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Year: 1872




OH she was a maid of laughing eye,


And she lived in a garnet cold and high;


And he was threadbare whiskered beau,
And he lived in a cellar damp and low.


But the rosy boy with the cherub wing
Has many q shaft in his slender string.
Were touched with the flashing darts of love.
And she would wake from her troubled sleep,
Ger bis tender bi let doux to weep;


Or stand like a statue bright and fair,
And gaze on a lock of his bright red hair.
And he who was so tall and proud,
With his step so firm and his laugh so loud,
And he pined in solitude over his gin.
But one soft night in the month of June,
As she lay in the light of cloudless moon,
A voice came floating soft and clear
To the startled maiden's listening ear.
Oh, then from her creaking couch she sprung,
And her tangled tresseS back she iung
She looked from the window far below,
And he stood beneath her whiskered beau.
She did not start with a foolish frown
But packed her trunk and scamperel down.
And there was her lover. tall and true.
In his threadbare coat of the brightest blue
The star that rose in the evening shade
Look.d d sadly down on the weeping maid;
The sun that came in his morning pride
Shed golden light o'er a laughing bride.
Year: 1872

Evere living thing, from animals to
the whole vegetable Kingdom, is just
as dependent for life on atmospheric
air as man. Trees breathe through
their leaves. If torn away the trunk
will lavish and die. Were all the
leaves of a, full grown apple tree plac-
ed side by side, Were it possible to
have their edges exactly touch, so as
to appear like a carpet, Il is calculated
they would cover more than ono acre
of ground. Some gigantic forest trees
yield enough to cover an area of two
acres, very nearly. Our own lungs
afford an absorbing surface on which
air infringes equal 10 one hundred
square feet, 1t is assumed by some
physiologists.
Year: 1872

The day Is cold, and dark and dreary;
II rains, and the wind is never weary
The vine still clings to the mouidering wall,
But at evtts gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day Is dark, and dreary.
My life "a cold, and dark, and dreary;
Ii rains, and the wind is never weary
Ny thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
But the hopes Of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the cloud is the sun still shining
Thy fate is the common fate OF all,
Into each life some rain must fall
So also some days must be dark, and dreary.
Year: 1872

A lady writer says if women we're as
particular in choosing virtuous hus-
band as men are in selecting virtuous
wife, moral reformation would soon
begin which would be something more
than froth and foam.
Year: 1872

A st. Louis reporter says that Timothy
Reardon's heart was lonely, an sad, an for
lorn so he went and got beastly drunk and
laid down and wrapped the sidewalk about
him and gave himself up to pleasant dreams,
for which the Judge fined him So.
Year: 1872

Men who think that there is not much
summer travel this year, should go to hotel
at one of the watering places. If they get a
cot in the bowling alley and chance to brush
their teeth at the pump during the first week,
they would be lucky.
Year: 1872

The proprietor of Danbury boarding house
solves the doubt customer may have
about the temperature of the soup or tea by


putting his finger in it. The first trial invari-
ably satisfies the boarder for the balance of


his stay at the house.
Year: 1872

The statistician of an Eastern newspaper
AYERS that the flies are so good-natured this
season that a well organized one will allow
himself to be brushed off ones nose eighty
seven times, and not show any temper.
Year: 1872

The secrets of health are: Keep warm.


Eat regularly and slowly. Maintain regular
bodily habits. Take early and very light
sleep at night Keep cheerful and respect


able company. Keep out of debt. Don't set
your mind on things you don't need. Mind
your own business. Subdue curiosity. Avoid
drugs
Year: 1872

LINKvILLE, IND Sept Z, a.
Ed Republican Last evening General
Jasper Packard the Republican Candi-
date for Congress, from this district, ad-
dressed the crowded house for two hours
and a half to the entire satisfaction of all
present except few growing, croaking
Democrats, who are determined to close
their ears TO the truth.


There were present upwards of two
hundred union loving auditors, number
of whom were the old school mates and
play fellows of the speaker, who could
fully appreciate the truth as well as logic
of his remarks.


