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Year: 1871

INDIAN CREEK.-Sillcox is reported to be in


excellent spirits over the result Of his late clean
Hp' and will push ahead with the work on his
4aartz ledge. He is already satisfied that he has
pig thing" but is anxious to know how big
Year: 1871

Some time ago the Commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue ruled that the income tax is not legally due and collectable for the last five months of the year 1870 The reason of this ruling was that, by the last preceding act of Congress, continuing the income tax it was provided that this tax should expire on the 1st of August, 1870. Of course it did SO expire and as Congress did not renew the law until the lst day of January, 1871, there could have been no income tax law in force during the five months intervening from August lst, 1870, to January lst, 1871 Gen eral Pleasonton's ruling is right and lawful The Treasury Department has no more right to collect the tax for this time than it would have to collect tax on children, bachelors, ar spinsters, or any other subject not named by law. But the Treasury Department has a policy and a way of it's own to enforce it, and it don't allow innocent parties or tie want of laws to stand as obstacles. The Sec retsry demands the opinion of the Attorney General as to whether he can enforce . tax not authorized by Congress, and the Attor- ney-Genersl, not wishing to quarrel with the Secretsry's pet policy replies: Yes, by all means, collect the tax" The people who can read the Constitution, and who have learned from it that Congress alone has law ful power to lay taxes, will be very apt to form their own opinion of the law officer of the Government who gravely holds that the Treasury Department may correct any over sight by Congress in this respect and levy a tax unorthorized by law The fact is the Secretary of the Treasury and his policy are in the way of the desires of the country, and if that officer had any delicacy be would not long hesitate about taking himself of to prI- .A. hs

 which will not tempt him thus constantly to insult the people and trampie upon the Con. stitution. For years it has been clear to all minds that this tax is unconstitutional, and now, when it is equally clear that for the five closing months of the year 1870, it did no, have even legal existence, it is simply inso. lent for the Secretary of the Treasury to in. sist upon the collection of that part of it. and bald stupidity in the Attorney Genera to attempt to make law in support of the surpation.---Sderamest0 Union.
Year: 1871

The average increase of population in these twenty leading States has been about 24 per cent. in the same decade. Their wealth, there fore appears to have grown just four times as fast as their population. But nine Southern States show decrease of wealth averaging 4S per cent. for the decade, as follows:
Year: 1871

THIRST QUENCHED WITHOUT DRINKING.
1t may not be generally known to our read
ers that water, even salt water, imbibed through


the skin, appeases thirst almost as well as fresh
water taken inwardly. In illustration of this
subject, correspondent has sent us the follow
ing abridged quotation from Narrative of
Captain Kennedy's Losing His Vessel, and


HIS distress Afterward," which was noticed in
"Dodsley's Annual Register for 1769:" cam
not conclude without making mention of the
great advantage / received from soaking my
clothes twice a day in salt water and putting
them on without wringing. Itwas considerable
time before could make the people comply
with this measure, although from seeking the
good effect produced, they afterwards prac-
ticed it twice day of their own accord. To
this discovery | may with jnstice attribute the
preservation of my own life and six other per-
sons who must have perished if it had not been
put in use. The hint was first communicated
to me from the perusal of treatise written
by DR.. Lind. The water absorbed through
the pores of the skin produced in every respect
the same effect as would have resulted from
the moderate drinking of any liquid. The sa-
line PARTICLES however, which remained in our
Clothes became incrusted by the heat of the
sun and that of our bodies, lacerating our
skins and being otherwise inconvenient but
We found that by washing out these particles,
and frequently wetting our clothes without
wringing, twice in the course of day, the
skin became well in a short time. After these
operations we uniformly found that the violent
drouth went off and the parched throat cured
in a few minutes after bathing and washing our
clothes, and at the same time we fouad our
selves as much refreshed as if we had received
some actual nourishment Four persons in
the boat who drank salt water went delirious
and died, but those who avoided this and fol-
lowed the above practice, experienced no.
such symptoms.
Year: 1871

through the sack and secure mouthful of
grain. Having been clubbed away so much


she would only make one bite, and that quick


ly, before she would fee, often dragging tho


sack into the middle of the street. A few


nights since the watchman on duty discovered


the cow approaching for her regular feed. He


ran her off down the alley and around the


blocks, she heading for the sacks. and he fol-
lowing behind 1t SO happened that night
that an individual. who shall be nameless.
overcome by too frequent potation had
laid down on these sacks to take snooze


