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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
The Philosophy Of Smoking.

A reverend gentleman in New York
has been lecturing on this subject. The
first point he made was that the use of
tobacco made yonth manly, refined his
taste, excited emulation ard engendered
self reliance. The second point enforc-
ed by the lecturer was, that tobacco en-
genders love of freedom, becomes a
bond of sympathy, and is opposed to
aristocratic institutions. Tyrants, he
said, had always been opposed to the
use of tobacco by their subjects, and
many Of them had prohibited smoking
under severe penalties. It's use was op-
posed to aristocratic institutions, because
it placed all men, more or less, on an
equality. What man ever refused an
other light for his cigar? He had him
self never witnessed such thing but
once in his life. In his opinion, King
James famous counterblast against to-
bacco was Indirectly the cause of that
other counterblast-the gunpowder plot.
James subjects, he said, saw that a man
who was stupid as to think i'll of to-
bacco was not fit to reign over them, and
as a natural consequence, the gunpowd-
er plot was concocted.
OF the advantages of using tobacco,
the lecturer recited and instance in the
case of a crew wrecked among the Fe-
jee Islands All were eaten by the Is
ianders except one man, and him, they
declined to touch, in consequence of his
flesh smelling SO strongly of tobacco.-
Hence the lecturer argued that all trav
eiers should at once commence the use
of tobacco, a. they never could tell
among what company they might fall.
The lecturer concluded by showing that
the use of tobacco begot the virtues of
peace and forbearance, and was SO much
promoter of domestic happiness that
no household could be deemed complete
unless good stock of cigars was ready
at hand
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
IRON tue Home Journal
All About a New Bonnet.


brought new bonnet home to my
wife
Now, if there be one thing more than
another which my wife likes to have me
bring home to her, it is a new bonnet
A new bonnet in house Is an untalling
source of delight, at least, one Sunday.
A fter it has been TO church, and your
wife's female friends, and, perhaps. 9th
ers who are not her friends, have ad-
mired and cast enyious slanceS at 1t, 1t
ceases, to some extent. to possess its
pristine charm. Still, with q little man.
agement on the part OF the wearer, &
new bonnet, If it be very elegant one,
may be made to do good service, not
only AT church, but AZ the opera, one or
two concerts, and n lecture. [ don t
know why it is. but SO far as my expe
rierce, goes, l think ladies take very
kindly TO new bonnets; they seem to ap-
preciate them much more than any 9th
er portion of their wardrobe. Perhaps
it is because it can be shown to greater
advantage than many other articles In
crowded assemblages the bonnet can al
ways be seen. The furs. the shawl. the
rich dresses. and the iewelry are often
times hidden from observation but the
can be seen from pews around.
1t is very gratifying to the husband to
mark the smile which lights up his wife 5
countenance when he informs her that
lie has brought her new bonnet. That
smile, in my opinion, is worth more than
many new bonnets 1t reminds me,
somehow, of my courtship days, and l
wish. at such moments, that l could be
always bringing home new bonnets to
nv wife
| know of no other article of ladies'
apparel which is so subject to the chang
es of fashion as the bonnet Every
month witnesses an alteration so that
you may safely take q new bonnet home
to your wife each month, without fear
ing that she already possesses one in the
least like it
For man whose experience III the
matrimonial arena is of an infelictious
character. can imagine no surer way
of his making it felIctious than by a
monthly gift TO his wife, of new bon
net. Even though, in the parlance of
/ the world, he can't afford it, vet he
| should do il for the sake OF domestic
peace. Wisely hath latter day Solo
mon said Better is new bonnet on
/ the head of wife, than shoes and stock
lngs on the feet of children
In nv case. fortunately for my purse
and the comfort of my little ones, this
necessity does not exist The new bon
net which, two or three times a year.
take home 10 my wife, Is not given as a
peace offering. ! sometimes think, too,
| that l enjoy that new bonnet quite as
much as she does. / experience grea,
pleasure in seeing her open the square
green box. on which the name OF s
French miIliner of repute. in gilt letters
on white enameled, card, appears, con
tanning ii. and observe her look of APP
proval-she regards my taste, in the mat
Der OF selecting bonnet as unequalled-
when her glance first falls upon it Then
placing her hand carefully under il. she
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
Personal Appearance Of Dickens.

