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Year: 1869

wives. Oftentimes their moral sense
revolts, at first, and they feel indigna-
ton" but continual dropping wears
Il stone y and by and by the man is
dressed little better than he can afford,
and his wife and children are dressed
better than he can afford; and somebody
must pay for the extravaganza. do
not say that they are tempted to steal
but | do say that they grind. They mean
somehow to get it out of the milliner, out
of the dress maker, or out of the mer-
chant. They intend to make one hand
wash the other somehow, and they 90 iu-
TO petty meannesscs to bring it about.
And this desire to dress better than they
can afford is taking of the enamel of
their virtue, and taking out the very stam-
ina of their religious life. Unimpor-
tant as it seems, ostentatious vanity in
dress has ruined many family, and
damned many soul - Henry Ward
Beecher.
Year: 1869

An EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG MEN.-The
Greenfield Gazette publishes the follow
ing little story about IA family, some
members of which are already pretty we'll
known, with a prospect that they will be
still better known hereafter Some
years ago there lived in neighborIng
town man Of integrity. Tanning and
currying leather was his occupation. He
had several sons one of them learned
the business of his father After he left
home he went to Boston and there en-
gagged in the same occupation. During
his leisure hours, instead OF trequentlng
saloons and other places of low resort,
vice, he found the room of the Mer-
chants library association. Here he
spent his evenings. storing his mind with
useful knowledge. He there became ac
quainted with some OF the members.
They supposing him to be merchant,
thought him good fellow, and invited
him to join their association, which he
gladly accepted, but upon inquiring as to
his business, it was found that he was
not eligible, for in an article in their by
laws no mechanic could be admitted as a
member. You may imagine that his re-
fusal, upon such a foundation, was a
pretty sharp cut for sensitive mind.
This narrow-minded view OF large
philanthropy wrought in him firm res
olution that in his intercourse with man
kind he would treat men according to
merit, regardless of occupation. He let.
Boston, and in another city, with his IA
ther and other brothers, built up large
manufacturing business, from which they
have acquired n competency OF this
worlds goods. As an evidence of his
standing among his fellow citizens he has
Just been elected governor of the state OF
Connecticut One Of his brothers is now
Speaker of the House OF Representatives
in this state, and they are both of them
JEWELS.
Year: 1869

Thousands of young trees are destroy
ed annually 10y these little peStiferous
,camps. They seldom fail to give me
their compliments, and in such a manner,
too, as to nettle my temper just little.
l have wrapped my trees with paper and
lwine, plowed the ground late in autumn
and cleaned the grass carefully away
from around the trees, yet those little
thieves steal into my orchard and garden
and very cody girdle my choicest trees.
put my wits to work to devise some
sure remedy that would be cheaply and
quickly done. Take equal parts of pine
tar and fish-oil. mix together thoroughly
by warming, then take Il brush and put
on the trees close to the ground, and
twelve or fifteen inches up around the
body. 1t will not injure the trees, and
there will be no more trouble with mice.
| tried the experiment on fifty trees, last
winter, and it worked like charm. My
trees were never more thrifty than dur
ing the present season.
Year: 1869

\ correspondent writing to the Canada
Farmer says he keeps a dairy Of twenty
SIX cows, the milk of which is disposed
of at cheese factory that last June
he sowed an acre of corn in drills, and
commenced cutting and feeding TO the
COWS daily the first OF July. When the
September rains came on he remItted the
corn feeding four days, and the result
was diminution of fitty-two pounds of
milk per day. The corn feeding was
aguin resumed, and in four days, the
COWS gave their customary quantity OF
milk. The increased flow OF milk doubly
paid the cost of feed given. This is an
important fact, and should induce dairy
men to provide this kind Of nourishment
for their stock at q season OF the year
when pasturage is short. In fact it
would seem that the former may be
profitably substituted for the latter under
any or all circumstances, as the yield of
green corn fodder to the acre is very
great, and the cost OF producing it COM
paratively light.
Year: 1869

United States, while spending a Sabbath
in Chicago, walked out in the morning
unattended, to find a place of religious
worship. He chanced to drop in among
the followers of John Wesley, and as he
was plainly clad, the usher in attendance
took pains to seat the great captain
among the plebians near the door. Great
was the grief and modification of the
usher on learning that he had thus rudely
received an "angel unawares." A coun-
Gil was Immediately called, but it was
deemed best not to attempt rectifying the
mistake. This simple fact we received
from the pastor, and although of no great
moment, it is nevertheless significant as
indicating the course commonly pursued,
of making an attempt to draw dividing
lines between high and. low in the
churches. And herein lies the trouble in
question.-American builder.
Year: 1869

