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Year: 1872

| do not wonder at men ridicul-
ing the fashions and fCllies of wo-
men; but | regret that many Of the
sterner sex should so seldom dis
criminate between "the wise and the
foolish virgins" Men seem to think
that all women are alike in their van
tiles and frvolities. Let me tell you,
Sirs and Gentlemen, that sensible
woman despises The weak and silly
ones Of her own sex as much, nay,
more, than you do; for sometimes,
you must acknowledge, you are so
taken by a bright eye, or rosy lip,
that you overlook the folly and fri
volity for the sake Of a neat little fir
tdttOR.


My idea of wel-bred lady is one
who is richly yet plainly dressed,
without all that ornamentation
which now characterizes our sex, and
who wears but little jewelry-a watch,
perhaps, and 4 brooch; and we will
also ALLOW her bracelets, but no ear
rings-barbarous inventions!-let us
leave them to savages, who are in the
habit of cutting their flesh for the
purpose II inserting ornaments. A
Modest woman, modestly and be-
comingly attir5d in rich fabrics
silk, satin or velvet, as the case may
be-is, in the eyes Of men, as noble
and charming vision. She may al
50, if she be of a domestic turn
which fact, l regret to say, is be-
coming rarer every day-dress her.
self neatly and becomingly even in
calico, What prettier sight is there,
in the eyes of a loving husband, than
the goddess Of his heat and home
presiding over the breakfast table in
her quiet, well-ftting morning dress,
and white collQrwith its knot of pink
or blue ribbon, her soft hair all right,
and Ter sweet face full of smiles!
Happy man! how his eyes shinel and
how delicious is the coffee prepared
by her own fair hands! And the
white bread and rolls that she made
yesterday during his absence, how
sweet aud crisp to his taste! He
goes away to his daily avocations
with a sunbeam in his heart, the re-
membrancc Of his morning goddess
haunting lin until the days decline,
when a coming vision of an evening
fairy b gins to present itself to his
MUD. And when he reaches his
h me she stands ready to receive
hm, bright and charming, in her
soft lustriJus silk aud Il flower in her
hair She rresides at his dinner ta-
ble as gracefully as at the morning
meal, just as if she had not haunted
the kitchen the best part of the
forenoon, and then is ready to amuse
her "dearly beloved" in singing to OF
/ playing upon her piano or guitar, il
he chooses music, or to talk to him
quietly for an hour or two if he
should prefer a little social chat
Oh yes! there are some happy homes
yet left in married life. Would that
there were many, many more,


"Whcre two hearts beat in unison,


And two souls seem rs one"
Year: 1872

Sydney Smith thus defines the OBJ
ject of preaching: ut is constantly
to remind mankind of what he is
constantly forgetting; not to supply
the defects,of human intelligence,
but to fortifythe feebleness of human
resolutions; to recall mankind from
the by paths where they turn, into
the path of salvation, which all
know, but few tread


The aims and topics of the pull
pit have been eloquently condensed
by TaIfourd. We transcribe the pas
sage;


"The subjects Of the pulpit have
never been varied from the day the
Holy Spirit visibly descended on the
first advocate Of the gospel in
tongues of fire. They are in no dan
ger of being exhausted by frequency,
or changed with the vicissitudes Of
mortal fortune. They have imme-
diate relation to that eternity the
idea of which is the living soul of all
poetry and art. 1t is the province
of the preacher of Christianity to de.
velop the connection between this
world and the next, to watch over
the beginning of a course that will
endure forever, and to trace. the
broad shadows cast from i'm
perishable realities on the shifting
scenery Of earth. The mysteries Of
our being, life and death, both in
their sublimer relation, are topics of
their ministry. There is nothing af-
fecling in the human conditions,
nothing majestic in the affections,
nothing touching in the instability
of human dignities, the fragility of
loveliness, or the heroism of self
sacrifice, which is not a theme suited
to their high purposes. 1t is theirs
to dwell ON the Oldest history of the
world, on the beautiful simplicity Of
the patriarchal age, on the stern and
awful religious and marvellous story
Of the Hebrews, on the character,
miracles and death of the Savior, on
all the wonders and all the beauty
of the Scriptures.
Year: 1872

The New York Shipping and
Commercial List, in its issue Of last


Saturday, in writing on the subjeo


Of Cotton Manufacturing in the


South, says:


In Georgia and Alabama the most


successful efforts have been made in


this direction, and many thousand


spindles are now running within


sight of the cotton fields. There arc


now running in Alabama six fac


tories, which number in the aggre-


gate over forty-thousand spindles,


and consume upwards of twenty


thousand bales of cotton annually.


