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Year: 1875

THE Express of last evening con-
taines long letter from Senator JOHN
P. JONES to his employees in this
county instructing them to vote for
HOUGHToN. The Senator is presum-
ing too much on the kind considera-
tion shown him by the people of Los
Angeles. He probably acquired the
habit of issued orders to men in his
employ how they should vote while
superintendent of mines in Nevada
and there his orders might be obeyed,
but here they will be received as in
suits both by his former friends and
his hired men. We hardly think
BoUToN and BRIEFLY counseled the
obtaining of this order from the Sem
ator. They are better managers than
that. This attempt to compel men to
vote for HoUGHToN will most likely
produce the opposite effect.
Year: 1875

~ RELEASE.


Michael NOOndl, contractor for sewer IN
Fourth-ave between Fifteenth and Seventeenth-sts.,
sued the city in the Supreme Court claiming that there
was due under the contract sJG and that he had only
been paid $7,O62 The original defense Of the city
that the price under the contract S6; that Of this
the had been paid S7O6l 67 that $92 80
due by HIM for interest advances before the work
was completed and that he owed the city $500 for extra
inspectors fees the result Of his delay in the work
The being the calendar and likely to be reached
a motion was yesterday made TO Judge Donohue for
leave amend the citys answer by setting release
which tho counsel in examining the papers in the Con-
troer's Office prepare for the trial had discovered
The plaintiff opposed this motion on affidavit setting
up that when he applied for his last payment to the
CONTROLLED Mr.. Green refused TO pay him more than
s2274 o. claiming that that was all that was due him.
That needed the money greatly, ana asked the Con-
troer whether receiving that money would prevent
HIM from claiming the rest; that Mr. Green answered
him 10 would make difference he could receive this
money begin suit for the balance next day II he
liked. That he then went to the proper clerk, who
him to sign and that he signed several suppOsng them
be merely the ordinary duplicate receipts He signed
sealed paper.


Mr. Dean the city claimed that that evidence
to be put the trial, but reason why the city
should be allowed TO set tup as defense PalntHs
counsel urged that the defendant having delayed SO
long t was matter OF discretion In the Court to
grant it, and the facts good reason why such
amendment should not DO granted Decision reserved
Year: 1875

Three men-of-war ships--Dutch,
French and English while anchored
in port. were contending with each
other for the best display Of sailorship,
so that the captain of each vessel de-
termined to send aloft an active
sailor to perform some deed Of grace
and daring. The Dutch captain sent
a Dutchman, the French a French
man, and the English an Irishman'
The Dutchman stood on the top
of the mainmast with his arm ex-
tended. The Frenchman then went
aloft and extended both hands. Now
the Irishman thought if he could
stand on the top of the mainmost
with a leg and an arm extended, he
would be declared the most daring
sailor. Nimbly he clambered aloft
until he reached the highest point
then he carefully balanced himself
on both feet, extending his right
hand with graceful motion. Then
he threw out his left leg until 1t
came into line with his right arm
In doing so he ingloriously lost his
balance and fell from the mast,
crushing through the rigging toward
the deck. The various ropes with
which he came in contact broke his
fall. but his velocity was not too
great to prevent his grasping rope
attached to the mainyard. TO this
he hung for two seconds; then, drop
ping lightly to the deck' landed
safely on his feet. Folding his arms
triumphantly, as if fall and all were
in the programme, he glanced toward
the rival ships and joyously ex'
claimed: "Thcre, bate that II you
canw
Year: 1875

TIE following description of marriage
in the Druidical days i'd given in Ssintine's
Myths of the Rhine -


At \ place where two roads meet the
cracking Of q whip is heard hogs and sheep
and small oxen are driven aside to make
way for = kind of procession, consisting of
grave aud solemn men and,women.


1t is Il Wedding,


Two young people have just had their
union blessed by the priest under the sacred
oak. The bride is dressed in black and wears
= wreath of dark leaves on her head. She
walks in the miast OF her friends. A matrou,
Who walks on her left, holds before her eyes
= white cloth it is shroud, the shroud in
which she Will be buried one of these DAYS.
On her right - Druid intones a chant in
which he cuumeratea in solemn rythm all
the troubles and al the anxieties which
await her in welded life.