He laid face downward; his breast and stomach
across the sacks. He had on pair of canvas
pants the same color as the sacks The cow
came on the run, made one grab for the cov-
eted barley, but the heavy part of the middle
of the sleeping mans body was where the
sack should have been. One hasty bite by the
cow, one unearthly yell by the sleeping man,
who picked himself up in the middle of the
street, was the end of that adventure The
cow is running yet The watchmans sides
are SO sore from laughter that he cann0tbut-
ton his vest. The sleeper thus rudely awakened
is sore, too; but not where he wears his vest.
He has not sat down since, neither has he
slept on grain sacks in the streets 35
Year: 1871

"CoRNERING."-The operation of "corner.
ing," as the term is, is played by brokers in
the following manner: Four, five, six, or ten
(as the case may be) brokers enter into an
arrangement with each other to buy and con-
troll the entire stock of some company. They
commence by depressing the stock as much
as possible. To do this, they must all appear
to be sellers, and cry down the price, repre-
senting it tn be worthless and themselves heart
lily sick of everything pertaining to it. While
they are publicly selling lots of one or two
hundred shares, their agents or tools are buy
ing all that they can get hold of As soon as
they can buy all the cash stock they find in
this way, they turn suddenly around and begin
to buy on time. Parties not in the secret of
course are willing to sell on thirty, sixty or
ninety days-even though they do not possess
the stock-thinking that before the expiration
of that time they would be able to buy it at
less prices than they sell it at. In this way
thousands of shares are sold to be delivered at
future day, to the very men who own every
share of the stock that has ever been issued


When the time arrives for delivery the sellers
discover that there is no stock to be had but of
the men to whom they sold it. Of course
they must pay whatever the owners choose to
demand. If. the game is well played, the cor
ners will make as much in selling as they do
in buying in Should every one of the party
prove true to his comrades, they will manage
to get rid of the whole stock to outsiders mt
high price. 1t will be readily seen that this
is very dangerous game unless well played;
for should any of the parties interested ''let
fly" without letting the others know ii, the
game is up, and although he may make a fort
une. 1t will be at the sacrifice of all the others.
Year: 1871

A YOUNG man says that there may
have been such a thing as real true
love in old times, but that now the
notion is entirely obsolete, and If you
ask young 70 & lady now:a.d,ays to share sL re
know how large that lot" IL.
Year: 1871

East Cam0Gms H"

 There appears to be much talk just now in our village of opening marble quarry. It is said there are within mile of each other, two as good quarries of marble for lime, as is known in the United States. In fact the whole town of Canaan is more or less founded on marble quarry, and it is thought there is enough marble in the town to supply the state with lime for many years. All that appears needed at these quarries, is cooperation and capital, and it would seem, that with such a mine of wealth waiting to be hoisted into use, the day IS no far distant when they will be inn proved. ...... The children in our village are receiving their full quota of the diseases incident to their tender ages. Whooping. cough, humps, scarlet fever and measels are quite prevalent, but we hope to see the end of this unusual sickness among the little ones soon, Four deaths occurred here last week. ..... Having in this town, so far as I have been able to ascertain, is not more than a two thirds crop. .......Some think that if our village was provided with a first class ''lock up," it would be well patronized. Railroad workingmen would not be the only ones who would enjoy it's accommodation.
Year: 1871

