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Year: 1873

The New York postoflice, having as
sumed form, is found not to be an arch
iteetural beauty 1t is said to be "too
fiat and squat" comparing unfavorably
with the city hall and court house to the
north. 1t is hoped, however, that the
requisite authority will be obtained to
put a mansard roof and three towers upon
it, which it is thought will wonderfully
improve it.
Year: 1873

what can't be cured endured" the proverb
indigestion cured and therefore IL is the meres
stupidity 10 endure IT, Dyspeptcs have certainly right to
continue dypepic the end Of their days II they choose but
supposed that rational being prefers physical
and health the probability s that all suffer
convinced that absolute lna0e
remedy their complaint existed they would with one ac
cord resort to emphacally declare that such


remedy and that ITS HOsettcrs Stoma


The record Of its extends over period OF
twenty and II earessy alleged that during
the whole OF time ii failed to afford relief
disorder Of the stomach that was not
organic malignant and ncurabe The testimonials that go
establish this fact be counted by the thous-
and Stomach complaints that had been aggravated by total
all dutay rules and intensified and rendered
chronic by medical treatment drastic purgaOn have IN
cured within three months by the
systematic this celebrated somachic and Alternative


should that weakness OF the digestive organs
many other ailments BiOusness headache nervous
spasms papaon OF the heart rush OF blood to the
and seepessness among its esncOm


and results and for all these the great vegetable tonic
Is specc 1t first the stomach and through the
upon the secreory and nervous systems aud the
bovels s general being always genial and benehcen
Year: 1873

If man is n man, it is not the property he can
eat up, Wear out or consume imme tlateiy In any
way, that he most enjoys. But 1t is that which is
most safely secured for those he will leave 4,
mourn when he dies
Year: 1873

There is tie pr0foundost danger of
the collapse Of that highest personal
life, the glory Of which has bees
shown us, before the confusion Of the
hsIf-lights and balf-shadows Of the new
era. Uomplexity of every kind is the
great condition Of the new ife-shades


Of thought too complex to yield up def
inits oniniors--shados Of moral obliga-
ton toe complex to yield Up definite
ax.oms Of dutv-shades Of insight too
various 70 yield up defnite sentences


Of approval or condemnation for the
actions Of others. On all subjects not
strictly scientific, on all those mental
and moral questions which determine
conduct and action. the growing sense
Of conplexity and difficulty is rapid
" producing a relaxing effect upon the
force Of individual character. In some
sense men are blinded by the excess Of
light. The simple old moral Law,


Thou shalt not Kill, ?" Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not commit adui-
terry, "Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbours goods is apt to lose hall
It's meaning before multitudes Of dis
tinction8 which gradually shade OF for
uidden acts into the most pralseWor5hy
and delicate sentiments, and leave you
wondering where the spirit OF the Law
Year: 1873

There Is beautiful legend illus
trotine the blessedness Of performing
oor duty at whatever cost to our own
inclinations. 4 beautiful vision Of our
Savior had appeared to monk, and
n silent bliss he was gazing upon it.
The hour arrived at which be was to
feed the poor Of tie convent. He lin
eorea nos in his cell to enjoy the Wis
ion, but he left to perform his humble
duty When he returned he found the
blessed vision still waiting 1or him, and
ut.aring these words: "Hadst thou
stayed / must have fed. "
Year: 1873

Capt j. L. Smith, who settled IL


Arizona twenty-five years ago, Is oi


the opinion that the Colorado Desert


viii eventually be a yery fertile re.


