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Year: 1873

There are few people who can look
into their hearts and say that there
are no chambers of imagery" there
no spells and signs by which they are
ruled in secret. For people of the
nineteenth century ':look after a sign"
just as the people of the first century
did; and our little superstitiOns have
in them all the charm of a secret
science.


Until very recently it was deemed
especially lycks to be born with a
caul, or membrane over the face
This superstition comes from the far
east. In the early ages of Christianity
Chrysostom invaded against it. Yet
within the past twenty-five years /
knew at least four places in the sea-
port town of Whitehaven where three
cauls were publicly sold, and in Lon
don Times Of 1913 one is advertised for
sale, "price six guineas." The pos
session of caul was supposed to Sc
cure the possessor from shipwreck
Year: 1873

and various other occult powers wel
attributed 20 it.


L am neither going to defend or
condemn the observance, but simply
to offer, for amusement of nv readers.
some account of those omens which
have obtained the widest recognition.


1t has been accounted, in all ages
and nations, very lucky to be born lat
full moon and nigh sea-" And some
thing of the genus of each day of the
week, is also supposed to rest on the
child born on them for a popular
superstition runs thus:


Sundays child Of grace.


Mondays child is fair in the face


Tuesdays child shall have power and place
Wednesdays child shall have learning and lore
Thursdays child shall have gold in store,
Fridays child shall be loving and giving
Saturdays child shall work for it's living,


A practical observer would therefore
conclude that Saturday has more
than its share in "the House of Life"
Year: 1873

They stood at the garden gate:


by the lifting of lid
She might have read her fats


In little thing he did.
BE plueked a beautiful flower,


Tore it away from its place
On the side of'the blooming bower,
And held it against his face.
Drank in its beauty and bloom,


In the midst of his idle talk,
Thea cast il down to the gloom


And dust of he garden walk.
Ay, trod it under his foot,


A 8 it lay in his pathway there
Then spUrned 1t away with his boot
Because it had ceased to be fair.
All the maiden might have read
The doom of her young life then
Bet she looked in his eyes instead.
Aud thought him the king ofmen.
Ehs looked in hi, eyes and blushed
) he hid In his strong arms fold
Aud the tale OF the flower crushed
And spnIned, was once more told.
Year: 1873

NISDoN.-Here is one of the many
GOOD things that Josh Billings gets
on "klSe early and work hard and
la'e' give nothing away, and if you
uon die rich and go to the devil you
may sue me for damages.
Year: 1873

TNakes pleasure in informing the
Il public that he has opened at
Bellevue. a


Family Grocery,
and will devote all his energy towards
building up First Class Retail Gro
Gerry House, promising to give the
most perfect satisfaction to all who
may favor him with their patronage


He is constantly in receipt of
FRESH GROCERIES, and is selling
them for small profits in order to keep
up with the hard times.


Doing business upon


STRICT CASH BASIS,
his goods will at all times be sold
at the very lowest prices, and satisfnc
tion guaranteed.


A liberal share of the public patron
age solicited.


D Come and see me. ni9
Year: 1873

ANEcDoTE OF Mrs. SIDDoNs.-
When Mrs. Siddons was playing Lady
Macbeth in Dublin, at that part where
a drum sounds, and she exclaims: "a
drum drum Macbeth doth come y
there was some difficulty or neglect in
obtaining tie necessary instrument, and
to amazement trumpet was sounded.
She Immediately saw how absurd it
would be to say "drum" while the
sound of the trumpet filed the ears Of
the audience, so she said "a trumpet
a trumpet p and stopped short, amid
breathless sill ence, not knowing how
to rhyme, when voice from the gallery
called out "Macbeth doth stump i'll!
at which the house broke out into a
peal of laughter and the tragedienne
advanced to the footlights aud bowed
her acknowledgment for the relief.
She afterward tried to find out who it
was, but failed to do so; and she never
forgot what she considered the most
genuine piece Of wit she had met in
all her experience.
Year: 1873

The New York Graphic has the
following:


The preparations for the aerial trip
to Europe are now so far advanced tina,
the Graphic is able to say that the
word go will be given between the
lst and 10th of September. Every
thing being ready and an assurance
given by the signal service at Washing
ton OF the probability of favorable
weather for twenty four hours, Prof
Wise and his friends will quietly en-
bark, waving their hats to the crowd,
and. be off. Sunset will be the proba-
BILE hour, but no attempt at public dis
play will be made ; it is rather SOL
emn venture, in fac:, and the huzzas
OF crowd, and guns and music, would
De less appropriate than the uncovered
mead and bated breath. and fervent
prayer tor the safety of the men who
oare thus to trust themselves to the
good nature of the elements.


frof Donaldson on Saturday made
trial trip from New York to Long
Branch in the Baden Powell canoe
built for him by Walters & Sons, and
thoroughly satisfied himself of the sea-
worthiness of his little craft. Though
the waves were quite excited she rode
them safely, and it was not until the
Professor drove her on shore through
the surf at the Branch that she shin
ped the slightest drop of water. The
carrier pigeons which have been de-
tailed to accompany the expedition,
and bring back occasional tidings, have
been In active training for weeks and
become pretty familiar with the geo
graphy of the Atlantic coast they
will be instructed to make for the
Graphic building, with all haste, the
instant they are dropped from the car.
There have been divers rumors as to
the persons who will accompany the
two professional aeronauts but their
names have not, as yet, been, officially
announced; applications are under
stood TO be In excess of accommoda-
tions, however.
Year: 1873

The attendance al tie opening OF the
morning session was not large. After
prayer and The reading of the Scripture
by Prof. Allen, questions on points not
quite cleai were asked by some one in
the audience, aud answered by tie Pro.
lessor. As regards rigid routine in
recitation. Mr.. Allen insisted upon sys


tcmatic thought. but deprecated that
ridgity which parslyzes independent
thinking Some leading thought, about
which the associated thought. naturally
group themselves. should be kept in mind
in each recitation. Never lose sight OF
this thought but let il be The cardinal
point OF your discourse The Prult .sor
here incidentally gave excellent advice
un school discipline and the detection OF
mischief. The advice may bc summed
up in keep your eyes open In 4 reci-
lation don't he chary Of encouragement


When the pupil loses sight of the leading
idea, bring it back TO him. Don't ill him
over the hard places but teach him to help
Year: 1873

AFTERNOON.


la the afternoon Prof. Allen began the
exercises by writin. on the black. board.
Every pupil on entering the school has
a large amount OF unclassilied knowledge
and unOrganiZcd facts" Taking this as
the text, lie enlalged upon the necessity
ol the classifying OF these iacts by the
teacher. You must examine the pupil to
ascertain where his knowledge of sub
iect ends, what his assets are and the
nature OF his stock in trade. Begin to
teach where his knowledge ends, and
proceed from the known. Take what the
child knows and build on TO that. Use
your eyes and make your pupils use their
eyes. The trouble is that you don't use
ysur eyes. How many of you use the
black boark crayons in school? (Several
hands held up) Do you know where
these crayons are made? (No one knew
Use your eyes and you will see in black
letters on every box you use the name
aud place OF the crayon manufacturer, for
there is but one place in the United StaleS
where they are manufactured. But YOU
must be careful what you teach, and then
no matter how bad the stock, good will
come Take lesson from the man who
gratis The fruit is fruit of the graft not
of the original bad stock. OF course
there are limits. The apple cannot be
grated on the pine. Bear in mind, too,
not 10 work against natural bent. In
press upon the mind OF the pupil that
knowledge is power. The business OF
the teacher is TO train, balance aud disci
pline the powers by which knowledge is
attained; fit the mind to receive the
highest culture; to tit ii to receive and
assimilate the beautiful.


What are The responsibilities OF teach.
ers ? The teacher is responsible for the
| physical, intellectual and moral develop
ment of the pupil The simple laws OF
hygenie must be learned and pracliCed.
Cleanliness must be insisted upon. IN
school furniture. in habits OF school woI
AS well rs in person. The professor
found strict attention TO cleanliness To
be OF the greatest benefit in generating
proper pride and self regard in The
ouscasts taken into his orphan school.


