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Year: 1875

The Democratic candidate for Attorney-Gen-
eral starts with good recommendation to
public favor Our dispatches tell of his sue
cess in securing indictments against eight
members of the Canal Ring in Buffalo. In no
way can he serve his state or his party better
than by making an example of these men.
Their conviction would be worth more than
any dozen campaign speeches.
Year: 1875

Part ofthe city. The sea-breeze comes 10 this
locality fresh and pure from the ocean, and
untainted with the noxious vapors and filthy
odors that arise from cesspools and cutters TO
DESTROY its benohceat effect.


Numerous streets have been graded and
the means OF access To this property Is being
daily improved.


The baker and milkmar make regular
trips through these streets.


As the city Is growing at an unprecedented
rate and real estate daily appreoiating in val
ne, this is a splendid chance TO obtain
Year: 1875

Sec. 26O That compensation for add ;ional service in carrying the mail shall not be in excess of the exact proportion which the original compensation bears 10 the original service; and when any such addio tional service is ordered, the sum to be allowed therefor shall be expressed in the order, and entered upon the books of the and no compensation shall be paid for any additional regular service rendered before the issuing of such order.

 Sec Z6l. That no extra allowance shall be made for any increase of expedition in carrying the mail unless thereby the em- pl ymept of additional stock and carriers is made necessary, and in such case the ad- di ional compensation shall bear no greater proportion to the additional stock and car riers necessarily employed than the com in the original contract bears to the stock and carriers necessarily employed in its execution.
Year: 1875

hibited.

 Sec 250 That no contract for carrying the mail shall be made with any person who has entered, or proposed to enter into any combination to prevent the mak ing of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has.made any agreement, or given or performed, or promised to give or per form, any consideration whatever to in duce any other person not to bid for apy such contract; and if any person so of lending is a contractor for carrying the mail, his contract may be annulled; and for the first offense the person so offend ing shall be disqualified to contract for carrying the mail for five years, and for the second offense shall be forever dis qualified.
Year: 1875

See 266. That the Postmaster General may make deductions from the pay of con- tractors for failures to perform service ac- cording to contract, and impose fines upon them IoI other delinquencies. He may de- duet the price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceed ing three times the price if the failure be accustomed by the fault of the contractor or carrier.
Year: 1875

See. 271. That no contractor for tram porting the mail within or between he United States and any foreign country shall assign or transfer his contract, and all such assignments or transfers shall be null and void.

 Schedules to be furnished and posted up in

 post offices. Registers to be re-

 turned and reports made.

 See. 70. That the Postmaster General shall furnish to the postmasters at the ter imitation of each route a schedule of the time of arrival and departure of the mail at their offices, resr actively, to be posted in place ia the office; and the Postmaster General shall also give the post master notice of any change in the arrival and departure that may be ordered and he shall cause to he kept and returned to the Department, at short and regular inter vals, registers showing the exact times of the arrivals and departures of the mail.

 By act of Congress approved April 2l, 1908, no member of Congress can be con- tractor, or be concerned, directly or indi-
Year: 1875

1 tracts may be Extended, and tempo

 rary Contracts mace.

 ! See 25l. That after any regular bidder whose bid has been accepted shall fail to enter into contract for the transportation of the mails according to his proposal, or, having entered Into contract, shall fail to commence the performance of the service Stipulated iii his or their contract as there lin provided, the Postmaster General shall proceed to contract with the next lowest

 bidder for the same service, who will enter into a contract for the. performance

 thereof, unless the Postmaster Ger eral shall consider such bid too high, in which ease he shall rG-advertise such service.

 And ii any bidder whose bid has been ac- cepted, and who has entered into a con- tract to perform the service according To his proposal, and in pursuance of his con tract has entered upon the peri rmance O1 the service to the satisfaction of the Post master General, shall subsequently, fail or refuse to perform the service according to his contract, the Postmaster General shall proceed to contract with the next lowest bidder for such service, under the adVer- tisemeut thereof, (unless the Postmaster General shall consider such bid too high J who will enter into contract and give bond, with SuretieS, to be approved DJ the POst- master General, for the faithful perform ance thereof, in the same penalty and with the same terms and conditions thereto an neXed as were stated and contained III the bond which accompanied his bid; but m case each and every of the next lowest bidders for such service whose respective bids are not considered too high by the Postmaster General shall refuse to enter into contract and give bond as herein re- quired for the faithful performance of his contract, the Postmaster General shall i'm mediately advertise for proposals 10 per form the service on said route. When ever an accepted bidder shall fail to enter into contract, or a contractor on any mail-rOute shall fail or refuse to perform the service on said route according to his contract, or when a new route shall bel established, or new service required, or when from any other cause there shall not be a contractor legally bound or required to perform such service, the Postmaster General may malc a temporary contract for carving the mail on such route, with out advertisement, for such period as may benecessary, not in any case exceeding six months, until the service shall have com menced under q contract made accordlngI to law: Provided, however, That the Post master General shall not employ tempora- ry service on any route at higher price than that paid to the contractor who shall have performed the service during the last regular contract term. And lnI all cases of regular contracts hereafter made, the contract may, in the dlscretlonI of he Postmaster General, be continued in force beyond its express terms for a period not exceeding six months, until a. new contract with the same, or other con-. tractors, shall be made by the Postmaster General.
Year: 1875

