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Year: 1873




Assemblyman Mcclure does not cut very
creditable figure in his controversy win Mr'
Ezra Cornell about the College Land scrip.
When he made his first attack, his apparent
object was to defeat the bill providing 1or u
settlement between the State and Mr. CORNELL
When resolution of inquiry afterwards came
ND in the Assembly, he defeated action thereon
by raising technical objection. Yesterday
rcnlyipg to tho comments of the newspapers,
he denied that be had charged that there hau
boen ony violation of the laws OF Congress
There is a concurrence of testimony that MI
McGuire did say that the Legislature had IN
validated tho original grant by violation Oh
the law; and that no also said it was now
nyonosed TO make q new breach by allowing
Mr.. Cornell to exchange the securities required
bv law for Others which are worthless. All
this is outside the main question which
is involved in Mr.. Cornells management OF
the College Land Scrip business; but 1t does
not argue well for the accuser that he IS Obliged
to shift his ground so early.
Year: 1873

not desire victory in this discussion. We
should be glad to see all these statements dis
proved. But we suggest to the Board of
Public Works that it is inexpedient for them
to waste time in impugning the motives Of
their critics instead Of frankly explaining these
unfayorable facts-thst Is, if they arc sus-
ceptible of explanation.
Year: 1873

Controller Green has traced on the books of
his Office where the million of dollars stolen
in the opening of streets has gone. The list
of names is a formidable one, and many of
those who figure in it will hardly relish the
renewed notorety which they will attract
Happily, such opportunities for swindling the
city are not offered by the present system.
Year: 1873

The demand for the remarkably fire map ofNeD
Ne,c- York printed in yesterdays TRIBUNE com
pleteIy exhausted the edition at an early hour,
and many more thousands might haze been sold
If are had been able to furnish them. A fresh
supDIu is ready this morning, which eill, We hope,
be sufficient to meet all demands.
Year: 1873

A letter printed on our third page character
ICES Long Branch as the possible great water
ing-place of the future. There may be two
opinions as to the certainty of that dreams
being realized. But there can be but one
concerning the growing greatness of "the
" "-anch" as a Summer seaside resort. The
preparations for this years campaign are
vast' and the excellent map of the coast
which we give our readers is vivid illustra-
ton of the marvellous growth of this new
city by tho ocean.
Year: 1873

As the Assembly has finally adopted reso-
luton to adjourn sine die on the 23d instant,
we may conclude that it is firm in its deter
mnation not to touch the proposed Constitu-
tional amendments. There has been great
deal of assumption in this business by the
Assembly. 1t is assumed, for instance, that
the amendments require a great deal of dis
cussion and revision, and that an extra ses-
sion is needed for that purpose. This is mere
pretense; there is general acceptance of the
amendments as they stand; any Endorsement
of them by the Assembly would be a work of
supererogatiOn, and the vote it is asked to give
them is only formality, like the first reading
of bill, necessary to pass them on to the
more careful consideration of the next Legis-
lature. 1t ought not to consume q day; and
it will be a great shame if an adjournment is
permitted without it.
Year: 1873

1t should be plain enough that ex-
amples are as much to servants as to
children since in manners and social
training servants are as children. The
peasant-girl reared in an Irish cabin or
German cottage can hardly be expected
to be a model of politeness or of personal
neatness. 1t is quite possible, however,
to teach her by example alone. If the
mistress be courteous to every member
of her family, and they in turn to her,
the maid soon feels the atmosphere of
good breeding, and unconsciously be-
comes amiable and respectful. But
let the mistress speak sharply to her
husband, or scOld the children in public,
or let the master constantly find fault
in the presence of the servant, and she
will shortly discover that courtesy is
not one of the essentials of the estab-
Iishment. and will, most likely, add
black looks and uncivil words to the
general disharmony. Servants being
initiative, there is more reason that the
conduct of employers is worthy of imi-
tation. II the mistress of house be
careful of her dress, her speech, her
daily habits, her handmade will, in all
probability, grow more careful of her
own. But the woman who comes to her
breakfast table with disheveled hair and
rumpled gown, has no right to find fault
with the maid for attending the door
bell in dirty calico and slovenly shoes.
Like mistress like maid, as we'll as like
master like man. Unless a good
example be set, there is no cause to
complain of servants for following a
bad one. As rule, they are ready to
learn, though they may be dull and
slow of comprehension. They would
rather improve their condition than de-
grade it. They would rather be ladies
than servants. Their ignorance makes
them mistake the false for the true, the
bad for the good. If every mistress
would take pains to set fair example
to her maids, and aid them, now and
then, by timely and delicate hints, she
would soon have servants who would be,
in fact, the help they are in name.-
,Scribner's Monthly.
Year: 1873

