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Year: 1875

The telegraphic announcement that Judge Dunne of Arizona, Is to be dismissed because his advocacy of an allotment of share of the public school fund to the Catholics for their sectarian schools is not in harmony with the Presidents opinion, is, we inn agine, due to the assumption of the news-gstherer. It IS grossly improb- able that the President expects all the Federal officials to agre9 with him on this question. There was much greater objection, and that was that Dunne, while Judge, in a public speech, denounced the policy of the Territorial law, upon the validity of which he might be required to pass judgment. Besides, there were ob- jections to him on other grounds, and the leading citizens generally had petitioned for another man in his place.

 The above IS from The Alta, 8 paper always friendly to Arizona, and one which rarely makes an error regarding public affairs hereaway, although "a thousand miles away It is exactly right in saying "there were objections to him on other grounds" a fact we'll understood here. The fact of his opposition to the public schools would by no means have made some of the strongest op- ponents of public schools the op- ponents of the Chief Justice.
Year: 1875

A dispute having long existed in a
gentleman's family between the maid
and coachman. about fetching the
cream for breakfast, the gentleman
one morning called them before him
that he might hear what they had to
say; they appeared according, The
maid pleaded that the coachman was
lounging about the kitchen the greatar
part of the morning, and yet was so
ill-natured that he would not fetch the
cream for her, Notwithstanding that
she had so much too do as not to have
a moment to spare. The coachman
alleged that it was not his business.


Very well, said the master, but
pray what do you call your business?'


ITO take care of the horses, and
clean and drive the coach, " replied he.


"You say right answered the mas
ter, land [ do not expect you to do
more than [ hire you for; bnt this [
insist on, that every morning before
breakfast you get the coach ready and
daive the maid to the farmers for
milk; and [ hope you will allow that
to be part of your business"


The ceachman and the maid soon
after came to terms. - Oace peek.
Year: 1875

A curious freak Of nature is found
at Willough Lake, in the northern
part of Vermont. where Mounts Plgsah
and Hor rise $500 feet from the water
and 1000 feet above the sea. and arc
less than mile apart, while the lake
below is of unknown depth - all efforts
to sound it have tailed-and is suppos-
to rest at the level Of the sea. A few
years ago an immense rock, weighing
over 800 tons, was started from It's bed
at the top of Mount Pisgah, and fell
down the almost perpendicular face of
the mountain into the lake, tearing
away the carriage road and every
thing that opposed, shaking the whole
region round and being heard ten and
fifteen miles away, The lake is an
immense spring, as hardly brook flows
into it, but a river flows out large
enough to carry extensive mills. A
winding footpath conducts to the sum-
nit Of Mount Pisgah, which is abrupt
cut off on the side nearest the lake,
forming a perpendicular precipice
nearly 5000 feet high, below which lies
water of such singular transparency
that one can see more than 100 feet
below the surface. The temptation TO
leap from such height is almost irres-
istible. and no one has vet visited the
place of strong enough nerve to stand
erect and look ever the brink, but Wis
itors crawl up on hands and knees tc
satisfy their curiosity. The view FROM
this height is grand. To the east car
be seen the White mountains and the
Come cticut River, winding down eighty
miles of its course : to the north and
northeast are Monadosk, fifty miles
away, and the entire length of Lake
Memphremagog, and to the west is
seen the western range of the Green
Mountains. The scenery is unsur.
passed in New England, and the drive
over the carriage-way which skirts the
lake and connects Orleans and Caledonia


Counties is the most picturesque o:


any III the State.
Year: 1875

EFFECT OF LIGHT.-Dr. Moore, the
metaphysician, thus speaks of the effect
of light on body and mind. " A tadpole
confined in darkness would never become
frog and an infant being deprived Of
heavens free light will only grow into
shapeless idiot, instead of beautiful and
reasonable being. Hence, in the deep,
dark gorges and Businesses Of the Swiss
Nalais, where the direct sunshine never
reaches, the hideous prevalence Of idiocy
startles the traveller. 1t is a strange mel
ancholy dlocy. Many citizens are incap-
able 9f any articulate speech some are
blind, some labor under all these priya.
tions, and all are misshapen in almost
every part of the body / believe there
is IN all places marked difference in
the healthiness of houses according to
their aspect in regard to the sun, and
those are decidedly the healthiest, other
things being equal, in which all the rooms
are, during some part of the day, fully
exposed to the direct light. Epidemics
attack inhabitants on the shady side OF
the street, and totally exempt those on
the other side and even in epidemcs
such as ague, the morbid influence is oft
en- thus partial in its labors."
Year: 1875

