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Year: 1873

The question of the value of preliminary
naturalization papers comes up for adludlca-
ton in the Spanish-American Commission at
Washington. 1t is urged in behalf OF Ger
tain claimant against the Spanish Government
that he has filed his declaration to become
citizen of the United States; that he is there
fore entitled to the assistance of the United
States in prosecuting his claim. This Is de-
MED by the Spanish Arbitrator. The decision
in the case, which must come from the Austrian
Minister, as umpire, is an important one. Inc
traditions of the State Department, however,
are not in favor of the claimant.


An awful warning against insecure bridge
buiIdiDg comes from Dixon, thriving town
on Rock River, about 100 miles west OF Chi
cago. By the fall of an iron structure across
the river at that point, yesterday, over thirty
people were killed. many more were wounded,
and q community las been suddenly clothed
in mourning. The bridge was fanciful
and comparatively new one, and was con-
sidered good for years to come but it snapped
beneath the weight of a crowd OF people.
Again will be asked the melancholy and in-
effective question, Who was to blamef 1t
seems thing incredible that such trail
structure as this has proved to be should have
been put on line of considerable travel.
After all that science and mechanics have done
to ascertain with complete accuracy the
amount of weight and strain which building
materials will BEAR it is amazing that work
like this should be so put together that 1t
would 90 down under the pressure of a COM
paratvely small crowd of people. But that is
exactly what has been done at Dixon; and a
sorrowful calamity is the result
Year: 1873

very entertaining discussion Of the whipping
post is now going forward, between tho Phils
delphiA Press, and the Gazeae, of this city. TIE
contestants are very fairly matched, and the
struggle may be watched with great interest
What is the reason, by the way, that Democratic
newspapers generally defend the whipping sys-
tenn Is the lash still considered Democratic
instrument even since Emancipation.
Year: 1873

The TRIBUNEs brief reference to Gov.
Hawleys latest! views ON Senator Wilson and Credit
Mober did not do full credit the Governors explicit
disavowa OF further responsibility for tho dsingcnuous
denial which Senator Wilson induced him 10 mako. TUE
TRIBUNE said OF 1t:


Save the episode OF Gen. Hawleys reluctant disa-
vowa of the truth of his defense OF Senator wilfon the
evening session destitute of interest tho pro
ceedlngs Of village club


The exact passage. however, as given in the verbatim
report, is as follows


For many years have loved some OF the men whose
names involved IN this matter loved them before
ever saw them. have loved them the more since
not believe. and will believe, capable of willfu
corruption. stained by shade OF dishonor OF any
kind. But have no friend dear, here elsewhere
that will not vote 10 censure him. that will not vote
10 expel him. If find that he has for an hour been tam
pelng with the honor that belongs American legis
lator lAppause the floor and in the galieres.l
salute the Chevalior Bayard Of Delaware the , 0lu
and personal honor will yet again rule in these halls


Mr.. COx-Wi the gentleman allow me one w0rdf


Mr.. Hawey OF COnnecttcut-Certanly:


Mr. Cox-I have the honor OF my friend from Connect
eut (Mr Hawley) at stake as much as he has himself
gentleman from Connecticut in the campaign last Fall.
which led TO disastrous election in the presence OF the
Presdentelect United States, declared to
the people that there ownership of Credit Mobi
her stock by the Hon. Henry wilson The evidence


would like to know why my indignant friend made the
statement. and upon what authority he made itf
may think of apparent purpose and whatever may
imagine OF concealed purpose IN the remarks OF the
gentleman from New York, throw aside will answer
his question squarely rose upon the stage meet
ing in my Town. at Hartford after hours CONVERSE
ion th the distinguished gentleman TO whom refer
cnce has been made both of sitting upon the stage
then having my first knowledge OF these matters rose
and addressed the people and declared him be- the
best of my belief and knowledge totally innocent of any
complication whatever directly indirectly, IN TINS
the world TO prove that he so implicated. III the
evidence since then shows that he 80 implicated,
that is not my fault told them what beheVed 10 DC
Year: 1873

