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Year: 1873

The sawdustswindlers are at last COM
ing to grief The other day, in New
York, two of them were sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one year and to pay fine
of $1,000 Four barrels of confidential
circulars were captured with these men,
and an immense number of envelopes,
addressed, ready for mailing, were also
seized These circulars state that coun-
terfeit money, which it is impossible to
detect, will be sent to any person for
warding certain specified amounts. For
instance, says the circular "The price of
my money is 800 for 81 900, one-half cash
and the other half as soon as received"
For large amounts a liberal discount is
allowed The circular continues:


When large amount is sent pack it in box
and mark IL IN such a manner that no one would
suspect it's being money, and send 1t by express.
Always state when you order how you wish the
money sent, and give us the name OF your nearest
assorted, on receipt OF S, so you can STE how it
passes; when you can order large lot. BY all
means come at once and see me II possible, and
you, go you win be prepared to buy large stock,
for this may be the last chance you will ever have
to make fortune at single stroke"


1t is not very flattering commentary
on American honesty to be told that tens
of thousands of people in every part of
the country annually send for this new
money. II is amazing, too, that though
the swindle has been over and over again
exposed in almost every newspaper of the
country, certain class of people live in
sublime ignorance of the trick, and are as
ready TO be gulled now as when the
shrewd game was first invented dozen
years ago. Now and then man who
cares more for his money than his
reputation, and who finds, when the valu-
able box sent G. o. ID. is opened, that it is
full of sawdust, and nothing else, replev-
les his cash from the express company be-
fore it is sent from the office; but, as
general thing, the victim who has been
thus deseredly swindled chooses to sub
NIT in silence. Hundreds of people who
have received these circulars, and pom.
dered over them, will recognize as famil-
lar the following paragraph, with which
they close;


II hope that after have placed confidence
enough In you 10 send circular Of this kind relat-
ing the nature OF my business, that you would not
De so ueaeherous as to even breathe the contents
OF this document TO living being; should you be-
tray me VIII ind means 70 be avenged In a way
perhaps, you would not dream Of II you do not
wish 70 enter into this corddental business with
me, all ask is, that you burn this circular and let
the secret die with the flame. On the other hand
you conclude TO enter into this speculation, that
Year: 1873

will IN few weeks make you wealthy man.
would also advise you TO burn the circular and
preserve the secret, rs when this circular Is de-
ated."


The writer states, beside, that he Is the
most expert engraver in the United States,
having been employed ten years by the
Government, and that large sums of this
money have been lodged in six banks in
New York without detection. He advises
his friends and patrons, however, to mix
little genuine money with II when de-
posting it in large quantities, TO avoid
suspicion, and cautions them against the
use of strong drink, as when intoxicated
the secret may be revealed. II Is perfect.
ly evident, from the surprising success of
these swindles, that the circular Is well
calculated to achieve the purpose of its
authors, though 1t would seem to need no
exposure.


The victims never stop to ask why in
the world the manufacturer of this wonder
ful money, which absolutely defies detec.
ton in tile banks does not use II himself,
and why he should sell 81 900 OF such ex.
cellent currency for 800 of something
precisely like 1t? But nothing of this
kind occurs to them; they only see an OPP
portunity of obtaining sudden wealth,
and with the greed and disregard of ordi-
nary .onesty so common in life, place


themselves voluntarily in the path of
crime, and escape finally, not because of
their own scruples, but because the person
duping them Is not so big rascal as he
declares himself to be. 1t was for long
time thought to be impossible to convict
these men, but a way has finally been
found, it seems, and it is probable the
whole fraternity will soon be brought to
grief-ChicdgO Inter-Ocedn
Year: 1873

A CONVENTION of the Congressman of
the Mississippi Valley is proposed, to
meet in ST. Louis. The object Is TO con
suit together respecting measures directly
Of great commercial Importance TO that
section, and indirectly to the entire csun-
try, and to consumers everywhere.
Year: 1873

