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Year: 1871

One Of the most remarkable letters
i'm a certain way that we have seen
lately, is published in the Cleveland
Herald, it being a denial by one Mrs.
F. A. Carter of the truth Of a story
which it had published that she had
blistered q young servant girls tongue
for lying. She says, however: "Ghe
threat to blister the tongue for lying,
and do it, though of course not to a
degree thai would be cruel, had used


before as punishment, preferring it to
whipping. My husband had never
protested, and it had never occurred
to me as any worse than any corporal
punishment, which of course should


be avoided if possible. In this case
the eulprit was a large girl, who had


been more than once returned to our
County Iniirmary as incOrrigible.
had taken her on trial, as ] had been


moderately successful before with one
of similar antecedents. She was not
virtuOus, was dishonest, and untruth-
full. l vainly tried to reform her, and
was obliged To resort to severe meaus.


/ said to a neighbOr that | had burned
her tongue for lying, and she had told
no lies since, and from that remark,
in the mouths of gossips, the horrible,


if true story grew. can prove in
court, If necessary, by persons in the
house at the time, that the above is


truth, and that FURNISHED with heat
ed knife, first applying it TO my own


tongue and then on hers, not even
raising blister, but frightened her
very much, which was what intend
ed, as any moral appeal was Of no use
whatever. / am a 'prOfessed Chris
tian wOman,' and did what | did con-
scientiously, feeling it a duty, by ev-
cry available means, to prevent the
girls remaining a candidate for 4 part
in the lake that burneth with fire. y
Year: 1871

10 not propose that men should keen
. the house, or that machines should
nurse the baby; they only ask that
other women than themselves should
do 50; and they confess, with cynical
frankness, that they prefer to engrOss
parchment and make up pills for
money Wherewith tOpay other women
Tor their time, rather than themselves,
NURSE OR EDUCATE THEIR OWN


CHILDREN,


or put thought, energy, or knowledge
into making the home happy and
beautiful for husband and family. If
they had no other work to do, there
would not be so much TO say against
their undertaking such Of mems work
as they could perform eTeditably and
satisfactorily but We confess that we
cannot see the valle Of the present
movement, which consists only in
shifting the kind of work, in the arbi-
traTv degradation Of certain kinds
which nature has made imperative.
and i'm the substitution Ofambition for
love, self-glOry for duty, and making
for saving. However. what will be
will be. If it is so ordained that this
uncomfortable phase of active femi-
nine ambition has to he worked
through, nothing that we or any one
else can say will prevent il. But, at
least, we may give one note of warn
ing by the way, and do what we can
to mitigate the worst of oftheabsurdities
resulting. In particular, We would
urge the incOmpatibility of the old
sacTedness with the new self-assertiOn,
and the unwisdOm of wincing at
satire voluntarily cOurted. To run
with the hare and hunt with the
hounds has been as yet a feat found
impossible with the best will in tie
world if women are able to unite


THE COARSE LIFE OF MEN


with the sacredness of womanhOOd,
they will have solved the problem in
their own favor But until the new
is made manifest we
must take the liberty of questioning
its possibility, and of maintaining that
if the Scored Sex wishes to remain the
sacred sex still, it must not offer itself
as a mark for public discussion on
more than questionable line of action;
If it wishes 10 keep its head whole, it
must not thrust it where blows are
falling; and if it likes clean fingers, it I
must not tOucb Mitch
Year: 1871

While a wagon loaded with coal
was crossing the bridge over Swan
Greek, at the foot of Ottawa street.
one Of the horses attached to the wag-
on came to a stand still, refusing tC
move. After considerable urging and
whipping, which was to no purpose, 3
bystandeT stepped up and placing his
mouth to the ear of the animal blew
into it with all the force Of his lungs
The novel and amusing remedy wa
effectual, the horse moving off quick
", to the great relief Of the drivers o.
the large number of vehicles that had
become blocked up in the street.-I0,
ledO Blade.
Year: 1871

