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Year: 1873

NEW YORK, August 2S.-The Assem-.
bly, Committee on Transportation will
meet In Saratoga September Sd, and IL Is
likely the State Senate Committee will
meet at the same time. Their object Is 10
obtain all the information possible on the
subject oil transportation, from the interior
TO the seaboard, and be able TO impress
the United States Senate Committee on
Transportation that New York State
possesses the most feasible and advants-
geous routes, and Is most worthy such i'm.
provement at the expense Of the general
government as will open 1t as q great
channel Of civilization between the West
and the Atlantic,
Year: 1873

HANDSOME CcSPLIMENT. = Captain
HENRY VAAs was made the recipient last
evening by the Beethoven Society, at their
hall corner OF Main and 14th streets, Of a
pair Of beautiful silver cups. The gift was
meant to express the Society'S esteem for
Captain VAS as gentleman and their
admiration for his genius as a musician;
and to commemorate his thirty-seventh
birthday. Judging from the sounds Of
reVelry" that came around to our sane
tum, as we'll from the visit Of messenger
with several enormous mugs OF beer, the
Beethoyens were having a jolly time.
Year: 1873

The late Clement Webster used to
tell of moderator of New Hampshire
town-neeting, in the days of Levi
Woodbury. and Isaac Hill, who, finding
Whig vote in the ballot-box, took it
out and held it up before the assembled
electors, and Indignantly demanded to
know "who threw this Federal vote p
The guilty voter lacked sufficient cour-
age to avow the act in that Democratic
crowd, and the moderator remarked,
"I thought it was mistake, and I'll
throw it out" The story is called to
mind by report of recent election
in a suburb of Chicago. When the
moderator tipped over the hat he found
1000 ballots therein, but as there were
but fifteen hundred names on the tally
sheet, he concluded there must have
been some mistake. He was quick at
figures and ready at expedients 20 ne
Just threw out promiscuously the ive
hundred tickets, and declared the result
from a count of what remaineqs
Year: 1873

What n Volunteer Says OF Them as n


Fighting Ground.


A letter from the lava beds says:


I have Just come in from Jacks
stronghold where I have been in fight
for the last three days. l went as
volunteer and was attached to Major
Thomas Battery of four Cohorn NOR
tars, and it was the mortars which drove
the Indians out. Five thousand in
fantry could not have done it IN Six
months without the loss of one-half Of
the command.


Words cannot describe the character
of these beds; newspaper reporters
may try to do it, but they cannot convey
an idea. Since the fight have been
through part of the beds, and that was
enough for me. 1t is impossiblesto tell
what damage we have done to the In
dians, as they concealed or burned their
dead, and the former is very easy, as all
they have to do is merely to throw the
bodies into crevice and then fill it up
with rocks. We have, however, found
eleven dead bodies. We have here si1
dead, twenty wounded, and about the
latter number on crutches, from sprained
ankles from falling over the rocks. TO
give you some faint idea OF the sharp
rocks, one-half of our men went IN
with new shoes, and came out mostly
barefoot, and with feet bleeding.
Year: 1873

Insect WoRK.-Red coral is formed
yery slowly, and in deep water, so that
it is never found in large pieces. When
fishers are in search Of it, they row
boat over that part of the sea where the
coral insect works, and then drop Q
large wooden cross with net at each
end, into the water; this is dragged
along, and gets tangled among. the
rough branches of the coral deep down
in the water, and breaks of branches OF
it which fall into the nets, and are pick
ed out and sold to jewellers, who fashion
it into the many pretty ornaments which
are 30 popular with the ladiss.
Year: 1873

The servants right to he politely treated
is Just as absolute and indefcasble as that
of the queen. She is a child of the Grea
King, and to her applies the royal law,
according to the Scripture, 4" Tnou shalt
love thy neighbor rs thy self" That law,
which is the highest of all, surely includes
politeness. If we are bound to love our
neighbors as ourselves We are bound to
treat them courteously, at any rate. That
is one of the first and most rudimenial OF
our duties to them. Your servant, dear
madam, is your neighbor-the nearest Of
all your neighbors. She has right, then,
under this royal law-which is itself the
spirit OF all just laws-to be courteously
treat d by you.


