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Year: 1873

General Lyon, before the rebellion,
while in command of a small detachment,
had much trouble in fighting the Indians
in that locality. Their ambushes were so
effective and their manner of warfare so
advantageous to them that at first little
progress was made. The lava beds are on
the border of small lake, in which are
many islands. The Indians would make
such resistance as was possible, and when
pressed closely they would take to their
boats and paddle to the islands, where they
could not be followed. General Lyon,
however, determined on plan whereby
he could reach the islands. After much
care and trouble he succeeded in building
several rude boats and transporting them
across the lava beds, task not easy of per-
formance, and they were duly launched in
the lake and filled with the troops. With
these boats the islands were easily reached,
and the indians were attacked from all
sides and finally eXterminated.
Year: 1873

The old woman's story, in yesterdays
telegraphic reports, in reference to dis
covering and reporting an attempt to
"tip'' an express train, and afterward
being terribly beaten and robbed by the
parties, and the "lines" left that they
had "made more money than if they
had tipped the train, you fool, " all turns
out an ingenious concoctlOn Of the willy
dame, and now she is believed to be an
accomDliee in the attempt to create a
terrible accident for the purpose of rob
hary
Year: 1873

Fire insurance is regarded everywhere as among the necessaries of life. A property-holder is reckless without it. Life Insurance is now classed with fire insurance in this particular. The National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America, with Branch Office at Philadelphia (with which correspondence should be had,) with the largest cash capital of any life insurance company in the world, offers insurance in all sections of the country at three-fourths the customary rates, and desires an agent in every locality. It combines absolute strength with unusual cheapness, is managed by some of the best men of the country, and is well worthy the patronage of all persons seeking insurance, and the attention of all persons seeking employment Com.
Year: 1873

Mental depression is disease of the nervous system and, of all the ills flesh is heir to- it is the that excites the least sympathy It is subject of frequent jest and is called by various derisve terms but, although il is often laughed at, it is not easy to laugh the patient out of the belief that his ills all real, for it is real disorder-the general features of which constant anxiety and gloom. The external senses, well as the mental faculties, often manifest symptoms of de- rangement. Noise, as of falling water, and ring ing in the ears are complained of, while black specks and fiery sparks frequently fit before the vision. Admonitions like these should not be dis regarded, they may, if neglected, terminate in insanity. The seat of the disease is in the brain and nervous system, and to control the malady it is necessary to powerful tonic and alterative, which will correct and tone those organs without inlaming the brain. This is the of the suc- cess of Hostetters Stomach Bitters cases of this kind for which it is the safest as well the best of restoratives. Iu fact it is the only pure and reliable tcnic stmulant known. Many nostrums, purporting to be tonics, pufed up from time to time in the newspapers, but the sufferer had better let them alone. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has proven itself by many years' trial to be in every respect what it is represented to be.
Year: 1873

The report of Secretary Robeson and the others who conducted the invest1- gatlon concerning the loss of the Polaris has been made public. The document is very voluminous one, and sets forth the full history of the expedition and the Secretary's opinions in regard to it. The examination of witnesses occupied six days, during which time all the sur v1vors were carefully examined as to their knowledge of the Polaris and the cause of the separation of the crew, and the testimony is now being printed The Secretary thinks the facts show that Buddington was lacking in enthu- siasm and grossly fax in discipline.

 The testimony was taken before a son, Spencer T. Baird, Commodore Reynolds, and W. Howgate, of the Signal Office. The committee present their report in connection with the Sec retary of the Navy. It may be summed up thus: That Capt. Halls death re- suited from natural subsequently, from congestion of the brain that the parting of the Polaris with the party upon the ice-foe was accidental and the failure of the vessel to return no doubt owing to her inability to do so. They think that the party on board the Polaris will be able to satisfactorily ex- plain their conduct. The report goes into the results of the expedition very fully.

