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Year: 1874

C0pAl C0ufCns


This evening at seven o'clock the exhibi-
ton and distribution of prizes to the chill
dren at the Home of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church will take place at the corner
OF jackson and Fulton streets.


Itis, although late, a christmas" festival
at the home of these little ones, and those
who love them will surely try and cheer
them by their presence. The carols they
will sing to their friends this evening will
be more pleasing than the songs from the
lips Of the greater artistes that fortune has
favored, for their sweetness grows in volume
as their gratitude swells their hearts. To-
day they extend an invita- ton to call on
them, which few who have the time to
spare can resist, even though they did not
kindly remember them at Christmas"


Cheerful faces to smile ON them, and
willing hands to approve their deeds, is
what the little ones want, and cheering
words, with the same willing, open hands,
is what will do the sisters who manage the
noble charity the most good.
Year: 1874

COLUMBUS, January 2.-The striking en-
gineers still hold out, notwithstanding that
the strike IS breaking at other points. The
real trouble now is the fear that certain
ring leaders will not be taken back; hence
the necessity Of banding together to en-


force the employment of oil. The running
of oil the regular passenger trains has
transferred the excitement to the freight
Year: 1874

-lriumphant return, after an absence OF ttteen
month OF the most brilliant successful and ella DOr
ate amusement enterprise ever organized, anordiDg
scientific, practical and useful attraction than
Any Four Combined shows Of the Old and


New World.
Year: 1874

FORCE OF IMAG1NArIoN.-Ata large din
ner party once, the poet Rogers was speaking
of the Inconvenience of having windows form.
ed of one sheet Of glass. They look as if
there was no glass, he said. A short time
ago, as 1 sat by the table with my back to one
of these panes, it appeared to me that the
window was open, and such was the force of
imagination that I actually took cold. Dear
me, said Babbage, who sat opposite, how odd
it is, Mr.. Rogers, that you and I should make
such very different use of the faculty of
imagination. When I sleep unexpectedly
away from home, and consequently have no
night.cap, should naturally catch cold. But
by tying piece of pack thread tig ghtly around
my head, 60 to sleep imagining | have
night-cap on, and catch no cold at ALL
Year: 1874

DoN'r INITIATE THEM.-There are people
who, if they hear an organ, find out at once
which are the poorest stops. If they listen to
a great speaker, they remember nothing but
some slip in the construction of a sentence, or
break in the consistency of metaphor, or
flaw in the evolutions of an argument. While
their friends are admiring the wealth and
beauty of tree whose branches are weighed
down with fruit, they have discovered soil.
tary bough, lost in the golden afluence, on
which nothing is hanging.
Year: 1874

COOP AND BAD CoNsT1TUT1oNs.-A great
physician dining at the London Kit'Cat Club,
one of his friends ventured to remind him
that it was time that he should visit his pa
tients. The doctor picked out list Of fifteen
names. "It is no great matter whether see
them tonight or not" said he. "Nine of
them have such bad constitutions that all the
physicians in the world cannot save them; !;
and the other six have such good constitutions
that all the physicians in the world cannot
kill them."
Year: 1874

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEAsE?-
When DIR. Walker proclaimed that he had
produced from the medicinal herbs of Cal
ifornia an Elixir that would regenerate the
sinking system and cure every form of di-
sease not organic, the incredulous shook
their heads Yet his VINEGAR BITTERs
is now the Standard Restorative of the
Western World. Under the operation of
the new remedy, Dyspeptics regain their
health; the Bilious and Constipated are
relieved of every distressing symptom the
Consumptive and Rheumatic rapidly re-
cover; Intermittent and Remittent Fevers
are broken; the hereditary taint of Scro-
tula is eradicated Skepticism is routed,
and this wonderful preparation is to-day
the most popular Tonic, Alternative, and
Blood Depurent ever advertised in Amer
lea. We don't sell Rum under the guise
of medicine We advertise and sell pure
medicine which will stand analysis by any
chemist in the country.
Year: 1874

One of most important votes in the
L. 5. HI. of X. this session was that on
the bill for issuing the forty-four millions
of the greenback reserve. On that vote
"a Republicans and Il Democrats were
absent, being just about an equal proper
ton of each. The absence of these 81
members on this occasion shows what a
needless, inattentive set of men get into
congress- The people ought to mark these
good for nothing absentees.
Year: 1874

