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Year: 1874

to his memory in the Piazza of the
Cortes. He always loved to look back
upon the happy campaigning days of
his youth, and it would have gladdeued


his cheerless age could he have dreamed
that he would one day stand in bronze,
as he may now stand for centuries, ''in
the unchanging bloom of manhood,
with the cloak and sword of a soldier
and a gentleman" bathing his noble
brow forever in the rosy light of morn
ing, and in the rich splendor of evening;
glory which Castilian skies might
well shed upon Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra, who wrote, the Spaniards
often say. "the only book they have"
Year: 1874

lfTOul CHc BOSCOQ POStl


The NEW YORK HERALD critcises the policy OF
military interference at the South in style that is
vigorous and incislve, but just 1t expresses
wonder, not that these occasional ebulitions occur
to disturb the South, but that, considering all the
circumstances, such events are not more frequent,
In fact the rule Instead OF the exception. 'Judged
properly, not an event has occurred in the South
that would not have occurred in any Northern
State under the same circumstances.n There Is
not little deserved sarcasm in the proposition
"Prepare deliberately the events that will irritate
and excite people, and that must provoke them
to violent acts ii they are human; then wait till
the violence you have prepared Tor occurs, and
send your troops to occupy their Cities" In this
connection, too, the HER AID pays its respects to
the Attorney General, who "narrowly missed the
splendid reward OF the Chief Justiceshp the price
of his services in such O reconstruction Of Loui-
siana as has accomplished the worst purposes that
the worst OF party plunderers could possibly pro-
pose to themselves And again he lends himself
as the ready tool OF further application OF SINH
lar projects" The Reconstruction" of Louisiana
and the attempted reconstruction or Arkansas are
held up as specimen OF the remedies that this
same official and his backer are ready to extend
to as "many other States as the wicked designs OF
plundering clique may require" The picture,
though strong one, is not exaggerated.
Year: 1874

Between five and six O'Clock yesterday morning,
while the schooner vesper was lying at anchor or
the iron docks near the treste works OF the Della.
ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad she
sprung leak and IN o short time went to the
bottom. On board OF her at the time were Cap
tain Parker, his son and deck hand. They were
reused by the rushing OF the water but had no
time TO make any other effort for safety than to
plunge into the river and swim toward the dock.
The captain and the deck hand succeeded in
reaching the shore safclp, but the Captains son,
Charles W. Parker, o lad aged thirteen years. was
drowned. The DQdy was found at ten O'Clock and
taken 10 the off1ce OF Coroner ParslOw. The
vessel had been heavily laden with pig iron and
was about to start for Maine, where her owner re-
sides. The coroner win hold an Investigation into
the melancholy occurrence
Year: 1874

We publish entire an article from the NEW YORK
HERALD, and rejoice to do so. Here Is journal
with brain and candor enough to see the
truth and speak it. We thank Goa and gather
courage again. All justice Is not dead, all FRA
ternity is not crushed. Here We have friend
who extends q hand to us in our necessity. We
do not care for blame If it be tempered with JUS
tice. What we have done that Is wrong we Will
make right when we can. Speak as brethren and
the South will De quick to respond with gen.
erosity born OF its fiery blood Deal justly with us
and we Will listen patiently to reproof Read
this oh readers OF the Inder ana recognize the
voice of friend
Year: 1874

FROM the Paducah Daily KentuCkfan


Attention is called to q very remarkable edi-
torlal from the NEW YORK HERALD, which appears
herewith. Such language sounds strange, coming
from Northern newspaper, but we all sure
that it was written by bold ana original thinker,
and 1t is but anticipating the judgment Of history.
The HERALD is not SO much a leader as an ex-
ponent OF public sentiment, and we would fain
hope that the honest portion Of the intelligent
people OF the North Will indorse the views ex-
pressed by that paper. We ask every reader or
the Ke,atuckian peruse the article carefully and
full.
Year: 1874




The New YORK HERALD, with its accustomed
Independence is telling the Northern people some
unpalatable truths. and OF course all the radical
and half radical newspapers are assaiing 1t for 80
doing. Our New York contemporary possesses
prescence enough to see that persistence in the
policy OF repression toward the whites in the
South is alike dangerous to the permanency Of the
Union and fatal to republican government, aud,
foreseeing. 1t has the candor to speak plainly.
Year: 1874

forgotten by their comrades nor unre-
membered by the public. The firemen
Of Memphis are excelled by none in the
United States. Surely our people must
rightly value such men, and see that
their labors be not without appreciation
and reward. Let the wreath be twined
around the brow of toiling men, whose
fidelity, courage, and ability challenge
the warmest admiration of the public.
Year: 1874

untary sadness. She was bidding fare
well to a broken dream.