1t is no more condescension for you to
use respect and gentleness in your inter-
course with her than it is for her to sweep
your floors and build your fires. You are
entitled to no more credit for speak king
kindly to her than you are for not stealing
her pocket handkerchiefs. IL you do moi
govern yourself in ally yur conversation
with her by the same laws Of courtesy
which you observe in your conversation
with the callers in your parlor, you are
very vulgar person. The maid in your
kitchen is a woman; the guest in your par.
lOr is nothing more.


Will you give to silks and feathers nd
purse what you deny to womauhood
That is the very essence of ulgarity. Dc
not say that the guest never tries youl
temper, as the servant does. You know
that many of those whom you greet will
smiles tell lies about you when you ar
beyond their sight. The laws of goo'
manners lead you to treat their deceitful
ness with forbearance, Should they no
require equal forbearan ce toward the gir
! in your kitchen
Year: 1873

Childreu's ears ought never TO be boxed.
We have seen that the passage OF the ear
is closed by thin membrane, especially
adapted 10 be influenced by every i'm
pulse of the air, and with nothing but the
air to support it internally. What then
can be more likely to iDjure this mem
brane than sudden and forcible COM
preston of the air in front of it2 lf any
one designed to brake or overstretch the
membrane, he could scarcely devise
more effective means than to bring the
hand suddenly and forcibly down upon
the passage oflthe ear, thus driving the air
violently before it, with no possibility for
its escap pc but by the membrane givin 6
way. And far too often il does give way,
especially il, from any previous disease,
it has been weakened. Many children
are made deaf by boxes on the ear In
this way.


Nor is this The only way; if there is
one thing which does the nerve of hearing
more harm than almost any other, 1t is a
sudden jar or shock. Children and grown
persous alike may be entirely deafened by
falls or heavy blows upon the head. And
boxing the ears produces similar ehect,
though more slowly and in less degree
1t tends TO dull the sensibility OF tae
nerve, even if it does not hurt The mem
brane. / knew of pitiful case, once, OF
q poor youth who died from n terrible dis
| ease Of the ear. lie had discharge from
| il since he was a child. OF course his
hearing had been dull and what had
happened was that his father had often
boxed his ears for inattenIon. Most
likely that boxing on the ear, diseased as
il was, had much to do with his dying.
And this brings me to the second point.


Children should not be blamed for mat
tention until it has been found out wheth-
er they are little deaf. This is easily
done BY placing them at a few yards dis
tance, and trying whether they can unds r.
stand what is said to them in rather low
tone of voice. Each ear should be tried
while the other is stopped by the finger


do not say that children are never guilty
| of inattention, especially TO that which
they do not particularly wish to he ar; but


do say that very many children are blam-


ed and punished for inattention when


they y aily do not hear.


Al.u there is nothing at once more cru


ell and more hurtful TO the character oil
children than to be found fault with fol


what is really their misfortune Three


things should be remembered bere 1
That slight degrees of deafness, otter
lasting<suly for a time, are very com nor
among children, especially during OF, ,afte


colds. y. That's slight deafness, whi,l
does not prevent a person from hearing
when he is expecting to be spoken to, will
make him very duh to what he is not ex-
pec'.ng; and, 3. That there is kind G
deafness in which person can hear pref
ty well while listening, bat is really yer.
hard Of hearing when not listening.
Year: 1873

JUDGE JOHN Ill. REAGAN has writ
ten q letter ihdorsing Congress
man Herndon in his salary grab,
and when he did so he certainly
broke the spellswhich a few of his
admirers thought would culminate
in his nomination for Governor;
We don't indorse that grab game
as played by our Congressional
representation, aud consequently
will not bank very high on the
politician who does.
Year: 1873

enucaVOrlnB 10 DrihB oiuoi ohu ""' '"'"'
out of confusion.


