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Year: 1873

An Important Decision in n Cincinnati
Court-Claims Upon the Government
Set Aside In Reference to the New


Federal Building.


CINCINNATI, Nov. IL, 1878.


Judge p B. Swing, or the United States Court, has
made ruling In the Post ONCE condemnation suit
that completely "knocks the bottomn out OF the
hopes OF the pack of cormorants who have been
expecting to reap rich harvest by putting in long
claims for damages in case the government exer-
cses its right OF eminent domain and condemns the
property on Fifth street for the new government
buildings. Nearly week has been consumed in
taking testimony for the owner In fee Of one OF
the lots selected as q test and for the lessees or
the building on it. When all their testimony was
in the District Attorney moved the Court to ex-
clude all the testimony as to g0od will' and con-
sequential damages. day was consumed in ar
guments on this motion, which Judge swing de-
cided this evening. He said substantially that in
one sense 1t was hardship to take the peoples
property, but one OF the axioms OF the old constitu
ton OF OHIO was that the property OF the individual
was held subject to the public good; nevertheless
when taken for the public good just compcnsa-
said the government does not take that The good
Tepute aud character OF the business man followed
him; therefore all the testimony as to the good
Will" loss OF custom by failure TO ind another
by removals to less favorable localities. and the
value oil movable property, unless SO constituted
that removal would unfit II for use in another
place, would all be excluded from the minds OF the
Jury.


The court room was pretty well filed with the
parties interested in the case, and there was for
midabe array OF legal talent on thei side, but the
ruling OF Judge Swing produced an enect upon
ing," and the disappointed claimants went away
from the court room growing like ours.
Year: 1873

Lettle of Springfield, who, while in the
agony of death. sent for the sleeping car
conductor. told him his name, made his
will and signed it, and handed over his
watch and jewelry to be sent to his wife
and family, and then requested the con-
iuctor to leave him and help those to whom
help would be of avail. That man was
made in the heroic mold. He was horri-
oily scalded, boiled, and mutiIated, and ye;
he would not die until he had performed
his last duty like man. In this terrible
retrospect it is gratifying to contemplate
such instances as We have cited. 1t proves
olce more that. in the presence of these
great catastrophes, as high nobility o
character and as chivalrous degree o
purpose may be developed as the world
battle-feds have ever shown, or the page
of history have recorded.-Chicago Ir'
bune.
Year: 1873

A Kentucky paper tells story of nc.
gro, whose mule took fright and ran with
him, straight toward precipice at point
where there is q sheer descent of so feet.
The mule saw the danger and stopped sud-
denly At the very brink, but the shock
threw the negro over his head. He didn't
fall, however, for, just as he was going
over the mules head, he clutched at the
rein AMI held on to it, and, as the mule
sprang back at that instant, he was landed
in safety on the bank.
Year: 1873

The evil often produced by the inju-
dicious prescription of intoxicating
liquors for patients has recently been
forcibly illustrated in Springfield, Mass.
as the Republican of that city says :
"a man who three years ago was con-
firmed drunkard, owing to strong in
fuence which was brought to bear upon
him, abandoned his old habits, became
sober and Industrious man, and was
given the position of foor-walker and
general superintendent in one of the
largest dry goods houses in that city.
Three months ago he left to visit his
friends in Scotland, and (as he expressed
it) to show them what man he had
made of himself. So eloquently did
he urge the Temperance cause at his old
home in Scotland that his family aban-
doned the habit of placing wines on
the dining table. This gentleman
started few weeks ago to return to this
city, and was taken sick on the home
voyage. His physician prescribed some
kind of liquor, the taste brought back
the old appetite, and he has been beastly
drunk much of the time since. He is
now at home, but entirely unfit for
business, and his friends in their dc
spair talk of taking him to an inebriate
asylum.
Year: 1873

