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Year: 1873

a Oanbu:y man read Of the delights Of
a siesta IN haMM ock in the tropics. The
natural tendency of the Danbury mind is
towards inquiry. The question was whether
tie enjoyment was in the tropics or ir .he
hammock. Profound deiibaration produced
the conclusion :ha: practical demons:ra-
hon would evolve superior results 20
theory. No. having any tropics he com.
menced with q hammock. He ''slung i" in
the barn so his wife wouldn't see i. J..
looked nice swaying gently with the centre
about five fee: from The ground. He
thought the pleasure must be in the ham.
mock. He placed one hand IN the
would have jumped on bench. The
hammock stood from under and the barn
floor received him. Nothing but the inward
satisfaction that no one saw the perform
ance induced him to try again. This time
lie used both hands and spread the ham.
mock wide apart. When he jumped, his
hands crossed and he was yarked forty dit.
ferent ways. and the hammock spilled him
bottom side up. Then he began to think
the enjoyment was net all in the hammock.
Then he got chair and erawled into the
middle CT the darn thing and the sides
closed on him. Then lie shifted himself jus:
little. and the hammock contracted TO the
width Of Clark six cord cotton and twisted
him off with his dinner against the back Of
the chair. and his disturbed digestion took
the hammock and 'slung IT. into the pig
pen, and he unanimously resolved :ba: the
delight was in the tropics.
Year: 1873

Colonel Faulkner reports everything loyal
and lovely in Caldwell. There is no rebel
lion, nor tax resistance, nor internal non
sense there. Hence the cotton crop is
unusually large and promising.
Year: 1873

There has az last been found one decent
and manly Democratic journal in the South
with courage enough to condemn the assas'
sination of q Radical. and with sense
enough TO foresee the consequences OF such
follv. Will our local assassin agitators
read the following from the Galveston
Daily Nees:


By such indefensible acts on the part Of
few hot heads, the entire South is brought
up TO the bar of Northern judgment and
condemned by the wholesale.
Year: 1873

We receive from Washington the in
telligence that on Friday evening last,
in the First Congregational Church, the
importance Of having good editors was
considered, and prayer was offered es-
pecially in behalf Of the Washington
newspapers, though the journals Of
other latitudes were not altogether for
gotten. We trust that we are sufficient
~ grateful for our own share of this be-
neyoleDt intercession; and although we
have some neighbors who seem to be
past praying for, we trust that they, too,
were kindly remembered. We might
make some reasonable objection to this
selection Of single class for special sup
plication, but upon the whole we are in
clined to take il as q compliment. The
goodness OF other people. is, of course,
desirable, but it was felt, doubtless, that
without good editors the world would not
be worth living in. We advise those who
are constantly eursing and swearing at
the conductors Of the public press to fol-
low the Washington example, especially
as some Of them are in the religious line,
and understand both precation and i'm
precstiOn equally well-NelD York TFi-
6t0se,
Year: 1873

a Pottsville, Pennsylvania, letter
states that alarm is felt in SchuylkilI
and Lehigh Valleys at the prospect OF
the Reading Company effecting mo-
nopoly in the coal trade. Coal men say
it is only question of time when they
will have to shut up the business. The
letter also stated that every iron mine
and all the large factories using
quantities Of coal viii be at the mercy
Of This monopoly.
Year: 1873

1t is stated that new horse disease
of dangerous character is prevalent in
New York city. The surgeons pronounce
it to be spinal meningitis, and it is be-
lieved to be the out-growth of the dis
temper recently prevalent, caused by
working the horses before they had fully
recovered. There have been several fa-
tai cases already.
Year: 1873

1t is reliably stated that the number
Of female employees in the San Francisco
mint will soon be increased TO forty.
This will necessitate the appointment Of
sixteen Others, there being only twenty
four females in the establishment at
present.
Year: 1873

