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Year: 1873

riously, that she might go farther and
fare worse. The mans heart is right
he only sees through a glass, darkly.
When his vision gets little clearer
he will realize that man has some "smil-
ing' duties to perform in home and
marriage, as well as woman.


Here is another stanZa Of like i'm
port, every word of which heartily en-
dOrse:


Hers to share in every sorrow,


Making all his burdens light,


Till the dawn of each new morrow


shines upon his path more bright


This is an idea that will work both
ways, too.


But I am OBTAINING you too long.
When this part of my subject is finished,
l have an hours talk before me upon
Suffrage, and how to obtain it," and
must be careful not to tire you out upon
this occasion, for sometime shall want
you to hear me again.


Our poet-frienPs closing stanza is
such telling refutation of the nonsense
given before, in which he would cir
cumscribe wOman's power and influ-
ence by denying her the ballot (which
he forgets is not his to withhold), that 1
shall qnote it without comment and pass
to the consideration of the second part
Of my discourse:


Hers TO be his bright star, guiding


Up TO heavens cloudless heights,


Where no shadowy mists are hiding;


That's what's meant by WOman's Rights
Year: 1873

Mrs. Huston did not believe in
Woman's Rights. She could not see
what rights they needed that were not
already in their possession. 1t seemed
to her so utterly absurd to sweep the
horizon with q telescope in search of
'rights" when under their eyes lay
duties and obligations undischarged.
She and her husband labOred together
year in and year out; she had gone
hand-in-hand with him, never stop
ping even to ask for n right not already
her own. For years they had borne
poverty together; then, at last, brighter
days began to dawn-feebly, at first,
tits true, but in time the sun of prosper
ity rose high in the zenith, and they
were classed among the wealthy of the
land. Mr. Huston had always been the
kindest and most indulgent of husbands,
and in their prosperous days every COM
fort that wealth could lavish upon her
was hers. Like many another, she
Judged all women by herself, and was
content. Why should she not be, when
she had every prospect of an abundance
OF the good things of this life as long rs
she lived?


But there came a time when she was
sorely tried-when even she saw how
much she needed more rights than she
had.


Death entered her abode Of happiness,
and bore away her cOmpanioni and
when, after the last fond look had been
given to all that remained of the one
dearer than life to her; when the casket
containing his lifeless form was lowered
into the cold and silent abode Of the
dead; when the hollow sound of the clOds
as they filled the new-made grave had
ceased to vibrate on her ears, replaced
! by the comforting ones of the Savior
az am the resurrection and the life;"
when with tears and sObs she returned
| To her desOlate home, she found what
I she never dreamed of-that by the State
laws in which she lived her husband
having neglected to make his will, and
being childless, she was left with only a


mere pittance-a sum simply sufficient
to support her by the exercise of rigid
economy. She, his trusting, faithful
wife-sbe who had performed her part
cheerfully and patiently through So
many long years of toll and self-denial-


left comparatively beggar; for the law
| gave her only the income of One-third oil
the estate, and the remainder went tC
1 his nearest relatives and she was Obliged


to submit with the best grace possible


Had she died instead of the husband
the estate would have remained un.
] touched, and he would have enjoyed the
/ income from the whole.


Men with the very best intentions are


often careless and neglectful-a will i;


suggestive of death, and they are apt tC


defer it until the last moment, and the


last moment is sometimes too late; so il


is very important that our laws should


be just, so that a woman's right shall


not be dependent merely on the life O


or the good nature and liberality Of hel
husband.
Year: 1873

Women must be coming into bad
OdOr. They are being crowded out of
hotels and boarding-houses. Look into
any daily paper ut the advertisements
for bOarders and observe that nearly all
of them either specify that no children
are wanted, or that only single gentle
men are received.


What is the cause of this tendency to
give woman a general cold shoulder. 1t
must he the fault of women themselves.


Perhaps they are apt to be disagree
able on slight occasions. They have
that reputation.


Small jealousies and gibble-gabble are
as thick in a house full of women as
flies in summer. And, oh! how they do
bite and annoy sometimes.


1t is a narrowing sight to the general
ity of women to witness the daily
changes OF n better dressed woman than
themselves.


