Argus;


Though he has written letters to
his friends and is quite sanguine about
returning and finally graduating, the
professors and cadets say there is not
the slightest chance. Said pro-
fessor to friend. the other day: 1T
will be long time before any one
belonging to the colored race can
graduate at West Point. ;"


He then goes on to say that he has
a few pertinent question so ask which
he would like certain people to
answer. He says: 'At an interview
which l had with the Secretary of
War, on the 18th instant, the Secre-
tarv said that he went to West Point
this year for a purpose, and that he
was there both before and after my
examination, and conversed with
some of the professors concerning
me. Now did that visit and those
conversation have anything to do
with the finding of the academical
board? Did they have anything to
do with that wondeful wisdom and
foresight displayed by the professors
and cadets in commenting upon my
chances for getting back? Why should
the Secretary of War go to West
Point this year for a purpose, and
converse with the professor about me
both before and after the examina-
tion? Besides, he spoke of an in
terview he had with Col. Ruger,
superintendent of the Academy in
New York, on Sunday, the 18th
instant, in reference to me, during
which Col. Ruger had said that the
Academic board would nGt recOm>
mend me to return. Is it very wOn-
derful that the Academic board
should refuse such recommendation
after those very interesting conver>
sations which were held both before
and after the recommendation? Why
was the Secretary away from West
Point at the time of examination?
Year: 1874

We have often spoken in these "Mi-
nor Topics" of the new African sea,
which will eventually be made by
turning the waters of the Mediterra-
nedu into the upper part of the great
desert near the Bay of Tunis. 1t is a
French plan for the better protection
of Algeria. The waters can be easily
let in, as only a narrow stretch of
sand separates the desert, which is low
"a lower level than the Mediterranean
from the sea coast. 1t will carry the
French right into the interior by wa
ter.


From these advanced posts, says the
author of the French report on this
scheme, we should watch the nOmadic
tribes of the South. The numerous
and rich oasis of the SOuf and the
Oued. only nominally subject to us,
would fall completely in our power
Our colonization would extend to the
the south of Constantine as surely as
it is established OH the Mediterranean
coast, A beneficent change of climate
is also not the least of the advantages
promised by this bold scheme, the first
step to tie realization of which has
already been taken, the Bay Of Tunis
having been requested by the society
to allow q survey of the country to be
made.-BdltinlOre Gazette.
Year: 1874

cess? In his case, the natural way
wafdness of genius had never been
balanced by either severe scholastic
training or by the discipline of re-
peated failures. If he had had to win
his laurels against repeated discour-
agements, or had fought through
years for mere subsistence, as scores
of other successful men have done,
he would have been stronger and
more self-contfolied Perhaps Mr..
Beecher himself is to blame for
Tilt0n's undue advancement when so
young. Had he checked the aspir-
ing youth it would have been bet
ter for both of them.
Year: 1874

Tat extremes meet is an adage
that has come down to lis from onr
fathers. The child>stealing mania
of the day has been characteristic
of darker ages of the werld. 1t
may seem strange, but it cannot be
denied, that cur boasted develop
ment has given large play 20 the
worst passions ard vices of man
kind. The mightiest civilizations
and most populous cities afford as
fine a refuge for thieves and mur,
derers as do the forests on the most
obscure frontiers.


The Nathan murder and the
Ross abduction case, the one in
New York and the other in Phila-
delrhia, seem as inscrutable as the
bloody deeds of John A. Murrell.
We who live midway between the
city and the frontier need not de-
lude ourselves by the belief that
this vicious propensity for making
money by stealing Our children
will not come to our doors. The
railroad and the telegraph are rap
idly converting the world into a
great city. The means of living
are becoming more difficult of ac-
quirement and the gulf between
poverty and riches is becoming
deeper and broader. 1t is now
more necessary than ever before
that he who would rise in the
world should have plenty of money,
and TIE desire to acquire itprompts
the most cruel deeds. We believe
the mothers in this very county of
ours sleep less easy since the Ross
abduction, and there is scarcely
household that has not shuddered
at the thought that some day wien
their little brightcyed cherubs which
gladden. its circle may be abroad
at their sports one of them, and
the dearest, may be snatchcd and
held for a coveted ransom.
Year: 1874

