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New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
A DEFENSE OF THE PIKE"

70 the Edftor or The Tribune.
SIR: | find little fault with your California
his ndscrimnate onslaught upon the
Pixies" or Poor Southern Whites" in and about Los
Angeles not inclined to dispute the general
rectness of his statement but beg leave TO note
exception TO the rule laid down by him. To do this
must 20 back to the war through which had with
sergeant-major youthful intelligent brave, and true
steel / saw his courage and intrepid daring tried
many occasions. In the memorable battles Of Franklin
aud Nashville he displayed enough gallanry TO have
him regiment, and 1t did, mere boy he was, give him
commission. In the first days fighting before Nash
vile, he the leader of the skirmish line, coming In
ahead in two hoty contested assaults upon Confederate
batteries And he carried his manness into camp with
him. there the true friend ready soldier, and al
ways gentleman In the years since our regiment dis
banded had lost sight OF him with regret hearing OF
him only that he practicng law In Indiana In the
elegraphc report of the which accompanied the
dsgracefu riot OF Los Angeles last Winter noticed this
paragraph: Frank Howard, young lawyer seeing the
mob about murder Chinese woman, rushed into the
crowd crying, MY God, men, that is woman and at
the risk OF his life, saved hers IL was just what
would have expected of Frank Howard so wrote him,
and found that it not our Hoosier Frank" but
yeritabe Pike" from Mississippi. VIII not this do for
the exception which prove the rule Laid down by Mr.
NOrdhof that "the Pike is the Chinamans enemy" Will
il not do also refutatlon Of the theory that rose
by any other name would smell rs sweet" R.D.A
Ittka Mss, May 10, 1872.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
THE UNIVERSITY OF sTRAsBoURG.

The idea of resusctating the German
University ofstrasbourg which reopened with great
pomp on the LIST inst, originated with Herr Roggen
bach. late Minister of State Of Baden To judge by the
list OF professors whose services have been secured and
by the variety and range Of the subjects On which lee
lures are to be delivered the University OF srasbourg
WIN De able To impart instruction OF character not ex
eeiiea III any university in Europe and, indeed. not
eqnaed In many The first Rector OF the University is
the Vehefabe Dr de Brsch. who has been Dean Of the
Faculty of Theology In the now s,Iperseded French
academy since is His appointment must he regarded
Us uecae and cohcllatory compliment TO the proyn
recently restored 10 bernany and another step In the
same direction several OF colleagues of the Dean have
been incorporated INTO the and brilliant body o
professors. The faculties to taught in the Universally
are the same as those which comprised the OF
lectured Oh Is much wider while many the professors
are OF European fame, aud all In first rank IN the
study " which each has specially devoted himself.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
WOMAN'5 LEVEL.
pr Of The Tribune.

To Ihs Editor or The Tribune.
SIR: In an article published in THE TRIB-
UsE Of May Il, concerning the American Medical Assoc
aon and the women doctors you venture the assertion
that "things find their level" Certainly they do In
ture, and suppose they would in society II we were
quiet But have occasionally striking proofs
Of the truth Of your assertion Just about the time the
article referred to written the Health Officers Of
NewYork boarding the bark Abbie Clifford, from
PernaDbuco, which entering the harbor. They
found walking the deck small slender young woman,
who evidently had command. She had found her level
sea- after the sailors and the first
had died of yellow fever and the captain, her husband
and every officer board was down with the disease
She took command and brought the ship into port Here
the hard logic Of fact She encountered gale of Cape
Hatteras which blew her sails into shreds and carried
several spars overheard but the bark Is safely a
chOred ia the harbor OF HewYork do not know what
her opinion s OF w0mens rights but there Is her vessel
aud IL anybody chooses 70 deny her right TO bring
they are welcome 10 do IL. y.
Detroit, May Is.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25

Ffom The LdJayens (iad) Dspa.cA
We regret very much to see that the Hon.
ID. W. voorhees, gives evidence In Congress- as may be
seen by the teegaphic report that he fogets nothns
and cannot even stoop ~ conquer The Radical partv
was built by aecessons from Democracy and even
from the Rebels, and Mr. Voorhees, would rather re-
main In hopeless minority than profit by their examne
We have no patience with such folly.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25

