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Year: 1875

Hyppocrates, in his celebrated "Frea-
tise on Diet" endeavored to prove that all
men were born with equal capacity, and
the difference in after life in their mental
power was owing to the food which they
ate.
A respectable physician asserts that he
can estimate the calibre OF mans mind
by the state of his stomach.


1t is stated that gentleman treated Dr..
johnson to new honey and cream, OF which
he ate so much his entertainer became
alarmed. This celebrated man had al
ways voracious attachment to Q leg Of
mutton. cat my aunt Ford's," said he.
II ate so much of boiled leg of mutton
that she used to talk of it."


Joseph Addison was very timid in the
presence of those whom he deemed his SUI
periors, and strove to bring his courage
up by the use of wire, and finally became
very intemperate, which drew from DR..
johnson these memorable remarks: AIN
the bottle discomfort seeks for comfort,
|oowardice for courage, and bashfalness
for confidence"


Charles Lamb was excessively partial to
roast pig, and wrote an essay in Praise OF
it.


Ariosto was so attached to frugal way
of living that he said Of himself he should
have lived ''when acorns were the food OF
mankind"
Shelley had an inefable contempt for all
|sensualities of the table, and, like Newton,
used to inquire if he had dined.
To counteract tendency to corpulency,
Lord Byron at one period dined four days
in week on fish and vegetables.
Benjamin Franklin contemplated prac-
tising abstinence from animal food. 81
hesitated some time, he says, between


principle and inclination, till at last reco' :
Letting that when cod had been opened
some small fish were found in it, said to


myself if you eat one another / see no rea-
son why we may not eat you. How con-


yenient it is to be rational animal that


know how to invent plausible pretext


for whatever it has an mediation to do -
Milton used to take pipe and tobacco


and glass of water just before going to
bed.
Sir Walter Scott, in whose works COM
lplete code for life and conduct might be


found. said greatness of any kind has no
greater foe than a habit of drinking
(which was only another wey of putting


Switt's words when he said of temperance,
| ut is necessary virtue for great men,
since it is the parent of that ease and lib
erty which are essential for the improve
ment Of the mind, and which philosophy


allows to be the greatest felicity of life
Hearth and Home.
Year: 1875

A Writer says that he has never known
but one remedy for grubs in horses worth
publishing and that one is sage tea. He
says as soon as one is satisfied that his
horse has the grubs, (Which are sure to
kilD he should make a strong sage tea.
drcnch the animal once or twice, or until a
change is effected. But ''as an ounce OF
preventive is worth pound of cure it
would be well to give the horse cupful
of pulverized sage leaves in some meal or
bran once or twice week.
Year: 1875

aEWhen Denver husband misses the
wife of his bosom at meal time nowadays,
he don't yell for the police, or rush around
the nei ighborhood asking everybody if
they have seen Mary Jane. He just walks
down to the auction room, puts his head
into the door and sings out: MARY Jane.
them beans is biledr' And she lifts up
her whole soul and comes waiting toward
him like Vail naturalization.
Year: 1875

The other day an adipose citizen
strolled up to couple of acquaintances
who were talking on the corner, and one
of them saluted him with, "Why, you are
growing bigger every day. l have heard
of man being fatter than fool, but be-
lieve you are fatter than two FOOLS" ''Well,
guess l could outweigh both of YOU re-
piled old rotund quietly, as he walked
ALONG
Year: 1875

Said saucy Rochester beauty to a
foppish fellow who bored her with his
compliments; "Your presence and con-
versation are vastly agreeable, and what
is remarkable your attractiveness doesn't
seem to depend upon brains at all"
Year: 1875

sYA lady teacher in Sunday school
recently has occasion to Illustrate a lesson
ON faith by the story of a child who was
told by his father to drop from an elevated
place into his arms. The father could not
be seen by the child, yet when command
ed, it dropped. Upon the teacher asking
her class what was shown by this story, Il
bright little fellow Immediately replied,
1T showed he had pluck.
Year: 1875

