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Year: 1871

from the heart by higher education.
and more and more in accordance
with the duties of life.


Others who die and pass Over
The River will have their work to
do. Some will suggest this. and
some that. We shall help each
other more than here. As we
know more we shall be moro iiber-
al. Those who are in the dark
dare not 60 far from the chair in
which they rest lest they cannot
find it again. But those who have
light can go far out with no fear.
for they can see where they star
ted from-can 60 on and on-and
on-leaving chairs as in row for
others to rest in as they walk the
road. but dare not quite press
steadily on, though the way is
clearer and the road be easier the
farther We walk therein.


Some of those who shall 60
with US to the Beautiful Eternal
will have their work ss We shall
have ours. They will see things
from a higher life than those who
1.-Two on earth will see, and will
suggest by dreams, thoughts, ideas
and unexplained influences, how
to improve, and build, and press
ahead, and progress. And those
of earth who listen to these whis-
perings, and adopt the good sug-
gestions coming from purified
source, will grow better here, and
when they go Over There will be
given work to do, and will meet
with as friends and co-workers
those who guided them when they
knew it not. While those who do
not care to study here will be ig.
norant there also, and will be Civ.
en- only work in accordance with
their faith, earnestness; liberality
and honesty here.


"Tell you what to do2"


Labor and wait! Believe! While
your ..mourned one is working
There, do you work here, aud helI
others, as We are helped by those
who have gone before US to tn,
rest beyond the Saturday Night
"BR1cK" PoMERoY.
Year: 1871

In order to form an opinion with
regard to the condition OF the poor
er classes, I went into some of the
back slums in the neighborhood Of
the Boulevard de Clichy.


The distress is terrible. Women
and children, half starved. were
seated at the door steps with hard
ly clothes to cover them dccently,
They said that as they had neither
firewood nor coke, they ware war
mer out of doors than indoors.
Many Of the National Guard, in
stead of bringing their money
to their families. spend it in drink
and there are many families, COM
posed entirely Of women and chill
dren, who in this land Of hureauo-
cracy, are apparently left to starve
while it is decided to what catego-
ry they belong. The Citizen Moltu.
the ultra Democratic Mayor, an
nounced that in his arrondisse-
ment all left handed marriages are
to be regarded as valid, and the
left-handed spouses of the Nation
al Guards are to receive the al
lowance which is granted to the
legitimate wives OF these warriors.
But new difficulty has arizen.
Left handed polygamy prevails to
a great extent among the Citizen
Moltu's admirers. Is q lady who
has FIVE husbands entitled to FIVE
rations, and is q lady who only
owns the fifth of a National Guard
to have only one fifth Of q ration7
These are questions which the
Citizen Moltu is now attempting to
solve.


A few days ago Nine. Hamslin
was discovered dead in bed in a
garret in Belleville, Of cold and
starvation. Her husband had
been under Louis Philippe. Am
bassador at Constantinople. l
went to see what was going on in
the house. of a friend of mine in
the Avenue de PImperatrice who
has left Paris. The servant who
was in charge told me that up
there they had been unable to Oh g
tain bread for three days. and that
the last time that he had presented
his ration ticket he had been Civ
en- about half an inch Of cheese.
"How do you live, then2" I asked.
After looking mysteriously round
to see that no one was watching
us, he took me down into the eel
lar, and pointed to some meat in q
barrel. ut is half . horse,' he
said in the tone Of o man who il
showing some one the corpse ol
his murdered victim. "a neigh
boring coachman killed him, and
we salted him down and divided
it." Then he opened q closet ir
which sat huge cat. II am fat
tening her up for Christmas Day
he obseHved.-London Daily News
Year: 1871

EH- The dryest joke of tho season oc
Cured at the Baptist church at Iowa
Falls Several candidates were ranged
in front of the font, and the audience
were in their most solemn mood, when,
upon lifting the trap door covering the
font, it was found to be as dry as a
patent Office report A little hole in the
lefthand lower corner indicated where
the water had gone out. The ceremony
was postponed.
Year: 1871

Chester.


