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Year: 1874

In some parts of Europe it is not un-
usual to bring about matrimonial en-
gagements by means-of advertisements.
Some years ago it was agreed by gay
party of ladies and gentlemen in Lon
don that an advertisement should be
inserted in morning paper, as from a
young lady, rich and beautiful, who felt
inclined to the state of matrimony. In
the course of the day letters were re-
ceived from between forty and fifty
swains, of all descriptions, in reply to
each of whom an answer was addressed
stating that the lady wished, previous to
his being introduced to her, to see him,
at the same time requesting each to be
in the pit of the Drury Lane Theater on
the following evening, and dressed
in blue coat, white pantaloons and a
scarlet vest and Immediately on the
conclusion of the first act TO stand upon
the benches, flourish white handker-
chief in one hand, and apply a glass to
the right eye with the other. Every
thing succeeded 80 well that as soon as
the curtain fell about fifty individuals
of all ages, forthwith mounted the
benches, from the smooth chinned
Adonis of eighteen to the sleek, portly,
self confident widOwer of fifty and the
emancipated bachelor of sixty dressed
in uniform, according to orders, in the
gayest style and the utmost nicely, to
make the deeper impression on the beart
of the fair prize. High swelled their
bosoms with hope as with studied action
the handkerchief was hourished and the
glass raised to the eye. But who shall
paint the astonishment, dismay and rage
which were depicted in every counten-
ance as they gazed upon each other, and
discovered the sudden failure of all their
hopesl With almost incredible velocity
they descended from their unenvisble
attitude to hide their diminished heads
among the crowd.
Year: 1874

Taken in moderation there is no doubt
that vinegar is beneficial, but in excess
il impairs the digestive organs. Expe-
rimepts on artificial digestion show that,
If the quantity of acid be diminished


digestion is retarded; if increased be-
yond certain point digestion is ar
rested. There is reason, therefore, in


the vulgar notion, unhappily too often


relied on, that vinegar helps to keep
down any alarming adiposity, and the
ladies who dread the disappearance OF
their graceful outlines in curves OF
plumpness expanding into fat may
arrest so dreadful a result by liberal po-
tations of vinegar, but they can only so
arrest it at the far more dreadful ex-
pense Of their health. The amount OF
acid which will keep them thin will de,
stroy their digestive powers. Portal
gives case which should be warning;
A few years ago a young lady in easy
circumstances enjoyed good health; she
was very plump, had good appetite


and a complexion blooming with roses
and lilies. She began to look upon hei
plumpness with suspicion; for her mo


ther was very fat, and she was afraid o
becoming like her. Accordingly sh'
Year: 1874

An amusing anecdote is told of a
wellknown French general, who played


a conspicuous part in a cavalry charge.
This gallant warrior had been severely
wounded on his head and a bullet in his
thigh. Such an allowance might have
satisfied man Of quiet tastes, but was
far from sufficient for the fre-eating
general. In relating the charge, which
he did at every dinner party, he was IN
the habit Of throwing in half dozen
bayonet thrusts and couple Of stray
splinters from a she'll, and he invariably
appealed for confederation of bis narra-
tive to an aid de.oamp who had ridden
by his side. On one occasion, having
imbibed more than bis usual allowance
of AZ Chateau Yquem, he drew a more
than usually startling picture Of his rid
died aud perforated condition. A can.
non ball had killed bis horse, dozen
sabres had descended at once on bis
head, a couple Of lances had passed
through each Of his arms, and all the
bullets and bayouets Of Germany seemed
to have given each other a rendezvous in
his body You remember it well, don
youg be added, turning TO his aide-de
Year: 1874

consulted woman who advised her to
drink glass of vinegar daily. The
young lady followed the advice, and her
plumpness diminished. She was de-
lighted with the success of the expert
ment, and continued it for more than a
month. She began to have cough;
but it was dry at its commencement, and
was considered as slight cold which
would go off. Meantime from dry it
became moist, slow fever came on, and
a difficulty Of breathing; her body be-
came lean and wasted away; night
swelling of the feet and Of the legs sue.
ceeded, and a diarrhea terminated her
life" Therefore, young ladies, be boldly
fatl Never pine for graceful slimness
and romantic pallor; but if nature
means you to be ruddy and round, ac-
cept it with laughing grace, which will
captivate more hearts than all the pale
ness Of a circulating library.
Year: 1874

