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Year: 1873

From the sat fanGt Shronicle.


A. P.Nan 49, delivered an in
tereseng leetpfe on Arizona before
the Temperance Legion, last even
ing. The lecture enlarged upon
the character and general appear
ancc of numbering Apaches, of
which he said there were several
varieties, known as the Mohave
Apaches, the Tonto Apaches, etc.,
according to the portion Of the ter
ritory occupied by them. There
were two general classes of them
the wild Indiaus who roam-over the
country, numbering whites for
amusement and plunder, and the
tame Indians, who stay on the
reservations, only slipping off o..
casionally to murder unsuspecting
travellers, and steal back to the
government post to avoid suspicion
and detection. The lecturer said he
never before saw SO complete Il pic
turc of everything mean and low as
that furnished by these Indians.
The Apache was no. tall like the
Sioux, nor quick and active like the
Pawnce. lie looked more like ain
animal than Il man. His fingers
were long, slim and bony, and his
head was covered with long, heavy
coarse hair. His face was black,
hot soft, unctuous black like the
negro's but ugly, rcpulsive, and
more like the black of a toad than
the face of a human being. 1t was
a mistake to Try to conciliate them
and reform by kindness, on the sup
position that because the Sioux had
beer. .pacificd and partially civilized,
the Apache could be. They pos
sessed no semblancc of humanity in
their characters, and if a person
treated them kindly they imagined
that he was afraid of them, and
would improve the first opportunity
to murder and scalp him. They
were perfect gourmands, and could
stuff away an astonishing quantity OF
food at one meal. The lecturer
said he once saw three of them 81,
down and eat up half of the carcass
of q deer weighing 100 pounds, and
when they had concluded their meal
they rolled around on the ground
for some time before they W


able to rise to their feet. The
Apache would not live in 4 house
If given clothes he would tear then
up, and as apeople they were utterly
incapable of cultivation and ciyiliza
ton. They were a cowardly, sneak
ing tribe of assa.sins. They had ;
wholesome respect for a double
barrcllcd shot, gun, and were care
full to avoid the range of Henry rifle;
and Colts rcvolvers. They neve


attacked a person unless they coult
do it while under cover. There hat
scarcely ever been murder com
mitted in Arizona by them exccp
when they wero within ten feet o
the victim. Their usual course wa
to hide in canyon and fire upo
(! a party while in ambush, and; 5


cowardly were they that they woul'
not dare to leave their cover if an


of the attacked remained unharmed
Year: 1873

STATE. They promote. friendship
between people Of common nativity,
engaged in the common business Of
serving the government, and they
no doubt create to some extent that
sesprH du corps which makes men
take pride in the faithful perform
ance of dnty. Besides, they afford
harmless and pleasant social diver.
sion, at small expense, to many who
without them would have small on
portunities for such enjoyment.
Year: 1873

The late Mr.. Babbage, of calculating
machine fame, had singular. faculty of
suggesting avenues to knowledge. We
are told by one who knew him well that
it seemed possible to him to obtain an
exact record of the succession of hot
and, cold years for long periods in by
gone ages His plan was as follows !:
Among the stumps of trees in some
ancient forests he proposed to select one
in which both the number and the size
of the rings that have been annually
produced were clearly marked. He
would write down the succession of hot
and cool summers so marked in this
tree, assuming that the larger the ring
in each case, the, hotter has been the
summer He then proposed to examine
other trees of about the same date, until
he found some which recorded a series
of hot and cold seasons exactly similar
to that which he had already noted
down, and until the series extended far
enough for him to be sure that the re-
semblance was not accidental, but that
he had before him q natural register OF
the same seasons which had been re-
corded in the first tree. AS some OF
these trees would be somewhat Older
than the first tree, willie others would
have survived it, he considered that II
! would be possible so. to say, to piecs
| out the information obtained from one
ttree by means of the others !; and that


