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Year: 1875

Colonel Baker, who was killed Mt Balls
Bluff during the late rebellion, was well
known in Springfield, Illinois, and it was
of him Mr. Lincoln used to tell the fol
lowing story:


''COlOnel Baker was very courteous to
ladies, always treating them with great
politeness and attention. He was start
ing on a journey at one time, when n
lady was placed in his care by an ae-
quaintance. Now the colonel knew moth
ing whatever of this lady, but she proved
and he made her as comfortable as pos
sibIe in the old stage-coaeh. On the
next morning they stopped for breakfast
Il GaleLa, and while that meal was be-
ing prepared they were shown into n
parlor ON the second floor. Here the
lady seated herself by an open window
looking out on the street, while the col
oneI paced the floor, with his hands fold
ed behind him, as was his custom, for





bear when confined in a room. Other
passengers were in the pariOr, and they
were speaking of some late dsfaulter,
some blaming him, others saying he had
done what he could to save his creditors.
At last one Of the gentlemen appealed to
Colonel Baker asking what he thought
Of the defaulter.


Think Of him. exclaimed the colo
mel. why, that lac should be hung
without mercy. He Is a seoundrel.7


At this the lady left her seat, and,
standing in front Of the colonel with
flashing EYES, said, Colonel Baker, per
haps it may interest You to know that
the man whom you SO readily eoudemn
i my unele,"


The colonel ceased his walk, and Civ
ing one appealing look to lis fair friend,
he began to draw off his coat, and ap1rI
preaching the open window, said, n
have nothing more to say, madam Jbut
give the word and 1 will throw myself
from this window"


The sacrifice was not demanded, and
they continued their journey in peace
Editors DTaDeT, ia HdrPeT'S Magazine
for August.
Year: 1875

1t may turn up, but, alas, there are a
dozen mouths for every bit that shows
itself. But


IF YOU HAVE MONEY,


some money, You don't need much, you
can find plenty OF fields in which to Ia
Dor profitably. Mechanics who do busi-
ness for themselves, do well, and
with capital agriculture is very profita-
BILE The professions are all overstocked,
and merchandising is overdone. The


STATE HAS A GREAT FUTURE
before it, and whoever settles here in
the right way cannot but get his share
in the benefit of its growth. But too
much must not be expected. Gold is no
longer picked up in nuggets. or washed
out in pans. There is gold, but it takes
money to get it, and it is with gold as it
is with everything else. You can't pick
up fortunes in California any easier than
you can in New York But it is a de-
lightful rich State, and whoever chooses
to come with means, aud works hard
enough, will get on certain. And so he
will anywhere. There are a great many
coming and few returning. The few
will win and the many will be disap-
pointed. Still it is a good country to
come to. PIETRo.
Year: 1875

There comes a time when We grow old,
And like a sunset down the sea
Slope gradual and the night wind cold
Comes whispering sad and chil!ingly;


And locks are gray


As winters day,
And eyes Of saddcst blue behold
The leaves all weary drift away,
And lips 81 faded coral say,
There comes Il Time when Ne grow old
There comes time when Joyous hearts,
Which leapcd a. leap the laughing maid
Are dead To all save memory,
As prisone: in his dungeon chain;


And dawn of day


Hath passed away,
The moon hath into darkness rolled;
And 10y the embers warm and gray
hear voice in whisper say,
There comes a time when we nrJw old

There comes a time when manhood prime
j. shrOuded IN the mist of years,
And beauty, fading like dream,
Hath passed away in silent fear;


And then how dark,


But OH the spark
That kindlcd youth 10 hucs of gold
Still burns with clear and steady ray.
And fond affections lingering, say,
There comes day when we grow old.
There comes time when laughing spring
And golden summer cease To he,
And we put on the autumn robe,
To tread the last decliyity;


But on the slope,


With rosy hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold
Another dawn, with faircr light
While watchers WhiSDeI fhrolloh the uiuIf
There comes Il time when We grow old.
Year: 1875

WATER drinking Between meals should
be according to thirst. 1t is a mistake to
load n weak stomach with cold water on
the theory that it is n tonic. As habit
il is we'll to take a tumbl'r, or part of
one. of pure soft water, after dressing in
the morning.
Year: 1875

