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Year: 1873

sight OF dark finger lifted straight
against the red horn of the moon instant
ere il sank from sight. like the threaten
ing finger of some dark storm afrit. Per-
haps it belonged to the hand OF q passenger
who could not sleep. and coming on deck.
had wet his landsman's finger and held it
up to see which way the wind was blow
ing, while he was yet half below. Per-
haps il was the bare iopmast OF some
passing ship far OF in the horizon. No
matter which they never saw it; they
saw only each other, were aware only oi
the present; did not so much as dream OF
the future; felt not one thrill OF vaguest
fear of any dole that could disturb their
bliss. And rs they sat there-their arms
about each other, their foreheads cool in
the gale that blew their hair together,
their cheeks warm against the other. their
hearts beating together, wrapped all in
peace and JOY and passion, the deep, sweet
peace, the pure ana lofty passion--therc
came seething rush and roar everywhere
about us. there was cry from the look
out, and us we lay that minute in the
trough of the sea, a vast black mass was
looming above us, was over us! And
before hand could touch the wheel
again the wave had slipped from under,
and the monster came rushing and rend
Ing on, and its huge iron beak had cut us
down as an Ak cuts q branch. And | had
sprung and caught the martingale chain.
and clung and clambered, and the great
Spanish steamer crashed on with me, and
saw the lovers. not once disturbed in
their dreaming. still in each others arms
rs death and drowning overwhelmed
them, while the little brig went down like
lump of lead
Year: 1873

Nor ENOUGH OF CHRIST IN THE SERMON -
minister In one Of our large cities had pre-
pared and preached, as he supposed, a most
convincing sermon for the special benefit of an
inaueniill member Of his cong yation, who
was well known to be of an infidel turn OF
mind.


The sinner listened unmoved TO the we'll
turned sentences and the earnest appeals /; his
heart was unaffected. On his return from
church he saw tear trembling In the eye of
his little daughter, whom he tenderly loyed and
he inquired the cause. The child Informed
him that she was thinking of What her Sabbath
school teacher had told her OF Jesus Christ.


"And what did she tell you of Jesus Christ,
my child?"


"Why, she said he came down from heaven
and died for me !" and In o moment the tears
gushed from eyes which had looked upon tho
beauties Of only seven summers, as In the sim
pliclty Of childhood she added, "Father, should
not love One who has loved me SOP"


The proud heart of tho in6dsi was touehsd.-
What the eloquent plea of his minister could
not accomplish, the tender sentence of his child
had done, and he retired TO give vent to his own
feelings in a silent but penitent prayer. That
evening found him at the praying circle, where
with brokenness OF spirit, he asked the prayers
of Gods people. When he came to relate his
Christian experience, he gave this Incident, and
closed his narration by saying, "Under God I
owe my conversion to a little child, who first
convinced me by her artless simplicity that
ought to love One who had so loved me,n


The minister, on returning from this meet
ing, took his sermon and read 1t over carefully,
and said to his family and to himself: "Tbere
is not enough Of Jesus Christ In this DISCOURSE >
-Christidn Treasury.
Year: 1873

A young and pretty girl stepped into store
where spruce young man who had long been
enamored, but dare not speak, stood behind
the counter selling dry goods. In or,ler to re-
main as long as possible, she cheapened every
thing, aud at last said


~ believe you will think l am cheating
you"
"oh no. said the youngster, 'to me you are
always fair"


"Well," whispered the lady, blushing, as she
laid an emphasis on the word, 1 would net
stay so long bargaining, If you were not so
dear"
Year: 1873

To the EdftOr or The IFfOHhe'


SIR 1t is with pleasure and satisfaction
quite inexpressble that read this morning the good
tdings of the of THE TRIBUNE. 1 believe the
prospect Of the fall Of the grand old paperand this any
change would have been-wOuld have given regret
keener more lasting defeat in November That
defeat yust bear such fruit that the country will be-
already ihe better for the effort Had THE TRIBUNE
indeed fallen its friends would have nothing 10 relieve
their regret. 1t would have been like the sinking OF
richly freighted ship whose memory would have heen
forever mourned. Tiat THE TRIBUNE should have re-
turned to its present control satisfaction upon salts
faction As think OF IL the motto the friends OF the
paper viii think most fitting should be TINS SGrsd ana
Guarded" JNO. A. FINCH


Toy;ooonoJfe Dac %
Year: 1873

This story is for common people" SO
if you are one of the uncommon people,
or think you are which is just the same
turn the leaf and pass on. This is not
for you.


