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Year: 1871

The New York Globe has the follow
ing to cay about the 'harfow gauge
humbug:"


The gullibility Of human nature is
proverbial, but the shrewdness of capi-
talists Is also proverbial, and 1t Is, there
fore. matter Of surprise that so many
people have been found to take stock in
the latest of humbugs-the narrow
gauge railways. But there Is nothing
too great for the credulous, and so we
have the country running wild after this
new-fangled notion.


The great argument for the narrow
gauge road is economy of cost, to secure
which several limitations as to weight
of rolling stock and track, rate of speed
and stability of work are submitted.-
Now it can be demonstrated that the
limitations being imposed on gauge of
four feet eight inches, which make the
three feet gauge possible, this economy
of cost sinks into -appreciable
amount. In other words, If trains are
run on the wider gauge at the reduced
rate of speed incident to the narrow, the
weight Of stock and rail, the sharpness
of curves, and the cheapness of con-
struction can be accomplished equally as
well. Iii several instances this has been
already tried: notably in the road run
ming on wooden rails into the iron re-
gion of the Adirondack from the North.
which has now been in operation several
years.


There are also several roads at the
West constructed in the same way. The
breaking of gauge. which costs much
more than what it is possible to save in
construction. is an insuperable obiec-
tion to the narrow guage. and it cannot
prevail. Enough capital has been lost
in the war Of the gauges, and it would
be well for the people of any section
desiring railway communication to look
sharp before they are hoodwinked with
the delusive idea that pound OF iron
costs any less on narrow-gauge rail
way than it does on the wider gauge,
or that road bed three feet wide will
sustain more in proportion to its cost
than a bed foot and half wider.-
And it would be well to bear in mind.
that the same weight of rail, the same
weight Of rolling stock, and the same
rate of speed will accomplish more on
the four-ioot-eight guage than Oh the
narrower Or the proposition may be
put in another way. Under the same
limitations, the expenditure of money
in the construction Of the wider gauge is
more judicious, and will prove more
effective, than in building on the nar-
rover. If any one doubts these state
ments let him investigate. 1t is to
challenge investigation before money
has been foolishly spent that this article
has tecn written.
Year: 1871

Ellen Casey, the woman whose leg
was amptutated at Mount Sinai Hospi-
tai, New York, on account of a bullet
wound received during the Orange riot,
was a professional pickpocket and made
an excellent living by her trade. She
lived in good style, in handsomely fur
nished rooms on Eighth avenue. and
sent her children to a fashionable school
in Lexington ayenue-whcrc she sup
ported them by her ill-gotten gains
When shot she was out on one of her
predatory excursions, and had picked
five pockets during the morning.
Year: 1871

A clergyman of the Church of Eng.
land has felt 1t his duty to write book
on the duration aud nature Of Future
Punishment" in which he maintains the
doctrine of general resurrection, fu-
ture judgment, and punishment of the
sinner in hell, where he will suffer the
due reward of his deeds before he pass.
es under the sentence of eternal death,
which is the doom of the wicked, in
stead of continued existence in tor
mert. A contemporary thinks this is a
liberal compromise upon which the ad-
vocates Of endless punishment and the
Universalists may unite.
Year: 1871

r AN exchange says: When railroad
company become so fearful of their own


road that they require their employees to
sign a pledge not to hold the road re-
sponsible for accidents to themselves, it
is lime that the travelling public should
take the alarm. .
Year: 1871

A.. young laborer in the country,
working at one dollar per day and
board. is proportona)ly better off and
more independent than clerk in city
on S700a year, who has to expend 5000
for o living. One can save just as much
Mt the end of the year as the other.
Year: 1871

The astronomical observatory on
Mount Vesuvins is in serious dan
ger of being destroyed by the river
Of red hot melted lava slowly flow
ing down the side of the mountain;
and which has nearly submerged the
hill on which the observatory was
erected by the University of Naples,
at q cost of $50 900.
Year: 1871

The Marquis oF LOaSE AND MS FAMILY
His features indicate much amiability Of DISPOSE
ton His sister is scarcely 50 successful. |
saw her the other day in a crowded public room,
where she was unfortunately recognized, and
where she was certainly looked at in the radest
conceivable way especially by the ladies. The girl
could not conceal her disgust, and one could
sympstbize with the look Of contempt in her
face. But this ducal family have little Of the
traditional dignity Of great houses The Duke,
who Is an excellent msE, is very re1-hslred and
freckled, and to me be always has the air Of
bad provincial actor, trying TO look part above
his powers. The Duchess is a good-looking.
motherly soul. who wears warm shawl, and
whose general appearance very slightly differs
from that Of the worthy individuals who 90 out
TO market for butter and eggs.-LORdea Letter.
Year: 1871

To THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE


have seen your article In regard to my offer for
horse that would beat Dexter's time. To set the
matter right telegraph you in full copy OF my
only letter on that subject as originally published
in the New York papers,


DEAR 6IR have received your favor of the inst
sonndHess or 10 concerned. annexed my oer OF
100000 for horse that equal Dexers perform
that have no conditions Of sEe kind to n;erpose throw
the door wide open or course should prefer young


barrier ssans any horse 20 nop periom
the ea whether he be young old sound usornd lame


r free from whether he have spaven
winded or foundered, long be performs Of
starting as Dexter started from my stable in Twenty
during the same afternoon Prospect Park,
rotted, mile IN 2sl24 TO- road wagon and driver weigh
ingevery inch Of the mile rotted as Dexter oed
IT, without single skip jump, and must the rriv.
lege OF witnessing and timing the trial and taking
or two friends present but Ter circumstances will


be concerned directly or Indirectly In public advertised
trial where money received at the entrance gate oppor


II you know Of man who horse that can per.
form this feat Will thank you TO send him me,
bcmishcs which have enumerated. With ali of them
would consider him cheap at the price named after perform
ing the feat IN question: and can assure that you
put me Ia the way OF procuring such horse either
without bleInshes you will have lasting gratitude
cate the favor Yours truly. ROBERT BONNER


To this letter ] still adhere Moreover to en-
courage Improvement In the breed of horses and to
reward great performances by them, hereby offer
the sum OF $4,000 for the mere privilege OF seeing
that your question, "will Robert Bonner please
arise and prove himself equal to the duty Of the
h2nr?" y satisfactorily answered. Very sincerely
yours, ~, -. ROBERT BONNER.
Year: 1871

An EstImabIe Young Lady Killed by Her


LOYer-A Mysterious Ease.


The Cincinnati Times of Saturday has the fol-


About nine o'clock last night the citizens of
the west end OF COyingtOn were startled by the
report that a very estmable young lady-Miss
Philomeuo Wellington been shot and
killed at her home on Philadelphia street, se-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets, by her lover,
Frederick Koors. 1t seems that KOors had
visited the young lady's house about eight
o'clock last evening, and fonnd that she had
gone TO a neighboring grocery for coal oil. He
took seat in the kitchen and awaited her re-
turn. In about fifteen minutes she came back
and expressed some surprise tseeng him there.
After conversing for short time the couple
went into an adjoining room, but were not there
long when the family, in another part of the
house, were started by the report of q pistol
and the screams of the young lady.


Upon rushing to the door of the room in
which the parties were, Mrs. Wellinghoff found
it locked, and heard her daughter screaming
for some one to open it, The door was finally
opened by Miss Wellington herself, who
turned the key. She then staggered out, eX-
claiming that Fred. had shot her aud that she
was dying.


Young Koors rushed frantically out of the
house, and proceeded as fast as he could to
the residence of Father Froelich, Catholic
priest, telling him that he had killed his sweet
heart, but that he did not intend to do it; that
be didn't know there was anything in the
pistol.


1he young woman dled IN ABOUT ntteen
minutes after she was shot. The ball entered
her left breast, penetrating into the body.


Esquire Francis summoned jury, aad held
an inquest on the body.


THE VERDICT.


We, the jury empaneled to hold an inquest
on the body of Philomena Wellington, un-
married woman about nineteen years of age,
find that the said Philomena Wellington came
to her death from wound from a pistol-ball
discharged from pistol in the hands of Frede-
rick Koors, and that the handling of said pistol
by said KOOrs was either malicious or careless,
but as to which of these two the jury are di-
vided in opinion.


INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONER.


We visited the city Jail this morning, and
found KOoTs lying on a mattress in his cell. He
was quiet, but appeared to have spent restless
night.


