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Year: 1872

The number of eccentric mona rchs
in Europe has been increased by the
accession of King Oscar H., oil Sweden
and Norway. Like nearly every
member OF the illustrious house from
which he has sprung, the new
Scandinavian ruler is . highly gifted
man, and, in spite of the stormy youth
through which he has passed, aud the
peculiarly wayward temper which he
has exhibited on many occasions, the
people of the two northern kingdoms
look forward to his reign with the
confident expectation that the liberties
of the country will be safe in his hands,
and that he will perform his arduous
task as successfully as his illustrious
grandfather, Bernadotte They re-
member gratefully that Oscar always
lent his influence to the liberal party
during the political struggles in Sweden
of the past few years, and they recall
an incident to illustrate this fact
During one OF the most important
debates on the reform of the election
laws in the Swedish House of Lords,
he related with pride the remarkable
answer of his grandfather to the
French historian, Ampere, during a
visit which the latter had paid him at
the royal palace at Stockholm
Ampere had expressed his surprise at
the simplicity of his reception at the
hands of King Bernadotte. "Oh,"
replied the latter, laughing, that is
nothing! What am | but a Republi-
can on the throne?


The history of King Oscar up to the
present time is full of the most
interesting incidents. He was a
precocious child, aud would have been
the pride and delight of his teachers
but for his wayward disposition. His
father, Oscar l., was great disc iplina.
ran, aud insisted that his two sons
should be treated by their teachers
with the same severity as ordinary
school boys. He himself would
examine their compositions after school
hours and, when he found that they
were not satisfactory, he would
administer with his own hands the
required correction. Having received
several rather painful castigations in
this manner, the young Prince Oscar
in his 18th year ran away from home,
aud succeeded in finding his way to
Copenhagen, where emissaries of his
DISTRACTED parents found him playing
in thu streets at marbles with some
ragamuf6ns. No European Prince
ever presented more ludicrous aspect
than young Oscar when he was thus
found, barefooted and his clothes solled
Year: 1872

and torn. But he asserts to the present
day that enjoyed himsel' gloriously
during his brief absence from home.


In his l7th year he was sent to the
University of Upsala, where he took
part in all the practical Jokes, of which
the students at that ancient Seat of
learning are so fond. After remain.
ing there about six months he Shock ed
his royal father by cooly iuformin, him
that he had fallen desperately in love
with the daughter of one Of the
University professors, and was
determined to marry her.


AS matter of course, King Oscar
would not permit this; and the Young
man was recalled to Stock holm, where
he was not long in becoming very
popular by his unaffected manners, and
by the simplicity of his conduct. He
delighted in walking through the streets
of Stockholm after nigh,fall in an
humble suit of clothes and many an
act of brutality on the part of the
police was prevented by his gallant and
timely Intervention. He has also
invariably present at fires in the
capital, aud nothing could prevent him
from working on such occasions with
the utmost vlgor at the the engines.


In 1852 he aud a young friend of
similar disposition made All excursion
to Christiana in Norway. They travel.
ed incognito, and registers ed assumed
names at second>elass hotels. Strolllng
after dark through the city they were
unfortunately attacked by a gang of
robbers, who knocked them down and
rlfed their pockets. Without q cent
IN their pockets the two distinguished
gentlemen returned to their hotel.
Next morning the landlord presented his
bill TO them. They confessed they
had no money, owing to their mishap
the night before. The landlord utterly
refused to believe their story, and
theatened to invoke the interference of
the police. Fainly did they try to
dlssuade him from his purpose, bur
rushing from the room, he not only
locked them in but placed at the door
a stalwart porter armed with club


The position in which the future
King of Sweden was placed was SO
ludr'crous that he could not help burst
ing into peal of laughter When the
'rate landlord re-appcared and brought
two policemen with him, the two gen,
tlemen explained who they were, but,
they had some difficulty in establishing
their indentity. When the Court Of
Stockholm selected German Princess
as consort of the wayward Oscar the
latter went secretly to, acd, in disguise
travelled with her on the steamer that con
veyed her from that port to Stockholm
watching his intended bride with the
closest attention. What he saw of her
satisfied him that she was an excellent
young woman, and he has ever since
proved an effectionate husband to her


The people of Stockholm know many
other amusing stories about eccentrici>
lies Of their young King but they
know, also, that he warmly sympa.
thizes with the people, and they are
convinced that his reign will be pros
porous and beneficial to the country
". Y. Evening Post
Year: 1872

If your sister, while tenderly engaged
n tender conversation with tender
sweetheart, asks you TO bring glass of
water from an adjoining room, you can
start on the errand but you need not
return. You will not be missed.
Year: 1872

tho Cause.


