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Year: 1871

GIRLS, DON'T TALK SLANG.-Grls, don't talk
slang fit is necessary that any one in the
family should do that, let it be your big brother,
though would advise him not to adopt pigeon
English when there is elegant, systematized
language that he can just as we'll use. But don t
you do it. You have no idea how it sounds to
ears unused or averse to it, to hear young lady,
when she is asked if she will go with you some
place, answer, " not much p or, if requested to
" can't see it -


Not long ago heard young Miss, who is ed
ucated and accomplished in speaking of young
man, say that she intended to ego for him y
and when her sister asked her assistance at some
work she answered " not for Joe p


Now, young ladies of unexceptonable charac-
ter and really good education, fall into this hab
it, thinking it shows smartness, to answer back
in slang phrases and they soon slip hippantly
from their tongues with saucy pertness that is
neither lady like nor becoming. 81 bet " or
"you bet " may be we'll enough among men who
are trading horses or land but the contrast is
startling and positively shocking when young
man is holding the hand of his lady love to hear
those words issue from her lips. They seem at
once to surround her with the rougher associa-
tions of his daily life, and bring her down from
the pedestal of her purity, where he had placed
her, to his own coarse level.


know the bright-eyed girl who reads this,
will think the matter over, and do what is right,
and discard slang and unladylike phrases.
Year: 1871

You pay shilling to see the house and the
museum. The fireplace of the kitchen, occu-
pied up to the last half of this century by q
butcher, is of enormous capacity, and not un-
like those of the miners in the Sierras There
is nothing in any of the four or five rooms, up
and down stairs, that is worth seeing, save the
name of Walter Scott cut on the street window
of the room above the kitchen, where Shaks-
peare was born. l looked out of this broad
window, made of little six-inch lights, and saw
that the post-office of the town was opposite.
also saw old woman with a gray little
donkey hitched in the shafts of cart of vegeta-
bles. She was talking to shoemaker, who
sat in his door and listened with uplifted ham,
mer. A red-faced baker passed by with bask-
ct of bread on his head, singing to himself, and
that was all could see or hear in Henly Street
Stratford, as looked out of the window through
which the light first came to Shakespeare.


All the walls are dark with confusion OF
names. In room below hangs card, on
which are Transcribed the four lines written by
Lucien Napoleon on the wall. The original was
whtewashed over by the butcher, or some of his
ilk, and is barely visible now. In the acre OF
ground belonging to and back of the building,
are planted all the shrubs, trees and flowers
named by the poet, and they look very well, in
deed, considering that many are not of English
growth or kind


In the museum but little else of interest is
seen than some beautiful modern busts and pict-
ures, and splendid editions of Shakespeare
works. Let me here confess that in all the
buSts, from those adorning the doors of shop
keepers to the pointed one above his dust, that
came to my notice in England and they are le
gion, have seen no feature or reflection of Ham
let or Macbeth. The great gold ring, taken from
the dead mans hand, had for me strange at
traction. 1t is much like the fat-crowned spec
men-rpgs worn by miners of the Pacific Coast
and has " w. 81 cut deep in the surface. Herr
is also seen the only letter preserved that wa
written to Shakespeare. 1t asks loan of f30-
an enormous sum in those days. There arr
many law-papers exhibited, in which the poe
appears as plaintiff, and show that he had
pretty keen eye to business, particularly whert
he sues man for thirty shiling's worth of malt
Perhaps the modern young rhymer, who cult
Yates contempt for money, had as well stick
pin here, and question with himself whether o
not, after all, the scorning of practical things il
not sign rather of weakness than strength o
mind. Passing out to the street, and turning tt
! take last look at this house which most of thu
greatness of earth of the last two hundred year
have entered, read on the door the time an,
terms o! admission, and over the door that a re
ward of fl would be paid for the apprehension
of any one caught defacing the building Over
land Monthly.
Year: 1871

