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Year: 1876

Woman's passion for fine attire has
troubled the world for o great while, and
it is not strange, perhaps, that it should now
give rise to grievance in our public
schools. All the poets and half the philos-
ophers are agreed that one of woman's great
duties is to be beautiful, and if nature has
not been kindly in this respect no doubt
the individual woman is simply loyal
to this duty in her endeavors to
of the toilet the few charms that
niggardly nature did not deny her.
Therefore it is evident that that instinct of
the sex which the satirists and moralists
scorn as vanity may serve wise purpose in
the social economy. But it is evident that
there are appropriate occasions for the play
of this instinct, and occasions when it
should shine by its absence. One of the
places where women, especially in the rudi-
mentary state of girlhood, should not
endeavor to crush one another by the
splendid paraphernalia of the wardrobe
is in the educational institution, where they
might be supposed to feel an equality of
helplessness in the terrible presence of the
rule Of three. In these establishments, if
anywhere, that great common law of the
uncomely-"han is that handsome
does"-should be recognized, and the girl
who can most readily apply the rule to the
false syntax be placed far above the one
whose ears are loaded with diamonds or whose
empty little head is bound with Brussels lace
Our correspondent who in another column
calls for rule that shall enforce upon
scholars ''decent plainness of dress" is
therefore right; but the necessity of such
rule implies want of taste and judgment
in those who are at the head of the schools.
That is where the remedy should be ap-
piled. Vanity in school begins with the
teacher.
Year: 1876

TO the South. But if the democrats
should resort to violence in resisting the
election Of Hayes they may create a situa-
tion which would retain Grant in power and
lead to the substitution of military force
for the supremacy of law. 1t is worth
while to get quietly rid of President
Grant, even by the sacrifice of imme-
date party interests. There is every reason
for expecting that Mr.. Hayes would be a
conservative, law-respecting as well as hon.
est President, and attempts to keep him out
or to depose him by revolutionary methods
would be fatal political blunder on the
part of the democratic party.


In all human probability Mr. Hayes will
be our next President, and if the democratic
party is patriotic and magnanimous enough
to accept this result when it finds that
appeals to Congress and public opinion cam
mont prevent it, there is no reason for fearing
that he will not treat it with fairness and
justice. We have no doubt that the South
would be as well governed under him as
under Mr.. Tilden. We have no doubt that
he would take the advice of the best class of
Southerners in his treatment of that Sec
ton. We believe that his policy would be
in all respects considerate and concil-
iatory if the democratic party gives
him fair treatment after his Inaugural
tion. All his sympathies are with the lib
eral element of the republican party. With
one branch of Congress opposed to him in
politics he would be bound over to good
behavior, even if fairness was not the lead
ing trait of his character. 1t twould be mad
ness for the democratic party to resort to
violence against such man and thereby
run the risk Of keeping the government in
the hands of Grant.


If Mr. Hayes is declared President he will
be free from all the political entanglements
of the present administration. in which he
has had no part. The Chambers and
Camerons and schemers will have no hold
on him he will be no party to the in
veterate quarrel between Mr.. Conkling and
Mr.. Blaine he will come into Office with the
most perfect freedom in the choice of his
of man to ignore the high character and
great abilities of Mr.. Conkling. He is more
likely to be guided by Mr.. Conkling's judg-
ment than by that of violent partisans
like Mr.. Morton and Mr.. Blaine. If
he should give Mr.. Conkling one of
the chief places in his Cabinet the
citizens of New York, at least, would have
great confidence in his administration at the
outset. Mr.. Conkling is a comparatively
young man and has probably great politi-
cal future. He will regulate his present
public course, not by tho transient pas
sions of the hour, but by the judgment
which will be formed of it in a
calmer period, when this spasmodic excite
ment shall have subsidized. We are conf
dent that his action will be so wise and just
and conciliatory during these passing
troubles that the whole country will desire
to see him occupy high rank among the
advisers of Mr. Hayes if Mr.. Hayes should
be the next President.
Year: 1876