Although he speech was somewhat a
departure from the usual, and the adop-
ton of the familiar, style we were sincere
ly impressed that the General never done
better in his defence of the great princi-
pies which underlie the laws of American
institutions.


It should not be forgotten that the
Linkville Band under the lead of John
Cazad added materially to the interest of
the occasion.


At the close of the speech three cheers
were given for Grant and Wilson, and
three for General Packard and the whole
Republican ticket.


WITNESS
Year: 1872

The editor Of Ell Crontstd, an organ OF the Spanish
government published in this city, has written the
following letter to President Grant, with reference
to that part OF the Presidential Message which
treats on the subject or Spanish rule in Cuba and
particularly as to the question Of slavery in that
Year: 1872

cause, and therefore the whole world is bound by
the decision. The reason on which this dictum
stands win determine its extent; but notice of the
controversy is necessary in order to become party,
and 1t Is principle Of natural justice Of universal
obligation, that before the rights of an Individual
be bound by judicial sentence he shall have notice
either actual or implied of the proceedings against
him" and generally. See Crepps VS. burden, SIN.
Leading Cases Hare & wallace's Notes.
Year: 1872

The Empress Of Germany has given one thousand
thaiers to the society started In Berlin to devise
original German fashions. The purpose Of this
society Is to establish modest and uniform style Of
dress for women
Year: 1872

IT Is now said that Roehefort will be confined IN
the Island Of saints Marguerite, on the coast Of
ProTeuee and thas he Is to occupy the cell in which
the Man in the Iron Mask was Imprisoned several
years.
Year: 1872

1t is not expected in official circles at Washing
ton that the award made by the Geneva Tribu-
nal will be paid before the expiration of the year
allowed by the Treaty. The money will be paid
to the State Department, and legislation by CON
gress will be necessary for its disposal.
Year: 1872

& There is a family living in the North
western part of the township of Ross,
in this county, whose depravity and dis
regard of human feelings seem to mark
them as exceptional specimens of the
human race. They fight from one years
end to another, and peace only reigns
when exhaustion from their contests
ensues. Last week at a terrible quarrel
and subsequent fight, a little child some
two years. old, clinging to her mothers s
dress, by the sudden movement of the
woman while chasing her "old man" !"
was thrown into a kettle of scalding
water which was set down upon the
floor. Notwithstanding its cries, the
mother did not stop for moment until
she had driven her husband out OF
doors and bolted the door, when she
came. to the rescue of the child, but it
was frightfully scalded, SO much SO that
it died soon after. Not long before, at
one of their fights; oneof pair of twins,
a boy, had his leg broken by becoming
involved in the melee, and after the
funeral of his last child, the older one
was taken charge of by some neighbors,
and it was found that the bone had
commenced healing of its own accord,


leaving a great bunch on the thigh and
the leg deformed. The child had lain
in bed ever since the injury without
med 4ca1 assistance. An investigation is
to be- had and the family will be pro-
ceeded against. II nj 4cG
Year: 1872

A San Francisco gentleman recently
visited dentist for the purpose OF
Willing away half-hour or SO, and,
while there, lady came in with little
girl, wanting tooth or two drawn for
the latter. The child cried when placed
in the chair, and declared that she
would not have her teeth attended to
unless the strange gentleman would have
a tooth drawn first, and to please the
little patient, he took her place with a
wink at the doctor. The latter took
two or three instruments, while the gen
tleman reclined in the chair smilingly
gazing at the ceiling for the assurance
of the watching child, and, after softly
poking at two or teeth, to the horror of
the obliging gentleman he commenced
boring into his jaw where a tooth had
once been extracted, and, before he
could offer protest, q tremendous
wrench brought out a large root, which
the doctor held up to the child with a
diabolical grin on his face. The gentle
man rolled off the chair, and, with an
expression of unutterable pain in his
countenance, gazed a moment reproach-
fully at his friend and left the office.
The little one did not seem to be greatly
encouraged by the exhibition. ao
Year: 1872

