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Year: 1873

COMMISSIONERS have been appointed to examine and report on system of irrigation in California. This is 8 subject : vital importance to the peo- ple of Arizona. The time is not far distant when all the water of the Territory will be required for irriga- tion, and when it will also be neces- sary to economize and adopt a system whereby it can be used to the best advantage.
Year: 1873

DENVER, Col, Jan. 4.-The epic
otic has continued to increase in this city
until most of the horses are more or less
affected, and the streets present an almost
deserted appearance. Reports from other
sections show the disease to have broken
out almost simultaneously along the
whole Eastern slope of the Rocky Noun
tains for distance of five hundred miles
North and South. The people of New
Mexico will be deprived of mail communi-
cation for some time to come.
Year: 1873

ALETTER from Marshall, Texas, states
that six thousand men are at work grading
the Texas Pacific Railroad between that
point and Fort Worth, and that track lay
ing will begin ss soon as the rise in Red
river enables the necessary supplies to be
brought up.
Year: 1873

A couple of Des Moines juveniles ate a
stolen pie. The lady of the house caught
them at it and told them there was poison
in it. The boys ran home and told their
anxious mammas, who gave them enough


antidote to kill horse. They recovered
from the effects of the pie without any diff
Guilty, because there was no poison in it, but
the antidote made 'em awful sick. They
say that they will never steal another pie.
Year: 1873

A school girl in one of the rural districts
of Pittsfeld, Mass, was overheard trying to
convince schoolfellow that she liked him
better than she did some other urchin, of
whom he seemed jealous. "Of course l
like you better than do Bill" said she,
"for don't miss words in my spelling les
son on purpose, so as to be down to the
foot of the class where you are?"
Year: 1873

of having done benevolent deed Will
temporarily insane. 1t is somewhat
strange that the effects of this temporary
insanity should always assume the form
of crime


A VERY important circumstance always
enters into the question of bank accom-
modations. This retersto the amount and
character of the securities, notes, bonds,
or other exchangeable values which Dor.
roWers can offer as the guaranty for their
loans Banks, not being traders dealing
in merchandise, always demand in eX
change for their loans, and as the security
thereof something that is not only equiva-
lent to the money lent, but readily con-
vertible into money They can lend only
on the most negotiable kind of property
Hence, in commercial crisis that shakes
credit and makes almost all kinds of
property unnegotiable, borrowers find
difficulty in procuring loans from banks
because they cannot easily supply the
requisite basis in the way of guarantees
Only the very best class of borrowers can
secure accommodation at such times, and
even they often fail.


DR.. HERMAN MEYER, of Zurich, asserts
that shoemaker ought not only to pro-
duce shoe that does not pinch, but
shoe 50 constructed that 1t Will give to a
foot distorted by the pinching it has borne
already, "A fair chance of return to its
right shape, and fall possession of It's
power as a means of carrying the body
onward He says that in measuring
foot for a shoe or boot, the first thing TO
be considered is the place of the great toe.
Upon this toe, in walking, the weight of
the whole body turns at every step; in a
natural foot, therefore, it is in a straight
line with the heel. A central straight
line drawn from the point of the great toe
to the middle of its root, if continued,
would pass very exactly to the middle of
the heel But, by the misfitting boot
usually worn, the point of the toe is press
ed inwards, the root outwards. No last,
or model of foot already injured by
wearing ill-itting boots or shoes, should
ever be made of the exact size of such
foot.
Year: 1873

THERE was a Duke once who disguised
himself, and placed a great rock in the
middle of the road, near his palace. Next
morning a peasant came that way with his
OX-cart.


"Oh, these lazy people," said he;
there is this big stone right in the mid
die of the road, and no one will take the
trouble to put it out of the way" And
SO Hahns went on scolding about the la
ziness of the people.


Next came IA gay soldier along. His
head was held so far back that he didn't
notice the stone, so he stumbled over it.
He began to storm at the country people
around there for leaving huge rock in
the road. Then he went on.


Next came company of merchants.
When they came to the stone, the road
was SO narrow that they had to go off in
single file on either side. One of them
cried out: Did anobody ever see the
like of that big stone lying here all the
morning, but no one stopping to take it
away" 1t lay there for three weeks, and
no one tried to remove it.


