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Year: 1875

CONGRESSIONAL.
An Exciting Day in the House,
Terrible Characterization of Ben.
Butler by John Young


Brown.
Brown Censured by the Radical
Majority Through the


House.
The Civil Rights Bill Goes Over


to Another Day.
Year: 1875

WE should judge from the circum-
stances under which a certain rather
noted horse-thief came to his end, the
other day, IN West Tennessee, that the
people over there have a way Of killing
such characters first and identifying
them afterward. The plan has the
merit of plomptness, but might prove
inconvenient to suspected parties who
turn out to be innocent.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON specialists hint at an
extra session Of Congress, but We see
no excuse for it since the adoption Of
the new rule, giving the Radical majori-
ty unlimited power to rush through at
a double quick, all the measures they
Year: 1875

A DISTRICT COURT IN Texas has
made a decision worthy of the sharPest
days of special pleading. The re-
spondents were indicted for stealing
onions. This fragrant fruit was con-
verted while glowing in a garden, and
had not been detached from he soil
previous to the taking. 1t was held by
the court that while growing the onions
were a part IF the realty and not an
object Of larceny, while as soon as they
were detached they were IN the posses
sion of the respondents, never having
been IN the possession Of the complain
ant after becoming personal property.
Hence, the respondents were simply
guilty Of trespass on real property.
jess so, Judge.
Year: 1875

THREE Saginaw girls Of the Methodist
persuasion having met together, concluded
topray for the welfare Of their lovers, but
the first one had not got very far along in
her petition when it was discovered that.
they were all engaged to the same man.
The religious exercises were at once ter
minated and an indignation meeting or
ganized, the result Of which was that the
gay deceiyer was obliged 10 leave town ~
& few hours notic8 in order to escape the
vengeance Of male relatives.
Year: 1875

partment Of the State, Charleston has
been, we presume, all things considered
the hardest place in the State whereat to
get an official check cSshed. For some
reason there has been a chronic complaint
OF hard times in that region that is
unaccountable when we take into &C.
count all that has been said about the
inexhaustible volume Of its resources,
The old Virginia fnanciers Of that re.
gion have had a way Of their own Of get
ting in debt, keeping in debt, renewing
their loans, and holding on to their prop
erty. Apparently they are waiting for
some great tidal wave Of good luck or
general financial imitation to come along
and relieve them Of their difficulties,
And in this hope they wait, like Micauber,
for something to turn up, instead Of going
to work and turningup something them
selyes.


Now that William Allen is beaten, not
withstanding the immense rush down the
Kanawha Valley to meet and greet him
at GalliPOlis, the cry is for stay law-the
last resort OF the doles and unthrifty-
the make.shift for lack OF energy and en-
terprise-a scheme that in the end does
more harm than good to the very class in
whose interest il is urged, The passage Of
a stay law Is a blow at credit, and as rule
benefits mainly those who are unworthy
Of credit, The really meritorious debtor
has seldom to invoke the protection Of
the law. lie can nearly always make an
arrangement with his creditor, Indeed,
it is seldom the interest Of n creditor to
Oppress a meritOriOus debtor, and the
cases are rare where oppression occurs.


The natural effect Of n stay law Is not
unlike an attempt at repudiation. It
COmpels the closest scrutiny Of credits,
None but men Of undoubted integrity and
Solvency are likely to receive credit in
communities where every few years
a stay law, got up to afford an
escape from the payment of debts,
Is agitated. Such a law Ia intended, in
many instances, rs mere cover to fraud
-an easy way Of getting the Use Of a
creditors capital at a low rate Of interest
'or several years, or else Of forcing him
into II losing compromise.
Year: 1875

TIE Contemporary Review brings an old
subject to the surface again by asking, in
reference to a destitute woman dying
with cancer; "Ought we to kill her?
She Is good for nothing; has no one to
care for her; has an inCurable maIady.
Has not The State a right 10 get her ont
Of the way,
Year: 1875

