New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-23

~ %, =, - a. penravlyania" by j. T. Trowbrdge, !
:. Doorstep Acquaintance" by W'D' ho"eh'' anu ~
Pide with a Mad Horse In Freight Gar py W. H. ~
AI well sustain the character OF the magazine Tor
a.. ivocitv Of its sketches and "How we Grow in the
Great North West" by s. II. Gay, gives striking pic
tre n, the progress Of Industrial art and cultivation III
Iuinois "Run wnd"by Bayard Taylor Is little poem
of rugged vgor Illustrating the reyenges OF Nature on
human indoence and neglect
Packard is still bright and lively as young
race-horse who evidently enjoys good keeping ana
feels his oats" The new number has articles on
Boarding House Experience In New-fork,' by fanhe
Bepedict "In tho Rife Pits" by ]. Franklin Fits,
f" The late Hon. Robert NJ Charlton" by Lewis Gaylord
Clark Education as Should Be-" by Horace Greeley
"a Plea for Spendthrfts," by Junus Henri Browne
"Practca Religion" by Oliver Dyer and other exeeeh'
papers. A quaint letter to Mr. Mark twain contains
some apologize remarks on the position OF non men III
general. and Commodore Vanderbilt In particular
The following viii show the manner OF the writer.
ct donbt Mark that II Commodore Vanderbilt should
divide his seventy millions between you ard me- ana pu
us 90 and do something with It, we should De apIo "
accomplish so mueh good In its charitable Des'o"o %
results from the carrying forward OF these grea'
eats Tho man who creates the greatest demand Ior
-, -, ,,1 yoir rennuneration is the best friendOf
bl Won ought TO know better than to sheer at sew
entv millions invested in railroads ana steamboats,
Won ought to be ashamed TO join the Ignorant
rabblo in their cry against rich men, someDouy
must gather riches, If We would nave pup
lie improvements that cost fortunes III those
who by industry and sagacity turn their thousands
into millions should be obliged to partition IL equaio
Among those less fortunate less deserving or 10
something with it, rs You say-which uhdefstahu "
mean to dribbe 1t away In fashionable anu scN'n'i'
cbarty-where would the money come from that puHuS
orr Invaluable railroadsf Or how couiu you ahonS
your contemners Of wealth. gather means 10 eStaosh
and operate limo Of steamersl or where would you
or thousand
that rich men spend in getting great newspaper
enterprises on firm basis Who would patron
ize the scuptors and the paintersf VINO pu'u'
marble palaces that cities boast or VINO orsF
nate and execute great and costly aqneduets'
and other extensive works whereby thousands ana huno
reds Of thousands Of laborers earn food ana lo
themselves and their dependent tapesl II you should
give street beegar hundred dollars you would do
very foolish thing IL You should furnish him employ
ment at fair wages, you would do charitable act
though you made money also from his labor Wander
bits millions are invested in railroads. furnishing aoor-
and money to pay for Ito thousands OF men directly
employed thereon and thousands OF Others through o
various Industries which quckened into heathith mo
and activity by the great arteries Of travel and trans
| portation thus kept open"
! The Herald of Health always deserves well
OF the cause Of physiological hygenic reform and In
this number moro suggestive In Its adinohohS
than usual The following sentence on "Ihe larry care
of the Lungs contains wholesome rebuke many sell
indulgent paterfamilias and may be recommended TO
other Intrusive vagabonds who smoke on other peoples
premises without leave. Children should never be al
lowed to remain in o where people are smoking
| have known many children ruined by breatingEday
after day the vile smoke Of the fathers cigar ana some
times the mothers pipe II parent Is so very Ignorant
Of the laws OF life as 10 smoke where young chill
dren live, no Is q barbarian indeed" Eating ana
! Drinking Damnaton" by the Rev. o. II. Froth-
| ingham. places the act OF taking f0od on the
high ground OF religious duty His remarks on this
point perhaps too strong for weak stomachs
"Epictetus the Greek mOralisr, whose wisdom might
be studied TO advantage by great many Christians,
wrote this sentence why, when eating do you not re-
member who you are that eati Who il Is you feed do
You not know that you nourishlnga godi At every
meal bearn mind there two guests to be fed body
and SOUL ST. Paul did his best 10 rescue one meal te
Lords Supper from the beast II you eat and drink 10
excess there, lie cried eat aud drink damnation.
That the Lords table at which the heart and the reason
should feed. The exclusion percmptory OF gutony
and debauch from this particular OCCASION has proved I'M
fortunate respects for IL has made people regard
the Communion Table with superstous awe and 1t has
seemed by implication TO absoye them from the duty OF
being ordinarily sdeeent at other tables IL was some
thing to DO sure redeem single occasional rcpast;
but IL all other repasts thereby left unrodeemed,
and possibly, In sense. Abandoned to -
price pad nIgh. The point to be gained or at least
to DO proposed, is redemption of all repasts. the
conservation not of any special act OF eating and
drinking, but Of all manner Of eating and drinking:
the making Of every supper Lords supper"
"what Shall We Drink" by the Rev. Charles H. Brig
ham, is a temperate appeal IN favor OF cold water as
steady drink" DR.. Dio Lewis apropos Of Homes for
the CITY," gives instructive account Of his experience
In erecting quasi phaanstery in Boston, which may DO
commended to the notice OF reaestate men In New-lork
"Iast Spring came from Lexington twhere my largo
school buildings had been destroyed by fire. and pur
chased single lot Beacon-st. at its most valuable
point and during the Summer erected building which
to limited extent realizes the above suggestions. Tho
building eight stories hgh has steam elevator and
two dumb walters, with sixty large sunny pleasant |
rooms hot aud cold In every bedruUm mile and
quarter of speaking tube connecting every In tho
house with the Office where / have placed original
annunciator, makirgi very easy for a child, with
slight puff OF air. from the furthest in the house
to ring q gong bell I'm the Office This building |
affords q homo for hundred and twenty-five |
people, which is most complete and satisfactory. Let
me illustrate ono advantage My rooms are In tho |
eighth story, hundred feet from the Office. On |
going o'clock to-day. rode In the elevator TO
my floor and suggested to my wife that should dine in
our parlor Turning to the mouth Of the speaking tube
blew, ringing the bell IN the Office, at the time |
throwing down a syered ban which Indicated the NUN
Der Of my The clerk asked, What is wautedF Il
will have such and such articles for dinner for my wife
and myself In fifteen minutes articles were put
in a portable cupboard with non-conduetlng sides,
placed In one Of the dumb walters at tho right /
time and sent up to the eighth story giving notice TO the
waiter on that floor dinner for and So The waiter
came spread the table, and left MS in peace
and duietness 20 dine at leisure No servant had
assembled single eight OF stairs Allow In conclusion
10 add the capitalist who might be induced TO con
slider the erection OF such city residences that while an
ordinary city house in Boston In the neehborhood OF my
own may rented for 5000 year. IL Is not difficult TO
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