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Year: 1873

Many people state that II two steamships
AhOuld sail in company the perils OF ocean travel
would be practically overcome. It would have
been hardly possible for the Atlantic to strike on
Meagher Head, II q consort had been sailing with
her, for 1t Is not reasonable to suppose that the
captain Of the consort would have made the same
mistake in his reckoning that Captain Williams
made In his. Where two steamers sail together
the officers Of one may be reasonably supposed
TO detect and correct the errors of the officers OF
the Other, and If one ship becomes disabled the
other will be near to render assistance. If the
City Of Boston had sailed with eOnsOrt, who
knows but that her passengers might all have
easily been saved
Year: 1873

First of all, the men employed roved
about and collected together all manner
of fraerants of brick and stone from the
mound, and, indeed, 1 had to watch
them closely to prevent them taking
ANYTHING of consequence. With these
fragments they brought number OF
modern sun-dried bricks from the old
village, and, when a sufficient amount
of materials was heaped together L had
to Law out the plan of the house by
arranging lines of brick and fragments
in the positions in which I wanted the
walls. The men then made some Arab
mortar for this purpose they dug up
and turned over large square space OF
ground, and some donkeys were engaged
to bring skins full of water and loads OF
dung. Next the earth, water and dung
were mixed, some of the NATIVES taxing
off their superhuous clothing, to tread
in the pudding with their bare feet,
and mix it with their hands looking
like splendid specimens OF mud Iarks;
Each piece of brick and stone was well
bedded in this mortar, which was lad
on and faced with the hands. As soon
as the walls were sufficiently hlgn the
workman found that they made screen
both from my observation and the heat
of the sun, and coming round the cor
ner I sometimes caught the whole
company of them lying on the ground,
smoking their pipes. When the walls
were finished donkeys were engaged,
and the whole party went on an ex-
cursion to the banks of the Zab to col
Iect and cut brushwood for the roof.
This Job lasted them two or three days
and then fresh mud pies were made to
bind the brushwood and complete the
roof. A staircase, built up to the roof,
made as usual of brick and mud, finished
the elegant structure.-CoT. LondoT
| TeIe0r171h
Year: 1873

Pickway," and of the late admirable
comedian, Mr.. Kelley, as corpulent
lad in "To Parents and Guardians"
suggest themselves irresistibly to the
mind but. turning from the fat boys of
fiction to those of fact, a very slight
amount of medical knowledge will suf-
fee to convince as that fat school-boys
and fat schoolgirls are nearly always
very stupid, because abnormal corpu-
lence in boyhood or girlhood really
amounts to disease. The sufferers are
slow to talk, and seem slower to think,
for the reason that they are in chronic
state of discomfort and unrest. Yet
here, again, we are brought up sharply
by the reminder that babies cannot be
too fat, and what mother would tolerate
the assertion that babies are stupid !?
1t is worse than idle to dogmatize on
this yexed topic.
Year: 1873

and you are an imposter /; and if you
ever name the subject to me again IN
the flesh, I'll trouble myself to kick two
or three kinks in your backbone =


So saying, I took the other fork of
the road and left him to his reflections,
which appeared to be of very serious
nature, Judging from the solemn coun-
tenance he put on. Since then I've
studied the question all over, and havnt
changed my opinion much, if any.
Year: 1873

Two roses hloomed upon tree;


Their white leaves touched with every sSRyNns
bent to gather one, while she


Plucked OF the other, gently saying,
When things do grow and cling like this,


And death almost sppeareth loath
To take but one 'twere greater bliss


To both for death to smite them both.
Lost love Dead love I They come aud go,


The surnmers with their sun and flowers.
Their songs Of birds. I only know


There is q blight upon the hours.
No sun is like the once bright sun


That shone upon that golden weather,
In which she said those flowers were one,


And death should spare or smtte together.
Year: 1873

The latest feminine fashion of wear
;ng the front hair is known as the Skye
terrier STYLE. Probably it Is only a
natural consequence of the prevalence
of this fashion that the puppies are
attracted.
Year: 1873

The telegraph line to the top of
Pixies peak has been completed and
communication opened with Washing
ton. A stone house will at once be
erected on the summit for the use of the
signal officers, four of whom Will be
stationed there during the winter.
Year: 1873

