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Year: 1872

Work and Play says: 'What an amount
of showing around boys do have to en-
dure! 1t is a solemn fact that most
men who employ boys, or who come in
contact with them, treat them as though
they had no rights which man was
bound to respect. But we suppose that
when these boys, who have been
snubbed, grow up, they turn about and
have their revenge in treating all the
boys they come across in the same way:
at least, the abuse seems to continue,
shameful as it is. If all boys would
only make up their minds, now, that
when they grow up they will treat boys
decently, the next generation of boys
might have fair time


On the same subject the Christian at
Work says: 'Half-grown boys are too
often treated as nuisances, and are thus
encouraged to become such. No provi-
sion is made for their entertainment; !;
they are not trained to employ their
overhowing activity in useful ways;
they are treated rs if they possessed a
peculiar kind of depravity and as in
capable of adding to the happiness of
others. 1t is too much to expect that a
boy will prefer reading dry book to a
frolic with his fellows, will being enjoy
lectured nightly on his particular sim
fulness, while his sister, or some sick
over-studious youth, is held up as a
model of perfection. If one-half the
praise which is bestowed on three and
five-year-olds, and on young ladies just
coming OUT were distributed among
young men, we should see marked
decline in loaferism and rowdy conduct.
To notice boys good intention is to
make performance easy. To treat him
as social outcast is to make him sooner
or later, professional disturber Of the
peace. If home be made pleasant, and
pains taken to guide youthful spirits
into legitimate channels, there will be
less fondness for that independent, ro-
wing, selfish existence which marks
every boy as an Ishmaelite.
Year: 1872

CHICAGO, August 21.-There are no
new developments to-day in regard to
the commercial crisis, except that many
ported as having failed, to-day are as
serted as abundantly able to pay their
liabilities. There is a marked inclina-
ton TO purchase at the present range of
prices. which are generally believed to
be below the intrinsic value Of grain.
There is, indeed, on the whole, a better
feeling, and the present prospect is that
it will continue to grow, and that many
out all right.
Year: 1872

The protection of the police was asked
to-day by several Brooklyn companies
who recently resisted the demands of
some LongshOremen. At six o'clock
this evening a crowd of LOngshoremen
got on the dock of the elevator Manhat-
tan, at Wall street ferry, and as soon as
the society men were leaving by ferry
for New York, sought TO cross over with
them, but We're dispersed by a vigorous
clubbing from the police. A woman
was seriously injured by club which
flew out of a polieeman's hand in the
melee.
Year: 1872

they have been living at New York, in
New Zealand and elsewhere. In 1855
| they actually persuaded some adYen-
turers at San Francisco to start on the


search for the COcos island. The ex-


pedition proved fruitless. But in 1867 a
company was formed for the discovery
of the hidden treasure, and Welsh was


placed in command of a schooner call
ed the Petrol.


Again the enterprise proved abOrtive.


Welsh said that conspiracy was form
ed against his life and that Of his wife,
and that he therefore steered the ship
to Panama and quilted it. Those who
went with him declared that he proved
himself utterly incapable of managing
the vessel, and had to run into Panama
for safety. The whole story Of the COcOs
Island treasure was a mOnstrOus swindle,
people now proclaimed. Andye hope
springs eternal in the human breast y
and we find that in 1870 Welsh was
taken on board as passenger and guide
by party of discovery sent out under
the auspices of the government Of Costa
Rica, and this time it is averred that
they reached


THE IDENTICAL ISLAND,


and landed on 1t, and came to the foot
of the hill, and were only prevented
from getting at the promised treasure
by the impOssibility of finding the open
ing, and Welsh's obstinaay in refusing
to point it out-a refusal which he de-
Tended on the plea that his companions
had determined to take his life rather
than give him his cOvenanted share of
the spoil. After returning to San Fran
cisco, Welsh's wife took up the trade of
a magnetic medium, and prOphesied all
sorts of wonders about the COcOs Island
treasure; and found an audience credu-
lous enough to accept her stories, and
rich enough to form a new company
and fit out a new expedition for the re-
covery of the NEUROLOGICAL board. This
time Welsh and Eliza have gone forth
as conductors of the brig Laura stipulat-
ing for as much of the treasure as shall
exceed thirty million dollars as their
share, for nothing at all should the
amount prove less.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, August 2l.-A treasury
warrant for five hundred and twenty
five thousand two hundred and twenty
eight dollars, in settlement of the Ken
lucky war claim, was transmitted to-day
to the Treasurer of that State.
Year: 1872