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A lady travelling in California writes
THE most interesting part of San Fran
cisco is, perhaps, the most difficult to
portray-we refer to the Chinese quarter.
If it were possible to take short walk,
and on turning an abrupt corner find
ourselves in Canton, we could not be
more surprised. Although within a
square of some of the best streets in the
city, there is nothing to remind one OF
their existence. There are whole blocks
of shops, devoted to every industry that
can be imagined, and filled to overflow
ing with Cinnamon. They are wonder
fully busy and as cleanly as may be.
How so many people exist in such small
quarters no one can tell. Not moment
seems to be lost, and they have learned
our ways with wonderful rapidity. In
almost every shop the noise of the
sewing machine is heard in addition to
the regular work to which the place is
devoted Their markets ere perfectly
clean, and as tempting as possible, con-
sidering the prejudice that one naturally
feels after hearing of their fondness
for extraordinary dishes. Even the
DuhltSJ lOOh as luOuSu luey
had jast donned clean at
tire, dutifully shaved their front
hair and plated the queue in the back,
They are very fond of their children,
and seem delighted to have outsiders no.
tice them. The dress of the women is
similar to that of the men, the chief
point Of difference being the absence of
the queue We saw party of women
apparently gotten up for some gala oc-
casioh. Their coal-black hair formed
three shells, one on top and one on
either side of the head, and parted by
some means known to themselves into
the most perfect shining smoothness.
Their long overdresses and trousers
were of the brightest blue silk in place
of the dark blue cloth usually worn by
them, and their shoes and stockings
were of the most perfect neatness aud
enriched with fine embroidery. Their
Joss houses are certainly very cuEous
places. They seem to be open all of the
time for personal devotions, but their
grand celebration comes in February, at
their New Year. Whatever the wise
men may hold as doctrines, the large
body of their people are Pagan in their
belief and practice.
Year: 1874

camp. The well.trained subaltern had
suffered long in silence. The bayonets,
bullets, lances. ETC., he had got used to
by long practice. but the cannon ball was
the last straw that broke the camel $
back. No, General, | don't remember
it. How could you expect me TOT You
know as well as do that the very can
non ball that killed your horse struck
the breastplate of cuirassier behind us
and then bounded back and took my
head Off
Year: 1874

influence OF the comet yielded at times TO the
force Of natural laws But however this may
be, his tables are important, as showing an
exceptional condition of the atmosphere. lie
also noted peculiar shadow that fell across
the city OF Philadelphia in direction from
northwest to southeast, although there were
no clouds in the sky to produce it Professor
Wise says Of this remarkable phenomenon,
nothing could satisfy my conjectures OF the
cause so we'll as the idea that the attenuated
envelope OF the comet was transmitting
beams and rays Of sunlight with focal power,
into our atmosphere and thus producing POSI-
tive and negative lines as we find them un-
der the spectroscope." The hypothesis that
this dark appearance was simply portion OF
the city which had not been reached by the
street cleaners does not seem to have occurred
to him, and we dismiss it as unworthy Of no
tice. The peculiar shadow was no doubt
caused by some atmospheric condition, and
not at all due to the Board of Health.
Whether or not the comet was responsible for
this well-defned penumbra, as it certainly
was for great many shadowy theories, we
are not prepared to say but the observations
made by Professor Wise deserve the investiga-
ton Of meteorologists. He has always been
an earnest worker in the cause Of science and
his reports are entitled to acceptance, what
ever the scientific world may think OF this
particular theory.
Year: 1874

