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Year: 1875

The PREslDENr's SpEEcH-The speech
which President Grant made to a party of
serenaders in Washington on Saturlavniebt
was perhaps rather too partisan in tone
considering that he Is the Chief Magistrate
not OF one party alone but Of the whole
country Yet there was so much honest
feeling in it that every good and
Intelligent citizen will be glad that he made
It. For our OWN part We don't believe that
the Republican victory was strictly a
triumph tor hard money. nor are we con
vinced Is yet that it, results will be nrn.
ciseiy what the President anticipates: but
We agree with him that tie inflatiani~ts
have received a stunning blow, if we
cannot say mortalone, and we sympathize
heartily in the delight with which he
regards that aspect Of the victory. His
plaln and homely speech will have an ex-
celIent influence upon his own party. and
perhaps some effect upon the waverinc
Democracy also.-N. ], TifJ4c.
Year: 1875

AK EAGLE KILLED WITH SToNE.-Last
week an employee of the Philadelphia and
Wilmington Railroad Company exhibited
at the american Office in Baltimore large
American Eagle, that lost its life in rather
ignoble way: A colored man, who was
walking over the hill in the rear of Perry
vile, saw an eagle sitting in the grass eating
rabbit. He hurled stone at the noble
bird as he sat eating his meal, which struck
him on the head and killed him. The
dead bird was sold to the railroad. who
intends to have him stuffed.
Year: 1875




INJUSTICE or PRESSING THE CHARGES SEPARATELY.
To the Editor Of the Tribune.


SIR: One point in connection with the Tweed
Judgment beg to add to the argument of Mr.. Bar
low which appeared in your paper of Sept. 2. The
point is this: When thore is a series of charges
pending against the same defendant the Court is
bound to order the consolidation Of these charges in
one Indictment in order to avoid an injustice which
may be fatal to the accused. Take for instance
case such as that Of Tweed, in which there arc
hundred charges pending. IL each Of these is tried
separately We have the costs chargcable to the de-
fendant, in case Of conviction, multiplied an hlnd-
red fold Supposing the costs to average 500, the
aggregate imposed upon the defendant would be
$40, 900. Add TO this the immense expense of OBJ
tanning counsel to defend long series of proseeu-
TONS and you have not only fine imposed which
would amount to perpetual imprisonment in most
cases. but train of prosecutions so long that COM
petent counsel could not be obtained to defend,
while the prosecution, always vgilant and ready,
would be at hand to seize any lucky undcfended
moment and secure conviction. Judge Washington
once Quashed n bunch of indictments on this very
ground. "You are crushing the defendant" so said
that able and incorruptble judge, 90 to swell your
own COSTS" The judgment of the Court Of Appeals
in the Tweed case may be good f0r the rich defend
ant but it will be denial of justice to the poor.


Cambridge MasS Sept. 20, 1870. W.
Year: 1875

A Radnorshire lady who was mar
ried in March, and came to reside in
Yorkshire, recently paid a visit to her
father, who, before she was married,
had kept two or three sheep dogs, of
which she was very fond. Since then
he has retired from business, and dis
posed of all but one dog, This one
met the lady with demonstrations of
great delight upon her arrival at her
fathers house, and that night the
dog went distance of seven miles to
a farmhouse where one of the other
dogs had been sent (the latter was
blind, but kept as being an old favor
ite.) In the morning, when the lady
went to the door, she saw, not only
the dog which had given her such IA
glad reception the day previously, but
also the old blind one, which had evil
dently been brought by the other dog
to welcome her. When the second
night came the old blind one was Ia
ken back TO its home by the same
dog, which afterwards returned, hav-
ing travelled distance of twenty eight
miles to give pleasure to the blind
one.-LdRd and Water.
Year: 1875

Yes, kick her down as low as posi-
bic. Don't give her chance to rise
and invade respectable society again


She has been tried and tempted, and
she has fallen from the holy estate of
innocence, and it behooves every vir-
tuous woman to see to Ii that she Is
not allowed to breathe the foul malaria
of her presence among the pure of her
sex.


There is contamination in her
touch. There is moral darkness and
degradation in her presence. Be-
ware of her as you would one smitten
with the plague.


When she passes by. or when her
disgraced name is mentioned, wrap
your plous garments around you, and
let the brush of shame tinge your
maiden cheek, and the pocket hand
kerchief of insulted modesty cover
your face.


