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Year: 1875

Mr.. Derwent met Malcolm with his usual
urbanity, perhaps with little more, for it
was not as yet known, even to him, that the
young barrister pro6ted nothing by the
death of his cousin, the property passing to
another branch of the Walters family. In the
shadow of the half-darkened saloon, it was
difficult to see how Sybil looked as she cold
ly returned his greeting, and apologized for
the absence Of Violet, who still kept her
room. But Malcolm flncied that the un-
natural pallor that had stolen over her face
on the morning Walters death was dis
covered, blanched her cheeks again as soon
as he accosted her, and the hand that just
touched his own at parting was 30 cold and
trembling that it surprised him. He could
not but recall the agitation she had evinced
on that never-to-be-forgotten morning; and
as he slowly left the apartment, and got
out Of hearing of Mr.. Derwent's civil
speeches, he began asking himself for the
Gftieth time what had occasioned 1t.


As before, he came to the conclusion that
it had mortified her terribly to see Walters,
nt the feet of the pretty Violet, and that She
had not been able to wholly conceal her
vexation at the loss of so rich q lover. Then
reddening, and biting his lips. though there
was no one near to see him or guess his
thoughts, he rated himself sharply for
specializing on the causes that actuated a
woman who had shown herself to be 80 heart
less and mercenary.


"If she really laid herself out to win poor
Rob, as he limited, may heaven forgive, even
as it has punished her. he muttered, "And
I will now try to forget that l have
again looked upon her false, yet lovely face.
She is nought to me now, end the sooner, l
get back to hard work, and can put the
events of these last few weeks out of my
head, the better it will be for my peace OF
mind"


With another signing exclamation OF
Poor, poor Rob /" and sad remlnlscenGe
Of Walters as he last saw him, apparently
Year: 1875

At a Meeting of the Ohio Democratic
State Central Committee at Columbus on
Thursday, it was resolved to hold Con-
vention ON the 18th of June. Senator
Thurman made speech, during which
he said the day had gone by for carryiE
Ohio by stump speeches. Organization
by townships was what was needed. He
tho Ight it appeared to every one that
unless the Republican party can carry
O lio this Fall, its fate Is sealed, and II
tn Democratic party carry the State
this Fall, it would settle the question Of
party ascendency in the nation.
Year: 1875

The best practical patent offered combines
comfort and preservation Of health entire
thing in Wooden Soes for boots and shoes: will sell the
patent cheap Call at 2o0 West Twenty fifth street


SILVER FALCON.
Year: 1875

Within the Polar circle there il an
enormous area, comprising mt least
2,000,00 square miles, of which we
know simply nothing. We shall have
presently to speak of the various specu-
lations regarding the nature of this vast
extent of the worlds surface it is
enough for our immediate purpose to
say that we do not know anything
whatever about it. Whether it is land,
water or ice whether the climate is
cold or warm whether there are inhabi-
tants, animals, plants, or whether it is a
hOwling wilderness-sDeculatiOn has in
cluded almost every possibility, and
almost every absurdity; but of kuowl
edge such as alone intelligent men can
be content with, we have absolutely
none. To attain some such knowledge
is the first object now proposed in Arctic
exploration. It is cons dered uniting
and unseemly, in the present state of
scientific progress, that there should he
this large area of our earth's surface
still so utterly unknown. The examina.
tiOn of it is loudly called for; it is a
problem of universal interest, the solu-
tiOn of which appeals not TO commercial
profits, pecuniary advantage, increased
facility for transport and communIca-
ton, but simply, in the first instance, to
those higher feelings and yearnings
which, whatever Our remote ancestry,
now distinguish us from the brutes.
We want to traverse this unknown space
and see and know what it is EdiH-
blIrgh ReUie1D.
Year: 1875

1.-THE following prophecy was first announces
in IS45 by a Mother Shipton. 1t will be gOOt
news to people having long mortgages to run
etc.'1


Carriages without horses shall go.
And accidents fill the world with woe
Around the world mans thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.