Balloting for U. S. Senator begins in the
Massachusetts, Legislature next Tuesday. Secretary
Boutwes friends reported as concedng that there
is a majority against him; but it is expected that he Will
be the leading candidate. and will combine enough
strength to eventually his election The question
Of locality into account in the contest ana Is thus
discussed by The Springfield Republican:


The local claim for Mr.. Dawes grows stronger with eX
animation as the local support for him, always united
grows firm and enthusiastic rs the day OF
voting approaches 1t would seem that the
eastern part OF the State should readily
concede Mr.. Dawess election, as matter or JUS


ce the people OF the western section TINS claim on
the grounl of locality complete and overpowering as
an argument nothing add to il, nothing can take
away it, unless II be candidate OF so much higher
quality and greater representative power than MI
Dawes to outweigh all local considerations. IL Is
of policy Also for the rising Young or ambitious
old of the counties to eXnguish TINS local
claim Denied now, it will continually reassert ITSELF
and always stand the way of their advancement to
the higher places cf politics IN the commonwealth III
they are selfshly WISE they Will dispose Of now


The Republican intmates that Gen. Butler is the chief
hacker OF Mr.. Boutwell,; it adds, that Nh Boutwell, is
the elements he represents in this contest
which is a clear case of damning with faint praise.
Year: 1873

The Ne,c- Orleans Picayine, representing the


cEnery party in Louisiana, urges that the people who
believe that McEnery honestly elected Governor are
entitled TO the credit OF being moderate and forbearng
under great prOvocatioD. II says:


Our long forbearanee act at all in organizing and
forcing the Government OF Louisiana, created and
commanded by the people in their elections, is proof
conclusive that we profoundly deprecate any physical
conflict concerning them Our reference to Congress OF
ali the facts attending these elections, proves also that
we mad an undoubting confidence that they manifested
the true will of the people in establishing this Govern
men and the foul conspiracy and usurpation by which
this will was overthrow, ana their Government was
taken possession of with the aid OF President Grants
bayOnets. by gang of thieves and robbers And We
we're not without hope that when all the facts dis
closed President would perceive Of not party to
the conspiracy that he deceived and s power was
used against the will Of the people and the laws OF the
country


This was written before Congress had virtually de-
cided that it worth while TO bother about LOusi
ana affairs 1t must be acknowledged that, considering
the clear justice OF the McEnery case the people Of
Louisiana have been patient and orbearns under great
provocation. In almost any other country than this
such garing of usurpation would have resulted in
a violent revolution at once.
Year: 1873

Arkansas must be pleasant place for peaceful
person TO reside in. They have passed a law there
against carving concealed weapons, and the impu-
dent bravos wear their pistols in a strap outside
their clothing We have also a report of the cheer
ful feats of Sam Sharp of Sharp County, described
as noted militia captain. Samuel went TO a neigh
bors yard and shot some of his dogs; and when the
owner expostulated, began to shoot at him also
This was more than the neighbor could stand, and
30 he put couple of charges of buckshot into Sam
ners head. and he will now no more shoot either
dogs or men.
Year: 1873

The bricI address With WHICH The Preslutnt
enters upon his second term marked with the direct
ness and simplicity which the ruling traits OF MS
character IL requires capacity and magnaninty OF no
ordinary kind, III an hour OF triumph Ike TINS TO
spelk of tho past with such mOdeSty, aud Of the
future with such forboarance as are manifested IN
this address. Now the President was to civil distnc
mons of this character he has been AN apt pupil and
ms learned that In craftsmanship as in war nothing can
stand against mutations Of public opinion. and the
everlasting aud sometimes terrific conflict OF interests
but clear strong OF personal duty and aoso-
I,ifn If.nn Irnl-
Year: 1873

