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Year: 1873

To day there is q man going about
the streets Of this city, ragged, dirty
aud penniless, subsisting on free
lunches, and the charities of gam blers,
and has not slept in bed for months.


who, during the war, was one OF the


most dashing cavalry officers In the


Union army. and Was promoted from


the rank of First Lieutenant to full


Brigadier and Brevet Msjor-G General,
for brilliant exploits on the field of
battle, and who for long time had
large and important command.


He has been here for two months,
under an assumed name. being


ashamed to dim the brilliancy OF his


record In the service Of his country by


an exhibition Of his degradation under


his former name. He ia generally


very reticent, having little to do with
any one or talking but little, save


when engineering" for drink, at
which he is remarkably successful.


Night before last, while lying help
lessly drunk In the rear part Of Third
street saloon, some men thought to
play joke on him by stealing his
shirt, and proceeded to strip him.
Underneath his shirt. and suspended
by string around his neck, was .
small canvas bag, which the men
opened and found 1t to contain his
commission as Brevet Major-General,
two congratulatory letters, one from
Grant and one from President Lincoln,
a photograph Of little girl and curl
OF hair-a Chestnut shadow" that
doubtless one day crept over the brow
Of some loved one.


When these things were discovered,
even the half-drunken men who found
them felt respect for the mans for
mer greatness, and pity for his fallen
and quietly returned the
bag and contents to where they found
them, and replaced the 4leeper's
clothes upon him. Yesterday q News.
reporter tried to interview the man
and endeavor to learn something of
his life in the past few years. but he
declined to communicate anything.
He cried like child when told how
his right name and former position
were ascertained, and, with tears
frickling down his cheeks, said:
!" For Gods sake, sir, don't publish my
degradation, or my my name ut least,
Il you are determined to say some-
hing about it. 1t is enough that
know myself how low have become.
Will you promise tina: much? 1t will
10 no good, but will do my friends Q
great deal OF harm, as fortunately,
they think died in South America,
where I went ut the close Of the war"


Intempersnce aud the gaming table
he said. had wrought his ruin.- Kan
'ds City Neus.
Year: 1873




The city man who goes into the coun-
try to spend the summer must mako up
his mind to learn something OF the rou-
tine of rural life. A New York man
who is spending the hot weather season
with family on Pine street, was asked
BY the lady OF the house il he would
take hen off the nest, ms it wanted to
set, and she didn't want it to. Seer
tainly," said he, and Immediately start
ed out to the barn where the hens were
kept, to crush out the maternal pros
poets Of this particular ono. He went
straight to the nest to lift her of, and
reached out his hand for that purpose,
but Immediately drew it back again,
and tucked It up under the other arm,
and squeezed it little, whilO he drew
up his lips MS IL about to whistle some
thing. Then he stood there and stared
ut the hen. and she lifted up her head,
and stared back ut him, winking her
eyes with singular velocity. "Get of,
won't your" said he, after q pause.
She made no response. He drew out
his hand and looked ut red spot on
cne Of the knuckles, and then put the
knuckle in his mouth to cool II, looking
all the while at the hon, and wondering
how on earth she moved SO quickly.
Tho longer he eyed her, the less inclined
he felt to touch her, mud finally he
climbed up post TO beam which ran
over the nest, and working his way out
on IL till he got Just above the hen, took
off his hat and shook It at her, and ad-
yised her to get. But she only looked
up. lat him, one eye ut time, and cluck-
ed omniously. He told her II she
didn't leave he would come down there
and kick her through the barn, but i'm.
mediately gave up tho blood.thirsty
design when he reflected that It was n
dumb animal, and couldn't reason like
human being. Then he happened to
think OF his pants, which were white
linen, and rubbed his fingers on the
beam to find them full of black dust,
which led him 10 work his body around
to look at the pants, and while making
this very natural move, he suddenly
slipped, made o plunge to renew his
hold, shrieked for help, slipped again,
and then came down on top Of the hen
and the nest, smashing them both to
the floor, upsetting q barrel, and filling
tho mir with dust, feathers, hen noises,
and shrieks. When the family reached
the barn, the unfortunate man, looking
something like circus poster on legs,
had got on his feet, and was turning
around, and rubbing his head in IN ab.
stracted manner, and every timo he
turned, IN omelOtte on white linen base
came to view, while the hen stood up
in the furtheiest corner on ono leg, with
a look of mingled astonishment and
reproach on her countenance. After
five minutes Of Industrious application
with chip, tho gentleman was escort
ed into the house, where his head was
bathed with spirits, and his comfort
generally attended to.
Year: 1873

Your every day toilet is q part OF
your character. A girl who looks like
q "iury" or sloven in the morning, is
not to be trusted, however finely she may
look in the evening. No matter how
humble your room may be, there are
eight things 1t should contain, viz: a
mirror, washstand. soap, towel, comb,
hair, nail and tooth brushes. Those are
Just as essential as your breakfast, be.
fore which you should mako good aud
free use Of them. Parents who fail to
provide their children with such appli.
nnces, not only make great mistake,
but commit q sin Of omission. Look
tidy in the morning, and after the din.
ner work is over, improve your toilet.


Make II n rule Of your daily life to
"dress up" for tho afternoon. Your
dress may, or need not be, anything
better than calico but with q ribbon,
or flower, or some bit Of ornament, you
can have on air OF self respect and salts
faction, that invariably comes with be-
ing well dressed. .I
Year: 1873

The effectiveness OF Paris green in
destroying the cotton worm Is q subject
Of much discussion in the Southern
press. A letter from cotton factor
and planter in Montgomery, Ala, writes
TO n banking-house Of New York as
follows: W


nm Just in from my farm: The cot
ton is all safe up to this time still free
from worms where the Paris green was
applied. 1 am perfectly satisfied, and
so are oil who have properly used the
Paris green, that we can now completely
destroy the worms, and by It's universal
use for one season in the districts sub
ject to them entirely exterminate them.
This will be next to the discovery OF
the cotton gin in giving m impetus to
the extension OF cotton planting, and l
now think 1t is only aquestion OF prices
as to how much We can increase our
cotton crop. With no danger from
worm, we can make cotton proftably at
from 10 TO 70 cents per pound, and I
think that another year no one will fear
the worm. The only question is, can q
sufficient quantity OF Paris green be
obtained to go all over the crop south
Of latitude 80 degrees north ? II 50,
we can in one season exterminate the
worm. I do not think there is single
practical planter who has used it or
seen its effects, on proper application,
who is not perfectly satisfied that il Is
u complete success. I have only found
it necessary to make the application tho
second time upon those spots where it
was put on imperfectly or the applica-
tion was Immediately followed by ex-
cessive rains. This is also tho exact
experience OF oil OF whom have any
knowledge.
Year: 1873

William Stringer, keeper of the Queens
County Jail in the town OF North Hampstead, narrowly
escaped death Tuesday evening. While locking up
prisoners for the night he entered the cell where two
alleged horse thieves, Augustus Cook and oKeefe
confined when the latter dealt him heavy blow upon
the head and another the temple strnger caught
hold Of the door aud instantly locked IT, and with the
help Of his assistants prevented the prisoners from
escaping An examination OF the cells revealed the fact
that they had previously attempted to escape by tearing
up the floor OF the cell and digging tunnel under the
jail The weapon used upon the keeper two pound
stone taken from the excavation and wrapped In cloth
stringer IL seriously hurt.
Year: 1873

Fun AND AsrRoNoNY.--Dr. Trail, of
Philadelphia, has made very unpleasant
discovery. In about seven years, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will approach
nearer the earth than they have been in
eighteen hundred years, and the result will
be q pestlence. When Congress has the
manliness to make astronomy an indictable
offense, then We shall have relief from these
things, but not before. 1t was not long
while since that some one predicted that
the earth would be swamped with deluge,
and you couldn't borrow an umbrella or a
pair of rubbers from any one. The next
idiot said comet would strike and demol-
ish the earth in twinklng. Whereupon
many excellent people tied their beds and
carpets about their premises, and put cot
ton in their ears, and sat down on the cellar
bottom in dreadful expectation Of the shock.
Hardly had this alarm passed off when an
other astronomer came round telling people
that the Niagara Falls would be dry in less
than nineteen thousand years, and nothing
would do but that people should hurry right
out there for farewell look, and in less
than twenty-four hours there wasn't people
enough in Danbury to entertain japanese
hermit. And now here is Trail with four
planets and no vaccine matter. All the to-
bacco chewers are to be killed by these
planets, and young ladies who wear stays,
and men who bet on the wrong horse. Ii
we understand the old scoundrel correctly
the only people saved are those who drink
lemonade out of dipper and pl y copenha-
gen with their aunts.-DdHbury NeTs.
Year: 1873

That great portion of the gold is
thus lost in working our placers is prov
ed by tests that have been made Of the
muddy water running from quartz-mills,
after amalgamating plates, blankets, set
tiers, and every other modern appliance
had been used to save the four-gold.
1t will not probably be disputed that the
loss in sluicing is much greater than in
milling quartz, since the loss In either
case results from the extreme fineness
of the atoms of gold, causing them to
float suspended in water long time.
The following example will illustrate
the truth of the above statement re-
garding the loss of fine gold: A gentle
man engaged in mining at Grass Valley,
Nevada County, few days ago, took
up the muddy water running with the
tailings, three-fourths of a mile below
two quartz-mills working an aggregate
of fifty eight tons in twenty-four hours,
and made twelve tests of twenty gallons
each time The result showed an av-
erage of $llS in gold to each twenty
gallons, and ranging from sixty-three
cents up to 1912 for each twenty gal
Ions. 1t was estimated that $4,000
gallons of this muddy water flowed by
every twenty-four hours for the 25O
days in the year that the mills were run
ming. The annual loss in float gold
alone from only two mills, by this cal
culation, amounts to the very respect
able sum of $4,000, and the loss per
ton was 1886, or fully twenty per cent.
of the assay value of the ore crushed
by the mills. This loss is exclusive
of that in the tailings deposited in the
ravine where this muddy water flowed.
Similar tests of muddy water running
below the sluices of some of our promi-
nent hydraulic claims would undoubt-
edly show much larger percentage of
float gold, carried off by the powerful
current of water employed in washing.


An experiment made by the late DIR.
Smell, of Tuolumne County, shows how
very fine the particles of gold may be-
come by attrition, and how universally
they are diffused through the earth in
the mining region. He spread sheet
one day in his door-yard, in the town
of Sonora, and in this receptacle caught
the dust raised in the street by the pass
ing teams. On assaying it, he found
it to contain gold in proportion equal
to that of the pulp ordinarily obtained
| in the ouartz-mills Instances are well
known, also, where high assays have
been obtained from quartz rock that
would not yield ''color" when pulver-
lied and washed with a pan or horn,
the particles of gold being too minute
in their natural state to be visible to
the naked eye.-Orerland Monthly for
November.
Year: 1873

The recent break in the submarine
India cable between Kurrachee and
Gwadur was caused by whale. On
winding in the cable unusual resistance
was experienced, as if it were foul of
rocks; hut after persevering for some
time the body of an immense whale,
entangled in the cable, was brought to
the surface, when it was found to be
firmly secured by two and half turns
of the cable Immediately above the tail.
Sharks and other fish had partially eaten
the body, which was rapidly decompos-
ing, the jaw falling away on reaching
ing the surface. The tail, which meas
ured twelve feet across, was perfect,
and covered with barnacles at the ex-
tremities. Apparently, the whale was,
at the time of ENHANCEMENT, using the
cable to free itself from parasites such
as barnacles, which annoy them very
much, and the cable hanging in loop
over submarine precipice, he proba-
bly, with flip of his tail twisted it
around him, and thus came to an un-
timely end.
Year: 1873

SHERIDAN's REMINIscENCEs.- -Du-
ring his stay here General Sheridan
was conversing with few friends
touching his military experiences and
campaigns, when he said: ''There is
mighty sight of romance and a great
many interesting episodes connected
with the war that the historians never
got hold of. For instance, there has
been a great deal said about the battle
of Winchester, little affair in which l
had a hand. Well, it was a pretty
square fight; but do you know that bat
tie was fought on the strength of infor-
nation which | obtained from a young
lady in the town of Winchester, and if
the Rebels knew she was giving it to
me they would have hung her in a min
ute, was very anxious to get infor-
nation of the rebel strength and move
ments SO as to know just when and
where to strike them, but l did not
know how to get it. Finally heard of
a Union lady in Winchester who could
be relied on if l could get word to her.
Her name was Miss Wright. l think
she is in the Treasury Department at
Washington now. But the trouble was
to communicate with her. One day l
heard of an old colored man, living out


side of my lines, who had a pass to 90
into Winchester to sell vegetables.
sent for the old man, and on talking
with him, found him loyal, as the col
ored folks were, you know. Finding
he could keep secret, asked him if
he would undertake to find a lady in
Winchester. The old fellow said he
would. So l wrote a letter on thin
tissue paper, and rolled it up in tinfoil.
1t made a ball about as big as the end
of your thumb, and told the old man
to put it in his mouth and deliver it to
Miss Wright in Winchester. He went
off, and in about two days came back
with an answer rolled up in the same
piece of tin-foil. l found l had struck
a mighty good lead, and 1 followed it
carefully till 1 got all the information;
then got from all other sources, and 1
planned the battle of Winchester al
most entirely on what l got from her.
She was nice girl, and true as steel. :"
indianapolis journal.
Year: 1873

A new invention is the swimming
collar, thin, light India rubber tube,
which is placed around the neck, and
inflated by means of a small tube long
enough to reach the mouth. The collar
is enclosed in case of elastic cotton,
which sustains the outward pressure.
The collar weighs about two ounces,
but its buoyancy will raise persons
head above the water, and float him
safely.
Year: 1873

If mankind were all intellect they
would be continually changing, so that
one age would be entirely unlike an
other. The great conservative is the
heart, which remains the same in all
ages, so that commonplaces of thou
sand years standing are as effective as
ever.-Harthorne.
Year: 1873

A WRINKLE ABOUT THE AGE OF
HoRsEs.-A short time ago we met a
gentleman from Illinois who gave us
piece of information in regard to ascer-
tanning the age of horses after he or
she has passed the ninth year, which
was new tous, and will be, we are sure,
to most of our readers. 1t is this: At
ter the horse is nine years old, wrinkle
comes on the eyelid at the upper corner
of the lower lid, and every year there
after he has one well-defned wrinkle
for each year over nine. If, for in
stance, horse has three wrinkles he is
twelve, if he has four he is thirteen.
Add the number of wrinkles to nine
and you will get it. So says the gen.
tleman, and he is sure it will never fail.
AS good many people have horses
over nine it is easily tried. If true,
the horse dentist must give up his trade.
Field and Freside.
Year: 1873

CARPET-BAe STATE DEBTs.-It is
healthy sign that the press of the
North is beginning to recognize and
proclaim the fact that something
must be done about the huge debts
which have been saddled upon the
Southern States by the carpet-bsg
governments which were created and
sustained By the Federal authority as
it's chosen instruments Of reconstruc-
ton. The views of several leading
I journals on this subject, which we
reproduce elsewhere, are full Of in
terest for our people. The article
from the New York Times, on the
proposition that the General Govern
ment should help out the South by
shonldering her debts, is especially
noteworthy, and reads very much
like feeler." 1t is certainly a
new thing to hear the Times discuss
ing measures of mercy and modera-
ton towards the s:Southern rebels
in any other tone than that Of the
bitterest denunciation. In spite Of
the objections of the. Times, there is
an intrinsic equity in the proposed
scheme The great bulk -ofs.the car.
pet-bag debts were never authorized
by the Southern people, in. whose
name they were contracted. They
are debts for which no equivalent
consideration mas ever been received.
If paid at all, they ought to be aid
by the principal from whom the
agents who contracted them derived
thoir authority. That principal is
none otherthan "the best Govern
ment the world ever saw. Charles.
ton News. s''' s1el
Year: 1873

who forget that they. once were free


we must prove ourselves worthy ol


the liberty we pray FOR. IF our faith


in the Justice of our cause was SC
strong that we ventured life and all


that makes life desirable onthe dread
issue Of war, surely we should ever
strive to Justify ourselves in the eyes
of the world. Will history vindicate
us if we condemn ourselves? I? But II
we stand manfully by the great prin-
ciples for which we fought, if we
prove that we are. worthy of the
freedom for which we struck, we
shall not have fought in vain We
can no longer defend our faith with
our swords, but we can defend and
justify it by the great tribunal Of his
tory, and posterity will do us justice.
Many faint-hearted have fallen by
the way-side, apostatest to a cause of
which they were never worthy but
thank God, many are left who will
never bow the knee to Baal. Chief
among these faithful amongst the
faithless are the women Of the South.
Such women can never rear rene.
gades. AS long as they are spared
to instil into the hearts of our chill


dren the sublime lessons Of devoted
patriotism of which they are them
selves the brightest exemplars, we
need not despair Of the redemption
of our country. They were the real
martyrs of the war, as they are its
saddest victims. But by a merciful
dispensation Of Providence, nature
brings compensation for nearly every
sorrow, and this blessed law will give
to them many and rich mercies for
the griefs they have borne. The
tender care with which they soothed
the suferings Of the wounded andill
soldiers of their country is remem-
bered in many grateful heart. from
which daily prayers. ascend to the
throne of Grace, invoking for them
every blessing that merciful God
can bestow. And may we not hope
that even our dead, whose memory
is so sacredly guarded, and whose
dust is so reverently honored by these
noble women, look down with ap-
proving love on the pious work Of
their loving hands? The conscious
ness of duty nobly performed to the
living and to the dead will bring to
them peace, if not happiness. Many
of them, through all the borders Of
the desolate South, like Rachel,
weep lor their children, and refuse
to be comforted because they are not;
but let them remember the proud
words of a bereaved mother, who
even over the body OF her son could
exclaim Il would not give nv
dead son for any living son in Christ
endom." Nor Is the death of loved
ona who r,.-.n ~ re-
Year: 1873

THE ENGLIsd WASHER AND CHuRN.


Mr. english Is still in our city showing
the great superiority OF his washer aud
churn. Considerable success so far has al
tended his efforts In the sale OF the machines
and rights TO territory. But few thngs, II
any can be IN .ich more desirable to iamili, |.
than successful washing machine and q
perfect churn, aud from the opinions Of those
who have wstnessed his demonstrations we
can but believe they are great success, and
merit the confidence OF all. lie will take his
machines to any family that may so desire,
OF t ey may test them thoroughly by calling
to-day at the Arlington house, corner OF
Commercial avenue and seventh street. He
will remain only three days longer. We ad.
wise all interested to give them trial.


4.9-5t
Year: 1873




Yesterday Mrs. Whaien went 10 Police Head
quarters and told pitiaoc story OF now her
daughter had disappeared from home some time
Since and only few hours ago had she dis
covered her sojourning place. which was q COM
mon concert saloon at 0i Bowcry. One OF the
detectives was detailed to arrest the girl at the
request OF the mother. He went in company with
her'to the concert saloon named and the girl was
found, a small, delicate, pale looking GIRL aged
seventeen, aud very pretty. She was taken to
20 lice Headquarters, where she told her
story to the Captain. IL appears that she
went to moonlight picnic some few
weeks since and from that moment was leu astray
She was i'll from the exposure oi that night aud
then went to the hospital, where sac had remained
a fortnight Alter this she was taken charge oi by
a noted sport and hnally, on his leaving her, natu-
rally came to the concert saloon A. last resort.
When asked by the Captain would she return 10
her mother, she answered sne had gone TO the bad
and would remain there. IL is the mothers inteu-
ton to apply to Police Justice to nave her dauXh
ter sent 10 the House OF the Good shepherd In the
meantime the girl was locked up at Police Head
quarters all night.
Year: 1873

The regular monthly meeting OF the Kings County
Republican General Committee was held last even
ing at their headquarters, over thc Post ONCE.
The only business OF Importance transacted was
the consideration OF the best OF distributing
the patronage created by the new charter A
lengthy debate on the subject was had, resulting
In the appointment OF a committee Of three mem
bers from each Assembly district TO confer with
the Comptroller and Auditor, with instructions
that each ward and county town shall be repre-


septed IN the Qfnces provided BY the new chaEter'