Oath of Mail Contractors and Carriers Required by act of Congress, June

 s, 1872.

 l, -, do solsmnly swear Cor affirm that l will faithfully perform all the du ies required of me, and abs ain from every thing forbidden by the laws in relation to the establishment of post offices and post-roads within the United States aud that l will honestly and truly account for and pay over any money belonging to the said United States which may come into my possession or control. So help nae God.
Year: 1875

Sec 253. That hereafter all bidders upon every mail route for the transportation of the mails upon the same, where the aHnual compensation for the service on such route at the lime exceeds the sum of five thous- and dollars. shall accompany their bids with certified check, or draft, payable to the order of the Postmaster General, upon some solvent national hank, which check or draft shall not be less than five per centum on the amount of the annual pay on said route at the time such bid is made; and in case of new or modified service. not less
Year: 1875



 SEC. IS. That no postmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk employed in any post office, shall he contractor or cou- cerned in contract for carrying the mail.

 Persons in the employ of the Post Office Department (incuding postmasters} can not b. come interested in a mail con ract, nor act as agent of contractors CT bidders. SEC. l2. That no person emp oyed in the Post Office Department shall become interested in any contract for carry ing the mail, or act as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering 10 become contractor in any business before the Department; :; and any person so offending shall be im- mediately dismissed from office, and shall be liable to pay so much money as would have been realized from said contract, to be recovered in an action of debt, for the use of the Post Office Department.
Year: 1875

A grumbling individual aston
ished a colored waiter in Park
Row restaurant by asking him to
shove his fingers into his glass
of ice water a few more times, as
the seasoning was not quite strong
enough.
Year: 1875

Sheir shrill "hurrah % as though
charging against human foes. Nei
ther lance nor bullet did execution
among the wolves, who, fairly cow
ed, skunk off into the recesses o
the woods, while the headmos
horseman checked his ~iry steec
but just in time to prevent horse
end rider from falling headlong
into, p deep but narrow pit dug at
the foot of the huge beect
tree.


"What wizards work have We
here p exclaimed the soldier as
be wheeled his horse. "My name
isn't Dimitri if I did not hear q
groan from out yonder open
gravel"


"Grave, torsootb !" returned Ba
ron Jagellon, hastily dismounting;
lit is a bear trap. such as peasants
set in likely spots, near where
tie honey of some swarm Of the
wild bees that dwellin hollow trees
assure to tempt bruin to the pitfall.
And, as I live," be added, after
Listening for a moment, "there is
some one down there, and alive
young Marston, for a thousand gold
eagles !''


And when by means Of rope
hastily constructed by linking to-
gether stirrup feathers and buff
belts, a Cossack was lowered into
the pit the truth of this conjec-
ture was confirmed, for Edgar Mar.
ston, pale, livid and exhausted,
but to all appearance unhurt save
for bruise upon his right temple,
was drawn forth from it. The
bystanders crowded round him,
but he was faint and weak.


''Edgar's story, when he was able
to tell it, was q simple one, and
had already been anticipated by
the matured sylvan experience of
the baron. When he sprang from
the sledge it had been with the
full conviction that be was about
to save Anniette's life at the sac.
rifce of his own. He had, how.
ever, made a desperate effort to
reach the great beech tree, in the
poor hope that, by setting bis
back against it and making vigor'
Gus use ,of his hunting-knife, be
might gain time to grasp one Of
the lower boughs and draw himself
up beyond the reach Of the wolves
But to his CONSERVATION the treach.
erous surface on which he alighted
and which was composed of rot.
ten branches coated with moss and
dried leaves, gave way beneath
his feet, and he was precipitated
into the narrow pit below, receiv-
ing as be fell a blow on the head
from projecting stake, which
stunned him for a moment, and
when he recovered his senses il
was to hear the furious yelping
and bowling Of the disappointed
wolves that ragged around the brink
of bis prison, and to see by the
uncertain light th cir lolling
tongues and gnashing teeth, al
they bent over the edge and vain
ly tried to seize the prey beneath
them,


The tale is told. The prejudiceE
which had induced the Count anc
Countess Galitzin to object to Ed
gar as a suitor for their daughter'E
hand, melted like snow in The
sun when their hearts were touch
ed by the generous self:sacrfice
Of the gallant young man, whose
praises we're on every lip.
Year: 1875

