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Year: 1871

TFrom the Philadelphia Daily Chronicle.l


This is the age when, for the first
time in human history, the rights of all
living things are, in some way, recog-
mixed as existing. We arc far enough
yet from according to all their rights,
but we talk about them, we see them,
and thought is busy to determine how
they should be best secured.


Even the dumb animals have their
advocates. The bird flies, and the horse
aabors, exempt from many former
abuse, danger or i'll. Man with his
superier muscle aud pluck, has secured
for h,nsself recognition that forbids
others to tramp'e upon privileges which
he calls his own. And woman, too, is
rising with her demand that whatever
is mans right, should also be conceded
as her right as well. 1t is an age of
rights we wish to give everyone their
due; and those who cannot speak for
themselves, must be spoken for.


Tn regard to women, our idea is that
their present condition is neither as bad
ms has been, nor as good as it will be
There has been already so much thought
and said about her rights, as to receive
some modification, and a fairer degree
of common justice But 10 regard to
the rights of children, very little has
boen thought, or said, or done. They
cannot speak for themselves. There
are few to speak for them. They are
still looked upon very much as pro-
perty. It is still conceded that their
parents have an exclusive right to them.
If these parents wish to send them out
to beg day after day, it is thought that
they have an undoubted right to do so.
IF they desire to send their children
forth 90 boot-blacks at six or eight
years of age, there are few interested or
disposed to dispute their right to do SO.
Or, il they will that their children
should stand all day at the loom, or by
the spindles, or do some kind of manual
work, instead of going to school, it is
usually regarded as right that they
should do even this. Nobody, perhaps,
regards it as wisdom for them to do any
of these things, but there are enough
who regard it as an undoubted parental
prerogative.


Now it is just this which we wish to
stoatly and emphatically deny. The
children have rights of their own
rights in which society ought to protect
them in all cases where parental wisdom
fails to do it. Children are not property
They are not the born servants and
slaves of their parents. They belong &c
themselves, and it is their inalienable
right TO be, in an age like this, fitted fol-
taking some useful and self.supportine
place In the worlds works. 1t is theit
right to receive an education according
to their capacity, just as good as oul
public schools can provide. No parenta
authority has any right to intervene
between them and those advantages
which shall make their experience and
influence in life the best possible. 1t is
really of less consequence that the home
OF to>day be uncomfortable, than thai
both it and the homes of its children
should be without promise. And parents
should not be allowed to sacrifice the
future of their children to their OWL
Year: 1871




The arguments brought forward in
its favor all take one form IF species
were not supernaturnlly created, we
cannot understand the fact, DC we
cannot understand the structure of ami
mails or plants, unless we suppose they
were contributed for special ends; we
cannot understand the structure of the
eye, except by supposipg it to have been
made to see with We cannot under
stand instincts, unless we suppose ami
mails to have been miraculously endowed
with them


As q question of dialectics, it must
be admitted that this sort of reasoning
is not very formidable to those who are
not to be frightened by consequences.
1t is an argumentum al ignorantum-
take this explanation or be ignorant
But suppose We prefer to admit our
ignorance rather than adopt hypothe-
sis at variance with all the teachings Of
nature; or suppose for moment we
admit the explanation, and then seri
ously ask ourselves how much the
wiser are we; what does the explanation
explain? l. it any more than grand
Eloquent way Of announcing the fact
that We really know nothing about the
matter? A phenomenon is explained
when it is shown to be case of some
general law of nature; but the super
natural interposi,iou Of the Creator can,
by the nature Of the case, exemplify no
law, and if species have really arisen in
this way. it is absurd TO attempt to dis
cuss their origin.


Or lastly, let US ask ourselves whe-
ther any amount Of evidence which the
nature Of our faculties permits US to
attain, can justify Us IN asserting that
any phenomenon is out of the reach of
any causation ? To this end it is obvi-
ously necessary that we should know all
the consequences to which all possible
combinations continued threngh unlim-
tied time can give rise, Ii We know
these. and found none competent to
originate species. we should have good
ground for denying their origin by nat
ural causation Till we know them,
any hypothesis is better than one that in
wolves Us in such miserable presumption.


