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Year: 1869

! EThe New York Tribune, in q long arti-
Gle on the present political situation, pays
the following high compliment TO the
people Of the South. We do not cOncede
that there is that amount OF ignorance
among " the common masses" that the
article OF the Tribune would seem to i'm
ply; though there is plenty, for the
cause Of good government, especially
when TO that of the white population
shall be added the millions of negroes
who have been converted from slaves
into rulers, by the policy of Mr.. Greeley;


"TheFe is much to admire in the do
mestic habits of the middle and even of
the upper classes Of the Southern people,
and this is most admired by those who,
by a resideRce, have learned what those
habits are, We refer to their simplicity,
hospitality, and natural kindness OF
heart, Perhaps there is no portion of the
Caucasian race 80 little elevated above
what daily concerns the common masses
Of mankind, either by fortune or station,
or whose native goodness is less obscured
by the fashions and manners of the day.
When wealth, education, and whatever
modern progress is capable Of bestowing,
shall come to these people, mainly as q
fruit OF present end future endeavors,
may these amleble traits be retained,
that the American people may BE taught,
II it is capable Of learning 80 much, that
the greatest-happiness arises from uniting
al intelligent regard for the common
affairs Of life with learning and skill"


SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.


The New York Tribune, in congratu-
latiDg the country on the close Of the
angry discussions which have kept up q
perpetual strife for some years, with the
assurance that the Southern States will
enter upon q career Of peace and the
highest prosperity after the 4sh of March
next. concludes as follows:


"In the turmoil Of the past three years
Industry at the South has so nearly held
its own that nothing more serious than
poverty has resulted, even to the suffer
ing class. From the present year the
South, as a whole, comes out better than
in many former years of peace. Having
raised all it's own food it has not COZ
sumed the cotton crop in advance, IS
formerly, but will net substantial profit
on the years industry. A better con-
Year: 1869

There is a simple but interesting
play to which our young folks have
given the name of "Verbarium," and
which has had a remarkable effect,
within our observation, in stimulating
the faculty of language in many SOME
what sluggish brains. A number Of
persOns-the more the merrier-are
provided with pencils, and word
chosen as the verbariUm, which each
writes at the head of his sheet. The
object of the game is to draw out the
vast number of words which lie fold
ed up, as it were, in the verbarium,
and this is accomplished, amid much
excitement and amusement, in the
following manner: Let US suppose,
for instance, that the word chosen is
"treasOn." One of the company is ap-
pointed time-keeper; and the signal
being given, each writes as rapidly as
possible all the words beginning with
''T' which can be spelled with the
letters of the verbarium.


At the end of two minutes the time
keeper calls "time!" and the eager
pencils are obliged to stop The COM
pany then read, in order, the words
they have written. As each word is
read, those who have not written it
call out "nO," and those who have it
cross it. out from their lists, and place
opposite to it Il number of credits,
equal to the number of defaulters. If
three persons, for instance, fail to have
the word tea the rest take three
credits. Two minutes are then devOt-
ed to words beginning with ''R," " and
so on, until the whole vrrbarIuin Is
exhausted, when each player counts
the aggregate number Of credits, and
the one who has the largest number is
declared the winner.


The possibilities of fun in this game
do not all appear from dry descrip-
ton like the foregoing.


The lamentations of those who, in
their Jealous pursuit of complicated
anagramS, have overlooked the simp-
lest combinations the shouts of
laughter that attend the defeat of an
attempt to impose triumphantly some
word that sis MT in it," the appeals
to the dictionary to settle disputed
questions, and IA hundred other lively
incidents of the game render it the
most popular with old and young that
has ever been introduced into the par
lOr.


To illustrate the extensive range of
language which this simple amuse-
ment covers, it is only necessary to say
that not less than one hundred words
may be derived in this way from


treason" which is, after all, not d
good verbarium.


