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Year: 1872

A we'll known individual being seen in the streets of New York in Shaker garb was asked by friend, "What in the world sent you into that community ?'' The reply was, "Three good meals day and plenty of warm clothing are not to be sneered att
Year: 1872

Below we give the average price per acre of the
idea may be formed of the immense value of the co.


100000 acres granted to the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, for there can be no doubt that
the average price per of its land sales will be
Year: 1872

Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubIai
happiness, Indeed. without these the journey
through life become. n weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and flied with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
hiyhtud with orr own.
Year: 1872

If THE GENTLEMAN WHO NET THE YOUNG
! widow lady on Staten Island boat about weeks
since, and who afterward escorted her TO her home
would like to see her again she will accept the offer then
declined as she needs his riendship and assistance
dress Mrs. b. GRANGE. Herald offce.
Year: 1872

When you don't know what else to say of a
lady, speak of her as amiable; and when you
wish to compliment a clever gentleman, call
him genial. Both .epithets are as safe, in
definite and comprehensive as that useful
word Consideration
Year: 1872

chance of great nation deliberately deter
mining on an act of bad faith


The purely diplomatic triumph is assuredly
American, for the decision of the Arbitrators
Is that to which the Americans always offer
ed to defer. Mr.. Gladstone announced in the
royal speech at the prorogatiOn of Parliament,
August 10: 81 rejoice to inform you that the
controversy which had arisen in my Govern
ment and the Government of the United
states In consequence of the presentation OF
tne American claims for indirect damages
under the treaty of Washington has been
composed by spontaneous decIar0Iio0 of
the Ar0atrdtOrs." The general British vieIT
OF the result, as expressed by Lord Cairns. is
equally acceptable on this side the Atlantic
When Lord Granville announced the decis-
ion of the ArhitratOrs to the House of Peers
the ex-Lord High Chancellor of England re,
marked:


SO far as | have been able to gather n
would rather appear, speaking in simple Ian
guage, that the result of the whole is that
the ArbitratOrs at Geneva have decided the
particular and special point which thought
we had all agreed they should not be allowed
to decide-namely the scope and extent of
the Treaty. As well as I can gather, the
American government have taken the deci-
sion OF the Arbitrators on the Indirect Claims
as decision that they hare all along said
they t1iShed to be GrriUed at by the Arbitra-
tors. L must congratulate your Lordships
that, as things have turned out, the decision
has been in favor of this country; but tre
should hare been in Uery dwk,card position
y II had been the other tudy. From Har-
per's Magazine for November.
Year: 1872

The New York critics do not go into un-
qualified rapture over or about Lucca, though
all OF them admit that she was success.
Her superb acting, and her personal charms,
amply compensate for whatever disappoint-
ment may be felt in regard to her vocalism.
People say her method and her manner re-
semble those of Piccolomini, and though she
may not create the furore that Nilsson did,
there would seem to be no doubt but that her
popularity is assured. As whole, however,
nothing is risked in asserting that 81 Afri-
caine" has been better presented by Other
artists in times gone by. Kellogg is received
with marked GOODNESS both by the public ant
the press.
Year: 1872

An Adventurous Salt Lake Girl.
From the Salt Lake Herald.l


Ir this city lives young lady who is
seemingly delicate, but although petite
in form and figure is abundautly en-
dowed with nerve and energy. Fsnd TO
a passion of the grand in nature, she has
scaled on foot the highest peaks of the
Cottonwoods aud explored the deepest
recesses of cayernous mines We have
known her on several occasions, when
prospecting on foot with staff in hand
the tall peaks Of the Wasatch, to compel
her male escort first to cry halt Our
fair prospectress being at Alta day or
two since, saw for the first time in ope
ration the wire Suspension tramWay just
completed by the Vallejo company, and
her masculine escort proposed to her in
jest to take ride up the wire cable to
the mine.


