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Year: 1872

Make your homes radiant within
with every social virtue, and beau
tiful without by those simple adorn-
lhents of which nature is everv-
where so prolific. The children born
in such homes will leave them with
regret, and come back in after life
as pilgrims to a holy shrine; the
town on whose hills and In whose
wales such homes are found viii live
forever in the hearts of its grateful
children.
Year: 1872

Many a sigh is neaYed, many a
heart is broken, many life is rem
dered miserable, by the terrible in
fatuation which persons often mani
fest in chosing q life companion for
their daughters. How is it possible
for happiness to result from the un-
ion OF two principles so diametri-
cally opposed to each other in every
point, as virtue is to vice! And yet,
how often is wealth considered bet
ter recommendation for young men
than virtuel How often is the first
question which is asked respecting
the suitor of a daughter, this: ''Is
he rich?'' But does that afford any
evidence that he will make a kind
and affectionate husband! els he
rich?" Yes, his clothing is purple
and fine linen, and he fares sumptu-
ously every day, but can you infer
from this that he is virtuOus? "Is he
rich?'' Yes, he has thousands float
ing on every ocean, but do not riches
sometimes take to themselves wings
aud fly away? And will you consent
that your daughter shall marry q
man who has nothing to recommend
him but his wealth! All, beware
The gilded bait covers q bearded
hook. Ask not, then, SIS he rich?"
but els he virtuous?" Ask not then
if he has wealth, but has he honor?
and not sacrifice your daughters
peace for money.
Year: 1872

Il have found good in every
thing l have learned BY degrees
your destiny Will open before YOU.
You viii learn what you are good
for-what you are made for. can
say nothing more definite, and this
is definite enough, and full Of ami
nation. Do your duty, and you
cannot fail 10 ityOurself tor Al hon
orable WOrA.n
Year: 1872

Happy season OF virtuous youth,
when shame is still an impossible
barrier, and the sacred atrocities OF
hope have not shrunk into the mean
clay hamlets of reality; and man, by
his nature, Is yet infinite and free
Carlyle.
Year: 1872

The agent in charge of the Employment
Bureau. in the old Court House square, states
That there is q great number OF unemployed men
in the city. Many applications are daily made
for work, but there is absolutely no demand for
labor Of any kind in Chicago. Farmers want
men to hnsk corn, and q large number Of the
unemployed can have an opportunity
10 chop cord wood in Indiana !;
but as transportation to the farms
or to the woods is not furnished by the persons
Hho want the corn hueked or the wood chopped,
men who would be willing to go are unable to do
30, On accouut Of the absence of funds to pay
railroad fare Very few Of the applicants have
my means, having spent what they earned
during the summer. Unless these men are
enabled to obtain work. they and their families
viii have great difficulty in procuring I7eli-
hood this winter.
Year: 1872

Here is new outburst of the Western salutatory mania: "With our publication we want to please everybody, but never acquired the knack of placing each persons advertisement at the head of the first col umn, we don't expect to. We don't mean to be very touching in our personal re- marks, but if as reform educator, or any thing of the kind, we displease any parties, it may be well for them to consider the fact, before taking means of summary ven- geance in their hands, that our weight is al- ways over 15o pounds, and that in many leisure moments we have had the pleasure of entertaining in our earlier career, we went heavy into the practice of hoisting two hundred pound snvils over our head, holding bags of flour at arms length. and other feats for muscular development. This is not told as dampener to any of the pu- gilissic spirits of this community, but to let people know that we are independent and fearless
Year: 1872

GoDEY's LADY BooK.-This veteran monthly could not have reached it's eighty fifth volume except by unusual excellence, and by keeping fully abreast the times The old volumes look queerly when compared with the present, but they were none the less excellent in their day and generation. What work has this excellent magazine done in the homes of America, of amusing, instructing and refining one generation after another. Read the inducements offered of clubbing this valuable magazine with the NEWS, in another column.
Year: 1872

