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Year: 1875

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in a recent
lecture upon "Oratory," said; every
one has felt how superior in force is
the language of the street to that of
the academy. Ought not the scholar
be able to convey his meaning in
terms as sharp and strong as the por-
ter and truckmen use? The language
of the men of the street is strong, nor
can you mend 1t by what you call
parliamentary. You say, If he could
only express himself But he does
already better than any one can do it
for him. A man who knows himself
about the matter in hand can always
get the ear of an audience to the ex-
clusion of everybody else. The pow
or of their speech is that it is perfectly
understood by all, and / believe it to
be true that when any orator at the
bar or in the Senate rises in his
thought he decends in his language
That is, that when he rises to any
height of thought or passion, he
comes down to a level with the ear of
all his audience. 1t is the oratory of
John Brown and Abraham Lincoln,
the one at Charlestown, the other at
Gettysburg, in the two best speci,
mems of oratory we have ever had in
this country. | observe that all dis
tinguished poetry is written In the


oldest and simplest English words
There is point above coarseness and


below refinement where propriety re
| sides ~
Year: 1875

Is there no place on the face Of the earth
Where charity dVelleth, where virtue has birth?
And the poor and the wretched shall ask and


received


Is there no place on earth where knock from the
win bring a kind angel to open the door?
All search the wide world wherever you can
There Is no open door for the moneyless man.
Go look in the hall where the chandelier LIGHT
Drives OF from its splendor the darkness Of night
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shsdowy fold,
Sweeps gracefully down, with its trimming Of gold
Go look to your judges in dark flowing gown,
With the scales wherein law Weigheth quietly down.
Where the froWns On the weak and the smiles


the strong,


And Furnishes right while he justihes wrong;
Where Jurors their lips on the Bible have laid,
To render verdict they've already made;
Go there in the courtroom, and find if you can,
Any law for the case Of moneyless man.
Go look in the banks, where AIammon has told
His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold
"here. safe from the hands Of the starving and
Lies pie upon pile of the glittering ore;
Walk up to the counter-'ah, there you may stay,
And mirrors Of silver take up and renew
In long lighted vistas the 'wildering view;
Go there in your patches, and find If you can
a welcoming smile for the moneyless man.


Go look in your church of the cIoud-reacbing spire
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous within,
And the walks seem pure a soul without sin !;
Go down the long aisle-see the rich and the great
IN the pomP and the pride Of their worldly estate
Walk down in your patches. and find if you can,
Who opens pew for moneyless man.
Till yoar limbs have grown old and your hair turns


gray,


And you'll find at the bank not one Of the clan
With money to lend to q Eaoneyless man.
Then go to your hovel-no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered so long for her bread
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death frost,
From the lips Of the angel your poverty lost
Then turn in yeur agony upward TO God,
And bess while it smites you, the Christening rod
And you'll find at the end of your fes little span,
There's welcome above for the mOneyless man.
Year: 1875

The following description of the
snow plains of Central Asia is taken
from Campaigning on the Oxus ;"
&" The days pass-some in wild, fierce
storms of snow and sleet, that howl
around us as though all the demons of
the steppe were up IN arms, some in
bright sunshine, whose intOlerable
glare blinds US and blisters our faces.
From time to time we drive down into
darksome underground holes, hot and
reeking, hover around the steaming
samovar, pouring down oceans Of boil
ing tea then out on the silent steppe
again to continue the weary struggle.
There are nights when we awaken from
a half-frOzen sleep, and remember we
are IN the heart of the mysterious re-
gions of Asia, and see nothing but the
wide, snowy steppe, silent and ghostly
in the spectral moonlight. For miles
and miles there is no human habitation,
but the burrow-like stations somewhere
far ahead, buried under the snow, as
though crushed into hatness by. the
grim uniformity above. There is some
thing strangely oppressive and awful IN
the changeless naonOtony of these wide,
snowy plains, level as a hsOr, where for
days and weeks you see nothing but
snow and sky, where You are the NOV
ing center of a horizon-bou plain
that seems to move with you, and hang
upon you, and weigh you down like a
mOnstrous milestone. There Is the
breadth and loneliness Of the ocean with
out its movement, the cold and icy
silence of the arctic regions without
the glory of the arctic nights or the
grandeur of the arctic mountain-the
silent desolation of an unpeOpled world.
Those broad, level, snowy plains, oven
which the icy winds from northern
Siberia come rushing down IN furious
blasts with an uninterrupted sweep OF
a thousand miles, and drive the snow
about in whirIwinds that go scuddiDg
over the plain like giant sPeetres; the
short days Of sunshine, when the glare
on the snow dazzIes and burns /; though
the long, cold nights passed in a half
frozen, haif-somnolent state Win Iireq
beast trudRing wearily forward I
shiver now at the bare remembrance Of
it all. ;"
Year: 1875

The Way 60 Manage Hard Timber.


