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Year: 1875

A NOVEL BooTJACK. Major Rodgers
had been out shooting and discharged his
guns when an elephant made charge at
him from the skirts of the jungle. There
was no help for it except to run, and Cor
four hundred yards the Major kept just
ahead, feeling at every stop as if the ami
malls trunk was trying to twist itself
about him. A turn round tree gave
him momenta7y advantage, which he
made the most of by springing into its
branches. One foot higher and he would
have been out of the elephants reach;
but before he had time to draw up his
legs, the elephant had got him firmly
clcnched in the tolls of his proboscis.
Still Rodgers pulled against him, think
ing it better to have his leg wrenched
from the socket than to fall back bodily
into the animals power. The struggle,
however, did not last long; for, to the
delight of the pursued and the chagrin of
the pursuer, the Wellington boot which
The former wore, slipped off and saved
the lie Of poor Rodgers. The dilemma,
however, did not end here; for the elo-
phant, finding himself ballted of his
prey, after destroying the boot, took up
his quarters beneath the branches, and
kept his anticipated victim in the tree
for twenty-lour hours, when the country
postman happened to pass by. Rogers
gave him notice Of his position, and soon
help came and the elephant was frighton-
ed away by tomtoms and yelling. Had
this occurred in deserted part of the
jungle, the officer must have been starved
TO death in the tree.
Year: 1875

THE New York Commercial says !:
An unsuspecting Teuton in Newark paid
some practical jollers 81 50 the other day
as his initiation fee into pretended secret
society. But after the candidate had
stood for three hours alone in the dark
on his toes on top Of barrel, with his
thumbs tied up by wires to the cross
beams in the roof he concluded it was
about time to yell for help, and some Of
the nelghbors came in and cut him down.
Year: 1875

THE other day Marion girl offered to
let boy from the country kiss her for
five cents. g gad," said the eight mile
prairie youth, that's mighty cheap, if a
fellow only had the money"
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fail and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes-
paying and most easily worked
agency in the world. tar
agents have always been the
most successful, and we have
lately added ne " and exceed


ingly taking inducements, re


quirlng only intelligence and
application for any one,young
or old, of either sex, to make
really first-class paying busi
Year: 1875

In the first place, my dear young
wife, do not let yourself begin to feel
slighted, or neglected, or sggrieved.
II Jack does not tell you every morn
ing, noon and night that he loves you,
it is nevertheless true (if he is the
average Jack)-just as true as it was
that moonlight evening when he first
told you the wOndrOus tale.


Men are very differently eonstitut-
ed from women, and when q man
has once poured out his heart before
you and cast himself and all his
worldly goods st your feet, has devot-
ed to you all his spare time during q
siX-mOnths' engagement, and given
himself up for a reasonable period to
the sweet novelties of early married
life, he has expressed about as much
of himself as he can express without
going against his own nature. 1t is
his way to show his feelings by deeds,
and if he takes pleasure in maintain
ing the little home you have set no,
if he only now and then forgets to
send up the dinner, and keeps your
small porte-mOnnaie as full as he can
afford to keep 1t, he is proving his
love for you just as much as if ne
should fall at your feet every day and
tell the old story over again. Don't
fancy he is forgetting, or has lost
those feelings about which he used to
say so much. / don't doubt as he
goes down the street this morning he
is thinking what a sweet little wife he
has left at home, and never guesses
(dear old stupid fellow !! how that lit
tie wife's heart is aching because he
didn't say so when he gave his hurri-
ried good-by-kiss.


But don't let your heart ache |;
don't begin to shut its doors against
him repeat to yourself, every hour il
you choose, Tall the loving things he
ever said, all the thoughtful things he
ever said, all the thoughtful things he
is doing every day, and keep on
trusting him till he gives you very
good reason for doing otherwise.


My second rule will be found to
''work like charm" in case the first
should ever fail, and is an excellent
one under all circumstances Let
there be the most entire frankess and
honesty between husband and wife.


Iftee poor little heart will ache go

aud tell Jack all about it, and ten to
one you will both be laughing in three
minutes at the absQrdity of your ever
fsncying be could forget to love you.


And let the rule work both ways.
Beg Jack always to tell you IL he has
any fault to find with you, as he Of
course, will have sometimes. Don't
brood over each others faults and
failings. "Don't lay up'' a sharp
word or a careless act for q single
hour. Pave it brought out, forgiven
and forgotten as soon as possible.
Nothing dispels these dismal mists Of
misunderstanding like a good, free,
honest talk.


