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Year: 1867

Due cultivation of the female mind
would add greatly to the happiness
of males. and still more to that of
females. Times rolls on, and when
youth and beauty vanish, fine lady,
who never entertained thought i'll
to which an admirer did not enter,
finds in herself lamentable void,
occasioning discomfort and peevlsh-
ness. But a woman who has merit,
improved by a virtuous and refined
education, retains in her decline an
influence over the men, more t1atteFr
ing even than that Of beauty; she IS
the delight of her friends as formerly
of her admirers. Admirable would
be the effects of such refined educa-
ton. contributing no less to public
good than to private happiness. A
man, who at present must degrade
himself into a fop or coXcomb in
order to please the women, would
soon discover that their favor is not
to be gained but by eXerting every
manly talent in public and in prl-
vate life: the two sexes, instead OF
corrupting each other, would be
rivals in the race of virtue; mutual
esteem would be to each school OF
urbanity aud mutual desire OF pleas
ing would give smoothness to their
behavior, delicacy to their senti-
ments, and tenderness to their pas
sions. Married women in particular,
destined by nature to take the lead
in educating their children, would
not longer be the greater obstruc-
ton to good education by their ig-
norance, frivolity, and disorderly
manner of living.-Lord haimeS.
Year: 1867

A LITTLE MORE CIDER.-A young
lady and a good templar in Califor-
MIA town entered into lively discus
sion, in the lodge of which she was a
member, on the subject of cider
drinking. She was very fond OF
sweet cider, and on no account could
she be persuaded to shun it. Ad-
dressing an anti-cider drinker, she
said: al love cider; it is a necessl-
ty with me; must have it; l will.
If this lodge decide we must not drink
it, l shall eat apples, and then get
some good-looking fellow to 'squeez'
me-for l tell you l can't live with
out cider"
Year: 1867

We would direct the special attention OF
those suffering from diseases Of the throat and
lungs 10 DR.. Hunters letter in another column.
The writings Of this physician have excited
much interest in this country. and he has ae-
quired a reputation IN the large cities north of
us surprising that Of any other physician. This
letter is the FIRST of a series which he intends to
publish and this correspondence will. undoubt-
edy be interesting and instructive 70 many.
All are aware of the fearful mortality resulting
from CONSUMPTION, and there are probably few
families In this city that have not been visited
by il. and the mortuary reports show that it is
increasing. The statistics Of the mortality of
the city of Paris for the year 1850 prove that.
exclusive of those who died OF cholera. nearly
oNE-hALF Of the deaths resulted from diseases
of the lungs. The mortality in our city is pro-
badly not so great but is increasing In an alarm
ing manner. and il becomes all to examine
closely every means which promise to prevent
or remedy so great a destroyer, particularly
when coming from physician Of DIR. Hunter
reputation and experience.


Dr. Hunter has years devoted his exclusive
attention 70 the study and treatment of diseases
of the head. throat, lungs and heart. and has
established an saviabIe reputation BY his skill
and success in their treatment, and we trust hi'
efforts in this city. where he has established h''
home. viii be as satisfactory as they have here
toiore been However skeptical the reader ma,
he upon the subject Of the durability Of Con
sumption. he cannot doubt or dispute that 4


may be prevented by remedying ia time thos'
diseases which produce IT,
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Memphis Ard~
lanche gives the following particulars of
the arrest OF the parties who robbed the
express Office at Jackson on the 30th ult:


