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Year: 1873

It will be understood at once that we do not
mean by the above heading shoddy goods or
materials at the Vienna Exposition, for we
hope there will not be, and do not expect
there will be, any of these. We shall, Mt least,
make respectable show of manufactures and
good show Of mechanical skill The shoddy
we refer to is in the schemers and vain-glorious
the national character by buying and selling
official positions connected with the American
Commission and Department of the Exhibi-
ton. We hardly know which to denounce
most strongly, the corrupt, trading and mean.
souled officials who sold positions or privi-
leges or the contemplate nobodies who
wanted to swell themselves out, like the frog in
the fable, beyond their natural proportions by
obtaining an official character through
bribery to which. they were not entitled by
merit The government at Washington has
blundered in this matter, as in SO many others,
through not having the sagacity to select the
proper men as representative Americans,
except in few instances among the
honorary Commissioners There are plenty
of gentlemen, high-toned and cultivated
men, in this country who would have
reflected honor upon the Republic; but
the administration at Washington does not
appear to be in contact with or in the way Of
finding out such. Men of low instincts and
political schemers come to the top in almost
all cases. Our best citizens shrink from
contact with these. Outside Of the official
circle and sprinkling of such shoddy people
and Adventures as all countries have, the
viennese will see q number of gentlemen and
ladies of the best type from America. Euro
peans are too apt to seize any opportunity to
disparage our people and country, and the
more care should have been taken not to
crafty this egotistical propensity. As the
government has at last undertaken to remove
the cause for further scandal in this Vienna
commission business we hope it will peremp-
torily make clean work Of the reform COM
msnced.
Year: 1873

The Italian GOvernment anu inc Ne-


ligi0us Orders.


According to our latest accounts the bill
abolishing religious corporations is still under
discussion by the Italian Parliament. On Fri
day last venosta, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, while insisting on the propriety of the
measure as whole, made some remarks which
show that beyond certain point he is not
prepared to play the part of an iconoclast. '1n
abolishing the temporal power" he said, 'ltaly
had contributed to the progress of the century,
but she must refrain from attacking the spir-
itual power" According to Venosta Italy is
not bound to preserve the mortmain by which
the religious bodies exist; but Italy has no
right to prevent the heads of the religious
orders from keeping up communication with
the Catholic world. The religious reform in
Italy has been very sweeping and very severe.
Since the sixteenth century no such measure
has been attempted in any country. Religious
property amounting to some two millions of
dollars will pass into the hands Of the State,
and the bill applies to movable property as
well as to real estate. To accomplish such a
work requires great strength. It remains to
be seen whether the present government Of
Italy is quite equal to the task. Signor We
nosta's remarks seem to imply that feeling
exists that the government may 60 too far
In the nineteenth century it is q necessity
that reform have at least the appearance Of
justice.
Year: 1873

OBsEoUHs OF THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE
The last tribute of respect and veneration to
the memory Of truly great man was paid


esterday in the impressive ceremonies which


receded the removal of the remains Of the
late Chief Justice of the United States from
this city. There was throng Of visitors to
St Georges church during the five hours
allotted for the lying in state, and all classes
svailed themselves of the opportunity to take
last look at all that was mortal of one whose
name is enshrined in the nations heart
Some of the most distinguished representa-
tives Of the American Republic we're present
when the Rev. Dr. Hall delivered the funeral
oration, and every one evinced feeling that
In the death of Chief Justice Chase, the nation
has lost one of its most upright children and
it's highest intellect We publish in another
column the particulars Of the obsequies Of the
departed statesman
Year: 1873

The old-fashioned way of harvesting
corn was to cut the stalks as soon rs the
ears We're glazed, leaving the butts to
stand until the corn was ripe and ready to
harvest. Some farmers still adhere to
this practice, but the majority have aban-
doned it for what seems to us the far pre-
terable way of cutting up the entire
growth of corn as soon rs the kernels are
well glazed. The saving by this method
is both in labor and in fodder


1t is much easier to cut up the stalks
when they are green and soft than after
probably cut and shock the whole growth
as easily as he can cut the tops one by one
and carry them together and out OF the
field to be cured


If the entire stalks are cut up as soon as
| the corn is glazed. nearly all of the leaves
will remain unhurt by the frost, and the
tibres which no beast will eat will cure
| and remain sweet and edible. When corn
is once shocked the farmer may gather
| and husk it at his leisure the stalks are
all cured when he takes them to his barn,
and will neither mould nor rot


Standing corn wastes badly after the





broken down, and eaten by squirrels and
birds. When the tops are cut, the butt S
which remain standing till late in the fall
are nearly worthless for fodder For these
reasons we advise our farmer friends to
cut and shock their corn.


