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Year: 1873




All the virtue Of Congress has ended in q
dodge, and bill has been passed which,
though good measure in itself, is in the cir
cumstances not satisfactory because it is
compr omise, and as such shirks the direct
issue which the people have made with their
dishonest representatives. 1t provides that
the Secretary Of the Treasury shall receive all
moneys that may be offered by the conscience
stricken members makes the salary of MEN,
bers of Congress six thousand dollars, with
payment of their actual expenses in going to
Washington and returning home; is to take
effect on its passage and repeals oil laws IN
consistent with it so that the back pay theft
is sustained, though, If anybody finds the
money too hot to hold, the Secretary Of the
Treasury is authorized to receive IT. This bill
passed the House on a division of 122 to ID
the yeas and nays being refused, for they don't t
like to be followed too closely in their dodg-
ing. In supporting the bill thus passed Ben
Butler had his usual co'lrtly resayeles " make
Year: 1873

to the press, and discussed the popular
clamor. He dislikes it. Sometimes a rogue
is detected in his villany, when whole street
re-echoes with the cry of ''Stop thief!" and
the hunted rogue in such case seldom escapes.
Now, that is a typical case of popular
clamor," and it is very likely the thief thinks
it excessively vulgar and Objectionable, and SO
it is not strange if some congressman take
similar view of not dissimilar event. In the
Senate there was some discussion OF the re-
cent naval preparations with regard to the
Virginius case, apropos to the measure to
appropriate money to cover the expenditures
actually made. The bill was passed giving
four millions.
Year: 1873

PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND. One of our latest
dispatches has it that the Portuguese authori-
ties at Madeira are placing all the obstacles
they can in the way of an establishment there
OF o sanatorium for the sick of the British
army engaged in the war against the Asian
lees. For the sake Of. humanity we hope the
report is not true. Portugal owes much to
England, and it is not unfair to say that the
comparative peace which Portugal has for so
many years enjoyed is due to the English fleet
which is always conveniently near the capital
of the little kingdom. Who can think of the
Tagus without the floating monuments Of
England's strength 1t may turn out after
all, that the English doctors in Madeira and
their English patients are more to blame in
this matter than the Portuguese authorities


We must wait for further developments before
we blame Portugal too much. In this case it
may be found that England is her own enemy.
Year: 1873

notion of our position as people, does declare
for the sovereignty of the country, what is the
sentiment his course awakens at Washington |?
Eagerness to repudiate his action; uneasy
anxiety lest the Spaniards should take offence;
solicitude to assure them over the head Of the
too jealous diplomatic that the violation Of our
sovereignty is thing we do not take unkindly.


But the story Of the yirginius is only an
incident in the larger story Of our relations
with Cuba, and in this its settlement has made
no change. There is still a war raging at our
doors in which people who are our neighbors
are fighting for their freedom against the
remnant Of that barbarous power which began
its career on this side the ocean with the
characteristic butcheries Of Cortes and
Pizarro. There can be, of course, no
doubt as to the ultimate result of
this struggle. Excepting Cuba, the countries
Of North and South America originally
held by the Spanards are happily relieved Of
their presence. Every people has been able
to drive them out; and to this the Cubans
will be no exception. 1t is, therefore, only
question OF some years-more or less-wasting
the resources Of the island and the useless
slaughter of its people in isolated groups by
the armed forces of Spain; and it is oues-
tion for the American people to determine
how long they will quietly look on at that
slaughter and at manner Of conducting hos
tilites which is not only in violation of the
usages of war, but in violation of every notion
of humanity. How long shall Spain continue
| her efforts to crush the Cubaps when these
Year: 1873

The opposition to the proposed purchase Oi
the buildings for a city hospital by the Council,
is general We hear put one opinion expressed
upon the subject and that Is that the building Is
not needed and the expense is a culpable waste
of money. There is not patient to be put In 1t,
and it is really difficult to tell what use 1t will be
put to when it comes into the possession OF the
city. The Council certainly do not mean to keep
a pauper's boarding house, for the entertainment
of such vagrants as are now frequently accom-
modated In the City Hall cells. And yet we
would not be surprised that sSme resort of this
kind was had to make show that IL was Deces-
sary, and thus the expense of poor establish
ment be foist upon us.
Year: 1873

