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Year: 1875

PRIVATE ADvIcEs FROM PARIS inform as that
our HERALD Reading Room has met with un-
usual success and acceptability. Already we
have on file more than two hundred and
twenty American journals from thirty-seyen
States, besides journals from England, Can
ada France, Spain and the other continental
countries The Paris Reading Room Of the
HERALD is probably the best appointed place
Of the kind in the world. The American so
iourning in this beautiful metropolis will
find, no matter from what section Of the
Union he halls something to remind him Of
home. In this connection We have to say
that, considering the success attending the
publication of our special Paris letter which
came by cable and appeared last Sunday, we
shall have letters of the same kind every
Sunday hereafter. This is a new feature in
journalism, and worthy Of note as marking a
step in newspaper progress. A special cable
letter from Paris is as a mosaic Interpretation
of the wit, the humor, the gayety the litera-
ture the art and the fashions Of the first city
Of the world, city by which the world is
largely governed ia its pleasures and tastes.
Year: 1875

Our FIFTH AVENUE, which has long been


the glory Of New York, is rapidly falling into
all sorts of troublesome ways. Unless it il
reformed we shall have 70 call it Obstruc-
ton avenue IL would not surprise as to
find in a few months that over it was writ
ten, s.No thoroughfare." IL is mistake to
Year: 1875

y6rco the latter to return to that


obnoxious body as q matter Of sheer


necessity. Tho breach which was


apparently closing between the two


Methodist bodies, again begins to


widen. Delegates from the north


crn NJ. l.. Church have visited The


last two general convocations of


southern brethren in order TO Sc


ducc them into q reunion. In this


they have failed. The latter church


with the dignity and honor of gem


tlemen have refused to return into


the fold from which they were


kicked out in lS44. 1t all means


hatred to the southern church and


the South. They prefer Grant be-
cause ho is a tool which they can


handle TO accomplish their bastard
ly purpose the crushing of the
south, and its church. The preee-
dent established by Bishops Haven
and Simpson as representative men
will doubtless be followed by the
entire college of Bishops, and this
will forever bar fraternity between
the two Methodist bodies, and con-
sequently render organized union
impossible. The northen church
sowed the first seeds Of secession.
In this body was the leaven which
affected the entire Union, and they
are responsible for all the blood,
rapino and murder which was the
feature Of tho iratricidal war OF
1861 and 1865 inclusive. They are
Responsible tor the slaugbters OF


Iiloh, the Wilderness, Fort Pillow
IND many other reeking fields OF
earnagc and the blood of the blue
Ind the gray cries out against them.
Broken hearts, happy fresIdes
made dcsolate, anguish OF every
conceivable character which char
acterizcd four years of direful
bloodshed, bear testimony against
them. Is ii possible that this ians-
tical horde in order TO wreak their
Vengeance against brethren in the
same belief, religiously, comtem-
plate again plunging the country /
into . civil war and deluging it
with blood q war in which they
will be IN no physical h,nger-
being cIergymen. Yes Grant is a
fitting candidate for snch blood
thirsty church--a man without
utterly without principle; a man
Who will shrink, or hesitate at no.
thing which will advance his inter
ssts.


Grant 10 the candidate, the avow-
II candidate Of this vindictive
Year: 1875

Apropos of the recent death of John
Harper, senior member of the firm of
Harper Brothers, singular story is
told that one day, a short time ago,
Mr.. Harper returned from drive and
going into his parlor seated himself
before his own portrait and gazed at
1t long and earnestly. "Well, old
John Harper said he at length,
''your time has almost come!n A day
or two afterward he was taken sick
and he never left his bed again.
Year: 1875

A Tennessee paper tells story about
a little red bird which lately lost its
mate. Happening to alight, a few
mornings afterward, on vine in front
of highly polished window, he caught
sight of his own reflection, and, evil
IDENTIFY mistaking it for his missing
companion, began to make love to it,
bird fashion, and has continued the
practice ever since.
Year: 1875

warranted not to cut in the cye--not a head
ache in hhds. of tit Is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in pound Of beet
and it carries a bead like Il necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1875

