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Year: 1872

female flowers, as soon as thus partial ly
weakened by shade bear only male ones.
An inspection of any pine tree in spring
will show, that though male flowers are
sometimes borne at the base of the shoots


bearing female flowers, weak shoots never
bear anything but male ones. This will
be found the case in all plants Of a nome
ciOus character. In the common ambro-
sia, or ragweed, the male flowers are on
q sort of weakened, half-dead-looking,
raceme while the females are situated in
the best position for receiving the highest
amount of nutrition the plant can bestow


Those who have examined this matter in
plants, see the truth of the position in the
vegetable world, that natures highest
efforts in the formation of the sexes are in
variably in the female line


The same facts appear to Us in the
animal world. In the very first struggle
with life males get the worst of it. The
vast majority of all the children who die
under five years ofag are males. As the
sexes approach maturity, the terrible
strain on the female system begins, and the
numbers of males and females again nearly
equalize. The amount of nutrition over
and above that required to sustain life
passes in the male to brain and muscle, to
mere physical strength and intellectual
capacity; but in the female, to immense
nutritive power for the support of another
human being, Man is physically stronger
than woman: that Is, in cases requiring
an immediate concentration of power, he
Is her superior. But In vitality, if by that
we may understand the ability to endure
circumstances tending to destroy life, he IS
below her. Not only can he not endure
as much during the first FIVE years of his
life, but as an adult he sinks under pain
that a woman would hardly faint with.
Any of Us can look around and see women
with perhaps half a dozen young children
which she must look after, a continual Sc
rics of routine, m0notouous housework
which she must attend to, now roasting at
the oven, steaming over the wash-tub. or
freezing at the clothes line and continually
with the worry Of crying children ringing
in her ears,-and all this for wears and
years, with ailing infants and sick older
children, and perhaps even 4 male speci-
men of an older cast to whom she Is
expected to be "helpmate" besides all
this altogether for months and months
giving her nut three or four hours of sound
sleep per night. Where IS the man that
could endure it2 \ year of such life
would kill the strongest of Us. We fnd
the same law of vital endurance outside of
man. Cavalry officers in the late war
found out the wisdom of selecting mares
for arduous services, and we all know
what a miserably dull animal the unsexed
OK becomes. This branch of our topic
need not be further pursued. 1t has been
shown that naturally the reproductive
principle should be endowed with the high
est attributes Of vitality. and the few
instances cited will show its bearing in the
world of facts.-JQmes Meebau, Ia Old
G1I Nclr for EeJraGr@
Year: 1872

a citizen of lawrence, who had bought
rome pills of quack doctor in B1stsn. be
came nervously FEARFUL that they might con-
tain poison, and did not take them, but his
wife becoming i'll few days after, he gave
them to her Finding them harmeless, he
foollshly exposed his previous suspicious, and
If his wife does nj experiment on him the
next time he is sick, she must BE- very
weak woman.
Year: 1872

doctrine which has been 50 eloquently de-
nounced by ~ gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
ShellabaTger3:II Ipnfy Ciie1,it the TiotOrs belong
the spoils Of the eneek ,,,1nut in the
political machinery of this Kepa< :: Early
in the history of the Republic, when it was
deemed of the utmost importance that the
different departments of the government
should be kept wholly distinct and separate,
and that neither one should be put in a situa-
tion to be influenced by the other in action
which ought TO be independent law was
passed prohibiting members Of Congress from
making contracts with any department Of
the government The language Of the law
was general, but it was intended more par
tlcuiariy to prevent them from making cor
tracts for the transportation Of the mails, or
contracts Of that sort. The reason Of it was
evident. Members Of Congress should not
be put in any such relation with the depart
ments as would destroy their independence
of action, as would be done if they were in
any way put in q condition Of dependence
upon them for fayors which they might
receive at their hands.