We have squandered o large amount of
money in blundering and improbable htiga-
ton within the past two or three years in the
city government. The "ring SUITS after being
vigorously prosecuted" at cost of many
thousands of dollars, have been upset by the
Court Of Appeals and must be commenced de
novo We now hear that proceedings have
been commenced against the Broadway Bank
to recover money paid on city warrants when
the signatures of the parties entitled to receive
the amounts were, as alleged, forgeries. Two
questions present themselves which, as the
suit will involve very heavy legal costs to the
city, may as well be considered before any
on these warrants, if improperly paid on for
geries, belonged to the people whose names
were forged. Is the city the right plaintiff to
sue for it's recovery The City Chamberlain
is the custodian of the public moneys


He gives heavy sureties for their safe
keeping. He selects bank or banks in
which TO deposit the moneys. If one of these
banks should fail, or misappropriate the
moneys, or pay them out on forged checks
and warrants the City Chamberlain, and not
the bank, would be responsible to the city,
and he or his sureties would have to make
good the loss. The city would have nothing
to do with the defaulting or careless bank.


Which is the proper party to sue in the case
of these warrants with alleged forgeries in the
signatures of those entitled to receive the war
rants if the city is the party entitled to sue
for money at au2 The bank or the City
Year: 1874

habits Of settled industry previous to their
removal Among the mitigations of the
change one of the most important is the pos
sible enlistment of Indian warriors as regular
soldiers in our army. General Sheridan
speaks tavorably of their capacity and fidelity
in this view. The chief advantage of taking
them into the military service would be that
the most restless and warlike spirits are those
who would probably enlist, which would re-
move them as disturbing and insubordinate
element in the reservations during the early
stages of the difficult transition from a
nomadic to an agricultural life.


Our whole Indian policy must necessarily
be changed with the opening of the remote
West to settlement, and the force of circum-
stances viii not permit the change to be long
delayed. We have already outgrown the folly
Of treating the Indian tribes as independent
nations with whom we can do nothing except
by solemn compacts and treaties. We must
respect their interests; but our view Of their
interests must prevail, not theirs. We must
treat them with kindness and humanity; but
it must not be the absurd coddling kindness
which has been attempted by the administra-
ton of President Grant and his Quaker
advisers Our attitude towards the Indians
must not be one of persuasion or supplication,
but of firm, peremptory authority, which
speaks only to command, and commands with
fixed determination to compel Whatever
policy we adopt must therefore, be backed
by irresistible physical force. Our kindness
must follow and accompany obedience, and it
will be all the more effectual when the Indians
see that it is not extorted from weakness nor
offered in the spirit of q bargain to purchase
their good behavior. They must be taught
that we shall execute our policy in any event,
and that they can escape our severity only by
compliance. When they have learned this
lesson kindness will tell; but not before.
Their forcible settlement on eservations, with
a division of the land in small parcels, is the
corner stone of the only sound policy; but
the plan Of the edifce to be built upon this
corner stone requires the exercise OF much
thought and wisdom.
Year: 1874

The QUEEN OF ENGLAND does not often GO
to Ireland; in fact she has visited that part of
Great Britain but three times during her
reign, and this neglect has had its natural
effect Our Dublin correspondent today inti-
mates that there is a palace at her disposal,
and gives picturesque description of what
may hereafter be one of the royal residences.
Balmoral is said to be poor when compared
with the Castle of Kylemore
Year: 1874

sOno OpHn1on.


The recent disclosures from HERALD cor
respondent at Long Branch, touching the new
departure Of General Grant for third term,
have caused general reawakening of the
public press Of the country to the discussion
of this important subject. Nor does it appear
probable now that this discussion will cease
until we shall have secured On official and
decisive settlement Of the question. A travel
ling correspondent of the Indianapolis
Journal (Senator Morton's home organ), in
a recent letter to that paper, reports conver-
sation which he had the other day with Vice
revelations, and in the course of this CONVEX
sation it appears the Vice President declared
that she did not know whether the President
really aspired to third term," but sthat if
he did he would certainly find that the Amer
ican people would elect no man for a third
term to the Presidency, no matter how merito-
rious his services or record" and that so far
as he (Wilson) was concerned, he 'would have
as soon joined the rebellion in its first con-
ception as to join now the tail of it which yet
showed life


