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Year: 1875

When you wish to know what the wealth
er is to be, go out and select the smallest
cloud you can see. Keep your eyes upon it,
and if it decreases and disappears it shows
the state of the air which will be sure to be
followed by fine weather; but if it increases
in size take your great coat with you If you
are going from home, for falling weather is
not far off. The reason is said to be this:
When the air is becoming charged with cleo
tricity you will see every cloud attracting all
lesser ones, toward it, until it gathers into
shower; and, on the contrary, when the fluid
is passing off or diffusing itself, then a large
cloud will be seen breaking to pieces and dis
solving. Iaa .r..ta-nr or lille II
Year: 1875

An industrious person always has
something to do, an Idler does not want
anything to do, and as a consequence
does nothing, Those who are iaGuS-
trioNs never lack for something to do:
there is always plenty of work for will
! ling hands. 10 be Industrious We must


labor diligently with the brain, the
heart, or the hands. Labor performed
with the hands seems to be the most
/ common form Of industry. The man
who labors industriously with his hands,
it seems to me, should be the most in
dependent individual living. The most
Independent Of this class of nborers is
the man who is engaged in farming, the
result of his labor, is the maintainance
of those who do the mental work. If
the farmers were to cease laboring and
/ dwell in idleness, fear this would shake
the whole world to its very center. We
depend on the farmer for his products,
and failure on his part would result
very disastrously to those who now de-
pend on him for sustenance.


How does the idlcr earn his bread?
God in his infinite wisdom provided the
way when he said man should earn his
bread by the sweat of his brow. Does
the idler comply with the command of
the Lord? No! he rery kindly lets some
one else earn his bread for HIM, an old
mother or a wife, perhaps, who supports
him and his children, should he have
any, by taking in washing or other work
equally as hard; while he is loungeing
around the saloons and street corners
Sometimes in summer we can see him
suning himself in front of some public
place of resort coiledup on dry goods
box or bench VIII ich him and his asso-
ciates have nearly whitfield away. In
winter he is found about the saloons and
| bar rooms, dreading to go home to face
the suffering he has brought on his fam
| lily through his idleness. This is no
overdrawn picture. idlers are found in
every community, even Savannah has
her share. | could point ont men here
who spend their time in idleness and
talking about men better than them


selves. We often hear them. making re-
marks about the farmer because he is
granger, In my humble opinion gran
ger with his hair and beard full of hay
seed, isa far better man. than those who
spend their time,in talking about him


Schoolmates we are just starting out in


life, which shall we choose, industry OF
! idleness?.
Year: 1875

1ASPOs


There is no word in our language that
has So many pleasant ideas associated
with it as hope. 1t is flower that ever
blooms along the pathway oflife to cheer
the traveller on his weary way. Hope
has IN influence over all, both old and
young. 1t seems as if none are too old
OF too young to hope. Hope is essential
to mans happinesS;it' it were. not for hope
(. the mind would be void Of peace and
there would be blank in life that could
not be filled. 1t is hope that beckons
the pupil onward in his pursuit of knowl-
edge. Hope tells him that some day, ii
he continues to pcrscycrc he may become
Il great scholar, prepared to fill any pO-
sition in life that an allwise providence
may assign him.


He who makes his aim high will not
be satisfied to live for himself alone. but
will ever be ready to lend helping hand
to his fellow mau.


The true student knows that life with
out an education is only half Il life, there
fore the many hours and days spent in
the search for knowledge, are hours of
labor that are never to be regretted. 1t
Was hope that inspired the heart of Co
lumbus, cau;ing him to brave the dam
gers 10 be encountered in crossing the
dark and then unknown Atlantic; his
hopes were not in vain, for his brightest
hopes were realized; but it is not so with
all hopes, for some are as bubbles, their
life is Of short duration. Hope seems to
connect the present with the future, who
has not cherished some fond hope which
has proven itself deceiver with its Bit
ter fruits Of disappointment which ii
produces 1t is well for man that the
chilly winds and blighting frosts of dis
appointment can not destroy the flower
ofhope, which even blooms amidst the
sorrows of life and contributes so much
to his happiness. L.
Year: 1875