A poor Irish women asked wealthy
lady, the owner of beautiful flower
garden in Detroit, for a flower or two
to put on the coffin of her dead child.
The good lady invited her to be seated.
and very shortly brought magnifi-
cent cross and wreath, The afflicted
one was overcome. and as soon as she
was able to express herself, she said
most fervently, "May our blessed Re-
deemer meet you at the gates Of heaven
with a crown of flowers more beautiful
than these, "a most touching prayer,
in which many will join the afflicted
mother
Year: 1874

on "conqiering and to conquer. y
Those who fear that one mans hypoc-
racy can break down a system which
has survived every form of persecution
and abuse must have very little faith
to begin with. In their exaggerated
estimate of Beecher they fancy that he
can, by his evil example, break down
u religion founded by the Son of God.
The thing is almost too absurd for
Ifhig.
Year: 1874

An Iowa circus drew a big crowd by
advertising that Schuyler Coliax
would euter the ring on q bet OF SOU
that he could ride the trick mule.


Tt is too bad that the Mayor of Grass
City, Kansas, is dead, for the local pa
per says that "if he hadn't but one
chew of tobacco he'd divide it with
friend.n
Year: 1874

Gov. Booth is much too strong a man to be greatly injured by the reports circu- Iating m reference to the use of money in his election as United States senater. The investigation now pending in California not only does not duplicate him but has failed as yet to prove that there was bri- bery on the part of any one. It looks now as if the whole thing had been plotted to iniure him by his enemies. the railroad ring.
Year: 1874

The Plymouth Republican is very
neatly printed paper and it oughtto have
a generous support from erery Republi-
can in Marshall county. 1t is entitled to
their support from the fact that it is cCt
off from official patronage, and is corn-
PEELED to rely almost exclusively for pat
ronage on its political friends This they
should accord cheerfully and willingly
Northern Indianidn.


The Iild'dntan undoubtedly intended to
do US favor by kindly publishing the
above. We have not the slightest doubt
about the Fact of the REPUBLICAN being
entitled to the support Of The Republicans
in this county; but not merely for the
reason that our paper is neatly printed.
nor that it is cut off from official pct.
ronage. We cllim patronage for the
REPUBLICAN because it is to the interest
of the people in this county to sustain It.
We publish large amount OF matter
which our people are interested in, that
they cannot get from any other source,
and the paper is worth all it costs them.
We want no man to take the paper who
thinks he is paying his money for that
which is Of no benefit to him. The man
who takes the paper merely to paironize
it, frequently does it more harm than
good. If he cannot recommend it to
Others, his influence is against it.


A little more effort on our part would
probably double our subscription list. A
great deal may be done by constantly
keeping our business prominently before
the people. Our friends can assist us in
this way, and also by getting us news
items from different parts of the county.


Our support has not been confineI to
the Republican party. We have the
names of nearly all the prominent Demo-
Gratis in the county on our list, and some
of our constant and most liberal adyer.
Users are Democrats.
Year: 1874

1t is much easier for person who
hears the evidence on only one side of a
case in court, to decide it, than it is for
one who hears all the evidence on both
sides,-too .such evidence sometimes has
a tendency to confuse those who hear it.
This is supposed to be the reason why
Judges, Juries and Justices of the Peace
so frequently render judgments unsa:is-
factory to the bystanders, who bear but
one witness, or hear but one lawyer state
his case.
Year: 1874

The credulity of women en- the SUBJ
jet of being loved is very great, they of
ten mistake common liking for partic-
uar regard, and on this foundation build
up castles in the air and fill them with
al the treasures of their bright hopes and
csnfiding love, and when some startling
fact destroys the visions, they feel as if
the whole creation were blank to them
and they were the most injured of wo-
men. 1t is safer to be very skeptical on
tie subject of being loved; but if you dc
make the mistake, take all the blame to
yourself, ard save your dignity by secre
c7, If you cannot keep from loving.


There have been many definitions of q
gentleman, but the pretteist and most pa.
tlrti: is that given by young lady. "a
gentleman" says she, ''is human being
combining woman's tenderness with
mans courage"


Daniel Webster once said: "Thert
|isnothing upon earth that can compart
with the faithful attachment of a wife
ne creature who for the object of her love
lis so indomitable. so persevering, SC


ready to suffer and die"


It requires splendid memory to walh
along an icy pavement, but it requires q


better one to remember all the remark!
made by fellow who squats suddenly.
Year: 1874

NENTIST. Office 2d story Post Office building.


