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Year: 1873

The Boston Post gives this inciden: A
New York gentleman owns pair of
thoroughbred Scotch deer hounds, male
and female. Their snewy limbs, deep
chests, slim muzzles, intelligent faces, and
kindly dispositions made them ornamental
additions to a gentleman's country seat,
and asserts their claim to liueal descent
from the stag hound that lives in poetry as
the companion of Sir Walter Scott. Being
dogs of good education as well as true blood,
they seldom leave their masters residence,
and treat less favored quadrupeds with lofty
contempt, About week ago the male,
who is called Walter, followed the farm cart
to a neighbor's house. A very large and
ferocious mastiff possessed prior dog privi-
leges there. Instead of receiving his visitor
with tecoming hospitality, he assaulted
him savagely, and in few minutes Injured
him so badly that he was cSrriedi home in
the cart. The mastifS teelh had inflicted
bad wound in Walters ches', almost per-
forating it from side to side. During the
tedious hours of convalescence his mate
was constantly with him. After five days
be considered himself well. Then the pair
went from the house, and going straight to
where the mastiff lived, without warning
or giving him any other living show, they
set upon him. The fight was short, sharp,
and decisive, Before Their victim'a owner
could render assistance they had torn the
mastiff limb from limb. After seeing their
work had been well done, they turned and
logged home.
Year: 1873

This is the last issue of the Daily Black
Hawk Journal. The Weekly journal will
be continued for the present, but will pro-
badly removed to q more prosperous field.
within few weeks. am by no means
compelled by financial embarrassment to
suspend the publication of the Daily. but
in view Of the general depression in mining
interests, and the meagre prospect Of an inn
mediate improvement, I have decided to
change my base. BY working hard fourteen
or sixteen hours per day. l could lun the
Journal through the winter and make liv.
ing, but l am ambitious to do better. Run
ming q paper for glory" has played out.
When so many Of the business houses of
the city can no longer afford to advertise in
their local paper, and even send to New
York for their job work and have it sent out
with their new goods, the Journal cannot I've
expected to sustain itself by outside patron.
age. To those who have appreciated the
situation and sustained the paper by their
patronage. and to the community at large
who have treated me with uniform Kindness
and courtesy in private life, and endorsed
me ut the polls. extend my heartfelt
thanks. Earnestly wishing that mining
and commercial prosperity may speedily
return to this and adjoining towns. and
hoping that the increase in business for the
next eighteen months may be greater than
the decrease since the first issue Of the Daily
journal, over eighteen months ago, make
the above announcement, as deeply regret.
ting the apparent necessity of the step as
much as any one can.


GEO. NJ. COLLIER.
Year: 1873

There is q forlorn band of wel-meaning
persons who seem to feel the need of recog-
milton OF the Deity in the Federal Constitu-
ton to keep them from drifting into heathen-
ism. We do not believe the mass of our peo-
pie feel any such necessity. We trust that
recognition of the overruling Power is gener-
al in this country without any formal enact
ment in the organic law. If it is not such
enactment will not make the slightest differ
Year: 1873

One of our bravess preachers says, II have
great hope of wicked MN; slender hope Of
a mean one. A wicked man may be convert
ed and become q prominent saint. A mean
man ought to be converted six or seven times,
one right after the other, to give him fair
start al d put him on an equality with bold,
wicked mar"
Year: 1873

And each of the several classes Of coal produced at
tie above-named collieries will be kept strict


ly separate from the others. All 50 ca
will be made uner the follow
ing designations:-
Year: 1873

A New Orleans girl recently kissed a negro
drayman in the street because he had just
saved her little sister from the wheels of an
approaching car. The fortunate darkey also
received 500 from the girls father.
Year: 1873

The Grand Duke Alexis was the first for
eigner to see the wife of the Mikado OF jap
an. His Highness appears to have evinced a


well-developed propensity for this kind of OBJ
servation wherever he went. ~ /
Year: 1873

A police officer in Lowell, Mass, who got
drunk, and assaulted his wife with a revolver
N each hand, knocking her down eight times,
is spoken of as a ''very respectable man"
They have strange standards of respectability
in Lowell.
Year: 1873

