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Year: 1873

fully asserts that to be true which he knows
to be untrue.


We have sincerely desired and still do
desire to work in harmony with the Union
and not against it. We are working in the
same cause and should combine our efforts,
but if the Union is not disposed to do so,
we accept the alternative.
Year: 1873

On the 9th ult: the celebrated Hoosac
Tunnel was virtually completed. 1t is now
nearly twenty yeaas since this vast enter
prise was first undertaken. During this
period there have been many failures and
much hard struggling for success, while
;jobbery and corruption have bloated and
grown fat with every year Of its existence.
Year: 1873

PEOPLE become accustomed to evils,
great and small. aud are SO contented
to live along from year to year under
their influence that nothing less than
the voice of God moves them to rouse
up and crush them out. Consequently
n eontented mind often leasts upon a
gross mixture of nourishins food and
rank poison.
Year: 1873

The Prospective Commerce of Philadelphia


There is every anticipation, says the Record


tlat four more steamers will be built for the
American steamship company, and it is thought
the day s not far distant when the arrival and
departure Of steamships at the port OF Phila-
delphia will be a matter of daily occurrence. 1t
isnot unlikely that more steamers will be added
to the Red Star line, by which the Belgian mails
are carried, and as an additional ice boat will be
placed in commission on the Delaware, the nav
igaiion OF this stream is not likely to be closed,
even in the seyerest winter weather. Since the
establishment OF the several lines of steamers
al the por9df Philadelphia commerce has in
creased considerably In one item of imports,
that Of tin plate the increase is immense. and
new life has been infused into business in which


tbs syAluable material is used.
Year: 1873

HOME AGAIN.-Some days sgo q gentle-
man of this city gave away a dog TO
a friend residing at Crumpton, Queen
Anne'e county, Md, and his dogship was
in due time installed in his new home. But i'm
agine the surprise of the donor, when, a few
mornings afterwards, he was called to the door
by continued barking in the yard to behold
his gift to his friend before him, The dog had


gnawed the rope which tied him to his new
home, and had come on to Wilmington on foot.
Year: 1873

Coyp D'ETAT IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
The mighty kingdom ruled over by King
Lunalilo has passed through the throes Of a
revolution. For moment the fate of the
dynasty and the very existence of the nation
was imperilled by the mutiny of the Hawaiian
army. Never was there such commotion
among the Sandwiches, and the hungry for
eigners, who are longing for an opportunity
to swallow up and devour the Sandwich King
dom, thought that the eating was about to be-
gin. But the natives took fright, and SO
saved themselves from being gobbled up
Triumph had settled on the rebel standard,
and there were fear and trembling in the royal
palace, when suddenly the good genius Of
Honolulu gave coup de baguette, and knocked
the coup d<tat all to tatters BY wonderful
transformation the army Of mutineers are
turned into squad Of police, ready to make
raids and crack any ones crown who dares to
question His Majesty Lunalilo's title to
be considered the best and most enlightened
of monarchs. Peace is thus restored, and the
world need no longer fear the scourge of q
Sandwich war.
Year: 1873

Berlin.


According to the special despatch to the
HERALD, published to-day, crisis in
monetary and business affairs in Berlin is
imminent There were rumors of heavy COM
mercal failures. Premonitory symptoms Of
such state of things have appeared for some
time past What is the cause? Berlin is not
a great commercial centre. and not port of
commerce like New York, Liverpool or London;
but, being the seat of government and large
city, it has certain trade connected with the
population and interior. There is, however,
considerable speculative business done in
stocks, and since the surprising success of
Germany in the war with France, and the vast
amount of money taken to Berlin by the
French indemnity, the people have become
rather wild. The government may not
have let out as much of the indemnity money
as the Berlinese expected, and, consequently,
they may have found out at last that they have
been OVERRIDING business. But it is the same
old story of people inflated with pride and
expectations at the termination of successful
war running into excesses and speculation.
Of course the reaction follows in this case as
it has in all similar cases throughout history.
This is, no doubt, the explanation Of the re-
ported crisis. Still there is no reason to ap-
prehend widespread disaster, for Germany is
richer than it ever was before and has entered
upon career OF great national progress. Be-
sides, the mass Of the people are Industrious





