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Year: 1872

LnaI -ae E.sii instantly be torn to
pieces, but al Indian intCrpOsed and
saved her. She W lashed to a tree,
and brush wood haaped around her.
She felt that there was no hope, and
she resolved to meet death without
eXhlDiting any weakness.


The sun was low in the west. The
avengers had pushed forward with all
possible speed, and had arrived with
IN half mile of the camp. 1t had
been decided to delay the attack un-
til midnight.


A guide was sent ahead to recon-
nOitre. He stealthily approached the
camp, and at q glance saw what had
transpired. He was satisfied what
the result would be, so he hastened
back and informed his friends.


An advance was Immediately or
deFed and it was not long before three
numbered rifles were leveled in dead
ly aim at the hearts of the Conan
ehes, while they were still uneOn-
seious of danger. Then came the vol
ley, followed by a charge, deadly in
Its results. The Indians attempted
resistance, but it was q feeble one,
and brief. Many of their number es-
capped by flight, but the dead covered
the ground in every direction.


That lesson and the one received at
the settlement were indeed salutary
ones, and the COmanches did not soon
venture to mOlest the white man
again.


The joy of Jennie was great when
she found that her parents and her
lover were still alive; and the joy
they experienced at the recovery Of
their treasure was no less than her
own.
Year: 1872

One Of the most remarkable instan-
ces Of equine sagacity Is reported from
Whitby England. A gentleman
named Keene has been for some time
a resident near Nation, and from Mr..
Rutter Of Hessie Farm he brought a
hunting mare, which on leaving NAL
ton he recently took with him to
Whitby. On Wednesday the mare
was missing from the field, and q
search was instituted to no purpose.
On Thursday the search was renewed,
Mr.. Keene and his groom going
about ten miles on the Guisborough
MOors, then TO Leights, where they
heard the mare had crossed the rail-
road the previous morning. At this
point the trail was easy. The mare
had taken the high road hOmewards,
and at Saltergate six men tried to
stop her, without avail. At Picker
ing she jumped load of sticks and
the railroad gates, and thus found
herself in her old hunting country,
making scrOss Ryedale for home"
In so doing she would have to cross
two rivers and a railway. Mr.. Keene
found her at home on Thursday night
with one shoe thrown and rather
lame, but otherwise none the worse
from her eross-eountry gallop Of near
sixty miles, done in one day for her
previous owner found her on Wednes-
day night standing at the gate Of the
field where she had grazed for two
r1rav~aOrna
Year: 1872

Tweed's trick in suggesting to Hall
to retire from the Alayoralty for a
week at time, instead of resigning
outright, is thus explained by the
New York Post: 'If.HaIl should re-
sign, his appointing power would 20
Comptroller Green, and all the other
powers and duties of the MayOraltv
would devOlve on General COchrane.
So long as he retains Office nominaIIy,
only absenting himself from it "a week
at time, he retains his appointing
power, and even the President Of the
Aldermen, acting as Mayor, is forbid
den TO sign any ordinance or resOlu-
ton Of the Common Council, unless
the sickness, disability or absence of
the Mayor shall have continued at
least ten days. In other words, Mr..
Halls plan is to keep the appointing
power and the veto power out Of the
hands OF the reformers, so no new
city officers may be appointed and no
city legislation adopted against his
will. A very nice dodge, but one that
can't answer very long. It is a
mere expedient, and will have to be
abandoned in less than thirty days.
Year: 1872

writer n coeStcnslve with our English tongue But
fear win not be ~ my power to take advantage Of your
kind invitation II cannot be with you person, will
YOU allow me- through you TO join In the hearty greeting
which await, the liberal and enlightened his
torian who comes among u.s. not much d stranger
long known and cver-welc0me friendy


Apart his personal claims regard he comes
10 s as representative of that dear old moherland
from which longer estranged by unhappy diff
fercnccs am sure he will unite with In the hope
that lingering feeling OF distrnst jealousy between
two nations may survive the peaceful arbrament Of


JOHN G. WHITTIER.


CAMBRIDGE. Sept ~. 1877
GENrLrMRNI have had the pleasure Of receiving your
letter and your kind invitation to the dinner IN welcome
OF Mr. Frode and regret extremely that 1t will not be in
my accept t. II would give me great pleasure
to be present such agreeable OCCASION but my en-
gagements will render it impossible tor me to be away
from home at this time.


