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Year: 1873

The CIRcus.-The farewell performance
of the New York Circus took place last
night. Although another circus had so
lately been in the city, this was well patron
lied to the last, and was aRplauded by every
body. William Bachelor, who performed
the double.sommerSault over seven horses,
accomplished the feat with an ease that as.
tonished the oldest circus-goers. Burke,


Seely, and Conrad are certainly champion
clowns. There was more naturalness and
real humor about their sayings and doings
than is usual with performers of their class
Year: 1873

THE COLLEGES AND THE MONEY PRESSURE
In consequence Of the present monetary diff
ticulties many young men proposing to en-
ter at the various colleges find themselves
embarrassed by the funds on which they
have relied being locked up in banks which
have suspended. We understand that the
authorities of Richmond College propose to
grant Indulgence in such cases, so as to
afford all reasonable relief and prevent any
one from being thus deferred from entering
college -. ,---
Year: 1873

Dancing commenced in the hall as soon as
the banquet was concluded, and was kept up
with lively interest until late at night. Sing
ing and athletic and gymnastic sports were
again freely INDUCED in with the greatest
ZcSt.


At night the grounds were brilliantly illu-
minated by Chinese lanterns and calcium
lights, and the gayety of the scene was en-
hanced by displays Of fireworks and the
ascension of miniature balloons. /.


No people know better than the Germans
how to enjoy themselves.


Some OF the visitors from abroad to this
most successful festival left the city last
night; others will leave to-day.
Year: 1873

bOSTOS, Sept 10, 1870
Ex-Mayor CASTOR, in a letter formally accepting
the democratic nomination Tor Governor OF Massa-
chusetts thus aludes to the Prohibitory Liquor
law:-


At time when the State Is sufferpg reproach for
partial and dishonest enforcement OF some OF its laws it
becomes immediate duty seek to execute such
with honesty and imparaty or TO repeal such statutes
cannot be thus enforced. An experience of twenty
years under what arc known ss the prohibitorv laws
has proved that they cannot accomplish the and
beneficial purposes for which they enacted,
they have not diminished the evils which
they were Designed TO destroy, but they have
brought with them, or with the attempt to
graced the administration OF Justice and have tended TO
corrupt the public morals Some other method OF pro
noting by legislation the temperance should
at least be tried This cause Is too high and noble
character and In It's purpose to attempt borrow
aid rom injustice, parallty or corruption. believe
that legislation can De mate TO assist those who
honest and earnest efforts seeking extend It's beneh.
influences.
Year: 1873

The arrangement entered into between the
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company, OF this
city, and the National Life OF America OF Philadel-
pha, does not seem to have met with a very warm
welcome from some OF the policy holders Judging
from a conversation q HERALD reporter had with
one OF them yesterday. The gentleman alluded to
happens to be one OF those who not in as good
state OF health at present as they were when
they were accepted by the Commonwealth as per-
fectly sound, and who will, therefore, alter the ex-
pration OF three years from the present date have
to trust to the Commonwealth for their policies.
He conceded that the plan on its face was o
good one; better way indeed, OF getting
the company out OF ditlcuty than II 1t
had failed entirely. But he feared that it was


ONLY A STEP TO A WIND UP OF THE COMPANY
that would In the long run prove disastrous to
those policy holders who, under the terms OF the
arrangement with the National Life, cannot get
insured by the latter for over three years. LET
me tell you why thin that the outlook Is not
pleasant Tor u.s." said he. At the end OF the three
allotted years l. for instance, have no claim upon
the National Life, and II the Commonwealth can
not settle with me on terms that think deserve
what am to dor or course, Will be told that my
policy Is good IN the Commonwealth still II will
not settle In way they deem beneficial to me.
but what guarantee have that at the end OF the
three years there will be any such thing as the
Commonwealth Company, or. at .least, company





Still bargain that saves us for three years for
certainty Is better than If were cast out alto
gether by downright failure. The only hope for
US delicate Ieows,n he added sarcasticalIy ss to
DIE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
True, the National Life won't like many OF us to
KICK the bucket while they are underwriting MS; (;
but the Commonwealth don't think, Will grum-
BILE n we all 90 70 the happy land Of Canaan during
the period specified In the contract for the good
and bad business TO be assumed by the National.
One corporations loss Is another's opportunity,
you kn0w.u


