Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1879 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTIHEIv WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1879.

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STATE EIGHTS.

Judgo Gresham's Ckicago speech Riddled. A Unanswerable Qrlllclsn Upon Southern , Opinion.

fa ICannelton (Ind.) Enq.airer.1

( Tu peech of Judge Gresham at the Grant ' reception at Chicago on the 13th inst, in i the main, i unobjectionable, and tea large

i extent consists ot a recapitulation of facts

I ' and principles ot dispatod by any person.

r at least by few. Hi expressions in re gard to the authority ef the National Government were such as might natnrally be ' expected from one who occupies the position of Federal iadxe. Bnt we are not at this time going iato an argument upon "State rights." We siaipVy wish to dissent from the limited definition which he, in common with too many other?, gives to the ,' term "Stato rights." It has become fosh1 ion able in many quarters whenever .person ' expresses bimstlf in favor :' of Sta'.e rights " to assert at once ' - mat each person belie ves in the right of se efsion, .and he is denounced as a secession 1st. We need net wonder that ignorant persons and partisans should give tuch a construction to these w rds. but we may jostly exprees our 66;orji,hnient when a man with" the intelligence of Judire Gresham ehoulU acquiesce in ibis perverted and unwarranted construction. Can not a man be lieve in -State rights." and atiii hold that the constitution of the United States is the snprenie law uf tbe land? Is there no such thing as "State righte," as distinguished irom tbe ngnt or secea'.on7 un Dot per son believe that the citizens owe partmount allf g'anca to the United State?, and yet believe that there is such thing as ''State rights?" Judge Gresham gives importance to the vulgar prejudice that eiate riebts and " seces-ion" are ynon;nona terms, and currency to an equally vulcar impression thttt the South still holds to the latter hereey, notwithstand ing her unequivocal renunciation of this Idea. The wild and irresponsible declations oi impracticable and extreme men of the South are taken as the true voice of public sentiment-in that Bfctton, and allowed t) outweigh the most solemn asseverations of her SUtd conventions, legislatures and pub lic assemblit a. It the North ever expects a , return or tne amicable feelings that once united t'ie people of all tce3e State?, she must learn at least not to di; trust every repreei.tUion mide by fjose who were once in arms against the Government, but who long Mice made their peace by a sur render o( tie heresy for which fiey fonzht, Judge Gresham conveys the Impression that all t'-iote who dissent from t':e ren'ra!izirg tendencies of Repurl.can legislation are scct-gtronlsts, and that tnos r?tit3. especially that seceded, are disss ttsOel with the tircs ot settlement, and are only anxiously waiting an oppoit unity to reassert the exploded and abandoned ttieory of the riehtof the States t secede from the Union. We emphttctlly decy that there is in existence any such inteitln on the part of any . couideraHa tmition " of the people of the Union. We deny that any party as a party holds to any such doctnue. That there axe individual exceptions to this we readily admit. Tnat there are foolhardy persons who ntter secession doctrines is very true, as there are those among ns who ex?resa preference for monarchist governiuen'. he right of a Btata to accede from the Union, webrlJ, Is an exploded and abandoned theory, aud we cite t"ie acts of t "e people or the seeded 8tjtt, as expressed in their Stita conet tution io support of - tieir position. - Alabama adoptdanew conttitation in 1875, wh-ch was rat'fied by the people by 95 672 votes aeaiobt 30,(X4 votes. Sec. 35 of this constitution is as ii.llows: The people of this Rtate accept as final the established fact that from tbe Federal Union Uiere can be no seottjaioa of any Btate. Florida adopted a new constitution in 1853 by a vote of 14,520 to 9,491 The second section of article one provides that The paramount allegiance of every citizen is doe to ibe Kedenu Government, and no power exists wltn the people of this btate io dissolve it connection therewith. 