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Year: 1873

NEW YORK, March 22.--Famil- iarlty with this place greatly shortens up distances and lowers the height of houses; the streets do not seem by one- third as long and far up in the air as they did the first time 1 was so fortu- nate or. unfortunate as to set foot therein. Bnt one thing that does get bigger every time come Eere, is the trouble of getting i'll and out of the devilish place. So far as I am in- dividually concerned-having no per- manent business here, &c.-it matters little; but as locker OH of average capacity, life here seems, as the im- mortal Mantalini in Nicholas Nick leby would say. nothing more nor less than one everlasting "dem.4 .4ition gwind." I have lived the better half of my life at the mercy of bootblacks, cham bermaids and hotel clerks; by machinery as it were, until l ~ish I had never been born but when 1 come to look at this great hive of humanity, with a cool, devil-lnay- care eve, there seems to be unusual comfort in the overwhelming mass of misery that keeps me company. There are more people on this narrow neck of an island than of all colors and con- ditions on the Pacific coast, to say noth ing of as many more in the respective suburbs of the place; yet nine-tenths of this immense pismire's nest are sub ject to from six to sixteen connections or misconnections of ferries, steam and other cars, &c. Everything Is d whirl with pretentions to regulation by clock work; yet nearly everyone is delayed and disappointed score of times 8 day on the mere matters of transportation alone. Everytime one comes here the less he wonders that the common complaint and specula- tion is all about "quick transit, or the various methods devised for get ting in and out of town cheaply and quickly. Yet they arrive at no con- clusion; the problem is no nearer solution than ever. On the west side of the city, near the Hudson river, are to be seen at intervals every day. trains Of small cars running along a viaduct track--like a track set up on telegraph poles-and that is the only thing yet approaching 8 "rapid transit" in and out of old New York. It would take about fifty such lines to make an impression on the demands of the city. Varderbilt's underground scheme seems to have fallen through, and so the row goes on; ram, jam, h-ll- to-split, hitch, haul and so forth. The balloon and fying-machine men seem never to get much nearer gen. eral and particular usefulness than things on paper; and so the coming man who is to emancipate this people from the growing muddle ill question, IS too much in embryo to talk about. The devil take the hindmost.

 My troubles here consist chiefly in trying to find a man or men who lost
Year: 1873

This world is dark and dreary, When We make it SO; This world is bright and cheerful, When we take il so. Our friends are cold and distant Whene'r we doubt them; Our friends are true and loving Whene'r we trust them. ls't best to live in the dark,

 Doubling day by day, Or live in inc light of Love,

 Trusting day by day,
Year: 1873

THERE are but three ways of liv- ing. as some one has said: by working, by begging or by stealing. Those who do not work. disguise it in what ever pretty language they please, are doing one of the other two.
Year: 1873

using of tobacco is one. This, taken in
connection with the drinking of ardent
spirits, tells the whole story. Hitherto
in attributing to this latter cause so large
a share in the production of disease. the
effects of tobacco have been, in a great
measure, overlooked. 1t is only of late
years. since the consumption of tobacco
among our people has increased to such
an alarming extent, and its effects in the
production Of disease have become SO
palpable as to be no longer ignored, that
our physicians have come to more fully
recognize It's agency, until at length some
have been heard to declare it as their
firm belief that-'he eifss;s of tobacco in
lowering the general tone of the system,
and thus rendering its yotaries suscepti.
bic TO disease, are fully as great as those
of rum. DIR. Alcott says /: The German
physicians state in their periodicals that
of the deaths occurring among men in
that country, between eighteen and thir-
ty-fiYe years of age, one-half die from
the effects of smoking. a Paris physi
clan says that six cigars a day will
shorten mans life five years. We are
not yet prepared to treat this question

with mathematical strictness, but it may
be regarded as certain that, however
moderately one may use the weed, and
however long he may escape disease, his
life will be shortened to some extent by
such use.
Year: 1873

A sEARCHER after truth writes to ask


us which is dramatically correct, 20 say
"the house is building" or "the house is
being built; )" ''the street is being paved p


There ia wide diversity of opinion upon
this subject but we are inclined to favor
sis being built" for the following reason:


Sppose you want 70 express another kind
of an idea, would you say for instance
"John is spanking" or John is being
spanked ? The difference to you may
seem immaterial, but it is matter of con-
siderable importance to Jonny and it is
probable that if any choice were given
him, he woul select the former alternative.
You assert, we say, that "Hannah is
hugging," which by the way would be
very improper thing for Hannah to do


it would be positively scandalous, indeed


Precisely similar idea is conveyed if you
say Hannah is being hugged,' because
it is the popularity cf the act that is
hardly ever one sided there is no sell


fishness about it. And it is the same
with kissing. "Jane is kissing is jusl
exactly as we should say, "Jane is being
kissed and the sensation is the same
Year: 1873

Mas. MALAPRoP says wonders will
never cease. She hears that there has
been letter in the paper about sending
"money by telegram" SO she supposes
the next thing will be that people
will send the clothes to the wash and the
dinner to the bakehouse, and the child
ren to school, by the eccentric telegraph.
Year: 1873

A BULL to amend aud re-ensct sections one


and two of chapter eighty nine of the Code


in relation to unlawful entry and de.ainer
Be Il enacted by the Legislature of Rest


Virginia.


Tha, sections one and two of chapter eighty
nine of the code be amended aud re-enacted
SO as to read az follows:


1. IF any forcible or unlawful entry be
made upon lands, or when the entry is lawful
or peaceable the tenant shall detain the pos
secession of land after his right has expired
the party so turned out of possession. no mat
ter what right or title he had thereto, or the
party against whom snch possession is unlaw.
fully detained. may within three years after
such forcible or unlawful entry. or snch nn>
lawful detainer, sue out of the clerks office
OF the county or circuit court of the county
in which the land or SOME part thereof NAV
be, summons against the defendant to an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff, tha. the
defendant is in the possession and unlawfnlly
withho'ds from the plaintiff the premises in
question, describing the same with con.
venient certainty y and no other declaration
81 all be required.


2. The summons maybe retuSnable to. and
the case heard and determined at any term of
such county cour. held for the trial of causes.
or at any .crm Of such circuit court


Such summons shall be served at least ten
days before the return day thereof If the
defendant appear he shall plead to the sum
mons, and the plea shall! be ''not guilty.
Upon this issue, or upon the return of any
first or any subsequent summons "execu,ed.''
if the defendant fail to plead, jury shall be
empaneled to try whether he unlawfuIly with>
holds the premises in controversy. Such
cause shall have precedence for trial over all
other civil causes on the docket.
Year: 1873

REMEDY FOR Group IN ONE MINUTE
This remedy is simply alum. Take knife
or crater. and shave or CRATE off in small par-
ticies about teaspoonfull of alum; mix it
with about its quantity of sugar, to make it
pala'able. and administer quickly as possi-
BILE. Its effects will be truly magical, az all
most instantaneous relief will be afforded
Year: 1873

TO THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD


Since the HERALD has opened the columns Of it's
Sunday editions for the discussion OF subjects in
connection with the spiritual welfare Of Its readers
many ideas, written in q liberal spirit, have ap.
peared in its pages, containing much noble food
Tor the human mind. Every man OF good sense
ought to take direct interest in these discussions
while they undoubtedly must lead to penetration
OF the truth in the end. 1t would be happy fact
II all our organs OF the press should follow the
course Of the HERALD in publishing only such prod
ncts Of the pen as are able to enlghten the people
in liberal spirit. completely free OF all theories
whose tendency it is to confuse our IDEAS without
the least beneficial result. 1t is, indeed, an
unhappy appearance in our days to see
ing TO convince the American people OF
false theories in regard to the existence or rather
These doctrines, so utterly despised by men OF
reason are unhappily too much listened to by a
certain class in society. to whom everything new"
has certain charm, especially when presented in
an agreeable form. Our people Is reading one,
but not very particular in the choice OF reading
matter. Works OF notion suits generally the public
taste, and ITS reading lsaves a certain impression
on many mind. Now, who will deny that the
writings Of the promoters Of the - new, a school,
sented in golden cup, have no influence at all
upon the future acts OF many weak-minded read
hold upon an individual they remain, and
he loses all confidence, not only in his
his duties in lie, and he regards then the least OBJ


stacle in his way as misery without an end and
burden OF which he has to Tree himself the sooner
the better. Can 1t then surprise anybody that such
men dispose OF their lives in the same way as w
do Of the lives OF cattle or other animals 1t
then becomes matter Of convenience to them how
long lie viii exist and the adherents OF the new
doctrines pity the foosn who believe that life has
higher meaning and mankind more noble desti-
nation. II is fact that these writer's are, in many
instances guilty OF the crime of suicide as those
who commit these murders MORRIS CosTER.
Year: 1873

