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Year: 1875



 We publish the report of the majority of the Louisiana committee in full on our outside with extracts from that of the mi nority. They differ chiefly regarding the amount of intimidation practiced by the Conservatives at and before last falls cleo tion, but agree in reporting that n,ajori- ty of Conservatives were chosen to tie House of Representatives, and that the action of the Returning Board was illegal, arbitrary and unjust They also substan- tlally agree in requesting the Louisiana House of Representatives to admit the Conservatives entitled to seats therein They seem substantially agreed also in not recommending @ new elections

 The minority certainly adduee very strong proof of terrorism, such as has, no doubt, paralyzed the Kellogg government Tn a large portion of the State, where the collection of taxes is practically impossi- ble, and where the people are practically without protection of law. But how can

 

 look to the ballot as the peaceful remedy of such grave evils? Confessedly the un- fairness of Republican Returning Boards has banished all hope of peaceful remedy at the polls. It is the counting, not the voting, that decides elections. In 1876 Gov. Kellogg will no doubt appoint a Board that will repeat the rascality of last fall and nullify the will of the people should the Conservatives still have a ma jority in the State.

 Under these circumstances We can see no mode of settlement SO fair and so little open to objection as 8 new election held under Congressional auspices and careful ly guarded against fraud and coercion. Where there IS such just doubt of the le- gality of Kellogg's election as appears from these reports, the true and the Re publican course would seem to be to favor neither the one nor the other of these doubtful sets of claimants, but to go di- rect to the people, for new expression of their opinion. We ask the minority who deprecate the excitement of & general election, now, how much quieter matters are like to be in the fall of 1876, in the heat of Q presidential canvass, with anoth- CT Kellogg Returning Board and the White League aroused to redoubled ac- tivity?
Year: 1875

We see it stated that Mir. Barnum gave his vote in the House Railroad committee, of which he is a member, Tn favor of Tom Scotts Texas Pacific railroad subsidy, yet when the bill came before the House his vote is recorded against the measure. This is a matter that will bear explana- tion,
Year: 1875

We once asked an old Winnebago
squaw how it was that she cured her
sick family by simply covering them
every day with fresh earth, leaving only
breathing spot for their noses, and she
said: Earth our mother. Earth make
she, and earth take good care to make
she papoose strong; squaw mother make
she papOOses sick. Earth mother makes
she papooses well again. She can't tell
white squaw any more" Now this
poor Indian woman was wise according
to her lights" Without knowing why,
she saw that the earth was friend to
her children, and therefore gave them
to its healing embrace. If the mother
be fortunate enough TO live in the coun-
try, she has the cure for many of her
children's ills quite at hand. Encour-
age baby to play in the fresh earth, pre-
pairing it properly for its enjoyment and
cure, with as careful an eye to the COM
fort of the little thing, as you would if
it were to take any other sort of bath.
If it has no old dresses, make il a suit of
cheap print, tie upon its head light
hat, that will protect its eyes from dis
comfort and give it freedom to delve in
the warm. soft earth, where the sunshine
can comfort and invigorate it. If it is
city child and circumstances forbid a
trip to the country for the sake of the
weak convalscent, have a sand heap
made on the warm side of your yard.
Instinct will teach it TO dig, and digging
hardens the muscle and brings strength
to the bones, while from the heart of
the earth rises subtle and strong
power of healing that we can neither
explain nor understand for ourselves,
though we have both seen and felt its
potency.-The Metropolitan.
Year: 1875

In Olden times it was the fashion for
a suitOr to go down on his knees to a
lady when he asked her to become his
wife, which, with very stout gentlemen,
was an uncomfortable proceeding.
The way in which Daniel Webster pro-
posed to Miss Fletcher was more
modern, being at the same time neat
and poetic. Like many other lovers,
he was caught holding a skein of thread
or wool which the lady had been unra-
yelling. "Gracie,n said he, Eve have
been untying knots. Let us see if we
cannot tie one which will not unite in
a lifetime With a piece of tape he
fashioned half true lovers knot, Miss
Fletcher perfected it, and kiss put
the seal to the symbOlical bargain.