LADIES travelling through Canada by
rail are often greatly annoyed by having
their luggage unnecessarily searched; but
one of the officials recently got his deserts.
1t happened that Yankee school teacher
on her way from Kansas to Vermont
passed through the Dominion, with
trunk packed to bursting with nothing
contraband. When the officer demanded
her key she begged him not to open it, as
suring him that it came through from
Kansas, contained simply clothes and
books, and was so full that it would be
very troublesome to repack it. But ne
sternly demanded the key, and malicious
ly pulled everything out to the very bot
tom; then-fnding her assertions true
he returned the Key and advised her to
hurry up and get the traps back" as the
train would soon move. 'What is that to
me-" said the quick-witted woman, II
have check for that trunk, and hold the
Grand Trunk Railway responsible for its
safe delivery. will not take the key, and
you may do as you please with the trunk"
Report says that official was very weary
and red in the face, and rather profane ere
he finished packing that trunk.
Year: 1873

A Virginian writes to the Rural Messe,a-
or the advantage he finds in narrowing
corn in preference to hoe covering or COW
e.ing with the plow. He says it effectual-
ly destroys the young grass and weeds just
putting up between the rows. 1t puts the
hnd in good condition by breaking the
tlods and pulverizing the entire surface.
The young corn, coming up on level in
stead of on the burrows, is not SO liable to
injury from heavy rains. The corn can be
plowed at an earlier stage of its growth
without being covered up, and also can be
plowed much closer. 1t is the practice of
some to harrow just before or about the
time the corn comes up, and while have
followed that to some extent myself with
good results, yet have adopted the plan
of putting in with harrow for the follow
ing reasons 1t saved the work of cover
ing the corn by other processes, and it
renders the narrowing certainty-as it
often happens that when the narrowing is
deferred until after the planting, heavy
rains or a press of other matter, causes it to
be indefinitely postponed" wg 4


A correspondent gives the following deS-
criptson of how he harrows his corn -


commence just as soon as the corn


comes up and continue as needed, to keep


soil loose and weeds out of sight. until ii is
so tall the harrow will break it Off if used


There is nothing so needful to secure a crop
of corn, with our short seasons, as fire.
quent STRINGS of the soil when it is in its
first stages of growth, and no tool will do
this so cheaply or so thoroughly in the
hill as the rightly constructed harrow. /
harrow back and forth till have my land
as I desire. If the corn is rowed both
ways of the field, the second narrowing
should cross the first, the third the second,
and so on. Ihave not had failure in four
years y,, with corn on my white, heavy cold
Year: 1873

I see one of your correspondents wants
light upon this subject. He does not raise
half the turkeys hatched. This is proba-
bly, fair average of success as the business
is managed on most farms. In this region,
along the shore from New London to New
port, the turkey crop is a leading branch
of industry, and is more successfully pros
ecuted than in any region have ever Wis
tied. 1t is common measure of success
for farmer to raise hundred in year
from eight or ten hens; with a larger stock
$50 to 200 are sometimes raised. Almost
every one in the business expects to realize
three or four hundred dollars from the
crop, and he realizes his expectations with
as much certainty as in other farm crops.
The size and price of the turkeys have
very much increased within the last twen-
ty-five years. Formerly the flocks would
not average more than eight or ten pounds
when dressed. Now they average from
twelve to fifteen pounds, according to the
care they receive and the time of fattening.
Nearly all the turkeys raised here go to
the Boston and Providence markets, and
are sold at the top of the market. Dealers
make business of buying turkeys of the
farmers from Thanksgiving till February,
and large shipments are made every week.
OF course there are causes for this almost
uniform success in raising turkeys.-COun-
t7y Gentleman.
Year: 1873

A Danbury young man, who was once q
clerk, went on farm to work. The first
night in his new position he was detailed
anse1 es s & the ana WS %


ed, as thousands have been before him, in
showing the contrary beast along, the
mother reached under the tail of his coat
with her horns, and suddenly lifted him
up against the roof of the building with a
force that threatened to shatter every bone
in his body. The first thing he did on re-
turning to the earth was to rub himself,
the next thing to throw up his place He
said he didn't doubt that agriculture was a
noble pursuit, and that the farmer needed
an assistant in the discharge of the multi
farious duties, but he didn't believe the
Creator designed him for making sky
lights in coW-sheds. nj.
Year: 1873

