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Year: 1873

The sculptor Crawford was accus-
toned all his life to read lying down.
To thi. very largely physicians attri-
butte the loss of his eye. Very soon a
cancer formed in the other which
caused his death.


The great historian Prescott lost his
eyesight when student, by bit of
tread thrown in sport by a FELLOWSHIP
dent at the table. Never be careless in
such little matters. A pair of scissors
or fork, thrown in sport or anger, has
often caused the loss of an eye, which
the wealth of the world cannot replace.


A friend who was very ambitious to
finish set of linen for her brothers,
spent almost winter in fine stitching,
sitting up often late at night over the
work, in which she took great delight.
The result was the nerve of the eye
was so injured that she was obliged
wholly to give up sewing, knitting and
leading under penalty of becoming per-
fectly blind. ...-..


A young lady, who lived but ten
miles by train from school, used to
spend the time in studying certain
lesson while she was riding down ii
the morning. The result was a severe
affection of the eyes, which disabled
her from study for a long time. 1t Is
always hurtful to the eyes to read in
the train, though we may not see the
bad effects SO plainly when it happens
only occasionally. A steady practice,
like this young lady's, may produ"e
even worse results when the system is
in bad state, .... s.... .... .7.-.,l


Never read by twilight, nor before
eating in the morning. The little sou
gain in time. will be doubly lost by a
failing of the eyesight hong before life's
sundown. i-s,t.tf......


I knowa young clergyman who is .
remarkably well-read man, but whose
eyes are perfect deformlty. He said
he ruined them by reading at night,
long and intently, when he was getting
his education. He seems to have no
control of the lids, which twiteh and
move in grotesque manner. Don't
fancy you can do what you please with
your eyes, and yet have them serve
you faithfully. Take as good care of
them as you would of gold, for gold can
ever replace lost eyesight.
Year: 1873

The steamship Tybee, mentioned in the article
on ssnto Domingo the second page arrived in this
port late night bringing with her the Commissioners
of the ssmana Bay Company Of santo Domingo" sent
out to negotiate with the Dominican for che
lease OF the Bay and Peninsula OF samana. The Com
missioners started November and have bees during
their absence hard at work in the interest
OF the Company. Tie terms Of the Company unan
mously agreed TO by the Dominican Government, and


the Commissioners return with them the lease Of the
peninsula and bay rhe Tybee anchored In Quarantine
and the gentlemen OF the Commission took staten
Island ferry boat for this city.
Year: 1873

( was US good as his word. In less time
than it takes TO write il. the big brag-


gart was rendered unprescntable for


many long day. That number one
caused him to see fifty suns beaming


in the armament with his right eye;


and that number two produced sim.
liar phenomenon with his lett; and
that number three obliged him TO
swallow front tooth, and to observe
| the ceiling more attentively than he
had hitherto done. And when two or
three. other ''thats" had completely
cowed him, and he threw open the
window and called for help, the straw


berry eater took him by the nape of
his neck and--well, some other and
lower part, and flung him out of the
window on the flowcr-bed below.


That strawberry-eater remained at
Bordeaux month to fulfill his prom.
Use OF giving the count his revenge


But then, again, the bully met more
than his match. The strawberry -eater
had had Angelo for master as we'll as
Owen Swift, and after few passes,
the count, who was too eager to kill
his man, felt an unpleasant sensation
in his right shoulder. The seconds
interfered and there was an end to the
affair. 1t was his last duel. Some one
produced sketch of him as he ap-
peared being thrown out of the hotel
window, and ridicule-so awful to a
Frenchman-rid the country of him.
The strawberryeater was alive when
the battle of the Alma was fought, and
is the only man to whom the above
facts are known who never talks about
them.
Year: 1873

A very sad instance Of loneliness
will be seen at the next session of the
Legislature of Maine, when solitary
Democrat will take his seat in the
Senate as member from Somerset
county. His only consolation will be
found in the unanimous support
which every measure he proposes will
receive from his party in that body,
unless now and then one or two OF
the thirty Republican members. ont
of sympathy, should consent to vote
with him on questions not OF party
nature.
Year: 1873

The Chicago Times still keeps up
its blather abont the Democratic vic
tory in Iowa. With the entire State
ticket and majority in each House,
the Republicans of Iowa will try and
worry along awhile yet with such dis
aSters
Year: 1873