A MAN broke a chair over his wfes head a
week or two ago. When he got to jail, and the
clergyman undertook to talk to him, he displayed
good deal of penitence. He said he was sorry
he had permitted his anger to obtain the mas
terry of him, and to suffer him to do such an act,
because it was good chair, one of those good
old-fashioned Windsor chairs, which was an
heirloom of his family, and he knew he could
never replace it.
Year: 1871

SEPARATING THE SExEs.-The Western colleges
are taking the initiative in breaking down the
barrier of separation, and propose to show, by
experiments in wide sense, that no division is
necessary The New York Tribune says that in
one of these colleges, attended by both sexes,
there is but one staircase to the building and no
more division is made in the domestic arrange
ments than in any large family. Wherever this
experiment has. .been tried and reports have been
made the testimony is that the presence of
young ladies has had most salutary effect up
on the young men, making them 'more manner
ly, tractable and ambitious" DR.. Welch is the
President of Ames' College, Iowa, where fifty
young ladies are in attendance, and he declares
that =" they are most valuable adjunct in the
management with which he would not willing
ly dispense"
Year: 1871

A CAT licked the face of young lady in New
York, and died in few minutes thereafter from
the effects of the paint it had gathered on the
rosy cheek. Let all young men take warning by
this sad catastrophe.
Year: 1871

" LOVE to look upon young man. There is
hidden potency concealed within his breast
which charms and pains re.


A daughter of clergyman happening to find
the above sentence at the close of piece of her
fathers manuscript as he had left it in the study
sat down and added


"Them's my sentiments exactly, papa-all
but the pains"
Year: 1871

The JURY IN THE SANDS CASE STILL UN-
10 O'Clock, Judge Guigon took his seat on
the bench of the Hastings Court, and the
jury being brought in again, informed bis
Honor, through MIR. lisbon Benedict, their
foreman, that they had not agreed upon a
verdict. They were then taken to their
room for reflection, and brought in again at
12, 3 and O'Clock. At I the foreman
and others assured the court that there
was no prospect whatever of their agree
ment. But the judge thought otherwise,
expressing his regret that it was necessary,
once more consigned them to the custody
Of the sergeant. Sands was remanded to
Jail. The court will meet again this morn
ing at II O'Clock.
Year: 1871

FESTIVAL ON CHURCH H1LL.-The ladies
of the Third Presbyterian Church, who
are famous for their skill and taste in such
matters, are making preparations for 4
grand festival in aid Of their sunday school.
The time and place are announced in an
other column. There will be an attractive
display OF the good things of life, as wellas
a brilliant gathering of young ladies, and
we feel sure the people of Church Hill will
turn out in force on such an occasion.
Year: 1871

ASSEMBLY HALL To-N1GHT.-He who
misses seeing the japanese during their
brief engagement here will regret it. They
promise the best entertainments Of the kind
ever seen in this country, and one that is
open to 10 objection from those who Or
dinarily shun public amusements. The first
performance will be given at Assembly
Hall Tonight.
Year: 1871

we publish this NOR ming full and reliable


returns of the general registration in this


CITY, which, by revision. was brought to a
close on Friday night. IT will be seen that
thers was gain Of about one hundred for
the whites ON the revision:
Year: 1871

ONE BRIGHT DAY.-The old saying
"There's never Saturday without sun
was verified on Saturday last. For many
DAYS previous we had a succession Of clouds
and rains, neither sun nor stars appearing
but on the day mentioned the sun shont
out clear and bright, giving new life t
vegetation and even invigorating trade. We
hope we have seen the end Of the long
season in May. ~
Year: 1871

The following is a statement of the regis
tered voting population of Richmond for
the last five years, with the comparative
majorities. The registration of 1867 was
that preceding the election Of members OF
the Constitutional Convention:
Year: 1871

We have again been startled by one Of
those great crimes which, at stated inter
walls, arouse us TO q realization of the ser
pents cOiled among us with fangs always
ready for action. A merchant riding in
our most public conveyance. is struck dead
by rullian for protecting two respectable
ladies from brutal insolence. And, now that
the friends are burying their dead, and the
widow and orphan are bowed down at the loss
of their protector, the community unites in
cry of horror and calls for the speedy punish
ment of the murderer. Then in few weeks
all will be forgotten till the next victim Is Sc
lected.


