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Year: 1869

BosToN, Jan. 1.-THE annual meeting of
the Boston Social Science Association held IN this
city this evening There very large attendance.
great interest being manifested by tho community in the
question of the price OF food Aftor the election OF
hoeers which resulted in tho choice OF the Hon. Josiah
Quincy for President the discussion OF tho question
at once taken up The Hon. Josiah Quincy made n
powerful address, showing the that at work 10
raise price of food After referring 20 writer's
political economy 70 show tot the price depended on the
demand and supply, he spd that the statements fire.
quentiy made that speculatts regulated the price OF
corn, wheat, &c, were 'enty without foundation. ~
the product was great combination TO control
The producers, not the Wpeoulators, made the
prices that exist. In NewEh8pnd IL the corpora
tons which have control OF thGiccs OF transportation
He said the freight tariffs werAAxorbltant, aud unless
the people took action tletF0ud Increase so Us 10
create a famine In New England To-day few men like
Fisk Vanderbilt and Drew held the keys TO the great
Western granary and could get supplies only at their
bidding He said that t,00OCO0 IN watered railroad
had issued by the railroad corporations, aud
that the at the East were obliged To pay tho
additional tariff necessary 70 meet the dividend declared
Massachusetts Legislature forbidding the issue by the
Boston and Albany Railroad OF additional stock unless
cash therefor actually paid In, and stated That
like action by the Legislature OF NewYOrk and "a few
States would materially cheaper the necessarles OF
life Instead OF paying tax on shares that have not
grain from the Wost at re price ruling there adding only
the actual and necessary cost OF transportation The
speech full OF figures and facts and called out the
hearty applause Of the Association Mr. Quincy was fo
lowed by number OF wealthy men and prominent NOM
bers the Legislature, nearly every one agreeing esse
question has much interest that 1t is TO be
sumed at a future day.
Year: 1869

DR.. Norman Macleod is accredited, in
one of our exchanges, with the follow
ing:


Let the fairest star be selected like a
beauteous island in the vast and shore
less sea of the azure heavens, as the
future home of the criminals from the
earth, and let them possess what they
most love, and all that it is possible for
God to bestow; let them be endowed
with undying bodies, and with minds
which shall ever retain their intel
lectual powers; let no Savior ever
press his claims upon them, no God
reveal himself to them, no Sabbath
ever dawn upon them, no saint ever
live among them, no prayer ever
be heard within their borders; but let
society exist there forever, smitten only
by the leprosy of hatred to God, and
with utter seltishness as its all per-
vading and eternal purpose-then, as
sure as the law of righteousness exists,
on which rests the throne of God and
the government of the universe, a So
ciety so considered must workout for
itselfa hell of solitary and bitter suffer
ing, to which there is no limit except
the capacity of finite nature Alas !!
the spirit that is without love to its God
or its neighbor, is already posses by
a power which must at last create for its
own self-torment worm that will never
die, and fire that can never more be
Quenched
Year: 1869

We are not in the habit of noticing
.o-called Patent Medicines; but we
have no hesitation in commencing this
valuable Bltters to the public. It is
composed of none but the purest and
best ingredients, and the thousands OF
testimonials to its efficacy leave no
doubt that it is the most valuable
specific known for the cure of Diseases
of the Liver, general Debility, Fevers
and complaints arising from Disorder
ed Stomach.


This Btters is entirely free from all
Year: 1869

How TO KEEP Butter SWEET.
1t is the easiest thing in the
world. si' ply put it in clean jars
and cover with strong brine.
This will keep pure butter = year.
fresh and sweet, as we know by OK
perience. It is almost equally good
TO put in oak casks, headed tight.
This is equivalent to canning fruit.
The brine in the case of the jar acts
as a heading. keeping the air out.
But butter should b. made we'll; wo
have never experimental on poor
butter, Work out the buttermilk
tiHyou have only pure $ beads.
clear as rain water; but do not work
SO much as to break the grain. in
which case you have tough, heavy
article in winter, and grease ID sum-
mer. Such butt ter We, advise no, ane
to try to preserve.-Cor. Rural
vvOtAus
Year: 1869

