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Year: 1867

DR.. HAYES ADVENTURE WITH A WHITE
BEAR.-The following amusing story is told
by Dr. Hayes, in his work on The open
Polar Sea" and gives us a somewhat differ
ent idea Of Polar bears from that which we
have been accustomed to hear from travel.
ers Strolling one day along the shore, |
was observing with much interest the effect
Of the recent spring tides upon the ice foot,
when, rounding point of land, | suddenly
found myself confronted in the faint moon
light By an enormous bear. He had just
sprung down from the land ice, and was
meeting me at full trot. We caught sight
of each other at the same instant Being
without rife or other means of defense, |
wheeled suddenly toward the ship, with |
| fancy much the same reflections about dis
cretion and valor as those which crossed the
mind old Jack Falstaff when the Douglas
set upon him but finding after a few lengthy
strides, was not gobbled up, looked PACK
over my shoulder, when as much to my sur
prise as qualification, Lsaw the bear tearing
awav toward the open water with CELEBRITY
which left no doubt as to the state Of hi
mind. I suppose it would be diff nh ''''.
termine which was the worst frightened


the bear or myself.
Year: 1867

CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH-VeTy few
of the sudden deaths said to arise from


heart disease really arise from that cause.


To ascertain the origin Of sudden deaths, an


experiment was tried in Europe, and report


ed to a scientific congress. Sixty-six cases
Of sudden death were made the subject Of a
thorough post mortem examination. In
these cases only two were found who had


died from heart disease, Nine Of the sixty


six died from apoplexy, forty-six cases of
congestion Of the lungs-that is, the lungs
were so full of blood they could not work,


for want of sufficient air to support life.


The causes that produce congestion of the


lungs are cold feet, tight clothing, costlVe


bowels, sitting still until chilled after being


warmed by labor or a ripid walk, going too
rapidly frcm close heated room into the
cold air. especially after speaking, and sud
den depressing news operating upon the
blood. These causes Of sudden death being
known, an avoidance Of them may serve to
lengthen many valuable lives, which would
| otherwise be lost under the verdict, of heart
disease. That complaint is supposed to be


inevitable and incurable, hence many may


not take the pains they they would to avoid
death, d id they know il lay in their power.
Year: 1867

WHAT'S MoNEY?-Money is independ-
ence. Money is freedom. Money is leisure.
lence and public spirit The man is fool
or an angel who does not try to make money.
A clear conscience, good health ard plenty
of money, are among the essentials of a full,
joyful existence. Still unfortunately, it too
often happens that people who have an
abundance of money are destitute of charac-
ter. While it is desirable that men should
have both Notwithstanding all the adYanta-
ges of money, it is better to have character.
Year: 1867

OyERwoRK AND UNDERwoRK. W hile
overwork, says a medical writer is a
great evil from which one class Of society
suffers, another class suffers still more from
underwork or idleness: Better wear Out
than rust out, if it is done in good cause,
for then some good win be accomplished,
and humanity win be better for it, But the
true course is to avoid both extremitles and
pursue the evil tenor of happy medium
BY so doing, far greater amount OF laool
can be accomplished, at less expense Q
health, strength and vitality.
Year: 1867

A SPLENDID LAMINATED STEEL DOUBLE BAR
N rel shot Gun = fne London double barrel sporting
Ride Of Duelag and case OF English holster Ps
or address box 64 Post office The property of an ex
officer the regular army, who has further
Year: 1867

