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Year: 1874

SUPPORTING ANOTHER MANS WIFE.-A some
what curious case was before the general term
of the Supreme Court last week. The appel
liant in the case was Thomas G. Shepherd and
the respondent Leannetta Shepherd. From the
facts presented in the case it appears that when
the respondent was married to Shepherd she
was divorced wife, receiving $672 yearly as
alimony. The marriage with Shepherd prov


ing unfortunate, second divorce followed, and
an appeal to the court resulted in an allowance
to her $4,000 yearly as alimony from Shepherd


The lady, not daunted by her two unsuccessful
ventures in double harness, took to herself
third partner in the person of c. S. Anderson.
Shepherd made application to the special term
to be relieved from paying any more alimony,
or, at least, to have it reduced in amount. The
special term denied the motion, and the case
was brought before the general term, and on
Friday decision adverse to Mr.. Shepherd was
| rendered. The court held that in divorce
suit where the decree permits the wife to re-
| marry, as reward for her innocence, the pay
| ment of alimony by the divorced husband is
not affected by her subsequent marriage with
another man. This opens up new branch of
industry for enterprising females. They can
| And some rich old codger, marry him, get di-
vorced from him with allowance of alimony,
| and then seek out another victim. A pretty,
smart and pleasing female might in this way


be receiving alimony from halfdozen men, and


then she could marry the man of her choice,


and live virtuously and happily the rest Of her
| days. 1t would be pleasing subject to con-


template, shat of half dozen unmarried men
contributing literally to the support of one


mans wife. And yet there are people who say
that our laws are unjust to the gentler and


modester sex.--N. 2. Dispatch
Year: 1874

You ask why hate that woman. l should
think you might see for yourself. she has a
better complexion than mine, and l hate her
for that. Her hair is two feet longer than
mine, and l hate her for that. Her face is
fresher than mine, and that is another reason
why hate her. Her jewelry is finer than any
l have, and that is enough for me to talk about
her. She lives in a better style than do, and
| hate her all over for that She has new
bonnet every month and l have only six in q
year, and 1 despse her for that. She has beau
tiful dresses, and they always fit her so well,
and that is another reason why | hate her,
She minds her own business and never says
mean things about any one, and woman who
does that should be hated by every other wo.
mar. Her husband is more prominent man
than mine, and l hate her for that. She never
goes about grumbling and telling things to
make others feel mean and uncomfortable, and
hate her on this occount She will not lend
me her jewelry, and feel above any woman
who will not cheerfully lend her best clothes
and jewelry. Then, her diamonds are real,
while mine are paste, and hate her for that
Hate her? should think had enough to hate
her for. She can sing and can't, and hate
her for that When | offered to tell her half a
dozen lies that had heard and twelve more
that made up about her and she would not
hear me l was mad enough at her to bite her
head off-the stuck up deceitful thing. When
l give her advice she paid no attention to it,
and l hate her for that. When try to tell her
of something about her husband that will make
her hate MIN as hate mine, she will not even
listen to me, and l hate her for that. When
would tell what somebody or some other body
has said against her, she says she does not care
what folks say, so long as she has her husbands
devoted love and confidence then l hate heI
more than ever for throwing out slurs against
me. Her breath is sweeer than mine, and
hate her for that. And I'll hate any woman
who is happier or getting along better than
am.
Year: 1874

