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Year: 1878

Our SCHOOLS AND HEALTH.-IE time of
incipient epidemics, one of the best dis
tributive centres of disease is the school
house. But it is not of this we would now
speak; rather of the sanitary arrange
ments, the ventilation, &C., that belong to
the every day exercises. Our crowded
schools, especially in the winter season, are
terribly trying on children of delicate con-
stitutions, and it occasionally becomes ne
cessary with the more feeble ones to be
kept at home altogether for fear of more
serious consequences. The chief danger
grows out of bad ventilation. A gentle
man whose business it is to see after the
management of our schools says he not un-
frequently finds the windows unmoved
from the time the school is called in the
morning, and the children breathing hot,
| vitiated air, over and over again that can.
not but have deleterious effect upon them.
Besides, when emerging from a room Of q
high temperature into the open air with
their pores all open, they are fit subjects
for colds, pneumonia, &c. We admit that
the air or temperature cannot be kept SC


pure or we'll regulated as in private dwell
ling, but with little thoughtfulness on the


part of our teachers, it can be made much


more heathful than it is.


"Several years since, the Medico- Lega


Society of New York, composed of some
of the most learned lawyers and physicians


of that State, suggested that no child unde
10 years of age should be confined in the


school room longer than 3 hours day
That confinement, alone, for longe
Year: 1878

al did his full duty in the case, was not in
proof material as to 9. The witnesses
were on the other side Of the Line, they
could not be compelled, and none were
likely in such a suit to volunteer against a
neighbor where they had no personal in
terest, and so the State went into the trial
with no evidence save the victim of the in
tended murder, who was proved to be a
man of false character, and the two colored
men who heard the report of the pistols
and took care of him after he was shot.
The witnesses for the prisoners could be
had by the score.


Just here we may add this Mason and
DiXon's line is, and has been bulwark to
protect criminals, and the Legislatures of
Maryland and Delaware should devise a
mode whereby justice should be better
served.


Mr.. Dodson's two daughters and two sons
swore that their mother, Vincent and New.
comb were at home on the night that Jones
says they carried him 80 miles and shot
him, and it was on this testimony they
were cleared. 1t is not pleasant to believe
these young people were guilty of wilfu
purjury-all the circumstances which they
swore to may have occurred on the pre-
vious evening and most probably did
Newspaper correspondents who traced W
the statement of Jones step by step founC


his statement corroborated by abundan


evidence, and there is perhaps no persol


who does not believe that the parties in


dicted were guilty of attempting to tax


Jones life. The statements of the latte


affecting their character was agrivating an


merited punishment, but the State only ha


the power to take life, and if person


guilty of this offence are thus easily allowe


to escape with blood on their hands, tn
moral tone of society will be lowered an
vicious persons be emboldend to do blood
+ deeds. Thus ends tragedy which for r
markable condolences, incomprehensib
happenings and dark plots, would hay
> done credit to the fertile imagination eve
of Eugene Sue.
Year: 1878

IMPORTANT DECISION IN DELAwARE.-At
the recent term of the Superior Court, at
New Castle, two decisions of interest to the
people of this State were rendered. The
first was in regard to notaries and commits
sioners of deeds, and was to the effect that
any instrument of writing executed before
either of those officers whose seal contained
only the initial of the given name instead
of having it in full, is void, which will in
validate a large number of deeds, mortga-
ges, judgments and protests, as there are a
number of those officers whose seal are in
that condition. 1t is thought an enabling
| act will have to be obtained by the Legsla-
ture. to set matters straight and prevent
loss. The other decision referred to is that
notice by landlord to a tenant that pos
session is wanted of the premises occupied
or as it is usually known, notice to move
on the 25th of March, must be given by the
landlord on or before noon of the oath o


December, instead of noon of Christina
day, as has been the universal custom.
Year: 1878

