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Year: 1873

The interests involved in the Brooklyn
Rr;doe are so immense and vital to the TWO
cities which the bridge is designed to connect
that no stone should be left unturned to de-
feat any scheme to thwart by confusing the
enterprise. We would like to DelleVe WIFI
Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt and other friends 10
whom we give voice this morning that the oiu
directory mean honestly and fairly IN ther
nresent proposition to retire if their money Is
returned them. But really we cannot; we
haven't the slightest confidence IN any OF 'he
protestations of this Ring. When men Sc
crety vote a Superintendent and fellow-stock-
holder a percentage in lieu OF salary WHICH
tbey declare under threats of publicity 10
he three times what he ought to have had,
we lose all faith in their Judgment, 10
say the least. When they consent 10
make important contracts with his part
ners, some Of whom are OF their
OWN numbers, we learn to admire their
slrewdness rather than their sense OF proprety.
When il is sworn that some of those contracts
permitted over one hundred per cent profit, we
find more difficulty in estimating the value
they put upon honesty than in calculating the
profits they anticipate from their shrewd en-
terprise 1t Will be hard to convince the people
that the Brooklyn Bridge Company has fairly
administered its great trust; consequently 1t
will be difficult TO make anybody believe that
they are honest in their wish to withdraw from
it. And therefore we insist as we did yester-
day, that the Legislature shall not permit, In
the haste of its closing hours, the complication
and confusion of this mighty work by the
passage of any artfully drawn bill. Let the
people have a chance and word in this mat
ter They certainly shall have it in The
Tpfpr-NE
Year: 1873

There was a characteristic debate in the
Assembly, yesterday, on the proposition to re-
organize the Capitol Building Commission.
The purpose of this movement is best ex-
pressed in the excited remark of Mr.. Hustled
that "the Republican party is responsible for
"the action here, and now it should bravey
"meet It's responsibility" This view of the
case ticBled the majority in the Assembly,
and so the requisite number of Republicans
was bravely put on the Commission and the
party was saved.
Year: 1873

1t is a little too bad that, just as we had
begun to have substantial hopes for the estab-
lishment of quick transit in the city, there
should come a nipping frost. We have no
special friendship for the Gilbert Elevated
Railway over any other rapid transit scheme
but it does promise immediate relief to this
imperfecty served municipality. The attempt
in the Senate to postpone indefinitely the work
on the Gilbert Road by hostile legislation is
purely and simply job. The people are
watching to see who is working to defeat their
honest wishes in this matter
Year: 1873

Although the Police Justices bill has been
shOrn of much of its strength i'll the Assem-
bly, there is cause for cOngratulatiOn that 1t is
likely to pass the Senate without further amend
ment. The Assembly, by giving the cOnfirma-
tions of the Mayors nominations to the Board
of Aldermen, destroyed one of the highly de-
sired features of the bill for the measure was
designed to reform the Police Justices Court
of this City; such reform is not very hope
full when an Aldermens Ring is among the
immediate possibilities But, on the principle
that half a loaf is better than no bread, the
bill as it hangs in the Senate would be boon.


The subjects discussed at the Cincinnati
meeting of the American Public Health AssO-
citation are of general interest. If it be true,
as seems to be the opinion of those who have
had the best opportunities to become ac-
quainted with the facts, that the majority of
the vexatiOus delays of quarantine are useless,
and that the healthy passengers on infected
ships cannot spread infection, the sooner this
clog on commerce is modified, the better for
this port and the whole nation. Another
speaker traces most of the ills that flesh is
heir TO, to the want of fresh air and attributes
the increase Of our criminal records to the
OverpOwering influence of "carbOnic acid in
"toxicatiOn."
Year: 1873

The ladies of the Committee on Decora-
tions will meet at the old Methodist Church
on Church street this afternoon at 2
o'clock for the purpose of preparing
wreaths and making preparations for the
exercises of the 30th inst A full attend
ance of the committee and of all wishing
to assist is requested.
Year: 1873

The social and external changes which
have taken place i'll the West during
the last ten wears present marked and
interesting features. The great natural
advantages of that region, with the
enormous energy of its selected pop
ulation. have had their effects in vast
increase of wealth, and though this
wealth is better distributed there than
anywhere else in the world, vet finally
it has begun to accumulate in certain
ranks and sets, and to show the usual
results of accumulation. Taste and ell
cgance manifest themselves everywhere
as they never did before. The average
villa or small town-house, in the West is
superior to tina of New ork or New
England in design, in color, and finish.


