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Year: 1871

We notice by our reports from Albany that
Boss Tweed has introduced bill to legalize
the purchase of certain lakes and lands for the
uses Of the Croton Aqueduct, and for which
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars has
been paid. We suppose this is to cover the
purchase of Lake Gilead, in Putnam county,
last summer, and the payment to the owners
Of the above amount by Mr.. Tweed es Presi-
dent Of the Board of Public Works. 1t will be
remembered there was no little gossip at the
time on the subject, to the effect that Boss
Tweed was making fine job out of the trans
action-the charge being no less than the SELL
ing to the city for two hundred thousand dol.
lars property for which he paid only twenty
five thousand. But that scandal is put to rest
by the bill just introduced, indemnifying the
Boss for exactly the amount of cash he paid
down-twenty-fve thousand dollars, no moro
and no less. This is a miracle of honesty on
the part of ring manager that would be
deemed incredible did we not have the plain
facts and figures before our eyes. Is il
possible that Mr.. Tweed can have per-
formed this service for the city and
not even pocketed percentage or
commission in the operation? But do we
really see the whole thing in Its present lights
Is there not something in the background
some balm in Lake Gilead that will allay the
itching palm of the great big Boss? Is there
or is there not little nigger in the wood-pile2 z
If so, where is the little joker? If 1t turns out
to be fair and square transaction on the part;
of Mr.. Tweed we shall have to give that gentle-
man credit for possessing a degree Of CON-
scientiousness unparalleled in the annals Of
corporation jobs and jobbers Taken In con-
nection with his recent vaunted charitable
donations, 1t may foreshadew change of heart
and lead to bona yJade moral reformation that
will startle the political world and cause old
Tammany Hall to be filed with lamentations.
What no more corporation scalps, no more
pickings and stealings, no more cent per cent
operations, no more tax levy subsidiesp
Horrible!


We shall be very glad to help Mr.. Tweed
along in this great work of reforms work
that should be encouraged by all taxpaying
citizens. But seriously, is there or is there
not 'little niger in the woed-pilea"
Year: 1871

THE PACKING SYSTEM IN THE HORSE CARs.->.
Efforts are being made in the Legislature to
relieve the street cars from the system Of close
crowding that has proven TO be such sore
tribulation to man and beast Similar efforts
are being made in Washington, where they
settle the question by making the passengers
get out and walk. But such q course in New
York would plaster Mr.. Bergh's society oil over
with lawsuits. The surest remedy is multi
plicity of cars. Let them be strung all along
the most frequented routes block apart, or
only half or quarter Of block apart If the
traffic permits, and then leave it to human
nature. A man going home in hurry will
get on crowded car If he can, and will con-
sent to stand rather than delay in waiting for
Year: 1871

THE BUILDING OF THE New STATE CAPITOL
ht Albany seems to be proceeding quite
honestly. Several State Senators yesterday
called for report from the State Comptroller
as to how the funds are being managed, and
we may take it for granted that it is no job, or
else they would know all about it.
Year: 1871

TILE REMOVAL OF SING SING PRISON is
broached in the Legislature. 1t ought not to
with the stern administration of justice which
Judge Bedford aud Recorder Hackett have
Instituted and kept up we need to have Sing
Sing or its successor convenient to our doors.
Year: 1871

able at long date. But the profits Of all the
rest Of the business done by the individual
partners in the Union-every citizen, that is
give much larger return for capital than the
interest on the debt. What, then, is the good
Of paying 1t off except gradually No private
partnership would do SO. And 1t Is mistake
to suppose that any different principle is ap-
partnership than that which regulates prl-
vate firm. 1t is positively painful to have to
insist on such obvious truths.


