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Year: 1876

Taken altogether it would not be truthful
to describe the monetary situation in Eng


land as satisfactory. 1t does not compare
we'll with that of the same period last year.
Gigantic collapses have occurred. The COM
mercial world is strewn with wrecks. There
is neither superabundance of work nor
the former high prices for labor. The public
revenue is reduced. Prosperity does not
wear its once brilliant front, and the market
value of a score of securities is several mill
ions sterling less than it was twelve months
Year: 1876

To EDITOR OF rnE HERALD:-


In one OF the daily press Friday last President
Phillips, OF the Third Avenue Railroad Company who
interviewed, stated that over SO to run one
OF the OF that line. which gross fabrication on
face OF ~ for in hs statement he stated that
cost 81 per day for the keeping OF one horse. Now,
sir there rs not livery stable Keeper In this city who
viii not Keep horse and wagon livery and keep 10
clean Tor that price and have large profit Ia the rst
place this company buy iced IN large quantities at the
lowest possible PRICE and this company especially feed
their stock mostly on son feed aud very htte oats
scqucnty 70 does not cost mure than Orty per
head at ihe very outside ana the people OF this city
ought 20 place very little confidence what railroad
officials state Now, sir, viii state that there is not n
railruad In this city that their cars
average OF flS per day, and their receipts
SO mp 10 ta5 per dav W. ii.
NkW York, Feb %, 1s76
Year: 1876

About one O'Clock on Monday morning Detective
Price while in pursuit OF a in Schonck street.
Brooklyn suspicion of burglary. accidentally shot
himself in the hand with revolver which he as en-
dcavorng TO discharge at the fleeing man. The wound
Is dangerous Price says no slipped on the pave
ment and tue pistol was accidentally discharged.
Year: 1876

RETURN PREsENTs.-What is more appropriate
to give young man In return for his Christmas
present than set Of sleeve or shirt-buttons, a
scarf-pin, or scarf or nccktie, or one OF those
thousand and one useful and ornamental articles
to be found at E. B. SPENCE SONS furnishing
establishment.
Year: 1876

Congressman LAMAR yesterday received tho
vote Of the Democratic majority in tho Missis-
sippi Legislature for United Stntca Senator
Tho Republican minority refused to tnko any
part III the vote, und will dispute tho legality
of tho election upon the ground tint largo
number Of tho Democrats owe their scats in
tho Legislature to tho employment Of fraud
mud violence at tho polls.
Year: 1876

NEW 1oRk, NOV ~, MiunlBht'


The Tribune OF tomorrow will con.
tain the following statement:


A meeting OF prominent citizens was
held to-day at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel at
the invitation OF Secretary Chandler. II
is understood that proposition was
fully discussed and finally unanimously
approved to the effect that the National
Republican Committee be advised to in
yite the Democrat National Committee
to unite with it in sending to Louisiana q
number OF gentlemen representing both
parties, OF National reputation
and enjoying the confidence OF the
whole country, who should look
into the details Of the late election
witucss the action OF the Board Of Can
vassers, and report whether the result in
dicated the free and fair vote Of the State,
Dispatches we're received from Governor
Kellogg inviting such scrutiny, and all
the Republicans present used the strong.
est expressions with reference to the i'm
perative necessity that the count should
be absolutely honest, no matter who
might be elected.


Secretary Chandler and Senator Ed
muuds were compelled to leave last night
for Washington, but 1t is understood that
the Committee is likely to take prompt
action in the direction indicated.
Year: 1876

1t has involved large majority O.
our people in debt, who are no more
able to pay to-day than they were the
day they contracted their Indebtedness