The speech of Mr.. Voorhees, of Indiana.
the House, on Monday, in which he conclusiyey show
that he occupied haltng equivocal position in rel
ou TO the proposed acceptance OF Horace Greeley
candidate for the Presidency by the Democratic part
has the ring OF the true metal and most accurate
expresses the sentiment OF the great mass
the party. No one can deny the truth Of a
OF Mr.. Voorhees, statements No can dispute fol
moment that Horace Greeley's Liberasm-if lie d
sesses any-is OF very recent growth. Mr.. voorhe
and the Democrats In Congress who followed him. ha
done well In thus early setting at rest all conjectu
which may have been INDUCED In US 70 their probal
action.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
WHAT DOES HE MEAN !
E'so4s Tie H.segus-f prurfTirru

1t is the high privilege of Democrat TO
make any choice for President he pleascs % Gakc and
If Mr.. Voorhees, prefers Grant TO all other men m the
country right TO complain III he prefer, IN
mortal contest between the regular Radical party and
an insurgent movement for its overthrow, 10 Orcr
his Democratic sword to the regular party TO
smte his enemies wih il Is his constitutional privilege
to do So II at the moment when that party which Is the
traditional foe OF the Democracy about 10 be defeated
by a Democratic revolt with which the Democratic
masses are insDcyey fraternzng Mr Voorhees, run TO
its rescue know ONO that may forbid hi Bus
what does all Mr. Voorhees, past defamation against
Radcasm mean II he opposed to the overthrow of
Radicalsm, why has he pretended 10 be in favor OF i'll
If he is a Radical why does he affect to be- Demo.
craft II the rule OF Grant and Norton and
Butler and Chandler really SO charming
and beatinc, why has the honorable member
from the With District Indiana, wasted much of hs
time in denouncing II Mr. Voorhees, must 20 back TO
the ranks. He no longer lead; he is begldered.
Either the true way before him, he de-
signedly points out the wrong way. He has offered his
sword to the enemy for that Radcasm which sits on
the throne Is the enemy, and those Republicans who
fighting OF necessity and of choice allies Nobody
pretends claim Horace Greeley Democrat but the
least intelligent Democrat in the Land knows, without re-
fectlon that Horace Greeley chosen President by Dem
ocratic with Democratic Congress, Is something
inconceivaby better than L. :. Grant with Radical
Congress; and all the impass0ned speeches that Dir.
Voorhees, may make cannot cloud that clear perception
New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
A THoUGHTLEss UrTERANCE.


Mr. Vo0rheess speech came from his manlv
heart without, we think the sanction OF that great
lect with which God has blessed him. IL was sneech
inadvertently made Tor Grant, and Will be used IA a
campaign document 10 prove that Grant was never ba
opDrcssor OF the Southern people, wv VIZ
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25
The Making Of an Orangeman.

The Orange institutions says an ex-
change, received their name from John
Giffard, of Dublin, though they existed
before he named them. The annals of
the period from 1895 up to 1920 show
that citizens were uniformed then. The
Catholic wore green in his cap, green in
his shoe-ties, or, if all failed green
ribbon in his button-hole; while the
Protestant, in memory of the famous
victories Of King William ILL.,, wore "or-
ange" as conspicuously as possible.
Some of the ceremonies of the initia-
ton of Orangemen were borrowed from
the Freemasons. The applicant for adj
mission was required to deny that he
had ever been q Catholic or should ever
become one, and that he should always
do all in his power to maintain the Prot
estant ascendency. The ritual was
adopted from the sixty-eight Psalm.
According to Sir Jonah Darlington the
Orangeman's toast was copied after that
of the "Aldermen of SINNERS Alley
individuals famous in their time for de-
fving King James and deifying King
William. The toast was drunk on the
bare knees, after their possessors had
dined on sleeps trotters in delicate al,
fusion to James feat of running away
from Dublin. This "unparalled senti
ment" was as follows:
"The glorious, pious, and immortal
memory of the great and good King
William; not forgetting Oliver Cromwell,
who assisted in redeeming us from po-
perry, slavery, arbitrary power, brass
money, and wooden shoes. May we
never want William to kick a Jacobite,
and d for the bishop of Cork
And he that won't drink this whether he
be a priest, bishop, deacon, bellows
blower, graye-digger, or any other Of
the fraternity of the clergy, may a north
wind blow him to south, and west
wind blow him to the east! May he
have a dark night, a lee shore, a rank
storm and leaky vessel, to carry him
over the river Styx. May the dog Ger.
berus make meal of his head, and
Pluto snuff-box of his skull; and may
the devil jump down his throat with a
red hot harrow, with every pin tear out
gut, and blow him with clean carcass
to hell. Amen"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25
A French.American Story.

