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Year: 1874

Litigation to satisfy all contracts or en-
" gagements expressed in terms of money
"by the payment of specific quantities
"Of gold and silver coin of certain
" fineness, is the cardinal principle of all
"sound monetary legislation" is the language
of Mr.. Tooke, and the same author makes the
following weighty observation, which should
be taken for the cornerstone of all currency
reform: "There is indeed no conclusion more
"fully established by the concurrence of uni
"versal experience, and sanctioned by the
"practice of mankind. from the dawn of
civilization to the present time, than that
gold and silver form the best instrument of
exchange, and the best standard or principle
"Of limitation that can be deUised for every form
"of credH.' 1t is precisely because our credit
system for the six years from the end OF 1858
to the end OF 1872 had not the benefit OF that
natural regulator of credit, that such an ex-
cessive amount of debt was incurred by indi-
vlduals and corporations. When the war
closed, the indebtedness of individuals and
corporations was not difficult to deal with (;
but in the times that followed, it has grown
to be the monstrOus evil we now see. Had
we been subject to what Mr.. TOOke calls the
principle of limitation" OF money having
a stable value. the extraordinary facilities for
incurring debt could not, probably, have sub
sisted for 80 long a time as six years, and
such fluctuations in the value of given num-
Der of legal tender dollars as we have wit
messed would have been absolutely impossible.


We have improved upon the bloody expe-
dients of the Florentine Republic. Assassina-
ton and duplicity are no longer the most
efficient allies of the statesman, yet many OF
the observations of Machiavelli remain richly
ornamented with the imperishable gold of
wisdom. Why should we, having Outgrown at
least highway robbery and murder as instru-
ments Of state-craft, resort to the barbarous
usages and exploded fallacies of the Middle
Ages in the regulation of our money! Are we
in this art and science to fall back upon the
delusions of John Law and the rascalities OF
Louis XIV7 Give us honest money, for with
out it there can be no fair dealing between
debtor and creditor.
Year: 1874

come homo and say to his constituents,
"have put money in your pockets; have
I" traded off my vote in your interest,"" and
expect their approval and Endorsement. 1t Is
precisely this spirit, this tendency to pure
materialism in politics, this assumption that
the Government Treasury is a sort of grab
"bag," and the best Congressman is he who
grabs most for his constituents and himself,
that the people are rising up against. Mr..
Butler states it clearly and presents it forri-
bly,. 1t is for the Republicans in his district
to say whether he shall put the stamp OF his
own genius upon the party. And after they
have said, it will be for the party itself to ac-
cept it or not.
Year: 1874

" themselves; who have acquired place ano
"power under pretense Of especial friendship
g for the blacks, but really for personal gam.
"These mercenaries have not only degraded
themselves, but have done incalculable mis-
chief to the new citizens created under the
Fifteenth Amendment by teaching them the
"venaity they themselves have so impudently
"practiced" 1t is evident that the outrage
business is not considered profitable in New
Year: 1874

John ID. Sanborn still contrives to get a
bare living out of the Treasury Department.
1t does not appear that the Collectors are
under orders to turn over all their business
to him, however, though he has grown more
modest than of yore. Ten per cent is all he
asks now for recovering Government dues,
and he no longer goes halves in the United
States Revenue.
Year: 1874

The Third Triennial Reunion of the Army
of the James was a very pleasant affair. Moth
ing that could raise a question was permitted,
and the proposal to urge the reopening of Fitz-
John Porters case was laid on the table.
There were many interesting addresses,
and Gen. Butler enlarged upon the
value of the Dutch Gap Canal, now
the main avenue of Richmond's commerce, and
that would have let the monitors in above
Fort Darling if the United States commander
further down the river had only been willing


A really admirable poem by DR.. j. G. Holland
added greatly to the success of the meeting
Year: 1874

is an evidence of the strong hold that faith
in close communion has upon the members OF
the Association. but the Baptist Churches are
independent bodies and under no ecclesiastical
control.
Year: 1874

