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Year: 1874

six hundred millions, has been contracted 10
five hundred millions. and thereby been made
more valuable than tho Currcncics OF the
countries from which the gold and silver hs ve
been drawn, those countries being England
Germany, and the United States.


The conclusion from tho foregoing princi-
pies is easily drawn Would we make our
currency more valuable, would we retain our
gold and silver, would VIC again see coin IN
circulation would we have once more tho con-
stitutional dollar, we must either contract our
papcr money or restrict it to Its present vol
unic until the country grows up to 1t. Simple
rs this statement may appear, it contains the
whole truth of the matter. Our paper is at o
discount, not because there is any doubt OF
the sovency of the Government or OF the
banks, but because the amount of paper Is
excessive. Wcro every dollar and fraction OF
a dollar in paper now existing in the United
States To b: transformed tonight into the
actual gold and silver it promises to pay,
the excess would flow out of tho country,
and the expectation would continue until
the value of gold in England, France, Ger
many, aud the United States was eqiiallzed.
Just as much as our currency would be dlmin.
ishcd by expectation were it all cOin just 80
much, being paper, it needs to be reduced to
bring it to the value of coin. Gold and silver
are commodities which, above all others. have
an international value at all times nearly the
same in all commercial nations. The hypOthc-
sis that gold has au artificial value in this
country, above and beyond its natural value,
is untcnablc. In reality its value here Is
slightly below its value in foreign countries,
and for that reason it is constantly exported.
TO save our gold we must pay our paper.
Year: 1874

sure to yield in the end. This Congress will
not dare to pass any subsidy to any steamship
company, railroad. or other public beggar.
The times arc too hard, and we have too
recent illustrations of how subsidies are passed
and the use that il made Of them.
Year: 1874

The resolution againstSiall subsidies came


within one vote of passage yesterday. The
list of men who voted against this resolution.
will some of these days become an interesting
study. 1t was an entirely needless piece Of
resistance to the popular WILL since they are
Year: 1874

proclamation from the President ordering
the dispersion of turbulent persons in Missis-
Sppi paves the way for Federal interference
in the affairs of that State. Previous expert
ence in such undertakings at the South should
render the authorities at Washington cautious
about their next steps in this matter. The
Attorney Generals declaration that he had
gone out of that line of business, showed
prudence.
Year: 1874

Hero good rule for ladies to select good places
for their holiday shopping Patronizo specially the
merchants who have enterprise enough 10 clean
away the snow, and make tho crossings in front Of
their places of business passable. 1t is likely that
they have also had enterprise enough to get the best
goods.
Year: 1874

To revisit this earth, some ages after
their departure from it, is common
wish among men. We frequently hear
men say that they would give so many
months or years of their lives in ex-
change for less number on the globe
one or 70 or three centuries from now.
Merely to see the world from some re-
mote sphere, like the distant spectator
of play which passes in dumb show,
would not suffice. They would like to
be of the world again, and enter into ITS
feelings, passions, hopes to feel the
sweep of its current, and so to compre-
hend what it has become.


1 suppose that we all, who are thor
oughly interested in this world, have
this desire. There are some select
souls, who sit apart in calm endurance,
waiting to be translated out OF world
they are almost tired of patronlzlng, to
whom the whole thing seems doubtless
like cheap performance. They SIT on
the fence of criticism, and cannot Tor
the life of them see what the vulgar
crowd make such toll and sweat about.
The prizes are the same, dreary, old,
fading bay-wreaths. AS for the SOL
diers marching past, their uniforms are
torn, their hats are shocking, their shoes
are dusty, they do not appear, to man
sitting on the fence. to march with any
kind of spirit, their flags are old and
tattered, the drums they beat are bar
barous and, besides, it is not probable
that they are going anywhere, they
will merely come round again, the same
people, like the marching chorus in the
"Beggar's Opera" Such critics, OF
course, would not care to see the vulgar
show over again it is enough for them
to put on record their protest against 1T
in the weekly Judgment Days. which
they edit, and, by-and-by, withdraw
out of their private boxes, with pity for
a world in the creation of which they
were not consulted.


The desire to revisit this earth is, L
think, based upon a belief, well nigh
universal, that the world IS to make
some progress, and that it Will be more
interesting in the future than it Is now.
I believe that the human mind, when
ever it is developed enough to compre-
hepd it's own action, rests, and has al
ways rested, in this expectation. do
not know any period of time in which
the civilized mind has not had expecta-
tion of something better for the race III
the future. This expectation is sons-
times stronger than it is at others and,
again, there are always those VINO say
that the golden age is behlnd Cnem' IL
is always behind or before us Ghe poor
,1resent alone has no friends; the pres
ent. in the minds of many, is only the
car that is carrying us away from an
ace of virtue and of happiness or that
is perhaps, bearing us on to time OF
ease ca and comfort and security.-Scrib-
| s,oT'e
Year: 1874