The UNHoLY DESIRE OF DREss.-
You wish to dress your wife better than
your circumstances will allow. She
wants to have you. She is a woman OF
spirit, as it is said, and she does not mean
to be drudge. why should our neigh
bors,' she says to her husband, "dress
any better than we! They are made OF
the same flesh and blood that we are.
See how they come out. L don't think
man of any spirit would let his wife
and children 20 10 church dressed as you
let Us 20. Look at these children You
would think that they had just come out
of some slop-house. If had married
as | might have married, we should
have had different times-l and my chill
dren"' How many men are stung to
the quick by such remarks from their
Year: 1869

WHY THE Poor DO NOT GO To
CHURcH.-Very serious complaints are
lodged against the poor because Of their
seeming unwillingness to attend church


and yet this is easily accounted for. We
wish to say in kindness what is true, that
the poor man despises the spirit Of in
vidiousness and caste that faces him in
our fine churches. No longer ago than
last summer, the president elect of the
Year: 1869

Weston has been examined by ply
sician who tells him that his walking has
caused a serious enlargement of the heart,
and torbids him ever 10 start on another
tramp. No one will regret the result
even if some deplore the cause of his ceas-
ing to walk
Year: 1869

A POLICEMAN AssAUITED.-John Connor was ar
rested last night at Nineteenth street and Washing
ton avenue, by Policeman Mckinney. The accused
had been taken into custody by Policeman Williams
in the morning for being engaged in a street row.
when one John Burke interfered Policeman Hau-
bert came up Just in time to be Knocked down by
Burke. Both the Offenders succeeded in escaping
Conner this morning was before Alderman Dallas
who sent him below.
Year: 1869

one deserving Of careful consideration.
1 will favor any course toward them
which tends TO their civilization, christ
ianization and ultimate citizenship.


The question of suffrage is one which
is likely to agitate the public so long as
portion of the citizens of the nation
are excluded from its privileges in any
State. 1t seems to me very desirable
that this question should be settled now,
and / entertain the. hope and express
the desireIthat it may be by the ratifi-
cation of the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution.


In conclusion, ask patient forbear.
ance one toward another, throughout
the land, and determined. effort on
the part of every c:tizen to do his share
toward cementing happy union, and
l ask the prayers of the nation to AL
mighty God in behalf of this happy
consummation. L. S. GRANT.
Year: 1869

Any amount and every class of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies.
and at low rates at any agency in the country.
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1869

SIDEWALK ETIQUETTE Some Of the
exchanges have the following on sidewalk
etiquette:


Only villagers, or persons with rural
ideas, any longer contend that ladies
should always be given the inside of the
pavement, in passing. The rule adopt
ed in all cities, is to turn to the right,
leading to the wall or to the gutter; and
an observance of this common sense rule
would obviate much unpleasant "scrou-
ging," by over-gallant gentlemen, who
persistently crowd for the outside of the
walk. Another common custom, not
required by fashionable etiquette, and
one which is nearly as inexplainably abb
surd, is the practice of men filing out of
the church pew, making themselves as
ridiculous as an awkward squad prac-
ticing catch-step, in order to give q
woman the wrong end Of q pew. An
other, is that Of man when at prome-
made or walk with lady, to keep him
self on the outside of the pavement. A
little exercise of judgment will convince
any person of the perfect uselessness of
this bobbing back and forth at every
corner. The common rule is this IF
men and women are walking together,
she should always be at bis right arm.
whether it be toward the inside or out
side of the walk then the woman will
not be showed against the passers. Those
who giggle at persons who follow this
rule, are themselves the "greenies," and
should read the book o. manners, before
they indulge in the laugh of fashionable
fools.
Year: 1869




Does not every one remember the
spring of 1864? The demands of a re-
morseless war had swept from this North
west the whole of our available farm
hands, except few who demanded for
their services a remuneration no sane
farmer would consent to pay SO we,
with many like ourselves, saw no hope
of putting in our spring crop, and the
acres subdued with SO much difficulty
must revert to their former savageness.


Anxious to save as much as possible,
my husband had tried boy help, and
having sown his earliest field to barley
he persuaded Tommy to drag it in with
the oxen, as he himself had imperative
business for the horses on another field.
Toms laziness was not to be overcome
by coaxing. The oxen were quite too
smart for him, and would scamper across
the field like deer, needing Toms Who
a-ha-geeing" about as much as the
winds. My husband coaxed, promised,
and tried to show the young plowman
how to proceed, but matters did not
mend particle. The oxen had the
"whip-row and intended to keep it, to
which purpose Tom heartily assented.
just then cloud of pigeons who had
been watching operations from the upper
ether, descended in shower upon the
scattered grain. My husband was des-
perate. "Oh, Lizzy," said he, If you
only could drive those oxen p


AZ can try" was my reply.