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MONROE
WARD CONSERVATIVE CLUB will hold meet
ing tonight at their headquarters, under st.
Adams Hall, corner of Third and Main
streets, for the transaction Of important busi-
ness. Members and others intending to ac-
company the Club to Petersburg will report
their names. The Committee on Finance
will also rpDOrt
Year: 1873

FEAST AND FAIR.-The ladies connected
with Broad-Street church contemplate hold.
ing feast and fair about the middle of No
vember for the purpose of raising money TO
upholster and refit the church.
Year: 1873

All indebted to us for subscriptions and
2ber work. will eblige us greatly and please
ose we owe more, by calling and settling
cir accounts. We know that money is
|nrcc and hard to get but We trust our
bends will make an effort In our behalf.
Year: 1873

~ Employing cheap Chinese labor is
not the best thing in the world for the
interests Of the manufacturers OF San
Francisco No sooner do they learn the
art Of making the things principally
boots and shoes, and cigars, 80 far, than
they turn and set up for themselves, sell


ing at much lower rates They make
nearly oil the cigars in San Francisco
Year: 1873

in all weights, for pleasure driving or speeding


exqusitely finished,
and embracing in their construction the various improve
ments introduced by during the past years. making
them


the standard for Quality
throughout the United States.
These wagons are exclusively the production of our
weknown Broome street factory, and are offered in
stock In all respects equal in quality to those built to the
order Of the most valued customer, and at prices


uniform TO all
In order that we may not be conounded with joint
stock company of carriage dealers who have adopted
firm name smia 20 and impudently claim the
reputation have made Tor the brewster Wagon"
beg the public will remember that only
are at the corner OF


Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street,
and our only Factory on Proome street.


BREWSTER Il Co,


OF Broome street.
Year: 1873

Strange Bungling ON the Part OF the


Regatta Committee e-The Finishtng


Limo Placed Diagonally With the


Course -Ignorance and Careiessness


Evident.


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


1t Is proper that the public should be informed OF
certain facts concerning the late College Regatta
at Springfield which will explain the confusion
that resulted In determining the actual winners
The score or finishing line, instead OF being located
at right angles with the river banks, as 1t should
have been was by carelessness or stupidity on the
part OF those who located It, placed diagonaly the
eastern end Of the line being some one hundred and
nifty yards lower down the river than the westerly
end, where the judges were requested by the UNI
pre to station themselves. by this arrangement
all boats arriving at the easterly end Of the line,
which was some two thousand feet long, rOwed a
proDortionay longer couIse than those coming IN
on the westerly shore. Had the line been located
properly at right angles with the course OF the
boats the result OF the race would have been en-
tirely different, and the race decided on the merits
or the crews instead OF chance in the position OF
crossing line, no TWO points Of which were equi-
distant from the start. diagram, showing this
blunder on the part OF the committee locating the
finish will explain the fact that certain boats wero
actual winners that are now Obliged to have second
places assigned them.
Year: 1873

- King Street, "


ALEXANDRIA, VA.
GREAT HEAD CENTR +
From which successful raid has been mado
upon cxtortionary prices and well known
inpositions that have, in times past,
been levied upon parties who have


been compelled to have Hair


work done, and which has in


duced q sudden decline in


the prices Of Real Hair


and Hair Work, in cv-


ry section Of country.
With o full stock cf Hair on hand, of the finest
quality, Of every shade, color and length, and my
HAIR DEPARTMENT.,
in charge of the most thoroughly accomplishing
and experienced Hair Worker that can be found
in the country with all the improved machinery
for working up Hair, with q full corps of atten-
tive workers. known 10 our people, and with my
determination to apply the principle OF
"oUICK SALES, SMALL PROFITS AND


AN ACTIVE TRADE,
I cannot fail in my efforts in tho quantity or
iair returned, the elegance of the work and the
unprecedentcdly low figures ut when work Is
done or hair sold, to please every customer.
Prices cut down for the good of All the people,
of Hair Goods within ach OF


ALL My very low prices


astoniSh the trade
Hair Goods sold or made here will be kept in
order for five years from date