O17 WEST 10TH ST-TO GO OUT BY THE DAY
Aft as dressmaKer; can operate on Grover Bakers
sewing machine has her and viii take IL with her
it wanted would take work OF any kind into the house
Can be seen for days
Year: 1873

HAVING enlarged our shop and fitted it up with
IL the latest improved machinery (by the aid of
which we are enabled to get out work accurately
tracts of any size in the building line Plans and
specifications prepared at reasonable price We
can on the shortest possible notice furnish the win
dow and door frames and all the inside and outside
finish for any description of building. Those about
side houses please take note of the above
we nave superior facilities for the manufacture of in
side blinds, and will furnish them all painted and
hung quick metre We make syecialty of building
and setting up machinery, and would be happy to re,


change of quarters, that may need any service in
THIS ne We are also prep ared to contract for the
manufacture OF patented articles more favorable
terms than any one in the city.


WILLIAM BURRowES. Jw BURROwrs


my13 -
Year: 1873

Sealed proposals will be also received as aforesaid
for the purchase of the whole any portion of said
parcel Of fats for cash. the purchaser to bui said
sea-wal and do said filing according to said plans
and specifications and to perform all the obligations
OF the Commonwealth to the City of Boston in re-
lation to said parcel under the IDdenture of Four
Parts made between the said Commonwealth, the
Boston and Albany Railroad Company, the Boston
Wharf Company, and the City of Boston, dated June
23d, 1873.


The right to reject any and all proposals is reserved
by the Board of Barhor Commissioners, and their
ceptance is subject to the approval of the Governor
and Council.


Proposals must be endorsed "Proposals in relation
to the South Boston Flats sealed and directed to
the chairman of the Board.


For the Board of HarbOr Commissioners.


jy22d1m JOSIAH QUINCY, Chairman.
Year: 1873

the shops were burned. There were be
tween three hundred and fly and four
hundred freight ears, mostly loaded,
standing in the yard, all of whTeh were
run out and saved, excepting eight cars
loaded with lumber. The total loss II
estimated at two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, fully insured. The
origin Of the fire is notdeinitely known


me Latest French News.
Year: 1873

That denial cemented and made legal


whatever breaks there were in Baxter's
title to the Office he holds. The popular


majority was forced to yield, while Bax-
terfs thsn friepds-nOw antagonists-
were eDtren0hed behind the form of
law; and these same men shall now
submit to that authority which they
placed over US and them, now that it is
doubly fortified by the forms Of law and
the earnest, cordial and honestly mani.
tested good will and support of the peo-
Year: 1873

A retired clergyman sends the "Dan-


hurry News" on account Of little affair


that happened in his place. 1t appears


that there WAS u young woman, fine
spirited girl, engaged at wash tub, op'


posite an open door. Just behind her


was q young man, as is generally the
case, aud in the yard was an old buck
that was allowed the freedom of the
premises, which is not always tho case,
We are glad to say. Well this buck
came up to the door and looked 10. and
the yonng man going close behind the
young wsman, pointed his finger straight
At the buck. and the old fellow recogniz
log st once the pressing character Of this
mute invitation, put down his head and
dashed forward; and the miserable man
stopped one side and fed, aud the young
woman, all unconscious Of the arrange
meuts, received the awful shock without
warning, and passed over the tub, and
she slr for on instant appeared to be full
Of slippers, and vet clothes, aud hot
water and suds And the next minute
Ihs. goat came flying out Of that door at
. dreadful speed, bald the whole length
IF bis spine, aud with . Wild look in bis
we. And for On hour sftsrwsrd no stood
behind the barn. scratching his chin, and
ry,ng 70 recall oil tho circumstances in
hs unfortunate affair.
Year: 1873

Iris related that on u New York Cen
trail Railroad train, recently, two old
ladies sat on adjoining seats in ono OF the
cans; one declared II the conductor open.
cd the window she would die, and the
other protested against it being closed, for
she would certainly smother TO death.
The conductor was in doubt, when ven.
erable gentleman exclaimed, "Open the
window and kill one of them and then
close Il and kill the other, and then we
shall have peace"
Year: 1873

