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Year: 1873

There was steady pressure brought TO
bear on Congress. just before its adjournment,
to force an immediate repeal Of the Bankrupt
law. Congress, however, must wisely consider
the case; hasty legislation on this important
subject would now bo fatal We print on our
fourth page careful synopsis Of the views OF
many leading business men, most of whom, 1t
will be seen, favor some notifications of the
existing law; but complete repeal is not de
sired. What those notifications should be has
been already indicated to some extent IN THE
TRIBUNE; Others may be brought to the sur
face i'll Congressional debate.
Year: 1873

A AhsAtion for the resumption Of corporal pun
ialhneut in the public schools OF New York City
signed by no less than 1900 teachers, has been
presented to the Board of Education. At 80 for
midAble an expression Of opinion As this, it is to
be supposed that the Moral SuAsionists will be
overwhelmed, and the festive birch resume Rs
Wonted sway, though it seems like retogression,
Instead Of progress 1t is true then, that il
average childhood the feelings can only he
reached through the epidsrmis Or is it onl!
that this is the easiest mode OF management,
and so preferred : one thing is eertAin-thAi
1t is not desirable to have teachers exert their
ingenuity to devise new and tormenting modes
Of corporal punishment. As We understand hAs
sometimes been done when whipping and pal.
mics" are forbidden. Sooner than that let us ad-
here, if necessary, to good square switching on
that part Of the human form divine not easily Ii
able to serious injury.
Year: 1873

Tweed thought he would never be convicted.
or he would have followed the flight of Connolly,
and his other confederates. But the revolution
of power in New York. though not so complete
but that some OF the corruptionists are still il
once. instead of being in Jail, is great enough
to carry Tweed TO the Tombs. Judge Davis E
sentence is severe, yet all deserved. and the sd.
dress to the convict with which it WAS sccompan-
led, was one Of the most seyere homilies ever
delivered from the bench.
Year: 1873

Mix common salt and black manga
nese, about equal weights, and take
about pound Of the mixed powder for
each cubic yard in the house. Place it
in pan where you can arrange to upset
a vessel of acid into it by pulling a
string outside the house. This will be
oil of vitriol, or boiled sulphuric acid
(specitic gravity 1-S), a weight double
that of the manganese. Make all open
ings, except chimneys, air-tight, and
have no water or wet things within, or
polished metals, unless you want them
dimmed. Then pull the string that
pours the acid on the powder. The OBJ
ject is to fill the house with chlorine
gas, which, being heavy even while
warm, will accumulate from the ground
upward, expelling the air by the Chin
neys. However tight the lower open
ings, you will probably smell little of
it as a warm sea-breeze. By next morn
ing the law of gaseous diffusion will,
even through the chimneys only, have
disposed of all it's traces; and it will
meanwhile have found out every I'M
clean atom, lurk where it may, and
killed every germ or sperm, zymotic or
animalcular, deader than any other kill
ing known.
Year: 1873

He paused moment, anu then catch
ing his breath, continued


~ hated him and loved her, and
knew that while he was in my path
could not win her l determined tC
destroy him, and I did it. Ha! what is
that ?" And he fell back fainting, as,
pushing back the crowd, there stood at
his pillow the man who had saved him
Albert Markham!


A dcathlike silence reigned mo-
ment, and then Albert Markham, turn
ing to the crowd, said slowly:


You heard him He spoke truly.
He did the deed. l knew it, but he had
done his work SO skillfully that l was
powcress to prove it and what weight
would my testimony have beside his !? /
was ruined, and not daring to face my
fate, l fled. For ten long years 1 have
been homeless wanderer, bitterly re-
penting the sins of my youth in remorse
and suffering. Many IL night have 1
slept with no shelter but the heavens,
my last thought being prayer to open
my eyes no more on earth. But death
comes not to such wretches as [. A few
months ago "a wild homesickness seized
me, and urged by power L could not
resist, l turned my feet this way, hoping
that outside in my dark desolation L
might catch the glow of their Thanks
giving fire, and hear the echo of their
mirth. God knows, l hoped for moth
ing more Can it be that this is real
no dream?'


