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Year: 1870

On Thursday night OF last week as Joseph Carr
guest at the fremont House, was passing up Broad
way ne formed the acquaintance Of q .soled dove"
who gives her name as Mary Smith Carr Is
somewhat advanced in years and Mary
gushing, plump, good looking female
OF the blonde persuasion. She had not
much dculty in turning the head OF this virtuous ~
parsonage. Arriving at the corner OF eleventh
street, they turned towards University place, and
when about half way down the block, secreted
themselves under stoOp, where they remained un-
disturbed for some time. AS Mary was on the point
of taking an affecClonate farewell OF Joseph he
placed his hand where his wallet should
be- but it had mysterl0usy disappeared. by
this time Mary had gained the sidewalk. when her
companion started on double quick after her, ex-
callnin1 mot for Joseph,n but was met by rwo
more persons az he was aoout leaving the gateway
VINO prevented his exit. Tney compelled MN to
remain under the stoop until Mary had got out OF
sight, when they let him out. He saw no more
OF her until Tuesday night, when meeting
her on Broadway no followed her and handed
her 70 the custody OF officer Bell, Of the
Eighth precinct. She was yesterday morning
raigned before Justice Snandley, at Jefferson Mar
ket, when complaint was preferred against her by
Mr. Carr charging her with stealing certificate for
100 shares Of Erie Railroad stock, valued at S25uO.


and thirty dollars In bills. She denied the charge


alleging she had never seen the complainant before,
bat was locked IN to answer IN default OF bail.
Year: 1870

The nrst bid offered on stove coal was 81 SO, but


none was sold at that price, higher price being bid
Immediately. Notwithstanding the effort to keep
up the price, all the various grades sold lower,
the average prices or last months sale being
Year: 1870

Hon. JoHN t. SwAYNE.-We have been
authorized to announce this distinguished
gentleman candidate for Judge Of the 18th
{our) Judicial Circuit. In speaking of
Judge Swaye, the Memphis appeal says:


For Judge of the Fourteenth Circuit (late
Fifteenth), of which Judge Reeves was in
his lifetime the incumbent, there arc now
four candidates before the people. Of our
cOuntyman, the Hon. John r. Swayne, with
out any disparagement to any one of his
opponents, we may properly say that he is
eminently worthy of the position for which
he is in the field He has been for years
citizen of Shelby, and when not on the
bench, has been engaged in the practice of
his profession. lie is Christian and q
gentleman, as we'll as qualified lawyer He
| is liberal minded and intelligent, always
practically kind and charitable, and the
poor mans friend. We have known him for
a number OF years, and VIC have observed
the evidences Of genial disposition and a
kind heart when he was in power and when
he was out Of power, when he was on the
bench and when he was Off lie is one OF
those men who will temper justice with
mercy, and in whose integrity implicit re-
lance may be placed. He received a major
Iity vote of the late Democratic Convention;
land, if he should be elected, he will make
US as good a judge as we could select we
tsee no reason to doubt. of Messrs. Steele


Flippin and Scruggs, also worthy candidates
for the same Office, it is not the object ol
this article to speak.
Year: 1870

CoRN MEAL WAFLEs.-Pour on TO one
pint of corn meal, twice sifted, one pint Of
boiling milk. Put in one tablespoonful Of
butter, one of Aoar, and teaspoOnful of
salt Let this stand till cold; then add half
a teaspoonful Of soda dissolved in a little
cold water; the yOIks Of two eggs well bea-
ten, the whites whisked very light and stiff,
to be added the last thing, when just ready
to bake.
Year: 1870

MARK TWAIS AS An AGRIcBITVRIsT- Marx
Twain, inthe sJpEg Galazy, says be was
temporary editor of an agricultural paper
once His editorials were rather marked
by his usual oveFfl0Eing iIumors rather than
by any exhibition Of knowledge of the
subject The following extracts will serve
as specimens of his style and matter in
agricultural writing:


"Turnips should never be pulled 1t IN
jGres them. 1t it much better to send boy
up, and let him shake the tree


"The guano is a fne bird, but great care
is necessary in rearing it. 1t should not be
imported earlier than June, nor later than
September. In tho winter it should be kept
in warm place, where it can hatch oat its
young.


at is evident that We are to have back
ward season for grain. Therefore, it will
be well for the farmer to begin setting cut
his corn stalks and planting his buckwheat
cakes in July instead of August.


