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Year: 1873

Charmingly natural aud primitive things do oc-
casonally happen even in these sophisticated days
At Louisville last week appeared in the railway
station . pretty girl bare-footed, with pair Of
shoes and bag in her hand On inquiry it appeared
that she had walked eighteen miles from Salt River
to be married to the young fellow of her heart She
was modest, and being annoyed by the observation
which she had attracted, marched off in search Of
her intended. We are little afraid that she has
thrown herself away. Any man who will permit a
woman to walk eighteen miles barefoot on such
an errand does MT deserve so much devotion.
Men are dsgustingy selfsh,-there is no escaping
the conclusion.
Year: 1873

An action at law of novel and thrilling interest
is about to be tried at Albion n Y 1t is all about
an old coffee pot which left with pewterer for
repairs. This cotfee-pot delivered to an un-
Trustworthy person. who failed TO carry it to its
owner. Ii may have been an heirloom it may have
been valuable account of dear and touching
memories; it may have been for some good reason
the most lovely coeepo in the world at any rate
its bereaved owner refused to be comforted and has
brought trover for the tinware. The difficulty in
such case Is to got danages high enough to carry
costs.
Year: 1873

The only merit claim for the following
narrative is that it is true story. 1t has
moral at the end of it, but claim moth
ing on that, as it is merely thrown in to
carry favor with the religious element.


After | had reported couple Of years
on the Virginia City (Nevada) Daily En-
terprise, they promoted me to be editorin-
chief-and | lasted just week, by the
watch. But made an uncommonly
lively newspaper while [ did last, and
when retired [ had a duel on my hands
and three horse-whippings promised me.
The latter | made no attempt to collect :;
however. this history concerns only the
former. 1t was the old . flush times of
the silver excitement, when the population
was wonderfully wild and mixed, every
body went armed to the teeth, and all
with the best article of blood your system
could furnish. In the course Of my edit
ing made trouble with a Mr.. Lord, editor
OF the rival paper He few up about
some little trife or other that | said
about him-I do not remember now what
it was. L suppose | called him thief,
or bodysnatcher, or an idiot, or some
thing like that. | was obliged to make
the piper readable, and | could not fail in
my duty to a whole community Of sub
scribers merely to save the exaggerated
sensitiveness of an individual. Mr.. Lord
was offended, and replied vigorously in his
paper. Vigorously means great deal
when it refers to personal editorial in a
frontier newspaper. DueliDg was all the
fashion among the upper classes in that
country, and very few gentlemen would
throw away an opportunity of fighting one.
To kill person in duel caused man to
be even more looked up to than to kill
two men in the ordinary way. Well, out
there, if you abused man, and that man
did not like it, you had to call him out
and kill him; otherwise YOU would be dis
graced. So challenged Mr.. Lord, and |
did hope he would not accept but knew
Year: 1873

All civilized and semi-civiIized races of
mankind appear, as if by natural instinct
to have adopted either ceremonials, re
joicings, or an Interchange of social
amenities, at the Inauguration Of a new
year As the period of the demise of the
old and the birth Of the new year is not
arbitrary, but merely marks the compile
tion of the earth's revolution around the
sun from any point in its orbit back to the
same point, or nearly so, the times Of such
so called new years vary. Thus the
Christian, the Jewish, the Mohammedan
and the Chinese anniversaries occur at
different times


We have In the United States a sutfi-
cient number of the first two and of the last
named, to have their respective annual
celebrations brought prominently under
our notice; and, speaking generally, these
all make it a season of rejoicing and social
reunion.


The Jewish new year, however, is at
tended by more strictly religious ceremo-
MES, Of longer duration than those of other
sects, and includes on some days a partial
cessation from business, and total
cessation on others With the Israeli.es
visits of congratulation and compliment
are secondary to the religious observanccs.


The Chinese, who are so numerous in
the State of California, and whose noisy
demonstrations involve so heavy an expen-
dlture of gunpowder, are reputed to
consider it an absolute necessity to pay all
liabilities on this occasion, and that those
who are positively unable to discharge
their Indebtedness shall be set free from
them. This is the theory, but it would
appear that association with outside bar
barians has greatly tended to modify it in
practice when abroad In their own land
the rule is carried out more rigidly, but
such is the disgrace attendant upon new
year insolvency, that suicides among the
impecunious at that time are said to be
frequent, species Of high mindedness that
but ill accords with our generally received
notions of Chinese ethics.