At least large majority Of them may
be so considered. It makes men ex
travagant and Indifferent when they can
buy what they need without paying for
it at the time. They become Indifferent
about collecting the money due to them
selves, and therefore lose great many
accounts which might have been col
lected if attended to in time. whereas,
not being required to pay cash at the
time, they become Indifferent as to
whether the bills due to themselves are
paid. The consequence is they lose a
great deal by neglect and have even
tually to pay their own bills with in
terest, which often takes the profits of
many months and even years Of hard
toll Then let our people look to it in
the future and pay cash, or do without
many things which may be considered
luxuries and not among the necessities
Of life While this system cannot be
adopted in a day where the credit
system has been so long in vogue, yet
our people will find it greatly to their
advantage to begin at once to reform
the system of labor and business, aud
pay cash for what they get, and do
without many things for which they
could not pay. When this system is
once adopted. there will be fewer Con-
stables or Sheriffs' sales, and more in
dependent men among US. The COM
petition in business is one of these
evils. It causes men to force sales
where there is the least possible show
to get money, in order that their sales
may be as large or larger than their
neighbor's. The first thing they know
their shelves are clear Of goods and
they have no money to buy more. Then
one note after another natures in bank.
so that their credit is either gone or
they must make sacrifice Of some article
of property in order that they may keep
up their credit or keep out Of the hands
of the Sheriff.


1t is true that many men have made
fortunes from small beginnings, and
often those small beginnings we're bor-
rowed capital, but where one man has
risen to eminence or to fortune in that
way. tn ,usands have amassed wealth
by paying cash for everything they
bought. They were careful not to ex-
tend their business faster than their
knowledge to control and manage it
was acquired, and this is just as i'm
portant as the means themselves. and
may with as much propriety be called
cash capital, for without such skill it is
utterly impossible to succeed at any
business Salisbury Advertiser.
Year: 1876

If there are any loose straw. chips,
sticks, old barrels or boxes anywhere
within his reach and be can get a
match, be will make what he calls q
BONFIRE" stand around it, and bold
his hands before it until be gets smoked
all over


If there is pond or puddle of muddy
water anywhere about he will take oh
his shoes and stockings, roll up bis
clean white pants and either wade in or
get dirty board or plank and push
himself about until face, hands and
clothes are one uniform dirt color from
top to toe.


He will 60 over any fence or wall or
through any tangled thicket of briars.
thorns or brushwood, regardless Of the
strength Of bis trousers, even when it
would be quite as handy to 60 around
by the proper path.


He will plunge into any muddy
ditch or swamp after mud-turtle or
minnow, and then, after carrying it
about awhile. will throw his prize away


He will climb any ladder. pole,
scaffold or tree. with no understandable
reason except to get where be knows
be ought not to be, and with the sure
result of getting into danger.


When bis kite lodges in tree or
telegraph wire be will try to get it
down by throwing sticks at it until the
kite is broken all to pieces. and will
spend as much time and energy in this
vain pursuit as would serve to make
dozen other kites.


He will trudge through the snow and
~lush in preference to walking on per-
fectly clean path or pavement.


He will spend hours in throwing
clubs and stones to knock ''candles'
from the catalpa tree. to knock ''beans'
from the locust tree, to knock switches
from the ailanthus tree. and to knock
button balls" from the buttonwood
tree; and then when be has got them
and got his clothes in disorder be will
gather up his candles. ""switches" or
.'butten-balls." and Immediately find
he don't want them and give them
away 70 some other boy who don't want
them either.


He will make a noise without any
possible reason for it except the fun
of making a noise.


Finally. he will get his clothes dirty.
or bis fingers cut. or his shins or head
bruised. if there is any show or chance
for either within a. mile.


Wherein the average American boy
differs from the American girl: This
differentiation" is problem for the
..eyolutionists" to solve.
Year: 1876

THE RULE OF ECONOMY -"Take
care of the pennies" Look we'll to
your spending. No matter what comes
in, if more goes out you will be always
poor. The art is not in making money.
but in keeping it. Little expenses, like
mice in a barn. where there are many,
make great waste Hair by hair, heads
get bald. straw by straw the thatch
goes off the cottage, and drop by drop
the rain comes into the chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks
but a drop minute When you mean
to save. begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The
ale jug is a great waste. In all other
things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs further than your
blankets will reach, or you will soon be
cold. 10 clothes, choose suitable and
lasting stuff. and not tawdry fineries
To be warm is the main thing. never
mind the looks A fool may make
money, but it takes wise man to spend
it Remember, it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going. If
you give all to back and board. there
is nothing left for the savings bank.
Fare hard and work hard when you are
young. and you will have chance to
rest when you are old.
Year: 1876

