New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-10
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all admit without any more OF tllls inouefh lhho"
better nonsense that there is something In the Ola
beliefs after ALL something but what But, dear
Madame It was one little modern as Bentham that
taught us to know how error Turks in gencraltes'
Descend we then to the partlcular,-mnd the step
ma'am. You were speaking Of the ground hog and
of Candemas Day, and Of the ancient English super
stItion connecting the two. Which grounding
And which Candcmas Day For the Candlcmas Day
Of our supcrsttous forcfaers and foremothers fell
upon their second day OF February. and this. by the
reform of the calendar has become our fourteenth.
surely You would not pin your faith Oh ground or
very festival Of the good Valentne1 So you can't
mean the American ground hog or woodchuck what
tween tb G an Ma the original %c@rcr Of the best
Siberian brstlesr and an inc pient elephant BIt
chuck. Required a third sort OF ground hog, known
to the mddling-ascd Brlton.
A young lady who IS studying for the bar" say,
for instance in the Law Department OF Snodgrass
University Oklahoma f. back OF the Po'toflccD' com
plains that she has got all tangled up over the ola
pub. docs. in the library and wants to know III
it is really true OF the professors claims That
they never proved Mrs. Surntt guilty of consplrng
10 murder President Lincoln" This is mere bubble,
accepted by many excellent persons ont OF a natural
feeling Of aversion from the execution OF woman
Mrs. Surratts intimate and essential connection Win
the conspiracy TO abduct the President, from us
beginning to its end was clearly and ndisputaby
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one set Of conspIrators. conspiracy for one gn,
lawful purpose Is conspiracy Tor every uia"la t
one in this and always have been. Every ABDUCTION
like every burglary hides murder In It's breast.
The conspirators first meant TO carry of the President
but when the surrender Of the Confederate Army lelt
them no place 10 carry him 10, then thcy kllled nun,
they would have done at any other moment II their
first plan had failed in any other way Hut even II
this were not true, the abduction or the conspiracy
to ahduct was in Itself capital crime. Namely
treason.
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acquired by skill and work. had veneered a rather sem
satonal notorety arising out Of the almost marvellous
recovery Of the Prince Of Wales and the medical
features Of the Bravo with its exciting story OF
murder, mystery poison and general horrors. lie had
great success as n starving Doctor Thcreupon
many silly and undcrfcd persons, with without bad
advice, professional or claterng began starving the
selves, too as geese Will No, geese are mtteheu,
however, tie principle Is the same. starving j. an
admirable remedy for the over eaters OF Old England
yet doc not answer 80 vel for he under sds,
may be shrouds four ancmic aunt
Sir Andrew Clark Is another Of the great English
80 starving doctor,' Like Sir Henry Thompson, the
strictcst temperance In wine and spirits IS carried
by him almost to the point Of abstinence and many
the gibcs I'm the profession In consequence 10
| say nothing Of groans Of patients "Come,' sald ono
Of his brothers one evening at dinner OF doctors.
" MI Clarlfs glass again and make him swallow 10
on on, you're not SO avfully down on the lush
rs you make your poor patients believe. pvc seen
you enjoy your glas, Of wine before to-day" GLASS;
| says sir Andrew, 0bedienuy cmptying ~ " glass
why. many time when l come In at evening per
| fcctly tagged out and my man helps me OIL with
my coat see twenty or tHrty hoIIG oIS s'' br
The Lcv' and he know. What want. and goes and
~. -. 80 3D.. 49,. "a, r,u,yue I'm the silver
,,,i',,d ,rJ dr,p n on AZ draueht before ever
+ look AZ one Of those wrctcicd letters En-
cries the prudent scot opposite. and hoover can
We answer the letters after that 90 That's Just IL.
nav dc,r fellow. afi.r that don't care a lot whether
nv eyr ' ,bnc i1 it, or r,t S'' ' " '
The mention "t Governor '"'n h'Ni'' I''"o' INC
oth"r DAY H''H'n % '''"' "'u '''i''"'"' INV sum
collapse Of one ~ m' "rl"h' duilns inc 'upc'hc'oo'