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Year: 1871

A remarkable case, showing the
danger of trusting implicitly to cir
cumStantial evidence, has recently
been completed in Toledo. Nearly
three years ago Robert Sharp was
found dead, with shots and sIuys in
his brain. \ man named Harring-
ton, who had been on intimate terms
with the deceased, was arrested for
the murder. The testimony was
wholly circ,nnstantial, but SO skill
fully worked up" by the detectives
that Harrington was convicted and
sent to the penitentiary. His lawyers
had become interested in the case,
and, although Harrington was a poor
man, they determined to fight his
cause to the end. After long and
arduouS struggle through the Dis
trict and Supreme Courts, an order
for a new trial was obtained, and
that trial has just closed.


The main points in the evidence
on which he was convicted were the
apparent correspondence of the shot
in the body of the dead man with
that i'll the shot-bag belonging to
Harrington; the correspondence of
pieces of newspaper found near the
scene OF the supposed murder, and
assumed to be part of the gun wad-
ding, with a torn paper in Harring-
tons residence, and a piece in his
vest pocket, and that the motive for
the murder was to be found in the
alleged fact OF Sharp having come to
Toledo with several hundred dollars
of money, which Harrington knew,
and that no one else was so intimate
with Sharp.


On the second trial it was render
ed doubtful whether there was a 81
mila1ity in the shot. 1t was clearly
proven that the pieces of paper. al
legged to have been picked up at the
scene OF the murder were not there
at the time Of the finding of the
body, not for day or two after.
ward, and the inference was I'M
avOilable that they were put there
by the detectives to aid them in
working up" the case against Har-
rington. 1t was further proven that
Sharp was destitute when he arrived
III Toledo, and that Harrington was
doing his best to aid him in procur.
ing employment. To crown all, an
abb was satisfactorily proven. Har-
rington was declared innocent, and
the jury voluntarily gave him a let.
ter, signed by every member, re.
peating in emphatic terms their be.
lief Of his entire innocence of any
knowledge of the supposed murder,
and bearing testimony to his uniform
good character. The public sentiment
unanimously conceded with this yer,
dict. The former employer of Har.
rington Immediately took him back
into his service. 1t causes an un
pleasant shudder to reflect that a
perfectly innocent man. OF good
character, suffered two years of de
grading punishment, and narrowly
escaped an ignominious death, for a
crime Of which he knew nothing. II
is another warning against implicit
trust in wholly circumstantial evi
dence, and protest against the
detectives in working up q CASE
against one they choose to suspect
u cleveland Herald,
Year: 1871

There are very many persons, not
in Lynchburg only, but elsewhere,
whose fortune must necessarily be
wrecked by unnecessary eXtrav-
agance; for we are not now as pros
perous as we have been, and cannot
afford to indulge many luxuries to
which we were formerly accustomed.
Extravagant expenditures occa-
sion a very large part of the suffer
ings Of great majority of people.
And extravaganza is wholly a rela-
tive term. What is not at all eX-
travagant for one person may be
very extrayagant for another. EX-
penditures--,no matter how small in
themselves they may be-are always
extravagant when they come fully
up to the entire amount of PERSONS
whole income.


The mode of living is almost en-
tirely matter of habit. 1t is just
as easy to get along on three -fourths
of fyourincome-whatever the amount
of it may be-as Oh the whole of it,
if you only think SO, and restrict
your expenditures accordingly. The
thousand Inconvenience of debt,
embarrassmenta and dependence may
all be avoided by firm and un-
deviating adherence to this rule.


One great aid in pursuing the
course which we have recommended,
will be found in keeping an accurate
account of all receipts and eXpendi-
lures. BY frequent reference to this
you will see just what you can afford
to expend, without encroachment on
your rule; and you will also see
what of your expenditures you can
most conveniently curtail, Or cut off
entirely.


There is a great deal, too, in re.
Election and foresight, i'll the eXpen
ditrre of your money. 1t is a very
common remark that one person will
make the same amount go twice al
far as another. This is owing to the
employment of greater rprudence anC
Judgment i'll buying. Almost any
amount Of money can be thrown
away, and scarcely anything obtain
ed for it, by thoughtless, careless
spendthrift.


