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Year: 1873

A New Haven revivalist the other night
paintel the future state of the wicked in
gloomy colors, and said that his father died a
very wicked man and had gone to hell, and
was proceeding, when young man rose to go
out. The preacher at once announced that
there was young man going straight to the
same burning region. when the seceder stop
ped and coolly asked: "Well, elder, don't you
want to send some word to your father"
Year: 1873

A correspondent asks the editor of the New
York Commercial If he really believes s'that
a woman could endure college course of
study" We believe, he replies, that a wo-
man who could endure the society of the
average young man Of the period could endure
anything. rir aa
Year: 1873

1t is said that Phelps, Dodge & Co., OF
New York have given more money to foreign
missions than any other commercial firm in
the country. They can afford to do some
thing for the ''kingdom to come" since they
have defrauded the United States of million
or two. tE gEr
Year: 1873

SORE NrrIEs.-The suffering which many
ladies experience from caked breasts and sore
nipples. is little realized by men. A remedy
has now come to them, and the wonder is that
it has not been discovered before. Tho Centaur
Liniment is as delicate and soothing as cos
metic. and affords such speedy and permanent
relief, that we are showered down with thanks.
1t is simply wonderful thing for all sores,
lameness and swellings
Year: 1873

That was brave and good little Ohio boy,
who sat on the fence for two hours in the
freezing winter cold, and watched broken
rail on the railroad track, so as to carry the
latest news of the impending accident to his
father, who was local editor
Year: 1873

A curious parasite is found upon the blind
fish of the Wyandotte Cave. The female is
attached. by pair Of altered fore limbs, 70
the vicinity Of the mouth of the cave, while the
male is supposed to be very small, and free
swimmer, as it has not yet been found attach
ed in the vicinity of the female.
Year: 1873

Man Out West who Knew the Real


Roger Tichborne In Ireland.


CHICAGO August IA, 1873.
The tribune will publish tomorrow the following
letter from John Crowley, resident of Springfield,
ILL.,, to a gentleman OF this city,


DEAR SrR-I there is an Englishman a Mr. whalley
member of Parliament, has arrived in New York ior
the purpose of collecting money this Tichborne
means where this Mr.. Whal1ey Is stopping IN New York
and then write to him and tell him that he can get
more Information from me about Tichborne than he can
get all Englandf he wants II. Please don't neglect
attending TO this at once.


The gentleman to whom the letter is addressed
says :-"Crowley is a veterinary surgeon of large
practice and more than ordinary intelligence, Is in
every way considered to be trustworthy, and his
word is reliable. He is quite sure he can either
prove or disprove the identity of the claiment with
Sir Roger Tchborne. because OF his personal
knowledge of the original and genuine Sir Roger At
the time that Sir Roger was stationed with his regi-
ment at Cahir barracks, Crowley's mother kept a
hotel at Cagher Ireland, which the resort OF Sir
Roger and his intimate friends. Crowley was then
a Young man given to field sports and STUDYING to
qualify himself for the profession of veterinary
surgeon. Sir Roger was very poor horsemari
and he employed Crawley to give him instructions.
They were much together, boon companions day
and night and there is little doubt that II any one
can Identity another then Crowley will be aple to
say whether the claimant Is or Is not the genuine
Sir RoQer.0
Year: 1873

The following record will show the changes In
the temperature for the past twenty -four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day of last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts
p. HERALD RnillInu =
Year: 1873

Boston had sixty deaths last week. from small
po1, which is at work along tho northeastern
coast as fur aa Nova Scotia This mortality in
Boston iH to DO attributed largely, no doubt, to
the burning Of tho City Post House, which drove
soyoral hundred patients out Of thoir quarters
Into the street during tho recent cold snap.
Year: 1873

