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Year: 1871

The operation Of sseornering,u as the term
is, is played by brokers ii the Believing
manner: Four. five, six or ten las the case
may bel brokers enter into an Arrangement
with each other to buy and control Inc entire
stock Of some company. They commence by
depressing the stock as much as possible. To
do this they. must all appear to be sellers,
and cry down the price, representing y to be
worthless and themselves heartily sick OF
everything pertaining to it. White they are
publicly selling lots Of one Or two hundred
shares, their agents or tools are buying all
that they can gel hold Of AS soon as they
can buy all the cash stock they find in this
way, they turn suddenly round and begin TO
buy on time. Parties not In the secret, Of
course, are willing to sell on thirty, sixty or
ninety days-even though they DO not pos
sess the thinking that before the ex-
piration of that time they would be able to
buy it at less price than they sell itat. Ia
this way thousands OF shares are sold, 70 De
delivered at d future day, to- the very men
who own every share of the stock that has
been issued. When the time arrives for de
livery the sellers discover that there is nc


stock to be had but of the men to whom they
sold it. Of course they must pay whatever


the owners choose to demand. If the game


is well played, the corners will make as lnuei
in selling as they do in buying in. Should
every one of the party prove true to his
comrades, they will manage to get rid Of ti1e


whole stock to outsiders at high price. I
| win be readily seen that this Isl very dan
| gerous game unless well played; for shoule
| any of the parties interested .'let fly with.


out letting the others know it, the game Is up,


and although he may make fortune il vii
| be at the sacrifice of all the others.
Year: 1871

So dense was the smoke from the burning
forests Of Michigan and Wisconsin, which
covered Lake Huron and Lake Superior that
a vessel OF the upper lake trade, Oh q recent
trip down, was fifteen hours in Eneing Mar
quette, after she was off the harbor, by o'et,k
and compass. So thick WAS the darkness oc-
casioned by the smoke that the steamers
lamps were kept burning all day the same
as at night,
Year: 1871

TAKE this method to acknowledge their
kind regards to a generous public for the
very liberal support they have received, it
has far exceeded their expectations. They
now assure the public generally, that. with
enlarged facilities for doing all kinds of
work generally done in the best Foundry
and Machine Shops in the whole country,
they are ready to furnish every article in their
line-such in part, us


THRESHERS,


HORSE POWERS,


SPRING TOOTH WHEEL HORSE


RAKES, PL0UGHS Of all kinds and
variety, (ncludng the 0hnstead Patent
Revolving Land Side Plough Corn Shell
lers, and Agricultural Implements generally,
at prices as moderate as any other establish
ment can afford to furnish the same, guaran.
teeing at all times all Machinery manufac.
turcd by us.


Having just completed new and very
extensive Foundry, we are now ready to
supply CASTINGS of all kinds, of superior
quality and finish at short notice.


By prompt attention to business, and n
determination to maintain the standing and
credit of our manufactory, we hope to meri'
and receive a continuation of the public
favor heretofore so generously given.
Year: 1871

To MAKE A BEAUTIFUL HANGING
BAsKEr.-Take wire hanging basket,
line with soft woods moss, then a little
light forest mold or earth; then take a
fern Of proper size aud plant 10 the
middle; then gather trailing arbutus,
partridge berry (mitcheiia repeas,) and
winter green, aud fill in round the
fern. Keep the basket in the shade
and well watered. This basket in the
spring will be gay and fragrant for weeks
with the successive blooms of the arbu
tus, and as they disappear the delicate
bells and bright scarlet berries of the
mitcheiia nesting amid the rich foliage
aud soft moss will make "thing of
beauty" during the entire season, while
the slowly uuveiling feathery frouds of
the fern will give an exotic character to
the whole.
Year: 1871

WHIrgwAsH THAT WILL NOT RUB
OFF tho wash is to be used indoors,
mix half pailful of lime and water,
take half pint Of -four, and make a
starch of it, aud pour it into the white
wash while hot. sur it we'll and make
it ready by thinning it for use. A
little glue will answer the same purpose.
If for outdoor work, add little salt and
boiled rice, made thin. Scarcely par.
ticle of the lime. can be rubbed off when
prepared ia this manner.
Year: 1871

