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Year: 1873

TX view OF The present high price of
nickel, DR.. Percy, the eminent metallur-
gist, proposes to substitute manganese
for it in the preparation Of German
silver, and maintains that it is impossi-
BILE for the most experienced manipula-
tor to determine the difference, except
chemically. A further article on this
subject, in the Chemical News, indicates
the best method Of obtaining manganese
sufficiently pure for the purpose, as also
for refining It and it is there suggested
that there is nothing 70 prevent Ture
metal being obtained in large quantity
and at a comparatively low price.
Year: 1873

for even the President is not supreme over
the laws; and they neglect to state that
the action Of the District Court of the
United States, which put the Pinchback
party into power, is based upon law of
Congress passed in May, 1870. sl5-H s.e=<


BY that act power is given to the United
States Circuit or District Court concurrent
with the State Court, in cases where there
Is an alleged violation of The. fifteenth
Amendment of the Constitution. Properly.
therefore, this case co, III he brought befoi e
Judge DufelI, and if the decision OF his
court should be disiegarded, the next and
the inevitable step is to call upon the police
or military power Of the United States to
cDf0rce il. The President can not interfere
with the Course Oflaw : the remedy is to 90
up to tie Supreme Court with the case !:
but it there should be 10 reversal of the
decision Of the lower court, aud the law
shall be found, as we predicted it would at
the time of its passage, a mere instrument
CT oppression, there is 10 remedy, under
the Constitution, but its repeal.


The only responsibility the President
has in the premises is that he signed the
act OF May, 1870, under which so mucl,
mischief Is possible. In Arkansas it is nro-
posed TO make the law serve exactly the
same purpose as in Louisiana, though for
the opposite party and as it will thus be
proved twO-edged instrument, cutting
both ways, possibly Congress may see fit to
cast it aside altogether. At any rate,
nothing could more completely justify the
wisdom OF leaving the people OF the States
to manage their own affairs than the
present condition ofthipgs in both Louisiana
and Arkansas,
Year: 1873

ciiic Railroad, he compelled Mr.. An,es to
| take it back.


The testimony of Ames fastened the


charge of still holding Credit Mobiler stock
| on Colfax. and sthis being made known to


Mr.. Orton, together with an intimation
from the White House that George William
Curtis would be an acceptable man, settled
the business.


These facts were communicated to New
York, and Colfax received telegram
which read as follows 90 Your application
for time is accepted as declnation Of our
Offer


This was a cruel blow to MIR. Colfax, who
had been among his friends chucxling over
his good fortune, talking of his eight shares
OF the Tribune stock; what the policy of
the paper was to be- In order to break the
effect of this fall as much as possible, he
at once STATED out messengers to say to
newspaper men that he had finally conclu-
ded not to accept; that he was going to
retire to South Bend, SIM " to crafty his
wife, who was opposed to bis going to New
York. Unfortunately he had publicly
given out that the business had been def
nitely arranged only few hours before,
and he had really written and mailed q
letter of acceptance.
Year: 1873

FoR two or three weeks past a danger
Gus counteIf felt of the So United States
Treasury note has been in circulation. The
counterfeit will not bear the scrutiny Of
the practiced eye, but it is well enough
executed to deceive many persons, even
among those accustomed to handle money.
The paper, however, is too thin to take
well the large amount of ink usually en-
ployed to print.the promises to pay Of the
United States. The engraving, compared
with that of the genuine note, is rough,
but the surest way to detect the true from
the false is by the paper, which has never
been successfully eounterfeited.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Snyder, of Washington enjoyed


