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Year: 1871




| am always sorry for man who
knows how 10 do but one thing gave
ten dollars to one who could speak and
write five or six languages. and trans
late beautifully; but in the middle Of n
hard winter he could not get \ living.


remember another man who had
preached twenty five years, till his
throat failed him, and he used to 90
round looking very blue and sad. until
people piicd him and made little donation
parties for him be cause he was good for
nothing except 10 preach.


have met many such men. One was
wool staplcr, but when there was no
more wool 10 soit, he was helpless as 4
baby. Another one knew how 10 drill
and polish ncedle.eyes, but neither he
nor had any needles to drill nor eyes to
polish.


knew u lady once that had taught
school fortwenty years till she was Il poor,
nervous. broken-dOwn woman. and really
didn't known how TO make dress Tor
herself


| know n man that wants 10 keep store.
and he sits with his thumb in his mouth
waiting for store to come to him to
be Kept.


| heard of minister who, when his
people gave him n horse and buggy. had
to wait Tor the deacon's wife to come
over and show him how to harness, for
he didn't know the bits from the cruppor.


Now, boys and girls, every real man
should know how TO do one thing right
well, and he ought to know how to do 4
great many things tolerably well.


Every wise farmer has principal crop /;
but he always puts in little something
else, so that if his main crop fails, he
will have something to live on. Don't
carry ell your eggs in one basket Don't
put all your money in ono pocket. If
you want TO get along right well, learn
one sort of work 10 get living by, and
all sorts OF work 10 get along with when
your one sort gives out.


When tree loses its limbs by the wind
or by your saw, it does not give up and
die. Watch it Itbarsts out from un-
derneath the old, dry bark. with little
tricks of twigs which it learned and
laid away years ago when it was sap.
ling. OF course the tree chose three OF
four of its twigs and lived by them; they
grew; and ii grew but when they got
twisted off the tree laughed and said
There's more than one way to get
living"


And 80 those little things that it had
not thought of for twenty years began
to grow just as had seen some men and
women, when they got into trouble; they
stirred round and went at something
that they used to do when they were
young.


That's the reason why 60 in for all
sorts OF work. believe in boys learn.
ing how to do girls work. and girls learn.
ing how to do boys work.


| remember once out in Indiana, be-
fore the days OF railways, one Of the
incest woman l ever saw. She could
make bread and pies, pickles and pre-.
serves, roast beef and turkey; she could
make beds and boquets, paper rooms, and
shake carpets; there was no end to the
Year: 1871

In order to destroy moths in carpets.
wiring coarse towel ous OF clean water; /;
then spread it smoothly on the carpet; ;
iron it dry with good hot iron; repeat
the operation on all the parts OF the
carpet suspected of being invested with
moths. No need of pressing on hard,
and neither the pile nor the color OF the
cloth will be injured, and the moths will
be destroyed by the heat and steam.
Year: 1871

operation, most unequal and vexatlous,
or more unequal, vexatious, and de-
moralizing than the other taxes referred
to.


This question has been long and
thoroughly canvassed in England, and
the result has been that the income tax
has become a permanent feature in the
revenue system Of that country. The
more it was discussed and the better it
was understood the more it commended
itself to the good sense and common
honesty of the English people. We
may confidently look for the same result
here. The objections, that the tax ne
cessitates a system of espionage, obnox-
ious to the citizen, and that it tempts
men to violate their oaths, will excite sim
ply the contempt of the great mass of
our people, who are required annually
to prepare and return under oath a COM
plete inventory of their personal proper
ty for purposes of State and local taxa
ton. They will at a glance see that,
if the objections alluded to were insu-
perable, all the personal property Of the
country would be exempt from taxation,
and the States would be compelled to
raise all their revenue from real estate





sent to such a proposition, and certainly
none but an insane man would urge
against the law under consideration OBJ
jections not only equally applicable to
revenue laws which it is proposed to
leave undisturbed, but to the tax laws
of every State in the Union.