A good story is told of writer for an
English penny magazine, who, in con
sideration of thirty shillings a week,
was furnishing acheerful serial, wherein
the proneness of the characters to com
NIT crimes in the first chapter was only
equaled by their promptitude in meet
ing violent deaths in the last. This
apprentice lacerator of the popular sem
sibilities didn't put pepper enough in
his cream tarts to suit the editor, so he
was told one fine Tuesday that his ser
vices would not be required after the
end of the week. Burning to avenge
himself of his enemy, he gathered all
the characters of his story on board a
frigate, steamed out fifty miles from
land, set fire to the magazine and blew
hero, heroine heavy villain, minor per-
sonages, all, into eternity. Then he
wrote at the bottom, "To be continued
next week." drew his thirty. shillings
and left the Office with a sweet smile.
The next incomer was man OF genius
and fertile in expedients, so he sent out
a yacht with a lot of new characters on
board, which picked up all the persons
essential to the plot after the explosion,
and on went the story, as merry as a
marriage bell.
Year: 1872

The Hartford Times is responsible for
the following There is in this city a
dog that can sing. We state the fact
unqualifedly, on the testimony of all
the members Of the family of the gen
tleman who owns him. The animal in
question is large mouse -colored grey


hound about six or seven years old.
His attempts at singing, though GER
tainly not very musical, are unnlistak-
able and they have been observed for
the last two or three years. He does
not sing alone, but when he hears GER
tain members of the family singing, he
".ioins in" This is more particularly
the case with one lady Of the house,
who, if she begins to sin when the dog
is about the place, is, pretty certain to
obtain a canine accompaniment. If she
is heard singing up stairs, and the dog
is shut out below, he will raise a rum
pus till he is admitted to the room
where she is, when he will Etjoin in,
keeping very good time, actually keep
ing-so we are assured-on the same
key, rising with the singer to the higher
notes, in kind of blended whine and
howl, that is yet neither like the voice
Of a dog nor anything else, but showing
something of musical ear. When he
reaches note too high for him he will
stop and wait for the cadence of the
song to reach the lower notes again. in.
his rising notes he lifts his head as well
as. his voice. When his owner enters
the room he will suddenly stop, and not
another note can be got out Of him
while his master remains. In fact he
dislikes to have anybody present except
the one whom he sings with. " His
voice is improved, and he sings better
than he did," He may yet sing with
Nilsson. There are a good many pup
pies following in her wake who have
neither the music nor the sense Of this
one. - IL. ----. IL ...l.-..f ...v-. -
Year: 1872

ADVENTURES OF HORACE GREELEY's
PORTRAIT The Schoharie Union gives
the following amusing paragraph:


For thirty years the portrait of Horace
Greeley has adorned the sanctum of the
Union office When he advocated seces-
sion in 1860 the picture was turned with
face to the wall As soon as Horace saw
the error of his ways the picture was re-
versed and once more the smiling coun-
tenance of Greeley illumined our Office
In 1864 when he threatened to bolt the
nomination of Abraham Lincoln the pic
ture was again reversed Once more be
repented and the picture was reversed.
When he signed JEFF Davis bail bond we
turned him again to the wall for three
months, and again when he took up the
defence of Tammany Hall. We have
tried him long enough. He Is the great
est political acrobat ofmodern time, and
now that he has gone over TO the camp of
Democracy we don't propose to take the
chances of placing his portrait to the right
about dozen times in the future as We
have in the past. This time we take the
portrait down.
Year: 1872

Maj, Longlcy, under tho direc~
ton Of the Governor, came hore
from Austin to organize q minute
company for the purpose, ostcnsi-
bly, at least, Of protecting these up
per counties from Indian incur
sins. This is much needed and
would be very acceptable to the
people had the Major chosen citi'
zens experienced in this matter,
and whose time was not already
taken up in the performance of
other public duties. We under
stand lie mustered into his service
q man sent from Washington hero
as q mounted Inspector Of Gus!
toms, and who already gets from
tho U. S. Government some four
dollars per day to give his undi-
vided attention to tho protection
of tho revenue. A State police
man, public school teacher, q
deputy hide Inspector and others,
were also mustered in, all of whom
were paid to perform their re-
spoctive dutics and DO at all times
at their posts. None of these
men can be expected to so on In
dian scouts without neg'ecting
their other duties, and thus they
draw thicr double salaries while
they can perform but tho duties
of but one office. 1t is suggested
that the Major did not intend tho
Indians to suffer, but that his tx
ccllency wished to distribute some
of the State money on the eve OF
the election among his faithful ad-
herents to carry tho election
This is the solution, and thus tho
mon, of whom there are many who
could give their time TO Indian
scouting, We're left out because not
of tho pure party, and Others al
ready living off the money OF th0
people, mustered and paid for u
duty they cannot and will not
try to perform.