A French paper, the Figaro, gives the
following horrible story from the United
States. 1t is pleasant reading for hot
weather:
1t is known that the railroad from San
Francisco to New York passes through
the reservation of several tribes Of In
dams, who invariably regard the locomo-
tiyes as terrible monsters created by the
Manitou to cxterminate the red men.
Several times already the Indians have
attempted to throw the trains off the
track. In these enterprises they were
led by one of the fercest of their chiefs,
a Cherokee named Naha, and sumamed
Mocking Bird. All their attempts hay.
ing failed, Naha resolved to change his
tactics.
Accordingly on the I'd Of June last, he
concealed himself near the rails, and
with extraordinary activity bounded
upon the footboard of train No. 67,
from Sun Francisco to New York. He
then slipped along the train until he
reached the locomotive, where he killed
the fireman with blow of his tomahawk,
stabbed the engineer with blow of bis
knife, and after scalping them, jumped
on the tender, brandishing the scalps
and bowling out war song.
The settlers along the line became ter.
riied as they saw the train, which now
dashed along at fearful speed, driven
by the ferocious engineer. The passen-
gers all cried out for help. Their situa
ton was extremely perilous; in fact
they were running right into the jaws OF
death.
Finally an officer Of the navy, Mr..
Henry Pierce, determined to sacrifice
himself to save his fellow passengers
Armed with a long dirk knife he ran
along the footboard of the train and
jumped upon the engine. The chief ut
tered war cry and brandished his TOM
ahawk, and hand-to-hand struggle was
commenced over the bodies of the engi,
neer and fireman.
The passengers put their heads out Of
the windows and with an anxiety which
may easily be imagined tried to see the
fight In about minute Mr.. Pierce fell
MORALLY wounded under Mocking Bird,
who in the twinkling of an eye scalped
him. But while he was triumphantly
waving the scalp Of the victim in the all
Mr.. Pierce, who was still living, had
sufficient strength to jump up and lunge
his knife in the Indians breast, killing
him instantly. He then crawled to the
valve handle, shut off the steam, and the
train stopped.
The passengers ran to the assistance Of
this brave officer, but it was too late; he
died two hours afterward.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25

A MARROW EsCAPE.--A new story Of
Joaquin Miller is told by the Portland,
Oregon, Bulletin, and it has all the Zero.
cious features incident to life in the far
West. Two brothers, twins, Sam and
Henry Lockhart, were owners of ferry
across the Pitt River in 1852. The win
ter following while Sam was absent in
Shasta, the Indians made a raid and
killed Henry and all the white settlers
in the vicinity of the ferry. This shock
to the surviving brother served to trans.
form HIM into fend. He became n
hard drinker, and vowed to devote his
life to the discovery and slaughter of
every Indian that he had any reason to
believe had anything to do with the
laughter Of his brother. And he car
ried out that purpose till his very name
was terror to all the Indians within
hundreds of miles. He was n wanderer,
and could not be restrained by law or
the entrcattes of the whites. On one Of
his expeditions he met Joaquin Miller,
whom he suspected Of completely in his
brothers murder. He had not yet
proof enough, however, to justify the
shooting of him on sight. Whether
Miller resisted is not stated; but Ger.
tainly Sam made him a prisoner, and
marched him to Yreka, where a serious
consultation was had with Judge Rosbo.
rough in whose judgement the avenger
had great confidence. at was with
2reat difficulty" says the Bu,letiu, "that
the judge then only practising lawyer
in Yreka, could persuade Sam that he
was mistaken in his suspicious, his only
remark being, if he is guilty, 1 shall
kill him, sure" After questioning and
cross examining that would have dore
credit to a member of the bar-Millel
having been directed by the Judge to
be perfectly frank and tl1lthful-SOm
was at last satisfied with his innocence
and permitted him to go unmolested
The lovers and admirers of Joaquin Mil
er's poetry may thank Judge Rosborough
that their favorite did not receive his
death from Sam Lockhart's unerring
rifle nearly twenty years ago. Poor Sam
continued his lawless course until he met
a bloody death in Idaho, while engaged
in one of those mining disputes which
were decided by the law of the knife and
pistol.N
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25
The WooL CLIP OF THE WEsT.-T]

