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Year: 1872

NO mechanic can ever attain
distinction unless he is able t.
detect ordinary imperfectionS at
sight: so that he can see if things
arc ont OF plumb, out of level, out
Of square. and ont ofpropcr shape :
and unless he can also detect dis
proportioncd or iIishapcd patterns.
This Is . great mechanical at
taiamcnt, | say attainment be-
cause it can be attuined hy
any ordinary person. Of course
there are defective eyes as there
arc other defective organs; the
speech, for instance, is sometimes
defective, but the eye is suscepti
bic OF the same training as any
other organ. The muscles, the
voice, the sense II hearing: all re-
QUirc training. Consider how the
artist must trail. the organ oi sight
in order to detect the slightest
imperfcction in shade; color. pro.
portion, shape, expression, etc.
Not one blacksmith in five ever
attains the art Of hammering
square; yet it is very essential in
his occupation. 1t is simply be.
cause he allows himself to get into
a careless habit; q little training
and care is all that is necessary
for success.


The fact is that the eye is not
half as much at fault as the heed
less mind. Some carpenters ac-
quire the careless habit OF using
try square every time they plane
off shaving: in place Of giving
their minds right to their bust
ness and properly training their
eyes; and unless they cultivate
this power Of the eye, they will
always be at journey work. Look
al the well trained blacksmith ;
he goes across the shop, picks up
the horses foot, takes u squint,
returns to his anvil, forgcs the
shoe, and it exactly fits the foot.
Contrast him with the bungIer
who looks at the foot: then forges
q shoe, then fits the foot to 1T. often
to the ruin Of q fine horse. Now
the fault lies in never allowing
himself TO put shoe on that is
not in proper shape for the foot:
he should determine TO make the
shoc lit the foot in place Of the
foot fitting the shoe, and he
should follow it up until the object
is accomplished.


4 very good way to discipline
the mechanical eye is to first
measure an inch with the eye,
then prove it with the rule, then
measure 4 halfinch. then an eighth,
and so on, and you will be soon
able to discover at glance the
difference between a twelfth and
sixteenth Of an inch then 60 to
3 inches, 6, II, and so on. Some
call this guessing; there is no
guess work about it; it is measur-
ing with the eye and mind. Ac,
quire the habit of critcising for
imperfcctions every piece Of work
that You see, 90 everything as
nearly as you can without meas
uring Cor spolling it,, or as nearly
as YOU can trust the eye with its
present training. If you cannot
see things mechanically. do not
blame the eye for it it is no more
to blame than the mouth is be-
cause we cannot read, or the fin
gers because we cannot write. A
person may write q very good
hand with the eyes closed, the
mind, Of course directing the fin
gers. The eye is necessary, how
ever, to detect impcrfectious.


Every occupation in life requires
a mechanically trained eye, and
we should realize, more than we
do: the great Importance OF prop
erly training that organ.


J. E. f.
Year: 1872

\ new stimulant mas been invented in
England whose growing use is exciting
considerable alarm. The stuff consists
of mixture Of naphtha and ether, and
it produces q kind Of int0xication which
its admirers tiud highly agreeable. No
check can be put on the consumption Of
the fuid, fer the reason that it is not
sold under the name Of any excisable
spirit, and apparently an act Of Par
lament will have to be devised to meet
the difficulty.
Year: 1872

The latest invention is in the shape Of a
pillow distended by miniature hoop-skirtS.
A lady correspondent says these can be
made very useful.
Contriving a double debt to pay
Pillows by night, and busties through the


day,
BY the simple attachment Of couple OF
strings.
Year: 1872

Since the overwhelming Republican sue cesses in New Hampshire and Connecti

 cut, any Cincinnati protestagainst Grant,

 renomination will be obviously futile

 Their only effective opposition must come

 by way of an opposing nomination. With

 the prestige of victory, the possession oi

 the regalar nomination, and the full con control of the party machinery. the Phila.

 delphia nominee can safely count on the

 support of the great majority of Repub.

 hcans. Furthermore, we believe that,

 were vote of the whole republican party

 taken to-day for Presidential nominees,

 President Grant would poll large ma iority. A very respectable minority, both in size and quality, would be found against him; but of these how many would leave the Republican party and ally them selves with Democrats to form party of which the Republican clement would form but a small proportion? Such be- ing the case, what can Cincinnati Con- rention offer Republicans that any large number can be brought to accept? Their candidate can have no hope of success unless endorsed by the Democracy, so that the defeat of Grant can only be accom- plished by giving substantial control of the national government to the Democ- racy,-a price few anti-Grant Republi- cans will be willing to pay.

