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Henry Bergll.

One OF the passages most applauded in Mr..
Fields lecture ON "Masters of the Situa-
tion," was this:
"All honor to Henry Bergh, of New York,
among other benefactors of our time-the
firm and unselfish advocate for that part of
creation which cannot ask kind treatment for
itself; the man who has spoken so eflectually
for those poor, dumb mouths that have so
long silently pleaded for protection from in
jury at the hands of man. Is it not brave
thing to have stood so many years between
the oppressOr and his quivcring victim, and
to have borne so long the cOntumely and
ridicule of those who cannot understand why
an accomplishing horse should be over
loaded, or his sensitive flesh be tortured if he
sink beneath his burden? 1t is a sacred
mission to which this man has been called,
and among the worlds benefactOrs he has
proved himself a noble master of a most diff
licult situation. The untitled laureate of
America, always foremost to sing the praises
of contemporary who deserves the tribute
of his genius, has enshrined this human hero
in his latest volume
Among the noblest in the land,
Though he may count himself the least
That man L honor and revere
Who, without favor, without fear,
In the great city dares to stand
The friend of every friendless beast,
And tames with his mflinching hand
The brutes that wear our form and face
''It was said by one who ought to know,
that the normal Englishman is always happy
when he is killing something! 1t would be
a prouder distinction if we shall ever be able
to claim for the normal American that he is
never happier than when he is saving the Life
or in some way ameliorating the condition of
any being, however humble, in the scale of
existence, and that one Of the best lessons
he has learned to practice Is that which
Wordsworth has so feelingly enforced
" Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that
feels.'O
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The Highest Bridge In the World

The Baltimore Bridge Company, the pres
ident Of which, Col. G.. Shaler Smith, is so
well known to all our citizens, has just OBJ
tanned browning triumph-the bridging of q
mighty chasm in the heart of the Andes
Mountains.
The Verugas Vladhct is on the Lima and
Oroya railroad, in the Andes of Peru. The
structure is remarkable for being the highest
of the kind in the world, and for surprising
all others of the same class in its perfect sys-
tenn of bracing and connections. The viaduct
crosses a mountain torrent called the Aqua
de Verrugas, in wild and picturesque To-
cality 900 feet above the level of the sea.
The structure consists of four deck spans of
the Fink type of truss, three of which are ITO
feet long, and one, the central span, % feet
long. The spans rest on piers built OF
wrought-iron columns. The piers are fifty
feet long by fifteen feet wide on top. There
being three piers, the total length of the via
duct is SIS feet. The piers are the principal
feature Of interest, and are respectively l45
feet, 252 feet, and 1877 feet high. Each pier
consists of twelve legs, which in plan form
rectangle. The legs arc composed OF a series
of wrOught-iron Subsequent columns, in
length of twenty-five feet, connections being
made by cart-iron joint boxes having lemons
on each end running into the column. The
lemons and the face of casting against which
the column bears are machine-dressed, so as
to obtain an accurate fit and perfect bearing
surface. The columns have an exterior diam
eter of twelve inches, and diameter, includ-
ing fanges, of sixteen inches. Compared
with other works of q similar type, such as
the Crumlin viaduct, which has hitherto borne
off the palm, it is far ahead, both in magni-
tude and perfection of Details .---...
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Greeting 10 the Arithm elicaI Man

