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Year: 1872

An Ohio journal announces that case is soon
to be brought into Court to decide whether tie
Pullman Sleeping Car Company shall be regarded
as common-carrier OF as q landlord. The dis
tinction is one Of more Importance than would
be inferred at first thought. In the former case,
the Company is simply responsible for losses
resulting from the negligence or dishonesty Of
the employees; in the latter case, the Company
becomes responziblefo the yaluable5 of the lodg-
ers, and must either keep a safe to deposit these
valuables, or make good their loss. Public SEN
timent, at least SO much Of it as has been in-
fuenced by losses On eleeping-cars, will be in
clined to hope that the Courts will look upon
Mr. Pullman as landlord.
Year: 1872

position that was never at rest. But it should
be remembered that this estimate Of Mr. Gree
ley has been taken in every case from the stand
point Of party it presuppoBes that the party
was, in all instances, right, and that he was
wrong, and it OF necessity rests upon
that greatest Of all monstrosities Of
doctrine, that, when man belongs
to a political party, he must have
no opinions or Judgments Of his own, and much
less express them, but must follow wherever he
may be led, without asking question OF doubt
ing the wisdom Of his leader. So long as the
infalibility of party is recognized, the judgment
that he was erratic will hold good; but, among
men who concede that parties may be wrong,
and that parties have no lawful control over
the consciences and intellect Of even their own
members, the question will be, Was Greeley or
the party right?-or, Ought Greeley, honestly
convinced that he WAS right, to have surrendered
his judgment to that Of others, whose primal
object was party success without reference to
considerations Of right or wrong7


Mr, Greeley was intellectually great. He was
an incessant student. The whole realm Of
knowledge WAS explored by him. Els range of
information was extraordinary. he was familiar
with all practical subjects. His knowledge was
rarely superficial. Whatever information he
acquired, he sought to make useful to mankind.
His mental organization was extremely active.
He VAS incessant in his labora. He had travelled
much, and each days journey WAS to him q
lesson filled with information, Of which
he made practical use. Nothing
escaped his notice; nothing WAS for
gotte;l. His mind Was storehouse, from
which he constantly drew facts for the instruc-
ton Of othors. His addresses On non-politi-
cal subjects have been not only numerous, but
have been as popular in one part Of the country
as in another. Like his editorial writings, they
have always been marked with vigor Of thought
and fuency OF expression.


Nr. Greeley, however, is best known, and his
name will be remembered longest. in connection
Year: 1872

A MINIATURE Dead Sea has been dis
covered in Nevada. 1t lies in an oval
basin, the banks shelving down with as
much symmetry as If fashioned by art.
The water of the lakeis impregnated with
soluble substances, mostly borax, soda
and salt to degree that renders it almost
ropy with slime, and so dense that per-
son can float upon it without effort. This
lake has no visible outlet, but being oI
great depth is probably fed by springs
far down in the earth.
Year: 1872

Cut by measure and made at home of the best
material A fit guaranteed.


We have succeeded in getting an experienced
Shirt Cutter to take charge of our manufactory,
and after months of successful operation we feel
safe in saying we can give as perfect fit as can
be had anywhere, and as we use nothing but
the very best Shirting Cotton and Linen, they
cannot fail to wear satisfactorily.


We have always on hand full line of
READY-MADE SHIRTS, which we sell as
cheap as can be bought. Collars and Cuffs to
match. All in want Of Shirts, Sc, would do
we'll to call and see us.


jy 81 WITMER s SLAYMAKER.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connuols,
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly dsrkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and hlied WIN IN
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OIL
annthar is hliphted with our own.
Year: 1872

We infer from the temper Of the Working
mems meeting, at tho City Hall last evening"
that the Eight Hour movement Is at an ena IN
Wilmington. There was Amueh smaller NUMBER
in attendance, less enthusiasm and lees inclinA-
tion among. tho workingmen, generally, to par
t.-i9ate in the movement The meeting Ad-
iourned without effecting the organization of an
FiSht Hour League, but the President was en-
powered to call it together again at any time he
might deem expedient It is proper to state
that no strikes have occurred here, nor have any
been premeditAted neither have any steps
b,eu taken in the reduction of the hours OF labor
other than at the public meeting, held two weeks
since, and what was done, last evening.
Year: 1872

Few securities have ever been placed upon the
market which, in so short tme, have taken 30 high
a stand or become so widely popular with prudent
investors as have the First Mortgage Bonds Of the
Northern Paci ic Railroad Company The Seven
Thirty Gold Loan OF this Great corporation Is
already a solid and gratifying success, and the
present daily sales are y
Year: 1872

muddy foam by the fierce struggle go
ing on.