WE FEAR cur citizens are not
taking the active interest in the Pacific
railroad convention that its Importance
demands. This is all wrong, as it IS one
way Of impeding the progress of the
city of which We ought to feel ashamed,
especially when We remember what st.
Louis is doing to entertain the delegates
to her convention and make tia success.
In such an emergency as this we should
be as one man. We ought to be unit.
No enterprise Of equal moment or mag
nitude compared with the South
ern Pacific railroad has ever sp-
pealed to cur people for sup
pert. If we allow the present opportun-
ity for securing 1t to pass we may never
have another offered US. Every meI-
chant, business man and property
owEer, nay every citizen, no matter how
humble, is directly interested in the
success OF the convention to be held to-
morrow. Either We must father our
own enterprise or concedeCur unworshi-
ness and let Tom Scott have his way.
We hope fer the best, and urge upon
our people steady work TO that end.
Year: 1875

TIE New York Herald condemns the
suggestion OF wsr with Cuba on the
ground that a successful war at this time
means the election OF Grant as ""ar
President" "necessliy to the peace
and preservation OF the country" Then
would come an extension Of his term,
aud a gentle floating into the sea OF i'm
rnarialiann-
Year: 1875

The planters OF Louisiana are SO
much in need OF laborers to pick the
cotton crop thst they are offering sew
euty-five cents per hundred and board.
Negroes out Of employment have here
an opportunity they should not fail to
avail themselves OF.
Year: 1875

AMONG the questions finsIly disposed
Of by the people Of Mississippi, at the
last election, was the payment OF the
Union bank b5nds. AR amendment to
the State constitution was adopted,
which prohibits any future legislation
looking TO their payment.
Year: 1875

LOUISVILLE, November 1.-THE fire
in the city hall to-day, by the efforts of the
department, was confined to the tower OF the
building 1t was at first feared that the en-
tire structure. one of the most beautiful in
the land, would burn. but, by staying in the
tower aud striking the alarm-beils, the oper-
stor succeeded in calling out the fire depart
ment. and saved the main building. The
water had to be thrown one hundred and hfty
feet high, compelling two engines to play into
the same hose BY means OF a long rope a
hose was drawn to the top OF the hall, and
there used 20 great advantage. The loss will
come within the insurance.
Year: 1875

The Great Eastanalle Cave, which ex-
tends under the eminence southeast CT
Athens, known as Cleage's Ridge, is liter
ally filed with water which found its way
down the gorge. No one in our day has
ever ventured far into the dark and myste-
rious depths Of the great cavern, and little
is known of it further than an old tradition,
now fading away, that a party of De Soto's
men who crossed the Hiawasse at the Sa-
wanna Ford, where great battle was
fought, were pursued by the Indians and
took refuge in it-only to be walled up and
left to a lingering death. Had the vast
body of water now gathered in the Easta-
nalle Cave been added to the creek when
at it's highest recently, we are apprehen.
sive that it would have been "good bye
john" with several who live in the lower
level Of the town.
Year: 1875

The Democratic junta of this county
finding that they had raised hornets
nest about their ears by their attempted
usurpatlon Of functions that did not be-
long to them, and finding also that no re-
putabIc candidate would accept their
"threc tailors" nomination, concluded yes
terday to change their tactics and issue a
call for primary meetings, which they
have done.


The next game Of the little Ring within
thi, junta WILDE to try and control these
primary meetings, and thus still succeed
in forcing Ring nominee on the party
and II possible on the peopIgo Of the three
counties, The game is to kill,otr one or
two prominent Democrats and prevent
anything like an Independent choice on
the part Of the people.
Year: 1875

millions almost within their grasp when
the panic came and scattered their pros
poets to the four winds Of heaven. To it
belong many Of the victims Of the latter,
who cherish the hope that under new
paper money initiation the Northern Pa
cifc bonds will rise in value.


