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Year: 1873

Henry Clausen was absent from the city on
Thursday when he was confirmed Alderman, and
knew nothing Of 1t until yesterday on his return. He
called on Alderman Ottendorfer and stated that before
qualifying he would take the advice of lawyer well
versed constitutional law, and would be guided in his
action by the decision thus given. He had wish to
place In peril any action Of the Board Of
Aldermen by reason Of his presence as a


member Of the Board At the time, he did not feel
at liberty TO decline the honor rendered him He would
be guided entirely by the decision Of his legal adviser
1t asserted by Of those who versed in political


matters the Mayor may yet need the vote Of Mr..
Caueen in the Board TO confirm of his nominations.
There are who say that the action OF the Tammany
Hall Aldermen has simphed the programme very
much SO long they could be counted 10 oppose all
the Mayors nominations on the ground Of being
fn political minority, the work Of rejecting
those who might not be acceptable TO the majority Of
the Republican members was easy matter; but now
that It has been discovered that these members Of the
Board are likely TO vote for confirmation In every In
stance the subject entirely new phase, and
the Ring II one ever existed charged, unless 1t com
prised ali the Republican Aldermen would be apt u ind
their schemes foied the outset. The situation at
present affords ue field for speculation on the part Of
she politicians OF all factions.
Year: 1873

The conviction of james n. Ingersoll, the
'Ring' chairmaker, and his clerk Harrington,
of forgery in the third degree, is prompt
following up OF the doom of Tweed. With
the latter in the Penitentiary and the two
former in State Prison, the grand old moral
truth that honesty is the best policy seems in
q fair way to take a new lease Of life in New
York. Although in neither case has the ac-
tual robbery Of the City Treasury been the res
gestp, the community has been aware that
stupendous thefts and gigantic conspiracy.
against the people were in course OF punish
ment. The corrupt neglect OF Tweed in
auditing was only link in his chain of illicit
money-making the forgery in the third de-
gree Of Ingersoll and his accomplice, Far
rington, was only minor incident of the
corrupt scheme by which thousands upon
thousands were extracted by him from the
county. From great criminal like Tweed to
a small tool like Harrington the descent is not
so great as may be imagined. The oppor-
tunity to reap greater ill-got gains in the
one does not make the little shity
wretch, who helped out fraud with MI
his might for what it would bring,
anything less reprehensible morally.
The "Ring' magnate who stole was on q level
with the scuryiest creature that ever laid his
hand upon another's wallet What he stole
made some sort Of difference, but not a moral
one As these men, some in furtive exile,
some in Jail, roll over In their minds the turn
Of events in their regard, even to them will
come the tardy belief in a moral law that is
unainching in its retributions. Those who
organized the 'Ring, and who vent from time
TO time walls over their fate, must have the van
ity which clings to them in their shame sadly
shaken as they see themselves and their accom-
plices, pilloried one by one, with sweep Of
public gratulation which is unmistakable in
it's meaning. That they have not been con-
victed on their great malfeasances, but on The
small things they did in the pursuit thereof


shows how vainly they work who attempt TO
shcatho dishonesty in impenotrable arrnor


These convictions can have but one meaning
for men. All attempts to give them any other
are the fantasms with which dishonesty seeks
| 10 make itself martvr. Tpal meaning Is one
Year: 1873

remarkable instance Of the precarious life
Of our submarine cables has recently been
brought to light by the superintendent of the
Persian Gulf telegraphs II seems that In
repairing the disabled wire between Kurrachee
and Gwador--a nautical distance Of about
three hundred miles--the fault was ascer
tained to be about one hundred and eighteen
steamer having arrived at the point indicated
found, by soundings, that the sea bottom was
very irregular and gashed; and, on winding in
the cable, the resistance was so great that the
electricians supposed it was caught in rock.
When it was brought to the surface the body
of a large whale, firmly secured by two and
half turns of the cable, just above the tail,
revealed the real trouble. 1t was supposed
that the hugh fish was using the cable to rid
himself Of parasites, and as it overhung sub
marine cavity, he, probably, with FLIP Of
his tail, twisted it around him and came to an
untimely end. gs.NUla


