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Year: 1875

There comes Il time when we grow old,
And like II sunset down the sea
slope gradual, and the night wind cold
Games whispering, sad and chilling;


And locks are gray


AS winters day,
And eyes of saddest blue behold
The leaves all weary drift away,
And lips. OF faded coral say,
There comes n time when we grow old.
There comes a time when joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leap the laughing main,
Are dead To ali save memory,
As prisoner in his dungeon chain.


And dawn of day


Hath passed away,
The moon hath into darkness rolled.
And by the cmbers warm and gray,
hear voice in whisper say.
There comes time when We grow old.
There comes a time when manhood's prime
Is shrouded in thH midst Of years,
And beauty, fading like dream,
Hath passed away in silent tears;


And then how dark.


But oh the spark
That kindlel youth To hueS of gold,
That still burns with clear and steady nay,
And fond affections lingering. say.
There comes n time when we grow gray.
There comes a time when laughing Spring
And golden summer cease tn br,
And We put on the Autumn robe
To tread the last deciivity:


Iiut now the slopr,


With rosy Hope,
Beyond the sunset we now behold
Another dawn. with fairer light.
While watchers whisper thro' the night,
Then comes q time when we grnw old.
Year: 1875

D~No two sides of any human face
are precisely alike. It is the same
with every limb; no pair of limbs are
fashioned alike. One hand is almosl
always larger than the other; so with
the foot, the leg, and the arm. But
the greatest of all marvels is this;
never were two human faces alike.
Year: 1875

We must insist upon those d our
friends who call upon US these cold
days, TO close the doer behind them.
We don't mind stopping work ten
or fifteen minutss, to listen 70 what
you may have - say, although it
may be Of 40 interest to us whatev-
er, but, ws don't like ~ be idle fs-
teen or twenty minutes longer after
you are gone, waiting for tho office
to get warn again before ws can sst
to work again. Don't stand and
hold the door open, but come right
in and make yourselves comforts
BILE. This does not apply to those
who are acquainted with the use Of
doOr-shuttsrs.
Year: 1875

Hereafter no Legal Advertise.
ments will be inserted in tho TINE
unless payment is made when hand
ed in. 1t requires money TO carry
on our business and we are com
pclled to adopt the cash principle
This rule will not be deyiatcd from
in sny ease.
Year: 1875




1t is shame, indeed, that band
of foul carrion crows should be al
lowed to pick at the character of one
whose great fault is that he stands SO
far above them that he can not get
down to their level, nor understand
how to meet the petty maleyOlenee
and devilish spite of their little souls;
we have no doubt that when the
truth of this business is known,
which it certainly will he at some
day, the conspiracy of Tilton and
Moulton will be found to he just as
corrupt as that of Loeder and Price,
who arc now awaiting their trial for
manufacturing false atfidavits to help
break down Mr.. Beecher's reputa-
tion. AS Southern man, we are
not friendly to Mr.. Beecher, but were
rather inclined to believe that he was
guilty until we read the evidence in
the case by which we have been CON
vinced that the whole thing is 4 base
conspiracy by Tilton to pull down
man whose genius overshadowed
him. With him it was the old cry:
"dat Cesar, dut nHlluS."
Year: 1875

'
at the battle of San Jacinto.


Twas joyful TO Texans eye


To see Santa Annals legiOns fly.


About thirty years have elapsed
also since he opposed Taylor and
Scott in the Mexican war; He still
lives, however. A correspondent of
the Mobile Videttc thus describes his
appearance:


