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Year: 1873

The psychology of murder receives sort
Of unnatural Illustration from the confes-
sion of Joseph Waltz, which will be found
upon the first page, who tells that his mo-
tive for killing a fellow being was simply
an overwhelming desire to do something
bad. His statement seems to indicate that
he may be one of those unfortunate moral
monslrosities who can do nothing but
wrong
Year: 1873

ADVENTURES WITH PoT OF PANT. -
Old Mr.. Watson, on Nelson street, has got
nice little bill to pay. He sent a man
down town for a pot of paint and'a ladder.
The man got the paint and then went to
a lumber yard after ladder Then he tied
the paint pot on the end of the ladder, and
put the ladder on his shoulder. This was
very smart arrangement, and the man
himself admired it very much. He start
ed for home this way, and didn't find any
trouble in getting along the first block be
cause people had an impression that long
ladder with a pot of yellow paint dangling
on the end of it wasn't exactly the thing
to trihe with, SO they balanced along ON
the curb stone, or rubbed up against the
buildings Pretty soon the man saw some
body in n store he knew, and he turned
around to speak to him and drove one end
of the ladder into millinery case and
knocked the crown out of an eighteen dol
lar bonnet. Then he backed off in alright,
and knocked down two sewing machine
agents with the other end. Then he start
ed to turn around, and an old gentleman
who was desperately endeavoring to pull
his wife out of danger saw the peril and
shouted out "IIi, there!" But it was too
late. The pot struck against an awning
post, tipped to one side, and the entire con-
tents went over the aged couple. This so
startled the man that he whirled complete
ly around, smashing in an entire store front,
frightening milk mans team, and knock
ing over some thirteen persons who were
actively dodging about to get out of the
way. Then he dropped the ladder and fled
into the country, shouting "murder" and
''fire" OF every jump A regular ordained
painter is now engaged on Mr. Watsons
house. - DdR6urV NeioS
Year: 1873

There are men, and they are not few,
though | am sorry to confess, in this mol
ern Athens, whose devotion to the Moloch
of business, would not allow them even to
spare the dear old Common who on every
occasion, lift their voices for a piece here,
a corner there, and even to broach the idea
of street through the very midst of these
hnllOMel acres
Year: 1873

Those who admire the writings OF
Mr., Geo. D. Prentice will be pleased
to read the following extract again:


" 1t cannot be that earth is mans
onl y abiding place. ItcannOt be that
our life is u bubble cast up by the
ocean of eteFnitysto Goat moment
| upon Its waves and sink into nothing
ness Else why is it that the high
and glorious aspirations which leap


like angels from the temple of our
hearts, are forever unsatisfied? d? Why
is il that the rainbow and clouds come
over US with q beauty that is not of
earth, and then pass off to leave us to
muse on their loveliness Why ia Il
that the stars which hold their festi-
val around the midnight thrones, are
SGT abovo the grasp Of our limited fac


ulties, forever mOekiBg US with their
unapprOaehable glory? And finally,
why is it that bright forms or human


beauty are presented to our view and
taken from us, leaving the thousand
streams of our affection to fiow bsck
like Alpine torrents upon the heart ?
We are born to higher destiny than
of earth There is realm where the
rainbow never fades, where the stars
will spread out before us like the isl
ands that slumber on the ocean. and
where the beautiful beings Yhioh pass
before as like shadows will stay in our
presence fOreYer.p
Year: 1873

ence or acquaintance of persons of in
fiuence, but was resolved to perform


my part in the struggle threatening


tue very existence of the nation.
performed, cOTscientiOusly, my duty,
without asking promotion or COM
maud, and without wrongful feeling
toward any section or Individual.


