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Year: 1874




we wish it known that we stand
ready to furnish delegations to assist
at such meetings as may be arranged
for, and '0ithosst any eapenseto those
applying.


1t affords great satisfaction to all
who are interested in this effort to
resist the evils Of intemperance, to
feel that the people throughout the
county are wide awake in the matter,
and ready to take hold with energy,
determined that the vice shall be
rooted out Yours very Truly,


H. s. FULLERTON.
Year: 1874

CHARLES CALENDAR TO BE TRIED AGAIN.


In speaking yesterday of the disagreement
of tho Jury in the case OF ex-Bank Examiner Charles
Calendar, indicted for accepting bribe OF $4,000
for reporting favorably upon the condition OF the
Ocean National Bank Assistant United States District
Attorney Purdy said that he would certainly try him
again at the next OF the United States Circuit.
Court Mr. Calender is still under his original bail OF
$4,000


The report that the jury stood ten for conviction and
two aCquittal has been confirmed and t Is openly
that the cx OF certain National banks
are deeply interested in securing Calendars acqutta
Year: 1874

That deepening plot grows deeper, and becomes


Merged into minor plots. ANON.


Vane Evelyn was at Myrtle Villa. Not
a visitor, not guest, only spy upon the
servants, deslrous Of ascertainlng the
whereabouts Of Beatrice Adams.


When the audacipus boldness Of Cyrille
Eytlng had 50 completely wrung from him
the information Of the whereabouts Of the
imprisoned Eugene Allerton, he was terri
fed and startled. He knew not what course
to undertake, and he was not at loss Just
the- to comprehend that he might lose the
money which he had SO calculated upon re-
ceiving for his part in the plot of Beatrice
for the contamination Of her marriage to
Colonel Adams. At first he was irresolute,
waverlng and then, i'll determination to
endeavor to prevent at least, the exposure
Of his patroness, before the escape Of the
imprisoned Eugene Allerton from the asy-
lum doctors hands, he had gone to Myrtle
| Villa.


| Beatrice was married, and he breathed
more freely when he learned that such was
the fact. But he was not entirely willing
to abandon the plot Just yet. He knew
that should Eugene Allerton come to ex-
pose, her that it might be the means of his
losing the promised morey, ard he was
unCecided still how to act i'll the affair


For a day or two he watched the villa,
ascertaining nothing, for he was not de-
sirous Of awakening the suspicious Of the
servants. Then he made up his mind to
give up the spying, and await for the re
turn Of his patroness.


1t was while returning from one of his
walks around the villa, that towards dusk
he came face to face with Robert Garrison.


He expressed neither surprise nor de-
sire to evade him he only stood still, re-
moving his cigar from his mouth and re-
garding him coolly.


Robert Garrison noticed the changed de-
meanor Of the man, and removed his hand
from the hilt Of the knife he wore in his
belt under his clothing, as q safeguard
against any assault, or as All unanswerable
argument in contest Of any Importance
to himself.


"We have met again" he simply said


yes"


"You see l am bound to trace you up.


The imperturbable Vane Evelyn respond
ed with quiet nod Of Acquiescence.


"You will do no good by this silence,
said Robert Garrison.


"Why sol


g Because we have set to work to discover
what you have done with Eugene Allerton
and we are bound to fulfill what we under
take"


"You will do no good by following m
up, was the others reply, in the sam
tone Of voice, ''for am no more cognizan
of the real whereabouts Of Eugene Al
lerton ct this moment than you are"


Robert Garrison regarded his companies
incredulously.


81 do not value your word very highly,
said he.
Year: 1874

A Young Lady in this city believes for
tunes told in a tea cup will come true. A
friend dined with her few days since who
thought she could tell . fortune, and the
lady drank seventeen cups Of tea In order
to learn the truth regarding her future.
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye--not hcad-
ache in hhds Of tit i no sooner in your
belly than It's on your back in n pound Of beet
and it carries bead like a necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874

when representative OF the HERALD called to see
Mr.. Charlick at the bleak, cold residence out on
Long Island said tnat u was impossible for Mr.
cal, and they had not dared TO inform him OF the
death OF Mayor Havemeyer. -lndeed," said Mrs.
leve the shock OF sucn news might kill him. We
don't know how to break 1t to him, as tomorrow
shall nave TO let him the papers.
Mayor Havemeyer WAS in very good health
when he left here. and don't think the
walk he took can have been the cause
OF his death. He said that he slept very well last
night, and certainly ate a very hearty breakfast.
Mr.. Charick saw him on business, but there was
nothing said or done that could have annoyed
him. Ihave known Mr.. Havemeyer for years, and
don't know that ever him looking better
than ne did this mOrning.n


