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Year: 1872

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hy appeared from time to time in THE DAILY NEWS
They give lively minnie and the main very description OF
Pans during the ur months Of isolation from the Of
Other Kindred books will be published which will heip
complete picture this likely valuable than
any Of the others and certainly cannot expect to Ind elsewhere
much ulre OF detail"


NEWS" is shown the following
reprinted in the URi states o TIE English edtoHsI all Of which
have appeared is columns
Year: 1872

D The Boston TrdveIer furnishes some
further information in regard to the
great Jubilee. Up to date one hundred
and twenty-four societies have signiied
their intention of taking part in the ex-
ercises 5"tIt is the design of the build
ers of the great organ to make this the
most magnificent on this continent, and
perhaps in the world. Besides possess
ing immense and unheard-Of-power, it
will also have fine solo effects, and even
delicate effects, so that it can be made
an instrument for organ soloes, and
give the multitude who attend the
great festival an opportunity of hearing
the best organists of the country in the
variouf styles of organ-playing and
composition. 1t will have two man.
nuals, of sixty-one notes compass each,
and a pedal of thirty-one notes. There
will be, fifteen full stops in the first
manual, eight in the second and six in
the pedal, two octave couplers and a
number of mechanical appliances for
controlling the stops by pedal and 9TH
erwise. The pneumatic lever will be
applied to every key and register
throughout, and there will be electric
communication from the key-boards to
the organ. The instrument will stand
in the rear of the chorus, while the or
ganist will sit near the conductors
stand.
Year: 1872

A clever rogue in London has been
deceiving the doctors and living COM
fortably on the fat of the land, by
feigning paralysis. He has heen the
inmate Of every hospital in the city,
STAYING about fortnight In each, and
securing the best attention by pretend
ing to make his will, and leaving a leg
acy OF 81 900 to the institution. On one
occasion he formed the subject Of elm
ical lecture, and in several hospitals an
enthusiastic student has sat up all night
with him, in order to record with great
minuteness spasmodic symptoms and
other sudden seizures.
Year: 1872

!. A mani Berkshire had company to
dine one day, and when all were seated
at the table his little son deliberately
folded his hands and with a solemn
face asked a blessing. When he had
finished the little fellow looked all
around the table and innocently said,
i'Father doe3 this when nobody is
here,n
Year: 1872

Mr.. w. Patton, one of our Marked Square
merchants, left basket full of fine apples at
our office, for which we return thanks. They
are about as fine as we have seen this wear. and
If he has any left in his store they need only to
Year: 1872

these enterprises. A brief summary will
show what is not found there. We have
one bar iron and nail mill, We have two
foundries and machine shop; one car
wheel factory ond foundry and plow fac
tory; one saddle tree factory three water
power flour mills railroad shops, working
exclusively for the railroads one carriage
factory now building one boot and shoe
factory two shops manufacturing furni-
ture; saddle and harness factories one
tannery and other enterprises not neces-
sary To mention.


Most of these enterprises are yet but i'm
perfectly established, most of them MeCd-
ing additional capital and charging.


In addition to the advantages named, we
hope soon TO offer superior shipping facili-
ties by the completion of the Great Trunk
Road from Cincinnati to Charleston, South
Carolina, crossing here the great route from
New York to New Orleans. Our river al
ready affords some facilities for navigation,
and is being improved by the Government
so as eventually to give us better water
channel to Chattanooga.
Year: 1872

IN LOVE WITH HIS MoTHER.-Of all the
love affairs in the world, none can sUrpass
the true love Of big boy for his mother. 1t
is a love pure and noble honorable in the
highest degree to both. / do not mean
merely dutiful affection. I mean love
which makes boy gallant and courteous
to his mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is fairly in love with her. And i
never yet knew boy TO "turn out" bad
who began by falling IN love with his
mC:hcr. r.-Selcctcd.
Year: 1872

a City police wanted A force Of pick
cd men to make descent upon houses OF
Ill repute, capture all inmates, and partial
70 none, bring allup for public trial This
request was not granted, and why? Was
there fear OF certain class being caught :
The elite any of the city fathers or youth :
-Four houses are demolished and war
rants are issued against class of juveniles
who here had very apt instructors and more
or less mean whisky, and why d? because, if
there was law to cleanse the town from in
iquity they in power have not seen fit to
enforce it, or are surprisingly innocent and
very incredulous when told of it.


