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Year: 1872

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After hearing most Munchauscn-
like story about man who was blown
into minute fragments, Charles Lamb
though: it was pity the man could not
have been collected and preserved, he
would have been such an ornament to
society What that collected man
would have looked like is possibly man
ifest in a mutilated mariner now on oc-
casional exhibition in London, who is
ingeniously aud elaborately tattooed
from head to foot. The story runs that
this sailor is one of three similarly or
namented and ornamental individuals
who alone escaped after this tattooing,
which was done by the Chinese with
poisonous coloring, calculated to produce
slow but terrible death. The question
naturally arises why, when tho death of
the sailors was the main object, such
extraordinary efforts should have been
made to convert them into elaborate
works of art ? And it will be new to
most travellers and readers that the
Chinese are given to tattooing for any
purpose. But the surviving sailor is
said to have shown himself to the Di.
rectors of the British Museum and to
have sold his skin, to be taken off when
he has no further use for it, to that in.
stitution for the delight and instruction
of the yonth of England. Meanwhile
with the privilege, probably, of private
ly exhibiting his hide, for considera


ton, not for commiseration, the sailo
enjoys the annuity granted by tn,


Museum in return for the skin to b,
delivered by-and-by. This, as fnan
, cial transaction, beats the closest shay
ing, and this literal discounting of one
own skin is ahead even of the two pc
] cent or more a month interest which i
metaphorically said to take the hid
off a man.
Year: 1872

How TO PuT THE CHILDREN TO
BED Fanny Fern says: " Not with
reproof for any of that days sins of
omission and commission. Take any
other time but bedtime for that, If
you ever heard little creature sighing
and sobbing in its sleep, you could
never do this. Seal their closing eye-
lids with kiss and a blessing The
time will come all too soon, wnen they
will lay their heads upon their pillows
lacking both, Let them at least have
this sweet memory of happy child
hood, OF which no future sorrow or
trouble can rob them. Give them their
rosy youth. Nor need this involve wild
license. The judicious parent will not
so mistake my meaning. 1t you have
ever met the man or woman whose
eyes have suddenly filled when little
child has crept trustingly to its mother
breast, you may have seen one in whose
childhood's home dignity and severity
stood where love and pity should have
been. Too much indulgence ha1 ruined
thousands of children too much love
not one."
Year: 1872

We should never allow ourselves to forget
that nature intended US for warm-blooded
animals. In this climate of surprising chang
es, we are very apt to forget it, especially in
the fall and spring. AT such seasons, when
we freeze and simmer on alternate days, there
is engtndered in us certain recklessness,
which takes no heed of cold or heat, damp
ness or dryness, and receives all temperatures
with the same front, generally defenseless
one. 1t is certainly very troublesome to
change front as often as the weather, and
there is a prejudice in American minds
against such change, which has a great deal
to do with the rapidly increasing population
of our graveyards People like to have some
stability of purpose, and if they can have it
in nothing else they will strive to have it in
their dress They will not make change
until they make permanent one for the sea-
son. Nomatter how hot it is in the spring.
they will wear spring clothes until summer,
and no matter how cool it may be in August,
summer clothes must be worn until fall shall
actually set in. Thus oftimes suddenly and
with sad results we find ourselves approach
ing the condition OF the fishes and lizards
for the chill, that alert forerunner of disease
is ever ready in our climate, to take advan-
tage of circumstances.


We suppose that there are no people in the
world so Indifferent to the demands of the
weather-especialy cool weather-as the
Americans, and one reason of this is that
very many of us are ashamed to keep warm.
To wrap up and button up land to put down
windows whenever there is a chilling change
in the air, argues, to most minds, namby-
pamby eagerness to be well that is repugnant
to the hardy American soul. So, rather than
be laughed at, we shiver. We prefer tragedy
to comedy, the grave to the ridiculous.
Home and Society, in Scribner's for Novem-
her
Year: 1872

man was nuisance. and she could be indict-
ed and punished by what was known as the
oucKing stool. This was kind of chair TO
Whlch the scold was fastened, and in which
she was then plunged into the water as often
as II was thought her offense deserved.
Ut flatt, who wrote history of Stafford


s, snlre, grew eloquent in his description of the


PRANK, and in giving it preference over the
uucking stool. He said the ducking stool


might give the woman cold and thns in;nra


hef heaith, AMI in addition thereto She could
~ uoe nel Tongue during the intervals between
one ducklng and another. The hrank nos
open to none of these objections in tba Io.rr1
fed doctors opinion, but was lust the thine
or the work to be done. e