"JOhn and I are called a pair of tur-
tle-dOves," says a notably happy
wife, "but really think it is not so
much from any sentimental reason as
because we are perfectly honest with
each other. There is the most perfect
understanding between US. If 1 am
vexed with him / tell him so and tell
him why, and il he is vexed with me
Year: 1875

The great cause of our insensibility
to the goodness Of the Creator Is the
very extensiveness OF His bOnnty.
We prize but little what we share on
ly in common with the rest, or with
the generality of our species. Wnen
we hear OF blessings, we think forth
with of successes, of prosperous for
tunes, of hOnOrs, riches, preferments,
I. e., OF those advantages and superb
critics of others which we happen
either TO possess, or to be in pursuit
of, to cOvet. The common benefits Of
our nature entirely escape US. Yet
these are the great things. These
constitute what most properly ought
to be accounted blessings Of Provi-
dence what alone, if we might so
speak, are worthy of its care. Night
ly rest and daily bread, the ordinary
uses of our limbs and senses and uu-
derstanding are gifts which admit Of
no comparison with any other. Yet
because almost every man we meet
possesses these, we leave them out
OF our enumeration. They raise no
sentiments they move no gratitude.
Now, herein is our judgment pervert-
ed by selishness. A blessing, ought,
in truth TO be the most satisfactory !;
the bounty at least of the donor is
rendered more conspicuous by its very
diffusion, its cOmmOnness, its cheap
ness by its falling to the lot and
forming happiness of the great bulk
and body Of our species as wei! as Of
ourselves. Nay, even when we do
not possess it, it ought 10 be the mat
ter of thankfulness that Others do
But we have a different way Of thank
ing. We court distinction. That is
not the worst; we see nothing but
what has distinction n raeommend
it. This necessarily contracts our
views of the Creators benefieence
within a narrow compass, and most
'unjustly.
Year: 1875

Take good juicy dried-sppIe sauce
but first about the cooking Of that
sauce Either soak the dried apples
over night, and then cook them slow
! Iy in the same water the next morn
ing, or let them neat up slowly upon
the back of the stove, with plenty OF
water To soak them out fully, and
keep them from burning while cook
ing, and add necessary sugar while
the fruit is still boiling. Let the
sauce be thoroughly soft or well done.
Then stir into it Ia pint, or any guam
tity OF it) enough Graham -four to
make q rather stiff batter. Dip a
spoonful of this into dry Graham
-four, and, taking 1t into your
fioury hands, mold it into round,
flattish biscuit. Fill your baking
pans with these, and put them into
hot oven. Bake them thoroughly
upon the clean oven CRATE IL you
prefer it to the tins. The process of
molding the pies suggests the proper
stiffness of the dough, hut do not get
it too stiff-that would make the pies
too hard.


Any other sauce can be used in the
same way-fresh apples stewed, stew
ed prunes, huckleberries-anything
that is simple and juicy. Let the
baking be done in a hot oven, and
thoroughly done without turning.
Let the children have these to carry
to school for the noon lunch. Tne
Graham flour gives the proper nOur-
ishment for the bodies, and the ap-
piles make il more palstable, anc Is in
the most convenient shape for their
use, unless they have raw apples and
Graham erackers.- Western Rural.
Year: 1875

he does the same. And then we talk
1t all out and have a grand "squaring
up And we Rerer go TO sleep with
the least bit Of a sore spot in either o!
our hearts.r


IL this rule were acted on more
generally there would be more happy
people in the world, and some men
and women would be surprised to see
how short distance from home they
need go 70 find their ''affinities."
Year: 1875

Some mothers, writes II physician,
think when their children get beyond
two or three years of age, the frequent
entire bath can be dispensed with. If
some of the main facts of physiology
were well known and understood,
every one would perceive that clean
illness of the skin is one OF the eOndi-
tons of good health. 1t happens
when bathing is disregarded, that the
lungs, kidneys or bowels have more
than their appointment of work. If
these are strong and healthy, they
may bear the tax with little apparent
injury, but, in most cases, a lowering
OF the vitality and tone OF the nervous
system ensues. Large bath tubs are
pleasant and convenient, but not in
dispensable to the proper cleansing of
the skin. A speedy sponging or the
body in warm water, followed by
friction in pure air, is all that is nee
essary.