Concerning the Pumpkin-Thia berry is
favorite with the natives of the interior of
New England, who prefer it to the goose
berry for the making of fruit cake, and who
likewise give it the preference over the
raspberry for feeding cows, as being more
filling and fully as satisfying. The pump
kin is the only eseulent Of the orange family
that viii thrive in the North, except the
gourd and one or two varieties Of the squash
But the custom Of planting it in the front
yard with other shrubbery is fast going out
of vogue, for it is now generally conceded
that the pumpkin, as a shade-tree, is fail
ure.


"Now, as the warm weather approaches,
and the gander begin to spawn"
Year: 1870

Rub black silk all over the right side with
a solution Of carbonate of ammonia and
water (two teaspOonsful powdered to q
quarter of pint of warm water) and
smooth it on the wrong side with modsr-
ately hot iron, and the silk viii regain 4
bright appearance.
Year: 1870

Mr. Shafer, of Prairie Ronde, says he got
up scare-crow last year, which not only
drove all the crows out of his township, but
SO affected one very old crow that he came
back and threw up allthe corn he had eaten
that morning.
Year: 1870

To follow the destructive warfare which was
wsged from that time forward Is impossible in
this connection. Fortune huctuated between
the two banners, at times Lopez appearing
to be in his last ditch, but only
to give q sudden turn to the conflict,
and bring the allied commanders almost to
despair. Indeed, SO unsatisfactory was the
progress made by the allies in overthrowing the
power of Lopez, to which they were pledged
that in both Brazil and the Argentine Con-
federation decided opposition to the continu-
ance of the war was ultimately developed
the anti-war party In Brazil especially having
become of late very formidable one. But in
resources of all kinds the allies had the advan-
tage, and step by step they drove the Dictator
from one fastness to another, until at last came
the announcement that he had fed from the
country and attempted to make his way with
a few followers into Bolivia. But 1t was only
a few days ago that we were told that Lopez
had turned suddenly upon his pursuers, and
there was still prospect of an indefinite pro-
longation of the war. This news, happily,
would appear to be false, and there is reason, as
there has long been hope, that we have wit
messed the final termination Of the struggle.


The difficulties encountered by Mr.. Washburn
during his late ministry in Paraguay are still
fresh III puullC ulluV, dS 10 dlsO Lu6 Oh
General McMahon's subsequent mission to and
hearty espousal of the cause of Lopez. AS in
South America so throughout the world, and
especially in this country, there have been from
the first two parties, one viewing Lopez
as merciless tyrant whose
overthrow would be blessing
to the world, and particularly to the people
whom he ruled; while by the other party he has
been regarded as q representative of true liberty
and progress, and martyr in its cause. There can
be but little difficulty in deciding upon the truth
in this matter and no disinterested person who
is familiar with the character and history of the
Dictator will hesitate in rejoicing at the report
of his death. He found Paraguay almost para
disc; he leaves tiff, indeed, he
has already left it-a wilderness. Scarcely
an able-bodied man escaped his con-
scrption, and even the women went into
the bitches, and fought valiantly in a bad cause.
But their heroism was in vain; and even if Lopez
be not already defeated for the last time, there
is but little hope that he will be able to hold out
much longer against the formidable odds arrayed
upon the allied side,
Year: 1870

Sf MR.. GesSs ":sh hi Verdict


The Pail Mall Gazette of March 81 says
When the Committee for Privileges met this
morning, the Lord Chancellor said that he must
lay before their lordships petition just pre-
sented by Mrs. Howard, in which she charged
most of the material witnesses against her case
with having received various sums of money as
bribes for their evidence in the case. He would
only remark that if this were true, Mrs. Howard
had had abundant time and opportunity of
proving it in proper way before the close of
her case.