Begging yon to accept my thanks and my regrets am.
gentlemen, yours truly, HENRY w. L0NGFELLOW.
Year: 1872

Impipred against the picket points But the race is
not vet for there eight ten false starts Every
uninitiated person yawns drearily and just as
most miserable- looking specimen OF humanity,
whose face IL all covered with mud and whose left
shoe IL bereft Of continuity, showing the naked
toes has been thrust back by an indignant police
man into the crowd, and before the next yawn from
the greenhorns has developed itself, the first heat
OF the hrst race has begun.
Year: 1872

George William Curtis paints the
following pathetic picture, which ev-
cry one could wish were less true to
nature: Il think of many a sad
eyed woman have known III soli-
tary homes who seemed never to
have smiled, who struggled with
hard hands through melting heat
and pinching cold to hold back pow
erIy and want that lowered like
wolves about an ever increasing
flock of children. How it was scour
in the morning and scrub at night
and scold all day long! How care
blurred the window like a cloud
hiding the lovely landscape! How
anxiety snarled at her heels, dog
ging her like a cur! How little she
knew or cared that bobolinks, drunk
with blithe idleness, tumbled and
sang in the meadows below, that
the earth was telling the time OF
year with flowers in the woods
above. As l think of these things, OF
this solitary incessant drudgery, OF
the tacituTn husband coming in
heavy with sleep, too weary to read,
to talk, to think, and do not won
der that mad houses are so richly
recruited from the farm houses a.
the statistics show"
Year: 1872

The effect of everything that
touches the heart j. multiplied by
the intensity of the hearts own
changes. Hence it is that il is so
sensitive, so true an index of the
body's state. Hence, also, it's that
it never wearies Let me remind
you Of the work done by our hearts
in a day. a mans total outward
work, his whole effect upon the
world in tweuty-four hours, has
been reckOned about $50 foot-tons.
That may be taken as a good "hard
days work" During the same time
the heart has been working at the
rate of l2O fOOt-tons That Is TO
say, if all the pulses Of day and
night could be concentrated and
welded into one great thrOb, that
thrOb would be enough to throw a
ton of iron l20 feet in the air. And
yet the heart is meyer weary. MANY
of US are tired after but feeble Ia
bOrs; few of us can hold poker out
at arms length without, after a few
minutes, dropping it. But a healthy
heart, and many an unsound heart,
too-though sometimes you can tell
III Ilo CNcnIuSS Oy us slTOhe, tnaL II
has been thrown Off its balance by
the turmOils and worries of life
goes ON beating through tAo night
when we are asleep, and when we
awake in the morning, we find it at
work, fresh as if it had only just be-
gan to beat. 1t does this because
upon each stroke of work there fol-
lows a period, brief but n real pc
riod of rest; because the next stroke
which comes is but the natural Sc
qusnce of that rest, and made to
match it, because, in fact, each beat
is, in force in scope, in character,
in everything, the simple express
sion of the hearts own energy and
state.
Year: 1872

Bat there was a new member in
the House this year, a young man OF
twenty-five, small of stature, vast
ed by too much study, not in The
least imposing in appearance, and
too modest as yet TO utter one word
in debate, who was destined TO be
Jefferson's most efficient ally during
all his career. This was James
Madison, to whom we all Owe so
much more than we know, whose
services are so little remarked be-
cause they were so great. lie never
shope resplendent in debate; he
never wrote or spoke anything that
was striking or brilliant; but few
countries ever possessed so useful a
citizen as he. From 1875 TO 1917,
look where you will i'm the public
affairs of the United States, you
find this little man doing or helping
TO do, or trying TO get u chance 60
do, the thing that most wanted do
ing. He was the willing horse who
is allowed TO draw the load. His
heart was in the business of serving
his country. lie was simply intent
on having the right thing done, not
to shine in doing il. Among his
virtues was his JOYOUS love Of a
Jest, which made him one Of the
most agreeable of comrades, and
preserved his health and spirits to
his eighty-fifth year, and lighted up
his dying face with smiles.
Year: 1872