 Having been ourselves 8 Democrat up to the breaking ont of the war, on all the old issues between the whig and Demo- cratic parties, our sympathies are nat urally with the latter. We could endure their restoration to power with much greater equanimity, we imagine, than could that most fervant and honest Pro- tectionist, Mir. Horace Greeley, were it not for the terrible reaction which would be the certain result at the South; re- action that would inevitably commit the Northern Democracy to measures they are far from anticipating now. The carpet beggars who have beggared SO many Southern treasuries made some sort of a reaction inevitable. State after State has gone back to conservatism through out the South till only Mississippi and South Carolina can now be relied on to choose Grant electors. This reaction, sufficiently powerful already, would be- come most dangerous and destructive with the success, direct or indirect, of the Democracy, next fall. The fear of this great danger to Reconstruction will keep the bulk of the anti Grant Republicans true to the Philadelphia nominee in spite of their personal preferences. Bitterly as Mir. Greeley hates Leet, Murphy, the car pet baggers and the Senate clique, who doubts that circumstances will prove too strong for him, and that Grant will not have been long renominated before the Tribune will have been compelled, as a choice of evils, into his support?
Year: 1872

Among the mechanical novelties
to be seen in operation at the Grand
Central depot in New York is q steam
railway Car, seventy feet wide,
which travels on q r.ck of cors
responding width. This great ve-
hicle is made in the form of o low
platform car, and the track on
which it rams is provided with four
rails extending from Fourth avenue
to Madison avenue. The car is
used for the lateral transfer of pas
senger cars from the main tracks
of the Hudson River, Harlem and
New Haven Railways to the
various side tracks, thus avoiding
the use of turn tables. The car is
propelled by steam, the engine
and boiler being contained within
a sheet-iron house, carried ON one
side of the machine.


The cars to be transferred are
run upon the great car; steam is
then turned on and the huge ma
chine trots off with its burden with
as much ease as a horse draws q
buggy. The machine is supported
on eight wheels, arranged on indie
pendent axels. There are in add,
ton four driving wheels arranged
upon one axle. It was proposed
not long ago to construct grail
railway from New York to Chicago
on a gauge Of twelve feet. Tha


was considered big thing in tn


way ofgauges. But it is q pigm.


compared with this seventy foo
gauge railway and locomotive Of th'
Grand Central.-EscAan9s.
Year: 1872

The Aldermanfc Vote-DOubts as to the


Correctness OF the Rcturns-The Fire


men Yet Unpaid.


The announcement In the morning papers Of
the names Of the new Aldermanic Board was
quite surprise to the frequenters Of the
Hail. inasmuch as 1t reversed the poll
tical prep0nderance and showed the dc.
feat Of democrats, who were believed on
the previous day to be certainly elected. The fact
however, still remains as stated in the HERALD
yesterday. There will be nothing certainly known
as to the composition OF either Board of Aldermen
until after the official canvass by the Board OF Su.
pervisors, which will commence on Tuesday next
and continue ten days. The reason OF the dificulty
In the count Is found to be two-fod. In the first
place, the last Legislature by their new election
law made 1t imperative for the returns to be taken
in Assembly districts, whereas previously 1t had
been taken according to wards, and the
acquainted with the ward that there was no difi-
Guilty about getting at an estimate. The other and
the greater difficulty is that there has been, in
amount OF 'scratching'' that the counting is
puzzling and tedious to those who are engaged
In 1T, and it is found far easier to
doubt that Mr. Peter Gilsey heads the poll but 1t
pretty well known that he will not accept the Pres
idency Of the Board. Mr.. Gsey Is Of an
opinion that he does not possess the needfnl
qualifications tor presiding officer. Mr. Ottendorffer
Is said to be ambitious and desirous for the posi-
ton, and this may probably help him to it, Mr..
1t win no doubt for the next fortnight be one Of the
small municipal prizes that will be competed for
with considerable earnestness


yesterday Mr. Falls the paymaster In the Comp
trollers offce, was patiently waiting for the pay
rolls from the Fire Commissioners, in order that lie
might pay the men on the payroll for the last
the pay-rolls had not arrived but it is expected
that they will be sent in on Monday.
Year: 1872

The Great Emma Mine Suit Settled-A
JoIIifcation Contemplated In Honor OF
President Grants Recent Triumph
Peace Between Mormons and Gentiles.


SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 0, 1872.
The great trespass suit OF the Emma Mining
Company against the Illinois Tunnel Company
was decided to-day by a jury in favor OF the
plaintiff, who obtained nominal damages in the sum
OF $1,000. This decision practically settles the
whole question OF the title, although 1t has been
understood for some days past that the Emma
Company have bought out the tunnel interest. The
issue of the trial involved $1.000.000.


There will be a mass meeting here next Tuesday
night In celebration Of the reelection OF Grant


The rumors set afoat in the Eastern States
to the effect that trouble between the Mormons and
Gentiles, with blo0dshed, was apprehended and
that it would come In the next two or three
months is utterly .unfounded. There was never
less apprehension OF trOnbe Of that character than
at the present time.


Extensive preparations are making by the
Union Pacific Railroad to prevent snow blockades
this winter.
Year: 1872

When Tammany was ut the height OF its power
the NEW YORK HERALD was the most servile OF Its
toadies and the most bombastc among its natter-
ers. Even its rat-like instinct of deserting
doomed ship was not sufficient to save it from the
folly OF defending the Ring after their crimes were
clearly brought home to them and OF suppressing
the crushing proofs Of their guilt. The general
public may have underrated the stupidity Of the
HERALD; nobody ever found it possible to under
estimate its impudence. 1t, therefore, excited no
surprise when after the doom Of the Ring had long
been sealed, its quondam ally suddenly discovered
that it had all along opposed Tammany, and had,
in fact been the chief instrument in enecting the
triumph of reform.


This year the HERALD has been as usual, work
ing on behalf Of the cause of corruption and mis-
government, and only discovers, after all Its friends
have been badly beaten, that 1t was really, though
nobody suspected 1t. working on the other side.
1t has been the personal organ OF Mayor
Hall; its advocacy was considered by Judge
Bedford as a certain guarantee OF election;
1t tried to foist nobody like ]. Grenvile Kane
upon the people as Mayor; then 1t tried to help
Tammany to scale into power the shoulders OF
wealth and responsibility, as embodied in Mr.. Dun
can and finally it placed all its marvellous knowl.
edge Of local affairs and It's wonderful "in-
nuence, at the service OF Brennan's candidate,





establish the despotism of the most corrupt poti-
cal organization known to our history 1t lavished
its characteristic abuse upon those who were hon
estly striving to rescue the city from the clutches
OF trading politicians. On Monday last Its editorial
columns contained the following choice specimens
OF political wlsdom:-


This year the Committee of Seventy impudently as
suming TO speak the ndependcn the city
have betrayed the OF reform by entering into bar
gains and ntrgues for the Advancement of their
body to the Mayoraty. As might have
been expected their intrigue has recoiled upon them
selves and they have been made the tools and
politicians, who have used them only to
Mr. Havemeyer has grossly decaived and that he
is sold out by the republicans, whose he
relied


This, OF course, places beyond doubt the cor
rectness OF the statement made in the HERALD
OF yesterday, "As to the candidates them
selves, we had no choice between themn
and ought to secure all the attention due
to superior sagacty for Its talk about
the republican division Of city spoils and the ad
vent of what 1t calls ''new Republican Municipal
Ring" or one thing the HERALD may be perfectly
assured. Among those Of its Tammany friends who
are able to read there remain none stupid enough
to be taken in by its ludicrous assumption of
political penetration and its exploded claims to po-
litical influence. Among all other classes its title
to rank as equally muddle-hcaded and unprincipled
equally ill-informed and impudent, has long since
been generally conceded.
Year: 1872

A Performing Arab Suspected OF Rum


ming Away with n Large Sum.


