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Year: 1871

SOMETIMES In this checkered existence
Of ours, light and darkness, sunshine and
storm cloud, follow one another with
startling rapidity, but rare is it to see an
absolute comminRling of these seemingly
incongruous elements. "Truth is strang-
er than fiction" and we are called on to
chronicle an event of the above character,
wherein the joyous nuptial bells and the
solemn death knell were strangely inter
mingled.


A young lady for quite time has been
living with relatives in Ludlow, engaged
in ministering 10 the last earthly wants of
her beloved mother, upon whom the fell
destroyer, consumption, had too surely set
his seal.


Anticipating her fate, aud anxious that
her darling should not be left alone in the
world, she was solicitous that her daughter 8
marriage to worthy and estimsble young
man, to whom she had long been engaged,
should take place before Death should
claim his own. Accordingly, Tuesday,
August Is, was fixed upon for the cere-
mony to be performed Animated by the
expectation of seeing her dearest earthly
hope fulfilled, the sufferer rallied so much
that strong hopes were entertained that
she would yet enjoy many months, if not
ySdIS, VI ltlr. DAJ buis
was illusory, and as the day approached it
was evident to all that the Pickering life
light was almost expiring, and on the
morning of the eventful day the spirit
winged its flight-the weary brain and
the tired feet Nere forever at rest.


Just before her death, as she lay clasping
closely the hand of her weeping daughter
she whispered, Darling, don't postpone
| ion hat will
not, and shall die happy" Amid chok
ing sobs promise was given, and in a few
moments but cold lnanimate from re
mained to remind the sorrowing ones Of
the loving heart whose unseltish thoughts
had, even in the throes of departing life
been centered in others.


With breaking hearts the final prepara
| tioDs were made, and at 8 o clock p. m
the ceremony was performed in ST. Paul'l
| (P. E church.


The gathering gloom of the evening, the
pale, stony, tear -forsaken face of the bride
whose beauty not even the keenest o.
earthly sorrows could entirely dim; the
sorrow stricken and sympathetic faces o
the few intimate friends who alone wer(
present; all these contrasted strangely
with the orange wreath and bridal veil
and gave a strange, weird look Of mockeTy
to the whole ceremony.


Let us hope that this union, so strangely
begun, may, by contrast to. its sorrowfu
commencement, be followed by long year
Of unclouded happiness, and may the
memory of the dying one, whose las
earthly act was to urge forward the mar
riage, ever be green and fresh in the heart
of those whose happiness she so sedulous
ly sought Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1871

Punch says anyone who wishes to
study the true dramatic expression ol
the tragic muse In the act Of drinking
the last bitter cup of despair TO the very
dregs, should watch young mother
teaching the elements Of music ~ hei
hTsRDCVn
Year: 1871

The institution, at No. Washington square,
north side Is under the charge of tho Sisters Of Charity
The Legislature gave 100000, provided like amount
could be by other for the purchase OF real
estate and q suitable building. This was accom-
pshed the great fair last year. and by the munieen


generosity OF several who forward to make the
100000 required outside Of the legislative grant The
Year: 1871

. The symptoms Of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness


and pain in the side. Some


times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-


ach is effected with loss OF


appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costire, some
shines alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or


weakness, debility and low
xspirits. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

THE BATTERY IMPRovKAENr.-The work
on the Battery Improvement is progressing
finely. The stone sea wall is well nigh oom-
pleted, the grading of the avenues sufficiently
advanced for the application of the concrete
pavement; the curbing laid, and plots ar
ranged for the planting of hundreds Of forest
and other ornamental trees as soon as the
weather will permit. By the first of May next
our old Knickerbocker citizens will rejoice in
the revivi6cation Of their grand tme-honored
pleasurable summer resort. For the steady
prosecution Of this work our citizens are in
debted to the careful attention and steady
energy Of the President of the Board of Public
Parks.
Year: 1871

THE CHoRPENNINa MAIL CoNTRAoT FRAUD,
which has just been exposed by Congressman
Dawes investigating committee, presents a
very ugly case for Postmaster General Cres-
well to smooth over. 1t may be that his sub
ordinates have perpetrated the wrong without
his knowledge; but in that case he shows a
lack of attention to his duties that was not to
be eXnaoted
Year: 1871