The st. Louis Democrat, an influential Republi-
can paper says "Speaking of the salary steal,
and replying to the weak argument of Mr.. Car
penter aud its other defenders that II the people
want good officers they must pay them well, we
have said that there Is no direct relation between
the compensation of an Office and either the de-
sire or the willingness to obtain 1t. There are
abundant illustrations Of this fact, and we need
not 20 beyond st. Louis county for very forcIbie
one. The Office Of Sheriff is worth from fllteen
to twenty thousand dollars year. the Office of
Assessor Is not worth four thousand year. Yet
there are as many men to-day who want to fill the
prospective vacancy in the latter office as there
were last fall who desired to be nominated and
elected Sheriff They are, in many instances, the
same individuals; and as class they are precisely
the same. The explanation is that the desire for
public place iS passion or feeling independent
Of avarice or pecuniarv ambition. Most public
men like to make what they can out of an office,
but that is after they have gratAed their ambition
In getting the Office.
Year: 1873

There is a dentist in Harrisburg who
has u daughter who is loved by q
young man, but he is bashfui, and
don't like to go To the house TO see
her unless he has an excuse. So every
Tuesday and Friday he calls and gets
the old man To pull tooth for him,
and ihen he goes into the back parlor
and spark- the girl under the pretence


If trying 10 find his hat. He has only
six teeth left now, and what worries


him j. to know what he is going to do
when they are all ou. and his new set
is made aud put in. He is all the
more anxious about il because the fair
maid doesn't seem as If she was going
to respond To his heartfelt sighs, and
there is room for suspicion that she
has bean playing coluette 40 a. to rope
in good customer for her fond praent.
The young mans confidential friends
state that he has intimated his inten-
ton either to have that girl or to jerk
the whole skt!eton out Of her father.


., 'atchlng on behind is the crown
ing enjnsInent now for boys. Johnny
comes home ut night surfeited with
fan, he has had u good time, but he is
tired. His nose is split open at the
end, and one of his teeth is gone. and
he has Jumps Oh the back Of his head,
but he has had good time, and he
comes home to hear his mother read
about Joseph and his brethren, and
rub him with liniment. There is
huge fun in catching on behind. but
it requires dreat deal Of adroitness
and decision, The successful lad is he
who is never looking for ride He
stands with his hands in his pocket,


actively devouring the scenery with
one eye, while the other Is prowling
around under cover on the lookout for
q good chance And when 1t comes
he pounces down on the cornice of the
sleigh in such u manner as to cover
the most tender parts Of himself In
case he has fallen on Philistine.
The solicitude with which q boy
shields his tender parts will bring tears
to the eyes Of y tax collector. But he
always ge.s on the sleigh, and gets
of, too, when urged by Q long whip
lash; and when he gets Off he rolls
himself in lump and merely let's 60,
and the fate that always protects boys
sees that he bounds into safety. Wood
sleighs, with long, strong stakes to
catch hold Of, are god-senders, but .
box sleigh, with place for three to
sit on and make faces at rivals no are
breaking down their legs and lungs In
. vain attempt to catch up, is not to
be despised. Not at all. Heaven
bless the farmers who own blue sleighs
with floor boards protrudlng a foot or
% beyond the tail. board. Finally
prayer cannot avail much where those
boards are sawed OF too close.
bssy Ns,cs.
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the InterOcean,
while visiting the Illinois penitentiary at
Joliet, met Billy Forester there, and in
terviewed him. He reports'the following:


R.-Have you any private information
about the Nathan murder, for which you
were indicted and tried in New York;


FL hear from my wife occasionally,
but I've learned nothing particular.


R.-Do you know who committed the
deed2


FL know, perhaps, little too much
for nv own convenience. Not that
had hand in it, but because the parties
implicated have done everything they
could to put up job on me, and get
me out of the way lest / should peach
on them; I've too much honor for that,
but they did their best to secure my con
viction. They put up a woman who
swore to lie, and so overdid it that she
vitiated her testimony, and | was ac-
quilted.


R.-Could you name the Nathan muir
derers?


