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Year: 1873

In another column we print brief history
of the rise, progress, and final triumph of the
scheme to increase the salaries of Congress
men and others. In the instant storm OF in
dignatiOn which was raised by the dishonest
measure giving each Senator and Representa-
tative $1,000 extra pay, after their term was
finished, the other details of Gen. Buffers
bill have been overlooked. These items are
of much less account than that which was the
result of deliberate attempt to put into the
pockets of Congressman $4,000 to which they
had no more legal or moral claim than they
have to the marble effigies which adOrn the
Capitol Fastening this thieving job to an
appropriation bill only made the scheme more
specious; it was pretended that the salary
grab must be suffered to pass rather than lose
the appropriation. This is false. disagree
ment on the whole bill would have been in
stantly remedied in conference; but the salary
lob would have been spoiled. The President
might have vetoed the bill; but he did not
choose to do so. No man has dared to raise
word in its defense. But no man will escape
the consequences of supporting such bare
faced fraud.
Year: 1873

Is it possible that the Bar Association is
going to ignore the action of a lawyer who
makes boast of the fact that he tore up the
Injunction of judgei Surely, if ever such
AN officer of the court was guilty of an act
which should disbar him, this is case for
the exercise of that severe penalty, as we'll as
of any which the Bar Association may be
able to inhict.
Year: 1873

Additional returns from the New Hampshire
election make no change in the result an
nounced in The TRIBUNE yesterday. The
three Democratic Congressman are reelected; !;
there is no choice for Governor by popular
vote, and the Legislature has a sufficiently
large Republican majority on joint ballot to
insure the choice of their candidate.
Year: 1873

Sleighng parties we have always known to be
promotive of gallantry; but never have we known
more notable display of it than that made by
young man in Lowell. He was so fearful that he
might upset his fair companion when it became
necessary to turn about, that no Embarrassed the
horse, caused the young lady to aight, and turned
the sleigh round himself. 1t would be a shame
such tender consideration as this did not have
chance to exert itself in more permanent and tender
relations.
Year: 1873

We read in an exchange that some Of the colored
men are taking Charles Sumner into their good
graces again" We should very much Like TO know
when and for what reason the Senator passed out Of
their good graccs. Is it not time this nonsense
stopped-these miffs and whiras, this petty fault
finding and stupid criticismf Ii is MT in the power
of the colored men to make Mr.. Sumner one whit
less their friend. either by ingrattude or BY slow
appreciation Of his long battle in their behalf; bot
it is in their power to inure themselves and to i'm
pede their own progress, by ungenerous fault
finding. Mr. Summer can better afford TO wait for
Justice than the colored people caA afford to be us-
lust to him.
Year: 1873

shark eleven feet in length, caught of the Scotch
coast, was lately presented to the Dundee Museum.
Upon being opened for the purpose of stuting, the
following miscellaneous contents were found in hn
capacious maw /. whole ling fish 2, mans
bonnet 3, parts of cod and dog fish; 4, soda water
bottle corked and sealed with red wax, and contain
ing a note in lady's neat hand, beginning On
board the Beautiful STAR 1st Sept, 1872 We have
crossed the line and alls well. Last night the cap
tain's lady had a pretty little boy. Heaven bes
the little straDgerw The shark may have liked the
bottle. but our impression is that upon tho whole
he would have preferred the baby.
Year: 1873

Details of the dsgraceful mObbing in Mani
toba show that the people of that far-of prov
ince are not very pleasant subjects. The out
rage on the Speaker of the Provincial Parlia-
snent seems more shocking because it was
committed by men who are popularity supposed
10 be mindful of the reverence due to digni-
ties but it is possible that the sterling British
element does not predOminate in the province


Nothing comes of the muddle in which the
Custom-house Charter is left at Albany. We
give, this morning, variety OF reports which
are more or less coherent, but all confirm the
belief that its managers are inhexibly
committed to the scheme as it now stands
Whether they take this attitude for the pur-
pose of preventing any action whatever, or
because they expect to carry this thing through,
il not clear.


In the Senate, yesterday. vice-President
Wilson being absent, the Hon. Matthew II.
Carpenter was elected President pro tem, and
made short speech ON taking the chair. 1t
would have been an excellent opportunity Tor
Mr. Carpenter to have denied to the Senate and
the country the charge that he received an annual
general retainer from the Central Pacific Road
for which no service outside OF Congress was
rendered 1t probably escaped his mind, as
he failed TO mention it.