Ey- The worst shocked man we have
seen in some time was a citizen who made
the discovery, Friday, that the neighhor
from whom he had borrowed paper for
the past four years. had not pal il for i.
He learned the fact from the agent of 4 c
publisher, and he was crievcd lie W s
also indignant. He said to US 4" Io
think that should ha c been so impos-
ed upon at my time of life tell You q
man don't know who to trust in these
times The world is full Of corruption
and deceit, and deyiltry--chock fIll o
il "
Year: 1873

ET Why, asked a guverness of her
little charge, do we pray God to give us
our daily bread? Why don't we ask f r
four days, or five days, or week We
want it fresh, replied the ingenious child.
Year: 1873

The Committee Of Thirty appointed by the
French Assembly to draft scheme OF constitu-
tonal government for France hare made their re-
port. Theirs has shown his mastery Of the aitua-
ton in nothing more clearly than his manage
ment Of this Committee. It WIS appointed in op-
position to his wishes, and showed from
the first an intention to oppose every
prerogative which the President desired
to obtain. But in the consultations between
him and the Committee the willy Theirs has won
from them nearly every concession for his power
to veto and right to participate in debate which
he originally claimed. When the report, from
which 30 much Of disturbance to the order Of
France had been feared, was presented to the
Assembly, Minister Dufaure announced that the
Government unreserTedly accepted its recon-
mendatioua.
Year: 1873

The news Of the passage, By both HouHea Of
Congress, Of the bill for the exchange Of the
Bridcwen lot in this city for the old Post-Ohace
site, will be received with pleaeent congratula-
tions By all our citizens. The respective pieces
Of property have yet to be appraised, in order
thnt the difference in value may bo ascertained,
and entered to the credit Of the proper pnrty in
the transaction; but it is now definitely settled
that the Chicago Public Library will have home
Of its own, and a permanent one, and will soon
be released from it's confinement in the old
water-tank. The new location is in every way
IN auEpicious one. The substantial walls OF the
old Post Office, which 60 nobly withstood the
terrible ordeal Of fire, after being suitably
repaired, and at comparatively slight cost,
will inclose structure OF ample room to meet
the growth Of the library for years to come,
while, In respect to public convenience, the
location could not be bettered. It is Centrally
situated, and easy OF access from every division
Of the city. By horse-rairoads and omnibusoB.
It is in the very heart Of the city, where public
library should be. Everything thus far connect
ed with tho Library movement, from it's very in
ception, has worked ha1moniously aud happily,
and in this respect there Is cause for sincere
congratu1ation. When the Library is removed
to the new quarters and the old tank ia left once
more to its iron meditations-a day which re
trust is not far oft will at once enter upon its
unrestricted career Of usefulness.
Year: 1873

The Senate Appropriation Committee did well
in voting against the addition Of any subsidy
amendments, but they might have given better
reaaon for their action. They rejected the
amendments because they were not germhne to
auv portion Of the bill. They ought to hare
objected to them on tho broad ground that Con
eress should grant no more Subsidies OF any
kind, ut any time or in any place.
Year: 1873

revolution it they are not at once obeyed- Such
scenes have been common in all the Republics
which the spaniaras Of South America have at
tempted to found, and their continuance is Of
more than ordinary interest, now that the Span
iards in Europe have essayed the Republic.
Year: 1873

documents should be printed and distributed
throughoutthe country to counteract the influ-
enco Of the groat journals. Tho moral Of all
this is not particularly crodtable to the Congress-
men who advance these views, but it is cheer
ing indication that the power Of the independ-
eut press is asserting itself to some purpose.
Year: 1873




The attention of the Los Angeles
public is called to the following facts:
The Express daily copies into its
edition over a column Of HERALD tel
egrams, under the head of Electric
Sparks" The Star has copied, almost
word for word,proceedings which have
been exclusively reported for the
HERALD, and inserts items from these
columns day after day.


Neither paper credits the HERALD
with line of the information which it
gathers from these columns, and the
editors of the HERALD call the atten-
ton Of the public to the fact that they
receive over twice and a half as many
telegraphic dispatches as both the
other papers combined, and print daily
twice as much matter as either.
The HERALDnever "doubles" an adj
vertisement, whereas copies of the
Star may seen in this Office with about
three-quarters ola column of the same
advertisements on the outside that are
on the inside.


