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Year: 1875

BY some upaccountable misapprehen.
sion of facts, there is large class of peo.
pie in the world who think that it costs
little or nothing to run a newspaper, and
if they buy copy from the newsboy,
when too far from the office to beg ono,
they are regular patrons and entitled to
unlimited favors. Men call every day at
newspaper officers to get q copy of the
daily paper, just from the press for moth.
ing, who would never dream of begging
pockct.handkerchief from dry goods
store, or piece of candy from q confec
toner, even upon the plea of an old ac-
quaintance, having bought something
once before. Our paper is not much, but
a hundred day amounts to something
in the course of time. But this is q
small drain compared with the free ad-
vertlsIng newspaper is expected to do.
Some men who have paid two dollars at
an early period Of life for an advertise
ment worth four or five, appear to think
they are stockholders in the establish
ment tor eternity They demand the
publication OF all marriages and funeral
notices, obituaries, and family episodes,
for the next forty years, gratis. Speak
OF paying and they grow indignant,
Don pa'ronize your paper? Yes, but
you receive the worth Of your money for
what you pay. But, says the patron, it
will not cost you anything to put this in,
which Is just as ridiculous as to ask e
man to grind your axe on his grindstone,
aud graclously telling him it won't cost
hun a cent. 1t takes money to run q
newspaper as well as any other business !;
no paper will succeed financially that car.
rles on dead head system. Any men.
ton OF the peoples affairs that they are
anxious to see in print is worth paying
for, and when printed is generally
worth as much as any other investment
of the same amount.


The newspaper business is very exact.
ing on all connected with it, and the pay
is comparatively small the propretors
risk more money for similar profits, aud
the editors, reporters and printers work
harder and cheaper than the same mum.
W W hiNh III nh) OlhtI nTOlthSlOu re-
quiring the given amount Of intelligence


training and drudgery The life has rs
charms and pleasant associations. scarce


ly known to the outside world; but il
has its earnest work and anxieties and
exhaustion, which also are not known tc


those who think the business all fun. The


idea tha. newspaperdom is charmed


circle, where the favored members live {
life of ease and free from care, and 60 t.


the circus at night on free ticket and tC


the springs on free pass in the summer
, is an idea which we desire to explod,
practically and theoretically. Bushes
, is business, and The journal that succeed
is he one that is run on a square busines
E footing, the same . ) banking or building
5 bridges, keeping hotel or running
/ livery stable Memphis .4ralanche.
Year: 1875

About the last place in the world that
one would look for a reproduction Of
Biblical scenes would be iu state capa.
BILE of sustaining such place as Chicago
and yet there comes to us an authentic
story Of another Jacob, who bound him.
self to an old farmer over in that state
for seven years of honest toll, at the end
Of which time, for recompense and re.
ward, he was to receive the hand of tie
old grangers daughter. He pulled of
his linsey. woolsey coat, rolled up his
sleeves and went in to win that girl, and
right manfully did he perform the task,
until the Christmas fires had seven times
burned brightly in that household, and
the rosy.cheeked school girl, whose dim.
Piles and bright eyes had first won him to
his task, had grown to womans estate and
hard lines had come into his own face
through facing the wintry storm on the
bleak prairie. Then he claimed his re-
ward.


The old granger fell upon his neck and
wept, and said "Beress you, my SON.
berless you" tsthe young lady failed to
see it in that light and told the young
man, that however much he might be like
Jacob she was no Rachel, nor Leah
either and she didn't mean TO be bartered
off in any such style, and married to him
she would not be- What did the young
man do Go back to the aged granger
man and offer TO sign new agreement
the consideration OF which should be some
other Rachel or Leah Of the flock ? Not
a great deal He hied him away to
Chicago, consulted an attorney and sued
tho father of the girl, who would only let
her hand 60 where her heart was, For a
romantic ending to seven years romance
to the contrary, an eminent practical one
and the chances ere that the old man
will have to pay for the honest toll Of his
farm hand, and the unwilling daughter
will marry some brainless fop, who never
performed seven days Of honest toll in his
life. But that comes from an endeavor
to practically employ scriptural examples
in the vicil ity OF Chicago. Any first


class newspaper man could have told tha,


young farm hand how the thing would


terminate. Jacobs will hereafter be al


rare in that vieitity as Josephs have al


ways becn.-LOuisriHe Courier.J Journal
Year: 1875

A certain physician when he visited
his rich and luxurious patients always
went into their kitchens, and shook hands
with their cooks. My good friends,
said he, 81 owe you much, for you confer
great iavors upon me your skill and
your ingenious and palatable art Of pois
oning enables US medical men to ride 10
our carriages Without your assistance
we should all go on foot and be starved y
Year: 1875