There Is in the establishment known rs the
Tribune, a most amiable, kindhearted, and
respectable gentleman, who by no means
ought to be COMPOUNDED with the chief cngi-
neers and their special assistants, who are
running the great steam slandcr-mill, that is
kept going night and day for the purpose of
grinding to powder the reputation of every
prominent and Influential Republican, though
it be solid as rock. This is the famous
arithmetical man, who, different from those
time-serving people, who desert their friends
when the tide goes against them, on the con-
trary sticks the closer to them, in proper
ton their prospects grow DINNER. 1t is
true, for the moment he is in bad company;
but this circumstance cannot prejudice us
against him, since it is well known that ow-
ing to his peculiar organization, he is bound
to be on the losing side, and consequently is
bcrs of disreputable characters with whom he
is actually associated for the great defeat on
the fifth of November. He is man of ex-
emplary manners and habits, altogether free
from the offensive features which character
ize the majority of his colleagues in the es-
tablishment. He never deals in personal
abuse, never raves or calls the Republicans
hard names and never fabricates falsehOods.
He neither takes an undue part in elections.
He has never been guilty of repeating, bal
lot-box stufiing, intimidation of inconvenient
voters or any gross ofiense, and it is not even
positively known whether he himself chooses
to cast vote or not. 1t is after elections
that his activity begins. Then he appears,
always courteous, obliging, smiling, self.pos-
sessed; comfort and anchor of hope to the
party that has got the worst Of it, and with
admirable ingenuity and equanimity he works
and figures, and never fails to CIPHER gains
out of losses and thus predicts the triumph
ant election of his candidate with truly as
tonishing contempt for the conclusions of
mere gross common sense. His latestachievc-
ment almost surpasses belief. With the re-
suits of all the late elections before him, he
manages to count up l78 electoral votes in
November as certain for Greeley, mercifully
gives 10 to Grant, leaves 60 still doubtful,
and thus comes to the conclusion that Gree
ley needs but six votes from the latter to OBJ
tain a majority, which, as matter of course,
one and the other will give him. He sums
up ms follows: /" That leaves us but six votes
to win from the doubtful States it leaves
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IS What We Know About econ.
ciliatiOn.''

Since the recent elections have thrown cold
water on the last hopes of the Democrats,
their rage knows no longer any bounds, and
the admonitiOns of the reconciliation cand-
date to abstain from violence until the cleo
tons will be over, arc no more needed by the
Southern brethren than the Growing of a
rooster. In Alabama, Arkansas, and Geor-
gia they have shown by midnight and day
light associations what they know about re-
Cancellation. Maryland, the loyal State, that
never seceeded, has followed in their track.
In another column will be found the report
about riot that took place in Baltimore a
few days ago, on the occasion of Greeley
and Brown procession, in which man and
boy were shot dead by some of the men in
the procession, for the oficnse that they had
shouted for Grant.
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&c Shaking Hands, In Georgia.

A good Democratic organ in Georgia thus
responds to Grecley's twaddle about Z" recon-
Citation" shaking hands across the bloody
chasm," and that sort of stuff:
"The atrocities of the Northern soldiery
are still too fresh in our memory, the scars
on our heart are not yet erased, the names
of Chickamauga and Elmira still sutfuse the
eyes with tears and the heart with terrible
thoughts of vengeance. All! it is too soon
10 make Light OF the four years struggle for
liberty. The reminders of wars terrible
havoc are still visible; the grim landmarks
OF q vandal host are not erased, the black
ened ruins made by incendiary and hireling
armies are altogether too fresh in the minds
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WE understand that Mrs. Jane Tale f.,
formerly of this city, who has devoted much
time and labor to the cause of the freedmen,
is preparing book for publication, giving n
history OF her varied life, embracing interest
ing experiences in Northern and Southern
States. While we would ever encourage the
ambition which ncites those of darker hucs
to literary pursuits, it will be some time before
we can make lasting impression upon the
public mind; but we sincerely trust that this
effort of Mrs. Talley's may commend itself
to popular appreciation.
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WHEN Mr.. Greeley came home from his
swing round the circle, and was met by his
political friends, he expressed himself conf
dent of having done some good. We do not
know whether or not they share his opinion
in this respect, but certain it is that all Re-
publicans will heartily concur with him, for
undoubtedly he has served them well by put
ting his incompetence, his lack of convictions
SO pompously on exhibition. No Republican
orator could have exposed him more effect
lively. 1t needed Mr.. Greeley himself to tell
the world that his enmity to slavery was per-
haps mistake.
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Complete liberty and exact equality in the
endowment of all civil, political, and public
rights should be established and effectually
maintained throughout the Union by efficient
and appropriate State and Federal legislation:
Neither the law nor its administration should
admit of any discrimination in respect of citi-
zens, by reason of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.-4 Plank IN the Plat
form Of the Philadelphia Contention.
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s8" The colored people Of New FORK have
no traitors in their midst. The murders of
Georgia and Baltimore, and recollection
of the draft riots of 1868, make them wary
of Horace Greeley with his new-found friend
HoratiO Seymom-the friend of the New
York rioters.
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at their folly, they will turn in bitter resent
ment against the men who of all others have
been instrumental in bringing down on them
so aggravating and inglorious a defeat.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-15
Humorous.