The most curious of Chinese super
stitions is the ftt1g Shuy, geomancy.
The two words mean simply wind and
water" but the true sense and import
of this name for the superstition cannot
be gathered from these words. The
real object of the study and profession
of the art of ftLnq ShlLy is to WOO the
good and ward off the evil spirits, in
whose existence and power to bless or
curse, the Chinese apparently entertain
a profound belief. As northerly winds
blow in China from October to the end
of March, it is not very surprising that
the natives associate with them the
death of nature, as it were, and lCok
upon that quarter of the compass as the
one from which evil influences all ema-
nate; and as southerly winds prevail
during the rest and more cheerful part
of the year, they conclude that all good
and beneficial influences come from the
south; consequently, all the temples
and houses which can be so constructed
are built to face the south. But it is in
the selection of sites for graves that the
talent of the professor of .ftC11g Sbuy is
chiefly displayed. A thoroughly good
situation must be one open to the south,
with nothing abruptly to check the flow
of the southern blessing; and to the
north there must be some hill or rising
ground, some tree or other object, to
check, puzzle and defeat the time of
evil from that whitening region. If the
position be bad. the dead, irritated and
annoyed by the unpleasant influence
from the north, make known their re-
sentiment by causing sickness and other
calamities to assail the family; and,
finally, if the mischief is not repaired,
they make it wither away. Each village
has its .f,trg shay, its luck; aud the
hand of the man who would cut down
a lucky tree, thus letting in stream of
curses from the north, is said to be
paralyzed and withered on the spot.
| Chinese villages are often built IN
squares, with houses on three sides, and
the entrance open toward th9 south.
/ The two sides, as You enter, have diff
ferent degrees of honor and Importance.
The right handis the green dragon, the
! left the white tiger and if, by design
or accident, the white tigers head be
lifted higher than the dragons or if any
special advantage be gained by the lett,


then the luck of the place is gone. II


is interesting to notice that this super.


stition of fttng Shaty, though it prevails


so widely, and has taken such a deer


root in the minds of the people, is yet


denounced in the Sacred Edict as 6


capital crime.
Year: 1874

Men who live and work by rule would


be puzzled to understand how Agassiz


managed to do so much without these


helps. He lived and worked by inspira-


ton. If he was suddenly seized with


an interest in some scientific inquiry,


he would pursue it at once, putting by


perhaps other work in which he had


Just fairly got started. 81 always like


to take advantage of my productive


moods" he said to me. Thus often he


had several irons in the fire. only one of


which might ultimately be furnished.


Probably he saw that the last iron prom


ised to work up better than the first.


He never could be made to work like a


machine, turning out definite quanti-


ty at regular intervals. He never felt


bound to regard the rule that you must
finish one thing before You begin an
other; so emphatically presented in the
old school-books. His was q method of
working which would be ruinous to any
man who had not his wonderful facul-
ties, his far-sight and insight. With
his great, logical brain and his marve.
lous powers of observation, there was
united a certain telescopic intuition
which made his view of probabilities
something more than a guess. He never
proposed his own methods of working
as a model for others. Once, however,
in my presence, a near relative ven
tured to ask him if he did not think he
would accomplish more if he finished
one thing before he began another.
" Every man must work to his own
he replied. He was in him
self a great contradiction of the methods
by which many have won success. He
achieved, but it was after his own way.
1t was frequentlyia hard thing to get
him to sign a paper, or write letter
Except for somebody else), or to look
OVER accounts or reports, or do little
routine work. Yet be coul1 never have
his great eminence in science if
he had not paid in this department great
attention on the minutest and apparent
ly the most insignificant details. Look
ing at the drawing of fish made by
his artist, he-said, after taking a single
glance, "It is beautiful drawing, but
don't you see you have left out two or
three of the scales ?" This story, which
[ have seen elsewhere, is vouched for by
the droughtsman who formely drew his
specimens for hin.-NeaO York IFi-
blL1e.
Year: 1874

Agaasiz was great lover of children.
He was constantly speaking to them in
the street and caressing them, not from
affectation or a desire to be popular,
but because he could not help it. His
Grandchildren, George and Max, were
always running over to see grandpa,
and grandpa was always glad to see
them. If grandpa had had the entire
training of them, perhaps there would
have been some spoiled children. A
friend tells me of an instance which
we'll illustrates his tenderness for chill
dren. Once while conducting some
scientific experiments, it became neces-
sary to have some water immediately.
Agassiz seized pitcher and ran out to
a pump near bv. He went out quickly,
but was slow in coming back. They
waited twice as long for the water as
would have suficed to bring it, and
then went ont to see what was the mat
ter. There sat Agassiz, down by the
pump, his legs crossed, and a little
child. which he was fondly soothing
and caressing, nestled in between them.
In his haste to the pump he had acci-
IDENTIFY struck the child standing near
by. Though the blow was of little ac-
count. the exigencies of science seemed
to him the less important, and he had
to put down his pitcher and open his
heart. When deeply engaged in sclen-
titic investigation he would leave his
work to seize and fondle child that
had strayed into his room, and the IN
terrupted mental process seemed to be
resumed without difficulty.
Year: 1874

