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Year: 1872

Those who Ought to Commit Self.
Murder but Don't.


From the New York Evening Post.l


| The suicidal mania has another and
what may be called negative phase.
Suicide is terrible and distressing
thing; but did it ever occur to the. read
er, mind how distressing is the fact that
many men who should commit the act
which a French law makes penal crime
--dccline to do so? Tits easy to men
ton dozens of individuals who could
largely benefit the world by taking them
selves out Of it. The street corner ruff
fan, who swears and spits and smokes
and insults passing ladies'; the prowling
burglar who, in the dead of night, muir
ders our sleep, If not ourselves, and


makes of with orr portable property;
the drunken friend who, against all ad-
vice, persists in his debauchery and
makes himself a nuisance to everybody
who knows him; the amateur poet who i'm
cessantly conveys his manuscripts to wea-
ried editors; the dinner table funny man,
whose budget of stale jokes is ruthlessly
opened at every meal the shiftless poor
relation who cannot get on by himself,
and is always more or less-generally
more-dependent on his hard-working
connections; the wretched specimen Of
humanity who goes around borrowing
small sums of money which he neglects
to repay; the professional speech-maker,
who has dreary hobby on which, he di-
lates either in Legislative halls, at politi-
cal meetings or in private circles; the
shrewish wife who suggested to the an
cient writer the brilliant idea that lit
is better to dwell in the corner Of
housetop than with brawling woman
in a wide house," the drinking husband,
who would rather fill his own mouth
with whisky than his children's mouths
with bread the pert, imprudent, cigar
smoking boy of the period, who
knows everything he ought not to,
and nothing that he ought; the pra-
ting, professional politician, the un-
scrupulous speculator, the man who
filings vitriol On ladies' dresses, and the
men who leave their families to run away
with other mems wives-all these would
be we'll qualified candidates for suicidal
notoriety. But they, alasl are the very
ones who preserve their sanity to de-
gree which is quite discouraging. For
them the dagger, the bowl and the pistol
have no attractions. They persist IN pre-
ferring life with its exhaustless capacity
for bethering and distressing their con-
temporaries, 10 the quiet repose OF the
suicides tomb. We appeal to them as
men and brethren TO institute reform in
the matter. Let them bid us a'permanent
farewell We will part with them with
resignation, for In taking their leave we
can assure them, with Hamlet, that they
can take nothing we would more willing
" part with. ~ ~ tLAAt p
Year: 1872

went on again for few sickening and
horrifying moments. Hot irons were
now available, and the brutes being
driven off, the poor and almost pulseless
piece Of humanity was drawn out o!
the place it was fated he never more
should enter. He sustained sufficient
sensibility to speak TO his warm-hearted
colleagues a few faint words praying
them not to take him away to receive
medical aid, as he knew that be was a
dead man. His anxious friends carried
him tenderly TO the infrmary, where, af-
ter few moments, he breathed his last,
after muttering few incoherent SEN
tenees. As the shattered frame was
borne past Mrs. Manders, he family
waved his hand and gave her an express
sive look, which conveyed the words
that be was past all hope of aid. Many
of the shots fred entered the bodies OF
the animals, and they received great in
juries before they were driven of their
prey. The lion Tyrant is three and q
half years old, and had been brought up
from q whelp BY Mrs. Manders. The
animal having been a favorite, Il
was during the early part Of its
training allowed to run about that
portion of the caravan used as a
habitation, and it freely gambolled
with its mistress. The sire Of this
animal was the one that nearly killed
Maccomo some time ago. The only arm


the deceased had was streaked with deep


rashes from the shoulder TO the hand;


the scalp was torn right back, and from


the hips to the knees, where he was
seized from behind, the muscles are


completely t0rn out There are pieces
Of aesh gone from the ribs, and the
bones Of the pelvis, which are the strong
Year: 1872

FELT HER PULL.-There was "A Sunday
School celebration within hundred miles
Of Chicago, not long ago, and the minis
ter made speech to the children, in which
endeavored to teach the nature of faith.
so he told them the following story by
way Of illustration
! In the deepening twilight Of a Summer
evening pastor called at the residence
of one of his Pensioners, and found seated
in the doorway little boy, with hands
extended upward, holding line.


What are you doing here, my little
friend ?" inquired the minister.


Flying my kite" was the prompt re-
ply.


Flying your kite !" exclaimed the
pastor, " | can see no kite-you can see
! none"


Il cannot see it, but / know it is there,
for / feel It puit."


The children were all deeply interested
and the clergyman continued


Now in a few days after this the mother
of the little boy was about to die, and she
said to him:


My son, when am an angel, will
come if | can and be with you and shield
you from harm, and watch to see that
you grow up good man. Will you try
to think, sometimes, that am by your
side 20


And the little boy said he would.