But the hypothesis of special crea,
tion is not only mere specious mask
for onr ignorance, its existence in biol>
ogy marks the yonth and imperfection
of the science. For what is the history
of every science but the history OF the
elimination of the notion of creative,
or other interferences with the natural
order of the phenomena, which are the
subject matters of that science? :? When
astronomy was young, the morning stars
sang together for joy, and the planets
were guided in their courses by celestial
hands. Here the harmony of the stars
has resolved itself into gravi,ations
according to the inverse square of the
distance, and the orbits of the planets
are deducible from the laws of the
forces which allow a schoolboy's stone
to break window. The lightning was
the angel of the Lord; but it has
pleased Providence in these modern
times, that science should make it the
humble messenger of man, and we know
that every fash which SINNERS about
the horizon on q summers evening
is determined by ascertainabe condi-
tions. and that its direction aud bright
ness might, if our knowledge of these
were great enough, have been calculat-
ed.-- Lay Sermons, Addresses and Re.
views, PIP 28l>3.1
Year: 1871

spring certain General in the United
States army offered to rent or buy the
property, but not being himself GEM
etery, or possessing any of the religious
or soothing influence OF that locality,
his appeal was rejected. On all other
subjects the owner is ssid to be most
rational, and carries on large business
with great success. The property is
valued at S35, 900.
Year: 1871

the increase. No better evidence OF
this fact can be adduced than by con-
sultiDg the returns Of the last elections.
Immediately after the war there were
few persons in France so poor as to
express any degree of reverence for the
ill-fated Bonapartes. Now we find the
nucleus Of a small party of out-and.out
Imperialsts who take no pains to dis
guise their sentiments or conceal their
convictions in favor Of the dethroned
dynasty. How this party will develop
itself it will be interesting to watch.
Prince Napoleon's resignation in the
Council General of Corsica and his
departure from the Island are not, we
think, done without an object, though
they have the appearance of haste, pet
tishness and disappointment on its face.


Home Rule.


A number of prominent lrishmen
met here this evening and formed
Home Rule Association which, it is
intended, shall cooperate with the
body Of that name in Ireland.
Year: 1871

That republican subcommittee charged with the
investigation OF the irregularities in the republican
party in this city met last evening at the headquar
tiers, Twenty-third street and Broadway, General
Cochrane in the chair and all the members OF the
committee present. The sport OF the evening was
the trouble In the Eleventh District Association, q
full account OF which appeared IN the HERALD on
the day following the committees last meeting. The
fun last evening was not very envening, and par
took rather of the solemn character. Ex-Judge
White, IN the most formal manner read the charges
he had prepared against the Eleventh District Asso
tion. Then followed an equally carefully prepared
reply by member OF the lmpeached association
after which Colonel Bliss made his appearance i'm
high STYLE grinding some little axe all about which
he knows himself, and In the meantlme some OF the
small fry participated In the wrangle. Alter few
hours hifalutn talking, most OF which was done in
the hope or its being reported in the HERALD to-day
the committee adjourned to Friday evening next,
when the dose is TO oe repeated.
Year: 1871

Miraculous Escape of the Venerable Philan.


thr0pist.


At noontime yesterday Mr.. Peter Cooper was
driving up Liberty street In that antique vehicle Of
his SO well known to New Workers. The ancient
gentleman was looking well and hearty, and was
apparently thinking Of some charitable enterprise
when suddenly heavy truck, which was just in
front Of MIR. Cooper's gig, gave a lurch backward,
the wheels having struck the Guidet stone
pavement on Broadway. which is few
inches higher than the Nicoison on Liberty
truck and between the two 1t was overturned, and
the philanthropic octogenarian dumped out and
into the arms of genLe Jerseyman who had oh
served the predicament In which the venerable
Peter was placed and had prepared himself SO as to
assist him. He held the ancient gentleman safely in
his arms and put him on his feet with whole BODY
unnurt, but with mind somewhat rufned-not 10
say excited. Mr.. CoOper's horse was gentle as
gentle as himself. and stood quite still during the
trying moment. Had he been vicious or too spirited
tine gatherer OF Gotham.
Year: 1871