From this day, young wife, thou alone will
have to bear all the burden OF your united
| household.


You will have to attend the baking oven,
| to provide fuel, and To 20 in search OF food ;
you will have to prepare the resinous torch
and the lamp,


You wash the linen at the fountain, and
you will make up the clothing,


You will attend to the COW, and even to
the horse if your husband requires it.


Always full Of respect, you will wait on
him, standing behind him ct hi7 meals.


If he expresses Uish to trke you wiz,
him TO war, you will accompany him to car
~ his basgsge, TO keep his rrtrs in Tosd
condition, and to nurse him if he should -
sick or rounded.


| Hsrpines7 consists in the fulfiIment si
duty. BE happy ry child,
Year: 1875

CAS- AAY OEE VELi.--Can any one tell
why men cannot nay small bills, can alway3
find money to buy liquor, and treat when
happening among their !,ienjs?


Can any one tell how young men who
dodge their washerwoman, and are always
behind with their landlords, can play bill
lizards night aud day, and always ready for a
game Of cards2


Can any oae tell how men live and sup
port their families who nave no income and
do not work, while others who are industri-
ous and constantly employed are half stary-
ed?


Can any one tell how it is that nine-tenths
of the mothers are so ready to sew for the
distant heather, when the children at home
are ragged and dirty?


Cas amy one tell why tour-dtths of the
young women prefer brainoss lop under a
plug hat, with tight pant, and short tailed
coat, to an industrious hard working young
mau with some brains.
Year: 1875

LORD HorGHTON kept one eye on the women
when he was travelling in this country. In re-
sponse to the toast to his health at the dinner
gwen him at the Lotos Club. New York, he
said, among other bright things: America
was noted tor the beauty of her women. At
this time of life he was no fair witness on
that subject, but he would offer the more val
liable testimony Of his son, a young man of
some talent and perception, of seventeen
years of age; who had gone home with this
expression on his lips and this impression on
his heart. In this sense, therefore, he fully
admired the youth of America, but lie was
not prepared to impersonate the country
herself exactly in that aspect. Americans
were very fond Of appealing to their youth.
When anything went wrong or seemed in
complete, or disappointing, they said, You
should remember how young we are Now,
he was not prepared entirely to admit that
pretention. In all that constitutes nation,
in the aggregation OF thought, in the eXpan-
sion of ideas, America had all the experience
of the Europe from which she came, added
to the interest and vivacity which she had
gained from her transportation to novel
hemisphere. She had, indeed, that charm
of middle life and that full, luscious beauty
and mature intelligence which a French
novelist had impersonated in La Femme de
Quarante Ans Balzac himself may have
taken his notion from the old anecdote of a
Frenchman giving to his son two counsels
on his entry into the wOrld--Listen to the
old men and make love to the women of
forty"
Year: 1875

To make good servant let the mistress of
the house take two pounds of the very best
se!f-control, pound and half of patience,
a pound and half of justice, a pound of
consideration and pound of discipline. Let
this be sweetened with charity, let this SIM
mer well, and let this be taken in daily, or
Gin extreme cases) in hourly doses. and be
kept always on hand. Then the domestic
wheel will run quite smoothly.
Year: 1875

THE case OF Kinds, the Texas and
Alabama railroad contractor who
swindled the government out of large
sums by manipulating clerks in the
PostOfhce Department, is now being In
vestigated by the grand jury of the
District of Columbia. It is thought
that Senator Spencer, of Alabama,
will be found to be impli-
Gated, if he is not presented for
indictment, as there is pretty strong
circums5antial evidence against him,
going to show that he was a party to
the whole transaction. The prosecutor
for the Government is satisfied that he
can convict both Kinds and Spencer,
should indictments be found against
them
Year: 1875


FURTHER DISCLOSURES or FALSE MEAsUREMErr-A


DEDUcTIH0 THE AMOUNT RETURNED IN cOrsE-


QUESCE or THE FIRST EXPOSURE THERE Is yBf


AN ovERcHARGg or 100 PER CEsT-siMILAR


OvERCHARGEs ELSEWHERE.


To me Editor Of The Trfbuns.


