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Year: 1874

1uII10y,sh HE comes fresh TO his work,
nc next day, takes it up where he left
it of, and is much better able to pick a
knotty problem than if he had been all
the time worrying over it. There's
much more in unconscious cerebration
than most of us believe.-HoCord
fTlly11dOr
Year: 1874

ty to him, and swells with the thought that his
attractions have made one woman miserable.


Just such case came under my observation
lately. A man with a half dozen children and
one son grown, lost a wife wEo had always
kept him in proper subsection. He was misera-
BILE at first, of course. By and by it began to
be mitigated misery, and he boughta new coat,
had his hair cut and his whiskers trimmed,
and wore becoming necktie. Then he was
seen talking to the school teacher, who was
maiden lady who did not know her own age !;
was poor and hard worked and had her mother
to support.


Our widower was we'll to-do; was a member
of the church, and bore good character, and
when OF an evening he was seen turning from
her house, it began to be said: "What nice
thing it would be; so suitable she was accus-
toned to children, and would make his a good
mother" Things went on this way for lit
tie while, then he was met there several times
by mutual acquaintances, and he appeard con-
fused and stammered, and said something
about business. Friends began to question
and joke him, but he denied the soft impeach
| ment.


The woman began to wear an anxious look.
He was as sef-satished as ever but his visits
| to her became fewer until finally they ceased
altogether, and his public recognition was lin
tied to a smile and bow.


OOOn he was known TO DC devoted TO young
er, gayer, brighter woman, and the poor school
mistress went on with her weary teaching with
a heaviness Of heart visible in her languid step
worn face, and listless manner, all of which
betrayed the disappointment she would fair
have hldden-a disappointment not of the af
| fectlons, but of the many other passions anC
feelings which enter into our lives, and make
the blasting of hopes when youth is past quite
as poignant as any suffering which could arist
from the sudden dspelling Of loves youns
dream.


So it is that some men, upright, honest, anC
| honorable among their fellows, good father
and good citizens, so long as they deal an,
mix with men, are yet, in their intercourse
with women, beset with spirit of intrigue ant
unfairness. The truth is that women inhuen
cling and affecting men as men do not atfec
each other, either call forth all that is trues
and most magnanlmOuS in men nature, or ar
the cause OF the exhibition OF many little vice
and feelings which, but for the intercourse be
tween the sexes, would lie dormant. Men ex


hibit side Of their character to women tina
none but women ever see, and this exhibitio
depends very much upon the character of tn


women they come in contact with.


This playing at cOurtship' is a dOubl


game, in which edged tools are used. Some


times one and often both suffer in the encour
ter and the spoil won by the victor is only


dlsgraceiul badge. = Cincinnati ComnlerciaL
Year: 1874

CLEANING WALL PAPER. Take piece of
wood the shape of scrubbing brush, nail a ham
die on the back, then upon the face nail a
piece Of dried sheepskin, with the wool upoa
il; or fax or tow will do, or cotton flannel of
several thickpesses will answer very we'll
Dip this brush into dry whiting, and rub the
smoke lightly with the brush, on the upper
parts Of the room first, protecting the carpet
with mating newspapers, as the whiting
dust is hard to sweeps off the carpet The
whiting that remains on the wall is easily
brushed off with soft cloth attached to q
stick L. is very effectual if the room is not
damp and the whiting is dry
Year: 1874

The rules Of politencss are never at variance
with the principles of morality. Whatever is
really impoite is really immoral. We have no
right to offend people with our manners Of
conversation. We have no right to deal with
or be influenced by gossip about the people we
meet. Their private affairs are none of our
business. FIVE believe msn to be unfit COM
pany for us we must not invite him; but if
We meet him where he has been invited by
others we must treat him with civility,
Year: 1874

AN AFFECTING SIGHT.-To beheld at wed
ding the sorrow stricken air of the parent as
he "gives the bride away" when you know
for the last ten years he has been trying to
get her off his hands.
Year: 1874