THE RAPID CHANGE in the weather is
having terrible effect upon the poor of
Ihe city. Even during the summer months
che destitute have battle to fight with the
wolf, hunger, of which the well-to-do know
little. But when the biting touch of winter
strikes their thinly clad bodies gaunt famine
has an ally which renders the struggle in
tolerable. While every metropolis has its
poor that must suffer, because they are
unknown and prefer to die rather than
beg, therc are many who can be easily
found through the means Of our char


table societies. 1t is their duty to send
ont into the byways and carry them sue
cor If money is needed they have but to
make the fact known, and it will be forth
poming. In another column will be found
m account of misery that well might startle
into action even those accustomed to wretch
sdness. 1t is better to give few dollars to
. starving man than to buy him q coffin. 1t
costs no more and only little trouble.
Will our charitable societies go to tho poor,
md NOT walt TO have the poor come 70 them 2
Year: 1876

Shall There he Skating im tho Parkss


When summer ends and autumn falls into
the sere and yellow leaf; when races are over
and the polo ponies go to their stables and
coaching is postponed, then new outdoor
sports come in with the winter Snow
brings the silver Naturalization of the
sleigh bells, and as the spirits Of the ther-
mometer fall the spirits of the skating
brotherhood rise. '.The ball is mp" is
always welcome announcement to the
friends of this beautiful and invigorating
exercise. New York, however. differs from
most other cities in this respect; she
has no fresh water rivers on which a smooth
surface of ice may be formed, and her ska
ters must depend upon the lakes in the
parks. Unfortunately Central Park is not
in good financial condition this year, and
no provision has been made for keeping the
lakes in good order for skaters. This is a
serious matter, and steps Of some kind
thousands of ladies and gentlemen to whom
skating is one Of the most pleasing of win
ter amusements


The suggestion of correspondent, whose
letter is elsewhere published, that in this
dilemma al the skaters Of New York city
should subscribe what they can respectively
afford to general fund, for the employment
of men to keep the skating ponds in order,
seems to US excellent. 1t Is question which
they must decide; for if the Park Com
mission has not money sufficient to execute
the purposes for which the Park was
created then the public must provide for its
own interests. If the skaters of New York
have enterprise enough to create q fund we
are willing to take charge of it for the pres
ent, and to turn it over to any responsible
committee, or to the Park Commissioners. if
that body, as we have little doubt it will,
consents to supervise its distribution. One
thing is certain--skating this winter should
not be prevented by any bad condition of
the Park lakes.
Year: 1876

WALL STREET YESTERDAY Y--The stock mar
ket was excited and prices declined, although
there was slight recovery at the close.
Gold opened at 107s, fell to 107 and ad-
vanced to 1071, which was the last price.
Government bonds continue weak, but their
activity shows the presence of fair demand.
Money on call closed at and per cent
after rating at 6 and per cent
Year: 1876

The STEAMER BEssroL passed through a
terrible experience in the Sound yesterday.
1t recalls the disaster of the Metis two years
ago. but happily not with a terrible loss of
life. 1t is creditable to the officers of the
Bristol that the boat did not founder. Good
seamanship saved her passengers and cargo.
Year: 1876

JUDGE BOND has discharged the South
Carolina Board of Can vassers, on the ground
that the State court had no jurisdiction
over them. But from what source does hi
derive his jurisdiction to make the dis.
char gc?
Year: 1876

AN IMPORTANT DECISION was made by
Justice Morgan yesterday in the suit of
George w. Hollender, a barroom proprietor,
against the EXCISE Commissioners for grant,
ing him license to sell liquor. In dismiss
ing the case the Judge emphatically states
cording to law.
Year: 1876

The snow has come at last in sufficient
quantity to resist the melting effects of ter
restrial heat and the action of the wind,
and now covers large area of the country.
During the earlier snowfalls of the season in
this region the flakes dissolved as they fell,
but now that the winter has fairly set in
we may look for the deep drifts along the
country roadsides, the snow heaps on the
gutter lines Of the streets, the painting steam
sweeper on the avenues and the double
teams dragging heavily laden cars up
and down the city thoroughfares. With
the area of low pressure now advancing
eastward over the lower lake region gen.
eral snowfall has taken place and continues
eastward of the Mississippi and northward
of Tennessee. Even Knoxville, in that
State, has heavy fall yesterday, meas
uring when melted over quarter of an
inch of water. In the West the emperature
has risen considerably, but along the At
lantic coast continues low, and at some points
in New England is below zero in the
morning. The winds have, however, abated
in violence, and the cold is not as severely
felt as during Saturday and Sunday. In
New York to-day it will be warmer and
cloudy or partly cloudy, with light snow or
rain. followed by clearing weather.
Year: 1876

