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Year: 1872

UNDER the head of a novel cure fol
consumption" the indianapolis Evening
Journal publishes the following: "A
young lady Of this city, sick with disease
of the lungs. was told that if she would
get "a young puppy and raise it. the dog
would take the consumption of her hands,
and she would get we'll She did so, and
as the dog grew it was noticed that the
animal acquired hacking cough, while
the young lady grew rapidly better In
the meantime, however. she had become
very much attached to her canine bene


factor, and did everything that could be
done for him. 1t was no use, however;
consumption, the fell destroyer, had fas


tened upon poor Jacks vitals, and few
days since he passed in his checks. The
young lady is in robust health, and firm
ly believes that the dog saved her life
Year: 1872

A CURIOUS experiment was tried in
Russia with some murderers They were
placed, without knowing it, in four beds
where four persons had died with the
cholera. They did not take the disease
They we're then told that they we're to
sleep in beds where some persons had
died of malignant cholera, but the beds
were in fact new, and had not been used
at all. Nevertheless, three of them died
of the disease within four hours.
Year: 1872

THE people of Louisiana understand
how to induce immigration. The au
thorites OF the parish of East Feliciana
in Louisiana, offer to each male person
(the head of family fortyacres of heI
exceedingly fertile land. in fee simple
provided such person settle on the land
occupy it, and cultivate half of it for
FIVE years, on paying the parish at the
expiration of these five years one hun
dred dollars.
Year: 1872

Olp WHITE HAr.-Col. John Forsyth
editor ofthe Mobile Register, thus mar.
rates the circumstances Of an interview
with Mr. Greeley:


BY appointment. not Of my seeking, l
had the honor ofan interview this morn
ing with a gentleman l have long been
perfectly acquainted with, but never saw
before, to wit: the gentleman who is
now setting the fashion Of white hats.
Had space, it would puzzle me to tell
my readers anything new about Mr.. Gree
ley. lie was very frank in his talk in tho
main, and followed his example. and
told him the South would 60 for him, il
we could do no better, to beat Grant;
but We thought we could do better, and
were going to give it fair trial The
old gentleman pleased me as man, but
| was stunned. have an idea that he has
in him the stuff to make a bully" Dem
ocrat, could we get him in proper train.
ing. And am ready to swear that had
he been Southern born and Bred he would
have slept with cockads in his night
cap and have been a" red hot" before
breakfast secessionist. l do not think
he would have licked" his niggers
hard, for he has benevolent LOOKOUT
as Grant has said about himself, he would
jus, as soon owned slaves as any other
kind Of property.
Year: 1872

me he gave up the chase at the end O


the first block. for when I again looked


around he was retracing his steps to th,


Bowery, l hreathed more freely; anc
/ gradually reassuming my slow anC


limping gait, | emerged once more or
| Broadway. / crossed over to the other
| side. The sidewalk was thronged, and ]


began steadily but cautiously TO ply my
| fraudulent vocation once more.


walked slowly up, confning my atten
tions principally to ladies looking into
shop windows. This was the most sue.


cessful hour of the day. Before !


reached Union square | had increased


my stock of funds by thirty two cents.


Along the Broadway side of Union


square | took nothing. But from the


northwest corner of the square up to


Twenty-third street again reaped a


bountiful harvest, and little more be-


tween the Hoffman House and Thirty


fourth street. From that point struck
across to Fourth avenue, but Fourth


avenue is far from being good begging
district. | did not take single cent
all the way down to Tenth street.


There were no loungers about. Every
one passed seemed to be in desperate
hurry, either to getahome or to reach
the Harlem depot. a asa


But by this time it was seven o'clock,
and few spits of snow were beginning
to fall, SO | determined to seek the
lodgings of my theatrical friend. | had
had quite enough of amateur begging.
AS soon as | had had a good wash, and
had assumed my ordinary clothing, L
lit a cigar and sat down to talk over the
events Of the day with my friend. He
was astonished at my success, for, when
we came to turn out the pockets of my
begging pantaloons, we found no less
than 1888 as the result of my days
labors, and to this SUM must be added
the ten cents | had expended in hot
whisky punch in the Bowery liquor
saloon. This was not bad business for
less than seven hours work. s .a