We despise skinfiints. But econo


my and meanness are by no mean:


identical. On the contrary, as it il
easy for any one to see, an unseltish
judicious economy-a wise saying
furnishes the means not only of in
dependence, but of beneyolence ant
generosity Also Lynch. Rep.


The power of Saratoga, says SAKE
Year: 1871

Take a glass about ten inches in
length, and one inch in diameter,
fill it up with the following liquid:


Two parts camphor, one part nj
trate of potash, and one part sal am
moniac, and dissolve in spirits of
wine and add water until you have
partially precipitated- the camphor.
The extremity Of the tube can
be left open or hermetically closed.
The glass tube thus prepared is then
fixed in horizontal position against
the wall or a board.


The changes in the weather are
thus indicated:


l. 1t the weather is to be fine the
composition of the substance will re-
main entirely at the bottom Of the
tube and the above liquid will be
perfectly clear and transparent.


2. Before the weather changes to
become rainy the precipitate will
rise by degrees, and small crystaliz-
ations, similar in shape to stars, will
be seen to move about the liquid.


3. When the storm is imminent
the precipitate will rise to the top of
the tube, assuming the shape of
leaf, or an assemblage of crystals
the liquid change very often takes
places twenty-four hours before the
change of the weather.


4. The side from which the wind
will blow in a squaH will be also III
dicated by the particles of the sub
stance floating in the liquid, and
assuming the shape Of long hairy
needles,


5. In the summer time, The weather
being warm and dry, the crytaliz-
alton will have tendency to remain
lower In the tube, and the liquid will
also be more transparent.


The amount of crystalized part
icles that will be seen floating in the
liquid will be sure sign or indica-
ton of fine or bad weather, and will
depend entirely upon the suddenness
of the change in the weather which
is to take place, acting in the most
energetic way on the composition
above described.


The value of this simple instru-
ment to forewarn of an impending
storm and also to indicate the CONT
nuance of the weather, will be read
| lily appreciated by those whose occu,
pations are affected by the change
of the weather.


The youngest elopement OH re
cord took place at Hudson, Mich.
last week. Master Frederick Tubbs
of that town, aged five years, took
Miss Schermerhorn, aged three years
combed her hair, put the dolls
things in box and proceeded Will
her to the depot. where they got OF
the rear platform of the western
bound train without being noticed
till the conductor received dis
, patch for them. They were put of
at Osseo and returned on the mex
J train well pleased with their. trip.
81 Town pumps-local editors.
Year: 1871

\ Michigan editor has just given
up the sanctum for the pulpit. He
thinks it is easier to fight the one
devil at which minister levels his
arrows, than the thousands which
an editor is obliged to contend with.
Year: 1871

An exchange says: 1--WE are in
receipt Of two poems, one on a
Throbbing Brain and the other
on Beating Heart We will wait
until we receive one on the Stomach
Ache and publish the three to-
oethpr.n
Year: 1871

Phoebe Cousins, of ST. Louis, re-
Gently gave her views of the ideal
marriage, thus:-" A molecule of
oxygen roaming lonely through
space, seeking for it's mate, but
finding none, when of a sudden in
some hidden nook it discovers a
molecule of hydrogen, when 10!
there is rush, an embrace, and
there is neither any more oxygen
nor hydrogen, but a diamond drop
of dew reposing Oh the bosom of the
lily After which she added, that
she herself was a molecule of hydro
gen, but the only responsive crush !"
was toward the door.
Year: 1871

ONLY CRIEp WITH HER. "A poor Wild
ow, the mother Of two children, used to
call on them at the l3se Of each day to tell
her the good they had done. One nigh,
the oldest hositated in her reply to her
mothers question. "What kindness have
you sown?' IL dent know. mother.
The mother. touched with tho tone Of her
answer. resolved to nnravel tho mystery ;
and the little girl went on to say:


"Going to school this morning. found
little Annie G., who had been absent some
days. crying very hard. l asked her what
made her cry so. which made her cry more,
90 that Gould not help leaning my head
on her neck and crying too. Then her
sobs grew less and less, till she told he OF
her little baby brother, whom sho had
nursed SO long and loved so much, how
he had siekened, grown pale and thin,
writhing with pain until he died and then
they put him from her for ever.


