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Year: 1873

Everybody has heard of the late Edwin A..
Stevens, of HobOken. He was a remarkable
man, and has very remarkable history. His
father, Colonel John Stevens invested nearly
all his wealth in HOboken lands and he soon
became the pOssessor of the vast tract that
stretches from the Elysian Fields to a point
beyond the line of the terminus of the Morris
and Essex road, and from the river to the
Palisades. From a small village the tract
became town, and from town city; and
lots that in the aggregate were purchased by
the Colonel at less than one dollar each, were
soon worth five hundred times that amount
The Colonel did not retire upon his COLDER
laurels. He projected the Camden & AmbOy
and New Jersey Railroads, and lived to SCI
both on a fair way to completion. His hanC
and fortune were visible in every improvement
and his genius and disposition descended to hi
son, the late Edwin A. Stevens. The latter
when of age, was engaged i'll the transportation
business between New York and Philadelphia
He was the principal manager of the Camder
& Amboy Railroad, and he applied steam
then comparatively in its infancy, to all tn,
various uses and projects which had eminateC
from his busy brain. The great iron battery
which was the last embodiment of the genius
was the foreruuner of our monitors, and in
augurated a new era in naval warfare.


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bright lad of seventeen, unaffected in his man
ners, and winning in the last degree. Th
mother, who is still a young woman, reside
with her children in castle" above the bank
of the Hudson, near the heart of Hobokeu
The boy does not seem to realize the fact tina
he is heir to an estate worth $50,0O0,000, an
that in four years more he will probably
the richest man in the world.


When he reaches his majority the interes
on his fortune will amount to larger sum tina
the salary of any crowned head III Europe.
would really be difficult to compute what tn
Stevens estate will be worth in five yeai
more. Should he live to the age OF his father
and be as lucky in his commercial ventures an
speculations in land, his wealth will be create
than Rothschild and he may be able to take ;h
place of the latter as Cresus, to whom bankruI
governments or nations impoverished by va
must come for loans. The lad, however, seen
to be unconscious of bis destiny He may /
seen daily playing on the lawn in front OF tn
castle where his father passed his maturer lif'
1 When having to take the bull by the horn
choose young. small bull before he grows ul
in other words, face your misfortunes befo
they get too big to be faced at all.


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Year: 1873

CoURTSHIP IN AUSTRALIA-When a
young warrior is desirous of procuring
wife, he generally obtains one by Civ
ing IN exchange for her sister or some
other female relative of his own; but if
there should happen TO be no eligible
damsel disengaged in the tribe to which
he belongs, then he hovers around the
encampment of some other blacks until
he gets an opportunity of seizing one of
their leubras, whom perhaps he has seen
and admired when attending one of the
grand corroborries. His mode of paving
ms addresses IS simple and efficacious.
with blow OF his malia nuHa WAR
club, he stuns the object of his :" af-
lection, and drags her insensible BODY
away to some retired spot, whence, as
soon as she RECEIVERS her senses. he
brings her home to his own gunyah
IN triumph. Sometimes two Join in an
expedition for the same purpose. and
then for several days they watch the
movements of their intended victim, u.s.
ing the utmost skill in concealing their
presence. When they have obtained
the knowle 'ge they require, they wait
Tor dark, windy night; then quite ma
ked, and carrying only their long ''jag-
spears, they crawl stealthily through
the bush until they reach the immedi-
ate vicinity of the camp-fres, in front
of which the girls they are in search
OF are sleeping. Slowly and silently
they creep close enough to distinguish
the figure of one of these leubras;
then one of the intruders stretches out
his spear, and inserts its barbed point
amongst her thick flowing locks; turn
ing the spear slowly round, some of
her hair speedily becomes entangled
with it; then, with q sudden jerk she
IS aroused from her slumber, and as
her eyes open she feels the point of
another weapon pressing against her
throat. She neither faints nor screams; !;
she knows we'll that the slightest at
tempt at escape or alarm will cause
her instant death, so, like a sensible
women, she makes virtue of necessi-
ty, and rising silently, she follows her
captors. They lead her away to a con-
siderable distance, tie her to a tree,
and return to ensnare their victim in
a like manner. Then, when they have
accomplished their design, they hurry
off to their own camp, where they are
received with universal applause, and
highly honored for their chivalrous ex-
plot. Occasionally, an alarm is given,
but even then the wife stealer easily
escapes amidst the confusion, to renew
the attempt at some future period.
Year: 1873