Some of the old beliefs respecting bees are
curious. Their hatred to an echo, which was
an ancient article of the bee masters faith,
does not seem to be confirmed on investigation.
Much modern folklore on bees may be picked
up by any one who converses with the peasan n =
try in almost any part of England. From some
reason or other, bees are looked upon as pecu-
liarly "uncanny" creatures Thus we were
told IN Lincolnshire that bees would desert a
hive on the occasion of death in the family,
unless some one knocked at their hive and told
them Of it. The same superstition we find to
prevail in Essex, and even Cornwall. Similar
ly the belief that after death hives ought to
be wrapped in Grape or mourning of some kind
is current in Lincolnshire and East Anglia gen.
orally. 1t is even found in Lithuania, and is
probably connected with an ancient idea that
honey was symbol of death. In Yorkshire
there is a custom of inviting bees to the funcr-
al. If wild or humble bee enter Northamp-
tonshire cottage it is deemed certain sign of
death; if a swarm of bees alight on dead tree,
or the dead branch of living one, there will
be death in the family within the year. 1t
is curious why tho bee should in Europe be so
connected with death, whereas in Rindoo
mytr5f6gy the bow string of Kama (the Hindoo
Cupid) is formed of bees, perhaps symbol Of
love strong as death. 1t is worth while men
tioning one or two more bee superstitio.s -
They will never thrive, it is said, in quarrel
some Iamlly, nor Wnen tney nave peen stolen.
There can be no greater piece of ill-luck than
to purchase swarm it must always be given,
and the then custom is to return something for
it in kinda small pipe, say, or some other
equivalent. Money should be avoided in the
transaction as much as possible. In Hamp-
shire it is a common saying that bees are idle
or unfortunate in their work whenever there
are wars. At the risk of being esteemed cred
ulous, we may remark that the martial year
QS7O) was an unlucky honey year. East winds
and drought seemed in that year to have re-
pressed the secretion of honey in the hectares
of May flowers.
Year: 1874

Are weakness of pody and mind, helplessness,
shallowness of thought and knowledge, frivoli.
ty of taste and pursuit, absorption in the art OF
men pleasing,-are these indeed, the essential
characteristics of womanhcod, and is she who
combined them the type of the


perfect woman, nobly planned,


To cheer, to comfort to command?


We must look for the answer somewhat deeper
than the surface and conventional rules OF soci-
ETY.; and going to the constitution of things,
ask ourselves what special functions woman
has to perform in this world as woman, apart
from the functions common to all human be-
ings in virtue of their humanity. That fune
ton is motherhood. 1t is in her motheriness
that we find her womanliness. She may not
be, or ever become, mother, but she cannot
become perfect woman unless she possess all
the attributes which belong to perfect mother
hood What, then, are these attributes First
on the list stands tenderness; the mother must
above all things be tender and pitiful; for her
love is the highest type of human tenderness,
the truest symbol of the Divine. Next comes
strength the mother must be strong and help
full for how else shall she protect and guide the
helpless lives clnging to hers She must be
pure, not only with the purity which is igno-
rance, but with the purity which, knowing evil
abhors it; for is she not the representative to
her children of Divine purity u? She must be
true for if her children find their trust in her
deceived in whom else will they have faith !?
She must be lover and promoter of order; for
order in the family is like law in the State .
without it there is only anarchy and confusion.
She must be just; for children have a keen
sense of Justice and will pay cheerful and re-
spectful obedience only to the rule they feel to
be just. She must be self-controling and self
| forgetting; for she cannot rule her children
| unless she can rule herself, and she cannot
| have that perfect sympathy with them that
shares and lives in their lite, unless she can for
get herself. She must have high ideal; for
how else shall sheinspire her children with the
love and worship of goodness, justice and
beauty transcending that of earth Finally,
| she must be crowned with wisdom; for her love
must give light as well as warmth, she must
be able to guide as we'll as to cherish. This is
the type of the perfect mother, and therefore it
| is the type of the perfect woman. Here, then,
we have the standard we wanted, and may lay
| down as the rule, whose application admits of
no exception, that whatever action, pursuit or
profession is incompatible with this type is un
womanly. Whatever habits of life, or meth DDS
of education, tend rather to repress than to cul-
| tivate those attributes of perfect womanliness
tenderness, strength, purity, truth, justice,
noble idealism order and wisdom-is a wrong
course, and radically faulty method of educa-
| tion.-Frazer'S Magazine.
Year: 1874

The bronze statuary, just now so pop
ular, is manufactured BY simple enough
process. Over the clay model is poured
a coating Of plaster of Paris, which,
having been allowed to set, is taken OF
ia sections, thus affording hollow mold
OF the figure. From such mold is pro-
dueed stucco duplicate, either Of the
entire statue or of such 3 portion thereof
as is intended to be cast at a time, and
on this again is formed second mold Of
greater thickness and solidity for the re-
ception Of the molten metal The ma
terial used for the final mold is a compo-
sition Of stucco and brick dust This is
applied in a plastic state to the stucoO
medel, from which itsinner surface takes
the form of the figure. We're statues
cast solid, it would now only be neoessa
~ TO separate mold from model, aud run
metal isto the former until its interior
was filed. This, however, would involve
absurd waste, and in order to economize
Year: 1874

