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Year: 1877

arrest on the night of the 2l December ; his long
exile from public life: his return to it when
parliamentary opposition became possible, and
his protest against the declaration of war IN
1870 are all 10 he set down to his credit. But
they are hardly more than the record OF
good intentions and unavailIng efforts to undo some
of the i'll he had already done To the same period
belongs also his unhandsome opposition tn the unity
of Italy and Germany. aud his championship of the
temporal power of the Pope. His real greatness and
the period of his real usefulness To France begins
after her disasters. His journeys over Europe IN
search of an ally for France were unsuccessful, and
so were his first efforts for armistice, but hls
negotiations IN 1871 saved something for his coun
try; and his work while Chief of the Executive Power
was on a scale which entities him to have place
among European statesmen next after-with long
interval. no doubt-Prince Bismarck himself His
efforts toward the foundation of the Republic are to
be placed even higher than those by which the debt
10 Germany was paid and the soil of France freed
from hostile occupation. IL is the fashion among
Radicals-I have heard it in New-York as we'll
rs in Paris-tO reprOach him with the putting
down of the Commune, or rather with the
severity visited upon the Communists. There
WAS. perhaps. some needless killing by the
troops but the peril was Of kind which not only
justified but demanded relentless severity. The
least suspicion of completely with the Commune
would have been fatal to the Republic. The Com
munists have not forgiven this any more than the
Oreanists forgave him different proof of the same
abiding principle-his devotion TO his country; to
the whole of his country. rather than part-nor
than the Cercas forgave his refusal to be the tool
of the Ultramontaues, whose cry is Rome first,
France afterward NJ. VeuIllot, the Ultramontane
professor of charity and brotherly love, ntmates IN
his polite way that NJ. Theirs now roasting IN hell


God did not leave HIM time to die. Now see HIM,
perhaps. among those who wish they had never
lived :" The Bonapartsts hated him, "a party OF
horseiockeys and brigands might well hate the man
who stood Immovably in their reckless path to an
other reign of plumber and oppression. But the
people of France believed in him, and trusted hlm.
Here in England eulogy is on every lip, and sorrow
in all loyal hearts. I began this long letter
meaning to say something about his place
in English opinion, but l must content
myself with saying that his old animoslty
to England and dstrust and jealousy Of her has not
aienated English respect for his character orcooed
English admiration for his splendid abilities The
feeling OF profound regret for his death, and above
all for his death at this crisis, is universal among
those Engshmen-and they are the immense ma
iority-who wish well to the French Republic


G.. ". S.
Year: 1877

A grave magistrate was sitting at the table
between two coxcOmb who took IL into their heads To
attempt making the butt OF their rdicule Gentle
men" said no. plainly perceive your design; but To
save UNNECESSARY trouble must beg leave to give you
iust idea OF my character BE It known to that Am
not precisely fool altogether knave but tas you
seel something between both"
Year: 1877

A NEW NARRow-GAUGE RAILROAD
The Billerica and Bedford twenty four
inch-gauge railroad, about which SO much
interest and curiosity is entertained, is now
being rapidly constructed, so as TO warrant
the statement of Manager Mansfield that
the rails will all he laid by July l. The
stock is all subscribed for, the town of
Billerica taking quarter part OF it, and the
citizens of that town the greater part be-
sides giving the right Of way. The road
starts from the Lowell railroad at North
Billerca, passes through the central part Of
the beautifully situated old town and its
entire southwestern length near the Bed
ford and Concord railroad, giving direct
rail communication through Lexington
and Arlington to Boston. 1t has been
demonstrated in Wales and pronounced by
experts that this narrow gauge, with its
road furniture TO correspond in size and
weight, is just as practicable as one double
the width, while the cost of construction
and running expenses are cheap in proper
tion. This road Is the first one of the kind
in this country, and has special act of the
legislature. The cost of the whole 81 miles
of road, with all its equipments ready for
running, will not exceed the amount OF its
capital stock of S50,0 900. Its success will
cause new era in building cheap branch
roads in this country, where expensive
wide-gauge roads fail to pay the expense
Boston AdUeTtiSer 26th inst.
Year: 1877