Report has 1t that Comm o6tClRsss as y
derbilt has loat twenty milliona In the
stock squeeze. We would not and do
not indulge In a feeling of revenge,
but we do feel that the interest of the
whole country and the people would
be greatly enhanced by the destruction
of his railroad power.
Year: 1873

The Republicans of Pennsylvania,
in the late election, stood erect and
came cut of the battle with their usual
victory. The combined opposition
was unable to make any inroad upon
them,
Year: 1873

A correct estimate in round mum


bers places the paper currency of The
country, now in circulation, at 800,


100000. This currency does moi cir


cuiate abroad from the very nature ol


II, Its circulation is confined TO thi:
country. II Is then in the country,
and as it does not bear interest, 1t ID
folly to lay it by, and we have reason
to believe that it is not largely hoard
ed. Some say it is invested in bonds
and stocks suppose it il, when so In
vested itmust have been paid out for
these bonds and stocks; no investment
can be made of it without still keep
ing it in circulation. 1t follows there
fore, that this volume of currency is
all in circulation, save that portion
of it which somc people are hoard
ing.


The only thing which caused the
panic and financial trouble through
which we have just passed, was that
some banks transcendcd their duty !;
they failed to do legitimate business
In banking. The legitimate business
ofbanking in the loan of deposits, is to
discount the best of promissory notes
on short time. The trouble arose in
some bankers going outside and using
the funds OF their depositors in buy
ing railroad stocks. This was not the
work Of western banks, but neverthe-
less they were involved in the error
of Eastern bankers, because when the
panic came In stocks, the eastern
banks pushed for currency, the west
ern supply from that source was stop
ped, and the balances Of western
banks locked up in the East.


This manner of banking by our
Banks SHOULD be stopped.
The legitimate channels Of banking,
It strikes us, might be defined by law
with penalties for their violation.
Year: 1873

The Burlington Hawkeye has under.
taken to classify the railroad tariff and
anti-tariff men in the incoming Senate
of the State. 1t seems to make this
classification so far as we can learn
upon the fact whether Senators voted
for or against what Is termed the
O'Donnell bill. We insist that this /.
no fair criterion TO judge by, aud we
assert here that If the O'Donnell bill
had been enacted into law it would
have done more to defeat the question
OF the regulation of railroad freights
than any othcr plan likely to have been
adopted. 1t may do for some peraons
to find fault with the action of men,
bers who would not vote for the
O'Donnell bill, and class them as
against the regulation of railroad ia
riffs, because the objector adyo.


cate that measure. If such test
Is to be applied, then do we answer BY
saying that the opponents of such bill
acted more wisely either knowingly or
uuknowingly In benalf or rsslroed


tariff bin than did they who voted for
Year: 1873

A very curious visitor from unknown
regions is described by farmer OF Tip
pecanoe county in the Lafayette (lnd.)
Journal, as follows:


"Mention was made short time since
of the fall of a wonderful aeroite, in the
lower part of this county. We met MIR.
Harter, who discovered it upon his
farm, near Romney. The fragments in
all, it is supposed, will amount to about
thousand pounds in weight, and some
features are presented which Will De e, OF
great interest to scientific men. Inc
aerolites heretofore found are OF solid
and metallic nature, having evidently
struck the earth as compact bodies.
This one is entirely different. From
the traces it is easily determined that
the vast descending globe came hurting
through the air in one glowing, motion
mass, and that at the moment OF its I'M
pingement it was in liquid state. The
fragments are honeycombed, like Gin
der, and vary greatly in their weight.
It is further evident that the globe was
hollow, from the smoothness OF the con-
cave parts. The outside presents the
appearance OF O soft body that has
struck upon solid particles, as the in,
dentation of grass blades, straws and
sticks are plainly discernible. One OF
the fragments had fallen on q large
stick of wood, and conforms to 1t exact
". The very texture Of tbe wood can be
seen. Further than they fell around
the spot where the main bodies were
found numerous little balls of the same
material varying from q shot to an Or
dinary sized marble. They were per-
feet spheres, and can be accounted Tor
upon no other hypothesis than that the
rapid revolution Of the liquid mass in
it's descent threw off these particles by
centrifugal force. Parts Of the mate
rial have been subjected to intense heat
without the least effect being produced,
and they show unquestionable evidence
of igneous action. A box Of these frag-
ments will be shipped to the Smithson-
ian Institute, and the remainder are in
tended for the Purdue Agricultural Col
llege."
Year: 1873