Two OF the troupe OF Arabians performing at
Bayley's Circus and Menagerie at the foot OF East
Houston street applied to Inspector walling at
Police Headquarters last night to know If anything
had been heard OF Ben Abddallah. 1t appears
that this dusky gentleman Is chief of
the troupe. After the matinee performance
at the circus about four O'Clock, 1t is alleged that
Ben went to the box office and received about
500, the salaries OF the whole troupe. From that
moment ne has not been seen. He also had In his
pocket the contract OF the entire troupe for six
years-to them very valuable document. The
two who called on Inspector Walling said that
they feared that Ben Abdaah had fed the
city with the money, and that he might
very possibly have taken passage for Europe. This
theory is not probable, however, as he was seen
slightly intoxicated late In the afternoon, and the
probability Is he has been locked up in some station
house.
Year: 1872

Brother Falconer, OF the Scctarian


Circular Lets the Secret Out-The


Local Officers to be Elected In April


Hereafter-The Legislature to be APP


pcaled TO.


The Council OF Political Reform is supposed to be
a tooter to the Committee OF Seventy, or in other
words the Committee OF Seventy are the pol itical
brains, and the Council OF Political Reform are the
hands chat work out tti. plans Of campaign
There are councils in all the wards OF the c.. r.
whose meetings are usually very secret, none
being permitted to participate except those who
are believed to be in full accord with the objects OF
the organization.


Last evening one OF these councils-that OF the
Eighteenth ward-met in Oriental Hall, in
Eighteenth street, near Third avenue With the
aid Of q policeman the HERALD reporter found the
entrance TO what is known as Oriental Hall, and
after cropping his way through dark hall
ways and up rickety stairs, suggestive
Of garroters he found large room In which were
man elect, and about ten other gentlemen. At
eight o'clock Mr.. William Ii. Nelson took
coner, who congratulated the meeting upon
the rescue OF the city from the democracy.
He declared that hereafter the reiormers were de-
termned to control the elections, and hence there
was great necessity for immediate reorganization in
all the different districts of the city. II Tammany
Hall and Apollo Hall again came together they
would again get control. The split in the de-
mocracy alone defeated them; but there was
danger Of their reuniting. In the last Board OF
Aldermen they had reunited and formed ring OF
their own. And when he found that over forty
thousand people had just voted for an In
dicted Assistant Alderman, we could not be
too vigilant. Mr.. FalcOner declared that 1t
was the programme OF the reformers to
from those OF the State and nation, and to hold IL
In April OF each year. the better to control the CITY,
The first election under this new plan would be a
year from next April He was followed by Mr..
Scudder, who urged an immediate reorganization
and enrolment OF all reformers, and declared
mitted some grave errors, which they must
avoid In the future. Among the singular state
ments made by Mr.. Falconer was the assertion, on
the authority OF a Mr.. Beers, tnat owing to the
party treason of some or the Seventy the tickets
ofJames O'Brien and other Objectionable characters
were run out OF their boxes. The Council resolved
to at once proceed with new enrolment by ap-
pointing one man for that purpose in each election
district.
Year: 1872

The Western Union Telegraph Operators
Leaving Their Quarters and Taking
Up Their Instrumcnts-HaH a Mile Of


Boston, Nov. Oil O clock P. M.


The fire is now within two blocks of the
Western Union Telegraph Office The
operators are taking up their instru-
ments and preparing to vacate. Line
men and material have been ordered to
Boston from adjoining towns, SO that if tefe-
graph communication with New York is lost
now, which seems very likely, it will probably
be soon restored, certainly at On early hour of
the morning ifnot tonight.


The fire has now travelled half mile
through the heart Of the business portion of
the city, and is spreading with frightful
sapidity.
Year: 1872

The Entire Area from Summer to WASH
ington and MIX Street to the Water
Laid Waste.


