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Year: 1875

eSTHE GRATIFYING SUCCESS NET
WITHIN THE PAST, BOTH IN THE
SALE AND WEAR OF THESE GOODS,
WARRANTS THEN IN AGAIN CALL
ING THE SPECIAL ATTENTION OF
CONSUMERS TO TIE ELEGANT DIS
PLAY THEY NOW EXHIBIT, 1T BEING
THE LARGEST THEY HAVE EVER
SHOWN.
Year: 1875

This anecdote of General Washing
ton appeared in an English Magazine In
1898: t le'


During his administration as Presi-
dent of the United States, a gentleman,
friend Of the President throughout
the whole course of the Revolutionary
war, applied for lucrative and respon-
sible Office. The gentleman was at all
lines welcome to Washington's table.
He had been to certain degree neces-
sary to the domestic repose of man
who had for seyen years fought the bat
tie OF his country, and who bad now
undertaken Che task Of welding her
political energies. At all times and in
all places Washington regarded his Re-
volutionary associate with an eye OF
evident partiality and confidence.


He was jovial, pleasant and unob-
trustive companion. In applying for
the Office it was in the full confidence
Of success, and his friends already
cheered him in the prospects of his ar
rival at competency and ease.


The. opponent Of this gentleman was
known to be decidedly hostile to the
politics Of Washington. he had even
made himself conspicuous among the
ranks of the opposition. He had, how
ever, the temerity to stand as candi-
date for the office to which the friend
and favorite Of Washington aspired,
He hal nothing to urge In favor of his
pretentions but strong integrity, ,promp-
titude and fidelity in business, and ev-
cry quality which, If called Into exer'
else, would render service to the State.


Every one considered the appoint-
ment of this man hopeless. No fat
teripg testimonial Of merit had he to
present to the eye of Washington
He was known to be his political enemy.
He was opposed by a favorite OF the
General; and yet with such fearful odds
he dared to stand as candidate. What
was the result? The enemy Of Washing
ton was appointed to the office, and his
table companion left destitute and re-
jected.


A mutual friend, who interested him
self in the affair, ventured to remons-
trate with the President for the injus-
tice Of his appointment. "My FRIEND"
said he, "I receive with cordial well
come. He Is welcome to my house and
welcome to my heart. But, with all
his good qualities, he Is not man of
business. His opponent is, with all his
political hostility TO me, a man of busi-
ness. My private feelings have moth.
Ing to do In this case. am not Geo.
Washington, but President of the Uni-
ted States. As George Washington,
would do this man any kindness in my
power; but as the President Of the Uni
ted States, I. can do nothing"
Year: 1875

Three fishers went sailing out into the west,
Out into the west as the sun went down;
Each thought on the woman who loved him best,
Aud the children stood watching them out of the
town;
For men must work and women must weep,
And there's little to earn, and many to keep,
Ihough the harbor bar be moaning.
Ihree wives sat up i'll the lighthouse tower,
And they trimmed the lamps as tie sun went


down;
They looked at the squall, and they looked at the


shower,


the night-rack came rolling up ragged and


brown!
But men must work and women must weep,
Though storms be sudden and waters deep,
And the harbor bar be moaning.
Three cOrpses lay out on the shining sands,
In the morning CLEAN as the sun went down,
And the women are weeping and wringing their


hands


For those who will never come back to the town
For men must work and women must Weep
And the sooner it's over the sooner we sleep
And goodbye to the bar and its moaning.
Year: 1875

which the counterfeiting shall beproved.
The trade marks in which citizens OF
one of the two countries may wish to
secure the right of property in the
other must be lodged, to wit: The
marks of citizens of the United States
at Brussels, in the Office of the clerk
of the tribunal of commerce, and the
marks of Belgian citizens, at the patent
office at Washington. 1t is understood
that if trade mark has become public
property in the country of its origin, it
shall be equally free to all in the other
country.


