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Year: 1870




PROFESSOR i. H. Maury delivered lecture on the
above interesting subject last evening" al Association
Hall. corner OF Iwentythird street ana Fourth ave-
nue.. Tne audience. though not large, was OF an In
teectual Character. The lecturer commenced by
saying that the subject he had TO SPEAK OF was the
long agtated problem OF the way 10 the Nortn
Pole. Columbus ana yasco de Cana had
nourshed and made their efforts In this
direction long before the seventeenth century had
developed the fact OF connection between tho
Arctic ana Antarctic oceans. Since that time
several enterprises for the disco very the passago
to the North Pole were undertaken, but had failed
Tor the want or any well defined plan. Captain
Halt the great explorer, was soon, he was happy %
say. to start with an expedition under the Amert
eau nag for the purpose Of making one more eJors
towards thus much desired discovery. Az
ter giving some details OF his experiences
which no sailed for the Sandwich Islands and other
places immediately after the Mexican war. tAe
Lecturer proceeded To say that after the return Of
Ihe preDle 70 the United states charts, SC, were
placed IN his hands for the purpose OF discovering
or the world were situated. The location Of
the TWO great currents OF the Pacific and
iatlon about the Pole OF these two onsnooss
must flnd an outlet somewhere There was also .
third current winch underay the Gulf stream - u
crossed the Atlantic. So long a. these currents or
streams were buried in the ocean they radlated o.
gave out little heat. Since these streams possess
such wonderful power to possess heat. It did not
seem impossible to him that they emitted heat
enough 10 melt the ice around the North Pole ana
keep the water in that locality free TO .
certain extent The route suggested by Captain
Bent by way OF Behring straits the first scien-
tincexperiment ever suggested. Nothing but tho
most urgent necessity had prevented mariners from
trying all other points, but they never dreamt OF
trying the route by way or Spltzbergen or Behring
StraitS IL was the opinion OF Cap
tain Hail that not one serious effort had yes
been made to reach the Pole BY way or
Behring Straits. Tho theory OF thermotic gate
ways TO the pole based the nature OF the cur
rents OF tue sea- Such an influence was exerted by
tile great body o water called the Gulf stream JhAe
the Thames, in England, had been frozen over only
fourteen times In the course OF number OF years.


Amer some further remarks. IN which he spoke
strongly In lavor OF trying the BehIing straits
tae lecturer closed.
Year: 1870




San Francisco is preparing to keep Christmas
in right good style. Every year there is an in
creasiug tendency to observe the festival in the
true spirit Of Him whose advent it celebrates to
make it season of forgiveness, of charity and of
good deeds, Of happiness for the unfortunate,
pardon for the wrongdoer and peace and good
will for all. There was time and not many
years ago when such a thing as Home was un-
known in this State. Then when Christmas
came round that holy word had no living pres
ent significance, but meant distant spot across
ocean and continent Now it has deep, strong
present meaning; meaning growing with each
revolving year; meaning that will be as fall of
sacred purifying associations for our children as
the recollection of our old homes is for their
fathers meaning that the tendrils of memory
will cling to from childhood to manhood, and
from manhood to old age a holy word that will
be fraught with the incense of past years the
fragrance Of love and the sweetness of affection
holy word that will always suggest that still
holer one-mother.


$50 as homes are built up and family circles
formed there is an increasing tendency to observe
the festival in right good style, TO keep it as it
ought to be kept, to make it a season of mirth
and of gladness, of reunion for parted friends,
of merry family gatherings, of good living, geni-
al pleasure and joyous holiday; a season of free
dom from care, forgctfulness of business and re-
remembrance only of what it is good to remem-
ber. 1t is easy TO see that the spirit of Charles
Dickens Christmas-Christmas rs il ought to
be-has penetrated to this far-of coast and
tinged the celebration with some of his feeling.
Else why the streets and houses, stores, saloons
and markets green with forrest-aavored pine
boughs in substitution for the unattanabe hol-
ly and mistletoe? If Christ was the founder,
Charles Dickens was the Apostle of Christmas,
aud in tens of thousands of households his name
will be mentioned tomorrow with reyerent af-
fecton, and his picture will be entwincd with
wreaths and the words he put into the mouth OF
one of his Christmas characters-' Lord keep
my memory green BE faithfully answered. 1t
makes one prouder Of humanity to see the un-
assuming, openhanded charity that marks the
Year: 1870