Waters shall yet more wonders do;'
How strange but shall yet be true.
The world upside down shall be.
And gold be found at the root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse or ass be at his side
Under water men shall walk
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk,
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, in black in green,
Iron on the river shall float
As easily as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found and shown
In lands not now known,
England shall at last admit Jew,
And fire and water shall wonders do.
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
Year: 1875

1t is said that some of the eastern
cotton mills are about to ship an invoice
of cotton goods to England with view
to opening up market for them. This
idea was suggested by the decline of
these goods in this market, while the
same reduction has not occurred in
Great Britain, leaving a difference in
favor of our goods that offers hand
some profit to ship. The only obstacle
is the introduction of them to the Eng
lish consumer, as the quality is claimed
to be superior, while the price is lower.
1t is expected that the experiment will
be successful, in which case more ex-
tensive shipments are contemplated. 1t
is now true that cotton goods are lower
in the United States than in any other
market in the world. This is as it
should be, and if the rapid decline in
these goods the present season shall
prove the means of opening up markets
for our mills, not only In England, but
in all the countries which England now
supplies. an advantage will be gained
that will not only far exceed the losses
occasioned by the fall, but it will en-
able our mills to find a market for full
production.


SOCIALISM is on the decline in Ger
many, the number of its adherents
having dwindled IN few years from
$40. 900 to about $4,000.
Year: 1875

by the author of the Northern Farmer
But space forbids us to dwell longer on
details. We can but end as we began
by saying that we do not know where
to look in past-Shakspearean English
poetry for poem in which the true fire
of drama so burns as in Mr.. Tennyson's
Queen MdTq,
Year: 1875

Its Practice in India--EfTOrt for the


Suppression of the Custom.


During the incumbency of Sir Cecil
Beadon (the friend of India of the 22d
of Nav says) an attempt was made to
regulate the practice of taking sick peo-
pie to the riverside to die but nothing
was done then; as the government of
India and the secretary of state did not
consider any interference in this matter
necessary, although the more advanced
section of the native community threw
their opinion into the scale with the
lieutenant governor. That some regu-
lations are absolutely necessary will be
seen from these facts: On the Thurs
day before last, at about five o'clock in
the afternoon, a procession was OBJ
served passing through station not
far from Calcutta, accompanied by the
usual din and noise. At the head OF
the procession was man about SIX feet
high carried on litter about four feet
long, in much the same way as the bed
of Procustes in the olden time was
made to accommodate its victims of any
stature. At first the occupant of the
stretcher was taken for a corpse, but
on a closer examination it was discov-
cred to be human being in the last
stages of prostration. The head was
dangling over one end of the stretcher,
and the face exposed to the full glare
of the sun, which the dying man at
tempted to keep off by shading it with
his right hand. This was observed by
his son in the crowd who opened an
umbrella and held it over him. The
procession stopped at a gate opposite
the station public library, and the
stretcher with its burden was laid on
| the ground. Tue sick man expressed q
wish for something to drink, and cup
of milk was held to his lips he then
had a SNAKE and conversed freely In
the meanwhile with his friends who
had followed him. A miserable looking
and shabbily-attired native who was
addressed as the koberai mohashal,
| held the pulse of the sick man with q
! gravity of circumstance worthy of 8
| disciple of Galen. To cut the matter
short, the sick man was kept at the
| gate till the Saturday following, and af
he still persisted in disappointing his
friends and relatives in their expeeta
tion of seeing him depart this life, ht
was renewed to another gate higher NJ
the river, where he was kept for time
immersed in water with the head and {
portion of the chest above it, till ht
expired in this position. The deceased
was a man of the weaver caste and o.
some prospects. He had removed tC
this station some years back from
Doud, where a portion of his family
are still residing. Another ghastly
murder took place about two or three
weeks ago. In this case the victim
was a woman, the wife of respect
able shop keeper.
Year: 1875

HINTS ON DIET.-The stomach should


never be overloaded. Bread is the staff
of life and is very nutritious as well as
as digestible. The best bread is made
of unbolted wheat Graham -FOUR 1t
should form a part of every meal.
Bread and milk is the best diet for
children, and is good for adults. Too
much salt irritates the stomach.
Colds are frequently produced by drink
ing hot tea and exposure afterwards.
Late suppers induce heart disease.
Pastry, cake, and fine flour bread con-
stipate the bowels. Boiled potatoes are
not SO healthy as baked ones. Fruits
are to be eaten at breakfast and dinner.
The stomach must rest to be healthy
pursstive medicines weaken the bowels,
Year: 1875

