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Year: 1872

Judge wooruG sat yesterday in the United States
Court to hea objections that might be made to the
appointmentof persons named as Supervisors OF
Election. It's but justice to say that the judge has
made the appointments so far with perfect impair
tiality and With the most sincere desire to do JUS
tice betweenoth parties. During the greater por-
tion OF the ay the Chief Supervisor was engaged
ground thatGcnera Sharp who is at the same
time engage as marshal and as stump speaker
In the intere of the GRANTEES, intends to appoint
as special lection deputies large number OF
the Apollo Hi men. and thus give them chance
OF having th,r fingers in the political pie which is
to be 0pene in November next-a chance whiCh
Judge WOOdlfrs decision did not afford them on
the recent asument respecting the appointment OF
suDeryisOrs.
Year: 1872

FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
Protracted Stringency in the


Money Market.
The Rate on Call Rises to 90 Per Cent
and Closes at % Per Cent.
A "BAD" BANK STATEMENT.
The Reserves a Million and a Half
Below the Legal Limit.
RHmors Of Intended Government Interference


to Relieve the Money Market.
Stocks Active, Strong and


Higher.
GOLD FALLS ONE PER CENT.
Remarkable Fluctuations in the Supply


Of Gold for the Day.
GOVERNMENT BONDS LOWER
Year: 1872

Oecrea6e IN legal tenderS.... S,ooI loO
An analysis OF the above shows that the banks
have lost 81, 729 O25 in their net AS their
surplus last week only S1150,025, their reserve
is now $1,579,O0O below rs per cent OF their liab
ties.


MONEY STRINGENT.


The money market was stringent despite a be-
lief that with the passage Of the call from the
Comptroller Of the Currency lor statement Of the
banks as they stood October 8, there would be a
more liberal offering Of credit by the banks, and
the early business OF the day was at 1-32 l-l6
Subsequently there were some dealings at per
cent gold and per cent currency on government
Collaterals but the rate advanced TO u per cent by
three O'Clock. After three O'Clock there was an
active inquiry and the rate advanced to


oNE-QUARTER PER CENT,
the last rate at halfpast three O'Clock being l-16
per cent. Mercantile paper was neglected and
quoted per cent a month discount for prime
names. Foreign exchange declined an eighth per
cent IN the forenoon and prime sXtyday sterling
sold at 1868. With the decline IN gold and relax
Ing OF the gold loan market an active inquiry for
bills set in, and quotations advanced quarter per
cent, the nominal rates OF the prime drawers at
the close being 1914 Tor sxtyday sterling and 1855
for sight bills.


THE RAILROAD BONDS.
The following were the bids for the railroad
Year: 1872

GRATZ BROWN AND HIS PLEDGE.-A cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writes:


Last fall some, of Gratz Browns friends
who were interested in his Presidential aspi-
rations became alarmed at his intemperance
and concluded that 1T must be stopped, and
at once. A consultation was held at which
about dozen of his friends were present, in
Guiding Frank Blair and Gov. Brown. Blair
in the course of his remarks, declared that
he had been hard drinksr in the past, but
when he was elected to the United States
Senate he made VOW that his constituents
should have no cause to be ashamed of any
act of his, and that he had not been intoxi-
Gated since his election to that body, but it
seemed to him that Gov. Brown had COM
menced just where he left off; that whenever
prosperity strikes him he cannot withstand
temptation, but invariably disgraces himself,
his friends and his party by getting beastly
drunk. The result of this consultation was
that Brown took an oath to abstain from all
intoxicating beverages in the future. He
stood by his oath for ahree or four months,
but the temptation was too strong for him,
and he again fell, and has been growing worse
ever since. The nation has already suffered
sufficiently from one drunken vice president,
and will not run the risk of a second. There
is too great danger of his becoming chief
magistrate, if it is to the interest of the Dem
ocratic party to have him occupy the chair.
Year: 1872

