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Year: 1869

The Dramatic Fund ball. it should be
remembered, is announced for Monday, January
H. at the Academy of Music. This ball, like
its prototype in Paris, is usually the most
brilliant and attractive one Of the season. It
would be superfuous to eulogize the charitable
purposes to which its receipts are devoted
Our public is fully conscious of the large debt
which it owes to the members of the dramatic
profession. So far as it can it will gladly
repay this debt. It will promptly respond to
appeals in behalf of the superannuated, the
infrm, the sick and the distressed among
class which contributes more literally and
more directly than any other in the community
to the public happiness. When the eye
that has so often kindled or melted the
eyes of thousands has grown dim
when the voice that has so often
thrilled our hearts is broken; when the living
statue of majesty or of grace which we have
so often admired is prostrated; when strong
men and fair women who have consecrated
vice of awakening our best emotions, Of ex-
tending our horizon "from the narrow circle
Of low anxieties and selfish joys to the farthest
boundaries of our moral horizon" of inspiring
hearty laughter and of suffusing our eyes with
natural tears-when any of these men and wo-
men chance to need our aid let us eagerly
show our gratitude. Especially in New York,
where the passion for theatrical entertainments
is so strong and where the stage is now at the
height of prosperity, Dramatic Fund ball
ought to be greater success than ever or
elsewhere. The managers of our theatres
will not forget how rich harvest they have
reaped during the past year, nor will the pub
lie forget how much enjoyment it has derived
from the recent extraordinary attractions of
these theatres. The Dramatic Fund ball must
be q splendid success.
Year: 1869

Tho Monument TO Maxiu,ilian at Trieste.


It appears that though the Mexicans shot
Macmillan as an invader and tyrant the
inhabitants of Trieste and the people around
Miramar who knew the quiet and well
meaning gentleman have resolved to erect
for him monument Among the many
friends who have subscribed is the Emperor
Napoleon. A cable despatch informs us that
his name is down for five thousand francs. H
is small, pitiful subscription but when
we remember that the history Of the future
will never cease to hold him largely RESPONSE
BILE for the life Of Macmillan the FIVE thousand
francs have meaning. II would scarcely
have been wise 10 make IL larger, but to
have set his name down for smaller sum
would have brought down on Napoleon's head
the indignation Of the world. Maximilian's
trip to Mexico was big blunder. Napoleon
was mainly responsible for the trip, and |. will
be long time before tho world will excuse
him for the blunder. Five thousand francs Is
a small peace Offering TO the names of Maxi
milan and to the sorrowing soul Of poor
Carlota.
Year: 1869

THE CoUNTRYs Loss.-The telegraph an
nounces the death Of General Rousseau, lately
in command in the Louisiana district. The
bitterness Of politics and this soldiers adhe-
sion to the President rather than to the radi-
calls have contributed shadows to dim the
glory Of his name in some quarters but
through the war he served the country with
distinguished devotion and gallantry. In
death his politics will be forgotten and the re-
membrance Of his services in battle will be
treasured by the nation.
Year: 1869

While the company formed to lay new
Atlantic cable from the Frsncn Coast to the
American shore is vigorously pushing forward
its work, and just as it is on the point Of COM
mencing active operations, a set of narrow
minded jobbers among our own people en-
deavor to throw obstacles and embarrassments
in the way Of the enterprise. We are told
that no foreign company can land telegraph
cable on the American coast without the
special permission Of the United States govern
ment, and one benighted Senator is found at
Washington capable Of proposing in the Senate
Chamber that we shall use this pretence in this
age of progress to prevent the construction of
this new means of communication with Europe.
Such a proposition from statesman of the
Chinese Emperor q few years ago, before
Burlingames mission, might not have excited
surprise; but coming from the Senate of the
United States, it stamps its author as man
altogether behind the times. The proper de-
velopment Of the telegraph business is now the
study Of statesmen and the object Of intelligent
citizens in every country, and the progress Of
the world in this direction for the next ten
years will no doubt be great. The need of
more Atlantic cables is universally conceded,
and the opposition to the new enterprise does
not come from the present cable company,
whose business would be increased rather than
diminished by competition, but from the ''nar-
row-minded blockheads" of the Western Union
monopoly, who desire to trade upon cable
news on their own account, and whose specu-
lations would be interfered with by cable
! landing directly in the city of New York.
That the stockholders of the Western Union
Company derive no benefit from this dog-in-
the-manger policy is sufficiently evident from
the fact that their stock has been run down
from sixty-four to thirty-two-dfty per cent
since the present management was installed,
only little over year ago.


