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Year: 1876

The interior of Iceland, as is generally
known, is great uninhabited grassless
desert, for the population (only about
10000 for an area one-fourth larger than
Ireland) is mostly confined to the sea-
shores and neighboring valleys. In 60
ing from coast to coast this desert must
be crossed it edges the inhabited land
as the sea does on the other side, and
gives il a wild charm-for US, at least,
who suffer from over-population. We
were now on the borders of this region,
crossing a great valley or plain OF old
lava, with background of snow noun
tains. The lava was rather like a very
rent and crevassed glacier, but all black,
the somber coloring being only relieved
by the parches of gray and yellow
lichep. Right in the middle rose the
isolated conical hill, Erick's Jokiill, with
dark crags below, and perpetual snow
and ice above. Even on that sunny day,
the scene conveyed the strongest impress
sion of vast, weird, remote desolation.
We rode over the lava till We reached a
great gaping pit, and then dismounting
We clambered down over rough rocks
into the cave of Sortsheier, which they
say runs for two miles underground.
The floor of the cavern was of transpa-
rent hard ice, covered near the entrance
with some inches Of water. The last
sight of daylight, looking back, was
therefore very pretty, as the ice gave a
perfect blue reflection of the overreach-
ing rocks. Now Lighting candles, we
scrambled Oh over icy slopes. Down
in the clear depths we could see the
strange black shapes of the lava, as
Dante saw the traitors like flies In amber
in the ice of his frozen Inferno. All
this carvern must have been once a
huge bubble in the boiling lava, and these
fantastic powders flung from some furi-
GUS yalcano. Then came the frost giants
and made the place their summer palace,
for where the cavern is at its highest
and the clear ice stands in tall columns,
and frettsd arches reaching to the roof,
it is curious and pretty enough for any
fairy tale. In the light of our torch,
the whole place flashed back prismatic
coIors with blaze that made our two
little candles seem very dim when it was
out. At the end of the cave, in hollow
rock, we found seals and coin, and
carved names left by former travellers,
some of them dating from early in the
century. We added our names, as we
were the first ladies who had been in the
caverns-not that there is any special
difficulty about going there, but that,
speaking broadly, no ladies travel in
Iceland. We were glad to return to the
warm daylight, feeling convinced that
the outlaws who once inhabited these
caves must soon have become tie most
rheumatic of men.
Year: 1876

Into the harvest fields to-day


Singing J. went
The fields where once met the May,


All flower and scent;
And there rich autumn, warm and sweet
Went laughing through the windy wheat


In glad content.
Both hands were full Of grass and grain,


Both feet kept time
To some low murmuring refrain,


Some breathing chime,
That blew through golden ears and leaves
The promise of the full ripe sheaves


In quaint old rhyme
This is the happy harvest time:
Then cut the corn and press the wine;
Gather the sheaves, and load the vain,
And bring the harvest home again."
And was glad as glad could be


To meet her there;
"Oh, queen!" said, "giye unto me


My harvest fair
My splendid lover, strong and true
Whose witchipg eyes Of tender blue


My heart epsnare.
The golden corn, the ruby wine,


Is not the best;
A richer harvest home is mine,


A sweeter quest,
Give me my lovec In his kiss
/ have a rou0ded world of bliss:


Keep all the rest"


-Harper's.
Year: 1876

Gen. Merritt, who accompanied
Horace Greeley on his southern cam.
paign tour, says in card to the New
York Tribune:


At Jackson, Miss, he warned the
people of the danger of permitting the
young of either race to grow up in ig.
norance and vice, and urged that the
wall of prejudice should be broken
down. He went so far as to urge his
hearers to commend the noble exam.
pie of those Christian teachers who
had left home and friends to help to
educate the poor and unfortunate race;
and he also warned them not to be led
by demagogues against the true inter-
ests Of their country. He feared a
condition of things which we now see,
a Solid South under old leaders, and q
revival of a hope that in some way the
verdict of the War may be reversed,
and he did what he could to avert it.
With his well-known opinion of both
Tilden and Hendricks as political lead.
ers, and his outspoken opposition to
all oppression. can any friend or ad.
mirer of his doubt but that, were he
now in the editorial chair, he would
with his od-time and characteristic
vigor support the Republican candi-
dates as the surest means of "promot-
ing the prosperity, the happiness, and
true glory of the American people -
Year: 1876