A SAFETY LAMP.--A writer in the
Scientific Americaa advises the use of
long lamp wicks to prevent accident
from fire when lamps are upset. Put
as much wick in tho lamp as il will
hold, aud if any interstices remain gil
up with sponge. As the wick burns
away fill up with sponge. This is the
nearest approach to safety lamp.
Year: 1871

| Make a companion of her in the
fullest acceptation of the term, and


do not consider it beneath your dig


nifty to suit your conversation to hel


tastes and intellect. The price cur


rent may contain matter vastly more
pleasing to you, but it is very prob


able that your young wife would as


leave hear you discourse of other


matters than the price of cotton OF


the texture of broadcloth. Study


diligently the art of pleasing. Cul-


tivate those Thousand and one little


nameless attentions, which are so


much priced by the female sex, and


learn to take an interest to whatever
occupies her attention. Do not af-
feet an air of listless tolerating con
descension, when she is pointing
out the progress Of her embroidery,
and shun the treason of yawns as
she dwells upon the little details Of
her domestic government. These
hints may seem trifling, but the non
observance of them may be atten-
ded with the most serious results.
If we could anatomize the human
mind, how frequently would we dis
cover, that the seed from which the
upas tree of estrangement hath
sprung, is of scarcely perceptible
minuteness. Be as much at home as
possible. A pregnant source of dis
comfort in the nuptial state is un
settled habits of the husband in
this respect. Nothing can be more
CALLING, or disheartening to a young
wife, after the first few honey-months
have passed, than the frequent alb
sence of her spouse in the evenings.
A suspicion is Immediately excited
in her mind, that the flame of affec
tion begins to burn low, and that she
hath lost the power of pleasing, and
whenever this feeling occurs, the
risk is great, that the wish to please
will soon cease to exist. There is
no rule without an exception, but in
general, we would hold that young
husband should have few engage
ments of an evening, where his wife
did not accompany him. 1t is most
important to cultivate the habit of
domestic sociability, and the fire.
side will never have any charms if
they do not exist at the commence
of a union.
Year: 1871

1t is very pleasant to be in love
sometimes, but quite annoying when
the tender feeling is accompanied
by those pretty drawbacks which
are sure to follow parental hostility.
Such at least is the experience of
one A. K, q youth whose heart has
softened and whose brain has grown
dizzy beneath the smiles of a c.
belle. Somehow or other her father
won't listen to his suit and clandes-
tine interviews have taken place in
a vacant lot in the rear of her resi-
dence. Seated on bench, close up
to the fence, they did bill and COO
fearlessly as two gentle turtle doves
But one evening, lately, their stolen
interviews were discovered by the
girls brother, a mslignat little
wretch, who out of their love deter
mined to extract some fun for him
self. With end in view he watched
for their next meeting; and, when
the were comfortably, seated on the
bench, he managed, without excit-
ing their suspicious, to draw
the gentleman's coat-tail and a
part of the lady's dress through
crack in the fence, and fastened
them to a post. This accomplished,
he retired a few PAGES, and then
screamed Justify for his father. AT
the first screech the lovers started
to run, but the post held them
fast.


Let me gor pleaded the lady.


The gentleman, quicker in expe-
dients threw his coat off and bound
ed away. Now, the lady couldn't
pull off her coat neither could she
unloose it. Her lover had LETT
her, her brother still screamed, and
she, like an ambitious dray-horse,
still tugged at the abdurate post:


The old man was by this time
heard approaching. But one course
was left. A desperate pull tore the
dress loose at the waist a skelton-
clad flew wildly across the lot


Somehow or other, the lovers
haven't met since.
Year: 1871

Ostrich farming is now a regular branch
of industry at the Cape of Good Hope,
where the bird has already become mem
Der of the fancy poultry" family At
Grahamstown there is large establish
ment in which these birds are bred Tor their
feathers. The enclosure in which they are
kept is from fifteen to twenty acres in ex-
tent, and Is surrounded by a low stone
wall, over which the foolish birds could
easily step, but never think of doing so.
a sim lar kind ofstupidity is characteristic
of The wild turkey OF this continent. The
commonest kind of trap for these birds IS
simply little cabin made of logs, with q
low doorway The turkeys enter this to
get at the sheaf of wheat with which it is
baited, but it never by any chance occurs
to them that the doorway can be used for
an exit as well as an entrance. and the
trapper finds them trying 10 get out al the
roof when he arrives.


