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Year: 1874

The Gazette is a fair sample Of large element
in lts party. 1t freely admits that it would take
away the ballot from the colored citizens, if it
had the power. No doubt it would, and what
would its party do, please tell u.s. il il "had the
power2 Does anybody suppose for moment
that it would not disfranchise every black man
Mr.. Bayard advises that such measure be
adopted for all colors. He has long believed, he
proudly tells Us, that entirely too many men are
voting
Year: 1874

Spinner and Bristow are still far apart in their
viowa concerning tho best manner OF appoint
Ing clorks to tho new Redemption Bureau. The
question is ono Of responsibility. Whoever will
DO hold responsible for the delinquonoles OF tho
now clerks should have the choosing Of them.
This fnct is recognized by Spinner very clearly,
and by Dristow in q lower degree. Tho public
service will not probably suffer: whatever may
he tho ultimate decision. it responsibility il
clearly 01ed upon ono Of tho parties contestant.
Year: 1874

We commit the still greater error Of plung-
ing into ice-water every morning, then scrub
all the skin of with horse hair brush or
coarse board towel sit dawn to breakfast of
oatmeal sawdust; dine of . tablespoonful Of
wheat aud two berries, and make supper on
catnip ten, then be- put through Russian bath
ut five hundred degrees; sleep under IN open
window when the thermometer 10 ut zero; wear
long hair; dress the women in pantaloons;
make all our property over to them, then sit
down in the kitchen.cOrner and nurse the baby
and when it is asleep, wash up the tea.things.
and 20 to bed at nine o'clock t. be "Out of the
way" What will become Of Us n1enf Surely
We have fallen on evil times A better and
truer mode of life is to have plenty Of every.
thing that is good to eat and drink, which i'm
parts nourishment and strength. and all you
want The idea Of getting up from the table
hungry Is unnatural and absurd and hurtful-
quite as much 81 as getting up in the morning
before you sleep it out. on the mischievous prin-
ciple that "eariy to rise, makes man healthy,
wealthy and wlse."


Early rising. in civilized society, always tends
to shorten life. Early rising Of itself never
did any good. Many farm-r's boy has been
made nm invalid for life BY being made tn get
up at daylight before his sleep was out Many
a young girl has been stunned in body and mind
and constitution by being made to get up be-.
fore the system has had it's full rest. All who
are growing all who work hard, and oil weak.
ly persons should not get up until they feel as
If they would be more comfortable to get up
than to remain in bed that is the only true
measure Of snficiency Of rest and sleep Any
one who gets up in the morning feeling ne if he
..would give anything in the world" to remain
in bed while longer, does violence to his own
nature. and will always suffer from it-n0t
Immediately, it may be. but certainly in later
years, by the cumulative i'll effects Of the most
unwise practice. In any given case, the per
son who gets up in the morning before ne is
fully rested will lack just that much of the en-
ergy required for the days pursuit.


As n people. we do not get enough sleep. we
do not get enough rest, we will not take time
for these things: hence our nervOnsness. our
instability. our hasty temper. and the preina.
tmre giving out Of the stamina Of life. Halt OF
us are old Mt thrre.score, the very time man
ought tn be in his mental. moral and physical
prime Half of our wives. especially in the
farming districts. die long before their time.
because they do not get rest and sleep proper
toned tn their labor. Mae times out OF ten,
it would be better for all parties If the farmer
should get up and light the fires and prepare
the breakfast for his wife. she coming directly
from her toilet to the breakfast tabl'. because
it almost always happens that she had to remain
up Ia set things right long after the husband
has gone to bed. when really he has nothing to
do after supper but /" 90 tO bed. This Is
moustrousIy cruel imposition on wives and
mothers-HalFs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1874

and long before eight o'clock waa
fully two feet deep iu the lawn Of


White Point Garden. Tho bcauti-
fql Battery is now scene of ruin,
and it is caloulltcd it will take at
east $2o.oco to repair tho damage
done at this point alone.
Year: 1874

The following was adopted in regard
to establishing fraternal relations with
the Northern Church, by the General
Conference of the Methodist Church
South:


Whereas, The discussions and votes
of this conference on the subject of
freternal relations with the Methodist
Episcopal Church and its cognate sub
iects present an appearance of essential
differences which do not exist, there
fore,


RESOLVED, That upon the subject of
fraternal relations with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, upon proper basis,
this Conference is unit.