OF purchase.
Eyery inducemcnt is and will be offered from
time to time to retain tue Hair trade


in our city.
I do not ask or expect the patronage of any II
cannot convince them thnt my prices are


under the figures of any other


house in the U. s.
Year: 1873

nlIoE- HEELS. The shoe-heel is hereafter to
oe made upon the idea of common sense and
common comfort. Paris makes the move, and
Oh Oh course the fashionable world will follow The
ne neel will be low, and made as near as possible
lii Ike the natural heel. No more wabbling and
uhgraccul movements-ease, comfort and
grace will characterize the ladies who walk in
the new shoe. Pbysiologically speaking, the
present shoc-heel is an outrage. The new one
Is to be planted fiat on the ground, as nature
intended it to be, and the owner of it is to walk
erect, head up, eyes right, toes out, in true
military and human fashion If the Babel
tower on the head and the preposterous bulge
On the back could also be done away with the
reformation would be complete. But the
sweet N' things would no longer be cognizable.
lhey would be mistaken for what our fathers
Used to call women. .t
Year: 1873

Reflect that ~ sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubIal
hauuincss. Indeed, without these tho journey


through life becomes weary pilgrimage tho


prospect hourly dnrkcns 10 the view, the mind
becomes .hndo~ed with despair, and flied with
the melancholy reflection That tue happiness OF


another is blightod with our own
Year: 1873


The MAN WHO CAME LATE.-He
had no time to ask blessing on the
service for himself or his neighbors.
He missed the opening. ca
He disturbed others who had come
in time.


He disturbed the minister.
He showed pretty plainly that he
did not consider as much respect due
to Gods honse as to his own place of
business.


He set bad example to others. 5
He missed blessing for himself.
The MAN WHO CANE EARLY.-He
had time to take his seat quietly and
get comfortably warm or cool as the
case might be. S
He had time for quiet and refresh
ing season of prayer before the service
began.


He disturbed nobody. 81
He showed due respect to the time
and place, and also for Him who has
promised always those who are gather
ed in his name.


lie was aOle 10 JOIN III Lne WnOle ser"
vice, and to be in time for it.


He set a good example to others.


He won blessing for himself.


Suppose every member of the con-
gregation were to bein his or her place
five minutes before service commenced,
and should spend that five minutes in
earnest prayer for the Church and her
missions, the congregation, the school,
the pastor, and himself, that would be
lost. What might not be gained?
Year: 1873

D@- What a glorious country this
would be if all our people could say
like Shakspeare's shepherd: .sSir, I
am true laborer, earn that I eat, get
that I wear; [ owe no man hate, envy
no mans happiness, glad of other mems
good, and am content with my farm"
The most of us would be content with
a farm.
Year: 1873

pH- aIF EVER I HAVE THE POWER 1
WILL RENDER THE SCHOOL FEATURE
OF THE CONSTITUTION NUGATORY.
IT SHALL NEVER BE CARRIED OUT
BY ANY VOTE OR ACTION OF MINE''
R T. Daniel, in Speech before the Virginta
Legislature at its last session.
Year: 1873

DoN'T Box THE CHILDREN's EAIs.-Child-
ren's ears ought never 10 be boxed We
have seen that the passage of the ear Is clos
ed by thin membrane especially adapted
to he influenced by every impulse of the air,
and with nothing but the air to support it
internally. What then, can be more likely
to iniure this membrane than a sudden and
forcible compression of the air in front of it
If any one designed to break or overstretch
the membrane, he could scarcely devise a
more effective means than to bring the hand
suddenly and forcibly down upon the passage
Of the ear, thus driving the air violently be-
fore it, with no possibility for its escape but
by the membrane giving way. And far too
often it does give way, especially If, from
anv previous disease, it has been weakened.
MANY children are made deaf by boxes on the
ear in this way. Nor is this the only way
if there is one thing which does the nerve of
hearing more harm than almost any other, it
it is a sudden jar or shock. Children and
grown persons may be entirely deafened by
falls or heavy blows upon the head. And
boxing the ears produces a similar effect,
though more slowly and in less degree. II
tends to dull the sensibility of the nerve


even if it does not hurt the membrane.
knew pitiful case, once, ola poor youth
| who died from terrible disease of the ear
| He had had discharge from it since he was
a child. Of course his hearing had beer
dull and what had happened was that hi'
father had often bored has ears for inattention