If this love that is gliding life's Summer


Had come III hfe's Spring,
How my soul would have met the newcomer
With garment and ring;
With sacrifice offered in gladness,


With hopo for the beautiful years
Alas from the depth of my sadness,


greet it with tears.
Too late do we stand at the altar


Too late you rejoice!
Too late do you tremble and falter


At the sound of my voice!
The hand that you hold has grown thinner,
The heart has known anguish and fears;
1 am yours, o victorious winner


/ salute you with tears!
You say that Loves golden September
Is faithful and strong;
You marvel that should remember


Loves May-time of wrong!
The sorrow for you is all over;


My heart is prophetic in fears,
And SO, for your kiss as my lover,


1 offer my tears
What give to the cheek in its whteness,
Praise lost to its bloom?
What turn from the eyes in their brightness,
And worship their gloom?
The rose, in its freshness and beauty,
You crushed in your earlier years;
viii you cherish it, faded, from duty?
1 answer with tears
Year: 1874

OLD LETTERS. Never burn kindly
written letters it is so pleasant to read
them over when the ink is Drowned, the
paper yellow with age, and the hands
that traced the friendly words are fold
ed over the hearts that prompted them.
under the green sod. Above all, never
burn love letters. To read them in af-
ter wears is like a resurrection to ones
youth. The elderly spinster finds in
the impassioned offer she toolishly re-
iected, twenty years ago, fountain OF
reiuvenescence, Glancing over it she
realizes that the was once a belle and
beauty, and beholds her former self In
a mirror much more congenial to her
taste than the one that confronts her In
her dressing-room. The widow IN
deed" derives a sweet and solemn conso.
lation from the letters of the beloved
one who has journeyed before her to the
far-off land from which there comes no
message, and hence she hopes, one day,
to ioin him. No photographs can so
wildly recall to the memory of the
mother the tenderness and devotion OF
the children who have left at the call of
Heaven, as the epistolary outpourings
of that love. The letter of a true son
or daughter to true mother IS some
thing better than an immage OF the
features; it is a reflex of the writer's
soul. Keep all loving letters: Barn
only the harsh ones, and IN burning
them forgive and forget them.
Year: 1874

It is said that in a moment of tempo
rary insanity Boston city editor as.
signed a horse-racing, baseball and
aquatic reporter to report in half col
ume the Sunday services at the church
of a sensational preacher. This is the
report he published, and for which he
was discharged


"The house met at 10 A. NJ. Prayer
bv the chaplain. The first race was be-
tween the chaplain and the singers, it
being a pretty even match for the first
two heats but the singers got the best
of the last three heats, and came in on
the sermon two lengths ahead, winning
the last three heats and race. Time,
5:O2. Petitions were then presented
for forgiveness and other similar mat
ters, and notice was given for special
assignments during the coming week
for various objects. The singers then
sailed up to the judges stand, and, af-
ter getting into position, sailed away
on the course with all canvas set and
spanking breeze from the organ, which
drove them along in fine style. The
top-rigged fiat flying the blue pennant
was well ahead at the stake, and came
home ahead of the fleet. The speaker
then took the floor and announced his
intention TO ask that the resolutions OF
censure that had been heaped upon
Annanias should be r, scinded, and pro-
ceeded to read the records of the case,
from which it appeared that Annanias
had sold his horse and had not given
all the price to the church. The speak
er then went on to say that no reason
appeared on.the records for Annanias to
give any, and, much less all. his prop
erty to the church.. and he questioned
if any of those before him would do
any more than Annanias had in the
same place. He then went on to show
that Annanias had obeyed his wife in
the matter, and expressed the belief
that few of those before him could say
as much for themselves. After further
arguments of similar character, he
moved that the character of Annanias
be and is hereby declared A ! by the
members of the house."
Year: 1874

you can, stretch them out higher than
your head, and, running bodily to the
person, make a motion of clasping in
the arms, mostly about the shoulders:
This instantly smothers the fire and
saves the face.
Year: 1874

CLOTHES ON FmE.-The Scientific
American says that three persons out OF
four would rush right up to the burning
individual, and begin to paw with their
hands, without any definite aim. 1t is
useless to tell the victim to do this or
that, or call for water. In fact, 1t is
generally best not to say word, but to
seize blanket or any woolen fabric
if none is at hand take any woolen ma
terial-hold the corners as far apart as
Year: 1874