Among the English, the festivities Of
new years eve and day are of a very
ancient date. In the feudal times, the
head of tie house presided at these merry
makings over huge bowl of spiced ale
somewhat strangely named " lambs wool.
Having first drunk to the health of those
assembled, he passed it around to the 9th
ers. AS each took the bowl to drink, ht
pronounced the Saxon words "Was.
hael" meaning your health, and from thi.
sprang the name wassail bowl" Numer
GUS songs were sung, one of which, o
Gloucestershire origin, contains the fol
lowing verses


| Wassail wassail, over the town,


Our bread is white, our ale is brown:
| Our bowl is made of the maplin tree
We be good fellows all, drink to thee.
Come butler, and bring US bowl of the best,
hope your soul in heaven may rest:
! But If you do bring us bowl of the small.


Then down shall fall butler, bowl an ID all ,,
Year: 1873

A charitable lady in St. Louis sent one
of her last years dresses to a destitute
woman the other day. She was somewhat
surprised to have it returned with the
statement that it was too full behind for
the present style, and would she take
breadth out and change the trimming2
Year: 1873

They have compulsory education in
Texas. The law requires that all persons
under the age of ID shall attend school
A married lady in Houston, who has not
yet reached the age that would entitle her
to exemption, attends school regularly and
carries her baby with her.
Year: 1873

The Danbury Neacs man says: If you
have occasion TO use a wheelbarrow, leave
it, when you are through with it, in front
Of the house with the handles toward the
door. 4 wheebarrow is the most compli-
Gated thing to fall over on the face of the
earth. A man will fall over one when be
would never think of falling over any
thing else ne never knows when he has
got through falling over il either; for it
viii tangle his legs and his arms. turn over
with him and rear up in front of him, and
Just as he pauses in his profanity to con-
gratulate himself, it takes new turn, and
skoops more skin uff of him. and he com
mences to evolute anew, and bump himself
on fresh places. 4 man never ceases to
fall over wheelbarrow until it turns COM
pletely on its back, or brings up against
something it cannot upset. 1t is the most
inotfensive looking object there is, but it is
more dangerous than locomotive, and no
man is secure with one unless he has
tight hold of It's handles, and is sitting
down on something. 4 wheelbarrow has
its uses, without doubt, but in its leisure
moments it is bllghting curse on true
dignity.
Year: 1873

Wassail, wassail. over the town,


Our bread Is white, our ale is brown:
Our bowl is made of the maplin tree
We be good fellows all, drink to thee.
Come butler, and bring US bowl of the best,
hope your soul in heaven may rest:
But if you do bring bowl Of the small.
Then down shall fall butler, bowl ant all.''
Year: 1873

PIEs.-There is probably n great
deal of truth in the following en-
tract from DR.. Halls Journal of
Health: Tho universal error as
to the unhealthinoss of pies, pud-
ding, and pastries, taking it for
granted that they are well made


and properly cooked, has arisen


from the simple fact that after we
have made full meal of other
things the stomach is oppressed by
them, and if the process is repeated


becomes eventually dyspeptic; that
is, has not the power to work up
the food because it has been work.
ed to death already. 1t would be
quite as philosophical It . map has
become very tired by plowing ali
day and afterward by choppinp
wood has worked himself out &c
conclude that it was very unhealthy
40 chop"
Year: 1873