Such casualties, Of course, are rarely to be
stantly coming into notice regarding our sub
marine cables go far to explode the prevailing
notion that these vital nerves of civilization
are not in danger from submarine life. In the
Malta-Alexandria cable piece Of the core,
from which the iron sheathing had been worn
away, was found to have been pierced by
shark, pieces of his teeth inhering in the
gutta percha. The Cuba-Florida and the
China cables have been similarly damaged. In
the recent operations for the repair of the
Atlantic cable Of 1865 pieces of the old strand
Of 1858 were raised, and where the sheathing
had given way the core was indented by
worms, resembling old worm-eaten timber or
books. sut.st -Hr.1d sea..aiM M2g,


These interesting facts argue the necessity
of multiplying submarine cables between the
great ipternationa narts, and centres Of trade
and intercourse to meet grave emergencies,
when single cable might be silenced. They
also suggest the need of much greater care in
selecting and surveying the deep sea bed. so
as to find q level and smooth surface for the
safe repose Of. the wire : . -t1x
Year: 1873

Indian summer, which often extends into the
month of December. 1t is not impossible il
may yet come, but if not its entire absence
may perhaps be regarded as an augury of an
early and short winter.
Year: 1873

attending the first public social party.
There is a paternal tenderness dis
played in this letter, set off, as it is,
with an exquisite play of humor, that
presents Washington in one of his
most captivating aspects. No one
can now read this epistle without
loving this great and good man far
more than he could we'll have done
had he never seen it's contents. Mrs.
Peters left several descendants, who
are fayorably known to the history Of
the country. She was woman Of
large intelligence and of countless
virtues.
Year: 1873

A YOUTHFUL genius in Detroit
fastened several yards of string to an
umbrella, and then stood the article in
the door Of public stairway. In
the course of half an hour eleven
different persons saw the umbrella,
knew that the owner had lost it and
wanted them to take care Of it, and
carried it the length Of the string only
to let 60 Of it, and wondered what the
crowd was laughing at.
Year: 1873

old lady who was delighted with the
entertainment; lit reminds me Of my
young days, and makes me wish ! was
a girl again; oh, how l would dance
and whirl myself around. The
festive scene was kept up until eight
o'clock, when night and the cooling
breeze admonished all that it was
time to close. The Band struck up
Home, Sweet Home and the lads
and lasses separated and departed
for their respective places Of abode:


Thus was spent day of festive
greeting--a day Of useful mirth and
salutary woe--a day which will long
be remembered in the calendar of the
votaries of innocent amusement and
delightful pastime.


Three cheers for Hanson Ecker, the
host OF Rocky Ridge, and the jig was
up.
Year: 1873

One Ct the hardest things for man
to do, is to keep still.


Everybody wants to be heard first,
and this is just what fills the world
with nonsense.


Everybody wants to talk, few want
to think, and nobody wants to listen.


The greatest takers among the
feathered folks are the magpie and
the guinea hen, and neither Of them
are of much account.


If q man is not sure he is right the
best card he can play is a blank one.
| have known many man to beat
in an argument by just nodding his
head once in while and simply say
ing, lust 50, just so.


1t takes a great many blows to drive
in a nail, but one will clinch it.


Some men talk just as French
pony trots, all day long in q half bush.
ell measure.


Silence never makes any blunders,
and always gets as much credit as is
due it, and oftentimes more.


When | see man listening to me
closely l always say to myself, "look
out, Josh, that fellow is taking your
measure"


have heard men argue 4 point
two hours and not get any further from
where they started from than mule
in a bark mill; they did a good deal
of going round and round.


Brevitv and silence are the two
great cards, and next to saying no.
thing, saying a little is tho strength
of the game.


One thing is certain, ii is only the
great thinkers who can afford to be
brief and there have been bnt few
volumes yet published which could
not be cut down two-thir1s, and many
of them could be cut down to the title
page without hurting them.


1T is hard to find u man Of good
sense who can look back upon any
occasion and wish he had said more,
but it is easy to find many who wish
they had sail less.


4 thing soil is hard to recall, but
unsaid it can be SPOKEN any time.


Brcyity is the child of silence, and
is great credit to the man.