He said that the shooting was purely acci-
dental; that Miss Wellington and he were IN
the room together; that she was playing with
him, and that he pulled out his pistol for nc
particular purpose whatever. She caught hold
of the barrel and was trying to wrest it from
him when the weapon was discharged, but how
he did not know. He said he was engaged tC
be married to her in August next if everything
went on right; that he had never quarrelleC
with her; was not jealous of any one; that she
| had no other suitor than himself.
Koors is a very intelligent and goodlookins
! young man. He is q German, but speaks Eng
| lish quite fuently. PIis age is nineteen year
! and three months. He is a clerk in the Office
! of his father, who is lumber merchant in Gin
| cinnati
Year: 1871

concurrent Acttou oil the blbnOpss


The concurrence of the bishops in the decision
of the Book Committee, which we published on
Saturday, is as follows


TO the Book Committee Dear BrethTen:-We
received your request to be present at this iu-
while we were holding our annual session at
Baltimore. We felt very profoundly the gravity
and difficulties of the duty. We therefore APP
pointed a committee of our board to examine the
different enactments of the General Conference
and the present discipline relating to the subj ect.
We met in Philadelphia two days before you
convened us here TO confer with reference to
our understanding of the law, and as TO the
nature and extent OF our responsibilities in the
premises.


The result of these careful deliberations is
embodied in the two papers presented to the
committee. We believe that these papers stated
the constitutional and statute laws of the Church
on the subject, and we felt ourselves constrained
to print them from a clear conviction of duty to
all parties interested in the investigation.


we have been led to make this statement, as
our communication is referred TO in your final
action.


In the further procedure of your committee,
In the executive session, we had no strictly
official connections; nor in your final action
have we any official authority. Yet, as you
coureously invited us to be present. aud
requested our opinions during your delibera,
tiOns, we deem il to be both respectful and pro-
per TO add the following statement


We are happy to say that we witnessed with
great satisfaction the anxiety and carefulness
with which you considered all the delicate aud
perpleXing questions upon which you have beer
t'Nr9 10 oct Wa alz0 fully anprc iltad ali th-
eVI pneallOhs aua eLupaTTRsslnenIs SURROUNDING
Year: 1871

Everything remained very quiet in the house
until yesterday morning, at 90 o'clock, when n
Mrs. Sincoe, who resides next door, and who
was in the second story of her own house,
heard the report of pistol twice, one shot
being fired Immediately after the other. She
did not pay much attention to the noise,
although 1t shook the glass in the windows, but
thought that something had fallen in one of the
lower rooms, and did not pay any more atten-
tion to it. The woman Mary Kidd, who slept
with Mrs. Anderson, heard her get up about
o'clock in the morning, and 60 down stairs but
did not hear the shots fired, and only discovered
the tragedy when going down The stairway into
the kitchen, about 10 o'clock, when, seeing
blood upon the floor without waiting to seek
further, she ran up stairs and awoke the boy,
who came down, and discovering the dead
bodies of his mother and the man upon the
floor, rushed into the yard crying out that his
mother was dead.


HORRIBLE SIGHT.


The alarm was Immediately given, and the
police officer en- the beat, Mr.. j. F. Jones, went
into the house aud found not only the dead
body of the woman lying on the floor of the
kitchen, wetering in blood, but also that of
Nesberg on the opposite side of the room. The
bodies as they were found, presented a horri-
bic appearance. The woman was lying on her
hack beside the stove, with her hair disheveled,
and q bullet hole in the right side of her
head, Immediately above the ear, and
from which the brains were oozing.
The man was lying on the floor, with
his shoulders propped up against the stairway,
his right hand firmly holding pistol the vici-
nifty in which he was lying being covered with
blood, which came from wound also in the
right side of his head, near the temple. The sup
position is that after he shot the woman he sat
down upon q chair and shot himself, as a chair
stood beside bip, from which it appeared as if
he had fallen. The suppostiou in regard to the
woman is that she was engaged in cooking at
the time the shot was fired.


THE CORoNER's INQUEST AND VERDICT.


Coroner Spcer was summoned as soon as
possible, and about l o'clock an inquest was
held over the bodies, which were lying just as
they were found.