A correspondent in Missouri writes
that some years ago a neighbor Of his
had forty apple.trees girdled one win
ter by rabbits. The trees was three
years from planting. ale Immediate
ly took narrow boards, four or fire
inches wide, and long enough to go
above the reach of the rabbits, sharp.
ened one end, and drove them into the
ground so as to form square box
around the tree. He tied the box to-
gether with strong cord and then
filled it with fresh soil and pressed it
in firmly. The next spring the trees
budded and grew as well as any trees
in the orchard land have done well ever
since. He took the boxes away the
second spring and found that new
bark had grown over the entire girdled
part.-When trees are only partially
girdled. the plan described is q good
one. We have known trees to be saved
by binding them round with cotton
cloth and then smearing the cloth with
tar, and by surrounding with q plaster
of cow.dung and loan bound on with
cloth. The object is to exclude the
the air. The chances of recovery are:
increased if the trees are severely
pruned early in the spring. -
Year: 1876

It will be seen that the Republican
party has so reduced the percentage of
fraud that now, under Grant, it is only
26 cents on the $1,000, while under
Buchanan it was 1881, and even under
Washington was as high as 2.22. We
submit this as the actual fact taken
from the record Of the Treasury De-
partment, and we ask Republicans who
find themselves urged to vote for a
general change in order to get rid Of
dishonest officials, to consider what
the change will probably result in.
Mr.. Tilden in his letter, avows that he
will reform the civil service by dis.
missing every man in the public service
and replacing him with Democrat.
Considering that Mr.. Tilden is the
chief of Tammany Hall, and will owe
his election to that organization, we
submit that the honesty of the public
service whose losses are. reduced to the
infinitesmal quantity Of % cents per
81 900 per annum, can hardly be re-
formed by such a 'change'' as will
be accomplished by the removal of
&C, 900 officials, most of them men of
experience and undOubted integrity,
and the substitution of an equal num-
ber of polititions selected for their
''hard work for the party" We SUBJ
NIT these facts to the consideration of
Republicans who are asked to vote
for Tilden for the sake of "a change -


A Carnival Of Fraud.


The Democrats, sailing under the
false colors of Reform, are making
a desperate fight for life. 1t is recog-
nized and felt by the ex-Rebels of the
South that, unless they succeed in
gaining power this time, they can
never again be banded together on a
sectional basis, but that men will di.
vide up among the different political
parties south of Mason and Dixon's
line as they do at the North. It is
recognized and felt by the Tammany
politicians of New York that there will
never be another opportunity for them
to get an immediate representative
in the White House. It is recognized
and felt by the greedy Democratic
wolves in all parts Of the country that
there will be left to howl in the will
derness forever unless they can break
into the doors of the government this
year. There is nothing in the record
of their past to which they can point
as an earnest Of their professions of
good faith in the future, and there is
no important issue of the time about
which they are not quarreling among
themselves. But there is one unfail.
ing Democratic resource which they
hope to use in the present election
more extensively and effectually than
ever before, and this is fraud. There
is scarcely section or district in this
country which the Democrats cherish
the smallest hope Of carrying where
they are not making preparations to
poll9te the hallot.box in ono way or
another, H.. H. =. ~
Year: 1876




The Kentucky Home Journal gives
the following directions for breaking
up the baking of a viciously stubborn
horse: '*Put on your harness and hitch
him to anything you desire, either sim
gle or double, as you feel disposed,
and give him the commanding word to
90 ahead. If he goes, you have moth
ing to do or say but let him 60 on and
do your work; but if he refuses to go,
take him out Immediately. take all the
harness off except the bride, and take
IA small rope the size of plough lire,
and tie one end to the bit on the right
hand side, and pull it through the ring
of the left under the chop, pull his
head around to his left side, and slip
the rope under his tail like a crupper
and make it fast, keeping bis head
tolerably close to his side. Now all Is
ready, so let hun go and take good
long whip and make him 60, talking
kindly to him all the time. He will
travel like dog after his tail, for he
can travel no other way, but after
"a while he will fall down, when you
will Immediately let loose the rope and
let him get up; now talk kindly tc
him and caress him. Your work is
now half done. for you have only tc
+;o tho rnDo tn tho Ofhor side IF the
bit, and pull his head around the other
way, and make it fast like a crupper
the same as before, and start him of
again and let him go till he falls down
a second time let him get up imme'
diately and hitch him up, and you will
probably never have any more trouble
with him."