A London correspondent Of the New
York Tribune gives the following de-
scription OF Charles Dickens. who was
"a years of age on the 7th inst:
He is on the short side Of middle
hight; his hair and beard almost or
quite gray-the latter worn after the
French or American fashion, with shaw
en- checks; the former brought forward
and. l should think, elaborately oiled
His eyes are dark, handsome and viva
cious, the lines below and about them
deeply defined; the eyebrows appeared
thick and arched to semi -circularity,
though this might be from his mobility
of features in reading. His nose is of
no particular recognized order, odd aud
full at the nostrils, the humorous line
running from them TO the corners Of the
mouth very marked and noticeable. His
complexion is not very clear, and rad
dish about the rather sunken cheeks
He dresses in good taste, quietly. with
dainty linen.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
Nasty Strikes lie.

That eminent and pious Democrat
ex Reverend Petroleum V Nasty, evi-
IDENTIFY possesses a profound insigh into
democratic politics. practices, and pc
culiarities. In his last letter he thus de
scrihes the descending scale through
which men who are not '.born dino
Gratis" usually became members of thst
church militant:
When, said | to myself, when men
seek gain they bore for it! They go
down-never up. We dug downward
downward downward through the
strata Nv society. We went through
the groceries-the next strata was the
most ignorant un. the fnriners-then we
struck the poor white ny the South, then
below them the heft ny the people NV
Moo Gersy-then Southern Illinois and
Indiana-then Pike county. Missouri,
and so on We never went upward for
converts, cause 'twant no nse--when "A
man wanted to iine US he alluz he'd TO
come down. We got lots Nv converts.
There wuz a regular slislen scale wich
the heft NV dimocrats who wuznt born
in the party, hev slid down, viz:
Quarter dollar smiles.
l5 cent nips-
10 cent drinks.
cent sucks.
A fiat flask concealed.
A bottle openly.
Dimocrisy.
We lost our hold for two re asons.-
First, the poor liker we hev now kills off
our voters too fast, and the tax on whis-
XIV forced two thirds Nv our people to
quit suckin, and as soon AS they begun
to git on their feet they jined the ablish-
nists. Secondly. our leaders spozsd
there wuz no lower stratum, to dig into
and give up i'll disgust.
But have diskivered that lower stra-
tum-I have found it, and when the idea
flashed over my w ehsterian intellek,
shouted Halleloogv, The niger is the low
er stratum, and eft we bore down to it, and
work it thoroughly, we hev at least a
twenty years lease uy power
Kin they read ? Kin they write p
Amt the bulk NV EN- rather degraded and
low than otherwise? Methinks. Amt
that the kind NV stock we want. and the
kind which hez alluz set us up? Readin
hez alluz bin agin us-every skool mas
is engine NV ablishnism-every noos-
paper Is a cuSs.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
What are the Stones Saying

DR.. Brugsch. treating of the vast and
varied number of stone inscriptions
found in Egyptian tombs, finds:
The reason for the people dwelling
during their lifetime in tents of mud,
but erecting everlasting monuments for
their corpses, is their firm conviction of
the existence of another, an everlasting
world to which this present,one is mere
ly the entr rance-hall. While a general
inscription on the wall of these tombs
uniformly exhorts the living to praise
the Deity gladly, to leave all earthly
things behind when the parting moment
arrives. and to pray for the dead, there
are others upholding most Characters
ticallv the advantages and the high posi-
ton possessed by the Ltsratus in compar-
ison with all other ranks and professions.
Take the following inscription over
s tomb at Ell KALI, over four thousand
years old !: He loved his father, he hon
ored his mother, he loved his brother.
and never left his house with an angry
heart A man of high position was
never preferred by him to a humber
man There are MANY traces even of
that chivalrous Difference to women
which is always found in higly cultivated
nations. The names of the husbands
are more often omitted in the genealosi-
cal tablets than those of the Ladies of
the House, whose principal ornament,
the stones record, was their love to their
lords They are called in the inscrip-
tions-not generally given to poetic
phraseology- the beautiful palms, whose
fruit was tender love and the most
glorious present accorded to the favor
ties Of the gods is the esteem of men
and the love Of women.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
From the Atlantic Monthly, of March, 1888.
THE OLD MANS IDYL.