Don Piatt makes some excellent re-
marks upon this subject. He says, if
there is any thing more than another
your free born American citizen of
eighteen and upwards feels himself
competent to do, without note of
preparation, or any study, it is to edit
q newspaper. Take the men as they
come upon the streets, and offer each
one the position of an editor, and nine
out of every ten will express a regret
that other engagements prevent his
acceptance of your tempting offer
The tenth man will probably suggest
that, not being able to read and write,
probably he had not better try. Poor
fellow, he is so ignorant as not to know
that few editors read, and yet more
limited number can write.


The temptation offered by the ora
eular "weh of the editorial column
draws many to the chair who would
shine at the workbench. And, as if
this were not enough, the money
made by successful journals lures on
unnumbered incompetents to try their
hands in thesame business. And yet
the failure does not come, in 8 majOri-
ty of instances, as much from bad
editing, as from bad publishing. For
one competent publisher we can find
fifty-yes, hundred competent edi-
tors. There Is no business that calls
so much for economy, tact, enterprise
and industry. OF all the successful
journals / know of, can not count
one that does not owe its success to
the publisher, while, on the other
hand, no end of brilliant writers who
have made failures by not having the
business man at their back.
Year: 1869

ALBANY, Aug. II, P. M.-The par
ticulars of the express robbery on the
Central railroad last night, obtained
at the American express office here,
show that the robbers got on the train
at Fonda. They entered the second
baggage car and at once attacked the
baggage man and messenger, telling
them that they were eight in number
and resistance was useless. They
made a stout resistance, however, as
evineed by their condition on the ar
rival of the train here. Their faces
were bruised, heads cut and eyes filed
with Cayenne pepper. They were
almost suffocated by the gags thathad
been forced into their mouths, and
were also stupefied with chloroform.
A large club which had been used by
the robbers was found in the car
When the train reached Schenectady
the baggage for delivery there was
thrown out in such a manner as to
cause remOnstrance, but no attention
was paid to it, and the door was slam
med shut and the train passed on. ft
was undoubtedly one of the robbers
who threw the baggage out. 1t was
at first thought that the robbers got
offthe train at West Albany, but on
going out there this afternoon, an
agent of the company found the way
bills scattered all along the road be-
tween there and this city. When the
train reached here the baggage ear
was entered and the messenger and
baggage man found on the floor in the
condition described above, almost
dead. There were two baggage ears
attached to the train, one Of which
was switched OFF here and the other
sent through to New York. On the
floor of the one sent through were
found gold coins and other money
which the robbers left behind. The
safe was found open, but it is impossi-
ble at present to give an approximate
idea of the loss. All that can be said
is that it is very heavy. Owing to
the loss of some Of the way bills and
the others being sent through to New
York no estimate of the amount stO-
len can be made. Just before the
train reached Schenectady two OF the
robbers entered the first baggage car
and attacked the baggage man and
messenger.


New YORK, August 11.-It is un-
derstoOd that the American express
company robbers obtained $40, 600
Year: 1869

At Cincinnati few days since, an
unsophisticated darkey waited upon
certain military gentleman with a
bill of $l9.15 for washing done at the
camp hospital, which, after undergo
ing a rigorous scrutiny by the officer,
was returned with the following ex-
PLANTATION, which the astOnished son
Of Ethiopia listened to with an equal
amount Of wonder and perplexity:


"This bill" said the military gen.
tlemen, twill have first to be sent to
the quarter-master general at WASH
ingtOn, and he will report to the ad-
jutant general, and he will lay it be-
fore the secretary of war for his ap-
proval. The adjutant being satisfied,
it will be sent to the auditor Of state,
who will approve it and send it to the
secretary Of the treasury, who will at
once dispatch an order to the colonel
of this post to pay the bill"


The darkey relieved himself of a
long drawn sigh. "Then, massa," he
remarked, -"dat last gemblam you
spoke OBJ pays for de washing, does
he?"


