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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-13

The tongues are clicking all the day long in
one hotel up the Hudson. One of the boarders,
a prepossessing lady with insinuating manners
and two interesting children, turns out to be
self-possessed swindler Learning that one
of her new acquaintance had an account with
leading dry goods house in this city, she
made a large purchase of lace and other
choice goods in her name and received the
package at the depot. On the following day
she returned to the city for the purpose of re-
peating the transaction at another house, but
as bill for her first purchases had been rem
dered the detectives were already on her track
The knowing ladies at the hotel, who were
deliberate about making the acquaintance of
this confidence operator, now have the first
and the last word in the chatter at the break
fast table. A sillier swindle than this is sell
dom recorded, for it was detected within
twenty-four hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-13
Business Noiiees.
"ALDERNEY BRAND "
Buy always

SURF HOTEL, Fire Island Beach.-Chllls,
Malaria Hay and Peach Fevers cured Surf and stu water
tickets and baggage checked by Long Island r. leaving
Pnest, y. Y. 405 East 34th-st S:l5 and 4;l5
m. via Long Island CITY, to Fire Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-13

The Lords are prolonging the struggle on
the Land bill. The heavy majorities with
which their amendments have been thrown
out by the Commons do not appear to have
affected their prejudices, for they have sent
back the measure in the same mutilated con-
dition as before. The Land act of 1870 was
twice referred back to the Lords, about three
weeks being occupied with the amendments
The present measure will be likely to drag for
a fortnight longer at least. Lord Beacons-
field would have accepted the inevitable with
better grace. Lord Salisbury lacks one of the
best traits of his predecessor-practical sa-
gacity.
Perseverance and logged determination al
ways produce an impression. The pilot of the
Manhattan Beach steamboat Thomas COllyer
made vigorous effort day before yesterday to
smash the floating bridge at the Battery,
where she lands passengers, but the headway
not being wen calculated the enterprise was a
Illuminating failure. Yesterday the attempt
was renewed with striking success, the bridge
being carried into the street. the big timbers
spliptered, the great stones torn I'D, and the
gates wrenched from their fastenings. A few
more experiments of this kind may enable the
management to force their way into still higher
ATTITUDES, and to land their passengers in Bowl
ing Green or at the foot of Rector-st.
The French troops in Northern Africa are
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The French troops in Northern Africa are
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There are mtimations in John Kelly's newspapers
that any Democratic reorganization which leaves
Tammany out won't count this wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-13

ANYTHING which makes the Democratic party nm
happy is pretty sure to be a good thing. The escape
of the Virginia Republicans from the trap of the
Bourhons has set the Democracy of the whole CONN.,
try to Cnashing its teeth, and may therefore, be set
down as IN The Interest OF hetter polities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
COmpensatIOns of the Ksthetie
Craze.

There are some features of modern
society in Philadelphia that are found
in all other centers Of population, and
a photograph of one is a reflection of
others. Take the present rage for
aesthetics, a term which covers a null
titude of subjects; not only decorative
furniture, but also department, con.
v~ersation and dress. 1t enters into
the whole range Of utility and orna.
ment. | find it quite impossible to
do justice TO the universally of this
diversified culture. 1t permeates the
whole structure Of modern life. Much
%ridiculed. the general effect Is good.
Even | can recollect when there was
no such institution as a school of
elocution for young ladies. Now
there is hardly a considerable town in
which rhetoric and conversation
are not taught to young men
and womeR. Bstany the collec.
ton Of fern, first a pastime has now
become a business. The painting Of
PLAQUES and flowers gives occupation
to thousands Of women and girls
Who cannot 60 back to the time when
scientific music was confined TO the
few2 Now there is not a city in which
the cultivated human voice does not
prove a fortune to its possessor in the
choir, the opera or the concert. In A
word, the elevation Of the employ
ments Of the people, improves the
people, and the greater the varieties
Of industries the better for the women
of America. l am not dwelling upon
the marvellous advantages Of the
higher education of my own sex: on
that subject Propose another letter.
My present object n simply TO show
that the influence at work called
aesthetics is full Of benefits to the
girls of America 10 earn genteel
livings. Refined education makes
them respect themselves, and 10
lead the way to a better vocation.
The silk culture is one CT the
most profitable and delightful of the
new means Of self support. The bus
mess Of teaching is another, the set
ting Of type another, bookkeeping, tel.
egraphy, ornamental needlework, cler-
ieal skill, attendance In shops and
all these are new and improy-
Ing sources Of female independence.
But more amazing than all is the
wonderful effect OF egfheticsin house
keeping. Here the theme is capable
)f indefinite extension. The whole
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
The Future Of the Negro in tIle
United STATES.