WESTERN LUMBERMEN AND THE RAILROADS.
A few days ago the Pennsylvania Lumber
mems Convention threatened the railroad cor
porations of that state with a movement similar
to that of Grangerism, if they did not cease to
discriminate against them in the matter of
freghts from the West to the seaboard, and now
the northwestern lumbermen have taken the
matter up, but they propose to retaliate in
different manner Their idea is to build thsir
own roads to the pineries, and thus become in =
dependent OF the present railroad organizations
This Is sensible way Of overcoming the diff
cultes OF transportation. But it is by no means
new one. Some of the most prominent rail-
roads, and the most profitable in this country
were organized for this purpose, and have
grown into powerful corporations The unoc
cnpled and unimproved tracts of lumber in the
United States far exceed in extent that of the
coal lands, and yet the coal interest owns and
controls some of the most profitable railroads
and canal property in the United States. Tho
value OF lumberiis nearly equal to that of coal,
and Tor practical purposes has become almost
as great necessity. The power which the
lumber interest controls, to.d day, is as great or
greater than that of coal at the time when coal
was ignored as paying freight, and the coal
interests were obliged to build their own rail-
roads. This war of interests between the great
producers and the great carriers of the country
is fast approaching that point where its settle
ment will settle the question, and solve the
problem of cheap transportation, and beyond
this the question of eventually making high
ways of our railways. Under the later general
and special railroad laws individuals and cor
porations have speedy remedy, and not only
the great canal and lumber interests, but the
grain interest of the country can better be pro-
tected by protecting their own interests, than
by a continual warfare with the railroad cor
porations.-Boston Traveller.
Year: 1874

PUBLIC SCHOoLs.-There is a measure OF
wisdom in these sentences from the Provi-
dence Press concerning the present school
system:


We think two things; first, that children
should have courses suited to their crcum-
stances and capacities, and that there should
be different school systems adapted to these
demands. As we look over the educational
field, it seems to us as if the wind had set in a
new direction, and had shifted from the lit
erary to the scientific quarter. To catch the
breeze all schools are accommodating them
selves to the new demand; as if schools were
pure competitors for the same patronage.
The great difficulty likely to be encountered
in our schools, and even in our colleges, is
from their tendency to all follow one pattern,
as if all schemes of education had one issue.
We shall not perfect our system until we
recognize that education has departments,
and that all schools of the same grade in re-
spect to age ought not to pursue the same
course. If boy is to be trained for ripe
scholarship and general culture, ne ought not
to be put at the same course as boy who, at
the age of twelve or fourteen, is to 90 into
business or trade. Our academies should
not compete with our high schools, our col
leges need not prescribe the same course for
all undergraduates.
Year: 1874

The Brooklyn Eagle says that the discus
sion of Lady Macbeth comes in with the
buckwheat, and then proceeds to register its
conviction that Miss Clara Morris is right in
thinking that Lady Macbeth was very charm
ing, and wooed not compelled her husband to
murder Duncan.
Year: 1874

In view of the prevalence of birds ON la
dies hats, this season, wouldn't some milli-
ner make fortune by putting on the brim Of
hat whole poultry yard, with horse
looking at it through stable window? We
charge nothing for the suggestion.
Year: 1874

if they do engage in such commerce, they,
by doing so, subject themselves to the un-
limited control of Congress, Such are the
views of an able Judge and author, who
has made the law of railways speciality
for lifetime. He has pointed out a
great evil, and shown that it can be consti-
tutionally remedied by the Legislatures Of
the States, or by Congress. He thinks
Congress the proper power to interfere,
and assures business men that we shall
never have successful railway system un
til it is brought efficiently under its control
l-ChicaQ0 Tribune.
Year: 1874

Double breasted frock coats will be
worn more than ever as a general semi
dress garment, cut rather short in pre-
portion in the waist, and very long in
the skirts, to button three or even
four buttons, plain facings, and bound
narrow or silk breast facings and fiat
braided, for a smarter coat Waist
coat single breasted, with step-eollar,
to button medium high, if of the same
goods, or double-breasted white vesi,
showing above the turnover Of the CO
lapel. In London it is now quite the
style to wear rough fancy checked che
viot trovsers, with frock coat, but
here quiet, neat stripe, or small check
will be preferred. In morning coats,
the principal change is to have them
button very high, with short collar and
small, worn three or four buttons but
toned, and moderately we'll cut away
from the lower button. Flaps On the
hips are not generally worn, if the gar
ment be Of the finer goods. This coat
is likely to be the exception here, and
will only be worn by those who affect
the extreme English style Of dressing.


