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Year: 1874

newspaper reports facts, and the absolute i'm
partiality with which it does justice to all men.


Marshal Bazaine comes to us in the frank,
blunt spirit of soldier with the story of his
wrongs He is unquestionably right In claim
ing that he was made the scapegoat for the
sins of others, and is offered up as an atone
ment to the indignation of France. That he
was not judged by his peers Is, naturally, to
him sufficient to justify his escape and he
arraions the Due d. Aumale as, in a military
point of view, his inferior, and therefore an
incompetent judge. Though the Duke
might be regarded as almost an old man
Marshal Bazaine calls him young soldier,


sneers at his exploits in carrying off few
women and some cattle in Algeria and denies his
ability to judge of the military course adopted
at Metz But it seems to us that, putting
aside any discussion of the military compe-
tency of the President of the Council, the
question OF the peerage of the prisoner and
his judges might be waived by the Marshal
in his appeal to the higher verdict
of the people Technicalities are USE
full in tribunals, but the people have
little respect for them. 1t is not the consti-
tuition of the court that they care for, but the
nature of the evidence presented, and in his
tory Bazaine will not be exonerated because
of the incapacity of his judges More i'm
portant than this point in his letter is the
attack it contains upon Marshal MacMahon's
conduct of his part of the war-the evacua-
ton of Alsace, his desertion of the Vosges and
failure to utilize the railroads, his imprudence
and presumption in accepting battle when as
q general he should have taken no risks. This


criticism IN unneceaaarv now and shows that
Year: 1874

CHEMICAL AcTIoN OF LTGHr.-Prof
Roscoe, in lecture at the Royal Insti-
tuition on the Chemical Action of Light,
began by showing how chemical change
in certain gases, liquids, and some few
solids will change their colors and their
action upon waves Of white light He
said that sometimes an approximation
or separation of PARTICLES may be set up
by mechanical means, as In the case Of
a mixture Of chlorate Of potash and sui
phur. which gives a series of loud snaps
when a little Of it Is struck with ham,
mer. II is dangerous to detonate this
mixture in any but small quantities.
Heat also will cause explosions in some
cases for instance, when fame Is ap.
piled TO a mixture Ofoxygen and hydro
gen gases. In like manner, light, In
some instances, has the power of promo
ting the approximation or separation Of
particles. The effect Of light on various
bodies is by no means the same, and its
action On chemical substances can be
mechanically explained by the aid Of
the law Of the conservation Of
energ-the energy Of the interstaller
ether is expended in acting upon the
substance nolecularly changed
Year: 1874




ing of romance. and call it sinful waste
Of time. How can sensible people rea-
son thus when 6od has filed the whole
universe with romance and poesrys They
are mingled in all of Gods works: man
is not the constructor of either; they
were created by the Almighty before the
creation Of man.


Who can look forth upon this beauti-
full world and not read romance and poe
try in all Of natures works Who can
gaze upon the lofty mountains, and see
the mighty rocks piled tier upon tier as
far as the eye can reach. without read
ing romance upon their cold gray sides ?
Who can look upon the murnuring
brOoklet. and hear it chant its low. sweet
lullaby, IS it dances over Its pebbly bed,
without thinking ofromanee and poetry?
Who can gaze upon the mighty. heaving,
restless bosom of the ocean, and watch
wave after wave kiss the shore for the
first and last time. then. with a low wall
ing sound. sink forever more, without
thinking of romance and poetry ?-lOw.
sad, deep. but poetry nevertheless.


Turn your gaze from one end of the
universe to the other. and then let your
eyes wander to the armament above, aud
behold the sun, the moon, the stars and
the clouds: listen to the thunder, and
watch the lightning as it flashes across
the heavens and instantly disappears.
and tell me what You see. Isn't it TO
nance and poetry in one form or anoth-
er? The whole universe is filed or CON-
posed of the same. Then is man in fault
when he looks forth and is inspired by
the beauty and grandeur of nature, and
does he sin again when he forms these
inspirations of the heart and mind into
words and places them before the public
for the benefit and pleasure of his fellow
beings? We say. no. let romance ex-
list; let those enjoy it in peace who can
rightfully appreciate it. for man cannot
write romance without calling the beau
ties Of nature to his assistance; and. by
so doing, does he not add to his own fee
bic efforts the romance of the Creator of
all?