It would have gone hard with the poor
dog if just then the leash had not given
way, leaving him free from the weight
of his fellows carcass hung to his neck;
and now, in spite of the fierce tearing
and kicking of the old man. he held
on tightly to the place in his throat
where he had first fixed his steel-trap
Jaws. By degrees they struggled into
.shalIower water, and so exciting was the
battle that my friend forgot his late per-
il, and sat up, painting to see the end


Suddenly, with one of his tremendous
leaps, the kangaroo bounded right out,
clearing the bank, and alighting among
some low scrubs at tho lower end. But
the dog still held on; and dodging about
till he could get a chance, the black
brought down his club with tremendous
effect upon the old mans head, when
the poor brute quivered slightly and
rolled over, dead, a huge fellow who had
stood up over six feet high.


"That was n narrow escape" 1 satdr
as helped my friend to his legs, while
the convict drew out of the water the
carcass of the other dog.


eyes," he said; let's go back. Pve
had enough of it for one day. I feel
quite sick and Ill. If had had knife
I could have got on; but, unarmed,
was as helpless as child.,'


81 had heard of such adventures be-
fore, but had never seen anything of the
kind, so I said, What do you think the
brute would have done?"


"Done!" echoed my friend. Drown
ed me as dead as that poor dog there
Poor brutel one of the best kangaroo
dogs I ever had. An old beast! 'he ex'
clpimed, kicking the dead body of the
kangaroo viciousIy, which was, after al
hardly tozbe wondered at. He came
! upon me all of a sudden-hoP hOp-hOE
and before I had recovered from my
surprise, he had me tightly round the
waist, and then began to hop away.
hardly knew how l felt at first; bu
when the thought struck me that h'
was making for the water-hOle, the feel
ing was awful, and my struggles die
hinder him bit"


"A good thing, too" replied. "Ther
we only came up just in time?"


"Only JUST said my friend; and hi
looked whittier than ever.


Now, do you expect US to believe al
that broke in the thin man, as he agail
winked at she company in general. Blu
the settler was busy re-lighting his ci
gar, which had gone out during the mar
ration, and he made no reply.


Il say, sir, said the thin man again
do you expect us to believe that you
old kangaroo would have hoped int
the water-hole, and drowned the squat
ter


'The gentlemen present can do as the,
please said the settler with dignity
'and I have no doubt but that you vii
do the same. leave it entirely to M.
LISTENERS good sense, for the story
true"
Year: 1872

A few days past we were startled by
hearing a conversation between two rats
behind the base board of our Office. The
conversation began thus:


Halo, Shorty'-this we learned was
a nickname given to a rat that had lost
his tail in a steel trap-I'm glad to see
you. I want you to come and help me
tonight to gnaw a hole into this print
ing office, and we'll have lots of fun
We can write an editorial for the next
paper


what would you write about, Tickle
toe?


'Oh, I'd write an article on cats. I'd
say that it had just been ascertained
that the bite of cat was deadly poison,
and all persons who valued their lives
should kill their cats at once. What a
jolly time we'd have then.'


Hal ha! Well, old Tickletoe, you're
brick, but what is there to eat in a
printing Officer


1'Oh! sometimes they leave the paste
pot in reach. One night I gnawed a
roller, but I did not like the taste of the
printers ink, and next night played a
jolly joke on the Iong-nOse old editor;
drank up all the ink on his table,
why didn't it make you sick?


iQh, no, just swallowed some blot
ting paper, and it contracted the effect,
as old Mrs. PartingtOn says


Then you have been in there before?'
~'Oh, yes, had nice hole on the 9TH
er side, but that lantern -jawed old
knight of the quill stopped it up with a
whisky bottle.'


