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Year: 1872




The following is clipped from the "Law Of
Life"


Very few ladies know how to appreciate an
easy, healthful dress They think their dresses
are loose, when man or boy put into one as
tight, would gasp for breath, and feel incapable
Of fputting forth any efforts to br eak the bands
Ladies are 40 accustomed to the tight fits of dress-
makers that they fall to pieces" when relieved
Of them. They associate the loose dress with the
bed or lounge. To be up they must be stayed
mp, and TO recommend a comfortable dress 10
them is not to meet conscious want Of theirs,


1t is great pity. none the less II they could
once know what luxury 1t is to breathe deep
and full at each respiration, to feel the refresh.
ment which the system takes in by having the
blood enlivened and sent bounding through the
ateres and veins, to have their aids to digestion
which such dress gives, to have their strong,
elastic muscles keep every organ in place, and
the muscles erect: il they could for a while know
this blessed luxury, and then be sent back into
old, stlf, straight jackets, they would fume and
fret and rave in very desperation if they could
not get rid Of them.


As it is, they prefer to anguish and suffer
dceadfnly, and die young, and leave all thelI
friends, and their husbands, and their little chill
dren, and do not zee any other way but to le
them be sick and die till they are satisfied !
only the sinner was the sufferer, it would not b
worth while 10 make great ado about it, but th'
blighting of future innocent lives, which ma,
follow. renders the false habits Of our women il
the highest degree criminal
Year: 1872

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.


WAsHlNaToN. April %.
special despatch to the Herald says Secretary
Fish is willing to accept. on the settlement Of
the question with England. the declaration Of
international law that no neutral shall be liable
for consequential damages for injuries inflicted
upon the commerce of friendly powers at war
with each other.


If this is accepted part of tha treaty our
government will withdraw its case, and arbitra-
ton will proceed without interruption.
Mr. Thornton sanctions the proposition which
has teen sent to England. reply is expected
to-day. 1t will be laid before the Cabinet meet
ing on Friday.


The President does not favor the compromise
at present
Year: 1872

A FoRGIvING WIFE DEsERTED.-Here
is true tale of woe, all about beauti-
full and abandoned wife in New York.
She marie wretch who loved her
money not wisely, but too well. When
he got the money he loved somebody else
and departed for the rolling prairies of
the West. His earthly possessions
were burnt up in the Chicago fire. and
then he came back to New York, and
put up at the Astor House, without a
cent in his pocket. Remorse seized
hint must have been remorse-and
ascertaining the address of his lawful
partner. he thus wrote her:


II am here. and penniless. Forgive
the past and come to my arms again. 3"


This is what she wrote back:


IN come as soon as 1 can. Excuse
delay. I've gone to have o loaded
head put on the cane you left"


He didn't wait. Remorse seized him
again AID carried him off.
Year: 1872




there seems to be no heart for it. and
no thought of it. But do not the wild
crimes Of the Ku-Klux youth Of the
State foreshadow possible future for
that wretched people that demands the
earnest attention of thoughtful states
mena Shall we, too, have Poland in
the South2 Can we expect long to
regulate the internal administration of
law and justice in the State by military
rule? And, after all, are the Ku-Kiux
outrages but the expiring embers of an
old contest. or are they in many cases
the kindling sparks of new?


One thing seems plain to the most
ordinary appredensions. The condition
of things now existing in South Car
olina would not be borne a month in
any Northern State without taxpayers
being organized to resist the payment
of all taxes imposed for fraudulent pur-
poses and without the swift establish
ment of court of lynch law. So much
treason as that exists in the blood of
every American citizen worthy of his
birthrignt.


Admit everything, and has not South
Carolina suffered enough? Admit that
she was hot-bed of sedition. Admit
that she was the caldron in which was
concocted the venom that poisoned q
nation? Admit anything and everything.
Is there no expiation? Recollect that
a generation is rapidly rising that had
no hand in these things, generation
already more than half way to its ma
turity. ~ j. S. P.
Year: 1872

mn. MuRRAYs APPEARANCE, LAST EVENING.


A large audience was present, last evening, to
witness the performance, by Mr.. Dominick
Murray and his Company. of Escaped from
Sing Sing, or Prison life in New York
five different characters. and the versatility and
strength OF his performance won him the decided
favor Of the audience. The play was well done
with few exceptions and the satisfaction felt will
doubtless be again expressed by full house,
this evening.