1t is poor plan to curse preachers, and
absent influence and presence from the
church, find associations, and Sabbath re-
creation in stores and offices 1t is only
"heaping up wrath against the day of
wrath"


Well what business is this to the con-
tributor? Only his business as a citize n
on the one hand "a watchman" and
teacher of morals on the other And it
is his conclusion, only, that whatever is
vile in individuals, or in community he
is to cry aloud against, and spare moi" !"
He would respectfully say "a house
divided against itself cannot stand" and
that VIC had little demonstration of this
truth on Saturday night





Who is to blame? Any man of sense
knows, and hundreds of our best citizens
are waiting to see what the authorities
will now do. They cannot evade public
conscience on this point If they do, by
Bible teaching, they are guilty with the
guilty


II
Year: 1872

The REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
CoNvENTIoN-After attentively reading
the South Bend Unions account of the
Republican Convention held in this place
on the 29th ult., and going to sleep two
or three times while reading it, we have
almost come to the conclusion that we
were not present, and knew nothing
about it-only what what we learned by
reading the Vidette and the Union. And
then, we are satisfied from reading the
report of the proceedings, as prepared by
the Secretary, that We must have been
there, and duly sober; but how was it
with the South Bend Onion editor? He
saw things SO differently from what they
were, that our sense of editorial courtesy
will not permit us to say what we CON
clude his condition must have been.
Year: 1872

AT the spring of an arch in the great north
tower,


High up on the wall, is IN angels head.
And beneath it is carved n lily flower,
With delicate wings at the side outsprcad,
They say that the sculptor wrought from the


face


Of his youths lost love, Of his promised bride
Ahd when he had added the last sud grace
= 70 the features, he dropped the chsel and


died.
And tho worShiprers throng to the shrine be-


low,


And the sight-scerS come with curious eyes
But deep in the shadow whore none may know
Its beauty, the gem of his carving lies.
Yet Mt carly morn on mid-summcr's day,
When the sun is far to the north, for the


space
Of u few short minutes, there falls ray
Through an amber pane ON the angels face.
1t was wrought for the eye of God, and it seems
That he bless $ the work of the dead man s


hand
with ray of the golden light tina, streams
On the lost that arc found in the dcathc IS


land
.-IOndoH Spectator
Year: 1872

pretended to be a countryman with bad boil
On his back The man Of bottles declared that
he would fill the prescription handed him,
which was No. /. TIE patient wanted to know
q half. He left and went to another drug
store and with the same result He visited
several druggists, showing them the different
prescriptions, and they grayely prepared to
was, and an inspiring compounder of prescrip-
tons told him that the No. l was bromide OF
potash and Luperline! It had been written in
Latin, SAINT eggs and onion juice" He took
one Of tho prescriptions to an experienced Ger
the doctor who wrote it was q tam swindler," !"
who meant only one druggist, with whom he
had made q bargain to read it, as the writing
was perfectly il1egible to others. The prescrip-
tion No. 8 was perfectly plain to the druggists
previously applied to, and they we're getting
down their little bottles to put up ' the spirits
OF just mon made perfect and lizard oil"
Year: 1872

How TO OBSERVE THE HOLIDAYs.-The
Holidays should be impressed upon our minds
by some pleasant remembrances. Some good
action done, or some act of kindness received
IRON another. The good time should be spent
SO that we can look back upon it without a re-
proach. We should have some landmark set
down by which we can remember how the time
was passed. One good way to have a con-
tlnua reminder would be to purchase Suit of
greatly reduced prices by BENNETT & Co.,


Tower HALL, No. 5l8 Market street. half
way between Fifth and Sixth streets, Philadel.
Year: 1872

