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Year: 1875

EsTERTAISMEST IN AID OF THE LEE MAUso-
LEuM FuND.-in compliance Will the request
of q number Of the leading ladies OF this
CITY and the Association of the Army OF
Northern Virginia, the Richmond Dramatic
Association have consented to give. on the
lst of June, at Assembly Hall, the eve OF
memorill-day, in entertainment, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be in aid OF the Lee
mausoleum fund. The hail will OF course
Id
Year: 1875

CHURCH IMPRovEMESr.-A very valuable
improvement TO TRINITY sMethodist church,
corner OF Twentieth and Broad streets, IS Il
room attached to the rear of the lecture
room, built of brick and very handsomely
furnished. 1t will be opened tomorrow
Sunday morning for the regular use OF the
infant class, numbering over sky chlinrcn.
II will bc uSgd during the week Tor prayer
and social meetings by the young men oi the
church and aggregation.
Year: 1875

The following extraordinary cure OF cancer
which had becn pronounced beyond the reach OF
medicine by the best medical skill or New Eng
land certainly merits the most profoand attention
Of The medical faculty, many OF wnom are now
where 1t has already become firmly established,
and Is recognized by all classes OF people to be Inc
only Ielinhle hlntl-nurter.
Year: 1875

Nitro Glycerine is a thick col
orless oil and appears 10 be as
harmless, to look at, as lard oil or
petroleum. People are SO accus-
toned to the handling of oils of


all kinds that it is almost i'm
possible to make them realize the
danger that turks in the smallest
quantity of nitro glycerine. it ex-
plodes when gently struck, and is
ten times more powerful as an eX-
plosive, weight for weight, than gun
powder, The otLerevenin g in Jer-
sey City, a gentleman and lady
were taken a moonlight stroll on
the heights, in the vicinity of one
of the shafts of the new Delaware
and Lackawana railway tunnel.
The man saw on the ground the
glimmer of a small tin tube,
picked it up and slapped it from
one hand to the other. when a
terrific explosion ensued. His
eyes were destroyed, his flesh
lacerated, his limbs broken, while
his lady companion was dreadful
ly injured. 1t was a discarded
nitro. glycerine tube, such are
used in blasting, and is supposed
to have been thrown away by
workmen at the tunnel shaft.
-Chicd0O EnterDrise.
Year: 1875

Miss. Swisshelm advises ladies
to sponge themselves well with
alcohol and water twice day.
We would he glad to know wheth-
er the alcohol is to be taken eX.
ternally or internally; also, wbeth-
er the water might not be omit
ted Perhaps the medicine is to
be taken as John McGoodwin was
in the habit Of using brandy for
his badness. He would rub the
stuff on his scalp to make the
hair gro'y, and then would put
some on the inside to clinch the
roots.
Year: 1875

A baby only a year old was
recently sent by express from
one New Hampshire town to an
other, duly labelled and propped
up in a big chair, with a turkey
and another express package
before it to prevent its falling
out.
Year: 1875

of Ridgewood an old gentleman


who was once a Nimrod among
the hunters. He could shoot


out squirrels eye from the top


of the tallest hickory, nine


shoots out Of ten. Indeed there


was no limit to his skill. He


has been renewing the sports of


his youth for the past few


weeks, but as sqirrels are scarce,


and the eyesight was dim, his


game bag was not we'll filled on


his return home. He has a


mischievous rascal of grand


son, who would ever play


pranks on him, and as he was


meandering through the wood


one day, the youngster got in
to the path before him and


perched a stuffed quirrel on the


limb of tree, tying it fast.


AS the old man came near, the
youngster showed himself and
called attention to the squirrel.
The old man looked. "Sure e.
nough there is a squirrel, he re-