-Qaughter)- r)-however, you remember
the lines; and you remember how feel
ingly, how daintily, how almost imper-
ceptibly the verses raise up before you,
feature by feature, the ideal of true
and perfect woman; and how, as you
contemplate the finished marvel, your
homage grows into worship of the in
tellect that create so fair thing out of
mere breath, mere works. And you
call to mind now as speak how the
poet, with stern fidelity to the history of
all humanity, delivers this beautiful
child of his heart and his brain over to
the trials and the sorrows that must
come to all sooner or later that abide
in the earth and how the pathetic
story eliminates in that apostrophe-so
wild, so regretful, so full of mournful
retrospection. The lines run thus:
Year: 1874

The Passage OF the ClviI Rights Bill


Certain 10 be the Destruction of the


Republican Party in the SOuth-The


Measure Fatal 20 Ihe Public school


system-Determined Opposition of


the Whites.--The Hill Net Necessary


10 the Profession OF she Negr0-..


Patriotic CORsiderAtIOns InVSIVed.


SIR: II seems 10 me fitting time to re-
ply to the open letter which you did me
the honor to write me, published inc TIi-
buRe Of the llth of last month, on the sub
jeet of the Civil Rights bill And desire
TO reply to your letter through the same
widely circulated journal which you make
the medium of communication with me.


1t is just two weeks since one of the
most exciting and memorable elections
was held in this State of which there is any
record since the days of Andrew jackson.
Though 1t was the least important ofall our
elections-being q contest for county of.
fcers-a larger vote was polled than there
was in the last election for President, mem
bers of Congress, Governor of the State,
and members of the State Legislature AS
might be anticipated, SO exciting a contest
in Southern State upon such an issue has
been attended with riots and bloodshed and
the killing and wounding of many men.
The result ofthe election is the Oyerwhelm-
ing defeat OF the republican party, de-
feat from which the party can not recover
within the next five years, and from which
it will not probably recover during the
lifetime of the present generation. As Il
sample Of the revolution which has taken
place, / will mention that in the county in
which | reside, where we had 600 Repub-
lican majority, the Democracy have elected
their ticket by 700 majority. In Shelby
county, where the Republican ticket was
Year: 1874

A Washington dispatch ot September 9 says the following is late decision of the General Land Office:

 An applicant for 6 patent under the mining laws may abandon from his ap- plication any portion already claimed by another party, and after the survey receive a patent for the part not in controversy. The examination of an application for a pat ent under the mining laws should proceed beyond the papers filed in the case, and into those general records of the General Land Office which are evidence of the final dis position made of the public domain; and if it is found that any part of the premises applied for have been previously disposed of an express exception thereof should be inserted in the subsequent patent. Land when once appropriated under the homestead law is thereunto removed from emption, settlement, and homestead entry, and can only be again subject to them by the cancellation of the homestead entry, in the manner prescribed by law. Such cancellation becomes effective at the local office. To institute valid right under the pre-emptiOn law to a tract of land covered by homestead entry, some act of settlement must be performed by the pre-emptor subsequently, to the can cellatiOn of the said homestead entry.
Year: 1874

will act efficiently in an advisory board, may be recommended for appointment therefor, we will not forward any names for few weeks, so that we may receive suggestions as to who will give share of their time and capacity to the work. The duties of the board are clearly set forth in the foregoing circular, and we cordially invite either verbal or written communi- cations regarding who will efficiently act. In this matter, local feeling cannot have a place, but all our action must and will be had with reference to capacity and deter imitation to perform the duties promptly and thoroughly.
Year: 1874

YESTERDAY the street in front of Le- sinsky's was blocked by large OK train loaded with copper from Clifton. There is marked improvement in the hand ling of this shipment, as the bars are ID uch more uniform in size and shape. This is the second shipment received during the week amounting in all to something over 40, ,O00 pounds. The new works will be in operation the last of the month, when the quantity of copper produced will be more than trehled.-[ Borderer. September 12.
Year: 1874

Stolen Again From Marseilles Harbor.


The HERALD few weeks ago published an &C.
count OF the finding OF the celebrated yacht Maria
which, after search OF several years. Duration
was captured In the harDor OF Marseilles, France
At that time the proprietors OF the vessel In Ho
boken solicited Captain Barkelew, who was once
in command Of her, to proceed TO France
and arrange apont bringing her back to
the United States The captain lett here
ON the 6th OF october, ana q letter has now
been received from him stating that when ne
arrived at Marsellles he found that the yacht had
been laden with gram, and lett port, but for what
place no one could inform him. Several kilograms
had peen sent by the French Consul to the
authorities at Marseilles, giving them ample
notice Of the character OF the crew OF the vessel
and the fact that the French officials were aware
OF this creates mucn surprise at their remissness
In guarding ner. The proprietOrs or the yacht IN
tend TO prosecute the AFFAIR 10 the end Whatever
the expense may be.