A PROCLAMATION


Whereas the Congress of the United States
did, by an act appro we'd ON the nineteenth day
Of April, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty -four, authorize the people Of the Terri
tory Of Nebraska to form a constitution and
State government, and for the admission
such State into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States, upon certain condi-
tons in said act specified; and whereas said
people did adopt constitution conforming TO
the provisions and conditions Of said act, and
ask admission into the Union; and whereas the
Congress Of the United States did, on the eighth
and ninth days of February. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty seven, ia mode pre-
scribed by the Constitution, pass a further &C
for the admission of the State of Nebraska
into the Union, Ia which last-named act /
was provided that it should not take effec
except upon the fundamental condition
that within the State of Nebraska there
should be no denial Of the elective fran.
chise or Of any other right to any person
by reason of race or color, excepting
Indians not taxed, and upon the further fun
damental condition that the Legislature Of
said State, by solemn public act. should de-
clare the assent of said State to the said tun.
damental condition, and should transmit to
the President of the United States an anthem
hcated copy of said act of the Legislature Of
said State, upon receipt whereof, The Pres
ident, by proc clamation, should forthwith an
nounce the tact, wnereupon said Fundamental
eontit on should be held as part of the or
ganic law of the State, and thereupon, and
without any further proceeding on the part OF
Congress, the admission OF said State into the
Unisn shall be considered as complete; and
whereas within the time prescribed by said
act of Congress of the eighth and ninth o.,
February, one thousand eight hundred and
sIxty-seven, the Legislature OF the State Of
Nebraska did pass an act rahfying the said
act Of Congress of the eighth and ninth of
February, one thousand eight hundred and
sIxty-seven, and declaring that the afore
named provisions OF the third section of said
last-named act of Congress should be a part of
the organic law Of the State Of Nebraska: and
whereas duly authenticated copy OF SAID act
of the Legislature Of the State OF Nebraska has
been received by me:


Now, therefore, /, ANDREW JOHNSON. Pres.
ident of the United States of America, do, i'm
accordance with the provisions OF the act of
Congress last herein named, declare and pro.
claim the fact that the fundamental conditions
imposed by Congress on the State Of Nebraska
TO entitie that State to admission TO the Union
have been ratified ana accepted, and that the
admission of the said State into the Union il
now complete.


In testimony whereof have hereto set nv
hand, and have caused the Seal OF the United
States to be affixed.


Done at the city of Washington, this first day


OF March. In the year of our Lord,


one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
r.. 81 seven, and of the Independence of the


United States Of America the ninety-


first.


ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:


WIN. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Year: 1867

EATING.-Tae New Workers attribute the
TACT that but one great restaurant flourishes in
that city, to the circumstance that the private
dinner tables in New York are ssvastIy better
than in other cities" and they also think that
Boston supports her restaurants because the
people wish change from the diurnal diet of
beans and buckwheat cakes which rules in tn a
best Boston families. Whether Boston lives
on beans and buckwheat cakes, and whether
that fare In emhently fitted to produce the
superabundant brains which Boston ALWAYS
makes such lavish display, we will leave the
newspapers Of that cify to decide. IN Phila.
delphia, however. we do not think the New
York boast of having the best dinner tables is
at all well timed. OuIlpeopls seem to flourish
quite as well on the eating they get as the New
Workers do on theirs. Our merchants and
tradespeople have no cause to complain, for
while they are under the impression that they
live quite as well, II not better than the peopis
OF New York, they know right well that IL is
done at one half the cost. Then, with regard
to the people who have no dinners at ali, the
proportion in New York is surprisingly large.
whilst in Phiiadelphia, compared with the
population 1t is very small. Eating, however
is not the whole object Of existence; neither rs
money getting, Notwithstanding the avidity
with which New York claims q monopolv or
gornaDdizing and avarice.-Phfl. Ledger.
Year: 1867

TAXATION OF THE PEoPLE.-When such
journals as Harper's Weekly find fault with
the action of the Radical party, it is time The
people began to look at facts as they are, and
not be led captives by their passions and pre-
judices. After declaring that 'the great and
paramount question Of the day will soon be. the
debt and taxation Of the people, : that paper
says: 80 @.


"We can not help thinking, and saying, too,
in strict confidence to the readers Of this jour
nal, that stupid, and dull, and voiceless as the
public may be, he has some rights which poll
ticians viii sooner or later have to- recognize.
He is now paying tax at the rate of seven per
cent more than is paid by the most heavily
taxed people Of Europe, and at the same time
be is paying for commodities of all kinds, and
labor, fifty-fve and one hundred and fifty per
cent. more than any other people in the world.
In England the taxes are heavy, no doubt, but
food, clothing and rent are cheap. In Russia
living is expensive, but the taxes are light;
but here in the United States the public groans
under the simultaneous burden Of heavy taxes
and expensive living. We have a notion that
sooner or later, he will rebel against this load,
and that the party that laid it on his shoul-
ders will itself be laid pretty low. y
Year: 1867