CHICAGO, March "a, 1871.
few days since, at High Prairie, near Leaven-
worth, Kan, while John Celf was engaged in clean
ing out well, the walls caved In and buried HIM
deep In the earth. Everybody supposed he was
crushed to death, and the process OF digging him
out was very slow Five days after the accident he
YVES reached and found TO be allve. As soon as he
was taken out he declared himself all right He
drank glass OF whiskey ate some food and smoked
pipe OF tobacco. Several hours afterwards he
commenced sinking and soon died without q
struggle,
Year: 1871

of devastated and ruined city. Here
were the inhabitants. hurried out into the
street almost without warning; away from
their homes, destitute of everything that
could minister to their comfort; crying
for bread, wearied by watching, and awe
stricken by the extent Of their misfortunes.
1t was altogether such a scene as the
world has seldom witnessed.


The red sun went down behind the
smoke-cloud. The mantle of night un-
rolled over the rufled waters of the lake.
The lurid freight of the still burning
city cast great glare over the scene
But never in the history of man has day
closed SO sadly with so many hundreds of
of thousands Of people watching by the
smouldering ruins of their homes. Never
before has night fallen on ruins so vast,
so suddenly made.
Year: 1871

The cause of failure in the use of con-
centrated fertilizers is often due to the
manner in which they are applied. It is
difficult for those who have been accus-
toned to use bulky manures to realize that
the full fertilizing potency of bushel of
animal excremeut that may be held in a
large tablespoon. and that handful of one
adds to plant structures as decidedly as
several shovelsfal of the other A full
dose of opium given to patients furnishes
quite dark. bulky powder. or pill but
if we separate the alkaloidal principle,
upon which its hypnotic power depends,


we have only little delicate white pow
der which breath of wind will blow a.
way. The ! grain powder will affect the
human organism as powerfully as ten times
the weight of opium. If we are so for
getful of ''potencies'' as to administer as
much, or even one-quarter as much, of
the white concentrated powder as the
bulky dark one. we should destroy our
patients life, or at least do great injury
to his health. So. if in the use of genn-
inc superphosphate, or guano, or ground
bones and ashes, we forget their power.


and apply too much. or apply them too
directly. we endanger the life of our plants


An experiment made upon cozp furn-
ishes an illustrative case in point. I At the
time Of planting upon field divided by a
narrow strip of sward land. we directed
that on one side a tablespoonful Of tie
mixed bone and ashes should be placed in
each hill, and we'll covered with the soiI;
upon the other, four rows were to be treat
ed similarly, and upon the remainder, the
hills should receive double quantity
1t is curious to observe the effects. The
first field and four rows are remarkably
thrifty. The corn came up we'll, and has
manifested remarkable vigor from the start.
On the other hand. the over-dosed corn
appeared for long while as if paralyzed
by some wasting disease. It could not
bear up under so much Of good thing.
More free ammonia was formed at the
start than could be appropriated by the
tender plants, and many of them perished
from over-stimulation and heat produced
by the Preventative changes of the active
bodies in contact. The corn that surviv-
ed is at PRESENT growing finely, and will
no doubt afford a large yield. ssi''s
!. Now if this had happened in the course
Of our regular agricultural labors, and
with any understanding of the nature Of
the fertilizing substance used, it is proba-
BILE it would have been condemned as a
worthless article. This has been the case
with hundreds of experiments. and it is
indeed perfectly natural conclusion to
reach. But We must learn to, reason,
learn to have patience, learn the character
of the substances we employ upon our
lands. We must be careful how we reach
a conclusion we must examine closely to
see if they are based upon correct grounds.
There are well-established principles in
agriculture; let us cling to them. and
when we get results that are puzzling or
paradoxical, we must study causes. and
notjudge hastily. Journal Of Chemistry.
Year: 1871

HAVING closed out the greater portion of
III those wet and soiled Goods, l am now
for the fall trade and have already
received large additions to my stock of snch
Goods as are suited to the present and approach
ing season. My large trade with the people of
Charles and Prince Georges counties enables
me to furnish Goods with special reference to
those markets. The cash system enables me
to buy much lower, and l am not now COM
PEELED to sell my Goods so high as to make the
cash buyers pay enough to protect me from the
losses sustained from those Goods sold on
credit. Everything is now strictly on the cash
basis, thus saving largely to my customers.


