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Year: 1872

A CAUTION TO W1vE.-Falsehood is one
of the gravest of crimes in the terrible list
of human delinquencies, for not only does it
corrupt and ultimately destroy the individual,
but difuses around a noxious vapor that in
lures all who come within the range of its de-
structive qualities, In a woman it is 80 re-
pulsive, that wife who outrages this law Of
her nature debases her mind, destroys her
husbands confidence in her integrity, and in
time becomes so contemplate in his eyes, that
his affection totally disappears. "Can the
husband" inquiries distinguished authoress,
"ever look again with perfect satisfaction on
the countenance of his wife after the first
falsehood has polluted her lips? Alas no;
barrier has been broken down, and the
waves of sin and sorrow roll in upon their
paradise of domestic enjoyment"
Year: 1872

MANNERs.-Before you bow to lady in
the street permit her to decide whether you
shall or not, by at least look Of recognition.


excuse my gloves" is an unnecessary
apology, for the glove should not be with
drawn to shake hands.


When your companion bows to lady, you
should also bow. When gentleman bows to
lady in your company, always bow to him
in return.


A visit must be returned in like manner,
even though no intimacy is intended.


A smiling countenance is pleasant, but ex-
cess of laughter should be avoided, especially
when it is possible for any one to suppose him.
self derided by it.
Year: 1872

A CHEERFUL HoME-A single word may
disquiet an entire family for whole day.
One surly glance casts gloom over the house
hold, while smile, like gleam Of sunshine,
may light up the darkest and weariest hours.
Like unexpected flowers which spring up
along our path, full Of freshness. fragrance
and beauty, so the kind words and gentle acts
and sweet dispositions make glad the home
where peace and blessings dwell. No matter
how humble the abode, fit be thus garnished
with grace and sweetness, with kindness and
smiles, the heart will turn lovingly toward it
from all the tumults of the world, and home,
if it be ever 80 homely, will be the dearest
SPOT beneath the circuit Of the sun.


And the influences of home perpetuate
themselves. The gentle grace Of the mother
lives in her daughters long after her head is
pillowed in the dust Of earth and fatherly
kindness finds its echo in the nobility and
courtesy of sons who come to wear his mantle.
and fill his place; while, on the other hand,
from an unhappy, misgoverned and disordered
home 90 forth persons who shall make other
homes miserable, and perpetuate the sournes
and sadness, the contentious and strites and
ratings which have made their own early
lives so wretched and distorted.


Toward the cheerful no ,e the children
gather "as clouds and as doves to their win
8 lows - while from the home which is the
abode of discomfort and strife and trouble,
they fly forth as vultures to rend their prey.


The class of men that disturb and disorder
and distress the world are not those born and
nurtured amid the hallowed influences Of
Christian homes, but rather those whose early
life has been scene of trouble and vexation,
who have started wrong in the pilgrimage,
and whose course is one of disaster to them
selves and trouble to those around them.
Year: 1872

nsg Look on the bright side. tits the right
side. The times may be hard, but it will
make them no easier to wear gloomy and
sad countenance 1t is the sunshine, and not
the cloud that makes the flower. The sky is
blue ten times where it is black once. You
have troubles, so have others. None are free
from them. Trouble gives tone and sinew to
and courage to man. That
would be dull sea, and the sailor would
never get skill, where there was nothing to
Year: 1872

disturb the surface of the ocean. What
though things look little dark, the lane will
turn, and night will end in broad day.
There is more virtue in one sunbeam than in
q whole hemisphere of clouds and gloom.
Year: 1872

It is needless to say that the "kid' was in
the game. Such is the world. Day after day
this three card monte game is talked about
in the newspapers, but all to no purpose. One
fool falls; and his place is Immediately filled
by another,
Year: 1872

imprisonment the closing of all
tipping houses at IL o'clock at night,
on the theory that most of the
drinking and riotous carousing that
lead to crime occur after that hour :;
requiring beer saloons as we'll as liquor
shops to apply to the magistrates for
penalties for admitting drunkenness,
gaming, or disorderly or dishonest
characters the intent of the latter
being to suppress all disorderly houses.