Mis-, Chariick cOnnrmed what her mother said,
and also scanned much distressed that ner father
should learn the ews too suddenly The whole
family were in a state OF excitement that can
easily be conceived and the impression among
them was too evident that the head OF their own
household was himself in q condition OF the great
est danger.
Year: 1874

Resolutions OF respect for the memory and ad-
miratlon Tor the virtues OF the deceased were
passed by the Directors of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company, Of which Board he was a member, and
by several other corporate bodies OF the city.


The Board OF Education yesterday passed resO-
lutions u regret at the death OF the Mayor, who
had been the faithful friend 0i the iree school sys-
TEN, and ordered that the schools be closed on
day OF the funeral.
Year: 1874

Whereas the Board OF Health has been officially In
formed OF the sudden death OF the Hon. William +.
Havemeyer, Mayor of the city OF New York while in
the discharge OF the duties OF his office,


Resolved, That in the death of Mr.. Havemeyer the
city has lost its public spirited citizens
through long and active career has exhibited the
highest virtue of citizenship the most commendable
useful interest in the public welfare the most naomita
bic in the performance OF duty and
charge OF the trusts pertaining to the high offices which
he has been called upon to fill.


Resolved, That hereby tender sincere SYM
pathies TO the family OF the deceased and IN accord
with official request and personal OF obli-
cations and respect to the memory the late Mayor the
offices of the Department will be appropriately draped
in mourning and closed the day Of the obse auies
the members will attend the funeral in body.


Resolved That OF these resolutions be suifa bly,
engrossed and forwarded the family OF the deceased
Year: 1874

meeting Of the Board OF the Department OF
Public Parks specially convened by the President,
was held on the lst insG., when the iollow wing
action was unanimously adopted:-


The Mayor Of the city Of York, the Hon. william
r. Havemeyer. having died suddenly, on the 30th ut
while in the discharge OF his public duties the Comm
sloners OF this department OF the city government
deeply moved by the nexpeced event and hasten to
record their willing testimony the general Jud gment
Of their fellow citizens that his private and public life
have alike been governed by the principles of high
honor and unswerving integrity. The department
orders that the Offices OF the Commissioners be draped
mourning that the department be closed the day
Of the funeral, that the Commissioners attend tho
dolence be engrossed and sent to the family Of the
deceased
Year: 1874

The Effect Of lightning on Trees.


The theory that the splitting of
the trunks of trees by lightning is
the result of the liquids contained
within them, has received much cons
firnation from experiment made by
Osborn Reynolds, who succeeded
in splitting small sticks of wood by
passing the electric spark through
them, after they had been impreg~
mated with water. He also burst
small glass tnbes, which were filled
with water, although the same
tubes, when empty, allowed the
electric spark to jump through them
without in the least disturbing e
them. The most striking expert,
ment made by him was upon a tube
three eighths of an inch exterior
and one-eighth interior diameter
which could stand a pressure of a,
least 200 atmospheres to the square
inch; this tube was fourteen inches
long ard ben. at a right angle. A
very large electric flash being SEM
through the tube it was plit by the
first discharge. and the pieces
thrown to q distance of several feet
The inner surface of the tube was
in fact, completely pulverzed, al
though it had been struck By {
hammer. Reynolds estimates tha
the pressure must have been NOR
than 1000 atmospheres.
Year: 1874

AS you have solicited me to write
for your valuable paper, and as I
cannot place myself alongside with
the learned agrlsulturists who can
undoubtedly farm we'll on paper,
and tell you what I know about
Farming i thought ! would tell
you what I don't know. I don't
know how a man can raise corn on
these worn out lands, who does
not keep any stock, or raise any
manure, nor does not cultivate with
in ten yards of the ditch banks,
thus leaving the best lands to grow
up in bulrushes and briars, but
keeps an old, poor horse or two,
puts them to an old, worn out plow,
| and scratches the old, worn-out hill,
sides. And then what is stranger
than all, you will hear this same
crying down Virginia. [ think
the commonwealth ought to sue him
for slander.


