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Year: 1875

UoodhM on the Scandal.
HER FIRST MEETING WITH THEODORE TIL


TON-BEECHER AND BURGUNDY.
rFrom Interview in the Washington National


Republican,


If not asking too much, will you give
me history of the scandal


cannot pleasantly make reference to
the details of the affair. When this
present trial is over, let it go as it will,
though / think the jury will disagree, 1
propose to sum up the case, and then
the whole truth will be given to the
world


But you can tell some of it now!


Oh, yes, a volume. My first acquaint-
ance with Theodore Tilton came about
in this way He came to me with copy
of the World of May %, 1871, in which
card of mine WAS published, which in
cluded this sentence '' For example, 1
know of one man, public teacher of
eminence, who lives in concubinage with
the wife of another public teacher of
almost equal eminence. All three concur
in denouncing offenses against morality
He asked me '' who I meant" / replied,
"YOu, Theodore Tilton, and Henry Ward
Beecher." He acknowledged it was true,
and was ready to have the matter ex-
posed. He wanted it to come out, and
urged me to refer to Mr.. Bowen, who
said to Tilton, year before the publica-
tion of the expose, that he could drive
Beecher out of Brooklyn at any time.


How was the article prepared?


From information received from the
parties. first heard of it in the Agricult-
ural Committee room at the Capitol
when a committee of ladies' were met
there by a Congressional committee.
Soon after this had conversations with
Mr.. Beecher about it. He was very
apprehersive, and more than once made
the remark that he was q natural born
coward and could not publicly avow his
real sentiments, though he had been
pupil of Stephen Pearl Andrews for nine
teen years. He claimed that there was
nothing criminal In his love for Mrs.
Tilton, and that it was spontaneous.


Was the matter known of in private
circlesl


Why, certainly.


What induced you to publish it!


One powerful motive was to please Mr..
Beecher and to comply with his request
that should do it. He said to me it
could not be held back much longer,
and he would have no power to fight the
story il it should come out in the secular
press, but if it was published IL my pa
per he might be able to rally from the
blow. He said he had lived long enough
with the sword of Damocles hanging
over his head.


What followed the publicationa


The arrest of myself and sister and the
confiscation of all our property. 1t is
safe to say tht we should have received
orders for million and half of copies
of that issue of the weekly. We had
printed some 200, 600 when one evening,
after Office hours, Mr.. Comstock went
Year: 1875

In these days Of bank failures It is serious
question with many how to safely invest their
monthly savings. Happily we have in our midst
Q few institutions, really more safe than savings


banks, and which pay much larger interest


The most prominent Institutions Of this kind are
building associations. Instances are very rare
Of loss resulting from Investments In these or.
CARNATIONS. The difficulty is that subscribers
are obliged to start with the orgaIhz stion, that
all the stockholders may be on the same footing.
we are not aware Of but enc building association
OF recent date-Capitol Hill Cooperation. This
association mas been in very successful operation
Tor some months, and We understand subscription
for q Few more shares Of stock can be obtained ct
par value, If subscribed before the oth inst After
tnst date premium will be charged.
Year: 1875

Out Of the Work House and Into the Jail.


George Watson, Q notorious colored rough Of
the West End, Just returned to the bosom Of his
companions after Q term at the work house.
One of these clouds, bearing the name OF
Lewis W. Henderson, approached Watson last
night with q friendly salutation and the inquiry
as to how long he had been out of the work house.
Watson punished him for the familiarity by per-
petratfng an assault and battery upon him.
Oficer Mills arrested Watson and detained him
at the Fourth precinct to await the dispensing
what little leniency smolders in the breast Of
Judge Mills.
Year: 1875

JUDGING from the drift Of sentiment
in Washington, tie Cincinnati En-
JJ,irer's correspondent has come to the
conclusion that f the Supreme Court
can only be brave enough to act on the
Grant Parish case fairly and squarely,
there does not seem to be much room
for doubt that they will declare the
enforcement Act Of 1870 to be uncon-
stitutional and revolutionary. Justice
Miller and tie Court seem committed
to this by the Slaughter-housc cases,
though shat decision applied rather to
the meaning Of the amendments than
b the method of their enforcement.


