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Year: 1874

Editing a newspaper (says a con-
temporary is very pleasant thing
If it contains too much political mat
ter people will complain if it con-
tains too little they won't have it. II
the type is too large, it don't contain
enough reading matter; if the type is
too small they can't read it. If we
publish telegraph reports, folks say
they are nothing but lies; if we omit
them they say we have no enterprise,
or suppress them for political effect
If we have a few jokes folks say we
are not grave enough, ifw omit them,
they say we are an old fossil. If we
give a man q complimentary notice.
we are cursed for being partial, if we
do not, all hands say we fail to dc
Justice, &c, &c. The truth is, an
editor has hard road to travel. We
wish all who criticise a newspaper
could try their hands and their head;
(for it requires an active exercise o


both) for a week or two at the occupa


ton. 1t would probably free then


from "many foolish notion"
Year: 1874

READING ALOUD-We think 1t
much to be regretted that this charm
ing accomplishment of realing aloud
is not more cultivated by ladies.


But. to read well, certain amount
of study is requisite; first of all, it is
necessary to acquire a habit OF sus-
tanning the voice; then, one must
learn to modulate the tones, to attend
TO punctuation, and above all, the
reader must have fair appreciation
of the authors meaning. This in
wolves q study of English literature
which is sadly needed by most young
ladies who are supposed to have
finished their education. 1t is i'm
possibic to estimate sufficiently the
Importance of reading aloud IN the
family circle. Children are wonder
fully impressed by hearing poetry
their tastes are formed. and then
minds stored with knowledge, ofteI
beyond their years, if they have beer
brought up where the English classic
are read and talked aloud. And II


after life, how often amidst tu'mo'


and trouble, some scrap Of poetry o


prose comes back To us in the tone


in which We heard it read. Som


noble scntimeni-some pure thnn@l


lis thus forever t-SoOciated with u
tender grace Of day that Is dead
and with "thc sou'd of n voice th;
, is STILL
Year: 1874

1t is astonishing to sec how we'll a
man may live on a small income, who
has handy and industrious wife.
Some men live and make far better
appearance on six or eight dollars a
week, than others do on fifteen or
eighteen dollars. The man does his
part well, but his wife is good for
nothing. She will even npbraid her
husband for not living in as good
style as his neighbor, while the fault
is entirely her own. His neighbor
has neat, capable and industrious
wife, and that makes the difference.
His wife, on the other hand, Is a
whirlpool, into which a great many
silver cups might be thrown. and the
appearance of the water would remain
unchanged. No Nj .holas, the diver
is there to restore the wasted treasure
1t is only an insult for such a woman
to talk to her husband about her low
and devotion
Year: 1874

It is talk which initiates all our
ends; to love, to friendship, it is al
most always the tongue which is the
gateway. The preservation OF q
Young woman from the pursuit OF a
mad bull, or the rescue OF O fellow
creature from drowning, are opportu-
mites that do not take place in real
life so often as in novels. The manly,
vet conciliatory expression of an opln-
ion, the eloquent eulogy of a pursuit,
or the witty defense of a pastimc in
short. few well chosen words. well
spoken, upon any subject, form the
best introduction to our fellow crea,
lures. and do more to attract them to
us than any natural advantage, except
indeed the personal beauty of a wo
man. 1t is the knowledge of the pow


er of this latter charm which makes
prettv women commonly such foo'isi
takers. They have only to show
their faces to win at once, not onl.
the audience of the wise and witty


but (supposing at least they are OF tn


masculine gender) the .se and witt


themselves. Why, tnen, they argue
: should we cultivate the power


speech, when our eyes and lips al
m ore eloquent than others tongues


A question, however difficult it ma


be to answer now convincingly,


which they will one day receive te


ri5lv conclusive reply. Tue goo


looks of a man, us squirting WIKI
> sa&d, only avail with a woman, again
y one better skilled in the art


conversation, for the first quarter
} an hour; and with one of his oV
l. sex, it may be added for consider
IL blv less space o: time. 1t was not
," his pretty spots an gorgeous sea
~ that the serpent persuaded Eve
Is by the flicker of his forkcd tongue.
Year: 1874

the conflict comes, as come it must
it could hardly be avcrted--let them
he the first to suffer could pardon
the negro, but the carpet-baggcr, no,
never! They are enlightened, and
know the consequences Of their acts ;
the poor benighted negro is moved by
instincts and to some extent is not
responsible only as the willing dupe
of designing knaves. We often hear
of the negroes threats Of waging a
war Of determination against the
whites, beginning at the cradle, ex-
cept the pretty young white women
whom they mean to save for their
seraelios'. Further their sweat and
labor paid for all the property in the
South and they intend to have it. |
will take this occasion to say to Cufiv
and Sambo, and especially to their
pale-faced leaders, that nobody is
afraid; although they be wards of
the Nation, when it comes to exter-
minating and taking possession, it
cannot protect them; that we are
ready at moments notice and will
mix the question of determination and
possession with them. As TO that in-
famous civil rights bill, we propose to
stop that right where it is