We would not have the cry Of horror less,
but we would have the voice of reason more
distinct. We would have n looking into the
future, and an earnest inquiry into the cause
and prevention of municipal crime. For
experience shows us that one crime will follow
another: that Mr. Nathan followed Mr.
Rogers to the grave-Mr. Putnam followed
Mr. Nathan. And the same violent end
doubtless awaits others who arc to-day not
dreaming of it.


The existence Of evil minded men in crowded
cities is unfortunately, inseparable from our
civilization. The safety OF the community Is
only insured by a system of checks and pun
ishments which should in the first place
render the possibility of evil doing less; in
the next, make tho evil dOcr suffer for his
action Our police supply the one; our courts
the other. 1t is thus at once evident how
completely both should be removed from the
influence of every form of corruption; how
entirely fearless and independent they should
be in all their actions.


Yet what is their condition This city is
ruled by Tammany Hall. Every department
OF the municipal government furnishes ono
of Tammany's creatures with place
New buildings go up under their direction /;
streets arc opened and closed at their demands /:
Year: 1871

1t seems to be thought something remarkable that
Dir. Willde Collins should produce as drama that
which he means subsequently to publish as q novel
We heartily wish that writer whose powers Of con-
structing and developing plot are hardly equaled
by any living English writer would do
his best TO give us play without any
notion Of afterward subiecting il TO the nara
tive transmogrhcation. The playwright is necesss-
rily more a good novel-manufacturor than an
accomplished shipbuilder is a dexterous house-car-
penter. The difference is that Of telling story in
three or five acts, or in two or three volumes. He
who works for the stage must husband his resources
must be adept in limiting at more than is said in
the dialogue or displayed in the action; while the
novelist works at his leisure, passes from story TO
cOloquy at will, and has the immense advantage Of
informing us beforehand what kind Of man woman
is shortly to be introduced He may amplify at his
pleasure and has unlike the dramatist tho privi-
leges Of episode and digressiOn.
Year: 1871

The Supreme Court yesterday announced de-
cisions in the Legal Tender act and other
cases of less public importance. The formal
announcement of the back-actiOn of the
Court Oh the question of the consutu-
tionality of the Legal Tender act, as
applied 10 contracts made before the
war, does not differ from that which we have
already Published. 1t is a decision in the in
terests of the great railroad companies, and 1t
has been reached through the instrumentality
of their former paid advocates and stOckhold-
ers now or the bench. The first conclusion of
tho Court has been hastily reversed, but it will
not be as easy to restore the public respect
and reverence for the tribunal which this de-
cision has sacrificed.
Year: 1871

HAPPINESS AND DUTY.-We know
of nothing more contomptible, unmanly
or unwomanly, and craven than the ev-
erlasting signing for "happiness."
Those who have the most of it think the
least about it. Bnt In thinking about
and doing their Duty, happiness comes
because the heart and mind are occu-
pied with earnest thought that touch
es at thousand points the beautiful
and sublime realities of the Universe!
the heart and mind are brought (rever-
emily, it Is said) In contact with the Gre
ator and Ruler and Father OF All--the
PERFECT BIIsS
Year: 1871

"How should sleeplessness In very
young babe be treated? also what will
cure indigestion and acidity Of stom-
ach2n


Cure indigestion, and the sleepless-
ness will disappear. To do this feed the
baby less frequently, and do not allow
it to take any thing whatever into its
stomach except milk, and that only ON
certain stated times, not loss than three
hours apart. II the acidity does not
soon disappear, extend the time to four
hours. Be sure and be regular in times
offeeding. 1t Is very important.
Year: 1871

