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Year: 1871

eted them with her own fair
hands, and 10 her must be the
honor of undoing them. The
next and last of this class of ap.
peals, which we shall notice is
that which is used to excite the
pride of the white ladies of our
country, causing them to feel
that they are insultedj and in.
jured by our laws giving the
right of suffrage to the colored
man, and thereby placing her
in an inferior condition.


To those who are opposed to
the elevation Of the colored
race, we would earnestly en-
quire if they proposed to right
one wrong byperpetrating two.


Men of America have not
denied her equality, but by
their laws have honored pro.
tected and revered her. They
have left open to her, places Of
honor, emolument and ease,
and given to her the most re.
sponsible of situations, that of
moulding the youthful to carry
out her principles through the
rising generations.


1t is true our laws exclude
her from the right of suffrage,
and this is the great grievance
on which she predicates her
wrongs. She would have the
path open before her, where her
voice could be heard in the
legislative assemblies, and her
presence would grace the pres.
idential chair, where she could
amend those laws to her so re.
pu sive. She would snuff in.
temperance away with one
grand ballot; woman's labor
should receive its full value;
peaceful, thriving homes should
take the place of wrelched ten
ements, whose enchanted walls
should never more be cursed
by the demon alcohol; all this
transformation by woman's
right of suffrage.


1t is here where she AFRO
gates to herself superiority Il
man, and grows imperious anG
egotiStical. She should pause
and consider if woman is SC
much stronger in mental ca,
pacities and moral firmness
that when the privilege of vot.
ing is hers that bribery and
love of office and mercenary
motives will not affect her in
the same measure and produce
the same result upon her, as
those whom she must not for
get are her equals.


There are many pure minded
men who are seeking by ear.
nest and wise efforts to chase
away the "sad evils OF the de,
mon king" which are stretched
like one immense net from
ocean to ocean, and like a fu
neral pail over Americas
bright future, bringing desola-
ton and sadness to the once
happy fireside, causing loving
hearts to break and manhood
to lose its nobility. 1t is here
the pure Of her own sex should
join hand in hand and prove
herself the aid of man in this
glorious undertaking. Let her
arise, and with one mighty ef-
fort burst the chains which are
around her; act in the spirit Of
women of the olden times,
whose adornment was not in
costly pearls, ard fulfil the
golden commands of our de ar
Savior, and fill to overflowing
his empty Golfers, and carry out
his loving commands.


And let woman pay her EN-.
ployees literally; for It's a la,
mentable fact that woman in d
measure has dlsparaged the Ia
bors of her sex. How often do
we hear them depreciating the
services of the laundress or
seamstress, causing their hus.
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Year: 1871

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There are few married men who
are not averse to seeing their wives
kissed; but a correspondent relates
the particulars Of a case in which q
newly-wcddcd Benedict felt himself
iusuIted because his wife was not
kissed. The bridegroom in question
was stalwart young rustic, who
was known as a formidable operator
in s'free fight" His bride was 9
blooming and beautiful country girl
0only sixteen years ofage,' and the
twain we're at a party where anum-
ber Of young folks Of both sexes
were enjoying themselves IN the
good, old fashioned style Every
Year: 1871


Shut the door softly, mothers asleep,
Her fever is broken her slumber is deep.
Look inher pale face and see there no pain
Darling be thankful, we've mother again.
Shut the door softly, and come to her side
W at should we do II our mother had died
She who has loved US our weary lives


through


Shut the door softly, and do as do.
Shut the door softly, aud Sneel with me here
To him who has spared us our own mother


dear;


Who has given her back to our arms ,ncC


again. f


Borne her through danger and softened hci
I pain. .a ..... ..
Shut the door softly, and look in her face.
And see how it gathered in health and in


grace, t


Is she not handsome, this mother Of ours,
Waking to life like the buding Of fewers
Let us lose all in this fast flying life
Sister and brother and husband and wife,
Mothers love only, all this time has de6ed;
Shut the doorsoftly and come to her side.
Shut the door softly, mothers awake,
Back from the shores Of the fathomless lake;
Weary with the travel, but laden with charms
Longing to clasp us within her dear arms.
Mother, dear mother we loved you before,
Now We shall love you thousand time


more.