About the 1st inst. John Stroutman, German,
forty years Of age, and by trade a locksmith who
boarded with o family on the fourth floor OF
premises 142 Essex street. was taken sick and
could not again leave his bed. He complained OF
pain In his head, and four days later, becom.
ing unconscious, was removed to Bellevue
Hospital on a permit from Mr.. George Kel-
lock, Superintendent OF Outdoor Poor, 1t then
being supposed Stroutman was suffering from
quently made on the body revealed the fact that
deceased mad sustained a fracture OF the frontal
bone Which W ss da% oeem win ham,


further investigation OF the circumstances
attending the death OF Stroutman showed that him
and some months ago, becoming infatuated with I,
younger and better-lOoking man, she left home
with her children and went to live with her new
husband who sought to reclaim his wife, and after
the lapse OF considerable time she returned to him.
but not to remain permanently. Another separa-
been basely decoyed from home by man who was
intent on disturbing his domestic peace and break.
ing up his family, determined to have redress.
Stroutman sought IN interview with the man who
had made him miserable, and an alteration was
the result, blows being exchanged. The police
interfered, arrests were made ana the matter was
settled at Court. About that time, or at q later
period IL Is alleged that the lover OF Mrs. Strout-
man, whose name and residence did not appear,
struck deceased on the head with hammer or
hatchet thus causing the fracture above described.
While lying sick at his last place OF residence
Stroutman told the landIady that he had been
struck on the head by the man referred to-


requested Captain Walsh, OF the seventeenth pre-
cinct to make an EFFORT to arrest the guilty party
and secure witnesses who may be in possession OF
important facts touching the manner OF Strout-
mans death No day has yet been named for hold.
ing the INQUEST
Year: 1872

veek could not do no. But the public require that
thew shall ride on the csrs, NO matter who has got
tn nav Besides " these men had .'passes"it il would
aid in the prevention OF crime In q general way.


therefore IL IL 20 be concluded that either the
railroad companies mean TO continue to shield the
thieves or they Will have the police on the cars.
The public voice will compel them TO call in the aid
OF the p0lco, and, thieves no thieves, the COM
pardes cannot refuse TO obey that In a cOnversa-
tion with some OF the best detectives in the city
yesterday, among them being Detective Farley, the
HERALD reporter was informed that the conductors
on cars are not quite 30 bad as they are repre-
sented to be- These men are afraid OF the thieves,
and have got to pretend not to see what they
really do see. and what, il they knew that they
were protected by the police, they would STOP or
course some OF them are really thieves themselves,
as appeared only day or two since, when fellow
was arrested with some half dozen OF watches IN
his possession. But in general these men desire to
thieves.


There is no way OF enccting this REFORM 80 far az
the police know except by the strong voice OF the
public. In Philadelphia, some time ago, this same
dimculty arose as that which now exists here; but
there the police Were able to bring the companies
TO terms, and IN this way-lt Is against the law to
stop the cars, except at the farther OF the
street In the direction In which the car Is going.
The police continued making arrests for every
violation or the law result-the companies gave
the 'passeAn In this city that little game cannot
be played, because the police cannot arrest the
conductor while he 10 on the "trip" and therefore
the 0ficer has to travel with the prisoner to the
depot. Human nature is human nayure, even In
the Police Department, and that's rather too much
even for Q man trying to be q captain.
Year: 1872

