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Year: 1873

Yesterday throughout the entire city our


Catholic population celebrated with great
devotion the festival known by them as tie
Feast OF the immaculate Co3ception.


AT the st. Louis Cathedral the cerem onies
were particularly imposing. His grace, the
Archbishop, preached at eight O'Clock and
afterwards officiated pontifcally at high
mass. new mass composed by Professor
Curto, for this occasion was sung by the
choir, under the personal leadership of the
composer. The maestro himself presided
at the organ.


Vast crowds of the faithful visited the
Cathedral during the day, gazing with awe
and veneratlon upon the sacred statue that
was to be the medium whereby this diocese
should be directly co1sacrated 10 Oar
Lady Of Lourdes.


At five O'Clock yesterday afternoon his
grace the Archbishop preceded by acolytes
and priests. some fifty in number, moved in
procession from the episcopal residence to
the Cathedral. Arrived there Rev. Father
Neithardt preached an eloquent sermon on
the grace of the youthful Virgin Mary, the
wonderful celestial influence wroug ght upon
her by the Holy Ghost; the positive ev-
dence of her spotless purity as set forth in
the angels annunciation. The eloquent
priest closed with an appeal to all to revere
and honor the Virgin Mother who was full
OF grace. spotless and conceievd without
sin. His Grace Arch bishop Perche, then
followed with most powerful discourse in
French


The benedictiou Of the statue of Our
Lady of Lourdes then took place. This in.
terestlng ceremony was watched with
breathless interest by the immense throng
that literally, packed pews, aisles, choir,
vest!bules and galleries. Even surrounding
the Cathedral was a vast multitude that,
finding adm'tance impossible, yet fingered
and watched and worshiped. The statue is
rarely beautiful. Its surroundings are, we
are told, reproduction OF the scenery of
the actual Grotto of Lourdes.
Alter the dedication OF the statue, the
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, fol-
lowed by the '.Te Deum."


The vast multitude of worshipers then
slowly and reverentlg dispersed.
Year: 1873

The Herald started sensational report
last evening that the Nineteenth Infantry
had been ordered to Key West. The Herald
seemed to have monopoly of the intelli-
gence, since no one at military headquarters
has heard Of any such orders being issued.
Year: 1873

SUlClDE-A man, unknown, yesterday
took passage on the Canal street terry boat,
and when about half way across the river
took leap for death, and found it in the
muddy water. That is all known. His
unfortunate history must remain unwritren;
his loves and hates died with him as he
sank beneath the unfeel;ng waves, and the
story of his wrongs will probably never be
told. What splendid item the narration
of that mans desperation wnul2 make, and
We regret that an impossible gulf exists
between the reporter and the untold story.
Year: 1873

George Grant is not unlike some Of the
people in the parish named after him, for
he was arrested at the head of Canal street
by Sergeanr Carleton for inciting men TO
riotous conduct.
Year: 1873

TIE PIsToL.-Charies Austin and Louis
Lindsey did not have many harsh words
before they fell out, at the head of CalliOpe
street The louiest speech was made by
pistol N the hand of Austin, the bullet find
ing a soft bed in the flesh Of Lindsey, but
dong little more damage than running the
shape OF a spherical bit OF lead. Austin
was impounded in a calabOose.
Year: 1873

1t is wrong to eat without an appetite,
for it shows there is no gastric juice in
the stomach, and that nature does not
need food, and not needing it, there be-
ing no fluid to receive and act upon it,
it remains there only to purify, the
very thought of which should be suffi-
cient to deter any man from eating
without an appetite for the remainder
of his life. If tonic is taken to whet
the appetite it is mistaken course, for
its only result is to cause enc to eat
more, when already an amount has
been eaten beyond what the gastric
juice is able to prepare.


The object to be obtained is larger
supply of gastric juice, not a large
supply of food and whatever fails to
have any efficiency towards the cure of
dyspeptic diseases. The formation of
gastric juice is directly propertioned
to the wear and tear of the system,
which it is to be the means of supply
ing, and this wear and tear can only be
the result of exercise. The efficient
remedy for dyspepsia is workout
door work-benefcial and successful in
direct proportion as it is agreeable, in.
teresting and profitable. Halls Jour
nal Of Health.
Year: 1873

The way to make easy times is as
clear as daylight.