"HURRY DocroR. "A reverend doc
tor of Georgia had rather low delivery
which WAS the occasion OF n amusing
scene in The chapel Of the lunatic asylum.
lie was preaching and illustrating his sub
ject by the case of u man condemned to
be hanged and reprieved under the scaf.
fold. IIe then went on to describe the
gathering of the crowd, the bringing out
Of the prisoner, his remarks under The
gallows, the appearance of the execution.
or, the adjustment of the balter, the prep.
arton to let fall the platform and just then
the appearance in the distance of the dust
covered courier, the jaded horse, the wav
ing handkerchief, the commoton Of the
crowd. AT this thrilling point when ev-
cry one was waiting in breathless silence
the doctor became little prolix. One OF
the lunatics could hold out no longer, but
starting up from among the congregation
he shouted, " Hurry up, Doctor, for mer-
cy's sake, hurry They'll hang the poor
man before you get there "
Year: 1875

THIS spelling school furor has been of
great help to at least one swain. He had
been courting girl for three years, and
hadn't the courage to speak his mind
As they were seated on the sofa the other
night, she referred to the spelling school
excitement and added Matrimony is
an awful hard word to spell, isn't it?"--
lie leaned over, grasped her hand and the
preliminaries for the marriage were speed
lily arranged.
Year: 1875

Boss Tweed's example has already follower, who
betters his instructor in the material point that
only did the convict escape but the vigant keeper dis
appeared with him. man confined IN the Black
wells Island Penitentiary was brought last Thursday,
on habeas corpus, to the Supreme Court Chambers
The bearing adjourned until next Monday and the
prisoner In the meantime was Temanded. He
had como TO the city in the of
Keeper McKenna and that official took
charge OF him after the hearing adjourned since
which time neither he his prisoner has appeared
the Island. Warden Fox, feeling somewhat alarmed at
she protraced stay Of both teegraphed to the District
Attorney TO learn the reason of the delay. The Dis
trict Attorney had Information give and yeser
day Fox, with others, busy in the Tombs and else
where trying to ind CLOVIS to the whereabouts of the
men, but TO purpose The facts kept from the
press much possible all parties when approached
pleading entire ignorance Of the matter
Year: 1875

An application will be made on Monday next before
Judge Donohue, in the Supreme Court, for writ OF
10 enable counsel to bring the for review up
TO the Court OF Appeals, and stay Of proceedings
restraining tho Sheriff from carrying out on Friday
the sentence OF the law on Charles Weston, William
Ellis and William Thompson will also be applied for,
pending the argument before and the decision Of tho
appellate court II Is believed that Judge Donohue
will refuse to grant the request Of COUNSEL and tho
executions will therefore take place.
Year: 1875

NoRwALK, Conn, Dec IL, 1875.
This afternoon, while Rev Peter A. Smith, pastor OF
St. Mary's Catholic church, was driving toward South
Norwak his horse took fright and the wheels or the
vehicle catching in the track OF the street railway was
upset. and its occupant thrown violently 70 the ground
The reverend father was conveyed to the parochia
residence adjoining the church, and examination OF
his injuries disclosed rib broken and bruises about
the chest and side Of serious a character as TO pre-
vent hts attending to ministerial work again for the
Year: 1875

In Ecuador the election excitements still continue
The greatest number OF votes had been registered
favor OF Senior Borrero the liberal candidate there
Mas little doubt Of his election.
Private letters from Guayaquil speak Of tho


EXPULSION sEsuITs
trom the country by popular demonstration against
hem.
Year: 1875

The Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry
Railroad Company has instituted suit in the Supreme
Court against the Mayor and the Board OF Police
them from carrying into operation the ordinance
passed by the Board OF Aldermen tho 25h OF last
February, which is to operate a check the OF
the snow plough the city railroads II is substsn
Naliy stated in the complaint that the plaintiffs carry
their road fully 1S 500 people every day. and that by
their charter they required TO keep the
nng for the convenience Of passengers and that they
further required keep their tracks clear OF snow
by the best possible and that for this purpose
hey have for time past used the plough and
gcraper The plaintiffs claim that IL is impossible TO
remove the snow by CARTS and there s no dumping
ground for the snow II carted away. They then say
the city is threatening 10 pass an ordinance orbdding
the of the snow plough unless the railroad COM
panies will enter into agreements containing
terms and conditions. impracticable and impossible.
They therefore pray for order to cpjoin the defend
ants from attempting to enforce the ordinance re-
lerred TO. temporary injunction has been granted,
returnable on the first Monday in January.
Year: 1875

Application made in the Brooklyn City Court
yesterday BY the counsel for tho defence the suit
brought by Henry G. Bowen against the propriotors Of
the Brooklyn Edgc for order appoint referee TO
take the testimony Theodore Titon. who will visit
Brooklyn Saturday and remain there for few
days Tho AFFIDAVIT on which The application is based
made by Mr. Thomas Kinsca editor. chief OF tho
Eagle II forth that the testimony OF Theodore
Tton is material and necessary Tor defendants the
trial Of the action and that without his testimony they
cannot safely 60 10 trial Judge McCue ordered that
John r Barnard be appointed such referee
Year: 1875

The Grand Jury Of the Kings County Court Of Sessions
will present batch Of indictments to-day. II Is said
that the jury Will end true bill against member Of
tho Board u City Works for msdemeanor in levying
a tax Of sixty.nve cents per lamp upon the gas com
panics II Is also said that among tho officials who
will be placed upon the defensive will be an cxStreet
Commissioner and an ex-Adcrman.
Year: 1875

Some years ago, when Elder Knapp
was wrestling with the devil for the
souls of sinners in and around Stock
ton (Cal., a citizen of prominence be-
came convicted of sin, and after an
arduous struggle found Jesus. p
Anxious to signalize his conversion
by an act of generosity to the church
which had pointed ont to him the
way of salvation, he declared his in
tention of donating to the Lords SER
vice forty acres of wheat, growing
near the city. Rejoicing in this evi-
dence of change of heart in the
neophyte, two elders proceeded to the
farm, and. assisted by the convert,
measured and staked of the forty
acres of fourishing wheat donated TO
the Lord, and all was lovely But
from want OF rain, or some other
cause, it was found as the season ad-
vanced that the crops were only fit to
be cut for hay, and it was disposed Of
in that way. Soon after, the liberal
convert met one of the elders and in
formed him of these facts The good
brother. though rather disappointed.
remarked that forty or fifty tons of
hay. which was about the yield of the
land, would, at seven dollars ton, be
a great help to the church, and re-
quested that it should be sent to the
market without delay. But the young
Christians zeal had somewhat cooled.
Il did not promise the Lord my hay.
I promised him wheat; and as he did
not cause the forty acres to pYoduce
wheat. I concluded he did not want
it-so / shall keep the hay for my own
use.-Stockton (Cal) Leader.
Year: 1875




Castor oil is an excellent thing to
soften leather. kS


{ Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleanses them we'll.


A resolution of cyanide of POTASH
um is the best poison to kill insects
Of any kind. q 9


A pint of mustard seed put in
barrel ofcider will preserve it sweet
for several months.


A mixture of oil and ink is a good
thing to clean kid boots with; the first
softens and the latter blackens them.


A simple remedy J for removing
freckles is pint of sour milk and a
small quantity of horseradish. Let
the mixture stand over night, and use
it as a wash three times day until
the freckles disappear. sa As.zs
The leaves oe geraninm are an ex-
cellent application for cuts, when the
skin is rubbed of, and other wounds
of the same kind; one or two leaves
must be bruised and applied on linen
to the part. and the wound will be-
come cicatrized in very short time.
All sorts of vessels and untensils
may be purified. from. long retained
| smells of every kind, in the easiest
and most perfect manner by rinsing
them out we'll with charcoal powder
after the erosser impurities have been
| secured off with sand and potash
[Ohio Farmer. eide
Year: 1875