A young gentleman, by the name of
Foote, graduate of Yale, died recently
from the effects of over-exercise at row
ing while in College. Wilkie Collins
theory that excessive physical training
is destructive Of the vitality of the sys-
tenn has been - good deal derided by
critics who are at least as capable OF
Judging as the distinguished novelist.
The case here cited, however, is not the
first to prove that Mr. Collins theory is
scarcely so wide of the truth as his op-
ponents profess to believe. Healthy
development of mind or body would
naturally seem to depend upon giving
all the faculties and muscles regular
and moderate exercise, without over
working any. What constitutes "over-
working is the question, and that, we
fancy in most cases, must be settled by
the individual himself according to the
effects produced upon him.
Year: 1873

A prominent citizen of Detroit is the
father of two mischievous lads, aged
about twelve and six years. The boys
had embarked in some speculation OF
frolic, and to complete their arrange
ments an expenditure of about fifty
cents was necessary. They made APP
plication to pater .fdmiiias, in proper
form, but were not successful in raising
the requisite currency in that quarter.
They set their wits to work. The frac-
tional currency they must have, and to
raise it this novel expedient was hit up
on: A sack was procured and the street
anxiously watched for the "rag-man. "
In due time the accumulation of defunct
apparel made his appearance. The
younger hopeful was speedily disposed
in the sack, the mouth tied, and this
bundle of animated rags being duly
weighed was disposed of for the sum of
sixty cents. But here one of those ac-
cidents that always will happen at the
wrong time, marred .he whole clever
scheme of the lads. The bundle was
roughly pitched into the Junk dealers
wagon. In its fall it came in contact
with piece of Old iron. Suddenly
there was scramble, and squall
issued from the interior of the sack
A lively panic ensued. Tie elder lad
scampered off with his ill-gotten gain,
with the ragman in hot pursuit. The
money was recovered, the lad in the
sack issued forth whimpering about his
bruises, the man who so nearly escaped
being the victim drove off; the boys
retired, no doubt meditating on the
poets proverb: "The best laid
schemes of mice and men (and boys
gang aft aglee."
Year: 1873




II il we'll known that rubbing the
body with hogs fat has the effect of
reducing the temperature of the skin
in scarlet iever, 4 gentleman of our
acquaintance has used the fnt portion
of smoked ham with beneficial results,
and writes to the editor to disseminate
the fact for others benefit. a cele-
brated German physician recommends
TO incorporate one or two gramInes of
carbolic acid into one hundredgramm
of lard, and, with this, to rRh the
whole body, excepting TIE head, two or
three times day, according TO the
Intensity of Inflammation characteriz-
ing the case In hand. The effect of
this kind of Treatment is to produce a
pleasant feeling of GOODNESS, to keep
the skin softer, and after each appli-
cation the temperature of the skin
falls somewhat = The carbolic acid
operates to destroy the germs and
spores of the disease.
Year: 1873

The season for snew men to begin
their movements on the resources OF
Texas is upon us. Already they are
arriving in this city and are busying
themselves looking out for locations
and paying enterprises in which they
may engage. The advantages Of this
city are almost innumerable, and many
of the new men coming among us are
finding it difficult to decide just what
would prove the best paying enter
prise they might select We have ex-
cellcnt facilities for transportation and
an abundant demand for almost every
thing known to the catalogues of COM
merca or OF manufacture. Our old set
tiers cannot do too much to acquaint
the new conner with onr limiiless re-
sources and valuable advantages AS IA
city, and we trust that every one Will
recognize a personal duty in seeing
that every man who reaches Dallas
shall be acquainted with all its branches
of industry and of trade before
other places for locations are sought.
Year: 1873

ScoKEsBY and other arctic yoyagers
and whale hunters have obFerFed that
whales have some means OF comn0ni-
ing With one another at great distan-
oes. III Is probable that the animals
below In a tone too grave for the hui
man ear, hut quite within the range OF
the cetacean ear
Year: 1873

opens before us, the valley of San Ber-
nardinO county. In the eastern cor
ner of the valley, at the base Of the
lofty peak of the same name, lies the
town of San Bernardino, in verdant
basin filled with running streams and
spouting wells. If any fault is to be
found with San BernardinO, it is that
water is almost too abundant. On the
east bank of the river, twelve miles
below, is the colony of Riverside,
founded by Judge North.