Another company has just been organized to
provide for a rapid transit from Fulton ferry to
Fatbush. 1t will not be in full operation in year
or two It is to run from Fulton ferry to Prospect
Park and F1atbush, and will extend to the other
towns OF the county and connect with the steam
railroads. Five hundred thousand dollars have al
ready been subscribed for the purpose Of carry
ing out the enterprise. The capital stock 10
4 600 600.
Year: 1872

we have recently returned from New York wlth
and WINTER GOODS, and we invite all WHO are In
search of BARGAINS to give us Il call. No oat8 II
ANYTHING. We try to do sauare-up business ana
than anywhere else In the city, Will be found
nnIa NO. s23 Main street.
Year: 1872

THE EASTER BALL.--Assemhly Hall will be
decorated in fine style for the charity ball of
tie Catholic Beneficial Society, which takes
place on Monday night. The arrangements
indicate that this ball will beu most agreeable
and successful entertainment.
Year: 1872

HOME GARDESIEG.-The weather seems
now to be propitious for gardening opera
tons, and we propose to give few general
directions for the benefit of amateur gardeners
and florists. The season thus far has been
so backward that bat little if any work has
been done in the garden or yard. Should
the present warm weather continue many va
rieties Of seed should be sown at once, and
plants in the ground should he well worked
and manfred. Borders should he worked
up, walks laid of, and every preparation
made for vigorous campaign. If not
already DONE grape vines should be tied to
their trellis or stakes, and strawberry beds
should have light hocing to free them from
the early growth of weeds.


III the vegetable garden full stock OF seeds
may be sown. Sow second crop OF peas;
later in the month pole and bush snap beans
can be planted for early crops. Lettuce must
be transplanted for succession OF crops. All
the arrangements should now hc made fol
the summer. The places where all varieties
of vegetable and flower seed are to be soWn
or plants set out, should now he manlued
and worked UP in order that when the sea.
son arrives for tlanSplantiIg or sowing nc
time may be lost.
Year: 1872

The following appeared in the admin
istration organ here to day.


We understand that Senator Sumner
has announced his intention to make no
further opposition to the denomination
of President Grant, and that if the Phila-
delphia convention shall select him as
the standard bearer of the Republican
party, the Massachusetts, Senator will
steadily labor to secure his re election.


Senator Sumner in reading this pro
nounced it pure invention, and says
that he will not support Grant under
any circumstances.
Year: 1872

Those who suffer from foul breath are
open to the charge of carelessness. 1t
is an offence that can be speedily abated,
as a single bottle of the fragrant Sozo-
DON'T will unmistably accomplish the
work. No toilet table should be without
it. 1t will preserve and keep the teeth
white, and the;breath pure and sweet.
Year: 1872

There are said to be nearly two thousand rag
pickers in the staeets Of New York.


An artesian well has been sunk twelve hun
dred feet III Chicago, before finding water.


A pew style of coffee pot has a little steam
whistle attached which warns people when the
coffee is ready.


The most independent person in the country
at the present time is the skilled mechanic who
works faithfully.
Birmingham, England is said to have sent so
many sham diamonds to the African diamond
field that the value Of the real article is de-
pressed


New York consumes 9O,OOO,000 gallons of
water daily. And how many gallons Of whisky


The field of literature is said to be tine one
containing the most styles.
Year: 1872

nent learning in letters and science in fact, the
very cream Of her Empire were about her as she
kneeled under the great dome Of the cathedral,
and offered up thanks TO God for His infinite
ton, and sparing the life Of him who is SO dear
to her. Quiz.
Year: 1872