An ingenious French invention is a
machine for writing music. The in
ventOr passes over a metal cylinder,
turning regularly by means Of clock
movement and communicating with
battery, a band OF paper impregnat-
ed with a solution that will deeOm-
pose under the influence of an elec-
trie current, or in telegraphic apparat-
us according to Casseps and other sys-
TENS. The clock movement may be
put in motion or stopped at will by an
electric or mechanical stop or detent.
The band of paper being placed on the
cylinder, the inventor places above il
a series of metal wires of plates isOlat-
ed from each other in such a way that
as they rest at one point on the paper
in a parallel direction to the axis of
the cylinder, they each communicate
by means Of a separate metallic wire
with a contact apparatus placed under
each of the keys Of the keyboard of
the instrument. These contact appa-
ratuses are worked by the motion OF
the key, either by bringing together
two wires or metallic plates, or by
plunging one point In jar Of mereu-
ry communicating with the battery.
The circuit is thus closed for each OF
the wires only when the key CORE
spending to il is lowered.
Year: 1871

QUIET minds, like smooth watora, re-


SiLENcE.--We rarely repent Of having
kept silence; we often repent Of having
spoken. tH r'H


RELIGION gives to virtue the sweetest
hopes, to impenitent vice just alarms,
and TO true repentance the most power
full consultations, but it aims above all to
inspire men with love, sweetness, and
pity for mankind ll-l


0uR SPACE IN THE WoRLD.-It is vain
to stick your finger in the water, and
pulling it out look for a hole; and equally
vain to suppose that, however large o
space you occupy, tile world will miss
you when you have passed on.


4 KNowLEDGR.--Wh Whatever may be his
present deficiencies and disadvantages,
the person-especially the young person
who is so sensible Of the value Of
knowledge as to apply his heart TO un-
derstanding-to seek for it as for silver,
and to search for it as for hidden treas
ures-assuredly shall not seek in vain.
Knowledge is the prize Of application


MANS love is but one Of many feelings
in the scholar, Il is subservient to his
thirst for knowledge; in the patriot, it
yields to the worship of country. Glory
halves the heart Of the soldier; but with
women the affections are omnipotenti
they absorb all other thoughts and make
oil other passions their slaves.


INDEPENDENCE is jewel priced above
all this world has TO bestow; and there
are but two ways Of reaching independ-
enee; that Of super-eminent power,
which attains eminence by triumphing
over all opposition-or that super-emi-
nent moderation, which does not seek
it. The man who is contented with
what he has, is independent everywhere.


MEcHANICs are the palace builders of
the world. Not a stick is hewn, not a
stone is shaped in all the lordly dwellings
Of the rich, that does not owe its beauty
and fitness to the skill of the mechanic.
The towering spires that raise their
giddy heads among the clouds depend
upon the mechanics art for their
strength and symmetry. Not an ediice
for devotion, or business, or comfort,
but bears the impress Of their hands.
How exalted is their vocation, how sub
lime their callingl
Year: 1871

BoRRowINo TRoUBLE.- How many
there are whose energies are paralyzed
by borrowing trouble If they are
not very unfortunate today, they arc
certain they will be so tomorrow
They spend so much OF their timo
grooming, that they have but little left
for the performance Of the duties OF
life, Such are not the men to which
the world commits important trusts,
and whom il is ready to assist. II
you tell the world that you are going
to fail in any undertaking, it will be
sure TO take you ut your word. And
men are most ready TO help those who
appear to need it the least. If you
are weak do your best to bo cheerful.
Year: 1871

MopAL DurY.-Somc kinds Of work
might be done by proxy, but moral
duty must be done by ourselves
Jonah's mission was an exclusively
moral one, aud he had no right to
shirx it or consult his own feelings
about the matter There are thou
sands Of people in the world governed
entirely by their feelings, instead of
by reolitudo and principle,
Year: 1871

Below will be found correct copy
Of the bill passed by our Legislature
dividing the State into Senatorial and
Representative districts, to remain so
until 1878, when the next enumera-
ton takes place
Year: 1871

FISH FLUTIERSs


WASHINGTON, March Secretary
Fish has written letter to the Post,
in which he says; 'The entire state
ment Of your correspondent, so far as
il relates to any conversation, express
sion, discussion or allUsiOn by Sir
Edward Thornton to me, or by me to
or with him or with the British Com
missiOners, or any or either of them,
on the subject of MI. Summers position
on the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tiOns, or with respect to any OrganiZa-
ton or construction of that or any
other committee Of the Senate is from
beginning to end without the slightest
foundation in truth"


KU-KLUX-sAN DOMINGO AND RADI-


GAL CAUCAs.


There was no meeting of the Republi-
can Senatorial caucas this morning, and
it is understood there is to be none
before to morrow, when the commit
tee appointed on the SOuthernOutrage
bill win report to the joint caucus.


