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Year: 1873

Two weeks ago an account was given OF
dog that had been carried seven hundred miles
somewhere at the West, but not liking the
place, alone, guided by faculty quite unknown
to man, he footed his way to his old, loved
home without making inquiries, consulting
gulde-b board, or travelling out OF the way, at
the rate of nearly one hundred miles each day.


An old horse purchased of farmer in Yer
mont many years since, was shipped at Sea
brook, Connecticut, with others, to the West
lndles for grinding cane A storm occurring
in Long Island Sound, the deck horses were
washed overheard aud supposed to have been
lost. The old NermOnter, however, reached
land in the darkness of stormy night, and
finally was found standing at the barndoo of
his old home The horse had never been far
from the town till sold, therefore could not
have been familiar with the way.


Carrier-pigeOns perform feats as swift mes
sengers through the air because they are in a
hurry to reach home. However far they may
be carried confined in baskets, they invari-
ably speed their way, without ever resting on
the voyage, till they reach the place dear to
their affections. In 1919, with a view to as
certain their speed, pigeon was carried from
Antwerp to London aud their liberated. The
bird was ut its cote, having flown one hundred
and eighty miles in stra ight line, in just six
hours


Horses mules, dogs, CATS and all the mi
grating birds, find their way as unerringly as
the carrier pigeon does; but how they do it is
beyond our ken. Some imagine birds see tel
escopically one or two hundred miles when
high in the air, and over the tops of noun
tans. But the theory throws no light upon
the movements of a mule that found his home
in Brazil, hundreds Of miles over a region
where man could hardly move, having neither
a path to follow nor a companion to lead the
way. Science, therefore, has something more
to do to clear up the mistery.


A writer in the Quarterly Reriew advances
the theory that they have certain sense of
the magnetic current, suHicing to afford them
sort of internal mariners compass marking
the direction in which they travel We know
that the magnetic currents affect the needle,
and the hypothesis that they may also effect
living frames with special organizations seems
in no way incredible while the fact that a
dog, who can find his own way for hundred
miles in an open country, may lose it in five hun
dred yards in town, seems to point to the null
titude of streets running at right angles as the
cause of confusion to a sense which simply in-
dicates a straight direction.
Year: 1873

No USE OF ELoPING Now here is what
can be called sensible husband. He lives in
Athens, Georgia. Recently his wife got to
liking another fellow. The two made arrange
ments to elope, which the husband discovered.
He didn't get into passion, or try to commit
murder. lie went to his wife and said !:
''Look here there's no use Of your eloping. l
don't object to your going. Ill hitch up the
horse and take you to the railroad depot, and
I'll give you 5000 to start life with" He was
as good as his word, and did all in his power
to aid the couple in their speedy departure.
As he shook hands with the brevet husband,
he said "Old fellow, don't wish you any
worse luck than you'll get with that WOMAN
Be as happy as you can with her, and then
you won't think yourself in Paradise.
Year: 1873

A package containing $1,000 was left in the
'eading room Of Chic; 60 hotel for thirty
hours undisturbed, but it is only due to the
honesty of Chicago people to say that the
valuable package was mistaken by everybody
for an old shirt.
Year: 1873

That was touching experience of Boston
gentleman whose family had been abroad some
time. lie met them in Paris recently, and his
children speaking French only, he was obliged
to go to school to acquire the language, in
order to converse with his offspring.
Year: 1873

A State fair is queen; an agricultural fair
is farmers daughter; church fair is par
sons wife soldiers fair is the best looking
girl he can get hold of; a charity fair is fe-
male pauper, and the most unpopular fair in
the universe is boarding house fare.
Year: 1873