We hardly had time to cast hasty
glance about us before a side door
opened and Santa Anna himself
stepped into the room. His Private
Secretary, Col. Noso, presented us,
and after shaking hands and making
a few commonplace remarks to each
one of us, he motioned toward the
chairs and we all moved over and sat
down. My surprise at the appear
ance of the old General was shared
by my companion. Instead Of the
gray-haired old man, that we had eX-
pected to see, an upright, sOldierly
figure stood before us. His form was
not yet bowed down by the weight of
years and his cool, black, flashing
eyes told tha- the fires of early If.
were not yet all spent. Incredible as
it may seem, Santa Annals hair has
not yet turned gray, and his face has
4 kindly, hopeful expression, strange
ly at variance with the widespread
ideas of his character. He wears no
heard of any kind and is rs smooth
faced as a woman. In talking he is
much troubled by badly fitting set
of false teeth, which fall from the
palate, and he is slightly deaf. 1t
was moving across the room and seat
ing himself on the sofa, however, that
the iniirmities of his age showed
themselves most conspicuous. His
false leg troubled him. and thought
he showed disposition to hide it,
for after seating himself very care
fully, he threw it out directly before
him and covered it with the left. He
sat upright, nor did he lean back or
change his position the whole hour
that we were with him. Santa Anna
is slim built. about five feet ten in
height, and in his younger days must
have been Il handsome man, rs he is
at present fine looking old gentle
man. He is talkative and social, loves
to recount his own exploits, and
seems to live at present altogether in
the past. He knows that the future
holds nothing for him, consequently
he takes very little interest in the
passing events of the day. He did
not even know the name of the Pres
ident of the United States, and asked
several little questions abOut our az
fairs that almost any school-boy would
be capable of answering. After some
general inquiries about his health,
the effect of the recent rains on his
disease (he is troubled with catarrh, }
and his projects for passing the sum-
mer, something was said chat led him
Off on the very track we had been
hoping for, viz: himself and his own
exploits. AS he found himself drift
ing thirty, forty and even Iilty years
into the past, his old form straight
ened up, his eyes shone like those Of
boy, and he seemed to be living it
all over again. In describing the
events of half a century ago, we were
astonished to note the accuracy with
which he gave the minutest particu-
lars. Every date and incident seemed
To be rs fresh in his memory as
though it were an event of the day
before.
Year: 1875

The acme of machine music ap'
pears to have been reached in an in
gcnious instrument which was eN


hibited to Il select few at Philadel-
phia recently. The apparatus reads
notes and plays upon an organ with
absolute correctness OF time and
touch, the only assistance given it by
the operator being TO feed in the end
of Il roll of music and start the ma-
chine in motion. Organs have heen
played by electricity before, hut the
only part performed by the electric
fluid has heen to transmit the power
from distant hank of keys to open
the valve of the instrument. Such
an electrical organ has been exhibit
tod in London for some time past.
In the Schocle in 'trument the elec-
trio current is en- lued with seem


ing intelligence, and distinguishes
the notes in the same way that a
blind man does-by feeling, Mar
velous as this appears at first thought,
it is simple enough. The score Is
written on long roll Of stout paper
by cutting holes through it in the
form of squares or parallelo9rams,
The reading instrument, which Is
about as large as q sewing machine,
is proyided with multitude of small


brass fingers, each of which is con-
nected by o wire with the pipe OF the
organ which il operates. The roll OF
music is fed in over brass tube.
When the fingers rest on the paper
no electric current is transmitted, be-
cause paper is 4 conductor; nut
whenever they fall inta tho holes cut
in it they touch the brass below, the
eur,ent Is transmitted, and the sound
produced. The length of the note
is governed by the length of the
slit in the paper. A noiseless bel
lows-machiae, run by wind, conduct


ef through pipe from the organ,
works the feeding apparatus. To aid
in producing. orchestral effects,


drums, cymbals, bells. ete., are added
to the ordinary pipe organ, and ope-
rated By electricity in the same man
ner as the pipes. A greatly increas-
ed volume of sound and much more
harmony can be made by this instra-
ment than it is possible for y single
performer to produce npan an organ


In consequence of tho fact that the
performer has only ten fingers, while
the electrical machine has two hun
dred, and can strike as many notes


at once as desired. All the notes on


the organ that can be combined into
chord can be brought out together.
Year: 1875

SOLOMON HAGAR. who burned him
self MP in his brothers barn at Har-
ward, few days ago, while in fit Of
rum madness, was fnrmerly q respect
able and wealthy man, and was once
a member of the legislature. He had
been crazy from the effects OF liquor
ever since Bunker Hill day. The
cause of his incendiary act was a
threat from his brother that, # he
didn't reform, he would have to leave
his house. He went directly to the
barn with the words, "You will be
sorry for that" and, lying down on
the hay, applied the match.
Year: 1875

From the Cleveland Herald.