FEATHERS are shooting all over the
toilettes. The gossips say feather fans
feather parasols, and feather hats are
all the go. Feather trimmings are now
arranged with so much ightness and
beauty that they are considered as suit
able for summer as well as winter wear.
They are mounted with fringe as well as
bands, though as bands they are used
for the trimming of bonnets and para
soils
Year: 1875

You may think the word that of very little consequence.

 If you will read on, however, you will soon see that that is of considerable importance.

 You will see that that that, which is used in the second sentence, is used as 8 noun.

 And we will say still further that that that, that has been spoken of last in the third sentence is also noun.

 We gave the fourth sentence out one time to a gentleman to parse, and a friend afterward remarked: "That that that, that that gentleman parsed was parsed incorrectly"

 The first gentleman retorted: That, that that that, that that gentleman parsed, was rather clumsy sentence. D

 Another one said "That, 'that, that that that, that t1at was still more clumsy sentence

 A lady present ventured the sugges- tion: "That, that that that that, that that that that gentleman made use of was correct grammatical sentence"

 That's enough.
Year: 1875

A singular exhibition was given at the Jardin Mabille, Paris. There has been performing here at the Folies Bergeres, man named Holtum, an American, who has cannon fired at him and catches the ball in his hands. This prodigious feat was witnessed nightly, and although the actors present avowed that there was no trick, Pierre Vernon, of the Monde Ulustre, would not believe it. He said that the cannon ball must be thrown to Holtrm from the stage. The latter made bet of 5000 francs that he would perform the feat under conditions which left no room to doubt, and when the bet was taken, Veron designated Mabille as the place for the trial. All the journal ists of Paris were invited, and they found Holtum there before his cannon. It was examined with minute care, and the heavy ball was passed from hand to hand. i" I am no longer in my own house" said Holtum; "you are master here, and you must watch over all the arrangements" Having carefully aimed and lashed his cannon, it was charged, and Holtum took his place against 8 plank target some ten yards away. This was to show that the ball was solid, and the force of the powder great enough to send it through the plank. Holtum got the aim of his gun, and then placed his head in @ certain position against the plank, giving the command to fire. The ball just grazed the hair and broke through the plank, rolling some twenty yards further on. The same ball was picked up by the journalists, who again charged the cannon and sent home the ball, and this time Holtum caught the ball in his hands as neatly as he does nightly upon the stage. He won his bet, and no one seemed disposed to accept his offer of 5000 francs to any one who would perform the same astounding feat. The physical force required must be enormous, but Holtum showed his strength by tossing up cannon balls as if they were so many oranges. The only precautions taken arc very simple: he wears very thick leather gloves, and covers his breast with many thicknesses of thin paper to form sort of cuirass. This looks to me like very dangerous feat, and particularly the first part of it, where Holtum places his head against the target half an inch below where the ball will probably strike. If the powder should chance to be defective, some day there might be an accident. It is like the foolhardy trick of putting ones head into 8 lions mouth. One day I fancy that ball will snap his head very neatly off
Year: 1875

Hon. W. D. Kelley, in an address be- fore the American Silk Association, spoke on the toast of naturalized for eigners." He said. To speak of oul country is to discuss a theme of which no man need tire, and in discussing which he would be dullard who would weary an audience, for it is @ theme o1 infinite fertility and variety. The toast you have drunk says: "She naturalizes the foreigner and his arts alike" Yes, we do, let his birthplace be in what country or in what cline it may. And what is more, we do not only legally naturalize him; we do not simply impart to him by force of law the exercise of certain rights, but if he be fortunate or persistent in seeking the place we put him in his own native cline and upon his native soil. The conditions of what land are not embraced in our country am quite sure that the African finds 8 comfortable home in our Southern States, and I begin to think-as my friend Sam Cox says-he is my dearest brother. And, turning from him to the Swede and Norwegian, I can give them their birthplace over again in the regions of Minnesota and Dakota, upon lakes and upon mountain sides, such as they lived in in their childhood aud sported upon in their youth. Bring the Sicilian from. his region of fruits and drop him gently from a balloon in South ern California, and he will swear that he is within twenty miles of his native home. So wander over this broad and beautiful country of ours. Garry with you your knowledge of geography and the habits of men and the industrial pursuits in which they are engaged, and you will find what seems to be the native home of each and all. Here the Eng lishman, who feels thirsty, if it doesn't rain twice day, can find his own con genial cline in Oregon and Washington.