Editors have first rate time in Texas.
The ladies of a town down there have
given to the editor of the paper an en-
broidered shirt, which contains picto-
rial history Of Texas. including the war
with Mexico, and the meeting OF the first
legislature, and also pictures Of the fruits
and cereals of the State, all worked in
red worsted. The editor never were a
shirt III his life, and he thought it was a
banner for the temperance procession
which was to come off next week. So
he made a littla speech of thanks, in
which he said he would fling it out for
ever in the breezes of heaven, that they
might kiss its folds and that until his
hand palsied it should never be trailed
III the dust-never! The ladies didn't
understand him, they blushed, and said
they were sorry they made it toe long.
But committeeman took the editor
aside and explained the shirt to him in a
whisper, and the next day he appeared
at the office with that shirt mounted over
his coat, and he wrote four columns of
explanation for his paper. The shirt is
much admired by the boys of the town,
and whenever the editor goes out for a
walk they follow him in regiments,
studying the history of Texas and the
fine arts off the back of his shirt.
Year: 1875

1 is no longer ago than this week
that noticed remark in a newspaper
that the old song, so familiar at one
time as to be on the lips of nearly every=
body, and which begins with these
words:
Year: 1875

open-communion influences Of the day.
With all his fierce antsgonism in DO.
lemic warfare, DR.. J. r Graves is one Of
the most amiable and friendly Of men
in social life, and in the privacy Of his
domestic circle is the center OF happy
and loving family.
Year: 1875

Owing to the severe frosts and late
spring much Of the expected wheat crop
in Pennsylvania has been killed, and the
season delayed eight or ten weeks. A
careful survey leads to the belief that
not half e crop will be gathered, and
even this depends upon the continuance
OF dry weather.
Year: 1875

To-day the Sundsy-schOOl Of st.
Peters church will give its picnic at
James's park. From the active prepar-
stions made by the different commit
tees, it is safe to cay that this picnic will
prove to be one OF the most attractive
ever given in Memphis. Good music
has been provided for the occasion and
much pleasure awaits all who attend.
We expect to see the grounds crowded
with ladies and gentlemen,
Year: 1875

NEW YORK, January ll.-Laurencp Dur
Kin was frozen Ia death i'm Dean street near
Rochester avenue, ON Sunday. stranger
was found frozen in wagon up town. and a


policeman was carried % his home inSpnSibls
from cold, while ON duty up town last night


and very large number OF people applied To
station houses fOr relief. with frozen hands
and feet. The crew of the ship Queen of
Hearts, and tie crews of many OF the other
vessels which arrived yesterday were badly
frost bitten
Year: 1875

We surrender much space this morn
ing to Mr.. lfrieu5's fine article upon
Jefferson Davis. in reply to n recent
attack of the New York Tribune. We
can only request every reader Of this
mornings paper to read it carefully.
1t is a noble tributa nobly rendered.
The writer has done his head ard heart
much credit.
Year: 1875

engaged to a young man named Townley
who had gone to seek his fortune in the
colonies. Elizabeth had almost become
tired of waiting for hi re;lrn when the
news came that " Boston harhor was black
with unexpected tea" Then came the
news of the battle of Bunker Hill and a
momentous letter from Townlcy


He said that hostilities had begun in
good earnest. and that he forcsaw :. long
war. lie begged her to summon cour-
age TO come to him. for he would not de-
sert America in her hour of need He
told her to bring with her only very sim
pie apparel, rs the Americans were Il plain
people, and finerv would be amiss among
them. Among the articles left behind
when she went, in spite of al opposition
to be united to the young coloniSt, were
the stockings l held in my hand One
of her grand-sons wandered back to
England. and Il great grandson told me
the story of her stockings
Year: 1875

PRINCE MURAT IN FLORIDA. A.-ColOnel
Murat for knew him rs colonel as well
as prince was a man of singular resources
in dietetics rs in many other matters. One
dav, on occasion of the unexpected arrival
of guests, he, discovering the larder to be
rather empty, and finding the embarrass-
ment Of the menage aggravated by the
consciousness of Madame's absence, Or
dered all ears and tails to be cut from his
hogs, allowing their swineships to roam
again at large, while these appendages lay
seething in the cuisine preparatory to a
most savory meal :" a pity" declaring
the master of Lipona, that hogs could
not be all heads and tails.