HOUSE CLEANING The Cincinnati Times,
in rema.king upon the thorough house clean
ing now going on in that city, which it says
Is more general than it recollects ever to have
observed before, concludes with some obserVa-
tions which may be read with profit BY house,
keepers everywhere, as follows: The good
health OF the city depends as much upon the
cleanliness of the house as Of the street or alley,
and we can only hope that the same energy
will be displayed for few. days longer, when
we feel assured by the time the sun has begun
to wane, that one preventive at least has been
used With success, and the scourge OF the last
wear has passed over without a victim for its
owu. House cleaning carries with it great
amount of labor and patience, for it takes days
to make clean sweep: during which time
every nook and corner is looked after, and
every indication of last years use is, rubbed
out. Carpets must be shaken, walls whiten-
ed, paint cleaned, windows washed, and a,
thousand other things must be done before all
is we'll, necessarily require the expenditure OF
considerable elbow material, which may not be
appreciated and properly estimated by the
mon professional
Year: 1867

The question Of providing comfortable and
economical lodging houses for the working
classes is one that is occupying great deal
Of attention. The amount which is paid by
them in the shape of rent is wholly out of pro-
portion to their earnings. The accommoda-
ton obtained for it is of the poorest kind, and
is good neither for their physical nor moral
health. A few philanthropic gentlemen,
among whom Mr.. A. T. Stewart stands promi-
nent, have set about remedying, as far as lies
in their power, this unsatisfactory state of
things. Mr.. Stewart has purchased ground in
different parts of the city and win soon COM
me nee building his industrial lodging houses
His efforts, however, and those Of the few
gentlemen who are disposed to follow bis ex.
ample, will 60 but small way towards re-
lieving our working people from the extor-
tions practised on them by the owners Of
tenement houses.


The movement, to be generally beneficial
must be undertaken on q large scale. The
first thing 70 be done Is TO divest Il of
the prejudice that affects all such undertakings,
that It is purely eleemosynary one. It is un-
questionably in benevolent spirit that Mr.
Stewart takes the lead in it ; but we see no
reason to doubt that II will be selfsupporting
and that II parties choose to enter into Il with
speculative views they can make money out of
1t. There Is no kind Of house property in this
city which pays better interest for money
than tenement houses. If the Legislature did
its duty and took care that they were kept in
proper sanitary condition the profit would un-
doubtedly be less but they would still return
from fifteen to twenty per cent. What, then. is
to prevent industrial lodging houses built on
Mr. Stewards plan realizing handsome reve-
nue. after providing for all the conditions of
health and comfort which such dwellings
should possess


In London the experiment Of making the
building Of these dwellings joint stock
speculation has been tried, and they have
been found 70 fully answer the expecta-
Year: 1867

tions of the projectors. At q meeting OF
the Industrial Dwellings Company in that city
the other day Mr.. Samuel Morley said 1t was
quite mistake TO suppose that the investment
in improved dwellings for the poor did not
pay; for the fifteen thousand dollars he had In
vested in them had increased, and that In q
very short time, to twenty-five thousand dol
lars In the dwellings provided by this COM
pany the rents average from one to two dollars
per week for couple Of rooms.


Why should not similar speculations in this
city be followed by equally substantial results
Our working classes earn better wages than
the English operatives, and can certainly afford
to pay a. high rentA II the capitalists who
risk their money In mining and oil stocks
were to turn their attention to this class OF i'm
provements we would guarantee that they
would make more out Of them than In enter
prises carried on at distance and which par
take more or less Of the character Of gambling.
The Marquis of Westminster and other real
estate owners Of London are 30 satisfied as to
the profits to be made out of them that they
are laying out large sections Of their property
in this way. The results of Mr.. Stewards ex-
pertinent, though it is entered upon with purely
philanthropie motives, will, we believe, exer-
else q most beneficial effect 1t will demon
strate the correctness of the views we have
advanced and induce others of our merchants
and capitalists to employ a portion Of their
wealth in promoting the comforts and advanc-
ing the welfare of the classes to whom they
are SO largely indebted for their prosperity.
Year: 1867

The Demecracy- -Ranning IN the Old Rut.


