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Year: 1873

SHERMAN's BILL FOR SPECIE PAYMENT
Senator Sherman's bill to resume specie
payment by the payment of coin or five
per cent. bonds for greenbacks is in adj
vance of all other kindred propositions to-
ward adoption. e


Mr.. Hooper, of Massachusetts,, chair
man of the Committee Oil Banking and
Currency, states that he and other tinan-
cial men in the House have information
that it is looked upon with favor by the
mercantile community. At the joint meet
and Banking and Currency Committee of
the House, some alterations were suggest
ed to make it more explicit, otherwise
nothing was said against it. Senator Sher-
man will call the bill up i'll the Senate in a
few dayS
Year: 1873

Mr.. Ruskin now writes: 81 was obliged


to write too young, when L know only half
truths, and was eager to set them forth by
what thought fine words. People used
TO call me good writer then; now they
say I can't write at all because, for in
stance, if l think anybody's house is on
fire, only say, Sir, your house is on fire.
whereas formerly l used to say, Sir, the
abode where you probably passed the de-
lightful days of youth is in state of in
flammation.' and everybody used to like
the effect of the two p's in probably pass.
ed and of the two DIS in delightful days.
Year: 1873

A red rosebud rubbed on the checks is a
safe and perfectly effective substitute for
rouge o0udre so we are assured by sever
al young ladies who consider cosmetics
disgusting. ."-NeW York Mat.
Year: 1873

The microscopist of tho Agricultu,
Department is still ut work upon
fungOid diseases Of potatoes. His Mt.
ton is now directed to the section
healthy seed, since it has been foun
that all the varieties hcrctorfoe grown
in the Nothcrn and Western States arc
moro or less affected by fungus. With
this end in view he places sections or
specimens in n fungoid solution, zen
in tho course ofn few days they are
usually reduced to a pulp, showing the
action Of tho fungus has been rapid
and fatal.


Potatoes sent from Senta Fe, New
Mexico, have been subjected to this art
for two months, and yesterday the col
lulOu5 cells arc as sound rs when the
potatoes was FIRST cut, thus proving
that the potatoes grown in that country
are sound and fit for seed.
Year: 1873

half IN hour aftcrward in the mud q
Quarter "a Of mile down tie road
She must have been raised hy the
wind and carr ed along. Sho had
very little clothing when found, and
her remains were covered with mud
Miss Smith and six of the scholars,
whose names could not be learned,
we're injured, three or four of them
dangerously.


One very singular thing is, that the
mud was blown 50 hard into the faces
Of many of the children that it cannot
be washed of. Some Of their faces
look as if they had been to'ooed with
Indis ink or powder. Miss Smith
says the first thing she realized was
that she was standing in the road,
Year: 1873

A MOST horrible and almost incredible
condition of affairs in the Vermont Insane
Asylum is described in the report of the
Legislative cOmmitte appointed to investi-
gate the management of that institution.
The committees first discovery was that
the asylum, which is controlled by pri-
vate corporation, was greatly overcrowded,
485 patients being packed into a space in
tended to accommodate 800 at the most.
This, however, is a trifing matter in CON-
parison with other revelations Seventy
five of these unfortunates were thrust
awap in subterranean dungeons, dark,
damp, foul and pervaded by unendura-
BILE stenches. Some were confined in
apartments nine feet by four in size, with
air and ventilation only through auger-
holes bored in the doors. The active as
well as the passive inflictions put upon
these poor people proved equally inhu-
man. Among them was the punishment
of the bath, in which the patient, securely
bound, is placed in bathing tub, and a
continuous stream of cold water allowed
to fall upon his head. This torture, it may
be remarked in passing, was one OF the
most excruciating known in the dark
ages, resulting usually in insanity or
death. To this asylum of horrors the
committee also state that sane men have
been consigned through fraud and bribery.
The picture is as complete as Charles
Reade could make it, but without the ro
nance of fiction. The reality is some
thing for the Legislature of Vermont to
deal with promptly and severely; for it is
too disgraceful for belief, except as attest
ed by an official investigation such as has
produced this astonishing port.-Boston
pOSt
Year: 1873

strip me of my robe of pride, clothe
me with humility" were the words sung
by the choir, as lady, whose dress was
white satin and point lace, with a long
trail carried by a page, passed up the
aisle
Year: 1873