Kitty, I'd give the world if only
knew how to keep house like you. get
so discouraged and disheartened that l
feel as if I'd just like to give it all up
and die. What with the children, and
the housework. and my ignorance, life is
burden to me.


Poor cousin Belle dim suggestion
Of plan by which might help her out
Of her trouble had been floating through
my brain for several days, and this pa
thetic appeal brought my ideas to TO-
Gus.


Now, l know how to keep house.
Why? Because had New England
mother; and if there are any better
housekeepers in the world than the New
England housekeepers, there ought to be
a separate department in Barnum's for
exhibiting them to the gaze of an admir-
ing world.


My mother had a faculty." She
was a gentle woman, but when she walk
ed through room, the chairs, tables,
ETC., used to marshal themselves into
place, as if a general was giving the
word of command to his soldiers.


All her daughters were instructed in
housewifely duties. not only served
an apprenticeship as second girl" but
was chief cool" as well, and when my
father said


kitty, this bread Is just as good as
your mothers" thought had gradu,
ated with the highest honors. This was
my good fortune Poor Belle had never
been taught anything but the piano, and
as she sagely remarked, They couldn't
eat music"


This was her ill-fortune, and SO il
came about that Belle, thousand time:
prettier and brighter than | ever thought
of being, had gotten the threads in hel
web of life all in tangle, where l could
have woven without let or hindrance.


Now, this was my plan. Belle wa:
naturally very quick and bright, and
could stay with her six months, and train
her in housekeeping. All that she need
ed was to be taught. But-alas for the
"buts in this world-we had planned
a lovely summer at home. We had
talked about it all winter. We were
going up the ST. Lawrence, to see the
thousand Isles; to visit Montreal and
Year: 1873

Our friend D'Unger, Of the Duluth Her
aid, wants to bet sundry garments with us
that the Northern Pacific Railroad viii not
build an elevator in this city within year
and a half He says he "knows betting is
considered fools argument" and as we
agree with him or that point, and do not
wish to add cold blooded cruelty to such
foolishness, we decline to take D'Unger's
clothes. The poor man is getting desper-
ate, or he wouldn't run such risks in this
climate, you hazard.
Year: 1873

FoE long time it has been the custom
of postmasters, under Instructions from the
Postmaster General, to charge double rates
on any portion of letter postage which was
unpaid Thus q letter which was legally
chargeable with six cents postage, and
which bore but three cent stamp, was
withheld from the person to whom it was
addressed unless double the amount of
unpaid postage, or six cents, was paid.
Some pertinaceous individual has succeeded
in bringing this matter to the attention Of
the Attorney General, and he yesterday de-
cided that the collection Of the double rate
was illegal. This will probably end the
petty abuse.-iI PaW Press.
Year: 1873

THE NORTHERN CLFIC-WHAT IS TO


BE DONE THIS YEAR.
CONDENSED from the ST. Paul Press, 2Gh.l


The return of General Manager Mead and Superin-
tendent Hungerford from New York, having justified
an effort to obtain information in regard to the plan
of operations for the summer the great Northern
rail connection between the Eastern and Western
Oceans that effort has been made with the gratifying
results indicated below:


OPENING TO THE MISSOURI.