Let every man or woman who owes
money pay it at once, if it is possible.


Be willing to make sacrifice in order
to meet promptly all your engagements.


Stop grumbling at the faults or mis-
takes of others, and attend faithfully to
your own affairs.


Deal fairly, leniently and cheerfully
with all persons who owe you or are in
pecuniary trouble.


If you are out of debt, thank the
Lord and then go round among your
friends, and enemies, too, if you have
them, and render them all the assistance
in your power.


Don't hoard your money but loan
it, or use it to relieve the needy, on the
same principle that you would give
bread to the needy in day of famine.


Do what you can in every way to re-
heve pecuniary distress, to check the
current of financial embarrassments
and restore public confidence.


II you are bank officer or director,
don't be cross minute. Smile, as a
Christian duty, from morning till night.
Give an encouraging word, if possible,
to all, and by all means strain every
nerve to help all who need it.
Year: 1873

The Memphis Register says: We
announce with grateful satisfaction the
decadence of the yellow fever in our
afflicted city. We have had fearful
struggle with this dread monster for
more than six weeks past. It has slain
our people by the hundred; it has
paralyzed the business of our city, and
sent grief and desolation to thousands
of households throughout the country.
We have fought the fight as best we
could, ever and always trushing in
" Him from whom all blessings fow."
To us it has been long, weary night of
ilimitabless trouble and underlined
misery. We have seen our best men
laid low and our bravest women cross
the river of death. The dread monster
has made no distinction. Old and
young, black and white, have all been
taken from us, and we could but say,
sit is the will of the Lord, let it be
DONE" No tongue can describe, no
pen can picture the full extent of our
suffering. Hence we rejoice with an
exceeding great Joy" when we an
nounce that the pestilence is departing
from our midst. 1t has done its work.
The graves in the various burying-
ing-grounds around our city, the DESC
lated homes of our corporation, and the
mourning widows and helpless orphans
on our streets, all attest the extent of
that work. The reports of our faithful,
untiring visitors, with the cold, bracing
atmosphere of the past three days, tell
us in plain and unmistakable language
that God in his mercy has stayed the
hand of the destroyer. We therefore
say, and our people join as in one united
voice, "Let God be praised"
Year: 1873

An extraordinary affair happened
about the year 174O. One of the di-
rectors, a very rich man, had occasion
for ESQ, ZOO OF the Bank of England,
which he was to pay as the price of an
estate he had just bought To facilitate
the matter, he carried the sum with him
to the bank, and obtained for it bank
note. On his return home he was sud-
denly called out upon particular busi-
ness he threw the note carelessly on
the chimney, but when he came back
few minutes afterward to look it up,
it was nowhere to be found. No one
had entered the room he could not,
therefore, suspect any person. At last,
after much Intellectual search, he was
persuaded that it had fallen from the
chimney into the fire. The director
went to acquaint his colleagues with
the misfortune that had happened to
him; and as he was known to be a
perfectly honorable man he was readily
believed. 1t was only about twenty
four hours from the time that he had
deposited the money; they thought,
therefore, that it would be hard to re-
fuse his request for a second bill. He
received it upon giving an obligation to
restore the first bill, if it should ever be
found, or to pay the money himself, if
it should be presented by any stranger.


About thirty years after (the director
having been found dead, and his heirs
in possession of his fortune), an un-
known person presented the lost bill at
the bank, and demanded payment. 1t
was in vain that they mentioned to this
person the transaction by which that
bill was annulled; he would not listen
to it. He maintained that it came to
him from abroad, and insisted upon i'm.
mediate payment. The note was pay
able to bearer, and the 100000 were
paid him. The heirs of the director
would not listen to any demands of res
titution, and the bank was obliged to
sustain the loss. It was discovered
afterward that an architect, having pur-
chased the directors house, and taking
it down, in order to build another up
on the same spot, had found the note
in crevice of the chimney, and made
his discovery an engine for robbing the
bank
Year: 1873

