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Year: 1873

MOnopOIists Trying TO Make Coal


Scarce-The Miners Refuse 80 StrIk Q.


PLATTsvILLE, Pa, May 26.-The Phila-
delphia Coal and Iron Company having is
sued an order compiling the employees
collieries to- enter the mines before seven in
the morning, and remain until half past
five in the evening, the men held meeting
and resolved that as the order was issued
for the purpose of forcing the miners to
strike, in order to relieve the company of
the odium of stopping, that they refuse to
strike at the present time, but give notice
that at the first favorable opportunity they
will resist the rulesina body "A resolutionwas
also passed that The law laid down in tie
ventilation act must be strictly adhered to,
and upon any Infringement OF said law, the
immediate attention of the inspector be de-
manded.
Year: 1873

THE dry realism with which some peo-
pie think it fine to trsnsmogrify and spoil
all the best of Scripture stories was carried
to ridiculous excess lately by a New
Hampshire clergyman. He was preaching
about Jonah, and thus did he emplify "I
seem to see Jonah passing along TIE road
to N'nevsh; seem to zee him entering the
ticket office, buy his ticket and pay for it; l
seem to see him walK upon the vessel;
seem to see them lift their anchor and the
stately ship move grandly out upon the broad
Atlantic" In this we do not know which
to admire most--the Chadbandian rhetoric
or the geography.
Year: 1873

The Reading (Ps.) Times says: Gas
the use of fish as a diet is said by Agassiz
snd other eminens scientific gentlemen to
produce brain, the Lancaster Express
thinks it would be well for the members
of the next Legislature, if possessed Of no
greater ability than those Of the last, to eat
freely every day of fish! We agree with
the Express, and would recommend sharks
as being likely to best assiIhilate with the
cerebral qualities of our legislative friends
who meet annually st Harrisburg"
Year: 1873

MILWAUKEE, May 27.-A valuable sill
yer mine is reported within 100 miles Of
this city, in the western part of Washing
ton county covering a large area. The ore
already worked indicates valuation of four
thousand dolla's per ton of ore. Some of
the ore has been sent to a Chicago smelt-
ing house where it will be tested.
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Several weeks
since Gen. Butler bought large tract of
lane just outside the northern limits of the
city. The tract consisted. of three hundred
acres, the price paid being about 81, 900 per
acre. The land in that vicinity being in NO
great demand, it was generally considered
that Butler had made a bad investment.
1t now tr inspired that the commission ap-
pointed by Congress TO select site for the
new presidential mansion have determined
to recommend the purchase of this identi-
cal track.
Year: 1873

The famous Seneca Sandstone Company
has been put in the hands Of a receiver.
Mismsnagement is said TO be the cause of
tie decline of this once fou-ishin9 corpora
ton from which Gen. Grant, as a stock
holder, recently withdrew handsome sum.
Year: 1873

1t is understood that Chief Justice Cock
burn will reply to the book OF Caleb Cush-
ing in the same spirit, and gives his views
of Adams and the American counsel.
Cushing will reply, and it is said by our
counsel at Geneva that Gushing has plenty
of unused material with which to remind
John Bull of he determination not to agree
TO The decision of the majority of the Arbi-
traitors. The only thing regretted by Cush-
ing's associates is his attempt to belittle
Cockburn's ability.
Year: 1873

HINTS TO LADY GARDENEks The colors OF
plants can be readily varied BY mixing certain
substances with the soil, as the common cew-slIp
can be changed from its natural yellow TO intense
purple by merely transplantlRg 1t TO richer soil.
Wood charcoal will darken the hue OF dahlias


petunias and hyAcinths Carbonate of soda turns
the last mentioned flower red, and phosphates OF
soda aiters greatly the shades of many plants.
Ladies whO cultivate flowers in the house will
find great benefit to the plants to spread moss
over the earth in the flower pots, for this keeps
the weter from eVaporing and the Temperature
uniform. When flower pot is set in a saucer


with hole in the bottom Of the pot put a little
sand in the saucer and cover 1t with moss and
you have q simple and admirable arrangements
Year: 1873