"At first suspicion rested on the negro
how who was employed TO sweep ont the
store in front of the Office. He was at once
arrested, and, strange 10 say, became fright
ened. and confessed TO having committed
the robbery in connection with his brother,
who had gone toward Louisville with the
money. His whole statement concerning
the manne. in which the theft had been
committed was 10 confused and conflicting
"a TO cause Mr.. Clarke to disbelieve his
statements altogether. Besides, two strange
white men had been seen in town for sew
eral days, and frequently hanging around
the express Office. The morning before
the robbery occurred, they both came into
the Office, passed through into the back
room, stood by the FIRE a minute or two, then
passed out towards the front, taking good
look into the interior of the office as they
passed by. This singular conduct on
the part Of persons, entire strangers TO
every man in the community, was observed
by several at the time. Next morning,
after the robbery was discovered, inquiry
was made concerning these strangers, bal
no trace of them could be had. They had
left sometime in the night, as they had
been seen as late as ten o'clock Tuesday
evening. A full description of them was
telegraphed to Memphis, Nashville, Grand
Junction, Corinth, and all other points
where they might possibly go by railroad
1t was soon discovered that they had been
in Memphis the day after the robbery, but
had gone up the Memphis and Ohio road
toward Nashville They arrived in Nash
vile, made an effort to rob a store, but
failing in This, went on to Chattanooga
where the agent OF the Southern Expres'
at that point was waiting to receive them


They were at once taken into custody, ane
will, perhaps, be sent back here Tor exam


inalion in a day or two. When arresteS
an Chattanooga there wee four together
two precisely filling the description oil th'


strangers seen here. | understand one o.


them is a man named Jack Cannon, Weil


known in police circles in Memphis as
professional thief"
Year: 1867

We are sure we but speak the sentiments
of hundreds Of our best citizens, when We
state that in the departure Of this eloquent
gentleman, Knoxville loses one whom all
loved and admired His labors here have
not been in vain, and his place cannot be
easily supplied. His liberal views, deep,
earnest piety, benevolent disposition and
eloquent pulpit efforts, never failed to draw
large crowds every Sabbath from all de-
nominations. He possesses none of that
narrow-minded bigotry which tolerates no
other creed of religious belief, but with q
heart large enough in its views to embrace
suffering humanity, no matter where found
or under what conditions, he vent about
"doinQ good" The world is better By
having such men in it, and We regret that
others fail to cultivate that charity and
deep humility which so pre- eminently
characterize this gentleman.


He leaves us at noon to-day, but We


would fair hope that ere long We shall have


him in our midst again, where he is SC
much admired. We part with him 10 re
| gret, and wish him God speed wherever b
NAV be caned.-Kilo1sifle Free Pres.
Year: 1867

ANTHoNY TRoLIoPE says that the
preaching OF the day lie done BY the novel
ist, and the lessons which he teaches are
those to which men and women will listen.
Such was not the case fifty years ago when
the novelist only amused, if he did 50
much as thst.
Year: 1867

An ORIGINAL DocUMENr.-The vexed
question of the eight-hour system of labor
has at length been definitely settled by
meeting of workingmen in California, who.
lfter a prolonged debate, submitted the
following report, disposing of the matter in
novel and ingenious manner. The report
IS copied rerbatina from newspaper pub
ished on the spot I:


"Supposing a man work ten hours in
one day at three dollars he will earn thirty
cents per hour and work sixty hours in
one week which amounts to eighteen dol
lars per week we will say he pays FIVE dol
lars per week to his employer for board
Witch will leave him thirteen dollars clear
For the week While the Eight hour sys-
tem man works forty eight hours in one
week and earn IA 40 dollars and forty cents
md loses twelve hours equivalent to one
md half day on the eight hour scale or
)ne and two tenths on the ten hour scale or
equivalent to three dollars and sixty cents
1t the rates of so cents per hour Now the
Eight hour man does not earn so much in
proportion as the ten hour man, for this
reason it will take him seven days and a
half to perform the same amount of labor
that the ten hour man will in one week,
and their not being only six labcring days
IN one week he will have to pay in proper
ton for borde, consequently we deduct one
lay and half bord which is one dollar
md six cents and add to the five dollars as
5ord bill whetch makes six dollars and six
cents Now deduct six dollars and six
cents from fourteen dollars and forty cents
and he will have dollars and thirty four
cents for his weeks work consequently we
do not believe this Eight hour principle to
have originated among the laboring class
but to get up political ishue IF the la
Dor takes Operative view of the result of
one weeks work he will not favor no such
policy The most prominent feature of the
sistum is a direct Road to poverty and in
1olence.''