She promptly accepted the invitation,
when our male friend growing a little
nervous, suggested difficulties in the way
Of the trip, but failed to dissuade her
from attempting it. The tramway is
1880 feet long, rises at an angle Of about
twenty degrees, and the cable is sus-
pended on stanchions forty feet high.
There we're no other carriages than ore
buckets, and in one Of these, which are
suspended six feet below the cable, our
heroine, uudaunted and alone, took pas
sage and made the ascent without mis-
hap or serious inconvenience, although
the swaying OF the wire between the
stanchions is calculated to produce sea
sickness. Quite a crowd gathered, and
to those at distance, to whom the wire
was invisible, it appeared as if our fair
friend was sailing through mid-sir.
Year: 1872

ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATS.


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsBl


WASHINGTON, May 23.-It is probable that
the House will take action upon the KuKlux Dill.
number OF Republicans opposed to it, and declare
that they will vote against It, and among them are such
influential men Messrs Garfield Farnsworth Fnkeln-
burg Blair, Hay, and Amber. still larger number
regard the measure egregous political bunder,
and will oppose taking for action, but at the same
time say that If 1t should TO direct vote, and
should be pressed as party measure, they might feel
compelled to vote for IT, Among this class several
Southern Republicans, who sbrewd enough TO
know that their prospects for reelection will be
damaged instead Of helped II the bill becomes law
The Democrats inclined to oppose motion to ss-
pend the rules for the purpose OF bringing the b before
the House, and, OF course defeat such a motion II
they please II they assured however that Is 20
Republicans will vote with them to lay the bill upon the
table. they will make objection to taking 1t up. This
is clearly their true policy. square vote upon the bill
would show Just how much strength Grant can rally to
give him the power reelect himself by the aid OF
tial law There is good for believing that the
result would be crushing defeat of the Ad-
mnistration and important triumph for
the opposition. To stave off the bill only by
dilatory motions, by defeating motion TO bring 1t
up for debate and action, would settle nothing, and put
no man upon record for against the measure. The
Administration men in the House could put all the blame
upon the Senate OF the attempted outrage upon the lib
critics of the people, and avert the indignation Of their
constituents by saying they had taken part in the
plot put into the hands Of the President the power to
suspend the habeas corpus in every State in the
during the whole period OF the political which s
decide whether he is to continue in office for second
Year: 1872




The office of the Adm 1istrator of Finance
is daily crowded with property-holders.
who call to settle for taxes now due. The
receipts for taxes on Saturday were $500.


The last general festival OF the season
having terminated. the platform opposite
the City Hall will now probably be re-
moved. Should the city carry out the plan
OF repairing a portion of the Marine Hos
pital the material of which it is composed
will be found most useful.


The receipts of levee dues for the week
ending on Saturday last will approximate
to S72E o. The increase over the receipts
last week is to be attributed to the arrival
of a large fleet of sailing vessels.


Appropriation certificates are reported to
he again rising in the market.


The street commissioner is putting the
roads in fine order.
Year: 1872

A teacher in an Illinois school district re
ceived the following excuse one day from
an indignant patron: ''miss brown want
you to strictly understand that you hant
boss of my Children n if you keap maria for
ben late you Will have trubl you mead not
think Wee are Slavs becas wee hant Wee
!iy inn free land adOO."
Year: 1872

A Michigan gin-mill keeper has this
evasive arrangement: You put your ten
cents on a spot marked whisky" the ap-
paratus revolves. and directly you see a
glass of whisky standing before you, and
you don't know, of course, who gave it to
YOU or how it came there.
Year: 1872

The spring style for the Sandwich Island
ers is announced. 1t is red string about
the left leg just above the knee. The pres
ent fashion is red string below the knee.
By the way, we understand that the jour
neymen tailOrs in the Sandwich Islands do
not strike for wages as much as once in six
months.4Norristown Herald.
Year: 1872

SINGULAR. Norristown Herald says:-s.We recorded the death of MT. Charles Lyle, gatekeepef by lightning. We also stated that no marks were visl- ble upon his body indicating that death followed from other than natural causes

