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Year: 1871

absorbs all that is living and healthy in
intellectual progress. The time will come
when nothing will be read but the newspaper
and text books, and the HERALD Of 1871 Will
be as much in advance Of the HERALD of to-
day as we are In advance of the long-forgotten
daily pamphlets of Father Richie and Old
Blair or the noisy Cheap Jacks who all the
air with their clamor, believing that defama-
4ion is enterprise and noisy rhetoric jour-
nalsm.
Year: 1871

SUCH Is FAME.-It is probable that among
the million people Of this island there is hardly
one equal to the discussion of the subject who
was not engaged yesterday in discussing Mr..
Tweed Behold, then, what it Is to be a
public benefactor, or otherwise conspicuous
public character. You disappear from the
public eye for day or two and all the city
becomes uneasy. Come forth, Oh, cruel
s'Boss," and relieve the dear public of this
awful suspense, for with this mysterious
hiding away you


Fright the Isle from its prOprlety.
Year: 1871

the adjournment Of the Oyer and Terminer,
can bring in new bills on the evidence taken
in the cases already presented, aud mol.
pros. would be entered on the former indict-
ments. In any event the second indictment
takes precedence Of the first. Nor could any
litigation arise out of the arrests already
made which would be legal, however insult
ficient or defective might bs the indictments
upon which they were based. So far from
rendering any comfort to the corruptionists,
the action Of the Grand Jury and the District
Attorney must deprive them Of their last faint
ray ofhope; for it proves that the ends ofjustice
will be carried out fearlessly, mpartially and in
other than acquittal, after fair trial, by
petit jury. This is now the sole chance left
to the accused to evadc the punishment due
to the crimes for which they are arraigned;
and fair and impartial trial-to which. in
deed, they are entitled-is all the Grand Jury
desire or the people demand.


1t must not be supposed that any conflict of
authority or of sentiment exists between the two
coexisting grand jurles Of General Sessions and
Oyer and Terminer They are pursuing
different duties. The Oyer and Terminer is a
high Court, and its Grand Jury has original
jurisdiction. It has been engaged on prison
cases for the most part since first empanelled,
and may have other business before it, which it
is, Of course, bound to dispose Of There is no
desire on the part Of the General Sessions to
hurry the adjournment of the Grand Jury of
the Oyer and Terminer. Indeed, the former
has already devoted so much time to the
public service that the people may rely upon
its completing It's work in satisfactory manner
before requesting to be discharged. It will
wait patiently until the Court of Oyer and
Terminer shall have adjourned, and will then
bring in such indictments as its Investigations
may have rendered proper. When that is
done justice will take its course, and tho
jurors who have thus fearlessly and resoutely
vindicated the character of the city and the
rights of the people will receive their reward
in the applause and respect of all honest men.
Year: 1871

THEY HAVE GIVEN UP all idea of an
Americus Club ball this winter. They have it
that the other day, when committee of the
club called upon the ''Boss" to ask him to
try it on once more, he dismissed them with
the following Tempest" addressed to the
Sheriff.


Now, my charms are all o'erthrown,


And what strength have % mine own,


Which is most faint: now tits true,


must be here cOnfnd BY you.
Year: 1871

,PREsrDKEr THEIRS defended the claim of the
Bank Of France to increase its paper circula-
6on BY speech in the Assembly yesterday.
He spoke with great warmth and was not by
any means complimentary to the indepen-
dence Of the legislative committee which re-
ported adversely to the project Of the money
corpor alton.
Year: 1871

The AMERICUs FOLK are far from being
merry cusses just now. They seem, Of late,
to have lost faith in the virtue of winding up
three cheers with ''rousing tiger" as Of old.
The animal has been dead for some time past,
and, strange to say, they have only just found
II out.
Year: 1871

THE TIMES must be out of joint, or it Ger
tainly would not have permitted Mr.. Tweed to
disappear from the public eye without being
able to locate him. What is the use of
sentinel on the watch tower of liberty who
goes to sleep at the very hour when, of all
hours, he is expected to be wide awake?
Year: 1871