gion- He declares that the grossesl


misconception exists concerning the


vegetation Of the desert The soil is


the richest in the world, and On those


portions OF It oyerhOwed BY New


River the grass Is the tallest, thick,
est and richest he ever saw. One
man has q moving machine On the
desert, and is engaged in making hay,
which IS Of superior quality. In New
River, the Captain SAYS, We have a
natural ditch, which it would only
require q few thousand dollars to
make available for the irrigation OF
hundreds Of thousands Of acres OF
land Abundance OF water can be
obtained from artesian wells. The
overflow ofthe Colorado often spreads
itself for distance or ninety miles,
presenting al stages, the singular
spectacle Of river running up bill.
The desert is about fifteen feet below
the level Of the bed Of the Colorado,
and its waters can thus be carried
over the desert For such portions
Of il as cannot be thus reached, the
artesian well remains Water can
be got anywhere at q depth Of from
twelve to twenty feet The Inform
ant was employed by the United
States Government 10 dig wells on
the desert In digging the well al
New Station, which was four feet
square, after working his way through
fourty-fre feet Of elay be broke
through into what appeared 10 be the
bed OF an old river He came across
specimens Of wood Here be tapped
a stream Of water which rose within
one hour sixteen feet in the well. and
which has stood al that depth ever
since 1t is impossible to exhaust
il If this stream had been tapped
by fourteen inch main simply. in-
stead Of an opening four feet square.
be Is positive that II would have sent
a flowing stream a height Of sixty
feet--N T. EreHing Pos.
Year: 1873

We bought new dog this spring


but the speculation was not thoroug-
ly successful The man who brought


him around turned him loose in the


yard, and then left When we went
out to get acquainted with him be


was engaged in exploring the slop


bucket with his nose, and, as we ap-


preached, he merely glanced around


and growled We attempted 70 pat


him on the head, and then he sudden


" dropped mouthful of meat and


took three or four verv earnest snaps


ST our hand and leg. We were afraid


somebody would steal him, 50 we en-
ticed him that evening into the kitch-
en- with bone and locked him in


He scratched the door. and howled


sll night, and breakfast was late In
the morning because he wouldn't let


the hired girl come into the kitchen


When we got him into the ward we
found that be had upset the bread
that was rising, and had knocked
eight plates off the dresser, during his
nocturnal skIrmishes. The next even
ing we felt as if We would prefer that
somebody ,rOsEld steal him, and we
locked him out. He amused himself
that night scratching at the door 10
get in, and bowling. He can howl
more efeetually than any other dog
we ever met You wo1ld have
thought We had menagerie in the
yard. if you could have heard him
That day be killed the pet cat be-
longing to Smith, mex: door. and re-
moved couple Of moaihfals from
the leg Of Chubb's boy, who came
ever into our yard after his bail =
Then be tore one Of the sheets from
the clothes line, and gamboled With
il until il was reduced 10 rags When
the ash-man came in the afternoon,
be had dog, and our dog, after a
few soc;able snifs, organized a COM
bat with the ash-man's dog. and they
relied over and over amcng our tulips
and hyacinths for half an hour. tax
ing nips out of each other and scat
iering hair about by the handful On
toward evening he had fit on a pill
low case which was bleaching on the
grass-patch: and just as we were sit
ting down TO tea s policeman arrived
with a warrant, sworn out by Chubb,
for cur arrest for keeping aferoeious
animal upon our premises We went
round and paid the fine; and that
night our house was robbed and the
dog kept perfectly still till morning,
although we bought him for the very
purpose Of soaring of burglars. Any
body who wants TO buy dog may
have ours cheap. We viii sell him
at sacrifice We yearn to realize on
that animal.
Year: 1873

cellent house. It is kept by Capt. Holt
singer, the Magistrate who gave the cele-
brated decision in the dog case. He is by
nature gentleman and landlord. He
treats his guests politely and makes them
comfortable in every sense of the word
Year: 1873

The MENDELssoHN CHORAL UNIoN.-The mem
bers of the Mendelssohn Choral Union will hold
a meeting this evening at the usual time and
place in the Masonic Temple. At the solicita-
ton Of large number of those present at the
musical festival held on Thursday evening last
it is contemplated to give repetition of Root'
famous operate cantata 1.-The Haymakers," at
some time not far distant. Professor Allen, the
musical director Of the Union" requests a full
attendance of the members.
Year: 1873