WHOLE FAMILY Po1soNEn.- While
down the Wcstcrn Maryland Road
yesterday We were told Of distress
ing occurrence which transpired II
short jistance from Naynesboro
station on Sunday morning last. a
family consisting Of father, mother and
two Of their offspring were suddenly
taken with Spasms and in one short
hour were lying cold in the embrace
of death. Some -blooded villain
had mixed poison in their food thus
causing the fatal result, The deceased
head Of the tAmil y was named Brutus.
and was both feared and hated
throughout the adjoining country for
his evil disposition and eccentric pro.
pensitics to injure his heighbors, and
to create constant lroil amongst any
who might cncroach upon his prem
ises. In his death the community
suffers no loss; but great sympathy Is
felt for the mother and her innocent
little ones who shared the fate Of
Brutus. They were all buried in the
same grave, and no stone marks their
resting place for they were of the
canine species, and not entitled to
the respect due ordinary mortals:


Hageysiovn daily Ne'rs.
Year: 1873

A NoUNG MAN in New Orleans was
engaged to a wealthy Young lady, and
upon his marriage with her was destin-
ed to receive a handsome fortune. A
rival stepped in, however, and pub
lished the young man as a deceivcr
and 4 fraud, end in consequence Of
the placard the young lady broke of
the engagement. The rejected sutor
now sues the interloper for damages
to the amount of the property which
he would have obtained possession of
had he married the lady.
Year: 1873

Says the Corrlnne Reporter: utah
stands at the head of all commonw ealths
IN respect to financial soundncss, for 1t
never has been in debt, and is not now;
and we hope to see the Territory always
lnuint in itself in the same ereditable
condition. In addition to the fact that
Utah is not in debt is the strangest one
that its taxes are lower than those of
any other State Or Territory of the IN
ion."
Year: 1873

The action Of the senate on the various
bribery and corruption cases which have
come before it does not excite the IN
bounded admiration of the Troy Times.
That journal seems to think that Cald-
wells resignation was a great relief to
the senate, and says: 'The senate has
managed to shirk responsibility in two
important cases. There is no legislative
body that needs more to record itself on
the question of rebuking or enthroning
fraud than the senate. The extra see-
sion has not been an edifying spectacle
to the country that has waited so pa
tiently for a verdict of guilty against
the corrupt men who have dishonored
legislation. -
Year: 1873

The Richmond Enquirer announces
his postponement of his southern trip,
and will visit Richmond and Norfolk
within a fortnight. The Enquirer urges
the southern people TO prepare to well
come him to Virginia, and TO extend to
him all the hospitalities their limited
means will permit
Year: 1873

DIR. Franklin once made the .Ol.owin.
offer TO young man:


MAKE full estimate Of all you owe
and Of all that is owing to you. Reduce
the same to a note. As fast as you car
collect, pay over 10 those you owe; II
YOU cannot collect, renew your note eacl
year, and get the best security you can
80 to business diligently; be very eco
nonical in oil things, discard all pride
be industrious; waste no idle moments
be faithful IN your duty toward God, b,
regular and hearty prayer, morning and
evening attend to church aud meeting
regularly every Sunday, and do unto al
men as You would they should do unto
you. II you are too needy in circum
stances to give to the poor, do whatever
else may be in your power for then
but IL you can, always hell
the poor, worthy and unfortunate, ,-Pur
sue this course diligently and sinccrcl,
for seven years and ii you are not hap
py and comfortable and independent II
your circumstances, come to mo and


will pay your debts"
Year: 1873

During the last days Of the session of
the Legislature, an act ancndatOry to
the Assessment Act was passed. The
following section will prove interesting
Ito all:


SEC. f.. That section ono hundred and
Ififty-ninc Of said act be amended to read
Iss follows: The several County Treas
,u.srs he and are hereby required imme.
diately after their April settlement with
the County Auditor, either in person OF
by dupety, to call upon every delinquent
ltaxpa! er in their respective counties
and ii necessary, to disirain property
lfOr the collection Of such delinquent tax
with ten per celtum damage
and the costs and charges that may nc.
cruc. The said Treasurer shall on the
fifth day Of November, make settlement
with the County Auditor for the amount
Of such delinquent tax for which said
Treasurer is 10 stand charged said SET
Element in all respects to he made and
certified in such manner as the Auditor
Of Siate shall direct, and it shall be the
duty OF the County Auditor TO forward
"a certified copy Of such settlement forth
with to the Auditor OF State Provided
that the County Auditor shall not be
authorized to credit the Treasurer with
any uncollcctcd delinquency, unless such
Treasurer shall show by proper returns
verified by his oath or affirmation, thai
lie has, in each case for which he claims
credit, diligently sought for and has been
unable to find any property from which
to collect such tax. Or that property
was levied upon, offered for sale aud
failed 10 sell or having made levy ht
was enjoined or otherwise prevented
from making sale or collection by u
court Of competent jurisdiction: And
provided further, That in all cases where
property shall fail to sell for want OF


bidders, the County Treasurer shall l,avt
power to remove said property to some
other township in the county and re-
offer the same, as IN the first instance.


From this it will he seen that tho


Treasurer will receive no credit for de-


limquent taxes, unless some satisiactOr!
Explanation is made Of his failure I,
collect.
Year: 1873

the evils growing out of modern extray-
agance that it discouraged early marri-
ages and made the institution a matter
of dollars and cents rather than of love
and helpfalness. This tendency sent
the young man or young woman to seek
selfish and Independent pleasure in
crowded assemblies instead of such en-
joyment as was found in the home circle.


The speaker commented at some
length vigorously and earnestly upon
the evil effects OF dress and display upon
the education of children and upon the
life of their parents, and drew the pic
ture of the duty and pleasure of the real
home circle. The closing paragraph is
worthy of careful attention:


In whatever else of worldly sort we
may interest ourselves let our first and
dearest interest be at home. Let home
be made so attractive that no member of
the family circle shall ever dream of find
ing choicer pleasures elsewhere-so at
tractive to every one who is casually adj
mitted within its sacred precincts that it
shall say $50 thou and do hkcwise"-so
attractive that it shall be the grand word
ly aim of every member of the household
when age and business draw him away
from it to gain for himself Just such an
other home. So shall the State prosper,
and go shall we be helped to prepare for
the Home above, in which we shall enjoy
perpetual festival of Thanksgiving.
Year: 1873

The wholesale house, Of all kinds are unus-
ually busy just now and we are informed bv
parties fully acquainted with the details that
the trade ofthe year will prove the most ex-
tensiye ever done in the city.


This is notably the fact with dry goods
iobbers and it is no mere statement for effect.
as every house in town can show figures
which indicate beyond question, that the
trade was never so large in Portland as to-
day. The fall business opened unusually
early, some of the leading houses making
large sales in August, month which is
usually counted among the dullest OF the year.
If any one doubts that there is an unusual ac-
tivity in this very important department OF our
trade, he only has to visit the wholesale
houses to be convinced that what we say is
true. Onr estimates put the business of last
year at S5.0O0,000 and at present the ucreave
this year promises to be twenty-five cent over
The sales of 1872. This increase is accounted
for on the ground that the area to which our
jobbers sell goods has been largely increased


late and the general prosperity ofthe indus
Year: 1873

The scandalous combination of federal Office
holders in Massachusetts, in the desperate
struggle to make Butler Governor, arouses a
general expression of reprobation from the
better classes of citizens of Massachusetts,,
which meets prompt and clear echo from
other States. The fact of holding an office, it
is true, should not debar one from exercising
the prerogatives of citizenship, and we lave
no sympsthy with that morbid sentimentality
in politics which sees a ring in every political
enterprise; but when the whole body of Off
cials in State make use of the power acquir-
ed by their positions-some willingly, and the
rest from fear of loss of place-to force upon
the party nominee so Objectionable to the
unorganized majority that he cannot win
even with this powerful and perfectly organ
lied support, their action passes beyond the
limits of proprety and merits the severest de-
nunciation. These Massachusetts, placemen
must be very uncomfortable under the scath-
ing rebukes of every respectable newspaper
in the State and the fearful disaster which has
befallen their unholy alliance at the Worces-
ter Convention. A little wedding out of these
superserviceable politicians from public place
would be wholesome. The President has un-
doubtedly been absolutely quiescent in the
matter, believing it outside his province to in
terfere iu the internal politics of State. 1t
certainly would not have been becoming for
him to order these people to cease their sup
port of Butler; but the dismissal of few of
these rampaeeous persons, who have become
so grossly obnoxious, would go far to prevent
such exhibitions in the future. Either these
meh have neglected their duties sufficiently to
warrant discharge or there are more officials
than the needs of the public service demand.
In either case dismission is justifable.