Try verbarium, and you will find it
infallibly successful as Il means OF
amusement, while it is, as We have
pointed out, highly useful.
Year: 1869

How To MAKE CIDER VINEGAR
Take pure cider, 30 gallons; rain wa
ter, 10 gallons; put into an old vine
gar barrel that don't Leak soak q
small piece of bread in brewers yeast;
tie a string around it and drop it into
the bunghOle, the string being long
enough to let the bread hang about
the centre of the barrel; lay a loose
cover over the bunghole, and put the
barrel in a temperature Of from 80 to
S5 degrees for a month, and you will
have a barrel of good vinegar
+ Northwestern Farmer.
Year: 1869

To CLEAN WHITE KID SHOES OR
GLOVES Dip a piece Of flannel in
cold milk. Squeeze it a little. Then
rub it on some yellow soap, and rub
the kid quickly with the flannel, and
the dirt will be removed very readily.
Squeeze the flannel again in the milk,
without any soap, and rub the kid
again. Wipe dry with a clean linen
cloth. The things will be ready to
wear in an hour.
Year: 1869

scald a quart of milk, wet up a
teacupful OF Indian meal and three
tablespoonfuls of wheat -four in cold
milk; stir it into the boiling milk;
then add teacupful of sugar, tea-
spoonful of cinnamon, and half a tea
spoonful of salt; pour the batter into
a two quart dish, and fill up with
cold milk; mix, and bake slowly four
or five hours. Skim-miik makes the
best pudding.
Year: 1869

FRIED POTAToEs Here is somO-
thing new. One of the luxuries at
Saratoga is said to be fried potatoes,
prepared in this way: The potatoes
are soaked over night, or several
hours. in cold water, and dropped in
to boiling lard. They are as delicate
as the most delicate pastry, and is sold
and eaten like confectionery, being


nicely enclosed in a white cornucOpia,
Year: 1869

How TO DRAW TEA.-When You
pour boiling water upon tea, it causes
most of the aroma to escape with the
steam. First pour tepid, or cold
water enough on the tea to cover II;
place it where it will warm, but not
enough so as to cause the aroma to
escape in steam. Let it remain about
half an hour, pour on boiling water,
and bring to the table.
Year: 1869

A man locked his wife into an up
per room, and not being satisfied with
this punishment, but wishing to ag
gravate her still further, sent his son
MP with u bone. The youth innocent
" brought it, and said, Mother
father sent this up, and says, there
is bone for you to pick" The gen,
tie mother replied, "Take it back and
tell him he is not your father; and
there's bone for him to pick
Year: 1869

Fanny Fern is after the "Pretty
Man" of the period. "whO scents his
handkerchief, twirIs switch cane.
parts his hair in the middle, and pla


cps himself in conspicuous positions
that the ladies may admire him. We
all know the puppy. But your con-
ventiOnal handsome man of the bar
ber's window, wax figure head pattern,
with pet lock in the middle of the fore
head, and apple head, and raspberry
m0ustache with Six hairs in it, paint
pot on his cheek, and little dot Of a
goatee on his chin, with pretty little
studs in his shirt bosom, and little
neck-tie, that looks as if he would faint
were it tumbled-I'd as lief look at a
poodle. 1 always feel desire to nip
it up with a pair Ofsugar tongs, drop
it into bowl of cream, and strew pink
rose leaves over the little remains"
Year: 1869




A Few Plain Observations Be


fore a Jury.


Observations by Judge Barrett, OF
New York, to the jury that acquitted
the engineer who was responsible for
the Mast Hope railroad disaster:


"Your verdict was against law,
against Justice, and an outrage against
humanity. You violated the obliga-
tion of your Oath-a plain, simple OBJ
legation to render a verdict according
to the evidence. Instead of that you
rendered a verdict against every par
ticle of evidence. The cause of the
defendant was abandoned by his Coun-
sci. Drowning men will catch at
straws. The theory of the defense is
unknown to the law, and the counsel
for the defendant did not believe it
themselves. I was, and still am, as
tOnished that you should in this way
set aside the law and violate your
Oaths; and l trust that the spirits of
the dead, dying, bleeding and burnt
victims of Mast Hope will rebuke you
as long as you live. We have no pow
er to cure the great wrong you have
inflicted on the community.