| don't know how farmer ex~
poets to have meat to eat who raises
no cattle, and if he attempts to
raise hogs he has these old, fiddle
faced fellows that eat their heads
off twice during the winter, and
when spring comes they are SO lean
that by tying a knot in their tails,
you can keep them from getting
through a fence. Stranger still
this man is always complaining Of
the high price of bacon. l think
the meat dealers ought to send him
to the lunatic asylum. ldon't see
how man expects to make any
thing by farming, who year after
year takes everything from his farm
and puts nothing back. The merch
ant if he were to sell out one stocl
of goods, could not expect his store
to pay him any more, until he lai'
in another stock. Such man re
minds me of Yankee who came t.
tbs neighborhood several years ago
and ridiculed the idea of fertilizers
sid he was going to make hi
farm pay him, not he pay the farm


l saw him the other day, and h
, had no corn, no meat, no clothes
J no nolhing.


must close, as l think littl


farmers ought to write little. L
; future | may tell you some NOR
things don't know.-Planter an
Farmer.
Year: 1874

A Louisville papa did not serious
ly object to the proposed eIepen:ent
of his daughter with a dry goods
clerk. Happening to get wind of
the plan, he merely lay in wait for
augustus, and sent him away with
the impression that remarkable
healthy young mule had played a
tattoo with his heels under his coat
tails.
Year: 1874

Daniel Webster las accepted q
position On the New York police,
and it is therefore inferred that his
dictionary has not proved q sue.
cess.


An old maid suggested that when
men break their hearts it is all the
same as when a lobster breaks one
of his claws-another sprouts imme-
diately, and grows in its place.
Year: 1874

STORY OF TOMBSTONE AGENT


Gibbs is tombstone agent. He finds il


to his advantage to work upon the feel


ings in making sale. The other day
he happened to be in strange section
and was sent to call upon Mrs. Brown,
who had lately lost her husband. He
introduced himself and was invited to
sit down; spoke Of the weather, and get.
ting round to business, said, rather ten
derly: $50 you have lost your hus-
band ?" She wept and said it looked
like it, He said he sympathized with
her in the hour of affiiction; that the
best of friends were doomed to part, and
but few knew any more whose turn
would be next. He had not the honor
of being acquainted with Mr.. Brown,
but he had heard him spoken of all over
the country in the highest terms of praise
(this was his usual style whether be had
or not , every body considered him an
honest man and an afectionate husband;
and they mourned their loss with the
most tender affection, aud he deserved
fitting memorial to his memory, and as
it was the last sad rite she could do he
begged her to look over some excellent
monumental designs in Italian and
American marble which be was prepar-
ed TO sell on the lowest terms. Said she,
4" Lookery here, Mister; you said he was
an honorable man and an affectionate
husband, when you know you lie; he
wasn't no such thing. It's true l lost
him, but he amt dead he amt the
kind that dies; he ran off last Wednes.
day with another woman, and don't
need tombstone, I'm sorry to say and
I'd be much obleeged TO you if you'd
light out and not come back until you
have an occasion, Mister" He faded
away froo there, and stayed in the
neighborhood two days endeavoring to
cultivate an acquaintance with the man
who sent him there.
Year: 1874

MAP Your FARM.-Every farmer
should have complete map of Bis farm,
with each field, pasture and wood lot, to-
gether with all the fences, roads and
bitches plainly drawn, and either mum
bered or named, so they can be readily
designated. Few farmers can appreei-
ate the real value of one until they have
tried the experiment, for with map of
the farm before you, you can direct your
workmen to any part of it without the
possibility of their making a mistake.
You can plan improvements and esti-
mate their cost at your leisure, instead
of spending half day of valuable time
in surveying the land itself, ANY per
son with little ingenuity aud patience
can draw map of his farm. It should
be about two feet square, or larger if de
sired, and drawn upon thick cardboard
to prevent Its being torn or defaced. Let
our farmers try the experiment aud they
will soon learn its value.
Year: 1874

BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR.
Sow with generous hand;


Pause not for toll or pain;
Weary not through the heat Of summer,
Weary not through the cold spring rain
But wait till the autumn comes
For the sheaves of golden gr ain.
Scatter the seed and fear not