Concerning the cause of the trouble,
all sorts of philosophers agree. 1t is
the ambition for an expensive style OF
living which keeps young men and young
women from thinking of marrying until
they can reckon on sufficient income
to support 1t. Men who have thus post
poned matrimony to money-making,
find themselves when they have attained
middle age, in the possession of the
coveted wealth, perhaps, but disinclined
to marriage, confirmed in bachelorhood,
skeptical as to the virtues of women and
the general desirability of the welded
state. The hey-day of youth and the
spring of passion with them is over and
gone. The sweethearts of their youth
have grown old with them, and have
long ago drifted out of their lives.


They often conclude that having re-
mained single so long they will not
change their state. 1t is the old story.


In youth when they couldn't, they fain
would have welded, and in maturity
when they can, they no longer care to.
Or, what is worse than bachelorhood,
yielding to the suggestions of that deli
berate sensuality of mature years, so
different from the hot passion of youth,
they take to their bosoms some young
girl willing to sell herself for money,
and careless that she is utterly separated
from all sympathy with her husband by
a gulf of years. The costly habits OF
dress indulged in by American women
are often adverted to as discouraging
early marriages. This is also to be
set down to the peculiarly unrestricted
character of social ambition among us.


The European woman follows the stand
ard of her class in her dress. That
standard is pretty accurately adapted
to the average resources of members of
that class, and she does not exceed it
without exciting remark. In this coun-
try there is bnt one class, to which the
poorest as well as the richest belong.


There are accordingly no standards of
dress adapted to different grades of
income. The wife of the mechanic and
the wife of the millionaire follow but
one rule, and that is to dress as well as
they possibly can. This principle of
conduct makes wife an expensive
luxury for an American artisan or strug-
Cling professional man. Still, although
our fair country women certainly de-
serve mild talking to on this subject,


satirists and social reformers are often
much too hard upon them. 1t is useless
to charge the disfavor into which mar
riage has fallen among young people,


exclusively upon either sex. Both have
wholesome consciousness that it is a
thing they ought to be ashamed of, and


so are given to throwing the blame on
each other. But the truth is that both
sexes are perverted by common curse
of inordinate social ambition and un-
governed desire of fine living and the
luxury of wealth, passions, which, with
all the compensating blessings, demo-
cratic state of society unquestionably
tends to aggravate.-.Sprinafeld Union.
Year: 1873

of the room were couches placed thickly
against the walls, and others were scat
tered over the apartment wherever there
was room for them. On each of these
lay extended the wreck of what was
once man. Some few were old-all
we're holloway with sunken cheeks
and .cadaverous countenances many
were clothed in rags, having probably
smoked away their last dollar while
others were offering to pawn their only
decent garment for an additional dose
of the deadly drug. A decrepit old man
raised himself as we entered, drew a
long sigh, and then with half-uttered
imprecation on his own folly proceeded
to refill his pipe. This he did by scrap
ing off, with a five-inch steel needle,
some opium from the lid of tiny shell
box, rolling the paste into pill, and
then, after heating it in the blaze of a
lamp, deposit it within the small aper-
ture of his pipe. Several short whiffs
followed then the smoker would re-
move the pipe from his mouth and lie
back motionless !; then replace the pipe,
and with fast-glazing eyes blow the
smoke slowly through his pallid nos
trils. As the narcotic effects of the
opium began to work he fell back on
the couch in state of silly stupefaction
that was alike pitiable and disgusting.
Another smoker, mere youth. lay with
face buried in his hands, and as he