"Tn future I hope you will feel a
proper regard for your Oaths. You
are now discharged from any further
duty at this court. You are not fit to
sit as jurymen. I will not try causes
before such a jury"
Year: 1869

A murder trial in England has recently
illustrated, in very shocking manner the la
bilty of iuries to convict innocent men, even
of capital crime In August last, laborer
named Cornish was found murdered in field
near the City of Wells, in Somersetshire, his
head beaten in with stone, and a man
named Bisgrove kneeling beside him. The
story told by this person on his arrest was,
that being drunk the night before and finding
Cornish asleep on the ground he had gone to
sleep by his side, and on waking had seen
o tall man in the act of committing the murder.
1t was ascertaned that another laborer named
Sweet, and his mistress, woman called Drew,
had been in company with both Bisgrove and
Cornish up to very near the time OF the
murder. Both were arrested The woman
being called as a witness for the Crown, testified
that she had quarreled with Sweet, had gone with
Bisgrove alone into the field and left him there
with the sleeping Cornish and had then re-
Joined Sweet and remained in his company
until both were arrested. Her story was sup
posed to be an invention for the purpose OF
screening her paramour Sweet and the jury
evidently believed that the quarrel had oc-
Cured between the two prisoners and the muir





ousy. Sweet and Bisgrove were both found
guilty; but no sooner had they been remanded
TO jail than Bisgroye made confession entirely
exonerating Sweet, and corroborating the
woman's story. The confession reveals one of
the most extraordinary cases of murder with-
out any motiue that ever came to our kn0wl-
edge The murderer had gone to sleep by his
victims side. "When | walked up" said he,
." was going away, but something seemed to
"tell me must murder that man, and then |
"went over to the river and found the stone
"and brought it over on my head, and thrown
ait down on the mans head. Whatever
"made me do it | can't think. It was not for
"money had no thought of money"


Now the conviction of Sweet on O charge OF
which he was entirely innocent cannot be classed
with the mistakes of circumstantial evidence,
for it does not appear that there was any cir
cumstantial eridence against him at ALL except
the bare fact that he was in company with
the deceased a little while before the deed
must have been committed. He seems To
have been convicted because the jury wanted
to find motive for the deed, and could not
find one without dragging him in. They made
up their theory of the murder, and not being
able to act it out with single culprit they
had to secure second one. Fortunately the
poor mans innocence is made clear before the
time has come to hang him.
Year: 1869

Congress. last Summer, enacted that in all
departments of the civil service of the Govern
ment eight hours labor should constitute a
days work, and its direction was promptly
obeyed At once the question arose, Shall the
same be paid for eight hours service as form
"erly was for ten 7"-and the practical answers
thereto have not been consistent The clerks,
printers, &C., at Washington have been paid
the same as before, while in the Armories, Navy
Yards, &C., the general practice has been to
pay but four-fifths the wages formerly allowed.
Hence, the whole question comes back to Con-
gress to be settled over again.


Manifestly, before decisive action Is had.
there should be thorough inquiry as TO the
relative efficiency of the labor performed under
the old rule and the new respectively. If as
much has been in the average accomplished in
the shorter as in the longer day, the pay ought
to be the same if not, not We trust Con-
gress will promptly institute the needful in
quiry, and await development of the essential
facts The subject is one of grave and general
interest. and the truth should be sought with
rigorous mpartiaiity. We shall not be sur
prised but shall heartily rejoice, if it shall ap-
pear that rs much has been accomplished by
the shorter as by the longer days work.
Year: 1869

won't work :" Grant quietly replied they'll WORK
you'll pay them for it,"


"Am not right 7" he added Is there not such nos


ty TO Northern men tDat IL amounts, In most SECTIONS
OF the State to practical exclusion OF them from tho
agricultural interests Of the country Is there not an
willingness to divide up the lands and sell IN small par
cells to those who might immigaei And is there not
general tendency the services OF the negroes
without prompt and adequate compensation


must say" said the Judge, that there IL moro OF
less of truth in all these points"


"Then" said Grant. al think you will have TO Dulia
your own leyees wait under water until you are Will
ing men should come In who will build them"