In shape the Drank is not unlike the bridla
or halter used Tor mules in this country. The
striking difference is in the Drank beino on
tirely of iron, while the bride of the mule is
OF leather, except the bit. The English or
Scotch scold must have been a terrible ami
NAL to have required bride entirely of iron,
when it is known here that we can handle
mules with leathern halters.


We should like to have seen the English
man or Scotchman, or who ever he was, that
brought this instrument to our country. If
he was married man, and this machine was
used for his wife, he must have cut queer
figure with his Xantippe and her bride on
board the vessel that bore the precious pair
10 the new world. If he was an unmarried
man, and brought over the Drank with the
expectation of its necessity among American
women, it is to be hoped that he learned bet
ter before himself and instrument went be-
meath the ground


But there the instrument. the terrible
Drank, is in the museum of the public library,
where all may see it who wish. The strong
minded women ought especially to go and see
it, and arm themselves with new argument
against the trampled-down rights of women.
Surely the man who invented such an instru-
ment ought to have been made to wear it the
balance of mis- days; and it is strange to us, of
this age and country, how men could ever be
demons enough to torture women ia this
way, even if those women had voluble
tongues, and said a thousand and ole naugh-
ty things, none of which ought to have been
said.-LOuiSuille Courier-.JournnL.
Year: 1872

The WORLD DOES NOT CONTAIN medicinal
preparation which has obtained more wide
spread and deserved popularity than the MEX
IcAN MUsANG LINIAMENT. Since its insroduc-
ton to public notice more than twenty years
ago, 1T has been constantly used for all kinds
OF disease or injury to man or beast which can
be affected by local application, and so far as
its proprietors are aware, it has not failed in a
single instance. After so long and successful a
term OF probation, who will have the hardi-
hood to deny its pre-eminent claims to popular
esteem. oct21-eodlw&w1
Year: 1872

The Titusville Press says: ''Titusville was
not the birthplace of the Father of his Coun-
try but we have man residing here who
slipped up on a muddy crossing this forenoon
and sat down on a roll of butter, which he
was carrying home, and, instead of swearing,
he simply arose, scraped the butter from his
pants into the paper again, and went on again
as if nothing had happened"
Year: 1872

We regret to learn from contemporary
that ''fears are entertained for the recovery
of a man injured on a railroad. To entertain
''fears for the recovery" of human being is
certainly very novel way of affording conso-
lation to his friends.
Year: 1872

Ayoung man whose dulcinea has gone to
New York congratulates himself upon his
chance of finishing his box of cigars without
fibbing to his prospective mother-in-law
about "a lot of fellows that come into the Of
flee and smoke"
Year: 1872

The amateur fresco painter who essayed to
obtain visions of lovely wall patterns by chew
ing opium and composing himself to sleep on
flower bed, is now under the treatment ofa
physician for complication of delirium tre-
mems and rheumatism.
Year: 1872

Many women, who, before marriage, made
it their study to please the eyes Of the men
they wished to marry lose their affection after
marriage by carelessness in dress. Men are
fastdious in this matter Even those who are
careless in regard to their own appearance,
take delight III seeing their wives neat u
their attire. They miss those coqueitish
garments, the neatly dressed hair, and all the
thousand tasty aud ianciin little articles
with which young women adorn themselves,
more than they would be willing to allow.
The neatness and order which charmed them,
too often gives place TO a sloyenly morning
gown, irowsy hair, slipshod and unlaced shoes,
and the like. Men reason that they should
have the same desire to please the man they
have chosen after marriage as well as before
it. The last new song loses its charm COM
ing from the lips Of a slattern.