8ec. 3. Tbls State shall ever remain a member ol tbe A mertcau I'd Ion, the people thereof a part of the American nation, and any attempt, from whatever source, or upon whatever pretence, to dissolve said Uuion.or to sever bald nation, shall be resisted wlui the whole power of tbe Bin The consdiution of Gsori, adopted in 1803 ty a TOte of bd,0u7 to 73,309, contains the fo lowing: Article 1, S c. 33. The State of Georgia shall ever remain . a tnemoer of the American Union, tne poop e thereof psrt of th" American nation : every citizen tuereof owes para? mount aigiance to toe constitution and Government of the United MUle. aud no law orordinaooa of tbi htate, to euntraveutlou or subveruon thereof, shall eer have any binding lorce. " Louisiana adnpieS a constitqiiorf in 18G3, by a vote of 63,152 to 43,739. In it we cud . the following: , Title 1, AitlcIeZ. The clt liens of this 8. ate OWe alleglanie to -aba Untied states; and tbls - allegldBCd is parawonnt to that which they owe to tne htat. ". . Io 1876 North Caro'ina adapted a constilu tion by a yote of 122,912 to 1UH,829, . -. ' Section 4,of Article!, provides that tbhrRtate Shall y. r rein ila a member of .the American Unlont tnat there t-t no nghton tlu part ot the Kiate to Moede, and' lhal hH Btuiiipia, from whatever source, or npn whatever pretext, - toduMolves-ua Union, rtaeverald uatlou, oagntto be resisted with the whole power of tnefciuue. . South Caroitea i,al3 adopted a new con- ; atitutioJ by a vot of 70,558 to 27,288. Itj - provisions are as follows: Article 1, Sent ion .- 'Every eltlrenor thla State ow( a paraiiionnt mlegianoe to tbe eonatttuliou aud Uoveroment of tne United states, . and no taw or orttl nan c of this S au la eon- . - travenllon or subversion thereof can have any i binding foree. See 6 This Hlate shall ever remain a member of the Amencan Union, and all atteropta, . from whatever soo'ce, or upon whatever pretext, tod isoiv tbe said Union, sball be relst- - ed with the wbole power of the 8tat. ' IfissUsippI in 1808 adopted a new conslitutton. Bee. TO, ofArtlc'e 1 provides; The right to withdraw Irom thw Fed-ral Union on account of any real or anjppoMHl grtevaucea, slia 1 never be aaeauied by uim -Ute; nor shall any law o passed In deroKatlon of tne pararaooot allegl- - ance of tbe e.ui:ni of thit Stale to tbe Government of tbe UulU-d states. Io 1876 Texas adoptsd a coattitation -' which contains the following: V ArUeHl, e: 1. Texts Is a free and lnde- . Dendeot -titat. -nublrct on Iv t3 the constitu tion QlttieUuHed atatea, etc. '. Vincinla.' in 1870.. adopted a new ' oocttitn- ' , by a vi to( xi.dM to v 13S. lis provisions . axe as folloat-'t, .-. k 'Article l.iCo.f That thia Mate eball evej reiuatu a rneauuer.cn ids l n ilea otauf s ol Araerloa, -and snat the people thereof are a part ot ibe Aioenc.n nation, and tbat all atleinpt. from whatever aonrc- or noon what ever prvu-.t toaiiBiolveKRtd Union, or to kever al l nailoa are uuaainnrised, and ought to be leothtad wttli 10 wul ol lha (Hale. - See. Fitat lh co;istitui4ou of ihe United BtaUa. and ton laws of Uonaiesa DaMtd In oursoanee tberMif, eouatituu- the aopreme law of tne i-nu. to w ic i pvman'. allegiance and obedle ee are doe from every eltls- n, aud any Ihlna In the e HiatUaiioo. onlinaners or laws Of any Hi-.tJ io the contrary notwlthatanding. Tbe semiment of nationality is nowhere xpreyed in the org wile lews of the Spates of the Ujioo, except in tbe constltoMons of the aeoeded States, and that of Nevada. Pars moo at allegiance to tbe Government of theUui:eJ States is . declared In no 8 ate constitution but those above enumerated. Is there any organized effort being naade la

