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Year: 1873

1t is part of the general political demorali-
zation of the community that the authorities
should not only contemplate roguery with a
ETY. the fundamental distinction between hon
est men and rogues should be broken down
and disappear. If half the officers Of the law
are found to be dishonest, if Office proves to
be only standpoint from which to operate
against the public treasury, it can scarcely
happen that the atmosphere of political life
should continue pure or that those who may
not be actually thieves should be able to keep
themselves so far above their daily associates
as to regard them in the only way in which
honest men should regard dishonest ones
They who habitually treat as honest men those
perception of nice phases, and will. sooner or
later, treat all other rogues also on the same
terms, and thus the authorities will acquire
that easy indifference of demeanor, that toll
erance toward all violators Of law that is one
of the worst facts in our public life. In this
way the line is drawn, not between one man
and another-dividing honest from dishonest
but it is drawn at the threshold of the State
Prison or the Penitentiary. One must have
passed that line to feel himself cut off from
the ordinary political fellowship AS for the
offence, the political philosophy clearly is that
it is just as innocent to steal as not
to steal unless one is caught and
even then there is nothing to be greatly
regretted unless one is convicted and if
there is still hope for escape between convic-
ton and Incarceration, why, it is just as good
to be safe as to be guiltless /; for to the ordi-
in guiltlessness is immunity from the molesta-
ton of justice 1t is only when political
magnate really becomes an inmate of the
prison that his glory is gone in the eyes of his
former fellows There is not point OF our
political system that is not affected by this
looseness of thought on points that the people
outside of politics regard as corner stones in
the fabric of life. 1t is this that makes possible
all our public misdoings from greatest to
littlest-from the Louisiana usurpations OF
the National Executive and the Credit Mobi-
lier down to a common assault in the streets,
friend can buttonhole the proper authorities
And with this condition before us everywhere
what mockery it is for the public to be told
that the detectives are set to discover Genet |!
Who and what are the detectives? Are they
like the rest Of our public functionaries? Are
they also what is called "human?" Is not
the universal recognition of their character
such that no one can for a moment doubt but
Gencts escape, If caught by half the detec-
tives in succession, would be question Of
| what he had with him9
Year: 1873

TEE KEYSTONE STATE PAYING Up-Accord-
ing to the proclamation Of Governor Hart
ranft to that effect Pennsylvania has paid off
over million and half of her State debt
during the past year This is much better
than repudiation, which was the popular talk
in the same State not many years ago.
Year: 1873

Polar current condensing its vapor and caus-
ing barometric depression or storm vortex.
1t thus appears that the fog furnishes highly
important data from which to deduce and
forecast extensive atmospheric changes, espe-
cially the approach of the winter rain and
snow storm. The storm will, however, proba-
bly, pass away and entirely disappear to-day
and we may therefore congratulate ourselves
on the fine prospect of clear day for Christ
mas,
Year: 1873

The Repnblicans have nominsted
short terms. The people on the con-
trary do not long for him for the short
term, and have gone short on him for
the long term, and that is the long
and the short Of it.
Year: 1873

sA- The tide of immigration Is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
n new one Of DESMOND. They say there u no
comparison between the two.
Year: 1873

The Congressman of the South and West are to meet at St. Louis to discuss the question of canals. The railroad men, however, have got possession of this canal convention and propose to dine, wine, and excurt them out of all remembrance of the canal business. In order to ensure this result horde of fex-congressmen and east ern congressman have been invited in, and no doubt they will have, as they elegantly term it, ga high old time with the rest of the boys" In order to make everything seem lovely and natural, Messrs. Colfax, Patterson, and Ames should be of the party.
Year: 1873

The COarAns of Friday publishes list Of the scholars who passed the best ex- animation for admission to the Hartford High School The two highest are girls; n gA and boy stand equal in the third place; and the next highest is girl.
Year: 1873

From tho DanDury News.


One OF the most annoying complaints
in the range OF medical knowledge is a
cold in the head. But you would not
think so. No newspaper which pub
lishes intricate recipes for complicated
diseases tells, even in the most vague
way, how to cure cold in the head.
No volume on physiology comes to its
relief. No doctor in regular practice
prcterds to know anything about it. It
is the wandering Jew OF ailments. 1t
invades every household with impunity
and snaps its feverish finger in the very
face OF science. And medical science
promptly lodges, and is glad it can.
The man with cold in his head IS q
mourntul fabric to contemplate. He is
ostracised from company. lie is barred
out from the family circle. He loses
bis interest in everything but stove
and handkerchief, and were he called
upon TO give an expression it
would he found that his idea
OF heaven was a place where stove
loundries and cotton mills were
about equally divided. His eyes are
watery, his skin ia drawn tight to his
lesh, his nose is swollen, Of fiery
red, and sorer than strange dog.
What he mostly fears is the draft, but
in spite OF his most active eDdeavors
he il sure to get into it; and he is
hardly able to conceal his surprise at
the pressure OF business the family is
subjected to, which keeps the door open
about two-thirds Of the time, and es-
tabhshcs an almost uninterrupted cur
rent OF air about his legs. Screwed up
back OF the stove, with his nose like a
beacon shining above it, be patiently
holds his handkerchief to the blaze,
and finally slips into q mental calcu-
lation as 10 which will first lose it's
mosture-his cotton or his blood
There he sits all day, with handker.
chief as flag OF truce rendered by the
fire in bis head to the fire in the stove,
and at night he goes sCudding through
a cold hall, sneezing at every leap.
Long after every one else is asleep he
starts up with terrific sneeze, and finds
that his feet are sticking out below the
quilts, and that the handkerchief, which
he meant to have carefully located for
just this emergency, is nowhere TO be
found.
Year: 1873

pared to give definite opinion, seem inclined
to regard this as the principal seat OF the dis
ease The council determined, however. to
bring to bear every resource that modern
science furnishes. This will require a close
microscopic study of the brain, and to insure
success in this it will be necessary to allow it
time to harden. Formerly in diseases Of the
brain ''gross examination" rs it is termed,
was made, and if simple Inspection Of the
organ revealed no disease the examination
was no further pursued. The microscopic
methods, however, while they postpone the
verdict, make the determination OF much
much more value. After concluding their ex-
animation the several physicians divided their
investigations separately or conjointly as the
case might require.
Year: 1873

A despatch says that an attempt was made
lay at anchorage. The perpetrators were a
doctor and a few sailors who were discovered
in the attempt and arrested. The fire was
put out Immediately, without doing any other
damage than blackening a small place on the
deck. Happily this notorious craft is now
where she is probably safe from destruction
by the Cubans.
Year: 1873

We understand that the Inspectors of
the Maine State Prison have completed
their annual examination of the affairs OF
the institution, also taking account of stock,
and find a handsome balance in favor
of the State. notwithstanding loss by fire
in Nav and the decrease of the number of
convicts in the Prison. The sales have
been larger than last year and the profits
satisfactory The number of prisoners is
but 129-the smallest number for many
years.
Year: 1873

The above rates imply rstclss names Inferior
offered at points nearer the market


The gold market was not specially affected by the
cable report that the Bank of England lost El80OOO
bullion Withdrawn on Saturday, aud E2SOOO more to-
day. though United States bonds were dull and weak,
without any reaction at the close while consos inn
proved after the opening, and Erie was point
higher There is less talk of specie shipments than
at the close Of last week. aud do not hear OF any
engagements as yet for any Of the steamers of the
week, though of course there may be later on. The
Year: 1873

: For the last six years, says correspond
ent of the Prairie FdsDser, l have been
haltering my colts when about one week
old, anu when the mother is worked tho
colt is tied by her side. I find many ad-
vantages in beginning SO soon with them,
among which are: The colt is learned to
lead in very few manifestation more
than fifteen Being thus early handled,
they have no fear of being hurt when any
one comes near them. They learn to travel
onithe road wothout fear Of the vehicle be-
hind them or meeting others. There is no
danger of losing them or having them stop
'on the road to cause you to go back after
them. Two or three times going back af-
ter colt will break one to lead by the side
of the mother.


When SO trained they are ready to work
as soon as they are old enough. / have
ftwo now that were no trouble to break.
All that they had t., learn was, to pull.
They knew what was behind, and had DO
fear of being hurt, One harnessed with
out assistance, and drove seven miles and
back the first afternoon. Neither of these
eoltsha naturally the best of tempers, but
~they are nowavery pleasant team to drivein
any place, or to any kind of carriage Kind
ness in all cases is necessary in training Il
do not say 6redki,lg1 colts and firmness
is quite as necessary. In early training
young colt VIII Very soon learn that man
is his master, and that he will not be hurt
if he is quiet. The colt learns little at
time, too, aad learns that little we'll, and


he never fofgets IT, Ia beginning with
colts old enough to work, they are expect
ed to learn too much at once. A colt should
not be expected to learn all Ire is to know
at one time. any more than a. boy should
learn alT that is necessary for him to know
at one term of school. ETryD plan of
heading the colt when the mother is at
work next spring.
Year: 1873

REVIVAL OF RELIGION AT RANDOLPH Ma
CON CoLLEGE.--During an interesting revival
of religion now in progress at Randolph
Macon College forty students have made
profession OF conversion.
Year: 1873

"A colored man living on Macomb
street, having long admired colored
widow living in the next block above,
but being afraid to come out boldly
and reveal his passions, went to a
white man of his acquaintance, the
other day, and asked him to write the
lady letter asking her hand in mar
riage. The friend wrote, telling the
woman in a few brief lines that the
size of her feet was the talk of the
neighborbood, and asking her if she
couldn't pare them a little. The name
of the colored man was signed, and
he was to call on her Sunday night for
an answer. Yesterday the writer of
the letter met the negro limping along
the street, and asked him what the
widow said. The man showed him a
bloodshot eye, a scratched nose, a
lame leg, and spot on the scalp
where handful of wool had been
violently jerked out, and he answered
in solemn tones "She didn't say
muffin, an didn't stay dar morn a
minute !'-DetroH Free Press.
Year: 1873

Every woman will tell you that a
man can be led easier by putting an
arm around his neck than BY pulling
his hair, but we never knew till re-
Gently that the reason you can't lead a
COW behind wagon is because she
objects to having her horns pulled.
The otter day red-shirted emigrant
passed through here on his way to
Carroll County. His family and
house hold possessions were in a Gov
cred wagon, to the hind end of which
was fastened COW. Behind her with
sharp stick walked the emigrant,
giving her a smart welt occasionally
when she hung back. Every now
and then she would brace herself and
stop the team, and then in unclerical
language he would beseech her to GO
on, making each forcible period with
prod of the sharp stick. The poor
COW rolled her eyes and rolled hel
tongue. The poor emigrant, too, was
dusty and tired, but his voice and
stick didn't fail him. She had sud
denly halted the procession in front OF
the post office, and was shaking hel
head in reply to his earnest entreaties,
when man called out to Red Shirt
that he did not understand COWS
worth cent"


"Well, what are you going to dc
about it p asked Red Shirt.


"Why just take that rope off hel
horns, and put it around her neck, anc
she'll lead as quiet as lamb. lfsht
don't I'll follow her a mile myself


The rope was changed to her neck
and the team started. She gave look
of surprise and walked along. "Well
that beats ALL" said Red Shirt, an(
without word of thanks he mounted
his wagon. The procession moved
slowly on toward Carroll County, ant
the COW followed with countenance as
placid as if she were walking home at
milking time.-Ames (IopdO InteHi
gencer
Year: 1873

FALL CARE OF AsPARAGUs.-Much
OF the value ofasparagus beds depends
upon the care they receive in the fall
as a preparation for wintcring. As
early as the stalks begin to turn yel-
low, they should be cut, dried, and
placed in pile and burned. Too
much care connot be taken to prevent
the seed from falling upon the bed,
becoming covered with soil, and germ
mating in spring, as these young
plants render the roots too thick in
the bed, and being near the surface
will make but feeble growth, and be
of little if any value, but rather a de
trimcnt to the rest of the bed.


After the removal Of the stalks,
cover the bed with coat of good fine
manure, and fork it into the soil down
to the crown of the plants. Th-:
manure, acted upon by the fall rains,
will wash down among the roots, civ
ing them the food necessary for spring
growth, increasing the size and earli-
ness of the stalks.


Just before the setting in of winter,
cover the bed several inches thick
with coarse stable litter, to remain as
a protection from frost, and by its.de-
composition and washing down, add
to the fertility OF the soil. Plants
that have been set but one or two
years, and before they come to cutting
regularly, may be covered with a few
inches of good soil taken from the
sides of the bed. After they have at
tained a good size and the roots have
spread, this may be omitted, as dig
ging at the side of the bed would i'll
,jure the spreading roots. The winter
covering may be stirred early in spring
the coarser straw raked off and the
fine manure forked into the bed. This
treatment annually will ensure a gooc
supply of early, succulent and large
asparagus.
Year: 1873

"Not Of the least consequence, if a
guest breaks dish or spills gravies.
But if our own little child does the
same thing, they consider it matter
of great consequeuce-so great that
the child is rendered as miserable as
it can be, which is very miserable in
deed, when we consider our own
capacities for misery.


Talking with gentleman on this
theme a few evenings ago, he remark
ed: 81 thought my own childhood
must have been an exceptional one, in
point of unhappiness, until | grew up
and compared notes with others"


"But what IS the cause for such re
ports ?" we asked.


81 don't know fully" he replied 81
know n,y boy shall never pass such a
boyhood! | think perhaps puch OF
it grows out of the old theory that
children ought to owe everything to
parents, when, in truth, it's more the
reverse. Bringing souls into this
world is a fearful responsibility, and
all that parents can do for their chill
dren, it is their bounden duty to do.
The most they can do for them will
not even compensate for the inherit
ance of trouble and sorrow that is the
birth-light of every child born"


Oh, fathers and mothers We do
not plead for your salvation, although
we know full well that Heaven will
not be Heaven with Elult-fnders in it.
But for the sake of your sons and
daughters and those around you,
whose happiness should mean more
to you than the qualification of your
ill feelings, we beseech you to abjure
the spirit of ult-fuding-a spirit that
has nothing Of Christ, or of Love, Or
of Nobleness in it.
Year: 1873

There was rather an unusual inc
dent at the Steubenville race grounds
says Pittsburgh paper. 1t was IN
the pacing race for a purse Of $500
free to all. There were five entri s.
The winning horse was Copperbot.
tom. He took the first heat, and in
the second heat the sulky of Copper
bottom came into collision with an.
other, and was instantly overturned
The driver of Copperbottom was Of
course thrown out, and it was expect
ed that Copperbottom would run
away. Contrary to expectation, how
ever, the horse never broke once, anc
came in amid the widest of cheers
ahead, in as good style as If his driver
had been behind him. The enthusi
asm of the crowd was immense. They
cheered and cheered The self-possesseC
horse which had declined to &c
frightened, like most of its kind
when released from a drivers care.


The judges were at first going Il
give tho heat to the horse which cam,
in second, because Copperbottom cam'
in without driver. The crowd get
ting wind of the possible ruin.
against the gallant Coppcrbottom
gathered around the stand, while from
every hand went up cries of cooper
bottom Copperbottom y


The judges saw if they should Civ
the race to the second horse that tn
crowd were just in the mood 10 pul
the stand down about their ears
They then retired, and after consul
tatiop, ruled the heat o dead heat
They would have been obliged to Civ
the heat to Copperbottom, as he nev
er broke once, had II not been for tn
claim of foul put in by the driver Q
the sulky with which Copperbotton
collided.


As it was, II was one of the rar
events of the turf where q horse ha
lost its driver, but yet has kept it
place in the race as if nothing ha
happened.
Year: 1873

The Denver News OF late date
contains the following: "Ths Utes
were pippcd yesterday; that is, their
preparations for grand parade in
honor Of that scalp were ruthessly
broken in upon by Special Agent
Thompson, who blocked the game and
put stop to tho pandcmonium they
had inaugurated. Everything was in
readiness for grand pow-wow that
would have frightened all the horses
in town ou. of their wits and harness,
and sent sensitive women into hyster-
les for a week. The Indians who
read the NeWS had seen that parade
had been arranged for yesterday fore
noon, by Mr.. Thompson's permission,
and so from early candlelight till ten
o'clock the entire outfit were active
with the busy notes of preparation.
They got out their bags of paint, and
took off their rags of clothes and be-
smeared themselves with the former
until they looked more elegant of ap-
parel than ever they do with anything
of civilized construction. The bucks
were attired airily 10 suits a la mode
ochre, yellow and red, biased on the
flounces, headed with little daub OF
whitewash, and cut so low in the neck
that there was nothing left of the ori-
ginal garments. Some OF the lads
were gaudiIy clothed with simple
piece of twine tied negligee about the
loins, which gave them primitive
appearance. Altogether they were a
motley crew, so far as their apparel
went; but this, taken with their hea-
thenish noises and and singing and
beating of drums, was enough TO cast
dismay into even an Arapahoc camp.
They got into line about ten o'clock,
and sailed down towards town. Eve
ry buck that owned a gun or a revol-
yer had it along, anticipating a glori-
GUS time shooting off his powder in
the faces of the whites in town. When
they had arrived at the bridge they
were met by Agent Thompson and In.
terpreter Curtis, who told them they
would do more harm than good, and
that the best thing they could do
would be TO go right away home
The old squaw carrying the scalp
took the hint, and made counter
march, and the remainder of the rab-
bic slowly turned their horses tails
toward the town and went back Ia
their village somewhat disconsolate
The streets all around town were
thronged with fasteners and curious
sight-seers all the forenoon, who were
looking for the gentle savages, but
they were all doomed to disappoint-
ment."
Year: 1873

A new deadly weapon, called tho
Sand Club, is described as follows by
a reporter of the Herald in writing
up an account of murderer in Cali
fornia, in whose possession was found
one of the diabolical instruments af-
ter his arrest: The sand club was
originally made by filling an eel skin
with sand. This formed very plia-
Bile and deadly weapon. A blow could
be stuck with it which would easily
break bone without leaving tho
slightest mark on the skin. 1t is only
with few years that the sand club
has been in use or at least known to
the police authorities of the United
States. Attention was first called to.
tho curious weapon in New York
Several bodies of murdered men were
found at different times, the postmor-
TEN examinations of which showed
death by external violence, but no
marks could bo found on the outside
of the body. A burglar was finally
captured with sand club in his pos
session made ont Of an eel skin stuffed
with sand. Being closely questioned
he explained its use. When the vic
tim is struck, for instance, on the.
head, he drops inscnsible and soon
dies from congestion of the brain.
Oftentimes the skull suffers no injury
from the stroke, and if the person
struck RECEIVERS state of sensibility
he gradually relapses into condition
OF maudlin idiocy Sometimes man
struck in the body will be knocked
down by the peculiar force of the
blow and feel no immediate results
from it. In a few weeks, however,
the flesh will begin to mortify under
the line of the blow and rot down to
the bone. Heller, the celebrated pi-
anist, is supposed to have met his
death in Mexico from a stroke Of this
diabolical weapon.
Year: 1873

As long as capital punishment ID
the Law of the land and hanging the
mode Of accomplishing it, there is sat
isfaction in the thought that men are
to be found who, regarding it as a
scientific process, or an art, If you
will, are ready with advice to mako it
perfect. An English clergyman, Rev.
S Haughton, who is also Fellow of
Royal Society, has been publishing a
work on the "Principles of Animal
Mechanics" in which be does not dis
dain to devote portion of the space.
to this subject. He says that the
method in use is unworthy of tho
present state of science, and the long
drop, which causes instantaneous
death BY the fracture Of the vertebre,
is recommended, the length of the
drop TO be obtained by the following
rule /: Divide 2,240 by the weight OF
the "patient" in pounds, and the quo
tent will bo the required length in
feet. This rule is simply obtained by
supposing Gas was found to be actu-
ally the case in one instance) that
2,240 foot.pounds of shock is sufficient
to cause fracture in any case, no al
lowance being made for differences of
age, weight or sex; thus, by this rule
the lighter the criminal or "patient"
the longer must be his drop, and tho
longer the time Of his agony in the.
air. Besides an immense number of
measurements, of disscctions and ex-
periments on the bodies of animals, in
order to obtain data for his calcula-
tions, DIR. Haughton has made expe-
riment on the living subject, some
times Of somewhat amusing char
acter. But the above is the practical
result at which he has arrived, and
we would suggest that there is ample
means in this country for testing its
value