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Year: 1873

which Grant took with his head uncovered
and resumed bis seat for few moments,
while the boom of cannon, the ringing Of
bells and the shouts of the vast multitude
burst forth with deafening sounds. Partial
quiet having been restored the President
arose and proceeded to read his
Year: 1873

The Christian Union, of New York city, gives us = dissertation upon the

 "We often hear journalism spoken of as profession. The phrase is yet only prophecy. Journalism is not yet a profession but it ought to be, and1it will be. If it were organized like the professions of the law and of medicine, with its appropriate code, its appropri, ate maxims, aspirations, desires and antiquities, it might greatly increase its purity, dignity and influence. Brains and culture and the power of expression would preserve their rights in the new profession against the overbearing ways of capital, as successfully as cores bonding eminence does in the two older professions. Besides, if duly organ ized, journalism could protect itself, not only from assaults that are without, but from the greater harm of disgraces that are within. No one can doubt tha American journalism is to go on in ma terial enterprise"
Year: 1873

At the instance of counsel for the de- fence in the Clem murder case, Indian apolis, the editors of the Joatr7aat will be cited before the Supreme Court to show cause why they should not be at tached for contempt, in commenting upon the decision of the Court granting Mrs. Clem new trial.
Year: 1873

Show us the young man who can quit
the society of the young, and take pleas
ure in listening to the kindly voice of
age; show us man who is ever ready to
pity and help the deformed; show us a
man who covers the faults of others
with mantle Of charity; show us man
who bows as politely and gives the street
as freely to the poor sewing girl as the
millionaire; who values virtue, not
clothes, who shuns the company of such
as congregate at public places to gaze at
the fair sex, or make unkind remarks of
the passing poor girl; show us the man
who abhors the libertine, who scorns
the ridicule of his mothers sex, and the
exposure of womanly reputation; show us
the man who never forgsts for an instant
the delicacy and respect due a woman,
as woman, in any condition or class
and you show US true gentleman.
Year: 1873

RAILWAY SPEED.--The London Engi-
neer states that the highest rates of rail
way speed in the world are attained in
England, and that the highest OF all is
reached on the Great Western railroad -
the speed on the latter being given
roundly at fifty miles an hour. Instances
are given, however, OF seventy miles an
hour, und the Engineer believes that it
would be possible to lay permanent way
so well, and to maintain it in such excel
lent order, that trains might travel on it
with perfect safety at one hundred miles
an hour-indeed, miles upon miles of
such tracks are now TO be found on most
of the great lines, but nowhere can one
hundred consecutive miles Of permanent
way in perfection be found; and, as a
chain is no stronger than its weakest
link, so few hundred yards of bad track
would spoil, for the purpose Of travelling
at one hundred miles an hour, q whole
line. The really important question, ar
gues the Engineer, is, given the line and
the cars fit for it, what shall the engine
be like, and is it possible to construct an
engine at all which, with moderately
heavy train. will attain and maintain a
velocity of one hundred miles an hour on
q line with no grade heavier than, say,
one in three hundred. After q thorough
examination of the question in all its
bearings, the Engineers figures prove
that it is absolutely impossible to obtain
speed OF one hundred miles an hour on
railway, if the resistance is anything like
one hundred and twenty pounds per ton.
Year: 1873

The man who carries a lantern in a
dark night can have friends all around
him, walking safely by the help of its
rays, and be not deirauded. So he who
has the God-given light of hope in his
breast can help on many others in the
worlds darkness, not to his own loss,
but to their precious gain.
Year: 1873

dropped into the pot some strychnine,


which she chanced to have in the house.