This io, of course conclusive, no intelli-
gent workman being capable or taking
: direct road to poverty and Incidence
with his eyes thus opened by his California
brother laborers.
Year: 1867

Daughters of Eve your mother did not well
she laid the apple in your fathers hand
And we have read, wonder! what befel-
The not deceived, nor yet could stand
He chose to lose, for love of her, his throne
With her could die, but could not live alone.
Daughters of Eve he did not fall SO low,
Nor fall far, that sweet woman fell;
For something better, than gods to know,
That husband that home left OF to dwell;
For this, TIL love he reckoned, less than lore,
shall man be first and best forevermore.
Daughters of Eve it was for your dear sake
The WORLDS first hero died an uncrown'd king;
Bat tsod's great pity touched the grand mistake,
And made his married love sacred thing;
For vet his nobler sons, il aught be true
Find the lost Eden IN their love for you.


JEAN INGELow.
Year: 1867

THE WOMEN OF A SCOTTISH IsLAND.-A
correspondent of the Glasgow Herald, who
recently visited the island of Lewis, in the
Hebrides, says "the women do all the
heavy work. They dig, delve and hoe;
they carry heavy loads of manure to the
fields, and in the peat season you may see
them all day carrying creelfuls of peat
from the bog. You will often see man
trudging along the road beside woman,
but the creel is on the woman's back. If
they come to a river or ford, the woman
crosses first, deposits her creel on the other
other side, and then returns to carry the
man across. l only saw this once, but the
farmers tell me that it is thing of every
day occurrence When the creel is empty,
the man sometimes slings it over his own
shoulders. and then mounts upon the back
of the woman, who carries them both
across together. This, l am told is the
only occasion on which, by any chance, you
see creel on the back of man. The
woman in the rural districts here is, in fact,
a beast of burden, and men, in looking
out for wives, look largely to muscular de-
velopment. A story is current among the
English-speaking farmers that illustrates
this conception of woman's mission In
the middle of one peat season, when labor
was much in demand, a man who was sup
posed to be a confirmed old bachelor, sud
denly married A friend met him some
lays after. What for did you take a
woman like that?" said the friend. Ibid
you no hear" replied the man, "that my
horse was dead ?"
Year: 1867

I BIRD MoUND MISUNDERSTANDING the
most remarkable of the feathered tribe are


the birds of Australia, which construct
large mounds, and then leave their eggs to


bc hatched IN thom, not by the birds them
selves, but by the fermentation of the as
sembled mass OF materials The heap en-
ployed for this purpose is collected by the
birds during several weeks previous to the
period of laying; it varies in size from two
to many cart loads, and in most instances
is in pvramidal form The construction
of the mound Is either the work of one


pair of birds, or, as some suppose, the
united abors OF several years in succession.
the birds adding fresh supply of materi-


ais each succeeding season. The materials
composing these mounds are accumulated
by the bird grasping a quantity in its foot


and throwing it backwards TO one common
centre; the surface of the ground for a


considerable distance being so completely
scratched over that scarcely leaf or a
blade Of grass is left. The mound being
completed and time allowed for sufficient
heat to be engendered, the eggs are depos-
tied i'll a circle, at the distance of nine or
twelve inches from each other, and buried


more than an arms depth, with the large
end upward; they are covered up as they
are laid, and allowed TO remain until they
are hatched. Mr. Gould, from whose
Handbook" we derive this description,


says that it is not an unusual thing to OBJ
tain half a bushel of eggs at one time from
a single mound. Some of the natives state
that the females arc constantly in the


neighborhood of the mound about the time
the young are likely to be hatched. and


frequently uncover and cover them up
again, apparently for the purpose of as
sisting those that may have appeared !;
while others relate that the eggs are mere
" deposited, and the young allowed to
force their way out unasssted. One point
has been clearly ascertained, namely, that
the young from the hour they are Matched
are covered with feathers, and have their
wings sufficiently developed to enable them
to fly up to the branches of trees, should
they need to do so TO escape from danger