The most favored article of the treaty
called forth little discussion, but the
treaty was ratified without any real op-
position.
Year: 1875

Mrs. Jervis, the wife of farmer


living near Sacramento, died a few


days ago in this city, from the bite of g


tarantula. The case is singular, and is


another instance of the deadly attri.


butes of this insect, not uncommon in


many portions of California. Some


six months ago, Mrs. Jervis, then liv-


ing on her husbands farm, had occa-


sion to strike light, and going to a
closet felt about for match. While 80
doing she found something in a piece
OF writing paper which she thought
might be bunch of matches, and took
hold of it. AS she did she felt sharp
pain like the prick of needle or pin,
and found something attached to her
fore -fngee. She screamed with terror,
her husband rose, lit a candle, and to
his horror found that she was bitten by
tarantula-whose poison is deadly
unless the wound be Immediately eau
terized. He told his wife that she had
only one chance of her life, to have the
injured part cut out. She consented,
and getting his razor, he cut piece
one inch square out of her finger. The
unfortunate woman stood the operation
heroically, but it's effects were not such
as were desired. She fingered for six
months in Continual agony, her blood
literally drying up, till she was re-
duced to an absolute skeleton. Three
months before her death her entire
right side became paralyzed; yet,
strange to say, the hand had tendency
to crawl and the fingers incessantly
moved like the legs of spider. This
feeling she said she could not control,
and it presents one of the strongest
phases of this disease, though o usual
accompaniment, so averred, of poison
ing by insects of the spider kind
San Francisco Post.
Year: 1875

VALUE OF THE LEAVEs.-An intelli
gent lady stripped her grape-vines of a
portion of their leaves, in order to let
in the sun and ripen the fruit but, to
her surprise, where the leaves remained
as nature had disposed them, the grapes
were the earliest, and every way the
best. This led her to investigate the
matter, when she was delighted to learn
that the leaves were not only the pro-
tectors, but the caterers Of the fruit,
constantly celebrating and supplying it
with the pabulum it required to bring
it to perfection.
Year: 1875

Notwithstanding the suggestiveness of the
figures relating to municipal taxation which
accompanied Governor Tilden's recent Mes
sage many of the villages in this State are
anxious to become cities. The Governor 5
Message shows that Schenectady, Rome, Og-
depsburg Watertown and Hudson, none of
which possesses population exceeding eleven
thousand, raise annually from ffty-six to
seventy thousand dollars each for munich
pal purposes. These sums are simply enor-
nous, and yet smaller places, especially in
the neighborhood of this city, are anxious to
assume like burdens. There, for instance, is
the village of Huntington, on Long Island.
The village proper has population not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred, and yet the villagers
are anxious to become q municipality and to
include large part of the farming land in
the neighborhood within their corporate
limits. The only arguments they advance for
this change are the increase in population
which they believe would be the result Of
calling their village city, and the
necessity of local improvements. No reason
ing could be more unreasonable. Population
is not secured by high sounding names, and
a system Of comprehensive local improve
rnents is the most dangerous of experiments
at this time. Good roads are always desira-
bic, but these every town can secure without
the expensive machinery Of municipality,
wsils village boulevards are an expensive lux
ury, without which many communities are
better of. If this plan Of incorporation
should succeed taxes would be greatly in
creased, and in ten years the city Of Hunting
ton will be so heavily in debt as to find
difficulty in paying the interest on its indebt-
edness. Such has been the experience Of
most Of the cities in the State, and like fate
should be avoided, unless it is unavoidable.
The villagers, not in Huntington only, but in
other places where the population is inspired
by a similar ambition, would do well to con-
slider the step they are meditating, for almost
without exception they will fnd that they
have bought the name Of city at a cost too
great for the luxury
Year: 1875

and then there is Congress, which not un-
frequently interferes with his wishes.


NO, 1t is unjust to say that General Grant
Is ambitious in that sense in which Blaine, or
Washburne, or Tilden or Bayard is ambitious.
lie asks but little here below, but wants that
little long He will take another term of the
Presidency if he cannot get anything better;
and like prudent and thrifty man he means
to keep that in sight until something better
offers. He feels that when he sacrificed a
life Office and large salary he ought not nov
to be turned adrift; and the republican
leaders may as well know this and trim their
sails accordingly.