A table will be spread
What matter If you are too weary
To cat your hard earned bread
Sow while the earth is broken
For the hungry must be fed;
Sow while the seeds are lying
In the warm earth's bosom deep,
And your warm tears fall upon il;
Then will stir in their quiet sleep,
And the green blades rise the quicker.
Perchanee, for the tears you weep.
Then sow, for the hours are feeting,
And the seed must fall to-day;
And care not what hands shall reap 1t,
Or II you are passed away
Before the waving cornhelds


Shall gladden. the sunny day.
"Sow, and look onward. upward,
Where the starry light appears
Where, in spite of the towards doubling,
Or your own hearts trembling Fears
You shall reap in joy the harvest
You have sown TO day in tears"
Year: 1874

To THE PorST.---An exchange says: "Compare the publisher Of newspaper, who las to 20 all around the country to collect his pay, to farmer who sells his wheat on credit, and not more than bushel to any person. If any farmer will try the experiment Of distributing the proceeds of hls labor over two or three counties, with an ad. ditionai one to two or three distant States, for one year, we will guarantee that he will never, aner that years experience, ask publisher to supply him with paper year or two without the pay for it. .-. s--
Year: 1874

The Senate, by a vote of 80 to H. has passed
the compromise agreed on by the caucus OF
the Administration Senators, and "the Cur
"rency question, at one time threatening to
"divide parties" is once mOre-we are quoting
the language Of Speaker Blaine-"in process
"of Happy Adjustment" This is the second
Happy Adjustment in the year 1874, and there
will probably be several more of them before
1879, and more yet before we have genuine
specie payments.


Senator Schurz, who voted yea on the passage
of the bill, vainly entreated Senator Sherman
to recommit the bill in order that some fea-
ture might be incorporated in it looking to
the restoration of specie payments. AS it is,
all that we have is a pledge from the party
which is apparently going out of power that
specie payments shall be resumed in 1879. 1t
is not the first pledge of the kind that has
been made, and we only hope that it will not
be broken as readily as all its predecessors.
The trouble is that the hard-mOney men get
nothing but pledges, while the Infationists
have 80 far had all the pudding.


A word as to the silver-resumptiOn feature.
BY the current quotations the small silver
coin of the United States commands from %
cents to 90 cents in gold per dollar. In other
words, new ten cent pieces and quarters of
the "token coinage" in use before the war
can now be sold at the rate of '93 cents in
gold per dollar, taking the lowest price. At
the current premium on gold, 90 cents in that
metal are worth 81 03 7-1Oth cents in paper,
so that the substitution of silver for fractional
currency would afford enterprising individuals
a profit of from three to five per cent on all
the small change they could collect and sell
to the brokers. This profit would rise and
fall with the premium on gold, and also with
the price of silver. The community, supposing
the provisions of the Sherman bill to become
o law, would be liable to pass through the
same experiences with regard to small change
which characterized the first year Of the war,
always supposing that, in the language of
President Grant, the silver is sure to "come
"out.n Perhaps, however, he might have
occasion again to "marvel that it is not out
"already.n
Year: 1874

to which we are exposed by tho carelessness
of each other. Something entirely different
we might say, as we have already and often
said, if we were now to discuss that side OF
the subject. But cheerful wisdom best be-
comes these holiday times and there are sorry
enough things constantly happening from


which it is not so easy to derive consolation,
and the compensation of which is not so ap-
parent. SO we conclude with the hearty hope


that, whether insured or not, every reader for
the year to come may be safe from steeples,
from derricks, and from mules-may be ner-
cifully preserved from that sudden death
which is seldom desirable, and which is warmly
deprecated by the prayers of many churches.
Year: 1874

MIR. BEECHERS NEWEST STATEMENT.


The article from The Christian Union which
we CODY this morning is Mr.. Beecher's own
review of the progress Of the great law suit
and explanation of his purposes in connection
with it. We say it is his own, because it un-
questionably expresses his thoughts even if it
was not penned by his hand. It will be read
with interest, not only for the reason that it
is the first commentary which The Christian
Union has allowed itself to make upon the
trial, but also because the case has developed
some curious phases which seem to demand
from Mr.. Beecher the very assurances which
he has here given. In the present condition
of the suit discussion of the case by the
press would be manifestly improper. We
must admit however that the apparent strug-
giles for delay, the methods of settling the
Moulton case, and the supposed plan for en-
barrassing the plaintiff with the restrictions of
o bill of particulars, have been regarded with
some distrust and uneasiness by certain of
Mr.. Beecher's adherents. These anxious
friends will be glad to have from the
defendant precise explanation of what the
movements in the drama so far signify and a
full disclaimer of the discreditable pur-
poses of which he has been suspected.