Let every citizen note this fact,
and the man who would vote To
keep such party in power, well
deserves to have himself and his
children saddlcd with our present
debt of SIS, 100000, paid to men
who give us in return neither pro
lection, thanks or peace, idle strnG.
gers bribing the few they can and
depressing the few they cannot
5ribe.-Larcdo Tpo Eag'eS.
Year: 1872

A little girl went into drug
store the other day, and said to the
proprietor in a half whisper, "If a
good little girl ha'n't got no mon-
ey, how much chewing gum doyou
give her for nothing?"
Year: 1872

The acquittal Of Laura Fair on the second


trial for the murder of Crittenden by Cali


fornia jury has hardly surprised any one.
Everybody may be convinced Of her guilt,


and, in fact there is no question Of the killing


with murderous intent, and few, we suppose,


imagine that she was not sane; but the Difficult.


ties Of convicting o woman, and especially a


handsome woman, with ample means to defend
herself, Of such crime and bringing her to the


gallows, are SO great that the last verdict in


her case is not a matter of surprise. If there


were healthy Zone of public morals and q


conscientious regard Of the solemn obligations


Of an oath among juryms0 we might


be astonished at the decision of the


California jury. There is a general repug-


nance in this country to bringing woman to the
gallows, however clear her guilt may be, and
jurymen are apt to torture their consciences in
trying to find way Of escape for the criminal
rather than to give an honest verdict according
to the facts and the law. This is a great evil,
growing out of our social life and jury system.
The question arises whether it would not be
better to abolish the death penalty at least in
the case of women, than to have such farces Of
trials, which defeat the ends Of justice and de-
moralize the community. But it is not only
in the case of women murderers that the law
proves ineffective, when there is some love
tragedy connected with the crime or when
there is plenty Of money to employ skilful
lawyers and powerful friends to influence
courts, juries and the public. Almost every
criminal, man or woman, under these circum-
stances, can prolong trial, can obtain
stay Of proceedings or judgment and new
trial. We have many such cases in New York,
and there are here at this time murderers with
the clearest evidence against them apparently,
whose cases are going through the same pro-
cess Of mystifying and quibbling delays with a
prospect Of the criminals ultimately escaping
the penalty of their crimes. OF course such
uncertainty or the final acquittal Of MUIR
derers through the stupidity and weak con-
sciences Of jurors, is the fruitful source of
many Of the terrible crimes we have TO report
almost daily. Surely there is remedy for
such state Of things. Though the public has
become demoralized by maudlin sentiment
and jurors have necessarily become affected by
this decentralization, it is the duty Of Legisla-
lures to make the law more certain in its
operation and punishment more speedy. This
is one of the reforms much needed OF the
present time, and we hope our lawmakers will
comprehend the responsibility that rests upon
them. There is no good reason why the
criminal law should not be effective and that
murderers Of whose crime there is no doubt,
should not be punished.
Year: 1872

The WALL STREET FRATERNITY are at their
speculative antics once more, and a lively time
was had among them yesterday. The ''bulls'
in gold squeezed the '.bears," reversing the
origin Of the hugging process, while the oppos-
ing forces in Pacific Mail fought bitterly over
that stock all day long. Money was tightened,
gold was run up and stocks were hammered in
q noisy din.
Year: 1872

all political bies and independent Of all politi-
ciAns He would harmonize oil city depart
ments, and be- in fact as well AS in name, the
head of the city government. There Is no
single point upon which the election Of William
Butler Duncan could be objected to, and Tam
many should tender him the nomination with
out q days delay. aud thus close the door
against all political bargains and personal in-
trigues. The people have the right to demand
such nomination o. this at the hands Of the
regenerated and reformed democracy. and we
warn Tammany that it will be fatal to hesitate
or refuse to make it, Last year the democ-
raoy as an organization was the enemy Of
reform This year it must prove the thorough
ness of its publication by becoming its leader.