There win be a feeling of relief in business
circles when it is learned that the Secretary
of the Treasury has not drawn on his so
called Reserve Fund to any great extent. 1t
IS urged that only S2,OOO,OOO or so has been
paid out, and that this was to meet sudden
and unexpected demands, of which the extra
amount voted by Congressman into their own
rockets was the chief. Still, there viii always
J.e a sense OF VEeasineSs that the Treasury
Year: 1873

A WRINKLE ABOUT THE AGE OF HoRs-
Es.-A short time ago we met gentleman
from Illinois who gave us piece of infor-
nation in regard to ascerlaning the age of
horses ailer he or she has passed the ninth
year, which was new TO us, and will be, we
are sure, to most of our readers. 1t is this:
After the horse is nine years old, wrinkle
comes on the eyelid at the upper corner of
the lower lid, and every year thereafter he
has one well-defined wrinkle for each year
over nine. If, for instance, horse has
three wrinkles he is twelve, If he has four
he is thirteen. Add the number of wrin-
kles to nine and you will get it. So says
tho gentleman, and he is sure it will never
fail. AS good many people have horses
over nine 1t is easily tried. If true, the
horse dentist must give up his trade.


Field and FheSide.
Year: 1873

[By Mrs. wyman, Sister Of Bret Harte.l
80 much Of life do we have and hold
Clouds and snnshue, pleasure and pain
Which shall avail when the tale IL told7
VIII II be loss or will It be gain?
What OF the storms that blow high and low,
Sweep and dash over sea and shore,
Down the broad paths where the roses grow,
Scattering leaves that shall bloom no more7
what Of the hopes that the storms Of life
Battle battle, and bring to earth
After the struggle the care and strife,
Shall It avail when we know their worth?
Ever and ever the world rolls on
Hours, days and the years fly fast;
And Joy and pain, as the night and morn,
Shall be even as one at the last.


Oueridnd for July.
Year: 1873

DETROIT, February 4.-By direction
of the Secretary Of War proceedings
are being instituted in the United States
Circuit Court Of this city in the name
of the United States against the Detroit
River Railroad Bridge Company, which
is now building a bridge from Trenton
to Grasse Sole. thence TO Stonz Island:
An injunction is asked iof on the ground
that the erection of the bridge is in
violation of the ordinance OF 1867.
Year: 1873

suredly we would be fired into and sunk by the
guns of the fort.


REFUSED WITH TIE STRONG HAND.


Under these circumstances there was no
alternative but to bow TO superior force and
withdraw from too dangerous proximity to
the threatening fort. AS we sailed out we
could plainly discern from our deck the three
vessels In the harbor-the diminutive De-
spatch, the yirginius and the Spanish sloop-
of-war. We could see the unostentatious,
almost stealthy, ceremonies Of transfer taking
place-no witnesses, no salute, no crowd, no
humiliation for the disgraceful outrage on our
flag and sovereignty.


If this be reparation and satisfaction, most
certainly the Burriels of the "Ever Faithful"
will have much consolation.
Year: 1873

A fire was discovered last night in the naval
Office on the third floor OF the Custom House,
causing q loss 10 furniture and building OF about
$500. A quantity OF valuable papers was destroyed
Fire Marshal sheldon will hold an investigation to-
day into the cause OF the fire.
Year: 1873

Probabilities.


FOR NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE STATES
CLEAR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL DURING PORTION
OF THE DAY, FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CLoUDI-
NESS AND POSSIBLY LIGHT RAIN; THE TEMPERA-
TURE IN THESE DISTRICTS WILL FALL SLIGHTLY
WITH LIGHT TO FRESH VARIABLE WINDS


For the lake region aud the Ohio Valley, winds
gradually shifting to northwesterly and southwest
erly. with increasing pressure. low temperature,
generally cloudy weather and areas OF rain and
snow, except IN the western portion of the lake
region.


For the Northwest, lower temperature. with
light to fresh northerly to westerly winds ana
partly cloudy weather, except possibly light rain in
Missouri.


For the Southern States, generally clear weather
and lower temperature. especially in the Gulf
States the winds shifting to southwesterly and
northwesterly, with continued fog on the coast.
For the canal regions of New York and Ohio and
the region OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the
temperature will remain above freezing during FRI
day.