Paper barrels can be made at least
twenty per cert. cheaper than the
wooden ones. This kind of barrel is
composed of successive layers Of pa
per board, cemented together and
subjected to great pressure, the result
of which is. compact substance of
great resisting power. The paper is
made of straw which is to be had in
abundance and cheaply, and about
three and half tons Of this paper
will furnish the material for 1 600
barrels. These can be readily made
in quarter, half and full sizes, and it
is stated that they will resist moisture
a very great length of time. and stand
four times the pressure of wooden
barrel. Besides they can be made in
form and shape SO as to give them a
great advantage in storage and other
respects. and as their weight is only
about half that of wooden barrel,
they will afford saving in freight OF
nearly 1000 pounds to the car load.
Year: 1875

Lewis remarks that most any
woman can sit down gracefully in
street car, but not. one in q hun
dred can descend from the back
end of q buggy when the horse is
running away without feeling that
she is OVERRIDING the thing.
Year: 1875

A western paper puts up an item
thus: If George had not blowed in
to the muzzle Of his gum" sighed a
rural widow at the funeral Of her late
husband, "he might have got plenty
Of squirrels, it was such a good day
for them"
Year: 1875

WARRINGTON, April 16.-It has trap


spired that during the present visit Of
the President TO New England detel-
mined effort Is to be made to draw from
him some ayowal as to tho third term.


The President received through the
mails more than obe communication
calling upon him to state his position
ln regard to third term, and sugges.
ting that most opportune occasion
would be afforded during his New
England trip. The day before he Left
Washington suggestion Of this nature
was mane personally stas.Lim. but
Year: 1875

The following incident in the life Of
Madame MacMahon is related: In the
middle of the winter of 1888 FIRE broke
out in the female seminary Of Limoges,
France, and spread with such rapidity
that it was feared all the inmates would
perish. Suddenly there was cry that
one little girl had been left in her room
As the excited spectators we're begin.
ming to pray for the unfortunate child, a
tall girl, with disheveled blonde hair and
flowing night gown, cut through the
crowd, and, with a shrek of "Tll save
herl" that rose above the sound of crack
ling timbers and falling masonry, dashed
into the doorway. A loud hurrah that
was prolonged to the echo only to be re-
peated again attracted the attention Of
the devotees, and the palefa girl was
seen skipping through the flames with
the terrified child. A few days there
after King Louis Philippe sent the hero
inc gold medal for her bravery, and a
captain of the French army, who had
witnessed the girls pluck, begged an in
PRODUCTION. The captain is now Presi.
dent Of France and the brave girl Mad
anne MacMahon.
Year: 1875

DISSATISFACTION at the result of the late
nomination for county judge is generally
expressed. Major Burts says he was de-
feated by the most improper conduct in
the convention, plan upon which he had
stated emphatically, during the sitting of
the convention, that he would not take a
nomination. The friends of Judge Smith,
too, are dissatisfied. We speak of these mat
tiers as of public moment, and as an induce
ment to conventions to consult keenly the
feelings of the people. Strange usages
and arrangements practiced in such bodies
are fast driving people from them, and they
must act with more open intentions, or else
there will be much boiling. Independent
candidates. are in consequence being agi-
tated for the above named position.
Year: 1875




The new members of Congress are much
inclined to assert themselves and win
share of popular attention, and there not
little jealousy between the old and the
new. The raw and inexperienced gentle
men, who have not yet discovered that how
ever great they were in the backwoods gro
Gerry or country court room, or when spout
ing on the village green, are now accurately
measured, and within five minutes after
their accession to seats are assigned proper
places in the intellectual arena as well as on
the floor of the House. They are shut out
and held down by force which none may
resist. Ii this were impossible, fools would
bray perpetualiy, and the revolution of the
wheels of government, choked by words,
would be absolutely imp ssibe. To get
all the new members fixed in their intellec-
tual places aud ranged around in proper
rows Is not, seemingly, a difficult task, and


is speedily accomplished. They soon find
themselves imprisoned and repeating men
tally the sad words of Sterne's Gagged star
ling, II can't get out" Now and then
new fellow of much pluck and little wis
dom kicks terribly against suppression; but
like the twc-year-old mustang he finds re-
sistance to the bride of the LEADER and
to the packsaddle of party, wholly unavail
ing, and the lop-eared little asses soon
learn to jog along very silently and very
comfortably, happy enough, especially if
they can draw their forage both fore and
afr
Year: 1875

