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Year: 1869

Revival Of Busincss-The Fall Trade.


There is wholesome activity in every branch
Of trade which presages an excellent season.
Dry goods have fallen in price, and hence there
will be larger consumption, because people
can afford to purchase more largely. Indeed,
all the necessaries Of life have reached a COM
paratively moderate value to that of two years
ago, which will enable people to spend their
money more literally upon the luxuries and
extras of the family. There Is every indication
that the fall season will be most prosperous
one, and perhaps the very best evidence of
all is to be found in the advertising columns Of
the HERALD, which are the reflex Of the pro-
gress Of trade in the metropolis, and, indeed,
of the whole country, because New York really
represents the United States in broader and
more practical sense than Paris is said to repre-
sent France. Never before at this season OF
the year has the advertising business Of the
HERALD been so large as it is now, and we
accept this fact as ample testimony that the
fall season Is going to be prosperous one,
because we have noticed, by close observation
year after year, that as our advertising bust
ness increased at the opening Of each season
the success of almost every branch of business
was very clearly and pointedly indicated.
We look forward, therefore, to splendid
fall trade, to rich results for our merchants,
good times for our mechanics, cheap goods and
cheap food for the working people, and very
happy time generally for all who labor,
whether it be in the counting room, in tho
workshop, at the desk, behind the counter Or
on the farm. We want good fall trade to
set us up, and we are very likely to have it,
Year: 1869

New VIEW OF QUEBEo.-We frequently
hear from the friends of the New Dominion
fowery accounts Of the prosperity Of every
thing under the new system. Fancy, then,
the establishment with which we receive this,
'drawn on the spot" and figuring as one Of
the resolutions in meeting held at Quebec -
''For many years past we have seen with deep
regret our real estates sink rapidly, our ship
building interests disappear, perhaps forever
our magnificent water powers, the greatest in
the aggregate Of any single locality on this
Continent, rush wildly past our doors, and our
youth, the flower Of our population, flying to
the United States in countless thousands from
the desolation which seems to have marked
our city as its own" Upon the strength Of
such state Of affairs the men who see things


in this light want to come over and bring
Quebec into the United States. s'They are
coming, father Abraham, three hundred
thousand more"
Year: 1869

sour motive in seeking to have the mines
connected" says the operator of the Avon
dale mine, ''was because we felt con-
scious that one day the men would be
lost in case of accident" 1t is noteworthy
that every expert who has given testimony on
this mine disaster has expressed the same
thought that ''some day" there would be an
accident but the tunnel was not cut Nothing
else was done; the company trusted to luck,
and the disaster came. What shall be done to
the company? Nothing. So says in effect the
following verdict of the jury after nearly a
weeks patient investigation -


That the said Palmer Steele and others came to
their deaths in the AvOndale mines; that the cause
Of their death was the exhaustion OF atmospheric air
or prevalence Of suphuric aud carbonic ACID gases
In the said Av0ndae mines, caused by the burning
Of the lead house and breaker at said mine on the
courses leading from the mine through the shaft;
that the fire originated from the furnace In the mine
taking effect on the wooden brettce In the up cast
air course leading from the bottom Of the shaft to
The lead house. The jury regard the present system
Of mining in q large number OF mines now working
by shafts as insecure and unsafe to the miners, and
would strongly recommend in all cases where prac-
ticable, two places for ingress and egress and a
more perfect ventilation, thereby rendering greater
security to the lives OF the miners under any similar
accident.


