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Year: 1872

WHEREVER you are. and whatever
circumstances you are in, do something
that will go on beneftting men after you
are dead, if it is only to plant tree or a
bush to beautisy house or enhance the
comfort of travellers. Do not be content
ed with simply helping your own self
Year: 1872

In the quiet hush of the tender night,
When my eyes I'LL up with tears,
Comes my darling 10 NE, all golden bright
With the sunshine Of three sweet years.
And he smiles as he climbs to q seat on my


knee


To whisper his childish mirth
Then clasps my neck-ihough you may not


see,


For my darling is not of earth.
Only within the twilight gloom,


When the hours are long and sweet.
hear all about in the lonely room


The patter of little feet.
Pa,ter of feet that come and 60.


With n sweet yet restless WILL
just AS they did month ago.


Ere they grew forever still
And my heart at those spirit sounds that
So near yet so far away,
Glides into the faith of u sweet love-dream,
That follows me night and day.
And this love-dream, tender and ever sweet,
Still whispers soft and low
Keep thou in thy heart those tiny feet,
And follow the way they co.
Then my sorrow sinks down as o leaIlet will,
When the winds are into their rest
And how with clasped hands. and still
The f. otsteps are in my breast.
Year: 1872

SHELLY STANBAUGH always keep up
- their stock of GROCERIES and VIII mol
be e1eellei either in the quality or price OF
their goods in this line. Give them ca''
before going elsewhere.
Year: 1872

CHILDREN whose brain development is unu-
sually large in comparison with the body, are
hequently singled out for a premature final
resting place. Why is this? Simply because
the functions of the body are too frail to sup
ply the waste going on in the brain consequent
upon active intelligence Fellows Compound
Syrup of Hypophosphites is so prepared that 1t
imparts the vital principle dire city to the brain


while it assists in developing vigorous and ro-
bust hodv aug 3-ded&w1t
Year: 1872

The pews of Methodist Church on the
boundary line between PENNSYLVANIA and
Ohio stand in the former State and the pulpit
in the latter. Pennsylvania couples, in con-
sequence, have to be married in the vestibule.
Year: 1872

The old, old story of the snake and the
female sex comes from Slocum, Pa, where a
COW is wont to lie down at the root of tree
while the snake milks her in the most natural
way in the world. .... .........-
Year: 1872

The officers of the coast survey and the
naval observatory are engaged in series of
very exact observations to determine the pre-
else difference of latitude and longitude be-
tween Greenwich and Washington. The ca
BILE is being used in these calculations.
Year: 1872

1t is believed by the sanguine advocates
of the measure at the City Hall, that the
funding bill will prove more than tenn
porary expedient in a financial point of
view. Indeed, they assert that it will tend
greatly to the permanent removal OF all en-
barrassments heretofore met with. Some
measure Of this description was rendered
imperative. The outstanding claims against
the city were numerous and pressing, and
no way was open for their adjustment. The
funding bill opens an avenue Of escape, and
will tend to greatly lessen the most obvious
evil heretofore certificates of
Indebtedness. 1t is highly desirable that
all claims for wages should be paid by the
city in cash.


Although when the thaw in the Western
rivers takes place, unusually high water is
looked for, the City Surveyor is of the
opinion that the levees are in condition to
resist it's pressure. A line thirteen miles
long has been strengthened on the right
bank of the river, and the work on the
levees in the upper portion Of the city is
progressing rapidly.


No provision has been made in the bud
get for the extensive repairs now being
made to the engine houses in the city. Al
though the work is most necessary, several
Administrators are at loss to know from
what source the money to pay the expense
is to come.


1t is proposed, should permission to oc-
cupy it be obtained from the Secretary of
the Treasury, to take one wing of the
We learn at the Surveyors Department
that the repairs necessary to make that
portion of the building inhabitable I'D
be made in fifteen days.


The weekly report of the collectors of
levee dues shows an aggregate of $66l9 92.
This is far behind the usual amount re-
ceived in the same space of time, the de-
crease being partially owing to the ice in
the Western rivers. Within six days but
s. were added to this revenue by the col
lections in the Fourth District.