Tho Law Of LIBEL Before the Lesisla-


Some Of our Albany legislators show their
good sense and appreciation of what reforms
3he people need Among several useful and
practical measures introduced already in the
Legislature we notice with satisfaction one
proposed by Mr.. Nelson, relative to security
eQr costs in actions for libel, and also 70 amend
ths Libel Law. The existing law leads to great
Abuses, and often subjects respectable bust
hess men to loss Of money and time and other
Dnoonvendencss upon the most groundless
rhsrges Of libel Not unfrequently suits are


Instituted by worthless characters, and upon
the merest pretext, for the purpose Of extort-
Ing black mail. aud there are plenty Of shyster
IAwyers who are always ready to aid the ras-
balls. sometimes timid respectable people are
disposed to make compromise rather than 60


b the expense and submit to the annoyance
pr defence. Very often libel suits are insti-
guted from mere malice and when there Is no
ljbel ct all, because under the present law the
Prosecutor can punish the defendant by
Nausing him heavy costs, even though the
kpit goes against himself In the end. The
Rroprietors and editors Of newspapers are
more subject than any other people to unjust.
bostly and annoying suits Of this character.
We hope the law will be amended 30 as to


lake all the costs fall upon the prosecutor If
he should fan to substantiate the charge Of
libel, and to hold him In bonds both to do this
hnd to compensate the defendant, in case the
tharge should prove groundless or merely
malicious. Mr.. Nelson has introduced q
much needed measure. and we hope the Legis-
nature will amend the Libel law.
Year: 1871

y THE Coal CoNsPIRAToRs.-AP PHILADELPHIA
paper has good authority for stating that the
present strike amsng the Pennsylvania coal
hiners will not be general throughout the coal
country, and that the strikers, instead of form
Ing one vast and compact organization, as they
Hid years ago, are divided into county organi-
Eatons, each one Of which is at liberty to


make such terms as are acceptable to the
miners Of q single county. Besides, it is well
known that there is an immense supply Of coal
on hand, both in Philadelphia md New York,
an aggregate excess of four million tons
over the demand in all the markets What q
1agrant outrage it Is, then, upon consumers
for the coal consprators in this city to increase
their prices on the plea Of miners strikes
affecting scarcity of supply.


THE FERRY ToILs.-Mr. Irving's bill in the
Assembly for general reduction of ferry tolls
Is altogether too sweeping in its provisions
Some Of the ferries certainly could not exist at
the tariff he wishes to make them adopt. The
Staten Island Ferry Company, for instance,
rannot carry passengers for one cent and live
They have too long a route, and consequently
cannot make their trips frequently enough nor
garry passengers enough to pay them at such
q rate. With the Fulton ferry and several
other East and North river ferries the case is
different, and Mr.. Irving's bill, If made to
Rpply to them alone, will serve an excellent
purpose. As he proposes to make 1t now the
measure defaats itself
Year: 1871

tB- Bishop FITZGERALD of Little Rock,
who has been spending a short time with the
Catholic Church at Fort Smith, repeated, by
request lecture on the Vatican and Roman
Council, recently delivered to large audiences
at Little Rock. on Sunday evening last. We
hope the Bishops visit to Van Buren will add
additional weight to his conviction that .
Church at this place is necessary. Citizens
OF the Catholic faith are daily settling in our
town, and this immigration would be still
larger, II they had ministry here Of their
own faith. The railroad will soon be finished
to this point, and will bring a class Of immi-
grafton that will stand in need of the wise
counsel Of "A Clergy OF the Catholic faith. Let
US have Catholic Church. The friends OF
this Society, In Van Burcn, have already a lot
or two suitable for 4 building-and with a
email expense u suitable house could be cree.
ted
Year: 1871

There is large body of sagacious,
candid Republicans who think that per
feet order and quiet will never prevail in
the South. and that the reconstruction
measures, including the three amend
ments to the Constitution, will not be
wholly out of danger, until we have a
Democratic Administration in power
which accepts this policy us final and If.
rcvocable, and determines to maintain
and enforce It,


There is no doubt broader basis for
this opinion than at first blush may ap.
pear. Its advocates argue that so long
rs the originators of the reconstruction
measures and the amendments control
the Government, the discontented ele-
ments in the South and their sympathiz
ers in the North will cherish hope that
this policy will in some way and at som,
future time be wholly reversed, or al
least essentially modified; and that, en-.
tertaining this belief, they will act accord
ngly On the other hand, these Repub-
licans insist that if Democratic Admin


stration Of the type suggested were to
be installed at Washington. and should
then say to the country, = This thing is
settled, the opponents Of the recon
struction policy would give up the fight
and sink out of sight.


