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Year: 1873

We are glad to observe that the State of
Indiana shows signs of reform In regard
to her divorce laws. 1t has hitherto had
the unenviable reputation, and that, too,
not without reason, of running great
divorce mill, attractive to all customers
who want this sort Of grist ground at the
shortest notice. The Legislature has just
passed bill reducing the number of le-
gal causes for divorce, requiring that pc
TONERS shall have a continuous residence
in the State for at least two years before
they shall be entitled to commence pro-
ceedings i'm a divorce suit, and also pro-
wiling that where the petition has been
granted without adequate notice, the case
may be re-opened and the decree set
aside. The purpose of the bill Is to
make the law more stringent, and there
by lessen the facility with which divorces
can be procured. The direct effect will
be a decrease in the number of such suits,
and an increasing public sense of the sane
tity and perpetuity of the marriage cove
nant. Indiana will be less likely here
after to invite the temporary residence of
persons who want to find the shortest
way to break the legal bonds of unhap-
py marriages. If all the States would
adopt a uniform divorce code, and then
each State would recognize the validity
Of divorce decree in every other State,
our American Jurisprudence in respect to
this subject would be very materially inn
proved. There is no good reason why
such should not be the fact. Ii would
correct many of the evils which grow
out Of the present diversity of legal prac-
tice.-N. y. Independent.
Year: 1873

To hear French woman glOrify France
and vilify its enemies is to feel your own
blood tingle. heard, only the other day,
of an incident quite apropOs to this.
French lady, who married German bar
on some fifteen years ago, and who lives
at Berlin i'm style befitting her wealth
and rank, had at dinner not long ago some
fifteen or twenty Prussians sealcd around
her table. Notwithstanding her marriage
she bad remained French at heart. I'm the
course of conversation the PrusSians be-
gan to bewail Paris, poor Paris, which
was no longer Paris. and TO predict that
in ten years Berlin would be the capital of
the world. She listened angrily, until no
longer being able to withhold her indlg-
nation she freed her mind to the effect
that Paris was Paris yet, would always
be Paris. the most brilliant. most attract
i've. most civilized and artistic city in the
world. Moreover. she would lay wager
that her Prussian friends might select the
most ugly and the most insignificant thing
they might find and Paris would make of
it am object of beauty, such as Berlin
would not dare to attempt. The wager
was accepted. and the next day the lady
received small box, which upon Op tning
she found to contain single white hair.
What could be made of one white hair?
She did not know; but, cOncealing her
embarrassment, she sent the hair to Paris
accompanied by letter giving an account
of the wager, the circumstances, &c. In
due course of time she received the box
back from Paris. And what think you
Paris had made of the white hair? Ithad
been enclosed in an open trench of gold,
which crossed medallion surrounded
with brilliants. At the top Of the medal
lion the Prussian eagle i'm black enamel,
with wings extended. held the white hair
in its claws. Then suspended from the
hair was little escutcheOn in white en-
aElel bearing this inscription: Alsacc
and Lorraine. You hold them only by Il
hair" 1t is not very probable that the
Prussians were eager for another bet
Paris Cor. ~ Y. World.
Year: 1873

At a recent agricultural meeting in
Pennsylvania il was discussed whether IL
was worth while, from Il monetary point
of view. To ornament farm grounds. u
is remarkable that. of the great number
of things discussed. no question seemed
80 very interesting. One would think
that such subject needed no Discussion;
but when We drive through the country
and see so many farmho,.SCS not only
without beauty. but absolutely without
cOmfort-and even in defiance of all
beauty. rs if checrlcSS. miserable condi-
ton were actually prcfrrahic-it Is clear
that the question was not at all apointlesS
one.


One speaker at that mcctin" put the
mater in a practical light in this way:
If. he asked. we are buying apples in the
market. and have two samples before us
both large. both of equally excellent
flavor. both. in fact, precisely the same III
every Respect. except that one Is of
green. uninviting tint. and the other rcd
and rosy--which do we take? Indeed,
there i IN every breast love of beatty,
and in many respects it is all we live for.
We like this world because il is beautiful;
because the flowers bloom, the trees grow.
and the birds sing bccauSe our eyes, ears
and all our senses are pleased: and be-
cause it is beauty that lends more than
any other element those charms of life
which So delight us: and, whether We
are conscious OF it or not. il enters largely
in all our calculations as 10 what we shall
buv and what We will own.