 Kane's supposed open sea is declared to be @ sound merely. The Arctic re- gions In spring are full of animal life, and oxen, wolves, and bears were ire quently shot; also many varieties of birds. The water is full of fish, and the climate much milder than generally supposed. The report recommends the fitting out of an expedition immediately to search for the Polaris.
Year: 1873

Two Little Girls the Victims of a Terri-

 'ble Outrage--One Poor Child Dead.

 Two children, Annie Began and Mag gie Mulray, aged five years, who had been missing for ten days, were found locked up in a closet in an empty house in the Twenty-ffth ward. One of the children was beyond human aid and the other revived after being removed, The police are Investigating the affair, but it is believed that terrible crime has been committed upon the persons of the infants.

 The excitement attending the finding of the children, who were missing in the closet of an unoccupied house, still increases. At the post-mortem exam nation it was clearly shown that the child had not been outraged. She died of suffocation, the stomach revealing the fact also that she had not eaten for forty-eight hours. This goes to strengthen the opinion of some that the little ones had strayed into the house and accidentally locked themselves up in the closet. But the testimony of Officer Dinger and others is to the effect that they made search of the house and the children were not there at that time. The Coroner's physician says the bruises on the knees, hips and elbows of Annie Reagan are easily &C., counted for. They might have been caused by the child's own effort to get out of the closet, or inflicted by Maggie Mulray, who, when found, was sitting on the dead body of her companion.

 Maggie when taken from the place of confinement made the remark, "Wo- man took me to country for gum doll baby, and when I got back a man put me in the closet" At this time the child was laboring under great mental excitement and the statement was not credited. An examination of the per son of the living child, also, did not reveal any evidences of being outraged. The theory now is that some one, out of pure hatred of the Mulray and Ra- gan families, hid the children to an- noy the parents, or that some boys or idiotic person were the cause of their imprisonment in the closet, and now fear to confess it. Several persons liv- ing in the neighborhood are under ar- rest
Year: 1873

Said Artemus Ward ''I like art I admire dramatic art, although I failed as an actor. It was in my school days that failed. The play was the Ruins of Pompeii ; played the ruins. It was not very successful performance but was better than the Burning Mountain He was not good he was bad Vesuvius. The remembrance of it makes me ask Where are the boys of my youth ? assure you this is no conundrum. Some are among you here, some in America, some are in jail. Hence arises a most touching question :: Where are the girls of my youth ? Some are married, some would like to be. O my Maria Alas she married another-they frequently do. I hope she is happy-because I am. Some people are not very happy have no- ticed that. My orchestra is small but am sure it is good so far as it goes. I give my pianist ten pounds 8 night and his washing. I like music. I can't sing. As singist I am not a success. am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me-they are sadder even than I am."
Year: 1873

A FEMININE EXPORTER. eorres- pendent thus describes a noted lady preacher Mrs. Van Cott is about forty five years of age, quite large and feshy, and very good looking is exceedingly graceful in her gestures, and very vivid in the description of scenes which she wishes to portray. To picture the death-bed scene of some unrepentant sinner seems to be speciality with her, as she thus has good opportunity of working upon the feelings of her audi ence. She is rather egotistical but is doing good work.
Year: 1873

ICE WATER. Drinking tumblers of ice-water to slake thirst in summer is, like eating berries and milk, an excel lent promoter of diseases. After long walk or an exhaustive labor the best way to slake thirst is to dip towel in cold water, at the same time immersing both hands into it deep enough to cover the wrists, apply the towel to the fore head, and repeat the process two or three times; then drink cold water with teaspoon. A few drops of vinegar or lemon juice may be put in the water drunk.
Year: 1873

The cost of producing mutton, allow ing for the food, is much less than that of beef; yet good mutton sells in the market for nearly as much as beef. The demand for good sheep in this country for the butcher is active, and. near large towns, the mutton and early lambs can be made the largest source of profit. There the grades of the combing wools will be found most profitable, owing to their greater size and early maturity.
Year: 1873

States, their will IS supreme and would not only not oppose it, but give the measure my support as one of conven- fence for the future of the island. The Cubans are of a pacific disposition and easily governed. Their past history and every day of the present. struggle proves this. It is possible, therefore, that we could be able to sustain a gov ernment of our own, which of course would be preferable to annexation even with the United States. The Cubans justly feelaggrieved at the policy which MT. Fish is observing toward us. At the commencement of the revolution the Spaniards were allowed to build thirty gunboats in New York, and also to supply themselves with arms and ammunition, while the Cubans were ex- cluded from either of these privileges. Even Remington was forced to break his contract with the Cubans because it was an inferential infringement of neu- trality.