A King Of India, SIIerahm, was SO
re]olced at the invention of the
game of chess, that he demanded
of the inventor, Sessa Ebn Daher, one
of his state officers, to choose an ample
reward. Instead of choosing a vast
amount of money, he expressed the
seemingly modest request to the King,
to grant him the amount of wheat
grains which would be obtained BY put
ting one grain upon the the first square
Of the chess board, two upon the Sec
ond, four upon the third, in short,
twice as many upon each following
square as upon the preceding one.
Though rich as ever an Asiatic King
was, Sherahm could not satisfy this re-
quest: for to his unbounded amaze
ment the number Of grains amounted
to sum which precluded the possibil-
lty of realization. It takes no less
than seventy years to raise the amount
of wheat, even if all the firm lara GF
the earth were used for that purpose.


The inexorable ticking of the
clock is like the throb of pain to sem
satlons made keen by sickening fear.
And SO it is with the clock-work of ma
ture. Daisies and buttercups give way
to the brown, waving grasses, tinged
with the warm red sorrel /; the waving
grasses are swept away, and the mead
ows lie like emeralds set in the bushy
hedgerows the tawny-tipped corn be-
gins to bow with the weight Of the full
ear; the reapers are bending amongst
1t, and it soon stands in sheaves then
presently, the patches of yellow stub
bic Ire side by side with streaks of dark
red earth, which the plough is turning
up in preparation for the new-thrashed
seed. And their passage from beauty
to beauty, which to the happy is like
the flow of melody, measures for
many human heart tie approach Of
toreseen anguish, seems hurrylng on
the moment when the shadow of dread
will be followed up by the reality of
despair.
Year: 1873

| cOinWuHOeO 10 TeSo. turlSt never de-
fined the Sabbath day, for the simple
reason that it had already been defined,
and it was only necessary to speak of it
as the Sabbath. The Apostles always
spoke of the Sabbath as followed by the
! first day, or Sunday, Now let us see
whether day, as spoken in Genesis,
means twenty four hours. In the first
chapter fourth and fifth verses, We read,


''And God saw the light that it was
good: and God divided the light from
the darkness End God called the
light day, and the darkness He called
night: And the evening and the morn
ing were the first day What could be
palmer? If it had taken one of our
years for day, then He would have
said, "ahd the evenings and the morn
ings,' but it was the evening. It
makes no difference whether they divi-
ded the day into twenty-four hours or
not, it is evident one darkness and one
light made one day. And again God
told Moses to celebrate the Sabbath
from evening to evening. Nothing
could be more conclusive, yet I will an
swer your Scientist in another waT.


Y Iou say that according to Scripture the
earth has existed six thousand years,
but according to Scientists sixty times
six thousand or three hundred aud six
ty thousand years. You say too, that
a day means periods, years, centuries,
or even ages. Suppose for the sake of
argument we call it one year. We
know that in Genesis year is divided
into twelve months; and in the eighth
chapter and fourteenth verse the twen-
seventh day Of the month is alluded to,
so that we will presume three hundred
and sixty-fve oftheir days to have been
one of their years, theu to find how
long the earth has existed according to
our time, we must multiply the Bible
number of years 10000 BY three hun
dred and sixty-fye, which gives two
millions one hundred and ninety thou
sand. IF day were century we
should multiply this product by one
hundred, and we have two hundred
and ninteen millions years that the
world has existed; yet you only claim
for it three hundred and sixty thous-
and. Again, Christ vas to remain in
the heart of the earth three days and
nights. Could anybody lie in the grave
three years or more without seeing cor
ruption? God said He would not suffer
His Holy one to see corruption. Mo
ses and Elijah both lived forty days
without eating; could it possibly have
been forty years? [ always supposed
Methuselah to have been a pretty old
man, but according to your reckoning,
he must have been more than three
hundred and fifty thousand years old.
You see your scientists do not agree
with the Bible, therefore one of them
must be wrong. Which is it?


