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Year: 1869

TROOPS FOR CUBA-A DOUBTFUL RE


PORT OF Foolish PoLIoY.-A telegram
from Madrid says that four thousand
troops are to sail on the 9th and 10th
of this month for Cuba, and that six
thousand more are to follow in few days.
We doubt this report, because negotiations
are going on with the United States with
view to the independence of Cuba, and because
Spain has neither the troops nor money to spare
for such Quixotic movement. The report may
have got out through tho government for the
purpose Of making show of zeal, and to hurry
up the United States to bargain; but we have
no idea that Spain will or can send ten
thousand additional troops to Cuba. Should
we be mistaken, however, and the Spanish
government be foolish enough to spend 80 much
money and sacrifice its soldiers in that way,
the end must be the same-the independence
Of Cuba will be attained though the war should
be prolonged. We hope the report is not true,
and that the Spanish government will have the
wisdom to accept the proposition of the United
States for the settlement of the Cuban difficulty.
Year: 1869

THE last gift received at the White
House was box of one thousand fine
cigars from a San Francisco firm, pack
ed in glass boxes of one hundred, with
the monogram of the President on each!
and the small end of each cigar tipped
with gold leaf. 1t has been announced
by the Radical organs that the coy re-
luctance of the President to take the
deed for fifty acres of land at Brickville,
New Jersey, was from doubt whether
they were worth the taxes. GRANT is
ready to take anything of any value
This is the difference between our for
mer Presidents and our present Pres
dent.
Year: 1869




Rush Island, three miles below White
Cloud, is IN curious fix. 1t is without
the jurisdiction of any State law. When
the Territory of Kansas was organized,
the middle of the main channel of the
Missouri River was designated as the
eastern boundary. The channel was then
on the east side Of the island. The land
is recorded and assessed in Doniphan
county, and the men have voted there;
but the dispensers of law are bothered
overit. Several years ago the channel
shifted to the west side Of, the island,
leaving a dry bed on the east side, ex-
cept in time of high water. The dsni-
zens cannot get a hearing before Mis-
souri, magistrates, because the latter
contend that the island is in Kansas:
and Kansas magistrates fear that they
may get themselves into trouble if they
interfere, because the main channel of
the river is between Kansas and the ISL
and. And If the authorities on either
side undertake case, from that locali-
ty, and continuance is had, there is no
telling but that freshet may come in
the meantime and change the channel
OF the river again, throwing the island
into another jurisdiction. So that region
remains without law or gospel-for even
missionaries have never invaded its
sacred soil.
Year: 1869

Poor Young Woman Tries 10 Earn


n Living Disguised ns n YonnY


Mnn.


Saturday morning two young men
who had not recovered from the excite.
ment of the civic holiday, according to
recent issue of the Toronto (Canada)
Globe, continued to finish up the week
on the bay; and arming themselves
with flask of provisions" and ether
piscatorial appurtenances, proceeded
eastward by the railroad track. On ar
irving at point about two miles east
of the city limits, one of them noticed
person lying near the track, with a
small carpet-bag carelessly thrown neal
by. Supposing that the man had been
stunned or injured by passing train,
they endeavored to revive him. The
flask was applied to the lips of the
prostrate man, and one of them under.
took to open his vest. when he
was astonished to notice bosom
that was little more mountain
GUS than is usually found with
people dressing in male attire. In the
meantime the contents of the flask had
produced the desired effect, and when
the young woman (tOr so she turned out
to bc) found that her sex had been dis
covered, she was constrained TO make
clean breast of her situation. She mad
learned telegraphy in the State of New
York, and finding it difficult, owing to
her sex, to procure employment in the
capacity of an operator, had adopted
male attire, with the determination OF
making her way to the west, where she
expected to get situation. Her funds,
however, were depleted when she
reached the Suspension Bridge, and
while walking toward Hamilton, she
had become exhausted from fatigue and
hunger at the point where she was no.
ticed. The amateur fishermen apoll-
gized for the rude blunder they had un-
Intentionally made, and pressed her to
accept what little money they had
abont them, for which she was very
grateful. She then requested their
names; and, after stating that she
would return the little donation as sooh
as able, bade them an affectionate fare
well.
Year: 1869

Water CIotkes-The Coming Bathing
| Costume


| (FrOm the Paris Correspondence of the Court
| Journal.)


