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Year: 1875

Dr. Ricardo,s of Passaic, N J., re- gently mulcted in heavy damages for a1- legged malpractice in dressing the arm of a little boy, is now on trial for criminal charge of assault with intent to kill to cover up the malpractice. It is claimed he gave the lad morphine, and then said he would die. The child survived that night, which seemed to greatly surprise the doctor on his arrival the next morn ing. The next night thesame watcher was called in, ard Ee was told that the child would certainly die that night, and the morphine powders were ordered to be given again. The doctor went to an undertaken and told him that the child would die that night, and made arrange ments with this undertaken for the burial. Ricardo then told the watcher, the undertaken, and the mother of the child, that if the child died, not to re- move the bandages, as it would be dan gerous for them to do so. The reason that the child did not die was because the powders were not all given as direct ed, only a portion of them being given, the attendant and the mother being alarmed at the excessive size of the dose. Seeing that the child did not die, Mrs. Schaffer sent for Dr. Watson, an old family physician, who examined the wounded arm and found that it had mortified and partially decayed, the flesh fairly falling off from the bone. The arm was amputated, and the unfor- tlnate little boy (now ten years old) re- covered - ...=e
Year: 1875

Fireman James Kain, on express train No. 4, Delaware division, of the Erie railway, performed daring act, saving 8 mans life at tho risk of his own. As the train made curve between Hancock and Hale's Eddy, both Kain and John Kinsella, his engineer, saw man walk ing on the track a short distance ahead. A freight train going west was passing at the same time, and the noise drowned the sharp signals given by the engineer. The man did not see his danger, and the fireman quickly let himself out of the cab window, and ran along the locomo- tive to the cow catcher. The train was then within a few feet of the man. Kain shouted to him, but he did not hear, and the next instant the pilot struck him and threw him up ill the air, higher than the smoke-stack. He fell back, head down ward, alighting on the COW catcher. His feet struck near the headlight, and his head hung to the bottom of the cow catcher. Kain caught him by one leg as he fell, and held him firmly on the cow catcher until the train WAS stopped. The man was not much hurt. He gave his name as R. A. Chambers, of Philadel- phia. But for Jim Kain he would have fallen from the pilot to the track andmet a frightful death.
Year: 1875

It is a melancholy fact that American women have degenerated in point of health and physique, until they have be-

 come literally race of invalids. How sad it is to look around us and compare the frail and effeminate looking lady of to-day with the hale, hearty and buxom ladies of days gone by. To all such the late discovery of Dr. Walker, of California, which is known as Vinegar Bitters, is priceless boon indeed. For this class of diseases it is certain and safe, and any lady, old or young, call take it with entire confidence in the re- suit, and thus avoid what to thousands is a stumbling block never overcome, viz. n consultation with a family physician. Iris true there may be cases of years standing, that will necessitate most powerful treatment, but in nine cases out of ten this remedy will reach the disease, and after little time effect a cure. The number of ladies cured by it are numbered by thousands, and are scattered through every State in the Union.
Year: 1875

. The National Grange of the United States, at their last meeting, adopted resolutions of a public nature as follows:

 In favor of the Texas Pacific railroad. That Congress be earnestly requested to initiate such steps as may be necessary to repeal all laws taxing tobacco, and that Congress be requested to urge the general government to use it's best offices with foreign governments to induce them to reduce the duties on tobacco. In favor of better and cheaper transporta- tion routes, and asking the right of way for road from the East to the West.

 The ritual of the order was not changed. No change is made as to the dues and fees. But one degree may be conferred on one person at one meeting In favor of using the funds of the Grange for Christian purposes when necessary. The Patrons everywhere were urged to contribute funds for the completion of the Washington 1nonu- ment. Members of the National Grange were desired to take with them to the next session specimens of the leading products and minerals of their respective neighborhoods.
Year: 1875

If man wants bottle of whisky, let him buy it and take it home like man, and not sneak home with bottle of "bitters," or "cordial," and pretend that it is medicine. If he wants tonic that is something better than temporary stimulant, he should get bottle of Peruvian Syrup Gan iron tonic), that will vitallze the blood and give durable strength to the sYstem.-Co7n.
Year: 1875

performances must be construed as
proving either that his statement was
an exaggeration and his language
far too strong for the occasion, or
that he is less than a preacher; less
than citizen; less than a man! AS
is is, every school commissioner in
Brooklyn stands accused. by Mr..
Beecher, and justice to the innocent
demands that he shall at once give
the names of those who are guilty.
Will he do so? Until this is done
we cannot believe SO damaging
charge on the general and indeh-
nate evidence now before us, and
must hold the author of the accusa-
ton under the suspicion of being a
foul slanderer of his neighbors.