Certain exhibitors arose and made COM
plants that their places had been assign
cd them, and that they had begun arrang-
ing their goods, but that now they are
told that all was but temporary, and if
so, they might be removed from their
places, and it was little use to continue
working. Others had sorrowful stories to
tell of delays in obtaining papers, and
length of time in getting goods through
tho Commission,


At last a gentleman arose to speak. lie
was unknown TO the chairman. who asked
his name. "My name, said the gentle
man, in clear, full voice, "is Gen. Van
Buren,a name not very popular at present.
He then stated that It seemed somewhat
strange to him, that when complimea is
were being paid to Gen. Schwarz and Gen.
Cannon, that not one crumb should fall
into his basket, and no word be spoken
concerning his labors, which had been
faithfully given during the last ten or
twelve months to enable America to take
an honorable, even glorious position at this
Worlds Fair. He had taken the place at
the earnest solicitations of President
Grant, and his sole aim had been to ag.
grandize America and not himself. He
then said in kind and manly way, that
he was there 20 offer his aid, his informa-
ton and all papers in his possession to
help in carrying out what he had begun,
and he hoped and believed that America
would yet hold no inferior position here
among the assembled nations.


After he seated himself, Gen. Cannon
arose and expressed his opinion that honor
was due to Gen. Van Buren, for valuable
services rendered his country in this Ex-
position. Van Buren again arose and said
with emotion: "These are the first words
of encouragement that have heard from
an American on foreign shore, the first
kind EXPIRE ssion of acknowledgment that
have done anything except something
for which should be censured.' lie then
reasserted that he had sought only the
glory of America, and that he was anxious
that the Investigations should proceed
they would only prove his innocence.


Another gentleman then spoke, who said
that he thought it only fair to state what
he knew of one English firm who had tried
hard to buy of Gen. Van Buren, the right
to put up restaurant, but the General
would not hear to it. He was not to be
bought.


It is certainly trying place. The
General has given his time and labor for
many months, and now, when about to
reap the salts faction of seeing accom-
plished that for which he has so long
toilcd, be is set aside, and another, who
has done nothing, comes in to wear his
honors. If the General is guilty, this
would matter little, although even then
the praise due him should be given; but
if innocent, thon most assuredly does he
deserve sympathy, encouragement and
kindly words from his countrymen. AT
any rate his conduct in coming forward
and offering to give aid and information
| is manly and commerdablc, and we hope
that the investigation will dispcl the
cloud that now hangs over him.
WELT AUSSTELLUNG.
Year: 1873

Or COURSE. the politicians want to get
in the Oranges and use the innocent old
farmers, who have had the good sense 10
organize these associations for the pro-
lection of their own material interests,
but they are refused admission. since the
Grange is fundamentally non political.
Politics are excluded by its organic law,
and rs long rs the Institution. adheres to
its letter and spirit, it is the best prac-
tical organization for farme ever es-
tablishcd, we believe, in this country
TSouthwestern Telegraph.


So say we. The reputation of
professional politicians is absolute.
Iy essential to tho redemption of
this country and unless the people
act in the matter of their oxpul-
sion from the high places in which
they have in measure fortified
themselves, wo need expect moth
ing but worse times than we arc
now having. We want to SEQ tho
people try their hand awhile in
running the government machine,
and predict the happicst results if
they will but do it. Let them take
their leaders from their own ranks,
and not from tho legion of party
hacks who have no sweat out of
which to eat their daily bread, and
.
no hope but starvation, unless fed
from the public crib. Down with
such leaders, and up with the true
representatives is our platform,
and in making it tangible reality
the HERALD's candidate for tho
Office of Governor is the right man
for tho business.
Year: 1873

Ex-senator Foote to Washington Chronicle


General Grant was called upon six
years ago, in manner and under cir
cumstances difficult to be resisted by
any ordinary man, TO cause Generals
Lee and Joe Johnston to be arrested
and tried for treason, despite the SOL
emn parol which had been accorded to
them, and in shameful disregard of
the fidelity with which its conditions
had been complied with. There were
not a few then in whose bosoms re-
venge was ranking, and some even in
high places were heard to cry aloud
that the ''time had come to make trea-
son odious." What was the conduct
of this great captain when thus called
upon to do deed of shame? He in
dignantly refused to be used as an in-
strument for the preparation of such
injustice and tyranny; and, with some
thing of the stern and lofty virtue of
an Aristides or Cato, nobly risked his
own official position upon the result;
thereby, in my judgment, acquiring
more of true glory than ever he had
previously done in all the successful
battles which he had fought in defense
of the Constitution and the Union.
Who has yet dared openly to censure
General Grant for acting this noble
part?