Notwithstanding this, throughout
the war and from my candidacy for
my present office in 1868, to the clos
ing Of the last Presidential cam
paign, have been the subject Of
abuse and slander scarcely ever
in political history, which to-
day, l feel I can afford to disregard, in
view of your verdict, which / grate-
fully accept as my vindication.
Year: 1873




Nearly seventeen years have passed
since Brooks assault on Sumner, yet
new facts connected with it are every
now and then coming to light. A
party of gentlemen were dining with
Hon. James l.. Orr in Washington,
just prior to his late departure to his
foreign mission, when he Incidentally
spoke of the affair. He said he had
heard of the intended assault, and
meant to have prevented it by being
in the Senate-chamber and arresting
the blow. On his way thither he
stopped in the library to look at q
book, which, not being readily found,
detained him q few minutes longer
than he purpOsed. and during the de-
lay the assault was made. Brooks
confessed to him, before his death,
that he never meant to have it so
deadly as it was-intendiDg only to
f'disgrace" the Senator with the South
by q fiAgellation-and said he could
not believe az first that Sumner was
really hurt. He said, further, that
he was tired OF life, aud wanted to
die. The notOriety he won was xii.
ling him by inehes-every bully and
blackguard in the South thrust mis-
uDon I'm. and it was
iec terrible punishment to bear.
Year: 1873

An Irish gentleman Of q meehani-
cal turn of mind, took or his gas
meter to repair it himself, and put it
q again upside down. At the end
OF the quarter it was proved With
arithmetieal correctness that the gas
company owed him eight dollars and
itty-seven cents.
Year: 1873

New YORK, February


The details of the terrible disaster to
the ship Northfeet are published, from
which it appears that at half-past ten at
night, the Captain and others were alarm
ed by cry from the officer of the watch,
"a steamer is right into u.s." The Cap
tain and pilot rushed on deck, but before
they got there the steamer had run into
the vessel, striking her amidships and
cutting her below water-mark. The car
penter quickly reported her nearly half
full of water The pumps were started
promptly, and the crew worked hard at
them for some minutes, but when II was
found that the water was rapidly gaining,
a panic seemed to seize both the crew and
passengers, and afterwards it was impos-
sible to keep the latter in check. A
crowd of men and women had rushed up
from their berths, many only half clothed.
The passengers had mostly retired, but
few were undressing. The noise Of the
collision is likened by one of them to
peal of thunder, and, such was the
violence of the shock, that those
standing were knocked down. 1t appears
the steamer rebounded and came second
time in collision with the Northfeet.
Water began to pour in, and in very
short time the passengers quarters were
swamped. The women were slower to
rush on deck than the men, and many
were not in a condition to go till the
water rose threateningly around them.
No one on board the steamer was heard
to speak, although the loud and eager
shouts from the Northfleet must have
made her crew aware of the terrible dan
ger that existed. She backed for two or
three minutes, and then steaming rapidly
away, was soon out of sight For half an
hour the scene on the deck of the
Northfeet was appalling. Women
shrieked, men cursed and swore, and
fought their way toward the boats, whilst
the captain and first mate roared out COM
Year: 1873

The question concerning the manner
in which foreign representatives shall en-
ter the presence of the Emperor of China
has been settled by the Chinese officials
yielding to the demands of the foreign
ers.
Year: 1873

7" enforce the payment OF taxes due the


State, providing for the seizure and sale


Of the property OF delinquent taXpay ers,


and regulating the proceedings against


them and against their property and


tenants.


SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That in case of refusal or neglect of any
person against whom property Is assessed.
TO pay the taxes thereon within ten days
after the expiration of the public notice
required by law. the tax collectors may
Year: 1873

The Steamer IroHSlde. OF the Chesapeake
Bay Line, will be put on the Delaware River
aud run from Philadelphia to Cape May during
the summer. Her first trip down will be made
on Saturday next The Sue, will not run on
thin line
Year: 1873

PROMPT DEFENSIVE ACTION.


The action OF the ar Department, In ordering
the immediate preparation and strengthening OF
our coast delences against an attack by sea, con-
firms In some degree the supposton that the
serious condition Of affairs at Madrid was known
here at the very time OF the denial Of any such
conditions for it win be remembered that the same
defences were made ready against the same
danger two years ago, and, as their TENOR really
shows, any orders given now must necessarily be
for instant service.


The daily drilling OF engineer officers and soldiers
In torpedo practice, the packing OF torpedocs ana
igniling apparatus at wnett's Point for Key West,
the mounting OF the 15nch guns the lay
ing down of additional gun platforms and the
spending of the appropriations for permanent
objects for temporarily increasing the effective
force OF the defences, is well understood here to
mean apprehenslons of


ACTUAL AND IMMINENT WAR.