Men will deem you modest, and do
not men adore modesty in woman,
and do they by any act of theirs de-
stroy that quality in female character?
Oh, no. Certainly not. We all know
that the world of men at large are
equally as careful of the character of
the young eirls with whom they as
sociate as they would be if these same
girls were their own grandmothers.
To be sure


Always think of the abandoned
woman at her worst. Never for a
moment indulge the idea that there
may be good life in hers. The days
when it was possible for good to come
out of Nazarath" are passed away


She has fallen-let her be where
] she has chosen her place. In the
mud of the gutter. under the fiaring
| gaslght in the wintry streets, in the
waters of the river-do not trouble
your fair hands about her She has
made her bed, so let her lie; so let her
| lie."


You can pity the poor heathen in
| foreign lands, and knit stockings for
the goddess inhabitants of the tropics,
and send Bibles and tracts to the
South Sea Islanders, and put pennies
! in the mission box to enlighten the
Hindoo as he goes out to east himself
| beneath the wheels of Juggernaut. but
with these wretched heather at your
very gates you have nothing to do.
Your eyes must be blind to the sad
fact of their existence. and If per
chance they cry out for help-you
| must not forget that you are ylrtu-
Gus woman, and as such your ears
must be deaf


Smile your sweetest on the men that
have made them what they are, and
ignore the certainty that there is temp
tations in the world to which you
have never been exposed. Your gilt
edged gold clasped Bible holds 70,
you no lesson of mercy and forgive
| ness, for you read it in heart set in
judgement, and your idle eyes have
never paused to rest with grave con
sideration upon the sentence, For
the greatest of all there is charity. -
Kate Thorn
Year: 1875

Yesterday, while the gale was at its
height, a curious accident occurred on
Union street A nobby-looking Chi
naman was walking behind young
lady dressed in the extreme agony of
the fashion, when a sudden gust of
wind blew the Celestials tail forward
and wrapped the end of it around the
lady's neck. Being frightened, she
grabbed the end of the queue to snatch
It away, but she pulled in the wrong
direction. The Chinaman also made
a grab to recover his property. but he
also was out of luck, as he got hold of
one of those long curls which are usu-
ally seen hanging down from water
falls, as we'll as of his queue. and
when he took pull at it the whole of
the lady's top hair, hat and all, came
off. The lady's head had no hair on
it, only little that was gathered into
a small knot that stood erect, like the
sealp-lock of a Piute brave. Ifever
you saw a Chinaman astonished at
what he had done. it was that man
Virginia City Enterprise
Year: 1875

l never look at my old steel com
posing rule that | do not bless myself
that, while my strength lasts, am
not at the mercy of the world. If my
pen is not wanted | can go back to
the type case and be sure of work; for
[ learned the printers trade thor
oughly-newspaper work, job work,
book work and press work. | am
glai l have a good trade. 1t is a
rock upon which the possessor can
stand firmly. There is health and
vigor for both body and mipd in an
honest trade. 1t is the strongest and
surest part of the self-made man. Go
from the academy to the printing
Office or the artisan S bench, or, if you
please, TO the farm-for, to be sure
true farming is a trade, and a good
one at that. Lay thus a sure founda-
ton. and after that branch off into
whatever profession you please.


You have heard, perhaps. of the
clerk who had faithfully served
Stephen Girard from boyhood to man
hood. On the 2lst anniversary OF his
birthday he went to his master and
told him his time was up. and he GER
tainly expected important promotion
in the merchant sservice. But Stephen
Girard said to him:


Very well. Now go and learn a
trade


What trade, sir?'


Good barrels and butts must be in
demand while you live. Go and learn
the cooper's trade, and when you have
made perfect barrel bring it to me. y


The young man went away and
learned the trade, and in time brought
to his old master splendid barrel of
his own make.


Girard examined it, and gave the
maker two thousand dollars for it,
and then said to him:
Now, sir, [ want you in my count
ing room; but heneeforth you will not
be dependent upon the whim of
Stephen Girard. Let what will come,
you have good trade always in re-
serve


The young man saw the wisdom and
understood.