SIR: If the investigation into the affairs OF
the District Of Columbia by Congress last Winter
proved anything, IL proved that the measurements
made by tho Board Of Public Works engineers not
in any way TO be depended upon. They were for the
most part, series OF guesses and estimates In which
the blunders were always against the United statos
Government, and In favor OF the Ring contractors DO
not find n tho act Of Congress changing the form Of
government here clause requiring either the Board
OF Audit or the engineer at present In charge OF the
improvements TO ali the work done by the iats
Board To be remeasured, but citizen OF Washing
ten, must say that In adjusting the claims OF the late
Board against the General Government am unab!o "a
see how the Board OF Audit the District Commissioners,
tho engineer have been able TO arrive at anything
the truth without such remeasurement az havs
suggested.


Take Riwlinssquare for instance You may remem.
ber that year ago sent you careful measurement
OF the work done around IL, aud showed that the
Government had charged for four or five times AZ
much work as had actually been done. Nearly every
part OF 1t was ovOrmeasured and the Government had
been made to pay for concrete pavement where nothing
but cObbe-stOne had been laid. When the Board found
that the fraud had been discovered they returned sum
OF money to the United States, and Gen. BabcOcEs
engineer excused himself for passing such bunder by
saying that when he went to the place there was snow
upon the ground Now II think can show that large
Oyerpayment has still been made on the WORK aoout
this square, aud that the only to prevent the Dow
ernmeut from being robbed 10 this aud other cases to
a careful OF all the work done bY
the late Board.
Year: 1875

The following conversation was overheard
The other day among a lot Of schoolgirls, who
had congrogated in front Of house


Each one 10 turn aPpeared to be holding up
the domestic skeleton which afflicted their
several homes One told how her little broth
or had broken bis leg another about how
sick her mother was; still another told about
how drunk her father would come home Of
nights


In short they all appeared to have some
grief to hold up-all but one little girl who
seemed only unhappy to think there was no.
thing she could tell to excite tie envy or sym
pa.hy Of the rest.


She listened to tie recital Of these troubles
as long as she could, aud finally she expressed
herself 10 this way


"Wen girls, we all have our troubles
Some have sick brothers, drunken fathers
and ugly mothers. Some Of Us have got
measles, smallpox, and scrofula. We've 60,
something awful in our family"


"What is it?" asked several.


my little brother, Benny, is lefthanded"
Year: 1875


II we would but check the speaker
when he spoils his neighbor's fame,
five would but help the erring


Ere we utter words ofblame;
If we would, how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
All. the wrong that might be righted
five would but see the way
Ah, the way that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pieadlng5
OF the hearts that 90 astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
OF our selhshness and pride;
lie, US lift our fainting brothers,


Let us'strengthen ere we ehidei
Let us, ere we blame the fallen,


Hold the light to cheer and guidsi
All, how blessed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be if we would Try
Thus TO aid and right the weaker,
Thus to check each brothers sigh,
Thus TO talk Of duty's pathway


To our better life on high.
In each life, however loWly


There are seeds Of mighty good
Still. we shrink from souls appealing
W ith timid "if we could
But Con who judges all things


Knows the truth is " ii we would.
Year: 1875

In his new work, General Sherman, who
was present as a colonel in the Federal army,
tells US what he thinks Of the battle Of Man
assas


alt is now generally admitted that it was
one of tue best planned battles Of the var, but
one Of the worst fought. Our men had been
told so often at home that all they had to do
was to make bold appearance, and the rob is
would run; and nearly all Of us for The first
time then heard the sound Of cannon aud
muskets in anger, aud saw the bloody
scenes common TO all battles, with which we
were soon to be familiar. We had good orga-
niza,ian good mon, but no cohesion, no real
discipline, no respect for authority, 10 real
knowledge Of war. Both armies were fairly
defeated. and whichever had stood last the
other would have run Though the North
was overwhelmed wit5 modification and
shame. the South really bad not much to boast
Of. for in the three or four hours Of lighting
their organization was so broken mp that they
di! not and could not follow our army when it
was known to be in a state Of disgTaceiul aud
causeless fight. 1t is easy TO criticize a bat
tie after it is over, but all now admit that
none others equally raw in war could have
done better than we dill at Bull Run and the
lesson Of that battle should not be lost on q
r1nnnln Ike nnrs.n
Year: 1875

