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Year: 1875




paper, of England admits must be tho meaning OF the
circular. And it is certainly meaning which En-
gland will repudiate as encrgetcally the other


The circular contained All actual order to captains
of English ships Of war to deliver up TO his master
slave who had escaped to the ship if the ship at
the time in slayehoIding waters; if it was, that is
TO say, within a marine league of the shore of
country in which slavery exists. More even than
that he must be delivered up if he got on board in
the open sea, and if the ship afterward came within
three miles of the shore. Mr. Forster went fully into
the law of this questionstrange that in this day it
should need to be gone into. Stranger still IT, as
Lord Derby says. Tory lawyers think they can find
authority for the view put forth in the
circular Who are theyf Is Lord Cairns willing
TO shoulder the burdenf Or is Sir John Hoaer to be
put forward, either as authortyor as scapcgoatf
Be that as it may, when Mr.. Forster sat down after
"A long and powerful speech, telegram was put INTO
his hand officially announcing the suspension of the
circular Another speaker was at the moment read
ing a memorial to the Prime Minister for the with
drawal Of the circular, and il was suggested that
the memorial need not be adopted. But the
meeting was not satisfied. 1t was pointed out ut
once that the circular only suspended, and the
resolution was moved and adopted unanimously
with cheers.


The proceedings of Friday moro signif-
cant. II was known everywhere on Friday that the
Government had suspended the instructions. 1t is
80 much in the nature Of al Englishnan to rest
tent with a compromise that in nine ont of ten
he would have accepted this, and no meeting would
have been held. But ut Manchester and Birming-
ham alike the great Town Halls crowded last
night. Like all other meetings on this subject men
of both parties composed them. The Mayor of each
Year: 1875

At an auction OF household goods on
Harrison ave, yesterday, when a woman
had made a bid on an old bureau worth
about s., boy slipped around to another
woman and whispered:


"YOu see that woman over there with
blue bow On?'


"Yes.n


swell, she says that 10 woman with a
red nose can buy anything at this sale.'


The woman with the red nose pushed
her way into the crowd and ran the prife
Of the bureau up to Sl2, and as It was
knocked down to her she remarked;


Il NAV have q red nose, but no cross
eyed woman with blue bow on can bluff
me-"
Year: 1875

GRANT Will not attend the Bunker
Hill centennial. His arduous duties as
Long Branch do not permit. He VIII
not abandon his stable and his bull
pups unless circumstances make it an
imperative dusy"-circumstances not
likely TO arise.
Year: 1875

ABOUT the first thing woman does in a
moving is TO cut her finger, and every OBJ
ieet she wishes to cali your attention 10 is
pointed out with hand that is covered by
a half pound Of carpet rags, and smelling
strong enough Of arnica 10 knock over a
stable boy. The injury is sometimes caus-
ed by closing her eyes when she is about to
strike a nail, but is most frequently done
in taking up tacks with a Timber case
knife.
Year: 1875

Boston, June 15.-The Corone-'s jury
in the case of James NJ. Framley, victim
Of the LaGrange street explosion, returned
a verdict this evening, laying the accident
to the careless or criminally intentional
use Of some powerful explosive material
on the part of some one other than the
proprietor Of the store.
Year: 1875

Pennsylvania is falling into line with New
York and other states III regard to compulsory
education. bill was yesterday introduced in
the Senate Of that State, providing that chill
dren between the ages Of and 16 years shall be
obliged to attend school for sixteen week in each
year. And now islit not Delawares turn to do
something to advance our educational interests Z,
We can hardly expect our Legislature with views
so conservative to take step.so advanced as that
instanced above, but the public veal and pro-
priety demand that we should have a school law
and system that will at least give our children
an opportunity to get an education.