Borers of different species of insects
are liable to work in hard timber even
after the lumber has been worked up
into parts of tools and implements.
Ox-bows, ax-hgndles and pick-handles
made of the hardest and toughest
quality of hickory will often become so
thoroughly "poWder-posted" as to be
unfit for any use except fuel. Powder
post is caused by numerous minute
borers working in the timber. If tim
Der is cut down and split or sawed out
in the latter part of summer, and is
stuck up so that it can season readily.
borers will never enter the wood.
But as trees cannot always be felled
nor sawed out at this season of the
year some means must be employed to
destroy the 5orers or to prevent their
entering the sawed or the split timber.
The most convenient and effectual way
to prevent injury from borers is co put
the plank or scantling, soon after the
timber Is sawed, into a stream or pond
of water and allow the pieces to remain
soaking for a month or six weeks.
Then take them from the water and
stick them up beneath an open shed
where the wind can blow through the
pile. By this treatment hard and
tough timber will be rendered insect
proof and the grain will be much frmer
and tougher than If the lumber had
been stuck up without being soaked in
the water.


In some parts of New jersey farmers
treat all their timber in the foregoing
manner. For example They will dig
up an oak or an ash tree for sleigh-run-
n rs, have the batt log sawed into
planks, then excavate a pond hole along
a small brook, where they do not have
access to a mill. dam, and stick up these
planks In the water, where they are al
lowed to soak for nearly two months.
Timber for wagon tongues. for harroWs,
for thills and for other purposes is
treated in the same manner. All such
timber will wear like iron and will never
become powder-posted nor injured by
large borers. When timber is placed
in the water every piece should be kept
covered with water until the lumber is
removed. If sand and grit accumulate
on the sides let the surface be swept
clean before the lumber is removed
from the water. Every farmer should
keep a generous supply of good timber
on hand, so that any tool or farm i'm
plement may be repaired with tough
timber.-M y Herald.
Year: 1875

The Nashville cotton exchange, by
telegraph TO the Atlantic and gulf ports
and TO the principal interior cotton mar
kets, requested ten Of the most reliable
and best posted merchants IN each place
to furnish an average estimate of the
of cotton receipts up to and
including December 81. The following
replies have been received
Year: 1875

"THE ALASKA BULLETIN. "A soldier at Fort Yuma, whose name we do not know, kindly handed Us No. l and ? of this sprightly little paper published away up at Sitka, Alaska, where it is awful cold, and where the sun don't get up at all hardly. The paper is we'll printed and the editorial matter well written. We pity the poor fellows who have to run a newspaper in that inhospitable region, but we wish them success and hope they may grow and flourish like a Green Bay horse.
Year: 1875

Another spring is dawning up' on us. In this part of the Terri tory the trees are already far ad- vanced in their new foliage, and everything betOkens that the an- nuaI vernal season in all it's beau ty is again here. Ia this climate it is hard to fix the line of de- markation between winter and spring-hard to tell when winter ends and spring begins. Our whole winter season is what would be called in any other country, delightful spring. Therefore we have to look to visible Signs, such as deciduous trees putting on their new robes, and the swelling throats of the feathered songsters, who are always filst to hail the spring, to determine when that season has actually arrived. But it is here. Hail glorious spring {! Season of renewed leaf and blOs- som, of opening bud and bursting flower, season when all nature takes a fresh start and the very blood seems to bound through the veins of all animated things with a more ecstatic thrill. But spring is also the time for work. But small proportion of civilized man. kind are able to lie in shady groves by the side of murmerlng streams and in listless idleness enjoy the pleasures of the season, without doing anything to help to keep in order the great machinery of this work. day world. We must still plan, and work and struggle, for if we cease to do it the car of pro- gress will take retrograde move ment and civilization will return to barbarism, Labor is honorable. whether it be with the brain, the pen or the whole force of the physical mechanism. Labor does everything that is done to support the structure of human society: Heart of the people, working men,

 Marrow and bone of human powers.