Yesterday Coroner simms, Of Brooklyn, was notified
70 hold inquest on the body Of Margaret Sherl,
forty years Of age who died from the effects Of
dose OF PARIS green. Deceased, who was a native Of
Germany the wife Of Philip sherl proprietor OF
a lager beer saloon, No. 81 Court street They were
married about three years ago she being widow and
he a wdower. Both have grown children. They lived
in quiet, humble circum stances from all that can DO
learned on the second floor OF the brick tenement
house No 277 Atlantic street The people who 1--we on
the floor represent that the couple did not appear
10 live happily loud words heard between them
different times. on Monday deceased told neigh
that she did not feel happy and that afternoon she
up the street 70 the lager beer saloon and handed
to her stepson, who there At the moment pack
age Of jewelry. telling him that she going away
somewhere She drank glass Of beer and went home.
At O'Clock Of her stepsons went into the room
and found her lying unconscious on the bed. He told
his sistern-law who lives upstairs and they procured


physician, who administered antldotes TO the woman.
She died at ten O'Clock the same night Mrs Sherl had
a son. private in the United States Army, who was
recently severely woundedby the Indians the Plains
letter addressed TO his mother was received at the
house Yesterday morning.
Year: 1875

TROUBLE AHEAD FOR INCOMPETENT CAPTAINS


LESS.


Al a meeting Of the Board OF Police Commissioners
yesterday resolutions unanimously adopted look
ing TO general overhaung and reformation of the po-
lice force General smith, chairman Of the Committee
on Rules and DISCIPLINE opened the attack by report
ing from his committee with It's approval the plan he
submitted At recent session for cutting
on political influence by order that II
an applicant for appointment or promotion
any officer under charges should procure outside inter.
ference on his behalf mis- application should be at
denied he dismissed from the force 1t is believed
the operation OF this rule will have the most sauary
effect upon the entire force, and free II from political
and personal partsanship, and save the Board
amount OF and trouble, and give deserving officers
a fair chance for promotion


Shot No came from the battery, Commits
missioner Smith offering the following resolution,
which will strike terror 10 the heart of more than
police captain and sergeant who has obtained his rank
through the influence OF political friends when, be
had been left to his resources and ability, would
never have succeeded In advancing beyond the position
Of patrolman-


Resolved That one evening Of each week be devoted Ia
the examination Of the captains Of the police force the
tended By the Of Police the Board Of Examiners
directed cite before them such times as they may
determine the Of the force TO be examined col
lectively by precncts


commissioner voorhis offered a resolution for the
publication Of the new rules, which was adopted.


The resignation OF oficer Sapleton, Of the Thirty
first precinct, accepted, and Officer James Boomer,
OF the precinct was transferred TO the special
squad for detail duty At Trinity Building. The names
Of Acting Sergeant James F. Mead or the Fourteenth
precinct; Roundsman W. Delaney, Of the Eighteenth
precinct Patrolman James Hull OF the Fifth pre-
cncI stricken from the list Of candidates for pro-
notion Roundsman McPharlan, Of the ThirteIh pre-.
cnct was cited before the Board Of Examiners 10 be
examined as 10 his qualifications as roundsman.
Year: 1875

BosToN Mass, Dec. Z 1875.


The Herald says the surmiscs Of the New York press
as TO the movements OF Mr. Dewey, Secretary OF Will
lam NJ Tweed have no foundation in fact except that he
left New York ten A. NJ. Saturday andarrved here Al
FIVE NJ and registered at the hotel where he usually
stops when here His business personal and in
no way connected with Tweed's escape. nor did ne
know Of il until Sunday morning through the press
Year: 1875

To prevent any unfair advantage being taken by wretch who has declared his intention of winning the prize at the coming spelling match, we warn the managers that he is conversant with the erthography of such words as transmag- nifeanbandandisuality. It is impossible to floor him he ought, therefore, to be ruled out.
Year: 1875

There is no risk in buying Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ. These instru- ments are known to be the best of their class in the world. But if the opinion of dealer be asked he will ire quently recommend some other, for the simple reason that he can get larger com missions for selling inferior instruments.
Year: 1875