Shooting Match.-Two men from Boston corners went to the Mt. Riga pond fishing last Saturday, and wishing boat, asked an owner of one for his, but as the owner was to go out on the pond himself, would not consent to their having it. They, however, being earnest in their work, went off to the pond, and finding said boat, broke its lock and padded into the deep. When the owner came for it and found it occu- pied by those whom he had refused, he was exceedingly wroth," and returning to his hab;tation aLd summoning 10 or 12 of his associates, we'll armed, to his assistance, proceeded to the pond and after ordering them ashore, and receiving nothing in reply but insults and vigorous rowing to the opposite shore, opened fire on them. One of the men received ball through his arm and hat, which was considered by them as sufficient inducement to return and deliver up the boat. If this was not judicious course to pursue to get back their boat, it certainly was a very persuasive one.
Year: 1871

Canal

 Two of the greatest enterprises, or public works of the present age in Europe, and which have recently been completed at an immense expence, it is feared are soon des- tined to become failures. The nature of the rocky portion of the roof of the Mont Cenis Tunnel through the Alps between Italy and France is such that it is almost constantly falling upon the railroad track beneath, owing to the non adhesive qual- ities of the mountain rock when deprived of support from beneath, and exposed to atmospheric influences. The Suez Canal is rapidly filling up with sand, and the expense of keeping it open to it's proper depth, it is thought will SO far exceed the income from tolls, &c., that the Company will soon be short of funds, and as both works Were constructed mainly by French capital, the present financial affairs of the empire, or new republic, are in a condition which will probably prevent an increase of capital, which it is said will be required to render these :Wo great works available.
Year: 1871

Pasd.-On the margin of the paper of every subscriber who has paid us to the time for which he has subscribed, will be plainly written the word Paid on the paper that immediately follows the receipt by us of the money. We are authoritativelY in- formed that this, with statement in our paper that it is designed as an acknowledg- ment of payment, is all that is necessary. We adopt this course for the present as it is great saving 70 us in time. If any who have paid us do not find their succeeding paper properly marked in acknowledge ment, we hope they will lose no time in informing us to that effect, when we shall endeavor to ascertain the cause of its being omitted. If those who have subscribed do not regularly receive their papers, or any thing whatever has gone wrong concern ing them, we hope that none will be offen- ded, but will inform us of the trouble and give us an opportunity to make all right. If any mistakes occur it will be on account of the haste necessary to serve SO many promptly, and most certainly scith aaO design to cGuse offence.
Year: 1871

Potato Bug.-Mr. J. W. Spur has shown us specimen of peculiar species of bug, such as he says are rapidly destroying his potatoes. He first discovered them last week Monday, and they are working rap idly in his field. These bugs average in length from one-half to one and one- quarter inches, the differance in length being of course, according to the age. A very narrow yellowish stripe extends en- tirely around their wings, otherwise they are jet black. At times, this light stripe will disappear leaving the bug entirely black. He says that on some of the hills. he has seen as many as half pint of them. They eat the leaves of the potatoes. and leave the naked stalks, and generally manage in somewhat similar manner to the current worm on current bushes, which of course destroys the vitality of the plant. He says the early rose potatoes are their favorites, yet other kinds are more or less attacked by them. One kind however, He calls them the ''Henlock" potatoes have not been attacked by them. They would eat of the others till they came to these and then would stop. Will some body send us practical remedy for this newly arrived pest?
Year: 1871

am not able to send you very long string of items this week, MT. Editor, but expect to do better hcreafter.-The CoN. NEoTIcUT WESTERN NEWS was received by its subscribers in this village, with satisfac- tion, which is surely all that one could ask. Our village, if the last, certainly manifests not the least, interest in athletic sports, as the young men are trying, and l think will succeed, in organizing Base ball club. We certainly have material enough, and there is no reason why we should not have club that will, after reasonable practice cause some of :he amateur clubs in this section, to look sharply to their laurels.
Year: 1871