He was then a straight, tall boy
of nineteen, with wide blue eyes,
light faxen hair, and demeanor
somewhat solemn and thoughtful.
Little given to dissipation, he pre-
ferrcd riding and the manly sports
of his boyhood to the gambling,
hard drinking, and frivolous gallan-
tries in which most of his brother
officers indulged; but on the other
hand, he was noted and skilltul
dueIist. This was one Of the neces-
sites of his position. An officer
who went much to court, and had
personal reasons for being attached
to the King, could not, in those
days, stand by Indifferent while the
royal family were assailed by liber-
al journalists, and by Bonapartist
officers of Napoleon's old army.
MacMahon made point of attend
ing the Cafe Valois, in the street of
that name, which was then the
headquarters of royalist officers,
and there duels were arranged al
most every night as coolly as pigeon
matches would be in these our times.
1t was the custom for the liberal pa
pers to be placed in a heap on the
central table. AT five o'clock Off
GERS dropped in, and at six, when
the room was full, the papers would
be read aloud, and if one of them
contained anything offensive to the
King, the officers drew lots among
them as to who should go and chal-
lengc the editor. Important journ-
ais were then generally provided
with a responsible fighting editor,
whose sole mission it was to accept
1 challenges. He was generally an
old half-pay officer or sergeant, and
now and then it happened that he
could not even read. Mac Mahon
fought seven of these gentlemen in
the course of five years, and it is on
record that he was never once
wounded, nor did he ever kill his
man. He was singularly expert in
the art Of pinking his adversary in
the fleshy part Of the right arm, just
above the elbow, inflicting a wound
that was not dangerous, but which
obliged his adversary to drop his
foil like a hot coal, and to keep his
arm in sling for six weeks. This
thrust got to be known as "labotte
Mac Mahon," and it earned the
young officer many ecomiums fol
which he little cared, being in his
heart averse to dueling.
Year: 1873

From the Detroit Free Press. |


Sunday morning two farmers and
their families, who were driving to
Maiden to attend church, noticed,
when about eight miles below, or
east Of the towu, a ships yawl on
the lake, heading toward The beach,
and about half mile away. They
could plainly make out man in the
stern sheets steering the boat with
an oar, and, although there were no
vessels in sight, the morning was
so pleasant and the sea SO smooth |
that it was supposed the man had
put out from the shore to pick up
something, and but little attention
was paid to the yawl. Passing the
same spot on their return the men
found the yawl hard on the beach,
and the man sitting stiff and mo-
tionless in her stern. Leaving their
wagons they discovered that the
man was liteless and frozen as hard
as a rock. He sat bolt upright on
the seat, the oar out behind and
both hands clasped the handle, and
it required hard work to wrench it
from his death-grip. There was
about foot of water in the boat,
but the craft did not show rough
usage. The mans legs were almost
covered with ice as far up as his
knees, and the spray had dashed
oyer his back and frozen there.
There was no name on the boat and
the person who brought the inform
alton to Windsor yesterday could
not say that anything was found on
the person Of the man to reveal his
identity, nor to show how he had
been cast adritt. 1t IS not believed
that he put off from any vessel, but
it is the theory of mariners that he
was driven from off the islands or
from some point down the shore.
No one could say how long he had
been adoat or when death overlook
him, but he must have been dead at
least three days or more. There
was neither sail or mast to the boat,
and nothing In it but the one oar,
showing that the poor fellow had
not intended long trip anywhere,
and that he must have been blown
off the shore. He had used his oar
to keep before the wind, and had
frozen to death on his seat, where
he was SO firmly held by the ice that
it had to be broken with a stone be-
fore he could be pulled off. For
days, and perhaps for a fortnight,
the frozen man sat there with his
icy fingers clinging to the ashen
oar, and the gales and the waves
spared him to reach tho beach and
receive Christian burial, while a
score Of hardy men who manned a
stout propeller saw her 60 down to d
grave in the deep waters and follow
ed after. Truly, the great lakes
have their mysteries as well s.s the
broad ocean.
Year: 1873

The Utica Herald gives the fol-
lowing brief but comprehensive


story of one of those little domes-
tic mistakes which are likely to oc-
cur in the best regulated families:


Sometimes a baboab tree of con-
sequencewill spring from a oausa-
tive onion seed. Such was the case
of a gentleman from Waterville,
whose slight mistake yesterday
nearly cost him his wife, who was
on her return from a somewhat pro-
tracted visit to her relatives in an


eastern State. On the train he met
a female acquaintance who was
without an escort. True to his in
stincts as a gentleman, when the
train rolled into the Utica depot he
offered to accompany her to her
home. She accepted his proffered
courtesy, and handed him her trav-
cling bag, which he noticed at the
time, was very much like his own.
They arrived duly at her residence
and parted, he taking one travelling
bag and she the other. He then
wended his way down to the hotel
where his spouse was waiting his
coming with impaticnce, knowing
that the train had arrived long
since. -.