THESE golden autumn days that we are
now having are the days Of which Ten.
nyson wrote when he said
'TeAra, idle teArs,-I know not what they mean
Tear from the depth Of some divine despair
Rise In the heart and gather 10 the eyes
When looking on the happy autumn heldI,
And thlnhlDgo Of the days that are no moro"
Year: 1875

We travel far to CRAFTY our love of
field sports. England is about to- send
out calVacade of bold hunters to Scour
the plains and scale the heights of the
great West, in pursuit of heroic sports
on IL scale of grandeur that has set our
more scrupulouS and conscientious
sportsmen to trembling for their occu


patton. Some nice caSuiStry has been
opened up in the columns of the Forest
and Stream on the proprietv of SPUR
rel hunt of such protenti"us proper
tions as one McCarty proposes to lead
from the old country to the wild scenes
of the new. | am not about to take
part in that discussion although have
watched it with some interest. | am
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Gazette very per-
tinently called attention to the fact
some days ago that whatever political
reform is now going on in this cOun-
try is being made inside the ranks Of
the Republican party. The senatOri-
al elections, so far as they have been
in the hands of Republicans, have
been carried with a high aud COM
mendable purpose. Carpenter and
Chandler, two influential but person.
ally Objectionable Senators, have been
set aside and men put in their places
whose ability, integrity, and spOtless
lives are alike above question. On
the contrary, how have tue Democrats
improved their opportunity for SINH
lar reforms ? Instead Of SchurZ, the
ablest Democrat in the Senate, they
return an obscure Confederate Brigad-
ier whose only claim to the position
of Senator is his record as q soldier
against the Union. Instead of send-
ingan able, incOrruptible Senator from
Pennsylvania, they have put forward
Coffee Pot Wallace, q small politician
with the stain upon his name OF an
acknowledged eOnnivanee at election
frauds. In Congress, instead OF en-
deavoring to legislate for the good Of
the country, they have spent the en-
tire session in a desperate struggle for
party capital and to prevent the Re-
pubIicans from accomplishing the
needed work of the session. Even
Senator Thurman no longer shows the
breadth and liberslity of Statesman,
but bends to the demand that requires
OF him to be a narrow, trucking par
tisan. Meanwhile the eredulous Re-
publicans who voted with the Demo-
Gratis last fall on the supposition that
they were supporting q reform move
ment are beginning to grow impatient
and to ask wher and where the Ere
form IL to begin"
Year: 1875

Are you about to marry a man
whom you do not love ; for his mon
ey, or his position, or for the sake Of a
home?


Beware; you are entering the road
which leads to divorce.


Are you going to marry 6 man
whom you don't love, because you are
urged to it 6y your parents and your
friends?


Beware; you are entering the road
which leads to divorce.


Are you going to marry a man
while YOU fondly love another?


Beware you are entering the Ioad
which leads to divorce.


Are you going to marry for spite
Just because you have quarrelled with
your former beau, and TO "cOme up
with him" you are willing to unite
yourself to another?


Beware; you are entering the road
which leads TO divorce.


Are you going to marry man with
whom YOU have no sentiments in
common, and whose tastes and wishes
you intend to disregard after mar
Tiage?


Beware; you are entering the road
which leads TO divorce


In short, when marriage Is any
thing but the mingling of two hearts
into one, it had better not take place.
II this principle were universally
recognized, we should hear no more
of divorce, because people would keep
out of the road that leads to it.
Year: 1875

One beautiful spring morning q
merry-hearted shepherd boy was
watching his flock in blooming val
ley between woody mountains, and
was singing and dancing about for joy.
The prince Of the land was hunting in
that neighborbood, and seeing him,
called him nearer, and said "What
makes you so very happy, my dear
little one ?"


The boy did not know the prince,
and replied "Why shouldn't l be
happy? Our most gracious sovereign
is no richer than l am ~


"How so ?' asked the prince "let
me hear about your riches"


'srhe sun in the clear blue sky
shines as brightly for me as for the
price," said the youth "and noun
tain and valley grow as green, and
bloom az sweetly for me as for bin.
1 would not part With my two hands
for al the money, nor sell my eyes for
all the jewels liz the royal treasury.
Besides, have everything / really
need. / have enough to eat every
day, and good warm clothes to wear,
and get money enough every year for
my labor and pains to meet all my
wants. Can you say the prince really
has more ?"


