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Year: 1873

GENERAL EAnLY's ADDREss.-General
Early's memorial address of General Lee, q
notice of which will be found in car adyer-
tising columns, will probably be one of the
richest treats of the kind that has ever been
delivered in Richmond. General Early was
perhaps more intimately associated with
the grand old Army of Northern Virginia
and its great commander during the whole
war thau any other general officer now liy-
ing, and his personal knowledge and recol-
lection of both, and OF the INSIDE history of
the war on both sides that few of us know
anything about, given in his peculiar and in
tcresting STYLE, will be in the highest degree
entertaining and instructive; and all who
can should 60 to bear him, and at, the same
time contribute to good and noble cause.
Year: 1873

fines imposed on living soldiers and the un-
claimed pay OF those deceased, amounting to
about 100000 year or more, and affordlne
a charming home for 3 few veterans and a
favored lot Of officers. All the aforesaid y
retreats Cor talent and rcspectabitity furnish


UNITED STRENGTH


which no congressman can resist, and the
million and q half of money which Is voted
them is accepted as paltry offering to
science. which brave men and fair women
acknowledge hy dispensing delightful hospi-
tality. Occasionally AgassiZ or some other
notable comes to aid by his presence, and on
the whole this scientific wheel is feature OF
the Government machine.
Year: 1873

/ A CHILD BURNED 70 DElTH.--On Saturday
afternoon about O'Clock negro woman
named Margaret Jones, who resides in the
old building at the corner Of franklin street
and Locust aliey,went out of her room,
leaving her son Richard, q two-year old boy,
to take care of himself until her return. She


was absent about half an hour, and on her
return found the child lying on his back in
the middle of the floor burned to crisp


Coroner Taylor was notified and viewed the
body, but deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Persons living In the same house stated that
they heard no unusual noise in the room,
and that the door had been left unlocked by


the mother of the child when she went out.
Year: 1873

TAKING PICTURES IN CLOUDY AND RAINY
most of our stores were doing
literally nothing on Saturday, REEs Co., from all
appearances, were doing rushing business. Taking
advantage Of the dull day brought little
to have their pictures taken, and had to wait some
two hours for turn This illustrates the fact that
good work and reasonable prices Is tho secret of
cess. We wish them well, and recommend our
patrons to their gallery Main near Ninth street.
There, we can say truly, you will get good photo
rraph
Year: 1873

had done and asking him to break the
news as gently as possible to his mother,
before she could lear of it in another way
He then proceeded to the Thirteenth
Street Police Station, and, walking up to
the desk, stated to Sergeant Mullen, who
was in charge that he had shot his father,
who was then lying dead in the Sturtevant
House, at the same time handing over his
revolver, which proved to be one of Colts
five-barreled The Sergeant examined the
chambers of the revolver and found that
four of them had recently been emptied of
their contents. He then asked the young
man why he committed the murder, and
the answer was Family troubles" He
was then taken back and locked up in one
of the cells, after which the Sergeant went
down to the Sturtevant House to ascertain
the truth or falsity of the statement made
by the prisoner The hotel clerk told him
that it was true, and showed him to the
room where the body of senior Walworth
had been found lying on the floor with
pool of blood about his head. Coroner
Young soon arrived and made an eXamina-
ton of the body and wounds. There were
four bullet-wounds-a wound in the left
side and one in the right side of the chest;
another in the left arm, and yet another in
buC Il2uU plUC VI bllC ldCC uCdI tllC Cdl Z.
There are marks of powder near this, so
that the weapon must have been close to
the flesh when it was discharged. The
moval of the body, which was subsequently
taken to the undertaker's at No. 60 Car
mine street DR.. Marsh will make post
mortem examination of the body at the
above place tomorrow morning, and the
inc will no ho1S ho 1ottar of thic
week.


The prisoner will remain at the station
house until after the inquest, and should
a verdict be rendered against him, he will
be sent to the Tombs He is but nineteen
years of age, and treats the affair very
lightly. He expresses no regret for the
murder, except in so far as the terrible
distress it will occasion his mother and
family. DR.. Marsh did not find any pistol
in the pockets of the deceased, but found
breast pocket.