For undress, business and travelling
suits. checks, Of which there is an in
finite variety, in every shade and size,
will be the prevailing style, and made
up principally as reefng jackets or
morning coats, with pockets, underfaps
and vests with no collar, to button
high. Chevlots are very much worn
in Europe, and will be very fashionable
for entire suits or trousers. There isa
decided inclination to depart from the
"dressy" style of goods so long prevail
ent here, and before another season
comes round we shall find our best men
wearing this class Of goods. They are
now made in very stylish patterns, and
will improve every season with the IN
creased demand. In overcoats the
frock or surtout will be worn more than
formerly, made to button four buttons,
and very long in the skirts. All coats
are made longer than last season. In
trousers there is little or no change
They are still cut easy and straight to
the leg, rather loose from the thigh
down, and with no spring at the bot
toms. Side pockets are preferred.
Year: 1874

when Wall street shall nave become assured
that no steps looking an early resumption
Of specie payments are likely 10 be taken. The
more consider your plan the better become sat
isned thar, In the absence OF more complete ar
rangement, we might manage Tor while with
vlsers Will have the wisdom to see the Importance
OF the measure and to secure the passage
through Congress, Immediately upon the opening
not in any wise inter ere with. but wonld prepare
the way Tor any more complete act which might
should be any disposition evlnced to do anything
at all In this direction. Yours, very truly,


HARD MONEY.
Year: 1874

BOARD WANTED.-A GENTLEMAN WISHES TO
ID obtain board for himself and family with some good
farmer: two required; farm must be within forty
miles OF New York; Long Island preferred will take
board Immediately. Address MERCHANT. box 2Ol
Herald office
Year: 1874

THE HARDSHIP OF WORK.-Murat Hal
stead. one Of the most practical of American
journalists. gives as bis recipe to make capl-
talist-Sixte-n hours Ot work per day. for SIX
teen years; and it may be considered infallible.
The good indefatigable worker is sure. some
day to become q capitalist, to greater or less
extent. All our great men are great workers
No man ever achieved eminence who commenc-
ed BY reducing his hours Of labor to the small
est number per day. and no man ever worked
very hard and attained fortune. who did not
look back upon bis working days as the hap.
piest Of his life.


The fact il, work is the best thing we have
got and the more we can do, the better it is
for us; not in money point Of view alone. but
from moral and intellectual point OF view.
Work is not hardship; it is the want of it
that is the hardship.


How good work is to US. how many good
things it brings to us! 1t lightens our griefs,
sooth-s our disappointments, and brightens the
darkest day as nothing else can. 1t gives US
home. friends. good things to eat. clothes to
wear. pleasant affects for the eyes to rest upon
II makes us able to crafty tho wishes Of those
nearest and dearest to us, and it constantly
makes the world better to look at and better
to live in


Let us magnify work. then. love and honor
work. not whine over it. and complain Of it
Let us sing it's praises. rejoice over it, and show
our real appreciation Of all it is and all 1t does
for us, by doing our share Of it well, by put
ting the best that is in us into our work. ant
leaving it as memorial of which we shall no
be ashamed-H Hearth and Home.
Year: 1874

Though the day has nearly past,


Sit not down with folded hands,
Labor while the hours shall last


While shall flow lies golden sands
Life is changeful-ever brief


Oh. improve each fieeting span,
Turn, each day, some brighter leaf,


Measure time by deeds to mani
Know'st thou not some burdened soul
Fettered by disease and pain2
Point to him the heavenly goal


Bid him rise and strive again;
Know'st thou not a dropping heart,
Sinking meath misfortune's blight
Go, and friendships wamrth impart-
Give to him ray of light.
We are not to know the way


God shall work liie's problem out
Let lis labor while we may,


Trusting him, nor have a doubt;
And with love for all mankind,


Resting not till life be through
Let us work, when we shall find


Something still for us to do.
Year: 1874

man, shat you have forgotten me;
but though only saw you once l
am sure l should recognize you any
where. especially your voice,-lt is
so much Ike my mothers" These
words at once brought before the
lady ,he young man of the drinking
saloon; and they both burst into
tears, and wept in mingled sadness
Of joy. When the first gush of their
feelings was over, he sat down, and
told TIE lady how those few gentle
words sHe spoke to him had been
the means OF saving him from a
drtnksrdis grave. Your earnest
assurance, Not lost forever follow
ed me wherever l went, and seemed
to be the voice Of my mother speak
ing to me from the tomb. I resolved
to repent Of my sins, and to live as
Jesus and my mother would have
me; and, by the grace of God, I
have been enabled to do So"


