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Year: 1873

IT is difficult to evolve out of sne's own
interior consciousness the fact that he is
growing old. The period of middle life,
or ones prime, is very indefinite. Luck
lily it cannot be defined by figures, for one
man is older at forty than another at sixty.
The mild suggestion that we are getting
older than we were, may be facetiOusly
permitted, but the plain, unvarnishSd
statement that we have actually got there,
and are really an ''elderly person" COM
monty comes home like a shock. 1t is a
new sensation, making one feel queerly all
over. 1t would be nice game for several
old parties to play at while the youngsters
have adjourned for the German or blind
mans buff, to tell all around when and
how it was that they first discovered that
they were old folks. We have venerable
and grizzly-looking friend somewhere
about sixty who looks ten years older
than he is, but who is fifteen or twenty
years younger than the family Bible rec
ord signifies who had been preaching all
day in the pulpit of stranger congrega-
ton with venerable pastor Emeritus sit
ting behind him. When the social eve
ming service came, our friend, whose every
fibre tingles with perpetual youth, gay as
lark and frisky as colt, and who never
dreamed but that his feelings corresponded
with the reality, entered most devoutly
and reverently into the petitions of wor-
thy deacon for "the aged servant who had
so long labored in the vineyard - c'blessed
old man." our friends heart whispered
while his spectacres were growing misty,
''and who has so faithfully dispensed to
us the word, today" The new sensation
had arrived. 1t struck our venerated
friend from crown to toe like a shower
bath, Warm chills crept through him.
"Can it be-" he groaned. "Is this the aged
servant?"


| 1t may lessen the shock to note the
symptoms of growing old-we mean Of be
| ginning to grow old. A silver hair is
nothing, nor dozen, nor three dozen, fOI
that may be hereditary, probably is-but
if you are old fogy enough TO use quill
pen, see if you can mend il satisfactorily
without going to the window. Examine
yourself candidly as to whether you spring
over buggy-wheel exactly as you did
Don't you hold your paper little further
Off


Brother Coffin" said Daniel Webster
10 the spruce and would-be youthful
Rhode Island dandy lawyer, as he was as
tutely strengthening himself back at ARM
length over document, "you will hav'
TO get yourself pair of specs or pair o
tongs." We say nothing about threading
needles, or new teeth, for we would no
Year: 1873

WHO that regularly reads the newspa-
pers, says Philadelphia journal, has not
been struck with those many-named col
umns intS which the news of all the world
is compressed? Variously styled in various
newspapers, they aim to grasp and focalize
the news of everything and everybody,
everywhere, and TO present it in as small
and telling space as possible. They
carry the reader in breath from Indus to
the Pole, and hurry him along from SEN
tence to sentence, to conduct him in a
trice to antipodes of thought. The reader
never thinks, as his eyes take their rapid
journey down the columns, of the care,
the pains, the taste, the skill, the patience
necessary to reduce those items to attract
i've shape. The scissors and the paste do
great deal of the work, it is true, but
the brain helps more than it is given
credit for. Fancy and Imagination and
Judgment have to play their part. The
scissors dart instinctively at "good"
item, and the brains step in and decide
whether its publication would be judi
cious. Is the item old? Has it ever ap-
peared before? Is it nice and fresh and
crisp and sparkling? What position shall
it hold with regard to the other items?
Has another on the same subject been al
ready clipped out? Might not the phrase
ology be changed, so as to bestow point
and pith? Could piquant joke be tag
ged onG Again, when the selection is
done, and the items-personal, miscel-
laneous, religious, theatrical and what not
are all arranged in order, will they
make glittering and systematic whole,
over which the eye will delight to rove,
like bird from flower to flower. All
these things have to be considered in at
tending to the "item" department of a
newspaper. The tastes of every possible
reader must be anticipated Since it takes
all sorts of people to make a world-a
truism of profounder meaning than is
generally appreciated-it takes all sorts
of items to make newspaper.-Datly
Hrnnhic
Year: 1873