1t is said that General Lee, only a
few weeks before his lamented decease,
was accosted by manned and latter
ed soldier near his own gate, who had
fought on the side of the Government
IN the late unhappy war. This soldier
was poor, diseased, and apparently
friendless. The renowned Confederate
commander heard the tale of suffer-
ings of that unfortunate soldier with
fixed attention, burst into tears, poured
the sweet words of consolation and en-
couragement into his ears, and emptied
the contents of his purse into his weak
and trembling hands. Had all Amer
lea been witness of this touching and
impressive scene, where is the monster
that would have presumed still to in
sist that discord should continue in the
land of Washington, and that the ran
cors produced by this dire conflict
should yet be prolonged by deeds of
reciprocal unkindness
Year: 1873

An agent Of the Special Detective
Agency of New York is now in Paris
in pursuit of the Bender family, who
are charged with being the authors OF
the wholesale murders lately discover
ed at Cherryvale, Kansas. Detectives
from the same agency have been sent
to London and all the leading Europe
an cities. One Of the accused, Johanna,
or as she is commonly known, Katie
Bender, is quite young, has red hair,
and is person of rather repulsive fea-
lures, with furtive and distrustlul
expression. She was seen on steam
er which left New York for Iavre, and
it is supposed that the whole family
are at the French capital or In the en-
virous. Kate Bender is possessed of
some education, and is said to be able
to speak little French. If they are
really in France, now that the police
are On their track, it will be impossi-
BILE for them long to escape detection.


Itappears that the world is to be ran
sacked that these murderers may be
caught. 1t is most singular that, with
the strongly marked characteristics Of
all four members of this infamous fam
lily, they have escaped detection so
long american Register, of Paris.
Year: 1873

ties to fight and other fields to win.
Among the objects which you must
ceaselessly strive to attain is, not to be
out-done by any portion or class of
youF fow fsDs men tn in al broad kindly
men-North, South, East, and West.
[Applause.l 1t is by loving the whole
country--by forgiving the weakness
and wrongs of those who raised their
hands against the country, and by try
ing to breath into all the spirit of ma
tionality and the love of equal and i'm
partial liberty, that we shall advance
the interests. the honor, and the name
of the Republic of the United States,
for which the grand old Army of the
Potomac fought so longsand so bravely,
[Great Applause.
Year: 1873

A Chicago widower, who has been
married nine times, says that which q
man most wants of wife is her COM
panionship, sympathy, courage and
love. He is right. The true man
wants his wife's companionship when
he has to get up in the night to see
what noise is in the cellar. Her courage
is eminently valuable in the general
neighborhood debates over the posses
sion of some domestic article, and her
love is absolutely indispensable when
he gets in late. But her sympathy
Well, any one who has ever picked up
the wrong stove lid with his bare
hand can estimate the value of that
IN. Y, Com. Ad.
Year: 1873

A little romance from the postOfiice
Of a New England town speaks OF hope
deferred and a sick heart, and all that
sort of thing. Regularly every two
weeks for the last six years, q letter has
arrived there, addressed in feminine
hand, to some unknown person. Over
and over they are advertised, but he
never comes to claim them, and one
by one they are sent to the. dead-letter
office at Washington. Still they come
and still the mystery continue.
Year: 1873

| h1LLlNG POTATOES.-A correspond
ent of the R,rdl Neao Yorker tried an
IeXperiment last season with raising no.
tatoes by hilling, and by leaving the
surface fiat. The summer was wet.
giving the hilling the advantage, if
any. The result was about the same
quantity for each, but the potatoes
from the part rot hilled were larger,
fewer in number, and finer in quality.
He thinks much labor, worse than
useless, is expended in hilling potatoes.





PRESERVING EGGs.-A French
journal contains an account of various
Experiments made in France on the
best method of preserving eggs-a SUBJ
lject OF much importance there. Among
the different processes the best, and at
the Same time one of the simplest, was
found to consist in rubbing some vegc-
table oil Qinseed especially ON the egg;
this prevents any alteration for suf-
ficient time, and proving to be much
more satisfactory than any other plan
hitherto recommended,


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS may be
employed for various kinds of orna-
mentation. 1t is made as follows: To
two drachms of vermilion add one
ounce of resin, and melt them together.
Have ready the branches or twigs peel
ed and dried, and paint them over with
this mixture while hot. The twigs be-
ing covered, hold them over a gentle
fire, turning them round till they are
perfectly smooth. White coral may
also be made with white lead, and
black, with lam i'bIack mixed with
resin.


