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Year: 1873

WE are glad to notice that Senator Ham
ilton has introduced bill for the building
of an United States court house and post
Office in this city. Both are needed, and it
is time the general government expended
some of its money here for the purposes in
dicated. One sufficiently large building
would suffice for BOTH the postoffice below
aud the court rooms above. We hope the
bill viii pass, for its object is just and
proper.
Year: 1873

WE have no desire Of controversy aud,
indeed, wish, if possible, to avoid it, but
we must be allowed to say that the Calves
ton Ners adds nothing to its rospectability
by repubHshing in its columns the charge Of
the Victoria Adsoeate, that the STATESMAN
is in the pay of the International Railroad
Company. We have several times pro-
nounced this charge false and calumnious
and not a particle of proof has been given
to sustain il.
Year: 1873

THH Fort Worth Democrat Of the sixth
instant comes to us without single return
Of the election in that county. It has gone
Democratic, Of course, but by low muchl
How did this happeng
Year: 1873

II he had added 70 tho book some account
Of his own detection and arrest in 1883,
near Washington, while attempting to carry in
formation to the Confederate forces, and Of bis
subsequent confinement in the Old Capitol
prison, it might have had a flavor of reality
which 1t now lachs altogether.
Year: 1873

A MORAL CoYTEsT.-The Salt Lake Ne,cS
tMormonl and the Mining Journal (Gentile) are
quarreling about who is responsible for the great
increase of crime in that city for the past twelve
months:


The Neus says that most Of it may be justly
charged to the influx of reckless men and fast
women who receive quasi if not direct and abso-
lutte sanction, encouragement and support from
most of the Federal officials appointed for the
Territory as is abundanty manifest from the
persistent and disgraceful attempts of those Off
cals to deliver offenders from the salutary grasp
Of the law and to break up and nullify the Terri
torial laws and municipal ordinances in the vain
hope Of abolishing MormonisR and exterminatiDg
the Mormons." But the Journal lays the fault
and remarks: "0ne cannot look upon the swarm
of boys and young men 10 Salt Lake, sons of
Mormon bishops that infest the streets at night,
without rejecting upon the utter want of control
of these people over their families. The semi
barbarous condition of the present generation of
Mormons cannot sarely be charged to Federal
officials Neglected and left to live as best he
can, the Mormon boy soon learn by association
and kindred depravity that fear of detection is
the only obstacle TO the qualification of his de-
sires, while the unbridled passion of his father
serves as a beacon TO light him down the dark
path of crime"
Year: 1873

To MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY.-It is said that
Lord Walter Campbell, who was lately in a mer-
camille firm in New York, wished to marry an
American young lady of good position in the
Empire State. Upon his applying to the young


adys father, the parent stated that be always re-
ferred all those questions to his wife, The mother
in her turn stated she must refer it to the Duke
of Argyll. The Duke pleaded that, considering
bis connection with Royalty, he must consult
his eldest son. The Marquis could do nothing
without the Queens consent Her Majesty felt
that the issue must be referred to the Duke of
Saxe-C Coburg Gotha, as head of the family. The
Duke rejoined that since the recent changes ia
Germany. be looked upon the Emperor William
as his Sovereign, and must bow to his advice.
The Emperor said be could do nothing without
Prince Bismarck's opinion; and Prince Bismarck
declared he had no opinion at all, one way or the
other; and so the question--to marry or not to
maTy-was brought to deadlock.
Year: 1873

CIDER AND PICKLES FOR FEvER-Some two
months ago resident of Maple street, named


Broef, was taken i'll with some sort of fever,
and for two weeks there was little hope of saving
his life. he continued to sink, in spite of all the
physicians could do, and they finally gave him
up. All through hissickness the man had contin-
ualy asked for pickles and cider, and when he
got so low that his death was considered only
question of few hours Mrs. Boef decided to
crafty his wishes. A glass of sweet cider was
given him, spoonful at a time, and he declared
that he felt much better for it. More was gwen
throughout the night, in place of medicine, and
the next morning the doctor declared that most
favorable change had taken place. Some strong
pickles were procured and given him, and he be.
gan to call for Cruel and broth. To be brief, he
is now able to move about the house, and every
body in the ueighborhood as well as the physi-
clan, gives the cider and pickles the credit of
performing the cure
Year: 1873

