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Year: 1871

The muddle in city matters appears to bo
about as bad as ever, although approaching a
eliminating point The hitch in regard to
funds was partially relieved yesterday after
noon by the borrowing of some few thousands
by the Deputy Comptroller. This amount,
however, was soon absorbed by the payment
of arrears due 10 laboreis engaged in one
branch Of the public works-namely, the Gro
ton Water Bureau. There was also sensible
relief in the PUBLIC mind by the announce
ment Of the fact that Judge Barnard had 90
modified the character Of his injunction, upo1
application on behalf of the Department
of Public Parks, as to permit that depart
ment to raise moneys by the issuing OF bonds
or upon assessments for the Improvement oi
boulevards or avenues, or to be applied by
the Department of Public Works toward the
prosecution of any public work under the
care or control. He furthermore ordered, tt
use the precise language Of His Honor
in this action shall be held or construed as q
restraint upon the Comptroller OF said city, or the
Board Of A%pportionmens App therein. from issuing any
the purpose OF raising money for which requsitlou
has been made by the said Department Of Public
Parks, or which such department. may hereafter
deem necessary In the prosecution OF the several
works and improvements under their charge, or for
the payment Of la0orers and contractors Of said
partment, or otncr objects OF expenditure OF said
department.


We are informed that copy of the above
order was, after some delay in the Comp
troller's Office, officially communicated to the
Deputy Comptroller, whose only notice there
Of. so far as is at the present writing publicly
known, was to transmit to the department an
elaborate statement, arguing that all moneys
to be raised by the city should be collected
under the Two Per Cent act of the last session
of the Legislature, thus virtually ignoring the
modification of the injunction pronounced by
Judge Barnard, and placing the city essentially
in the ignoble position of wanting to borrow
money without substantial security to offer for
its repayment


We are inclined to think that there are but
few careful capitalists who will care to invest
their funds in 80 questionable a venture,
although we cand;dly believe that whatever
amount may be required for carrying on the
city government can be raised and will
eventually be redeemed to the last dollar. II
is understood that, SO far as the Department of
Public Parks is concerned, the city bonds will
be taken at par, if the Deputy Comptroller
will permit them to- be issued. There is q
plethora of money in the vaults of the savings
banks awaiting investment, and Wall street is'
ready to open its pockets if the Deputy Comp
trollcr will only give il a fair chance. In the
meantime we trust there will be conciliation
and compromise on all sides, in order that
the city's fair fame and financial integrity shall
now is.
Year: 1871

''WAITINo FOR News FROM SYRACUSE. -
Such was the general remark all day yester-
day among the loungers on Change, at the
court rooms, ''the place of CUSTOMS the Post
Office and in the hotels and oyster houses.
Tie republican mountain was in labor, smok-
ing and groaning, and Tie general expectation
was that some awful monster would come
forth, and not ridiculous little mouse
Year: 1871

A SPLENDID CAMPAIGs-Thc late campaign
of General Butler for the republican State
Convention. If he has not proved himself a
match for The Holy Alliance Of all the old Puri-
tan newspapers and all the old Bourbon
leaders combined against him, he has given
them such scare and such a shaking among
the dry bones as will do them good Butler or
no Butler for Governor
Year: 1871

Tom FIELDS made characteristic speech
before the Brennan Society last night. Fields
is member of the Board of Public Parks,
and took the ant-sensational side Of the qucs-
ton by Offering official figures and data show
ing that the expenditures under the present
Board of Park Commissioners were less than
under the old Board, taking the extent and
value of the improvements into consideration.
In the present municipal confusion it is well
for the public to heara al sides.
Year: 1871

A morton WAS MADE in the Board of Health
yesterday to turn out all persons living in
cellars on the ground that such mode of life
was unhealthy. What is intended 10 be done
for be unfortunatcs after their expulsion
from their unhappy homes is not stated but
as cold weather is approaching IL is not likely
that they would be any better of out in the
sire down in the diyes
Year: 1871

There is the soundest common sense
in the following paragraph from the
Manufacturer and Builder:


Why is it that there is such a repug-
nance on the part ofparents to putting
their sons to trade? A skilled me-
chanic is an independent man. Go where
he will his craft will bring him sup.
port. He need ask favors of none. lie
has literally his fortune in his own
hands. Yet foolish parcnts-ambitious
that their sons should "rise in the world
as they say-are more willing that they
should study for n profession, with
the chances of even moderate success
heavily against them, or run the risk of
spending their DAYS in the ignoble task
Of retailing dry goods. or Of toiing at
the accountants desk, than learn trade
which gives them manly strength, health
and independence.
Year: 1871

We find among our New York dates
the following in regard to poor Old
Tammany:


Mayor .Iall thinks that the Times
showed its want of political sagacity in
commencing the fight on Tammany so
early in the season. Had it waited un-
til about q week before the election. it
would have been wiser and perhaps
more successful. He believes the Times
attacks has strengthened Tammany, as
the inquisition has been ably taken up
by the Democratic press throughout the
country, that the influence of Tammany
which before was merely local, has now
become national i'm its extent
Year: 1871

1t is supposed by many that they can
not avail themselves of the Bankrupt
Law unless they pay fifty cents in the
dollar of their Indebtedness. This is a
mistake. On all debts contracted be-
fore the 1st day of January. 1869, the
bankrupt can have full discharge, even
if he pay not one fartlling; on deb,s
contracted since the 1st day of January,
1870. to get Il discharge the bankrupt
must pay fifty cents in the dollar.
Year: 1871

and minutes in pitching horse shoes, an
occupation which certainly does not great
ly enlarge the intellectual faculties, or in
crease ones business reputation, when in
dulged in to excess. ------- -


Had Horace Greeley, Robert Bonner,
and scores of others who have efssaneo
positions and honor, spent all their ear.S-
ings and hours OF leisure in the billiard.
saloon, the ball room AID the grocery, they
might yet be setting type, or holding the
position of clerks and walters, while re-
ceiving but few dollars per week in pay
ment for their services At any rate, they
would have remained in obscurity, and the
world would never have been the wiser
for their having lived in it.


Recreation of some kind is good thing
for those engaged in hard labor, either
mental or physical, yet no young man
need ever expect to rise above mediocrity
if he devotes one-third of his time to
work, while tHo-thirds are spent in seek
ing pleasure. He need hardly aspire to
be called Mister; he will only be known
| and designated as John, or Tom, or Jim or
something. There are scores of such men
all around us, and as they pass away,
twice as many young men are fitting them
selves to fill their places. And such heart
aches as these young men cause their pa
| rents, they don't realize now, but Will
some day. Surely young men, if you live
to reach the age of forty, you will see the
folly of misspent youth, and then, when
too late, many of you will repent and
vainly regret that you did not listen to the
advice and counsel of those whose age and
experience fitted them to give just such
advice and counsel as they most needed.
| Not long since young man of our &C.
quaintance married girl who, like him.
self, was poor. He left his old habits of
dissipation and idleness, and now, with his
really industrious and good wife, he is
striving hard to secure home. Yet had
he the time aud money he squandered be.
fore marriage, he might be comfortably
situated. You may some day be in like
situation. Be warned in time, and for
once realize the value of your time, help
your fathers, learn trade, study profes
sion or farming, do something, be in earn
est about it, improve your leisure, especial
ly your evenings, in reading and study, moi
altogether as pastime, but for improve
ment. If you do not reach eminence and
fame, you will feel a consciousness of hav
done your best with such talents as were
given you.-Bee Keepers Journal.
Year: 1871

A CORRESPONDENT furnishes the Lon
don Times with the following hints, which
Will be found pertinent to our own climate:


In these hot days cool apartment is
real luxury to be had far oftener than most
people suppose possible. The secret con-
sists, not in letting in cool air, for naturally
all do that whenever they have the chance;
but in keeping out the hot air. If the air
outside room or house be cooler than the
air inside, let it in by all means; but if it
be hotter, certainly keep it out.


A staircase window left open during the
night will often cool the passages of a
house, and the rooms, too, iftheir doors be
not shut; but it must be closed at or Q
o'clock in the morning, or, ifon the sunny
side, at or o'clock, and the blinds drawn
down. The mistake people generally
make is to throw open their windows at
all hours of the day, no matter whether
the atmosphere outside be cool or scorch-
ing.