This verdict annihilates the theory of the
mine owners that the fire was kindled by
incendiares, and by directly saying that it
originated from the furnace morally puts the
guilt of all the slaughter at the company's door,
but hardly furnishes point for the initiation
of legal proceedings.
Year: 1869

THE DISTRICT FOR EXPERIMENTS, BUT Nor
FOR A MAINE LIQUOR LAw.-The National
Temperance Society have petition in circula-
ton praying the two houses of Congress to
pass a law prohibiting the sale as beverage
of all intoxicating drinks in the District of
Columbia. Congress having exclusive power
of legislation in all cases whatsoever over this
District it has become the place for experiments
in all sorts of reforms. The abolition of slavery,
the establishment of equal civil rights to men
of all colors and negro suffrage were first tried
in this District. Woman suffrage, we pre-
sumo, will come next; but as for Maine
liquor law from Congress over said District
the idea is perfectly absurd-the absurdest pro-
position that ever reformer dreamed of.
Year: 1869

If it were possible to treat the Nude
Woman Question, and leave the nude
woman herself out of it, i should be glad
to do so. am the last to give pain to
any person; but, in the path Of clear
duty, there is no choice. When it be
comes a question between suffering
struggling virtue, and vice which rolls IN
luxury and gathers unto itself wealth by
sheer practice Of its wiekedness, no wo
man who loves honor in her sex car hes
itate as to the course to be taken.


The spirit of the anonymous letters
have received is one which might well
cause me to hesitate in the path l have
chosen, if fear were stronger in me than
principle. Bat neither the sneers OF low
class newspapers, nor the threats ol
anonymous correspondents shall have
weight with me. / see no other way "a
effect cure of this Nude Woman evil
but to make it odious. To that end ]
shall do what in me lies. This article IL
bat beginning. l shall not cease 70
combat the encroachments OF the Nude
Woman upon the domain which should
be occupied by true artists, and by v'r'
tuous men and women.


Firm in the belief that this indecent
army can be routed, ! call on all honsr'
able souls, both in and out of the profes
sion, to stand by my side and strike hard
blows. We shall get hard blows in re
turn, no doubt; but poor indeed must be
the panoply Of that warrior who cannot
hold his own against the cohorts OF The
Nude Woman. Whatever fails on ny
head in consequence of my words,
promise to give thrust for thrust. dt
not fear the issue.


Thrice is he armed who hath his asarre


;uck
Year: 1869

Warlfhe-mrs Brlgnt On tHo AVruSs
The following letter from Mr.. Bright
to the Secretary of the Birmingham Lib
eral Association was read at the meeting
in that town, on the l4th, in support Of
the Irish Church bill:


LONDON, June 9, 1869.


DEAR SIR: must ask my friends to
excuse me if l am unable to accept their
invitation for the meeting on Monday
next. The Lords are not very wise, but
there is sometimes profit to the people
even in their unwisdom. If they should
delay the passing of the Irish Church
bill for three months, they will stimulate
discussion onimportant occasions which,
but for their infatuation, might have
slumbered for many years. possible
that a good many people may ask what
is the special value of constitution
which gives majority of one hundred
in one House for a given policy, and a
majority of one hundred in another
House against it. 1t may be asked, also,
why the Crown, through its Ministers IN
the House of Commons, should be found
in harmony with the nation, while the
Lords are generally in direct opposition
to it. Instead Of doing little childish
tinkerinq about Life Peerages, it would
be well If the peers could bring them
selves on line with the opinions and
necessities of our day. In harmony with
the nation they may 90 on for long
time, but throwing themselves athwart
its course, they may meet with accidents
not pleasant for them to think OF. Bat
there are not few good and wise men
among the peers, and we will hope their
counsels may prevail / am sure yeu
will forgive me if / cannot come to your
meeting.