The Kiss QUADRILLE A PECULIAR SALU-


AroRY ATTRAcTIoN.-We read for the purpose


Of relaxation and mental discipline, all the letters
from Washington to the various newspapers.
Sometimes we have found them tough and some-
times tender; some Of them joyous and
some Of them gloomy but lately, We are pleased
to say, the cheerful and encouraging mood is pre-
dominant. All the writer's, we believe, without
a single exception, have something to say of 1.-The
era Of good feeling" which has already dawned if
it has not arisen. Harmony is precious. Cor
dialiiy is charming. Union is what we have al
ways desired aud do now desire more than ever.
jenkins mentions a new dance called the Kiss
Quadrille" which promises to be in vogue in
Washington this season, and which, for our edi-
fcation, he is good enough to describe so that
we think that we understand at least the main
and most interesting part of it. When it comes
to swinging corners each gentleman kisses his
partner, and very delightful it must be. May we
be suffered to consider this delicious terpsicho-
rean innovation as a happy augury? In the mad
mazes Of the political dance, changed now from
the war performance into something more pacific,
are members of Congress to kiss each other
This certainly would be touching, though it might
seem to an expert bystander, not unaccusmtomed
to tender salutes. just little tasteess aud in
sipid. Yet we may be permitted to receive the
" Kiss Quadrie as of happy augury. Some
members of Congress we should not care to kiss
except from an imperious sense of duty; but,
perhaps, if it should come to general go-rouuder,
they can stomach each other. But let US have
fraternity at any cost of personal tastes.-Ne'o
York Tribune.
Year: 1873

AN ingenious machine has been in
vented for spreading mortar on walls.
It consists of trough three and half
feet long, furnished with two trowels,
one above the other, and the mortar is
spread by the moving of this trough up
the wall between two upright scant-
ling, by means of pulleys worked by a
crank. The inventor claims that the
machine effects a great saving in time,
labor and expense.
Year: 1873

The past shows what we have ac-
complished in this way. Our resources
are inexhaustible. Every man in the
entire insurgent army is thoroughly
familiar with the country. They know
almost every path, and can never be at
Year: 1873

seas and deal with her and with her hap
less crew as they did, then they have the
right to do likewise by any other Ameri-
can vessel and its people that they may
find anywhere on tho broad ocean.
II is for them to decide whether
Yankee brig laden with flour lie on its way
to Cuba to feed the rebels and for them to
shoot the sailor lads Of a home-bound
whaler on suspicion that they are bringing
oil 10 grease the gun barrels of the insur-
rection. II they should unluckily make n
mistake involving the lives Of few scores
or more of citizens of these States they
have no terrible vengeance to anticipate.
They have only to apologize after fash
ion, to return the ship, and to wait, i'll
patience but with assured confidence,
until the Honorable GEORGE III. WILLIAMS
has had time TO collect evidence and hunt
up law enough to show the Honorable
HAMILTON FISH that IL is our duty TO give
II back TO them.


To this degraded condition have we
come in the years of our countrys youth.
The fallen and decayed spirit that stalks
among the ruins of old Rome broods al
ready over the face of our new capital,
and masters the men who have the power
but not the will to make the birthIight
of an American citizen as precious and
potent shield in the face OF lawlcss
violence ms PAUL found his birthright to
be before the thongs and scourso of the
chief captain Mt Jerusalem.


We confess that we are far past expect
ing anything better Us long MS ULYSSES S.
GRANT is in the White House and Mr.. FISH
sits in the Department of state. Sir
said n red-faccd and indignant individual
TO another who was quite calm, "Sir, you
have slapped my mouth and kicked me
down stairs you have insinuated that my
wife is no better than she should be; that
my sister was the mother of twins whose
father She never met in the presence of a
clergyman; and, sir, you have threatened
TO cowhidc my aged sire. Beware, sir
Bewarcl If you go further you may rouse
the sleeping lion i'll my bosom, and then |
will not answer for the consequences"
The sleeping lion who makes his lair In the
bosom Of FISH is such IA drowsy old SOW
ereign Of beasts that we are utterly hope
less of ever seeing him kicked awake; and
besides, the relations of Mr.. FIsI's son-n-
law with Madrid are such that this natural
drowsinoss of the lion is intensified bv
Spanish morpha and chloral to a point
which happily and perfectly Stimulates
uputh
Year: 1873

