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Year: 1870

Despite the fact that at special election held IN
the city OF Newark year or so ago the people 10y
two.thrds majority vote, declared In favor Of the
measure, the people are still denied the privilege,
chiefly through the meddlesome, ridiculous action
OF a few Overzealous religIonists whose notions IN
this particular respect al all events are emphati-
cally OF the antediluvan order In obedience
to the wishes OF the people the Common
Council took the matter up some weeks
ago. and appointed a special committee OF three
10 confer with the officers OF the car company.
AT the appointed time the conference took place,
and the principal Oficer OF the Newark and Orange
company stated that though his people did not
think q would pay them To run on sunday; siill
they were willing to comply with the wishes Of tue
people, provided Council would protect them in case
suit should be brought against them for violation
OF their charter, which had been threatened. The
HERALD reporter was reliably informed that the
persons who made this threat are Lewis c. Grover,
Z. c. Lathrop and Others Of the standing IN The
community. Mir. Grover has asserted that he stands
ready with fund to prosecute the company should
they run ON sundays. The people are now ilied
with the question and the City Fathers viii lose no
time In having II settled.
Year: 1870

MADRID, July 30 1870.
The departure from Madrid OF the Duke Of Mont
pensler is contradcted.


committee OF the Republican deputies in the
Cortez yesterday decided TO support the demand for
a prompt reunion Of the CorteZ TO definitely estab-
lish the constitution.


The rumOrs that ministerial changes are contem
plated are contradiC'ed.


The permanent committee OF the Cortez, appoint
ed before the adjournment OF the last session, will
meet tomorrow to decide on the time for the meet
Ing OF the next session.
Year: 1870

INSANITY IN CnuoHSIA.---The num-
Der Of insane persons admitted to the
State asylum Of California last year,
was 4s2, against 3S7 in 1868 and 279
in 1866 The San Francisco B,aieim
says The effect OF business revefses
during the past year is seen in the
large increase Of patients at the asyl-
um But even in the most prosperous
years the number ofnew patients is so
large as TO attract attention abroad
As homes and domestic and social com
forts increase, the p9r cent. Of insanity
ought to decrease. But we are con-
fronted with the fact that with all these
gains there is an increased ratio OF in
sanity, What are the causes operating
SO adversely upon mental health /? Are
we finally to become crazy people ?
We suspect it is still true that more
than any other people we live on ex-





citements Of some sort. The crowded
hotels and restaurants illustrate how
little a large proportion Of the popnla-
ton are IN love with domestic life. We
are perpetually keyed up with excite
ment. The climate stimulates so that
all excessive qualification OF appetites
does its work with fearful rapidity.
When we have made all the qualifca-
tions, rioting and drunkenness are the
disorders here which are sending men
and women to the asylum by hundreds.
They do not all go there, because the
sharp, quick stroke of death lays them
low as more merciful dispensation
1t is not climate, not unavoidable busi-
ness verses, though there are enough
Of these. But it is that social disorder
which makes an eternal excitement
necessary to the happiness Of an aver
age Californian. Let us reyel to-day
for tomorrow we die" Shall we over.
come this fearful procliyity2 Or is in.
sanity TO become more and more the
inbred calamity Of the State Let us
hope that increased madness is not &c
be tile Inheritance Of tie next genera.
ton
Year: 1870

A SARlroaA Boy IN ST, Lot1s A
young man from Saratoga, a jealous
Methodist, who had been spending
few months in st. Louis, thinking IL
good missionary ground, organized the
following plan for employing his leis-
ure With five associates he hired
room in convenient location, and each
member subscribing for one paper
where each in turn spends one evening
during the week. IN charge On Sun.
days at least one remains IN the room
during certain hours while the others
scour the streets in the vicinity TO find
stray children and induce them 10 at
tend Mission Sunday school. Their
enterprise has been in operation only
few weeks, but they feel quite encour-
aged by their success.
Year: 1870

LNSTABLISHED EXPRESSLY TO AFFORD
H the afflicted sound and scientific Medical
aid, in the treatment and cure of all Private and
Chronic Diseases cases OF secrecy, and all sexual
disorders.
Year: 1870

at each and every Public Fair since 1867, (the


year it was completely where any premium al


all has been given or where its strong points
have been really exhibited goa
There is this difference: All the Premiums that


the WEED Sewing Machine Company claim, from
the
Year: 1870

chocolate to light gray, the former OF
which is the most productive. The low
hammock is of black color, suitable for
the culture of the sugar cane. As the
war now pending in the island of Cuba
appears continuous, and its results Will
prove disastrous to agriculture in that
country, and tend to the Generalization
of labor, the advantages which this
country presents to the planter, in lands
equally suitable for the culture of sugar
and tobacco as those in the Gem of
Antilles" must, of course, be enhanced.