Let us have some air, they say, and in
comes the treacherous breeZe-for even
hot air is pleasant while it is gently blow
ing, taking away peTspiration, and thereby
cooling the skin; but the apartment is
made warmer, instead of cooler, and as
soon as they move out of the draught they
find their room to be more uncomfortable
than before.


Let in cool air-keep out hot-that is
the only formula to insure the minimum
of discomfort. Sitting rooms may gener-
ally be kept cool during the whole day if
the door be only opened for the ingress
and egress, and the windows kept closed
and shielded from direct sunshine by a
blind. If the atmosphere ofa room be i'm
pure from any cause, let it be renewed |;
hot air is less injurious than bad air. If a
room be small in comparison with the
number ofpersons engaged in it, free venti-
lation becomes indispensable.


In cooking apartment the temperature
will probably be higher than outside,
hence the free admission even of hot air
will be desirable. If persons do not OBJ
ject to sit in direct draught of air, win
dows and doors may be opened, breeze
being more refreshing, even though sever
al degrees warmer than still air; but under
nearly all other circumstances rooms
should be kept closed as much as possible
until after sundown, or till the air outside
| is cooler than that inside. Let in cool air
keen out hot
Year: 1871

THE English Government has built a
lighthouse upon Wolf Rock, which is
situated about nine miles southwest of
Lands End. The surface of this rock is
very rugged consequently, to land upon
it is at all times q very difficult matter.
AS it is, moreover, in deep water (about
twenty fathoms on all sides), and exposed
to the full force of the Atlantic Ocean, a
terrific sea falls upon it, as may readily be
supposed. From this cause the building
of the new lighthouse has been no child's-
play. The light was first exhibited on The
1st of Janury, 1870, and has since burned
regularly every night, from sunset to SUE
rise. But the structure has taken nearly
eight years to erect On the 18th of
March, 1862, the workmen first got upon
the rock, to cut out the foundation; but
owing to the insecurity of the foothold,
and the constant breaking of the surf over
the rock, stanchions were Obliged to be
fixed in the rock where the workmen
were digging, and each man worked with
a safety-rope lying near him, one end OF
which was attached to the nearest stanch-
ion. An experienced man was always
stationed on the summit as "crow," TO
look out for the sea, and give warning
when a wave was likely TO sweep over the
rock; when the men would hold on, head
to the sea, while it washed over them
Then, when the wave had passed over, and
there was temporary lull, picks, ham
mers, and jumpers, some over twenty
pounds in weight, were frequently found
to have been washed away. An addition
al danger to the men was in the necessary
blasting of the rock with gunpowder-
their only protection from the showers o.
shattered fragments of rock being TEN
porary pent house, formed each time they
landed. In building lighthouses, the pro
gress of the work must always depend
upon the humor of the weather. Very
often it is impossible to land on the rocl
at all and, when you do, you may offer
find large portion of the last days worl
washed away; and this has to be done al
over again. In the eight working seasons
occupied over the WolfRock lighthouse
there were two hundred and slxty-si,
landings; and of time spent in labor, eigh
hundred and nine and half hours-beirl
only one hundred and one working
days, of ten hours each, for the erection o
the tower. In this lighthouse, fog-bel
weighing five hundred weight, is fixed ol
the lantern gallery. 1t is struck by tw
hammers worked by machinery. For tn
purpose of giving the signal distinctly
character for the station, the machinery
arranged for striking the bell three blow
in quick succession, at intervals OF tftee
seconds. The cost of building this lighf
house, considering the exceptional diff
culties, may be reckoned moderate-bein
about sixty-two thousand seven huudre
and tweniy-six pounds.-Applet0n's Jou,
! nal.
Year: 1871

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in an article
in the Christian Union, on mistakes in our
houses, specifies the Exclusion of sun
light as one. She says:


We wish the Importance of admitting
the light of the sun, freely, as well as
building these early and late fires, could
be properly impressed upon our house
keepers. No article of furniture should
ever be brought to our homes too good or
too delicate for the sun to see all day long.
His presence should never be excluded,
except when so bright as to be uncomfor-
table to the eyes. And walks should be
in bright sunlight, SO that the eyes are
protected by veil or parasol, when incon-
veniently intense A sun bath is of far
more Importance in preserving healthful
condition Of the body than is generally
understood. A sun bath costs nothing,
and that is misfortune, for people are de-
luded with the idea that those things only
can be good or useful which cost money.
But remember that pure water, fresh air,
sunlight, and homes kept free from damp
ness, will secure you from many heavy
bills of the doctors, and give you health
and vigor, which no money can procure.
1t is q well established fact that people
who live much in the sun are USUALLY
stronger and more healthy than those
whose occupations deprive them of sun
light
Year: 1871

Iwould gladly impress upon the mind
of every young man and maiden the value
of time. Not so much of weeks and
months rs of hours and minutes They
are the golden opportunities that are so
irretrievably lost to many. How think
you would Elihu Burritt-the learned
blacksmith-have acquired such perfect
knowledge of ancient languages, had he
like many of the young men around our
village corners-spent his leisure hours
Year: 1871

There was lively session Of the Republican Gene.
raj Committee held last evening at the headquarters
over the Pos: once. during discussion upon the
acceptance OF petition TO appoint three Super.
yisors OF Election TO act IN the Fifteenth ward at
the approaching primary to elect delegates to the
General Committee, q motion was made to appoint
supervisors In each ward and county town. An
amendment was offered that IN any ward where It
Is asked for BY one delegate two supervisors shall
be elected from each faction and one by the General
Committee. This amendment was laid on the table
II was then moved TO revise the rolls OF the Seven
teenth ward. under the direction OF supervisors to
be appointed therefor. This was adopted amid
considerable noise and confusion.
Year: 1871

The Weather In This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes Ia
the temperature for the past twenty-fou noIrs,
comparison with the corresponding day OF last year.
as Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuvs
Pharmacy, HERALD Building corner Of Anu street,
Year: 1871




The fearful railroad disaster In
Massachusetts,, following so cruelty
and rapidly after the steamboat ex-
plosion in the bay of Mobile, and
that which has made one of our city
docks a haunted place and filed so
many hearts with mourning, startles
the country with an appeal that no
ear can turn away from with indifer-
ence.


Has God deserted this people, or
have this people deserted GodS


This people have deserted God.


The age is full Of the miracles Of
crime, for crime has its prodigies as
well as religion.


But how long is this reign Of sub
tile misery, of blasting sin, of whole
sale murder to be endured?


Who is that takes the parent from
his family, grabs his money at a
ticket-ofice, and then shrieks him
down the rails to death!


Who is it that gashes the fair
breasts of the nursing mother travel
ing in confidence With her child, and
breaks with burning oil and splin-
tered wood upon the dream Of a
young girl, vending from her sum
mer holdidays back to SCHOOL,


Who are these demons riding
deaths whirlwind; revelling in the
scalding midst Of steam, more terri
BILE than cholera, quicker than Gods
lightning, and who on the water and
on the land holds a carnival of blood,
and steep the people in perpetual
tears?


Is gold or greenbacks dearer and
more worthy of boarding, better to
preserve, than human life?


Which is of more weight, the life
of the man or the gain of the man2


Is machinery hereafter to be num-
bered among the plaques and pesti-
lences!


These are inquiries that must be
looked into by Government, govern
ment representing the people in
mass, and government representing
the people in cities and communities.


We must have no more wholesale
murders wrought upon peaceful, un-
offending people, or we must have
more gibbets built The one must
stop, or the other must do their
work Of retribution.