THE FAMILY PILL B0x.-The surfeiting
we all undergo during this season of fruit
brings into action the family pill box. 1t is
little singular how much hunting has to be
done to find that box. The party who last
needed its services doesn't remember where he
left 1t, and doesn't care to think of it at all,
while he whose turn now occurs isn't exactly
tortured to death by anxiety We are not
quite sure but that there is faint hope down
somewhere in his breast that it may not be
found at all. He feels Jumps forming in his
throat as he peers among the bOttels aud boxes
which constitute the pharmacy at his house,
and when the box finally appears, and he feels
1t IN his hand, there is a sensation at the pit
OF his stomach as if somebody was trying to
turn that organ over with an old brass candle
stick. Some people swallow a dose of pills
without q Quelm, and afterwards go round
looking as proud and overbearing as a bow
whose father plays i'll a band, but the most Of
us are more delicately constituted, and count
ing out dose of pills while some one else gets
the water, and abserve that he doesn't see how
any one can swallow the awful things, is about
as serious an undertaking as can be found on
record. There is something too awful solemn
about it to describe. And it is little singu-
lar that while man can swallow whole whortle-
berries, cherry pits, and even buckshOt, with
out any uneasiness at ALL yet single pill will
catch in his throat, at u particular ticklish
spot, and hang there for hours, and make
faces at his stomach. And man in a fix like
that is not exactly the party we would select
to concoct notices for a festival. -DdnJurV
NeUS.
Year: 1873

To dream of milestone about your neck Is
sign Of what you may expect II you marry
au extravagant woman.


It is very lucky to dream that you pay for
thing twice over, since ever afterwards you
will probably take care to have your bills re-
ceipted. - sru


For person in embarrassed circumstances
to dream that he is arrested Is very fortunate,
for it is warning to him on no account to
accept bill.


To dream Of fire is sign that--if you are
wise-you viii see that all the lights in your
house are out before you go to bed.
To dream that your nose is red to the tip 10
an intimation that you had better leave BRAN
dy for water. d 5at
To dream of having great number Of ser
wants is-nadness.


To dream of bear batokens mischief,
which your vision shows you Is bruin.
When fashionable young lady dreams of
hilbert, it Is sign that her thoughts are run
ming on the colonel. adl1o
If you dream Of clothes, 1t Is warning not


to 60 to law; for, by the rule of contraries,
| you will be sure Of nonsuit.
| When young lady dreams OF a cofin, 1t


betokens that she should instantly discon-


tiuue tight stays and always go warmly clad
in wet weather.
Year: 1873

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means TO r
reaching the largest number of readers, and
those of the best quality. The Daily Press
fills the bill in both particulars better than any
other daily journal in Maine
Year: 1873

q We would like to see an election once, in
which all parties would mutually agree, (and
stick to it,) not to say word to any man, to in
fiuence his vote, not to electioneer him at the
polls, and to have none Of their friends approach
going to vote. As it is, every man who votes has
to run the gauntlet, face mob, and probably vote
contrary to what he desired and intended. This
is getting to be the case everywhere, and is con-
fined to no particular party.
Year: 1873

Bya typographical error in the HERALD of yes
terday the numoer OF the house at which the above
case occurred was given as SO. The number OF the
house is really 81. The following letter in regard
to the case has been receved-
Year: 1873

ANNUAL MEETING, THIS AFrERNooN-REPoRTs OF
THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.


At 2 O'Clock, this afternoon, the Stockholders
of the Masonic Hall Co. met in annual session
for the election of officers for the ensuing year
and the transaction OF other business which
might be brought before them.
The annual report OF the President, George G
Lobdell. Esq was read, as follows:


For the receipts and expenses for the past
year you respectfully referred to the report of
the Treasurer. During the year o. 329 have been
collected by suit from delinquent subscribers,
leaving 1924 80 still due, but small portion OF
which sum can be collected.


We have been unable to procure the statuary
for the front Of the building at a satisfactory
price. All the rooms, except three small ones,
essary apparatus fer heating with steam. and it
is not anticipated that any considerable amount
will be required for that purpose during the COM
ing year.


The building is in thorough repair, the roof
having been painted during the last season, and
consequently the amount necessary to be ex-
pended for painting and repairs for the coming
year will not be large.


On account OF the panic, the receipts from
the auditorium for the remainder of tho season
may be leesened. Should however, it be occu-
pied IS often as it has been during the first
part Of the season, the receipts from
this source for the coming year will be equal to
that of the past year, and the receipts from rent
will be about the same.