We are in danger of running our
promising plans. in themselves very
good, by the habit Of putting off until
tomorrow what may be done to-day
That letter may be answered to-mor-
row; that request Of my friend may be
attended to tomorrow. and be will be
no loser" True, but you are the loser;
for the yielding to one such temptation
is the signal for the yielding up Of the
whole citadel to the enemy That note
and valuable fact may be recorded in
my commonplace book tomorrow. y
True. but every such indulgence is a
heavy loss to you Every hour should
be preseveringly filled up
Year: 1876

We all complain of the shortness
of time, and yet have much more than
we know what to do with Our lives
are spent either in doing nothing at all,
or in doing no'hing to the purpose. or
in nothing that We ought to do.
We are always complaining that our
days are few. and acting as though
there would be no end to them.
Year: 1876

Peonle who sit at their front windows
and stare at their neighbors from morn
ing till night will. perhaps. not be deter
red by the fact that South Brooklyn
woman in this line of business had her
nose frozen fast to the window pane one
day last winter, and was subsequently
obliged to have the tip Of it amputated
Nevertheless. the affair cast the .radi-
ance of profound joy over the entire
neighborhood.
Year: 1876

A thief is a contemplate being, of
course; but in many cases hard want
forces men to sin. Poverty is fearful
strain on mans honesty. The poor
nan who lives an honest life is enti led
to more credit than the man of wealth


The one is forced to fight against temp
tation, which comes to him under the
guise of want and necessity the other
has no motive except greed or ambition
to tempt him from the path Of rectitude


Yet when poor man sins against the
laws Of the land, how few sympathize
with him, or seek to shield him from
the penalty incurred He has no friends
and the heaviest penalty that can be
inflicted is considered light enough for
him. When the prison doors close
behind him, hope is shut out forever.
for be knows the pardoning power will
never be asked to interfere in his be


half But the rich criminal is looked
upon as simply unfortunate; he is lion
lied Justice bows in his presence,
and seems to ask his pardon for the un-
pleasant relations which it bears toward
him. If he is convicted, it is an ex-
ceptional case, his sentence is made as
light as possible; his prison life is en-
livened by pleasant enjoyment. and
cheerful assurance that his confinement
will be short; and be soon walks forth;
the recipient of executive clemency.
Year: 1876

TIE man who ], only honest when
honesty Is the best policy IS not really
an honest man. Honestyis not swery-
Ing policy, bat stable principle. An
honest man Is homes: from his Inmost
soul, nor designs to stoop TO ought
that IS mean though great sesnils
hang on the petty fraud.
Year: 1876

Aliens Indian Mail has the following !:
ain the marriage market an Indian civilian
used to be reckoned as worth G300 year,
dead or alive. The nominal value of Bonn
bay civilians now bids fair to rise yet high
er, although the real value will remain
much as 1t was, in view Of the growing
cheapness of money. Owing to the -four
ishing state of their Widows fund, 1t has
been proposed that 9400 instead of $500
per annum should be the pension granted
to all ladies who come on the fund as wild
ows after the 1st of July, 1876. This, saws
an Indian Journal, will be equal to mar
riage settlement, in the ordinary manner, of
412, 900 in consols-a sum which not one
man in twenty belonging to the upper, mid
die and professional classes Is able to settle
on his wife when he marries. A counter
proposition, which is even more liberal than


the original one, is also going round for sig
nature, to the effect that all the widows
now on the fund should also get the in
creased pension, and to this amendment
there is said to be little or no opposition.


As widows on the Bombay civil fund forfeit
half their pension if they marry again, it
follows that each one of these ladies who
takes unto herself second husband will
have 920O year to help keep up her new
home. That sum Is equal to settlement
of $4,000 or 80 in consols, and 1t is not ev-
cry lady, whether widow or maid, who can
command 90 useful dowry. Thus the
new regulation will not only raise the value
of Bombay civil servants as husbands, but
also Of the widows they leave behind them
Year: 1876