Mother she told me this and then she
hid her face in her book. and cried as il her
heart would break. Mother, / could not
hclp putting my face on the other page of
tho book and crying too. as hard as she
dill. After we had cried together al long
time. sho hugged me and kissed me, telling
me had done her good Mother. | dom
know how did her good, for only cried
with her. This is al can tell. for can ,
tell how l did her good. "
Year: 1871

NEWPORT Fisn PUpplNa,-Pick any
cold fish left from the dinner into fine bits.
carefully removing all the bones. Thicken
some boiling milk with -four. wet toa bat.
tor with cold milk, aaa stir the fish into
il: season with pepper, butter and salt. Put
it into pudding. dish and spread cracker
or bread crumbs thekly over the top to
prevent the milk from scorchins, and set
into tho oven to bake just long enough to
brown nicely. A good way to use up cold
fish. making = nice breakfast dish or side
dish for dinner.
Year: 1871

Keep your eye on your neighbors.
Take care of them. Do not let them
stir without watching. They may do
something wrong fyou do To be sure,
you never knew them to do anything
very bad, but it may be on your account
they have not. Perhaps if it had not
been for your kind care they might have
disgtaced themselves long time ago.
Therefore do not relax any effort to keep
them where they ought to be. Never
mind your own business--that will take
care OF itself There is a man passing
along-hc is looking over the fence-be
suspicious Of him; for he contemplatss
stealing, some Of these dark nights !;
there is no knowing what queer fancies
he may have got into his head


If you find any symptoms of any one
passing out Of the path Of duty, tell
every one else what you see, and be
particular to see great many. 1t is
good dway to circulate such thiogs, though
it may not benefit youself or any Que
else particularly. Do keep something
going-silence is a dreadful thing I;
though it is said there was silence 10
heaven for the space of half an hour.
dot not let any such thing occur on
earth; it would be too much for this
mundane sphere.


II, after all your watchfnl care, you
cannot sec anything out of the way 10
any one, you may be sure it is not
because they have not done anything
bad /; perhaps in an unguarded moment
you lost sight Of them--thfow out hints
that they are not any better than they
should be that you should not wonder
if the people found out what they we're
after while, then they may not carry
their heads SO high. Kesp it going,
aud some one may take the hint aud
begin to help you along after while
then there will be music aud everything
will work to charm.
Year: 1871

At the proper seasons certain kinds
Of apples arrive here, and in this way
the apple of Texas can be compared
with the apple of Maine, and in this
way only can this most valuable know.
ledge be sown broadcast over the land.
If ap army needs general for its safe
guard and protection, how much more
the agricultural masses need source
where certain and reliable Knowledge
can be obtained We will suppose a
young man intends to cultivate the
earth Instead Of a profession for an han.
orable subsistence. We must remember
that we have belt of the earth's sur.
face unlike any other country on the
face of the globe, taking into account
civilization and everything else which
bears upon that point. The young mau
chooses to emigrate; il he is wise he
will come to Washington and learn all
that is garnered here about the locality
he intends to make his future home.
lie will learn about the cereals, fruits
and textile plants that flourish best in
the chosen retreat. lie will sec the in-
sect which destroy in great part the re.
suits OF the husbandman's labor. He
will see the same kind of bird that will
henceforth prove his friend or foe. 1t
is true this branch of the tree of know.
ledge is still Of infant growth, but Com.
missioner Capron and his efficient assis.
tant corps are working hard to make it
become what it certainly is destined to
be in the end. Congress may harass
and retard this grand undertaking by
Withholding the proper az preparations
congressman may sneer in their ignor.
ance at The ''scattering Of garden seeds, .
but the time is certain to come when
this branch of the Government will
rank in dignity with the proudest,
aud outrank in genuine usefulness every
other.