There is great force in this statement
of the case and if the Democracy will
only present the Dayton and Harrisburg
platform in 1872 with candidate of the
right description, such as William 5.
Groesbeck, they will doubtless receive
the aid of a, large and influential body G
Republicans, I d stand lrst-rate chance
5f carrying the election. With Grant
for an opponent, their triumph would be
overwhelming and even with an accept
able candidate, the prospects OF the Re
pub!icans would be gloomy, because the
course which Grant is pursuing to wiring
his denomination from a reluctant party
is day by day diminishing its unity and
strength. To save the party he must be
at once packed out of the iield.--N. \,
San, Ecnrjiicdn
Year: 1871

81 now throw no blame either on the cat
or dog; for each animal followed its own
peculiar instinct. The blame and the pun
ishment, too, must light upon the owners of
the dog and cat for fighting, and thus in-
ducing others to espouse so ridiculous a
quarrel"


And forthwith he ordered all the princi-
pal rioters into confinement, saying also to
the rest of the people:


"Go home now, fools that ye are, and try
whether you cannot make up your minds
to live in peace with one another. 1 cannot
prevent you keeping cats and dogs, because
were to do so we should be devoured by
vermin and exposed to robbery. But this
tell you, you shall not turn yourselves
into cats and dogs for the future with i'm
punity-Departl So they all sneaked off,
and the active little man whose head some-
body had broken, scratched 1t and said:


"Only think how well that strange fellow
knew us all ~
Year: 1871

The Boston (Mass.) correspondent of the
Sacramento Union, writing under date of
April Sd, thus refers to Ben Butler:


This gentleman, who already fills large
place in the public eye, has won additional
prominence by his performance in the Senate
on Thursday. | have heard nobody speak of it
who did not regret that Senator Davis did not
smite Butler full in his oblique optic Yet this
expression was i'm most cases qualified by the
afterthought that such punishment, richly
deserved though it might have been, would
have been seized upon by the unscrupulous
manufacturers of public opinion as an ebuli-
ton of Southern hate and violence. II only
some New England man had pitched into Ben,
aud given him sound thrashng, say many
commentators on the affair, it would have been
national blessing. | was talking about the
case with prominent merchant, the other day.
Said he, Il think there is no man in the cOun-
try who so fully realizes the common idea OF
the devil as Ben Butler" / objected that his
satanic majesty was generally credited with
shrewd policy. and sometimes stole the livery
of heaven to serve his own ends THAT is
just the point of most striking resemblance"
said my friend; "If Butler would always show
bis real nature. he would be stunned as an up-
mitgated brute; but it is his Internal craft
with which he DISCUSSES himself that makes
him so devilish.' "Yet," my friend continued,
~ suppose he is to be Governor of Massachu-
setts, and we can't help ourselves" fear this
last hypothesis is correct. for Butler seems to
have hold upon Massachusetts as strong as
that of Victor Hugo's devil-fish. That act of
his that would SO disgust the public as to make
him relax his hold may be in the list Of posi-
bilities, but fear it is not probable. regard
Butler as one of the most astounding anomalies
of the time; probably there isn't man in the
world who respects him; there are thousands
who fear HIM, and hundreds of thousands who
hate him; yet he is the most powerful man in
Massachusetts, to-day, even Charles Sumner not
excepted. Those of your readers who have
never seen Butler cannot fully appreciate the
grossness of his insult 10 Senator Davis; those
who have seen and heard HIM can readily un-
derstand how he can make his stare more in
tolerable than blow.
Year: 1871