Immediately following the appearance of settled
weather. the line is to be fully opened to Edwinton
the Missouri river. This portion of the work will be
completed by the opening of navigation that stream
all the material required having been placed the
ground last fall


PROVISIONS FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
The company has determined to operate two passen-
ger trains per day to and from Edwnton-one being
designed exclusively for passengers, and the other an
accommodation mixed train. These trains will run
in connection with a line Of steamers which to
make regular trips during the season Of navigation be-
tween Edwinton and Fort Beuton-a military post sit
uated at the head of navigation the Missou
ri river and which has heretofore been considered the
point of divergence toward the gold fields Of Montana
the more secluded but perhaps not less profitable
range of the hunters and trappers along the base Of
the Rocky Mountains, or on the margins of the tim
bered water courses.


THE LINE or STEAMERS
will be divided into two branches a small fraction
thereof being intended to ply the Missouri between
Edwinton and Sioux City, thus affordng regular faci
tiles to the settlements and military posts that
stream situated below its Northern Pacific crossing"
Six steamers to be placed in the line between Ed
winton and Fort Benton, number considered ample
for the accommodation of travel and freighs either
westward or eastward bound.


THE CONNECTION" AT FORT BENTON.


When the steamers begin their trips Fort Ben
ton wagon trains viii continue and complete the
necton between the citizens of Montana and those OF
Eastern America and while this portion of the route
may its primitive feature, it will nevertheless an
its purpose and complete the first direct chain
of communication established between the Northern
cities and the remote Territories


WEST MISSOURI


Surveys will be prosecuted west of the Missouri riv-
er until feasible Is diseoyeredthe character
Year: 1873

4.
<fsf lttsburgn) says of Superior Harbor:


The harbor Of Superior is the only natu-
raj harbor upon Lake Superior west of Bay
field, distance Of fifty miles. This har-
Dor is situated at the western extremity of
Lake Superior, in the Bay Of Superior,
which is about six miles in length and one
mile in width, and is separated from the
head of the lake by long, narrow spit cx-
tending from the bluffs Of the Minnesota
shore, IN u direct line to the entrance of the
harbor, nearly seven miles. This renders
the bay Of Superior safe harbor in all
winds. The channel of the St. Louis river
runs diagonaly and nearly in a straight
line across the bay from the mouth Of the
Bay Of st Louis to the harbor entry, which
is the proper mouth Of the st. Louis river
This channel has width Of about 300 feet,
and depth Of from II to 80 feet The
Bay Of Superior is the most important har-
Dor on Lake Superior, and one of the most
important on the great chain Of lakes, by
reason of its situation at the western ex-
tremity of the lakes, with no point within
so miles where a harbor can be obtained
Year: 1873

I have caught with hook and line, says correspondent of Boston paper, nearly all kinds of fish, besides turtles, frogs, ducks, and other fowl, but while fishing for trout in the Wellingsley brook in Plymouth, Mass, I discovered a new field of sport. While I had just taken out splendid trout from under a rock, and was about batting my hook, 1 saw a good sized squirrel jump upon the rock. My pole was of good length, and I improved the opportunity by placing the hook near his head. At first he brushed it away with his paw but after a while, either out of spite or for love of the sport, made jump and took the hook in his mouth. At that moment I drew upon him." and soon saw him dangling twenty feet in the air. Such dancing and climbing up the line and then down the pole was lesson to con- mon fish. I finally laid the pole on the ground, and then came series of gyra- tions and various antics. Not being acquainted with that kind of fish, and fearing that any attempt to disengage the hook would be bad for the fingers, I shouldered my fish-pole and marched to the blacksmith shop near by, where, with the aid of two assistants and a pair of blacksmith's tongs, the hook was detached and the fellow set at lib- erty. Not three minutes later, how ever, he was capering along the fence as if nothing had happened.
Year: 1873

and finding ship about to sail for Mel bourne, engaged steerage passage in her, paying for it by the proceeds of 8 valuable ring I had on my finger, and of which, for wonder, I had not been robbed in the asylum. It is many years now since I left England-how many I do not know, nor do wish to remem- Der. My brain has never recovered the treatment I received so long ago; and at times I lose my reason, and have several times attempted to destroy my self have never any wish to injure others-and have been four times in the Yarra Bind but with kind, judi cious treatment different to what 1 received in the private asylum have always soon recovered and been dis charged.

