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Year: 1873

The following story, related
by a San Francisco paper, is
full of romantic interest:


"Two years ago a widow of
London apprenticed her only
son TO the captain of an Eng
lish steamer plying between
London and IndiaR' During
several trips made by the ves-
sci the boy was very badly
treated by the captain. Not
long since the steamer came to
this port, and while on the voy-
Iage the lad barely escaped be-
ing killed by the captain. On


more than one occasion similar
trsatment was extended to men
Of the crew, and during the
stay of the vessel here several
of the crew deserted, and in
duced the boy to leave Also
One of the sailors, whose SYM
pathy had been engaged in the
boys welfare, procured a home
for him with a kind lady in the
southern part Of the city. This
lady has since provided for him
and has been a mother to him.
One week ago she saw a card
in a newspaper asking for an
errand boy at the drug store of
Messrs. Painter & Calvert, cor
ner of Clay and Kearny streets.
She brought the boy &C the
store herself, and stated his
circumstances and her relation
to him, and she was instructed
to call at the store the next
day: He has been working
there for the past week, and
has attended to his duties so
intelligently and faithfully and
the proprietors have been high
ly pleased with him. The other
morning he received two letters
from London-one from his
mother, and the other from a
lawyer employed by the execu-
tors of his grandfather's estate.
These letters inform him that
through the decease of that
relative he has been made the
sole heir of ;95O,OOO, or $780,
600. They also inform him
that in a few days money will
be sent to pay his passage to
London. He says he will re-
tain his place in the drug store
till that money comes, and he
was as dilligent as usual during
the day. He is fourteen years
of age, and apparently deserv-
ing in every way of his good
fortune"
Year: 1873

The art of escaping from prison is
SO fast becoming extinct that it is a
relief to find an occasional daring ex-
ploit in that way. While the steamer
L'Orne. from France, was lying at the
port of Melbourne, Victoria, with 500
Communist prisoners on board destined
for the penal settlement of New Gale
donia, one of the prisoners, named
Sergine, at dusk got over the side Of
the vessel, and hanging in the por-
tauvans waited until half-past Z. when
dropping into collier, he lay conceal
ed among the GOALS until half-past 8.
He then tied his pocket book and
papers in his handkerchief to keep
them dry, and lowering himself over
the side of the lighter, swan to the
stern, where boat was in tow. Cut
ting the rope with his knife, and hang
ing to the portion of the rope which
remained, he drifted into the bay with
the boat until about 800 yards from
the vessel, when, hearing cry, and
thinking an alarm bad been given,
ne loosed his hold Of the boat and
struck out in the direction of the
lights on the Sandridge shore. After
swimming for about three-quarters of
on hour he caught the cable of ves-
sci and rested there for nearly an hour
In as tate of exhaustion. H then start
ed again for the shore about midnight,
and after half hours swim got safe
ly to land.
Year: 1873

SENATOR BAKER AND HIS SPEECH.
Senator Bakers speech accepting
his nomination as Lieut.. Governor
is made the occasion of considerable
ridicule by the correspondent of the
Chicago Times who attended the con-
vention, and by various Democratic
state papers. Yet it would be doing
MIR. Baker injustice to suppose that
it is deserved. The truth of it was
that he was poorly prepared for speech
making-it is at present, "out Of his
line"-and in the excitement of the
moment, with threelor four hundred
OF tie brightest men in the State cri-
ticising his maiden effort it is to dis
credit that he did as we'll. Fairchild
made fearful blunder in his first
start of, and even so seasoned veter-
an as Gov. Washburn put his foot in
it when addressing the Legislature as
candidate for the Senate. Mr.. Ba-
ker is one Of the bright, enterprising,
go-ahead young men of the State and
will yet make his mark as fluent
public speaker. His heart is right,
and enlisted in the success of the Re-
publican party, and his earnestness,
enthusiasm and zeal may we'll be taken
as a set off to what at the worst was
merely an instance of bad taste, and
harmless in Itself Green Bag Ga
zette.
Year: 1873

The EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
New YORK, September 4-The great
cathedral OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church is to be erected here as soon
as the requisite funds can be raised
The entire cost of the structure and
lots will be 100000. Among the
subscriptions already received are two
of Sl00, 900 each.
Year: 1873

A very dangerous counterfeit $500
greenback of the issue of 1859 has
made its appearance in New York.
1t is so perfect an imitation of the gen.
uine that it is thought the Treasury
department will have to call in the en-.
tire issue (s35, 1000, ,OO0) of the class of
legal tender notes to which it belongs.