The Lord Chancellor then proceeded to give
his opinion to the committee, and said that he
considered that the claim on behalf of Mrs.
Howards child had altogether failed. His
Lordshp elaborately reviewed the evidence in
proof of the fact of birth, and considered that
1t was, under the circumstances of the case, un-
worthy of credit. AS to the Liverpool case, his
Lordship observed, the story of Mary Best as to
the adoption of her child was open to some
doubt because her second story showed that
she had not in the first instance spoken the en-
tire truth. But Mrs. Higginson and other wit
nesses gave evidence which ut least proved that
some such transaction occurred Still it would
be unfortunate if the decision had to depend on
the truth or falsehood of the Liverpool story.
There would, however, be nothing in the fail
ure of that account to damage the case of the
original claimant And as, looking at the whole
of the circumstances, the claim of the infant
petitioner had failed, he considered that the
pri'nd fdcie case presented by the original
claimant must be regarded as conclusive.


Lord Chelmsford concurred and commented
on the various discrepancies in the evidence as
to the childs BIRTH There was really no proof
of the pregnancy of Mrs. Howard aud the
evidence of the dressmaker, Miss Golden, and
of other witnesses, was directly opposed to the
existence of such fact. And Mrs. Howard 5
own conduct, especially in her frequent visits to
governesses' Institution, with the object of
obtaining q situation, up to within week of the
alleged birth, showed that she could not have
been pregnant. The proof OF the fact of birth
depended on the evidence of Mrs. Howard and
the Bloors, and they were not worthy of credit.
There was, further, the absence of material
witnesses to be remarked. In 1867 the late Earl
of Wicklow had offered to pay all expenses in
order to enable her to establish her child's
legitimacy before the Court of Probate, but that
offer had been absolutely refused by her.


Lord Colonsay and the Earl of Winchelsea
concurred.


Lord Redesdale concurred, and put the ques-
! tion to the committee that Charles Francis
Arnold Howard had made out his title to vote as
a representative peer question which was an
| sWered i'm the affirmative mem. con-
Year: 1870

"Anywhere, Out of the World"


The Boston Herald has this sad story


We have gained some facts in addition to
those published in relation to the suicide of the
young girl at No. "a Essex street. The name OF
the young man who was her lover Is Frederick
w. Birch. He Is about twenty-five years of age
and piano-maker by profession. He says he
became acquainted with the girl In Fords
saloon, on fremont street, about three months
ago, being introduced to her by mutual friend,


At her request he procured a room for her at
the house where she shot herself and used to
call upon her with considerable frequency. He
also thinks she has been actuated by jealousy
for some time, and he knew she had set her
affections upon him and entertained for him a
passion which he did not fully reciprocate. The
fervor of her feeling was sometimes expressed
in tears when reproaching him with Inconsistency.
On Wednesday night she sent him letter, of
which the following is copy


My Friend:-Will you come down to the house
this evening, for 1 want to see you before go
home.


to-day You might have told me that you were in
trouble with girl, before you done what you did.


Fred, how do you think feel, situated as am,
to have you leave me as you did. III anything hap
pens to me, remember, Fred, you are the cause
Of it.
way. When this letter reaches you may be gone
to my long home. know you will forgive me- for
am tired OF this world. There is no one that cares
for me now. Ihave thrown my life away. cannot
be as | once was.