Besides these classes, and many more
that we might name, there is a class Of
perfectly solvent people who are in favor
of initiation. First, there are those who
believe that during new deal Of paper
money they will be smart enough to get
in on the rise, make their pile and leave
other people, not so smart, to be caught
with shrinkable stuff on hand. Second,
there are those, farmers for instance, who
will admit that along with initiation must
come high prices for living, labor,
&C., yet say that being producers
the excess will be on their side and
that in the end they will be gamers,
They will get more for their wool, cattle,
hogs, grain, etc, and can afford to pay
more for what little they need to purchase
outside Of their own raising. These men
proceed, Of course, upon the theory that
they can either invest this surplus profit
ably us 1t accTues, which is delusion
in all probability,or that it will pay them
to hold it unemployed until it shrlnks in
to gold, which Is probably another delu-
sion, They apparently expect to see the
last ten years repeat themselves, which
is altogether unlikely, We cannot REIN
state the necessary circumstances, We
may be able to raise the whirlwind with
out ability to control the storm. But
enough on this head,


II a vote OF the people Of the country
at large could be taken on the three
phases Of the financial question to which
we have alluded it would no doubt be in
favor Of letting things alone, in other
words, letting the business Of the country
adjust itself by growth and development
(and freedom from Congressional legisla-
tom to the currency as it now stands.
Year: 1875

A motion was then made to receiue the
report for the future consideration OF the
congregation. This proposition was stran-
gled to death in its infancy by the friends
OF Mr.. McCurdy, as indeed were all the
Others, they claiming that il the commit
tee had given the antics I::eea, ink and paper
and allowed them to draw the report it
could not have been more in their iner-
esl than it was.


Here was a thrust with a twO.edged
sword right into the ribs of the commit
tee, and which was evidently felt, al the
committee got together Immediately, and
one OF their number made u motion that
as the congregation by its action had re-
fused to give the report respectful con-
sideratiOn, therefore resolved that We adj
jouFn. The motion was put and carried,
and the committee this evening rose and
left the congregation in disgust. And
instead Of the chasm being closed, as it
was hoped, it has become wider from the
action Of to-day, us the feelings Of both
parties were up to boiling heat. As to
which party is right, We cannot say, nor
would we II we knew, as 1t is our intGn-
tion to take no part in this controversy,
only as a reporter Of the lNTELuGENCER,
gathering up that which by It's relations
becomes legitimate newspaper property
and OF interest to the paper We represent,


Although this letter by It's length is
wearisOme to me, and no doubt ditto
with you, deem Il proper Just here to re-
turn, on behalf OF the INTELLIGENCER,
my SINGER thankse to ThOs. Hanna, Esq,
OF the Fulton Paper Mills, Wheeling, for
Courtesies extended on Saturday night
after the "mails had closed" aud We had
"gonc to press" That's all. BILL,
Year: 1875

at the church. the principals retired to
a house near by and the rest of the
party stood about the church door,
while a deputation proceeded to q
house not far off to ask the clergyman
to perform the ceremony. AS he had
travelled some twenty miles the day
before for this express purpose, he con-
sented, and soon entered the church.
He wore a long black gown and an
Elizabethian ruff bout his neck. Af-
ter the clergymen, the bridal party
made their way into the church in a
rather confused manner, the men TAX
ing their seats on the right hand side
of the aisle and the women and chill
dren on the left.5 re ~ r..t


The clergyman having entered the
chancel-an octagonal space rallied off
at one end of the church and having
at the back screen of oak, orna-
mented with several gaudy pictures
the ceremony began. First the clerk
sang very nasal solo; then there was
an exhortation, lasting nearly half an
hour; then the clergyman chanted,
the clerk sang another psalm, the cler-
gyman Joined the hands of the couple,
placing his right hand first on the
head of the woman, then on that of
the man; blessed them, and they were
man and wife, The couple then rose
from their knees, and, followed by the
more liberal of their kinsmen, walked
to the clerks desk, on the left of the
chancel, and dropped few coins into
the alms-chest. They then walked
entirely around the chancel and be-
hind the screen to their original place
in front of it. Then another prayer
was made; the clergyman first, then
all the spectators, shook hands with
bride and groom, and then all left the
church. The marriage ceremony
lasted about three-quarters OF an hour
and was rather trying ordeal for the
many children present.