Previous to the last State election in
North Carolina it was charged that
Marshal Carrow Of that district had
taken public funds from Washington
to be used for partisan purposes in that
locality. OF course this charge was
denied by the administration papers.
But Attorney General Williams recent
ly furnished to Congress q correspond
euce Of an official character, among
which are several letters from that
functionary to Marshal Carrow. One
of them 10 dated on the 18th Of July,
1872. In that letter the attention
OF the Marshal 10 called to the
fact that an enormous and unwar-
rantable increase in the expenses OF
bis Office has occurred. He is charged
by the Attorney General with lack OF
economy, and that officer is at q loss to
know what can have been done with
the money. The reason given by the
Attorney General for writing as he did
was the smallness Of his appropriation.
No appropriation will stand such a
drain as that which occurred in the
case Of the district in which North
Carolina is embraced. From $4,000
the expenses mounted to nearly $500, 900
in single year. and that the year in
which q Presidential election WAS to
take place. The matter is OF great i'm
portance to the people OF the whole
country, and Congress should investi-
gate the subject under the light and BY
The warrant Of the Attorney Generals 8
Latter
Year: 1873

There is now and then person so stupid as
to believe that advertisements 10 the newsps-
pers are not generally read, and that moroy
EXPENDED in advertising is practically wasted.
Even such will concede that if hundred mon
Of polite address, of fluent speech and ready
wit were TO call upon a hundred others aud
get The ear Of each long enough to say John
Smith, or Jones, or Thompson, at such n pIacs
has such and such goods at such prices, or
would sell 4 farm or house and lot, or has lost
a horse or pocket book, or would loan money,
etc, we say, such mcu will conoede that tho
services OF this huhdred men would be OF great
value TO Smith or Jones, and in some manner
advantageous to the party to whom this state
ment was made These one hundred men
could no. be employed TO so from door to door,
and make this statement 10 ten thousand peo-
pie at less than cost Of several hundred dol


lars each trip. All this is done by tho news
papers at cost Of few shlliugs, or few
dollars at most, and the visits are made weekly
aud day after day. The messenger who trav-
els addresses himself 10 the car, aud takes the
party addressed when he may have his
thoughts absorbed in business OF other matters
but the newspaper reaches the party sought
through the eye, when the reader has bis
thoughts solely fixed upon the paper before
him.


But those who affect to believe that there il
little use in advertising urge as an objection
that the advertisements are not read. They
can easily be convinced Of their error in this
respect by making inquiry. Let them insert
an advertisement offering to purchase some ar
ticie that is tolerably plenty in the market,
and they will lie flooded with offers to sell be-
fore the lux Of the advertisement is dry. An
enterprising weekly that has a circulation OF
one, two or three thousand copies is in a posi-
ton to do the village merchant great good, aud
for which, as 4 rule, the publisher does not get
one-fourth Of what he justly deserves. In It's
sphere, the weekly is Of quite as much service
to the advertiser as is the daily, aud oftcntimes
enjoys the privilege Of being the exclusive
family visitor, a privilege the daily seldom
has.-Inion and A1Ucrtiscr Rochestcr.
Year: 1873

The Resignation of Senator Caldwell relieves
him of further anxiety and the Senate of a
dsagreeable duty. This sudden getting out
Of the way by the Senator, as the end Of his
trial was drawing nigh, may be construed as
measure Of safety merely. or, as one may take
his choice confession of guilt At all events
the resignation may generally be accepted as
good thing. 1t is to be hoped no harder sim
ner will succeed him.-BdH. Sun.
Year: 1873

In Virginia heretofore the man who owned
$500 worth of real or personal property
might hold it against his creditors, while the
clerk or mechanic who had nothing but his
salary was liable to have that garniSheed for
debt The inequality Of the law in this regard
has now been corrected, the Legislature having
just passed Il bill exempting from seizure for
debt, by garnishee or otherwise, salary Of
$50 month of laborins or other person
Wa,hin1ton Star
Year: 1873

The Charlotte Observer says there is an old
gentlemen in Mecklcuburg county who has
kept one fire burning IN his house for the past
twenty-five years The FIRE was kindled on
the night of his marriage, and has been kept
burning winter and summer ever since. He
says it shall never be permitted to die out uu-
Ill he doer.
Year: 1873

Some fellows gone and did i,-got OF tie
following on the hustle, and we think he onslt
to be ashamed Of himself:


Young man, spare that rising bhstle


Touch not single "pape p
That wOman's had hard tassle


To get herself in shape.
Year: 1873

Happiness is often found at times and in
places when and where it is least expected
The meanest and most Insignificant things
that we stumble upon as they lie in our way
may often be the means of our greatest pros
perity. Never despise or cast away anything
that comes into your possession, however
worthless !! may seem to you in appearance,
until you are certain that it is incapable of
serving any useful purpose. RsgeHe r. HdH.
Year: 1873

ALBANY, March 1s.-lD the Senate, this morn
ing johnson moved that the Select Committee to IN
yesae the charges against Senator Tweed be enlarged
by the addition OF Messrs. LOwery and Allen. Carried


Mr. Lewis moved a reconsideration He thought It
Was an insult the Committee already made up to
enlarge But in the Committee was TO be en-
larged should be enlarged IN the ordinary way, the
President OF the Senate naming the additional MEMBER


Mr. johnson hoped that the motion for reconsideration
would not prevail. The Committee as now constituted
WAS at variance 10 certain questions and the add
tiopaI called for in his resolution were needed


Mr.. Chatfeld hoped the motion to reconsider would
not prevail The resolution provides for the addition OF
,vo Republican members and perfectly proper aud
without objection.


Mr.. Lewis denied that there was disagreement
bet the OF the Committee The Committee
were indeed. not agreed as to the propety OF employ
ing counsel For bis part, he was opposed TO the ap
pointmcnt OF counsel thinking that such action would
much prolong the fnvcst But II the Senate de-
clded HAT the Committee should appear by counsel he
Year: 1873

A meeting of the United German Demo-
cratic and Liberal Republican Executive Committee
held last evening at Tcutonla Hail. in Third-aye the
President, Anthony Eickhof, in the chair. Henry
Wolbrecbt offered series of resolutions protesting in
the name Of the German Liberal Republicans and Demo
Gratis OF this city, against the passage by the Senate Of
the proposed Charter and the end that the people Of
New-York might frame their own Charter proposed
that the Germans should pledge themselves to vote only
for members of the Assembly the next election who
will be favor OF framing law providing that Con
vention be held composed Of delegates from every sec
ton of the city, and that the members of the Conven-
ton frame Charter which be submitted to the
people for their appreciation or rejection.


other resolutions offered similar in their express
sons Of dsapproval Of the proposed Charter and the
need OF submitting the matter to the people. Different
means of accomplishing this result named, such
the appointment OF a special commission. the necessity
OF all German citizens uniting IN prOtes to Gov. DIX
asking him his prerOgatye II the proposed
act shall pass the Senate the appointment OF commit
tee TO wait upon him. and various other propositions all
OF which referred TO the Committee Resolutions
report will be made 10 the General Committee o-mOr
row evening.


PROTEST FROM A COUNCIL OF POLITICAL RE


FORM.


A meeting was held last evening at Botanic
Hail. in East Broadway. under the auspices OF the Sew
enth Ward Council Of Political Reform. In stating the
purpose Of the meeting the President William Gardner,
said that proper that the voice Of the people
should be heard az 10 the merits demers Of the pro-
posed Charter. A partisan Charter he said IL not
wanted but one in which the interests OF the people
provided for After reviewing the defects OF the pro
posed bill he submitted resolutions against IT, which
were adopted
Year: 1873

At the meeting of the Republican Central
Committee last night at Twenty and Broadway,
Hugh Gardner in the chair, Mr.. Darling asked II IL
would be possible to have report on the prospects OF
the Charter. There widespread Apprehension
that it would not passed the Republican party de-
manded and he thought that no stone should be left
unturned which would enable the Republican party to
reap all the fruits OF Republican victory He wished
10 know II the great reform movement which Republ-
cans had carried through TO be rendered rutess OF
good through the action Of who had been oisted
upon the party.


The Chairman replied that he had no doubt that IL
would be passed way that would be thought best
for the Republican party There was great anxiety az
TO what was best for the Republican party but the
Charter as whole would receive the entire Republican
vote.