"Now, my dear children" said the
minister, "when that blessed angel came
back from Heaven and lowered over her
child, and placed her hand among the
fair golden hair, how did he know she
was there, for be could not see her ?"


" Why, he Jett her pull, Of course ?"
roared the class in unison and with the
promptness of absolute certainty.


The speaker sat down all of sudden,
and the exercises concluded with the sing
ing Of hymn.
Year: 1872

We call the special attention Of the Public
to the fact that these Companies do a FIRE
Insurance business exclusively hence
their Assets are pledged Solely to their
Patrons as security against Loss by Fire,
and are not weakened and diminished by Ma
rine, Inland and Life Liabilities, as is tho
case with Companies combining the several
branches. Those desiring


RELIABLE FIRE INSURANCE
at fair rates. are invited to apply at the offices
of the above Companies.
Year: 1872

From the lightest muslins to the heaviest
cloths. They work equally well upon silk,
Linen, Wooden or Cotton goods, with Silk,
Linen or Cotton thread Scanning, Quilting,
Gathering, lIemming, Felling, Cording, Tuck
ing, Braiding, Embroidering and making But
ton Holes with the greatest facility.


If it be inconvenient for the purchaser to
visit the salesroOm, the order may be forward
ed to the office, and it will be as faithfully
filled as if the selection had been made per-
sonally.


Full instructions, recently compiled, and
giving full information upon every point in
the most inexperienced to operate without
difficulty.


Our interest in the successful working of the
Machines is not second to that of the purchas-
er, and we esteem it IL privilege to aid, by cor
respondence or otherwise, any person who may
require it.
Year: 1872

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Year: 1872

FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS wheth-
er in young or old, married or single, at the
dawn of womanhood or at the turn OF lie,
these Tonic Bitters have no equal.


sHr SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. ga
They are a Gentle Purgative as
well as a Tonic, possessing also the pecu-
liar merit of acting as a powerful agent IN re-
lieving Congestion or Inflammation OF the
Liver, and all the Visceral Organs


HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS


Bear Testimony to their


Wonderful Curative


EFFECTS.
Year: 1872

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Year: 1872

"Are We soon forgot when we arc gomez"
Poor Rip Van Winklo's touching and prophetic
question was never more sadly answered than b7
the career Of General c. 0. LOOMS, the dead
art11erist, the remains Of whose remains have
just been inferred in Detroit. Ho was one Of
the most brilliant and successful of all tho VOL
untcer officers in the war against the rebellion,
Ho went out at the head Of the famous Cold
water Battery, and was made Chief of Artille-


y On Sherman's staff. where his SER
vices we're among the most valuable in the army.
During the war. and during the abort period Of
Year: 1872

tracts should be made for lonee


term, and that the mistresses should take ad
vantage OF this to render their homes dearo
and more permanent to their domestics. Thes.


suggestions were the most practical Of the con


ference. So long as new and more desirable


eTocations arc opening to women, it is not to be


hoped that they will adhere to the drudgery o1


domestic service. Yet homes might be made &C


pleasant for them that they would prefer any rea-


sonable amount of housework to needle service o.


factory life. It is also too much to expect that


girls Gun step out from the lower order Of social


life, where poverty has deprived them Of ex-


perience in good cooking aud fine laundry-work,


and Immediately satisfy family table or a do
mestic lingerie, where the tastes are above the
means for employing hrst-c1ass labor at high
prices. Ladies' must instruct and help their
servants. II the answer bo that,
as soon as thoy are instructed,


they abandon you, the Inference is
that their places have not been so pleasant as
they might have been, for sensible girls will
scarcely give up good home for one Of which
they know nothing. There is undoubtedly q
mania for change among large numbers of do
meetics, but it is only the counterpart Of simi-
Lar mania among mistresses, many Of whom
contract habit, which grows upon them, Of
changing servants whenever they can, and most
of whom constantly think that they might do
better,


0t1


Other places Of the domestic question were
presented One VAS the moral and religious
elevation OF the servants but as the employers
are largely Protestant and tho employed largely
Catholic, it is as we'll that tho fornor should as
sumo no further responsibility in this regard
than that Of showing good example in Chris
tlan character and general amiability. Tho pur-
poso OF establishing uniform rate Of wages
was proposed, but without any action. The
proposition is entirely impractical, as sensible
people who can afford it will never per-
nit small difference in price to deprive them
OF home comforts. Prices are regulated by
skill, industry, and devotion, and always will
be, in spite Of arbitrary tariffs. Tho meeting
as most meetings Of this Kind will be
apt to do, without having decided upon any
plan of improvement. We are inclined to think
That the problem Of domestic service is one
which every lady will have to settle for herself
4 general system OF characters or "recon1-
mendation,' y such as prevail in England, would
be Of service to all employers, who would take
pains to insist upon them and totest their validity
For the rest, We are inclined to believe that
hose ladies who are spoken of as $50 lucky in
heir help understand the solution Of the prob
EN- much better than any general conference
lists in knowing when they have coed girl and
low to keep her.
Year: 1872

The REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION con
venes In Dover Tomorrow to elect six Dele
gates to the Philadelphia National Republican
Convention, which assemblies on the 9th of
June to nominate candidates for President and
Vice President. 1t is quite certain that a
Grant delegation will be elected, but we believe
the Delegates should go uninstructed. The
Liberal" movement has developed no per-
ceptibe status in the State so far and is not
likely to do so so long as the political outlook
maintains its present bearing. The sentiment
is all but unanimous for Grant, so far as public
expression gives us to judge, yet We hope the
Delegates will go unembarrased by the action
of the Convention
Year: 1872

last night and organized upon permanent
basis. Their object is mental Improvement and
literary recreation. With such object in view,
we are satisfied that they will be successful, and
deseryedly So A EI r.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, November 26.--The rough
draft of the Presidents annual message,
though not quite finished, was read to the
Cabinet to-day all the members being pres
ent. 1t will perhaps be one-1ifth longer than
last years message. In addition to the two
copies to be sent to Congress, five others
will be made on manifold for the use of
the city press and for telegraphing.


In response to question asked by the
writer OF this dispatch, the President re-
marked he had no objection to saying that
the message would not show a change of
policy on his part, as his endeavor was now,
as it had been in the past, to perform
his entire duty to the extent of bis
ability, and in such manner as would
best serve the interests of the country.
He was not certain that he would recommend
to Congress au extension of amnesty to the
two or three hundred persons excluded by
recent legislation, but if he should it would
be with proposed condition that the bene-
ticiaries merely take an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States. Congress,
however, had ample authority in the pre-
misses, and could act with regard to the mat
ter withOuta repetition Of his views upon the
subject contained in his former annual mes
sage. He saw no more necessity, as had been
asserted, for making declaration Of more
friendly policy toward the South than for
such declaration toward the North, as he
sought as President, under the obligation of
his oath, to execute the duties of his position
without favor or partiality. In accord
ance with law, he would in his
message indorse such recommendations
Of legislation as may be presented
| by the heads of the several Departments
and which experience had shown to be
necessary, and he would recommend to Con.
gress that action be taken with regard to
the award made by the Geneva arbtrators.
The money will be paid by Great Britain TO
the Department of State, and be deposited
in the Treasury. Of course it cannot be
drawn therefrom except in accordance with
law for the purposes specified.


| In the course of conversation on the sub
iect of the civil-seryice reform, the President
said that while competitive examinations


were desirable, he did not think it right thai
offices should be given to enemies of the Ad
ministration TO the exclusion of its friends


He was now engaged i'll examining appli
cations for pardon, taking up the cases singly


with view to conclusion upon them. Ht
said he intended to pardon Colonel Bower


man, who about eighteen months ago wa:
convicted of embezzlement while he was ar
officer in the Baltimore custom-house. liz
added that, in additionto other reasons, Col
| onel Bowerniln was brave and faithful offi
Ger during the war.
Year: 1872

The charming pair of chroms, "Wide Awake and


EAST Asleep of whose real beauty and attractive
ness Mrs. Stoves graceful sketch give but an
imperfect idea-so pleasing they to all who love
art or childrenhave always sold in the picture stores
for $40, and the original publisher has never been
able to supply the great demand for them even at
that price. And yet, although thousands of them
have been sold America that high rate they are
now within the reach of all, for they arc
Year: 1872

SKATING FOR LIFE.-A story is told OF
man who came upon pack of hungry


wolves while skating in the Northwest.


He threw aside his gun and overcoat and


whizzed away for dear life. 1t soon be-
came apparent that he could not hope to
get such clear as to put ON top speed.
and so leave them behind but he was a
practiced skater--a dab" at the fahcy
work acquired at the rinks, where people
skate for pastime, and learn to be elegant
and swan-like. His outer edge and figure
skating saved him. On came the wolves
full pelt, their hot breath reaching him
just as he put on desperate spurt, when
whish he flew round in beautiful circle.
and the shaggy wretches, carried on by
their own tremendous impetus were
long way in front, while he went gliding
off in contrary direction. Over and
over again did he practice this manpuvre
in similar circles till the wolves them
selves, baffled, and in their rage swapping
and biting at each other, began to flag.
and to think that after all they were in
chase of the shadow of a man-a hungry
dream of human flesh. Round and round
went the skates, still with a cool head and
fist, working nearer and nearer
home, until at last the pursuers gave up,
and with a howl of disappointment fled
into the thickets.
Year: 1872