Tomorrow afternoon. there will be matinee
and in the evening, Mr.. Murray will conclude his
engagement hero.
Year: 1872

What is the matter between the Mayor and
tho Democrats7 and why did they refuse to con-
firm his appointment OF Mr.. Murdoch as prison
keepor1 Some grave objection must underlie
the unAnimity of action which they manifested
lAst eyeninR
Year: 1872

in getting up any convention in Tennes-


see; that he had sought to defeat no OPP
pOnent, and had solicited no Office at the


hands Of the people. He would not that
day be a candidate for a single moment
If he did not believe that he now was
rha obOioa of "a
Year: 1872

commenced by saying that he was
highly gratified on that occasion to
meet so large an assembly OF
the honest people Of Upton county
to talk over with them the condition OF
public affairs, and he stood before them
as a candidate for a seat in the next
Congress Of the United States. When
the delegates 20 the late convention,
which finally recommended him as a
candidate, were appointed in their sew
eral counties, he was more than thou
sand miles away from the district. All
men would bear him testimony that
Year: 1872

of the district. It could not be doubted
that ninety-nine One-hundredths of the
friendsOf the great Liberal movement in
the district were for him for Congress
against any competitor. He had no
agency in being brought forward at the
present time, neither had he sought PO-
litical promotion. He had pursued his
profession in the courts of the city of
Memphis, and elsewhere, as a means of
livelihood, and in mitigation of the ca
lan1ities in which he became involved
bV the
Year: 1872

and ruled out Of the Democratic
party. But the party had now come up
to his principles, and be would not
shove them OFF the platform. He
charged that Colonel Haynes was a
candidate backed up by the machinery
OF the party, while he was the nomiHee
OF as many citizens as there were dele
gates at the Cochran ball Convention,
and OF equal respectabiiity. It was
wished that -
Year: 1872




ST. LOUIS, September 2.-The ques-
! ton of selection Of a site TO locate the
enstomh ouse creates intense excite
ment here. Another large meeting OF
citizens was held at the temple this
evening, to consider the matter, but no
definite result was reached.


Dispatches from Washington read TO
the effect that the government will not
modify its instructions to the District
I Attorney, regarding the Crow Block, OF
take any further action, unless the
amount NECESSARY to purchase ne block
corner of Sixth and Olive streets,


ONE HUNDRED AND NIEETY-sIX THOU
W SAND DOLLARS,


is promptly raised by the citizens, and
that. no propositiOn to substitute any
other block than this win be considered,
there being no proposition before the
meeting to raise this sum. The meet
ing, after a very boisterous and unruly
session, adjourned.


The Republican, editorially, this
morning, states that the senior proprie-
tor of that paper has been approached
by one or more of the Customhouse
Commissioners with the proposition that
for the sum of thirty thousand dollars
the customhOuSe could be located on the
Nicholson Block, and that this sum was
wanted and would be used as


A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND.


1t is further stated that Judge Long,
one of the commissioners who was IN
Washington at the time, had written a
letter to his business partner here, to the
effect that he had the President's assu-
rance that any location chosen by
Richardson, Mcguire and the writer,
would be satisfactory to the administra-
ton and approved by the Executive:
The names of the Commissioners used
in connection with this proposition are
Judge Long, Constantine Mcguire and
James Richardson. The latter was absent
from the city at the time, but Mcguire
is alleged to have vouched for him.
This afternoon Judge Long published
a card stating that
Year: 1872

From the Wilmington Commercial, Of yester
dsy, We take the following communication 1t
explains itss!f, and is, no doubt. true in every
particular


GOOD MEN FOR COUNCIL COMPLAINT OF A TAI


PAYER.
l read your editorial reference to the impor-
lance Of selecting good men for Republican
nominees for Council, and most heartily concur
IN your suggestion. / have the misfortune to be
property owner IN Wilmington, and on looking
over the enormous bill rendered ne by the Re
ceiver Of Taxes OF the different districtsl tnd
that all Of my property has been assessed ten per
cent. higher than am willing and anxious To
sell it for. Now # this not robbery what is il
for one man am willing to appeal to the courts
for redress, ii persons aggrieved will join me
One thing is sslf-evident the Republican party
should nominate men for council, who have at
least some idea Of the cash value, the ordi-
nance reads Of property.


