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Year: 1875

TNoTE.--Aflidavit MUST be made before q county clerk or the com missioner of state lands.

 Lands forfeited to the state for the non payment of taxes are sub- ject to donation or sale. In case of sale they are disposed of at fifty cents per acre-sixty per cent. of this amount can be paid in the scrip of the county wherein the lands are situated, and the remainder in state scrip--or the entire payment can be made in state scrip. The following form for application to purchase has been adopted by this office. NJ,
Year: 1875

CIVIL RIGHrs. On Saturday last negro
man went into the store Of one of the trns
tees Of the poor, during the absence Of the
proprietor, and ef, word that the civil rights
bill had passed, aud that he wanted cord
of wood sent to his house right away that it
must be charged to the Corporation, and that
he would pay the Corporation when be got
the money Alexandria Gazette.
Year: 1875

An important meeting Of a number of citizens was
held last evening at No IS Fifth avenue for the pur.
pose Of consulting with regard organized move
ment to promote economic measures con.
cerning and finance The meeting
was entirely private and particulars
were furnished 10 the press but II stated by one of
the gentlemen who participated IN the proceedings that
addresses on the subject delivered by Messrs
Thomas Holland and David A. Wells He also said that
this movement was got up by number OF gentlemen
Interested IN political science, by whom cndeavor
would be made TO form organization promote these
interests and until the success Of the was as
sured beyond the certainty Of doubt particulars
would be made public.
Year: 1875

many that the adoption OF the second will as
stepping stone in the direction OF comforting extra0r
binary powers the Executive and General Assembly


In addition 10 the above the people will vote tho
Hquor license question and upon the matter OF the
solldation Of school districts
Year: 1875

James slcavin one Of the workmcn in the new tun-
mel ~ the Delaware and Iackawanna Railroad at Jcr-
sey City, struck by bucket In one Of the shafts
yesterday afternoon and fatally injured. This is
twelfth fatal during The construction Of the tunnel
Year: 1875

part of the knob is the strangest. 1t con-
tains bundle of spears, or lancets, that
can be pushed out to a great length
through hole in the top, or drawn in en-
tirely out of sight. There are about
twelve in each bundle, and they are long
and slim and elastic, like bristlcs, but
having sharp blades at the ends. Some
arc like knife or sword, and others have
Sits in the edge; but all are of great
beauty.


What he docs with many sharp instru-
ments is not positively known. Hemay use
them to help build his house, and no
doubt he does push himsclfOut Of his door
with them-since he has no feet. But L
should think 300 or 400 spears were toll
cradle supply of weapons for peaceabio
little worm at the bottom of the sea.


We might never have known much
about the Golden Combus Worm up here
on dry land but for machine called 4
drcdge, which men drag along on the bot
tom of the ocean. This is Il sort of bag
with an iron edge, which scrapcs up
thousands of these strange and wonderful
little fellows, who live quietly there and
who don't fancy being dragged out to the
light and air, | can tell you. Nor could
we see how they live, when we did get
them out, but for the aquarium. When
we can get them to feel at home in one of
those we can study them at our leisure.
The little fellow l have told You about is
not often found, but one fell into the
hands of Mr.. Gorsc, an English gentle
man, and after a week or two, when it got
used to the light and began to feel at homo
in the aquarium, he studied its ways with
his microscope and told us all have told
you.


Those little Tube Builders are the old
est masons known in the world. Long
before men built their houses of brick and
stone, clumsily cemented together, these
insignificant little worms at the bottom of
the sea built their beautiful houses in that
way. In truth, there's hardly an instru-
ment or tool that men can invent, or any
way of doing things that they can con-
trive, that we do not find, in greater per-
fection than men ever arrive at, in tiny
atoms of insects and other live creatures.
-Oice Thorme, IN Christian Cht0n.
Year: 1875

BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.


