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Year: 1873




by many. viii be followed by a general reduction
OF wages. The manufacturers and all those who
employ labor, as may be naturally supposed, ad-
vOcate this theory most strenuousy In order give
the facts OF the present labor crisis and its conse
quences several HERALD reporters were instructed
70 obtain the views OF different manufacturers and
marketmen, which are given as f0ll0ws:-


The Tobacco Manufacturers.


A HERALD reporter called yesterday on Mr..
Pierre Lorillard, of the firm of P. Lorillard Co..
to get additional information regarding the erect
the tobacco trade OF the protracted panic and the
general movement Tor a reduction Of wages. Mr..
LOrillard said that the tobacco manufacturers
appear to be the least affected by the present
financial prostration. He had gone through the
panic Of 1867 and through other periods OF trouble
but had found that the consumption OF tobacco
had very little variation. People must be reduced
to the last extremity when they give up their
tobacco Most OF them will rather forego their bread
than their chew. Mr.. Lorilard thought the tobacco
country, and that before thirty days are over new
supply would have to be got TO satisfy the current
demand or course the present financial crisis had
an uniavOrahe influence on the tobacco business.
Before the panic Mr.. Lorillard's firm sold $780, 900
worth day: now the sales average about $l2, 900
day His factory was Stacked up to reduce the stock
In anticipation OF The panic; hence few had to be
discharged, and the force now at work Is about
two-thirds OF the number employed before the
financial troubles. Although there was general
cry for reduction OF wages, Mr.. Lorillard did not
for the present intend to reduce the pay Of his
workmen. II the present unfavorable state OF
affairs should continue, he would lower the
wages OF some OF his high-priced men, such
as superintendents, &c, but he thought The pay
of the ordinary hands low enough already as they
could scarcely support their families with less than
they are getting. Mr.. Lorillard further remarked
that he foresaw this panic, and made preparations
accordingly at the very outset. The tobacco bus-
ness being one which is generally transacted on
short time he found no other trouble in making
collections than the difficulty OF getting exchange
q few days ago. The only drawback to the tobacco
business was the enormous tax, which amounted
to about forty-fve per cent on the sales. This
amount had to be paid in currency TO the Col
lect0r. His firm would pay this year about
$1,000, 600 on about 81, SOC, 900 sales.
Year: 1873




cares less than continental what becomes OF the
spragues-
the causes that led to this failure OF the Spragues
al have no opinion" answered Mr. Ives, with
a rigid gravity OF face 81 know nothing OF the
case. have given IL no attention.


II sounded strange that failure OF such magni-
tude, which shook the State OF Rhode Island from
centre to periphery, should have failed to attract
a passing notice even from the naughty house OF
will this failure entail much distress on the
class OF working peoples" asked as a parting In
III am not able to tell. That is all q matter of
tic indifference. and then went away satisfied
that the airy young Hotspur OF the United states
Senate turned the current Of his insoent criticism
in the wrong direction when he directed IL against
the house OF Brown a. Ives. They are quiet peo-
pie who are not apt TO forget an insult or an in
Jury. Their wrath Is not dlssipated in empty va
porings IL is SILENT deep-seated and lasting.
The Spragues feel IL now, and yet the Browns
move neither hand nor foot nor voice. Their ven-
qeance is passive, though no less terrible.


GENERAL BURNSIDE


IS one OF whom you have heard as not being par
tcularly friendly to the Spragues. met him last
evening, and he certainly did not appear disposed
TO shed tears over the downfall OF the great house.
"Will this failure produce much embarrassment
this winterTn inquired OF the General.


Il think not" he answered. "As far as the
working people are concerned, they were never
better OF. the concern Of the spragnes win pass
manage 1t better than the spragues they must be
very Indifferent people,


Don't you think General, the Spragues man.
aged their own business well Yr


what do you think OF 1t yourselffp


81 am not going 20 say how think they ought 70
to have done; but property such as tney had
could never pe brought to the present condition,
bordering on bankruptcy. unless there was mis-
managent somewhere. All want to say is tnat lt
will be queer set OF trustees that cannot manage
the concern as well as A. n w. Sprague.n


SENATOR ANTHONY.