firms may fall, as they do with us at intervals,
but the country at large is not likely to suffer
greatly from that cause.
Year: 1873

position that for an Executive which hopes
for third term of Office. How long would it
be before the Spaniards, reasoning as people
here already reason, would demand this sur
render? And how could the govern
ment avoid the logical consequences of it's
position? Another point in the complication
was the fact that the government had COM
PEELED its representative at Madrid to protest
against the course taken in the negotiation by
resigning his Office; and had appointed in
his place an accomplished lawyer, who made
no secret of the fact that he thought the posi-
ton of the government altogether untenable.
Thus, with the new envoy not in sympathy
with the government he was to represent;
with the Attorney General elaborately and un-
consciously proving the recent action of the
government to be an impertinent interference
with another Power with the Secretary of
State blowing hot and cold in the same
moment and opening to Spain the oppor-
tunity to overwhelm our government with the
derision of the world, the position was GER
tainly the least enviable that any government
ever held and it is, perhaps, not to be
wondered at if an administration, finding
itself involved at every step more and more
inextricably in an incomprehensible entangle-
ment, should lose faith in the devices of wis
dom and rejoice that the very maignity
of the Spaniards has provided for it
SO large and liberal remedy as the
waters of the wide Atlantic. Wet OBJ
livion could thus easily cover even greater
errors; and it will afford notable comment
ary on the diplomacy and craftsmanship that
have us in their keeping if it shall prove that
the government, as the close of the whole
story. is indebted for its escape from dis
grace and shame to the hatred and contempt
which prompted the Spaniards before they
yielded the virginius to insure that she should
never reach her destination.
Year: 1873




Probabilities.


For the south Atlantic and Gulf States east Of
the Mississippi River, generally clear weather and
low temperature, ana light to fresh northerly and
easterly winds will prevail during the day. the
winds in the Lower Mississippi Valley vergtng te
soutnerly. with rising temperature


FOR NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES FRESH TO BRISK soUTHwEsrERLY TO NORTH.
WESTERLY WINDS, WITH GENERALLY CLEAR WEATHER
ON THE COAST AND INCREASING CLoUDINEss IN THA
INTERIOR, WITH CONTINUED Low BUT SLIGHTLY RIs-
ING TEMPERATURE.


For the Lake region and thence southwark to tho
Ohio Valley the temperature win rise slightly and
the winds will back to southerly with increasing
cloudiness, except possibly in the Ohio Valley,
where clear weather will prevail.


For the Northwest rising temperature. with
easterly TO southerly winds and cloudy weather.
and possibly light snow in Iowa and Missouri BY
Wednesday night.
Year: 1873

The LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.-We have
entered upon the last day of the old expiring
year. His exit will be announced from the
clock as it strikes the midnight hour; but the
fresh wounds, with old regrets, which will
ONE to many broken hearts, in thinking


er the events of the old year, will be lost in


general rejoicings over the new year. The
Ansition from the old to the new will be
mailed after the old fashion--"The king
is dead; long live the hngl' The
theme offers an inviting field for retro
spection, reflection and suggestions; but, as
Rcretofore, we reserve our biographical sketch


the dying king until. with bis death, we


he advent Of his successor.
Year: 1873

Hanging is not played out in Canada. No
unhealthy sentimentality is allowed TO weaken
the arm Of the law. Those who do murder
perish by the executoner. We publish in our
news columns the curious story of treacher-
ous murder and its punishment. 1t took place
in the backwoods, on the very outer edge of
civilization but the arm Of the law was long
enough and strong enough to seize and
punish the assassin. There is little new in the
story. Greed called up the dormant evil spirit
of an old man fast tottering to the grave, and,
aided by his son, he slew an unsuspecting
comrade in the hope Of inheriting his gold


The crime oonsummated. he felt mo HipR Of
Year: 1873




courts the friendship of the press, but it is
only to secure fair and independent criticism,
and with this he is contented. He has
nothing in common with the theatrical adven-
turer or the claptrap Snowman. His perform
ances and performers are able to stand before
the people on their merits, and require no
quackery to puff them into public favor.