LARGE TAN PAYER.
Year: 1872

stunning the Ballot-boxes.


The evidsnce that the ballot boxes were stuffed
by the friends Of the Republican nominee for
Mayor is 20 strong that denial is not attempted.
And the excitement in the party on the two days
following the election ran high that an appeal
seems to have been taken to the Executive Com
whether it 10 necessary to hold another election or
take other steps to redeem the party from the
odium cast upon it, and render the decision more
satisfactory.


We understand that MIR. Vincent claims that he
was nominated that he received almost the en-
tire vote of the work shops. and the workinemen;
and that he was defrauded out of the nomination
by ballot box stufhng and the purchased votes Of
the negro population, who cast their vote nearly
solid for Mr.. Dougherty.


What the result OF tins matter will be We do not
know; but We do know that large number Of the
most respectable and intelligent portion Of the
Republican party have asserted that they We're
ready to vote for any gentleman of standing and
respectabllity who is qualified for the Office OF
Mayor without regard to his politics.


They say they are disguised with official inter.
ference and that It has become perfectly appar.
ent that the party is managed by rings to the
advantage of chques who ars controlled -ntirely
by the selfish desire to make money out of the or
ganization.


There sre other causes, however, and one o
these 10 the desire OF the Government officials t.
have a man at the head of the police force, and
police force to cooperate with him ready am
willing to render party assistance at the Novem
Der election.
Year: 1872

Tomorrow is the last day on which citizens
will be permitted to pay their heavy taxes with
out loss Of Eve per cent Those who would save
that amount from their enormous bills should im'
prove the opportunity at once.
Year: 1872

Nextmoutb New York viii enjoy lis
annual influx of pious people belonging
to both clergy and laiiy. who assemble
there each returning May for the par
pose OF discussing ways and means for
ciyiiizing aal outstanding the world,
and receiving reports of what has been
doae In that direction during the. past
year. Very worthy and cemmeEjlble
is ihe oliectof these anniversary meet
Jugs and very interesting age the details
of The proceedings as polished in tAe
religious journals Of The metropolis.
We hope nothing viii interfere with
the harmony Of the deliberations, aud
that the hearts Of those who participate
may be warmed by glad ti3!uga from near
and far, concerning tha progress OF The
gospel in this wicked world, and the
growth Of its holy principles among a
stiff ueckei and rebei.ious generation.
Year: 1872

Congress has been doing very little in
the past few weeks, and there IS hardly
anything worth writing about IN its con-
nection. On Thursday the House on
hearing of the death Of the great IN
ventor Of the electric telegraph. Prof.
Morse, unanimously resolved ihat on
Tuesday at q o'clock it would
meet, the speaker presiding. and
speeches be made laudi;ory Of the past
life Of Prof Morse, by the members II
will be a grand and impressive scene.
and viii be deserving hour to the
illustrious dead. and an hour which Is
seldom accorded to any man. however
distinguished The galleries Of tire
House Of Representatives viii no doubt
be overfowiDg with the beauty and elite
OF the city.


The Homestead bill loaded with
amendments passed over The Steam
boat substitute bill passed


GRASSLAND BooKrp FOR ANOTHER


SPEECH.


Judge Grassland will soon make an
Year: 1872

The work for removing the obstruc-
tions Of He'll Gate Il going on rs rap
idly as possible. and though 1t makes
little noise now, the final scene will
make noise enough. A mass of. l23,-
600 cubic yards Of rock is being pierced
by submarine galleries, in which, when
the tunnelings are completed, there
will DO placed 1000 pounds Of nitro
glycsrine, equal in explosive force to
10000 pounds of gunpowder. These
mines will be fired simultaneously by
electricity on "some future Fourth Of
July" The success OF the blast will
open safe pathway to the ocean to
ships OF the largest tonnage. The for
eign steamships will then come into
port under the lee Of Long Island at a
great saving of time and avoidance Of
peril. OF course the opening Of this
channel will displace vast amount OF
the business of New York. .-sE
Year: 1872