Fresh Fritters.-Take the remains
|of any cold fish remove all the bones
add bread crumbs and mashed potato
Year: 1876

lHE TWEED M MYsTERY.-Nea four months
have elapsed since William M. Tweed dis.
appeared, and no trustworthy information
as 10 his hldlng-place has been received bv
the authorities. This is commented anon
very generally as a most remarkable case


Tweed was as well known in features and
ngure to great numbers of the people in
TINS country as any public man could be.


his appearance was very conspicuous. His
frame was burly, and his large hooked
nose, twinkling eyes, and protruding abdo-
men caused almost every one who had ever
seen picture or caricature of him to ston
and turn to look at him as he passed


During the Ring troubles Tweed was exten.
slvely caricatured, and hias picture was
widely circulated both in this country and
III foreign lands. He added much to tho
prominence of his appearance by the inn.
mense diamond that he wasAaccustomed to
wear In his shirt bosom. In sneakino of
ms escape people remarked that if seemed
almost an impOssibility to hide such an i'm.
mense person so that his place of conceal.
meht would not be discovered easily.


Tweed had become weakened and aged 6v
ms confinement in the penitentiary and
his anXletles and troubles. His legs SIM
ported his ponderous body with dificultv
anu ne Wad0leu rather than walked IT is
stated that it was difficult feat for hin,
to step into carriage, and that it would
be impossible for him to run or even walk
for any considerable distance without he.
coming utterly exhausted.


Taking all these things into consideration.
the greatest surprise is expressed bv the
general public that Tweed has been able to
conceal his hiding-place so successfully
Sheriff Conner has men searching in every
direction for Tweed lie and his men
have followed out every clew that thew
have gained, but the results have been So
barren that they have become almost dis.
couraged. If Tweed had gone to a foreirn
port, some one, it is believed, would have
recognized him there and sent word to This
city. The fact that he has not been seen
nor positively heard from as living in or
passing through any other State or country
mas has influenced great many persons to be.
ileve that Tweed never left New York citv
out Is now concealed in some secure nIac1
where he has every want supplied, and i
served by faithful attendants who wonld
guard his secret with their lives.-N y
Tribune.
Year: 1876

The grand ball to be given at the
White House in January next. ss alluded
to in our last number, is announced
positively to bs fixed fact. It neces-
sarlly must be limited in the number Of
its invitations. To embrace sll those
who are regarded ss friends of the in
mates Of the Presidents mansion would
De an imrossibility to confine to the
number of those whose social standing
and position have brought them from
time to time, in contact with his family
socially, Of itself comprises no small
number. The entertainment is expected
be one worthy of the head Of great
astion, and unsurpassed in it's elegance
tby any ever given in this country
Washington Sunday Herald.
Year: 1876




PRICE AND ITS EFYEcr.


Thorough and extended visits among the ncwsdeaers
OF this city and vicinity show general abandonmens
OF the attitude into which fsc:ous few OF tho larger
dealers sought 10 draw tho body OF smaller news
vendors with occasionai exception the dealers
transacng their business quietly as ever, sell
ing n much larger number OF copies ot tho HERALD at
the reduced price, and being convinced that the change
is working doubly for their bcrcnt-viz. by an m
profits the sales advance and by the acqn-
sion OF new customers Tho instancesof dealers VINO
at first inclined to join tho faction
but now firm converts TO the low
price movement are literally ''too numerous
to mention = suficc say that the protesting few
have rcspscd obscurily and the public is being
fully supplied with HERALDs at tho new price II has
been from the nrst not much a war upon tho
HkRALD upon the public, aud II Is not the hrst ume
that cxaciing tradesmcn have found the public
vinclbc opponent. People who had been in the habit
OF reading the HERALD not - be deprived o II az
the dlctaton OF lot OF mIddlemcn ani distributors,
and II Is very crcdtablc to the OF small vendors
that they have been so prompt TO discern the utility
OF the fight and TO accede the order OF things