Andrew Hill, the fagman at the
Broad street crossing of the Morris and
Essex Railroad, will ever be gratefully
remembered by young lady, who was
rescued by him from imminent death.
The young lady, who is the daughter of
a wealthy gentleman residing in Bloom
field, had been in the city during the
afternoon, and was on her way to the
depot to take the next train to return
home. A train from New York had
just passed, and the Morristown train
down, due at six o'clock, came thunder
ing down the grade as the girl ap-
preached the crossing. In her haste to
get across, she fell directly in front of
the train. The headlight threw its
fearful glare upon her PROSTATE form,
and stout men, who had been accus-
toned to witnessing mutilated bodies
of the victims of railroad accidents, too
far off to render assistance in time,
siekened and shuddered at the thought
of the inevitable crushing of the fair
girls beautiful form. The nearest man
was Andrew Hill. He threw away his
lantern, dashed between the prostrate
girl and the train that now was within
twelve feet of her, seized her in his
arms, and with all his strength threw
himself backward. He fell! The din
of the wheels drowned the cry of the
doomed victims, and the misty outline
of the train for moment hid them
from view. Mr.. Conklin had made a
rush to save the girl, but Hill was near
er to her, and Mr.. Conklin, trembling
in every joint, saw them PROSTATE, close
by the track, as the train passed by,
the girl held firmly in Hills arms. Af-
ter the danger was over the brave flag
man rose to his feet and assisted his
fair charge, who was entirely unscathed,
to reach the depot, where she took the
next train for home. 1t is stated that
the father of the young lady was in
quiring for her rescuer next morning.


The romance is, however, taken out
of this affair by the fact that Hill,
though young and handsome, is mar
ried. .-Nea0Grk Courier.
Year: 1873

Opium smoking is stealing away the
physical and moral life in China, and
the horrible sin of forcing the trade
upon the Chinese Government, even at
the cannon's mouth, lies at the door of
the great English nation--a Christian
nation whose missionaries are laboring
in every open port of China to bring
this heathen people to a knowledge of
Christ's truth. According to the last
quarterly report, the revenue from
opium alone nearly equals that derived
from all other imported articles and
this enormous amounto of poison is near
ly all produced and brought into the
empire by British subjects and on Brit
ish ships. All careful observers can
see that heathen China is being slowly
but surely dragged down to the depths
of wretchedness by this rapidly increas-
ing evil, and all the world know that,
to very large extent, the responsible
ty rests with Christian England. No
traveller in China can fail to be pro-
foundly stirred by this subject, or to
realize the solemn duty of all Christian
nations to strengthen the feeble hands
Of the Government against this terrible
ain.
Year: 1873

HAIR OF DIFFERENT RAcEs.-Some-
body who has been studying the matter
Of the form and substance of the human
hair in different races, finds that the hair
Of the North American Indian is cylin-
drical, that of the white race is oval and
that of the negro may be termed ellipti-
cal. 1t is also found that when the hair
is cylindrical the stretching and shrink
ing powers are equal on all sides of the
tilapent, and this condition gives it the
lank, straight appearance of that of the
pure-blood Indian. The oval hair dis
plays greater number of fibres upon
the fattened side than elsewhere-a con-
dition which gives to such hair ten
dency to curl or curve in that direction.
When eccentrically elliptical it not only
always curls, but often assumes spiral
shape, as on the head of the negro. The
hair of the Chinese is nearly cylindrical,
and hence it is that curled hair is almost
unknown among that people.
Year: 1873

A SHOWER OF PEBBLES AT SEA. The
steamer New York, Captain Winchester,
when eight miles from land, thirty three
miles east Of Portland, on her trip from
Boston last Friday night, between Z and
8 o'clock. was visited by shower of
pebbles that fell like hailstones. The
watch ON deck, who was trimming his
light at the time, supposed that some of
the crew We're peltipg him. The whole
of them fell abatt the paddle-boxes. In
the morning he swept them up and threw
all but one handful overheard, much to
the regret of all on board, as some of
them were very handsome. In the opin-
ion of an eminent geologist the stones
were taken up by whirlwind from some
fresh water brook. 1t will be remembered
that the sky presented very singular
appearance that evening. The wind ut
the time, to use queer expression, blew
from all quarters. The stones saved
We're all about one size, and present the
worn appearance of pebbles on the bot
tom of fresh water brook, and will
weigh about half an ounce each .-Bos-
ton Traveller, July 10th.
Year: 1873




