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Year: 1873

1t is said that the Berlin Postofice is
about to introduce an improvement upon
the original postal system. A card is to
be provided, on which message may be
sent and reply returned ut once. The
original sender, by paying the trihing
postage both ways, may thus secure an
answer at once, the person addressed
having only to write line or so on the
card when he receives it, and return it to
the postman. This is great conve-
nence worth considering in the issue of
postal cards in this country,
Year: 1873

The Chinese boys, thirty in number,
who were brought to the United States
last Summer, and who at first were placed
at schools in Connecticut and Massachu-
sets, have now all been brought to Hart
ford, Conn, in order that they may be
near Chinese tutor and pursue the
studies of their own as well us of this
country. The Commissioner, Yung-
Wing, during the present year, is about
to return to China to escort back new
detachment of thirty more pupils.
Year: 1873

WE notice that The San Diego Union in an able editorial points out the danger to peace in Arizona by the sudden withdrawal of troops at this time. The Union is ever on the alert to battle for and sustain the rights and interests of Arizona, next to its own beloved San Diego, Arizona has its most watchful care. We hope these efforts will be appreciated and re- warded accordingly. The Miner of May 10, also gives the same timely warning. We who live here know too we'll that we are upon magazine that is liable to ignite and explode at any moment.
Year: 1873

AT last accounts Major Brown was close after the Apaches that raided on the San Pedro. He had followed them with the stolen stock across a corner of the San Carlos and on to the White Mountain reservation. It does look as though at last we had found & man who can and will follow these fiends home.
Year: 1873

WE have received speech made by

 Delegate Mccormick in the House of

 Representative February 21, 1873.

 He makes very able argument

 showing the advantages that will be

 derived by the whole country, by

 fostering our mining interests and

 shows by quotations that such has

 been the opinion of our ablest states

 men from the administration of Wash ington to that of Grant. We have

 seen the statement made that 1t was

 the intention of the Delegates from

 the Territories to make a combined eff

 fort at the next session of Congress to

 have a Bureau of Mining esta blished similar to that of the Agricultural Bureau. There should be no delay in the adoption of this movement. The vast undeveloped mineral re- sources of the United States, the mil

 lions upon millions that is annually lost for want of scientific knowledge in creating refractory ores, the depression in mining interests in consequence thereof; the loss to the country of the money that ought to be put ill circulation and the loss and rum to citizens who make these experiments, makes up a record that should be convincing to any wise statesman that the government should step in at once, and procure and publish the most reliable and best information that can be obtained upon this subject. A branch to this Bureau should be established in every State and Terri tory where mining Is carried on, to collect information and forward it to the Bureau at Washington. Connected with each branch should be an Assay office where the prospector could deposit his ores and obtain reliable assays free of charge. By selecting } capable man for each of these branches, he would bring into use his former experience and would be enabled to experiment on the ores of each particular section, and give the ,esults of such experiments to the miners and to the Bureau at Washing on. In Arizona we have vast quan- ities of sulphuret gold ores that are ich enough to pay if the gold could ,e saved, and so far experiments that nave been tried have failed. We have hundreds of prospectors now examin- ng the country for precious metals. They are constantly bringing in ores, put we have no means of testing its yalue except by sending it hundreds md often thousands of miles away md trusting to strangers to assay and end the returns. A few such speeches .s that made by Delegate Mccormick annot fail to attract the attention of he people and Congress to this inn ubject.
Year: 1873

u Poetry is confined to no claaa In life-ths
world has had it's poets, from the nobleman ia
the shepherd and plowboy. But of all oallings
We should think that rubbing down horses and
cleaning out the stalls Of livery stable would
be calculated to inspire poetical thoughts
The occupation and the poetry naturally run in
the same channel, end partake of the same aroma.
In such cases. the dung-fork is mightier than tho
pen. One of this class of poets who favors us
with production, csn obtain an answer to his
question more speedily by applying personally to
his sweetheart down in "Afrca, or in the brush.
than through the columns Of our paper, - it is
not read in the circles in which his affections are
centred.
Year: 1873