Do you know how much corn land in
the United Kingdom is occupied in sup
plying you with the means of getting
drunk Mind, I am no temperance man.
You should have as much beer and alco-
hol as was good for you if had my way.
But the beer and alcohol which are not
good for you-which are the ruin of so
many Of you, suppose you could keep
the wages you spend in that liquor in
the savings bank, and left the land, now
titled to grow it for you, to natural and
sober beasts, do you think it would be
false economy :? Why, you might have
a workingmen's park for nothing, in
every country, bigger than the Queens,
and your own homes all the more CON-
Portable. | had no notion myself till the
.other day what the facts were in this
matter. Get if you can, Professor Kinks
''Social Politics" (Hamilton, Adams &
Co.. and read, for beginning, his 21O
chapter. on land and liquor and then,
as you have leisure, all the book care
fully. Not that he would help me out
with my park plan he writes with the
simple idea that the one end of humani-
ty is to eat and drink and it is inter-
esting to'see Scotch professor thinking
the lakes of his country were made to
be reservoirs, and particularly instanc-
ing the satisfaction of thirsty GLASGOW
out of Loeb Katrine so that, hencefor-
ward, it will be proper in Scotch eco
nomical circles not to speak of the Lady
of the Lake, but of the Lady of the Res
ervoir. Still, assuming that to eat and
drink is the end of life, the Professor
shows you clearly how much better this
end may be accomplished than it is now,
and the broad fact which he brings out
concerning your drink is this: that
about one million five hundred thousand
acres of land in the United Kingdom are
occupied in producing strong liquor (and
| don't see that he has included in this
estimate what is under the wicked woods
of Kent it is curious what difficulty
people always seem to have in putting
anything accurately into short state
ment.) The produce of this land, which
is more than all the arabic for bread in
Scotland, after being manufactured into
drink, is sold to you at the rates-the
spirits of twenty-seven shillings and six
pe pence for two shillipgs worth yin. apppv 1.-the the
half-pennyworth.
Year: 1873

"FED BY RAVENS. The Laconia
Democrat tells the following singular
incident:


1--WE are told of one of old who was
fed by ravens but we had not supposed
until within few days, that the mira
Gle would be duplicated in this age A
few days since a we'll known citizen,
then living near the Wiers, was quite
sick, and a diet of partridge was recon-
mended, to procure which, a son of the
sick man travelled the woods in all di-
rections, without success, and returned
home disappointing the household.
Very soon hawk was seen flying over
with something struggling in his claws,
and that something proved to be nice,
fat partridge, wounded but not dead
that while over the door yard of the
sick mans house. got free of the hawks
claws and came tumbling down at the
very door where he was needed. The
time was when such an event woule
have been accounted a miracle, now i
only happened so.
Year: 1873

Alas my last has gone at last;


1t was the last I had
l kept it to the very last


To lose it makes me sad.
And all my avis have vanished too,


My findings none can find;
My old work bench is split in two;


And I've no knives to grind.
My whetstone's broke, my hammers lost,


Ny pegs have all pegged out:
My stock is gone-sold out at cost;


My trees are up the spout.
My lapstone's left in the cold


My tub lent to a friend,
And l myself am growing old,


And waxing near my end.
But when I'm gone and buried deep


Beside some grassy knoll,
hope some upper world will keep


Possession of my sole.
Year: 1873

In hard winter it is criminal to
hoard for the sake of boarding. Every
dollar removed from circulation adds
pinch of cold or pang of hunger to the
prodigal store of that gruesome patrlmo-
ny always on hand in tie worlds mar
kets. When possible sickness and loss
of employment have been discounted
whatever idle surplus man has he may
better spend than keep. And the chance
is that if he do not disburse the whole
in the interests of industry, he must
part with portion in the interests of
pauperism. For not only the almshouses
but the jails gather in recruits at such
times, and taxes for both uses grow hea-
Wv
Year: 1873

! They tell story of an old granger
in Illinois. He was about to die and
some of the family wanted to send for a
minister to pray for him. ITO pray for
me" said he. mo sir, am an original
granger, and do not want any middle
man between me and Almighty God"
Year: 1873

After the congregation of a church
in Portland had waited half an hour a
few Sundays since for the minister, a
gentleman got up and said: ''Let us not
sit here any longer like parcel of fools. :"
And they all left.
Year: 1873