The Republican committee Of the
two houses held a meeting two hours
this morning to mature the Anti-Ku-
klux bill, but came to no conclusion.
They will have another meeting to-
night.


There is official authority for stating
that the report that the Secretary Of the
Treasury intends to push the Pacific
Railway bill for the payment of the
interest due the Government, and that
he will appeal to the courts to en-
force payment, is entirely false.
Secretary Boutwell, disclaims any
such intention.


The San Domingo Commissioners
are expected here on the 2Sd.
Year: 1871




When I found that they had fright
ened my wife and little children of ;
my wife came back soon. Presently
a neighbOr came in and told me that
these same white men had been at his
house, demanded, and taken away
his gun, and that three different
squads Of armed white men had been
patrolling the streets all the night
through.


Iwent to bed and slept until Mon
day morning.


ON MONDAY MORNING
1 went to see the Sheriff, and INQUIRED
If he had given orders to take the
peoples arms from them. He said !.
''yes, / issued an order last night to
disarm every cOlOred man." / then
said that there was such confusion
about the church that the services had
to be discontinued. He denied telling
them to go near the church, but ac
kuOWledged that he had ordered the
cOlOred peoples arms to be taken
away, ] asked Why2 He said he
twas afraid they would get up a fuss. "
] then answered that if such was the
case the better way would have been
to have put on guard composed OF
both races, and have the city patrolled
Year: 1871

was in the pulpit at the Method
ist Church, ready for the evenings
service, that night about seven
O'Clock, when Warren Tyler came to
me and said that If he were in my
place he would have no services on
that occasion. 1 answered that "We
must administer the word of God"
/ then took my text and commenced
my sermon. In a few minutes in
came Henry KisO and said that Mr..
MOsely, the Sheriff, had ordered the
white people TO 20 out and take away
all the guns from the colored people.
Shortly thereafter armed white men
commenced marching back and for
ward in front Of the church, confusing
the congregation, and finally the
meeting broke up. was done preach
ing and had sat down when a cOlnred
man came in and informed me that a
dozen or fifteen white men had been
10 my house. said ''surely they
could be there for no harm, for / have
done no harm to any man."
Year: 1871

The importance Of this road to our en-.
tire State is conceded. Its management
has, doubtless, been miserable. The
Radical administration of our State is
highly ccnsurabe for the reckless issue
Of said bonds to this and other roads,
and must answer for their conduct to the
people, at the election in ~ In order
to cover up and keep this fact in the
background, the Radical papers are full
of abuse Of Denckla, Caldwell & Co, and
are loud in their denunciations Of the
gross frauds practiced by these gentle
men. Now we cannot doubt that some
one has been guilty Of most outrageous
swindlng, but we are equally certain
that this swindle could not have been so
large, had it not been for the utter disre-
gard of law, manifested in the issuance
of the " aid bonds. For this, the Of
fccrs charged with this duty, ard hence
the entire Republican party in Arkansas,
are responsible. Mr.. Dcnckla may not
have been able to have his dirty shirt
washed Ito use the elegant language Of
a Republican cotemporary) "when he
came TO our State or this we cannot
speak, as We are not intimate with his
laundress; but, one thing we can say, Mr.,
Denckla is the only man among all the
yaat horde of new corners that has et
fected anything for us, in the way ofrail
roads He secured the contract and the
road could have been built, and would
have been built long ago, if the men who
handled the aid bonds" had done theiI
duty faithfully. There could have been
no opportunity to swndle, and the peo'
pie will not be satisfied by wholesale
abuse Of Mr.. Denckla.
Year: 1871

Grand Fair 1stSa< D. iS'i'


By reference TO another column it will
be seen by the proceedings Of the Board
of Directors of this Association, that a
Grand Fair is to come off on the Cd and
Sd Of the comiagxr Tow is the
time to preparS How e p'e time ior
al VINO have the intefv~DW our County
at heart, to step forward and lend help
ing hand a call Of 10 per cent. has been
made and is being responded to very
we'll. This is new thing in our County
and we must all ey to make its initiating
a success. To do this, of course money
must be spent. and it being small
amount to each will not be felt, while
the beneficial results will be incalcuable
The ground has IN pYehased, being o
forty acre tract, l lhe Association
BY Dougherty ana HS3, lyingiust be
yond Flat Rock BEdst The land i.
~.u .aop,ra 10 thc purpose OF Fail
Ground. and was sold cheap by the gen
tlemen named, whereby they manifested
the true spirit that should prompt all citi.
zens of the County. In due time a lis,
Of articles and premiums will be publish
ed The Directory have manifested
good, sound judgment in the selection OF
the committees; such men as compose
these committees will be certain to make
the Fair success. The Directory, by
their conduct so far, seem determined to
do their whole duty, even at the sacrifice
of private business. The duties assigned
to the committees are such as cannot con
flict with each other, and we feel fully as
sured will be promptly fulfilled.
Year: 1871