A faro-dealer in this city about four years ago was compelled to relinquish his profession by paralysis of his right fore-fnger. The nerve cell Gin the spinal column) which supplied the joint had died from overwork, and the mus cles of the finger gradually passed away through disuse-atrophied, the doctors call it. The dead cell in the spinal marrow in some way, by contact or sym pathy, destroyed it's neighbor, which controlled the same finger on the left hand. The atrophy extended over both shoulders, and neck. At the present time there is not muscle in those portions of the mans body. The arms hang useless and absolutely fleshless- mere skin and bone. The intercostal muscles are gone, and the man can make no respiratory movements requiring their action the neck is esophagus, trachea, and spinal column clad in skin, and that is all, the processes of the lat ter standing out as plainly as in skele- ton. The head, unsupported, hangs down on the chest, as if it were merely tied on. By movement of the lions the man can throw his head over so that it will fall resting on his shoulders and back, but otherwise than thus, mechan- ically, he cannot control its motion.

 What parts the disease will next attack is q question with the physicians at Bellevue, where the case was shown yesterday, but the result is hardly doubtful. Breathing is done now who'll ly by the diaphragm, and must cease if that be attacked.-N. '. Paper.
Year: 1873

It is stated of Prof. Law, of Cornell University, that, having one day during the hot weather observed peculiar ropy appearance in the cream, which had risen upon tho milk which was SUD- piled him by milkman, he was led to examine it under the microscope. These observations resulted in the dis covery of numerous living organisms, of character quite foreign to good milk; careful survey of the dairy where the milk was obtained disclosing nothing wrong-the dairy-house being good condition. But, on looking through the pastures, it was found that the only water to which the COWS had access was that contained in stagnant pool. Submitting some of this water to similar microscopic examination, he discovered the same class of organ isms as those found in thecream. The presence of like organisms was also de- tected in blood taken from the COWS. In order to arrive at more definite re- suit, he next obtained specimen of good milk, free from all organic impuri- ties, and into this he put drop of the water from the stagnant pool. In a short space of time the milk developed an infinite number of these living or ganisms, and became similar ill charac- acter to that obtained from his milk man. Results so clear and conclusive merit the attention of oil dairy-men while the manner in which they were established illustrates the value of care full observation, followed by persistent and intelligent research. :...
Year: 1873

That to be frozen to death must be 0 frightful torture many would consider certain from their own experience of the effects of cold. But here we fall into the usual error of supposing that the suffering will increase with the energy of the agent, which could only be the case if the sensibility remained the same. Intense cold brings on speedy sleep, which fascinates the sen- ses and fairly beguiles men out of their lives. The most curious example of the seductive power of cold is to be found in the adventures of the botani- cal party, who, in Cooks first voyage, were caught in snow storna on Terra del Fuego. Dr. Solander, by birth q Swede, md we'll acquainted with the destructive deceits of rigorousclimate, admonished the company, in defiance of lassitude, to keep moving on. "Who- ever sits down." said he, "will sleep, and whoever sleeps will perish." The doctor spake as a sage, but felt as @ man. In spite of the remonstrances of those he instructed and alarmed, he was the first to lie down and die. The same warning was repeated thousand times in the retreat from Moscow. Ali son, the historian, to try the expert ment, sat down in his garden at night, when the thermometer had fallen four degrees below zero, and so quickly did the drowsiness come stealing on, that he wondered how soul of Napoleon s unhappy band had been able to resist the treacherous influence.
Year: 1873