THE little Harry is two years old
And as full of mischief as he can hold;
Is always ready to romp and play,
And the comical things that he will say
Startle US oft; and we wonder whether
A fairy and he were not born together.
He saw the roses with heads erect
All summer long, as they gayly deckcd
The garden where he was wont to be
The sweetest blossom of all was he!-
And the lilies with dropping heads cspying,
"Look, mamma" he said, "de buds are


kying"


He kisses them over and over again,
To soothe their sorrow and ease their pain,
While his little bosom with pity swells
For the grief that has come to the lily bells {;
And his joyous laughter is turned to signing
As soon as he finds " de buds are kyinS.h
Hold up your heads, o We roses fair!
No sign of suffering heart is there,
And the baby will pass you by to seek
The lowly bosom with pallid check;
And the rose will never know what it misses,
While the lily is sweeter for Harry'S kisses.


" Y. Independent.
Year: 1875

or this book CuARLEs DUDLEY WAR
NER writes:


"In the bound volume OF ST. MICH.
0LAs, with it's glory of red ana gold
we have a permanent addition to the
literature of the young. Never before
has much literary and artistic talent
co-operated in the service of children
1t is continual educator 0f their taste
aud of their honor and courage. | dc
not gee how it can he made any better
and if the children don't like it think
it is time to begin to change the kind
of children in this couutry.n
Year: 1875

Can be readily and SURELY obtained at q
depth of from one hundred and thirty to two
hundred feet. There are many flowing wells
in the immediate vicinity, and within the ar
tesian belt no failure to get flowing water has
ever occurred. Responsible parties propose
10 sink artesian wells everywhere on the tract
and guarantee water or make no charge there
for. The townof
Year: 1875

Over the choicest portion OF their table lands
and purchasers will have the right to water
without charge. Such an opportunity to se-
cure land admirably situated and watered
and perfectly adapted to semi-tropical frult
culture, will not occur again.
Year: 1875

TRY IT.-Chances for fortunes slip by
every day often unBnpwn to US, but when
we see the chance and do not avail our
selves, then the negligence is almost Grim
inal. The golden drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery Company, which takes place
in the latter part of this month, offers in
ducements which, if let slip, might never
offer again, and we would advise all to take
a chance. Lotteries have been objected to
on moral grounds, but with one fairly CON
Quoted there can be no more objection than
in risking ones money in the regular course
of business. There will be no scaling of
prizes, and the drawing will positively
come Oft as advertise d. 80 those who do not
wish to lose this chance to become rich had
better come forward and at once secure a
ticket All business is risk. A lottery is
nothing more-nothing less. Every one
investing in the golden drawing can calcu-
late his chances. They are one in six for a
gold prize certain, and afford the oppor-
tunity of winning splendid fortune. Who
would be rich, themselves must strike the
blow.
Year: 1875

The jnrors in the United States Court
will be likely 10 give strict attention to the
order OF Judge Woods yesterday relative to
the time of their appearance in court,
Some of them have been rather tardy. The
court directed that the roll should be called
at eleven O'Clock precisely, and any juror
failing to answer would forfeit his days pay.


In the First District Court George c.
Benham appeared and pleaded not guilty
to the charge of embezzement, and gave
$4,000 bonds for his appearance.
Year: 1875

We have received the eighth number
Of the Art Journal published by D. Apple
ton & Co., New York. 1t continues as
fresh as ever, and is full OF fine steel and
wood cuts. Any person wishing to sub
scribe for it can leave their name
at this office.
Year: 1875

NONE of the congregation knew she
was crazy until she insisted upon sing
ing q solo when the contribution box
was being passed around. The unfor-
tunate sexton who tried to demonstrate
with her was nearly knocked down
with the hymn book she threw at his
head, and the pastor who tried to quiet
her. got a fearful blow on the head
from her umbrella. Then the congre-
CATION came to his aid, but the woman
was too mach for them all, and escaped
from the church This happened the
other day at pittsburg.
Year: 1875