Nor A BAD IDEA.-Some persons think that
Mr.. Tweed has gone up to Albany to seek
the protection Of the Legislature, which meets
on New Years Day, and that be went up from
Poughkeepsie on one of those swift ice boats,
which can be run up to speed Of nearly
q mile minute. A fast man for fast travel
line. YOU know.
Year: 1871

MORE OF THIN GoNE.-They are going to
sell out the New York Printing Company-the
Tammany job onice-big thing; and they say
that Wilbour, President, and Corson. Secretary,
are among the missing. But why should there
be any anxiety about these gentlemen9 Have
they not gone to hunt up the 'Boss p
Year: 1871

THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL may thus be
stated -


Mr. Tweed's In q very bad plight,


And his d0dgtng and hiding may fall
But as long as he keeps out oil sight,


The old buffcr Will keen out OF jall


Till they make It all right with has bail.
Year: 1871

IMPORTANT LECTURES TO GENTLEMEN ONLY. ON


interesting, invaluable and scientific subjects, showing
bow live and what to live for delivered daily at the
New York Museum OF Anatomy Those unable to attend can
receive copy by ardins Is cents u the Sec:y w
Ry0AdwAgs
Year: 1871

A PRODUCE COMMISSION AND JOBBING FLOUR
n business long established and IN successful operation
in this city, viii be sold together with the Good WILL to
OF moderate capital and good reputation. Such
only viii be REQUIRED e win the good faith
Justify his Introduction the congnors OF the house, The
advertisers will afford satisfactory facilities for invesga
the business and the purchaser II he desires will
their asssance until he becomes faiarized with its de-
tails Address lover real name) box 502s Post ONCE.
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the st. Louis Re-
publican says: Colonel Walton, one of
the engineers associated with General
Thompson, calculated yesterday that
one-sixth of the whole volume of the
river is turned through the break at New
Orleans. 1t would be very easy matter
to turn perpetual stream from the main
river through this break to Lake Pom
chartrain. The fact is, the whole river
would go through here if allowed to do
so. 1t is a hundred and forty miles
nearer to the salt water than by way of
New Orleans to the mouth down at the
Balize. 1t is lucky for this country that
the rise comes principally from the
southern streams, for if the big MUDDY"
and Upper Mississippi had Joined in
swell at st. Louis and came down here
on top Of the southern freshet, the whole
of the valley lands would have been
covered with food such as was seen by
DeSoto, when the river was first dis
covered.


This thing will happen some day, and
there will not be speek Of dry land
anywhereabetween Cairo and the Gulf,
except on the high bluff points. Every
foot put on the top of the levees is just
so much added to the bed of the river.
The proper plan would be to keep the
river down instead of keeping it up.
Every outlet that can possibly be found
ought to be encouraged, and as many
streams as possible started to relieve the
main river and convey the water to the
Gulf. A small per cent. of the expense
Of keeping up the Mississippi levees
would open half hundred outlets, each
of which would become good navigable
canals, suited the greater part of the
year for purposes of transportation. The
bayous are here now that we're here two
centuries ago, and with a little improve
ment could be rendered immensely val
liable to the country, besides helping the
old river down on its way to the ocean.
Year: 1871

William Schouler, in the Boston Jour
nal, describing the late Sam Houston as
he appeared while representing the State
Of Texas in the United States Senate,
says: "When not speaking or writing, he
sat in his seat with long-bladed knife
in one hand, and piece of wood in the
other, whiting. Go when you would
into the Senate gallery, and look upon
the Senate, you would see him working
with his knife upon piece of wood, and
around his chair would be the chips he
had cut off. He did not appear to be
making anything Of use or ornament
from the block he was whiting, but cut
steadily on until he had used it up, when
one of the pages would bring him another
piece. He appeared to be very kind
hearted man, and fond of children. He
was great favorite with the boy pages,
and frequently you would see one or two
of them standing by his desk, talking
with him. The only peculiarity about
his dress was vest which he generally
wore when in Washington. 1t was made
of the skin OF some wild beast, with the
fur outside. "
Year: 1871