TIE Loss OF THE METIs-DAMAGING EvI DENOE IN UAND.-The secretary of the Treasury is ill possession of evidence which will, in addition to the testimony atready taken regarding the disaster to the steam boat Nletis, prove beyond doubt that the vessel was ouiy partially equipped, and that her owners knew she was running in viola tion of the steamboat law. This much it is said, has been got since the disaster, while documentary evidence beyond qucs- ton will be submitted with the report of the inspectors. An investigation indepen- dent of that conducted by the local inspec- tors has been going on for week past, and it is alleged, will prove more than all the testimony taken from passengers.
Year: 1872

The gentle editor of Western exchange makes the amcnde honorable in the follow ing elaborate style: ''There is a fly in our office, one particular. aggressive fly, distin- guishcd from his bretheren by pertinacity and untiring energy that, if properly direc- ted, are enough to make him President. Other flies we can dispose of by whisking a paper at them, or putting them out of the window. But this fly we can't manage. We don't like to kill flies There is some thing so confiding about them, that it seems like breach of hospitality to kill them. That fly tumbles into our ink stand, crawls out and dries his little feet by walking over our paper as we write. The compositor has hard work to decipher our manuscript some times. And in this connection we should make slight correction. In the last mum Der of our paper, we called the Hon. MT. - 'an unprincipled demagogue,' we should have said a high toned patriot Ii was all the fault of that fly. The brother of the Hon. MT, - came into our office this morning with new and substantial looking cane and reminded us of the mis print"
Year: 1872

A SIoN MOTHER LOSES HER CHILD OVER DoAED-THE CONDUCTOR REFUSES TO STOP. The Fort Scott, Kansas, Monitor relates the following sad story of an accident on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad last week: "A train bound for Texas had on board large number of travellers and emigrants, among them a lady with q little boy aged 7, who had the :Eue. When about sixty miles below the s1 4te line the little boy, who had been walking about the car during the evening, fell off. This was not known by the mother until the train had gone two miles, and the lady sought the conductor and asked him to back the train, which he refused to do. The lady then asked him to stop the train and let her off, which he also refused to do, and, in spite of her tears and eltreaties carried her down to tue next station, where she was compelled to stay over night and wait fol the up-train the next morning. On return ing, the boy was found. He had crawled up the embankment among the grass, and resting his head among the wild flowers, and drenched with the terrific thunder storm of Friday night, he was dead.
Year: 1872

A correspondent Of the Scientific
American gives the following direc-
tions for using d kerosene lamp 80 as
to insure perfect safety. The plan
promises we'll and is worthy of trial /:
81 cram all the wick that possibly
can into the lamp, fill up the inter
stices with sponge, and saturate the
whole thoroughly with kerosene. ]
have always found the supply amply
sufficient for the longest winter
nights; as long as any oil remains
in the wick the lamp keeps burning
l have had this fairly tested. On,
of my little ones--a two year-old-
contfived to upset q small table sup
porting a lamp. With the exception
of breaking the glass no iurthc
damage was done. not even soilinl
the carpet. In fact. my plan wa


brought about by II similar acciden
and a narrow escape from seriou
damage. As the wick burns away


keep filling up with the sponge, an


| think ] have the nearest approac
| to a safety lamp"
Year: 1872

The people Of Ohio decided at the
last election to call convention for
the revision of the State Constitution,
and it will be for the Legislature now
in session to fix a time for the olec-
tion of it's members. One of the
most important changes proposed re.
lates to tho future position of the
Governor, and the questions whether
he is to have the veto power or not,
and whether his term of office shall
be extended from two to four years,
are likely to excite lively discussion.
Under the existing Constitution the
powers of the Governor of Ohio are
of very limited nature. Tom Cor.
win used to say that all the Cover.
nor had authority to do was to ap.
poin. notaries public and pardon con
victs.
Year: 1872

A correspondent writing from
Rome, says:


Although not personally attached
to the ex-Emperor Napoleon III,
the Pope would not be satisfied at a
restoration of the Bonaparte dynas-
ty, in the expectation that his own
restoration would follow as oonse-
quence. Such an event is on the
cards, as few persons here believe
that the Republic will be long-lived in
France, and the race for power must
finish with struggle between the
Orleanists and the Bonapartists
No doubt Napoleon III. is biding his
time, and promise Oh his part to
restore the Pope's temporal throne
would enlist the clerical party In
France in his favor.
Year: 1872

