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Year: 1873

At a certain period, some six or
eight years ago, the officers of one
of our principal railroads had good
reason for believing that some OF
the conductors upon particular
section of their road were in the
habit of rendering inaccurate re-
turns of their receipts from sway
passengers;" and as they were un-
able to fix the defalcation upon the
particular individuals, Pinkerton
was employed to investigate the
matter, and test the accuracy of
their suspicious. For the execu-
ton of this delicate service he Sc
lected sufficient number Of his
best men to furnish four for every
car in a train, one to be seated at
Zach door and two in the centre of
the car, the latter facing to the
front and rear, so as to see every
person who went in or out. These
men were directed not to recognize
each other, but pay their fares, and
otherwise deport themselves like
ordinary travellers. Each one was
provided with pencil and paper, and
instructed to keep an accurate ac-
count of every person that entered
the cars, noting the stations to and
from which they travelled, etc., so
that if at the end of the trip their
notes were in accord, it would be
good evidence of accuracy. In
this manner the major was enabled,
in the course of few days, to
make a detailed report which show
ed conclusively that nearly every
conductor upon the section of road
under surveillance had been guilty
of swindling. He also ascertained
that one of these delinquents own
ed property to large amount in
Philadelphia. Whereupon, as l was
informed, Colonel S, the Vice
President, sent for the man, and the
following dialogue ensued:


"Mr. -, how long have you
been employed as conductor on our
road ~


"About seven years, sir"


"what pay have you received
during that time :"


"Eight hundred dollars year."


"Do you own the house No. -
upon -streetp


81 do, SIR


"Have you other property in this
city :"


81 have"


"What is its value Z"


"Wcll, sir, l can't tell precisely,
but it is considerable"


"What estimate do you place up
on your entire assets"


"Something like forty thousand
dollars"


"Werc you the owner of any por-
lion of this property when you en-
Icred our service 7" !
Year: 1873

A gentleman who recently visited the village G
Cheboygan. and was obliged to tarry little long
er than was agreeable, and who could not probat
ly, appreciate the true qualities Of the place
writes the following poetical efusion:
Cheboygan, oh Cheboygan,
When shall we sec thy charms again;
Delightful spot sweet place to rest,
birdseye view Of thee is best.
As distance lends enchantment to view,
When far away Wen think Of you.
Dear as thou art, to strangers dear,
We can neer afford TO lingcr here,
But OH 10 tear ourself away
Is hard, but harder yet 10 stay.
When ere We turn our eager eye
We have q most tremendous sighl
Whence thy charms to bind us thusl
When we would fly without much fuss.
Alas, we scan each feature fair,
And claim thee another Of our care;
Yet feel that all our peace OF mind
Depends on leaving thee behind.
But, oh, how can we flee or go,
Unless we "tramp it," like poor "Lol"
Dear, simple place, without compare,
That never deemed we'd move elsewhere;
Thou hast no roads to other places,
Nor care TO daily see new faces.
Why should strangers come and go,
Instead of settling here to owe!
Yes, and even sit and sigh
Because they cannot from thee ay.
No vulgar railroad skirts thy shore,
OF steamboats, here we hear no more
The ancient homemade bark canoe
Has long since foated out of view;
As yet the Wise mans new balloon
Has not come down from yonder moon,
Nor yet on wheels can one depart,


Unless by stolen sow-dust cart.


Cheboygan, oh, Cheboygan,


How shall we leave thy presence, then'
We pass our days in thoughts of fight,
And also pass the dreary night.


We eat and drink; we sigh in vain;
We pay our board and still remain.
Say, why does this continue thus
! When things are hourly getting worse
Where is the red man how sped he'


Show us the way, and then speed we;
Why may the white man not departi


When on the same he sets his heart.


Alas, did the red man stay to die!


And are our latter days drawn nighi


Are our former homes ours no more!


Shall we never loose sight OF thy ugly shore!


Oh, lonely spot, to memory dear %,


How long must we thus tarry here'


Say that We love thee, cling TO thee still,


Obliged to submit to thy dreary will


Doth not the heart love far away


Oh, LET us test it, do, we pray
- 4. Al.


May we not say for the present adieu!