His want of personal neatness was, none
could doubt, a most trying source of an
noyance to his sensitive wife, for had it
not been for the constant attendance of his
faithful valet, William, his presence at
times would scarcely have been endurable.
1t was his boast that he never removed
his boots from their first days use until
thew were worn out and without some
stratagem practiced on him, it is believed
that he would never have changed his
clothing.


On one occasion-during the season of
sugar making-Monsieurl lie Prince had the
misfortune to fall into vat Of syrup some
degrees above the Fahrenheit estimate OF
temperature. The bystanders stood aghast.
or rushed excitedly to the rescue; his own
only thought of the situation, AS he after
ward expressed it, was, Kate will make
me wash" The distasteful fluid, water, he
declared was only intended for beasts o.
the field, and he never drank it unless wei
disguised with brandy.-7he Galary to'
June.
Year: 1875

victim of a ludicrous mistake. The police
accused him of refusing to give his name;
but it is quite possible that on giving it
they may have misunderstood him to say
Che" what?" and on repeating the
question he may have answered " Kay,
Kay" twice over to emphasize it. This
would have exactly the same sound as che,
che. words which. when pronounced
quickly together, are not only the equiva-
lent for {" pooh-pooh," but being in very
common use in that part of the country
as an off -hand expression of dissent, may
have seemed to the police a contemptuous
manner of setting their brief authority at
naught, and sufficient to merit imprison-
ment for the night. ht.-London Times Letter
from Rome
Year: 1875

a ROMANCE OF TIE COURTS.-An eXclt-
inc scene was Witnessed in New Orleans
court room, the other day, the leading ac-
tors of which were II mother and child and
q charitable lady. Some five months ago


Mr.. Charles Astelle picked out of the
street Il half starved little girl Of about
seven years of AGE. This little waif of hui
manitv was seemingly drifting about the
city, without friends or Il home. She was
kindly cared for by Mrs. Astclle, and be-
came warmly attached to her and her fam
ilv About three months ago the mother
Of the waif came to the surface and visited
the child. At first she was satisfied to
allow her to remain in the home she had
found. but as time passed on she desired
possession of the child Mrs Astelle raised
no objection further than to advise that the
child be allowed to remain where she was.
The mother was memorable, and deter
mined t. have her. In this she was foiled


as the child refused to 90 with the mother


and the mother was not strong enough tC
take her bv force. AS a last resort, the
mother. Pauline Gravies, applied for q
writ of habeas corpus for her child. Cecile.
! During the hearing of the case in court
last week the child broke out into a viOlen


sObbing, and. with tears streaming from
her eyes begged the Judge in piteous tones
not to give her to her mother. The little
one said that her mother drank whiskey
and abused her, and she was afraid of her
The judges sympathies We're with the
child, but he felt that he must obey th'
law, and 50 decided that the mother shoul,
have the child The mother advanced t.
take her child. The child sprang from he


chair and fled. screaming with terror t.
the Judge She grasped his arm and clun!
to him sobbng, begging. pleading tina
he would protect her. The Judge coul'
stand it no longer. His humanity over
balanced his respect for the law, and h


reversed his decision and commanded tn
child to be placed in charge of the youn!
lady who had brought her into court.
Year: 1875