The jury, without retiring, rendered verdict
that Mrs. Anderson came to her death from a
pistol shot in the hands of Peter Nesberg, who
shot her in fit of jealousy, and them committed
fnicide.
Year: 1871

Tree PLANTING.-Our town people are show
ns their good taste in planting shade and orna-
nental trees along the streets and about their
.es sciences. In our long dry seasons nothing is
more handsome, healthful or more gratifying to
he eye than choice varieties of ornamental shade
trees. We hope this tree planting will continue
lntil there is not a residence or business house
IN town that is not surrounded with choice and
thrifty shade trees. Aside from the beauty and
comfort such trees afford, they are healthful and
great protection N case OF fire.
Year: 1871

The many who have taken the world
rough and tumble are prone to envy
the few who roll through it unjOlted in
cushioned vehicles on patent springs.
The tOilcr, as he stumbles through its
thorny thickctS and climbs over its
notwithstanding gravel, is apt to curse
the ill-luck that placed him on such n


hard road, and to sigh for II seat in one
of the splendid cquipagcs that glide so
smoothly over Fortunes macadamiZcd
turnpike. Born with pewter spoon
in his mouth, he covets the silver one
which was the birthright of his do
nothing ncighbor. The more fool, he!
Occupation is the '.immcdiatc jcwcll'
of life. 1t is true that riches are no bar
to exertiOn. quite the reverse, when
their uses are properly understood.
But the discontcntcd worker who pines
for wealth, without being willing to
labor for it, regards the idleness in
which it would enable him to live as
the acme of temporal happiness. He
has no idea of money as Il great motive
power, to be applied in enterprises that
give hcllthful employment to the mind
and body. All that he desires is, to live
Il fcathcr-bcd IifG-to loaf luXuriOuSly.
We have no sympathy with such sch
suOus lonGings. People who indulge
in them never acquire wealth. They
lack the energy to break their way to
the worldly independence for which
they ycarn and whine. They don't
know how nnuch more glorious it is to
tear at1luencc from opposing fate by
main strength of will and infiexibifity
ofpurposc, than to receive it as Il wind
fall. There is infinitely more Satisfac-
tion in conqucring a fortune than was
ever experienced by Il sIucky heir" in
obtaining the golden store that some
thrifty hand had accumulated. Your
accidental Crpsus knows nothing of the
pride of SucceSS-Of honest eXultatiOn
| with which the self-madc man looks
| back upon the impcdiments he has


overcome, and forward into the fair


future, which he has earned the right
| to enjoy.
Year: 1871

The recent lecture OF General Gordon
in Memphis, in which he forcibly urged
the Importance of adopting throughout
the South a new and better system of
text books for schools, will doubtless
have the effect of inaugurating there
and elsewhere Il reform that is much
needed. The objection very properly
raised against many of the books in use
is not so much to their Northern orr
| gin and publication as to the fact that
they are not unfrequcntly tinged with
Northern or sectional prejudices. 1t is
complained of that they are politically
biased and historically distorted, and
for that reason unsuitable for political
instruction; that they are insidious We
hiclcs of untruthfulness in narrative,
and unsoundness in principle, and con-
sequently Il fraud in school literature
that derserveS to be exposed and repu-
dated.


There is so much truth and justice in
the complaint that we wonder it has
not been universally recognized, and
the only possible correction applied.


The Southern people cannot be
blamed if they shall finally take into
their own hands the business of COM
piling and publishing books for their
schools. AS n branch of enterprise, 1t
is feasible and comendable; but there Is
still the danger to be apprehended OF
their repeating the same errors which
are so strongly deprecated in the North
ern book makers. No advantage to
education or the fraternal relations of
the country will be gained by the adoF-
ton of IL purely sectional series ut one
end of the Union or the other. NO
pcrniciOus bias is to be remedied by
substituting another pernicious bias for
it. They viii not neutralize each 9TH
er, but only double the resulting evil.


What is really wanted is a truly
national system against which the
shafts of prejudice may fall hurtless-
one that shall defy the assaults of crit
icism from every quarter, and If the
South succeeds, ,.s she has but to make
the effort to do, in the production of
such n system, she will do herself inn
mortal honor, and convey the scvercst
possible rebuke to the partisan peda-
gogues and publishers, who now make
their business the medium of political
fnlschood.-iN. Louis Times.
Year: 1871

