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Year: 1873

A Danbury young man who was
once clerk lately went on farm to
work. The first night in his new
position he was detailed to remove a
calf from the apartment Of its parent
to another shed, and while engaged,
as thousands have been before him,
in showing the contrary beast along,
the mother reached under the tails OF
his coat with her horns, and suddenly
lifted him up against the roof of the
building with force that threatened
to shatter every bone in his body.
The first thing he did on returning 10
earth was to rub himself; the next
thing was to throw up his place. He
said he didn't doubt that agriculture
was noble pursuit, and that the farm
er needed an assistant in the discharge
of his multifarious duties, but he
didn't believe he was designed for
making skylights in COW sheds.
Year: 1873

The worst shocked man we have
seen in some time was citizen who
had made the discovery, Friday, that
the neighbor from whom he had bor-
rowed paper for the past four years
had not paid for it. He learned the
facts from the agent of the publisher,
and he was grieved. He was also
indignant. He said to us, "To think
that | should have been so imposed
upon all my life. I tell you man
don't know whom to trust in these
times. The world is full of corruption
and deceit and deviltry-chock full of
it."
Year: 1873

PARTI
The pigeon lights on friendly roof.
North and south through the Russian cities;
And the tread of man, and tho steeds quick


hoof,


Spare the bird that the nation pities.
East or west if its bright wings bear it,
Shelter and food are its boon from all
No cruel hand from its nest may tear it.
No brutal touch on its form may fall


Happy the bird, in that land afar,


Under the sway of the stately Gar
In the storied country Of Eastern Kings,
Where the crescent floats o'er the calm


Bosphorus,


And the minaret's music at sunset rings
The ''call to prayer" in sad, sweet chorus,--
Far and near through the proud dominion,
They hold of all homes that home most blest,
That oftentest sees the birds white pinion
Flash in the sunshine above its nest


And the innocent life is as sacred 10 all,
As it was in Eden before the fall
Hundreds of years have como and gone,
Since, by the Doge Dandolos order,
The tale of that Eastern sceptre won,
Flew, with tho pigeons, across the border.
Yet Venice still links that departed glory
To the glory that hers in the present must be
And this is the sweetest and tenderost story
Told of the city beside the sea


For there, by the will of the Doge long dead,
The birds by thousands are daily fed
Changing masters has Venice seen.
And changing customs have swayed the city
But French or Austrian hearts have been
Responsive to long-descended pity.
When ''two" on the bell Of st. Marks is ring


ing,


Tho grain still falls from civic hand,
And there are the pigeons, cooling and singing,
Graceful guests Of graceful land:


Since this world was world of pain, ween'
Never fairer sight was seen!
Year: 1873

hotel, standing half way up the side
of d mountain in New Hampshire


In the parlor there one July even
ING, were four people-NIrs. St. Johr
and her daughter ELY, Miss Emily
May and Mr. Millburn. AS ELY st
John went to the piano, these two
last slipped out on the balcony, anC
stood listening as ELY sung:


Gould we forget, could we forget


Oh that Letho were running yet,


The past should fade like morning dream,


In single drop Of the holy stream.


All we know what you would say,


But We are too tired to hope OF pray


For hurt with ceasoless jar and fret.


Body and soul cannot forget.


"Can they forget, will they forget


When they shall reach the boundary set


When with the final panG and strain


They are parted never to meet again?


Ever to them shall rest be given,


senseess in earth or happy in Heaven?


That which has been it might be yet


If we could only learn to forget;


But the stars shall cease to rise and set


And fall from Heaven ere we forget


ELY sung with an intensity anC
pathos which borrowed none of its
force from within, or she was q good
natured, inconsequont sort ofgirl, whit
had never had a trouble in her life
The Gift Of musical expression is Otter
quite Independent of feeling Or ex
periencc. Elly's music hurt Emil,
cruelty, and stirred and reused the ole
sorrow which had but just begun t.
fall asleep for little. She had loyeC
deeply and fondly man who ha(
grown tired Of her and left her, be
cause he was greatly her inferior