1t is a good time to scrape and wash the
trees washing alone will do if scraping
was done last autumn, as it should have
been, There is nothing like whale oil soap
and water for this purpose, in the proper
ton of Il pound of soap to Il bucket of wa
ter, say four gallons. This well applied
with a stili broom OF brush will dislodge
all the vernin concealed in the bark, Gre
vices, &c, but it will have no effect upon
the curculio however strong it may be.
We have found 1t to be death to every other
insect, and has an invigorating effect upon
the tree ITSELF
Year: 1871

q mother herself, fathomed her thought
and brought her the "mowitch," pale
but living, in such a queer little will
low cradle, all bound up, just like a
squaw's own young one, that she laughed
and cried together, and the young squaw
and the old squaw showed their big white
teeth, and glinted their black eyes, and
said, PLENTY get well, skeena mowitch," !"
"wagee man come plenty soon," and she
could have kissed their brown faces in
her joy. And then she found that they
had been gathering berries on the marsh
in their queer, conical baskets, and saw the
skirt of her gown fluttering on the tree
from afar, and the old squaw couldn't re-
sist the temptation of procuring a new
garment, and came down and discovered
the wagee" woman and child. And of
course she gave the garment to the old
squaw, rs you may imagine, and when he
came at last, and rushed up to her, look
ing ten years older in his anxiety, she felt
so faint again that they had to carry her to
the canoe For, you see, he knew moth
ing about the flood until he met the Indi-
ans at Utopia, and knew by the signs that
the poor woman was his wife, And at
the next high tide he towed the tree
away back home, although it wasn't worth
the trouble, and built another house, using
the old tree for the foundation and props,
and called it after her, Mary's ArkT But
you may guess the next house was built
above highwater mark. And that's all.


Not much, perhaps, considering the
malevolent capacity of the Dedlow Marsh.
But you must tramp over it at low water,
or paddle over it at high tide, or get lost
upon it once or twice in the fog, as have,
to understand properly Mary's adventure,
or to appreciate duly the blessings of liv-
ing beyond high-water mark.
Year: 1871

displacement of feature from mere inno-
cent intentness. Especially where the
mind guides the hand, we may almost see
pullies at work; as in Sam Weller writing
his letter. Clenched teeth, lips drawn
into line, receding chin, all betoken fixed
determination to compass the matter in
hand. The features in ungainly panfo-
mime picture forth the inner struggle till
we learn to undervalue result bought at
such cost and pains, and to justify the
seeming unfairness which prefers felici-
ties to the achievements of industry,
for they seem gifts while the others seem
pennyworths," and often dear at the
money.


Plainness is misfortune so much ag-
gravated by mismanagement, and to be re-
deemed and rendered tolerable by judicious
treatment, that the consciousness of it
should make no one unhappy. The
ugliest of men boosted that he was only
five minutes behind the handsomest in the
favor of the ladies. This may be true
where wit is thrown into the scale. But
the plain man is also more bound to the
prophecies and scruples of the toilet than
his well-favored brother. Old clothes and
the suspicion of soil tell on him with a
damning effect, and yet this care must
never merge into foppery. If he hits the





surely. At sixty or sixty-five he will be
better worth looking at, be q pleasanteI
object for the eye to rest ON, be welcomed
with sweeter smiles, than the sloven of
the same years, whatever his natural ad-
vantages. And age brings to many a
temptation to slovenliness. No one can
pretend that plainness is no trial to
woman; therefore we ought the more to
honor the plain woman who, hopeless of
admiration, yet applies all the innocent
arts of nicely, taste and feminine tact, to
set off homely features to the best advan-
tage, and to produce tout ensemble not
conspicuously unlovely. Fortunately, it is
a point on which an unlimited amount of
self deception is possible, for there is
charm wholly Independent of regularity
and color. and no woman can be sure that
she has no faint air or shadowy touch of
such fascination. After a course of mod
crn fiction we are quite ready to agree with
the old writer, who, tired of the airs and
exactions of the pretty fellows and pro-
fessed beauties of his day, resolves for the
future to confine himself to the society of
cheerful ugly creatures, as being much
pleasanter company.-London Saturday
ReCietc
Year: 1871