The following is a description of
the differences between the genuine
and counterfeit $500 legal tender note
of the issue of 1869: The upright
that holds the balance of the scales in
the hand of the female figure shows a
white line in the counterfeit on the
lower part of the palm of the line to
the second finger. In the genuine
note the upright is quite black, and
lost in the shadow The lower part of
the right lapel of the coat in the por-
trait of Adams in the counterfeit forms
an angle. In the genuine it is dis
tlnct curved line; also, the buttons on
the counterfeit are irregular in shape,
while in the genuine they are decided
ly round, and dark in color. Particu


lar attention is called to the button on
the left side of the coat in the counter
felt In the word "Washington," in
the counterfeit note, the black shade
forming the first stroke of the letter w
forms an angle at the bottom Tn the
genuine it forms curve in ruled shad-
ing. Under the right hand stroke of
the letter W, and over the letters A
and S there are four ruled lines in the
counterfeit. There are but three in
the genuine note under the letters A
and in the word Washington. In
the counterfeit they are FIVE ruled lines
and in the genuine, four. Also, un-
der che letter Fl in the same word
there are four ruled lines Ia the coun-
terfelt, and In the genuine three. At
the bottom of the letter T in the de-
nomination title there are five ruled
lines In the counterfeit, sand in the
genuine six. The localized fiber or
the left OF the portrait is blue; in the
genuine without color In the coun-
terfeit is read seal in the genuine it
is printed in delicate carmine color.


In the counterfeit it is more of brick
color, and has heavy appearance,
more especially in the rays which form
the outside of the seal. Attention is
called to the blurred and soratchy ap-
pearance of the lathe work and letter


ing on the back Of the counterfeit,
which, upon comparison with the gem
use, will be readily perceived.
Year: 1873




Eva is six years old, and has deep blue
eyes. Ernest is almost four years old, and
has very black eyes Jessie will be two
years old next week, and has large brown
eyes. Their papa, who has been kept at
home by illness for week, thinks that be
is just getting acquainted with them, and
never knew before that he had three such
fine children.


He noticed, the other day, that every
hour, almost, they would run into the sit
ting room with cake and sugar or bread
and butter, scattering crumbs all over the
carpet, and keeping their mamma busy
much Of the time sweeping up. So he
thought he would call a council to consider
the matter, and see what could be done
about il. Papa, robed in his dressing gown,
took the chair Eva was placed in front I;
Ernest stood onathe right hand, and Jessie
on the left. The chairman then told the
children how much work they made man.
ma, and proposed a rule,-that no more
food should be eaten in the sitting room. -
All who were in favor Of such a rule were
to vote for it by raising their hands. Each
of the children raised hand and fat little
Jessie raised both Of hers as high as she
could So the vote was passed


Then papa said that a rule was good for
nothing unless there was a penalty with it..
So he made Eva Judge, aud asked her what
the penalty should be for breaking the rule.
IL think, said she, the first one that spoils
the rule should be shut up in Jail five min
utes." This was thought to be about the
right thing so the bedroom was selected
for a jail aud Ernest was made jaier Eva
wanted to know, since she was Judge, and
Ernest was jailer, what Jessee could be.
Her papa said that jesse would probably
be the first prisoner. As to Ernest, he
went at once aud told his mamma that he
was "no more a little boy, but jailer-man, -


Well that day no more crumbs were scat
tered--and Ernest did not get a prisoner,
though he kept bright lookout for one.
But the next day he got onc-and this is
the way it happened Papa said he would
like an apple. Eva brought him one and,
while be was pairing aud eating it, he drop.
ped some of the peel on the floor. In an
instant, to his great dismay, he was arrest
ed and locked up; and be might have Ian.
guished in Jail full FIVE minutes, if Ernest
had not been such kind jailer that he lei
him out in two.