The Bev. d. D. Dodge, formerly of New
Hampshire, but for six years at work
among the colored people of North Carroll
ma as an agent of The American Missionary
Association, tells the Nashua Telegraph
that the freed people are not so enthusias-
tic for education as they were, that the Pea
body fund does not help the country
s'hools which most need lis help, that the
whites really recognize the importance of
educating all classes, that everybody is
poorer than we at the North have any con-
ceptlon OF, and that the intelligent colored
men feel that the Presidents policy is the
best thing for their race.
Year: 1877

engineered by persons In tho interest Of Lerdo the
deposed President in tho hope OF involving Das IN
trouble


LATEST ETFoRTs OF THE CABINET BREAKERS.


Tho people who originate about twice . week here
rumors OF break In the Cabinet, and whose effort
Secretary Sherman adriit, this evening elected
Secretary schurz and gave him the English mission.
Unfortunately tor them tho President agree
with them. There will be no break In the Cabinet
Tho President prefers It as It is and he is the only
Cabinet maker whose opinion the subject is really
valuable. ~
Year: 1877

more Impressed with the grandeur of nature


than while sitting on those rocks down tn,


side of Tryon Mountain. Too grand t,


ieave' even now the subject tempts the per


to stay.


Back to toll, and back to the mountain


tops. Some had gone others awaited us


New muscles are now brought into play


and going down We find less fatigue, but q


greater strain upon the tendons. Now we


walk now we run, now we stop at the berry
bushes. One couple fell on steep descent,
through the slip of one of them, and the
too great haste of both and twas the tnf,y
thing worth recording on tho downward
trip, except this, that some people arc such
Slow coaches sometimes. At any rate they
got down safely to the wagon, and the wag.
on, with its contents got safely to its shed,
IN spite Of the screams which outcchoed
the rattling of its wheels


And do you know, gentle reader, that you
can now get to the very base of tic mouu.
tains, for less money and in less time than
you would cxpcnd in going to Glcnn's or
West springs, which have always seemed to
be at our very doors Do you know, that
you can take the train after the days work
is over, spend night in the mountains, and
get back in time for the next davis wn-1?
But so it Is, thanks to the opartanburg q
Asheville r. r. We have to get use to
things, and these arc facts which need yet
to be realized. The time will soon come
perhaps not this year, but come it will
when advantage will be taken of these con-
and when you have run up to
the mountains for rest and cool change,
be sure to go to the top of Tryon and to the
rocks down its side; and may there be in
your party as many interesting ladies, as
many fascinating bellies, as there were in
ours-but fewer guul-arabic beaux.
Year: 1877

A new industry Of considerable extent
and Importance has sprung up at Abbey
vile, ILL.,, under the auspices of NJ. Legris.
Pears, apples and various other fruits are
here passed through a series of manipu-
ations by which they are reduced to a
paste, which is then cut up into small
cakes about the size and shape of dom
mo, and gently dried. When required
for use it is only necessary to pour four
times their weight of boiling water upon
them, leave them in soak for twenty
minutes, and then add sugar to taste.
The delicate flavor Of the fruits thus pre-
pared is said to be perfect. No peeling
on pulping is required, and there is no
waste. Their cost is not greater than
that OF an equivalent OF the original fruit,
rising and falling somewhat according to
the scarcity or abundance Of the various
fruits in each season. They are accessible
at all times of the year, when the fruit
itself is not attainable; they keep for any
reasonable length Of time, and bear long
sea voyages without detriment. Western
Rural.
Year: 1877

A Sioux warrior once told Custer that
he could scalp him in twenty seconds by
the watch, but the general excused him
self by saying that his watch was out of
order Detroit Free Press
Year: 1877

These figures show that We may IoOh
on Thursday and Friday for the best
shooting that has ever ye: signallzed the
international matches, and If their study
excites cheerful hope in the bosom OF
every true American that the Centen.
NAL Trophy is to remain another year
in this country, it is believed the match
will not be looked forward to with any
the less interest or enthusiasm.
Year: 1877

score of 1900, while only three of the
American Team have failed to get that
aggregate.