4 MIDDLE AGED man in Devonshire,
England, was fined five dollars and costs
for refusing to make out a census paper
for himself and his child, asserting that he
did not know either his own name or his
place of birth, and that he would not per
jure himself by making false entry. In
another case gentleman, the Possessor OF
considerable property, refused to allow
the census of his family TO be taken.
Year: 1871

IN upon the procession. II has always been usual
for the auth critics TO keep the streets clear and
force the spectators TO take up their position upon
the Sidewalks, but In this case the people were al
I0stle them as they passed along. In going up
Broadway, for example, the Internati0nals were
fairly janed together by the pressure Of the crowd
INTO q confused mass, and had there been any evil
disposed persons who desired TO break up the
parade the police would have been powerless 10
prevent IT. The Internatlonals themselves. how
ever DO not complain Of thus being denied the COM
m0ncst courtesy OF protection. They simply
wished for liberty TO pass along the streets,
and having got Lnat they profess themselves per,
for the event OF disturbance, should one occur-n
not to prevent the breakup OF the procession, at
least 10 prevent the disturbance rising into
riot In many OF the side streets compact bodies
fares at moments notice should the occasion give
them an excuse Tor doing 80.


IL le hard 70 say exactly how many men partct-
pated in the paraue but their numbers were some
where between fifteen hundred and two thou
OF two miles and q hajf or even three miles
an hour, and 1t look seven minutes in
passing, not counting the dozen or so OF
carriages that brought up the extreme rear. Even
allowing for the break between the different bodies
the estimate given above Is rather an under
than otherwise OF the actual numbers. Most
OF the SectiOnG, 1t must be taken into account,
walked nve and six ABREAST


The route taken was fr0m tie Cooper Institute
down the Bowery to Great Jones street and thence
through Waverley place, Fifth avenue, Thirty-fourtn
street, sixth avenue and Fourteenth street. malt
was made at Llncolns monument and most OF the
pr0cesslonisss took on their hats In honor OF the
martyr President. The procession then proceeded
Institute, and the men pcaceaby and quietly
dispersed.
Year: 1871

acts of hundreds of them anything
to encourage church going or a
search after the hidden things of
religion by others; but, on the con-
trary, there is "a great deal against
/ it. If religioa. and morality are
what they arc popularly believed
to be, why do not the professors of
either talk more about them and
advocate their adoption by others
instead Of leaving this work to be
done by ministers on the Sabbath
If Christianity is worth possessing
at all it is worth talking about Oft
ener than once a week. Christian
men and women can talk about
stocks and bands and houses and
jewels; but they can't find time or
heart to talk about or to recommend
the priceless jewels which God gives
or the house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens, which He
has prepared for them that love
Him. The things which are seen
and temporal are of more account
with Christians in daily life than
the things which are. seen, though
they be eternal. How, then, can
they expect persons who have no





religious tastes or experience to
long for or to seek after a good
which they themselves declare oft
and again is not of much value
when they have it? If the church
es of this city and of any other
are to be filed, and the people to
take an interest in the preaching,
ministers must preach the Word,
and,the Church people must talk
more about it. We have no doubt
at all that preachers who aim only
to please God and to win souls for
Him will have good audiences, if
the Christians of their congrega-
tions DO their part as faithfully and
as well. Spurgeon finds no difficult
ty now in drawing six thousand
persons to every service of his, not
withstanding his first efforts were
made in a garnet with a few mechan-
les. Let our ministers and people
take these suggestions to heart, and
see if in this new year on which We
are entering they cannot do better
than they have done in 1870 to
fill up their churches.-N y. Her