UNLESS the present cold weather moderates
very soon and is succeeded by a good rain, the
prospects of the Democracy for carrying the
State next fall, are not so hattering as they were
Without rain the farmers cannot plow, without
plowing they cannot plant, without planting they
cannot raise corn and wheat, and without corn
and wheat there can be no whisky. " The less
whisky the less Democrats" and hence a good
rain very shortly is a political necessity to our
Democratic friends.-.UHyscWe APpeal.
Year: 1870

The Flgaro says that it is informed that one of
the proprietors Of the Chronicle walks FIVE miles
every morning to keep up the circulation, and
then blows about it all day afterwards
Year: 1870

Work on the section of R. R. formerly under contract by Minnehan and Donnely, will soon be begun again. The building mania will break out anew next spring, certainly eight buildings will be erected and probably twice as many.

 The "Cipper" B. B. Club of this place have beaten the Dexters one game, and yesterday lost game with the same club. The decisive game will be played soon.

 There is much sickness and marrying in town about these days. CoaNosco.
Year: 1870

It is very still. The dew lies heavy
on all things. In the east the light is
coming fast, and twilight every moment
gains new radiance. Not a sound gives
warning of any coming song. Far off
one hears the hoarse hawk of the goose,
or bark of dog disturbed by some
early traveller. Then one hears a single
call-note, as if the chorister were calling
attention and giving out the pitch. 1t IS
answeredin an inquiring way by another
bird, as much as to say, I'VE are all
ready shall we begin? Then one launch
es out, but has not uttered two syllables
before a score of birds strike in. and then
from the fields, the forest edges, from
orchards and gardens from the ground.
the fences, and the air, there comes such
a Babel of sweet sounds, running into
each other, clashing, overlaying and
surging together, that one cannot dis
tingiish any single songster note. but
only a wild mingling OF hundreds OF
birds, all singing at the very top of their
power, as if fired by an eeatasy OF clad
ness, This great gush of song lasts from
twenty minutes to half an hour, and
then ceases as simultaneously as it be-
gan. The birds seem then to occupy
themselves with their toilet and break
fast After which. but in far less gem
eral way. they sing off and on for an
hour or two. They then scatter and
pursue the regular business Of the day,
singing but little until toward evening,
unless the day be clouded.
Year: 1870

In an able editorial demanding a re-
duction of taxation the New York Post
says Now, if Congress should actu-
ally repeal taxation to the amount
of 500, 100000. besides dropping the in
come tax, the relief afforded would be
equivalents to pouring SI25, 600 of
new capital direct into the channels of
industry and trade. All experience
shows that this could not be done with
out giving the prosperity of the nation
an immense stimulus, and adding large
" to the pnoductiveness of all the re-
naming sources of revenue.


Repeal taxes to this amount, and the
business of the country will use its new
capital so as to yield, at a minimum, a
profit Of twenty per cent. upon it, Of
which the government viii get its share,
forming a new surplus for the coming
year which will be increased by the
natural growth ofthe country, "the elias
ticity of the reYenue,' as authors call it,
which no one estimates at less than Ave
per cent. per annurn. Thus, if the en-
tire surplus revenue for the wear were
used in remissions of taxation, the sur
plus revenue for the next year could not
easily fall short of twenty-five millions
u UOA!a4as Ais u EAloASn " PAoRlde
for a sinking fund, and to extinguish the
public debt within a short lifetime.


British financiers understand this
principle so well that they never deem
it necessary to provide a surplus in their
previous estimates. They apply every
exis iting surplus to reducing their debt.
and then repeal its full amount in taxes.
assured that the surplus viii reappear
the next year under the growth Of trade.
Their success is such that they are actu-
ally reducing their debt very rapidly,
having paid of thirty millions Of dollars
year, on the average of several years
past. Our country grows more rapidly,
and its capital is twice as productive. so
that the success of the same system here
would inevitably be much more COM
plete
Year: 1870




w H have had our Baaausr soa the
outer wall, with PRICES SO Low that
no firm IN the State OF Ohio undertook to
meet MS. We have driven onr foe to the
wall, and occupy the field without fear.