The Philadelphia Press thinks that the old
Confederate army is evidently "falling in and
forming line behind the Democratic party, but
it seems to us that the movement lie rather re-
versed-that the Democratic party il taking te
position behind the Confederates." That was
the old rule, and all the indications are that il
still holds good.
Year: 1875

The great number of the signers to these petitions, and their responsibility as to character, intelligence, influence and general qualities of good citizens and patriots, show very plainly that Judge Dunne has failed utterly in meeting the just demands of the public. Without retaining the confidence of the people, and showing so plainly that he is incapable of considering questions judioially, weighing and balancing each incident and argument pro and con, he evidently cannot render justice satisfactorily, and has become a clog to the progress of the Territory scarcely inferior to that ofthe Apaches. nntil General Crook acted as an impar tial judge in their case He has lost all power of usefulness, and we think il due to the people of Arizona, who have suffered so much and borne it so long, that tEis mans seat shall be de clared vacant, and another fit for the place be appointed to fill ii.
Year: 1875

Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, the new Secretary of the Interior, has for years been favorite object of at tack by journals hostile to the Admln- istration, and they have conveyed the impression that he is unfit for his posi- ton or for any place in the public ser vice We are told, however, by gen tlemen Tn whose judgment we place great confidence, and who know him we'll, that he is man of high ability, integrity and fitness in every respect.

 Michigan has kept Chandler Tn high office for eighteen years, and that en- dOrsement raises a strong presumption in his favor among those who do not know him. The Detroit Free Press, the leading Democratic paper of his State, says that he is a man of extraor- dinary energy and business capacity, and of an integrity above suspicion. The Free Press says of him:

 Whatever use he may have made of his pOsltion-hOwever he may have controlled Federal appointments to strengthen him m his place or however interruptions as Chairman of the Republican National Executive Com miitcc he may have been in the use of anything or everything to win success for his party-hc always remained as a Senator and aS man, unpurchased and unpurchasable A Secretary of the Interior he will if his past record furnishes any guarantee for the future, bc thoroughly honest himself, and in sist upon honesty on the part of his subOrdinateS.

 The Detroit Post, the leading Repub- lican paper of the State, has the follow ing:

 Mir. Chandler is eminently fitted to reduce the intricate affairs of that De pertinent to system, order and eiiicien- cv. He is a business man all over, and all through, and remarkably success ful one He is one of the most vigor- Ous, systematic, shrewd. clear-headed and widc-awake business men in the country. He is kind. but very strict and energetic disciplinariaq. He has a thorough knowledge of public buSi- ness Under him, neither Incompetent cy, nor fraud, indifference to the pub lie interests, nor carelessness of any kind or degree, need expect any mercy.

 If rings" or contractors in search. of fat jobs, expect to get the advantage of the government in any bargain which he controls, they will be much mistaken.
Year: 1875

Following is Washington dispatch of October 2S, to The Alta:

 Agent Howard, of the Spotted Tail Agency, has written letter tO the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, com plaining of the squaw-men of his agency. He says the squaw men are leading the Indians, and are the cause of nearly all the trouble that the agents in their dis trict have He asks the Commissioner Co aid him in driving them out of his agency, and to successfully accomplish this he desires to bc authorized to cut off the ratiOns hitherto issued to squaw- men and their families.

 To this the Commissioner replied, giving the Agent the permission he disircd The next question will be whether the Agent can carry out his plan, as the squaw-meu have great influence with the Indians, and have always been very prominent in sll the treaties and councils. Phe Indians have always resented any bad treatment of thB squaw-men as much as they would in regard to themselves. It is highly probably that if Agent Howard cuts off the ratiOns for this class of men, there will be trouble ahead that he cannot control, and that the last state of the Agents troubles with the Indians will be worse than the first

 The Washington news gatherer would not be himself, if he did not misrep- resent or hinder almost every right step by the officials of the Indian Bu reau. Instead of sending out this bit of encouragement to the squaw-men, he could have as easily and possibly to some purpose, accompanied the news with the statement that Agent Howard was right, and so was the Commissioner, and that the whole power of government would, if need be, used to sustain the officers. But that would have been encouraging real reform, q thing the newspaper reformers are mostly hypOcritical about
Year: 1875