A MOUSE AND a FRoG.-A mouse
in an evil day made acquaint-
ance with frog, and they set off
on their travels together. The
frog. on pretcnse ofgIeat affection,
and Of keeping his companion out
of harms way, tied the mouse's
hind foot to MS own hind leg, and
thus they proceeded for some dis
tance by land. Presently they
came to some water, and the frog,
bidding the mouse have good cour-
age, began to swim across. They
scarcely. however, arrived mid
way, when the frog took a sudden
plunge to the bottom, dragging
the mouse after him. But the
struggling and foundering Of the
mouse made so great commotiou
in the water that it attracted the
attention Of q kite, which pounc-
ing down bearing of the, mouse
carried away the frog at the same
time in his train.
Year: 1874

ORDER.-Nevcr leave things ly-
ing about-a shawl here, pair Of
slippers there, and bonnet some
where else, trusting to 4 servant
to set things to rights. No mat
ter how many servants you have,
it is u miserable habit and if lis
source is not in the intellectual
and moral character, it will inevi-
tablv terminate there. If you
have used the dipper, towel, tum-
bier, ETC., put them back in their
places, and you will know where TO
find them when you want them
again. Or if you set an example
of careIessness, do not blame your
servants for following it. Children
should be taught to put things
back in their places as soon as
they are old enough to use them
and if each member Of the family
we're to observe this simple rule,
the house would never get much
out of order, and large amount
Of vexation and useless labor would
be avoided.
Year: 1874

LOVING AND HATJNG.-1f you
love, love more. If you hate, hate
less Life is too short to spend
in hating any one. Why war
against q mortal who is going the
same road with US? Why not ex-
pand the flower Of life and happi-
ness by learning to love, by teach
ingthosc who are near and dear the
beautiful lesson Your hands may
be hard, but yonr heart need not
be. Your form may be bent or
ugly but do you not know that
the most beautiful flowers grow in
the most rugged, unsheltered
places ? The palace for care, the cot
tage for love. Not that there is no
love in a mansion but somehow,
if we are not very careful, business
will crowd all there is Of beauty out
ofthe heart. This is why God has
given US the Sabbaths and Satur,
day nights, that We may leave
business and have a heart-clean.
ing.
Year: 1874

SELF-MADE MEN.-We do not
wonder that great men have been
born mechanics for those who
have been brought up exclusively
in drawing rooms, intelligence is a
game, q recreation; for those who
have held the sword and the helm,
who have driven the plow workcd
with the cLisel, elligencebecomes
a passion, a force, a beauty, q wor-
ship, and a love divine. 1t is from
the stall, the shop, the work-room,
that the most powerful minds have
issued. Molicre from the uphol-
stcrcr's, Burns from the farmers,
Shakspere from the hosier's shop,
Rousseau from tho heelwrights
long engaged in q struggle with
physical nature, they all took re-
fuge in the free domain Of thought.
Even an inferior mind would soon
become tempered to strength in
these mechanical apprenticeship;
and if ever the spirit Of reform
which has seized on the world
should extend to the act of crea-
ting citizens, we doubt not that
but good sense will gain a victory
over custom, and that one of the
most important parts of every edu-
cation will be henceforth the due
admixture of the development of
the mind and it's action on nature.
Year: 1874

BE NATURAL.-One Of the fash.
ionable tollies ofthe day is the af:
fection Of GOODNESS. 1t is consid-
cred vulgar to be demonstrative.
You meet an old friend; it is
a blessing to your eyes to behold
him o..ce more. Your heart leaps
up at the sight of him. Your im-
pulse IS TO grasp him warmly by
the hand. You feel almost like
embracing him in your joy.


You must do nothing of the
kind. No ripple must be permit
ted to rufie the smooth equili-
brium and Indifference Of your feel
ings. You must greet him polite
ly, but without emotion. So the
false etiquette of which we speak
teaches.


Sclf:possession is strong quail.
ity, but we 90 not believe in this
kind Of selEposscssion. And the
people. who school themselves in
this arc not apt to have the other
and the better kind. They are not
apt to manifest self-possession on
such occasions as really call for it
occasions Of difficulty and dan
ger, and of great trials. Touch
their self-loVe, make any unusual
demand upon them for self'denial,
and their assumed and superficial
selfpossession vanishes in an in
stant.


