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Year: 1872

The neighborhood of the City-Hall


Park, New York, during the prevalence


of the horse disease, was one not to be


forgotten, if We may believe city paper.
| 1t is here that all the great lines terminate,


and, as might be expected, there were


hundreds of passengers desirous of being
conveyed home, but who could not find


the means. The poor man in the starters


box at the head of Park row was constant


ly surrounded by persons anxious for
Information as to the chance for their


getting home. "There hasn't been no


Third avenue cars down town since halt


past two o'clock the Fourth avenue is


running few cars occasionally" said the


distracted starter to the applicants, and


he repeated these words at least 5,400


times. Whenever a Fourth avenue car


hove IN sight, Bergh having quar.ntined


the Third avenue line, stampede took


place, scores of people racing down the


street to meet it and secure . foothold
inside. But it happened that every car


was filled up with passengers long before
it reached its downtown terminus, and so
the passengers waiting at the end were
still left out in the cold. But at half
past five and six o'clock the scene was q
pitiful one. Hundreds of weary shop
girls who had ridden down in the morn
ing now found no means Of getting home
again, and their condition was sad one.
all the way, while hundreds of others who
lived further on towards Yorkville and
Harlem and who, heaven knows, have to
endure enough even on an ordinary trip, |
were now compelled to squeeze them
selves into the overladen cars, where |
they stood half crushed until they had |
reached their destination. The Sixth |
avenue line stopped running, except few |
cars, which turned in on the Canal street |
branch. These, also, were finally taken
off The Eighth avenue cars, that is a
few Of them, came down as far as Cham
bers street, where they turned, They |
were always full of mp p-passsengers before
they had even reached that point.


1t appeared that the horses on the
west side of the city were recovering,
while those on the east side were fast
running down. For instance, the horses
of the Bleecker street line, whose stables
are near the North river, were nearly all |
in working condition, and the Seventh
avenue horses were so we'll that The |
company were able to run seven more
than the usual number. The Broadway
and University place cars also ran very
only few cars having been
The Fifth avenue stages ran
very few and far between. Only tive
were seen to pass in Broadway inside OF
half an hour.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Liege Ga,ettt
sends to that paper from Brussels a de


scripton OF the condition and manner o.


life Of the Empress Carlotte in the chateau
OF Tervueren. Her physical state is re.
presented as being as good as ever it was
and much better than two years ago; but
there is no change Tor the better IN her IN
tellectual condition. She has degcnerated
to sort of conscious chiIdishness, but
without the least tendency to violence.
OF course, she lives in very retired style;
it may be almost said she is alone in two
rooms in the chateau, where she herself
attends to all the cares OF her small menage.
Her doctor is the only person to whom
she seems attached, and who exercises a
decisive influence over her.. She receives
him every morning for half an hour, and
appears quoted after these interviews;
The twenty nine other individuals, OF all
ranks who compose her household are lar
from enjoying such favor; the empress ac-
ccpts their attention with repugnance, and
frequently repels them altogether. she
Year: 1872

An English ship was once at foreign


dock, on board OF which was bull dog.


The animal was so ferocious that he
gained an extensive reputation. Chain
ed at the gangway of the ship, he spent
the livelong day in the hopeless task OF
springing at every person who passed
along, either on pleasure or business.
The owner, first mate of the vessel, would
sit for hours and detail the wonderful
deeds of this mighty dog. Crowds of
idlers daily collected, and there stood the
hero, or rather, there raved the insane
creature at the multitude, each individu-
{! indulging the vague hope, that he
would presently break loose and pitch
into somebody, and thus show his
proves.


Among the idlers was an Indian who
occasionally visited the city, and made
a few pence by shooting an arrow at
pennies stuck in the end of stick,
Upon the veIyappeannce of the Indian.
the bull dog was particularly violent,
gre.tly to the amusement of the fellow,


who took malicious pleasure in irrita


ting the animal. The mate finally inter-
tered and told the the Indian to go away,
lest the dog might break loose and cat
him up. The Indian, not the least
ala med, in broken English announced
to the crowd that if the dog was brought
down to the ground, and chained to
post, he would for FIVE dollars, fight the
dog with nothing but his hands and
teeth. The money was raised, and the
mate, after expressing much reluctance
at the idea of having the Indian killed,
brought the dog down from the ship,
and fastened him to post. The Indian
put away his bow and arrow, his knife,
laid his neck bare, and then rolled up
his shirt sleeves. A ring was formed,
and the battle commenced