TIE Los Angeles Herald lately said

 The Western Development Compa- ny (which iS the Construction Compa- ny of the Central Pacific railroad l have ordered a large amOunt-a great many thousand tons-Of steel rail to be used on the Southern Pacific road East of the San GorgoniO Pass. The COmpa- ny correctly anticipate that as their road progresses eastward. the demand on its carrying capacity will be very great, and they intend to meet this demand as far as possible by building a first class track. When thirty miles more of road is ready to operate, the trade and travel of all Arizona and Northern Mexico will pass over it."

 The Los Angeles Star of October 2S, says: Captain J. A. Smith, one of the leading field engineers of the Southern Pacific railroad, is in the city and will leave tomorrow for Colton, where his camp and field equipage awaits him, and soon after his arrival to the latter place will start on a surveying expedi- ton across the MOhaye Desert to the Colorado and beyond. The work of definitely determining the line of the r,ad tO XUma will he comnleted as soon as possible, and the work of con 5tructing the same will not be allowed to lag
Year: 1875

THE Sacrqmento Record lately de- clared that it is the intention of the Central Pacific railroad company to establish hotel at Philadelphia for the benefit of the Pacific coast visitors to the Centennial. Such a hotel would naturally become a rendezvous for e1 trems Western men, and you'd be at once a convenience and comfort. We hope the railroad men will carry out such a programme.
Year: 1875

Ever offered to our numerous friends on the line of the Conn. Western railroad, We have not time to give particulars this week, and will only add our special inyita- ton for you to call upon us at your earliest convenience, assuring you of our will and ability to offer you particular inducements in all branches of our trade,

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Year: 1875

1t has been pretty accurately ascertained
that girls are not as rule so able, constitu-
tionally, to bear study as boys are, and that
the effects of severe study will in most in
stances be detrimental. This has been
found to be the case in America more than
in England. Not long ago there was
brought before the commissioners Of insan-
ity in San Francisco young girl whose
mind was diseased to an extent that rem
dered her committal to the asylum inevita-
Bile. The reason assigned was the evil
above alluded TO. The girl had been de-
voted to her studies. She had endured the
"cramming" process until her mind gave
way, and although, according to the school
reports, highly distinguished in her clas-
ses," she is to-day helpless lunatic from
the effcts of this unnatural and wretched
method of subjecting youthful minds to a
torture which must inevitably result in
severe mental impairment. 1t is every
year becoming more evident that, if the old
order of things is TO be reyolutionized, il
will not answer to do so without taking
great pains to find out what are the nature
and limits of the education which the mind
of an average girl will bear without injury
TO mental and bodily health.
Year: 1875

We had quite an exciting time over at
Cbubb's the other day His chimney would
not draw, and be sent for man to examine
it. The man went ont upon tie roof, and,
tyinga broom TO a rope, dropped It down to
see if the Aue was clear Meantime Chubb
20: inside the fireplace for the purpose Of ex-
amining the Aue below, and just as be did so
the soft end Of the broom touched lis head
two ofthree times as the man jerked it up
and down. Chubb sprang out into the room
in a state Of frantic excitement. lie was GER
tain there was a wild animal Of some kind in
the chimney choking itup. He siezcd his
gun and determined to kill il. So, holding
the muzzle in the hue, be pulled the trigger
While be was getting the gun the man on the
roof completed bis Investigations and sat
himself down Oh the top Of the chimney to
rest himself and enjoy the scenery. As soon
as Chubb's gun went of, the man knew about
II and he did not wait for further suggestions.
lie suddenly slid TO the roof and from thence
to the shed. where he rolled about 10 agony.
He weighed one pound more when they took
him home than he did when he came, and the
doctors consider It doubtful if they can ever
DIG all the shot out Of his fosh The nez,
man that comes to examine Cbubb's chimney
will probably have him locked up somewhere
with his gun until the experiments are con-
uded.-EL.
Year: 1875