The last organ Of the old copperhead demo-
cracy, after cursing George Washington, is now
arguing to prove that the work Of the War Of
Independence was q miserable failure; that
there Is "no natural principle of cohesion"
between the citizens Of the United States that
on the contrary the feeling of "repulsion"
between the people of the different sections Of
the country is at once natural and irremov-
able, and that Washington's idea Of united
nation, bound together.in the bonds Of frater.
nal love, was the idle dream OF visionary.
This being the case the last organ can see
no future for the democratic party except by
return to the doctrine of State rights; by
wiping out all the lessons Of the rebellion;
going back to the principles Of Calhoun,
with each State at liberty to frame
its own domestic institutions, including
the divine one Of negro slavery, and restricting
the powers OF the federal government to such
matters as relate to the common defence and
free commerce among the States. Then, with
the annexation Of Mexico and Cuba as their
watchword, in order TO maintain the balance
of power between the North and the South, the
old copperhead leaders hope TO again return
to the pleasant pasturage Of Office and enjoy
once more the power and patronage from
which they have been 50 long debarred.


The preaching Of the copperhead organs
must convince the real, live democracy Of the
present day that they have nothing 70 hope
for uuloQ they disoard and cast o6 forevcr
the men who for their own selfish purposes
Year: 1867

are endeavoring 10 compel them to run ID
the old rut- n they desire TO take
position In the future of the nation
they must keep pace with the progress Of the
age and accept the lessons Of the past seven
years a. living facts. The people have decided
that the government Of the United States ia
something more than the sham and the shadow
that the old democratic fuglsmen would make
it, and that 1t shall never be destroyed by
open rebellion or by the insidious doctrine or
Estate rights." There are enough issues in the
future for the development Of true democratic
principles, and the questions that will give rise
to them viii come upon the country soon
enough. But the Union must first be recon-
structed, and the substantial fruits Of the
triumph Of the government over wicked re-
bellion must first be secured. II the demo-
cratic party, under the teachings Of their old
leaders, stand in the way Of that, they will be
swept aside and buried in the same grave with
their ancient idols-State rights and negro
slavery.
Year: 1867

ment We protested against Its application TO
our own boardA The art theory, however,
prevailed, and the Black Crook has been
running ever since its career Of corruption
and decentralization. Now that the French
public have shown that they do not approve
of such dfco1aes exhibitions 1t Is time for ours
to consider whether they can afford to endorse
what tho Paris people regard as too indelicate


for them. In an artistic sense our stage stands
sufficiently low; we trust that in moral one
1t will not be allowed to depreciats still lower.
Year: 1867

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, ready this morning
contains AlgernOn Charles Swinburncs latest remarkable
poem The fame OF this ablest and most promising OF
the young English poets warrants for all that he writes
hardly less interest than that which attached to some OF


the earlier productions of Lord Byron The Song OF Italy
ia event in the literature of the day The price OF the
WEEKLY TRIBUNE in wrappers, ready for mailing is five
Year: 1867

The Howard Association have made extensive
arrangements for a series Of Grand Concerts in aid
of their noble cause. For the one which occurs to-
night reserved seats price 3d. may ee had at Stein
way Hall and the merit OF the Concert and the de-
voted philanthropy which it is to benefit. should
cure 0 largo audience.
Year: 1867

PHE AGRIcuLTURAE. LABoRER IN Eve

 LAND. The following picture is from Mac

 millan's Magazine: ''Al over England, .