Attention was called To the Necessity
of cutivaling the pelceptiye powers and
the memory. The power OF attention in
pupils needs to be developed. The atten
tion of pupils can be secured by slimu
latiug their curiosity, their activity, their
Year: 1873

Labor Makes the Man.
Abundant wealth may bring
A life Of slothful ease.
And gold may sweetly ring,
Aud groveling passions please;
Yet there is q truth,


Disprove it if you can;
Hard labor is the thing


To make happy man.
The rich with plenty blest,
On dainty meats may dine,
Yet never know the zest


That labor gives to mind;
For surely its truth,


In God and natures plan,
That labor is the thing


To make happy man.
An idle world may sneer,
And mock at toiling ones
May idly live them here,


A set of useless drones;
Well envy not the fate


OF this superAuous clan,
For labor is the thing


That makes a worthy man.
Sure toll it is that gives
The bread that all must cat
Each idle one that lives,
Must live by others sweat;
And thus you see it takes,
And has since time began,
Some honest toll to make
And independent man,
Then let uf up and do


Each lend to each hand.
Each honest toll pursue,
And form one brother band
Each fill his sphere below,
And labor waile we can,
For this it is required


To make a happy man.
Year: 1873

path Robert spoke to his father, and what
he said must have had some effect, for
when they reached the house-door he
opened it with nervous haste, and in much
soitened tones called out:


Lucy, here is your brother Robert!''


Lucy S welcome made up for all delin-
qucncies, and the evening which had
promised so little, ended in such conf
dence as had never before existed be-
tween this father and his children.


They spent a few days in New York,
before leaving for the West, and the eld-
er Hammond, attired once more in ire
proachable broadcloth, visited such of his
oid haunts as were willing to know him,
making no small boast Of the immense
wealth of bis ''son Robert and the g-
gantlc business they were going to do to-
gether in Chicago.


should do very wrong if led my
readers to infer that Ralph Hammond's
character essentially and Immediately
changed. His ayarice never left him ur-
I'll his dying day. But in the beautiful
ctompanionship OF his sons wife and
chllaren, some Of the roughest and most
Seihsh traits were gradually toned down.
ne could not Try as he would, disbelieve
IN the unselish affection of Robert and
his family, who bore patiently with all his
faults, and who certainly had nothing to
expect in return.


And in the dark days which he spent in
ihe alley OF the Shadow of Death, this
eellei en IN human love helped him wonder
iuily to hope and trust in q love Infinite
and All-embracing.


Lucy in the quiet and peace of her new
lie regalned her youth and pretty looks.
and is to-day happy wife and the moth.
er OF brave sons and beautiful dauohters
In her redeemed life, and in the comfort
and Improvement OF their fathers later
years, Robert and Mary Hammond found
cause for gratitude in that having recog-
nlzed their duty, they had sought out and
gone after it; for it grew TO q blessing
on earth and its final reward in heaven.
Year: 1873

lar exceeding any legal and sure rate OF interest it
mas many fold proved blessing to thousands who
would otherwise have been left destitute.


The Society issues all the most desirable Forms
of Life and Endowment Policies, on which Diyi.
dends Will be paid annually.
Year: 1873

much blamed as his mistake in ascertaining
the position of his vessel. But the Signal
Service Bureau is able to demonstrate that
neither shOrtness /of coal nor OF PROVISIONS
presented to Captain Williams 80 serious q
threat of danger as did, in conjunction Win
these, a rapidly falling barometer.


On Wednesday, the 26th ult., storm center
was reported on the coast of Oregon. Passing
over Dakotah and Iowa, this storm was marked
by region of very low barOmetric pressure
On Saturday afternoon it was very violent,
with its center approaching this city. During
that day southeast winds and rain were
raging with unusual and increasing severity
on the ew-England and New-Jersey coasts.
All Sunday the storm center was developing
in New-England into absolutely unprece-
dented proportions. On Monday morning this
storm, with barOmetrc pressure below 2o.e
inches "a record hitherto unparalleled), passed
along the mouth of the St. Lawrence, out
upon the ocean. When 'on Sunday afternoon
the captain of the Atlantic read by his bar
ometer the approach of an extraordinary
tempest, with the certainty of heavy westerly
gales, he would have been guilty OF gross
error in seamanship if, while short OF Goals
he had attempted to face it, He has at best
O heavy burden to bear. Let us give him
credit for correct judgment in avoiding what
then was really the greater danger. DE did
right in changing his course toward HALIFAX
Year: 1873