Since the above was in type, we
understand that Mr.. Beecher has
explained that he referred to events
which occurred several years ago.
in New York, when the Infamous
Tammany crowd controlled that
city. His language as given in the
above quotation, is not calculated
to lead the mind of the reader to
such an inference; and even in that
case his charge is an exaggeration.
The truth is: his accusation is the
most damaging assault against the
public school system that it has
ever sustained-and the enemies of
the system will not be slow in max
ing it available in their interest. It
is a great pity that such words were
ever spoken.
Year: 1875

The Grange Advance is advised that
the Age can see no good to accrue to
the Independents by getting by the ears
among themselves, and in this way help
their enemies. Minnesota ought to be
large enough to hold two such gentle
men as brothers Young and Donnelly,
and when they pull together they are Of
much more Importance to the cause
they profess to support than they are
when divided.-Industriaz Age.


And the Age is advised that, al
though we are and have long been
working for the advancement of the
common people, we are old enough
to have opinions of our own, found
ed upon our own experiences, OBJ
servations, and studies, and cannot,
therefore, always subscribe to the
opinions of others who profess to be
working for the same cause, nor
blndly follow the lead of such.
We will pull together" in the right
direction, but cannot think it would
be commendable in US to unite with
Others in pulling in what we believe
to be a wrong divertion. We do
not believe either in quarrelling or
abuse, but always prefer clear, gen.
tlemanly argument.
Year: 1875

In the Board OF Estimate and AppOitonment
yesterday Mr. storr Of the Finance Department read the


list provisional appropriations that have been agreed
upon and which have published in TIE TgiEUNE.
There are IL estimates upon which all of the members
have not agreed The Mayor called up the estimate Of
o. 436525 for short bonds that viii become due July
l. 1876 lie said that this should be stricken from the
budget because the law did intend that these bonds
sholld DO met by money raised by taxation. The Con


troer believed That part of the city debt the bonds
shOuld be paid by appropriation IL was agreed 10 sd-
ourn until 70 day The Mayor said thAt the items In dis
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winter
aud are furnishing the bes-
paying and most easily worked
agency in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we have
lately added new and exceed


ingiy taking inducements, re


quirlng only intelligence and
application for any one,young
or old, of either sex, to make
really first-class paving bust
Year: 1875

Has made the most Astonishing Cures :.
SO quick, so rapid are the changes the
body undergoes under the influence of
this truly wonderful medicine, that
Every Day an Increase in Flesh and Weight
Is Seen and Felt
Year: 1875



 Tn a little time we shall have continuous rail stretching over IOe miles from this city in the direc- ton of Arizona. The Southern Pacific Railroad is now graded nearly the entire distance between the present terminus. at spadra ders. we are informed, will push ahead to White Water, point twenty miles east of San Gorgonio Pass. The ties for the greater part of the road are now at Spadra and the iron required to lay the track to the point named will ar. rive in short time. It is the purpose of the company to com- pIete the road as early in the sea- son as possible and commence i'm mediate preparations for extend ing the track on to the Colorado river next year.
Year: 1875

The spelling-school fever is raising
to the dignity of an epidemic, and is
spreading all over the land. Like the
late epizootic, no section of the broad
land is likely to escape its ravage.
Year: 1875

ARCHBISHOP MoChosKEY having been
raised to the dignity of cardinal,
it will be etiquette for him always to
appear in costume some portion of
which shall be scarlet. This is sup
posed to symbolic the special readi-
ness OF dignitaries of that class to shed
their blood for the good of the church.
The full dress of cardinal is one of
the most gorgeous and striking costumes
WOru
Year: 1875

THE restoration of nogging to the
roll of British punishments for such
offenses as wife-beating and gar
rotting is being seriously discussed. 1t
is argued that those who persist in
taking physical view of humanity can
be best instructed by a vigorous ap.
plication of their own principles.
Year: 1875

to get that time-piece Then he got sleepy,
and hid the watch between the beds. After
five minutes he put it under the bed. He
felt easy for ten minutes, and then bid it in
one of his boots, and hid the boot under the
bed.


