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Year: 1872




When we consider what an intricate
system Of defiance TO all known phvsio-
logical laws woman's dress has be-
come; the tender age at which this def
ance begins, aud-thc relentless pressure
of il upon the formative and the recup-
eratiye energies OF the constitution; the
murderous thinness and scantiness of
her underdress; the effect of the absence
of fiannels, and the custom Of barring
the neck and arms, upon the sensitive
tissues of the lungs and heart; the cheek
to all even circulation of the blood and
healthy condition of the skin inflicted
by the imperfect and compressed cover
ing of her feet and hands; the unhealthy
heat OF the head, consequent on the
manner in which custom requires her
to collect her hair into a wad Of padding
at the base of the brain; the clasp OF a
rack of steel aud whalebOne about all
the vital organs of the body; the
straigiIt-iacket snap with which the
seams of erdress meet about her shoul-
ders, arms and chest; the results inevit-
able upon making the hips the pivot
upon which her heavy clothing is hung,
and the fulcrum upon which all the mo-
ton of her body must swing when walk
ing-if, indeed, we apply that term to
the intantile toddle witi which women
are driven to get about the world; above
all, the unreasonable and cruel custom
which compels her to drop heavy skirts
about her lower limbs and feet, thus en-
dangering her life on all occasions, her
health on any but n dry summer day,
and her self-reliance forever; when we
consider the extent to which the conf
mon occupations of a woman deprive
lnsars Of Inn nHr Of -
change Of scene, of acquaintance with
tile world; of the extent to which they
are adapted to produce all the varieties
of sedentary disease; when we consider
the unlimited influence of the mind
upon the body, of happiness upon
health, and the broOding murbidness
and acute suffering which the lives of
women 80 largely induce in them-shall
we find IL Il matter of surprise that
women rs 4 race are diseased and feeble,
and are bestOwing upon the world a fu-
ture legacy of diseased and feeble chill
dren? Shall We wrap this ruined crea-
turc away in a shawl to die, and say,
with sOrrowful assurance: "Behold
woman a God made heT?''


Woman as God made her, As man
and the devil and her own cowar,lice
have made her! God never made such
women as are cradiing the next genera
ton i'm this land to-day. Side by side
with "female illiteracy" female feeble
ness Is running race among us. Ne
elected brains and tortured bodies are
working their own way upon our actual
and possible mothers. Thoughtful ply
sicians are perpleXed and alarmed. We
are a beautiful, useful and elevated or
der of animals the world has done the
right thing 10y US; it has stalled and fed
us; it has petted and praised Us; who
can compiain2-Ettsa6o Stuart PIcl51s
Year: 1872

GIRLS PITY FOR A LONELY YoUNG
MAN.-I know nothing in the world
tenderer than the pity that a kind
hearted young girl has for young man
that feels lonely. 1t is true that these
dear creatures are all compassion for
every form of human woe, and anxious
to alleviate all human misfortunes.
They will 90 to Sunday schools through
storms their brothers are afraid of, to
teach the mest unpleasant and untracta-


BILE classes of little children the age of


Methuselah and the dimensions of Og


the king of Bashan's bedstead. They


stand behind table at a fair all day


until they are ready to drop, dressed in
their prettiest clothes aud their sweet
/ est smiles, and lay hands upon You like
so many Lady POtiphars-perfectly cor
rect ones of course-tO make yOu buy


what YOU do not want, at prices which
! you cannot afford; all this as eheeFfully
as if it were not martrydom to them as
well as to you. Such is. their love for
all good objects, such their eagerness to
sympathize with all their fellow ereat-
ures! But there is nothing they pity as


they pity lonely young mau.-O. "
I BrOira.
Year: 1872

happiness OF his daughter and wife.