Thomas Jefferson wrote the fol-
lowing excellent advice. There is
much human nature and good sense
in it:


Harmony in the human state is
the very first to be aimed at. Moth
ing can preserve affections uninter-
rupted but a firm resolution never to
differ in will, and u determination
in each to consider the love of others
of more value than any object what
ever on which u wish had been fixed.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of
of any other wish when weighed
against the affections OF one with
whom we are to pass our whole life /!
And though opposition in single
instance will hardly of itself pro-
duce alienation, yet every one has
their pouch into which all these lit
tie oppositions are put; while that is
filling the alienation is insensibly 60
ing on, and when filled it is COM
plote. 1t would puzzle either to say
why, because no one difference of
opinion mas been marked enough to
produce serious effect by itself.
But he finds his affections wearied
out by constant dream of little
checks and obstacles. Other sources
of discomfort very common indeed,
are the little cross purposes of hus-
band and wife, in common converse
tion, disposition in either to critl-
else and question whatever the other
says, desire always to demonstrate
and make him feel himself in the
wrong, especially in company. Moth
ing is so goading. Much better,
therefore, if our companion views a
thing in light different from what
we do, leave him in quiet possession
of his views. What is the use of
rectifying him if the thing be unim-
portant; let it pass for the present,
and wait softer moment and more
ccnciliatory occasion of reversing
the subject together. 1t is wonder.
full how many persons are rendered
unhappy by inattention to these lit
tie rules of prudence.
Year: 1872

The wasted wealth in this coun'
try, in the shape of night soil, is al
most beyond computation, and is
constant reproach upon the intelli-
gence and economy of our people.
Scarce farmer or a gardener in o
thousand, uses it. And we know of
no city whose system of sewerage,
makes any provision for saving and
using this enormous resource in the
production of food. And yet it is so
valuable, that if such provision we're
made in our larger cities, the reven-
ues that would be derived from its
sale to neighboring farmers and gar
deners, would more than compen,
safe the expense Of such provision
annually, beside diminishing the cost


OF and Increasing the production OF


the country,
Year: 1872

The use of soda for washing linen
is very injurious to the tissue ana i'm
parts to it yellow color. In Ger
many and Belgium the following
mixture is now extensively and ben.
eficially used: 2 lbs of soap are dis
solved in about 5 gallons of water as
hot as hand can bear it; then next is
added to this fluid three large sized
tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia
and one spoonful of best oil of tur-
pentine. These fluids are incorpor
ated rapidly by means OF beating
them together with small birci
broom. The linen is then soaked
in this liquid for three hours, carr
being taken to cover the washing-tul


by closely fitting wooden cover


By this means the linen is thorough
ly cleansed, saving much rubbing
time and fuel. Ammonia does nj
feet the linen or wooden goods, ano
is largely used as a liquor in the


North Of England.
Year: 1872

The next day, about 8 o'clock in
morning, post-chaise carried M,
Jean Bernard on his way back to
France. At the same hour Weisch
and Buggler carried to Martha the
inanimate corpse of her husband
killed without having had time even
to put on his majors uniform.


My uncle" continued the young
man who told me this story, "whose
good heart and fair dealing you
know as well as any one, learned
only too late that he whom he had
insulted had n mother, q wife, a
child, and was no longer u captain.
He has never ceased to think of the
orphan. And now you know why
he never laughs"
Year: 1872

We favor u system that shall con-
tribute most to the happiness Of the
individual and the class. If the one
hour saved from labor be devoted
to intellectual improvement, it is
well. If the laborer thus released
applies his leisure hour to his own
domestic business, to his garden or
his shop, to his needed rest or the
education of his children, to the
pleasant interchange Of ideas and
goodwill between neighbors, to al
most anything except dissipation,
idleness and debauchery-it will
prove blessing, taking him out of
the enforced treadmill OF grinding
toll, and giving him Il status in the
world above that of the mere toiliAg
serf.