AS test Of nerve, the recent expert
ence Of a wayfarer travelling through
wood road near Olympias, Washington
Territory, was rs remarkable as any on
record The man was speculator. look
ING out wild laud, and he trudged through
the forest, following the almost unused
path formed by All old road made by po
neers in the wilderness. His mind was
devoted to one supiect-the critical exam
ination of the kind of trees upon the land
about him. and of the character of the soil,
and he failed to notice for some time the
" "pit-a- pat" on the dead leaves beside him.
He at first scarcely looked down when he
felt something rubbing against his legs
and heard a slight purring sound. but when
he did look his heart came up to his mouth
and Il cold sweat started as though he WAS
suspended by weak rope over Niagara.
Pressing itself softly against his legs. twin
ING about him us he walked, moving its
flexible body swiftly, but with never a
sound, turning up fierce eyes with some
thing almost like a terrible laugh at him
was huge cougar, No chicken was this
man in the woods, but his account of the
manner in which his hat was raised by
his hair is not to be considered apocryphal
ut all Sleek and supple and muscular the
beast glided about. and at intervals would
come closer again, and press Its body
against the legs of the man, the light
touch making goosetlesh of every inch of
his form. 1t was a terrible experience.
that interview with the cougar in the for
est prmeval, and it WAS we'll for the man
that his nerves were of the kind TO DO
honor to a frontier adventurer. Steadily
pursuing his course with steps that would
falter occasionally, he kept on, and with
him the beast continued its tcacherouS
gambols. At times it would glide a few
PAGES in front. and roll over in the road,
and wait for the man to come up, and then
it would circle around him until the.lm-
pulse almost too strong To be resisted,
would come upon him to spring upon the
brute, opposing fists to fangS, and ending
the intolerable suspension ut any risk.
The movements of the terrible animal
were but as the playing of 4 eat with Il
mouse. and the man knew it. The mo-
ment came. at length, when the strain
could be borne no longer, and the mar
kicked desperately at the beast as it passet
him. In 4 moment it bounced in from
and crouched for spring. growing
hoarselv and showing its teeth. The mar
stopped and shouted hopelcs>ly for aid


while the cougar did not spring nj once
but appeared waiting to gratify its humo
a little longer The shout, fortunately


was not in vain.


There were hunters and dogs in tn,
immediate vicinity, rs rare fortune woul,


have it, and the hounds dashed suddcnl,
from the covert as the cougar, seeing then


leaped for 4 tree \ few moments late


the beast fell a victim to the bullets


and the man with whom it had taken


STROLL was telling his story and trying t
restore the natural condition of his nerve
by internal application from small FLASK
Ii was one Of the episodes which tur


mems hair. gray one which would, doubt
less. have brought death to the man wit
less nerve than the hero OF the affair
DdWdJidc Monitor.
Year: 1875

The Right Reverend Bishop Nc
Quaid, of Rochester, New,'York, ,deliv-
cred lecture in the Grand Opera
House, Cincinnati, before the several
Catholic Societies last Sunday night,
in which he made an outspoken de-
mand for the division of the school
funds, He claimed that such a di-
vision was only fair; that now Catho-
lies were taxed, but derived no bene-
fit from the taxation, but that the
time might come when they and not
the Protestant element would die
tate the use to be made of the school
funds, and in conclusion ne said:


"He hoped this question would be
brought to ayote. Said he, II stand
here and say that unless we bring
this thing of the school taxes to the
ballot box we do not deserve the
name of Catholics. 1t may not be
necessary to bring it to the ballot
box; we may, by making q demand,
effect q compromise; we may. obtain
a platform on which we can stand.
Politicians will come to us. Irish,
German, and American Catholics
will not be SO patient as their fathers
have been. The platform of the
schools is not now for us. 1t is for
Jews, for Infdels, for Protestnnts,
but we are under it. Suppose we
get strong enough to rise up. Re
member, the platform is on us;
where will the platform be then?
Men will learn that we have some
thing more to do than praying; we
must vote, and the laymen must
work. There is a jealousy of the
priests, which will not have force
against the earnest, persistent labor
of the laymen."


We have a Legislature to elect in
Ohio this fall. The last Legislature
was Democratic, and it passed the
Geghan bill, that placed the Catholic
Church in possession of all the re-
formatory and punitive institutions
in the State. For this act of sub
serviency the Catholic Telegraph, the
organ of the Archbishop, declared
that 'The Catholics will, to man,
vote the Democratic ticket"


The next Legislature will be eth
er Republican or Democratic. If
Republican, there will be no med
ding with our present excellent
school system; if Democratic, we
have the assurance of Bishop Nc
Quaid that "we do not deserve the
name of Catholics unless we bring
this thing of division of the school
taxes to the ballot box"


The Catholic Telegraph pledges
every Catholic to vote the Democrat
ic ticket. What ticket do you intend
TO vote III Chic this Falli-[H Hamilton
Tel.
Year: 1875

When your time is out, don't wait till you have a
chance 10 come to town; or send the money by a
neighbor but enclose 1t in letter at once and hand
it to your P. NJ. We CiH be responsible II the money
is lost, from any post-c6ice in this county.