Gods promises were never moant to ferry
our laziness. Like beat they are to be row.
ed by oars, but many men entering forget tho
oar, and drift down moro hopeless in the boat
than if they had stayed on land. There Is
not an experience in life by whose side God
has not fixed a promise There is not
trouble so deep and swift running, that We
may not cross safely over il We have courage
to steer and strength to pull.
Year: 1875

A lady was telling friend from The country
Of very grand party she had given recently.
" We had two generals, one Judge, popular
author, and play writer" Yes" chiued
in her wicked son, "and there was deputy
sheriff, too, who said be wanted to sec dad,
and they went out before supper, and dad
hasn't got home yet" When that youth sent
to school The next day with bis head tied up,
he told the boys &c bad dreadful toothache.
Year: 1875

TRAMPs.-The Scientific American
says Fix the penalty for begging at
ten days labor ON highways for each Of
fense there is no danger of failing de-
mand for that sort of labor for the next
fifty years. Give to every citizen the
power to make arrests in case Of vagran-
cy, and for every ten days labor by the
person so arrested, credit the person
making the arrest with five days toward
the working tof hist For his labor
give the tramp decent board and lodging,
and from ten to fifty cents day as
wages, according to his efficiency. Let
such law be vigorously executed, and
in little while we shall have better
roads and fewer tramps. The honest
seekers for labor suffer less under such a
system than they do now"
Year: 1875

To CURE SUNsTRoKE.-A New York
physician says /; believe sunstroke
and apoplexy can be cured almost sure
ly if taken in any kind of time.


l. Rub powerfully on the back, head
and neck, making horizontal and down
ward movements. This draws the blood
away from the front brain and vitalizes
the involuntary nerves.


2. While rubbing call for cold water
Immediately, which apply to the face
and to the hair on the top and side Of
the head


3. Call for bucket of water as hot
as can be borne and pour it by dipper.
fuls on the back, head and neck for
several minutes. The effect will be
wonderful for vitalizing the medulla OBJ
longata it vitalizes the whole body
and the patient will generally start uT
into full conscious life in very short
time.
Year: 1875

THOUGHTFUL BOYS One day last
week two little boys, ten years of age,
sons of l.. B. Clogston and Frank Town
of Fairhaven went west on the railroad
track into the State of New York for
the purpose of picking berries. Before
reaching the state line they met heavy
freight train coming east. They went
some distance down the grade, and while
picking berries, heard something fall up
on the track. They 'hastened to the
place from whence proceeded the noise,
and found a large telegraph pole that
had fallen diagonally across the track,
the end of which was about in the right
position to strike the cylinder of the en-
CINE, which would have thrown the en-
tire train from the track. Upon thai
heavy down grade, about one hundred
feet to the mile, it must have caused The
loss of lives and property. The LITTLE
fellows heard the whistle Of the mai
train, and seeing the danger, small al
they were, obtained some levers, remov
ed the obstacle, and gave the train fre,
passage.
Year: 1875

A DODGE THAT DIDN'T WORK. just
before six o'clock on Tuesday evening a
well dressed and good appearing man
called into the counting room of a mer.
chant on Washington street and desired
to get $40 bill changed, with request
for two ten or four five dollar bills. The
book-keeper, to accommodate him, un-
locked the safe, and taking out one ten
and two five dollar bills handed them
to the stranger, who dropped one of them
and after picking it up said to the book
keeper, 81 guess you have made a mis-
take" at the same time handing back a
a $40, $5 and 81 bill.