The Ohio River will continue to fall at Pittsburg
and Cincinnati and the Mississippi will continue to
rise slowly at Memphis and vicksburg.
Year: 1873


Alas! my last has gone at last;
1t was the last had;
1 kept it to the very last


To lose it makes me sad.
And all my avis have vanished too;
My findings none can find;
My old workbench is split in two;
And I've no knives to grind.
My whetstone's broke, my hammers lost,
My pegs have all pegged out;
My stock is gone-sold out at cost;
My trees are up the spout.
My lapstone's left out in the cold,
My tub lent to friend,
And myself am growing old,
And waxing near my end.
But when I'm gone and buried deep
Beside some grassy knoll,
hope some upper world will keep
Possession of my sole.
Year: 1873

friends and the public that he is prepared to perform
all operations upon the TEETH in a careful and
thorough manner; Contour Filings executed in Gold
and warranted TO give satisfaction. Every New Dis
coYeIy or Improvement, that is Of real value, will be
offered to his Patients II is made known to
the Profession. He has the c, elusive right to use
Fulsom's Patent in Brattleboro, which is the best
thing yet discovered to retain the plate firmly in the
mouth


GAS, ETHER, and NARCOTIC SPRAY are uted for
extracting Teeth without pain.


Refers to more than two thousand persons that are
wearing teeth made by him.


OFFICE and RESIDENCE at the Junction Of High
and Green Streets, Bratlehoro.


Can extract at house.


Brattleboro, Oct. 0, 1873 tfi1
Year: 1873

The Monitor Manhattan encountered a
storm on Thursday, and diwas compelled to put
back to tho Delaware breakWater In q leaky
condition. II this is an example Of the man
ner In which our navy would be disable d at
sea, the Government OF this country Is to be
congratulated ON the peaceful solution Of the
Virginlus difficulty.
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the assurance Of peaceful
settlement with Spain, the activity in the Navy
Department will continue until it is found that
the orders Of the CASTELAR, Government are
Obeyed by the Spaniards in Cuba. A fleet OF
thirty or more war vessels will ba kept in
Cuban Wate;l until all cur demands are salts
fed
Year: 1873

p We have omitted to notice the
arrival of Mr.. s. W. Foss, on the 18th
ust., with another band, contai ming ia
head of those fine beef cattle for the
Seattle Market. Our people should
bear in mind that this finn have laid
out thousands of dollars in our county;
that they have established in Seattle the
finest market this side of San Francisco,
which is the admiration of all who visit
our city, as well as an honor to the
place; and they should feel it a duty to
give these men their patronage in pre-
ference to an itenerant who has no in
terest here and who is only seeking to
destroy the wholesale trade, which this
firm has brought to this place, and di-
vert it into other channels.


There appears to be lively competi-
tion going on in the butchers business
all over the country. This is undoubt-
edly brought about by the large amount
of surplus stock East of the Mountains,
and the unusually low rates which they
are being sold for.


Every town should look to its own in
terests, and see that as much of this
trade as possible is diverted to it through
the hands OF those who are directly in
terested in the growth and welfare of
Year: 1873

MADAME BIsHoP.-Mr. Henry Buttle,
agent for Madame Anna Bishop. called
at our Office this morning to say that
Madame Bishop will give concerts in
this city on Friday and Saturday evening
of the present week. This will be the
rarest treat ever enjoyed in this city in
the way of public amusements.
Year: 1873

A TRYING Position. "A gentlemanly
conductor was collecting tickets from his
passengers. All handed over their tick
cts promptly except one fat old lady who
sat next to the door, and who seemed to
be reaching down to get something she
had just dropped on the floor. When
her time came to pay, she raised head
and thus addressed the bushing conductor:
II allurs, when l travels, carry my mon
ey in my stockin', for you sees, nothing
can get at it thar, and I'd just thank you
young man, just to reach it TO me, as
I'm so jammed in that can't get to it.
| forgot to get ticket at the depot"
The conductor glanced at the other pas
sengers, some of whom were laughing at
his plight; one or two young ladies
among them blushed scarlet, and he beat
a sudden retreat, muttering something
about not charging old ladies, etc. His
cash was short that trip the fare of one
passenger.
Year: 1873

How TO EXTINGUIsH FIREs.-It has
been remarked that while fire apparatus
has been constantly improving, no pro-
gress has been made in the method of at
tacking fire. On this point, Rev. DR..
Hill, not long ago President of Harvard
College, has this to say: i" Nearly every
body is in daily need of kindling fires ;
but few have ever need of quenching a
fire. Hence most people know that fire
spreads by heating adjacent fuel, and
that, in heating adjacent fuel, the heated
air and burning gases of the fire are
much more efficient agents than the ra-
diant heat in other words, that to get Il
fire to spread rapidly it must be lighted
at the bottom or to windward, or where n
lateral draft may be created by the fire |;
while few people know that to quench a
fire the same principle is generally avail
able, and the quenchng is most rapidly
etfectual if it can be begun at the lower
part of the fire or at windward, or where
draft strikes it.