To PREVENT On LAMPS FROM SMo-
K1Na.-Take any quantity OF onions.
bruise them, put oil into a retort, and
distil: pour q little of this liquor into
the bottom of the lamp, and it will give
no smoke. This is an excellent remedy
for that most annoying nuisance, and
when once once tried il will be ap'
proved Of.
Year: 1873

"STRIKEs" are, At best, but doubtful
means of remedyiDg o grievance, and
when the strikers resort to unproVoked
violence they forfeit all claim to sympa-
thy. Tho employees in the gas works in
New York city had q right to refuse to
work for the wages given them provided
thoy had not contracted for a specified
time at such wages. On the other hand
the gas company has right to employ
other persons in their place II they could
ret them. But when the strikers at
tcmpcd to drive of their successors and
destroy the property Of the Company that
they might bring darkness on tho city
aud so force public sympathy on their
side, they made q stupendous mistake.
Mob law Is no better when enforced by an
organized Trade Union than when prac-
ticCd by an irresponsible crowd acciden-
tally assembled. In either case 1t ia rioi
and should be dealt with as such, as wai
done in New York on Wednesday
Workingmen in this country throw away
all their advantages when they resort tc
violence in enforcement ot their claims
The most sensible men Of their own class
soon become disgusted with them in such
case,
Year: 1873

The Illness OF the Pope SeriOuS..De


sIrucliOn BY Lightning.
Especial to the New York Worldly


ROME, April 1.-THE Pope Is suffering
from rheumatic fever and liberation Of
the leg. His illness Is extremely serious


A manufaotury in this city was de-
stroyed by lightning yesterday, and forty
persons were buried in the ruins, five Of
whom were killed and seventeen wound
ed
Year: 1873




Thomas Murphy and his party Of Federal olceholders
arrived here In force this evening 10 Iesrrsnge and
regulate the affairs OF the Commonwealth. They have
held cabinet council at the Deavan which ad
mitted Assembymen Fort and Person, who assume to
he the leaders OF the House. but whom the House refuse
10 accept aud Senator woodin whe is natural leader
and has sense enough despise the whole set of small
politicans from NewYork IL said that the Custom
house leaders getting frightened at the turn
affairs have taken here IN consequence OF
their dctatoral interference In the organization OF
the Assembly, and they are now anxious TO harmonic
matters Their partisan charter Is in jeopardy and they
ponld ike To agree such amendments will secure
them the Offices and the time put them In better
accord with their Governor the Committee OF seventy
and their own professions made prior 10 the election
rbey desire 70 make appearance OF yielding almost
eyerything and at the same time TO yield nothing
They have hard task before them. and II Is not gen.
orally that Mr. Murphys ingenuity Ia equal
70 the emergency.


There will be q hearing tomorrow afternoon before
the Committee Of Ways and Means OF the Assembly on
the bill 10 exempt bonds and mortgages from taxation
The bill 20 reorganize the Police Courts Of NewYork
City by giving the appointment OF the Justices to the
Mayor subject TO confirmation OF the Judges OF the
Superior Court viii be taken up by the Judiciary Com
,pittee on Wednesday afternoon OF next week. when
arguments eau be heard for or against the measure
Year: 1873

A NEWSPAPER DEcIsIoE.-A case Of some interest "a
newspaper has just been decided in Of the Mch
gan cours sold his newspaper to another and


part Of the Of the sale agreed not thereaf
ter TO engage in the publication Of paper in the State
Notwithstanding this agreement be, In necton with
other pAries formed stock company and started rival
paper In the place The court granted perpetual
Injunction against the publication OF the Newspaper
peng it suspend and would dissolve It though the
offending person sold out his stock in the newspaper
Just decsi0n.-Ez.