a genuine surprise the other might
The roof of his house, for some rea-


son, had become a fayorite resort for
all the cats in his neighborhood and
they used TO congregate out there at
nights by thousands, and yowl and
screech, and practice their gymnastic
exercises, until Snyder and his wife
and his mother-in-law would go al
most crazy. Last week some snow
remained on the roof and Snyder un-
dertook to wash it off by sluicing
three or four tubsful of hot water ON
the shingles. The consequence was
that in an hour the entire roof was as
slippery as anything in the world can
be-. That night, while Snyder was
sitting at his bedroom window, gazing
out into the moonlight, he saw cat
suddenly dash downward through the
air with paw stretched toward, each
point of the compass, its fur elevated,
and its lungs emitting. a terrific yell.
In o minute down came another. Then
a third suddenly went sousing past,
aud before it reached the ground q
fourth went peitiug down, ,oand then
fifth, doubledInp, and clawing at the
ether and the moonlig ht for q bold
and so on, until about one hundred
and fifty had descended. Then Sny-
der thought it was about time to in
vestigate the phenomenon. He as
cended to the garret and looked out
through the trap door. There he saw
q procession of six or seven hundred
cats, reaching, in single file, from the
yard up over the shed aud the back
building to the crown of the roof OF
the house. They were all moving;
and as the cat at the head of the pro-
cession reached the peak. OF the roof
it would hook around for minute
and wonder where its. predecessors
had gone. Then its feet would slip.
1t would clutch and claw, and grab at
the ice; but still it, would go sailing
down, with increasing speed until it
reached the edge, when it would shy
out into space and dash of towards
the pavement. Itwas right interest
ing TO Snyder to observe the process.
He never before realized the beauty OF
the law of nature which attracts
bodies to the earth. Those cats never
climbed h;sroof again. Eighty-four
died on the spot, and tits believed
that 400 of them broke their legs and
the nocturnal serenading
business permanently.-Nd lAdeler
an the Sunday Dispatch. 1o9 l,b4
Year: 1873

JERSEY CITY, January 3l.-About
dark last evening, on the boundary line
between Hoboken and Wehswken,
the corpse Of some poor traveller was
found, with q bloody skull and stiffsned
limbs. Over the right eye of the victim
bullet or dagger had pierced the head,
leaving . hole an inch in diameter,
through which could be seen the inte
r,or Of his head. Two inche. higher
up on the forehead another bullet or
pointed weapon had been buried 10 the
skull. A portion OF the brain was
oozing through the apersture. The
upper portion Of tbs chin was torn BY
/. knife. The victim is supposed to be
n. Brooks.
Year: 1873

Apropos Of the discussion relative to
capital punishment, 1t is an interesting fact that
forgery las not been nearly SO frequent a crime
I'm England since the penalty for the offence WAS
modified llom HANGING 30 Imprisonment.
Year: 1873

Why WILL YE DIE, On YE OF LTT-
TIE FAITH ?''-The following weH-Written
article is from the Davenport Democrat of
December 10, 1872, and is "a powerful re
minder to the afflicted


The most insidious, deadly and distress
ing malady attacking the human frame, is
pale consumption, stealing into the maid
en- S bosom, flushing her cheek, blanching
her skin, and feeding like living worm of
death upon her vitals A lover may
fondly gaze into her eyes, the brilliant
sparkling is but a forerunner of dissolu-
ton \ mother may listen to her mid
night breathing, it is but mufiied drum
beating her death -knell A father may
fondly try to save her, but too frequently
his efforts are in vain, her bridal bed is the
burial case her bridegroom, death, the
silent consumer of her lungs is at work
and physicians have no remedy, the phar-
nlacopeia no drug which cankeep her from
her destiny Sad as this view is there is.
happily a bright side. Providence has
garnered up in the storehouses of vegeta-
ton. a sovereign balm in the juices OF
plants to arrest the fell destroyer, to heal
the eating ulcer, to renovate the failing
lung. to bring health, strength and vigo1
to the wasted frame. The keen eye Of
science has searched for it, the chemist
skill has seized upon it, the retort and
alembic have extracted it, and the remedy
is produced which will stay the progress ot
the stealthy death fiend The result Of
this careful study of nature is Allen
Lung Balsam, this is the consumptive
hope, the declining patients cure Thou
sands have entered upon trial of 1t witt
distrust and fear, who now live to record
It's snatching them from an early grave, anC
VINO are ready to testify to its merits. LIE


tnS me-; e;onsumptive take it and be benefited


Why will ye die, oh, We of little faith ?
Year: 1873

There are no diseases so debilitatng in their ef-
fect- upon the constitution the above. and none
difficult 10 cure by the usual modes OF pncticc.
The FEVER AND AGUE POWDERS viii effecta
cure in Of the longest standing well
prove preventive in the forming stages of the dis
case. Being purely Vegetable, they act with GER
tainty the disease totally eradicating it from the
system, and prevent a return at any future period