The present case involves both points,
and the Supreme Court Judge who, on
that occasion, might be disposed to
give the broadest scope TO the meaning
Of the amendments, might still hold
that the remedies lay wholly with the
State tribunal. It is much TO be feared,
however, that the Court will once more
shrink from provoking the wrath Of
the Republican party. Three Of the
bitterest and most extreme Of the Re
publican Senators-namely, Boutwell,,
Conk ling and Frelinghuysen-were in
the com1-Ioom, Thursday, evidently
taking the ljYeiicst interest in the
case. Attorney General Williams
did not scruple to speak Of the
motives and intentions % the Congress
men who passed the amendments as
furnishing a guide to their int. .ureta-
tion. II the court should be afraid :"
face the music they have a very easy
way Of lodging the issue. The indict-
ments are Of the vaguest character, and
So defective in form that the decision
can 20 of upon this ground alone.
The great danger is that the court viii
shrink from its obvious duty, and allow
an unconstitutional and despotIo act to
stand as the law Of the land.
Year: 1875

IT is proposed to open the Cncin-
natl Southern Railroad under the aus
pices Of a grand centennial celebration
in the latter part Of 1876, probably
Immediately following the close Of the
Exposition at Philadelphia, which
would give an opportunity for
participation to Southern people on
their way home from that city. An
organization viii be made as soon as
possible for this purpose.
Year: 1875

The levee has broken at Hard Times, in
Tensas. Tie water is flowing freely over
the point: but Delta is in no danger as yet.
At Nilikan's Bend the Association are al
ready at work trying TO strengthen the
weak places. The back water from Hard
Times will affect a great portion of Madi-
son parish. The break above SeIgeant's
Point is worthy of immediate attention, if
the planters in that vicinity are expected TO
make crops this year.


The Millillau's Bend Association have
cone TO work in earnest 10 save themselves.
The Delta Association, IL appears, has no
money and can do nothing, except by the
charity Of the country. DeS0tO is under
water and almost totally deserted.


The water Is pouring through the Bon
net Care crevasse with great volume and
force. and all the plantations between
there and Kenner, except such As have pri-
vare Ievees. are submerged. The Sarpy,
McCutcheon and SOnlat plantations are
suffering severely from overflow, rs well as
many other frst-class places.
Year: 1875

Up to December, 1870, there had never
been any undue familiarity between US. I
never directly or indirectly made improper
proposals to her. ] never had any faVOrs
from her. II would he impossible with
such a woman. 1 never had carnal inter
course or connection during that time with
Mrs. Tilton. This drew applause from
the audience, which was promptly sup
pressed under the direction Of the court.
Year: 1875

Lena Mitchell is convict in the
Penitentiary OF Ohio, and recently
received a letter from her husband
The only thing remarkable about this
is, that according to the warden, this
is the first letter which any female
prisoner has received from her hus-
band since the warden, who is an Old
officer, has been in office. On the
other hand, male convicts are con-
stantly receiving letters and visits
from wives outside. 'Tis the dear
heart of woman as the poet hes neatly
expressed it. Reluctantly we have
come to the conclusion that husbands
are All inferior lot; that they arc
neither so affcctionate nor so faithful
rs wives, and that man, as to all the
finer departments of human nature,
is not 20 be named on the same day,
nor In the same year with woman-
lovely woman. We suppose it must
be because he does all the voting and
soldering, and most of the market
ing, that he is so selfish. How will
it be when all things are changed .
Will the female citizen. brigadier,
lawyer, doctor. blacksmith, carpen-
ter, or member of Congress continue
to sing, Il know not, care not if
quilts in my heart; | know that ]
love thee, whatever thou art" This
is question interesting at least to all
men who expect 20 get into the OHIO
Penitentiary, and who like to receive
affectionate letters.
Year: 1875

A Coon LAVA law has just been
passed in Ohio making land holders
owners of all the game found upon
their land. Sportsmcn must keep in
the highw,ys.-E.