An exchange informs us that the cd
philopena trick has been revived again,
where ''the young lady takes a double
almond in her teeth, and the young man
bites il of" This sort of thing used to be
popular in the Fourth Ward, but it is hard
iy ever tried any more since the painful ac-
odent which occurred at a phllopena party
there last week. The lady who held the
slmnnd between her teeth was somewhat ad-
v,nced in years and not little dilapidated.
Tue almond was uncommonly tough, and
the man who nibbled at it was in dead
ear, eat He closed his teeth upon i, and
pulled. 1t would not give. He pulled
harder, but made no impression. He
enched his jaws upon it and gave a des-
perate wrench. A a consequence of the DEF.
perate efforts Of the young man he found
iimself standing up in that room holding in
hi, mouth a nut 10 which were fixed double
act of porcelain teeth, belonging to the
aforesaid maiden. Ii was embarrassing. in a
certain sense, for all parties, and the young
man thought it would be soothing to the feel
ings of the company if he went home.
Year: 1873

The A,chison Champion says the Young
men OF that place have formed stock COM
p.ns under the name Of the Young Men =
Social Club and subscribed fund to pay
current funds. There is NJ danger of the
stock in that corporation being wa,ered or
ever getting above par.
Year: 1873

RuNAwAy.-Yesterday about half.past 2
o'clork two horses attached TO a Jersey wa
gon became frightened near the Second
Market. and dashed up Marshall street at
full run When near the corner Of Mad-
son and Marshall streets, some person at.
tempted TO stop them by throwing his hands
wildly about his head and hallooing Whoa,
sir!" AT this the horses took to the pave
ment aud passed between the fence and
trees. and the space being too narrow for the
wagon it stopped. The horses were soon
after caught. The wagon was not injured
except broken tongue. The team was the
property Of Mr.. Smith Thorp, who resides a
short distance out of the city. The runaway
team frightened horse attached to Il wagon
standing in the street, and he attempted q
run on the same track, but after running a
block his pace became II walk and he was


ID back TO his stand without trouble.
Year: 1873

THE FA1R.-The fair which is being held
in the basement of the Leigh-Sirect Baptist
church continues to be well patronlzed ana
well it may he, for the ladies have on hand
splendid supply of everything uSelnl, TO
say nothing OF the good things TO eat whlcn
are served up every day and night. ltwi'I
be continued during next week.
Year: 1873

WHEELING, May Ex-Governor Jacob re-
fused to permit the Superintendent and
Board of Directors OF the Pcntentia,y and
Insane Asylum appointed by the Legislature
to take possession yesterday. The Governor
instructed the Superintendent to order his
guard to shoot any one attempting to enter
without his permission.
Year: 1873

THE GREAT EMERALD OF KANDAHAR.


Could his disappointment have driven
him mad indeedo Was he really ripe for
the certificate of two physicians Any
one would certainly have thought so, to
have seen him dancing, leaping, and laugh
ing wildly about the disordered room. He
absolutely shrieked with laughter, and
pressed to his heart in ecstasy the rags OF
the magpie and then the piece of green
crystal that had fallen from the broken
frame. A piece of green crystal indeed
Nay, a queen, goddess, dream of light,
an ecstasy of glory! He kissed it and mum
bled it; he would have worshiped it in his
frenzy. SO outrageous was his triumph,
that his valet came running to the door,
followed by half the startled household
Mrs. Levi sent old Judith herself to see
what was the matter. Hastily recalled to
himself, he threw piece of paper over his
new found treasure, unlocked the door,
scolded the servants for their attempted
intrusion. locked and double locked it
again, and then sat down more calmly to
gloat over his prize of prizes.


Every dealer and jewel broker has heard
of the Great Emerald of Kandahar. 1t is
tho great poetical tradition of the trade;
greater, even, than the Koh-i-noor, the
Pitt Diamond, or the Queen Ruby of Cal
tura. 1t has been the cause of bloedier
wars and darker crimes than ambition it
self, from the days when it had been pre-
sented to King Solomon by the Queen of
Sheba as the noblest ornament of the Tenn
pie, to those, some few centuries ago,
when it formed part of the royal crown of
the Czars of Caspia. But it was not un-
known to the initiated in the secret history
of crown jewels, that the great Emerald
had for some time past vanished from hui
nun sight. 1t had either been lost or
stolen or hidden away-or else, as it now
seemed, it had been secretly pledged with
the great house that had dealt so magnifi-
Gently with royal loans. But its descrip-
ton, its shape, the manner of it's cutting,
the exact number of its carats, were all
matter of history; and what was more
likely than that the lender should conceal
his dangerous security in the most impro-
bable place in the world9


OF course, this hunchbacked jew had
heard, like others, of the great emerald,
md before it he sat-or was it he any Ion
ger? Had he not rather suddenly grown
Year: 1873

We ride on the back of the wave,
We dip in the trough of the sea;
Our boat is stout and our hearts are brave,
As tishermen's hearts should be.


