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Year: 1874

The very cruel way in which buders allow
their stones and bricks TO be hauled is a matter


which demands the most urgent and decisive


action ut the Society tor the Provention OF Cru


city to Animals reform which cannot lie too


quickly made. Let htws be passed without delay


and after sufficient tame has been allowed to


make wagons suitable iot hauiIn!: heavy stones,


Impose Il line on ali who aid Ia auy way to break


the backs and oNerstraln the nerves, and III visit


Ing such refined torture we daily see goin:.


On around rs Oh the helpless creatures who cau-


NOT speak to defend theinselves, but just AS sure


ID there Is God above US will we have TO an


swer tor the treatment given them. A gentleman


frum the northern states assured us that nothing
OF the Kind goes On there. The northerneIs


manage Ia this way. wagon with a shaft OF
pole attached to the center and two horses TO
bear the weight which the stupidity of onr peo.
pio string ahead Ut ths shaft horse, and hich l.
perfectly useless as to helping bssr the weight
Allow me to give an instance OF an affair occur


ring In orr city not long ago, show ing the terrible
weight which the one shaft horse bears,-a cart
loaded heavily with stones was passing down Il
horse swaying from side TO side and trembiinTiy


afraid where next to plant his foot and Two mo,
horses strung ON ahead, entirely useless iu The
lnatter OF helping when The cart Ieached the
bottom OF the hill misplaced stone iu the gutter
caused the foot OF the shaft horse TO come down
heavily and the leg To- snap ia two. Think OF it,
all you builders and contractors will you Logger
bear the laugh and the scorn with which sensible
| men view thing SO stupidity managed


MANAGER ). r. &. A
Year: 1874

The Herald Of Health SAYS "Ifa child want,
light TO go TO sleep by give it one. The sort
OF Spartan hrmness which walks off and take
away the candle, and shuts all the doors be
tween the hOushold cheer and warmth and tb,
pleasant stir of evening mirth, and leaves a
little son Oh daughter to hide Its head under
the bedclothes, and get to sleep as best it can
Is not at all admirable Not that the dear
mother means to be- cruel when she tries this
or that hardening process, and treats human
nature as IL it were clay to be moulded into
any shape she please. Very likely she has no
causes, for pehraps her heat aches; but She
perseveres, thinking she is doing right Chill :
dren are often obliged TO endure a great
amount of unnecessary hardship by being sub
jected to aasurd methods OF discipline " hich
every good mother ought 10 avoid
Year: 1874

The decision of the United States Cir


cult judge, Woods, in New Orleans, a tele-


graphic synopsis Of which is published


elsewhere, has removed the last obstacle to


a complete and thorough consummation of


some Of the most important of the many


measures Of reform SO ably conducted by


the Kellogg administration, and which


have Won for that government the univer-


sal gratitude and respect of the whole peo-


pie Of Louisiana, irrespective OF party


The decision in question affirmed the legal


ity and cOnstitutionality of the funding bill,


which proposes the issuing Of new series


Of bonds at the rate OF sixty cents on every


hundred cents Of the old Indebtedness. 1t


is well known that many of the bonds is


sued by, Governor Kellogg's predecessor,


WarmOth, were issued without any valid


consideration on the part of the State, and
apart from any question as to the legality
of their issue, the impoverished CON
dltiOn of the State, consequent to the
ravages of war and four years of bad
government, compelled a compromise with
its creditors on an equitable basis, or a re-
pudiation Of the whole debt, to prevent
universal bankruptcy. The old bonds, it is
stated on trustworthy authority, cost the
present holders an average of forty cents
on the dollar. In some few cases they may
have cost more, but the figure mentioned
will in all probability, cover the average
cost of the same. Under the provisions of
the funding bill in question the validity and
prompt payment OF the principal and inter
est OF the new bonds to be issued is to be
by an article in the constitution
Of the State, which has already passed the |
Legislature unanimously, received the ap
proval of the Governor, and will be sub |
nitted for ratification by the people at the |
election this fall, when it will doubtless, |
rom present indications, receive an almost |
unanimous Endorsement.