The Tribune furnishes the following:
Mrs. Walworth, little more than three
years ago, inS tituted proceedings for di-
vorce and eventually obtained bill OF
separation on the ground of cruel treat
ment on the part of her husband. She
received the sympathy and support OF the
relatives of herself and husband and all
friends who were conversant with the facts
in the case. Since her separation from
him Walworth has annoyed her in various
ways, principally by writing her abusive
letters and occasionally threatening her
life. He has also reflected upon her char
acter, it is said, in an indirect way, in one
Of his works of fiction.


Mrs. Walworth is the daughter of Gen
eral Hardin, of Illinois, military man of
prominence in the Mexican war, he hav-
ing especially distinguished himself at
Buena Vista.


Frank Walworth, on commitment
made out by the Coroner, has been re-
moved to the Tombs.
Year: 1873

A SECOND SAM PATcH.-About two
o'clock Sunday afternoon a man named
George Watson, carpenter, was strolling
around the Passaic Falls half drunk, when
he suddenly took it into his head to outdo
Sam Patch's famous leap from the Falls.
So he deliberately climbed up on the iron
bridge which crosses the chasm, and be-
fore any one could prevent had jumped off
the dizzy height, and sped through dis
tance of fully eighty feet to the boiling
flood below A number of persons saw
the fearful leap and hurried to the spot,
expecting to see dead body floating on
the water, but to their astonishment Wat
son came up safely but soberly, and hastily
clambered upon the large square rock be-
low the bridge, where he sat covering and
shivering with alright at his foolhardi-
ness. He was too much unstrung to swim
across the basin to dry land. and so had to
try to Chamber up through the narrow crew
ice near by. A large crowd soon gathered,
with every appliance to extricate him
from his precarious situation. Watson
was completely exhausted when drawn
out by his friends.-Paters0n (N. J) Guar
diam.
Year: 1873

SOME time ago DR.. Mary E. Walker
made application for pension on ac-
count of disability incurred while per
forming duty as contract surgeon with
the Union forces in the Southwest during
the rebellion The disability of which
she complained was weakness of the eyes.
The case was investigated by the Commits
sioner of Pensions, who came to the con-
clusion that the disability was not con-
tracted while she was contract surgeon
in the army, and therefore rejected her
application.
Year: 1873

Remarkable instances of canine sa-
gacity'' are generally too much for us,
but here is one related by an Eastern
newspaper (which must, therefore, be
true), and which has the appearance OF
probability. "The other day." so begins
the newspaper, "a gentleman transacting
business in this village, left his horse at
tached to chaise tied under shed. Re
naming with the horse was coach-dog,
who took advantage of his masters ab-
sence to enjoy hasty nap in the vehicle


In the meantime, the horse somehow
broke away from his fastening, and started
off at a furious gallop. This awakened
the dog, who at once realizing the state OF
affairs, attempted to seize the reins with
his teeth, but was unable to do so owing
to their being covered by an overcoat


Fortunately, however, the reins fell from
the carriage on to the ground, when the
dog, with singular presence of mind,
leaped nimbly after them, caught them in
his mouth, reined the horse to stand
still, and held the reins firmly until he de-
livered them, with a graceful wag of the
tail, to stranger, whom, under ordinary
circumstances, he would not have al
lowed to approach his masters property"
Year: 1873

On the examination of samples Of green
tea, stored in bonded warehouses in Lon
don, it was found that this so-called tea
contained from forty to forty three per cent.
of iron and nineteen per cent. of silica, in
the form of fine sand. The above SUBJ
stances had been mixed with the leaves,
with a view to increase their weight and
bulk After the leaves were curled, they
became thickly covered with green pig
ment, and when infused in boiling water
a turbid solution was produced, offensive
to the smell and nauseous to the taste.
Year: 1873

THE murderer Lusignani, lately hung
in New Jersey, had some native wit, if he
did part his hair in the middle. Just be-
fore he was led out to execution, one OF
the priests said: 81 would willingly be in
your place; you will be in heaven SOON"
s'Weli, take my place" said the prisoner,
"I will get under the bed"
Year: 1873

they showed evident signs Of their
great sufFerings, but during the nine
days they have been on board they
have improved vastly and are now In
fair health. The party 10 in charge
OF tho United Statss Consul and will
arrive in ST. Johus on Monday next
Year: 1873

Her bow was somewhat damaged,
and it is the opinion Of the survivors
they will be unable TO get clear until
July, and even then, if the ship is un-
scawortby, they should have TO make
new boats to effect an escape.
Year: 1873

HEmESRElcH Il Bro. butchers of
this City. had weighed Oh the city scales
last week, hog weighing 945 pounds.