We print underneath somo more letters from tho
many received, showing the widespread interest exist
ing in the prog OF the HERALD and the elect OF its
present reduction In price among the people.
Year: 1876

A ToucHING TALE.-He was seedy
looking individual, and IS he stood upon
the corner. gazing wistfully at the disap-
pearng form Of newsboy who bad just
picked up a good-sized stump, and was
making of with the prize, there vas >
vague aspect Of despair in his attitude
which Was very touching. Perhaps it was
this which attracted the attention OF .
mild looking party who WAS passing By.
and perhaps ii was something else; but,
however this nay be, the mild looking
party who was passing by stopped, and
gazing at the solitary figure and address,
ed it thus: ms


"Old man, wouldn't you like TO hare
a drink, this morning.


you've read me as accurately ~
though my thoughts were printed on an
open page" replied the solitary taking
his quid from his mouth, and passing .
dilapidated coat-sleevc over his lips.


II thought So" murmured the mild
looking party, while tear trickled down
his cheek; "but conquer the desire.
Fight it as you would legion Of devils.
for drink has ruined many . man who
had more expansive forehead than you
have got"


And then the mild looking party con-
tinued on his way, and the solitary gazed
dreamily into space and communed with
himself. f.-LouSviiie argus.
Year: 1876

A few days since we alluded to the
duty of the Democracy in the coming
campaign, and gave word or two of
advice. A thought that failed to
strike US at the time appears in the
columns Of one of the most extreme
radical journals, and is very apropos at
this time. An exchange remarks:


The element in republic that "fops" from
one party TO another forms very inconsider-
able portion of the whole, and yet this is in
reality the governing element-it is the ele-
ment TO be pleased in nominations. On this
subject Hdrpers Weekly observes: ut must
that makes majority; that is To say, that IL
is one vote out OF twenty votes which deter
mines the eleven that constitute a majority
of twenty. Whatever alienates or attracts
that one vote settles the result. This is the
force OF a minority which is not considered
by the managers. II is perpetual force, un-
disregarded in a determined game OF pol
itics.n


Every word of this is true, and it
behooves the managers of the Demo.
cratic party to see to it that prelimina-
ries are so arranged, the truth be so
plainly set before the people, with the
stern emphasis of veracity, that the
majority, if not the entire force of the
conservative element in the State will
spontaneously enroll itself under the
banner of the Democratic party. The
responsibility of the Democracy is
great. If we but tell the truth, the
Devil will be shamed.
Year: 1876

The Express is doing all in its pow
er to induce the Council to contest the
constitutionality of the law creating a
Board of Public Works for this city.
Our cotemporary permits its hatred of
the members of the Board of Public
Works to cloud its judgment, and its
tilt against those gentlemen would, if
successful, produce very unsatisfac-
tory state of affairs in our public i'm.
provements. While advising the
Council to carry the matter into the
courts, the Express omits to inform
that body that it cannot do so at the
expense of the city. The people are
not interested in the contest, and do
not demand it. If the members OF
the Council desire to carry the ques-
tion into the courts, they must do it
as private individuals, and at their
own expense. Their attempt to use
the peoples money for such purpose
would be enjoined at once.
Year: 1876