RIDIcULE. To indulge in ridicule,
whether tie subject be present or absent,
Is to descend below the level of gentle
manly propriety. Your skill may excite
laughter, but will not insure respect.
Year: 1873

DE-. AYER's successful method
of keeping winter pears ont Of
doors during winter, as detailed


by Dir. Batcnam, at the GAINESVILLE
meeting of the Ohio horticultural
Society, is simply to gather the
fruit when mature or before sharp
flrosts and lay it in piles Of one or
two bushels each, not over six
inches in cpth, upon smooth grass
near the house, and under the
shelter or a tree, an evergreen
preferred; then cover with forest
leaves, five or six inches thick,
and throw some sticks or brush
on top, to prevent tho leaves from
blowing away and to keep small
animals off. Leave it thus till hard
freezing weather sets in;then take
off the brush or sticks and cover
the fruit and leaves with old cof-
fee sacks or carpets the better to
exclude light and air. but not to
exclude wet nor frost, indeed, the
more freezing the better. AZ the
fruit is wanted for use bring some
into the house, and If frozen let it
thaw in a dark cellar, kept closely
covered up, aud then keep few
DAYS in a warm room till mellow.
Year: 1873

THKY tell a story Of an Old
Granger in Illinois. lie was
about to die, and some Of tho
family wanted to send for a minis
ter to pray for him. "9o pray
for mel" said he. mo, Sirc I
am an original Granger and DO
not want any middle man boz
tween me and Almighty God.
Year: 1873

Following is the act passed by the late legislature requiring certain statistics to be obtained. For the benefit of officers upon whom it i'm poses duties, as we'll as for the tax payers who will be called upon to furnish the statistics, carefully com- pared copy of the law is here printed: An act to provide for obtaining the

 statistics of the Territory.

 Be it enacted by the legislative as- sembly of the Territory of Arizona:

 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the county assessors of the several counties of the Territory at the time of making the annual assessment to obtain the following information from each person assessed, to-wit: The number of acres he or she has under cultivation class of products; aver age yield per acre; expense of cultl- walton average price received num- Der and kind of fruit trees and vines set out and their yield; number of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep; pro- ceeds of placer and quartz mines; number of mines patented; number of and class of machines for reducing ores and average yield per ton number of Touring mills and amount of flour made; number of saw-mills and amount of lumber made; and @ complete detail of all other mechani- cal and manufacturing operations. To obtain this information, the assessor shall be furnished with convenient blanks, and when completed, he shall turn the same over to the county recorder. And the county recorder shall make complete copy of the same and forward 1t to the Territorial auditor on or before the first day of December of each year.

 Sec. ?. It shall be the duty of the Territorial auditor to cause to be printed convenient blanks for the use of the assessors of the several coun- ties to conveniently obtain the in formation as provided in section one of this act; which blanks shall be forwarded to the said assessors on or before the first day of April of each year, and he shall draw his warrant in payment for printing said blanks on the Territorial treasurer, and the treasurer shall pay the same out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated. It shall be the duty of the auditor to record the statistics of the Territory in book prepared for that purpose, which shall be open to the use and inspection ot any citizen of the Territory, and he shall make a full statement of the statistics of the Territory to each legislature.

 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

 Approved Feb. }, 1873.
Year: 1873

The following is the text OF
IAN act to encourage the growth Of
timber on the Western prairles."
passed by the late Congress


b. it enacted BY tho Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United States of
Amer,ca, ~ Congress assembled, That
any person who shall plant, protect,
and keep in healthy growing con.
dition for ten years forty acres OF
timber, the trees thereon not being
more than twelve feet apart each
way, on any quarter-section Of any
of the public lands OF the U. S. shall
be entitled to patent for the whole
said quarter section at the expira.
ton Of said ten years, on making
proof Of such tact by not less than
two credible witnesses Provided,
That only one-quarter in any section
shall be thus granted.