Years ago. when the middle-aged
men of to-day were boys, Horace
Greeley wrote:


1t Is a great source OF consolation
to Us that when the public shall be
tired of US as en- editor, we can make
satisfactory livelihood at setting type
or farming: so that while our strength
lasts ten thousand blockheads. taking
offence at some article they do not
understand, could net drive Us into
| the poor house.


And so many a man becomes truly
independent.
Year: 1875

Uncle Joe poked the fire yesterday
and live coal fell upon the carpet
The tongs were gone. and Uncle Joe
tried to raise the coal with his fingers
1t was too hot. He couldn't hold IT.
1t fell on chair. Horrors. He
grasped it again. This time it few on
the bed He was getting excited
He wet his fingers and tried it again
Whew! how hot it was. Into the
work-box. Uncle Joe danced around
wonderfully That remarkable piece
OF fire few upon everything that could
possibly be seorched. On the table
cover. Destruction. On the carpet
again. Uncle Joe executed the High
land fling in grand style. On the
foot stool went that still hot coal. He
seized it again. Window curtains
this time. Carpet again. Fearful
smell IN the room Aunt Keziah
came rushing in with the tongs. She
conquered. She raised her voice
She conversed with uncle Joe. and
Uncle Joe retired by the back door
with neatness and dispatch.-St Louis
Republican.
Year: 1875

Many of the colds which people are
said to catch, commence at the feet.
To keep these extremitles warm.
therefore, is to effect an Insurance
against the almost interminable list OF
disorders which spring out OF a
''slight cold" First, never be tightly
shod. Boots or Shoes, when they tit
closely, press against the foot and pre-
vent the free circulation of the blood.
When, on the contrary, they do not
press the foot too tightly, the blood
gets fair play, and the spaces left be-
tween the leather and stockings are
filled with comfortable supply of
warm air. The second rule is, never
sit in damp shoes 1t is often imag-
med that unless they are positively
wet, it is not necessary to change
them while the feet are at rest. This
is a fallacy; for when the least damp
ness is absorbed into the sole. it is at
tracted further to the foot itself by
its own heat, and thus persprrarion IS
dangerously checked Any person
may prove this by trying the expert
ment of neglecting the rule, and his
feet will become cold and damp after
a few moments, although, taking Oft
the shoe and warming it, it will ap-
near quite dry.
Year: 1875

1t is no part of our business to tel


how we know, but we do know, the
statement below There is doctor


of this city whose wife is, more than


common wives, kind to her husband


On about the only very cold night
that has been experienced here Tor
nearly year-when the mercury got
below zero a week or two ago-he was
called at nine clock to go three miles
in the country. When he had started
his good wife made a roaring fire and
pus an iron on the stove, thinking her
dear hubby would come home almost
fl Oxen. Her intentions were to- get
up wrap the warm iron IN tannels
and put in the bed TO warm the toes-es
of her husband She went to bed and
got into her first doZe, when he re-
turned. Half asleep, in that peculiar
condition common to women when
they think they do something when
they don't--a condition that always
pervades their natures at shirt-button
time-she got up, took the flannels
and lifted the red hot iron from the
stove. Carrying 1t to the bed she
dropped it in at the front and then,
like good wife, went over behind
and dropped sound asleep The hus-
band came in, undressed rapidly, and
when he had taken off all his clothes
but his shirt and socks, he sat down
on the side of the bed to take off the
latter Il so happened that, when he
sat down, he did not sit on his shirt


He did not take his stockings off al
that sitting. In TACT, he did not sii
long enough. On the contrary, No
sooner did he sit than he jumped
And when he jumped he screamed
His wife screamed too. But the
house was not on fire. The light was
turned up and an examination made


The red hot iron had been left on the
side of the bed, and the smooth and
hottest side turned up, and the hus


band had squatted on it squarely as il
it had been a chair and he had trie6
to get into it. We don't want to say
any more about it, but if that impres


sion would impart TO wood the same
impression that iron did to the human
I body, every time that doctor sit:
down, he would leave perfect picture


of smoothing iron on the chair. HI


will never order even a hot brick fol
/ a patient. The subject does not bring


sweet memories-kokom Tribune.
Year: 1875

All through the large area of coun :
try over which the unparalleled
drouth of the past season prevailed
there is seanty supply of food for
stock animals. Therefore it becomes
a matter of first consideration to
economic In feeding from the very
start of winter. As warmth is equiva-
lent to a certain amount of food. it is
important to provide warm stables
and shelters for every animal When
stock is exposed to cold, a large
quantity of grain is required to sus-
tain the ordinary animal heat. 4
hungry man can not endure the cold;
but give him full meal and he will
again brace the fury of a winters
blast. Food is equivalent to artificial
warmth; and so. on the other hand,
artificial warmth. or warm stables, is
equivalent to ofood-Detroit Trib.
Year: 1875

