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Year: 1872

The Report of General Howard will be found printed in full upon the outside pages of to-day's MINER. It is interesting, and We bespeak for it perusal. Its great length has so cramped our space, and other matters have so crowded our time and attention that we have, this week. been unable to summar- ize its points, or attempt to frame anything like an opinion upon some of its recommen- dations and theories. But, our readers are intelligent men and women thoroughly quail flied to analyze and pass judgment upon the document, which, we firmly believe, will strike them as being a fairer, more candid statement of the situation here than they have been led to expect from a man of Gen eral Towards way of thinking.
Year: 1872

At noon yesterday, while man named Theodore
Weed was engaged In placing belt over pulley
for the purpose Of running circular saw, he was
caught between the belt and the pulley and before
assistance reached him his body was literally cut
was stopped the body OF the unfortunate man pre-
sented q frightiu spectacle. The upper portion OF
the body adhering to the shaft, while the legs
and arms and entrais were scattered in all direc-
tons. Mr.. Weed was alone when he met his h0r-
rible death. ,Ie was fifty years Of age ana leaves
wife and twd\hildrep 05.ttMI
Year: 1872

REsT.-Is there one word in the whole
vocabulary more precious in its import
to the tired denizens of this working
world than this little monosyllable-
rest? Man of labor, child of toll tell us
AT the bench or the plow, at the desk or
counter, at the bar, in the pulpit, or in
daily and nightly rounds among the sick
and dying-in life professional or un-
professionalism the pent town or open
country-in heated rooms or in freezing
winds-on the heaving sea or stable earth
where wanders or labors the man or wo-
man to whom the thought of rest is not
full of pleasure. Rest at night or noon,
rest from hand work or head work, is
the constant craving of the weary body
and soul. No wonder that the thought
of rest enters so largely in the common
anticipations of blessed future. Af
ter life's day toll the rest that remain
eth" shall come with its unmeasured
boon to the worn and weary.
Year: 1872

The quicksilver had all day been
among the nineties, and the temperature
of my little room was still oppressive
Wearied at last with cudgelling my fe-
vered brain Git is only woman's brain
after all } for marketable ideas and bring
ing down only gnarled, unripe and fla
vorless little specimens, | threw down
my pen in disgust, and went to the win
dow.


The shadows of evening were gather
ing rapidly. The moon was already
mounting Heavens spangled vault, and
cool, refreshing breeze came careering
over the hills and meadows, carelessly
tossing the branches of the stately old
trees, and coquetting gaily with the wild
flowers, the ferns and clover blossoms.
until giddy with their ravished sweet
ness. it whisked recklessly in my face,
almost strangling me with the richness
of mingled perfume.


In the garden below / espied my un-
Gle, watering pot in hand, wandering
about among the flowers, an occupation
of which he never tired, and hastily ty.
ing on my hat, ! went down and Joined
him.


you are a novelty among men, Tn.
Gle Charles" said l gaily. Few of the
masculine element condescend to wor.
ship at the shrine of Flora. If it were
not for the women, / suspect we should
see turnips, cabbages and such useful but
horribly prosaic vegetables growing pref
ty generally, where now blossom the rose
the aster, the verbena and the dshlia
but you seem to take quite as much pleas.
use IN the flower garden as Aunt Mary
| herself"


81 think do said he, smiling pleas
antly. From my earliest boyhood
was passionately fond of flowers, and
your aunt and devote so much time to
their cultivation as to provoke the satire
if not contempt, of some of our more
rigidly practical neighbors. By the way
do you know that it was our love for
these beautiful symbols of purity and in.
nocence that led to our acquaintance?-
1t is beautiful night, favorable to the
revival of old memories, and if you will
sit down with me here on this rustic
bench, I will tell you the story"


90, that will be just the thing" said
/ enthusiastically, al have been partic.
ularly curious for long time to know
what there was SO very funny connected
with your first meeting with Aunt Mary
so pray go ahead with the assurance Of
my thanks at the end"