The Democratic party may pass
resolutions while their breath holds
out, but the people believe there is O
coalition between Democracy and
Romanism; thoy believe Democratic
resolutions are Jesuitical, and that a
special dispensation has been grant
ed the Democratic leaders To say
what they choose to deceive the peo-
pie, and, believing this, there is a
fixed determination to rebuke the
attempt to destroy our present free
schools by the Introduction OF any
sectarian religious clement. This
determination, as the matter now
looks, will secure the Republicans a
marked victory.
Year: 1875

If those dresses were twice as tight
they would wear them. If it were
the fashion to carry barrel Of flour
on the back of the neck they would
do it, or die trying. You couldn't
devise fashion the women wouldn't t
meekly follow, from no clothes in
winter, to bearskin oyercoats in sum
mer.
Year: 1875

Tho fiddler of a minstrel company
ran away the other day in debt ia, the
manager, Mt which the manager face
tiously declared that he had engaged
the fellow for fiddler, but he had
taken. the part of base yiolinist-
Year: 1875

A RESPECTABLE MARRIED COUPLE BOTH PROT
"A estant want situations; first class gardener
would take charge OF gentleman place IL tho
country wife do any kind of work best Can
ut 20 Henry
Year: 1875

WANTED-A SALESMAN FOR MERCHANT TAILOR
w Broadway; must have largo connection of cash
and short mo customers In and OF this city FOR hne and
medium goods and work commission State experience,
further particulars and where TO be Address ISDUS
TRY station A.
Year: 1875

We present this morning an exceedingly
interesting chapter on Indian affairs IN the
letter of our correspondent from the Red
Cloud Agency. The narrative recounts
everything accomplished by the Commis-
sioners to investigate Professor Marshs
charges up to the 18th of AuguA, and 1t is
perhaps the best summary of the situation
which has yet been published. In every
particular it is full and complete. For the
first time the personnel of an Indian council
is as thoroughly described as would be
powwow of the braves in Tammany Hall,
and we have the speeches of Red Cloud and
Little Wound as fully reported as we had
those of the O'Kelly and O'Costigan in the
General Committee. 1t will be observed that
the accusations of the Indians, if not
very specific are in excellent temper and
well worthy the attention of the Commission
ers and the country. There is a mine of
practical wisdom in Red Clouds desire for
an agent who is not soldier or preacher,
but an old man with little gray hair on his
head. If the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
had appointed such II man in the place of
Agent Saville long ago much of the mis-
management and corruption at the Red Cloud
Agency might have been avoided. That
there are practical difficulties in the way of
serving the Indians well must be conceded,
whoever may be the agent under whom
the issues are made; but there will be
long and loud complaints unless this of
fcer is himself above suspicion and Jealous to
protect both the government and the Indians.
That the Sioux have suffered great wrongs
Mt the hands of the contractors and others
is too clear for doubt, and whatever may be
the force of Agent Savilles answer (Which is
included in our correspondents letter., it is
certain that he failed in protecting either the
government or the Indians. 1t is not likely,
from what the Commissioners have heard
since they have been in the Indian country,
that they viii be able to acquit any of the
accused officials. Agent Saville, Commits
sioner Smith and Secretary Delano have all
failed in their duty, and the least they can
do is to vacate their offices in behalf of better
and more capable men. This necessity is
still further enforced and illustrated by the
letter of Mr.. Welsh, which we also print this
morning. In this pungent letter the Secre-
tary of the Interior is arraigned with terrible
force, and Mr.. Delano is charged with having
knowledge of the frauds of which there are
just now such loud complaints. The whole
subject is one of the greatest importance, and
the controversy must be settled in way
alike just to the Indians and honorable to
the nation
Year: 1875