Teeth extracted without pain, by the use of
Mirrors Oxide Tor Laughing Gasl. TEETH: from
one tooth TO full sett cheap that the rich and
poor can al get them Office open all day except
Mondays and Tuesdays. I3atfr
Year: 1874

Bismarck is on the downward road. There
is no rascal 80 smart but that the secrets of
his villaipy are known to somebody, and
if that somebody is about to tell tales the
day of trbulation is upon him. Count
Won Arnim, it appears, knows little too
much about Bismarck, and, if it should
be published, the world which Bismarck
worships, and which worships him, would
turn in disgust away from him. Those
shrewd knaves who trick the world for q
while, generally get caught at last. their
mask is torn ruthlessly away, and the hero
of an hour before stands confessed a mere
rogue. We doubt not that Bismarck's pol
icy has been habitually as unscrupulous
and criminal as his recent persecution of
Catholics proves his heart to be. From a
polluted fountain no pure water will f1ow


That in this boasted nineteenth century
any man should dare to adopt such means
as the Prussian Chancellor has in this in
stance employed, seems Incredible. Ar
rests, imprisonment, domiciliary searches
not only at the homo of the accused but in
the houses of his friends and relatives, and
all on mere suspicion, no proof, no afi-
davit, the sudden seizure, the secret cell
why, are we back to the age of Caligula and
Nerof What greater despot ever reigned
than the world worshipped Bismarck 2


But what will the freedom lovers of Eng
land and America say about the Won Arnim
case3 Not one word Of censure. Will the
Amer ican press thrill with the indignation
which such Outrages ought to produce No
indeed. Bismarck ia the hero of the anti
Christian world. He is the champion of
that army which fights under the banner of
tho " world, the flesh and the Devil" He
is the nineteenth century Pontius Pilate
persecuting Christ in His Church. As such
the armies obey him, the aristocracy ap-
plaud him, the powers of the world ally
themselves with him. It would never do
to question his greatness or find fault with
his atrocities, and consequently our papers
are not going to do so.


But the end of all this must come. The
empty applause of a thOughtless world will
die away, reverses are inevitable, the hand
Of God is not withheld forever. Pontius
Year: 1874

All good people are unanimous in desiring
that tho Father of the Faithful, the earthly
Head of the Church, should be released from
his iguominious imprisonment and receive the
respectful treatment due to bis exalted station.
Such n boon were worth . great price, aud if
We pay enough God will surely grant it. True,
We are already making partial payments by
our prayers aud by offering up for that inten-
tion the Affections that daily come upon ne !;
bat 1t seems to me that an additional sacri6ce,
voluntarily offered by large number of the
faithful, would have great force before the
throne of Grace and my proposition is, that
we'll disposed Catholics of all ages and degrees
should resolve and take pledge to deny them
selves and abstain from the use of tobacco aud
spirituOus liquors, so long as the Pope and the
Church shall suffer under the present indigni-
ties. This is intended chiefly for those who
are not inclined to become permanent members
of tho present Temperance Societies. Who
seconds the motion Of sAcRfFIcR3
Year: 1874

We were pleased to see the large numbers of
men who attended the instructions of the Rev.
Father McKiniry, 8. j., Spiritual Director of
the Union of our Total Abstinence Societies,
at the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings. 1t augurs we'll for tho success of the
movement that SO many men should attend SO
punctually to these religious exercises. It is
to be hoped that not only all who were present
at these instructions, but also those members
who were prevented from attending, will be
present at the Cathedral this morning to re-
cese the Bread of Life from the hands of His
Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop.


The Macs will commence at O'Clock pune
tually, and will be celebrated by His Grace,
who has come from distant part of the coun-
try for this purpose, that his presence might
encourage the members, and show that not
only does he approve their work and the man.
ner in which they seek to accomplish it, but
that it has his special blessing.


The parade will take place in the afternoon.
The procession will leave the corner of Camp
and Canal streets at 2 o'clock. 1t will go up
town as far as First street, and down town as
far as Vaudeville street. The programme will
be found on the fifth page, and should be read
by those who may be anxions to see the pro-
cession.