 In the course of his remarks MT. Kelley said: Let us make statesmanship matter of practical application. The experience of this country of ours is a thing of some value. There have been human experience and national experi- ence, and let us study them and deduce from them our rules of action, and let us again invite, as we did during late year, $50, ,OOO, 400, ,000, 45O, 900 foreigners to come and dwell in our midst, to culti- vate our farms, to develop our resources, to improve our arts, to give profit to capital invested in our railroads, to stimulate our commerce and keep the whole fleet of steamers on the ocean, in stead of letting them rot in the docks as they are doing now. Let us revive those days, and not have it as it is now-that the Canadian fights his way back to cold Canada; that the steamers make as much proft-those which run--as they did three years ago, because while they have to bring only one-haf as many people this way that they did then, they take as many back. Thus the receipts are saved. We want the tide to come this way and stay this way; and let us by these prac- tical means make our UT coqntry. what your toast proposes-"The land that shall naturalize the foreigner and his arts alike'
Year: 1875

The English manufacturers of agri- cultural machinery do not propose to exhibit their products at the Centennial. The reason is that our duties on the i'm portation of foreign devices of this char aeter are from thirty to forty per cent. and hence are practically prohibitory. As there is no paying trade for the goods in this country, manifestly the producers have no incentive to exhibit, and hence they decline to incur the expense to make show {" to please and instruct others, which will be of nc benefit. as they think, to them,
Year: 1875

NEW YORK, April 2l.-The time
within which the court required the
sheriff to return to Wheeler II. Peck
ham the order of arrest recently grant
ed in the suit against VIM. NJ. Tweed
expired yesterday, A new order was
sent yesterday to the warden of the
penitentiary. So that if Mr.. Tweed
Should be released by the decision of
the Court of Appeals in the habeas
corpus case, he will be in the custody
OF the sheriff until he gives $1,000, ,0Ot
hail
Year: 1875

BE CAREFUL OF YOUR CoAL.-Every
family should observe strict economy in
the use of coal. The stock on hand in
the yards in this city, is very limited.
and there seems to be no certain pros
peet for securing another supply Tor some
time time to come.
Year: 1875

Probably there is complaint that aficts the hu- man system, which is sJ little understood at the present time as some of the varied forms of Kidney tomplaints.

 There is no disease which such acute pain or more alarming in it's results than when the kidneys fa to secrete from the blood the uric acd and other poisonous substances, which the blood accumulates in its circulation through the system.

 1T from any cause the kidneys fail to perform the functions devolving upon then the cumulat1ons are taken up by the absorbsnts and the whole system

 thrown into state of dis ease, causing great pain and suffering, and very often immediate death. Hence the importance of keeping the kidneys and blood in healthy condition, through which all the impurities Of the body must pass.
Year: 1875

The opinion seems to be general
that the proposition of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company to build a
Southern overland road from the Pa
cific to some connecting road on the
Southeastern side of the continent for
no other consideration than the land
subsidy which Congress voted to the
Texas Pacific some years ago, will be
almost at once accepted by Congress.
1t is altogether probable that the
SCoTT party will do all in their power
to prevent the acceptance of the South
ern Pacific Company's proposition, but
AZ they can offer no reason for their
opposition beyond desire to secure
the franchise themselves, their influ-
ence will scarcely be felt. Had SCOTT
and his associates been willing to con-
struct the road for the same consider
alton proposed by the Southern Paci-
fic Company the road would have
been in operation now and the wealth
and population of Southern California
more than double what it Is at present.
But they refused the terms and allow
ed the contract to expire by limitation
while they were lobbying to secure
the Government credit to the extent
of S35, 900 per mile on the road Tn.
der the plea of competition they
will now come in and insist that the
nation shall become responsible for the
interest on $35, 900 per mile on road
that the Southern Pacific stands ready
to build of the alternate sections of sand
desert and mountain crag. A majority
Of Congress may be induced to refuse
the offer of the Southern Pacific, but
if it does, it will not dare to vote $780,
600, 900 of the peoples money into the
pockets Of the Tom SCOTT party.
Year: 1875

