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Year: 1873

A MENAGERIE WRECKED The news
of the wreck of the steamer off Columbo
has already been telegraphed to the press
1t appears. according to a letter to the
London Times of the 4th inst, that the
Captain to save fuel, sought anchorage
outside the port:


The pilot let 60 the anchor too near q
well-known rock, and the sea, tumbling
in as it knows how to tumble off Gale in
the southwest monsoon, caused the chain
cable to part, and the vessel to surge heav-
lily on the rock The work Of destruction
was rapid. Those on board were startled
by the metallic sound Of the ripping iron
sides of the steamer as her hull was torn
in shreds by the piercing rock. There
was no time to be lost. The vessel was
fast filling, and to save the passengers
luggage was hopeless. They had barely
time to escape into the boats rs the seas
came tumbling over the sides, sweeping
every thing before them, carrying away
one Door invalid sailor, and bursting open
the cages and dens of an extensive me-
nagerie on board, going home for the Zoo
logical Gardens. The escape and striking
out amid the waves of a crowd OF tigers.
elephants. etc, and their roars and screams
added to the terror of the wretchcd pas
sengers. One elephant managed to swim
ashore, as dld one of the tigers. and the
inhabitants of the adjacent coast are said
to be living in state of siege, not daring
to venture outside their barricaded doors.
Year: 1873

USELESS CURRENCY. In town not 4
thousand miles from Portland lives an old
lady and her grandson. The old lady
told the grandson over a year ago that
she had saved considerable sum OF
money, and if he ever got into a tight
place in his business she would lend it to
him. During the recent panic he found
himself in bad situation from the want
of ready cash and concluded to visit his
grandmother and borrow her money So
he called upon the old lady and stated his
wish With alacrity she went to her
trunk and drawing out an old stocking
proceeded to count out one thousand dol
lars in old State bank bills-bills that were
long past redemption and worthless. His
feelings can better be imagined than de-
scribed TPortland Perss
Year: 1873

STRANGLEs IN CoLT This complaint.
known very commonly as dstemper, is
nothing serious The swelling which ap-
pears at the junction of the jaws and
throat will in time break of itself aad dis
appear The only treatment necessary
is to give the colt soft feed, with bran
mashes, and no medicine III all. The APP
petite, which falls off while the fever ac-
companying the disorder remains, Will re-
turn as soon as the abscess has broken. If
the enlargement increases TO such an eX
tent as to threaten partial sutfocation, it
may be opened with q lancet and discharg-
ed. No poultice should be applied to the
swelling Sometimes when the abscess re-
fuses to break, or is slow in suppurating,
it may be fastened by rubbing it with
little ointment composed Of one part
Spanish flies and six parts OF lard.
Year: 1873

w. b. j." of uarj(wick, Mass, who
has kept COWS for nearly thirty years. and
who has tried both open and tight barns,
writes to the Boston Cultivator that he
finds the latter far preferable in our cold
climate, but he would have the barn 50
constructed that it can be thoroughly ven
tilatcd at pleasure He SAYS, feed good
hay and regularly; keep my cows in the
barn most Of the time in cold weather:
water twice 4 day in the barn; keep them
well beddcd clean out the stable twice 4
dav, and sometimes three times. iind
farmers, not few in this town, say their
COWS won't drink but once 4 day, say to
such, | guess You don't give them &
chance; try tight barn. and one that is
warm Farmers, when you BEGIN TO pinch
your cows III drink, you brin" leanness
upon COWS, if not in your purses; you
might as well pinch in feed as in drink
for either OF both will cause that leanness
of which farmers 20 much complain in
these days


| think il farmers will try tight barns.
with good hay with water twice q day and
clean stables, with good warm bedding,
that two-thirds OF the feed used in an open
barn will keep the cows in much better
condition. | can direct You to q farmer in
this town who kept his COWS, some twelve
or sixteen, in the barn all winter, with
plenty of water in the stable, and he told
me that he did not feed two-thirds as much
hay as when they were turned out to stand
round and shiver in the cold, as was for
merly done, and the COWS were in much
better condition than when left out in the
cold
Year: 1873