The New York LEADER has ceased to This
for some years the special of the Tammany Ring and
within the two past had Mayer Hall for principal
edltSr 1t was noted for its sparkling though very
found literary and dramatic criticisms, for its usually
semi-oicial outgivngs IOca political movements Since
the collapse Of the Ring had been rapidly running down
ana when the New York Printing Company with which
connscted) went into bankruptcy its support was
and so it died,
Year: 1872

OUR Maryland items are rather few this
week, from the fact that our Eastern Shore
cotemporaries, very many of them, have
adhered to all old custom, and suspended pub
llcaticn for week to enjoy Christmas While
their motto, in the general way is, business be-
fore pleasure, at Christmas they feel at liberty
to reverse the order. Our supply being short,
our list must correspond to it.
Year: 1872

WAR ON "LoDGEs-Severa young ladies Troy N Y and
In fact some married ladies', talking about getting up
society to oppose the organization more lodges of
Kind In that city They do object principles of
secret societies they Of about secrets
o any knd but claim that there many attractions
the lodges every night in the them Between
Masons OddFeows, Knights Of Fythas Grand Army of the
Republic Sons America Sons OF Malta rooms 1t
no wonder the ladies complain the of their
husbands and Rallants
Year: 1872

Richard NJ Tweed Jr, (Tweeds son) was subjected to
rigid nation saturday in the Supreme Court on his
proposition to be- one ofthe bondsmen for his iaher He
the total value OF his real about SslOOO He
owned none Of this property before last August He
received 1t all from his father and mother partly for con-
alteration and partly for love aud Had no under
standing with his father that the conveyance this
was to enable him to become BAIL in
standing at all between him and his father the subject
Year: 1872

Samuel TOwnsed is prolific letter writer on
peaches and politics. In trying to reply to
every correspondent who sees fit to refer to
him, he has become a weekly contributor to
nearly half the papers on the Peninsula Some
of his articles are pungent.
Year: 1872

The discount on mutated currency abolished aft
tue l"t oi January Threehths in fragment legal
tender note any currency denomination will redeemed
Its full face value More than less than five
eghths will be redeemed at hall its value than
will only be redeemed affidavit has been
destroyed 1t expected change will greatly better
the condition of the currency
Year: 1872

france and Germany about to perfect postal


treaty between the two countries This news by special tee
gram gives hope that intimate and friendly
between the peoples of both and that the
interchange OF thousands of will serve to eacs b.
marks of millions Of bullets.
Year: 1872




or decrease Of 1l3 for the month-about one.
third This is not as great as many supposed
The travel is reduced to those who are com
PEELED to visit the city, for the most part
while those who can go or leave it alone are
dong the latter. From these figures it is fair
to presume that the city is deprived of at least
one-thlrd OF Its visitors by the epidemic, which
must show marked depletion in the tbons.
ands who throng its streets daily and also make
bad exhibit in hotel registers and theatre
seats. In the sale of luxuries there is also 8
great falling off, doubtless, as the class
kept at home are generally the parties who
deal most largely in such things. Tn tba
wholesale trade, however, the effect has NOT
been so marked. Our merchants and traders
generally, look to no other city for sunnles
and their stocks have suffered no dim;nution
They buy by sample, and many, who have an
eye to business have laid in the finer grades of
goods to meet the demands of those who ara
Kept at home. Our advertising columns point
out these. One good result may follow from
this calamity to Philadelphia: our citizens
may be induced to patronze home more liner.
ally.
Year: 1872

on Saturday night did not meet the expectations
that had been raised in the minds of the people
twas neither large nor imposing, and was badly
managed withal. The expenditure of time and
money was doubtless waste in every point Of
view. There was no votes made by It, bu. there
were some disgraceiul fights and much bad liquor
end worse language INDUCED in. There is little
doubt Of its causing great deal of injury morally
and physically to those who participated in it
while the disgusting profanity OF the rhiladelpha
roughs. was offensive to every modest ear Even
the Sabbath was not respected since the carouse
must have been prolonged until long alter the eai
ly hours of that holy day had commenced.
Year: 1872