lifted his head there was look of des-
pair such as 1 have seldom seen.
Though SO young, he was a complete
wreck, with hollow eyes, sunken chest,
and a nervous twitching in every mus
Gle. 1 spoke to him, and learned that
six months before he had lost his whole
patrimony by gambling, and came
hither to quaff forgetfulness from these
Lethean cups hoping, he said, to find
death as well as oblivion. By far the
larger proportion of the smokers were
so entirely under the influence of the
stupefying poison as to preclude any
attempt at conversation, and we passed
out from this moral pest house sick at
heart as we thought of these infatuated
victims of self-indulgence and their
starving families at home. This bane-
full habit, once formed, is seldom given
up, and. from three to five years indul-
gence will utterly wreck the firmest
constitution, the frame becoming daily
more emaciated, the eyes more sunken,
and the countenance more cadaverous,
till the brain ceases to perform its func-
tions, and death places its seal on the
wasted life.-LippincOtts Magazine.
Year: 1873

A lady's horse, to be perfect, should
be all over handsome, and well up on
its launches. If slightly hollow in the
back, so much the better, for it gene
rally tends to ease in action, and to less
motion to the saddle. A lady should
never be heard upon the saddle-that
is, there should be no humping noise,
not even in trot. She should sit so
closely, and, when rising to the trot,
possess such elastic motion from the
foot to the knee and the waist that her
return to the saddle should seem as
light as a feather. She should sit


"square to the 'front.'" and her horses
ear to speak as a soldier ought to
dress well with the buttons on the
bosom of her habit. Nothing is SO bad
as to sit with lean to one side, and,
when admirers are following after, to
let them fear that very little would
cast her off from the stirrup side Of her
saddle. Her hands should be down,
but light, and her arm, as well as every
inclination of her figure, should har-
monize with the motions of her steed,
as if both possessed the same volition.
Year: 1873

RECIPE FOR CURING HEApACUE-NIix
Magic Oil with water, and bathe the head
freely with the mixture, also inhale the
odor of the Magic Oil from cloth. This
gives immediate relief. and will cure cold
in the head. Try it
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissarv
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be proeur-
ed and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
erS
Year: 1873

FAIR AT TREE HILL.-A fair for the benefit
of Laurel Hill church will be held at Tree
Hill on Thursday next, the 18th instant,
commencing in the afternoon and continu-
ing until bedtime. Those Interested in the
fair have succeeded in procuring Il large
number of useful and fancy articles, which
they will offer Tor sale.
Year: 1873

You can get large picture. rolorcd and framed
at the low price of one dollar and scvcnty-hve cent
at CAMrBELL's 'well-known photograph gallery
over the pcllar Store, corner Ninth and Mali
streets.
Year: 1873

SPECIAL SOTlCE.-Thc DOLLAR STORE has just
received fine assortment of baby carriages, which
will be sold al very low prices. IL would be to the
interest of those In want Of such IN article 10 give
them call before purchas Ing elsewhere.
Year: 1873

PrCTrREs.-NEEs & Go. spare 10 expense in the
getting up of their work. No matter how cheap
they may contract to make Your photograph. their
finish Is all the same Cheap and good work is their
WatchWOrl.
Year: 1873

On Tuesday next, the City Election takes
place. But three more working days intervene
before that date, and these should be, on the
part of the Republicans. days OF the utmost en-
ergy and most persistent action. There are
grave interests involved in this campaign, which
ought not and must not be decided adverse to
the Republican cause.-the cause of true econo-
my, good government and municipal prosperity.
To the casual observer this is one of the most
quiet campaigns which the city has Witnessed for
many years. There are no ward meetings, and
but very little of that disgusting electioneering
which is commonly to be seen at every street
corner. Republicans and Democrats alike. to all
outward appearances, seem Indifferent to the
which We fear Is not unassumed by the former
On the part Of the Democrats we know it is only
a deception. They are industriously at work,
quietly it is true but none the less effectively.
They rely in this campaign, for effectiveness
upon quiet action, They are Arraying against
the Republican candidates the most formidable
organizations In the city. They are even prac
ticing seduction upon our own party member.
By misrepresentation, by abuse, and by caumny



nees, and no effort is untried by which single
vote can be gained.