Two days after Harry's departure
Grace returned home, notwithstanding
Grandma did her utmost TO persuade
her 10 stay. But the affectionate and
Thoughtful daughter feared that too
many cares would devolve upon her in
valid mother, and nothing could induce
her to prolong her visit, though the
pleasures were very tempting. Many
were the tears shed at parting, for they
all loved the modest, unassuming
Gracic. But little did Grandpa and
Grandma Marsh think, as they gazed
upon her innocent face, 50 full of smiles
and apparent health, that they should
see her no more alive. But so it was
ordained, and they looked on her for the
last time in life.


Blanche and Sonora were together
constantly. To Blanche alone did So
nora confide the secrets of her heart.
But how was that confidence returned?
By basest betrayal. But, pure-minded
girl Sonora mistrusted not, for why
should she think that one whom she
loved as she did Blanche, and to whom
she had never done the slightest injury,
should wish to harm her? No, it could
not be! And in her ignorance she was
happier.


The time had at length arrived for the
Hewitts to bid farewell to Bridgeport
and their many friends there till the
heat of another year should call them
from their city home to inhale its beau
ties again.


Sonora had obtained Grandma Marsh's
permission for Blanche to spend the
winter holidays with her, and, with the
assurance that they should meet again
in six months, the two friends separated


one to return to a happy school girls
life, and the other to contrive and plot
schemes which in the end were TO prove
detriments to her own happiness. In
other words, ''she was digging a pit for
herself to fall into"


But the reader may ask, "Where is
Norman? Does he not know they are
going?r


AS he said, he had business in New
York which would detain him for
awhile, but how very urgent it was we
cannot say. He returned, however, as
soon as the excitement about the mys-
terious murder was over, and was on
hand to accompany the Hewitts to the
cars and bid Sonora farewell.


Mrs. Hewitt invited him 70 come with
Blanche to spend the holidays with her
family, which invitation he accepted,
much to the annoyance Of Sonora. She
knew this would not please Harry, who,
of course, would be at home.


AS Norman wished Sonora goodbye
he placed upon her finger a magnificent
ring, the peculiar workmanship upon
which called forth praises from all who
saw it. 1t was n thickly twisted rope
of green enamel wound round heart,
which appeared to be broken, and two
brilliant diamonds shone upon the other
half, looking like twin tear-drops.
''HOw beautiful! But how strange .
designw thought Sonora, as she badC
him adieu till they should meet on the
return of a ''Merry Christmas"
Year: 1872

ST.. PATBIcK's BALL.-Remember the st. Pat
rick ball and celebration to be given by Dennis
Hyland at the Arcade Hall, Forest Hill, on Mon
day evening next. This will make the fifteenth
annual ball that has been given by GIr. Hyland,
and all have been successes. Those who are in
reach and fail to attend will deny themselves
rare enjoyments and pleasant social reunion
Year: 1872

Social DANCE. The Church and Jones
Club gave fine dancing entertainment at the
American Hotel hall on Tuesday evening last.
The hall was well filed, but not crowded Just
enough, and Of the right kind, to make il n
splendid and joyous occasion. SO says the
HERALD representative who attended.
Year: 1872

SMALLPox.-Mr. Willis, our worthy Post
master, was vaccinated this week, and complain
ed some OF its sickening effects, and some of
his trends started the story, in a joke, that he
had the smallpox. This news, in serious and
truthful appearing shape, spread rapidly, and in
a few hours could be heard in almost any portion
OF town, and doubtless has gone to all the coun-
try IN business connection with Auburn The
joke was lnnocently intended, but may have done
much harm, and caused much fear, dread and
alarm i'll many families, as the public is very
sensitive about this much dreaded and loathsome
disease. There is not case of smallpox in the
county, and never was but one in Auburn, and
that was four years ago. Don't joke on serious
matters that are likely to alarm with painful
dread the whole public.
Year: 1872