There is an old story in an old book of a
certain well-tO-dO man who found his income
so secure his house so comfortable, his barns
so well filed, that he began to look upon the
whole affair, both master and possessions, as
the one thing meant to be permanent in this
shifting world. Soul he said, in jovial
humor one night. to the Something out of
sight inside Of his healthy body, costly
clothes, stately dwelling and estate" Soul,
"let us eat, drink, and be merry" This live
creature, at least, he was sure of. Body and
land and houses, being dead matter might
wear out, but that which had earned and
ruled them all would stay. When dawn came,
the old record goes on to state, the morning
sun found fields and fOcks unaltered. There,
too, were the comfortable house and the rich
clothes unchanged. Even the body, which had
served its master so long, was there ready to
do his bidding. But the soul had gone, and
never sent message back to say whittier


"For six thousand years." says Schiller, the
"dead have been going from u.s. and not one
"hath returned to bring US tidings."


Certainly, this well-to-do mau did not belong
to these days. Whatever else our crimes, we
are not indifferent. We all of MS take keen
interest in that unknown country to which
each of must go some day on an inexora-
BILE journey, never to come back, taking with
us nothing that we have needed here. When
we 20 into strange countries now, we can make
place for ourselves with our money or ac-
quaintances; even good clothes are of use.
But what baggage or letters Of credit can We
take with us thereH Even the fair face or bodily
graces which have covered up 80 much of our
real selves must be left behind. To think of the
dreadful nakedness of it! To whom shall we
talk of the matters which have always filed
our lives until an hour-iive minutes before
Who will care there for the next election, or
the price of stocks in the marketf Who will
ask for the last joke or bit of gossipi Who
will know of the fashions or the last new
booki Things that have filed our hands and
brain for our whole lives viii have vanished
from us like breath. and hands and brain
have gone with them II we could but take
q bit VI hair from the child that lay in our
Year: 1873

WITNESS FOR CAPTAIN WILLIAMS


Considering how doubtful at the best is the
testimony that depends upon the memory of
witnesses, fact otherwise proved is apt to
bear special weight in a trial. Perhaps the
best instance of this is a case in an Irish court
where there was abundant testimony to a MUIR
der committed in bright moonlight. The counsel
for the prisoner, toward the end of the case,
passed around among the jury an almanac by
which it appeared that there was no moon on
the night of the murder. The prisoner was
acquitted at once. After the trial, his counsel
sent in a bill, of which one item was, "TO
"printing almanac without moon, f50D In
the instance before us there Is, however no
chance of tampering with the almanac. The
evidence comes from our Signal Service
Bureau.


The result could scarcely have been worse
and might have been better if the steamer
Atlantic had pressed on toward New-York
with short supply of coal, and had trusted
to her capacity under sails, such as it was,
rather than attempt To enter harbor
with whose perils the captainuwas only
acquainted by hearsay. Hence the opinion
has been quite commonly expressed that
he did wrong in turning his course toward
Halifax. His judgment IN this has been as
Year: 1873

AS we enter upon the Thirty-Third Year OF
the lite of The TRIBUNE, we cannot refrain
from one word of congratulations to our readers
and the public, over the retrospective view
which this date suggests. Enormous changes
have taken place in the political, social, and
industrial organization of the country, with
in this third of century, and in every
one of these THE TRIBUNE has been
actively and constantly employed upon the
side of freedom, justice and intelligence. We
can recall no important measure upon which
we should wish to expunge the record of The
TRIBUNE and no great reform which this
paper has not attended from its birth to It's
final triumph. This consistent history estab-
lished THE TRIBUNE impregnably as the favor
ite newspaper of the best class of
readers in the country; and when its
great founder died, full of years and
honor, more widely beloved and more
sincerely mourned than any public man of the
time, it was found, to the surprise of the un-
thinking, that his work was too well done to
suffer by his departure, and that his journal
had acquired under his hands vigorous life
of its own which no accident could endanger.
It's declaration of a wider independence has
gained that full and immediate appreciation
which we fOresaw, and at this day it is
stronger, more influential, and more prosper
GUS than at any former period Of its existence.
We deviate from our usual practice in
stating these facts, and do so only at the re-
peated request of valued friends and corre-
spOndents. As certain of our contemporaries,
influenced by obvious motives, have endeav-
ored to create a false impression about our
business, we take from our books single
illustration of our continued and increasing
prosperity, drawn from a single branch, and
chosen only because it happens to be the
readiest and most compact. The following is
statement of our cash receipts for advertising
during the last three months, compared with
those of the corresponding months of last year.
This does not include the additional sums for
advertising borne on our current accounts:
Year: 1873