Now, when it is considered that from hia
many years of active campaigning among tho
masses of the people in all sections of the
country Vice President Wilson knows per-
haps more than any other leader of the repub-
ican party Of the prevailing political senti-
ments of the masses and Of the great currents
of public opinion, it will be admitted
that his Judgment and his position upon this'
third term question are entitled to great re-
spect. He cannot bolleve, however, that the
President encourages any such idea as that Of
third term, and here the Vice President may
be greatly mistaken. He is evidently upon
this matter not in the confidence Of those
little knots Of office-holders and other fatterers
! who gather round the President from day to
day. and buzz in his willing cor the safety Of
the government in his careful hands and the
dangers of premature change and even OF 9
formal abdication of his position as the sure
reliance and general expectation of the coun-
try. 1t is evident, too, that General Wilson
, , has nothing to ask Or to fear from the admin
istration for otherwise, like the great army of
ofice-holders ana republican expectants Of
favors to come, he would NOT forget that pro-
found old maxim that "a still tongue denotes
wise head


1t is none the less, however, seasonablo
and powerful protest which the Vice President
has entered agaiast the idea entertained by
many politicians of venturing upon the
hazardous precedent of third term to
General Grant. In ali the current political
opinions of the day there is none which, under
the existing conditions surrounding the Presi-
dent, he can more proftably accept as .
warming voice from the people than this warn
ing voice from the Vice President against
third terYn
Year: 1874

In another column will be found chatty,
pleasant letter from DR.. Hayes, at Thorshavn,
in the Farce Islands, at which place the party
of Americans on their way to Iceland had ar
rived. In that out of the way corner of the
world, which our correspondent identifies to
his own satisfaction with the ultima Thule of
the Romans, life is still very primitive affair,
not greatly different perhaps, from what it was
when the Romans looked in on them; and the
glimpse given of the quiet ways and habits of
q people utterly remote from the circle of the
virulent activities of our time" who eat
and sleep and drink and know not" Ulysses
in any shape; who have, perhaps scarcely
heard that there is such a thing as
progress in the worlds o very refreshing
contemplation in the hurly -burly of 1874, with
Its third term, and its Havemeyer and its
Tilton, and the other dreadful savages of
civilized lite. Our correspondent recites in his
letter that they already felt themselves at the
Faroes as on the threshold of Norseland, and
saw the faxen-haired people, and heard
mixture of the Morse tongue in the words of
the common speech. There was also in the
same town of Thorshavn a Danish king on his
way to celebrate the thousandth anniversary:
and we may let fancy indulge herself with
pictures of the occasion as q universal festival
of the scandinavian people till we hear, as
we shortly shall, just how it was all done.
Year: 1874

TORPEDO Practice weakness of our
navy makes harbor defence OF more impor-
tance to us than perhaps it is to any other of
the great nations, and the Navy Department
deserves credit for the energy with which it
conducts experiments in torpedo practice A
number OF recent Inventions were tested yes
tertiay al Newport, and most OF them with en-
tire SUCCESS
Year: 1874

Chamberlain and his sureties? These are
legal points which should be decided before
tho city is involved in more litigation, for
lawyers fees have swallowed up hundreds Of
thousands of dollars of the peoples money,
and it is well to be on the safe side before any
more large fees are paid to legal favorites out
of the city treasury.
Year: 1874

The senate committee on public build
ings and grounds have decided that it will be
inexpedient to consider any new propositions
for erecting government buildings this year,
and that work should be confined to those now
in progress which are strictly indispensable.