So Mr. Shullz went away, and Judith
shut herself up in her room and wept
her last tears over the vanishing illusions
that belonged TO the past. When they
were shed, her heart felt lighter than it
had for months.


RIO be continuedl
Year: 1874

communications.
which that regiment figured eonspicu-
ously, was soon fought, and all know
now one encounter followed another in
quick succession, how horrors increased,
anu how much need there was of gentle
illustrations to the sick and diving.
Everywhere, in the most trying scenes,
TINS woman was found, and no one who
needed her help was passed by un-
needed, but hundreds blessed her forh
aid and sympathy, and many years will
pass ere she will cease to be remembered
by those whose feeble lips murmured
blessings on her then. Fresh aud
beautiful will ever be her memory to
hundreds who owe their lives under
God toiher devotion. While getting on
board boat to go from one hospital to
another, she fell and so injured her
spine that she never quite recovered;
but after a few days of confinement TO
her couch she rallied and resumed the
occupation, endeared to her now by SO
many scenes of suffering and so many
tender sympathies, and not till the war
closed did she relax her endeavors to al
leviate suffering and administer COM
fort.


On the 23d of December last little
group of mourners left Washington City,
accompanying all that remained of that
once beautiful, gifted and noble woman.
They were conveying her to the
home Of her youth, to lay the casket
near those of her friends, there TO rest
peacefully until the last trumpet shall
call her forth to receive from Him who
loved mercy the welcome plaudit, "Well
done, good and faithful servant" She
had suffered for years, and at last fell
victim to wound received in the war.
Who then dares tell me woman must
iight2 There were many others who
followed her example,, but there was
room for thousands more, and if men
would but remove the barriers which at
present surrounds women, they would
find not many hearts among them that
would fecoil from any sacrifice or dam
ger when loved ones were in need. But
alas alas! as Scotia's honored bard has
said:


"N1an, whose heaven erected face


The smiles of love adOrn,


Mans inhumanity TO man


Makes countless thousands rnourn.p


Many are the instances in which
women have proved beyond doubt
that the ballot would be safe in their
hands, and while thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of these women swell
the laborers' ranks, L see no reason why
they should be deprived of those privi-
leges, the enjoyment of which brings so
much good to man, namely, the right to
have influence in making the laws which
have so intimate connection with their
comfort and happiness.


In an essay like this few thoughts can
be taken into consideration, but the
world teens with evidence that we are
striving for the right. Let us then take
courage, and casting Off all dread of
eontumely, let us "put ON the whole
armor of faith" and determine always
to be found at our posts bearing aloft
our unstainei banner of purity and
truth, on which is inscribed in charac-
ters Of living light our glorious watch
word, "GOd and my right"
Year: 1874

In a capital case lately tried before the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts,, medical
evidence was given on one side, showing
that it was impossible to distinguish with
certainty, human blood from that Of q
horse, and on the other side, evidence is
given showing that the difference between
the two kinds of blood is distinctly reveal
ed by the microscope. The remark able
fact here involved presents itself in the
light of the Investigations made by emf
nent men of science in Europe, and with
concurrent results, showing that though
there are, beyond question differences Of
size, determinsble by careful micrometric
measurement-the human corpuscles thus
appearing to be on an average larger than
those of the horse-yet, even in fresh
blood, these differences have been found
SO slight as to be recognised only with s1-
treme difficulty. In human blood the
corpuscles are seen to vary from 3005 to
5000 to an inch. the average being $500.