Was the bottle full?


why, you astonish me! a whisky bot
tie full in a newspaper oficeT


We'll, never knew one to stay full
long,
Year: 1872

nor the bsyonet can "a. You are strit-
ing at the root Of oil our troublse, snd
destroying, in it's incipisscy, tho germ
before it natures to an outbreak, and as
our course moves onward and upward,
the smoke and din Of the battlefield 10 no


longer seen nor heard, and the garrison
with its drilled soldiery will soon perish
and pass away before our progressive
march; the bayonet will rust within its
socket; the sword will canker sad mold
within it's scabbard Tranquility will
reign supreme, and Temperance and
righteousnsss will kiss each other here !;
the Implements Of war will be turned into
the pruning knife and pillow spare in.
dustry and commerce will weld aud blend
together, not only the states Of proud
America, but those powers and continents
beyond the broad Atlantic and Pacific
oceans.


Our work will 60 on from town to
town, from city to city, from sta,e to
state aud from continent to continent
until it becomes as thorough and com.
plete as it is general and national in its
character. The varied interests which
invite us, mutual interests which impel
us. and the high aims for which We
aspire, will cement Us as one common
fraternity, and we will uinele and com.
miugle into one as sister trees, and SO in
one stem flourish.


Thanking you for your kind invitation
to visit you on this occasion and the
respect which you have shswn me, l will
again return to my rural and quiet homo
to prosecute with renewed energy my
arduous, though pleasant work, and
whilst in the wild hills and hollows Of
my district, l shall ever think with
pleasant reflections upon this memorable
occasion, and all l ask is that Heaven
my crown our efforts with increased sue
cess in our noble and praisworthy cause
Year: 1872

A few days since one Of our attorneys
called upon another member Of the pro.
fsssion, and asked him his opinion upen
q certain point Of law. The lawyer to
whom the question was addressed drew
himself up and said, Il generally get
paid for telling what I know" The
questioner drew half dollar "fractional"
from his pocket, handed it 10 the ether,
and coolly remarked, Tell me oil you
know, and give the the change" There
is coldness between the parties now.
Year: 1872




A question has arisen in Radical circles which
may give that party some trouble to settle sats-
fActorily. A portion Of the party express the
opinion that the Executive Committee went be-
yond their power In setting the election aside.
The decision was one OF the party rank and file
and the committee in their investigation had only
the power to throw out illegal votes and purify
the ballot boxes of frauds They might have
gone 90 far as to throw out the whole vote OF the
wards where frauds were proven, as is sometimes
DONE But they had no right to set the election
aside; nor had the candidates any more authority
over the matter. So that petition from them to
do this did not solve the difficulty the whole
labor Of the friends Of the candidates is thus
thrown away by the committee. Why should
ballot box suffers be given the power to cause
this difRcultyS Suppose some such people stuff
the boxes again and again, how often 10 the elec-
ton to be set asidep The whole thing is disgust.
ing and proves that the party managers are not
to bs trusted. Those who voted at the former
nomination are no longer bound to vote for
either Of the candidates or take any part in the
next nomination. There seems to be some objec.
ton also to restricting the choice to two Of the
former candidates.
Year: 1872

tFrom the New York Tribune, Nov. SO.l


80 far as any Of his associates knew Mr.. Greeley
was In almost as good health as usual when, on the
day after the election he wrote the card announc-
Ing his resumption Of the editorial charge OF the TIT
oune. His sleeplcssness was known to have become
greatly VERSE; but for years he had suffered more or
less rom fhe same diiculty and, as Is now clear,
sumcient allowance had not been made for the
intense strain upon him throughout the summer,
and specially during the last month of his wiie's
illness. But 1t soon became evident that his
strength was unequal to the hard task
70 which he set himself He wrote only
three or four careful articles, no one OF
them half Q column in length. The most
notable, perhaps, was that entitled Conclusions,
wherein he summed up his views OF the canvass,
In " he wrote less than three and half columns
Year: 1872

Mr.. Florence, who Is said to be New York
actor, but not the comedian of that name, fool
ishly Jumped from train going out OF Newark on
Thanksgiving night. He had gotten on the wrong
train. His head was crushed. so that his recovery
is doubtful.
Year: 1872