The Indian approached the dog crawl
ing on all fours, barking and growing,
as if he was one himself. The bull dog
meanwhile jumped and fumed at the end
Of his chain, gnashed his teeth, foamed
at the mouth, while his eyes beamed
living fire with irritation. The Indian,
however, kept up his pantomime, and
gradually brought his face in fearful
proximity to the dogs teeth. The mate
,now interfered, for he felt confident the
Indian would get killed but the crowd |
had become excited, and insisted upon |
"see the thing out" A mutual silence
ensued between the combatants, the dog |
straining his cham in his. anxiety to
reach the Indian, until it was as straight |
and solid as a bar of iron. Suddenly |
the Indian seized the bull dogs under
lip between his teeth, and in an instant
whirled himself with the dog over on
his back. So unexpected was the at
tact, and so perfectly helpless was the
dog, with his feet in the air and his
jaws imprisoned, that he recovered his
astonishment only to give forth yells of
pain whereupon the Indian shook him
moment rs cat does a mouse, and then
let go his hold. The dog, once SO saw
age, putting his tail between his legs,
retreated from his enemy, and screamed
with terror to get beyond the reach of
the chain.
Year: 1872

A MIGHTY HUNTER AMONG TIE Cars
A certain lady was recently very sick,
says the Lebanon (Ky). Standard, and,
owing to the nature of the disease { acute
dyspepsia she could eat no kind Of meat
except wild meat. Her brother engaged
a certain boy to keep her supplied with
squirrels, but, as advancing civilization
has almost driven that species of rodentia
from our midst, and the boy not being an
expert at the business, the supply became
exhausted. This necessitated an extra
exerton on the part of the family to pro-
cure fresh supply of wild meat, and
while they were devising ways and means
for that purpose, domestic cat, belong
ing to the family, brought in nice young
rabbit, and, with an air of great satisfac-
ton, laid it by the bed of the sick lady.
This was repeated by the cat several
times afterward during the ladys illness,
but never except when the supply Of wild
meat on hand was exhausted. 1t never
did the like before, and ceased to do 30
az soon az the lady recovered.
Year: 1872

SMART GIRL. About five months ago
a young German girl arrived in Pitts
field from the old country, and stopped
with her friends at the Taconic Mills.
Two days after her arrival her friends
put her into the mill to learn to weave.
In three weeks she was pronounced pro-
ficient. The first day OF the succeeding
month she was given a loom. Most
faithfully during the month did the girl
work, not losing a moments time, as
far as known. Her earning for the
month amounted to S51! She left the
mill, and no persuasion can induce her
to 60 back again. Earning in one
month a sum so large gave her . tre-
mendous fright, from which she has not
recovered yet, but her friends think she
may before the snow flies
Year: 1872

The Pail Mall Gazette says truly that
one of the many errors which people who


build houses are apt to commit is that Of
living in them, or, rather, dying in them,


before they are sufficiently dry for occu


patton. 1t not unfrequently happens
that man, disguised with the effective
sanitary arrangements OF the generality
of houses, ancient and modern, builds
dwelling for himself and his family, con-
structed with all the modern improve
ments and, in his anxiety to commence
career of longevity, rushes into it
almost before the workmen are out of it,
and while the walls are still saturated
with moisture. The consequences are
as might have been expected; in addi-
ton to the architects charges, the rash


owner is called upon to pay, within the
first few months, further bill to the
doctor, and too often to the undertaken
also. Ahouse-agent A not long ago, being
asked why tho house-agency business
was so commonly combined with that
of the undertaken. grimly replied that
the two went together )" and, on being
asked for further explanation, stated
that he had found, as an almost invaria-
BILE rule, that when, as house agent, he
found a tenant for newly-built house,
he was applied to as an undertaken on
behalf of that tenant or some member OF
his family within twelvemonth from
the date of occupation. Ae added that
he himself 1.-THE house-aeent) would be
sorry to live in any house "that had not
been baked by six summer suns"
Whether this amount Of baking is abso-
lutely required is question for doctors
and architects to decide but there can
be no doubt whatever that a want of
caution in this respect leads occasionally
to tho most lamentable consequences.
Year: 1872