The defences OF New York Ha rbor are announced
as being at this moment ready for the combined
assault OF the Spanish navy and the army engl-





pedoes in comparative silence for several
years. going over to Europe in small detachments
and studying the system there, are as confident as
the traditions OF their corps permit them to be
that with the assistance OF the heavy smooth bores
already mounted at the works. they can turn
back or


SEND TO THE BOTTOM
rho nnoet formidohla vaecola nr Cna;n


The deficiency In the reserve supply OF torpe-
does for the several harbors occasions no anxiety,
as effective substitutes can be provided fast as
water-tight kegs and casks can be collected, and
in very short time an abundant supply OF sub
marine wire for conducting the exploding sparks
will be on hand ready for distribution.
Opinion OF Judge Pierrepont-1Ne Shall


Have War;


WASHINGTON, Nov. q, 1873.
Judge Pierrepont, of New York, who has been
here for the past two days, was entertained last
night by Secretary Fish, several other members OF
the Cabinet being present.


His opinion Is that there will be war; as he
does not see how h0sulites are to
be avoided considering the attitude Of Spain,
the preparations OF our government and the popu.
lar sentiment In both countries.


The fact that Judge Pierrepont declined to take
part in the demonstration at New York q few
nights ago, on the ground that he was not suni-
centy advised of the facts, and that he has been in
conle renee with both the President and Secretary
Fish during his stay here gives unusual weight
to such an opinion, apart from ns former
official relations with the administration
and the frequency with which his counsel
has been sought by our government
since those relations were terminated.


1t is understood that Mr. Pierrepont has been
fully advised of the position taken by the govern
ment and the information received at the State
Department from Havana and Madrid.
Year: 1873

The following is said to be the
means used by the professional rat
catchers of I>aris to destroy the
vermin:


"They take deep tub with wa
ter on the bottom, and a little ele-
walton in the middle like an island,
on which is only space for just one
rat to sit on. The top is covered
and has o large balanced valve,
opening downward OH the middle
Of this valve a piece Of fried pork
or cheese is fixed, aud when the rat
walks on it to get the cheese, the,
valve goes down, drops the rat in
the water, and moves back i'll posi-
ton. A road is made from the rat
hole to the top of the tub, by means
Of a piece Of board rubbed with
cheese, 50 as to make the walk at
tractive for the rats. In the course
Of a single night some ten or twcn-
ty, or even more rats may godown;
and if the island were not there,
they would be found most all alive
in the morning quietly swimming
around; hut the provision Of the
little island saves the trouble OF
killing them, because their egotistic,
instinct of selfpnservation causes
them to fight for the exclusive pos,
session Of the island, Of which, in
the morning, the strongest rat is
found in solitary posseSsion, all the
others being killed or drowned
around him"


This may do fr I'aris, We DO
not know llvw il would answer.
here.
Year: 1873

that the man who built 1t was q So
cial, good man, with q heart and
blaln, too.


A LIE.


Men do not like labor because the
worker raiks below the thinker,
That's q democratic feeling. | say
Pm just as good as any other man,
because all men are equal. | beg
pardon; all men are not equal in
size, height or girth; not equal in
virtue; but all men sre ciyilly equal
before the law. When a man says
"i'm just as good as any man." it
may be 50, and it may not be SO.
When the universal man says it,
it's a lie.


That has been the grand blunder
Of the Communists and Internation-
ais. They wanted all men equals
with unequal means. The most
productive part OF man is the ami
ma. \ man shears a sheep and
there are five hundred men in the
same township that can do the same
thing. Then the wool is sent to
the manutactory, but there will not
be FIVE hundred men who can
weave the fine cloth. The result
is that the man who shears gets one
dollar day, while the weaver gets
three or four dollars a day. This
il the result ot brains and educa-
ton.
Year: 1873