Heaven IL even kind trW lis. she puts
olIr humps on our backs 50 that We kant
see them.
Can Il civil engineer inform us how it
is that the mouths of rivers are larger
than their heads!
don't bet on prekoShus children. the
hucklcbcrry that ripcm> the soonest is
alwu> the fust to drkay.
When yu strike lie stop hnreing;
mcnny Il man has bored klcan thru and
let the lie run ont at the bottom.
y cynical bachelor, in speaking of
ladies' ball dresses. says: They wear
that little long.
\ sim. To take down the gridron
from the nail where it is hanging. with
the left hand, is Il sign that there will he
Il hroil in the kitchen.
An imaginative speaker at the recent
New York milk producers association,
said that the noise of mixing milk and
water AT Jersey city. i'll the early morn
ing, sounded like Niagara.
1t was Yesterday we asked an ac-
uuaintamce who had box of cigars in
that they were tickets to IL course of
lectures to he delivered by his wife.
\ Western editor kindly says that
politician with whom he does not agree
WAS made two days after the old con
tract for hlaims had expired. and before
the new one was made.
Bcechcr says that religion that isn't
..nix,d' with uoliticS and the business
nt lif, i worth about as much as Yeast
that is never mixed with flour.
Chicago has Il petriticd baby. 1t was
petriti,d with astoniShment at seeing its
father and mother get through one day
without quarrclimg or threatening di-
VOrcc.
How have YOU been able to escape all
the catastrophcs of the Commune SAID
the Russian ambassador to Baron Roths-
child. Because we lSracliteS have the
privilege of crossing the Red sea with
dry feet.
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a smile hovered over the pale lips.

p\tI lllt IDalt lllD>.
1T is sweet to die for You, RAYMOND =
And as the words died away, the soft
white lids closed wealily. and the damn
dcws of death gathered upon the fair
brow.
''Go now" Mrs. Byrne said. i'll low
voice, Il will remain here"
There waS no further word. The
name of the man to whose unconscious
keeping she had given her heart. WIS
the last word upon the lips of the dy-
ing girl. No pain di>tigurcd the placid
face. no comvulSium distorted the poor
crushed figure. She hrcathcd more and
more family. till the last iluttcring sigh
told her watcher that all WAS over.
There are gems of art from abroad in
the superb mansion of Mrs. Raymond
Christie the library. the drawing
room. and the >ittimg-room are adorned
with choice and costly paintings: but
there Is one that strangers never see.
one that Raymond and his wife keep in
their private Sitting-roon. and stand
arm i'll arm contemplating till the tears
blot it out from their sight. Rare flow
cr> are often placed before it. H> dcvout
Wor>hippcr> offer them to images of
patron saints. 1t is Il lovely girl. in Il
>ca- green and white dress. grmmed
with pearl. coral and Sra-Wreds. and
the few who see ii are told that is TN
dine"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-15
Heating Churches.

~ the cold Weather coming ON, ren-
dcr> it necessary t" heat the places of
public worship. sections should bear
these few facts in mind.
First. The proper measure of heat
fol churches in cold weather is about
I'll +. tuu feet above the floor. At the
close of the service of the day. the win
doW> and doors should he opened. and
kept open for tw" "r three hours. so
that the draught> of air passing through
the huilding may carry with them the
immense amount of human emanations
and other impurities which are held in
the all of amy public building after its
occupancy. If this is not done. these
"dcr> >"liditl in part. and dry on the
walls and glass. t" he rcc"nvcltcd into
fumes and t" hc rchrcathrd. when the
fires are next kimdlcd. 1t is a great
mistake t" suppose that il is sufficient if
the houS, i Ventilated. without heat,
during the week. or just before warm
ing up again for the next meeting, for
the reason just named.
Second. In most of uur churches
good fires ought tn Ice lighted ON Satur-
day afternoon. and kept up until ser
vice next day. in order To get rid of the
dampnc>> and cln>cncSS observed in all
unorcnpied buildings. With attention
to these matters, and open doors and
windows between the services, any
other ventilation can hc dispensed with,
if one thing i done: Reduce the ser
vice To one hour. This can he easily
done if the useless intrnductiuns in the
sermon are dispensed with. as also the
''notic,>" including valuable time, worse
than lost in organ >crccching between
the verses. for the Qualification of the
org;ni>t. 1t is not an uncommon thing
to note that between these three useless
things. introductinmS. notices, organ
drumming. fifteen minutes 0feVery pub
lie service are lost worse than lost, for
the people are breathing had air that
much longer, unnecessarily. &.
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Death of Gen. George G. Meade.