Dreams came to that young man as he
finally slept The old white horse came and
stood over him with tears in his eyes, and
then turned around and swallowed the watch.
Thieves broke in and stole it. His sisters
red-headed baby bit it square in two. 1t took
legs and ran away from him. At midnight
he awoke, saw the moon was up, and as he
got into his clothes he said to himself


''It's only eight miles home, good going,
and dunn me Fl don't walk right in on the
hull family fore daylight.'


We all differ, you know, in our makeup,
but then that was his first watch, and who
could blame him?
Year: 1875

From the Territorial (Nev) Enterprse.]
After all that has been said by indicative
press about MIR. Sharon, his words, rs re-
ported in the San Francisco Chronicle, will
give the people of the East new idea of the
man: Il am worth $15,O0O,O00 in solid
wealth and permanent real estate. Mr.. Raj
ston was my friend through him made it,
and will devote the full half of it before
there shall come a stain upon his honor"
No one who knows the man will doubt for a
moment the full sincerity of his words. He
is reticent and cautious, and is as careful of
promises as he is careless of reproaches and
abuse. The best love of his nature was given
to Mr.. Ralston. They for years were giants
battling together for common victory, both
bold, both aggressive, both confident in their
native resources, and each leaning upon the
other when the battle was sore. One is gone,
and the other has come down from his golden
throne to battle with the throng, lest they
bear away the honor of the fallen. The
acute brain is making its combinations now,
not to pile up wealth-not to add a few mil
lions, more or less, to the millions already
gathered-but to do an act which shall pierce
the ear of death and give benediction to the
sepulcher of him who has passed away. We
need not say this is very extraordinary. 4
friendship which lasts beyond the grave,
which holds the honor of friend which is
now but dust as something more precious
than houses, or lands, or gold, is very rare in
this world, and the people OF the East, more
than we here, who are accustomed to gener-
Gus impulses, will wonder at it, and ask one
another, "What manner of men are they
upon the Western Coast of our country, who
hold their treasures so lightly and their friend
ships so dear?"
Year: 1875

The air scarce stirred


With the whispered word,
Yet the noisy city its import heard.
Can it be so,


That an hour ago
Thai name was high as it now lies low:
And friends were dear,


And lovers near,
And the haven OF hope was shining clear?
Did eyes shine bright


With sweet delight.
.tiI never hint of the withcring blight:
Is yesterday


SO far away.
With its tender sighs and ts laughter gay?
With the poison flung


BY the shameless tongue
The deep death-kncll of all hopes were rung!
And the tidngs grew,


As they always do,
None caring to ask, be they false or true:
Alone. Alone!


The friends have flown
How weary and old the heart has grown.
The daughters fled,


The heart is dead,
Aud crowned with sorrow the innocent head
Never again


VIII the cruel stain
Ec washed from the soul SO crushed with pain:
Till Death shall bring


It's kinder sting,
And the poor, tried heart stopped sorrowing.
Heaven send


Death be a friend,
And this cruel life soon have an end.
Year: 1875

SAYS the Territorial Enterprise The man
who digs dollar from the mines secures the
most honest dollar in the world. 1t is worth
its face anywhere in the world; its getting
brings no competition to others, and does not
depreciate any other mans work.
Year: 1875

LEGITIMATE mining is as certain of success
as legitimate merchandising or farming.
Merchants fail in business sometimes, farm
ers lose stock and crops, and sometimes good
mines have barren rock in them; but when
good ore is found, it is better than remnant
of goods or frost or drouth- bitten crop.
Year: 1875

| it is that the most of US de so.
Here and there we find those who
60 joyfully through life with their
faces foremost, and the higher up they
have journeyed the more surprising
the beauty that wreaths them round
about in q halo of lsve. They never
grow TOO old to enjoy the beautiful
things that meet them and WOO them
on their happy journey. They ap-
proach the joyful confines of "the 9TH
er Shore" burdened with no regrets
that they are forever beyond the rough
ravines and treacherous and tempting
quicksands of the earlier stages of the
journey.