Throwing himself upon the vine GOV
Year: 1872

How ONE HUSBAND drew HIS
WIFE OUT. "A facetious individual not
many miles from Danbury, sought to
" draw his wife OUT by pretending to
be found dead with an empty laudanunl
vial by his side. And that lady was q
good deal shocked at first, but having
read that needle introduced in the hu,
man flesh, would indicate on its surface
whether that flesh was dead, and being
woman of eminent practica ability, she
at once armed herself with polished
cambria of nearly two inches growth
and with throbbing heart and bated
breath, introduced good share of its
length into an appropriate portion of the
deceased. What the surface of the needle
really indicated, was not learned as he
took it with him as he passed through
the sash.-Danbury Neaos.
Year: 1872

A REMEDY FOR BALDNEss.-The bald
now take courage and smile at the fre-
quent summer fly. 1t is no new lotion
that is to bring back the hairs of their
youth and innocence, but system OF
planting hairs in the smooth skin of the
head, exactly as cabbages are set out in
garden. a discoverer, whose name
cannot be long concealed from CRATE
ful world, has invented plan of re-
planting the hair where iI is lost. As
plants grow, SO does the hair. 1t is root.
ed and thrives like vegetable. The op-
Grafton OF restoring hair is very simple
put healthy hairs into the eyes of need
les and draw the needles th ough the up
per skin, the epidermis; being drawn
through, the hairs are left in the skin, a.
a thread may b, left in any material BY
stitcher The roots which have been
extracted with their bulbs complete, are
brought under the epi1ermis. The sur
face SO operated on is protected at first
by linen band, but the hairs soon take
root, grow and flourish. 1t is not stated
whether having the skin punctured in
this way is disagreeable, and how often
it is fatal. IF it is a success the plan
has many advantages; one can have any
color of hair he may select, and he can
plant a variety of colors, and thus make
his appearance striking and beautiful
Hartford Courant.
Year: 1872

There was once brave ard patriotic
| general who risked his life for his coun-


try's cause, and so successfully led his


country's armies and fought his country's


battles, that a great political party saw


that it could retain power by making
him President of the United States
This party availe2 itself Of the Gener-
ais popularity, and achieved its object.
Nobody in the country ever supposed
that he was great statesman or great
politician, or that he was remarkably
wise in any respect, except in matters
relating to leather and war. We do not
know that he pretended to be wise in
anything but leather and war. He
thought, as greater men have thought,
that it would be nice thing to be Pres
ideut of the United States; and he has
done as we'll in that office, we doubt not,
as he has known how to do. On the
whole, he has done pretty we'll. The
country is fairly prosperous, and both
home and foreign affairs have been man
aged wisely. If he has shown any weak-
ness, he has done exactly what every
rational man expected he would do.-
The men who used him to advance their
party interests knew his faults just as
we'll four years ago as they do now, and
are morally responsible for every impol-
itic and unstatesmanlike act of his ad-
ministration, if any such act has been
committed, Indeed, they cannot fail to
know that the experience of the last
three years has done more to fit him for
the place he holds than all his life had
done previously.


Now, some of the politicians who were
so ready to use the General (who was
entirely ready to be used) are coming to
entertain a very contemptuous opinion
of him, when, in order to secure second
term of office. aud to serve his own in
terests, he proposes to use them To
these very virtuous and high-minded
persons the General is no better than an
heather man and a publican. Such
corrupt,weak unwise, incompetent, horse
loving, gift-receiving, undignifed, stu.
pid man as the General has become
We believe it was the elder Adams who
was called "a hoary-headed incendiary"
in his last political days, and Abraham
Lincoln, who was almost apotheosized
amid the ISLANDERS of mankind.


1t is possible that the fameof General
Grant, the soldier, will outlast his politi-
cal associations, but it seems pity that
our heroes must for party purposes be
forced into false positions, and have
their good names dragged through the
mire of political strife. Let US at least
admit the motive of the President in
using the party which elected him for
securing re election is as good as that
which induced that party to use him
at first, to advance their own interests,
when no study or experience of his life
had helped to prepare him for the du-
ties of his high Office. Still his friends
follow the way of the world and the
man who consents to be tool, must ex-
pect to be tossed aside when no longer
needed for use, or when change of tools
may seem desirable.-Dr. r. G.. Holland.
IN Scribner's for Apra.
Year: 1872