ai The pleasant entertainment given
by this inimitable company is just
such as the, people Of Los Angeles de-
light to patronize. 1t is refined and
chaste from beginning to end, except
that horrible Sam Collins, who makes
everybody laugh in spite of them
selves. There is nothing vulgar about
Sam, either; only he was raised on
sauer-kraut and talks backwards in
English. The old fathers and mothers
in Israel are all ready to shake their
sides when the young Quaker and his
sweetheart present themselves. 1t
carries these good old folks back to
their youthful days. These are only
little funny eposides thrown in; the
music is the ..s attnaGtaRsna sittaRsan blow os it out
of trumpets, shake it out of bells,
knock it out of tumblers and whet 1t
out of goblets. Everything they
touch seems to. transform itself into
an instrument of music. OF course
the house was full last night and will
be tonight again. This is Sam's ben
eft night. We hope the landlord will
feed him on sauer-kraut to-day; we
want him to do his best tonight.
Year: 1875

a BIRDS NEsT.-Thcrc is pretty nest
i'll the museum of Brown University,
which shows what wisdom God can give
to little bird.


Tho nest was hung by strings, so the
babies would bc rocked to sleep by every
breeze. But as they grew heavier thc
mother bird found that her twig was too
weak. So she looked about until she
found stout cord. This she wovo around
the nest, and then hung it up to strong
limb overhead. This steadicd it, and
made MI safe.


Some little swallows once built n nest
against n lime kiln. But the wall was 50
warm The clay soon cracked and the nest
fell down. Immediately they built il
over, hut again il fell. Not discouraged,
they tried it u third time with no better
success,


They built q fourth nest, which tc-
manned firm, aud in il they reared little
bTood. They had found and worked MI
II kind of clay tha, would stand the heat.
They came back the next year and re.
paired their cottage with the same clay
This they did also the third year. After
that they did not return, having probably
lived out the term Of swallow life.
Year: 1875

The growth of courage in the pilot house
is steady all the time, bat it does not
reach high and satisfactory condition un
til some time after the young pilot has
been standing his own watch" alone and
under the staggering weight of all the re
sponSibllities connected with the position.
When an apprentice has become pretty
thoroughly acquainted with the river e
gees gathering along so fearlessly With his
steamboat, night or day, that he presently
begins to imagine that it is his coura ge
that animates him; but the 6rst time the
devices he finds out that it was the other
mans. lie discovers hat the article has
been left out of his own cargo altogether.
The whole river is bristling with exigeucies
in moment; he is not prepared for them;
he does not know how to meet them; ali
his knowledge forsakes him; and within


fifteen minutes he is as white as q sheet
scared almost to death. Therefore pilots
wisely train these cubs by various strategic
trick, to look danger in she face a little


more calmly. A favorite way Of theirs i,


to play friendly swinile upon the candi
date


Mr. B served me in this fashion
once, and for many years afterwa.1 | used


to blush even in my sleep when l thought
, of it. had become COED steers man
so good, indeed, that had all the work tc
/ do on our watch, night and day: Mr.. B -
/ seldom made suggestion to me; all HI
ever did was to take the wheel on particu
( larly bad nights or in particularly bat
crossings, land the boat when she needet


to be landed, play gentlemen of leisure


niue tsnths of the watch, aud collect tn


wages. The lower river was about bank
| full, ard if anybody had questioned my


ability to run any crossing between Gair
/ and New Orleans without help or iustrue
/ ton i should have felt inseparably hurt


The idea Of being afraid Of any crossing il
Year: 1875

Advertising swindles which has yet been
nractised is that of the Business Directory.
The reputed proprietor of this invaluable
advertising medium is a gentleman of good
address, and his plan is to take on tour
three or four inexperienced youths full of
enthusiasm. He pays them So day and
10 per cent, on the amount of advertise
ments brought in. Instructions are given
to take anything in the shape of money.
The Directory is never Published, but the
game has been kept up for the past FIVE
years, and the projectors during that time
had lved in clover, escaping detection.