The publication of the monthly bank
statement did not have good effect on the
money market yesterday. There were
many comparisons and anxious footings
and subtraction of figures in various offices.
There was less confidence in the stability OF
some OF the banks and much regret at the
slow arrival of cotton and sugar. Gold de-
clined in New York, but the news from
that city was not regarded as favorable.
New Orleans is said to be waiting on New
York to resume payments, but the day
seems very far distant There is no indica-
tion of any intention on the part of New
York banks to change their policy. The
quotations show shrinking il consequence
of the scarcity of currency. Well informed
bankers are not satisfied that the crisis is
over in the North, but believe the worst is
yet to come. Here the cotton and sugar
crops will he sufficient to place our com.
mercial community above the reach of dan
ger, provided they come soon enough. The
general feeling was not as cheerful as the
day before.


Gold closed in New York at l09x, with
sales made here at lI3h currency and III
to ll9 certified checks, which ID IN sdyascs
on previous rates. Currency u quoted at
four to i've per cent premium.
Year: 1873

FROM the mODlle hcglttcIsl


A matchmaker at Florence, Alabama,
once told us how he managed TO get
into business there. He settled in the
place a stranger, just after the people
had started a new town.clock in the
tower of the court house, but nobody
came to give him job. A week or two
passed on without improving his pros
poets, when in kind of desperation he
determined to make a bold stroke for
business. Everybody swore by the
town.clock, of course, fact which our
matchmaker knew. so after night he
made his way into the tower and changed
the hands few minutes Heard moth
ing of it on the day following, and SO
changed them again the next night. On
the morning after the second change
had been made, a man called on the
Matchmaker and spoke of employing
him TO regulate the town clock;
but the matchmaker told him he
thought no regulation was neces-
sary, as he had noticed that the
clock was running exactly with bis time,
and drawing forth his watch, he COM
pared il with the clock, and sure enough,
they we're exactly together. Next morn
ing the town clock and the watches of
the place we're further apart than usual,
and the gentleman who called at the
watchshop the day before now again
presented himself accompanied by sew
eral friends. To their great surprise
they found the watohmaker's regulator
and watch still exactly with the clock,
and that settled the question. They all
left their watches to be cleaned, remark
ing that they would rather have no
watches at all than watches that did not
keep time. The news spread; other
irregular watches came in by the score
until, before the day was over, the watch
maker had the windows hung entirely
full of work.
Year: 1873

Henry Ward Beecher.l


do not disagree with those who be.
lieye in high, royal experiences believe
10 those experiencesi and they are for
tunate who hang on the horizon as
morning stars Of hope to other people;
but ! do not want men to feel that every
body can have such experiences, and it
is their fault If they do not rise right
into them. Men are different, and are
placed differently in life; and when
they come to the end of their possibility,
many of them have not begun to make
attainments that others have reached
without half their labor, and tears, and
sufferings and pains.


/ do not know what errands we are
sent on, ! see the. uod deals with US
very differently. l have no doubt that
on the other side shall see that there is
good reason why every one is what he is.
I have no doubt that when we evolve and
come out we shall all be like flowers in q
bouquet, which grow separately aud diff
fer widely, but which, when put together
skillfplly, are of equal Importance. The
large ones are no better than the small
ones. The fine, dust-like blossoms fill
up their place, and are as essential to
perfection of the whole as any others.


We are part Of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and we are to carry the talents which we
have forward to that degree Of develop
ment of which they are capable. We
are to develop according to our ability
the fruits of the Spirit. And when we
90 hence with our various gifts and they
are combined in the fellowship Of the
heavenly land, each will have its place,
spd will help TO make the perfect whole;
I" Il doth not yet appear what we shall
Year: 1873

Do not assign a lesson for young
pupils to prepare in an hour, which,
to prepare yourself upon so as to hear
it without book, would require two
hours.


Have common sense enough not to
expect your pupils to be more thor
ough in the lesson without book
than you are with the book.


Be just enough not to use book
at a recitation when you do not per
NIT the pupil to do SO.