 Still, notwithstanding grave reasons for complaint, we look with anxious eyes to America, to the great represen- tative nation of our continent, for re- cognition and support. We know that the warm sympathies of the American people are with us; but this strange policy of Gen. Grants Government is inexcusable, inexplicable, uniustifiable, and wrong to the Cuban people, who entertain so much sympathy and good will toward the great country of Wash ington and of Lincoln. It would be extremely injudicious at this moment to revive the question of annexation at time when nobody thought of aught else but conquering the independence of the island. It would at this particu- lar juncture prove 8 frebrand to dis tract and weaken the Cuban efforts against the common enemy.

 Correspondent-T Cubans, I be- lieve, expected recognition of bellig- erency by the United States.
Year: 1873

SINCE the winter of 1867 and 1865, there
have been none more favorable for field
mice. says the Ne,D York Tribune, than the
one Just ended. Over a wide range Of
country the ground was covered with a
heavy body of snow in December. This
Mas added to by frequent storms, and it
remained during the entire season. In
closely planted orchards, the snow was
piled in places several feet i'm thickness
for eight or nine weeks, and afforded just
the conditions most prOpitiOus for these
active pests.


Under such circumstances it will he
strange if, on disappearance of natures
blanket. thousands of fruit trees are not
found girdled, especially those standing
in or near grass land. Trees from which
the bark has been gnawed all around and
six to twelve inches in width, are sure to
die within year unless prompt measures
are taken to make connection between
the bark above and that below the wound.
The prescriptions which have been pub
lished from time to time are as numerous
as flies in midsum ner. and most of them
as unsatisfactory. Where only third or
half of the circle has been made, leaving
a connecting strip. then, by covering the
bare part with coating of cow drOppings
and yellow clay, the young bark will
grow over the wound much sooner than
if left exposed. Where there is no such
connection, however, the best and most
simple method Of forming One-and the
method that never fails-is to insert scions
zone, two, or three, as the case may re-
quire), bridging over the barked part.
The method is simple and rapid, and most
any one can do the job without difficulty.
Take the sciOns of last years growth of
wood, from young healthy trees, cut them
the right length, bevel each on the same
side ut both ends. Then, with budding
knife, make an incisjOn in the bark of the
tree above and below the injured part,
and carefully press the scion in place.
Cover over where the incisiOn was made
with grating wax, and then wind around
the stem of the tree. at both ends of the
scions, some narrow strips of bass mat
ting, which will keep them firmly i'm
place. For trees from which the bark has
only been gnawed half or twO-thirds the
way round, one or two sciOns will be
sufficient; but when there is no cOnnec-
ton left, it will be found advisable, par
ticularly on large sized tree, to put in
three sciOnS.
Year: 1873

A sTALwART young rustic, who was
known as formidable operator In '.free
fight had just married a blooming and
beautiful young country girl only eighteen
years of age; and the twain were at q party
where number of young folks of both
sexes were enjoying themselves in the
good, old-fashioned pawn playing style.
Every girl in the room had been called
out and kissed except Mrs. B., the
beautiful young bride aforesaid, and al
though there was not youngster present
who was not ''dying'' to taste her lips,
they were restrained by the presence of hel
herculean husband. who stood regarding
the party with look Of sullen dissatis.
faction. They mistoOk the cause of hi:
anger. however, for. suddenly rolling up
bis sleeves, he stepped into the middle OF
the room. and. in a tone OF voice that al
once secured marked attention. said:


Gentlemen, have been noticing how
things have been working here for somt
Year: 1873