For ourselves, we like natural
ness Of manner. Seem as you feel.
Let the heart speak, or what is
the use Of . heart.


There are crops that grow only
on light soils, and the school Of
philosophy-niscalled philosophy
of which We speak, must have
originated in shallow brains.
Year: 1874

A Boston Clergyman relates, as
his early experience, that he en-
gagged to preach for society for
$50 year. Upon settlement at
the end Of the year he found that
the committee had an item of $40
charged to him for the use Of the
pulpit to practice in it. One Of
the deacons, however, by way Of
sympathy for the pastor, present.
ed him with q pair Of boot-tops.
Year: 1874

The ceremony was over, and two loving
hearts were Joined in bond that naught
Init death should break So said the
marriage VOW, and to Herman and Mary
that VOW was the most sweet and sacred
that ever bound two loving hearts to-
gether.


In blissful solemnity they received the
congratulations OF friends, turning now
and then to each other for a mutual
glance, eloquent with their hearts hap
piness.


1t was beautiful to see them in this
their marriage hour. They seemed truly
worthy of each other, both handsome,
brilliant and refined, and loving each
other devotedIy. Friends looked upon
them as "a model pair, and entertained
high hopes for the future. The, short
wedding journey over, Herman Wick
ford took his young bride to the home
he had prepared for her. simple cottage
with tasteful furnishings, and here their
married life began.


Years passed away; children were. Civ
en- them: Herman prospered in his busi-
ness. and thought he was growing veal
thy, but the perfect happiness which
he and Mary had anticipated did not
come. Instead OF being united by mar
riage into an harmonious one they found
that they were SUN IWo' WIN ullele1
tastes and views, different elements OF
character, and sharp corners IN their dis
positions, of which they were scarcely
aware themselves until they came into
| collision with each other.


No serious trouble had ever occurred
between them, but little things were
constantly coming up to vex them, often
causing sharp words or sarcasms, for, be
ing Young and inexperienced at the time
of their marriage, they did not know
how to meet in the true spirit the una
yoidabie difficulties that must arise from
so close IA union. They were proud, too
and instead of acknowledging theil
shortcomings to each other, and talking
them over in the spirit of love and sin
cerity, they would let them pass by anC
pretend that they were forgotten, bu


they never were,


Another d.op Of bitterness had crep
into their hearts. Mary, who was yer,
Year: 1874

same interest in Mary society as when
they were first married, and her efforts
to please him met with hearty response
IN his part He had no more unsatisfied
9earning after soul sympathy In all his
seeking for a kindred spirit, he had new
'r found any person SO truly sympathetic
md congenial as his wife, now that she
tried to render herself SO, and they had
come to better understanding of each
other


In the happiness of after years they
tried to forget the bitter experience of
the past, but never did Herman stand by
little Nellies grave without recalling it
all, and thinking that perhaps, under
Providence, the death of his child saved
him from ruin


CONTENT WHIPPLB.
Year: 1874

AND WHAT OF CHEAP TRANSPORTATION? p
Upon this important subject to the city and
the State of New York We find nothing in the
platform Of our late Republican State Con-
vention, and nothing upon the tariff, and
nothing upon land grants to railroads, and
nothing upon civil service REFORM and nothing
touching the wholesale corruptions of South
ern carpet-baggers. Upon all these and other
important national questions, therefore, it be-
comes the duty of the people to learn what is
the position Of every republican candidate for
Congress.
Year: 1874

The LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS held meeting
yesterday in this city, at which delegates from
nearly all the principal railroads of the
country were present Resolutions were
adopted declaring their determined opposi-
ton to any further reduction of wages and
demanding the restoration of the former rates
paid by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The proceedings were orderly, and the meet
ing was q model in this respect which the
great political conventions would do well to
imitate-if they could.
Year: 1874