Certainly the most successful begging
walks are between Bleecker and Four
teenth streets and Seventeenth and
Twenty-third streets. In some cases
a party of three ladies will each give
trife. the porticos of the principal
hotels, too, are generally good for FIVE
or ten cents. Elderly respectable ladies
and young girls from eighteen to five
and twenty years of age, seem to be
much more willing to give away small
sums in the streets than gentlemen or
middle aged fashionable ladies. can
only say that / found it SO in my one
solitary experience of begging. Beg
ging in bar rooms up town appears to
be useless, though in the business quar-
ters of the town it is considered to
be a very profitable branch of the pro-
fession. .a


| must confess that my personal ex-
perience in begging has vastly increased
my sympathy for beggars. The hard
ships of such life must be fearful,
in the depth of winter. And
/ do not hesitate to say that though
begging is most dishonest
means of making a living, the profes-
sional beggar earns every cent he gets.
1t would require large sum to tempt
me again to tramp the streets as an
Amateur Beggar.-Neao York Times.
Year: 1872

A CALrFoRNIA paper reports that
hotel chambermaid laid aside her
broom a few days ago, and on calling
for settlement. told her employer she
had been dabbling in stocks for year
or more, and had something more than
100000 as the result.
Year: 1872

MANY jackets of white muslin are
made without sleeves, and others OF SIX
are trimmed with lace and num6eriess
little butterfly bows of watered ribbon
an old style o. ribbon which is fashionable
again,
Year: 1872

The new drug called chloral, that Is
said to produce drunkenness without
lis heretofore bad results afterwards,
Is becoming very popular, and us
manufacture rapidly increasing. Wo-
men In fashionable circles are getting
addicted TO its use, AND drunkenness
from chloral is becoming very COM
mon.
Year: 1872

On wednesday night James Watts applied for
lodgings at the Park House, Chatham street, and
was assigned room. As he failed 10 put in an ap-
pearance Thursday or yesterday the door of his
room forced open last night, when he was found
lying across the bed Dead The residence and age
OF deceased are unknown. The coroner has been
notified, and will investigate the case to-day.
Year: 1872

meeting of the Water Street Commissioners
WAS held this morning and the awards Of DANA
ges and assessments of benefits agreed upon.
The report was then signed by all present, (AIr
Dean being ABSENT and will be opened, at tie
meeting of the City Council on Thursday eyel-
ing. - p p Wv


There is an understanding that the awards are
very much below the claims made and that the
benefits assessed arc inconsiderable. Some Of
the railroad corporations who it was supposed
would receive most advantage, arenot assessed
anything, there being no evidence before the
Commission that they were benefited at all
Year: 1872

Orr FoR LANCASTER Twenty members Of the
Delaware Fire Company left for Lancaster, this
afternoon, to be present at the ball given by one
Of the Fire Companies in that city, this evening
Year: 1872

A BEAR SToRY.--The San Francisco
Bulletin relates the following adven-
ture which befel an Indian herdsman
in the lower part of that State. The
man had been sent to q distant ranch
to look after herd of sheep, and at
nightfall got under shed with roof
of branches, hut open on all sides, and
lay down in his blankets. After few
hours sleep he was awakened by feel
ing the hot breath of some animal on
his face. He moved his arms, and at
once understood the situation-a huge
bear was snuffing him. The man with
great presence of mind. determined to
keep perfectly still, for he knew If he
moved or cried out one blow of those
huge paws would break his skull like
walnut. Bruin scratched off the blan-
kets and seized the Indian by the leg.
Though suffering terribly, the brave
fellow did not allow groan or cry to
escape him. The bear dragged him
from the hut for some distance and
then commenced to dig hole to lay
the Indian in and cover him up from
the coyotes. After the grave had been
dug deep enough the bear (contenting
himself with about pound of flesh
from the victims thigh) moved the
body to the hole and covered it up.
The Indian managed to keep the earth
over his face loose enough to allow him
to breathe, and when the bear retired,
he crawled out towards the mustang,
which was picketed some yards out
side the hut. With great difficulty he
mounted, and then rode towards the
ranch house. A doctor was sent for,
and pronounced the wounds, though
severe and painful, not likely to prove
fatal. The next day hunt was organ
ized. and the grizzly was killed In the
neighborhood Of the spot where he had
slowed away his intended meal.