And if she be comlier, insOmuch as
the smallest crimp OH her forehead is
concerned, heaven save the pieces of
her. Mincemeat is nothing beside the
chopping and pulverizing Of her reputa-
tiOn i'm the hands of her enraged assail-
ants. The fact is, any woman who
dares to be gCOd-lOOking must consider
herself arrayed against by a tarbarous
phalanX of addle-headed women who
have nothing else 10 do than to culti-
vate envy and jealousy, until they con-
sumo nearly every good impulse of their
natures. In truth, homely or handsome, (,
women make "A point of treating each
other with less consideration than saw
ages bestOw.


No quarter from one woman TO an
other. III it is u man, that quite alters
the matter. In the twiukling of an eye
the face changes from vinegar to honey,
! the manner descends from stiff stuck-up-
pishness to polite civility, if not u win
ming friendliness.


Oh my! cannot women be sweet TO
men! But why will they be so mean
to their own sex ? A sweeping hatred
is spreading among all classes of women
! for their own sex. They shun and avoid
each other as something that will sting
| if in close contact.


All kinds Of meannesses, small and
great, are employed to torture women
| by those who, being of the weaker sex
! themselves, and in turn subjected to like
cruelty, should remember that it hurts,
| grieves, wounds, and often makes life a
burden.


1t is not that people are so much
afraid of being imposed upon by disrep-
utable women that they refuse to receive
lady bOarders, but because they make so
much trouble in the house.
They either gossip and tattle until
/ they have everybody mad with every


body, or they vent n kind of trumped-up
constitutional spite, by finding fault


with their food and attendance.


Men take things easier. II they are


vexed with each other, they keep cool
until a proper occasion, and do not


hash and rehash at the table and be-
tween meals, with nothing else to bur
den their thoughts or chatter.
If women would only cultivate few


of the virtues toward their sex, many a


sensitive woman, to whom life is now


made wretched by senseless thrusts,


"cuts,n and malicious meddling, would


feel herself blessed.


a rest from the ineivility of women


to each other would greatly enhance OPP


portunities for good to themselves and


Others.-ElDl OriOU.
Year: 1873

WHAT AN OLD MAN HAS NOTICED
have noticed that all men are honest
when they are watched.


l have noticed that silks, broadcloths
and Jewels are often bought with other
peoples money.


1 have noticed that whatever is right is
right, with few eXceptions-th left eye,
the left leg, and the left side of plum
pudding.


l have noticed that the prayer of the
selfish man is, "Forgive us our debts"
He makes everybody who owes him pay
TO the utmost farthing.


have noticed that he who thinks
every man q rogue is very certain to
see one when he shaves himself, and he
ought, in mercy to his neighbOr, to sur
render the rascal to justice.
| have noticed that money is the fool 5
wisdom, the knave's reputation, the
poor mans desire, the covetous mans
ambition, and the idol of all.
L have noticed that all men speak well
of all mems virtues when they are dead
and that tombstones are marked with
the epitaphs of the good and virtuous.
Is there any particular cemetery where
the bad men are buried?
Year: 1873

The above cut shows the spectrum OF sirius compared
with that Of hydrogen The figure on the right hand
represents spectrum of SIRIUS The spectra of both
hydrogen and sirius combined and compared IN the
figure the left The dark line referred TO by the Pro-
fessor here appears as a white line


This is intended 10 represent the condition OF the
spectrum Sirius with the lne In the spectrum,
very broad and very dark At this point in the spec
trum the line is compared with the spectrum OF
hydrogen illuminated. We pass a. spark from little
apparatus, known as the Rhumkorf coil and are thus
able to illuminate the hydrogen In tube placed 10 'front.'
of these prsms and it gives this dark line, which Is not
in the middle OF that space II the star observed Were
at rest that line would be in the middle. The star is
moving from us at rate OF 40 miles per second The
consequence is this line of hydrogen falls on one sde
raoy but have certain evidence that that star is
drifting away from us.


MOTIONS OF THE SUMS ATMOSPHERE.


Ipass the second consideration the motion OF the
solar atmosphere shown by the spectrum for It shows
the motion not only Of the stars but Of the as WELL


Here Is an irregular widening, indicating increase
hydrogen and pressure, that IN this way we can
form notion of the changes of this atmosphere. We
have spectrum here indicating motions from and
motion toward us OF gas, with velocity OF 300 miles
second, and place where gas was pouring out so as 10
give continuous spectrum--a bright streak.