after examining great number of trees


his record of warm and cold seasons


might be extended at both ends almos
| indefinitely.
Year: 1873

The long-received and familiar theory
that the temperature of northern conti-
nents is modified by that of the sea-
currents which pass near them is receiv
ing the reasonable opposition which it
seems to deserve. Among the most
forcible of these opposing views is that
advanced and supported by Prof. Whiel-
don, that the modifying currents exist in
the air, not the sea and one of the most
effective of the arguments advanced in
it's support is, that the. accounts of
arctic voyagers show sudden rises of
temperature when nothing but an un-
limited extent of ice is near, while the
temperature of the nearest open water
was nearly that of freezing. The theory
of Prof. Whieldon, as briefly stated, is
that open water, melting ice, rain after
snow, and other phenomena in arctic
regions are not caused by winds warmed
by an open sea, but by circulation of air
in which warm winds descend from
upper atmospheres, which winds are
heated at the equator, and, following
the known laws of atmospheric circula-
ton, reach the poles. Although this
theory threatens to deprive the Gull
Stream of one of its most worthy func-
tions-that of keeping England warm


it is SO far in accordance with probability
that it it merits discussion if not accept
ance.-AppletOaas Journal.
Year: 1873

DRESS OF, AMERICAN. LADIES. The
Paris correspondent of the London
Vanity Fair writes to that paper The
best dressed women in Paris are not the
Parisians, but the Americans. They
have all the taste of the French, and far
more boldness and originality They
invent combinations which frighten you
at the first glance and delight you at the
secondhand they are almost always
pretty, which is no small element in a
toilet,
Year: 1873

MATAMoRos, Dec. 10, 1878.
There are apprehensions Of serious troubles
growing of the election for Mayor OF this city.
General Cortina, who received majority Of the
popular votes, is obnoxious to the present city
authorities who are endeavoring to prevent him
from being declared elected by the return OF the
judges when they meet next Sunday.


Four or five hundred OF Cortina's friends are
said TO be under arms with a view OF sustaining
the claims OF their chief.


The city authorities are represented to have
applied to the national government by telegraph
for the support OF the federal troops in this city,
which was denied. The guards OF federal troops
have been withdrawn from the public buildings,
and the city authorities have placed State troops
on duty.


As the national force viii remain neutral in the
contest General Cortina will doubtless be success
full
Year: 1873

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. 14.-Spe-
cial dispatches to the Tribune from various
parts of Minnesota give further details of
the terrible nature of the storm of Tuesday
last. Eight people are known to have
been frozen to death at Morris, and six or
eight others have suffered the same fate
throughout the country. Two men were
found near st. Peter sitting upright in a
sleigh frozen stiff and wrapped in Buffalo
robes. At Washington two teamsters have
been frozen to death Near Sioux City
three others shared the same fate. The
railroad men engaged working in the
snow banks are suffering for everything,
many of them being frozen, though, none
fatally. II is by far the most terrible storm
That has visited this section of country
since its first settlement.
Year: 1873

The ship John Parker arrived IL. the
First Distr:c: d: eight O'Clock yesterday
morning, shortly after the arrival of the
barge which brought up the cotton dis
charged from the John Parker to Tighten
her enough 30 be pulled of the bank where
she was glr on shore, just above Pilot
Town. near the Customhouse bayou. The
damage TO the ship. as FAR as can De ascer.
tanned, is all above wafer. Upon going OH
board it was found that q portion OF her
decks forward Of midships was ripped up
and burned also many Of her deck beams
and eariins were badly burned or the star
board side, which seemed 70 have beer the
most exposed 80 the devouring element
From what could be seen between the cot
ton bales a. least fifty feet OF the upper be-
tween decks ceiling were somewhat burned
Outside, the ship presents the usual fair
appearance with the exception o, few
holes cut in the side Tor the purpose OF en-
teIing the hose.


OF course the towb0at that brought the
ship Up lies alongside with hres banked.
Ia case the tire should again break on, on
the ship they are on hand TO subdue it.