They met joyfully and underwent
those little love passages which on.
ly those can describe who have
experienced them. At last the time
came for retiring. The gentleman
deliberately removed his boots, his
coat and vest, and then he attempted
to open his traveling-bag. His key
did not open it readily, but finally
he obtained access to its contents.
Meanwhile his wife had not been
less expeditions in disrobing, and
drew near her cherished chubby
to see what the pretty present was
he had promised her. Then sh'
started to rummage the bag. Hor
rors! The first article she drew
forth from its recesses was-well, i


was not a night-shirt. She scream
ed he grew red in the tace. Sh'
accused; he denied, he expostulated
he averred his lack of knowledge o
the obnoxious article of clothing


some one had played trick on him
he wouldn't have had it happen fo


the world. His eloquence smoothet
matters down after awhile, but w
are not informed as to the denoue
ment at the other end of the route
Year: 1873

supposed to be Gall, an important chief,


had his pony shot dead under him. lie
leaped on fresh horse and got away.
Seeing that with their jaded horses,
wearied by the long march, they could
not run down the Indians, they dis
mounted and gave them a volley, then
remounted and chased them till they
had completed run OF eight miles.
Lieutenant Custer on the left led his
men on furiously. He is a terrible
rider, said one Of our "casuals 10 me.
" saw him fly over a ditch about fifteen
feet wide. The man after him missed il,
and the horse and rider rolled into the
gully" Two or three times the Indians
ahead Of him, having better start than
those fleeing before the retribution Of
Hale, turned in their saddles and fred a
volley which tore up the dust at the feet
Of the pursuers, but did no further dam.
age. They we're soon too closely pressed
for this amusement, and concluded to
effect their escape through discretion
rather than through valor. While the
charge was taking place, Captain French
with squadron had taken position fur
ther down the river to prevent Indians
crossing and attacking us in the rear.
A brisk FIRE was kept up with the In
dians on the other side. A well.directed
shot from French's Springfield rife
knocked an Indian off his pony. A few
similar shots from his best marksmen
cleared the bank on the other side in
short time, those who were not hit con.
Guiding that it was best to retire to the
hills
Year: 1873

FINAL BLOW TO LOCAL OPTION.


TIE ASSEMBLY REFUSES 10 RROoNHDER Ts VOTE


OF TUEsDAY-OPINIONs OF TEMPERANCE MEN


THEIR PLANS FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.


IYRos A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE


ALBANY, May 2S.-An attempt was made TO
viye the question OF local option in the Assembly
this morning, on motion by Mr.. Hustled to recon-
slider the vote by which the amended Local Option
bill was lost yesterday In support of his motion he
said that the temperance people of this State had
not received at the hands of the Assembly the legs
lation which they had q right to expect and
to demand. The Republican party, as represented
in the Legislature, had not sustained the
platform on which ID went before the people. Mr..
Balts Of Eric hoped the motion to reconsider would
not prevail The temperance people, he thought,
had had fair show in this Legslature-a better
show than their opponents They had had their
lobby on the floor of the Assembly day after
day, and had passed their bin which was vetoed by
the Governor. He denied that the Republican
platform required any such fanatica Legislation
was sought for by the extreme temperance men. No
party ought to make promises of such legislation,
and then it would not be under the necessity of be-
traying them.