a simple and appropriate style of arti-
lecture, and Il t'lscful selection of colors,
distinguish these Western houses; even
the builings in remote and out-of-the-
way villages are often marked hy a
i .trr sque and pleasing style. With
this elegance of finish in the houses has
arisen a remarkable care for their sur
roundings-for the gardens and lawns
which form SO necessary an element of a
tasteful home The famous Bellveue
avenue of Newport is not finer than Eu,
clid avenue in Cleveland. Each resi-
dent there shows its green lawn careful
ly rolled and closely mown; and each its
well-tended flower garden When the
costliness of maintaining these luyurieS
in such climate as ours is considered,
some idea may be gained of the wealth
accumulated on that avenue. Evidently
the idea has penetrated the Western
mind that one of the rewards of life is
to have beautiful home. An abund-
ance of water, besides its sanitary
value naturally favors all efforts oi
beautifying the grounds, and the
Western towns show remarkable
spirit and liberality in erecting ingeni


Gus and costly machinery for raising
water from the lakes or river on the
borders of which they are situated. A
village like Port Huron has its water


works; and Duluth, only five years old,
is already considering plans for public
water supply. -


Turning to the interior aspect OF the
town, we find that mneh has changed
there also. There is more individuality
more of the owner and less of the uphol
sterer in them; more marks of culture
and personal taste. po8 aai 4..g.tae


But here comes the difficulty of new
country-indeed Of every country nov
Year: 1873




How To BrY HoEsE.-From the a1-
vance sheet of Rev. w. Murray's new
book on The horse" we extract the
following:


"Be sure that the horse you purchase
has symmetry, viz: is well proportioned
throu ghout. Never purchase horse
because he has a splendid developement
of one part of his organization, if he
be lacking in any other. Above all,
keep well in mind what you are buying
for, and buy the horse best adapted to
the 1work you will require of him; and
when such an animal is yours be content.
Never jockey. An occasional exchange
may be allowable; but this daily swap
ping of horses advertiscs a mans in
competency for anything higher. Anoth-
er caution is this: Never purchase horse
until you have seen him move, and un-
der the same conditions to which be
will he exposed in the service you will
expect of him. If for draft, see him
| draw, back, and turn around in both d.
rectionS; if for the road see how he han
| dies himself not merely on level ground
but going up sharp declivities and, above
all, in descending them. In this way
YOU will us ertain the faults OF excel
lencc both in his temper and structure.


"In these exercises drive him your
self. The reins III skillt1l hand, aid
ed by the whip or mouth, can be made
to conceal grave defects. Let him move
with loose rein, SO that he may
take his natural gait, and not his artifi-
cial; for by so doing, you will detect any
mistakes of judgment yon may have
made when looking him over in state
of inactivity, Many a time unsound-
ness will appear in motion, which no in
spection of the eve and finger, however,
close can ascertain. When You have
walked him and logged him, il he is to
serve any other than mere draft purpos-
es but to his speed and keep him at it
for sufficient distance to test his
breathing capacity: then pull him up;
| Jump from the wagon, and look at his
Hanks; inspect his nostrils, and put your
ear close TO his chest, in order to ascer-
tain if the action of the heart is normal.
If this exercise has caused him to per-
spire freely, all the better; for you can
see when You take him back to the sta.
BILE, whether he dries off quickly, as all
horses do in perfect health" H.
Year: 1873

