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Year: 1873

She is perfectly willing to help. She
tells her mother she would just as lief
stay at home a week as not, and in
forms her teacher, with semi-triumph-
hant air, that she has to stay home
next week to help clean house.


The carpets are to be taken up first,
and that girl, delicately reared though
she be, bravely sits down in the mid
die of the floor and reads a paper
while her mother and hired girl take
out the tacks and make frantic efforts
to use the same form Of common pray
er that the head of the house uses
when his boots don't come on easily
in the morning.


The carpet is rolled up and taken
out into the back yard and hung on
the clothes line to be busted. Now
the girl comes out strong and shows
the latent energy that is in her. She
seizes an old broom and starts towards
the swinging calpet with an ait of
determination. On her way she
spies her friend Kate passing and
goes off to the side fence TO talk about
an hour and q half about-well, about
whatever girls do talk about under
the same circumstances. Then she
goes into the house and eats her din
ner and complains of being tired.


In the afternoon she begins dusting
and arranging the books in the book
case. She finds, pretty soon, one OF
Ouida's novels, and sits down on the
floor to read, while the ink, from
bottle she knocks over when she
throws her duster on the table, runs
all over the parlor curtains stuffed
under the chair near by. Her moth
er finds her there, and sends her into
the parlor to gather up her music
ready for to-morrow's campaign. She
gets along well enough with her fin
Ger exercises and marches, but present
w she comes across Don't be angry
with me, Darling" that Robert gave
her last week, and begins to hum it.
She opens the piano to find the key
note, to be certain she can take the
high note nicely, and begins to sing.
1t don't sound well without the ac-
compartment that Robert thought
was so sweet, so she sits down and be-
gins to play. While she is practising
Robert comes along. He hears her.
He stops. He enters. She steps
He wants to hear that sweet song.
Come in only for that. She is too
hoarse. She couldn't think Of sing
ing with her hair tied up in towel,
but she does.


Robert sighs as the song ends, and
she proposes game of croquet. They
go out and play croquet till tea-time.
-Icyre Hd,te Free Press.
Year: 1873

"A negro witness on horse trial
in a New Jersey court was asked to
explain the difference between u small
box and a stall. Strengthening him
self up, he pointed to the square en-
closure in which the judge was seated,
and said, "Dat ar's what l call box
stall, dere what dat old hoss is sittin' !"
1t took the sheriff some time to re-
store order in that court.
Year: 1873

THE BRAVE ENGINEER AND FIREMAN.
William d. Guild, the engineer on the
train at the time of the Richmond Switch
r. l., disaster, of which We gave an
account recently, could not have per-
ceived the break long before the dreadful
moment came. But though he might
have made an effort to escape, he stayed
firm, shut off the steam, applied the brake.
aud went to his death with his face to the
front. He was instantly killed, probably
by the steam from the broken boiler
Through the cab window his body could be
seen burning, and when at last the fire
was subdued and his charred remains
were found, his hand still grasped the
throttle. The body of the fireman. George
Eldred, was found as be perished, the coal
shovel in his hands, as if he was just put
ting coal in the furnace According to
all accounts Guild was a noble fellow.
and lived as he had died, with the conf
dence and honor of all that knew him
His home was in that part of Providence
known as Elmwood, his house being close
to the railroad crossing. Whenever he
passed this spot, whether in daylight or
darkness, he used to sound short peculiar
signal on the locomotive whistle groes


ing to his wife and notification that he
was "all right Year in and year out
that signal never failed. The regular pas
sengers came to know it, and on hearing il
would say, There's Guilds signal to bis
wife," Saturday she missed it for the
first time and will never hear it again.
George Eldred, tie fireman, had many
friends and was highly esteemed. He
was engaged to be married to young
woman in Westerly.
Year: 1873

