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Year: 1872

ut Prayers.


The interesting letter which We published
yesterday from our special correspondent
in Tennessee accompanying the itenerant
orators showed us the energetic trio fallen
upon evil days. In view of the proprieties'
Cheatham, Maynard and johnson were
obliged to abandon the stump during the Sab
bath. but the existence of camp meeting in
the neighborhood Of Knoxville gave them
chance Of conciliating the religious interests
and doing little sly political business not to
be lost The religious test was crucial. but
there was no escape. In the present state Of
the strange triangular duel the wounding Of
any interest would certainly prove fatal to any
Of the candidates. Under these circumstances
the would-be Congressmen ct Large hied to
the tents Of Israel. AN three started on the
religious race, but Andy broke down before he
reached the railway station. He arrived in
time to see his better winded brothers whirled
of TO the fields of the just, no doubt with
satisfaction at having . good excuse to
remain behind. Cheatham and Maynard
therefore had all the praying to them-
selves. and In this respect Maynard seems
to have displayed the greater staying power.
Poor Cheatham's training in the praying
line, being of the rough and ready school, was
sorely tested A child Of the camp. accus-
toned ssto swear prayer or two, then
sleep again." he made but sorry figure
among the penitents and soon gave up
the peccavi-ing in despair. Once from
under the canvas the gallant mil&aire found
himself more in his element among the young
and pretty ladies, who quilted their devo-
tions to interview the aspirant for Congress.
While Maynard was deep in his devotions the
dashing soldier was making sad havoc among
the fair portion Of the congregation, and evi-
IDENTIFY created an interest that is likely to
prove vastly more useful to him than even q
reputation for piety. The peaceful charac-
ter Of the canvass not been broken up 70
the present except by oowardiy menace Of
assassination against Andy johnson; but
if the fool who made it should attempt to
put his threat into execution we hope the
oratorical tailor will brain the villain with
his goose. SO far, the triangular duel has
been fair fight, and it certainly has more Of
the element Of the droll and ludricrous than any
other incident of the campaign. We should
therefore look with horror on the man or party
who should attempt to introduce the dramatic
element into contest which has afforded the
public refuge from the dulness and prosi-
ness Of a very unpicturesque campaign.
Year: 1872

any fixed principle Of action. The sale Of Ave
millions of gold and tho purchase of Ave
millions of bonds by the Treasury yesterday
may produce temporary good but IL Is only
an expedient that creates disturbance in values
and involves the necessity Of subsequent
expedients. Then. this action just at the
present time creates q suspicion that 1t was
for political purposes more than for any
regard to the business interests of the country.
So, also, the report. true or false, that the
Secretary of the Treasury Is about to issue
large amount of the legal-tender reserve keeps
the market in feverish state. Government in
reference has that tendency on one side as much
as the Wall street combinations have on the
other. Our whole financial system needs TO
be placed on q soid basis, so that the vast
interests of our merchants, traders and the
community generally shall neither be at the
mercy of cliques of spectators nor the caprices
of the Treasury Department.
Year: 1872

In pressing upon regenerated Tammany the
nomination Of William Butler Duncan for Mayor
we desired to apply test to the organization.
There had been great deal Of plotting and
wire-pulling in regard to the Mayoralty,
and we suggested to Messrs. Tilden, Schell,
Kelly and their associates candidate whose
position was such as to command the respect
and confidence Of our best citizens. We are
certain that Mr.. Duncan would not accept the
Tammany nomination, or any other, unless
the reformers of the city would unite upon
him as a candidate worthy Of support. He is
too earnest and sincere a friend Of
good government to consent to divide
the reform strength and thus risk the
election Of some Objectionable nominee.
The position can be nothing to him except in
SO far as he might use it to advance the pros
perity Of the city and the interests Of the peo-
pie. Every person knows that true reform
party ought to be satisfied with Mr.. Duncan
and rejoiced at the opportunity of electing
such a citizen Mayor of the metropolis. Every
person knows that with the nomination of
Tammany and the endorsement Of the reform
ers he would be elected by an enormous major
ity if every political hack in the city should
oppose and denounce him. But if the
Committee of Seventy and the other reform
bodies choose to incur the responsibility of
refusing or withholding their endorsement
from such q candidate, we should advise Mr..
Duncan not to allow his name to be used for
the position just as strenuously as we have
heretofore urged his acceptance. In that
event the so-called reformers are bound to put
forward candidate who will succeed, or they
become answerable for the future government
Of the city, whoever may be elected.


So far as Tammany is concerned there is
good reason to suspect that the organization
is to be again given over to worse than the old
corruption There are unmistakable evi-
Year: 1872

II HAD served twenty-five years on board
Il an East Indiaman, and for the last ten
years had commanded the Belle, one of the
finest crafts that ever hoated. / was an
old sea dog and had dwelt SO long on salt
water that felt almost hatred for land.


On the Goth of October, 1924, received
orders to put myself in readiness to sail for
Cayenne. was to transport seventy-five
soldiers and convict | had orders to
treat this individual well, and the letter
received from the directory inclosed an
other, with huge red seal, which was
not to open until between ~ and 28 deg.
west longitude; that is just before we were
about to cross the line.


The letter was long packet, so well
closed ON every side that it was impossible
to catch the slightest glimpse of its con
tents. am not naturally superstitious,
but there was something in the look of the
letter that did not altogether like, though
could give no reason why. However,
carried it into the cabin, and stuck it under
the glass of little shabby English clock,
which was fastened above my head. was
busy fixing the letter under the clock, when
who should come into the cabin but the
convict and his wifel This was the first time
had seen either of them, and may say
more prepossessing couple never met.
The woman was scarcely more than fifteen,
and as handsome a picture; while the hus-
band was an intelligent, magnifcently
formed man, on whose features nature had
never written william vi aa


His crime, to be plain, was the misfor-
tune of being hundred years ahead of his
age. He and others had attempted some
thing which our government calls treason,
and which it punished with death, 1t,
therefore, occasioned me considerable won
der that he should be placed under my
charge, but more of this afterward.


He had, as said, his wife hanging on
his arm. She was as merry as bird; she
Year: 1872

This is positively the largest and most attractive
combination OF exhibitions ever known, and re.
mains absolutely without parallel in the history
Of the world and embraces in the various depart
lucnts of the Exposition
Year: 1872

IT has not been so long ago but all the
voters OF the city can remember the vote
taken on the proposition to subscribe
$4,000 to the Pittsburgh, Wheeling
&lKentucky! road. The vote was on the
first proposition made by the PC. & St.
L. Railroad, an important condition of
which was that o mortgage on the road
should be given to secure the p. @. 6 St.
Louis Company for their investment.
This was objected to and on this objec.
ton the subscription was rejected. Now
we are asked to vote four times
as much and become liable for
double as much and to accept a
contract under which the contracting
parties not only will own half or more Of
the road and control the directory, but
will have ., first mortgage on the entire
road. They would not only own con.
trolling interest in the road when done,
but on single failure to pay interest,
which their control would enable them
easily to devise, could and no doubt
would foreclose and take the road, 80
that the interests Of alliother stockhold.
ers would be absolutely lost. 1t is a
question which every man should ponder
for himself, whether he is prepared to
subject the city and himself to such con.
tingencies, when year ago our people
refused to incur risks far less serious
than those now to be incurred.
Year: 1872

EW-Ihe Hist ry Of a National Temedy. = Here is
tho history OF the most celebrated tome OF the age
in a nutshell. In 1e6 it was announced that Ger
tain combination OF vegetable ingredients, with
pure diffusive stimulant, was working wonders Ill
the cure OF chronic dyspepsia, neryo debility pc,
rlodlcal fevers rheumatism and constitutional
weakness The unpretendiDg name given TO the
specific was PLANTATION BqTERs. The statement
attracted the attention of inval ds everywhere The
new remedy received fair trial, and the results
more than confirmed all that had been said III jus
praise. ThencefOrward it was great success. The
business columns of the press sprt ad the glorious
news far and wide, and the martyrs to indigestion
htllousness physical prostratlon and premature de-
cay, as If by common consent, sought relief IRON
the new vegetable restorative. They found uho


they sought From that time to the present the in
crease in the demand for Plantation Bitters MAJ


been one Of the most striking events in this aga
Year: 1872

Weigh one pound of fresh eggs in
the shell, an equal weight Of pulverized
white sugar, half d pound Of line -four.
Break the eggs and beat eeparately the
yolks and whites. Always, when prac-
ticable, have one person beat the yolks
steadily the same length Of time it takes
another person to beat the whites until
they stand up perfectly stiff and dry
Add the sifted sugar gradually to the
yolks, then mix in the whites. Lastly.
cream gently in the -four, and be sure
not to beat at all afterward, or you will
certainly spoil the cake Crate in the
peel of one lemon, and add also its
strained Juice; more II the fruit is in.
different. Lemons are to be preferred
as the seasoning for sponge cake, but if
they are not TO be obtained, substitute
mace. sa ftr''f. ssu sl j" p
Year: 1872

The impression prevails IN well-informed
quarters that the present King Of spain cannot cope with
w difficulties 10y which he is beset and that serious
erIsls In spanish affairs is imminent
Year: 1872

The approach ef a winter likely to be a severe
one should make al charitable hearts sOlt u TIE
appeal implied in this primitive genre sketch from
the ST Louis -Repuhiican.- whence IL il here
quoted equally for It's simple humanity and the
simplicity which reaches a true artistic effect :
Year: 1872

A blushing maiden in Vermont sues a
man for breach of contract under the fol-
lowing curious circumstances She had
q farm which he wished to purchase, and
she offered the property and herself ior
twenty thousand dollars, refusing to sell
one without the other. lie accepted, paid
the money, got the title deeds of the land
and felt SO well satisfied with his bargain
that he restored one-half of It to her. As
that half was herself she declined the
generous gift with thanks, and insisted
he should marry her. lie refused aud
she sues him for breach Of contract. and
there Is every indication that she viii win
the suit. Now, If a man cannot do what
he like with his own, il IL hard indeed.
II we are to be sued and made to suffer
the penalties Of the law every time we
see fit to indulge in thoughless piece Of
generosity, somo of the kndiest feelings
of our common nature win receive
shock that will prove fatal to them. II
he buy piece Of wooded land aud deter
mine TO make the former owner present
of the wood, shall he sue us for breach Of
contract? If we buy well stocked farm,
and conclude to give pig, COW, or a
horse away, should we be plunged into
lawsuit? II is unnecessary to cite further
examples as proof of the absurdity Of the
whole affair. If we were that man we
would marry our prosecutor, join half
dozen clubs, Masonic lodge, military
company and a sporting club, and try 10
make her as comfortable as possible mn
der the circumstances Boston Gobe,
Year: 1872

Quinine should not be eaten after a
hearty meal of India rubber; the spcrma-
ceti contained in the former will unite
with the oxalic acid of the latter, and
wagon grease will be evolved with dis
astrous results. Before taking bath the
entire body should be carefully washed.
Then lay on a coating of tar and get into
the water. II can't touch you anywhere.
1t is not so fashionable as it was to chop
a cord of wood before breakfast; none
but very old men who cling TO the tradi-
tons of youth like lean leech to a stuffed
frog, ever do il, and they commonly
perish at 1t. Getting out of bead in a
perspiration is to be ayoided-alway lie
in bed as long as you can find m excuse
for it. Nothing is more injurious than
the ordinary method Of going up stairs I;
il causes the alkali In the blood to settle
in the corns, producing Arianism and
stranguation. The proper way is to lie
on your stomach and 20 up feet first
Never sleep with your eyes shut; it is a
degenerate habit. Bathing, as intimated
above, is conducted on wrong prinei-
pie. 1t Is probable the custom might be
adyantageously abolished altogether
Bath houses and bathing rooms in dwell
ings are thing Of recent growth. Our
grandiathers seldom or never bathed
and il is conceded that they lived to be
several hundred years old. Potatoes
should always be eaten with the skins on,
skins contain bi-carbonate Of mucilage,
which is just what the liver requires.
When the custom of giving the skins TO
the poor originated science was almost
wholly unknown.
Year: 1872

WfsaAm ~ THE NEW yaax AsRAD
The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our CORE
spondent in the British capital =


LONDON. Oct. "a, 1872.
The Bank of England did not propose to
borrow the sum of four millions of pounds
sterling, twenty millions Of dollars, from the
Bank of France, as was reported in some quar-
ters, both in Europe and America, a few days
since.


THE POINT OF THE TRANSACTION TURNED THE


OTHER WAY.


On the contrary, His Excellency President
Theirs endeavored strenuously to induce the
Bank of England to borrow that sum from the
French institution, but the proposition or sug-
gestion was declined.


WHAT THREADNEEDLE STREET TOLD THEIRS
The governor and directors of the Bank of
England answered the communication of the
French President by stating that if M. Theirs
wished to deposit the amount Of four millions
of pounds sterling in the bank in London
and draw against it afterwards they would
accept the deposit.


PLAN AND POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT.
President Theirs object in this matter of
French Treasury diplomacy was to use the
fact of money deposit in London politically
in the Republic, SO as to be enabled to boast,
as Chief of the Executive, that his govern
ment had completely restored the material
prosperity of France
Year: 1872

1t is a wondrous advantage to man,
in every pursuit or avOcatiOu, to secure
an adviser in sensible woman. In
woman there is at once a subtle delicacy
of tact and a plain sOundness Of iudg
meDt which is surely combined 10 an
equal degree i'm man. 4 woman, if she
be your friend, will have a sensitive re-
gard for your character, honor and re-
pute. She will seldom counsel you to
do "A shabby thing, for q woman friend
always desires to be proud of you. AT
the same time, her constitutional timid-
ity makes her more cautious than your
male friend. She, therefore, seldom
counsels you 10 do an impertinent
thing.


BY female friendship we mean pure
friendship, those in which there is no
admiXture of the passion of love, except
in the marriage state. y mans best
friend is q wife of good sense and good
heart, whom he loves and who loves
him. If he have that he need not seek
elsewhere. But supposing the man to
be without such a helpmate, female
{ friendship he must still have, or his in
tellect will be without garden, and
there will be many an unheeded gap
even its strongest fence. Better and
safer, of course, such friendships where
>
/ the idea of love out of the question.
Middle life has rarely this advantage;
I youth and old age have. We may have
female friendship with those much older
and those much younger than ourselves.
| MOhere's old housekeeper was a great
help to his genius; and MOntaigue's
philosophy takes both a gentler and


loftier character of wisdom from the
date in which he finds in Marie de Gour-


nay an adopted daughter, Certainly be-


loved by me-" says the Horace of essay


lists, with more than parental love, and
involved in my solitude of retirement,


as one of the best parts Of my being.n
Female friendship, indeed, is to a man
the bulwark, sweetener, ornament of


his existence. To his mental culture it


is invaluable; without it, all his knowl-


edge of books will never give him


knowledge of the world
Year: 1872

WoNIANLY DELICACY.-Above every
other feature that adorns the female
character, delicacy stands foremost
within the province of good taste. Not
that delicacy which is perpetually in
quest of something TO be ashamed of,
which makes merit of blush, and
simpers at the false construction its own
ingenuity has put upon an innocent re-
mark; this spurious kind of delicaey is
as far removed from good taste as from
good feeling and good sense; but the
high-minded delicacy which maintains
its pure and undertaking walk alike
amongst woman as in the society of
men, which shrinks from no necessary
duty, and can speak when required with
seriousness and kindness of things at
which it would be ashamed to smile or
blush
Year: 1872

The following pen portrait Of Henry
Wilson, is by Miss Laura Ream, in the
Missouri Democrat: -.


Let your readers imagine mah-tsssse G
past the meridian of life, but with the
years resting lightly upon his head. y
tall, Siuewy, square-shOuldered man,
with hand as soft as velvet and as firm
as friendship, and a figure admirably
prOpOrtiOned-there is in the pose of the
head the suggestion of an ear always in
clined to the plants OF suffering
humanity. 1t is a round, shapely head,
with the organs of benevOlence largely
developed. The broad forehead as
clearly defines the qualities of order and
causality which are essential to practical
results, and beneath the crown of brain
we have soft brown eyes-pure wells of
virtuous thOught-which have the
quality Of carrying conviction to every
heart.


A large nose, in artist parlance of the
general order, neither Roman nor
Grecian, gives character to the smooth,
round cheeks and the mouth more
worthy of trust. The lips are mobile in
the sense of generosity and tenderness.
but are less expressive of courage, self
reliance and fiTmness. IL is a mouth to
be trusted forever. \ decisive chin
completes the perfect oval of q face
which is shaded by soft gray hair, worn
long and thrown back from the temples.
The face is smooth shaveu, and a rOseate
complexion indicates the healthy old
age of q well-spent life. The morning
we saw him he had been in the Senate
until four o'clock, and had taken no rest,
but he looked as fresh and strong as a
boy from his morning bath. This, too,
is only the day but one after his nomi-
nation to the Vice Presidency, and he is
as serene as a summer sky. His voice is
round and full, with an organ depth of
tone which insensibly commands atten-
ton. It stereotypes, to use a figurative
expression, the truthful language of the
age. Withal, my pen has failed of its
purpose of it has not conveyed to your
readers the idea of great and good man.
Year: 1872

How TO KEEP THE BoYs.-An INTEL
iiigent and thrifty farmer says: But for
the cooperation of my boys I should
have failed. The eldest is near twenty
one, all the boys in the neighborhood,
younger, have left their parents; mine
have stuck to me when I most needed
their services. attribute this result to
the fact that / have tried to make their
home pleasant. I have furnished them
with attractive and useful reading, and
when night comes, and the days work is
ended, instead of running with other
boys to the railroad station and adjoin-
ing towns, they gather around the great
lamp and become interested in their
books and papers.
Year: 1872

Not long since, | met a gentleman
who is assessed for more than a million.
Silver was i'm his hair, care upon his
brow, and he stopped beneath his bur
den of wealth. We are speaking of that
period of life when we had realized the
most perfect enjoyment; or, rather,
when we had found the happiness near
est 10 being unallOyed. 'I'll tell you"
said the millionaire, ''when was the
happiest hour of my life. At the age of
one and twenty | had saved up $500. /
was earning $500 a year, and my father
did not take it away from me, only re-
quiring that l should pay for my board.
At the age of twenty-one / had secured
a pretty cottage just outside the city. /
was able to pay two-thirds of the value
down, and also to furnish it respectfully.
was married on Sunday-a Sunday i'm
June-at my fathers house. My wife
had come to me poor in purse, but rich
in the wealth of her wOmanhoOd. The
Sabbath and the Sabbath night we
passed beneath my fathers roof, and on
Monday morning / went TO my work
leaving mother and sister to help in
preparing my home. On MOrday even
ing, when the labors of the day We're
done, / went not to the parental shelter,
rs in the past, but to my own home
my own home. The holy atmosphere
Of that hour seems to surround me even
now in the memory. l opened the door
of my cottage and entered. ! laid my
hat upon the little stand in the hall, and
passed on into the kitehen-our kitchen
and dining room were all one then. /
pushed open the kitchen door. The ta-
ble was set against the wall-the even
ing meal was ready-prepared by the
hands OF her who had come to be my
helpmate, in deed as well rs in name
and by the table, with throbbing, ex-
pectant look upon her face, stood my
wife. l tried to speak and could not. L
could only clasp the waiting one to my
bosom, thus showing her the eestatic
bliss Of my heart. The years have
passed-long, long years-and worldly
wealth has flowed in upon me, and am
honored and envied; but rs true as
/ heaven-I would give it all-every dol
/ lar-for the joy of the hour of that June
evening in the long, long ago."
Year: 1872

for this class of fruits is not so large
as for the class above spoken of, it has
always been equal to the supply, and the
crop has almost invariably proven re-
munerative one. Our fruit of this charac-
ter ripens little later than in the States
south of Tennessee, and comes into mar
ket without much competition from other
quarters.


We have written on this subject
before, but our correspondents in localities
from whence immigration may be expect
ed attach so much Importance to the Sub
ject, and justly, we think, that we allude
to it again. We candidly believe that there
is afine opening here for entcrprising fruit
growers, and that the business is destined
to become paying one in this country.