EDITOR OF TIE AGN:-Thc all-ab-
sorbing topic here for the past few
days has been, the exact distance from
Chester to Woodstock. We no long
CT hear enquiries as to how far it is to
New York or Boston. 1t is not the
air line distance we want, but that
distance which the several town au-
thoritieS in their wisdom saw fit to
make in the shape OF a public highway
on which Officer Locke or any other
officer might travel with "horse to
wagon Should the distance prove
to be less than 80 miles, then no more
depositons 90 from Chester to Wood
stock, and ministers OF the blessed
gospel can keep from Woodstock jail


Measles are very plural with us, in
fact they are thicker than paving
stones If "spots count they hold
some mighty good hands We know
Of no other physical malady having
such an inquisitive turn OF mind
These measles spread like the Chicago
fire, rcquiringno favoring winds either.
You can not look at a measle across
the street but what he will follow you
home and make acquaintance with
every member Of your family, if they
are at home, if one should happen to
be out Of town Mr. Measle will wait
the absent ones return Measles are
democratic in principle, having no
aristocratic predictions, as a general
rule they bully over innocent little
children and leave their little victims
such precious lcgacies aS sore eyes and
muifled ears. ID.


Rev, E. 5. Foster was sent to
Woodstock in charge Of officer Locke,
one day last week, ON some charge
growing out Of the Foster-Spauldine
slander case. He was bailed by Hon.
julius Converse, of the former place.
Year: 1871

We print on our FIRST page, the Ad-
dress of the Democratic Senators and
Representatives in Congress to the Ameri.
can Democracy. 1t foreshadows the
grounds upon which the Democracy will
make the Presidential contest of 1872,
aud as will be seen. fully recognizes the
changed situation Of the country. We
commend it to the attention of those ex-
treme pen who by partisan appeals to
popular prejudices, and for>the sake Of
local triumphs, would endanger the
national contest. These extreme men,
have denounced US, and others, as semi
radical, because We advocated the very
ideas set forth in this address; or, in
other words, that we recognized negro
testimony and such questions, as they
practically ecist, and not as we would
have them. These men must cease now,
or throw themselves in direct opposition
to the National Democracy, In the fol-
lowing extract our duty is pointed outin
language that cannot be mistaken:


"We earnestly entreat our fellow citi-
zens in all parts of the Union to spare
no effort to maintain peace and order, to
carefully protect tne ffghts of every citi-
zen. to preserve kindly relations among
all men, and to discountenance .and dis
courage any violatioR of the rights ofany
portion of the people secored under the
Constitution or any Of is amendments.


Let us in conclusion earnestly beg of
you not to aid the present attempts of
the Radical partisans 20 stir up strife in
the land, to rene1o tie issues Of the i0ar,
or to obstruct the return of peace and
prosperity to the Southern States, be-
cause it is thus that they seek to divert
the attention of the country from the
corruption and extravaganza of their ad
ministration of public offices, and the
dangerous and profigate attempts they
are making toward the creation of cen
tralized military government"


That is the platform upon which the
Democratic party in the South must unite.
We can win upon no other.
Year: 1871




The eriticisnl which has been made in
some Radical quarters of the language OF
that portion Of the Democratic address,
which calls on all our fellow citizens in
all parts Of the Union to spare no effort
to carefully protect the rights of every
citizen, TO preserve kindly relations
among all men, and to discountenance and
dicourage any violation of the rights of
any portion of the people under the
Constitution or any Of its amendments,
says the Washington dispatch, is untrue
SO far as it IS intended TO make it appear
that. the Democratic caucus did not re-
cognize the validity of the Fourteenth
aud Fifteenth Amendments, or the leg
islation under them. While the Dem
ocratic members did not believe that the
reconstruction acts were constitutional
nor approve of the way the Fifteenth
Amendment was ratified, because certain
States were denied admission into the
Union ill forced to ratify it, they at the
same time propose to accept both as of
full effect This was what the tenor of
the debate indicated, and what the above
language of the address was intended to
convey. Only three membaEs of the
party-two from Maryland and one from
Delaware-opposed it.
Year: 1871