Oh, how happy that lady must
have been What Joy filled her
heart, that she had been bold enough
to speak to that drunken stranger in
the street And were the gentle and
low voices of women-"an excellent
thing in them"-oftener to utter such
words of hope, how many more
might be saved from the drunkard's
awful end Let us remember, then,
my young friends, how much a good
word iitly spoken may DO; and let
us try hard to learn the art of speak
ing it.
Year: 1874

Since women's work in missions
has become a recognized necessity,
and found responce in so many hearts
anxious for the Masters service, the
thoughtful mind, looking into the fu-
ture, has asked, who shall carry on
this work, when the ranks now form


ing shall have been thinned by death.
Cannot our children be educated in
regard to missions TO such an extent
that preliminary drill and training,
before understanding their actual
work, may be avoided? Can they
not by judicious education grow up
into the ranks, their service overlap
ping that of their mothers, SO that
there may be no interruption OF plans
no flogging in the aggressive move
ments OF our mission band? The


answer to these questions must be
found with the mothers now inter
ested in the work. 1t is for us TO
devise ways and carry out plans
that will permanently interest the
children of our families and churches
What nobler work, or more inspir-
ing task How impressible the char
acter of child in the mothers hands
to mould for all good influence, all
high and holy ambitionsl My dear
sisters, let US pray the childrn's Sa-
viour for his benediction upon a
work SO nearly akin to his own


Let US feel assured that the ministry
of childhood is peculiarly acceptable
to Him, who, while on earth, gave
such marked and repeated proofs o.
his love for the little one, and whose
saddened spirit was cheered by theil
sweet hosannas. lie uses a little
child as fitting illustration of the
state of those who hoped to be called
by his name, or enter into HE king
Year: 1874

The Christian Reuieo believes
that ministers are bound to obey the
ten commandments as well as lay.
men, and that they have no right to
work seven days in the week. AS
they cannot take Sunday as their
rest day, they should set apart some
other day.


mo man can work seven days in
the week without violating the law
of God; and no man can violate the
law Of God with impunity-even if
he is a clergyman. Settle upon a
day. Most ministers will take Mon
day; the wise ones will take Satur-
day. Lay aside all parochial cares.
Turn the key on the study. Shut up
the books of theology. If you read,
take useful books for your compan-
ions; but better yet, take none atall.
Go into the garden; go into the car
penter's shop; go into the woods;
sleep; think as little as possiblei
mediate rather than think; let the
mind lie fallow; dismiss sermons,
studies, parish work and parish du-
ties, and account every attempt on
their part to obtrude on your chosen
restday temptation Of Satan to be
resisted; and you will be astonisned
to find, after a years experience,
with what freshness and vigor and
mental vitality you will assume the
duties that you had laid aside, and
how the work that had grown wear
isome will become an inspiration and
delight"
Year: 1874

There lived in a mining district in
England poor miner, who had an


only and loving son. 1t was gener-
ally the custom of this miner, when
he went down daily into the bowels
of the earth to quarry out there the
valuable metals for his employers,
to take with him his child. And
then at evening, after the days work
was ended, they were both drawn
up to the surface by bucket and
rope, and then returned to their hap
py home. One evening, as they
were being drawn up from the mine
as usual, the father heard cracking
noise above them. He looked up,
and saw that the rope was breaking,
and that now only three or four
strands of it held him and his darling
child from destruction. What was
to be done? Not a moment was to
be lost for maniiestly the rope was
not strong enough to bring them
both TO the surface, aud therefore eli
ther one of them, or both, must per


ish. Immediately the fond parental
instincts of that fathers heart deter


mined upon what he would do. lie
Year: 1874

dom.