II would advise you to put your head
into dye.tub, it's rather red.' said a
joker to sandy haired girl. al would
advise you to put yours into an oven, it
is rather soft" said Nancy.
Year: 1875

There is a class OF people who seem to
exist for the purpose of writing anony.


nous letters to newspapers asking them
why they don't do this, and why they
don't do that and high authorities have
asserted that if it were not for this class
there would be no use for epidemics. But
the result of our own observation OF sew
eral cholera revivals and green watermel-
on terms, is, that such people either 60
through just as comfortably as other folks,
or leave their money TO their heira upon
the express condition that they shall keer
up the correspondence. -.BrOokiyn Argus
Year: 1875

Barney Devlin was tried for disor-
derly conduct and discharged for want
Of proof.


Edward Fortner, for assault and bat
terry, was fined IS and held in $500 bail
to keep the peace.


Four cases of drunkenness were dis
posed of last evening, and two this
morning.


One of the latter was worthy gent
from the country who was stopping at
the Pennsylvania Hotel. Just before
the hour for retiring he went to an
oyster saloon on Water street, for some
oysters, and after leaving there he evil
IDENTIFY fell into bad company. He
knew nothing further until he awoke
In the police station this morning,
very much battered, and minus gold
watch, fine pistol, and nearly all his
money. Officer Brickle found him
about 2 o'clock, a. M, very drunk,
and took him to the City Hall. He was
a sorry man when he started home this
morning.
Year: 1875

FELL Down STAIRS. Hattie, daughter
of City Treasurer Vincent, who resides
AT No. S03 French street. on Saturday
afternoon, was coming down the stairs
to answer a call at the door. when her
foot caught in the carpet Mt the top of
the flight, and she fell to the bottom,
breaking her collar bone in three places.
DIR. Johnson was called in and set the in
jured bone, and has since reset it twice:
It is a very painful and sad accident and
il will be some time before Miss Vincent
will be able to regain the use of her arm
Year: 1875

RANT in his Des Moines speech said
Let us then begin by guarding against
every enemy threatening the perpetuity
of free Republican institutions" That s
Just what the people are doing, Mr..
Grant. They are watching you and your
followers, for of all agencies menacinS to
he perpetuity of free Republican insti-
tutions, there are none 30 bold and aggres-
siye as the policy Of the Administration
of which you are the head.
Year: 1875

THEFT.-Ye esterday afternoon, three
suits Of flannel under clothing were
stolen from the yard of Mayor White
ley's residence, at Ninth and West
streets. During the afternoon col.
ored girl was In the yard begging, and
1t is supposed that she committed the
theft, She has not yet been found
Year: 1875

THE mulatto confesses that he is q thief. We
have repeatedly called upon the infamous black
scoundrel to publish page ten Of his report"
and he dare not do it. But on day before yes
terday. stung to frenzy BY our exposure Of
his prigging. he publishes q two-and-a-half col
umn lie, and an equally lying editorial in the
Boise City publication. still shrinking from
the page OF the report, the publication Of
which il all that would be required if it were
an honest ono. Publish page ten of that docu-
ment, poor, lying thief! Calling names will
not acquit you.
Year: 1875

CHrLDREN.-As the pure breath Of children
rcvives the life Of aged men, 20 il our moral
nature revived BY their free and simple
thoughts. their native feeling, their airy mirth
for little cause or none, their grief, soon
aroused and soon allayed. Their influence on
us is ut least reciprocal with ours on them.
When our infancy is almost forgotten, and our
boyhood long departed. though it seems but ~
yesterday whom life settles down darkly upon
us and We doubt whether to call ourselves
young any more. then it 10 good to steal away
from tho society Of bearded men. and even Of
geutler women, and spend An hour Or two with
children. After drinking from those fountains
Of still fresh existence, we shall return into tho
crowd to struggle onward and Do our parting
life, perhaps . fervently - ever, but. Tor :
time. with wiser and puror heart and Z
spirit moro lightly wise.
Year: 1875