Many of our readers may remember
the little piece of verse in which COM
pany of British officers in the Indian
service are represented as getting to-
gether during violent epidemic of chol-
era and singing song, the chorus of
which, as we remember it, ran as fol-
lows


.eIkIeGTdd,sa kIeGTdd AeAafak 10 Gde neee d. GallEEeadv:


An incident is reported to have oc-
CURED in Memphis, which indicates the
existence In that city of similar dis
position to make a jest of death. A
man some days i'll with the yellow fever
perceived that the disease had taken
fatal turn. Remarking that he was 60
ing to die, and that he was determined
to die happy, he thereupon drank large
quantity of brandy and died in the
middle of the fit of drunkenness which
was thus produced.


However horrible such a scene may
be, it must be confessed that it is not
unnatural. Few men are able to main
tain an Indifferent bearing when they
are forced to keep still and watch the
constant and irresistible approach of
death. One may face the danger of a
desperate charge on battle field with
comparative calmness, because there is
something to do. But to lie still and
wait for death to make an end of one,
requires philosophical courage such
as few men possess. The poor man
who got drunk yesterday in order ''to
die happy" was probably too frightened
to be fully responsible for what he did
but his conduct shows under what a
tremendous strain human life is main
tanned in those districts Of the country
where the yellow fever has been raging
for the last few weeks.-Memphis Post
/ JOHN G.. WHITTIER ON THE CUBAN


QUEsTIoN.-John G.. Whittier, the poet


whose sympathy with the best interests


of humanity was never doubted, writes


from Amesbury this letter to Senator


Sumner


Thanks for thy manly and just let


ter on the Cuban difficulty. 1t was tn,


word needed. The summary shooting o


the passengers of the Virginius-flibus


ters as they may have been, and proba
bly, were-is shocking and unjustifable


So have been the wholesale butcherie
in France, both by the commune an,
the Government. But in this case, q
man among us SO regrets and deplore
the bloody deed as do CASTELAR, and th
intelligent republicans Of Spain. If W
: seize the occasion to strike at them, W
give direct aid and comfort to ultramon
tame popery, to Don Carlos and the Cru
ell priesthood who are fighting agains
republicanism in Europe. We do dee
in crushing out the republic of Spair
!. under its noble president, which can OF
ly find its parallel Of atrocity in tn
crushing out of the Roman republic b
the so-called French republic of 104!
Heaven preserve us from such infamy
s hope and believe wiser and WORTH.


counsels will prevail, and that the onl
I demand of our Government upon Spai
: shall be the speedy emancipation of IL
G enslaved in Cuba, and the rights ar
81 liberties pertaining to citizens of Il
e Spanish republic secured to the peop
D OF all classes in her dependencies.
y Believe me always and truly thy frien
q JOHN g. WHITE
< 1t is said that every editor on t
Year: 1873

PARK FENoEs.-A suggestion made by
Mayor Wiltz to dispense with fences around
city parks has caused considerable cont1o-
versy. Let the querist ask himself why a
public square in a city like this should be
inclosed with a railing. Is it to keep out
hogs. horses, goats, and such animals |?
Probably not; for they do not roam around
promiscuously as II country town. Is it
to prevent men, women and children enter
ingl No, for the gates are open to the
public. If the railing is for ornament then
it is an expensive display, as repairs are
almost daily called for. Take Lafayette
square as an instance. The iron railing was
a great expense. at first, and more than the
original price has been expended on it in
making repairs. As an ornament little can
be said for it. It is not necessary to keep
out cattle, for none range in that neighbor-
hood. We are to have an experiment there,
by action OF the City Council
Year: 1873

common, it returns faster, and no special
harm results. But suppose q man keeps
on drinking, the blood is sent to the
brain 90 fast, in such quantities, that in
order to make room for Il the arteries
have to enlarge themselves; they increase
in size, and in doing 90 they press
against the more yielding fAccid veins
which carry the blood ont of the brain
and thus diminish their size, their pores,
the result being that the blood Ia not
only carried 10 the arteries Of the brain
faster than is natural or healthful, but is
prevented from leaving it as fast as
usual; hence, double set OF causes of
death are in operation. Hence man
may drink enough of brandy or other
spirits in a few hours, or even minutes,
to bring on fatal attack Of apoplexy.
This is literally being dead drunk.
Year: 1873