Said Pope in latter to Swift:
~ am rich enough and can afford to
give away f100 year. l would
not craw. upon the earth without
doing little for truth. | will en-
joy the pleasure of what | give by
giving it alive, and seeing another
enjoy it. When l die, l should be
ashamed to leave enough for q monu-
ment, If there was a wanting friend
above ground"
Year: 1872

aFn


In certain quarters, and we mean
by that, chiefly from those opposed
to tho denomination of Genl Grant,
there has como, at this time, per-
sistent effort to push the policy lin
iting the presidency to one term.
Various views and honest differences
Of opinion have been entertained up
on this question from the very for
nation OF the government down to
the present time, and while it is true
that it is proper to urge it any time,
considering from where it enanates,
We cannot but regard it as urged
now, or perhaps rather prompted, by
opposition to Grant. Especially do
We think so since it seems to MS there
are other and vastly more important
matters calling for the earnest and
etudious attention of our people at
this time. Besides we can see no
good reason why, if the Presidency
is to be limited to one term, some
similar restriction should not be
placed upon the number of terms Of
3 u. 8. Senators. We are led the
more to this view when we learn, as
we have in some recent instances
that Senators of many years expe
rienoe sometimes not only perform
the duties of Senator, but essay te
dictate to the President what ht
shall do.
Year: 1872

An old famcr, in the Germantown
Telegraph, sayss'the practice of coat
ing tho bark of fruit and ornamental


trees with whitewash, is one that


cannot be too severely deprecated
The obstruction of respiratory or.
game and orifices, whether effected


by the application Of whitewash or


any other adhesive material, always
acts as a fruitful source of disease, and
in time proves fatal to the tree
Whom tho bark becomes rough or
incrusted with moss, it should be


cleaned by scraping and washing
down thoroughly with solution OF


potash or soda in water, affording
smoothness to the surface without ob-
structing the pores.


Every man who owns a piece of
land should plant trees along the
lanes. 1t is due to his children who
are to come after him. 1t is q beau.
tiful custom in Germany to set out
one fruit tree for every child born
This is the special property Of the
child for whom it is set out. He
protects it and cultivates it, and o.
he grows up he looks upon his tree
as twin brother. A feeling Of Of.
fection and veneration is thus engen.
dered, and o love for horticulture
fostered and promoted among the
whole population.
Year: 1872

Two women in Detriot got at dag
ger's points, and one of them, Of an
original turn Of mind, got q parrot
aud got Polly to say "you thief"
whenever her enemy passed by
Not to be outdone, tho other fair bel
ligerent also got a Polly whom she
taught to scream "you dye your hair


whenever the enemy came in sight


Finally the judiciary was appealed
to, and both parrot guns were spiked
Year: 1872

Universal amnesty does not seem
to meet with favor in Congress, es-
pecially in the Lower House. The
Iowa delegation, 50 far as we have
observed, set their faces in steady op-
position to it. 1t is urged that
enlightened craftsmanship sanctions,
by universal amnesty, the oblitera
tion of all disabilities incurred by
high treason. Setting down naught
in anger or in malice, we cannot sub
scribe to the above proposition. Tho
rebellion was not made by aD oppres
sed people struggling to arise from
under the yoke Of one of the crown
ed heads Of Europe but was revolt
against the free, deliberate and en-
lightened verdict of the people. The
titled ruler, as has been the case 10
the old world, sees that prudence and
good policy for the purpose Of main.
tanning his supremacy over the peo
pie, dictates that he should not push
to great extremity those who strike
for liberty. Not SO here. 1t is q
crime sgainst liberty here to revolt,
and when every disability is removed
except the denial Of the few leading
rebels in the matter Of holding office
in our view for the present the very
verge OF leniency in point Of right or
sound policy has been attained
1t is imperative IL seems to us, that
future generations should be impress
cd with the stern fact that rebellion
.sgsisst liberty, against a government
Afthe people, will be vigorously pun
ished.
Year: 1872

The Effect Of the Boston Firo on tho


Wool Market-Six Million Pounds or


This Staple In Bond-Immensc Advance


in tho Pricc OF Leather.