In horse blood the same variations exist,
the average being 46OO-so that very


small human corpusclcs and very large
horse corpuscles might be placed side by
side and found equal in size. This is in
fresh blood, in dried blood the differences
are almost blotted out, SO that it has been
universally agreed, that when blood has
once become dried, it is not possible to
distinguish the blood of one mammal from
that of another.
Year: 1874

A cross.eyed man cast gloom over q
Detroit street car last Wednesday, by ask.
ing one of the seven men and strangers
on the opposite seat, il he had any chew
ing tobacco handy. First the seven
strangers looked at each other, the seven
hands went pocketward, and observing
this motion each of the seven supposed
his neighbOr the one spoken to. and tho
seven hands returned empty. The cross
eyed man cast a glance Of indignation
along the line, and with the remark: "a
sweet.scented lot Of generous rooster" ="
deliberately took chew of his own to-
bacco.
Year: 1874

a young man living near Win
amy PustolIice, Ohio. undertook TO
have little fun a few nights ago
by initiating n dog. So he hid in


the corner Of a fence, and when,
presently, another young man
named Mullen came by on his way
to the PostofIice, he crawled out
on all fours, barking and growing
as much like dog as possible
His imitation was So perfect as to
deceive Mullen completely, who
drew a revolver and shot tue too
successful mimic dead on the spot.
Year: 1874

This is what we learn from
the Cleveland Voice: n West
slider, who keeps general store,
in descanting on the complete
ness of his stock says he tries
to keep everything in creation
but the ten commandments;
and he would keep them, bnt no
one else keeps them and he don I
want to appear eccentric.
Year: 1874

A cOlOred woman called on a
Justice of the peace, the other
day, to commence suit against a
whilom lover for breach of prom
ise. After directing her where
to so, the justice inquired how
much she was going to sue for,
and she replied, DWELL, l had
thought about fourteen dollars,
but spring is coming on, and
will want a white dress, and
guess I'd let him off for about
six dollars"
Year: 1874

An old bachelor says that
giving the ballot to women
would not amount to anything
practically, because they would
keep saying they wern't old
enough to vote until they got
too old to take amy interest in
politics.
Year: 1874

Five Year Old: Il say, pa,
you need not pay lot of money
for me to learn the piano." Pater :
"Why not, my boy ?" Five. Year
Old: Because all you got to do
is to put handle to it then l can
play all day long like the men in
the street"
Year: 1874

Passengers to the Pacific by
rail breakfast in the Sierras with
twenty feet of snow around
them; four hours later they find
wheat four inches high, and
next day see pear and peach
trees in blossom.
Year: 1874

of the penitentiary, and give
him a sort of a Sunday-school
lecture. But he would never
pardon a man who had used a
knife or pistol to take the life
of a fellow-man. He would let
them hang every time, for he is
opposed to the half-civilized-
no, heathenish-custom they
have of cutting and shooting.
He would also be the friend of
the temperance people, no IN
significant number now, for he
is Il temperance man, and never
touches liquor. Looking at the
prospect in all points of view,
it is clear that there might a
worse Governor arise than Hor-
ace Maynard.


AS for Andrew johnson we
know that he is the leader Of a
party Of forty thousand voters,
and that he wants to. so to the
Senate His voters and The Re
pubIicans, IF they would form
an alliance, could control the
politics of Tennessee as effectu-
ally as the Republicans control
Massachusetts. Why should
they not unite and take COM
plete control of the ''machine~
When victory is within such
easy reach why notgo forth and
pluck it? No harm could come
from sending Johnsonfte the
Senate. His integrity has, ney-
er been questioned, even by his
worst enemies. Throughout his
long public career he never
stole anything, never entered
into any sort of a combination
to swindle the people, never vo-
ted TO increase his own pay and
never accepted a present while
in office. The example of such
Il man is needed in Washington.
If he had been in the Senate
last wear he would have saved
three millions of dollars to the
people by defeating the pas
sage of that infamous back-pay
steal, It.passed by a majority
of only two or three, and he
would have put Tennessee on
record against it instead of for
it. There was a time in he his
tory of that iniquitous measure
when the change of one Sena-
tor would have defeatedsit.


The people are oppressed with
debt and taxes. The Sheriff and
tax-gatherer go hand in hand
over the country, and eYeryoth-
erman owes more than he cal


pay. At such times there is {
universal desire to put men IL


office who believe IN low sala-
ries and retrenchment. John
son, all his life, has been the


advocate Of these, and therein
is his strength with the toiline
: masses.