Our Madrid correspondent telegraphs that
there is general belief in political circles
in the Spanish capital that there has been an
amicable arrangement effected Of the dis
puted questions between the Spanish govern
ment and our own in regard to the interpre-
tation Of certain clauses Of the treaty of 1896.
He adds that the Washington reply to the
latest communication Of the Spanish govern
ment is 'anxiously expected" at Madrid.


We have, in addition, the intelligence that
Senior CASTELAR,, at present in Paris, has re-
ceived by private telegram an assurance that
the Spanish government is tranquil, and that
Minister Gushing is assured that peace be-
tween the two nations will not be disturbed


The public has received SO many and such
repeated and positive assurances from Wash
ington in the last few days that there is no
danger of troublesome complications with
Spain, that all the negotiations about Cuba
are proceeding in the most kindly
spirit and satisfactory manner, and that
there is no occasion for uneasiness
or alarm, that we begin to wonder
why in the name Of common sense there was
any alarm or uneasiness at ALL Why did
the London Times get suddenly excited
Why did its correspondent here send ont a
danger signal? Why did the Associated
Press agent in Washington send out warn
ing despatch Why, finally, is the American
reply "anxiously expected" at Madrid


1t is certainly one Of the most singular
occurrences Of the year, this Sudden, wide
spread, general alarm. 1t is even more re-
markable than the sudden subsistence of the
alarm here and in England. If the public
had not such positive assurances from Wash
ington that everything is lovely suspicious
person would say that there had been
serious causes for uneasiness, or perhaps,
that there might presently be such, and that
these causes had prematurely leaked out to
few persons in Washington.
Year: 1875

armies of the Union during our great civil
war, Mr. Wilson acted part as able and
useful as il was honorable


The late Vice Presidents character as a
man is even more creditable than his dill
gence as public servant. He was honest
as the day; he lived frugally and died poor
In such times as these this is no slight praise
To say that he was as humane as he was hon
est would do him but scant justice; he was
more than humane; he was magnanimous.
While there was no stancher Union man in
Congress while hostilities ragged he had the
melting tenderness Of woman toward the
misguided rebels when it was in his power
to serve them without compromising the
country. He visited Alexander II. Stephens
when prisoner in Fort Warren, in the har-
Dor Of Boston, did all in his power to render
him comfortable and exerted himself to Sc
cure his release When General Breckin-
ridge lay on his deathbed the Vice
President made quite a journey to call
on him and speak words of kindness.
None of our statesmen of either party was
more anxious to heal the wounds of the civil
wal ALu AtSSoAS IhbSlAuA AScllIE. 1AG COubI
recognized and appreciated his good will,
and in his tour through that section last
winter and spring he was greeted with the
most cordial demonstrations of hospitality in
every place he visited. He was as true and
genuine a friend Of the South as Presi-
dent Lincoln would have been had he not
been cut off in the very crisis when his genial
sagacity was most needed in the great work
of pacifcation. The Vice President will be
as sincerely mourned throughout the South
as he is in the North, and the great outpour-
ing Of public sorrow in the North ex-
ceeds anything we have witnessed on a
similar occasion since the lamented
| assassination Of President Lincoln. This is
rather tribute to his honesty, patriotism, lib
erality of sentiment and magnanimity than
to his intellectual gifts, although these were
respectable and were entirely devoted to the
service Of his country. If we have had some
men Of greater ability there has been none
in our time who was more sincerely devoted
to the interests Of the country as he under
stood them, and no statesman Of his own
party survives him who has a more en-
lightened conception Of what the true in
terests Of the country require in this con-
juncture Peace to his honored ashes
Year: 1875

