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Year: 1871

The newspaper press of England, after some days of painful suspense, draws long breath of relief. A London solicitor brought an action against Ihe Echo to recover damages for the destruc- tion of letter on Legal R. formation" which he had sent to that journal, but which the editor did not accept. The Court held that an author had right to demand the return of his rejected MSS. if they were in existence when he applied for them but an editor was under no obligation to preserve rejected communications, and if he d 'stroyed them as soon as they were read he could not be held liable for their value. This is common sense. The examination of volunteered manuscripts IS one of the severest duties of an editors existence. If to this were added the duty of keeping such manuscripts till called for, every newspaper would be obliged at once to enlarge it's premises and increase its force. A great majority of the people who know how to read and write-be- sides many who certainly do not know how to write are possessed at some period of their lives with morbid impulse to contribute to the newspapers. | The principal of this is right, and if the writers would confne themselves to sub iects of general interest to the readers, like general local news for instance, the publishers would feel grateful.

 We remember, says an exchange, the case of an anonymous correspondent who must have sent us in the course of two years at least fifty articles, intended for the editorial page, and on occasions of public excitement used sometimes to send two in single day. Not line of his copy ever got into print, but he per severed, and no doubt he is pestering some newspaper now. .s.

 The young persons who believe they I have a mission to write verses, the women who want to support themselves by selling compositions" to the news papers, and the scores of people with

 bees in their bonnets who visit editors

 offices with ponderous essays on incom-

 prehensible subjects, are still more seri,

 ous aff1ictions than the mere amateur

 publicists. Now, more than ninety pel

 cent. of the articles offered for accept ance at @ newspaper office come from these different classes of people. They write for their own benefit, not for the

 editors. Their contributions are no1

 wanted on the contrary, they are great

 nuisance. We cannot see upon what ground an editor is expected to expenC time and trouble taking care of rubbish that is left on his premises against his , wishes. Of course there are sensible and valu able correspondents, and it is for the ], sake of the ten wise men that journalist. are content to bear with the ninety fools and to be at the pains sometimes of say

 ing aud restoring a great deal of manu script which, on one account or another they do not care to use. But it is vel

 to have it understood that this is dou' f as matter of courtesy, and not as duty, and that in the great majority o cases it cannot be done at all. This vii

 perhaps seem hard to writers who hay l high opinion of the importance o their productions but their remedy v very simple let them buy a copying r press.
Year: 1871

PERILs OF EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAVEL. An attempt at murder in railway carriage has just been made on the Or leans line in France. A Spanish gentle man took seat one evening in the early part of this month in the coupe of first class carriage to proceed to Bayonne; he was at first the only occupant, but just as the train was about to start a stranger entered the same compartment The two fellow-travelers engaged ia a conversation which lasted as far as the Etampes Station, when the Spaniard fell into doze. from which he was presently aroused by two pistol shots fired in the carriage, and by feeling wound in the forehead. A struggle between the two men ensued, and the would-be murderer being the stronger endeavored to force the other through the window, and would probably have succeeded, had not the train at that moment slackened its speed to stop at the Angerville Station, when the assailant, fearing to be taken, jumped out of the carriage and escaped. The Spaniard raised cry of "Stop the murderer p but too late, as the man was already beyond pursuit. The wounded gentleman was removed to hotel, and at once received surgical assistance. His life is in no danger, as the ball, which appears to have been fired from @ very small pocket arm, did not penetrate the bone, and the second shot did not take effect at all
Year: 1871

The dog of Ardennes accompanies the flock when it leaves the penfold in spring, only to return when the winters snow drives the sheep home again for she lter. Each shepherd possesses one or two of these dogs, according to the size of the flock, to act as sentinels. Their office is not to run about and bark, and keep the sheep in order, but to protect them from outside foes When the herdsman has gathered his flock in some rich valley, these white, shaggy monsters crouch on the ground, ap- parently half asleep but now and then the great sagacious eyes will open, and, passing over the whole of their charge, remain for while fixed on the distant horizon as though they followed train of thought which led them away from earth-so sadly do they gaze into the infinite.