The poetry goes out Of life at a glance,
and the household loses its brightness The
wife who, on account Of household cares, neg
lects her personal appearance, commits grave
mistake, which, TOO often, bears bitter fruit,
aud they see their husbands leave their soci-
ETY. for that of others, without really knowing
the cause, and most men are too proud to tell
them. Let women always give the same care
to their dress after marriage which they gave
it before and not rush from the room to
80 dress up" only when there is prospect OF
" company" Let them consider that that
which gives them charm in the eyes of their
friends, has like effect upon husband and
they will see that he will not have so many
pressing business calls down town in the
evening but will have the same delight in
their society as in their days of courtship.
Year: 1872




We are every few days reminded that it is
more judicious TO save money than to hoard
H. This, as expressed, may seem a distinction
without difference. OF the millions Of in
dus.rious artisans and mechanics in the coun.
try who earn from fifteen to twenty-five dol
lars per week we doubt il there be one-litIh
Of the number who regularly deposit their
savings or surplus funds in a savings or other
bank for sate-keeping, but do what may be
termed b" hoard it about their houses or per.
sons, sometimes in large sums, to their own
discomfort for its safety, and often to its ac.
tusl loss 10y Ere or theft. This is doing
themselves a wrong, as well as the great bus
iness public who would be glad to pay them


for the use Of this boarded wealth Every
man or woman who has few dollars to spare
weekly or monthly, over current expenses,
should deposit them in some savings or other
bank, aud by so doing, where fifty absolutely


lose their money by boarding it away, proba.
bly, not one Of this number would lose it by
being depositor in some bank. 1t is not
only safer but then it becomes part of the
great current wealth Of the country, makes
money more plenty and assists the various
avenues Of trade and commerce that must be
carried on to make good times for the rich
aud poor alike. If all the currency of the
country were put Into our pockets and kept
there, business would have to cease or we
would have to resort to the primitive method
Of swapping brass buttons for wooden, or a
peek OF oats for pound Of butter, in order
TO make any exchange Of business.
Year: 1872

A little girl sat, at twilight, in her sick
mothers room. busily thinking. All day she
had been full of fun and noise, and she had
many times worried her poor tired mother.


Ma said the little girl, " what do you
suppose makes me get over my mischief, and
begin to act good, just about this time every
night ?"


q do not know, dear. Can you not tell ?"


"Well, | guess it's because this is gheH
the dark comes. You know | am little
afraid of that. And then, ma, | begin to
think of all the naughty things I've done to
grievo you, aud that perhaps you might die
before morning and so | begin to act good. -


"Oh !" thought |, =" how many of US wait
W The dark comes, in the form Of sickness
or sorrow, or trouble of some kind, before we
begin to act good ? How much better to
be good while we are enjoying liles bright
sunshine and then, when the dark comes,
as it will, in measure, to ALL we shall be
ready to meet it without fear. - WalspriRg.
Year: 1872

It has been reserved for a Herald correspond
ent to witness, personally, the appearance Of
"La Dame de Massabielle," and the miracle, in
which deaf and dumb girl was immediately
cured by an application Of water from the spring
at Lourdes. II true, the apparition and cure be-
come doubly miraculous in being told by the
Herald. There is strong suspicion, however,
that this report ia rather in the interest OF the
inventor Of a new Iqueur, L'Immortelle," in
which d very little water from the miraculous
fountain, at Lourdes, is made to assist the spir-
itual effects of 6 preponderance Of alcohol. The
moral properties which have been found to
assist in the distribution Of Benedictine and
Chartreuse arc expected to contribute to the
popularity Of fI ImmorteIe." It may be easily
believed that its effects will depend on the pro-
portion Of the miraculous water which shall be
found in the admixture Of highwines.
Year: 1872

In another part Of this paper will be found d
sketch Of the life Of General George G. Meade,
who died in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Gen
eral Meade was soldier in the fullest sense Of
the term. He was hardly more distinguished
for his ability than for his modesty. So long as
the American people remember the battle Of
Gettysburg. SO long will they bear in mind the
merits Of the great soldier who united the quail
ties Of hero and statesman, patriot and gentle
regard the sanctity Of the law and the civil
rights Of the people.
Year: 1872