Most men when they pop" by writing
are more straightforward and matter
Of-fact. Richard Steele wrote to the
lady of his heart Dear Mrs. Shur-
lock (there were no misses in those
days. am tired of calling you by that
name therefore, say a day when you
take that of madam.-YOur devoted,
humble servant, Richard Steele She
fixed the day accordingly, and Steeled
her name instead of heart to the suitor.


The celebrated preacher, Whitfield,
proposed marriage to young lady in
a very cool manner-as though Whit
field meant a afieldOfice. He addressed
a letter to her parents without con-
sulting the maiden, in which he said
that they neednOt be at all afraid of Off
ending him by refusal, as he thanked
God he was quite free from the passion
called love. Of course the lady did
Year: 1875

A French scientific paper suggests
that birthstone should be carried on
board every ship for use in case of fire.
Half hundred weight Thirty kilOs) of
birthstone would be sufficient to abstract
the whole of the oxygen from one hun
dred cubic meters of air, thus render
ing it untitled to support combustion.
In closed space, like ships hold the
sulphurous gas produced by the burn
ing of the birthstone would penetrate
where water from the decks could not
be brought to bear, and the density of
the gas would prevent its rising or
spreading if care were taken to close
the matches carefully with wet sails, etc.
II is suggested that the birthstone
should be made up in the form of large
matches, the ends of which could be
passed through seuttles prepared for
them in the decks or bulkheads in case
of need. 1t is asserted that twenty to
twenty francs worth of birthstone
would be sufficient to stifle and annihi-
late all traces of combustion in an air
space.Of one thousand cubic meters ca
pacity.
Year: 1875

That kangaroo should be able to
traverse the branches of a tree is so eX-
traOrdinary a fact that many people re-
fused to believe its possibility until pos
itive proof was given of the animal by a
living specimen at the Geological
Gardens. Its cage was fitted with a
large tree branch, such as is supplied to
the leopards, and it was a very curious
sight to watch the animal skipping
about the boughs as lightly and securely
as if it had been a squirrel. 1t retained
many of the habits of its wild state,
notably that of sitting motionless for
long periods as if asleep, but. when
reused to action, leaping about with
astonishing quickness. l imagine that
these habits tend to its preservation.
The dark-brown color of the fur bears
so close a resemblance to the hue of the
branches that, even when the animal is
i'm cage, and the observer knows where
to look, he will not at once discriminate
between the tree and the animal. Its
habit of stiffness will, therefore, ac-
count for its preservation from the eyes
of enemies, while its exceeding quick
ness and agility when iii motion will
enable it to escape from almost any foe
except man.
Year: 1875

Charles Warren Stoddard writes !:
There are houses in Florence, many of
them, that look as if they were built of
the stage scenery of some dismantled
theatre. | saw one this morning, a snug
modern affair, as severely simple in its
proportions as a packing-box, yet it was
so touched uD by the brush and some
scenic artist that a balcony with six
pillars seemed to start out from the front
of it. There are two doors and four
windows introduced to complete the
harmony of the facade. Yet these were
all deceptions; the house pretended to
be of stone, with plaster that had
peeled off in spots, exposing the rough
cut walls.


In an attic window, mere picture, a
cat summed herself, and little away
from her sat two pigeons billing but not
cooling, for that was beyond the art of
even a Florentine house painter. A rake
leaned against the wall, and east pal
pable shadow that unfortunately ran
against the sun, for it was late i'm the
day, when the shadow was stationary;
two towels fluttered from the balcony:
a pail was turned over in the corner
part, and bush that might bewilder a
bOtanist bloomed forever in blossoms of
yellow and red as gross and unsavory as
cabbages.