The Administrator of Improvements has
advertised for sealed proposals for the
laying of wooden sidewalk on Lapage
street. between Seventh and Broad avenue,
Third District, and for brick banquettes
on First street. between Carondelet and
Magnolia


Mayor Flanders is still confined to his
house by sickness, but the physicians at
tending him hope that he will be sufficiently
recovered to return to his post on Monday
next.


The following is the result of the sale Of
the revenues of the city markets for the
month of Morcb.
Year: 1872

They have pauper in Dubuque, Iowa,
who manages to subsist entirely on milk
punch. without touching any more solid
nutriment. The applications for admission
to that particular pOorhouse are likely to
become numerous.
Year: 1872

Now that the true nature Of the dis.
ease is known, the method Of treaimen.
becomes most obvious, and we learn not
merely what to do, bu, also what not to
do. As heat is the cause OF the symp-
toms. commin sense points TO the abstract.
ionof the heat in some way as a mode Of
cure. And here again vivissction comes
in play. | have taken sn animal, conn
iOse. paralyzed BY the heat, apparently
dying, and pluugsl it into bucket of
cold water. The temperature of the suf.
ferer fell until it reached the normal
point, just in proportion that Of the water
in the bucket rose. As the animal cool.
ed, its respiraiions became more regular,
the unsteady whirr of the heart was still.
led, by and by the oyelids were lifted,
and out frcm the CLASSY eye came the
beams Of new life. If the period of un-
consciousness had been short. the animal
was in few hours apparently as well as
ever ; if long, the animal would recover
sufficiently TO recognize its surroundings
and to struggle for release. but when al
loved to escape, the paralyzed limbs and
the slow, imperfect progression indicated
the profound injury the nervous system
had received, and in n few hours the AMI
NAL would lie dead.


The lessons Of these experiments are
too plain to be overlooked. Whatever is
to be done in this disease must be done
quickly. Clinical as well as experimen.
tai observation enforces this doctrine.
There should in such cases be no waiting
for the docter. The remedy is SO simple,
the death so imminent, that the good
Samaritan passing by should save his
brother. The good Samaritan must, how
ever, have a cool head to be useful. Not
every man that falls unconscious on q hot
day has sun-stroke. There is fortunately
one criterion SO easy of application that
any one can use it. Go at once to the
fallen man, open his shirt-besom, and lay
the the hand upon his chest if the skin
be cool, whatever may be the trouble, it
is not sun-stroke. If, however, the skin
be burning hot, the case is certainly SUM-
stroke. aud no time should be lost. The
patient must be carried to. the nearest
pump or hydrant, stripped to his waist,
and bucketfu' after bucketfu Of cold wa.
ter be dashed over him until conscious
ness begins to return or the intense heat
Of the surface decidedly abates.-Lippin-
colts Magazine. T #t sm as
Year: 1872

..at... u y -
There's a time for the pulse to quicken,


A time for the heart to throb,
For sorrow will never turn traitor,


The soul of its joy to rob;
There's time for laughter and dancing,


In the wide world, east and west;
But when our gay laughter is over,
There cometh time for rest. .
There's time for the sun to brighten,


A time for the shadow to fall;
time for the ravens croaking.


A time for the blue-bird's call;
time when the roses blossom


Through the wide world, east and west;
But when bcssoming time is over,


There cometh time for rest!
There's time when the young heart knoweth
The Joy that the angels know;
There's time when the gray of the twilight


Fades in the morn red glow.
There's time when the daylight shineth


Through the world, from east to west;
But when Daylight, the Col .en, has vanished,
There cometh II time for rest.
There's time for che bud to blossom,


time for the leaf to fall;
time for the birth of mortal,


And death must come to ALL
There's time when the daises blossom


0'er green graves east and west; t
And the wind that o'sr-bloweth the blossom
Foreteleth the day of rest
Year: 1872

press of Russia is understood TO have
purchased the celebrated suit of rubies,
and it is known that there are many
articles of enormous value still at Chisel-
hurst, which will be disposed of when a
purchaser can be found. Most Of the
jewels now a. Mr.. Emanueis might be
worn with propriety by any lady whose
purse is long enough for their purchase,
while some, such as the watch and the
emerald, ruby and diamond hoop-rings,
speak Of daily use by the Empress.
Year: 1872

"See, father" said a lad who was
walking with his father, "they are
knocking away the props from under
the bridge; what are they doing that
fol-? Won't the bridge fall?"