The passage of the Kuklux bill and
rejection of the general amnesty bill,
furnish conclusive proof of the campaign
policy on which the Radicals mean to re-
" next year The Kuklux bill is ex.
pected to foment disturbance in the
South which will supply pretext for the
refusal of amnesty; aud the relations Of
the people of the two sections thus mud
died. the bayonet election law may be
brought to bear upon the ballot box with
show of necessity If not of justice.
This is the warlike strategy to which We
have SO often referred. 1t is scheme
made up partly Of the spirit Of eternal
hate and partly OF the lust of eternal
rapine, hideous revolutionary scheme
the more hideous because it is brutal, the
more cruel because tits deliberate, ap-
pealiBg to the wicked passions of the
Northern people aud the yenal desires Of
the Radical politicians.
Year: 1871

GREELEY OFF THE TRACK. Horace
Greeley has got his back up about what
be regards as the unfair distribution Of
the Government patronage, and in con
sequence declines taxing any part in the
reorganization Of the Republican party in
New York city. His letter to the Chair
man of the State Executive Committee
refusing TO accept the part assigned him
concluded by saying


eHad little forbearanco and concili
ton been eyiuced by the appointing
power at Washington, | think this might
have been different"
Year: 1871

WASHINGTON. March Al A. NJ
Both houses are still In session a. this hour, with.
out any prospect OF an adjournment The Senate is
still engaged on the Sundry Civil Appropriation BILL
The House is waiting for the Senate's action that
bill, and meanwhile is disposng of some pension
bills on the Speakers table, to which there is no
objection. The indications point to an all night
session.
Year: 1871

save time and extra expense BY leaving i at the HERALD
BRANCH OFFICE, I,246 Broadway, three doors above
Thirty first street. This is only authorized uptown
branch, and advertsemens received at Office
Open from A. NJ till p. NJ every day In the year.
Year: 1871

Rev. T. L. Cuyler, D. D., preached in the
Lafayette Avenue Church, Brooklyn, Sab
both evening, May 14h,, on the Rights and
Duties of Women" In closing his sermon,
lie expressed his views in relation to women
entering the political arena, in the following
characteristic and expressive terms


No pure-minded woman would be.
lieve that the performance of such du-
ties should devolve upon her, and he
was amazed that any woman should be
willing to ask for the surrender of her
real sovereignty for sham, Some wo-
men, however, were offended because
they were not allowed to govern the
world but all such should remember
that they were intended to flavor and
sweeten the world, while the coarse
things of the world were to be done by
men. If ever women should succeed in
obtaining equal political rights, then
"home" would be one of the lost arts,
and from the kitchen to the parlor, ard
from the parlor to the kitchen, would re-
sound one perpetual political din. When
woman was asked to strive for equal
political rights, he would have her an
swer her tempter as her Master did
sect thee behind me, Satan," for it was
all vapor and nonsense to say that such
thing would result In redressing all
the so-called wrongs of women, All
the legal wrongs under which women
Cormerly suffered had been redressed,
and as for the others, he did not believe
that ton of votes would enable any
woman to reform drunken and brutal
husband. 1t would certainly not result
in giving them higher wages; such
questions were not determined by the
ballot, but by the laws Of political econ
omy, and if women were to be immedi-
ately given the right to vote, that would
not alter in the slightest degree their ca
paoity for labor, or the recompense they
would receive for it.


A reverend brother Of his who advo-
Gated giving women the right to vote,
did So on the ground that woman re-
fines and purites everything she touches,
therefore she would refine and purify
American politics. That they need
cleansing was beyond dispute, but he
would like to know what would become
of the women during the cleansing pro.
cess9 He was afraid thas the reformers
would need reforming themselves. for
woman's cxcitable, nervous and sensitive
temperament was the very last to be
trusted in political life. AS there were
drunken and depraved men, so there
were drunken and depraved women, and
they would be among the first to rush
to the polls, and become the tools aud
victims of designing demagogues. He
did not believe that giving the ballot to
Year: 1871

cannot pick up newspaper without
advice 20 Boys" starcs me in the face.
Old men write it / 'spose. Nobody else
is capable of giving advice to boys, Of
course not They know all about us,
they. do, cause they have been there.
Advice is good thing to have, no doubt,
and no family should lie without it, but
felleT don't want to be crammcd with
it all the time to the exclusion Of all
other diet.