The New York Leader is discouraged
about female journalists: They are not
fitted for the work, and cannot do it.
And as for taking the risk Of introduc-
ing them to editorial rooms and giving
them charge Of departments of paper,
why, it would be suicidal. For our part
we would as willingly open the door TO
his Satanic Majesty as to a single one of
them for wherever they have gone there
has been scandal, Generalization, and
general trouble. In short, we reassert
and we think experience has proved,
that man has exclusive right TO Journal
ism, and will have until such time as
woman becomes strong enough to forget
that she is woman while attempting the
part Of journalist. Those who essay the
pathway OF the. profession without the
ability to comprehend or give expression
to its first principles we have no sympa-
thy with. We may pity If they be sui
cidally inclined, but dead or slive we
cannot grant that they are capacitated
for the work Of journalism"
Year: 1871

Aninsane woman rushed into a school
room in Richmond, Va, few days ago,
and told the afrighted teacher that she
had been sent to teach the children gym
nasties; and, the teacher being afraid TO
object, she put the children through a
series Of the most extravagant antics,
after which she quietly departed
Year: 1871

No RATION MOxEY.-The Board of Police
Commissioners has, sans cevemonie, dashed
an old time custom into finders From
time almost immemorial the police captains
and ieutenants have drawn from the city
ten cents per head for every prisoner at
each station, on the supposition that every
culprit consumed a large pone of bread
during incarceration. This supposition did
not hold good in every instance, and, as the
time for strict economy has arrived,
the board applied the pruning knife
on twigs, still permitting branches
and roots of evil to devour abun-
Year: 1871

The New York Evangelist says: The
Cleveland and Pittsburg railway does not
turn wheel or do any work on the Sab
bath day. In 1856 its stock was down to
ten cents, now it is over one dollar and fifty
cents. The percentage of accidents on that
road is less than any other in the West.
Year: 1871

HIGHwAlMAS.-George Grant was picked
up On FULTON street for robbing sleeping
man OF money. He would not have been
caught had he not been too greedy, in try
ing to steal the sleeper's shoes off his feet.
Year: 1871

, A SUGGEsTIoN.-Perhaps the big funerals
that draw their lugubrious lengths through
the streets are not as profitable to the pub
lie as they might be. We do not count any
more of them than usual, but when the gen.
eral population is disturbed with sugges-
tons about sickness, to hear the melancholy
dirge that is usually chaunted through a
moving hearse, is not an equaliser of the
nerves. We suggest the idea that death
might be little less pretentious than it is
Year: 1871

LOUISVILLE, August IL; i night
Mrs. Biscoe the wife of groC ~ mcr-
chant on Market street, died under cir
cumstances which render death probably
accidental suicide. She was i'll and had
been taking chloroform. Her husband
gave her small dose and went out. Dur
ing his absence she saturated her hand
kerchief with the fluid and placed it over
her face. He found her lying apparent
~ asleep on his return, and did not dis
turb her for some time, when at last he
approached her and felt her pulse she was
cold Being alarmed he summoned as
sstance Immediately but she was quite
dead, all efforts failing to restore her TO
life
Year: 1871

THE TRIALS OF JOURNALISM - Whiteiaw Reid
The managing editor. Of the New York Tribune,
was once editor OF the xenia tohio) News, and,
like most country editors has his experiences We
let him tell bis own story 10 bis own words. lie
says there is one thing In the Tribune Office
which grieves him, and that is proof reading. And
this is his story:


can manage pig.iron for my chief but can not
manage the proof readers And abou; once a week
get Au injunction from him that must dismiss
prOoi reader. And that recalls my carly experience
when learned it in small way. After I had
learned printing in a country house, went and
bought out good printing ofiee 10 those DAYS We
bad college advertisements, which came into the
Office with the explanation that ,hs is to be insert
cd in case you give an excellent editorial notice
along with IT."