The press is called upon to notice all per-
formances offered to the patronage of the
people as matter of news and general inter-
est. A journal cannot select the good from
the bad, and can only point out the respective
criticism. The HERALD has paid much atten-
ton TO dramatic matters, and has always en-
deavored to pursue policy of fairness and
independence towards all. However indiffer-
ent the general character Of q theatre, where
there has been particular performance of
merit presented it has been commended.
In like manner, If first class
theatre, managed by such an artist
as Wallack or Booth, has presented an indif-
ferent play or one indifferently acted, it has
been criticised adversely. The HERALD has
taken every possible precaution to prevent
favoritism from being shown in its columns
and to secure entire fairness in its criticisms
But it has never allowed any interference with
its editorial opinions, and will always vigor-
ously resent the intermeddling Of any Buchu
Snowman with its theatrical notices. In this
it only does what any respectable and inde-
pendent journal would do. The advertisers
in widely circulated journal like the HERALD
obtain large profits ont of their advertisements;
if they did not our columns would not be as
crowded as they are. But they are entitled to
no privileges in our paper except that for
which they pay--the privilege Of inserting
their advertisement A theatre is on o par
with our other advertisers, and when an i'm
pertinent demand is made upon us by q
theatrical charlatan for favors which would
not even be solicited bY professional pxo.
Year: 1873

REST AFTER EATING.-Every man who
owns a horse, as well as most men who
are fond of driving, know that the horse
cannot safely take its food Immediately
after work, but how many men apply the
same rule to themselves? The New
Yord merchant or fnancier, who takes
pride in the fine team which steps before
him in the Park, would angrily dismiss
as a culpable ignoramus the hostler who
should allow the inmates of the stable
to take their midday oats as he takes his
lunch in the downtown restaurant The
professor, in the midst of preparing his
learned and exhaustive treatise, hears
the dinner-bell, and begs to be excused
while he spurs up his brain to do little
more important work, and rushes to par
take of food which must produce dis
comfort unless he has the stomach of
an ostrich. Remember the rules which
the jockey observes: Rest before eating,
quiet during eating, rest after eating.
Year: 1873

How A WOMAN DISPOSED OF Two
BURGLARs.-Down in the Parish of st.
Martin, an old widow lady, whose chill
dren had all married off and left her
alone, had been persuaded to sell her
little place and live with them. She
sold her land, buildings and improve
ments one day for 81, 200, and received
the money in cash on the spot, in her
own house, before two witnesses, the
number required by the law, who wit
messed also the paying of the money.
In short time she was to give possess
sion, but she remained in the house the
night following the sale, all alone as was
her custom. That night two negro
burglars broke into the house and de-
manded her money or her life. She let
them have the money, but begged them
to let her have 500 of it, as she owed
that amount and wanted to pay the
debt, when she would be satisfied; and
they finally consented. They then
ordered her to make some coffee for
them to drink. In doing so she be-
thought herself of some strychnine she
had in the house, and quietly dropped
it in the pot of steaming coffee, and
placed it on the table with cups, spoons
and sugar for them to pour out and
sweeten to their taste. This they did,
and drank in a jolly mood, each one
having $3.50 in his pocket. But in a
few moments the tables were turned
One gave up the ghost where he sat al
the table in his chair, and the other got
up, staggered few feet. and tumblet
over dead. The good old lady recover
ed her money, and on examining the
persons of the black burglarious robbers
they turned out to be the two witnesse.
to the act of sale, both white men
blackened for the occasion-both he
neighbors. and one was her rcousin.-Op
elousas La. journal.
Year: 1873

Not long since l met gentleman who


is assessed for more than a million


Silver in his hair, care upon his brow,


and he stopped beneath the burden of


wealth We were speaking OF that period


of life when we had realized the most


perfect enjoyment, or, rather, when we


had found the happiness nearest to be


unalloyed II tell you, said the mil


lionaire, when was the happiest hour of
my life. At the age of one and twenty |


had saved up eight hundred dollars.


was earning five hundred year, and my


father did not take it from me- only re-
quiring that l should pay for my board.