Respectfully,
Year: 1873

-Death is the harmless thing chat a
poor shepherd suffered yesterday, or
maid-servant today; and at the same
time in which you die, in that very
night, thousand creatures die with
you, some wise men and many fools
and the wisdom Of the first does not
quiet him, and the folly Of the latter
does not enable him to die.
Year: 1873

How nature breaches to us. Sa-
credness and piety once thought nature
was profane; nature had no religion
nature had no God. Now nature is
Gods word. When the winter comes,
the rivers freeze congelation is wrought
by the shrinkage of it, as well as by
the chill. And if, in the freezing pro-
cess, the shrinking should continue un-
abated, the specific gravity of the ice
would be greater than that of the wa
ter not frozen, and as fast as freezing
should be completed, the ice would 90
down to the bottom, and in a little
while the whole river would be filled
up with it to the surface The warmth
and the rains of hundreds of summers
would not thaw that out, But beau
titul law is now revealed. just before
freezing is completed, contraction ceases
and expansion ensues so that now
the specific gravity of the Ice becomes less
than that Of the water. The ice floats
and the ponds ana the lakes can never
be illed up. Beautiful law. Nature
keeps on. Fear and faithfulness, what
poor teachers and what counselors they
are-slink away. So with the pool Of
stagnant water by the wayside and in
the fields, full Of miasma and poison.
If we stop there, we stop in death


But if we keep on, following the nys-
terry and the beauty Of nature, that Is
following God, We find that out Of the
stagnant putrid pool Of death, bloom
those flowers. There is hidden or
der of yelled industry that transmutes
death into life, and offensive stencil In
to fragrance and charm Of wonderous
bloom Death itself, the New Testa-


nent saws, ..is ours. Death taken
by itself. is disaster the great enemy Of
man. but in its relations, divine wis
dom. Could this world get along with
out death? Death is one Of Gods
great reformers. Unless death came
intermittingly, and swept away ohstruc-
tions in due time, to let up deeper life
into light and air. death would be for
ever. There would be no new birth.
no unfolding of the hidden ways and
completing laws and purposes Of God.
Death clears the track, removes useless
materials, and the chariots Of beauty
and llte speed On.
Year: 1873

The poet SAKE wrote this senti-
ment the other day:
You have heard Of the snake in the grass
my boy.
Of the terrible snake in the grass:
But now you must know,


Mans deadlest foe
lsa snake of a different class


Alas
,Tis the venomous snake IN tie alass,
Year: 1873

i can show more than one tongue
tied church member whose life is 81
power in the community. He can open
his purse fer the Lord easier than he
can his nlouth he can glorify his Mas
ter by bearing much fruit in godly liy-
ing. But in public meeting, his
strength is to sit st;ll.''
Year: 1873

From the Saginaw (Michigan) Enterprise


Frank Walkey, young man twent-
two years old, was found dead in his bed
at the residence of Mr.. Martin Cramer,
on Jefferson street, near johnson, yes
terday morning. The circumstances of
this death are peculiar. Walkey was a
barber by trade, and about three months
ago was working in this city. At that
time. he made an elopement with the
daughter of Mr. Cramer, a girl of six
teen. They went to Bangor, were mar
ried, and went to Toledo, where Walkey
secured work. Very soon, however, the
young wife sickened and died of diphthe-
ria, and Walkey brought the the body to
this city for burial. He has remained
here since, working in barbershop on Pot
ter street. 1t would seem that his wife's
death affected him greatly. He was low
spirited, and took at times to strong
drink. Whenever he did this his con-
slant talk was of his wife, and at numer-
Gus times he has acted in such a way as
to convince his acquaintances that his
mind was shattered About three weeks
ago. or soon after his wife's burial, he
attempted to commit suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor, but was discover
ed in time to prevent the cOnsummation
of his purpose. A week ago he started
from the shop at eleven o'clock at night,
went to the cemetery and brought back
quantity of earth from his wife's grave
He was constantly talking of meeting
my Rosa this being his wifes name.


When he was found dead yesterday he
was in bed, and in his arms were tightly
clasped dress, shawl, and numerous
other articles of woman's apparel, all of
which belonged to his wife. \ trunk
which had been hers was standing open
in the bedroom, as he left it when he
took out the clothing, and paper which
contained morphine was lying on the
floor 1t was plain enough, and sad
enough. Pressing close to his breast the
garment which had clothed the dead
girl-wife he sought forgetfulness in the
drug, and so faithful heart passed on
across the river