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Year: 1873

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Ex-representative Bennett came to see
the president and Secretary Richardson
on pet project which he has pushed
for years, namely, proposition to OBJ
tain government aid to enlarge and
deepen the Erie canal, and increase the
docks, etc., so as to pass vessels of 600
tons propelled by steam. A bill for
this purpose was introduced by Mr..
Bennett in the XLIst congress, and re-
ferred to the committee of commerce of
which he was a member. He represen-
ted to the president that it is useless
for the farmers oranges to fight the
railroads, and that the proper way for
them to do is to open water communi-
cation between the chain of lakes and
into the Hudson river. and that thus,
having established water transportation
for the grain and products of the west,
the farmers would be independent of
the railroads, and the latter would then
cease to be monopolists in the carrying
trade. He thought the farmers could
do this if they were to unite their in
fuence and direct it against congress.
The amount of aid which Mr.. Bennett
for his project is the snug lit
OAO SuLl VI RC.OOOsOOOs WhlOh "1hA9
the government to guarantee.


The president said to Mr.. Bennett
that the question of transportation was
a very important one, and one in which
he was deeply interested. He called
the latter's attention to the fact, how
ever, that a standing committee had
been organized by the senate to investi-
gate this very question, and that the
were now at work. The pres
ident hoped for good results from the
and thought the best course
would be decided upon by congress.
He was himself in favor of making and
water channels, and had re-
several projects IN his last
Mr.. Bennett made the ques-
ton of water channels a subject of two
or three hours conversation with the
of the treasury, and if he did
not succeed in talking the latter to death,
he did succeed in talking me almost
blind N Y Trib1fne
Year: 1873

Among the causes of injury to the
ear must unfortunately be reckoned
bathing. Not that this healthful and
important pleasure need, therefore, be
in the least discouraged, but it should
be wisely regulated. Staying too long
in the water certainly tends TO produce
deafness as well as other evils; and it
is a practice against which young per-
sons of both sexes should be carefully
on their guard. But, independently of
this, swimming and floating are attended
with a certain danger from the difficulty
of preventing the entrance of water
into the ear in those positions. Now,
no cold fluid should ever enter the ear.
cold water is always more or less irrita-
ting and, if used for Swinging, rapid
ly produces extreme giddiness. In the
case of warm water it's entrance into the
ear is less Objectionable, but even this
is not free from disadvantage. Often
the water lodges in the ears and pro-
duces an uncomfortable sensation till it
is removed this should always be
taken as a sign of danger. That the
risk to hearing from unwise bathing is
not fancy, is proved by the fact, well
known to the lovers of dogs, that those
animals, if in the habit of jumping or
being thrown into the water, so that
their heads are covered, frequently be-
come deaf. A knowledge of the dam
ger is a sufficient guard. To be safe it
is only necessary to keep the water from
entering the ear. If this cannot be nc
complished otherwise, the head may
be covered. 1t should be added, how
ever, that wet hair, whether from bath
ing or washing, may be a cause of deaf
ness, if it be suffered to dry by itself.
Whenever wetted, the hair should be
wiped till it is fairly dry. Nor ought
the practice of moistening the hair with
water to make it curl pass without re-
monstrance. To leave wet hair about
the ears is to run great risk of injuring
them. In the washing of children, too,
care should be taken that all the little
folds of the outer ear are carefully and
gently dried with a soft towel.-POpu-
Iu9. CrSp4lnp NpDfbI7I
Year: 1873

A broken-hearted young thing writes
to a weekly paper as follows "About
three years ago / became acquainted
with young gentleman; and although
he never paid me any particular atten-
tion, he would often accompany me to
and from church, etc. But lately I no.
ticed great change in him. He avoids
me as much as possible, and starts if /
address him. Can he have ceased to
love me? for know he did, though he
never said so. If I thought he had, it
would break my heart" Perhaps we
ought not to interfere in this matter
but, as we know exactly what should be
done with the young man, we feel as if
we ought to speak out. Do not attempt
to reason with him, or cajole him, or
pacify him. The next time he calls take
a monkey-wrench, fasten it securely
upon his nose, lead him off to the dining
room, and ask him in firm voice what
he means. If he won't answer, twist the
wrench three or four times, and butt his
head up against the stove or the mantel-
piece until his gloom is dispelled. If he
saws he has ceased to love you, let your
fingers daily with his ringlets lovingly
for few minutes, and then suddenly lift
out a couple of handfuls, and have an
Irishman at hand to come i'll and sit on
him awhile, and knock out his teeth,
and jump up and down on him, and be
sociabIe. Then let him go, and COM
mence your arrangements to rope in a
fresh man. You cannot afford to waste
your young life upon such a wretch as
this; and where heart will not throb to
heart, or soul respond to soul, the best
thing to do is to torture the nose at once.
Year: 1873