WHY LACE IS COsTLY.-Ihe
finest specimen Of Brussels lace is
so complicated as 10 require the la
Dor of seven persons on one piece,
and each operative is employed at
distinct features of the work. The
thread used is Of exquisite fineness,
which is spun in dark underground
rooms, where il is sufficiently
moist to prevent the thread from
separating. 1t is So delicate as
scarcely to be seen, aud the room is
so arranged that all the light admit
ted shall fall upon the work 1t !
such material that renders the gen
uine Brussels ground so costly. On
a piece of Valenciennes not two
to three hundred bobbins are some
times used; and for a larger width
as eight hundred on the same
pillow.
Year: 1872

Most young ladies play the piano
as an accomplishment. 4 girls ed
ucatiOn is a. much based on the pia-
nO-fOrt as a boys, is un the Latin
grammar, and too often with similar
results. A girl without musical
tastes object to Mozart, as a boy
without a classical turn hates Cesar.
By all means let every girl begin by
learning the piano Such chance
for gaining a sympathetic compan-
ion for life should never be thrown
away. Even to the unmusical girl
it is valuable as a training, and to
the musical girl its value is beyond
price. But ii a person is not musi-
cal, pianO.farte instruction, after a
certain point, il only waste Of time.
As general rule, musicul talent de


Velopes eSrly, or not ct all. Why
shOUG not the girl try drawing, or
pointing, or literary composition!
Why should the money be spent on
her music, when she has, perhaps,
shown some other gift? Many
girl with real literary or artistic
taste has achieved excellence in
nothing because her energies have
been concentrated upon the piano,
which she will never be able TO play
or upon songs which are just as well
left unsung. How many there are
who would fain be spared the humil-
alton of ofexposing their weak points!
The piano is a source of trouble TO
them and their friends. They cry
over their music lessons, their
friends grOan over the result, aud il
is difficult TO say which Is the worst
on-the professor who has to teach
the pupil who has to learn, or the
people who have to listen. But the
course Of music suffers most Of all.
Year: 1872

There was once a young widow
and she married doctor. Her hus-
band had had q very serious and
difficult case upon his hands, but in
course of time, TO the surprise OF
every everybody, he succeeded in
conquering the disease, and his pa
tienJ was pronounced cured. The
joy and pride Of the doctors wife
can not be described. With tears
in her eyes, she said: go, Charles.
| do really think you are the very
best doctor in the whole world
You ought to be known every
where. Such a man as you should
have q worldwide reputation. On.
if l had only known You five years
ago, l believe my poor Thomas
would have been living now"
Year: 1872

\ sweet "girl graduate" Of Mas
sachusetts school recently told an
examiner that '.Esop was the author
of Latin tables, covered with hair,
and sold his birthright for q mess of
potash
Year: 1872

Here is a story that is going the
rounds. You know it is the custom
of usurers when they agree to ad-
vance q certain sum of money to fast
young men to make them take part
payment in the most useless trash,
such as mouse traps, old candle
sticks, etc. A Vulture ofthis species
died the other day in the Rue de
Maubeuge. The old fellow was very
superstititious and one day a far
ceur, furnished with horns and tail,
appeared in his room at midnight
and announced that he was the de-
vii come to take possession Of his
soul. The old miser was terribly
sacred, and finally offered his mid
night visitor 10000 francs to let him
of, which was accepted. Old Ilar-
pagOn tOttered to his safe to get the
money, when a thought occurred to
him. Z say, SIR" said he, wouldn't
it be all the same TO you to take
pert payment in goods? Pve got 5000
francs worth of stuffed parrots, and
-" A roar of laughter revealed the
trick, and the identity of the wag
who was deeply in debt to the miser.
In three days the old hunks had him
III Cichy, for imprisonment for
debt had not then been abolished.
Year: 1872

prisoner" said Squire johnson,
"in awarding judgement It Is a
maxim of the law IL IS better 10 err
on the side of mercy. The court
has made up her mind which side
she will err on, and nothing re-
mains but 10 err on that side
Year: 1872

A Washington dispatch of the 18th ult. contains an account of the proceedings had in the Supreme Court over the consideration of the legal tender case. The Court man- tained that the debts contracted under the Legal Tender Act constitute the greater part of the national debt now pending that these debts were contracted mainly in view of the passage of the said act, and could not now, in justice, be considered payable in gold only ; that the act of Congress, declaring that Treas ury notes are a legal tender for debts con- tracted after its passage, and the act making them legal tender for all debts, fulfill but one and the same provision, virtually; and moreover, that the Constitutional grant to Congress of power to coin mouey cannot be regarded as containing an implied prohibition against the issue of legal tender notes; that there is no valid obligation to pay particu- lar kind of money, even though case in point should be one in which both parties to contract expected and understood that pay ment should be made in certain kinds of money that all the law compels as payment is that which it recognizes as lawful money.