When disinclined to use water, I
find thorough application of the
flesh brush to the whole person an
admirable substitute especially on
retiring, it relieves perTousness,
equaliZes the circulation, and induces
quiet sleep. Mothers, above all,
should see that their children are well
bathed. If their skins are kept ac-
tive and healthy there will not be half
the danger from fever, cold and erur-
tive diseases. If your little one is
cross or troublesome, and finds no
occupation that pleases him, try the
effect of a hath; sometimes it IS magi-
cal, and if tired, he will go to sleep
and awaken bright, cheerful and hap
py. Do not, though, as / have seen
some parents do, plunge a child into
water, when he screams and shrinks
from it, thinking you are doing 8
good deed. Nature must be the
guide if your child has a nervous
constitution, a shock of this kind is
only exhausting and Injurious.
Year: 1875

Two years ago the people of Wiscon-
sin put the control of the state in the
hands of party that made loud pre-.
tensions of ''reform." They have run
the machine ever since and the reforms
they have accomplished are still invisi-
bic to the naked eye. But with an
impudence unequaled, they again ap-
pear on deck with the same old cry of
''reform." Pray tell us what is there
to reform now? If there is anything
going wrong in the State, vino is to
blame for it 1t is fair to suppose that
the great State Of Wisconsin is reform
ed, otherwise the State Capitol has
been filled with hord of mere preten-
ders and impostors for nearly two
years. These so called Reformers were
elected once on that issue. IF they
have done their duty there is nothing
to reform, and it would be more modest
in them to adopt some other war cry.
But if reform" is to be the watchword
and reply" in the present campaign,
then 1t certainly follows that something
is going wrong and to make the reform
WORK through and effective change of
State administration is the imper-
atlVe necessity of the hour. It's
mighty poor rule that wont work
Doth ways. For the Democracy to
Cry reform now, in the food tide OF
power, is simply confession of Judge
ment. Turn 'em out.-Daas 10.
Nelcs
Year: 1875

The people of New York have paid great
deal Of money for pavements but it is so
long since they have seen them that their
existence has become matter of doubt. 1t is
probable, however, that there are pavements
somewhere, though at what depth is un-
known. Anxious to throw some light upon
the SUBJECT we publish to-day an important
letter from Mr.. Van Mort to Mayor Wickham,
in which the cost of repairing the pavements
during the last three years is examined and
their supposed condition vividly described.
1t has been long while since Mr.. Van Mort
has seen any pavements in this buried city;
but they have certainly not been I'M
proved by the mud and snow and
water. We would not wonder if
some OF the experimental wooden and
asphalt outrages should be found to have
vanished entirely when the excavation Of the
city is completed in the spring. We pre-
dict also that a large number Of dogs,
horses, carts carriages, children and few
street cleaners who have mysteriousIy dlsap-
peared this winter will be found buried in
holes along the avenues. Mr.. Van Mort s
letter does not treat as fully as could be
wished of this branch Of the subject, but he
clearly proves that the condition of our
streets is a standing reproach to great and
progressive community and suggests practical
methods for Their Improvement
Year: 1875

A few days since Governor Tilden ap-
pointed one of our citizens to be Civil Justice
Gin place of Stemmler, deceased" It was dis
covered after the appointment that the Gov
ernor had been misinformed, and that Justice
Stemmler was not dead. There have been some
amusing criticisms upon the haste shown in
making the appoin ;ment. We think our con-
temporaries have failed to see the exact
meaning of the Governors action. The Gov
ernor comprehends the embarrassments OF
our local politics, the difficulty of harmonizing
all parties, the stuobornness of Comptroller
Green the anxieties and irritation. He has
resolved upon new departure. The value
of this will be seen when we study carefully
this appointment as a precedent. The Cover
nor certifes that Mr.. Stemmler is dead
sealed instrument cannot be altered by any
parole evidence, hence any statement that
Stcmm!er is alive cannot for a moment weigh
against the Governors legal formula. As
matter of law, therefore, Justice Stemmler 10
dead.