Under the revenue laws as they now
stand the men of small means, the la
boring men, the consumers, or, in the
language of Mr.. Boutwell,, " the produc-
ing, consuming, and business interests
of the country, bear by far too large a
proportion Of the burden of taxation.


l am, therefore, Mr.. Speaker, not only
opposed to the repeal of the income tax,
but go further, and favor reducing the
amount to be exempted from its opera
tons to 81, 500. know Of no tax more
Just, equal, and reasonable than this. It
bears lightly upon those who pay it. Its
amount is not determined by the imper-
ative need of the citizen for food, raj
ment or fire, but by the measure of his
worldly prosperity. If Congress desires
to do an act of justice, an act of human
ity, an act which will relieve to some
extent the troubled hearts of millions.
and make the faces of the poor turn to
us with thanks If it would raise up
friends in the cottages and humble cab
ins all over the land, let it abolish the
tax on coal and salt, let it further reduce
the tax on tea, coffee, and sugar. These
are the taxes which should be cut off or
cut down, if the revenue can by posi-
bility be spared. 1t is in this direction
we should turn our thoughts while It
would be well for us to direct the atten-
ton of gentlemen who SO persistently
demand the abolition of the income tax
to that passage of divine law which de-
clares-


Unto whomsoever much is given, of
him shall be much required; and to whom
men have committed much, OF him they
Will ask the more"
Year: 1871

Controller Connolly remains nomi-
ally at the head of his Department. Mr..
Green is really in charge of the archives,
which he has surrendered to the inves-
tigation of the Committee of Seventy.
Gen. Mcclellan, at latest advices, had
neither accepted nor declined the ruin
ousp romiuence which Mr.. Hall wished
to give him in this desperate struggle
of the rogues against the honest men.
Tammany is losing the last relics of
the moral support which it had among
the people. and its position Is now
considered utterly untenable. There
is no shadow of law upon the side of
the claim of the Mayor. 1t is hard to
imagine what can have been the legal
advice upon which he founded step
so reckless and absurd. It is now
highly probable that the only jurist he
consulted was that remarkable legal
luminary A. Oakley Hall. We do not
pretend that he would find an adequate
offset in Mr.. Charles O'Conor, but we
do print the latter gentleman's opinion
as the best we have. 1t will be seen
that it precisely sustains the view
taken by the Tribune in its issue Tues
day morning. The law was expressly
framed to protect the rogues ofthe Ring
from any possible spasm of virtue or
honesty in the mind of the Mayor, and
now, in the most singular way, it be-
comes an invaluable machine in the
hands of the citizens to prevent the
alarmed conspirators from remoldeing
the administration to suit themselves.
1t is to be hoped that a day of rehec-
ton will induce the to give up the un-
equal contest. They have no support


in the law, none in popular opinion,


none even in the sentiment of party


fealty,. They are bafied at every


point, and the sooner they recognize
| this with the fewer stripes will they


be beaten.-M Y. Tribune.
Year: 1871




owing to the failure of rain, the frost,
the harvest win not yield more than
thirty bushels to the acre. Silk will
therefore advance in price. In 1882
YOU could buy a wooden dress for $3.50.
In 1871 silk dress costs but $500. 1t
will be seen therefore that by making
your sheep spawn silk you make So fl
times more profit / was thunder
struck with this and could only an
swer sHow?' The hoary headed sage
answered.: by grating, of course. The
sheep can weave cocoons like SILK
worms ifthey only give their minds
to it, and the man who denies it IS a
liar and horse-thief. Little sheep
that can spin and wont spin ought to
be made to spin. The fact is Went
worth, you overfeed your sheep and
they never feel the spur of necessity
Vary their diet. Give them no veget'
able food, but give them, say peck o.
silk worms day, mixed with color,
ing matter, as cochineal, indigo, mad
der, or hmpblack, according to the
hue of the silk which you want to rear
Food makes blood, blood makes life
and how can q merino sheep producs
wool without life? How have life with
out food? ov
Year: 1871

tried, which according to Mr.. Auditor
Clark's statement, he has never certi-
fed in to the Treasury of the County
of Belmont and in which he collected
and kept the sum of six dollars in each
case.
Year: 1871