And Albert Markham bowed his head
in his hands and sobbed like boy, till
soft fingers touched him, and a sweet
voice said:


"Real, dear Albert, as the love that
waits to welcome you home again.
Come away from here. We can do no
good, and think how long your fathers
heart has ached - And leading him
like child, they went out together,
and whirled away over the starlit snow
to Markham House. The lights We're
flashing brightly from every window,
and ut the sound of their bells the door
opened, and Mr.. Markham appearel in
It, the warm glow within falling like a
halo over his gray hair. A look of sur
prise came over his face when he saw
the single sleigh containing Mary and
a stranger; but before he could speak,
she sprang from it, and laying her hands
upon his shoulders, said:


"By Gods goodness, dear guardian,
1 have brought you a joyous Thanks
giving. Albert home again, with name
unsullied as your own" And he looked
up, to sec his son standing with bowed
head before him.


There was no ball in Markham House
that night, but the lamps burned long
and bright, and the hearts within beat
lighter than ever dancers feet to music.
There was one shade upon their happi-
ness-Mark's injury, and the pain that
faith betrayed ever gives. But even
this was soon wiped away. A late mes
senger brought word that his injuries
were not SO serious, and that he would
recover. And he did and by life of
rnfeigned faithfulness atoned for his
past crime.


Mary and Albert were soon married,
and the old house is now bright with
childish faces, which are never so merry
and happy as when they gather around
grandfather on Thanksgiving Day.
Year: 1873

There has been a great improvement
this year in the Thanksgiving Proclama-
tions put out by the Governors. Those
which we have seen have been COM
mendably brief In Massachusetts, the
State i'll which Thanksgiving was dis
covered, the Proclamations used to be n
yard long, and when the parson read
the official copy in church, one end of it
hung down in the broad aisle before he
had finished. 1t told the people with
great minuteness what they were to be
thankful for-crops, health, peace, etc,
as if they didn't know without telling.
1t advised them to go to church, to say
their prayers, to eat II good dinner, and
generally to unite piety and jollity; and
it always ended, Good save the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, an aspi-
ration which had great effect upon the
small boys of the congregation, partly
from its impressiveness and partly be-
cause they were in a hurry to get out of
church, and were glad when the reading
was over. The Governors nowadays do
not make such great display of their
religion and it must be confessed that
in the old times very queer names were
sometimes attached to the grateful and
pious Pub. Doc. From being local,
Thanksgiving has become II national
holiday; still the Massachusetts people
are of opinion that it cannot be celebra-
ted with proper spirit anywhere out
side their ancient borders. But it has
grown jollier as it has grown more gen
eral. There was once touch of ascetic-
ism in its observance, but now it has mo-
nopolized good deal of the mcrriment
which properly belongs to Christmas
Ne2U York Tribune
Year: 1873

IVORY PApER.-Ivory paper is thus
manufactured Paste together three
sheets of vellum drawing paper with
liquid glue, and cover with a piece of
slate; bend the borders of the paper
over and fasten to the same. Then
paste three other sheets on the former
and leave dry; afterward polish with
fine glass paper, and to give a gloss
lay on powdered plaster of Paris in So
luton, which on hardening must be
smoothed with glass paper. The ivory
paper is now unfastened FROM the slate
and cut np according to requirements,
Year: 1873

How. To RISE REFREsHED.-Every
person who tolls daily at any kind of
labor requiring great physical or mental
exertion, should be extremely careful to
practice regular system of ablution at
the close of each days work. Some
times person may become so COM
pletely exhausted as to render this any
thing but an inviting performance yet
by it's omission great deal of refresh
ment which the hours of repose are de-
signed to inpart, is lost. To be cleanly
is strictly religious duty, and is abso-
lutely essential to sound and refreshing
slumber; hence the labor of keeping
ones person clean is amply repaid by
the elasticity which follows nightly alb
lutions before retiring. Heed this ad-
vice, and the reader will sleep soundly ;
disregard it-go to bed unwashed, and
you will rise in the morning unre-
freshed, with feelings of lassitude which
the exertions of the day will hardly be
able to remove.
Year: 1873

To TEST MANS CAPAcrTY.-If you
want to try mans capacity, give him a
cigar, then strip of paper light
match, and as soon as he has the cigar
bit off and his paper in blaze, ask him
an important question that can't be an
swered under sixty seconds. The gen
erality of mankind pull hard and then
begin to reply, stop short and pull
again, and recommence afresh. Then
they send out sentence enveloped in
smoke, and about as clear as ground
green glass then they break off short
and go for the weed again, and finally
they try to convey their ideas in an elo-
ouent glance the paper burns down to
their fingers, and their hand goes up
like a pigeon out of spring trap. The
final expression of sentiment is not ex-
actly suitable for class at Sunday
school
Year: 1873