"No," continued the other, ''he will
hand it to the quartermaster, but as
there is no such officer here at present
some young person must be appoint
ed by the secretary of war, under the
direction the President, and his ap-
pointment must be confirmed by the
Senate. Congress not being in ses-
sion how the commission cannot be
issued until after it meets. When
the commission is received this quar-
termaster win show it to the collector,
he will pay it and give you receipt"


AT guess I'll hab to let dis washing
slide, but it am de last job does for
Uncle Sam, sure"
Year: 1869

A married couple in this county,
who had been living together for
something over year, separated re-
Gently in very peculiar manner, and,
to say the least of it, under very un-
usual circumstances. We know moth
ing about their married life, whether
it had been happy or otherwise, but
suppose it to have been very agreeable
between the parties. The husband
came home to dinner one day, as usu-
al, and while eating, his wife said to
him. "Stephen, you had better eat a
hearty dinner, for it is the last that /
will ever cook for you" He inquired
what she meant, when she informed
him that she had just received letter
from a young mana former beau
whom she loved better than any one
else in the world; that she was going
to leave her husband and 90 to him,
and that she never loved (Stephen)
her husband. After dinner was over
she attired herself neatly, and soon
after hack called, her trunk, already
packed, was placed on it, the woman
got inside, the driver cracked his
whip, and away went the wife from
home and husband forever. Such are
the circumstances of the case as they
have been told to US.
Year: 1869

PAPER cravats, shirt bosOms aud
wristbands are becoming quite COM
mon among US, while the japanese
paper handkerchiefs are being intro
duced abroad, But by late English
invention this fabric is now to be
used In the manufacture Of clothing.
The samples exhibited are sewn with
a machine, giving seams almost as
strong as q woven fabric, and possess
great strength and fexihllity. The
inveptor has particularly applied his
process to the production of pettieoats.
which are either printed in imitation
of the fashionable skirts Of the day. or
stamped out with open work Of such
beauty and delicacy as no amount Of
labor with scissors and needle could
initiate. Imitation cretonnes and
chintzes for bed furniture are also
made. The felted material sis so
flexible that q curtain may be twisted
into a rope and shaken out again,
showing as little ereasing as q ohintz
similarly treated" There are also
table-eloths similarly embossed with
designs of great beauty. Imitation
leather, impermeable to water, is like
wise made Of it, and produces a cheap
and useful covering for furniture, and
even serves for shoes.
Year: 1869

About a year ago, at the time of the |
great earthquake and eruption on Ha- |
wall, action in the old crater sudden |
ly ceased. Simultaneous with the
tremendous shock of April ?, 1867,
which shook the whole archipelago,
from Kau to Niihau, the internal fire
ceased to burn, and the bottom of the
crater subsidized from three to five hun
dred feet below its level. 1t seemed
as if the lava had been suddenly drawn
of, as was doubtless the case, leaving
the floor Of the crater caved in. Had
il not been held together by the great
thickness and lateral strength, no one
can tell where it might have fallen to,
as no traces of fire have since been
seen until lately, except in the "old
South Lake" which seems to be
funnel leading from the deep internal
fires. Travellers who have lately Wis
tied the crater assure us that the "old
South Lake" Is growing in size and
activity. 1t increases its area, not
from overflow, but by the eaving in of
the surrounding rim. At times i'm
mense portions of the adjacent old
and hard lava cave in and are swal
lowed up in the boiling lava of the