CONSCIENCE. He that loses his coli
science has nothing left that is worth
keeping. Therefore, De sure you look
at that And in the next place look To
your health; and If you have it, praise
God, and value it next TO a good con
science; for health is theseeOnd blessing
that We mOrtals are capable Of, "A bless
ing that money cannot buy; therefore
value it and b. thankful for it. LsaGE
WALTON.
Year: 1875

Now what do they Ohe North) want to
do. They want TO bring the negroes
back TO the North. To make room for
them, To send as many white men Of our
people as they can to the war to be kill
ed. Now, my friends, | never justified
this rebellion, nor did L ever justify the
intermeddling spirit that gave being to
this rebellion. These abolitionists say
slavery is the cause of the war; say it
is not They say slavery ought to be
exterininated; / say 10 Ought mott
Cheers.


Now, my friends, | tell you that |
never justified this resort to arms, be-
cause nave believed that if one more
appeal he'd been made to the public
sense, the Democratic party would have
acquired sufficient strength to have pre-
vented this terrible disaster
Year: 1875

points out Of possible 050 little better than fifty
per cent Of full score.


THE TURF, FIELD AND Farm BADGE MATCH.


Yesterdays contest for the Turf Field and Farm
badge had the greatest number Of any single
match that has yet taken place the grounds of the
National Rife Association. There were eighy-nine
entries altogether. The distance usual was 200
yards; any rifle within the rules; position standing
without any artificial rest; rounds per man.
The match advertised to off twenty minutes
after three O'clock but did not commence until after
four The shooting lasted about hour and twenty
minutes. The winner Mr. Robertson who made the
splendid record of forty out of possible fifty
points shot with open lighted regulation Remington
military rifle The description OF gun won the
badge last month on the same number OF points


FOR THE TURF, FIELD BADGE.
Year: 1875

THE TURF, FIELD AND FARM BADGE MATCH


THE LAST COMPETITION TO SELECT A TEAM


FOR THE CANADIAN coNTEsT-THE IRISH


AMERICAN CLUB CUP MATCH


The splendid weather brought yesterday greatly
increased number OF rihemen TO Crcedmoor There
were three matches shot during the day The first was
the third long range competition select from members
of the Amateur Rife Club team OF eight to shoot
against equal number Of Canadians on the 25h inst
The second the third monthly the second
Turf Field and FCrBl badge and the third tho match
for the Irish American Rife Club cup


LONG RANGE COMPETITION


This the third and last competition for the pur-
pose OF choosing American team to shoot the ap-
preaching international match al Creedmoor with the
Victoria Rifles; of the Dominion OF Canada the oath
of the present month The two previous competitions
took place the 4th and Sth inst respectively.
Originally there ten entries but only half Of this
number completed their scores all the days. Al
though the weather good yesterday the practice
wretched and the result OF the competition seems
to be that the Amateur Club will run imminent risk OF
being defeated be obliged call TO their aid least
half the members of the famous American team.
Year: 1875

81 am desired by Judge Nelson to re-
turn your letter. as it cannot bo read in
court. Also to state that in civil cases
the counsel have the right to refrain from
calling n particular witness, however
competent, and that neither the
court nor the client can inter-
fere with the exercise Of that
right. The question whether you
could be witness stands on quite All
other ground from that considered,
When your husband was called and
sworn. he was competent witness to
testify in his behalf against third per-
son. and while tn" policy of the law was,
to some extent. involved, there was no
express statute in the way, but the statute
Of May lOth 1867, expressly declares the
wife 20 be incompetent as a witness for or
against her husband.


Yours. G.. W. kNABEL.


Clerk CjiY Court, 80.
Year: 1875

The distillers of several of the West
ern cities have united for the purpose
of testing the constitutionality OF the
internal revenue act. The government
has ordered the seizure of a number of
of establishments in Kentucky.
Year: 1875

How MANY Of the young men who
loitcred about the streets last week to
read the kilograms from the Dolly.
mount shooting match caught the NOR
al Of this business Wa suspect that
il they had seen the point they would
not have spent the day, or had day
to spend, in idle curiosity, The great
evil of the world as it IS related to
young men is that q multitude otthom
grow up without being trained to &C,
curarc and careful worI.-to shooting
at some mark and hitting it.