The late Prof. La Mountain was q
brother of the La Mountain who with
Wise made the longest aerial voyage on
record, which was from st. Louis, Mo-,
to the eastern part of the State of New
York. La Mountain has been making
asceneions for the last eighteen years
was connected with the signal service
during the war has made between one
and two hundred ascensions-all except
the two last with gas for imitation.


In the fall of 1870 he came very near
losing his life at Bay City, Michigan.
Having made an altitude of nearly three
miles in a dense fog, and getting COM
pletely chilled, he endeavored to de-
scend, but found to his horror that the
escape valve would not yield, having
frozen to its surroundings. Pulling
with all his strength, the rope parted
above his reach. He then concluded to
ascend the ropes from the basket to the
canvas and cut it with his knife, but on
searching his pockets he found to his
dismay that he had left it on the ground
at starting. Nothing daunted, he
climbed the icy, slippery ropes with
his freezing hands, and on reaching the
canvas tore with his teeth rents sufi-
cient to let the balloon descend. On
nearing the ground, the wind mean
while carrying him rapidly toward tbs
lake, he found himself over thick
forest of pines, but was powerless to
stop his descent. The basket striking
a tall tree, he was hurled, bruised,
bleeding, and senseless, to the ground,
but after some hours revived sufficiently
to crawl to the nearest farm house,
where he got assistance.


His balloon at Ionia, where the fatal
accident happened short time since,
was made of cotton cloth, filed with
oil was old and rotten from repeated
heatings, but was by him considered
safe. He made a successful start but
when some six or seven hundred feet
from the earth the balloon collapsed
from rent in one side, and fell rapidly.
He detached himself from the basket
when about one hundred feet from the
earth, and struck squarely on his feet,
breaking the left leg in three places and
the right in two. No other bones were
broken, and there were but few bruises.
His death was caused by concussion OF
the brain.
Year: 1873

The report of Mr.. Scudamore, the
Director of Postal Telegraphs in Great
Britain, contains a romance of the most
original description. After saying how
successful he found the system OF en-
ploying male and female clerks to-
gether, and how much the tone OF the
men has been raised by the association,
and how well the women perform the
checking or fault-fnding branches OF
the work, he goes on to speak OF friend
ships formed between clerks ut either
end of the telegraph wire. They begin
by chatting in the intervals OF their
work. and very soon become fast friends.
"It is a fact" continues Mr.. Scuba
more, "that telegraph clerk in Lon
don, who was engaged on wire in Ber,
lin. formed an acquaintance with and
an attachment for mark the official
style of the language female clerk
who worked on the same wire in Berlin;
that he made proposal OF marriage to
her, and that she accepted him without
ever having seen him. They were mar.
ried, and the marriage, which resulted
from the electric affinities, is supposed
to have turned out as we'll as those in
which the senses are more apparently
concerned" Nor must the pruduent
reader run away with the idea that
these young personsswere very rash OF
that they married without due acquain.
tance. For it is fact that clerk al
one end of wire can readily tell by the
way in which the clerk at the other end
does his work whether he is passion
ate or sulky, cheerful or dull, sanguine
or phlegmatic, ill-natured or good-na'
l..oJ
Year: 1873

The scene was in Sacramento street,
in front of a we'll known hotel. 1t
was twenty-three years ago, and San
Francisco was in her infancy.


Quite crowd had gathered on the
street, and the centre of attraction
was big fellow, who stood with a
newspaper in his hand, raving and
cursing.


"What's the matter, Wolff" asked
newcomer, who was evidently FAM
iliar with the irate man.


"Matter :" returned Wolf, for that
was his name, "matter enough, an
rough enough it'll be tor some folks
Them young whelps that prints this
paper has gone an published somethin'
bout me. O, III fix 'em. They'd
better never ha' been born They'd
better 60 an kill themselves after ten
minutes it'll be an easier death fur
'em.'