Subsequently,, the opinion Of the Attorney
General was asked With respect TO the ap-
plicatiOn of that law to the case Of per
son $ being employed by one Of the depart
ments OF the government as an attorney to
represent the government in a suit in the
courts


The opinion given by the Attorney Cen
eral was as follows:
Year: 1872

Keep unaltered for any length of time are portable
cleanly, convenient and always effective. A trial
will convince those who have never used them of
the usefulness, handiness. economy and prompt
energy of this indispensable medical agent "A
fresh supply, Just resolved by


X. BhINGHURST q Co.,


Corner Sixth and Market Btreete
Year: 1872

(NHILDRENS PONY ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE
~ Pony years old "a inches high warranted safe and
kind for the timid invalid child ride drive;
Is perfect little pet; Dog Cart and Harness. four
children; cannot upset Apply ut l6i East Twenty
eighth
Year: 1872

Manufacturers and Retail Dealers are obliged
h, the laws of Delaware to have State License
10 transact business. As these laws are but ra-
Gently enacted they are not familiar to our citi-
Gems and many persons find il matter OF some
trouble to ascertain how to make out their return
10 tile Clerk OF the Peace. The Publishers OF the
commercial Almanac and Tear Book, for 1872
anticipating this difficulty, inserted in that work
A compendium Of the new License Laws, which
Was prepared, especially for it, by Attorney Gem
eral Lore Taxpayers will find this compendium
uute useful at this time and thoroughly reliable.
The almanac and Year Book contains also com
pete election returns, list OF civil officers
throughout Delaware, large number Of house
hold receipts of practical value and much other
information OF use to the business and profess
slonal man, and the housewife. We have few
copas left price 20 cents.
Year: 1872

The New York World is every day making
savage and effective attacks on Greeley. Con-
siering the reasonable certainty that he is to
be its candidate for President, by all means let
tAn WorLd stick TO il.
Year: 1872

''The Fire Place" is the name of drinking
saloon in Chicago.


Moving machine accidents will be in season
next week.


There is a wild man in the neighborhood of
Muscatine, Iowa, and laborers on a railroad,
near his lurking place. have thrown up their
places for fear.


In Wisconsin, gas pipes are made of tamarack
trees.


The injudicious application of electricity is
to be heartily condemned. Boys who are in the
habit of taking indiscriminate shocks will please
take notice.


A lady in Milwaukee has just buried her
seventh husband. She is thirty-four years old
and was fresh and charming widow last week,
but is probably married again by this time.


quarter OF mile of sheds on the Central
Pacific Railroad, near Crystal Lake were burned
on Monday.
Year: 1872

Vest C0rnacdW Recietoed. d.-West Corn wall is running -over-full of politics. A lady told us last Saturday, that if all the men wanted to be Gr- men, they could be but the women were all Or men, every one of them; So there now We are sure that while we were there, we heard more political discussion than altnse ether of what we had heard before during the present campaign. Red hot is a mild term to ap- ply to them, and if we are judge of an others feelings by their countenance, we are sure that each and every one of them felt mean enough after their excited talks,

 if in fact they did not feel little ashamed of themselves for saying so much they knew wasn't true.-Pratt & Foster say they are selling great many goods for the pres ent dull season, but say they are going to advertise soon when they will sell more. Cochrane & Scoville have fixed their store up in good shape, and with their fine stock of groceries, are driving good trade. The Sherwood, Cochrane, Falois, Gold, Sanitary Heating Co. are up to their shoulders in their stacks of castings and sich, putting together their celebrated heaters as rapidly as possible, not being able they say, to more than half meet the demand for them. Those heaters are going to make them rich best heater yet invented, and they are rap

 idly coming into general use The boys have worked long and hard at these heaters, and deserve the success they are now hay ing. The shear business is little dull as we'll as some other kinds of business, but somehow the two shops manage to grind out about the average number of shears every day.-Gcorse Henry, the drug dealer, says it doesn't make any difference whether Grant or Greeley is president, he can tinker up dose that will kill or cure both of them at one shot.-Stage driver Clark is consdera- bly, excited over his mammoth twin cucum- bers, and sure enough, they are summers for twins, grown together their whole length, and good long ones too.-Last Fri- day, Harry Howard was twenty-one year S old, and the event was celebrated by a grand hop in Miller's hall, which was all very nice if George Hewes didn't make so much noise about it. Left hands around' : Fore and aft down the middlc,' etc., etc. If there were any this side of Stka who didn't hear him, it was not his fault. George is a capital good fellow and, eau holler louder than any other man iD tbis region of twice his size. West Cor nwall grows rapidly every time new house IS built, and one of these days will be q large place.
Year: 1872