Ifall deadly fevers were called by that
old-fashioned name, ''the plague" we
should more readily realize the danger ari-
sing from the neglect of sanitary preven-
tons. In the middle of the last century,
London was alarmed By the rumor that
the plague had broken out in a certain
hospital. Physicians Immediately pub
lished denial of the report but, in the
meantime, Londoners had provided them-
selves with disinfectants. and the demand
for rue and wormwood in Covent-garden
market on one morning advanced the pri-
ces of those articles almost fifty per cent,
and the gardeners servants were employt
all the day in carrying those commodities
TO market. A similar panic with regard
to fever and diptheria, at the present time,
might not come amiss here in the New
World. A like rush for soap and scrub
bing brushes would probably prove. in the
end, very wholesome "scare." Panics.
of course, are at all times to be deplored,
but a moderate panic that will alarm the
people into greater cleanliness, a more
stringent sanitary law, and closer regard
to sanitary measures, is at all times benz
fetal and advantageous.
Year: 1875

crowd of joyous companions and pleasant
vivearrs, or are we simply different from
them2 Like ourselves, they possess hon-
esty and honor; like ourselves, they have
neither virtue nor religion properly So
called. So far, we are equal. Our tastes
alone and our pleasures differ; and all
their preoccupations turn to the lighter
ways Of the world, to the cares of gallant
ry and material activity: ours are almost
exclusively given up to the exercise
Of thought, to the talents of the mind, to
the works, good or evil, of the intellect.
In the light of human t-uth, and accord-
ing to common estimation, it is doubtful
whether the difference in this particular
is wholly in our favor; but in a more ele-
vated order, in the moral order, and, so to
speak, in the presence of God, does that
superiority hold good? Are we merely
yielding, as they do, to an inclination
that leads us rather more to one side than
to another What is in the eyes of God
the merit Of intellectual life? 1t seems to
me sometimes that we possess for thought
a species of pagan worship to which He
attaches no value, and which perhaps
even offends Him. More frequently,
however, think that He wishes us to
make use of thoughts, were it even to be
turned against Him, and that he accepts
an homage all the quiverings of that no.
bleiustrument Of joy and torture which He
has placed within us Is not sadness, 10
periods of doubt and anxiety, a species Of
religion? 1 trust so. We are, you and 1,
somewhat like those poor dreaming
sphiuxes who have been asking in vain
for so many centuries, from the solitudes
of the desert, the solution of the eternal
riddle. Would it be greater and more
guilty folly than the happy carelessnes of
the Little Couutess2 We shall see In
the meantime, retain, for my sake, that
groundwork of melancholy upon which
you weave your own gentle mIrth; for.
thank Godl you are not pedant you
can live, you can laugh. and even laugh
aloud; but thy soul is sad unto death, and
that is only why love unto death thy
fraternal soul.


Continued next week.
Year: 1875

sThis is the latest schoolboy composition:
IL go to school to learn to read and rite
and siphor to slide on the ice and traid of
an old nife if | have one, in summer to
pick wild fours and strawberrys and to
get out of work hot days, some boys has
to go to school to get out their mothers
road, but | would rather stay in winter
than to go too miles and set by cold
stove and freze my toes.s / like to go to
school to see the teacher scold the big girls
when they cut up. Some goes to school
to fool but ! 60 to study when we are old
we can't go to school and then we feel sor-
ry that we fooled when we was young and
went to school. don't get no time to
fool anyway for have enough TO do when
il comes to my geography"
Year: 1875

A Rome IN. " girl worked over two
hours digging path through the snow to
the parlor door from the gate, and then
her chap did not come. She keeps ket-
tie of water boiling on the kitchen stove
now, proposing to give him warmer re-
ception than usual when he does come.
Year: 1875

A young man who knew all about it
states that his experience has taught him
that fiirt is fool who delights in fooling
fools, and the fool who is fooled by such
a fool is the foolishest kind Of fool.
Year: 1875

A good joke is told of a certain
Dublin professor sticklcr'for ven
tilation. Being put in room at u
hotel with another guest, he asked
the latter to raise the window at
night, as the air was sos close. q
can't raise it" said the guest, after
working very hard at the window
for while. 4Then knock pane Of
glass out" said the professor, which
was done. After while,the profess
sor got up and broke, another pane,
then he was able to sleep; but in the
morning he discovered that they had
only broken into a bookcase.
Year: 1875

The other day little son of Robert Tice,
of Millville, was amusing himself by throw
ing powder into stove from flask, when
the fire was conveyed to the flask, causing
an explosion, burning the lad about the face
and hands.
Year: 1875

Tor his widow and orphans; and as We leave
this hallOwed spot today, let US remember
that this country is just large enough for
one government, but entirely too small for
two"


While on the graves where sleep the gallant dead
We place memorial wreaths and garlands fair,
We lay upon the altar of our God


The amsranths of prayer.