FL would never do that, but I'll tell
you what | am willing to do. If the
right parties from New York will visit
me here and give me ample evidence
that they are not in the interest of the
Kelso ring, l will put them on the track
in such a way that the apprehension Of
the murderer can be easily effected. |
know the whole plot, and know that GER
tain New York officials are implicated
in such way as to make it necessary
that none but detectives of Kelso' S
choice shall be put ON the case. They
have now spent several thousand dollars
and are no nearer the solution of the
mystery than at the beginning. Let
proper persons approach me and the
affair will no longer be mystery.


R.-Do you expect pardon from the
Governor on the strength of your prom
ised Developments


F.-Not at all. OF course / should
accept a pardon. but have no disposition
to base my developments on that
ground. l am willing to serve out my
eight years. I've resolved to follow a
more honorable vocation than before,
when / get out, IT does not pay TO be a
thief. I'm getting along in years, and
DO not care to run any risks of peniten-
tiary for life. 1t is ear-bought and
short.hved pleasure to handle other pee
ple's money aud goods. I've handled
thousands of dollars, but my earnings
have almost all gone to voracious de-
tectives.
Year: 1873

In o late nnn1har 0f the -Asssgs-s,yesss
NdtuTdttst, J, II. Emerson describes
at length the peculiar habits and
structure of the ant lion (MyrmeleO
immaculatUs). 1t appears that this
rayenOus little insect is endowed by
nature with superior intelligence, and
displays great skill and cunning in the
entrapping and securing of its prey
Having determined upon a suitable
site, geneFallya clear sandy space un-
der the shade of some shrub or bowl
der, it begins the construction of
miniature pitfali by first thrusting its
long jaws and fiat head underneath
the grains of sand, and then by a sud
den upwBrd jerk tossing them several
inches beyond the edge of the pit.
This operation is repeated until a fun
mel shaped hole is eXcavated, the sides
of which are as steep as the shifting
nature will allow. When completed
the ingenious little builder cOnceals
his body at the bottom leaving only
the extended jaws exposed. Here he
awaits patiently until the unconscious
victim, generally some smaller insect,
approaches the edge Of the ambuscade,
when the disturbance of the sand
above warns the watcher below, and
he begins to toss up the earth from be-
meath the unwary ant or beetle, thus
deepening the hole and causing the
sand on the shelving sides to slide
down tOwqrd the center, bearing with
it, the prey to within reach Of the ex-
tended jaws. The lower sides Of these
are provided with tubular channels,
that serve as ducts to convey the blood
of the victim to the mouth Of the cap
tor. After sucking the blood dry, the
carcass is tossed beyond the limits Of
the pit, which is at once repaired and
made ready for the approach of the
second visitor.
Year: 1873

One OF the popular fallaeies Of the
day is that the man who cannot look
you in the eye when you are talking
70 him, is at heart a coward, or, in
truth, a scOundrel; and that the man
who meets you with asteady, straight
forward glance, and watches every
look and gesture while you are talk
ing. is a brave, Open-hearted fellow
This is one OF the notions Of rOman-
cists that have passed into every = lay
philosophy as fact. According to the
novelist the thief is the man who
avoids your eye; the consciously
guilty man is one whose eyes cannot
look q man straight in the face; and
the man who intends to do wrong is
the one who becomes agitated when
ever you look straight at him. In
fact all this is nonsense. The purest,
bravest, kindest man in the world
may not be able TO look another man
in the eye. In many cases il is the
OYer-sensitive man that avoids your
glance, and the brazen thief that
looks at you with a steady glance
The handling Of the eyes in this par
ticular is entirely a physical matter:
A man may be good and brave ana
be physically able and naturally IN
elined to look every man IN the lace.
Another man, Just as brave, and
more sensitive, may be, physically
speaking, incapable Of looking a man
in the eve, and from inherited ineli-
nation disinclined to do so.
Year: 1873

The sale Of liquor in Pennsylyania
hereafter is to be subject to the pro-
visions of a local option law. That
is, community has the right Of vot-
ing for or against the sale within its
limits. In Philadelphia the vote, will
lot be taken for sOmemOnths. Pitts
burg will decide the question in a few
weeks, and the whole city is excited
in the matter. In the interior Of the
State the elections, thus far, are gen
orally largely against license.
Year: 1873