Believe me always, very truly yours,


JOHN BRIGHT.
Mr.. 81. Is. s. Thompson, Secretary Bir-
mingham Liberal Association.
Year: 1869

Belts to run smoothly should have a
certain amount OF elasticity. A perfect
ly unyielding belt will not embrace the
face of the pulley. For this reason
leather belts should be kept soft BY occs-
sional oiling.
Year: 1869

a correspondent writes from Mag
ara Falls:


"The theory that has for some time
been discussed with regard to the cav
ing in or wearing away of Niagara
Falls this season found new fuel to add
to the argument in its favor. Consid-
erable comment has been going the
rounds OF the leading papers tor few
weeks with relation to the changed
appearance of the falls from that of
last year. The Horse Shoe has evil
IDENTIFY given way some thirty feet in
that part of the cone where the green
water is seen, so that the horse shoe
appearance is metamorphosed to that
of triangular shape 1t is thaught
that about one hundred and fifty
tons OF rock must have fallen in on the
Horse Shoe alone, and old habitues
here are taking land marks, to notice
the recession that may take place be-
fore another year.


"The American Fall has evidently
given way at points to considerable
extent. There is no doubt but that
Niagara is crumbling away and falling
back, but the present recession is prob
ably the greatest ever witnessed by
one generation. The heavy ice fields
which pass over in the spring, the
strong currents and the ceaseless wear
and tear of time and the mighty thun-
dering cataract must inevitably tell
heavily upon the rocky crest Of the
grand old shrine; but Of course its
| falling away must be SO slow as not to
be observable to the eye, except when,
from time to time some of the i'm
mense boulders give way"
Year: 1869

A most distressing affair took place
here last night at the residence of citi-
zen. II appears that the mother of the
household gave nursing-bottle filed
with milk into the hands of her three-year-
old child, with instructions to feed the
baby, six months old, lying in the cradle,
and soon after left the room. The child
did as directed, but soon sfterward took
it away, and the baby, not satisfied, com
nenced crying, whereupon the child
dashed the bottle upon the head of the
babe, killing it instantly. When the
mother returned the babe was dead.
Year: 1869

If you are 3 wise man you will treat
the world as the moon treats il. Show it
only one side of yourself; seldom show
yourself too much at q time, aud let What
you show be calm, cool, and polished.
But look at every side of the wsrld.
Year: 1869

boutwell, threw lot of gold on the
market Tuesday. Bids were made for
it, but the price not suiting him he re-
fused 10 sell. Tho highest bidders
claimed their gold, bat the Secretary
con;ended that he could not, consistent t
with his duty to the Government, as-
cept the prices offered. One of the bid
dcrs denounced this as "a mere tech.
nicality of which nobody but thimble.
rigger would take advantage Such q
proceeding among private individuals
woald certainly be deemed dishouora-
Bile. How that conrse which would dis
grace private dealer can DO creditable
to the Government, is for Mr. boutwell,
to show.


Certainly the time has been when he
was controlled by no such intense
anxiety for the public interest. At the
time of the receet bull movement, when
gold went up to '65, Mr.. boutwell,, by
proper management, could have sold
large quantities at fne premiums and
thus made a handsome thing for the
Government. But he did not at that
time seem to care very much about the
general interest. He preferred to oper-
ate for the benefit of the bears as against
the bulls. Instead of allowing the
spectators to take care Of themselves,
he rushed to the rescue Of the losing
side and forced the premiuR down
thirty cents in an hour, without realiz
ing a dollars profit out of the situation.
Now it's all right for the Secretary to
be careful of the interests in his charge,
but to disregard them at one time and
then to plead them at another, 0s may
suit his purposes or policy, strikes Us as
being anything but reputable.
Year: 1869

A well known young widow, says the
Albany Knickerbocker, was found at the
cemetery in the west bounds of Albany
Her husband recently died, and so deep,
ly had she mourned his loss that her
friends began to feel that her mind Gas
disordered. About one o'clock on Tues
day night she was missed from her home.
Her friends, thinking she had gone to
the cemetery, pursued their way thither,
and strange to say, there they found the
unfortunate woman prostrate upon the
grave of her husband, praying and cry.
ing, and almost perished from cold. She
resisted all efforts to remove her by per-
suasion, and it was only by force that
she was compelled to relinquish her po'
sition at the grave of her departed hus
band and protector. Her attachment
was apparently stronger in death than
in life, for her poor mind had become
disorderrd, almost hopelessly.
Year: 1869