sklh. The gun was wiped, the powder
measured. the ball was patched with
SIX hmdred-thread linen, and the
charge sent home with hickory
rod. We moved not a step from the
place, for the squirrels were so numer-
Gus that it was unnecessary to go aft
er them. Boone pointed to one of
these animals which had observed us.
and was crouched on branch about
fifty PAGES distant, and babe me mark
well where the ball should hit. He
raised his piece gradually until the
bead (that being the name given by
the Kentuckians to the sight) of the
barrel was brought to line with the
spot he intended to hit. The whip
like report resounded through the
woods and along the hills in repeated
echoes. Judge Of my surprise when I
perceived that the ball had hit the
piece of bark immediately beneath the
squirrel and shivered it into splinters,
the concussion produced by which had
killed the animal and sent it whirling
through the air as if it had been blown
up by the explosion of powder mag
azine. Boone kept up his firing, and,
before many hours had elapsed, We
had procured as many squirrels as we
wished, for you know that to load a
rifle requires only a moment, and if it
is wiped after each shot will do its
duty for hours. Since that interview
with our veteran Boone | have seen
many other Kentuckians perform the
feat." ."-MaysrilIe (KyD Cor. Louisville
COlWier-J0lunUl.
Year: 1876

JUDGE PAXsoN, of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, in recent de-
cision thus defended the liberty OF
will-making:


"The growing disposition of courts
and juries to set aside last wills and
testaments, and to substitute in lieu
thereof their own notions as to what
a testator should do with his property,
is not to be encouraged. No right OF
the citizen is more valued than the
power to dispose of his property by
will. No right is more solemnly as
sured to him by the law. Nor does it
depend in any sense upon the judicious
exercise of it. 1t rarely happens that
man bequeaths his estate to the en-
tire satisfaction of either his family
or friends. The law wisely
secures equality of distribution where
a man dies intestate. But the very
object of will is to produce inequall-
ty and to provide for the wants OF the
testator's family; to protect those who
are helpless ; to reward those who have
been affectiopate, and to punish those
Year: 1876

who have been disobedient. 1t is
doubtless true that narrow prejudice
sometimes interfereS with the
wisdom of such arrangements.
This is due to the imperfections
of our human nature. 1t must
be remembered that in this country
mans prejudices are part of his lib
erty. Where a man has suffi-
cient memory and understanding to
make a will, and such instrument is
not the result of undue influence, but
is the uncontrolled act of his own
mind, it is not to be set aside in Penn
Sylvania without sufficient evidence,
nor upon any sentimental notions of
equality"
Year: 1876

WHINE'RE a duty waits for thee,
With sober Judgment view it,
And never idly wish it done
Begin at once, and do it.
For slOth says, falsely, by and by
Is just as well 10 do it.,
But present strength is strest strength
Begin at once, and do it.
And find not lions in the way,
Nor faint if thorns bestrew it,
But bravely try, and aid will come,
For God will help thee it.


christian at WOrE
Year: 1876

.a-


All explosions of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vapor or gas that collects
in the space above the oil. When full
of oil a lamp contains no gas; but i'm
mediately on lighting the lamp, con-
sumption of oil begins, soon leaving a
space for gas, which commences to
form as the lamp warns; and, after
burning short time, sufficient gas
will accumulate to form an explosion.
The gas in a lamp will explode only
when ignited. In this respect it is
like gunpowder. Cheap OF inferior oil
is always the most dangerous.


The flame is communicated to the
gas in the following manner: The
wick tube in all lamp burners is made
larger than the wick which is to pass
through it. 1t would not 10 to haye
the wick tightly in the burner on the
contrary, it is essential that it move up
and down with perfect ease. In this
way it is unavoidable that space in the
tube is left along the sides of the wick
sufficient for the flame from the burn
er to pass down into the lamp and ex-
plode the gas.


Many things may occur to cause the
flame to pass down the wick and ex-
plode the lamp. The ScientifcA mer-
ican says:


l. A lamp may be standing on ta-
BILE or mantle, and a slight puff Of air
from the open window, or sndden-
opening of door, may cause an ex-
plosieD.


2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from table or mantle and instantly
explode. t-- a ts'f


3. A lamp is taken inte an entry
where there is a strsng draught, or
out of doers, and an explosion ensues.


A. A lighted lamp is taken up .
flight of stairs, or is raised quickly to
place it on the mantle, resulting in an
explosion. In all these cases the mis-
chief is done by the air movement
ither by suddenly checking the
drau.ht, or forcing air down the chin.
ney against the flame.


5. Blowing down the chimney to
extinguish the light is q frequent
cause Of explosion. h9 ea+el


e. Lamp explosions have been caus-f
ed by using chimney broken off at
the top, or one that has piece broken
out, whereby the draught is variable
and the fame unsteady. +.