Against such an opposition as this, Republi-
cans cannot AFFORD to be idle. II they wish sue
cess they must win it BY hard and bitter con-
test They must not suffer the election to pass
by default. They have conceived and are aboat
to cArry out important public improvements
which it would be unwise to commit into the
hands Of the opposition. They have done things
which the good Of the city require should not 10
undone. They contemplate other things of great
value and benefit to the city which will be Ac-
complished by them, alone.


The general public also, has deep interest in
this election The municipal government was OF ce
within the hands Of the Democrats and their
shameful disregard Of public interests is known
of all men. Reinstate the Democratic party in
power, and those same public interests will be
prostituted to party ends as upon another occa
sion. The party has shown its total untitness to
manage the affairs of the municipality, and we
have no guarantee that it is any better prepared
to undertake it now than at any past time.


Let Republicans, therefore go to work Let
them work for success They have a tick ct
worthy Of support. Each candidate upon it s
fully competent to discharge the duties of the
position for which he has been nominated, de.
spite the assertions of atrabilous objectorG
and chronic grumblers. They are men in whom
full confidence can be placed and if elected viii
fill their several positions with satisfaction tc
thepublic and in consonance with the best inter
rests of the CITY,
Year: 1873

A town meeting will be held in the City Hall,
this evening, agreeably to the provisions OF the
charter, to approve or reject the action of Coun-
ell in opening certain streets mainly in the
Ninth Ward The meeting is only matter Of
form, without much significance, and very little
interest attaches to such meetings. They might,
however become instruments of great evil by
the rejection OF appropriate work by Council By
irresponsible parties and captious objectors, and
that provision of the charter which requires that
they shall be held might very well be dispensed
with
Year: 1873

"Knowing the terrors of tn,
Lord, we persuade men," Anc
we know, too, "the grace o
our Lord Jesus Christ; that h,
who was rich," for the sake o
all the blind and infatuated sin
full men about us, and in oul
world, "became poor, that they
through his poverty might bt
made rioh;" that he is erich tc
all that call upon him." and.hai
no respect for persons," and by
us has commanded His truth tC
be dispersed and His grace to be
distributed. Let these views
more deeply influence us, that
we may never loiter in the
work assigned to us, if we are
truly recoverable God ourselves
that of Strengthening oul
brethren" On them who are
perishing for lack acknowledge,
never can we too earnestly, and
affectionately, and yearningly
'set our hearts," Ifyou convert
sinner from the error of his
way, you "save a soul from
death;" and can a more power
full motive be urged? You place
another child in the family Of
God; and YOU open a mind To
knowledge ever enlarging, and
to feelings which shall yield a
felicity more noble and sancti-
flying throughout eternity. You
advance the rapture OF angles;
for there in heaven over one
sinner that repenteth." You
heighten the joy of your Lord
HIMSELF for 'he sees of the travail
Of his soul, and is satisfied"
Happy will it be when this
true estimate of man shall be
taken by the universal Church
of Christ, Its torpor will be
shaken off, its disputes and
chickering's silenced, and every
thought be absorbed, and every
energy put forth in the solemn
work Of saving souls from death
o Thou who hast set thine
heart upon man, inspire us with
some larger portion of thine
own boundless and tender char
ityl
Year: 1873

ALFRED WALTON. Druggist. No. 30 Marke
street. respectfully informs his friend and the public
in general that he Keeps hand all descriptions OF
medicines. and thar a competent person is at all
times ready to prescribe for such sick as call at tha
store. and that charge is made except the regular
price Of the medicines. the same rce they would
pay anywhere else; but that na one is visited at
their residences
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, Oct III, 1873.


The examination Of Captain Buddington COM
menCed to-day on board the Tallapoosa at the Navy
Yard. Secretary RoDeson was the principal ex-
aminer, Commodore Reynolds and Captain How
gate assisting. The services OF Professor Baird
were not considered necessary until the examna-
ton Of Dr. Besse begins. Buddingtor was inter-
rogated for five hours, particularly as to his
relations with Captain Hall, he declaring that there
was not the slightest foundation for any report OF
difference between him and Captain Hall. His
judgment about proceeding beyond the point
reached, 50 deg 10 min., was based entirely upon
his experience as navigator in Arctic waters, and
not from any lear of danger or aversion to prose-
cute the journey. While there might have been an
appearance OF an open channel, the weather In the
northern latitude was so uncertain that no man
would dare risk vessel IN the higher latitude
with an Arctic winter approaching.