Redd,ck & Gillen, finding themselves in
the midst of what promises to be lively
winter campaign, with splendid stock of
goods complete in every department, and
every line fall of the most desirable goods,
feel like offering their customers unusual in
ducements on the immense stock, and accord-
ngly have out their great stock of dress
goods, blakets, woolens in general, shaws and
domestics, down to bottom prices. They
have fixed such low prices upon everything
that they are bound to sell the stock IN a
very short time. Those who cone early will
have the largest stock to select from, but, as
it is rule of this house never to allow any
line 20 be broken, tull assortment and a
complete variety will always be found at this
house. Remember the great bargains at this
store Come and see the goods learn the
prices, and you will be convinced OF the truth
OF our statement.
Year: 1872

In these hard times it is the duty Of every one
to get as much with as little money a. possible.
In the line of boots and shoes the establishment
of Child Bro. & Phipps offers inducements which
no other house iu the county can do. Being
manufactures and wholesalers themselves, they
have no middlemen to pay, but secure their
goods on the most favorable terms and at the
very bottom prices from first hands. Under
those circumstances it is safe to assert that they
can and will offer to their customers the same
quality of goods at less prices than can be found
at any other place in La Ssalls county. Call,
examine, and be convinced.
Year: 1872

WALL STREET, I


SUNDAY, Dec. 15. 1873.
Something OF the Winter dulness OF the Wall
street markets was experienced the past week,
the abatement OF activity being quite perceptble
In the general run Of


SPECULATION AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE
although there were operations Of considerable II
not important extent In several of the leading
favorites. The general drift OF prices was in the
downward direction in sympathy with further
decline of about ten per cent in Pacific MAIL which
was the bete notr OF the street and the nightmare
OF the market. Toward the close there was dis
position to cast loose from the influence of this
erraic stock, and Friday and Saturday. particularly
the latter day, witnessed stronger market and


GENERAL IMPROVEMENT,
but without recovery to the opening prices Of
the week. The stock sympathizng most with
Pacific Mail was Panama, which broke from 1856 to
124 In face of the declaration of another quarterly
dividend OF per cent. Rock Island went Off from
la to 109k on rumors of an intended issue of con-
vertible bonds and Lake Shore dropped about one
per cent on the prospect of an early completion OF
Its great rival the Canada Southern line, which is
to connect the Wabash road with the Eastern rail-
roa DIS centring at Buffalo and Niagara. For


THE SAME REASON
Wabash improved 3per cent In Western Union
Telegraph there was recovery to 80 despite the





company. The greatest rise was in Hannibal and
st. Joseph, which advanced 15 16 per cent on the
election OF o new president. In the gold market
there was further decline OF about one per cent,
the price going of to 112&. and closing Saturday
ct 1l2H 112a-the result of the natural tendency
of gold at this season, and of the growing ease Of
money on the other side OF the Atlantic as
evidenced by the reduction Of the


BANK OF ENGLAND
rate to s per cent on Thursday last. Our own
money market has worked with less satisfaction to
borrowers, and the rate on call has ranged as high
as 1-16 per cent with, on tho last two days OF the
week, disposition to settle at about per cent.
The chances are in favor of easier money the rest
OF the year, particularly If the government will
commence this week, as expected, the prepayment
Of the January interest," which influx Of specie into
the banks would strengthen their increasing re-
less active, and quoted 10 q II per cent discount
for prime names. Foreign exchange was lower
for sight bills and higher for slxyday drafts after
the reduction OF the Bank OF England rate.


THE FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.


As an illustration of the condition Of the money
markets in the chief centres of Europe we quote
the following from the London Economist Of NO
vember 80. 1t should be remembered that the
Bank Of England rate has been meantime reduced
nom to per cent. At the time the Economists
report was written the bank rate had just been re.
duced from I to per cent?


IN LONDON.