WE often read of instances Of extra
ordinary presence Of mind; but one
occurred the other day little ahead
OF anything we have seen er heard Of
lately. A bright little fellow. son Of
the mistress OF a well-known and pop
ular educational institution, was skat-
ing at Lake View, n. j., when he
broke through the ice. As he went
down the probabilities were rather
against his coming up again alive, and
the lad realizing this, and wishing to
have the intelligence conveyed direct
" home, shouted out as he was disap-
pearing. the street aud number Of his
residence. Fortunately he was res
cued, and the world may yet anticipate
much from this precocious youth
Neletrk Courier.
Year: 1872

The Bangor Wing and Courier says
that q small boy in that city, son Of
milkman, quite recently pulled out the
stopper to a can and commenced pour
ing Into the dish set out for milk
clear water! He did not notice the
mistake until the dish was nearly full.
and when one Of the family asked
what he was doing, he was somewhat
confused, but said he guessed he got
hold of the wrong cam" He atterward
remedied the mistake, and explained
by saying, 1--WE all have to do It."
Year: 1872

canal through Georgia, and probably


will, for time at least, under the


belief that it viii seriously interfere


with their business. For fear of be-


ing tedious, I will not discuss that


point at present, though much is to


be said in opposition to their view.


It is akin to the old apprehension of


the stock holders, who believed that


the introduction of railroads would
destroy the demand for horses and
mules, and the insurrection among
the needIe-women, who positively
bemourned the invention Of the sew
ing machine as robbing them of
their occupation and the means Of
Paradoxical as it may
it is the singular history Of
machines that they have
always increased the demand for Ia
Dor. Imav also point all cavilers to
the New York Central and Hudson
River railroads, which run through
their whole length side by side with
the Erie canal and its natural extern
sion, and are yet the most flourish
ing and prosperous roads at the
North. s.
Year: 1872

By C. B.. LE ROW.


Cloud shadows lie
Upon the soft grass underneath my feet,


Gods great infnity
Wraps aroundin blissful rest complete;


Like angels breath
feel the air of Heaven which seems so near


No thought of pain or death,
No want of woe can sFieve my spirit here.


Gods hand holds mine,
I lean on him in loving faith secure,


And read in every line
Ofnature's book, His mercies shall endure"
look above
In thankfulness Of all the good I've SEEM


And trusts the Fathers love
Who led my feet within these pastures green.
The day will end
And light fade slowly till the west is gray


When He az last shall send
Cold winds and heavy dews upon my way,


Can still trust His love
And wait until the morning breaks again?


In darkness look above
And in the sunshine, when I feel no pain:


Lord, help my child
To be as hopeful in the heavy night


When skies are dark and wild,
As in the happy day when all is bright.


Let me hold fast Thy hand
In deaths dark valley as in pastures green,


So at last may stand
In that dear country which my faith has seen.
Year: 1872

Some thirty years ago 1 lodged
from Saturday to Monday with an
inn-keeper in the country, who was
also farmer. On the table for Sun
day dinner there was q nice piece of
picked pork, boiled the day before.
On tasting it [ thought it the most
delicious I ever ate. I requested
"mine host" to give his recipe for
curing pork. He replied as follows:


GAS soon as my hogs are dressed
and cool enough to be cut, [ pack
the side pieces IN barrel or cask,
with plenty of salt on all sides of
each piece, and when my barrel is
full I Immediately roll it to my
pump and pump in water until I can
see the water cease to sink III the
vessel or to moisten thu salt on top
of the cask. 1 then lay fat stone
as large as the vessel will admit on
the contents, SO as to keep the pork
always under the salt or pickle. I
put it in my cellar, covered so as to
exclude the flies, and there it re-
mains until a piece is wanted. Care
must be taken to keep the meat
under the pickle, otherwise it will
rust.


Here is the whole secret of max
ing good picked pork for family use.
We have used the above method, and
we want no better, easier, or more
economical plan. 1t has often hap
pened that when we wanted to put
down new pork there remained some
of the old pork in the bottom of the
cask. In that case we poured of
this pickle, took the undissolved
salt, packed the fresh pork on top of
the old, using the salt which had
been in the cask, with the addition
of fresh salt if necessary, and then
poured on the old pickle or water.
In this way we have had pork three
or four years in the bottom of our
pork barrel, and when used it was as
free from rancidity as it was three
weeks after it was put down. In
deed, we seldom omptied our pork
barrel, except when it wanted hoop
ing. We believe that boiling pickle
is useless, if not injurious. Pork
ought not, if it can be prevented, to
be frozen before it is put down.