We have silenced all men who years ago
assumed some power of competition. They
are now willing 10 confess conhdentIally
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
Us in prices. because we are game on q
''set-to." Their only hope is in the
ignorance OF their customers, who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts to at least
Year: 1870

An Eastern editor rnys that a man
in New York got himsclfinto trouble
by marrying two wives. A Western
editor replies that q good many men
have done the same thing by mar
rying one. A Northern editor snys
that quite q number of his acquaint-
ance found trouble enough by bare
ly promising to marry, without 60
ing any further. A Southern editor
caps the climax by telling the story
Of man who had much trouble in
finding any one to listen to his
promise 10 marry.
Year: 1870

LEGAL QUKsTIoSs-Were it not
for fear of laying ourself liable to
the charge Of disloyalty, We would
ask if twenty negroes in q bunch
standing on the sidewalk could be
possibly considered as an obstruc-
tion7 IL not, could il be possibly
considered q nuisance? il 90, can it
be abated1


If a negro pushes a white man of
the sidewalk and the white nan
returns the compliment by breaking
n chair post over The negro's head,
is the white man liable 70 prOsecu-
tion upon n charge of assault and
battery, or should the negro pay
for the broken chair


1Ehsrman Courier.
Year: 1870

in every instance where it should prove inef-
fcctual: providing the symptoms attending
the sickness of the child or adult should
warrant the suppositon Of worms being the
cause" In all cases the Medicine to be given
IN sTaIcT ACCORDANCE WITH TIE DnfcrToss


We pledge ourselves to the public, that
Year: 1870

70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


The division of opinions in France threatens to
be the triumph Of Prussia in the present war.


Republicans cannot forget that the empire has
held them down, with the iron hand of the army
graspng their throat, sitting their liberties and
destroying their prospects. Now is their oppor-
tunity. If, through the help of republicans,
france triumphs over Prussia, the army will re-
turn more than ever an instrument Of oppression
In the hands of the Emperor. The doom of re-
publicauism will be rung out of the peals of VIC
tory over Prussia. Hence their revolutionary
movements in Paris Lyons, Marseilles and other
cities.


Now, this want of union is pregnant with weak
ness The question how to unite France as one
man in presence Of danger becomes paramount.
The answer is simple one. Let the Emperor
~ay:-"Frenchmen, the welfare of France is the
essential point toward which all our efforts
must be directed. The perpetuation of
my dynasty and the form of government
which you may elect to adopt hereafter are
secondary considerations. Help me to scour
France OF these Prussians, help me to drive back
every invader from our sacred soil and swear to
God and in the presence of the world that will
Rbdicate the throne of France for myself and
family. The army will swear to the nation that
this oath Of mine shall be executed to the letter.
and that the nation, when peace is restored shall
have an untrammelled opportunity of enactug it's
will regards the leader and the form OF govern
ment which its majority shall choose"


Let this be done, and let the army endorse the
oath of the Emperor and ten days win not elapse
before the last representative of Our Fritz will
take the back track across the Rhine followed.
perhaps, by French army to accelerate their
movements and them safe home.
Year: 1870

TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD


In your account in Thursdays issue of the pro-
ceedngs Of the Fenian picnic it is to be regretted
that harmless advertising squib about new
drama In preparation at Niblo's should have been
construed into anything offensive to any class of
our citizens. The ominous words "orange" and
"true as stcef' have no further meaning than is
conveyed by the allnsion to color an incident in
this story Of the mimic drama.


JARRETT & PALMER.
Year: 1870

telegram to hand in this city from Rome reit-
crates the assurance already conveyed in a cable
despatch to the effect that his Holiness Pope Plus
the Ninth has desired or will desire The French
bishops to vote for the dynasty on the occasion of
the DlebiscituDl.
Year: 1870

1t would be very absurd for labor
to make war upon capital. Capital is
a necessary means in the hands o. the
laborer to accomplish any great or i'm
Portant work. Capital is one Of the
tools Of labor, and every skillful, sue
cessful laborer is, and must be, the
master OF his tools.