The ostrich eggs in the Cape establish
ment are Matched by means of oil lamps.
The most valuable feathers, furnished by
the birds are the-long white-ones that
grow from the wings. These are worth
from $50 TO 5000 by the pound, and 1t
takes about eighty of them to make 4
pound. An ostrich in good plumage is
worth from $50 to 500, and a skillful
hunter will kill as many as seventy or
eighty of them in season
Year: 1871

A DELEGATION from Butler county,
Kansas, recently went to Topeka hunting
horse-theif to hang; and member Of the
"Third House told them to take their
pick out of the Kansas Legislature. That
was to much of good thing all at once,
the Butler county delegation could not
agree upon selection and went home DIS
heartened.
Year: 1871

at will be seen by the above statement
that there has been no resistance to the
execution of the process of the courts
no obstrutions to officers IN the exercise of
rity seeks to evade the force. of this fact,
thus admitting the fact by asserting that
the Ku-Klnx organization is SO banded
together as to defeat the. ends of Justice by
intimidating witnesses, packing juries and
procuring witnesses to swear falsely In
favor of the accused if he belongs to that
order. The reply to this is easy and COM
plete: the statute of the State gives the
Solicitor and the judge power to remove
causes from any locality IN the State to
any other locality at the option of the
prosecution. Every judge and every soli-
citor in the State was, q Radical. There
Year: 1871

at Nashville Against Them.


On Wednesday morning last, Judge


Trigg delivered an exhaustive charge to


the Grand Jury Of The Federal Court at


Nashville, on the subject Of the enforce


m ent of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth


Amendments.


He warned the jury against taking the
testimony of witness who came volun-
tarily forward to testify against other
persons. There we're men in the country
who, owing some particular spite or
grudge against their neighbors, would
attempt to satisfy their imaginary wrongs
by presenting themselves as witnesses
before the Grand Jury, with view to
putting those neighbors to a great deal of
expense and trouble, and perhaps have
them thrown into prison. Should any
man come before the Grand Jury of his
own volition and desire to testify. he
wished that man sent into court, which
would examine him, and impose upon
him the necessity of entering his name.
and take upon himself the responsibility
of prosecuting the case, and then should
the prosecution prove unfounded he
MOhAu uC NOLultAAt4 W DtdI tue expense.
If the presentment Of the voluntary wit
ness was doubtful, the incumbrance
mentioned ought 20 be placed upon him.
IL, after an examination of the court.
the witRess should be found to be a suit
able witness, he would be returned to
the Grand Jury for its examination.
There was class Of men who
ought to be summoned as witnesses.
and who, on account Of their positions.
ought TO be relied upOn-the revenue
officers Of the county-who we're sup
posed, in the discharge Of their duty, to
know about the violators Of law. When
ever any violation Of law came to the
ears Of the Grand Jury they should send |
for the proper witnesses. He repeated |
that should any man voluntarily desire |
to inform upon another, he should be |
sent into the court and let it determine |
whether he should 60 before the Grand |
Jury. He believed this the safest aud I
wisest course, at all events, for the Sc /
curity Of the Government in its prinei- /
Piles, and the safest way 10 obtain justice |
from the purest fountains from which i /
ought to flow. 1t prevented passion,
prejudice and a spirit Of revenge enter /
ing into the proceedings Of the court.
Year: 1871

ENGLISH REPUBLIcANIsM.-A London cor
respondent who has made special study of
the Republican movement in Great Britain,
condenses the result of his inquiries in an ac-
count of the working of the organization now
in full activity to make the abolition OF mon
archy the leading question in Eng lsh poliucs
or the pivot of an English revolution. Chas.
Bradlaugh, the head OF the Republican move
ment in England, in a recent interview declar-
ed himself able now to pull down the monar-
chy though not quite ready to build up re-
public. He said that Victoria is the last mon
arch who shall sit on the English throne, that
he deprecates a revolution before 1876, when
he will be perfectly prepared for it, but that
whenever the government throws down the
gage to him he will pick it up.
Year: 1871