They are not old.


Every hour that has silyered their
brows- fitting them for the perfect
gold of the hereafter-has but added
TO the supreme fullness and freshness
of their youth. There is no necessity
Of growing old with the lapse of the
years. If we journey understanding
ly. each milestone that we pass will
but add to our capacity for enjoying
life. Mental decrepitude, and sorrow
and regret for the lapse of time, come
only to those who journey through life
backward, ,and look downward instead
of upward. for the promise of the yet
to be.
Year: 1875

Slight arrangement of the digestive
or other functions is often sufficient to
occasion a temporary delirium i'm chill
dren, commencing during sleep and
prolonging after waking. The suffer-
ing is great, and the condition an
alarming enc to parents and friends.
The mental excitement is so intense as
to resist impressions from without, to
an extraordinary degree. 1. is here
that the associations of smell can be
used mere effectively than any others
to break up the merbid train. A good
Whit of cologne almost always brings
the little sufferer back to its ordinary
world; or little ammonia may be
used. But an Odor which is agreeable
is probably more effective than one
which is merely pungent. 1t is COM
mon observation that mental associa-
tions are awakened by odors more
than by the impressions of any other
sense. In the case of nightmare, the
strong, familiar smell seems to break
up the train of abnormal excitement.
--Journal Of Chemistry.
Year: 1875

GENERAL SHERMAN has gived this
account of the first discovery of gold
in California: l remember one day
that two men, Americans, came into
the office and inquired for the Cover


nor. l asked their business, and one
answered that they had just come
down from Captain Sutter on special
business, and they wanted to see Gov
ernor Mason in person. took them
in to the Colonel and left them togeth-
eli. After some time the Colonel came
to his door and called to me. l went
i'll, and my attention was directed to a
series of papers unfolded on his table,
in which lay about half an ounce of
placer gold. Mason said to me, "What
is that p touched it, and examined
one or two of the larger pieces, and
asked SIS it gold ?" Mason asked ME
if had eyer seen native GO d. 1 ans
wered that in 1914 1 was in Upper
Georgia and there saw some native
gold, but it was much finer than this,
and that it was in phials or in trans
parant quills: but said that it this
were gold it could be easily tested
first, by its malleability, and next by
acids. took piece in my teeth and
the metallic luster was perfect. l then
called to the clerk, Baden, to bring
me an AK and hatched from the back
yard. When these were brought
took the largast piece and beat it out
fiat, and beyond doubt 1T was metal,
and pure metal. Still we attached
little Importance to the fact, for gold
was known to exist at San Fernando.
at the South, and yet was not consid-
ed of much value.
Year: 1875

Most farmers have their ideas confused
at times with variety of things requiring
to be done. Under such circumstances a
nervous man will often commence a job,
and before he has got fairly started aban-
don it for something which, at the time,
seemed to him to be more pressing, and
then, after engaging in that, leave it too
in an unfinished state for something else.
In this way the day passes off, and he finds
he has accomplished little or nothing, and
then spends sleepless night in thinking
over what he shall do on the morrow. A
young farmer should never allow himself
to fall into this habit. On retiring to rest
he should lay off in his mind the things to
be done next day, deciding which to do
first and so on, and if his memory is not
sufficiently retentive make out little list
on paper, to which he can refer next morn
ing. Then let him pitch into one thing at
a time, and finish it before undertaking
another, and if he should get little be-
hindhand strike more lively gait, and on
finishing one job take little rest by pitch
ing into the next, and by so doing he will
pull through and be able to accomplish all
in good time.


Very often, too, farmcf> briua on this
crowd of work by their or.u ,.,' tco in
not putting in "a stitch in time = for in
stance, a. misplaced or lacking rail on his
fence may be the means of cattle breaking
into his corn field at some busy time; OF
the want Of bolt may cause his barn door
to fall, or his wagon to break down on the
road, and thus much time is lost, which q
little timely seeing to would have saved.