| A CANDID JUDGE.-Judge Strong wa
formerly-well, it was some years age
given to imbibing more than was es
sential to the equilibrium of his mental
and physical powers. But he was on'
of the politest men in the world, ant
never more so than when little too
deep in liquor. With his neighbor
Mr.. Bates, political opponent, he had
many sharp conflict but one day
when quite mellow, it suddenly strucl
him that he ought to "make up friends


with Bates; and Stepping up to him il


the street, he said:


81 say Bates, you and / have said


great many hard things about one an
other, and am getting old, and feel a
if ought to make an apology for al
that I.have said, aud have 1t settle


up"


"Oh, never mind" said Mr.. Bates


"let it pass and if you keep quiet here
after, pll be satisfied"


"No, no." said the Judge 81 oW


you an apology, for / have called you
, rogue, a thief, and liar"


"Well, never mind"


"Yes, but do mind. / say l hay
!, called you thief, and a liar, and
scoundrel-and-and-PHd be hanged
, / don't think so still !"
Year: 1872

A cat waking out of a sound sleep,
saw mouse sitting just out of reach,
observing her. Perceiying that at the
slightest movement of hers, the mouse
would recollect an engagement, she put
on a look of extreme amiability and
said:


sob! it's you, is it? Do you know
tho't at first, you were friendly great
rat and I am so afraid of rats / feel so
much relieved-you don't know. OF
course you have heard that am great
friend to the dear little mice"


"Yes," was the answered. have heard
that you love us indifferently well, and
my mission here was to bless you while
you slept. But as you will wish to go
and get your breakfast won't bore you.
Fine morning isn't it. Au reUoir!'


This fable teaches that it is usually
safe to avoid one who pretends to be a
friend without having any reason to be.
1t wasn't safe in this instance, however;
for the cat went after that departing
rodent, and got away with him.


A hipp opotamus, meeting an open
alligator said to him:


"My forked friend, you may as well
collapse. You are not sufficiently COM
prehensive to embrace me. am myself
no tyro at smiling, when in the hui
NOR"


81 really had no expectation of taking
you in," replied the other. 81 have a
habit of Intending my hospitality inn
partially to all, and about seven feet
wide"


"You remind me, ,'said the hippopot-
anus, "of certain zebra, who was not
vicious at all; he merely kicked the
breath out of everything that passed
behind him, but did not seek to induce
things to pass behind him."


at is quite immaterial what remind
you Of" was the reply.


The lesson impaired by this fable isa
very beautiful one.


A sheep making long journey fount
the heat of his fleece very uncomforta
BILE, and seeing flock of sheep in fold
evidently waiting for some one, leape'


over and joined them in the hope ofbe
Year: 1872

ing shorn. Perceiving the shepherd
approaching and the other sheep hud-
ding into a remote corner of the fold,
he shouldered his way forward, and go.
ing up to the shepherd, said


"Did you ever see such lot of TO Dis
It's lucky came along to set them an
example of docility. Seeing me opera.
ted upon, they'll be glad to offer them.
Selves"


"Perhaps so, replied the shepherd,
laying hold of the animals horns "but
1 never kill more than one sheep at a
time. Mutton won't keep in hot wealth
er."


The chops tasted remarkably we'll
with tomato sauce.


The moral of this fable isn't what you
think it is. 1t is this the chops ofanoth.
er mans mutton are always nice.


w


Two travellers between Teheran and
Bsgdad met half way up the vertical
face of rock, on path only a cubit In
width, and were unable to pass. After
some reflection they both decided to
jump around the other but as etiquette
did not warrant conversation with
stranger, neither made known his inten-
ton. The consequence was that they
both met, with considerable emphasis,
bout four feet from the edge Of the
D ath, and went through flight of soar
ing eagles, mile out of their ways


*This is infamous! The learned
Darano annna ra to uhnllu innnra thadis=
Year: 1872

Mr.. Greeley was called out by a large crowd Of
people who had assembled 10 give him well
come on his way, when he appeared on the
platform and made a speech Of several min
utes duration, in which he referred TO the
wholesale stealing and many defalcatiOns
that were daily occurring in some branch
OF the Treasury Department. He alluded TO the
palpable tardiness of the Administration in
bringing these Government thieves to Justice,
not one in dozen ever having been caused
to answer for their crimes. He asked if the
people could consistently call the present an
honest Administration with so many praet-
cal evidences Of fraud and corruption staring
them in the face.
Year: 1872