In addition to this guarantee by constitu-
ional amendment, the holders of these
bonds are relieved from vexatious annoy
.nces by provision of this law inhibiting
my of the State courts from interfering in |
my way with the prompt payment of the
anne. The importance of this financial
Measure is already apparent in the in
reased value of State securities, which
we're recently quoted at nominal figure,
nd the enhanced value of real estate,
which short time since sold for an amount
ess than the taxes due upon the same.
When it shall be known that Congress has
rmly set its face against any change in the
resent State government, the germs of re-
orm and future prosperity go aptly sown
y the Kellogg administration will be Quick.
ned into living realization which will re-
ect credit, not alone upon the Republican
arty of Louisiana, but OF the entire ma
Republican, March %.
Year: 1874

On the sixth Of this month, that is next
Monday, will be unveiled the monument
erected to the memory of the Confederate
dead in Greenwood Cemetery. Appropriate
Mr.. Ogden will deliver the address, and
the ceremony OF dedication will be con-
ducted by the highest church dignitaries
The Ladies Association have. we under
stand, succeeded in obtaining the necessary
ordnance to fire minute guns.
Year: 1874

They have been fooling blind lecturer
IN Pennsylvania. He was allowed to talk
for an hour to an empty house. He was
deeply grateful for the quiet attention
given his discourse. but admitted that an
occasional sound of appreciation would not
have been unwelcome,
Year: 1874

When one considers for moment that there
is no party line whatever to-day, except that
which separates those who hold Office from
those who do not, the buncOmbe of resOlu-
tons and addresses seems very fat, stale, and
improbable. During the war, when there were
principles at stake and men separated into
parties for or against great cause, it was
well enough to indulge in battlefield rhetoric
and impassiOned appeals. That was time
when men were hot and earnest in their be-
liefs when blows were exchanged and blood
flowed, and the agony and pain were real.
Then you knew when your neighbor called
himself Republican or " Democrat"
what he believed in; something OF
the policy he supported and the prin-
ciples he espoused. His political desig-
nation gave him status, an attitude
you knew pretty nearly what he favored and
what he opposed; on important political ques-
tions You knew where to put your finger on
him. But now, call man Democrat" what
does it meant 1t does not define his relation
TO any question of finance or political econ
omy, currency or tariff to any policy of ad-
ministration or system Of reform to anything
indeed under the whole heaven except the
other side, which he consistently votes
against, and the Offices, in which he con-
stantly calls for a new deal. No more is
there any meaning to the name Republican,"
as applied to the politician or voter. Who
knows by that definition whether the voter
Is for or against initiation, for or against
Civil Service Reform, for or against
local self-government what indeed is
do
tionf 1t means nothing whatever except
that the citizen so described is In favor of
keeping the POst-Offices and Custom houses in
their present hands-not always indeed SO
much as that.


In this state of affairs we can only expert
ence sense of profound pity for the Commit
tee people who are just now trying to rally
the forces on either side and excite them to
enthusiasm by repeating the old war-cries.
Here for instance is the Democratic State
Committee of Missouri, calling with
great solemnity a State Convention to
nominate State officers, and adding thereto
a column and a half of what they cal
an address in regard to the pros
"pects of the future" further purpose of
which is "to advise briefly the course of
"policy which in our judgment should
abe pursued in the coming canvass"
This Committee is of the opinion
that cit is no time to doubt or
ito hesitate" They confidently assert that
"by the Democratic party alone, through the
"ascendency of its principles, can the nation


be redeemed from the misrule and oppres-
sion under which the people suffer-" We
seem to remember hearing something of this
sort at intervals for the past fifteen years,


but "the ascendency of its principles" has
not always meant the same thing. Indeed
the address proceeds to say, with pardonable
glow of enthusiasm, that "the Democratic


"party is party of the future and not of
the past" and that lit seeks to revive no


" dead issues,n by which we understand that
the asoendency of its principles" docs not
Year: 1874

