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Year: 1873

The Herald vituperates against the
Republican party because the system Of
assessing property for taxation opens the
door TO fraud and oppression. We do not
know that the present board OF assessors
needs any defense from the Herold's in
nuendoes; that journal is Zoo general in its
accusations for much faNh to put in them.
But we do wan: TO make the point that
the system complained Of il not Re.
blican invention, but relic Of the '.good
old Democratic regime" when the "best
talent Of our best citizens" was employed
in devising means and ways to cheat the
public. Whatever temptations to go
astray, therefore, the law throws in the way
of the official, is justly chargeable to the
enemies Of our party. The Democratic
Legislature after the war made 10 attempt
to correct the law while its adherenss were
in Office; and the Republican majority in
subsequent Legislatures, doubtless with q
Year: 1873

Consideration for the rights OF the weak.
est of creatures is one OF the characteristics
of true politeness. A man who recently
sat down in seat reserved and occupied
by a hornet, immediately got up again,
feeling very much hurt about what he had
dana
Year: 1873

A topper said he thought the item in the
table OF weight, which says that sixteen
drains make an ounce, must be mistaken,
for when he had taken that many he felt as
if he weighed ton.
Year: 1873

The Commercial is very right in its assertion,
that "f Cooch TGrner had killed Isaac West in the
manner, and with all shocking and barbarous at
tendant circumstances which belong to Vests
crime, he would have been hung" And it would
hsVe hssp right We doubt whether he would
have received trial by a jury In open court. Aud
that journal knows that there was some difRculty
in preventing the execution OF West; that IN,
more moderate and less impulsivo classes had 4
interpOse to save him from violence. Exact anC
eqaal justice should be meted out to all. Bu
aonIetimes the vsl may be raised from the eyes o
the blind GODDESS without doing the community in
jury. Not, however, in cool, permeditatsd ana
deliberate murder as this case seems to Us TO hay
been. But the jury determined that it was no
murder, and they were the judges.
Year: 1873

Quick WoRk.-The Committee on Park were
very active in their exertions and must be terribly
In earnest. They had to send to Dover to secure
the stay of proceedings from tho CHANCELLOR
They succeeded, however, and the Mayor, City
Treasurer, President and Members of the City
Council were all waited upon by the Sheriff or
his deputy, yesterday afternoon, and the summons
served upon each one. And the lawyers are now
hard at work upon their arguments Col. Nc
Combs necessary absence from the city, caused
them to select VIM. Bright. ESQ., in his place.
Year: 1873

DIsrNoU1sHED vIsIToR.- Senator Casserly,
who is on visit to Senator Bayard, called at the
GISetts Office this morning. Both Senators look in
excellent health and are enjoying themselves
Psasanty at the delightful rural home Of the lat
TOR, in the western part of the city Senator Cas-
serly will remain here for several days.
Year: 1873

Bashfulness is a charming and en-
gaging quality, hut it is apt TO be an
occasionally uncomfortable one To the
pOssessOr thereof. Witness the case
Of an excellent aud fastidiOus young
gentleman of San Francisco who
lately made formal call upon q FAM
lily of his acquaintance. Having en-
tertained the said family with unusual
briiliancy Of conversation, and quite
fascinated its young lady members,
he prepared to depart. This is always
the trying moment for a bashful man.
This particular one made his final
bow and gracefully retired, facing his
friends to what be fondly imagined
was the right door of exit. Alas 1t
led to an empty china closet, and he
was inside and shut the door before
quite realizing his agoniZing blunder.
But even that might have been borne
were il not that the family watch dog
had secretly erept in there to doze.
The intrusion hurt his feelings, and
he naturally and promptly resented
it. The s0ul-and the garments-Of
that young man were bitterly rent.
So much for bashfulness.
Year: 1873