The old trouble Of servants The
i'ouseholdcrs can only console them
selves by the thought that their troubles
are the measure of the prosperity Of the
Western working classes. Another ev.
idence Of advancing wealth and culture
is noticeable in the great change in the
style of dress OF Western women. There
was time wnen Western young ladies
while travelling. wore their most por-
geous array, and in country inn dis
played dazzling toilet. a tasteful and
appropriate style of dressing-exactly
snited for the thing to be done, and yet
pretty and pleasing-has succeeded the
former vulgaritv. The fashion Is Of
ten better than in some of our Eastern
resorts, where one is so often disgusted
by the shabby mixture Of the mountain
and parlor in the dress Of their visitors.
In theWestern rural inns OF mountain
houses there often seems no effort ex-
cept to have plain and pretty travelling
costume, worn with the unequal grace
OF our country women. 1t is not too
bold statement to assert that physical
type has also changed and improved
with the progress of asthestic culture
and the material refncments of life
Western women have developed a pc
culiar type Of beanty--the features are
clean-cut, 9qulline nose, small refined
mouth aud chin, delicate complexion,
clear calm eyes, forehead regular and
tull hair, most often brown and seldom
long or full. This seems the type which
under the condition mentioned, the
nt ..,l
stimulating climate is producing. The
manners OF the girls are sufficiently mod
Is and pleasing. Naturally Western
women are more cultured than the men.
The latter have had the heavy work of
life too much for any thorough mental
culture. The impression however, is
taking rapid hold of the Western mind
and quite enough has been sacrificed
to real prosperity, and that many things
are worth "A devoted pursuit which
bring III no money reward. Science is
encouraged, art cultivated, libraries,
public and private, are everywhere
founded; schools even in the border
States are aided with the utmost liberal
ltity and institutions of charity abound.
Many men and women devote them
serves To the interest which does not
pay" and whose results will appear in
distant years.


One little matter, it may be added, is
destined to have an important effect on
w Western social life 1t is almost impos-
sible to have an ideal "home'' around q
close stove. A house without q fire-side
is like landscape without water: the
life and sparkle are gone. Much of the
unhomely character of our Eastern
houses come from the want Of open fires.
And possibly half of our bronchitis and
nervous troubles find their origin in tue
air of the furnace. .... .--...
The West, however, is blest with bit
luminous coal, and open fires must be
more and more the custom. To the
Western child of the coming genera
tions, ''the fire side" will have its true
meaning again, and its cheerful light
will be one;bright picture in memory.
Social life itself will be stimulated by
the focus of warm hospitality and home
| like friendlineSs.
Year: 1873

President White, of Cornell Univer-
sity, said recently in an address to the
students: "If there is any man whom
from the bottom of my heart, pity, it
is the man who believes that all man
kind are cheats and swindlers, and who
considers life merelya game of grasp
ing and gripping. If there is any young
man for whom | feel deep regret as for
a man sure to fail, sure to live and die
wretchedly, it is the young man whQ,
goes forth into the world believing that
the only motives in this world are selfish
motives. Depend upon il that selfish
ness is not the only motive in the world
may, it is not even the strongest
motive."b sAo3 ln9 F p3i'saA
Year: 1873

done by suddenly drenching the head
with water, and then administering
chloroform or by heating the bare
breast nearly to blister with hot
shovel held close to it, and then clap
ping on large piece of ice, under which
treatment he becomes insensible. When
he awakes. he finds that the bandage
and the pinions are removed, and that
he is in coffin surrounded by ghostly
forms. If he is sufficiently scared by
this, the ceremonies are then closed.


So far have these mummeries been
carried that Ithaca has become the
nightly scene of more ingenious tor
lures than the Sons of Malta ever in
hicted. Freshmen are the game, and
there is little secret made OF the orleals
to which they are submitted. Even the
girl students have caught the infection.
They have their COZ Society, their mi
tials forming the chemical symbol for
an acid gas, and are credited with imi-
tating their male fellow-collegians in the
initiation of members. They do not
resort to the gorges, however, but con-
fine their diversions to a small room in
the village.
Year: 1873

Charles Dickens opinion of the horse
is found in his writings, as follows g
object to the personal appearance of the
horse. | protest against the conven-
tlonal idea of beauty as attached to that
animal. | think his nose too long, his
forehead too low, and his legs Except
in the case Of the cart horse) ridicu-
lously thin for his body. Again, con
sidering how big an animal he is, | OBJ
ject to the contemplate delicacy of his
construction. Is he rot the sickliest
creature in creation? ? Does child
catch cold as easily as horse =:
Does not Il horse, for all his appearance
of superior strength, strain his fetlock
rs easily as | sprain my ankle? Fur
thermore, to take him from anothe,
point of view, what a helpless wretch he
is !! No fine lady requires more con-
slant waiting on than horse. Other
animals can make their own toilet he
must have a groom. You will say that
this is because we want to make his
coat artificially glossy. Glossy Come
home with me, and see my cat-my
clever cat, who can groom herself