THERE has been slight difficulty
among the grangers which may lead to
a revision of their constitution. By
this constitution any person interested
in agricultural pursuits is eligible to
membership in the order, and it ap-
pears that party Of grain spectators
in Boston, believing themselves par
ticularly interested in agricultural pur-
suits, depending, in fact, for their bread
and butter, to say nothing of diamonds
and fast horses, upon the toll of honest
farmers of the West and elsewhere,
thought proper to promote the eleva-
tion Of industry by organizing them
selves into grange. Their desire be-
ing made known to Deputy j. G. Ab-
bott, who is charged with the duty Of
organizing Oranges in Massachusetts,,
that enthusiastic propagandist of pure
agricultural principles paid visit to
Boston and complied with the request
made to him. So far all went nicely,
and the grain spectators at the Hub
congratulated themselves upon having
been received into the great community
Of Husbandmen. But some of the plain
farmers out West who heard Of the
proceeding took great offence at the
admission Of such a set Of ravenous
wolves, as they consider Boston grain
dealers, into the inner recesses Of their
fold, and the more enthusiastic of them
went SO far as to insist upon the e1pul.
sion from their order of the indiscreet
Deputy Abbott, who had permitted his
zeal for the extension of Granger prin.
ciples to blind his discretion as to the
character Of the reinforcement he was
gathering under the Granger standards


At the last account the Worthy Grand
Master of the National Grange had re-
voked the charter Of this interlopine
Boston Grange, and requested its off.
GERS to turn over their books and papers
to Deputy Abbott request with
which they respectfully declined tt
comp]y.-N y Sun.
Year: 1873

There is one thing that I observe
about these otherwise beautiful English
tarms-that is, the laborers on them
seem as naturally part of their produce.
The workmen in the fields do not now.
indeed, wear bronze collars around their
necks with the landlords name on them :;
but there are lords and serts and these
men who have no means of leaving the
poorest farm tenements except to en-
counter the wolf whose name is hunger,
are adscripti gleb@, and bear their
bronze collars in their bronzed faces
and clod-like heads. One feels that it
must have taken ages Of natural selec-
tion to produce this race so related to
the soil, and is not surprised to find in
the old British laws how many of them
tended to draw to the fields, and fix to
them, those fttest for such work. The
laws bribed men to menial farm service
by the prospect Of owning the land. If
any one laid dung on a field witk the
consent of the proprietor, he was enti-
tied to use that field for one year. If
the dung was carried out in cart in
great abundance, he was to have the
use Of the land for three years. Who
ever rendered land arabic by cutting
down a wood, with consent of the owner,
was to have the use of it for five years.
If any one, with the owners consent,
folded his cattle upon piece of ground
for one year, he was to have the use of
that ground for four years. Now and
then we find law calculated to encour-
age the laborers to learn higher arts
than the carrying of manure thus it
was decreed at one period that no man
should guide plow who could not
make one: and that the driver should
make the ropes Of twisted willows which
drew it. But as a general thing the
effort seems to have been to put premi-
ums upon the coarser farm work and
when by this means the agricultural la
borers had become personally identified
with and virtual proprietors of a large
part of the soil, then came the Conque-
ror with his peers to be made possessora
and masters of them all, as they con.
tinue to be to this day. So now, with
out the prospect Of owning any land
thereby, the laborers do by necessity
what they once did with the hope Of
fortune. Ages have moulded them to
their dismal work, so that nine out Of
ten mig ght answer with the little Devon
girl, when asked at Sunday-school, $50,
what end were you created ?" "Tc
carry dung on Dartmoor." Harper.
Magazine.
Year: 1873

Legality Of the Court Of Special Sessions.


Before Judge Brady.


Daniel Kellchar was tired before the Court OF
Special Sessions on charge OF beating his wife,
convicted and sentenced Tor six months to tie
Penientiary writ or habeas corpus was sued
out by his counsel Nir William i. Howe, and the
same made returnable yesterday In this Court.
The return made by the Warden OF the Penitentiary
was that the prisoner was held by virtue OF com.
mtment issued by the Court OF Special Sessions
This return Mr. Howe traversed, and In very
lucid argument contended that the act under
which the present Court Of Special Sessions was
organized was unconstitutional, inasmuch as 1t
vested the power OF holding that Court in the pres.
ent magistrates. The statute which set aside the
Old Judges did not In It's title refer 10 tho Court OF
Special sessions aid he urged that the Huber case
decided IN the Court Of Appeals, Judge Allen writ
Ing the opinion, held that law cUuld not be
efectivc unless 1t embraced IN Its title Its full
Year: 1873