AS for the general interests Of the country,
the President does not think much of them
Why should he muddle his mind about mat
ters he does not understand?
Year: 1875

freights cheap enough to prevent any diver
sion. They win lose less by breaking down
CARROTS ambitious obstinacy within month
than by half measures, which will only serve
to protract the war; It Is better to sacrifice
two millions in one month"; that be neces-
sary-than to allow the contest to 60
on indefinitely, with q constant and incal-
culable drain upon their resources All the
roads are losing money so long as the war
continues, and it is for their common interest
to end 1t at once and know where they stand.


To be sure, they must submit to losses
themselves in inficting chastisement en-
the enemy but short and vigor-
GUS war is always more economical
than long one. The permanent prosperity
of the New York roads depends on their keep
ing the Western traffic for this city, which
they can do with absolute certainty by fight
ing Garrett with his own weapons and con-
stantly undertaking him in prices until he
has got enough of it 1t is undoubtedly IN
their power to force him into q combination,


and every New York interest requires that this
be done speedily. II this should be accom-
plished by the end of the present month, and
oil the through lines agree on remunerative
rates, those who are interested in lake and
canal navigation could organize for the fall
traffic and prevent the railroad rates from
being excessive during the heavy
business of the autumn months, when
the Western grain harvest will be
seeking market The canal traffic
necessarily centres in New York; but al
though the canals are competitors of the New
York roads during the season of navigation
they tend so powerfully to maintain the
supremacy of New York city as the great
mart of foreign commerce that the New York
roads have an interest in their success. So
long as the bulk of the summer and autumn
business comes to New York the winter and
early spring business will come here too, and
upon the continued commercial ascendancy of
this metropolis. If the Erie Canal, boats
and all, belonged to private corporation, it
could end this railroad war at once by put


ting its rates so low as to defy all competi-
ton The State, owning only the canal,
ana not the DoatS, can 40 uOtnlnS
effective SO long as the roads
are carrying freights at great
loss; but the New York roads, which
have an equal interest in maintaining the
commercial supremacy of this city, have only
to put forth their strength for o brief period
to break down all competition which tends to
divert business out Of the State. They have
nothing TO fear from the competition of the
canal, which can only keep their profits within
reasonable limits, whereas the railroad war
precludes any profits at all AS CARROTS
directors have decided to support him the
New York roads should exert all their power
and crush him at once. They might end the
war by vigorous campaign of a single
month. /.
Year: 1875

In the Spanish political situation, JUss
before the advent of Alfonso, the great necess
sity was that some one section Of the political
elements should become supreme-that is to
say, that out of the thirty or forty so-called
parties which divide the allegiance OF the
ever loyal hidalgos at least half dozen
should SO far agree on q common policy that
they could act as a unit on the two or three
public topics that are of consequence, and in
virtue of their unity and the continued divi-
sion of all the others should rule the coun-
try. 1t was because of the failure of Spanish
politicians to frame any such combination
through the invincible conceit and personal
pride of many leaders that the republicans
came to the surface and remained there long
enough to show that they within their lines
were scarcely less divided on primary ideas
than the many factions of royalists respec'
lively. But the combination which brought
in Alfonso seemed to have secured the need
ful cohesion-by what compromises or bar.
gains the world did not care for
some political immortality in that way
was less offensive than the disorgan-
ization of great country threatened to be-
come. 1t is, however, likely to appear that
there was no chemical combination of the
political elements in that cohesion, but only
a mixture that it was a mere truce by which
the parties agreed to forego their hostilities
till they could make general effort to cheat
one another each with the aspiration to
govern under Alfonso's name. But they have
come again to standstill and the govern
ment and the juvenile Majesty are in hope
lessly false position. They cannot govern the
country absolutely, for want ofstrengtn they
cannot govern it literally, for want of faith in
the people They are unable to seize the
nation in that absolute grasp which uses
force wherever 1t finds it to accomplish what
ever the peril of the country requires; for
there is in their circle not a man of the right
fibre but they cannot throw themselves upon
the country and declare what they want; for
if their helplessness were declared they would
be driven out by as small a display OF force
as brought them in. So we may anticipate
an early and dramatic change in, the bits of
painted glass that make up the picture OF
Spanish politics.
Year: 1875