"They are knocking them away
said the father, "that the timbers may
rest more firmly upon the stone piers,
which are now finished"


God often takes away our earthly
props that We may rest more firmly
upon him. God sometimes takes
away mans health, that he may rest
upon him for his daily bread. Before
his health failed, though he perhaps
repeated daily the words, ''Give u.
this day our daily Bread" he looked
TO his own industry for that which be
asked Of God. That prop being taken
sway, he rests wholly upon Gods
bounty. He receives his bread he
receives It as the GIT Of God.
Year: 1872

There is variety Of insects which
infest parlor plants, and unless looked
after very closely, will destroy their
beauty. The green fly is great pest
to parlor and greenhouse plants /; but
It is easily killed In the greenhouse,
by filling the house thoroughly with
tobacco smoke at the close Of the day,
and thar shutting II IN tight during
the night. For parlor plants, II win
be necessary to put them in large
boxes or barrels, and fill them with
smoke, and cover up tight. This will
efiectually destroy this destructive and
disgusting insect. By immersing the
plants in tub of soap-suds, they may
be freed from the fly. To do this q
piece Of pasteboard should be made to
cover the top Of the pot, cutting side
slit for the stem; then, holding the
hand over the pasteboard, the pot may
be inverted without disturbing the
mould, and, by the immersion, the
foliage will be effectually freed from
the insect.


The red spider may be detected by
examining the leaves which look yell
low and sickly; but they are SO small
it will take good eyes to see them.
This minute, ugly customer is not SO
easily got rid Of IS the green fly.
Plants from neglected green houses
are often infested with it. The most
effectual way Of destroying this insect
Is to give the plants repeated syring-
ing with sulphur and water, or solu-
tion OF whale-oil soap water The
plants can be taken out of doors on a
mild day and the operation performed
upon them, remembering that it is i'm
portant to syringe the under side Of
the leaf as well as the upper side, as
the red spider will be found in greater
abundance there.


There is another insect more diff
cult to get rid of than either of those
named. 1t is the mealy bug, which
may be found in the axils of the
leaves, aud on the stems of oranges,
camslias, heaths, etc. 1t looks like
little specs Of cotton but upon pick
ing 1t off, disagreeable, ugly looking
insect will be found imbedded in this
glutinous, cottony substance. It is
sometimes very troublesome in grap-
cries, and requires much care to get
rid of 1t. 1t Is only TO be destroyed
by industriously picking it off.
Year: 1872

How TO REMOVE INK.-Fint wipe
off carefully all that can be soaked up
by handful Of cotton-batting. Then
have dish Of sweet milk ready, and
dripping the clean batting in 1t,
wash the spot, changing the batting
for clean piece rs soon as it gets black
with the ink. Continue this till the
ink DO longer shows then take pail
of hot suds and clean cloth, and wash
- far as the milk has wet rinse with
clear warm water, and rub dry with q
clean cloth. Salt and water and lem
on juice are recommended for remov-
ing ink from white clothing, either.
linen or cotton. We know from ex.s
perience, also, that q weak solution a.
oxalic acid will remove ink froui@
white cloth. II lis too strong sole
ton, however, it will make hole &
the cloth !; and as oxalic acid is Q po1s
son, the bottle containing it should ~
properly labeled and kept out of ~
way of children.
Year: 1872

A friend hands as the followinj


with : arequest to publish for the ban


eft Of that class wko have chronic


habit Of retailing ali the petty neigh
borhood scandals they can hear Of Of


have time TO manufacture. We do II


most willingly:


Every community 10 cursed with q


class Of people who make 1t their con-


cern 70 attend to evsrybody's business


but their own. These prople are the


meanest, lowest, and vilest specimens
OF humanity which Providence per-
mits to live. It is known that large
class Of persons are disposed to speak
III Of Others, and tattling is a sin from
which few can claim to be entirely ex-
empt; but there IL 4 distinct class of
tattsers whose chief aim is to make
tale-bsaring the constant pursuit of
their Hives. They pry into the private
affairs Of every family In the neigh
borhood. They know the exact state Of
. neighbor's feeling toward one anoth-
er. They understand everybody's
faults; no blunder or impropriety es-
capes their vigilant watchfulness.
They are particularly posted In every
thing connected with courtsnip and