"CHoPPED" MUsIc.-I don't like
your chopping music, any, says Q. w.
Holmes. That woman-she has more
sense in her little finger than forty med
ical societies-Florence Nightingale
says that the music you pour out is good
for sick folks, and the music you pound
isn't. Not that exactly, bat something
like it. have been to hear some mu-
sic pounding. 1t was young woman,
with as many white muslin founces
round her as the planet Saturn has rings
that did it. She gave the music stool a
whirl or two, and huffed down on it like
whirl of soapsuds in hand basin.-
Then she pushed up her cuffs as if she
was going to fgnt for the championship
belt. Then she worked her wrists and
hands, to timber 'em, / supposed, and
spread out her fingers till they looked
as though they would pretty much cover
the keyboard, from the growing end to
the little squeaky one. Then those two
hands of hers made Jump at the keys
as if they were couple of tigers coming
down on a flock of black and white
sheep, and the piano gave great howl
as if its tail had been trod on. Dead
stop-so still you could hear your hair
growing. Then another jump, and an
other howl, as if the piano had two tails
and you had trod on both of 'em at once,
and then grand clatter and scramble
and string of jumps, up and down, back
and forward, one hand over the other,
more like stampede of rats and mice
than anything l call music. | like to
hear woman sing, and l like to hear
fiddler play, but these noises they ham
mer out of their wood and ivory anvils
don't talk to me. know the differ
ence between a bullfrog and a wood
thrush.
Year: 1872

To MAKE HARb WATER Sort Take
one ounce Of fresh lime and stir it well
in bucket of water, and as soon as it
settles, the water will be soft and fit for
use, as 1t will drive all impurities TO the
bottom River water when muddy, is
better to drink by this process.
Year: 1872

It IS not legally necessary to say on a
note, "for value received.


A note on Sunday is void.


\ note obtuined by fraud, or from a
person 10 a state Of iutoxication cannot
be collected.


II note be lost or stolen it does not
release the maker; he must pay it.


A erlo ser Of note IS exempt from
liabilities II not served with notice OF
its dishouor within twenty four hours OF
its non payment


A note by a minor is void.


Notes bear interest only when SO
stated


Principles are responsible for the acts
Of their agents


Each Individual in a partnership is
responsible for the whole amount Of the
debts Of the firm.


Ignorance Of the law excuses no one.
Itis fraud to conceal fraud.


The law cl mpels 10 one to do impossi-
bilries.


An agreement without consideration is
void


Signatures made with a lead pencil are
good in law.


A receipt for money paid is not legally
conclusive.


The acts Of one partner bind all the
others.


Contracts made ou Sunday cannot be
enforced


\ contract made with a minor is
void.


y contract with luuatic is void.
Year: 1872

There is in the ante room Of the Court
of Appeals, in the Capitol building a
crayon portrait whereby hangs a curious
story. 1t is the likeness of i gauut. an
gular, shabbily dressed cracker, whose
y hole appearaneeis is forbiddiDg aud whose
countenance is peculiarly repulsive-sueh
a creature as man would meet with dis
gust and woman with shuddecing ab
horrence. But it is the portrait of d
witness whom the husband of a wife in
CoyiDgtou, in this State, brought forward
to testify that he had had illicit couuec-
rion with the plaiutifi7S wife The ease
was a suit for divorce, in which the nus
band was plaintilI-and who did depose
that the wife not only committed iufdel
ity with him, but absolutely made all the
advances herself The divorce was
granted in the inlelior court and carried
up by the wife to the Court of Appeals
here. The portraiti in question was filed
By the Injured woman as evidence 10 the
fleet hat it was impossible that she
should have been faithless to her husbaud
at the instance of such meuster-m
less that il had been guilt Of her own
seeking Chief Justice Robertson sus
tained the plea on this ground and re
versed the decision of the lower court
The portrait was afterward framed and
now hangs in the cloak room of the
court-in its native hideousness almost
giving the lie to the declaration that all
the sous of men should be created in the
divine image. Whether the moral hid
eousness of the plaintiff in the suit, who
presented such testimony to his wife's
crime, is not more repulsive, most OBJ
servers would question: Franhfort Cor
respondent.
Year: 1872

The Columbus, Dispatch thinks it
will not pay the Mobile x Ohio Railroad
to extend its line to Cairo We suppose
be has taken all the facts in the case un
der due consideration, but We would
really like to see the summary of an
argument against it. 1t is well for a
railroad to connect with St. Louis, but
it does not occur to US just now why 1t
would not be well to fill the gap of some
twenty miles and let the NJ *. .. have Il
connection with the railroad system OF
Illinois, at Caro- Columbus may not
need the "Iiukp but the world does
BT0WRsriHc Bee.
Year: 1872