Following the coast to San Diego We
pass through the valleys of San Juan
CapistranO, and San Luis Rey, con-
tanning in the aggregate some thou
sands of acres Of good land with the
all important advantage of plenty of
water for irrigation. There is also
plenty of good soil in the county Of
San Diego, but the rain fall is small,
and there are no facilities for irriga-
ton; until that want is supplied, the
country c.Ja never bt thickly settled.
1t is much to be regretted, that such q
fine harbOr should be surrounded by
country that is valueless for want of
water.


Outside of the lands have enumer-
ated, there is nothing in the southern
coast counties worthy of the name of
agricultural lands. Much of those 1
have described are unequaled, and all
of them are good; and I would advise
the intending purchaser to visit all the
described places before purchasing,
and during his Investigations, to keep
constantly before his mind this fact,
that there is no unprOductiUe land in
Southern California If it can be irri-
gated; and also to remember this ad-
vice, not to be persuaded into buying
land that is not naturally moist or
that can not be i,rigdted.-[Southern
California.
Year: 1873

honda it wants. 1t is even stated In well-In-
formed quarters that an exceedingly plausible
scheme is already matured for the issue Of
$5O.OOO 900 United States bonds IN the interest
of this enterprise, although 1t VIII DE done o.
tensibly "A a measure Of financial relief to the
money market. The friends OF the measure
are said to be already busy III the lobby. and
committees in both houses are IN course of
construction to carry 1t through.


Before this scheme goes any further. we
should like to remind Congress OIL a Few facts.
The Northern Pacific Road received q free
Gift of land valued at Sl5O,Voooo or fsOO,-
600 900, aud The Company was only required
to raise a share capital of $2.0OO,OOO. of which
not more than 10 per cent must be paid in.
Aa the estimated expense of the whole work
was only SSOOO0,00O, it is apparent that the
shareholders were not expected 10 contribute
ANYTHING to the cost. Ihe Govern
mcnt was to pay the whole, and give
the COMPANY handsome bonus for ac-
cepting the road as a free gift. This is
what il called in Washington aiding" in
the construction of great natiOhai work
The Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific
Roads Uhe two being cOnsolldateO have a
land GRANT of %, 500, 900 acres, upon which they
base a bonded debt of 32O,0OO,OO0, s4.0OO0OO
being thus far issued, and the total amount
of their paid-up capital is only S2oO,OoO. The
cost Of the road ought to be much less than
that of the Northern Pacific, and probably the
ayails of the land grant, if properly managed,
will cover it ALL One would think that laid
of this sort was liberal enough in all con-
science. hut the companies are not satisfied
They want the Government after giving them
enough to defray the whole expense OF con-
struction, to give them more still.


1t will occur to common sense business men
that if the roads cannot 90 on with the royal
assistance they have had already, the country
cannot he ready for them. If they are
needed. they will pay if they will pay, they
will attract private capital. 1t is idle TO pre-
tend that the Government has any pressing
need of them We have ample means OF
communication across the continent already
IN proyide for tho development OF q
vast unsettled country and for al
probable military exigencies. The new
roads will bring rich lands INTO the mar
ket. and open rich territories that are now
almost inaccessible; but the population OF the
West is not overcrowded, and we can wait
What we need now is to make better use OF
the lands already available, and to save what
we can of the public money In these times OF
extrayagance and dishonesty. The reasons
which existed ten years ago for our munificent
endowment of the Union Pacific Railroad
exist no longer
Year: 1873

Col. Thomas A. Scott in a conversation with
one of our correspondents, printed few days
ago, preferred not to say whether the Texas
and Pacific Railroad Company would go to
Congress for assistance this Winter; but he
had no hesitation in declaring that "the COM
"petion of the line to the Pacific, in view Of
ats great Importance to the Government and
"the people at large, cannot be long delayed"
and that it twill ultimately receive all the
financial aid that may be requisite to carry
ait through In fact it is hardly secret any
longer that the Northern and Southern Pacific
Roads are both going to make bold stroke
for financial aid at Washington, and that they
feel pretty certain of getting it. Something
like Col. Scott's remark about the great i'm
p0rtance of his road to the Government we
have heard before. 1t was the chief argu-
ment for the construction Of the first Pacific
Railroad by Government aid that the
country absolutely demanded it, and the
Administration needed it, if only as q military
safeguard. When the bonds of the Northern
Pacific Road came into the market, the adver-
tising columns of the newspapers were filled
with the most beautiful essays on the benef-
cent results which must follow from the open
ing of the forests and piercing of the noun
tain wilderness along the isothermal line
which this fortunate road pursues; and since
the Company has been in difficulties we have
been pelted with figures and arguments prov
ing beyond the shadow Of a peradventure
that the surest way for Congress to save