Cornwall Bridge continues quiet with the exception of Il little excitement over camp meeting last week; some making prepara- tions and going, while others made all nec- essary preparations, but when the cars were ready had not made proper calculations, and had taken one drink too much, or had not got sufficient amount of finger rings,

 sleeve buttons, etc. One young man, after getting the above mentioned articles in his

 possession, had to wait for his parient to settle the bill amounting to $45. When fairly out of this, his father thought to give

 the young man little good advice by tell ling him to go home and go to work and behave himself, but the young hopeful of Fl or 22 replied in this wise: Because a fellow gets into little show you are going to come back on me- Now I want some more moneyto go to camp meeting" He his money and went nis way rejoiclng...... l The tobacco growers in this vicinity are very busy at this time gathering in their | crops. This cool weather alarms them. Even our friend Z0l. comes over every

 morning to get help. He has very nice | crop and is not little anxious to get it in l in good order, which he will undoubtedly ] do as he has one of those tobacco hangers, which no tobocco grower can do without l when they have had trial. Kellogg & ! Skiff have them for sale, and no doubt

 would let you try one if you give them a

 call. The Cornwall Bridge Iron Co. are

 making some Improvements in some ot

 their tenements, making them quite nice.

 They are also grading the road with cin

 ders from the railroad to the mill, which

 will be nice thing when smoothed down

 1.-The city people who have been making

 this their stopping place through the warn

 weather, have taken their departure. MT

 Geo. Curtis is the dad of q twelve pound gal. How is this for HIGH.
Year: 1872

THE SMALL PuX.-Mr Mccall President Of
the Board Of Health, informs Us that the small
poX las entirely disappeared from the city.
O..ly two Or three new cases have come to light
since his last repJr was given to the pubic aud
these are Of a very mild type All the cases IN
the city and at the city Hospital are GONZALES
cling, aud with little prudence on the part Of
patients, this plague will be entirely removed in
a fortnight.
Year: 1872

The refusal of the House to grant $50, 900 for the Presidents Civil Service Re form scheme is about the most contempt ible meanness we have ever known a Re- publican House of Representatives guilty of. If they really believe the measure the utter humbug they claim, they should not only oppose the bill but also the renomi- nation of president so wanting in states manship as to propose it. Yet the Re publican opponents of this bill are the -PresidAntaa sPeeial champions

 The truth is that Civil Service Reform is move of President and people against politicians and congressman who are pret- ty nearly one and the same thing. In our opinion what we want is not Reform President-we have one now-but Re form Congress, and we regret to say that the names of two of the gentlemen who might as will retire to private life in 1873 are Julius L. Strong and Henry A. Stark weather.
Year: 1872

We have number of excellent corres- pondents from whom we hear frequently; but we have others whose communications are just about as rare as the ''angels vis- it's" we read of. We are in receipt of but one correspondents letter, this week, which, we submit, is not what we have a right to expect. If correspondents will favor us regularly we are not like to quar- rel with them about the intervals they think proper between communications. It is the correspondents whose only reg ularity is total neglect that would ex- haust the patience of saint.
Year: 1872

Thousands of people do not
know that by setting a glass
fruit jar on a folded towel, thor
oughly soaked in cold water, the
fruit can be poured in boiling
hot, with no more danger of
breaking than with a tin can.
Cut this out and paste it in your
cupboard.
Year: 1872

i, IS considered by many to be the finest
address Of the kind they Lave ever
heard at a High School graduation.