BY bores of all sorts, hunted down by agents
for patent inventions, to be ready at a nc
ments notice to seize and select among the
topics of the day and write them up so that
interests shall be truthfully and forcibly rep
resented. 1t is to vigorously support men
ana measures that merit confidence, and to
uncompromisingly reject those that are not
trustworthy, no matter to what party they
may belong. 1t is to try faithfully to main
tam the high tone of a paper, in its editorials
and selections. 1t is'-here we STONED, for
the young man didn't seem to follow the
tidal wave Of our eloquence exactly So we
resumed in lighter strain: If YOU have the
strength Of Samson and the patience Of .Tob
are willing to do twenty things at once IN AZ
many different places, don't care about anv
particular time for sleep, and can live ON an
approving conscience and ice water, we think
you may make a good editor, after little
practice The youth looked somewhat
alarmed, we gazed at him as much like a
guardian angel as we knew how. He rose
sadly from his chair. He said his Uncle John
wanted him to go into the retail grocery bus
iness with him, and he didn't know but he
should. Then he bade us good morning
thanked us for our advice, and made his exit,
a sadder and a wiser man.
Year: 1872




The versatile editor of the Atlanta Weekly
tells what he knows about editorship;


'One very hot day we were quietly sitting
in our little sanctum, languidly waving a
Greeley fan, that shed roseate reflected
glory over our classic features. Our great
leader on the North Carolina election had
just gone to press and with soothing sense
of having fulfilled our duty according to the
best of our humble ability, we had taken to
profound meditation with our eyes shut.
gentle tap at the door-it wasn't the sub
editor, we were sure; he either comes boiling
in, or The remembers his manners which are
as yet rudmentary, he gives tremendous
double knock like the traditional postman OF
the comic drama. So we reluctantly rose
with sigh and opened the door, There
stood young man of generally wilted aspect,
partly owing to the heat andpartly to constitu-
tional timidity. HIS hair was preternaturally
smooth, his collar exceedingly limp, he looked
bashfully at us with one eye, like coquettish
robin, and grasped i'm his hand a cotton UNI
brella with a fierce determination. Are you
the editor of the Atlanta Weekty| suggested
rather than asked this excellent young man.
We said that we were, and departed from our
usual rule, which is to get rid of everybody as
soon as we can, so far as to invite the youth
to come in. We busted chair with our little
| handkerchief and asked MIN 10 SIT down. He
sat down, he gazed fixedly at the crown of
his hat-that didn't afford him any inspira.
tion-he contemplated the brilliant shine OF
his boots-''it was the same with his toes -
so he plunged at once into business with these
words: L want to be an editor sYoune
man said we, with the sublime pity of one
who has had experience, why this wild de.
sire for self-immolation He evidently
thought we used good language. We thought
SO too, and were encouraged to pro
ceed Have you reflected deeply on the sub
lect, do you know what it is to be an editor p
Inc youth didn't exactly know; he rather
thought it was to sit in a comfortable, cozy
office, write columns full of burning elo-
| quence, control the minds of a free and en-
| lightened nation by the force of genius, com
| pose delightful little poems about moonlight
and dewy roses, make lots of money and have
! free tickets to everything. YOU'RE very
much mistaken said we, sadly but decided
| ly, lit is to write about politics with the
| pleasing conviction that whatever you say,
| the opposition paper will call you idiotic or
mendacious and generally both, to be pursued
Year: 1872

A person who regards himself 'as literary
PILGRIM" has written to London Journal
complaining in bitter terms of the conduct of
the present proprietor of the cottage in which
Wordsworth lived and died. 1t appears that
the cottage is now undergoing repairs, and
that the proprietor had the boundless audaci-
ty to place placard ON the front gate remind
ing tourists that the grounds were private
property, aud that no person could be admit
ted to them while the repairs were in progress


The ''literary Pilgrim however, succeeded
in forcing his way in by side gate, and was
greatly outraged by meeting, in the course of
his investigations, with dog, who shared his
masters ideas of the sacredness of private
property. 1t is difficult to see why the person
who purchases house, once the property OF
famous man, should therefore be debarred
from exercising his rights of ownership. The
''litersry pilgrim and his kind may be excel
lent people in their own estimation, but it is
rather hard that the purchaser of Words
worth's cottage should be required to keep
open house for their benefit on every day in
the year. aa5-t. "A rn.a a-'-I
Year: 1872

The last sad case of fearful evil resultant
from the use of tobacco comes from Detroit.
A poor old gentleman one hundred and five
years of age, is losing his eyesight, and his
physician feels obliged to sadly but firmly tell
him that this is caused by the use of tobacco
for ninety years.
Year: 1872