The appliances of model.u Journalism for
collecting news are marvellous IN the extreme,
and many of the wonders of the = Thousand
and One Nights" pale before them. No SUBJ
ject is too abstruse, no perils too formidable,
no personages too exalted, no countries too
remote for the modern news gatherer. Night
and day every detail of the worlds history ia
noted down, and the face of the globe is
scrutinized for the information of thousands
OF anxious readers. The clicking wires tell
many strange story by land and sea, related
by some journalistic Puck, who has put q
girdle around the earth or some considera-
BILE portion of it. Darkness and exclu-
siveness are forced to give way before
the light of journalism reporters now
sally forth like knight Grants to rescue,
not distressed damsels, but lost explorers
the haughtiest princes lend willing ear to
the irrepressible interviewer the painted
aborigine, sullen towards government Off
cials, gladly unbosoms himself to the knight
of the quill and the savage threats of Captains
General and their myrmidons prove impotent
against the faithful journalist The apparent
inaccessbility of news serves only as spur
to the reporter of to-day; the more difficult
the task the greater the incentive to accom-
plish it. The patient Livingstone on the
shores of Tanganyika, the undismayed patriot
in the Businesses of Cuba, and the aggrieved
red man in his lava bed, are alike the care Of
the journalist Not content with seeking in
formation in the heavens above (for the bal
loon has frequently served as o vehicle
Of news) and on the earth below,
the news explorer has visited the
depths of ocean on the same mission. Re-
solved on finding out from personal inspection
the exact condition of the wreck OF the ill-fated
Atlantic, HERALD correspondent dons q
diving suit and makes his way through shoal
of fish to the steerage cabins and hold of the
sunken vessel. His eyes look through the
glasses Of the divers helmet on the terrible
spectacle of mutilated corpses lying fathoms
deep beneath the ocean wave, the victims Of
rapacity, carelessness and ignorance. The
result of his experience is told in yesterdays
paper. 'Down in coal mine must now
give way to the refrain of the HERALD cor
respondent


Down among the fishes,


Underneath the wave,


Where six hundred victims lie


In an ocean grave.
Year: 1873

Now THAT THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION is
over and all those members of Congress who
NO heroically spurned the back pay grab are
reelected, we hope we shall not be obliged to
chronicle the fact of their slyly creeping up to
the public crib, when everything is still, and
taking quiet nibble Of the forbidden fruit.
We hardly think it would "pay," even il
taken ia the light Of ''cute Yankee trick"
Year: 1873

munity is an enemy to the race, and is as
deserving Of punishment as the thief or high
way robber." Let the Grand Jury proceed
forthwith to indict those who have offended
under the usury laws and under the laws
against dangerous conspiracies. The District
Attorney will find abundance of evidence in
Wall street to substaniate charges under both
heads
Year: 1873

THE UsUgy LAWS AND THE Lookup OF
MoNEY.-The charge of Recorder Hackett to
the Grand Jury win be applauded by every
business man, especially as be has made
clear the iniquity in the eyes Of the law Of any
conspiracy to derange the money market


He maintains that in the language Of our Re
vised Statutes such combination is an act in
furious to trade and commerce, and he quotes
Blackstone as saying, "At common law prac-
tees which make the market dearer 10 the fair
trader were offences against public trade"
The men who are guilty of these conspiracies
are also guilty Of breaking the usury laws, for
the one crime is committed that the other
may be. As a further authority in this inter
probation of the law he cites Bishop in his
"Commentaries on Criminal Law TO the effect
that '.he who uses the power which money or
credit gives him to play pranks upon the COM
Year: 1873

The GAsMEN's STRIKE HAS ASSUMED A
DANGEROUS ASPECT. Yesterday Italians and
Germans who were working for low wages in
place Of the strikers were attacked and beaten.
We have earnestly sided with the men in
their struggle against the crushing corporate
monopolies; but the men on strike will lose
every claim to sympathy by the criminal as
saults described elsewhere as having been made.
They must know that no appeal to force can be
permitted in any well regulated community to
decide such matter. The instant that the
striker lays down his moral force and takes
up the physical he becomes public enemy
All this irritation may have been cunningly
foreseen by the companies; but the men must
learn to restrain themselves from violence
nevertheless. If they cannot win by legal
means they had better submit quietly than
draw down suffering upon themselves and
families by hopelessly continuing the strike.


The SANDWICH islanders, natives and for
eigners, landowners and commercial men,
appear to be exceedingly anxious for the nego-
tiation and perfection of reciprocity treaty
with the United States. valuable territorial
concession in the shape of q harbor which
could be used for naval purposes would be
made to the Americans as o boylus for the
completion Of friendly diplomacy in this
regard. The subject is worthy Of earnest
Attention in WRshin0tonA :,
Year: 1873

The Pope. on the Goth, delivered an address
to the foreign students about to leave for their
homes In consequence Of the suppression OF
the religious institutions of which they were
inmates. He warned the Americans among
them of the complete and almost excessive lib
erty to which they would soon be exposed; but
at the same time drew q contrast between the
nOn-interference with the Church 10 their
country and the prosecutions to which it was
subjected in the German Empire.
Year: 1873