ROBERT l.. WOOD,


No. 62 King street, Alexandria, Va.
aug 25
Year: 1871

Soil FOR PnrAToES.-The best soil prob
ably, aside from burnt land, for growing
sound. mealy and healthy potatoes. and
which is accessible to agriculturists in gen.
eral, is light. loamy, green-sward pasture
land, moist but not wet, and sufficiently fer
tile to produce one hundred to one hundred
and fifty bushels per acre, with common al
kaline fertilizers applied to the hills. 1t is
very important to select soil congenial to
the growth and perfection of the potato !;
for, unless this is done, good potatoes can
not be grown even from the best varieties.
1t should be plowed in autumn as deeply as
possible, and sufficiently early for the sod
to decay by the next spring. Early in the
season. as soon as the ground is dry enough
to work. it should be cross-plowed. and
carefully narrowed. so as SO mellow the soil,
and pulverize it thoroughly. If the land is
not sufficiently fertile, it will be safe to ma
nure it carefully with compost of lime,
ashes, and muck spread evenly on its sur
face before cross -plowing. If great crop
is desired, and there is no fear Of rot. the
land may be heavily dressed with barn yard
manure. and q crop of corn. which will bear
stimulating fertilizers, taken from the first
year, and potatoes the next. The barn. yard
manure wuold become so much decomposed
during the year, that no very serious injury
need be apprehended. provided ashes and
gypsum are used in hills. Old land, or that
which has been previously cultivated in
some other crop than potatoes. should be
plowed deeply, and thoroughly pulverizcd.-
Maryland Farmer.
Year: 1871

4OO II OuA 10 4AAC q n q per-


An Indiana paper gives this good
advice to a certain class "too poor to
take the papers,"


"SmOke one five cent cigar less
each week in the year, and you'll
have plenty of money to pay for
your home paper one year and have
go cents left.


"Skip three nips of whisky day,
at ten cents each, for just one week,
and you can pay for your home pa
per one year, and have enough left
for one nip, or two lOaves of bread.


"Chew just about 'chaw' less of
tobacco each day for a year, and you
can pay for the paper one year.


"Stay away from the circus with
your family, and read paid ~
home paper every week in the year.


awe just state these little facts to
show how little most men know
about it when they say they can't af-
ford a paper. Nine times out of ten
the men who talk so spend enough
money for whisky and tobacco to
run a fine horse and carriage, and to
cIothe themselves in purple and fine
Iinen."
Year: 1871

GRUMBLEBs AT NEWSPAPERS
Horace Greeley hits the nail on the
head


"It is strange how closely men
read the papers. We never say
anything that anybody don't like,
but we soon hear Of it. If, however,
once in a while we happen to say a
good thing, we never hear of that
nobody seems to notice that. We
may pay some man a hundred COM
pIiments and give him a dozen pufs,
and he takes it as a tribute to his
and never thinks Of it
never thinks it does him any good.
But, if we happen to say anything
this very man don't like, or some
thing that he imagines is a reflection
on him or his character, see how
quick he flares upand gets mad about
it. All our evils are duly charged to
US, but we never, apparently, get any
credit for what good we do"
Year: 1871

A good story is told Of President
Grants dryly sarcastic remark when
he was shown a copy of a western
paper, which purported to give a list
of the number of trips he had made
and miles he had travelled since the
close of the war. Looking it over
casually, he observed that it was
pretty nearly correct, and then re-
marked 81 wonder if that chap
kept a full list of my trips during
the WARP"
Year: 1871

1t is so very seldom that new
and progressive idea in the cause
of education is evolved in any one Of
the Southern States, that North Car
olina deserves especial mention for
not only an innovation in her sparse
schools, but in hitting upon method
which must be adopted in the North.
The CaTOlinians have introduced into
their public educational establish
meDts sewing machines, which the
female scholars are taught to operate.
more useful could be taught
the growing girls. The sewing ma
chine has become a lever in our civ
ilization and peculiarly fitted to be
welded by the hands of women.
Year: 1871