It isn't strange that world in which so
manv men from the cradle to the grave are
perslstently unsuccessful should believe in the
malign influences of the stars. 1t is easier to
account for obstinate failure by some general
doctrine of personal fatality than to subject
every case to rigid determination OF natural
causes and effects. When we have said that
a man is "unlucky," We think that we have
said enough; and, after all, there ere behind
everything, congenital Influences and the early
accidents of life for which hardly anybody
seems to be personally responsible. We leave
this, however, to the consideration of the NOR
alists, giving them as bone to pick the hard
fate of James Turnbull, who has just lost
big lawsuit in Pennsylvania. The plaintiff in
this suit claimed to be the lawful owner OF
coal land, valued at s4O.OOO,0O0 and situated in


Luzerne County, Penn. Poor TurnbulPs first
ill-luck was in having father who neglected


to pay his taxes. Consequently, forty years
ago these lands were sold, and came into tho
hands of several great capitalists. The present
James Turnbull the Unlucky went down to
the sea in ship, and encountered disaster
in great variety. On his very first voyage he
was shpwrecked and Hoated about nine days
in an open boat before he was picked up, with
his eight dead companions. He tried various
s0heuss; he dug for gold IN California aud
Year: 1874

mean anything like what it did half dozen
years ago. This cOnvi,tion is strengthened
by the additional statement of the Com
mittee that it repudiates all questions
growing ,Out of the late civil war"
So thorough a sweeping out OF political issues
into the limbo leaves some doubt as to what
is left, as pretty much all the questions of
the day do grow in greater or less degree
ont of the late war When the Committee,
warming up to its work, says the party is
"nOw gathering its strength, and marshaling
sits forces to the contest, with undying
"energy, for the success of its principles-the
"last hope of the freeman and the patriot
it talks like a-committee; but really. without
meaning any disrespect, we must say that
under all the circumstances it sounds as
though it had stood in the bottle over
night with the cork out. 1t is not natural
effervescence. The strange and incongruous
mixture which these gentlemen call Democ-
racy is too indefinite and uncertain a pill to
be depended upon as " the last hope of the
" freeman and the patriot"


The address says that, as there is only one
party to which the misrule and corruption
that all complain of are to be ascribed, so there
is only one great national party competent TO
overthrow it and to establish correct princi-
pies and an honest administration of affairs in
its stead We infer from this that the authors
of the address have not examined the testl-
mony in the Credit Moblicr investigation or
the vote on the Salary Grab. The trouble Is,
that party lines on this business of misrule
and corruption make dreadful zlgzags, and
that as a general rule the proportion OF Demo-
Gratis who have assisted in misrule and cor
ruption is larger than that of their opponents.
The Committee call for the cooperation of all
who are laboring to restore the early days OF the
"republic, when the office sought the man and
" not the man the Office The delusion that
Offices are seeking men and not men the
Offices is not confined to Missouri. Several
thousand people on this side the Alleghanies are
firmly convinced that offices are seeking them,
and that if they only leave themselves " in the
"hands of their friends the Offices will fad
them. The singular thing, however, Is that
the fellows who hold the Offices are equally
positive that the Offices sought them; and will
hold on to them SO long as they support the
Administration.


There is only one very conspicuous failure
in this address, and that is its omission of
any information, except in a paragraph OF the
most glittering and uDmeaning generalities. as
to what precisely the principles they talk about
are. If they could only specify one side of
one question upon which the party stands and
has a record, 1t would simplify matters amaz-
ingly. Still the rhetoric about standards, and
banners, and principles, and missions, and all
that kind of thing is well enough in its way
and we would not be understood as Directing
the Committee.
Year: 1874

What blessing it would be if we could eliminate
all the commonplace and platitudinous vulgarity OF
the photograph Portraits OF this sort are valuable
in spite of all drawbacks and deficiencies, and good
painters often miss that likeness which is, after ALL
somewhat essential in portraiture. Or course, IN
consequence of its very literalness. we strive to
make the Photographic portrait somewhat more
than it is or can be. We cherish these presentments
of the departed as an old virgin keeps her
stuffed cat in a glass Again. II any
thing should be saved from coarse suggestions 1t Is
the grave. There is q practice at Shrewsbury,
Eng as elsewhere, of atfixlng TO the tombstones III
the cemetery the cqr6-de-rise OF the person
inferred below, notwithstanding that person Is
supposed to have given up visiting altogether The
Burial Board complain that the grass is trampled
down by visitors anxious TO inspect these pictures
By allowing the grass to grow long and
then cutting it, the Board expect TO make
from E2O to go year. The carte-de-
rsite thus materially Injuries the hay crop,
and the Board does Mt like it. So, in the midst OF
death and decay, we have reiterated realism. The
afflicted relatives parade the picture of the de-
parted as they appeared in the flesh And the Board,
remembering that flesh turned to hay will bring
good price, issues its stern injunction, Keep OFT
the grassw For our own part, We think that the be-
reaved should be allowed to crafty their affection
ate whlm while a small charge (say penny apece)
might be made for liberty to aflx the portraits to
the stones.
Year: 1874