COMMODORE VANDERBmr As A PAUPER-
Although this may naturally strike the aver
age citizen as a new view Of the gallant Com
modore, he will be troubled to account for the
attitude assumed by the New York Central
before the Department Of Docks On any other
theory than the one involved in the above
rubric. An appeal to official charity is made
by the demand that the city give the Commo-
dore the use Of tw piers for his freight trnfic.
II is a privilege for which people pay if they
have the money or can borrow H; and as the
Commodore requests that it be extended 10
him gratuitously, it must be that he cannot
raise the funds. II Is our opinion that coli
lection should be taken UP and that Mr..
Garrett should carry around the hat
Year: 1875

THE PorAro BUo.-In another column will
be found further communication from Mr..
Dodge, the entomologist, which deals with the
enemies of the Colorado beetle, gives the
names Of at least twenty insects, some of
which have the credit Of destroying 50 large a
proportion as ten per cent Of one brood Of the
beetles and fifty per cent Of later brood.
These little creatures, therefore, are well worth
the farmers attention as important allies in
his war against the destructive beetle.
Year: 1875

The FOURTH AVENUE TUNNEL Whatever
may be thought about the justice of making
the people pay portion of the expense OF
getting rid of the nuisance of the surface
railroad on Fourth avenue, no one viii deny
that the improvement of that avenue is worth
all the money it will cost 1t will add to the
value of all property east of the line OF Van
derbilts road and will prevent the annual
sacrifice of life at the crossings But now
that the cars have commenced running through
the tunnel it will be well to promptly pass an
ordinance forbidding the blowing of theiI
steam whistles within the city limits. AS the
trains pass under the street crossings the
shrek of the whistle has already caused
number of runaways and some accidents.
There should be no necessity, with the present
electric signal facilities, for blowing the whis.
tie at all and if it be necessary to announce
the approach Of train by noise a bell would
answer the purpose as well as shrieking
whistle. The Common Council should attend
to this matter before we have some distressing
calamity to record
Year: 1875

SPECULATION IN WHEAT.-We commend the
movement now under way in the West to put
an end to the business OF buying and selling
wheat @on CALI This is the worst form of
gambling, far worse than the tricks Of Jay
Gould and his comrades with worthless shares.
We trust the movement viii prevail and that
the time viii come when an honest merchant
will as soon enter gambling saloon and bet
on q roulette table as to buy and sell wheat
as is nov done in 50 many Of the Western
towns
Year: 1875

Pro NoNos ADVICE TO THE CATHOLIC
CLERGY IN AMERICA. The Pope received adj
dresses from a number Of American Catholic
students destined for the missionary work
OF the Church on this side Of the Allan
tic. at the Vatican yesterday. His Holiness
referred to the elevation 81 Archbishop
McCloskey to the Cardnalote, and ex-
patiated on the grand field which the
territory Of the tolerant Republic pre-
sents for Ae exertion Of the pastoral
Office. lie cautioned the young men to
practice as well as preach; to show their
confidence in the divine commission by
Year: 1875

DISASTER AT SEA-The sad news comes to
IN of the destruction of another steamship
with the greater part of the passengers and
crew, but five persons as yet being reported
saved out of total OF eighty-three. A graphic
report OF the disaster will be found in our
news columns.
Year: 1875

