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Year: 1875

Thc look of sympathy. the gentle word
Spoken so low that only angel heard;
The secret art of pure set-sacritice,
| 'nseen by men, but marked by angels eyes:


These are not lost
The sacred music of Il tender strain.
Wrung from poets heart by grief and pam,
And chanted timidly. with doubt and fear,
To busy crowds, who scarcely pause to hear:


These are not lost
The silent tears that fall at dead of night
over >Oiled robes. that once We're pure ant


white;
The prayers that rise. like incense from the


soul.
Longing for Christ to make it clean and whole


These are not lost.
The happy dreams that gladdened all our youth
w hen dreams had less of self and more of truth
The childhood's faith, so tranquil and so sweet
Which sat like Mary at the Masters feet


These are not lost.
The kindly plans devised for others good,
50 seldom guessed, so little understood;
The quiet. steadfasG love that stroye TO win
Some wanderer from the WAYS Of sin;


These are not lost.
Not lost @ Lord for, in thy city bright.
Our eyes shall see the past by clearer light,
And things long hidden from our gaze below
Thou wilt reveal and we shall surely know


They We're not lost
Year: 1875

FLINGING SHADOWS. We have no
right to fling an unnecessary shadow over
the spirit of those with whom we have to
do, than we have to fling a stone and in
iure them Yet this tlinging shadows is
very common sin, and one to which wo-
men are particularly addicted Oh, what
4 blessing is merry, cheerful woman in
a household One whose spirits are not
affected by wet days OF little dssappoint-
ments, or whose milk of human kindness
does notsour in the sunshine of prosperity.
Such woman, in the darkest hours,
brightens the house like piece Of sun
shiny weather. The magnetism of her
smile, the electrical brightness of her
looks and movements. infect every one
The children 60 to school with sense OF
something great to be achieved her con-
queror's spirit. No matter how people
worry and annoy him all dav, far off her
presence shines, and he whispers to him
self, cat home | shall find rest" So day
by day she literally renews his strength
and energy. and if you know man with
beaming face, a kind heart and a pros
porous business, in nine eases out of ten
you will find he has wife of this kind.
For nothing is more certain than that the
man who is married must ask his wife tor
permission to be happy and wealthy.
Year: 1875

must be remembered when dealing with
facts discOrds are of no account But the
whole story is not told Some chickens
We're raised, 50 that, after eating y 1owls,
y remain to garnish the present year ana
add their lay to that of the last Our
friend further says THAT Il warm sunny
coop and plenty of food and fresh water
are all the conditions of such success.
Brahmas are excellent winter fowls be-
cause Of their feathers, and consequent
protection from cold. Leghorns and Span
ish do best in milder weather All hens
do as well rs they can in the spring time.
A flock Of well-kept fowls is a credit to
any family. and, irrespective of their
profit, their society and conversation are
ottentimes more enjoyable than some of
the unteathered creatures on change


Prune, but do it JudiciousIy.


A correspondent of Colman's Rural
World gives the following correct prnci-
Piles OF pruning:


There is a medium in all things, and
practical experience has taught me that it
should be observed in pruning fruit trees.
1t is only necessary to reflect one moment,
when we will very readily see that neither
lIt NON pruning Hol tlit lltIN -
the proper treatment of fruit trees. My
plan is to plant small but thrifty trees. so
that have entire control over them from
the first; and | allow them to grow up
straight in Il single stem, as to be able
to form the heads at desired height. Those
that are upright in growth | form the
heads say two and half to three feet
high, and those that have spread branches,
form the heads say three OF four feet
high, in order to make them head uniionll-
ly. | cut off the main shoot little above.
or about the height desired for the heads,
thus causing the buds to start out many
branches; and after they have made some
growth, and while tender, remove all
except those designed to from the future
tree being careful to observe that they
are equally distributed around the tree,
generally not allow more than four or
five to remain, ana those not too much
crowded


Having thus formed q tree, all the prun
ing that viii be required tor the next five
Years will be, to cut off the struggling
branches and water sprouts. BY strictly
adhering to this plan, tree will seldom
ever require any more pruning, except to
remove the water sprouts that may appear
from time to time, and such Struggling
branches us may come in contact with
each other.