A Princess is about to repair to Dieppe
Oh her return from her estate. She has
convoked, before her departure from
Paris, an assembly of all the reigning
beauties of the great world of fashion
the cocodettes, whose caprice IS the only
real power left-and she and all have
determined to reject the horrible cos
tune hitherto worn for bathing in the
sea, and to substitute therefore another
more consistent with elegance and
grace. "What need is there" said the
| Princess, "to attire us like nummies,
just from the Pyramids, or like pack
ages bound in tarpaulin to be sent by
railway Let us have something better
calculated to show the figure to advan-
tage, while remaining equally decent
and modest. We have decided on form
ing q swimming club, and as the uni
form will be of the same shape and
make for us all, let it be made to favor
me in Particular The result we are
unable to give. Something tight and
short, not lower than the knee, and
claspiDg the figure with equal grace
and Understanding between the
running costume of our French jockeys
and your English prize-fghters."


The club has been organized already,
to be presided over by the Princess,
and giving a detail of the conditions of
admission and costume, the latter to be
composed of a vehement" of stout white
merino, close fitting to the shape and
bound at the knees with scarlet ribbon,
a sc arlet sash around the waist, and a
scarlet ruche around the neck; short
sleeves, looped with scarlet bows, and q
casquetts of the same material as the
vehement" with a scarlet peak. And
Sc the Swimming Club is organized, and
will be set to work as soon as the Prin-
cess returns. Already has house been
secured at Dicppe, where the meetings
will be held, and already have the CO.
codetteS of Paris agreed to be present
at the first trial of skill to be made by
the fair members. Husbands and broth
ers all look grave aud glum at the pros.
pect of the anticipated ovation to be
bestowed on this occasion, but we all
know how unjust and tyrannical these
connections always are in every coun-
try.
Year: 1869

Have accumulated in the hands Of the Proprie
tors bat space will allow of the publication OF
but a few Those il will be observed are men
of note, and Of such standing that they must be
believed.
Year: 1869

TX MARVEL, editor of the Hearth and
Home, lately made some structures upon
the management of the New York and
New Haven Railroad, whereupon the
Superintendent has forbidden the sale
of the paper in the stations of the road,
the prohibition acting splendidly as a
gratuitous advertisement for the paper
Year: 1869

without any special complaint, except grad.
ual declinatiOn of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, will find in the TONIC a FOUNTAIN


FRESHiNG AND EX i HILERATTNG As
A POOL IN HE DESERT TO THE SAND
[SCORCHED AND PAINTING TRAVELLER
Year: 1869

LET Your WIFE Know Your CIR
CUMSTANCES. 1t is a custom too com
mon with the men of the world to keep
their families in utter ignorance of
the situation Of their business. The
wife knows nothing-has not even an
idea of the amount of her husband s
fortune, whether it is to be counted by
hundreds or thousands. What can a
woman kept in such ignorance learn
She spends, as matter of course, all
he gives her to spend, with the full
confidence that when it is gone, and
she asks for it, he will give her more.


If an unmarried woman works, she
may 90 with bold, unblushing face,
and demand her wages but a wife
can demand nothing, her claim is for
bare necessity and generous men, on
that account, are often too indulgent,
too fearful of letting a wife know the
exact state of their finances. 'Tis all
wrong.