Wolf was noted desperate, who,
it was said, had killed more than
twenty men, and but few knew him
who did not fear him. He was at
that time chief of a gang of loafers
and gamblers that were nearly always
to be found lounging in the vicinity
alluded to, and disturbing the peace
of the whole neighborhood daily with
riotous conduct. If there was any
law in those days it was seldom exc
cuted against such characters, and in
the full consciousness that they were
feared they did pretty much as they
pleased.


The newspaper which had given
deadly offence to Wolf was little
weekly journal, and its office was in
the second story of building on the
same street with the hotel l have
mentioned, and only few rods dis
tam. 1t was published by two young
men-or, l might say, boys, for they
were only eighteen and twenty years
old, respectively-named Darrell and
Haynes. The paper and its youthful
proprietors were already well known
in the city of San Francisco.


The article which had excited the
wrath of the ruffian Wolf was a bold
denunciation of himself and his crowd
for their lawless conduct, and it par
ticularly mentioned him by name,
characterizing him as "blustering
bully 1t was the work of young
Darrell, a fearless boy hailing from
Ohio. Before leaving his home he
had acquired fair education, so that
he could at least edit a newspaper in
those early days and he possessed,
besides, that courage and daring which
are more thoroughly developed by
exposure to dangers and hardships.-
Young Haynes was quite different
kind of person in point of courage,
being of an unusually timorous nature.


TO return to the scene on Sacramen-
to street. Working himself up into
his very worst mood-and his best
was bad enough, heaven knows
Wolf tore the paper to atoms and
started for the publication office. He
was followed by curious rabble.
most of whom were elate with the
prospect of a murder, though there
were some present who would have
have demonstrated with the evil-heart
ed man, had they dared.


"Jest you watch" "said Wolf as he
reached the door, eff ye want to se'
Year: 1873

Half cautury ago bellowsmaking was
thriving trade. Every house had its
pair Of bellows, and in every well fur
Eished mansion there was pair hung by the
side Of every fireplace. Ispwhch, in Massa-
chusettS, acquired quite notoriety all over
New England for the elegant and substantial
articles Of the kinds it produced. But as stoves
and CRATES took the place of open frepaces and
as coal was substituted for wood, the demand
Tor bellows diminished, until the business as
separate trade quite died out.


The same is true of flint cutting Flints
were once necessary, not only for tinder boxes,
aud a finder box as necessary for every
house as gridiron or skillet Every one who
looks back to childhood of forty odd years ago
must remember the cold winter mornings when
the persistent crack, crack Of the flint against
steel sent up from the kitchen an od)r of
Gniting tinder and sulphur which pervaded
the house. L have no more idea what became
OF the Hint producers than of the old man of
sOrrOwtul memories who three or four times
week called at our door with birthstone
matches tor sale at cent the half dozen
lunches. Both have rs completely vanished
from England and New England as have the
red Indians and the Druids.


Then again are gone the pin makers, who,
though they have been in their graves this
quarter of century, still figure in lectures and
essays to illustrate the advantages of division
OF labor. Instead of pin taking dozen men
or more to cut, grind, point, head, polish, and
what not, as it used to do, pins are now made
by neat little machines, at the rate of three
hundred minute, of which machines single
child tends to hall dozen.


Nail making at the forge is another lost
industry. Time was, and that in this nine
teenth century, when every nail was made on
the anvil Now from one hundred to one
thousand nails per minute are made by
machines. The mailer who works at the forge
has but bad chance for competing with such
antagonists, and he would have no chance at
ali were it nos that his nails are tenfold tougher
than the former AS it is, the poor men
follow an all but hopeless vocation, and are
compelled 10 live in continual haudgrips with
poverty.
Year: 1873

A dog controversy, between distinguished
litigants, is reported in Washington. Fernando
Wood has dog which keeps up an almost
incessant barking day and night making him
self great annoyance to the neighbors, aud
among those who have been driven to
desperation by the nuisance is Caleb Gushing
This distinguished lawyer has consequently
brought suit and claims $4,000 damages. The
case is to be vigorously contested On the one
side it is contended that the Washington City
Government, having received license fee for
the dog, it has thereby recognized the ''equal
rights" of that animal to bark on his owner
premises as much as he pleases. On the
other, the contention is that no one has the
right, through dog, whether licensed or
otherwise, to disturb the peace and comfort of
a neighbOrhood. The public sympathy in this
matter is said to be with Gushing, as bowling
ours are numerous in Washington as they are
almost everywhere else.
Year: 1873