The reason why the laborer is not
success to himself is, because he is not
the master Of this one tool, capital.
Neither should We make war upon the
capitalist as a man or a. a capitalist.
Int every lover Of justice must and will
make war upon him as a monopolist.
or as.the robber Of the fruit of ano,her's
toll. Every laborer should be capi.
ltaIlst, bat he should not get his capi-
tai by robbery, or by system OF fraud
carried on under cover Of the compli-
Gated machinery Of government, which
the laborer does not understand. The
only difference between this govern
mental system Of Plunder and highway
robbery is, that III lie latter case the
victim does not know how he il being
robbed.


| do not mean to say that every man

who prof by this system is dishon-
est man. Capitalists and laborers are
both controlled by false system Of IL
nance and money, that largely control
the distribution Of the profits Of labor
We must, therefore, make war, not up
OH the capitalist as such, but upon this
false system of exchange and finance,
ana upon those men who seek to per
Pe'nate them. We must make war m
on me laws and false opinions 4 socie-
ty that give The capitalist special priv
Year: 1870

Let every patron Of the ADVOCATE
make it point to read and reflect on
the letter of our European correspond
ent. 1t is from the pen of one of the
sblest reformerers of the Old World.
Year: 1870

ONLY NAPOLEON OR BAzAINE.- Among the
extraordinary dispatches from the scene of
war is the one stating that King William has
positively resolved to treat for peace only with
Napoleon or Bazaine. What an anomaly
and what stupidity! To treat with either Of
two men, one of whom he holds as prisoner
at Wilhelmsh0he and the other he keeps
beleaguered up in the fortress of Metz. This
is but specimen brick of the many bogus
depatches sent by the cable every day. 1t is
enough to make the fishes blush at the bottom
of the ocean, II Aey have any consciences,
while such stun is passing over the wire. 1t
is pity that one of the grandest enterprises
in the world cannot be utilized in any other
service than that of absurditv and fals6oaton.
Year: 1870

THE ILLNESS OF THE PoPE.-The Holy Fa-
his dominions by the Italians, with the avowed
purpose of Incorporating them in the kingdom
Of Italy, with Rome itself as their capital, is
reported seriously i'll, and it is feared that he
cannot live long We hope, however, that he
will speedily recover, and live to see his
Church more firmly established than ever on
the rock-the spiritual rock-of st. Peter. We
have great faith in the opinion that the loss OF
his temporalities will strengthen the Holy
Father in his spiritual kingdom We hold
this to be an infallible doctrine, and we hope
he may live to prove ii So
Year: 1870

CANDY JOHNSON COME AGAIN. Andy John
son has been making a speech at Gallatin,
Tenn, defining his position and expouuding
the constitution 1t was his old story over
again; but there was mixed up in it some very
good advice to the Tennessee democracy He
admonished them that the old Southern demo-
cratic doctrine of State sovereignty was only
secession and revolution in disguise, and that
it was too late in the day to attempt the
revival of that exploded fallacy; that the
Southern democracy ought TO unite with the
nationa! democracy on a platform free from
the suspicion of secession. This is excellent
advice, and if the Southern democracy have
anything like common sense left among them
they will follow it, and with many thanks to
Mr.. Johnson.
Year: 1870

ernment is now in possession OF the fact that
the hue and cry recently raised against the New
York quarantine laws, and the attempts made
to evade them by sending vessels to Perth
Amboy, was nothing less than ruse to cloak
stupendous schemes for smuggling. Measures
will Immediately be taken to entrap these bold
buccaneers and their 'longshore aiders and
abettors, and it has already been determined
to lay the matter before Congress and recon-
mend the repeal of the law making Perth
Amboy port of entry
Year: 1870

THE RATE OF TAXATION IN NEW YORK
CoUNTY.-The Board Of Supervisors yesterday
made the usual apportionment of the Tax
Levy, and placed the rate of taxation necessary
to supply the sum at So 25 per cent. This is
lower rate than the metropolis has paid in
many years, and is as good showing as can
be found in any city in the Union.
Year: 1870

THE RECORD OF CRIME IN BROOKLYN is
fast rivalling the lengthy lists of murder,
arson, burglary and highway robbery that
appear in the metropolitan annals. 1t would
seem as if the superhuity Of churches which
not conduce to godliness and the observance
of law
Year: 1870