oLD III
By the waters of Life "a, together,
Hand in hand in tins golden DAYS
OF the b- sutiul early summer weather,
When skies we're purple and breath praise,
When the heart kept to the carol Of birds,
And the birds kept tune to the songs which
Through Skinner of flowers on grassy svards,
And trees with voices -EOlian-
By the rivers OF Life alked together,
/ and my darling, unafraid;
And lighter than any linnet's feather
The burdens Of Being weighed.
And Loves swee; miracles Ger threw
Nantes of JOY outlasting Time,
And up from the rosy mOrro.s grew
A sound that seemed like marriage chime.
In TIE gardens of Life we strayed together
And the luscious apples were ripe and red,
And the langud lilac and honeyed heather
Swooned with the fragrance which they shed.
And under the trees the angels walked,
And up in the air a of wings
Awed tenderly while We talked
Softly in sacred comn,unings.
In the meadows of Life strayed together,
Watching the waving harvests grow;
And under the benson of the Father,
Our hearts, ike the iambs, skipped TO ana Iro.
And the cowslips hearing our low replies,
Broidered fairer the emerald banks,
And glad tears shown in the daisies eyes,
And the timid violet giistened thanks.
Who with Us, and what round US,
Neither myself nor my darling guessed
Only we knew that something crowned us
Out from the heavens with crow Of rest
Only we knew that something bright
fingered lovingly where stood,
Clothed with the ineandescent light
OF something higher than humanhood.
o the riches love doth inherit!
All, the alchemy which doth change
Dross Of body and dregs Of spirit
Into sanctities and strange.
Ny flesh is feeble and dry and old,
Ny darliugs beautiful hair is gray;
But our elixir and precious gold
Laugh at the footsteps of decay.
Harms of the world have come unto US,
Cups of sorrow yet shall drain;
But we have a secret which doth show
Wonderful ranbows in the rain.
And we hear the tread of the years move by,
And the sun is setting behind the hills
But my darling does not fear to die,
Aud am happy in what God Wills.
So we sit by our household fires together,
Dreaming the dreams of long ago;
Then it was balmy summer weather,
And now the valleys laid in snow.
Icices hang from the slippery caves
The wind blow colo, - is growing late
Well. Well we have garnereI all our .heaves,
and my darling, aud we wait.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
- Until the Sound of the GayeI in the East,
SOLEMN WORDS FROM A BUFFALO BROTHER


How few Masons there are whose
thoughts go beyond the consecratetl
walls" which surround them when the
above words are sounded from the East.
Our thoughts are so exclusively con
fined to the earthly lodge and the work
there. that the Immortal Lodge on high
is entirely neglected.
We do not think that the yavel in the
hand of our = sSupreme Grand Master :"
! may at any moment sound from the
East, calling US individually to render
our accounts to Him.
How often are we called upon to per
form the solemn ceremony of attending
the remains of some dear departed bro
ther to its last resting place. his spirit
having received its dimit from the lodge
on earth to that 9 glorious Grand Lodge
on high which our Elder Brother has
gone before to prepare for those of US
who have served Him faithfully here
How few of us fill up the first eight
i hours of the day. or any part of it. as
We are called upon to do. by the service
of God, and the relief of distressed,
worthy brother.
Oh brethren. let Us be more faithful.
and live up to the obligations which we
SO willingly and fearlesslv took upon
ourselves when we were raised to that
sublime degree.
Very few of US. when we are called
upon TO mourn the departure of some
brother from our midst. but experience
some feeling of awe, and our thoughts
on such occasions turn instinctiyelv to
the time which we know must come to
each and every one of us. when we shall
be called upon to lay aside the earthly
Jewels. and receive our dimit from the
lodge below to that lodge above, there
to render up sn account of our steward
ship.
Then let each one of US ask ourselves
if we are prepared for the examination
through which we asnst pass before gain
ing admission to the presence Of Him
who sits in the finished sarctam sane
forum to govern the universe
Can we pass an examination that will
satisfy our Supreme Grand Master, and
will that examination gain US admission
there
Ii We cannot answer these questions
to our own satisfaction. we NAV rest as
sured that it will not be satisfactory to
Him in whose hand rests the gavel that
shall cali each one to the place prepared
for him, either i'll His immediate pres
ence, or without among the ..cowans and
eavesdroppers
Then let every Mason take the manual
left us by our Elder Brother and prepare
himself for that last great day.-FThe
National Free Mason
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

