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Year: 1873

Unless the story told by certain female prisoners
confined in the NorthGerman criminal prison at
Cutzow is entirely false there is appalling state
of things existing in the prisons of that region. IL
is in evidence that the warden and the matron Of
the female department have a practically unlimited
discretion i'm regard TO the nfcton of physical
punishment and that they make the fullest use OF
their opportunity frequently Hogging ngdecate women
with birch or rattan rods until they fall insensibls
under the torture. One victim of these Outrages
had sufficient spirit to complain Of them and tho
perpetrators have been arrested and the matter il
undergoing investigation. Il is impossible TO say
how long these infamies may have continued before
this energetic woman determined to drag them to
light As long as all inspection, except that OF q
merely formal constructive official character. ~
excluded from prisons and asylums there is no safe
guard against the cruelty and brutal caprice OF
keepers and wardens. The story of the prisoners OF
Cutzow is not without its lesson for our Blooming
dales and Auburns.
Year: 1873

Here is an illustration of what we have ovor and
over again saidthat difference of in the worker
should make no difference of wages. In the Post
Office Department two young ladies' We are told.
who do all the transating for the office The work


very severe and it is proposed TO give each of tho
ladies salary of $1,000 per annum. The place pre-
supposes thorough knowledge of four languages
man filling it would not think himself oyerpaid
if he received $1,000 $4,000. woman, it seems.
does not now get 1000, though hope she will.
We frequently receive communications explaining
to us that women should not receive wages SD high
as mems for the same work, but we have not yet
been converted to any such doctrine.
Year: 1873

We published the other day an article giving the
points of history which came to pass in neghboring
city wherein an American girl threw herself away
for love of dark-eyed Hidalgo, who was taking
vacation from his barber-shop and indulging in the
peaceful pursuit of a dowry The article has reused
the ire of another gentle stranger evidently engaged
in the same business, who, imagining himself the
sportsman referred to- writes to in high wrath TO
yindicate not his conscience but his prudence. He
says:


at happens that the Father had nothing 10 give and
the Spanish Hidalgo too smart to be cajoed into
trap designed to make him take the daughter in dis
honorable The high sense OF honor OF his Cas-
tan pride, has been shoked that he has a very
diplomatic manner withdrawn himself from any further
contact With the family. He Is now enjoying all the
prestige OF society In the very city in which this ia sup
posed to have occurred and little wiser in his exper
encc OF how matches are made and how daughters
disposed discarded from their parents protection for
the sake OF launching them into matrimonial life.


Far from being discouraged, he does not abandon his
profession which Is the study OF the law with an ample
fortune to back him.


He hopes 10 be married, under better auspices how
than the supposed receipt of $4,000 check which
very few fathers In the said community can give aud
less father Of this brilliant daughter OF Eve.


friend in need is IA friend indeed. T.,


February 18th 70. Ledger Ogce


We think that it would be hard to find serener
picture of impudence and baseness than is uncon-
sciously drawn in this letter. since that most mas
terly delineation of a Thoroughbred scoundre in
Thackeray's Luck of Barry Lyndon"
Year: 1873

This time the Treasury Department has
kept its promises. The reduction of the
Public Debt was s5,277,8SO during the month
of February. The amount is generous, and
the condition of the Treasury is improved.
The last year of the Presidential term closes
with fair financial prospects and leaves good
margin for the new one.
Year: 1873

How does a man feel when he is full Of strychninef
Very few persons who have taken dose OF that
potent poison have survived to .ell the scientific
tale. Dr. Harris an assayer at Gold Hill. Nevada.
was taking solution of strychniDe for rheumatism.
In the bottle was only one dose left and there wasa
good deal Of sediment at the bottom, which DIR.
Harris swallowed. Half an hour after, while IN bed.
lie was struck senseless and speeches.. lie WA
reading at this time with candle in his hand, but
he recovered from the shock in time TO prevent the
bed-clothes from taking fire. Then he knew that he
had swallowed strychnine. Shocks and commissions
followed from half past ten TO twelve O'Clock. He
says he felt like a man broken upon the wheel and
the last shock left him helpless and stiff He had
taken two doses of sweet oil, which had some
effect. Then until six o'clock nc experienced shocks
like those of galvanic battery He could not stir
hand or foot, and any attemp. to turn his head
brought new spasm. Soon after SIX o'clock no
began TO recover and at ten o'clock m he was able
to write communication to newspaper. warning
people to beware Of over-dOses and settings.
Year: 1873