In the course of the afternoon TO which have re-
ferred, a somewhat similar thing observed, and
only at these times This at the edge Of the sum-
and in two days the spot had passed further to the
edge OF the sun This spot spectrum is indicated by the
the edge OF the spot, which we saw at 635
O'Clock in the morning, Sherman time. These results
remarkable that sent for the chart OF magnetic
disturbances al Greenwich


EFFECT OF Sun ON terrestrial MAGNETISM.
Year: 1873

THE illustration shows the spectra OF different classes
The uppermost spectrum is that of Sirius the
spectrum Of the follows then that of Alpha orions;
then that OF Alpha Herculs and finally the spectrum
given by red stars.


secch Of Rome has spent great dead OF time for
years past in studying star pectra but not with so
much special care as Huggine; he has investigated
great many more stars, although not carefully. Dr.
Draper of this city had already classified the specra OF
the stars but Secch found that they could be arranged
fairly in five different forms. First, there Is the
spectrum of the white stars. like Sirius, characterized
by ne lines, aud especially by strong line OF hydrogen
Next comes the spectrum OF the yellow stars, among
which is our then Of the blue stars, although that
is hardly fair statement OF them for they many OF
them, not blue but they all characterized by these
faint shaded bands at the upper end Then we have the
spectrum Of the variable stars which characterized
by bands Probably that needs 0verhauing to say the
least for know they not all Of this sort and II Is
not likely the different variable stars will In this
respect bat 1t s found that several OF them have spec
ira OF this type Finally we have the spectrum OF the
red stars which characterized by red bands and
which have scarcely any blue left of the spectrum.


THE sPEcTRA OF HYDROGEN AND SIRIUS.
Year: 1873

HORRIBLE MURDER.-It is a great
misfortune that something can't be
done to check the spread of crime
and restrain the hand Of the coward
ly murderer. Nothing short of a
literal fulflment of the old Mosaic
law will be the means Of curbing the
passions of those whose business and
delight it is to make the life of fel-
low human being atone for some real
or fancied insult.


John Smith a quiet. peaceful, inof-
fensive colored man was brutally
murdered in his own house near
White Hall on last Tuesday night,
An inquest was held over the remains
of the deceased on Wednesday by
Trial Justice McClinton when the
following facts were brought out,
Smith was sitting in his house with
his wife and two children some one
came to the door and knocked; Smith
asked who it was and II 1t was some
party with whom he was we'll &C.
quainted; the party knocking AZ
swered yes and shF;ltA opened the
door when hs was Instantly fired upon
and wounded in the breast. He
turned and attempted to make his
escape when the lnurderers, (for these
we're two) opened brisk fire and al
most instantly killed hllMop hllMop,: He was
completely riddleA With balls anf
our Informant told US that he, counted
! no less than eight bullet holes. The
. deceased was one Of the best colofeo
, men in the country and q the motive
Year: 1873

such manufacturing interests as can


be economically pursued II this couh-


try; to the end that the exports Of
home products and industries may


pay for our imports.


The only sure method of return.


ing to and permanently maintaining


specie basis is to the elevation Of
labor, and by a humane course to


bring the aborigines Of the country


under the benign influences of edu-


cation and. civilization. It is either


this or war of determination. Wars


Of determination engagedin by peo-


pie pursuing commerce and all indus


trial pursuits, are expensive, even


against the weakest people, and are


demoralizing and wicked. Our su-
periority Of strength and advantages
of civilization should make us lenient
toward the Indian The wrong al
ready inflicted upon him should be
taken into account, and the balance
placed to his credit. The morality
Of the question should be considered
and the question asked, cannot the
Indian be made useful and produc-
tive member of society by proper
teaching and treatment. If the eff
fort is made in. good faith we will
stand better before the civilized ma.
tions of the earth and in our own
consciences for having made it.