The races at Long Branch set down TO be de-
Monday, because OF the inclement weather. The
storm OF Friday night and yesterday morning was
very severe at the Branch. blowing down telegraph
wires and poles, besides doing much other damage
though not OF very serious character. After
waiting until haipast eight O'Clock the Stewards OF
Monmouth Park decided upon the postpone ment
OF the contests, inasmuch as the track deluged
and the rain, which still continued would preclude
the possibility OF thousands witnessing the
amusement who greatly desire TO do so,
but could not in heavy storm. Tnis
decision pleased the hundreds OF ladies
to lose the chance OF seeing the concluding races;
and II also delighted the owners OF the horses
which are to compete, as they were very reluctant
TO risk. such valuable animals IN the deep mud,
to remain at the Branch is u serious drawback, as
they desire to be al Saratoga with their horses for
the coming races al the earliest practicable moment


SO soon as the decision was made putting on the
teegraphed the fact this city, that the passen-
gers by the early boats might be apprised OF
II in time to turn back; but the wires were not
repaired until nearly noon, and, OF course, there
was much annoyance felt and some little ndigna-
ton expressed when the track was reached and III
was found the sport would not go on. No blame,
however, can possibly be attached to the manage
ment OF Monmouth Park because Of the postpone
ment and all those that visited the Branch yester-
day ana were disappointed viii more than be
repaid tomorrow by attending as the last races OF
the meeting VIII be OF the most interesting nature.


The boats tomorrow morning will leave at the
usual hour, but that at forty minutes past nine
O'Clock Will be found the most convenient as the
passengers will reach the course In season TO
brush or the dust, "Wet their Whistles inspect
the racing cards and choose their favOrlteS
Year: 1873

Between twelve and thirteen hundred people
assembled on the Union Grounds yesterday after
noon to witness the game between the Mutual and
Atlantic Clubs Tor the benefit OF the amily OF the
late M. J. Kelly. Had the weather been at all
favorable there would doubtless have been at least
three times as many spectators, but the threaten
ing condition OF the clouds was wholly unlath0m-
able, and one could tell at what moment the
rain would come down. Hicks, OF the Mutuals was
absent, no one knew why, and this circumstance
detracted not little from the interest OF the alalr
Alter the third inning the Atlantics took the lead
and held 1t TO the ciOse, coming out vlctors py
score OF to 0. Including the receipts at the gate,
the sum realized by the game will probably amount
to between $500 and 81 ,000
Year: 1873

The trotting meeting at Catskill Park, to take
place during the coming week. promises to be one
of the best AFFAIRS Of the season. The very large
number OF entries made, especially for the
first race OF each day. show how wide
spread and keen has been the apprecia.
tion OF this fact among the owners OF
horses, and large field always adds measurably
to the interest OF the spectators on the course
The fact that these races can be reached by boat
after charming sail on the river and those who
dread the dust and confusion Of railroad travel
may thus avoid 1t, will no doubt add greatly to
their success.
Year: 1873

untmely death showed that he was bankrupt and
that he had used the funds OF his bank to such an
extent as to completely bankrupt the institution.
settlement OF its affairs revealed that the capital
and surplus were entirely used up and about one
hundred thousand dollars OF the funds belonging to
depositors had also been taken. There was nothing
whatever lett Tor the stockholders of the original
capital, and the wrecx was cleared away and the
concern started anew with new capital.


REGISTER M'LAUGHLIN's MISTAKE


Register Hugh Mclaughlin Is loser by the
crash OF the Trust Company to the extent OF S0Oo
A few days prior to the death OF the President OF
the institution the Register drew the entire
amount Which WAS on to his
turn to Brooklyn, on Monday last, he was asked
by one OF the bank officers 70 return the
its withdrawal, II publicly known, might
eject public confidence in the Trust Company
Mr. Mclaughlin complied with the request of his
adviser, and the money was returned to the vault
% BANKING kin hours. the Deputy Register received from
present it Immediately. Unfortunately IL was
after business hours, and the amount remains In
the company's keeping, much to the chagrin OF the
Register VINO, with most OF other losers, mourns
his dubious prospects OF an early reimbursement


THE PRESIDENTS LAST ACTS.