The position of Chief Engineer to the Board
of Education has been held for some time past by
Stephen O'Bren through the influence Of his brother
Senator James O'Brien He has had no particular
training and the new Board found him unfit for the
position Accordingly the Special Committee on sala
ries, their last meeting recommended his removal
to facilitate the business Of the Department" and
the appointment OF John Dunhsm in his place. The
report was laid over, is usual but will undoubtedly
be adopted that the removal may take effect on June
l. 1t understood that Mr. OBrien has boasted to his
associates that he would not suffer by the change, as
another and lucrative place open TO him In the
Fire Department. This is the superntendency OF the
Repair Yard which is made vacant by the new Charter
The incumbent should be practical mechanic, skilled
in the manufacture OF implements required In the Fire
Department 1t is considered post in which an incom-
peent OF dishonest might do great tnury and $500
is paid that the salary may be commensurate with the
qualifications required The Secretary of the Commits
soners stated TRIBUNE reporter yesterday that no
application OF O'Bren had been acted upon 10 his
knowledge, but that of the Commissioners might
have received 1t and yet have placed before the
Board Those acquainted with O'Brien's reputation
state that his appointment would be eminently i'm
proper in view fact his discharge from another
branch of the city government for ncOmpetency.


The Committee Furniture OF the Board OF Educa-
ton will meet at D. Monday, May &C. 20 open bids
for furnishing Primary School No l. in the Tenth Ward
Year: 1873

definite as TO his departure. II Is not belevedby tho
bcternformed dealers that be will 20 abroad at this
juncture "a his speculative interests here known TO
be large and varied and very unsettled.
Year: 1873

THE trustees of the Philadelphia Girard
College for orphans propose to teach their
pupils handicraft labor, two of the classes
to work two hours in the morning and two
in the afternoon. The work is TO be lin
tied for the present to the manufacture of
paper boxes and tiuware, until the success
of the experiment is demons rated, and the
BOYS are 10 Is allowed moderate wages.
Year: 1873

counsel say the question whether he will be
resentenced before the case goes to the
Court of Appeals is yet unsettled.


The Indictment against Geo. f. Train is
to stand and an early day will be fixed for
the trial.
Year: 1873

A TRIBUNE reporter called, last night, on
Henry Grnnell. his residence, No. II Bond-st Mr
Grnne had inspected the POlars. and was intimately
acquainted with Capt Hall. he believed that every
thing was could done for the safety Of the
Poaris She was exactly the vessel be would have
built for that purpose but in his opinion she was as wen


fitted for the expedition as any boat IN the
navy she was too "wal-sded," but that
was not a matter Of very great moment.
The Government credit for doing everything
in power for the promotion OF scientific research
and the safety engaged in this expedition Ihe
crew was carefully selected and comprised NUMBER Oh
old whalers and Arctic seamen who had had extensive
experience in encoulterHg the severe Northern WIN


ters The officers were all doubtless good sailors ana
excellent men, but tile Polaris sailed under Oruhary
merchant service discipline, which was serious in
take Naval officers should have been in eommahu' anu
the vessel should have been under the strictost hV


discipline The officers should have had the power tha


those the navy have THIS was deficiency noe 70 De
counterbalanoed by any merit In other depaf nehS.
Capt Hail. too possessed very little experience ahu nau
never commanded TO any great extent ne was 100
familiar with his men. which is most serious error AZ
the captain should 70 degree stand aIooi from MS
crew. which Is especially necessary "hsn vessel
l. 20 cruise Ga a rogion remote hom law a. is the
Polar sen Capt BIdGing.en was " Ola Whaler
Year: 1873

In Sundays issue we published an article
on this subject from correspondent of the
Gallatin Examiner. The editorial COM
ments which should have accompanied it
were accidentally ommitted. But as the
same subject has been discussed by US before
It is perhaps unnecessary for us to add any
thing further than this: The law having
been before the Supreme Court and recog-
nized by them as constitutional it must
stand as such in the eyes of all law-abiding
citizens until that decision Is reversed.
Year: 1873

took their toddy without scruples, yet he
drank to excess at times, and it is related that
he would occasionally be TOO drunk to fill his
appointments. He carried such force with
him on this question that he even induced
some farmers to cut down their orchards, to
prevent the distiliation of their fruit. There
seems to have been class of people that fol-
lowed him with blind zeal, at first if not all
the time, and he is said to have had some re.
markable reviyals while here. 1t is said that
he threatened certain individuals whom he
could not persuade to the "mourner's bench, y
and at times accomplished some remarkable
conversions. He was discharged before his
year expired, and he finally died vagabond
in New Jersey.
Year: 1873