is to obtain a complete geographical and
geological survey of Colorado Territory. vast
regions of which, now opening for occupation
and settlement, are at present very imperfectly
known. 1t is expected that this years work
will fully equal its predecessors in the in
terest and variety of the information OBJ
tained
Year: 1874

The Health Department might do great
deal worse than to accept the advice of
81 mother" TO Alderman Morris, and relieve
the shanty districts about Central Park of the
jnnumerable dogs which fatten there. And for
that matter the shanties too, and much OF
their contents Both the vicinity and the un-
fortunate occupants would be improved by
little sanitary surveillance.
Year: 1874

The Mayor has laid out for himself the Quix-
otic mission of reforming the Jury system in
the brief quarter of his term left him. 1t is a
work when ought to command the attention
of the whole legal profession, but it is one
which not all the best talent in New-Iork will
accomplish at single effort.
Year: 1874

The French Government yesterday vigor-
ously opposed the dissolution of the National
Assembly, and was sustained in house of
FOG members by majority of only AZ votes.
The large number who favored appealing to
the country shows the opinion TO be gaining
ground that the Assembly is powerless for
good, and needs to be reconstructed on popu-
lar basis,
Year: 1874

Rover's master was merchant, and Ro-
yer was his errand-boy, or suppose l
should say his errand-dog. If any thing
was to be sent home, papers, letters, meat,
or what not, Rover was the one to carry it.
He would even carry an egg in his mouth
and lay it down on the kitchen-floor with
out breaking it. Perhaps you think this
was no great feat, but then Rover doubt
less thought it was, for he liked eggs dearly
and to be obliged to carry one in his mouth
without breaking it required some self
denial of his dog tastes.


Rover did a great many other useful
things about the store, and once when his
master was out he undertook to wait on
customers. He went around behind the
counter and put his fore-paws upon it, and
looked at the ladies, as if he expected
them to tell him what they wanted. Then
they stood, astonished, looking at him, and
he stood coolly waiting to take their orders
when the merchant came in. think that
must have been a funny sight.
Year: 1874

when Trip broke out into dismal howl.


The parson went on to give directions
to the deacon in the same voice in which
he had been reading, SO that the effect of
the whole performace was somewhat as
follows: a .i. u
Year: 1874

THEATRE.-This afternoon and tonight
the very highly-entertaining French com.
pany conclude their season In Richmond.
The afternoon, or matinee, performance will
consist Of La Perichole, in which Aimee
plays one of her most triumphant roles. The
whole piece is admirably represented by the
company, and is one of the most irresistibly
comical and gay that could be we'll gotten up.


Tonight La Grande Duchesse will close the
bright performances of the week. 1t is q
comedy with which the public is pretty well
acquainted, but it will be in great degree
fresh and novel, brought on by the French
actors, who are the special artists of opera
bouffe.


The play-goers were on Thursday night
quite carried away by the "most excellent
fooling and extravaganza comique Of La
Empress de Trebizonde. We mention the
fact because of the very extraordinary de-
gree Of enjoyment that was afforded to the
audience. The dressing was admirable, the
performance so rich and rare, that the au-
dience was lost in merriment. The per-
formance of the comic presentation of La
Belle Helene-the immortal heroine of
Troy-last night was also one of the best Of
the company.