A ONE and half story house, centrally located
"A and in good repair. Hard and soft water on the
premises. This property will be sold at bargain n
applied for soon. Enquire at 90 Cedar st. jyl4tf
Year: 1871

ously than fact which SCENE TO controver TINS
view OF the question however. is that sew
eral Senators who are known to be on inu-
mato terms with the President, and are looked
20 as among tho particular representatives
OF his views in the Senate have shown disposition TO-
day to favor early adjournment. There some Re
publican Senators and Representatives who profess to
favor immediate action the Santo Domingo question,
as Of party policy. They say that IL treaty
or resolution is submitted at IL WILL doubt, cause


very bitter debate; but that tho question well
be settled now, as far as information is
ccrued, as next Winter. Whatever may be
the fate Of the proposition, they say, the
peeple will soon forget 10 be excited about It, and


GREAT cause Of dsensOn win be removed from the poit
cal campaigns OF next Fall The votes in the Senate to-
day also settled the fact that that body will stand by the
caucus agreement and not he led into any such blind
and headong tariff legislation disgraced the first few
days OF the session in the House
Year: 1871

into the presence OF Mayor Hail. the herald reporter
could not help noticing the jaunty self-possessed
air OF tho Chier Magistrate who tasefully attilea In
. 'nobby" blue suit, with handsome blue necktIe
70 say nothing OF q stylish check shirt, appeared
perfectly COOL His department, while easy and
courteous, was that OF man who, conscious OF his
own Righteousness was ready and willing to combat
MS adversary. After the usual salutations the fol-
lowing conversation took place.


KEroRTER-Mr. Mayor, have called upon you to
see you mad any opinion to express any inlor-
NATION TO give me In regard TO the proceedings tn
stituted against you az Judge Bixby's Court.


Mayor HALL-Well, have no hesitation or objec-
lion IN stating my opinion upon any subject; but
you VIII see at once that In respect to this proceed
ing, IL would 90 improper, inopp0rtune as wen as
lndccorous, 70 make any remarks. Mt


RKP0RrER-Well. Mr.. Mayor, wall you allow me to
ask you single question: see that they charge
IN the anldavIts that you signed several warrants
Tor large amounts bearing the same dates, hence on
the same day. Now, do warrants C0untersiQned by
you Gear any dates at oil


Mayor HALL-1hey do not. warrant when
brought to me for counter signature bears no date
whatever 1t Is never dated until II del vered into
the hands Of the party in whose favor 1t s drawn.
as protection in case OF loss


RECONSIDERATION person doing business for the
city might call and obtain warrants In one day
which had been signed BY you during period OF


Mayor HALL-Certainly. whatever number OF
warrants there may be to one mans account In pos
session Of the Comptroller, they would all bear the
same date II applied for at the same time by the
party IN whose favor they were drawn.


This brought the interview to close The Mayor
was during the day. but there was little or
no excitement around the City Hail
Year: 1871

Ex.Judge Barrett was visited yesterday afternoon
at his offices In Nassau street, for the purpose OF
ascertaining the newest move In the great political
game ofchess. He is working with all his might in
the great struggle, into which he has brought to
bear all his vcrssstle powers. That he could not
communicate very much upon subject the
success OF which depends at times upon the
secrecy with which 1t is surrounded was
pretty evident. The chambers n OF q the
young and vigorous ex,Judge were crowded
during the day, and several consultations were
held doubtless in reference TO the proper engineer
ing OF the forces under command Beyond that
nothing transpred, nor Is 1t az all possible that the
future movements. Alter q friendly greeting Judge
Barrett merely informed the HERALD representative
that he was actively at work In the cause he had
undertaken, fact that was very pain from the
surroundings OF his office. He intlmated, how


burst with all the sweeping violence OF hurricane.
Year: 1871

A certain judge, while attending court in
shire town, was passing along the road when
boy was letting down the bars to let some
cattle in.


His father stood in the door of the house,
on the other side Of the road, and seeing
what his hopeful was doing shouted out


John, don't you drive them cattle in
there. told you to put them into the pas
turo behind the house"


The boy took no notice of the remonstrance,
and the father repeated the order in a loud
tone, with the same effect and the third
time gave positive orders not to drive the
cattle in there.


The son didn't deign to look up, and DISC
beyed the parental injunction with a coolness
which positively shocked the Judge, who,
looking at the culprit, said, in a tone of Off
cia dignity


boy, don't you hear your father speaking
to you2"


"Oh, ya-as, replied the boy, " but don't
mind what he says. Mother don't neither,
and tween she and |, we've bout got the dog
so he don't bite"
Year: 1871

There, that Is finished and folded up,
and am heartily glad % said Bertha, as she
took of her little silver thimble and laid on
the table pretty blue dress on which she
had been busy for several days.