CATTLE DISEASE A bill for the pre-
venton of pleuro- pneumonia and other
contagious diseases among cattle, intro
duced in the New Jersey Senate, provides
Cor the appointment of three commission
ers. with power to make all needful regu-
lations for the quarantine, treatment and
cure of cattle exposed to or affected with
any disease whose spread it is desirable
to prevent. The commissioners may,
when in their opinion necessary, kill and
bury all infected cattle, and I'll owners
thereof are required, under heavy penal
ties, to notify the commissioners ct that
fact. The pay of the commissioners is
fixed at eight dollars per day for each day
of actual service.
Year: 1872

CHIoAeo.-lt is gratifying to find that
the Chicago Relief and Aid Society has
now abundant resources to meet all the
wants of the present winter. The liberal
gifts of the nation have been greatly aided
by the mild weather of the past month !;
and the foreboding that the horrors Of the
fire might be succeeded by those attendant
on a scsnty supply OF food and shelter,
have been happily dissipated.
Year: 1872

DR.. O. w. Holmes, in the Februar,


atlantic, thus discourses about children


The Old Master, who is bachelor, has


IA kindly feeling for this little monkey


and those of his kind.


. like children" he said to me one


day at table. u like em, and respect


'em. Pretty much all the honest truth


telling there is in the world is done by


them. Do you know they play the part
in the household which the kings Jester,


VINO very often had a mighty long head
under his cap and bells, used to play for
"A monarch ? There's no radical club
like a nest of little folks in nursery


Did You ever watch a baby's fingers :?
1 have, often enough, though I never
knew what 1t was to own one. The
master paused half a minute or so, sigh
ed-perhaps at thinking what he had
missed in life, looking up at me little
vacantly. | saw what was the matter ;
he had lost the thread of his talk.


Baby's fingers" interpolated.


Yes. yes did you ever see how they
will poke those wonderful little fingers
of theirs into every fold and crack and
crevice they can get at That is their
first education, feeling their way into the
solid facts of the material world When
they begin to talk, it is the same thing
over and over again i'll another shape.
If there is a crack or flaw i'll your an
swer to their confounded shoulder hit
ting questions, they will poke and poke
until they have got it gaping, just as the
baby's fingers have made rent out of
that atom of hole in his pinafore that
your old eyes never took notice of. Then
they make such fools of us by copying
on a small scale what we do in the grand
manner.


CAPTAIN SCOTT. 1t is said of that
famous hunter, Captain Scott, that when
he sighted coon in tree and was re-
cogniZed by the ritter" the saga
cious c.on, knowing that it WIS all up
with him, would call out eff that's
you, Captain Scott, don't fire, for I'll
come down" The famous person allud- |
ed to was an officer in the regular army, |
who rose from the ranks-having been |
commissioned for gallant services in the |
war of 1912. He was very illiterate, and .
could not write his own name but he .
could make his mark with rifle or COM
mon smooth-bore, flint lock musket of
the olden times. Many anecdotes were
told of him in the old army, where he
was universal fayorite with the officers
and men. He had for great many
years before the Mexican war been cap
tain in the Fifth Infantry, and his com
pany we're noted as good marksmen. 1t
was the boast of his men that their old
sp.ain could pick up musket at any
lime and finland put a dozen bullets in
he bul's-eye, one after the other, as fast
Is he could load and fire. His own SOL
liers, who idolized him, got up the story
Ibout the coon. which is correctly told
bove. This brave officer was killed in
he battle of Molina del Rey. I
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel. Diabetes. Drop
ra and cases where there are Brick dust deposits or
the is thick cloudy, mixed with substances like
the white Of an egg threads like white silk OF there
morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits. and where there is pricking burning
sensat and pain in the small of the back and along
the lOins In all these conditions Railways Sarpar-
lan ResOlvent aided by the application Of Railways
Ready Relief TO the spine and small of the back and
the bowels regulated with two of Railways
In a few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without Uan and the
or sherry color,
Year: 1872

A Company has been formed in Bridge port to make sewing machine needles. l.. They have bought the exclusive right to Webster's patent machine for reducing the blad. of the needle by the sewing process. In making sewing machine needles, the old method is to cut off the wire the whole length of the needle, and then turn down the blade to the proper size. In that way the best part of the wire-the outside-is turned off and wasted, the poorest part of the wire-the centre. or core-only being used. The mode of manufacture by which thls company will make their needles is to take N piece of wire less than half the length required for milled needles, and by series of very rapid blows or compres- sions, hammer or draw out the blade to the proper length.