The WooL CLIP OF THE WEsT.-The
Financial Chronicle in a summary of the
prospects Of the wool clip for 1872, says
1t appears that the clip of the Northwest
promises to come in late this season, ow-
ing to the backward spring, which has
retarded general farm work and hence
made it necessary to postpone shearing
very generally until other work has been
disposed Of. As to the amount of the
clip, there is reason to fear that it will
not exceed, if indeed it does not fall
somewhat below that Of last year. In
Wisconsin the hocks are not as large as
at this time last year and in Michigan it
is estimated that there will he falling
off of at least ten per cent. There seems
to have been no general effort made to
keep up and increase the hocks in the
Northwest, owing to the moderate price
of wool last spring while the drought of
last fall injured the pastures and com
PEELED many Of the sheep raisers to begin
foadering month or more earlier than
usual consequently focks were reduced
in number to save fodder, which was
neither abundant or cheap. The advance
in the price of wool later in the season
came too late TO stimulate production,
and there seems, therefore, to be good
grounds for the belief that the amount of
the clip in the Northwest will be some
what, and possibly considerably less this
year than last. In Ohio, the largest
wool growing State this side of the Rocky
Mountains, the condition of affairs is
reported to be pretty much the same,
Nor is there any good reason for believ-
ing that there will be any considerable
increase of production in this or the New
England States. In West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas
and Iowa, however, the clip is likely to
be in excess of last year, though not sufli-
cient to Offset the deficiency reported
elsewhere, while the production of Hi
nois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and other States is so small as not to
affect the supply materially.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25

not bear it. Why, he is all the world to
me How could bear to lose IT'D
"Then don't wish him to be city mer-
chant, my dear. l dare say there are
many good men in the city-men who
love their wiveg--but, on the other hand
there are so many temptations, especially
in society, that sometimes wonder, not
that so many go astray, but that so many
remain true to themselves and their duty"
She spoke absently, and her eyes had
a tar away glance as if they dwelt on 9th
err things.
Jenny ventured a question.
Margaret, is yours happy marriage
Do you love your husbands And does he
love youG"
Mrs. Won Howth started and turned
pale.
"Jenny, / would have loved him, /
would have been good wife to him, but
he never loved me. He brought me to
place at the head of his house because he
thought me ladylike and interesting, that
was all. lie told me once, though not so
plainly as this. And since then we have
each taken our own way, independent of
the other. | seldom see him at our house
in town. have my carriage, my dia-
monds and my opera box. In the season
go to Saratoga or Newport, while he
favors Long Branch with his presence.
We are perfect strangers to each other
we never quarrel, and suppose If were
| to die to morrow he'd be an inconsolable
widower for a week. Jenny, you will not
wish to change places with me again,
Your husband might change as mine has
done, exposed to the same temptation,
Thank Heaven, you have him as he is, a
good true man, who loves you and never
mind the butter and cheese, Jenny so
long as your happiness and his is made
up with them"
She rose from her seat and strolled
up the garden path.
Jenny did not follow. She sat on the
step lost in thought. The riddle of her
friends life was at last made clear to her.
She had often wondered why Margaret, in
the midst of all her wealth and luxury,
should seem so sad she wondered no
| longer now
To be the wife of man who had no
love for you. What Clover deep" can
there be than this for q proud and sensi-
tive womanS
Jenny turned with tears in her eyes to
meet the stalwart husband as he came
from the field.
"Well, little woman" he cried and then
she got the hearty kiss for which she was
looking.
Yes, Margaret was right. The butter
and cheese were of little consequence
while love like this made her task easy to
endure.
And the rosy checked little woman
bent fondly down over her "Iliram" as he
flung himself down on the porch seat and
famed him, brought him lemonade, and
made him thoroughly happy and at rest
Poor Margaret! Happy Jennie New
er again would she wish to be more
only a farmers wife.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25