THE GovEBSoRsHTP IN GEORGIA is re-
ported that Alexander ii. Stephens thinks
seriously of running as Independent candi-
date for the Governorship of Georgia this
fall If he does it is pretty certain that he
will carry the State. The democrats have at
least half dozen candidates, most of them
eminent men in the State, and each with
strong backing. The State is so strongly
democratic that unless some man like Mr..
Stephens or Governor Brown runs on an in
dependent ticket the democratic nominee is
sure Of an election. Leading democrats are,
it is said, trying 10 persuade Mr. Stephens off
the track; but he has a mind of his own, and
will probably do as he likes. lie would GER
tainly poll a large part of the coored vote in
the State, and would be elected by a great
majority, and he would make an excellent
Governor.
Year: 1875

ought not to rule, because his ignorance
makes him easily corruptible. But it is very
plain and very generally seen in the North
that he is safe, and that he can and ought to
be left to work out his own future. Hence
the people are impatient of a policy which
has made him a special prot<ge of the federal
power, and which at the same time has made
him an instrument in the hands of dema-
gogues, by whose help to perpetuate gross
misgovernment new Southern policy is
needed. and the sooner the republican lead
ers show that they realize this the better it
will be for them in 1876.
Year: 1875

We advise the Southern democrats to be
a little careful about falling into a trap which
invites them cheerfully to a very fatal blum
der. They have dread of negro outbreaks,
which remains to them from the old slavery
times. A rumor of negro insurrection stirs
up the Southern whites and makes every
young fellow who owns a shotgun rush out
in wild excitement to help in quelling it.
Thus are informed that the other day, in
Georgia, the Governor having refused to order
out the militia companies in Augusta many of
the members of these organizations promptly
went out skirmishing on their own account.
The hollowness of the pretence on which this
''insurrection" story was started is explained
in our correspondents letter from Augusta,
printed elsewhere


Now, there are not going to be any negro
instructions The negro is now free ; he
has nothing to gain by an insurrection he
is timid and tolerably helpless creature,
who, as every Southern man knows, has not
even the capacity to organize politically
without white helpers and leaders,
and who is as capable of flying
as he is of plotting and organizing
an insurrection. When, therefore, the
Southern democrat hears about negro in
surrection we advise him to put his tongue
in his cheek and leave his shotgun on the
rack where it belongs There are republican
demagogues who would like nothing so well
as to see massacre of colored men between
now and the Presidential election. There
have been already some abortive attempts to
''fre the Northern heart, and there will be
more A few Coushatta affairs would delight
Senator Morton and other republican politi-
clans of that kind and there are republicans
in the South who would not scruple to graf
ify them. The Governor of Mississippi
stands at this present moment openly ac-
cused by republican of saying last year
that the blood of few black men spilled by
democrats would help to revive the repub-
lican party. There will be no negro insur-
rectons. Let the Southern democrats deal
justly and kindly with the negroes, and
when they hear of black outbreak let them
stay carefully indoors and remember that
some Southern republicans are likely to
''materialiZe" in that way about this time.
Year: 1875

The democrats of Pennsylvania are busily
engaged seeking out candidate to run for
Governor against the present incumbent, Gen
eral Hartranft. 1t would be very hard to de-
feat General Hartranft. His record has been
acceptable to fair men of all parties. At the
same time we should be glad to have change
of politics in Pennsylvania, if for no other
reason than that the rumors in reference to
the management of the State Treasury and
the use of money in legislation might be in
vestigated. In every well managed business
it is prudent to have change of bookkeepers
from time to time. In every free government
it is well to have change of officers. We
observe that among the gentlemen mentioned
for the democratic nomination for the Gov
some months past the agent for the Centen-
NAL Exhibition. Mr.. Bigler was Governor
of Pennsylvania quarter of cen
tury ago, and afterward a Senator in
Congress- Since the war he has been
in private life. He has done good
work for the Centennial and we think it
would be q mistake for him to withdraw from
1t now and enter into politics. lie Will open
himself to the charge of having used the
Centennial for political aggrandizement. This
work is so great and so national that every
person connected with it in prominent
capacity should resolve under no temptation
to have any connection with politics. Gov
ernor Bigler would be much better dem
ocratic candidate for even higher dignities at
the end of the Centennial if it is a success
than if he should now throw away the work
he has done and take himself from its active
prosecution TO run for an Office which he
held twenty-five years ago. and which we
think could have very little charm for him.
Keep the Centennial aloof from politics.
Once its officers begin to canvass for votes
upon what they have done for this national
exhibition and it will lose character.
Year: 1875