If we come back, do as you please,


But if we do, twill be on our knees.
Year: 1873

doubtless be surprised and seme- what interested to receive a let ter from this part of the world away down in old East Tennessee,

 in the good old city of Greenville,

 the home of ex-President Andy

 Johnson, the hero of the great

 Impeachment trial, etc. l spent

 some six of the best years of my

 life on the muddy waters of the

 Colorado, and I heartily wish l

 was there again.-Home here in

 the States is not what it was be.

 fore the war. Society is now a

 mixture of politics, religion and

 hypocritica, corruption wherever

 you go. Grants office holders and

 sycophants rule the land, and a

 man that is not in some way con-

 nected with the administration, is considered nobody at all. You

 ought to be here in the South.

 and observe the dark;es airing their newborn political impor- tance. They won't stand to be

 called Negroes now; they are

 "colored gentlemen" and every one of them believes Ged had

 him set free especially for the purpose of filling some high office. The insoience of the ne- groes in some communities, is in- credible to any but an eye. ness. In some places thoy have all the county offices, and manage to keep what few poor whites there are too poor to emigrate, in pretty warm water. Fortunately this section, abound Greeneville, is still mostly in the hands of the l whites, and the negroes are toler-

 ably quiet, but cannot be depend. ed on as steady hands for any kind of work. The country pro- l duces less, and is in a far less prosperous condition now than before the war. Hundreds of good farms have been unoccupied for years, and are now overgrown with brush and even trees, for want of reliable labor. The negro will only work by short spells,

 and at exorbitant wages. Even

 the Grant Republicans hereabouts

 acknowledge that the condition

 of the negroes is worse now than

 it ever was in slavery. Excuse

 me for devoting so much of my

 letter to the "nigger,'' for it is the

 all-absorbing subject with the
Year: 1873

No person in the wide world conf
mands so great respect as sensible
woman. Not the butterflies of fashion
who stife the cries ofinnocent children
aud haste to obey the behests of $50
ciety;" not the miserable groundlings
whose time is too precious to waste
in the commonplace duties of faith
full wife or mother not the milksops
who talk flippantly of the last novel
and cannot tell whether yeast or pull
verised chalk is used to make bread |;
not the intellectual" and strong
minded females who go about with
uncombed hair and dirty hands; but
the refined, cultivated woman, who is
true to herself, and consequently true.
to her God and family. One whose.
mind is rich storehouse, filed with
practical knowledge one who can sew
on shirt button or give lessons in
natural. philosophy; one who can
wash dishes-if her condition in life
requires it-or teach drawing; one
who can ring the changes of cook
ing stove or piano; one who will
.'bide content the modest lot of wo-
man." and does not seek to make
presidents or grow to mans estate
without undergoing the perils of boy
hood. One whose inhuense is felt
in the home circle; whose teachings
point toward heaven. Such a woman
is worthy the reverence of all true
men.
Year: 1873

No well-appointed farm should be
destitute of its ice-house, any more
than of its horse barn or wood-house.
No elaborate or costly building is
needed for this use; no large expense
need be incurred in making the Ell
closure, or filling it with ice. In a
pinch the farmer can do all the wor L
himself, and need only buy the lum-
Der, nails, and few hinges.-of the
matter of cost it is safe to say that
any farmer, even "if he owes good
deal" or his taxes are hard to pay,'i
can compass the cost of an ice house.
He had better sell his best COW than
do without the ice, for by the aid OF
the latter the profits of his dairy will
be largely increased in hot weather.
In the house the uses of the ice are
so various, that once introduced il
becomes necessity.


Some hints regarding construction,
though old, may be of use to those
wishing to build. First, good drain
age must be secured without giving
the air access to the ice through the
drain. Ifthe soil is porous, or grav-
ely, no artificial drainage is required.
1t is not essential that the ice be stor-
ed underground, as it keeps quite as
well above the surface. Double walls
are best and safest. The ice should
be compactly packed and enclosed
with packed sawdust, or tanbark, on
all sides and on the top, to the depth
of at least twelve inches. This pack
ing is the great preservative ofthe ice.
Ventilation must be given from the
top of the ice With these principles
in view it is easy for novice to build
an ice-house. 1t is well to bear in
mind that the larger the body of ice
stored the better it will keep. No
farm ice-house should be less than
twelve feet square on the inside, and
eight feet high. As it is consid cradle
work to haul ice from a distance, it is
wise to procure it on or near the farm,
by throwing a dam across brook.
or leading the water of a spring into
basin. A few square rods of ice
will suffice to fill an ordinary house.
Year: 1873