IL is generally known, OF course that Senator
Anthony bore the brunt OF the attack made In the
Senate four years ago by Mr.. William Sprague on
the rival house OF Rhode Island. saw the Sena-
tor yesterday and asked him,


do you believe the Browns played the part Of
Year: 1873

No DECEPToN.-Therei is no deception
in DIR. Prices Special Flavorings and
Cream Baking Powder His bottles Of
Flavorings hold one half more than Others
sold for the same size, and ev cry favor is
true to its name, made from select fruits
and aromatics and cheaper, as it is only
necessary to use a small quantity to Obtain
each peculiar favor natural and delicate,
His celery Flavor is excellent for gravieS
and meats, his Ginger Flavor for ginger
bread, gingersnaps and anything in which
ginger is used will be found elegant Try
them, Ladies, and wewarrant that you vii
| he Dleased
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starehes in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time tc
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention Of eonsum-
Year: 1873

RECIPE FOR CURING HEADACHE
Magic Oil with water, and bathe the head
freely with the mixture, also inhale the
odor of the Magic Oil from cloth, This
gives immediate relief, and will cure cold
in the head Try it.
Year: 1873

Be sure and get the genuine Rennes
Pain Killing Magic Oil, Avoid all others
as spurious limitations. Don't use spurious
Magic Oil and then blame US Nopersons
have any right to use the name Magic Oil
except VIM Renne Il Sons Itis their le-
gal trade mark.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
Of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur
ed, and the government from that time TO
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention Of consum-
ars
Year: 1873

HEALTHFULNEss A distinguished ply
sician says: After careful examination
Of DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder | am
satisfied that it is "a wholesome and valua-
bic preparation. with which bread and 9th
er articles may be prepared suitable to a
weakened and disordered digestion. ! have
introduced it among my patients, and have
yet to learn Of the first instance where d
convalescent patient could not indulge in
warm biscuits made with it, and feel the
better for it. Sour milk and saleratus will
not, hope, be longer used to poison the
stomach and corrupt the blood. DR.


Prices Special Flavoring Extracts, as vel


as his Cream Baking Powder, has gained
their popularity and extensive sale from
their perfect purity and unvarying quality
Year: 1873

Memphis sends an appeal
for aid, Theyellow fever has
assumed such alarming pro
portions there that the city
needs money from abroad to
give care to the sick and aIlay
the suHerings Of the dying.
Year: 1873

To Suppress Ri6tous and Unlawful


Assemblies, and to provide for the


punishment Of persons participating


therein, and to define the duties OF


officers Of the State in regard thereto,


and to punish officers and others for


neglect or refusal to discharge and


perform duties imposed upon them


by Law.


Section. |. Be it enacted by the
Senate and Houss Of Representatives
Of the State Of Louisiana in General
Assembly convened. That if any three
OF more persons. being armed with
clubs or any other dangerous weapon,
or Weapons, or if any ten or more per
sons shall unlawfully assemble in the
city of New Orleans, or in any town,
city or parish within the State for any
unlawful purpose, or with intent to
disturb the public peace, or to cause
public disturbance. the persons so as
sembled shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be punished by fine Of not less than
one hundred dsllars nor more than
Eve huuired dollars, aud BY imprison-
Year: 1873

The pleasures Of the world
are deceitful; they promise
more than they give. They
trouble us in seeking them,
they do not satisfy US when
possessing them, and they
make us despair in losing them.
Year: 1873

A new dress which a Brat
tlebOro woman invented work
ed so well that, while walking
along one Of the public streets,
the entire garment fell to the
sidewalk, leaving her costumed
like a Georgia major.
Year: 1873