that the soldiers would dig for the tin
lest root, to secure fuel to warm their
aching limbs). is now grown up with
scrub oak and bushes, until you can
hardly get through them. The dead
line. just seventeen feet from the stock
ade, is so far decayed that but few traces
of it are left. Here many a poor victim
has bitten the dust, it NAV be from
chance misstep or determination to
end his misery. There are aboutthirty-
five wells still remaining that were dug
with spoons and cups, while rope made
of blankets was used to draw up the
dirt and afterward the water They are
from sixty to eighty feet deep. and while
peering into them, side entrances may
be discovered that led some to light,
outside and freedom. Every prisoner
here doubtless remembers the providen :
tial spring that opened near the dead
line. on the hill side, duriug violent
thunder storm one autumn night, and
continued to flow SO freely as to supply
nearly the whole camp with delicious
water. Well this spring is running as
freely still, aud at it | quenchcd my
thirst, and also in the stream, where so
many have washed their aching bodies
|, too stripped of my clothing aud
took generous bath, thankful that it
was under so diiferen: auspices. The
forts, of which there are several, still
preserve their original appearance, and
show less of decay than anything else
about here.


Yet trees are growing in them. and soou
these, As well rs the space within the
stockade, will be so denselv covered
with thieket as to be rendered impassa-
bic, and thus hiding everything that
makes it an object for stranger to visit
here. All the money and labor is spent
on the cemetery, and no pains are taken
to preserve the stockade grounds in their
original condition. The cemetery excit-
cd put little emotion in me, for there
felt the soldier secured relief. There
they were beyond the reach OF mans in
humanity. But this stockade should be
preserved throughout the coming ages
OF our coantry,s history as n monument.
not OF the soldiers suiierin. 80 much,
a oi mans cruelty.-Letter 10 Cihcta-
natl Commercial.
Year: 1873

SIGNATURE OF THE Cross. - The
mark which persons who are unable to
write are required to make instead of
their signatures, is in the form of a
cross and this practice, having for
merly been followed by kings and no.
bles, is constantly referred to as an
instance of the deplorable ignorance
of ancient times. This signature is
not, however, invariably a proof of
such ignorance. Aaciently the use of
the mark was not confined to illiterate
persons; for among the Saxons the
mark of the cross, as an attestation of
the good faith of the person signing,
was required to be attached to the sig
nature of those who could write, as
well as to stand in the place of the
signature of those who could not
write. In those times, if a man could
write, or even read, his knowledge was
considered proof presumptive that he
was in holy orders. The clericus or
clerk. was synonymous with penman !;
and the laity, or people who were noe
clerks did not feel any urgent necessi-
ty for the use of letters. The ancient
use Of the cross was therefore univer-
sal. alike by those who could and those
who could not write; it was, indeed
the symbol of an oath, from its sacred
associations, as well as the mark gen.
orally adopted. Hence the origin of
the expression. "GOd save the mark, .
as form of ejaculation approaching
the character of an oath.
Year: 1873

The New York and other journals In oppo-
sition to the Administration arc giving them
selves a good deal Of unnecessary worry and
trouble over the resignation Of Mr.. Curtis as
president Of tho civil service board. Coup
ling that fact with tho appointment Of Mr..
Cattoll, another member Of the board, to be
tho iisancial agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment In Europe, the conclusion Is arrived at
that the President means to abandon the en-
tire system and TO return to the old practice
Tho Evening Post declares that Mr.. Curtis
resigned because he is dissatisfied with some
recent appointments, which "he regards as
virtual abandonment Of the whole civil SER
vice reform" supposlng for moment that
the above Is true, what does II 20 to
proyc7 Only that Mr.. Curtis IL angry
that the President did not permit him to
draw up q series Of rules and regula-
tions which should be as lnfexible US the
Laws Of the Medos and Persians, and which
should control his administration in the mat
ter Of appointments during the next four
years. Il may be rs the Post claims that he
resigned upon that account, but We have nc
idea that the world will come to au end OF
that the plan Of civil service reform will bC
abandoned merely because he has retired
from the board. The President In refusing tC
allow himself to he placed In the stralgh
Jacket which Mr.. Curtis made for him doe
not, We arc certain, intend to give up what
ever Of good there Is In the means ant
methods to improve the public service sug
gested by the commissioners.
Year: 1873

TRADE WITH THE WEsT.-Another article
OF commerce opened to us directly by the
completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail.
road is kerosene oil. Heretofore our receipts
Of this article have been through New York
and Baltimore. We now have equal adyan.
tages with cities north of US, and can supply
the South with this important article of trade,
with the added advantage Of distance OF
transportation in our favor. ts4


Messrs. Purcell, Ladd s. Co., druggists. Of
this city, are now erecting q large oil ware
house ut the upper end Of Seventeenth
street for Inc storage of this article. Ia which
they are already doing large business.