 A kind friend-the only person who knows who am and where I am-often writes to me and through him I hear that my brother is kind husband to her whom still love better than any thing on earth. He has given up all his evil ways, and is one of the most respected men of his county, a justice of the peace, and a great promoter of charitable institutions.
Year: 1873

An English writer, evidently not hav-

 ing before his eyes the recent debate in

 Parliament in regard to the great des-

 truction of life in India by wild beasts, or else remembering that about Bengal there are some 66,0OO,O people, and that, therefore, 10000 in year killed are not many, writes to the London

 Times to say that tigers flee, rather than seek, the dwellings of men. This is certainly natural, seeing that an ordi- nary man-eating tiger wants but one man at time, and can afford to lie and wait by the side of any road thro ugh which there is traffic until some lonely and therefore, eligible person comes along. That tigers learn to do this there is no manner of doubt, but yet it is true, as the correspondent of the zSnaes says, that the loss of many lives is due to the carelessness of the natives. They have hard work to do, in cutting bamboo, for instance, and therefore do it, though it takes them into dangerous places. Men and women go singly in to the very heart of the jungle to work so anxious (although the Tunes corres- pondent does not say sol are they for the results of labor. They have no arms to protect themselves with, for since the rebellion they have been deprived of weapons, and, therefore, they are often eaten. Where pluck is great, and pre- sumably food is easily accessible, the Times. correspondent has known no in- stance of the devastation of village by a man-eating tiger. What the cores pondent apparently wonders at is, that without arms, with no means of defence yet with starvation ahead of them if they do not go into the jungle, people are found foolhardy enough to run the risk of having tigers teeth at their tbrootc
Year: 1873

The Boston Zranscri1ot publishes ar

 extract from private letter giving al

 account of the first visit of white man

 to Captain Jacks cave:

 |" directed Bogus Charley to take

 the lead to the famous caves which nc

 white man had ever visited, and to see

 which was the object of my expedition.

 Bogus was in doubt whether he could

 find the trial, it had been so long since

 he was there-some two years. But l

 told him to make the trail, and we

 started off in single file, Bogus on the

 lead. then myself, O., J. and the en- listed men. I had carbine, c. and J.

 pistols, and the soldiers Springfield

 breech-loaders !; Charley had no weap- ons, so if he meant treachery he would

 be the first victim It was intensely hot, and after tumbling and scrambling over rocks for four hours, Charley came to halt, saying he had lost the trail. I ordered rest of few minutes, and then told Charley to try again.

 "We were then almost to the middle of the lava beds, which were from twenty to twenty-five miles long by from seven to nine miles wide-that is to say, we were about four miles from our starting point in straight

 line, though we had travelled about seven. In about half an hour Charley, as he raiseda crest, discovered juniper tree, which was the mark he had been looking out for, and informed me that the caves were within three hundred yards of that tree, which latter was distant from us about five hundred yards. We made the last quarter-stretch in 8 hurry, and sure enough there was a cave. Charley descended first, and then turned to me, as began to de- scend, and said, Leave your gum

 "I gave my carbine to one of the men, and descended about thirty feet. Char ley and I proceeded to the mouth of cavern, and as went in Charley said, You first white man ever come here.' I entered the first cave, which I found to be three hundred feet long by forty five feet wide and thirty to thirty-five feet high, lighted from the top by two holes in the roof extending to the sur face of the ground there were side galleries and tunnels running from the floor to the outside surface of the ground in all directions. Eagle nests adorned the ceilings, and mountain sheep tracks dotted the dust which lay several inches thick on the bottom of the cave. Stalactites hung on the sides. This was the first cave and the largest. After passing through this, we came into daylight again, into another crater, on the opposite side of which was a hole large enough for a man to con- veniently enter. Charley went in first, and finding it dark. we got some sage brush to burn for light. As we had no means of keeping light, and the bottom of cave No. 2 was strewn with large rocks, difficult to climb over and among, we went as far as we could and then turned back. The third cave was op- posite the entrance to No. 1, and upon examination presented the same features as the others. The first cave entered was the largest. We then turned our faces lakeward, found our traps un- nolested during our absence, and had linner."
Year: 1873