All these things are not to be ac-
compGshed by one individual, but
they will receive my support and
such recommendations to Congress as
will, in my judgment, best serve to
carry them into effect l beg your
support and encouragement. 1t has
been and is my earnest desire to cor
rect abuses that have grown up in the
civilized part of the country. To
secure this reformation rules regula-
ting methods OF appointment and
promotion were established, and have !
been tried. My efforts for such re-,
formation shall be continued to the
best of my judgment. The spirit of
the rules adopted will be maintained.
I acknowledge before this assem-
blage, representing as it does every.
section Of our country, the obligation
I am under to my countrymen for
the great honor they have conferred
on me by returning me to the highest
office within their gilt, and the fur
ther obligation resting on me to rem
der to them the best services within
my power. This promise, looking
forward with the greatest anxiety to
the day when l shall be released from
responsibilities that at times are al.
most overwhelming, and from which
I have scarcely had a respite since
the eventful firing upon Fort Sumter
Year: 1873

rs THIS 4 SAMPLE REVENUE CASE


The house of Phelps, Dodge a. Co. was
accused of defrauding the Government in
duties through undervaluations of imported
goods. THE TRIBUNE believed tho charge
preposterous, and said SO. But the house
brought those who believed in 1t to confusion,
by pleading guilty in a payment to the Gov
ernment of quarter of million dollars
penalty. 1t is, therefore, under the necessity
now Of proving its innocence, and this it
essays in a card whereof the substance appears
elsewhere.


But for that amazing payment, the task
would seem an easy one. The story of the
card is perfectly straightforward and simple
The house imported lines of goods bought in
open market, and also precisely the same lines
taken on long contracts. The actual cost Of
the latter would naturally be sometimes above,
sometimes below the market price on the day
of their delivery and shipment. Hence-not to
cumber the story with needless details-the
discrepancies, the stories of double sets of in
voices, one for the Custom-house and the
other for the private use of the firm, the in
formation by a discharged and dishonored
clerk, the seizures, and the astounding action
of tho firm in paying over quarter OF mil
lion dollars penalty for errors which, on
Year: 1873

One more ghost story! Last Summer, farmer
living on Shawnee prairie, near Attica, Ind, was
taken off by lightning His widow, after proper
season of grief, rejoined herself to respectable
citizen, and the parties would be perfectly happy
but for the extraordinary conduct of the man who
was struck by Lightning. He continues to turn up
and hang around in the most unreasonable way.
While the widow was removing her little property
to the house of her new husband the ghost put in
most decided and peremptory appearance. There
ought to be some way of arresting this ghost and
holding it to bail to keep the peace according TO law,
and if the specters continue TO thus thick and
fast, we shall look for some necessary and vigorous
legislation against them.
Year: 1873

petus from the present conflict. The farmers
are buying much less than they used TO OF
tho Eastern manufacturers, because their corn
and wheat have lost 30 much of their pur-
chasing power But they must have cloth anu
leather and iron ware and the next step VIII
be to set up factories in their own towns.
When they cease to be absolutely dependent
upon the railroads they will be in better
condition to finish this fight oyer tho rates.
Year: 1873

Advertisers must bear with us if some of
their favOrs fail to appear. The extraordinary
pressure for a few days past has forced us to
frequent choice between the exclusion of i'm
Dortant news and of advertisements already
Maid for. We strive to do justice as well as
we can between our readers and our adver-
tisers Meantime the latter can often secure
better treatment and, we believe, better re-
suits, by avoiding display, and making brief
compact announcements, which be readily
classified and easily read This is particularly
true of real estate and kindred business
Year: 1873

Il looks now very much as if the Assembly
-uouId accept and pass the Charter as it came
IRON the Senate The Custom House mana
,,ers were anxious, yesterday, to have the
business go to Conference Committeej the
.Iefeat of that motion was defeat of the per
,sistent scheme to get at tho Controller


,srbc serate Charter, clumsy in form and vicious
Year: 1873

Half a dozen notorious desperadoes have
lately been sent to deserved imprisonment for
long terms in State Prison. But let the
police not grow weary of this well-doing'
They are apt after a few convictions OF this
sort to relax efforts and sit down to enjoy the
satisfaction and reap the reward of success
Then rogucry revives. The community wants
the highwaymen of our street-cars dispersed ;
if to Sing Sing for terms of twenty years
each, so much the better. The police can do
this now. There is no Ring which can inter
DOSE and no Police and Supreme Court JUS
tees whe dare interfere to protect them. and the
Dolice will have no excuse for failure to make
the city too dangerous to hold them.
Year: 1873

Ono may live as a eonquerer, king or
n magistrate but he mus, die as man
The bed Of death brings every human be.
ing TO his pure individuality. to the in
tense contemplation Of that deepest and
most solemn of all relations. the relation
between the creature and his creator. =
Webster
Year: 1873