In rely to an inquiry as to his personal conduct
Captain Buddington said he had been accustomed
to taking dram occasionally, but denied ever
having drunk enough to lncapacitate him for duty
or to make him unfit Tor the position of navigator
in dangerous waters. The sci araron of Tyson and
his party, on October Is, was more seriously re.
gretted by those on board the PoIarIs than could
possibly have been by the Ice foe party. So certain
was he that the vessel would have to be aban-
doned that he had made preparation tccast over
everything OF value and importance to the crew,
when the wind suddenly changed and shifted the
Polaris into almost an opposite position, swapping
the hawsers and increasing the danger to the
vessel. The. details Of what happened after the
separation have already been substantially mar
rated:


The examination OF Buddington viii be resumed
on Monday, when the death Of Captain Hall will be
inquired into at length.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER DENIAL. The Lewes Light, or
gan OF the Sussex County Republicans, also
denies in the following paragraph, the scan
dalouS report recently circulated, 10 the
effect that members Of the House were geneT.
ally intoxicated at the time OF adjournment;
The rumor that members Of the House were
generally intoxicated at the time OF adjourn
ment Is false. There never was q legislature
in Delaware composed Of more sober or gen
tlemanly body than last one. The new liquor
law should be proof sufficient. t
Year: 1873

1t is now definitely stated that the
expectations Of the advocates Of the
peace policy will be released, and the
opinion that the War Department
would hereafter have control Of the
Indian affairs In incorrect. When
Captain Jack and his band have been
disposed Of. all Its functions In that re-
spect will cease, and the business ag'n
revert to the Bureau Of Indian Affairs
in the Department Of the Interior. It
1t is insisted by those who ought to
know, that the President never CON-
templated any other purpose, and the
authority delegated to the military
was never designed to extend farthar
than to the trial of the Modocs. It
may be stated in this connection that
the border pressure for . severer line
of treatment has much abated.
Year: 1873

This attempt at Immaculate civilization, after
passing the Senate, noted for its purity, has
been completely annihilated in the House. We
are glad of it-not because 1t is not a good law
in some counties. but because this section is not
ready for such restriction. II Is undoubtedly 4
fact that when an arbitrary law Of this kind is
placed upon the people, they Immediately
buck" and with reason protest against its en-
forcement. and 1t becomes dead letter. We
appreciate the high-toned morality which caused
its passage In the Senate but have great respect
for the good sense which caused Its defeat In the
House. There churches open to these who
wish TO attend. and we confident that only
those who visit church on Sundays, without this
prohibitory law, would do so with it in exist
ence Use the time of the legislature TO more
advantage, and pass laws for the advancement
of our local interests. and let religion take care
Of itself.
Year: 1873

There are some points III the dressing
of the hair which all women should I'M
derstand. The present universal fash-
ion of covering the forehead with a
frinze of hair or small curls IS great
wrong to the majority. They may
twirl and twine over small, delicate, fair
countenances; but nObler faces want
smooth expanse of forehead, and IN the
fashionable idiot fringe'S we loose all
the upper lights of the countenance
Dark complexions, too, always require
masses of hair lying languidly in grand
easy forms of shining coils; black hair
is spoiled by ''frizzing.


In order to bring out the lntellectu-
ality Of any face, the hair should be
swent back and raised high. The face
LIGHTS as the brow uncOvers, but care
must he taken not to draw the hair too
TIGHT and rigid; all that is necessary IS
TO show that exquisite line along the
roots where the skin is soft and fair,
and the coloring fresh and tender even
in old aoe. The covered forehead Is of
the earth earthly; all the Deilahs OF
eyery age and country affect 1t. and to
prove it's effect you have only to take
any frail-pictured beauty and IN mag,
nation sweep the forehead clear, and
turn up the flowing curls into smooeh,
tidv coils. and the woman looks re-
formed. Children and young girls may
wear unbound hair, but in woman 1T
looks untidy-and worse.