The book-keeper was confident that he
had made no error, but being suspicious
that there was some fraud in the matter,
and not wishing to wrongly accuse the
stranger said to him, 81 balance my cash
every morning at eight o'clock and il
you will come in tomorrow morning al
that hour, or soon after, shall know il
| am mistaken, and if so shall be happy
to pay you the four dollars which you
claim is short" The man who said he
belonged in Paris, Illinois, was sure there
had been a mistake as he only had 6
twenty dollar bill in his pocket when he
came into the store, but appeared quit'
willing to come in next morning anC
then departed. The merchants casl
account balanced to cent next morn
ing, and the stranger did not come in a
he agreed. Merchants and others vii
do well to be ON their guard agains
such impostors. - Boston Journal 9th Q
August.
Year: 1875

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. In view
of the fact that every winter is marked
by the accidental burning of one or
more churches, the following suggestion
of the Christian Union might prove to
be worth the cost of a church here and
there:


1t might possibly be prudent thing
for church trustees everywhere to do as
the New York Building Bureau did the
other day, and inspect their church
buildings. The result in this vicinity
where one was reported with unsafe
heating apparatus, another with defect
i've nues, another with insufficient means
of egress, and so on, doubtless represents
the condition of numbers of these edi-
fees the country over. A little trouble
and expense in the way of repairs made
now would obviate the necessity of put
ting up new building on the steof the
one which in its present state is certain
to be offered up to the flames next win
ter
Year: 1875

Monday afternoon of last week, oc-
CURED an assault in Sterling, Mass,
upon two young married ladies, residents
of the town, by tramps, which shows
that some of the ladies are getting pre-
pared for these fellows and go armed.
Mrs. VIM. S. Smith and Mrs. Albert
Winchester sisters, started to go across
the field near the formers house, when
two young and hard looking tramp
came upon them suddenly and violently
insulted them by indecent language, ETC.,
when the older one of the sisters, Mrs.
Smith, told them to desist and leave at
once or she would shoot them. They
still kept on their violent talk, following
them, when she, turning around and
seeing these ugly looking brutes close
upon them, drew from her pocket her
seven-shooter (Which she carried when be-
ing left alope) and fired one shot at them,
not hitting them however, and told them
to leave at once or she would empty
the remaining charges at them. They
told her they were not afraid Of her pis-
tol, they probably not thinking it loaded
but after they found it was and they had
more than their hands full in these two
ladies, they finally withdrew and grad
ually went out of sight, The people Of
the town on hearing of it were sorry tc
learn that she did not fire all the charges
at them. She was at the time accom-
panying her sister, who lives some three
miles away, part way home, and after
| this occurrence she escorted her nearly
the whole distance. These tramps are
becoming an intolerable nuisance, and in
fest the town in large numbers almos


daily; but they could not come acros
| two better and stronger women in the
whole town to face them. This Mrs
Smith is understood to be an extra good
marksman and can outshoot many of tn
sterner sex and beat them every time
| She certainly deserves great deal o


praise for her bravery and daring il


what might have been a more seriou
terminating affair.
Year: 1875

A Presbyterian minister, while marry
ing a couple of his rustic Pensioners.
felt exceedingly disconcerted on his ask
ing the bridegroom if he were willing to
take the woman for his welded wife, by
his scratching his head and saying
" Ay, I'm wul'in' but I'd rather hae
her sister"
Year: 1875

Miss La Grange, editor pro tenn. Of
the Santa Barbara Press, thus pro-
nounces her valedictory:


We expect that our chief will be at
his post tomorrow, and our editorial
career will be finished. We sympa-
thize with the most delighted of our
readers and patrons at this announce
ment. Hereafter we shall not be re-
sponsble for anything we may say in
the Press, and If any undreamed of
combination of circumstances ever
compels us to take editorial charge OF
a newspaper again, we shall have a
masculine dummy placed conspicu-
ously i'm the front office to do the
heavy responsible while we supply
'tcopy" through some convenient hole
In the wall. Then, if we chance to
do anything good the paper will re-
ceive the credit, while anything su-
premely Ridiculous will be taken as a
matter of course, and not considered
as feminine nonsense. If any of our
enemies have suffered at our editorial
hands We are sorry--that we did not
make them suffer more while we had
the opportunity; and our greatest re-
gret is for the things we have not
said