This rather gloomy view OF the perspective stu
alton by policy holder who knows he will not be
passed now as a sound man by the medical exam
iDers Is by no means the view OF all the policy
holders OF the Commonwealth Tor, In a conversa-
tion had with one OF them who thinks he q sound
man, the reporter learned that the transfer plan
was looked upon very favorably by


THE MAJORITY or THE STOCKHOLDERS


at least so far he had been able TO learn--and nc
was happy to say the majority were certain TO
pass the medical examiners. He did not doubt, he
said, but that the Commonwealth had done what
was best under the untoward circumstances OF the
case, and that 1t would be faithful to those policy
holders who would not, after three years, he ac-
cepted by the National. They would not, he
thought, be losers by the arrangement IN any
way even though they should cling to their original
policies and refuse TO make terms with the Com
monwealth.
Year: 1873

BALLOON ADVENTURE. Among the attractions
Of the circus, yesterday, was balloon ascension.
At the appointed hour the aeraonaut entered his
car and mounted upwards, everything passing
OF splendidly until he was nearing the earth in
his descent Then his car upset, and the bal
loonist was soon lying sprawling in the mud.
Year: 1873

For sale at Public Auction. the mill known az tn, 'WAsHINEE MILL" situated in the town o salisbury. Conn. and about half a mile IT, m tn. depot on the Conn. Western railroad Said mil was rum ing until about the list of March last anc ing stream of water, with head of 19 feet, which can De ralsed to p feet without flowing off the land belonging to the mill property
Year: 1873

The TitusviIle Herald Gays that.
asthma is OF very rare occurrence in
the oil regions, and that the csuse oI
exemption is found in the fact that the
atmosphere there is strongly impreg-


mated with the vapors Of petroleum
which acts almost IA specific for the
relief OF asthma, and st the same time
asa preventive OF consumption. IL
adds: Let any one who n afflicted
with asthma, and leels particular dit
fcult spell oil breathing coming on. go
in the vicinity OF producing well,
where petroleum vapor hoyers in the
neighborhood, and he will find great
relief, and continued presence in such a
neighborhooi, will be the best means
OF q permanent cure. We look forward
10 the time when physicians all over
the United States will recommend 10
their asthmatic patients a journey TO
the oil regions. aud we hope some suit
able preparation will be made for their
entertainment and diversion. The
prospect OF an infrmsry Tor such sub
jects has been seriously discussed by
many OF our citizens. but has not yet
taken definite shape"
Year: 1873

Railroad men and iron dealers can
ascertain the number of tons OF rails 10
mile by a simple calculation. By
multiplying the weight Of the rail per
yard by IL and dividing by 7, the corr
rect number of tons required to lay one
mile Of track is correctly and quickly
secured. AS an example take a rail
weighing thirty pounds per yard !:
3Oxll-33O divided by 7-47 .l.6 tons
The rule holds good for iron OF any
weight, and is one of those singular
mathematical workings which puzzles
US to know how they were ever dis-
covered.
Year: 1873

John Paul." writing from Saratoga
to the New York Tribune, thus pleasant
ly gossips about the Commodore OF
Railroads" Commodore Vanderbilt
with his usual following, arrived here
last evening. He comes up here every
season, no wonder that with his
watering" proclivities he is fond Of
watering places. He takes up his
ouarters-and also picks up what stray
halves and wholes he can. at whist-at
Congress Hall. Those who have got
rich by following his points also stop
there; those who have not, as a general
thing, patronize the hotel directly op-,
posite-you can now guess which hotel
has the most guests. 1t pleases me TO
have the Commodore so near, Tor II
eminent at whist it may be
that he also prides himself on his
"7-up," and l have been longing for
some one to happen along who thought
he understood the intricate beauties Of
that fascinating game, One must make
ones expenses some way, you know,
and as we'll out Of the Commodore as
any one else. l think could get back
the cost of those trunk straps il got
one fair dig at him. The noble old
gentleman has made some wonderfully
queer and quick turns in his time. but
l imagine that could turn jack from
the bottom in a way that woull make
his venerable hair stand on end He
has always beat me in stock operations,
but unless he can stock the cards on a
fellow pretty deity, I've an idea that a
good deal OF New York Central and
Harlem railroad stock would be trans
lerred over into my name before the sea-
son ended.
Year: 1873