The foregoing has been my practice,
and success has been good in fruit grow
ing.
Year: 1875

Over the choicest portion OF theiI table lands
and purchasers will have the right to water
without charge. Such an opportunity to se-
cure land admirably situated and watered
and perfectly adapted to semi-tropical fruit
culture, will not occur again.
Year: 1875

The following is a full abstract of the report
Of Messrs. Hoar, Frve and Wheeler minori-
ty of the Louisiana Committee, submitted with
the majority IT port:


The first part is narrative of the affairs of
that State from the close of the war up to the
events of last September, and is introduced as
necessary to a complete understanding of the
case 1t shows that the condition of politi-
cal affairs in that State is the natural conse-
quence of the state of society that existed
under the rule of the slave power. 1t does
not excuse but explains. The report shows
that while there was intimidation practiced on
the. day of election, the events preceding that
day had terrified the negroes and white Re-
publican voters and probably changed the re-
suit Of the election. A summary of this branch
Of tie report is in the following words:


We cannot doubt that the effect of all
these things was to prevent full and free
election and to intimidate the colored voters
and the white Republicans. The very forma-
ton of white mans party was menace of
terrible import to those who remembered Col
fax and Bosicr and the convention. The
press was filled with threats of violence.
The agreement to discharge laborers, the sug-
gestion that wild beasts are tanned by hunger,
was evidence of the same spirit The over
Year: 1875

INSANE AsYIUM.-We have received q
communication from DR.. Wilson. re.
viewing the report of tie recent soscall
ed Investigating Committee. on the
management of the Insane Asylum. The
article is too long for qualifications
In one or two numbers of the Daily and
came in too late for publication in the
next Weekly. We will commence the
publication Of the same in the Daily Of
Thursday. 1t is an article of thrilling
interest to all whose sympathies are en-
listed in the cause Of the unfortunate
insane,
Year: 1875

q The mail between Portland and
TIE Dalles has been carried overland
with considerable regularity and dis
patch. Notwithstanding the cold and
danger attending the service. Had one
tenth of the enterprise displayed on that
route been put in practice between
Portland and Kalama. the sound coun>
try nsed not have been virtually cut of
from mail communication for nearly
two weeks. The mail contractor on the
latter route deserves to be heavily fined
for his remissness of duty.-Cou-ier.
Year: 1875

The familiar face Of John Ayrcs the old sentinel
the door OF the First precinct station house Jersey
City, usual yesterday morning when Captain
McKaig entered. Old John replied 10 two or three
questions regarding the arrests during the night but
his voice then fatered and his head hung upon his
breast The Captain and Sergeant White rushed out.
side the railing and raised his head. Old John
more. He IN the seventy second year OF hts age


and OF the first organized a police
force Jersey City 1886 He had been ever after.
ward with the exception OF short interval connected
with the police force He leaves considerable properly
Year: 1875

The police boat Seneca collided with the schooner
Helen A. Brown at the foot Of Jackson street East
River, last evening carrying away the schooners bow.
spirit and damaging her rigging considerable extent
The Seneca sustained slight injury to her engine,
which compelled her TO lay up for repairR Happily
injured
Year: 1875

The Scotland ghtshp adrift yesterday AM but
brought IN by aid OF her and anchored in the Horse
Shoe


BALTIMORE Dec 24-The black can bnoy the intersec
pon OF the Brewerton and Craghi channels is adf
distance from Its proper place. This of the
portan buoys in the bay and placed there prevent
sells from going the side OF the Seven foot Knoll
The buoy will be replaced as as possible.
Year: 1875

A pretty and sensible young lady re.
marked in the presence of seven bare
faced young men the other night, =" That
it Just doubled the value of kiss to
borrow it from under a mustache." The
next morning one of our druggists sold
seven bottles of preparation to eneour
age mustaches, in less than half an hour
after opening his store NorristolCn Her
aid.
Year: 1875