lifts 1t a. tenderly out of the oox as Il it
were an infant, and gazes at it with ad
Eliration. She takes. before speaking a
word. front. side and back view of it.
turning lt quietly around on her hand,
and sometimes, | have remarked. like
a connolsseur before picture, with half
closed eyes and head resting little on
one side. reminding me of the action of
a canary bird. so as to get fairer view
of it, and to better appreciate its ''con-
tour and style. Then she daintily re-
arrauges a bud or leaf on the outside
putting the bud over the leaf or the leaf
under the bud, as it may be. She gives
81 little twist, too, 10 q cluster of flowers,
which seemed inharmoniously put to
gether, and, | confess, that, even TO my
eyes, it assumes = more artistic appear
ance. Then she shakes up, in q light
airy way, the plume, but Immediately
thereafter, proceeds to soomth it down :;
she ruffies and smoothes it several times
indeed, before she has it to please her.
Then she closely scrutinzes the quality
of the velvet, the texture of tie ribbons,
and the character of the lace Then,
speaking for the first time. and in some
what confidential tone, she remarks that
the lace is real thread lace, Chantilly or
Nalenciennes, or whatever it may be-
By this time she is prepared to perform
the great act of trying it on.
Getting before the mirror, where she
can obtain a fair view of herself, the dear
woman proceeds to smooth down her
hair, where it lies plain on her head or
elevates the curls to 4 tritle, if there be
curls; or lifts up the puts little, where
there are putfs. Then after assuring
herself, by repeated glances at the mir
ror, that her hair is in good order, she
places, with due solemuity, the bonnet
on her head. 1t takes about ten minutes
to get that bonnet into the exact position
which she deems the most becoming, and
TO tie the strings in a suitable manner
under her chin. Then she turns to you
with most ravshing smile, and ARCH
ing her eyebrows. and making her lips
look like a half blown rose, gives you
glance which plainly asks you to express
your opinion as to the bonnet and the
wearer.
1t is always safe on these occasions, to
say that you never saw lovlier bonnet;
one more becoming, or-and here you
can make low bow-a moment when
the wearer looked younger and fairer
than she does now. But YOU must not
seek to kiss her, for she would instant
ly frown down any such attempt on
your part. Wait until the bonnet is ta-
ken off and laid into its box before you
do this, and then-vell, then it is good
thing to do it +; and that day if you stay
at home, will be white day in your
life
Within one week, my wife's new bon !
net attended church, a co4cert. "A lecture
and the reception at the National Acade-
ny Of Design course Of treatment
most satisfactory to the wearer.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

Ihe wife Of a German surgeon died
lately in Paris. and when some friends
came TO condole with the '-bereaved one
they found him busily engaged in dis
secting her body.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29
The SEcaEr.-when lady once asked

The SEcRK1-When a lady once asked
Turner, celebrated English painter,
what his secret was, he replied II have
no secret, madam, but hard work" This
is secret that many never learn, and
don't succeed because they don't and
,con't learn it. Labor is the genius that
changes the world from ugliness to
beauty. and the great curse to bless
ing.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

II is vain to stick your finger in the
water. and pulling il out, look for the
hole; and equally vain to suppose that,
however large space you occupy, the
world will miss you when you die.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

Where is paper money first mentioned
in the Bible: When the dove brought
the green back to Noah
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

\ $4,000 hoase has been prescnted
10 General Sherman Ia ST Louis.
Counterfeit bonds of the O'Nahouey
Irish Republic arc extensively circulst-
aj
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

Wake up ana pay for Your lodgings
said a deacon he nudged sleepy
stranger with the contribution box
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