That hog set his mark high, and if he
had not been cut of in the prime Of
youth would have made large amount
OF sausage meat. He leaves a large fam
.ily of thrifty children TO mourn his loss.
Nincennes Sun.
Year: 1873

Always attend to cb sclliug YOUR
sell. Ifyou feel like sw caring At the
baggagc-master, check .'oursor If
you havn't q trunk fun of clean
clothes to check, you at feast should
be adequate to a check shirt.


When YOU vacate your scat for q
moment, leave plug hat in the seat.
Some one viii come along AMI sit
Oh it, thereby preventing your hat
from being stolen.


Passengers cannot lay over for
another train without mating ar
rangemcnts with the conductor. If
man has bccn on train" for
week or so, no conductor should
allow him to lay over for another on
any account.


Ladies' without escort in travelling
should be very particular with whom
they become acquainted. They
needn't be so particular with those
with whom they are acquainted.


Keep your head and arms inside the
car windows, if you would keep your
head and carry arms"


Never talk on politics ; it encourages
somo "nimshi" to take vote of the
passengers.


No gentleman viii occupy moro
than one scat at a time unless he be
twins.


a gentleman should not spit tohac-
co iuice in the cars where there are
ladies. He can let drive out of the
car window while the tram is at a
station, if the platform is crowded.


Always show your ticket whenever
the conductor asks for it. If you get
out of humor about it, don't show it..


Never smoke in car where there
nrc ladies. Get the conductor to turn
the ladies out before lighting your
cigar.


Never use profnne language In the
car. Go out on the platform. Pro-
family is never thrown away on q
brakeman.


Ifvou cannot sleep yourself do not
disturb the sleopers.'


Look out for piclpockete. Pick
pockets nre never in the car, you
know, "a you have to look out for
them.


Provide yourself with sleeping
borths before starting. No careful
man will start ont on journey with
out good supply of sleeping berths.
| m. B.-Thosc put up in fat bottles
are the best, as they are easily carried
i'll the pocket.l


ALWAYS be ut the railroad station IN
good timo TO take the train. Better
be au hour too carly than a minute
too late, unless you are on your way
TO be hanged.-FGt Contributors Sat
Urddy Night.
Year: 1873

On Saturday last a number of
men were engaged a. rafting on North
Fork, among the number Samuel
Hines, of Rjchardsvile. He and his
crew had brought down raft during
the forenoon, and while returning to
the big dam for another, MIR, Hines
stopped by the way, his companions
expecting him to follow aud met
them at the dam. He did not come
in due time, and becoming alarmed at
his delay, search was made for him,
but without success until night had
set in, When he was discovered in Il
seclude place lying in an insensb lie
condition, with several bruises on his
head. The cause of his injuries is yet
Il msytery. The general opinion Is
that ne was foullv dealt with, struck
on the head with some bludgeon that
inflicted painful wound and caused
iusensibility. Another conjecture is
that he tainted fell upon some rocks
near where he lay, receiving the
wounds from his fall BrookViHe Re
publican,


a gentleman from New Haven, Ct,
lately exhibited some sweet little games
for children. One Of them called the
Ely Deal" is done in this way
Take a sheet of writing paper, cover
it on one side with gum mucilage
then catch fly turn the fly on the
paIIer, and then catch another fly and
do likewise put the Aies close to-
geather heads all one way; keep on
doing this ill you get the sheet full !;
then turn the paper over, and you'll
swear that paper is alive. 1t will run
all round the room. When Won tire
of this sport, turn the paper over and
admire the movements of the flies legs
1t will be a perfect fac-simile of grass
swayed by Il zephyr. This will be
cheaper than taking the children to
the country to see 1t.