Such law in this State would do
moro toward protecting game AMI
the owners as we'll, than game leagues
or all the game laws that have ever
been enacted. Men who own land
and pay taxes upon it should be pro
tected in their rights to whatever it
produces. whether it be wood and
timber, field crops or game The
owners OF wood and timber lands in
this state lose many thousand dollars
every year from fires started by
sportsmer accidentally or otherwise,
and for which they have no remedy
unless they happen to know who did
the mischief, and then nine times out
Of ten the parties would be found to
be wholly irresponsible. And then
the damage done to stock, especially
sheep. from. fright and slaughter by
s ortsmen's dogs is almost incalcu!a-
BILE. Such law would be a great
protection to the farmers, and they
are the men who need protection is
auy do.
Year: 1875

This i,loS weak. minded authores.
saws it feels: Take man and pin
three or four large table. cloths about
him. fastened back with elastic and
looped up with ribbons; drag ali his
own hair out to the middle OF his
head and tie it tight, and hairpin on
about FIVE pounds Of other hair and a
q big bow of ribbon. Keep the front
locks on pins all night and let them
tickle bis eyes all day pinch biz wsist
into a corset. and give him gloves a
size TO small, and shoes ditto, and a
hat that will not stay on without. a
torturing elastic and irill to tickle
bis chin, ard little lace veil to blind
his eyes whenever he goes out to walk,
and be will know what wornan's dress
IS" My!
Year: 1875

SKELETON or A HIsToRIc NEGRO.
The workm,n m on the Valley rail
road at Rocky Hill, CT, uneartbed
a skeleton last week, which is sup
posed to be that OF negro owned by
a Mr.. Boundikee iD 1864 who, being
offended at his master, went into the
garret and sitting upon half barrel
of powder struck FIRE into il with u
find and steel, and was blown up
with the house. his body being bur-
ried where it fell.
Year: 1875

When girl crops her front hair,
md pulls it down over her forehead H
like Mexican mustang. and then ties
a ri C. of red velvet around her neck.
who can wonder at the number Of
pale faced young men that throw
away their ambition, and pas. sleep
less nights in trying tc raise down OIL
their lips!
Year: 1875

Old Mrs. Smith of 9lndusky, Ohio.
lef: her patent churn open last
Saturday to dismiss a book agent
from the door. The cat that was Ia
ken out after an hours churning was
not as lively as twas when it jump
oil IN
Year: 1875

special meeting of the American Temperance Union
was held yesterday afternoon at Robinson Hail. East
Sixteenth street II well attended and was
presided over by Mr. J. b. Gibbs Mr. b. f. Hale of
Brooklyn spoke Of the ravagcs Of ntempcrancc in this
community which he depicted Of fearful charac-
ter that woman with eyes opened to the
facts could fail be startled by them The only way
no thought Of stopping this vice by recognizing
the liquor seller criminal, and dealing
out the law to him without stint but he failed
to see expression of opinion among the people OF
this city favoring prohibition The formation of this
society then dwet upon; at first they had only
three churches in the brotherhood but now there were
more than sixty. It's principal object TO close up
the liquor shops Sunday This organization has al
ready secured the revocation Of $50 licenses since its
inception. The breaking up Of these places part
of the Christian ith and spread this faith success
fully these grogshops must be demolished and public
sentiment must bo educated. Tho Excise law had
among its provisions one stating that every liquor
seller have good moral character; but the broth
erhood were not going to attack them this point
it is supposed they have characters above suspi
cion. Another provision was that for the
license fee Of $50 the liquor dealer must not
sell TO a minor or drunkard, and must
close his place Sunday, aud it was this latter con-
diton the society was cndeavorng to enforce. lfhoy
succeeded in doing this it great step toward The
point to which they attained, wedding out OF all the
low bucket shops and liquor saloons IN the city In
closing his address the speaker SAID that II these men
would rive ip their ungOdly calling the society would


nd them something else 90 do aud If they did not give
up hquor selling they would be punished with all the
rigOr of the law


Mr John Martin, OF Brooklyn, the last speaker made


few brief remarks on the closing of what he called the
s.mammoth drunkcry Of the United Statcs' by little
messenger from his city, and the meeting then adj
journed-
Year: 1875