A COMING CITY.--Under this head the
4 New York Daily Graphic mentions the
location of the terminus at Tacoma. 1t
closes the article thus: among the
premiumso ffered for the location of the
terminus there was the grant to the
company of three miles of water front
and large tracts of land. It is hintea
that the company will feed the present
excitement until they have sold this
land, and then transfer their location.
Year: 1873

- BREAK Down. The steamer Goliah,
Capt. Libby. broke down and had to put
in at N lnaimo. johnny Libby, son of
the Captain and one of the employees of
the boat. was sent for assistance. After
a very hard trip on horseback and by
canoe, he arrived in Port Gamble and
sent the Mastic to her aid The Goliah
will be laid up for some time to repair
damages.
Year: 1873

ConREcrIoN-Mr. D. P. Jones, the
maehinist who made the pin for the
steamer California, requests US to say
that We were mistaken in saying that
the steamer was detained on accoun
of an imperfection in said pin
The detention was on account of a pump
valve which had to be repaired.
Year: 1873

ed such power in the society as did her
love that day


Mr. Lester had been proud of his wife,
of her beauty, her grace; but new pride
was kindled in his breast when he listened
to all she had to say The wife he had
looked for and wanted so long had come
to his homel Birdie sang her prayer to
both father and mother in the quiet twi-
light-the prayer that had been so quickly
answered.


The minister's book shelf did not stand
empty for new commentaries; nor did he
and his wife want for true friends. And
Teddy, poor Teddy in the tenement house
One morning he awoke ofind the coveted
chair by his bedside, and on its cushioned
seat stood the old teapot, with pennies
t,lmbling out of the spouthole, there were
so many: wee slip of paper told him ii
was all from Birdie" and when the
Birdie stopped to give him ride in her
Gown dear mammals carriage" he
thought an angel had surelrseome to take
him home


Yes, Teddy, Mrs. Testers teapot was
full of pennies, but, better than that, hel
heart was filled with the love that ere
joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in
the truth. n'-Hedrth and Home.
Year: 1873

A GENTLEMAN who resides few miles
in the country announced his intention Of
coming to the city to get a few of the
necessaries of life. His good Wife who
evidently reads the papers and knows
what is going on, furnished her "old
man. with the following memorandum,
recognizing the fact that 'these men are
so stupid" and always forget what they
are sent after But here is the seasonable
list of necessaries, which though not in
strictly clerky form is nevertheless to
the point. and we'll calculated To make
an impression on the mind:


Get pound of tea.


And don't forget to 90 to Browns drug
store and get eight pounds Of copperas
and a pint Of carbolic acid.


Get dollars worth of loaf sugar.


Bring dozen lemons.


Ifyou have chance you had better
bring a bushel of lime.


We ought to have a pound OF ground
mustard and some ginger.


Get a gallon of coal oil and demijohn
of whisky Be particular and don't get
them mixed-have the coal oil put into
the can, and the whiskey in the demi-
john.


If you see a nice piece of calico, you





Go to Orynski's and get bottle of his
blackberry syrup.


The flour is out.


Be careful and don't drink any well
water while in town.
Be sure and get bottle Of Hamlin's
cholera cure.
We ought to have half a dozen knives
and forks for the kitchen.
Go to McCleery's and get a bottle OF
Dr. McCabe's blackberry brandy.


Don't bring any green thing home TO
make the children sick.


Don't forget the coal oil and the demi-
john, and be sure to keep them sepa-
rate.


Go to Cheever's and get a bottle of
syrup of blackberry and ginger.


Get pint of cognyac brandy


Keep away from them nasty ponds un-
less they are filled up.


If you see any good disinfectant bring
some home.


Get few pounds of crackers and rice,
and some oatmeal


If you see the doctor ask him to give
you prescription TO cure cholera.


Be careful and don't break the demi-
john.
Johnny needs pair of shoes.
You had better call at all the drug
stores and see who has got the best chol-
era medicine.
Now don't forget any of these things,
and keep this list in your hat where you
can find it,


Come home early.


About four o'clock yesterday afternoon
the man with the memorandum might
have been seen going out Broadway with
all his horse could draw, his rockaway
resembling the hospital supply train Of
an army corps. If the cholera ever goes
out in that direction it will meet with
warm reception.-Hannibal Mo- Courier.