The rest of the world will be more attracted
by what Mr.. Beecher says of the rrlmors of q
settlement. In the most emphatic terms he
declares that "there will be no compromise"
nor any settlement out of court except upon
the basis of an unequivocal retraction of the
false charge which constitutes the fOunda-
L" ton of the suit" Of course Mr.. Tilton is
not likely to propose any such arrange
ment, and we see no reason TO doubt that the
suit will be prosecuted to the end. Indeed it
must have been plain all along to any reflect


ing person that a settlement out of court was
practically impossible. 1t would 10 tho ruin
Year: 1874

of plaintiff and defendant alike. Mr.. Tilton
having gone so far, cannot retreat without tho
sacrifice Of tho last shred of his reputation
and Mr.. Beecher cannot regain the confidence
of the community except through the ordeal
of judicial investigation. Both parties un-
derstand this quite well; so the talk about
compromise may as well be dropped
Year: 1874

Navy Yards as instruments Of political cor
ruption furnished a topic yesterday for
lively debate in the House. The facts are too
we'll known to be denied, it being the regular
annual custom to I'LL the Yards just before
election day with workmen who will vote the
Administration ticket aud dismiss them few
Year: 1874

days afterward. The absurd feature OF the
debate was that it seemed to be regarded as
some sort of an excuse for this abuse to
allego that the Democrats had practiced 1t
when they were in power.
Year: 1874

Fashion at the french seaside
vigorously requires First, a beach
dress second, a breakfast dress
third, morning dress fourth, an
evening dress and as q lady cannot


wear the same dress ovory morning
and evening, thero must be .several
of each sort except tile beach dress,
At least thirty for months stay,
and not more than thrcc in trunk.
Year: 1874

LOT the purpose Of nominating candidates for A
2 SeW1tors, Sheriff, County Treasurer and County
In September.


Also to choose County Committee, and to act
before the Convention. f' oN'


The basis of representation will be as follows
city and town will be entitled to one Delegate and
SIdney Perham for Governor in 1872. fraction of
50 votes additional to the full number will entitle the
e'ty or town to an additional Delegate This basis
VIII give the following delegation and apportionment
Year: 1874

RESULT OF THH MQUEsr.-Coroner Taylor
held an inquest yesterday afternoon upon
the body of the infant found on the fish-trap
between Mayo's island and Manchester. The
jury decided that the child came to its death
from unknown causes. The investigation
revealed the fact, however, that it had been
we'll cared for once. The garments which
were on the body were Of fine texture and
lace-edped
Year: 1874

ALE FOR FAMILY UsE-EEGLISH ALE, CREAM
ALE, AND PoRTER.-To supply demand from bis
many countrymen here, HENRY BOWLER has now
an ale that he latters himself will fairly compete
with their home beverage both In favor and quality
and with his universally-apprOved cream ale' and
porter will enable him TO please the palates Of an
Orders to Spring Park Brewery promptly filled.
Year: 1874

try in n.is book is made upon these orders.


Is there mistake in that book? II so, here
are the means to prove it and show it In
these vouchers and orders. 1t stands here
20 confirm each, and In turn to be confirmed
| by each. Are you to have man before you
who can prove the transactions Of govern


men, from the very first day Of its founda-
Year: 1874

The ghost of Louis Napoleon, or what
looks strangely like the wrath OF the
defunct emperor, may be seen daily
haunting the restaurant Morel, back OF
the Opera Comique in Paris, cafe
much frequented by artists and authors.
The ghost in question is no other than
the son of the dead ruler, the eldest
child of the late celebrated Mrs. How
ard. He is remarkably like his father
IAN advantage which the prince impe-
rial does not enjoy, and is said to re-
semble him also in conduct. He is a
middle-aged man now, but is not in the
least a settled or steady one. and hls
habits of dissipation and extravaganza
used to give the emperor much trouble.
To get rid of this wild scion, and to
avoid the scandals which might have


been set af1oat by the liberals respect
ing his conduct in Paris, his fether sem


him. first as consul Belfast, and find


ING that still too near to France IN al


probability, he transferred him to thu
consulate of Zanzibar. He is now resid
ing in Paris, and bears the title o.


Count de Bure. Some day perhaps he


NAV play the part of Duke de Morny
to Nanoleon ~,