Then the Duke sent around word 10 all
the people on his lands to meet near where
this rock lay, as he had something to tell
them. The day came, and a great crowd
gathered. Old Uahns, the farmer, was
there, and 50 were the merchants. A horn
was heard, and a splendid cavalcade came
galloping up. The Duke got down from
his horse, and began to speak to the
people:


My friends, it was | who put this
stone here three weeks ago. Every passcr-
by has left it just where it was, and has
scolded his neighbor for not taking it out
Of the way"


He stopped down and lifted up the stone
Directly underneath it was round hol-
low, and in the hollow lay a small leath-
ern bag. The Duke held up this bag,
that all III ight see what VAS written on it:
For him who lifts up the stone" He
united the bag, and turned it upside down,
and out upon the stone fell beautiful
gold ring, and twenty large, bright gold
coins. SO they all lost the prize because
they had not learned the lesson or formed
the habit Of diligence.-Ihe Nett0dist.
Year: 1873

HEART linked with heart in each noble endca-


"Husband and wife;
We're adrft, Oh, my sweet, on the beautiful
river


The river of life
The shore of my girlhood, far back in the dis
tanCc,


Still can see:
But your love, true and faithful, still makes my
existence


A heaven TO me.
The strong arm Of love has never yet failed me,


Never, dear heart!
Nor your faith ohl my darling, when censure as
called me.


Life when apart,
Loses its sweetness; Joys radiant flowers


Bloom never for me-
As lonely walk through the desolate hours,


Waiting for thee.
With Faith for the pilot and Love to cast DER Us


The light of her smile.
The waves of the river OF life yet before Us,


Look tempting the while.
There il nought in the past that is worth the re-


Ny darling; instead,
Not moment this hour we would fain be forget
ting,


Since we were wed.
fear not the storm-clOuis that hover around me,


Drifting with thee.
For the Spring time aud Summer Of life yet have
found thee


Faithful to me
on on to the shore of the blissful Forever


Husband and wife;
Together well float down the beautiful river


The river of life.
Year: 1873

We fud no material change in the as
pect of affairs since yesterday. The
mortuary list holds its own with stub
born regularity. The total has not
varied more than seven or eight in ten
days. Our table elsewhere tells the
whole story. We have twenty.nine to-
day, against the same number yesterday.
1t might be worse, but the few grains OF
comfort we can parade are not much
stronger than homeopathic po-
tons. While there are some new
eases oceiring, and five or six
hundred old ones to care for,
rapid abatement cannot be expected.
All is being done by our noble workers
that money, sympathy and skill, directed
by high sense of duty, can accom-
plish. Let us be patient and faithful
unto the end.
Year: 1873

From the Lafayette. Ind, Journal


Mention was made short time since
of the fall of wonderful aerolte in the
lower part of this county. Yesterday
we met Mr.. Harter, who discovered it
upon his farm, near Romney. The
fragments in all, it is supposed, will
amount to about a thousand pounds in
weight, anI some features are presented
which will be of great interest to scien-
tfic men. The aerolites heretofore
found are of q solid and metallic nature,
having evidently struck the earth as
compact bodies. This one is entirely
different From the traces it is easily
determined that the vast descending
globe came hurting through the air in
one glowing molten mass, and that at
the moment of its impingement it was
in liquid state. The fragments are
honey-combed like cinder, and
vary greatly in their weight. 1t is
further evident that the globe was hol-
low, from the smoothness Of the con-
cave parts. The outside presents the
appearance of soft body that has struck
upon solid particles, as the indention of
RThSb olidNo oblSho dl q
plainly discernible. One Of the frag-
ments had fallen on large stick Of
wood, and conforms to it exactly. The
very texture of the wood can be seen.
Further than this, all around the spot
where the main body fell we're found
numerous little balls Of the same ma
terial, varying from a shot to an ordin-
ary.sized marble. They were perfect
spheres, and can be accounted for on no
other hypothesis than that the rapid
revolution of the liquid mass in its de-
scent threw off these particles by centri-
fuQal force. Parts of the material have
been subjected to intense heat without
the least effect being produced, and they
show unquestionable evidence Of igneous
action. A box of these fragments will
be shipped to the Smithsonian Institute,
and the remainder are intended for the
Purdue Agricultural College.
Year: 1873