! The Rockingham (Va.) Register gives
an interesting account of the religions
and social customs of the Tunkers, in
which it says: "There are no means by
which we can ascertain the number ol
communicates in the Tunksr Church
If we are not mistaken they do not keep
any record. We are satisfied, however,
that the number of Tunkers in this
county must reach 5000 or 1000. The
society is growing rapidly. The title
Tunker, we believe, was first applied
derisively, and is taken from dipper.
They are German Baptists, but do not
refuse to accept the title Tunker. We
doubt not that in the course of time
almost the entire agricultural portion
of our valley will be peopled with them.
And We will suffer nothipg from such q
result. They are excellent farmers, and
always ready to bring to their assist.
rnce any and every really.yaluable aid
in their work"
Year: 1869

WINTERING SToCK.-Every farmer OF
experience and observation knows that
to winter stock proftably he must have
il in good condition when winter sets
in; he must have warm stabling for it;
he must have sufficient quantity and
a variety of good feed: and he, must give
it careful attention, such as keeping it
clean, well bedded, regularly fed and
watered. Thus managed, cattle and
other live stock may be made profita'
ble-not otherwise. -.- 80.


CURING KANSAS butchering season


is now upon us, We may as well men.
Year: 1869

The American people have wonder
ful faculty of testing the practical value
of new inventions without loss of time.
In Europe the veloclpede has been in
more or less use for years, yet beyond
serving as a curious vehicle In parks
and pleasure grounds, no profitable end
has it accomplished, nor have our
transatlantic cousins been able to de-
termine whether or not it was likely
to prove of real utility. In America
six months ,of Yelocipeding has been
sufficient to show that this meansof To-
comotion is practically worthless. Our
ingenious artizans have greatly i'm
proved upon the foreign model, and yet
we learn from the Sun. whose editor is
practised manager of the velocipede,
and which may be regarded as the or.
gan of the bicyclists in the United
States, that the question was fairly set
tied against 1t on Tuesday in n trial on
the Union Course. The track was in
fair condition and was therefore far
more favorable for travelling by veloci-
pede than the ordinary roads of the
country, despite which fact mile in
about six minutes was the highest rate
of speed that was attained, and even
then the rider was almost exhausted,
and could not have gone quarter OF a
mile further. Leaving out of the Ques-
ton, then the fatigue to the traveller
and the generally rough nature OF
! country roads, the 'velocipede Is found
to be failure.-N. Y. Post.
Year: 1869

Only one drop of water at time
that has found its way from the
mighty ocean through the dyke. and
was slowly wearing little channel.
Only one dropl Yet, if that child
ie his morning ramble had not no
ticed it, who can tell what the terri
bic results might have beon2


Only stray sunbeam Yot, per-
chance it hath pierced some wretched
abode, gladdened some stricken heart
or its golden light found its way
through the leafy branches of some
wildwood, kissed the moss-covered
banks where the tiny violcts grew,
and caused shades of beauty to adorn
its lovely form.


Only a gentle breeze But how
many aching brows hath il fanned-
hew many hearts cheered Ly its gen-
tie touch.


Only one stray bullet that pierced
the noble soldier boy a. he trod the
lonely midnight round, faithfully
guarding the precious life entrusted
to his keeping, aud the life blood
slowly ebbed out, and the sunbeams
fell on the cold face of the dead.


Only one sentinel And yet one
soul moro had passed from its earth
y tenement to meet its reward at the
hands of a merciful God.


Only a drop Of ink | And yet it
carried the news Of death to anxious
ones at home, aud caused the tear OF
anguish to trickle down the furrow.
ed cheek Of a widowed mother.


Only frown But it left a sad
dreary ache in the chill's heart, and
the fearful eyes and quivering lips
told how kcenly he felt it.