The French Cable Company has the right
to connect with Independent lines under the
general law. The State of New York has the
power to grant it the right of way il such
an act should be necessary but if there were
really any doubt or question on these points
Congress should Immediately grant the privi-
lege to any company requiring it. We need
more Atlantic cables, and especially should
we seek to secure one from the French coast,
as in the event OF any unpleasant complica-
tions with England we should then have the
means Of communication with Europe through
friendly nation.
Year: 1869

tional debt, with tho additional saving reme-
dies of retrenchment and reform In the ma
tional expenditures and revenue collections.
We guess, too, from the clashing Of the vari-
GUS financial theories and schemes brought
forward in Congress, that funding bill will
be the final compromise. Another resolution
Of this New Hampshire series calls for an in
late Presidential election; but the object is,
perhaps, only to spur up the Congressional
committee engaged in this work.


The New Hampshire republicans for 1869
hold to their position of 1868 substantially,
nothing having yet occurred to suggest a
change of front. But what will the New
Hampshire democracy do? On the issues
upon which they fought the battle for the
Presidential succession they have been signally
defeated. Upon the same issues they viii, in
all probability, be defeated again, and three
members of Congress are at stake. What,
then, will the democrats do? Will they still
insist that the reconstruction acts of Congress
are unconstitutional, null and void, " and that
the fivc-twenties must be paid off in green
backs, and that the greenbacks must be left
to shift for themselves? or what course will
they take? The New Hampshire democrats
are saddled with grave responsibility in this
business, for the position they assume will be
accepted as indicating the general drift of their
party, and at time when the necessities Of
their situation suggest new departure They
must look the results of the late elections in the
face and admit that the world moves, or they
will be left among the things of the past
Year: 1869

A HINT TO vrcTIMs.--If you are robbed Of
goods, clothes, jewelry, &C., the only value
these have to the thief Is his ability TO sell
them. II he finds he cannot sell them he will
send them home on reasonable terms. He
cannot sell them II you make II sufficiently
known that they are stolen, and this can be
done by constant advertising in the HERALD.
These points are developed in the story Of a
stolen diamond ring, printed in a communica-
tion the other day. The owner Of the ring
persistently advertised his loss, with minute
description Of the jewel, and after four years
the thief returned II with tho message, "You
made such hell Of blow about II that every
damned beak knows Of IT,"
Year: 1869

The scaffolds that mechanics 60 upon to re-
pair the outsides Of houses are almost as dan
gerous as the one they use in the Tombs to
settle the cases Of men for whom society is too
good. Another pitched painter to the ground
the day before yesterday, killing him, ofcourse
This is an accident that happens constantly.
The scaffold is generally ladder suspended
at either end by rotten ropes, and having one
or two boards laid loosely lengthwise as
floor. One of the boards gets misplaced, or
the ladder tips sidewise, or rope breaks or
slips, and in any one of these events from
one to four painters or carpenters are
''klled instantly" Il there not authority
somewhere-in the police, the Board Of
Health or the Superintendent of Build
ings-to institute supervision in this
matter and dictate the provisions that shall be
made for safety? II recently happened down
town that journeyman refused to go on one
Of these tipsy scafiods, and be was Immediately
given the option Of going up or taking his dis-
charge. He could not afford the latter, he
thought, and went up. In less than an hour
he and several others were plunged TO he
street by the accident he had feared. -Four or
five fathers OF families went out of the world
together, and the ''boss' who had made the
scafiold was one Of the party.
Year: 1869

for one dollar month.