Now, old men need advice occasion
ally, but in looking through the news
papers don't sec that they get it. So
i just thought ] would write n little
advice to Old Men" myself, if am
not presumlng too much, las Aunt Chloe
says and | presume ! am.


In the first place yoa old chaps oueht
10 get over telling how much smarter
boys were when you were BOYS than
boys are now. You believe it your
selves, of course, cause you've told it so
many times, but we boys can't see it.
We have notion that BOYS are bows
pretty much, Except some that are girls)
the world over, and one generation Of
them don't lay over another generation
to any alarming extent.


Only let you tell it, and you could ont
run, out jump, and ont anything else the
rising generation of to-day, when YOU
was boy. Grandfather, who has got
the gout and half dozen different kinds
of rheumatism, is always saying that.
heard him singing the other day, 81
would were boy again" would he
were too. If | couldn't beat him run
ming and flop him on his back, side holt.
| don't want a cent.


| wouldn't go so far as to say, "Pa.
rents obey your Children" but / would
suggest to fathers that they give US a
hearing occasionally, on matters in
which we are most interested. Don't
make US go aud slide down hill when
we want to skate, and don't try to make
preachers of US when we much prefer
to run sawmill. This is figurative, but
| guess you know what mean.


After giving us boys sage advice about
our conduct, and how to behave, you
old men ought to be careful how you
get to relating your boyish scrapes to
each other and laughing over them be-
fore we are out OF earshot The other
day grandfather read me long lecture
about the rights of property, temperance
and Sabbath brelking. That night an
old crony of his'n come to visit him and
tney had glass of punch together
They thought was asleep on the sofa,
and the way they went on about the fun
they had when they were boys together
They told all about robbing Captain
Lyman's melon patch, and it turned out
it was a Sunday night, too When |
went to bed they were taking their
glass of punch, and don't know how
many they had after that. l know
grandtather's rheumatism was a great
deal worse the next day, aud he COM
Iplained about his liver. Old men ought
to be careful about taking much punch.


know old men hate to give in that
they can't stand as much as they used
to, or as young men can. They get mad
if feller like me hints that they can't.
But what is the use of fooling your
selves ? We have all got to play out
some day, and when man feels he is
losing his grip, why not come down and
acknowledge the corn =?


Now, in the above remarks, don't
mean any disrespect. like old men in
their place, but don't want much of
their advice Give the boys chance.
Year: 1871

Tc every one wishing to quit the Of Tobacco
in any form, and to restore TO their natural or
norm al activity the functions Of the organs which
have suffered by the use OF tobacco, We herewith
offer most potent auxiliary in our preparation
known as LANGE's PLUGS.


The deleterious effects of Tobacco on health
general debility Of the nervous and ciTcu atory
functions causing g great feehleness Of the pulse,
futterng Of the heart oppression of the chest,
loss of mental and muscular power, disease Of
th. skin, ete.,-are annulled, and the craving
for Tobacco entirely ceases when our substitute
has been used for some time.


Herbs and roots of highly esteemed Tonic
properties are the components OF cur Prepara-
ton, and confidently recommend it to all
debilitated Eersous as
Year: 1871

No one denies that it is wise to make
provision for old age. but we are not all
agreed as to the kind of provision it is best
to lay in. Certainly we shall want little
money, for 8 destitute old man is indeed a
sorry sight; yes, save money by all means.
But an old man needs Just that particular
kind of strength which young men are apt
to waste. Many foolish young fellow
will throw away on q holiday certain
amount of nervous energy which he will
never feel the want of until he is seventy,
and then how much he will want it, 1t
is curious, but true, that bottle of cham
pagne at twenty will intensity the rheu-
matism at threescore.