Fighting before Paris was resumed on Sat
urday, and the Government troops forced
their way from the Seine at the Neuiliy bridge
to the wall of the city, one Of whose western
gates they command. The battle of Saturday
does not appear to have been a bloody one,
being confined almost wholly to artillery
firing Indeed none of the several engage
ments except that cf Friday have resulted in
great destruction of life, and it WAS only
during the charge Of the Government troops
which closed that day that the slaughter was
really serious. The possession Of Mont du Va
lerien by the Government troops seems to have
left the western approaches to the city inde-
fensible by the insurgents. On the south
where they held the forts-their resistance has
been more stubborn, and the Government
| troops are brought to halt. Fol the present
| it is intimated that no further active opera
tons are to follow, President Theirs processing
an unwillingness to assault, and being deter
mined on an investment. The city is said to
have provisions for only two days, but this is
q very doubtful story. The strongest indica-
ton that the success of the Government is
genuine and uneduivOcal is found in the
refusal of President Theirs to yield to the de-
mand of the Paris mob that the large cities
shall be permitted to elect their Mayors. He
declared his purpose to resign if this conces-
sion was made; and decisive majority Of the
Assembly has sustained him by authorizing the
appointment of Mayors in all cities of over
10000 inhabitants. Some grave reason un-
Questionably forces NJ. Theirs to insist on this
condition, a privilege which Napoleon III.
usurped. 1t is a condition which Americans
will be slow to approve, as violating all their
ideas of liberty and equality, and because they
cannot comprehend the necessity for it or see
any Justice in it. 1t must be confessed, how
ever, that the conduct of the Parisians who
demand this right does not recommend the ex-
tension of suffrage TO them.
Year: 1871

Gen. Butler proposes to answer in the
House of Representatives, to-day, the out
pouring of senile venom with which Garrett
Davis wasted the time of the Senate last
week. Is there any use of this The cause
of the Kentuckan's rage was that some news
paper had published an account of his silly
performance in which he was made less a
backguard than he is. He insisted on telling
the Senate that he cursed and swOre at the
Yankee statesman and dared him to fight.
We can understand why Gen. Butler should
decline to slay the stridulous old grasshOpper,
but can scarcely conceive why he should be
weak enough to seek to rival him. Surprises
are sometimes fatal to centenarians, and it
would be cruel to subject the venerable gos
sip Of the Blue Grass to the shock of having
one Of his speeches listened to and seriously
answered in the same vein.
Year: 1871

We cannot say that We have much admiration for
slang and we like it least in q college. The Yale
College Corapt las published vocabulary Of the
canting words used in that seminary from which We
particularly learn that "a shad-eater' is a member
of the Legislature, and that "a pilp is a silly fell
low Boys will De boys; but we Should think that
the very presence of a Professor Of Rhetoric (who
must he a fastidious man if he be like all the
Rhetorical Professors heretofore known to us
would disseminate purer genealogical taste. But
we are living in the age of slang, and the well Of En-
elish undctlled has become unpleasantly muddy.
Even young ladies return from their neutrality-suspicious.
with dialect which must be abhorrent to the gods
and which should be abhorrent to those gentlemen
whose attention is sought, through vulgarties Of
speech by foolish misses.
Year: 1871

Tie Senate Committee on the Judiciary
has concluded to report the KuKlux bill with
slight alterations which will neither weaken
nor strengthen its essential provisions, but
which are intended to facilitate their execution
in the courts of law. We are promised brief
and practical discussion Of this measure, and
an early vote and adjournment 1t is to be
expected that the Republicans Of the Senate
will be as unanimous as those of the House
in this last well-considered effort to end the
war in the South and the Democrats will, oil
course, continue their blind opposition to a
measure which is equally necessary and ad-
vantageous to both parties if they both hon
estly desire peace and order A united vote
in the Senate in favor of this bill would put
a stop at once to lawlessness in the South.
But that logical peTversity which has kept the
Democrats in a minority for the last ten years
seems fated to keep them still in an attitude
of Platonic sympathy with treason, which will
prevent the immediate pacifcatiOn OF the
country, and still further postpone the posi-
bility Of a Democratic Administration.
Year: 1871