Much as she suffered, | rejoiceC
when her engagement with Lewi
Leighton was broken. I had knowI
Lewis from his earliest childhood, anC
I had always disliked him as a self
fish, conceited png. The last | heart
of him, he had turned Catholic, ant
joined the Jesuits; and I only hope h'
GOT well snubbed during his novitiate
Had Miss May married him, her dis
appointment would have been un
speakably greater than it was. A
she leaned over the balcony while ELY
sung, and looked out into shadow:
and starlight, her heart was wrung a:
with the first anguish Of loss, the sick
ening sense Of her own blind infatua
ton. oh God" she said to herself
"when ,ciU the bitterness of this deatl
be past ?" Then she became conscious
that Mr.. liillburn was speaking to her
but he had more than half finished
what he had to say before she realized
that he was asking her to be his wife


He spoke at IL very unfortunate mo
ment lie and Emily had been very
good friends that summer They hac
wandered in the woods, ascendeC
Mount Washington, and been to Gler
Ellis together. She had liked him
but she had never dreamed Of him a.
a lover, and when he presented him
self in that light she was shocked, and
startled, and little provoked.


"Oh hush!' she said sharply. '1t
never can be-never!"


"Do you then dislike me so much ?
said Eyert Millburn, trying very hare
to speak quietly.


no. she said, making an effort tc
collect her thoughts. Il have likec
you-you have been good to me bu
all the love l had to give is dead ant
buried, and there is no resurrection"


He made no answer; but she fel
that she had hurt him.


Il am very sorry she faltered; g
never meant
Year: 1873

Force, by JACOB ABBOTT Harper n Broth
ers) volume OF the series entitled Science for
the Young explaining the latest theories the unity
OF force with the authors Characteristic lncidity
and power Of striking illustration. The slight story
which framework for the philosophy OF the
treatise, is adapted 10 engage the attention Of young
readers, while il will impede the progress Of
mature students who consult purely for the purpose OF
scientific Information.
Year: 1873

grow up bsforeit. Sympathize
with its euery variation. If he
laughs immoderately because
Tommy gave utterahce to a
piece Of wit, Of which you
yourself cannot see the point
laugh as hard as you can too.
Ifhe comes to you with a con-
fession of wrong-doing, do not
tell him, that being such a
naughty boy, you cannot love
him but that you do. love him
with all your heart, whatever
he does. Talk to him earnest
Ely and show him why and how
he has sinned and howto avoid
wrong-doing in the future. Ii
he throws his arms about your
neck, put yours about him in
return. Il .%ycug. ruffles are
Stumbled It is No great matter, q
few shillipgs will make them
as good as new; but the time
may come when you would give
all you possess for just such a
manifestation Of love, when
your boy has grown away from
you and you long in vain for
his affection and confidence.
Love is a tender plant, and re-
peated irOsts are sure to deaden
it.


Hearty sympaty, not severe
reproof, is the surest way to
stop a boy OF girl in his down
ward course. 1t is not a love
which is to be taken for grant
ed that a little child needs /;
it is a hearty sympathy in joy
or sorrow, in doing or
wrong; it is thorough putting
of ourselves in their places
which is to lead these little
ones to be good men and wom-
en-. God has placed in your
hands a sacred and very pre-
cious charge. Oh, beware how
you offend one of these little
ones. oa osol
Year: 1873

OPERATION OF HABEAS CORPUS wRTTS.


An application was made by Matthew Z.
Breen Judge Fancher, in Chambers, Of the Supreme
Court yesterday writ of habeas corpus for the dis
charge OF Mary Elizabeth Small from the St Baruabas
House The girl is the child Of Roman Catholic parents,
and alleged to have been placed in the nstitution,
which is branch Of the Protestant Episcopal City Mis-
sion, by a drunken mother. Mr. Breen stated that the
wife OF Patrick Small tho petitioner, habtual
drunkard and while in t Of intoxcation placed this


little girl in the st. Barnabas House, that her father had
since applied TO the managers Of that institution TO OBJ
tain possession Of the child but could not learn where
she was and that he had sued out this writ OF habeas
corpus and asked that she be given into his custody.