THE PARIS FIGHTING EDIToR.-Paul
Cassagnac is very conspicuous person
age in the street. He is very tall and
broad-shouldered, and he wears a very
large and peculiar looking hat, which he
cocks over upon his left ear. So much
does he incline his hat that sometimes
one wonders that it does not fall Oh.
Monster Cassagnac walks in bold, de-
tiant manner, and carries huge walkn.;
stick. which he from time to time swing
ominously from side to side, as though
lust preparing to smash the head of
some imaginary foe, and at such times
the pass1rs-by do not fail tc point him
out very admiringly. As for the ladies';
they admire Monsieur de Cassagnac very
openly
Year: 1873

There is no cause of alarm for the
future. The country is prosperous and
growing in prosperity year after year.
Our products command the markets of
the world and our natl nal wealth in
creases with every acre of Western land
that is settled and with every new mine
that is worked. Our crops were never
more abundant, and the demand for
them was never greater than at the
present time. What we want is clear
ing up of our financial difficulties, a
complete publication of our business
atmosphere. An epidemic has prevailed
among us for the past few years, and
we have given it the name of Buchuism.
We have been living under it's influence
in an unhealthy, unnatural condition,
and its evil effects are everywhere ap-
parent. 1t has built our business palaces
of magnificent exterior, but hollow and
rotten within, and our princely dwell
ings filled with gliding, frescoing and
falsehood. 1t has foisted into notoriety
the charlatans and cheats of the finan-
cial world-the men who would rob wild
ows and orphans under the garb of
piety, or work the ruin of thousands for
the mere love of rascality. Now that
the storm has come, the air will be purer
from its effects, the more SO since it has
swept away the weeds of mushroom
growth that have SO long choked the
legitimate business of the country.
When it has passed we shall have Il
better condition of affairs everywhere, a
more healthful credit, more legitimate
trade, more honesty, fairness and solid
ity in all orr commercial relations. The
trial may be, and doubtless will be, Sc
we're, but it will bring its recompense in
greater confidence among men and more
sincerityin our lives and business trans
actions. .-NcaU York HCruld.
Year: 1873

ments are not necessarily so. We become
the manufacturer of this currency with a
our pay in the more precious metal.


l have thought much about the recon-
mendations l should make to Congress,
and have changed my mind slightly in re-
gard to banking laws since l last had the
pleasure of personal interview with you
It is not necessary to state what these
changes are, because they may undergo
subject, however, my sincerest thoughts,
and will court the views of others. l have
written this hastily. but if it calls forth any
views you would like to express l will be
glad to hear them.


Yours truly,
Year: 1873

she was suddenly becalmed, SO that
it seemed inevitable that she must
soon broach to, be rolled over and
knocked to pieces. The small mar
liner, however, remained perfectly col
lected, with his tiller in one hand and
the sheet in the other. Then the gale
again caught his sail, and over the
second roller he went right upon the
beach. There was now no need of
the life boat from Teignmouth, and
she was countermanded. Admiral
Craigie, supported in his opinion by
u naval friend of great experience
who saw the whole, testifies that this
boy Of fourteen did the very best
which could be done under the cir
cumstances, took the only course
which afforded the least chance of es-
cape, and showed Ito use the Admi-
rails words) that " courage, self-reli-
ance and judgment are the chief ele-
ments Of success on such occasions"


What a contrast does the calm
bravery of the boy exhibit to the panic
fear often betrayed by men in like
emergencies! the helpless terror, the
suicidal prostration, and the miser-
able despair The lad was young,
but he was old enough and expert
enced enough to comprehend fnlly the
exigency of the situation. His judg-
ment may have been no better than
that of many men similarly imper-
lied, but such as it was be was mas
ter OF it. We have all a love of life,
but how many Of us have a trust
worthy instinct of self preservation
How many, since it is .felo-de-se, in
one form or another, which fills so
many graves. .tf -
Year: 1873