"Of course in q great connagration it
is often impossible to avail oneself of
these facts, but at the beginning, while
the fire is confined TO one or two houses,
it can generally, unless there be gunpow-
der or benzine in the building, be sub
dued by resolute, plucky adherence TO
the maxim Play low.' When a build
ing is well on fire and pouring stream
of flame and burning cinders out of its
roof, the temptation to play on the roof
is very great, and a majority of fire.
men yield to it; but the minority who
resist the temptation, and direct their
streams into the lower story of the build
ing, presently have the satisfaction of
putting out the fire. If the gas pipes un-
der mass of burning ruins be open or
broken, the effcctual remedy is to shut
off the gas in the main pipe. The blaz-
ing roof is the burning gas, the gas is
generated from tho heated timbers, the
heat generating it is from the burning
stories below the wind currents carrying
the blazing cinders to adjoining roofs are
produced by tho same heat below; quench
that lower story, and you have put out
the fire at the gas factory and cut Off the
supply OF gas, and the steam from that
quenching has also gone up and dcadened
the fire even to the roof"
Year: 1873

With word to the conductor and a
small business transaction, we left Jack
coiled up in corner to finish his nap as
TRANQUILITY as if it wasn't midnight and a
knocking round" might not await him
at his journeys end.


We didn't mind the storm much as we
plodded home, and when told the story
to rosy face next day his interest quite
reconciled me to the shifts and sneezes of
bad cold.


"IfI saw that poor little boy, Aunt
Weedy, I'd love him lots =" said Freddy,
with world Of pity in his beautiful child
eyes.


And believing that others, also, would
be kind to little Jack, and to such as he
tell the story.


When busy fathers are hurrying home
at night, hope they'll buy their papers
of the small boys who get showed off,"
the feeble ones who grow hoarse and can't
Using out )" the shabby ones who evil
IDENTIFY have only forgetful Sans 10 care
for them and the hungry ones who don't
get what is "fllin'." For love Of the
little sons and daughters safe at home,
say kind word, buy paper, even ifyou
don't want it; and never pass by, leaving
them asleep forgotten in the streets at
midnight, with no pillows but a stone, no
coverlid but the pitiless snow, and not
even tender-hearted robin to drop
leaves over them.
Year: 1873

ADVICE To WIvEs.-Wives often re-
gret that their husbands do not talk with
them. This is not the place to discuss
the shortcomings of man, but sometimes
when have listened to the fault-fnding,
the garrulous repetitions, frivolous details,
and childish exertions of sympathy and
attention with which some women bore
their homes, | have sometimes thought
that the fault was not altogeter their
husbands. 1t is a great loss if a man is
silent among his wife and children. The
husband and wife live so much of the
time in different worlds that intercourse
can be great help and pleasure to each
of them. You will not be likely to make
man talk by telling him that he ought
to talk, or scolding him because he does
not do so. Make it pleasure for him to
talk with you. Exercise good sense,
good temper, and tact in drawing him
out on topics of interest to himself. Be
patient under his modes of silence. Be
deserving of the companionship of a sem
sible man. Avoid talking of persons, or
insignificant details concerning yourself
or your work. Have something interest
ing and valuable to say. The story OF
your child's prattle may be full of inter
est. The number of pies you have made,
or the rooms you have swept, may not
be worth repeating. Cultivate the graces
of character, speech and tones Of voice,
and you may find that the man who was
glad to escape from the loquacious, COM
planning, exacting woman, goes reluct-
antly from her who knows when to talk
and when to be silent "who openeth her
mouth with wisdom, and in whose tongue
is the law of Kindness"
Year: 1873

A FEELING TRIBUTE TO "PUB-Docs."