A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC FEAT
Some time ago Gov. Stanford, the owner of
the horse Occident, which was made ia
nous from having been beaten in race
with the Goldsmith Maid. desired to have
photograph of the animal taken while
SAID annual was going at full speed. MIR.
Maybridge, the artist, was applied to, but
he expressed his doubts that it could be
done. He began experimenting, however,
and after a while was able to ca ch objects
on the wing with great success. A few
days ago he announced to the owner Of De-
cident that he belived he would take the
picture. He procured all the sheets to be
had in the stable, and with these made
rejecting back ground. Over this Occi-
dent was trained to tro., and everything
was then In readiness for the trial. The
great difficulty was to trans6x an impres
SION while the horse was moving at the
rate of 3S feet to the second. The first
experiment of opening and closing the cam
era on the first day left NO result; the
second day. with increased velocity in open
ing and closing, a shadow was caught.
On the third day, the artist, having
studied the matter thoroughly, contrived
to have two boards slip past each other
by touching a spring, and in SO doing to
leave an eighth of an inch opening for the
6ve-hundredth part of second, as the
horse passed, and 10y an arrangement of
double lenses, crossed, secured negative
that shows Occident in full notion per-
feet likeness Of the horse. The space of
time was so small that the spokes of the
wheels of the sulky were caught as if they
were not in motion. This is probably the
most wonderful success in photographing
ever yet achieved, and the artist is as
proud of his discovery as the governor is Of
the picture taken.
Year: 1873

ADVENTURES WITH Por OF PAINT
Old Mr.. Watson, on Nelson street, has
got a nice little bill to pay. He sent
man down town for pot of paint and
ladder. The man got the paint, and then
went to a lumber yard after ladder.
Then he tied the paint pot on the end Of
the ladder, and put the ladder upon his
shoulder. This was very smart arrange
ment aud the man himself admired it very
much. He started for home this way. and
didn't find any trouble in getting along
the first block, because people had an i'm
preston that ladder with pot of yel-
low paint dangling on the end of it wasn't
exactly the thing to triAe with, so they
balanced along on the curb stone. or rub
bed up against the buildings. Pretty soon
the man saw somebody in store be knew,
and he turned round to speak to him,
and drove one end of the ladder into
millinery case and knocked the crown
out OF an eighteen-dollar bonnet. Then
he backed off in alright, and knocked
down two sewing machine agents with
the other end. Then he started to turn
around, and an old gentleman, who was
desperately endeavoring to pull his wife
out Of danger, saw the peril, and shout
ed out, /" Bl, there But it was too late
The pot struck against an awning post,
tipped to one side, and the entire contents
went over the aged couple. This so startled
the man that he whirled completely around.
smashing in an entire store front, fright
ening milk mans team, and knocking
over some thirteen persons who were &C :
lively dodging about to get out of the way.
Then he dropped the ladder and fed into
the country, shouting murder" and "6re'
at every jump. A regular ordained paint
er is now engaged on Mr.. Watson's house.
-Dan5ury Neaos.
Year: 1873

1t is very evident that the st. Louis
Republican has not that confidence in
the usefulness and vivacity of its old
party which is professed by its contem-
poraries. 1t calls the Democratic party
a bauble which has "become the mere
plaything of its enemies" and adds !:
"Whenever it is about to sink out of
sight they lend it helping hand, lift
it TO the surface and cheer it up with
words of encouragement. Whenever
it seems to be making too much head
way against the stream, they adroitly
have Tammany round its neck and
sink 1T again to the requisite level.
Whether it sink or swim is q question
for them to decide. The recollection
of the Tammany frauds is one of the
livest parts ofthe party, and no amount
OF talk about Credit Mobilier matters
aud the salary grab can create an OBJ
livion of the thirty millions robbery
which Tammany is held to be response
BILE for"
Year: 1873

The fossil convention at Columbus
had the effrontery to declare in its plat
form that the Democratic party had
always denounced and opposed gifts OF
lands to build railroads. The wind
that breathed upon those dry bones
must have been a lying spirit. The
first Gift of lands to railroad company
and the richest and most oppressive in
respect to the value of the lands and
the high prices the railroad corporations
put on them, was the grant to the H.
linois Central Railroad coporation.-
The father of the measure was Stephen
A. Douglass, and it was enacted by a
Democratic Congress. 1t was the pre-
cedent for all the land grants to rail-
roads. Not one of them had worse
features than this father of them all.