common men is better than the wisdom of
the wisest men. Common sense, which is
the common law, which is tho gathered wis.,
dom Of q thousand years, will determine that
when Governor pronounces an officer dead
there can be no appeal from his decision.
Now, soc the value of this precedent The
Governor, having by this appointment es-
tablished the fact that sealed instrument
really contains the power of life and death,
may proceed to solve all the perplexing
problems of New York politics He could
appoint Arthur Leary Comptroller sin place
of Green, deceased" and no appeal in thu
world could deny the fact, thus solennly
set forth, that Green is dead-and what
comfort that would be to the com.
munity He might nominate William NJ
Evarts to be Corporation Counsel sin
place of Smith, deceased" Smith might
write a thousand columns of letters
and arguments to the contrary, but the
the Fire Commissioners and boards of juris-
diction and administration. Even the Mayor
himself if he did not prove docile and was
disposed to rebel too frequently, could be
killed. The Governor would simply recite,
in an official instrument that he appointed
John Kelly or Charles O'Conor to be Mayor
Sin place of Wickham, deceased" There
would be no help for it.


So that instead of the Governor having made
blunder in appointing Civil Justice sin
place of Stemmler, deceased" while Stemmler
still lived, he was merely creating solemn
and important precedent. Governor Tilden
thus shows bimself to be not hackneyed
statesman--lIke many of our fellow citizens
who held office under Tweed and who now
work on the Fourth Avenue Improvement
but wise, original and sagacious Governor,
afraid of no responsibility.
Year: 1875

The TRANSIT OF VENUS. s.--The only remain
ing party of American observers hitherto un-
heard from has at length communicated from
the wild and far-off shores of Kerguelen the
joyful tidings Of perfect success in observing
the planets journey across the solar disk.
Owing to the fury of the elements around
that inhospitable region but faint hopes were
cherished that the scientists there could view
the celestial wonder under such bright
auspices as those vouchsafed beneath
the sun of calmer climes. The special tee-
graphic despatch we publish to-day will be
read with uncommon pleasure by the votaries
of science, inasmuch as it furnishes the miss
ing link in the story of our American expedi-
tons and gives the assurance that the work of
the astronomers is TO be crowned by the
patient and victorious labors of the observers
on the romantic Island Of Desolation.
Year: 1875

WE UNDERSTAND that there has been an i'm
portant and Interesting correspondence be-
ween Mayor WIckham and Mr.. Tilden upon
he question of removing Dennis Mulcahy
oShaughnessy from the position of Fire Bell
Ringer in an uptown ward. The Governor is
informed there are no fire bells. The Mayor
refuses to furnish the evidence upon which
his removal was made The Governor is
Anxiously seeking for precedents. This cor
rsspondence, it is said, will make about three
thousand pages of q quarto volume, and its
publication is anxiously awaited.
Year: 1875




partists.


Once more the battle Of Sedan has been
fought over; this time not between the French
and the Prussians, but between the adherents
of the imperial dynasty and an adverse public
opinion. 1t is apparently the mot d ordre in
the imperial party that no endeavors should
be spared that promisein any degree whatever
to relieve the late Emperor of the fearful re-
sponsibility of the defeat and surrender which
placed France at the feet of her enemy. 1t is
conceived with some distinctness by the Bona
partsis that the odium Of that day must be
cleared from the escutcheon of the dynasty be-
fore 1t can be trusted by nation that lives in
no other element Of its life SO much as in its
pride Up to this time the Bonapartsts have
found no more satisfactory plan for saving the
fame of the dead Emperor than that of sncri-
ficing General Wimptfen, who was IN COM
mand. M. Cassagnac, editor of the Pays, and
writing in .he interests of the imperial party,
wrote agains. General Wimpfen in this spirit,
holding him alone respon sible for the calam-
ity. General Wimpffen, months ago, ap-
pealed to the civil tribunals in suit
for damages. On that occasion the Court
decided it had no jurisdiction, because, as
the General was o public functionary, if any
actionable words had been published against
him it was a criminal act and must be tried
by the criminal courts. Suit was, therefore,
brought in the courts for the punishment of
Cassagnac, and after the whole ground has
been gone over he has been acquitted But
does this prove that Wimpffen and not the
Emperor is responsible for Sedan? Far from
it. 1t tappears TO have been the judgment of the
Court that Wimpffen's incapacity was such as
to remove from him all sympathy and to
justify any criticism that the severest writer
might utter but this only proves one more
imperial general to have been as worthless as
all those hitherto exposed. 1t will prove but
little for the Bonapartists if they can even
show as clearly they can, that but for General
WImpffen they might have retreated with
more or less success from that inglorious trap
into which their Emperor had taken them.
All the responsibility of the disaster rests
upon him, who, knowing that his march
thither was in violation OF all military prin-
ciple, carried his army forward because it
was demanded by the political difficulties of
his dynasty; and this, by his own acknowl-
edgment was Napoleon III.
Year: 1875