An eminent German surgeon, Dr.
Kuester, has been conducting a series of
experiments concerning the action of
bullets used in modern warfare, from
which he has derived several important
results In the first place ne has dis
proved the commonly accepted medico-
legal dogma that gun-shot wounds are
more extensive in the living body than
in the dead, and that this affords
means Of distinguishing whether the
injury has been inflicted during life or
after death" the character of the wounds
being similar in living and dead animals
with all the arms tried by him, including
the ordinary muzzle.loading rife, with
conical ball, the needle gun, Chassepot,
Mauser and Henry Martini rifles. Sec
ondly, the well-known circumstance that
in gun-shot wounds from the more pow
erful modern rifles the aperture OF en-
trance is small while that of exit is of
frightfully large dimensions is shown to
depend not on the melting Of the mis-
sile, but on the fact that soft lead ball
when discharged from a short distance is
broken up on entering the tissues into
multitude of small fragments (about one
halt OF its substance being thus subdi
vided) which act like charge of shot,
larcerating the textures in all direc.
tions. The extent of destruction is in
inverse ratio to the distance and in d.
rect relation with the initial velocity of
the bullet" This mechanical subdivi.
sion only occurs in soft lead bullets, the
hard balls used with the Henry Martini
rife (msde of an amalgam of lead and
tim inAicting simpler wound with lit
tie shattering This leads DR.. Kuester
to exonerate the French from the charge
sometimes made against them of employ.
ing explosive bullets during the late
campaign; while he urges the Geneva
convention to use every effort TO obtain
an international verdict against the hor-
rible butchery caused by the use of soft
lead missiles, which act precisely as ex-
plesive ones would.
Year: 1874




Many who are suffering from the effects Of
the warm weather and are debilitated, are ad-
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts
of whisky two or three times day. In lit
tie while those who adopt this advice fire.
quentlY increase the number of " drinks"
and in time become confirmed inebriates. A
beverage which will not create thirst for intox-
icating liquors, and which is intended especi-
ally for the benefit Of debilitated persons.
whether AT home or abroad. is DR.. Schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic. Containing tho juices Of
many medicinal herbs, this preparation does
not create an appetite for the Intoxicating
cup, The nourishing and the life supporting
properties of many valuable natural produce
tions contained in it and we'll known to medi-
cal men have a most strengthening influence.
A single bottle Of the Tonic will demonstrate
its valuable qualities. For debility arising
from sickness, over exertion or from any cause
whatever, a wine glassful Of Sea " eed Tonic
taken after meals will strengthen the stomach
and create an appetite for wholesome food.
To all who are about leaving their homes, we
desire to say that the excellent effects of DR.


Sehenek's seasonable remedies, Sea Weed
Tonic. and Mandrake Pills. are particularly
evident when taken by those whe are injuri-
ously affected by a change of water and diet


No person should leave home without taking
supply of these safeguards along. For sale
by all druggists. eod-lS3l58
Year: 1874

material a solid core is formed inside the
mold, leaving only such space all round
as will receive the thickness OF metal
deemed necessary for the work in hand.
The mold with its core having been thus
completed and firmly hooped round with
bands of iron, is placed in kiln to bake
to perfect drYness. This precaution is
necessary from the circumstance that
even a trace of moisture might, on the
application of the molten metal occasion
a dangerous explosion. In the case of
the casting now in question the drying
Of the mold occupies some weeks. On
the removal from the kiln the mold is
buried in dry earth below the floor of the
foundry, only the aperture for receiving
the metal and the vent.hole for the es-
cape Of air remaining.visible.
Year: 1874