To make our homes beautiful should be
the one object OF our lives. The mere
making money is I'll very well. 1t is in
d, cd one of the virtues He who is will
ing to work. and is anXions To make and
to save money by his hard labor. may
have vices but he is seldom 50 cOarSely
bad as the shiftlcss spcndthrift who. while
riIiculing the saving habits of parents or
friends, is vet willing to borrow from or
spend money for them But too often
these praiSewOrtfy. frugal, and saving
habits degenerate into a rule of life, and
very little happiness or good in any shape
results from the money made. y very
little of these SavingS-a very little time
spent on beautifying ones home-put
new phase on existence: and We really
believe men would live an average of ten
years more than they do if thsy were To
say once in a while 'begOne dull care" IN
the mere matter of mOney-making, and
devote little time each day or so to max
ing a sort of Eden of their home and the
surroundings. But it is not so much of
the mere pleasure that we would speak.
There is actual money in beauty. As the
speaker above said of a beautiful apple, so
il is of beautiful farm. As a general rule
a place i'm which taste is exhibited, and
everything is kept up in nice style, will
bring double that Of one i'm which misery
and ruin rules complete. Its to be noted,
however. that these pretty places are sell
dom for sale. Those who cultivate these
tasteful habits with the view of selling
their places in consequence of improving
them, seem to thrive in every other way;
and i'm time come to the conclusion that
they can afford it. and may as well enjoy
life i'm the midst of beautiful surroundings
as to sell out for other people to enjoy.
TEs p-ess
Year: 1873

THERE is no outward sign of politeness
which has not deep moral reason. True
education teaches both the sign and the
reason. Behavior is mirror in which
every one shows his own image. There
is politeness OF the heart akin to love.
from which springs the easiest politeness
of outward behavior.
Year: 1873

WANTED-A SITUATION As GROOM AND COACH


w man by respectable married man, with no cncun-
brancc who thoroughly understands the of horses,
harness and earrages first class and careful city
driver perfectly honest and Trustworthy seven years
short distance in the country Call on or address for
two days NJ. d.. 226 East 10Th ST.
Year: 1873

The announcement that Judge Scudder
would charge the jury in the case of ex-Chief McWh-
lams and Detective Doyle of Jersey City attracted
large number OF persons Saturday, TO the Hudson
County Courthouse The Courtroom was well filed
with an apparently deeply interested audience. Judge
scudder's charge was very long, and was throughout
favorable to the defendants The was given to the
Jury al l2:l5 D. M and they retired to the jury-room
The Judge sent for the jury 1880 m and the fore


man stated that there prospect OF an agreement
They were then locked up for the night. It under
stood at that time that eleven were for acquittal
and one for conviction. At $50 p. M,
Yesterday, according TO an agreement pre-
yiously made, it was announced by tho ringing
of the Courthouse bell that the jury had agreed on
verdict and crowds az once gathered in the Courthouse
Judges Scudder and Wiggins appeared on the bench,
the former warning the crowd against any demonsra'
ton under penalty OF arrest Tue jury MED INTO the
courtroom amid intense excitement, the delendahs
meanwhile turning pale through anxiety inc usnai
form Of questioning observed aud verdict or MOI
guilty" was announced The audience burst into lOud
and prolonged cheer and McWilliam5 and Doyle were
carriS Ot the courtroom on the shoulders OF some
Of their enthusiastic friends The deliberations OF
the jury occupied ~ hours.
Year: 1873

The citizens OF Cleveland have long been
compelled 10 use water drawn not FAR from The lake
Shore which would not have been very bad but for


navOring OF refuse coal OIL. At hast "a tunnel 20 run


mile ana quarter out into Lake Erie begun and
despite number OF delays and discourage tho
work VIII soon be completed aud the Forest City DO
supplied with the long desired puro The last
delay was caused By explosion Of and lhe ank
Year: 1873