 Who on yonr sturdy backs sustain

 Through streaming time. this world of

 Ours!'

 The prospect for Arizona at the opening of this spring is better than it ever was before. We have peace, blessed peace. We hear no more of the traveller, the miner or the farmer being cut down by the murdereus savage. Every man goes now where he pleases, unmolested and without fear. The knowledge of this great change is spreading all over our country and accross the ocean, ~ and it is reasonable to expect that during the present year thousands will come to Arizona who would not dare to risk their lives under the old state of things, when the bloody Apache ruled the land Besides the attraction presented by our vast mines, our great pas toral region is attracting a valua- ble class ofcitizens, who are bring ing their cattle horses and sheep into the Territory with view to permanent settlement.

 Our mines are yielding largely, although the sceintific working of the ores has only just commenced Capitalists are here and are com. ing, with their machinery and their skilled workmen, and soor the bosom of the Colorado will be crowded with steamers and bargef carrying bullion to the sea. These are some of our prospects for the season. Are they noE pretty good ?

 "THE ALASKA BULLETIN. "A cnldinr at Enrt XIinao AuhnSn nannc
Year: 1875

On the eth of this month-January-l am


Speaking now OF the period between January the 1st and
February the h-Mr Beecher receives from Mrs Morse and
takes 20 Mouon bearing upon this case and upon the
matter secret which he had in charge remarkable letter
from Mrs. Morse AID will call your attention to but one or
two passsges Of II at this time:


This she could endure and thrive under but the publicity
that he has given this recent and most crushing Of
her know OF twelve persons whom he has told and they
have told others Do you know when hear & OF you
misery you have brought upon us, think VIII the Psams
There God He sweaIs as soon as her breath leaves her
think, is one thing which keeps her alive.


This letter wss received on January ah and taken to Mrs
Moulon January the 2h with Mr. Beeches endorsement
20 IT, together with another letter which he had received from
Mrs More and which had been written to Mrs Morse by Mrs
Ton and which also taken there having reference and
relating to part this case and the secret which Mr. Mouon
at that time charge will not stop TO read that letter
now gentlemen l will call your attention 70 but few brief
In the order that to wha, has
reference:


why have you DONE Elizabeth my child her worst
suspicious were aossed and laid bare nay heart then that
her heaf Did my dear child, Florence earn enough by
insnnaton with her sseet pure agonzod
III she broke out dreadful question know not but t
hath been her death blow After this you are her indignant
champion are you' 1t is now too lnse, yoq have
baekend my character and it for my loved that su
YEA for the agony which the revelation has eansed you
cries ascend 10 Heaven night and day. that spon mine own
head the anguish may fall Once again mple yOu for your
chdrens -e whom yoa have duly in ihs matter. that
nv nast NAV be buried Dear mother will add line
you shoad mourn greatly II my life 90 be made known
10 father head would be bowed hdeol TO tho grave


And so all through the beginning To- tho end is the
fesson OF her gully relations with the detdsnt and In taxes
this letter 70 Nj Moultcn relating 10 the which
then had in chasg DO you douh. what these parties
been talking aboatr DO you doubt what the secret is and
the crime hson committed Ia view OF heso facts
Mrs Ton has confessed her guilt first TO her husband then q
her neither Mrs Morse is writing to the defendant about
though he understood It, and Mr. Boecher has confessed IT, a.
we say writing and again, and verbally Mr.
Tn,on the plaintiff, to Mr.. Mention. and to ancsher.
Year: 1875

1t was a little after II o'clock yesterday morning
when Judge Nelson demanded silence in the courtroom
where he trying the famous Tlton Beecher case Admis
sion could only gained by tickets bearing the signature Of
the Judge just enough had been issued to fill the
without densey crowdng in any part The days work
begun by the Judge directing Chester Carpenter the eleventh
iuryman to assume the place Of foreman


The Cerk-During trial. day by day, reporters will
,upy such they have, reporter ntrudng
the domain Of another


Judge Neilson-The audience viii TO order and keep
perfectly silent


The Clerk here called over the list Of jurors and all
UweTed TO their names.