"Ricbmond is full of trees, yet it is rare
to find one sound and healthy" Exactly.
" And why are there not more sound and
healthy specimens presented to our view ?"
II is simply this In the first place, three
fourtbs OF the trees are introduced from the
ueiehboring woods; secondly; they are gene
rally taken up and planted by inexperienced
persons and then follow other drawbacks
spoken of by "Tuckahoe." Examine the
tree in The forest before it is taken up and
sbipped to its destination see how luXuri-
antly it grows; its roots, running just under
the surface (very seldom one extending above
eight or ten inches downward), are very
fibrous, and consequently eagerly catch hold
of and are fed by the rich leaf-soil which has
been decaying and enriching itself year By
year, perhaps for ages. Frequently it Is re-
moved very carelessly, the roots being cut
with the spade circularly around the stem at
an area of not more than eight or nine
inches. The tree is then brought to town,
and in some instances lies over till GUS
toner is procured, during which time it gets
dry, is exposed to the weather--perhaps
frost or snow. It is then inserted. in, per-
baps, clay, ashes, or, at best, common soil
very inferior to that in which it was raised,
the hole being made just large enough to
furnish sufficient soil to hide the roots from
view. 1t is then left to the mercies of other
attacks usually met with in city. Now,
how can this tree thrive and give satisfac-
ton? The cost of the tree to the purchaser
would probably be 81 OF Sl.50.


TO avoid this disappointment citizens
would do we'll to abandon this custom OF
getting large trees to form shade right
away, as have frequently heard remarked,
which idea is fondly cherished but seldom
realized. They should purchase trees at
nursery which are grown and pruned to suit
the city wear and tear, and have them plant
ed by some experienced workman, who,
knowing his business, would open a hole say
three feet long, two feet vide, and two feet
deep, and if the soil was not tit according to
his Judgment he would obtain other soil and
plant the tree and warrant it TO grow. ALI
this may be accomplished for the same price
as the other system, with better satisfaction.
Then we would have in Our city good and
ornamental specimens Of sound and healthy
trees l..
Year: 1874

THE MrssTRELs At ASSEMBLY HALL.--The
San Francisco minstrels, amongst whom is
the great male soprano Ricardo, will COM
mence an engagement of four nights at AS
sembly Hall tomorrow night. This is said
to be the best minstrel troupe extant.


One of the Norfolk papers has the follow
ing notice of this troupe:


"This popular combination of frst-class
talent closed brief season at our opera
house last night, on which occasion they
were greeted with full house The three
principal artists, Messrs. Birch, Wambod,
and Backus, have enjoyed q long and success
full career upon the stage, during which time
they have gained q national reputation as
well merited as it is enviable, and they now
rank among the foremost Of their profession
in this country. 1t is but natural to suppose
that persons OF their experience and ac-
knowledged ability should select for their
support as good talent as can be procured,
and the entertainments they have given here
fully justify us in making the assertion that
the entire company is composed of trst-class
artists.


"The jokes, though extremely laugbable,
are of class that will not offend the ears
of the most refined, and their entertainments
have been much enjoyed by large part Of
our theatre-goiDg population"
Year: 1874

CRY CENTRAL CoHM1TTRE.--At meeting
of the City Central Conservative Committee
held last night at headquarters it was de-
cided to hold ward meetings in the city on
the 18th of March for the purpose of elect
ing @ new City Committee.
Year: 1874

ACCIDENT TO Pubic OrFIcER.-1ester-
Gsy morning the venerable Adjutani-Gene'
raj Richardson, while on the way TO bis
oli,c, fell at the corner Of Sixth and Grace
streets, and received some painful bruises
that will probably dctain him from his oth'
cial duties for several days. Had his fall not
been broken by gentleman who caught
him, It might have been more serious. The
General was placed in a carriage aud taken
back - his home.
Year: 1874

People should beware Of those impostors who
copy DR.. PIERCE's original style of advertising
by Offering various sized rewards for cases of ca
tarrh and other diseases which they cannot cure
Those who do not possess sufficient intelligence 10
write all original advertisement are not likely to
have made great and valuable discoveries In medi.
Giro y -,
Year: 1874