This amount Is independent of the Western railroad
bonds the bonds and mortgages on real estate and the
bills receivable on all OF which there must be loss
The Wiimandc Railroad bonds sold at so cents on the
dollar last week. The loss them, on this basis, will
be t75OOO instead Of $4,000, leaving $5l2729 63 as the
remaining loss. This would swallow up the entire cap
iaI of the Company and leave $4,000 additional TO


be made good by the stockholders The latter Just be-
ginning 20 see afairs In their true light, and feel
inclined 10 object strenuously 20 resumption OF
business Some OF the directors, however, among
them Judge McCue, are in favor OF resumption.
This fact has given rise to that these persons
are anxious complete the railroad contract IN which
Mr.. Mills was engaged. In that event, they would
have at the completion OF the undertaking. the disposal
Of 100000 OF second mortgage conditionaD bonds,
issued by various towns along the line Of the Will
mantle Railroad They could by the sale OF these make
enough 10 reimburse them Cor the payment OF their
share stockholders toward making good the capital
of the Trust Company, and would, in ad-
ditIOn, have handsome profit Besides, by
their action in resusoitatiDg the Trust Com
paBy they would receive praise for public spirit
and high business qualities which would be urged
reason for giving them the management OF It's affairs.
What lends color this rumOr is the that these
uons were urged before OF the directors Of the
Just Company by the Secretary, Engineer and one OF
the Chief Directors OF the Wilimantc Road some days
i,ce The action OF Mr. McCue also in being constantly
A. the aide OF the receiver whom he had had appointed


while the latter was making investigation Of the
ourtes held by the Trust Company, has given rise to
much comment and seems 10 give still more plausibity
A. the
Year: 1873

If a fash of light could have been


shot over Danbury Just as the rain


commenced TO descend Sunday


night, it would have revealed the


most astounding sight ever witness


ed here. 1t is estimated that 800


bare-legged men and bows, and u


bout 200 inadequately clothed wo-


men were at one time struggling
across wet stoops aud through i'm


penetrable darkness, with a most


astonishing variety of tubs, boil


ers, pals and barrels, to catch the
rain water. Everything that could


be employed for that purpose was


brought out, and as there had been


no rain for six weeks, and the
stoops were slippery, and there was
no time to lose, the natural confu-
sion of legs, language and utensils
was something remarkable. One
man on Franklin street, who was
dashlng out doors with two tubs
and a boiler, lost his foot holt, and
sliding cross the stoop, went off in
to an open hatchway, down a stair
way, and half way across his cellar,
the tubs and boilers arriving about
the same tine. 1t was some twen-
ty minutes before he could con-
verse. A ieshy gentleman named
Hays lost his balance while on n
chair to fix the conductor, and fell
into 4 tub that he didn't know was
there, and the neighbors were oblig-
ed to carry both himself and tub
into the house to get them apart
a job that was considerably aggra-
waited by the prOmiscuous proiaui-
ty AID abuse which he levelled at
everybody during the operati0n.-
A boy on Stevens street ran against
q portieO post with such force as TO
render him unconscious, and the
moment he came TO he conceived
the idea that his father had kicked
him. As he didn't run backward
against the post, the impression ap-
pears all the more remarkable
There were other accidents the
same night; but what renders the
affair peculiarly painful is the fact
that not one woman was in any way
injured. We don't understand that.
.DanburV News
Year: 1873

hasn't had any experience i'll the
| husband business.


| may be permitted TO add that
have no prejudice whatever against
young widOws-I like them; but /
wouldn't advise any one to marry
one unless she furnished good evil
dence that she does not carry with
her the ghost of her deceased COM
rade.


Then again land it is only fair to
say it) fastidious men, if they mar
~ widows should do so with the
full understanding that there is a
difference between widows and
maids, and make up their minds to
be always charitable when necessity
requires.


The best course to pursue, in or
der to have harmony, is this: Let
widowers marry widows; then, if
the latter shall refer to the virtues
of the departed, the former may
dwell upon the same theme, and,
between both, the dead will receive
praise they never dreamed of before
shaking off this mortal coil"
Year: 1873

A GOOD ExAMPLE.-Ar. Clay,
in a debate upon the Lean Bill, re-
marked that for twenty or thirty
wears neither he nor his wife had
owed any man a dollar. Both of
them, many years gone by, had
come to the conclusion that the
princiwle of economy was this
tNever to go in debit to indulge
your wants when you we're able to
DO so, and to repress them when
you are not able to indulge them. ="
The example is not only q good
one in ITSELF but comes from a high
source. To repress . want is one
of the wisest, safest, and most nee
essary principles of political econ
ony. It prevents, not only the dan
gerous practice of living beyond
our means, but encourages the safe
precedent of living within them
IF all would live within their means
the world would be much happier
than it is.
Year: 1873