Ex-sheriff Brennan, of New York,
and his deputy, Shields, have been sentenced
to imprisonment for one month, and a fine of
$3.50 each, the extreme penalty of the law for
contempt of court in negiecting to commit to
prison Henry W. Genet, the convicted ring
thief, who afterwards escaped in consequence
OF such neglect. Genet is now in Ireland


In the cheap transportation conven-
tion resolutions were adopted that the conven-
tion ask OF congress, as a means of affording
relief to the country, the enlargement and ex-
tension of the Illinois and Michigan canal to
the Mississippi river at Rock Island, together
with the completion of the work on the Hi
nois river, the imI rovement of the Mississippi
liver and tho Tennessee river route, the latter
known as the Atlantic and Great Western ca
mai, the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal fIOm Cumberland, Md, to some point
on the Ohio river and the central water line
through Virginia.
Year: 1874

wild ally appreciate in value. He ar
gued that the west and south had never
been benefited by imitation, but those
sections would be greatly benefited by
resumption. sAnother difficulty, which
presented itself against specie resump-
ton, arose from the sinking of prices
which would accompany such resump-
ton. That difficulty is less than ever
now, the crisis having brought down
prices, and for months past merchants
have bought carefully, and the losses
from shrinkage in prices would now be
lighter than ever before could be ex-
pected. The resumption policy was
opposed by three classes First, hon
est men who had formed erroneous
opinions second, men who think every
move to increase the currency is popu-
lar and join in it; and, third, set of
thoroughly reckless gamblers and specu-
lators who wanted imitation without end
that they might settle up old scores and
set out again in full sail. The first class
couli-be convinced by sound arguments,
the second by a new breeze of public
opinion, and the third, to-day, were for
tUnately In a crippled condition and
would give less trouble than ever.


In conclusion, he argued that the
government is in law bound to redeem
its promises as soon as possible; that
the crisis was not produced by an in
suficiency of currency that a sudden
scare might be checked by an increase
of currency, but panic brought about
by over speculation could not be rene
died by expansion; that an expansion
of currency would divert capital from
the legitimate channels of business and
demoralize commercial as well as social
life that any further expansion would
increase the difficulty of resumption
that any addition to the currency would
not satisfy but excite demand for
more money, and put the country still
further on the road to bankruptcy. Re
sumption now would lay basis for our
new prosperity, and a sound one could
uot be laid unless the irredeemable pa
per currency be done away with. The
nation has suffered the ills of the crisis,
now let them reap the benefits.
Year: 1874

During the camp hunt on st. James
Island by some of our citizens, an Incl
dent occurred which is perhaps without
a parallel in the annals of hunting, and
deserves to be recorded. A large buck,
closely pursued by that famous stag
hound, old Ring, belonging TO Mr.. Hop
kins, took water and headed right out
to sea; the dog, without hesitation,
boldly followed him in his voyage over
the dark and treacherous waves"
They were watched with intense inter
est by the hunters until each was
mere speck upon the surface of the sea,
and until they were finally and totally
lost to VielU. After some time, when 1t
was supposed that both dog and deer
Lad found a wateFy and perhaps a
bloody grave, in mortal combat, or been
devOured by shal KS, small object was
discovered, which proved to be old
Ring, returning from his long swim,
much exhausted, but reaching the shore
IN safety. But, to the great surprise of
the SPECTATORS, after a time the deer
also appeared in sight, making right
for shore, on reaching which he was
shot down by one of the hunters
Tallahassee FIOridian.
Year: 1874




Old members of the house begin TO
predict a short session. The ground
for this prediction in the fact that there
is no surplus In the treasury TO be leg,
islated away. At best, four-hfths OF all
the bills introduced look to the expen-
diture of public money, directly or IN
directly; but as there is no money TO
spend beyond what is absolutely neces-
sary TO meet the requirements OF the
regular appropriation bills, 1t follows
that all this mass of Legislative. Pro.
positions will have to go over until next
session without definite action. Inc
folly of spending time upon measures
which cannot be passed, however merl-
torious they may be, for want OF money
TO nav the demands they make upon
the treasury, begins to be apparent.
Beside the empty treasury, there IS an
other circumstance that viii help TO
shorten the session. Ali the members
of the house will have TO go before
their constituents for reelection next
fall. and all are therefore interested IN
making as economical a showing as pos
sible of the results Of the sessions
work.
Year: 1874

The pencil narks you see around THU
paragraph (thHs) mean that yen spb-
scriptiop is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such .
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


q We enter No new names on our.
books without the money in advarce.