In reply to the request of the Governor
of Kansas for arms and ammunition to be
used in defending the southern border Of
the State against the reported threatened
invasion Of the Osage Indians, the Sec
retary of War states that in view Of the
fact that the State was furnished in July
last with five hundred carbincs and fifty
thousand rounds of ammunition on which
to act, and that the State is still indebted
to the general government, he does not
feel authorized to grant the request.
Year: 1874

but BY good men combining for peace and safety
whenever bad men banded for mischief Much
more now, when the fields and plsnra tions are
des0latod by war and outlaws are prOWlinQ for
plunder IN the South, must some margin be AL
lowed 10 the only means Of protection OF persons
and property. Not that Lynch should be recOg-
nIZed as free to become and continue to be an
outlaw. too; but the TACT OF his efficiency ought 10
be observed by giving authority by law to select
bodies OF the posse c0Httdtus In every desoate
wild ana frontier settement-organize and arm
chosen home police in every community needing H.
Just let 1t be understood that the state Executives
will be supported promptly by the President In
posse, well selected, will be all the guard required
TO allow


"A WAR OF RACES"


TO enter into the political arena now ls nothing
short Of infamous fraud and national folly worse
than 'tudicial blindness" II General Grant
has any aspirations for third term,
and II he were base enough to use such
q step in the ladder OF his ambition.
1t ia hard to see how IL can be made part OF his
policy. BY doing simple justice to the South and
defending and guarding its peace and industry ne
can make u unanimous in his favor; for II long
ing Tor third time be C9sarism the South Is made
60 suner and dread something worse-Neroism
The not, strong commanding despOt may be bad
enough; but no Caesar was ever half as bad as q
"fddng Nero" or malignant Caligula. II the
nation VIII only forget and forgive the South Tor
the folly or proposing to elect "Harequin OF Fa-
natlcsm" as a choice OF evils over civil war Pres
ident It Is hardly probable that the ike will be
done again.
Year: 1874

IRON the Lynchburg Republican,


TO the exclusion OF editorial and miscellaneous
reading matter, we give place this morning to the
leading editorial In fridays issue OF the NEW YORK
HERALD, under the caption OF ''Let US Have Peace
and RecOnstruction-Both Sides OF the Southern
Question" The subject Is treated IN a broad,
catholic spirit and the conclusions arrived at are
worthy OF the thoughtful consideration the peo-
pie or the whole country.
Year: 1874

TFTOm CUnstItutIUHaIIstI


We believe in the triumph OF justice, and also
that retributlon and compensation are prime fac
tors in the government OF the world. The South
is.in the fiery furnace OF afiicton but the North
Will not be spared punishment. The more we are
ruined the more shall they be ruined finally. Al
ready OF the chief cities OF the West has begun
to feel the evil results OF pollution of the right
OF suffrage
Year: 1874

Southern States; the latter must be had thongs
the former be lost, and It must certainly be some
satisfaction TO the DackwoOdsmen, who see the
military forces OF their government Withdrawn
from the defence OF their wives and children, to
know that they are to be used for the patriotic
purpose OF mtiIndating their white brethren Of
the South.
Year: 1874

We appeal to the HERALD, as brethren cry In
distress not to exert its vast influence against u.s.
but to see what we have to encounter, what We
have to endure. to note with what patience we
have hitherto borne our wrongs, and give us the
aid of ats kindiness and sympathy. We did not
first draw the race line; II was the carpet-bagger
who taught exclusive union TO the negro ON the
basis of color. All our troubles come rom the
Garnet -bagger ana the renegade "scalawag.' ana
we will vet nave reckoning with them IN which
snail be the force and power Of vengeance.
Year: 1874

ton Committee say that all the regular
appropriation bills, except the sundry
civil, will be ready to be introduced on
the first day of the coming session.
They hope to have two or more cf
them passed before the holidays, and
all Of them through by the lst Of Feb.
ruary. The River and Harbor bill is
prepared by the House Commerce Com
mittee, and has not yet received any
attention.


WILL. RESIST THE ATTEMPT.


1t is pretty we'll settled that the Re-
publicans will as body resist the at.
tempt to re-enact the law requiring
Congress to organize on the 4th of
March.
Year: 1874

The verdict Of the coroner's Jury
in the Empire disaster at New Orleans
is substantially that nobody can he
blamed. Her cargo was 25 tons in ex-
cess of her register, but not an over
load for steamer of her class. and the
jury could not find any cause for her
sudden sinking.