New York correspondent has made discov-
cry that is dzeadfully shocking to old prejudices,
as well as angular indication Of some notable
mental differences between the sexes. He says
that. in canvassing the Eighth Ward, where
nearly all the negroes Of New York live, he
found more than 5000 negro men married to
white women, and but one white man married to
q negro woman. Among the females many are
claimed to be young and handsome, while most
Of them are represented to be contented and
even cheerful. The correspondent who has
made this discovery says that he inquired Of
several OF the white women how they came to
marry negroes, and that the answer was that s'it
WAS better to be the wife Of black man
than q white minis mistress.' II these
answers are true, it seems that the alliances are
justified more on the score Of morals than On that
of nsthetics. II there is such disproportion
between white men and white women, it would
also indicate that the women are the more sus-
ceptib1e, though the obstacles in the way Of the
marriage or the se1f-support Of women in the
lovo1 Glasses of life undoubtedly influence them
in the choice between colored husband or none
at all.
Year: 1872

The Tact cannot be made too prominent that q
quick penalty has already followed in numerous
instances where the greed and carelessness Of
owners has led them to work their sick horses.
There we're more deaths Of horses yesterday
than at any period since the malady broke out in
and single vehicles abroad than at any time dur
ing the past week, and the most inexperienced
obsorver'must have seen that not one in ten Of
the horses thus forced into use was fit for the
striking proofs Of this fact, and We hope to
chorn1cle arrests to-day by the Humane
Society officials, if the spectacle is re-
peated. Every horse owner should
understand By this time that the disease is one
to which strength instantly succumbs, and the
treatment necessarily TeakenB the animal still
further. It is m outrage On humanity, and 3
burlesque on care, to load the horse with
blankets and put him at work.in harness. We
cannot too strongly enforce thia repeated warn
ing to let tho sick horses alone, and leave them
as quiet as possible, relieved even from the nom





aensical fussiness that prevails in some Of the
stables, where the grooms and helpers might be
far better employed in bistering one another,
and forcing gargles down each others
throats. All TINT is necessary ia shelter,
rest, and few simple remedies. AL
beyond this is worse than folly, and
hastens nothing but the already thickening
proofs that the horse disease, bad as it is, may
be made worse by mans agency. We like the
rule adopted in large boarding stable in the
South Division, where not horse has yet been
lost. 4 boartler pressed to use his horse. The
answer was: "You may take him out, but you
need not bring him back il you do" The horse
was left; the better for him and his owner. Will
our citizens sorely suffering from this unparal-
le1ed visitation, exercise Christian and humane
patience a>little longer?
Year: 1872

clerkahips, and customs, and diplomatic, and
army and navy services to fill.


In the effort however, to embody the existing
public sentiment in favor Of reform into some
tangible and effective measure On which all true
friends Of reform may unite, we anticipate that
the plan Of making local Federal Offices elective
will become prominent.
Year: 1872

DOES PLUG TEETH so WELL THAT


IL the plugs dom fall out or teeth give way
any more, the good Lord having endowed him
with superior skill, whose business is itf /
shall remain in Memphis until taken TO Elm
wood / therefore invite all who wish to re-
tain their teeth through life TO call and they
will be treated as gentlemanly as heretofore.
S. Is Office and residence 2S Main street:


MAY 27, 1872. l5f
Year: 1872

It is somewhat singular that the patriotism Of
Mr. Commissioner Davenport, of New York, has
found no imitation in Chicago, on the part Of
Of the United States Commissioner in New York
to undertake the work Of verifying the register
Of votes, it would seem to be equally the duty Of
the United Commissioner in Chicago to do the
came thing. One Of the occasions for the New
York application of the Law in Chicago may be
found in the alleged circumstance that number
Of negroes have registered in this city who we're
born in Canada, and have never yet taken the
steps necessary 10 become voters.
Year: 1872

Robinson should also be released from further
prosecution.