The immemorial Paris widow, however,
capped the climax when she placed on the
tomb Of her dear departed that "tbe busi.
mesa was still carried on by his disconsolate
widow at the old number"
Year: 1875

Some people have a peculiar weakness
for looking on the dVk side, and fail to
end anything good in life. If a basin of
sand rich with iron ore is carelessly ex-
amined, the ore may not be discovered; or
if a wooden stick is passed through the
sand, it may fail to gather single atom
of the valuable metal. But let magnet
pass through the same sand, and it will be
Immediately surrounded with the iron.
Reader, shall life be to you barren waste
of sand, or will you draw from it what
shall give you wealth of sympathy and
constant joy2 The choice is largely with
Year: 1875

Tie American Newspaper Reporter says
that large number of excellent compost
tors have been hanging around New York
all winter, with the soles of their shoes tied
on with strings Very naturally; dent
they belong to the tie-up- graphic frater-
nifty?
Year: 1875

An Illinois woman committed suicide
by hanging herself to an apple tree. At
the funeral neighbor, noticing the sad
appearance of the husband, consoled
him by saying that he had met with
terrible loss. Yes" said the hus-
band, heaving a sigh, "she must have
kicked like thunder to shake off six
bushels of green apples, that would
have been worth dollar bushel when
they got ripe."
Year: 1875

Complete In twelve monthly parts, at ST each.
Reproducing the best full-page ilustra-


tions from the earlier volumes


of THE ALDINE


Each monthly part will contain six superb
and whether for binding or framing, will be
entirely beyond competition in price or artis-
tic character Every impression will be most
carefully taken on the finest toned paper and
no pains will be spared to make this the
richest production of a press which has won
in marvelousy short time, worldwide
reputation.
Year: 1875

The Sun as if tired was dragging
slowly over a newly made grave.
A young maiden stole out from
sinful world, to sit by grave and
mourn for her best and truest
friend. She thought as she
stood motherless and alone, who
when an infant that mother who was
quietly sleeping in that cold and
cheerless grave, had never dreamed
of a comfort beyond her. How that
mother had watched and and guard
ed over her from infancy to girlhood,
from girlhood to womanh God; how
that mother had oft pressed her to
her bosom and wept tears of joy at
her girlish whims. How that moth
er clung to her in her dying mo-
ments and prayed God TO shield her
from all harm. How when her life
was fast receding to that unknown
shore, she looked up and lisped for
the last time, "God help the mother
Iess." With all these cherished, sad
memories ofa dead, honOred mother,
reveling and mingling with sore
heart aches, this sad, motherless be-
ing groped her way from the dead,
and was lost, lost again in sinfnl
world. RoMULUs'
Year: 1875

wholly, pay for the erection of the
new


HOSTING WORKS


And extensive pumping machinery,
which the Company propose to erect
in the Spring. The width of the ore
body on this level varies from two
and three feet to five, seven and eight
feet, with streaks of most surprising
rich rock sulphurets, varying from
an inch to over foot in width.
There are also many chimneys, in
length from 100 to 200 feet, and
reaching entirely to the surface.
The ledge was followed by an in
cline below this level by the Hope
Company to a depth of 180 feet, the
whole Of which was Of high grade,
and at thet depth they were driven
out out by water. To sink to dep.h
that will more fully develop their
mine, and as the ore body was more
extensive and compact, and of a
higher grade, at the lowest point
reached, there is no doubt but what
they will find large and


RICH DEPOSIT.


We believe so. for these reasons:
First-It is certainly an extension, or
southern continuation, of the cele-
brated Comstock fissure, requiring
only depth to develop it. Second
The vein is well defined, with clear
walls, and, as in the case of all the
rich silver lodes of this country, pre-
dominates in gold near the surface.
The third and probably best reason
of all is that, so far as worked (by
this company, it has paid from the
start, and shows no indication of CIV
ing out or splitting up, as no
horses: or barren places of any
has thus far been encoun-
tered. So, taking all things into con-
sideration, we believe the prospect
No. to have big paying mine.
OF course it will require little time
and good management; but in the
latter case, being under the charge of
Mr.. p. Henry, an old pioneer Com
stock miner of extensive experience,
it is certain to receive such, as he has
proved during his administration
that it can be made to not only pay
all expenses, but develop the ledge
ard be able, when the Winter is over,
to erect the proposed machinery.
Year: 1875

craftsmanship, to form an opinion on that
subject | am sure of one thing, and that
is, if the natives of Louisiana could be
brought under the government OF II
State that it would have most ma
terial effect upon public sentiment.


Question-Was there any disposition
on the part of the whites to establish
schools?