The following table gives the total
score made by the two Teams on the dit
ferent practice days. They can be read
ily compared with the aggregate scores
made in the match year ago, and the
comparison will serve to show the pro.
press that a wear has effected
Year: 1877

By voting in the Colorado claimant the
Democrats of the House have established the
precedent that an election by the people 10 NOT
essential to the securing of seat in that body.
A popular majority in Colorado avsils nothing
against Democratic majority in the House Of
Representatives. There we're few Democrats
who protested, with their votes, against this
doctrine, hut their number was TOO small to be
of any advantage on the side of law and rea-
son.-TCin. Gazette
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.-


Tho writer OF this made a trip Wednesday afternoon
to Manhattan Beach with q lady, TOR tho purpose OF
taking bath; write this to show you my troubles In
getting my BATH After arriving l had TO stand In
long line the iorty- three minutes to get my
ticket This should not complain OF, II II not
that the time prolonged at least twenty minutes
by not respecting the line formed All the iavoritcs
and friends of the two young men ana police officer In
charge OF the windows allowed to get their tickets
anead OF tnOso IN line. When l got TO
the window l spoke Of this 10 the young
IN charge Iher answer was they cid
business to suit themselves, and II did not like II
not there again. that they had plenty patrons
that would come, they could do without chronic
growlers. Now. l would udvse tho owners to put
polite employees in this department. Alter got both
tickets had to stand second limo tor twelve
minutes making IN all nity-nve minutes before got
my costumes The dress thoy gave me was wet, aud
suppose had been used Two three times tnat day.


ana the towels were socd. concluded my trip with


light supper Tor two that cost me- ut the hotel So 10


could have got the same In any hrst class establish


ment in Brooklyn or Now York for 81 rs. W. q. n.
Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR HERALD:-


quote from your issue OF this day :"An ordinance
passed by the Common Council two years ago pro-
vdes that any police justice upon complaint made by
two or reputable ctizons,' may order the kill
ing OF any dog other animal whose barking, howl
ing, &C., may be annoying, disagreeable injurious
TO any person persons residing IN the vicinity >
Such Is the law and Ia the face Of tns law has the
manager OF the New York Aquarium, through virtue
his license, the right TO keep those bowling bark-
ing seals and lion to worry and annoy persons lv
ing In the immediate vcintyY Tho sea side aquarium
should be the receptacle Of these barkers during the
moo tbs at least; but during tue winter season
when all windows are closed the annoyance would DO
the walls of the exhibition room. Will Mr. Coup tako
this hintY SLEEPI.ESS
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


l would like TO call the attention OF tho people OF
Brooklyn who have contributed iunds toward tho new
Catholic College. which be built Baltic street.
between smith and Hoyt Streets TO the fact that nere
IL no sign OF college yet The lot remains in the
condition and is playground for the street boys
About two years ago men OF the temperance society
came around once or twice week To collect fundA
These to help build tho college, but am
sorry to say that nothing has becn done hope that
the collecting OF funds was not fraud, for II 30 good
many people have lost their money without getting
any satisfaction for IT. wish the Rev. Bishop Lough-
lin would answer this and let the people of Brook yn
know what 1t a mexna A CONTRIBUTOR.
Year: 1877

fNorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by tho writer's full name and address 70
insure attention. Complsnsnts who are unwilling to
comply with this ruo simply waste time IN writing.
Writo on only one sdc OF the paper.-ED HERALD
Year: 1877

makeshift. II is the part of wisdom to build
bridges TO Withstand storm and flood to do
our work for all time. This is the way God
works. II is the way He recommends to
man. The business man who is eager TO be
suddenly rich by some gigantic speculation


is not consulting his best interests. Let
him move more slowly, and he shall move
more surely. lie that maketh haste to be
rich" says the wisest man of antiquity,
"shal not be innocent" and considereth
not that poverty shall come upon him."
Those most successful in business are those
whose plans have covered years. The same


is true in all departments of life. The wise
statesman considers not so much immediate
political success, as permanent national ben.
efits The faithful mother looks forward


into the distant future when her children
shall have reached years of maturity and
usefulness, and bears cheerfully the inter
venng drudgery and care. The devoted
minister forms broad plans of labor which
include not simply the startling impressions
of to-day, but the sowing of religious truth
which may be growing in the hearts of his
people for years before it reaches its abun-
dant fruitage. We must take time to ac
compish results. We must work less for
the immediate and transient, and more
for the permanent. Modern artillery is
made TO be fired under the sights of the tel.
escope. A like fashion should prevail in all
departments of activity, secular and re-
ligious we should increase our range, and
take our aim beyond the reach of our un-
aided vision.-Sermon By Rec addison =.
Foster
Year: 1877

