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Year: 1875

MARRIED MEN-There is an expression
in the face of good married man, who has
good wife, that bachelor cannot have. 1t
is indiscribable. He is little nearer the an
gels than the prettiest, young fellow living
You can see that his broad breast is pillow
for somebody's head; and that little fingers
pull his whiskers. No one ever mistakes the
good married man. 1t is only the erratic one
who leaves you in doubt. The good. one can
protect all the unprotected femsles, and make.
himself generally agreeable to the ladies' { and
yet never leave doubt on any MUD that
there is precious little woman. at home worth
all the world to him.-Forney,s Press.
Year: 1875

of Altar and Magdalena, the brand with all the animals branded with it. l.. C."

 The receipt was made, op, in this form:

 "Received of Don Francisco Alta miranO, the sum of his account due me, since he first had account with me, up to this date." l.. CARRILLO.

 The account of ST. Altamirano is something over $3600-without the in terest-which has been due for the last seven years, and he has to his credit about twenty fanegas of wheat, which he paid me in Sonora.

 After this transaction he left, carry ing with him the amount in green backs, and the coin he ordered some soldiers to take for him, and told me he was going to bring me the passport. In about five minutes he sent it to me, while I was gathering up my things. The officer in charge of the guard took my wife apart and told her: "Save yourselves, fer in few moments they are going to murder your husband" :" She, myself, and other persons who were with us, jumped out of the jail, the guard fled in disorder, and we run through a dark street and arrived si- lentlv at the house of Sr. Zepeda, where some people were waiting for us and had prepared something for us to eat. We did not even take time to bid fare we'll to the people of the house; tic same persons who accompanied my wife from here did not even have time to take their clothes. We mounted in the carriage without provisions, took our arms and started as quickly as we could go, as we were told to do. When we were out of town, l alight- ed from the carriage and my wife went on, and I took the road across the mountains to save myself, and had to undress myself so as not to be recog- nized by my clothes.

 On the 29th, l was at the foot of a mountain, suffering very much from the effects of the flight on foot. On the same day, as 1 had taken a short cut off the road near Sasabi, met my wife, and from there we never stopped running until we were one mile within the United States, where we thanked God, we could complain of our pains, and could there breathe Liberty. l omitted to state that among other things, they took my horse and saddle. and would not even believe me in the sum which was eXacted from me. They also made me give up pistol which belonged to Dr. Wilbur, they having stolen mine from my room. Dr. Will bur had the kindness to lend me his pistol, as I was ordered by the military forces to give up the pistol in fifteen minutes, which l delivered to Salvador Lopez.

 TLeopoldo Carrilla declared his in tention to become a citizen of the Unit ed States, April s, 1873, and at the same time renounced his allegiance to all other powers, especially the Republic of MexicO.-ED.l
Year: 1875

ADULTERATED LARD.-A correspondent
of the London Pharmaceutical Journal
states that, having had reason to suspect
the purity of most of the commercial lard
offered for sale, he instituted series of
experiments which led to the detection of
large quantities of some farinaceous SUBJ
stance in it. In quantity weighing 105 1-2
lbs. he found as much as 90 IA lbs. of this
foreign matter, and in another lot. weigh
ing A Ga lbs. he found II 3.4 of similar
substance. The pernicious effects which
such adulteration would be likely to pro-
duce in the employment OF these lards for
certain pharmaceutical purposes, and the
danger which might ensue from their ap-
plication TO machinery, are obvious. In
another case. the analysis of some Ameri-
can lard showed from ten to twelve per
cent. of water, two to three per cent OF
alum. and about one per cent. of quick
lime-the alum. it is presumed, being for
the purpose OF communicating to the lard
the property of facilitating the rising and
increasing the whiteness of the pastry in
which it is so largely employed.
Year: 1875

FACTS WORTH REMEMBER1NG.-One-tfth
more siding and flooring is needed than the
number of square feet of surface to be covered, ,
because of the lap in siding and matching of
the floor.


One thousand shingles laid four inches to
the weather will cover one hundred square
feet to the surface, and five pounds of shingle
nails will fasten them on.


One thousand laths will cover seventy
yards surface, and eleven pounds of lath nails
will nail them on.