We know it is claimed by some that the
corn ripens better when exposed to the
sun and is heavier than when ripened i'll
shocks, but this is very doubtful, and even
if it be admitted that we get one or two
per cent. less corn than we should to let
the ears stand, this is hardly worthy OF
consideration in view of the far greater
loss we sustain on the fodder. AS to the
shiftless policy of letting the corn stand
tops and all until husking time, it is one
which no farmer who isn't ambitious to
end his days in the poorhouse can afford;
In this State the fodder to be obtained
from the corn field is nearly as important
as the "shelled corn," and any course
which does not save both is foolish and
disastrous. Manchester Mirror
Year: 1873

pats of six to Il pound; each neatly
stamped and ready for the butter-plate Of
the tea-table, and as we have already said
is marketed three times n week, being
transported by the Maine railroad from
Reading to Boston
Year: 1873

Molly Adams, OF Ia Urosse, WISCONSIN,
had three lovers come to see her on q re-
cent Sunday evening. The lass thought
there were two too many, and ordered one
of the trio to leave. He did 50. She then
told the other two that she would give
them ten minutes to decide which should
remain for the evening So saying she
retired from the room, and for some
time sharp rough-and-tumbl fight ragged
in that parlor which ended in com
promise to the effect that the cllple should
court the girl in company for an hour,
Molly to decide at the end of that time
which of the two should leave
Year: 1873

In the Ukrain (Russia) the


women court more generally


than the men. When a young
woman falls ia love with a
man she is not in the least
ashamed to go to his fathers
house and reveal her passion
in the most tender and pathets
ic manner, and to promise the
most submissive obedience if
he will accept her as a wife.
Should the insensible man pre-
tend any excuse, she tells him
she is resolved never to 90 ont
Of his house till he gives his
consent, and accordingly,
taking up her lodgings remains
there. If he still obstinately
refuses her his case becomes
exceedingly distressing. The
church is commonly on he1
side, and TO turn her out would
provoke her kindred to revenge
her honor, so that he has nc
method left but to betake HIM
SELF to flight till he is other,
wise disposed of. "
Year: 1873

plunder? Is it the public SEN
timent, where the cry of the
majority is to persecute and
oppress the minorityH Is it
in the action ofindividual men,
where the ordinary ethics of
trade approach as nearly as
possible to more eXpediency,
without any inconvenient in
gredient of severe morality 2
Very well may heathen nations
desire to he left free from bp>
nign influences of Christianity,
Judging Of the system 10y its
effects in practice.
Year: 1873

From the Atchison Globe.


The expedition of the Yellow
stone and the vicinity of Powder
River, is well under way. Gen.
ID. NJ. Stanley is in charge of the
entire outfit, while Gen. Geo. A.
Custar commands the cavalry.
Gen. Thomas ID. Rosser, formerly
of the Confederate Army, is the
leader of the engineers. Custar
and Rosser ought to be familiar
with each other, Their meetings
in the Army of the Potomac and
the Shenandoah Valley were fire.
quent, and sometimes Sanguine,
and the two must have had the
highest regard for each other.
We remember distinctly when the
whistle of bullets, the dash of
rebel cavalry, and the cry of
"Rosser's Brigade would send a
thrill through the system which
might have been attributed to
nervousness. 1t wasn't nervous.
ness, of course, it was only cnthu-
siasm, but we should not be sur
prised if the Sioux should occa-
sionally produce a similar feeling
in the veins of Custar and Rosser
both, during the summer.