THE RAPID TRANSIT MEETINGS. The diff
culties of obtaining rapid transit are indicated
in our report of the meetings of its friends
yesterday. There was one meeting of the sub
scribers to the deferred capital fund and one
Of the Executive Committee of the Citizens
Rapid Transit Association. The reported
opposition of some of the great capitalists is a
serious obstacle to success, and it certainly
shows q short-sighted and mistaken policy.
Year: 1875

The DEFICIENCY OF WATER in the lower
part Of the city and in that elevated portion OF
the island known as Murray Hill is not only II
constant inconvenience but danger. Mr..


Van Mort and Mr.. Tracy, the Chief En-
gineer, have recommended plans for an in
creased water supply which it would be well
for the Mayor and the Legislature TO consider.
Year: 1875

The ORGANIZATION of the new French Cab
met is reported from Paris, and the great diff
Guilty is said to have been settled by the selec-
ton Of the Duke d Audihret-Pasquier as Min
lister OF the Interior.
Year: 1875

Tne fact that convicted and condemned
murderer, under sentence of death, should be
allowed to remain at large in q neighborlng
island is exciting much comment We do not
know exactly the attitude of the admnisra-
ton ON this subject, but Secretary Fish is GER
tainly aware of the circumstances attending
the return Of Bidweu, the forger, to the
English government, and his sentence after
ard to Imprisonment for life. Bidwell was
an American citizen, and, although there was
no extradition treaty between England and
Spain, he was given up by President CASTELAR,
at the request cf the British government and
The Bank Of England. IL was an act of
comfy, although Bidwell was only under
indictment and had not been convicted of any
offence. Here is a murderer, convicted and
condemned, far more aggravating case


Why should not the American government
ask from Spain courtesy that was shown to
England? A suggestion has been made that
request from Governor ilden to the Captain
General Of Havana would succeed in obtaining
Sharkey's return; but we question whether
the Governor would have authority to do this
Year: 1875

The ROYAL Box who is supposed to govern
Spain is weary of tho task, and our special
cable dispatches announce that he is with
great difficulty prevented from abdicating in
favor of the Duke dc Montpensier In the
meanwhile the Carlist war continues, with a
battle near Figueras and a bombardment Of
Eria
Year: 1875

We yesterday overheard Pap Pryor
telling his neice Kate the following
"hoss yarn:n ssYou never was in
Honey Lake, Kate?n said Pap. "No,
uncle, you know / have never been
out of this town, since l arrived here
from st. Louis.u "Frue enough. You
ought to go to Honey Lake, Kate;
you'd see a fine primitive people.
Things up thar are much the same as
back yander in Missouri, in places.
You know that black hoss of mine
old Sam?" eyes uncle.n "Black as a
coal, ain't it?' eyes, uncle" Not a
white hair on it?n II believe not,
uncle.n "Wall, the last time l was
up at Honey Lake / rid him, and
seed that hoss turn as white as snow
in less than an hour" 'Indeed, uncle.
How was itw "Wall, stopped at a
sort of tavern up thar, and put old
Sam in the stable. 1t was rousin
great log stable, and l turned him
loose in thar all by himself. Thar
was in that stable a feed trough dug
out of a log,and about thirty feet long,
Before leaving the stable throwed an
ear of corn in the trough to old Sam in
order that he might nibble at it till it
was time for him to get his regular
feed. About an hour afterward came
back and didn't know my own hoss.
He was as white as a sheep all over"
"His hair had turned white in that
timer "No, he was all in a foam of
sweat with chasing that ear of corn.
1t was very hard one, and when he
would try to bite it at one end of the
trough it would slip from between his
teeth and fly to the other end, and in
this way he worked himself up in a
perfect fury and foam trying to get
that ear of corn" s'Is this a true
story. uncle?n eyes, Kate; why?p
"Well, it has no other merit"