In the discussion total prohibition
has few advocates. A considerable
party were in favor OF remitting the
entire question to the rate-payers of
each parish, with power to regulate,
license, or prohibit as they should see
proper. A few favored the Swedish
plan of having the liquor manufactured
and sold by the Government by its
salaried officers, who are prohibited
from having any interest in the sale,
and prohibiting all trade in liquor by
private parties. Others were content
to enlarge the power of the magistrates
to suppress disorderly houses and
punish drunkenness


The English legislation differs from
the American in regarding the drunk
ard as responsible for his drunkenness,
while most of the American laws regard
the drunkard as a sort OF irresponsible
and pitiable imbecile, and the seller of
the liquor responsible for his drunken
ness, aud even for the crime he may
commit while in that state. The
extreme realization of this principle is
in the Ohio and Illinois law. which
holds the real estate which may be
rented to t e saloon keeI ers VIII, sell
the liquor which causes the drunkenness
which gives rise to crime responsible
TO the person injured by the crime, or
his personal personalities. in damages
The logic Of intoxication seems not yet
to have penetrated the English mind
TO anything like this extent. Perhaps
it will in time. 1t is a comfort to
know, however. that the English law
was actually aud Immediately enforced
and that its enforcement was attended
everyw here by a marked decrease of
crime Chicago Tribune
Year: 1872




MYERS VS. HARRIS This was one
of those rare and peculiar cases-breach
ot promise of marriage-and occupied
the greater part of the forenoon
From the evidence it appears that the
parties both live in or near Onondaga,
New York /; that Harris had been a
frequent visitor for about two years and
half at the house of the plaintiff
widow woman about thirty years of age
with three children. 1t seems to have
been the opinion of the friends of the
plaintiff (and no doubt she though so
herself, that Harris would marry her;
but he (lIarris) from some unaccount>
able cause, few months ago suddenly
discovered that he loved another young
lady better, and verified this belief
a short time since by marrying that
other lady. Hence this action was
brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages to apply as a salve to her
wounded affections. The following
tender epistle sent by the loving swain
is recommended as model letter:
My dear Mrs. M.-Every time |
think of you my heart fops up and
down like a churn dasher. Sensations
Of unutterable JOY caper over it like
young goats on stable roof, and thrill
through it like Spanish needles through
pair of tow linen trowsers. As a
goslin swimmeth with delight in n
mud>puddlc, SO swimmeth | in sea OF
Year: 1872

The Commercial charges Erery Evsnimo with
being the organ Of the "City Ring" and the lat
ter replies by charging the Commercial with
abusing the Council because it does not receive
the city printing.
Year: 1872

ONE Of the Grant organs in this city yesterday
damned its candidate in this contempt"us fashion
;" Gen. Grant has been about such President o.
probably be-" The same organ, not "four years
but only twice four weeks ago, said Of Gen. Grant:
Z" His ignorance, his contempt for law and decency
"are becoming daily more and more prominent =
and it added "If the time were not 70 short.
!" and the vote in the Philadelphia Convention
were not already arranged, Gen. Grant himself
would probably be driven out Of the canvass by
"the better sense Of his own party" Can the
force Of impudsnce further goi Here are these
people confessing in ono breath that they invited
the country, four years ago. to elect man Presi-
dent whose Ignorance and contempt tor law and
decency" they expected to become "daily more
PROMINENT" and IN the next breath entreat,ng Us
TO re-elect the same man President because the
time WAS not long enough nor the vote in the Phil
adelphia Convention free and honest enough 70
secure his being '.drven out OF the canvass by tho
better sense OF Of his own party " World,
Year: 1872

How the Nominations are Received.


Just now the inquiry uppermost in oil
minds Is, what Is thought by the country
generally Of the Cincinnati nomination. I
To answer the inquiry as far as possible,
we give room this morning to several
columns Of dispatches from all parts ot
the country, by perusing which the intel.
ligent reader will get a pretty fair average
OF popular opinion, and will learn that
while differently received in different
quarters, Mr.. GREELEY's nomination Is an
event Of first class importance and may
lead to momentous consequences.
Year: 1872

and yachts glide 70 and FRO With the swiftness Of
the wind; and along this four miles OF uuequalled
beach there are probably two thousand persons
men, women and Understanding to and fr0 In
chaos Of hilarfty and frolcsome enjoyment. =


II Is scandalous, however, that any grown man
should 60 into the water with the upper part or his
body uncovered. Bathing garments are plenty, as
the clothes lines will testify, and the ten thousand
women strolling on the beach cannot be edited by
the light OF these male brutes or marine satyrs, as
they prove themselves. on exhibition.