One day we had an advertisement Of the Colum-
bus Commercial College and the foreman came to


me and told there must be an editorial notice Of
IL Ny tine was short. The forms were waiting,
and Wrote 1t straightway: "The Columbus Com
merciAl College is an excellent and wel-deserving
Institution. The advertisement appears in another
column" sent it 10 the proof reader, and went
home got up late the next day, ard the edition
had all been mailed before saw it You can ina
CINE the perfectly amiable state Of my feeling when
read, The Columbus Commercial College is an
excellent and hell deserving institution You can't
believe it, hut to this day the bin for that advertise
meut is running. And that reminds me Of one other
incident. remember one of those rare instances
in the experience of country printers when a man
came into the Office to thrash me. had arrived at
the mature age Of eighteen, but was not as vror-
Gus as am now. In the course of some police
items in country town, bad occasion to note the
fact that a certain Dutch butcher-Aeght six feet;
age, ihirty-nine, weight two hundred-had whipped
his wife, proceeding TO which objected, and
commented on with severity, which hope the en-
lightened press Of this country will always exhibit
on such occasions. The next day the butcher came
in and proposed to "interTiew'' the writer OF that
paragraph. He looked at me and inquired i'll wrote
it. We think quick in great perils, and people in
danger Of being thrashed can do very large smount
Of ratiOeination in short time. 1 saw there was
no use Of arguing with the fellow, and said to him:


Han. are you a subscriber TO this paperg'


Hans. who understood thoroughly that be had
been mAligned, was not so sure on the subject Of
subscription. aud be shook his head and asked what
ImeAnt Hans, are you subscriber to this paper?''
Hans scratched his head again, and believed be was
not l said loudly:


Put you hands into your pocket and give metwo
dollars to pay your subscription Untn you do.
would like TO know what business it Is Of yours
what ne ssyr'


escaped the thrashiug that time, and commend
it TO the attention of all who put such things in
their psper.
Year: 1871

agitatod by winds or rapid motion. If
n well or cistern be under cover. or
shaded 10y Il building go that the sunlight
will not fall neal the opening. it is only
necessary TO employ two mirrors, using
one to reflect the light TO the opening,
and another TO reflect it down into the
water. Light may he thrown fifty or n
hundred yards TO the precise spot desir'
able, and then downward. We have
used the mirror with success, to reflect
light around the house to shaded well,
and also to carry it from south window,
through two rooms, and then into n cis-
tern under the north side of the house. -
Half II dozen reflections oi light may
be made, though each mirror diminishos
the milliancy of The light. Let any one
not familiar with the method try it, and
h. will not only find it useful, but very
pleasant experiment. It will perhaps re-
veal mass ot sediment nj the bottom of
ihc well that has been little thought ol.
but which may have been lrightiul
source OF disease by its decay in tho
water.
Year: 1871

|; is not generally known, says the


Lancaster Penn.) Intelligence, how easy
a riatter il is TO explore the bottom of n
well, cistern or pond OF water by the
use of common mirror. When the
sun is shining brightly hold mirror SO
that the reflected rays of light will fall
into The water A bright spot will be
seen at The bo tom, so light as 10 show
the smallest object plainly. BY this
means we have examined The bottoms of
wells fifty feet deep. when halt full OF
more of water. The smallest straw or
other objects can be perfectly seen from
the surface. In the same way one can ex.
anime the bottom of The ponds and rivers,
if The water be somewhat clear and not
Year: 1871

The Easter service in the Greek
Church Is very solemn and impos-
ing. All classes of members are at
tired in their holiday clothes, and
distinctions of social rank are for the
time abolished. The mass begins at
midnight. The bishop is in the holy
OF holies praying for the pardon and
absolution of the multitude. who
wait in silence, and standing in the
body OF the church, where there are
no pews. The devotions of the
bishop concluded, he appears. stand
ing on the highest step of the altar.
and raising his hands toward heaven.
he bestows his benediction on the
people. Descending from the altar.
he advances toward the bier, and.
raising the cover of the coffin. he dis
covers that the body of Christ no
longer lies therein; he announces
this to the congregation, and then
leaves the cathedral, at the head OF
the procession of the clergy. The
people wait in silence, for he is gone
to seek the body, which is no more
"where it was laid" The sound of
solemn voices is heard at intervals
from which, whilst the procession
makes the circuit Of the cathedral
three times in the search. Amid a
breathless silence the procession re-
enters. The bishop then mounting
the steps Of the altar, and standing
upon the highest, pronounces, in a
voice whose tones reverberate to the
remotest corner of the edifice, and
thrill like ar electric shock through
the hearts of his congregation, the
words, "Christ is risen" In an in
slant the singers burst out into a
joyous chorus, every hand holds a
lighted taper, universe, deligh. per-
vades the people, who congratulate
each other upon the happy event.
and return thanksgiving to heaven.
The bishop, bearing incense, fol-
lowed by the priests, goes among the
congregation, still proclaiming the
welcome tidings; and, amid the
cheerful voice of the choir. the
fumes of incense, and the brilliancy
of thousands Of lights moving with
every movement of their bearers, the
ceremony of Easter day is ended.
Year: 1871