We Suboin our usual quotations for mercantile
remark already made on the unsettled state Of the
MARKET
Year: 1872

IL Michigan, g short time ago, q
couple who had lately been divorced,
met at q railway station, and the
woman tried to induce the man TO take
their child, babe OF nine months.
He reused, and she laid The helpless
creature on the platform, and they both
went their way and left it there.
Year: 1872

TIE Cleveland PLAIN Dealer declares
that the little old woman who sat par.
alyzed for hours" upon hearing Of the
nomination of Horace Greeley for the
Presidency, turning over in her mind
the fact that the demouiac Horace had
been guilty Of bailiug the black hearted
JEFF Davis, is no other than the senior
editor OF the Cleveland Leader himself.
This might be classed as important if
true. and is subject worthy OF. in
yestgation.
Year: 1872

RULES FOR GETTING Our OF Bed


DR.. Hall says: It is great and
mischievo1s mistake for persons,
old or young-especially children
and feeble or sedentary persons-to
bounce out of bed the moment they
wake up; all our instincts shrink
from it, and fiercely kick against it.
Fifteen or twenty minutes spent in
gradually waking up, after the eyes
are opened, and in turning over and
stretching the limbs, do as much
good as sound sleep, because these
operations set the blood in motion
by degrees, tending. to equalize the
circulation; for, during sleep, the
blood tends to stagnation, the heart
beats feebly and slow; and to shock
the system. by bouncing up in an
instant and sending the blood in
overwhelming quantities to the
heart, causingit to assume a gallop,
when tho instant before it was in
a creep, is The greatest absurdity.
This instantaneous bouncing out of
the bed as soon as the eyes are open
will be followed by weariness long
before noon. -
Year: 1872

A clergyman in Lawrence church,
on a recent occasion, discovered
after commencing the service, that
he had forgotten his notes. As it
was too late to send. for them he
said:o his audience by way ofapol-
ogy, that this morning he should
have to depend upon the Lord
for what he might say but t!,at in
the afternoon he would como better
prepared.
Year: 1872

Make companion of her in tho
; fullest acceptation Of the term and
do not consider it beneath your dig
nifty to suit your conversation to her


tastes and intellect. The pricecurrent


contains matter vastly more pleas


ing to you but is very probable that


your young wife would prefer to


hear you discourse of other matters


than the price OF cotton Or the tex-


ture ofbroadcloth. Study diligently


the art OF pleasing. Cultivate those


thousand and one little name!ess


attentions wich are SO much priced
by the female sex and learn to take


an interest in whatever oc,,pies her


attention. Do not effect IN air
of listless, tolerating condescensicn,


when she is pointing out the pro-
gress of embroidery, and shun the


treason Of yawns as she dwells upon


the little details OF her domestic
government. These hints may seem
trifing, but the non-observance of
them may be attended with tho
most serious results. If we could
anatonlizo the human mind, how
frequently: would we discover that
the seed from which the upas-trco
Of enstrangement hath sprung is Of
a scarcely perceptible minutcncss.
BE as much at home as possible.
A pregnant source of discomfort in
the nnptial state is unsettled habits
OF the husband III this respect.
Nothing can bo more CALLING ordis-
heartening to young wife, after
the first few honey-months have
passed, than the frequent absence
OF he: spouse in the evenings. A
is excited in her mind that
the home of affection begins to
abate, and that she hath lost tho
power of pleasing, and whenever
this feeling occurs, the risk is great
that the wish to please will soon
cease to exist. There is no rule
without an exception, but;n general
we would hold that a young .]tus-
band should have few engagements
of an evening where his wife did
not accompany him. 1t is most
to cultivate the habit of
domestic sociality, and the frcsido
will never have any charms if they
TO not exist at the commencement
u a union.-Er.
Year: 1872

The Democratic party Of late In
, become very scriptural and preache
the doctrine of forgiveness. I don
, know but that I an prepared to &C
on the principle inculcated by tn


parable of the prodigal son.


The prodigal said he had sinnet


and asked to be taken back as a hiret


servant. The father received him


as a sou, but the spirit of the prodi.


gal was that of great humility. HI


did not ask to get possession of the


farm as did the Democratic party


On the other hand the Republican


party had been true to the great


idea of removing the stain ofslavery.


1t was true under. Grant as we'll as


under Lincoln. I know General


Grant well. It has been said that


I was sighted at not being invited


to certain dinner. Where is the


Democratic president who ever in
vited a colored man to his table?