One hour a day saved from slave
ish toll, ii rightly employed and i'm
proved, can be the means of Great
ing new class of men-new in
their capacities for enjoyment, as
for toll itself, The devotion of one
hour day to self-education, to men
tai development, can do what has so
often been done before; transform
mere drudges into thinking, intelli-
gent beings, with their capacities
for healthful enjoyment increased in
proportion to the cultivation OF their
intellects. But this will not be the
result to the man who covets the one
hour saved from toll in order that
he may have so much more time to
devote to the shuffling of cards or
the shaking of dice at the c)rner
grocery.


1t is a common mistake made,
that release from the necessity of la.
Dor ensures happiness. Employ
ment is the law of all really intelli-
gent, certainly all really progressive,
nations and individuals. Others
may exist, but they do not live in
the true sense of the word. We
must work with the mind if not with
the hands. The invisible wheels aud
springs of the brain must keep NOV
ing. Thought will be evolved, and
in its proper direction is the correct
cue to happiness. Let the laborer
get his release from the hitherto ex-
ira hour or two of enforced toll, and
then devote it ssnsibly to better pur-
poses than dissipation, or idleness,
which leads to dissipation if not to
vagabondage and crime.
Year: 1872

ThaB charming threeact fairy comedy


entitled ''The Palace of TRUTH with en-


chanting scenery, new music and superb


acting, was repeated at the Academy last


night to small considering the great at


traction) but discriminating audience


'The Palace of Truth will be repeated
again tonight, and all who would expe-
rience an hour or two of extreme delight in
coming under the magical influences of the
enchanted palace-the palace of Truth
can be gratifed with the most charming
effects by visiting. the Academy just at this
time. We are certain the ladies can not
view this beautiful play without admir-
ing it.


Having seen the representation Of the
"Palace Of Truth, we can not avoid writ
ing the truth vt this time. The impulse is
irresistible. Tha fact y lnd,uiable that
the weather is 90 warm, and the season
too early, to tempt the lovers of the
legitimate drama out night after night
to witness even the best entertainment
that can be produced. Something light,
airy, yolatile-enough of which can be
seen in half an hour to crafty the
most intense desires for fun-is what
is wanted here just now. The oIio enter
tainments for which the Academy was once
famous, drew better early in the season
than the legitimate does now. Sargent,
the ilIusionist, and Davies, the ventriIo-
quist, drew as large an audience as the
entire and superior dramatic company of
the Academy do. Manager Bidwell may
bring out "ArticIe A." or he may bring
out ellie" or the CHERRY Tree Inn, but
he will find that the best plays and most
superb company will fail to fill the house
now, because the legitimate drama is not
vet demanded.
Year: 1872

spontaneous good will On the part of con,
t1icting classes The narrow minded dema
gogue must be set aside, and pure states
men placed at the head Of the column. Men
should not be required to bow to mere mo-
tives Of policy or expediency, but conscious
of the justice of their cause and the integ-
rity Of their leaders, they should be moved
by an irresistible enthusiasm prompted by
the purest motives. Fusion is not a repre-
sentative OF the Liberal movement. 1t car
TIes the garments, but the heart is not in
closed, aud only the arts of professional
lawyer can defend it.


Every property holder, professional man
or day laborer is concerned in the welfare
Of the State. 1t is not at all wise or pru-
dent to maintain the existence of class par
ties, and the wishes Of the many should
override those of the few If, from the ma
ture of their teachings, conviction or any
other cause, Bourbons are incompetent to
lead in this crisis, they should not be
allowed to imperil the Liberal cause If
the committees can not read the hand-writ-
ing on the wall, the people should assume
their sovereign right, and express their Will
through another convention.


Very respt ctfully,


EMERSON BENTLEY.
Year: 1872

gave audience to the British envoy,
looking like monarch of the lower EN-
pire. The effect was electrical.