In the year l79S, when patriotic feel
ing pervaded the country and when
there were several parties in the field,
Mr.. Fox, a young player, who was
more admired for his vocal than his
trionic powers, called one morning
upon his friend Mr.. Hopkinson, and
after stating that the following even
ing had been appointed for his benefit
and expressing great fear for the re-
suit, as not n single box had been
taken, begged his friend to do some
thing in his behalf.


off" said Fox, "you will write me
some patriotic verses to the tune of
the Presidents March, feel sure of Il
full house. Several of the peOole
around the theatre have attempted it,
but they have come to the conclusion
that it cannot be done; yet l think you
may succeed"


Mr.. Hopkinson retired to his study,
and in q short time wrote the first
verse and chorus, which were submit
ted to Mrs. Hopkinson, who sang them
to piano accompaniment and proved
the measure and music to be compati-
BILE and in keeping. In this way the
second and other verses were written,
and when Fox returned in the evening
he received with delight the song as it
now stands. The following morning
small handbIlls and placards an
nOunced that Mr.. Fox would sing a
new patriotic song, etc.


The theatre was crowded; the song
was sung, and received with rapture;
it was repeated eight times and again
encored; and when sung the ninth
time the whole audience stood up and
joined in the chorus. Night after
night Hail Columbia cheered the visi-
tors of the theatre, and in very few
days it was the universal song of the
boys in the street. from one end of the
city to another. Nor was the distin-
guished author of this truly national
song-a song which met the approba-
ton Of both parties-forgotten, The
street in which he resided was on one
occasion crowded, and Hail Columbia
broke on the stiffness of midnight
from 400 patriotic voices.
Year: 1875

ST.. LOUIS. Mo. May II. The Governor
this morning issued proclamation calling
ON the people OF the State to observe Thurs
day, June Sd. as day Of humiliation. fast
ing and prayer. Information comes 70 him
from all sources that the State is threaten
ed with the grasshOpper pestilence, to be
followed by the failure of crops. great dis
tress and possible famine. Nothing but
the interpOsitiOD of Providence can save us
from fhe pest and the Governor recon-
mends that the SPECIFICATIONS OF the people
be raised for Divine relief and protection.
Year: 1875

The NEW HAMPSHIRE QUEsrIoN.-We
congratulate all parties on the turn which
has been taken in the Senatorial question
before the Governor and Council of New
Hampshire. The reference of the whole
matter to the Superior Court for an opin-
ion which will probably be decisive is just
the course which Was asked for by the BE-
pablicans Of the State. supported by all
who desired the fairest and most authori-
tative disposal of the question. It is .
great disappointment 70 the mischief plot
Year: 1875

Our baby's wonderful child, I'm sure;


Do You know what she did to-day2
Why, when mother put her down on the floor.
She orawled right out at the open door,


AS If she was going awayl
Our baby-she's only eight months old


But If 1 take great care,
She's given me in my arms to hold;
She has five teeth, and like skeins of gold
: Are her tiny locks Of hair.
Our baby is 80 very dear to us,


We pet her all day long.
TIL old nurse says, "Dear me what fuss
Iherell be nothing left if you kiss her thus 7"


But am quite sure nurse is wrong.
Our baby-I know you would love her too,


She has such a winning way;
For first she seems with her eyes of blue
TO be looking at you quite through and
through,


And then she will smile and play.
Our baby-I wonder much if she knows


She is to US all 80 dearp
Now can she think, do you suppose?-
Bee how delighted she laughs and crows


When mother or nurse is near.
Year: 1875

1t has been pretty accurately asosr-
tanned that girls are not as a rule 80 able,
constitutionally, to bear study as boys
are, and that the effects of severe study
will in most instances be detrimental.
This has been found to be the case in
America more than in England. Not
long ago there was brought before the
commissioners of insanity in San Fran
cisco young girl whose mind was dis
eased to an extent that rendered her
committal to the ayslum inevitable.
The reason assigned was the evil above
alluded to. The girl had been devoted
to her studies. She had endured the
" cramming" process until her mind
gave way, and although, according to the
school reports, "highly distinguished
in her classes" she is to-day helpless
lunatic from the effects of this unnatural
and wrstched method of subiecting
youthful minds to torture which must
inevitably result in severe mental i'm
pairment. 1t is every year becoming
more evident that, if the old order Of
things is to be revolutionized, it will not
answer to do 30 without taking great
pains to find out what are the nature and
limits of the education which the mind
of an average girl will bear without in
jury to mental and bodily health.
Year: 1875

II was we'll known of the /" wagoner's
boy" as Tom Corwin was familiarly
called, that he was, during his speeches,
very obliging and willing to answer all
questions propounded him during his
speeches, provided they were asked at
the proper time; but there were always
many rude men who were usually present
when he spoke who differed from him in
their views, and they would often make
it point to be impudent.