II am rich enough" says Pope to Swift.
and can afford to give away a hundred
pounds year. | would not crawl upon the
earth without doing little good. | will enjoy
the pleasure of what give by giving it alive.
When [ die," adds the poet, 6 l should be
ashamed to leave enough for a monument, il
there was wanting friend above the ground.
Year: 1874

ga fine old English gentleman" Mr..
MoRgFidge), with abundant leisure for
studies in natural history, has written a
very entertaining book on insects, in
one chapter of which (as n critic asserts)
he "eleVates the character of the spi-
der" It is pleasant, at any rate, to
know that he has found out enough
about the creatures feelings to elevate
science in the direction Of mercy. The
story is briefly as follows MoRgridge
has been in the habit of immersing for
preservation his different specimens OF
spiders and ants in bottles of alcohol.
He saw that they struggled for a few
minutes; but he thought that sensation
was soon extinguished. and that they
were soon free from suffering. On one
occasion he wished to preserve a large
female spider and twenty-four of her
young ones that he had captured. he
put the mother into bottle Of alcohol,
and saw that after a few moments she
foidel her legs upon her body and was
at rest. He then put into the bc tile
the young cnes, who, of course, mani
tested acute pain. What was his sur
prise TO see the mother arouse herself
from her lethargy, dart around 10, and
gather her young ones to her bosom,
fold ler arms round them, and again
relapse into insensibility, until at length
death came TO her relief, and the limbs,
no longer controlled by this maternal
instinct, relaxed their grasp and became
dead. The effect of the exhibition upon
him is a lesson TO our common human
ity. He has applied chloroform before
immersion. Judging from the above,
the spider is superior to the human
animal, in the fact that alcohol does moi
DESTROY her natural affection.
Year: 1874

IT isn't always best to call things by
their right name. A young gentleman
called a coach dog n Dalmatian hound,
and was informed by his fi0facce that #
he could not refrain from profanity IN
her presence, they must heDeeforth be
strangers.
Year: 1874

CHICAGO, April THE Board Of
Trade to-day adopted resolutions ask
ing Con .ress not to adopt any lesi.la.
ton which will result in the increase OF
the volume OF paper currency and q, n
pealing to the President to interposs
his veto in case such legislation should
be adopted.
Year: 1874

Everybody is wondering why the BAZAAR
is selling their goods SO cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and Sum-
mer goods to make room for the immense
stock of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

You would be delighted to see the
drill Of the Russian soldiers. This
morning while was reading your letter
there was parading at the Boulevard
directly in front of this legation, a regi-
meut of cavalry about 500 strong, every
horse black, not white hair on all the
number, Of the same hight, size and
style, standing like statues, while
the riders we're all large men and equal
in drill, wore helmets and bresst-plates
of brass polished to the highest perfec-
ton, with drawn sabers Of the brightest
steel. long, crooked and intended for
business. The exactitude Of these regi-


ments is wonderful Most Of the horses
are black, but there are regiments Of
grays and bays, but no mixture. Each
horse must have flowing name and tail.


The infantry and artillery are equally
closely selected, no diversity Of hight in


a company. And they move like ma
chinery. Great preparations are be-
ing made for the festivities Of the
coming nuptials Of the Duke Of EdiR-
burgh with the princess, and daily drills
are taking place on the Champ de


Mars" should guess there were out
to-day 1000 or 5000 cavalry, as many Of
Year: 1874

President Grant ia conversation to-day
on the subject Of finances, said he had no
hesitation in asserting that he was opposed
TO imitation in the general acceptatien Of
the term, to an increase of currency Beyond
actual busiEiess necessities OF the country,
bat at the same time he had given no
opinion concerning measures before Con-
gess, nor had he indicated what his action
would be relative to any hill that might be
passed. -a--a
Year: 1874

We saved the mails, but they would not
allow us to save the baggage. The Captain
Of the Greece promised to allow me TO go
ON board next morning, but did no. do so.


Capt. Lamaire did not change his cloth
ing after getting on board the Greece, not
being willing to aecept any eourtesies after
the manner in which the officers of the
Graaca actad
Year: 1874

favorable than those from abroad,
the market remaining steady at the
close of the week and decidedly better
feeling prevailing among holders.