They are equally nimble on their legs.
Year: 1867

\ CHEERFUL HEARr.-I once heard a
lady say to an individual Your counte-
nance to me is like the rising sun for it
always gladdens me with cheerful look ,"
A merry or cheerful countenance was al
ways one of the things which Jeremy Tay-
lor said his enemies and prosecutors could
not take from him. There are some per-
sons who spend their lives as if shut up in a
dungeon. Everything is made gloomy and
forbidding. They go mourning and COM
planning from day to day that they have SO
little, and are constantly anxious lest what
little they have will escape out of their
hands. They look upon the dark side, and
can never enjoy the good that is present
for the evil that is to come. That is no
religion. Religion maketh the heart cheer
ful and when its large and benevolent
principles are exercised, men will be happy
in spite of themselves The industrious
bee does not complain that there are so
many poisonous flowers and thorny branch
es in bis road, but buzzes on, selecting the
honey where he can find it, and passes
quietly by the places where it is not.
There is enough in this world to complain
about and find fault with, if men have the
disposition. We often travel on a hard
and uneven road; but with a cheerful
spirit we may walk therein with comfort
and come to the end of our Journey in
peace-Dr. De,cey
Year: 1867

am little boy about so many years old ;
don't know whether am a good little boy,
but l am afraid not, for l sometimes do
wicked things, and once | cut sisters kit,
tens tail off with chopping knife, and told
her that big dog came along and bit it off
and swallowed it down before poor kitty
could say Jack Robinson, and sister said she
was sorry. and it must have been a very
Year: 1867



 GIVING THE DEVIL Ills DUE.-Thcre is n point in the following anecdote :: A parson was making call upon an old lady, who made it habitual rule never to speak i'll of another, and had observed it so closely that she always justified those whom she had heard evil spoken of. Before the old lady made her appearance in the parlor, her several children were speaking of this peculiarity of their mother, and one of them playfully added: "Mother has such habit of speaking well of every body, that do believe if Satan himself were the subject ofconversation, moth- CT would find out some virtue or good quality even in him." Of course, this remark elicited some smiling and mer- riment, at the originality of the idea, in the midst of which the old lady en- tered the room, and on being told what had just been said, she immediately and involuntarily replied: "Well, my children, wish we all had Satan's in- dustry and perseverance,
Year: 1867

HARD ON THE 1ADIEs.-Some old fogy Gan old dilapidated bachelor, of course) gets off the following at the expense of the ladies:

 Taken as a class, women can con- trive more outlandish and ugly fash ions than any one would think possi- ble without the gift of inspiration. Take, for instance, the waterfall First it represented bladder, of Scotch snuff; next it hung down q woman's back like canvas-covered ham after ward it contracted, and counterteited a turnip on the back of the head ; now it sticks straight out behind, and looks like wire muzzle on greyhound. Nestling in the midst of this long stretch of hair reposes little batter- cake of a bonnet like jockey saddle on long backed race horse."
Year: 1867

The bill to repeal the tax of two and half cents per pound on raw cot ton, which passed the House on We'd nesday, the 4th inst, provides that all cotton grown in the Southern States shall be exempt from internal revenue tax after the year 1867. A substitute to exempt the present years crop from tax was lost by large majority.
Year: 1867

pss- An intoxicated man staggered against the side of a house which had been newly painted. Showing himself clear by vigorous effort, he took a glimpse at his shoulder, another at the house, d third at his hand, and exclaim- ed .'Well. that is a careless trick in whoever painted that house, to leave 1t standing out all night for people to run against
Year: 1867

WHY MIR. DAVIS SHOULD NOT BE TRIED BY UNDERwooD.-A Washing ton correspondent writes:

 It is highly important, as lawyers think, for the interests of Mir. Davis, and also in reference to the settlement of the constitutional law of treason. that Chief Justice Chase should be as- sociated with Judge Underwood in this trial. It is eqnally important to the Government, and to Federal legislation for the future, that the decision, what ever it be, have the sanction of the Su- preme Court of the United States. In case of disagreement between the two Judges upon some point of law that may arise, the matter in question can be sent to the United States Supreme Court, but not otherwise. From the sole judgment of Judge Underwood there could be no appeal. His decision, in so important case, would have no weight with the Court, nor with Con- gress, or the American public.
Year: 1867




Work on the great st. Louis bridge
is to begin in a few days. 1t will be
one of the most notable structures of
the kind in the world. Its length, the
size OF the longer spans, and its cx-
pcnse, entitle it to rank among the
really great bridges. The vast and
increasing Importance of the continen-
tai traffic it is to accommodate adds to
the interest its mere size would awaken,
while the serious practical difficulties
to be overcome in its erection will
cause the work to be regarded with
more than ordinary attention.


1t is to be Il pier bridge, resting on
solid stone foundations, on which will
rest arches of steel sustaining the spans,
These arches will surpass anything of
the kind ever erected. The two side
spans will be four hundred and ninety
seven feet each in length, and the
central span five hundred and fifteen
feet in the clear, between the abutments.
Ordinarily y there will be from sixty to
seventy feet distance between the lower
side of the central span and the wa
ter, and fifty feet in time of high
water. 1t may be said here that the
boats lrt m below ST. Louis rarely 60
above, AMI rice rerSd, 80 that there
need be little passage under the bridge.


There will be tracks for both car
riages and railway cars. The railway
track on the St. Louis side will pass
over the first street, and then go under
ground for about tlrce-quarters of a
mile under the central part Of the
city, when it will emerge at the grounds
selected for a great union passenger
depot. The stone arches on each side
Of the bridge are expected to add
much to its Architectural effect. 1t is
said that in general style and charactc,
it will resemble the celebrated bridge
over the Rhine at Coblcntz.


The most difficult part Of the prob
lem of building this bridge will be tho
putting down Of the piers, which will
be very massive. They are to be on,
hundred and fifty feet ut the bottom
and about seventy by thirty feet at the
top. The river bottom is composed o.
shifting sands, below which is found
the solid rock bed, on which the piers
must rest. The sand to be gone through
varies from fifty TO eighty feet in thick
ness, so that one of the central pier;
dcsccnds through water and sand Iol
over seventy feet, and the other iol
nearly one hundred feet. To add to
the difficulties of construction, thit
work must be done between the peri
ods of floods and ice, so that the pier
may be raised far enough above waite
to avoid injury while unfinished. Thi
will be accomplished by an ingeniou
method which we have not space t.
describe to-day.


The cost Of the bridge and tunnc
is estimated at $3,000,000. The lane
used will probably cost $750,000 more
1t is thought that the bridge will b
completed in three years, just about tn
time when the Atlantic and the Pacif
will be. joined forever by the iroI
rails.


This is wonderful country. W
believe we have heard this remark be
fore, but, in view of the fact that il
1880 one can ride in the same "silvc
palace sleeping-car" from New York t
San Francisco, we venture to reitcrat
| il.
Year: 1867

A FEW nights since, some young
men, going from New York to Albany
in the cars, were getting rather noisy
and profane, when gentleman in a
white cravat tapped one Of them upon
the shoulder with the remark, "Young
man, do you know you are on the road
to perdition T "Thats just my luck
said the young man; ri took ticket
for Albany, and I've got on the wrong
train"
Year: 1867

An amusing incident occurred in
Albany recently. While gang of
telegraph men were stringing wire
from a reel in a wagon, the horse being
driven along slowly, a countrymah
rushed up to the driver, and in the
innocence Of his heart informed him
that he was losing his load, that his
wire was scattered all along the road
behind him.
Year: 1867

A GENERAL statement going the
rounds that the work of adjusting the
unsettled claims for bounty in the
Paymasters Generals Office was pro-
crossing at the rate of fifteen hundred
per month is erroneous. The fact is
that the claims are being settled at the
rate of four thousand per day, orabout
one hundred thousand per month.