A young lady of this city who, four
or FIVE years ago. injured her spine By
coasting accident, has since that time
exhibited some abnormal symptoms which
make her case one of unusual interest.
She is subject to a strange variety OF at
tacks, all due, doubtless, to one general
cause, yet queer enough to be classed as
phenomenal. Sometimes she is blind
again she is stricken with deafness SUBJ
sequently, recovering both these senses,
she will sing and play with an ease and
dexterity which, it is declared, were inn
possible to her before her accident. To
day she may be in apparently good
health tomorrow she may become help
less and remain bed.ridden for weeks.
A particularly distressing form of her
malady is the closing up of her throat,
so that she can only take liquid food,
and that by pouring it through tube.
On one occasion she received gentle
man caller with much cordiality and
grace and Immediately got down on all
| four and crawled under the table, refus-
ing for some time to speak and stir yet
she is not considered insane, as her mind
is most of the time perfectly clear. Dur
ing her singular illness she has acquired
great love for morphine, which she
now eats in large quantities. Strange to
say, she seems to thrive and grow fat
upon it and there is probably no girl of
eighteen in Springfield who is fairer or
more attractive in person that she, in
spite of this habit and the many ana
severe trials she has been called to pass
through. How her malady will end, of
what new and strange from it will as
sumo, no one can predict Springfield


Republican.
Year: 1875

AN EARNEST WoMAN.-The Church
man tells the story Of woman, but
without giving her name, who became
tired of life mainly employed in eating
and dressing and resolved to devote her
self and her money to a nobler purpose.
At the close of the rebellion she went to
a sandy island off the Atlantic coast,
where about two hundred persons were
living in poverty and ignorance, and es-
tablished her home there with the inten-
ton of beneftting the inhabitants. She
began with teaching, by example, how
to cultivate the land lucratively, and
was soon initiated Next she established
school for the children, and afterwards
church. Now the island is thrifty
region with an industrious and moral
population, the change being the work
Of one woman,
Year: 1875

POSTAGE FREE.
annual subscription Price SI2---Al-


ways i'm Advance.
write the address on letters to the New York
Herald IN bold and legible hand and give the
name OF each subscriber, Of Postoffice, county
papers will be liable to occur. auto
Year: 1875

The Nebraska Aid Society report their
treasury as nearly empty. They are
feeding 1850 people, and the Executive
Committee have called upon Gen. Br''-
ben to go East and rare funds to buy
food.


No election as yet for Senator IN Min
pesOta.
Year: 1875

The wheel horses of the Democratic
party in this city have, for the past three
months, been seriously considering upon
what plan they will make their canvas
for the State election which takes place
in November next. There was an almost
unanimous opinion that it would be best
to make it entirely upon the State
Treasurer, and this would probably have
been done had not Hon. Samuel J. Ran
dali, and John Miller, chairman of the
State Committee, over-rulsd it; they
ridiculed the idea of attacking the tail Of
the opposition, and insisted that bold
attack must be made upon the head and
front; that to elect the Democratic can
didate for State Treasurer, by making a
fight upon that portion of the ticket,
would be sure to lose them the Govern
orship, and that to cnpture the rear
guard of the Republican party's forces
would be no victory at ALL


In view of the better Judgment of
Randall and Miller, the forty-six dele
gates from the city to the Democratic
State Convention as we'll as the more
prudent men of the party, have aban-
doned the rear guard policy, and are
now maturing their plans for an aggres-
sive campaign against the whole ticket


These gentlemen recognize the fact that
something must be done to consolidate
and bring out the Democratic and the
silent vote of this city, cast always, less
for party than for principles.