Why waste your money and health in trying every
medicine you hear OF, when THOMPSON'S FEVER
AND AGUE POWDERS have never failed To cure
the CHILIs in any case
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
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 procur
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is a fact worthy the attention Of consum-
prS
Year: 1873

Renne Pain Killing Magic Oil is not
sticky, nasty compound, but Clean sweet
and pleasant to use, and wonderful to cure
anv Kind of pain Try it on bruises, or
bilious headache, or kidney troubles, or
sore throat
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road 10 untimely grave
with billions complaints there is but truly great
and reliable remedy, and that +
Year: 1873

gentleman, approaching the Colonel, I'm
the possession of 30 fair chaperone DO
your daughter. Who is shel"


"An old friend. You admire her1"


admire is but mild word, my dear
Colonel. She is a splendid woman 4
Hebe in every respect"


''She has kindly consented to do the
honors Of the occasion, said Colonel Ad-
ans. ~


''And she is a most charming one, too,
was the reply.


The noon was rising in all its glory,
casting beautiful sheen of the most sil-
very radiance over all the fair scene as the
Colonel and his guests sought the pleasant
gardens, there to enjoy the balmy evening.
In the magnetic presence of the fair w0-
man Who had brought such pleasure and
glAdness into his home, the Colonel almost
forgot that he owed to his visitors duty, /,
and joyful and glad emotion of the most
ardent friendship existed in his mind for
her


They had royed to the lake, where the
boats were in full requisition to the de-
mands Of the visitors, and q score Of mer-
ry voices made the air ring with the en-
thusiasm and fervoe of the prevalent enjoys
ment. All were comparatively contented,
and feeling of joy was experienced by
the Colonel as he saw Myrtle was enjoying
q sail with merry company of the invi-
ted visitors.


The hours sped by and an evenings
pleasure was never so great as the one he
had just so fully engaged in. When the
villa was all quiet and the serenity Of the
early morning stole into his little libra
~ in the wing Of tine villa, he sat mus
ing over the woman who had now SO many
friends, and whom he almost confessed to
himself was the recipient of a more
tender emotion than he had felt for many
years for anybody but Myrtle.
Year: 1873

the hands of others, who never raised q


finger to perform any useful labor, or rem
dered any service to society.


To give an idea to what extent the power
Of interest operates, it is only necessary to
say that all the money lent on bond and
mortgage, by individuals, by insurance and
trust companies, all lent sor UnitedStates
State, county, city, railroad, canal, and
other bonds TO make pubic improvements,
whether these improvements be made by
corporations, by the State, or by individ-
uals. also all the money lent by banks,
brokers, and individuals on promissory
notes-all these loans are operating with
alike centralizing power against the pro-
ducers and distributors of the national
wealth, and in favor of the money-lenders
or money. This power also establishes q
like rate per cent. to be paid for the use
of all property, real and personal, and all
the goods on hand and in process of being
manufactured in the nation are under tri-
butte to this centralizng power. 1t is an
unavoidable power because it is instituted
and enforced by national law, and is the
basis upon which all market values are
founded.


Money il also the standard of distribu-
tion to capital and labor. In the present
state of society, capital and labor are
joint partners in production, and the rate
of interest maintained on loans of money
determines what proportion Of their joint
earnings shall be awarded to capital FIR its
use, and what to the laborers for their pro-
ductions II the rate of interest on capi
tai is equal to the net earnings beyond
what is consumed in the production, then
the laborers must work for a mere subsis-
tence of food clothing and shelter.


But it may be asked, how are We to as
certain what would be an equitable rate of
interest on money or capital Happily we
are not without sufficiently reliable data
TO approximate the true rate nearly enough
for all practical purposes.


Agriculture is the leading interest and
of national wealth. The in
crease in this important branch Of industry
may be accepted as the true index to the |
increase in all other departments Of useful |
and the division between land
ord and tenant adopted as the rule Of dis
in other branches Of productive



The following is an inventory of the
arms and products of agriculture of the
nation, as per census reports for the de-
AIDES ending in the years 1850, 1860, and
$40, respectively;


1880
Year: 1873

call servant to assist you to your room. "
''No, no, she cried, withholding with
. OBTAINING hand HIS grasp for the bell
rope, "I will be better in q moment"
Her companion trembled as he felt her
head droop upon his shoulder, but re-
leased her a. footsteps came toward the Ii
brary.