The missionary work Of children
is largely that Of learners; they, or we,
will not be interested in what we
know nothing about. The immoral
tendencies of street.-the lie mainly in
the fact that the child becomes so
familiarized with evil, that it clings
to him almost beyond counteraction.
To fill our chilGren's minds with
what we desire them to know, to
stimulate them by the history Of no.
bic examples, such as we would have
them to be, to develop such man
hood and womanhood as God will
deligh6 TO honor, is our first and pc
culiarly our home work. We must
teach them the command of God
to show them that the blessings re-
ceived from the religion of Christ
impose upon them high and sacred
obligations to give the knowledge
of our Saviour to those in darkness.
They must be shown the contrast in
their TEMPORAL and spiritual condi-
ton with that of heather children,
many of whom are destroyed i'll in
fancy, or live to endure a iate wolse
than death. Particularly must the
daughters OF this land be shown
their heather sisters, many Of whom
from birth to death, are slaves to the
caprice OF Others.


To further this part ofthe children's
work, every Christian family should
have regular mutual reading OF
some inspiring missionary life. Let
the family sit together on Sabbath
afternoon, and one of the children
read aloud the history OF some mis-
sionary or mission. Reading in this
way for months will not only inform
them OF the principal facts of our
missions, but create taste that will
be the foundation Of their own read
ing in after years. Who of us can
not trace much Of our own interest to
the Sunday afternoon reading of
'Onc ago, when the marvellous story
If Aan II. Judson and the sainted
BOar,lman formed the theme Of dis
course through many twilight hour
We can but think the right arm Of
our strength lics in the reform of our
children's reading. Missionary BIZ
ogra, HES are almost banished from
our Sunday school libraries, or, if
found on the list, stand on the libra
rian's shelves unsoiled, while the
more fiippant stories, in which the
wholesome dose of instruction is SO
sweeiened, find eager readers. Home
influence must correct this MOI bid
appetite, and furnish stronger
thoughts for our children, till heal
thier moral tone is established, and
they from choice seek worthier books


When their young hearts are en-
listed in the suferings of heathen
children, then will come the natural
impulse to help and giving will be
privilege, not merely duty. Let
the magnitude of the object be fully
understood by them, and an intelll-
gent and willing responce will be
received: and The Lord loyeth such
cheerful givers.-1Lrs. &. Pan Ht-
sen, III Heipiag Hand.
Year: 1874

night speak of proceeding against the


Chronicle publishers for civil damages
for false Imprisonment and for arrest
OH Il general warrant


The affair of yesterday is one of the
bruta! use of personalities i'm journal
ism. against which the community has
often protested but allowed its protests
to be disregarded. Now that it has cul-
minated i'll an emanation too gross to
be tolerated, now that life Las been
jeopardized, it is to be hoped the peo-
pie will throw off their Slur~ishncss
and stamp their disapproval of attacks
on private character. An example has
been set in making wholesale arrest.
and it should hereafter be the duty of
every citizen, when maligned, to in
woke the aid of the law in the same
manner.
Year: 1874

DoDo OR No.-The great question as
to whether or no dodo is at this time
in actual existence is exciting the live
liest interest in scientific circles in Eng
land. We published few days ago
report to the effect that such bird had
been found alive in the Navigator Is
lands of the South Sea, and sent to Hon.
olulu ON its way to Europe. This same
fact was made known in England, and
awakened the instant opposition of those
who preferred to believe that the dodo
was extinct. Professor Owen, who is
certainly an authority on every point
relating to animated nature, and is
supposed to be particularly learned on
extinct beasts and birds, maintains that
the Honolulu dodo is no dodo at all, but
only a dodlet. We may assume that
dodlet is the diminutive of dodo, as gos-
ling of goose; and this theory is support
ed by the learned professor who goes on
to say that the extinct dodo was six
times larger than the living dodlet. Mr..
Owen having written quarto volume
on the dodo 1t is scarcely possible to go
behind his dictum; so there is nought
left for ordinary mortals to do but to
mourn the hopes that have deceived
them, and to continue to glide through
this vale of tears uncheered by even
passing glimpse of the formida BILE fowl
of former days.
Year: 1874

The custodian of what had been Carl
baldi's straw-stuffed bed in Ischia, was
heard to mutter on seeing lady carry
ing away a few straws as relict, "They
will do it I've stuffed it six times al
ready since the general left"