They lean, if ever, when it is too
late that success piyots upon training,
upon precision, upon patient practice.
A young man needs to know how to
do something well, and this can be
learned only by drill, procuring appli-
cation to one thing, by a steady, pa
tent unchanging temper and ambition,
His hat may be full Of genius and his
shirt-bosom OF aspirations he may be
able to do almost anything that he
tries to DO, having boUndles3 energy
and capacity, but if he does not settle
down toya pursuit and patiently work
out its details, shooting every week at
his mark, he will come to no special
success. We have no great admlra
ton for shooting. Gunpowder is not
one Of our gods We believe that
the after-piece Of the war-suicidcs,
murders, thritt)ess living, owe Of excl
ting sensations, elc,--disc0uuts more
we have guessed from the glorie3 of
heroism and skill in the contest and
we wish the taste for guUpowdcr could
be sobered down q good deal. But Of all
uses to which eunpowdcris put sharp
shooting is Tie best we have heard OF
(after blasting cut Hell Gatel because
it requires close attention, infinite prac-
tice and steady nerves. Shooting at a
mark is innocent enough with gun
powder it is what we all need to
learn TO Go With our CUTS. energies
and means,


The men VINO cnn now save
fortunes or make them are those
whose mental aud moral mlscle and
nerve have been hardened in the
schooling Of experience. The coming
men will not slobbor sentiment ana
gush their business they will figure
out the per cents, and calculate closely
the chances of success. y world Of
close lines aud and small margins, Of $
per cents and ten hours ii days
work, has come upon us. The Blow
hlfds will drop out OF commerce. out
Of the pulpit. ont Of Congress The
young men may rs we'll understand it
Soon-they will miserably fail un.es*
they learn to hit the mark. Those
will best succeed who do the closest
shooting.-- JietbodjSi.
Year: 1875

In the old, old days, more than a
thousand years ago, when the monas-
tic life was still fresh and filled mems
hearts, there stood religious house
not fr from where the Rhone pours
its turbid food in to the blue waters
Of the Gpncvan Lake. Aud there, it
is SAID, poor mother, whose only son
had fed from her to spend his days in
cloistcreI toll and prayer and NORTH
cation, was wont to go, when morning
and evening brought round the hour
of worship, to listen to his voice as he
praised God in the convent choir.
His face she could not discern. for he
was cloabed and cowled like the rest ::
but her quick ear knew the ring of the
voice she had heard from its first cry,
and she listened for it, and went home
content. But he died ; and she COM
planned bitterly to Mary or some kind.
ly saint that her last consolation was
gone. and that in return for her son
she had no longer left even the echo
Of a song And the legend runs that
her complaint was heard and that
tn ugh the monk was seen no more,
his voice was still heard mingling
with his brethen's chant and his
mother came and listened as Of oil,
and, Is Of old, went home and praised
God. SO, how many voices Of those
who have poured themselves in prayer
aud praise and penitence, seem to min
Gle with our worship Silent else
where, they find mystic utterance in
the placed they loved; there is a
heavenly hymn concordant with our
own nay, as the years pass, and the
generations come aud go, it seems as
if the full harmony Of praise were
theirs. and ours the lisping lips which
can do no more than aid the song
Year: 1875

"A youthful clergyman who re
Gently went forth to enlighten the ig-
norant, while dealing with the parable
of the prodiga son, was anxious to
show how dearly the parent loved the
child. Drawing himself together and
putting on his most sober look, he di-
lated at length on the killing the fat
ted calf. The climax was as follows
81 shouldn't wonder if the father had
Kept the ca.f for gears waiting the re
turn of his son"
Year: 1875

"A new style of shirt collar is run
with lead at the back, so if the but,
ton comes off the shirt band the collar
will not Climb up the back of the
wearer's head every time he stoops
forward. This is equiva tent to equip
ping several hundred missionaries.-
[ EDanbuy News. ..
Year: 1875

Very touching was little incident which
recently occurred at Vicksburg, when the life
OF q man was in danger and his wife q wit
ness of the extremity. An old couple were
on one Of the steamboats, coming up the river
and the man was continually strolling about,
despite his wife's predictions that something
would happen to him. Finally the old gentle
man made misstcp when close by the rail-
ing, and tumbled overheard. His wife caught
glimpse Of bis disappearing heels and heard
his dispairing yells just preceding the splash
in the water, and ran to the railing just as the
man came to the surface The old lady
shouted: 'The2e, Samuel, didn't tell you so.
Now, then, work your legs, flap your arms,
hold your breath and repeat the Lord S Prayer;
for its mighty onsartin, Samuel, whether you'll
land in Vicksburgh Or eternity With such
directions and encouragement the old man
naturally did well and was rescued. It's a
great comfort and assistance to have wife
along in an emergency.
Year: 1875