Was this all? No, one of the fraudu-
lent windows was open, a fair and most
substantial virgin leaned forth, and
with her arm extended like statue, she
waves night and day, year after year, a
handkerchief to the passer-by, be he
friend or stranger. This sort of thing
is often seen in Florence. Sometimes
two lovers ''spOon" unblushingly in a
sham window. One is half inclined to
ask if the inmates sat for this picture,
but questions of that nature would be
too frequent. | have almost lost con-
fidedce in everything Florentine. / am
never quite sure that it is house | see
before me, or only the rear wall of
somebody's garden. l am quite con-
vinced that shall some day find nv
self knocking at false door, and wait
ing impatiently for the descent of the
fat-faced woman who sits week after
week smiling upon the world from the
window overhead.
Year: 1875

He who has seen the bird of passa ge
only in a cOmparatively southern lati-


tude can form no idea of the wiidness
of rapture with which it halls its re-


turn to that far land where the bloom
ing meadow and the eternal glacier lie
basking together in the wealth of the
summer day, and where the forest
breathes its fairy life under the burn
ing dream of the midnight sun. To
the minds of many the name of Norway
suggests a picture of winter clothed
pines and far-reaching snOwfields, with
little or no relief from the influences of
the gentler seasons; and still, strange
as the assertion may sound, Norway Is
peculiarly the"Land of Summer
There is no doubt that the birds at
least think so, and their testimony is
likely to be trustworthy. And he who
stands in the glory of the morning in
the heart of one of the blooming ford
valleys, hears the thOusand-voiced
chorus of the valleys winged songsters
welling down over him from the birch
glen overhead, sees the swift, endless
color-play of the sun -smitten glaciers,
the calm, lucid depth of the air-clear
ford, and the trembling frailty of the
birch-bougb under the sturdy strength
of the tir,-ah he whose gaze has but
once dwelt upon all this will need no
other persuasion than that of his own
eye to unite in the song of the thrush
and the cuckoo and the fieldfare about
the peerless beauty of Norway's sum


mer. 1t is not heat that makes sum
mer; its life is of a far subtler and
more ethereal essence. Who knows
but the glacier itself may do its share
toward intensifying this life, or at least
our own perception of itf For the
white, snow-peaked background, with
its remote breath of winter, grazing
the horizon of the mind, sets summer
off into stronger and bOlder relief.
Year: 1875

Washington never made a speech. In
the zenith of his fame he once attempted
it, failed, and gave it up confused and
abashed. In framing the constitution
of the United States the labor was al
most wholly performed in committee of
the whole, of which George Washington
was the chairman; but he made two
speeches during the convention of a
very few words each The convention,
however, acknowledged the master
spirit, and historians affirm that, had it
not been for his personal popularity and
the thirty words of his first speech pro-
nouncing it the best that could be united
upon, the Constitution would have been
rejected by the people. Thomas Jeffer-
son never made speech He couldn't
do it. Napoleon, whose executive ability
is almost without parallel, said that
his greatest difficulty was in finding
men of deeds rather than words. When
asked how he maintained his influence
over his superiors in age and experience
when commander-in-chief of an army in
Italy, he said, by reserve. The great
ness of man is not measured by the
length of his speeches and their number.
Year: 1875

The world is crazy for show. There
is not one perhaps in a thousand who
dares fall back on his real simple self
for power to get through the world, and
exact enjoyment as he goes along.
There is no end to the aping, the mimi
cry, the false airs, and the superficial
airs. Ii requires rare courage, we ad-
nit, to live up to ones enlightened con-
victions in these days. Unless you con-
sent to join in the chat, there is nd'room
for you among the great mob of pre-
tenders. If man desires to live within
his means and is resOlute in his purpose
not to appear more than he really is,
let him be applauded. There is some
thing fresh and invigorating in such an
example, and we should honor and up
hold such plan with all the energy in
our power,
Year: 1875