The Young Mems Christian Association in Dover,
England, Las been much agitated by the question
whether Punch should be admitted TO its reading
room. After long and exceedingly silly exposure
Of Mr.. Punch's alleged iniQuities, he was declared
mot Guilty" by majority Of four; and his sheet
may now be found upon the tables. We confess
that we are somewhat surprised by this incident.
We have certainly thought Punch of late Especially
in its letter press) exceedingly stupid, but never
wicked, nor bright enough to be wicked to demor-
alizing extent, even with the worst intention. We
can heartily recommend the publication TO all who
think their spirits should be little dashed by good
mournful reading; but to those already in the
dumps the dose might prove fatal
Year: 1871

In printing to-day Mr.. Rufus Hatch's circular
No. 8, we desire TO say that we do not know
that its every statement is true; but we do
know that Mr.. Hatch is right in his general
position that the power to increase fares and
freights at pleasure ought not to be left in the
hands of Railroad managers. Rates should be
fixed by law, and liable to be enhanced only
with the consent of some responsible public
authority. To this end, Mr.. Hatchs manifestoes
strongly contribute, and we commend them to
general attention.
Year: 1871

When will the Democracy learn that cheap
expressions of sympathy with Union soldiers
and freedmen deceive nobody, and actually
insult the more intelligent Mr.. Fields of the
Albany Assembly has been indulging in these
insulting expressions in submitting a report to
refund the money which drafted men paid for
substitutes during the war. OF course there is
no serious intention to do anything of the
kind, for the simple reason that the Demo-
cratic party has not the power nor the State
the money necessary to do it. 1t is made only
for future use in political campaigns.
Year: 1871

Our advertising columns contain call for meet
inc Of the stockholders Of the unfortunate Common
wealth Fire Insurance Company, whose affairs have
been mt into the hands of a receiver, Dir. VIM. d.
Tweed. IT, Whether the affairs of the Company
wore in such condition that public interest demanded
receiver may N may not be open to question; but


its directors bitterly complain that such proceedings
were taken without their receiving tho slightest no.
tiheation. The suddenness with which corporate
property can be seized. thrown into the hands OF a
receiver and thus seriously deprecated, is matter
for grave concern; but the gravity Of the situation
il more apparent when the receiver Is appointed
from among the families Of the Ring 1t Is bad
enough that the property Of the City and the state
41onl fan i"ta -a.h hands; it is cause for conster
nation when what belongs To private individuals Is
disposed OF in this way II must be admitted that
most citizens, whom learning first from morning
newspaper that Wm. NJ. Tweed, whether Senior OF
Junior was made receiver Of their property, would
naturally be apprehensiye that at The conclusion Oh
the operations of the receiver there would be ttle
left Tor anybody else TO receive.
Year: 1871

1t is reported from Washington that the Joint
High Commission has agreed upon a basis of
principles for the adjudication of the Alabama
claims, and that the question of the Canadian
fisheries is TO be settled by the payment of a
sum Of money from the United States to
Canada, in consideration of which the waters of
the Dominion are to be opened to American
fishermen, and the coast is to be free to them
tor cleansing their nets and curing their fish.
contrary to tho public impression, it is the
question OF the san Juan boundary which has
aost occupied the time and attention of the
= .iAmlssionj bat this is also virtually disposed
o',tal the work Of the Commission is in such
s'a<fPf iorwardness that they hope to pre-
Year: 1871

The Germans of our City and vicinity to-
day celebrate the return of peace to their
.Fatherland, with the restoration of their Ma
tonal Unity and the reestablishment Of their
natural boundary on the West. They have a
right to rejoice over this most auspiciOus tri-
umph over a formidable assault and grave
peril. May the victory be as wisely improved
as il has been nOhlY wOni
Year: 1871

The College World is the title of a new paper
published rortnghy at Princeton II does not connne
II. attention to local college news, but contains a
summary OF intelligence the principal American and
several foreign universities, and much miscellaneous


matter which likely to be Of Interest 10 students The
typographical appearance OF the paper Is remarkably
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