The country bordering on Indian river
abounds in deer, bear, turkeys, duck and
other game, which can be obtained with
out great difficulty. In the garden at
tached to our camp" about one hun
dred yards distant, the track of deer
made in their visits to the sweet potato
beds the preceding night might be seen
in the morning by scores. Bear are
plenty during'the turtle season, which is
about the month of June, when they visit
the beach to hunt eggs in the sand.


Let me give you an idea of the facility
with which dinner can be gotten up
here. On Sunday neighbor living two
miles distant, sauntered with his rifle on
his shoulder from his camp to ours, to
spend the day, brought in a one gobbler,
to season which boy was sent to the
river to get supply Of oysters with
which to make pie to stuff the turkey.
We drew large bass from the river,
and with cast net one OF the party
caught three fine ducks, while fat
haunch OF venison was procured from a
fine buck hanging from large
live oak which shaded the camp.
So you see with what facility we
procured a sumptuous dinner We
had no need for sardines Indian
river challenges any stream known in its
supply of fine fish of the choicest varie-
ties. The most valued is the pompino,
which is about the size and shape OF the
sheephead, but decidedly superior I'm
like any other fish we know of, the bones
of the pompino are eaten away with avid
ity, being of rich juicy, grisly sub
stance; the flesh, also, is incomparably
fine. Their appearance is beautiful,
having very small scale of the color of
gold and silver. Next is the cavalier,
something like the pompino, lat not so
delicious then comes the sheephead,
mullet, bass, drum, whiting and many
others. 4a to


All the tropical fruits here, as there is
no winter to destroy them, Indian river
being in the 9th parallel of latitude.
For early vegetables for northern mar
ket this fine country, as all the different
varieties grow we'll Unlike other por-
tions of the South, the sweet potato is
planted from the seed but once, as the
vines are always alive and continuously
planted. They have been known to OBJ
tain great size, weighing as much as
twenty-five pounds.


While here we visited the celebrated
orange grove of Captain Dummett. 1t
has over two thousand bearing sweet
orange trees, producing annually some
thing like 100000 of oranges. 1t was
without exception the most beautiful
sight we ever beheld. The crop of 1868
and GO sold at the grove for $4,000
Besides this, there is another large grove
owned by Major Barnum, on Barnum
river, and many other smaller ones. Such
is the Indian river country we have at
tempted to describe.
Year: 1870

a youn, minister. in o highly
elaborate sermon which he preached, said
several times, "The common taters do not
agree with me there Next morning a
poor woman came to see him, with some
thing in her apron. She said her husband
heard his sermon, and thought it was very
fine one and as he said the common taters
lid not agree with him." he had sent some
of the very best kidneys.
Year: 1870

D-As Brigham Young grows older,w more
wives and children, and the latter reaching
the age when dress is naturally prominent
matter with them the persstency with which
he denounces the fashions Of the Gentle world
demonstrates the fact that he feels one Of the
burdens which must inevitably come with such
large family In his last sermon before the
Conference his instructions to the Saints were
decided in tone. He classed the entire range
of fashions as devices of the wicked, bonnets,
dresses, boots, and parasols, all to be scon-
demned by those of the true faith and when
he asked the ladies to signify their determine
tion to make their own clothes, and not
to make them in the fashion, the Tabern-
Gle was white with uprased hands. If Brig
ham Young can array the entire female popu-
laton of his dominion in opposition to the
fashions as they receive them from the East, he
will accomplish greater feat than he did in
planting the barren soil of Utah and building
up a colony there. For his opposition is not to
fashions as they exist at present, but to fash
ions at all and in attacking the right Of wo-
man to change the size of her bonnet or the
length of her skirt, he impeaches one of her
most inalienabe privileges.
Year: 1870