We reserve for the present the final commune
cation Of the Commissioners to Major General
Candy on Hurlbut's case,-a document really ap
palling in the nature Of the charges summed up
against him. If the General shall allege that
this recital is mpaign-canard,' u gotten up on
the eve Of election, to injure his character, We
may be compelled to publish the whole report, Of
which We have copy. We think that the peo-
pie OF the Fourth Congressional District ought
TO mo" what manner Of man is soliciting their
votes, and asking that he may represent them
in Congress. It is for this reason that ne have
investigated in part his record in other places of
public trust.
Year: 1872

Should the horse-epidemic visit Chicago with
an approach to the severity now prevailing in
other cities, it must hasten the adoption Of a
better local system Of the transfer Of freights
between railway lines, now done by expensive
street-hau1ing. The measure has been already
contemplated, as sure to result from the present
concentration OF all the lines at the Stock Yards.
By this plan, which once adopted will not be
given up, freight passing through Chicago will
DO transhipped directly from the cars, to the
benefit Of all parties concerned. There is no
city in the United States where this general
transfer is go feasible and easy to be accom-
plished. Ill that is necessary is to hurry up the
great transfer freight-houses long ago pro-
posed. Meanwhile, temporary structures may
be made necessary.
Year: 1872

a Parliamentary crisis has occurred in Ger
many in consequence Of the rejection of the Re-
form bill presented by the Government to the
Diet. An Imperial decree has been prepared,
dissolving the present Parliament and ordering
new elections. The opposition Of the Upper
House to the bill arose from the provision for
local se1f-goVernment in the rural districts.
Year: 1872

Forty thousand persons have been rendered
homeless by the inundations Of the Po, which
Lave also wrought frightfm destruction OF
crops and property, and require the ineessant
labor of four thousand men to prevent still
greater overflow.
Year: 1872

NAVY Par OyFIcK, No. 20 BROADWAY


NEw YORK, Dec. 2, 1872.
Sealed proposals., endorsed Proposals Fresh Beef
amt Vegetables will be received at this Office until
o'clock r. NJ on the seventh 9TH day OF December 1872,
the supply hundred thousand 100000 pounds
Of Fresh Beef and hundred thousand OO0O pounds
OF Fresh Vegetables at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
station. as required.


The Beef must be Of good quality and equal to the grade
equal proportion OF fore and hind quarters The yegca-
bes must be of the best quality the market affords, and
the Beet and Vegetables must be offered for by the
pound


Bonds with approved security, will be required in one
quarter OF the estimated amount OF the contract and
twenty cent in addition will be withheld from IN
amount of each payment collateral security the
not be paid until the contract is illy complied with.
Every offer must be accompanied by written guaran-
tee signed by responsible persons, that the
bidder bidders will il his their bid be accepted
ter into obligation within i've days, with good aud
sufficient surctes, to furnish the articles proposed
No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by
such guarantee, and the department the right
guarators certified to by the Assessor OF Internal Rev
for the district in which they reside and unless
evidence that the bidder is regular dealer
In articles he offers supply Is furnished with the
proposal well as to reject proposal not considered
ad yantageous TO the government


It TO be understood that the contract will expire Of
the close OF the fiscal year ending June 30 1873 without
and, the stipulated quantity either article shall
be delivered before that date, leaving balance due
the other article, the contract may lie considered
pletcd In full, at the option OF The department


j. o. BRADFORD,


Pay Director United states Navy.
Year: 1872

A Note Given without Valuable Com.


sideration Not Regarded as an Act or


Bankruptcy-What Constitutes n sus-


pension Of Payment.


Yesterday in the United States District Court
Judge Blatchford rendered decision In the case
OF william Mannheim, an alleged bankrupt The
Judge says:--"I do not think this is proper case
LOT adjudication. The sole act OF bankruptcy al
legged is the suspension OF payment for fourteen
days OF the promissory note held by the petitioner.
1t is shown that the alleged bankrupt Is man of
large property; that he has not suspended pay
ment OF his debts and his commercial
paper gcncrally that he is engaged In prose-
cutting regular business wholly unconncctcd with
the transaction In regard TO which the note was
given; that he failed to pay the note because he
was advised by counsel and believed he had i good
defence to 1t on the ground that he mad never re-
ceived any consideration for 10, and that it was
passed away by the payee Ia violation OF the agree
ment under which IL was given and that The pe-
titioner was not bona tide holder OF IL Tor vaIu-
able consideration without notice, ond that 4 suit
is now pending IN the Supreme Court of New
York. against him, brought on the note
was instituted. which suit 10 dcleadeJ on