Yours Respectfully,


RED CHEF.
Year: 1874

PURITY OF CHARACTER.-Henry
Ward Beecher draws the following
beautiful parallel:


cover the beauty of the plum and
apricot there grows a bloom and
beauty more exquisite than the fruit
itself; soft, delicate flush that over
spreads its blushing cheek. Now if
YOU strike your hand oyer that and it
is once gone, It's gone forever, for it
never grows bat once. The flower
that hangs in the morning impearled
with arrayed with jewels
once shake it, 50 that the beads roll
of, and you may sprinkle water over
it as you please, yet it can never Le
made again what it was when the
dews fell lightly upon it from Heav-
en-. On a frosty morning you may
see the panes Of glasg covered with
landscapes, mountains, lakes and
trees, blended into = beautiful fan
tastic picture. Nowlay your hands
upon the glass, and by the scratch OF
your finger or the warmth of the
palm, all the delicate tracery will be
obliterated.-So there is in youth g
beauty and purity Of character which
when once touched and defled car
never be restored; a fringe more del
icate than frost work, and which
when torn and broken will never b.
re-embroidered. A man who ha
spotted and soilcd his graments in hi


youth. though he may seek to restor,
| their color can never wholly do it
even were he to wash them with hi
tears. When a young man leave
MS father house with the blessing o
his mothers tears still wet on hi
forehead, if he once loses that h
lean never make whole again. Sucl
is the consequence Of crime. lis Ct
feet cannot be eradicated; it can onl.


be forgiven"
Year: 1874

In some Parish churches it is tho
custom 10 separate the men from tho
women. a clergyman being inter
rupted by loud talking, stopped short,
when a woman, eager for the honor
of her sex, arose and said: Your
reverence, The noise is not among US {"


so much the better" answered the
priest; 1T will be the sooner over
Year: 1874

A charitable Crncinnap man keeps
a pair Of dogs chained at his front
door, 50 that poor people who stop To
get "a bite" can be accommodated
without taking the trouble to go into
The house.
Year: 1874

smile of delight asked for the brace
lets.


"Satanw exclaimed the Duke,
1--WE can learn nothing of them"


"Whatl" shrieked the madame,
"have not recovered it? The officer
who came for the other bracelet said
the thief had been taken and the
bracelet found.'


The Duke, with an exclamation OF
amazement, sprang to his feet, and
in a husky voice besought his wife
to explain. In few words she told
him. And then with groan the
Duke dropped into a seat.


Il see it all, said he; ''the rascals
have robbed you of the second brace
let. There was no messenger sent
for the bracelet. The man TO whom
YOU gave it was no officer, but a
bolder thief than he who robbed you
first"


And so it proved. The bracelets
were never returned, and the Russ
ian Ambassador recalls the last fcte
day of the fallen Emperor with a
sigh, for it made him a poorer man
by many millions of francs than he
was when he handed his charming
wife INTO his carriage and bade his
coachman drive to the opera,
Year: 1874

The following was gathered by OBJ
servation and inquiry while building
my house the past summer, which 1
willingly give for the benefit of those
designing to build.


One thousand shingles laid four
inches to the weather will cover one
hundred square feet of surface, and FIVE
pounds of shingle nails will fasten
them on.


One-fifth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet
of surface to be covered, because OF the
lap in the siding and the matching OF
the floor.


One thousand latb viii cover seventy
yards of surface, and eleven pounds OF
lath nails will nail them on.


Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels of sand, and one busheI OF halr
will make enough of good mortar to
plaster one hundred square yards.


A cord of stone, three bushels OF
lime. and a cubic yard of sand viii lay
one hundred cubic feet OF wall.


Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on a chimney, SIX bricks
in course will make fine four inches
wide and twelve inches long, and eight
bricks in q course will make hue
eight inches wide and sixteen inches
long.-W. II. Green, IN PraiTie
Farmer.
Year: 1874

To-n9sHt the supporters Of the Baton
Rouge ticket will met at the Varieties
Theatre to ratify the nominations. Every
arrangement has been made to procure the
attendance of large crowd, and no doubt
the best orators of the party will address
the meeting. Rumor has it that, among
other proceedings to be had, the meeting
will appoint committee to interview
Governor Kellogg on the subject OF appoint
ments of registrars, etc. The committee
falling to obtain the desired concessions
from the Governor, it is said mass meet
ing will be called at Clay statue, at noon, OF
an early day, when it is proposed by some
of the hot headed ones to resolve themselves
into a committee of the whole to wait upon
the Governor, and, in case he still persists
in refusing their demands, to escort him
beyond the State lines, and places MIR. NC
Emery in the executive chair


We receive this rumor with a great deal
Of allowance, for it is no more than justice
to the able managers of the opposition to
nresume that they will hesitate before
going step too far in the direction Of open
rebellion to the laws and the constituted
authority of the State. In the meantime,
the authorities should be vigilant and pre-
pared to meet any exhibition of riotous
spirit with promptness and firmness.
Year: 1874

WAsHIEGToN, August 3l.-The Secretary
of the Treasury will make another call for
tive-twenty bonds tomorrow.