SEC. 2. That the person applying
for the benefit of this act shall, upon
application to the Register of the
Land Office in which he or she is
about to make such entry, make af.
fidavit before such Register or Re.
celvcr that said entry is made for the
cultivation OF timber, ana upon filing
J said affidavit with Register and Re
Year: 1873

A SHOCKING SECRET OF POLAR History
REvEALED.-The Buddington party saved
much valuable manuscript from the
wreck of the Polaris, but Smith of Tes-
suisak is said to have documents which
belonged to Captain Hall, quite as vslu-
able as any others likely to have been
LETT by him. Hall and Bessels both FREE
quented Smiths house, and meeting
there one evening, came to very strong
language regarding each other. Subse-
quently Hall confided to Smith four box
es, some of which referred to his re-
searches into the fate of Sir John Frank
lin. Hall had never permitted these
notes to be published, being determined,


he said, to keep the secret till after the
death Of Lady Franklin, out Of regard to
her feelings. The suppressed data were
70 the awful purport that Franklin 9
party were reduced to eating each other.
ihe discovery or evidence OF such cal
amlty, awful as it was, would of course
nave added q great exploit to the list of
haii achievements. To keep ever about
with him these precious memoranda for
|n'ch he had sought SO arduously, to
delay, as it proved, beyond his own
oeath, the full realization Of his fame,
OUT OF regard to the feelings of the aged
ana mourning widow, makes altogether
an exhibition OF real chivalry that attests
'ne true hero stuff in this man. It ID
no' alone his ice-hewn grave that chal-
lehges the world the heart within it
p pas both brave andtender.-[ Springfield
Year: 1873




The following clipped from the Chi.
cago Journal of the Sd instant is sent 10
us as affording useful hint to Jeter.
We publish it for that hopeful officials
benefit:


Agnes Smith, convicted on yesterday
of keeping house of ill-fame, was
brought into court this morning, at the
suggestion of her counsel, and the Judge
proceeded to chastise her. Agnes is 0
tine-looking young woman, with gen.
teel figure, an intelligent eys and face
of far more than ordinary comeliness.
She was richly and elegantly dressed,
and although she had spent last night
in the County Jail, her appearance was
as neat and orderly as though she had
Just emerged from drawing room, or
was on her way to an opera. Judge
Booth asked her several questions con-
cerning her past history, present occu-
patton, and future prospects and inten-
tions. From the answers elected, il
seems that she came to this city from
Detroit, several years ago, leaving there
several brothers and sisters, but no father
nor mother, both her parents having
died when Agnes was quite young. She
did not deny having engaged, for time,
in disreputable business in this city, but
said that lately she had been simply
keeping a cigar store, and expressed her
determination to lead an honest, virtu.
aus life in the future. The Judge said
this was the first case Of the kind that
had ever come before him in the Grim
inal Court; the usual mode of punish
ment had been by imposing fine. He
thought this wrong. When fine was
imposed 1t was paid by the wages of sin
and shame; not dollar of such money
should ever go into the City Treasury by
any sentence of his. The proper pun.
isbment was imprisonment in the Coun-
ty Jail or House OF Correction. II q
woman would engage in the business of
prostitution, she must be punished for
it. But in this case, on her promise TO
reform, the Court would err, il at all, on
the side of clemency. He would sus-
pend her sentence. trusting that in fu-
ture she would be virtuous, orderly and
happy. Agnes Smith you are dis.
charged .=H- F4


At this announcement. the fair but
frail member of the Smith family bowed
her compliments, wiped her weeping
eyes, and retired from the court room to
carry on the work SO nobly begun. At
the outer door of the Courthouse she
was met by an individual who was evil
IDENTIFY "her man," and the twain de.
parted together, talking, laughing and
chnckling over Agnes happy deliverance
from the meshes of the law.
Year: 1873

An "old 'un at the business submits the
following rules to be observed by those who
aspire to success in trout fishing:


First-Find out if there is any fish in the
stream to which you are going; if so, get
some one who knows the water to show you
where the fish lie, and when he shows them
10 you, don't you show yourself to them.


Second-Don't imagine, if the fish does
not dart away, that he has not seen you; on
the contrary, he is very likely devoting his
whole attention to you, and preparing to start
the moment danger is imminent.


Third-If you are fishing with fly, and
you pass it nearly three times over him and
he REFUSES it, you need not wait any longer;
he has seen your line of invitation and does
not intend to come.