The extreme, even excessive. un1tness OF Mr..
Williams Is universally admitted fact. In point
Of purely mental qualification and professional ac-
quirement the only question that has arisen Is
whether he is to be ranked as third rate or as a
fourth rate man. His friends claim for him the
former position; his more moderate opponents con.
cede to him only the latter. What scandal 1t
would be II the Chief Justice OF the United States
should be coniessedy unable to comprehend the
arguments made by really learned counsel in the
causes in which he sits IN judgmentl But woi SO
than this are the aspersions cast upon his moral
character. The judiciary Committee are in
vestigating the injurious charges, in sessions
profoundly secret, like a jury OF matrons empan-
elled to determine the question Of sisters chastity
But not less than Casar's wife should the head Of
the national judiciary be beyond suspicion. A
tant, even unjustly cast Is disqualification no
matter how great the hardship which such rule
works to the individual. The public welfare, which
is the supreme law, severely demands this; but,
unfortunately, there is more than mere vague sus.
pcion in this case. The Senatorial veil OF privacy
has not altogether protected the miserable drCana
Year: 1873

This Machine, In price. suits the times; il has in
ITS combination. the PERFECTION of all other ma
chimes OF Its order by means OF the Potent Pendu-
lum Attachment The operator hes great IN the
pressure against the clothing that delicate uuOa
vr small chiLd can operate with il successfully
Read The following certificates, order the machine
give It trial in lance with the accom- panyIng
directions for three months. and if satisfaction is RoI
gwen we will return The money less IranspOrlatIon
On the return Of the machine IN good order Remem.
her the PRICE Sl3 at The EnctOFv
Year: 1873

EARLY EDUCATION SHAPING SUCCESS
IN LIFE.-So much of the success or
non-success of life in after years depends
upon early education, that this subject
assumes degree of Importance which
no parent, teacher orguardian should be
unmindtul Of The smallest part of our
education is that which we derive from
the text book.


Observations i'll the world 8 great con-
tact and i'll the earnest battle of life is
both mans and woman's best educa-
ton.


The difference in mems characters is
very strongly marked. Some men are
weak and timid, really accomplish moth
ing worth mentioning in the whole
course Of their lives. Others yield to no
threat or difficulty, and go straight
ahead, prostrating whatever opposition
lies in their path. A good deal of this
is owing to early education. The child
brought up in luxury almost ALWAYS
realizes an imbecile manhood. Plant
I'll acorn in fower-pOt, and rear it in
green. house, and though it grow up
in the form of an oak, it will be quite un
like that reared amid the SHOWS and the
storms OF the mountain top.


In nine cases out OF ten the education
which man gives himself is, after all, =,
the most important. One OF the worst
foes to the success of most men is the in
diligence of ahabit of indecision. Moth
ing is more enteebliag or destructive OF
mental force. The man who never com
mits himself, who is always delaying,
and who never makes up his mind, gives
others the impression that he has little
or no mind 10 make up. The only
remedy for this apparent want of capac-
ity is promptness.-( Exchange.
Year: 1873

There is no time when woman so
thoroughly commands the respect of
man as when she is about TO throw
stone at hen. Especially is this the case
if he happens to be standing behind her,
and is lame in one leg.
Year: 1873

Comparatively few persons are aware
to how large an extent the culture OF
lavender, for commercial purposes, is
carried on within Il radius of thirty
miles from London. In the county of
Surrey alone there are nearly three
hundred and fifty acres of land devo-
ted to its growth, and the total extent
of the lavender fields in the London
district cannot fall farshort of five hun
dred acres. When three years old, the
plant is ut its best; and when it
reaches the age Of seven years, ii has
made so much wood that it is the
most profitable to uproot it and set Il
fresh plant. The harvest-time depends
much on the state of the weather, but
it usually commences about the first
week in August. The flowers are cut
with Il sickle, bound up in small
sheaves, and Immediately carried to
the distillery. There the stalks are
cut Off, leaving but little more than
oil, afterwards extracted, is much i'm
proved, though the quantity of the oil
is sensibly diminished. Much care is
needed on the part of those who ham
die the sheaves in the distilling house
10 Suiru against UelllS SUING ny tue
bees which remain attached to the
flowers. The temperance, industry,
and providence Of these insects are
proverbial; yet their behavior in the
lavender fields, especially towards the
end of the season, when the flowers
are fully developed, cannot be too Sc
verely reprobated. So careless are
they of the good reputation they have
earned that they refuse to leave their
luscious feast even when it is laid on
the trimming bench, and hundreds are
thrown into the still, nothwithstand-
ing the efforts to dislodge them, in
state of helpless intoXication. When
the oil is first distilled, it has a em-
pneumatic odor, but by being kept in
bottles for twelve months it loses
much of its harshness. 1t is still,
however, unfit to he used as a perfume
in its natural state. In order to con-
vert the essential oil into what is
known as lavender-water, it is mixed
with from twenty to forty times its
bulk in spirit, and with just trace of
neroli, or other essential oil, according
to the taste of the compounder. Har-
per's Bazar.
Year: 1873