marked. ''Be still, I'll fetch


him." And taking careful aim
he drew the trigger. When
the smoke blew away there sat
the squirrel with his tail over his
back, not in the least disturbed.
The old man loaded his gun
with great care and blazed
away again. The squirrel
stood this fire with as much
equanimity as the first, only
his tail seemed to be broken
and had fallen over his side
The old man was nonplussed.
He did not, however, see his
grandson, who was rolling in
convulsions of laughter behind
a convenient log. He had be-
come warmed up to the sport
and thought of nothing else but
fetching that squirrel. The
third shot cut the cord that
bound the squirrel to the tree
and he fell, not with the usual
heavy thud so well known to
sportsmen, but bouncing several
feet in the air. This aroused
the old mans suspicious, and,
going up,to 1.-THE found the true
nature of the sell. His change
of position brought him in full
view of his affectionate grand
son, who was tearing up the
ground in his effort to laugh
without making a noise. A re-
alizing sense of the situation
crept over the mind of the VEN
cradle man. He cast bis eyes
on the ground; they fell on a
piece of shingle, which he pick
ed up and approaching the con-
vulsive boy unawares, he affec-
tionately famed him a couple
Of times on the seat of his
breeches. This brought the
youngster to a perpendicular
and he took to his heels, there
by escaping more loving dem
onstrations. The old gentle
man could not help relishing
the joke and tells the circum-
stance with greater good will
than one would suppose. The
boy is just ten years old, and
and his grandfather declares
that he will some day be Presi-
dent of the United States. He
now has most -unbounded faith
in the abilities of that boy.
Year: 1875

Reading the great Spurgeon's 5
declaration that ga cigar is
a thing TO thank God for" a
school boy in Rome bought a
cigar. He was afterwards seen
hanging over fence, but he
was not giving thanks.
Year: 1875

A little girl who had just re-
covered from a severe attack of
the Group, on being asked by
her Sunday-school teacher what
she should "do to be saved" re-
piled, "I should take syrup and
alum"
Year: 1875

The fog was SO thick in Troy
early the other morning that
the Times solemnly AYERS one
could not distinguish a police
man from a hitching post a
cross the street, if he didn't
know that hitching posts never
snUrc.
Year: 1875

Sr. LOUIS, July s.-The Chandler
Buell. libel suit came up in the United
States District Court here to-day. Upon
the application of District Attorney
Dyer for writ of removal to the Dis.
trict of Columbia, under the new indi"t-
meLt found by the last grand jury in
session in Washington, this new indict-
ment raises entirely q new question of
law, in that it charges the
alleged libelous publication to
have been made in Washington by
the act Of filing the manuscript Of u
special dispatch to Il Washington news
paper in the Washington Office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
No other complete act Of publication is
charged in the new indictment, and the
appearance of the alleged libel in the
Detroit Free Press is only mentioned in.
cidentally. The case will turn on the
question whether or not the filing OF
special in the Office Of telegraph COM
pany constitutes publication in law.
Year: 1875

Eiitors Dispatch: Knowing that you
take deep Interest in the business atfIirs of
the city hope you will not take it amiss if
l suggest IN idea which, if acted upon,
would, tank, be of considerable benefit to
large class of worthy ciL!zeus. AS re.
taller of groceries and provisions | am daily
called upon for c:eait for these articles by
persons whom know to be perfectly trust
worthy, but being out Of business, cannot
give any satisfactory answer TO the question,
{" When can you pay?' Many OF them are


intelligent mechanics, men willing and aux


ouS TO work, but cannot fad employment.


They state their situation, and cannot say
definitely when they can pay, and, Of course,
credit is denied TO them for the reason that
small dealers like myself have but u small
capital to operate upon, and cannot afford
thus to credit out their goods to an indetl


mite period. Now, to relieve this class of
enforced idlerS, and TO save their families
from suffering for the nccesslries of life,
ould it not be well if the employers of the
city would divide employment between the
ins and outs, thus giving all chance TO live
until the times get betterI do not ask you
to publish the above, but nope that you will
think favorably Of the idea, and with your
own tOrcible pens introduce it mo your ed.
itoriaI columns. Respectfully,


ERIpSD
Year: 1875

Tue WEATHER AND THE BRlCEMAKERs.--
Probably TO none of the enterprises in our
city has the long-continued spell Of rainy
weather been more disastrous than to the
brckmakers. During the lorty-tWo days
ending on Saturday last there were but slX'
teen during which work could be done on
the yard. In consequence of this and the pre-
sent large demand for bricks the stock has
been run down very low, and unless the
brickmakers have good weather will before
long be exhausted. The increased demand
is due to several causes: First, the llnlnS m OF
the new reservoir will take between 2,OO0OoO
and 8 900, 900 bricks: secondly, the new or
dinance of the Council requiring each owner
OF property on graded street to pave the
walk way is consuming e good many ana
lastly, the new houses which are being erect
ed. OF which there are many, are taking quite
a number.
Year: 1875