BOSTON, Nov. 10-12:30 P. M.
The fire still RACES, and it is feared the
entire area from Summer street on the south
to Washington street on the west and Milk
street on the north to the water east will
be laid waste


Pearl street has SO far escaped. The heat is
intense.
Year: 1872

Three sailors got into quarrel last night at the
corner OF James and Oliver streets. One OF them,
August Kruser who lives at 1o5th street and Third
avenue, was stabbed In the neck and August
Stranders, OF 1s3 Cherry street. was cut on the
cheek. Neither OF the wounds was dangerous and
both were taken to the Park Hospital. The Offend
Year: 1872

Let it be borne in mind, that
10 appreciate his peculiar character
AS civilian, It is important 20 know
his triumphs as a soldier, for one is a
natural compliment of the other. The
successful soldier is rarely changed TO a
successful civilian. There seems to be
an incompatibility between the two,


modified by the extent TO which one has
been allowed to exclude the other. One
always a soldier cannot, late in life, be-
come statesman. One always a civil
ian cannot, late in life, become soldier.


In modern Europe, few soldiers have
Year: 1872

Senator Summer again referred at
length to the San Domingo question IN
terms of condemnation, and said the
whole contrivance, besides being a
wrong to the black Republic Of Hayti,
was an insult to the colored race, not
only abroad but here at home. How a
Chief Magistrate with four millions OF
cOlored fellow.citizens could have done
this thing passes comprehension.


The colored orator, Fred Douglass, was
selected by the President as one of the
commissioners to visit San Domingo,
and yet on his return, and almost with
in sight of the Executive Man
sion, he was repelled from the
common table on the mail steam
Year: 1872

with the system; is destructive
in its essence. Therefore personal
government in all its forms, and
especially when it seeks TO sway the
action of any other branch or Overturn
its constitutional negative, is hostile to
the first principle of republican institu-
tiOns and an unquestionable outrage.
That our President has offended in this
way is unhappily too apparent. The
President is civilian. To comprehend
the personal government that has been
installed over US, We must know its
author; his picture is necessary, his
frontispiece-not as a soldier.
Year: 1872

Never mike an enemy, even OF Il
dog" said to Bobby Ryan, as caught
at his raised baud, and tried to stop him
from throwing stick at our nelghbor
Howard's great Newfoundland. But my
words aud effort came too late. Over the
fence flew the stick, sud whack Oh
Dandy's nose it fell. Now Dandy, a
great powerful fellow, was very good
natured, but this sproved little too much
for him. He sprang up with an angry
growl, aud bounding over the fence. as
# he had been as light ~ a bird, he
caught Bobby Ryan by the arm, and
held him tightly enough to let his teeth
be felt.


Dandy, Dandy" l cried in alarm,
let 90. Don't bite him." The dog
lifted his dark-brown eyes to mine with
a look OF intelligence, which seeme,' to
say, A" only want to frighten the young
rascal


And Bobby was frightened. DANDY
held him for a little while, growing
savagely, though there was good deal
Of make-beliei in the growl I; and then
tossing the arm away, the dog leaped
back over the fence, and laid himself
down by his kennel,


You're foolish boy. Bobby Ryan, "
said I, "to pick n quarrel with such
IA splendid old fellow as that. Suppose
you were to fall into the lake some day,
and Dandy happened to be near, and
suppose he should remember your bad
treatment, and refuse to go in after yoI?'


- wouldn't care" replied Bobby;
" | can swim"


Now it happened, only week after
wards, that Bobby was out on the lake,
in company with an older boy. and that
in some way their boat was upset IN deep
water, not far from the shore and it
also happened that Mr.. Howard and his
dog Dandy were near, and saw the two
boys struggling in the water


In moment Dandy spraug into the
lake and swan towards Bobby ; but,
strange to say. after getting close to the
lad, he turned and went towards the
larger boy, who was also struga ling in
the water. Dandy seized him and
brought aim safely to the shore. He
the turned and looked toward Bobby,
MS young tormerter he had good
many grudges AGAINST HIM, and for some
moments the . dog seemed doubling
whether he should save him or let him
drown.


"Quick, Dandy y cried his master,
pointing to poor Bobby, who was trying
to keep afoat He was not the brave
swimmer he had thought himself.


At this the noble dog bounded again
into the water and brought Bobby to
land. He did not seem to have much
heart III his work. however, for he
dropped the boy as soon as he reached
the shore, and walked away with a
stately air


But Bobby, grateful for his rescue, and
OF his former unkindness made
mp with Dandy on that very day, and
hey were ever afterwards fast friends.
He was very near losing his life through |
his unkindncss to dog, and the lesson
t gave him. he will never forget.