The return made by an officer OF the Institution as
Protestant Episcopal Clergyman who brought the child
into Court that they exercised control over her
that she was at service with Mrs Stevenson on
Egthaye where she had been sent by the sisters and
that she well taken OF. Mr. Breen then asked
tho address Of the family that he might serve writ
them. Judge Fancher said that should not be
pursued the child was probably In the best place she
could be- Mr. Breen asked will the father be permitted
TO his child Judge Fancher replied. yes but he
must not interfere with her. Counsel urged that there
desired bring up his child in the Catholic faith To
which she aud her family belonged He insisted that it
improper to have the religious principles usurp that
faith. Judge Fancher declined to hear the counsel
that question and dismissed the writ, the child being
taken away by the Clergyman. Mr.. Breen says he In
tends to apply for another writ to other Judge the
father being determined TO obtain his child.
Year: 1873

DECISIONS OF THE GENERAL IERM.
COST OF THE NEW COUNTY COURTHOUSE - A


REFEREES REPORT SET ASIDE.


The General Term of the Supreme Court
rendered decisions, yesterday, upon the cases lately
argued before ,that body Appended are some Of the
more noticeable


The Commissioners OF the County Courthouse
obtained advances from the Tenth National Bank Of
$4,000 during 1871, they having the power TO make
requstion the Controller for s5O0O under the laws
1871 their drafts TO be approved by the Board OF Ap
portioument. The Commissioners did draw upon and
obtain the Controller 100000, which they de-
posted in the bank, but the balance was
left unpaid. The Legislature of 1872 gave the
Controller power 10 issue bonds for the payment OF ad
yances made by banks in where appropriations
available The Tenth National Bank being uncer-
tain whether their claim should be paid out or the OLD
appropriation s50O under the act OF 1872 applied
for mandamus under the last act to Judge at Special
Term which was denied, and an appeal was taken TO
the General Term Yesterday q decision was rendered
by that Court affirming the decision OF the Court below
Judge Learned. who delivers the opinion OF the Court
holds that the requisttions Courthouse Commi
sioners do not appear been regularly made
der the act of 1871, to entlte the Bank TO ree
as against the Controller. The Bank, t is rumOred will
seek mandamus against the Board of Apportionnent


Suit was brought in the Supreme Court by Livermore
cover certain amount of money The case was sent TO


referee who, after some examination OF it, went to one
of the plaintiffs aud stated that the defendants were
willing accept certain sum ss compropise, saying
at the same tme that he would probably give Judgment
for much larger amount The plaintiffs refused to
compromise the and the result OF the referee
report favor Of the defendants for larger than
they had been willing TO compromise for. This report
Was Qsde at SPECIAL Term whereupon 1t taken To
the General Term which has affirmed tue judgment OF the
Court below Judge Davis, In giving the opinion OF the
Court says that although what the referee did might be
proper before both parties yet 1t placed HIM in false
position To make the suggestion privately and 1t were
better TO abstain from such a proceeding


motion made in the Supreme Court Chambers,
for the removal of the Receiver OF the Baltic Insurance
Company for not making dividend and renewing pol
cies. IL denied, and appeal was taken ~ the
General Term The latter Court has rendered decision
directing the Receiver call meeting Of the creditors,
aud render them statement Of the accounts and II
proper, declare q dividend Presiding Justice Ingra-
ham delivers the opinion OF the Court and directs that
the motion for the removal Of the receiver be renewed
If his instructions be not complied with.
Year: 1873

TxCRFNATIoS- The Rev Charles Vey-
sey, an eminent English clergyman, comes
out strongly in a letter to the London In
der in favor of the new plan. He pro-
poses that when death has ensued the BODY
should be chemically destroyed, and
then he says, it should Le placed in
some receptacle containing those powerful
agents known to chemical science, which
would simply annihilate the outward form.
and practically destroy it. There would
necessarily be some deposit. which one
might call ashes of the dead; and these
might be reverently gathered and placed
in beautiful urn or vase. to be disposed
Of according to the wishes of the survi-
vors. They might easily be deposited in
consecra.ed places. in inches in the walls
of churches. or in mortuary chapels de-
signed for their reception. This, too,
might be accompanied by religious SER
vice; so that the religious element is left
untou ched by my revolutionary proposal.
The advantage of all this to people of high
ly wrought feelings would be immense. !
can imagine the peaceful calm which would
steal over the mind when one could take
revercntly into ones hand the sacred urn
and say. This holds all that remains of
my beloved No horror of dark vaults
and damp graves, with their sccthing cor
ruption. No precious body being eat
en- rieccmeal by worms Of the earth, or
melting away in a loathsome stream
The form is changed; the substance real
ly remaining after chemical burning is not


in the least degree suggestive Of the past
or future. The body is thereby saved
from every dishonor, purified from every
decay. No words can describe the relief
which such a process would bring to many


an afflicted soul. Ga the ground Of health
to the community, it would be most salu-
tary. We little know, in England at least.