Look at your own dog See how the
intelligent creature currycombs him
self with his own honest teeth. Then,
again, what Il fool the horse iS-Wlat a
poor, nervous fool He will start at q
white stone or piece of paper in the
road as ii it were lion. His one idea,
when he hears noise he is not accus-
toned to, is to run away from it. What
do you say to these two common in
stances of the sense and courage of the
absurdly overpraised animal? [ might
multiply them to two hundred if
| chose to exercise my mind and waste
my breath, which l can never do. I
prefer coming at once to my last charge
against the horse, which is the most
serious of all, because it affects his
moral character. [ accuse him boldly,
in his capacity of servant to man, of sly
ness and treachery. | brand him pub
licIy, no matter how mild he may look
about the eyes or how sleek he may be
in the coat, as systematic betrayer,
whenever he can get the chance, of the
confidence reD0Sed in him
Year: 1873

the fall or early winter, at the age of
sixteen to twenty months. This is good
evidence that this plan pays best under
all tie circumstances, and yet there is a
respectable minority who insist, and
give weighty reasons for their position,
that it pays best to have pigs come
early, "crowd" them, and sell them
when eight Or nine months old. The
argument of the larger class is that it
takes comparatively little to keep the
pigs in fair growing condition the first
winter, and that the second summer
they will make rapid growth at very
little cost in the clover field, and later,
in the stubble fields. The argument on
the other side is that it takes certain
quantity of food to sustain life, and that
the food necessary to keep the store pigs
in good condition through the winter
and spring months, and through the
next summer, if fed to them during the
first summer and fall, would give them
a fine growth and good size then much
less corn would fatten them than would
be necessary the second fall. There is
no special difficulty in making a pig
weigh three hundred pounds when nine
months old, but it is claimed that this
cannot be done where large numbers are
kept together. We wish there were
more records of actual trials of these
plans, SO as to better get at the actual
cost of raising and fattening pigs, lit
tered say at the first of April, and sold
Farmer.
Year: 1873

one Sunday morn, my footsteps led me where
The Heaven-asrirng steeple pierced them blue;
The backning bell, with sweet, persuasive voice,
Badc me to enter and partake the feast
OF heavenly viands which the gody
should with free hand dispense. l stepped within
The pcaliug organ and Concordant choir
Walked with symphony the yaulted space,
And thrilled my very soul with love for Him
Who the theme of such meodious tones;
For the well-timed recurrence of a stress,
And periodic cadency and swell
OF sounds harmonious, which are, alone,
Entitled to the name Of music pure
Act on the finer senses of the mind,
And elevate the soul nefIably.
My heart was fully open to receive
The tidings glad which He of Nazareth
Did bring-when, 10 the legate of the Lord.
iiowling his screed, with swift, persuasive fist,
Smotc the rounded velvet of his desk
And said that man totally depraved
And, furthermore he never did nor could
Do aught to please the Lord he could not help
Himself and, if he called not on his God
In such peculiar way pleased Him well,
He could obtain no favor from On High.
And thus he made the road to Heaven above
SO difficult to tread that even he
Who is than fool more wise, must err therein.
Such singular confusion of the Word
Rendered rcpulsive all the preacher said.
And east sorrow where joy had been;
For g Heaven will help the ones who help them


selves"


Is sweetest music to the faiuting soul.
I passed from out the portals of that church,
Feeling it no temple Of the Lord
And that His Word was wrtsted to conform
To narrow views of narrow-mnded men.
Year: 1873

NEWSPAPER correspondents as commit
tee clerks are likely to be scarce in the
next Congress. Butler says they We're
the first to receive their back pay and
the first to raise the hue and cry con-
cerning it, and heproposes to see it out
with them when Congress reassembles.
Year: 1873

A SINGULAR coincidence recently
brought an offender to justice. About
two years ago, being then justice OF
the peace at New Orleans, he obtained
possession fradulently of a considerable
sum of money, and then disappeared.
After travelling about the country and
spending all his money, he arrived at
Cincinnati, and enlisted under an as
sumcd name in the United States army,
expecting, no doubt, that he would be
sent to some remote post in the West,
where his crime could not overtake him.
Instead Of that, he was assigned to a
regiment on duty at New Orlean7, and
was thus sent back to the scene Of his
crime, where he was Immediately recog-
nizod and arrested.
Year: 1873