The robbers drank it in great gusto, and
no little fun at the old lady's expense.
Boon, however, the tables were turned.
One robber dropped dead at the table,
and the other did not get to the door be-
fore he died. The old lady recovered her
money, and upon examination the rob-
bers turned out to be the witnesses to the
sale; white men blacked for the occasion.
Year: 1873

INro THE RIYkR.-This morning. one of Rel
lab d Cos driver, went down to B'Ish's wharf
with wagon on which we're loaded three tons
OF iron, 10 be sent away by boat While back
ing up TO the boat the driver went slightly wrong.
and the wagon soon backed over the wharf
The frightened driver Immediately jumped from
hls seat and the horses, by pulling manfully
saved themselves from being drown over The
wharf into the water. The strain soon caused
the pole 10 break, and the wagon, with its heavy
contents plunged to the bottom of The Christians.
II was afterwards fshed out together with most
of the contenIs
Year: 1873

NEW YORK June 14.-The Apollo Hall wing
last night adopted resolutions looking to union
with the other Democratic wings in this city in
the future. The resolutions charge that ''under
the specous cry of reform the dead and buried
carcass of Know NOthiDgism has been revived
in New York." that fanaticism and bigotry are
publicly displayed, and adding that "Under the
action and appointments of our liberal minded
Mayor, the almost absolute Acknowledgement of
adopted citizens of every race and faith has
taken place"


Fish Culture Operations.


A Washington special contains the follow
ing: Fifty thousand fine shad and four thousand
young eels have been sent from the New York
Hatchng establishment to Lake Michigan.
Another car of fish is to be forwarded at once
by the United States Fish Commissioner for
the Pacific coast rivers the first car having zen
wrecked by the trestle accident on the Union
Pacific road.


Glut in Gold.


Information at the Treasury Department. is to
the effect that under the operations of the new
mint law reducing the coinage charges there
will soon be glut of gold in New York.


Various Matters.


There is no clue as yet to the whereabouts of
Horton. the bank check forger.


There was no decrease in the number of vsi-
tors on Stokes and Walworth yesterday


The Sun publishes story to the effect that
Bacon, the waiter from the steamer Yazoo, died
of yellow fever in Eldridge street, Nav 81. The
matter is kept secret by the health authorities,
and his comrades were taken down to Westbank
hospitals.


A preliminary private, conference was held
yesterday for calling general meeting of com
mercial interests to take action against alleged
excessive freight charges of railroad corpora
tions


The Carlists report victoryin the province of
Year: 1873

The ARMY & NAVY PICNIC.-The excur-
sion to Old Orchard Beach tomorrow, will per-
haps be the most popular party of the season.
Nearly every one intends going, and arrange
ments have been made to accommodate our
out of town people who wish to go on this trip
and at tend the Fair the same day. The first
train will leave at $50 a. m. prompt, and return
Immediately. The second train at 12.15 p m.
Secure your tickets and avoid the rush. See
advertisement.
Year: 1873

SHOULD there be any articles left unsold
when the Fair terminates, it has been decided
by the Executive Committee not to sell them
at auction, as arrangements have beeu made
to obtain near the valua for them
Year: 1873

THOSE in want of household articles can OBJ
tain them at very reasonable rates at the Fair.
A large quantity was disposed of to purchasers
residing in the city, as well as many in the
vicinity
Year: 1873

RUNAwAYs AND SMAsHUPs. Saturday even
two ladies were thrown from carriage in
Deering, and one of them severely injured in
the knee.


Last evening drunken man overturned his
carriage IA hired one) on Washington street,
and smashed it into smithereens He was taken
in charge by officers Barbour and Stevens


Last evening man managed to overturn
carriage in which he was riding on Fore street.
The man Immediately jumped up and ran
away from which we infer that the team was
hired one.


There was also an overturn on Cumberland
street last evening The carriage was smashed
the horse injured, and the driver fled Un-
doubtedly his team was hired.


The police found horse attached to a buggy
trotting along on State street last evening,
without driver Was the team hired one?