A recent paper by DIR. Liebreich
throws light upon the origin of this de-
feet. He demonstrates that the two
evils of permanent short sight and cur.
vature of the spine, both so much more
frequent among the educated than the
uneducated classes of society, are de-
velOped by the unnatural posture usu-
ally enforced in schools. During child
hood the eye possesses a great power OF
accommodating itself to distance, and if
in reading and writing the desks are so
arranged that the eye, instead of being
twelve to fifteen inches distant, is kept
at seven or eight inches from the book or
paper, the eye adapts itself to the near
object, and permanent short sight is the
result. Moreover, as the predispositiOn
to the disease is hereditary, short sight
is constantly on the increase in highly
civilized countries. The Dad posture
adopted at writing desks is also the chief
cause of lateral curvature of the spine.
In extreme cases, says DIR. L1ebrelch,
the cOpy-book is pushed forward, so that
its lower border is inclined at an angle
of forty-five degrees with the edge of
the table. The head is lowered and so
much twisted that the left eye is only a
few inches distant from the book the
left cheek almost touches the left hand,
or even leans upon it; The ribs of the
left side are pressed against the edge of
the desk, and the taller children slip
backward on the forms. so that only the
lower part of the thighs rest on the mar
row bench. In many schools the pupils
maintain this unnatural position for Sc
veral hours daily, until at last the mus
cles are overtired, and permanent dis
tortion of the spine is the inevitable re-
suit, To avoid these evils, desks should
be so constructed that when the pupil is
seated the shoulders should be even, the
spine straight, the head balanced on the
top of the spine, the elbows on a level
with each other, and only the hands and
part of the forearm resting on the desk.
In order to effect this, DR.. Liebreich re-
commends desk in which the angle is
twenty degrees, for writing, and which,
by turning up flap, gives an angle of
forty degrees, for supporting book for
reading. He strongly condemns the alb
surd unanatomical notion that straight
spines can be insured by making children
sit up straight without support for the
back, thus overwhelming the muscles
and producing the very effect desired to
be avoided. He also deprecated strongly
the unnatural plan of making girls lie
on an inclined board or on the floor, "a
foolish torture which misses its aim. "
A couch with an angle of forty-fve de-
grees, with curves adapted to the cur
Tatures of the spine, is one best adapted
to girls with threatened spinal distor-
Philadelphia Bulletin.


Once a careless man went to the
cellar and stuck the candle in what he
thought was keg of black sand. He
Year: 1873

Hooks street fun was irrepressible.
We read of his walking up TO a POM
pous person in the Strand, and saying TO
him, / beg your pardon, sir, but may l
ask Are you anybody particular but
he did not wait for the answer Of the
magnihco.
Year: 1873

Once a careless man went to the
cellar and stuck the candle in what he
thought was keg of black sand. He
sat near it drinking wine until the can
die burned low; nearer and nearer it
got to the black sand nearer and near
er, until at last the blaze reached the
black sand, and as it was nothing but
black sand, nothing happened.
Year: 1873

The morning after my arrival at the
&C Red Dragon" found myself in bed,
strapped down. The people of the inn
told me that I had been mad the night
before, and had fought battle royal
with every article of furniture in the
room. I knew better, of course; but
I kept nv own counsel. I could have
told them that I had conquered not
only De Tremens himself, but also his
oyrf,1I 10
Year: 1873

was peculiar also. Gentlemen made calls in
long boots and red flannel shirts Ladies
went to balls and danced with new partner
each change in the quadrille. Ladies apollo
gized for holes in the chair seats from the ex-
plosion Of the revolvers of awkward visitors.