AFTER THE "CALL"-.-The Pioneer, the
organ of the woman suifragists on the Pacific
coast, comes 10 the defense of those strong
minded females who have been in attendance,
daily. during the trial of Mrs. Fair ip San
Francisco, and in reply to aa article pub
lished in the Call, the latter paper receives
not only "A merited rebuke, but thorough
drubbng at the hands of the fearless champion
of woman's rights. II the evidence adduced
upon the trial was too indecent and disgusting
to be detailed in the presence of ladies. it was
certainly not proper matter for publication in
a decent or respectable Journal, and more es-
pecially in one claiming to have the largest cir
cuation of any daily paper published on the
coast, aud which would thereby bring to the
notice aud attention of probably thousand
times as many respectable women, as there has
been present during the trial, the same inde.
cent aud disgusting particulars. But We think
there is no excuse for either. 1t is certainly
immodest, to say the least of it. for any woman
to frequent the court room and listen to such
evidence as must necessarily be elected in
trials of that character. The excuse that the
defendant requires the presence of her own
sex, to give her courage and nerve to go through
the ordeal of trial for her life, may satisfy
those women who were present and justify
them in their own minds, but it will be diff
cult to convince the public that anything but
their uncomfortable curiosity prompted them
to make such an exhibition of immodesty.
Year: 1871

A MOVING MouNTAIN.-The organ of the
Zurich Society of National History publishes
curious account of the travels of the glacier or
Monte Rosa during the last sixty years. For
fifty years it steadily and surely approached the
town of Zermatt moving at the rate Of about
three feet week during the spring months.
Its way was through pastures and grain fields.
over which tpassed like q devouring pestilence.
Its approach was heralded by great boulders
which it kept constantly moving before it.
Serious apprehensions were at one time enter.
tanned for the safety of the town, which lay di-
rectly in its track. But during the last ten
years this ice monster has changed the direction
of its movements and thus the danger has been
averted; but the fields through which its track
lay can never be again. cultivated, on account
of the immense fragments of stone by which its
course was thickly marked, and which are
deeply imbedded in the soil. ......f
Year: 1871

The confession of the woman Penzer,


who murdered her husband ct Syracuse,


N. Y, the other day, and tried to make


it pass for a suicide, reveals a hideous


callousness of heart. 1t is hardly possi-


bic to picture deeper depravity than


the wife's who could hear unmoved that


pitiful "Good-by, Nina" Both husband


and wife were Germans of very low


character, and did not live happily to-


gether. Dean, the murderer, was the


woman's paramour, and on that night
came in to interfere in a quarrel. The


woman says: By this time my husband


had fallen down, and Dean seized him


by the hair and dragged and / ushed


him out of doors, and coming in locked


the door. Penzer then broke in the door,


and Dean knocked him down and on of


doors, and following him out, picked up


the shovel and struck him on the back,


then across the breast, and finally over


the head, when lie fell, exclaiming,


"Oh, God!" Dean then came in apd


whispered to me that he had NEARLY


finished him, and that 1 must go out
and help carry him to the canal, for if
he was thrown in there no one would
know of it," Dean then went out, and
soon he raped on the window and then
came to the door, to which I went, when
he said Come Nina, and take hold of
him" He told me if 1 did nothe would
kill me too. I went out and took hold
of his feet. He on'y groaned OCCASION
ally. Dean took him by the shoulders
and together we carried him to the canal
bank. Here his feet got so heavy that
1 dropped one. and it went to the
ground, making the foot print in the
mud. My husband had partially re-
covered, and Dean told him he was
"going to throw him in the canal" He |
did not struggle much, and taking a
fresh hold of him, 1--WE swung him out |
into the water" AS he was going, and |
just before he struck the water, he said,
Goodbye, Min," and then he went out |
of sight. He came UP twice while we |
stood there, and then we saw him no |
more. Dean then told me ifI did not |
swear never to tell, he would ''send me
after him. I was afraid of him. and |
promised. Then we went back to the
house, and Dean made up the story for
the children and myself to tell. He told |
it over several times, and Charley and
Caroline repeated it after him. He told
them if they said anything else he would
murder them." About - O'Clock r
vert into one of my fits, and then Dean
went with Rosa for some matches, and
then came back, and Danny Connolly
came with him.. They went after the
doctor, and were gone some fifteen min
utes, and then they came back to the
shanty. Soon after Connolly went
home, and Dean stayed till o'clock in
the morning When he went home. He
came back about 9 O'clock and repeated
the story over and over again for the
and me, and continued to make I
his threats of murder if we did not tell
it.
Year: 1871

AM ingenious mec. anic in Auburn, n.
Y, says the NeaOs Of that city, for near
ly year past has been employing his
leisure hours in study ing out some plan
to make self-supplying chemical pow
er to take the place of steam, and to
make it move piece of machinery hav-
ing the motion of a horse. He claims
to have brought that also to degree of
perfection which indicates success. That
ne has discovered motive power in
certain alkalies and acids, which has
never been brought into practical use for
Y9floNtural implements, there is no
u6dbt. setiieF he can make it work
his machine horse over soft and uneven
ground seems to be the only point to be
tested. He appears to be very confident
himself that it will do so.