| / did try, and after many a ridiculous
failure succeeded. That night my hus-
band came home late, and sat down to a
1 very plain tea; though usually nice in
bis tastes, his supper pleased him. Then
when the tea things were put aside, and
the little ones sleeping in each others
arms. we went together to inspect the
| field of my conquest. Very beautiful it
lay in the moonlight. Not grain in
sight. The arabs of the air had been
completely baffled, and our stock Of cat
tie might hope for an ample feed Of
grain in the coming winter. All this
from few hours effort.


l. That afternoons trial satisfied me-
The land was not to lie idle. With both
teams we could put it all in, in ample
time and capital order. 1t was strange
to find how simple and easy a thing il
was to drive oxen. The bright eyed
J creatures soon came to understand me-
and only seemed anxious to do my bid.
ding. So, walking quietly by their side
} I could do the dragging TO a charm
Never crops were got in so promptly and
, easily. Then the house was SO quiet al
: night. The noise, bluster and dirt usu.
al at seed time waS saved, and so also
we're the wages of the troublesome hire
lings.


} Rather primitive housekeeping we had
} on those days, for my only help indoon
| was my little daughter of ten years, who
: had hitherto done little but romp and
. play with pets. All at once, however
she assumed domestic cares, and played
| her part we'll. Whatever was in the
Q compass of her strength she prided her
S self in doing nicely. Pa pronounced
Year: 1869

A ooKREsPoNDENT of the New
York Evening Post is endeavoring to
show that the operatives of England
are enabled to purchase with their
wages more Of the necessities Of life
than our laborers Of the same class.
In resorting TO such silly arguments
the opponents of the tariff do their
cause an injury. No one believes any
such stuff, because no fact is better
established than that the operatives
of Eagiapd do not enjoy as many of
the necessities of life as the same
class Of mechanics in America.
Year: 1869

House of Lords will be Obliged to
accept the same bill. at later period.
with a sense of humiliation. The
bill must pass. The nation, by the
voice of the House of Commons. has
so pronounced, and cannot recede.


BallOting in the cases of undecided
elections. is going on quietly In the
different Departments.
Year: 1869

A rich citizen of Cincinnati is going TO
present to that city beautiful fountain,
costing 500, 900 thirty feet high, and sur
mounted by female figure in bronze.
The work will be done in Nurem berg.
Year: 1869

VINO MUsT REGIsTER-REkD THIs.-The
registration Of 1861, in this city, was cam
celled by General Schofield when he ordered
a new registration in 1868. In all parts of
the State except Richmond it is still in
force.


Persons who registered in 1867 in Rich
mond, and did not register in 1868, must
register nom.


Examine the lists of 1868 and see that
your name is on them. ii not there, regis
ter nom.


Every man that has moved from one ward
to another since the last registration must
register anew in the ward in which he now
resides.
All that have come to the city from the
counties around, or gone from the city to the
counties, since the last registration, must
register anew in their new place of resi-
dence.


The classes last named must apply at the
places where they were last registered, and
get certificate to enable them to register
anew. The application may be made in
person or by letter.


Every young man that has arrived Mt the
age of twenty-one since the last registra-
ton should remember that he is now enti-
tied to register.


Speak to your neighbor, and ask him if he
has registered. If not, urge him to do so
at once.
Year: 1869

GOVERNMENT CHANGES IN SPAN.-The ca
BILE telegram yesterday informed us that the
Spanish Cortes had requested Marshal Ser
rano to rearrange his Cabinet. BY the Epoco
Of Madrid, of the LIST Of February, we learn
that the persons most influential In the present
situation in Spain had come to an agreement
that during the interval of the meeting Of the
Cortes and the termination of its labors In re-
constructing the government the government
should be administered. by directory Of three
persons, which will appoint the Cabinet. The
idea of a triumviratc is said to have become
popular in Madrid in consequence of the want
Of union in the provisional government and
the absence Of the democratic element in Its
formation.
Year: 1869

Tho New Dispensation-Thc Reconstruction


OF Parties Under General Grant.