A sportsman was seated with his
servant on bank, cousoing himself
under the fatigue and disapuintment
of unsuccessful pursuit. "Well, Pa" "
said he, This is expensive work. I've
been calculating that every one of
these birds has cost me above fifty
pounds" Faith, your honor said
Pat, throwing a dash Of humor into
the sympathizing simplicity OF his re-
ply. Pm sorry for that; but it's
| lucky there's no more of them
Year: 1873

The Third Assistant Postmaster General, at
Washington, received letter on Wednesday.
which he was obliged to spend good deal Of
his precious official time in reading. 1t was from
& lady in Western New York. and there were
four pages Of the letter. with two pages of post
script. This lady had grievance the full pa.-
ticulars of which she related at some length, but
which we must more briefly describe She stated
that some time since she began making prepar-
ations for a grand invitation picnic, parentheti-
cally remarking that her pic-nics are always a
great success, and that having arranged prem-
inaries, such as hiring the grounds, music etc
she sent out several hundred invitations to ladies
and gentlemen in the town where she resides
The day for the picnic rolled around, and to her
great amazement and chagrin, none of the in
uted guests put in an appearance. The i've in
the lemonade melted, the ice-cream softened !;
the butter In the sandwiches oozed out along
the edges every preparation, 80 careful made,
became dilapidated. Nobody came to the pic
mic.


1t needs not to be said-except to preserve
the continuity OF the story-that this lady of
Western New York was now very indignant. She
felt that when she invited large number OF
persons 10 picnic, and every one of them
stayed away, that she was not being treated with
that courtesy which is common among the most
enlightened nations in modern times She there
fore sought an explanation from some Of the
persons to whom she had addressed invitations,
and was astonished to learn that they had never
received her rose-tinted mssives. Very much
puzzled and very much provoked, she wended
her way to the post office in the town and there
learned to her disgust that the postmaster had
forwarded every one of her invitations to the
dead letter otdce in Washington because the
postage had not been fully paid by her. 1t
seems that every invitation bore one instead
OF two cent stamp as required by law.


This explains the reason why the lady from
Western New York wrote to the Third Assistant
Postmaster General, though it does not explain
why we have yet had no telegraphic advices of
serious accident to Postmaster in that Sec
tion Of the country.
Year: 1873

The New Party movement in Ohio is already
plain failure. Republicans, with few e1cep-
tlons, prefer their own organization, believing
that it can best serve the country and the sever
Al elements of opposition have no bond Of sym
pathy by which they can be united All Their
efforts at fusion are futile, and each new at
tempt like the "Allen County Movement, +" only
shows in its own weakness, the lack of strength
in all similar undertakings. From present in
dications, the Republican organization needs
only to steadfastly adhere to Republican princi-
pies, and it will be chosen by the people to con-
duct the Government for years to come.
Year: 1873

Oddly enough, considering the large and grow
ing population of Chester as well as its munici.
pal enterprise, there is no steam fire engine in
that city, and the fire at Roach's shipyard, yes
terday, is arousing the folks to sense Of their
deficiencies in that respect.
Year: 1873

A recent writer says: Every one
must have noticed the great difference,
as a general thing, between the conduct
of the betrothed man and the young
betrothed woman. He, the braver and
stronger of the two, is utterly confused
and bashful, and seeks to make a secret
of the fact. She, on the contrary, tries
to parade it, is proud of it, assumes an
air of proprietorship over him, and
offers to her friends little delicate con-
fidences as to how nice it is to be en-
gagged. And how dreadful jealous he is
if she looks at any one else. The cause
of this is just one thing the man is in
love, the girl is not. [ have studied
human nature, I have looked into the
depths of human hearts, [ have made
man and woman the study of my life,
and | aver that the girl in love is rarer
than black rose.