The Poughkeepsie Eagle says that
as Mrs. Carter, whose summer resi-
dence is near Sing Sing, was approach
ing the depot in the train from Alba
ny on Monday afternoon, she put her
arm out of the car-windOw to wave a
handkerchief to her children, who
were awaiting her arrival, and at that
moment the cars passed close to an
iron post, and this struck Mrs. Car
teris arm with such violence that the
sound the conclusion was plainly
audible to those sitting near. She,
however, did not utter even the slight
est exclamation of pain, but with the
aid of her other hand quietly drew her
injured arm into her lap, and with
tighuy-cOmpressed lips only looked
the pain she was undergoing. 81 am
afraid my arm is broken /; but please
don't mention it." she said, in answer
TO sympathetic glances. An exami-
nation showed that her arm was frac-
tured in two places, but on the trains
arrival at the depot she quietly walk
ed to her carriage, hiding her agony
lest it should cause pain to those dear
to her
Year: 1873

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial says {:
y 'tOn the 18th of last month the
Comptroller of the Currency address,
ed 3 circular letter to a number of
National Banks in Western and
Southern States, who had not taken
additional circulation under the forty
four million redistribution act, in
forming thin that the applications
for circulation were so numerous and
pressing that he should feel justified
in Issuing this circulation to other or
ganiZatiOns unless the necessary
amount of bonds was deposited and
the currency applied for during thirty
days from that time. The banks ad-
dressed have responded promptly, and
there will probably be very little cur
rency for distribution. The excuses
offered by the banks for their tardi-
ness was generally that they were
holding back in expectation of a de-
cline in the price of United States
bonds, which they would have to de-
posit as security for the additional
circulation they called for. In a few
instances the banks requested an ex-
tension of time, and it is probable
that the Comptroller will grant an
extension of thirty days or less in
those eases.n
Year: 1873

amount of money that will be required
TO commence operations at the Kellogg


mines, and get everything in good


working order2 Do you think two hum
dred thousand dollars would be suf-
ficient, and prove a good investment?


DT. Bell certainly do think that two
hundred thousand dollars would be quite
sufi1cient to make good commence
ment with, as with that sum the owners
could procure their eupolas, smelling
furnaces and build their internal rail-
roads under ground, and purchase
everything necessary for the due prose-
cution Of the work.


RepoTteT-Have you made any assays
OF the products of these mines, and, if
so, will you be kind enough to give the
results Of these assays aud your opinion
regarding them?


DR.. Bell will do go with the great
est pleasure. / have made assays of the
product of these mines, both chemically
and by smelling, and / generally found
FULLY thirteen per cent. of silver, besides
the lead. I wish also to inform you that
all the refuse of what is known as the
supposed quartz is simply oxide of zinc
and lead, which can be extensively
brought into use, and will make the best
paint ever made in the world. This
"refuse' alone would pay all the ex-
penses of working and operating the
mines, even if their owners were to
throw away all the silver and lead they
took out of the mines. In regard
to the Kellogg mines / have only to say
to you that / consider the metal which
has been taken already from them to be
the finest in the world. This is not my
opinion alone, for can assure you that
when specimens were sent from these
mines over to England to be assayed,
the assayists thought that some kind of
trick was being played on them-the
metal was 50 fine. They could not be-
lieve that any mine on the continent
of America could produce such very
fine metal. The fact, however,
is noted in Owens survey
of eleven counties in the State of Ar
kansas. That is all / can say about
these wonderfully productive and valu-
able mines, except that / am given to
understand that work will be COM
menced on them early in the ensuing
month, and then, Mr.. Reporter, you
will hear and learn more about them.


The reporter thanked DIR. Bell for the
valuable information he had impaired
to him, and took his leave, with a cor
dial shake of the hand and kind invi-
tation to call again.
Year: 1873

For once Lucy's counsels prevailed. Their
large, elegant residence was let to a family
who were able and willing to pay liberal
rent for it; with the half of this they hired a
small, but neat and comfortable residence,
whittier they removed about month after
Mr.. Carrolls death.


Edward was greatly delighted at this plan,
which ensured his lovely cousin being still
within his reach. He now only waited for a
fitting opportunity to declare his attachment
to her, which he hoped his aunt might now re-
gard with more favorable consideration than
she had hitherto done.


Among the first visitors who called upon
them in their new home, was Mr.. Alfred
Stanley. Lucy was Indifferent to his atten-
ton, but Mrs. Carroll received it gladly, and
welcomed him with an empressment that was
most Aattering to his vanity.


fro BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1873

These facts were communicated by letter to
Stanley, who had gone abroad, to Danish in
travel the uneasy sensations that troubled his
mind


He turned over that black page of his life
with sigh of relief, and felt-or tried to
feel-grateful that he was once more free,
unfettered man.