The fact is significant of the changes


which have been wrought by the new


order of things. In the days of


slave labor, manufactures received


very little attention in that quarter.


SO long as they had a market for


their cotton, the land and slave own


ers were quite content with the til


lage oftheir productive soil, leaving
to the others and other labor sys-
TENS the manufacture Of their wear
ing apparel, and even the very in
struments with which they "tickled
the earth to make it yield of its
abundance. Now, all this is in pro-
cess of change. Mills and manufac-
tories are springing up in several of
the cotton-producing States, North
ern capitalists finding it profitable,
in conjunction with the owners OF
land and water power, to invest their
money in the erection of mills for
the manipulation of the great South
ern staple on the soil that quickened
it. Heretofore, less than one-ff-
teenth Of the cotton crop has been
worked into yarn and fabrics in
Southern factories. In the future,
the local consumption of cotton
will gradually expand, albeit, with
the superior facilities of some Of
the Eastern States, it is not prob
able that the competition between
the two sections will for many years
to come, be very sharp, or that the
products OF Southern mills will find
their way North to any great extent.
Nor is it probable that the spread Of
manufactures in the South, will, to
any appreciable extent, interfere
with the manufacturing interest Of
the North. All the products Of
Northern mills, of whatever descrip-
tion, will find, as heretofore, a ready
market, and the increase in the de-
mand will go in direct ration with
the growth of the whole country in
wealth and population; while the
South, with the advantages of hav-
ing the raw staple united with water
power at its doors, would have no
successful rival, and the value of its
cotton crop could be increased be-
yond present computation.
Year: 1872

CRACKED WHEAr.-Immediately f.
ter breakfast put kettle of water
to boil, with a steamer above, placing
therein q two.quart tin vessel, hall
full of cracked wheat, tablespoonful
of salt, and water enough to cover


Allow it to steam all day with less
time it tastes raw; add hot water
occasionally, just enough to keep the
crack wheat covered; it will swell
double. Allow it to stand till cold.
then turn it on a plate; serve at any
meal, with cream and sugar. Fol
the sake of hygiene l have, at every
meal, cracked wheat, Graham, oat'
meal or samp.-MoNA, 2EusuilRe,iPa
Year: 1872

NbMANs


Those disasters which break down
the spirit OF man, and PROSTATE him
III the dust, seem to call forth all the
energies oil the softer sex, and give
such intrepid elevation to their char
acter, that at times it approaches to
sublimity. Nothing can be more
touching than to behold a soft and
tender female, who had been all
weakness and dependence, and alive
to trivial roughness, while treadiug
the prosperous path Of life, sudden
ly rising in mental force to be the
comforter and supporter of her hus-
band under misfortune, and abiding
with unshrinking frmness, the Bit
terest blast of adversely. AS the
vine which has long twined its grace
ful foliage about the oak, and been
lifted by it in sunshine, will, when
the hardy plant is rtted by the thun-
derbolt, cling round it with its ca
ressirg tendrils, and bind up its
shattered boughs; sois it beautifully
ordered by Providence that woman
who is the mere dependent and or.
namont of man in his happier hours
should be his stay and solaco when
smitten with sudden calamity; wind
ing herself in the rugged recesses OF
his nature, tenderly supporting his
dropping head, and binding up the
broken heart.
Year: 1872

All the Apaches have left Camp Date Creek. There was rumor here yesterday morning, to the effect that the Apacbes had surrounded the post and had driven the soldiers out, but J. Gold stein, Archie Mcintosh and the driver of the mail coach contradictcd it.
Year: 1872

n come in from Wjcken burg car dng last, with a wagon load of 3f which are for sale at Hatha- let. Mir. W. Came ria Antelope is us that it will take considerable

 good road over said hill. He ty ought to aid In building good some other route, and we think
Year: 1872

\ PEoBLEM-A witty young gentle
mai living with rich farmer, tell in
love with his daughter On hearing Of
this he said to the young man that
there were three gates between bis
house and his orchard, and that if he
would go to the orchard, and get a
number Of apples and leave half he had
and half an apple over, at the first gate;
and halfhe had left and half All apple
over. the second gate; and half he had
and haitian apple over, at the third
gate, and bring one to him without
cutting an apple, he might have his
daughter. | wish to know how many
apples he had left at each gate and the
number Of apples.