The aim of this journal has been to
treat both papers with courtesy, and
be on friendly terms with their propri-
etors; but it does not propose to pay
for the matter i'm their columns, and
allow them the credit of it.
Year: 1873

PROBABLY the best paid ofthe Amer
lean newspaper correspondents at Wen
ma is Miss Olive Harper, who was sent
there by the San Francisco Alta, but
who also corresponds With the St. Louis
Globe. Miss Harper is iucurably lame
and cannot move except on crutches.
Yet che is very enterprising, and is an
interesting writer. She was posting of
to the Lava Beds to report the move-
ments Of Captain Jack, when the Alta
countermaDded the orders it had given
her, and cent her to Vienna. Though
famed by anchylosis Of the knee joint
she is q splendid horsewoman, and even
on her crutches she glides along grace
fully and easily. She is thirty and q
widow-Miss Harper being merely her
literary pseudonym.
Year: 1873

An unfortunate snake in Tennessee,
says the Pittsburgh Post, recently swal-
lowed a rabbit and then attempted to
crawl through fence, but was stopped
by the internal rabbit when about half
through while in this quandary anoth.
er rabbit was, as one of our contempo-
raries would say, convenient, AID the
snake swallowed him likewise; so with
a swallowed rabbit on each side OF the
fence he was crawling through he stuck
and was killed during the process OF
digestion. This snake reminds one OF
the Radical party just nov, with the
salary grab of Grant on one side OF the
fence and the eloquent denunciation OF
that grand larceny on the other, the
reptile seems doomed to die with lis
belly full oi thievery.
Year: 1873

PoRr HOPE, OSr.. June 5.-A train
on the Midland Railroad, ran of the
track near Franklin last night, causing
the death Of two men and considerable
damage to some Of the cars and their
contents. Lent's Circus and Menage-
rie formed part OF the train, but es-
capped damage.
Year: 1873

CEDAR RAPIDS, June 5.-The man
who was arrested here some days since
as the old man Bender turns out TO be
Henry Cephas. He is perfectly cane
but refuses to give an intelligent &C.
count OF himself.
Year: 1873

WE learn il is the intention Of Ex-Gov.
MagotEn and Congressman Beck, Of Ky, to
open brownstone quarry near the present
Eastwood Island quarry, early next season
They have fine Iedge-the best on the Is
land, and We hope they will commence the
work in earnest. They own several hun
dred acres Of rock land on the Island, most
of which is a solid mass of exposed brown
stone.--iShlqad Press.
Year: 1873

1t is claimed that under the present hotel
law of Wisconsin no landlord can collect his
bill from a guest occupying room above
the second story that IS not provided with
a fireescape Of some sort.
Year: 1873

The number OF miles OF Road
actually under construction (in addition to
that OF bed on which track was laid) is
given rs 6,742. This figure, we are free to
state, fails, in our judgment, materially be
low the actual amount 1t did not occur to
Us, TIL at q late day, to include the statis-
ties Of work in progress i'll the summary 4;
and this has been done only where we were
in possession of definite information. From
such general knowledge ofrailway progress
as we possess, we are confident that at the
least l0,0 600 miles IS under advanced con-
struction, with view to completion during
1873.
Year: 1873

r.
relation to the reported financial embarrass-
ments of the n. p. Railroad Co., says:


\ few individuals hereabouts, instigated
by the peryerse spirit of the fabled dog in
the manger, are trying to deride and calum-
Mate the Northern Pacific road This great
enterprise is sure to enrich Minnesota and
to do more for our State than any other one
agency. 1t will open up the boundless prair-
les and rich mountain sides of the West
and make our State the threshold over
which future millions VIII find their homes.
But this is nothing to the few sour and
snarling critics.


Now let US state the exact financial sta
tus of this road, as we understand it: The
company has paid every cent of its January
interest. 1t is paying off It's debts as fast
as possible. 1t is selling more bonds this
month than any other time before for three
months 1t has paid every dollar of its notes
and acceptances, being behind only with
the Northwestern Construction Company
that is building the Dakota division, and
which in turn, still owes some of the sub
contractors.