THE BASKET Picnic AT WEST POINT
A grand basket picnic is to be given at
West Point on Wednesday, the I'd instant,
under the auspices OF Harmony Division
Sons OF Temperance. Boating, fishing, and
bathing are among the attractions offered
Smiths brass and string band will serve III
the music for the party. Every arrange,
ment for the comfort and pleasure OF the
excursionists will be made, and splendid
time is anticiDated.
Year: 1871

ALMOST RUNAwAY.-Ycsterda after
noon, during the heavy wind and rain.
storm, horse attached to light carriage,
which was standing near the Dispatch
office, became alarmed at the tapping of
the sign of the Southern and Atlantic Tele-
graph Company, which is stretched across
the street, wheeled around, and would have
run away, but was stopped by some one
passing at the time.
Year: 1871

It IS doubtful if any case of the day will compare with that of MT. Lattimer, a member of a stationery firm on Nassau st., near Liberty. Hewas walking along Eighth ave-, near Twenty-eighth st., and when the first volley was fired several balls entered his body. One passed through his breast, another shattered his under jaw to splinters, and two took effect in his neck. He at once fell on the pavement, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, but no hopes are entertained of his recovery.

 The majority of the crowd that fol- lowed the procession evidently had no idea that so many had been killed and wounded at Twenty fourth street, or it IS believed they would have stopped and demonstrated there. As the facts were developed consternation seemed to strike every one present. The news rang through the city in advance of the march of the military, for the people by this time seemed to forget the Orangemen who were squeezed into SO small com pass, and talked about the fight between the mob and the military. In fact, there was none other. The Orangemen were so completely protected that not man of them was either injured or in the least danger tr' r't'ta,'f

 The only police-oficer whose life was sacrificed in the discharge of his duty was Patrolman Murphey. of the Twenty second Precinct. While in the act of raising his baton to srrike down a rioter. he was shot through the head, and fell dead.
Year: 1871

Ths hot solar that rpen the harveets generate many distressing diseases If the liver be ct all pres- posed to irregularities this season iu which b- ous attacks may be anticipated. weak stomach too

 IS weakest in the months and the loss of vitality through the by excessive precipitation great that wholesome tonic, combining also the properties of difusve stimulant and gentle exhilarant is in many cases necessary to health under no circum- stances should be dispensed with by sicky and debii tated Of all the preparations intended thus to refresh sustain and fortfy the human frame there is none that wll compare with Hostetters Celebrated Stomach nters They have been weighed in the balance of rence and not found wanting have been recommended rom tne hrst as great medicinal specific not as and in spite of interested opposition from n quarters stand sitter twenty years trial at the head of all proprietary medicines intended for tho prevention and cure of all ordinary complaints of the the liver the yel and the neryes In tho districts bordering the great rivers of the South and West Hosetters Btters may be classed AS the standard for species of intermittent or mittent fever The people who inhabit those districts place the most implicit confidence in the preparationa confidence that is increased year the results of its operation

 As bitters called of the perncious character are sprlngng up like fungi side the public is hereby forewarned against the dram-shop fraud Ask for Hosettrs Btters that the label etc. correct and remember that the genuine article is never sold in bulk but in bottles only
Year: 1871

Hrs SUCCESS. A story comes from Delaware of an eccentric philosopher who has paid the penalty of his criminal attempt to enlighten mankind. To some extent he did enighten thatsabstractio but not as he intended to do. He had some theory or other in. regard to the use of parachutes which he absurdly connected with pyrotechnics, and so, on the Fourth of July, shortly after dusk, he clandestinely erected in his yard a huge sky-rocket, to the head of which was attached his parachute, in such Q way that while the rocket was seeking the moon it would remain closed, but

 when its upward motion ceaeed it would theoretically open like an umbrella, and thus wait him safely to the ground. He attached himself to the lower end of the stick with the fuse turned away from him in such a way that the fire from the rocket would not injure him. Then he hlazed away and went whizzing through the air, dangling and bobbing as he sped, with fire fastening itself upon, him. somewhat " like the pale martyr in his shirt of fre.' If his parachute ever opened he did not know it, for presently those who beheld the wondrous engine saw it turn sharply in mid-air, and it fell. The poor fool was fornd burnt and mangled not far from his own philosophy shop, r = J et 's"p. $ lH gTit ff NH :