General Ord's report on the condition of
affairs on the Rio Grande and the recon-
mendations by which it is accompanied will
probably induce thoughtful people to in
quire whether there is not some probability
that the ''war cloud" for which all eyes have
been looking in the direction Of Cuba may
not be actually discovered over the Texan
frontier The outrages committed by the
Mexican banditti are Of a more aggravated
character than is generally supposed. Tho
American citizens living on the line Of the
river have long held their prop
erty and their lives on an uncer-
tain tenure The raids Of the Mexicans
into American territory have been regularl
organized and pursued as a business by the
bands of Cortina and other leaders, and the
plunder secured from Texas has been the
almost entire subsistence of large Mexican
population who do the bidding and are de-
voted to the fortunes of their chiefs. Muir
ders and robberies have been common occur
rences in the border country, and the history
Of the outrages has, singularly enough been
suppressed as far as possible by the author
L
has appealed to the President, but has APP
pealed in vain, and the State has declared
that if her territory cannot be protected
from invasion by the federal troops she will
protect herself. The recent adventure Of
Captain McNally seems to have nearly
brought matters to crisis, and at any mo-
ment conflict may take place of q character
calculated to seriously involve the two ma
uions


General Ord, by his recommendation OF
suggestion Of reprisals proves that he appre-
ciates the gravity of the situation. The
brigand Cortina although nominally under
confinement, is, in fact, an honored guest at
the City of Mexico. President Lerdo who
is looking for a reelection, is said to be
anxious to gain the friendship Of the border
robber. The Mexicans profess to desire war
with the United States, and there are plenty
Of influences surrounding Lerdo not unwill-
ing to promote such calamity Is it improb-
able that such result has suggested itself
to the minds of our own rulers? A war with
q foreign Power would ruin the prospects of
the Centennial. Would war with Mexico
have any such effect? war provoked or
invited by our own government would
startle and offend capital Would capital
blame the President for war with Mexico,
brought on without his action, and certain
to result in profit to the United States?
General Ord's despatch furnishes food for
reflection, and will attract attention to the
troubled country along the line of the Rio
Grande.
Year: 1875

THE WHIsKEY FRAUDS. Mcdonald has
been found guilty on every count in the in
dictment upon which he has been tried.
This seems to promise well for the exposure
and punishment Of all who have been impli-
Gated in the whiskey frauds. The work thus
vigorously commenced should be continued
until the very root Of the evil has been
reached. II is now more important than
ever to ascertain who were McDonald's back
ers at Washington, and through whose in
huence with the President the meaner tools
Of the fraudulentring were retained in Office
or restored after their removal
Year: 1875

Another case Of death on the operating
table in public clinic has followed closely
upon the one recently reported from Albany.
Fortunately the use Of an@sthetics is too
firmly established to be affected by mishaps
Of this nature, and an accident does not
excite now, as it did formerly, an outcry
against the use Of these agencies for the
prevention Of human misery. 1t effectively,
however, directs public and professional
attention to the fact that an agency capable
of suspending for q time certain of the essen
tial functions Of life is never to be handled
lightly, is never to be employed in that
spirit Of familiar ease which leaves the
mind free of the consideration Of the
wonderfully delicate machinery whose
operation is interrupted. 1t was once said
by capable surgeon in regard to the opera
tion on the human eye for the cure Of catar-
act that man must have 'poked out hat
full Of eyes" before he could do it success
fully He quantity recognized that all great
ameliorations in our physical condition must
have their martyrs However it may be now
with operations of that nature, or may have
been formerly with an@sthetics, there is GER
family no need that there should have been
an1 more martyrs. All is known Of their
operation that is necessary to make them
SAFE in proper hands and the proper hands
arenot so much skilful ones-for it is scarcely
question Of skill in their cases-but they
must certainly be careful ones. The few ac-
cid,nts that occur now are from some con-
trawntion of known and recognized rules
that are not overlooked by careful men.
Mary surgeons refuse absolutely to do
opentions on the mouth or nose with their
pati,nts under anesthetics, because the
blool discharged into the trachea, and not
felt " the subject, may suffocate him before
the TACT that it goes in that direction is
noticed. If not unconscious he would cough
it up This last case was an operation in the
mouh. Surgeons who do not have these
accidlnts in their practice are indebted for
this immunity in great degree to the fact
that hey scrutinize their cases they know
before they venture that the brain Of the
patieh is such as can endure the deep in
toxicaion and recover; ; that the heart and
lungs have the vigor to revive from the par
tial panlysis to which they are to be sub
jected.
Year: 1875

An Opportunity Tor First Glass Ability.