In Prussia, where the system of
public education has been carried to
the highest perfection, every man is
required to register the birth of his
children in a public Office created for
that purpose. As soon as his child
arrives ut the age of six yenrs, he is
notified by the proper authority to send
him or her to school, and the neglect
or refusal to do SO by the parent is
q seriOus criminal offense which is
severely punished. The success of the
Prussian system Of education, has
incliaed very many, even in this very
free country, to favor a. compulsory
system Of education, and in some two
or three States Of the Union, It has, to
certain extent, been adopted. In
Michigan the law requires parent to
send his children, between the ages ,f
eight and fourteen, at Least twelve
weeks in each year to school, and the
non compliance with the law is pun
ished by fines which 60 to the school
fund. There is something for'bidding
in the idea Of compulsory education,
which, if properly analyzed, loses
much Of its harsllness. The payment
Of a tax for education is compulsory, SO
is the punishment of the crimes which
result FROM ignorance, but no one
thinks these compulsory measures are
any Infringement of liberty Tho
State, when she needs soldiers, uses
compnlsion to fill the armies necessary
for her defence. If she can compel
her children to be soldiers, why may
she not compel them to be citizenss
When they commit crimes, she can
eonfine them in .jails and pentien-.
tiaries, why may she not use her pow
er as well to prevent the commission
of crimess :. The schoolhouses is the
best prevention ofjails, and if an ounce
of preventionisw is worth a pound Of cure,
would it not be well for the State tb
save as much us possible Of cure by
using at once safe prevent;On7 In
our own section where SO large pro-
portion of the population are unedu-
Gated, and where the necessity Of ed
ucation is 50 little appreciated by a
large class of the people, it is matter
for the serious reflection of our law
makers whether the State would not
be greatly benefited by compelling
her citizens to avail themselves of the
benefits of the excellent system of free
education 80 n,unificiently provided
for their Matches Neu60sth.
Year: 1873

Napoleon used to speak of "four
o'clock in the morning courage, which
he thought the only kind worth much
admiration. He meant, We suppose,
what 10 called, presence of mind-the
ability to decide rapidly upon and as
rapidly to do the best thing or near
est the best thing required in an emer-
gency. There is perhaps no faculty
more decidedly Unborn aud natural
than this. When great emergency,
ut sea for instance, arises by which =
number Of lives are put in peril, there
is usually some one, not perhaps of
those in authority, who asserts his
right of leadership, takes command,
it may be, out of the hands of the
officers, aud inspires the whole tremu-
lous crowd with fortitude. This abil-
ity, this born power of leadership,
this rapid and decisive quality Of de-
cision, was recently exhibited by .
mere lad at Dawlish, England, during
a peril of which we find an account
in letter written by Admiral Craigie
to the Secretary of the Life Boat As
sOciatiOn.


A boy, Frederick Perianne by name,
only fourteen years Of age, had occa-
sion to 60 from some place near Ex-
mouth in small dingy, when tlle tide
suddenly swept him out into the open
sea. There was brisk gale from
the N. E., and the boy Immediately
got up his tiny mast and sail, vainly
hoping to find some sheltered place
where he could land. He was fast
driven, however, upon the heavy
breakers. When Ae was within a few
hundred yards of Dawlish Beach he
anchored in the desperate hope Of
holding on until the sea should lit
tie snbside. He had now attracted
the attention of those on shore to his
perilous situation, but it was impos-
sible to send him aid without too
great risk of life. Nothing could
live in the broken water, with occa-
sional heavy rollers, except a life boat,
and the life-boat was at Te;gnmouth.
The little fellow in the dingy made
up his mind that she would soon
swamp where she was; 20 he rapidly
got up his mast and sail again,
weighed his anchor, and stood to the
westward, his little craft almost
on her beam ends. "With light
ningA precision and decision," he
seleejed the only spot where he could
possibly have landed, and boldly bear
ing up, he pushed his little boat into
the fOamy waters. Over the first roll
Ter she went like a sea gull. but then
Year: 1873

A member of the history class in a
large school near Springfield recently
closed recital of tho pioneer work Of
Columbus by saying that "he did not
know the vast Importance and magni-
tu.lc of his discoveries until after his
1lenth.'
Year: 1873




Speaking of the holiday pageants of
the carnival season in New Orleans,
the West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter
says:


But in connection will, these grand
and costly displays, there are a few
questions to be consider ed as to time,
place and propriety. We have been
told over and over again that the pros
perity of New Orleans is rapidly de-
clining-that her business is passing
away to other and more favored COM
mcrcial centres, and that nothing short
of miracle can restore her former
prestige. Even now a committee of
her citizens are ut the North detailing
the grievances of the people ut the
unexpected turn the late elections took
in their city, and bewailing the loss of
trade already incurred by Radical
misrule, and predicting utter prostra-
ton i'll every department of business,
unless relief be given by restoring the
State to the control of her tax paying
citizens. Such arguments it is not our
purpose to refute or sustain.