 We hare since learned, however, that in preparing the body for sepulchre, Mr. Mowda-, the undertaken; could distinct ly see wlere the electric fluid had entered and leftthe body. It appeared to have commenced at the left shoulder and taking downward course, crossed the breast b the right side, descending the right leg, leaving an abrasion of the skin between two of the toes. But what is quite wonderful in connection with the matters the fact that upon the right breast vas the print of leaf found on the floor of the piazza at the dead mans feet The leaf was from an ailanthus tree in the yard, and with the stem measured about i've inches in length. The ribs veins and cellular texture of the leaf were psrfectly printed upon the skin, the while having red appearance. Mir. Lyle dnd in sitting posture upon @ chair, and when found his head inclined to one side. As his clothes were not disturbed in the least, it would appear impossible for the leaf to have come in contact with the skin. In comparing the leaf found with the impression on the body, the two were exactly alike in size and development. How the i'm pressiol was made on the skin is the mystery. It may have been the result of a species of photography familiar to scientists, but our readers would no doubt be gratifed if somebody would rise to explain."
Year: 1872

QUICKLY CHANGED. This "personal'' of old Butcher, from the 'Recollections' of Lady Clementina Davies When the special messengers arrived to inform Butcher that Napoleon had escaped from Elba, and that his services would be immediately required in the field. they were astonished to find him literally running round and round large room, the floor of which was covered with saw dust, and in which he had immured himself under the delusion that he was an elephant. For the time it was feared that Butcher was hopelessly insane, or that he was so far suffering from detirism t,'emens that his active cooperation in the anticipated campaign would be i'm possible but when the urgent news was brought him he at once recovered him. self, and proceeded to give his advice in a perfectly sound state of mind, the tone of which was thus, as by sudden shock, restored to him.
Year: 1872

DIaEsrIBLE FooD.-Food is not well digested that is not agreeable to the taste, and flavor is quite as important in element as the quantity of nourish- ment in @ given article. What is not acceptable to the palate is not appro- priated to the system. Besides, some thing more than nutriment is required and a diet confined to the most nutri- tious articles would soon produce disease. Variety is indispensable. The stimulus of meats, the bulk and fragrant juices of roots and fruits, and the carbon of butter and fat, are all requisite to healthy diet; and is not economical, whatever it cost in money, that does not keep the body in it's best condition. The appetite of the healthy is the best guide in the
Year: 1872

An article on "Women's Men," in the

 Saturday Re0ieac, contains these hints.

 Nothing surprises men more than the odd ignorance of women concerning them {; and half the unhappiness in married life at least in England, springs from that ignorance. They cannot be made to un- derstand the difference between mans nature and requirements and their own; and they condemn all that they cannot understand. In those few. rational homes where mems sports and gatherings, undis

 turbed by the presence of petticoats, are not made occasions for suspicion or remon- strance, the stock of love and happiness with which married life began is more like the, widows cruse than elsewhere; but unfortunately for both husbands and wives, these homes are rare; while they are common where game of billiards in the evening is occasion for tears or pout- ing, and deadly offense is taken at club dinners or weeks shooting. The conse- quence of which is deceit or dissension and sometimes both. .

 The woman's ideal man has none of these cratic tendencies. His business done he comes home with the docility of well bred pointer sent to heel, and finds energy enough after his hard day s work for variety of petits sotns which make him more precious ln her eyes than all the; tact, the temper, the judgement, the up- rightness he has manifested in his dealings with the outside world. And the domes- ticity which she claims from her husband she demands from her son. Latchkeys are her abomination, and the "gas left burning,"'i is as beacon light on the way of destruction. She has the profoundest suspicion of all the men whom her boy calls his friends. She never knows into what mischief they may lead him, but she is sure 1t is mischief if they keep him away from his home in the evening. She would prescribe the same social restraints and moral regimen for her son as for her daughter, and she thinks the energies of masculine nature require no wider field and no looser rein. But though she likes those tame and tender men whom she can tie up close to her apron strings and lov- ingly imprison in the narrow domain of home, she succumbs without a struggle to the square jawed brute of the Rochester type, the man who dominates her by the mere force of superior strength, and she is not too severe on Don Juan, if only she can fatter herself that she is the best loved and the last. !