Hot alum water is recent suggestion of an
insecticide. 1t will destroy red and black
ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and
all the crawling pests which infest our houses.
Take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in
three or four quartz of boiling water; let it
stand on the fire till the alum disappears. then
apply it with q brush, while nearly boiling
hot, to every joint and crevice in your closets,
bedstead, pantry shelves and the like. Brush
the crevices in the floor of the sklrting or
mop board, if you suspect that they harbor
vern1;n. If in whitewashing ceiling, plenty
of alum is added to lime it will also serve to
keep insects at distance. C0ckroaches will
flee the paint which has been washed in cool
alum water. Sugar barrels and boxes can
be freed from ants by drawing wide chalk
mark Just around the edge of the top of them.
The mark must be unbroken or they will
creep over it; but continuous chalk mark
half an inch in width will set their depreda-
tions at naught. Powdered alum or borax
will keep the chintz bugs at respectful dis
tance, and travellers should always carry
package in their hand bags, to scatter over
and under their pillows in places where they
have reason 70 suspect the presence of such
bedfellOWs
Year: 1875

THE Eureka New Sentinel of June says:
Yesterday was the first dsy OF summer, and
people awoke to find water frozen and de-
cidedly wintry atmosphere pervading early in
the morning. -
Year: 1875

Some interest was recently excited
in this city by the case Of a very
pretty young French millener who
had obtained contracts from a num-
Der Of prominent and fashionable Ia
dies to bring over dresses for them
from Paris, She undertook TO get
these dresses through the Custom
House without paying the duty. but
was detected and arrested. and now
bids fair to serve out full term in
the Penitentiory in consequence
She is well educated, speaks Eng
lish fuently, and is so young and
good looking that her hard fate
has awakened a good deal Of commits
Grafton.


A few years ago IL woman who
bad landed from one Of the foreign
steamers, was observed by female
detective 70 walk as though her
dress was extraordinarily heavy.
She was arrested, and a large silk
underskirt or petticoat that she wore,
was found to be stitched of, from
top TO bottom, in squares, and, in
stead Of being wadded with cotton,
every square contained q gold
watch, amounting, in the aggregate.
to several hundred. These were all
con6scated.


A pretty serious joke was once
played on a Massachusetts, clergy
man by a dry-goods dealer from the
same town in which he resided, who
happened to meet him while travel
ling in Canada. II have got a good
deal Of baggage" said the merchant;
you don't appear to have scarcely
any, and if you would take along a
few Of my trunks with you, it would
cost you nothing and would be quite
an accommodation to me-" The
clergyman readily consented, but
when be was crossing the border the
trunks were broken open and found
to contain dutiable goods! He had
very hard work to extricste himself
from tie dilemma, which be finally
succeeded in doing by proving bis
good character.


Ever since customs have been i'm
posed human ingenuity has been tax
ed in a thousand ways to evade their
psyment.-N. T. Dispatch.
Year: 1875

Between the human brute and the
lower animal there is a step so small
that in marking the lines Of passion
upon the face Of the murderer one
Is tempted to believe ia the doctrines
OF Pythagoras. There is even a no
bllity about the killing Of the lower
animal which We do not fnd in the
cruel-hearted act Of reason. The
lion slaughters his prey rs man the
food ne eats; but the lower animal
seldom Kills his fellow unless from
Jealousy or starvation, and the record
Of noble deeds performed by horses,
dogs and elephants, stand out in
startling cortast to the groyeling
selGshness and currish instinct Of the
modern murdersrs.


We have in Chicago a class Of
citizens wearing the outward SEEM
ing Of men, but whose countenances
resemble in feroeity the worst species
Of byena, and whose hearts are a.
dead to human sympathy as the
breast Of Nero; tar more dead than
the poor dog who sinks from their
iendish kick, or reads in their low
ering eye a type Of animal lower in
the scale Of creation than himself
I There aye young men who have bro
ken mothers hearts, whitsned q
fathers hair, turned q sisters love
to hate. Their youth has been
Graded IN curses; they have train
ed a naturally sullen temper to such
a degree Of ferocity that the very
light grows black beneath their
scrawL They are the worthless
vagabonds who swigger upon the
night side Of life, filling bar-rooms
with obscenity and oaths, seducing
purity and innocence, and doing
more harm through their fostering
villainous presence than the darkest
savage that ever lived IL is not
| perhaps surprising that these igno-
rant animals should look upon life as
bagatelle, when we have compare
/ lively well cultivated men in other
sections Of the country preaching up
the taking file as proof Of brave
~ and virtue