The fact is, money is unusually close, at
this time. If there is any man in Minnesota
who has not discovered this, we shall be
glad to record his name at this office 1t is
no worse III Minnesota than in Chicago; no
worse in Chicago than in New York. All
business men are living on credit, and the
Northern Pacific, being new corporation,
is slightly and temporarily crippled by the
universal stringency. Is there anything re.
marHab!e about this It is IN the same boat
with other railroads.


We have seen private letter received
by gentleman in this city yesterday from
one Of the Directors of the Northern Pa
cihc, which says: eve will square up
every dollar to the Missouri river by the
time Spring opens, when We shall press on
westward"
Year: 1873

been married, after time, had I pos
sessed the hardihood-may L not say
the cruelty ?-to insist. L quite believe
Milly to have been capable of that
amount-of self sacrifce-enough to have
made her try to Glove, honor and obey"
a man at whom she shuddered But I
was not lost enough for that We met
seldom and constrainedly after the death
of her mother. I think that we both
wept, after those meetings, to think that
what had been could never be again.
People wondered whether the marriage,
of which they had once heard as SO
nearly accomplished, and to which many
of them had been invited, was never to
take place-and if not, why not =? I
think that many of them called us
" fools l'' and applied even worse names.


There came a relief to all this one
day-a relief, L think, to both of us, for
it must have. been that we were slowly
breaking our hearts over those dead
bodies. Another relative of Milly's
made his appearance at Holdane, we'll
to-do, they said. She went away with
him to some great distance-where or
in what direction I do mot know. We
did not bid each other farewell coldly-
only fundamentally and we have
never seen each other since.


And that is why, this Christmas night,
I, who was uncharitable, am a lonely
man among you jewellers.
Year: 1873

In Scotland they have narrow, open
bitches they call sheep drains. A man
was riding donkey one day across a
sheep pasture, and when Mr.. Donkey
came to sheep drain, he would not go
over it. So the man rode him back a
short distance and turned him around
and put the whip to him; thinking, of
course, that the donkey, going SO fast,
would jump the drain before he ever
knew it. But not so. On they came
and, when the donkey got to the drain
he stopped all of a sudden, and the
man went over Mr.. Jacks head. No
sooner had he touched the ground than
he got up, and, looking Mr.. Donkey
straight in the face, he said: every
weel pitched; but then, how are ye going
to get over yersel ?"
Year: 1873

PREPARATORY to Christmas the bells
are rung at dead midnight throughout
England and the Continent; and, after
the solemn celebration of the mass, for
which the churches in France and Italy
are magnifcently adorned, it is usual
for the jewellers to partake of COLA
ton, that they may be better able to
sustain the fatigues of the night.
Year: 1873

make another and deeper cut; hi,
fingers already crimson with my
blood; and I struggled frantically
My operator Immediately withdrew
his armed hand and stood erect
Then watching his opportunity he
placed his right loot on the lower
lpart Of my breast bone so that by
pressure he could suffocate me.


"ListeD, my fnend," he said; !
will endeavOr not to injure any vital
organ, but if you wiggle about !
shall not be able to avoid doing 50.
Another thing, if you"


He was interrupted by three
sharp whistles from the engine, so
shrill and piercing as to drown his
voice.


Impede me by these absurd con
vulsive movements, 1 shall be COM
PEELED to sever those muscles which


He never completed the sentence.
There was q mighty shock,a crash as





if all the world had rushed together.
l was shot in under the seat, where
l lay in safety, amid the most hor-
rible din of breaking, tearing, shrek
ing, cries for help and the roar of es-
Gaping steam.


l had strained the bonds which
secured my elbows in my struggles,
and the jerk of the collision snapped
them; so that when l began to get
my wits together, found my hands
free. To liberate my legs was then
a very easy matter, but not so to ex-
tricate myself, the next thing 1 set
about. The whole top of the car
riage, from where the stuffed cushion
part ends, was carried sheer away;
and among the debris which encum-
bered my movements lay the man
gled and decapitated body of the
who, intending to assail
my life, had, by keepin me down at
the bottom of the carriage saved it.
Year: 1873