Who ever raised this as standard


Of friendship as to whether a colorod


man was invited or not to dino? I


confess I met an insult on the
steamer upon the Potomac, and I


would have been glad had President
Grant resented the insult by inyit-
ing me to his table. But am sure
from what I know of General Grant,
that he was not capable OF any in
territorial slight to the colorod race.
I have General Grants word that
had I been present with the conf
mission in Washington, I should
have been invited with them. AIr.
Harris, OF Springfield, interrupted
the speaker by enquiring if he did
not complain to Senator Sumner
of his slight by the President. AIr.
Douglass replied that he would
have been glad to be invited 80 as
to break down prejudice, but he
felt that no indignity was intended.
But s1pposing General Grant had
some slight prejudice to inviting
colored man to his table, was that
reason why he should be removed
or oistrusted? Loud responses OF
mo" followed this question: We
have now in the Constitution the
18th end 18th amendments. We
are asked what dagger is there to let
the Democratic party come in, as
they could not do away with these
great reforms.


While I do not believe Mr.. Gree
ley would consent to the doing away
Of these laws, we all know that they
could not be enforced, if necessary,
congressional action. There
was, years ago, in the Constitution
! provision that all men should en-
Joy liberty everywhere, and yet how
often was this position made null
md void by State action. Are we
20 simple as to believe that the De-
nocratic party once in power would
pass any suitable man. Nc, far
rom it. Our only safety lies in the
Of U. s. Grant. Our
:olored brethren are instinctively
Harmed at the possibility of the
election of Greeley, even as the old
lave drivers flock to his standard.
n all my Southern tour I haze not
ound a colored man who did not
wish success to the Republican
'arty. I have just traversed the
ills and valleys Of Maine, and I will
ncourage you by the assurance that
be people there are awake, and that
be Republicans next Monday will
oil up majority of 10000 against


majority Of 10000 last year. As ;,
! is my intention to address the
at another time, I will ]
ot further trespass upon your time ]
t present.
Year: 1872

Many of our readers will have seen, though
probably few have taken to heart, the propO-
sition submitted to tho Assembly by Mr..
Alvord, looking to fresh loan of $6,50O 900, or
thereabout, for the payment-Or funding,
rather-of what we may distinguish as the
floating debt of our Canals. That the bill
will be passed, the loan made, and a new tax
to pay it, principal and interest, imposed on
our citizens, we presume inevitable. Not to
complain especially of this, but to elucidate
the system to which it pertains, THE TRIBUNE
invites thereto the attention of taxpayers.


Twelve or fifteen years ago, our State adopted
the plan of contracting for the repair and
preservation of her Canals. In this, she did
right Up to that time it had been the interest
of each division superintendent to have breaks
occur on his section. So long as there was no
break, no stoppage of navigation, he had
slender chances to enrich himself or benefit
his party; but q good, fat break, no matter
how caused, was gOd-mine for both.
He could hire men and teams at exOrbitant
rates he could buy timber and plank at twice
their value, and, if any one demurred, he
could plausibly plead that he was obliged to
pay whatever was asked in order to stop the
DTedh dJ OuCc. IL bOIu6 tdSCl
for fat job, dug channel across the tow


path some dark, rainy night, and thus caused
O break that stopped navigation and cost the
State tens of thousands of dollars, what of il
He would not be likely to expose himself;
and what could the Superintendent do but
make all right again at the earliest moment


The Contract system was designed and cal
culated to bring a strong private interest to
bear against the occurrence of breaks and in
terruptions Unlike the SuperinteDdent's, the
Contractors interest impelled him to have his
section watched and guarded against the be-
ginnings of peril and disaster. He could well
afford to hire men to traverse his section
whenever storm or flood threatened its en-


bankments with overflow, ready to sound the
alarm wherever break was imminent and
apply the needed remedy, if remedy were
within his grasp. Under contracts properly
drawn, STIMULATING the needful security, there
ought not to be one break Of any consequence