When the writer resided in Cen
trail New York, pair of Baltimore
orioles were accustomed to build D
nest every season ON Il swaying
branch of some tree near the dwell
ling. A ladder was once assembled
simply to inspect their architectural
operations. The birds had chosen
forked branch from which to sus-
pend their nest. They had found q
few pieces of wrapping-cOrd about a
yard in length, one end of which they
had put three times around one
branch, while the other end was Sc
curely attached TO the other branch,
making n miniature swing. AnOth-
eI piece of the yarn was attached to
the same branches, but at different
points, so that the pending portion
crossed the first cord and hung
down just as low. The end of the
cords were wrapped around the
branches with as much skill as an
cxl ert sailor secures the onds of his
lines and bawsers. The extremities
were tucked beneath the supporting
cord, at the upper side of the branch,
SO that it was impossible for either
end Of the cor1 to slip, as the great
er tie weight applied where the nest
VAS 10 rest, the tighter the ends OF
the cords would be held. After these
cords were secured to the branches,
other cords, strings, spears of dried
grass, long hOrsehairs, and tow were
woven and interlaced from cord to
cord in q circular form, in a most IN
genious manner When the nest
was finished, it appeared like min
iature sack about ten inches deep,
suspended beneath fnrked branch.
The birds entered at the top of the
sack.


Naturalists assure us that The
tailor bird" of India performs even
more skillful feats than the orlole,
by making the beak subserve the pur-
pose of a needle, when building a
nest. After having chosen a place
for nest, and having selected two
leaves of a size suited to its wants,
and picked up bit of cotton thread,
it makes hole in the leaves with its
beak, and then with the same instru-
ment, passes q bit of the thread
through the oriice and afterward
forms knot so as to prevent the
thread from coming out. The leaves
are then secured a. one pair of holes
The same operation is repeated with
each set of holes, until a sufficient
number of the leaves are joined to
form q nest. Fastening a knot at
each pair OF holes, instead of uniting
all by one thread, as human seam
stress would do with her needle, is a
tedious task; but, as the bird has to
work with its natural tools. Surely
this operation is evidence o. tbe ex-
istence of some power q reasoning.
The Industrial HoAthlu ..
Year: 1872

No town in the Rocky Mount9ins
is growing so rapidly as Denver, and
its growth is manly due to the fact
that railroads are being run to and
from it, drawing there not only the
traffic of that Territory, but making
it a central point for various long
lines of railroads, which have given
an impetus to trade and business Of
every kind.
Year: 1872

BEFORE the bloody chasm Is filled
up and sodded over, there should be
emptied into It the stale jokes that
have been performing onerous service
in so many political campaigns.
We submit that the venerable pup
story-the woodchuck and skunk story
the domestic incident in which the
bear and husband fought while the
wife looked on with unconcern-the
story of the applicant for a situation as
conductor. and sundry other aged
members Of the Joe Miller family,
should be buried so deep that no stump
orator shall ever be able to resurrect
Missouri Democrat.
Year: 1872

The commssary Of police having established his dep.
N.Y. was allowed to enter the chateau communicate
ne object Of his mission Prince Napoleon again declared
th5l ne would only yield to force, and would not leave
accomplished the Prince and Princess got into
that IT the escort was discontinued they should
consider themselves as released. and would
their liberty Consequently II Is company the
two gendaImes and q n Maurice Richard, who would
not leave his guests that Prince Napoleon his wife
will arrive IN Switzerland NJ Rouher who mad arrived
a. Memon. wished si to accompany the party but the
nighness were sent or in the Of The day 70 NJ


Procnrer General Of the Republic. When NJ. Thicrs
on On innssasy ot,me" m WIN ,H OF Iermancnce OF
lie was completely ignorant that the Princess


fore surprised TO hear Of the France
the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel Then Il WAS
with object courtesy and to attenuate
as possible whatever rigorous to the Princess In
order which concerned her husband the President
quesed NJ. vmercau, friend Of Prince Napoleon, and
military attache TO the Italian Embassy 70 proceed te
nothing more NJ vimerca undertook the mission
bur could induce the Prince 10 change his deter


mination only TO yield TO force. Natet
Year: 1872

AN ANALYSIS


of the above figures shows that the banks have now
the sum of $5,41 ,275 in excess OF the reserve re-
quired by lava loss for the week OF $2,61 200.
This result Is seen in the following comparison OF
the total and the total liabilities this week
Year: 1872