| as those devoIving upon the President This
gentleman is a Senator and the representative
of New York. He must know that no Com
monwealth in the Union is more interested in
the perfect reconstruction Of the Southern
States than New York. He has only to take a
position as Independent as that of Senator
Carpenter to compel from the republican party
and the administration the recognition of the
true principles of reconstruction. For we are
weary of this monody of war; these constant
cries for revenge; this belief that craftsmanship
is force; that the South can only be ruled by
the sword, and that soldier is necessary TO
the pacifcation Of the Union. We are weary
of the gospel of hatred We believe N bet
ter and higher future for both North and
South. Time will bring the two sections to
more complete and natural relation. In
turning up the sod the green grass falls into
decay, and all we see is the torn roots
on the surface, the damp, oozing clay and
the crawling worms. In time nature makes
1t all green again-greener than before, be-
cause of the new life that has come with the
breaking of the soil. In the South society
Lao oceu toIu up. IneSe sOrrOWS tnat now
distress us are the torn roots of an old inshtu-
tion-those Kelloggs, and Warmoths, and
Moses creatures but the crawling worms who
live their day and sink away forever. Time
will bring us nobler, richer, more beautiful
South, braver because of the ohastening sor-
rows that have fallen upon her people. We
had hoped that Mr. Conkling and his friends
would have given US their vast aid
toward this result; that the Republican Con-
vention would have presented platform
worthy of its grand and noble old candidate
platform looking to limitation of Executive
prerogatives, economy and peace throughout
the land, and the settlement Of burning ques-
tions at some speedy convention of peace and
reconstruction. Roscoe Conkling might have
led in this work. He has missed great op-
portunity, one that will not occur to him
again-the opportunity of showing himself a
statesman brave enough to lead his party to
its duty, and not mere political leader, sink
ing all OF his splendid gifts in an eager fight
for power.
Year: 1874

TIE CONTRACT to print the City Record,
which was given last year to one Of the highest
bidders, was broken yesterday in part at the
suit Of Mr.. Rhodes who was the lowest bidder
Judge Pratt granted an injunction forbidding
the city authorities to pay any money upon
the contract, which is very efectual way of
stopping the publication. Truly the way Of
the subsidized press Ia hard nowadays
Year: 1874

The DEPTH OF MEANNEss is reached when q
man hurls stone at train of passenger cars
to revenge himself upon the company. An
outrage of this kind recently committed on the
has resulted in the death Of passenger who
was struck, and if the murderer is caught no
punishment could be too severe for him. The
ancient penalty of stoning to death would be
barbarous, yet it would certainly be appro-
pirate.
Year: 1874

The DEPREDAr1oNs of river thieves along
the Brooklyn shore have become so frequent
and extensive that they may be said to con-
stitute regular business The want of
river patrol accounts for their boldness, and
the Brooklyn authorities should supply it.
From the shore the police are often unable to
arrest the few pirates they discover.
Year: 1874

MARSHAL PACKARD, who is really the Cover
nor, and Governor Kellogg, who is only SO by
the grace of the administration, have prom
ised fair election in Louisiana. The latter
would do better to show his fairness now by
resigning the Office which he keeps against
the will Of the people.
Year: 1874

The GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CUBA continues
TO have great trouble in compelling the people
to pay their Spontaneous contributions for
the support of the war; The convalescence of
General Garcia, who is kept captive on o
Spanish gunboat is announced.
Year: 1874

The LADIES have enjoyed this week to the
fullest extent the feminine pleasure Of looking
over new goods and new styles and preparing
for the fashionable season in the city. OF the
principal novelties presented in this opening
week we give a full account
Year: 1874

The New YORK LIBERALS AND THE TEMPER
ANcE PARTY. republicans at Utica turned
the cold shoulder upon the temperance party,
and manifested their contempt for the liberals
from first to last Mr.. Pomeroy's allusion to
''poor old Greeley" was received with up
roarious laughter while III behalf of the Con-
vention in ignoring the temperance party
Senator Conkling begged the question. The
temperance men, in convention at the same
time and place, resolved substantially that as
the republicans did not appear to want them
they would fight their own battle in the COM
ing election. The liberals will doubtless
adopt the suggestion of Senator Fenton
and oust wherever they can a republi-
can from the Assembly. And so, while from
the temperance party and the liberals the
vote for Governor Dix may not be materially
affected, they may change very materially the
complexion of the Assembly.
Year: 1874