Too Coop TO BE LOsr.-We heard
of a conversation that took place a few
evenings since between one OF Elmiras
fair daughters and young merchant
of this place, which runs thus: The
merchant f.hn excellent
Year: 1872

The most extensive demonstration ever made in
Paterson by single branch OF industry occurred
yesterday afternoon, in the shape OF procession
by the silk weavers and male operatives OF the
mills. over seven hundred men were In line, each
one being decorated with sllken sash made in the
Paterson factories. number OF handsome silk
banners were also carried, bearing inscriptions
to the effect that home industry must
be protected by q tarirr. The line OF march ex.
tended through all the principal parts OF the city
and was enlivcned by two bands OF music and the
singing OF several wagon loads OF girls employed In
the factory. The republican candidate for Congress
and other radical orators addressed the men ut the
Wigwam In the evening.
Year: 1872

FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
Continued Stringency in the Money


Market.
SIGNS OF A RELAXATION.
Dealings at Seven Per Cent Sub
sequent 10 Three o'clock.
A Further Decline and Rally in


the Stock Market.
ERIE STRONG AND HIGHER.
Gossip About a New Issue Of Fifty
Millions Of GreenbackS.
What the Secretary Of the Treasury Cannot Do
and What lie Ought To Do.
The Downward Tendency Of the
Foreign Exchanges.
SIGHT STERLING SELLING AT l0S Ia.
Gold and Government Bonds


Lower.
Year: 1872

We have repeatedly spoken of the advantages
which the COMMERCIAL presents as an advertis-
ing medium. Now for practical illustration Of
what we have all along said


Yesterday medicinal preparation was adyer-
tised for sale at certain of our drug stores, and
before our press was done running call was
made for quantity Of the article Advertised. at
one Of theae stores.


Another: A gentleman advertised dwelling
for rent in our columns few days ago, and he
has been besieged with applicants ever since
de says he could have rented a dozen houses,
had he possessed them


And thus it is. An advertiseme.t inserted in
newspaper with such general circulation at
the COMMERCIAL, finds its way to many iresides
and in many circles where are, perchance null
titude of wants, and the advertiser and the arti-
Gle advertised are sought out forthwith. These
= sign boards are personal solicitations to the
reader and he does not always pass them idly
by
Year: 1872




Real diflidence and innate modesty are so rare
ly seen in American society Of the present day,
that cases Of the g simon pure article deserve
especial mention by the newspaper press Such
modesty was displayed at wedding recently
celebrated in this county young man had
''woed and won" the affections of a charming
young lady, and the time was fixed upon when
she was to make him the 'happiest of men.
When that day arrived the store cakes and whis-
key were provided the clergyman was in at
tendance, and friends and neighbors were az
sembled to join their voices in the Joyous ep-
thalamiums, when 10 the bridegroom came
not. After anxiOusy awaiting until all hope OF
his coming was past party was formed to go
in search of the missing groom, and the bride
elect swooned away. The. bridegroom who all
this time had been vainly endeayoring to screw
his courage, up to the sticking place, " had hid
den himself in order to see what turn events
might take.


When he beheld the party of discovery coming
towards him, thinking that discretion was the
better part of valor he took to his heels and
fled incontnently. A halt was however soon ef-
fected by means Of shot gun, and the young
maA 8 excessive diifideuce 30 far overcome that
he allowed himself to be led back to the object
Of his affections. Here another difficulty arose;
the bride, whose "amourpropre" had been great
ly shocked by the outrageous treatment she re-
ceiyed from the groom, came to the conclusion,
somewhat late, matrimony WAS but delusion
and snare, and that nothing could induce her
to marry the man: rather,