Not Gully, but Musn't do SO Again


Recorder Evans, of Lancaster, Penn,


has been called upon to decide whether


pinching the tails from five small pups.


cross breed between a pointer and


setter, was cruelty to animals. He


delivered himself as follows: "In this
case the defendant, by his own admis+
sion, pinched or twisted the ends Oft the


tails of five setter pups at the first joint,
drawing out the tendons and nerves.
There is come doubt whether the re-
moval of dogs tails under any circum-
stance, merely for the purpose OF enab-
ling them better to minister to our
pleasure, is not cruelty within the
meaning of the act OF Assembly. There
cannot, however, be any doubt that the
method adopted in this case, Of twisting
the ends off at the first joint and pull
ing out the nerve, is, under ordinary cir
cumstances, the infiction ofunnecessary
pain, and, therefore, cruelty within the
act. And had there been evidence bes
fore me that the pups 80 treated evlnc-
ed, in the usua, manner, by screams or
cries, that they were suffering pain. he
would be amenable TO the law. But
the testimony before me was that the
pups did not manifest any sign OF pain
and did not seem to mind it. In view
of this, as well as in consideration OF
the fact that this WAS his first offense,
and done under the advice Of exper-
fenced hunters (they being hunting
doggy with perfectly innocent motives
on his part, and taking all the evidence
before me into consideration, | do not
feel warranted in imposing upon him
the penalty Of the law. Therefore dis
miss the complaint, but caution the
defendant that if again brought before
me on similar charge, my judgment
may be different; for we are constrain-
ed to say that the custom, however uni
versal in this community, OF twisting
pups tails of, is one that must be dis
countenanced and put an end to,
Year: 1873

IT is said that young gentleman OF
Neosho, NO., accepted an invitation to
read the Declaration OF Independence
To patriotic meeting somewhere in the
country on the Fourth, and on going to
the designated place, had neglected to
provide himself with a copy thereof
Mounting the stand. however, an arti-
Gle was furnished by some one
in attendance, which he read nearly
through to the wondering crowd before
he discovered it to be the Declaration
of Principles as euunciated iu the plat
form OF the Charleston Convention Of
1850. ..-.
Year: 1873

AN observant lady says that she was
never 30 much inclined to laugh in
church as on q recent Sunday, when,
walking down the broad aisle after ser.
vice, she saw that every woman ahead
of her was using her left hand in ar.
ranging that portion of her dress adorn.
ing her back, and before she WAS aware
of it found herself similarly employed.
Year: 1873

The saddest sight which a cultivated
mind can dwell upon is West Point
cadet attempting to delude with soft
speeches q New York society belle, and
imagining himself q terrible firt."
Year: 1873

A Swiss philosopher has taken up a
subject which has too long been neglect
ed by the manufacturers of boots and
shoes, viz the anatomical necessities
of the foot for better support. Many a
sufferer from corns, bunions, and all the
ills that toes are heir to can trace his
sorrows to careless and inhuman
bootmaker. 1t is the rarest thing i'll
the world to get perfectly fitting boot
one which, on first acquaintance, does
not tear the skin off the tender portion
OF the.heel, create ulcers upon the in
step, or so compress the nail of the big
toe as to render disease probable re-
suit In measuring foot, says wise
man, the first thing to be considered is
the place of the great toe. Upon this
toe the whole weight of the body turns
at every step in natural foot. 1t is,
therefore, in straight line with the
heel. A central line drawn from the
point of the great toe to the middle of
it's root would pass exactly to the mid
die of the heel. Very few persons can
boast of big toe which does not, from
the unslilled making of a stupid boot
maker, or a series of the same, turn in
ward. No last or model of foot so
misshapen should ever be made the ex-
act size Ct such foot. There are many
sufferers, who in their agony have
heaped upon the whole boot-making
fraternity shower of interjections,
who will hail this addition to the sci
ence of comfort with feelings of JOY and
gladness.
Year: 1873

The audience given by the Emperor
of China to the foreign ENJOYS does not
appear to have been granted very will
ingly. The official announcement was
worded in the most insulting terms, and
was supplemented by the following SEN
tence III the North China Hcrald. :.
" Here are those rascally dogs of for
eigners actually teasing to get sight of
the face OF the son of heaven, and our
too timid ministers consenting to admit
them to the privilege. What is the
world coming to?"
Year: 1873

SAD RESULT or LEAT TING soar


LYING 4ROUND LOOSE.