There is a nice old gentleman in
Maine who believes in getting the
good of things while he is alive
He has just erected a large and gor-
geous monument to the memory Of
himself and wife, though neither of
them show the least sign OF depart
ing this life for many years yet
Moved at once by artistic and sentI-
mental considerations, that old gen
tleman spends his happy days in
gloating over that monument, and
when the simple villagers assemble
to gaze upon it, he is said to stand
proudly upon the school-house steps
and superiEtend the exhibition
with condesceneing and benevolent
smiles.
Year: 1873

When you are carrying several


articles and one of them slips, it is


best not to try to recover il. An


Essex Street man named Roberts


was helping his wife prepare the


dinner table on Sunday, as one of


the deacOns was to take dinner with


them. Roberts took a plate OF steak


in one hand and the eoffee-pot in


the other, and had dish of peas on


the arm with the steak. The wind


blew the dining-room door partly


to as he approached it, and putting


out his foot to push it back, the arm


with the peas moved out of plumb,
and the dish commenced 10 slide.
a cold streak flew up Roberts
spine, and his hair began to raise,
and he felt a sudden sickness at the
stomach, but he lodged ahead to
save the peas, partly caught them,
made q wrong move, lost them
again, jabbed at them with the cof-
fee-pot, upset the steak dish, and in
springing back to avoid the gravy
stepped on the cat that belonged to
the family down stairs, and came to
the floor in a heap, with the steak
and peas and terribly mad cat uu-
der him, and an overfiowing pot of
scalding coffee on top of hun. Then
he bounded up, and stamped OH the
steak dish, and picked up the other
dish and threw it out of the window,
and finished that performance in
time to hurl the coffee-pot and the
contents after the cat,
which was making the very best
time down the front stairway. The
deacon didn't stay to dinner. Ro-
berts retired to the bedroom with
a bottle of sweet oil and q roll of
cotton batting, and Mrs. Roberts
went over TO her mothers to cry.
Year: 1873

Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
Or the miser's hoard of treasure;
1t may be the love Of little child,


Or a mothers prayer TO heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup of water given.
Year: 1873

A man in Iowa by the name of Silas
Chew was married the other day to 9
girl named Anna Good. The most
0btuse person would instantly call 10
mind the scriptural injunction, IS.
Chew that which is evil, cleavIng on
" to that which is Good.
Year: 1873

CREOLE WOMEN. The Creole
woman is prettier than the French
woman. There is a climatic infiu-
ence in America which refines fea-
lures and gives delicacy to the COM
plexion. This is especially the case
in Louisiana, where finely formed
women are often found to be the
descendants OF ignoble-looking an
cestOrs. The light olive tint of the
woman seems to have been painted
over a ground color of blushing
lake, and this pinkish creaminess of
the skin saves it from dullness and
sallowness. In a word, there is
something of that transparency for
which painters are always seeking.
She 1nheFits~ 1rom her mother over
the sea the physical characteristics
of round limbs and delicate extrem-
tiles, with figure something slight
er-another effect of climate, also
that sense of art with which people
are born, but can never entirely ac-
quire. From the same source come
her coquetry and her grace of speech
and action, but modified. She does
not wear crude colors or aWry
shapes; nor does she express herself
with unseemly gesture or discord-
ant tones. Her dress is rather SOM
Der than gay, and her carriage sim
pie and conventional-for they all
walk alike. SmoothRess and grace
full propriety are hers. In a word
there is an absence of angles in her
general conduct.
Year: 1873

REFUSED TO co TO SEA.-Wednesdav after
noon the barque Nina Sheldon, from PhIladel-
phia, Smith, Master, bound for Antwerp. nut
into New Castle with six of the crew in irons,
These six had become mutinOus ON the way
down, aud declared they would not go to sea
Their excuse was that the food vas not of the
proper quality. Constable Ward was sent for.
who placed the prisoners In New Castle iaiI
The Captain Of the barque Immediately put
back to Philadelphia to obtain sailors enough
to supply the deficiency in order that he might
proceed on his voyage as soon as possible. The
mgtinOus sailors were sent to PHILADELPHIA to
day, where they will be tried before the United
States Commissioner.
Year: 1873