Here is one outcome of the density OF
population: A society is forming in
Zurich, with many indications Of sup
port, whose object is to engage that their
remains shall be burned instead OF
buried. The actuating motive is, that
under the prevailing custom, large
spaces of valuable land are occupied by
cemeteries near towns often to the detri-
ment Of the health, and which sometimes
present revolving spectacles when grave s
have to be interfered with The other
outcome is emigration to America,
Plenty of room to bury them here.
Year: 1873

This week we give the installment OF Edward
Stanwood's article on the Farmers and Rail-
roads," which would have appeared last week
but for the crowded condition OF our columns.
We have six columns more of room ut our COM
mand for reading matter, which for the past
two or three weeks were filed with advertise
ments. We again call the attention OF our
readers to the large mass OF information en-
bodied in that article on question that is just
now occupying very large share Of public at
tention. The article will bear reperusal. and
should be closely studied by all who wish in
formation on thus important matter.
Year: 1873

The Detroit Tribune says: "The Paw Paw
TRUE MORT HERSHR the leading Republican
paper of Van Buren, County, closes very Wig
orous article of protest against the grab and
kindred frauds on the Taxpayers. as follows ,


"'We make issue only with the corrupt ones
who have worked their way to the front for the
sole purpose of 'feathering their own nests,
and who thus bring reproach upon the party.
We believe that the Republican party is to-day
as honest and trustworthy as ever-that IN
their loyal zeal they have been imposed upon
by the dishonest ones, who will not scrupe to
do anything to crafty their own greed for gain.
The more honest members are jostled to one
side by the unworthy. 1t is the latter class
that the great mass Of thinking Republicans
want to get rid Of"
Year: 1873

\ trotting match will come of at the Fair
Grounds in Paw Paw tomorrow at one O'Clock.
The horses to 60 are those that have never
won public money. A good deal Of spor. is
anticipated.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Porker is the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor OF Wisconsin. and the ad
vice Of the Democratic journals Of that State
is very appropriate, Don't scratch your tick
cts go the whole hog"
Year: 1873

The only cards OF admission to the Grand
Stand issued to members Of the Press were to
the editors and reporters OF the daily press
none to the weekly country PRESS at the laying
OF the cornerstone. This looks like favoritism
Our authority is the Lansing Republican.
Year: 1873

The Cashier Of our National Banklcertalnly
cannot be accused Of being spendthrlft. He
went to Kalamazoo on business the other day.
He stepped up to the Lawton ticket Office to
purchase ticket, and found himself without
money; he had left it all at home. Depositors
are safe.


During the past week new roof has sbeen
put on the "Tall Brick, formerly the hard
ware store-on the southeast corner of Main
and Kalamazoo streets, opposite the Dyckman
Honse. Our friends will hereafter find US To-
Gated on the second floor OF this building. We
shall be pleased to see our customers at this,
our new place of business.
Year: 1873

Eighty-sisht ladies have entered the Michi-
gan University; and we learn from that reliable
paper, the Boston Post, that they have a sys-
tenn of hazing peculiarly their own. In point
Of fact, they bhndfold the young men Of the
institution. and kiss them nearly to death and
the other night young man named Gates was
nearly smothered to death in that way. We
have no pity for Gates, however. He probably
preferred the punishment to an escape for
how easily might he have opened himself and
gone away.--Rochester Democrat.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The Stokes farce has ended TO the satisfaction,
no doubt OF the criminal and his friends If no one
else. Honest and law-abiding men, though, cannot
help viewing with Indignation and alarm such q
meagre result OF SO great q CRIME. That Fisk was
immoral, unscrupulous and thoroughly bad has
nothing whatever to do with the estimate OF
Stokes' crime. One mans life is as good as
difficult to conceive by what process OF reasoning,
the lack of it, the jury arrived at the verdict OF
manslaugnter In the third degree. The evidence
certainly did not point that way. There
could have been no heat OF passion
the shooting in fact, no meeting till almost at
the moment the fatal SHOTS were Tired. No lntel-
gent man who has taken pains to follow the EVIL
dence in this case believes FISK had drawn pistol
son at the time. Tommy Hart, whose evidence
Mr.. Tremain sought to impeach by the testimony
OF the dlsgraced policeman, Logan, stated the
night OF the murder, and IL was 80 reported in the
papers next morning, that Stokes muttered, as he
stealtnily approached the stairway, his victim
was about TO ascend, .'Now I've got your That
story Hart told without variation at each trial.
Does 1T appear reasonable that from the time OF
the shooting till the reporters had obtained this
account from him, period OF not more than
three or tour hours at most, some one of Fisk's
friends had been sufficiently selfpossessed to cook
up this tale for Hart to commit to memory2 No
one will entertain the idea for moment.