Do not think Of one falsity as harm
less, and another as slight, and an
other as unIntended. Cast them all
aside they may be light and aeci-
dental, bat they are an ugly SCOT from
the smoke Of the pit, for all that !;
and it is better that cur hearts should
be kept clear Of them, without over
care IS to which Is the largest and
blackest
Year: 1873

There is a great want about Chris
tians who have suffered. Some flow
ers must be broken or buised before
they emit any fragrance. All the
wounds of Christ sent out sweetness ;
all the sorrows Of Christ do the same.
Commend me to bruised brOther-a
broken reed-One like the Son Of Man.
To me there is something sacred and
sweet in all sufferiI & it is so much
akin to the Man Of Sorrow.
Year: 1873

Now that Amadeus is safely out OF
Spain, he must feel pretty much a.
the preacher did who "tOOk up a col
lection" one Sunday, and found, when
his hat was returned, that there wasn't
a cent in it. "I thank my God" said
he, turning the hat upside down and
tapping the crown Of il with his hand,
that I have got my hat back from
this eOngregatiOn.n
Year: 1873

The God Of Christians Is a God that
makes the soul feel that he is It's only
good that its only repose Is in him,
and that it shall have no Joy but in
loving him and who makes it, at
the same time abhOr -the obstacles
that restrain il and hinder it from
loving God with al its strength.
Year: 1873

ElIToRs APPEAI-I see that some OF The
distributing committee are complaining that
rations are given to healthy looking people
who are able TO work. such persons cannot
surely understand The condition OF the work
ing clas-es. Half of the people have fed from
the city carrying with them all the avail a bic
means 70 carr business, and len behind
them the work az .s-es without work 10 DO
OF money 70 pay Tor II when done. Under
such circumstance the poor must DO belred or
they must eHHgusst walk away from the city.
Much good could be done IL those who have
means would look around them, ana when
they see a man or woman hard pushed to live.
give them some work 10 do Instead Of giving
their work % those y ho can live without d. or
NLo nave plehly 10 90. An article from your
pen on the above would do much good Which
hope 70 see IL your next COSSISrEN ~ .


The above is, every word Of It, sensi-
be and to the point 1t states the case
exactly, and needs no elaboration at our
hands. Our citizens may as well make
up their minds now, that during the
whole Of next winter or the greater part
Of it, they will have to support many
hundreds Of able-bodied and healthy
people, made destitute by reason Of the
direct effects OF the fever in their fami.
lies, or the-indirect results Of IL in the
CESSATION OF nearly all of our in
dustIies. There are now not less than
one thousand orphans 10 be cared for,
and will perhaps be two hundred more.
These will need our help, so that it
Is not too much to say that we will find
use for all the money, groceries, food
and clothing the benefeent in other
cities may send us. We hope the citi-
zens' committee will take cognizance Of
these able-bodied and healthy-loOking
applicants for aid, and sustain them
either with work or help. We shall
have need for them, we hope, after the
evil days now upon US have passed
away.
Year: 1873

We are deeply panied to announce
that our worthy mayor. Hon. John
Johnson, is prosuated with the prevail
ing fever. He was attacked yesterday
while at the post Of duty, and Is now at
his home suffering from the effects Of
his humane efforts TO alleviate the
wants of the sick and destitute. Since
the coming of the disease, Mayor John
sln has been quietly, bat unremittingly
and effectively, engaged in attending to
those stricken with the pestilence, and
though We have quarTeled with the
inertia Of the city government In the IN


cipiency Of the disease, and deem its
non action then most unfortunate for
Year: 1873

We call special attention to the para
graph in our local column in reference
u the difficulty of the undertakers pro-
cIring the certificates of attending ply
clans, in case Of death from the fever,
in compliance with the city ordinance.
Tne fatal effects of keeping the dead
bodies of fever-pstients unburied for
any length of time after dissolution
will neutralize all our efforts to stay the
progress Of the contagion. VIII the
physicians please make note of this?
We know they are hard-worked, and
sympRthize with them, but unless the
evils complained of are at once stopped,
nothing within the power of human
hands can keep the plague from becom-
ing general.
Year: 1873