Tho annual report of the Treasurer, Il. J. Law
son, ESD, was submitted for inspection, as fol-
lows: 4'4
Year: 1873

CHRIsTMAs MUsIo-one OF the finest musical
services ever given in Wilmington was that on
Christmas day at Trinity Chapel. The service
of the Episcopal church is in itself grand, but
when musically interpreted it becomes surpass-
ingly noble and effective. Such was the service
in Trinity Chapel Good judgment and cultivst-
ed taste were shown in the selection and adjust
ment of the music and the talent and ability, of
the choir under the able leadership of Professor
Rhodes, made the music perfect success.
Year: 1873

A MILWAUKEE woman walked forty
eight blocks through the rain and mud
to see the grand opera, and she was
20 mad and disappointed that she went
home and tried to choke herself to
death with n BEDFORD.
Year: 1873

A tramp recently sent . communication to
the Danbury News warning people aga inst
making apple sauce in iron vessels, as it not
only spoils The flavor of the saucs, but does
not agree with him.
Year: 1873

1t appears to be practically settled
now that there wilibe but two tickets
in the field in Marion county in the
ensuing political campaign. The
Democracy will have no choice but
between the Grange ticket and the
Republican ticket, unless they fail to
get the lions share on the former.
In such an event they might split
and -aslAses ssass~esf thcnr-ouitsthe
Republican portion of the Grange
ticket and nominate a fractional
Democratic ticket. 1t is very diff
cult to predict any definite results OF
the conventions or of the cam
paign in general as to the
county. 1t is safe to conclude
however that the contest will
be more between men than be-
tween parties, as there are no great
fundamental principles at issue, or
at least none upon which parties ma
terially differ. More than ever be-
fore, each man upon each ticket must
stand upon his own merits.


1t seems probable that the Repub-
lican convention will be called to
meet at about the usual time, late in
August or early in September. AS
to the candidates whom it will pre-
sent hardly guess can now be Ven
tured.
Year: 1873

her relief would have been made ifshe had
lived long enough for the tardy action Of
Congress She died in ls43, in mean
abode in the city Of New York, attended
in her last moments by Sisters Of Charity.
Her son survived her eleven years, during
which he was utterly unable to help him
self, and would have starved to death but
for the charity Of a few persons who knew
his situation, and knew, too, the melancholy
tale Of his family's ruin. Occasionally a
paragraph in a newspaper would make
known his wants to the public, when small
sums would be sent in for his. benefit.
was myself bearer to him of one ofthese
newspaper collections, amounting to twenty
five dollars, few months before his death
in 1854. He sat silent. in a miserable
room near St. Johns square--an elderly
gentleman in an extremely shabby suit Of
black, with pallid, expressionless face.
l explained to him the object of my visit
and handed him the money. He gazed
vacantly at it, but did not hold out his
hand to take it, and evidently had not
understood word that | had said.
therefore laid the money upon an old
chest, and went in search of some one
who could be supposed to have charge Of
him. believe | found some such person
at length, and succeeded in leaving the
money so that it would be expended fol
his benefit.
Year: 1873

The roof of Westminster Abbey, in
London, long supposed to be Of oak, when
recently examined as to its soundness and
found to be perfect, was at the same time
discovered to be of chestnut. II has stood
for eight centuries already.
Year: 1873

] have on hand large and beautiful assort-
ment Of i.. ".'


GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
and as this department is now receiving special
attention, trust it will not be considered ne
cessary for gentlemen to leave the city for sup
plies, rs they can find IN my stock an assortment
Ms to prices am satisfied that the same goods can
be bought here rs cheaply as in any house in the
United States. l would be glad to have those OF
our fellow-citizens who seem to delight in an
nouncing that their purchases in this line have
Tor many years been made North, to examine
and compare goods and prices.
Year: 1873

For days and weeks upon the lip has hung


A precious something for an absent ear
some tender confidence but lately sprung,
some dear confession that but one must hear.
The heart repeats it over day by day,


And fancies how and when the words will fal
What answering smile upon the face will play,
What tender light win linger over all.
But eager eyes that watch for one alone


MAY grow reluctant; for the open gate
Lets In. with him, perchance aguest unknown,
on whom slow words Of courtesy must wait.
Or when the presence waited for has come,
II may be dull or cold, too sad or light;
A look that shows the heart away from home,
can often put the dearest words 10 hight.
Perhaps the time OF meeting, or the form,


May chill OF wither what we've longed TO say
What fits the sunshine win not 1t the storm
What blends with twilight jars the noon OF day
Again, when all things seem our wish 10 serve,
Full opportunity may strike as dumb
Nav sink our precious thoughts in deep reserve
And to the surface bid the lghtest come.
And often ere our friend is out Of sight


We start; the thing can scarce be credited
We have been silent, or our words been trite,
And here's the dearest thing OF all unsaid!