Chicago, Dec. 26.-This evening a
meeting was held at the City Hall, at
which were present Mayor Calvin, the FL
nance Committee of the Common COUn-
Gil, and the Special Committee of Relief,
appointed by the Council Monday even
ing, the Special Committee of Working
men and the Executive Committee Of the
Chicago Relief and Aid Society.
The object of the meeting was to consider
the demands made by the workingmen,
through their leader, that the ReliefSociety
should set apart to the WOrkingmen'S Re
lief Committee portion of the funds in
their possession for distribution to their
suffering fellow laborers. In connection
with this demand, grave charges had been
made by some leaders of the wOrkingmen
to the effect that the funds of the Relief
Society had been misapplied, and that they
would be unable, if called upon to produce
100000 which their accounts showed
should be in hand. The Executive
Committee of the Relief Society.
while declining absolutely to place
any part of the funds in their,
hands into those Of other parties to be
distributed. showed those charges of mis-
application unfounded, and offered to pro-
duee the entire 100000 in cash in half an
hours notice, and let it be counted, as the
wOrkmen had commanded, and the commit
tee showed they were relieving all cases of
destitution presented to them, and the so
ciety is doing most efficient work in pro-
viding for the poor. The meeting, though
long and productive of much talk, was un-
marked by any excitement, and a majority
signified their satisfaction with the showing
made by the society, and confidence in
their disposition and ability to properly dis
tribute the funds in their hands,


Tho City Attorney has brought suit
against the bOndsmen Of d. A. Gage, de
faulting City Treasurer, and the States At
tOrney will bring Gage before the grand
jury for Indictment on criminal action.
Year: 1873




House Suspected.


PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. Is, 1878.
A horrible murder was discovered in the Thir-
teenth ward this evening. the victim being an old
woman, aged seventy years, named Mrs. Margaret
Branenlin. She resided in tenement house, the
lower portion OF the building being occupied by
German, his wife and six children. 1t appears the
old lady was supposed to be the object OF charity
and neghbors contributed to her support, as did
also the Board OF Health Her husband died two
years ago. and through the kindness OF friends she
was enabled to live quite comfortably, though it
was oitentimes rumored that she was by no means
offerings OF the charitable. This morning, when
q child who furnished the old lady with milk tapped
at her door Tor admlttance, no response came to
the summons She raped again more loudly than
before, yet all was silent within. Peeping in
through the keyhoe, she was hOrrihed on seeing
the woman lying in bed with her clothes dyed
crimson: she i ran down stairs ana, com,
what she had seen The door was then
broken open, when a sickening sight met those
tnat entered. The apartment was in state of
great disorder, and clotted blood and TUFTS OF
graysh hair were profuseiy scattered about on the
fioor The old lady lay on the bed, her head beaten
into shapeess mass with the brains exposed.
The instrument with which the deed was CON-
mltted lay In one corner Of the room-a short
handled hatchet, on which the blood and hair had
thoroughly dried. From the appearance OF the
room the old woman had been sitting near
the stove when she was struck down,
as marks on the floor indicate that the body had
been dragged from thence and laid on the bed.
Her several trunks were broken open and riied OF
their contents Those, 1t Is said, contained guam
tity OF gold which she had brought with her year
or two ago from Germany. There was no positive
evidence to asten the murder on any one, but sus-
plcion points strongly to the German family who
occupy the lower part OF the house. They say
they heard q noise yesterday morning, but paid no
attention to 1t, as they were often disturbed by
similar Sounds
Year: 1873

The Weather la This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-iour hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts
Pharmacy, Herald Building =
Year: 1873

Wishing to give all officers of the expedition some recre a,ion after their arduous duties Gen Crook sent several conyeyanees Verde in which many officers came here and enjoyed themselves Wednesday evening. there was n hall at Fort whippe which earn a happy af fair. Very sorry could not attend
Year: 1873

Weather cool and windy during the latter part ot last week and the first part of this I showed very little Tn the mountains IL is feared that barley fields have been more or less injured.
Year: 1873

PARIs, July 3O.-Iti commonly report.
ed that Marshal McMahon will retain the
Presidency OF the Republic but ak months
longer, when ho will resign and return
to the command of the army. 1t Is con-
sidercd certain that the republican form
Of government will be succeeded by q
monarchy, and 1t is deemed essential that
Marshal McMahon, who possesses great
influence with the army, should DO in
command upon the occasion of the change.