Rosser's brigade was we'll
known to the boys, and the ap-
pearance of a certain white horse
that was always conspicuous
when the brigade made its advent,
waSa sure indication that there
was business on hand. 1t would
! De hard to estimate the number OF
men who would claim they had
shot the man on that particular
horse after each engagement.
But old "Whitey" hung on until
the last, and it was finally a stand
ing joke that "death was abroad
on the pale horse" every time he
came in in view, and it was not a
little singular that so conspicuous
a mark should not have been hit
Now Custar goes to guard ROssel
while he does some good for the
country, and it is safe to say thai
he of the yellow locks will no
permit his former foe to fall into
the hands of the Sioux.
Year: 1873

A Reporter of a Western
paper, speaking of a certain
fair creature, remarked that
+'the profusion and color of heI
hair would lead one te look
upon it as though it was spun
by the nimble fingers of the
easy hours as they glided
through the bright June days,
whose many sunny rays OF
light had been caught in the
meshes, and were contented to
go no further" This is better
than saying the girls hair was
red. .".r'
Year: 1873

gredient of severe morality 2
Very well may heathen nations
desire to be left free from be>
nign influences of Christianity,
Judging Of the system 10y its
effects in practice.


Landing a Mississippi Steamboat.


The following is an extract
from a Denver letter of the
Danbury News man to his pa>
per: "The river is much
broader at this point than I ex-
pected to see it, but we can not
always have our own way in
this world. The channel is
about three feet deep opposite
this place; / don't know the
exact width of the river, but
there is no doubt that the
water is as thick as it is broad.
The traveller should turn it
over with his foot and so look
at both sides OF it All was
busted at the dock when | got
there. The boat was taking on
its freight, and about thirty
lively colered roustabouts, and
one very excited and awfully
profane white man was doing
the business. That white man
was study. He. was the
mate of the vessel, and what
! he didn't know about rhetoric
could be held on the point of a
knife blade by a nervous man
The thirty negroes had all they
could we'll attend to to keek uI
with the new oaths, and roll OF
the casks. Without any cessa,
ton they bobbed form the boat
to the shore. and from the
shore back to the boat, and al
the while the Mississippi elo
cutionist danced around and
swore. When / got on the
boat I sat down on my bag
gage and watched that man.


Being a resident of Danbur
~, l thought I knew some
thing of wickedness, but l wa!
mistaken. The negroes were
uniformly dressed in pants
shirt and hat. Some of tht
hats were ornamented will
different colored ribbons; other
again contained but a simpl,
brass plate, the trade mark of
retired fruit can. Beauty una
| dorned is adorned the most
They were driven like sheep
! first to the shore, then back I,
l the boat. The least hesitation
: the slightest plisstep, was no
ticed by the orator ant
promptly incorporated into hi
discourse. He couldn't hav


been more familiar were the,
his own fathers, which is no
likely they were.
l "Bob, how is your sweethear
Year: 1873

The body of teachers which have
Just disbanded was in every way an
honor to the county and community
in which they live. Few counties of
an older and more pretentious charac-
ter make better showing at their
Institute than Los Angeles at this, the
last and best.
Year: 1873




'Don not grudge me this little sery-
ice" he said. 'God knows, and you
know, that it may be the last I shall
ever have the opportunity to render
your


There was some difficulty about the
arrangements for the night, since the
choice rested between the bed-which
was, in truth, little more than a sofa
and the easy-chair. Each of them
wanted to sit up and let the other
rest; but, of course, Tyrrell carried
his point; and while Margaret lay
down, and, despite the novelty of her
position, soon fell into the sound sleep
of healthy youth, he sat by the fire
and watched the stormy night
through, and the. gray dawn break
over the drenched earth.


TIT.
Year: 1873

Angora cats, which used to be
common drawing-room pets in the
days Of our grandmothers, are said to
be coming into fashion again. They
are valuable in proportion to the pure
whiteness and the length of their
silky hair, and their purr is softer
and more musical than that of the
ordinary cats.
Year: 1873

There is prospect now that the
entire coal trade of the world is to be
revolutionized by the United States
assuming the supremacy SO long en-
joyed by Great Britain. Already q
large amount of coal is being export
ed from here to England, and line
of a large from steam colliers is pro
jected, to carry the product of Ameri-
can mines to all parts of the world.
Year: 1873

An Oil City boy, one of that class
of urchins who seem sent upon the
earth for the sole purpose of bringing
pious grown-up people to a recollec-
ton of the fact that this world is not
their home, recently put some nitro
glycerine in his sisters hustle when
she was going ont skating.
Year: 1873

1t is said that if Maud Muller had her
life to live over again, and should meet
the Judge in this year of grace, 1873,
she would sue him for breach Of promise
and obtain sufficient damages to make
her family happy, or else shoot him,
become lecturer, and die rich and re-
specEed by all.
Year: 1873