LINEN. linen has been scorch-
ed, use the following remedy: Add to
a quart OF vinegar the juice of half a
dozen large onions, about an ounce of
soap rasped down, quarter Of pound
of fuller's earth, an ounce of lime and
one ounce of pearl ash. Boil the whole
until it is pretty thick, and spread some
of il upon the scorched part. Allow it
to remain until dry, then scraps it OF
and wash. Two or three applications
will restore the linen, unless SO much
scorched that the fabric is destroyed,
Year: 1872

the recurrence OF Thanksgiving Day. the family
circle had not nevertheless, been broken. They
know that their departed are


NOT IN ANY GREENWOOD


not under the sod-and they also know that God
never separated two hearts that attraction or
ahinity had united. The Splritualist knew that
this life was only the first link in an nterminabIe
chain OF life. Mr. Forster said, In conclusion that
aitn0ugh spiritualism was growing, IL was often
oDlged TO drag Its way along. lie urged his hear
ers to push on the work. Spritualism was either
everything or nothing. II everything, as he be-
ueveu, every possible effort to advance it should be
made by Its disciples. II 1t was nothing IL was the
most superb fraud known to all history
Year: 1872

Further PrOceedtngs Ycste day-Thc


Evidence OF Two More stevedores-


The Man Who Found the Matches


Expected Arrival of Captain Maury.


The investigation OF the loss by fire, on August
15 OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Company steamer
Bienville was continued yesterday at No. % Pine
street before State Inspectors Booe, Hill and
Mershon. The evidence throughout was partly
corroboratlve OF that OF Cummings Howlder and
G0dwater OF the day previous, and the only i'm
portant point Conformation was that which made
manifest the position in which the lucfer matches
were deposited and by whom they were dscov-
cred.


Mail Steamship Company, was the first witness ex-
amined yesterday. His testimony was similar to
tnat Of Patrick Cummings % on tn the day previous
he knew, no matches were to be found slowed
away in the after part OF the Bicnville, where he
was stationed, bat there might have been some in
the forward hold, the part where 1t was customary
to place them. He saw about twenty odd cases or
matches on the dock for shipment, but could
steamer; nor had he any reason to be-
leve or suppose they were there after the
steamer had sailed. lie was certain that matches
were generally slowed in the fore part OF the ship,
but he did not see that done in this case 1t was
sometimes a part OF his employment to assist In
slowing powder in the company's steam vessels,
but there was none OF that material for the Bien-
vile on the trip in question. N IT The remainder Of
tions of the different kinds OF material on board
and in this respect was merely corroboration OF
the evidence OF Cummings on the day previous
Cases Of Kerosene oil piled above the beef and
pork; an ordinary plank OF wood separated both
materials All the cargo In the hold he believed to
be perfectly secure.


John Kennedy was then examined He was
stevedore employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company; he helped TO stow away the cargo OF the
Bienye in the lower forward hold; instructions
were received from the upper dec. in regard to the
details OF their work; witness distinctly remem-
bered that the Kerosene oil piled In cases
above the beef and pork, abaft OF which were bar
rels OF lard and tall0w: barrels OF oil were placed
on top OF the cases OF machinery; there about
twenty cases OF matches. which were put next to
the Oil and on top OF the beef; some bales OF waste
cotton were lying near this was in the forward
hold; the boxes OF matches might have been ig-
nited by coming In contact suddenly with any
heavy, dry material.


At this part OF Kcnnedy's tesfimony-which
seemed to the inspectors the most reliable evi-
dencc yet given. that the matches were on board
and In dangerous positt0n--a telegram was re-
ceiyed from the Pacific Mail steamship Company
that Captain Maury, formerly OF the Bienville now
OF the ocean Queen would arrive in this city by
the latter steamship about the 10th inst. The In
vesigaton was then adjourned until Tuesday next,
tae I'D inst, when Captain Maury will be present
"a give some very important evidence In connec-
ficn with the Bienyille disaster.
Year: 1872

When will those working by lamp
light have The sense to understand
the use of shades to protect the
eyes? We see persons sitting hold
ing their sewing or other work be-
fore or near to a lamp, when the
light is blazing full into their eyes.
It is plain that the object that they
work upon can not be seen with SO
great distinctness while the field of
their retina is already occupied by a
blaze. But they work on for hours,
and though the next morning their
visual organs tell of the abuse by
redness and Inflammation, the work
ers are too dull to learn the lesson
of experience offered them. Circu-
lar paper shades can be obtained
for a few cents, and those not only
protect the eyes from the excess of
light, but serve as reflector behind
the blaze, increasing the illumina-
tion one-half.