That hits the "honest" man, Beale, of the Re
pHblioan, dab right in the face 10 describes, to
Q notch, q little trick that he performed, and q
court has decided it to be the act of q rascal.
But it needed no court to decide in his case. The
sentiment Of the community did the business
most effectually.
Year: 1873

r The White Cloud Leader, which claims to
be the organ, advisor and instructor of the farm.
ers of Doniphan County, is a nice instructor, in
deed. 1t ia ignorant of the simplest matters Of
the County. After saying it had taken the pains
to inform ITSELF it tells its readers that there are
q number of County officers to elect this Fall,
among which is a State Senator; and that the
Senator and three County Commissioners are elec-
ted by the County at large. There is no Senator
TO be elected this Fall, unless q vacancy occurs
between now and the election; and the Commits
siouers are not elected by the County at large,
but by Districts-the Commissioner Districts
being the same as the Representative Districts.
Year: 1873

n The railroad bonds, in aid of what is called
the midland Pacific were beaten in Shawnee
County, on Friday, by over 600 majority. Tho
city of Topeka gave large majority in favor of
the bonds, but the country Townships went al
most unanimously against them. The signs are
hopeful that the people are coming to their sens
"a at last
Year: 1873

q Last week, we wrote q notice of the juno
tion City TribHne, in which we stated that one of
the publishers was Theodore Alvord., The COM
positor came to us to inquire what the name was,
and we told him Alvord, at the same time spell
ing it for him. He got il something else, and we
wrote on the proofsbeet, AlvOrd, IS plainly as it
could be written. When the paper was worked
of, we found that the wrong name erept in st
last. We want il distinctly understood that the
name is Alvord-AIUorS-ALyo
lLHORD!
Year: 1873

A man recently saw tbirty-nine cinnamon
bears upon snow bank Son the range eating
grasshorpers- They were mostly she-bears and
cnhs- The grasshoppers are very numerous an
the range When they light on the snowbanks
they become so chilled they cannot fly away. and
accumulate in the small depressions in great
numbers, giving the bears q splendid feast. Al
most every prcspecter reports seeing frum one
to six bears every day. Lately one got tired of
grasshopper diet and came into the slaughter
bouse at Carbon for some strong meat. He was
shot, and dressed 200 pounds of bear mcat-BIaek
Hdpk (Col) Journal
Year: 1873

IL The latest situation of the Cobb-Taylor
libel case was about this: Taylor thought he had
Cobb in 81 ugly place. but before he was aware
Of it, Cobb gave him an unexpected wipe, and
left him at as great isadvantage Is before.
Year: 1873

Mr.. John d. Jones, of Tuckahoe town
ship, who was prominent candidate be-
fore the Republican nominating meeting
held at the court house, and who was de-
feated by the convention for the house ol
delegates by the substitution of another
gentleman, has gone to work for the state
and county ticket most nobly, unselfish as
he is. The amount of work which he is now
daily doing is unsurpassed by no other
Republican in the county, and perhaps
some of the candidates themselves are not
so active and effective in the cause as Mr..
Jones is for their success.
Year: 1873

Rumors of a shocking murder on Mud
dy Creek i'm Loudon county, has been cur
rent for several days. On Tuesday last
passengers on the boat corroborate the re-
port The following is one of the several
versions of the affair, which may or may
or may not be true. We can't vouch for il,
but simply tell it as told us:


The account states that three men, one
day last week, visited the house of Mr..
James Rathers, on Muddy Creek in Lou
don county, and inquired for that gentle
man. Being told that he was at his saw
mill, they proceeded thither, and finding
their man, they assaulted him with clubs
and rails He was first struck in the face
with q club, the blow knocking him down,
then beat over the face and head in a
shocking manner. A rail was then placed
across his neck and large stone placed on
either end, in which condition he was left.
When found short while afterwards by
some of his neighbors, he was still alive,
but died shortly afterwards.


Various rumors are afloat in regard to the
tragedy, as well as its perpetrators. Par
ties presuming to know, state that the out
rage was committed by some well known
desperadUes of that locality, who took this
summary mode of vengeance against him
on account of some offensive act of his,
sometime ago, against them.


We trust the report may prove untrue
We think it quite likely it is somewhat ex-
aggerated.-Edst TeRResseean, 10th.
Year: 1873

The OFFICIAL advices from Spain have not
varied in the assertions of the honesty of
the CASTELAR, Government to preserve
friendly relations, and to command calm
ness and dignity during the progress of
the negotiations. The excitement of the
populace iE Madrid does not seem to be
sharedlby the government there, as is evil
denced by the expressed opinion of the
Secretary Of State here, that there is an
eGaggeration ID the unofficial reports and
Year: 1873




child should die in the Temple in place OF the
Dauphin, provided from the hospitals sick child,
whose end was accelerated" and this poor vic
tim died, It Is said, on the 9Th OF June, 1885, A
postmortem examination was held on his body,
the ofical report Of which is couched In language
of singular ambiguity. certain citizen Sevestre
reports to the convention the death OF the
Dauphin, whom he calls with affected contempt,
"the son Of Capet." He sends the post-mortem
report made on the body OF the deceased child BY
the doctors appointed for the purpose. They de-
clare that. having been introduced BY the commis-
sloners into certain apartment, 1--WE found