Memphis, the mayor, individually, and
the members Of the council and Of the
board Of aldermen, In their individual
capacity, have left nothing undone to
prove to the community, that as men,
they felt for and sympathized with the
suffering and afflicted poor. We hope
to be able to publish the welcome news
in few days that Mayor johnson Is re-
stored to his official duties, and to the
affection of his family aud friends.
Year: 1873

Elsewhere it will be seen that New
York has experienced another panic
the telegraph says the most damaging
in its results that has taken place or
Wall street in ten years. How many,
or who are most hurt in pocket, will not
be known for day or two. Meantime
it is well for our merchants and moneyed
men to remember that while New York
is thus lurried, the substantial city Of
Cincinnati has set noble example OF
independence of stock brokers and Of
in the future by returning to
payments.
Year: 1873

The very sensational dispatch in re-
gard to a filibustering scheme for the
capture and annexation of the northern
States of Mexico will be read with inter-
est. 1t isalmost incredible, and we look
for a denial of any completely in it from
the President so soon as his attention is
called to il.
Year: 1873

We suggest to the several relief com
mittees the propriety of their hereafter
uniting in the good work they are en-
gagged in, at least 50 far as funds are
concerned. They should have a com
mon treasury and treasurer, on whom
to make drafts for the sick and needy.
In this way none need run out Of funds.
Year: 1873

In the Oregon Indian War of 1855 and 1856, Ouhi, the most conspicuous chief of the Yakimas, a large and powerful tribe in Washington Terri tory, was one of the principal leaders. After several months of fighting, seeing the hopelessness of the contest, he came in and delivered himself up. The officer to whom he surrendered was Cap tain Dent, of the Ninth Infantry, the brother in law of President Grant. General Wright, who commanded the troops then in the field, as soon as the fact of the capture of Ouhi was an- nounced to him, directed the prisoner to be brought before him. He then said

 You have seen the sun for the last time. I am going to hang you. Not that you have fought against us in battle, but because before the war broke out you murdered Indian Agent Bolen. He was your friend; but. you followed him from the Yakima Agency on his journey to the Dalles, and when at noon he was resting, you and two other Indians killed him, and yet the moment before you had been smoking with him. This was not war-it was the act of dog, and you shall die a dogs death. Captain Dent, as Officer of the Day, you will detail Sergeant and the proper number of men, and hang this man as soon as the prepara- tions can be made.
Year: 1873

The PaU lfnW Gazette thinks that 8 man about to marry can commit no greater error than te interfere in any way with regard to his intended wife's trousseau. By so doing he is guilty of all act of extreme presumption, and he also incurs a pecuniary responsibility often Of serious nature. In dispute about a t>ride's trousseau, Sheriff Lees, at Airdrie, in Scotland, has just issued an interlocutor, which fully enters into the law as to husbands liability in this respect In the case in question the husband was sued by the trades man who supplied the outfit, and, as it was clearly proven that they were SUD- piled on the defendants order, the sheriff held him liable in the amount of the account, e27s. s., with g3 Is. lid. That it was the duty of the brides father to provide her wedding outfit; and, second, that the account should be reduced or disallewed, as it was extrava- gant for the position of the defenders wife. The learned sheriff, in long note, enters into the law on this point, and finds that while in ordinary cases the husband would not be liable, yet when as in this case the goods were got on his express order, he must be held to be the responsible party, and cannot be allowed to complaino of extravaganza. This seems only fair; for if husbands have ordered their wives trousseaus they cannot complain if they are sub- sequently called upon to pay; but of- ten both husband and wife afew months after marriage bitterly regret that a large sum which might have been use- fully expended in paying the grocer's, butchers, and bakers bills, or furnish ing their house, has found it's way into the milliner's pocket in the purchase of a vast number of useless articles.
Year: 1873

GRENAD1NE HOUSE DRESSES. House dresses of grenadine are made with a basque and over-skirt, or else the newer round Josephine waist. The basque is lined throughout with thick silk, and requires no inner lining it's edge is simply finished with a piping of silk 1; the postillion pleats behind are pressed fatly their whole length, precisely like those in riding-habits, and held down by two rows of buttons. Leads are put in the position to add to it's weight and keep it in place. Although the edge of the basque is very plain, the bosom and shoulders have an elaborate ruff and puff of the grenadine, beginning at the waist in front and extending up around the back of the neck.