 Justices Clifford and Field dissent from this opinion. The Court had adjourned to moot in conference for the consideration of the dissenting opinions.
Year: 1872

A St. Louis (Mo) dispatch of January g, says:

 A meeting of the Board of Trade was held tonight to consider the question of the equit- able extinguishment of Indian titles with a view to the construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad along the 35th parallel iati- tude. Resolutions were adopted urging up on Congress the necessity of immediate ac- ton to the end that all of the Instructions be removed at once.

 The san Francisco Ne,rs Letter, of a recent date, has an able article bearing upon the At lant;c and Pacific R. R.; the country through which 1t will pass, etc, etc, which article we will soon publish in full.

 All through this winter, not to exceed one foot of snow has fallen upon any portion o the route selected between St Louis and and San Francisco, and this depth of snow is confined to two or three short stretches none of which exceed twenty miles in length
Year: 1872

1 The authorities are wasting their sweet ness upon the aforementioned murderer, thief and liar, who, instead of being pettcd and coaxed, should, if he be in the power of the Government, suffer for his many brutal crimes against human and Divine laws.

 The idea of begging criminal like him to go to Washington, at white peoples expense, and hob-nob with the "Great Father" IS in- sulting to the American people. 1t might oe we'll enough to attempt to propitlate ana re-

 ward him for his past criminal acts were he'

 in reality, the head of the entire Apacne tribe: but. when it is known that, were be to make a treaty of peace tomorrow, Its pro- visions would not be considered binding upon any other Apache, and his own past career leads us to believe that he would not con slider such treaty binding even upon him- self, must satisfy all of the uselessness of at- tempts to cajole him.

 The fact is, Cacbise has played 'possum many times before this, and were he even to experience change of heart, his words ana actions would have very little welght with the members of his own band, much less With the members of other distinct bands of the trbe of which, when occasion requires, every member becomes his own chief.

 If Cachise be on a reservation, the fact that his warriors are not, ought to satisfy Government that whatever influence Cachise may have had in the past over his people, is forever lost to him. He is old, and all who know anything regarding the savage Indian know that with age come disrespect and neglect, if not insult.

 It will be plenty time for Government to treat Apaches we'll after Apaches will have begged for peace and kind treatment, which, IS we have often before said, will not happen until after the Apaches are whipped into submission.
Year: 1872

The second number of this San Francisco monthly is an improvement on the first al. though the first was splendid sheet. The paper is devoted to the interests of this coast, and an article which We copy from it into this paper shows that it has not forgot, yen Annona, Persons wishing to subscribe tor 1t can have the paper sent one year by en' closing one deliar gold to the Dial Publishing Company, San Francisco, California
Year: 1872

Mr.. d. r. Winn, the celebrated
proprietor of the no less celebrated
''little old hotel" has just completed q
fish pond at his tan yard place, from
which he expects in few months to
be able to supply the market with fresh
fish at all times. From bis very large
and extensive livery stable he can sup
ply 6rst-class transportation to those
who would Ike to visit the fish pond.
Year: 1872

We received no mail on last Sunday
night The fact is there is a great
deal of humbug in the idea that we
have daily mail facilities. Tie stage
comes in semi occasionally, and the
horse mail every once in awhile.
Year: 1872

! EDITORS APPEAL-Our reformers are
on ne right road. They have under
taken /, large job, but not at all imprac-


ticable. Le,t them actupon the common
sense su09esl, ons made by you in to-


days issue, and they certainly cannot
| fail of success. sch Oose between can


didates-hold the baianee Of power and


compel candidates to adopt their plat
form" is the true policy In 4 nut-shelI.
They ought not to permit the parI,y now
controlling our county affairs to nOlHu-
nate an unworthy or incompetent cam
didate for any Office. In doing this they


must not forget that it is the easiest
matter in the world to pull dOwn-it is
another thing to build up properly.
They must remember, too, that they are
not building renOvatOrs. Their province
Is to cleanse out and purify, not to pull
down or build up. Our laws, city,
county, and State, are not radically de-
fective. They are crude and imperfect


in many instances and have been miser-
ably executed in others. Then let our
reformers, repeal, amend, modify and
enforce. And above all things, let them


go to their work cautiously, carefully
| and considerably.


