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Year: 1870




~ man named Hotchkiss,
the other night thought he
would have some fun soaring
his wife, by dropping a loose
brick down the chimney into
the Fireplace in her room. So
he crept softly out Of bed, and,
with nothing on but his night.
shirt, sneoked up stairs and got
out on the roof Mr.. Hotch-
kiss dropped nineteen bricks
down the chimney, each one
with a vigorous slam; but his
W fo never screamed II solitary
time.


So then Mr.. Uotchkiss gave
it up and thought he would go
down stairs; but he found that
Mrs. Hotchkiss had her head
out Of the trap-door watching
him all the time, and when he
had finished she had shut the
trap and fastened it Oh the in
side. 1t may be as well to
state that Mr.. Hotchkiss spent
the rest Of the night sitting on
the sharp peak Of the roof with
trailing garments Of the night
huttering in the evening breeze,
singing,


"rm lonely tonight love without you"


Mrs. Hotchkiss intimated to
her confidential friends that
she thought she had him.
Year: 1870

In answer to query, wheth-
er an apiary situated near q
body of water, half a mile or
more in width, would not be
subject to many losses on ac-
count of the bees lighting
on the water to rest, q corr
respondent Of the Iowa Home
stead says:


l once lived where my bees
passed over nearly one mile of
water to obtain honey from
white clover, and the loss was
such that my colonies could
not keep up their strength
during the time of gathering
exclusively from white clover.
| could see the drowned bees
float . ashore by the thousands,
While my neighbors' bees, on
the other side Of the water,
were increasing in number and
strong surplus honey, mine
were decreasing and not storing
a particle of surplus. And
now must tell a story about
that same mill pond, and how
| lost over half a swarm of bees,
and how | saved the other
half.


On the east side of my apiary,
it was about twenty rods to
the pond, and not a bush on
that side for the bees to cluster
on, so [ set up three or four
balsam bushes near the bee
house, and when the bees
swarmed and made for the east,
| uesed to take one of these
bushes and carry it along and
hold it where the bees were
flying thickest, and they usually
commenced clustering on it,
and | would walk back to the
bee house with them; but upon
one occasion | had q very
large swarm come out, and
the wind was blowing quite q
gale from the west, and before
the bees had near done coming
out of the hive, those on the
wing were scattered nearly to
the pond, and as they were
heavily loaded with honey, the
wind was sweeping them into
the pond by the thousands. L
caught my bush and hurried
to the edge of the pond, but
instead Of the bees clustering
on the bush, they commenced
clustering directly on my face.
| dropped the brush and with
my left hand commenced to
brush them gently up towards
my hat, and with my right
hand 1 raised it a trife, and
by working cautiously, 1 soon
had what were not drowned
in my hat without getting a
single sting; but more than one
half the swarm were swept in
to the pond by the wind, and
the queen was lost.


Two years ago this spring,
while the soft naples were in
bloom, on seveal afternoons, q
small patch of plowed ground
would be literally covered, so
that a person could not step
without stepping on loaded
bees that were resting. The
nearst soft naples were prob
ably two and a half miles di-
rectly west of my apiary. The
bees were so completely tired
that they could not reach the
hive until they had taken a
rest.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, May l0.-The commit
tee this morning considered the Georgia
bill. 1t was proposed to report to
the House the bill as originally
introduced in that body, which was
similar to the bill admitting Virginia to
representation, with an amendment pro-
viding for the employment Of a militia
instead of regular military force, in
case it was necessary for the preserva-
ton of peace and the enforcement of
the laws. This amendment is
in lien Of the Senate substitute
instead of fixing the time of
election for members Of the Legislature
as that substitute, and in Bingham S
amendment The question of the term
of officers is to he left to judicial deci
sion. The committee has arrived at no
definite conclusion. The consideration
of the subject will be resumed Thurs
dav.


The committee on Wavs and Means
are considering the Internal Revenue
bill which will soon be reported TO the
House. The Funding bill may be re-
garded as virtually dead.