HEALTH and sometimes life itself is
often lost by laying aside winter clothing
too early. Laying flannels aside in the
spring Is most perniciOus practice.
They are as necessary In July as in Janu-
ary. We can better do without wOOlens
next the skin in mid-wintsr than in mid
summer. We do not get Overheated in
winter; we do in summer; and the most
frequent exciting cause of coughs, colds,
and consumption is rapid falling OF the
temperature of the body. All are famll-
lar with the fact that a sudden checking
of perspiration is always dangerous very
little exercise causes us to perspire in
sumner, and a very slight draft of air
checks the perspiratiOn; hence, eminent
French physicians have stated, that colds
taken in summer excite the most incura-
BILE forms of consumption. White WOOL
en- flannel is a most efficient guard against
these sudden changes, because it keeps
the heat of the body in, while it repels
the excessive heat from without; it con-
veys the water Of perspiration to its out-'
side, while the surface next the skin Is
drier. We all know that silk, cotton, and
linen next the skin get saturated with
water, and If, for an instant, the slightest
draft Of air gets between the skin and the
material, there is a charnel-like chill
when that material touches the skin.


The rule should be to wear white WOOL
en- flannel next the skin all the year
round; thick in winter, little thinner in
April, a gauze material on the first day OF
July; on the first Of October resume
what was laid aside in July; on the first
OF December put on the thickest, extend
ing to ankles and wrists.


These rules of changes are especially
necessary to all old people, to all invalids
and young children; day laborers and al


outdoor workers would be intellectually


benefited by the same Observances.-


Halls Journal Of Health for Aprit.
Year: 1873

PICKLES, according to DR.. Hall, are
good for those who crave them. He rea-
sons that often the system needs an acid
that acids promote the secretion of bile,
and that when a person Graves something
sour it is nature calling for a remedy for
fever, or biliousnees, or indigestion. 1t
is the vinegar that does the good. There
fore it is necessary that pickles should be
made Of pure vegetable vinegar.
Year: 1873

PROF. HENRY says that fifteen tons of
anthracite coal burned in the furnace of
one of our best engines, exerts an energy
equal to that of an able-bOdied slave
working ten hours day for thirty years
of his active life.
Year: 1873

Never tell man he is liar unless you are
certain you can lick him, for as a general rule.
when you say that it means fight.
have come to this conclusion from sad ex.
perlence know that it is not safe to give
the lie to muscular Christian.


did it once. | am sorry for it as | never
grleved Tor anything else in the whole course
of my life. '0o'''


We were standing on the sidewalk in front
Of the club when | made the assertion
We: were talking politics, and men who talk
politics and get hot over it, are, to put it
mildly, lunatlcs, or else want an office.


ms man made an assertion touching the
fair fame of my candidate 1t is probable that
had 1t been as true as it was false, | should
have taken the same course, because, you un-
derstand, man who talks politics has
no sense anyhow. [ think | said this before,
but 1t Is all the same. | want to make il
strong, and get you to understand how got
my ornamental eye


| mildly suggested that the man who wonld
make such statement.as that was lost to all
sense OF shame, and would be guilty of auy
bad crire.


lie disagreed with me upon that point. As
tor himself, he never made statement except
upon the most ample proof My candidate
was the meanest william living.


told him he lied.


have been kicked by mule; have fallen
out OF second story window on hard pave
ment; eaten green persimmOns; heard Miss
read poetry for two hours and a half: skated :.
rode sharp backed horse of mustang parent
age, an adept in the art of "bucking:'' suf.
tered griefs of various kinds, and still cluDg to
life; but all these are feathers in the balance
as compared with the results of that little
word liar


Immediately after saying it sat down-not
IN the way people usually sit down. | sat
down on the rim of my ear ten feet from the
! spot where had been standing when | made
use OF the expression quoted above | am not
| used to sitting in that position, and do not
| think that it agrees with me.
L have heard of people who ''got up on their
ear, and walked off. l wished | knew how
to do it; | would have propelled myself away
| from the spot Immediately if had possessed
this happy faculty. | proceeded TO get myself
perpendicular, intending TO use the locomotion
which Nature had given me, but when | came
right side up, something heavy ran against
my nose--and l felt very tired. l sat down
on my other ear. | like a change; it is too
monotonous doing the same thing over and
| over again.