IN Richmond, Ky, every man who
runs bar room must first obtain the
permission Of . majority of the business
men living on his square, and then he is
granted license for one year upon the
payment Of 500
Year: 1872

OF the ten members of the City Council elect
ed on Tuesday, only two were members Of the
previous Council, eight being new men. This
is sweeping change, and the people look to see
some evidences of its effect in the future course
of our Fathers
Year: 1872

The First Ward did very handsomely, on the
Republican side, at the City election, and it is to
the credit of Mr., Murray, our candidate for
Council that he was beaten by only twenty-one
ms iority
Year: 1872

Selections from II TrOvatOre were repre-
sented last night at the Opera House and
given in q manner that reflected the highest
need of praise upon all the parties paTtici-
pating. Madame MariOtti sustained the
role of Leonora in a manner that is very
seldom exceled and as rarely equaled.


Baccei as Manrico perfectly sustained the
reputation we have already accorded him
for giving us the full tones OF good tenor,
a piiality of voice that is rarely given to
man, and when given, and so well man
aged, should certainly be appreciated pre-
perly.


Wfl Trovatore" was well received by the
audience, that should be larger than it was
to have an opportunity Of hearing first
class music.


The last act Of Traviata was also given
and we have no hesitation in saying that
the Quartette BrindiZi was as perfect as any
ever produced here, and in this we had an
opportunity of hearing a very delightful
combination of tones by Madame COrani
and Signori Baccei, Reina and NicOlini.


In fact, we must confess that the "Opera"
has been a decided success here, if not
financially to them, certainly a benefit to
us. for ANYTHING that tends to elevate should
by all means be invited.


These gifted people are going to give a
sacred concert to-day, as has already been
published, when the best productions Of the
best masters will be produced. This may
be looked forward TO as q very rich treat,
whether regarded in an ecclesiastical or
musical sense.
Year: 1872

4 Joke Of the kind termed practical, but
which in its result was very annoying to the
person chiefly concerned, was played in this
city very recently. A gentleman living on
Twenty-third street attracted the attention
Of paSserS by the care bestowed on his
house, and they deemed him a proper sub
iect for theirplot. An advertisement was
accordingly inserted in three papers saying
that a bulldog was wanted. and asking
persons having one to dispose Of to call at
the number Of the above mentioned house
between the hours of 8 and II A. NJ, the
following Sunday.


Nine O'Clock had hardly struck when q
man ascended the brown stone steps, lead
ing dog which might have been mistaken
for Young lion. "NNill this baste suit ye?'
he inquired of the servant who opened the
door. Her surprise was of course very great,
but she was assured that
a dog was wanted there, and called
her employer. He Indignantly ordered the
man away, and when shown one Of the
advertisements thought there had been a
misprint. The bell rang again in a few
moments, and the servant found on the
stOOp an old man leading little pup by a
cable large enough to hold a ship. The
conversation was repeated and with a
like result. The next caller was a Fourth
ward sport, who carried his merchandise
in his arms. The owner of the house
having by this time seen the same adyer-
tisement cut from three different papers
presented by three different men, knew
that be was the victim of plot. His indig-
nation was Of course great, but what could
he do ? The callers kept coming, and when
the church bells were ringing and the side
walks most crowded, three dog sellers stood
on the stOOp at once.


His offers that day numbered twelve and
he had two more before Tuesday night
Nelg York Post.
Year: 1872




NEW YORK, March 23.-The prosecution
will now probably bring Mayor Halls case
before the Court of General Sessions. Halls
counsel are rather j1bilant over what they
consider the triumphant termination of the
late trial They say their defence viii rest
mainly on the Mayors own testimony. The
indictments against Tweed and others,
charge them with deceiving the Mayer,
while the Mayor is charged with signing
fraudulent warrants. The defence are
awaiting the commencement of further pro-
ceeeings on the part of the prosecution.


A POnderOus Document.


The Stokes bill of exceptions makes
nearly seven hundred pages. 1t will take
a man a week to read it.


The End of an EmbezzIer.


A Philadelphia letter says Evans, the
alleged defaulting Pennsylvania State Agent
is dying in Brooklyn; that be is penniless,
and the proceeds Of his speculations were
long since divided among certain ring.