In other cases, notably in the two
railroads to the Pacific, it might be said
that the lands granted were inacces-
sible and worthless without the road.
This could not be said of the Illinois





lands, which were near to navigable
waters, and which, in the natural way
of settlement, would create basis to
build railroads on. The aggravating
part of it was that after the Democratic
party had for a generation refused rea-
sonable appropriations to improve nav
igable waters, and had subdued our
Ohio and Indiana delegations into CIV
ing private corporation the power to
levy an oppressive tribute on the navi-
CATION of the Ohio, on account of this
pretended sacred democratic principle,
it gave, in the lump, many millions OF
dollars in the richest of the public lands
to an inchoate railroad corporation.


This heavy burden upon the COM
merce of the Ohio River, which has
inflicted incalculable injury on Cincin-
natl, stands to this day monument of
that Democratic trick of principle,
and of the meek swallowing of it by
successive Democratic Representatives
and Senators from Ohio. And that
Douglas Democratic land grant to the
Illinois Central Railroad corporation
stands as q monument of the way they
allowed themselves, and their city, and
State to be duped.


Furthermore the Democratic Nation
al Convention that nominated Buch-
anan resolved in favor of building a
railroad to the Pacific. How did it
mean to do it? 1t had declared against
the power of the government to give
money to make internal Improvements.
1t had set a precedent by giving lands.
1t meant to give lands for this road
Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1873

The Cincinnati Enquirer, which is
supposed to be as much responsible as
any other paper for the "stright-out"
Democratic movement at Columbus,
says:


"We do not think that the Demo-
cratic platform is as precise and ex-
plicit as it ought to be on the tariff ques-
tion. The Democracy are for making
as gradual an approach to the free trade
as the circumstances of the revenue
aud the conditions of the country will
admit, without injuring the one or
shocking the other. t would have
been more in unison with the senti-
ments of our organization and of the
people generally to make bolder and
more pronounced declaration"
Year: 1873

To make a tall man shOrt-Try to
borrow five dollars of him.


a circuit court-The longest way
home from the singing school.


Every man must be alone in the
world. No heart was ever cast in the
same mold as that which we bear
within us.


Thought means life, since those who
do not think do not live in any high or
real sense. Thinking makes the man.


Now put your bait on the treacher-
Gus hook, and cast it in the shady
brook, for when the sunflsh sees it
squirm; he'll surely go for that angle
worm.


Scientists are claiming that instead
of being cold, the moon is in reality red
hot; so much so that no living thing
known to our world could exist there.
This spoils the "green cheese" theory.


"Wanted good blind painter. Ap-
ply to T.. j. c." is the reading OF
a recent advertisement.
Year: 1873

'Tis hope deferred that maketh
The heart faint, though its true,
And have felt its full meaning
Often, dear friend, for You,
You surely have not forgotten
Your promise to your friend,
That you would write to me often,


That friendship must not end.
I know You still must remember
The happy days We spent,
" hen oft we sLrayed in gladness,
In joys that summer lert,
Those halycon days OF =. inner
Have gone, as goes the rail-,
And though the days may be as bright;
Our youth comes moi again.
But life will bring its joy and grief,
Wherever we may go,
The days are not all gloomy, dark,
The sun must shine, you know.
Sometimes our hearts are sad, It's true,
We feel that all is loss.
That none will care whate'er We do.
To live were but cross.
But then be sure there's brighter days
viii come, and like ethe sun
Will chase away the clouds and rain,
And bid the brightness come,
So let Us do the best each day,
That we may know, the rest
We surely need not fear to trust
To Him that knoweth best.


