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Year: 1873




The Baltimore Sun, of the 18th ult.,
says: son the arrival at Camden
Station, yesterday afternoon, of the
5 10 westerH train, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, man was discovered lying
upon the truck of one of the passenger
cars. AT first it was supposed he was
dead, but upon investigation it was
found he was alive, but badly used up
and suffering greatly from the cold.
His face and clothing were covered
with smoke and dust. He stated that
he had secreted himself IN the truck
under the car yesterday morning
while the train was at Martinsburg,
West Va, 100 miles from Baltimore,
and in that perilous position had rid
den the whole distance, without food,
and in imminent peril of his life, to
this point thus accomplishing one of
the most desperate journeys ever re-
corded. He gave his name as George
Aliender, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn,
aud said that few days sgo he re-
ceived letter from friend in Wash
ington stating that he could obtain
employment in that city. Being out
of employm't he determined to visit
Washington, and invested what mon
ey he had in a ticket calling for pas
sage from Pittsburgh to Martinsburg.
Upon arriving there and being out OF
funds he concluded to steal ride for
the rest of the journey, and selected
the truck of one of the cars as his seat.
He was in great danger several times
of falling from truck in consequence
of his body becoming benumbed with
cold. The space between the truck
and the bottom of the car where he
rode was about twelve inches in
height, and, as consequence, he was
| forced to extend his body along the
four timbers which constituted the
frame. work of the truck"
Year: 1873

en- into account and the balance placed to
his credit The moral view of the ques
ton should be considered and the uues
tion asked, ,"Cannot the Indian be made
useful and productive member of society
by proper teaching aud treatment Z" If
the effort is made in good faith. we will
stand well before the civilized natous of
the earth and in our own consciences for
having made it. All these things are not
to be accomplished by one individual,
but they will receive my support and
such recommendation to Congress as will
10 my judgment best serve to carry them
into effect. beg your support aud en,
couragement.


1t has been and is my earnest desire to
correct abuses that have grown up in the
civil service OF the country. To secure
this reformation, rules regulating methods
OF appointment and promotion were es
tablished aud have been tried. Ny efforts
for such reformation shall be continued
to the best OF my Judgment. The spirit
oil the rules adopted will be maintained


THE PRESIDENTS MEDICATION


| acknowledge before this assemblage.
representing as it does, every section OF
to my counrrymen for the great honor
they have conferred on NE by returning
me to the highest office within their gift.
aud the further obligation resting on me
to render them the best services within
my power. This [ promise, looking for
ward with the greatest anxiety to the day
when | shall be released from the re,
sponsbilites that at times are almost over
whelming. and from which | have scar
cely had respite since the eventiul firing
upon Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, to the
present day. My services were then ten
dered and accepted under the first call
tor troops growing OUT of that event |
did not asked for place or position, and
was entirely without influence or the ac-
quaintance of persons of influence, but
was resolved to perform my part in
struggle threatening the very existence
of the nation, [ performed coDscien
tious duty without asking promotion or
command, and without reveugcfu feel
ing toward any section or any individual.
Notwithstanding this, throue hout the war
and from my candidacy for my present
office in 1868 to the close of the last
Presidential campaign, have been the
subject o! abuse and slander scarcely ever
equaled in political history which, to- day,
feel that can disregard. in view Of
your verdict which | gratefully accept as
my vindication.


At the conclusion of the address, the
President was warmly congratulated by
his friends. aud soon alter left IN his car
riage, escorted by the procession, which
had reformed.
Year: 1873

Find girl that is 10 years old last
May, about the right height, with a blue
eye, aud dark brown hair and white teeth


Let the girl be good to look at. not too
fond Of music, "a firm disbeliever in ghosts
and cue OF six children in the same fam
lily.