will not stop here. More care in selecting
pictures of the highest order will
probably be shown by our best art col
lectors, and we hope that collections will be
formed in New York in which every picture
will be gem of art. Such a collection
would prove invaluable in developing
sound and intelligent art taste among our
citizens
Year: 1876

The House OF REPRESENTATIVES has de-
cided to send committee to New York and
another to Jersey City to investigate the
conduct Of the late election. The denizens
Of these two cities will naturally wonder
what will be Investigated. AS the major
ities in both cities are of the same political
complexion rs the House itself it seems as
if the only possible to the committees
will bo to exhibit fatherly interest in the
methods by which number of good demo-
Gratis were enabled to participate in the
national loaves and fishes. Or, it is barely
possible that the House is not above learn
ing from the Senate, and that the action of
the last named body toward certain South
ern States has reminded the Representatives
that the whitewash brush is not necessarily
Senatorial monopoly.
Year: 1876

Illinois and more than half of Iowa.
Subscribers sending US two Dollars will
receive The Weekly Pioneer Press for
one year, and one of these elegant Maps,
postpaid to any post-ofice in the United
States or Canada.


The Daily Pioneer Press will be
sent six times week for one dollar
per month, or on Mondays, Wednee-
days and Fridays only for fifty cents
per month.
Year: 1876

We understand that the City Coun-
Gil has repealed the ordinance exempt.
ing the property on Third street, where
the fire occurred, from the restrictions
of the fire limit ordinance, and that it
will not be permitted that frame build
ings shall be put up on that property
hereafter.
Year: 1876

@-Constributions for this department
atr respectfully solicited, and those who at
US in this manner will have our thanks. We
have only to ask writer's to avoid porsonald
tiles and abuse.
Year: 1876

by wig and coat proving to be quite
rich, and going down into the country
to live with his sister for the rest of
his life.


In vacations and holidays l 20 to
SEQ them. They are happy together,
and the little tea-table is set with old
china, and there is potted beef and
Jelly, and I'm petted like q child.
And in my uncle's room the old mi
mature of the young lady hangs over
tb6 mantelpiece as It did in his lodg-
ings. ri


And once he told me its sweet. sad
story, and knew why the quaint old
mansin the Office had more true and
tender gallantry to women, and was a
braver friend and a more perfect gen.
tleman than the young fops who grin.
ned at him from the high stools be-
tween bis desk and the window, and
gave him the nickname of Old
Dumps.
Year: 1876

It Is interesting, instructive, and GER
tainly amusing to follow the progress of
the debates from year to year, and to
make note of the points which are
abandoned by the opposition, even in
the flush of victory. For instance, the
female juror used to be one of their
best cards. They always assumed
that there would be one woman to
eleven men; though how they got that
idea | cannot imagine; for, in the only
test case we have of the Jury in Wyo-
ming, which gave the first check to
wholesale murder in that Territory, the
number was even-six men and six
women. They also assumed that,
while men can be excused from serving
as jurors for trifling indisposition, moth
ing would avail in the case of this poor
woman, who would invariably be in an
"interesting situation,n momentarily
expecting her confinement, which
would take place as soon as she
was locked into a room for deliberation
with eleven men, who would be so un-
principled that it would be unsafe for
one woman to be alone with them, al
though they would be abundantly capa-
BILE of deciding between right and
wrong, and upon all matters of life and
death for womenrin general. The child
born under these apparent disadvan-
tages was, however, to be of unprece-
dented vigor. 1t was predicted that it
would be constantly nursing, and at the
same time screaming at the top of its
voice, though how the two operations
could go on together, passes the compre-
hension of any female mind. 1t was
also assumed, by way of climax, that
the moment the key was turned in the
lock, the eleven jurymen, leaving all
consideration of the case before them,
would, with one accord, make frantic
and successful assaults upon the virtue
of this already over-burdened sister.
Two years ago heard Representative
(now Senator) Stedman appeal to the
House to save their mothers, wives and
daughters from being locked in room
with these eleven men, although he
had SO much confidence in the legisla-
tors before him, that he did not believe
there was a man present who would
consent to it. Mr.. Stedman spoke with
an official air of the probable behavior
of his sex in such an emergency, which
gave me a great shock, as you will be-
lieve when tell you that l used to be
member of the same church with him,
and, up to the moment of listening to
| his speech, never had suspicion that
he was at all that style of a man.