Weceme dear heart from the shade land;
Shut the door softly, and kiss her dear hand.
Year: 1871

A New Orleans correspondent
writes as followsof Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines, whose extensive litigatlons
have procured her national repu-
tation: Il met her few evenings
since at a private party, and was sur
prised at her youthful appearance
and vivacity of mind She is a
dapper little woman with very bright
eyes. mo perceptible gray hairs, and
apparently about forty years old.
She told Inc she was in her sixty
fourth year, and intended to live to
one hundred and fifty. She prides
herself on her acquaintance with
Clay, Webster and Calhoun, and
having been a great deal at Washing
ton, and associated with the leading
men of the nation. She possesses
quite a store of incidental history,
and it is very interesting to hear her
talk. She has talked about her lltl-
CATION and past history till her views
may be said to run in groove. AL
though she is considerably on the
downward slope to the tomb, to look
at her movements, one is impressed
that her idea of living half century
vet is not wholly visionary.
Year: 1871

Dinner time should be at noon, as
to the great masses of society. An
unfortunate necessity may impel
some business men in large cities to
take dinners late in the afternoon,
and some may follow the practice
with apparent impunity, but the risk
and responsibility are their own, and
there is left at least for the present.
AS common thing persons cannot
take into the stomach more food than
will last six or seven hours; if more
is taken, it cannot be acted upon to
advantage by the stomach, nor can
the person work we'll.


Ordinary labor exhausts the
strength contained in common
meal in the time specified. Persons
may habituate themselves to eat
more and work; but taking every
thing into account, families, consist
ing of old and young, of strong and
weak. of robust and the sickly, will
find it most convenient, as an aver
age, to eat at about six hours inter
val; and this with an early breakfast,
brings the dinner at noon.


The work since noon whets up the
appetite for dinner; the work after
dinner grinds up the food, manipu-
lates it in such a manner as to enable
the body not only to obtain from 1t
the power to work in the afternoon,
but to give something of a surplus,
to answer the wants of the system
during the night, in connection with
a light supper. Hence, the world
over, the noon dinner is the great
meal of the day; it supplies the
wastes of the forenoon's work, and
as just said, gives the power to labor
through the afternoon. - Hall S
Health.
Year: 1871

Massachusetts, papers say that
Abner H. Wenzell, formerly Princi-
pal of the high school in Marlboro,
and for two years a practlclnS law
yer in that town, driven to insanity
10y slanderous stories respecting
himself. made an attempt 4 week ago
to commit suicide. He first emptled
the six barrels of revolver into his
breast; then deliberately reloaded
and fired another shot just below the
ribs on the left side. Finding all
these Intellectual, he next fired into
his right ear, then behind the ear,
and. lastly. just above the ear. At
this point he became insensible and
fell to the ground where he was
almost Immediately found by his
family. All the ten bullets are now
in his body. Three of them are
supposed to be imbedded in the
brain. While the other seven are
somewhere in the vicinity of the
heart. and at last accounts he was
still alive.
Year: 1871

There is no virtue inaI adds so noble
a charm to the finest traits of beauty
as that which exertsitselfin watching
over the tranquility of an aged parent.
There are no tears that give so noble Q
lu. tire to the chceksof Innocence Is the
tears of filial sorrow.
Year: 1871

CLEAN Your CELLARs.-The time
OF yea; havirg arrived when cleaning
in all its varieties is i'm order, il is
necessary that people should not
neglect their cellars, if they desire to
live in healthy houses. The follow
ing from the Boston journal of Chem
istry is to the point: -


"Diphtheria, typhoid and scarlet
fevers, and many other serious illness
have their origin In cellars, both in
city and country, and we can do our
readers no better service than TO
urge them to see that at all times
they are in dry, sweet, wholesome.
condition. Why should farmers
and farmers families, living in the
country. away from the pestileutisl
vapors of the cities, be so subject to
the attacks of malignant diseases.
There is q reason for il, and we can
point it out. They arise from the
indifference manifested to the observ-
ance of hygienic rules and the viola.
ton of sanitary laws. Cleanliness Is
essential to health, and it Is just a.
necessary for the country as in the
city. A family living over a foul
cellar is more liable to be poisoned
and afflicted with illness than a city
family living in Its polluted atmos-
phere, but without cellar or basement
Tiled with fermenting roots and fruit.
There is far more sickness in the
country among husbandmen than
Year: 1871