The present Quixotism on this subject has
lasted lsng enough. The public credit and
the resources of the Union have received such
overpowering illustration in the taxation Of
the last ten years that the world of capital is
quite satisfied on that head; and 1t is to be
observed, moreover, that the capital which
seeks great public debt is the sober invest
ing capital which requires safe, permanent
security. Our plan Of feverish, unresting pay
ing off the debt does not suit that variety of
capital at all so well az one which is more
deliberate in character. The truth is that
the public must malta up it's mind one way or
another. IT is determined to get rid Of the
debt at all costs then there Is nsthing to be
said. Profit and loss are out Of the question,
and we have to do with the DON and his wind
mill. But if the people are determined to
make the most Of their time and money, like
reasonable beings, then it is nothing short of
ridiculous to submit to oppressive taxation for
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Of the public debt, which is purchased by the
cruel increase of every private burden, and,
therefore, in fact. of the public burden, too.
Year: 1871

1t will cost You a busbel OF
wheat to send another bushel to
New York Market" a wise one re
marked to q Western colonist


I'VE don't intend to send our
wheat to New York." was tho re
ply, we are putting up mills to
grind it for home consumption"
These colonists are on the road
to success. They will not only
make wheat, but at the same time
a market. We at the South
should bo willing to learn a lesson
from the West in this matter
We make cotton. Can we not
also make a home market for it,
and thus make the factory help
the farm2 On this point the fol
lowing remarks from the New
York Tribune are worthy of
thoughtful attention:


The introduction of manufac.
lures into agricultural communi
ties brings together the essential
elements of wealth producing en-
terprise, establishing the shortest
circuit of communication. This
is in accordance not only with the
laws of political economy, but of
that higher order whereby Nature
conducts the commerce of the
material world. The farmer and
manufacturer each have needs
which the other supplies and to
bring the two into such close con
nection that exchanges can be
made with the least possible cost,
is q saving that must commend
itself TO the dullcst mind. If our
grain be bartered for cloth made
within sight of the field where it
grew, that is plainly better deal
than sending the same grain to
Liverpool to pay for fabrics woven
in Yorkshire.


" The factory adds value to the
farm by affording a home market.
A home market saves the charges,
risks and waste of long carriage,
the profits of intervening traders,
and interest on delayed returns,
and gives merchsntable worth to
products that will not pay such
charges. Better still, a home
market is a sure market, little
subject to the fluctuations Incl.
dent to foreign demand. Regular
home consumption steadies prices,
drives out speculation, and gives
to intelligent fore-thonght a basis
for reasonable calculation"
Year: 1871

AN anecdote is told of young
lady Of Harrisburg, who was re.
Gently on a riding excursion. The
horse commenced kicking, when
she, in the most simple manner
requested her com panion to get
out and hold the horses leg. or he
might injure the vehicle.
Year: 1871

Wearers of paper collars may be inter
ested in the reports on the manufacture
of paper i'll Japan, which have lately been
printed for the British Parliament.
There seems to be no reason why they
should not wear not only paper collars
but also paper shirts, and washable pa
per coats and trousers, by taking advan-
tage of the process described as follows


Mode of making paper cloth, war
ranted to wash G Shifu y. Take some
of the paper called hosho, or some of
the best senka. and dye it of the color
required. Boil some of the roots called
Kon-niakw-no dame, with the skin
on ; try them with the inner portion of a
rice stalk when IL penetrates easily
they are sufficiently boiled. Peel them
and let the water run off, and then pound
them in paste. Spread this paste on
either side of the paper, and let it dry in
the sun till quite stiff. Then sprinkle
water on it until it is thoroughly damp
ed, and leave it in that state for a night
The next morning roll it upon a bamboo
of the thickness of the shaft of an arrow,
and force it with the hands from either
end into a crumple in the centre I; unroll
it, and repeat this process two or three
times, rolling it from each side and cor
ner of the paper. Then crumple it well
in the hands 10y rubbing it together un-
til it becomes quite soft, and then sprinkle
water on it again to damp it, Pull it out
straight and smooth, fold it up, and
pound it with wooden mallet. 1t may
then be put into water as much and as
often as is liked without sustaining in
jury, having become strong and lasting
material.