Husband and wives have a mutual
interest; every woman should know
the exact state of her husbands fnan-
ces, understand his plans, and aid him,
if possible, with her counsels, and then
these terrible catastrophes would not
so often happen. Many wife who is
plunging her husband deeper and
deeper into debt from ignorance,w would
| if she knew his embarassments, be the
first to relrench, the first to save, and
with true womanly sympathy and gen,
erosity, help him to reinstate his fall
ing fortunes.
Year: 1869

READING.-F. G. Warren of Read
ing, recently lost valuable COW from
feeding her with hay, in which was
mixed the dried stalk and leaves of
the common meadow poke plant, pois-
oning the animal so chat she died in
twelve hours after eating the plant.
Year: 1869

Il have harbored revenge in my
heart since Burr struck me down in
my boyhood. | was the cause of his
expulsion from college. hired an
unprlncipled fisherman to enter his
room during his absence, put on his
clothing and commit the theft Burr
was accused of. | deliberately plan
ned to ruin him, and | was melted
thereto by the hope Of winning Nelly
for myself. For this purpose I help
ed him to the position he occupied at
Whitney's. | initiated his chirogra-
ply until it could not be told from
Burr's. When a propitious moment
presented itself, | made false entries,
and used the money for my own selfish
ends. My punishment is greats
just. | would like to die forgiven.
Can you, Miss Wynne, forgive me the
wrong | have done you and Burr ?"


GAS I hope to be forgiven. May
God for Christ's sake show mercy to
you who showed no mercy"


"Amenr' murmured the expiring
sinner.


We gladly drop the veil of silence
over his uncomliness of life and late
repentance, and leave him with his
God.


The proper steps were taken, and
Burr came forth from Auburn, a free
man with clear reputation. Whit
ney took him as head clerk and after
ward as partner


Nelly was proud and happy woman.
All could sympatEize with her in her
little triumph as she said:


Il told you sol knew Burr better
than you all did"


Holy power Of woman's faith in
those they love! 1t is the one flower
saved US from the wreck in Eden
Let US thank God that it is left US.
Year: 1869

through all the years of our pilgrim
age. In the general summing up, we
are apt to underrate them, but it will
be known that we are greatly made
or marred by them, when the period
shall come for the clearing up of mys-
teries.
Year: 1869

The through freight train going
north over the Rutland and Burling-
ton railroad, ran into the team of D.
G. Auditor, near Mount Holly station
on Wednesday morning the 24th, Kill
ling one of the horses and reducing
the sled to kindling wood.
Year: 1869

Agent for the Orleans County Marble Works al
Barton, would return his thanks to the public
for their patronage the last eight years and woulc


say that he is now prepared to finish
Year: 1869

THE GovERSoR's CHANCE. The Governor
may do something practical for the democracy
Of this city by vigorous exercise Of that sort
Of good will that ''cuts to cure" He should
remove every democratic Office holder that he
can get his hands on for any delinquency.
Thus the democrats could see the limit of their
power, and they would govern themselves ac
cordingly. AT present they believe they are
supreme, and so act withou. regard to the right.
Finding officer after officer removed they would
see the necessity Of electing men against whom
the Governor could find no reasons, and this
would prevent that reaction against them that
viii otherwise be their ruin.
Year: 1869

General viele's report to the Mayor Of tho
city on our markets, which we published yes
terday, is an able one and full of practical and
useful information. The wretched and filthy
condition of some Of the markets, the dilapi-
dated state Of the buildings, the want Of suifi-
cient accommodation, the inconvenient loca-
ton Of some and the necessity of more in
suitable parts of the city are all ably set forth.
The improvements recommended are those Of
skiful engineer, who has thoroughly studied
the subject and who takes q comprehensive
view of the growth and great future of the
metropolis. The city government and the
Legislature of the State should act upon the
suggestions of General viele at once and
commence a system of improvements that will
be a credit to New York and make the people
proud of their city.


The downtown markets were made and To-
Gated for the city when 1t was a village com
pared to what 1t is now, and those that have
been established higher up since the city be-
gan to develop its wonderful growth have not
kept pace with the wants of the population.
In fact as General viele shows, some are
disgrace TO the city and the whole are made
quate TO its wants. Two difficulties appear TO
have laid In the way Of market extepsion and
improvement-thc hostility Of tho old market
men and their vested interests and the stu
pidity and want of broad and comprehensive
views in our city authorities and the State Leg
slaturc. But the time has come when neither
the old fogy marketmen, with all their wealth,
lobbying and political influence, nor the mar
row-minded stupidity Of the City Council or
Legislature can stand in the way of necessary
improvements. The people of this great
metropolis will demand them. The destiny of
New York in grandeur and beauty cannot be
arrested by the supposed interests of class
or the want Of comprehension and taste in our
grogshop politicians.