Look well to the character of her
father /; see that he is not the member OF
any club, don't he on elections, and get.
shaved at least three times a week


Find out about her mother, sec if she
has got heap of good common sense
study we'll her likes and diSlikes, eat some
Of her home made bread and apple dump
lins, notice whether she abuses all of her
neig ghbors ask her servants how long they
have lived there, and don fail Ia observe
whether her dresses are last years one.
fixed over


If you are satisfied that the mother
would make the right kind of mother
in law, you can safely conclude that the
daughter would make the right kind OF i
wife


After these preliminaries are settled
aud you have done a reasonable amount
OF sparkling, ask the young lady for her
heart aud hand, and of she refuses, you
can consider yourself cuchred


If on the contrary, she should say yes
get married at once, without any fuss and
feathers, aud proceed to take the chances


There Is just as many good wives as
good husbands, and never knew two
people. married or single. who were de
termined to make themselves agreeable
to each other, but what they succeeded.


Name your Oldest boy same good stout
name, not after some hero, but should
the first boy be girl, ask it as a favor
to me that you call her Rebccca


do want some Of them good old fash
ioned tough girl names revived and ex
tended
Year: 1873

Very many people fail in cooking
beans. Put the beans in cold water, soft.
and let them soak three or sour hours
Then put these beans n cold water (two
quarts of water to one quart of heaus, ud
ding Tablespoonful OF salt), bring them TO
boil AMI let them simmer until tender
say two aud "a half hours Pour the wa
ter away from them let them stand by
the side of the fire, with the lid of the
saucepan partially off, to allow the beans
to dry, then add one ounce o. hutier for
every quart of beans, aud seasoning OF
pepper aud salt
Year: 1873

The Scranton Morning Republican tells
the following good small pox story =


On Monday afternoon man entered
the office o! DR. Throop. broken out ter
rbly with small pox The man, besides
being sick. was poor aud friendless, and
wanted to be taken care of. The Doctor
advised him to 90 to the station house
and see what they could do for him there
The man departed aud the Doctor resum
ed his business. Now be it known, that
the Poor Board had meeting. in the
office of \ H Winton. esq, in Washing
ton Hall building, that same afternoon
The Doctor. in the course of the after
nuon had occasion to visit the Board
while in session When he entered the
room, to his astonishment, he saw the
small pox man sitting in a corner as com
rlacently as could be, waiting for favor
able opportunity to lay his case and claiui
before the Board The members of the
Board were busily engaged in the pcrfor
nance of their duties The doctor step
ped tn the middle of the room and said
"Gen:lemen. are you aware you have u first
class case of email pox in the room Z
pointing to the man. He h ID not to re
peat his statement, nor did 1t require sc
cond look at the man to convince them of
the truth of the Doctors statement They
did not stand upon ceremony. nor hardly
upon their legs for they almost flew from,
the room. The Doctor says it was very
funny to see that Board adjourn without
a motion.
Year: 1873

hat Was not bad reply given recently
al barn raising IN Pennsy lyaoia to a
young man who had been relating his
mo ihan wonderful exploits in variuus
quarters OF the globe A the close of
one OF these narratives he was NOT a lilile
= buck ty the remark of an old cod !:
Young IA n ain I ven ashamed to talk
so when there are older liars ON the
ground 2"
Year: 1873

When a woman has a hen to drive
into coop she takes hold of her hoops
with both hands, shakes them quiet
lly toward the delinquent, and says,
"Shew! there" The hen takes one
look at the object to convince herself
it's woman, and then stalks maiesti-
cally into the coop, in perfect disgust


of the sex. A man don't do that way.
He goes out doors and says, cit is sim
gular nobody in this house can drive


a hen but myself, Sand picking up


stick of wood hurls it at the offending


biped, and observes "get in there, you
thief" The hen Immediately looses


her reason and dashes to the opposite


end of the yard. The man straight
way dashes after her. She comes back


again with her head down, her wings


out, and followed by an assortment of


stove-wood, fruit-cans and coal-cIink-


ers, with much-puffing and very mad


man in the rear. Then she skins up


on the stoop and under the barn, and


over fence or two and around the
house, and back again to the coop, all


the while talking as only an excited


hen can talk, and all the while follow


ed by things convenient for handling,
and by man whose coat is on the


ground, and whose perspiration and


profanity appear to have no limit By
this time the other hens have come out
to take hand in the debate, and help
dodge the missles-and then the man


says every hen on the place shall be


sold in the morning, and puts on his
things and goes down street, and the


woman dons her hoops and has every
one of those hens housed and contented
in two minutes, and the only sound
heard on the premises is the hammer
ing by the oldest boy as he mends tie
broken pickets.-Dan5ury Nea0s. '.
Year: 1873