HAVE You SEEN HER?-A lady who for
the last five years has been q leader of
fashion in New York, aud who may be seen
twice q week in hsr elegant calechs driving
e pair of superb ponies in Central Park
has recently stated, 10 the select circle to
which she belongs, that the only article in
existence winch imparts beauty and lustre
to the complexion without ultimately i'm
pairing the texture Of the skin and causing
it to collapse and wrinkle, is HAGAS's
MAGNOLIA BALM. The name of the dis
tinguished member of the beau monde who
made this declaration cannot with pro
pristy be given, but it may be mentioned
en- pGSsante that she has spent several years
of her life in Europe and is familiar with all
the arts and preparations employed by the
court beauties of the old world to enchance
their charms
Year: 1872

Every person should be loyal in thought
word and deed, to so good government as
ours; and they that are not loyal, have no
claim for its protection. We do not say
that using Rsnns's Magic Oil for curing
quickly all painful complaints, is the only
evidence of love to our country, but it is a
sign we love ourselves some
Year: 1872

True as Gospel is the following, said
by Rev. Robert Collyer, in a recent lee
turc at Chicago. 1t is got only true of
Chicago, but of other towns, that work
ing, successful men of to-day were once
poor, industrious, self reliant boys.


Every man who is doing any sort of
work in Chicago to-day, was raised'a
poor mans son, and had to fight his way
to this place. Net one of them, as |
can ascertain, was rich mans son, and
had good time when he was a boy, ex-
cept tha, all boys should grow as strong
as steel bar, fighting their way to an
education, and then, when they are ready,
pluhying into life with that traditional
half dollar and little bundle tied up in
a red handkerchief, as | have observed
all men start. l tell you that in five and
twenty years, when most of us who are
now in the middle ages shall have gone to
our retribution, the men OF mark IN TINS
country will not be the sons Of those whose
fathers can give them all they wish for,
and ten times more than they ought to
have, but will be those who are brought
up in farm houses and cottages, cutting
their way through thickest hindrances OF
every sort; and all the brown stone houses
metropolis viii be as nothing to bring
out the noble man."
Year: 1872

What destructive element il isl To


escape from its fury is the desire of all


yet many Of our woodworking manufac.


turers run the risk of annihilation by FIRE,


without being protected by insurance, and


rely wholly upon the watchman system.


But what is given the watcbman to assist


himy In what manner, and with what


is he to fight the Fire King! Perhaps a


few buckets of water; possibly a steam
pump, and in some cases an elongated
icontrivance termed an extinguisher,
Iyhich oftens reminds once ahalfchargcd


bottle Of mineral water, that sometimes
does not go of. But 1bis contrivance Is
supposed to contain confined acid enough
to be effective in putting out fire; and
If it does possess this requisite, when
wanted for use, it will do good service.
We do not say it is not perfect; but we
think il is p,ssible that il is not always
just right. As substitute for it, and all
compounds known to us, we prefer a light
water engine, to which may be added the
acid necessary to create a spray that will
be worthy of the definition given the
word itself, and not a petite illustration OF
it. In this connection, we desire to say,
that there are just such engines, and that
they are not an experiment, but are the
most formidable aid that can be attached
to any establishment for the use of watch
men in case of fire. While we do ap-
prove of insurance generally, we frankly
say, before we would pay TIE tee hhish rates rates
demanded for insuring woodworking
manufactures, we would make use of the
watchnan system, but not without Civ
ing him the proper tools to work with.
We would rather trust our machinery in
factories provided with such an engine
than with any other preventive known
and in use. Do away with costly insu-
rance. Keep your watchman, and be
sure he is trustworthy one. Give him
a chemical Fire Engine "a water engine)
furnished with chemicals, and then you
can retire to your couch at night with a
feeling of security that can be obtained
in no other way.-Gedr's Advocate. i
Year: 1872

We are judged usually, says George
VIM. Curtis, by our public successes, by
the esteem of distinguished persons; but
the rcal,test of character is the feeling Of
those before whom We play our part. If
mans children confde in him-if oil
whom he employs at home and in hi
business feel thai he is full Of thought and
sympathy for them as for brethren-if
those who meet him perceive the charm
Of his urbanity, and as they draw near
and know him better, honor and love him
more and more, we may be very sure
tha, he has the noblest human qualities,
the influence Of which will be possession
TO Us forever.