Theatrical managers are notoriously rech
less in the means by which they advertise
their attractions 1t is, however rarely that
we find men wicked enough to call up
spirit dangerous to the public peace and
calculated to lead to the most deplorable
results for the sake of iniuring n rival
manager We regret to notice that an attempt
of this nature is to be made on next Monday
evening, the occasion being the simultaneous
appearance of two actors, one an American.
the other an Irishman, in the r6le of Hamlet,
at rival houses in this city. The arrival Of
Mr.. Barry Sullivan in this city was seized
upon by his managers and friends as the
occasion of demonstration marked not by
the best taste. We then expressed our
opinion very strongly of the patent humbug
and charlatanism which had been needlessly
brought into play to puff an artist whose well
known merit rendered resort to such means
of creating interest in him unnecessary.
That Mr.. Sullivan happens to be an Irish|
man is really of no importance to tho
American public, although it may be n source
of qualification to his fellow countrymen.
The proposed demonstration to him is,
however, engineered by Americans simply
as matter of business. In fact, the
reception and torchlight procession are
merely to be taken as indications that the
spirit of Barnum still animates the American
Snowman. But the demonstration proposed
at the Grand Opera House is more serious in
its aspect. 1t appeals to the spirit which
produced the Astor riots and stained tha
streets of this city with blood. Mr.. Il. Il.
Davenport certainly does not need the assist
ance of a cast ''wholly American" to make
his impersonation of Hamlet interesting 1t
is rumored, also, that an American regiment
will take part in the Davenport demonstra-
tion as counterpoise to the appearance of
the Sixty-ninth ut Booths. In view of the
danger of creating i'll will among the citi-
zens of Irish birth and native born Ameri-
cans by these rival demonstrations, their get
ters-up oughtto weigh well the consequences
before proceeding further. If not, the result
will certainly damage the theatres, as decent
people will be likely to avoid both houses
and give the rival Hamlets an opportunity to
soliloquize on the uncertainty of charlatan-
ism
Year: 1875

The Philadelphia EUening Bulletin thinks
that the third term sensation is so dead that
ga door nail is in o condition of frolicsome
animation compared with it. 1t would be as
easy to galvanize an Egyptian mummy back
to life and to run it as q democratic candi-
date for the Presidency as to give this worm
out piece of foolishness any new vitality"
The EUening Bulletin is 'loyal' journal, but
it allows its devotion to the administration to
close its eyes to the sunlight. If the third
term is dead why does everybody talk about
it? If it is simply mummy" why does
President Grants letter leave the door open
for him to become again a candidate? Why
has no convention pronounced absolutely
against it? Why do not State conventions
bring out their own candidates for the Presi-i
dency? Not single republican leader has
been nominated for the Presidency in any
State, except General Hartranft in Pennsyl-
vania, and that is admitted to have been an
idle compliment. Unless the republican
party and its leaders take definite ground
against the third term by making one term
cardinal point in their platform the issue
will be the dominant question in our politics.
not only in this election, but in many elec-
tions yet to come.
Year: 1875

Nor So BAD-While there are a good many
people out of work it would seem that in
this State, mt least, those who are employed
are able TO lay by money The statement of
the New York savings banks just made for
July l, shows not only that these institutions
are in sound condition, holding twenty
millions more assets than they owe, but what
is of equal importance, the gain in deposits
in the last six months since January l is over
twelve millions Of dollars and the increase in
the number of depositors is thirty-six thou
sand. This last feature is especially gratify-
ing, for it proves that the deposits are in the
main by people in moderate circumstances
and are really savings The increase in
deposits for the six months is the largest
since 1872. 1t is an excellent and encour-
aging showing
Year: 1875

CUBAN BLOCKADE RUYNERs The gentle
men attached to the government at Wash
ington are extremely solicitous about
anything which might offend the sensi-
bilities Of Spanish officials. In the matter
of Cuban blockade runners they are es-
pecially watchful and Argus-eyed If n
pound of powder and few rusty muslIets
be put on board any swift craft they are inn
mediately on the qd rice. Blockade run
ners r they cry in a chorus, and all the ma
chinery of government is at once put in
motion to find out the destination of the
aforesaid pound of powder. The buoys
in the harbor may be ont of their
place, to the danger of the commerce
of this port and the disgrace of
the nation, and Washington officials
will smoke their pipes in peace and quaff the
generous champagne needless of the appeals
of the American public. But let a Spanish
detective in New York declare that the most