1t was only Myrtle, to whom the Col
onel briefly related the fact Of Miss Du-
rand's fAinting. Leaving them with u look
of tender love upon Miss Durand, he re-
turned to the company to present the apol-
her room by Myrtle.


Once there and alone all the triumph
she would once have felt in having secured
from the Colonel an acknowledgment Of
love, il not positive confession of the
same, was swallowed up and lost sight of
in the fact which had been transmitted to
her mind bv the newspaper article.


For that article had read as follows:


"EscAPED.-A most remarkable and
foolhardy escape from the Philadelphia
prison is recorded as transpiring few
nights since. A prisoner, one Eugene Al
lerton, who had been prisoner for nearly
three years, escaped by some ingenious
means not stated to the public. As he had
but one more week to serve it is not i'm
possible that he was strongly moved to
make his escape for some reason not gen.
orally known, as, if he is recaptured, he
will be imprisoned for considerable length
of time for escaping when he did, and for
not serving out his entire time, which is
always required, unless Communication of
sentence is given"


And Beatrice Durand was not only an
noyed, but was no longer without knowl-
edge that she might once more be the OBJ
ject of her former lovers vengeance And
she might well be 80. for the prisoner who
had escaped from prison was upon her
track, a man who was self-sworn to avenge
the wrong which she had done him in the
past. >


She had sown the wind, but she should
reap the whirlwind, for the man whom she
had betrayed and deceived was on her
track and vengeance was his mission, and
she its object.


(ro BE coNTINUED)
Year: 1873

At the present time, there is a great
scarcity of water all along the line of the
Virginia Il Truckee railroad, and the
company experience great difficulty in
obtaining a sufficient supply to keep their
locomotives in running condition.
Year: 1873

We see by our dispatches that certain profes-
sonal shooters Of this city and vicinity are CIV
ing tournaments in the interior OF the State
These men are unquestionably good shots, and
IN afternoon can be pleasantly spent in watch
ing them but it isnot safe to bet even ten-cent
piece on any Of them; We warn our country
readers to keep their money in their pockets, FOX
they will get no show to WIN. Tho Same game
WAS tried here until every decent man became
dieguBted
Year: 1873

cofined form before him, he then said
reverently-" From a little child l hon.
ored the aged, but never till gray hairs
covered my own head did / know truly
how much love and sympathy this class
have right to demand of their fellow
creatures. Now feel it. Our mother"
he added, almost tenderly, "who now
lies in death before US, was stranger to
me, as are all her descendants. All that
l know Of her is what her son has told me
to-day-that she was brought to this town
from afar, sixty-nine years ago, a happy
bride that she has passed most of her
life toiling, as only mothers ever have
strength to toll, until she had reared
large family.of sons and daughters, that
she left her home here, clad in the weeds
of widowhood, to dwell among her chill
dren, and that till health and vigor left
her, she worked for you, her descend.
ants"


"You who together have shared her
love and care, know how we'll you have

requited her. God forbid that conscience
should accuse any Of you of ingratitude
or murmuring on account of the care she
has been to you of late. When you go
back to your homes, be careful of your
words and your example before your own
children, for the fruit of your own doing
you will surely reap from them when
you yourselves totter on the brink of the
grave. l entreat you as Il friend, as one
who has himself entered the evening OF
life, that you may never say in the pres
ence Of your families nor of Heaven
Our mother had outlived her usefulness,
she was burden to u.s. Never, never,
never Ia mother cannot live so long as
that. No; when she can no longer labor
for her children, nor yet care for herself,
she can fall like precious weight on
their bosom, and call forth by her help
lessness all the noble, generous feelings
of their nature"
Year: 1873