Such conversation, withal it may be slight
" oyerdrawn and spiced in the rehearsal,
shows Gen. Grant in no new light. lie re-
mains as heretofore. the clear-headed, cOmpre-
bensye. honest, and able administrator OF al
fairs. He has indeed no policy to enforce
against. but many to enforce in accordance
with. the will of the people. We trust all will
find out this fact in due time, and especially
those who seek to increase the debt, prostitute
his appointing power to their private gain, or
mar the purity and success OF his admlnistIa-
ton. If he signs any act for their benefit 1t
Will be claw to draft them into the first
"forlorn hope" as he proposed to do with the
cotton traders of Vicksburg.
Year: 1869

The disturbances in Cadiz have been followed
by others equally bloody in Malaga. Like those
in Cadiz, they were promptly suppressed by the
Government, but at great cost Of lives, for
no less than four hundred insurgents are re-
ported to have been killed. AS to cause and
character, the instruction was probably similar
to that of Cadiz-an unwise, though not un-
provoked, ebullition of wrath of the classes
which are under republican and socialistic in
huences against the schemes of the Provisional
Government 1t will require great wisdom on
the part of the Constituent Assembly to save
Spain from civil war.
Year: 1869

is an advance movement of which no other
State except Kansas boasts The liberaity and
the independence of the people of Iowa at the
last general election, when they gave to all
men the liberty to vote, is another advance
and it is predicted that in no distant future
the elective franchise will be still further ey.
tended.


This view certainly indicates high deprea
of prosperity, and yet, in 81 of the organized
counties, two-thirds of the land is uncultiyated-.
that is. there yet remain 25,0000O0 of acres Of
as rich land as any upon which the sun shines
and which is covered with the unbroken
native prairie sod. 1t is true that such unoc-
cupied land is remote from main lines of travel.
and roads are to be made, and villages, towns
and cities TO be created but the same means
which entered into the construction and adorn-
ment Of the older sections are not only still in
operation but they are more speedy in
action and more powerful in results, because
an increase of population as well as of expert
ence and skill are brought to bear Another
consideration is of no small Importance Iowa
has been settled, not by people from New-En-
gland such as made the Western States nearest
to us, prosperous and wealthy, but by their
descendants, who have advantages in means.
culture, and enterprise superior to what
their fathers possessed 1t is true that this is
to be said of all the extreme Western States !;
but for several reasons this condition has moro
particular reference to Iowa, and hence it is
that greater progress in few years has been
made in whatever is of a substantial and valu-
able character than in many years was made
in Western New-York, Ohio, or Indiana.
Year: 1869

The progress of Ritualism in New York, of
which we have lately published several re-
markable narratives, receives fresh illustration
to-day in our account of three religious com
munities organized i'll this city, under the
auspices of certain of the most prominent
clergymen of the more advanced wing of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. The two sister
hoods have been in existence several years.


and seem to be strengthening their hold upon
the religious life Of Professionalism. The Broth
erhood existing in the parish of ST. Adams is
more recent, and, one would naturally sup
pose, q mQye difficult experiment. yet it is only
Year: 1869

The audacious murder Of Mr.. Rogers, in
Twelfth ST., is made the pretext for a Wholesale
attack in the The World upon the police, its
system, and its members. which are denounced
as alike absolutely disgraceful to freedom and
ito the Republic" Now, the murder was GER
tainly startling event. and might very well
have suggested an inquiry as to the efficiency
of the police in that quarter. Such al inquiry
would have taught The World that the officer
on that beat was on his regular duty at the
tIme though with an enlarged round, in conse
quence of the absence 81 two from his divis-
ion, taking prisoners to the Police Court. He
had recently passed the scene of the murder.
and at tho time of its commission was return
ing on Thrteenth-st toward Sixth-aye. only
one block distant, but traversing his beat in
such direction that, as the assailants doubt
less knew perfectly, he would not reach tho
spot, continuing his round, in less than half an
hour. The affray was over in five minutes,
and the noise made was not sufficient to attract
the attention of the people living III ule
immediate vicinity, much less that OF the
policeman a square distant, on another street.
Unless then. The World knows of some way
for having police officer on all parts OF ms
beat at the same instant, it may find difficulty.
after this inquiry, in showing how this partlcu-
lar one of "kennedys myrmidons" was glily
of conduct absolutely disgraceful to freedom
land to the Republic"
Year: 1869