0 loyal to the royal in thyself,
And loyal to thy land as this to thee
Bear witness, that rememberable day
When, pale as yet, and fever worn, the Prince
Who scarce had pluck'd his Pickering life again
From halfway down the shadow of the grave,
Past with thee thro' thy people and their love
And London rolld one tide of joy thro' all
Her trebled millions and long leagues of man
And welcome. Witness, too, the silent cry,
The prayer of many race and creed and cline
Thunderless lightnings striking under sea
From sunset and sunrise of all thy realm.
And that true North, whereof we lately heard
A strain to shame us-''Keep you to yourselves
So loyal is too costly" Friends-your love
Is. but burden: loose the bond, and go.
Is this the tone of Empire? Here the faith
That made US rulers2 This, indeed, her voice
And meaning, whom the roar of Hougoumont
Left mightiest of all peoples under Heaven?
What shock has fool her since, that she should


speak
So feebly ? Wealthier-wealthier- by


hour


The voice of Britain, Or sinking land
Some third-rate isle, half-lost among her seas
There rang her voice when the full city pealed
Thee and thy Prince! The loyal to their Crown
Are loyal to their own far sons, who love
Our Ocean Empire with her boundless homes.
For ever-broadening England, and her throne
In our vast Orient, and one isle, one isle,
That knows not her own greatness. IF she


knows


And breads it we are fall n-but thou, my Queen,
Nor for itself, but thro' thy living love
For one to whom l made it o'er his grave
Sacred, accept this old imperfect tale.
New-old, and the shadowing Sense at war with


Soul,


Rather than thatgay King, whose name, ghost,
Streams Ikea cloud, man-shaped from mountain


peak,


And cleaves to Cairn and Cromlech still or him
Of Geofrey's book OR him of Malleor's one
Touch d by the adulterous finger of time
That hovered between war and wantonness,
And crownings and dethronements take withal
Thy poets blessing, and his trust that heaven
Will blow the tempest in the distance back
From thine and ours. For some are scared who


mark


Or wisely or unwisely, sign of storm,
Waverings of every yane with every wind,
And wordy trucklings to the transient hour,
And fierce or careless looseners of the faith, 49,
And softness breeding scorn of simple life,
Or cowardice, the child of lust for gold,
Or labor, with groan and not voice,
al Aha ar tH5 Adf RgSs Bet csfsaf for ise
And that which knows not, ruling that which


knows,


To its own harm. The goal of this great world
Lies beyond sight: yet-if our slowly grown
And crownd republics crowning common


sense,


That saved her many times, not fail-their fears
Are morning shadows huger than the shapes
That cast them, not those gloomier which torego
The darkness of that battle in the west,
Where all of high and holy dies away.
Year: 1873

EDUCATlUH EU6 CULOhED Sn41OnGA'


In the Board OF Education, last evening,
committee was appointed to report upon the
feasibility Of securing education for the eolored
children of The city. This is merely prelimi'
nary movement, and there can be no exhaustive
or intelligent consideration Of the subject, until
all the facts to be ascertained by the Committee
shall be before the Board. 1t is gratifying, hoE-
ever, to observe that after some desultory dis
eussion of the main question, last evening, the
vote to raise the committee, upon a call Of the
Yeas and Nays, was almost unanimous, and we
infer from this that the members of the Board
intend to approach the question, in aspirit OF
fairness and with entire freedom from mean
ptejudices.


One or two members professed desire 10
provide education for colored children, but found
3 stumbling block 10 the word 'white," in the
charter Of the Board. In fact, however, that
word legally is not there; though printed in the
text Of tue charter, it has no force, or value,
whatever On the contrary, it is there in def
ance OF the Constitution OF the United States
and is itself in opposition to law. To obey it, or
to regard it as Of any validity, is to transgress
the paramount laws which we are required TO
maintain and respect.