But must it not appear strange to
the Northern people who have 80 long
heard the cry of "decaying New Or
leans," that those costly displays
should be indulged in year after year,
and even increasing in numbers or
organizations Immense sums of
money are lavished upon them, and
for no purpose whatever beyond the
silent fun of the members and the
admiration Of the crowds upon the
streets. None but men of means can
engage in those gorgeous pageants,
and, if our information be correct,
they are the ones who wall most over
the decadence of their city. A question
Are people in the habit Of squan-
deling money when their business is
declining from day to day, with no
prospect Of relief in the futurei II
strikes us in the negative.


How can Northern people believe
such statements, or what reliance can
they place in them when they see
money frittered away in that manner
It would be more in keeping with the
true condition of affairs in that city
were such displays dispensed with
until better days shall come. If we
argue in this manDer-we who live in
the South and are familiar with the
situation, what must be the impression
of Northern people, whose only means
of information is through the public
press or the dicta. Of migratory com.
mittees1 They must consider the
Orleanians strange characters-men
who are continually bewailing thei,
misfortunes, and yet lavishing thou
sands of dollars upon shows which
have neither sense, point or meaning
A suggestion: stop these costly dis
plays, or stop your lamentations ove'
real or imaginary misfortunes.
Year: 1873

From the Humboldt Register of July IS


A FATAL case of genuine ASiatic
cholera is said to have occurred at
this place last week. The victim was
Chinaman. Cinnamon who pre-
tend to know insisted that it was
cholera ; and by what they tell us, if
it was not that terrible disease it
was something very similar to it. At
least, it is sufficient to warn all to be
careful with what they stuff them
selves during this extremely hot
weather.


JAMES CAILEN and Thomas Ken
ny We're arrested last Sunday on a
charge Of petit larceny. They plead
guilty to the soft parchment, and
were assessed by his Honor, Judge
Grass, S25 each and costs of suit. Be
ing unable to puugle the aforesaid
amount they were turned over to the
tender mercies of Sheriff King.


TIE dwelling house ofJames Watts,
in Pleasant valley, was entirely de-
stroved by fire last Sund V with all
its contents. There was quite a gale
blowing at the time, and the fire
burned with such rapidity that it
was impossible to move anything.


AT the late session of the Board OF
County Commissioners this town
ship was declared Road District,
and John q. Dryden appointed Road
Supervisor.


Mrs. c. 5. NARIAN has been quit e
sick at her fathers ranch, in Grass
Valley, for several days.
Year: 1873

The meaning of song goes deep
Who is there that, in logical words,
can express the effect music has on US?
A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable
speech, which leads us to the edge Of
the infinite, and lets us for nements-
gaze into that.
Year: 1873

All politeness is owing to liberty.
We polish one another and rub off our
corners and rough sides by sort Of
amicable collision To restrain this IS
inevitably to bring rust upon mems TN
derstandings.
Year: 1873

A VERMONT woman recently under
took to paint the cellar stairs. She
found pail Of paint and began at the
top. painting herself into the cellar.
ard had to crawl out of the cellar
window.
Year: 1873

EDITOR GAzETTE BY virtue Of the right. the
next Democratic nominee lor Governor should
come from New Castle county.


The growing power and influence Of Whining
ton demands that nc should come from that city.


without dlsperagement to any of the gentlemen
whose names have been mentioned for thls Office,
allow me 10 suggest the name OF Col JESSE SHARP.


HIS remarkable foresight and sagacIty combined
with his executive ability, would hit him admirably
for the office, while his urblne aud gentlemanly
department would well bent the chief executive
OF our State.


HIS nomination would develop the fact that he
is very popular with the people, and that he Is
man whom they would love TO honor with their
votes. 4. l.. j. b.


MIL Greek Hundred, Oct Il, 1878.