 That these are the men most liked by women is shown both by their own novels and by daily observation; and it seems to us that among the many subjects for ex- tended study of late proposed for women, a better acquaintance with mems minds, a higher regard for the nobler kind of man, and the ability to accept love as only one of many qualities and not always the strongest or the most praiseworthy of his impulses, would not be out of place.
Year: 1872

am pedagogue in the rural districts of Newton County, Mo-, and my school house had been infested fer several months by species of large black ants, much to the annoyance of the little bare- footed scholars and there seemed no way of getting rid of the pest, for like the plaques of Egypt, to kill one, two would seem to supply it's place. But what was my astonishment, a few mornings since, on coming into my schosl house, to find the floor literally strewn with dead and dying ants,and upon a closer examination, was still more. astonished to find that a battle was raging among them in all it's fury, more sanguinary and fatal than any ever witnessed (and l saw many g hard fought battle during the late unpleasant ness) or read of in the annals of history. A much larger number were lying dead than were left engaged, and I thereby concluded tha, the battle had ragged with unabated ferocity all night.

 Most of the combatants engaged, were grappled in deadly embrace, while others but recently commenced were standing erect on their hinder legs and sparring for the advantage with all the science of the most experienced swsrdsmen or pugi- lists. The most fatal point of attack and the one for which, it seemed, all contend |ed, was the ligament which joined the main body with the head. This vital member once seized in the powerful nip pers death succeeded without a struggle, and the victor was then ready and eager for another engagement.

 No undue advantage was taken by either party, and no two would endeavor to overpower a single one nor was there any flinching or wavering in a single in- stance, for whenever two beligerents met it was certain death ts one or both par ties. Never, perhaps, were two armies more equally matched in numbers, strength and valor; and consequently, at the close of the battle, which lasted two nights and day, as new recruits contin- ued ts arrive every moment, there were but few left and probably none of the vanquished army, thus rivalling the vslor of the heroes of the Alamo and the Spar tan band of Leonidas. Observing closely l could see slight difference in the ap- pearance of the contestants, one set being perfectly black with a large head, while the other was n,arer brown, with a small CT head, though both about equally matched in size and strength. Dismem- bered legs were more numerous than the dead ,and many poor unfortunate though valiant hero, being entirely deprived of his supporters was thus left, hors dc com 6at, to die on the field.

 The next morning swept up the dead and dying of both armies for would not disturb them while engagedO, amounting to thousands. It was lesson for the philosopher as we'll as the naturalist, and caused me to moralize moro than little. the Brownies were undoubtedly the vic- tors as occasionally see an old veteran of that species hobbling about on two or three legs over the battle field, but big headed black soldier was not to be seen.
Year: 1872

Some years ago Mr.. Sackett was


known as man of generous and specu


lative turn of mind he was requested by


two friends Of his to invest with them al


equal share in the purchase of western


land with a view to its rapid increase in


price. More as an accommodation to them


than regard for the profit, he consented,


and furnishing his part they went West to


make the purchase, while he remained


at his business in Chicago. Now these


enterprising friends of his found that


they could buy up large tract of land


near Berlin, Wis, very low by including
in 1t portion of worthless swamp. They
closed the trade and in making the divi


sion among themselves they took each a
third of the fine land and left the mud
and water for Mr.. Sackett, who had never
seen the land and accepted the division
on faith in his friends an l for some time
he continued to pay the taxes until he
failed in business and thinking to real