those State to remodel tbatr car.ltaUona,

so as to exclude these provision ot nationality and paramount Federal allegiance T it is true mat jxreansar, in uer consttiuuoo of 1S74, omitted those provision ot nation ality and denial of the tight ot secession tbat were embraced In the constitution of 18(i8. But she s:ands alone in this respect. Before we charge the people of the seceded Statea with insincerity, would it not be better to wait until soma movement is initiated on their part looking to a revocation of their acreemeut In this matter? As it is now we see tbeir coutts all duly organizad and their laws admlnlttired unuer tbeir contt tutionsl declarations of fie supremacy of tie Federal contt'tution, Their young men are being educnt-d t this ides, and under this practice, and unt 1 we Bee some active, organized eff.iit in the opposite direction, other than the will declarations of fotsil zd politxians and disappoint d office ssekers of the old regime, we bad better forbear all unnecessary accusation", and wait until tie mollifying innnence of time has established in the heaits ot a new generation those principles of nationality which bave so recently been ennunciatid in their Stitecontt totiou. At ieatt tiers is now no occislon for enlargine tne powers of the Government, and no call for questionable encroachments upon the jut t rigbU of the 8tm. The Wealth of Loudon. Xlneteenth Century. If you chance to pasar before these London honses between 1 and 2 in the afternoon, the thining silver and the shining linen of tbe luncheon table will intrude themselves on your sight, even without your throwing an lcdlscreetly p'erciug eye through the laige nd well-polished glas pane of the thousands of ground floors you pass by. Together with the sight comes npou you the thought ot the expensivenets of the life whicti the inmates of these thousands of identical three windowed houses lead. To speak ; tbe striking language of numbers, and to take rough estimate, one might say that on every one of these dwellines comes a yearly income of at least 1.200; that is to say, double the average income of the same class of society in the richest country of the continent, France, fourfold that ot a German, eightfold that of an Italian family of the same position. Nay, tbe revenue of an Italian minister himself ever sines the radical friends of the poor taxpayers on the day of their accession to office raised the salary by 300 does not yet attain to twothirds ot tbat income which I suppose necessary for tbe maintenance of an ordinary household in one of the simpler abodes of the West Had ot London. And ell these well-to-do people an English. They are not like the rich of Pari and Rome, tbe privileged few of ever distant countrr, flocking together in a Wei tern capital, a in a great pleasure factory or round a curiosity shop. All the inma'ea of these houses wear tbe ilritibh stamp hi well as the houses t ey inhabit, aud suggest at once tbe wealth ot the higher middle clisi in this country. At the same time ai the expensiveness of tbeir style of living suggests the artiSciality of the whole fabric required to maintain modern existence when it has reached the development it has attains 1 in this island. For it is not the superfluities, it is the necessities of the life gentleman must lead, if be wishes not to lose caste, which entail so con? plicated a machinery; and what are necessities for the lower classes io the "clear climates of fantasy and perspiration." Sterne loved eo much tbe first and direct gifts of nature; glass ot pure unintoxlcating wine, of ripe refreshing frnit, of ereen wholesome vegetables, warmth even and cleanliness become luxuries in a country which lives half on machine products, half on foreign imports; for the distance from natural, unmanufactured life la more