 But let the mountain breeze bear to his ever-moving nostrl the scent of the hated wolf, or his quick ear detect an unknown noise then is the time to see one of these dogs in his glory. His ey es become black with ferceness his hair stands erect his upper lip becomes wrinkled, showing range of folmida- ble teeth, while low erowl alone es- capes from his throat. When his keen faculties have detected the whereabouts of his foe, he rushes forward with 8 bound that overleaps all obstacles, and 8 bark that echoes from all the surround ing hills. .e..s

 Every dog of the like breed that may be near, takes up the note and rushes gleaming through the brushwood to join in the attack. Tender as the children he protects, woe to him who dares to lift his hand to one of the little ones with W hom he has been brought up. II is not he who buys him who is his mas. ter 1t IS he who fed him when pup, who petted and shared his pittance with him-he it is who has his love, and who reciprocates his faithful afection.-Over. | I<,o,<l Nfoaof6hI
Year: 1871

VERY ANx1oUs.-The Chief of Police in Kansas City, Mo, has received q curi- ous letter from a young gill in Leaven worth, which reads: "There is,a man in your place named Johnny Bascombe, who is in love with me, and who was driven away from our house last week by my old father, who drives away every one who comes to court me. Please, for my sake, find out Johnny and give him my picture, which inclose to you, and tell him that I will stick to him, father or no father; and if you ever come up here I will come to see you and thank you. Just tell Johnny that his Julia sent him the picture, and he will know 1t all. y
Year: 1871

At recent wedding, as the clergyman reached the part of the ceremony, "I now pronounce you" fish peddler in the street shouted |" bull heads bull heads p to the amusement of some and the consternation of others present on the occasion.
Year: 1871

LIMESTONE AS BUILDING MATERIAL. M. Umalius d'Halloy, in a recent pa per on the subject of building stones, says in speaking of limestones, that to judge of their durability, it is not SC much the texture which has to be taken into account as the condition of the bed from which the stones were obtained The structure and texture of the lime. stones may vary enormously, and yet al may be suited for building purposes provided the layers or strata have not been, as is very frequently the case, dis located by geological lup-heaving, where by many of these kinds of stone become foliated, and do not then withstand wint and weather for any length of time with out crumbing to pieces.
Year: 1871

About twenty years ago there was 6 case in one of the Eastern States where man was tried, convicted and executed for murder. It was known that he slept with friend who had some money several hundred dollars-in bills which had been paid him few days before. h the night the friend disappeared

 there was blood on the pillow and traces of it all the way from the door to the river which ran near the house; bloody kerchief belonging to the suspected man was found near the river, and the marked not account for the others disappearance, and turned both red and pale when ac. cused of the murder. Could any stronger proof be needed :? But after the execu- tion the missing man wrote to his pa rents announcing his safe arrival in

 California, and as soon as he learned what had happened he explained all the unfortunate circumstances. He had de- termined to go to California, out kep! his intention a secret except from a person in @ neighboring town who was to accompany him. Before retiring on the night of his disappearance he had ex- changed money with his bed-fellow because the bills he held were not the kind he wished to carry. He awoke in the night and found himself bleeding at the nose; seizing kerchief, which lay on the table, he went to the river to stop the blood On his way there he dropped the kerchief, and just as he was return ing to the house his intended companion appeared and urged him to start at once for the Pacific coast. Fearing to disturb some one he did not return to the house, but proceeded with his friend, who fur nished him with hat, coat and boots as soon as they reached his residence. His bed fellow slept soundly and knew nothing of his departure. The expla- nation was clear, and established the in nocence of the man who had been con- victed; but it could not return him to life
Year: 1871

WOULD NIT ScARE.-A Virginia woman thought to scare her son, young man, as he was coming home the other night. She went out to meet him with sheet thrown over her head. But he did not scare as well as she expected. On the contrary, he struck the "ghost with a heavy whip he was carrying, and she fell senseless.
Year: 1871