Did his conscience never sting him again I?
None ever knew.
Year: 1873

l owe my success in life to one fact. AT
the age. of ~ l commenced and continued for
years the practice of daily reading and speak
ing upon the contents of some historical or
scientific book. These off-hand or scientific
efforts were made sometimes in corn-fie]d,
at others in the forest, and not unfrequently
in some distant barn, with the OK and horse
for my auditors. 1t is to this early practice
in the great art or arts that l am indebted for
the primary and leading impulse that stimu-
lated me forward, and shaped and moulded
my entire subsequent destiny. Improve
them, young gentlemen, the superior advan-
tages you now enjoy. Let no day pass with
out exercising the power of speech. There
is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled
men by exciting their fears, Cicero by capti-
waiting their affections and swaying their pas
sions. The influence of the one died with
the author; that of the other continues to this
day.-Henry Clay
Year: 1873

Mr.. O'Clarence purchased a new pair of
pants Saturday. When he got home his
wife was mixing bread. She wiped her
hands on her apron and made careful ex-
animation of the pants. First she pinched
one leg of them, and asked what he paid for
them; and then pinched the other, and asked
him if he didn't think it was too much.
After that, he stood off little distance, so
she could look at the fit, so as to form a
right opinion of it. Then she asked him if
he couldn't draw them up little higher, as
without splitting himself in two, which there
| appeared no necessity for his doing. She
pinched them again, taking up his leg and
eyeing it thoughtfully while he clutched the
table with his hand and hoped around on
one leg to reset himself. She was not quite
confident they were not all cotton-those
clothing people do lie so-but she was not
quite sure. However, she could tell better at
the window, and drew him over there to the
imminent danger of tipping him over and
breaking his spine She rubbed them again,
and turned up the leg 50 as to see the other
side, and all the while her mind gathered
doubts and forebodings. If he had only
said he was going to buy pair of pants she
would have went with him herself and picked
them out. But tailors know that man can't





put off anything ON him. Then she abruptly
dropped his leg and went to the back door
and called Mrs. Mugent. Mrs. Mugent came
in, and being made acquainted with the par
ticulars, pinched Mr.. O'C!arence's leg her.
self, and asked him why he didn't buy the
cloth and have his pants made at home.
Mr. O'Clarence didn't like the bother, and
Mrs. O'Clarence explained that he always
would have his own way. Mrs. Mugent said
an uncle of Mr.. Mugent, who lived in Bridge
port, got pair OF all wool pants last April
for five dollars, and you (Mr. and Mrs. o.
Clarence) would have thought they cost ten
dollars if cent the cloth was just as fine
and firm as it could be. Mr.. Mugent would
sometimes get the impression that be must
have his pants ready made, but he always
got cheated. She was very positive there
was not particle of wool in these pants,
and if they were Mr.. Mugent's. she would
have them taken back. That is exactly what
Mrs. O'Clarence thought and in spite OF Mr.
OClarence's protestations, she took them back
and got another pair. The other pair was
little short in one leg, and pinched his
stomach, but there'was wool in them, Mrs.
Mugent said
Year: 1873

A correspondent thus alludes to the sor-
rows Of the great preacher of Brooklyn:


''Mr. Beecher last night wore the look OF
tired worker, and when he read, or prayed,
or spoke, there was pathos in his voice and
moisture in his eye that seemed to betoken
unwonted sadness. Yet his words were words
of hope and trust, measured to bring com
fort to the troubled nearer, and strength to
the soul of him that had weakness in long
struggles with doubt anc affiction. The
three verses of the fourth chapter OF the
epistle to the Hebrews formed the text of Mr..
Beecher's lecture. Toward the close Of the
with the emotion which he made no attempt
to conceal, and many of his hearers were
visibly affected"


A MILWAUKEE married man has promised
not to do so any more. He went home one
night suffering from an over dose of whisky,
and staggered into the fashionable street
where he lived, with more noise than was
becoming. His wife bore with him meekly,
until, in undressing for bed, he had divested
himself of all but single article of under
wear. She then took up good healthy
stick Of wood, and began to make motions
which the lord of the manor construed as
prelininaries of active hostilities He ran
and she after him-down stairs-out the
front door, into the street. She caught him
on the sidewalk, and holding by the f1uttering
af the aforesaid garment, padded him until
he promised to go into the house for the
present, and behave himself better for the
future. If he had not run out like the mis-
erable goose that he was, the neighbors for a
square all round would not have known any,
thing about the little family jar. AS it is lie
has made himself the butt of the nelghbor-
hood
Year: 1873

From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.