perceptible in an English country seat than in an Italian or South France ciiy. If Italy were shut np tomorrow.it teems that few would lose their work; and nobody would undergo great privations; at any rate, the poor would suffer but little, and tbe middle Ciass not much more, as there is a practical equality in exclusively agricultural countries of Southern climes which is unknown to nations ot more advanced and consequently more artificial civilization. For, even when the whole mschine la working normally, and all the supplies are flowing in regu'arly, it s'ill requires money, and much money, to procure the simplest comforts and enjoyments of life. ' A Remedy for Ilphtherla. .' Ixi'jtRiAL KtrssiAif Legation. ;;y W'aaBinnrosjNov. W, l79.l To the Editor of the N. Y. Herald: In view ot the increase of dipMbeHa in several places of tbe State of New York, I hasten to communicate to you for publicity a very simple remedy, which, having bsen need in Hussta and Germany, may prove effective here. Out of several others, Dr. Letzeriob, who made extensive experiments in th application of this remedy, has used it in 27 -cases, eight ot which were of a very serious nature, all of which had a favorable rawilt tzcetit in oaa mm. when fha child died Iroru a CQrarlica'ion of lha r'iiL; I or cnuxen i n& y ear n prescribes the remedy, for Internal usj every one or two hours, as follows: - Jvatr. benzoic, pur. S.O solv. in ae. dlstlllat aq. rneutli. piper, ana 0.U syr. cort. aur. 10.0. '';,Fur children from one to three years old be prescribed it irom seven ti eight grammes forlJ0grammsof distilled water, with tbe time. 8jrup;- for children from three to s ven years old he pr?;cribed 10 to 15 grammes, and f r grown persons from 15 to 20 grammes (breach 100 grammes. Besides this he uss also with great success the insufflation on the dipbtheiiil membrane through a glas) tube in sn ions 3rfses rvtry three hours, in light cas-rs three t m s a day of tbe natr. ber zoic puiver. For grown people he pretcribes for garglimr a dilution ot 10 grammes ot this puiver for 2 X) grammes of wa'er. Tbe eflf, ct of tbe remedy is rapid. After 21 or 3G bonis the fevc-rUh symp'oms disappear comp'etc-ly, and the temperature aud pulse become normal., Thia remedy was ui-ed also with tbe same success by Dr. Bra ham Braunand I'.-oleseor K'ebs, in Pr-ig; Dr. Senator, in Cassel, and several others in Russia and Germany. , l Hoping that the publication through your widely spread caper will prove beneficial in tb' United States, I remain, yours, very truly, N. Shishkin, .Minister of llaseia to the United Siales-O Kph's Chicken Dob;. I Exchange. A very Ini'eoaut man. leading a dour stalked into UuCle Eph's house yesterday , ana saia: "Eph. you black rascal, here' your dog; give me back the $3 I paid you for if." "What's de rat tan wid de dogT" asked Eph. calm and u..rulHd. "You warranted it to hunt chickens, dion't you?" "And don't eef aaked Eph. . "No. he isn't worth a ens at it " . ' Did you trydedaag?" said Eph, taking his pipe from - hi mouth ana knocking the ashes from it. "Certainly . I did, and he' a first-class fraud." ' "'How was de chickens Cjokedf" "Cooked T ' - . " "Vee.wa- dey blled?" . 'Of eourse not." D;.d yoH ros' 'em?" ' -. "Why, j on old idiot, they were alive prairie cbickeu-." -Dat'xplaioait' said Epb, "I tonght der was suffia wrong. Yoa jis' cook dn chickens and gib fie dawg half a eh ance, an' see how he'tl hunt for 'em. Fjlksss lappet too mush." be added, as tbe gentleman kicked the dog into a o-irner and ruined out, "der spec 'tlrely too much from de oullud pel pie. If dat man wm fool 'nuff to'speotdat news gains to git a dswg (or free dollaba dat would bunt live chiok-ns, ha was fool 'nuff to oleeb dat we's square In de middle of d mllleenvum, an' everybody. know how big a fool dat am!" ' .