Hour by hour goes by on this glorious beach, and
every one seems happy, were 1t not for the vicinity
Of the villanous New York rowdy who comes to
swear and get drunk and get up rows with peace
able people on the southern end OF the beach.


Two miles north OF the steamboat landing, how
ever, the neighborhood is an excellent one, and
here are several good hotels, among which
Chapin's may be mentioned. The host OF this hotel
says that he wants to give poor people chance to
live, and he will board man and wife for $25
week. Laudable intention, Is Ii n0ts


Along the piazza couples are walking and under
the scant pine branches which form q lane to the
beach handsome and airy forms nit to and fro; and
who shall say that tonight, when the moon Is
at the full and when the stars fall on the
murmur0us sea, which stretches away In its track
less depths for thousands OF miles-WhO shall say
that vows will not be breathed, never to be kept
and promises made too soon to be brOkenS And so
the night comes down on Sunday at Coney Island,
and so runs the world away
Year: 1872

One Man ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON the


Beach-Immense Crowd.


The Saturday evening trains on the South
Side and Long Island Railroads carried hun
dreds Of passengers to Far Rockaway. or
course the heat drove from home many
who, had they but dreamed OF the possibility OF o
refreshing breeze, would have contented them
selves In their usual haunts. The crowd OF Sat
urday night was greatly augmented yesterday,
the trains during the morning running from
twelve to eighteen cars. great many rough
people were the trains, but nothing approaching
disturbance occurred. RocKaway is peculiarly
varied In the reputation OF its hotels, and each
class has its favorite. very respectable and
wealthy class Of people are soOurning at the 81.
James, and private policemen guard their interests
very devotedly.


On the beach the crowd was intense. The sea
rolled in foamy breakers, and even In the channel
the boats felt the swell. But with all the pleasures
Of the hour sorrow came upon the de-
lighted sightseers young man named
Williams, stopping at Gaynors Hotel, and at times
assisting behind the bar, went into the water for
bath. He was further up than the cable where 1t
ber were bathing. He was considered good swim
mer and ventured out until he became tired and
tried to place his feet on the bottom He sank from
sight into hole made by the undercurrent, and when
he reappeared seemed to be suffering from cramps.
The alarm was raised, and people rushed to the
spot, but he had sunk for the last time and was
drowned. Two minutes later his body was thrown
on the beach by large breaker Instantly men
began WORK IN the hope OF resuscitating him, but


While this excitement attracted the people from
all parts OF the beach, one OF the bathing houses
was entered and gold watch and chain and $3.50
taken from a gentleman's pocket. The excitement
was intense when this fact became known, but the
thief could not be discovered each man, no doubt
thinking the stranger next him suspicious cha
Year: 1872

Particulars Of His Condition Yesterday


and During the Evening.


Governor Gratz Brown slept very well during
Friday night. and yesterday morning was awakened
at q late hour, whereupon he arose, and with some
assistance dressed himself He was quite pleased
to find himself recovering orapidly and spoke and
acted as though he was in possession of his full
strength. II he really thought SO he discovered
quite soon that he was in error.


Early in the morning people began to
flock to the Glenham Hotel to see him,
and the calls became 80 frequent and press
ing that his old friend and physician,
Doctor Theophilus Steele finally arranged to take
the Governor to his own residence, where he might
be absolutely free from annoyance and intrusion.
At eleven O'Clock the DOCTORS carriage was driven
round to the entrance of the Glenham, and the
Vice Presidential candidate was assisted down to
the vehicle. ~


On arriving at Doctor steele's residence. No. so
Great Jones street, the Governor was shown to
uxuriously furnished room, which was both airy
and shaded He at once signifed a desire to lie
down and rest. An hour after It became evl,
o the that tSe of his friend ander
rated the degree of his illness, and that he was
In danger Of relapse. He was at once placed In
it is believed he win in few days be well enough
to once more appear In actOn. He slept sOundly
during the evening and till eleven O'Clock last
night, when the HERALD reporter left.