Nowhere is well bred courtesy, or the lack
of il more observable than in travelling. On
the steamboat and in the cars the quiet obser-
yer easily detects those who have been educated
under refined influences or those who without
special cultivation are possessed of native po-
litencss. It is not education alone, nor wealth
nor high social position, nor costly trappings
that make one pleasant travelling companion.
There must exist a kindness Of feeling toward
strangers: general recognition Of equal rights
in the comforts and conveniences provided for
the public, and quick discernment Of the
needs Of others The gentleman VINO spreads
ont bis luggage on a couple Of seats in the cars,
and persistently reads his newspaper, deteTmi-
nately unconscious that others who have paid
as much as lie has are looking in vain foT a
seat. is as truey il-bred as tho country girl
who noisily eats her pint of peanuts scattering
shells on seats and foor utterly regardless Of
the annoyance she gives her neigbboTs. In
this democratic country We travel in public
conveyances too much as if they were our own
private carriages. How often the eleventh aud
twelfth passengers in city omnibus, who know
they have full claim to q scat, are discomforted
by the out spread garments, the immoyable
attitudes and the blank faces Of those who
happened to have entered the stage before them
Common ciyiity demands that s movement
be made to give room until the whole compile
ment is filled out; afterward courtesy and gen.
erosity will often prompt to attentions which
Justice may not require. 1t is surprising how
much the comfort and pleasure Of any journey
whether long or short, is enhanced by those
little nameless courtcsies which are offered in
stinctively and unoficiously to strangers by
refined. well-bred travellers and by persons in
whom native tact and delicacy almost make
up for lack OF the educating and refining in
fiuence Of good society. Summer journeying
in crowded boats and cars is a test both Of pa
tience and politeness. Thrice happy they who
pas nobly through it, for their own sake, for
the comfort of companions and for the rcputa-
ton of poor human nature in general.


"Come and tell me what the four seasons
Year: 1872

The Louisville Journal says that inasmucq
as Caligula appointed his horse to a consulship
it should not be considered strange that Grant
should now and then have given a iackass a
place III bis Cabinet.
Year: 1872

FoR REPTILE BfTEs.-0no tablespoon full
Of gunpowder; one tablespoon full ofsalt; tho
yellow of one egg Heat them teSsthcr, 20 as
to form paste, and apply to the wound A
yellow water will issue, and when the plaster
becomes soaked with the poison it will fall of.
Renew the plaster until i; will adhere TO the
wound which is evident that the poison has
all bcea drawn. The above is said 10 be
a very effective antidote. Common soda, rnois-
tened and bound on to a snake bite immediate
ly after the wound has been inflicted, will in
variably cure all such CAGES.
Year: 1872

An Arkansas local solloquizss thus: "Somo
Of our exchanges arc publishing as curious
items statement to the effect that horse in
Iowa pulled the plug out Of the bunshOle Of a
barrel for the purpose Of slaking bis thirst
We do not sec anything extraordinary in this
occurrence. Now If the horse had pulled the
barrel o1t the bunchole and slake ! its thirst
with the plug, or il the barrel had pulled tho
bunghole out Of the plug and slaked its thirst
with the horse, or If the plug had pnlloi tho
horse out Of the barrel and saked its thirst
with hunghole or II the bunghole had pulled
the thirst out Of the horse and slakoi the plug
with the barrel or If the barrel had pulled the
horse out of the bunghole and plugged its
thirst with slakc il might be worth while TO
make some fuss over it.
Year: 1872

No body is more like an honest man than a
thorough rogue.


When YOU see a man with n great deal Of
religion displayed in his shop wiHdow, you
may depend upon it he keeps a very small
stock of it within.


DJnotchoosa your friend by his looks hand
some shoes often pinch feet.


Do not be fond Of compliments; remember
thank you. pussy, and thank you pussy,
killed the cat


BY no means put yourself in another per-
sons power; if you put your thumb between
two grinders they are very apt 70 bite.


Drink nothing without seeing; sign poth-
ing without reading it and make sure that it
means no more than il saws.
Year: 1872

NEW YonK, August PA rumor is cur
rent this afternoon that Deputy Sheriu jar
Wis was to make all important arrest tonight.


Information was received here from Troy
to-day of the arrest of a man supposed to be
Steiner, the absconding agent OF the Gdrde
RepublicGile Band.


The Irish band have had another split, and
seven of the members with their leader
sailed for Europe today. Some OF the meni-
bers 20 TO Canada and TWO remain in this
city.