MornER.-Lamartine tells a story that ex-
quisitely illustrates mothers love in
some spring freshet river widely washed
its shores and rent away bough whereon a
bird had built cottage for her summer home.
Down the white and whirling stream driited
tho green branch, its wicker cup OF unfedged
song, and huttering beside it as it went, the
mother bird. Unheeding the roaring river,
on she went, her cries Of agony and fear
piercing the pauses in the storm. How like
the love Of the old fashioned mother, who fol-
lowed the dove she had plucked from her
heart all over the world. Swept away BY
passion that child might be, it mattered not,
though he was bearing away with him the
fragrance Of the shattered root.tree, yet that
mother was with him, Ruth through oil this
life and Rachel at his death.
Year: 1870

Susy Ice was quiet little country girl
content to go to the village school in blue
glngham dress aud white apron, and thinking
her sunday blue muslin and silk " ylsite' the
perfection OF toilet 80 far as a young lady
lot eleven was concerned.


But IN evil hour.a city child came
with her parents TO spend a week or two at
the house next to Susys home.


Susy looked on with eyes Of wonder and
envy at the toilet OF this young lady. She
had never dreamed OF such splendor and
elegance. And when the city girl coolly in
Year: 1870

A Coon JOKE oN SOMEBODY. Some young
ladies who were taking advantage of the fine
seghing last winter in attending donation,
surprise or wedding party, or something of
the kind, were obliged to sit three on seat
One of the seats contained two gentlemen
and one lady. The gentlemen Of course
would not allow the lady to take an exposed
seat-she therefore sat in the middle As
the night was extremely cold, gentleman No.
quietly passed his hand Ia remarkably small
hand by the way,l into the ladies mufr As
the muf was not very capacous, the lady
quietly removed one of her hands from the
same, In few moments she felt move
ment on the other side and found gentleman
No. attempting to pass his hand into the
muff on the other side. She then quietly
drew her hand from that side of the mufl
and allowed him to do 50, What took place
in the muff afterwards she is unable to say
But each of the gentlemen privately reported
to small circle Of friends how warmly the
lady had returned the pressure Of his hand in
the muif, while the lady as privately report
ed to her friends the magnificent sale she
had made Of both gentlemen.
Year: 1870

o. No trait of character is more valuable
than the possession Of good temper. Home
can never be made happy without it. It u
like flowers springing up in our pathway, re-
viving and cheering US. Kind words and
looks are the outward demonstration; patience
and forbearance are the sentinels within.
Year: 1870

ST. JoHN'e, N. f., May l8.-Governor Hill, a,
the prorogation Of the House to-day, expressed
the conditions fer the admission Of the Island
into the dominion, and reminaed those who
maintain that it is not for the interest OF
the people Of the colony to gain the union
that her Majestys government Is ever awake
to the welfare and prosperity OF her peo-
pie, and not only approves most heartily Of the
confederation Of New Foundland with the Do
minlon, as advantageous both to the colony and
to Canada, but is anxious for its completion.
To those whOsdesire further time for reflection.
he would say it Is most desirable to study the
present wants OF the community and seize the
proftered hand, and not grasp at some ideal per-
fecti0n.
Year: 1870

BORDER JCsTICE--Seven rufhans came, on
tuesday last, 20 Ladore, a little town in Kansas


They drank all day, and by night were wildly
drunk. They went to a boarding house and
OF their condition. So they Knocked the land
iord senseless, and then they outraged hi.
daughters, twelve and fourteen years old. The
was shot dead. The other six ned 10 the woods


taking one Of the little girls with them The
town was aroused, and went in pursuit. They
caught one man and hung him TO tree. They
the other three and hung two Of them. The
other one they hold I'm reserve. Here was a
living party" OF seven on Tuesday, reduced to
one before the next evening. Such Is border
justice, and we are told that the universal
verdict out there Is '.served them right" IL is
altogether likely that ruffians and outlaws will
give Ladore wide berth hereafter. There is
something fearful IN this summary method of
furnishing crime, but it does clear up the stmos-
Year: 1870

ONE SCHOOL System FOR THE DIsTRIcr.-At
the meeting Of the House Committee on the
District OF Columbia, yesterday morning, the
subject of one school system for the District.
and the committee, by q vote Of yeas to 8 nays'
agreed to report in favor thereof; but as there
was not fun meeting the matter was laid over
heard. w
Year: 1870