Eight bushels of lime, sixteen bushels of
sand and one bushel of hair will make enough
morter to plaster one hundred square yards.


A cord of stone; three bushels of lime, and
a cubic yard of sandswill lay one hundred
cubic feet of wall.


Five courses Of brick will lay one foot in
height on chimney, six bricks in course
will make Aue four inches wide and twelve
inches long, and eight bricks in course will
make fue eight inches wide and sixteen
inches long.
Year: 1875

- There are those VINO VIII remember


the first stirring townsite news from


Bismarck. 1t W ~ IN the shape" Of a


letter from the Crossing, published in


the St Paul Press early IN 1872, and


detailed the able manner in which GER
rain citizens got away with the land
grabbers in ayrace for. the tcwns,te at


the Northern Pacific crossing Of the


Missouri river. This detailed the be-
ginning Of the struggle and would have
gone far toward confirming the story
jof MAJOR Wood, as told IN the town
site contAt, had ii been put in evidence.
We all remember the statement Of the


Major as to how. the party headed by
J.ckman actually took possession of
the exact location Of proposed crossing,
through information Jackman OF
Churchill had gained while in the en-
p|oy of the Eag,neer Department. of.the
Northern Pacific, crouling ;. their
opponents back aud forcin


the location Of the coming city over
u mile from the river, instead Of on its
banks. But now alter a struggle ofover
three years, third parties-the people
have come in with their claim and
have walked off with the persimons and
have only to regret that they did not
ask for more.
Year: 1875

Lee Travis is now sole proprietor Of
the Helena (Montana) Daily. News,
which has been immensely improved
under his management. The News is
small, but it is chuck full Of live and
interesting matter.
Year: 1875

Judge Bstchford in the United States District Court
yesterday rendered decision the demurrer filed by
the defendants in the suit OF the United States against
the New York Guaranty and Indemnity Company, IT.
being an action brought to recover several as
penalties for failure to make return and payment of
tax to the amount OF their deposits and capital The
following IS his opinion


am Of opinion that the provisions OF section 10
specng penalties for neglect to make return and pay
ment OF tax to amount OF deposits capital require
only single return TO be made, covering the deposits
and capital and impose only single penalty of $500 for
all negecs defaults prior to the beginning OF the sn
The penalty not imposed for each and every refusal
neglect, but for any refusal neglect Nor is
the case varied by tho fact that tho
tax required to be paid each month upon deposits
and each month upon capital and that the return OF de-
posits and capital is required to be made monthly So
also under section 100 respecting penalties for neglect to
make return to dividends only penalty OF 81 000
Is imposed for all defaults prior to tho beginning OF the
suit The demurrer OF the defendants TO the second,
fourth ana sixth Of action is, therefore, allowed
AS to the demurrer Of the plaintiffs TO the second de-
fence set up by the answer overrue the demurrer
the ground that the defence is which IL Is most
proper should be passed upon at the trial.


Assistant United States District Attorney Roger NJ
Sherman appeared Tor the government and w. A
Butler for the defendants
Year: 1875

The Committee on County Affairs, consisting OF
Aldermen Lysaght, seery and McCarty yesterday
made tour of the county buildings, with view Of
discovering whore there vacant rooms in which to
place Colonel Gilderseeve tho newly elected Judge OF
the General Sessions In the County Court House not
vacant suitable for holding court found. The
clerks of the Supreme and Superior courts stated that
they crowded for room that they had been
considering the propriety of asking for additional ac
commodation. One of the committee suggested
that the Comptroller should be located else
where than in the County Court House, and
all the courts should be centred there,
Several of his associates agreed that the Comptrolers
office should be located elsewhere If suitable rooms
could be secured After vany searching they thought
the only way open for them TO vacate the suits of
rooms now occupied as the chambers Of the Common
Council and give them to the Marine Court for clerks
Office and chambers They could then assign Judge
Gderseeve to the rooms in the brown stone building
used chambers and clerks office by the Marine
Court II these changes be decided upon the Aldermen
will probably take of the basement rooms OF
the City Hall fronting the Post Office The committee
win probably report at the next meeting OF the Com
mon Council Deputy Comptroller Earle admits that
the County Court House ia not proper place for the
Finance Department, and gives 1t as his opinion that
building for its special use should be erected In tho
City Hall Park, between the City Hall and the County
Court House.
Year: 1875

A MOTHER AND HER CHILD.