J. stahl Patterson IN the Popular Science
Monthly for 0etober.l
What will be the direction of col
ored migration in the future? This
will depend in part Of the policy Of
States and General Government
towards the colored people. Formally
it was a current speculation that the
black would drift towards certain
States in the South, which would pass
under colored control in all respects.
to the exclusion Of the whites. This.
however, is not likely to take place,
except by the interference Of the gen
eral government. If, under the pre-
text Of a free ballot, the bayonet is
resorted to BY any party
in power at Washington, and
certain States in the South
are again brought under the control of
ignorant masses led by political adyen-
turers. Southern society may be
forced into a different form than
now prevails. Under the continuance
Of such a policy, fit could be main
tanned, certain States might become
exclusively colored, and society there
in sink toward a form Of semi barbar.
ism. The whites would eventually DO
driven out by political corruption,
administration, and State bank
ruptcy. And let no man be deceived;
If the native whites are compelled to
abandon certain Southern localities on
account Of un%instructed colored pre-
dominance in local administration, the
Yankee, or any other who is studious
Of thrift, will not take their place.
Only a few sharpers and the vulture
in search Cf political o%arrion will be
found there. but this alternative Of
the negro problem" is not likely to
be adopted. Hardly any party is ready
to go into history with such a policy,
for, if it tripped, as it might, il
would be bad for such party. II is
the teaching of all history that those
who have had freedom Of self-rule
have proved themselves competent 10
take it and hold it ia despite Ct
despots. This self-assertion is a neces-
sary condition of freedom and its
maintenance. There is DO such thing
as freedom under exotic tutelage. II
a people who arc numerically in the
majority can only be secured in their
political rights by national troops,
then do such people illustrate politi-
cal serfdOm in becoming the tools of
the party 10 power, aud freedom be-
comes an abortion by the method used
10 secure II
The problem, then, is to be de-
termined on the presumption that
local selt-gOyernment in the South
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
More sensible Confederate

Under this heading the New York
Herald Of the 9th has the following
truthful and pertinent editorial:
The hundred or more ex-Confeder.
ate soldiers who took part ia the Gin.
cinnati procession in memory of the
late President we're Of the same elea,
headed, sound hearted type IS the ex.
C~onfederates who welcomed the So.
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland
at Chattanooga a few days ago. Every
intelligent man knows that. in spite II
> political blunder known as t6e
"Solid South, the survivors of the
late Confederate srmy are as LOYAL as
any other members Of our great ma
ton; but there are people who need
facts and incidents TO impress this
truth upon them. The action of the
ex- wearersi OF the gray at Cincinnati
and at Chickering fall yesterday
where well known aud gallant officers
Of the late Southern army assisted
their late enemies. the veterans Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, in do
ing honor 10 the late Presidents
memory, afforded just such proof of
Southern loyalty as doUbters need
and understand. Ext onfederates
have not forgotten Old times; probably
they do not regret that they took part
IN the war; but they believe as thor
as any Northern nan that the
war is over and that their present we'll
and future prospects depend
spon the proper maintenance Of the
My government under which they
IoW can live in this country. Be-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

sides. they do not forget that the flag
under which they now live is the one
under which they were born, and they
are honorable enough to admit that
they never fully learned to hate it.
Those who return to an old love are
always steadfast.
This shows that the ex-C onferates
have lived to some purpose, and it is ne
vanity to say that upon an average
theyrank among the best citizens Of the
nation. They are the last men on
earth that would 60 aside to
breathe life into the dead issues Of
the war. They arrived at their con-
illusions and views by bitter expert
ences, and it seems very strange to
them that any intelligent class can
doubt their law abiding spirit, ma
tional sentiment, and fidelity to all
that the old flag typifes to the world.
Without government, aid or counte-
nance, without resources or eneour-
agement from any outside source, they
have accomplished wonders since the
war, and aided, we think, very ma
terially to the common prosperity Of
the country. The time appears to
have come when there will no longer
be the appearance Of a misunder-
standing. There has really been no
cause for it these many years. The
era Of peace, Of good fellowship, and
perfect reconciliation has come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
Rood's Git Edge Tome prevents maluria.

A two minute wind storm in Elmira
on Sunday afternoon, destroyed a
great deal of property, though, for
tunately, no lives were lost. With
those who have never seen a tornado
it is hard to realize the power that
wind may attain. 1t is impossible to
measure its force in these sudden and
exceedingly violent gusts, but the
effects produced are appalling. 1t is O
little more than one hundred years
since the Great Hurricane desolated
many Of the islands of the West
Indies engulfed az English feet and
forty French transports, and killed BY
drowning or in ruined buildings al
least fifteen thousand people. The
strongest buildings we're carried from
their foundations. Destructive vino
storms, such as that at Elmira, have
not been common in the Eastern par
of the United States, but several have
occurred within the last two or three
years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
A Remarkable Senator.