The receipts at our port have fallen
off for the week as compared with last,
and were "a fOIIous.
Year: 1874

Charles NJ. Keller, an eminent patent lawyer,
OF the firm of Keller Blake of this city, died yester
day morning at his country residence in Mburn, n. j.
He was "a years Of age He born in Southern
France but came this country when a child. He
employed in the old Patent ONCE and in 1896 he framed
and secured the passage Of the act upon which the
American system OF patent law is founded. He also
prepared the that act passed In 1892 He
afterwards came 10 city aud the first rank
IN the practice OF patent law. He took part In nearly
every important Of that kind in this country He
leaves q widow with several children.
Year: 1874

mained on the engine and escaped injury. II was .
narrow escape for every person on the tram none
Including sleeping car and they all went OF the track
The trains will soon be running again as usual.
Year: 1874

" The papers tell of a woman somewhere
in the East, who warped her face out of all shape
in the attempt to suppress a sneeze. As q rule.
the attempts to suppress sneezes have far diff
furent effect.
Year: 1874

it, has done so much for the end sought as
this crusade has done. In Massachusetts,,


the necessity of reform is as urgent as in


New York. Does any one suppose that
| the moral power which the women WELD
to-day would be in their hands to WELD if
they held the balloto Not a bit of it.
They are strong because they are not
political. They are strong because they


have no party to serve, no personal ambi-
tions to push, no selfish ends to seek. If
women had the ballot, how long is it to be
supposed that this crusade would be with
out political leadership and political per-
version? If these women were the repre-
sentatives of political power, how much
liberation would they receive at the hands
of those whose interests they imperil or
destroy? What kind of treatment would
an Office holder have in their ranks 9
Would an office-holder dare to be seen in
their ranks at all9 If women had the bal
lot, such a crusade as this would simply be
impossible. To respond that it would be
unnecessary, is to trhe with the subject.
Men would be obliged to execute whatever
laws women might pass, under any cir
cumstances, and they would execute the
laws passed through the votes of women
no better than they do their own.


Further, let it be witnessed, that the
women who are doing the most of the
work in this crusade never have asked for
the ballot, and never will do so. They
would regard the conferment of political
suffrage upon them as a calamity, and it
would undoubtedly be calamity. 1t
would rob them of their peculiar power-a
power which all experience proves cannot
be preserved too carefully. Woman cannot
afford the ballot. 1t would tie her hands,
weaken her influence, destroy her dsinter-
estedness in the treatment of all public
questions, and open into the beautiful
realms of her moral power ten thousand
streams of weakness and corruption. The
woman who recently said that this crusade
''means the ballot" proved only by that
speech how poorly qualified she was to use
pdiloI. sue ouSht 10 nave seen IN the
crusade something greater than the ballot
something almost infinitely above the
poor machinery of politics-something by
the side of which the ballot is only toy.
This crusade does not mean the ballot; it
means that woman does lot need the ballot,
cannot afford to take the ballot, will not
have the ballot; and with this conviction
let all American society gratefully felicitate
itself.-Dr. j. G. Holland, in Scribner's
Monthly for June.
Year: 1874

flowers give out sweet song and fragrance;
let our homes be embelished with tasteful
ornaments, and welcome their inmates to
scenes OF simple, pure aud heartfelt pleas
ure; let gaiety and laughter be heard
among the children, and games and sports
develop their activities; let music and
painting and every form of art shed their
refining influence; let nature, in all her
varied phases of sea, forest and mountains
beckon US away to enjoy her wealth of
beauty and calm repose; and let recreation
thus come within the plan of every life,
not to be snatched as forbidden delight,
or distorted by reckless excess or license,
but rather consecrated by it's calm and
rational enjoyment to the service of virtue
and religion.-Public Ledger.
Year: 1874




THE RIGHT OR LEFT ARM?


The question, whether a gentleman
walking with lady should give her his
right or left arm, is frequently discussed.
Custom and written etiquette are rather in
favor of the right, although there are
excellent reasons in behalf of the left
arm. Either one or the other, perma-
nently retained, is vastly better than the
awkward and absurd habit of changing
arms SO as to place the lady on the inside
of the promenade. One advantage of CIV
ing the left arm is that the person on the
right naturally takes the lead, SO that, in
the country or city, in the street or park,
he thus readily directs the way, instead of
waiting to consult with his companion, or
causing jostling by each of them trying
to move to opposite points. Another ad-
vantage is, that in crowded thoroughfare,
such as Broadway, for example, where the
sidewalk is invariably encountered with
merchandise and thronged with people,
gentleman needs his right arm to remove





folks out of the way.