How can man better show his appre-
citation of the great gifts of God than by
writing. talking, and reading about
them? Then is man in fault when he
gazes upon the countless beauties around,
If his mind is filled to overfiowing, and
he allows his own weak imaginatiOns to
pour forth IN accordance with the soul
inspiring beauties around him; and by
so doing does he place himself farther
from the love of God?


Who can eonscientiously say or think
that man. in order to worship his God,
must close his eyes to all ofthe beauties
Of this world, and bow down forever in
darkness and gloom !? Did God place
the gorgeous flowers and countless other
beauties upon the earth for man to cast
aside unnoticed? I? If so, why we're they
created at all, or why was man formed
with finer instincts and powers of appre-
citation than the beast Of the field? No,
We believe that the beautiful was Great
ed for the pleasure of mankind. and that
man can serve his God with light heart
and happy face, and that he only acts
in accordance with the dictates of nature
By wearing smiling face. and showing
his appreciation Of what God has created
I for his pleasure.
Year: 1874

A preference in fall toilettes is
manifested for jet upon woolen,
cashmere, serge and wOolen poplin,
with cuirasses of velvet, striped with
jet bands. These of course, are all
black, but there are very handsome
costumes of Russia gray worn over
black skirts, and there are complete
costumes of brown camel's hair,
twilled all wool bege, and WOODEN
serge, embroidered with wool, in sew
eral shades of the same COLOR
These last are not new, except in
design, but they are very handsome
and can never become common, be-
cause they require that the bonnet
and other portions of the toilette
should be in harmony with them,
aud these accessories, being in col
ors, cannot properly be worn with
other dresses.
Year: 1874

The PESSsGRovE FERRY.-The steamer to
Pennsgrove, connecting there with the Ariel for
Collins Beach, should be more patronized by
those who want pleasant little trip and have
not time to go far. The ride down the river. ON
fair day is a beautiful one, and for those who
do not enjoy being long on the water. Penns-
grove presents unusual attractions. Both the
Pdtisade and Ariel are fine boats and arc Off
cered with courteous gentlemen.
Year: 1874

is lit,Ie dUlIer than last week, If any
difference Which Is 10 say there was
nothing doing last week. and this week
the business men have stopped talking
about tire dullneSS. But they all eX-
pect heavy fall trade. They say the
people have used up the stocks on hand,
and that they must begin TO buy this
fail. They are right. The enormous
crops now being harvested Will get us
money. and the wheels of trade will be
gin 10 reVolve again. We are all living
IN hopes Tie month Of September will
show revival. and by October men will
forget the terrible year they have passed
through in the pleasurable excitement
OF their fresh pros perity. SOHOte it be.


PIETRO.
Year: 1874

When a man begins life, Heaven
is like picture on the ceiling of
cathedral. He has to bend his
neck out of shape to see it. Before
long it seems to him good place
in which to get away from hell, a
kind of insurance agent Office.
Then it becomes a matter of senti-
ment. But at last, when the real
toll of life comes, and Gods love
shows itself in his discipline, and
the yoke is heavy on his neck, his
suffering interprets Heaven for
him as he never saw it before.
What a dry place Heaven is to
many until father goes there,
aud a mother and a sister! Then
it itbecomes populous. To many man
the door of Heaven is shut until
his little child goes up to open it
for him. I have five up there. So
we build our own Heaven out of
our griefs and pleasures. but we
know that everything will he far
better than we have sketched it,
Beecher.
Year: 1874