Elliott was carried away by the, ,affa-
bility and dignity of the President. He
could hardly exptess the admiration
with which he was inspired.


Why, gentlemen" said he, address
sing the commissioners, have never
seen man of such commanding, majes-
tic presence. He puts one at his ease
at once. His description of the country
was eloquent and impressive, carrying
conviction in every word. l should con-
slider myself faithless to my duty if did
not recommend the immediate recogni-
ton of your independence, and ] can in
sure you all the money you want as soon
as my report is presented


And he performed all he had promised.
Texas was acknowledged as an indepen-
dent nation and borrowed half million
sterling, and thus the question was
settled adversely to the pretentions of
Mexico.


Suppose Elliott had stumbled upon
Houston as he lay in the gutter2 e
Year: 1872

Mr.. Flauddin, in his narrative of a
residence in Persia, relates curious in
cident which occurred while be was at
Ispahan:


The Persian servant of European
had been stung by a scorpion, and his
master wished to apply ammonia, the
usual remedy in such cases, but the man
refused. and ran off to the bazaar. When
he returned he said he was cured, and
appeared TO be so. The European,
rather surprised at this almost instan-
taneous cure, questioned him, and found
that he had been to dervish, who, he
said after examining the wound and ut
tering few words, had several times
touched it with little iron blade. Still
more astonished at the remedy than the
cure, the European desired TO see the
instrument by which the latter was said
to have been effected. At the cost of a
small pickech he was allowed to have it
for few minutes in his possession. AT
ter careful examination, finding moth
ing extraordinary in the instrument, he
made up his mind that the cure was a
mere trick; that the dervish was an i'm
poster; that the scorpion sting had not
penetrated, and that his servant had
been more frightened than hurt. He
threw the blade contemptuously upon
the table, when, to his great surprise, he
beheld it attach itself strongly to knife
The quaek' instrument was simply a
magnet. But what power had the load
stones attraction over venom2 This
discovery was very odd. Incredulity was
at nonplus, and yet the man stung by
the scorpion was cured, and the man
who had cured him was in great renewn
at Ispahan for the treatment of thatsort
of wound.
Year: 1872

the erection of house for his own use
there, and for Messrs. Barlow and Gid
dings the same thing was done last
week. The building of a liquor saloon
was commenced this week, and Capt.
Blinn's icehouse is now under opera
ton. To facilitate further building,
there and elsewhere, NJ. S. Drew, Esq,
will next week have piles driven for a
,, lumber wharf, where he will keep a
large supply of the best of building ma
terials, on the north side of the bridge
at the west end of the draw. The bridge
is becoming business street and cne of
the be st in the town. Its use as prom
enade only has gone forever.


In view of the City election in Olym-
pia on Monday last, the Tribune remark
ed that the first of April was a good day
for holding elections, as more people
were probably fooled in that way than
in any other. Bro. Prosch knows where
of he speaks.
Year: 1872

H Yesler's new v harf is completed
and the improvement is in every way a
success. Now it is only needed to run
out the other wharves to line with
Yesler's, and the waterfront will be all
that the most fastidious mariner can de-
mand.
Year: 1872

"a The schooner Loleta will sail
this week for San Francisco, loaded
with the machinery of the Steilacoom
Woolen Mill. The removal of this ma
chinery is certainly mistake. This
country can support more than one such
mill.
Year: 1872

nd-That while the Apaches have been kept on reservations more or less for years with constant complaints and proofs on the part of the citizens that they were murdering and robbing, this IS the first instance where & Chief has ever reported it; and also that they have invariably shared the spells of plumber and then turned to their affidavit men for proofs that they were good Indians, and that these charges made against them were malicious and made to break the peace (may God save us from ever again having such a peace).

 We ask, in all candor, if this raid from the reservation of full fed h. dians, just one month after concluding 8 solemn peace, does not prove as strong as words can prove it that the complaints of the people have been just, and that the letter recently pub lished by General Hazen giving the same testimony is as true as Holy Writ, and also that these bad men have been perjured slanderers, and as General Hagen says, are in copartner- ship with them in murder?