We have no desire 10 shield the parties
guilty of the present disturbances on the Ogee-
chez from their just responsibility; but we
object to any wholesale condemnation OF the
negroes on the sole testimony OF the white
planters. According to the accounts which
these last are good enough to send us,
the negroes. without proyocation, have sad-
denly broken out into miscellaneous pillage
But, if we remember that these troubles began
about the time the annual settlements with the
hands on the plantations should have been
made and recall the efforts to cheat the ne
groes out of their years earnings, which every
previous December since the close OF the war
has disclosed. we may have the less trouble in
believing that there is another side TO this Sa-
yannah story. The rudc sense of justice among
ignorant laborers, who believe themselves
defrauded of their earnings, has often
prompted them to talk about seizing their
employers crops to secure their wages. If at
last some of them have really done this. the
act may be very Illegal but it cannot seem
very unnatural very surprising, or very unlike
the acts of many white men and faithful
Democrats at the North under similar cir
Year: 1869

Agents of the Cuban insurgents give in
Washington much more favorable accounts of
the progress of the patriot movement than the
excellent Captain General suffers TO reach us
from Havana. They make no doubt of their
ability to hold out against any force the Span
ish Government can send against them through
the Winter, and next Summer they count upon
the yellow fever as sure to be formidable
ally in their operations against these unac-
cllmated Spanish troops.
Year: 1869

On Friday afternoon Robert d. Neidig, a
brakeman employed In shifting trains between Harris
burg and Marysyie, fell from q Of the Empire De
became entanged portion OF the gearing CT the
car and was dragged head downward, distance OF two
miles before he was discovered. When found he
dead His head and face shockiDgly mangled
20 render him past recognition except by those who
acquainted With his general personal appearance The
eyes were from their sockets and the whole face
presented appearance most shocking 70 behold The
right arm broken and cut considerably, also
one OF the legs. A deep wound also visible the
breast All the clothing except boot and stocking
torn from the body. The various articles OF clothing
were found scattered along the road which the
fortunate nal had been dragged Mr Nedig Orderly
Bergeant Company ID, 18Th Regiment Pennsylvania Re
serves from the OF s organization until tie pra-


On OF it's term Of service when he reGDsted In the 9st
Regiment r. W aud remained Ia service until the close
u tAe HAL
Year: 1869

logical development of the Ritualistic views
and if these are to obtain permanence among
us, it is not easy to see why there should not
be, at least, partial revival of the old monas-
Year: 1869

Sometimes driven from the obvious world
by its intolerable rascality, we take refuge
for little rest, in those realms of fancy
where we can do justice on the Anakim, whose
strength and multitude defy US here. We
will hot ;eii how We have erected there
steam cowhide of cavalry-regiment horse
power, and what satisfactory fagellation we
preside over, in that fancied place of retribu-
ton. But sometimes we have pictured to
ourselves what would appear in som rich New
England town, should guardian angel of the
oppressed lose his patience and suddenly en-


dow every article stolen from the South with
consciousre ess and locomotion. From yonder
mansion of the wealthy fish dealing deacon,
we would see grand piano edge itself through
the door and crawl away southwark, while its
delighted keys would rattle, Away down in
Dixie" From that snug trim cottage of vir-
gin patience and spinster economy, sofa
would essay to escape On its three legs, (tho
fourth stuck on with Spaulding's glue refu-
sing to leave the corner whore it is propped,
and breaking down in the attempt, cry pite-
ously "Carry me home to old Virginny."-
Out of the parsons library would rush con-
fused crowd of books, clamoring in various
tongues, eve are on our journey home
Most grievous unsatisfactory of all, We should
see the rings fly from delicate fingers and tear
away from dishonest ears, and heavy silk un-
wind its folds from the carefully prepared per-
son of worshiping devotees, and all go CLAN
cling and dancing and rustling down the aisle
to the tune of ''The girl 1 left behind me-
What an apocalypse of roguery, what grand
panorama of petty larceny, what peeling of
hypocrisy it would. be !-Epis. Meth.