1t is fact that everlasting the eyes at
fourteen may necessitate the aid of spec
tacles at forty instead of sixty. We ad-
wise our young readers to be saving of
health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good in regard to health as well as
to money "Waste not, want not" 1t is
the greatest mistake to suppose that viola
ton of the laws of health can escape its
penalty. Nature forgives no sin, no error;
she lets off the offender for fifty years
sometimes, but she catches him at last, and
inflicts the punishment just when and
where, and Just how he feels it most. Save
up for old age, but save knowledge; save
the recollections of good and noble deeds
innocent pleasure and pure thoughts; save
friends, save love- Save rich stores of that
kind of wealth which time cannot dimin-
ish nor death take away.-RuTd Neto
Yorker
Year: 1871

How the fly supports itself in opposition
to the laws of gravitation Is one OF the
first questions that the juvenile philoso-
pher undertakes to solve. As his small
stock of science is not sufficient to enable
him to master the mystery, he consults
book or questions friend. From one or
the other of these he learns that the insect
supports itself by means of tubular shaped
vessels which enable it to exhaust the air
from beneath its feet when they are press
ed against a surface. This being done the
upward pressure of the atmosphere holds
the insect in its place. The simple little
piece of apparatus known as the sucker,
is designed to illustrate how fly supports
itself from ceiling.


Recent investigation, however, seem to
clearly show that viscid fluid and not an
atmosphere pressure is the means whereby
a fly can walk on a ceiling. The follow
ing would seem to be convincing proofs of
this tho ory: An insect was chloroformed
to prevent its relinquishing its hold, and
being in a receiver the air was exhausted
but it still kept its place. Every foot-st e
leaves mark on the surface of clean
piece of glass that can be distinguished
with a microscope. The existence and
secretions of this fluid being thus clearly
proven, it is plain that it would interfere
with any attempt at suction; and 1t seems
certain that exhaustion of air and the
secretion of this fluid could not go on at
one and the same time, through one set of
vessels. This fluid is very tenacious, and
nearly ipsoluble. In all probability lis
the material that SO often holds flies and
other insects SO securely to the plsce
where they spent the night that they can
not in the morning leave the spot without
Iaav;ro a ,,ortinn Of their limbs behind
PrdiTts Farmer.
Year: 1871

DR.. Ferguson gives the following recipe,
which he has tested in the severest cases of
burning and scalding from raihoad and
steamboat accidents with invariable sue
cess: Glycerine. five ounces white of egg,
four ounces; tincture of arnica, three
ounces. Mix the glycerine and white of
egg thoroughly IN mortar, and gradually
add the arnica. Apply freely on rags,
night and morning, washing previously
with warm CASTLE soap suds.


The celebrated English surgeon, Mr..
Skey, recommends the application of So
luton of nitrate of silver in proportion
ate strength, varying from five to twelve
or more grains to the ounce, according to
the extent and severity of the burn and the
age of the patient. The whole surface of
the burn should be brushed over with the
solution, cottonwood applied, and a mod
crate opiate administered IN glass of
brandy and water, proportional to the age
and habits of the patients, with the object
of counteracting the sense of chilliness
that will otherwise necessarily follow in
all these cases.
Year: 1871

M Jones told his wife, the other day,
that if she did not take care he should lose
his temper with her. She replied she was
glad to hear oft, and only hoped he would
never find IL again
Year: 1871

They had a big six-foot backwoods
man in the Third West Virginia In
fantry named Job Simmons. Job was
the acknowledged regimeutal grumbler
and who, as Captain D. expressed
it, would grumble if he was going to
be hanged" Through maternal OBJ
tuseness or cunning, it would be hard
to say which, Job seldom gave lucid
or satisfactory answer to a question.
During Pope's memorable campaign Of
1862, which concluded with the second
battle OF Bull Run, In the retrograde
movement from the Rapidan the troops
bivouacked more with view to the
comfort OF the men and the strength Of
the position than to maintaining the
brigade or division order OF regiments /;
at any rate we generally cawped on the
road just where we stopped, provided
the position was good. One evening 3
mounted staff officer came dashing up
to the regiment in great haste, and see
ing Job building fire out Of some top
rails" asked him in an imperative tone,
What regiment is that my man 2
"Oh| drawled Job, "its the same old
regiment, only we've drawed new
clothes" In 1866, Averills division
was. by an order from some source or
other, supplied with the United States
regulation uniform hat, much to the
disgust of every one obliged TO wear
them. Job met an acquaintance be-
longing to another division, whose head
was surmounted by one of Collector
Tom Murphy's best (or worst), and
sang out, Hello, Bill is your regi-
ment armed with them Id Averill
hats, too"