Experiments have shown that mel.
low, loamy soil is capable of absorbing G
in twelve hours, when exposed to a
moist atmosphere, an amount of water
equal to two per cent. of its weight. IF
any argument were needed to keep the
soil mellow, here is a most powerful
one to convince us. For this property
possessed by mellow soil is one that
in dry season is able to give it the
power of maturing crop, 0hen a
hardened surface would be unable to do
so. A surface that is impenetrable to
the atmosphere, of course, could not
absorb any of the moisture with which
the atmosphere is charged. But, when
rendered free from Jumps by repeated
plowings and harrowings, each change
of temperature causes a circulation
of air throughout the mass of soil,
which is free then to absorb all the
moisture coming in contact with it
until it is saturated. So, then, the more
the soil is mellowed by cultivation, the
less it is injuriously affected by drought,
and the better it is enabled to mature a
fair crop in spite of the absence of rain.
Hearth and Home. a .8tu
Year: 1871

The Texas State authorities are. evil
IDENTITY resolved that the rising genera
ton shall be indoctrinated with sound
political principles. They have issued
a series of regulations, providing that
no person shall be permitted to teach q
school in the State who has not taken
the following oath: 81 do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that i will honestly
and faithfully support the Constitution
of the United States, and of the State
of Texas that | will endeavor to incul-
cate in the minds of youth sentiments
of patriotism and loyalty, and will
fully, faithfully, and impartially per-
form the duties of teacher to the best
of my ability, so help me God"
The only objection to this is that it
lacks precision. An unrepentant rebel
may take the oath, with private un-
derstanding of his own as to the mean
ing of patriotism and loyalty" 1t
would have been safer to have the
teachers sworn to an earnest support
and inculcation of the organization and
principles of the Radical party.
Year: 1871

Al WEDDING in convent, writes a cor
respondent, is the last event which this
century lacl ed in order to be crowned
as the most wonderful Of the ages, and
it " has come to pass Berlin is the
boastful mother of this striking novelty.
Despite the whitening influences and
the thousand-eyed guard of cloister life
against the fatal weapons Of Cupid, an
orphan maid, who was reared by the
Ursulines, was wooed and won by
Landsberg knight, and recently married
by him in her convent home. The
Mother Superior stood instead of the
parents of both parties, and the wedding
was gay. All the compay except the
bridegroom were in petticoats. a
Year: 1871

1t is beyond doubt that cleanliness
has much to do with the favor of pork.
The filthy state in which many fatten-
ing hogs are kept has a tendency not
only to give a rank taste to the meat,
but to render it positively unwhole-
some. A very common mode of pen
ming hogs at this season is in q rail pen,
without protection from the weather.
The consequence is that such pens are
not fit to keep a living animal in; wet
and filthy, cold and uncomfortable as
they are, hog will not take on fat, and
a great proportion of the food is wasted
while they are kept in them, while the
filth, considerable amount of which
the hogs will consume, must be detri-
mental to their health, and to the health
of those who eat their flesh. 1t is not
only safer but more economical to give
fattening animals good shelter ane dry
beds and litter, and keep them quite
clean. The labor will be well repaid.
Year: 1871

Taylor street, and swept everything in
It's path.TfThe Gas Works were soon
consumed, and from thence. north and
east the fiery element flew along with
undated fury, taking everything in its
Year: 1871

Lord John Russell, in a speech made
at the conference of the National Union
for the Suppression of Intemperance,"
over which he presided, said that dur
ing the FIVE years ending with 1870, the
temperate British people spent for in
toxicating liquors the nice little sum of
514,842,345 pounds sterling about
$2,500,000,000. This amount is about
three times as large as the annual in
come of all the railways of the United
Kingdom twice as large as the capital
of all the savings banks; half as large
again as the national revenues for the
whole time, and fifty times as large as
the collective income of all thereligious
and philanthropic societies in the lcoun-
try. We are sorry to e add,. on the
authority of the same competent wit
ness, that the working classes pay far
the greater share of this enormous sum.
The calculations given are made from
the amount of liquors which payoduty.i