Answer-I made inquiries in more in
stances than one; stated tosomc persons
that the negro had his freedom, that he
had something that could not be taken
from him: the right Of voting; he is to
live with you and you should educate
him. The answer was that money had
been levied and raised, but was stolen.
Year: 1875

PROBABILITIES.


In the West Gulf States Tennessee and
Ohio Valley and Lower Lake Region,
rising barometer, falling temperature,
northeast to northwest winds and clear or
partly cloudy weather.


In the Upper Lake Region, Upper
Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valley
and northwest, clear or party cloudy
weather and winds mostly from the north
or west with higher barometer and lower
temperature with the two first districts,
but Slight changes in the same in the
two last.


In the Middle and Eastern States,
winds shifting to northwest and northeast
with rising barometer, falling tempcra-
ture and partly cloudy weather in the
former, bat followed by rising barometer
clearing weather and falling temperature
in the latter.


The Ohio river will commence rising
at Pittsburgh the Cumberland at Nash
Vile and the Mississippi at Cairo and
Memphis will continue rising.
Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, January 2S.-The National
Reform Convention met again To day
and President Wells on taking the chair
offered his resignation on the grounds
that he had been lead to believe from
what he heard last night that he was not
in full sympathy with the views and OBJ
ircts of the convention, and had been
severely censured for the basis upon
which he had placed the movement in
his opening address. He then proceed
cd to define his position. He said he did
not regard this as political movement.
1t was moral in its character and object,
and had no political significance. He
did not believe there is such II crisis that
such a movement is all that stands be-
tween civilization and barbarism. The
government of Greece, Rome and Egypt
we're all wanting in this same respect
vet the absence of Christianity did not eff
feet their prosperity He did not believe
the object of the movement was to place
our Chaistian institutions on an
"undeniable legal basis This pet
phrase had great iallacy in it. The
basis of these institutions is in God, and
hence lneN require no leSal DaSs. Hc
phrase causes one to lose sight of Divine
authority by giving prominence to hu-
man enactments 1t is simply desired to
secure To these institutions the protection
of the law, not basis. Instead of pla-
cling our religious institutions on legal


basis We should aim to place our civil in
! StitutiOns on moral basis The nation
! should recognize the Divine Being u Il
moral duty, and not IL a political meas
ure. If the religious amendment is to be
secured rs mere matter of cXpediency,
the work might as well be left undon".
The movement should be one Of the
Christians of the country, and there
should be no effort to enlist the support
of half and half Christians merely to
attain the end


1t was stated that there was no neces-
sity for the Presidents reSigning, and he
finally concluded to retain the char.


The resolutions introduced last night
were then up and discussed one by one.
Various verbal amendments were offered,
some of which were adopted, some re-
iected, and the whole series finally passed
substantially aS pre- sentcd.
Year: 1875

PHILADELPHIA, Sept II, 1875


Last evening Gerdemann the ex-prest delivered a
lecture in Masonic Hall, Manayunk, on the Roman
Church as it is at present, and from the beginning
until the lecturer had made his exit from that village
there seemed to be disposition the part of the
natives to treat him with anything else but ceremony
Upon concluding Gerdemann placed himself under
an escort and left the building proceed
ing to the railroad station, while the mob
which had already collected, continued in
close proximity 10 the party until they reached that
place. He placed in a smoking and both doors
locked, while posse Of police renamed outside Mum
bering almost 1000, the mob was dangerous one.
Suddenly they rallied beat the officers out of the way
captured the car broke in the door and an
assault upon the still cool and collected expriest He
protected, however, from serious injury by the
police, receiving only few bruises. Gerdemann
escaped finally to car and, under the care of
officers, was brought to this city
Year: 1875

CHE ULTRAMoNTANEs GROWING AGGRESSIVE
THEIR MAJORITY IN THE DIET TO cENsURE
THE GovERNMENT-A CHANGE OF MINISTER'S
TO BE DEMANDED.


LONDON, Sept H. 1875.
The Pal Mall Gazette this evening publishes special
telegram from Berlin in which it is stated that the
nltramontane majority in the Bavaran Diet are pre-
pairing to censure the government by vote They will
ask the King to change his ministers because they do
not possess the confidence OF the people