Very remarkable old lady, Mrs. Mary Sansfrason Of
Van Buren,. Me- is for besides being 81 years of age
she has had IS children. She had a husband once
who TO say the least not afeconate, for he tried
several times to kill her-once by firing piece of
felled tree where she was; then by pouring melted
lead into her ear; then by an energetic effort to
drown her. At last this devoted husband fell from
boat and was himself drowned. Afterwards, the
house in which the widow was took fire, and she
only escaped death by jumping from window
Fate must have formed more fixed resolution than
common. that this dame should die in her bed
Year: 1873

Prof Charles A. Young caused consid-
erable discussion at the american Science
Associations meeting at Portland, lately,
by some unique theories regarding the
sun. The eruptions which are continual
ly occurring on its surface render probable
the supposition that there is a crust of
some kind which retains the imprisoned
gases, and through which they force their
way in jets, with great violence. Accord
ing to Prof. Young. this crust may consist
of more or less continuous sheet OF de-
scending rain--that Is, a downfall of the
condensed vapors of those materials which
we know, from the spectroscope, exist In
the sun. The continuous efllux of the


solar heat is equivalent to.the supply that
would be developed by the condensation,
from steam to water, of layer of about
five feet thick over the whole surface OF


the siiM every minute of time. AS this


tremendous rain desccnds, the velocity OF
the falling drops would be retarded by the


resistance of the denser gases underneath I;


the drops would coalesce until q continue


Gus sheet would be formed; and these
sheets would unite and form sort Of bot


t6mless ocean, resting on the compressed
vapors beneath, and pierced by innumera-
BILE bubbles. It would have an approx


mately constant depth. because il would
turn to vapor at the bottom as rapidly as
il grew at the surface; though, probably,
the thickness of this crust would continue
ally increase at slow rate, and Its whole
diameter grow less. In other words, DR..
Young would regard the sun as an enor-


nous bubble, whose walls are steadily
thickening and its diameter ever lessening,


in proportion TO the loss of heat.
Year: 1873

have talked with good many preach
ers in my day, who have told me they were
not sure they had made the best use which
could be made of their life in entering the
pulpit, and might be glad to get out Of 1t
If they had any idea how they could make
a living at something else at their time OF
life. But they have got into n rtit, and,
like the man that makes the head of a pin
until he is thirty or forty, they have no
aptitude for making anything but sermons.
This is what many say have talked with,
while notice in those have watched,
that ten at least go out OF the pulpit INTO
other professions and callipgs and take
their chance to succeed or fail, where one
who has succeeded in the other professions
and callings gives up what he Is doing and
enters the pulpit. If the preacher, by some
piece of good fortune, gains an indcpen-
dence, the chances are that something VIII
happen then to stop his preaching. And
it would not be hard TO recount more rea-
sons for this dislike to their work, and dis
may at the result of it, than you would
have time or patience to hear, or could
possibly hear to any profit. Some reasons:
of course, are veiy mean and poor, and
ought not 70 be considered for moment,
while others again are very good, and Q
few entirely conclusiye.-Rer. Robert Coft-
|
Year: 1873

Tomorrow evening, the Horticultural Exhib-
ition opens at Institute Hall, and will continue
for four days The sev eraI committees are now
busily engaged with the decorations and by the
opening hour the room will be made fully as at
tracive as last year. On Thursday evening
Mark Hasslers celebrated band will be present.
The programme of the music is published under
our amusement head.
Year: 1873

Rawson VS. Kenmore.-Action note made in Florida,
where the parties resided After the statute of lnia


tons of that State had attached the defendant removed
settled this State The was tried before
Judge Nelson without Jury The question whether
the defendant not protected by the Florida statute.
principle and authority that the statute Of limitations,
relating it does to the mere remedy matter State
policy and the statute OF State where the action il
brought is the only that can be pleaded II debtor
living State where the plea Of the would pro-
tect him, ventures off into another state he may be
charged with the payment of old claim not old
that the presumption OF payment applies.
Year: 1873

The New Lots Annexation Question.