Dana, the editor of the Sun, has given
$4,000 bail in the libel suit against him.


Barnard.


Gen. Frank Blair was called to testify
against Judge Barnard to-day. The Gen
eral said he met Barnard at the AstOr
House and in a jOcose conversation about
the Erie and Union Pacific railroad cases,
the Judge said he had rid New York Of one
set of blackguards, meaning the Union Pa
cifc, and would do 80 for another, referring
to Erie.


CustOmhOuse Corruption.


Henry c. Bowen publishes a card con-
cerning the imputations in the Tribune that
he was interested at one time in the general
order business. He admits signing a letter
by which an agreement was made to pay
himself and his associates thirty per cent.
Of the gross receipts of the general order
business in return for his influence in re-
tanning the business for the parties. Be
sides this the Tribune charges that he wrote
an individual letter sanctioning the agree
ment. His defense is that he did all this
for his associates and did not himself make
any money out of it. Bowen agrees to
make good whatever was lost in the general
order business at that time.
Year: 1872

A singular custom exists in the island of
New Providence, which we do not remem-
Der ever having seen mentioned in print.
A correspondent writing from Nassau, says:
81 saw house standing at some distance
in a field pleasantly situated, and made some
inquiries concerning it. That said my
friend, is a house to which, in conformity
with a singular custom prevailing in Mas
sau, newly married couples go to pass the
honeymoon. They take a servant or two
and steal away from the town to this place,
from which, after becoming period is
passed, they come forth again. There is
nobody there now, but it will be occupied
soon, for the rector of one of the churches
of Nassau is to be married in few days.
No information as to when or how the Gus
tom originated is given, but it is certainly
one of the strangest we have ever heard of
as existing in a civilized community"
Year: 1872

LOUISVILLE, March 23.-Slough, the
wife murderer, committed suicide in jail at
Richmond, KY, by hanging himself to a
cross bar Of the door cell with a rope made
cut of a towel and two pocket handker-
chiefs. He left letter to his children say
ing he had already brought shame enough
on the family and would not add to it the
ignominy Of public execution. IHe said his
wife had done him irreparable wrong and
deserved the death she had received at his
hands
Year: 1872

RICHMOND, March 23.-The Dispatch
says that three members of the Senate are
W We proceeded against for the violation of
the Fifteenth Amendment in that they as
sumed to act as members of the General
Assembly Of Virginia while laboring under
political disabilities.
Year: 1872

ALEXIS thus expressed himself to a cor
respondent at Havana relative to his tour
through the United States: ''If l had any
thing unpleasant to say, l should remain
silent and not answer your question; but
nv stay was so pleasant, and the people
so kind, that l can only regret could not
remain longer; and if did not have my
path in life laid out for me, should like
to live in America altogether, dividing my
time from May to January between New
York and the prairies, and spending the
remainder in New Orleans. may go back
there if l can"
Year: 1872

New Ground for DfvOrce-'UncOmfO


able"


ALBANY, March 24-Among the reports
made TO the Senate was one on the bill to
increase the causes for divorce. 1t makes
as causes such conduct on the part of the
husba nd towards the wife as shall without
just cause deprive her of the society of uer
relatives or friends OF Of attendance on
pablic worship, or shall designedly render
her life unhappy or uncomfortable
Year: 1872

The cOroner's Jury in the steam boiler ex-
plosion case to-day found that the explosion
was caused by the safety valve being over
weighted so as to prevent the warning es-
cape of the excess of steam to the engineer.
Year: 1872

A Cleveland inventor has brought
out an automaton side door car, to af-
ford means of escape to passengers in
case of accidents which throw the car
from the track and overturn it. The
arrangement is such that when the car
veers over and becomes supported only
by the wheels of one side, the opposite
side of the car opens promptly, thus
allowing the passengers chance to es.
cape.
Year: 1872

President Smith, of Dartmouth, used
to set type in the printing Office of Sim
con Ide, at Windsor, and says of it:
ut always seemed to me that it was a
profitable service. learned to spell,
an attainment which even men of great
notoriety do not always make. learn
ed many things about the newspapers
and books, and the matters they treat
of, which served as good preparation
for the further studies 1 at length under
took. I am far from being satisfied
with my labors in my present position {;
but, imperfect as they seem to me, J
cannot but help thinking that nm a
little better president for having been a
printer"