The modern mania for speculation,
which appears to be on the increase
and is extending itself into every
branch of society, has assumed such
proportions that it is not out of place
to give word of caution to the pub
lie. The game Of stock speculation is
far more hazardous than the patron
age of any common game of chance.
There is never fair deal to outsiders,
and the rise and fall of stocks is but
little affected by the merit or demerit
of the mine the stock represents. BY
the present decline in the stock mar
ket hundreds have lost their al, while
those who have caused the break are
adding to their already monstrous
wealth. There is in the present state
of the market as good an illustration
of the matter as could be given. There
are two factions whose movements
control the market, no matter what
the condition Of the mines may be. 1t
is fact that the Comstock never
looked better than it does at this mo-
ment, and yet because the represen-
tatives of the Bank of California and
the Bank of Nevada are in a struggle
for the supremacy, stocks have been
made to fall to a fearful degree, and by
this the small holders are damaged.
Men and organizations possessed of
colossal fortunes can by the turn of
hand add to their own wealth and
ruin those of moderate means who pin
their faith upon their garments. The
use of few hundred thousand dollars
at one time upon the strongest mar
ket in the world will produce marked
effect, if put forth or withdrawn in a
critical time; and none know this fact
SO we'll as the great speculators who
are but legitimatized gamblers. Peo-
pie must remember that the most en-
joyable and the most enduring for
tuutS Iudt nave cNeI Uccu Iudue nave
been acquired by slow process of ju-
dicious effort in legitimate business.
GIRARD and STEWART acquired their
wealth after mercantile experience
of many years, as did AsToR. If peo-
pie Of moderate means will apply their
energies to legitimate use of their
faculties and money the community
will be benefited by substantial i'm
provement, and there will be far more
comfort in life than there now is. In
word, nothing that is illegitimate is
productive of good, either in business
or social life, and it is to be regretted
that this fact is not more fully appre-
ciated by the middle classes. To them
we most urgently say: Let stocks
alone and attend to legitimate busi-
Year: 1876

world convicted on confession of
crimes against the nation; others in
dicted before the people, and the
whole system of its prolonged career
the subject of disgraceful comment
from foreign critics as well as the OBJ
ject of contempt and condemnation of
its own constituency, stands up in no.
ly horror, like the convicted criminal
with the rope around his neck cursing
an injured community as the drop
falls and he meets his just doom. It's
acts are matters of history, written in
indellible letters of disgraceful record.
The people can and will read and pom
der the narrative and speak for them
selves next November. 1t appears
that the wire-pullers who managed
the Convention at Sacramento regard
the people of California as not capa-
BILE of thinking for themselves, and
dare not act in their own behalf. The
mistake thus made will soon become
apparent. The platform issued by
this Convention is but the death-knell
of the party. 1t will not even unite
its own organization,-fo there are
many honest men in the party. Its
hypocracy and absolute Inconsistency
are so apparent that even many of its
members will not swallow it. Next
November will tell the tale. Let ev-
cry honest Californian read the Re-
publican platform and govern himself
accordingly.
Year: 1876

EXTRACTS from Gov. w. Curtis Great
Speech at the Syracuse Convention:
know as well as any man that the pat
riotic and honest voters of this country
are still unwilling to trust the democrat
ic party. Why should there be the
slightest apprehension of grand aud
OverpOwering victory in the election of
this year. Sir, success in that election
is as sure as the rising Of the sun upon
election day, except for the blind infat-
uation of the republicans themselves.


If the Cincinnati Convention should
nominate republican true and tried.
whose character, whose career. whose as
sociations are the proof to the country
of the utmost loftiness and purity of
tone. as well as courage and vigor of
policy in administration. such a nomin-
ination-answer me, delegates. answer
me hundreds of thousands of republican
voters in New York-such a nomination
would break over the land like sun
beam Of hope and confidence, and lift
with ground swell Of moral enthusi-
asm the republican party to a victory
not only grand but glorious. speak as
brother to brethren-as a republican
to republicans. beg the majority of
this convention, if it indeed differs with
the sentiments that | have express
ed, remember that 1t is not the trustee
of the interests of an individual. but of
party, of a cause. and, whatever our
party lines, that cause is the same good
old cause. that has always been known
in the history of the race from which
we are chiefly sprung-the cause of fair
play, Of equal rights, of justice, of free
dom. beg you, therefore gentlemen
possessed Of great power-for the major
ity of this convention | know we'll is
great power and holds in its hands that
power-l beg upon your faith as repub-
licans and men to use that power not
alone Cor State, but for cause which
transcends all men-for principles which
are eternal, and | ask you then as take
my seat, to remember only that cause
committed in the providence Of God to
the republican party of this country-it
is to take care, to take care. gentlemen.
that government Of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.