John II. Stewart, postmaster at
Pittsburgh, Penna., is detaulter in
the sum of 5000. a correspondent
of the New York Xer0ld discloses
some facts in regard to the criminal
neglect of this member of the bread
and-butter brigade, which we give
below:


If was found that he was paying his
employees u less salary than the sum
for which he filed vouchers at Wash
ington and swore were correct. He
also placed upon his pay-Iolls and paid
out of. the government funds persons
who were not employed III the office
at all and who rendered no service OF
any kind or character. Among these
may be mentioned Il clerk at livery
stable who received regular quarterly
payments as II clerk ut the rate of ST.
800 per annum. A daughter of for
mcr postmaster also drew regularly Il
handsome salary, for which no service
whatever was rendered. On taking
possession of the Office Mayor Pather
bridge made Il demand on Colonel
Stewart for the money in his posses
sion. Then il was discovered that the
postmaster had never made any de-
posits in the United States depository.
but that he had kept his accounts in
two banks.


No one can imagine what Colonel
Stewart did with the vast amount OF
money he is known to have taken. 1t
is said he was lavish in his contribu-
tions to the expenses Of the Republican
party, and only recently came down
handsomely for the entertainment OF
Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and others ON the occasion of the re-
union of the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland lie had the reputa-
ton Of being Il "deuced clever fellow"
and he put up without stint for every
administration display that was made.
His Office was the resort of Republican
bummers, who drank with him and
borrowed from him, and who are now
the loudest in his condemnation. To
GET this man i'm position as Il reward
for his services to the administration,
to retain his influence among Il certain
class of voters, an old and most worthy
citizen, against whose personal integ-
rity there rested no solitary blot, was
suspended. McClelland, the person
alluded to, was not an active partisan
and not vigorous enough to give q
strong hand to the running OF the po-
litical machine. He was laid on the
shelf and Il good, sound radical, who
fairly worshiped the sphinx. ut Wash
ington, put in his stead. The charge
and it attending circumstances speak
volumes.
Year: 1873

EDITOR HERALD:-It seems to me
that thoughtless people are making
great mistake i'm burlesquein9 the Office
OF Justice Of the Peace. 1t is not one OF
those positions which we can afford TO
trite with. X Justice OF the Peace in
this State has jurisdiction III all civil
causes forany amount under S3tO. rms
includes almost four-tifthS of the liti-
CATION of the people. The mass rarely
have a suit which involves sufficient
to place it within the jurisdiction of
the District Courts. Poor men, espe-
cially, are the litigants who are COM
PEELED to seek justice in the minor
courts. Now, | would ask, are poor
mems rights proper subjects for ridi-
cule? Are they not entitled to at least
as respectable an order of ability in
the Judges who will decide their eases
as the rich. The correct answer would
be that they are more entitled to it
than the rich, for if rich man be dis
satisfied with 4 decision, it need not
be final with him, while poor man
nearly always cXhausts his means III
the first effort and in the court OF first
Instance.


It is not necessary that Il man should
be practicing lawyer to fill aJustice's
bench creditably and to the satisfac-
ton of all. But he should, at least be
4 man OF education,- whose voca-
ton has habituated him to analyze all
questions into the elements of right
and wrong, and one who is sufficiently
read in the law to fully understand its
uhiIosoDuy and principles.


You We're pleased, "a few days since,
TO recommend me to the public on the
ground that | was a brother journalist.
| doubt if it occurred to you at the
fine that there was II more profound
significance in the remark than you
intended. \ man who is successful rs
q journalist could not, Intellectually,
be a failure as. II judge. His profession
is constant tax upon his conception
of equity. If he be conscientious
journalist, his mind will have been
constantly exercised in discriminating
between right and wrong, and after
All this is the essence of law.


JAMES j. AYERS.