With 2 shipload Of cotton wet almost to
the centre of the bale. there is about the
same chance of an ignition as there is of
the Clay statue walking TO the lake.
Year: 1873




DEAR SIRIn accepting your resignation
of the office of Secretary of the Treasury.
an office which you have filled for four
years with such satisfaction to the country.
allow me TO express the regre, | feel al
severiug official relations which have been
a: all times so agreeable - me, and as am
assured by your letter of resignation 70 you
also. Your administration Of the import
ant trust cOHtided TO you four year since
has been so admirably conducted as to give
the greatest satisfaction to me. because, as
received public judgment and opinion, i,
has been satisfactory to the country. The
policy pursued in the office of the Secretary
Of the Treasury by your successor. hope
may be as successful as yours has been. and
that no departure from il will be made, ex.
cept such as experience and change of cir
cumstances may make necessary. Among
your new official associates trust you Will
find the same warm friends and co woI kers
that you have in the executive branch of
the government. You take with You my
most sincere well wishes for your success
as a legislator and as a citizen, and ass,
ances OF my desire 20 continue the warm
personal relations that have existed be-
tween us during the whole of our official
connection. Very truly yours.


u s. GRANT,
Year: 1873

ed with taxation, and he is in truth
the ultimate taxpayer for the whole
nation. Twelve years ago and prior
to that time it was not so. Agricul-
ture was then among the most remu-
nerative, as it always is the most hon
orable of human occupations. It is
the great basis of all-true prosperity,
and a larger part of the human race
must always be more interested in it
than in the other human pursuits
No form of government can be just, no
system of policy sound which over
loads agriculture and labor with un-
due burdens. It always requires time
for masses of men to to become imbu-
ed with ideas which the few who have
time for reflection and study see more
quickly and distinctly. And they feel
undefnably the evils which oppress
them long before they come to recog-
nize fully their causes.


For the present the farmers leagues
seeminclined to charge most of the mis-
fortunes of agriculture to the exactions
and tyranny of railroad corporations.
That there are palpable grievances in
them, all may perhaps agree, but they
are only part, and a small part-a
mere of-shoot, so to speak, of vicious
misrule. For that who are response
BILE but those who have held rule from
the incipiency of the present disastrous
state of affairs, and who have piled up
the loads ?-B0ztinaOre Sun.
Year: 1873

REMEDY FOR BLEEDING AT THE
NosE.-A correspondent of the Scien-
tifc american says:


''The best remedy for bleeding at
the nose. as given by DIR. Gleason in
one of his lectures, is a vigorous mo-
tion of the jaws as if in the act of mas
tication. In the case of a child wad
of paper should be placed in it's mouth
and the child instructed to chew it
hard. Of course an adult does not
need the paper. 1t is the motion Of
the jaws that stops the flow of blood.
This remedy is so very simple that
many will feel inclined to laugh at it,
but it has never been known to fail in
a single instance, even in very severe
cases."
Year: 1873

He came to me one summer day,
l thought him rather odd,
His talk it seemed to stretch q mile,
Yet twas about rod.
He had a very pretty tongue,


1t ran by lightning too,
And there was thunder in his tones


Which struck me as quite true.
He wished to put them on my house


To save me from the shock
Of lightning, and to keep away


The thieves who d pick my lock.
He said they keep the small pox off


And purify the air,
And said 'twould be splendid thing


To have one here and there.
At last said, eGo put them up"


Convinced that he was right,
And then to town | rode to pass


The next day and the night.
When | returned found my house


Covered with iron bands,
My roof it had as many spires,


Indeed, as old Milan.
Upon the ridge pole of the roof


He had put half score;
On every corner there were ssTo.


And to c. - au IN
They looked like grape vineyfound the house


So thick they were entwined, -
They ran across the window, and


Quite answered for blind.
l took that wondrous man aside


Said l, "My earnest friend,
You've got my house all covered o'er


With rods without an end;
think you've got them rather thick,


The house is far too small,
I'd better build it larger, so


That it will hold them all.
"There won't be any lightning left


The country to supply;
Must half the rods upon that house
Point idly to the sky2
These rods will gather every bolt