Friday last a resident of Division street,
named Birch. received $3.50 in money,
and 1t being too late to deposit it in the
bank he placed it in small tin box and
deposited the tin box in bureau drawer.
BE has "a daughter about 10 years old
who has morbid terror of burglars, and
the girl was very anxious for the safety of
the money, fearing that some one would
enter the house. So great was her anx-
iety that she could not go TO sleep until
after midnight When the family arose
Sunday morning Birch went 10 the
drawer and found both box and money
gone. He examined the doors and win
dows, but found them secured as he had
left them the previous night. and of
course 1t was great mystery how the
money left the house. There were no
callers the evening previous, the key of
the drawer had been left lying on the
stand in the bedroom. and was there
when he got up, and the drawer was
locked as he locked it. What might
have been vexatious case for the detec-
tives was solved after breakfast without
much trouble. The daughter. on
getting up, found that wooden
rag and piece of salt pork, which
she had bound around her sore throat
the previous evening had fallen off, and
disappeared as mysteriously MS the cash
box. The father heard her talking about
1t, and as he passed through a grape
arbor in the rear of the house he saw
the cloth and the meat on the ground.
Bending over to pick them up, his foot
sank down into soft ground, and he
baoy1 n paftltnp xr,bi,l -, :,
pulling up the box safe and sound.
While the girl could not, OF course, re-
member anything about it, it is quite
certain that her anxiety for the money
led her to rise in her sleep, secure the
box, unlock the door, and go and bury it
in the arbor. A post had been pulled up
IN one cornor of the nrbor, loosening the
soil, and she had selected this spot.
Her fingers were found to be soiled with
dirt, and there We're dirt marks on the
FELLOWSHIP where she had placed her
hand. Then the wooden which had
dropped from her neck was still further
proof of her somnambulism. She was
as much surprised as any one and but
tor the accident, as it may be termed,
which led Berch into the arbor be might
have been bewailing the loss of his mon
ey year hence. He claims to be light
sleeper, and yet the daughter had taken
the key from the stand near his head,
unlocked the drawer, unlocked the back
door, drawn the bolt of the woodshed
door, passed out, returned and locked
everything, and replaced the bureau key,
and yet neither the man nor wife was
awakened and the sleeper had encount-
cred nothing to break the midnight
dream which led her to leave her bed.
Year: 1873

GOOD story is told of one Of Virtue S
canvassers in London. He found his
way into the parlor of branch bank,
and saw the manager, who, as soon as he
learned his business, ordered him out.
Very quietly he said, :" l meet with SO
many gentlemen in the course OF the
week that can afford to meet snub
occasionally" and walked out. Next
day he called at the bank again, and
wished to open an account. lie was
again shown in to the manager, and gave
satisfactory reasons for opening an ac-
count, and deposited E27O. The mana
ger could not do less than apologize for
his rudeness on the day preceding, and
ordered copy of the work, an ex-
pensive Bible, and allowed access to the
clerks, several of whom did the same
Two days afterward every farthing was
drawn OUT London Bookseller.
Year: 1873

=. Stewart, of the Mt. Leblanc Shakers,
communicated to the Farmers Club of
New York mode of protecting peach
trees from the grub which infests their
roots.


1t consists of mixture of one peck of
unbleached ashes, one quart fine salt, one
pint flour of sulphur four quarts bone meal
or phosphate of lime and two quarts fine
sea gravel.


He dug close around the roots of about
one dozen trees, some of them badly af-
fected with the grub, and put about pint
Of the mixture tight around the body In
the spring he examined all the trees close
ly to which this mixture has been applied,
and could find no appearance of grubs
about any of them. while one standing
Lear them in the same kind of soil, which
was missed, was found full of grubs, and
about half a teacupful of gum about the
roots. This is a cheap remedy and easily
obtained, and it would be well if many
persons would experiment with it upon a
few trees. In empirical compounds, which
consist of several articles. generally some
of them are inert. In the present mix
ture all, perhaps, may be active except the
sea gravel. doubt if ii is any more use
full in this case than it is upon the roofs of
houses.
Year: 1873

1t is with feeling of no common sad
ness that we pen the record of the death of
Mrs. Lottie P. Nicholson, wife of Prof.