Take an hour from labor and give it to something else. But don't carry those precious sixty minutes and slam them down upon drinking bar, getting nothing in return for Gods gift than poison and death and murder. Don't take them to the gambling hells and ex- change them for chances to win few dollars from other men who have left their families, their wives and children, to gamble away their small earnings. You but help to build up the fortune of the unprincipled man who owns the "hell" and deals the game of moral and pecuniary destruction. If you have an hour to spare from labor, give it to reading and the enjoyment of home. Cheer your wife in her duties, select pleasant stories and read them to your children. Try the habit of domes- ticity. The best lounging place is your own house, and the best club to join is your own family. Stick to that idea, and work up the spare hour by improv- ing it to the intellectual advantage of yourself and household. If you prop erly bestow your leisure from toll you will in the end find that toll itself will not be so great burden. By study you will discover wherein lies the mys- tery of your toll, and means will be opened to you by which the business you are engaged in will assume almost an intellectual amusement. An hour a day amounts at the end of the year to 365 hours. In that space how many valuable books may be read, how much pleasure enjoyed in your own home, and how blessed you will be in the gratitude of your wife and the intimate and cultivated love of your chi1dren
Year: 1873

The following amendment to the present bankruptcy law of the United States, introduced by Senator Wright, of Iowa, is probably all that will be ac- complished this winter, and even this may not pass: On all proceedings in bankruptcy commenced subsequently to the first day of January, 1873, no dis charge shall be granted to debtor whose assets shall not be equal to 50 per cent. of the claims proved against his estate upon which he shall be liable as the principal debtor, unless the as- sent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors to whom he shall have become liable as 8 principal debtor, and who shall have proved their claims, be filed in the case at or before the time of hearing the application for discharge, provided that the provisions of this act shall not apply to those debts from which the bankrupt seeks dis charge which were contracted prior to the 1st of January, 1873.
Year: 1873

Sir Richard Steele says: The first sense of sorrow l ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with real un- derstanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where the body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledoor in my hand, and fell to beating the coffin and calling papa for, I know not why, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.

 My mother caught me in her arms, and, transported beyond all patience of the silent grief she was before in, she almost smothered me in her embrace, and told me in flood of tears, "papa could not hear me, and would play with mo no more, for they were going to put him under the ground, whence he could never come to see us again" She was very beautiful woman, of Q noble spirit, and there was dignity in her grief amid all the wildness of her trans port, which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, which, before I was sensible of what 1t was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives inn pressions so forcible that they are as hard te be removed by reason, ns any mark, with which achild is born, is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is, that good nature ill me is no merit !; but, having been so ire quently overwhelmed with her tears be- fore I knew the cause of her affliction, or could draw defenses from my own judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since ensnared me in- to ten thousand calamities; and from whence I can reap no advantage, except itbe that, in such a humor as am now in, can the better indulge myself in the softness of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.
Year: 1873

well, and I have reason to believe she did so, never any less and never any more, while grew to regard her with a passionate admiration.

 For long time after her death, life, alone with my widower, was very tame affair indeed,
Year: 1873

dresses. It would be a delightful thought to take to sea with me that my love and belonged wholly to each oth- CT, and nobody else knew it. I would not have so much as a pair of white gloves to distract our attention from the beauty and glory of the main fact. !"

 We all made up a face at Haviland's absurdity, and l went to try on my new dresses.

 I said no more to Mr. Eustace of his daughter, thinking all the more and the wedding-day came like all days, if you wait long enough. We were mar ried at noon and MT. Eustace drove me in his carriage the ten miles that lay between my old home and the new. As we approached the latter, he grew ab- sent and restless. T knew by fellow feeling that he was thinking of his daughter, but would do nothing to re- lieve him he deserved half an hour of misery.