The ubiquitous rat is said to be just now specially
troublesome in Germany. In several of the pro-
vnces whole fields of grain and clover have boon
devastated by them and it is MT safe to try to cut
them of with arsenic phosphorus, because these
pleasant articles equally fatal to the hares and
other game. But the ingenuity of despair has proved
equal to the occasion. The husbandmon Row mix
plaster dust anseed OIL and dry wheat. and place it
with plenty of water, in the fields. The animals
deyour the mixture. soon very thirsty. and.
when they have taken good drink, the plaster sets
not to put too fine point upon it, solIdihos Inside
the creatures and so they expire.
Year: 1873

The fate of Foster is not yet decided by
Gov Dix. The appeals of large number of
individuals personally interested in saving his
life appear to be cOuDterbalanced by the
opinions expressed by the press. The worst
effect of a respite would be the encourage
ment which such clemency would give to the
lawless classes. Rufiians are very numerous
and desperate Just now.
Year: 1873

We rarely give advice to our neighbors Of tho
Press prcterrng generally the silent and more pow
erful preaching of example. But we feel called upon
to observe TO The Worid that nothing is gained Dy
the use of abusive epithets against adversary.
1t has for some time carried controversy with
morning paper in which ii is easily ahead in wit and
logic. Why should it, then, excite dstust in the
minds of its readers by calling the Editor of the
paper in question by such name as "Jennings"
Ii should consider that some respect is due To o
paper once edited by Henry J. Raymond.
Year: 1873

The audacious assertion of ex-contractor
Brown that his claim of $4,000 for street.
cleaning must be paid whether the work was
done or not, because he had contract for it,
smacks of the old Ring style of doing
business. But happily another than the Ring
Board of Audit sits on Mr.. Browns claim and
we hope it means to deny him his money
until he proves that the work was done, and
we'll done too,
Year: 1873

DYNG.-The man Brown, who was
shot and stabbed at Ludlow some
months since, has at last yielded to the
effects of his wounds and is dying. This
man has clung to life with wonderful
tcnacity, and for long TING It Nas
thought he would recover frog the
wounds that in nine cases out of<en
would have killed a man outright but
the effects Of an old disease combined
with the wounds, and together they will
gObble up their victim.
Year: 1873

REEDS PAEoRAMA.-This panorama
was exhibited last evening to a small
but appreciative audience. The paint
ngs were all of them, of scenes with
which many Of us are familiar, and
comprise the chief scenic attractions Of
the Northwestern corner Of Uncle
Sans dominion-principally Of and
along the Colombia. Only two pictures
were shown Of Puget Sound views


Monnts Rainier and Baker; but as was
explained to the audience, both Of these
pictures are detective and viii have 10
go under the painters brush again. The
panorama is generally correct, and
when taken there win give our friends
in the east a vivid idea Of the grandeur
of our mountain and river scenery,
which excels inifs varied beauty tiaf
of the most boasted ofSwitzerland and
the Rhine.
Year: 1873

for over an hour, and for a dis
tance Of nearly a hundred
miles by the course OF the Ohio
and reviewed it from va
rious positions, the limited
amount of ballast remaining on
hand admonished a preparation
for descent Before coming
down, q dozen Or more copies
of the Portsmouth daily paper
were thrown overheard, and
they were soon drawn into the
vortex of tho storm. One of
them fell into my hands again
the next day, as will be ex-
planned at the conclusion of this
narrative. I now commenced
to descend slowly and eau
tionsly, in order to look
out for a safe landing place.
AS this process was 60
ing on, the storm was moving
forward and away from the bal
loon. On coming down through
the lower cloud, I found the
surface of Gallia county herea-
bout covered with forest but
some distance ahead in the
line of direction a log cabin
peeEed out from a little "clear-
ing" and | struck for this, and
made a lodgment before the
cabin door in the rain, greatly
to the surprise of the family in
the house. Seeing the sudden
ly-appearing apparation was
nothing more than flesh and
blood, the good housewife eau
tiously, with the door slightly
ajar, ventured the question of,
"Who are you 2" In drippling
garments and with the most
gentle speech at my command,
| answered, "a stranger, mad
am, in a strange land; will you
please help me a little ?" Still
holding the door in her hand,
said, "What is that ?" pointing
at the aircraft as it was sway
ing over her head. ga balloon,
madam, just came out Of that
cloud" The door Immediately
flew open, and at the same time
she exclaimed, "Come out, Joe I;
here's a man in a balloon that
you read about in the paper the
other day"