Ihe best dressed men were gamblers, and
the best dressed ladies had no right to the
name. Ladies were escorted home by a p a
toon OF admirers, and realized the full mean
ing of 1.-THE pleasure of your company A
change was observable when men began to
wear fire clothes and swear less. Bolts be-
gan to be used and portable property taken
care Of III
Year: 1873

f IS
| The streets were flooded from the heavy
rains. flour was fifty dollars barrel, nm /
times were hard. Men were ready for any
excitement and found il ibhe most singular
ways. A carriage. one Of The six in the city.
stuck in the nire, was dug out BY them, and
they felt amply rewarded BY chance look
from its female occupant, painted though she
might be. The cry of y baby at the theatre
was the signal for universal applause. Tie
long line winding Tor half u mile from the
Post office upon the arrival. of the Eastern
mail, when 500, S10o or $500 would be Offer
ed for good place III the line. A street row
and


A MAN SHOT


was hardly an excitement at that time. The
gambling saloons were as quiet and orderly
as could be wished, and men visited them at
the closeof their days labor without any un-
usual excitement. Any noise Of a cane fall
ing Or 4 loud laugh disturbed tile quiet of the
place. and caused remark. You met every
one there, as a. matter of course. and men
who parted at the church door at home i'm the
East, met each ether without reproacI. A
faln slipped from his chair one evening. dead
from disease of the heart. Three physicians
present examined him, his left-hand neigh
Dor, 4 coroner, Immediately impanI1elled the
rest OF the players at the table as a jury, who
laid down their cards Tor few moments,
and found verdict in accordance with The
facts, and resumed their plav. A man. hav-
ing just come down from the mines, on his
way to the East strolled into gambling sa-
loon, won at first, then lost all, and left, and
ashamed to write home, lived miserable life
OF want and misery, until his wife, hearing
OF his whereabouts. came to find him. The
man had all the time
Year: 1873

Two drunks only at the hearing this morning


One Of the garbage teams which was neglec-
ted by its driver. yesterday and suffered to stand
an unnecessarily long time out in the storm yes
terdAy afternoon, was takep in charge by the
police and locked up. The owner has not yet
IL
Year: 1873

Yesterday afternoon, three drunken loaf
ers, seated in an express wa son, to which
q very small horse was attached, drove past
the Exposition building a. furious pace,
and beating their horse, who was already
going as fast as be could. This gait they
kept up as long as they were in sight, going
out CT town on Broadstreet.


Men who have so little feeling for horse
ought to be prohibited by legislative enact,
meDt, from coming within half a mile me o. o.
one. There would be three brutes less In
10 world, if the wagon had upset and bro
K Il all their necks before they got through
with their spree.
Year: 1873

APATHETIC incident occurred during
the floods at Binghsmton. A Mrs. Fox,
residing near the cemetery gate, heard, in
the morning, q peculiar moaning in the di-
rection of the ceme' cry. Going there she
found a little child waist deep in water aDd
weeping near head-stone, which marked a
lonely grave. Upon being questioned she
said that she lived long way off. She had
heard that the graves were covered by water,
and she feared that her mothers would be
washed away. So she went to keep her
poor watch and ward beside it. She was
kindly cared for and returned to her mother
less home,
Year: 1873

AN Auburn fisherman few days since,
While fishing through hole in the ice,
caught . trout SO large that il could not be
brought through the orifice. The fisher
man, however, gently played with his fish
with one hand while he chopped tie ice
with the other until the opening had been
enlarged sufficiently, then, with a skillful
jerk, he brought out dead cat with brick
on its neck, the entirs prize weighing over
nine pounds. The profanity that en3ued
caused heavy thaw for sixty rods in all
directions,
Year: 1873

A WAR among the fishes is reported with
other wonderful stories from Florida. Re
Gently bloody fight took place between a
lot of whales from fifty to sixty feet in
length, and school of smaller species OF
the same animals, known as the black tish.
The latter for time sustained the unequal
contest, but the superior size snd power OF
their adVersaries drove them to take refuge
in the shallow water of the harbor, where
the whales were unable TO follow. Many
of the black fish in their headlong flight
ran on the shoals, and the receding tide
left them stranded high and dry.
Year: 1873

The case of tie New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company against
the collectors of the fourteenth internal rev.
enue district, to eDjoin the collector from
further seizure and sale of property of the
company to satisfy an assessment of nearly
half million dollars of taxes, was before
Judge Woodruff to-day in the United
States District Court. The Judge reserved
his decision upon the points raised by both
sides, as to the lilegality of the assessment
AID the jurisdiction of the court.
Year: 1873