 working man receiving his wages OF the

 Saturday evening, lives upon sliding scale

 throughout the dreary week. He has his

 bit of hot on Sunday, smacking his lips at

 every morsel; and who shall scold him for staying at home to see it duly boiled, and feeling his heart move with the steaming and savory pot lid more kindly than with the dry parson? And he wants his old wo- man long of him; he sees her so little all the week, and she be always best tempered on Sundays. Let the young 'uns go to school to get larning-though he don't much see the rise of it, and his father lived happy without it-'bating that matter, which is beyond him, let them go, and then hear parson, and bring home the good news to the old folk Only let 'em come home in good time for dinner, or they had best look out. Now, Molly, lift the pot Id again. Oh, it do smell so good Got ever another onion? Having held high feast on Sunday, and thanked the Lord without knowing it (by inhaling happiness and being good to the children-our Lords special favorites- he sets on the Mon day morning to earn another eighteenpence two-pence apiece for the young 'uns. And he means to be jolly that day, for he has got his pinch of tobacco and two lucifers Tn his waistcoat pocket, and in his pail most glorious dinner, hanging from hedge stake. All the dogs he meets jump upon his back, but he really cannot encourage them, with his own dog so fond of the bones, and having his first right to them. Of course, his own dog is not far behind; for 1t Is law of nature admitting no ex- ceptlon, the poorer a man is the more cer- tain he IS to have dog, and the more cer- tain that dog is to admire him. Preter- hitting the dog, important as he is, let us ask of the masters dinner. He has great hunk of cold bacon, from the cabbage soup of yesterday, with three short bones to keep 1t together, and cross junk from the clod of beef-out of the same great pot which he will put up tree for Tuesday; because if it had been left at home mother couldn't keep it from the children, who do scarce stroke of work yet, and only get stronger victuals to console them for school on Sundays. Then upon Wednesday, our noble peasant of this merry England will have come down to the scraping of bones; on Thursday he may get bread and drip pings from some rich mans house; on Fri day and Saturday nothing but bread, un- less there be some cold potatoes. And he will not have fed in this fat manner unless he be good workman, hater of public houses, and his wife tidy body.
Year: 1867

*The howling ofa dog in particular manner, is regarded by many superstitious people as ominous of sickness and death, and the disposition of the cat to mew about the chamber in which corpse is lying is well known.
Year: 1867

We publish, on the outside of to-day's pa- per, the able address delivered by General Palmer, Treasurer of the Union Pacific Rail way O., E. D., some time since, 70 large and enthusiastic meeting of citizens of New Mexico, at Santa Fe, in that Territory. This address is equally applicable here in Arizona and should be read with great interest by our citizens. It points out, in glowing words of truth and earnestness the hopeful future that Is in store for the people of the sparsely. set tied country through which the road would pass, the true way to settle our never-ccasing Indian troubles, and the purposes and hopes of the Company. The General, who is an old railroad man, means what he says. He furnishes facts and figures to prove his asser- tions and the reader can see that he is honest and truthful We hope our people will com ply with the request of the General to make known the resources and advantages of our Territory, as it will help the Company to induce the people of the East, and their rep resentatiyes in Congress, to grant them the aid and countenance of the Government in their noble efforts to build a road that. when completed, will open up an immense region of country, now sealed to the civilized world by reason of the hostility of savage and lazy barbarians, who roam over it, and furnish homes for millions of people who are now eking out a miserable existence in the East and in Europe.
Year: 1867

In our last issue. we did not think it nee essary to make any explanations concerning the "radicaln change in the color of the pa per used. We allowed it to speak for itself, knowing full well that most of our readers would understand its meaning, but as neccs- sity compels us to stick to that color yet, we wish to inform all those who may feel an in terest in knowing, that the long expected stock of white paper ordered by the former editor and proprietor of this paper, Governor Mccormick, has not yet arrived, and, sooner than suspend for short time, we preferred doing the best we could under the circum- stances. In case tic Democratic paper should not arrive by the time our "mongrcr supply gives out. it is our intention to steal all the white pocket handkcrchicf,, shirts, etc, in town, and print the official" organ upon ther.
Year: 1867

WENDELL PHILLIPS is lecturing, on tenn Perance and prohibition, in Boston. In one of his recent harangues he worked himself into a towering rage, and delivered himself of the following:

 By the living God, I swear, if there is a way to do it, if there is faith in man, and strength in the Goyemment-ifn not now. then Tn the days of our children-these old streets of Boston shall be safe for even weak men to walk in

 Hope the old "scold" felt relieved after getting rid of the above.