A proposition is before the Pennsylva-
mia Constitutional Convention to submit
the question, tShall woman exercise
the right of suffrage?" to the qualified
electors-of the commonwealth and to
all women twenty-one years of age who
have been resident in State one year
in their district sixty days. Should a
Majority, Of all votes cast be in favor of
the extension of the right, then the word
"male," as qualification for an elector,
shall be struck out of the constitution,
and women shall thereafter vote.
Year: 1873

Carpenters great painting of the
Cabinet scene during the considera-
ton of the emancipation proclamation
has, at the request of the committee
on the Library, been placed in the
old Hall OF Representatives, in order
that it may be judged in good
light. A proposition to purchase it
is now pending.
Year: 1873

A brute, by stretch of courtesy
called man, in Worthington, Mass,
after trying various methods to make
a balky horse draw, finally slip noos-
ed q strong clothes-line on the tongue
of the poor beast, and then attached
such power to the line that the
tongue was actually torn out by the
roots. Ashamed of his work, the
owner hid this CORY and mangled
member in the snow, but he did not
possess enough humanity to put the
animal out of his misery.
The buried tongue was found by
some boys, anda full exposure Of the
cruelty speedily followed The suf-
fering beast was found in the stable,
still living
Year: 1873


When is an army like tuck in lady's skirt?
When it is hemmed in.
When must old Father Time hang up his scythe
When he shall be no mower.
Where are happiness and contentment always to
be found? In the dictionary.
What do all the little folks do before going to
sleep7 Shut their eyes, of course.
What kind of paper will make the best kite? Fly
paper.


How many insects make q landlord7 Tenants.
Year: 1873

School for Housekeeping.


In Miss Collins proposed school for
housekeepers, in Boston, each pupil
will make some certain kind ofworka q
specially, which is a good hint for
schools not industrial She will learn
other things also, but in this specia-
ty she must be perfect as possible.
Various wealthy ladies of Boston have
agreed that whenever a dinner or
other entertainment is given at their
houses, some one of the pupils will
be admitted to witness the prepara-
tions culinary and ornamental, IN or
der properly to understand their fu-
ture business. They viii be taught
to execute thoroughly the cooking OF
a dinner, and also to market under
an experienced supervisor. The pre-
pared food is to be sold at cost to the
workng-women in shops, replacing
their present cold dinners with cheap,
warm. and excellent meals. The
girls in the institution viii be taught
to wash in the best manner, and the
poor workers in shops viii be permit
ted to supply the material, thus get
ting their clothing washed at cost
one-half or one-third the present
price, which it is hard for them to
pay.
Year: 1873

1.
My first is in eat, but not in drink,
My second is in yellow, but not in pink,
My third is in sleigh, but not in cart,
My fourth is in lazy, but not in smart,
My fifth is in oats, but not in rye,
My sixth is in face, but not in eye,
Ny seventh is in young, but not in old,
My eighth is in brave, but not in bold,
My ninth is in ocean, also in sea,
My tenth is in you, but not in me-
My whole is the name of young friend.
Ragweed Avenue. PAP's 2D GAL.
I am composed of 12 letters.
Ny first is in sister, ,.but not in brother,
My second is in father, but not in mother,
My third is in blue, but not in red,
My fourth is in lounge, but not in bed,
My fifth is in ice, but not in dew,
My sixth is in me, but not in you,
My seventh is in saucer, but not in cup.
My eighth is in cot, but not in hut,
Ny ninth is in black, but not in white,
My tenth is in ball, but not in kite,
My eleventh is in come, but not in go,
My twelfth is in yes, but not in no.
Ny whole is the name of girl of my acquaint-
Ince. EULICE.
Hillsboro, o.
Year: 1873

Let me give few other simple di-
rections for keeping peace. One is:
Hold your tongue! There are more
quarrels smothered by just shutting
your mouth and holding it shut than
by all the wisdom of the world. You
may be obliged to speak; you may be
mother or o father, and have to
scold your children; you may be a
teacher, and feel called upon to re-
buke with all long suffering, and with
suffering that is not so long some
times; but ordinarily, in common
life, more than two-thirds of all the
things which come up for remark had
better be let alone just hold your
tongue.