Mrs sharkey four years ago put ont 10 nurse her
child while she went out TO work for living. me
woman to whom she had intrusted il refusing 70 40
liver il back tho mother obtained order from Judge
Donohue TO have her child delivered 70 her rms
order being unheeded the poor mother again waited on
Judge Donohue who sent the lawyers perenptory no
tice 70 produce the child court This last order had
the desired eject and the to whom the custody
or the child had been ntrusted entered the court yes
terday bringing the child with her The moment she
entered the court the mother flew al her and
dragged the child out Of her arms The other woman
seized the childs legs, determined to give it up.
Both women screamed with all Their might Tho court
officers rushed to the and after difficulty
separated the combaants The mother, however, re-
tanned possession OF her child and forthwith rushed
from the court, holding lrantlcaly to her prlzc.
The other woman, seeing that the mother had escaped
with the child screamed at the top Of her voice and
was carried out IN tit OF Mysteries large crowd
quickly poured into tho court wondering what was
the matter The whole scene exciting one.
The mother made good her escape, and the other
woman recovering from her Mysteries slowly silently
and sadly left tho court house, refusing TO be com
forted,
Year: 1875

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


May be allowed, through you, to make a suggestion
to tho Postmaster OF New York. who, as believe, is
at all times anxious 10 promote the public conven-
ienceS


It's simply this:-That upon the arrival OF any Inn
portant foreign mail Sundays, OF course exccptcd)
message to the following effect should bc sent to the
Merchants Produce and Stock Exchanges, and to such
other points as the Postmaster may deem advisable -
malls per in course Of delivery AZ the Post
Oicen


BY adopting this plan tho saving OF time to those
who like myself have Offices at distance from the
Post ONCE would be considerable Under the present
system we n steamer posted early in tho morn ng
on the sarrivedn list We send the Post once for
our letters in vain. We wait couple OF hours and
then send again, with like result Very Often In
deed-as Ia the case Of the Rusaiaia mails to day-wc
Year: 1875

THE SENATE COMMITTEE INQUIRING INTO THE


COMPOSITION OF THE POLICE FORCE.


An adjourned meeting OF the Senate Investigating
Committee held at the Fifth Avenue Hoto yester-
day morning Colonel Meighan, from the Dock Depart
ment, allowed an opportunity to give evidence
that check which he had been charged with appro-
priating to his own use was made out some time be-
fore the Dock Department organized, and, conse
quenuy, could not have been appropriated by him.


Further consideration OF the Police Department
then taken up, Commissioner Matsell being the hrst
witness called He testified that the total number OF
the uniformed forco was 2,2el, exclusive of the
officers. tho average e~teut Of the night posts
about mile, seven furlongs and thir-
teen rods, and about two furlongs and thirty
three rods in the downtown portion OF the city ;
the captains of the various precincts mako returns
every twenty four hours to the inspectors of the
various districts and at Police Headquarters; record
kept of all felones and misdemeanors committed
the patrolmcn of the force tho witness thought ought
TO be divided into sets, the higher grade to be
posed Of officers who had served the department for
a number of years and those newly appointed placed
ON the other; the former should in his opinion,
ccive better salary than the latter, but instead OF in
creasing them he would continue to pay them 81 200
year and give the newly appointed officers 81, 900
year The witness went on to state that IL was
usual for the Governor to consult the Police
Department in relation to the pardonng OF
criminals tor the purpose Of learnnghow often and for
what crimes they had been arrested; no considered
that the salaries OF the uniformed force should not bo
reduced and that the detectives should receive
remuneration for their services than the patrolmen;
witness thought the detective force should be divided
into three grades the rst to be comprised OF men who
would be known only to the Superintendent OF Po-
lice; this grade should act secret service
men and work up all the cases; the second
grade should be composed of men who
would make the arrests and give evidence against
the prisoners trial. and the third grade, he
sidercd, should be entirely composed of men who.
through many years of service in the department. had
become experienced and would be thereby enabled TO
make afldavs against criminals.