lake has increased from 200 to 800 feet
to over l 800 in diameter, and is still
extending. Some think that it may
continue to enlarge its borders till. it
engulfs the greater part of Kilauea.-i
From this it may be seen that the era
ter is undergoing a great change, and
that the internal fires are becoming
more active, though it may be years
before they acquire the force necessary
to produce another eruption. Its
present condition is very similar to
what old residents represent it to have
been in 1880 or thereabOuts. Not
only is this steady increase of activity
going on now in Kilauea, but Oeca-
siOnally jets of lava are thrown up out
of the old South Lake to such hight
as to attract the attention of natives
living near or passing by at some dis
tanee from the crater. The southern
part of Hawaii, from Hilo to Kau, is
still subject to earthquake shocks, and
scarcely week passes without one
These are not sufficiently severe, how
ever, to cause any damage. But their
J existence creates doubt as to the late
eruption having been so thorough as
those of former years, in pacifying
! the rebelliOus elements at work under
Mauna Loa. Those who have visited
Kiiauea in former years will readily
observe the great changes in the de-
preston of the floor of the crater, as
well as the comparative activity of the
molten lava, while a stranger might
not notice anything peculiar, and
perhaps be even disappointed in not
| finding the display such as his imagi-
nation had pictured. Compared with
the occasions of great eruption,
Kilauea is still quite dormant; and
yet the changes we have noted will
interest ali who have ever visited this
great outlet of the internal fires
| Honolulu Advertiser.
Year: 1869

Bowed legs and knocking knees are
among the commonest deformities of
humanity; and wise mothers assert
that the croOkedness in either case
arises from the afflicted one having
been put upon his or her feet too early
in baby-hoOd. But a Manchester
physician, DIR, Crompton, who has
watched for the true cause, thinks diff
ferently. He attributes the first men
toned distortion to q habit some
youngsters delight in rubbing The
sole of one foot against that o. the
other; some will go to sleep with the
soles pressed together. They appear
to enjoy the contact only when the
feet are naked they don't attempt to
make 1t when they are sOcked or slip
pered. So the remedy is obvious
keep the baby's soles covered. Knock
ing knees the Doctor aseribes to q
different childish habit, that of sleep
ing on the side, with one leg tucked
into the hollow behind the other. He
has found, that where one leg has
been bowed inwards more than the
other, the patient has always slept on
one side, and the uppermost member
has been the most defOrmed. Here
the preventative is to pad the insides
of the knees so as to keep them apart,
and let the limbs grow freely their
own way.
Year: 1869

When the western wind is blowing, and the
evening skies are glowing
With the dying streaks Of daylight and
pale Luna's silver sheen
o tits sweet II you are walking by a maiden's
side, and talking
All the SOFT and spoOny "nothlngs" apper-
tanning to the scene.
She may whisper words unmeaning, but
there's little worth the cleaning
In woman's set Of platitudes that trill
beneath the moon;
And tits not pleasant feeling on the damp
grass to be kneeling,
As she disbelieves in passion, and a cold S
your only boon.
Then take my advice at starting, have no
sentimental parting.
But accompany her politely to her own
paternal door;
She may speak to you unkindly, but you'll
not be acting blindly,
And win thank me very kindly thro' the
ages evermOre.
Year: 1869

Connecticut which has as good a
common school system as there is in
the United States, now virtually COM
pels children to avail themselves of
It's advantage. The last General AS
sembly passed law which requires
three months schooling each year as
the legal condition of employing
minors under fourteen years of age
If any manufacturer or other person
shall hire a minor contrary to the
provision of the law, he fOrfeits 500
to the State treasury for each offense.
The schools Of the State are free to all,
and now the poorest people are COM
PEELED to educate their children, since
their employment is absolutely con-
ditional upon such education. 1t is
noted that the manufacturers through
out the State cordially approve of the
new law, and only few laboring men
oppose it.
Year: 1869

The amount Of business in the post
office in New York may be judged by
the fact that two windows are open
for the sale Of stamps in sums less
than one dollar. The receipts at each
of these windows average 81 900 per
day, The daily consumption OF
stsmps at the Office must be in all
about $50, 900.
Year: 1869

The President hos received from heads of
Depar :ments data from their annual reports,
to be used in making up his message. He
will commence it in a few days, and will
make it brief.
Year: 1869

A JOSH BILLINGS PApER.-The
mind of the young il easily trained; it
iz hard work to git an old hop-vine to
cline new pole.


just in proportion that a man is thank
full to heaven and his naber, just in that
proportion is he happy.


A man should learn to be aNgood SER
want to himself before he Is fit to boss
others.


The more exalted our stash hun, the
more conspicuous our virtews just as a
rich satin adds to the briliancy of a
juel.