TVKDDIXG CUSTOMS.

Pleasant Incidents Relating- to tbe Great Iay In One's Life. Marrbant'a "BolrotUaU sad Blidala." The Prince of Wales set a good example on his marriage, when he gave the Prineess Alexandria keeper-ring in which the initial letters of tbe six stones Beryl, Emerald, Rubv, Turquoise, Jacinth, r.merald formed her favorite namo for him: "Bertie." The langttago and properties of precious stone areas varied as are those of flowers, and, like the latter gems, have tbe proper seasons in which tbeir good qualities predominate. High priests in this kind of knowledge inform us that whoever is touched with any stone set in a silver ring shall bo immcdiatly reconciled. A pale sapphiro set in gold, and engraved with a figure and with the half of a fish, procures any desire. Capricorn, or cornelian, set in a silver ring and carried about, insures the wearer against harm in purse and person; no judge win pass unjust sentence againt him; he shall abound in business und honor, gain the friendship of many, and be all-powerful in battle. A favorite superstition is, thnt every month is under the influence of some one of the precious stones. The garnet signifying constancy nnd truth, is sacred to January; the nmethyst (sincerity), to February; the bloodstone "(courage and presence of mind), to March; the diamond (innocence),- to April; the emerald (success in love), to May; the agate (health and long life), to June; tbe cornelian (a contented mind), to July; tho sardonyx (conjugal felicity), to August; tho chrysote (antidote to insanity), to September; tbe opal (hope), to October; the topaz (fidelity), to November, and the turquoise (prosperity), to IVc-embcr. In Germany the turquoise is still the favorite betrothal ring. It is supposed to prevent dissensions between husband and wife, and also to give warning of danger. In addition to the virtues already enumerated, tlio diamond is said to be an antidote to Satanic temptation. The ruby makes iU possessor brave. Tho topaz is a preservative against poison. Tho amethyst is a preservative against drunkenniks. The turquoise acts as a charm againos the evil eve and from looks foreboding misfortunes. The emerald promote piety. The sardonic, sardonyx brinsrs unholv thoughts, though it pro motes conjugal felicity is, in fact, a sort of bane-and-antidote affair. Tucopal, unless its influence is countentcted bv having other stones set in it, brings ill luck. In the choice of an eneagotnent ring, there is therefore, ample scvpn for the exercise of a delicate funcy in the selection ot tho stoics, and in symbolizing the virtues of the ado. ned one. One very pretty form of betrothal ring which has'fullen into disuse was the gemmcl. or eimmcl that is, double or treble ring. Thi? was made of two or, three hoops so chased and engraved that when fastened together by a finglo rivet. the whole formed one design. The usual device was a hand. When an engagemant contracted, the ring was taken apart; one division was worn by tne nancec, one by the intended husband and the third by a mutual friend and witness ot the betrothal On marriage, the three minor rings were reunited into one, and worn by tho brido as a "keeper" or ns a wedding ring, Tertulian, who died A. 1. 