NEWPORT, August %, 1875.
sad drowning accident occurred on the beach hero
to-day. John Coffee aged seventeen years, in company
with some other boys went in bathing at ten o'clock
this mornings half hour later his companions who had
left him in the surf coming back, when they found
his clothes, and of knew that he drowned
The place where he went in quite distance from
the beach proper, hence proprictors of the bathing
houses not the lookout for him. The body
ashore at half past three o'clock this afternoon
His father mother and sister being quickly the spot
we're wild with grief


Coroner's inqnest was not doomed necessary.
Year: 1875

The sun sets on some retired mead
ows where no house is visible, with all
the glory and splendor that it lavishes
on the cities, and perchance, rs it has
never set before-where there is but a
solitary marsh hawk to have his wings
gilded by it, or only musquash looks
out from his cabin, and there is only
some little black veined brook in the
midst of the marsh, just beginning to
meander, winding slowly round de-
caying stump. We walked in so pure
and bright a light, gliding the withered
grass and leaves, so soft and serGnely
bright, | thought | hadnever bathed in
such golden food, withouta a ripple or
a murmur in it. The west side of
every wood and rising ground cleaned
like the boundary of elysium, and the
sun on our backs seemed like gentle
herdsman driving us home at evening.
So we saunter toward the Holy land,
till, one day, the sun shall shine more
brightly than ever he had done; shall
perchance shine into our minds and
hearts, and light up our minds and
with great awakening light, as warm
and serene and golden as on a bank
side in summer. Thoreau.
Year: 1875

EGG-PREsERvING PICKLE RECIPE
An agent Of the Rural Press reports
the following: Three quarts lime, table.
spoonful cream tartar, one cupful salt,
and water enough to fill live-gallon
can, after seventeen dozen eggs have
been carefully placed within the can.
To the water add the other ingredients,
stir up well and pour it on the eggs,
and keep them in a cool place entirely
covered by the pickle. The lady sub
seriber who furnishes the above keeps
her eggs perfectly sweet with the above
treatment, and by special request, after
writing the above recipe, she boiled
me an egg that had been in pickle for
four months, and found it perfectly
sweet and free from all shadow OF
taint or any objection of any kind, and
would trust them fully as soon rs the
freshest eggs in any of our markets.
She usually gets the highest price of
fresh eggs, and does not sell till they
are about fifty cents dozen.
Year: 1875

A writer in the New York Herald
states some facts about how horses
should he shod, which are worthy the
consideration of blacksmiths and farm
ers rs WE'LL Most of the horse-shoers
of the country prepare the hoof, fiji Il
shoe. and secure il to the hoof in the
same manner that wood-butcher fits Il
shoe to an old wood ox-sled. The
mechanism of a horses hoof is one of
the most wonderful and ingenious
structures that can be found in all the
works of the Creator Beneath and
in the rear of every hoof there is Il
frog, which is tough and elastic pad
for preventing injury to the animal
whenever he plants his foot on any
hard substance. Large rolls of cylin-
ders of India rubber are placed be-
meath railroad ears to prevent injury
to any part of the ear or TO the cargo
with which it is loaded. The frog be-
meath the foot of horse Is designed
TO subserve similar purpose. But
the manner in which most horses are
shod lift them up, rs it were, on short
stills, so that the frog cannot perform
its appropriate functions. If we look
carefully at the young horse when he
is trotting or running, it will be per-
ceived that every foot is brought down
to the ground in such a manner that
the frog receives the powerful blow.
BY this means all injury to the animal
is prevented. Science teaches us to
permit the frog to develop and expand
downward. But most blacksmiths
seem to think that the Allwise Creator
made great mistake when he formed
the hoots of horses Hence, they fall
at the frog with red-hot burning irons,
with edge tools, and with any other ap-
plianoe that will enable them TO re-
move this extraneous excrescence. II
lustrious ninnies. Why not shave and
burn away all the tough, callous adj
pose tissue beneath their own heels,
and allow the hare bones 10 rest on n
plate of iron inside their own boots
and shoesy
Year: 1875