LULA WHEELER.
Year: 1873




1t is frequently said that English and
French ,nuslins now produced by ma
chlnery rival in fineness OF texture and
beauty of finish those woven in the
East. But it is not true. A native wo-
man with her fingers and spindle alone
and a native man with his toes and
bamboo loom alone will spin thread
and finish piece of muslin which can
not, by the application of the most del
icate machinery, be produced outside
of India. There is one quality of Decca
muslin, for example, which is termed
"woven air." 1t is made only for
kings daughter. So short is the staple
of the raw material, and so brittle his
fibers, that it must be spun by wo-
man under twenty-five, and before the
dew has left the grass in the morning.
As substitute for natural moisture,
the evaporation OF water from shall
low pan is sometimes used, but the
quality of the work in that case is in
lSiiOA. <Aho yCtf itOot uCi-
icate and finest of fabrics, piece four
yards in length by one yard in width
weighing less than one ounce avoirdu-
pois often, it is exceedingly durable,
and will wash. Since the disappear
ance of many of the native rulers of
India, this "evening dew," as it is also
called, is not largely made; butas there
are those who will pay ten and twelve
dollars a yard for it, the art is not like
ly to be lost. The professional story
tellers of the East, swaying their bod
les to the cadences of their voice, will
tell you in rythnical Hindtstanee Of
the anger OF Aurungzebe with his
daughter because her arms could be
seen through the seven jahmas she had
on; and Of tho weaver who was banish-
ed from Decca because his COW, unable
from its tineness to see the piece of
Abrovan which was spread upon the
herbage, ate up six yards.
Year: 1873

At a meeting OF the Board of Police held yester-
day afternoon resolution was passed ordering
the superintendent or Police to issue and publish
general order to the police force enjoining upon
all members OF the department to be thorough and
diligent in keeping order on election day at and IN
the vicinity OF the several polling places; to be
watchfu In the detection or frauds in the casting
or canyassing OF votes and prompt in the arrest
ing and arraignng before the crim nal magistrates
OF persons who shall violate the Election law 0r
commit any breach OF the peace or unIaw.
fully interfere with the rights OF voters or
oOstruct or embarrass election officers
in the performance OF their duties, and Charging
all members OF the police iorce duty at the pong
places during the canvass TO protect and defend i
the performance OF their duties the persons called
pointed under section ~ or chapter e75 OF the Laws
Of 1s72-the Election law-whose special powers.
rights and duties are contained In the following
extract from such section, to witt


Each candidate for any onice be led At the cleo.
uon may by bis certificate in writing signed by him
designate one person Tor each election district IN when
ne candidate to be present at the OF the ball
that Office The inspectors OF election and the police or
other officers attending at such election district speced
in such cerncate, sha make passage such ne rsou
TO the said Inspectors and the said inspectors shall per-
the box containing the ballots the gDecined in
the said certificate and 10 them that he can see
tnat such canvass and the statement required OF the
voters found IN each box correctly made And no
Inspector OF Election Board Of Inspectors or police
other officers shall allow such person 10 be moested
removed during the OF such ballots or till
such statement has been made completed and signed
unless he shall be personally guilty OF fraudulent or dis
orderly conduct
Year: 1873

His Tongue Loose Again.