1t was a terrible experience, that
interview with the cougar in the forest
primeval, aud it was we'll for the man
that his nerves were Of the kind to do
honor to a frontier adventurer, Steadi-
ly pursuing his course with steps that
would falter occasionally he kept on.
and with him the beast continued its
treacherous gambols. At times it
would glide few PAGES to the front,
and roll over and over in the road,
and wait for the man to come up, and
then it would circle arcnud him again
until the impulse; altnose too strong
to be resisted, would come upon him
to Spring upon the brute, opposing
fists to fangs, and ending :ntolerable
suspense at any risk. The movements
Of the terrible animal were but as the
playing of a cat with a mouse, and
the man knew it. The rlcment came,
at length, when the strain could be
borne no longer. and the man kicked
desperately at the beast as it passed
him. In an instant it bounded in
front and crouched fora spring, growl-
ing boarsely and showing its teeth
The man stopped aud shouted hope
lessly for aid, while the cougar did
not spring at once, but appeared watt
ing to crafty its humor little longer.
The shout, fortunately, was not in
vain.


There were hunters and dogs in the
immediate vicinity, as rare fortune
would have it, and the hounds dashed
suddenly from the covert as the cougar,
seeing them. leaped for tree. A few
moments later the beast fell victim
to bullets, and the man with whom it
had taken a stroll was telling his story
and trying to restore the normal cons
dition of his nerves by Internal ap-
plications from shtall flask. 1t was
one of the episodes which turn mems
hair gray-one which would, doubt
less, have brought death to a man
with less nerve than the hero of the
affair.
Year: 1875

No Money Used to Acquit Him.


MACK" of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, in all extended article on
MIR. Johnson, says:


There has been grt at deal of talk
about the use of money as q means TO
secure the acqulttal of Johnson -
Without making any valuable addi-
ton to tie fund of iuforfnation ON this
subject, I will state what l think |
know to he fact, that Mr. johnson
not only never consented to the use of
money, but often said in my hearing
that if he could be acquitted for five
dollars he would not pay that sum,
nor let anybody else pay it for him
| am borne out in this assertion by
the well known fact that he allowed
JeIre Black to withdraw from his de-
feHse rather than give his official sane
ton to a corrupt land trade in which
Black was interested. He told Black
that lie would rather be convicted ten
times over than purchase not only
defense, but even acquittal, at such a
price. Black evidently believed that
lie had johnson in his poEer, and it
looked like bad piece Of business for
such a man TO withdraw from a case
on the eve of trial (; but Johnson was
not the kind OF man 10 be intimidated,
and besides, as I have aiready Said, he
did not look upoh conviction as an
uumixed evil 10 him. Undoubtedly
money was used in variety OF ways
to defeat the scheme of conviction
and, what is more, there was good
deal more money ready 10 be used in
c;isA of necessity. There were votes
east for conviction that cthfld have
been pursuaded in the other direction,
IN case OF an emergency. The great
consideration with the ,anti-Im peach
ers was to make sure Of nineteen votes
| believe there were fifty-four men in
the senate then and they were cautious
Year: 1875

ion.


AS test Of nerve, the recent ex>
perience Of a Wayfraer, traN eliug a
wood road near Olympia. Washington
Territory, was Gs remarkable as any
on record. The man was a specula-
tor, looking out wild land, and he
trudged through the forest, following
the almost unused path formed by
pioneers in the wilderness His mind
was devoted to one subject-the criti>
cal examination of the kind of trees
upon the land about him; and of the
character of the soil, and lie failed TO
notice fer some time a "pit>a pat"
upon the dead leaves near him. He
at first scarcely looked down. when he
felt something rubbing against his legs
and heard slight purring sound, but
when he did look his heart came up in
his mouth and a cold sweat stared as
suddenly as though he were suspend
ed By a weak rope over Niagara.
Pressing Itself softly against his legs,
twinihs about him as he walked. NOV
ing IT'S hexile body swiftly, but with
never sound. turning up fierce eyes
with something almost like a terrible
laugh in them, Vas a huge cougar! !
No chicken was this man in the woods.
but his account Of the manner in
which his hat was raised by his hair
is not to be considered as apochryphaF
at all. Sleek and supple and muscu-
lar the beast gIided about, and at
intervals It would come closer again,
and press IT'S body against the legs of
The man, the light touch making
coosefesh Of every inch in his form.
Year: 1875

ance 1t creates on the liquid oceanic plain,


where the winds have an unobstructed sweep


over thousands of leagues.