Mr.. Tefft of Washington said that the Republican
party was in favor of morality and right but he de-
MED that ID was the duty of the Republicans of this
House to impose on the people any such fraud as
this new Local Option bill. The enactment of this
law would defeat the object it proposed TO have in
view, Mr. Worth of Brooklyn also denied that the
bill was in the interest of temperance. This was
the only country in the world he said that ever at
tempted to egislate upon personal habits, and such
legislation had uniformly proved unsuccessful


The previous question was then called for and
ordered On the call of the Yeas and Nays, both
sides rallied all the votes they could muster. and the
result showed 5S votes for reconsideration and ~
against 1t. The motion was declared lost for want
of constitutional vote, and the question of local
option finally set at rest for this year. 20 far as
the Legislature is concerned


Members who are well informed az to the plans of
the.temperance people for the future say that the
question of local option other legislation against
intemperance will assume more prominent part IN
politics at the next Fall election than it has ever
done before They will run q State ticket of their
own, which will be made up Of candidates selected,
without reference to general politics, from the nom-
inees of both Of the great parties, 80 far as they
shall be able to find such nominees entertaining
their views on the temperance question. Smith M.
Weed of Clinton has already been designated by
general consent as their candidate for Attorney
General and he is very likely to get the Democratic
and Liberal Republican nominations also.
Year: 1873

white Star Line, TESTIFIED strongly s 70 the sener


ay good condition of the ship and as 70 me amount OF
coal which he put at go TO 80 tens ana NO s


,ne h, oud not hurn more than 60 day OF Welsh
coal and that Of the mixed coal the most they had over
sncceeded IN consuming 81 or e7 tuns But Mr.


Foxey the chief engineer, who ought 70 know stated
the daily consumption at 70 toms he hoW 'ne
on.ntt an hoard when the ship bore mp for Halifax at
i or leo tons though admitting that on the sist March
h. handed 10 the captain statement that there were
but l27 With tho evidence was closed the owners
Offering to produce the builders and engineers OF the
shin 10 testify a. to construction, but the Court de-
clined to hear them the ground that there no
to go further into the question Of the ships
construction 1t is not difficult TO anticipate the verdict


The inquiry hns been conducted to suit the owners and


the verdict wil 1t may be presumed. correspond with
their wishes We have had, in time soDe experience
Of what Liverpool ofcias will to in the interest
or what they think the interest Of that port Public
opinion there is ship owners opinion, intensely Jealous
of val porte and rival lines, and intensely jealous In
behalf OF their own. e.W.s
Year: 1873

con was much surprised and gatied and expressed In
his own characteristic way his thanks 10 his feowct
Gems for their kindness and sympathy at the return Of
an old man and his daughter.
Year: 1873

Yesterday the Conference OF the Evangelical
Alliance devoted itself TO the consideration OF
questions connected with home and foreign mis-
sions. Either the subject or the treatment OF 1t
caused perceptble failure OF interest on the part
OF the auditory and diminished enthusiasm on the
part OF the speakers. Dr. Eddy's address was worthy
OF any OCCASION and was more successful in arous-
ing vocal approvas, after the Methodist fashion,
than any address vet delivered. The considera-
ton OF the question OF home missions, though the
subject was enivened by the zeal and warmth OF
Mr.. Stuart and by q portrayal OF the sin and
spiritual destitution OF the masses OF the people,
was evidently somewhat beyond the sympathies Of
the audience To-day the Conference holds its
final session, and presents very attractive pro-
gramme. including the great question OF Chris
tianity and social reform.
Year: 1873

A RETIRED clergyman sends the Dam
bury Netes al account OF iittle'au
that happened In his place. 1t appears
that there was young woman, u fine
spirited girl, engaged at a wash tub.
opposite an open door. Just behind
her was young man, as is generally
the case, and In the yard an old buck,
allowed the freedom Of the premises,
which Is not always the case. we are
glad to say. Well, this buck came up
to the door and looked in, and the
young man going close behind the
young woman, pointed his finger
straight at the buck, and the old tel-
low, recognizing at once the pressing
character Of this mute invitation. put
down his head and dashed forward,
and tie miserable man stepped one
side aud fed. and the young woman,
all unconscious Of the arrangements,
received the awful shock without
warning and passed over the tub, and
the air for an instant appeared to be
full Of slippers, and wet clothes, and
hot water and suds. And the next
minute that goat came flying ont OF
the door at dreadful speed, bald the
whole length Of his spine, and wild
look In his eye. And for an hour al
terward he stood behind the barn,
scratching his chin, and trying to re-
call all the circumstances In the unfor-
tunate affair.
Year: 1873

co6vevino the noaii o m ron+o NJ DI'IOef frd,I IUI

 -, do swear that I have the ability pecUniarily to fulfill my obligation as such bidder; that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into contract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted; and that the signatures of the guarantors thereto are genuine, and that I believe the said guarantors to be pecuniariIy responsible for and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform my obligations, as such bidder.
Year: 1873