marriage know who are to marry,
and can guess the time when 1t will
take place. Their black nauseous pills
Of slander are coated with smiles and
professions Of love. Tattlers are con-
fined to no particular class OF society.
They belong to all classes aud operate
In all. We find them among the poor
and upper-tsndom, In the church and
out OF 1t. They are people who have
no higher ambition than to be well In
formed in regard TO other peoples
business; to retail scandal to the neigh
bOrs, and who exult In the fiendish
triumphs over the bruised heart aud
wounded feelings of a victim. Con-
tempt Of such miserable creatures
should know no bounds. They are
worse than the lowest class OF thieves,
and should be despised by every lover
OF peace and quietness; but no words
can express our hatred of them.
What punishment they deserve, we
don't know, but God knows, and as
sure az eternal justice reigns. they will
receive retribution in proportion to the
magnitude Of their offences against the
law of God and the interest of injured
humanity. Tattlers, ponder and re-
fleet, and turn from your evil ways
before it is too late, for the Scripture
tells Us that all liars and mischief
makers shall have for their portion the
lake Of fire burning with birthstone.
Year: 1872

M n.-v>sy-., Doosr 4G~A sp1S>Aas
Of water in room, and In q few hours
it will have absorbed all the respired
gases in the room, the air Of which
will become purer, but the water per-
fectly filthy. The colder the water is.
the greater the capacity to contain these
gases. At ordinary temperature pail
of water will contain pint of carbonic
acid gas and several pints of ammonia.
The capacity Is nearly doubled BY re-
ducing the water to the temperature
Of ice. Hence, water kept In . room
awhile is always unfit for use. For
the same reason the water from q
pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any Of It is
used. Impure water Is more injurious
than impure air.
Year: 1872

Excitement Over the Herald's Tabular


Statement OF Holders OF the Stock


Probable Action Of the Union Pacific


Directors.


The disclosures in the HERALD, exclusively, yes
terday Of the names of holders Of Union Pacific
Railroad stock under the old regime, created great
discussion in Wall street and among business men
generally. 1t was conceded that there was a sus-
picous smell about all the transactions, dignihed
by the title OF Credit Mobier and that the present
management Of the Union Pacific ought to take
some steps for the recovery Of the eighteen mil.
lion of stock represented in the HERALD tabular
statement. 1t was stated that several influential
stockholders had written to Horace +. Clark, the
President OF the Union Pacific, asking him to take
steps In the matter, and In order TO discover the
truth regarding the rumor HERALD reporter
waited upon that gentleman last evening.


Mr.. Clark was cOgnizant OF the disclosures made
by the HERALD and said he had received letters re-
galdng 1t, one especially from q large stockholder
IN New England asking that steps be taken to pro-
secute these fraudulent stockholders for the
amount OF their stock


"What are you going to do about II asked the
HERALD reporter In the classic language of Tweed.


"Well, individually, can do nvthing,u responded
Mr. Clark; "but the directors meet next week OH
the ordinary business OF the road and think they
WIN take action In the matter. l can really say
nothing further."
Year: 1872

Yesterday afternoon Jerry Quirk, a notorious bue
unpunshed rufllan, was convicted before Justice
Elliott Of assault and attempted highway robbery,
his victim being an unsophisticated Geman named
link. While being escorted tc the prison van for
conveyance to the county jail Quirk made a sudden
dash for liberty, knocking down all who stood In
his way. Several policemen pursued the fugitive
and several hundred citizens pursued the police
men. The chase was an exciting and somewhat
amusing one, and continued over mile, when the
fugitive lost his wind and surrendered to his
pursuers batch OF petty larceny thieves
attempted to escape at the same time
by the instgaton OF Quirk, but thew
were all recapturcd without much dnlculty


For many weeks the court room in which this
escapade took place has been under the charge OF
only one oflcer, the Justice having refused to ac-
cept the services OF another sent to him by the
police authorities, claiming that he had right To
select his own 0fficcrs. The result OF this little
difference Of opinion may prove serious when least
expected.
Year: 1872