opposition and ride on the old line and
they fully understood that To secure
patronage they must earn it. The
Southern Pacific, JONES and associates
AMI the people are all looking out for
their own interests. Each railroad
company is doing the best it can to Sc
cure patronage, and the people will
ship and ride over the road that will
cost them the least. The threat, that
five do not stand by JONES he will
sell out and up will go the rates, has
no terrors. five withdraw all sup
port from the Wilmington road the
company will no longer operate it and
then the Santa Monica road will hoist
the rates. We want all the the rail-
roads we can get and we will have all
railroads the business of the county
will support-no more nor no less. 1t
is probably true that the Wilmington
road is cutting the throat of the Santa
Monica road, and it is also true that
the Santa Monica road is thrusting n
long sharp knife into the stomach of
its antagonist. 1t is contest the peo-
pie did not incite and which they can
not prevent. When the giants have
belabored each other until they are
satisfied they will try some other
scheme for making money-sell out or
agree upon a remunerative scale of
of freights and fares.
Year: 1875

We cannot endorse the appeals of
the Express to the people of this city
and county to stand between Senator
JONES and the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company. Nor do we believe
that the complaint of the ruinous re-
ductlon of the rates of freights and


fares by the latter company will conn.,


mand great amount of attention
from the people. Further than this
we do not believe that Senator JONES
either asks or will receive from the
people the fearful sympathy which our
cotemporary is endeavoring to work
up for him. The owners of the Los
Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad


are men of business accustomed to


make or lose as theirjudgement proves
good or bad. They carefully examin-
ed the ground before they invested in
the Santa Monica Railroad enterprise.
They knew the character and extent
OF the opposition with which they


would be compelled to contend. They
knew the resources of the country and
carefully estimated the amount of
patronage which they ha reason to
believe would fall to their share.
They weighed the cost and estimated
the probable profits and decided to in
vest their money. They followed the
dictates of their own judgement. The
road is in operation and besides be-
ing one of great value to Los Angeles
city and valley it will, we understand,
net its owners $1,5O0 over current ex-
penses OH the first month of its opera
tion. This does not appear to
be a case for slobbery sympathy.
JONES and associates seem to be MAX
ing money while struggling with the
''cutthroat competition' of the South
ern Pacific. They did not expect, as
the Express seems to require, that the
people would at once withdraw all
their patronage from the Southern Pa.
cific and bestow it on the Santa Moni-
ca road. They were aware of the CAL
ifornia characteristic to shout for the
Year: 1875

BISHOP HAVEN Of the Methodist
church has involved himself in trouble
The Methodist minister meeting re-
Gently held in Cincinnati, listened to
paper setting forth that in commit
ting himself to GRANT for third
term the Bishop had fallen into a
great error.
Year: 1875

A New York Herald corrospon-
dent, writing from the Black Hills,
says: A most remarkable stream
WAS discovered and appropriately
namoa Amphibious Crock. Ito
waters sink into and rise from the
earth many times in their journey
from their original spring to the
south fork of the Cheyenne. A we'll
worn bed extends all the way, show


ing that in the wet season torrent
flows on the surface but at the
present time not a vestige of the cur
rent may be eeeu for miles after it
disappears, until it suddenly bubb'c 'cs
up again from tho rocks and rolls
onward to the next point Of descent
into it's subterranean channel.
St. cams of this character ara so
common on the great plains that
they are not thought remarkable, but
they are rarely found among noun.
tains, for tho reason that the sub
strata is usually composed of solid
rock lying not far below the surface,
and afording no room for a sub-pas.
sage through the sand, if that should
happen TO compose the svil.