In the fabrication of the large
Hitchcock cannon, about to be man
utactured at the water-shops, it is
necessary that the iron should be
heated in a reverbera,ory furnace,
to avoid its contact with sulphur
and other impurities of coal. The
gun is to be formed of rings of
wrought iron or low steel, made
without YIELDS, the rings so formed
as to be united first in the centre,
that the supertluous cinder NAV be
squeezed out. The anvil which is
to receive the blow of the steam
hammer is to be seated on the pis,
ton Of hydrostatic press, SO as to
be low cred as each successive ring
is added to tire gun, during the pro-
cess OF forging. he furnace is to
be situated between the anvil and
steam hammer, and SO arranged
that the rings project into it from
below, and the hammer drops into
it from above. The ring to form
the muzzle of the gun is laid upon
the movable anvil and is projected
sufficiently into the furnace to allow
the flame to raise it to welding
heat. Meanwhile, in another part
of the furnace, the rings are heated
to welding pitch at the same time
by proportioning the heat by means
OF hampers to the relative bulk OF
the two parts. Without removing
the parts from an atmosphere in
which there is very little if any OK
ygen, they are laid together and in
sthntly welded by few strokes of
the steam hammer. The anvil is
lowered the thickness of the ring
Just welded on, and the same pro-
cess repeated until the entire gun is
forged. One advantage Mr.. Hitch.
cock has in his plan over all others
is, that he never over or underheats
the metal; the temperature being
regulated in either furnace by the
turn of the hand, SO that an even
temperature may be maintained for
hours if necessary, thus avoiding
oxidizing, as the welding surfaces
are not exposed to the atmosphere.
The plunger or ram is to be made
of cast iron, eighteen inches in di-
amcter when turned, and fourteen
feet long, with the head fitted to re-
ceive the anvil block. This plung-
er will weigh five tons. The anvil
block proper will consist Of solid
casting, weighing eight tons. Over
the top of the anvil block will be
placed several loose blocks, which
will weigh 5000 pounds. The rings
with which the gun is to be built up
are to be made at Pittsburgh, Pa,
and shipped to this city.
Year: 1873

be such thing as too much celeri-
ty; but she did not seem inclined to
carry on the conversation, and l
started for my office.


Right in front of me, on the slip
perry sidewalk, strobe two indepen-
dent Knights of St Crispin. They
were talking over their plans for
the future, and, as overlook them,
l heard one of them say: 81 have
only my two hands to depend upon;
but that is fortune enough for any
man who is not afraid to work. |
intend to paddle my own canoe-I
believe can make my way through
the world;" his feet slid out from
under him, and he came down in
the shape of a big V. told him
he could never make his way
through the world in that direction,
unless he came down harder, and
that if he did he would 60 through
among the "heathen Chinee," and lie
was really grateful for the interest
| manifested. He invited me to 20
to place where ice never forms on
the sidewalk.


Then l slid along behind loving
couple on their way to hear Madame
Anna Bishop. Their hands were
clasped together. Their hearts beat
as one. Said he: "My own, shall
think nothing Of hard work, it | can
make you happy. 1t Shall be my
only aim to surround you with com
fort; my sympathy shall Tighten
every sorrow, and through the path
Of life l will be your Stay your sup
port; your" he stopped. His
speech was too fowery for this eli
mate and as | passed them she was
trying to lift him up.