Mrs. ELIZABETH CHURCHILL, of Rhode
Island, read a paper to the Congress of
the Associations for the Amelioration
of Woman" on the Relation of Woman
to the Temperance Cause" She urged
women to refuse to marry moderate
drinkers. She said the world had gone
on long enough marrying blindly and
stupidly, and that it was time to de-
mand the same purity in man as he de-
manded in woman. She also exhorted
women to oppose the use of tobacco, for
that led to the use of liquor. To speak
of tobacco as leading to drinking is rs if
one should say that one who begins with
murder may by e process of moral
declension become a procrastinator.
But if women would refuse to marry
moderate drinkers and consumers of
tobacco, it is likely that drunkenness
and the tobacco vice would be ex-
tinguished.
Year: 1873

tg 1t was characteristic of Attorney
General Williams that he should have
received the news of the late action in
favor OF unifcation of races III New
Orleans with surly displeasnre. 1t is
not the welfare of any particular race
or interest he has at heart, but merely
the continued supremacy Of the politi-
cal ring OF which he is a prominent
member. He thinks the people had
better mind their business and leave
all political matters to the manipula-
tion of the hands that now hold the
reins-of government. Power is ever
impatient; it i'll brooks either remop-
STRANGE or complaints; blind obedience
is what it exacts, and what it exacts for
Louisiana.


Had there been a scintillation of sin
cerity in any of Attorney General Will
liams so often asserted concern for the
welfare of the black man, he, at least.
wonld have received the news referred
to with some favor. On the contrary,
it only excites his ire, because it might
possibly interfere with his plans or his
party's future status. We beg the col
ored race to note this fact. 1t is high
time they not only looked into, but
tested the sincerity of their ostensible
friends. The sooner they do so, the
sooner will peace and good understand
ing prevail at the South. Attorney
General Williams humanitarianism can
now be readily measured by even the
most ignorant of the colorea race, and
in good time the veil rent asunder in
his case will no longer serve to hide't the
..real motives of the entire administra-
tion ring.-N. O Herald.
Year: 1873

Owing to the sudden illness of Judge Nor
rap, the District Court did not resume it's ses-
sion this week. We are pleased to learn, how
ever, that the Judge viii be able TO attend to
his arduous duties by Monday next.
Year: 1873

The following note from the Representative
OF this, the Third Congressional District. ex-
plains itself We chcel1ully give it Il place in
our columns, with the hope that some of our
young parishioners may be induced to enter
the lists, and that St. Landry may bear off
the palm
Year: 1873

II we regard, says q writer in the
Edinburgh Re0iew, not so much the
evidence of the labor devoted to the
work of the Temple as the effect pro-
duced on the mind'by its apparent mag
nitude, we may suggest the following
comparisons The length of the eastern
wall of the Sanctuary is rather more
than double that of one side of the
great Pyramid. Its height, from the
foundation ON the rock at the south, and
near the northern angles, was nearly
third of that of the Egyptian structure.
If to this great height of one hundred
and fifty-two feet of solid wall be added
the descent of one hundred and fourteen
feet to the bed of the Kedron, and the
further elevation of one hundred and
sixty feet attained by the pinnacle of
the Temple porch, we have n total
height of four hundred and twenty-six
feet, which is only fifty-nine feet less
than that of the great Pyramid. The
area of the face of the eastern wall is
more than dot BILE that of one side Of
the Pyramid. Thus the magnitude of
the noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem far
exceeded that of any other temple in
the world. Two ampitheatres of the
size of the coliseum would have stood
within its colossal girdle and left room
to spare. The coliseum + Said to have
seated eighty-seven thousand spectators,
and accommodated twenty-five thousand
more in it's arena and passages. For
such number to have been crammed
within it's circle, the space for each per-
son must have been limited to seventeen
by twenty inches Allowing two cubits
each way, or four square cubits for each
worshiper in the temple, the sanctuary
would have contained thirty thousand /:
the Chel, excluding the Priests Court,
twenty thousand more. and there would
yet have been room in the great court
and the coisters to make the t. til
reach more than two hundred and ten
thousand.