Have definite, fixed length of
time for your recitations, and never
overreach it.


If you are forgetful, make a pupil
in your class monitor, to tell you
when to stop the lesson in time to
hear the review, or give the prepara-
tory drill.


Introduce every recitation by re-
viewing briefly the preceding lesson


Conduct the recitation with view
to having the pupils realize the few
points involved.
Take time, before excusing the
class, to recapitulate points made.


just before assigning the next les
son, give preparatory drills on the
coming hard points.


Be sure that the whole lesson has
tested the reasoning poacer, not the
memory of the pupils University
Monthly.
Year: 1873

A Teacher said in our hearing, he
had expected to be much interested
in the Teachers Department. He
expected an original article from the
Editor every week, Alasl for the
hopes of man. Disappointment is
our lot below. TTis ever thus, when
our expectations are raised, a fall
must follow. Brother, we had our
school duties to attend to; aaoao, the
Spring work on the farm calls loudly,
and we must obey. If you do not
want the fraternity more deeply dis
appointed, lay to helping hand We
shall try to do something still.
Year: 1873

The newspaper press Of the South
is unanimous in its, expressions OF
cordial welcome to President Grant
in his proposed tour through the
Southern States. The Richmond
Enquirer says: ''Tbat he Will be
welcomed kindly, even cordially,
wherever he may appear along his
line of travel in the South, we have
not doubt Our people will receive
him, not as General Grant, nor as the
chief of a great political party, but as
the President of the United States.
The Charleston News aludes with
satisfaction to the cordial feeling ex-
pressed, and trusts that nothing will
be left undone to make the Presi-
dents reception here worthy at once
of the ancient fame Of our community,
and of so distinguished guest as
the Chief Magistrate of the nation"
Year: 1873

There has been another decision in
the famous Gaines Will case in New
Orleans. The Superior Court of the
Parish affirmed the decision of the
Second District Court, declaring in.
valid the viii of DANIEL CLARE made
in 1913, on which Mrs GAINS bases
her claim to vast amount Of proper
ty. The plucky lady still sticks to il
that she will win, and those who
know her understand perfectly vel
that she will never give up the fght
till she effectually tested the last re
sort.
Year: 1873

Hearth and Home says the thing
to hold in the mouth is a mouthful Of
cold water, renewed every few min
utes. It will take away the craving
for tobacco quicker than anything
else, and is wholly objectionable, A
pine stick is the best of anything to
chew, but the objection to that, and
to anything that is chewed, is that it
over-exercises and .weakens the saliva
ry glands. In quitting the use of to-
bacco, quit at once and not attempt
to quit off gradually.
Year: 1873




The laws of bankruptcy shall not ap


ply to said corporation. No DIVIDEND


shall hereafter be made, except from


the actual net earnings of the road
and no new stock, or mortgages. o.
| pledges be issued without the con
sent of Congress. No director or off
Ger of the road shall be hereafter in.
terested in any contract, herewith,
except for his lawful compensation,
and any violation of this act shall be
punishable by Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding two years, and by fine not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars.


The committee also find that there
are persons connected with the Credit
Mobilier Company holding the bonds
of the United States, and that such
persons hold the said bonds not Ii
good faith and for value, but having
Illegally obtained them.


The committee do not recommend
that the Government should refuse to
pay these bonds with interest; but
that while the frauds now pointed out
exist, there are so many persons who
hold the first mortgage bonds of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company in
good faith that the mortgage should
not be set aside.


They report the facts as to the
character of the Credit Mobilier Com
pany, and also refer to the report of
the Poland investigating committee
for the facts relating to the connec-
ton of members of Congress and 9th
er persons with those transactions,
but without submitting any recon-
in regard to them.
Year: 1873

eLifereicAthii thassa
great deal of the short sight
edness decrease in endurance
and acuteness of vision) in
England is the result of the
bad arrangement of light in
the school-houses. These evils
may be prevented by causing
the light to fall on the desk
from the left.hand side and
as much as possible from
above. The children should
sit erect, and the book should
be at least ten inches from
the eyes; it oughtto be placed
at a right angle of twenty, de
grees for writing and forty
degrees for reading.
Year: 1873