Apparently the profits of the livery stable
keepers were not heavy yesterday.
Year: 1873

PARK STREET GRAMMAR SCHooL.-The fol


lowing report for last week which has been


handed us from Park Street Grammar School
for boys we think worthy of record, The read
er must bear in mind that it was "Confirma-
ton" as well as "fair" week, and that a small
attendance might not unreasonably been looked
Year: 1873

The Methodist gives as a reason why
churches do not grow more rapidly in the
cities, that they are not located or distri
buted so as to accommodate the masses,
the tendency being to isolate them from
the common people more and more, by
moving to fashionable centers, and ex-
pending on single edi6ce money enough
to build half dozen nice suburban
chapels.
Year: 1873

A YOUNG gentleman in Detroit fastened
several yards of string TO an umbrella
which he placed in the door of a public
stairway. In the course of half an hour
eleven different persons saw the umbrella,
knew that the owner had lost it, and
wanted them to take charge of it, and car
ried it the length of the string only to let
go of it, and wondered what the crowd
was laughing at.
Year: 1873

Uses OF RAwHIpE. The SKIN of an
animal. whether COW. calf colt. or horse,
that dies on the farm, is worth more AT
home than at the tanners. Cut it into
narrow strips, and shave off the hair with a
sharp knife before the kitchen fire, or in the
workshop, on stormy days and evenings
You may make them soft by rubbing A
rawhide halter strap an inch wide, will
hold Il horse better, and last longer than
an inch rope 1t is stronger than hool
iron and may be used 10 hoop dry cask>
and boxes, and for hinges.


FRY it on broken thill, OF amy wood
work that has been split. Put II ON wet
and nail fast Thin skins make the hrS
bag strings in the world. a rawhldr rope
is good substitute for a chain Ii IS val
liable to mend a broken link in a trace
chain For some purposes it is best t'
use it in its natural state For other pur
poses il may be dressed soft
Year: 1873

HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE A young lady
walking down Main-st yesterday afternoon
passing TOO near vicious horse when
the animal made sudden grab, and with
his teeth snatched the nobby sea skin cap
from her head, completely demoralzing
her Ella. crate coifl'ure. The young lady's
luxuriant hair was all her own. however,
and fastened to her scalp by nature with
out the intervention of hairpns, so that
though she was considerably frightened
by the rude horse, the mishap was not 50
serious as it might have been, particularly
as several Young gents who saw the pro
ceeding We're for at least half an hour
lost in admiration. Bangor Whig.
Year: 1873

The Roya Humane Society OF Great
Britain has bestowed medal on Miss
Mary kerridge for saving lad of fifteen,
named Stewart, who sank while bathing
at Wentworth, New South Wales. The
boy had gone with companion to battle
in the River Darling, and was carried by
a strong current INTO deep water. Neither
he nor his companion could swim, and he
cried loudly for help Miss kerridge was
about one hundred yards off, and, hearing
the boys cries, ran as iast rs she could to
the spot, plunged into the river, with all
her clothes on, and caught the lad as he
rose the third time After considerable
difficulty. owing to the rapidity of the
current, having only one hand at liberty,
and her efforts being impeded by the
weight OF her clothes, She ultimately sue
ceeded in placing the lad in safety
Year: 1873

Every person should understand how to
treat u flesh wound. because one Is liable
to be placed IN circumstances, away from
surgical and veterinary aid. where he may
save his own life, the life OF Il friend or OF
a beast, simply by the exercise OF a little
common sense In the first place, close
the lips of the wound with the hand and
hold them firmly together to checl, the
flow of blood until several stitches can be
taken and a bandage applied. Then bathe
the wound for a long time IN cold water
"Shonld it be painful Il correspondent
says, ''take a painful of burning Goals and
sprinkle upon them common brown sugar.
and hold the wounded part in the smoke
In = few minutes the pain will be allayed
and recovery proceed rapidly In my
ease rusty nail had made a bad wound
in my foot The pain and nervous irrita-
ton was severe. This was all removed by
holding it in smoke for fifteen minutes
and | was able to resume my reading in
comfort. We have often recommended il
lo others with like results. Last week
one Of my men had a tinger-nail torn out
by Il pair of ice-tongs. II became very
painful, us was to have been expected.
Held in sllgal-cmoke for twenty minutes
the pain ceased, AMI promised speedy re-
coVelN
Year: 1873