To KEEP MILK SWEET.-The Southern
Farmer says that teaspoontul of horse rad
ish in pan of milk will keep it sweet for sew
eral days. Milk can be kept for year or
more as sweet as when taken from the COW,
by the following method:


Procure bottles, and as they are filled, i'm.
mediately cork them and fasten the cork with
. pack thread or wire. Then spread little
straw Oh the bottom OF boiler, on which
place the bottles with straw between them
until the boiler contains a sufficient quantity.
Fill it up with cold wa er, and as soon as 1t
begins 10 boil draw the fire and let the whole
gradually cool. When quite cool take out the
bottles and pack them in sawdust in hampers,
and stow them away in the coolest par: OF
the house.
Year: 1871

The London Field states that
poultry, properly fed, will acquire
all the fatness needed for marketing
purposes in a fortnight or three
weeks at most. Their diet should
be Indian, oat or barley meal, scald--
ed in milk or water. The former is
the best, as it will expedite the fat
tening process. They should be fed
early in the morning, at noon, and
also in the evening, just before go
ing to roost. A plentiful supply of
pure fresh water-plenty of gravel,
sliced cabbage or turnip tops. If
the fowls are required to be very
fat, some trimmings Of fresh NUT
ton suet may be chopped up and
scalded with their other feed, or
they may be boiled in milk alone
and poured over the meal. This
renders the flesh firmer than it other


wise would be. When fit to kill
feeding should be stopped for twelve
hours or more, that the intestines
may become comparatively empty.
Year: 1871

A couple of girls'put a bull-frog
into the hired mans bed to see if
they couldn't make him talk. Davie
threw it out of the window and nev-
er said single word. Soon after
he put half a bushel of chestnut
burrs into the girls bed. About
the time he thought they would
make the least shadow, Dave went
to the door and ratified the latch
furiously. Out went the candle,
and in went the girls; but they did
not stick, though the burrs did.
Calling to them, he begged them to
be quiet, for he only wanted to know
if they had seen anything of that
pesky bull-frog. He'd give two dol
lars to find it.


A two foot rule--Don't stumble.
Year: 1871

In these hot days a cool apart
ment is real luxury, to be ha(
far oftener than most people sup
pose possible. The secret consist.
not in letting in cool all, for natural
ly all do that whenever they have S
chance, but in keeping out hot air
If the air outside room or house
be cooler than the air inside, let il
in by all means; but if it be hotter
carefully keep it out.


A staircase window left open dur
ing the night will often cool the
passage of house, and the rooms
too, if the doors be not shut; but il
must be closed by eight or nine
O'Clock in the morning, or,if on the
sunny side, at four or five o'clock
and the blind drawn down. The
mistake people generally make is to
throw open their windows at al
hours of the day,no matter whether
the atmosphere outside be cool Oh
scorching, -
Let US have some air, they say
and in comes the treacherous breeze
for even hot air is pleasant while il
is gently blowing, taking away per
spiration, and thereby cooling the
skin; but the apartment is made
warmer, instead of cooler, and as
soon as they move out of the
draught they find their room to be
more uncomfortable than be-
fore.


Let in cool air-keep out hot
that is the only formula to insure
the minimum of discomfort. Sitting
rooms may generally be kept cool
during the whole day if the doors
be only opened for ingress and
egress,and the windows kept closed
and shielded from the direct sun
shine by blind. If the atmosphere
of room be impure from any cause
let it be renewed; hot air is less in
furious than bad air. If a room be
small in comparison with the num-
Der Oh persons engaged In IL, Tree
ventilation becomes indispens-
able.


In cooking apartment the tenn
perature will probably be higher
than outside; hence, the free ad-
mission even of hot air will be de-
sirable. If persons do not object to
sit in direct draught of air, the
windows and doors may be opened
a breeze being more refreshing,even
though several degrees warmer than
still air.