This warehouse is built upon large lot
very much removed from neighboring pro-
perty, and so constructed as not to imperil
adjacent houses should any accident occur.
This business will become large one for
Richmond both in export and domestic
commerce. Hagt ~:
Year: 1873

SUBSTITUTES IN THE DENTAL RANKS ABE NOT
desirable; therefore keep the natural teeth sound
and pure with that wholesome vegetable elixir So
zoDoNr. Do this, and they will last as long as the
breath lasts, and the breath itseif will never be
tainted
Year: 1873

IT WILL REPAY ONE TO VISIT LEVI BROTHERS
store only to see the beautiful display OF 6rcss
goods In their Window 1t will be stl more TO ones
interest to make their purchases there, as will be
found ont by those who follow our advice
Year: 1873

The extrayagent price of coal in England
continues to be the all-absorbng topic Of dis
cussion among Englishmen, and many facts
are coming to light respecting the causes of
the present high prices which are working a
decided change in public opinion. At first all
the blame was laid ON the MINERS who were
represented as having by combinations and
wage from the coal owners that it was impos-
sible for the latter to supply fuel at reasonable
rates, and popular indignation against the
whole body of mining operatives ragged very
high. But Is know known that the increase
in the wages OF the miners has been insignifi-
cant in comparison with the rise iu the prices
of coal, and that in reality it is owing to the
exorbitant profits demanded by the coal own
ers aud mlddlemen, vino in some instances are
aided in their schemes by the action of railway
companies, that the public are compelled 10
pay double prices.
Year: 1873

ITO LET-HANDsOMELY FURNISHED ROOMS on
parlor floor en- suite or single also Room and Bed
room upper floor for So per week all with use D
kitchen good Apply at No. rs West Forfeit
street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues
Year: 1873

IHr STATE Republican press is re.
markably unanimous and emphatic in
It's endorsement Of Civil Service Reform
in lis application to the disposition of
the public Offices The conviction of
its necessity to redeem our civil service
from ruinous abuses is spreading and
deepening everywhere, and the mere
politicians and their organs may as we'll
begin to Get ready for tie inevitable
Aaeer'iser and THlgae
Year: 1873

Mr.. EDITOR; In reading in your pa
Der of the 18Th. inst, an article headed,
Credit Mobelier BY Il. NJ. Webster, |
was somewhat SURPRISED at the endeavor
made by him to throw the cloak of
charity over the shoulders Of ColE.x &
Co. the wholesale robbers of the ma
tions wealth which the people of the
country have toiled to accumulate since
the foundation of our Government.


Had those men shown any sign of
repentance, or had they even in part
made restitution to their. country for
the betrayal of the trust raposed in
them, then indeed it might be well aud
all true Christians would be compelled
to throw the garb Of charity over any
and all true penitants.


But such is not the case, for Shy
lock like, they must have their pound
of flesh, and still hold on to this ill
gotten gain under these circumstan-
ces they are not entitled to the silence
OF the Press, or of Politicians, no mat
ter what their standing.


| would most respectfully ask the
gentleman to review his letter of the
18th Of June last, (Which appeared in
your columns) and compare his chari-
table feelings towards his fellow passen-
sers in stage, where he ridiculed
some because they did not come up to
his standard Of intelligence and 9TH
ers for using profane or obscene Ian
guage or perhaps both, were likercd
unto dogs and swine.