1t was thought that the nomination Of
a candidats for State Treasurer, from
this city, would effect that result, and
thereby reduce Hartranft's majority Of
25,OOO, in Philadelphia, three years ago,
to mere nominal one of ewhundred
therefore it was that Mr.. Fry, for Treas
urer, had unanimous delegation in his
favor; the recent over-issue of stock by
him has caused them to drop him like a
yellow jacket in a morning glory, and


now, not to lose the advantages resulting


from representative upon the ticket


from the Centennial city, there appears
to be general determination to present
the name of John s. Morton for Gov
ernor. He came from Revolutionary
= stock; is the great-grand-son of Joh1
Morton, the patriot, whose casting vot,
for the Declaration of Independence
secured the liberty of the American
people.
Year: 1875

I7 WEST THIRTY FIFTH STREET.-DEsIRABLE
front Rooms suite single; also Rooms for single
gentlemen with Board The house is handsomely furnished
throughout and first class all its appointments refer
Year: 1875

In a peaceful valley there lived
number of people whose leader dwelt
on hill and guided the tillers of the
soil, weaving into their lives many
lessons of truth. They were supplied
with water from the mountain, which
was sent them every morning by a
carrier. 1t was the masters rule that
each should have his urn clean, that
the fresh supply might not be mingled
with the old. For q time all were
faithful; as each days supply was
used, the urn was made clean for the
new. But alas, for human weak.
ness so prone to fall from the line of
duty-soon IA murmur was heard
among the people. ~, atg taI.


"I have had no fresh water for
days. said one of group standing
idly by the roadside.


"Neither have ~ said another.
ats no use for the master to expect
us to labor" remarked third, "if we
are not supplied with water. Life is
hard enough to bear with all we can
have to help us. Now there's our
neighbor, Cheerful, over the way-his
urn is full of pure, sparkling water
each morning" ..-..... q...r.....


"And why ?" broke in voice in
tones of remOnstrance.


The idlers looked at each other, and
then at the face of Old Faithful, who
was just returning from his evening
walk and had heard their words of
complaint, rt7r- .s.f..


"Let me assure you, my neighbour"
he said mildly, yet with force, otis
all your own fault that your urns are
not filled. You each know the mas
ter's command that they should be
kept clean and ready for the fresh sup
ply. Have you all been faithful to the
commando"
They thought among themselves and
answered with but partial truth, say
ing, awe may not always have had
our urns clean, but why should they
be untitled for that?"


Because the new water would be
made unclean and useless by being
mixed with the old. Our master loves
| us all alike; but he cannot supply us
with fresh waters and new life if we
have not used the old and prepared for
the new"


~ suppose if we had them ever SO
clean now the carrier would pass us
by,n remarked one of the group.


'"Try and see," said Faithful. 1--WE
may always rest assured that if our
part is done the master will do his; for
no one, however kind and merciful,
can benefit us if we do not put our
selves in a state to be blessed. If the
master sends us fresh water each day
and our urns are impure, is it the fault
of the benefactOr that they are so? We
must prepare to receive" wt.-r


Faithful went on his way. The sun
sank in his bed of fieecy clouds; the
evening dew fell on the earth, and all
was still. The lesson must have pen
etrated the hearts of the listeners, for
on the morrow their urns, white and
clean, were full Of pure, sparkling
water.


Shall we from the beginning of this
new year, as each day comes to US fresh
and pure from the hands of the Great
Master, shall we look into our hearts
and see that the life from thence has
gone forth for good and made ready
for new, or are we idly murmuring
that we have no life waters? Can the
Fathers life inflow if we do not give!
Our souls are sacred urns which He
longs to fill to overlooking with pure
and heavenly truths If we are willing
to receive and faithful to extend His
mercies. MRS. I. S. ADAMS.
Year: 1875

CO. The tide of Immigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
new one of DESMOND. They say thei 9 Is no
comparison between the two. 2Lo
Year: 1875

Thy neighbOr? 1t is he whom thou
Hast power to aid and bless,
Whose aching head or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.
Thy neighbor? IT'S that weary man,
Oppressed in every limb,
Bent low with sickness age and pain:
Go thou and comfort him.
Thy neighbor? IT'S that little child
Exposed to want and sin;
Go speak to her in accents mild,