The kind prince. smiling, made
himself known. "You are right, my
good boy. Keep fast hold OF your
cheerful spirit"


Contentment makes one happy and
rich as the greatest king.
Year: 1875

HOW Mr. Carpenter TOOK His Defeat.


Senator Carpenter addressed pack
ed audience in the Assembly Cham
Der, at Madison, Wisconsin, subsequent
to his defeat for reelection, from
which;we make the following extract :


''I want here, in passing from that
subject, to say to those members OF
the Republican party who have gone
out Of the caucus to secure a better
man than am, that in their crusade
to get 3 better man, they will not turn
suE to beworse Republicans than L
am. { trust that, having accomplish
ed the object tiey had in view, they
will return with 'BiF. Cameron who
will make an honorable seHator), with
this band of Democrats led eaftiye at
their heels. 1t must be conceded that
these men who are called "bOlters"
have certainly done big thing. 1t
is no ordinary achievement, when Is
men can go out and capture the whole
Democratic party and bring them in
to camp.


Iwsnt to say to our friends who
were in the caucus, and those who
were not, that we must bear in mind
that although the election ofa Senator
is important, it is of trifiing impor.
tance compared with the harmony oi
the party. Men are nothing; but
principals are everything. There are
many important questions to come
before this Legislature this Winter
There are some important questions
that will arise next Fall, which will
be only the skirmishing of the Presi'
dental canvass, and it is more i'm
Dortant than who shall be Senator
that the Republican party stand shout
der to shoulder in both these cam
paigns, and deprive these Democrat
Of what they expect by this coalition
Year: 1875

The annual regatta of the Queens County Yacht Club
is appointed to take place tomorrow, the 9th inst
1t is open to all boats; restriction sail; time
allowance two minutes to the foot measured on the
line The entrance fee for the first class which
includes cabin sloop yachts is $5 for the second class
sloops rs feet long and upward, $4; third class all
sloops under 25 feet So All entries made under false
measurement be ruled out and the race to be sailed
under the Queens County Yacht Clubs rules The
start will be from anchorage imaginary line
from the east end of the club house platform Little
Baysde to stakeboat moored off below low water
lne to and past the Stepping Stones buoy leaving
the port side; thence to and around stake
boat moored off Charles McCennan's dock
City Island, passing the from leeward to
windward lin case the wind should be right aft leave
this stakeboat the port sde thence to and around
the Throggs Neck buoy, leaving the same the port
side and crossing the line again the starting
This to be sailed twice The prize for the
first class is solid silver goblet, suitably engraved
and pennant presented by the Queens County Yacht
Club For the second cass-Eirst boat, $50; second
boat SIS. Third class-First boat, $40; second boat
SO In addition the residents of Bayside will present
q handsome silk pennant bearing the inscription
'Queens County Regatta, 1876 y TO the boat hailing
from and belonging to Queens county irrespective Of
class, making the quickest time the course with
time allowance. The entries quite numerous and
the regatta should the weather prove favorable will be
very attractive and successful
Year: 1875

FoUR-oARED SHELL RACE ON THE HARLEM


THE NAssAUs WIN ON PoUI.


Three weeks ago or thereabouts, the Nassau Rowing
Club challenged its neghbor the New York Athletic
Club, to fouroared shell 2ce on the Harlem River.
prompt acceptance characterized the action Of the
Athletics and yesterday set down for the decision
OF tho event Since the match WIS made the boating
fraternity this vicinity has given much attention to
the rival crews as each Immediately into active
training and were determined 10 come to the post in
fine trim. defeat for the Athletics by the Aalantaa
subsequent TO the arranging of the race with the Mas
saus, gave the latter much courage that they
deemed victory certain, many OF their friends fort
night ago offering long ODDS them As il turned out
last evening the Nassaus asvurded the race but
It secured not by their skill endurance, but on
the technical grounds Of foul committed by their
Year: 1875