NV bill OF fare ior winter is twenty
pounds clover hay, one peek roots, and
four quarts fine corn meal. That will be
the average if any COW wishes more she
shall have it, A good COW always pays
tor what she eats. Last winter cut and
steamed the food with a Prndle steamer,
but am not prepared TO say whether got
pad for the extra pains There is great
deal of labor about it, especially when
Won do il Yourself | am certain that ii
paws to cook the meal when the weather
is too cold to sour ii. Cows are very fond
OF steamed food, and will eat great deal
of it, | cannot see any saving IN quantity
by feeding cooked food ProprletorS ol
food cutters and Steaming apparatus are
always very enthusiastic over the great
saving of hay by cooking ii. In fact. Sc
potent is their machinery, that with it th'
farmer can $50 they say) transmute refuse
straw and musty hay into product superi
or to the best hay uncooked. What {
mess to place before well-bred jersey
cow. whose very name is suggestive d
delicious cream and golden butter
Year: 1873

A good samaritan who has been
Visiting the sick and ministcring to
their comiort, called upon a near
neighbor the other day, whom he
found in bed, and after making the
usual inquiries relative TO the gen
eral health ofhis family, asked what
was the matter with him, when he
received the following reply
" We'll, you see, Ivc had to attend
these ere night meetings and had
to sing from fifteen to twenty hymns
every night, which busted the Tu-
bunclcs on the Tonsils ofmy throat
and gave me Bronchctlal atlec-
ton" Our friend who was not
prepared for anything except eX
IRENE cases of cholera, and not re-
carding his case as dangerous, told
him that no doubt his musical appa-
ratus would soon again be in tune,
and slid out on his ear TO see the
next family.
Year: 1873

90 EAST 2isT ST. FIRST FLOoR.-A COMPETENT
Or dress and cloak maker who thoroughly under
stands cutting, fitting and trimming in all the latest
styles is q rapid sewer and good machine operator de-
srcs to work private family BY day or week or
will take work home on low terms during the dull
son. Call on NJ. II.
Year: 1873

SPEcTACLEs. The use of yellow
spectacles instead of green or blue is
proposed by a recent writer, on the hy-
pothesis that yellow is the ray having
the least actinic or Photographic pow
er. This error has originated in want
of knowledge of the fact that, of all
the rays, yellow has the most powerful
action on carbon compounds. Since
the eye in its construction involves the
use of such compounds, it follows that
the yellow ray of all others will have
the strongest action on the eye. This
agrees with our actual experience; for
the yellow is by far the most powerful
light to the eye, and the universal pref
erence for green and blue glasses is ow-
ing to the fact that these, by shutting
out the rays that act with the greatest
energy on the carbon compounds of the
retina, produce milder and less irri-
tating action on the organ when by
disease or other cause its sensitiveness
is increased.-Scribner's, for January.
Year: 1873

ABSENCE OF FEAR IN WILD GREAT
UREs. s.-In letter from the Galapagos
Islands the writer remarks the wonder
full tameness of all the wild creatures
that have hitherto been unmolested.
The seals, he says, seemed to be fond
of crawling under bushes, just above
high-water mark, and sleeping two or
three in place. Under one bush lay
a mother and her cubs, and so fearless
was the old one, that when one of the
officers held piece of cracker to her
nose she smelled at it as fearlessly as if
she had been pet dog. The tameness
OF many of the birds was also surpris-
ing, for the fingers might be put within
half an inch of little birds, and
within six inches of mocking-birds.
Year: 1873

GAMBLING-A WARNING
J. Aiken, member of the police force
of this city, was recently detected in
the act of committing a burglary, and
on being arrested, confessed to having
been guilty of long series of similar
crimes. He has since been sentenced
to twenty years hard labor in the State
prison. When the usual question was
put to him-what he had to say why
sentence should not be passed upon
him he freely admitted his guilt, but
remarked: Gambling is vice which
l can not overcome!"


In these few words the ruined and
wretched man-who wept bitterly when
he was reminded of his wife and chill
dren-s stated a terrible truth, which,
unfortunately, is applicable not only to
himself, but. as rule, with scarcely an
exception, to all who have once become
addicted to the habit of gambling. The
habit furnishes a kind of intellectual
intoxication, which is worse, if any
thing can be worse, than even the in
toxication of strong drink. No one,
after yielding to it, seems to be able to
overcome the weakness-to resist the
temptation.