Blessed are the single, for they can
double at their leisure.


If you want tew learn child to steal
oats in the bundle, make him beg out of
you every thing that you give him.


There is nothing SO difficult for the
best of us az to git the approval of our
own conscience.


Blessed is he who can pocket abuse
and feel that it il no disgrace to be bit
by a dog.


Punishment tew hit the spot should be
few, but red hot


Happiness concists in bein perfecktly
satisfedswith wat we have got, and wat
we haint got.
Year: 1869

The public are sick of trails, and 50
they are of Bloomers. Either costume
tends to discourage all attempt to reform.
1t Is just beginning to be understood that
utility is of much more Importance than
fashion Still the people win never be
deprived of beauty of symmetry, and nm
til proper regard is had for these no
dress reform viii ever be successful. 10
say that the body is of little consequence
compared with the soul, and that silks
and hounces make one neither better nor
worse, is all very well; yet the fact that
men AMI women viii admire the gay and
worship the beautiful cannot be overlook
ed. 1t is true that as we advance In the
intellectual scale the desire for outward
show diminishes, but human nature Is as
boundless as the universe, and for every
Emerson there are a thousand Flora Nc
Flimseys. The custom of wearing cloth
ing suspended from the Waist is radically
wrong. 1t was not until the dawn OF
modern civilization that men themselves
adopted their present garb. Even the
blindest can not fail to see that it is the
only one which permits perfect devel-
Opment of the human form. Had God
intended that woman should dress In the
present costume He would surely have
created her In another image than that OF
man. 1t is natural for her to select gay
colors and put on gimp and lace, but this
has nothing to do with the style in which
the garments are cut.


Man has considered woman an inferior
being, and he has educated her according
l.. rF Sla
the same as are the walls of Turkey, and
the stripes of Sing Sing. Were all wo-
men to put ON pantaloons tomorrow, they
would not only be just as virtuous, as
modest and as beautiful as now, but could
walk the streets as beings attired for work
whether it be in the nursery, or In the
hospital.


When God created the birds he plumed
them with feathers, male and female, and
the fishes he clothed with scales. Who
ever heard of a tigress having wool like
a sheep or hair like an OK? Yet no one
has seen stage girl attired in pages
suit, but he did not admire his dress. A
similar costume might be adopted by our
young women that would be tar more be-
coming than the one worn at present.
ne garments couIu pe cut altei any ue
sired pattern, so that the fundamental
principles be observed. About the only
good thing the stage has given us is now
and then decent female costume. Uni
versal suffrage is the only remedy for the
present evil. Fifty years experience with
the ballot will abolish petticoats and cor
sets forever. RALPH MEEKER.


Tribune Office, May p, 1869.
Year: 1869

Editor Clarion: In late issue of your
paper the committee who was instructed to
negotiate for the purchase of Pearl River
Bridge published as their opinion that it was
impossible, at this time and under the sur
rounding circumstances, to accomplish the
object in view, and have invited the views of
those whe may devise some plan by which
the bridge may become free, which would
not only render general improvement in
business but would also reduce the price of
articles which are considered an actual
living necessity.


In the absence of Legislature to create
special tax, fully concur with the views
entertained by said committee, viz: that it
would be utterly impossible to succeed in
the negotiation at this time, but beg leave
to dissent from the opinion, that the imposi-
tion of such a tax would willingly be ac-
eepted by the community when by far the
largest profit derived from it goes into the
pockets of our merchants. 1t is, therefore,
believe, for the latter, who are more directly
interested and who number from 90 to IS, to
take the matter In hand and to raise q sub
scription for which said bridge could be
rented for one year with the privilege of a
number OF: years, to which the owners Of
the bridge win have no serious objection, as
they could, under such arrangement, be
amply secured for the faithful execution of
the contract. Let an unembarrassed trade
with the people of other counties be once in
augurated, and our citizens viii then readily
subject themselves to bear another tax. In
the meantime, let the committee take the
bovesuggestion under consideration, and
communicate with the present owners Of the
bridge, and In the attainment of the object
they shall be supported by


A MERCHANT.