Subscribers outside of the county should send
money orders, when practicable, where the amount
is 81 or more. An order costs but 10 cents, which
the subscriber moy deduct from the amount sent.
Year: 1875

The school system of Kansas is very COM
plete and efficient, and the ample provis-
ions for education in 80 newly settled 8
country justly excite the admiration and
surprise of all who visit the State for the
first time. Fine, large school houses, with
all the modern Improvements, are to be
seen in every town and village, and through.
out the country good school houses and
churches dot the landscape, and indicate
the intelligence, morality, thrift and enter
prise of the people.
Year: 1875

To ALL, particularly lnvalids, spring is trying
season. Indications Of sickness should at once be
attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by al
lowing the bowels to become cOrstipateG, and the
system TO remain in a disordered condition until
the disorder has time to develop Itself. An ounce
of preventive is worth pound of cure, Is an old
and truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
troubled with the complaints now very prevalent
headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want of
appetite Nausea, feversh skin, to take, without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no
remedy so harmless and decisive its action. 1t at
strikes at the reot of the disease and produces
a healthy tone to the system People never need
suffer from any disease arising from disordered
condition of the liver if they would take this excel
lent medicine when they feel the first indications
Of the malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four boxes OF
these pills with them. They have an almost in
ct. .ntaneOuseliect. They will relieve the patient o
headache in one or two hours, and will rapid }
cleanse the liver of surrounding bile, and will effec
tually prevent bilious attack They are sold by
all druggists.
Year: 1875

A Morrisiana deacon is puzzling his brains at present to under. stand how 8 foundling left on his doorstep a few days ago should have come there wrapped up in 3 religious newspaper.
Year: 1875

THE PHYSICIAN in charge of the city ambu.
lance, and not the driver, did not deem the
case Of the lady who was taken sick on Fii-
teenth street on Tuesday evening one which
came under the ambulance regulations, and
therefore he declined to take her home.
Year: 1875

have been selling this Standard Fertilizer
for the past four years. and can recommend it
with entire confidence as first class article.
The material of which it is composed is Of
durable character, and furnishes all the necAs-
sary plant food for the cultivation of Wheat,
Tobacco and Garden Vegetables.
II Is IN FINE DRY POWDER, READY
FOR DRILLING, its mechanical condition be-
ing equal to that of any Fertilizer in this or any
other market.


PRICE S4S PER TON OF 1000 LBS.


FOR SALE BY


THOS. PERRY.
aug l7-2m II King street.
Year: 1875

An inquest was held at the Coroners office yester-
day in the case Of Joseph Gunnersell, who died at
Bellevue Hospital recently from injuries received by
being run over by Third avenue The jury
dered verdict generating the driver and conductor
from all blame but ccnsured the railroad company for
not having rails about the front platforms of their


Charles Mich, OF No. 1854 Third avenue, was run
over by wagon yesterday and killed Coroner Volt
man has charge of the and Will hold inquest


Albert Anderson, drug clerk, who has been Tor
time past employed at the drug store Of Hous
ton and Mott streets found dead in bed yesterday
morning, at his residence, No. 265 Bowery 1t is sup
posed he committed suicide, but nothing Is positively
known as yet whethor he did or not Coroner Volt
man has charge OF the remains, aud Deputy Coroner
Dr. Cushman will make autopsy this morning. when
the cause of death will be disclosed.
Year: 1875

Dr. Kennedy, OF No. 34S West Thrtieh street, dis
covered Mrs Ann Thompson literally starving to death
at her residence No 443 West Thirty third street,
Wednesday last The unfortunate woman, who is
about thirty years OF age living in a small room at
the above number The furniture, OF which there was
not more than could be carried of in wheebarrow,
was of the meanest possible description, and as for
nourishment, there not much as
Crumb IN tho house. The woman had been
sick several days and unable
TO move of her miserable straw pallet She declared
she had tasted food for three whole days, and her
emacated condition the strongest possible evidence
that she was telling the truth.


DR.. Kennedy at once sent n messenger to Bellevue
Hospital requesting that ambulance be sent for the
woman order that she might be removed to the hos
pital without delay This done but in less than
TWO hours after her arrival at the institution she
corpse Starvation had done its work most effect
ually,