ICING THAT WILL NOT BREAK
Take one pound of pulverized sugar,
and the whites of three fresh eggs, we'll
beaten. Mix them well together, and
flavor with the juice of one lemon, or
add teaspoonful of strong cider vine
gar. Pulverize one teaspoonfui of
wheat or corn starch, and add to it.
Four the top of the cake as soon as it
taken from the oven, and put on the
icing with large spoon, spreading it
in place by dipping a broad-bladed steel
knife into water, and then smoothing
the frosting with it.


LEMON CREAM.-Squeeze large
lemon and CRATE the peel, add two lea

cups and half of water, and heat it
over the fire. While it is heating, rub
two tablespoonfuIs of corn-starch
smooth, and beat the yelks of three
eggs. Stir the lemon-water gradually
into the cOrn-starch, add the egg, and
set it on the fire to thicxen gradually,
like boiled custard, sweetening to taste.
After it is done, beat the whites of the
eggs stiff and stir them in; then pour
into small tumblerS or lemonade glass
es, and set them in the ice-box to get
very cold.
Year: 1873




LIEUT.. Col. FRED. GRANT has unfold
ed to a Chicago Times reporter the secret
of his astonishing promotion. de had
served all winter in Texas "a Texas winter
lasts 6 weeks)a )and wouldn't go back for any
thing. He had been home for three months
and could never stand the severe duty re-
quired Of him on the frontier. Lieut..
Gen. Sheridan then induced the Secretary
of War to assign the war-worD youth to
duty on bis staff. But it was done with
out The knowledge or consent of the Presi-
dent and solely because Gen. Sheridan
had conceived an ardent affection for the
Young man. His highness also informed
the reporter that he intended to enjoy life
in Chicago to the extent of his ability, ard
ne did not care what the papers said. The
Times promises to ask next time what bis
mother had to do with the staff sppoint-
meut, and whether it is generally consider
ed healthy for Lieutenant, General to dis
regard the solicitations of lady who is
wife of President and mother of bis chill
dram
Year: 1873




The Thirty. Eighth General Assembly of
Tennessee which has just adjourned, did
many things for which they deserve the
thanks of the people. They have given US
an efficient school system, good road law,
a searching assessment law, have appropri-
ated money to the State charitable instigU
lions. which was sadly needed and have
provided for the restoration of the States
credit bv a carefully devised funding bill,
by means of which the past due debt of
the state can be taken up and the payment
of interesf resumed within little more
than a year.


So far they have done well. But in ad-
iourning IS they did, without taking action
upon the bill to provide revenue for the
States expenses and leaving the old tax law
still in force, they almost negatiVed all
their previous action. The funding bill
which passed, makes it the duty of the
financial officers of the State to apply all
monies received upon the payment Of the
interest to becon me dUe July l, 1874, until a
sufficient amount has been set aside to
Tnaet the whole amount. This, with the
ordinary expenses of the ate, will absorb
the whole revenue derived from the present
tex law. Thus the charitable institutions
TO which about 100000 have been appro-
priated, will receive nothing.


Moreover the new assessment law re-
ou,res several species of property to be as
sassed for taxation upon which the Old rev.
enue law is silent, and so far as these are
concerned, the new law will be imperative
because of the failure Of the Legislature to
adopt a revenue bill based upon the assess
meut law.


The falth and credit of the State have
been solemnly pledged by the General AS
sembIy TO do certain things, and yet u
seems that a sufficient number OF members
were found who possessed so little regard
for the honor of Tennessee as 10 conspire
by all manner of parliamentary nIlDustef
ing successfully TO prevent the passage o
the revenue law, which was part and rarce
ofths scheme of legislation the people eieCt
ed them to enact, and without Wncn hearIS
all that had been done was rendered Oh DO
effect.





II we wish to encour age capital to com'
here aud develop our resources, we mus
restore our State credit to its former high
position. a good State credit aids the
credit of every individual citizen, and or
the contrary, loss of credit by the State
detrac.s SO much from the personal fnan.
cial standing of every citizen in 1t. Tbs
this Is unjust in some cases iS true, bq
merchants and bankers abroad argue thai
If the individual citizens of State weU
honest and honorable themselves thel
would compel the management Of thei
State affairs to be conducted upon prin
ciples of honor and integrity.