There is in Christendom-
Now don't you think I'll be obliged


To advertise for someP'
He leaned against the garden fence


Quite rapt in studious thought;
''To tell the honest TRUTH" said he,


''It SCENE to me you ought,
Just then happened to look round,


And what should meet my view,
But two rods on the chicken coop,


And on the pig pen two
| also saw that he had gone


And put one on the pumpl
And one on every gateway post,


And one on every stump!
And then as he had put his rods


On everything in reach,
He'd stuck poles all about the yard,


And put rod on each.
l killed the fellow then and there


AS l would kill a flea;
The verdict of the jury was,


"Murder in no degree"
buried him, and lightning rods


Put at his feet and head,
And lightning strikes his grave each day
And makes him still more dead.
Year: 1873

II is said OF Western editor that he is
fearful penman, the style of his hand
being cross between a twisted wire
close-line and Virginia worm fence
One editorial does for several DAYS, the
compositor deciphering it from the head
down the first day, then tail up the next,
and crossways on Sunday.
Year: 1873

"Bill Arp" writes Gentlemen


there IS one thing about drinking.
almost wish every man was re-


formed drunkard. No man who hal
never drank liquor knows what a lux


ury cold water is. / have got up ii
the night in cold weather after / hat
been spreeing around and gone to the
well burning with thirst, feeling like
the gallows and the grave and the in


fernal regions were too good for me
and when | took the bucket in my
hands, and with my elbows trembling
like had the shaking agne, put the
Year: 1873

DDN'T GET A RIDE. THE day Mr..
Ruby, across the way, was to be
buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her daugh-
ter Clarinda that she guessed she
would attend, as she wasn't feeling
very WE'LL and q ride would do her
good. She knew there would be
several covered carriages furnished
at the expense of the family, and she
was equally confident it could be SO


managed that she would occupy o
portion of one of them. She was
among the first nt the house, and oe-
cupied prominent position. AS the
other friends arrived she took occa-
sion to recall "reminiscences of the
late Ruby that brought tears to their
eyes, and when the services were
over, as the first coach drove up for
its load, the distress Of Mrs, Moriaty
at the death OF Mr.. Ruby was 80
marked as to excite the liyeliest sym
pathy. Then the second coach drove
up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to
the gate by this time, and as the door
Of the second coach was opened, and
a call made for the occupants, it
seemed extremely doubtful If she
could hold up another instant. She
leaned against the post, and stared
into the coach, and over its rich up
holstering, and said the late Ruby
seemed more like son to her than
q neighbor. Whereupon the usher
looked appropriately sad, and called
up the third and last coach. This
had yellow cushions and pink straps,
and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate to
protest that in the death Of Mr.. Ruby
the community had met loss ii was
not possible TO recover from, and
that She would follow him to his last
resting place If she had to do it on
her hands and knees, and would feel
grateful for the opportunity. Then
The third and last coach filed and
drove off to take it's place in the line,
and Mrs. Moriaty dried her tears,
choked back the sorrow Of her heart
with one mighty gulp, and strobe
into her own house, shutting the
front door without the mid Of the
knob. She told Clarinda that it was
the scaliest affair she ever went TO,
and had II not been for the body
there would have been no funeral at
all. Danbury Netos. b
Year: 1873

The DEAD BABY.-It was a tiny lit
tie thing as it lay in its coffin, and
the people who looked at it with the
eyes of strangers, wondered why the


parents were so 10th to giveitup. It's
small hands were meekly crossed over
the breast; the best little dress its
poor mother could afford was placed
onits form, and then the undertaken
came aud carried it away out Of the
city, The head that once found no
harder resting place than the breast
ofthe mother; the idol of the house
hold; the petted darling Of the fami-
Year: 1873




The "rights Of women" have had
their advocates among us for a good
many years, and now The "rights Of
children have found an advocate, who


mirahile dictu, is a school-teacher


Alta convention Of the schools, held
recently at Worcester, Massachusetts


Superintendent Marble read a paper
in which he maintained that every
child in school, however young, chad
the same right TO bis opinion, his
Judgment his will and his way, which
. full. grown man would haveif he sat
in the same seat The fact" said he
"lhat he is, weak and ignorant, does
not alter the case. If the childs
opinion or Judgment be at fault, we
should correct him in the same ra'
tional way that we would an adult
If his will be obstinate, and his way
be productive of harm to himself or
Others, we should first point him
out the right way, and, if he did not
desist from bis evil way, we should
force both adult and child in the same
manner. The qualities Of reason and
intelligence should always be recog
nizHd both ii the child and in the
adults The first right, then, Of every
child, as of every human being, is to
be treated as an equal, and not as an
inferior. II seems to be the opinion
of some people that to. teach is tc
stamp ones own image upon the
child that what ! know the child
must learn that what | think he must
be taught. We have no business tc
do any such athing. A child is weak
but we have no right to bully him