The FLoA1Ec HosPITAL-One Of the good
md, it is to be hoped, permanent results Of
the St. Johns Guild charity has been the
establishment Of the Floating Hospital This
Institution has proved a real blessing to the
sick and suffering poor, and the active mem
bers of the Guild are exerting themselves to
place il on a solid foundation, 50 far as its
funds are concerned. They will have to
raise twenty thousand dollars to pay for
suitable barge for a permanent hospital, and
have already collected eight thousand Of the
amount required. When the winter season
closes We are too apt to forget the work Of
charity forced upon our attention BY the
severe weather But II is to be hoped that iD-
terest enough will be felt in this useful UNDER
taking 70 insure its permanent establishment
snd continuance Of ITS good work.
Year: 1875

was very peculiar on these points. He
did not remember whether the woman
was sick or whether she was in bed. 1t
was n GOOD thing to command ones fac
ulties, and is memory was faculty he
(Evarts) supposed it might be Il good
thing to command that. He quoted the
conversation in "School for Scandal IN
regard to the lady whose color came and
went ut morning and night, and said
that when Moulton was on the stand
one could almost see his memory come
and go, like the Iadys
maid. ever fetch and carry.
All the testimony proved that ut
this time Tilton was Il ruined man; that
he knew himself to be ruined man,
and that all his movements in regard to
Brcchcr and in regard to his wife were
inspired by this knowledge. Bowen was
called for the plaintiff to prove that
Bccchcr took no part in Tiiton's dis
charge. but the stone worked the other
way, and it was proved that Tilton knew
he was ruined on the 27th ol December,
Year: 1875

when ne noticed this he stopped suddenly
ana pi ked her up in al absent minded
way; as if she were one uf his own chill.
drsn 1t hurt her pride little. but as il
was very convenient to be- carried she cou-
Guided not to object 10 il, and truth re-
quireS the confession that, before they
reached the boOkbinder's house. Lady GRAY
was actually smuggling TO Old Morocco !
shoulder.


Up the stairs he went, without stopping
70 breathe or speak, threw open the doors
OF the shop, deposited Sophy inside, and.
saying hastily, I've got an errand 10 d.
Iight away. The stores won't BE- open To-
morrow, you know, snatched a tin pan
and disappeared.


When he returned, after about half an
hour, SoPhy was in her glory, seated on
ms WIfes bed, and listened to with puzzled
attention by the family as she alternately
asked questions in patronizing way, and
dllated gorgeUusly upon her own remarka-
| BILE ex periences


The bookbinder's wife did not know
what to make of her, and waited for her
husbands return to find out how this
strange child had come in his way. But
the children, who knew by instinct and ex-
perlence the fun Of ''making- believe. \
chose at once to accept ner az Lady Grav,
with all the splendors attached to the
title.


AS Did Morocco entered she WAS lust
describing the Homebody family as col
lection OF very nice people-particula
Sophy HOmebody, who was a perfectly
lovely child when she was dressed up only
her mother did Lot understand her. and
did not dress her up often enough.
The bookbinder brought with him a
bundle and dozen big oysters in a pail
which he set away carefully where his wife
could not see it, for he meant the oyster
supper to be surprise party. Then he
bethoug ht himself more seriously Of Sophv.
She had probably strayed from home and il
was already growing dark At his request
she finally consented to be escorted as far
as the Homebodys, saving she must call
there, at all events, since she had promised
70 see little SOphy HOmebody put to bed.
The bookbinder saw through this transpar-
ent bit Of artihce, but said nothing; nor
did he doubt that, however whimsical his
little visitors story might Je, she had re-
ally been sent by Mrs. HUmebody to nav
him ten dollars. 50 he signed the receipt
and tucked IT under her glove, where the
greenbaek had been, and away they went
together, Sophy promising grsclously to
call again soon.


When they reached the door Which bore
MIR. Joshua Homebody's name Oh brass
plate Sophy rang the bell, She seemed
slightly relieved when the cook came in
stead uf her mother


is it you it is, me Teddy, said the cook
as the child, after a deep courtesy to Old
Morocco, ran past her into the house.
Then the door was closed, and the book
binder hastened home, too happy to be
puzzled over Lady Gray. Meanwhile that
noble lady had tripped upstairs and put
everything away, according to the stern
rule Of Aunt Sophronia, Duchess Of East
New York, lust exactly As she found it, y
even going 50 far az to poke the glove in
the stocking, and role the stocking in the
towel, and tuck the towel under the
hannels.