FLOWERS.


The sole fashion which should never
change is the fashion set by good taste. A
fashion that is not so set is the fashion of
using artificial flowers where natural ones
can be substituted. On hats or bonnets
~ oc I'd, IL
but they should never be worn in any
other way upon the person, or employed
in the decoration of rooms.


sEAsoNABLE FOOD.


The whoesomeness of food depends
nearly as much on the time it is taken as
on the quantity. We have grown so luxuri-
GUS in our physical as we'll as mental tastes,
that we are constantly tempted to eat things
out of season. Yielding to the tempta.
tion, as we often do, we pay the penalty,
soon or late, in temporary arrangement of
our health. The meat which is excellent
in cold, may not be desirable in warm
weather; fish is best during Spring and
early Summer; vegetables and fruit are
nutritious when they are fully ripened by
sun and season, and not artificially stimu-
lated. Nature knows what she is doing;
she furnishes for every latitude the pro.
ductions fittest for such latitude. We
need variety, not SO much at one time, as
from time to time. The delicaces of the
season will not hurt us; but the delicacies
out of season certainly will, if long con-
tinued. The appetite so jaded as to crave
oysters in July, or strawberries in Decem-
ber, needs careful corrections by the adop-
tion of the simplest habits. The palate
naturally relishes what Nature has near at
hand. As rule, not only is the simplest
food the best food, but the most seasonal
bic is, in the long run, the most appetzipg.
There is no difficulty in determining what
we should eat, since the products of our
climate show us plainly month by month.
Fish, flesh and fruit, by their plumpness,
tenderness and ripeness, themselves denote
when they are ready to be eaten. A sound
stomach will profit by whatever an unspoil-
ed palate enjoys.
Year: 1874

OUR Memphis merchants should, it
has been suggested to us, make it a
special rule, in all their correspondence
with citizens Of Arkansas, TO urge upon
them in the name Of order, decency
and good government, and to restore
the white people to power in every
county in the State, the necessity Of
voting and exerting themselves for the
success Of the new constitution and the
Democratic nominees in the coming
election. Present assurances Of success
should not cause the least abatement OF
effort to make il the most complete vic
tory ever achieved at the ballot-box,
for the greater the victory the deeper
viii be buried the last remnant of Radi-
cal csrpetbsggery and scalswsgism low
remaining to disturb the peace and
quiet Of that unhappy State. Louisiana
is yet TO be reclaimed, and so is South
Carolina, and whatever Arkansas may
do viii rebound to the veal
OF woe Cf these now down-trOd-
den cOmmUuwealths. viii not our
merchants take it upon themselves TO
contribute whatever Of argument and
persuasion they may be able to COM
mand in their intercourse with Arkan-
sians towsrd the achievement of the
success Of the white people in their next
State eIectiOn2
Year: 1874

HERE'S the truth in a nutshell. The
Rochester Union says: "The northern
half OF the Union, with every element
Of wealth and prosperity-with its shops
turning OFT the results Of mechanical
skill, anu the fields blossoming with
abundant harvests-is in 8 state Of stag
nation because Of the condition Of the
south; for il is as much against reason
TO expect that one-hslf Of the country
can be in a siekly condition, approach
ing death, and the other half in q
healthy condition, with vigorous life, as
70 expect that one side Of ones body can
be mass Of pUtrefaction and the other
side type Of perfection"
Year: 1874

EDITORS APPEAL-It is very strange
that some people are dissatisfied with the
nominations for the senate and house Of as
sembiy at our recent county convention.
When the fact Is borne in mind that II We
scrutiniZe the character and names Of the
de eEates there assembled we viii md that
over seventy per cent. OF those representing g
Memphis are business men between Adam 5
and Monroe streets, and II such men cannot
make as a good ticket, and good ticket have
made, we might well despair. Unfortunately y,
there were only eight Offices for the forty can
didRtes, and only few OF the disappointed
are now growing and rubbing their noses
against the late defeated Radicals, and howl
ing loudly because they were not nominated.
Let them keep quiet Their time VIII come.