But for the drawback that the plays of
this excellent company have been in the
French language the Theatre would have
been crowded during the season. The capi-
tai performances of the French actors in opera
boutfe. but for this difficulty, would carry
the crowd by storm.
Year: 1874

A SUBJECT WORTHY OF INouIRY.-On of
the prettiest sights of Richmond is the large
number Of little children who may be seen
every bright afternoon in the Capitol Square !;
and one OF the most painful sights, especially
TO parent, is the treatment which some of
these sweet little things sometimes receive
from the hands of thoughtless and ill.tem.
pered nurses. Mothers who send out their
children for health or pleasure would find it
to their interest to inquire whether the en-
Joyment of the Children is uppermost In the
minds of the nurses when out of the sight OF
their employers.
Year: 1874

THE HEALTH OF THE CTY.-H Is wen,
attcsted fact that since the war we have had
no more healthy season than the present
The physicians and apothecarles all testify
70 il. what effect the late elections have
had on the spirits and feelings OF our people
we can't say, but the facts are as above
ara tad y. Z.
Year: 1874

NEEDS PURIFYIsG.-Tbe city gas, which is
usually excellent, just at this time needs pri'
rifying, or something to remove that horrl'
Bile odOr and sitting effect which it has upon
those who are compelled to be surrounded
by large number of burners. Cannot our
friends at the works do something to help
the causef
Year: 1874

ELECTION RETURNs.-O official returns OF
the recent congressional election have been
received at the office of the Secretary OF the
Commonwealth from all the counties IN the
State except one or two of the counties in
the Second district. We will publish the
full returns when the State canvassers meet,
or when the returns are all come in. The
constitutional amendments have been
adopted by about $4,000 majority.
Year: 1874

his opinions or inclination may dictate,
each party will make their protection a
special object, in order to attract a
majority of those votes, and when the
votes shall have become so numerous
the colored votess will become an i'm
portant element III both parties. and
the fullest measure cf protection will be
afforded them. That will do more to
stop bloody excessas in the South than
any military interference, and mora to
establish just and beneficial relations
between the two races than any Con-
gressional legislation.
Year: 1874

DR.. Brown-Sequard relates as one Of
his experiments, the grating of cat s
tail to a rooster comb.


A Milwaukee man went around to all
the booksellers in that city inqniring for
Brick Pomeroys Life of Christ"


A railroad is to he constructed from
the base OF Mount Vesuvius TO the edge
of the crater. 1t is to be worked by
ropes.


The Vez de Mexico relates that ID
Jonuta, State of Tobasco, the prisoners
in the town Jail are not fed, but are al
lowed to go into the streets and beg.


In California obituary it is stated
that =" the deceased was a person Of
romantic nature. BE placed the breech
of his gun in the fire, and looking down
the muzzle departed home instantan-
eously." ~ fnl hce


Doctor" said a conceited literary
man to Holmes, on the streets of Bos-
ton, am going to deliver my lecture
in Lowell tonight" "I am glad of it.;
| dislike those Lowell people, retorted
the doctor. Is


The difference between having tooth
properly drawn by professional sur
geon and having it knocked out miscel-
laneously by fail on the pavement, is
only slight distirction-one is dental
and the other is accidental.


The head of Haydn is still preserved
in Vienna under glass cover. The
keeper tenderly points out to his visitors
a slight deficiency in the bony substance
of the nasal organ, the seat of the dis
ease which gave so much pain to the
great composer during the latter part Of
his life.


Boswell once asked johnson if there
were no possible circumstances under
which suicide would be justi6able.
NO" said johnson. "Well," said
Boswell, suppose a man had been
guilty of fraud, and he was certain to be
found out?" Why, then" was the
reply, in that case let him go to some
country where he is not known, and not
to the devil, where he is known"


In some countries frogs are used as
barometers; the species employed for
this purpose is the green tree frog. They
are placed in tall glass bottles with little
wooden ladders, TO the top of which they
always climb in fine weather, and de-
scend at the approach of bad weather.
This is cheap and highly interesting
weather glass, where the green tree frog
is to be procured in its natural state.


In the extreme northern ocean, the
people of Iceland propose this year to
celebrste their l000th anniversary Of the
settlement of the island. 1t was in the
year 874 that some Norwegians located
colony on the island, and fifty years
later there we're enough people there to
setup kind of republic, The Iceland
ers have been preparing for this an
niversary by making demands upon the
King OF Denmark for a new Constitution,
and it has been granted, to take effect
on the I'd of August, the date of the an
niyersarY.