TIE DoDsoY FARcE.-We went to press
last week with Jones on the witness stand.
1t took but little time to finish up the
case which proved, as was foreshadowed
would be the result, only farce in pur-
suit of justice. 1t looks as if a thirty mile
ride was part of the plot. to put the scene
of the tragedy on Delaware soil land il
not successfully covered) in a Delaware
court, the end, where a negro was con


cerned, being seen from the beginning


The State, presuming the Attorney Gener
Year: 1878

bill providing for the repeal of section
1918 of the Revised Statutes, which pro.
hibits the appointment of any person in
the army who has served in any position
under the Confederate Government. This
ostracism of the men who fired on the flag
which educated and protected them is now
called "relic of barbarism," and the bill
of Senator Beck will undoubtedly have the
cordial approval of Col. Martin.
Year: 1878

The following comr1f aleation APP
peared a year since in these columns,
and is reproduced at the suggestion of a
friend:


Very many persons object to speaking
Of the condition Of woman as a condi-
ton Of slavery, as this, in their estima-
tiOn, is placing the matter in light too
strong and altogether OdiOus. Far be ii
from me to deprecate the marriage rela-
tion, if this is properly ordered aud sus-
tained, but a marriage relation which
imposes the double curse, the mans and
woman's curse also, upon the woman,
imposes upon her q condition OF servi-
tude as oppressive to her, mentally and
physically, as any ever endured by any
other class.


From forty years observation I can
say, with very few exceptions, wife is
only another name for slave; aud she
has no more privilege than the black
man Of the South had before the eman-
cipation proclamation established for
him equal rights.


The ten hour law was made TO protect
the laboring man, while the wives OF
these men work from fourteen to six
teen hours every day, aud even on Sun
day there is very little rest for the wife
and mother. Men make all the laws;
men are the lawyers, judge and jury;
women have only to submit.


No Shareholder ever treated the
blacks with more cruelty than the
drunkard treats his wife, aud there was
a long war to liberate the blacks, but no
hope for the wife. Yet they tell US this
is the land of the free and the home Of
the brave.


Take a glance at enlightened Ger
many; see the wife harnessed with the
OK. Then turn TO the heather, where
women are treated worse than domestic
animals. Many children are born sickly
on account of toe oppression Of the
mother, and hundreds die in infancy
because their mothers have not time to
give them the proper care.


Nature made woman the proper
trainer and educator of the young, but
men have usurped the place. While
great strong men are sitting in their
rooms reading or writing, delicate wOm-
en- are compelled to labor at the wash
tub aud perform other dTudgery.


The great men that are doing so much
with their abundance" will he greatly
surprised atthe day Of reckoning to see
some poor woman, whom they think be-
meath their notice, come forward with
her 1.-TWO mites" and take the upper
most seat.


The question is up, and will not down
till woman takes the place God intended
for her. When she is released from
drudgery, and those strong, idle men
put in the place, as they should be, then
she will have time to train and educate
properly the children under her care,
as Isaiah prophesied, "One that dies at
the age of an hundred years will be
called a child; as the days of a tree, so
shall the days Of Gods people be; they
shall enjoy the labor of their hands, aud
all shall know the Lord, from the least
to the greatest J.


McCoy's station, Ohio.
Year: 1878

determined now she was overheard. to
make the best Of it.


The shame is that people are so sell
fish and ignorant that such preaching
Is necessary" was the smiling reply.


Lets adjourn to the dining-room.v -
said the little hostess, her face flushed
with exercise and confusion, "and we'll
talk this out at debating society.u


The wedding feast was none the less
enjoyable because Of the thoughtful
lesson to which the guests had Just been
treated.


II am well stricken in years" said
Major Marblehead, "but am lust be-
ginning to learn the philosophy of life."


"Never mind philosophy now, father;
let US have physical food, said the
brOwn-eyed daughter-in-law, as she
buzzed around among the guests, doing
her best to break the spell that seemed
- s;apefy them.


And she succeeded, not in breaking
the memory Of it, however, for to this
day there be many who recall that we'd
ding scene with feelings Of reverence for
true marriage that verge upon awe.


The guests departed at a late hour,
leaving Colonel Marblehead and wife,
and Kingston Greensborough and bride
as happy as mortals can be in this
world Of imperfeetion and change.