FOurth-<1f you are above fish when you
hook him, get below him as soon as you can;
for if you pull him one instant against the
stream, and he is heavy fish, he will break
his hold.


Fifth-Never throw long line when q
short one will answer.


Sixth-Never mind what is said about
''playing your fish till he is tired;" put him
in your basket as soon as you can.


Seventh-Remember that everything de-
pends upon the way yeu begin your acqnain-
tance. If you can prevail upon fish to 60
down the stream with you q little way, you
will afterward have no difficulty in persuad-
ing him to let you have the pleasure of see-
ing him to dinner.
Year: 1873

There are certain good people who think
that humanity is making retrograde move
ment They sigh for the good old times of
simplicity, honesty and courage. They are
not conscious of any growing weakness in
moral stamina in themselves, perhaps but
believe they are about as good as their grand
fathers were. Concerning the present condi-
ton and ultimate destiny of the majority of
mankind, however, they have doubts and
fearful forebodings.


If money is the root of all evil, the more
money the more evil. Certainly, wealth is
followed by pride, glitter and, extravaganza,
and where these prevail questionable methods
are adopted by the vain and over ambitious
to get money. This, in part, accounts for
pecuniary corruption which is called the
dry-rOt of time."


In the early days of Republican simplicity,
when the people were poor, they appeared
more honest, for the opportunities for profit
ing by selfish means were less frequent
Matter and thought travelled slow: bat now,
by the aid of steam and lightning, man can
amass immense means, and having such re-
sources at his command it is not surprising
that there is extravaganza. We do not be-
lieve, however, that human nature has
changed for the worse and we are degenerat
ing. On the contrary, we point to the deeds
VI po0IAO1ioI1, VIC COu1dSC ouu SoCIIuCCS VI
the last war, as worthy any age or country.
That brave people should be tolerant is
natural; but that they have become as de-
generate and corrupt as many would have US
believe, we deny.


This is courageous generation, which
swept monster evils from its path, and has
boundless possibilities before it. AT great
sacrifice of blood and treasure, the active
men of to-day decided that slavery should
cease, and all men be equal before the law.
Millions of dollars are given for educational
purposes; teachers are active; new schools
are started; newspapers increase in number
and circulation; churches thrive, and every
instrumentality that educates, that quickens
the moral sense, is stronger to-day than ever
before


Admitting that there are evils attending the
increase of wealth, the power to combat these
evils came with the steam printing press and
the telegraph, and it strikes us that sinner
gets about as soundly cuffed and cudgelIed
now as he ever did.
Year: 1873

NUTRITION; How POSSIBLE. = The
blood is simply this:-A solution of food.
Now it is the function of the blood to build
up afresh continually every portion of the
frame But, for this building up process,
it is not enough that blood be present, sim
ply. There must also, so to speak, be a
willingness and readiness, on the part of
muscle or brain, or whatever else it may
be, to take up from the blood the peculiar
nourishment it may stand in need OF.
"One man, as the saying goes, may lead
the horse to water, but twenty cannot
make him drink" we must make the
the horse willing; we must coax him. So
also we must coax the worn-out muscle,
the worn-out brain, to Irink-drink of the
life giving blood d-stream that washes, as it
were. its very lips. There is nothing that
coaxes the unwilling horse, in this case,
like DR.. Gottlieb Fisch's Bitters.


This subject continued next week under
''Hou to ENJOY Winter. "
Year: 1873

A patent hod carrier which has been
used several months by the contractors
for the brick work for the Music Hall
in Troy, has been made the occasion OF
strike by the workmen, the par;icu-
lars being given by the Troy Times of
last evening as follows "On one or
two occasions the Masons' Laborers
Union have both officially and un-
officially notified the contractors that
the use OF the apparatus was distate
ful to them. The contractors express
ed a willingness to discontinue it's use
if the laborers would carry the bricks
and mortar TO the top of the walls.
This it seems they were not willing to
do, and the controversy died out. Last
evening it was renewed, aud the union
passed resolution ordering the labor
ers employed upon the building to
cease work until the machine was re
moved, and Messrs Button and Buck
ley were notified to that effect this
morning by their employees. The
order was carried into effect, and to day
work on the building is almost entire.
ly suspended There does not seem
20 be any serious objection on the part
of The laborers to the use of the ma
chine on this building, because few are
willing to carry a hod up eighty feet
above ground, but the fear is that its
introduction will serve as precedent
for its general use hereafter.
Year: 1873