The postage being only thirty-fvc cents
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
Year: 1869

THE RIGHT TO LAND TELEGRAPH CABLES -
With regard TO foreign countries there are no
State lines. All our coast Is United States
coast in at once the strictest and the most
comprehensive sense. No State has any right
to enter into treaty or international relations
Of similar character with foreign countries.
Therefore to land q cable on this coast no
other authority Is required than the general
law Of Congress passed several years since.
Year: 1869

Az UNFoRrUNArE ClIRG1MAN.-The
Concord Monitor tells the following story !:
a clergyman in Massachusetts, had the
following experience recently: He was
late to church, and discovered on announc-
ing the first hymn that il had been torn
from the hymn book; couldn't find his
sermon; sent To the hotel for il where he
had LEFT il. The text had hardly been
read when n frightful shrek startled the
congregation-a man had fallen in fit.
This disturbance was just over when some
one called for DIR. - to attend u patient.
The doctor had barely got out Of the
house when there was n cry of fire. This
proving n false alarm. the people quietod
themselves and the sermon proceeded.
when another scream was heard; wo-
man tainted and had To be carried out
her husband. who had been detained n,
home. had come in and told her that her
mother. whom she had Left in her usual
health, had suddenly died. Notwithstand'
ing all the Interruptions the sermon was
finally concluded, but the minister con-
fcsscs that in an experience Of about a
quarter Of y century he had never met
with snch n chapter Of accidents"
Year: 1869

To Cur Orr TIE NECK or BOTTLE.
With strong twine yard or less in
length. make one turn around the neck,
rapidly move the bottle from one end OF
the string to the other, that the friction
may heat the part; while hot dip in cold
water and the glass is cracked of rs clean
and smooth rs If cut by diamond. A
few strokes or movements with the string
are all that is required. A bottle may be
cut in two by the same process, II strips
Of paper are pasted around it, to keep the
string from slipping from the place de-
sired.
Year: 1869

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We have no time to answer individual
inquiries in relation to garden crops. We
try to inform all SO far as we are able to do
so, how we manage things successfully,
and they can follow us if they see proper.


AS to planting strawberries, about which
we have many inquiries, there are several
ways. Of course the ground must be dug
good depth, and pulverized carefully,
having applied liberal quantity of barn
yard manure. The beds can be marked
out three feet wide and made as long as
may be desired. Let the foot-paths be-
tween the beds be eighteen inches apart
and remove from them all the runners as
fast as they encroach. Set the plants firm
ly but not too deeply in the ground, one
foot apart each way. Get the Triomphe
de Grand, which is of mixed sexes, and
Hovey's Seeding, which is pistillate, and
plant them in alternate beds, but do not let
them mix, which they will do if the vines
are allowed to cross the paths. Some per-
sons may prefer Russelps Prolific, which is
an excellent variety, or Jucunda, which
cannot well be beaten. Either of these can
be substituted for Triomphe, if Hovey is
retained, which we would advise, as there
is no berry more certain to give crop, or
which is handsomer in appearance, which
will bear as many years without renewing
the bed or which is much superior in quail
ity. Thus far we have cultivated no straw
berry at all equal to the Triomphe. If a
crop is wanted exclusively for marketing,
choose the Albany Seeding by all means.
twill produce generally greater quantity
of fruit than any other and will bring in
the most money.


Many persons prefer the hill system of
planting out strawberries, and with some
very strong growing varieties it may possi-
bly, be the best. But from our experience
we prefer the broadcast planting. 1t has
several advantages. The plants keep the
ground moister, it requires less labor, and
the beds last twice as long by producing
new bearing plants every year. In the
hills the old plants are fruited year after
year, and as consequence the berries
yearly get smaller.