The best pork that we ever saw
was that from some pigs under the
charge of lad, who took as much
care of them as some people do of
their children. Every day he used
to give them a dinner of hot pota-
toes, for he said that he didn't see
why his pigs Shouldn't have their
'taters hot as well as himself. " Then
he used to scrub them several times
a week with brush and soap, rinsing
them well with clear water. The
animals seemed to enjoy their lava
ton, and used to press quite eager
" toward him as he came in sight
with his pail and scrubbing-brush
Their sty was also kept perfectly
clean, and their troughs washed out
frequently. In consequence the
pork was perfection.


As a general thing it is a good
plan to reject pork made from hogs
that have been kept by distiners OF
butchers; but, if possible, get porl
that has been bred and fed by 6
dairyman and finished of with corn
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1872

IT Is said we are creatures of hab-
it, and it should be remembered that
good habits are quite as easily form
ed as bad Persons who complain
of being unable to break themselves
of bad habit may be assured that
the same difficulty will exist in
breaking a good one, when it is
formed.
Year: 1872

So extensively is the adulteratlon
of tea now carried on in China that
Mr.. Medharst, the British consul at
Shanghai, wrote that $4,000 pounds
of willow leaves were in course OF
manipulation at one port alone, to
be mixed with tea for Shipment at
the ratio of from 10 to 20 per cent
Year: 1872

The provisions of nature are
strange. Climate forces upon ami
mails different habits. Towards the
end Of December the female white
bear places herself in a position
where the snow will drift over her.
Lying still upon a rock, the snow
falls thickly upon her, and a cell is
formed for winter habitation. In
this cell the animal resides during
the period of accOUchement. The
cubs are produced, and the mother
remains secluded with them until
the month of March. The young are
very small at first, but as they grow
the heat of the bodies melt the snow
and thus enlarges the cell. The
warm breath ascends upward, and
makes an aperature for the admis-
sion of pure air. Before hiberna.
ting, the bear eats enorm ously of
nutritious food, and becomes very
fat, on which fat she exists during
her winter retirement. The phe-
nomenon is all the more singular, as
the female bear is compelled to give
sustenance to her young as well as
to live herself, and the surplus fat in
her own body her only store of food.
Pertinent to this, DIR. Wood re-
marks at is worthy of notice that
in the bears of the Old as well as the
New World, is found the curious
phenomenon of the 'tappen,' hard
concreted substance, which plugs up
the intestines and seems to be of
service In retaining the animal in
condition. In Scandinavia, where
the bears Of both sexes retire to
winter quarters, and remain in their
hidden reeesses for five full months,
the tappen is very seldom cast until
the bear leaves her den. In the rare
instances where such an event has
happened, the bear is said to have
become miserably thin and weak"
The snow packs closely, and makes
warm bed. The caloric exhaled
from the body is not swept away by
the wind, but is conserved around
the ANIMAL and sensation is pre-
served--IuTf, Field and Farm.
Year: 1872

LIFE on the American side of the
Rio Grands is not as pleasant as it
might be, / four or five hundred of
the greasers, niggers and Kickapoos,
who infest the iungles and b lies on
the Mexican side, were hung up to
dry. Scarcely week passes but a
party Of these Mexican cut-throats
cross and run off stock. or shoot
down one or two Americans in the
act of defending their property. The
real old Texan bull-whacker would
at any time rather fight a greaser
than cat, but men of this class rare
ly fall victims to the treachery of
these robbers; it is generally the
merchant visiting his outlying
rancho or the new conner who sue
cumbs to the ambush rifle, or the
assassin's knife. On either bank of
this famous boundary men carry
small armOries about their persons,
ready for action at a moment 8
notice, and life is a luxury which
men enjoy after a fashion as if de-
termined to get as much out of 1t
as they can in a short time. Cards,
whisky and the fandango, q horse
and a squaw make up the dolce
faTnitente of tho Rio Grande.