The customary Tuesday afternoon re-
ception at the White House was brill
liantly attended.


The Senate confirmed David c. Hum
phreys, of Alabama, Associate Justice
OF the Supreme Court for the District of
Columbia.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA, 1870.
General orders from headquarters announce that
the following regiments will Interchange posts
during the spring and summer OF 1870, Wiz
= The Thirteenth Infantry with the Seventh infantry
the Eighth cavalry with the Third cavalry.


The commanding general Of the military division OF
Missouri, General Sheridan, Will give such orders as
Will accomplish this transfer at the least cost TO the
United and at the least risk to the military interests
involved He Will at first cause such part OF the Third
cavalry as can be spared to be put In motion for Ari
zOnR as early as the season justles it, and the re-.
mainder as fast as similar detachments arrive from
Arizona.


The commanding general OF the military division
OF the Pacific General Thomas Will cause Us large o
part OF the Eighth cavalry as can be spared to
to New Mexico as early as possible and the remain
der OF the regiment when the first detachment OF the
Third cavalry has reached Arizona.


The military division commanders will correspond
ny telegraph and 30 arrange that the movements
shall coincide,
Year: 1870

PRISON REFoRM.-We publish elsewhere
the substance of a memorial of the New York
Prison Association to the Legislature for an
amendment to our State constitution in rela-
tion to our pententiary system. The me-
mortal favors the appointment of board of
prison managers who shall have the superin-
tendance Of all the prisons and the appoint
ment of the prison officers. The moral
administration of the prisoners is the point to
which the memorial is especially devoted. In
addition to abolshing cruel and unusual
punishments, which are even yet in vogue in
some OF the prisons, they wish to elevate the
better nature of convicts and provide some
hope and plan Of reform for those who are
willing to do better
Year: 1870

ST. LOUIS, Jan. IA, 1870.
meeting was held at the Southern Hotel last
night to consider the subject OF removing the ma.
tonal capital to the Mississippi Valley, ana was well
attended. many prominent citizens being present.
resolution was adopted providing for q committee
OF Eve to correspond with the Governors OF all the
OF their respective States to memorlalize
Congress to appropriate no more money
for the erection or new extending the
present public buildings at Washington. The
committee was also instructed to prepare pa
per containing all the statistics possible on the sub
ject or the removal and showing the extent,
magnitude and variety OF interests Of the mississippi
Valley. and to send copy to each member OF the
different state Legislatures. Several speeches were
made ana much interest and even enthusiasm was
manifested In the matter.
Year: 1870

the bulls eye or anything else, club their


muskets and pitch in for free fight all round,


making money, but breaking pledges and losing
regulations. Meanwhile, the wise old heads,
members who have been in the Legislature
before and know how to manage its workings,
usually keep as quiet as mice, but cunning as
ioxes, and patiently await their opportunity to
enunciate their measures and carry them out
triumptantly.


But the opening of the present Legislature is
dinerent from its predecessors. The old men,
oers, the dictators and managers ofthe majority,
have started straight into the business of the
session with full head of steam on. They
have not waited until some three weeks of the
session have expired before commencing work,
but have plunged into it with thorough will.
The fifteenth amendment was tomahawked at
the first dash; the administration at Wash
ington was promptly scalped for its deser-
ton of poor Cuba; the workingmen were
tickled by the repeal of the Conspiracy
law; economy-loving citizens became jolly
at the idea of squelching the junket-
ing special committees-a step towards re-
trenchment that was hardly to have been cx-
pected from o democratic majority who are
famous for having fine tooth for the savory
things Of this life. Then comes the long
promised blocking up of the operations of the
Excise law until June next (upon which every
lager beer saloon keeper and dramshop keeper
In the city will rejoice), and the proposed re-
duction Of liquor licenses to twenty five dollars
each-a sum that can be realized almost any
evening by. the commonest gin mill in the city.
Anon will come along the grand event for
local rejoicing, the re-elevation of the Corpora
tion OF the city of New York into the dignity Of
a sovereign municipality-the disenthraIment
of her citizens from the bondage imposed by
rural photographers, and their resumption
once more of place among the free citizens
of free republic. ssa.. 4


