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Year: 1870

Senator Stewart, OF Nevada has done n fool
ish thing. He has rushed into print to explain
"a matter which everybody, including himself,
perfectly understood before. He has written
long letter TO the Bulletin explaining that he
is not the attorney Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. We do not suppose there
is man, woman or child on the Pacific coast
who ever dreamed of fastening that distin-
guished position on the honorable Senator.
In fact, and III Inv, there is no land subsidy
belonging To the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. The land grant Of company
bearing that name died by the law of limitn-
ton some time past, and no one possessing
even limited knowledge of Nevndas noble
Senator's shrewd business qualities and finan-
cial acumen, would for moment suppose him
to be the man to devote his time and talent 70
the service of n dead railroad subsidy. Oh,
no, William, We do not partake to that extent
of the verdancy of our hills and Wales. But
somehow, the impression has obtained that
the honorable Senator from Nevada, il not
the attorney Of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, is at least financially interested in
the success of certain schemes of that COM
pany, and in his zeal 10 oblitcrate all impress
sions tending To establish his connection with
the Southern Pacific Company, he forgets to-
disclaim all cooperative unity of action be-
tween himself and the Central Pacific. The
honorable Senator should not have omitted
this, not that IL would have had any effect, but





honorable Senator explains that he caused the
railroad lands To De withdrawn from pre-cmp-
tion and sale, because, il hc had not done So,
spoCulatOrs wOuld have secured the lnnds.
Whatever shortcomings may bG urged against
Stewart in the way of integrity and statesman
ship. no one can charge him with lack of
check, and If there is any affinity between i'm
pudence and ominence, Nevada can congratu-
late herself in the possession Of a very emf
nent Senator. He deliberately sets to work to
place vast tract of valuable land bcyong the
reach of settlers, and then justifes himself by
saying If he had not perpetrated this wrong on
the people the act would have been consum-
mated 10y Steele n Co. The course Of Senator
Stewart in this land question has Justly called
down upon his head the anathemas of the en-
tire farming population Of this State, and he
will have to write other and more explicit let
ters than tho one just published, before he
can remove the existing impression that he is
working in the interest if not the pay, of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, and abu-
sing his position and power in efforts to place
In the hands of this monopoly. the lands of
the san joaquin and Tulnre valcys.-.Sdn
Joaquin RepnbhcdH.
Year: 1870

All who have real estate for sale or TO let,
and those desiring 10 purchase rent such property
VIII find their interest to advertise IN TIE TRIBUNE
Its aggregate circulation exceeds that OF any otner news
paper. and in addition this advantage THE tribune
will found only NewY ork and all its cities and
villages but every State and Territory throughout the
Union. The advertisement should be az brief as VIII
allow of the advantages claimed being made clear to the
reader We would especially dwell on the fact that the
subscribers for the three editions OF THE TRIBUNE. Daily
Semi Weekly and Weekly comprise individuals In every
business professOni consequently advertisements in eaon
are read By all classes THE TRIBUNE devotes especial
attention 20 reports OF sales Of real estate both in city


and country thus adding greatly 10 tile value OF its col


umns as an advertising medium The charges for adver
tlsng are as follows DAILY TRIBUNE IS cents per line
for each insertion. WEEKLY TRIBUNE 81 per line; sAM


WEEKLY TRIBUNE 25 per nne About ten words Of
our wide columns line. Terms cash IN advance
Year: 1870




before life was extinct. This being ac-
complished the cross was set upright,
and the fuel, consisting Of bundles of
straw, piled up about him TIL he was
no longer visible, Torches we're now
thickly applied att several points at
once, and the flames leaped in an in
stant to the top. enseleping the confused
form in "a fierce flame. An instant
more and the cloud of smoke, which
was hanging Ike pail over the scene,
was lifted by the breeze, and The black
ened and charred remains of the cul-
Prit became visible. Not groan or
cry was heard, but his feeble life must
have passed away almost instantaneous
ly in the midst Of the fierce fame and
suffocating smoke that had enveloped
it, though only for a moment. The
body was left for three days exposed to
the passers-by, as is the custom.
Year: 1870

A pious old clergyman. while wend.
ing his way to church one Sunday
morning, caught sight of the two sons
OF one of his parishioners going into
the woods, evidently for the purpose Of
hunting. Feeling certain that any
thing ike direct remonstrance with the
young gentlemen themselves would
scarcely turn them from their ways.
he waited until after preaching, and
sought the old gentleman their father.
After recounting the Circumstances of
meeting Billy and Sammy as he had
done, he closed the appeal By inquiring
why they had not been brought up in
the fear of the Lord?


"Fear Of the Lord, parsou--fear OF
the Lord? Why they hey! They're
so 'feard of Him now they dassent 90
out on Sunday without double bar'Pd
shot-guns on their shoulders"
Year: 1870

re- Irresistible was the invitation
of the rustic maiden to her swain
"Come over and see me; we have q
new lamp at our ho1se, that We can
turn down, down, down, until there
isn't scarcely bit of light In the
room"
Year: 1870

~ At Danville, New York, dog
chased a cat into house and on to .
red-hot stove. The cat tried to escape
by climbing up the stove-pipe, but fell
back into pan of boiling water, and
the lady Of the house, in trying to
rescue the cat, was bitten and will die,
and the cat has died, and the dog
ought to die, or any other dog or cat.
Year: 1870


EvENING TELEGRAM


BALL REPORTS.
FULL AND GRAPHIC REPORTS


OF ALL THE
PRINCIPAL BALLS OF THE SEASON
APPEAR DAILY IN THE


EVENING TELEGRAM.
The TELEGRAM ID the only daily journal which gives full


reports OF the
Balls OF the PRECEDING evening.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM FOR BALLS TO


COME OFF
the TELEGRAM Is unrivalled irrespective OF its large
daily circulation the city and suburbs 1t s
par excellence the recognized OF Society and Fashion
News.


Onica OF tho


EVENING TELEGRAM,


~ Nassau street. New York.
Year: 1870

IEATER-HemlOck quiet last th
from Eastern being limited bat there quotabe change
Leather n moderate supply and
Inferior weak Receipts large and the sock
lng Sole remains quiet Rough Leather continues dull
Year: 1870

ATHLETICS. There has been a noticeable

 reaction of late against athletic sports for

 students. It is claimed that high culture

 of both brain and muscle are not compati-

 ble, that your prominent boatist or ballisl is apt to be heavy of intellect about in pro-

 portion to the superabundance of his physical strength. While it sometimes happens that students neglect their studies

 in pursuit of their sports. we believe that

 in most instances the sound heads will be

 found on the sound bodies. The list of

 Yale Junior appointments which came out

 last week indicates this. The faculty of

 that venerable institution will probably

 notice that ont of class of one hundred and forty all the prominent boating and

 base ball men with one exception appear on the list, most of them with high ap- pointments. The list includes five of the University Nine, three of the University crew. A prominent boating man leads the class. The best gymnast stands eighth, and the best runner in college (who recent ly WOE the college foot race), and likewise the best skater, each take good appoint ments.

 The great advantage of a good physique will appear. however, rather in the stu dents after life than in his college career. The typical valedictorian graduates "played4out" man. The whole of his strength has been exhausted in the acquire. ment of mathematics and the dead lau- guages. and when he is called on to face the new education of practical life he fails Coisees Psufessors sils~.i+a that what is wanted of their insti tutions is to turn out men strengthened, not weakened, for the great !ife's work that is to follow. To this end careful training of the body is almost as much requisite 'as a careful training ef the mind. =
Year: 1870

Leased. tReturn for six months previously leased.

 It would appear from this the stocks and bonds of Connecticut railroads have generally been pretty good investments.