About one hundred persons called at the Liberal
Republican Headquarters, At the Glenbam Hotel,
yesterday TO- inanire 70 for Governor BIown s While
claimed admission to his room at the hands OF the
clerk Of the hotel.


health of the Vice Presidential candidate, from the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and DR.. Helmuth, his old fam
lily physician called to see him after he had left for
gentlemen who left cards were Chauncey shaner
and Mr. N. B. Brady.
Year: 1872

LONG BRANCH, July 13, 1872
During the forenoon Of yesterday, when the cool
salty breeze was blowing briskly In from the sea,
and mosquitoes were winging and singing In CON-
pany with clouds Of dust toward the inland bogs
where bulfrogs croak the night long, the residents
of Long Branch bathed or took drive. The morn
ing Is the most enjoyable period OF the
day at fashionable watering place. One
can go without collar or tumble, SIDE
walk, cartwheel fashion, in the hot sand. II he
affects that kind OF amusement, without shocking
the keenly arstocratic sensbties OF the llustrous
sojourners who desperately try to persuade them
selves that they are the tom. Sensible people do
their


DRIVING AND BATHING
In these COOL delicious hours and drink into their
willing lungs the invigorating breath Of Old Ocean,
as distilled from the waves 1t pours In upon
them. President u 8. Grant is fully alive to the
beauties of the Branch and thoroughly understands
how to make the most OF them, and consequently
he is up bright and early to take the sea DIR and
enjoy the pleasure of drive along the murmurng
beach. Yesterday morning he was out as usual,
and, accompanied by Mrs. Grant and Mr.. Dent, en-
joyed a ride behind two Of his best horses. After
breakfast General Porter stepped over rom his
cottage, and while smoking good cigar the Presi-
dent opened his private letters and transacted an
immense amount of business in


THE QUICK BUT QUIET WAY
peculiar to him.


The representative Of the HERALD called at the
Presidential cottage about O'Clock, but had the
misfortune to find the President engaged. Senator
Wilson and Senator Morton-the former the Vice
Presidential candidate, and the latter the head
scene shifter in the regular republican comedy
drove up. Mr.. Wilson assisted Mr.. Morton to alight
and Mrs. Grant received both with cordiaty and
with that grace and gentle tact for which she
Is so emlnently distinguished. The Senators re-
NAMED closeted with the President for several
hours discussing the political situation. The
HERALD correspondent was informed by q gentle
man who spoke to Senator Wilson I'm the evening
that, politically considered, he (WilsOn) never saw
the horizon look so


ALARMINGLY BLUE.


Senator Wilson left tonight for North Carolina,
where he will speak In the principal cities and
towns during the campaign, and Senator Morton
will go home to Indiana on Monday.


The President remained in his house all the even
ing and received but few visitors. An absurd ru-
NOR agitated the Branch all day concerning the
Sage. In the interest OF one OF the hotels local
reporter teleQraphed that Horace Greeley would be
at the Branch in the evening and make speech.
Some few credulous individuals thought that


THE PHILOSOPHERS,
might be induced to dance cdalcdn and talk an
advertisement for the hotel.


The President will attend the services at the
Methodist church In the village tomorrow morn
ing, II public business does not demand his atten-
ton, and will leave for Washington on Monday
evening.
Year: 1872

The drdpedu blanc has had q widely different sig
ncance, as it has been varousy used, in the years
that lie behind us. As an emblem Of purity, more
honorable than the Golden Fleece or Roman eagle
1t has caught the enraptured gaze and famed
the religious spirit of many generation
in our own and far away climes. In
ancient Greece, as here, it clothed the fair
girl at her bridal and the SCARED warrior at his
funeral; but there also it had grander sgnih-
canoe, borrowed, as it was from Egyptian mysteries,
when worn In mourning, as embematical OF a
spiritual existence beyond the tomb The white
cockade was the royal color of France when the
Hesr de lis was broken and the torn eagles of the
empire were bathed In blood.


In our day and generation Mr.. Greeley is the en-
bodiment Of all that is white (as well as black, Of
all that is pure and lovely in system of politics,
and the followers have donned the white drapery
with the same unanimity that Byron's admirers
adopted the broad, open collar.


THE BADGE OF HONOR.