Two lawyers coming from the
court house next attracted my atten-
ton. ''Ah," said one, "Judgc Fos-
ter wonld rule tina, out. We must
concede the first two points. We
can afford to do it if the evidence
sustains US in the third; but on this
position we must take our firm stand


his time was up. lett him NOV
ing for "A new trial"


| mused. What a lesson that ice
teaches us. How easily is humani-
ty controlled by circumstances-and
the attraction Of gravitation. What
a sermon might be based-I got up
and took the middle Of the street to
prevent further accidents.
Year: 1873

Some one has written beautiful
to the boys in the following name
Hero is whole sermon in a fe
sentences: "Of all the love affaiI
in the world, none can surpass IT
true love Of a big boy for his mot
er. 1t is pure and noble, honorab
in the highest degree to both. Id
not mean merely a dutiful Affection
| mean a love which makes a be,
courteous and gallant to his mothe
saying to everybody plainly that /
is fairly in love with her. Next /.
the love Of her husband, nothing {
crowns a woman's life with hone
as this second love, this devotion ,
son to her. And l never y
knew a boy turn out bad who b
gan by falling in love with h
mother. Any man may fall in 10,
wltha fresh-faced girl, and the ma
who is gallant with the girl ms
cruelty neglect the worn and weal
wife. But the boy who is love
to his mother in her middle age
true knight, who will love hi
wife AS much in the sere-leaved a
tumn as he did in the daisied sprin.
time"
Year: 1873

The true sentiment Of the follow


ing lines, ring with the clearness of
4 silver bell, and tells an unvarnish-
ed tale which all should know. Let
the intelligent reader, as he or she
peruses the following, ponder upon
its true meaning and remember it..
These thoughts emanate from the
pure and fertile brain of Henry Ward
Beecher. Let the mind drink them
in and be wiser.


The world at large do not under
stand the mysteries of a newspaper;
and, as in a watch, the hands that
are seen are but passive instruments
Of the springs, which are never seen,
SO, in 4 newspaper, the most worthy
cause of its prosperity are often last
observed or known. We suspect
the benefits which the paper derives
from the enterprise, the vigilance,
and the watchful fidelity Of The pub
Usher? Who pause to think how
much of the pleasure of reading is
derived from the skill and care Of
the printer? We feel the blemishes
of printing, if they exist, but seldom
observe the eXcellences.


We eat u hearty dinner, but do
not think of the farmer that raises
the materials thereof, or the cook
that prepares them with infinite
pains and skill. But cook Of veg
etables, meat, pastry, and infinite
bonbons has paradisical Office in
comparison with IN editor! Before
him pass all the exchange newspa
perS. He is to know all their con
tents, to mark for other eyes the
matter that requires attention. His
scissors are to be alert, and clip
with incessant industry all the little
items that together form so large an
interest in the news department.
He passes in review each week
every State in the Union through
the newspaper lens. He looks
across the ocean and sees strange
IanIs, and following the sun, he
searches all around the world for
material. 1t will require but one
second for the reader to take in
what two hours search produced.
BY him are read. the manuscripts
that swarm the Office like fl es in
July. 1t is his frown that dooms
them. 1t is his hand that condenses
! hole page into line. 1t is his
discreet sternness that restricts sen
obituaries, that give poets
Il twis on which to sit and sing their
first lays.


And the power behind the throne,
in newspapers as in higher places,
is sometimes us important as the
throne itself. Correspondents oc
caslonal or regular, stand in awe at
the silent power which has the last
glance at an article, and may send
1t forth in glory or humility. And,
in short, as the body depends upon
a good digestion, so the health OF
newspaper depends upon the vigor-
GUS digestion which goes on by
means Of the editor.


Ought they not to be honored?
And since little fame attends them
they should at least have their crea-
tnre comforts multiplied. From that
dark and dismal den they are at last
translated.
Year: 1873

back had been worn by Judge B
before me. We were not able to
hire a servant. We had to serve
ourselves. 1t was study every
day how to get along on our small
it was study never to
be forgotten. l owe many of the
pleasures which have run through
my life to being willing to begin
where l had to begin, and to fight
poverty with love, and to overcome
it, and to learn how to live in SER
vice and helptulness, and in all the
thousand ingenuilies which love
sweetens. and makes more and more
delightful"


Is there another clergyman in the
country, Of any degree of promi.
ncnce, who would stand up in the
pulpit, before a fashionable audi
ence, and say that the very clothes
he once had on his back had been
worn by Judge B before him?
Is it any wonder that Mr.. Beecher
is beloved by the pcople?-N Y.
Ledger.