One of these fellows happened to he
present with his friends on one occasion
and during Mr.. Corwin's address, when
he was in the middle Of the sentence,
called out: "I say, Corwin, what do
you think of your party, take it as q
whole2 "Tom made no reply
when the man repeated it. Mr.. Corwin
stopped in his speech, aud we shall
never forget the seriousness of that
countenance-people laughed before he
had said a word-then drawing himself
up to his full stature, he roared out:
did any one hear al ass bray2" and
then relaxing his sternness with sort
of jerk, he drew down his mouth and
let go that smile of his, and such a roar
of laughter that followed from his audi
tors we have never since heard-but it
did not stop here, at least every ten
mintues throughout the next two hours
he would ask the same question: "Did
any one hear an ass bray2" pointing a
moral each time with the expression or
drawing a comparison in some way.


The laugh and the attention of all
turned upon the questioner, and before
he was through with his address we saw
the fellow and his friends quietly sneak
away, amid the jeers of the people.
Year: 1875

1t is needless to say, says Paris COR
respondent, that the wine crop is the
most important of all in France, its value
largely exceeding that of all kinds of
grain. In ordinary years it is estimated
at considerably over two milliards of
francs. For twenty years its expectation,
alone has had mean value of two hun
dred and fifty millions of francs, and in
1873 France sold three hundred millions
worth of her wines. In addition to this
there is sixty millions worth of brandy.
The vintage contributes three hundred
and fifty odd millions to the budget of
the State, besides paying large sums in
octroi taxes to the towns in which it is
consumed. From these estimates one
can readily comprehend the general in
terest taken in the annual vintage, for a
superior wine crop means national pros
perity. When the vintage is poor, the
whole country is pinohed when it is
good the entire nation feels at ease.
Year: 1875

mill.


Summing up the results of our OBJ
servations OF this prison, it appears that
the convict who honestly endeavors to
conform to the requirements of a very
lenlsnt discipline and is not too far
cursed with Inherent laziness to do man.
ly work, may live here at least as well as
at either Sing Sing or Auburn, and is
likely to derive much greater benefit
than at either of those places in perma-
nent physical and moral improvement,
so far as that may be affected by his
avocations. By comparison with the
Albany penitentiary this is q continual
Christmas for the prisoner. The one
grand defect remains, however, that its
system affords almost unlimited facili-
ties for the criminal education of the
young by older and hardened convicts,
who choose to avail themselves of the
opportunities afforded to spread their
own utter decentralization among those
surrounding them. This evil seems in
separable from the unclassified congre-
gate system, except where the merciless
rlgor of the Albany penitentiary disci-
pllne is in vogue, and affords the most
powerful argument in favor of the intro
duction here of the Crofton system.
Should an experiment in this direction
be deemed advisable, it is easy to see In
what way our three great State prisons
might readily be made available, with
little other change than in their respec-
tive organizations of discipline. and un-
til this, or something nearly akin to it,
is done, it is useless to talk of or hope
for the reformation of our congregate
prisons from their present character,
that of mere colleges of crime, or to
dream of any beneficial effect, through
their agency alone, in the reduction of
our average of criminality.-New York
,SiID
Year: 1875

THE PHILHARMONIC AssoCIAT1oN.-To-
night this old Association will meet for the
purpose of rehearsing for the concert to be
given in a few weeks. The members are
confident of making it one of, if not the best I,
musical entertainments ever given to the
musical public OF this city. By particular
request, it is understood that Wag ner's un-
riyalled " Chorus of Pilgrims" which placed
the Association so high in the musical world
at the last Saengerfest, will be given for the
last time on the evening of the concert.