We pie ad that never in oar land again
That peace may fold us as a bird it's brood


Beneath its sheltering wing"


The ceremonies at the speakers stand
concluded with benediction, offered by
the Rev. L. H. Pease.


The audience then dispersed according
to the individual inclinations of those COM
posing it. Many fingered for while about
the peaceful cemetery; others wandered off
to other portions OF the old battle ground,
where are still many relics of the strife of
1878, and an unfinished monument. During
the day number OF persons took occasion
to visit the grounds owned by the Louisiana
Mechanical and Agricultural College, which
consist Of a very large tract OF improved
land near Chalmette Cemetery. Here Wis
itors are received by Messrs. Bonzano and
Edwards, OF the college board of control.


The spirit of peace rested with all who
visited Chalmette on Sunday, and the good
effects of the ceremonies participated in
were not lost upon the visitors, who will
not soon forget the kindly memorial SER
vices rendered by the Grand Army of the
Repubiic
Year: 1875

lessness, he threw what valuables hs
had about him upon the floor, struck
her with the butt of his revolver. and
finished his work by shooting himself
through the head. 1t 10 the old, old
story. Revere bought this woman q
house, which he furnished in magnifi
cent s,yle-he supported her like a
princess-expended upon her in two
years not less than $50. 900. Had be
had $50 900 more to spend that she
could have got hold Of shejwould have
held to him ;bat the moment the sup
ply If cash run short, the fountain of
her love dried up, ami then death.
HIS death affected her no more than
# her parrot had died-indeed, her
hearing at the inquest was such rs to
show that she felt it was a relief.
She will have another rich lover in a
month. and they will make merry
over the dea h Of Revere, till his
time comes" I" II is mad world
my masters Vice don't pay.


BUSINESS


Has been little more brisk this
week than Ias'. thoaga it is still bad.
Failures are as common as black ber-
ries. There is the regular list every
morning If lame ducks, and nobody
knows who is safe. Who next?"
is the question most frequently
asked. Well, there must come and
end some time. Possibly. after the
elections are all over and the people
get down TO living again there WILL
be revival Of trade and the wheels
will get in motion again. Let us
hope SO.


PlETRo.
Year: 1875

Fish Commissioner Shaw desires
papers of Iowa to notice that 300, 900
California salmon are now Matching
and will be ready for distribution in
sixty days. Those who intend TO &C.
cure portion of the young fry will
do we'll to attend to the matter at
once by corresponding with Mr.. Shaw
At Anamosa. The prompt transfer OF
the salmon is made necessary in or
der that more room may be afforded
for the 10000 white fish and lOO, 900
lake trout spawn now being placed
la the hatchery.
Year: 1875

A Nebraska farmer says: From
the manner in which we see 50 many
farms mismansged, it is natural to
suppose that the operators are very
forge'fal. They forget that manure
is money, they forget that deep plow


ing is manure, they forget that fall
plowing is manure, they forget that
close and frequent cultivation is ma
nure, they forget that weeds, trash,
old straw, hay and rubbish are ma
nure, they forget that brains are ma
nure, they forget that whisky and
idlrness are not manure, they forget
tina, carrlessness in harvest is no,
manure, they forget that a forced
sale of their produce leaves no mar
gin for manure, and they forget that
want Of care is the cause of their
"bad luck" II every farmer will
turn his whole energy to making and
using manure, very little further
care will fiji his grauaries so full thai
ne will forget hard times entirely.
Year: 1875

present, where the danger arises not from
fraudulent intention, but fOolhardy careless
ness. We would suggest, too, that the Life
saving Stations need Overhauling. They are
not regularly manned during tho Spring and
Summer months, and the sole dependence for
their order or efficiency lies in the fishermen,
who are proverbially disorderly and unsys-
tematic There is no reason why a fog may
not drive vessel upon the Jersey or lower
coasts as well as at st. Mary's, and in too
many cases the powder would be found wet
Gas in the case of the GiovannI, and for that
one trivial neglect no effectual effort could be
made to give line to sinking ship, which
for lack of it must go to the bottom. Then
we will ask, Who is to blamei
Year: 1875

transit. The last chance is in the Conference
Committee on the bill passed by the Senate.


II Is charged that the city railroads have
been using money freely, and it is certain that
pretended friends of rapid transit in the Leg
islature have been playing Q double game.
II anything is to be done to redeem
the blunders and treachery of the past,
it must be done this week, and probably to-
day. We have not the highest hope of get
ting rapid transit under any bill this Legisla-
ture can pass. But the Legislature will not be
able to clear its own skirts without passing
some practicable bill, and then leaving the
responsibility for success or failure elsewhere.
Shall we have some honest measure, presented
by commi ttee which honestly supports it,
tO-dayf