At the age of twenty-five | had secured


pretty cottage just outside of the city.


| was able to pay two-thirds of the money
down, and also to furnish it respectfully


was married on Sunday Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. My wife


had come to me poor in purse but rich in
the wealth Of her womanhood. The Sab
bath and the Sabbath night we passed
beneath my fathers roof, and on Monday
morning went to my work leaving my
mother and sister to help in preparing
my home On Monday evening when the
labors of the day were done, | went not
to the paternal shelter as in the past,
but to my own home The holy atmos-
phere of that hour seems to surround me
even now in the memory. / opened the
door of my cottage and entered. / laid
my hat on the little stand in the hall,
and passed to the kitchen-our kitchen
and dining room were all one then. l
pushed open the kitchen door and was
in heaven. The table was set against
the wall-the evening meal was ready
prepared by the hands of her who had
come to be my helpmeet in deed as well
as in name-and by the table with a
throbbing, expectant look upon her
loving face, stood my wife. tried to
speak and could not. l could only clasp
the waiting angel to my bosom, thus
showing to her the ecstatic burden of my
heart. The years have passed-long,
long years-and worldly wealth has |
flowed in upon me, and 1 am honored
and envied; but-as true as heaven
would give it all-every dollar-for the
joy of the hour of that June evening in
the long, long agol"-Nes0 York Ledger
Year: 1873

notice in a late number of the CAilf
Friend an article entitled Good Man.
ners,' which / think is very good. The
writer regards home as the proper place
for practicing those kindly courtesies
which are our best passports to good So
ciety. This is very important. but of
ten very much neglected, part of child's
education. l wish to speak of some
thing else for which home is, or at least.
should be, the proper school mean
correct speaking. In many homes the
children are allowed to use any form Of
speech that will express their desires. re-
gardless of all grammatical rules. Then
when they are in the presence of strang-
ers they are often at loss for proper
words in which to clothe their ideas.
This. of course, is very embarrassing.
Children. and old folks, too, sometimes
allow themselves to get into the habit of
speaking incorrectly. and using slang
words and phrases. This, like all other
bad habits, is very hard to get rid Of
Home is the proper place for practicing
the art of speaking correctly. Let each
member of the family act as critic, and
if the criticisms are kindly made moth
ing will do more toward banishing un-
grammatical speech. Let all slang
phrases be condemned
Year: 1873

Don't try to quench your sorrow in
rum or narcotics. If you begin this you
must keep right on with it till it leads
you to ruin; or, if you pause, you must
add physical pain and the consciousness
of degradation to the sorrow you seek to
escape OF all wretched men, his condi-
ton is the most pitiful who, having
sought to drown his grief in drink,
awakes from his debauch with shattered
nerves, aching head, and depressed mind,
to face the same trouble again. That
which was at first painful to contemplate
will, after drink, seem unbearable. Ten
to one the fatal drink will be again and
again sought, till its victim sinks hope
less pitiful wreck.


Work is your true remedy If misfor-
tune hits you hard, hit you something
else hard; pitch into something with a
will There's nothing like good, solid.
absorbing, eXhausting work to cure
trouble. If you have met with losses, you
don't want to lie awake thinking about
them. You want sweet, calm, sound
sleep, and to eat your dinner with appe-
tite. But you cant unless you work.
If you say you don't feel like work, and
go loafing all day to tell Tom Dick,
and Harry the story Of your woes, you II
lie awake and keep your wife awake by
your tossings, spoil her temper and your
own breakfast the next morning. and
begin tomorrow feeling ten times worse
than you do to-day


There are some great troubles that
only time heals, and perhaps some that
can never be healed at all; but all can be
helped by the great panacea, work. Try
it, you who are afflicted. It is not pat
ent medicine. 1t has proved its efficacy
since first Adam and Eve left behind
them with their beautif1l Eden II an
official remedy. All good physicians in
regular standing prescribe it in cases of
mental and moral disease. 1t operates
kindly and well, leaving no disagreeable
sequeLIe, and we assure you that we have
taken a large quantity of it with the
most beneficial effects. It will cure more
complaints than any nostrum in the
materia naedica, and comes nearer to being
"cure-alP' than any drug or compound
of drugs in the market. And it will not
sicken you if you do not take it sugar
onofad
Year: 1873