SENATE BILL TO FORCE THE CORPORATION
TO SETTLE A JUST DEBT.-Mr. Hamlin intro
to make legal a certain act of the Councils of
the city of Washington, and another to settle
the claims OF the Foundry M. z. Church; both
District.
Year: 1870

BEGINNING on the south edge of .
road near where Jos, Lanes straw shed
formerly stood at a small Black oak,
at the end of q lane, thence along the
lane and up hollow 10 where a small
hollow takes OF 10 the west, along II
and a marked line 10 a White oak,
Black oak and two Hickories ON the
east edge of the road that crosses Wal
ker's Mountain from Rich Valley TO
near Joseph Lanes, thence along said
Year: 1870

CINCINNATI, April l2.-Besides
several doubtful deaths within as
many days, we have the fifth suicide
to record in the same time. The last
was a German laborer, well to do and
free from the usual circumstances in
dicative of the act, NhO returned from
work yesterday afternoon and tried to
blow his brains out in the rear of the
premises owned and occupied by him.
He had purchased two pounds ofpow-
der, placed some in q cigar box, laid
his head thereupon and touched off a
match. 1t is observable that all the
suicides which are referred to were
men whose accustomed diet was prob
ably of an indigestive nature. Only
one case has occurred in which actual
domestic infelicity was the cause, and
none with any fresh cause Of sorrow.


Henry Stein, a peaeeable citizen,
was called to the door last night, and
upon making his appearance he was
struck on the head with a heavy
boulder and sustained a severe frac-
ture of the skull. No cause is assigned
for the deed.
Year: 1870

The prices are within reach of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the PLAIN
est IN finish will work as well as the most
costly.


Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction
Year: 1870

1t is said that life in the Fifth avenue
is constantly changing, and that when a
fresh pdrUeRH comes in somebody must
be going out. The question may natu-
rally arise, what becomes of these decay
ing gentry, and the reply is that they
generally 90 to ruin, unless ltheir course
be delayed by the patronage Of friends
The children Of our once richest fami-
lies have been found dwelling in tene-
ment houses, and sometimes at still
lower depth, | know that son of one
of our lirst-class families died some time
ago in the almshouse of this city. Lux
ury proverbially exhausts that capacity
and efficiency which are necessary in
the battle of life.
Year: 1870

It possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right--which enables the
operator tohandle thewerk more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorlrequir.e
an inclination of the body forward (detrl-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1870

matrimonial market is getting excited,
and several important bargains are now
under way. Mention is made OF an alli-
ance near at hand between n four-story
brown stone house, with carriage and
servants, and a fortune on top Of II OF
$3.50, 900, on the one hand lencumbered
by 200 pounds of flesh and blood, with
the bloated countenance Of a rakish wid,
ower), and on the other a chignon and
trousseau, q smattering Of French, and
love of the world, the flesh and the devil,
all done up in the painted form of a fash
ionable young lady.


SPECIAL INSTANCES.


Having alluded generally to the misery
inseparable from high life, let me now
give a special instance. Here is a lady
whose position is no doubt envied by
hundreds of her acquaintances who only
look at the outside. She has carriage
and all the accompaniments Of metro
poltan grandeur, besides which she can
wear on proper occasions $4,000 worth
of diamonds. She is married to heart
less and abusive man, who is allured by
other female attractions which absorb his
time and his money. As consequence
he treats his wife with harshness which
is breaking her heart, but which she con-
ceals from the world out of regard for APP
pearances. might designate another es-
tablishment of elegant character, whose
owner is reputed TO be worth half mil
lion of dollars. The family ere very
snowy and keep an expensive equipage.
The fatheris retired merchant, and has
a controlling interest in great banking
house which once was wealthy, but he
has sunk most of its capital in stock
operations He is living at his usual
rate of $4,000 per year, and yet he
knows that his frauds may be discovered
at almost any time, He has been for
several years on the verge Of ruin, but he
will keep up appearances for the familys
sake as long as possible, and then, when
the collapse shall come, laudanum or the
pistol will be a last resort, The question
often arises, how long can this deception
be continued? and the reply is that it
depends on good management and good
luck. If no sudden pressure takes place
it may be protracted several years; but a
panic or any sudden change in affairs


" ~ 80 .', -. a,a.