The following is the experience of a
mechanic concerning the benefit OF
newspaper:


Ten Years ago l lived in town in
Indiana. On returning home Que night
for am a carpenter by trade, | saw
little girl leave my door. aud | asked
nv wife who she was. She said, Mrs.
Harris had sent her after their news
paper, which my wife had borrowed.
As we sat down TO tea my wife said to
me, by name;


Il wish you would subscribe for the
newspaper; it is so much comfort 10
me when you are away from home


Il would like TO DO so, said I, but
you know | owe payment on the
house aud lot 1t will be all can do
TO meet it,.


She repiAI: aIf you will take this
paper, | viii sew for the tailor to pay
for it,


] subscribed for the paper; it came
IN due time to the shop. W bile rest
saw an advertisement Of the County
Commissioners to let bridge that was
to be built l put in a bid for the
bridge, and the job was awarded to me,
on which cleared $500, which eua-
bled me tqsPay for my house and lot
easily, aud for the newspaper. If |
had not subscribed for the newspaper l
should not have known anything about
the contract, aud could not have met
my payment on my house and lot. a
mechanic never loses anything by
taking newspaper.
Year: 1873

II is pretty well understood that rhe de-
;uand of the public for railroad to tie
lake will soon be gratifed. There seems to
be no doubt of tho prompt passage by the
Council Of the charter for road out Cont
and Orleans streets to the lake shore. The
advocates of road to run ont Delocd
street and along tie New canal to new
lake-end are sanguine of their prospects.
And now comes to Us communication in
behalf of the people Of the Fourth District
suggesting the propTiety Of constructin: a
road down Washington, jackson or Eighth
street to the lake, near the end of the new
shell road, passing in the rear of the Half
way House and the cemeteries. We Ike
this suggestion, also. By all means ie: Us
have all the roads we can get
Year: 1873

We call attention TO a card published II
another column, and signed by the princi-
pal coal dealers in the city, informing the
public that henceforth they Will Go only a
cash business with their customers. Some
body once claimed to have discovered the
philosophers stone. which had the fabed
power to transmute base metal to pure
gold. He declared it to be 'pay as you
co. Our readers will take the opportunity
to test the experiment whether the CHEEKY
.ireside is not made warmer, and more gen
;ine comfort extracted from it, by the aid
of receipted coal bill. "Pay as you 60
will relieve one from worriment, and trans
mute the basest OF materia! into golden
ort
Year: 1873

We favor the annexation of this portion
of Louisiana to Texas. Anything to be rid
of the political dead beats of New Orleans.


1t must be borne in mind tina. the writer
was one of the unfortunate members OF
the Fusion Legislature, and he has hardly
resumed the placdity of his temper since
he got out of the hands of the Committee
of Two Hundred.
Year: 1873

THE BOARD OF TRApE,-Llst evening" the reg
ular meeting OF the Managers of the Board Of
Trade was held in the Board of Trade rooms Ma
sonic Temple. The President, Preston Lea,
occupied the chair. The delegates to the Nation
al Board OF Trade made a verbal report of the
more important transactions OF that body, in its
session al Chicago. Application was made by the
MON Aid Society for the use of the room for
meetings of the Board of Control, and the subject
was referred to the room committee, with power
to act. The printed copies of the annual report
Of the Board, submitted at the annual meeting
were presented by the Secretary, and may be had
bv all members.
Year: 1873

HERE is another case of strange fatality
in family. Mr.. Isaac Smith, of How
ELL Mich, was killed on the I'd inst. by a
railroad collision while on his way to at
tend the funeral of his brother in that
State, and scarcely were his funeral SER
vices .over, before intelligence was
brought to his family of the sudden death
of another brother in Saginaw, making
three deaths in one family within four
days.
Year: 1873

A FAMILY at Keoseuqua, Iowa, went
visiting the other evening, leaving good
fire in the stove so as to have it nice and
warm when they returned. This arrange
ment succeeded admirably, for they could
not get within two blocks of the house
upon their return, owing to the crowd
and intense heat of the building.