This cloth is made principally in the
Damiate of Sendai. Boxes, trays, and
even saucepans may be made of this
cloth and saucepans thus manufactured
sustain no injury over strong charcoal
heat. Bags may be made of it, in which
wine may be put and heated by insertion
in boiling water.
Year: 1871

81 was wretched all the afternoon


John had acted worse than usual at dinner


time; and what you told me about poo


Helen set my fears in motion and worried


me half to death. Long before the tim,


he usually came home, ! dressed mysel


with care, selecting the things | had heard


him admire. As looked at myself in the
glass, ! saw that ! was attractive; felt
as had never felt before, that there was a
power in dress that no woman can disre-
gard without loss OF influence, no matter
what her position or sphere of life.


"Supper-time ,ame, ! had made some
thing that ] knew John liked, and was
waiting for him with nervous eagerness
It was impossible to repress. But the hour
passed, and his Sel-known tread along the
little garden walk did not reach my anx-
lous ears. Five, ten, twenty minutes
beyond his hour for returning, and still
was alone. Oh! / shver as recall the
wild fears that began to crowd upon me-
! was standing at the window, behind the
curtain, waiting and watching. All at
once saw him little distance from the
house, but not in the direction from which
he usually came. He was walking slowly,
and with his eyes upon the ground. His
whole manner was that of one depressed
or Suffering. dropped the curtain, and
went back into our little breakfast room
to see that supper was put quickly on the
table. John came in, and went up stars,
as he usually did, to change hls coat before
tea. In a few minutes rang the tea bell
and then seated myself at the table to
wait for him. He was longer than usual
in making himself ready, and then heard
him coming down slowly and heavily, as if
there were no spirit in him.


My heart beat strongly. But | tried
to look bright and smiling. There was,
oh SO dreary look on Johns face, as !
first saw it in the door. He stood still
just moment with his eyes fixed on me
then the dreary look faded ont flash OF
light passed over it, as he stepped forward |
quickly, and coming to where | sat, stopped |
down and kissed me. Never before was
his kiss so sweet to my lips.


g" have found my little wife snce
more he said, softly and tenderly, and
with quiver in his voice. | laid nv
head upon his bosom, and looking up into
MS face answered. And you shall never
ose her again.


And think he will not, The sweetness
If that hour, and the lesson it taught can
never be forgotten by my friend Maggie.
Year: 1871

A SALT MOUNTAIN. The famous sal
mountain of Palestine-called by the
natives Jebel JSdum-is n singular for
nation, being a solid mass of rock salt
of greenish white transparency, very
much the color of a shallow sea covered
at the top with loose crust of gravel,
fints, plaster of Paris and chalky mari
The mountain runs northeast and south
west 1t is about seven miles long and
one and half miles wide. In its highest
points it is nearly five hundred feet high.
Around the base of the mountain the
ground is full of dangerous hollows, into
which animals often, and sometimes
men, fall and sink out of sight Little
streams of water are constantly trickling,
even in the dry season, from underneath
the Salt Mountain and running into the
sea- A correspondent writing from
there says he never tasted anything SO
salty in all his life salt itself, in the
lump, is not SO salty. This same cores
pondent also mentions the strange fact
that the Bible, nor Josephus, nor any
ancient writer, directly mentions the
Salt Mountain. Although only sixty
miles from Jerusalem, the best described
city in the world, the first really good
description we have of the Salt Noun
tain, so far as his party could say, is
Prof II. B. Tristam's, written in 1864,
and he only spent one day here. Only
little ways east-abeut ten miles-are
rich fields of sugar cane, indigo, wheat.
barley, and other things.
Year: 1871

EVENINGS AT HOME. The Golden Agt
has an article on Evenings at Home. y
1t says "As the evenings lengthen
the question naturally arises, what shall
be done with them? The question is
felt oftener than it is asked. Perhaps it
would be better were it asked oftener
and answered in a more intelligent way
Why not have succession of
evening entertainments, giving one to
reading, another to music, third to
conversation, a fourth to drama and a
fifth to miscellaneous plays? Why not
import into the home circle some of the
talent to amuse and entertain and edify
which lies all about waiting for the invi-
tation? And what one family cannot do
alone, two or three together can easily
effect" This is very good suggestion.
BY making the home circle cheerful and
happy it might prevent many of the
young people from attending a certain
class of smusements not calculated to do
their T inciples much good nor elevate
the tom of social morality.
Year: 1871

