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Year: 1873

Much has been said and written
about the best treatment Of calves,
and so many have advised their inns.
mediate removal, that We this
spring ventured to try it. Out Of
four 50 treated (al! heifers, worth
500 each when they we're drop
ped) one died before it was week
old, another is securing so badly
that we have but little hope of its
recovery, and a third is ailing and
weakly. We have had quite enough
of this treatment, and shall return
to the custom O. leaving all calves
with their mothers until they are
at least three days DID,. and longer
if necessary to start them fairly and
vigorously on the road of life, a
practice which has hitherto pro-
duced the most satisfactory results.
I have also experimental until I
have regretted ton another theo-
|ry of some modern breeders of Jer-
sey, that is, to milk the cows quite
up to the time of calving, if posi-
BILE. In every case, I am convinced
that real and probably permanent
injury has resulted. The idea ad-
vanced was that q Jersey cow has
no other purpose but to bring
calves and to produce milk, and
that she should be trained to the
fullest and most persistent exercise
af the lacteal function. The sub
|ject has been presented to me so
long and SO persuasively, and by
men whose opinion seemed so well
worthy of respect, that I had come
to more than half believe it, and
have tried the experiment this
spring with several animals. In
every case there has been trouble
with the udder, and thus far the
flow of milk is less than it was
after the previous calving. The
calves have not been materially
affected by it, but the mothers have
been III every instance. Hereafter,
we shall endeavor to dry off all the
cows a month before calving. Up
to that time it is well to keep the
milk flowing (f only pint a day.,
and with Jerseys it is almost always
easy to do this; but after that the
milking should cease, and the udder
should be allowed to become entire


ly empty of milk preparatory to


the commencement Of it's new Pc


riod of activity-"springing' regu-


larly and naturally, and having no
trace of the old love when it begins


with the new.-Amer1can Ag'7cul.


t1'ist.
Year: 1873

POsthumOus Words Of the MAN of


Destiny.


LONDON, April 29.-The following is the
true will Of the late Emperor Napoleon
under which letters of administration are
now applied for. The estate is sworn to be
under one hundred and twenty thousand
pounds sterling, and this sum is subject to
claims which will reduce it oGe-half:


"This is my will: 1 commend my son
and wife to the high authorities of the State,
to the people, and to the army. The EN-
press Eugene possesses all the qualities
requisite for capably conducting regency,
and my son displays disposition and judg
ment which will make him worthy of his
high destinles. Let him never forget the
motto of the head of our family Everything
for the French people, Let him fix on his
mind the writings of the prisoner of st.
Helena. Let him study the Emperor's deeds
and correspondence, and finally let him re-
member, when circumstances permit, that
the cause of the people is the cause Of
France. Power is heavy burden, because
one cannot do always as be could wish, and
because contempories seldom render justice,
SO that in order to fulfill ones mission, one
must have faith in and conscientiously
appreciate bis duty. 1t is necessary to
consider that from Heaven above those
whom you have loved regard and protect
you. 1t is the soul Of my iilustrious uncle
that has always i.spi-ed and sustained me.
TIE Ike vii appiJ - my son, for he will
always be worthy Of his name. leave to
the Empress all my private property. l
wish that at the majority of my SOD, he
shall live at the Elysee and Biarritz. l trust
that my memory will be dear to her, and
that after my death she will forget whatever
unhappiness I may have caused her. With
regard to my son, let him keep,
as a talisman, the seal l wore at
tached to my watch, and which
comes from my mother. Let him carefully
preserve everything that came TO me from
the Emperor, my uncle, aud let him be
convinced that my heart and my soul re-
main with him. Imake no mention of my
faithful servants. l am convin ed that the
Empress aud my son will never abandon
them. / shall die in the Catholic, Apostolic
and Roman religion, which my son will al
ways honor by bis piety.


"Done and signed with my hand at the
TuiIeries, the Oath day of April, 1865.


"NAPOLEON."
Year: 1873

1t is thought, from all the facts related in
connection with the Richmond switch dis.
aster, that there are some half dozsn peo-
pie lost whose bodies are not represented
by even a single fragment recovered.
Either the intense fire consumed them, or
they are in the water near the scene of the
disaster.
Year: 1873

far Gen. Grant concered qualification was due
to the fact that company composed Of business mon
had taken up and carried 20 successful ISSUE the
scheme proposed by him. The Company expect
assistance from the United States Government
than any other OF it's citizens engaged in business
abroad. The Company hopes and expects to make OF
samana the great free port of the West Indies 1t hopes
absorb nearly quite all the business now transacted
St. Thomas aud 1t viii make It an object for
the to stop there, and thus bud mp an I'M
menso trade in comparatively short time. The Com
missoners hoped to helr few days. of the result Of
the vote but had no spprehensions to the result
Year: 1873

WEnotice that our state cxchang-
es have, with few exceptions, copied
our notice Of the doirgs and alb,
sconding of Frank May. We were
glad to see it SO universally noticed
and hope the press throughout the
state will never fail to ventilatc and
expose fraud and villainy, whcnev'
er and wherever found. When it is
understood by evil-doers that they
cannot escape publicity by merely
skipping from one county to nnoth'
er, but must leave the state to en-
sure anything like security, it may
deter them from violating law ano
order, and thus probably be render
cd useful if not ornamental.


II there should be any more who
contemplate launching out III tho
"dead beat biz." we would advise
them to provide for journey out
oftho state. for we promise all such
the full benefit Of q local.
Year: 1873

We have boon reliably informed
that one day this week n young
lady was observed walking through
the streets OF Osccola with an
APreat for hustle, followed by a
sympathetic gentleman bathcd in
tears. The Appeal must indeed
have been of an unusually pathetic
character to produce such an effect.
But what we want TO know is how
our informant knew that the hustle
was made out Of an Appeal?
Year: 1873

FROM ovory portion of the county
we hear of great deal of sickness.
Around town there have been sovc-
raj cases of" danguo "or bone fover,
and a number of cases of bilious
fever. In the lower part of the
county the physicians are kept NOV
ing all the time.
Year: 1873

WITH pleasure we announce the
return of Mr.. L. Dunn to our town.
Mr.. Dunn has reopened his Boot &
Shoe shop, where he Is prepared to
do as good work in his line as any
in tho state. Call and leave your
measure and we will guarantee that
he will give you fit; we know
whereof We spcak-expericnce.


See card in another column.
Year: 1873

LAST Sunday a niece OF Mr.. II.
VI. Pope whllo nursing his child
and playing at the same time with
another little girl, and while run
ming through the open door the
child's head came in contact with
the sharp corner of the door casing
with such force as to cause q con.
cussion OF the BRAN, from thl
effect of which the child died The
next day.
Year: 1873

AN artist in the house daubing
line, called by courtesy, a painter,
who has been employed by one of
our citizens for Il month or so past,
was caught BY some young men
while making himself familiar with
a party ofncgro women on the lev
ec a few nights ago, and soundIy
dubbed. The verdict of all who
saw the affair was, it served him
right.
Year: 1873

Tine New JERsET SOUTHERN RAHRoAD.AMr.
Prosper P. Shaw, director Of the New Jersey
Southern Railroad, who instituted suit against
the company to recover $4,000, has determined
not to proceed any further with his suit He be
lsvcs the road will finally pay all its debts, and
become profitable, But just now there is no way
to get money out of it. The officers have spent
a great deal TO construct the road, and expected
TO have 1t extend through to Baltimore by next
month.
Year: 1873

TRAFFIC Al THE MIET.-Seeing it stated that
the government was paying out small sums Of sill
yer, friend of ours went to the Philadelphia Mint
to get ''trade dollar" but was informed that
they could only be bought at the brokers. There
he was charged $3.50. This was too high, aAd he
came home with bad opinion of the governments
offer to pay specie. The people pay for coming
this money and yet cannot get dollar at the usu-
al rates Of specie.
Year: 1873

This question is frequently addressed by citizens
one to another, and is frequently put to US. But
We cannot answer it, 1t is even doubtful whether
there will he any change. The Administration
seems not to be able to fill the Offices with honest
men. II Grant will just shut his eyes to party
for day he may select the best and purest men
/ 4 abundance from the Democratic masses.
Year: 1873

Chdrn correspond
ing the above


We concluded reduce immense stock which laid in early
the half


Call and bargains cannot fail to suited either in style or
price, at the old stand, 2O6 and 2OS Market street, -
Year: 1873

cts, and finally her bracelet, but not
once did he forget and stretch out his
hand to take them, for the pressure of
the girdle reminded him in time. SO
he would nod to his marshal, and he re-
ceiving them, saying: We remember


Then the princess would become i'm
patient and would exclaim: My hand
kerchief has fallen! Can your lOrdship
pick it up for me?' Whereupon the
prince would fasten his spur into it and
wave it carlessly, while the princess
would have to bend and remove it from
his foot, angrily saying: 4 remember,


Thus Il year passed away, and the
princess said to herself:


This cannot remain 50. 1t must be
settled in one way or the other.


She said to the prince


"I have one of the finest gardens in
the world. will show your lordship
over it to-day.


The prince smeIt his opplc, and as
they entered the garden, said;


ct is very needful here, and in or
der that we may walk near each other
i'll peace, and not to be disturbed by the
desire to try our game, I beg you my
lady, that for this one hour. you will
take upon you the custom of my court,
and let yoNr hands also be fastened.
Then we will be safe from each others
art, and there will be nothing to annoy
us.


The princess did not feel very safe
about this arrangement, hut he begged
SO strongly that she could not refuse
him this small favor So they went on
alone together, with their hands fasten-
ed in their girdles. The birds sang,
the sun shOne warmly, and from the
trees the red cherries hung so low that
they brushed their cheeks as they pass
ed. The princess saw them and ex-
claimed.


"What 4 pity that your lordship is
not able to pick few for me


" Necessity knows no law, said the
prince, and he broke one of the cherries
with his teeth from a branch, and Of |
fered it to the princess from his mouth.


The princess could not do otherwise
than receive it from his mouth, and so
her face was brought close to his. So
when she had the cherry between her
lips, and a kiss from him besides, she
was not able to say that instant, Il re-
member"


Then he cried ioyfully, "Good morn
ing, much loved one," and drew his
hands from his girdle and embraced her.
And they spent the remainder of their
lives together in perfect peace and .
quietness.
Year: 1873

The tongue Of slander is never tired
In one way or another it manages to
keep itself i'll constant employment.
Sometimes it drips honey and some
times gall. 1t is better now and then
sweet. 1t insinuates or assails directly,
according to the circumstances. 1t will
hide curse under a smooth word, and
administer poison in the phrase Of love.
Like death, it cloves a shining mark. .
And it is never so available and eloquent
as when it can blight the hopes Of the
noble, soil the reputation Of the pure
and break down the character of the
brave and strong.


What pleasure man or woman can
find in such work we have never been
able to see And yet there is pleasure
of some sort in it to multitudes, or they
wouId not betake themselves to it. But
no soul in high estate can take delight
in it. It indicates lapse, tendency to-
wards chaos, utter deprayity. 1t proves
the doctrine and fact Of sin beyond all
controversy. It proves that somewhere
in the soul there is weakness, waste,
immature. Education and refinement
are no proof against it. 1t often holds
most cruelty where these have attained
theirbestresults. These oftenonIy polish
the slanderous tongue, increase It's tact,
and give it supplenesa aud strategy 70
do its death work
Year: 1873

BY HGSALIE Z. GRAVES


Ehere is q harp i'll each human breast
The strings of which are never at rest
Where music forever breathes and fingers,
Awakened by thousands of viewless fingers,
That play like the hum of fairy wings,
Their notes on its thousand uuivering strings
This heaven-born harp ia a priceless boon,
In it's mortal frame, with it's strings in tune:
But, whether tunes Of this living harp
Are gentle and tender, fiat or skarp,
Where louder dirge depends always
On the ear that hears and the hand that plays.
How touchngly tender is its moan
As it gives to sorrow its monotone:
When touched by the palsied haud of fear
1t yibrates quick on the startled ear;
And its strong wrought frame in frenzy leaps
While passion its diapason sweeps.
But happier spirits are lowering near,
And the music they play love to hear:
They thrOng each heart with the grave and gay
And many q note I've heard them play
SO often too they are playing the same,
That we know their touch, and call them by name
There is love who comes on his fiuttering wing
And how it thrills when he touches the string,
Fame thinks he is heard all over the land
Az he strikes the chord with master hand
But to Faith and Hope is the mission given
To touch the notes that heard in heaven.
They lnger still when the rest are gone
And left the fraii harp broken and lone
And when Death plays the last sad strain,
Breaking the chords he shall ne'er touch again,
They bear it away with joyous wing,
And string it anew where the angels sing.
Year: 1873

His life ended most TRANQUILITY, among
such hOnors as have fallen to few men


He lived so long that his fame went tC
the ends of the earth, and brought him
universal worship. From all the differ.
ent points of the compass idolaters
came to bow before his shrine; and
these not common idolaters in intellec-
tual Germany he ruled supreme. though
he was not a political or patriotic Ger,
man, and took but little interest in the
national cause. His way to the grave
was as pleasant, as gradual, as softly
carpeted with mOsses and flowers, as
ever beg11iled human footsteps onward.
Welmar became famous through the
world by his means. 1t was no longer
known as a little ducal residence, or the
capital of a tiny province, but as the
temple in which was adored the greatest
poet of his age There, surrounded by
his friends and children, he died. His
companions were mostly gone before
him. Duke and duchess and brother
poet had been swept away into the I'M
seen, and another generation had taken
their place; but it was a generation
which, from its earliest breath, had been
trained to adore Goethe. He was 80
when the end came. He died an ideal
death, with as small an amount of suf-
fering as was inevitable, and with no
consciousness Of the approaching con-
clusiOn. The last words he uttered in
this world were, "More light words
most touchingly symbolicaI, though he
meant it not. His life had been excep-
tionally prosperous, calm and without
anxiety. All he had wished for had
fallen into his hands, and long and
mellow evening Of repose had followed
upon the bright and busy lingering day


Thus lived and labored and died man
who has, perhaps, been classed ut more
widely different estimations than any
other man of his time If we cannot
allow, with Carlyle, that he and the
first Napoleon were the two greatest
men of their day, it must at least be
conceded by the least willing that his
influence spread more widely, and we
may say, has lasted longer, than that of
any other modern member Of the great
brotherhood of poets. He did much,
and he suggested much He set minds
as great as his own going with a touch
of his finger. And he was infinitely
fortunate in catching exactly the right
moment and the right subject to move
the world withal. His fame and his na-
ture were both profoundly national !;
and though his patriotism was dull, he
had perhaps more to do than any of his
contemporaries with the creation of that
national sentiment without which no
country can ever be great, In every
way, therefore, the effects which he
meant to produce were increased and
magniied by effects which he did not
mean to produce-refections and i'm
pulses which he threw off almost with
out knowing. There can be no better
applause given to human greatness. --
BIack1UOods magazine.
Year: 1873

True marriage is companionship, and
with the termination of companionship
veritable divorce begins. Wedlock, as
generally seen, is a cumbersome vol
ume, with a sweet prelude of verse
followed by tedious chapters of awk-
wardly constructed prose. The poem
represents companionship, and the sub
sequent part is withdrawal If the
companionship could but be preserved,
each month would prove a honeymoon
| discOrds, chickering's, and misunder-
standings would diminish rather than
increase, because the action of contact
wears off angles sand adjusts uneven
surfaces to one another. Men would
not sulk women would not regret nor
would. both turn to the past with the
unavailing wish to undo the present.
Their burdens would be lighter by the
sharing of them; and their dis
contents be softened by sympa-
thetic unfolding. Their ways might
be dark and devious; but the con-
seriousness that they should walk,
where'er they went, closely and tender
ly together, would shed such light upon
their pathway that the darkness would
be dispelled and the deviousness made
straight. 1t is never too late to resume
companionship-would that they who
need it most might remember this =
and yet they who have surrendered it
rarely look for it again. When they
step apart, the slightest channel of
their separation broadens and deepens,
until what was a crevice becomes a
yawning chasm, which few have the
strength or courage to leap. If they
would but stretch their yearning arms
across, wounded faith, broken affection,
bruised tenderness could pass over the
natural bridge and be made whole once
more by receiving back what had been
their own, and must soon again be nat
urally possessed. But companionship
of the married is only portion of that
which is needful Were there more
companionship preceding marriage,
there would be less disharmony and
miseonception after it. How can men
and women, who have been sedulously
kept apart during early years, expect to
dwell in concord and happiness in their
maturity? Where is the miracle that
can convert ignorance into understand
ing, and strangeness into sympathy?
They whose destiny is common, whose
history is written in the same chapters,
whose veal and woe are inseparable,
should be reared together; so far as
practicable, measured and counterbal-
anced one with the other. The segre-
CATION of the sexes is unnatural and un-
wholesome has the taint of monkish
superstition, and yields too often nox-
ious fruit. What can be more absurd
and mischievous than our common mode
of education As soon as boys and
girl learn they are such, they are sepa-
rated, as if they were wolves and
lambs, and every effort is made by ped
agogy toward their mutual alienation.
Assidious training at school and at
home does what 1t can to render them
enemies, and, after long slumbering.
the old enemy often breaks out in CON
nubial relations, and refuses to be
placated. Nothing but the inherent
and inextinguishable attraction between


man and woman thwarts the purpose of
false discipline and pernicious tuition.
As the bud opens to the sun, as the
tides obey the moon, we sentiment be-
ings seek our mates and recognize them
by instinct. --,I,fnists Heart Bro,Uae.
Year: 1873

In response to the House Resolution call


ing for a statement of the amount paid the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for army
transportation, and an estimate of what said
transportation would cost if the railroad had
not been constructed, the Secretary Of War
has transmitted report of the Quartermas-
ter-General, showing that the Government had
paid the Union Pacific Company for such
Year: 1873

Originally the name Of an excentric
preacher i'll Scotland, who contracted
the habit of preaching in such whin-
ing tone, and slang dialect, as to be I'M
derstood by none but his own congrega-
Year: 1873

A MYsTERY.-The Treasury depart
ment is advised that the collector of customs
atNew York has received from Gibrata 16
packages containing the effects of B. S.
Briggs, the missing master of the brig
Mary Celeste. and of his wife and child.
1t will be remembered that the vessel was
found derelict on the high seas uninjured,
and with her cargo and the effects of all
on board apparently undisturbed, on her
voyage from New York to Genoa the
master, his wife and child, and the crew
all having mysteriously disappeared leav-
ing no trace. They have never been heard
from since, though every exertion has been
made by the government to ascertain
their fate.
Year: 1873

CAPTAIN MCNULTY's CAsE.-We
think it matter of common justice ito say
nothing of common law that when person
is charged with an offence, however petty or
aggravated, he should be deemed innocent
until proved guilty. Now that Captain
McNulty is out of "durance vile," on a
simple $500 bond, the newspaper press
should withhold all criticism until the case
is either tried or nollied. No one imagines
that the Captain will forfeit his bond.
Year: 1873

At the beginning of the labor trouble, several
weeks ago, Mr.. r. Hawkins of the jewelry firm of
Carter Hawkins Dodd, in Newark, stated to a
HERALD reporter that they were keeping some men
employed merely to save them from starvation,
and not because there was any need for them. Yes
terday the engravers were subjected to such a
severe reduction of wages that they refused to
work. on the ground that it was impossible to live
on such remuneration. They have sent in a card
stating that they have ceased work. and appeal to
the sympathy and consideration Of the engravers Of
Newark and elsewhere.


For some time past there has also been trouble
among the employees OF o large morocco making
factory In consequence OF a reduction OF wages.
The men protested but kept on. On Saturday night
they refused to take the reduced wages The firm
ollege that they have simply lowered the wages to
New England rates. The men deny this, and claim
also that portion OF their pay has been wrong
fully withheld before.
Year: 1873

TOBACCO AT BoSToN, VIRGINIA.
We received special telegram yesterday
too late for insertion that sixty-one thou
sand, nine hundred and seventy-nine
pounds of tobacco had been received at the
above place on the Danville railroad, none


of which was sold in consequence of the
financial crisis. Parties seerl to be per-
fectly calm. and said they would wait pa
tiently for change.
Year: 1873

'sThe Radicals of Richmond made des-
perate rally last night at Assembly Hall, to
the sound of a brass band, and beneath
the baleful light Of a paper Mongolfer bal
loon, which "went up" in a way typical
and prophetic of the fate awaiting the
party in November. Assembly Hall was
filled, but chiefly with negroes, a number of
whites, nearly all Conservatives drawn
there by curiosity, being gathered here and
there in squads. The atmosphere of the
hall was asphyxiating, and the all-pervad-
ing stencil was enough to revolt the stout
est stomach. We could only endure it for
brief season, and we felt that if we had
remained the meeting through we would
have justly forfeited our life assurance
Whig.