He is undeyeloped intellectually; nc
more have we right TO impose oul
opinions upon him without his choice.
Year: 1873

GOLD REMAINS STEADY notwithstanding the
Bank of England has raised the rate Of dis
count to seven per cent in order to check the
flow of the precious metal hither If the
balance of trade were not as favorable to us as
1t Is such action on the part of the Bank would
nave greater effect upon the gold market,
particularly as the premium came down so
recently The fluctuations arc small and only
Q aiew fractions during the day. No better
evidence could be afforded of the favorable
state OF trade and the fattering prospect
during the remainder Of the fall season.
Year: 1873




? 1t seems that the Coroners investigation
into the circumstances attending the cruel
outrage upon and the very probable diabolical
murder of Charles G. Kelsey, in Huntington,
L. l., has been again postponed, making the
third or fourth time that postponement,
upon some fimsy pretext or other, has taken
place in this remarkable case. Now, in view
of the egregious imbecility (or something
worse) exhibited by the Huntington authori-
ties in this affair, we hold it to be the duty
Of the Governor to take it altogether out Of
their hands and place it in those of the legal
officers Of the State who have jurisdiction in
the premises It Is matter in which not
only the inhabitants Of an obscure vii
lage have an interest, but one which, af-
fecting as it does society at large, concerns
every citizen in the State Hence the propo-
sition for the Governor to take action on the
subject is clearly justi6able. The trumpery
story that Kelsey has been found alive in Cali
fornia is too ridiculous to be credited for O
moment. 1t is transparent effort on the
part of the alleged guilty parties to gain fur
ther time in order to spirit away important
witnesses or to allow the public indignation
in regard to the heartless transaction to SUBJ
side. Let us have some State action in the
matter. The sooner the better.
Year: 1873

YoUR BULL AND MY Ox.-The defalcation
of Phelps, the cashier in the State Treasurer's s
Office, has drawn out much virtuous indigna-
ton from the political journals, although the
different parties look at the matter from op-
posite points Of view. The republican organs
declare that the robbery Of the Treasury
proves the State Treasurer, who Is . candidate
for reelection, to be unfit for Office. The
democratic organs assert that the robbery Of
the Treasury shows the State Comptroller, who
is also candidate for reelection, to be un-
worthy Of public confidence The State
Treasurer is on the democratic ticket; the
State Comptroller Is on the republican ticket
Perhaps this accounts for the difference in the
views Of the political organs.
Year: 1873

Whatever may result to Prince Napoleon
in his new departure in French politics, he is
too great man-from his name, his relation
ship to the great Emperor and his representa-
tive association with the politics of France-to
be underrated or overlooked The brilliant
letter which we print to-day from our special
correspondent in Paris is contribution to
the contemporary history of France as valu-
able as Carlyle's portrait Of Mirabeau or
Macaulay's essay on Warren Hastings. 1t
may be truly said that we knew nothing Of
Mirabeau until Carlyle dug him out of the rub
bish and slime of the French Revolution and
painted him in his greatness and his power
what was small and weak and corrupt, his
lion look, the face pitted with disease, and that
resonant eloquence which awoke the spirit Of
freedom in France and threw defiance at o
king AS to Hastings, he was a name
something less than name-a shadow,
darkened by the angry, persistent elo-
quence of Burke-until Macaulay, with his
matchless skill, made him one Of the best
known men in history. What has been done
to Mirabeau and Hastings the HERALD essays
to do this morning with Prince Napoleon.
We commend our letter from Paris as q
masterpiece, well worth the careful study Of
all who care to follow the wonderful events
now transpiring over the seas, and to know
the men who, for good or evil, have the
destiny Of France in their hands.