The duration of the beneficial eff
fects of certain manures is Il topic
sometimes discussed. A correspon-
dent of the New York World writes:
In order to know what an outgoing
tenant should receive for the perma-
nent Improvement he had made in the
soil, it was decided by farmers club
in Scotland that the beneficial effects
OF horse, COW, and town manure. qua
no, bones and coprolites lasted four
years, and the rate of exhaustion was
four tenths the frs, year, and one
tenth less each succeeding year Lime
on. arabic land was supposed to last
ten yrs, as it performed a chemical
action as important as its plant food
Nitrate of soda lasted only for the
growing crop, and sulphate of ammo
MIA did not last like guano. " This
opinion of the Scotch farmers club
may be like the verdict of some jitries
quite wide of the facts-but it is of
interest as an estimate
Year: 1875

Hon. Benz. d. Silliman, the referee
before whom the Proctor MouIton
suit was heard, has not made his re-
port and will not make IT before next
Monday The turn which the affairs
of the suit take will of course await
the character of his report, and the
award of the damages will be the sum
agreed upon ga, ,375). As the defense
admitted the truth of Miss Proctor 5
testimony there will be no call for an
expression of opinion on the merits of
the case as would have been necessary
II evidence had been put In on both
sides In connection with this suit it
has transpired that while the parties
TO 1t were awaiting the arrangement
tor the reference, and Miss Pro .tor
and General Butler were in Mr. Sill
man 5 parlor, Miss P. gave the Gen
eral lengthy, vigorous, and straight
forward piece OF her mind She in.
formed General Butler that she held
him directly responsible for dragging
her name through the filth and mud
of the scandal; that he was a LAWYER
and adviser of Moulton. and could
have kept her name out of the state
ment. What had she to do with the
quarrels of Beecher and Tilton2 To
say the least. she considered his (Gen-
eral Butler's) conduct in this matter
as contemplate in the extreme and
entirely unworthy of lawyer who
makes any pretensions to be gentle
man. As Miss Proctor is lady of
culture and education. she has a com


mand of words, and while her language
was strictly lady-like, it was a verbal
excoriation which was rather the
sharper for It's delicacy 1t isnot re-
corded, however, that General Butler
WINGED under the castigation.
Year: 1875

We do not believe that any neeessi-
ty exists for war of races. or that
there is any peculiar reason why the
whites and blacks should not live to
gether in harmony each exercising
the ordinary rights of citizens, with
out strife or general disagreement.
But if the foolish people OF the South
insist that this cannot be; that there
is an irresistible conflict between the
races, and that the present lamentable
state of affairs must continue, then
the quicker the plan is carried out for
an exodus of the colored people the
better it will be. Let them so where
they can be protected, or where they
can muster in sufficient numbers to
protect themselves. And in this, if
necessary, they should have the sub
stantial assistance of the nation as
we'll as the hearty encouragement and
good wishes of all good men.-lnter-
! Ocean
Year: 1875

The expedition to the Black
Hills for fossil bones, which Prof
Marsh. of Yale College, has SO gal
lantly led graphically described by
correspondent Of the New York
Tribunel must have been read
with nearly as much interest as the
letters written in the Custer expe,
dition by the special correspondent
of the Inter Ocean. II is an extra,
ordinary record of dangers an OBJ
stacles met and overcome by this
plucky scientist, who proved him.
self diplomatist as we'll. He
conciliated the Indian by feasts and
presents, and in turn courageously
suffered himself TO be entertained
upon mule steaks and grasshopper
pie by the mighty chiefs. The
had not been unreasonable aroused
by their past experience with white
visitors, and their rather one sided
knowledge of white human nature,
were met by carefully studied di
plomatic addresses. He used
firmness when he could afford it,
and strategy when he could not,
crossing the ice bound White
River at night in the teeth of
savage hostilities and elemental
dangers, and pursued his labors
some of the times when men were
thrown upon their individual re
sources more than now for success
and protection could hardly furnish
instances of reader invention than
were shown by the distinguished
paleontologist.