1t would appear by the gentlemans'
style Of writing, that only church going
Of Congress or those in
places Of trust are entitled to the char
ity Of oar silence.


Yet the law Of our country makes
the receiver OF stolen goods as bad as
tac thief and Furnishes him fol his part
i'll the theft as we'll the principal.


VIII not public opinion apply that
rule Of law and justice to those who.
through mistaken view Of charity,
endeayor to cover up the sins Of unrc-
pcntant thieves and hypocrites?


Respectfully Yours 5 Y. G..
Year: 1873

in all sorts Of husk8 and Shells,
hard, sharp, witherel and dead, God
sees \ goodness we are all missing, and
counts an1 treasures it in the granarv
of heaven We think Of Him too
much as one walking through the
world locking only for the best, and
rejecting with aversion Whist is not the
best. | tell you when He goes forth
with His reapers to gather His harvest
He looks as lovingly now as once He
looked through the eyes Of Christ His
Son for al thee good th5r is everywhere.
There may be only single grain in
October where lie puts in a grain in
March; He bids His angels gather
that as carefully as if it were a humid
red fold.


Our idea of Humanity is chat it
should cone to its end like corn fully
ripe, or the apples that are only per-
fectcd in the frost, and We almost lay
it up as Il gruds sc against Heaven that
we cannot have it SO. But ever since
the world was, Humanity has had the
long ripening. Delicate blossoms have
bIoomed in the Spring that could never
live till Simmer: little children, the
snow-drops Of the year; young men
and mailens, the early summer fruit
strong men in their prime, perfected in
August. So the harvest Of Humanity
has grown ani been gathered from first
to last.


1t is hard to see through our tears
this can be the divine way with us,
and the most blessed way Heaven could
contrive for our blessing. Bat with
little children in Heaven that passed
away like snow drops, and youth that
ripened in its June, and true friends
and kinsfolk that were perfected III
their August and left me to wait for
the early or later Autumn, or the win
ter, [ cling to the conviction that the
long ripening was the divinest |
would have kept them all; my heart
aches for them with an intolerable long
ing sometimes | wonder how it can
be that God will be justified when He
speaks to me of His perfect providence
and infinite love in taking these from
me. He will not argue lie will not
ask what | think my wife would have
been, had they never come to bless me
in their season, and then TO be taken
away. 1t will be all right when 1t
comes to that,-Collysr
Year: 1873

The aim Of all intellectual train
ing for the mass of the people should
be to cultivate common sense; to quail
ify them for forming a sound practical
Judgment Of the circumstances by
which they are surroundcd,-Joha
,Stattrt Mitk.
Year: 1873

The thought Of the greatest nu4n-
bcr of intelligent persons in any age or
country are sure with more or less fue-
tuations to become in the end the pub
lie opinion of their age or community
-TaIIcyrand.
Year: 1873

Patiently suffer that from others
which thou canst not mend in them
until God please to do it for thee; and
remember shat thou mend thyself. since
thou art so willing that others should
not offend in anything-Isaac Taylor.
Year: 1873

1t is very possible to suffer many
and great griefs, and yet not to feel
thoroughly unhappy in consequences {;
but rather to find our moral and intel
lectual nature so purified and exalted
thereby that we would not wish to
change this feeling for any other
William con Humboldt.
Year: 1873

The steps that lead up to the
Throne of God when first we begin to
tread them, VIC iminagine bare, but as
we Chamber on we discover a richer
carpet than gold can buy. or mans In
genulty weave, and of such texture
as grows brighter in the wearing.
Year: 1873

Whatever may be the means or
whatever the more immediate end of
any kind of art. all Of it that is good
agrees ir this, that it is the expression
of one soul talking to another, and is
precious according to the greatness of
the soul thar utters it-Rus1xs.
Year: 1873

You can have no heaven after
death of which you have not sown the
seed before death. Keep strict watch
over your thoughts and affections, over
your imaginatlons and wishes, for as
cording to their character is tho char
acter of the demons or angels that keep
you company. With what spirit your
soul is associated with the body, into
the hands Of the same will you fall
when YOU are looscd from the body
JOAn PeLIord.
Year: 1873

i am fully convinced that the soul
is intestructible, and that its activity
will continue through eternity. 1t is
like the sun, which to our eyes seems
to set in night but it has in reality
gene to dilfuse its light elsewhere
Goethe.
Year: 1873

PRAYER is the rope in the belfry !;
we pull the rope, and it rings the bell
up in Heaven.