The Bellfontaine Republican says
''Every day, the Temperance sentiment of
the State is correcting itself as to the posi-
ton of the drunkard, and public opinion is
fast settling to the correct conclusion that
drunkenness as well as hqnor selling is a
crime. The stupid sympathy for the man
who voluntarily lowers himself below the
brute has about run its course, and worked
evil enough. When drunkenness is regard
ed as a crime, and the drunkard considered a
fit subject for punishment rather than SYM
pathy, we will have taken long stride to-
wards correcting the evil"
Year: 1873

The little Monitor had spoken,
And of her power had given token,
The Rebel paused in greatest wrath,
To see who dared to cross her patti,
Then turning, sought with one grand sweep
To sink the ''cheese-box" in the deep,
But the Monitor stood firm as rock,
And minded not the harmless shock.
Year: 1873

The sun rose bright that Sabbath morn,
1rose on men with new hopes born,
Its cheerful face WIS bright and clear,
1t shone on men who knew not fear.
Never did more lovely morn


That calm and peaceful bay adorn.
Year: 1873

allow it to escape in a half-burned cordi-
tion we incur the loss of just one-half the
heat that we ought to get. And as the
fuel is perfectly invisible while in this
half burned condition we are very apt to
let this drain proceed without our MOTTO
ing it.


The proper remedy for this difficulty is
the admission of full supply of air and
the use of thin beds of fuel Where the
fuel lies in deep masses through which
| the air has to force its way, the gases con.
tinue to dissolve the fuel as they pass up
wards through it, and then they carry it
off. When brisk fire is needed, see that
the draft is free and that the coal is even
" disposed in a thin layer over the CRATE


Where it is absolutely necessary to have
deep bed of coal, economy demands the
use of some form of what are known as
gas burning stoves, in which a stream of
hot alr is poured into the stove d5oUe the
fuel, and thus the complete combustion
OF the half f-burned but gaseous coal is
insured.


But it is possible to commit as great an
error, on the other hand, by admitting
too much air. We have just stated that
SIX pounds of coal require eighty pounds
OF air for their complete combustion


This is large quantity, but if we allow
twice as much air to pass in as is needed,
then for every six pounds of coal that we
use, we raise eighty pounds of air from
the temperature of the room to about 400
degs., and then let it go Off, CARRYING all
this heat with it. This is Just about the
same thing as if, for every six pounds of
coal, we were to raise ten gallons of water
to the boiling point and then throw it
out doors. The proper remedy for this is
to see that the coal lies in a compact mass
on the grate-no large spaces through
This involves the use of coal as small as
| is consistent with the securing of proper
draught. A popular error in this respect,
is the using of coal that is larger than ne
| cessary. The smaller the coal the fewer
will be the chances for air to pass through
| ard get heated without aiding in the pro-
duction of heat.


When a small fire is needed in large
stove, it will always be found true econo
my to cut off part of the CRATE by covering
1t either with ashes or a brick, or by a
combination of both. A common brick
answers very we'll, and is convenient from
the fact that it is more easily lifted than
| ashes. In this way we prevent the up
ward rush of large quantity of useless
air, and at the same time we concentrate
the fire upon the object we wish to heat.
These rules are simple and obvious; but
from the fact that the principles involved
are not generally understood, housekeep-
ers are apt to neglect or overlook them
Ralral Neao Yorker.
Year: 1873

his person, the unsuspecting beef-eater
got down upon his hands and knees, and
undertook the perilous passage. When


about half way over he was overtaken
by a heavy sleigh loaded with beer, and
drawn by four horses, and beginning to
suspect that he had been "sold, he ven
tured to assume an upright posture, when
he was greeted with chorus of shouts
from his tormentors, who had been hoy-
ering in his rear all the while, and huge
ly enjoying the awkward movements of
their victim. He subsequently learned
that the ice was about four feet thick,
and would have safely sustained an army.
Year: 1873