A Danbury woman bought box Of
soap and took it home. What followed
is thus related by the Ne,es:: Subse-
quently, being engaged i'll baking, she
lost sight of the affair In the mean
time, the child looked over the box, and
| finding the contents to be unusually at
tractIvc, undertook to eat them, but
failing in this, used them as blocks for
laying out townships, erecting towers,
and performing variety of other .ngi-
neering feats. Pretty soon it fell to
knocking thom down with it's hand, and
then to kicking them around with its
| foot, and when this amusement lost its
attraction, it suddenly set up dread
full howl of agony, and started for the
kitchen. 1t was about this time that
the man of the house, who had been
abed up stairs, came down stairs in
pants and shirt, to get some shaving
water. When within four steps of the
bottom, he stepped on something which
Immediately disappeared with astonish-
ing celerity, and deposited him on the
floor below without the aid of the other
steps. He got up on his feet at once,
and looked about for the cause of the
accident. 1t was Il cake of that soap.
He picked it up, and with won erful
presence of mind, hurled it through the
glass of the first window. Then he
gathered up the shaving cup and brush,
and went into the room. He went into
it Just as any man would who had missed
| four steps in coming down stairs and
| lighting on another cake just as he was
about to kick the door shut, that leg
shot away SO violently as to hurt the
roof of his mouth, and he came down on
| one knee, with his head against the bu-
rean. The top of his scalp was some
what bruised, and one drawer was with
out its complement of knobs, and he
had bitten piece from the tip of his
toHStS, 'tltholtSi io ollc "Cii't iiitNt
suspected that last by the flow Of con-
versation that followed as he bounded
to his feet. The appearance of his wife,
with her face depicting emotions of the
liyeliest alarm, was welcomed rs PROV
| idential cscape-valve for the wrath boil
| ing within him, but he found his rage
turning to establishment as she suddenly
| changed her motion, and dashed toward
him with her head down and utteripg a
hysterical scream. AS the instinct of
self preservation is the loudest, he i'm
mediately proceeded to move out of the
| way of his sliding spouse, when he en-
countercd another cake of soap, and was
twisted completely around, and hurled
headlonG against the center table, and
Immediately across her line of march
What became of her or the center table
in the crash that followed he cannot
| tell He remembers when striking the
table of seeing some twenty-five new
planets, with a pyrotechnic display i'll
the back ground, and thinks he must
| have heard a million fire-crackers go Oft
under barrel. When he came to, he
was abed in darkened room, with two
persons whispering in corner, and the
air Thoroughly impregnated with flavor
of castor oil.
Year: 1873

THoUGH the population OF Chicago
exceeds that of Boston by 100, 600 peo-
pie, the number of arrests for drunken
pess in the latter city in 1872 was double
the number of arrests in Chicago for the
same vice and during the same time ;
and there were over one thousand more
fines for disorderly conduct in Boston
than in Chicago during that year.
Year: 1873

WHETHER or not the spider is to be
classed among those pests that are cara-
bic Of infictins fatal injuries upon man
has never been hitherto conclusively
settled. Ladies are firmly convinced
that the spider is deadly, but they also
entertain the same conviction in regard
to the harmless, necessary mouse and the
cheerful June bug, Occasionally q red
spot is exhibited ON fair arm, and the
spider is charged with having been the
cause of it; but, so far as this proves
anything, it proves that the injury in
fiicted by spider is very far from being
fatal. The question, however, has just
been finally settled by the death of a
man in Illinois who was killed by a
spider-one of the heavy iron variety
wielded by his wife, with whom he was
engaged in heated argument.
Year: 1873