The Boston Pod says It Is idle TO claim
that 1t Is apathy, and not the uprlsen and rein
forced Democracy, that Is responsible for the
political revolution now fairly begun. 1t Is
no dead organization that is leading on the
people to this series OF triumph for reform. =
viii, its opponents never can bring the people
70 believe that it holds fast through evil re-
part and good report 70 anything less enduT-
Ing than vital principles
Year: 1873

A poetical writer has said
that some men move through
life as a band of music moves
down the street, flinging out
pleasure on every side through
the air, to every one, far and
near, that can listen. Some
men gil the air with theil
strength and sweetness, as the
orchards in October days fill
the air with ripe fruit. Some
women cling to their own
houses like the honeysuckle
over the door; yet, like it, fill
all the region with the subtle
fragrance of their goodness.
How great a bounty and bles-
sing it is to hold the, royal gifts
of the soul thatlthey shall be
music to some, fragrance to
others, and life to all. 1t would 4
be mo- unworthy thing to live
for, to make the power which
we have within us the breath
Of other men'sjOys ito :fill the
atmosphere which they must
stand in with a brightness
which they cannot create for
themselves.
Year: 1873

IMPORTANCE OF READINa.-No
matter how obscure the position


in life Of an individual, if he
can read he may at once put
himself in the best society the


world has ever seen. He may
converse with the greatest he
roes Of the past; with all the
writer's in prose and poetry. He
may learn how to live, how to
avoid the errors of his predeces-
sorS, and to secure blessings,
present and future, to himself
He may reside in a desert, fal
away from the habitations
of man, in solitude where no hui
man eye looks upon him with
affection or interest, where no
human voice cheers him with
snimsting tones, he has books
to read he can never be alone.
He may choose his company
and the subject Of conversation,
and thus become contented and
happy, intelligent, wise and
good. a9w oa1f iw
Year: 1873

A merchant who, from be-
ing a poor boy, had risen to
wealth and renown, was once
asked by an intimate friend, to
what he attributed bis success
in life. "To prompt and steady
obedience to my parents" was
the reply. "In the midst Of
many bad examples Of youths
Of my own age, I was always
able to yield q ready submis-
sion to the will Of my father
and mother, and I firmly be-
lieve that blessing has in
consequence rested upon me
and upon all my efforts"
Year: 1873

An invention based upon the
chemical principle that, If all
the heat is extracted out Of any
object, it becomes intensely
cold, is now successfully applied
to the production Of ice. A
small steam engine, by means
of two pumps, subjects carboniC
acid gas q pressure sufficient to
iquidize it. In a liquid state,
this gas has lost its heat, but
RECEIVERS it again when convert
ed into gas. Accordingly, q
simple apparatus is contriyed,
by which the acid in q liquid
state is made to surround small
tubes filled with water. The
acid then returns to its gaseous
condition, and in doing 20 takes
with it all the caloric out Of the
water, leaving it solid ice.
There is no limit to the number
of these tubes or apartments Of
water, and consequently a
large quantity Of ice can De
formed at a time, the opera
'tion being a rapid one, and Che
cost comparatively small
Year: 1873

HERE is a true dog story A
family down town having a
false CRATE in one of the rooms
Of the house, placed some red
paper behind it TO give. it the
effect Of fire. One Of the cold
est days this winter, the dog
belonging to the household,
came in from out of door, qand
seeing the paper in the CRATE,
deliberately walked up to il
and laid down before it, curled
up in the best way. to receive
the glowing heat as IL came
from the fire. He remained
motionless for a few minutes
feeling no warmth, he rsiset
his head and looked oven hi
shoulder at the CRATE; still feel
ing no heat he arose and care
fully applied his nose to tht
CRATE and snelt Of it. IL wa!
as cold as ice. With O. look o
the most supreme disgust, hi





tail curled down beReSth hil
legs, every hair on his body say.
ing, .1I'm sold," the dog tr0ttei
out ofthe room, not even deign'
ing to cast a look at the party
in the room who had WatcheG
his actions, and laughed hearth
ly at his misfortune. That dog
had reason as well as instinct
Troy Times. '
Year: 1873

SENT TO TUB GRAND Jury FOR INDICTMENT.
In the Police Court yesterday Albert Brown
appeared to answer the charge OF feloniously,
under false promise of marriage, injuring
Janetta Cousins on the 17th September. A
number of witnesses were examined, and
the accused sent on to the grand jury of the
Hastings Court for Indictment.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARDS-very useful for busi-
ness purposes. Cards or announcements OF any
kind printed them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly ana
cheaply done at this office.
Year: 1873

DEAD BABY FoUND.-The body of dead
infant was found at the extension of Eighth


street. yesterday. by officer Hall, of the Sc
coud district. Tue body was buried with
ont rhc holding Of an inquest.
Year: 1873

House adopted an amendment in this sense
with perfect unanimity.