Unless yOu would be set down as vul-
gar. don't laugh at peoples mistakes
OrmisfOrtunes. There's time to laugh;
but when when your schOOlmate has
slipped down on the ice, and is hurt,
perhaps or by accident the fruit-stand
at the corner is overturned, and the
poor old mans oranges and apples are
scattered in the mud or some lover of
a very low quality of fun has pinned a
ticket for sale on persons back as he
walks the street; or an absent minded
lady, thinking more of the poor she is
going to visit than herself, has gone
out with one boot and one slipper on !:
or a near-sighted person, whom you
never saw before, addresses you as Jane
or John, and cordially inquiries after
your grandma, when you haven't any
or the new bOarder next door, in a
a block of a dozen houses all precisely
alike, walks Familiarity into your hall
and comes to dead stop on the stairs,
or the bashful student comes awk-
wardly upon the platform, and breaks
down in an attempt to declaim or the
same sort of sensitive youth, through
extreme diffidence, commits in COM
pany the very error he was trying to
avoid or whenever anything trying or
humble happens to any persOn-that is
not the time to laugh, if you do by others
as you would be done by. If you are
the person laughed at in any such case,
consider that, at least, You are a great
deal better than those who laugh at
you. The too bashful girl or boy al
most always turns out better than the
too bold The people who are always
right side out in looks and dress and
style, are not necessarily by any means
the best or the brightest. Nothing more
surely indicates good breeding and a
large heart than not seeming to notice
blunder, whether of friend or stran-
ger-unless it is by word or simple act
of kindness to show sympathy or rem
der assistance, when this can spare the
feelings or tighten a misfortune
Christian Era.
Year: 1875

The clerk of merchant at Osaka,
Japan, went to kiOtO on business of his
employer, and received one thousand
yen to carry back to Osaka. Having
been detained longer than he expected
he missed the steamboat, and being
anxious to complete his journey as
quickly as possible, took a jinrikisha
intending to travel through the night
and reach Osaka befOr daylight. On
arriving at a village few miles from
his destination, about three A. NJ. a
man with drawn sword stopped the
vehicle and demanded the thousand
yen, stating that he had seen the youth
receive it at kiotO. After some demur
the clerk took the money from his
bosom, and was about to hand it to the
robber. when the jinrikisha cOOlie
snatched the bag and made off, leaving
the vehicle, the clerk, and the rObber
in the middle of the road, the two lat
ter as speechless as the former. The
knight of the road, finding himself
foiled, departed in the direction oppO-
site to that of Osaka, to which city the
youth FASTENED, after abandoning his
first thoughts Ofjumping into the river.
On arriving az the house of an uncle, he
acquainted that relative with his ad-
venture, and expressed desire to die.
But he was spared, for it was discov-
cred that the coolie, instead of running
away with the money, had taken it to
the police station. He was apprOpri-
ately rewarded with share of the
money he had so cleverly saved.
Year: 1875

4 Word 10 Boys.-See here, little
friends, we want Ia say word to you.
While we are with you for enjoyment
thickly sprinkle into the web of life,
we must not forget our duties as we 20
along, nor must we get things too badly
mixed. We admire the old saying, that
there is ''time for everything" and
we like the saying equally well, that
everything should be done at the pro-
per time" The idea that we wish to
convey is, that you should be regular
and systematic in your habits. and not
do one hour what is claimed for ano-
ther. Always discharge your duty
fully and earnestly, whether it be work
or play, each in its proper time. You
will find that this rule will make you
beloved and respected and useful mem
bers of society. Funny Things.
Year: 1875

The Joint legislative Canal Committee is fol-
lowing hard and fast in the footsteps of the
Governors Commission, and like that body is
apparently doing its work thoroughly.
The communication to the Canal Board
placed in the hands of the Auditor
on Tuesday night and printed in our columns
to-day gives in picturesque detail the history
of the famous OtiscO Lake fraud with which
the readers of TIE TRIBUNE already have
some acquaintance. The contract for construct
ing a reservoir at OtiscO Lake in 1SGS was
awarded to A. Caldwell Belden, the work to
be completed in seven months at total cost
of 1884. 1t dragged through three years,
and the State paid $43,753 to the contractor
besides $4,000 to land owners. There is
hardly any possible variety of fraud which
was not practiced in this notorious work. The
size of the dam was grossly Overstated.
The measurement of the land was dishonest.
The reservoir would not hold water, and great
trouble and expense were afterward required
to prevent the retaining walls from sliding into
the lake. The dam Leaked lke sieve.' be-
Year: 1875