The total eclipse of the sun which takes
place on the 18th of December, visible
in India and the islands south of Asia, is
already attracting the attention of science,
and instruments are being placed in pc.
sition to seize upon all phases of the
phenomenon during the two or three
minutes OF its duration, that it may be
afterwards subjected to study and specu-
lation from which important results in
astronomical science are anticipated.
Much is expected especially of the Eng
lish expedition to Ceylon, which, with
the recent experiences in Sicily less than
year ago to guide it, has made elabor-
ate preparations and been furnished with
all needed appliances. The vexed ques-
ton as to the nature of the bright corona
which surrounds the disc of the moon
during observation is in a fair way to be
settled if no :" act of God intervenes to
thwart the efforts of the observers. Con
nected with this question is that of the
existence and nature of the atmosphere
of the sun and the substance and condi-
ton of the luminary itself. Accurate data
regarding these will furnish basis for
study and conjecture concerning the fix
ed stars. Hence the Importance attach
ed to the phenomenon. 1t is tc be hoped
that the observers will meet with all sue
cess.
Year: 1871

An exquisite Transparency may be


made by arranging pressed ferns, grass


es and autumn leaves on pane of win
dow glass, tapping another pane of the
same size over it, and binding the edge


with ribbon-having the group impris-
oned between. Use gum arabic in put
ting on the binding. 1t is well to secure
narrow strip of paper under the rib
bon. The binding should be gummed
all around the edge of the first pane,
and dried before the leaves, ferns, &c,
are arranged ; then it can be neatly
folded over the second pane without
difficulty. To form the loop for hang
ing the transparency, paste binding of
Grape along the edge, leaving two inch
loop free in the centre-afterward to be
pulled through little slit in the final
binding. These transparencies may
either be hung before windows, or, if
preferred, secured against pane in the
sash, In halls beautiful effect is pro-
duced in placing them against the side
lights of the hall door Where the side
lights are each on p single pane, it is
worth while to place single Transparent
cy against each, filling up the centre
space, thus affording ample scope for n
free arrangement of ferns, grasses and
leaves, while the effect of the light pass
ing through the rich autumn colors is
very fine. Leaves so arranged will pre-
serve their beauty all winter
Year: 1871

A lover consulted n lawyer about
carrying off an heiress. "You must
not'carry her of. =" said the lawyer, " but
she can carry you off. Let her mount a
horse and hold the bride and whip, and
then you get up behind her, and let her
run away with you, and you'll be safe. y
The next morning the lawyer found that
his daughter had run away with the
said young man in the aforesaid manner
Year: 1871




Letter Of His Holiness to tho Faithful In


Germany-A Grntle Hint TO Bismarck.
According to La Germanta, His Holiness the
Pope has given them the text OF document which
he has written and sent TO of his subordinates
who remain faithful to him IN North Germany, on
the subject Of the ultramo ntanes under the recog
milton OF the Prussian government His Holiness
says:-


should heartily have desired that they had been
more Just towards the German Catholics. should
hope, ana think am right, that o pilot OF ship
OF State adrOiC Prince Bismarck appears to Oe
would not provoke by himself internal discord in the
empire for internal peace IS far more necessary
that outward peace for the complete consolidation
Of that empire. Germany Is strong; the Germans
have always been positive, prudent people. Cath
by side. They have rendered unto Cesar that which
belonged TO Cesar. Prince Bismarck would render
to the empire the greatest service If ne were not TO
forget that there The subjects are the most devoted
where they believe In God and IN His religion.