Any young girl that is good--my advice is that
4
close by wishing that you will come and see me
as soon as you get tlis


From ANS WILLIAMS.
Upon receiving the letter above quoted, Birch,
| fearful that the girl would make way with her
| self, and hoping to avert such an act, hastened
! to her side, and was with her from Thursday
afternoon up to the time of her death. On
| Thursday night she was talking about shooting
herself, and had previously talked about poison,
but Birch says he had no idea she seriously con-
| templated suicide. Yesterday morning she had
packed up bundle and had her jacket on, ap-
parently intending to go out, when she asked
| him to go and get her some water, which he
started to do. But he says he heard the report
of the pistol almost Immediately, and rushing
! back to their room found things as above de-
scribed. The girl had thrown off her jacket and
torn open her dress, applying the muzzle of the
| pistol to the 1esh as indicated by the blaekened
| appearance in the neighborhood of the wound.
| Her only words before her death were embodied
| in request that her mother be informed of her
death. The pistol was a very small affair and
might have been carried in mans vest pocket
without inconvenience. The wound, like Mer-
cutio's, was mot SO deep as a well or as wide as
! o church door" but twas enough.
Year: 1870

perfect If he did not possess such dangerous
sword.


'The fact is, that there is most reckless set
of Americana here at present. Besides them
the corps students stand no chance whatever.
When German students get drunk, they are
entirely satisfied If they can succeed in getting
each other home; but when Americans get
drunk they insist on whipping out the whole
beer house, and seeing that the establishment is
properly closed before they leave. They are
SO pugnacious that the Germans generally clear
out aud leave them the field in order to save
Year: 1870

The apples are ripe in the orchard,
The work of the reaper is done.
And the golden woodlands redden
In the blood Of the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsirc
Sits pale in his easy chair,
While the gentle wind Of twilight
Plays with his silyery hair.
A woman is kIeeling beside him;
A fair young head is pressed,
In the first wild passion Of sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance
The faltering echoes come,
On the flying blast Of trumpet,
And the rafting roll OF drum.
And the grandsire speaks in a whisper:
"The end TO man can see;
But we give him to his country,
And we give him prayers TO thee.
The viOlets star the meadows,
The rose-buds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-wIite blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty;
The cottage is dark and still;
There's a nameless grave in the battlefield,
And a new one under the hill.
And pallid, fearless woman,
By the cold hearth sits alone.
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with a steady drOne.
Year: 1870

USE OF LElIONS.-When persUns are
feveTish and thirsty beyond what is nat


ural, indicated in some cases by a me-
talie taste in the mouth, especially after
drinking water, or by q whitish appear
ance of the greater part of the surface of
the tongue, one of the best coolers in
ternal or external, is to take lemon, cut
off the top, sprinkle over some loaf SUI
gar, working it downward into the lem
on with the spoon, and then suck it
slowly, squeezing the lemon and adding
more sugar as the acidity increases from
being brought up from a lower point
Invalids with feverishneSs may take
two or three lemons day in this man-
neT with the most marked benefit, man
ifested by 4 sense Of GOODNESS, comfort
and invigOration. \ lemon or two thus
taken at tea-time, as an entire substitute
for the ordinary supper Of Summer,
would give many man a comfortable
nights sleep, and an awaking of rest
and invigOratiOn, with an appetite for
breakfast, to which they are strangers
who will have their cup of tea or supper
of relish and cake, and berries or
peaches and cream.
Year: 1870

4 FELLOw-FEELING MAKES Us WON-
DROUs KIND.-It is related that recent
ly in sleeping car on one of the eastern
railroads a man in one of the beFths le-
came greatly annoyed by the crying of an
infant and the efforts of its father TO pa
city it. The irate Individual at last
shouted out: what the ID is the
matter with that young One?" And
soon again: Where is the mother Of
that child, that she is not here to pacify
it?' At this the poor gentleman in
charge of the child stepped up to the
berth and said: Sir, the mother of that
child is i'll her coffin in the baggage carp
The grumbler Immediately arose and
compelled the afflicted father to
retire to his berth, and from that time
until morning took the little orphan un-
der his own care.
Year: 1870

AN Eastern paper says: One of the
most ingenious among the many parlOr
amusements which science has recently
given to society, is called the Little
Marvel. 1t is a tiny steam engine, that
spreads beautiful perfume through the
room, when it is submitted to the flame
of the tiny boiler which accompanies
the apparatus. The affair is perfectly
secure and harmless, and is as safe in q
child's hand as an adults. 1t is, in fact,
a copy, in miniature, of the machine, by
which some of the Paris theaters are
deOderized and perfumed, and so made
free of the close, gassy smell that always
hang about all places of amusement,
Year: 1870