An old whaling captain, who had
spent the whole prime of his life on
the ocean with but Indifferent sue
cess, having scraped together q few
thousand dollars, retired from the
sea, moved into the country with
his family, and bought small
farm. One of his neighbors said
to him after he settled on the farm:
Captain K, you've got a nice pond
on your place, and you ought TO
have good large flock of geese
It's grand place to keep 'em, and
they'll be profitable to you" "Yes,
[ think they WILL said the captain,
'I've got some nice ones to sell
ye," continued the kind neighbor.
You come over and pick 'em out
yourself So the captain selected
a suitable number, making his
choice as he would among school
of whales when drought to, or as
a boy would from a basket Of ap.
pies. In the spring following he
happened to be visiting at the
farm of another neighbor, and
among other things inspected the
geese, making comparison in his
mind highly favorable to his own
Judgment ''Don't think your birds
are SO handsome as mine" he re
marked. "Do you have any eggs
yet.' ooh, yes, they have been
laying freely for this month or
more" "Well, I don't know how
'tis,' said Capt. K. ''Ive got the
handsomest flock that I've seen
any where this season-picked 'en,
one by one from my neighbor
Jones flock, and I feed 'em high to.
But not an egg have they laid yet.
I only wish you would come over
and see 'em. Perhaps You can
give an idea how to manage 'em.
His friend did ''come over and see
'em" the next day, and, as soon as
he could speak for laughter, he
enlightened the ancient mariner Of
to the cause of the non productive
ness by informinw him that they
were all ganders!
Year: 1874




Multitudes of men and women
have made their eyes weak for life
by the too free use of eyesight,
reading small print and doing fine
sewing. In view of these things it
is well to observe the following
rules in the use Of the eyes:


Avoid all sudden changes be-
tween light and darkness.


Never read by twilight or on a
very cloudy day.


Never sleep SO that, waking, the
eyes shall open on tho light of the
window.


Do not use eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to
discriminate.


Never read or sew directly in
front of the light of window.


It is best to have the light from
above, or obliquely, or over the
left shoulder.


Too much light creates glare,
and pains and confuses the sight.
The moment you are sensible of an
effort to distinguish, that moment
stop and talk, walk or ride.


As the sky is blue aud the earth
green, it would seem that the cell
ing should be blush tinge, the
carpet green, and the walls of some
mellow tint.


The moment you are instinctively
inclined to rub the eyes, that mo-
ment cease to use them.


If the eyelids are glued together
on waking, do not forcibly open
them, but apply salve with the
finger and then wash your eyes and
face with warm water.
Year: 1874

True love has its usual unpleasant
course in the bosom of woman in
the upper part of Evansville, Ind,
who loved not wisely but too we'll.
Her lover presented her with late
style set of false teeth to replace those
missing from between the lips where
his were wont to stray and steal the
dew of love. But GOODNESS finally
came, and he sought another object
for his affections. She, too, happen
ed to be toothless, and the lover had
recourse to her whom he had deserted,
and the teeth were wrested from her
and presented to the new love. No.
wants the assistance of the police to
recover the apparatus wherewith she
disposes of her usual pabulum.
Year: 1874

By late decision of the United
States District Court On. Y persons
represented as stockholders in Ma
tional banks are held liable for its lia-
bilities even though they may have
transferred their shares. In other
words it is made the duty of stock
holders to see that such transfer is
made on the books of the bank. This
construction of the law will probably
annoy many persons who have trans
ierred their stock without relieving
themselves Of future liability.
Year: 1874

1t Is a strange anomaly in social
economy that strikes should be so
frequent when the complaints of hard
times are most general throughout the
country. At period when employ
ment even at any living wages is at a
premium, there are often thousands
of men idle in single city, as was the
case recently with the 'longshoremen
of New York. In nearly all instances
Of this kind, the blame for such a
voluntary. idleness rests with the
trades-unions, which profess to have
the interests of the great army of la
borers at heart. The dictation of
these bodies extends to members that
have no grounds of complaint what
ever. 1t makes no difference that
some employers may be willing to pay
the wages damanded, and she men
whom they employ anxious, personal
ly, to continue service; the orders oi
the union admit of no distinctions
and compel all to strike without even
as much as an excuse for so doing
Compulsory idleness, when there is
not shadow of principle to be Sc
cured by it, is. and especially in times
like the present, little less than q
crime, and rebellion against the ty


ranny of the unions would be the
most manly and sensible policy.
Year: 1874

successes, while it reduces him to vlr-
tual slavery. 1t was through the
negro, in slavery, that the Democratic
party retained power the last dozen
years of its anti war lite; it is through
the negro. deprived of the exercise OF
the right of suffrage. that the Demo.
cratic party expects to regain control
Irrational affairs. 1t follows logically
that the Democratic party is, by the
very force of circumstances, the foe OF
equal political rights. 1t hopes to
mount to place and power through
the practical denial of the right of
suffrage to the negro; once IN place, 1t
will continue to disfranchise him as
the guaranty of its retention Ofpower.