Those who have no faith give only to Caesar tnat
which they are forced by him to give The believ.
ing soul alone has conscience; but man without
q Conscience Is bad citizen for the State. History
teaches us wisdom. She has shown us during the
last year what has arisen from the careless
conduct OF the principles OF false liberalism she
has shown us O fact that those are lost who
are not with God. But Cod sometimes permits tho
eyes be blinded Of those who will be ruined. Lee
us hope that He-and ask the same In our prayers
may give ample warning and not punish here with
ing against many, still she has produced some good
results; the combat has only strengthened her,
created o unity OF her members and gwen them
stability In their faith" -f .t
Year: 1871

,dIdkands the thoughtful and Immediate atten-
tion' Of our legislators. The legal quibble -
10 tho ''intent" can have no weight In this
instance, for, as we have said before, murder
(of the child) is the sine qua nan Of the bar
gain. To bring this home to the miserable


practitioner by the inevitable doom Of the
gallows as the reward he must place beside
his fee. the necessity for advancing 1t to
capital crime is apparent. Bus, above oil, to
chow the unfortunats girl about to become
mother that 1t Is murder, and nothing but MUIR
der, to have her child destroyed, will do more
towards staying the food Of immortality which
threatens US than hanging all the abortionists
In the world. The public should rejoice to
6nd such a fearless Judge upon the Bench, but,
10 honor him best, his suggestions should
appear In the form Of law at the earliest pos
siblo day
Year: 1871

The North German bishops, who have 80
long been talking of their determination to
consider for themselves the new dogma of
lnfallibility, have at last commenced upon Its
discussion. According to our special despatch
from Berlin last night, they had assembled In
fun force at Fulda and inaugurated q series
of secret conferences. Probably the letter Of
the Pope addressed to the anti-clerical party
Of Prussia . few days since has given an
impetus to their actions In this matter, and
caused them to hurry forward the work they
have undertaken In discussing tho
subject of the new powers con-
ferred upon His Holiness by the great
council of bishops at Rome. So anxious are
tho bishops to proceed with the subject
that they have commenced by emitting the
solemnization Of the customary morning cathe-
dral service, and given other uumistakable
evidences Of determination to transact their
business after the fashion Of those who cannot
soar 30 high and have to be content to remain
always on this mundane sphere. The "secret
conferences" seem to be scarcely in accord
ance with the general principles Of the Ger
man people at the present time, although they
may suit the more astute mind Of Prince Bis
marck, In whose hands the leading strings
will be placed, and the ultimate object attained
will be in accordance with his manipulations.


The Pope has already warned the Premier in
his letter, and said be would have desired
that moro justice had been done toward the
German Catholics, and hoped that a pilot Of
the ship Of State so adroit as he appeared to
DO would not provoke discord In the bosom
Of the now empire, for interior peace is more
necessary than peace outside for the consoli-
dalton Of Germany" No details have yet been
forwarded as to what the Conference expects
to achieve; but from the tenor of this tele-
gram II seems probable that q good deal will
bs attempted, whether successfully or not re-
mains to he seen.
Year: 1871

The Grand vizler OF Turkey who was yesterday
reported at the point Of death, seems to be Kibris
Pacha, who was Grand vizier aud President Of the
Privy Council In 1851. Since that time he was
mostly without portfolio, hut held the post Of
President OF the Council OF State and Justice In 1868
The next year. however, ho was again without .
pOrtfOliO and 90 continued uD to the present year.
Year: 1871

New RULE OF PRACTICE.--The Cir.
cult Court of the United States, Judge
Bond presiding, yesterday made the follow
ing new rule of practice in regard to the
confirmation of reports of trustees, masters,
receivers, and other officers Of the court.
which we publish entire for the information
of all concerned, and especially call the at
tention of the Richmond Bar to it. The
rule is as follows:


Upon the coming in of any report of
sales made pursuant to the order of this
court by any trustee, master, receiver, or
other officer hereof, the clerk shall forth
with enter an order, properly entitled, of
the cause, stating that such report will be
ratified on some day at least thirty DAYS
subsequent to the date of such order, unless
cause to the contrary be shown before said
day provided, a copy of said order be pub
lished IN some newspaper, printed in Rich
mond, three times week for three success
siye weeks prior to said day; and if no
cause be shown by exceptions filed in writ
ing on or before said day, then the court
shall finally ratify and confirm such report
of sales"