II is thought that General Slceum will be
the candidate of the Democrats for Gov
ernor.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, August 24.-The Attorney.
General decides shat the Postmaster-G General
has no authority to spend money for the
postal cards authorized by Congress, but for
which no appropriation was made. The in
PRODUCTION of the postal-card system must
consequently await the further action OF
ConoreSS
Year: 1872

Patrick Murtagh was arrested and locked up yes
terday for cutting Martin McCaIty on the head with
an axe during quarrel at their residence, No. IS
Pacific street. The injured man was removed to
the hospital.


Roundsman Cadden, Of the Third precinct, ar
rested James Kelley, OF Union street, on Sunday
night for committing serious assault on his daugh:
ter Mary. The accused knocked the girl down and
then stamped on her head with his heavy boots.
She had to be removed to the hospital.


Joseph McGrath got into an alteration on sun
day night with some parties who were engaged in
a game OF cards at The lager beer saloon No. 123
Smith street. They assaulted him with lager beer
glasses and injured him 80 badly about the head
that he was taken TO the hospital


John Davis, residing at the corner OF Columbia
ana King streets, while under the influence OF IL
quor on Sunday night, made savage assault on
his wife and daughter The little girl was
stabbed through the hand, and ran out into
the street with the blood streaming from
the wound Roundsman Martin went into the
place and was compelled 10 club Davis severely be-
fore he could subdue the infurlated man. The doc
tors, after examining the wounds, requested the
r0undsnan not to remove him.
Year: 1872

The case Of Mr.. Manning, the druggist, on whose
behalf motion was made for his release nom
Jail, where ne was sent for contempt OF Court In
refusing to pay alimony in divorce suit brought
by his wife, was to have been heard In the City
Court yesterday. In view of the sickness Of Mrs.
Manning the case was adjourned for fortnight.
Year: 1872

Ann Duplaine and Rose Russel were before Judge
McCue, Of the City Court, yesterday, on writs OF
habeas corpus and their counsel asked for their
lease from the Penitentary, where they had been
the plea was that she was committed by Justice
Delinar before being ready for trial. In the case OF
the other prisoner q similar plea was urged, and
also another that the commitment was not filed
according to law. Both prisoners were released.
Year: 1872

How TO CURE BITES AND SrINGs.
A plain farmer writes: 1t is now over
twenty years since / learned that sweet
oil would cure the bite Of a rattlesnake.
not knowing it would cure other kinds
of poison. Practice, observation and
experience have taught me that it will
cure poison Of any kind, both on man
and beast. The patient must take a
teaspoonful Of it internally and bathe
the wound for cure. To cure horse
it requires eight times as much as for a
man. One of the mos. extreme cases
of snake bites occurred eleven years
ago. 1t had been thirty days standing,
and the patient had been given up by
the physicians. gave lin spoonful
Of the oil, which effected a cure. 1t
will cure bloat in cattle caused by fresh
clover. 1t will cure the sting Of bees,
spiders or other insects, and persons
who have been poisoned by a low, run
ming vine called ivy.
Year: 1872

As a loser of himself, says the Louis,
vile Courier. DR.. Livingston is with>
out q parallel in history. For our
part we can't see the use in spending
SO much time and money to find Il man
who can't be hired to stay found, and
who is never happy except when he is
lost.
Year: 1872

Out from his palace home


He came to my cottage door:
Few were his looks and words.
But they fingered for evermore.
The smile Of his sad blue eyes


Was tender as smile could be;
Yeti was nothing to him,


But he was all The world to mel
Fair was the bride he won.


Yet her heart was never his own; z,
Her beauty he had and held,
But his spirit was everalone,
would have been his slave,
With q kiss for my lifelong fee;
But l was nothing TO him,


While be was all the world to mel
Today. in his stately home, u





On q flower strewn bier he lies;
With the dropping lids fast closed
Der the beautiful sad blue eyes.
And among the moarners who mourn
] may not a mourner be;
Forl was nothing to him,
Though be was the world to mel
How will it be with our souls
When they meet in the better landS
What the mortal could never know,
Will the spirit yet understand
Or, IN some celestial form,


Must The sorrow repeated bel @33
And ! be nothing 10 him.


While he dims the heavens for mel