To those who decline to interest
themselves in the question OF morals
and humanity as entering into politl-
cal science and political practice, we
desire to put the question: How long
is the country likely to remain at
peace with the Democratic party raised
to power through studied violation
of the principles upon which the late
War against rebellion was prosecuted
to successful issue? With the
crushing out of the rebellion, Lincoln
thought peace would come, and come
to stay. 1t did come, but will it stay
if the principles for which Lincoln
strove, and the country strove, are
suffered to go by the board. This is
a question OF vital consequence to the
capitalist, the merchant, the banker,
the manufacturer, the farmer, the me
| oh fha Ia aUarvhnHv


For, when war breaks out, taxes rise.
War not only mows down men, but
unties the purse strings Of every cltl-
zen and robs him of a share of his
earnings. Is there any reason to be-
lieve that the country will suffer those
principles to be abandoned for the
preservation of which it SO recently
offered to sacrifice everything but
honor? If there is no doubt on this
point, then there is no safety in en-
trusting the conduct of affairs to the
Democratic party; no safety to the
honor of the n; tron, no safety to the
pockets Of the people. The Demo
; cratic party means reaction; IS the
country ready to take one backward
step? The Democratic party brings
to the front those leaders who, during


nnrS the rebellion were f ht the non m9st is pS,
country ready to support men nov
who were willing to see the country
go to pieces then? We think not; be


cause, morals and humanity aside, the
people cannot afford to do wrong il
politics even in a purely economic


point of view. w..-Inter-Ocean.
Year: 1874

The St. Louis journal tells this
story, which will give joy to the heart
of every man who has ever taken a
trunk with him On railroad journey:
"A pleasing incident is told us by
clergyman who has just returned from
a health trip. He relates how bag
gageman on far Western railroad
was SO impelled by the force of habit
that he began to knock around and
kick and jam the trunk of an elephant.
a managerie company having loaded
| the beast on a fat car. The force of
habit in the trunk was also strong and
the heap of blood and bones beside
the track demonstrated that for once
in railroad encounter the trunk had
the best of it. As above remarked,
this incident comes from the lips of a
clergyman lately returned from a
western trip, taken for his health"
Year: 1874

A most painful sight, one which
moved to tears several ladies who
witnessed it, occurred at hotel in
Portland, day or two since. A fine
ly dressed, gentlemanly appearing
man, stranger in the city, was stop
a bright appearing boy of seven or
eight years of age. The father had
evidently been on protracted de-
bauch, and on the day in question had
come to the dinner table with every
nerve in a quiver and his system
shattered. He had eaten nothing for
day or two, and the little boy, with
plaintive appeals, was urging him to
partake of food. He was so intoxica-
ted that he could not lift his saucer to
his lips, and the child, his little heart
almost bursting with grief, was
obliged to wait upon him as if he were
an infant.
Year: 1874

Not long since a Swiss shepherd
boy, only fourteen years of age. was
tending flock of sheep among the
hills in Canton Grisons, when a bear
made raid upon the flock, and seized
two of the finest sheep. The courage
Gus little fellow attempted to drive
the bear off by beating him with a
stick, but Bruin turned upon him,
and he was forced to run for his life.
The bear was gaining rapidly upon
him. and there was seemingly no es-
cape. Suddenly the lad bethought
himself of narrow ravine, three hun
dred feet deep, close by, across which
he thought he could leap, while he
hoped the bear would not notice it,
and fall to the bottom. Dashing on
half wild with excitement and dread,
he reached the edge of the precipice,
the bear close at his heels. The chasm
was upward of six feet wide, but the
lad cleared it by desperate bound,
aud landed safely on the opposite side
The bear, as he hoped, did not see
the ravine, ana fell headlone to the
bottom, where, bruised and bleeding
and unable to rise, the shepherd lad
found him.
Year: 1874