 Eleanor came te meetus as her father opened the door, girl who might have sat for Tennyson's Isabel:
Year: 1873

Senator Morton makes public his letter to tic
Becretary OF tho Senate covering his share of the
1alary-steal back into the Treasury. Tho letter
ts but week old, and shows by its date how
slowly the atubborn spirit OF tho Indiana Soma
tor yielded to tho Irresistible pressure Of public
opinion. sonator Mortons restitution is tho
only caso Of Congressional repentance that has
como to light for month.
Year: 1873

The table below shows what proportion OF the
great Special Audit swndle was received by
Young He has lately declared that the Ring had
treated him shabbily, as he got only small per
centage considering the risks he had to take IL
seems he got only S275 80 according to this report
for countersignng the false warrants while Watson
got very much larger percentage for collecting and
indorsing the fraudulent vouchers The S356l,9S 20
deposited by Woodward comprise all his deposits be-
tween May and Aug Q. The coincidence betweef
the dates Of deposit by Woodward and payments to
Young would Of itself indicate that the payments
were from the proceeds of warrants, which fact is
fully established by the evidence in possession Of
the authorities that less than onethird of the pay


mcnts TO Young from May q 10 Aug. could have
Year: 1873

dered his wife, Catherue Twenty Ward, this
morning by striking her with He arrested in
the street. while acting strangely by the police, who
at the time had no knowledge Of the murder. He now
denies his guilt He formerly machnst at Cramps
shipyard but being discharged became disspated and
his wife, fearful Of Violence slept in another room with
two adopted children aud his grandmother No
the blow inflicted but subsequently OF the children
awoke Cloak standing by the bedside amenting
that some one had hurt Catherine" He left the house
for a Doctor but did return. The fatal blow in
niced on the temple shattering her skull. An was


found In the kitchen covered with blood. The Cloaks
were about years old aud had children OF their
Year: 1873

alany OF the prominent citizens Of New York
hro uniting in movement upon the Legislature
to authorize the city to build fast railways. own
them, enjoy The profits, and manage them in
the interests OF the people. The plan il one to
be regarded With suspicion. We have heard SO
u uch about the necessity Of rapid trauait in
New York, That we cannot but be-
leve that the New York people would
patroDtzo lberally any adequate supply II,
then. the character Of this transit had been de-
terrrined, there would be no lack Of private ell
terprise to supply the demand. The present
movement, in this light, looks very much as
though it WAS intended that the city should make
al the costly experiments, and bear the expense
of all the fixtures that could be put upon it. In
other words, the project is to make those who
do not need quick transit help pay e1orbitantly
to secure it for those who do.
Year: 1873

There is movement among the merchants Of
New York and Brooklyn looking to the uniting
of the two cities. There is Brooklyn COM
mittee OF ten prominent gentlemen who have
the matter in charge, it having been decided
that it would be better to inaugurate the mat
ter as Brooklyn movement. It is said that the
project receives favorable consideration from
business men in both cities, and that the .oppo-
sition comes principally from the small polti-
clans Of Brooklyn who fear the loss Of their
present influence. The movement has gone 80 far
that the New York Legislature will be petitoned
to appoint commission, consisting Of citizens
from Brooklyn and New York City, to report a
bill for annexation On conditions just to both
cities. The advantages, both commercial and
political, are of an obvious character, and the
two cities Will be one, more than ever, after the
completion Of the bridge aeross the East River.
1t is intimated, indeed, that this work can never
be finished until annexation shall give an equal
Interest in the enterprise for both cities. It is
entirely probable that the time ia not far distant
when Brooklyn and Nav York will be one city in
government as they are already in fact
Year: 1873

We would call special attention to the no.
tice In our paper tlis week, Of the County
Superintendent Of Common Schools, calling
together the Trustees OF the County, on the
l.t of December, for the purpose of Elcctlng
a County superintendent for the ensuing
yea. The Trustees should select good man
for that position. Like all others this office
may be abused and the people made to suffer
by bad or Indifferent selection,


Let us then, have q man who feels an Inter-
est in the welfare Of the children Of the
county. who will show no favors to one class
TO the detrimeut of another, but who il hon-
est upright and fearless in the Gischargy OF
duty. We are aware that the pay of the ollce
Is small-too smal--but let US have the best
man. who can at least give portion Of his
time to the duties of the office A portion OF
the time Of a man fully able to manage tile
affairs in this Office honestly, Ia much better
than ALL the time Of an incompetent one.
Year: 1873

The meeting at the Courthouse in the city
of st. Lonis on the 18th, to express the scnti-
ment of the people regarding the execution
of the Virginius eaptiyes. was the irgest ever
held in that city. The rotunda OF the Court
house was packed and cut door meetings or
ranized at both the east and west wings OF
the building.