creditable to the memory Of the doer
Children may DO taught that there is dis
honor in self .murder-that it is something 30
abhorrent to nature that no instance of it can
bc thought of with equanimity or Indifference.
The law has ceased to regard it as o crime !;
but not less shOJd society consider it as a
desertion during battle. as infdelity to trust,
as cruelty to surviving friends, as an act
unworthy of true manhood or wOmanhOOd.
Year: 1875

No more tragic mode of committing suicide
than that of SignOr Pietro Vaini, which we
record to-day, could well be devised. 1t seems
more than probable that he so identified him.
self with the passion and despair of the scene
from Phadra that he was scarcely conscious
of the reality of his fatal act. The fact that
he had previously exhibited symptoms
of a deep-seated melancholy is now, too
late, remembered This gloomy termina-
ton to the pleasures of picnic will
not be without its use, if it impresses the ne
cessity of carefully watching the words and
acts Of those whose mOOdiness gives cause for
alarm. Perhaps if the remarks made by Signor
Vaini earlier in the day had been thoroughly
understood, the danger in his case might have
been apprehended in time to save him.
Year: 1875

In the absence of some explanation it seems
very absurd that II Haytians condemned to
death for treason are enjoying the protection
of the American Minister, and are living in
perfect defiance of the law. The circum-
stances are, however, grave enough to warrant
sending to that island some of the war vessels
lying idle in our navy-yards. The surrender
Of the Laura Pride's cargo made it plain that
Year: 1875

During the first week in November the first
Of these concerts, In which Mme Ttens Is to make her
American debut, will occur at steinway Hall Mr..
srakosch, who arrived last week from Europe. Is at
present engaged in organizing troupe to support his
prima donna from the talent available In this country
and is to be hoped that ne may fnd artists worthy To
cooperate with Nine. Tens In work Of such magnitude
ana difficulty have been laid out for her, she
present expected to appear In OPERA but before
the ends she will sing in oratorio In which she
has earned great distinction in England.
Year: 1875

most certain and infallible proofs of weak intellect and of ror- Irupt heart.

 8. He must be patriotic, as this will induce him to seek to pro-

 mote the public good, in which his own interest is involved, and he

 must have too much honorable independence of soul to be capa-

 ble of degrading himself into a slavish partisan; otherwise he will

 infallibly become the dupe of art full and intriguing demagogues, or of corrupt political aspirants, who will be sure to use him for the accomplishment of their own base purposes, to the great inju " of himself and of his country.
Year: 1875

From the Kansas Farmer.

 To constitute an accomplished Patron, one who can pursue the honorable occupation to which he belongs with honor, with profit, and with pleasure to himself, and with advantage to his country, the following traits of character are almost indispensable:

 l. He must be a man of integ- rity, one who would scorn to de- fraud his land, his servants or neighbors, because by doing either he always injures his country.

 2. He must be man of thought and reflection; for without these he can never know how to direct his industry, or understand in what economy consists; and with out well-directed industry and a wise and prudent economy, no Patron can prosper.

 3. He must understand how to create and how to preserve the fer tility of his land, because without increasing and preserving the fer tility of his soil, his labor will gen. erally prove to be unpro6table to himself and injurious to his coun- try.

 4. He must know how to culti- vate his land in that manner which will enable him to obtain the larg. est product it is capable of yield ing with the least expense.

 5. He must understand the best modes of rearing stotk and of improving their breed, and have ambition enough to reduce his knowledge to practice; other wise it can be of no valve either to himself or to his country.

 6. He must we'll understand the distinction between true and false economy, and rigidly prac. tice the former and avoid the lat ter; otherwise hls labor will only be thrown away.

 '. He must be too wise to be vain and self-eonceited otherwise he will be above improving in his profession; and besides, vanity and self-conceit are disgusting and odious to others, and tht