A great many prominent journals on
both sides of the Atlantic have been dis
cussing the question whether the earth
is likely to be seriously affected in case
the comet discovered by Professor Plan
tomour, of Geneva, should run against
it, as predicted. The London Nature
says that we have nothing to fear from
it, and quotes Kepler and Arago to prove
that such is the fact. The latter has
estimated the number of these bodies
which traverse the solar system at
1880, 600, and certainly if they were
not very harmless bodies, we should
have suffered from them before this.
The comet Of ITO ran so near to Jupi-
ter that it got entangled among his
moons, but the moons rolled on just as
usual, while the comet was obliged
to leave its orbit and strike out
new road for itself Many astrono-
mers believe that in 1861 we actually
passed through a comet, without the gem
eral public having any idea Of the fact,
and it is now so generally understood
that these eccentric objects are entirely
devoid of power TO injure that scientific
men would eagerly welcome the ap-
proaeh Of one, in order that they might
have an opportunityto observe it at close
quarters. Perhaps the most pertinent
remarks on the particular subject which
has called forth the discussion have been
made by Plantomour himself. who, after
having been highly edited by the various
opinions promulgated in regard to the
question, has come forward with the in
formation that he has not discovered any
comet
Year: 1872

The Saturday Review calls the fash
ionable "chignon a lie. and reproaches
the ladies with systematic deception in
wearing false hair Undoubtedly the
hair is false, but as there is rarely any
preteuse about it, We are inclined 70
think that j is not . lie, Mrs. Qpie,
in her book on Lying" said wig was
lie; but she did not mean a high tow
wig ike that worn By an English Lord
Chancellor, which resembles nothing that
ever grew on the head of man. We ab-
solve the fair sex from the charge brought
against them. With the present fashion
they deceive nobody.
Year: 1872

Too Much LANp.-The follow
ing paragraph from an exchange
is worth more than a mere corner
in news column.


" 1t is said that when mechan-
les have land, they generally give
it better cultivation than farmers.
and consequently have more
grapes, strawberries, and water
melons, and earlier potatoes ard
cucumbers. They devote more
care and labor to a small space.
and reap a larger profit from it.


If any one will look at the i'm
mense crops a very small garden
will often produce for family,
and compare it with the very lit
tie crops from very large farms,
they should need no better induce.
ment 10 enrich their soil highly.


The great point TO remember is
this, that labor is the great heavy
item in farming; but that it takes
no more labor to farm rich
ground. We have, as it were
double crops with the same single
labor.
Year: 1872

We don't know how it is,
though we have been there our.
selves, some way or other it is, by
some, considered kind of dis.
grace to be a hired hand on the
farm. Since we worked out by
the month, it has been our prov.
ince to have hired men-some.
times by the score-yet we ALWAYS
considered the laborer worthy of
his hire. When we were one of
them we were treated like a white
man was a member of the fami.
ly; sat at the same table with the
farmer; Jared sumptuously on
good Rye Indian bread (wish we
had it now y worked hard had a
good appetite tried to do our du.
ty learned many of the mysteries
of farming; and when our time
was out, received twelve dollars
per month, instead of eleven,
which We had let our services for.
We never considered it a disgrace,
but to this day feel little proud
that at one time we were one of
the toiling millions of. the people,
and earned an honest livelihood.


Since then VIC may have got up
in the world peg or twoSoccu-
pied some pretty high positions,
but we never felt so much pride
in any work as we did upon the
good old farm away down East,
for which we received twelve
good, hearty, earnest, live dollars
per month. 1t there was any dis
grace in that, we outlived it long
years ago. 1t was the best years
education we ever had. We
learned more than we did subse.
quently as a school teacher
afterwards as book keeper--or
any other position we ever occu.
pied. ..on"


We contend that it is not dis
grace to be a hired man, on the
other hand, it is one of tile most
honorable positions a yonng man
can occupy, a position, too, which
has been occupied by the greatest,
best and most honorable men of
this age. tits infinitely prefera.
BILE to o clerksbip in 3 store-bet.I
ter than any of the hundred diff
ferent occupations which bleach
the hands and save the face from
the sumio1 Howmuch better in eve
cry respect TO swing the hoe
than to sell a yard Of calico or q
stick Of tape. sii.iT ed gagai'ooa - -1
Year: 1872