On my return to the city. after an absence
Of several weeks. learn that il is The wish
of my friends TO Yote FOR me at the primary
election as candidate for Il seat in the next
House OF Delegate. Whilst ! fully appre.
ciate the honor of representing The city, and
am duly grateful to those who favor my cleo.
ton, yet am constrained to decline the po.
sitiop. My business engagements are such
US to render it impossible for me to bestow
that attertion upon the interestssOt the city
before the Legislature which their magni'
tude demands. Whatever time can give
to pubic affairs will be devoted to the
service of the city as member OF the City
Council-a position quite as important to The
material interests OF the city al; q scat in tht
Legislature. JouN A. MEREDITH.
Year: 1875

TEE New RESERVOIR upon the
new reservoir has been retarded q great deal
by the recent very wet weather; but Colonel
CuLshaw expects to have oae COMPARTMENT
ready for the water by frost. The CoElmit-
tee on Water meets this afternoon.
Year: 1875

CHANGES BY THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD.


In anticipation of the time when they will
be debarred from the Of steam IN the streets OF
Brooklyn T. d. the Southern Railroad Company Of Long
island IL s undersood contemplate making extensive
changes and improvements their depot property at


ushwick The plans include the construction OF large
covered depot into which trains can he driven
Tor unloading passengers aud freight additional freight
houses &c The entire grounds TO be Enclosed by
high fence When the passenger depot at the west
arm terminus of the road changed from the foot Of
kouth Eigbthxt 20 Bush wick will lie made
1N tls Seversl AQrseoN Des which run He1 that point
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, May 15.-The Postmaster
Geucral today issued an order amending sec
ton lob of the regulations Of the post. office
depar ment so that it will be as follows:


Section l03. A regular subscriber is a per.
son who has actually paid or undertaken to
payt a subscription price for O newspaper,
magazine, or other periodical, or for whom
such payment has been made or undertaken
to be made by some other person but in the
latter case such payment must have been
made or undertaken with the pre-
vious consent or at the previous re-
quest Of the person to whom such
newspaper, magazine, or periodical is
sent. a person to whom any such publica-
ton is sent without bis consent or request is
not regular subscriber within the meaning
of the law, and double transient rates OF
postage must be charged and collected on
such publication before delivery"
Year: 1875

WE learn from the Darlington
Democrat that Richard Coats, of
New Diggings, met with terrible
death on Tuesday the 10th, while at
work in his field harvesting rye,
with Beloit reaper. He was
thrown in front of the machine and
before the team could be stopped
both arms were cut off by tho
knives. He bled to death in . few
after the accident.
Year: 1875

On Friday the Mineral Point
boys went to Darlington and played
the second match game with the
Fearnaughts of that place. The
day was fine, ,and considerable inter-
est was manifested by the attend
ance Of a large crowd of people.
The first three innings were played
with as much skill as could have
been shown by any professional
club in the country, there not being
tally made on either side. The
fourth was nearly as good, but one
tally was made by the Fearnaughts
on account of a wild throw by the
catcher of the opposing club. The
first five innings were played with
but three tallies-two by the Min
eral Point boys and one by the
Fearnaughts. Then a muff was
made by the pitcher of the former,
which seemed to turn the game
against them, insomuch that eigh-
teen tables were made ly the Fear
naushts during the 9Th, 9Th, and
1th, with the exceptions of which
the game could not .have been
played better It resulted in a
tally Of J. to 20 in favor Of Dar-
lingtoE. The tlird game viii BE-
played some ,i444 this SIMMER
Year: 1875

Kinnie q Sprattler have Just re-
ceived delicious lot of hams, and
also q large quantity of bacon, which
are not only good for breakfast but
good for dinner and supper also,
which they will sell at fair price.
They also keep full stock Of
groceries, as usual, to which they
call attention. All goods warranted
to give satisfaction. soft
Year: 1875

THREE children of a widow on
the kickapoo river, in less than one
hour, perished in the following hor-
rible manner: The oldest, aged five
years, and her brother had found a
hens nest under barn, and reach
ing her hand under to get the eggs,
was bitten by huge rattlesnake.
The brother then made the attempt
and was bitten in the same manner.
Their screams alarmed the mother,
who was in the house, and she at
once set q kettle Of boiling water
on the floor and went TO the rescue
of her children, whom she seized
and carried 10 the house, and there
found her babe scalled in the boil
ing water she had set upon the
floor. In half an hour the three
children were dead .
Year: 1875