what mischief is brewing for US in our
seething cemeteries. They are getting
fuller and fuller, at the rate of know not


how many hundred corpses day, the lat
ter ones being nearer and nearer the sur
face. Many are within four feet Of the
turf, and that is not enough to prevent
the escape of the most foul and pestilen-
tial gases. I know of one old cemetery
which is now occupied By cooperage.


and which is constantly we, with stagnant
water. all round it typhus fever is per-
petually raging. The danger would no.
be so great if the bodies we're buried with
out a coffin. The earth would sooner dis
infec. them; but as it is. the mischief is
nurscd and multiplied a hundred fold by
the process of decay being delayed
Year: 1873

WEARING A NEw Boor.-The Danbury


Nescs says:


1, is little singular how well pair Of
boots can be made 10 is ut the store. Fod
may not be able TO &C, your foot only part
way down the leg at the 6rst trial. bus
,ha. is because your stocking is sweaty. or
you haven't started right. and the shoe:
maker suggests that you start again aud
stand up to it. and he throws in . little
powder from pcpper-bcS to aid you -
And so you stand up, aud pound dowa
your foot. and partly trip yourself up. and
your eyes stick out in an unpleasant man:
ner. aud every vein in your body appears
to be on the po!n. Of bursting. and all tlS
while that dealer stands around and eyes
the operation as intently as if the whoio
affair was perfectly new aud tovel TO hiui:
When your foot has finally struck bottom,
there is faint impression on your mind
that you have stepped into an open stove.
but he removes il BY solcmnly observing
that he never saw a boot tt quite as good
as that. You may suggest that your toe
presses too hard against the front. or that
some Of the bones in the side Of the foot
are too much smashed, but he says this is
always the way with a new boot. aud that
the trouble will entirely disappear in
n few days. then you take the Old pair
pair under your arm and start for home as
animated as a relic Of 1912. all the while
feeling that the world will not look bright
and happy to you again until you have
Drained that shoemaker You limp down
town the nex, day. and smile all the while
with your mouth. while your eyes look as
il you were walking over an oyster bed
barefoot. When no one is looking you
kick against pest or some other obstruc-
tion, and show 4 foudness for stopping
and resting against something that will
sustain your weight When you get homo
at night you 60 for those old boots with
an eacerncss that cannot be described.
and the remarks that you make upon
learning that your wife has disposed Of
them to a widow woman in the suburbs.
are calculated to Immediately depopulats
the earth OF women and shoemakers gen.
orally.
Year: 1873

GUARD YouR ExrExp,rurE.-Look most
to yocr spending. No matter wha, comes
in, il more goes ont. you will always be
poor. The art is not in making money.
but in keeping it: little expenses. like
mice in the barn when they are many.
make great waste. Hair BY hair. heads
turn gray; straw BIZ straw the thatch goes
OF the cottage; and drop BY drop the rain
comes in the chamber. 4 barrel is soon
empty If the tap leaks bu. drop min
ute. When you mean to save. begin With
your mouth; many thieves pass down the
red lane The ale jug is a great waste.
In all things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs further than the blank
cts will reach. or you will soon be cold.
In clothes. choose suitable and lasting
stuff. and no, tawdry fneries. To be
warm is the main thing; never mind the
looks. A fool may make money. but il
needs q wise man TO spend it. Remcm-
Der. it is easier to build two chimneys than
to keep one going. II you give all to back
and board. there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work hard
while you are young. and you will have
chance TO rest when you are old.
Year: 1873

@The unpleasant odor produced By
perspira;iOn is frequently the source Of
vexatiou to persons who are subject to it.
Nothing is simpler than to remove this
odor more efIectaally than by the applica-
ton Of such costly perfumes and ungents
as are in use. Ii is only necessary to pro-
cure some Of the compound spirits Of am
monia, and place about two tablespoons
full in basin Of water. Washing the face.
hands and arms with this. leaves the skin
as sweet and clean as one could wish. The
wash is perfectly harmless and very cheap.
Il is RECOMMENDED on the authority Of an
experienced physician.
Year: 1873