The final fate of the one woman and
eleven men was never given. 1t is con-
iectured that at this point the imagina-
tion of the orators ''gave out" 1t was
great mistake that they did not secure
one of the attaches of the Boston Her
aid to finish up the case, and, in the
interests of religion and morality, place
all the imaginary and disgusting details


before the readers of that widely-circu-


lated and high-toned journal.
Year: 1876

1 thought some of the readers of the
Journal might be interested in little
incident indicative Of woman's strength,
physically and morally, which trans
pired in one of the streets of Philadel-
phia, just after the snow-storm in early
February.


A man, in turning his loaded coal-cart
off the track, got the wheel fast in the
deep snow. The horse, after pulling
and tugging to the best of his ability,
finally gave up and insisted on standing
still. Like the majority of the men Of
his stamp, the driver brought down
both imprecations and lash on the poor
beast, but all to no purpose.


BY this time several men and boys
had collected on the sidewalk, and,
urged by morbid curiosity, generally at
tributed to the other sex, stood waiting
to see how the thing would terminate.
Just at this juncture, woman, on her
way to market, happened TO be passing,
and taking in the whole situation at
glance, quickly set down her basket,
and plunging into the deep snow, put
her shoulder to the wheel and ordered
the man to pull the horse, instead of
lashing him; then, straining every
muscle, she actually lifted and pushed
the wheel until she got it out Of the rut
and started the horse. AS she came
back to the pavement, her face all aglOw
with the effort she had made, lady
stepped up and asked her if she were not
afraid of straining her back by doing as
she had done.


mo, indeed" answered she; "I can't
bear to see poor dumb animals abused,
and Tll do anything to prevent it."


Meanwhile, the man drove off without
so much as acknowledging that she had
assisted him in the least; ashamed, 1
dare say, that he was helped out Of his
difficulty by a woman.


The by-standers were highly amused
at the scene. One lazy fellow, with his
hands in his pockets, said, 81 just tell
you, now, she worked like a man." Did
she, indeed? 1 am afraid if she had
worked like that man, the horse would
have suffered for weeks from his i'll
treatment.


leave you to draw your own conclu-
sions from this incident id real life. You
may treat it allegorically, if you wish.
Let the coal-cart represent the govern
ment, you know it is a one-horse con-
cern in charge of a man, anyhow; the
snow-bank some "Slough of Despond"
into which it has fallen; but alas, the
remainder of the story we must put in
the future, as woman is not yet free to
do as she would. Some day, having
overcome this resistance, she will put
her shoulder to the wheel and not mind
the sneers of men; for the smile Of her
Creator and the approval of her own
conscience will outweigh them.- Won1-
ans Journal.
Year: 1876

No man should be blamed, injured, or
molested on account of his opinions,
whether right or wrong, on any subject
For we always suppose our own opin-
ions to be right, or we should renounee
them. And, with respect to belief,
every one must be the judge for himself.
A person may be blamable for so con-
ceited, so bigoted an attachment to his
own opinions, as not to hear and rea-
sonably weigh all the reasons, the
proofs, and arguments against them.
Every one is justly blamable, and an
swerable to himself for erroneous opin-
ions conceived or retained for want of
such impartial examination as his situ-
alton enables him to use, or from an OBJ
stinate conviction of their infallibility.
And this is all the blame that can be
reasonably attached to any one on ac-
count of his belief, because the opinions
of men are above their control.