Boston Herald1
The Washington correspondent Of
the Advertiser reports an interview
with a Republican Senator, "ons who
had acted against the Stalwart faction
| Of the party" in which a significant
point appears. Said the nOn-Stalwart
Senator: 81 was asked by the Presi-
dent for my opinion touching the
adyisability Of calling an extra session
,it the Senate to elect a President pro
[ smpore. l argued against it, for the
r, JASON that the Democrats would
in sist on electing one Of their number
be fore they would consent to allow
the new Republican Senator'S to take
the ir seats. OF course we could not
per init a presiding officer to DO elected
uni, SIS our new Senators partici-
pate d in the vote; and, If
this lust demand was denied us BY the
Democrats. we would flibuster until
we carried our point, SO that there
would probably be a deadlock in the
Senate until the regular session in De-
eember, when the House would elect
a Republican Speaker, who, in the
event Of no President of the Senate
being chosen, could succeed to the
Presidency" That is cool enough for
a StaLwart. 1t must be remembered
that there is no organization Of the
Senate. The Vice. President has be-
come President. There is no Presi-
dent pro tempore. There is not even
a Secretary. When the Senate meets
there will be 81 Democrats, "a Repub-
licans and Davis and Malone. Three
new Senators, two from New York, al
ready elected, and one from Rhode
Island, to be elected, will stand ready
to be admitted. There will be nobody
to act upon their credentials until
the Senate is organized. This
is not the fault Of the Democrats.
They we're ready to proceed TO the
election Of a President pro tenn. last
spring. when the Republicans were in
a majority. but the Republicans re
fused, being engaged IN a stern strug-
gle to establish eternal principles by
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
ROUNDABOUT.

Ernest Renan will publish in 1885,
the secret correspondence OF Ma.
poleon Ill with his foster sister Nine,
Cornu, the manuscript of which is in
the strong room of the National Lii
brary.
Youthful artist Ito oountryman)-
Might l 60 over there and paint
those t~rees?' CONFERENCE.-THE
the trees, master? Don't thee think
they look very well as they are?'
-[Fun.
Among the types ofextinet Ameri-
cans the Baltimore American men.
tions Washington's body servant, the
Sam Slick Yankee, the old-fashioned
f. +. v, the Mississippi latboatman,
Nose" aAd "Sikesy."
Before their departure for home, OF
the City of Pekin, the Chinese stu.
dents signed a letter thanking the
people of San Francisco and Oakland
for many acts of kindness and courte-
sy which had made their stay at the
Golden Gate one of their most agree
able re~collections.
Victoria, Princess of Baden, the
young lady who is about to become
Crown Princess Of Sweden, is having
her bridal veil made for her at a Ger
man lace factory. Every bit Of the
work is done with the needle. The
design represents orange flowers, and
the ends Of the veil are worked with
the arms of Sweden and Baden.
Before the opening of the Geo
graphical Congress at Venice the mu'
nicipality of that city caused COM
memorate tablets to be affixed to the
houses in which famous Venetian
travellers once resided. Among the
celebrities thus specially honored
we're Marco Polo, Sebastian Cabot,
Niceolo and Antonio Zeno, Marine
Torsello and Advise de Mosto.
A little girl of three years, who
had been attacked and was about to
be killed by a so-called tame deer, in
San Antonio, Texas, was rescued by
her brother, only two years older than
herself. The plucky little fellow
seized the angry beast by the horns
and, in spite of vigorous pitching and
tossing, held on with great spirit and
determination until his mother and a
servant interfered and reduced the
animal to subsection.
A recent letter from a White Noun
tain hotel says: "a pretty waiter from
here is now the wife of one ofthe first
men in this State. The gentleman
was first attracted by the pretty face,
and next by her capacity for feeding
him. Girls who want husbands should
remember this circumstance; when
they find a hungry man set good food
before him, and nine chances out Of
ten he will be lovingly inclined at the
repast."
The Emperor of Japan recently re-
ceived from England a letter contain
ing a blank card with an ornamental
border, and a request that His Majesty
would graciously condeseend 10 write
his name thereon. The Japanese
have a wonderful veDeration for the
first Of anything land as this letter
was the first ever addressed by a for
eigner, not only to the present En-
peror Of Japan, but to any Emperor
of Japan since the age Of the gods
the autograph was sent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