For winds may be fierce and strong,
And the waves may do us wrong,
And those may weep erelong


Who wait for us three.
We laugh when the winds are fair,
And the nets drag heavily
With the weight of fish, and there is no
For my tisher-boys and me.


But the winds may rage and roar,
And the surf beat on the shore,


And those wait evermore


Who wait for us three.
IT'S toll and danger and strife;
Yet we love the greedy sea
That gives us bread for a wagered life,
Bread for my lads and me.


But the waves IN anger churn,


And the winds seem cruel and stern,
To those who wait and yearn


To welcome us three.
We laugh when the wind is light;
But my heart is heavy in me
Sometimes when | think of my lads at
night,


And the perils of the sea.


For winds may be fierce and strong,
And the waves may do US wrong,
And those may weep erelong


Who wait for US three.
Year: 1873

I saw temple reared by the hand of
man, standing with its high pinnacles in
the distant plain. The streams beat upon
1.-THE God of Nature hurled His thunder.
bolts against it-and yet it stood as firm as
adamant. Revelry was in its halls-the
gay, the happy and the beautiful were
there. returned, and the temple was no
more; its high walls lay scattered in
ruins; moss and wild grass grew there
The young and the gay that revelled there
had passed away.


l saw child rejoicing in his youth-the
idol of his mother, the pride of his father.
returned, and the child had become old
trembling with the weight of years, he
stood the last of his generation-a stranger
amidst the desolation around him.


saw an old oak standing in all its pride,
on the mountains-the birds were caroling
on its boughs, l returned: the oak was
leafess aud sapless the winds were play
ing at their pastime through its branches.


"Who is that Destroyer" said to my
guardian angel.


"It is time" said he. "When the
morning stars sang together in joy overthe
new made world, he commenced his course
And when he shall have destroyed all that
is beautiful of the earth-plucksd the sun
from his sphere-veiled the moon in blood
yea, when he shall have rolled heaven and
earth away as scroll; then shall an angel
from the throne of God come forth, and
with one foot on the sea and one hand on
the land, lift up his hand towards Heaven
eternal Time is, Time was, but Time
shall be no more!
Year: 1873

rise. 1t was not that she felt in the least ill,
but she began to feel that the resolution to
earn ones own bread and to be independ-
ent is very easy to make over night, but
not quite so easy to carry out in the face of
the morning. She was ashamed to think
that she scarcely knew how to rise without
some attendance, and she certainly did not
know how to wash without either soap or
water or towels, of none Of which things
did she see sign. They did not seem to
be included in Josephine's notions of max
ing a room fit for a young lady TO sleep in.
She had not been able to complain of her
bed, hard as it was; but otherwise she was
brought face to face with discomfort for
the first time, and that is harder expert
ence than those who have never undergone
it might suppose. She felt very forgotten
and very strange.


At last, when she was on the point of
placing her feet upon the carpetless floor,
Elise opened the door and came in, and set
about doing what she could for her late
mistress, not, perhaps, like servant any
longer, but certainly like friend.


81 would have come BEFORE" she began
to explain, "but thought it better to let
mademoiselle have her sleep out. We
were all up and stirring at six o'clock"
And so she began to chatter, and the chat
ter did Felicia great deal Of good.


She did manage to obtain some water
though, considering that her hostess was
washerwoman, not without some difficulty.
Elise also brought her up some coffee, much
better than that of the night before, with
some bread and butter. They were evil
IDENTIFY treating her en- princess. At last,
dressed as plainly as she could manage, she
crept down stairs into the parlor. A man,
leaning against the chimney piece, turned
round as she entered, and she saw Arthur
Cranstoun. At all events, Elise had not
oversight herself that morning, nor, though
he was not fond of early rising, had he.
Poor Felicia! In spite of herself, her pro-
mise seemed destined to be broken; and as
for him, he, fairly enough, as think, held
himself absolved.