In the midst of a wilderness of
public wrongs and outrages, the
outrage done by railway and steam
boat managers stands prominent in
horrible enormity, and if Govern
ment cannot suggest remedy, the
courts must provide punishment
PCmeroVS Democrat.
Year: 1871

RED CLOVER AND CUNDURANGo.-
CundurangO, whose wonderful yir-
tues in the cure Of cancers have been
the theme of much interest of late
is likely to be surpassed by a home
production Of a wide range. If we
may credit communication in a re-
centnumber of the Boston Herald we
need not go to South America for
can GER specific. The writer of the
communication referred to, who
signs himself physician" asserts
that ceed clover tops are a much
more reliable specific for cancer than
cundurango. If the assertions are
true, they are very important and
deserve wide dissemination. He
says:


have tried the cunduranxo in
several caes of cancer. 1t is an eff
cient Alternative, but in several cases
1 entirely failed. l have tried the
infusion of the red clover tops in ten
cases of cancer and failed in none.
1 will venture the assertion that by
means OF that unpretentious plant /
will cure more cases of well seated
canceroid deposits than eundurango
or any other remedy that is known
to the materia medica can effect /
feel that | cannot urge upon the
public too strongly the wonderful
remedial alternative power Of this
plant and having been in the practice
Year: 1871

ofmedieine about forty years, it must


be conceded I have had some expeE-
ience.


sFor all dermic diseases and c1-
taneous affections the red clover tops
are The most efficient remedy I have
ever tried, 1 have cured some fifteen
! cases of cancer that my brother ply
sicians had abandoned as incura0le.
Let every farmer understand there
is fourishing in his fields a remedy
which is far superior to cundurangos
for l have had ample opportunity OF
testing the latter in the country OF
its growth. To use the red cloYers
all that is necessary is to render
tea of it and drink freely through
the day. A priece Of rag ought to
be wet with the tea, and kept spilled
to the eancerous sore. / assert that
as an Alternative, the red clover tops
cannot be excelled in our nsatersG
medica; and 1 hope the people wiz
take heed and govern themselves
accordinglv-"
Year: 1871

sponsibility on this subjeet,and have
come to the conclusion that it is to
be regarded precisely as Mary Lamb
and Charles Lamb regarded the in
cursion of the mania which DESTROY
ed the peace of their life. A man


who undertakes to comprehend and
cure himself has to fight his wav
back alone. Nobody understands,
nobody sympathizes with him, no
body helps him-not because the
world is unfeeling, but because it is
Ignorant Of the laws which govern
this species of insanity.


1t took me, therefore. a great
while to form my system ofselfcure
l still hope for this 1, the same and
sound, hope to provide for the in
sane and unsound intervals of nv
life. And my theory is, briefly. a
total and eternal REIMBURSEMENT of
the poisonous influence, so that ma
ture may have power to organize new
and healthy brain matter, and to re-
move that which is diseased. Ma
ture will do this, in the end, for sne
is evermerciful; there is always "for-
giyeness with her, that she NAV be
feared" Since you have known me,
you have seen that l live the life of
an anchOrite-that my hours are reg
ular,, that 1 avoid exciting society,
that l labor with uniformity, and
that l never touch any stimulating
drink. 1t is a peculiarity of cases
like mine that for lengths of time
the morbid disease leaves us, and
we feel the utmost aversion to any
thing Of the kind. But there is al
ways danger lying behind this sub
tie calm. Three or four drops of al
cohol, such as form the basis of q
tincture which a doctor will order
without scruple, will bring back the
madness. One five minutes mad
vertance will upset the painful work
Of years, and carry one away as with
flood. When l did not know this
1 was constantly falling. Society
through all its parts is full of traps
and pitfalls for such as 1, and the
only refuge is in fight.


1t has been part Of my rule Of life
to avoid all responsibilities that
might involve others in my liability
to failure. 1t is now a very long
time since I have felt any abnormal
symptoms, and IF I had not so often
been thrown down after such a peri
cd of apparent calm, might fancy
my dangers Overland myself a sound
man. In the end I expect to con
quer, either here or hereafter. Ibe-
lieve in the Fatherhood of God, and
that He has a purpose even in let
ting us stumble through life as we
do; and through all my weakness
and unWorthiness 1 still hold His
hand. 1 know that the whole temp
tation is one of brain and nerves, and
when He chooses He can release me.
The poor brain will be cold and still
for good and all, and 1 shall be free
and able to see, 1 trust, why I have
been suffered thus to struggle. At
ter all, immortality opens a large
hope that may oyerpay the most
unspeakable bitterness Of life.


Meanwhile, you can see why I do
not wish to be brought into person
al relations with the only woman
have ever loved, or ever can loYe,and
whose happiness I fear to put in
peril.