Coywell, an eminent balloonist OF
England, has recently been expert
menting in order to test the theory
of Prof. Wise in reference to the
eastern current. If Wise is correct,
there is a constant and uniform cur
rent of air from west to east, moving
at very rapid rate, at an altitude of
10000 feet. Coywell has been "up
in balloon" to that height, and
there found himself moving south
instead of east. After seperal hours
experimenting in upper regions he
landed far due south of his starting
point. This one trial is sufficient to
explode Wise's theory, as it shows
that if such an east ward current does
exist it is not uniform, and hence is
useless as means of aerial naviga-
tiOn.
Year: 1873

ALFRED WALTON. Druggist. No. 2SS MArks
street. respectfully informs his friend and the public
in general. that he keeps hand all descriptions OF
medicines. and that competent person Y at all
times ready to prescribe for such sick as ea at tha
store and that no charge is made except the regular
price Of the medicines the same rice they would
pay anywhere else; but that ne one is visited at
their residences
Year: 1873

AGeOrgia man stationed hissOn, armed
with Il shotgun, to watch Il favOrite corn
patch. Stealing around short time af-
terward to see if the lad was at his post,
he Glanced to make little rustling in
the leaves; there was a flash and report,
and that perforated parent is now fully
convinced of his sons reliability.
Year: 1873

IRISH P0TAToEs.--The Irish people
are the greatest potato eaters in the
world, and know all about cooking that
fine esculent. We copy their mode OF
boiling potatoes from an Irish paper
"Put the potatoes. in q pot Or kettle
without lid or cover, and with water
just sufficient to cover them. After the
water comes nearly to boil pour it off
and replace it with cold water, into
which throw good portion of salt
The cold water sends the heat from the
service to the heart, and makes the po-
tato mealy. After they are boiled and
the water poured OFF, let them stand or
the fire fifteen minutes to dry"
Year: 1873

Secretary Roheson discovered that he
was standing Oh a lady'S train, and ex-
claimed: Though may not have the
power to draw mortal from the skies,
have pinned All angel to the EARTH
Year: 1873

COOP, SOUND ADvICE.-Never throw
q stone at any one until yOu have looked
to see whether there is window behind,
or you may have to pay rather dearly
for your revenge. Never leave your
hat in the passage unless it is a bad one.
Never be executor to d will, as it is all
liability, great trouble, and no profit.
Never quarrel with your wife, as you
will only have to make it up and pay
for the reconciliation. Never mention
you have received a legacy, or some i'm
pertinent fellow will be asking yOu to
stand q dinner. Never pay to see a
balloon go up, as you can see it much
better by remaining outside.


The way John Stuart Mill proposed
to the young lady who eventually be-
came his wife, is strange but true.n


"I wish I had your head, Mr.. MILL >
said the lady, on an occasion when that
gentleman had solved for her a knOtty
| point.


"And I wish I had your heart" re-
piled Mr.. Mill.


"Well." said the lady, "since your
head and my heart agree so well, I am
willinsBthat we should go into partner
ship"


And so it was.
Year: 1873

The loss sustained by shippers Of the one thou
sand crates OF peaches thrown overheard last week
10 the storm, falls heavy upon some. 1t IS GER
tAiny unfair that few should lose all and others
who were equally liable, lose none. Why was not
the loss appOTtioned to each shipper ana the own
ere Of the vessel is the law aud custom in such
casesP Whose fault Is ItP This question is ask
ed rs almost every hour. We srU not prepared
10 answer it, but certain it is there is q WroI 6
somewhere. The peaches thrown overboaTdy1S -
sacrificed to cave the cargo and the vessel. This
slip-ahOd way of doing business will not answer
and legal test will demonstrate that somebody


is ct fault and hence liable for damages We are
not prepared to say at this writing who the liable
parties are. The peaches were thrown overheard
by order Of the commander Of the ship, and be 10
the agent OF the oWneTs.-ISHsse< Journal ".
Year: 1873

lti.said a moor excuse Is worse than none. II
this old saying is true. The Couuci have no ex'
clss for their eXtrAvagant outlay for CITY hospl-
tai building Since the best excuse that the Re
,,,Lliean has attempted to make for their action
is as follows, the other city papers not offering
auy)


"The absense of any opposition to 1t on the
mart of the citizens and the press was really re-
markable. Under the circumstances We think
that the Council are not censurable


The excuse is not only lame snd poor, but it is
not true, the GAZETTE did oppose the purchase Of
the buildings and the City attempting to run a
hospital at such great expense, before tie pur-
chase was made and while 1t was still un der dis
cussion in the Council.