The old Greeks said that aman had
two ears and one mouth, that he
might hear twice and speak once, and
there is great deal of good sense in
it. Yeu viii find that if you simply
hold your peace, you will pass over
nine out of ten of the proyocations of
life.


'cBut what if men sayand do things
SO provoking that you cannot hold
your tongues" Then above all things
hold it. .--.-.....--.. .--..


Closely allied to this direction for
keeping the peace is another, which
is: Let things alone. Do not med
die with things. Do not pick at
them. You can make an ulcer out of
a pimple, if you only pick it enough.
All that is necessary is just to pick
it. Leave things to themselves.
When things happen, do not talk
about them. If things happen in the
neighborhood, do not try to settle
them. The Lord deliver me from
those Dom Quixotte settlers of trouble
who go about the neighborhood fan
ming to fame things that would die
of themselves if let alone. The ma
jority of troubles in life are like sin
gle sparks. Ifyou let them remain
single, they will very soon go out,
and nothing viii be left but ashes;
and ashes burn nobody But if to a
spark you put some kindling- stuff,
and blow it, you will soon have q
flame. The little troubles of life,
which are of daily occurrence, and of
which there are so many, are to be let
alone-[H. w. Beecher.
Year: 1873

yne city to the chicago Relief Fund, when the
prompt action not authorized by the charter WAS
subsequently iegalized by the Legislature. he
referred TO the section In the charter which EN-
powered the Mayor TO employ men upon city WORK
when 1t was absolutely necessary. They should 40
this anu relieve the suffering poor. lApplause.l
IL was all very well to adopt resolutions presented
by the Alderman OF the Third, devising plans or
the city officers and Board OF City Works, but work
should be


GIVEN TO THEM TO MORROW.


lie cared not whether these resolutions were
adopted In addition to the others offered, but nc
thought they should be adopted. (Applause.l


Alderman RILEY thought II would ne weii to M
qnire II such provisions could be carried out.


Aldermen TAYLOR said he did not leel quite sure
that the immediate adoption OF the resolution
w0ul0 be prudent


Alderman McGRoARTY said that by the adoption
OF these resolutions $4,000 would be placed to the
credit OF the street repairing account, and IL wouu
be enough to keep the men az work for at least two
weeks. (Applause.) He had been informed tnat
the Mayor would approve OF their action.


Alderman RICHARDSON said that there hau
been about 5000 men thrown out OF EN-
not furnish enough money TO give employment to
the men for two weeks.


After some further discussion the second res0lu-
ton OF Alderman Ropes and the resolution OF
Alderman Riley to transfer the funds to the street
repairing accounts were adopted. The first reso-
luton OF Alderman Ropes and the resolution OF
Alderman Richardson were referred TO q COM
mlttee OF five, TO report TO special meeting OF the
Board TO be held on Wednesday, evening.


A memorial OF the Federal Council OF the Work.
ingmen's Association OF North America to the Com
mon Council OF Brooklyn, praying them TO take
some action for the benefit OF the laborlng classes
was received and read.
Year: 1873

The following is the memorial OF the Federal
Council Of the Internationalists, adopted last
night, asking President Grant to call extra ses.
sion OF Congress-


To His Excellency o. s. GRANT President Of the United
States:-


The undersigned committee of the Federal Council Of
the International Workingmens Association OF North
America behalf OF the workers Of this country would
respectfully call your attention to the necessity OF calling
special session OF the Congress of the United States for
the purpose of providing ways and means TO meet the
financial and labor Or, crisis now upon Us ....
BY promptly calling Congress together and insttuttng
your last message TO Congress you will furnish employ
ment to the thousands Of workingmen thrown out Of
employment by the failure of our swindng contract
labor system and by authorizing the issue Of sufficient
legal tenders you financial troubles caused
by lack Of currency and thus enable Western
to be brought TO market at profitable rates 70 the
ducers


II nothing is done for the until the regular
meeting OF Congress it will be toe late for the
ment to prevent total wreck of our financial system
and people will be In bankrupt starving condition
and needless suffering will be endured In the midst OF
plenty


We believe You will and give occasion for your
enemies 70 that by your delay and lack Of states
country and its people TO be destroyed while considering
the means Of relief when called upon by both the press
and the people of the country


All of which Is urgently submitted.


W a; CARsEY,l Comm,,,es


H. WALTON ~. OIL W. A.
NEW YORK CiTy. Nov. 9, 1873