216, tells us that a golden rin? was. in his time, sent to tho intended bride as it pledge. Seldcn savs that betrothal rings were first given as substitutes for dowry money. In earlier days, when the art of writing was not so famiViarly known. as it is at the present time, the ring had a greater significence as a symbol of power. It formed a seal by which all orders were signed and all thing of value secured. Therefore, the delivery of it was a sisn tbat the person to whom it was intrusted was admitted to tbe highest friendship and trust. For this reawn it became used hi marriage ccremouies; and, in some of tho earlier marriages, wo find not only tho ring, but also the keys, were delivered to the bride Wedding rings were not always made of gold. Iron was at one time generally used; and the Roman senators, in the primitive days of the Kepublic, wore rings of that metal. Prometheus, whose ring was of iron, is said to have set this fashion. Among the very poor in England, rings made of rushes were used in tho marriage ceremony. Though tho ring of gold has long been looked upon as a necessity in tbe marriage ceremony, it is by no means inaispensauie, and civil marriages may be contracted without it. The Puritans abol ished the ring, or rather tried to do so; they looked upon its use as superstitious fiDflOf iKHwa origin. unMT g-neraiiy object to the ring on account ot its ihnn origin; but the ladies of that persuasion have shown determined preference for its contin uance, on account of tbe invidious position in which a married lady might be placed for tho want of it. Weddine rln's are nlaeed on the left hand on account of the obedience tbat is typified thereby. Tho converse is probably the reason why the engaged band is placed on the third right band finger of a fiancee, who still possetsea a largo amount ot trceuom, and frequently exorcises her power in an arbitrary manner. "It is a pity that the symbolism of rings is dying out. When I was a boy, it was the fashion tor men on tbe looKoul lor wives to wear a ring on the first linger of the left hand. If they were engaged to be married they wore the ring on the second finger; if ma-ried, on the third; and on the fourth if .resolved on bachelorhood. Thus the most sensitive and modest young lady might with ease detect tbe matrimonial disposition of a man at a glance. But, this fashion being gone, a girl has to make love to a man before she can ascertain his views. This is hard upon the girl, and often very hard upon the man. The fashion, in. iny opinion, should be revived, though the symbolism of it might be enlarged tr modified, to save trouble.'' For girls I should propose this telegraphic code: "A ring on the first finger to denote poverty and willingness to get married; on the second finger, money, and a disposition to listen, though nothing is promised; on the third finger, "Already engaged, and so you needn't trouble yourself; on the little finger, deliberating. Some such a code would simplify a man's views, and be of great use in helping him from making nn ass of himself." "Alack" said Douglas Jen-old, "the wedding ring, like the ring of Saturn, for good or evil, it circles a whole world." Queen Victoria, in her "diary," records the manner in which Prince Albert declared his love and her acceptance by means of a nosegay on his part and the gift of a rose on hers. In Genoa a proposal of marriage is made by sending a lady a large and peculiarity arranged bouquet, tbe anccptance or refusal of which signifies her lover's success or the reverse. Every morning, during the whole time they are engaged, he presents her with an enormous bouquet, tbe size of which is supposed to be commensurate with his re gard, and without which sho never thinks of appearing in public. In early ages, among Jews, pagans and Christians, the practice of crowning both brido and bridegroom with chapleta ef flow er was almost universal. Among the AngloSaxons a cbapiet of myrtle was kept in tne church for this pu poee. . Tbe origin of the veil is lost in obscurity. Mr. Jettereon thinks it may bo ascribed to the Hebrew