 This act of Eskimenzin is the most hopeful sign we have seen, and if he thus continues to show good faith his past evil deeds will be forgiven and he will have no better friends than the citizens of Arizona.

 To Colonel Royall, who promptly sent after these raiding Indians, the people feel deeply obliged. In him we have felt from the start that we had true soldier who would do his whole duty, and we have not been dis appointed. MT. Jacobs, the agent, has done his duty nobly, and we hear good reports from Major Dallas, at Apache. With General Crook in con- mand of the Department, we believe we are right when we say that there is ray of hope ahead.
Year: 1872

AN Exchange gives the following rkmedy for curing balky horse:

 [ It is simply to place your hand over the horses nose and shut off his wind un4 4l he wants to go, and then let him

 We played it on our mule; he gave u} three in the game and beat us. We 6ass and have a mule on hand to loan
Year: 1872

Let a girl during the years from
twelve to eighteen spend but one
hour daily in mental labor, taking
up one study at time, walk another
hour, labor at some agreeable employ
ment three or four hours, read an
hour, sleep all she wants during the
night, but never take daytime maps"
eat plain and nourishing food, mostly
bread and boiled beef, and every day
indulge in all the fun and frOlic
which her youthful spirits can devise,
and she will become healthy, happy
and intelligent. Then from eigh-
teen to twenty-one, she may attend
college, and will find herself better
able to carry offprizes than the girls
who have been always at school.
But she will not have developed wiry,


muscular strength equal to the young
men Of her own age, because nature
has forbidden it. A girl is provided
from birth with more adfpose tissue
than q boy, not as some suppose, to
keep her warm, but to render her
muscles more Juicy, soft and yielding
than his. The Investigations of some
anatomists have also proved that
her body contains q much greater
number of nerves and that her arter-
isl system on approaching woman
hood becomes more largely develop
ed than his. I, therefore, cannot at
all agree with the writer who says,
1--WE see no way out of this difficulty
but to commence with the cradle,
and educate girls as nearly like boys
- possible
Year: 1872

The Jewish Times has the follow
ing on the influence of Jews in our
politics:


The Jews of Europe have. ever
since the July revolution of 1889,
taken an active, yea, prominent part
in the political affairs of their re-
spective countries. Inspired by the
illustrious coreligionists, Borne and
Heiue, who stamped their genius
upon all the avenues leading to the
arts, sciences and literature, and ad-
vocated through the press and from
the rostrum and pulpit the cause OF
freedom, progress and humanity.
Without exaggeration or the slight
est fear of contradiction, we may as
sert that the Jews of Germany, IN
proportion to their numbers, dis
play by far the largest amount of
literary talent and political influence,
and that much of her greatness and
glory is owing to her Jewish chill
dren. Why is it then the Jews of
America are so far behind their Eu-
ropean brethren in political infu-
ence? Is it because the Jewish mind
of this country is sterile and barren,
inferior and degenerated? By no
means. The talent and genius peculiar
to the race which no vicissitudes and
adversaries have Deen able to destroy
are as much natural inheritance OF
the American as the European. The
only obstacle in their full scope and
development are Indifference, apa-
thy, material conception of life,
and that lack of spiritual and ideal
aspiration which prevents the mind
from looking above and beyond its
narrow home circle. The republic,
more than any other form of govern
ment, demands of each citizen a
faithful and constant attention to
political duties; the best institutions
will decay under neglect, and if left
to the management of the uncultured
and immoral, while the activity and
vigilance of the good and honest
alone will preserve them in tact.
The jews owe large debt of graft
tude TO the country, and they can re-
pay it in no better way than coop
Grating with their Christian fellow
citizens in all measures calculated to
render it truly great and honored.
Now that reform is the order of the
day, and the battle cry reberberating
throughout the length and breadth
of the land !; now that change for
the better is being vouchsafed to us
in the administration of public af-
fairs, the Israelites, too, should aban-
doh their Indifference to politics, and
embrace the opportunity of making
themselves heard and felt for the
sake of good government and for the
sake of their own influence.