Beverly Tuhei has gone to Mexico
as the correspondent of the London
Herald and standard
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-29

DR.. Brugsch, treating of the vast and
varied number of stone inscriptions
found in Egyptian tombs, finds:
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-11

6nds fault With. as exhorbitant, are not a.
comfortable DOW, or as well paid, as they
were before The war. The wages earned Nv
q FIRST rate mechanic now will not buy as
many comforts ~ the wages he earned be-
fore The war would buy him then.
That II 20 say, the reward Of labor 10
actually Teas now than il was before the
war. So far from being lowered, wages
will probably be increased, relatively to the
price Of food and other necessaries Of life.
70. the war has opened a vast new field 10
free labor; the Southern States, which were
never before open to free mechanics and
workingmen, now require an enormous
force; and the demand for labor which will
increase for years with the development Of
that rich but almost untouched region, and
the corresponding development Of the North
west, must make labor scarce and high
priced In all parts Of this country for years
to come.
We do not regard this IS o calamity; ID
wal force our people to new expedieh.s for
econonizing labor; to new contrivauces
and inventions Of machinery, with the help
81 which labor may be made more produc-
hive The prosperity Of the workingmen of
America - not matter to grieve over. 1t
may cause few capitalists and few ex-
slave holders TO grumble; but those who
have the welfare Of the whole country 4.
heart will rejoice at a condition Of the work
lngmen OF America, which makes them indie
pendent aad prosperous, and which will ne
cessarily oter high rewards for intelligence,
and obiige the country to depend 90 brains
IS well as muscles.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-11

Much has been said Of king Cotton" and
king Corn" while the real king has been
overlooked. Kag Labor is the great king
the king Of the common and the poor men
of America, controlled and mGaagsd By our
selves alone. We do all the work; we pay
al the fazes Of the rich men, because we
earn all the monev True, the rich men
manage by hook or by crook" to get more
Of our earnings than we do; yet, we all
know the workingmen, being the only men
who produce, thev. Of course are the men
who pay al the national debt. What more
has the workingman to do They must
FIGHT ALL THE sArTLEsi They are driven
into the field at the point Of the b0yOnst, il
they refuse to 60 quietly, and thai, at the
instance Of . laundering wicked set Of noa-
prOdueiny Legislators who are fully aware,
that they themselves win nsvr be Obliged to
do the fighting. Or pay Tie srpeass of It. In
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-11
As MIGHT HAVE BEEN EEK
PECTED

In glancing over the proceedings of the
Republican State Convention recently held
At Springfield, we find the following:
One of the delegates from La Sale
county offered the following resolution,
which was finally passed after great deal
Of noise:
Resolved, That we are in favor of that
kind Of legislation which shall tend to allie
viate the hsrdships, shorten the hours Of
labor, and improve the condition Of the
laboring classes.
A delegate from Kane county persisted in
Offering the following resolution, on which
no vote was taken:
RESOLVED, That we are in favor Of eight
hours being made legal days work for the
mechanics and laborers in cities, factories,
and all public works.
Another account, taken however from q
very unreliable source, states the resolutiau
was received with perfect storm Of groans
and hlsses, and that it was not even second
ed. We are not surprised at this action
but it is strange that working men have moi
LEANED there is no dependence whatever
to be placed upon the profession or sym.
fpathy Of either political faction. Still w
are somewhat surprised that the Republican
party should thus wantonly insult the me
chanics Of this State in such high-handei
manner, as it certainly will not rebound t.
its credit or advantage. OF the fortbcom.
ing Democratic Convention the less said the
better. While such men as Wilbur Fl
Story-the implicable enemy Of trade.
organizations, and the notorious Bocl
Master, Of penitentiary fame-ar the shir
ing lights of the party, there would be listl.
hope Of a similar resolution meeting Other
than similar fate.
As Mr.. TRAVELLER is now on visit to thi.
section Of the country for the express pur.
pose Of enlistiDg the sympathy Of the
masses in behalf Of the Eight Hour move.
meut, we trust an effort will be made In
every town and village IN this State, to De-
tcure his services, and steps taken to " run