--LFrom LippincOtt's Magazine.
Year: 1873

! On the night OfAugust llth Liver
pool had murder of the rutiianiy type
with which readers in this country art
tolerably familiar. A halfdrunker
rufflan, named Connor, violently assault
ed o woman outside a music hall be
cause she refused to drink with him.
A passer-by interfered to protect the
woman, and got mortally stabbed toT
his pains. The murderer was senten'
ccd to be hanged on September sth, eX'
actly four weeks after his crime. In car
rying out the sentence Of the law,
however, the business was bungled in a
way so grimly horrible as to. arouse a
positive sympathy with the fate of the
criminal and a feeling Of in dignatlon
against the mercilessness of the law
Calcraft was, as usual, the executioner,
and if long and varied experience can
lend absolute certainty to all the de-
tails of the process Ct hanging, this
per. on might surely be expected to be
at the very head of his profession. But
as q secret flaw in an axle may i'm
pair the character for safety of the
best regulated railroad, so an undctect-
ed fault il a rope has seriously affected
Calcraft's reputation for truStworthi-
ness. The preliminaries of the execu-
ton went off with unusual smoothness;
in fact, while under the beam, the m-
fortunate Connor "smilingly nodded to
some of the warderS in the court be-
low, and everything seemed to promise
a quick and pleasant dispatch of busi-
ness. But when the bolt was drawn
and the criminal suddenly dropped, the
rope snapped in two, and COnnor fell
on his feet at the bottom Of the hole
over which he ought to have hung sus-
pended.


As soon as the Condemned man re-
covered breath he tried to unpinion
himself, and asked piteously: "What
do YOU call this? Do you call this
murder? After this you should let me
off, Being placed on a ch it while
the drop was refxing, the Chaplain be
gan again the interrupted ministrations
of religion. Addressing himself to his
spiritual consoler, Connor remarked
Surely this is enough. stood it like
a brick the first time After delay
of eight minutes the unhappy man was
successfully and apparently painlessly
dispatched, to the infinite relief of the
officials and reporters in attendance.


After the usual inquest on the body,
there was an inquest oil Calcrafts
broken rope. That worthy was quite
unable to account for the lamentable
failure of his chief implement, remark
ing in a tone truly professional, I'D
have ri,ked my life on it," Probably
some of the jury wished he had. 1t
was found impossible to censure the
hangman, however, as a rope-maker,
who opportunely happened to be on the
jury, declared the rope to be a
thoroughly good one - manufactured
of Manila hemp, and eminently roper
to suspend a body withal
Year: 1873

He WENT TO THE WRONG LoDeE.-


A Richmond, Va, paper tells story


of very sagacious dog and very
funny man, and the man owns the dog.


He is married man, and the other
evening told his young wife that he was
going to the lodge" The wife anx-
iously looked for the return Of her hus-
band until the small hours Of the morn
ing and finally there was a scratching
at the door. She opened it, There
was the dog and something more. He
had in his mouth bloody handkerchief
and a round piece Of ivory about tho
size Of silver dollar. She did not
know anything about the ivory, but the
bloody handkerchief suggested to her n
terrible story. She put on her bonnet
and followed the dog. He piloted her
to the lodge, which WAS in an upper
chamber of a high building, and there
on the floor in one corner was her
husband, with a badly swollen eye
and bleeding nose and useless legs.
He could not walk home, but there
was a reason for that, which disap-
peared in a few hours. That young
man wants to dispose of very faith
fnl, well meaning dog. He also wants
to find the man who hit him on the
nose in the gambling-house.
Year: 1873

We have reason TO suspect that Jay
Cooke is Just as good a man, morally,
as he was before his failure; certainly
his suspension has brought to light no
nefarious dealings, nor any sort Of spec
ulation that the public did not know
before that he was carrying on. Then
why were the preachers silent before
and vociforous now? We would like
to know, you know. We don't like to
see a man kicked when he is down, even
though the kicking is down with eccle-
sastic cowhide.-Found in Lac Com
monwealth.
Year: 1873