But here, as in many other cases, the
evil of deficiency has it's counterpart in
the evil of excess Sleep protracted be.
yond the need of repair, and encroaching
habitually upon the hours of waking &C.
tion, impairs more or less the functions OF
the brain, and with them all the vital
powers. This observation is as old as the
days of Hippocrates and Aret@us, who
severally and strongly comment upon it.
The sleep of infancy, however, and tina,
of old age do not come under this category
of excess. These are natural conditions
to respective periods, Of life,
and to be dealt with as such. In illness,
moreover, all ordinary rule and measure Of
sleep must be put aside Distinguishing
it from coma, there are very few cases in
which it is not an equivocal good; and
even in comatose state The brain, we be.
lieve, gains more from reposc than from
any artificial attempts to rouse it into &C.
Review.
Year: 1875

in Boston q man in the grocery business
there was appointed guardian of three Or
phan girls, whose father had left for their
support q tenement house in one of the
corners of the courts leading out of Pearl
street. When he got control of the prop
erty the house was uninsured, its value
small and income trifling. He had it in
sured, and made Improvements that in
creased the income. Som the fire came
and consumed it with other buildings in
the vicinity. He got the insurance money
after little delay, invested the
money where it rapidly increased, and the
land being wanted for business purposes,
he sold it for two or three dollars more
foot than other land brought alongside of
it. The proceeds Of this sale he also in
vested, and when . little while ago he
made settlement with the Probate Court,
it was found that the value of the legacy
left to the children, now of age, had more
than quadrupled. The Judge compli.
mented him for his good management and
SAID he richly earned the percentage which
the law allows in such cases. The gentle
man thanked the Court, but said he work
ed for greater reward than any human
law could allow, and declined TO accept
any compensation. The young ladies, in
appreciation Of the generous conduct of
their guardian, have presented him with a
valuable watch. chain and lock-seal
Year: 1875

At Louisville, last Friday evening, the mana
gers of the Public Library Hall refused to
admit a cOlored man to the first circle among
the whites. A gallery, which no whites are
allowed TO enter, is set apart for the colOred
people 10 the hall,
Year: 1875

Just now Europe is suffering from


one of her periodical military infatua-


tions. Everybody predicts war. All


the cabinets prognosticate hostilities.


Business is depressed and stocks de-


cline, and an indefnable feeling of in
security and dread fills the air. But


when the inquiry is pressed beyond
these superficial aspects of the situa-
tion it is hard to discover any tangible
and satisfactory reasons for the forebod-
ing. The ghost in single closet does
not account for the universal scare.


The only facts that as yet have come
to the surface are that Germany, know
| ing that France feels her humiliation
and chafes under it and may some day
endeavor to offset the recollection of
Sedan, has increased her army to mil
lion and three-quarters of men. All
the reserves of the empire are drawn
upon to the utmost to put the available
military forces into training for possi-
BILE contingency. The experience of the
late struggle as to the value of particu-
lar arms and methods of operation is
being utilized, and the nation has been
increased and made more efficient. But
Germany has no foreign foe, and no
quarrel on hand. Any immediate war
with France is out of the question.
Trouble with Russia she may have pro-
vided she provokes it. Trouble she
may have with Italy and Spain and
France if she attempts to bully the
college of Cardinals into electing Ger
man Pope. And she may have trouble
with England and Russia il she insists
on absorbing Denmark. But there is
no legitimate occasion for war and no
reason for this enormous increase of her
army. The other, nations have natu-
rally enough taken alarm, and begun to
increase their armies and navies too,
simply because Germany has increased
hers, and to-day Europe has larger
military establishments than ever be-
fore in time of peace. The posses
sion of the instrument is temptation
to use it, and such splendidly equipped
and thoroughly drilled armies are a
constant provocation. Considering the
poverty of Europe, the oppressiveness
of taxes, the degradation and suffering
of the lower classes in every nation,
these enormous military establishments
are terrible perversions of power and
property. 1t is only necessary to think
of the industrial force represented by
million and three. quarters of men in
the most productive period of life to
see what drain Germany is making
ON the resource of the nation. And yet
every soldier has to be supported by
the productive energies of the young
and old, the lame and the infirm, the
women and the children We have a
great deal to complain of, but it is mat
ter for congratulation that we have no
great army to support and no military
infatuation. -