RIvERHEAD, l.. l., Oct 81, 1871
The Grand Jury OF Suffolk county are engaged
here at present on an inquiry into the facts con-
nected with the Kelsey outrage and murder, and
Will, doubtless, conclude their investigation to-
morrow. Thirty witnesses, In ALL were subpnnaed,
and most OF them have already been examined.
Arthur 7. Hurd was the only one OF the implicated
parties VINO called before this inqnistorial
body the remainder OF the thirty consisting OF
officials and witnesses on the Coreners inquest
proceedings Fred. Titus, the negro in the en-
plOy OF the Sammis family who testified at the In
quest In relation TO disguise and oaken club seen
In possession OF Royal Sammis was examined last
night. He left lor Huntington by this mornings
train. and just alter his departure 1t was
ascertained that he had told woman
who keeps an eating house here that
he was not gong to tell all he knew, because he
was afraid that II he did he would be killed when
he went homc Measures were at once taken to
have him overhaucd and brought back TO be again
examined and compelled TO give further evidence,
II he really does know anything further, which
am strongly inclined to doubt. Gossip and per-
version OF facts so strongly prevalent In and
about this case, all based upon hearsay, that am
inclined to doubt whether the negro did actually
make the remarks about being killed which
have stated above. He has already had
experience OF talking away from home on this
matter, as 1t was In consequence OF what he had
told other parties that he was finally cornered on
the subject OF the club and disguise clothing, ana
fancy ne s too smart to be caught chattering that
way again. The Grand Jury, however, seem TO
think there Is something In the story Mrs. Oak.
ley Is before the grand inquest this afternoon, ano
will be followed by Coroner Bayis.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Your article in this mornings issue or the
HERALD headed, Hanging Played Out for the
Richn will be read with the greatest
satisfaction by thousands II we cannot
nave justice in New York, IL is at least
some comfort that the HERALD is not silent under
this shameful verdict Is it not fearful state OF
society when man can escape the just punish
mcnt of his crime simply because he is rich and has
influential frends2 What an encouragement Is
thus given to evil-doers, provided OF course they
belong to the weto-dO class of society, while the
poor man who commits crime may
make up his mind In advance that he will
get his deserts Who among believes
that Stokes shot Fisk In self-delence On the
contrary, 1t will stand on record among men, II not
on the books OF law. as one of the most cold
blooded murders that ever took place In New York.
And we compelled to accept the verdict be-
cause feared he would escape punishment in
any form


Let US hope the voice OF the press will arouse the
people to a sense OF the wrong under which we are
suffering, and thus help to bring about the day
when murderer cannot escape the punishment
due to his crime, be he rich or poor. Let us have
Justice to all. A CITIZEN.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR or THE HEBALD:-


Justice can no longer be said to be blindloded In
New York. The verdict in the case OF Stokes is
mockery ana a farce. Jack Reynolds said, Hang
ing for murder is played out in New York =; but his
assertion would nave been much truer II he had
added 'for the rlch.n II Stokes was not guilty OF
murder the first degree then the hanging OF Fos-
ter was nothing but downright murder. Stokes had
not the slightest excuse, while Foster had great
many. He was drunk at the time OF the killing Of
Putnam: but STOKES was In his right senses. Alto
gether the whole proceedings OF the trial appear to
me to be suspicious. The jury must have been IN
fuenced by some outside influence there must
have been some naw in the presentment OF the
by the pro secution TINS verdict should cause
citizens to blush. IL shall be recorded in the
history Of our city as an everlasting disgrace and
humiliation. Our citizens, 1t is true, are looking
on patiently at this way OF administering law; but
the time will yet when they Will take the ad-
mnstration (if driven so lar) OF 1t into their own
hands and adopt the rule OF the pioneers Of the
West l0r murders-viz "Lynch law"


AN ADMiRER OF THE HERALD.
Year: 1873

An attempt was Inado in the House, yesterday
to repeal the act by which Congress bounl tho
Government to pay the Pacific Railroad Compa-
MES half OF the charges for carrying United
States nai1a and supplies. A motion to lay the
bill on the table was lost by very large major
it3, but tho expiration Of tho morning hour pro-
vented any further action for the time. The
rules we're subsequently suspended to allow tho
motion to be attached as al amendment to tho
Appropriation bill.
Year: 1873

When the Holy Babe was born,
Angels, singing, woke the morn,
Chanting praises TO our Lord,
Peace on earth and sweet accord;
For he came to set US free;


He was born our Lord to be;


From sin and pain to set US free.
Startled kings their gifts unrolled,
Myrrh and frankincense and gold;
From the farthes. East they came,
From the North and South they came,


That all peoples of the earth


Should pay homage at His birth,


Prince of Peace and Lord of Earth.
Prince of Peace! Alas, the shame
That the blessedness He came
Yearning to bestow on men
Still no nearer seems than then!


We it is who hinder peace;


Through MS sin and pain increase;
He would give the whole world peace.
Holy Babe Of Bethlehem,
Number us. we pray, with them
In whose heart is echoed still,
"Pcace on earth, 10 men goodwill"


That Thy will in US be done,


Let our will with Thine be one;


Then we shall not be undone.