Il is astonishing how much more some
farmers accomplish than others with the
same number of hands. But the secret il
they have system in all they do, and neve
undertake too many things at once. Wha
they undertake they hang to until 1t i
done, and lose no time in chopping am
changing about from one thing to another
and thus with two hands they will accom-
plish more than double the number runnin
about from one thing to another, an
losing much of the time which should hay
been occupied in doing something.


There is nothing like system in all thing
but more especially in conducting Il
various operations on the farm. It is tn
which gives the key to success, and e
plains why it is that some farmers, Will
appearing to move slowly, get alongso muc
better and faster than their more fus
neighbors.
Year: 1875

The peoples ticket for the county Judicial
offices was completed last night. The work
has been well done. The nominations are
as strong as they could well be made, and
the list, as a whole, will be heartily accepted
by the citizens of New York, and will be
elected by them at the polls. The politicians
made some effort to crafty personal prefer
ences here and there on the ticket, but the
attempt was respectfully but firmly resisted,
and the result will be satisfactory to all. The
republicans deserve credit for the sincerity
and good faith with which they carried out
the spirit of the resolution adopted in their
Convention and aided to put forward
honest, independent, capable candidates
without regard to political considera-
tions The only struggle they made
was to secure such names as would
commend themselves to the approval of the
respectable portion of the community and
would guarantee the purity and independence
of the Judiciary and the proper administra-
tion of justice.


In point Of capacity the ticket completed
last night is immeasurably superior to that
made up by John Kelly. Taken on its merits
alone it should command the support of the
electors and receive large majority. But
when the circumstances attending the Tam
many nominations are considered the success
of the peoples ticket should not for an in
stant be doubtful The Kelly candidates in
fact represent nobody but Kelly. They
were not the choice even of the men who
met together and went through the farce of
nominating them. 1t was one overbearing,
incapable, stubborn and prejudiced man
debating to o great party what they
should do. Prominent members of the
Convention and of the Tammany General
Committee declared their preference for Re-
corder Hackett above all other candidates,
and deplored. the obstinacy and arrogance
which forced them to remain silent and to
submit to the nomination of Mr.. Smyth. 1t
was evident, even to the partisans of Kelly,
that he had resolved to pack the Bench and
the District Attorneys Office with his own
favorites Whatever may have been the mo-
tives that prompted such desire the exper-
iment cannot but be full of evil 1t would
make the Judiciary, and especially the Grim
inal Bench, in reality the mere political tool
of party leader, however honestly disposed
the judges might personally be. 1t is against
this evil precedent that the people will now
combine, and it is fortunate that while de-
feating q reprehensible attempt to degrade
the Bench by making it trading shop for
political office-seekers they can secure judi
cial officers of tried capacity and integrity.
The ticket headed by Hackett and Phelps
will be triumphantly elected.
Year: 1875

REGISTER REGISTER IA correspondent
to-day calls attention to the necessity of reg
istering the whole respectable vote of the
city if we would defeat the attempt of Kelly
to seize upon the criminal and civil courts
and again crowd the Bench with the tools of
Tammany. The suggestion is well-timed.
The partisans of the new Boss will GER
tainly register, and the independent voters
who do not believe in delivering up all our
political rights into the hands of an arrogant,
blundering, incapable man should do the
same. The law requires a new registration
every year, and unless this requirement is
fulfilled an elector loses his vote.
Year: 1875

The PEOPLE OF STATEN ISLAND evince their
indignation at the attempt of the Jacobus
Vanderbilt ferry monopoly to drive off all
opposition and to continue to prey upon the
islanders by patronizing the Garner line of
boats and allowing the boats of the Jacobus
Vanderbilt line to run nearly empty. This
is practical method of testitying their dis
approval of the lawless acts of Jacobus
and the oficious Blunt But this is not
enough Whatever may be the result
Of the pending suits, it is certain that the at
tempt to forestall the action of the courts by
the violent destruction of private property
should bo rbbuked and punished. A Grand
Jury should take coGpizanee Of the outraGa