Be patient, teach and win.
Thy neighbour 'Tis the heart bereft
OF every earthly gem;
Widow and orphan helpless left;
Go thou and succor them.
Whene'er thou meet'st human form, =.
Less favored than thine own,
Let sympathy thy bosom warm,


Give ear to sorrows moan.
Oh, pass not, pass not needless by;
Perhaps thy kindly care
May save some heart from misery;


Go carry blessings there.
Take with thee smiles and gentle words
The suffering ones to cheer
Walk in the footsteps OF thy Lord,
His Spirit will be near.
Oh, point the wanderers eye TO Him,
Kneel when thou may'st in prayer;
And thou in Heaven may meet with them
Whom thou hast guided here.
Year: 1875

meeting of the bUndhoders Of the city Of Houston,
Texas assembled yesterday afternoon at the Office of
Mr. J. c. Chew financial agent Of the city Of houston,
No 20 Broadway They organized by the appointment of
the Hon Augustus Frank Of Warsaw, N. Y, as chair
man After long session and much discussion, the
financial agent Offering the part OF the city six per
cent bond and the bondhoders contcndng for eight
per bond in a spirit of compromise the following
resolutions were read and unanimously adopted


Resolved That the holders Of the bonds Of the city Of
Houston Texas in convention assembled after full and Tree
discussion with the financial agent OF the city Of Houston tho
proposition Of said city regard 70 refundng and consOdat
ing its debt do hereby propose TO accept the bonds Of said
city at the rate Of In lieu Of bonds
held by them, IL being the distinct understanding that
such issue Of bonds shall be made by the action Of the
city authorities Of Houston and the Legislature Of the State
OF Texas will fully guarantee assessment and collection
OF tax sufficient 70 meet and pay such interest and prnc
pal as IL becomes due.


Resolved That committee OF three be appointed by the
chairman Of this confer with the
Of Houston the carrying OF the details above
resolution


The committee appointed were:-Albert H. Nicolay
John j. Van Nostrand and r. II. Arkenburgh.
Year: 1875

meeting OF the Bar of Hudson county took place
yesterday afternoon at the Court House, when resou.
tions OF coincidence were passed the death OF the
late Peter Bentley.


season of great distress is anticipated in Jersey
City There have been public improvements during
the summer and for the laboring class there very
poor prospect of relief


The investigation of the charges preferred by Mr..
Holns against members Of the Board Of Education of
Jersey City, will be resumed this evening at the hall of
the Board Of Education. The Grand Jury have yet
taken action in the


sangunary fight took place between two butchers
named John McKenny and Charley Dunno at the corner
of Henderson and Sixth Streets Jersey City, yesterday
morning, when Dunno drew large pocket knife and
drove the blade into McKennys head, after which he
made his escape. The injured is in a very pre-
carious condition


The special committee appointed by the Board Of
Aldermen of Jersey City to confer with the officials of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company the question OF
raising the tracks report that they unable obtain


conference on the subject A motion to discharge the
committee will therefore be made at the next meeting
Year: 1875

Argument will be made to-day before the Court of
Appeals in the Of the Brooklyn exCommissioners
OF Charities, Messrs Wills Powell and Ferguson, who
tried and convicted in July, 1874, OF mafeasance
in Office before the extraordinary term OF the Supreme
Court Judge Daniels presiding. The Commissioners,
who were sentenced TO pay tine Of $3.50 each subse
quenty appealed to the General Term Of the Supreme
Court aside the verdict the ground OF the
constitutiona.ity OF the Court The General Term
Of the Supreme Court reversed the judgment.
Then General Tracy, vino ~ counsel for
the appellants and plaintiffs, made demand
upon the County Treasurer for the restoration OF the
amount Of the fine paid the Court and also for tho
salary due TO the expiration Of the term Of Office for
which they had been elected Tho Treasurer refused
70 pay the money there was no fund applicable for
any such purpose at his disposal To-day argument
will be made the Court Of final resort by the prose-
cutting officer of Kings county appeal from tho
decision Of the General Term Of the Supreme Court
Considerable interest manifested in the result Of the