Having thus put the entire legislative
machinery IN perfect running order, and hav-
ing satisfied themselves that it will work
smoothly and satisfactorily, the members
banked fires on Thursday in order to give the
journals chance to cool off. The machine
Will be started again next week, when it is
expected that laws will be turned out with IN
paralleled expedition.
Year: 1870

A street called the Tokedia is the
broadway Of Ycddo. |, is twenty miles
long, aud is more crowded throughout
But there is vast difference in the ap.
pearance OF the two thoroughlarcs. -
There are no vehicles in use in Japan.
aud the payements extend from Que side
ofthe street to the other. No provision
is made for the passage of carriages,
omnlbpses or wagons, for there are none
IN existence, aud persons on foot take
po session Of the whole highway. The
entire metropolis is built of wood, aud
one dwelling is representation of all.
A japanese house at first glance resem.
bles u child's toy house on large scale.
The floor is raised about two feet above
the earth, and there is covered porch
in front, resting on the bare ground
After entering the porch you step into
the house, always leaving your shoes
behind you 1t is considered n very
great breach of proprieiy to enter a
dwelling without removing ones boots.
As they wear only sandals, covered with
a leathcrn thong, which they can shuttle
off In an instant, this custom is of but
little moment to the natives, but for.
elgners find it very troublesome one.
The porch answers as depository for
shoes, aud, in passing house, the mum.
Der of visitors may be known by count.
ing the number of pairs Of sandals on
the porch, Wheh the walls of the
house are up, it consists or one large
room, which is then cut up by partitions,
which are nothing more than sliding
screens that close up into each other in
fashion that admits Of one apartment
being divided into dozen distinct ones
instantly There are no ehimneys at.
taehcd to the houses, and they contain
no beds, chairs or tables


The floors are covered with series Of
clean bamboo mats or cushions, each six
feet By three, aud nicely bound with
red or blue tape. They are stuffed with
light wool or moss, and are rs soft and
yielding to pressure as the heaviest
Brussels velvet. These mats ft in with
each other as regularly as the squares
on chess board, and the whole floor is
kept clean and is busted as often as
the mahogany sideboard 10 the house Of
Dutch burgher. No speck of dirt is
ever allowed to rest upon the polished
surface of the mating, and TO step upon
it with pair of boots would he greater
insult than to make footstool Of a sew.
en- hundred dollar piano. The family
sit upon the mating an day. with their
legs bent under them, in shape that
would give any foreigner incurable
paralysis in fifteen minutes, and they
sleep upon it at night. A Japanese
pillow is a curiosity 10 its way. II is
nothing but a rocker Of cradle, broad
enough to stand alone, with semi.cir.
eular depression on the upper side,
The Japanese lie full length on the
floor, place not their head, but their
neck 10 the cresent,shaped hollow on
the upper side Of the pillow, aud rock
themselves to sleep in few minutes.
Year: 1870

Many the writer these lines and invalid physician while visiting s
Island Of st. cx for their health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced evaIds who ks


eves seeking health; and inquiry investigation obtained full history
Of its medicinal virtues delighted surprised and his recovery
which occurred determined possible procure
and sell it the United


The result Of his ahs glorious humanity
for celebrated PLANTATION BITTERs known the world PLAN
TAN BITTERs being article real upon principles
relying wholly the vegetable world for its medicinal
ton in the history medicine and became
world The cabals Tlsso man
the PLANTATION BTTTEs exceeded the abilities