1t is sale to predict that dozen idiots from RAN
dalfs Island could not have done worse than this
Jury OF intelligent ~ citizens. II this case does
not open the eyes of people to the rottenness OF
present jury system and the necessity Tor radi-
cal reform in this direction, nothing ever WILL |
cannot help raising my voice to protest against
this verdict and the ialsc and pernicious system
which made ii possible.


AN INDIGNANT READER.
Year: 1873

Brief Interview with the German-


American statesman-His Views on the


Third Term Question.


A HERALD reporter was sent Yesterday to GEN
eral Carl schurz in order to obtain his views on
CGsarism and the Chief Justiceship question. The
distinguished German orator ana statesman, who
was everywhere received with the highest honors
In Germany where his name has become house
hold word, had just arrived from Europe, where
his family had been residing for some time. The
reporter accosted him just as senator Schurz-
who looks as strong and hearty as ever-assistcd
his wife and daughter into the carriage which was
to convey them all to the train for washington.
Mr. Schurz said he was very much pleased to see the
reporter, when the latter had stated his mission.
lie proposed that the reporter should ride with him
10 washington so shat he might be enabled TO con-
verse with him on the way. This was unfort,l-
natcly, not feasible, and the reporter had to de-
cline the honor. The senator contented himself
with an emphatic "Nol' to the query whether he
was In favor OF third term. Wnen he had
mounted into the carriage and taken his little
boy-who looks as rosy ana lat as one OF Raphaels
cberubs-on his lap he had just time enough to
say, II wish you would do me one favor. Iwish you
would state in the HERALD that am not going TO re-
move TO Illinois, all the numerous reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding And the words mad
scarcely passed hts lips when the coach ratified
away ana the reporter was left alone,
Year: 1873

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Your brilliant editorial In yesterdays HERALD
ON the proceedings and sentence In the Stokes
case cannot be too highly commended. Your
article says that hanging is played out for
the rich man. How can such a thing be,
when it appears SO very doubtful IN my mind
whether hanging has ever been ''payed inn for
that class OF the community ? know OF no in
stance in the annals OF crime In this great and
rare country where all men are subjected to the
laws alike; where the rich man has ever been
made to pay-not by money-the full penalty
Of his crime. That Is out OF his sphere en-
trely What, do you intend TO place him
on the same equal footing along with such
poor creatures as Foster, Nixon, Reynolds
and others, and compel him to take the
same road that they nave already taken The
thought cannot be entertained for moment; !;
1t is too preposterous Tor any consideration. Did
this man Stokes XIII Fisk or did Fisk kill Stokess
Which is itp must confess that that Is what the
beclouded intellects OF our citizens in general
mostly desire to come at. am at loss to an
celebrated case, which Will be an everlasting dis
grace In the history OF countrys Jurisprudence,
that gross fraud has been perpetrated upon the
American people. Let US see to IL that such an oc
casion never occurs again. The counsel for
Stokes displayed rare tact and ability in conduct
ing this case for their client, and no doubt they
have won great victory for themselves, as
one OF them so exultlngly observes. But
to what base purposes have their forensic
accomplishments been put Their chief object
seems TO have been to insult all witnesses who
were unfortunate enough to appear on the stand
against them; and their unu viuperatlons OF all
who have been opposed to them is an unwarrant-
able assumption which the people can no longer
tolerate. II we are to have justice, let it be meted
out both to the ricn and poor alike; to those who
live in exalted stations as well as to those whose
pathway Is that OF the lowly. The people will no
longer remain quiet II our criminal courts do not
undergo radical charge and purge themselves Of
the corruption that pervades their atmosphere.
Patience will cease to be a virtue among us, and
reaction will surely spring up spontaneously from
every law-abiding heart, whose pulsations will be
felt throughout the entire land. 1t will come like
avalanche bringing terror 10 the law breaker, and
then the cold-blooded criminal may well beware oil
the wrath to come. G. +. M.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


AS the hard work OF Stokes ought to correspond
with the severity OF his punishment (for only kill
ing mani please suggest in your invaluable paper
the procuring OF few ounces OF worsted and a
crochet needle to occupy his time an hour or 80
day. A. +. Il.