The progress which this measure OF reform
has so far made must be regarded with un-
mixed satisfaction. IL is nevertheless sur
prising, for the Judicature Bill was calcula-
ted to occasion conflicts arising from par
simonious administration and thoroughness,
veneration for traditions and the practical re-
quirements of national advancement. We
have been informed by telegraph that the
bill has been adopted by the House OF
Commons. This has been done presumably
without any modification of the extensive
reforms already agreed upon. The success OF
the measure now seems to depend upon the
manner in which the Upper House will regard
the prospect of being totally deprived OF Its
hereditary right of appellate jurisdiction. Even
with the possibility of an adverse vote on
this proposition, we are willing to believe that
Great Britain is soon to have judicial sys-
tenn which is somewhat commensurate with
her enlightened national position.
Year: 1873

If there were fewer political complications
in what is known as "the Canadian Railroad
Scandal" we might expect to learn the whole
truth about it. Probably we never should
have heard of the alleged combinations of
the Canadian Government with Sir Hugh
Allan, if the Opposition had not been keen to
fix upon the party in power the stigma of
corruption. Sir Hugh Allan, of Ravenscraig,
Knight, obtained railroad contract on his
own terms, although the law provided that
due advertisement for tenders should be made.
This single circumstance naturally excited
suspicion and when other events calculated
to deepen that feeling were noted, the ODpo-
sition thought they had a good case. They
made an open attack in Parliament, de-
mandng an investigation into the whole
matter of the railroad contract The Govern
nent party denied that there was any cor
rupt or private understanding with Sir Hugh
and his associates as to the obtaining OF tho
Year: 1873

In this country the man who advertises for wife
is always thief, and the woman who answers is
usually his congenial mate. But there still to
exist candor enough in England to make such expe-
dients worth trying. by adventurers at bay. man
named Berson was the other day tried for bgamy in
London who had been for several years leading life
of gross prohgacy in the of which he had mar
red two respectable young girls, become engaged to
several others and carried on correspondence with no
less than thirty of them of perfectly reputable
position. All this time he was holding the RESPONSE
BILE offices of usher and of professor in various schools
But instead of teaching the young idea how TO
shoot he found it more delightful task TO rear the
tender thought in the minds of his numerous cor
respondents.
Year: 1873

The Commission of Accounts, the Organiza-
ton of which is noticed elsewhere, is a new
department of our Municipal Government.
The function of this branch of executive au-
thority is one of watchfulness and supervis-
ion; and its powers seem to be commensu-
rate with its duties. The Commissioners are
required to know where every dollar of the
public money goes, and why it is expended.
They have an arduOus Office; and firm dis
charge of their functions will be expected of
them.
Year: 1873

BE HAPPY Now.-HoW old are
you? Twenty-Five? Thirty? Are
you happy to-day? Were you hap
py yesterday? Are you generally
happy? If SO, you have reason to
Judge that you viii be happy by and
by. Are you so engaged that you
have no time to be happy? and are
you going to be happy when yOu
are old, and have not much to do ?
No, you will not. You now have a
specimen of what you will be when
old age comes. Look the present in
the face. That is the average
What you are carrying along with
you is what you will have by and
by. If you are so conducting your
self that you have peace with God
and your fellow men, and with your
faculties, if every day duty shall be
a pleasure, and you take as much
time as is needful for the culture of
your social faculties, you will not
be exhausting life, and it will be
continually replenished. But if you
are saving up all till old age, habit
will stand like a tyrant and say
FfYou did not enjoy yourself before,
and you shall not now." How many
men there are who have ground and
ground to make fortune, that they
might enjoy it in the future, but
who, when fifty or sixty years old,
have used up all the enjoyable nerve
that there was in them. During
their early life they carried toll and
economy and frugality to the excess
of stinginess, and when the time
came they expected joy, there was
no joy for them.