The Republican has said that the hospital, 90
called, is not necessary" and again, that it was
not " demanded" and yet it comes forward with
the poor excuse quoted above.


Why, does the Council expect the people to cOmC
forward and check this bluhdering, headlons
course2 Are they to be excused for voting
into law every wild scheme that may be proposed
because the " citizens and the press" make no op
position Such is the inference that must b.
drawn from the lame excuse offered by the onlI
paper that ventures defence Of the action Of ou
City Fathers in this important affair, which i
less than ten years may cost our people the enor
nous sum of one hundred thousand dollars, unles
it is stopped. The whole proceeding is a wrong
a great extravaganza, and should be stopped q
speedily as possible.
Year: 1873

The negro voters in "Talbot county, Nd at a
recent meeting in Easton, adopted resolutions
that the colored citizens be represented on the
Republican Central Committee by two members,
10 be appointed al the reorganization Of the same
for Talbot county, and that the time has come
when the colored voters are entitled 70 be repre-
septed in the nominating conventions, and they
ask for at least two members from each election
district in the county"


Since the Republican party boasts its liberality
to the negro, and is sustained in office by their
votes it is not little singular that the negro is
not permitted voice in the councils of his party,
But their whole love for the negro is a sham
They only care to secure his vote and use him ai
q tool to carry their personal and political
designs.
Year: 1873

VIENNA, August 70.


A grand gathering and public fete given by
the people OF Vienna took place last evening
at the Exhibition Building. Over one hundred
aud six thousand of the most distinguished
citizens and visitors In the city were present at
the entertainment. 1t was one OF the most
brilliant affairs yet Witnessed during the hold
ing Of the Exposition.
Year: 1873

The disaster at Dixon has called attention
to a class of dangers hitherto little suspected.
Bridge building has long since ceased to be O
doubtful art; its principles are a branch of
the exact sciences. This is prominently true
of iron bridges, because in these we are deal
ing with q material of which the tensile
strength is absolutely ascertained. If there
were any room for doubt In these matters,
the continually increasing use Of iron for such
purposes throughout the world would have
long since directed attention to the danger.
There is no such open question. An iron
bridge can only be unsafe through criminality
on the part of the builder.


In the letters printed in Tuesdays TRIBUNE
the facts were given by which it was pOssi-
BILE to fix the original responsibility for the
loss of life at Dixon. The bridge was con-
stricted by builder of bad reputation.
Three of his bridges in illinois besides that at
Dixon have fallen. Rumor of improper in
fluences was rife when he obtained this con-
tract. The price paid for the work was not
sufficient to buy iron enough to make it
safe. If the figures given are correct, the
bridge cost less than $25 per running foot.
We can readily accept the assurances Of an
expert that this was an inadequate expendi-
ture, since iron balconies on the fronts of dwell
ling are frequently of higher price.
We print to-day, on our third page, letter
signed with the initial NJ, written by a bridge
builder Of eminence, which states succinctly
the special defects of the Truesdell bridge,
and shows that the wonder is not that the
bridge at Dixon fell, but that any bridge so
constructed stands.


The prime fault Of the bridge was insult
cient iron but even had there been an
abundance of material, the structure would
have been dangerous. 1t was 80 ignorantlY
put together that only half the iron supported
the strain the rest simply added to it. Cal
culated by the rule applied to railroad bridges,
that every part must be strong enough to
bear five times the tension that can be put
upon ii, the bridge at Dixon had not half
strength enough for safely supporting its own
weight, and every pound of load upon
it imperiled il. The strain of its own weight,
moreover. weakened it day by day. 1t needed
only some unusual tension to precipitate q
catastrophe. This came in the simplest way.
The bridge was not shaken by an earthquake,
or undermined by a flood, or twisted from its
moorings by a tornado. or even racked by the