ReSoJ0ed, That we are also q unit
upon the propriety OF appointing a
commission empowered to meet like
commission from the Methodist Epis-
copal Church to settle all questions of
difficulty between us, and that such
settlement is essential to complete
fraternity.


ReSolUed, That the only points of
difference between us on this whole
subject are the best methods of accom-
plishing the desired end.
Year: 1874

Earl W. Barney was an Express mes
senger on the New York Express, which
left Chicago and ran off the track and
was burned at Valparaiso. A local
paper says:


He was jammed in among q con-
fused mass of valuable freight, and the
iron money-safe or trunk, of which he
was in special charge, was thrown upon
him, nearly crushing him to death. A
colored baggage-master succeeded in
extricating Barney from the perilous
position he occupied before the flames
of the burning car got we'll under way
The heroic messenger, more dead than
alive from his terrible injuries, declined
all offers of assistance in enabling him
to reach house. and went to
work and got the safe ont of
the car, and nearly all the express
freight; then he sat down on his safe,
and to all inquiries as to the contents
returned evasive answers, utterly re-
fusing to leave until relieved by an en-
ploye of the Adams Express Com
pany, who did not arrive until two
hours had elapsed, Poor Barney was
conveyed to his home, where he now
lies, complete physical wreck, and il
will be months before he will be able
to get off from his bed."
Year: 1874

One of the terrors for the Nile trav-
eler is bees! At one time the adverse
wind made it necessary that DR..
Schweinfurth' boat should be towed
by the crew. AS the rope was being
drawn along through the grass on the
banks it happened that it disturbed
swarm of bees. In moment, like q
great cloud, they burst upon the men
who vera dragging. Every one of them
threw himself headlong into the water,
and hurried to regain the boat. The
swarm followed them, and in a few
seconds filed every nook and Granny of
the deck. DR.. Schweinfurth was sit
ting quietly in his rude cabin arranging
his botanical specimens, when he heard
a scampering round the deck, which he
at first took to be the usual frolicking
of his people; but as the noise in
creased, he called out for an explana-
tion of the disturbance. For an answerhe
received only the terrific cry of "Bees!
bees!" Springing up, he endeavored
to light his pipe, hoping to protect
himself with smoke, but it was too
late the bees were already upon him.
Thousands surrounded him, and he
was mercilessly stung all over his face
and hands. He endeavored to protect
his face with his handkerchief, but all
to no purpose the more violently he
flung his hands about the more violent
became the impetuosity of the irritated
insects. At length, almost maddened,
he threw himself into the river, but
the stings still rained down upon his
head. He tried to gain the main land,
hoping to find shelter in the woods,
bnt some of his faithful servants, know
ing that course to be certain death,
forced him back into the boat. Here
he wrapped himself up in a sheet,
which, after he had crushed the bees
inside, afforded him some protection.
He crouched down in this way for full
three hours, while the buzzing continu-
ed uninterruptedly, and solitary stings
penetrated through the linen covering.
Every one on board pursued the same
course, and gradually the buzzing sub
sided. At length some courageous fell
lows crept stealthily to the bank, and
set fire to the reeds. The smoke which
rose blinded and stupefed the bees so
that the boat was successfully driven
beyond their reach. Free from further
apprehension, the sufferers proceeded
to examine their injuries. Some of the
stings were extracted with pincers, but
those which remained produced ulcers,
and even fever, which kept the whole
boats company in an uncomfortable
state for several days.
Year: 1874