THE Commercial does us injustice. The
dispatches that come to the STATESMAN
office come from Galveston and are taken
from the papers of Houston or Galveston,
and these papers containing this news come
to Austin on the night that we print the
dispatches they contain. They are thus
twelve hours ahead of US. The Commercial
may get its dispatches from the same source
with the Neaos, but the STATESMAN does
not and we only take the dispatches for
the market reports and not for the news
they give. The papers from the South, the
Telegraph and the NeacS, are ahead of the
telegraph and devilish slow at that.
Year: 1875

THE Sherman Register says that the new
Constitution is, In large measure, the
work of Democrats, and they should be
willing to have it go to the country on its
own merits, 1t is already encumbered by
too many side issues, and sustained by too
many artificial props, and if made a party
measure there can be no hope of having a
fair vote on its merits. This should be the
great object. If the State Convention at
Galveston is to dictate to the Democracy
of the State how they shall vote, where is
the necessity of going through the empty
formqlity of submitting the Constitution to
a vote of the people,
Year: 1875

THE whole business of Congress consists
in strategic partisan movements. Radical
ism seeks to evade issues involving honesty,
reform and the empire, and divertlng pop
ular attention from the conduct of the ad-
ministration, to excite the discussion of the
money ques ion, the absorption of telegraph
lines, seizure of railways, and then, if these
fail, there is to be a revival of Know
Nothingism and war upon the Romish
church. Blaine has presented scheme of
amendments to the Constitution so unob-
jectionable, if the purpose be accurately and
clearly defined, that Democracy will hardly
be caught mapping and resisting their adop-
ton. Very true it is matter that does not
properly concern the Union and only the
States, but since Congress and the central
government have more to do now than they
can execute wisely there is no harm in in
vesting them with rights so sharply defined
and limited that no possible evil can result.
Blaine would have the Constitution declare
that public schools shall not be ''sectarian, "
and that there shall be no division of school
money. This is well enough, if Congress
and the people happen to know the precise
meaning of the word ''sectarian." Slme.
body must construe it, and if this duty be
assigned to that lovely lot of pious priests
whose saint is Haven and High Priest
Grant, we greatly fear that these special
''saints of the Lord" will pronounce every
body ''sectarian" except themselves, and
then Blaine would be exceedingly happy.
Year: 1875

WE don't want our children educated by
Congress or Grant, or their sppointees.
We would not have sons of Texas made sons
of the empire, and while we can see why
the State should educate the poor and help
less, We can never. assent to the iBterposi-
ton of the Federal central power between
the family and the son, Education is in
valuable; but since we wos Of Andy John
sons and Ben Frsnkhns, who owed moth
ing to schools, we are inclined to prefer Oul
civil liberties and local freedom to FEEDERS
aduca4ion
Year: 1875

1t WILL be much easier to get rid of s
bad constitution which we did not make,
than of bad one which is worse, which We
did make; and it is worse because partisan
shiprathe than wisdom lmpels us to approve
and adhere to it. Enough Radicals, coop
Grating with the trainers and makers of this
new Constitution, viii always be elected to
the Legislature to prevent any desirable
amendments, and everybody should adhere
to the bad which may be thrust aside, rather
than accept the worse which it may be for
years, practically impossible to reform.
Year: 1875

y general Jail delivery occurred from
the Memphis city jail Yesterday, in which
nine prisoners escaped. The sheriff 5
posse is after them, but as they arc all
desperate men and well armed, it is
thought there will be serious fight if
they are overtakeu
Year: 1875

were persuaded that it was necessary to de-
fraud the Government in order to provide
fund for election purposes. For four years the
Ring has grown In strength and wealth, until
it is now said that they did not
believe that any Secretary would attempt
their overthrow. The one mistake they seem
to have made was that they did not know
Secretary Bristow. Tho actul introduction
of honesty and reform into the department
was something they were not prepared for.
The next question in order, now that by out
side methods the mysteries of tho Whisky
Ring are exposed, is, what is the use Of tho
Internal Revenue Bureau'


No reference to this remarkable development
would be complete, which did not express tho
most cordial recognition OF Secretary Bristow's
admirable work, and Of the exceptionally
hearty manner in which the President has sup
ported him,