Z. Sometimes a thosghtless person
puts small sized wick in a large
burner, thus leaving considerable
space along the edges of the wick.


s. An old burner, with its air
draughts clogged up. which by right
should be thrown away, is sometimes
in use, and the final results
is an explosion.
Year: 1876

There is great practical truth en-
bodied in the following extract: Life
is school, its mishaps and disappoint-
ments that we learn human nature,
ourselves and our fellow-mcn. It is
only through repeated falls that the
child learns TO stand alone and walk.
He who is the architect of his own
good fortune, 81 haracter and destiny lis
always great man, and if we ex-
anime, we will find that ninety-nine
out of every hundred of such men
have begun life without any other aid
than sound physical, moral and in-
tellectual constitution and have been
successful in almost all the phases of
life-tasting Of poverty, struggling
with disappointment, relegated to OBJ
scurity and undergoing all the kicks
and cuffs Of Outrageous fo:tune, and
finally by the development of their
Inherent energies in such hard trough
school, rising trismphantly over all
obstacles at last.


Many an unwise parent labors hard
and lives sparingly all his life for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children start in the world, as it is
called. Setting a young man afoat
with monay left by his relatives is like
tying bladders under the arm of one
who can not swim ten chances to one
he will loose his bladder. Give your
child good education : and you will
have given him what will be of more
value than the wealth of the Indies
To be thrown upon ones resources, is
to be cast into the very lap of fortun c
for ones faculties then undergo a de-
velopment and display an energy of
which they were previously unsuscep.
table. ,z+f..
Year: 1876

A DETROIT gentleman walking be-
hind two school children the other
day heard the boy inquire: will you
be at the party tonight p Il shall be
there answered the miss, but 1 may
as we'll tell you now that your love is
hopeless. Mamma is determined.
father is set, and it isn't right for me
to encourage your attention. can be
sister to You, but nothing more.
Therefore you needn't buy me any val.
entine or give me any more gum
Year: 1876

ANA! Let US get out Of here! 1t ia
again stated that the accumulation of
the ice at the pole will tip this earth
over in few thousand years, and send
the waters across the land in enc tire.
mendous, instantaneous dose. Let us
move. One touch of nature will make
the whole world .skin,' and we don't
want to see it.
Year: 1876

If the brooms are wet in boiling suds
once week, they will become very tough
and will not cut the carpet, last much
longer, and always sweep Like new
broom.


When the light of hope is being with
drawn and melar choly begins to settle
like mighty mist upon the soul, there is
a comfort in the presence of a small boy
trundling an empty tomato can under
ones window, that only musician can
appreciate.
Year: 1876

warranted not to cut in the eye--not mead.
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in youl
belly than its on your back in pound of bee
and it carries bead like necklace; foi


sale by


| GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1876

On the margin Of your paper indi-
Gates that your time is out, or will ex-
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CAsH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
If not renewed, we take it FOR granted
YOU do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend TO publish the
best paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers We get, the bet
ter We can make the paper. Let eve,
" one reiew and bring another with
MIN.
Year: 1876

Or Harris last week showed US q
sample of native wine which he has
manufactured from the Scuppernong
grape. Although quite new, it was
of fine flavor and excellent taste. II
seems to us that this industry might
be established here on a large scale.
Year: 1876

These are the nights when the single
lady Of uncertain age carefully wraps a
towel around warm flat-iron and puts
it at the foot Of the bed. Placing her
feet on the artificial comforter she
closes her lonely eyes in sleep, forgetting
the backwardness of man and the un-
certainty of drawing prize in the mat
rimonial lottery.
Year: 1876

Gen. Newton officially reports to the Pilot
Commissioners the following depths of water
over late Ialletts reef. Since the explosion
from $50 feet distant from the shore line to the
line of buoys, the bottom slopes gradually from
eight feet depth at mean low water, to twenty
feet depth at mean low tide Divers have been
examining the reef and report thorough
breakup.
Year: 1876

Many times a cold exterior covers a
warm heart, and it often happens that
formal and frigid husband will blossom
out into the most devoted of men, when
his wife goes off to camp meeting and
leaves the hired girl to keep house for
him.