 MIDDLETowN, and in fact the whole of that DOT ion of our State traversed by the Air Line Railroad is indulging in some sanguine anticipatiOns As to increase of population and general prosperity by the completion of that line. We are glad to say this completion cannot be long dOferfed, as half the road is already in operation, and .'dOing tineD, while work on the remainder is very far ad- vanced.
Year: 1870

Whether hogs require sulphur sa an
essential to their health, or whether it is
sought by them as condiment, may not
be known for certainty. But one thing is
sure, they devour it with greed whenever
it is to be found. 1t is for this purpose,
probably, teat they eat large quantities of
soft coal, which contains large amount
of sulphur. Perhaps this is the most
economical method Of supplying hegs,
with sulphur during the winter, when
they require good deal of carbon. But
in the summer it is better to feed it to
them in substances which contain less
carbon, on account Of their producing
less heat. Mustard is one of the best
things for this purpose, and on that ac-
count some of it should be sown in every
pasture into which hogs are turned. If
hogs are kept up, or are in small yards, it
is well to supply them with the wild
mustard that grows in the fields or highs
ways, or to cultivate some of the better
varieties for them. They will eat its
leaves, flowers, seeds, and stocks.
Year: 1870

A young lady in Pella, SO the Blade
says, lost her appetite while entertaining
frivolous company and reading "yellow-
covered literature" in the parlor, found it
again, after diligent search, while help
ing her mother in the kitchen and making
herself generally useful.
Year: 1870

in a divorce case at Detroit the other
day, Judge Patchin decided that farm
should be equally divided between the
severed couple, ON the ground that the
woman by her hard work had done as
much as the man to acquire the property.
Sound.
Year: 1870

pleasure By lifting the foot of the crib, the legs drop down through hollow posts, and are fasten- ed by single bolts, bringing the crib on the level with the bedstead. The same process with the the head. The head and foot boards are folded down over the mattress when not in use. The when closed in. Each bedstead can have a single
Year: 1870

One cut shows the Bedstead as it appears with the crib or single bedstead not in use; the other represents the Bedstead with the aS- tachment drawn out. It can be entirely separat- ed from the bedstead and rolled ahont at
Year: 1870

NEw-YoRh, Monday, April IL, 1870


The storm to-day disposed of real estate
matters. AS no sale announced to be made at the
Exchange, no disappointment was experienced there,
and only Mr.. A. j. Beecker the auctioneer and THE
TRIBUNE reporter had the courage TO disregard the rain
and 60 from this city to Morrsania where house and
number of lots were to be sod 1t is very likely that the
owner was the only person disappointed at that subur
ban retreat The few people Of Morrsania who came o
Carpenters hotel to bid and possibly to buy conceded
in the views Of the auconeer and owner and consented
to postponement of the sale TO date which will be duly
advertised in THE TRIBUNE.


Tomorrow Cruesdayl a acres of land in the town oi
Y0nkers will be sold at the Exchange by the Messrs
Muller wilkins Co. On Wednesday, several pieces OF
property will be sold the character Of which and the
names of the auctoneers may be found III the adNer-
tsing columns Of TIE TRIBUNE.
Year: 1870

STATE NEw-YORK,


PORT WARDRSs OFFICE No ~ Williams
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with
~ Section Of the Act pass April a. 1851 entitled An act to
Warden Ooe the Port Of New York TO all
interested charge Of the subject matter Of such inquiry
examination following under eramina
that the said examinations viii
within days succeeding this notice board SAID
Year: 1870

A good library well patronized is in a
high degree an index Of the character Of
community. The importance of public
libraries, which our republican institu-
tions strongly demand, begin to be gen
orally felt; and, indeed, in their effect
upon the prosperity of this country,
they stand in no mean comparison, with
our churches and railroads.


Persons interested in social science find
valuable Information in regard to place
by consulting its statistics of mortality.
divorce cases, illegitimate births, ETC.
1t is my opinion that no less valuable in
formation could be obtained from the
records of library by learning the num-
ber and kind of books used. But this
disadvantage to making accurate calcula-
tions exists in the records Of Jones lii
brary, good book must be taken or
nofe at all.