It would require stout heart or very stout piety
to induce person TO face the storm yesterday for
the purpose OF attending service and listening to
sermons In the churches. The ''beautiful snow,n
although coming so pure from the heavens, is
serious obstacle TO the practice OF religion. This
fact was shown yesterday very plainly,
for the churches generally were bu. sllmy
attended. Many OF those who remained
at nome, hugging the nreside and gazing out at the
poor struggling snow as 1t was whirled and twirled
and driven hither and thiher by the relentless wind
felt shiver OF satisfaction as they mentally COM
pared their cosey situation to the cherries ou OF
doers.' and ujeted their religious gualms with the
thought that they could read the best Of the sermons
In the HERALD to-day.


The dscourses generally were purely orthodox
and peculiarly dull, but such as were OF more than
ordinary interest-either from the subject matter
they contained or the manner In which they were
delivered-will be found carefully condensed In the
following reports.
Year: 1871

The terrible scanning and pitting of the
face, neck, and other exposed parts OF the
body, consequent upon the severe attacks
of the smallpox, are well known. 1t is
noticeable, however, that the scalp is al
ways exempted from marks, even after the
severest form of the disease, the cover
ing afforded by the hair preserving it
from pitting. Remembering this fact it
recently occurred to an English physi-
clan, while watching a photographer
using cotton wool, to shut out light
in the process of ''vignetting" pho
tographS, that the material, if applied TO
the face and neck of smallpox patients,
might give protecting influence some
what similar TO that afforded the scalp by
the hair, and thereby prevent or modify
the subsequent pitting. Having under
treatment a couple of cases of GONZALES
cent smallpox, he therefore applied cot
ton wool to protect the face. The disease
in each case was of the distinct form.
One of the two, girl, aged fifteen years,
had an abundant eruption, which, in the
unprotected parts of the body, went
through the usual consecutive changes.
In both cases the parts covered by the
wool were left without avestige of marks.
The mode of application is as follows;
On the first appearance of the eruption,
patches of skin an inch square were
washed over with collodion, and Immedi-
ately covered with thin, uniform layer
of fine wool; the wool readily adhercs il
applied before the ether of the collodioI
evaporates. When the whole of the face
etc.. was thus covered the wool wa:
brushed over with solution of starch ol
gum. The starch or gum was occasion
ally reapplicd to the edges of the wool to
prevent any shifting by the movements o.
until the dry crusts fell off the othel
parts of the body In view of the result:
of the experiment, the mode of treat
ment would seem worthy of furthc
\ trial
Year: 1871

THE greatest everyday want that most
men feel is that of time. The laboring
classes ask for fewer hours of work, that
they NAV have more time for themselves
and families. Business and professional
men find their employments so engrossing
that they borrow time from their hours of
restand recreation, and thereby are hurried
to their graves. The educational problem
of the day depends upon considerations oi
time. There is more to. be learned than
there used TO be, and the work of better
education is not 10 decide what may best
be left unlearncd, but by what improved
methods of instruction il shall be made as
easy TO learn much now rs it once was to
master a little. If time is so valuable,
why arc we not more careful about chill
drcn's waste of II


We are apt TO regard their time as a
matter of little importance and If they
keep out of mischief and do their daily
tasks. trouble ourselves very little about
it. Nav, are those parents rare who think
the first requirement in the training of
children is TO find something TO take up
their time, no matter what, if it be not