This being true, as legal question, there is
no moral consideration that can be employed
against the education of the coiored children,
and there should not be particle Of opposition
to it. By the addition of the Howard School,
aud perhaps one other, OF equal capacity, To-
Gated in another part of the city, all the colored
children of the city, of school age can be suita-
bly, accommodated, and can receive instruction
as ether children do. To this they are entitled
by every principle Of right and every consdera.
ton Of justice, and it should be the earnest eff
fort Of the Board Of Education to procure it for
them. The limitation OF the charter, confnint
their work to children Of one color Is not onl!
invalid but in defiance Of the principles upor
which the Board has an existence.
Year: 1873

The COMMERCIAL yesterday, in order to be
faithful chronicle of the times had to fill its col
umns with shocking and sad details Of crimes
and accidents and disasters. The number was
exceptionally gIisIy, and we hope not to be
Obliged to soon print another like it, notwith-
standing the belief that such reading suits the
Year: 1873

AS we have considerable complaint from sub
scribers in the Northwest section of the city, of
the lateness of the hour at which the CONNER
cIAL is delivered We have divided the route and
placed another carrier upon it. The steady in-
crease of the CoMMERcIALs circulation compela
the continual employment Of now carriers.
Year: 1873

Look at him he is curiosity. He was pleasant enough an hour ago, as he sat in his office talking to Jenks. With his chair tilted back, the toes of his boots resting against the mantel-piece, his mouth extended in loud guffaw in reply to one of Jenk's yarns, you would have said he was one of the jolliest fel- lows in the world.

 But he does not look so 1fow. He has lowered his hat over his eyes, and got his family face on. He considers it bad domestic policy to come home looking smiling and cheerful; it would not only lower his dignity as master of the house, but it would encourage his wife and children to the asking of all sorts of favors, and the running into good ness knows what extravagances. The only way, as he believes, to keep up a proper system of household authority, and reduce household expenditure to its certain limits, is to always find fault, and never relax for moment the system of domestic snubbing.

 Of course, the coming home of the Growler is not looked for with joy. All pleasant influences take wing. The very atmosphere becomes charged with depressing or explosive material. The cook spills the gravy, and blackens the toast for the pigeons; the wife is afraid the soup will not be all right, or the pudding done to the precise turn; the children huddle in corner, and talk ir whispers, and no one feels that they can breathe free breath until "pa is gone. Who would be 0 growler P Ledger.
Year: 1873

The essence of the Prussian system for effecting the reformation of crimi- nals is contained in the single word "work." There are religious books in the prison library but they are not forced upon the prisoners-rather the reverse. They are encouraged to read biographies, histories, books of travel and adventure and even works of fc- tion and illustrated magazines are not forbidden them. While they are al- lowed to expend portion of the share of their earnings which is allotted to them in grammars, dictionaries, and works on other subjects, they are on no account permitted to buy religious books this, as understood, is to guard against the tricks of hypocrisy. Every one committed to the Strafgefangniss, no matter how short or how long his sentence may be, is set to work at somc kind of trade.

 In Prussia masters are found who contract for the labor of certain num- Der of prisoners ignorant of any trade, whose services they receive gratuitously during the first month. At the expira- ton of that period they have to pay six silbergroschen or ten cents per day for each man they employ; but this is merely tn" starting point, the rate of wages being subject to increase from time to time as the prisoner becomes more proficient. The contractor is also bound to provide the convict with work when he quits the prison. A prisoner failing to earn the regulation six gros- chen per day paid for him by the con- tractor is duly punished; while of his earnings in excess of this amount one- third is allotted to him by way of en- couragement. A certain portion of these earnings he has the privilege of spending on the Sunday, under due re- strictions, in such delicacies as butter, bacon, beer, snuE, sausages, and fruit j; but tobacco is strictly prohibited. Should the convict prefer mental to ma ,terial food, he can lay out his money on books, as before mentioned. The bal ance of his share of earnings is given up to him when he leaves the prison, to- gether with new suit of clothes and 8 new pair of boots, for the making of which within the prison he has to pay 8 trifle, the materials being supplied gratuitously.
Year: 1873

and nothing heard, save thess roaring of the tempest and the grinding and the crunching of the olumpers as they were driven with terrific violence by the sea. To remain where he was would be, he knew, to court immediate destruction. The pan upon which he tottered was becoming smaller and smaller every moment, and, great as was the hazard, he determined, if possible, to launch the boat again, and, though desperate the attempt, to cross the chasm that di- vided him from his companions. But this was no easy task. The sea was breaking wildly over the pan. The boat was heavily laden, and it seemed as if his remaining strength, though doubled by that desperate situation, was un- equal to the required task. Several times did he make the attempt, and twice was he washed from the pan into that dashed over and overwhelmed it. The cold was intense, terribly augment ed by the chilling and freezing water with which he was covered and satur- ated. In this awful situation but little hope remained of his ever again behold ing his comrades or even preserving his own life.