A NITRO GLYCERINE EXPLOSION IN ONO,
which fortunately resulted without loss Of life,
should draw the attention OF the authorities
everywhere that this deadly compound is
stored. Its manufacturers and their employees
can never be taught to exercise the most
ordinary precaution in the handling of it, and
strict measures should be adopted against
them when any disaster occurs through their
negligence
Year: 1870

The FALL SEASON OF THE WHIsKEY
RING will shortly commence in Cincinnati
Several new suits, involving many millions Of
dollars, have been prepared. The result will
probably be the same as during previous
seasons. The entertainment is of the farce
order.
Year: 1870

THE GLORIOUS AUTUMN has quite changed
the appearance of the metropolis. The streets
assume bustling appearance; the milliners
are beset with anxious inquirers after the
latest fashions, and one by one the theatres
are thrown open to thousands of patrons.
Business prospects are excellent and joy and
hope sit on every countenance.
Year: 1870

A SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION MovEMENT-That
of the newspaper press of Paris against the
restoration of the Bonapartes There must be a
party behind the scenes looking to peace who
are in favor Of this restoration, at least to the
extent Of the late imperial regency, or there
would hardly be such general outcry from
the Paris newspapers against the scheme.
Year: 1870

SUBURBAN RESIDENCES utmost activity
is apparent in the real estate market on Long
Island. Capitalists from this city buy up
large tracts there, lay them out in lots and sell
them at reasonable rates, the payments being
made in monthly instalments Thus home
steads are placed within the reach of every
ono
Year: 1870

ENCUMBERlNG THE SIDEWALKS. In many
of the downtown streets the sidewalks are
worse than ever in the manner in which they
are encountered by boxes, bags and merchan-
disc generally. Will the Superintendent Of
Streets pay little attention to this matter9
Year: 1870

THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION meets
in Rochester to- morrow to renominate, In all
probability, the old State ticket, which has
been in power for the last two years. There
is nothing new or interesting connected with
the action of the Convention, except in regard
to the position it may take on the question OF
the European war. Whether it will favor the
French republic against the German monarchy
and retain the Irish vote, or the German mon
archy against the French republic as a bid for
the German vote, or whether it will favor both
parties, as the Republican Convention did, or
neither party and 60 in only on the old home
issues, is really the only question at all in
doubt.
Year: 1870

THE GREAT MYsrERY.-'rhe body Is
to die. No one who passes the charm
ed boundary comes back 70 tell. The
imagination visits the land Of shadows
sent out from some window Of the
soul over life's restless waves-5ut
wings Its way wearily back without a
life leaf in its beak as a token Of merg-
ing life beyond the closely bending
horizon. The great sun comes and
goes In the heavens, yet breathes no
secret Of the ETHEREAL wilderness. The
crescent moon cleaves her nightly pass
age across the upper deep, but tosses
overheard no signals. The sentinel
stars challenge each other as they walk
their nightly rounds, but we catch no
syllable Of their countersign which
gives passage to the heavenly camp.
Batween this and the other life, there
q q great gulf fixed, across which nell
ther foot nor eye can travel.
Year: 1870

We have often urged the attention of the
farmers to this subject as one of great i'm
portance. Any traveller among our farming
districts can see large tracts Of land that
have been plowed when wet and unfit to be
worked, by observing large, heavy clods of
earth, which, in the hot season, becomes
like heated brick, burning all the roots of
grain or other products near to it. Besides
this evil no seed can vegetate and grow well
upon soil thus cultivated, nor can that soil
give back as much nutrition as if plowed
when in right condition and upon warm and
sunny days, when light and warmth can
penetrate into the soil, and thus greatly
benefit it


We are confident that farmers lose from
ten to forty per cent. of their crop by mat
tention to this matter By little care at
the proper time to plow, by examining the
soil and selecting good sunny days, the soil
will send up its voice in a halo of dewdrop
clouds that will wreathe the plowman with
its approval of his good sense.


As with farms, so with orchards, vine
yards and gardens. No soil should be
worked when wet and soggy. If the soil
continues wet long drain it well, and soon
it will be in working order, but never at
tempt to plow, spade or work it unless in
good condition.