After careful examination [ feel conf
dent that this Library of its size is one
Of the best in the State This is by no
means an extravagant assertion for most
of the books are of the standard authors
and L have yet to learn the logic that
proves there is anything better than the
best. There are found in the Library
such works as Bacon, Macaulay, Schlegel
Dante, Prescott, and host of others of
the kind to which the glory of literature
is due. Such works give evidence of
cultured taste ON the part of those who
made the choice. ll


Every, one having any literary taste
whatever ought at once to seek member
ship, not only for personal benefit, but
for sustaining one of the best institutions
of our country-publicl libraries. O.
Year: 1870

ADRIFT "A boy this morning board
ed a fiat boat on the beach in the lst
ward, and while padding about was
carried by the wind into the lake. His
brother, hearing of the predicament the
youth had got into, borrowed a yawl
boat from a schooner in the river and
started in pursuit. The fat boat and its
passenger had got out distance of a
mile and half when the tug started
after both and towed then into the river.
The boy had a narrow escape from an ex-
tended trip to the Michigan shore.
Year: 1870

IMPROVEMENTS. Nothing does one
more good than to note public improve
ments, and it is with satisfaction that we
announce the fact that proposals will be
received by the comm ssioner for ten days
for the filing and graveling of Sth street
from the south end of the bridge to Quay
street. See advertisement elsewhere in
this isSne
Year: 1870

Nothing for so little cost does so
much to relieve town of the appearance
of dilapidation as the repairing of side
walks. We were pleased to see the
crow of a workman in contact with the
rotten planks on 9th Street. as pre-
paratory measure for better things. A
little thing sometimes does much to mar
the essential beauty of the whole The
most beautiful lady in the world with her
eyebrows clipped or her nose cut off
would be monstrosity, Bad sidewalks
have similar effect on the beauty of a
CITY.
Year: 1870

SMART has been up the river prospec-
ting on the possibility of running down
his logs, but says the recent rains, al
though heavy, have not raised the water
in the river sufficiently to get them down.
Year: 1870

A NEW SIDEWALK is being construct
ted along the west side of Sth street,
from the bridge to Commercial street.
When john Barnes gets his walk rebuilt
that portion of the city will be well sup
piled with substantial sidewalks.
Year: 1870

THOSE Of our readers who wish to see
the Oriental Oil tested can do so by call
ing at the Williams House or at King
holz Saloon any evening where the oil
is being burned. 1t is making quite
and has proved to be a success.
Year: 1870

WE are so busy with job work now-a-
days that we have but little time to hunt
about town for local items. Our busi-
ness men seem to appreciate the fact that
we can do their printing just as cheaply
and as well as they can get it from Mil
waukee or Chicago. N
Year: 1870

A fellow named Donks was lately
tried at Yuba, CAL, for entering mi
ner's tent, and stealing a bag of gold
dust valued at S84. The testimony
showed that he had once been employed
there and knew exactly where the owner
kept his dust; that on the night speci-
fed he cut slit in the tent, reached in,
took the bag, and then ran off Jim
Butler the principal witness, testified
that he saw the hole cut, saw the man
reach in, and heard him run away.


81 rushed after him at once" con-
tinued the witness; "but when | cotched
him l didn't find Bills bag; but it was
found afterward where he had throwed
it."


GLOW far did he get when he took
the dust?" inquired the counsel.


"Well, he was stoopin' over half way
in, should say,'' replied the witness.


"May it please your honor" inter-
posed the counsel, "the indictment
isn't sustained, and shall demand an
acquittal on direction of the COURT
The prisoner is on trial for entering
dwelling in the nighttime with intent
to steal. The testimony is clear that
he made an opening through which he
protruded himself about half way, and
stretched out his arms, committed the
theft. But the indictment charges that
he actually entered the tent or dwell
ling? Now, your honor, can a man
enter a house when only oue-half OF
his body is in, and the other half out?