Scarcely a day now passes in Chi
cagO without a murder. Deadly
weapons are carried with perfect i'm
puuity, and the Law seems to be ut
terly apathetic or pozerless to re-
strain the reign Of terror. II the
carrying Of concealed weapons is an
ofense against the law, why can il
not be punished with the severest
penalties Ii may be safely asserted
that nine young men out Of tea, aot
to speak Of boys, belonging to our
worthless classes carry concealed
weapons Little rascals scarcely out
Of their short clothes, may be seen
any day in the week upon our streets
eare5sing revOlyers and knives, and
initiating the jargon Of their elder
brothers. Is there no way to stop
this carnival Of evill To what end do
we pay for police, for detectives,
for courts Of justice2 We are build
ing up fair city, but beneath its
slums the rats still burrOw; we are
laying up wealth and treasure while
our streets re-echo with the shouts
Of blasphemy, and our alleys are
reeking with blood and reYeling in
in the snrieks 9f death Chicago
Inter ocean,


The Very Oldest
Year: 1875

Published at the request Of young merchant
Of Somerset. 'Tis a pity he cannot md one
among all our fair daughters who Is not "a thing
Of friils and pads" But such Is the way OF ali
I xvofna an kind
Year: 1875

From the New York Times of yesterday. /


The graduates of the Columbia Col
legc Las School, some two hundred in
numisr, appeared yesterday before the
general term OF the Supreme Court to
be admitted 10 practice under the sta
tute. Judge Davis, who presided, took
occasion to say that he disapproved Of
Cnis method OF manufacturing lawyers.
While he thought it proper enough to
examine the gentlemen before him in
regard TO character, &c, he intended to
instruct the committee to adhere with
strictness to the requirements OF the
statute In reference to the admission of
graduates from law schools, and that
although the committee was obliged to
examine them as to their character, and
the court to admit them to practice,
there were other requirements than the
mere passing al law school. Accord
s to the statute they must exhibit
their diplomas, and must also make atti-
davits that they are now residents of
this judicial district. He would admit
no applicant who resided in another dis
trict, or was resident Of another State.
Hereaf ter. no person could gain admis-
sion to the bar in New York who was
not an actual resident of this city, and
those who We're not SO qualified need rot
apply Messrs Z. Z. Wheeler and Il. v
n. Baldwin, the committee on charac.
ter, then proceeded with the work Of ex-
anlinA tion.
Year: 1875

The evening session on Saturday
continued until midnight, when the
House adjourned Immediately after
passing the liberticide measure called
In common parlance the Force bill.
The effect of the bill as first introduced.
and as it stood at the beginning of the
debate on Saturday, was to make the
President Cesar and clothe him with
absolute despotic authority throughout
the United States. 1t was, however, so
amended before its passage as to make
him the irresponsible Caesar of only the
four States of Alabama, Arkansas.
Louisiana Il Mississippi-thc authority
TO suspend the writ of habcas corpus
being finally limited to those States.
But this limitation of are. il no wise
changes the principle OF tho bill. The
violation of the constitution il as
uagrant as if the bill had been passed
in its original tora. Congress has he
more right to suspend tic constitution
and subvert public liboity in four
States Or one State than it has to install
a Caesar over the whole Union. The
bill was also amended by limitation
| OF limo as well as of area. It is tn
continue III force ouiy for two wears
and until the end Of the next ensuing
session of Congress. But neither does
this limit of time at nj! change the
principle of the bill. The creation of
Cesar or absolute dictator for two or
three years is as repugnant to the con
stitution as the creation of perpetual
dictator or hereditary Caesar. Every
constitutional interdict, every obiec-
tion OF principle, every protest in be.
half Of liberty, applies with the same
force to the bill as amended that appli-
ed to the bill as first agreed on in eau
Gus. The only effect Of the amend
mcnts is to sharpen the wedge and
facilitate its being finally driven in UP
to the thickest part of its but. II the
principle is admitted, if this precedent
Is set, every barrier against Cesaris u
and arbitrary power will be broken
down.