THE NEW YORK CRY MISSION had an ami
versary celebration this week, at which en-
couraging accounts were given of the progress
of the society in evangelizing the poor of the
city, and very discouragng reports as to the
condition Of the finances In carrying the
Gospel to the masses the missionaries have
not been neglectful Of the bodily needs of the
people among whom they were sent; and
although tracts are consoling at times to those
who read them, yet clothing, fuel, food and
medicine are still stronger incentives to con-
version. There is danger of the most press
ing kind, as one Of the reverend gentlemen
stated on the occasion, in the ignorance and
lawlessness of the masses; but tracts will
scarcely suffice to remedy such evils. Sub
santial aid to the families of those unfortu-
mates will do more towards reclaiming them
from the downward path than a ream of bibli-
cal quotations. Therefore the treasury of this
worthy mission Of charity should not be per-
mitted to remain in it's present empty state,
but calls for the immediate and munifcent
support of those whose wealth enables them
to contribute towards it.
Year: 1873

The W0RKINGMEN AT A BAD JoB.-The So
called workingmen of the city, who met at
Cooper Institute last night, made very bun
Cling job of their demonstration. 1t is not
wisdom in the honest laborer or mechanic,
who lives by the employment afforded him by
capital, to make absurd demands, which, if
complied with, by running capital, would ruin
labor also. The men who inscribe on their
banners the destructive notices Of the Com
mune are not s'workingmen," but loafers,
who live in idleness on the hard-earned
money of the true ''workingman." The
number and condition of the unemployed in
this city and State, if correctly given in the
report presented to the meeting, are certainly
startling enough, and prove that some more
efficient means of relief should be adopted
than our laws at present provide. But Com
munistic pronunciamentos will not help the
cause Of the poor in this city, and it will be
wise on the part of those who are earnestly
desirous of helping themselves, or those who
are less fortunate than themselves, to steer
clear of such demonstrations as that at the
Cooper Institute.
Year: 1873

tesensaeFves ana the statesmen Of tho great
Northwestern Empire. Yet Mr.. Archer, OF
Maryland, did make some opportune sugges-
tions and declared that our navy, as it is now,
t'could not take the virginius from Havana"
Whether this is strictly true or not,
it is not wild exaggeration. We are not able
to 60 to war; we are not in position to make
a naval demonstration against the Spanish
navy; we cannot maintain and protect our
national honor From the temper of those
men whom the diseased portions of our polih-
cal fabric have vomited into power we can
see no immediate prospect that we shall be
able to enforce even the mild diplomacy of
amiable Mr.. Fish.
Year: 1873

pete with the Monarch and vessels OF that class.
Inc western men also opposed the increase
oa os Sailors rom the present standard, $500 to
IooOo, ana only consented to vote for it
when the term OF service OF the additional 500
was limited to one year from date. Now, there
VIII De no time when less that 10, 900 seamen VIII
sumce 10 man our Meet, II we purpose to extend
pr0tecuon 10 our commerce, as we are in duty
bound TO DO. In all quarters OF the globe For my
congressman OF late years, they have grown so
dead TO national honor and are yet thoroughly
alive to Jobbery and corruption Thus far, on this
Cuban war question, Congress mas literally stifed
the voice OF the people by refusing to entertain
any subject looking to protection against future
outrage at the hands OF our enemies.
Year: 1873

The telegraph brings intelligence that the
Cuban authorities have gone even beyond
the first brutal murder of persons known as
insurgents. They are now reported to have
put TO death in cold blood forty-eight
others. among whom we are panied to
learn was Captain Joseph Fry, citizen of
New Orleans, well known to many as a
most estimable man. Those who knew him
speak of his many excellent qualities as a
gentlemen and Christian, and it is possible
that his devotion to his family induced him
10 engage in the perilous enterprise which
has cost him his life. For this we a,e sin
cerelv concerned. Whatever may have
been the convictions of Captain Fry upon
the great issues which divided men and
sections in hostile array against each other,
he had avowed his allegiance to the govern
Inent. He was an American, and as such
entitled to the protection OF this govern
ment ald the sympathy of the men who
had fought against him. We tender our
sincere sympathy to his family and personal
friends, and assure them that his fate will
be regretted and avenged by an American
government as signally as that OF Candy
and the martyrs of Modoc treachery. We
await further and more authentic particu-
lars, with the conviction that the govern
ment and people of the United States will
yindicate the honor Of the flag, and punish
the murderers of an American citizen in
manner SO summary that it will never be
repeatcd.