IT will be noticed by referring to
the census of Iowa county that the
city of Mineral Point has lost in
population since 10 something over
two hundred. This falling off has
been to our people source of won
der, and those who know the pres
ent condition of the city best, have
been led to doubt the correctness of
the last census. Since 20 there
have been erected large number
of new residences, all of which are
now inhabited, and none have been
vacated since then. There is now
not house to rent in Mineral Point,
and many who have come from
abroad, intending TO settle here,
have been obliged to so away for
this reason. If there were ever
22l people in the place more than
there are now, where they lived is
mystery.
Year: 1875

Mr.. JOLLY has just refitted his
art gallery and is prepared to do
work as well as any artist in the
state. Retouching of negatives is
done in the finest style, which we
have had chance to test for our
selves. Those who do not rely on
the judgment Of the TRIBUNE on
such matters would do we'll TO go
and examine, and see if the work
itself does not praise the master.
Year: 1875

The temptation to which the
temperance printers of the TRIBUNE
were subjected on Saturday, when
Charley Gillmann dropped keg of
beer among them, was great, but
they resisted nobly. The Deputy
Collector, however, whose duty it
was to examine the revenue stamp,
authorizes us to say that in the
course Of that examination, he
found the beer to be of very su-
perior quality in fact, unequalled
by that produced by any of the
breweries in five counties, which
his duty requires him to make
monthly examination of.
Year: 1875

TIE MAPLE LEAF CLUB.-This
morning the Maple Leaf base ball
club, of this city, went down to Mil
ford and will play theMilford club this
afternoon. They will play several
State clubs before their return, and
feel hopeful of securing some substan-
cial victories.
Year: 1875

New York. Feb. 15.-Major Leach,
of the Irish International Rifle Team,
has written letter stating that the
annual match for the all ireland, or
Leach challenge shield, heretofore
open to Irish clubs only, is now open
to Americans also but to no other ma
tionality. The ranges are to be one
thousand and eleven yards, and the
shield to remain in the county of the
winning team until the next annual
match.


Rev. Father Ryan, President of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, has
written letter advising that the or
ganization should not take part in pa
rades on st. Patrick's day, partly on
the ground of the excessive expense,
and partly for the reason that parades
detract from the religious associations
of the day,


Mrs. Wells and a child were burned
to death this morning In a tenement
house on East Ninth Street.


In the Beecher case to-day the cross
examination of Tilton was continued.
He was asked if lie said that if Beech
er resigned he would shoot him on the
street. Witness replied that he did
not, but said that if he published a
letter of resignation rejecting on his,
Tilton's, family, he would shoot him
on the street, and he most assuredly
would have done it. In regard to Mrs.
Tilton's letter of Dec. 7, 1872, witness
testified that he did not write the letter
nor draft 1t. II was written by Mrs
Tilton, after consultation with witness
as to the phraseology of part of it.


Fullerton asked the witness his
foundation for the belief he had
avowed to Evarts during his cross
examination, that his wife was good
woman, in view of the charge OF
adultery now brought against her. In
other words, how could he reconcile
such a statement with the charge
against her. Witness replied that he
could only answer for his own judg-
ment of her behavior; that he knew
Elizabeth when he was ten years old,
was her confessed lover at sixteen and
married her when twenty, and that
for the fifteen years of their married
life he held her in reverence almost
to the point of making her an idol,
and when her downfall came it was
almost necessity of his heart that he
must find some excuse for her. Others
might blame, but he must pardon her.
He found that excuse in the fact that
she had been completely wrapped up
In her religious teacher; she had sur
rendered her convictions to him and
followed his lead trustingly and like
one blind. He thought she sinned as
one in a trance; he did not think she
was free agent, but would have done
his bidding, if, like the Hindoo priest,
he had bade her throw her child into
the Ganges or cast herself before the
Year: 1875

The following description of a mar
riage in the Druidical days is given in
Saintine's '' Myths of the Rhine -


At place where two roads meet the
cracking of whip is heard hogs, sheep
and small oxen are driven aside to make
way for kind of procession consisting
of grave and solemn men and women.