PATIENCE-In some sad lives there
comes a moment when the shadow OF
death passes over the soul, and does
not touch the body. After that we
walk along our appointed path in the
world, and laugh and talk, and buy
and sell, and marry and are given in
marriage, may be, and none of our
friends, who hold our hands and wish
us God speed on our way, imagine,
when they look into our eyes, that
we are dead, that there is no more
light in the morning dew, that in our
hearts is neither hope nor fear,regret,
remembrance, nor delight; only SO
much of the red heart throb as keeps
up the show of life for other needs
than our own-only cold, dull pa
tiencc in place of q living soul.
Year: 1873

uemOrA nOe TOT thc rsiectiOns lo.NhOTrOWs


With the exception OF Illinois the elections to-
morrow In all the States named will have an effect
upon the composition OF the United States Senate
after the Attn OF March, 1875. In the State OF New
York the Senators to be chosen tomorrow serve
for two years, which will give the upper branch Of
our Legislature voice In the selection OF United
States Senator to succeed Senator Penton in 1875.


The State OF Mississippi is in an unfortunate
muddle in regard TO her election, which had been
fixed for tomorrow, and although the act may be
regarded illegal it is not improbable that votes
will be cast for state o1lcers which will involve
question OF State sovereignty state unacy, that
may call for the arbitration OF Congress, in which
event, Congress being largely republican, that body
will, no doubt, decide in favor OF the faction that
stands the drmest by the party and the admins
Year: 1873

About four O'Clock yesterday morning q man
about thirty years OF age, whose name Is
known, was almost instantly FILLED by falling from
a freight car Ia Fourth avenue, near Thrty-fourth
street. on which he was riding. Deceased was
dressed in brown coat and pants, Congress CATERS
and black cap. Coroner Young was notified TO
hold an inquest
Year: 1873

The election in Illinois Is principally for county
and other local officers, although there is more
less OF State and national interest involved In the
contest. The majority for Oglesby republican,,
for Governor. last year, was 1000.
Year: 1873

Mast FOreseetng His Blackboard Doom.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-


Please accept the small mite OF fifty cents for the
Mast Fund. l do this because think this country
should be proud OF an adopted citizen Of the talent
Of Mr.. Mast. saw q rather amusing drawing Of
Mr. Mast directly after the election OF General
Grant. 1t was q long procession. headed by u.
s. Grant, all in high glee, except MIR. Mast, who
brought up the rear with the words under him,
'It's all very nice for you but what am going to
do now9" Mr. Mast seemed to feel that he had
spent his labor for those that would be ungrateul
for 1t. A LIBERAL.
Year: 1873

DoNNovAN, who was to be hung in
San Francisco on Friday of last week,
had his sentence commuted by Governor
Booth to imprisonment for life. He had
been twice found guilty of murder in
the first degree-once by jury in Con-
ira Costa county, where the murder was
committed and afterwards in San Fran
cisco where the case was carried by a
change of venue.
Year: 1873

PAYMENT POSTPONED.


The House has failed to pass the apro.
priation to pay for the improvement.
made by the District Board of Public
Works in front of the National property
Final action has not been taken and will
not be in time to secure action in the
Senate prior TO the holiday recess. This
is subject Of regret, as the money due
from the United States for work done
for the enhancement of the value of its
property is needed to pay contractors
who owe the money, or large part of it,
to working men whose merry Christmas
will be turned into bitterness and the ac-
tual need of personal comforts. Much
Of the opposition and consequent delay
has been caused by the quibbling of the
opposition and the failure of Republicans
to inform themselves on the subject of
the justice and equity of the claim. Mr..
Farnsworth, who, since his defeat be-
fore the people, snarls and snaps at every
thing, showed his lttleness of soul in an
argument to show that because some of
his constituents (who are now somebody's
else) sold corn cheap therefore the Ma
tional Government should repudiate a
just debt for work and labor necessarily
performed. 1t came out in the discus
sion that he and others in the opposition
had voted an appropriation to buy prop
erty for the extension Of the Capital
grounds which involved an ertension Of
the principal on which the House was
asked to make this appropriation. Mr.
Dawes is in some respects an excellent
leader Of the House, but he certainly
lacks some of the elements of success in
pushing the rubbish Of captious, opposi-
tion promptly out of the way. 1t is to
be hoped that Congress will do justice to
the District in this regard soon after the
members enjoy their Christmas holidays.