r
Year: 1874

The New Orleans correspondent OF the
Courier-JOtirndL, writing on the eighteenth,
says: "Soms gentlemen, members Of his old
co rps, as was Informed at the time, waited
upon General L0ngstreet and inquired If he
knew anything Of the cOmmOtion likely 10
occur on the fourth Of July. He replied in
substance that the rumOr was not true; that
but one company OF militia would parade,
and that they would be without cartridges.
He further ated, however, that ther was an
organization complete in the state, ful Y
armed, and known as the Black League and
that IF the white men did not organize at
once they were crazy This was the true ORR
gin of what Is known as the white League,
which is nothing more t1an the organization
Of the best citizens into companies tor COM
mon defense in case Of an attack"
Year: 1874

In making some illusions to the free
banking bill of Mr.. Sherman's committee,
in yesterdays NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, we
expressed the opinion that it provided for
an immediate addition to our actual circu-
lation of sixty millions of legal-tcnder cur
rency, and by gradual approaches, in tho
issue of two national bank notes for every
one of the legal tenders retired, for an
aggregate volume of eight hundred and
eighteen millions of circulation, about
seven hundred millions of which would be
always available for the ordinary uses of
currency. The remaining one hundred
and eighteen millions were, in our hurried
calculation, devoted to the redemption de-
posts required to be kept in the Treasury,
and to the reserves for the protection of
depositors required to be kept in the vaults
of the banks.


In the foregoing calculation no account
is taken Of the fractional currency, which
amounts to nearly fifty millions. The
present authorized volume of greenbacks
and national bank and fractional currency
combined is about seven hundred and
eighty-fve millions, but one hundred and
sixty millions Of the greenbacks were held,
at the date of the last statements by the
banks, as reserves, so that the amount now
in actual use is but about six hundred
millions.


As has already been shown, the proposed
substitute of the Senate Finance Committee
will not only permit the immediate addi-
ton of some sixty millions to this by the
release of reserves, but will also permit an
unlimited addition beyond that point, re-
quiring only the retiracy of one half as
many legal tenders as are added Of the notes
of the national banks, until the authorized
volume of the former shall have reached
the minimum amount of three hundred
millions. After this point of reduction in
the volume of Treasury notes outstanding
has been reached, the issues of national
bank notes may go forward without limit to
any parties who may put up the bonds ne
cessary to secure the circulation. What Is
remarkable about this bill Is the
fact that its provisions are unsatis-
factory to the indationists. Senator Ferry,
of Michigan, announced that he should en-
deavor to have it modified in the Senate,
but did not indicate definitely in what
respect. That his suggestions will be in
the direction of expansion there can be lit
tie doubt And yet it is scarcely possible to
conceive that any Senator could desire the
authorization of an unlimited issue of notes
with less security than is now required of
the national banks. The retention of one
fourth of the coin interest in the vaults of
the banks preparatory to coin redemption
at some future time when the accumulation
Year: 1874




THE followingis fair sample of the stuff
with which our Southern Democratic ex-
changes is filled: 'This country needs a
party animated by spirit of law, justice
{" and order, and which will be guided by
"an enlightened public opinion, and pay
"no servile homage to that organized cor
Eruption and depraTity which now usurps
"the name of government and brings
shame and dishonor upon people once
"as enlightened and free as any that ever
"figured in the worlds history" This
talk about enlightenment" and 'free-
dom" from a party press which fought to
keep four millions OF human beings in bond
age and ignorance from political editors,
who, if they did not encourage, did not
certainly very strongly condemn the law
less Ku Klux organizations in the South, is
certainly refreshing.
Year: 1874

IT WAS announced during the day yester-
day that the District would rest its case
before the Committee of Investigation with
the examination of the Governor. He was
on the stand during the entire session, and
presented full and conclusive defence of all
the charges against the Board of Public
Works. good portion of which we print
this morning He will be cross-examined
by the opposing counsel to-day. In reply
to remark that many citizens hoped by
this investigation to get rid of paying their
sewer tax, the chairman said that idea
would soon be dispelled. We congratulate
our citizens upon the probability that the
end Of this lamentable farce draws near,
and it is believed that the District author
itics will emerge from the ordeal fully vim
>dicated agd sustained,