Only a smile ! But ah, how il
cheered the broken heart, engeudered
ray of hope, and cast halo of
light around the unhappy patient (;
made the bed ridden one forget its
agony for moment, as it dwelt in
the sunshine of joy, and lived in the
warmth of that sunshine.
Year: 1869

To the Editor OF The Tribune.


SIR You printed in your paper this morning
a communication from "A Teacher" containing an ac
count OF startling experience reference discipline
in presume one Of our Public Schools as hogging was
long ago abolished in all Of private nstitutions Al
low me to inform your readers IN reply to this letter.
that no teacher has legal right TO strike pupil ana
any one who liable 20 arrest, imprisonment and
fine il being only necessary for the prosecution to prove
tho fact the assault, Your correspondent illustrates
his point by rotating two incidents. May l ask him
whence teacher deTiye his right TO punish boys for
lighting on tho public stTcetsi wOuld he not be equally


Justified in interfering when he might see two men close
an argument with bOwsi The law provides remedy
for Tie injured person he Old young but II does not


delegate the authority OF justices 10 the teachers OF our
Public Schools His other illustration Is even worse than


the first boy plays truant aud Is first whipped by his
mother, while In III Of anger parents never hog except
when excedJ and Afterwards dragged to the place OF
instruction Or orureJ by other boys Then his teacher
WHIPS him with fteeninch rattan until the poor VIC
tim cries for mercy. don't know which to admire most
the brutality the parent the assurance OF the teacher
Tie less that Is said after this, about the whppngp0st
In Delaware the better In conclusion, would say that
the best way for pupils project themselves from assault
ana battery the part OF their teachers by application
10 the nearest magistrate. =.


Actg. York. June ), l5Ue
Year: 1868

The Beauties Of Bible Reading.


If we need higher Illustrations not
only of the power of natural objects to
adOrn language and crafty taste, but
proof that here we find the highest
conceivable beauty, we would appeal
at once to the Bible. Those most Op-
posed to its teachings, have acknOwl-
edged the beauty Of its language, and
this is mainly due to the exquisite use
Of natural objects for illustration. It
does, indeed, draw from every field,
but when the emotional nature was t.,
be appealed to, the reference was at
once to natural Objeets,an throughout
all its books, the stars and flowers, and
gems, are prominent as illustrations of
the beauties of religion, and the glO-
ries Of the church, s


'sThe wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them, and the
desert shall rejoice and blossom as a
rose"


"Tbe mountains and the hills and
the mountains shall brake forth before
you in singing, and all the trees of the
field shall clap their hands. Instead
Of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the briar shall come up
the myrtle tree"


The power and the beauty of the
same objects appear in the SaviOr's
teachings. The fig and the olive, the
sparrow and the lily of the field, give
peculiar force and beauty to the great
truth they were used to Illustrate.
The Bible throughout is remarkable in
this respect. Its a collection of books
written by authors far removed from
each other in time, and place, and
mental culture, but throughout the
whole, nature is exalted, as a reveIa-
tiOn of God. Its beauty and sublimity
are appealed to, to arouse the emo
tions, to reach the moral and religious
nature. This element of Hunity runs
through ali the books where reference
to nature can be made. One of the
adaptations of the Bible to the nature
Of man is found in the sublime and
perfect representation OF the natural
world, by which nature is ever made
to proclaim the character and perfec-
ton Of God. No language can be
written that so perfectly sets forth the
grand and terrible in nature and its
forces as we hear when God answers
Job out of the Whirlwind. No higher
appreciation of the beautiful, and Of
God as the author of beauty, was ever
expressed, than when our Savior said
Of the lilies Of the field, 'tI say unto you
that even Solomon, in all his glory,
was not arrayed like one of these;"
and then adds: "If God so clothe the
grass Of the field"-ascribing the ele-
mentc of beauty in every leaf and
opening bud to the Creators skill and
power Professor Chadbourne.