Perhaps, after all, to secure
his election, the johnson meI
may be willing to unite witt
the Republicans, and the Re
publicans to secure the election
of Maynard, may be willing t.
= unite with the Johnson party
| Stranger things have happened
Year: 1874

The closing hours Of the Wis
consin Legislature where dis
turbed by a peculiarly revolt
ing case of bribery. An insu-
rance bill being before the Sen
ate, one Of its members reques-
ted to state that $100 had been
offered for his vote against the
bill by the Milwaukee Mutual
Life Insurance Company. In
tense excitement is said to have
followed this announcement
There was a panic in the Sena-
torial market at such a low quo
tation. A committee was at
once appointed to investigate
the matter.
Year: 1874

A peaceful life is most likely to be a
full one. with finer and keener sensibili.
ties: better related to beauty and poe
try and all higher matters: more digni-
fed and self respecting.


Repose is the secret of power in per.
sons, pictures. statutes, architecture.
books. and nature. as if it we're means
of retaining as well as disclosing life:
and health demand a frequent pauSing
to restore the balance of the system.
and keep up perfect circulations.


The night. if spent in healthy sleep
after proper evening hours, reduce the
worlds chaos. and We are new every
morning.


Who does not know the magic of a
brief pause in the midst of the worst
confusion A calm Of five minutes
will invite back our vagrant powers
and ideas.


| SO the home should be like a hush
and a lullaby in this headlong. whirl
ing. noisy. furious and distracted world
of the nineteenth century-a nook apart
from the thoroughfares--a grotto OF
Year: 1874

We have no more right to fling an un-
necessary shadow over the spirit of
those with whom we have to do, than
we have to fling stone and injure
them. Yet this tiinging shadows is a
very common sin, and one to which wo-
men are particularly addicted. Oh,
what a blessing is merry, cheerful
woman in a household! One whose
spirits are not affected by wet days, or
little disappointments, or whose milk of
human kindness does not sour in the
sunshine Of prosperity. Such woman
in the darkest hours brightens the house
like little piece Of sunshiny weather.
The magnetism of her smile, the electri-
cal brightness of her looks and move
ments. infect every one. The children
60 to school with sense of something
great to be achieved; her husband goes
into the world in conqueror's spirit.
No matter how people worry and annoy
him at day, far off her presence shines.
and he whispers to himself, AT home
| shall find rest So day by day she


literally renews his strength and ener-
gy, and if you know man with beam
ing face, kind heart and a prosperous
business, in nine cases out of ten YOU
will find he has wife of this kind. For
nothing is more certain than that the
man who is married must ask his wife
for permission to be happy and wealthy.
Blessed is he who hath cheerful wife
the world may be valley Of strife .
to him. but his home is land Of Beu-
lah, haven of rest and quiet; and his
life is made up Of cheerful yesterdays
and confident to-morrows.-- Golden
Year: 1874

The London Daily NeUs says: A ro-
nance in real life came before the Court
Queens Bench recently. About four


teen years ago young lady. who has
since attained fame at both sides Of the
Atlantic on the operate boards, made
the acquaintance in Italy Of a gentle
man who was then. as he is now. pro-
fessional Of some celebrity. She was
not aware that he was married man,
and the result of their acquaintance
was that they lived together until
within the past few months. when she
quilted his house and became the
wife Of gentleman Of consider
able means. who is not very long
out of his teens. In quitting the house
of her former flame she left behind her
daughter Il years Of age, whom she
now invoked the aid of the law to re-
store to her. The parties whose names
did not publicly transpire, were each
represented by counsel and did not
! themselves appear at Westminster. Be-
! fore deciding whether hdbeds corpus
should be granted Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn suggested that the child
should be sent for, adding. however.
that the officer of the court should
fetch her. and that she should not be
informed for what purpose her presence
was required. After an interval Of an
hour the young lady was brought into
court. She was dressed with studied
simplicity, and appeared not a little
surprised at finding herself among a
number of gentlemen in the wigs and
gowns which barristers may not
escape from even in tho dog
DAYS. The child. who
was accompanied by lady said to be
! her aunt. was conducted to the Judge
room, and an interview took place be-
tween herself and the Lord Chief Jus


tice. When his Lordship again took
his seat on the bench he observed tina,
the young lady desired to reside with
her father. but to be allowed to see he,
mother frequently: but that her affec


ton for either parent did not appear t.