The following rare hit is from the Saturc1ay
Erenthg EoSt: We shall never forget that
evening We spent at Magruder's wears AGO


We admired Miss Magrudcr, and we went
around to see her. 1t was summer time. and
moonlight, ald she sat upon the piazza. The
carpenter had been there that day, gluing up
the rustic chairs on the porch, SO we took q
seat on the step IN front Of Miss Magruder,
where We could gaze into her eyes and drink


IN her smiles. 1t seems probable that the
carpenter must have upset his glue pot on the
step where we sat- for after ENJOYING Miss
Magruder remarks for a couple of hours. and
drinking several of her smiles, we tried to rise
Tor the purpose OF going home, but found that
we were immovably fixed to the step. Then
Miss Magruder said: Don't be in hurry. -
and We told her we wouldn't The cOnyersa-
ton mad a sadder tone after that, and we sat
there thinking whether it would be better to
ask Miss Magruder to withdraw while we dis.
robed aud went home in Highland costume. or
whether we should give one terrific wrench and
then ramble down the yard backward. About
midnight Miss Magruder said that she
believed she would 90 to bed. Then we sud
denly, asked her if she thought her father
would have any objection to lending to us his
front steps for few days. We think that
Miss Magruder must have entertained doubts
oil our sanity, for she called her father and
screamed Magruder came down with n
double -barrelled gun. Then we explained the
situation in a whisper, and procured saw and
cut out the piece of step to which we were
attached. Then We went home wearing the
patch, and before two o o'clock crushed ont our
young love for Miss Magruder. We meyer
called again, and she threw herself away ON a
dry goods man. There is a meIancbnIy salts
faction in recalling these memories of vortb


and rejecting upon the influence of glue unon
the emotions Of the human heart. Np'A
Year: 1873

We never fought more than one duel.


1t was with a man named Blood, who


was determined to make us fight whether


We wanted to or not. When we got on


the ground, our second said to US: ''Do


you want to kill your man ?" "Of


course not" we replied. because if
you do" urged our second, calm at


that tree three hundred yards at the


right of Blood. I have seen you shoot.


I know your style" "But we don't


want to kill him." we said. go all
right then" exclaimed the second, call


right; then aim directly at his heart.


You are deadly with pistol only when
you don't want to be. I and Blood's
second are going down to the bottom of
the hill to be out of the way. Both
of you fellows scatter too much for US.


Call us when you are through" Then


Blood and his enemy began. It was
seven III the morning, and the battle
ragged until noon. Seven hundred and
thirty-fOur shots were fired, and the


bullets hit all the trees in the neighbor-
hood, killed stray pigs, perforated sew
eral COWS in the surrounding fields,
lamed plowman in the left leg, barked
the trees in the woods to the right of
US, brought down mule on the tow
path close by, riddIed the fences until
there was hardly whole board left in
them, and fattened themselves against
the rocks, but neither Blood nor me had
a scratch except slight wound which
Blood got by shooting himself in the
calf with his two hundred and forty
fourth bullet. Then we began to get
hungry, and we asked Blood if he didn't
consider the duel almost too monoton-
Gus. He said he did, and proposed we
should stop shooting and both go and
jump off a precipice together. We
urged that precipices always made us
dizzy, but promised to see him buried
comfortably if he wanted to take exer-
else alone. Then the seconds came up,
and didn't seem bit surprised to see
us unhurt. Then they proposed that
we SHOULD settle the matter with a game
of poker, and ascertain if we were
wrong or Blood. Blood held both Jacks
and won. So we apologized and went
home. The next day Blood called to
say he was sorry about the affair, and
asked us to lend him seventy-five dol
lars, which we did, and we have never
seen him since. And now we regret
that we didn't aim at that tree three
hundred yards to the right of Blood
and kill him,