That was years ago, reader. Major
Marblehead is dead now, and his widow
is the wife of an army surgeon who
rules her as efectually as she once ruled
the Major.


Thomas Jones still fourishes in Mon
tana as Federal officer, though he is
old before his time. Belle AIunson be-
came his wife, but not till after she had
been the wife of an adventurer of even
less principle than himself who had dis
carded her as soon as he had pawned
her jewels and wasted her little all.


Martha aud her husband have long
resided upon the Chehalem farm, which
fell to them as bequest upon the death
Of Major Marblehead. They have erected
an elegant country mansion upon the
old cabin site where Martha first began
housekeeping with the hated husband
Of her fathers and step-mothers choos-
ing.


Blooming sons and daughters bless
the present union, and the talk is cur
rent in social circles round about that
Allie Jones, now a young lady, is soon
to be tie beloved wife Of the young
brother of the present Martha Marble
head, whose husband is now out Of Of
fee and has become prosperous farmer,
while she, as well as the former Martha,
has been a maid, aud is now a matron
Of the valley of Chehalem.


TIRE End
Year: 1878

Would you have influence with those
who look to you for guidance and in
structiOn2 Bear with you the law OF
kindness. Would you command their
respect2 Let your words, though they
may infiict pain for the time, drop
kindly from your lips.
Year: 1878

Every discovery made in physical sci
euee is a step the importance of which
cannot be measured at the time. Such
step may lead into a pass which will
open upon vast fields of undiscovered
truth, and unveiling of principles of the
greatest worth to the race.-L0ndon
Spiritual Magazine.
Year: 1878

The UNExPECTEnNEss OF SEwER-GAs.-
Two of the children of well-known New
Yorker, living in well-built house uptown,
were suddenly taken sick Yesterday with all
the symptoms Of diphtheris. They had oe-
cupied front room in the upper story. In
the closet adjoining is wash-basin with
sewer connections. A sickish smell was
noticed in the room, and was supposed to
come from under the basin, not from the
basin itself. Sewer-gas was not suspected,
for every basin inthe house had trap OF
the most approved plan. A plumber was
sent for. "Sewer-gas," said he, and set to
work to trace it. This was the only room
in the house where there was any smell OF
the kind. The plumber finally found the
leak below the water-closet on the floor be-
low and twenty-five feet away. The gas
from the sewer had eaten two holes about
the size Of a.pin in the upper side OF the
trap under the closet and followed thewaste-
pipe up, making its presence known not
on that floor but on the floor above, which
was supposed to be perfectly protected
Nen York Herald, 22d.
Year: 1878

Lord Inchiquin, who moved the adj
dress in the house Of lords at the
opening of parliament, is, according to
the London World "the nephew of
that William Smith 0'Brien who only
thirty years ago was, in her majesty 5
name, sentenced as a traitor to be
hung, drawn and quartered, and who
was sent into exile for revolving
against the sovereign whose gracious
message the rebels nephew will be
0ratorically grateful for
Year: 1878

this worthy charitable institution Of ou
city. Surely it commends itseK TO the
cooperation and liberality Of our good
people, and long may it continue and
prosper in its work Of philanthropy and
Christian benevolence to the obscure and
destitute children in our midst.
Year: 1878

Bristol Courier, 18th, This gen
tleman, State Senator from DeKalb,
Warren, Coffee and Cannon, will be
pressed by his friends for the position
of speaker of the senate. Colonel
Savage is an experienced parliamen-
tartan, having served several years in


the congress of the United States,
and will fill the responsible position
with ease to himself and credit to the
State The position is an important
one in another respect; In the event
Of the death of the governor, the
speaker Of the senate succeeds to that


responsible Office, and while we trust
it will be the good fortune Of Govern
or Marks to outliye his official term
many years, yet such contingencies
should always be taken into account,
Year: 1878