The great connagrat0n at Boston has had its
effect on the Custom House BY making the business
OF withdrawal from bond" somewhat livelier. The
wool market especially was made very active,
owing to the complete annihllation OF that staple
article by the fre. From carefully prepared stalls
tics on file in the Auditors division OF the Custom
House, 1t appears that the stock Of raw unmanu-
factured wool in bond and available for immediate
use is about six million pounds, including grades Of
all kinds The enhanced value OF this merchandise
since the past f0rtyeight hours H no less than from
ten to twenty per cent


The same may be said Of leather. Not only have
imported skins advanced largely In price, but do
nestle stock has gone up in proportion. Importers
of French calfskins and English leather are ship
ping largely to Boston and to those places hereto
fore supplied by that city.


The very great bulk Of goods in our bonded ware.
houses will have to be withdrawn now In order to
supply the burned district with new stock to con-
tinue business.


Otherwise everything is very quiet at the Gus
tom House.
Year: 1872

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


The history Of the three great fires that have oc-
CURED in the United States during the past few
years-viz., Portland, Chicago and Boston-reveals
this fact for the serious consideration Of all who
seek true indemnity against loss by IRE, which is
that small companies of 100000 and $500 900 CAPT.
ta do not offer sufcient guarantee against loss that
any prudent business man or others connected with
him through commercial relations should accept.
Many, whose property was destroyed by these
great fires, are to-day hopelessly bankrupt through
the inability OF companies in which they placed
their insurance to meet their losses. The reason
OF this and the remedy, to my mind, seem clear.
We will take, for instance, Chicago. How many
companies OF small capital found themselves In
volved after that disaster ten times the amount OF


But, It may be said that such extensive COMA
gratlons are rare, and, ordinarily, the danger OF
this inability to meet losses does not occur. True,
but they do occur scarcely one year has passed
since Boston followed In the wake OF Chicago.
Agents naturally seek all the business they can
ratio OF their income They may be governed by
the ordinary rules Of underwriting by not carrying
in the drcs alluded to. streets do not limit
the extent Of fires and no certainty
worth the % paper 1 they are written @ p on Companies
to give the public true insurance against loss to be
fully prepared to meet any exieency, should have
stockholders and OF the public would be served if
companies OF small capital would consolidate. The
expenses OF conducting company Of $5,000,00o
capital are no more than for one of $20000 While
this course would dispense with the services OF a
great many salaricd officials, IL woud be money In
the pockets OF stockholders and give the public
greater security and place underwriting on hrmer
basis.


In case an extensive connagratlon should come
upon this city, sweeping block after block before
IT, whose policies would afford the greatest feeling
OF security-those OF small companies or those
whose assets are counted by millions This Is o
subject which, believe should be seriously con-
sidered and discussed. INSURER.
Year: 1872

PHILADELPHIA, NOV. IL, 1879.


The Centennial Commission has issued an address
to the people of the United States signed by Presi
dent Joseph r. Hawley, for subscriptions to the
fund Of 900 required to make the Centennial
such success as the patriotism and pride OF every
American demands The Commission looks to the
unfaihng patriotism of the people Of every
section to see that each contributes Its
share Of the expenses and receives Its
share of the benefits Of an enterprise In
which oil are so deeply interested. 1t would fur
ther earnestly urge the formation in each State
and Territory of centennial organizations. which
shall in time see that county associations arc
formed, 50 that when the nations are gathered
together in 1875 each Commonwealth can view
with pride the contributions she has made to the
national glory. Confidently relying on the zeal and
patriotism ever displayed by our people IN every
that the centennial celebration will worthily show
how greatness, wealth and intelligence can be
fostered by such institutions as those which have
for one hundred years blessed the people OF the
United States.
Year: 1872

Investigations Of the Case.