Mrs. AnnieA. Smithton, of Auburn,
N. Y, writes. Il had doctored for
years and tried various advertised
remedies for my complaint, which was
general p%rostration. [ believe | suf-
fered every i'll that flesh is heir to,
The least exertion caused the greatest
fatigue. | was tormented with dys-
Ipepsia and every irregularity. My
blood seemed poisoned, pimples and
sores were all over my body, nothing ]
tried ever gave me more than mere
temporary relief, and l felt myself
growing worse and worse. Mr.. Rey-
nolds, the druggist, advised me to use
Browns Iron Bitters. From the very
start | began to improve; now | do moi
feel like the same woman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

eiecting Gorham Secretary and Rid
dleberger Sergeant-at- Arms. The
folly of the Republicans has given tho
Democrats a temporary advantage.
If the Republicans were in the same
place, they would undoubtedly elect
a Republican President; and, if the
Democrats should flibuster they
would be denounced az traitors, And
yet a nom Stalwart Republican Sena-
tor coolly talks of flibustering and
making a deadlock in the Senate
against a majority OF votes. Our con-
temporary should give the name Of
this remarkable Senator. Is it posi-
Bile that he is one of the representa-,
tives of Massachusetts,? If so, he has
forgotten the law laid down at the
last session that persistent flibuster-
ing is treason2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

Mrs. SwIssheIn Gives Her Views
of the Father of the PatrtarchS.
From a recent lotter.l

From a recent %letter.l r-rr1eNv
l gave Paul the epithet murderer, =
and it is rightfully his. Igave Abraham
the epithet ''meanest coward whose
history has come down to us" and If
any one will read his story in Gen.
II from the 18th verse, and in Gen. 70,
and point out, on the page of history
a meaner coward, l will beg pardon OF
Abraham's millions Of admirers.
A man who married his handsome
sister; took her to a country where he
knew good looking women brought a
good price; played fast and loose with
his double relation Of brother and
husband; pledged her, in advance, by
her love for him, to play sister when
a lover presented himself who might
be dangerous to him as her husband;
who handed her over to Pharosh as a
mistress, and took from Pharoah her
price in sheep and oxen, and the
asses and men servants, and maid
servants, and she asses, and camels, :
is my ideal Of the ''meanest coward"
on record. A man who started the
business of slave breeding and cattle
raising on the price of his wife's hon
er-if she had any-and did it With
such solemn parade of piety, is a
proper ~progenitor for all the slave
breeding, slave holding, slave dealing
slave catching saints to be found, both
in the Bible and out of it; and one
would think that, while Sarai lived
with Pharaoh, Abraham had reached
the zenith of his glory as the
"meanest coward" possible. But when
the Lord concluded that Pharaoh had
had Sarai long enough and began to
make things uncomfortable for the
wicked King, Pharaoh sent for Abra-
ham one day and said: Behold thy
wife; take her and go thy wayl'
Whereupon Abraham took his wife
and all his other animals and left
Egypt. This speculation set him up
in business, but Pharaoh gave the
fraud practiced upon him such extern
sive publication that Abraham did not
get another chance of selling Sarai
until she was quite an old woman;
but her aptitude for attracting lovers
had outlasted the bloom Of youth.
Pharaoh's warning had been forgotten;
and SO Abraham took his profitable
trip to Gerar, where he knew hand
some women had brought a good price,
sold her to Alimalech and got another
lot Of sheep and oxen, and men SER
wants and women servants and his
wife back again, good as new. 1t was
after this that Sarai became the
mother of Isaac, the father Of the
faithful. The epithet | gave her is
'"paramour," and fit does not express
"a real quality" in the woman | do
not know the meaning of the word.
AS for "the best men of the Bible"
neither Abraham nor Paul were
among the best men of the Bible
and Sarai ranks second among its
worst women. The only good thing
said of her is hat "she called Abra.
ham, Lord" and except this browning
virtue her life is a list of crimes.
'My epithets are right, l know.
Because the Bible tells me So"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

President Arthur is reported to
have said that he hoped the Senate
would be organized at the special
session without any hitch or wrangle,
and he thought Senator David Davis
would satisfactorily Gil the duties Of
Vice. President Of the Senate 1t i.
likely hat the Senate will be organ.
lied without any undignifed scramble
or jar. The probabilities are that
Senator Bayard will be elected Presi.
dent of the Senate pro tempore. In
the event Of Arthur's death or resig
nation or inability the President pr,
tenn would become President. N,
one would be as much afraid Of Bay
ard or Harris as the people Of all par
ties have been Of Arthur. We ma,
reasonably expect that either will
serve out his term and that whoeyeI
is elected President pro ten of tn,
Senate will have a full and fair oppor
tunity to I'll that dignifed aud impor
tant position.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

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