After leaving the church the happy
pair retired to the house of a near rel
ative, who lived close by the church,
where they received the congratula-
tions of their friends. For three days
bride and groom are expected to re-
ceive all who come and to entertain
them with feasting and dancing. On
the other hand, each guest is expected
to bring some small present, usually
some food, to be used in the wedding
festivities. At the conclusion of the
wedding feast, the BRIDES mother and
the other matrons present strip her OF
her wedding finery and substitute for
it the stately cap and dress of mar
ried woman. X. IL. ii.
Year: 1875

Ns


The Ways and Means Committee OF
sthe House, after consultation with Sec-
retary Bristow and an examination OF
the sources of revenue, have come to
believe that increased taxation is nee
essary to supply the necessary revenue
land still keep up the sinking fund.
The committee also opposed the
project of putting this increased tax
on tea and coffee as favored by some.
They also came to the conclusion that
cit was evident that no decrease of ex-
penditures would begin to provide the
necessary remedy. The committee
therefore through Dawes, chairman on
the 10th instant, introduced bill to
increase the tax ON whiskey to one
dollar gallon, and Oh tobacco to
twenty -four cents per pound. This is
an increase on whiskey of about thirty
cents gallon, and on tobacco of four
cents a pound. The bill also provides
for the abolition, after the present year,
of the tax on matches and bank. .checks.


We like the general tenor Of the bill.
We think the increaaed taxation 10
placed in just as good place a. It can
be. The bill is intended to provide
for the raising Of $50, 900, 600 additional
revenue. The whiskey aud tobacco
market, on account of this action, IL
lively and fuctuating. Those having
quantities in store, should the bill
pass, will reap nice profit.
Year: 1875

A BILL for the admission of Colorado
as State has passed the House, and
now awaits action by the Senate. II
is not impossible that we may have
new State in the Union soon. It seems
to us that Colorado has population and
wealth sufficient to assume State rela-
tions in the Union. Already she has
large commercial cities of national rep.
utation, and considering the condition
of many of our States at the time OF
their admission, we think Colorado's
claims are good.
Year: 1875

smilingly, "If ye owned me you'd sit in
my lap


The commonest objection to the civil
rights bill and all bills for the protection
of negroes, is that it undertakes to en-
force social equality and wipe out natu-
raj prejudices by statute. This objection
has gained some meaning from Republl-
cans "How would you like to have
negro forced into your society and seated
at your table against your willP' say the
reactionists. 1t is precisely the same
argument we used to hear in the anti
slavery controversy. The friends of free
dom were called "nigger lovers" and mis-
cegenationists," when the truth was that
every mulatto and quadroon in the
United States could trace his parentage
directly back to some STAKEHOLDER. 1t Is
so now. Contact between Democrats
and negroes is all right so long as the
negro approaches the Democrat as an
inferior. When law and eternal justice
make that negro citizen and they come
together before the law, then the contact
becomes a disgrace. The difference is
not in the negro, but in his changed
status in law. The prejudice is not nat
ural, but political 1t is his freedom
and citizenship that is odious, not his
person The colors that infuriate these
neh anu SOOhs dhN AONl
white and blue-not black, brown and
coffee color The conclusion is irresisti-
BILE that their sensitiveness will not be
appeased until the negro is again made
their inferior in law and rights. No
thing but the restoration of involuntary
servitude in some form will give US
peace The repeal of the civil rights
bill and all such will not be enough.
Uncle Sam must keep his hands off while
the Sovereign States of the South legis-
late the negro back into that condition
of inferiority for which he was designed
by God''-and by the white man, especial
ly for the white man. We commend
this fact to the consideration of such Re-
pubticans as think the negro does not
need federal protection. The sleeping
car howl is only protest against the
freedom, the citizenship, and against any
and all rights of the negro.
Year: 1875

One of the results Of the recent temperance
agitation, coinciding with political conflict
of unusual interest and uncertainty in the
State of Rhode Island involving the election
of q United States Senator, was Il curious and
not uninstructive experiment lii legislation.
At time when most of the Now-England
States had begun to perceive that law which
has not the sanction of public opinion cannot
be executed, the Legislature of Rhode Island
was induced to pass the most stringent pro-
hibitory liquor law i'll existence. 1t aims not
TO regulate or diminish the sale OF intoxi-
eating spirits in that State, but to
prohibit it entirely. The theory of the law Is
that it is right and practicable for the Legis-
lature to abolish utterly the traffic III intOxi-
eating drinks. Some of the advocates of the
law went so far as to say that the traffic Gre
ated the demand, and that if no liquor were
allowed to be sold, none would be wanted.
There was no regard paid to the teachings OF
experience or analogy. The law was urged
upon principles of absolute conviction by
some. and accepted by others as political
oXpcdient.