In the extreme northern ATTITUDES Of
our country, in the region where the
Mississippi river is begun, the American
apple has not fourished we'll, owing to
the brievity of the fruitage season.
l.atterly tho Russian apple has been in
t:oduced by means of the Department
at Washington, aud very excellent fruit
will now reward labor in these remote
aud thinly.populated ncighborhoods. 1t
has been found by actul experiment
that fruit trees flourish best, or get a
ioothold on the worn out lands exhaus.
ted by tobacco and cotton, far easier
than any other vegetation. With very
small outlay, comparatively speaking
for fertilizers, fruit will grow when
cereals and other plants cannot be
coaxed into sprouting. When the trees
advance to certain size the leaves fall
and this also enriches the earth. In a
little while the orchard itself will begin
to pay for the necessities OF its perfec.
tion. An orchard in this part of the
world is not an object of slow growth.
Before the fruit.grower is aware cf it
his infant trees begin to bud and bios.
som. Suppose the orchard is far re.
moved from market. in these days OF
canned fruits nothing need De lost.
American canned fruits are now one Of
the acknowledged delicacies of the world,
and the demand million times exceeds
the supply. Even Pious X. eats brown
bread aud canned peaches
Year: 1871




The hippopotamus, or river horse, is
an enormous quadruped, a native of
various parts Of Africa, aud is always
found either in water or near to it. Its
height is not very remarkable, as its
legs are extremely short, but its body
is long aud very bulky indeed. The
average height of full grown hippopot.
anus is about Eve feet.


The color of its skin is dark brown.
curiously mark cd with innumerable lines,
like those on '.crackle' china or oil
paintings, and is duppled with number
Of sooty black spots, which cannot be
seen except by closely looking. A vast
number OF pores 10 the skin supply a
thick oily liquid, which effectually pro
tects the annual from the bad effects of
the water in which it lives most Of the
time.


The mouth is enormous, and its size
IS greatly increased by the odd manner
IN which the jaw is set in the head
Within the mouth is an array of white
cleaning tusks, which have terrible
appearance, but are solely intended for
eating grass and the other vegetable
substances on which it feeds. With
these teeth the hippopotamus can cut the
grass as neatly as if it were mown with
ascythe, aud is able to sever, us with
shears, pretty thick stem.


Its appetite is enormous, aud with a
stomach capable OF holding five or six
bushels OF food, 1t is terrible nuisance
TO owners OF farms near to the rivers in
which the animal lives. During the
day It sleeps In It's hiding place, but as
soon as night comes on issues from its
den, and, trampling its way into the cul-
tivated lands, makes sad havoc among
the growing crops; and the worst of
matter Is, the hlppopotamus damages
vastly more than 1t eats by the clumsy,
wading way 1t walks. 1t is gregarious
animal, and generally goes in herds
numbering twenty or thirty


All manner ol traps are set to catch
them BY the land owners, who hunt
them without mercy, and fIa no little
proht from their teeth, which are of the
hnest and whitest ivory, weigh from FIVE
to eight pounds, and are valued at from
Year: 1871

A man painting the coruice Of
house ia Hartford fell from ladder,
and it was supposed that he was badly
hurt. Immediately after the fall il
young man ran to the store to inform
the painter Of the misfortune that had
befallen his workman. The ssboss' list
encd to thrilling description Of tho
fall, aud with the saiing passion still
strong within him, asked, anxiously,
"Did he spill his paint"
Year: 1871

Some people have very inquiring
minds-but few We think carry their
curiosity SO far as Yankee friend Of
ours, who rung the bell of fashionable
residence the other day, aud when the
servant girly made her appearance,
politely inquired what the family in.
tended to have for dinner.
Year: 1871

A SINGULAR ExPLosroN.-Yesterda
morning about one o'clock an explosion
occurred in n house on John street, which
CAME very near giving Us o frSt.class
local. A bottle Of citrate Of magnesia
had been purchased early in the evening
and was placed on o stand in bed cham
Der, near which, on the same stand, stood
a large kerosene lamp, which was burning
dlmly. At about the hour above named
the bottle exploded, making a noise like
a cannon. Full two.thirds of the bot.
tom Of the bottle were let on the stand
while the ::balance oI 1t was driven
upward, making q hole in the wall
as II struck with heavy hammer.
The lamp was thrown by the conclusion
to the floor, breaking the chimney and
the stem from the bowl, which was moi
damaged, and strange to say not a drop
Of oil was spilled.