SINCE LAURA d. FAIRS successful
shot, female pistol pratice has been
almost as great farce as the De-
YoUNa-NAPTHALY misfortune. The
unfortunate LIZZIE CANNON at four
PAGES took deliberate aim at a fellow
whom she alleged had done her a
great wrong, and the ball passed
through show-window four feet above
his ihead. Coming along down the
history of the times we find recorded
several female shots that went as wide
of the mark as that of poor LIZZIE,
until we reach an account of the rather
dextrous exploit of Mrs. HANNAH
SMYTHE in depositing a ball in the
back of General COBB. This wide
shooting is getting to be rather mo-
notonous and unless something of a
fatal nature is done soon, the reputa-
tiOn of the sex as center shots will Sc
riously suffer. There is no natural
cause why a woman should not get
her man with the same regularity that
man gets his. The defect must be
in education and we suggest that
steps be taken for it's early removal.
Year: 1874

The Changers of Los Angeles county
can have the credit for putting on
foot a movement that will result in
much good and permanent gain to
Southern California, and especially to
Los Angeles county. We refer to the
Los Angeles immigration and Land
Cooperative Association recently in
eorporated by the Committee on I'M
migration appointed at the last session
of the District Council, held at Comp
ton. This association has for its OBJ
ject the circulation of reliable infor-
nation to those seeking homes in this
semi-tropical cline. In order to make
their work practical, they have opened
an office and are taking for sale many
of the most desirable pieces of land to
be found in the county and have also
purchased of the Los Angeles and San
Bernardino Land Company tract of
1000 acres of the finest lands in the
valley, on every acre of which can be
had artesian water. These lands will
be offered on easy terms. In
order to place their work prominently
before the people, they have made ar.
rangements to issue monthly paper
The NeaO Hdty-a sheet nearly al
large as the DAILY HERALD - fiv,
thousand copies of which will be sen
through this and adjoining countie
Year: 1874

Regular country agents will be furnished
with the double sheet ut the same rates as Tor
the single sheet.


This issue will contain full information con-
corning the agricultural, mineral, comiher-
cial and mechanical resources Of this favored
country To those who desire full Informal
tion of this county it Will be of incstimable
value.


Tho edition will probably exceed 5000 A
few editorial notices of business houses will
be inserted in tlis issue on favorable terms
There will be NO SOLICITING, and all desiring
10 make use of this grand opportunity for adj
vertising should call on us at once. ta'
Year: 1874

for distribution and the balance will
be sent away. Packages of this paper
will be placed in every train that
leaves Omaha for San Francisco and
every steamer that leaves San Fran
cisco for the lower coast. From the
character of the men connected with
this association, we believe that they
will do just what they advertise to do


furnish information regarding lands
that the public can rely upon. The
Nca0 Italy will be issued in a few days.
Year: 1874

FEARS were beginning to be enter
tanned that the country would suffer
for rain, when, on Friday night, by
way of Christmas gift, the Giver of all
good sent us pleasant little shower,
followed by half-hour shower yester-
day morning What has fallen will
do much good i'll the way of preserv-
ing and starting the s~ass.
Year: 1874

This reads like the statement of a
man who knew more than he cared to
say. The water item is especially
equivocal. We are posting ourselves
in regard to the Cucamonga land
scheme, and in few days will be able
to lay before the readers of the HER
AID the result of our investigation.
Year: 1874

The fires of eight hundred fur
naceS have become extinct IN the
Pittsburgh mining region throwing
twelve thousand men out of employ
ment. Since the great panic of one
year ago all kinds of business has
Suffered great depression and the
west seems to have Jared quite as
well as the east.
Year: 1874

- A young compile were out on


a door step one night lately, look


ing at the comet then visible i'm the


in the Northern heavens. At least


it was evident the young lady want


ell to see, because she was over


heard to tell the young gent to


''keep his face out Of the way so she


could see the comet y Then there


was noise like the sudden draw.


ing of a horse's lloOf out of the stiff


mud, and then-and then-well.


the old man thrust his head out of
the front door of that house, and


the young astronomers turned their
backs to each other, and began
counting the stars aloud with great
vehemence. The old man told them
that the spberodial mass which they
had been so diligently contemplat-
ing on the ethereal dome scarcely
demanded any more of their united
attention that evening, and the
young man would very much Oh
Iige him by peregrinating in the
direction of his own local habita-
ton at that immediate period of
time, or he would enable him to see
stars with more multitudinosity.
The young man "got" at once
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