A Philadelphia editor thus relieves his
mind on a subject familiar TO all newspa-
per offices, the inevitable Pub Doc. :--
1--WE owe our thanks TO Judge Kelley
for the latest Patent Office reports. We
already have sixteen hundred of these
interesting volumes in our little library,
but they have been read and re-rcad so
many times that we know every page of
them by heart. This new volume came
opportunely and gratefully on Christmas
morning, and that night we gathered our
little family around the fire and read it
through TO them. The affecting tale en-
titled Improvement in Monkey Wrench
es,' seemed to touch every heart, and


when we came TO the climax of the little
story about Reversible Pieboards,' there
was not dry eye between the front door
and the stable. During the reading of
the piteous narrative entitled, Gum


Washers for Carriage Axles, the whole
family gave expression to boistcrous
emotion, and the hired girl was so much
excited that she lost her presence Of mind
and went around to her mothers mad
vertently with six pounds of sugar and a
butter kettle full of -four, and came home
at night intoxicated. We can never sui
ficiently thank Judge Kelley tor the in
nocent enjoyment thus furnished US. The
memory of that happy evening will linger
in our minds very much longer than that
hired girl ever fingers when she lights on
lot of substance which she thinks will
suit the constitution of her aged parent." +"
Year: 1873

SOME women are so extremely anxious.
There was that affeetionate little wife OF
Smiths for instance, out in Pittsburg.
She saw Smith take down his gun to clean
it, and when she observed that he blew
in the mnzzle while he held the hammer
back with his foot, she ran down stairs
and bought widows cap and thirty sew
en- yards Of black baregc and then took it
to a dressmaker to ascertain whether it
would be more becoming made with a
train, or short with founces. Smith still
lives.
Year: 1873

WALDEBoRo, Me-, May 1S.-Dr. Baker OF
Warren was shot dead Friday night by Miss Mink,
with whom he had been on terms Of criminal intimacy.


He called at her at m, and an hour after she
came to the house Of Mr. Spear crying Il am shot
Dr. Baker shot me-" and appeared to be In state Of
frenzy and great excitement all through the night She
was however all the time unhurt, but next morning
when neghDors broke into her house they found DE-
Baker living dead on the chamber floor from shot
which had entered his heart The Doctor had previously
been ON bad terms with Miss Mink aud there no doubt
that she killed him from jealousy.
Year: 1873

ALBANY, May 1.-THE Governor to-day
signed the bill to better administration In the Po-
lice Courts n the City of NewYork He has also signed
the bill for the location Of new City Prison In New-York
An attempt to amend the Gilbert Elevated Railroad bill
was made the Senate, and voted down, and the OIL
was passed to its third reading.


It's understood that the Governor win veto the Local
Year: 1873

To he Editor of The Commercial


ALLOW me to add my Testimony to the value Of
the services which the Wilmington City Dispen-
sary is rendering in this community to many suf-
fering bodies Many family in the coming
winter, owing to Strengthened means Of living,
will be unable to call in the services Of visiting
physician, and to all such the kindly offices OF
the Dispensary will prove an invaluable boon.
Year: 1873

Thirty times was Adelane Patti call
ed before the curtain on the occasion of
her debut in Moscow. The Princess
Dolgorouka sent to her bouquet of
camellias that was so large as to require
two men to carry it across the stage.
Which goes to prove the calmness of us
Americans, who only recall Lucca three
times on an average. For the four
months the charming singer passes in
Russia she will receive $50, 1000, for two
performances a week, and 81, 900 for
each extra performance. Should she
from illness be unable to sing and pro-
cure a medical certificate to that effect,
the impresario will not be entitled to
make any reduction in her salary until
fortnight shall relapse.
Year: 1873

voice of inefable contempt. "It rather
becomes thee, Ignorant mortal, to adore
the goodness of. Providence, which hav-
ing ordained that men should live to be
old, mercifully decreed at the same time
that the love of life should supply the
absence of all its sources of enjoyment.
Go-take thy wish, and finish thy work
of science
Year: 1873

Life is divided into three terms that
which was, which is, and which will be.
Let us learn from the past to profit by
the present, and from the present to live
better in the future.
Year: 1873

There is one thing that is becoming quite
conspicuous in the salary grab - business,
viz: Those Congressman who voted to steal
tn IS $4,000 per member are generally the ones
to return it; while those who voted against it
are, Tor the most part, putting it in their
pockets The act was so manifestly irregular,
not to say dishonest, that some atonement
must go with it. To vote for the measure and
fob the money too is rather more than most of
the members can stand And the way many
of them, who feel that they have character
to lose, rush into the public prints to parade
their virtue and Justify their course, shows
more plainly than any argument could, that
the act has aroused guilty conscience that
needs no accuser.