II is asserted that on Monday afternoon last Mr.
Mills obtained full settlement Of his land agent
and deposited check which he received from the
latter In the Nassau Bank to his wifes credit
After this transaction he settled the accounts OF
his butcher and baker, which were usually paid at
the end OF each month. II the well authenticated
rumors circulated last evening are to be accredited
Mr.. Mills conduct at Coney Island during the last
night of his lie gives material support to the
suicide theory 1t is stated that he did not
retire mis- bedroom until very late hour, and the
next morning it was found that his bed had not
been slept In. At the time OF his death these facts
were studiously concealed but yesterday those In
possession OF them concluded that further secrecy
was useless.


The expression of opinion was, last evening, very
general and condemnatory OF the action OF the
Secretary. M r. Rodman, who, though he now ad-
mits having been aware OF the fact that the Presi
dent mad oyerdrawn his account, still continued to
sign his (MilsD checks.
Year: 1873

In honor of q decisive triumph in Ireland
one hundred and eighty odd years ago of Will
liam Of Orange, Dutch Prince established
by successful revolution as King of Eng
land, the Society of Orangemen, from the
could sod" in part political and in part
religious organization, will have parade in
the city Of New York to-day. They say that
it will be in commemoration Of the principles
Of civil and religious liberty established in
England, and especially in Ireland, under the
aforesaid Prince Of Orange, the fighting King
William the Third but as all these princi-
pies of civil and religious freedom and good
many more never dreamed Of by William and
his supporters are embodied in the constitu-
ton of the United States, including the thir-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
these questions recur:-Why have not these
Orangemen in this country merged their
Irish 18th of July celebration into our American
Fourth of JulyP What have we to do with
this old Protestant and Catholic quarrel be-
tween the adherents of King William and the
followers Of King JamesP And what good il
the object or the expectation of these Orange
parades in this country OF this late day?


We may be answered that one object is to
make good the great principle of equal civil
and political rights that another purpose is
to keep the fires Of liberty kindled in England
and in Ireland one hundred and eighty odd
years ago brightly burning But this is all
moonshine. The object, we fear is rather to
keep alive those deep and bitter religious
animosities which, for hundreds of years, have
been fruitful only Of bloodshed and confusion
in England and Ireland, and in this country,
too, when it should be the object of all
patriotic Irishmen, Protestants and Catholics


in becoming citizens of the United States, to
sink their Old Country feuds and factions on
the American altar Of universal liberty and
equal rights. Nevertheless, this is o free
country, in which the battle q the Bo1yn;ss, o. ;s &c
siege of Limerick, the siege of Derry, the
advent of William the Filibuster, the fail of
the Bastile the crowning Of the First Napo-
leon. the downfall OF the Third, or anything
else may be celebrated in public meetings or
PROFESSIONS, and SO these Orangemen, with
the rest of them, have the right to their
parade and claim for protection If threat
ened with violent opposition from any hostile
quarter.


This being clearly understood on all sides,
we presume that the procession Of the Orange
men to-day will suffer % disturbsncs--that
Year: 1873

mistaken. n AZ well might % man who
builds his house on volcano expect that the
crust OF rock between him and the fiery lava
in the earth win prevent its destruction for all
time. We present no apology for the crime
of which this woman, so fery-tempered by
report and so cold-blooded normally, is
about to accuse herself, If report be true.
We are not willing to look on
il as anything but horrible muir
der, wherein the worst passions that
can surge around the human heart enter as
aggravations rather than palliatives. The
deep sin which began the criminal relation
may have had its abettors on both sides. They
defed the possibilities of human fortune by
plunging into an abyss where every moral is
set at naught and where the murder
Of an unborn babe is no more to
be unexpected than the murder of o
man or . woman. The position which the
man Roscoe occupied in the story, so far as
known, shows that in that direction murder
was ripening even if Roscoe had no hand
whatever in the tragedy ITSELF The case when
fully developed will, we have no doubt prove
Of greater interest than any in our city or
Brooklyn for many years.