The regular fall regatta Of the Prospect Park Model
Yacht Club Off yesterday afternoon about half
past four at the lake in Prospect Park The prize was
set of silver, worth $25 The following is list of the
boats entered with the time made:-
Year: 1875

The match on the Union Grounds between the Mutual
and Atlantic clubs was very thnly attended yesterday.
There special interest in the play, and tho
Muuas had an easy victory, the following score will
Year: 1875

A YOUNG MISS is soon to marry
young mister. both being of the house
OF Rothchilds. She banks at Paris
and he at Vienna; accordingly the
money will remain in the house, and
Whatever else may be lacking at the
wedding. there will be no lack of funds.
There are millions in it.
Year: 1875

In General Stanley's expedition to the Yellowstone river, two hundred and eighty wagons and sixteen hundred and eighty draft mules were required to carry forty days supplies for force of twelve hundred infantry and about six hundred cavalry. In the Black Hills ex- petition, one hundred and fifty wagons and nine hundred mules were necessary to carry sixty days supplies for a com mand numbering nine hundred men and six hundred horses .-

 The average load for Q pack mule is from two hundred and seventy-five to three hundred pounds. The heaviest weight which Q pack master confessed he had ever imposed on mule was eight hundred pounds, piece of machinery which could not be divided. From fifty to one hundred mules make a good sized train, though three or four hun dred sometimes follow the same train in close succession. Low, snug built, chunky, short-coupled animals are the best for this work. The well-broken pack mule is proud of his burden Should 1t by any means get loose, he quietly steps out of the line of process sion and waits for pack master to come and tighten it. The value of pack mules as an auxiliary to a wagon train, says q writer, was we'll shown on the Black Hills expedition. Packing our extra rations and forage on, few of these animals under charge of MT. Wag- ner, our chief packer, we were enabled to make in three days journey of Q hundred miles over hills and mountains which would have embarrassed our train for two weeks.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Toledo Blade, writing from Hastings, Mich, says About ten miles south of this place, 8 farmer, while driving some cowsthrough a deep forest adjoining his fields, unex- pectedly came upon an unusually large buck, stretched out upon the ground, and moaning away the last moments of its existence. The animal was evidently very old, and in a sadly emaclated con- dition, so the fact that the farmer imme- diately put bullet through his head should rather be looked upon as an act of compassion than otherwise. Just as he was about to leave he observed around lump upon the animals side, which so attracted his attention that he stopped to examine it. Quickly discovering that close under the skin was deposited Q round, hard body, he used his knife and brought to light silver bullet such as was used in olden times for the inclosure of secret dispatches. He carried the curiosity to his house, where, after con- siderable trouble, he succeeded in open ing it, and found, to his great surprise, that it contained a message written ln cypher upon paper attenuated to high degree. Otherwise than that the paper was slightly discolored (not sufficiently, however, to obliterate the characters). Nither the bullet nor what it inclosed bore any evidence of its late surround ings or of the strange vicissitudes through which it might previously have gone. Several mon of science have carefully in- spected this relic of the past, and gre as much at loss to decipher the message as they are to satisfactorily explain when and how the bullet came to be lodged in the side of the buck. 'tg,Eb IfH}s
Year: 1875

The drought md consequent famine which visited India last year was the re- suit of the diversion from it's usual course of the southwest monsoon. This wind, upon which Bengal is dependent for its rainfall, or rather the winds which com pose 1t, blow from the Arabian sea and from the bay of Bengal toward line lying to the south of the Ganges, in which region depression of the barome- ter appears in April and becomes we'll es- tabllshed in June, when the rains set in. In 1873 this line, or C trough" of low ba- rometer did not cover it's usual area, but moved considerably to the northwest, giving Bengal an unusual prevalence of western winds, and consequent de- crease in the rainfall. The effect was heightened by tho fact that considera- ble portion of the monsoon current from the bay of Bengal was defected toward the southeast, as is proved by the ex- istence of m area of low barometer in that quarter. Thus the monsoon was partially drained off toward the southeast before reaching the interior, and then was turned away from it's usual course. The causes of this alteration are not known, nor can they be discovered until the area of meteorological observation in India is extended. Such an extension is imperatively demanded by tho necessi ties of the country. At present the ire quent occurrence of persistent local variations of pressure, which, though local, affect the annual variation of the monsoon, is known, but there is no means of making such a study of the phenomena as will permit the anticipa- tion and prediction some months in ad- vance of the character which the rainy season will bear. India greatly needs this service, and besides its benefit to material interests the realization of such an effort would be great triumph for science.
Year: 1875