GUNS AaA1N.-Will any thing induce reckless people not to leave their guns is no hope of bringing about such are re- suit. A young man in Somerset county Maine, left loaded gun banging up in the shed. His brother, eleven years old, took it down, playfully pointed it at three little girls who were playing in the yard, saying he was going to shoot them. The children started to run away, but he did shoot one of them, and she instantly fell dead.
Year: 1873

The surfeiting we all undergo during this season of fruit brings into action the family pill-box. 1t is little singu- lar how much hunting has to be done to find that box. The party who last needed it's services doesn't remember where he left it, and doesn't care to think of it at all, while he whose turn now occurs isn't exactly tortured to death by anxiety. We are not quite sure but that there is a faint hope down somewhere in his breast that it may not be found at all. He feels Jumps for1n- ing in his throat as he peers among the bottles and boxes which constitute the pharmacy at his house, and when the box finally appears, and he feels it in his hand, there is sensation at the pit of his stomach as if somebody was try ing to turn that organ over with an old brass candlestick. Some people swal- low dose of pills without qualm and afterwards go around looking as proud and overbearing as boy whose father plays in band, but the most of us are more delicately constituted, and count ing out dose of pills while some one else gets the water, and observes that he doesn't see how anyone can swallow the awful things, is about as serious an undertaking as can be found on record. There is something too awfully solemn about it to describe. And it is a little singular that while man can swallow whole whortleberries, cherry pits, and even buckshot, without any uneasiness at all, yet single pill will catch in his throat, at a particularly ticklish spot, and hang there for hours, and make faces at his stomach. And man in a fix like that is not exactly the party we would select to concoct notices for festival.
Year: 1873

BADLY TREATED. man in San Francisco recently was so unfortunate as to be robbed-of $15. With the old fashioned idea in his mind that the police and the Courts are ordained for the purpose of enforcing justice, he complained of the theft. Whether he recovered any portion of his money, or whether the thief was detected or punished, we do not know but we do know that the poor fellow who made the complaint has just been released after seventy eight days confinement, having been locked up as 6 witness ali that time,
Year: 1873

reyDard Is run into and killed in the open.
But from the start to the death, 80 dense
is the population in England that he is
rarely out of sight of some one; so that
the dogs, when they come to an @out, 2 (as
they frequently do, from the amazing
speed at which they rum are soon put
right again by a aView, Holloa Y from
some party cognizant of the course which
the fox has taken.


Now this is not hunting, in the strict
acceptation Of the word. 1t isa mixture Of
hunting and coursing. Accordingly, in
England tongue" and "nose" are made
subordinant to speed, but still we freely
admit that, for the work they have to do,
there are no dogs in all the world at all
comparable with the best English fox
hounds.


If the writer were in England, with a
lot of First fight" hunters in his stable,
he would prefer the English style of hunt
ing, and would hold the gray fox in as
much contempt as an English fox-hunter
does hare but here on his own native
heath he prefers the native gray fox to the
foreign red.
Year: 1873

1t may be convenient to know ready
method of closing cracks which are not
uncommon in cast-iron stoves and VIC are
assured that the following receipt is a
reliable one


Good wood ashes are to be sifted through
fine sive; to which is to be added the
same quantity Of clay, finely pulverized
together with a little salt. The mixture
is to be moistened with water enough to
make paste, and the crack Of the stove
filed with il. The cement does not pee
off nor break away, and assumes an ex-
treme degree Of hardness after being heat
cd. The stove must be cold when the
application is made, The same substance
may be used in setting in the plates Of .
stove, or fitting stove-pipes, serving t
render all the joints perfectly tight