A great many blossoms" have been


drawn from the Wawasset disaster by our
Exchanges. The want of life prcsetvers,
the lack Of rats, the inefficient handling
m bosts, the overcrowding with passen'
grrs violation of the steamboat law, care
lr,,uess in handling fire, tue kind ol
,r,rhl csrricd-all these and many other
n,,u,s are exhauslively discussed. But
ol all the suggestions for the prevention oi
such horrors, nobody has yet thought 1t
worth while to suggest that the steamer
itself should be something else than a fire.
trap. 1t doesn't seem TO occur to anybody
that there can be any fault Of construction
IN a vessel which is roaring hell OF
flame In ten minutes from tho time hot
c,a rolls out Of the furnace on the floor
mink of wood floor saturated with oil
within reach of tho iurnaceD The Treasury
Department is going to investigate this
,,s, Some section oI the steamboat law
was violated. What a farce these invcstt'
cations are, and must continue to be, 80
long as steamers that will burn up IN ten
minutes are allowed to load themselves to
the waters edge with human freight The
prime want Of the time is a style Of
steamboat that will not burn up,and every
other style to be forbidden TO carry moro
than very limited number of passengers.
Then we shall not have these awinl
wholesale murders every time there Is o
little accident or carelessness with fire
incidents that no possible regulations or
rcd.tape can wholly guard against VIII
npl some of the Journals that have intu'
rnce suggc9t that an improvement In the
construction of steamers 80 as to increase
their resistance 10 fire, is the first rational
step towards the prevention OF the holo'
causts on water that periodically shock
the country and spread grief and dOsola'
ton through hundreds Of homesH
Year: 1873

GRAPE Ror.-We regret to learn that
the rot prevails to considerable extent
among the vineyards in the vicinity Of the
city. The ConcOrds are more affected we
hear than other varieties, and in some
vineyards they are said to be half de-
stroyed. Singular to say, as reported to
US, the grapes on Wheeling Island, are
wholly free from disease and promise an
unusually fine crop. When the grapes
rot on the Martinsvillc hills and do not on
tue Island, ii would seem that somO other
cause than humid atmosphere would have
to be found to account for this disease,
which Is generally attributed 10 wet
weather.
Year: 1873

World specIAl)


LONDON, August l4.-It is stated upon
the highest authority that Count de Cham.
bord has announced his resolution TO &C.
cept the Constitution for France prepared
by members Of the Right Of the Assembly
and himself, and will rule both by the
will oil God and the good will Of the peo.
pie. A proclamation Of monarchy will be
Issued In a few days.
Year: 1873

THE superintendent of the Western Union telegraph publishes that on and after February l, 1873, the tariff from any Western Union office to any other Western Union office will not exceed $2 50 for ten words. The charge for additional words will be in proportion. The rates to and from Western Union offices to offices on the line of other companies remain unchanged.
Year: 1873

WE are in receipt of a communica- tion, by citizen at Prescott, suggest ing that the legislature place on record the thanks of the public to General Crook and the Fifth cavalry for the excellent service they have done in the interests of peace with the Apaches of Arizona. We have often placed THE CITIZEN on the record in these particulars, and have no doubt the legislature is entirely willing to do so. The legislative proceedings exclude communications to exceed the space of 8 few lines.
Year: 1873

VILLAGE COUNCIL met last Monday evening Full board present. Draft of bill to embrace lands within the corpora ton as indicated by bin pending in Con gress. presented by the Recorder. was aU-
Year: 1873

How SHEPHERD Docs ARE Trained
Yon may 60 over the plains and hills OF
southern California for miles and see thou
sands of sheep, but not man to watch them
Around each flock or band of, say, a thousand
of sheep, are half dozen dogs, Of a peculiar
breed dogs whose progenitors were imported
from the sheep pastures of the Old World.
These dogs take the entire care of the sheep,
drive them out to pasture in the morning,
keep them from straying during the day, and
bring them home at night. They have inher-
tied talent for keeping sheep; but the shep-
herds do not depend wholly on that: They
cultivate in this way, so at least the old shep-
herds say When lamb is born it is taken
away from the mother sheep before she has
seen it, and puppy put in its place. The
sheep suckles the puppy and learns to love it.
When the puppy is old enough to eat meat, it
is fed in the morning and sent out with the
sheep. 1t stays with them because it is accus'
toned to be with its mother but; it cannot
feed with them. AS they get full the dog
gets hungry. At length, impatient to return
where it hopes to get another piece Of meat, it
begins to tease and worry its mother, and final
ly starts her toward home, the other sheep fol-
low, and thus the whole flock is brought in. If
the dog brings the sheep home too soon, or
comes without them, he gets no supper, or is
punished in some way. Hence he soon learns
when to come, and to see to it that none of his
charge are left behind. These animals are
trained by taking advantage Of their instincts
and appetites.