The extreme Left have determined Ia
agitate the question Of q dissolution Of
tho Assembly In the provinces during the
recess, and are making preparations ior d
vigorous campaign.
Year: 1873

THERE Is evidently trouble as to the
financial situation Of the District Of Co
lnmbla. The statement widely telegraph
ed 10 show that the debt Of the District
is within the limit fixed by law is moi
credited there outside of ring circles. A
prominent member of the Legislature
there expresses the belief that the deb
has exceeded the legal limit by abouI
seven million, and though this has beer
repeatedly published no successful at
tempt has been made to show 1t TO bc er
roncous.
Year: 1873

their confidence and moral support SO
long as the one shall seem 10 be deserved
and tho other TO be useful Tor the promo.
ton Of worthy public aims. II we
looked upon this contest between
the Governor and Legislature as
involving only the personal or po'
lltical fortunes Of the Governor on
the one hand and those Of some rival on
the other, we should be as Indifferent TO
1t as our Clarksburg CotemporaEy pro-
fesses to be; but there is much more in 1t
than this. The war Is made on the Gov
ernor because he would not join in the
corrupt schemes or conniVe at the shame


less thieVing Of those who wage this war
upon him; and thus he has become the
representative Of integrity and decency in
the government Of the State as Sgainst
their assailants. Though the Republicans
az a party are not responsible for the gov.
eminent of the State, 1t Is their duty as q
minority, and 1t Is their duty and interest
as individuals, to strengthen the hands Of
an official who does not steal himself and
who refuses to fellowship those who do.
So long as the Governor maintains this
attitude, so long he Ia entitled to our com.
mendation. Whether he will sustain
himself in the present confidence Of
Republicans will depend, as we have
suggested, on the dignity and de-
cision with which hesindlcates his attl.
tude towards them and his relations, on
the other hand, to the Democratic faction
warriug on him. Any signs of weaken.
ing or temporizing with the faction he has
been fighting would Of course forfeit the
confidence and esteem Of his Republican
supporters.


The Governors political future Is In
his own hands. No man in public
lie in this State ever had a finer
opportunity to win distinction and
success; and If he docs not win them
it will not be the fault Of circumstances,
which have consplred to give him 80 con.
spicuous and honorable o position in the
popular esteem.
Year: 1873

THE Columbus Convention whose pro
ceedings are reported in our columns thii
morning Is only an incident in the pro-
cess Of disintegration going on in the re-
mains OF what was once the Democratic
party. Democrats in Ohio are irrecon'
cileably divided. Some Of them have
learned enough to know that longer ad'
hesion to the ancient organization and
name Is hopeless. Some oil them have not
yet found 1t out That Is the difference
between the factions, which may be de-
scribed as Liberal and Bourbon. Reports
from Columbus indicate that the Bour-
bons will not join in the movement inaug'
urnted yesterday, but will go on and hold
their convention and nominate ticket on
the 9th proximo just as If nothing had
happened. or course neither faction has
any hopc Of success at present. If there
Is any success in the future for either, II
is In store for the Liberal wing, because
they arc falling in with the current OF the
times while the Bourbons are vainlJ
trying to stem 1t.
Year: 1873

The two hundred divorce lawyers
Of Chicago are in mourning over the
silver wedding that occurred there In
sdvertently last week. They ask for
suspension of public opinion. since
this is the first time they have slipped
I'M
Year: 1873

THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS LAST Eve
SrHG.-The caucus Of the Conservative MEN,
bels Of the General Assembly held last eve
ming In the ball Of the House of Delegates
decided to change the time Of meeting Of the
Legislature to the lat OF january. This will
save the State number of thousands of dol
lars paid members for a ten, days Christmas
recess. In addition to this it was agreed to
elect county judges Mt this session Of the
Legislature. Of course candidates will be as
thick as blackherries.
Year: 1873

JOE JEFFERsoN.--A telegram received last
night ordered the Withdrawal from the
newspapers of the announcement Of the up
peal7lncc of Joe Jefferson at the Theatre un-
til further notice.
Year: 1873

The VALUE OF A NEwsPAPER.-The
following is the experience of mechanic
concerning the benefit Of newspaper


Ten years ago | lived in a town in In
diana. On returning home one night, for
! am carpenter by trade, l saw little
girl leave my door, and I asked my wife
who she was. She said Mrs. Harris had
sent her after their newspaper, which my
wife had borrowed. As we sat down to
tea my wife said to me, by name:


- wish you wopld subscribe for the
newspaper ; it is SO much comfort to me
when you are away from home"


~ would like to do so," said J, "but
you know ! owe payment on the house
and lot. 1t will be all | can do to meet
it,"


She replied: "Ifyou take this paper,
/ will sew for the tailor to pay for it,"