IT 10 said there is soon to be general
reduction OF rates by oil the telegraph
companies in this country. II 10 strange
the com mpauies never adopted the low
rate policy before. Experience las
shown that at low rates the telegraph
10 used 90 much more extensively that
the revenues OF . company are greater
than when high rates are charged. The
cheap postage experiment shous the
same result
Year: 1873

A traveller through Vermont should on no account neglect to make a tour of the country grocery stores in the neigh berhood of Rutland. Should circum- stances permit, visit during winter will De found most interesting. The men employed in the maple groves as- semble in evenings at the various stores for lounge, or anything that may turn up. It is not unusual to see a minis terlal-looking parsonage enter, and, af- ter making nasty survey of the men, single out one and challenge him to en- gage in French wrestling contest. Should the gauntlet be raised by an- other, the two men spread blanket on che floor, lie down, link arms, raise legs, and at the word "Go," begin 8 strife to get the best position on the foot for steady push. The object of the struggle is to determine which of the two can raise the upper part of the body of the other from a recurhbent position. Hence, the first object is to get the advantage of foothold. Each contestant endeavors to place the sole of his foot against the toe of his oppo- nent; then the pushing begins. Of course, every few minutes foot flies from it's position, when another strug- gle for a hold ensues. The men steady themselves by the disencumbered arm, which can grasp nothing but the blanket. These matches occur every evening in some of the rendezvous of the sugar-men, and though they attract the attention of strangers, regular cus- toners pass in and out as if nothing unusual was in progress.
Year: 1873

The effectiveness of Paris green in destroying the cotton worm is a subject of much discussion in the Southern press. A letter from cotton factor and planter in Montgomery, Ala, writes to banking-house of New York as follows:

 am just in from my farm: The cot ton is all safe up to this time still free from worms where the Paris green was applied. l am perfectly satisfied, and so are all who have properly used the Paris green, that we can now completely destroy the worms, and by it's universal use for one season in the districts sub- Ject to them entirely exterminate them. This will be next to the discovery of the cotton gin in giving an impetus to the extension of cotton planting, and now think it is only question of prices as to how much we can increase our cotton crop. With no danger from worm, we can make cotton profitably at from 10 to F cents per pound, and I think that another year no one will fear the worm. The only question is, can @ sufficient quantity of Paris green be obtained to go all over the crop south of latitude B degrees north ? If so. we can in one season exterminate the worm. I do not think there is @ single practical planter who has used it or seen its effects, on proper application, who is not perfectly satisfied that it is a complete success. have only found it necessary to make the application the second time upon those spots where it was put on imperfectly or the applica- tion was immediately followed by ex- cessive rains. This is also the exact experience of all of whom have any knowledge.
Year: 1873

A full-blooded Newfoundland dog is owned in Oregon, Ill. This dog is un- usually smart and industrious. One day recently he pulled up potato vine with his teeth, and observing potatoes hanging thereto, proceeded to paw up the hill and carry the roots to the centre of the yard. When this was done, he commenced on the muskmelon patch, and did not desist until he pulled ali there was, some twelve in number, and added them to the potato pile He then went to work on the cucumbers, thinking to secure the crop ere the frost came, but at this juncture he was caught and tied up. In 8 short time he was again cavorting around, having gnawed the rope with which he was tied in two. He now fingers at the end of cham. Anybody wiShing to secure the services of this dog to dig their po- tatoes and gather their vegetables, should apply at once to his owner, for there is big demand for his services while help is so scarce.
Year: 1873

A day or two ago Mir. Frank Mason, a farmer living in Hickory Grove Township, Iowa, left his home after breakfast for the harvest-feld, leaving at home 8 little son about thirteen years old, and daughter of about the same age. Not long after his father had left the boy happened to be short distance from the house, when a man jumped up out of the corn near by and approached the boy, saying that he wanted "that money in the house. 7" Young Mason told the ehighwayman that there was no money in the house, and that if there was he could not have it. The robber said he would kill him if he did not go and get the money; but the boy wouldn't scare worth 0 cent. He merely retreated to the house, called to his sister to hand him his gun, which she did. The boy raised the gun to @ proper position-that is, on the line with the robbers coat-tails. The fol- low meanwhile was running for dear life; but, nevertheless, not content with routing the enemy, the boy raised the hammer of the gun and fired right in the direction the robber was going. He was not wounded.