In almost all the, gardens in
Holland is built a kind of summer
house, generally painted in bright, glar-
ing. colors, looking like an immense
flower. No matter how small the plot
of ground may. be, it is sure to be laid
out in innumerable little beds of ifanci-
full design, which are filled with the
most gorgeous-hued tulips, and in the
middlei is placed one of these arbors.
Some quaint name, like J" Abode of
Love- or 4 Hearts Rest,t is inscribed
over the door, and within it, at the cool
of the evening, may - bet9seenlG its
owner slowly putting his pipe and gaze
ing complacently at his flowers or blink
at the reflection Of the sunset In the
sluggish water of the omnipresent canal.
Perhaps you'll find two old chaps in
there, their portly forms dimly visible
through the cloud of smoke, while their
conversation will consist of occasional
monosyllables uttered between slow
whiffs
Year: 1871

,a- ANOTHER condensinga ngarrangement-in


this case applicable to steam engines or


to engines worked with mixture of
steam and air-has just been brought
forward by an English inventor. Ac-
cording to this device, in place Of a


condenser and airpump being employed


as usual, the exhaust steam is let into
a large .condensing cylinder, in which a
piston works, this piston having slight


lead on the steam piston in the main


cylinder. When the stroke of the con-
denser piston is nearly5complete, an in
lection valve on the side of the cylinder
opens and admits water into the latter;
this water, together with that resulting
from the condensation of the steam, and


also any air which may be present, be-
ing expelled from the cylinder through


suitable valves at the return stroke OF
the piston. u uaaiTsd2 saii9a1nJ r.
Year: 1871

to ASAN FRANcIsco lady proposes as a par
tial remedy for the. asocial evil that
every single man having a salary of a
certain amount over the wages of the
majority of working women be com
PEELED TO pay into treasury for the pur-
pose a certain amount, to accord with
his salary each month, to be divided
among the single women of the city.
Year: 1871

RoUGH ON THE LAwYER.-An eminent
judge used to say that, in his opinion,
the very best thing ever said by wit
ness to couns ell was the reply given TO
Missing, the barrister, at the time leader
of his circuit. He was defending a
prisoner charged with stealing a donkey.
The prosecutor had left the animal tied
up to gate, and when he returned it
was gone. Missing was very severe in
his examination of the witness. "Do
you mean to say, witness, the donkey
was stolen from that gate?" I" mean
to say, sir,n giving the judge and then
the jury a sly look, the ass was
Missing"
Year: 1871

Last night about nine o'clock a fire
broke out in barn on the corner OF
Twelfth and DeKoven streets, occa-
stoned by cow kicking over a lamp.
An alarm YVES quickly sounded, but the
high wind prevailing at the time caused
the building to burn and the fire to
spread rapidly, and before the engines
| reached the ground several buildings
were in flames and the 0remen were
forced to give way to the devouring ele-
ment.
Year: 1871

PIc-NIc AT WEST Po1NT.-A picnic un-
der the auspices OF the SLcigh-street baptlst
Church will take place at West Point to-
day. The train leaves the depot OF the
.Rtchmond and York River railroad at 7
O'Clock. All who desire to have pleasant
time on the salt water had better aval!
themselves of this chance. Smiths band
will be in attendance, and everything TO III.
sure success and pleasant time has been
provided for, by the Committee OF Arrange
Year: 1871

"No! And how 10 you suppose
found out? Clifford, my cousin Clifford.
wrote to me from India. and he is her
husband You see there was some alb
Surd quarrel between them before the
honei moon was over. He was a jealous
fool. and she was passionate and she ran
away and lett him. He somehow heard
she was in this part Of the country. and
wrote to me- Ofcourse the minute got
chance to speak to her, | knew twas
Zaiiee. AMI she is the happiest little
creature in the world TO think he really
loves her aud next week She's going out
Year: 1871