AMONG the Russian legends concern
ing Christ the following is told: Some
times the sacred visitor rewards with
temporal goods the kindly host who has
Hospitality received him. Thus the story
of " Beer and Corn tells how certain
man was so poor that, when the other
peasants were brewing beer, and making
other preparations for the approaching
feast Of the Church, that he found his
cupboard perfectly bare. In vain did he
apply to rich neighbor who was in the
habit of lending goods and money at
usurious rates having no security to Of
fer, he could borrow nothing. But on
the eve of the festival, when he was sit
ting at home in sadness, he suddenly
rose and drew near to the sacred paint
ing which hung in the corner, and sighed
heavily and said {:


Oh Lord forgive me, sinner that l
am have not even wherewith to buy
oil, so as to light the lamp before the i'm
age for the festival I"


Soon afterward an old man entered the
cottage, and obtained leave to spend the
night there. After time the guest in
quired why his host was so sad, and on
learning the reason, told him to go again
to his rich neighbor and borrow quart
Of malt. The mujik obeyed and soon re-
turned with the malt, which the old man
ordered him to throw into his we'll.
When this was done the villager and his
guest went to bed.


Next morning the old man told his
host to borrow number of tubs and fiji
them with liquor drawn from the well,
and then to make his neghbors assem-
BILE and drink it. He did so and the
buckets were filed with such beer as nei-
ther fancy nor imagination can conceive,
but only a skazka can describe. The
villagers excited by the news, collected
in crowds and drank the beer and re-
joiced. Last of all came the rich neigh
Dor, begging to know how such wonder
full beer was brewed. The mujik told
him the whole story, whereupon he
straightway commanded his servant to
pour all his best malt into his well. And
next day he fastened to the we'll to taste
the liquor 1t contained, but he found
nothing bu. malt and water not drop
was there.-Russian Folk Tales, w. II.
s. RatStOn.
Year: 1873

THE POLAR BEAR.-The bear of the
Arctic regions does not hug like other
bears but bites at his opponent; and he
declines to eat his captive until life is ex-
tinct. Like a cat he plays with his vic
tim. Among the Esquimaux of Green
land he plays strange pranks, often creep
ing upon the hunter when busy fencing a
seal, and tapping him on the shoulder
with his powerful paw. 1t is then the
unfortunate mans cue to feign death, so
that when Brownie retreats few PAGES
to enjoy the prospect of his intended meal
the gun can be got ready before he re-
turns again to the attack.
Year: 1873

CHICAGO is just now excited over an
aerial fire escape, the invention of Mrs.
Scott Uda. 1t weighs about four hund-
red pounds, and can be used to rescue
people from very high buildings. 1t is
also to be used as derrick. At public
exhibition in one of the stone yards few
days since, it elevated stone weighing
more than ton and half to fair height
and wheeled it around the yard, when it
again deposited its burden on the ground.
1t is thought that this power or combina-
tion of powers might have been used to
build the Pyramids in Egypt.
Year: 1873

And do want q little Angel? No:


want my Baby-with such piteous pain,
That were this bitter life thrice bitter; Oh


| could not choose but take him back again.
God cannot help me, for God cannot break


His own dark Law, for my poor sorrows sake.
Year: 1873


When will the flowers grow there? 1 cannot


tell,


Oh, many and many rain will beat there


first,
Stormy and dreary, such as never fell
Save when the heart was breaking that had


nursed
Something most dear little while and then
Murmured at giving God His own again,
The woods were full Of violets. 1 know;
And some wild-briers grew so near the place,
Their time is not yet come. Dead leaves and


snow


Must cover first tho darling little face
From these wet eyes, forever fixed upon
Your last still cradle, most precious one.
Is he not with his Father? So l trust.
Is he not His? Was he not also mine?
His mothers empty arms yearn toward the
dust.