She simply has for her lover the same
feeling that the young mother has for
her baby. She has an anxious desire
to see him for life, to make sure that
he is comfortable, that his buttons are
all right, and that his food is what it
ought to be. She understands that he
is in love with her, and rejoices in the
knowledge. The idea of flosing his love
is madness to her, but Of herself she
did understand it. A woman who is
not selfish and greedy and mean, who
does not smile on any one who can
give her fine clothes and grand es-
tablishment, overfows with the moth
er-feeling all her life. She expends it
on her doll in childhood, on her poo
die, or her kitten, or her canary after
ward, and when the time comes, on.her
lover. Many man would lose great
deal of his conceit and vanity if he
knew how the girl whom he supposed
to be in love with him really felt
He also would be surprised to hear
that she was not in love at all, but
only delighted to have some one in
love with her.
Year: 1873

One Of our personal friends called
on. US yesterday and remarked, that
out last weeks editorial was rather Sc
we're upon that class of citizens of
which he was at present representa-
tive, namely, loafer, and protested
that he was not an idler from choice,
but would be very happy to fill sit
uation, if he could find one. We sug-
gested he could find work Immediate
ly in spading up his garden, which if
properly cultivated this season, would
produce fifty or one hundred dollars
worth of vegetables. '"That's not the
kind Of occupation for me; | can hire
a negro at rs cts. q day to do that"
was his answer. That is the exact Sc
cret of our unoccupied citizens never
finding employment. They are not
willing to commence at the foot of the
ladder and by steady industry reach
the position of Independent business
me11st they are not willing to commence
where the master mechanic dfd--an
apprentice; and work up to his posi-
ton, or where the brilliant profession
al man commenced, as an office boy,
and reach the honored position he
holds through great patience, steady
perseverance and the improvement Of
every opportunity. They would like
very much to occupy the position of
the wealthiest men in our town, but
when their attention is called to the
hard, rough, severe toll, privation and
even suffering endured through heat
and cold, by all these men, they have
no inclination to seek their wealth
through such unpleasant hardships.-
Let the fortunes of our wealthy men
disappear, and if age has not enfeebled
their bodies you will find them glad to
have garden to cultivate or any 9TH
er laborious work !; and they will stick
to it until they can find better-paying
employment. You would find none of
them loafing around corners, wishing
for something to turn up; but with
his strong right arm and iron will they
would turn another fortune to the sur
face, whilst our present loafers would
remain looking for q situation.-Cam-
bridge NeaCs.
Year: 1873

mote cousins, but only prevents the
marriage of cousins in the first and
other degrees, in case their clan name
be the same. To explain the matter
more clearly, we will suppose that a
man, whose clan name is Tang, has
four two sons and two daugh-
ters all having male and female off
spring. The children of the daughters
may intermarry, but those of the sons
may not; the sons children, however,
are not debarred from marrying into
their aunts' families.


One or two odd customs may here
be briefly alluded to. Sometimes be-
trothal takes place before birth-that
is to say, mothers betroth their unborn
children on the chance of their turn
ing out to be of opposite sexes! Again,
if man, after becoming engaged to a
girl, should die before the marriage
can be completed, it now and then hap
pens that the affianced bride will leave
her own relatives and 60 to his parents
house, and there become one of the
family, as much as She would have
done if the marriage had actually taken
place; this is more especially the case,
| if her promised husband chance to be
an only child.


Widows are rather hardly treated in
the Celestial Empire in the event Of
their desiring to marry again, for such
marriages are decidedly looked down
upon, and no family of any position in
the social scale will allow one of it's
members to enter into such contract.
Among the poorer classes of the COM
munity, however, a man occasionally
marries widow, because it is more
economical course to pursue. Various
disabilities attach to widow in the
matter of ceremonial; for example, on
a second marriage she is only allowed
to use a common, small sedan-chair,
carried by two men, instead of the
more roomy and gorgeous conveyance
Ordinarily employed.


In the matter of divorce, which is of
rather rare occurrence, all is in the
husbands favor. If he be so minded,
he can get rid Of his wife for various
reasons which seem absurd to us. AS
far as we are aware, no legal process is
necessary; and the outraged or discon-
tented husband give his wife what may
be called bill of enforcement, which
! in this case is document sealed with
his private seal in the presence of wit
nesses, who are often the Woman's own
relatives !-Cham6er's Journal.