81 shall leave the whole matter to
the jury. They must judge of the law
and the fact as proved replied the
Judge. i


The jury brought in a verdict OF
"Guilty as to one-half of his body, and
not guilty as to the other half"


The Judge sentenced the guilty part
to two years Imprisonment, leaving it
to the prisoners option to have the in
nocent half cut off or take it along
with him.
Year: 1870

IA man that is too well born for a


trade, is very well born for the gal


lows" There is a deal too much oi


disrespect for honest labor for the


healthful maintenance of either morals
or government. There obtains a no.
ton among a great class of people that
when a person is relieved, by the pos
session of property, from the necessity
of arduous toll, it becomes degrada-
tion for him to labor at all. If the


habit of work is so fixed that the mon
led man cannot remain idle, he apollo
gizes for it as a sort of vice, and re-
fers to ''habit" much as he would to
addiction to opium or rum, as some
thing to be ashamed of, but which un-
fortunately, had got the better of him.
His children are carefully educated to
"sink the shop and turn up their
noses at those who work for a living.
In seeking matrimonial alliances for
them he looks for wealth rather than
industry, and chooses as husband for
his daughter the man who has his in
heritance in the bank, no matter how
untitled he may be to cope with mis-
fortune, rather than the man who has
fortune in his brain, and will win his
own way. Idleness and extravaganza
are curses worse than the plaques of
Egypt to us; they breed sorrow,
wretchedness, crime and infamy; send
our sons into drunkard's graves and
fellons cells, and put our daughters on
the streets, into mad-houses, and gar
rets of poverty. Every boy, rich or
poor, should be taught that idleness is
a crime-and girls should be taught it
no less than boys. Every child should
be taught some trade, and our school
system should be so reformed and i'm
proved that young children should ac-
quire the rudiments of technical edu-
cation.
Year: 1870

''In one of the towns of Arkansas,


man had been drinking until late


hour at night When he started for


home, honest folks were in bed, and the
houses were all shut and dark. The
liquor he had taken was too much for
him, and he did not know where to go.
He at last stumbled into an empty
wagon shed, and he fell upon the
ground. For a long time he lay in
the unconsciousness of drunken sleep,
and would have frozen (for the snow
on the ground showed the night to be
very cold } had not others less insensi-
BILE than himself been around him. This
shed was favorite rendezvous of the
hogs, that rushed out when the new
arrived, but soon returned to
their bed. In the utmost kindness and
with the truest hospitality, they gave
their biped companion the middle of
the bed, some lying on either side of
him, and others answering the place of
n quilt Their warmth prevented him
from being injured by the exposure
Toward morning he awoke. Finding
himself comfortable and in blissful ig-
norance of his whereabouts, he sup
posed himself enjoying the accommo-
dations of tavern, in company with
other gentlemen. He reached out his
hand, and catching hold of the stiff
bristles of hog, exclaimed:


"Why, mister, ,chsH did you shave
ldSt?"
Year: 1870

He is dead and gone-a flower
Born and withered in an hour,
Coldly lies the death-frost now
On his little rounded brow;
And the seal of darkness lies
Ever on his shrouded eyes.
He will never feel again
Touch Of human joy or pain;
Never win his once bright eyes
Open with glad surprise;
Nor the death frost leave his brow
3 All is over with him now.
( Vacant now his cradle-bed,
As nest from whence hath fed
Some dear little bird, whose wings
Rest from timid futterings,
Thrown aside the childish rattle:
flushed for aye the infant prattle-
Little broken werds that could
By none else be understood
Save the childless one who weepS
Ger the grave where now he sleeps.
Closed his eyes, and cold his brow
All is over with him nOwi


LEIGH HUM
Year: 1870

E Croquet is the game gambOled
on the green.


A strictly home production-a baby.
Bad punctuation - stopping your
newspaper.


Dan Rice is going to take his circus
to China. Look out, Daniel, those pig
tails have way of eating Rice.
Year: 1870

re- Chicago audiences at thea
tres are judged, in moral point, BY
the number that go out between the
acts to see q man. On Wednesday
night at the principal theatre, the
whole audience, except two men,
went out to drink. On investigation
it was found that of these two one
was already drunk, and the other
had an unsettled account at the bar,
and dare not go.