The salaries which remain unpaid to the
Public School teachers amount TO 100000 and are only
for the month Of August The requisition made upon
Deputy Controller Green for t25o0o, and includes
Of the whole Department OF Public
Instruction The Commissioners meet again Thurs
day. when another reQuision will be made, II the money
paid before that tme Mr. Green Is making srenu-
ous exertions TO have tho requison granted, and 1t
probably will be within few days. The following notice
posted in the snteroom Of the Department OF
Public Instruction:


The salaries Of teachers will not be paid to-day owing
to the legal restraint placed upon this Department on
account OF the litigation now pending In the Supreme
Court In the matter Of the injunction against the Board
OF Apportonment of the CITY 1t is probable, however
that the salaries will be paid In few days. OF which due
notice will be given. LAWRENCE ID. kIERNAN


Clerk to the Board.
Year: 1871




DRESS BY Ex-JUDGE BARRETT.


The public interest in the examination of
the voucher thieves centered Saturday around the
case OF Mrs Haggey at the Essex Market Police Court


large number Of spectators crowded the Courtroom ct
an early hour but until 1880 o'clock nothing done
in the case Justice Ledwth at last announced In loud
voice that 1t was very unlikely that any examination
would place that morning. ss the counsel on either
eide had not Upon bearing this exJudge Barrett,
counsel for the Citizens Committee Of Seventy addressed
Justice Ledwith as follows:


On that intimation Of your Homer beg to retire.
wsh however to correct statement which appeared In
some Of the daily papers this morning To the eject that
in consultation With District Attorney Garvin we had
consented the discharge OF Mrs. Haggerty; This
entirely incorrect and altogether beyond our Intention
30 far from cOnsentng the discharge OF the prisoner
cannot conceive upon what EARTHLY ground an sPpea
tOn for discharge could possibly be based nom the fsc
that the adayfs which the warrant was issued are
entirely uneontradcted and show perfectly clear and
plain case against In connection with the prosecu-
iUn attended the Court yesterday before Jedee D0W
ing and remained there very brie ume put remaaaed
quite long enough 10 heaT the body Of which am mem.
beg attacked In the most violent terms was prevented
by the District Attorney from participating In the dis
cssion he not desir0us that any counse should
speak in conjunction with himself. had heard tho
learned counsel for the defendant making violent
attack the body represented ana also
upon your Honor and many other good citizens
and after hearing Mr., Garyin'e reply, 10 which
Year: 1871

of al otsens Of German Descent 10 Be- called without
delay the best to give expression to the almost
unanimous conviction Of the Germans that permanent
ORGANIZATION Of the cssns irrespective Of party, u the
only way TO procure and warrant for the future to
our miruled city good Municipal Government.
Year: 1871

NO KING " CANDIDATES fOh ldE oENhlC'


There are good grounds for the statement
that neither Of tho Ave Tammany Senators, Tweed,
Creamer Genet Norton, and Bradley will take the ned
this Fall They held several meetings during the past
week. ut which 1t determined that It would be mpol
tito to make fight against Tden In the Convention as
that would inevitably detach enough Democrats from
other parts Of the State to throw the next Legislature
into the hands Of the Republicans They are said to have
resolved finally to decline reelection and win deyelopno
opposition TO the candidates Of the Demccrso party In
their districts 1t is generally admitted by the Tam
many magnates that they will be roughly handled In the
coming Convention Of their party and they say the
present complications have unpleasant features for
them than any they remember In the past There seems
To be no ouesion that Hoffman s In the league against
them and will endeavor to make capital with the State
and National party by vigorous opposition 10 tne fng @
molly but that otherwise the fight Is with him. and they
add that Connolly be thrown overheard without dit
fculty, for Mr.. Tden has been careful not 10 commit
himself to sustain the Controller.
Year: 1871

The New Orleans Times tells that among
the first orders issued by Butler Oh his occu-
patton of the Crescent City, was one to the
effect that ell persons having cotton, sugar
or tobacco within the Confederate lines
nigh. freely and safely bring the same to
New Orleans, there dispose thereof. and
return under the safe conduct of the United
States with such supplies as they might see
fit TO purchase Under this order the Time!
adds that lively trade sprang up, ever
sulphur and other articles contraband Of
war passing freely into the Confederate
lines; and what was done in Louisiana Wa
done likewise in Texas. many in the trade
having permits from Mr. Lincoln therefor
And that's the wey Butler and his htsi
squad of Yankee staff officers got rich gu
of the war.
Year: 1871