One thing must be particularly borne in
mind: the beds must be kept clear of weeds
for if they are allowed to get headway they
will seriously damage the crop. Late in
autumn the beds should be covered with
straw or light manure, and in the spring
the very coarsest portion should either be
removed or carefully placed about the
plants When this is done, should the
plants have been disturbed by the frost,
pass over them light roller, or apply
about an inch of fine soil to the whole bed


1t will be found, we think, in great
majority of cases of failure in cultivating
the strawberry, that the frost has had
much to do with it; and that on examina-
ton the largest portion Of the roots are
above ground, and afford no support to the
plants which, as a consequence, are stunt
ed in growth as is also the fruit in size.


If any top-dressing is applied, it should
be in the spring, and then there is nothing
better than light coating of ground bones.
-Gern,antomn Telegraph.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Shaw of Indiana, who has farm
about two miles from the Ohio river, says
he has not for the last five years been able
to raise paying crop Of wheat. Fifteen
bushels per acre was formerly considered
fair average, but now as soon as the
head comes out, the Rust strikes the blade,
and by the time the grain had been ripen-
ed, there is none in the head. Tt is only
in section of four or five hundred acres
that the rust is SO bad These are situa-
ted on the ridges which lead to the branch
or the creek. In the valley of the creek,
and even on the hillsides and ridges nearer
the mouth Of the branch, the wheat is not
affected SO badly, and often escapes alto
gether, though the soil is neither SO good
or SO well titled.


There is no known cure for the rust.
The great point is to get early wheat, SO
that it shall be so far advanced when the
rust strikes it that little damage will be
done. A barrel of salt per acre, sown in
the fall with the wheat, has frequently o
good effect on wheat liable to rust from
over-luxuriance. It is curious that the
wheat on the ridges should rust, while
that in the valley escapes. The proba-
bility is that these ridges are full of
springs and need undertaking. This
can be easily ascertained by digging few
holes three feet deep. If water comes in
and remains there for q week or two, the
land needs draining, and no other cure
for rust need be looked for until this is
accomplished The main preventives of
rust are undertaking, good, clean cul-
ture, thorough pulyerization of the soil,
the liberal application of lime as manure
and, in case the soil abounds in organic
matter, the use of barrel of salt per acre
sown broadcast before putting in the crop.
Then select an early variety for sowing
and trust to Providence a


Mr.. s. adds that !" wheat rusts just as
badly on land recently oleard as on land
that has been in cultivation twenty five
years." SO that it is not caused by ex-
haustion of the soil. But the fact that
15 bushels per acre was formerly consid-
cred fair yield indicates that the land
never was very productive, All the facts
here given would seem to indicate want
of draining. american 4grtcultarist.
Year: 1869

WHY Cur FEED Is BEsT.-At recent
meeting of the Farmers Institute Club Of
New York, the old question Of cutting feed
was pretty thoroughly discussed. N. G.
Meeker. the agricultural editor Of the Trl-
bune, observed that nothing could be gain-
ed by cutting what was not good feed be-
fore that operation. Some seem to think
that by cutting wheat straw and the butts
of corn stalks, and adding meal to induce
animals to eat the mixture, they gain, but
the idea is delusion, for something cap-
not come out of nothing. DIR. Trimble,
theoretical farmer, also remarked that ID
was absurd to think one can save feed by
putting it into another shape without ad-
ding moro nutFiment. If horse needs
twenty pounds Of nourIshment In uncut
hay, be could not see how ten pounds Of
cut hay would answer. Whereupon the
editor of the Rural New Yorker replies to
these scientific farmers and Alts the nail
squarely on the head What Is the truth
in this question which causes the doctors
to disagree so widely? Simply thisI Cut.
ting fodder does not add more putrlmenk
to it. but changes Its mechanical oondi-