1t is notorious at Albany that the fight for
a partisan Charter has been managed by Mr..
Thomas Murphy and his representatives. The
Committee of Seventy urged such reform
as the Republican party at the last
election promised. The best men OF
this city, It's most eminent Republicans


its most trusted citizens of. all parties, agreed
with the Seventy. Mr. Thomas Murphy
opposed them, and the probability even yet
seems to be that the Legislature proposes
--e even after Connecticut to follow
Murphy. We therefore invite atten-
ton, once more, to the record of the
man who is permitted to use the Republican
party in giving the lie to the pledges made at
the last election, and to fasten bad Charter


and new Ring upon us for personal and
party ends. convenient resume of it Is
printed on our second page, and there are
some striking new revelations of the manner
in which street assessments were manipulated
in Mr.. Murphy's favor. See the fac SMILES OF
the entries in his interest on the Ring books
Year: 1873




It is needless to say that we are profoundly
gratiied with the continued and enhanced
prosperity of which this is only single Illus
tration, and that merely the most con-
venient, not the most striking one.
We think it is creditable to the reading
public, and in the highest degree encour-
aging to all journalists who have at heart
the honor and the dignity of their calling. We
propose to show our appreciation of it by
applying the enlarged resources thus afforded
Us to the improvement and extension of the
journal which has so satisfactorily proved its
vitality and Importance. We shall, this year,
devote the contents of our overlooking treasury.
first, to maintaining and even eleyating the
high standard of excellence we have already
set up; and secondly, TO building an edifice
for the uses of THE TRIBUNE, which shall be
the largest and most imposing monument of
journalism in the world.
Year: 1873

All men who are wise acknowledge "The supen'
ority of Woman over Man" without an argument
But for the benefit Of a stifl-necked and froward
generation who need TO be convinced of what
dazzles their very eyes, lady of New-York has
translated Cornelius Agrippa's treatise with the
above title and made neat pamphlet of it. Il viii
probably be largely read. Those who peruse II IN
faith will certain dose OF doubt, and thoss
who scott at it Will probably admit the existence
of some earthly providence in the shape Of a woman
which they worship on occasions of panic or dis.
tress II is noticeable that these transformations Of
woman are always painted by men. Women are apt
TO see each other in a more practical light. Lady
Mary Wortley Montague said that the only thing
that consOled her for being woman wa the
thought that she did not have tomarry one. One OF
the cleyerest women in America said the other day
that she considered the prevalent worship Of women
as a relic OF fetiehism.
Year: 1873

There is revival of the ship-building
interests in this vicinity, but the best showing
to be made, AS it is made elsewhere, is not
encouraging. We hope for better exhibit in
the future, but it appears just now remote
enough.
Year: 1873

Although the Spring freshets have done
great damage throughout the State, some grains
of consolation may be found in the disaster.
The lateral canals annually repaired by the
State at great expense, are said to be ruined
beyond remedy. Such laterals as the Black
River and Crooked Lake have drained the
State treasury hOpelessly. 1t does not seem
possible that anybody will seriously propose
their reconstruction. g.
Year: 1873

The calm and lofty impudence of man WAS never
moro beautifully shown than by recent breach of
promise case in an English court. The defendant
plaintiff very respectable and attractive young
pickle-maker To this lovely picklemaker the wild
over proposed marriage was accepted, and tor some
time behaved with the requisite tenderness and con-
sideration. But presently and without cause his
affection seemed to cool, and upon the wedding day
he did not appear. The pokie-naker Immediately