Complaint is made here sometimes of
similar interference of officials in political
affairs; but, in the face of such an exhibition
as this, the complaint seems trivial. Cohsid-
ering that they are generally men with nat
ural keen interest in politics, their general
conduct in this respect has, of late years GER
tainly, been remarkably decorous. Very few
OF them, comparatively, go to conventions,
and very few of them hang about Augusta
winters. The jealous scrutiny which these
few elicit is proof positive that no such ope
ration as the Butler movement would be re-
ceived with any more tolerance here than in
Massachusetts.
Year: 1873

The fervid heats of summer are now over. In
whar condition have they left you? Is your liver
torpid or disordered, your appetite feeble, your di


gestion imperfect OF painful. YOUR nervous system
shaky, your mind lethargic? This is the state in
which the autumn finds tens of thousands of us, and
this state we are ripe for the maarous evers and in
bowel complaints, and bilious diseases, which the
heavy dews, the vapors, and the vast difference be-


tween the temperature of night and day are apt to
engender. Rouse yourself from this condition with
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Wake up the latent
vitality of the body, which only requires the stmu-
lating, strengthening and regulating agency of this
mighty vegetable restorative to enable it to resume
It's activity and potency, Indigestion biliousness


miasmatic fevers, and disorders of the bowels are
the usual sequences of long heated ,erm Prevent
or cure them with the Btters You can do either,
but prevention is best
Year: 1873

FIRE In BRowNFIELD.-We are informed
that the house of King Lane in Brownfield was
burning as the noon train from Upper Bartlett
was passing that station. 1t was thought at
that time that the stable would he saved
The furniture was nearly all saved This is
the third time in as many years that Mr.. Lane
has been burned out. He was absent at the
time of the fire.
Year: 1873

THE ART OF READING-The Pail
Mall Gazette in an article on the above
caption, says that bookish people are
continually apt to overrate the value of
reading. There is a large order of minds
-shrewd, healthy, intelligent minds
which must be stimulated by verbal and
ocular demonstration, and which are
quite closed to reading. And on the
other hand, there is vast amount of
reading which has no relation either to
mental efforts or to intellectual cultiva-
ton. a common consequence ofread-
ing for amusement is the love of seden-
tary habits, anG the low physical tone
thereby induced. If the ordinary run
of novel readers were to renounce the
novel and the easy chair in favor of the
field and the brisk walk, they would,
no doubt, without doubt, find sensible
difference in both their bodily and men-
tai condition at the end of the year.
Let US not be misunderstood What we
set our faces against is not the use. but
the abuse of books-an abuse which


leads to superficial views of life, neg
lect OF active duties land mental apathy,
only equalled by self conceit. Even if
all books were worth reading, it does
HOt ioiioW tuat tuC spdiC tliuc uCNOiCu
to them by the young and thoughtless
would be we'll spent. But how few of
the hundreds of books published annu-
all> are worth reading, and how rare
the faculty of discernment. A real love
of books is given TO the few and and not
to the many. A wise book, thoroughly
underst, cd, is a mine of wealth through
out life. SO strong, however, is the
force OF habit, and so powerful the in
fiuence of position, that indiscriminate
reading has become as common as bad
piano forte playing.


Naturally, this sham culture tends to
the depreciation of learning. 1t is so
much easier TO accept opinions ready
made than to be at the trouble of form
ing them, and SO much pleasanter to
read what is light and entertaining than
what is dry and abstruse. Whe her sec
ond hand opinions, and light entertain
ing literature prove the most serviceable
to the world is quite another matter
In word, then, books are inadequate
teachers SO long as we use no others.


Self development embraces the prac
tical as well as the theoretical, and those
who overrate the last at the expense of
the first, run into an extreme, the con-
sequences of which are not easy to cal
culate.