The following graphic description of
the real jewels of the fair South is given
by paper printed in the State of
Georgia : "Among the many visitors
who came to our city to sell their coun-
try produce, was a young lady from an
adjoining county who had chickens,
eggs and butter for sale. Her beauty
was of transcendent excellence. Bright,
flashing, intellectual eyes, and face
round and rosy, while her calico dress
was plain and neatly made, and fitted
beautifully. Her rich black hair flowed
in luxuriant richness. Highly educa-
ted, she conversed fuently, and deported
herself with becoming modesty. She
wore no false hustle or purchased COM
plexion had no top-knot on her
head, or false fixings to present, but
stood in the majestic beauty of acreated
intelligence that would not yield to the
despotic dictates of frivolous fashion.
1t has been along time since we gazed
upon such sight. The young men
crowded around her wagon with curl
osity in their eyes and admiration in
their hearts. The old men wept for
Joy that there was one who had not bow
ed to Baal. She sold her country pro-
duce, went home and milked the COWS,
cooked supper for ten farm laborers,
and went to church that night with her
sweetheart"
Year: 1874

An Able Effort to Revive the Savdust


Counterfeit Money Game.


One of the rogues who operated the
famous "sawdust swindle" in New
York, the Sun, says is now endevor-
ing to revive that once profitable
business. He has sent through the
mails circulars SO seductively written,
and so marked in improvement on those
which inaugurated the game, that the
fools are certain to respond numerously.
Prefacing his offer to send counterfeit
money by express for ten cents on
dollar, he says r.- i-.. .a--s.


"I hope that after have placed con-
fidence enough in you to send to you a
circular of this kind relating the nature
of my business, that you would not be
so treacherous as to even breathe the
contents of this document to a living
being should you betray me [ will
find means to be avenged in way per-
haps you would not dream Of"


Further along he drops into confden-
tial advice about how to be successful
in passing counterfeit money, and
especially insists


A person in business of this char
acter must be true to themselves and as
true as steel to the person they are
doing business with. You should al
ways abstain from the use of strong
drink, for in that there in great danger,
as person knows not what he might
say when drunk. You should also
keep the secret of the business as still
as the grave, not even hint it to your re-
lations or breathe it to your second
self"


Then he tells how he was once an
engraver in the Government employ,
and so was enabled to produce duplicate
plates of greenbacks. From these he
can print bogus money that the best
experts pronounce genuine. To quiet
wondorment as to why he wishes to sell
counterfeits for ten cents on dollar
that will so readily pass at par he ex-
plains thus


az deposited few days since large
amount of my money in six different
banks in New York they all accepted
it without saying a word. My money
being all new thought it would not be
advisable to deposit any more for fear
they might think something wrong.
When it is deposited in banks there
should be other money that has been in
use mixed with it, then there will be no
suspicion. now need only few true
men to assist me for six months, then
we will secure a fortune that will enable
US to enjoy all the pleasures.


He says he will send any amount of
the counterfeits carefully packed in
boxes-which the fools will of course
find filled with nothing but sawdust or
paper-and the express company will
collect on delivery. He signs himself
&C. R. Wilbur, 682 Broadway, New
York Post Office, New York" The
East River National Bank is at 682
Broadway, and no G. R. Wilbur is
known to. anybody in the building.
Year: 1874

DECLINES Ir.-Congressman Sawyer,
of Wisconsin, declines to be a candidate
for another term. He says: At the
expiration of my present term I shall
have served ten years in Congress, and
L cannot but think that if it is q good
thing to have been there I ought not TO
have it any longer, and if it is tax to
have it, then I ought not to be asked
to be q candidate.
Year: 1874

THINK OF Ir.-Think before you speak
what you shall speak, why you should
speak, to whom you shall speak, about
whom you are to speak, what will come
from what you may speak, what may be
the benefit from what you may speak,
and lastly, who may be listening to
what you may speak. Turn your speech
seven ways, and there will never come
any harm from what you have spoken.
Year: 1874