The machine does not go on wheels,
like an engine, but walks like a horse,
on four legs, which rise eight inches and
make forward move of eighteen, at
every revolution of center shaft which
works them. The shaft is ten feet long.
the length of The machine. The legs
are ten feet part; fore and aft, and
sidewise five feet apart, which enables
the machine to preserve its balance Oh
uneven ground. 1t is so constructed
that it will go up and down a heavy
grade with the greatest ease, and is cal
culated to walk and draw on soft and
titled land with more ease than any
team of horses. 1t turns round in its
own length to any point needed. AS to
speed, it will go at any rate from three
to fifteen miles per hour. The concern
can be reversed. 1t can be employed
for all the purposes that team of nor. es
are useful, such as ploughing, reaping or
drawing wagons, street cars and canal
boats.
Year: 1871

he give the ant-acid washes. In al


cases where the topical or local use o


nitrate ofsilver is called into requisition


the nitric acid has strong affinity fol


the lime contained in the teeth In 8


word all acids, and all salts having acid


bases should be exhibited with the


above protection. An imperfectly con-


stituted condition of the teeth, arising


from any cause whatever, subjects them


to great liability to decay. Such teeth
like puny children, are not capable OF
resisting the action of injurious causes,
and'again, the enamel or outside cover
ing Is not perfectly distributed over
their surface. This can be clearly seen
along the lines of union where the gum
and enamel should meet. Such teeth
often begin to decay at the margin Of
the gum; such teeth to be preserved
should be kept very clean, and all acid
action shodfd be carefully and persist
emily destroyed, as the puny child often
Through care survives, SO the puny teeth
may be preserved on the same principle.


Blows upon the cheeks or mouth, ac-
cidental fracture, the use of the file,
cracking nuts &C., comes properly under
the head of mechanical violence. The
effect of which is to remove more or less
of the enamel, leaving the surface rough
and ready to be acted upon by all the
causes that have arrayed themselves
against the teeth. Good sound teeth
have been destroyed in great numbers
ty placing clasps around them, in order
to sustain partial act in order to sus-
tain a partial act of artificial ones. The
injurious effects of these clasps are in a
great degree of a chemical nature, it is
not the simply attachment OF the clasp
to the tooth that does the harm, it is the
ready lodgment, it affords for foreign
substances, and the impossibility of
cleanliness in such cases. The use of
clasps ought to be condemned generally.
Decay is the most common cause of
toothache, yet, there are many other
causes that give rise to it, and decay
produces different kinds. There is no
more reason in calling all painful affec-
tions of the teeth, toolhache, than there
is in calling all painful affections of the
head, headache.


My next letter will be devoted entire
ly to Toothache, its causes and varieties.
Year: 1871




Many Teeth Out sfa L.dy's Head, an Z
Got Arrested for Assault and Battery.


The other day yonng lady called at
the rooms of q we'll known dentist to
have back tooth extracted, which had
given her some trouble. The artist ex-
amined her mouth and endeavored, ac-
cording to the lady's statement, to argue
her into the belief that she ought to
have her front teeth pulled out and
have az artificial set put in-he would
do the job for her cheap. She firmly
declined, however; those front teeth
had never gone back on her, and she
was not going back ON Them They had
never given her any trouble and she
didn't want them out at allssl


The dentist then Administered gas to
her and when she was in the prorer
state he proceeded to business. She
says she was aroused to conciousness by
the pain, and she discovered to her
amazement that the eirrepressible opera
tor had ''yanked out three fhsr front
teeth and was evidently going to mako
a clean job of il. There was q lively
scene for q short time and little while
after warrant was served upon the den
tist, upon the womans affldavi., charg-
ing him with assault and battery. The
case will be heard ON Wednesday.
Herald.