We have lost another of the true sol
dicr>. 10y character and profession,
whom the war discovered for us. Gen.
Meade died. last evening. at his home
i'll Philadelphia. of pneumonia. He
WAS the son of Consul Richard W.
Meade. and born during his fathers
consulate at Cadiz III I-l6, Comodorc
Meade being his brother. He gradual
ted at West Point l-:}5 and grew up
through various services. in engineer
ing. surveying boundary and fighting
III Mexico. till at the opening of the
war he was recalled from some surveys
of the lakes and given Il brigade in
Virginia. He was with Mcclellan on
the peninsula, and in June. I-62. was
severely wounded. \ year later. while
he was comparatively an obscure man.
the country was surprised to learn of
his appointment To the chief command
of the unfortunate army ofthc Potomac.
Even now. only nine Years from that
event, il Is almost impossible to call To
mind the state the country was then in.
Grant WAS commanding Il department
and pc%gimg away at NickSburg. the
army of the patomac had lust been
beaten back Il second time from the
nights of Frederick Shurg. and Lee WAS
pouring down the Shenandoah valley
cn route for Pennsylvania. The Shattcr-
ed and weakened forces under Hooker
were hUrNiig noIthward To- the Poto-
mae in pursuit of an uncertain invasion.
and the governors of the middle states
were daily is>uiur ;,rnr,Iiro, urnrI.n,,.,-
rio,,> tn the r.u,,i, ,..,IIinr n,It th,. nil
itia and rrsnltinr to the most dc,p,r;,t..
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An Old but good Story.

\ coIImtrNman walked into the office
of Cen Barnes one day. and began his
application
..Grnrral Barnes. have come to get
advice in IL ease that is giving me some
trouble.
.'Wcll. what is the matter ?!
'Supposc now. said the client. THAT
IL man had Il fine spring of water on his
land. and his ncighhor living below him
WAS to build IL dam ACROSS Il creek run
ming through both their farms and il
WAS To back the water up into the other
mans spring. what ought to hc done !!
..Sue him. sir. hv all means. said the
general. who always became excited i'll
pIopoI tion to the aggravation of his
clients wrongs. You can recover
heavy damages. Sir. and the law will
make him pay we'll for it. Sir. just
give me the case. and I'll bring the
money from him: and If he hasn't Il
good deal of property it will break him
up, sir.
but stop. General" cried the terri
fled applicant for legal advice, Its me
that built the dam, and its neighh"r
Jones that owns the spring, and hes
threatening to sue me -
The keen lawyer hesitatcd hut Il mo-
mcnt before he tackled ship and kept
on:
"Ah Well. sir. YOU say you built Il
dam across that creek. What sort of IL
dam was that. sir p
ut was Il mill-dam."
A mill-dam for grinding grain. was
it ?"
''les. it was just that
And it is ii good ncighh"rho"d mill,
* it p
$50 it is, sir; You may well say 50.
"And all the neighbors bring their
grain there to he ground, do they
.'Ies. sir, all but Jones'
"Them it's ii great public convenience,
is it not ?"
ITO he sure it Is. | would not have
built it but for that. It's 50 far to any
other mill, sir.
And now" said the old lawyer, ''you
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of the widowed mother whose life is
>addencd 10y the spirit oftha boy: ..You
wish To do what i. ON the whole. best.
Do you not If not. YOU are not the
boy have supposed Nuu To he. Now.
VIII" can best judge what is best. YOU or
Put my knowledge of the world
ana observation of the tickle working of
""\l>h plans. and of much cannot
make You understand. against your
knowledge and experience" etc.
We nav" known such an appeal To
work II ke Il charm. with willful boy.
when shown 10y his teacher that what
might he best for him would work dis
order III the school. if each could pur-
sue study in school in the mode he or
his parents thought best.
The boy that is tioggcd We pity: and
the mistaken parent almost ;I> much for
his sad error. As Il last resort it may
hc necessary. if the early management
has been bad; but then the boy should
always see that it is done in such Sor-
row that the parent is the greater suf-
fcrcr of the two.
The habit of tlo%gimg inspires the
habit of y my from Il natural and in
>trIctiN" feeling of >clf-prc>crvation,
winch does not justify the " img but Vet
does car>c it. And this result of our
observation produces the conviction
that the rod cnioincd 10y solomon is not
literal but Il igurativc rod such as
our Heavenly Father Uses in Christening
earthly parents. He crosses our plans
and dcpriVc> us of some cherished OBJ
.icct on the same principle that the gaI-
dcncr tears apart the vines which cling
to each other. that. 10y climgimg to the
support he has provided. they may rise
more hcdvcnWaId and bear fruit as they
never can if they lie >oilrd on the earth
in each others embrace.
The child has rights. and many a
parent has mistakenly felt that he had
"a right" I" d" with his child as he
pleased. Tn" teacher Is responsible to
the parent for the treatment given his
child. and the parent i> responsible also
to the Maker and Pc>crvcr of the child.
Ills child =, There l. Il very important
sclI>c in which he j. not his child. The
child'> body. mind and soul have all
hccm wonderfully formed and merely
jntIH~tcd Ia the parent 10y its Maker to
himg it mp tor Him. to whom he is re
>pnm>ihlc: and therefore he has no
right 10 do any wrong to the child. He
l. Ic>pnm>hlr Ia the Creator of the child.
for his treatment of il. far more than
amy school teacher can hc nthc parent.
Lcttc, IN Bo>tOH .JOHrHdI.
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Government of Boys.