Papa thinks that the next time he makes
rule he will be careful not to break it,
The NurSery.
Year: 1873

and growing flowers derived from the
cartb's heart, that makes It good to handle
aud feel them? This house is known as
the place where one dares to be late to
breakfast. There is no ceremony Of wait.
ing Coffee and cakes arc put where they
will be kept hot; the table is cleared 10
suit the housekeepers convenience. and a
small one set for the late conner.


Nobody lies awake at night till the light
ceases to shine under your chamber door.
u you want to sit up and read your novel
through. There is an unwri,ten law Of
convenience for the household which recu.
lates everything better than any code Na.
poleonic- And the benefit Of allowing peo.
pie to be law unto themselves Is, that
they are much better natured about it when
they do obey. There is indulgence and re.
pose 10 this lovely home, and great deal
Of time for things which most people cut
short, an hours play with the children,
right down good" chat with a neichbor.
day Of letter writing once fortnight
And the worth Of these merry, comforting
letters quite out weighs the fact that there
are seear ashes on the mantle and pile Of
work on the sofa. Disorder does not imuly
dust or soil Of any kind. 1t does not in
clude shabbiness or mean chaos. It means
leave to be'-in most cases, thinking Of
people more than Of things. Order is sim
! ply harmony Of few notes. Disorder Is
the towering branching melody Of one
themc-and that theme, individuality.
Year: 1873

or all things on earth to make trouble,
commend me to a letter You write as
you would say it--but it goes to your
friend without the grace Of voice-the
infection, the gesture, the laugh that would
make a joke of it. There are just the hard,
cold words--he eau only see what is said,
aud he is deeply grieved, or augered--lost
to you perhaps forever. The thing you
write 10 one mood fods your friend in an
other-may be in the very one which Of
all others is least hospitabe to your mes
sage. have seen whole family cast
down by some piece Of written pleasantly
on the part Of an absent member of it. And
If there is this danger when you know the
writer's ways and phrases 80 well, how
much greater the peril in the case Of mere
acquaintances. | think correspondence
should be conducted mainly by means ol
printed forms.-Seribner's Monthly. 4
Year: 1873

were all in perfect health All this in one
scale Of the balance, and in the other ill
temper and jealous, fault-fnding, discon.
tented state Of mind--imaginary Ills brood
cd over ill they seemed real. The good
was as solid as gold, the bad was as light
as thistlo-dowp, and yet the bad outweigh
ed the good, for the will Of the woman was
with IA
Year: 1873

the outer world tae farmer can neglect to reap his
crop; not SO in the moral He showed now tne
eject OF sswd oats' was apparent In all cases,
even when TIE sewers had, In alter lie, reached
prominent positions claiming that The So,ss. ss.
disease, a mental or moral innrmity as
the result OF their past disslpations
No ons can escape the penalty OF evil. He Illus
trated his position by reference to the institutions
on the East River islands, TO the insane asylums
and states prisons throughout the land, as showing
the effects OF wild oats.n He traced the career
OF the young man from his FIRST visit to the drink
ing saloon and the house OF infamy until he be-
came diseased debauchee, and showed that the
inevitable tendency OF youthful dissipations was
downward, and those who In after years recovered
from their effects were the exception. He alluded
to tha


CASE OF STOKES,


now for the third time on trial for his lie: lie ora
not think OF the end when he commenced scatter
ing broadcast the wild oats which have LED nn 10
u ielon's cell and may hurry him to felon's grave
In closing, he briefly referred to the other course
showing that he who sowed evil seed would reap
a corresponding harvest; so those who sowed INC
seeds OF righteousness would reap LIE eterna.
Year: 1873

and subduing the guilty soul what Is the Holy
Spirit which God promises to sendS Where can
God dwell as an object OF thought and feeling II
not In our thought and feeling faculties DO not
suppose that would have you confound God with
our own souls Mind is ever mind; reason is al
ways reason. Spirit Is one thing and mind Is
another. There can be no intercourse between


MIND AND SPIRIT.