When it was passed human nature asserted
itself, and the law broke up into more pieces
than can well be counted. 1t occasions good
deal of annoyance to honest men who want
to obey it, and none whatever to drunkards
or dishonest rumselers. A few places are
shut up, and great many more opened. Mr..
Wm. Il. Wcedcn of Providence, in q recent
treatise on the matter, speaks Of one street,
inhabited by the lower classes, III which one
or two shops have been shut up, and seven
teen private houses have begun to sell liquor
from tlCiT back doors. He says that while he
has been compelled to send to New-YOrk for
a gallon of cooking wine, less scrupulOus per-
sons, who care nothing about the law, can get
drunk as much at their ease as ever. The law
makes it somewhat more difficult to
procure liquors i'll the country, but
has greatly increased the number of
rum shops in the cities. Among other COM
plications which have grown up as a result of
the law is the conflict between the authorities
of the State and tho United States which is
at this moment occupying the attention of the
Legislature. The creditors in other States Of
several large liquor dealers in Rhode Island
have brought suit against them. and attached
their stock, which has thus passed into the
keeping Of tho United States Marshal. who
Year: 1875

INJUSTICE TO TIE MEN WHO FOUGHT


At the close of the war, the officers of the
regular army found themselves in positions,
gained in the war, that few could hope to
retain. The line of the army had gained their
places in battle as Brigade, Division, Corps
and Army commanders. The staff, excepting
tho medical officers, had gained theirs meri
toriously, but in offices generally far from the
strife of battle.


A question of some magnitude now pre-
sented itself so to dispose of those who still
remained in service in the reduced establish
ment that fairness and justice should be the
governing rule. Two of the prominent officers
were given rank higher than they had ever
held as volunteers. All the remainder were
given one, two, three, or four grades lower than
their war rank There was no help for this,
and although severe, no complaint was
made. There were fourteen positions of Gen
eral officers retained, whittier officers of the line
who had stepped down from their high places
earned in battle could in course OF time
be again elevated. 1t was also thought best
that the eight positions of General officers at
the heads of tho Staff Departments should bo
during the service Of tho war in
Year: 1875

WHAT TO DO WITH QUE E1-PRESiDENIS'


The interview given in another column be-
tween ex President Johnson and a represent
alive of TIE TRIBUNE will arrest pubic
attention, and the Senator's promised attitude
will command wide approval. He gives signs
of understanding the real temper of the time !;
and declares that he will refuse strict allegl-
ance TO any political party, waive any efforts
at personal vindication, leave all old grddSes
behind him, and devote himself to the present
interests Of the State and nation.


There s q certain natural elevation OF
views,--a tendency to careful consideration OF
all sides OF a question,-a regard for the well
fare of the whole country, which ought to
como to man who has filed the highest
Office in his countrys gilt, ana can have DO
other hope for his subsequent career than TO
leave q record not unbecominS one who has
been President. These are precisely the quail
tiles We most need in public lie, and cspc-
cially need in the body whicl the ad-
mission of carpct-bag Senators and OF
representatives from rotten borOugAs MS
named States in the extreme West has so
deplorably demoralized. Mr.. ClarksOn Potter
has not received all tho praise he deserves for
carrying through the House by 50 handsome
vote the constitutional amendment which
he had proposed in favor of lengthening tine
Presidential term to six years, and making
any incumbent ineligible for reelection il
this could .,bc adopted, and to it could be
added q proyision retiring the President at
the close of his term as q Scnat0rat-Large
for life, it would be a5 unObiectionable and
every way useful reform IN the Constitution
as wo have ever had.