There are many who are very Jealous, very
regular, very orthodox, amazingly dilligent
in upholding the church, shocked at false
doctrine or irregular practice; but they are
bitter intolerant, unloving, and even ma
lignant. In vain you listen for the soft an
swer that turneth away wrath in vain you
look for the sympathetic spirit that consid-
ers the case OF others, or the charity that suf-
fers long and is kind, Hard to their ser
wants, exacting TO all their dependents, nurs-
ing hatred, and cherishing the memory of
wrongs, they are as bad as the disciples who
would have called down fire from heaven to
consume the Samaritan village. Well for
them if they hear the Masters rebuke in
this life they run such risk of hearing
in awful tones on a future day-"l never
knew you depart from me, ye that work
iniquity." On the other hand we some
times find both men and women deficient
in many ways but rich in spirit of minis
tering. We find them, perhaps, in churches
Of which we do not think well, or in connec-
tion with creed we abhor. Let us not for
such reasons think little of their spirit, but
rather magnify the grace of Him who makes
the flower to bloom in the desert and the
birch and pine tree TO spring from cleft OF
the naked rock And for ourselves, surely,
the rich lesson must bell The desert or the
rock can show such ir0itiul plants, how
much richer fruit should be found on those
in reference to whom God asks, "What could
have been done 10 my vineyard, that ! haye
not done in it,"-Sermons By Rer. !. Serpire,
Year: 1877

How inadvertently spoken, and yet how
frequently with serious and painful results.
How many hearts has an idle word severed
how many broken For true is it that
thoughtless expression will make break
between those that fate in its visitations
could not divide; hearts that would have
struggled together through the storms of
life, that would have clung TO each other for
strength when its buffetings had almost over
whelmed them-that would have braved all
the changes OF fiuctuating fortunes, aud still
see IN their own unchanging love gleam of
brightness through the blackest cloud And
YET an idle eword-one-has separated hearts
like these. The breach once made others
step in to make it wider and wider: false
pride. mistaken feelings the sudden bitter
ness the heart can feel even toward those IT
loves, all aid the work of cruelty; the dis
tance increases day by day, until finding it
impossible to return, like the wrecked
mariner, they give up in despair, and sit
down to mourn over their fate, careless, it
seems, whether they live or die. And this
is not the romance of youthful affection,
though there is perhaps more suffering from
the early disappointments Of the heart than
the more serious one after life produces.
No, it is witnessed in the experience of
every one; in the friendships of life, in the
family circle in business what misunder-
standings, what ruptures, what chickering's,
strifes and irreconclable differences have
arisen from one idle word it may have
been spoken in jest, in spirit of levity, in
an attempt to be witty, or it may have been
said innocently or inadvertently, with no
motive and no intent, and still, for some
cause of which you were totally ignorant, a
certain party applied the remark, and in a
moment firebrand was kindled Jokes are
dangerous articles to play with; they are a
sort of mouth grenades that are apt to ex-
plode before you are aware of it. A joker
should understand the nature of his COM
pany well, before he introduces his Jokes. He
may suppose they will recommend him to
favors, but he is frequently mistaken. The
man who labors to be witty loses his breath
and is considered to have rather weak
mind. Never was there truer sentence
written, and one which, view it in every
way, must result in the same conclusion,
that "a silent tongue showeth wise head"
Year: 1877