be very profound. The case involve:


quite puzzle of nationality. Tht


mother swore that she was an Italian


that the father was an Austrian. anc


that their daughter was Spaniard


having been born in St. Sebastian


This. however. was denied by the father


who swore in his affidavit that he wa


an Italian. and that he had taken al


the necessary steps to make his daugh


ter. to whom he said he was fondiy at
tached. an Italian also
Year: 1874

\ clergyman of the Church of Scot


land. who was possessed Of a fund Of
dry humor. occupied rural parish in


Perthshire. bordering on the Highland


district. be took much interest in the
progress of a Highland student. and
aided him as much as he could in his
studies preparatory to getting license
from the PreSbytery. One thing. how
ever. he was deficient in, and that
thing was indispensable. Time wore
on. and the day Of trial approached.
Both minister and student were much
exercised as to how they were to
overcome the difficulty. Neither
knew anything Of Hebrew. and
how the young man was to
meet the reverend court without il
sorely puzzled them both. At last the
clergyman saw his way clear. as if BY
Year: 1874

Four little pictures, that was all,
TO tell his ended life
To me a lonely woman still,


Who would have been his wife.
Out of his mothers feeble hand
took them one by one,
heard his story, short and sad,
Told by the faithful sun.
"This one''-she rubbed it with her


sleeve


my eyes can scarcely see,
Twas taken when he was boy,
4 dear good boy to me!''
A round and rosy little face,
With awkward, frightened stare,
And sturdy, nervous school boy hand,
Clutched tightly on chair.
And this was in his college days,
When he went courting you''
1pulled the veil across my iace.
And Near the picture drew.
saw the eager hazel eyes,


he careless WlQQ-tOSSeO 1la1r,
The very knotting Of the tie


| loved to see him wear.
When browner shone these locks Of
That folded grimmer gray,
When life no dim December knew,
Only the merry May.
laid it with silent sigh,


Softly upon her knee,
Remembering how my stubborn pride
Had parted him from me.
How bitter pain had followed fast,
Repentance all toe late
For him, in time, a loveless wife;
For me lonely fate
"And this she said, "was the best Q.


all"


But-part OF If was gone;
81 rubbed her figure off the plate
could not keep it onn'
A bearded mouth a steiner face
That used to smile ON me,
A stalwart figure infl OF grace


Beside this l could see.
The outlines OF woman's dress,
Along the mimic floor
A blot, large as a woman's hand,
The shoulder plainly bore.
A blotch that came so near the heart
What pen could better tell
The tale of faithless queen uncrowned? ?
What picture half SO we'll
"And this was taken at Fair Ga ks.
They say. 1t came to me
With gun and cap and hasty lines
Scrawled lying on his knee"
Over the soldiers solemn face,


That time shall touch no more,
Nor sunshine find to add line,


Nor shadow darken more.
looked so might not forget,


Then whispered low prayer,
II might unto glory come,
That l should know him there.
Year: 1874

A reporter of the Baltimore Ameri-
can thus describes one of the many pro-
cesses of making shot in one of the shot
towers of that city:


"One of the secrets of the manu-
facture is the mixing of the lead with a
certain substance called temper The
temper is fused with the lead, and
gives the molten metal that consistency
which makes it drop. If it were not for
the temper the lead would be nodded
by the sieve, and would form little pen
ellis instead of shot. When BIB shot,
for instance, are to be made, the lead is
poured into pan perforated with holes
corresponding to the size. The little pei
lets come pouring down in continuous
shower, and fall into a tank filled with
water on the ground floor. In their de.
scent of two hundred feet they are tol.
erably cool when they strike the water,
although the swift conclusions make the
tank foam and bubble as if the water
was boiling furiously. The shot must
fall in the water, for if they should strike
any firm substance, they would be fiat.
tened and knocked out of shape. To
get the little pellets perfectly dry after
they have been in the well is the most
difficult and troublesome process of the
whole manufacture. An elevator with
small buckets very much like those used
in -four mills) carries the shot up as fast
as they reach the bottom of the well,
and deposits them in box sixty feet
above the first floor. The water drips
from the buckets as they go up, and not
much is poured into the receiver above
although it is intended to be a sort oi
dripping machine. From this receiver
the shot runs down spout into dry.
ing pan, which greatly resembles a gi.
gantic shoe made of sheet iron. The
pan rests at an angle which permits the
wet shot to roll down into the chamber
below, and the pellets become perfectly
dry as they pass over the warm sheet
iron:'