] subscribed for the paper; it came in
due time to the shop. While resting one
noon and looking over it, l saw an adver-
iisement Of the County Commissioners to
let a bridge that was to be built. l put
in bid for the bridge, and the job was
awarded 10 me, on which l cleared $500,
which enabled me to pay for my house
and lot easily, and for the newspaper. If
had not subscribed for the newspaper |
should not have known anything about
The contract, and could not have met the
payment on my house and lot. A me-
chanic never loses anything by taking a
newspaper.
Year: 1873

AT Vienna floating cannon ball may
be seen. Although weighing fifty pounds
it lies like down feather on a silvery
mass, consisting Of pure quicksilver from
the celebrated mines of Idria.
Year: 1873

The New York Sun Is one of the
Liberal advocates Of a new party to
overthrow the Radical party. TO
show the want Of unity of sentiment
omong the elements out of which
the new party is to be made, and to
show the contrast between the doc
trines taught by the Western press
and that of the East in reference
thereto, we quote the following from
the Sun:


For the past two years or more we
have noticed that u gigantic "Ring,"
known as the Patl Ons OF Husbandry,
has made rapid progress in the
Western States. Its "head CENTER
is in Washington, the fountain head
of corruption ut the present time.
Ostensibly this society was started
for the benefit of farmers, and owing
to its taking name many farmers are
annually taken in, but when the
proper time comes they will likely
be sold out to the highest bidder.
One by one the Western Agricultural
press has succumbed to this grand
"Credit Mobilier," and we began to
despair Of having even one indepen-
dent journal in all that country
known as the West; but there APP
pears to be one lone star Of hope left,
paper published ut Madison, Wis
cOnsin, and known as the Western
Farmer.
Year: 1873

thesame sheet from which it copied
the resolutions, but it did not suit its
purpose to let its readers know who
was responsible. Itsuited the editor
better to say that the Board did it,
than to even give his own political
friends the full credit for an act
which he commends, but Of which
they, and even he might well be
ashamed.
Year: 1873

The supply of postal cards does
not vet meet the demand, and Is not
likely to do so soon. The contract Is
SO low that the contractors cannot
supply a good article without losing
money. The Government is not sat.
isfied with those furnished and will
revoke the contract.
Year: 1873

A New York special says Victoria
C. Woodruff is dangerously i'll. But
that is nothing new. She has been
dangerously ill for a year or two.
Sick is probably what is meant by
the dispatch.
Year: 1873

THEORY OF "TAKING CoLD. PRO
fessor Rosenthal gives the following ex-
planation of the pathogenic action of
exposure to cold. Suppose an individual
to have been subjected to an elevated
temperature, such as that of ballroom
or theatre, or to have engaged in vio-
lent muscular exercise: the cutaneous
vessels are dilated, and in a state more
or less akin to paralysis, and in all cases
more slow to contract than usual. If at
this moment the same person be exposed
abruptly and without any intermediate
transition to low temperature, especial.
ly to a current of cold air, considera.
Bile loss Of heat will be observed upon
the surface of the body. The blood
which has been thus cooled externally
comes back into the internal organs and
cools them suddenly which circumstance
alone may, in an organ predisposed to
disease, become the active cause OF
some severe malady. The cutaneous
vessels, on their part, become contracted
driving out the blood which they con.
tanned, and thus produce kind of hy.
peramia, which in itself may exercise a
morbiic action. This cause. however,
is usually only an accessory one, al
least in cases where the temperature has
been much elevated. The vessels have
lost their tonicity, and do not contract
suddenly. But if the danger from col
lateral hyperemis is thus diminished
that from refrigeration is increased
Harpers Magizine for Nag.
Year: 1873

There is only one pass-key that will
open every door, and that is the golden
key of love. You can touch every side
of the human heart, and its every want,
that is, if you can touch it at all and
if you have the power to bestow any
thing, love gives facility of access, the
power of drawing near to men, the power
of enriching thought, of weakening their
hungry desires and appetites, the power
to thaw out the winter of their souls and
to prepare the soil for the seed and
growth of the better life. like to see
man who has got snap in every part
of him who knows how to think and
speak, and to put on the screw, if that is
his particular mode of working.-H w,
Beecher.