LADY A correspondent of an Eng>
lish paper gives the following as the
derivation of the word ''lady:" " 1t is
not probably generally understood that
the term is compounded OF two Saxon
words leaf or 'af,' signifying loaf
of bread, and dian, to give or to
serve 1t was customary in times OF
old for those families whom God had
blessed with wealth and afflnence to
give away regularly a portion of bread
aud other food to those families in their
respective parishes and neighborhoods
who might stand in need of assistance,
and on such occasions the 'lady' of the
family, mistress of the household, her.
self personally officiated distributing with
her own hands the daily or weekly dole.
Hence she was called 'lafdy, or bread
giver;' and in course of time this word
like many others in our English lan>
guage, became abbreviated to its pres
ent expressive form of lady An Eng.
lish writer of the last century, in refer
ence to this derivation of lady, observes
that the meaning of this word is now
as little known as the practice which
gave rise to it, yet it is from that hos
pitable custom that to this day the ladies
in this kingdom alone carve and serve
the meat at their own tables"
Year: 1871

LIFE is more precious than silver OF
gold, and to preserve it as long as possible
is our duty, consequently no plausible
scheme should be left untrisd to secure an
end so dsvoutly desired. DR.. Bells BAlsam
of Alpine Moss for Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs, has be-
came very popular within few years, and
we attribute its fame, to its success. See
advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

Is the great remedy that physicians appeal to
aud use almost entirely IN all diseases Of the
Liver. There thousa ands at the present time
that suffering with the rheumatic p ins in
the JOINTS, caused BY the use of CAlomel which
has created q disease Of its worse than that
which it was intended to cure. There 10 no
drug that leaves its mark more prominent in
the system. Yet, perhaps, there are times when
it can be given, and have benifeial effect, but
should not be dealt out as it has been, and is at
| the present time, by those that pretend to know


what they are doing, but in reality do not. The
Liver il more liable 10 disease than any other
organ in the human system, and when that fails
to do its duty 1t leaves the weak points OF the
body exposed, as the bile is not thrown off, but
taken up by the blood, it passes through this
great filter of the system, and becomes impure.


Then follows a train of diseases, whose name is
Legion. There many that suffer from pain
in the side and across the body, dull, heavy {,


drovsy feeling, headache, pain in the right side,


often severe pain in the bowels, cOstveLsss, Fat


ulenee. diArI hes, more or less Indigestion loas of
appetite, ssllow skin, white of the eyes yellow,
sinking Of fe'h. depression of spirits, at other


times a great craving for food. Some of these


symptoms are caused only by torpidity Of the


Liver. Ii impossible to give sill the symptoms


of q deranged Liver, and they are all curesble
| without the aid of Caomei.
Year: 1871

NOTICE TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.-TICKETS
IN for sale and baggage checked ut the Of
Railway Baggage Express Company OF Twentythrd
street and Fifth for Albany Troy
soga SPRING. BY the Albany day line OF steamers G. vIB


Also for Long Branch Newport and Boston, and to all
points the line Of Erie Railroad and the West
Southwest.


This the only express company running direct Long
Branch and Newport
Year: 1871

A SINGULAR INDIAN Tradition Among
the Seminole Indians there is a singular tradi-
ton regarding the white mans origin and su-
periority They say that when the Great
Spirit made the earth he also made three men.
All of the men had fair complications; and that
after making them he led them to the mar
gin of small lake and bade them leap in and
wash. One obeyed, and came out purer
and fairer than before; the second hesitated a
moment, during which the water, agitated
by the first, had become muddled, and when
he bathed he came out copper colored; the
third did not leap until the water had be-
come black with mud, and he came out black
with its own color. The Great Spirit laid
before them three packages, and out of pity
for his misfortune IN color gave the black
man the first choice. He took hold of each
package and having felt the weight chose the
heaviest. The copper colorcd man chose the
next heaviest, leaving the white man the
lightest. When the packages were opened, p,
the first was found to contain spades, hoes,
and implements of labor; the second en-
wrapped hunting, fishing, and waihke appa-
ratuses; the third gave the white man Iens
ink and paper, the engines of the mind---the
means of mutual, mental improvement, the
social link of humanity, the foundation of
the white mans superiority.
Year: 1871

A BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-Generation after
generation have felt as we feel now, and
their lives were as active as our own
They passed away like vopor, while nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as when her
Creator commanded her to be. The heavens
shall be as bright over our graves as they are
now around our paths. The world will have
the attractions for our offspring yet unborn
that she had once for ourselves, and that she
now has for our children. Yet a little while
and all this will have happened. The throb-
bing heart will be stlled, and we shall be at
rest. Our funeral will wind its way, and
the prayers will be said, and our friends will
all return, and we shall be left behind in 81
lence and darkness for the worm. And it
may be for short time we shall be spoken
Of but the things of life will creep in and our
names will soon be forgotten Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and song
will be heard in the room in which we died;
and the eye that mourncd for us will be
dried and glistening with joy; and even our
children will cease to think Of us, and will
not remember to lisp our names. Then shall
we have become, in the touching language Of
the psalmist, forgotten and gone out of the
mind.
Year: 1871

WHEN one sees family of children going
to school in clean and well-mended clothing
it tells great deal in favor Of their mother.
One might vouch that those children learn
some valuable lessons at home, whatever they
may be taught at school.
Year: 1871

EXCELLENT INTEREST RULEs.-Ior finding
the interest on any principal for any number
of days, the answer in each case being in
cents, separate the two right hand figures to
express it in dollars and cents


Four per cent.-Mutiply the principal by
the number Of days to run; separate the right
hand figure from product, and divide by 8.


Five per cent.-Multiply by number Of
days and divide by Y.


Six per ccnt.-liultiply by number Of
days; separate right hand figure, anl divide
by 6.


Eight per cent Multiply by number of
days and by IS.


Nine per cent-Multiply by number of
days; separate right hand figure, and divide
by 4.


Ten per cent.-NIultiply by number of
days, and divide by SO.


Twelve per cent.-Multiply by number
of days; separate right hand figure, and di-
vide by B.


Fifteen per cent.-Multiply by number Of
days, and divide by q.


Eighteen per cent,-Mutiply by number
of days; separate right hand figure, and di-
vide by 2,


Twenty per cent Multiply by number of
days, and divide by Is.
Year: 1871

MAN AND WFE-Ho,o to lire Happy
Thomas Jefferson wrote the following excel
lent advice. There is much human nature
and good sense in it:


"IIarmony in the married state is the very
first object to be aimed Of. Nothing can pre-
serve affection uninterrupted but firm reso-
luton never to differ i'll will, and a determi-
nation in each other to consider the love OF
the other as of more value than any object
whatever on which the wish had been fixed.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice Of any
other wish when weighed against the aflec
tions Of one with whom we are to pass Our
whole life. And though opposite in single
instance will hardly of itself produce alicna-
ton, yet every one has pouch into which
all these little oppositions are put; while that
is filling, the alienation is insensibly going
on, and when filled it is complete. 1t would
puzzle either to say why, because no one
difference of opinion has been marked enough
to produce a serious effect by Itself. Bat he
finds his affection wearied out by a constant
stream of little checks and obstacles. Other
sources OF discomfort, very common indeed,
are the little cross-purposts OF husband and
wife, in common conversation, disposition
in either to crticise and question whatever
the other says, desire always to demon
strate and make him feel himself in the
wrong, especially in sympathy. Much bet
ter, therefore, if our companion views thing
in light different from what we do, to leave
him in quiet possession of his view. What
is the use of rectifyinS them if the thing be
unimportant; and if important, let it pass for
the present, and wait for softer moment,
and more conciliatory occasion of revising the
subject together. 1t is wonderful how many
persons are rendered unhappy by inattention
to these little rules of prudence.
Year: 1871