PROTECTION TO EMIGRANTs.


Wednesday was set apart for the con-
sideration Of the immigration bill in
charge Of Mr.. Conger, but that gentle
man, in order to allow the District Of
Columbia bill to receive prompt action,
consented to postponement until the Sth
of January, at 2 o'clock p. NJ. This is n
most important measure and ought to be
considered and passed without unneces-
esary delay. The growing influx Of for
eigners, which will soon reach half a
million per annum, makes it incumbent
on the country to protect immigrants who
come to our shores from the impositions
practced on them on the passage and in
our ports.
Year: 1873

The Secretary Of the Treasury has just
issued an order plainly ignoring all right
Of an agent who files power Of attorney
for the collection Of claim before his
Department to demand its protection in
in the collection of his fees. Heretofore
the regulations required the sending of
drafts and warrants to the care of the at
torney who had filed a duly executed
power, so that he could demand his fees
on delivery thereof to the claimants in
whose favor the draft or warrant was
drawn. The law makes claims before
that Department UIassignable but the
advisors of the Secretary have doubtless
caused him to exceed his authority in
thus treating lawful compact between
client and counsel with entire indifference.
Nearly all Government claims are col
lcctcd on contingent fees and therein
is constituted the right of the attorney in
fact to be protected against the selfish
ness and greed Of clients who generally
live at Il distance. The right principal to
revoke a power Of attorney after an inter
est is acquired by rendering professional
services cannot be lawfully or justly rec
ognizcd by Department, and if the or
der is not revoked the attorney will be
cheated out Of half his fees. The De
partment is quasi court OF equity and as
such is bound to protect attorneys prac-
ticing before it. C.M.
Year: 1873

As we have referred to the conviction
Of the two gamblers in Philadelphia, and
as the fact has created considerable feel
ing in all parts of the State, because it
gives assurance that the crime is to be
brought to a sterner justice than it has
ever received in Pennsylvania, We give
the following opinion of what constitutes
gambling, as it was delivered by the Ex
Chief Justice Thompson IN a recent case
before the Supreme Court


Anything which induces men to risk
their money and property without any
hope of return than to get for nothing
any given amount from another. is gamb
ling. and demoralixiug to the community
no matter by what name it may be call
ed Ii is the same whether the promise
he to pay on the color OF card or the
ieetness of a horse, and the same numerals
indicate how much is lost or won in either
ease, and the losing party has received
just as much money In one case as the
other parted with viz nothing at all =
The lucky winter is OF course the gamer.
and he will continue so, until tickle for
tune, in due time, makes him ieel the
woes he has Inflicted on others All
gambling is Immoral. | apprchend that
the losses incident to the practice disclos-
ed within the past five years have con
tributed more to the failures and embez
elements by public officers, clerks, agents
and others. acting in Gduciary relations.
public and private, than any other known.
or perhaps all others causes aud the
worst of it is, that in the train of lis evils
there is vast amount of misery and SUI
fering by persons entirely suiltless of any
participation in the cause of it.
Year: 1873

n few days ago, says the Chicago Times.
Mr.. Nuhlbesch was taken suddenly i'll
at his residence, His disease was of q
very acute nature, and in spite of all the
efforts OF his physicians he died after
brief illness, aud his sorrowing friends
made ready for the funeral The under
taker was summoned and the body pro
perly laid out, and on Wednesday
the funeral services took place from his
late residence. Alter the customary
services had been performed, and the
sorrOwlUg relatives had taken their last
look at the deceased, the cnfin lid was
screwed down and the funeral coriege
moved slowly toward the quiet confines
OF Graceiand cemetery. where the body
was finally lowered sadly into the grave
which had been prepared for it The
last prayer had been offered and the last
solemn service repeated, when just as the
sexton reized his spade and was about to
drop the first shovelful of earth upon the
cotfn, sound something like stiGed
groan, followed by scratching uoise. as
if the dead was trying to release himself
from the confines of his barrow house,
was heard proceeding from the still, open
grave.