The name Of the man who was burned to death
during the fire at 257 West Twenty-seventh street,
few nights ago, was Adrian Dyer. He worked at
repairing furniture, and being in his room at the
time the fre broke out was unable to escape and
consequently burned to DEATH Deceased, who
was about sixty years OF age and native OF North
Carolina, had never been married. He left several
bank books showing small deposits In the savings
institutions. -


The origin of the fire, concerning which there
appears to be some suspicion, will be thoroughly
investigated by the Fire Marshal. Coroner Schir-
mer has the case IN charge. The remains OF Mr..
Dyer were yesterday removed to the house OF
friend, 161 West Twenty seventh street.
Year: 1872

The committee appointed by the Chamber OF
Commerce on Monday to take measures for the
relief Of the sufferers by the Boston fire met yes.
terday at noon In the rooms OF the Chamber.
Year: 1872

Once upon n time a man was arrest
ed for stealing cask Of hams. The
proof was positive against him, but to
the aStoniShment Of the Judge before
whom he was tried and to the witness
es and every spectator, he was acquit-
ted. He employed no lawyer to argue
in his favor, nor did he make any de-
fence L pom being inlerrogated as to
how such result was brought about
in the face Of the evidence against
him, he whispered in the ear Of a
friend, eleven Of that jury had some
of those hams


A parallel to this. may be found in
nearl = every case Of fraud that is
investigated by q congressional COM
miltec. The iuries are themselves
generally as guilty, in one way or an
other, as those who are brought before
them to be investigated. In the case
OF the French arms fraud, not Scna-
tor who was prominent in advocating
an investigation WAS permitted TO serve
upon the committee, in other cases
members were placed upon the com
mitteos who were openly accused OF
receiving part Of the stolen plunder
they were instructed to inquire about.
1t is onl ly waste Of time and money
to refer charges of fraud and corrup-
ton to congressional juries who may
have secured fat dividends from the
proceeds Of these very frauds and
corruptons. And so it will continue
until the people awake to conscious
ness Of the relations that exist betweel
them and the villains whom they have
entrusted with power, and who share
in the proceeds Of the outrages they
pretend to investigate. -Republica
Jo,UnoI, Belfast, Maine.
Year: 1872

The Bangor Democrat makes its
point rather cleverly when it says:
Sour genial neighbor of the Wing
is anxious that we should quote some
of the hard things that Horace Greeley
used, to say about the Democracy.
We prefer the good things he is now
saying. The things that Paul said
after that remarkable MONDAY vision
are remembered and repeated by the
whole Christian world, while the things
that Saul did before the vision of light
are forgotten.
Year: 1872

Mrs Fisk, widow OF Jam es, is said
to have executive abilities of a very
high order. She rather surprises the
lawyers by the shrewdness with which
she looks after the settlement of the
estate
Year: 1872

1t can be demonstrated beyond
dispute, that the Radical party has
robbed the State of Texas to the full
amount of half the entire taxable
property now in the State. Besides
the wholesale robbcries committed,
the prescut administration has
plunged the State into the midst of
dangerous debts. while the people
are bowed down under heavy taxes,
and forced TO deny themselves the
mcrcst necessities to enable them to
pay these burdensome claims. Tex
ans to day pay more taxes than CIV


or before. Previous to the war they
paid from one twentieth to one
ninth of what they are now forced
to pay. During the war their ad
valorem taxes were not so heavy
nominally as now, and on account
of the abundance of Confederate
money, its great depreciation, and
the high price of every production,
The taxes were paid with more ease
than ever before. After the war,
under the reconstruction. the tax
collected by General Reynolds was
only one ninth of what it is now,
and even the war claim ofone-tenth
in kind, of products, was felt tar
less than the present taxes, for this
was fraction, not the whole of a
farmers labor as it now is in many
instances. Besides this tenth in
kind was to clothc and feed needy
friends and soldiers in the field,
and, not as the present taxes are
used, to fill the pockets of a once
hungry set of carpet-baggers and
scallawags, who have grown to in
dependence upen the robberies of
the people. These mem some of
whom have held office but a short
while, can be seen almost any day
upon the streets of our city riding
in their fine carriages, and surround
ing themselves with a show Of ease
and opulence; their splendid man.
sions are already built, rising up in
the subarbs, their bank accounts
are of magnificent proportions, and
their receptions grand, while the
honest. hard-working Taxpayers
can hardly make living by the
sweat of their care worn brows.-
And all this case of these officials is
obtained while they receive sala-
ry from the government Of not more
than two or three thousand dollars
a year.=dnstiR Statesman.