Last Summer THE TRIBUNE did what it could
for the plundcrcd importers of our City VINO
were so unlucky as to receive cargoes from
ports which subjected their vessels to Quaran-
tine. We now ask those merchants to speak
and act for themselves. Let them assemble and
petition our new Legislature for redress. or at
least for protection against further robbcrles
Let them submit with their memorial the
draft of such bill as ought TO pass, and which,
if passed, will enable and cOns,rain the
Courts to protect them. Let them pay no cent
to any one at Albany but commit their me-
mortal and bill bctimcs to our City delegation,
with the necessary explanations and bo sure
that Justice will be done them. But they can
not expect redress if they are too indOlcnt or
too cowardly to ask for it.
Year: 1871

BY a fortunate combination of circumstances,
the country has just barely escaped great
horror by the burning of a steamboat. The
City of New-Lond0n burned yesterday mora
ing took but a few passengers from this city
to Norwich, and the fire did not break ont
until the steamer was well up the river on
which Norwich is situated. Had there been IA
crowd of persons ON the vessel, or if the fire
had broken ont while she was yet on the
Sound, the loss Of life must have been
frightful. For, be it noted, the boats
and lifc-p?cscrvcrs were so placed that
the fire made them inaccessible and passengers
and crew saved themselves by floating on de-
tachcd portions of the vessel and pieces OF
cargo until picked up by people from the
near Shore We have seldom known Of a
worse managed affair than this. When the
captain desired TO beach the boat the engines
| would not work, and after the fire was discov-
cred and supposed to be cxtinguished the
| boat proceeded with the flames still burning
secretly somewhere ont Of sight. Twelve


lives we're lost by the disaster; it was no


fault of the officers and managers of the
vessel that more were not sacrificed by their
| careless nIiSmana cement
Year: 1871

Washington experts pooh-poohed the spcci-
mems from the Utah tin" mines. but the
possibility that the newly discovered metal is
cadmium, instead of tin, makes their Judgment
of small account. If the mineral deposit is
really cadmium. it is valuable discovery, for
that metal is rare and costly. TO be sure, its
price is enhanced by its rarity, but if it can
he found in considerable quantities, it can be
used for precisely the same purposes as TIN.
and is even more desirable than that uscfnl
metal. 1t takes a high polish, does not
otdizc. IL ductilc and easily worked or fused.
Tin mines were well enough in their way, but
mincS of cadmium would be genuine treasure
Year: 1871

The CITY of Ncw-YOrk has long needed
Central Railroad Depot, wherein baggage could
be- transported from one railroad to another
without expense or delay. This want IL not
fully met; but q great advance toward IT has
been made in the erection and occupation OF
the Vanderbilt Depot on Fourth-avcnuc and
Forty -sccond-st This is by far tho largest,
statelicst, most costly, mos: commodious cdifice
devoted to like purposes on this continent, is
an ornament to our City and u credit to American
Architecture. If it were only to be seen for
price, thousands would flock to it daily as the
most attractive spectacle in our City. And tho
saving of cost and trouble insured by it to
travellers must amount to many thousands per
annum. Icnccforth. a passenger coming down
the Hudson River Railroad, and wishin. to
proceed eastward to New-IIavcn, Hartford,
&c., by rail, instead of being cartcd across
town with his baggage, at cost OF not less
than So, just hands his checks to porter and
walks across n platform to another train, takes
his seat, and is ready for his onward journey.


1t is most unfortunate that the inauguration
of this grand Depot has been attended by
several accidents, some of them fatal to human
life. Some of these could only have occurred
while all hands were green i'll the business of
entering and quitting this new Depot under
steam still, it is evident that changes arc
required to insure adequate safety to those
obliged to cross the track between Forty
second and Sixtictl-sts.; and these changes,
we arc confident, will be- promptly made.
But, until the grand Vaduct, or some
underground railway, is made to con-
meet downtown with out of town, there
must be Inconvenience experienced and
care exercised, not only by the Railroads
but by the public. At least Half Million
people who live in tho suburbs work or trade
in our City daily, and they must have cheap
and rapid ingrcss and&gress. If this involves
injcry to private property. that damage must
be paid for; but there will be some incOnve-
nicnce to be borne and some caution to be OBJ
served by residents in order that our City
be rendered adequately accessible to those
visiting her from without.
Year: 1871

among the South Carolina Ku-Klux are fur
nished lis by special correspondent of THE
TRIBUNE. whose letter Is published on the
second page. The portraits are not at all at
tractive. but they present curious phase of
lite IN he Southern States.