10 90 au tnls e1ecJually respectfully
suggest to the Twenty-Five that they
accept the city press as their pilot, and
cooperate earnestly and freely with you
in the work. If they look back few
years they will see that you have used
all your influence to get the very men


who composed the operahouse meet
ing to 60 to the primary meetings and
the polls. And no thoughtful man can
for moment doubt but that this alone
would have relieved US of many of the


burdens of which we complain. As an
instance, call to mind the election Of a
Justice in the Fourteenth District not
long since.


This suggestion is made for the sole
purpose of aiding the committee in their
labOrs. The writer is earnestly with
them in their purposes. GAYoso.
Year: 1872




EDITORS ENTERPRIsE-As some Of
the public have seen fit TO make remarks
which, to US, are unjust, improper, and
entirely Unwarranted, relative to our ac-
ton in the case of the State VS.. Sawyer,
Owen and Ward charged with having
taking the life of John Bell, Esq, on
the sixth instant, we wish to make the
following statement of the facts:


That Mr. Bell died at the hands of an
assassin we have no doubt, but as to
who the assassins are is a matter entire
ly unknown to US or to the public.


The above named defendants were ar
rested, two Of them on the morning of
the seventh instant, and the other one
on the succeeding morning, and on the
evening Of the said last mentioned day,
the case was proceeded with, and con-
cluded about half-past six O'clock Satur-
day evening, at which time the defen-
dants were all discharged for want of
proof against them.


We held our sessions early and late,
from day to day, until the case had been
gone entirely through with, granting the
State the most extended liberality in the
introduction of her evidence under
heavy protest from defendants coUnsel), 4,
in order that the whole matter might be
fully understood, so that we might ar
rive at the real parties to the homicide;
and we think no court ever listened with
more patience and good temper than we
did, during the entire progress of the
case.


After the evidence had all been taken,
and the arguments of counsel for the
State and defendants had been patiently
listened to, we came to the conclusion
that there was nothing against the de-
PENDANTS, or either of them, for which to
put them under bonds to appear at the
next term of the Bartlett Circuit Court,
to abide the action Of the Grand Jury.


The manner in which the deceased
was killed excited general indignation
throughout the vicinity, and che public
demanded that we should commit the
defendants to jail-but as Justices of the
Peace, with a sworn and responsible
duty before US, and entirely without the
right Of choice OF private or public Opin-
ion, other than that authorized by law,
we felt, and feel, that it was our impera-
tive duty to discharge each and all of
the defendants.


In conclusion we viii say that, whilst
we fully indorse the public in their lib
eral efforts and unabating energies to
bring the murderers to justice, we most
solemnly protest against any public
clamor against Us in our action in this
case, or any other that may happen to
come before us, should we fail to concur
with the public in our opinion. And
further, we claim to be Justices of the
Peace, sworn to perform legal duties,
and none other as such. We are not
"Public Opinionists," nor can we be so
warped.


E. W. CALDWELL, J. P.


i. PULLIAM. j. p.
Year: 1872

Yesterday afternoon the Executive
Committee Of the Citizens Reform As.
sOciation met and organized for an
active campaign against public abuses
of every character. The address of the
committee appears in full in another
place, and should be carefully Studied.
1t has rarely been misunderstood OF
grievOusly misrepresented, and it be-
hooves each citizen TO read carefully
the statements of the committee. Then
vulgar, ignorant, prejudice will be ap-
pealed to in vain, and while honest
office-holders are in no wise condemned
because they enjoy large salaries and
perquisites, and no one blames them,
yet it is the proper purpose Of the Re
form Association to move steadily for
ward until they have gathered strength
enough to control the legislation of the
State, and until we are blest with a
system as cheap and economical as that
which subsisted before war made men
savages and begat habits of wasteful-
ness
Year: 1872

SUCH is the shakiness of onr Secre
tary Of State that he is now assigned by
political naturalists place among jelly.
fish. Moreover, the English epicures
think him very grabbed. When he
drifted about in the Senate they used
to call him a jolly good Fish. He and
Salmon P. used to chase one another
about very lovingly when parties were
not so utterly at sea.