Diplomas were then conferred upon
the graduates by Prof Narrower, who
took leave Of the class witt some excel
lent words Of advice, expressive of his
earnest solicitude for their welfare and
happiness, and aboyeall that ley should
prove themselves true men aLl women
in the work Of life


At the conclusion Of ,ae exercises,
DR.. Andrews, Secretary o. TIC School
Board, stepped forward, al. in a neat
speech, presented Prof narrower a
splendid gold watch, a. q token of the
regard for him, and appreciation of his
services, felt by the teachers, the stu.
dents, the School Board, al the pat
rons and friends Of the School generally.
The gift was entirely unexpected, and
took the Professor completely by sur
prise. In a few words lie responded to
the presentation, and expressed his sin
cere thanks for the kindness with which
the people Of Paw Paw lad always
treated him, and especially FOR this last
evidence Of their good feeling.


The exercises, taken altogether, were
unusually interesting and -sssed off
very pleasantly indeed
Year: 1872

The call for a State Convention TO
nominate Candidates for the various
State offices has been formally made,
and the call for a Congressional Conven-
tion will be made at once in view Of
which facts. the several candidates who
have to some extent engrossed the pub.
lie attention, and their friends, will now
redouble their efforts in their own and
their favorite's behalf. Some candidates
have been for months engaged in laying
pipe for the purpose Of securing 50 much
of the public attention, that new men
aud unass1ming and worthy candidates
should be so thoroughly hid from public
view by the great cloud of smoke and
dust raised by the constant and persist
ent aspirants for Office, who have put
themselves forward early, that they and
their friends would be intimidated 70 the
extent of remaining quiet, and by that
means be- to u,e a vulgarlsm, buliied
to the extent Of remaining in the back
ground, anl leaving he entire field
open TO those who make it a constant
business of turning up whenever there
is an Office to secure.


We believe it will be conceded that
Van Buren, County has heretofore re
Trained from putting forward her men
for place on the Congressional Tickets,
and given hearty support to whoever
was their nom minee. She has never
failed to roll up good large maiorities
She has always been counted on fol
strong Republican majorities, and has
not been found lacking in any degree
when party interests were at stake.


The Republicans Of Van Buren Coun'
ty believe that the time has arrived
when their wishes in regard TO a Can
didate for Congress should receive con.
sideration from all portions Of this dis
trict; and so believing will insist on be
ing heard and in having their claim,
duly recognized by the Congressional
Convention soon TO convene. At that
Convention they will present the nam
Year: 1872

man long identified with the Repub-
lican party-a man Of stering qualities
and excellent requirements; a man who
if nominated and elected will represent
his district in an able and impartial
manner.


We believe the foregoing announce
ment to embody the wishes and senti-
ments of the entire body Of the working
Republicans of this County. His long
and faithful labors in the cause of hu.
man freedom, and in the maintenance
and unity of the Government are well
and widely known, and have been of a
kind and nature to try the material the
man was made of. lie possesses the con.
fidence and esteem of his neighbors and
acquaintances, who all have great conf.
dence in his ability and integrity.


We trust the claims of Van Buren,
County will receive the consideration to
which they are entitled, and that the
action of the Convention will give them
expression by full endorsement,
Year: 1872

FRIENDSHIP.


TO the EditOr Of The Tribune.


SIR: 1t seems to me of the first importance
that when our National Centennial comes it shall find
our whole people settled firmly the great moral prn-
cipes which should shape our national policy and diff
ferDg those questions OF the expodency of the
means develop those principles which, until all men
see with one eye, must always exist And this canvass,
It seems 20 me, presents the opportunity for more
perfect union than we have yet had The mass of the
Southern people have by solemn resolution pledged
their adherence tine results of the aud chosen
their leaders two specially and markedly identified
with the measures and causes of those results. Is
II not best is il not the only course we
can adopt to take them at their word
aud 1--WE who intenty have fought the battle hhertO)
assume control OF the present movement DO We not
thereby its and make the peace have
conquered lasting ones They have said in substance:
" ii Will change your captain we VIII enlist under
your banner" Now does not everything that is com
prsed in the words prudence, policy WISDOM statesman
ship, teach 10 accept the offer The more too,
when the leaders they ask whose history is
might almost say the history of the Aud is not
the rejection Of the offer the declaration OF feay
man rather than principle suppose Joe Johnstons
army the fighting march from Chattanooga TO Atlanta
had offered 70 fight with rather than against us, II
only Thomas Hooker had been put IN Shermans
place. Would it not have been criminal to say No to
tlemf X. ID. NJ.