AN ESSENTIAL OF LovELINFss.-To be en-
tirely beautiful the hair should be abundant
and lustrous. This is absolutely essential to
complete loveliuess The most regular features.
the most brilliant complexion and pearliest
teeth fail of their due effect if tho hair be
thin, dry or harsh. On the contrary the plain
est face, if it be but surmounted by luxurian
and silken tresse,, is apt to impress the behold
er with sense of actual beauty. That crown
ing ornament of her sex is happily, within the
reach of lovely woman, aud being as discrim-
mating as she is lovely, she long ago discovered
that LYONS KATHAIRoN was the sure means of
securing it. No preparation for the Hair ever
enjoyed 1.-THE of its popularity, and no Won
der, since it produced such gratifying results.
Applied to the waste and barren places of the
scalp, it fructfes and enriches them with a
new and ample growth. 1t is not of course.
pretended that it will do this if the ca
pacity for reproduction is extiact, but SO long
as it remains that wonderful rehabilitant will
assuredly propagate the germ of the hair into
life ana activity. aul9eod1w&w1t


DISEASES such as Consumption, Bronchitis,
Debility from Typhoid and other Low Fevers,
from excessive grief, study or close confne-
ment, and prostration of the vital powers,
yield to Fellows Compound Syrup of Hypo-
phosphites sooner than any remedy ever before
discovered. augl7ded1w&w1t
Year: 1872

The other night, the Kansas Pacific passen-
ger train lost its sleeping. car, and the con-
ductor discovered it and went back sixty
miles before he found it, and the passengers
were sleeping in peaceful innocence waiting
for freight train to run into them.
Year: 1872

Whether person paying for photograph
has right to the negative, and whether an
artist who has an eye for fine features has a
right, in case one of his customers happens
to be a woman of peculiar beauty, to execute
large painting OF her for business purposes,
are questions under consideration by Judge
Fowler of New York.
Year: 1872

and the missionary who came into the neigh.
borhood once month, was not calculated to
edify persons of taste and culture. Mrs. El-
liott always went to hear him and occasion
ally rode four or FIVE miles to Baptist meet
ing, which was also held monthly, but it was
not like the impressive liturgy Of her own
church; and reading prayers at home did not
satisfy, like going with "the great congregation
to the sanctuary of the Lord"


Mrs. Elliott had formed the acquaintance of
every person in miles around, she was friend
to all, and universally beloved. Grace or
Alice often accompanied her in her visits to
the poor, but Conway could not be persuaded
to take an interest in them, and often laughed
at her mothers schemes and efforts to improve
the poor and ignorant.


ut was enough for her to see the plebian
that clung to her mother and Grace, after a
visit to those low people, without mingling
with them, and as for the overseers' families,
they aped the rich till they dissusted her; SO
she'd rather stay at home than condescend
to them," and they in return did not feel at
ease, or wish foranother meeting, when chance
threw them near the proud beauty.


The Wrights were the only family really
admitted to close intimacy, for in fact they
were superior in mind and education to all
the others; but not one who ever met Mrs.
Elliott, could dislike her, whether they were
admitted on a social footing or not
Year: 1872

EVERY column OF newspaper con.
tains from twelve to fifteen thousand
distinct pieces of metal; the displace-
ment of one would cause typograph-
ical error. And yet some people lay
claim to remarkable smartnesS If they
can discover an error In q newspaper.
When such people find word with a
wrong letter In 1t, they are happy the
whole day,
Year: 1872

The latest Yankee invention is a
new fashioned travelling bag. In it a
man can stow himself upon q journey
and travel without the knowledge OF
such sponges as dun \ man for his fare.
He places himself in the bag, and TAX
Ing 1t In his hand, passes for baggage.
Year: 1872

The charming pair of fchroms,, ''Wide Awake" and
east Asleep" of whose real beauty and attractive
ness Mrs. Stoves graceful sketch can give but an
imperfect idea-so pleasing they to all who love
art or chdrenhave always sold in the picture stores
for $40, and the original publisher has never been
able to supply the great demand for them even at
that price. And yet, although thousands of them
have been sold in America at that high rate they are
now within the reach of ALL for they are
Year: 1872

I TWO CHARMING AND pOpULAR WORKS
As OF ART. u5dF
"Wide Awake and Fast Asleep"
TWO EXQUISITE FRENCH OIL CHROMOs,