Every one comes to conclusion on
any given subject, when a certain
weight of evidence has been received,
enough to produce conviction on his
mind, although perhaps to another in
dividual, whose mind is differently con-
stituted, the same evidence is quite in
sufficient. So that one man may be-
lieve and another disbelieve the same
thing, having the same evidence, and
both be equally sincere and guiltless.
Our opinions are not subject to our will.
We cannot believe and disbelieve as we
please. The only effect, therefore
which laws, punishments, penalties,
and disabilities can possibly have, is tC
render it prudent for individuals, if they
entertain unDODular or unlawful belief
to conceal it, and-in self-defense and
against their own will-to cover them
selves in the garb of hypocrisy.
Year: 1876

Two Of these dogs can drag Is much q
one man. Nothing can be more exhilarat-
ing than dog-eledging in the Artic regions on
. flne day. The rattling pace Of these dogs
their Intelligence In choosing the road
through the broken ice, the strict obedience
paid by the team to one powerful dog whom
they elect as leader, the arbitrary exercise Of
authority by the master dog, the constant
use of the whip, and the running conversa-
tion kept up by the driver with the different
dogs, who well known their names, afford
constant enjoyment. However useful they
may be, these Artic dogs seem to deficient in
that affecttonate disposition which endeara
their species 30 much to man.


A Atraveler once said that he believed the
Esquimaux dogs to be the most ungratefol
creatures In creation. He had travelled for
several hundred miles by sledge, and for six
weeks 1t was his duty regularly to feed the
dogs !; but after only few weeks' absence,
at the conclusion of his journey, they would
not recognize him in the slightest degree. II
is impossible to domesticate these creatures,
as under tender treatment they sicken and
die.
Year: 1876

| The question is often asked at what time
in the day fruit should be eaten. In tropical
countries, where fruit is the chief Article of
food, the rule appears to be that the earlier
in the day It is taken the better, and the
bater the worse. In hot weather many wise
people will eat none after noon, alleging
that the digestion then declines in power
with the decline of the day, and the fruit,


nstead of digesting, decomposes, owing to
khe presence ofthe saccharine matter. The
objection to fruit and certain kinds Of vege-
tables late in the day, be the explanation
what it may be, is certainly justified by an
hmple experience, though some persons can
lat fruit at all hours without feeling any
lnnnnvoninuca
Year: 1876

Humility has this consolation 1t finds
that the greatest minds have had the least
conceit that Shakespeare bent down from
the imperial height of his intellect to be
taught by clown-to be informed by .
milkmaid that Socrates, in his celebrated
voyage in search Of knowledge, with his
perpetual questions concerning the cause OF
things, found that knowledge In a work.
mans shop which he could not find amongst
the schools of the professors or philosophers
that Newton compared himself to q child,
who playing on the seashore, had picked up
a shell here and stone there, and thought
them pretty, but knew of them no more.


The bullet of steel is worn smooth and
polished whenit passed through the gizzard
of m ogtrich. The most conceited young prig
wba eyer lived will find his level when
brought to the rude experiences Of the
world. R-t
Year: 1876

The Christian Register, of Boston, says !:
s'There is no more arrant nonsense than thr
implied claim of some Unitarians and Free
Religionists that they are the only friends
of free thought and fearless inquiry. There
are noble men in all the leading 'evangeli-
car denominations who encourage and
practice perfect liberty of investigation,
and are orthodox not because they dare
not compare their beliefs, but because after
comparison they haae become satisfied that
their belief is nearest the truth"
Year: 1876

The following record will show the changes In tho
temperature for the past twenty -four hours
parison with the corresponding date OF last year.
dicated BY the thermometer At Hudnurs pharmacy,
Year: 1876

MIR. EDITOR Our Chief of Police
was not afraid to do his duty last
Friday, and while no one is to be
specially commended for doing y
plain duty, one can but admire
man who is firm under trying cir
cumstances. And whisky caused all
the disturbance. CITIZEN.


Not having been in town on Fri
day we cannot speak from personal
knowledge Of what occurred on that
day but accepting general report
as correct, we should say the Chief
of Police could have earned further
fame, and the peace and dignity Of
the city might have been better pre-
served. The Mayor being present
during the disturbance, and Offering
no encouragement to the pedce Off
GERS to proceed further in making
arrests, is stated as an extenuating
circumstance in favor of those oih-
cers.--ED.