He that is busy exclusively in get
ting himself ready for another world
is not in the path of duty. l hold,
therefore, that it is both right and
often the duty of Christian men to
create wealth. If q man has cali
ing in that direction it is just as truly
Christian calling as If he had been
called 10 preach. 1t is possible fOI
me TO win money and manhood as
the same time. 70 be sure it is not
the easiest thing. Well, it is not
easy to live at all (; there Is nothing
easy that is worth having. We are
born with pain, both in the mother
and in the child, and there is moth
ing that abi0eS with men but that
which is burned in the furnace OF
beaten on the anvil. 1fit is hard for
man to be q man in the great COM
bats of the world, so 1t is hard for q
man 10 be a man any where else.
We cannot afford to assign poverty tG
one class and wealth to another. II
there is much that Is wicked IN
wealth, so there is much that
is wicked in poverty and nc
natiODever rose 10 any con
siderable height in civilization
that did not rise in wealth and nc
nation can unfold itself, except by
these methods by. which wealth is de-
velOpei. Men think that the philO-
sopher that has his daily bread and
his daily coffee and his daily steak
and his daily wine only, all Of them
in moderation, has enough to veal
enough to eat, books enough, and YET
is quite poor man. God felp such
poverty as that. He thinks because
his desires are moderate that he is moi
wealthy; but he is the child Of wealth,
and his very leisure has been bought
through some one else; for II the
philosopher had to earn every potato
that he ate-if he was bound to take
care of the everlasting hungry ami.
NAL which every man lives in, would
he have time to be such aphilosopher
so, when a man Gays, 81 cannot in.
dulge in wealth; / must found church.
es: must send abroad preachers,
let him do that but understand thai
when spending money to make q
ho1sehoId beautiful he Is spending
money for the community. This
being my conception of q true Chris
! tian man, say that the pursuit o.
wealth, the pursuit Of art, any pur-
suit that has for its end the strength b.
ening OF society and the welfare O


man, are perfectly compatible
with Christinan Manhood. Thii
distrust of wealth leads to deception


People are attempting to produce tbs
Impression upon themselves thai


they are not rich they say theJ


have 8 competence, but they are moi


rich yet thr re is a practical worldly


sense that takes bold and is glad Off
l-BeecheP.
Year: 1873

He Yields so the Dictator, but WIFI


Use All Legal and Neral Means 10


Maintain His Rights.


NEW YORK, June "A New Orleans
special gives an address of Gov. McEnery,
in which be says:


"President Grant as the Chief Magistrate
of the nation, has assumed the high and
grave responsibility of foistiDg upon the
people of this State usurpation without
precedent in this or any her free coua-
try, and be is answerabie before the bar of
public opinion for this high-handed meas
ure. The President with the army and
navy at bis command has the physical
power to coerce The people of this State in
to any line ofpolicy hemsy be pleased to
dictate, and it would be but folly and mad
pess to interpose resistance likely to
bring us in conflict with the national au-
thority. Yet the deeply fixed sentiments of
irrepressible hostility in the minds and
hearts of an outraged people against the
vilest usurpation ever attempted to be
fastened upon freemen, will find their full
scope and vent. l advise that these manly
and patriotic sentiments take form ard
shape through all the moral and legal
agencies possible to be devised. In the
meantime l trust peace and order may
reign supreme throughout the State, and
that all our industrial pursuits will be IN
embarrassed by political difficulties. And
especially do | urge upon the people of
the two races who are numerically nearly
equal in this State, TO cultivate one towards
the other nothing but feelings of amity,
good will and mutual understanding.
Year: 1873

A large number of prominent railroad
officials are in the city, aud it is understood
a meeting will be held tomorrow of the
managers of the principal Western roads to
discuss the line of policy to be adopted
conforming to the new railroad law of this
State, and consider the propriety of utterly
abolishing the free pass system. There is
strong feeling in favor of the latter PROPOSE
ton among the officers of some prominent
roads, but others are opposed to it.