FRANK cHEATHAM IS AN ANOMALY
to me as an aspirant for political honors. i
can fancy him thrown into the vortex Of
New Yoik politics and running against two
such merciless antagonists as Cox ard
Tremain. lean fancy him perchei on the
stage Of Tammany Hall, with profare
roughs of Tweed's district waiting for his
speech. And yet an idea strikes me that
the eYerfowing humanity Of his bluff.
handsome, military face would win him a
hearing and three times three even from
the blackguards of the Sixth ward. can
not give you much of talk with Cheat
fham-not but he talks, but it is all In cir
lcle. and after the first round nothing new is
Jeff. The first speech he ever made in bis
life was on this campaign, and lasted ex-
/, acbly fifteen minutes, so you see the other
two buffers, who have couple Of hours to
speak, have him at big advantage. The
meat is on the outside Of this sandwich, and
lpoor Cheatham is the thin cut Of bread in
the middle. Talking to him the other day
about the advantage of giving bis views to
the world more fully than his brief speech
es represent, be replied,


"All can say is, am the regular nomi-
nee Of the Convention-the representative
standard bearer of the Democratic party of
the State. If the people won't elect me, no
harm done. johnson has no right to come
into this fight. He held Office for twenty
seven years, and never held any in my
life.


FEEL SURE OF BEING ELECTED,


because am known to every man in the
State, and my record is without a blot.
No man can point to single thing in. Frank
Cheasham's record of watch he need be
ashamed. shall go to Congress to repre-
sent the people of my State without fear OF
favor-no axes to grind nor no buncombe
speeches to deliver. You see just what l
am, plain spoken with everybody-nothing
to conceal. My character is known. My
fate is in the hands Of my friends. II
johnson keeps on he will lose every day.
The people Of the State will be disguised
with him; but as for me, feel sure Of be-
ing elected"
Year: 1872

The New York Times gives a thrilling
account Of wrecked brig that was come
up with and boarded by schooner on the
10Th of last month. We quote:


When discovered it was evident that she
had BEEN abandoned, as the heavy mass
was being tossed about like log. Il was
a well-shaped, s-rongly-built hull, but the
bulwarks and staEchions had been badly
dealt with by the elements, and the whole
was much weather-beaten.
On boarding it, dismal sight presented it
self. Splintered spars, entangled in canvas
and rigging gear, and the planks of boat
torn asunder by the wind and sea, were
scattered around in sad confusion. Beneath
heap of motley rigging skeleton was dis
covered of human being. The skull and
ribs had been crushed almost on q level
with the deck. Shreds of canvass trousers
and Guernsey frock were found among
and near the bones. Further search re-
vealed five other skeletons. A slight cov-
ering of crisped flesh remained on four of
the skeletons, showing that they had died
more recently than the other two. Not a
particle of food was found on board, SO that
death was, no doubt, caused by starvation.
In the forecastle, which was almost filed
with water, a most unearthly stencil was
discovered, and only two men could be
found to enter and remain long enough in
side to report on what they had seen there.
There were two corpses on the floor, and
one stretched across a chunk"


The vessel is said to have been the most
complete wreck the Captain of the schooner
had ever seen or heard of in bis nautical
exnarience of twenty wears.


THE SCENE IN THE CABIN.


Entering the cabin a foul Odor was dis
covered, but not intense enough to forbid a
thorough investigation. Toward the end
of the steps leading down to the cabin a
fetid pool of water was seen, and the men
had to wade through it in order to reach
every portion of The cabin. Between a sta
tionary table and couch, the head of a
corpse protruded from berth in the wall,
and when brought on the deck was found
to be in a state Of decay. A buttOned
Jacket of good material, blue pantaloons, a
flannel shirt marked at. f., and one boot
covered the corpse. The chronometer IN
the cabin pointed TO "a O'Clock, and on the
table was an open Bible turned downward,
a revolver with Two chambers loaded, a9d
bottle containing a piece Of paper, upon
which was written: "Jesus, guide this TO
some helper. Merciful God, don't let us
perish" The words were detached, ana
hiatus occurred between every Two or lnree
of them, which showed that the writer
m,,et have been either in the lowest stage
of de6ilitT, or driven to madness by hunger.
II, tbe Capssin's s ststeroom, his corpse was
fanud lying bent 81 the floor, as though be
had fallen from weakness, while strug-
cling, with faint hope to save himself and
men.


A LOVE TOKEN.