RECTsTEB YOuR Doos.-We would remind d
owners Of dogs that the lsw imposing of pen
atty Of i've dollars and costs for each one not
registered will be strictly enforced The
price OF a register Is one dollar, and therefore
those who desire to save trouble and exnense
should have their 'purps'' registered at once.
The time by which the law requires dogs to be
registered, expired on the Goth of January.
Year: 1873

Are not spcier than the aroma which the fragrant
SOZODONT imparts TO the breath Nor is the
heart OF the ivory nut winter than the teeth that
are cleaned daily with that matchless fluid.
Year: 1873

READ Az llorg DAY There was a
lad who, ut fourteen, was apprcn,iced to
soap-dcaler One of his resolutions was
to read an hour day. or at least a, that
rate, and be had on old silver watch. left
him by his uncle, which he timed hi.
reading by. He stayed seven years with
bis master. and it was said when he was
twenty lone be knew as much as the young
squire did Now let us see how much
time he had to read in. in seven years. at
the rate Of one hour day II would be
a,555 hours. which at the rate of eight
hours day would be equal to 80 days !;
equal to IS weeks ; nearly years reading
That time spen, in trcasuring up useful
knowledge would pile up a very large
store. am sure it is worth trying for


Try what you can do. Begin now. In
after years you will look back upon the
task as the most pleasant and profitable
you ever performed Gmding !Star.
Year: 1873

COUNTERFEIT paper dimes are in Cir
culation. What's the difference between
counterfeit dime and g genuine dime ?
You can't get cash for the one-and
you can't get cash for the other. So
there is no difference. The counterleiter
will not redeem his paper, and Gov-
ernment will not redeem its paper
IT'S! much OF a muchness. both kinds
Of paper being worthless. There is a
sort of belief thattbe government paper
will be redeemed. though il rests upon
nothing but hope, that most deceiving
Of all deceivers. 1t is probable that
but small part Of our smaller currency
ever will be converted into cash, as
much Of il will be lost. in various ways
by wearing out by being dropped and
trampled upon or blown away, BY being
burned. and by being pronounced coun-
terfeit when it is genuine. All this will
he gained by the Government, and it
will be lost by the poorest members Of
the working classes, for whose suffer-
iugs neither governments nor politicians
care anything. Had any regard been
paid to the welfare of those classes, and
had justice been done. all our small
currency would have disappeared six
years ago. It existence is reflection
on the country's sanity, and in every
way it is q calamity.
Year: 1873

ILLINOIS is going forward steadily in
the experiment of regulating railroad
tariffs by law. The operation OF the
new law with reference to freight rates
is not yet definitely determined, but it
is probable that an attempt will be
made by the railroads to secure under
it an advance of local rates, 1. e, rates
within the State, amounting to some-
thing like one,third Of those now
charged. In this scheme the Alton
and St Louis Road has taken the lead,
and il it is successful the result to many
of the business interests Of the State
will be not only injurious, but, in some
instances, ruiuous. The railroads will
unquestionably have to meet their Gus
TONERS in court, where the plea will be
made that any advance is "unreasona'
BILE" and Unreasonable charges sub
jsct them. according to the recent law
to heavy fines, raging from 81 600 to
5000, for the first offense, up to
5000 for each offense subsequent to
the third. On the other hand, the
working of the law in regard to pas
seuger rates is likely to tend to a gem
eral reduction, estimated as likely to
bring the average rate as low as three
and half cents per mile.
Year: 1873

In these warm summer days cool
ing cup is desideratum. All "hot
and rebellious liquors" should be abb
jured; but such dainty drink as the
following may be taken con amOre: Halt
fill a China punch bowl with slices Of
pineapple (the rind cut thereirom) and
lemon cut very thin, arranged in alter
nate layers. each layer being thickly
strewed with white granulated sugar.
Pour over the fruit as much claret
wine as will fill the bowl; cover close
", and let it stand six hours. Then
put in a piece Of ice, and when cool,
turn into it a bottle Of plain soda water
and serve in large gobblets, with slices
ofpineapple and lemon.
Year: 1873

VIcKssURe furnishes one OF the most
startling cases Of precocious crime upon
record. A colored boy. six years OF
age, living with his parents near the
city, plainly showed his jealous anger at
the advent of an infant in the family,
and in his childish way brooded over
his fancied wrong. Taking advantage
of the absence of his. parents the other
dsy, he killed the infant in its cradle by
crushing its skull with a brick and
then managed to drag the body some
distance from the cabin, where he hid
il under some bushel.