THE people of Memphis are invited
to assemble at the Greenlaw Opera
House next Tuesday night to hear and
to participate in a discussion of the
feasibility and expediency of.repealing
our city charter. This is a matter
which concerns all classes, and it is to
be hoped that there will be large at
tendance of representative people.
The action taken and the spirit mani
tested may have much to do in shap-
ing the course of our representatives,
who will leave in two or three days
after the meeting for Nashville.
While they are still on the ground and
giving their attention to this particu-
lar subject the voice of the people can
be made clearer and more effective
than after their attention is divided
upon the various other subjects which
will come before the legislature. We
want to hear all sides and shades Of
opinion, and would be glad to see an
absence Of all false issues and appeals
to passion or prejudice.
Year: 1878

And now that the jig is up, let us
hear no more Of this greenback dam
phoolishness, which came so near up
setting the Democratic hay cart in so
many congressional districts Louis
Vile Courier journal.
Year: 1878

Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
is in a very placid frame Of mind and
rather iDtimates that be would rather
enjoy being voted ont of his seat about
this time. He is very certain that the
Democratic majority in the next sem
ate would reinstate him and then use
his case to throw out kellogg.
Year: 1878

inspecting and weighing, by some acci-
dent of careless handling, the shot be-
gan to roll out of the mouth of one of
the entries, in such quantities as to ma
terially diminish the rather extraordi-
nary weight of the bird. There are two
theories among the philosophic minds.
as to how those shot came there. One
side maintaining with considerable force
of logic that the party caught his game
alive, and fed them shot, as the farmer
feeds corn to his hogs, to harden the
meat, but the other and more favOrite
theory is, that his gun shot very "close"
and the charge happened to lodge SO
they shook out on being shook up and
examined by the judges, and several
sportsmen, who are Jealous supporters
of this theory, are anxiously looking to
secure that gun.
Year: 1878

ster, larger than either of the others.
Joe stood with his arms akimbo, watch
ing the three last sticks pursuing the
first one swiftly to the clump of bushes,
and he sang gaily the refrain, ''Qui
n'avait ja-ja-jamais navigue," as he
watched, and his brown face was
wreathed with smiles.


Helen disappeared behind Uncle Bells
house, and Blanton endeavOred to rise
to his feet. AS he swung carefully
around he became suddenly aware of a
strange, rushing sound, and looked up.


"Great God," he cried, "they are
working tie slide ~


He made desperate leap, still cling
ing to the bush, but at that instant his
feet slipped, he felt as if some wild
beast had seized upon his left arm, and
was crunching its bones. The stick
that had struck the arm and shattered
it, bounded over the fallen man and
went humming on its way to the preci-
pice.


BlantOn made one more terrible eff
fort to throw himself over the side OF
the wooden trough, but in another in
slant the second, the gnarled and knob
bed stick, struck him, with awful force,
on the shoulders, and the third joining
it, the two were thrown over BlantOn's
form and out at one side. So mighty
was the conclusion that BlantOn was
raised up and turned partially around.


AS he stood in this position for two
seconds before the fourth stick arrived
he saw once more the whole panorama
of ChasetOwn-the sweet village, white
and calm amid the Sheltering hills, and
he fancied that he saw Helen slowly
returning across the snowy lawn.


Then the fourth messenger of death
came, and Blanton was hurled from bis
feet and spun over the side of the slide
as though he had been light as gossa-
mer. He made no movement after he
fell, and the snow was crimsoned with
his blood.
Year: 1878

~ While several children were feed
ing a pet bear at Austin, Texas, the
other day, the animal playfully seized
a little girl and pulled her toward him,
whereupon house dog, supposing the
child to be in danger, sprang upon the
bear. Bruin, to save the child from the
dog, carried her to the end of the hogs
head in which he slept, and returned
to the fight. A party of darkies then
came up to protect the child from her
other protectors, and her mother, COM
ing out of the house with a musket,
killed both dog and bear. There has
seldom occurred more general mis-
understanding.
Year: 1878

WEDDING CARDS.-We have lately added
w several new styles of type for wedding and
address cards. and are prepared to print the same
IN good style and at reasonable prices. Wedding
EnUelopss on hand, at the -.
Year: 1878

DOINGS AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
pyn.rr ON THE DAILY EXCISE BILL IN THE ASSEMBLY


THE APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED BY THE


SENATE.