But nearly all other circumstances
rooms should be kept closed as
much as possible until after sundown
or until the air outside is cooler
than that inside. Let in cool air;
keep out hOt.-London Times.
Year: 1871

/ have said myself somewhere,


do not know with what correctness


for definitions never are complete
that humor is wit and love. / am


sure, at any rate, that the best hui


NOR is that which contains most


humanity, that which is favored
throughout with tenderness and
kindness. This love does not de-
mand constant utterance or actual
expression, as a good father, in con-
Yersation with his children or wife,
is not perpetually embracing them,
or making protestations of his love;
as lover in the society of his mis-
tress is not, at least as far as / am
led to believe, forever squeezing her
hand or signing in her ear, "My
souls darling, l adore your He
shows his love by his conduct, by
his fidelity, by his watchful desire
to make that beloved person happy;
it lightens from his eye when she
appears, though he may not speak
it; it fills his heart when she is pres
ent or absent; influences all his
words and actions; suffuses his
whole being; itsets the father cheer
lily to work through the long day,
supports HIM through the tedious
labor of the weary absence or jour
ney, and sends happy home again,
yearnings towards the wife and
children.


This kind of love is not spasm,
but life. 1t fondles and caresses
at due seasons, no doubt; but the
heart is always beating fondly and
truly, though the wife is not sitting
hand in hand with him, or the chill
dren hugging his knees. And so
with a loving humor, think it is
the genial writer's habit of being;
it is the gentle spirits way of look
ing out on the worll-that sweet
friendlessness which fills his heart
and his style. You recognize it,
even though there may not be a
single point of wit, or single pa
thetic touch in the page; though
you may not be called upon to sa-
lutte his genius by a laugh or a tear.
That collision of ideas which pro-
vokes the one or the other must be
occasional. They must be like pa
pas embraces, which 1 spoke of
anon, who only delivers them now
and again, and cannot be expected
to go on kissing the children all
night. And so the writer's jokes
and sentiment, his ebullihons of
feeling, his outbreaks of high spirits,
must not be too frequent. One tires
of a page of which every sentence
sparkles with points, of sentimen-
talist who is always pumping the
tears from his eyes or your own.
One suspects the genuineness of the
tear, the naturalness of the humor;
these ought to be true and manly in
a man, and everything else in life
should be manly and true; and he
loses his dignity by laughing or
weeping out of place, or too often.
-THACKERAY.
Year: 1871

Horses and oxen at work need
water often. The ploughman car
ries his jug of water, or leaves his
team to rest while he goes to the
house for a drink. But the team
works harder than the driver, and
probably needs drink as often; yet
many teams are taken out early to
the field, where there is no water ex
cept in the drivers jug, and worked
five or six hours before they can get
a drop. Is it any wonder that they
are injured by drinking too much
when they are led to the spring at
noon or at evening?
Year: 1871

A fascinating youth of Louisville
was recently very badly "sold' by
the matron of the Kentucky State
Prison, in whose daughter he seemed
to evince very strong interest
while travelling in a railroad car
Thinking that the Irritation had con-
tinued long enough, she suddenly
changed her seat to the side of the
young man, and whispered in his
ear, "Sir, you are total stranger to
me, but 1 feel it my duty to warn
you of impending evil. That young
lady is just out of the State Prison"
A passenger got off at the next sta
tion.


CREAM PUDDING.-One quart of
milk, five eggs, four tablespoonfuls
of flour, one tablespoonful of salt;
boil the milk; moisten the flour with
cold milk; add to the hot milk and
boil three minutes; add the eggs
and boil up half q cup of sugar;
flavor, turn into dish for the table,
and, Just before sending to the table,
strew half cup of sugar over the
top.


How to be happy-take the RE
PUBLICAN and pay for it.
Year: 1871

The --latest Novelty in job printing has Just
been executed by a London printer, who had
an order from baker to print a number Of
bill heads on three different colored papers.
VIZ red, green and white The object of this
it appears, was to avoid giving instructions to
the man who delivered the bread, -four, &C..
to the customers To prevent mistakes, when
the bill was made out upon red paper, it
d no ed Dagger and he was not to leave
the goods without the cash if on green it de-
notd " Caution, as the customer was doubt
tai and the m n was to get the money il he
eolli; II on white, it Was safe TO leave any
qumtlty.