"The Smyrna Times is guilty of misrepresen-
tstion when it alleges that the Dela,oarean
champions the West verdict as a Democratic
measure"


Very well; VIC publish this its denial, as
we did its assertion that it did not intend to
become the apologist of the jury that rendered
the verdict. 1t saw fit to expend great deal
of fatherly advice upon its Democratic neigh
bors because they, being Democratic, were So
thOughtless as to express the same views about
the farce that the Republican papers did, and
there was no other conclusion to arrive at than
that it claimed the verdict as party measure
Its foolish course has created dissatisfaction,
from what We can learn, and but for this it
would not have taken the trouble to make
this denial
Year: 1873

ty unlike himself, and she will be no.
bier woman for having manhood beside
her that seeks to correct her Deficiencies
and supply her with what she lacks, if
the diversity be not too great, and there
be real piety and love in their hearts to
begin with. The old bridegroom, hav-
ing a much shorter journey to make,
must associate himself with one like him
self. A perfect and complete marriage,
is perhaps, as rare as perfect personal
beauty. Men and women are married
fractionally, now a small fraction, then
large fraction. Very few are married
totally, and they only, I think, after
some 40 or 30 years Of gradual approach
and experiment. Such a large and
sweet fruit is complete maria ge, and
it needs very long Summer to ripen
in, and then long Winter to mellow
and season in. But a real, happy mar
riage of love and judgment, between a
noble man and a woman, is one of the
things so very handsome that if the sun
were, as the Greek poets tabled, god,
ne might stop the world in order to
feast his eyes with such spectacle.


THEODORE PARKER.
Year: 1873

sciousness, and found that, feeling very
ill, he had left his men, intending to
return home, but weakness overpower-
ing him, he had fallen by the way. Ii
on's instinct (is it only instinctN led
him to me. Leaving the faithful fel-
low to watch by his master, I followed
the course pointed out by my husband,
and soon heard the cheerful sound Of
the woodman's axes ringing through
the forest, and coming to the place
where they were telling timber, took
tour Of the men back with me. Con-
trlving rude litter of waffle branches,
We took my husband home, smitten down
by that fearful scourge, the colonial fe-
yer.
Year: 1873

From the Dispatch.


We are continually bemoaning the
state and condition of things in this
world, berating this and finding fault
with that. heaping up sins of commits
sion and omission against our nelghbors
and one another, till everything seems
upside down aud the whole fabric of
society not worth saving But if we
should stop and consider that it is we
ourselves and those akin to US who have
helped to bring about this very state
and condition so shocking to contemp-
late, would we not be more sensible
and in better mood to correct and i'm
prove what we now ceDsure. In order
to help others we must help ourselves,
firstly. We cannot make the world
any better by preaching without prac-
tising. Good precepts are we'll but
good examples are thousand fold bet-
ter; and here is where the great trouble
lies. There is too much crying out
against our neighbors and too little self
accusation-too much pulling at the
notes in our brothers eye and too little
thonght Of beams in our own; too
much holding the glass to others,
which should reflect but ourselves.
When shall we learn these truths, and
with face turned to God, contrite,
meek and humble in spirit, seek His
grace and walk in wisdom Only in
this way can order and harmony come,
and that quiet: inward peace for which
the world is longing. How soon We
might rejoice with a JOY unspeakable
and full Of glory if each one in all god
liness and honesty would do their duty
and strive to spread abroad love and
good will to each other, working and
praying for the incoming time " when
all shall see eye to eye." Let us then
begin at ourse1ves to make the world
better. Let our example be right in
the sight of all-our lives psalms to
those with whom we are, and living in-
spiration to our neighbors abroad Let
our every day acts, the smallest and
slightest, be fragrant as blossoms with
goodness, love and mercy. Then peace
and harmony and unity will twine
around US like the green leaves of the
ivy. and there will be no one left to
find fault, or "cry peace where there
is no peace" for salvation will have
come to the world. NJ. A. NJ.
Year: 1873

The late DR.. Chalmers is said to hav
been the author of the following beautiful
lines, written on the occasion of the dealt
Of young son whom he greatly loved
I am all alone in my chamber now,


And the midnight hour is near,
And the fagot's crack, and the clocks dull tick,
Are the only sounds hear;
And over my soul in its solitude,


Sweet feelings of sadness glide;
For my heart and my eyes are full when think
Of the little boy that died.
went one night to my fathers house,
Went home to the dear ones all
And softly opened the garden gate


And softly the door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her son.