FIFTH AVENUE Go%ALiNG'


I~ wine drinking can make people
happy, the Fifth avenue should be IN
state of extreme beatitude; for notwith-
standing the high prices occasioned by
the war, the most costly brands here find
rapid market. If any one will stop of
a pleasant afternoon at any of the first
class grocery establishments on Broad
way, he may witness the delightful task
of liquor tasting Performed by little
knots of the aristocracy who stop in to
leave orders. In all families, whether OF
the nghest or less repute, we ll1u wl'le .', a |,
Year: 1870

A PRUDENT man will avoid promises as
long as he can, for they are troublesome
affairs; but when made, they ought to be
kept. The requirementso of business how
ever constantly exact appointments, en-
gagements, and other similar pledges,
which IL is not an easy matter 10 avoid.
These should be sterDly charged on the
memory, and faithfully observed. There
is no better habit that young man can
learn, and one that will prove more ad.
vantageous to him in life, than that of dill.
igently doing all that he promises. If it
is an appointment to be at q certain place
at half.past ten, let him be there prompt
ly at the hour; if the other party fails TO
meet him, it is that other party's fault I;


he will have done his duty, and establish.
ed his claim to punctuality. If it is an
engagement to do a certain labor, let him
do 1t, even at some cost; 1t will prove
that he can be depended on; and relia-
bility is a sterling virtue in young or old.
OF all promises in the world, those to pay
money are ftheyeasiest made, and hard.
est TO keep, andithis Is why the commod-
ity called mercantile credit is so rare and
80 valuable an article. Men promise to
pay a debt on certain day without
knowing whether they can do 1t or not,
merely TO get rid OF the collector, and
they repeat tho appointments again and
again, till their reputation as unreliable
debtors and yiolators of pledges becomes
established among all who deal with
them. To say that man has no credit ID
merely 70 say that he has no regard for
his promises he can not be relied on in
any emergency in which fidelity and
punctuality are needed.-IEpchdnge. ..a
Year: 1870

with him---how pleased father was 20 hear
his lessons well recited-and nowi oh,
nobody who has not dropped from
such q height of happiness down
to that dreadful "now" can tell how
bruised the poor heart may be by the fall I
God help little Jenny and all like him,
VINO have sorrows all the greater that
they must bear the burden alone; that
they are unspedkoHe sorrows, save to Him
who will never taunt us with their heavy
burden, or turn TO us careless ear.


You may be sure that when Jenny
grew up he never drank. Long before
the beard grew on his soft, white chin,
his fathers bloated face was hidden under
a Tombstone; and when, in after years,
young men Of his own age locked arms,
or clspping each other on the shoulder,
as they passed some gilded saloon, said to
one another and to him, "Come in and
take drink" you may be sure that the
smile died away on Jemmy's face, and he
saw-not the bright lights in the saloon
window, nor the gay, laughing throng in
side--but instead, form crouching like
beast at his feet, dirt-besmeared, with
bloodshot eyes creeping, crawling, like
loathsome reptile, who has no soul to
save-for whom there is no Heaven, no
glorious future after death-nothing but
annibilstion. All, no Jenny could not
"take q drink Ibis very soul sickened
when they asked him.-Neto Story Book
Year: 1870

He KNEW HIM.-TwO years ago.
while Brick Pomeroy was one day
in his sanctum, he was visited bv a
Baptist clergymen, who had Just re-
turned from an ocean voyage. The
clergyman had loss most of his hair.
and the sun rejecting on the salt wa
ter had made his face of a scarlet
color, and produced a fine crimson


blister on his nose. Pomeroy was
called from his room moment, and
the clergyman took a seat at the va
cant desk to write a note. While he
was thus alone and busy, a Democrat
from Pennsylvania entered the room
IN search Of Pomeroy. Mistaking
the clergyman for the editor, he
brought his open hand with a heavy
thud on the polished skull before
him. you Brick how are
yOu@ he exclaimed. 81 never saw
you before, but 1 know you by your
old bald head and your red nose!
Nobody buta good Democrat could
get up such a color as that" The
clergyman blushed as red as was
possible, and assured the stranger of
his mistake. Both were a good deal
embarrassed.-ROcbester Chronicle.