Boston, June 20.-The third annual meeting
Of the National Musical Congress commenced to-day in
the Music Hail. Dr. L. H. Southland, President Of the Pea
body Academy Baltimore, presiding in the absence Of
President Mason. Gov. CaHin congratulated the Asso-
citation on its success In cuvating taste FOR higher
grade OF music Ee hoped to see legislative enactment
schools throughout the State The good effect OF music
on the education Of the young seen in the State re-
formatory aud correctional institutions, where t had
been proved that the baton OF the music teacher had
proved more eecual than the rod Of the master The
meeting adjourned till tomorrow In the afternoon
grand concert was given by chorus Of 1000 voices and
eminent sOoss assisted by orchestra aud the great
nrCa
Year: 1871

The large amount due IN the state of Louisiana Is at
trbutabe the cumbrous machinery which the law
vded for the collection OF the tax cotton, correct
turns not having been received from the State until
many Of tho officers had been removed from their posi-
tions This statement has been prepared with great
care and believed TO be very nearly correct Suits for
the recovery OF the amounts due have been
considerable sum- the bonds in most cases are con-
sdered good and ample payments are making into the
Treasury almost daily upon these accounts and at the
expiration OF the present year the amount remaining
paid will be very materially lessened,
Year: 1871

ton, assumed a perpendicular POI
sition, came down head fret. It
struck the earth some distance
from as, and then rebounded, fall.
ing again within q few feet OF
where It struck. Then, from par.
alyzed fear, the crowd broke forth
into sirieks of terror, women ran
widely about screaming and actu.
ally tearing their hair, and q rush
was made for the spot where the
man had struck the ground
There was an indentation not less
than eight or ten inches deep, and
filed with blood and brains which
had burst from the skull when,
like a cannon ball let drop from
an immense height, 1t crushed
into the earth. The dead man
was then taken up and carried to
the Albert House, where the poor
wife, who had often safely travers.
ed the air with her husband,
cared for it.


lbe excitement in the town was
OF the most fearful and intense de
scription as may readily be believ-
ed. Those who had come ont for
pleasure returned home in sorrow,
and the town wore the aspect of O
place which bad been visited by
some awful calamity in which it's
own interests had suffered. There
was no more of the fair for that
day, and the remembrance OF the
dreadful occurrence will long be a
story told by the inhabitants when
those who witnessed it shall long
since have died.
Year: 1871

Henry Ward Beecher preached re-
Gently on Late Hours and the I'm
| fruitful Works of Darkness. tNa as
{" If you want to make the ruin of a
child sure give him liberty after dark.
You cannot do any thing nearer to in
sure his damnation than to let him have
| liberty to 90 where he will without re-
str4int. After dark he will be sure to
get into communication with people
that will undermine all his good quail
ties. do not like to speak to parents
about their children. Their child cam
not, will not lie, when his tongue is like
bended bow he will not drink, when
there is not saloon within mile of his
fathers house where he is not as well
known as one of his own decanters ;
he never does iniquitous things, when
he is reeking in filth. Nineteen out of
every twenty allowed perfect freed ON
at night will be wounded by it. There
is nothing more important than for a
child to be at home at night, or, if he is
abroad, you should be with him. If he
is to see any sights or take any plea
see that you should not see with him.
1t is not merely that the child should


be broken down, but there are thoughts
that never ought to find passage into a
mans brain. AS an eel, if he wriggle
across your carpet, will leave his slime
which no brushing can ever efface, so
there are thoughts that never can be
got rid of, once permitted to enter; and
there are individuals going round with
obscene books and pictures under the
lappels of their coats that will leave
ideas in the mind of your child that will
never be effaced. There are men here
who have heard a salacious song and
they never will forget it. They will re-
gret it to the end of their lives. | do
not believe in childs seeing life, as it
is called, with it's damnable lust and
wickedness, to have all his imagination
set on fire with the flames of hell. No


body goes through this fire but they are
burned, burned and they can't get rid
of the scars .... .t.i ..
Year: 1871