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1873

Dyspepsia is the most perple1ing of all human all
ments It's symptoms almost infinite in their
ety and the forlorn and desponden victims of the dis
ease often fancy themselves the prey in turn of every
known malady This is due in part, to the close sym
pathy which between the stomach and the BRAIN
and in part also the fact that any disturbance of the
digestive function necessarily disorders the liver, the
bowels and the system, and affects, to some
tent, the quality of the blood. medicine that like


ostotters Btters not only tones the stomach but at
the same time controls the liver, produces regular
habit of body braces the purifes the fluids and


ministers to mind diseased" is therefore the true
and only specific for chronic indigestion. Such is the
operation of this famous vegetable restorative 1t not
only dyspepsia but also all concomitants and con-
sequences. Moreover it is invaluable preventive Of
indigestion. No who chooses to take half wine
gassu of this agreeable appetizer and stcmachic hab-
itualy three times day will ever be troubled with
oppression after eating nausea eructations
other indications of want of vigor in the digestive and
assimating organs. The debility and anguor supern-
duced by hot weather Immediately and permanently
relieved by the Bitters and persons who consttu
,ionally inclined to look upon life through glass
darky will be apt to take brighter and more hopeful
view of the situation under the genial influence of this
I wholesome medicinal stimulant
Year: 1873

Y" Railway dust is, according to a re-
cent analysis, composed chiefly eff iron.-
No less than fifty per cent of quantity
that collected on newspaper was found to
consist of fined particles of this metal,
which were easily separated by magnet.
The rest is chiefly finely divided fragments
of cinders.
Year: 1873

FR1ENDsHIP.-It is one of the severest
tests of friendship to tell your friend of his
faults. If you are angry at man or hate
him, it is not hard to go to him and stab
him with words; but SO to love man that
you cannot bear to see the stain of sin upon
him, and so speak painful truths through
loving words-that is friendship. But few
have such friends. Enemies usually teach
us what they are at the point of the sword.
"Fsithful are the wounds of friend, but
the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Year: 1873

nY The very best way to clean stained
steel knife is to cut solid potato in two,
dip one of the pieces in brick-dust (such as
is usually used for knife cleaning } and rub
the blade with it.
Year: 1873

If some of our more rude and less invent
i've iorefathers who lieu OF better material
the rOugh floors o their houses with plated rushes and
straw ladies Of the rag-carpet period
could peep into the lately opened carpet department Of
Messrs. Lord Taylors up town dry goods palace at
Broadway and Twentiethst they would be dazzled by
the display OF rich carpeting aud brilliant tapestry;
and, while the ladies would Immediately begin
@ critical examination OF every detail, their
ancient friends would look In silent wonder,
with expression of regret upon their faces as they
realized that their generation had been deprived Of at
least one luxury and mode Of beautifying. This
display only open 10 the public for two days
past and it contains entirely stock embracing
designs and patterns, with the most exquisite
colorngs. In carpet department OF any preensions
whatever are found many articles which can be In
spected with pleasure, but when, In this case,
many tasteful designs and numerous novelties dis
played, there is lack of interest An entire floor,
the third is devoted to the department. and the super
intendent his have had ample opportuni-
exhibit their taste in the arrangement of the
stock.


In this bazar fancy fabrics the attention the
visitor would be first attracted to the miniature drawing
in the center of the apartment, and what 1t lacks
in size is made by It's elegant fittings fine French
furniture is Of rosewood upholstered with blue satin
In the center OF this little room s neat table, which
a tai over Oh which % are thrown light fabrics p00es Of
end cSne'e Designs theeson
The rich confusion of fabrics is bewildering eyes
accustomed such ntermngiing of brilliant colors
but the apparent chaos gradually becomes more pleas
ing sight unt every shade seems to blend and
the lines OF rainbow could not minge aereeably
In styles and patterns there is nothing missing; the
French mOquette, into which the foot sinks every
step; the Administer. with it's most brilliant and sober
shades the French and English Brussels, which appear
the Of iron in then the less costly ingram
carpets displayed In variety OF styles and qualities
mats OF Turkish and English manufacture, and a long
liue OF tapestry goods


There is crowd continually standing before the show
window IN which Is tasteuly ARRANGED variety OF car
pete. the most prominent OF which Il royal Wilton
pet The ladies' bOudor. also opened this week. Is on
the fourth floor, aud Is complete IN detail recep
tOn could be. This apartment Is continually filed
with ladies who call 10 examine the magnincent cos
tunes displayed there centertabe IL supplied with
fashion books and prints, while coored porter Is IN at
tendance at all times
Year: 1873

TIE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AUTHOR


lied TO INFLICr ANY METER HE PLEAsES ON


TAXPAYERS.