Notwithstanding the large importation st. expressly
pounding Of these Eers the quantity inadequate necessary
that abroad should
dispatched St. Thomas purpose securing
leasing several plantations the largest and productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected by magic which utterly
hd the natives The services natives heand
prpeto the PLANTATION BITTERs position


supply their laboratory with all the perfectly St. cx Rum needed manui
turing represents
crushing preparing rsses
nidoe Maious Dyspepsia and
kindred diseases PLANTATION BITTERs unsurpassed the
history the world Over FIVE million bottles disposed annually They
adapted old and male and female They agreeable TASTE and always
immediate beneficial
Year: 1870

exponent of either English or American
society. Because Sir Charles Mordaunts wife
was mad from disease or vice, we certainly do
not argue that the pure homes Of England are
all suddenly filed with Messalnas; because
our own fashionable girls exhibit themselves
in immodest dances or revel in the indeceDcies
of the Opera BOuffe, we do not suspect the
air to be tainted about well-bred women, or
feel disposed to doubt the integrity and purity
of our own wives and daughters.


immortality among women is found IN two
strata only of our social life in the lowest
class who fill the houses of prostitution In the
cities (eight- tenths of whom, by statistics In
New York and Philadelphia, are foreigners),
and in that spurious aristOcracy whose only
claim to notice consists in wealth and the vul-
gar display of it. Both of these bodies OF
women, by virtue of a certain unity OF ann
and fash demeanor, keep themselves glarlngly
before the public eye. They find their ready
organs, too, in some of our New York journals,
which willingly advertise not only the line
dresses of the latter, but the designations OF
their unnameable sisters. Hence, the name Of
American society has been gradually absorbed
by Anonyma and Mrs. Shoddy, and is de-
graded almost beyond help by the Stiffness of
the one and the vice of the other. Now, what
have these two women to do with the great
element of American domestic life2 Absolute
ly nothing They faunt out their little hour,
they help build temples to vice and to lnfan-
ticide, and that is all. Apart from them in the
cities is the great class of working women
the teachers, writers, artists tradeswomen; ;
and purer body Of women does not live
Healthful work for body and mind leaves no
room for the vagaries of passion. Utterly apart
from them, too, is the class in the cities which
most powerfully represent the culture and re-
finement of the country. But it is outside OF
cities, let us remember that we must look for
the strength and substance Of our national
lfe-in the quiet homes that stretch from ocean
to ocean, innumerable as their sands. In this
great national domestic life, the feverish, un-
easy few who call themselves society, on one
or two city streets, are never heard Of. Not
only virtue but mOdesty there is yet the rule,
and it is our honest belief that nowhere in the
world is God as sincerely wOrshiped, is the mar
riage tie as universally respected, and are women
as pure in thought and deed, as in the ordinary
family life of America. Our faith in Anglo
Saxon blood too, is strong enough to preserve
our old respect for British wives and mothers,
despite the lamentations over them of tpeir
own prophets. III
Year: 1870

We have more than once thought that the
people of France were to a greater degree re-
sponsible for Napoleon than Napoleon is re-
sponsible for the people of France. Every
publican, every soldier, every Mameluke that
gives his stolid, sturdy support to the Empire
is no less an autOcrat in spirit than the En-
peror himself In appealing to this class OF men,
Napoleon shows that Caesar himself may be the
greatest of demagogues. 1t is to such men
that the most astute monarch of the day has
addressed the proclamation with reference to
the Plebiscitum of the 9Th of May, the full
text of which we print elsewhere. The chief
feature of this remarkable paper is its direct
appeal to the people for the perpetuation of the
Napoleonic dynasty. Not for himself merely
does Napoleon, with even specious and special
earnestness ask for the suffrages of the
soldiers, sailors, and people of France, but
in express terms for hls son and heir. He
presents an issue-a very broad one, but one
for which his opponents are not prepared, and
cannot be, in the nature of things. The result
VIII bespretty much as its organizer orders it.
In the worst event, he would be capable of
making the vote effectually coup d6tat; but
this he does not need. France will answer
yes-that is, all the people of France whom i'm
perialism has not made dumb, and all whom
il has made worse than dumb.
Year: 1870