With William Butler Duncan as the nominee
of the most powerful political organization in
the city. the, contest will be virtually ended.
The Committee Of Seventy and all reform
bodies and men must necessarily acoept and
endorse such an excellent candidate. for he is
one Of the most distinguished rsfornsrs in the
city, and 10. moreover, of stainless record, un-
impeschabls integrity and eminent qualiaca.-
Nons for tho position. No shadow OF suspicion
Of any oollusion. bargain or intrigue could by
any possibility attach to the nomination,
hnd ths name Of MI. Duncan would
honor the canvass and raise the
reputation Of New York all over
the Union and in every European nation. II
would be impossible for any reform parties to
refuse to endorse such q candidate without
branding themselves as impostors and corrupt
sohemers and traders The essential spirit Of
reform Is the support Of good men, indepen-
dent Of political considerations. Last year
the honest democrats, led BY O. Conor, Tilden
and their associates. voted on this principle


This year the Committee of Seventy and all
other reformers must do the same. We
have heard time and again professions
that thoroughly honest and capable
candidate for Mayor should be supported


without regard to politics. party or combina-
tions that the refcrmers wanted only good
nominations by any organization, and would
give to such their loyal did. Now let US have


this pledge redeemed. We call upon Tam
many to nominate William Butler Duncan,
and we demand his enthusiastic endorsement
and vigorous support by the Committee Of
Seventy and all other reform associations.
Year: 1872

Athletics I'm America-The Superiority


OF the British In Field sports-Gym-


nasia in Our Schools.


There can exist but little doubt in the mind
of any intellectual person that physical exer-
tion is conducive to health. The ancients
fully recognized the necessity for athletic
sports, and the Olympian games were insti-
tuted for the purpose of invigoratng the youth
Of Greece. To be powerful man was one Of
the primal inducements in those days to keep
vicious, for regularity and self-denial in style
Of living are incumbent upon the athlete. In
Europe most of the national and almost every
one Of the private schools possess gymnasiums,
and unlucky is the boy who is unable to climb a
rope, swarm a straight pole or convert himself
into sort Of human asrolite on the "giant 8
stride'-his life is one of misery, for his
schoolfellows regard him as "a perfect muff. :"


The effect of this system Of training in early
youth shows itself very fully when young
Americans meet Englishmen upon equal terms
in international friendly contests for superior
ity in athletic sports. During the last few
years we have mad ample opportunity of adju-
dicating upon this point, for most indsputable
evidence has been adduced in these contests to
convince even the greatest patriot or sceptic
that the British have beaten us badly. Among
the je,messe dorte of England it is very rarely
that one can be found who is not ON athlete.
Shooting, hunting, cricket, skating, row.
ing rackets, fishing and all other outdoor
recreations ore as familiar to them as
household words, while In America
the young man whose lines have fallen in such
Year: 1872

THE JEROME PARK RAcEs-The fall meet
ing of the American Jockey Club takes place
to-day at Jerome Park. Such an event never
fails to excite the world of fashion. Should
the clerk of the weather keep his temper and
smile upon the gallant turtles the beautiful
country in the vicinity of Fordham will be
brilliant and resplendent with gay equipages,
bright toilets fair faces and many pleasure
seekers, and hill and dale will resound with
chat most delightful of all music, the laughing
voices OF q thousand ladies and their attendant
cavaliers. Year after year these races become
more popular, and now it is de yigsseur
to ''assist" at the equine contests and
to mingle in the vast assemblage that
ILLS the grand stand and club house of Je.
rome Park every Spring and Autumn. The
events for to-day's race have already been pub
iished In the HERALD and possess many
features Of more than ordinary interest. The
invariable success OF the meetings Of the
American Jockey Club is owing in no small
degree to the admirable management displayed
by the public-spirited gentlemen in whose
bands the arrangements are placed.