fashion NOTES. - Among the many
pretty novelties of the season are the
floral sets of jewelry, consisting of brooch
and earrings of artificial flowers hand
somely mounted. Striped grass cloth is
q favorite and cool material for travelling
costumes. Small sleeveless jackets OF
bright colored silks have again been re-
vived, and are extremely pretty worn
with light summer dresses. Parasols
are made larger this season than ever.
those Of black silk finished with fringe,
and lined with some pretty bright color,
are fashionable, and suitable for any
dress. They are mounted on alpen.
stocks. Fancy combs for the hair are
much worn this summer in tortoise shell,
rubber, &c. They tighten the effect of
the heavy braids, and help greatly to
sustain the weight of the hair. Blouse
trnic of striped "tasso" cloth forms one
of the prettiest costumes of the season.
Leno cloth is cheap and serviceable,
barege is pretty and challie light, soft
serviceable. The first two can be OBJ
tanned for fifty cents yard; the last at
sixty five cents. Fichus and bows OF
colored Grape de chine, trimmed with
lace, are a dainty finish to summer
toilet. The Alsatian bow for the hail
is still very fashionable.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25
A Woman In Il Turkish Bath

M. H. B., the sprightly lady cores
pondent of the Missouri Republican, has
been taking Turkish bath in New York,
and don't like it. Here's what she says
of it We were Invested of every stitch
of our clothing, our rings and bracelets
locked up, our back hair taken of, our
own special possession Of seventy-fve or
hundred hairs made into little hirsute
pill and impaled with a hair.pin. That
was the only token of civilization we
boosted. The procession formed. At
the door we were handed miniature
sheet and little bit of sponge wet with
cold water. Through passage we went to
a room, where we dropped our sheets
and entered vapor that clothed us
decently. l wonder the Police Gazette or
! the Days Doings haven't hit on this
business for illustration. Well, in this
steam / thought / would suAfocate. 1t
poured up and down through holes till it
was dreadful. The use of the wet sponge,
/ here ascertained, was to put on the top
of your head to prevent coup de steam,
or some such dire complaint. They
wouldn't let me out, and the temperature
got worse and worse, and / began to
think of my mother and an obituary
notice in the Republican, when we were
pronounced cooked enough, and let out
into a room in which was a mighty tank
of cold water, through which you must
wade or swim as you could. Caesars
ghost ! | flew through it. My anatomy
and physiology were heated to n boiling
point The water seemed like ice. 1t
sent the blood rushing to my hollow
head I'm convinced have no brains),
and my heart came kerfop up and went
kerchunk down. | made up my mind
this was the worst of it, and tried to be
resigned. l had been soaped and scrub
bed in the vapor room till l was scaritied.
l stood on the brink and watched my
companions splashing through the infer.
nal tank. One of 'em, to expedite hel
own release, caught at my ankle
away went my soapy, slippery feet from
under me, and in [ went for second
time. How very near an end was the
happy connection between M. Fl. b
and the st. Louis Republican! At tho
next stage of this truly awful experience
we received the "shower," had now
become convinced that L should never
see home or friends again, In calm
despair l walked under solid column o.
water, that nearly broke my back, ant
just here 1 got mad That fat attendant
hasn't yet recovered sufficiently to make
a complaint, and when the thin woman
went before Judge Bowling, that gen
tleman said it was conspiracy; that NJ
woman of my size, unaided could Dc
such damage. He told the woman to e
home and say nothing about it for sh'
had evidently been drcadfully drunk
and undertaken to walk through a carpe
cleaning machine. And that's the frs
and last Russian bath take.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-07-25

New TEETH IN AGED PERsoNs.-In an
article on longevity, Professor Owen has
explained how it is that aged persons are
said to have cut new teeth late in life.
Many readers will remember to have
heard or read fsuch occurrences, which
are regarded as extraordinary. The facts
are these it often happens that teeth
break or decay, and leave a stump in the
gum. The gum closes over the place,
and the incident is forgotten. AS years
60 by, the jaw and the gums shrink ; the
long buried stump is in consequence laid
bare, and is hailed as a new tooth, and is
sometimes mentioned in the newspapers
as kiad of wonder. Thus "fact" is
shown by competent authority to be an
error; and it is always we'll for public
opinion to get rid of ON error.