Before Judge Moore
An application was made yesterday on behalf OF q
number residents OF the of New Lots for an
order setting aside the election held there the 25th
ult which resulted in the OF the xaton
and providing for new election No attorney appeared
10 oppose the motion; but Mr.. Bridges, resident of
the town. said he would oppose it, If there attor
ney present.


Judge Moore said he preferred that attorney should
appear and that he would postpone the hearing the
matter until saturday next at 10 A. NJ
Year: 1873

Peter Masterson clerk in the Seventh Civil Judi
cial District Court under Judge Mcguire Upon Judge
semmler taking the bench pursuant the recent YER
dict in his favor in the suit brought the Supreme Court
he refused TO recognize Mr. Masterson as clerk and
place his name the payroll The result has been an
application which made in this Court yesterday by
exJudge Cardozo for a mandamus directing Judge
Semmer TO put on the payroll the name of Mr.. Maser
son: After quite an extended argument Judge Loew
took the papers, reservng his decision
Year: 1873

We find in the Revue Scientsfque a
very Interesting lecture delivered by
DIR. Broca at late sitting of the An
thropological Society of Paris. The
learned Psychologist stated thatin 1861
he had his attention called to the sub
ject of the influence of education on
the Development of the human head,
and that, being surgeon at Bicetre at
the time, he had measured the heads
of the servants and the medical stu
dents at that establishment. About
1886, Parchappe had effected the meas
urement Of the heads of ten workmen,
and as many men of distinguished
learning, and he found those of the
latter to be much more voluminous
than the others, and especially distin-
guishable by great developement of
the frontal region. These results were
the more remarkable because of the
authors known antipathy to Calls
system of phrenology; but DIR. Broca
thought them insufficient, inasmuch
as they did not exactly show whether
the difference was owing to education
or merely to natural intellectual su-
periority. His measure being especi-
ally taken with this view, his ultimate
conclusion is that the cultivation of
the mind exercises a special influence
on the Development of the brain, and
that this action particularly tends to
increase the volume of the frontal lobes,
which are considered to be the seat of
the higher intellectual faculties. This
view is corroborated by very curious
result he obtains from comparison of
Parchappe's measure of his learned
men with those of the unlearned; in
the case Of the former the frontal de-
velopement was considerable, while in
the case of the latter it was the pros
terror part of the brain that had grown
more than the anterior.
Year: 1873

Which of us is there who in youth


never kept relics? It is hard to imag-
inc it; but that sharp practitioner, Mr..
A, that hard featured and rough-spo-
ken old soldier, Major c., not to speak
of that bustling matron, Mrs. D., or
that sour-faced old maid, Miss F., have
each of them had in their time-and
not few of them keep even now-in
a little corner of their desk scrap of
written paper, a dead flower, all old
glove, lock Of hair, a photograph, a
worthless old ring, or some such Grub
bish," the consignment of which to the
dusthole would cost them a struggle
they are by no means prepared to en-
counter. It is a great mistake to sup
pose these relics have always to do
with love-making, though we suppose
lovers are most apt to accumulate them.
The "Old Arm Chair" of which Eliza
Cook wrote so touchingly; the lock of
soft faxen hair cut from the baby
head laid untimely in the little grave
there, and a hundred things like
them, are relics far more dear to many
a heart than the withered rose or half
soiled ball glove, which recalls only a
transient gust of passion, rather than
a feeling deep as the soul which holds
it. AS to religious emotion, who is
Year: 1873

Published By Order Of the County Commission


ers, in pursuance of Section Nine, Article


TsOenty- Eight, Of the Code Of Public General


Laaos, aOhich provides that


"The County Commissioners shall make out
and publish annually in at least two newspa-
pers published in their respective counties if
there be two, detailed, minute, and accurate
statement of the expenses of their said counties,
specifying therein each particular item of ex-
penses, and for what and to whom paid and
shall also deliver to the Sheriff of their respec-
tive counties as many copies of such statement
as there are election districts of said county,
at least ten days before each general election,
and the Sheriff shall, within six days after the
receipt of such copies, set up one of them at
the place of holding elections in each election
district''
Year: 1873

If Spivens is to be believed, there
was recently an extraordinary case of
dental surgery in Titusville, Penn
He says that a friend of his visited the
place for the purpose of having a tooth
extracted. It was an eye-tooth. Spi-
vens accompanied his friend for the
purpose of favoring him with a little
sympathy over the shoulder. It is so
pleasant to witness the agony of a
friend, and to advise him to bear it
like man.