Hunter Nicholson. Mrs. Nicholson was
the daughter of Col. Augustus Stone, of
Harmar, Ohio. Though comparatively a
greatly esteemed and beloved by circle of
friends who had been drawn around her,
by peculiar, unaffected kindliness man
iiested in all her intercourse. Early in
life follower of the Lord Jesus, her en-
tire course was that of CONSTANT Chris
tian. Her first connection with the church
of Christ, which was in her girlhoOd,


was in another visible commun-
ion than that in which she died. After


her marriage she came with her husband
into the Episcopal Church, with whose
enterprises of charity, she identified


herself to the full extent of her
opportunities. Begirt with a large


and growing family the later years


of her life were given up to this loving


and responsible charge, with all the
| warmth of a true WON ms heart in the
relations of wife and mother, Lessons of
holy truth she taught the dear little ones:
who are to know her tender care no more.
| They know how to pray, for this most
| important exercise for human creatures
| they learned at her knee.


When she came to die, she had no need


to leave rules to her husband in relation to
| her family, for, as she told her friends, she
could leave all that care to her Masters


ordering. One by one she called her dar-
lings to her side and gave them sweet


charges, which they will remember in


other days amid the associations that cluster


around the image of their dear departed;


and then she passed away, assuring her
| friends that death had lost its terrors.


Into the sacred sorrow of that smitten
| family group we will not intrude, but
| while rendering our fearful sympathy,
point them to that blessed home where
| the storms of Providence never sweep,
and where they will seek to meet the wife
and the mother in the Presence of Him
who is the resurrection and the life.
Year: 1873




A new year is here and to improve the
coming upon the past ought to be the en-
deavor of every man. That our city is
increasing in population, extending in size
and commercial standing, none can dis
pute, still there are many things wanting
to place us Oh an equal footing with the
majority of our sister cities Of the UniO,.
Among the numerous ones that L could
mention, is Public Library. Now, such
all institution is q great benefit to any
society and also sure proof that COM
munity so provided is an intelligent and
intellectual one, and many removes above
dollar and how to get it. A library and
reading room, gotten up either by public
subscription or as private enterprise
with n proper display Of energy, providing
a variety of reading for the people, could
not help becoming not only self-support-
ing but in time remuneratiye. The ad-
vantages that would accrle from the
establishment of such an institution, there
can be no doubt, would be very great. For
instance, how many young men who now
pass their leisure evening hours either in
the haunts of continually exciting pleas
ure or yawning away weary existence in
their own rooms, would gladly attend the
reading room and carry home fresh book
to aid them in some intellectual research,
thereby often completing half finished
education and making men of them.


We have Christian associations and lite
rary societies of almost every description.
Can not they increase their good works by
starting the ball-even an appeal from
them to the public, am convinced, would
not be disregarded. Come, who is ready
to commence the good work and make for
themselves an everlasting reputation in
the future history of our rising city?


TRACY TUPMAN
Year: 1873

Yesterday at the noon train colored
woman, without any apparant cause, fell
down on the platform and we are told, pre-
sented quite ridiculous appearance. 1t
was said by some present that she must
have had Slight fit of some kind. e
Year: 1873

The influence on the system of SMoL kNpER's
BUcHu is such, that no case of kidney, bladder
and glandular diseases, mental and physical
debility, exhaustion Of the vital force lassitude
lack OF nervous energy, debility, and maladies
incidental to the female sex, can withstand its
curative properties. 1t renews the nervous
system to q sanitary state feblS-eodtw
Year: 1873

A correspondent asks, "Would it not be
well for some praying band to take up its
abode in the Capitol and give Congress a
camp-meeting chance for conversion ~ The
trouble is that they don't spell praying cor
rectly in Washington.
Year: 1873

The Brunswick Telegraph tells story of a
young widow down on the Kennebec, who
said to an acquaintance who was condoling
with her upon the recent death Of her hus-
band, II hope you'll excuse my not crying,
but the fact is, crying always makes my nose
bleed"
Year: 1873

A CASApIAN farmer has devised q
new dodge. He took a load OF very
poor hay to the residence OF gentle


man In Ottawa, aud informed that
gentleman's wife that he had been di.
rected to leave the hay in the yard
and receive from her $40 In payment.
She supposed It was all right |; but the
husband. on his return, was dissusted
to find that he had load Of hay that
he did not want and never ordered,
and that his wife had paid for 1t three
times rs much as 1t was worth.