THE DEAD BODY


of child which appeared to De ten years OF age
and which the commissioners informed US was
that Of the deceased Louis Capet and which two Of
us recognized to be the child which they had at-
tended for several days past" The language OF
this report seems purposely selected to suggest
doubts as to the identity OF the dead child with
the Dauphin. It is obvious that none Of the
four physicians actually knew the Dauphn
and It seems both singular and sus-
picious that persons wholly unacquainted
with him should have been deputed by the govern
ment to certify his death. One OF the doctors re.
tanned the Door chids heart, and alter the Resto-
ration offered IL to his sister, the Duchesse d'An-
gouleme. She however, declined to accept IL, and
her refusal cast additional suspicion on the iden-
tity of the victim. The chlds body after the ex.
animation was placed in box for the purpose Of
being inferred In The cemetery.


THE FRIENDS OF THE TRUE DAupHIN,


who were still concealed In the Temple tower
gave him another dose OF opium substituted him
IN the box for the body OF the child, and thus pro-
cured his removai from the Temple The dead
child was subsequently inferred in yard Of the
Templc. The skeleton was discovered some years
afterwards; but the royal family took no notice Of
II, and left tho remains In their obscure resting
place. wnen the Dauphin was removed from the
box 1t was replaced in the CONVEYANCE and CON-
Year: 1873

Have you ever tried NATURES HAIR
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with it Clean, safe, and efficient 1t is
driving all the poisonous compounds out of
the market 1t is as clear as crystal
See advertisement
Year: 1873

In the Brnckey divorce trial, which has been
in progress nearly two weeks, the defendant. Hugh
Brlnekey, was the stand all day Wednesday, and
subjected to rigorous crOssexaminaton In his esi-
mony he denied positively having at any time entered
into any with the defendant to marry her that
he simply took his mistress; she understanding
her relation TO be such well as all his intimate
friends They registered at different hotels as Mr. aud
Mrs Lawson because lOtherwise they cOnd not obtain
respectable lodgings. Except from such nlerences as
would naturally be drawn from this conduct they were
never recognized aud WIFE, Mr. Brinckley stated
in the most positive language that he never spoke Of her
AZ his wife, never introduced her such; and was In
fact always careful to avoid such mention Of her.
She was always called Lizzie" by all his friends.
Clarence Hunt testified that be the who first n
troduced Bruckley TO the plaintiff with the understand
ing OIL the part OF the latter that II there was TO he any
relations of intimacy between them they were 10 he OF "a
criminal character he awaysDeheyed hert0 DC Brinck-
ley's mistress.


The father OF Hugh Brinclley also gave evidence in
the case yesterday, ~ the eject that when he
yersed With plaintiff To her settlement after his son
had left her. admitted the existence OF illicit inter
and spoke OF the free love doctrine
Tor his sOns cOndnct and told him he had right 70
blame his son for living with her.
Year: 1873

Susan O'Neill, age 40, died at Bellevue Hos
ptal 1OSO a. yesterday from injuries received in
either falling or being thrown from window OF her
apartments on the fourth floor OF the large tenement
house No. 42S East Eighteenth s at 7:45 a. m neghbor
having stated to officer that Francis oNei iaborer
the husband Of the deceased, had struck his wife
early IN the morning he was arrested snd locked up
in the Tgeniy-secondst station House to await the
action Of Coroner Young who soon afterward made an
tnforinal iuyegtigaUOn. No witnesses found who
could give any positive evidence against the accused
Tine prisoner admitted that nc had quarreed with his
wife but ne strenuOusy denied having either struck
or thrown her from the window. lie stated that the
woman was drunk, and that she fell from the window
aecdeptalIy while he was in the yard drawing some
water lie was transferred 10 tho IOmDs 10 await the
result Of aB inquest The only child OF the prisoner and
the deceased an infant OF only IL months, was lett Ia
charge OF Warden Brennan Of tho hospital