Nature lives as a great revelation IN my heart.
II God is necessarily within our hearts rom whence
comes this Holy Spirit God has let His Holy
Spirit loose in our souls. When Jesus told HIS
disciples, in the words text that they should
receive the Spirit after He was gone lie intended
TO leave them H1s power and the glory OF his
career. He had been with them probably ABOUT
two years. ana in that time He had constantly IN
structed ana encouraged them TO godliness Ihere
are many thoroughly established facts IN the Bible
and


CHRlST'S INFLUENCE


over the people OF his age, viewed nom surety
historical visw is one OF them. need not ask now
IL is that so many lakes unite away IN the North
west TO form the Mississippi; when ] see the
mighty river as it sweeps toward the Guli know
that they do unite and a great many ol them. so
l need not tell how II that Christ secured sucn
an influence over the hearts Of men: stand on the
fact God Is not only ever consistent put ever
humane and ever divine IL Is the HOLY Gnost
which calls you in your own soul. iou can never
abdcate your nature or escape out OF God's uot-
QuitOuS SUPREMACY.
Year: 1873

There was large congregation in attendance yes
te day morning at All Souls church, and Dr. Bellows
pre- ached with his accustomed fervor. Taking
for Ss text the thirteenth verse OF the sixteenth
chaTNer OF St. John, he said I'll desire TO give you


conc option OF what is usually called the presence
OF the Holy Spirit There is good TO be derived
rom discussion OF the many vague theories
which eacin man has on this or many other religious
subjects. There must be


LOVE OF TRUTH FOR ITS OWN SAKE
There win thel, begin to spread contagion for
sacred truth. Tllis viii not be the mere ascend
ancy of better nature, not the triumph of indi-
vidua win or judgm.' mt, but IL win grow out OF the
truth in personal principles. Men grow great and
powerful In proportion to their alliance with
truth. In each OF their caEes 1t IL love and wisdom
1Wbo have won the victory.


We hear Of the Holy Spirit Of Truth converting
Year: 1873

How TO ENJOY WINTER Human
Organism is a regulated furnace. The
blood may be compared to the fuel, and
the more stable tissues formed from it, to
the iron stove containing the fuel Just
in proportion to the energy and celerity
with which life is carried on. this combus
ton proceeds; and fresh fuel, that is. fresh
blood, is required. But, in orderto obtain
this, there must be both food, and also di
Igestive energy. When there is a failure
in this digestive energy, stimulants fire.
quently are had recourse to; but their eff
feet is transient, and if used too long and
exclusively, they tend to derange the di-
gestiye functions. But let DR.. Gottlieb
Fiseh's Bitters be used in conjunction with
food, and its tonic qualities will rapidly
strengthen the digestive organs! And
when an abundance Of wholesome food is
once duly digested, it will bring about a
fullness of vitality hitherto utterly unknown!
There will be no more desire for alcoholic
Istimulantsi


This subject continued next week under
Rapid Nutrition. u
Year: 1873

! adopt this mode OF sdvertieing my business
instead OF employing agents. My object is, to
reduce the expense OF the business as much as
possible, 30 by purchasing of me you pay no
agent fees. You can also save the expense Of
delivering the work II you choose besides you
can select the Marble yourself, and see the sytle
for being deceived or being disappointed.


BY taking this course, there IL q saving Of
from twenty to thirty per cent according to
how far the purchaser comes.


You can readily see that the money save by
not keeping agents goes to the purchaser in
stead OF the agent.


Agents claim that they can furnish work
cheaper. That cannot be done, unless done by
Apprentices. | furnish no work Of that class
as employ no Apprentices.


My work aud material cannot be questioned.


g. Patronize home, If you can, and save
money by so doing. Sl3
Year: 1873

TEA, TEA, TEA, TEA.


Those who enjoy good cup of Tea are here
by informed that a choice article of Japan Tea
can be had at the Grocerv Store Of w. III. Gid
den, which will be sure 10 give satisfaction to
sill lovers of that beverage. si5.
Year: 1873

The great cause of so many young peo-
pie being gray headed is on account of
their having used the vile compounds
which have flooded the market 50 long.
Natures Hair Restorative is . sure rem
edy for this Clear as crystal no prison
perfectly street, elsaH and reliable All
druggist sell it, See advertisement
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST. Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,


decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention Of cOnsum-
Year: 1873

Try Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil for
cholera morbus, cramp in the stomach or
bowels, kidney difficulties, soreness of the
side, lame back, cramps of the limbs
You will find it wonderful cure for your
family use Try it sure
Year: 1873