Traces of the avalanche which came down
from Mount Davidson during the late heavy
fall of snow are still visible. In many places
snow still remains to the depth OF SIX or elght
feet. while the houses which were dtlnols!-
ed are as they were lett after the huge masses
which crushed them had spent their torcc
Some are hurled from their foundations into
the street. others are crushed into sllapeless
masses of debris, while others still, which
.vero only partially demolished, have been
repaired and are in use. The residents along
that part of Howard street tell of hair-breadth
escapes, some OF which are truly startling.
One man was on the roof of his house and
saw y huge ball of snow coming down the
mountain, increasing with great rapi,iity and
making directly toward him. He jumped off,
rushed in, caught his wife and threw her
from the back part of the building where she
was sitting just as that part ot the structure
was crushed into atoms Another talks of
covering over the snow as il lays in the yard
and using it for an lce-house all summer.
While still another has dug into the compact
mass and shelters therein his pigs and goats
from the piercing March winds which sweep
the nights. 1t will be months, still, ere that
part of the city will recover from the terrible
snowballs hurled ON it by Mount Davidson.


Virginia Enterprise March 5M.
Year: 1875

A correspondent Of the Scient.fc american
says: ''Take fiat iron and hea, il IL little On
the stove; on this apply very little pitch
(not gas) tar; have the iron hot enough to
make good smoke Then let the paiiel, take
into his mouth the small end of Il funnel, and
have the smoke blown through the funnel
into his mouth. Let the smoke be inhaled
we'll into the throat for few minutes five or
six times day. In very bad cases, it might
be we'll to use it oftpneI After this. let The
patient lie on his back then break up small
pieces of ice and pu, them into his mouth,
and let them go as far down to the roots Of
the tongue as posshle When they have
dissolved, put in some more; this will keep
down the i0flammati"n'
Year: 1875

A writer to the Druggists Circular says
that in treating some cases Of tape worm he has
employed no preliminary provisions beyond
forbidding the patient tp take any breakfast
the day on which it is intended to remove the
worn, and giving him large dose of Rochelle
salts the preceding night. At 10 O'Clock in
the morning dose is given made of one-half
ounce of bark of pomegranito root, one-half
drachm pumpkin seed, one drachm ethereal
extract of male fern, one-half drachm pow
dered egot, two drachms powdered gum ara
bic, and two drops croton oil. The pome-
granite bark and pumpkin seed are thorough
ly bruised, and. with the egot, boiled in eight
ounces of water for fifteen minutes, then
strained through coarse cloth. The croton
oil is first we'll rubbed up with the acacia and
extract of male fern, and then formed into
an emulsion with the decoction. In each
case the worm was expelled alive and entire
within two hours. In each case, too, the
worm was passed with the bead firmly fas-
tened to the side of its body at about the
widest part, from which it was with difficulty
removed.
Year: 1875

About seventy years ago man was travel
ing through northern Idaho and camped one
pleasant evening ON one Of the plains. On
awakening in the morning he found himself
covered with snow, and ON digging out found
that it had fallen during the night to the depth
of forty feet on the level. He could see no
trace of his horse and sat for half day mus
ing upon the mutabilty of human affairs.


when all of sudden there came up one of
those Chinook Winds" CHATS what he called
IT'D and in half hours time the snow was
sli gone and the ground covered with water
to a great depth. He discovered and caught
his horse. and was obliged to swim him about
thirty miles to range OF mountains, where
stated that he was the leader of . scientific
exploring expedition, and the whole Of the
rest of the party, with all of their papers,


were gone, and the valuable information they
had accumulated was thus lost to the world.