She kissed ME and then she sighed
And her head fell on my neck and she wept
For the little boy that died.
shall miss him when the flowers come


In the garden where he played;
shall miss him more by the freside


When the flowers are all decayed;
shall see his toys and his empty chair,


And the horse he used to ride.
And they will speak with silent speech,
Of the little boy that died
We shall 60 home to our Fathers house


To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hope Of souls shall have no blight
Our love no broke n ties;
We shall roam on the banks of the river of peace
And ba the in its blissful tide;
And one of the joys Of life shall be


The little boy that died.
Year: 1873

The Leisure Hour, an English mag
azine, tells this touching story, as related
by Maj. Brown, of the Fortieth regi-
ment: During the seige Of Pondicherry,
in the East Indies, by the British army,
when NJ. Lally was governor there, there
were in the French garrison several war
elephants, all Of which except one, died
from the scarcity of provisions, and the
survivor would have shared the fate of
his companions but for his uncommon
sagacity, which rendered him a favorite
with every one, and the object Of general
admiration. This animal, in the absence
of his keeper, was one day amusing him
self with his chain in an open part of the
town, when man who had committed
theft and was pursued by great num-
ber Of people, despairing Of all other
means of safety, ran for protection under
the elephant Apparently delighted
with the poor wretch's confidence, the
creature instantly faced about and met
the crowd, erected his trunk and threw
his chain in the air, as is the manner of
these animals when engaged with the
enemy, and became so furious in the de-
fense of the criminal that, notwithstand-
ing all the gentle arts made use Of by the
surrounding multitude, neither they nor
even his mahout or driver, to whom he
was fondly attached, and who was sent
for to manage him, could prevail with
him to give up the malefactor The con-
test had continued for about three hours,
when at length the Governor, hearing
the strange account Of it, came to the
spot, and was SO much pleased with the
generous perseverance Of the honest quad
ruped that he yielded to the elephant s
interposition, and pardoned the criminal


The poor man, in an ecstacy of gratitude,
testified his Acknowledgements by kissing
and embracing the proboscis of his kind
benefactor, who was apparently so sensi-
BILE of what had happened that, laying
aside all his former violence, he became
perfectly tame and gentle in an instant,
and suffered his keeper to conduct him
away without the smallest resistance
Year: 1873

termined to keep him, if he was willing.
In the morning they found that he was
only too glad to remain.


They sent him to school, and after
ward he entered monastery. There
he found the Bible: which he read, and
from which he learned the way of
life. The sweet voice of the little sing
er became the strong echo of the good
news, ''Justifed by faith, we have
peace with God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ" Conrad and Ursula, when
they took that little street-singer into
their house, little thought that they
were nourishing the great champion Of
the Reformation. Tho poor child was
Martin Luther BE not forgetful to
entertain strangers The following is
the whole Of the song on which Luther
sang the memorable night;


Lord of heaven, lone and sad,


would lift my soul to thee;


Pilgrims in foreign land.


Gracious father, look on me;


l shall neither faint nor die


While walk beneath thine eve.


I will stay my faith on thee,


And will never fear to tread


Where the Savior Master leads;


He will give me daily bread.


Christ was hungry, Christ was poor,


He will feed me with his store.


Foxes to their holes have gone,


Every bird into its nest


But l wander here alone,


And for me there is no rest;


Yet neither faint nor fear,
For the Savior-Chr is near.
If live He'll be near me;
If l die to him go.
He'll not leave me, will trust him,
And my heart no fear shall know.