A rural rooster thought be would
drop in and see the Prodigal Son,
while at the Exposition a day or two
since, and after gazing at the painting
for about an hour, anxiously inquired
when that ID curtain was going
to be raised. '-hdionoPotis SeRtin !.
Year: 1873

Tie situation of the town of Shreveno,.
a. present is q curious anomaly in a genera
ton OF which the most remark ble tact il
the enormous increase it has furnished IN
the facilities of communication among men.
No quarantine established by an ignorant
Spanish IN municipality in the middle ages no
seclusion of a city of the plague in Ara bia,
was ever more complete and rigid than thai
which is now practiced upon the inhabitants
of that unfortunate town. BY land AM!
water alike they are made inaccessible to
the outer world By the telegraph alone
we learn what their deplorable condition j..
Mr.. Emerson has complained that


"The light-outspeedng telegraph


Bears nothing on Its beam"


It has at least the negative virtue Of not
being a communication OF infection, and to
this immunity we owe it that we know in
detail and freshly what the condition of
Shreveport is. 1t is condition which calls
Tor material manifestations as we'll as verbal
expressions of cur sympathy. Many brave
and skillful physicians familiar with the
form OF pestilence which is prevailing there
nave already volunteered to attend the sick
of the stricken town. But more are needed.
And the yellow fever, as all who know any
thing of 1t know, is disease which, more
than almost any other, requires to be fought
with costly weapons. The constant nursing
which it neoessitates, as well as the drugs
which are used in the treatment of it, en-
tails an expense which the sufferer can often
Ill afford to bear. 1t is simply thing not to
be thought OF, that any unfortunate should
perish for the lack of them. and it is to be
hoped that New Workers, whose generosity
can always be counted on, will not forget
the claims which the pestilence of Shreve.
port makes upon it.-New York H'orld,
t,celfh.
Year: 1873

The people of Shreveport have been
blessed with good and true friend in this
gentleman during their present severe afflic-
tlons. He has exerted himself nobly in
their behalf and done all he could to cause
relief to be forwarded to them and when
he learned that it was proposed to prevent
the steamer Carrie A. Thorn from landing
here he appealed personally to members of
Che Board of Health, to the Police Board
and to the Acting Governor against such a
course. Mr.. Smiths sxertions in this re-
spect have not been made without effect.
We mention this, not because we think he
has done anything more than his duty
under the circumstances, but tor the reason
that we feel it is well 20 let the people of
Shreveport know that they are not without
friends. Mr.. Smith, being a citizen of
Shreveport, has very naturally displayed
commendable sympathy for his fellow citi-
zens in their time of trouble.
Year: 1873

any little Inconvenience attend them in
their travels, they are free to abuse them
roundly, and sometimes to express the wish
that they had never existed. Many of
these good but thoughtless people would
never have been where they are, with the
privilege Of cursing, had it not been for
the railroads. But one great and most
beneficial effect of railroads and one
the least thought of is to destroy sec
tiOnal feeling and prejudice, by bring
ing people together and making them
acquainted with each other. Oftentimes
persons hate one another heartily because
they are really ignorant of each others
qualities, disposition, attainnents, etc.
Why do people like their neighbors better
than others at a distance9 Simply. because
they. know more about them, not that their
neighbors are any better than other folks
neighbOrs at a distance, that they know
nothing about The inhabitants of one
country have prejudices against the people
of another, from whom they are separated,
and of whom they know little or nothing
They are very apt to conclude that they are
the only honest, intelligent, civilized people
on earth, or, at least, that they are
far superior to the rest of mankind.
The quickness and case of travel,
by railroads from one country to
another, from one State to another, from
one city or town to another and the inter-
mixture of their respective inhabitants, and
the knowledge they thus acquire of each
others good qualities-for all have some
does away with all this self-glory and self
righteousness and narrowness of thought
and littleness of action, and makes all peo-
pie more liberal and more just to each other
and better in every respect. This intercom-
munication and increased knowledge, and
lessen 5'g of prejudice and promotion of
harmony, good will and peace, are inevita-
BILE consequences of railroads and easy and
rapid transit. Railroads must prove not only
the civilizers but the peace-makers of the
world. By almost annihilating space, and
bringing mankind together, with a more
perfect knowledge of each other, they will
do more to prevent wars than all other
means put together Let the railroad build
ing 90 on.