The next morning 1 went to
Small landing, a few miles off,
to get on a Pittsburgh and Gin
natl packet to return to Ports
mouth, and there I found one Of
the papers referred to above,
and which they told ME had
fallen down from a black thun-
der-cloud that passed overhead
the day before, much to their
astonishment, until / had ex-
planned to them by what kind
of an express it had been cal
ried to the distance of ninety
miles two hours after it came
from the press. bad


There are scenes of our lives
that seem to become as indeli-
bly, impressed on the tablet Of
the brain as is the image on the
photographers albuminoid mem


brane, and the storm scenes are


of that character. The secret


majesty of nature therein as.


serts her superior divinity, and


makes man shrink into insig-


nifcance Of a microscopic


monad, with all his boasted in


tellectual powers, when COM
pared to the intelligence of the
great Ruler Of the Universe


lorUayss groJsia Do gailI1aai


lH h0frftfAI dlfe nif iynilat vi
Year: 1873

The Board of Supervisors received. yestcr-
day. petition from the marketmen Of Centre Market
asking that the ceiling above their stands be repaired
letter was received from the Mayor calling the atten
ton OF the Board TO the dilapdated conoton OF the
arsenal at White Em-ss., and recommending that
1t be repaired letter was read from Gov DIX
stang that to the resolution recently passed
by the Board TO the consolidation OF the
various regiments in the First Division. that he would
give his ttenon to subject at once. resolution
was adopted asking the Commissioners for the erection
OF armores and drilrooins, to make out report OF
their work from the date OF their appointment TO the
present time The Committee on Civil Courts
-werc requested 10 inquire If more clerks were
.employed in the Supreme Court than were
neoeAsary and at on the subject super
visor Van Schack offered "a resolution, winch was


adopted tranferriDg the 9th Regiment from NssOn
10 Glass Hall. He stated that the cause or his making
the motion was in consequence OF the Information tha
The Colonel letting out the hall by the night Tor
supper room, being entrance IRON tbe NAL 10
the Academy OF Music resolution WAS introduced 10
sppODt committee OF three to inquire into the claims
The county prior 10 1878 The Committee on Ar
Drill Rooms reported la favor OF transferring
the Ssth Regiment Centre Market Armory from their
present quarters No. 29l B0wery The COMMITTEE on


County Offices reported that ia reply TO the request OF
tho Sheroect they thought the Office was In GOOD
repair he could t IL up at his own expense II
he desired.
Year: 1873

PAY YoUR WATER RENT.-Person who have
not paid their water rent should do so at once, as
the law requires 1t 10 be paid this month or the
water will be cut of. The Registrar and Com
mltee having the works in charge are reluctant
to do this but the law must be observed
Year: 1873

, Story is told of French gentleman,
who. having lost the bulk of his property
through the rascality of friends in whom
he trusted. crowned it all by the loss of
his mental balance, aud for the remaind-
er Of his days found his only delight in
riding in omnibuses and passing fares
from passengers to the driver, taking
care when change was retuned to add to
il a son or two from his own pocket, and
watch the effect on the receiver. In nine
cases out of ten, as the story goes. the
passenger, counting over his change and
finding, as he supposed, that the driver
had cheated himself, would look bewild-
cred for moment, aud then pocket the
change with quiet chuckle. The spe-
clal delight of the lunatic was in salts
fying himself i'll this way that nine-tenths
Of his fellow-lnen were dishonest, if they
only had the opportunity.
Year: 1873

DEATH FROM LIGHTNING PAINLESS
Owing to the velocity with which the
electric current moves, it is certain that
person struck by lightning has no pre-
monition of the blow which he receives.
When we see the zigzag or the flash, we
see only the effect produced by the cur
rent which has already passed away.
Tyndall says: The nervous system re-
qnires certain interval of time to be-
come conscious of pain. The time Of an
electric discharge is but small fraction
Of this interval; hence, as sentient ap-
paratus, the nervous system is destroyed
before consciousness can set in
Year: 1873