 In moment, as if by magic, the storm lulled and the surge subsided, and, straining his eyes through the blackness of that Plutonian night in the direction in which he supposed the rest of the party were, he discovered the two Esquimaux, Joe and Hans, each standing on 8 small piece of ice and paddling towards him. These intrepid and hardy sons of the "regions of thick ribbed ice were not deferred by dan gers which would have. blanched the cheeks and made the hearts of men bold enough to seek the bauble reputation even at the cannon's mouth stand petri- fled with awe. But for them the ice seemed to have no terrors as for common men. In Q second the horrors of the preceding moment were forgotten. Hope once more bloomed in all its fullness, regardless of the innumerable perils beyond, and, strength thus revived with eager hope, the boat was launched and they joyfully ejoined their companions.

 On the 29th of April two steamers hove in sight of the storm-tossed mari ners, which now renewed all their long cherished and constantly blighted ex- pectations of rescue. They made sig nals, but were probably not observed. This fresh and heartrenuing disappoint- ment was atoned for on the morrow, when the sealing steamship Tgress, of St. Johns, Newfoundland, accidentally, in dense fog, steamed against the very foe of ice which was their habitation. Three cheers from the rescued company rent the air, and were as vehemently and joyously sent back by the 130 men who composed the Tigress' crew.
Year: 1873

A man, says the Danbury NeaOs, may lose friends, home, position. fortune. They are different from an umbrella He mag lose them he is sure to lose that. But he keeps on buying or bor- rowing them. If he buys one some one borrows it, and returns it to the wrong man without knowing it. If he borrows one some one steals it, outright, and he has to borrow another from another source to make it good. We don't un- derstand it. Nine of every ten men who to-day possess umbrellas are not the owners of them. Heaven only knows where the owners are. Perhaps they are dead-perhaps i'll exile, and perhaps, which is more likely, they are under other umbrellas. People will borrow an umbrella when they wouldn' t borrow anything else. They will bor- row it as long as there is & bit of cloth or rib to it. They will borrow the stick if the slide is in it. While it bears the remotest semblance to an umbrella they will borrow it, and-keep it. We never yet saw an umbrella so reduced but that some one would take it in. The only when you want it, and that is the exact time it fails to appear. When the sun is shining brightly and the dust is five inches thick on level, an umbrella be- comes one of the most repulsive objects in christendom. On such occasions il meets you on every turn. You Shut g door and down it comes and spreads out and trips you up. You haul down youl linen coat from the closet and find something is holding to it. It is that umbrella. You move the flour barrel tc look for rat, and out comes that mis erable umbrella and scrapes your shin It raps you on the head in the stairway and trips you up in the hall, and falls down on your head from the garret, anG when it ain't doing anything else il

 stands up in corner and wrings its hands and swearS at society.
Year: 1873

AN ELECTRIC MIsTAKE.-A gentleman found it necessary, during his recent canvass, to ask head railway official, by telegraph, that train might take him up to small station. The answer promptly came back, "No one will stop for you" But the courteous official had really done all in his power by promising that train No. would com. ply with the request made.
Year: 1873

ICING FOR CAKts Take ofrLe best whi,o
sugar one pound, aud pour over It just enough
cold water to dissolve the humps; then tax.
the whites of three e.gs,. and beat them
little but not to stiff troth; add these to the
sugar aud water; put it in deep bowl place
the bowl in u vessel of boiling water and beat
the mixture. 1t will tirst become thin and
clear, and atierword begin to thicken. When
1t becomes quite thick remove it from the fire
and continue beating until cold then spread
it on with knife 1t is perfectly white.
gistens beautifully and is 80 lard aud smooth
when dry that you may write very well upon
it with pencil