The Excise question occupied most OF the session
of the Assembly yesterday. Mr.. Daly's bill was
warmly advocated by its author, and as warmly
opposed by Mr.. Gilbert, who claimed that Its pas
sage was urged only by liquor dealers and
their paid attorneys, while it was opposed by all
the better classes of society Progress was reported
The Appropriation Bill passed in the Senate.
bill was introduced to prevent fraud in the sale
of milk
Year: 1878

One wholesome effect of the organization of the
National party has been the compelling of the other
two great political bodies to put better men into the
field candidates There are so many indepen-
dents around nOwadays-men who are resolved that
they will vote for political trickesters or for
candidates who have not the requisite qualifications
Of fitness and hOnesty-that nomination, however
onesded the district is not always equivalent to the
election used 10 be the case.


Whether the National movement will amount to
anything more than as a reminder 10 Republicans
and Democrats that they are expected to put their
best forward is a question not necessary to be
discussed just now. That it has had. and will CON
enue 70 have this saluary effect there is no room for
doubt
Year: 1878

Tae Paris Exposition Is said to have daily average
4iendance Of seventy five thousand visitors notwtl-
ilanding the exceptionally hot weather During the
hoI weather Of the Centennial year the daily average
attendance at our International Exhibition was about
sndty thousand paying VISITORS but during septem-


t The daily average attendance reached eighty one
myisand; during October, nearly ninety thousand


aLa In the ten days Of November over one hundred
and two flousand ,7ts ..t tgt ia
Year: 1878

The statue OF Liberty, which is 70 be erected on
Beioes Island. New York as the gin Of the French
nation Is 10 face the Brooklyn bridge as nearly as


-sble BY which Il Is thought greater light Will be
mrOwn upon the ocean than If the statue faced the
ocean, as at first designed The figure Will be of hol-
low copper filed with sand, and according 10 the
estimate Of NJ Bartholdi the sculptor and designer
VII cost about S3O0000 The statue, with the pedestal


WI be three hundred feet above the level OF the sea-
Year: 1878

The oil producers organizing associations under
the limited partnership act for the purpose of carry
ing into effect the recommendations of the Producers
Union for fixing the price Of oil offered in the market
and limiting the offerings to sales at the prices fixed.
Year: 1878

ana was raisea to the level mcdiocrty only by the
pretty makeup Of the pair The dance OF the shop
herds anu tho IN the festival OF Bach
chus noisy. ungraceiul and hideous. Thanks TO
some good painting and the electric light the nnal
scene In tho scuptured gallery was very well set and
as a spectacular attraction may draw people some
time But IL Is at best only prop that cannot hold
up the srevival, tor any time.
Year: 1878

THE BILL PROVIDING FOR THREE PAYMAsTERs DE-


BATED AND ORDERED TO A THIRD BEADING IN


THE ASSEMBLY.


lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUSE


ALBANY, April 16.-The Assembly spent
most OF It's session to-day in debating the bill
providing for the financial management of the canals
superintendent OF Public Works Clark at first desired
not only to make all the purchases and employ all the
aborers also to pay off the laborers and for
plies. He has since modified his view and now only
wishes tor power TO buy canal materias The Assembly
Canal Committee think that three officers, to be known
paymasers should have the duty Of paying for sup
plies and the wages OF the aborers and have embodied
their views in bill IL this bill that the de
bate took place. Mr. wlllers offered an amendment
providing that Deputy supenntendents OF the canal
should make the above payments instead Of the Pay
masters This idea presented by Ex-Governor Sey
mOur at a meeting OF the Assembly Canal Committee
last week Several speeches made against the
ton. Following Is the debate:


Mr. Alyord-shall the superlntende OF Public Works
be also the financial officer OF the canalsi This bill Is
intended 70 separate the two etsses Of work In the
Constitutional Convention Of 1S6S oattied for su
pernteudent Of Public Works thought such an officer