The sweetest comforts of this life are
but treasures of snow. Do but take q
handful of snow, and crush it in your
hand, and it will melt away presently;
and so it is with the comforts of this
world; if you grasp them in your hands
and lay them too near your hearts, they
will quickly melt and vanish away; but
il you will not hold them too fast in
your hands nor lay them too close to
your hearts, they will abide the longer
with you. There are those that hug
their mercies to death, that kiss them
till they kill them.
Year: 1873

The p, w, & X. Railway SubscriP'


tiou..IDjunctiOn Asked For


A petition was filed with Judge MIL


YIN Yesterday asking him to eDjoin th'


County Commissioners from paying th'


&l5OOO subscribed by them on behalf o


the county to the stock Of the Pittsburgh


Wheeling & Kentucky Railway Company
to secure the. completion Of that road


We have not seen the petition, but learl
that the injunction Is asked on the grount
that the Commissioners had no authority
under the constitution, or rather are for
biddsn by that instrument, to make th'
subscription without submitting the pro
position TO popular vote and receiving
three.tllths aflrmativemajority. We write
this paragraph without opportunity tc
make an exhaustive search for this sup
posed constitutional inhibition, and with
out that will not assert positively that
there Is no such provision, but we incline
TO think there Is not. II there is any 1t
ought to appear in the article on Finance
and Taxation, but in that article we
DO not find anything that applies to this
case. The 9Th section Of that article
iorbids tho creation Of any debt by
county unless all questions connected
with it have been submitted TO the people,
and unless tho proposition has received a
three.fltths majority. But that does not
spply to the case in hand, for It Is not pro.
posed to create any debt The Commls-
sioners simply propose, as we understand,
to make an expenditure Of money. They
have made the subscription and propose
to pay 1t down. We take 1t the Commis.
soners OF the county have full discretion
rs 10 the expenditure Of the county reYe-
nues. We arc not aware any Limitation
at all on this discretion. We are not clear
but there ought TO be provision forbid
ding the investment Of any county funds
In the stock Of a railway or other private
corporation, without vote of the people;
but we are not aware that there is
any. With present information we do
not perceive what constitutional or
other legal restriction there is to
forbid the County Commissioners from
making the expenditure proposed by
them In the purch ase OF this P, W, s K.
railway stock. II certainly comes under
no provision Of the constitution in
relation to the creation OF debt In aid of
corporations, for, as we remarked, no
debt Ia to be created. The Commission.
ers simply vote funds Of the county,
which 1t Is their province 10 diRburse at
their discretion, for purpose which they
conceive 10 be Of so much value 10 the
county as amply to justify the expendi-
ture. The object OF the expenditure is
one that commends itself TO the vast
majority Of the people Of the county, II
there is any valid legal objection to the
mode Of procedure, weshsll not object to
calling a halt and correcting it by an


election, for we do not believe in allowing
any irregulsrity in the modes OF trans
acting the public business. Let US live
up to the requirements of the law, what
ever they may be. For the present,
however, we arc Of opinion that these
petitioners are in error, and that the action
Of the Commissioners Is strictly in order.
Year: 1873

THE REAs0N-The reason of the un-
precedented demand for DR.. Price 5
Cream Baking Powder and Special Fla
vorings, Vanilla, Lemon, etc, is the result
of their being just as represented, of su-
perior strength and uniform quality,
coupled with the equally potential fact
that they contain not one grain of adulter-
alton. Having thoroughly tested them
ourselves we have no hesitancy in saying
that they will accomplish just what is
claimed for them, and one single trial will
readily convince any person as to the truth
of our assertion.
Year: 1873

Use DoOLEY's YEAST POWDER and you
will have no difficulty The substances
entering into its composition are perfectly
pure, healthy and nutritious, and each
package contains with scrupulous exact
ness the quantity and quality represented,
For sale by all Grocers.
Year: 1873

Have you ever tried NATURES HAIR
RESTORATIVE? You will be delighted
with it. Clean, safe, and efficient. 1t is
driving all the poisonous compounds out of
the market 1t is as clear as crystal
See advertisement.
Year: 1873

GUARANTEED TO DO sATISFAcToRIAII,Y


THE WORK FOR WHICH THEY ARE SOLD.