With q proper regard for the morals OF our
people, We advise them all to road their bibles
carefully, and some sermon on the enormity Of
profane swearing before they go to tho City
Collectors office to pay their taxes Unless thus
prepared beforehand, the footings Of tho several
items will be temptation oprofnnity which many
will be unablo to resist. OF the Justice or the
necessity OF the present taxes VIC have nothing
to soy hero. Tho rebates OF the last year. owing
to tho fire, and the injunctions heretofore sued
out to defeat tax collection, have forced our c'ty
officials to make an unusual levy tor the year
1872. Let uB bear it as best wo may, hoping for
lower rates in the futule, But it is to be hoped
the Courts and the proper officers will follow the
Law go closely that ali persons will have to walk
up to the Collectors office and settle. Let the
rich be made to pay like their honest and poorer
fellow-cisizens.
Year: 1873

4 prayer was offered in Washington, some
dnys ago, for tho moral improvement OF editors,
and now tho New York World suggests that no
better opportunity than this will be found for
testing the merits Of Professor TyndalFs pro
posed prayer-gauge. Tho details Of applying
this gauge are not suggested We
snnnoge that editors might DO permit
ted to rango themselves on the side OF
their choice. This would be tho most interesting
portion Of the experiment. What proportion OF
editors would rango themselves on tho side to
be prayed for, and what proportion on the side
to do without prayer; and whether tho former
would acknowledge themselves {al1iblo and
wicked, and tho latter thereby confess that they
are past praying for, would be rs important af
the final results Of tho test.
Year: 1873

A young man entered the bar room of
village tavern, and called for drink
"No," said the landlord, "you have too
much already. You have had delirium
tremens once, and l cannot sell you any
more" He stepped aside to make room
for couple of young men who had just
entered, and the landlord waited upon
them very politely. The otlnr had stood
by sullen and silent, aud when they had
finished he walked up to the landlord and
thus addressed him: "Six years ago, at
their age, | stood where those young men
now are. | was a man with fair pros
poets. Now, at the age of %, | am a
wreck-body and mind. You led me to
drink. In this room formed the habit
that has been my ruin. Now sell me a
few glasses more, and your work will be
done. | shall soon be out of the way
there is no hope for me. But they can
be saved they may be men again. Do
not sell it to them. Sell it to me, aud let
me die, and the world will be rid of me.
For Heavens sake sell no more to them /"
The landlord listened, pale aud trembling.
Setting down his decanter, he exclaimed,
"God helping ME, that is the last drop
will ever sell to any one" And he kept
his word.
Year: 1873

The saloon keepers of Chicago seem to
De lively set of ignoramuses. Not liking
the new liquor law, whick compels them
TO shut their places on Sunday, they have
attempted to browbeat the Legislature
into repeal of the measure by openly
violating it, As already announced, they
tried this few weeks ago, and afterward
thought better of it, and rescioded their
resolution of defiance Now thew appear
to have lost their heads again, for on Fri
day night they again passed the original
resolution. When one of the law breakers
was brought before the Court he demand
ed jury trial. This request was granted
an entire jury was impaneled from the
clerks of large dry goods house, and a
verdict of guilty was rendered. This 50
enraged the offenders that they met again
and called upon all Germans to refuse to
trade with the employers of the clerks
by these unlawful and uncalled for acts
the saloon keepers have lost what friends
they had among decent people and have
reused the Indignation of the whole city
to such pitch that all hope of repeal
OF the law is abandoned
Year: 1873

Those who profess to know what they
are ciphering about confidently state that
there are now in Louisiana one million OF
acres less under cultivation than there
were in 1860. This is progressing back
ward at an alarming rate, for it inficts on
the Pelican Commonwealth a loss of
100000, 900 per annum. A wanton
waste Of wealth such as this is the bess
possible commentary on the foEly of the
bitter political struggles that have so long
distracted Louisiana.
Year: 1873

1t is an erroneous impression, which
prevails to great extent, that farmers
have right to shoot or injure dogs or
other stock which may trespass on their
property. The law will not uphold man
in shooting the dog or fowls of his neigh.
Dor, simply because they are trespassing
on his land, or, in other words. no one is
allowed to take the execution of the law
into his own hands. His legal remedy is
in a claim for damages against the owner
Of the offending stock.