THE SUBJECTS OF WHICH ARE LIFE


SIZE, AND CANNOT FAIL TO PLEASE
ALL WHo LoYE ART OR CML-
Year: 1872

Let the strange frost-work sink and crumble,
And let the loosened tree-boughs swing,
Till all the bells of silver ring.
Shine warmly down, thou sun of noontide


On this hill pageant, melt and move -
The winters frozen heart with love.
And soft, and low, thou wind south-blowing
Breathe through veil of tenderest haze
The prophecy of summer days.
Come with the green relief of promise, ea
And to this dead, cold splendor bring,


The living jewels of the spring.
Year: 1872

Keep your eye on your nelg h'

 bors. Take care of them. Do not

 let them stir without watching

 They may do something wrong,

 if you do. To be sure, yoa never

 knew them to do anything very

 bad; but it may be on your account they have not. Perhaps, if it had not been for your kind care, they

 might have disgraced themselves a long time ago. Therefore, do not relax any effort to keep them where they ought to be. Never mind your own business-that will take care of itself. There ts q man passing along-he is look ing over the fence-be suspicious of him; perhaps he contemplates stealing. some ofthese dark nights; there is ne knowing what queer fancies he may have got in his head. fyou find any symptoms of any one passing out of the.path ofduty, tell every one else what you see, and be particular to see a great many. Itis good way to cir culate such things, though it may not benefit yourself or any o2e eles particularly. Do keep some thing going. Silence is dread full thing. Though it is said there was silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour, do not let any such thing occur On earth-it would be too much for this mun- dane sphere

 If, after all your watchful care, you cannot see anything outof the way in any one, you may be sure it is not because they have not done anything bad; perhaps, in an unguarded moment, you lost sight of them. Throw out hints that they are no better than they should be; that you shnuld not wonder if the people found out what they were, afthr awhile then they may not carry their heads so high. Keep it going. and some one may take the hint and begin to help you along, afer awhile; then there will be music, and everything will work to a1 charm.
Year: 1872

Correspondence New York Tribune.l


Although Bismarck is comparatively
young, and has not been more than ten
years prominently in the public eye,
there is already floating on the surface
of German gossip large number of
anecdotes illustrative Of his character.
Some Of these are too coarse to be put
in print, and are net oreditable to the
Prince himself Others are forged or
magni6ed bv the Aatterers by whom q
powerful man is always surrounded. But
many are at once characteristic and
AMUSING, and are invaluable to him who
wishes 70 study thoroughly one of the
foremost statesmen of the country.


1t appears that Bismarck vas sent to
Gottingen rather than 10 Heidelberg or
Jena because his mother thought his
sybaritic qualities would find less en-
couragement at ths former place. At
the University he seems TO have ooprted
and won the reputation Of the college
bully. He could fight more duels, drink
more vine, and pay fewer bills than any
Of his colleagues. He was graduated,
therefore, with no very enyiabie pros
poets for his future. In the course Of
time he finished bis law studies, and
was admitted to the city courts of Berlin
as AHscnlfdfoT, which is the first degree
IN German barrister's career. His
first term in this capacity furnishes
an anecdote which shows the ready wit
OF the incipient attorney. One day
Year: 1872

From the Lond0D f1eld.I Ma Ma


The gear of Chill horse is one Of the
most curious looking arrangemepts in
the world. The bit is composed Of fat
piece of iron which rests on the horse S
tongue and against the roof Of his
mouth; at the end of this is hole,
through which is passed massive iron
ring, about four inches in diameter,
which encircles the lower jaw; in front
of the mouth another fiat iron ring is
placed, to which the reins are fastened.
The whole nffair weighs about five
pounds, and is sufficiently powerful to
break horses Jaw with a sudden jerk.


The reins are formed of finely plated
hide, and are of about the thickness of a
fore6nger; there are only two and they
are Joined together just above the grip
OF the hand. They terminate in long
lash (chicote) about four feet long, at
the tip of which there is ball of lead
sewn up in the leather. When not re-
quired for use this chicOte is curled
round the near-side of the rider, and
hangs down on the off flank of the horse.
OF course, as may be readily imagined,
il is a formidable weapon in skillful
hands;fa a man not on the lookout is fire.
quently Knocked clean off his saddle by
a blow on tie head with the ball at the
end