This is a season of the year in which


many unfortunates are compelled tc


'break in new boots," and what trial il
is How our poor feet are cramped


pinched, and agonized! Unskilled and
ignorant shoemakers make coarse, thick
cases, with stiff counters and but little
give" to any part; and in these cases
we are expected to be comfortable. How
vain the thought! Here is a young gen
tleman-an exquisite; his boots must be
made so small, so narrow, and fit so
snugly as to be without a wrinkle A
new pair comes home, and on Sunday he
goes to church, as is the custom of his
family. The short walk thitheP brings
the blood into his feet and cause them to
swell, and he begins to groan. When
the clergyman has reached his 2dly and
the young man in his new boots is to sit
through to the l7thly, what fearful
state he is in Then, there is to be an
other hymn, a collection taken, and the
benediction, and, after all, when the
young man rises to depart, how he limps!
He hastens home as well as he can, and,
by aid of one or two jacks, extracts his
aching feet from their imprisonment
Whether he rails against the shoemaker
or against his own swollen feet depends
on circumstances. At any rate, he is in
anything but devotional mood, all on
account OF MS new tight boots. The pre-
dicament of young lady in new and
tight shoes is anything but comfortable,
She also starts out not only with tight
shoes very much too narrow for her feet,
but with those dreadful high heels which
pitch her body forward, giving it that
uncomfortable attitude called ''camers
back" or "Grecian bend" Sometimes
these stilted heels catch on the stair car
pet, and down the lady tumbles to the
bottom. She does not like to confess it,
but there are bruises here and there
and even if no fatal accident occurs, she
may have occasion to remember her fall
to the end of her days. Why will she
persist in wearing those ridiculously high
heels2 They are unphysiological, un-
comfortable, and q serious impediment to
free locomotiou. Better, far better, wear
the heelless moccasin OF the savage than
the fashionable shoe of fashionable socie-
ty to-day. These tight shoes and boots
produce large crops of corns bunions,
etc, besides keeping the feet cold or in
constant pain. There is no sense in it,
The right way to do is to have your boots
and shoes made to fit your feet. When
you go to be measured, place sheet of
paper on the floor, set your foot firmly
upon it and stand erect. Let the shoe
maker take pencil and mark around
the foot, taking the exact shape of the
bottom of the foot. Then let him meas
ure its thickness with his tape. Then,
with proper last, he can fit the boot or
shoe to the foot. This is the only sensi-
BILE way, and it is scientific
Year: 1873

The education of horses is going to
characterize an important epoch of the
nineteenth century. After the beneVo
lent Creator had told father Adam to
have dominion over the beasts of the
field through love, Adams depraved de
scendents began to tyrannize over the
poor horse, SO that the primeval dominion
remaining has been maintained only by
cruel brute force. Horses have been
knocked and whanged about rs if they
were footballs.


Such a thing as educating horses has
scarcely been thought Of The rule has
been, when young horse was first har-
messed, if he did not move right along,
before he had been taught where to go,
and what to do, to whip him. If he
acted awkwardly, the lash was laid on.
If he sprang at the unceremonious abuse,
the cruel driver repeated the abuse.
If the horse ran he was whaled. If he
trembled with fear, the driver would
lick him. IF he failed to start before he
had been taught to co. a severe cut was
given him with the lash. If he stumbled
on rough ground, he got licked for it. If
he Slipped down for want of being prop
erly shod, he was licked If he fell
exhausted beneath a heavy load, cart
rung was cracked over his head. If he
whoaed too soon when told to whoa, he
got licked again for it. If he manifested
any resentment to cruel treatment. he
received abuse without measure. But
the day of millennial glory will soon
dawn,-when our horses will be educated
to render service from affection. The
day is about to dawn when schools will
be established all over our country for
preparing competent instructors to edu-
cate our horses. 1t is philanthropic
enterprise; and all good people will hold
up both hands for the coming of that
eventful day.-Ed,oard Todd