Judge Neilson-Are counsel prepared to proceedt


Mr. Beach-Yes Sir, on the part Of the plaintiff.


Judge Ncison wish 1t understood by the audience that
under no circumstances should there be any indication Of a
probation disapprobaton 70 anything said The audi
ence here make demonstrations TO to signify to the
Iury what their may but here expected conform
to the decences Of the place and keep silence trust they
will do so.


Mr. Ryarts-If your Honor please the counsel think we
ought to little space assigned to us inside the bar
The bnrden present learned opponents 70 be
but we are all n the feeling that subject believe


pk there space necessary for the accommodation OF


The counsel both OF the speaker and those Of who wish
lake notes.


Judpe Ncson-I desirous Of doing what be done
Tou Will indicate what you think.


Mr. EyartsI do not think have share Of this trial
~ the space within the The very great public interest


e very unusual attendance Of reporters Is Of course,
matter that we all appreciate and feel alike about suppose
Il s clear the dimensions Of the such that either
interest or the other will have to be little contracted.


Mr Beach, think after the opening give you
toom at the table.


Mr.. Eyarts-Yes, Sir; change the tables.
Year: 1875

Now, 4 have tOlO 10 you OrleUy inc ken6rdl
OF our evidence First the Of the party accused
secondly the confessions Of the party accused and with this


very imperfect outline Of case the nature OF the
general character evidence will proceed cali your
attention more specifically the facts by which propose 10
establish our case The opens the Sd day Of July
1870 with the confession made by the wife OF the plaintiff


though not communicated TO the defendant until sometime
afterSards On the 3D. Of July, 1870, the wife Of
. nantid with an burdened heart cOnesses her guilt
the nant and here gentlemen would call your attention


that seems TO possess great significance
Tn IN this date the Of the plaintiff and defendant had
been most cordial Nothing had occurred to interrupt the har


OF their friendship their good feeling toward each
other 50 far the plaintiff knew. He and his wife were men,


hers Of the church Of defendant but after the Sd day
Jv 1870 the plaintiff crossed the Threshold OF Ply


mouth Church until 3st Of October 1873 when he appeared
there for the purpose OF confronting the pastor Of that
church and asking him In the presence Of his congre-
cation II he the plaintiff had spoken falsely
cernnp him Why was H. and this Ia one OF the circum-
,ances In this case that the plaintiff all at once with
ont any outward without any apparent cause far
the uaIpn knew 30 the public knew far any
member OF the church knew without any apparent cause tie
naiptld who was member Of the church. who sd-
mer up to that time Of the defendant who admired HIM
beyond all other men, who placed implicit confidence In him.
Who trusted him. who looked upon him almost father
he was his spiritual father and all at the plaintiff
eeases 10 attend the minratons Of Plymouth Church


WHY was tf He had received some wound. Something
had occurred that induced him 10 keep away from plymouth


Church and he keeps away lie had received wound There
was cause That wound had pierced his heart but for the
sake Of ls chlaeR whom he loved ~ he loved hiH ue be
Year: 1875

MAY 1T PLEASE THE COURT-GENTLEMEN OF
rus JUDY congratulate that have at last attained


aee In this trial where It becomes duty 70 present you


the general features q the the part the plaintiff
and your duty to listen have doubt you viii aentyey
N the facts as shall naae them to you in what have to say
m INV opening address II Is necessary that shoud re-


mind Won OF the great Importance Of the that being


d and the solemn duty that deyoyed upon you jurors
IN ,hs You are called from your various avocatons
% one OF the most important duties that has
% ever deyoye upon citizens This is no ordinary
~, o enapes the attention Of this Court and the attention
N the entire community This s no contest between gants
n determine the Qht OF property nor contest 10 deter
zine the % 10 personal liberty II Is above and beyond that


fsyreachn9 its consequences than case
tried In this country There not home 10 TINS broad land
nav there h NOT home Chsendom that not interested
IN he result OF your deliberations This Is a that involves,
"A said not the right property liberty but tra the
OF which reach 20 the very foundations OF society