Somebody took my large friend away and I
was quite pleased when he was gone. l have
concluded to look twice at man before give
him the lie again. My eye is in mourning.
my nose is swelled into the size of citron,
with the color of flush rose, and my clothes
look as if they had been run through sausage
machine.


would not have that mans temper 70,
anything in the world.
Year: 1873

THE Boy WHOSE MOTHER CUTS HIS HAIR.
You can always tell boy whose mother
cuts his hair. Not because the edges of it look
as if it had been chewed by an absent minded
horse, but you tell it by the way he stops on
the street and wriggles his shoulders. When
q fond mother has cut her boys hair, she is
careful to guard against any annoyance and
muss by laying sheet on the carpet. 1t has
never yet occurred to her to set him over a
bare floor and put the sheet around his neck.
Then she draws the front hair over his ewes
and leaves it there while she cuts that at the
back. The hair which lies over his eyes an.
pears to be surcharged with electric needles.
and that which is silently dropping down un-
der his shirt band appears TO be on fire. She
has unconscOusly continued TO push his head
forward until his nose touches his breast, and
is too busily engaged to notice the snufing
sound that is becoming alarmingly frequent.
In the meantime he is sezed with an irresisti.
BILE desire to blow his nose, but recollects that
his handkerchief is in the other room. Then
. fly lights on his nose, and does it so unex-
pectedly that he involuntariy lodges, aud
catches the points of the shears in his left ear.
AT this he commences to cry and wish he was
n man. But his mother doesn't notice him.
She merely hits him on the other ear to in
spire him with confidence, and goes on with
the work. When she is through, she holds
his jacket collar back from his neck, and with
her mouth blows the short bits of hair from
the top OF his head down his back. He calls
her attention to the fact, but she looks for =
new place on his head and hits him there. and
asks him why he didn't use his handkerchief
Then he takes his awfully disfgured head t.
the mirror and looks at it, and young as he is
shudders as he thinks of what the boys on the
street will ssy.-DanJHry Ne,0s
Year: 1873

Now, there are two courses, either of which
you can take One Is to say: 81 am not living
nor dressing so well as my companions, and |
must have fine clothes and better fair" The
other is to say, with stern manliness II have
come here to make my way and honesty and
simplicity require that | should not live any
higher than | myself can earn the means Of
living. will be no mans pauper or benefc-
ary. L will make what take; and what make
and take shall support me" The discipline
which you get from the latter course of self
denial is better than going to college. Many
man Graded in learning gets no discipline;
but young man who, having been reared and
trained in self-indulgence, leaves his father s
house, and comes to the city and says, =" will be
behOlden to no man; can afford to live as plain
any man, both in regard to diet and clothes, il
it is necessary to my manhood, and | will not
have anything which | cannot fairly earn;
will be independent and establish myself =
such man gets discipline which is worth a
university education. By forming that pur-
pose and adherng to it. be is educating himself
in the very elements of manhood. He is
making man of himself


DO you suppose men think less of you
because you dress plainly? Fools may, but
men do not. Do not think your chances in life
| are less because you feel ashamed to show a
man where your room is, and where you sleep?
Why, many man has slept in barn who was
better thun many another who slept in
mansions and palaces. A man ought mott be
ashamed to say; - am poor, and cannot do SC
and so. 1t is the curse of America, since
| there are no orders of nobility here, men are
ashamed to admit that they are poor. The
young man defends himself and says: 81 au
not so poor as you take me to be-" Even
sensible people yield to the temptation
of the devil and are asamed to acknowledge
! that they work
Year: 1873

A young Irshman, who had married when
about nineteen years of age, complaining of
the difficulties to which his early marriage
subject him said he would never marry SO
young again if he lived to be as old as Me-
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