Col. Duganne offered the foowng


Whereas The Republican party OF New-York CITY,
claiming TO be the party OF t oSer S no
cal organizations TO nominate candidate 1Of mayor
whereas The Republicans OF NewYork City, by their
votes elected VIM. +. Havemeyer; therefore,
terpreting the solid vote cast Hayemeyer the Will
of our party in NewYOrk CITY, invoke the Republican
TO give TO the Mayor OF NewYork City full authority 70
appoint TO office under the amended CHARTER 0y dnd WIN
nS tsPpfreS That commtee Of three members of the
Central Committee be appointed 70 proceed at once 10
Committee before the State Legislature, through our
Republican representation in Senate and Assembly.


Col Duganne urged the adoption Of the resolutions in
an earnest speech. He asked, Why should not honest
men strike hands with honest Mayor in the interest
Of Reformi He believed that the first thing that would
be found under the charter it stands would be
deadlock and the strength Of the Republican party
would be frittered away.


Mr. Spencer opposed the resolutions. Mr. Havemeyers
nomination was in his opinion grave error only second
TO that Of his election. From the time he became Mayor


F..T. uxI Iga lfagfn
the Mayor of the party. good deal was said about
Davenport-a little man, weighing hardly 100 pounds
being Superintendent Of Police. He had done so much
to give the city the Republican party that there was
hardly nythng its gift great TO be beyond his
deserts.


Motions that the resolutions be laid the table and
that they referred to the Committee Resolutions
were voted down. and the being taken by Yeas and
Nays, the resolutions were defeated by vote Of lo2
to5.
Year: 1873

SAN Francisco, March 17.-Tarpey, the muir
derer of Mrs. Nicholson, lynched near Monterey
this afternoon causing great excitement IN that city.
The mob fastened a rope around Tarpey's neck and
compelled him to stand in the box OF a wagon. He was
then told he must say all he wanted to for his time had
come. Tarpey addressed the crowd for half hour.
The lyncIers then drove the away and left the
man hanging by his neck to the limb Of tree his feet
almost touching the ground The crowd seized the rope
and drew Tarpey up higher Several OF the lynchers
drew pistols and fired into the body OF the dying
At last accounts the body was hanging and the mob
watching the place.
Year: 1873

THE PROBABLE CoNSEQUENCES OF SEVERE


wINTER-A STARTLING LIS. OF DARING


R0BBERIES SINCE JANUARY-A DANGEROUS


PRECINCT.


The people of this city have fatuously be-
eyed that the ordinary accidents Of Metropolitan o
than counterbalanced by the security afforded
TO their persons aud properly IN the existence OF
strong and wellorganEed police; but the record OF
crime since the beginning OF the year has OF such
character as TO dspel such illusion Criminal oepses
have been remarkably prominent and of almost unpreee
deped bodness. The eursory reader Of daily events
may not have recognized this but bsief aud random
selection from incidents occurring day by day wall suffice
TO establish the statement Experts In police matters
assert that there and alarming preponder
anse Of crme but that the Of Win
Year: 1873

ADVICE for Everybody that costs Nobody Any


thing.


Lotions and cosmetics make superficial
coating on the skin, give an artificial color
easily seen, but are vilely destructive to
the color, texture and pliability of the skin
itself Wrinkled, haggard and premature
ly old looking exactly describe those who
habitually paint their faces. If you
would have the clear, transparent, healthy
and soft tinted complexion which nature
gives. free from pimples, tan, freckles, ol
all other disfgurements, use Hand Sapollt
the most effective and fragrant toile
soap ever manufactured. Sold by all deal
ers at ten and fifteen cents a cake.
Year: 1873

Its no use, the poisonous hair prepara-
tons have had their day and done their
mischief Now comes along NATURE s
HAIR REsroRArrvE, a perfectly clear ar
ticle. which restores gray hair and keeps
the head in a healthy condition. See ar
,,articament
Year: 1873