ROBBERY UNDER A MIsTAKE.-On a
recent evening a Brooklynite was walk
ing along Atlantic avenue, when he was
jostled and passed by a stranger. Soon
afterward, discovering that his watch was
gone, he hurried after the stranger, pre-
sented u revolver at his head, and grimly
said: "Give me that watch" The
stranger "forked over" at once. On
reaching home the gentleman began tell
ing the story of his adventure to his wife,
when she interrupted him by saying
" Why, John, you left your watch on the
bureau this morning, and l have been
wearing it all day!"
Year: 1872

If Gen. Grant has not been a successful ad-
minstrator OF the public affairs, has he at least
been reputable and decorous President, who
has kent his Office free from scandals, and
won for his strict devotion to duty the respect
of honest men7 Let us see about that.


He has done what no President ever ventured
70 do before-treated the Presidency as prize
bestowed upon him for his own uses. Until
his time the Chief Executive was regarded as
the chief servant of the people. His office
was not a prerogative but trust entailing
labor and responsibilities, and demanding for
its discharge patriotism and self-sacrltce
Gen. Grant has taken it for valuable piece
of property of which he may dispose
at his own good pleasure. When he
formed his Cabinet, he selected the secre-
taries as a militia general might select his
military family. The departments were not
put under the charge of those who were fit
test, either personally or politically, to direct
them, but distributed among favOrites,-the
men who had given him houses and money,
and befriended him when he was poor and in
trouble. Then came the host of needy rela-
tions. Some he placed at the gate of the pal
ace, where scandal says they took tolls of the
applicants IOT pldcej anu .ho othels ho seht
away filed with consulates, and collectorships,
and post-offices, and the other good things
that fall from the White House table. OF
course these family dependents have disgraced
themselves and their country; but their patron
win not remove them


In time the poor relations were all provided
for; even the Presidents fathe2 had post
Office and then patronage took new form.
Heretofore it had been sheer nepotism now
Year: 1872

As the Postmaster General seems TO be, like
The Postmaster of this city, exercised in his
mind as TO the enOrmity of sending political
documents through the Post-Ofiice under
frank, we beg leave to call his attention to
the doings of Senator Frelinghuysen OF New
Jersey, as developed in the following letter
from a correspondent:


To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: herewith inclose you sample OF the manner IN
which 'GrantisuD is developed and the franking priv
lege abused in this community The nclosed envelope
was one Of large package filed with Conklings latest
airings sent under Senator Frenghuysens frank to
gentleman in this place. All but the top one were un-
directed. A. d.


The name of the place TO which Senator
Flelinghuysen sent his little sheaf of franks Is
at the service of the Postmaster-General II he
desire to be made acquainted with it.
Year: 1872

In the time of the late Empire most OF the
rural voters considered the Government ticket
the genuine one, and the Liberal counterfeit
1t would be matter to regret If the Repupiic
should ever gain such superstitious control
as this but it will be good thing for Franco
and for the world if the majority of French
men should come to regard it as the safest as
we'll "a the best of all forms Of government
Year: 1872

is alleged to have been committed. There has
been some attempt to show that the wound
from the pistol-shot was not the direct cause
of DEATH and that the pistol found in the
hotel after the shooting wGs not StOkcs's.
Year: 1872

1t will be recollected that at the last meeting of
the American Association for the Advancement of
Science the determination of the time and place of
meeting was left in the hands of a committee. 1t
was generally expected that the next place of annual
meeting would be the Pacific Coast but we
learn that Dubuque Iowa. has been finally decided
upon, and the session will begin there ON Wednes-
day, August q.
Year: 1872

1t will save the writing of many fruitless letters
to have it distinctly understood that Mr. Greeley is
not an officer of the National Bureau of Migration,
nor of the Lockwood Union, nor of any kindred