An outcast pilgrim will she rove,


Then wed the man


"who went back on her" No persuasions, ne
entreaties OF her friends could prevail on her.
till at last the Rev. clergymen, who by the way,
is something of wag, told the bride he would
submit to no such conduct that he had been
sent for to marry the couple, and unless she
consented to have the cermony performed at
once that he would call on Sheriff Smith and
have her arrested for breach of promise. Tie
fair one could not resist such an argument and
the groom being ready this time they were forth
with inundated on the altar of Hymen.
Year: 1872

Manager Bidwell, of the Academy of
Music, desires us to state that he received
dispatch at a late hour last night, an
nouncing the safety Of Mile. Bonfanti's
baggage, which will arrive here in season
to enable her to appear this evening.
Year: 1872

ov-ICK TRANsIT-NEw-YORK AND wEsrCHEsTER.
TO me Edttor Of The Tribune.


SIR: The voice of the people in this city is
nearly unanimous favor of the two bills now before
the LEGISLATURE that propose to effect quick transit
through the capital and organism Of the Harlem Rail
road Company and Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Only one
onesop has arisen on the subject and that not in
poton 70 the plan proposed but he depth OF the track
They say the track must be sunk much deeper from
Fortysecondt north 70 the Harlem River than stated
in the bill Many property-holders east OF the Fourth
ave- insist that shall only be sunk l6 feet
below the surface hut that IL shall be made tunnel. bv
which the road will be completely nclosed so as to make
a,subterraneous entrance into the city,


There are several objections 10 this plan that has
caused all who contemplate riding on this road to object
10 it, First: The expense OF building the road viii be
more than doubled. Second: 1t will be unhealthy and
unpleasant Third: The Harlem Railroad Company will
not encounter the expense of subterranean
undertake the work unless they compelled to do
by legislation, and, therefore shall have no quick
transit by this route for many years, II at all.


IT, therefore, the Will Of portion OF our people re-
siding on the East side and who do not expect 10 use
the ssha prevail the whole OF the inhabitants OF
Harlem and Weschester and all who wish TO reside in
these places, that engaged and propose 10 be ell
gagged in the traffic of New York; must continue 10
suffer from the OF quick transit. This is unrea-
sonable proposition, and hope the Legislature will
feel that the whole business country interested this
question. This route Is now the channel through which


large proportion of the travelling public enter city,
and their comfort and health should be considered
well the imaginary depression OF the extrayagan
prices put upon property by the owners OF houses and
lots ON the side OF the road The people in New
York Wfstchester and all who come and wish 70 come
and 70 through this channel desire health and light,
and quick transit and that soon as the track can be
sunk as contemplated by the bill before the legislature
For many years have been hoping FOR this quick
transit while our people. with their personal tax have
going to NowJersey and other places TO the great
injury OF commerce and trade and loss 10 our city
revenue and tax PAYERS. VoX POPULI.


AeIc York, Aprl 70, 1872.
Year: 1872

nine candidates put in nomination by their party me
voter already shown would have 20 select one our OF
an incalcuiabe number OF combinations OF the nine
names. This would be simply game OF chance. Snch
mode Of election Is clearly aud papably unconsttu-
Year: 1872

Not long since / met gentleman


who is assessed for more than million.


Silvered was his hair, care upon his


broHS, and lie stopped beneath his bur.


den of wealth. We were speaking of


that period of life when we had reali-


zed the most perfect enjoyment, or rath-


er, when we had found the happiness


nearest to being malloyea 'I'll tell
you," said the millionaire, "when was


the happest hour of my life AT the


age OF one and twenty l had saved
$500. was earning $500 year, and
! my father did not take it from me, only
irequiring that l should pay for my
board At the age of iweuty one had
secured a pretty cottage, just outside Of
THE city. was able to pay two thirds
of the value down, and also to furnish
lit respectfully / was married on Sum
4day--a Sunday in June-at my fathers


house. My wife had come to me poor


in purse, but rich in the wealth Of her


womanhood. The Sabbath and the
Sabbath night we passed beneath my
fathers roots. and on Monday morning


| went to work, leaving my mother and
sister to help in preparing my homie
On Monday evening, when the labors
| of the day were done, / went not to
| the paternal shelter as in the past, but


to my own house-my own house. The


holy atmosphere OF that hour seems to
lsurround me even now in the memory


opened the door of my cottage and
entered. l laid my hat upon the little
stand in the hall, and passed on to the
kitchen and dining room was bota one