Sin and sorrow defy,


For on Jesus rely.
-Presbytertan.
Year: 1873

Men and woman, and especially
young people, do not know that it takes
years to marry completely, two hearts,
even Of the most loving well-sorted!
But nature allows no sudden change.
We slope very gradually from the cra-
die to the summit Of life. Marriage is
gradual, fraction Of us at time. A
happy wedlock is long falling in love.
l know young persons think love only
belongs to brown hair, and plump,
round, crimson cheeks. So it does for
its beginning, just as Mt Washington
begins at Boston Bay. But the golden
marriage is part of love which the
bridal day knows nothing Of Youth is
the tassel and silken flower Of love age
is the full corn, ripe, and solid in the
ear. Beautiful is the morning Of love
with its prophetic crimson, violet, pur:
pie, and gold, with its hopes Of days
that are to come Beautiful also is the
evening Of love, with its glad remem-
brances, and its rainbow side turned TO-
ward heaven as well as earth. Young
people marry their opposites in temper
and general character, and such mar:
riage is commonly good match. They
do it instinctively. The young man
does not say my black eyes requires to
be wed with blue, and my over-vehe-
mence requires to be little modified
with somewhat of dulness and reserve y
When these opposites come together to
be wed they do not know it, but each
thinks the other just like himself: Old
people never marry their opposites;
they marry their similars, and from
calculation. Each of these two arrange.
ments is very proper. In their long
journey these young opposites will fall


out BY the way a great many times, and
both get away from the road but each
will charm the other back again, and
by.and-by they will be agreed as to the
place they will 60 to, and the road they
will 60 BY, and become reconcsled
The man will be nobler and larger 70,
being associated with 90 much humani
Year: 1873

The LUc1FER MATcH.-The inven.
tion Of our present lucifer match was
great because it was so small, and it now
turns out that the production of this
most useful, but at the same time most
dangerous frework, was due to hap
py thought which flashed through the
brain Of Mr.. Isaac Holden, who so
terms the idea in his evidence before
the patent committee Mr.. Holden had
to rise at 4 in the morning to pursue
his studies in chemistry, and expert
enced the gravest inconvenience from
his tedious efforts to obtain light from
flint and steel. He was giving lectures
at this time to very large academy.
He goes on to say" Of course, I knew,
as other chemists did, the explosive ma
terial that was necessary in order to
produce instantaneous light; but it was
very difficult to obtain light on wood
by that explosive material, and the idea
occurred to me to put Under the explo.
sive mixture sulphur. I did that, and
published it in my next lecture, and
showed it. There was young man in
the room whose father was a chemist in
London, and he Immediately wrote tc
his father about it, and shortly after
ward lucifer matches were issued to the
world." ."-PuW Mail Gazette.
Year: 1873

is quite willing to be considered a
guardian Of the public interests. Let him
show whether he Is such q guardian or
not by seeing that the mystery surround
ing the management Of the State funds Is
fully cleared up and explained to the
people. ,' Il irs i.as 81.


lift Is thought unnecessary to raise a
special committee for this examination,
how would Il do 70 instruct the Aouse
Finance Committee to forthwith summon
before 1t the Treasurer OF the State and
the Charleston cashiers and cempel them
alto answer under oath touching the de-
posits in the three banks there? Compel
them to state why 1t IL that such an enor-
NOUS amount Of school money, ie kept on
deposit in Charleston at q dead loss Of in.
terest TO the State. aIa -. .l,rs.e
Year: 1873

The bill Is designed for the relief Of the
present stringency, and to restore conf.
dence and business activity to the country.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.


SHERMAN wANTs TO STRENGTHEN THE
Year: 1873

A REVOLVER that had been secreted
In 3 grain stack was run through a
thresing machine, near Grove City,
Illinois. In the separating process
two loads of the deadly weapon were
discharged and seven teeth knocked
out OF the cylinder OF the machine.
Year: 1873

The trial OF Henry w. Genet upon an Indictment
charging larceny and fraud in connection with the
Harlem Court House was begun yesterday before
Judge Daniels In the Court OF Oyer and Terminer.
"A jury was obtained at five O'Clock, when the
Court adjourned, and 1t is thought that the prose-


cution will finish their side OF the case to-day and
chat In two days more it will reach the jury. The
attendance, as will be seen by the report below,
ls as large as at any OF the previous "Ring" trials


DR.. j. A. Sherman 697 Broadway, writes to say
that the statement that he was arrested ana taken
before Commissioner Osborn on charge Of mail
ing an improper article is erroneous, ana calcu-
lated to convey wrong impression to the public.
He states that he not arrested by any one, but
that, on the contrary, hearing that Comstock had
made complaint against him for mailing his
book on hernia, he voluntarily went to the office
or the Commissioner with bondsman to answer
60 the charge. The examination is set down for
TODAY.