ze on the sale of it, he went West for
tnat purpose, when TO his disnlay, he
found that far from being able to sell it,
he could not even give it away. Signing
just little at the daplicity of his friends,
who had SO divided the valuable and left
him the worthless, he wandered over the
swamp, he almost dlsdained to call his
own and splashed through its mud and
water in desperate hopelessness. Poverty
and want, stared him in the face, when,
10, something else stared him in the face
too he found something upon his land.
What was it =? 1t was not California gold
nor North Africa diamonds, neither was
it oil, iron or coal 1t was wild Gran
berries. "Presto change y Now mark |
the result that land is worth $500 per
acre, and he is worth half a million dol.
lars. He was a shrewd man, with an eye
to business and he saw Mt once fortune
in those CraDberries and went to work to |
realize it by cultivation and systematic
labor, and now he has regularly trained
brigade of children and hands to pick
and prepare the Cranberrles for market,
for which he realizes rs high as S24 per
barrel, while the men who intended to
play joke on him now mourn over their
own Invaluable land and sigh for the for
,une their joking lost them.


This is true, and if it is not MS romantic
Is fiction, it has better moral.
Year: 1872

TRUE HosPITALIrY.-I pray yon, oh
excellent wife, cumber not Yourself and
me to get curiously rich dinner for this
man and woman that have alighted at
our gate or bed-chamber made ready
at too great cost these things, if they
are curious in them, they can get for
few .shillings in any village but
rather let this stranger see, if he will,
in your looks. accents, and behavior,
your heart and earnestness, your thought
and will, what he cannot buy at any
price in the city, what he may well travel
twenty miles, and dine sparely, aud
sleep hardly. 10 behold. Let not the
emphasis of hospitality, be in bed and
board but truth, and love, and honor,
and courtesy, flow in all thy deeds. -
Emerson.
Year: 1872

HORRIBLE. "A pig-drover, early in the
morning, having IN vain knocked for
admittance at the doors of public house
near the gates of the Polish town Jaros
law, at last bethought himself of looking
through one of the windows, when he
was struck by a most appalling >ight
There lay several horribly mutilated
corpses in pool of blood. The landlord,
his wife. three children (the eldest of
whom is six years of age, and a maid
servant, were found in Il same room,
with bleeding wounds and broken skulls
The whole house was in state of dis
order. The perpetrators have not been
trace d as yet
Year: 1872

FATALITY Chicago, on Saturday,
at an early hour, the body of a man was
seen hanging from a small window of .
barn in the rear of residence. Upon
examination it was found that the de-
ceased was Frand Barber, brother of the
owner OF the place, with whom he resided.
He had attempted to get into the barn
through the window, and got fastened n
so that he was unable to extricate him:
self, and was literally bitten to death ~
Year: 1872

SwISE.-No rig can grow rapidly on
poor food. A we'll bred pig will grow
rapidly or good food-a poorbred pig
will not aud this is the real essential
difference between them. If you starve
both, the well-bred pig is no better than
the other. Let young pigs have all they
will eat and digest. See that they have
access to fresh water. They may not
drink much, but it should always be pro-
vided for them, no matter how sloppy
their food may be. Provide ashes, salt,
sulphur and charcoal. See that the pens
and troughs are kept clean.
Year: 1872

A PERSON intimately connected with
John S C. Abbott, says TIE Waichmd,,
and Reflector, assures us from personal
knowledge that the prolific author never
allowed himself to write paragraph of
his Life of Napoleon without first ofier-
ing prayer that he might be guided
Alright. Exchange. Such a statement
should be accepted with great caution,
as calculated to produce grave doubts in
the public mind as to the efficacy Of
prayer.-Chriai0n Union.
Year: 1872

A New CURE FOR BEGGING. of
the petty kings in India has proved him
self to be a shrewd statesman. He has
been troubled by swarm of beggars in
his kingdom, and idleness was rapidly
increasing. The evil was so alarming
that he resorted to strong measures to
cure it. He ordered that all paupers
found hegeing should at once be COM
PEELED to learn to read and write. The
law operates well in two ways. Some of
the most worthless idlers prefer little
easy work to study, and they take to
some kinds of labor to escape begging
and its penalty. Others are glad of the
opportunity OF an education, and they
make intelligent and skilful laboIers
The King, in his anxiety to promote
education, has also ordered that the
families who cannot well spare their
children for school on account of pow
erty shall receive certain allowance
from the State. Light is evidently
spreading in India