It is a wedding.


Two young people have just had their
union blessed by the priests under the
sacred oak. The bride is dressed in
black and wears wreath of dark leaves
on her head. A matrOn who walks on
her left holds before her eyes a white
cloth it is a shroud, the shroud in
which she will be buried one of these
days. On her right Druid intones a
chant in which he enumerates in solemn
rhythm all the troubles and all the
anxieties which await her in welded
life.


From this day, young wife, thou alone
wilt have to bear all the burden of your
united household.


You will have to attend the baking
oven, to provide fuel and to go in search
of food; you will have to prepare the
resinOus torch and the lamp.


You will wash the linen at the foun-
tain, anu you Will make up Jue ciOGnIn8s


You will attend to the COW and even
to the horse, if your husband requires
it.


Always full of respect, you will wait
on him, standing behind him at his
meals.


If he expresses a wish to take you
with him to war, you will accompany
him to carry his baggage, to keep his
arms in good condition, and to nurse
him if he should be sick or wounded.


Happiness consists in the fulfllment
of duty. Be happy, my child.


What is still more strange is that this
dolorous wedding song, but slightly al
tered, is still in some parts of France at
this day addressed to brides by local
minstrels.
Year: 1875

Is there no place on the face Of the earth
Where charity dweleth, where virtue has birth?
Who're bOsCms in kindness and mercy Will heaye
ana the poor and the Wretched shall ask aHd


receive?


Is there no place on earth where's knock from the
WIN bring kind angel TO open the door?
Al J search the wide world wherever you can
There ia no open door for the moneyless man.
Go look in the hall whore the chandelier light
Drives Of from Its splendor the darkness Of night
nhere the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy fold,
Sweeps gracefully down, with its trimming Of gold
60 look to your judges IN dark flowing gown,
With the scales wherein law welRheth quietly down;
Where the frowns on the weak and the smiles on
And Furnishes tight while he justiaes wrong:
where jurors their lips on the Bible have Laid
To render q verdict they've already made:
90 there in the courtroom, and ind If you can,
Any law for the case Of moneyoss man.
90 look in the banks, where AIammon has told
His hundreds aud thousands of silver and gold
Nherei safe from the hands Of the starving and


poor,


Lies pile upon pile Of the glittering ore;
And mirrors Of silver take up and renew
Ia Ia long lighted vistas the wideriuz view;
Go there in your patches, and find Il you can
welcoming smile for the moneyless man.
60 look in your church Of the coud-reaching spire
Which gives back 20 the sun his same look OF hre,
Where tho arches and columns are gorgeous within,
Ana tho walks seem as pure as soul without sin :
do down the long alse-see the rich and the great,
In the pomp and the pride Of their worldly estate
Walk down In your patches. and And If you can
Who opens pew for a moncyless man,
tt Il your limbs have grown old and your hair turns


gray,


And yuu1l find at the bank not one Of the clan
With money to lend TO a moneyless man.
Then go to your hovel-no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered 20 long for her bread
Kncel down by her pallet and kiss the death frost,
From the lips Of the angel your poverty lost
Then turn iu your agony upward to God,
And bcfH while IL smitcs you, tho chasteniEg rod
And youil find at the end Of your lfes little span,
There's welcome above for the moneyless man.
Year: 1875

Here, without any more ado, we
have the whole history of couple of
successful rural lovers comparing notes.
They issue forth in the morning, fall in
to the proper place and dialogue, record
the charms and kindness of their re-
spective mistresses, do justice at the
same time to the fields and shade and
conclude by telling their focks to wait
as usual, while they renew their ad-
dresses under yonder boughe. How
easily is all this gathered from the
rhymes and how worse than useless
would it be in two persons who have
such interesting avocations, to waste
their precious time and the readers in a
heap of predatory remarks, falsely
called verses 70 and Hunt then goes on
to give blank prologue, built upon
the same model, applicable to any play,
(which, If spoken by a pretty actress,
with due sprinkling of mods and becks,
and a judicious management of the
pauses, would have an effect equally
novel and triumphant"
Year: 1875

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scriptiop Is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend.
ing credit 20 our friends and patrons,
but cssh alone viii pay expenses, and
we ere forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


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