Attorney General williams Coin to Long


Branch to Consult with the President


about Southern Affairs.


The Star says Attorney General Viii
liams will leave here tonight or tomorrow
morning for Long Branch to consult with
the President with reference to the troubles
now existing in the Southern States
Year: 1874

The Treasury Department has sent q
letter to all collectors Of customs instruct
ing them not to demand or collect fees for
the oath to manifest on cargoes OF reg.
istered or licensed vessels in the coasting
trade.
Year: 1874

Net working expenses lOO "A


Tie in the gross earnings Tor the year 1914
as compared with the year 1873 is attributable TO the
general depressO OF the business OF the country which
prevailed during the greater part OF the year, and
which continues to such extent as to reduce mattr
ally the quantity of traffic over the road as well as the
rates winch be mei9taned for It'd transportatlln
comparative statement OF the working EXPENSES for
tho fiscal periods shows decrease OF Si69Jh Inc
decrease u the earnings view or The dl5Organzed
business OF the country is not excessive IN
my opinion IL less than has been realized by other
panies whose earnings depend SO largely upon the
TRANSFORMATION OF The decrease In the expenses
not In ratio equal to the decrease In earnings
The service required VI the Company not reduced D
that ratio. Tue reduction Of earnings was attributable
much reduction in the rate OF compensation as
reduction OF quantities, without involving or per-
mtiDg q reduction IN the expenses 10 the same extent


TIE entire interest and rentals payable by the Com
pany year ending Sept 3O 1874 exclusive OF tlat
payable on account the SIS OOOOJ0 of second consOl
dated mort gage bonds (he final disposition OF which
was nade by Mr. Gray, wnile in L1ndOn) amounted 10
month For the ensuing year there Will have 10 he
added to the above amount the interest on these
SIS 100000 OF bonds On the 1T OF July the hoat-
ing debt OF the Company was S234,2JS a. On the
lit OF the present mouth it was Sl52lC5 o. showing
reduction by payments TO that date out OF tae earnings
S23 TO- which has since been further reduced IN
OF 100000 leaving the present debt the sum
OF S1.42l.0l5 W only.


A comparative statement Of the earnings and ex-
uses Tor months show the following results:
Year: 1874

BRlSk dOLlDAA AAshDH'


ANIMATION IN MANY BRANCHES OF TRADE-LowER


PRICES THAN WERE KNOWN LAST YEAR BUT


LARGER sALKs-rHE HOLIDAY STOCKS OF FROM


INENT FIRMS.


Additional inquiries among refaii houses ~nicn
have been conspicuous for enterprise and active
endeavor to stimulate business during the almos
general dullness of Fall trade show that In many
branches of business there have been good returns
to saracious and energetic merchants who have
kent their claims before the public and that these
merchants are justified in expecting very busy
time for the remainder OF December from
the experience of the first part OF the
month. Their stocks are very full. and
have been bought in Europe and in this coun-
trv Of prices much lower than those of year ago.
and are consequently held at much lower rates for
disposal at retail The extensive and brilliant dis
plays of goods made in the establishments OF the
merchants referred to below show their we'll
grounded confidence in discerning public. and
show also that cramped as the times are. there is
still sufficient demand for articles Of elegance and
luxury a. well as those of homely merit. and that
the retail holiday trade of New-fork is not likely to
fall far below that of former years. except with
houses which have not made extra effort to over
come the depressing influence Of the ELECTS OF the
crisis. Ss.ss-
Year: 1874

Being decrease In earnings OF e936,354 co. and In ex
penses $194 722 H. and being working expense for
the July OF rs 610 per cent; for August, OF 6S
5l0 per for September. Of Ga 4l0 per cent for
October 81 10 cent Considering the low rate at
which all the traffic Of the country Is being
ported the reduction made ID the expenses, and the
comparative low rate OF percentage at which the road
ia being worked the results must be satisfactory. As
business OF the country revives and the movement
OF its traffic becomes active, the percentage OF
penses 10 tho earnings be rejuced other words
the road Is equal to largely increased rJlc. with
out any spOhding Increase OF expense For
pe the peuses lower than they have been at
any period OF the service my connection with the
COMPANY although the transportation receipts compare
fayora bly, with for the like period for o
last years. will appear from the following state
Year: 1874

rency. Suppose the Liverpool price in gold
to be such that no better offer can be made for
the wheat in New York than 81 90 in currency
An advance of one per cent in the rate OF ex-
change, or the addition of one per cent to the
gold premium, other things remaining the
same, would cause the wheat to be exported
Undoubtedly it is much pleasanter to see the
gold premium decline but when an increase
of S26,OO0,OOO in the legal-tender clTcula-
ton is "legalized," the country suffering
at the same time from that prOstrauon Oh
the spirit of enterprise which invariably sue
deeds panic the natural consequence OF the
abundance of paper is a rise in the price Oh
coin.