'Is it well done, too 2' asked practical
Aunt Mabel.


Pretty well done for me, auntie; mother
says | improve in dress-making"


a. That is encouraging. Now, Bertha, do
you know that something else Of yours is al
so finished and folded up this evening"


What else can it be, Aunt Mabel ~
This is the only piece Of work have had
about this week, unless it is that tidy. | did
not expect to see the last of that these six
weeks"


"Still, you have finished and folded up
something far more important than your tidy
or your dress even. Something that will not
be unfolded again for ages perhaps; and yet
you will see it again with every line and fold.
Your days record is done and gone from your
keeping. You may remodel the dress if it
does not please you, but you cannot change
one jot or title of the days record"


Aunt Mabel had the fashion of dropping
these seed thoughts, which often grew into
strong, vigorous plants in young hearts.


"What has the record been ?" asked Ber-
tina of her own heart, as she thoughtfully
laid away the blue muslin. As, little by lit
tie, she tried to go over the hours, there was
much she would gladly have changed if she
could.


81 wish / had spoken pleasantly to Ned
when he wished me to help him with his flag.
1t would only have taken minute or two
and he was first sad and then vexed with my
crossness. 1t is too bad left mother to dc
all her baking alone, and did not even pre-.
pare the cherries for her in my haste to flu
ish my dress" A sight of a little Bible,
whose clasp had been closed all day, suggest
ed still more reproachful thoughts.


"No wonder | have such poor days rec
ord, when l began it in too much haste fol
prayer, or reading a verse even" The day.
work did not look so satisfactory from thii
standpoint, and she sighed as she felt it wa
all folded up.-ChiidS World.
Year: 1871

How TO ACQUIRE A Coon MEMoRY.--As a
general thing, We read too much, and think
about what we read too little; the consequence
is, that most of the people we meet know
something in superficial way about almost
everything, and very little in thorough way
about anything. Not tenth-part of what is
read is remembered for month after the book
magazine or newspapers laid aside. Daniel
Webster, who had rich store Of information
on almost every subject of general interest, on
being asked how it was that he could remem-
Der so accurately, replied, that it had been his
habit for years to reflect for a short time on
what he read, aud so fix all the facts and ideas
worth remembering in his mind, Any one
who does this will be surprised to find how
retentive his memory will become, and how
long after reading book, or interesting arti-
Gle, the best portions thereof will remain.
Year: 1871

The Earl Of SALISBURY, sometimes called
by irreverent Engishmen the Protestant pope
has found out why the German arms were VIC
torious in the late war. 1t was because the
German soldier makes practice of singing
one or two hymns before turning in for the
night
Year: 1871

without provoking prompt and Jealous


inquiry; that it is otherwise here is not
because the Americans are a less Jealous
people than tho English, but because


gambling by speculation is as common
and successful in the respectable classes
as gambling by cards and dice In the


lower. But the suggestive point in the


story is that the ambition Of this Iad's
mind, and the arguments by which bi.
principles were tainted, are the ambi.
tion and habitual argument ef two
thirds Of the cultured poor lads that
crowd American cities, as generous and
loveable as he. Every man in Ameries
tries to lift his son to higher social
plane than his own; to develop him.
and development is supposed to mean
nine times out Of ten, a wider educa-
ton, more refined habits Of living, fine
tastes; not the training Of the boy in
the stern integrity Of the old Puritan
stock, or the hard-hstcd honesty Of his
Quaker grandfather. Now a beautiful
home, exquisite dresses, dainty meals
pictures, travel, the opera, aro good
things in their way. but they cost
money, and the penniless clerk or law
yer who makes them tie goal Of life is
rarely scrupulous as 70 how the money
IL made.


He gets it by sharp practice. laid
S'Fokes' Whiie the western lad put his
hand into the vault and took it. One
reaches the convict's cell; the other.
very likely, financial success; but both
are alike degraded in nature and ruined
II life No people IN the world have
finer aesthetic tastes than the Germans;
yet they satisfy them, and observe at
the same time a rigid economy-a rid.
die which 1t would be worth while for
every young man 70 urge 10 its solu-
ton