Prayers can obtain everything; can
open the windows Of Heaven and shut
the gates Of He'll; can put restraint
upon God, and detain al, angel until he
leaves a blessing.
Year: 1873

What is our sleep but kind of
death And what is death itself but
night sleep? In sleep all weariness
IS laid aside, and we become cheerful
again, and rise in the morning fresh
and well. So shall we awake from our
graves in the last day, as though we
had only slept a night, and bathe our
eyes and rise fresh and well. --Luthcr.
Year: 1873

FIRE ON woLLasToN sTREET-sTABLEs BURNED


At about two o'clock this morning, an alarm Of
fire was sounded, caused by the burning of a
brick stable, on Wollaston street, between Sth
and 9th streets, the property of Andrew Crum-
lish. The alarm was general and the FIRE depart
ment responded promptly to the call The burn
ing of about two tons OF hay made brilliant
light Illuminating that part Of the city for many
squares away. The fire was discovered in time
to save the stock but not in time to save the
building and other contents, which included the
hay, some feed, lot of harness. etc The IRE
was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. The
loss was fully covered by insurance.
Year: 1873

Ar THE ToHB-A noted c0urteZan Of this
city, who bears the name among the police OF
being veritahe tigress. and utterly lost TO
all sense Of shame. a few years ago had play
Ing around her house a pretty, faxen-haired
little girl 1t was the only pleasant spot in
the woman's life. the only thing on earth
that she cared for: but when the child came
to Il thinking age she was put away, and al
though the mother yearned for her offspring,
vet her love for her was too great 10 allow
personal pleasure and qualification to get the
better of her anxiety for the child's welfare.
And 50 the little girl went away from her
home Of sin, and was placed in n convent in
Canada to be educated. There she grew up
to he beautiful and accomplished young
lady. She never went home, a. did her
schoolmateS, and often, perhaps. wondered
mt the mystery surrounding her mother life.
Under the Christian teachings Of the plous
sisters the girl became as good as she was
beautiful but one day her mother was has
tily summoned t. Canada, for her daughter
was taken i'll. and in few days she died.
One of the finest monuments in st. Agnes
Cemetery rears itself over the grave OF this
pure and honored daughter Of the famous
courtezan. Nowhere do the flowers bloom
sweeter than upon her resting place, and
every day or two poor. abandoned woman
makes there weary pilgrimage to dampen
with her tears the grave of her much-loyed
child. Although she still continues her in
famous career, yet this simple circumstance
indicates a silver lining to the black cloud OF
her life, and gives hope ola future Magdalen.
Albany Express.
Year: 1873

yourself, and thereby acknowledge that you
can't smoke in moderation Your will is GER
tainly strong enough to resist any excess in
future :" lie is in bad state of collie now.
If he gives in, he will be smoking ten cigars
day within a week. But it's 50 easy for
him to quit smoking, if he only makes up
his mind to do so
Year: 1873

PoRr HgNRY.-The Port Henry Herald
will soon add an extra sheet. Under the
management of Mr.. Morris it has been very
successful.


The Sunday liquor law prevails here, and
consequently the thirsty ones feel quite
lonesome. Sunday carriage containing
three "bully boys stopped in front Of
where the new jail Is being built, and each
producing a bottle proceeded to drink
the health Of the new building. There
being no place to Pot them if they were
arrested they were allowed to go their way


Sunday some men went across the lake to
view the old fort, and one Of them digging
down uncarthed the bone Of a mans arm
and two large cannon balls. The bone was
a very large one and had evidently been in
the ground for years.


The young man who was injured at the
new furnaces. though considerably bruised :
will recover.