Four years ago, in November, 1870, the gold
premium was as low as ten per cent. Iester-
day it was above eleven. Who will undertake
to say what it will be in November, 1879
Importers who have goods to pay for lose by
the advance in gold and exchange, and the
revenues of the Government suffer by the IN
Jury thus done to our foreign trade, ana I'D
the end the exporters who now appear TO
profit by it, suffer from the same cause. FIuc-
tuations in prices which cannot be foreseen-
and those which arise from. the ups
and downs of the gold premium arc
generally of this character ARE most
Injurious to trade. The widespread
distress now prevalent throughout the
land is the result Of the interruption of trade.
1t is not brought about by any lack OF food
or of manufactured goods. On the contrary,
there are loud complaints of a superabundance
of BOTH But the exchanges of commodities
for each other and for labor are not made
with that freedom which the well-being of
the various classes in society requires. And
when we so back and search for the cause
of these distractions to trade, we find that
the gambling and speculation produced by
paper money luctuatlng in value and thus
breeding dishonesty, distrust, and outrageous


injustice, have a great deal to do with the
business arrangements which now affects every
class in the community.
Year: 1874

The advance of the Bank of England's mini
mum rate of discount to five per cent and the
simultaneous commencement of an export
movement OF coin from New-York to Europe,
point to higher premium on gold this Win
ter. We expect the gold premium to rise be-
cause the stock of gold at the command of the
business community is not large. and the loss
of very few millions of it would create
great scarcity should the Secretary OF the
Treasury refuse to interfere We trust that
the blunders of his predecessors will be
warning to him not to interfere in
what is emphatically no part of his busi-
ness. In commenting on the recent monthly
statements of the Public Debt we have shown
that the policy of the Secretary of the Treas
ury was such as to deplcte the banks of gold,
and indeed for a number of weeks the ten
dency of the premium has been upward.
Owing to the funding operations now going
on the official statements Of the Treasury coin
balances and gold certificates outstanding are
deceptive, the weekly averages of the New
York banks being much more TO be depended
on. The average amounts of specie reported
by the banks at the end of the second week
of November for several years back have been
"a follows.
Year: 1874

From the above it appears that there is 10
considerable surplus of coin at the command
of those who have remittances to make to
Europe. On the other hand, at the end of
the month the Syndicate have to make pay
ment of fifteen million dollars to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, while the equal
amount of bonds of 1852 called for redemp-
ton at that date will be presented for pay
ment only in part. 1t is clear, then, that
New-York will have but little gold to export
to Europe until the beginning Of the new
year.


The causes of the advance of the rate of
discount at London are connected with the
substitution of gold for silver in the coinage
of Germany and the accumulation of specie
by the Bank of France. The latter movement,
which has been in progress for nearly year,
took away the surplus specie and bullion from
England and Germany and concentrated it
at Paris, where, since the Bank does not
nav in specie, it is not accessible. The
German Government and the Bank of Prussia,
finding that their new gold coin was being
exported and melted down, advanced their
rates of interest some weeks ago with the
object of stopping the exports to France. The
Bank of England's reserve, previously some
what reduced has lately been drawn upon for
coin to export to Egypt to pay for cotton, and
the directors have now advanced their rate
from four per cent to five, i'll accordance with
long established custom.


The reasons why the prices OF bills on Lon
don have advanced at NewYork to the point
which makes it profitable to ship gold are
deserving of attention. Such All occurrence is
not usual at this time of the year. We have
been importing of late less than the usual
quantity of merchandise, but instead OF SUD-
plemcntng our exports of merchandise with
shipments of Government bonds and railroad
stocks and mortgages, we have for some time
been importing such securities. The
consequence is that the necessity now
arises of augmenting OrV exports The
prices of our great staples, grain, cotton.
provisions, petroleum, &c, are low in
Europe, and by reason of the stagnation in
the business world and limited field for the
employment of money, securities are even
higher here than they are abroad. Gold for
the moment is the cheapest article we have
TO export, but for obvious reasons it cannot
remain so. One of two things will happep
either the importation of securities will cease
or the gold premium will rise SO as to pro-
duce larger exports of grain, cotton, and pro-
visions. Suppose dealer in grain in this
city to have million bushels of wheat which
Le is willing " sell at 81 " busael il cur