The saddle is a queer affair. In the
first place, six or seven sheepskins are
placed on the horses back, one on top
Of another; leather strap is passed
round these, and firmly secured; q skel-
eton saddle, or rather piece Of wood with
cantle at each end, is then placed on,
and on the top Of this any number of
sheepskns, finished off, if the owner is
swell" by a foxskin, or some other
valuable fur. Sometimes as many as
seventeen or eighteen skins may 20 to
make up a montura. The four corners
are kept down by broad leather straps,
ornamented with silver buckles, to enable
the rider to wedge himself in. The stir
rups are made of two huge pieces OF
hard wood, with hole halfway through,
and frequently weigh five pounds or six
pounds piece. once had the curios-
ity to weigh a montura of a well-to-do
huaso; it weighed sixty pounds more or
less and yet this was by no means an
uncommonly large one.- When the rider
is in his saddle, all his legs are concealed
by the sheepskins, and viewed from be-
hind, clad in poncho and an enormous
straw hat, he presents one of the most
laughable objects in existence.


OF cousre, nearly all their feats of
craftsmanship are due to their using
such powerful bits, the comparative
smalness of the horse, and the almost
impossibility of getting thrown from
such saddle. When the horse does
come down, the rider is almost invaria-
bly, seriously injured through getting en-
tangled and mauled in the struggles of
the animal. They are good riders, as
far as sticking on goes; but of pace
and of nursing horse they haven't the
faintest notion. The best rider in Chill
that is, among the natives--couldn't
take the best horse in England two miles
over a fair country; he would simply
pound him in the first halfmile..
Year: 1872

but If ever any one made strong try
to call on God for assistance did
then. / could feel my mothers soft
hand on my head.
"George," said she to my brother,
his forehead don't feel very cold
How strange it is"
Then Georges hand was put on my
forehead, and could feel him place
his hand on my breast.
They seemed to think that / might
not be dead.


Pretty soon a neighbor came in, and
there was good deal of talking that
l couldn't understand. Then 1 was
lifted out of the coffin and placed in
bed. / was rubbed all over with a
coarse towel.


Still couldn't stir or open my eyes.


Then my mother came to give one
last look. I could feel her near me
just as she used to be when L was boy,
and her hand smoothed my hair in the
old way that seemed to take me back
to the time when I wasn't so bad as /
am now.


tried with all the force / could to
speak. made one strong effort to
rouse myself and finally broke the
spell and looked up.


My mother tainted; but help soon
came, and after taking some medicine
and doctors stuff, was able to think
freely and breathe again.


In little while was well again
with the exception of an ugly scar on
the back of my neck.


The doctors said had a narrow es-
cape. My spinal cord, they Said, had
been struck by the branch of the tree,
and was as good as dead. 1t was
more than miracle that I was ever
brought to. They had good deal to
say about paralyzing my nervous sys-
tenn and stopping the circulation, and
all that; but, at any rate, got well.


Boys, haven't sworn an oath since
then. l don't feel like it.
Year: 1872

The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says:


A singular electrical phenomena is
manifest at dwelling on Pleasant st.
In passing around the room and rub
bing the feet on the carpet a person
becomes highly charged with elec-
tricity upon touching the register or
any good conductor brilliant spark
of large size is developed. The gas
can be readily lighted by first turning
it on, and then rubbing the feet on the
carpet and holding one finger over the
jet. A spark often darts from the
feet when passing over certain places
in the floor, producing painful sem
sation. The electricity is only devel-
oped by rubbing the feet on carpet
underlaid with MANILA paper. When
three or four persons take hold of
hands and walk around they all be-
come powerfully charged, and the first
one touching conductor would not
care to repeat the experiment. What
peculiar arrangement in a house is
necessary to produce this phenome-
non, and its influence upon the health
of its inmates. being constantly charg-
ed with electricity, is a question for
the scientist.
Year: 1872

A vigorous panic was recently cre-
ated on board the vessel Glenawney,
when in the straits of Malacca, by the
escape of large and ferocious pam
ther from his cage. The angry beast
darted hither and thither among the
300 frightened and screaming passen-
gers, who dispersed in the greatest
haste, leaving the middle deck to the
undivided possession of the panther.
A rifle finally stopped his career, and
then it was found that, strangely
enough, only one man had been seri-
ously clawed.
Year: 1872

A young lady at Council Bluffs be-
ing informed by her "fellar" that he
intended to cease his attentions, cow
hided him around the room, and as he
sprung through the open window, told
him, with parting lick, that that
would teach him to be more careful
for the future not to trifle with gen.
tie and loving heart.