Our present subject is the coming new dis
pensation in our public affairs. The hour and
the man are at hand. The hour marks the
opening Of new chapter in American history,
power and progress; the man has said little
but done much to inspire the universal con-
idence in his fitness for the crisis. The great
captain who has brought this people out of the
bondage Of Egypt and through the Red Sea Of
our late terrible civil war, we oil feel, will
lead us safely through the wilderness Of re-
construction into the promised land Of "a
more perfect union"


The delightful idea prevails that under
Grant--yesterday the unknown tanner Of
Galena, to-day the foremost man Of this mighty
Continent-we are to have revival, and
under purified republic, Of the golden age Of
Augustus. The theme is SO broad and grand
that, like horse, an old campaigner, turned
loose, up to his knees in boundless field of
clover, we can only nibble bit here and
there as we pass round to see how the land
lies, and its streams Of living water. The i'm
mediate question suggested is the reconstruc-
tion Of parties under President Grant. Since
the time Of Washington we have had three
great political revolutions and several inde-
cisive spasmodic reactions. The first revolu-
tion was under Jefferson, the founder Of
the old republican party, from the out
groupings Of the great French revolution, that
upheaval being an outeropping Of ours Of
1776. When jefferson came In, as his
torian OF the time has recorded II, ''the old
rtgims appeared TO have suddenly passed
away. A change In dress and manners fol-
lowed the political success Of the republicans.
The reaction against the stately dignity and
ceremony Of washington's era was headed by
the new President, who would have no formal
address from Congress, and sent In his mes
sage by common messenger. Everywhere
the new philosophy Of life was received with
accamatons, which swelled still higher the
food Of Jefferson's popularity"


The Jefersonian revolution, In short, went
down, not only to the bottom Of American
politics, but to the very foundations Of Ameri-
can society, displacing the stately style and
Year: 1869

Under the impression that until General
Grant shall have indicated his appointments
all parties may freely, and perhaps to some
purpose, suggest their preferences for the Cabi-
net we brought out the other day the name of
Alexander T. Stewart as that of q business
man possessing all the essential qualities needed
for Grants Secretary Of the Treasury. In the
same spirit, looking to the public interests, snd
speaking for an immediate constituency of half
million Of readers within the range Of vision
from the top of the HERALD building, we sub
NIT the name Of Moses II. Grinnell for the i'm
portant Office Of Collector OF this port, from
which the bulk Of the public revenues from
customs is drawn. In naming Mr.. Grinnell,
however, we do not wish it to be inferred that
Collector Smythe must Of necessity 90 out. He
has proved faithful and efficient officer. He
has given satisfaction to our merchants, and IL
he has met with some opposition II has been
only from juggling politicians who have failed
to use him. We are satisfied If he should
conclude to remain at his post, subject to the
pleasure Of General Grant, that he would not
be soon superseded; but II is understood that,
desirous of giving the new President the larg-
est liberty upon the subject Mr.. Smythe will
gracefully retire with the outgoing admins
tration. Considering the great demand for
this Office, the Collector does not wish to stand
In the way. His main object In desiring the
mission to Russia was graceful retirement
from the Custom House, having commendable
ambition to leave II with some public endorse
ment Of his fidelity. But as, after all, his best
endorsement lie that Of our honest merchants,
which he has, Mr.. Smythe can gracefully re-
tire without the Russian mission. As his sue
cessor we think that no better man can be
found than Moses II. Grinnell, but we shall
cheerfully abide the decision Of General Grant |;
for we have seen that, like Napoleon, he has n
wonderful Judgment Of the right man for this
or that position.
Year: 1869

The Bill Relative 10 thc National Banks.


If the national banks are to remain in ex-
istcnce the bill passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives on Thursday may prove useful In
making o more equal distribution Of banking
privileges and circulation throughout the dif-
ferent sections Of the country and in securing
the safety Of government deposits. As far a.
Il goes the bill Is, well enough. OF course, IL
the government il going to deposit money In
the banks II ought to be secured by the deposit
Of bonds with the Treasury, with margin Of
ten per cent over the deposits to meet contin-
gencies of change in the market and expenses
in case of fraud or failure; and this is what tho
bill provides for. But why give the banks the
benefit Of deposits and Of using government
money! Whatever they can make by handling
government money Is clear profit, for the bonds
deposited as security draw interest all the
time, just as the banks now make double inte-
rest on their capital for they draw interest on
the bonds deposited to secure their circulation
and make, besides, the profits on that cir
culation. These national bankers and
their friends 10 Congress seem to- think
the government Is made for their special
benefit and the Treasury for their use.
The proposed redistribution Of national bank
currency so as to take away from the East and
North portion Of the unequally large amount
they have and to give more TO the South and
West, and particularly to the South, where
there is great want Of currency, is but simple
justice. These are the two main features of
the bill. The rest Is a matter OF detail as to
winding up the banks when they go into
liquidation, the fees Of receivers, and so forth.
But, as we intimated, this Is only skimming
the surface Of evils connected with the vast
national banking monopoly. The whole sys-
Year: 1869

The DAILY HERALD will be sent to subscribers
for one dollar month.


The postage being only thirty.6ve cents a
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price il is
furnished in the city.
Year: 1869

Bowles is to suffer on his own turf. The fol-
lowing must therefore be added to the List OF
assets Of the Erie Railroad, for the benefit OF
stockholders, to wit-one country newspaper