CHICAGO. June 37.-Another conference
of Western Railway Managers was held
here yesterday to consider the question of
the abolition of the pass system. It ap-
pears that the signatures TO the agreement
entered into at the secent meeting here on
the subject were not all authorized, and
that some Of the provisions in that agree
ment are not endors d by all the parties to
it. After long discussion a new agree
meut, differing somewhat from the original
one, was submitted, but it did not prove
satisfactory to all concerned, SO the matter
is still unsettled,
Year: 1873

On reaching Washington Mr.. Dow
sent the letter to Mr. Lincoln, and the
interview which he asked was imme.
diately granted. The meeting was
described to me as deeply affecting,
and to narrate all its incidents would
be an invasion of the sacred privacy
OF the maternal heart which had been
SO grievously smitten. Willie Lin
coin was fair, bright boy, very win
ming in his manners, and of u most
engaging disposition. His nature, in
deed, had just that fiower.llke sweet
Year: 1873

Hor weather has returned, and
makes appropriate the Injunction to all
in relation to the care Of horses. They
should not be over work ed; they should
be protected from the sun; they should
be supplied with water in limited guam
titles at frequent intervals; they should
be fed with sufficient and proper food.
In addition to these things cars should
not be crowded TO excess, nor too heavy
loads pied upon carte, drays and
wagons. In a word, horses should be
treated in such o manner as to make
them feel as few OF the disadvantages
OF the season as possible. This course
is politic as we'll as humane, for horses
that are well taken care Of in the sum-
mer will pay for the time expended in
such acts ten times in extra service and
labor.
Year: 1873

The New York Bulletin commends
10 the attention Of the numerous gem
tlemen who figure as eloquent orators
and essayists at trades,union meetings
AMI other places where it is point 10
put labor and capital in the position Of
natural antagonists, to certain truths
uttered in a recent Grafton before the
Cornell University: that at the
present time there is sad neglect in
the training for good mechanics" and
that "men must be taught to work az
we'll as to read" There is in the lat
ter proposition, it strikes US" the editor
says, exquisite irony" The idea that
any human being can arrive at man
estate in this age and country without
having been taught to work would
be astonishing II We were not aware oi
the ingenious contrivances to which the
class OF persons referred to are accus-
toned to resort, as il in order to escape
the divine decree to earn ones bread
BY the sweat Of his face. The grand
aim of one half OF the philosophers and
politicians is how to live without labor
and, so far as the observation OF the
writer extends, a majority Of the per-
sons who do the talking at the work.
ingmen's meetings belong to the
class who must be taught to work as
well as to resd,' The necessity fol-
better training for good mechanics, it is
feared, will not be adequately met "un-
til we have fewer men among US who
set themselves up as teachers and phi
losophers, and leaders. when, if they
bad any respect for the eternal fitness
of things they would be, not on the
platform, quoting Mr.. Odger and Mr.,
Bradlaugh and citizen Prudhomme, but
practically and personally vindicating
the right TO labor by swinging the
iackplsne. or climbing the ladder, o,
shoeing q horse. or anslyzipg the myste.
ries of brick and mortar-or, for that
matter, doing anything else which
would help to make them g blessing
and not Q bsne, to society
Year: 1873

There is, to our personal knowledge,
q bank president in New York who
was contemplating a trip to Europe
during the simmer, but who found
that this would deprive the clerks Of
their usual vacation. He generously
remains at his post, taking the place OF
each one in turn as he goes for period
of recreation.-Gariytian Weekly.
Year: 1873

1~Good definitions are rare, as all
who consult Webster's unabridge we'll
known. The editor of this ponderous
volume ought to be grateful to the lit
tie boy who, when asked by his sister
what capital punishment was, replied
that it was being locked up in the cup
board with the jam and other nice
things.
Year: 1873

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
INCREASE OF The PUBLIC DEBT
Light Receipts, Heavy Payments
AN IMPORTANT LIFE INSURANCE SUIT
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE BURNED
THE CONTEST IN CUBA
INsURGBNT VICTORY AND REPULsE
COTTON BURNED AT SEA
RAILROAD ACCIDENTEN GEORGIA
THE STRAKOSCH TROUPE ON BOARD
PATTI RELIEVING THE WOUNDED
HEAVY RAINS IN TEXAS
RAIROED BRIDGE DISABLED