But there are other improvements needed
besides those Of the markets TO make the city
what IL ought TO be. Within twenty-five
years New York and its immediate surround
ings--which form, in fact, our metropolis
have population Of three millions. Yes,
within that time IL will be the second city in
the world, and In less than fifty years 10 will
be the flrst-will DO moro populous, grander
Year: 1869

CAST is well known that there is good
deal of gas let off in the Albany Legislature
but it is to be hoped that the members who
have taken the investigation of the affairs Of
the gas companies in hand viii not let them
off simply with puff or blow. The swind-
ling to which the public has been subjected by
these companies is no light matter, although
it is clearly-or rather, we may say, dimly-a
matter Of light. Let the Legislature, then, keep
its gas for some other questions, the railroads,
for example, which need some illumination,
and go at the gas companies with full head
of steam. Now that the resolution asking for
a committee to investigate the affairs Of these
atrocious monopoles has passed the House let
the Speaker nominate the committee at once.
Year: 1869

road ring and subsidy bond jobbers and lobby
jobbers achieved a small victory on Monday
by the passage of their bill in the House Of
Representatives authorizing the Northern Pa
cific Railroad to issue bonds. That il one
a bill guaranteeing the payment Of the interest
on said bonds, and the third step viii be the
passage of law to pay the principal, what
ever the amount may be-one or one hundred
millions. The people, however, have faith in
General Grants sagacity and determination TO
scatter the lobby and all other Congressional
manipuators
Year: 1869

THE CRUISE OF THE HENRIETTA yacht
Henrietta, with General Van Allen and party,
is on her return from the delightful winter trip
in the West Indies that has been chronced
from time to time. This kind Of trip win
doubtless grow in favor with the owners of
yachts, as it points to q most delightful way
Of passing what otherwise must be dead
season to those who cultivate the finest of
aquatic sports. The American archipelago
does not yield in natural beauties to the
storied lands and waters of other climes. and
it cannot be seen save by the traveller who
goes In his own vessel. The coming year will
be very active one with yachtmen. Several
yachts will visit Europe In the summer, and,
laden with the honors they will win there,
some will perhaps round up the year with a
winter in the West Indies.
Year: 1869

Who Is AT THE HELM?--The old salts who
navigate the waters Of New York Bay propose
to pilot the vessels Of the shipowners through
the intricacies and narrow places Of our bar-
Dor upon terms which suit themselves, which
they consider to be as fair and square as when
they are running before the wind The Ship
owners Association, meantime, are cndcavor-
ing 10 pilot the old salts through the crooked
channels Of Albany legislation. Both parties
are being heard before the Legislature on the
amended Pilot bill but as the shipowners are
more in their element in Albany than Off
Sandy Hook, or ''off Shore" it's probable that
they are at the helm just now, though the
pilots are making good fight for the mainte-
nance Of the pr~sent rates OF fare and their
Year: 1869

THE NEW SYSTEM AND THE New MAN.
Under Grant the qualification to Office is to be
the ability and the readiness to perform its
duties. Grant will observe such standard
in his own appointments, and this will become
the keynote Of the administration; so that
his subordinates chosen on this standard will
choose their subordinates in the same
way. Thus we shall have the Post Office and
the Custom House managed with view to
their proper purposes. In the Custom House
this is particularly necessary, and the abuses
that the new man will be called upon to reform
are very numerous. That there are such
abuses is not a rcproach to past collectors, and
especially not to the present one. The great
necessity has been President who would sus-
tain the Collector in honest efforts. Smythe
and others had not this stanch support, but
the next man will have it.
Year: 1869

ODoRoUs. are sometimes assured that
the finest perfumes are made from substances
the most offensive to the human nostrils. If
this be true we are positive that in the mar
kets of this city and their surroundings there
is the equivalent Of one ton of the ottar Of roses.
The markets at this rate would be valuable
past all computation to any manufacturer
Of perfumery, and we wish such person
would buy them and carry them away to his
laboratory in the country.
Year: 1869