Besides the above mentioned,
there is that of the varying quantity
of light thrown into the eye by it's
being suddenly and alternately di-
rected towards the blaze, or oblique =
ly away from If, by which the pupil
has not time to adapt itself to the
increase of the glare whereas with
the use of the shade the illumination
would be uniform. The lumber of
persons in the community having
spots, light or dark, in the field of
vision, and arising from injury to
the retina by the ill-usages which
we are mentioning, is greater than is
commonly imagined. 1t must be
borne in mind that these spots are
serious step toward amaurosis and
gutta-serena, such as plunged in
darkness the latter days of the great
Milton, and many others more en-
inent for their talent than their
caution. Look well to the preser-
vation of your vision.
Year: 1872

The following beautiful chemical
experiment may be easily performed
ty lady, to the great astonishment
of circle at her tea party:


Take two or three leaves of red
cabbage, cut them into small bits,
put them into a basin, and pour a
pint of boiling water on them let
it stand an hour, then pour it of
into a decanter. It will be a fine
blue color. Then take four wine
glasses: into one put six drops of
strong vinegar into another six
drops of solution of soda ; into a
third strong solution Of alum and
let the fourth remain empty. The
glasses may be prepared some time
before, and the few drops of color
less liquid that have been placed In
them will not be noticed. Fill up
the glasses from the decanter, and
the liquid poured into the glass con.
tanning the acid will become a beau
tiful red the glass containing the
soda will be fine green that pour
ed into the empty one will remain
unchanged. By adding a little vine
gar to the green it will Immediately
change to a red, and on adding a
little solution of soda to the red il
will assume a fine green, thus show.
ing the action of acids and ak kalief
on vegetables blues.
Year: 1872

Joshua Jeffries is mentioned by
the PrGnticaL Planter as one of the
most successful apple growers in
Pennsylvania. His orchard is locat-
ed on hillside sloping gently to
the south and southwest, is of lime
stone soil, and made fertile by sur
face application of manure. This
system be has pursued for fifteen
years. Trees, he maintains, should
be fed regularly, not too much, but
just enough to enable them to main
tain a healthy, moderate, uniform
growth. He applies the washings
of the roads on his own farm, all the
refuse ashes and those made in the
neighboring lime kilns in burning
lime with wood, and also manure
from the cattle yards. Whenever he
has a spare load of fertilizing mat
ter it goes to the orchard. Spread
ing these materials on the surface,
although a green grass sod is on the
ground all over it, the soil is so mel
low he can kick it up with his foot
the young roots coming to the sur
face, or nearly SO, not being more
than an inch or so under it for their
food. There they come In contact
with light, heat, moisture, the i'm,
portant elements of plant food


Trees treated under this system are
healthy, strong and vigorous. al.
though in a deep valley, liable to the
late spring frosts, he secures crops
Of fruit, while his neighbors in more
| favored localities fail.
Year: 1872

No sickness there
No weorY vast ting of the frame away
No fearful shrinking froR the midnight air
No dread of summers bright and torrid ray


No hidden grief
No will and choerless vision Of despair
No vain petition for a swift relief
No fearful eyes; no broken hesrts are there


Care has 4 home
Within the realms of ceaseless praise and
song;
The billows break away and melt in foam,
Far from the mansions of the spirit throng


The storm s black wing
Is never Spread athwart celestial skies;
AS some too tender loweret fades and dies.


No night distiIs
Its chilling dews upon the tender frame;
No moon is needed there, the light which fills
That land of glory from which its Maker came.


No parted friends
Der mournfuI recoIlectiOns faint and weep
No bed of death endsaring love attends,
To watch the coming of a pulseless sleep.


Let US depart
Ifhome like this await the weary soul,
Look up, then stricken one! thy wounded
Shall beat no more meath sorrows stern
control.