General Nathan Rauny a soldier OF the war
OF 1912. presided. Speeches were made by
May or Brown. General Baker, and dozen
othrr local speakers, all of whom took the
strongest possible ground in favor of vindi-
eating tie national honor and Wiping out the
recent insult to the flag and outrage on civil
ization and humanity by visiting summary
vengeance upon tho perpetrators OF the inhu'
man butchery. The war feeling In the crowd
ran very high, and there was repeatedly ex-
pressed desire TO take fsrciblo possession OF
cuba and annex II to the United States


Resolutions to this effect and urging the
Government to take speedy and vigorous
measures to obtain reparation for the wrongs
committed were unanimously adopted
Year: 1873

A second sale of the cash in the general
funds will be made on Tuesday next by
Messrs. Van Solinger & Carpenter, auc-
tioneers. The bids will be taken for
sums Of two hundred and fifty dollars,
with the privilege oftaking two thousand.
Mr. Clinton does not state the amount
that will be offered FIR sale, but it is evi-
dent from these reduced figures that there
is not much. Probably half Of heamount
let out On The previous occasion is as
much as can be expected. There. must be
small amount Of cash to the credit Of
warra hts drawn prior 20 January, 1873,
and sale in that series may be looked
for soon. There is better rrcspec. for
next month. The collections for August
will probably greatly exceed those for
July, as the aid Of the courts has been
in voked, and writs are passing around in
very lively manner. We sincerely trust
that such will be the case. as we are salts
fed that one or two hundred thousand
dollars in aid Of the general fund at this
time would very nearly bring warrants up
to par.
Year: 1873

Governor Kellogg is understood TO be
just as emphatic as Attorney General Will
liams in his mode of disposing Of rumors
in regard TO himself that have no founda-
ton in fact. This announcement is sutfi-
cient to inform the public how he treats
the ,umor that he is interested in the
bonds OF the Vicksburg and Shreveport
railroad to the amount OF five hundred
thousand dollars.
Year: 1873

I: is now quite certain that the three
principal planks in the next national Demo
cratic platform will be 'ireegovernment,
'.tree trade and free drinks 4 friend
who fully appreciates the force Of "a wee
drop Of the ardent thinks this platform
contains tie elements Of success because
it is calculated to secure a free use Of the
ballot.
Year: 1873

Governor Kellogg risked lis bones and
his carriage On St. Charles avenue again
night before last. J. is believed he was
out to see if the promises Of a distinguished
municipal official shout lowering the
grade Of the CarrolltoL railroad track had
been fulfilled. As lie had a very long
face and serious look when he returned it
is believed he met with some sort Of dis
appointment. Perhaps the Governor had
a bet on the issue. which he has lost.
Year: 1873

Said the Chief Justice of England, in the
Tchborne trial the other day: "a bit OF
paper from this court would open the door
OF any convent or any place in England, if
we wanted witness"
Year: 1873

An agricultural editor met well edu-
Gated farmer recently and informed him
that he would like to have something from
his pen, whereupon the farmer sent him a
pig and charged him So IS for it.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Sergeant Simon began speech in
the House of Commons on the judicature
bill with the assertion that "he could not
keep silence without saying few wo1ds."
The House exploded with laughter.
Year: 1873

Platte q Boyd, importers of glassware,
of New York, against whom suit has
been brought to recover one million dol
lars for alleged undervaluatiOn of goods,
state that proceedings are taken against
them merely to test the Interpretation of
the statutes relating to the importation
of the class Of goods involved. They
deny the existence Of any intention to
defraud the government, which is i'm
piled by the action of the customhouse
officers,