then. pushed open the kitchen door
and was-in heaven! The table was set


against the wall. The evening meal was
ready--prepared by the hand of her


who had come to be my helpmeet in
deed as well as in name-and by the
table, with a throbbing, expectant look


upon her face, stood my wife. / tried


to speak, and could not. / could only
clasp the waiting angel to my bosom,
thus showing to her the ecstatic burden


of my heart. The years have passed+.r
long, long years-and worldly wealth
has flowed in upon me, and | am hon.
ored and envied, but-as true as heaven
Il would give it all-every dollar-fos
| the joy of that June evening, in the
long, long agow
Year: 1872

Why do the recriminations of married
couples resemble the sound of waves on
the shore? Because they are murmurs
of the tide.


Why is laziness like money! Because
the more person has the more he
wants.


What is the word Of one syllable
which, if you take two letters from it,
will become word of two syllables ?
You must try to guess that, for it is my
last conundrum. 1t is plague; take pl
and it becomes ague.
Year: 1872

my own room, apart from all sound in the
great silent Abbey, too i'll and weak to
move. after the terrible blindness had left
me- Sometimes a plying face would look
in upon me, sometimes a plying word be
said, but never a leving one, never ten
der one. | did not wonder that only the
servants came to see me. I knew how
hard it would be for any one who had
loved Dolly to bear to look upon my face.
50. one early, early morning, as soon as
| was able to walk, l crept away to my
darling's grave, ant from there, when the
sun had risen, orept tulther out into the
wide cold world, which seemed to me.
Just then, only va5ter lonelier grave than
the one on which my tevered cheek had
rested.


| did not know until long afterward
that | had been alone at Craydon Abbey
with the servants through all those weeks ,
that Lady Hurst and Sir Hugh had left it
after the funeral, for the mothers heart
broken, aud they feared her life or reason
going, if sha stayed in the memory haunt
ed place That is twenty years ago, a. |
said and Sir Hugh aud Lady Hurst have
never returned to England. MIR. Hugh
and his wife and children live at the old
place now; but the long gloomy passage
has been built up, and there is no entrance
now to Sir Rapert's room Sir Hngh's
grandchildren have not even heard of its
existence. nor do they ever hear the
''scutfling struggling sounds, " which must
have frightened my darling to death in
that rat-haunted darkness, even before the
savage bit was giyen-the sounds that She
heard in that past time when she fanCled
Sir Ruper's ghost fought stll at times
with his betrayer.


Twenty wears and [ have never told
this tale before. | do it simply now with
out preface or appendix, 1t matters not
where | lived before those few. months
which | have told Of and which seem To
hold my entire lite it matters not where
| have lived since The name | have
given here is not my own; yet il my little
story true-most sadly, pidtully true.
Year: 1872

DEEP PLANTING OF TREES. In paper
recently before the Vermont Agricultural
Society, the writer states that he COM
menced planting trees thirty years ago, and
followed published directions to dig wide
and deep, and fill the hole when planting
with fine rich loan, but that not having
time to complete his whole planting after
that manner, he planted many trees by sim
ply digging Off the top soil and loosening
the subsoil, thus saving a vast amount of
labor, and in reality placing the roots of the
tree in just as good position for growth as
those in the deep dug holes. From the
first, he SAYS, the last planting made equal
growth with the first; and while the first
planted We're continually blowing over, and
to-day not one stands erect, his last plant
ing are all upright and have never required
care.
Year: 1872

Primrose and violet, down in the lane,


Trod by our footsteps so lightly of old,
| welcome you out of the earth again,


In your shaded purple and Sunlit gold.
Only-if only the warm spring sun


Brought back the dead who died with the


flowers.


Ye are so many, and she was but one,


Who faded forever from earthly bowers.
Closed her blue eyes as the violets slept.


Sank with the primrose into the earth:
None could awaken her, loud though they wept
She will not JOY in the flowers new birth.
Primrose and violet! mine still in death.


Those of your kindred she gave to me here
Granting nv prayer for her youthful faith.
And she had W ithered before they were sere.
Yet must live, and must live for the right
1t is tor her and to see her again.
And You've shall be where she lies this night,
And die on her dead heart as | would faln.