Angels abide.
White Tobed and innocent to leod the way:
Why fear to plunge in Jordan's swelling tide,
And find the ocean of eternal day?
Year: 1872

The long continued and intensely hot
weather OF this year has given many OF
our readers frequent and feeling admoni-
tions that the comfort and luxury derived
rom plentiful supply of ice, are cheap
anu almost necessary qualifications. No
Wen appointed farm should be destitute
OF It's ice house, any more than of its
horse, barn or wood house. No elabor-
ate or costly building is needed for this
use no large expense need be incurred
10 making the enclosure, or filling it with
ice On pinch farmer can do all the
work himself, and need only buy the lum


ber, nails and IL few hinges. At any rate.
without writing further of the matter OF
cost, 1t is safe to say that any farmer. even
II ne owes good DEAL" or his ..taxes
are hard to pay, can compass the cost of
an ice house. He had better sell his
pest cow than do without the ice, for by
: the aid of the latter the profits OF the dairy
VIII be largely increased in hot weather.
IN the house the uses of ice are so various
tnat once introduced, it becomes a neces-
sity. Some hints regarding construction.
thon gh Old, may be Of use to those wish
ing to build. First, good drainage must
De secured without giving the air access
TO the ice through the drain. If the soil
- Poiou9 VI GIdNelly no artlncial drainage
Is required. 1t is not essential that the
ice be Stored underground, as it keeps
quite as well above the surface. Double
walls are not necessary. but in small houses
are perhaps safest. The ice should be
compaetly packed and enclosed with saw
dust, or tan bark, on all sides and on the
top to the depth Of at least twelve inches.
This packing is the great preservative of
the ice. With these principles in view it
IS easy for a novice to build an ice house.
1t is we'll TO bear in mind that the larger
the body of ice stored the better it will
keep; no farm ice house should be less
than twelve feet square on the inside, and
eight feet high. As it is considerable
work to haul ice from q distance, it is wise
10 procure it on or near the farm, by
throwing dam across brook, or leading
the water Of a spring into basin. A few
square rods OF ice will suffice to fill an
ordinary house, and the depth of water
need not be more than three feet. 1t is
seasonable now to build ice houses, and
we hope none Of our readers, who in the
past summer, have vainly wished for
supply OF ice, will neglect to provide for
the tuture.-Anlerican Rural Home
Year: 1872

The Goldea Age concludes an article u1der
the caption of " Why don't thee Marry


There is no question that our costly style Of
living diminshes the number Of marriages and
indirectly recruits tie ranks Of the vicious and
doprayed. So long rs fashion demands a style
of living which only a millionaire can really
afford, and young married couple must sup
port an expensive establishment, or be excluded
from the circle IN which they moved before
marriage, a bar is raised to matrimonial engage
mcnts which only tie very courageous or The
very unscrupulous will have the hardihood to
oyerstep. The opportunities and lures to
single life Of easy indulgence and dissipation,
have a constant increasing influence over the
young men Of our cities; while continually
increasing number of young ladies are educa-
ted to life Of ease, display and extravaganza,
which only few young men can possibly sup
port them in, aud be honest. So our fashions
put premium upon bachelorism and vice on
the one hand, and untold waste and #retched-
ness on the other. What is wanted more than
anything in our society to-day, is the courage
on the part Of young men and women to break
away from the present thraldom, and set a
new and nobler fashion Of independence and
economy. A score or two Of examples Of that
heroisrn which dciies the foolish sentiment and
custom of the time, and dares to 30 tfue to the
noble instincts Of the heart, and live simply aud
honestly in small and quiet way, would
create a reform, If not a revolution. The
question comes to every young heart. Which
shall sacrifice, the instincts and affections Of
the heart the shows and sbams Of society
Alas, that 50 many yield the former to the lat
ter For love is the religion Of tie young;
and whoever suppresses it foF the sake Of dis
play, whoever sacrifices if for fashion, commits
a sacrilege for which nothing on earth can
atone. Love is not a thing to be ashamed Of
or laughed at, but sentiment to be cherished
and gloried in ; and, at any sacrifice it may
require, is cheap so long as it adds fuel to the
precious fame which purifes the heart, refnes
and ennobles the character, and makes man
hood and a womanhood worth the saving and
worth the name.