The business of carrying Goals to New
castle has never been thought to promise
great profits; but if our Yankee spirit and
ingenuity have not decayed we have now an
opportunity, it would seem, to show an in
credulous world that, as Colonel David Crock
EFT used to say, some things can be done
well as others" Some weeks ago a cor
respondent of the HERALD made public the
fact that some New England cotton spinners
had shipped quantity of cotton goods to
England, where there was prospect of sell
ing them at remunerative prices. We hear
since that several thousand packages have
been actually sold in England, and they
have gained market mainly because they
are found to be of better quality than Eng
lish goods. 1T is the quality that tells,
a correspondent writes u.s. who has seen
this new commerce growing and, he adds,
American cotton goods are fairly established
in English markets" Nor is this all The
superiority of our cotton goods has begun to
be appreciated in the South American and
African markets, and the London agents of
merchants in those countries have received
orders of late for our cotton goods, on the
ground that where they appear they at once
command the market.


There is here an opportunity for the re-
which we trust enterprising Americans will
assiduously cultivate. 1t is evident that
our manufactures need only to be made
known to secure a sale What is required is
capital and energy to make them known.
The merchants who formerly controlled our
foreign trade have for the most part either died
or gone into other business. The irregular
ity Of our currency during and since the war
made the risks Of foreign trade too great to
be endured. There can be no doubt that if
we were to-day on a specie basis large
foreign commerce in our manufactured
products would rapidly spring up but even
with the disadvantage Of an irredeemable
currency it has become evident that we can
command some markets abroad if we have
the requisite energy. 1t is not only cotton
goods that we can and do export to Europe
Alabama has sent for two years small guam
JltleS OF iron 10 Tn8lanu, Wncre III DeglnS TO
be used for car wheels, in the manufacture
Of which change is taking place in Europe,
railroad companies beginning to substitute
the American fixed axle wheel for
that commonly used abroad. For car
wheels the soft and tenacious iron ofAlabama
has important advantages, and the few IRON
masters in that State have discovered that
they can produce it at a price which will
command market in England. What is
needed in this case, too, is energy in the
prosecution and extension of this trade.


We do not doubt that the Centennial Ex-
hibition, next year, will make known to for
eigners a multitude Of our products which
they will desire, and for which, as soon as we
return to a sound currency, we shall be able
to secure large demand abroad Meantime
we point out to our younger merchants that
there are opportunities abroad for the exer-
else Of their ingenuity and energy which, if
they will avail themselves of them, will
enable them to revive our foreign commerce.
and thus greatly increase the prosperity of
the country.
Year: 1875

in his last days by faithfully rejecting
the sentiments cherished toward him by his
countrymen and the deep interest felt in his
early restoration to health Alas, that the
public wishes and prayers were 50 vain But
we are glad that he was cheered by a knowl-
edge Of their existence and Of the deep and
afiectionate solieitude excited in the public
heart as soon as the news came that he was
in danger.
Year: 1875

IT Would BE WISE for republican leaders
in considering the question unhappily
forced upon them by the death Of Vice
President Wilson to remember the admoni-
tions Of that statesman in reference to the
party future. Mr.. Wilson was one Of the
few, if not the only trusted leader Of the
party, who dared to say that in the event of
General Grants nomination for the third
term the result would be-bad for the repub-
icdn party.
Year: 1875

life than when he laid down the doctrine
even at the risk Of displeasing those high in
power, that the result of the recent elections
demonstrated that in the event Of another
republican than President Grant running
for the Presidency it would be-good for the
republican party
Year: 1875

IT rs ANNOUNCED from Berlin that Prince
Bismarck is in tolerably good health that
he attended the Parliamentary session yes
terday, and that it was his intention to make
speech Any words that may fall from Bis
marcks lips will be anxiously looked for
and carefully weighed all over the civilized
world
Year: 1875

THE ScANNEIL TRIAL is now fairly under
way, and it is already foreshadowed that the
main reliance Of the accused will be based,
as formerly, on the plea Of insanity produced
by grief at the murder Of Florence Scannell.