THE Chinese have many customs pecu-


liar TO their nation, which strike the


outside barbarian" as being unnatural


and strange. Their religious traditions


are so deep-rOoted and so strongly foster


ed by superstition as to give little en-


couragement to missionary laborers. The


most striking of these superstitions are


those pertaining to the disposition of their
dying and dead relatives. Very often the
dead bodies of Chinese men and women
are found in untenanted buildings in the
Chinese quarter of this city, and those un-
acquainted with their superstitions are
prone to set the desertiOns ofdying friends
down as acts of selfshness. This, how
ever, is not so, as the Chinese believe that
if persons die in house that they lived in
before death, their spirits will haunt the
place ever after, and give unpleasant evi-
dence of their presence to all who remain
In order to prevent the manifestations of
the restless spirit, as soon as the doctor
gives it as his opinion that patient can
not survive he is taken to another place
and left alone to die. Yesterday q case of
this kind was reported to the Coroner. A
young Chinawoman, who had been given
up by her attending physician, was carried
b. her relatives to an untenanted house
in Ellis Place, off Pacific, above DUPONT.
They then dressed her in her best cloth
ing, spread a new mating on the floor,
and laid her on it. They brought in pre-
serves, meats, fruits, candies, boiled rice,
etc, lighted some punks and retired, leav-
ing her alone to await the coming of the
common destroyer During the day she
died, and was found last night. Coroner
Litterman removed the body, and it is
rou- Of tho NOr0ua awaiting the further
action of the relatives, who viii probably
leave her to be disposed of by the city, as
is generally their practice in all such cases.
Many Chinamen-those of the wealthy
classes-do not desert their dead friends,
and for the furtherance of this desire
there are several hospitals fitted up, IN
order that those about to die may be re-
moved there until they have paid the debt
of nature, after which they are buried with
all the ceremonies of the disciples of Con-
fucius.-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1871

Is there young man or woman in the
country who is impatient to have q com.
Portable home, kind and true friends, OF
means of gaining a livelihood-to travel
to the city in quest of grander opportuni.
ties-some place where their love of dis
play and excitement can be gratifed, in
stead of plodding along in the seclusion
of the country?


We would say to him or her, do not
come with too sanguine hopes of success.
Good situations do not go a begging, and
coming without money or friends in search
of work is oft attended with sufferings in
mind and body.


In the great, bustling city nobody cares
what becomes of one stranger, and you
might walk from morning till night and
scarcely receive kind word of encour-
agement. People are intent upon their
own pursuits, and have so many applica-
tions for work and help for the needy,
that the addition Of one more to the num-
Der of suffering ones is not felt by any"
body. Not that everybody in town is sell
fish and uncharitable.


MANY kind hearted man or woman
would give you money for nights lodg-
ing, or to buy something to eat; but you
are no begger-you ask for work and are
too proud 10 receive charity. They have
no work for you, and perhaps you may go
hungry many a day before you find
place, and then, in desperation, accept
situation you would be too proud to take
in the country.


Working on q farm is much easier than
the life of city clerk, who must work
twelve, fourteen, often sixteen hours
day, in close, dark rooms, year in and year
out, always the same drudging life. ID.


You long to see lifel Stay where you
are, even if you imagine yourself very
miserable Such misery is joy compared
to the struggles. privations, desperations
and crimes which wear and weigh upon
the darkened spirits Of the multitudes
who have come before you.


You might succeed, be very happy, and
make a great fortune; but, dependent up
on your own efforts, all alone, unaided by
the counsel of kind parents and the COM
panionship of friends, the chances are de-
cidedly against you.-ElH OrIOa.
Year: 1871

Little Charles Williams lived near a
mandatory, and he was very fond of
going among the workmen and the young
people who were at work there. The fore
man would say to him: Keep away from
the wheels, Charlie" Charlie did not
mind, and would often say: Il can take
care of myself" Often he would go near,
and the wind of the wheels would almost
suck him in, and two or three times he
grew so dizzy that he scarcely knew which
way to go At length, one day he stag
gered while amid the wheels, and fell the
wrong way; the band caught his little
coat and drew him in, and he was dread
fully msngled.


So it is, boys, when you 60 in the way
of temptation: you may think you can
take care of yourselves, and keep clear Of
the wheels; but oh you may find your
selves dresdfully mistaken. Before you
are aware of it, you may be caught and
destroyed. Keep away from the wheels.
Young Reaper. t