Commissioner Dsbecker was then placed on the
stand and testified relation to the number of the force
the rules for their discipline and other similar matters
His evidence principally corroborative of that
given by Mr.. Matsell Witness thought the police
force of the city should be increased to at least 1900
members


Another meeting Of the committee viii be held this
Year: 1875

Grace Buckley, young girl fifteen years Of age has
been missing from her home No 1o5 Washington street,
Hoboken for eight weeks Her relatives communicated
with the New York police and on Wednesday evening


detective OF tho Fifteenth precinct found her ina
house Of bad repue in Forsyth street In Court yes
torday her mother said that her daughter bad and
ungovernable child and the Judge sent her TO the
House Of the Good Shepherd, on leaving the Court
Year: 1875

Much CONSERVATION has been caused N the Finance
Department by the announcement Of the Comptroller
that owing to the cutting down Of tho appropriation
for his department he will be compelled on January l.
TO discharge about twenty clerks Tho attaches of
the Office trimming their sails for the event and no
one knows but he NAV be victim Of the saMing az
Year: 1875

The Reese River Reveilte of the 9Th
instant, contains the annexed: " A
disease of the eye has broken out
among the Indians, which appears to
be contagious and threatens to destroy
the sight of the whole tribe. We do
not know the causes of the disease, but
believe it to be superinduced by the
smoke and dirt in which they live.
We do not know that it is the duty Of
the Indian Agent to attend to this
matter, but it ought to be. The Piutes
and Shoshones of this section do not
trouble him much, as general thing,
but on behalf Of the poor, suffering
creatures, we call on him to do some-
thing in their behalf. The malady is
spreading and men, women and chill
dren are affected by it; and the poor
wretches, not knowing any means of
relief, are rapidly becoming blind.
Year: 1875

Over the beauty Of the plum and the
apricot there grows a bloom and beanty
more exquisite than tine fruit itself-a
soft, delicate flush Oyerspreads its blush
ing cheek. Now, If you strike yoDr
hand over that, it is gone. The flower
that hangs in the morning impearled
with dew, arTayed rs no queenly woman
ever was arrayed with iewels-Oneo
shake it so that the beads roll of, and
you may sprinkle water over it as you
please, yet it can never be again what il
was when the dew fsll silently on II from
heaven. On frosty morning you may
see panes OF glass covered with land
seapss. mountains, lakes, trees blended
in n beautiful picture. Now lay your
hand upon the glass, and by the scratch
Of your finger, or by the warmth Of your
palm, that delicate tracery will be oblit-
Grated. So there is in youth n beauty
and purity of character, which, when
once touched and defiled can never De
restored; n fringe more delicate thaiA
frostwork, and which, when torn and
broken. will never be- embroidered


lie who hath spotted and spoiled his
garments in youth, though he may seek
to make them white again, can never
wi oily do it, even We're he to wash tlIeus
with his tears. When young nan
leaves his fathers house with the bless
ing OF mothers tears still wet upon hEi
brow, If lIe once lose the early purity ot
character, it is loss that he never can
make whole again. SHeh is the eonse-
quence OF crime. Its effects cannot be
eradieIted; it can only b. forgotten
Year: 1875

The WAR WASTE OF LIFE.-Since
the creation of the world, fourteen
thousand millions of human beings have
fallen in the battles which man has
waged against his fellow ereature-man.


If this amazing number Of men were to
hold each other by the hand, at arms
length, they would extend over IA, 5S3,


:f:f3 miles of ground, and would eBeirele
the globe on which We dwell COS times,
II We allow the weight of a man to be ON
an average one hundred weight (and
that is below the mark, We shall come
to the conclusion that G,20O, 0OO tons of
human flesh have been lnangled, dis
figured, gashed and tTainpled under foctl
The calculation will appear more stri-
king when We state that if only the fore
fingers of those fourteen thousand mil
lions of human beings were laid in a
straight line, they would reach more
than COO, 900 beyond the moon; and that
il a person would undertake to count
the number, allowing nineteen hours
per day, and seven days a week, at the
rate Of G, 600 an hour. it would occupy
that person 336 years. And, awful as is
the consideration, thousands of pipes OF
human blood have been split in battle
Year: 1875

day recovered his senses, and on hearing
that young O'COnner was on tiiul for
the murder OF Mr. Blake. requested that
he should be brought to the court as he
had important evidence To give in the
cas-.