The dentist seated his patient in
chair, lanced his gums, applied his
forceps, and gave vigorous pull. The
tooth was wrenched from it's socket
and came out easily enough; but the
root hung fire. Either it was very
long root or stretched. In fact, the
dentist had exhausted his reach, and
the root was not yet entirely out.


Spivens ventured to inquire if the
root was not unusually long; but that
dentist was not going to admit that
anything could happen that had not
already occurred in his experience.


"Not all" he replied. 81 have often
pulled teeth whose roots reach down to
the hips"


He mounted chair and took anoth-
|er pull. He thus succeeded in getting
away with about yard of the tooth,
but the root continued to hang. At
the same time the patients leg, below
the knee, was violently jerked up.


Spivens ventured to say that this
was surely an unusual case.


'tIt is little singular" replied the
dentist "but l once pulled a tooth
whose roots reached down to the mans
knees"


Having thus extinguished his ques-
toner, he tied his patient to the chair
and Strengthened out his leg by put
ting it in splints. Then he took the
forceps over his shoulder and walked
away like deck-hand going up bank
with bow line. i-


When he reached the parlor door he
braced himself against the jamb, and
laid back for final pull.


The tooth popped out this time, but
the dentist made the most noise when
he reached the floor.


.Spivens jumped forward and picked
up the latter end of that tooth. The
root had two prongs, and on the end
of each prong was toe-nail -:


"That's what hurt you So" said Spi-
vens, consoling his friend, whose
screams had been somewhat annoying.
':Never mind, it will be all the same in
a hundred years hence. Don't you
think, doctor that this is rather the
most unsual case that has ever hap
pened in your practice"


81 am inclined to believe that it is
the most singular case, of it's Glass;" re-
piled that imperturbable dentist; "but
I once extracted tooth for one of the
Siamese twins, the roots of which ex-
tended through the bodies of both, and
at the end was corresponding tooth
from the mouth of the other. It was
a good thing for Chang, for whom
pulled the tooth, but bad for Eng,
whose tooth happened to be sound"


Spivens' friend had such high re-
spect for that dentist, that he told him
he might keep the tooth for his pay.


Some incredulous people may accuse
this story of being too thin; but they
are mistaken-it is tooth.
Year: 1873

there that does not recognize the pro-
found truth of the beautiful old tale


of Bethel-the s'altar" which every


heart unconsciously builds wherever rit
has beheld the ladder which may lead
from earth to heaven, and to which it
returns ever and anon from life's wan
derings to sigh, if not to pray?
Year: 1873

pgrThere were several velocipedes
standing at one of the freight depots,
the other day, consigned to Hamlin.
Among those who stood around and
admired them, and thought of the
bruises they had received in former
tussels, was one who blushingly con-
fessed that he had learned to ride one
of the critters, and was proud to be-
lieve that he was calculated to shine
on a velocipede. He stood round
while, and then he removed one from
the pile, looked about to see that none
of the authorities were in sight, and
eagerly jumped on. Perhaps 1--WE do
not know positively the shipper had
a presentiment people would meddle
with the goods. At anyrate he took
the precaution to cover. the seats with
sheep skin which concealed within its
innocent folds the sharp points of nu-
merous tacks. But we will not antici-
pate. AS soon as the young man
mounted the velocipede he dismount-
ed again and taking his hat in one
hand and placing the other under the
tail of his coat, he shouted ''fre" and
disappeared.