The CONSTITUTION TINKERs-A HIToH.-
The constitutional amendment passed by the
House was not satisfactory to the radicals Of
the Senate, and SO they passed two new
amendments, and these being rejected by the
House the subject has been referred to joint
committee of conference. The upshot will
probably be no amendment Of any sort, or q
milk-and-water compromise that will not
damage the republican ticket in the Connecti-
cut election. The radicals want lesson in
Congress, but they do not want Butler; so we
cannot tell what they are to do.
Year: 1869

TRIcHINA SPIRALIs.-This lively and in
teresting worm has made its appearance in a
sailors boarding house in this city and in the
City Hospital 1t is peculiar fact that he
paid his attentions exclusively to the boarders,


and left the landlord alone. There is no occa-
sion for popular alarm in regard to the disease
that this worm causes. He only afilicts the
eaters of raw pork. Cook well thy swine's
flesh, therefore, O American citizen Of Ger
man descent, and defy forty million trichinG
Year: 1869

CHANGE THE LAw.-As the elections come
round we shall see at the polls tremendous
saughtering Of the judges who have dared on
the bench to assert the supremacy of the law
against certain Of the villanous elements Of
political power; and that villany should TINS
have 1t In It's power to strike back is scandal
to our institutions. Let the tenure Of judges
be put on another basis than that Of popular
approval, with all Its abuses. Let the judges
be once more appointed and hold during good
behavior.
Year: 1869

LOUD CALL is made by leading repub-
lican papers all over the country for the
Senate TO repeal the Tenure Of Office act. All
eyes, even those Of ''little Delaware" are at
this juncturc turned toward the august Senate.
Only few days OF grace remain.
Year: 1869

manifestly ripe for the revival of italian opera
on an unprecedented scale.


But its demands are infinitely more exacting
than they were fifteen or twenty years ago,
when there were but few theatrical and still
fewer operate attractions. 1t can no longer
be satisfied by the importation of faded and
played-out European celebrities 1t wants to
hear the Missions and PATHS of the day in tie
fulness of their prime, and it is both able and
willing to pay lavishly for the pleasure. II
will insist, moreover, upon the Indispensable
ness Of what has never yet been enjoyed in
this country-a complete and thoroughly
trained Italian opera stock company. The ad
vantage of an excellent stock company has
been conspicuous at Wallack's theatre and in
connection with the production OF operas b0utes
at the French theatre. Without securing
similar advantage Italian opera cannot be es-
tablished on permanent basis. With it and
with stars of the Patti or Kellogg order and
with managerial genius like that of Grau
italian opera might winter gloriously in New
York and make profitable summer excursions
to the watering places and throughout
'the provinces" Furthermore, however, it
would require home in our metro
polls that should be in every way worthy
of it and of the latest improvements in modern
architecture. 1t could never be domiciliated
at the dismal misnamed Academy of Music"
to which bad luck clings like curse.


To insure the revival of Italian opera in
New York it must at once be taken out of the
hands Of inefficient managers and Bohemian
wire-pullers. Men Of vast capital as well as
Of acknowledged taste and intelligence and
high social position-such men as our Astors,
our vanderbilts, our Belmonts, our Steb-
binses-would find at the present moment .
most favorable opportunity for becoming pub
lie benefactors by reviving and establishing
Italian opera in accordance with the condi-
tions which we have pointed out as indispen-
sable. But it would first be necessary for
them to wrest 80 fine an opportunity from the
greedy hands which are already grasping it.
This is too noble an enterprise, and the public
is too deeply interested in it to suffer it to be
confiscated by Wall street adventurers to their
OWu oOiAoA cAuS' ~ luSe noe VIC oAPooou W
such manipulations as convert other financial
schemes Of interruptions spectators into gilt
tering but delusive bubbles. An overissue Of
musical notes would prove as fatal as an over
issue Of railway bonds. An artificial surplus
of tenors, bassos, sopranos and altos suddenly
thrown upon the market would inevitably de-
termine fall in opera stock. Fluctuations Of
this kind can only be avoided by lifting opera
wholly out of the quagmire of fancy stocks
and planting it firmly on solid capital.