Several years ago a bright, manly
looking youth made his appearance 10
this county, seeking employment; he was
versed in no mechanical business. and
therefore, applied to one of our wealthy
farmers for work upon his plantation; be
was stranger iD a strange land: he bore
no recommendation save his honest face.
good common sense and his willingness
to work. The farmer liked his frank
ness and his honest face and gave him
employment The time was not long be-
fore his good qualities procured his ad-
vancement to the responsible position Of
manager Of the plantation; he soon es-
tablished himself in the good graces Of
his neighbors; aud with the money saved
from bis wages he set about giving him
self an education; this he did by bard
performing his duties on the farm to the
entire Satisfaction OF his employer In


this mannerh be pscpafad himself to prao.
tice Law: this TO HIN was new field. but
th<sAipe ssaoa ne6rs. npd e nergy tlla 4 b "a
carfIed BIN fhas fasl -ssl-5lso battle Of life
did not fOrsake bin; he was not long in
getting into q good practice. and without
influential relatives or moneyed friends
he gradually worked his way to the head
Of his profession. This poor strange boy
is now one of the shining lights in tho
Congress Of the United States, with ua-
tional reputation, and is none other than
the member from the Ashland district,
Hon. James B Beck,
Year: 1871

The reference of the consideration of
the bill embodyiDg Grants telegraph Job
to the Committee on appropriations, in
stead of to a special Committee, by a
decided vote OF the popular branch of
Congress, is generally aud justly regard
ed as giving that message its quietus
1t is hopeful sign, too. that Congress.
even with its still heavy Republican
majority, is not going to be the supple
tool Of petty tyranny that il has been
heretofore. Gen Grant is not going to
have everything his own way hereafter,
was supposed. There is even ray Of
hope that he will not get his own party's
domination for re election; and there 10
far more than ray--there is almost a
sunburst of hope-that if he does, he
will be beaten. The signs of Republican
insubordination aud kicking out of the
SNces in Congress, grow more and more
de Sded and cheering every day. They
= pate that the representatives of the


ie are now convinced that their con


ents throughout the Union, will no


Fe tolerate the corruptions of Grant


y his Federal miDions at Washington,
Psaiau they have tolerated those OF Tweed
and Tsmmany and Murphy at New York
In word, the clouds that lowered for a
brief period on our house, are already
swiftly passing away, and many of those
who were disheartened into passivism
kfor a moment, are again enickening with
he hope, the courage, aud the dauntlest


kergY of yore.
Year: 1871




The man who marries the prettiest girl
of the place is said to be a ''lucky fellow, .
and so of him who draws the highest prize
in lottery. or by some fortunate" turn
in affairs, clears the gulf between want
and wealth in an hour. And yetthe his
tories of all times tell us that with ter
rible uniformity and uncertainty the man
who becomes suddenly possessed Of un-
earned millions dies in misery. 2 -.


Within five years weH-to- do farmer
drew quarter of million Of dollars in a
prize lottery. The whole country envied
him his luck !; but he has since died from
a style of living induced by his good for
tune, and his only son has turned out .
drunkard. .s.t- -. &.


The man whose frst bet on the race
course, whose deal at the card table, whose
first risk at faro, whose maiden lottery
ticket brings money largely into his pock-
cts, is ruined man at the very instant
the world pronounced him lucky" Any
man. especially any young man, whostarts
out in life with the conviction that money
can be better made than by earning it, is
a lost man-lost already to society, lost to
his family, lost to himself. =


An alarmingly large number Of the sons
of the rich men of New York are, at this
moment helpless drunkards. Young men
are they, many of them educated, Of man
ly qualities, of generous natures, honora-
ble and high-minded; but the demon Of
drink has taken such possession of them
that fathers breaking heart, a mothers
tears and sisters agony avail not to draw
them from their deep damnation. Ele-
CANT leisure was their ruin.


The best way to save child from ruin
is to bring him up to ..'help father. -
Make children feel that they must do
something to support the family. to help
along ;-.then two feelings arise which are
their salvatiou-those of affection and
pride; for we naturally love those whom
we help. or those whom We struggle to-
gether with for desired object. and moth
Year: 1871

STRAWBERRY WINE-A correspondent Of
the Easton Star gives the following as an
excellent formula: The berries should be thor
oughly ripe and soft; to one gallon of Juice
add three gallons of water; when the Juice and
water have become thoroughly mixed put in
three pounds of sugar Let it ferment six
weeks and bottle for use.
Year: 1871

1.-The Mayor of Cincinatt has ordered the
cessation of the music in all the German pub
lie bal of that city on Sundays. The proprie-
tors of several Of the larger halls say they
will resist the order.