Bows in early life are. inclined tn lnoI,
To the father aS 10 n t,jcvd: lt first
with awe. rs to Il different hciur from
any othcInf the hnu>chuld. Fnr,whil,
ne may hr pcttcd hy the father in =
leisure hour: soon hr finds his father i,
too bu>y 10 answer his uucStinuS. and 4
rou"h rrpl\ soon inform, him that he i
i'm the way and is a trouhlr>om, thing
his fathers cares multiplN. and hc has
no leisure for the boy except to order
him To do This or that his only leisure
i for his friends. and the hoy dare not
apprnach him in the hon, of kindly
tIi'ud>hir. or of kind answer, tn the
uuc>Iiuns Lr ,youIdas Eorthr d;mrh-
t,.rS with their kiudI, and ,t,rrtinu;,tr
WAYS. some fathers havca wold of fond
ness: then can find Il friend i'm then
father. but the bows are. kept at arms
lcnn1h. and treated har>hll. and their
fIult> rou"hl, and Strrlly rrhukrd. So
the. hn\ tiud- for cnmpauiou> whom he
may. and too often those who exert a
sad Influence ON his rharartcr His
father has the BOYS best interest at
heart. and if lac, had allowed the boy to
find him his accessible. friend. tin. hoy
would often have been contcntrd in the
sunlight of that friendship. Aftcrmany
wears of disbelief that his father cares
anything for him. except that he should
do his bidding. the boy discovers that.
after all. his father has had at heart hi>
best interest. In the hurry and WORRY
of cares and business the father ha,,
clipped one after another those g">>;-
mcr threads which. if carefully pre-
served. would have formed str"n.
cord binding his son to him a< to his
best friend and frequent companion al
50. What. then. we would earnestly
impress upon all fathers is. that this in
climation ut the child in early life should
not he rudclN treated. but cherished as
Il means of unlimited power over the
child for good.
When the child. unconscious how ill
timed and .'bothcring1 his questions are
(Which call tol time the parent cannot
then Sparc). receives only Il rough an
swcr. he ShOHd then have received.
even at some sacrifice of time and pa
ticncc, encouragement to come at some
better chosen time. and an effort should
be made to speak in that EndIy tome