The words of this doomed criminal
are full of warning to the young men Of
the country: Gambling is vice which
l can not overcomei" Cut out these
words. Paste them in your common
place book. Whenever you are tempted
to play any game, for single dollar or
single cent, remember Aiken in his
gloomy cell in the State prison, and Ais
terrible confession: Gambling is a
vice which can not overcome IN Y.
Ledger.
Year: 1873

Few appreciate the real worth of self
denial in forming the character of the
young. On this subject Sir Walter
Scott has most forcibly observed: There
never did and never viii exist anything
permanently noble and excellent in a a
character which was a stranger to the
exercise of resolute self-denial.,
Year: 1873

A CHARGE 70 THE jury Gen
tlemen of the jury charged Western
judge, in this case the counsel ON
both sides are unintelligible, the wit
nesses on both sides are Incredible, and
the plaintiff and defendant are both
such characters. that to me it is indiffer-
ent which way you give verdict"
Year: 1873

COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Have the courage to discharge debt
while you have the money in your
pocket. Have the courage to do with
out that which you do not need, how
ever much your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary you should do SO.
Have the courage to speak to a friend
in a "seedy" coat, even though you are
in company with rich one and richly
attired. Have the courage to make a
will, and just one. Have the courage
to tell man why you do not lend him
your money. Have the courage to
show that you respect honesty. in what
ever guise it appears, and contempt for
dishonest duplicity, by whomsoever ex-
hibited. Have the courage to wear
your old clothes until you pay for your
new ones.
Year: 1873




PROFITABLE BUSINESS FOR WOMEN.
One of the most profitable as well as
interesting kinds of business for a
woman is the care of bees. In recent
agricultural report it is stated that one
lady bought four hives for ten. dollars,
and in five years she was offered one
thousand five hundred dollars for her
stock, and refused it as not enough. In
addition to this increase of her capital,
in one of these years she sold twenty
two hives and four hundred and twenty
pounds of honey. 1t is also stated that
in five years one man, from six colonies
of bees to start with, cleared eight
thousand pounds of honey and one hun
dred and fifty-four colonies.


When properly instructed, almost
any woman in the city, as easily as in
the country, can manage bees, and
make more profit than in any other
method demanding so little time and
labor. But in the modes ordinarily
practiced, few can make any great profit
In TINS employment.


1t is hoped that time is at hand
when every woman will be trained to
some employment by which she can Sc
cure to herself an Independent home
and means to support a family, in case
she does not marry, or has been left a
widow, with herself and family to sup
port. Womdn's Home.
Year: 1873

LINsEED TEA FOR SICK HoRsEs.-
According to the Ame1ica,s Veterinary
journal, this is not only valuable
restorative, but is exceedingly useful in
cases of inflammation of the membranes
peculiar to the organs of respiration and
digestion; it shields and lubricates
them; tranquilizes the irritable states
of the parts, and favors healthy action.
The editor says we have prescribed lin
seed tea in large quantities during the
past month for horses laboring under
the prevailing influenza; they seem to
derive much benefit from it, and gen.
orally drank it with avidity. Aside
from the benefit we derive from the ac-
ton of mucilage and oil, which the
seed containss its nutritive element are
of some account, especially when given
to animals laboring under soreness in
the organs of deglutition, which inca
pacitates from swallowing more solid
food. In the event of an animal be-
coming prostrated by inability to masti-
cate or swallow more food, linseed tea
may be resorted to, and in case of irri-
table cough the addition of little
honey makes it still more useful. In
the latter form it may be given to ami
mails laboring under acute or chronic
disease of the urinary apparatus, more
especially of the kidneys. The linseed
tea is prepared as follows: Put couple
of handfuls of the seed into bucket,
and pour gallon and half of boiling
water upon it. Cover it up short
time, then add a couple of quarts Of
cold water, when it will be fit for use.