The recent disastrous tempests seem to be
thus traceable to the American weather
changes of the last fortnight The last great
barometer fuctuation was followed by storm
centre which the weather reports recorded on
the 18th inst. as then moving eastward over
the Gulf of st. Lawrence. No doubt this
particular storm made its power seriously felt
along its track, which probably lay not far
from the northern passage pursued by many
of the steamships. It was followed by
dangerous winds while yet visible off the
Canadian shores, and, when it reached the
more humid air of Newfoundland, its violence
was probably intensified. The weather re-
ports very clearly show the seaman on the
point Of leaving port when these storms and
storm breeders will be likely to burst upon
the scene of his expected voyage, and the
knowledge now accessible sufices to warn the
calculating shipper not to expose his vessel in
front Of either the very high or the very low
barometer. In fact, the lesson apparently
deducible from the recent steamer detentions
and ship disasters we have had to record is
that the severest cyclones may be looked for
as the sequel phenomena of the great winter
areas of high barometer and excessive cold,
or, in other words the rising glass should be
studied by the seaman as carefully as the fall
ing glass
Year: 1875

We do not propose to enter into the contro.
versy between the House of Representatives
and tho municipal authorities of Washington
in reference to the arrest Of Mr.. Whitelav
Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, upon &
warrant issued by local Washington court
charging him with the libel of Governa
Shepherd. 1t is quite possible that the arrest
of witness in Washington under tho control
of the House, and to that extent covered by
its protection, is an invasion of the privilege
of representative body. The matter, how
ever, has been referred to committee of able,
experienced jurists, and they will give Us the
law on the subject.


But there is another point which concerm
us as journalists. Mr.. Reid has often said
himself in the columns of his newspaper,
that he believes in frequent actions for libel
We share that belief. journalist has no
more right to assail the private character Of .
citizen than he has to put knife into his side
or to fire pistol at him in the dark. When
we hear all this cant and noise about the Gin
vasion of the liberties of The press" 'Iimita-
tions of the rights of editors" and an at.
tempt to enforce "gag law and on interfer.
ence with prerogative Of republican institu-
tons, we despise it. Law is the master Of oil
men, journalists as well as the rest If
we libel q citizen we are perfectly willing
to answer for it. If the press ever gains %
much power in this country that it can assai1
private character, then, instead of being 9
safeguard of liberty, it will be the weapon
of blackmailing and tyranny. For ourselves
we wish no such immunity from the law. We
are very sure that MI. Reid will be only too
glad to welcome the action brought against
him by Governor Shepherd, and to prove, be-
fore jury of his fellow countrymen, what
he has said in the columns of his paper.


We are perfectly content with the freedom
of the press as it exists in America. We do
not believe in the license of the press. The
law is good enough for us, and We are quite
content to have it enforced. We have no
doubt Mr.. Reid shares the same opinion;
and even if it should be discovered that there
has been breach of privilege in the manner
of his arrest he will waive that protection and
gladly accept the challenge Of his antagonist
to come into Court
Year: 1875

monetary transactions. Like his oompaniousiA
misfortune he scouts the idea that he used
for his own benefit any of the three hundred
thousand dollars which Irwin alleges he paid
over to him. The moral of Pacific Mail is
that bribe-taking is very dangerous to any
man who hopes to preserve the appearance Of
honesty before the public.
Year: 1875

tration of Jefferson, Adams, jackson, Polk


and Buchanan. and the Spanish question is


constantly alive. This comes from the fact


that this Continent once practically posses


sion of Spain, has been for two centuries the


scene of struggle between the descendants of
Pizarro and Raleigh. Step by step we have


driven the Spaniard from the larger part of


North America. Our civilization has exhausted


the civilization of Mexico and California. Our


policy has usurped the traditions of the Span


lard, supplanted his laws and destroyed his
power. AL that remains of Spain in the


dominion that once obeyed the orders of the
viceroy of Madrid, aud which Is now


wealthy and powerful Empire, is the soft and
musical names of villages, rivers and hills.