On his bed letter was found, dated
Martinique, May 80, 1872, commencing
aDear Kate" and signed ''Robt. 9. Hart"
The skeletons were wrapped in canvass, the
funeral service was read, and they were
consigned to the deep.
Year: 1872

One Of the many duties of a journal like
this is to publish, for the information OF lts
readers, articles on such subjects as may DO
deemed worthy of space in our columns.
We have chosen for this number of'et
notice of the
Year: 1872

A CARGO Of palmetto leaves was re-
Gently shipped from Savannah to Eng.
land. for the purpose of testing their
value Is material In the manufacture
OF paper. II is believed they Will be
found well adapted to this use. II the
experiment l. successful new and
profitable business will arise In the
South.
Year: 1872

THERE is a great deal said about the In
crease of insanity in England and in this
country, and figures are piled up mountain
high to prove that the whole race is tending
to mema al alteration. We do not believe
that the intense living Of modern times has
much 10 do with it. We burn ourselves
away quicker than the ancients by ouI
ceaseless activities, but the apparent in
crease in insanity is simply due to the fsct
shat we have more institutions for that class
than Of old, aud thsy make themselves
known to larger extent than formerly
so, with the rapid TRANSMISSION Of news
from remote sections, an aggregate Of
crime Is hespsd up which used to be en-
tirely unlSnOwn; hence the apparent in.
crease. Let us take a cheerful view of The
matter.
Year: 1872

WE recently read somewhere suggestion
for obtaining sleep under any circum-
stances, which sleepless persons might try,
at least. The body is to be placed in
state of entire pose, the would-be sleeper
resting nearly upon his back, and the head
moderately elevated by pillow. The ope-
ration must begin by gently inhaling all the
air he can iniO his lungs, and, when full,
slowly breathe through lose and mouth and
imagine that he actually sees a stream Of
vspor issuing from these members. Be
fore the air is thus blown out of the lun 3


he VIII be in sound sieep; and it will take
an anvil chorus TO awaken him. So says
the writer Of the prescription. We have
tried it and found that we had not enough
imagination to see the mysterious stream.
Year: 1872

PITTsBURG, PA, Aug. 30.-The pro-
ducers in the oil regions are about entering
upon plan to stop all new developments
for period OF six months from the lst oil
September next, in order to increase the
demand for oil and thereby enhance the
value. Meeting' have been held in Parker's s
Landing, and yesterday a meeting OF the
producers was Id at st. Petersburg to
further the object, and in all probability
nearly every producer will sign the pledge.
The result of this will be five dollars per
barrel for oil before the year closes.
Year: 1872

Iris ciphered out by The Philadelphia
Age that it costs the Government $500 per
diem to furnish clerks to do the writing fer
the Campaign Central Committee and to
compose ready-made editorials for the
country press. The fact, simply stated, is
that the country is paying the expenses Of
the Grant and Wilson campaign every
rharn
Year: 1872

DoGMATIsM of any kind is intolerable.
Yet the men who come to you and an
Iounce their opinions as indisputsble ak
IONS are many, and no greater Oores exist
on earth than they. Logic can break III
lance upon their complacency; they will
not give an i1ch. IL they only knew what
fools they make of themselves, perpap
they would be modest.
Year: 1872

HENRY A. WISE, who was first claimed
for Grant and then for the "Blantondun-
can movement" comes out against the
Louisville Convention as follows:


81 agree with you in respect to the pro-
posed Louisville Convention. l can have
no hope Of course of the election OF DEM
ocrat, and the only construction as to lis
motive will be that it is or was intended to
divide the opposition to Grant"
Year: 1872

ANOTHER REMEDY FOR THE EPIzooTIc
INFLuENzA.-An English gentleman Of
New York states that the horse disease
now raging Is not uncommon IN England,
where the mode Of treatment is very sim.
pie aud elfectual, Sulphur Is used as a
prophylactic, and Is certain cure. A
few ounces Of common sulphur are burned
in pan OF Goals five or six times daily in
the stables, so that every part shall be.
come iumigated. The animal at the same
time Is well cared for and blanketed.
This simple remedy never fails.
Year: 1872

A New York gentleman has a couple of
blooded mares between whom a strong afiec-
tion formerly existed. Recently, however,
while being driven together, one of them
made an awkward step and cut the other ON
the ankle. On being embarrassed the injured
animal attacked the other with great fury,
and now their owner hardly dares let them
come within sight of each other.