NoN-INsURED CHICAGO. The warnings of
the Chicago papers have had no effect upon
the municipal government of that city. It
has been repeatedly urged to establish better
Fire Department and to take ordinary
measures to prevent other terrible conhagra-
tions, but nothing has been done. The result
is that yesterday the National Board of Fire
Underwriters issued circular advising all
insurance companies to cease writing policies
in Chicago. This course is necessary to the
safety of the companies, and Chicago has
herself only to blame. OF course the effect Of
this action will be disastrous but if the
injury to the business of the city teaches her
authorities common sense it will be an ulti-
mate benefit The business men Of Chicago
have shown great energy IN recovering from
the effects of two great fres but they cannot
expect prudent underwriters to take the risk
Of paying for third, against which no pre-
ca utlons are made.
Year: 1874




ton akin to that of the sportsman who
having tiger by tho tnil, did not wish to
hold on and was afraid to let 60. There was
General Robinson, who would have been
slaughtered without mercy to crafty Alonzo,
only that the party dreaded the effect on the
soldier vote of his decapitated ghost hobbling
through the canvass. So, with all of Roscoe s
love for Alonzo, we do not see how he could
have helped him. And if this spoiled young
man will accept q bit of advice from US, we
will say, let him eschew pouting and grief.
If he has ambition, let him remember that
no party ever cheerfully followed knight
with rueful countenance. Let him 60 out
into the woods and catch fish, like the Col
lector, or go to the camp meeting and get re-
ligion, like the Naval Officer Let him i'm
itate the cheerfulness of which the
Honorable Major General Of Militia, Jimmy
Hustled, is chirping example, and which
makes him the JOY Of his friends, no matter
how dark and dreary the day. Let him con-
template the perpetual sprightliness of John
Cochrane, who, having supported and opposed
every party in existence, and having been
actually nominated for Vice President by the
Cleveland Convention, retains buoyancy of
spirit enough to keep ahoat the liberal repub-
than Alonzo B. Cornell, and his future may
be as prosperous as even Roscoe Conkling
could desire
Year: 1874

RESULT OF TIE INoUEsr--An inquest was
held by CorOner Taylor yesterday upon the
remains of the dead infant found on Duval
street On Wednesday. No new facts were
brought out, and the jury decided that the
child came to its death from some unknown
paIISa
Year: 1874

SPECIAL NoTIcE.-From this date E. B. SPENCE
& Son will sell their summer stock at greatly re-
uced prices. Those In want of nice clothing allow
prices are Invited to give them call They still
have nice stock Of linen and alpaca goods at very
loSv f
Year: 1874

An audience, not large, but quite select, as
sembled at Fluent Hall last evening on the oc-
casion of the appearance of the PierianISodall-
ty and the Harvard Glee Club. There were OF
course many.young ladies present, 1or IL lhere
be any one sort of young man for when young
lady of taste and judgment has decided pen
chant it is the Harvard Boy. The audience
was also partly made up of grey boards ;iamong
these were two gentlemen who were members
of the Sodality In 1908.


The programme opened with the overture to
Don Juan by the Sodality, and closed with
some rollicking college songs by the Glee
Club To say that the majority of those pres
ent were surprised at the Instrumentation is a
safe statement. Much was expected it is true
but few were prepared to hear an orchestra
which, for breadth and quality and perfection
of tone, compares favorably with the best which
have visited the city. 1t harmonized to a
nicely, and was admirably conducted. Per-
haps its quality was better displayed in the
serenade from Titt'l, which drew forth a
rapturous encore, than in any other selec-
ton.


The Glee Club was warmly welcomed at its
first appearance, and the taste which it gave of
its quality in the Comrades in Arms" proved
it deserving of the praise which had been ac-
corded it. The voices all showed evidence of
careful culture, snd many of them were of ex-
ceptional tone. There was one tenor which,
although bit obtrusive at times, was one of
remarkable force and purity, md had rich
strain suggestive of great possibilities. In the
Ave Maria of Abt, with its tender, lingering
strains, the full force and beauty of the chorus
was more perceived than in any other selection.
The College songs were not as happily selected
as they might have been, were not quite char
acteristic in fact. The students seemed little
afraid to unbend themselves, and one missed
the old familiar choruses,


The audience were delighted, and many ex
pressed the opinion that it was the best con-
cert Of the season. In some respects it was GER
tainly the most pleasing. The allied soc etles
have won an enviable position in Portland af-
fection, and could they lie induced to visit US
next year. earlier in the season, a crowded
house would undoubtedly greet them.


The stage was fitted up very artistically.
Long vines of evergreen ran across its front,
aud upon each end stood vases of superb calla
lilies about which clustered masses of other
beautiful flowers. At the conclusion of the
concert many of the audience remained to join
in dance.