We have no question with Spain that time
will not settle. If President Grant ever
intended vigorous policy with Spain he
should have shown this in the recognition OF
Cuba, and not made the government an ally
in the infamous system which devastates that
island. ANY question with Spain at this time
is pretext and not purpose. We are solv-
ing out the Spanish question by civilization
Cuba is ripening for annexation, just as Cali
fornia ripened. This pear will fall in time.
We do not need the sword to cut it down.
An appeal to the sword would be q
crime, and crime perpetrated in the interest
of the Presidents ambition. Nor should all
independent men of either party ignore the
gravity of the situation. They sneered at our
prophecies Of Cesarism, yet came to accept
them when they could be no longer denied.
Nothing is moro the duty of Independent
men-democrats and republicans-than to
deal with this war spirit that comes mutter-
ing to us from Washington as they would deal
with a crime against the integrity of the Re-
public Grant should be forced to resign, and
the Presidency should be transferred to Mr..
Wilson Sharp, peremptory, decisive ex-
pressions of opinion by Congress in the be-
ginning may save disasters in the end. Such
action even now may compel Grant to surren-
der the Office he uses to the injury of the
country. But the war purpose exists, and the
President should be taught that he cannot
thus trife with the interests Of the country
for his own personal ambition. The resigna-
ton of Grant means peace, and so long as he
hesitates we are threatened with war.
Year: 1875

NoN-REsDENTs OsTBAcIzED. The Board Of
Aldermen have passed resolution forbdding
non-residents to hold Office in any branch OF
Iho city government. The edict apart
from its political side, is evidence
that the Board of Aldermen are awake to
the necessity of inducing people engaged in
business in New York to look ON the city as
something more than a counting house, to be
escaped from as soon as business is over.
But the most effective way to do this is to
promote some system of rapid transit by
which persons of moderate means may be
enabled to find homes in westchester. In
this way only can the evil be dealt with.
Year: 1875

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
iet was weak but unexcited. The transactions
were small Foreign exchange was steady.
Gold strong at 1925 1124, and money on call
abundant at q a per cent.
Year: 1875

RIPUpLIcA,yrsM. O republican
raucus considers plans for protecting the
negro in the South in reality it considers
how it may carry the elections in the South
nrn States; and in these two points are all
The policy Of the dominant party--how to
carry the elections; how to get the offices and
distribute the plunder, and how to make the
ananouvres contriyed for this end seem like
movements taken to secure the rights of an
oppressed people this is the whole wisdom
md gospel of republicanism-how TO cheat,
and how to make your cheating look like
virtue.
Year: 1875

The Recent Wind and Weather ON


the Atlantic.


The wind and weather on the Atlantic during
the last fortnight have been of the stormiest
type, and have put the best navigation to the
severest test 1t is generally believed that the
Atlantic storm season is at its worst during
the equinoctial period, when the atmospheric
equilibrium is most seriously disturbed, and
that there should be on interregnum of CON-
parative quiet in July and one in January.
This year, however, seems to be exceptional,
so for as the present month is concerned, and
the ocean, like death, claims the sovereignty
of ell seasons.


The recently reported detentions of west
ward-bound steamers Though in part happily
reduced by the arrivals of the last two days)
show through what terrible battle these ships
make their winter way to our shores. Some
of them were over eighteen days out and
seem to have been baffled, not by
single storm, but by succession of
storms pressing upon each others heels
These successive gales appear to have been
connected with the high barometers, or polar
air waves winch nave recently swept across
the northern part OF the United States and
have been launched into the hot and humid
regions of the Cult Stream, off Newfoundland
One of the merchant ships arriving here on
the 18th reported encountering the polar
wave of the Sth, about forty miles southeast
of Sandy Hook, where she was quickly
shrouded in the freezing vapor drift, and the
ice deposited over her deck was twenty feet
high. This however, could occur only near
shore, but the same frozen meteor plunging
into warm water belt in mid-ocean must
produce the most indescribablc agitation of
the elements. When it is remembered that
one of these cold waves sometimes covers one
fourth of the area of this country we may get
some faint idea Of the extent Of the disturb