time and thus have more for rest and di-
gestion. This ia valuable consideration
for hard worked horses, but not as great
one for animals that chew their cud.
Again, out hay or straw slightly moisten-
ed and sprlnkied with ground grain Ia
much more palatable. and stock prefer ID
to unmixed and whole food. and maintain
more vigorous appetites than II confined TO
the unprepared food. A baked potato.
with salt, pepper and butter, is dish that
hungry king wouldn't turn from but
a beggar would despise the meal II obliged
to devour the potato first, then the salt, and
the pepper and butter. It is the faculty
of mixing the food right that tickles the
palate. Every observing farmer who has
tried the experiment. knows that bis stock
prefer out feed and ground grain mixed
and moistened, to the same articles fed
whole. Though there is no more nutri.
ment in food thus prepared, JET the ami.
NAL system gets more out of it, and less =
passed off in the excrements. The aaes-
tion of economy in the matter nsuss-be de-
cided by the value of labor as compared
with the value of food in each locality
where stock is fad,
Year: 1869

THERE Is one rule to be observed in
taking exercise by walking-the very best
form in which it can be taken by the able
bodied of ~ ages--Rnd thatis, never allow
the actic9 of, respiration to be carried on
through She mouth. The nasal passages
are clearly the medium through which
respiration was designed by our Creator
TO be carriedsSon. "God breathed into
mans nostrils the breath of life" previous
to his becoming living creatures The
difference in the exhaustion of strength by
a long walk with The mouth firmly closed,
and respiration carried through the nos
trils instead of through the mouth, Is in
conceivable to those who have never tried
the experiment. And indeed this mis-
chievous and really unnatural habit of
carrying on the work of inspiration and
expiration through the mouth instead of
through the nasal passages is the true
origin of almost all the diseases of the
throat and lungs, rs congestion, asthma,
bronchitis, and, even consumption itself.
That excessive perspiration towhich some
individuals are so liable in their sleep (;
which is so weakening to the body, is
solely the effect of such persons sleeping
with their mouths uncloscd And the
same unpleasant and exhaustive re-
suits are occasioned to the animal system
from walking with the mouth open, instead
of, when not engaged in conversation, pre-
serving the lips ina state of firm but quiet
compression. AS the heart and velocity OF
the blood through the lungs depend al
most entirely upon the quantity Of the at
mospheric air inhaled with each inspira.
tioD, and 1t is unavoidable that 1t should
be taken in volume, by the mouth, whils
it can only be supplied in moderate quanti-
ties and just in sufficient proportion to
serve the purpose of healthy, respirative
action while supplied through the nostrils,
it is clear that the body must be much
fighter and cooler, and also the breathing
is much ,freer and easier when, the latter
course rather than the former one is
adopted. Children ought never, to be
allowed to stand with their mouths open


for besides the vacant appearance 1t gives
to the countenance, It is the certain pre-


cursor of colds, coughs and sore throats.-


ErclLn,10er 2 pc 1. 90 Poll. tf'aHr. |Tf -.E
Year: 1869

The Enquirer does not regard the
California Democracy very highly
It says of one plank in their plat
form:


The Democrats of California, at
their late State Convention resolved
to rely upon ''the White people of
the country to administer and control
their Government, without the aid of
either negroes or Chinese" and that
the subsection to the negroes in our
Southern States of the whites, and
the disfranehisement of the whites
'and the denial to them Of all those sa-
cred rights guaranteed to every free
man is an outrage" &C., and that ''the
labor of our white people should not
be brought into competition with the
labor of class Of inferior people,
whose living costs comparatively moth
ing" This IS q hundred years behind
the age. We can tell these California
Democrats that negro suffrage is a
fixed fact, and that the Southern
Democrats, under a new organization
are using it with success, and that the
Chinese are coming and tha tit Is
sheer nonsense to fight them in Cali.
fornia with Democratic resolutions
Have these California Democrats
heard of the Pacific Railroad and who
built it2 Looking at the facts around
US we must pronounce this California
platform the stupidest thing out since
the secession ordinance of South
Carolina.