A REMARKABLE YOUNG LADY.-In
San Francisco recently, when Third st.
was crowded with pedestrians either on
business or pleasure bent, an exciting
scene was enacted on that thoroughfare
between Mission and Mnna streets. The
scene of the excitement was in the estab-
lishment Of fashionable milliner, who
has in her employ score or less OF
young women, among whom are some
beauties. The proprietress conceived tho
happy idea of getting up a living breath
ing, sensational advertisement for her
wares, and right royalty did she succeed.
Selecting her most charming, bewitching
journeywoman, she dressed her in rich
and gorgeous array from the choicest
specimens In her extensive rooms and,
to crown the work, placed on the extreme
apex Of the carefully manipulated hair,
one OF those hats SO much admired every
where, save in the theaters. Thus fixed,
the young lady was put in the window as
milliner's sign. Still as statue stood
the admired Of oil passers but soon tho
tramp ceased, and the half dozens in
creased to hundreds, and they to thous-
ands, until the street was blockaded
from Mission to Howard. 1t was impos-
sible to make way, as locomotion was so
efiectually impeded. The throng swayed
to and fro, pushing, crowding and elbow
ing their way, in an effort to sec the liv-
ing statue, who stood in the window as
immovable as If chiseled from marble
Thus ii continued for two hours, when
the curtain dropped and she was relieved.
There are various versions as to what
brought about the curious idea, some al
leging that the mistress of the store did it
to advertise her place the more attract
lively, while others say it was a girlish
freak Of the young lady to win wager
that she would not attempt the ordeal of
becoming an object Of the gaze OF tho
thousands who would gather before her.
1t is understood that the lady has recent.
ly arrived in this city from the East
Alta.
Year: 1873

APPETITE.-At certain seasons, as in
Spring and Summer, the appetite of even
the very robust is apt to fail, and the
relish for meats and heavy food to wane.
This is all right enough, for animal diet
in warm weather heats the blood, tends
to headaches, and is generally unwhole-
some unless sparingly used. On the 9TH
er hand, fresh vegetables, berries, fruit
and bread are cooling, corrective, and
what the palate most Graves. Don't be
afraid to go without meat for month or
so, and if you like, live purely on vege-
table regimen. We will warrant that
you will lose no more strength than is
common to the time, and that you will
not suffer from protracted heat, rs when
dining on the regulation roast.


Many persons regard a hearty desire
for food as something unrefned, indeli-
cate, and to be constantly discouraged.
This is a greater and more harmful mis-
take than that of coaxing the appetite.
1t is just as necessary for the man who
works only with his brain to eat beef and
mutton as for the man who labors solely
with his hands. The stomach and the
brain are twins, the former being the
elder, and having prior right to care.
Let that be we'll provided for, and it will
sustain its brother. The people who
strive to check wholesome and natural
appetite are the people who regard dinner
merely as q feed, not the center of an
agreeable social custom, and as the do
mestic event of the day. We are sorry
for them, as they must regard eating as
a prosaic duty, obligatory on them be-
cause they have bias in favor of living.
We all know that we must eat to live,
but we by no means live to eat, simply
because we enjoy what we eat. We are
not gourmands because we relish chops,
nor are we invalids because we want
strawberries. A good appetite is a good
thing, but it is not to be worried by urg
ing or by neglect. -tScrtbner for August.
Year: 1873

CLEARLY CRAZY. - The New York
Tribune speaks rather pointedly when it
says "a very touching case of mental
alienation in q very charming young lady
is described by a careful observer. Not
long ago her mother found her in her
room energetically darning stockings,
and soon after she appeared in the kitchen
and helped that wondering dame in max
ing and baking bread and pastry. Alarm
ed by these fearful signs of intellectual
disorder, her fond parents Immediately
sent for a skillful physician, who watched
her through keyhole while she sewed
buttons on her fathers garments and
mended those of her little brother. Much
affected, the venerable man remarked
that never during medical practice of
twenty five years had he known any
symptoms as these. The most heartrend-
ing phase of all, however, was shown the
other day, when the kind father, with a
faint hope Of rousing her from her sad
state, gave her $500 and told her to buy a
new dress. Alas! twas useless. She
inatantly observed that she didn't need
new dress, and if he would give her $25
dollars to pay poor widows rent, she'd
much rather he'd take the rest of the
money for himself. For few moments
that grief stricken old gentleman gazed
upon his hapless child, then hiding his
face, muttered between his sobs, Her
mind is gone her mind is gone I! "