WEST TwENrY-FoURrH STREET
Year: 1873

The Solitary Odor OF Phf1anthropy.


NEW YORK, Oct. 81 1878.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Coming down this morning on the - Avenue
Railroad the writer tried to buy Of the conductor
counterfeit nickel, to contribute to the Mast
1und but The conductor had passed out his stock
for the day, but said ne would have his usual sup
ply on the next trip. Not wishing to wait, en-
close you one cent for the fund.


AN ADMIRER OF GENIUS.
Year: 1873

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Your articles and letters on the distressed cond-
tion Of dear Thomas have cut me to the heart
But republics are ever ungratefuL 1t is sad, now
ever, to contemplate the likelihood, during the
coming severe winter OF that great artist shiver-
ing IN the cold blast or neglect and ingratitude
shield him in some degree from which l herewith
send an article OF clothing, which, with little
pair and 'taking inn to better adapt IL to his thin
and emacated form, will enable him to brave the
storm till spring again smiles. ARCHIMEDES.


TThe article referred to is well-worn lounging
coat Of the period 1S42. Like dark cloud. it has
Its lighter lining. Both cloth and lining are what
would keep the roof over family-rent.-ED
HERALD.l
Year: 1873

Having been using land plaster for two
years on tobacco, l have thought it might
not prove uninteresting to give few
facts about 1t. / used about three pecks
to the acre of $500 hills-putting about a
tablespoonful on each plant and sprink-
ling it with the fingers ever the bud and
leaves. 1 put 1t on at topping time,
but think that the best result would be
obtained by putting the plaster onas soon
as the tobacco has spread the hill. The
cost is about seventy-five cents per acre.
The increase in pounds from plaster was,
by my experiments, about ten per cent. (;
the improvement in quality about five
per cent. There was no apparant ad-
vantage in size over the tobacco that had
no plaster on 1t. The advantage was in
the thickness and richness of the leaves.
There was strikir g difference in the
color of the tobacco while growing.
While tobacco treated with land plaster
was q very dark green color, that In ad-
Joining rows without the plaster, was q
much paler color. The land-plastered to
bacco Is inclined to cure dark mahogany
color.-Cor. Rural Sun.
Year: 1873

Business men, and other people also,
often grumble at Uncle Sans blunders
in carrying the mail, when the fault is
not with Uncle Sam, but with themselves.
Here is case In point:


A certain hardware firm In Providence
expected q remittance which failed to
come to hand. Complaint was made to
the post-office, as there was positive
proof that the letter containing the remit
tance had been mailed In due form.
Search was made, but to no effect, and
the postmaster at Boston, into whose
Office the letter had been mailed, was
convinced that theft had been perpe-
trated somewhere en- route.


He sent out his special agents and de-
tectives, but to no purpose. A year
elapsed and q new agent was appointed,
and on his first visit to Providence was
asked to make diligent inquiry to dis
cover some clue to the lost letter. The
agent transacted his other business and
thin went to call upon the hardware
merchants to inquire II they had heard
anything of the lost letter. They had
not, and while discussing Its singular
disappearance severe rain and wind
storm came up and when he left to 90
to the depot he gladly accepted the loan
of an OLD overcoat found hanging in a
closet In the hardware store, and an UNI
brella; porter accompanied him to the
depot to bring back the borrowed ar
ticles.


Taking off the coat at the depot, the
agents hand felt something In the pocket;
and knowing it was spare coat belong
ing to the hardware store and to em.
ployes In general, and to no one In par
ticular, he put his hand In and drew out
several letters, and among them the one
so long sought. Returning at once to
the hardware merchants to whom the let
ters were addressed, the mystery was at
last explained. One of the firm rec6llect-
ed receiving the mail about the time he
had expected the important letter, and
that when he wished to read his letters
he could find none Of them. He also re-
menbered that he had a. that time worn


hat very 0vercoat.-Youth's Conspanion.
Year: 1873

COBRA poison has been discovered by
an English chemist to be identical In It's
parts with the composition Of beer yeast,
which supports the idea that the poison
Is Of the nature Of an animal ferment,