are not always to be relied on. Govern
ment is from God. The first utterance
from Deity to man was a statute law, in
conflict with The law of nature. The law
OF nature led man to sin, and the statute
law put him in a state of purgatory-and
10 continue this state of puTgatoFy man has
been passing statute laws until"-.Excuse
me, my friend" said |. The pre-
else object of my presence in
your beautiful, expanding and enterprisinc
city Is not to discuss with any of its way
faring people, though they were as wise as
solomon, the theory of the Georgia Coy:
ernment or the Common Law or the Stat
ute Law ~ Mature" He turned his ewes
upon me in profound disgust, and rushed
from his presence into the open space Of the
railroad tracks in the center of the city. /
hung my head in solemn argument with
itself as to who upon earth that person
whom l had just LETT could possibly be. 1
thought it was Aleck Stephens. But l re-
membered he was in Washington discus
sing the question of negro rights
in gentlemen's parlOrs with a Massa-
chusetts African from South Carolina. 1t
could not, therefore, be the so much ad-
mired and so much afflicted Vice President
OF the late-what dye call it. Then the
recollection Of the man who saved the
Georgia militia from the besom of war was
receiving some compensation of misery and
decrepitude in this life for his heroic hos
tility to sending Georgians to the front, in
that placid period of battle, fire and rapine.
1t occurred to me that this aged person
might be Joe Blown. But something said
TO my perplexed head, '1Ie has fallen heir
to the entire railroad estate of Georgia, and
is not now out upon the cold charities of
such world as the horizon of Atlanta
bounds. 1t must have been Bob ToOmbs
or Ben Hill-which could not tell. But
he was q great man. GOPHER.
Year: 1874

A writer in LippincOirs Magazine says
the hOushold manners of Napoleon were
those of bOOr. "When the established
hour for dining at Malmaison was six
O'Clock, and, though etiquette forbade any
one to approach the table before the an
nOuncement af the head OF the house. he
often failed to appear before seven, eight,
or even ten o'clock. A chicken or some
other article was placed on the spit every
fifteen minutes by order of the cook, who
knew well the habits Of the Emperor. The
table manners Of Napoleon may have been
those of the hero; they were certainly any,
thing but those of the gentleman. He
completed the process of ciamming-it
could scarcely be called eating-in SIX or
seven minutes, a. rule. Ignoring the use
OF knives and forks as regarded his own
plate, he did not stop there, but llelped
himself with his fingers from the dishes
nearest him, and dipped his bread in The
gravy
Year: 1874

A story of an English nobleman, re-
Gently deceased, is told by the MAN
About Tow" " in the Eaglish Sporting
Gazette. We give it in his own words:
''The Duke" he says, was once in
church, no matter where, when a col
lection was announced for some char
liable object. The plate or bag, or
whatever itmight be, beganto goround,
and the Duke carefully put hishand IN
to his pocket and took out a form,
which he laid ON the pew before him
ready for transfer to the plate. Beside
hlm sat little snOb, who noticing this
action initiated it by ostentatiously
laying a sovereign alongside the ducal
hOrin. This was too much for his Grace,
who dipped his hand into
his pocket again and pulled out
another form. which he laid by the
side Of the first. The little snob fol-
lowed sUit by laying another sovereign
beside the first. His grace quietly add
ed third forin, which was cap
ped by a third sovereign on the
part of the little snob. Out came a
fourth form to swell the Dukes dona-
ton; then the little snob triumphantly
laid three soyereigns at once upon the
board. The Duke, not TO be beaten,
produced three forms. Just at this mo-
ment the plate arrived. The little snob
took up his handful OF sovereigns and
ostentatiously ratified them into the
plate, then turned defantiy toward his
rival, as who should say, I think that
takes the shine out Of you Fancyhis
ehagriu when the Duke with grim
smile put one form into the plate and
quietly swept the remaining six back
INTO his pocket. His Grace used to
ehuekle when he told that story, and
think ON the whole he had the best of
it."
Year: 1874

fIO4h the hural New YORKER.


The use of this word for woman is one
of the most unpleasant and inexcusable
Of the common perversions of language.
It is not a criticism, although it is much
more in vogue among British writers
and speakers than among our own.
With us, lady is the favorite eupbonism
for woman. For every one of tie softer
and more ambitious sex who is dissatis-
fed with social position, or uncertain of
IT, seems to share hrs. Quickly's dislike
Of being called a woman. There is no
lack Of what is called authoritative usage
during three centuries for this misuse Of
female, ms may show, sb0uld undertake
the discussion of Americanism, 50 called.
But this is one of those perveFsiOns which
are not justified by example, however emil
nent. 4 COW or a sow, or any she brute, is
a female, just as woman is; as a man is
no more male than bull is; or a boar;
and no woman calls herself female with
oft thereby sharing her sex with all the
brute creation.
Year: 1874