When the Assembly, on Saturday, came to
vote upon the bill which removes all restric-
tons on the Right of Suffrage for Blacks but
those which bear equally on Whites, Mr. Will
liam ID. Murphy Oem.) of Albany saw tit to
deliver himself as follows:


al shall vote for this BILL not In Difference 10 the XVIII
Amendment but because the State OF New-York has the
constitutional right to regulate the subject OF sufra
for herself The Constitution Of the United States does
not confer upon Congress the power TO regulate this
question, aud hence the adoption OF the XVIII Amend
ment Is usurpation OF authority for which there a
no constitutional warrant The regulation OF the
question of suffrage has always been conceded to the
States and, until the agitation OF the question involved
in the XVIII Amendment. the right to regulate the
question was questioned either by Congress or the
people, am willing, however, TO take from the Black
man the $3.50 qualification under which ho str1l
ees placing him upon equal footing with the White
man at the ballob0x; and do this because Slavery no
longer exists In this land Tho Property qualification
o great wrong, and should never be imposed in free
country. l shall therefore vste Ay"


Comments by The Tribune. ....


When Slavery did exist in our State, Whites
and Blacks were allowed TO vote on equal
terms. The Democratic party imposed the
"great WRONG" Oh the Blacks in 1921. when
Year: 1870

1t is deplorable fact that there are thou
sands of men who, having nothing else to do
will get drunk and, as many of them when
drunk are riOtous, it has always happened that
in this City an unrestrained liquor traffic has
always led to the greatest number of breaches
of the peace in the hours of respite from la
Dor. There was therefore, practical kindness
in the rigor of the Metropolitan Excise law,
which, being rigidly enforced for two years,
produced results as remarkable as they were
gratifying. The nights were quiet and the sun
days decorous, only because the saloons were
effectually closed.


A year ago, Tammany influence became so
powerful in the Board of Excise that, the law
falling into allegiance, the change was lmme-
diate and marked. The Democratic triumph in
the November election following, there was no
longer any pretense of enforcing the law and
it being naturally assumed that, no matter what
the statute might prescribe, there would prac-
tically be free rum under Democratic supre-
macy, affairs went rapidly from bad to worse,
and we are again beginning to experience to
the full extent the evils of an untrammeled
liquor traffic. For weeks past there has
not been Sunday free from disgraceful broils
in saloons Kept open in defiance of the law.
Yesterday these weekly bacchanalian quarrels
eliminated in diminutive riot and murder.
A party OK rufians, who had doubt
tless spent the night in roaming among
the rum shops, ended the protraeted
debauch in q saloon in King-st., which they
reached at o'clock in the morning. They
had been there but few minutes when gen.
eral fight occurred, in which one OF them
was stabbed and killed. The life thus
lost may have been of little value,
but the manner of its taking deeply concerns
tho community. The law yet declares that
places where liquor is sold shall be kept closed
upon Sunday, and also between one and five
O'Clock in the morning on other days; yet here
is a general disturbance and a murder in a
liquor den within Illegal hours. 1t is a startling
proof, and one not unexpected, that under
Tammany control any excise law pretending
to limit the liquOv traffic is sham. 1t is also
evidence that we are about to have a carnival
of crime as a corollary of Democratic suprem-
acy in the State
Year: 1870

Is there not hint to the contractors who
promise us the removal of He'll Gate in the
result of the novel engineering by which San
Francisco has got rid of the chief obstruction
of her harbor, Blossom Rockf There was net
only ingenuity displayed in devising the plan,
hut energy employed in executing it. We 90
not mean to intimate that these qualities have
never been melted by the Hell Gate obstruc-
fions. We hope, further, that there is no
ofense in wishing that the San Francisco en-
cineer has made enough money off his success
1ul venture there to justify him in coming this
way and taking look at our haI5or.