The plates for the new fifty cent notes
have been prepared at the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing Of the Treas
ury Department, and the work Of prin-
ting the new note will be commenced
next week, though 1t will be probably
ten days before the new note will be
issued to the public. The new note
will be about Q quarter OF an inch short.
er than that now in circulation. and q
quarter of an inch wider. lie dimensions
being three and three-quarter inches
long by two inches wide. On the ia
oes Of the note, left hand side, is Wig
nette head Of Samuel Dexter, who was
Secretary OF the Treasury in 1901, and
q former Governor Of Massachusetts,,
On the fight hand Of the note is sec
ton OF geometrical lathe-work. with
the words "Hfty cents" 10 white letters
engraved across the lace, The story or
lettering on the note is the same a. On
the present issue, with the exception OF
the words receivable for all United
Staste stamps" at the bottom OF the old
note, which are omitted on the new one.
The seal is printed in the centre Of the
face, and 10 enclosed in cycloldsl work,
a new feature npon fractional currency.
The back OF the note which will be prin.
ted 10 New York, will be grseD.lt ia
made up Of geome.rical lathe work and
scrolls. On the right hand corner the
word Gents" found on the old note,
ia omitted. and ths numerical 80 takes
its place. The date OF the passage o'
the act authorizing its issue IL omit.
ted from the face Of the new note and
put upon the back thereof On the leit'
hand side OF the back there ~ an open
space TO show the fibre in the paper,
and it will not be shown on the lace d
much as in the old note. The new
note. Of course, win take the place OF
the one now in circulation, 90 the press
ent one has been counterieited. although
not 10 any great extent No other
new fractioosi currency will be issued
al present.
Year: 1873

The crop reports from all parts OF
Europe are more satisfactory, and 1t is
now confidently anticipated that the
d efficiency in England and other cour-
tries will be lees than was regarded as
probable month or six weeks ago.
In England, at the very best, however,
the wheat harvest Notwithstanding the
improved weather, must fall considera-
bly, below the reduced average OF last
year, with the result Of rendering Eog-
land still more dependent on foreign
countries for food supplies. Yet it is q
remarkable fact, and one which illus
trates the beneficial operations OF the
natural laws OF trade when not inter-
iered with by legislation, that the arrival
of foreign grain are 80 regular and
large that the price OF wheat is now
somewhat lower in England than it
was q year ago.
Year: 1873

The class of 10 graduated recently at


West Point and received their diplomas


from President Grant. They will have


short vacations and then will receive their


commissions as second lieutenants and be,


assigned positions in the army. The class


were addressed by Secretary of War Belk-


nap and by General Sherman. The latter's


speech was pithy and good aS usual, and
was as follows:


SPEECH OF GENERAL SHERMAN


1t is extremely grateful to me to welcome


yeri upon the very threshold of the army.


into the army Of the United States. You


have now your diplomas. and are to all in


tents and purposes officers and leaders Of


men. ! wish you were gathered around


me with not 30 many ladies' and learned


professors near, 50 that | could tell you


some simple truths to aid you in your pro


fession. | welcome You cordially. You
must be willing to work We will not over
task you. If You have more knowledge
than is recorded in the books taught
here, cherish 1t. If you have wit. bring
1t to cheer US in our solitary house
on the Western Plains. If You have sarcasm
bury it forever, for is loses You friends Wit
is one thing; sarcasm is another We want
none of it in the army. We think we have
the finest field Of any country ON earth. All
governments are very similar, of three dis
tinct parts, one to make laws, one to inter
pret laws: then comes the third, the execu-
tive, you form part of that. 1t Is your
duty to execute the laws which come to YOU
from those who make them, without
thought, without hesitation or explana-
ton. 1t is a simple task, but sometimes
very difficult and calling upon the highest
powers. You may regret that your lot l..
cast in times Of profound peace. Thirty
three years ago | thought 50, too, and the
President as well. There were peace con
gresses and peace resolutions everywhere.
and the Quakers we're predominant then "a
now. Then We had n little trouble with
our neighbor, and there was considerable
war in Mexico. After that he and lett
the army. but soon a war arose, mighty
among the wars Of the past. There was 4
call for everything-far more than We had
learned, and there was no time to refer to
our books or to ask our professors. So it
may occur in in your time hope and
pray it may not be. tut it is your duty to he
prepared for it. We have some little ee-
ments of disorder; we have Indians, We
have four millions of blacks to secure in
their rights of citizenship, We have neigh
borS to the north and south Of u-. and there
are plenty of people who want some of their
land. There are continual troubles in Ari-
zona and New Mexico and | should be glad il
we could compel Mexico TO take back these
two. The soldiers should discard all idea
of the pursuit of wealth. Glory is the sol
der wealth. That is true now and will
be until the end of all time