OF the value of the Professor
discoveries it would be impossible
t. speak too highly. The ancient
fosils are of character which will
enable him to introduce to tho
world greater marvels of extinct
developement than any yet discov
cred. They indicate gigantic
tropical fauna, so that vast change
of the earth's structure and con
ditions will have to be explained as
a supplement to the wondrous
museum of pre- historic anatomy
that comparative science in the
Professors hand will be able to
build up. One of his most impor.
tant discoveries is the skull of what
he calls brontotherium, first
brought to his notice by an Indian
F, who carried about its molar tooth,
and sail it had belonged to ''a big
horse struck by lightning" so that
some new light upon the "orohip~
pos may be in store for science
from this source. Perhaps, could
/ the doubling Indian Thomases who
! could not be convinced that nobler
motives than greed for gold could
inspire a man, but see the subter
ranean treasure that Professor
Marsh's enterprise has brought to
the surface, they might part with
some of their mistrust, but consider
the pale faces a queerer set than
ever. At the same time we doubt
whether even the most susceptible
of the noble savages would be
much impressed by learning that
the horse he was bestriding is an
animal whose progenitors in an
other arrangement of atoms had
successfully been the ''hipparion


and ''orohippos.'
Year: 1875

The President has determined, it is
said, to remove General Emory from
command in New Orleans, and supply
his place by General Terry. The
change is very proper one. General
Emory is undoubtedly an honora Bile
officer in the respect of obeying
to the letter orders of his superlors,
but he is without ability or judgement,
save of the most common order, and
is known to have ssmpathies and per
sonal relations in the South which
make him very undesirable man
at such time as this. General Terry
is a live, active, intelligent, thinking
man, whose accomplishments are not all
confined to dress parade. and bis
presence in New Orleans will OF itself
be worth u regiment of troops.
Year: 1875

At the State Urange last week, 1T
was found that the Treasury was
empty and lacked 81 800 to pay expen-
ses. They therefore had to borrow
that sum, and report their finances in
a rather impecunious condition. 1t is
stated that there has been considera-
bic mismanagement In this direction.
and the publication of their finance
report was forbidden Fort Dodge
Messenger
Year: 1875

BED BUGs.-If there is a place on earth that beats Boise City for bed bugs, it is Pres colt. They grow on the trees, hibernate in the ground, live in the walls and under the carpets of the houses of the people, share with the bats and swallows in their nests, inhabit old lumber and shingle piles, and hold high carnival at night time in the beds of those who fan would indulge in the sleep of innocence.

 By the way, speaking of Boise City re- minds us of story that used to be told there: \ traveller was said to have arrived on the stage, and stepping up to the register of the Overland Hotel, was about to write bis name when suddenly he was observed to pull out a bowie knife and make vicious stab at the book before him. Capt. Griffin, the land lord, expostulated with him, and demanded an explanation of his strange conduct. The stranger flew into violent passion and de- clared that he had been nearly tormented to death by feas at St. Joe, Mo-, driven out of Kansas and Nebraska by grasshoppers and buffalo gnats, tortured in the flesh by wood ticks and mosqutos in Colorado, nearly eaten up alive by lice in Utah, and now, before he had time to write his name, here was a mons ter bed bug looking for the number of his room. in order to suck what little life blood he had in him as soon as he should retire.
Year: 1875

SKELETON FoUSD.--Sam Wier informs us that W. C. Collier lately found human skeleton in an old brush shanty not far from Bradshaw There were TO evidences tending to fix the iden- tity of the person whose remains must have lain there for several years from appearances. The probabilities are that it was lone prospector killed by Indians, inasmuch as there was not a vestage of any kind of clothing to be found about the place, in fact, nothing but the bones, which would indicate that the body had been stripped by Indians.
Year: 1875

MINING ON LYNX CREEK.-Expressman Bal lou informs us that the late rains on Lynx Creek had the effect to start up all the water wheels, and afford the placer miners sluice. head all along the stream. A gentleman has finished an arastra on a new plan, giving more sweep and greater grinding surface, high up on the East fork. An experimental run gave $50 to the ton

 The Accidental" mine has widened out again and Rice X Elliott Bros are working one and a halftons daily with one arrastra. Quite num- Der of new corners are on the Creek.