Washington, Aug. Il, 1872.
Year: 1872

A WORD ABOUT DEEss.-We are glad to
know that onr lady friends may consider them
selves well dressed in pretty suit of some
simple material, which the dust of the street
will not i,jure, and which can be restored to
its original beauty by tine hundress. We
are glad to find that they will not offend
Dame Fashion by preferrng simple cos
tune of some fleecy material to the be-ruffled,
be-furbelowed, heavy silk or poplin. The
old adage of beauty unadorned" is truer
than most bellies think, especially in the Sum
mer. There is something deligtfully cool and
refreshing to the eye in simple white dress,
with perhaps few pretty bows Of brigh:
ribbon to heghten its effect, or dainty cam
brio scattered over with miniature violets or
rose buds, a something so in harmony with
the beauty and simplicity Of nature that is
often f,.r more attractive than even the elab-
crate attire of the ballroom. Such dress
makes a plain woman attractive, and pref
ty girl charming.
Year: 1872

A NORTH street man went off Satur-
day noon for half day OF fishing.
when he returned he had walked
thirteen miles. lost a tOrty-iive dolar
watch, sprained his thumb, spoiled an
eleven dollar pair OF pants by sitting
down on his luncheon, and caught II
four pound mud turtle. lie got back
IN time to help the doctor cut from his
oldest boys foot one Of the several fish
hooks he had left at home. lie took
cursory view eff the situation, and
went to bed.-Dda5Wy NerS.
Year: 1872

THERE possibly may be few Of our
readers who will believe this grasshop-
per story. They have become so raw
enous out In Montana lii Is said) that
they eat the iron work on wagons.
That's pretty tough work ito believel
perhaps, but Jersey mosquitoes can
discount them and give them large
odds. They have been known to tickle
q mule on the back until he kicked up
and. then to devour his shoes while
they were in the air. Why not tell 4
story while you are about it.
Year: 1872

ANOTHER CAyE.-One of the most exten-
siye caves in the country has recently been
discovered near Shutters Corners, Schoha-
rie County, N. Y. A party who visited it,
the other day, report that they penetrated
under the mountain about mile, and found
an immense amount Of the finest specimens
and form ations caused by the action of water.
Some of the stalactites and stalagmites were
a foot or more in diameter, and 80 clear that
YOU could nearly sec through them. a pet
rified stump, similar to those lately found at
Gilboa (the color bcing white,) was found
about half mile from the entrance. Near
the center was a dome about leo feet in
height, which, when lighted up, presented a
most beautiful appearance, it being covered
with stalactites Of all shapes and appearance.
Owing to the finding of water too deep to
be waded, farther progress of the party
was prevented. The proprietor intends to
procure canvas boat for the purpose of cross
ing this hitherto unexplored sea, and expects
to find the principal part of the cave beyond.
The theory is that this cave connects with
what is known as Bulls cave, some five
miles distant. If such be the case, then
there is ample room for the most extensive
cave in the country, Being located some SOC
feet under one of the mcst massive rock fol
nations in the State. The proprietor in
tends to take measures Immediately to drair
off the water, clear out the passage ways
and make it more easy of access. No troubl'
is experienced even now, for there arc onl,
two or three places where person is com


PEELED to stoop a little to get through. Th


entire distance can be traversed withou. any


inconvenience The cave contains minera


spring boiling up from beneath the rocks


the water of which has been analysed an
found to contain iron in large quantities.