\ policeman advanced toward the
bench and whispered something to the
judge, who ordered two policemen to
guard the door, and allow no one to leave
the court room.


The invalid was seated in a chair on
the witness stand, and, after having been
duly sworn, dcnOS-d as follows:


His name was John Rape; on the
evening of the 29th of July, the evening
Oh which the murder was committed, he
was walking in n field near where the
deed was done; saw Mr.. Blake pass by,
and when lac passed him "a little way saw
IL man with Il black mask lump from be-
hind IL ditch and attack his master; he
ran to his assistance and Grappled with
the ass;iilant, tore the mask from his
face, and as he did 50 lie was struck with
some blunt instrument on the head
The man who assaulted his master, and
from whose face. lac tore the mask, was
not the prisoner The man WAS Autho-
ny Bell.''


\ tremendous uproar arose in the
courtroom, and ii rush was made toward
the door,


Bell, seeing that his game was up,
thought TO escape, and caused the eX-
citemcnt just spoken of, but lIe was seized
by the two truSty policemen and placed
in the dock from which O'Conmer lad
been honorably released.


Seeing that all hope was gone he con
fessed his guilt, ,and was made to pay the
penalty of his crime on the sca1Told.


\ year has passed since the above
transpireI.


Boniires blazrd on the hillside, from
which the joyous shouts Of the peasantry
We're echoed in the valley below, where
nestled the village of Ballyglen.


The marriage bells pealed forth their
Joyous anthems, as II marriage cOterie
entered the pretty little church and ad-
vanced up the Hover strewn aisle and
stood before the altar





n very handsome couple they are vino
are about to be joined in wedlock The
bride is dressed in lavender silk and lace,
a wreath of white flowers decorates her
head of golden hair as pretty bride
as ever IL happy groom led from tle
altar.


And so thought Gerald O'COnncr as
the minister pronounced Molly Blake his
welded wife.


And as our story comes to an end we
will bid them adieu, hoping that a long
life of love and happiness will he theirs.
Year: 1875

The very euriOns method of manu-
featuring shot universally adopted in
the present day is said to have been the
result OF a Cream. Till the end of the
last century, shots Were produced by a
tedious process of casting. A mold
somewhat similar to nut t-crackers was
the instrument employed. The inside of
each half was indented with thirty or
forty semi-circulars hollow, so that when
it was closed, and the two sets of hollows
came together, they formed so many lit
tie special cells, into which molten lead
was poured through a tiny orifice. When
cool the mold was, of course, opened
or two other methods, but this was the
readiest process, and the one that might
still have been in vogue, but that in the
year 1872 or 1873 Bristol plumber,
named Watts, dreamed that lac was out
in shower of molten lead. Although
dreaming, he was sufficiently ''wide
awake" to observe that the lead came
down in perfectly spherical drops, and
either in his dream or when he after
ward awOke it occurred to him that such
IA shower would be n wonderfully simple
method of producing shot. la order to
test whether liquid lead would actually
fall i'll glObular masses, lac went to the
top of one OF the churches Of the neigh
bOrhOOd and poured some lead into a
vessel of water below To his great de-
light, he found the observation of his
dream verified. The lead actually did
gather into little globular balls, which
partially hardened in the descent and
produced beautifully formed shots,
though, Of course, of various sizes. The
lucky dreamer at once took out patent
for his invention and afterwards sold it
for "A large sum.
Year: 1875

IL vain do they talk of hppiness who
never subdued an impulse in Obedieuoe
to a principle. He who never sacrificed
a present to future good, or a person
al to a general one, can speak of happi-
ness only as the blind do Of coIors.
Year: 1875

WRITERS of every age have endeav-
ored to show that pleasure is in Us and
not in the object offered for our amuse-
ment. If the soul be happily disposed,
everything becomes capable Of afTording
entertainment, and distress will almost
want a name.-G Goldsmith