Among the remarkable clauses of the pend
iug Charter is giving to the Commissioner Of
Public Works under which is understood and broadly
asserted by taxpayers Though denied by the Comms-
sonerl that the old Navarro watermeter fraud, which
THE TRIBUNE exposed last year. is to be revived. The
claims for the meters furnished previous TO the downfall
OF the Ring, amounting 70 quarter Of million Of
dolars have been denied by the Board Of Audit but
still pressed In the courts But not content with
completing the original swindle the managers Of this
company are said to be engaged in forming another
Ring and have far succeeded put clause In the
new Charter identical with that under which Tweed
operated, which leaves the company liberty carry
out their designs


The alluded to Is as follows and gives the Com


missioner discretionary power place in every other
building than private residences meter OF his
selection TO be charged for at any he may name,
and 10 leVy any water rate he may choose:


SIC. 70. The Commissioner OF Public Works is hereby
approved pattern and suitable for the purpose TO be
DESIGNATED Dy s5d s1 Commissioner 70 bo placed in
edihces, at wharves ferry stables and in all
sumption by the Department Public Works 40 mar All
Ester furnished therein therest may be measured
Of asceraini6e he ratable proportion which Consumers
Of should pay for The water therein thercst


oinnissioner OF Public Works. the said department
shall make out ell bills and charges for water furnished
by them TO each and every consumer as aforesaid 10
whose consumption q meter ae Aforesaid Is affixed, In
Taabe proportion the water consumed as sscertained
the meter on her premises places occupied
used aforesaid All expenses Of meters their con-
oections and setting, water rates. and other lawful
upoD the premises where such water Is supplied now
provided by law. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed az remit prevent the due collection Of
srrearages charges for water consumption heretofore
ioeured Dor intekere with the proper liens therefor
sef water consumption IN any dwelling house. building,
Year: 1873

MEDICAL TESTIMONY IN REGARD IO Ills mENIAb


CONDITION.


In Scannells case, yesterday, the examination
of Dr. Echeyerra which was from the previous
day, consumed the entire session. He gave long
explanation Of the insanity question, making careful
distinction between haucnations Of imagination, or
even physical halucinaons, where the mind still clearly
distinguishes the fact that they haucnations and
does not permit acts TO be controlled by them and
delusions where the mind could not would not see
that the appearances or ideas haucinatons. Ee
nstanced the first class DIR. Johnsons belief that
he saw his mother Michael Angeles study of the un
built walls OF Peters and Leonardo da Vincs abstrac
tions while painting rather not painting "The Last
Supper" He briefly reviewed in his testimony the cir
cumstances Of the shooting and pointed out facts which
led him 10 believe that 1t was an act Of insanity He
considered the mind unit, and doubted whether any
portion of the brain could be diseased without general
disturbance of the whole organ The divisions made by
chemists did not satisfy him. They seemed to him
rather different manifestations OF the exciting
cause He thought Dr. Bucknells definition more nearly
satisfied the purpose than anything else. The prisoner
for instance assuming him TO be insane, might well
hb in the phase OF the disease shown, time sim
pie melanchoa, and at another maniaca excitement.


On the cross-examnatlon he admitted the fact that
mans ha wing been accustomed 10 recklessness in po
ca ARRAYS to bloodshed would be
element be considered in making up opinion TO
the mental condition.


Mr. Phelps here presented general sketch OF the pris
oDers actions and relations toward D0nohue during the
past three years, and asked how that could DO dstn
guished from the passion OF revenge The witness
stated that that alone would not enable him to dstin
gulsh between the passion and insanity because those
sbc9d want thar history of tSe man during the
period. Selfdevoon TO revenge might produce emaca
of the prisoner but this condition would closely APPROX
innate To insanity, and might merge into insanity. IL
difficult to draw the line where one passed into the
other.