The New York Times says you


might as well forget your churches


your academies and school-houses,


as to forget yaur local paper. 1t
speaks to ten times the audience
that your local minister does. It is
read eagerly each week from begin
ing to end. 1t reaches you all, and
if It has low spirit and less wisdom
than a sermon it has a thousand
times better chance at you. Lying
on every table, In every house, as it
does, you owe it to yourself to rally
literally to its support, and exact
from it as able, high-toned charac-
ter, as you do from any educator in
your midst. It is in no sense beneath
notice and care-unless you your
self are beneath notice and care
it is your representative. Indeed,
in it's character, it is the summation
Of Importance, interest and welfare
of you all. 1t is the aggregate of
yonr own consequence, and you can
not ignore it without miserably de-
preciating yourself,
Year: 1872

Rev. E. A. Chaplin then spoke as
follows; One month ago many who
are now present met in this place to
express the sympathy with one who
sat with pallid face and grieving
eyes, a heart stricken mourner over
his wife. To-day as in the fresh
ness of his quiet sorrow, himself is
to lie by her side. The shadow of
death through which he was then
passing has enveloPed him. Such
is the providence that checks all hu-
man operations and makes life a con-
tinual surprise. Icannot attempt
here and now to unfold the life or
the worth of Horace Gree
ley. Such an attempt would, on the
one hand, be premature, and on the
other unnecessary; premature, be-
cause the traits and lessons of his
great life can but be reviewed when
The grief and excitement have ceas-
Year: 1872

A Detroit (Michigan) correspondent gi YES
thes particulars of brutal murder, and
how it came out .qnt


Last November q murder was committed
about five miles from here under most
mysterious circumstances, and what SEEM
ed likely to be a dead secret for all time, is
now brought to light. One night, about
twelve o'clock, Dennison Miller, well to-
do farmer, was awakened by noise. His
wife got up thinking it was cat in the
kitchen, and opened the back door for its
escape. A masked man rushed past her;
where her husband, reused by her screams,
had got up, and without word stabbed
Miller to the heart, killing him Instantly


Every effort was made to find the murder
er. A large reward was offered, and sever
al persons were arrested on suspicion, but
finally discharged, and all hope was given
up of the murderer ever being brought to
justice. All this time that the search was
being made the murderer was in daily con
tact with those searching and entirely un-
suspected, and his discovery was only acci-
N
full young man of nineteen, named William
Smith, was twice arrested for attempting
to throw railroad trains from tho track,
near this city. He was bailed, and imme-
diately after set barn on fire, when he
was arrested and confined II jail From
some inadyertent remark suspicion of his
completely in the murder of Miller was
aroused. On investigation chain of evil
dence was found. Smith r was charged
with the crime, made confession that he
had contemplated the murder for some
time, though he seems to have no special
motive. He was working for a neighbor of
Miller, and slept with the son of his en-
ployer on the night of the murder. He
arose, administered chloroform to his COM
panon and then got out of the window.
He sought the house of the victim and
committedthe fatal deed; after which he re-
turned to his bed. When the alarm was
givcn he turned out with the others in
search of the murderer. The next day he
was among the crowd discussing the affair,
but betraying no sign of the deadly secret.
He remained in the neighborhood some
time after the excitement had subsided,
and but for his reckless attempt at whole
sale slaughter and arson would never have
been suspected. He was arraigned, plead
cd guilty and committed for trial. He
seems to be indifferent or reckless as to
the consequences. He has been called
insane on account of his other deeds; but
the physicians who have examined him,
say that he has no symptoms of insanity.
Year: 1872

The New York Commercial Adoertise,'
says


The railway ticket agents are bothering
their brains over the question whether pas
sengers may "lay over" and resume their
journey at pleasure, or whether, when they
have once quilted the cars, they have for
feited their tickets for the remainder of
their journey. The courts have already de-
cided that man who buys ticket, as it
we're between Boston and New York, has
the undoubted right to stop at any place on
the road. and to resume his journey at his
leisure without buying another ticket. The
legend, "Good for this date only" has no
value in the eyes of any save railway Off.
cials, and the law has decided that any
action taken by conductors with view to
enforcing the implied contract is illegal.
There the matter should be allowed to rest
The public is satisfied 80 to leave it, and
the hallway companies ought not to COM
plain. If man buys a ticket to Boston,
and the company receive the money for it,
there is no reason why they should refuse
to carry him thither, or why they should
wish to force him to do it to suit their con-
venience instead of his own.