Had tho bottle struck the bowl OF the
lamp and broken 1t, fire would doubtless
have been communicated to the oil and q
cOnaagration must have eusued.
Year: 1871

Good Friday Is kept as a holiday. The
banks and other offices are closed, and no
markets or stocks reported. The dry
goods market has been less active in view
Of the Observance Of the day. There is
but little change in prices.
Year: 1871

enough to have been almost full acdged
before you we're born, aud here he is still
in the days Of his gosliug green, with the
shell sticking on his head to this day! It
is a melancholy absurdity. One can't be
young unless one is young. Only once is
it given to US to be uutried and soft, aud
the gushing and superlativc, and when the
time comes for it to go. no sort of effort
can hold back the aee'ins days : -Lippia.
cots Magazine,
Year: 1871

The Portland (Mainc) Press snys: The
following story, strange rs it may appear,
is vouched for by several witnesses whose
testimony is unimpcachablc A short
time ago a female Newfoundland dog was
in the habit Of coming to the house OF q
lady in this city who would throw it pie
COS OF cold meat, which the dog would Ont,
and, having satisfied It's hunger 60 away
again. So confirmed did this habit bc.
come, that at certain hour daily the lady
would expect tho dog and the animal would
mako its appearance. A few days ago,
she said to her, why don't you bring
me one Of your puppjes?' repeating the
question several times as she stood at the
window, tho dog looking at her in The
face with an expression Of intelligence, as
if it understood every word the lady said


The next day, to the lady's astonishmcnt,
at the usual hour, the dog returned aud,
10 and behold! was accompanied by q lit
tlo puppy. The lady fed both dogs, and
then took up the puppy into the window,


when the old dog scampcred of aud did
not return for three days. At the ond Of
that time the dog again appeared, when
after feeding it, the lady said, Next time
bring all your puppies, | want to see them
and yesterday morning, sure enough,
the dog returned accompanied by three


Newfoundland pups Several Of the neigh


bors saw the whole transaction, and dccla-


red that they considered this ono Of the


most wonderful proofs Of tho sagacity Of
the dog they have ever known. Where
the dog came efrom and to whom it belongs
is not known, but we have tho name Of
the lady and also Of those who were eye
witnesses to the occurrence as narrated to
ueD Il
Year: 1871

The Folly OF Attempting to Cotinue


Young


Once for all, there is no misery so dis
trcssful as the desperate agony Of trying to
keep young when one can't. ! know an
old bachelor who has attempted it. His
affection of youth, like all affections, is q
melancholy failure. He is rapid young
man Of fifty. He plies innocent young la-
dies with pretty compliments and soft
uothiugs in vogue when he was a spoouey
youth Of twenty. The fashion of talking
to young ladies has changed within thirty
years, you know, and this aged boys soft
nothings seem more out Of date than two
year old bonnet They make you think
somehow Of that time.honored frog story
wherein is set forth the discovery of
galvanic electricity. When you see his
old-fashioned young antics-his galvanic
gallantry, so to spcak-and hear the spec
chcs he makes to girls in their teens. When
he ought to be talking to them like faith
or, you involuntarily call him old idiot,
and long to remind him of that quaint re-
bukc Of grand old John: Thou talkest
like one upon whose head the shell is TO
this very day."


That now is how ho seems. lie is old
Year: 1871

A COMPLETELY FURNISHED COTTAGE THROUGH


~ out TO be letWhh immediate possession. within Sc
minutes OF New York, the Central Railroad of New
sey consists OF nine with plenty of closets


nice garden OF fruit trees the Furniture almost new, Will
be sold desired the family going neighbor
hood nneIcepti0nable; terms reasonable Address T. ii
box 2,7s3 New York Post Office