The fashion for building long ocean
steamers recalls to correspondents
memory the following story: r


| am reminded of the loss of the
steamer Home, many years ago, on a
voyage from New York, l think, to
Charleston. She broke in two at the
moment when the bow and stern of the
vessel were raised by waves so high as
to deprive the center of the steamer of
the support of the sea, and many lives
were lost. The defence of unseaworthi-
ness was made, and perhaps proved, but
the counsel for the owners SO complete
ly described the character of the de-.
fence in his opening sentence, that
scarcely hope existed that it would be
maintained. 1t was old George Griffin,
as he was then called, who summed up
for the prosecution. "May it please the
court and gentlemen of the jury" said
he, "you have heard the tragedy of the
Home for the benefit of the under
writer's" Mr.. Lord, the counsel of the
insurance company, has just concluded
a powerful argument to show the dam
ger to human life if such vessels were
encouraged, and the opening remark of
Mr. Griffin was so truly descriptive as to
occasion a smile throughout the court
room. The jury found that she was
seaworthy, but she undoubtedly lacked


the strength necessary for rough voy-
age. But the danger from great length
is of another sort. Occasionally steam
ers of that kind get in the trough of
the sea and are greatly embarrassed to
get out until the storm is over. .a rl.
Year: 1871

The great Blood Purifier and delicious drink, War
ners Vinum Vita, or Wine of Life is free from any
those who require stmulant. It is splendid appe-
tizer and tonic and the finest thing in the world for
purifying the blood 1T is the most pleasant and de-


cous article offered to the public far superior to
brandy whisky, wine hitters any other article 1t
young old. take the Wine of Life 1t is in fact


life preserver. Those who wish to enjoy good health
and free flow of lively spirits will do well to take
the Wine of Life. 1t is different from any thing ever
before in use. 1t is sold by druggists Price ST. in
quart bottles
Year: 1871

The following Is a brief abstract Of


Mr.. Emerson's excellent lecture on
j self-eulture


The Importance of fine and culti-
I waited manners cannot be Over-esti-
mated. Such cultivation Is 10 be OBJ
/ tained by association with those who
are cultivated, and we should proper
I IL consider the importance OF seeur-
ing such associates for cur children.
Z Behavior is all-impOrtaut. Posture
should be studied. AnaWkward man
I is graceful when asleep, OF when hard
at work. When our mind Is Occu.
pied we naturally assume q proper
position. Great power lies in the
voice. One man, by his tones, can
animate q regiment, while another


has no following power.


There is an immense difference be-
tween a heavy and q genial manner.
The youth OF Americ9 generally ap-
pear hurried and i'll at ease, yet no
life is so short but there is always time
for courtesy. Perfect self-cOmmand
is the best Of manners. The example
Of the Quakers is cOmmendable.
They. when sitting down at meals,
spend a minute or two in silent pray
er. Such a course prevents laughter
and unseemly conversation, and gives
them an opportunity to start their con-
versatiOn anew from advantageous
grounds. Manners are great reveal
ers Of secrets. The changes in ones
experience are manifest in their cOun
tenanees, even II we are not always
subtle to understand them. A lady
loses much Of her power when she
endeavors to express an undue admi-
ration for an object. Be temperate in
our approval and we shall be credited


with meaning what we express.
Laughter is TO be avoided.


Lord Chesterfield said that after he
came 60 the years of understanding
he never laughed. About dress, 10
nation dress better than ours. A king
or general does not need an elegant
coat tO make himself known, neither
does q man of commanding person
require fine apparel Proper eompan-
iOnship is Indispensable. A man who
thinks well ineite anOther's thought.
No man can be master in converse
tiOn who has not talked with wCuan-
Beware Of Jokes, they are inestimable
for sauce, but poor for food. or the
sentimentalist he had considerable TO
say, but little OF a eOmmendatOry na-
ture. Things said for conversation
are chalk eggs. Avoid talking shop
or other forbidden subjects before
company. Again, the great game ia
not to talk with those who know less
than ourselves, but rather tilt with
those who are wiser than ourselves.


We shall then be OverthrOwn and
learn wisdom thereby.