The home the marriage relation wha that Is dear IN that
relation upon trial In this Upon the result OF your
verdict large extent also viii depend te lnegy OF
the Christian religio The plaintiff comes In Court and,


through ordinary forms Of law In effect that his home
has been destroyed that hs we affections have been taken
from him that his children have been scattered and that


happy home desoae and that the bright visions
that In this world OF attaining distinction and positions OF
-none more 30 In the andbut he you this morning
from that happy family but he comes 70 this
from home and cherries hreside and he


s YOU fathers and brothers, and as husbands TO


der his And against whom IL this terrible charge is
against casual acquaintance casual fnendf No
creatures In the land against the man who IN Dis
united him In matrmony whose altar he received
pAptsm His spiritual adviser his spiritual father taking


Advantage Of this sacred relation has become instead ot his
Year: 1875

day after its reception, by each of the Pastors
of the Diocese, we conclude in the words of
our Holy Father;


"But you, principally" beloved brethren Of
the Clergy, hear the Apostolic voice, for We
are the Ambassadors Of Christ, ye who labor
and are heavy laden and, wandering from the
path Of salvation, who are weighed down
under the yoke of depraved desires and dia-
bolical servitude, do not despise the riches of
the goodness and patience and long suffering
of God. While SO ample, go easy an opportu-
nifty of obtaining pardon is offered you, do not.
by your obstinacy, make yourselves inexcusa-
BILE before the Divine Judge. and treasure up
to yourselves wrath for the day of wrath, and
of the revelation of the just Judgment of God.
Enter again into your heart, ye who have been
violators of your duty ; be reconciled with God.
The world is passing away, and its lusts cast
off the works of darkness, put on the armor Of
light Cease to be enemies to your own souls,
that you may gain for them, in this life, peace
at last, and in the other the eternal rewards of
the just"


Given at Mobile, on the Feast of the Most
Holy Trinity, 1875.


tJoHN QUINLAN, Bishop of Mobile.


j. j. keller, Secretary.
Year: 1875

BLOCK ISLAND. RI. Dec ii. 1875.


letter has received from the Assistant Signal OH
Washington In response petition for the esab
fishing signal Block Island saying that he
had directed by Meyer say that he thought a
rests the following the closing part of the
same -"Whie he (Gen Meyer is convinced that the
mercal of country demand the speedy estab
lishmen of toegraphc communication between this Office
important isolated points the coast regrets
that the limited appropriation for the signal service will not
admit of the attending the construction
of the necessary line The charts showing the line in
vicinity of Block Island have been examined with
Of supplying you with approximate estimate of the
expense Of securing tegraphc communication with the
island The direct line to the mainland from
north extremity OF the island point midway
Point Judith and Noys Point, distance little
miles. From the cable landing the railroad
where presumed teeer raphic may made


about five and with the five miles Of wire the ISL
and will require for the entire line, ten miles of cable
500 mile and twelve miles of wire at from 500 to
$3.50 mile"


The only obstacle then for establishing signal Office at
this important point the expense but It hoped this
er viii prevent the carrying out OF the proposed
prise.


letter also received from the Secretary the
New York Chamber Of Commerce ANNOUNCING that the
titon for the signal station at Block Island had
had been signed, only by its president. but
by the presidents of all the marine Insurance
pnnies In that city and by the leading shipping merchants
engaged in the trade The States
Washington will do all they to induce Congress
make the appropriation and II safe predict
that the day not far distant when this dot the am
will be blessed with the desired object.


The life saving stations twoD at this place In
proper working order and 1t is anticipated that they will
productive of beneficial results along eastern
coast needed them more than Block Island
Year: 1875

There we're no new developments in the search for
William NJ Tweed, as the officials reticent. The
sheriff said that he had a cew which promised well,
and he seemed to be in very good spirits, though
his troublesome hunt for the fugitive approaching
a crisis Il is understood that the Sherirs men be-


eve that they very close the tracks OF Tweed
Tuesday night, and that ho had escape
from capture. Beyond this there is nothing to say,
except that the belief 10 the rumorcd negotiations
gains more credence among those who ought to know
the real state OF affairs
Year: 1875

The body of young woman has been


found on the beach OF Lake Michigan,
near Grand Haven, supposed to be the
daughter Of Captain scott, OF Ci"vsinnd,
who WAS lost with the propeller Equinox