Make no apologies. If you have the
Lords message, deliver it; if not, hold your
peace Have short prefaces aud introduce
tions. Say your best things first, and stop
before you get prosy Do not spoil the ap-
petite for dinner by too much thin soup
Leave self out of the pulpit and take Jesus
in. Defend the gospel and let the Lord
defend you and your character If you are
lied about, thank the devil for putting you
on your guard and take care that the story
shall never come true. Let your beard
grow. Throw away your cravat. If you
do not swami to break " make your shirt
collar an inch larger, and give your blood d
chance to flow back to the heart. Do not
get excited too soon. Do not run away from
your hearers. Engine driving-wheels fly fast
with no load, but when they draw anything
they go slower. 1t takes cold hammer to
bend a hot iron. Heat up the people, but
keep the hammer cool. Do not bawl and
scream. Too much water stops mill wheels,
and too much noise browns sense. Empty
vessels ring the loudest. Powder isn't shot.
Thunder isn't lightning Lightning kills.
If you have lightning you can afford to
thunder But do not try to thunder out of
an empty cloud. Do not scold the people.
Do not abuse the faithful souls who come to





who do not come. Preach the best to small
est assemblies Jesus preached to one woman
at the well, and she got all Samaria out to
hear Him next time. Ventilate your meet
ing-room. Sleeping in church is due to bad
air oftener than to bad manners Do not
repeat sentences, saying, " as said before"
If you said it before say something else after.
Leave out words you cannot define. Stop
your defamation and talk to folks. Come
down from your stilted ways and sacred
tones, and "become as little child" Change
the subject if it goes hard. DO not tire
yourself and every one else out. DO not
preach till the middle of your sermon buries
the beginning and is buried by the end.
Beware of long prayers, except in the closet.
Where WEAKNESS begins devotion ends. Look
people in the face and live so that you are
not afraid of them. Take long breaths.
Fill your lungs and keep them full. Stop
to breathe before the air is exhausted. Then
you will not finish off each sentence-ah, with
a terrible gasp-ah, as if you were dying for
ar-ah, as some good people do-ah, and so
strain their lungs-ah, and never find it out-ah,
because their friends dare not tell them-ah,
and so leave them to make sport for the
Philistines-ah Iuhate your lungs 1t is
easier to run a saw-mill with full pond
than it is with an empty one. BE moderate
at first. Hoist the gate a little way when
you are half through raise little more;
when nearly done put on full head of water.
Aim at the mark. Hit it Stop and see
where the shot struck and then fire another
broadside. Pack your sermons. Make your
words like bullets A board hurts a man
worse if it strikes him edgewise.-!Seiected.
Year: 1877

There are times when everything seems to
go wrong. From seven o'clock in the morn
ing till ten o'clock in the evening affairs are
in twist. You rise in the morning and
the room is cold, and button is off and the
beefsteak is tough and the stoves smoke and
the pipes burst, and you start down the street
nettled from head to foot All day long
things are adverse. lnsinuations, petty
losses, meanness on the part of customers.
The ink bottle upsets and spoils the carpet.
Some one gives wrong turn to the damper
and the gas escapes. An agent comes in de-
termined to insure your life, when it is
already insured for more than it is WORTH
and you are afraid some one will knock you
on the head to get the price of your policy


but he sticks to you, showing you pictures
of old Time and the hour-glass and deaths
scythe and a skeleton, making it quite GER
tain that you will die before your time I'M
less you take papers in his company. Be
sides this you have cold in your head and
a grain of dirt in your eye, and you are
walking uneasiness. The day is out of
joint, and no surgeon can set it. The prob
ability is that if you would look at the
weather vane you would find that the wind
is northeast, and you might remember that
you have lost much sleep lately 1t might
happen to be that you are out of joint in
stead of the day. Be careful and not write
many letters while you are in that irritable
mood. You will pen some things that you
will be sorry for afterward. Let us remem.
ber that these spiked nettles of life are part
of our discipline. Life would get nause-
ating if it were all honey. The table would
be poorly set that had on it nothing but
treacle. We need a little vinegar, mustard
pepper and horse-radish that brings the tears
even when we do not feel pathetic. If this
world were all smoothness we would never
be ready for emigration to higher and bet
ter. clustering March and weeping April
prepare us for shining May. This world
is hitching-post. Instead of tying fast on
the cold mountains we had better whip up
and hasten on toward the warm inn, where
our good friends are looking out of the win
dow, watching to see us come up.