Heaven lies too high, the soul is too divine.
wake at night and miss him from my breast
And-human words can never say the rest.
Safe? But out of tho world-out of my sight !
My way to him through utter darkness lies
am gone blind with weeping, and the light
If there be lights shut inside the skies.
Think you to give my bosom back his breath,
would not kiss him from tho peace called


Death
Year: 1873

More than twenty years ago n party OF
Thirteen friends. among whom were ALFRED DE
Mrssrr, THEOPniLE GNTlER, and the Count
uE FLtuAc, sat at thinner In one of the leading
Pari-ian restaurants. II was resolved to dine
together ever year IN the same restaurant on the
anniversary Of the nrt banquet. and that when
one Of the party was wanting TO reserve ava
cant place for his spirit at the festive board.
In the following year eleven met, then ten, and
three years later but seven Of the companions
were left. In the course Of the present year the
last but one, the Count Dc FLAviGNY, had died
The sole survivor, the painter RrnGLLrs, now
cighty-four years Of age, true to the agreement
dlned In solitary state with the twelve other
seats untitled not long since on the day ap-
pointed
Year: 1873

HALF the Misunderstanding of those
who can least afford to misunderstood
each other at all arise from two joint rea-
sons-first, from want of frankness on the
part of those who think they have 10 need
to explain; next. from want OF faith on
the part of those who can take nothing
for granted without an explanation.
Year: 1873

A secesh soldier while fighting under Stonewall Jackson, in Virginia, saw the benefit of sheep-raising to revive worn- out land. Impoverished ill the fight for slavery, he began with only ten eve sheep, which he put in small field near his house, that was full of briars and weeds. They soon ate up the briars, weeds, and the grass in fence corners. He gave them daily Q little meal or bran, salted them often, and sheltered them in the winter, when they had swamp hay and few roots. In the spring he had thirteen fine lambs, worth more than he gave for the ewes, and he said the wool and manure was worth more than the cost of the food. He plowed and planted the field to corn, and got over thirty bushels to the acre, while around the shed the yield was much larger. He now keeps sheep, and grows, without the aid of guano or phosphate, fine crops of clover, corn, wheat, and turnips. How strange that the Southern farmers so persist ently neglect stock, growing, which is the only means by which they can ob- tain continuous crops of cotton. A Yankee who farmed at the South was demonstrated with for neelecting to grow cotton he replied that he sold corn and meat enough to buy all the cotton made in his neighborhood.
Year: 1873

A scientific writer gives it as his opinion, founded on certain Biblical facts, that the ark was smaller than the Great Eastern. It had three decks, and was divided into numerous compart- ments by longitudinal and transverse bulkheads, for the safety and order of it's occupants. It was built of gopher wood, species of evergreen timber re- sembling the pine in length and strength of trunk, and the white cedar in lii ght- ness. In model, it was all that great carrier could be, chest-like, with lines straight and angles square, but the bottom and top were elliptical in out line, presenting convexity to the earth and sky. After giving the dimensions and the model of construction of the several parts, this authority tells us, as if he was equally certain on this point, that the ark is now in good state of preservation, but lying under an eternal mantle of snow, hundreds of feet deep, at an altitude of seventeen thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Ever since the flood dried up, the climate of Armenia has been colder, and snow always covers the top of Ararat, rendering it impossi- ble for any of Noah's descendants to go up and find the ark.
Year: 1873

This is a nice complaint to break out in small but quiet family! A young woman in Lafayette, Ind, sang to the company in the parlor until one o'clock in the morning. Then she retired to her bower, and in little while she was heard up stairs most noisily and enthu

 siastically melodious. There seemed to be no end of there nocturnes, and the members of the family concluded that it was best to go up and see about it. Accordingly they mounted and entered the chamber; and there was the young woman fast asleep and singing away more or less like nightingale. They shook her, they slapped her, they re- sorted to many other rousing expedi- ents, but the tuneful virgin slumbered and sang on. After she had exhausted their patience and her reportory, she sank into silence and natural slumber.
Year: 1873

Last winter the heavy snow storms destroyed the quail by thousands, and a great part of that destruction and suf- fering might have been prevented if people through the country had pro- tected and fed them. The best way to do this is to drive stakes in the ground about ten feet apart, and foot or two in height, then lay poles across and cover them with brush and leaves. This should be done before winter sets in, and some grain thrown under and around, to entice them to it.; then when @ heavy storm occurs they would resort to it as a shelter, as well as feeding place. A few winters ago nearly every quail was killed throughout the North ern and Middle States, and special laws were made for their protection till the country was restocked. "An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure."