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Year: 1873

A GEORGIAN HERoINE.-There is,
avows the Macon (Ga.) Telegrapy, a
family in Jones County, consisting of
a gentleman and his wife, both very
old and intirm, and maiden daughter.
The family is entirely respectable
one, but the misfortunes of war and
other adverse circumstances have re-
duced their means of subsistence down
to the possession of q moderate sized
farm Of poor land. This the old man
tried to manage and cultivate in order
to make a livelihood for his old wife
and their one daughter. In this he
failed, and year by year affairs were
growing worse with him, and he saw
that he should have to give up the bat
tie, and that, too, without having any
one upon whom he could rely for sup
port in his declining years. The
daughter was among the first to divine
the true state of affairs. She saw that
her father was too old to longer con-
tend with the world for the means of
subsistence. Her mother was also
aged and not able to lend a helping
hand, and she knew that if anv relief
were to come to them it must come
through her. She thought the matter
over in a practical way, and in a very
daughterly manner made up her mind
that her old parents could not suffer
for anything while she had the strength
to labor for them. Her mind was no
sooner made up than she went to work
with wOmanIy energy, but not in a


woman's sphere. She did not 60 to
the school-house, nor to the music
room, nor into a millinery establish
ment, but she went into the field and
put her hand to the plough and looked
not back. Day in and day out, in fail
weather and foul, in heat and in cold


she clung to her self-imposed duty,
Though sometimes, when the days
work was ended, she was too weary
and sore almost to drag herself to the
house, her courage never forsook her


but she toiled on, month after month
Year: 1873

town of Townshend two gentlemen, a
whilc-ago quarrelled over a game. and
cracked one another over the head with
mallets. One OF the parties to this tight.
croquet was so mortified about it that
he Immediately croquetted himself to
distant parts.


suppose the ruling passion is strong
In death. l make no doubt that they
play up to the last and cease at once to
croquet and live. Not until the grim
monster tight-croquets them out against
their wish will they cease to live for the
noble purpose of playing croquet. And
then their fond spirits will, perhaps,
hover over this happy valley to find out
how each successive game comes out
Edrard Eggieston in Hearth and
Year: 1873

until now she is reaping her reward in
finding herself competent to making
comfortable the last days of her par
ents. A bale of cotton raised by her
was sold at one of the warehouses in
Macon, Ga. and if it's market value
had been set according to the moral
worth Of the producer, the product
would haye yielded her competency
for life.
Year: 1873

The gentleman who asserted that his
friend never opened his mouth without
putting his foot in it, being called upon
to apologize, said he was very sorry, but
when he made the assertion he did not
see the size Of his friends foot.
Year: 1873

AroLoGgrIc. We must beg our frieRds
and patrons to pardon the comparative
dearth Of reading matter this week. the
press Of new advertisements has been such
that our columns are filled and much in
teresting reading is crowded out This,
however. is a fate to which all popular
business journals are subject
Year: 1873

5000 IN CASH FOR $l.-We call the
attention of our readers to the advertise
ment in another column of the Nebraska
State Orphan Asylum Here is chance
to win fortune in Public Legal Drawing,
and aid a noble charity.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,


decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time TO
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

From lands end 10 lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road to an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there Is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is
Year: 1873

Wallace PARK NJ D.. Of Salem, Mass, says:


i used the Extract first in my own family and
found it to be the best remedy ever saw for what
it is recommended; and have since used it largely
in my own practice. it giving myself and patients
perfect satisfaction
Year: 1873

A QUERY IN BUcHU FINANCE great
Buchu purchase of Samana Bay about year
ago excited the admiration of the world. A
large payment falls due to Baez on that pur-
chase on January l, 1874. Since the days of
that princely scheme Buchu has fallen under
o cloud, financially. Buchu drafts are not SO
readily swallowed as in former days. How is
Baez to be paid? And does the hint of the
intended purchase Of the privileges OF naval
station at Samana Bay indicate that the ma
tional Treasury will help Buchu in his troubles,
so that he will not be robbed of his Samana
Baez?
Year: 1873

Another Herald Prediction Verified.


The meteorological indications which fol-
lowed the extensive rain storm on the Atlantic
seaboard strikingly confirmed the HERALD's
prediction of Saturday last The prediction
of another November air wave coming in to
supply the vacuum left by the general rain
storm of Saturday, and also Of fall of tenn
Mississippi. is sustained by the report of snow
on the lakes, high pressures and colder
weather from the lakes to the Gulf While
we may expect much more marked repetitions
of the same phenomenon as November runs
in we have in the late verifcation the first
instalment of winter weather and winter
winds. The late storm on our seaboard was
also striking instance of the force of the
reasoning which recently led us to correctly
forewarn our transatlantic steamers of the
recent Florida cyclone as likely to meet them
after leaving Sandy Hook forewarning
which, our readers will remember, was justified
by the stormy experience Of the outward
bound Cunard steamer Russia: The rain
storm of Saturday, while its centre was near
Sandy Hook on that day, was not dangerous,
the barometer reading about 1902; but
before it had advanced to Halifax the mercury
had fallen to 20. IL, and the winds had risen
to high and dangerous velocity. This fact
suggests very important use that may be
made Of the weather by outward bound ves-
sels-viz., to watch these American coast
gales and to expect them to become, after
emerging into the Atlantic Gulf stream, very
severe cyclonic disturbances. the moment
these gales enter the vapor-Iaden air around
the Nova Scotia coast the condensation is
liable to become sudden and excessive, and in
that event the glass at once begins to sink
rapidly, while the before gentle meteor
develops into a terrific hurricane. These
premonitions therefore, based as they are on
the published telegraphic reports, will be
found extensively useful to seamen leaving
our seaboard ports.
Year: 1873

The City Government and the Unem-


ploycd Poor.


Here are two statements Of fact which we
submit to the people of the Empire City
The city of Philadelphia has resolved to push
forward its public works. and employment was
furnished on Saturday to seven hundred mon,
idle on account of the panic On last Satur-
day and yesterday seven hundred men
were discharged from the Department Of Pub
lie Works in New York. In face of all the
threatened and actual want arising from COM
pulsory idleness in this city seven hundred
men are thrown out to swell the hungry thou
sands by one of the departments which should
men in addition to those at work up to Sat-
urday last. Why is this9 Commissioner
Van Mort gives an explanation. The Comp
troller. whose obstructive, pettifogging policy
has already cost the city so much, retains the
awards of contracts for public improvements
without acting on them one way or the other.
and hence there is neither work nor money TO
give the laboring men. We have seen quite
enough of this officials policy to know that q
strong lever must be brought to bear upon his
peculiar obstinacy. and we propose to apply
1.-THE lever of public opinion. Mr..
Green has spent thousands in resist
ing the just claims of the city's credi-
tors, in employing lobby counsel at
Albany at one hundred dollars day and ex-
penses. in fighting poor scrub women's bills.
His cry has been Thousands for lantern -jawed
lawyers, but not one cent for labor! Now in the
hard season upon us, we want no such losing
and obstructive policy. Our citys credit
should be as sound as that of the United
States, and we want those concerned in its
guardianship to act up to the requirements Of
the hour. We have difficulty before us
which can be met by taking measures
in time We shall have to feed thousands
before the winter is over, and the question is
whether the men shall work for what they eat
or be fed in idleness. The first alternative is
not only the more economical, but the safer.
Idle bread in stinted quantity will leave the
community exposed to the evils which .
demorslizing plenty Of time knows how to
bring. Let needful work be given, then, at
rates sufficient to keep the wolf from the door,
and let our city government see that neither
the tasks nor the funds are wanting. Even
Brooklyn is ahead of us
Year: 1873




Money in London was worth from ten to
thirteen per cent yesterday. These are panic
prices. They are not accounted for by the
movement Of coin from London to this city,
which was only little over two millions ster-
ling for the last thirty days, nor yet by the
discontnuance Of our regular export Of specie.
They are significant OF deeper troubles,
against which there is no charm in the remedy
of an increased bank rate. It is the theory Of
the system OF increasing the bank rate that if
money is made officially as dear in London as
it is practically at the points toward which
bullion is flowing when drain seems immi-
nent it will cease to flow for of course money
is never sent abroad when it can be used as
proftably at home, and the practical operation
Of this system has sustained the truth of the
theory. But now the rnte has been ad-
vanced to eight and nine per cent OFF,
cially and from ten to thirteen is asked
on the street, and the trouble is no less serious
for these extreme prices. Does this prove
that the theory is not truea No, it only
proves that the trouble has o different origin,
and that the flow of coin which the increased
rate was designed to meet, and might have
controlled, is not the main factor in the
present difficulty There is now in England
widespread apprehension of very grave possi-
bilities, and consequently q commencing col
lapse Of credit and for an evil of this nature
England was not troubled by our panic, or
was but very slightly troubled by it, for her
fnanciers were not involved in what led
to it, and she would perhaps have escaped
scot-free if we could have got upon our feet
again, as it was thought we would Immediately
after the disasters that followed the failure Of
Jay Cooke. Unfortunately such good fortune
was not in store for us, and ruin spread like o
confagration from the financial to the COM
mercial and industrial interests. Though
England might not feel the failure Of all our
railway Spectators together, nor of all the
banks that operate with them, it is q very diff
ferent thing fer her when our importers send
no orders and when, through tire stopping of
all sorts of industries and the consequent loss
of employment, our people cease altogether to
make purchases. With two nations SO init
mately related in trade as England and
America are it is impossible that one can
escape the consequences of q commercial
crisis in the other. At this moment, no
doubt, many great establishments in
England are troubled to meet their obliga-
tions, and the apprehension that they will not
succeed-that there will be heavy failures,
and that when this once begins no one can
say what will be the end of it's disturbing
confidence to ON extreme degree, and there is
consequently rush and scramble for money
that is already onthe verge of panic, and will
doubtless go further with little delay.
Year: 1873

The WINTER Is COMING Yesterday and
last night we had the coolest weather of the
season SO far The next change may be a
snow storm, though we hope not. In any
event we fear that another rough winter is
before ms.
Year: 1873

The weather I'm This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours In
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts
HERALD RuldIUQ.
Year: 1873

recognizes the fact that war exists on the
island There may be some force in his re-
marks and in the yet more emphatic criticism
of others in Washington, whose views are
published to-day in our Washington corre-
spondence, in regard to the Cuban patriots
who fight the battle of their country in New
York, Philadelphia and Washington instead of
on the plains of Cuba. To be sure the fate of
Ryan and his associates proves that they might
experience some difficulty in landing on the
island, while the unsleeping vigilance of our
authorities renders their escape from our own
shores not very easy matter. But we are
willing to admit that they ought to be with
Cespedes instead of here. and to believe that
they might find way to their native land if
they had the will to be there. We accept the
statement as true that the government at Ma
drid deplores and condemns the acts of it's rep
resentatives at Santiago de Cuba, and we SYM
pathize with the brave CASTELAR,, who is COM
PEELED to struggle against SO many difficulties
at home as well as against the Machiavelian
policy Of ''perfdious Albion, always well dis
posed to foment revolutions among her neigh
bors, although strenuously opposed to such
commissions within her own territory. But,
after oil, we must insist that the affair of the
virginius demands the immediate recognition
by our government Of the existence of state
of belligerency in Cuba. If the Cubans want
more than this we are ready to refuse
their unreasonable requests. Less than
this we cannot accord in justice to
our own citizens There is now an actual
conflict between our government and the au-
thorities in Cuba. They claim the right of
search and seizure in o time of pretended
peace we insist that it does not exist except
in state of war as declared by Spain or as
recognized by our own government. For
the past five years the Spanish government
has treated the United States like
nation of children or fools We
have been persistently told that no
war exists in Cuba while irritating demands
consistent only With state Of war have been
Year: 1873

Gently, by this most dishonest conspiracy of
the legitimists, who would have taken advan-
tage of their country misfortunes to force upon
it prince whom no one knows and throne
which no one respects; sovereignty without
life and dynasty which has long been dis
honored. These are the stages of the war
against French liberty on the part of the
friends Of q monarchy. In every case the
conspiracy springs from the one root-a dis
regard of the sacredness of the law.


This spirit of indifference to law, which has
had such an unhappy effect upon France,
finds q parallel at home. When we have
spoken-as las been our duty on many occa-
sons to speak-of the growth of the spirit of
C@sarism in the United States we have only
pointed to dangers as imminent as those
which menace France Beginning with the
unavoidable infractions of law imposed upon
Mr.. Lincoln by the sudden and alarming ne
cessities of war, continuing through the efforts
OF President Johnson to paralyze the Legisla-
ture by the extreme use of the veto, we find in
the administration of General Grant ten
dency to regard the laws of America very
much as the enactments of the National As


sembly were regarded by Louis XVI. The


misfortunes of that prince were that he could


never separate his own destinies from those of


France. The throne came to him as per-


sonal heritage and his kingdom as personal
possession. In this same spirit General Grant


has viewed the Presidency. 1t was q personal


honor to him for his services during the war.


His duty was to find a personal Cabinet com.
posed Of men who would be members of his
staff-aids and secretaries, not ministers of in
dependent dignity and responsibility. His
frst impulse, when he found law which
interfered with his friendly wish to honor
New York friend, was to ask Congress
to repeal the law. although it came from the
Year: 1873

According to London letter, " dia-
monds are more common in private So
ciety than they ever have been. Many
ladies are crazy about them. Let them
get as many as they can, some night or
other they meet with a dowager who
eclipses them, and their happiness is
gone. A lady of rank Who has a good
collection, and who does not often leave
many at home, was asked the other day
the actual cost of those upon her per-
son. She replied with perfect truth and
with much complaisance: They cost
rather more than twenty thousand
pounds Abr said a nobleman who
was present, Lady Coptts' collection
are worth nearer half million. From
that gallery one woman, at least, went
away distressed. A friend who was by
told me she turned very pale, and he
thought she would faint. rnrs
Year: 1873

BE CoRDIAL.-rhe necessity OF cordaity in
church is thus set forth by DIR. Hall in the Chris
tidn Intelligencer:


'"You enter church on Sabbath forenoon
with timid, hesitating step are gravely, civily
scrulinized by the sexton, who, you feel, is tax
ing your measure, and estimating your social
position. The worshippers pass you as if YOU
were post. They do not jostle you, nor yet
notice you; they are not rude, but severely let
you alone.


"You set in the pew near other worshippers
in body, but remote enough from them as far
as sympathy Is concerned. One or two chill
dren scan you furtivcly, and casual adult glance
may, perhaps, suggest the propriety of your ex-
planning how you came to be there, but you are
not further noticed; and when the minister pro-
nounces the blessing you do not feel as il you
had any right to appropriate any part of it to
yourself.


"Alany quiet respectable churches have this
spirit. 1t is hard to say who is responsible for
it, or for correcting it. But il is no help. 1t
chls those who had a little warmth and it
keeps out those who are altogether cold. 1t is
as effective against the approach Of the poor as
a notice against tresspassers. And while per-
sons who value the church as social elevator
may go and help TO work the refrigerating ma
chine, some respectable persons who want
little religion, as such, will keep away. For
the sake of every lawful purpose of church,
all men should keep this spirit out The sexton
should look pleasant, and find stranger n seat,
as if he expected him. Bibles and hymn books
should be banded by the nearest worshippers.-
There would be no harm in the minister pray
ing for those friends who have turned In TO
worship; and il a pleasant nod came as the
hymn book was returned, as much as TO say,
'Glad to see you-hopc you'll come again,' it
would exc out even good sermon and send
the 'casra' away with a good impression. A
church may have spirit that welcomes or Il
spirit that repcls the people, AMI surely the
bride is 10 say, 'Come.'
Year: 1873

NhaA lltEOllOlh JANO A6OUl
THE NEW BONNET.
foolish lite maiden bought foolish little
bonnet.
With ribbon and a feather and a bit of lace
upon II;
And, that tho other maidens of the little town
might know it,
She thought she'd go to meeting the next Sun


day just to show it.
But, though the little bonnet was scarcely larger


than dime,
The getting of it settled proved to be work of
time:
So, when twas fairly tried, all the bells had stop
ped their ringing
And when she came to meeting, sure eno1qb.


the folks were singing.
so this foolish little maiden stool an waited


at the door.
And she shook her ruffles out behind and


smocthed them down before;
'Hallelula! halleula" sang the choir above


ler head;
''Hardly knew you! harll y knew you!n were


the words she thonght they said.
This made the little maiden feel so very, very


cross,
That she gave her little mouth twist, her lii.


tie head a toss;
For she thought the very hymn they sang was


all about her bonnet,
With the ribbon and the feather and a bit of
lace upon it.
And She would not wait 10 listen to the sermon
Or the prayer,
But battered down the silent street and hurried


up the stair,
Till she reached her little bureau, and in band
box on 1t
Had hidden safe from critics eye her foolish lit


lie BONNET.
Which proves, my little maiden, that each OF


you will lind,
In every Sabbath service, but an echo OF your


mind;
And that little head that's filled with silly little


airs,
WIN never get blessing from sermon or from
prayers.
Year: 1873

Weare indebted to ''Shingle" for the fol
lowing in regard to the Klotz's Door and
Sash Factory destroyed by fire, as hereto
fore stated, on the 22d of November


The Factory was erected for Mr.. Klotz
in 1869. under the supervision of Ware
&lang. the latter having acted as Superin-
tepdent of the establishment ever since
II consisted of four stories. The ground
floor room had in it turning lathe and was
used as tt mandatory of all kinds of fur
piture. The second floor was used as
place for putting together blinds, and had
but little machinery in it. The third floor
was the main manufacturing room and con-
tained the principal machinery. The fourth
floor was used as the planning room and con
tanned large planning machine and floor
ing sticker The ell was used as finish
ing room where all the articles manufactur-
ed were finished for market. Contiguous to
and connected with this room by gangway
was the large store room where the finished
work was stored until shipped to market


The FIRE which destroyed all this proper.
ty originated from coal oil lamp used for
the purpose Of keeping glue hot for the use
of couple of men engaged in putting chairs
together. They had just re6lled the lamp
when the oil ignited. They hurriedly
picked up the lamp and the box in which It
was sitting and carried them out ofthe build.
ing, but some of the burning oil fell among
the dry shaviugs in the room where they
we're working. and ip few minutes the
whole establishment was wrapped in flames.
So rapid was the progress of the fire that
the men were prevented from placing the
belt onthe pump pulley. Could the pump
have been got into operation Immediately.
it is probable that the fire would have been
extinguished.


The saw mill building, situated rear the
factory and connected by railways, togeth
er with immense stacks oflumber, was only
Saved by the favorable direction of the wind
and the exertions of the work men.


The loss sustained by Mr. Klotz will
not fall short OF $4,000; Mr. Lang loses
in laoor and interest in manufactured stock
between 81 900 and $4,000 By this fire,
and that at Redding, Mr.. Klotz has lost
$40 900 or more and his misfortunes certain
ly eutitle him to the sympathy of the public.


He has decided not to attempt to rebuild
the factory for the present, but assures his
creditors that he is able to meet all de-
mands against him if given little time -
and that favor has been accorded him.


In addition to the loss sustained by the
destruction of the factory. serious inconven-
ience has resulted to many employees, as
they have suddenly been thrown out o ,
employment just as winter approached