Highest in the hierarchy of that body polite
which now plumes itself both with the titles OF
publicanism and democracy are those who wear
the decoration OF the "0ld white hat" made of
metal more lustrous than silver and as cheap as
brass. The miniature white hat of philosophy like
the badge OF the Phiadelphians transformed TO
let of Les Jesr E,oredu, is the most
illustrious order OF its decade known to Christen-
dom The decoration Is suspended from a brown
ribbon, bearing this legend,
Year: 1872

We again remind our readers of both
the importance and necessity, as in case
you are getting only two thirds
or one thirds of an average
hay-crop, as some report, of provid-
ing supplement to your forage crop.
You may sow the purple leafed round
turnip seed any time from the present
till the middle and last of August


Who're you have taken Off light hay
crop or rye crop, you may turn it over
and put on Il dressing OF manure, if you
have it; and if not, use Bradley Nj
Superphosphate instead, and you may,
if the season be favorable, raise fine
lot of turnips for cattle feed. John l..
Kelley, of Franklin, n. H., an excellent
farmer, ploughed an acre OF sandy land
last August, from which he had taken
a crop of rye, and applied manure at
the rate of p cords per acre in drills on
two-thirds of it, and on the remaining
one-third he used Bradley's Superphos-
phate, and the turnips were best where
the phosphate was used. Many other
farmers in the Granite and in the Bay
State have had like experience. Then
again, we add, fail not to provide for an
ample supply of turnips to make up the
deficiency in your hay crop, as cattle
like turnips for u change, and they are
good for milch cows.-Bostoa Cultvator.
Year: 1872

Two of the leading dressmakcrs of
this city took it into their heads, about
IA month ago, to 20 over to Europe, and
make arrangements for getting the
fashions at the earliest possible moment.
Each had an eye on the other; each in
tended to get clear ahead OF the 9th r.
Neither of them knew that the other
was intending to 20 abroad. As rivals
sometimes do, even if they ar women,
these two hated each other. They had
not spoken to each other for years,
though they had now and then spoken
of each other. They engaged passage
10y a irst-class steamer that sailed about
two weeks ago. Each knew that she
was to have companion in her state.
room, but did not know who she would
be, and was probably somewhat anxious
on this point. Truth is stranger than
fiction. The steamer sailed proudly
down the bay. One of our dressmakers
WAS on deck enjoying the scene. which
was novel to her. She was delighted
that she had outwitted her rival up in
Troy. Presently she went down to her
state-room to see what sort of room
mate she had. On entering the room
she found her rival. Both ladies threw
up their hands, exclaiming ''You
here y and both tainted. A passenger
saw two number three CATERS with feet
in them projecting through the door


way. This excited suspicion, and the
matter was Investigated. Both ladies
were found insensiblc. The Captain
was heard To remark TO the second Off


Ger IN hour attelward that he'd be bless
cd If he ever saw anybody get sea-sick
so quick as those two women did. Our
reporter, from whom we learn these
facts by special cable dispatch, says it
was the most comical sight he ever saw
to see how the two ladies studied to
avo d each other during the trip. They
tried to trade state-rooms with some.
body, but could not. Finally, after
living together for nearly ten days,
each began to appreciate the fact that
her rival was a most estimable lady, and
very sharp at business. Gradually they
began to talk to each other, coldly at
tirsr, but at last they fell into each
others arms, wept and asked forgive.
ness. The result was, that they formed
a copartnership. and when they return
vii! set up the most extensive dress


making ESTABLISHING ever known in
this part of the State. If you believe
this is a yarn, just make few inquiries
and satisfy yourself.-Troy ~. T. Press
Year: 1872

We would mention q fact which has
come within our observation and expe-
rience, which, if generally true, is of
some importance. 1t is this That the
fruit bud from the base of the past
years cane throws out larger and better
developed grapes than either the first
or the second. The grapes from these
buds seem also better favored, and gen
orally superior to those on the first and
second. In accordance with this hint
we have adopted the plan Of cutting
the cane at such length as to leave the
third bud, generally, and sometimes the
fourth, when a good strong one, and
then rubbing off the first and second
buds, and leaving the third and fourth
for fruit Tne number of fruit buds
left on the vine must depend on the
age and strength of the vine. If the
vines are strong and vigorous at three
years, from two to three punches Of
grapes may be allowed to mature on
each without injury.-Pacitc Rr@
Press
Year: 1872

A TALL, slim fellow is in trouble. He
wants to know what character to as
sumo at a masquerade. A kindly jour
nal advises him to braid his legs and go
as a whip lash, swallow himself round
and round few dozen times, and 20 as
loll of tape, wrap himself in the
American flag, and 60 a barber's
pole, brstle his hair up and as white
wash brush, swallow a few marbles, and
go as a rattle box, put an insulator in
his mouth and 20 as Il telegraph pole,
or walk on his hands and go as pair
Of scissors. He is in worse trouble now
than before,