The Delaware Ohio Gazette giyes
fill description of the ''double child" Of,
which mentions have heretofore been
made in our columns:


Ten days ago, the wife of Samuel Fin
lay, q farmer residing in Morrow county,
about Eve miles southeast of Ashley,
gave birth to one Of the most singular
Inalformations of the human species ever
heard Of in any age or country. The
mother was not allowed a sight of her of
spring until after the physician who had
been summoned arrived, when it was ex-
hibited to her, and we are told, caused
her to swoon. And no wonder, for hu-
man eyes probably never looked upon
such an anomalous development in the
human FORM


One Of our prominent physicians, who
had seen and examined this strange
freak of nature, favors US with the fol-
lowing clear and acute description:


"This wonderful thing can truly be call.
ed double child. There is but one
spine, at each extremity Of which there is
IA perfectly formed head and face. Each
has we'll formed head and shoulders, arms
and hands, and good chest, containing
lungs and heart, as any other human be-
ling. Each has also stomach and liver.
There is but one navel which is in the
centre of the abdomen, equidistant from
the two heads. It is at the middle of the
body that the two are grown together
The abdomen appears to be but one, and
the organs contained in it below the stom-
/ ach and small intestines are probably
common to the two, as there is but one
external outlet.


Upon one side, at right angles to the
body there is well formed pair Of hips,
legs and feet. Upon the opposite side
there is one large leg possibly the consol-
idation of two legs.) upon the extremity
of which there are eight toes. Most
monstrosities are repugnant to look upon.
This is not so in auy respect except
ing this leg.


s.This child, or those children, are now
ten days old, and arc doing as well as most
children do at that period ofexistance.-
It nurses with both heads. One will
sleep while the other is crying, and both
will sleep, or cry at the same time. The
natural outlets from the body are in the
natural position, between the perfect pair
of legs, aud are common to the two,
their being no outlet on the opposite side.
In sex it is female. The length from
the top of one head to the top Of the 9TH
er is twenty inches, and the weight at
birth was ten mounds"


There are no terms In onr language
Applicable to such phenomenon. 1t is
something for which the dictionary max
ers have made no provision whatever,
and which utterly confounds the grammat-
ical rules as to gender, number and per-
son. Let any one undertake to write about
it, being precise as to the meaning and
application of terms, and he will at once
recognize the poverty of language.


As might be expected, the house Of Mr.
Finlay has, during the pas. ten days been
overrun with visitors come to witness
this great curiosity. So great is the press
that it has been necessary to charge an
admission fee, which is now fixed at one
dollar. We understand that the parents
have been offered $40, 900 for the dual In
fant, tho offer being unconditional as to
whether it should live or not. The offer
has not been, and probably will not be
accepted.
Year: 1870

1t will be remembered that this
enumeration was commenced sew
cral months ago, and a press of
other business necessitated its
suspension. Since that time many
changes have been made in loca-
ton and otherwise, and numbers
have been added to the population,
so that it has been almost impos-
sible to get a correct enumeration.
It is safe to add at least one fourth
TO the above estimate, which would
make the actual population five
thousand, and is about correct


Gazette.
Year: 1870

some months ago sensation was created In Ho-
boken by an elopement which was widely published
under the title Of "The ssrasburg Fugtives.' When
the parties arrived In HObOken from France an
aldavit was made before Justice White that lnror.
nation was received by cable despatch
that the parties had brought with them o
largo sum Of money, which the erring
woman, as alleged, stole from her husband Justice
White had the guilty pair arrested and took into his
possession the money they had with them. This
money he did not return, on the ground that It was
stolen property and could only be recovered BY due
process OF law on the part OF the owner The Jus.
tce indicted for embcZZlement and found guilty.
Judge Pede sentenced him yesterday to three
months In the county jail and to pay fine OF $500.