State Grange-RePOrt OF the Commit


tee on transportation,


ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21-In the State Grange
to-day the following report Of the. Commit
tee on Transportation was adopted:


Whereas, we deem the facilities offered
us by our present railroadsystem inadequate
for the transportation of agricultural pro-
ducts of the West to the seaboard; and
whereas, for want OF a sufficient coEIpeti-
tion, railroad companies seem disposed TO
extort rates for freight which are unjust
and oppressive; therefore,


Resolved, that we appeal to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress TO use
their influence to secure the improvement
of navigation of the Mississippi River and
all its important tributaries by the National
Government, and as soon as possible.


On motion, the Secretary was instructed
to send a copy of this report 10 each MEM
Der OF the Missouri delegation in Congress.
Year: 1874

New YORK, Feb. 21.-In view of the
reception given the Polaris party the other
evening by the Geographical Society, when
owing to long addresses by distinguished
members the presumed guests of the even
ing were prevented from relating all they
knew of Arctic explorations, proposition
is made that opportunity be given the pub
lie to hear all that Tyson, Buddington,
Brian and their associates may have to say,
under auspices that will bring them for
ward rather than those gentlemen already
familiar 10 the community
Year: 1874




DIsINFECTANTS are nowhere more
necessary than in this self-samc island
of Galveston. The season has fairly
set in when they are necessary, and
suggestions are consequently in order.
If we are to take the statement OF the
Homeopathic World, coffee in u roasted
state is one of the most powerful dis
infectants, not only of rendering ami
nal and vegetable matter innocuous,
but of actually destroying them. In
proof of this, the statement is made
that a room, in which meat in an adj
vanced stage of decomposition had been
kept for some time, was instantly de-
prived of all smell on an open coffee
roaster being carried through it, con-
tanning one pound of newly roasted
coffee; and in another room, the effiu-
vium occasioned by the cleaning out of
II cesspool, so that the sulphurated hy-
drogen ammonia could be clearly de-
tected, was entirely removed on the
employment of three ounces of freshly
burnt coffee. Refrigerators sometimes
get musty from flesh, fowl or fish kept
too long in them. No remedy for puri-
flying such receptacles, so simple rs
coffee can be employed. 1t may be
worth the while of the people of Gal
weston to try the use of this disinfect-
ant, as we Import it in bulk, andare in
terested in its sale. There should be
business in the theory if nothing else.
-GGalveston News.
Year: 1874

the good Of society, must be lodged In
I the officers breast. For instance, our
sheriff to-day Is ordered to arfrsl u


man charged with some minor offence,


punishable hy fine or imprisonment.
He may or may not be guilty. Ofthat


II sworn jury is yet to Judge. To-mor-


row he Is ordered to arrest Il notorious


desperate and murderer --onc who


may have killed several men, and is II


terror TO society. Now common
sense, experience and the
good Of society, all unite


in saying that the sheriff, rs capable
aud discreet officer, would approach


those men very differently, and while
under no probable circumstances, short
of self-deiense, would he he justified
for shooting in the one case-in the 9TH
er case, good men and sworn jurors will
excuse him for shooting upon grounds
wholly untenable in ordinary arrests.
On this whole subject we had thought
Vul SiitI III tIiiS
view of the principle, and probably, on
calmer reflection, he may think so
now. We have not space to elaborate
the subject. 1t is enough at present
to say, as general rule, that peace
officers, while laboring zealOusly to
suppress crime, should always be self
poised and discreet, only using eN-
treme measures in extreme cases.
Since the reorganization of the state
government last winter, we have felt
that our county HAD SUCH OFFICERS,
and have never thought, spoken or
written to the contrary, the unjust
structures of our sheriff to the contrary
notwithstanding. His structures on
our motives can go. We have been too
long in the harness to be disturbed by
imputations which have no fonnda-
ton, and long ago learned to know
that you may you serve men in the
truest and purcst friendship and yet
expect their thrusts the moment you
cross their peculiar whims or notions.
OF such is life, and we can serenely
bear our share of its ills.