For an instant every heart stood still.
and the blood of every listener seemed to
curdle in his veins. The women scream
ed, and FASTENED toward the carriages
while the men were not slow iu following
them. ln an instant the sexton was the
only man lett at the grave, and he too
trembling at hearing what he had never
heard before. Finally he recovered
presence of mind enough to descend into
the grave aud break open the rough box
in which the colin WAS encased Then
the noise was repeated, and he knew that
the occupant of that grave, who in a few
minutes more would have been consigne
ed to a horrible death, aud whom his
friends had already mourned as bead, was
still alive and anxious to be set free. A
screw driver was soon procured from the
undertaken present aud the coffin lid
removed, when its occupant. instead OF
being cold and dead, as he had appeared
when last seen, was found to be once
more alive


His friends, who had by this time recov
cred courage enough to return to the grave
were, OF course, almost overjoyed at this
strange and unexpected turn OF affairs.
and hastened to rescue the late deceased
from his unpleasant quarters and remove
him to one of the carriages in waiting,
where be was rolled up in plentiful sup
ply OF blankets and lap robes, and his
friends who had lately followed him scr
rowingly to the grave now hasteucd joy
fully toward their homes The rescued
mau was so overcome on being rescued
from his periIous position that he was Tor
a long time unatle TO speak /; aud what
his feelings were while undergoing burial.
OF whether be was conscious at all or not
until the last moment, when he sgniied
that he was still alive is rot knowp
Year: 1873

Il has just been decided at the Pust
Office Department that after a letter
leaves the mailing ofic it passes from The
control OF the writer. and must he de
Iivered to the person addressed Should,
however that party not lie found the let
ter will he returned to the sender either
through the Dead Letter Office or in ac-
cordanre with the request. if there lie
such on the envelope This ruling APP
plies as well to 'registcred" a. to ordinary
letters The ruling is one Of cnnsi err
able importance,
Year: 1873

Girard Erie county, is not very
lively place ordinarily, but a. there are
one or two menageries wintering there
an occasional episode occurs which
breaks in on tie monotony Recently
The keeper of the el rhant Empress
turned her into the yard. together with
two camels, to take a little fresh air or
recreation 1t seems, however. that there
is IA spirit of enmity existing between the
camels and the elephant, the latter being
strangely in mortal fear of its hunchback
ed enemies. No sooner had the animals
crossed the threshold OF their pen and
shifted the fresh air than a mischicvous
disposition took possession of them One
took after the ma jestic "Enpress," who
ingloriously fled aud tore mp and broke
several fruit trees. aud gained an adjoin
ing large field by demoishing rail teuce
as though it were a spider web Her
speed being equal to that of til" heeresi
horse she was able to preserve safe
distance between herself aud her pursuer
The other camel chose a boy named Ely
who happened to he on the grounds, as
The object OF its chase The boy is said
to have made the liveliest time ever made
by boy of his age Had he been over
taken by the animal serious injury, if not
verse. would have been his fate For
tunately the keeper and assistants were
near by. who promptly checked the wick
ed sports of the camels. Camels are
accredited with "A very mild and meek
disposition, bat this pair seems to be au
exception to the general rule
Year: 1873

HELP YoURsELF.-Fight your ownbattles.
Hoe your own row. Ask no favors of any
one, and you will succeed five thousand timea
better than one who is always beseeching
some ones patronage. No one will ever help
you As you help yourself, because no one will
be so heartily interested in your affairs. The
first step will not be such long one perhaps;
but, carving your own way up the mountain,
you make each one lead to another, and stand
firm in that while you chop still another out.
Men who have made fortunes are not those
who had $4,000 given them to start with, but
started fair with well-earned dollar or two.
Men who have by their own exertion acquir-
ed fame have not been thrust into popularity
by pufs, begged or paid for, or given in friend
ly spirit. They have outstre.ched their hands
and touched the public heart Men who win
love do their own wooing, and never knew
man to fail so signally as ons ho had in
duced his affectionate grandmamma to speak
good word for him. Whether you work for
fame, for love, for money, or for anything
else, work with your hands, heart and brain.
Say 81 WHIP and some day you will conxuer.
Never let any man have it to say, 81 have
dragged you up" Too many friends hurt
man more than none at all.-Grdce Green
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