N B.-As an earnest of our good faith In the rep
resentatons made by us. would say that II a1y
pump made by Us fails to do the work for which II
y SOLO y may be returned and the purchase money
Illustrated circulars and price list furnished
piicanon. liz
Year: 1873

The death of Napoleon III, late Emperor Of
France took place yesterday morning. 1t was not
anticipated; but still as it had been made known
by telegraphic bulletins throughout the world,
that he had undergone a very difficult and dam
gerous surgical operation and was very i'll in con-
sequence, the announcement OF his death was not
30 much of a shock as it might have proved had
the cause which led TO it not been previously made
known. The demise OF one who had occupied so
conspicuous position as one of the great rulers,
swaying empires almost At his will, and receiving
hemage from great nation of which he was the
supreme head, but two years since, and yet no
disturbance in the political affairs of Europe oc-
cur, Is an event which seems to mark the progress
of the equalization Of man and prove that the days
of mOnarchies, empires and all other despOtic
governments, are approaching an end, and that
ultimately more liberal ins titutions will be sub
stituted for the despOtism that are now tottering
in many parts of the old world,
Year: 1873

The conviction Of Archibald Given, one of tho
county tax collectors, in the L. S. Court, on
Thursday, and the heavy fine imposed upon him
will render action on the part of the Legislature
nocessary,tO define moro clearly the duty of such
officers or the county will not be able to get men
to serve in this capacity. 1t is maintained by
gentlemen who arc familiar with the charges
against Given that he prevented no man from
getting vote who was entitled to it; and that he
was, therefore, not guilty of the charges preferred
Whether guilty or not he at once paid the fine OF
$1,000 together with the costs in the case 1884 25;
making a total of g., ,3s425, and was discharged.
This is an enormous sum to take out of a mans
pocket who has a family to maintain, and we
presume there is scarcely another collector in the
county who could have paid SO much.


Its matter Of much regret that there should
arise any difficulty of such character. The Gov
ernment Fithin the last few years has added
many new laws 70 the statutes, and put them In
force on numerous occasions before even the
lawyers had time to become acquainted with
them. And it has not unfrequently been done
through political malice, and hence its acts arc
regarded as oppressive and despotic, and such as
no great government should innict upon its citi-
Hens. This was the complaint in many other
cases of different character from the present
Many Republican lawyers entered their protests
at the various bars throughout the country, be-
cause Of the enforcement Of laws that were not
understood BY the people, and before it was pos
sible for them to acquire a knowledge of their
existence.


We VIII venture that there Is not q collector in
the State that understands the laws under which
Given was convicted, and II seems that very few
of the most intelligent citizens are any better in
formed.
Year: 1873

This question was before the City Council last
evening, as will be seen by the report of the pro-
ceedings Of that body The remarks elected from
the members will be found interesting. The re-
port of the Committee on the subject was adopt
ed after discussion. 1t proposes that the city
should furnish site and pay half the cost OF
erecting building for the accommodation OF the
courts
Year: 1873

Adjourned on Thursday evening until Tuesday


afternoon 1t is questionable whether this is
good policy on the part of our law makers. 1t is
perhaps excusable in the first week of the session;
but it would seem that q resolution explanatory
of the reason for such adjournment after being in
session two and half days, would have been ac-
ceptable TO their constituents.
Year: 1873

While am on this matter, says cor
respondent, I will relate alittle incident
told me by a well-known steamboat
captain. He said: ~ am IN elder in
the Presbyterian Church. I made a
profession of religion when 1 was very
young. Vanderbilt employed me to
run one of his boats. 1t was considered
a great thing for person of my age to
have such position. Twas very proud
of it and tried to do my best. One
Saturday the agent came to me and
said: You must fix your boat up to-
day, for tomorrow we are going to
send you up the North River on an ex-
cursion. thought the matter over.
1 was a young man. l did not wish to
lose my position, and yet | conld not
run the boat on Sunday. 1 said SO to
the agent in n letter, rendered him my
resignation, and prepared to 60 home.
met the Commodore on the Battery.
He said: Come down and dine with
me tomorrow my wife wants to see
yon.' Il cannot, was the reply, for l
must go homo. have got Though on
your line What does that mean 2
said the Commodore. then told him
the story. THAT fellow is fool. We
have got men enough to run that boat
whose principles won't be hurt. You
go about your business. If anybody
interferes with your religion, send them
to me"