money will be to give several millions to the


Northern Pacific. We are waiting now for


the inevitable demonstrations that the Southern


Pacific Road also is as good rs savings bank;


that the country cannot do without 1t; and


that merely a. q matter Of economy the Gov
ernnent ought to give ii oil the caah and
Year: 1873

We have great reason to be proud of the
American Congress. The head or the heart Of
the citizen who can read the debates Of the
present session without feeling of patriotic
pride and exultation is not to be envied
Congress has been in session now three
weeks. 1t has not legislated much. to be
sure, but then witness the tone aud temper OF
the high discourse it has held. Could any
thing be more elevating or edifyingf Could
there be anything more improving to the
minds and morals of the youth of this highly
favored land than the impressive scenes
of these three weeks at the National
Capital Can literature furnish any
finer models of compact and vigorous
expression, history offer any such ex-
amples of forensic elOQuence, or all the ran
sacked annals Of time any such dramatiza-
ton of the politics of the period and epitome
of the spirit of the agef Read the debates of
the past few days. What fine vein of un-
selfish patriotism runs through them all How
the rounded periods of the great-souled orators
glow with the fervent heat of devoted, earn
est, self-denying lOyaltyI How profound tho
philosophy, how broad and comprehensive the
craftsmanship, how keen and convincing the
logic, how chaste and beautiful the rhetoric
with which these great men of their
time build up their arguments and adorn
their utterances |! The citizen of to-day
reads them with z pride; the student of
tho future will peruse them with wonder.
In inharmonious ncighborhoods. where the
conversation and the atmosphere have points
in common, and both are foul, these debates
flow like the unvexcd current OF sewer,
and at once the vocabulary ia cnlargedj be-
tween the bustling and beligerent street
corners rattles tho fire of Congressional dis
cussion, paucitv of speech is overhowed by
the torrent Of invective. and the slums expand
their system of exchanges with the imitation
Of their currency.


1t was only 80 long ago az Wednesday that
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts. loading states-
Year: 1873

energy in sone othor. way. religious OF poli1-
cal. not half 90 safe or useful and just ~
liable to vulgar corruptions. Men who laugh
at balls and sneer at tea-drinkings forget that
they are a safety-yalve. A mans whole daily
business, from the reading OF his newspaper
at breakfast to his club at night, ieads him
out of doors, out of himself. He does not
know how much of his salvation from dys-
pepsa, morbid gloom, i'll temper, and religious
doubt he owes to his walks through tho
streets, his endless greeting ofkacquaintances.
the incessant momentary friction against other
minds than his own. At the end Of the day
his tired brain and body can find no relief 80
welcome as a quiet chair in the cheerful fire.
side. Why should his women folks insist on
"gadding abouti" Simply because the whoIe
daily business of their lives (if they belong tn
the great majority of the middle class), from
the ordering of the breakfast in the morning
to the basket Of mending at night, shuts
them i'm doors, into themselves. A domestic
woman's intercourse is almost totally with
children, servants minds inferior to her own.
The more intellectual woman she IL, the
more stringent is this necessity: she does tha
headwork for the whole establishment OF in
competent servants; teaches her children, per-
haps; supplies what is lacking to every inefi.
cient member has no time to read. In short.
it is perpetual grinding of the mill, with no
grist going into the hopper. If Darby needs
his grange or farmers meeting, let Joan have
her bee or sewing society; if men who liyo
by headw0rk in the cities require their clubs.
their wives, who also grind their brains to
make their bread, must have their equivalent:
only in the name of sense and decency let
that not be vulgar parade and show. The
custom in Ase among fashionable women Of
setting apart certain evenings for receptions is
a sensible one, which should recommend itself
to people of moderate means. Let any woman
instead of giving two or three costly parties
in the Winter, from which the women are too
apt to 90 home tagged and the men t9sy, set
apart certain evenings in the month when her
friends know that she will be at home, her
parlors warmed and lighted, and that they
will be welcome to come and go at their Own
pleasure. The srefreshment should be Sec
ondaIy matter with both hostess and guest
the simpler it is the better. In this easy, in
expensive way the true ends of hospitality viii
be reached people of like tastes will gather
in certain houses the mental refreshments
needed will be given, and an end put to tho
system OF vain show which desecrates TOD
many homes
Year: 1873

HOSPITALITY IND THE HOLIDAYS.


With the beginning of the holidays next
week "the season" in the cities is supposed
to open formally; from Christmas to Ash
Wednesday, hospitality, its laws, and modes
and exigencies are the business of the fash
ionable world Among the wealthier classes
the late panic has not dimmed the display of
hospitality; the balls are as frequent and
splendid the dinners as recherche as in any
previous year; but with people of moderate
means the economy which is the order of the
day, whether necessary or not, shows itself
most noticeably in their quality as hosts.
Hospitality according to American customs is
a costly virtue or no virtue at all. We may
ask Brown to share our roast mutton IN a
family way; but Brown expects. and We know,
that the mutton and its surroundings must be
of O quality such as we would think it rash
extravaganza to make our family usage.
The same principle is carried out in inland
towns and the loneliest hamlet 1t was origin
ally, of course, only the beautiful idea OF
the duty of giving our best to our guest, but
it is that idea corrupted into vulgar and vain
display The same idea of trade in hospitality,
too, extends everywhere through our society.
Its so-called leaders are in debt certain in
vitations to balls the farmers wife "owes" a
tea-drinking to her neighbors; the one pays
her debts with the result in few years very
likely of bankrupt husbsnd; tho other
perspires and drudges for days before
hand over cake board and oven to ac-
quit herself of hers; in both instances
hospitality is neither virtue nor re-
freshment. bu. sheer vanity and vexation Of
spirit.


What arc we TO do thenf Lock our
doors and sit down In economical. idle soil
tudef As surely ~ the average American
woman loses this safety-valve Of visiting aud
being Waited, she will spend her pent-up
Year: 1873

had failed, no thought of nothing but getting
away in such manner as not to seem too
ridiculous. OF the fate of the unfortunate
nrince no had lured to his ruin, and Of those
moor people in France who had invested their
savings in the Mexican loan, he took no
thought or care. Yet when he engaged in
another war still more wicked and foolish, to
restore his fading popularity. his people sus-
tanned him with frenzied enthusiasm, and
Austria would have joined him but for the
veto interpOsed by Hungary.
Year: 1873

In addition to the interesting intelligence
from Santo Domingo, published exclusively in
THE TRIBUNE yesterday. we print on our
second page, to-day, statements showing the
causes which led to the late revolution The
tyranny and misrule of Baez have endured
longer than most people supposed possible ;
but the day of his political death seems to
have come at last.
Year: 1873

d. Advertising friends must bear with us. 1t
is impossible to find room to-day for all who
seek space on our last page, and we fear sew
eral others viii also find themselves crowded
ont
Year: 1873

All cats celebrated for sagacity now consigned
to back seats by most Intelligent creature in Pres


ton, Gonna cat with a passion for clans, and
without anybody to open them for her. First. sh,
stimulates the CLAIMS mouth with her tail he closes
it on the cats continuation she Immediately leaps
fence and thus the clam-she is broken Oh the top
rail- and the clam himself rewards puss for all the
suffering which she has suffered. We may say that
we believe this story nasnuch as it Is a matter Of
no great consequence whether believe 1T or not.
At fhe same time we must add that the mania for
geological anecdote is becoming somewhat alarming.
Year: 1873

We print on our third page this morning
communication from Mr.. Thurlow Weed. dis
cussing several matters of current interest.
The subjects to which Mr.. Weed refers are oil
great importance and his long experience ana
breadth of view add especial weight to MS
statements of opinion in regard to them. he
utters the voice of two generations, ana al
he says is sure of attentive and respectful
consideration.