Most likely that boxing on the ear. diseased
as it was. had much to do with his dying
And this brings me to the second point
! Cbildren should never he hlameC for beine
inattentive, until it has been found ou


whether they are not a little deaf. This il
easily done by placing them at a few yard


distance, and trying whether they can under
stand what is said to them in a rather low
tone of voice. Each ear should be tried


while the other is stopped by tire finger.


do not say that children are never guilty o
inattention, especially to that which they d.
not particularly wish to hear but | do sa,
! that many children are blamed and punished
Year: 1873

SPIDERS TRAVELLING BY BALLOON. A cor
respondent of the Scientific American relates
a singular incident. In company with other
persons he was crossing Seneca lake re
Gently. when a small wake was seen
near the center of the lake, caused by the
moving Of some insects. Upon investigating
the matter, it was found that three spiders
were gliding over the surface of the water,
and attached to them was a single thread
the size of knitting-needle, extending in
the air to the height Of 30 feet, at an angle oil
60 degrees, and terminating with an enorm-
Gus balloon-shaped web. This latter was
Judged to be eight feet long and FIVE feet
wide, with stays fastened to the main thread
something similar to those of balloon, and
it was managed apparently by an innumera-
| le number of the insects stationed at proper
intervals. The party attempted to obtain q
closer view, and but within few feet of the
wed it began to rise, though the last spider
which proved to be about the size off house
dy, was brought back by the stroke of al
oar. The balloon went onward and upwarC
until lost to sight.
Year: 1873

SOCIETY HAmrs.-A New York paper, not
given to sensationalism, says in regard to that
city that the use of wine among gentlemen
at parties has grown to such magnitude
if it is not banished, decent women will not
attend them and that the pernicious custom
of furnishing and drinking is sapping the
foundation of social morality. :" Though it
young men are becoming blackguards, and
maidens forgetting how to blush" Taking
/" society," to mean the fashionable, the most
conspicuous, and in a large degree the most
influential portion of the community, this is
without doubt true Indictment No words
can add to the seriousness which falls upon
every sound mind, and peryades every pure
heart, when the truth is fully realized. That
in the social gatherings of the sexes, where
youth are in the " numerical majority y
where the buoyancy of every life should be
sufficient inspiration, and where every ms
tnct naturally leads to frank but normal
exhibition of ones self, there should be in
troduced fire as dangerous as unnecessary
speaks as i'll for the mental resources as the
moral sentiment of /" society,"
Year: 1873

for inattention when they really do not hear:
And there is nothing at once more cruel and
more hurtful to the character of children
than to be found fault with for what is really
their misfortune. Three things should be
remembered here Il. That slight degrees
of deafness, often lasting only for time, are
very common among children, especially
during or after colds .. That a slight deaf
ness. which does not prevent person from
hearing when he is expecting to be spoken
to, will make him very dull to what he is
not expecting and 8. That there is kind
ofd,lfne in which person can hear pretty
We. while listening, out is really very hard
of hearing when not listening.-Dr. Hinton,
an Popular Science Monthly for JHRe.
Year: 1873

\ hazardous voyage Is Just about to be
undertaken from San Francisco to japan by
five men in one Of the smallest craft atloat il
the waters of San Francisco bay. The slooI
Dolphin, by which this perilous voyage Is tC
be made, i a mere Cockle-shell measuring
only thirty feet from stern to stern. ten feet
beam, and three feet depth Of hole. She i
built sharp at both ends, and Is capable Of
carrying about eight tons. There are tive
hatchways in the deck one, the main hatch.
way. being in the centre Of the deck tn,
other over what Is intended to represent tn,
cabin. The cabin Is simply three bunk,
built in a triangle, the hunks forming tn,
sides of the vessel and joining at the feet
the bunk forming the base OF the triangle ex
tending from side to side Above the latter
there is still another bunk, between which
and the beams of the deck there Is barely
room for a mans body \ man-hole in tn,
deck Immediately astern Of the after hatch
way has been provided for the helmsman
Her cargo will consist Of provisions for the
cruise and implements for hunting the Sc;
otter and curing their skins, for which pur
pose the voyage Is TO be undertaken. The
members Of the crew are confident of maxim.
a quick voyage, though not little anxietl
i felt for them by their friends who hay'
tried in vain to persuade them from the bolC
undertaking