ceremony, or to the tMt, where vetls have I

been worn from time immemorial; or to the yellow veil which was worn by tbe Koman brides. It has not always been looked upon as an indispensable adjunct to the bride in this country. It may surprise my gentle readers to learn that knives and daggers were part of the customary accoutrements of briiles, and were commonly worn by ladies. The wedding knives differed from other only being more highly ornamented. fhaksoearo, in an old quarto, 1507, makes Juliet wear a knife at the Friar's cell. The wooden girdle, or cincture, worn by Koman bride, was a most essential pert of their costume, and" the peculiar form in which this girdle was tied originated the true lover's knot. But wedding cakes, as we understand tho term, are comparatively modern. The origin of our bride-cake in its present form may bo traced back to about the middle of tho seventeenth centurv. Thee cakes, or buns, superseded the hard dry biscuits of an earlier d:ite. They were made of spice, currants, milk, sugar and eggs; and provided in large quantities, not only by tho bridegroom but by most of tho guests, at an Elizabeth wedding. Some were thrown over the bride's head, others put through her ring and euten for luck, or preserved to inspire pleasant and prophetic dreams. The conversion of three small cakes into one large muse, enriched with almond-paste, iced and ornamented, b ascribed in tho first iiittanee to somo of tbe clever French cooks who came to England at tho time of the Restoration. The wedding .-nke of to-dny is the result of one form of the developement of civilization. It is the result of the painful study and labor of generations of chef's, every one seeming to have made some improvement on the effort of his pre dece8or. The enko made on the occasion of tho Duke of Connaught'a wedding n few month's ago was a very epitome of artistic skill. It wits five feet six inches in height, and shaped as a temple base, columns vaulted roof, beautifully chased and supported by admirably proportioned pillars with Corinthian capitals. At tho four corners of what may bo called the lower chambers were stationed four female figures, as clearly cut as if they had been chiselled, emblematic of the four continents Europe, Asia, Africa and America whilst at intervals were cupids driving swans or doves. Within the balustrade, made up of dwarf pillurs, joined by a filagree work of fine lace, were the figures of Cupid and Psyche, whikt in plaques of sugar, on white satin panels, the English and Prussian arms were placed. The various iedestal3 bore the interwoven monogram of bride and bridegroom and the base was rich lr decorated with scroll-baskets. from which were suspended festoons of orange blossoms. In Sweden a brido has her pockets filled with bread. It is supposed that every piece sho gives to tho poor on her way to church averts mine misfortune. In Nor way the bride herself hands around strong drinks, that all the company may drink loner lifo to her; the wedding fea-t lasts some days, and the guests bave no wish to let their moderation lie known. In Libcrnia it is the custom for the bride to rcttreJVoin tho table before the end of dinner, and to throw over the bridegroom's house (!) n hard cake made ot coarse tlour; the higher she throws it. the happier will the bo. In Circa.-sia there are always set upon the carpet in one of the rooms 'in the bridegroom's bouse ft vessel of wine and a plate of dougb; and the first thing the bride does on entering is to kick over the wine, and scatter tho dough with her baiids about the room. In some parts of luissia the brule and bridegroom during tho banquet, which always takes place on the evening pf the wedding day, are separated by a ctiHain. The parents of the couple ex change rings, nnd a basket of cheese and small loaves are blessed bv the priest. In the time of tho "Good Queen Be-8," weddings of the aristocracy and great people were distinguished bv banquets, marquee. pageants, etc. Most of these forms of cele bration have now fallen into disuse. But there are some characteristics and features of weddings that have been preserved with cer tain variations, for many generations. I rom time immemorial the practice of presenting tho bride with marriage gifts seems to have prevailed. During the last century it was usual to celebrate a marriage with sports and open nouse, to which a'.l the inhabitants of the district were bidden. Cumberland was famous for thce fetes. So was France. The custom of throwing the slipper is both ''ancient and honorable." The slipper was a symbol of authority in the .bast, and in token of submission to Lor husband.- ina bride received a rap on the head, administered with her husband's shoe. In Jewish times, tlio delivering of a stone was a sign of formal renunciation of Authority over a woman. Formerly a peculiar form of shoe marriage was celebrated at Uaworth, in Yorkshire, the place in which the gentle " Currer Bell" lived and died. In throwing this symbol of good luck, tho left shoe should always be taken. The Romans were very superstitious us to the days and seasons when marriages should be celebrated. The kalends, nones and ides of every month wore strictly avoided. The most fortunate time in the whole year for marrying was that which followed the id of June The sum and substance of nil the popular belief that governs the choosing of the "appointed hour " in the present age, is briefly contained in two rules. " Whoever marries between tho sickle and the scythe will never thrive," is one. - The other, the hackneyed lines: Monday for irealth, Tueariay f- r benltb, Ve-1iiesJy lb- best day of all; J . Tbnixlay fur riosae, Vriday for luie; Saturday no lack at all. Scan the marriage notice columns of the newspnpers, and see how closely people follow the curt advice of the stanza.' The origin of the term 'honeymoon," is an open question. But good authoriliiS say that it is said to have been derived from tbe Teutonic custom of drinking ft concoction ot honey for i50 days, or a moon's age alter a wedding feast. Attila.tha linn, is said to have celebrated his nuptials in such a glori ous manner in the beverage hydromel that he drank nimselt to deatn on tne wedding day. Womanly Modesty. Man loves the mysterious. A cloudless sky and a full blown rose leave him unmoved: hut the violet which hides its blushing beauties behind the bush, and the moon when emerging from behind a cloud, are to him sources of inspiration and of pleasure. Mod esty it- to merit what shade is to a figure in painting - it gives boldness and prominence. Nothing adds more to female beauty than modesty. It sheds around the countenance a halo of light which is borrowed from virtue. Botanists have given the rosy hue which tinges the cup of of the white roses the name of "maiden blush." This pure and delicate hue is the only jiaint Christian virtue should use. It is the richest, ornament. A woman without modesty is like a faded flower dif fusing; an unwholesome odor, which the limdent crardener will throw from him, tier destiny is melancholy, for it terminates in shame and repenUnoo. Beauty passe like the flower of the alb.;, which bloom and die in a few hours; but modesty give the female charms wlXch supply tne place of the transitory freshness of youth.

A XATIRAL WONDER.

The Bulling Spring in Florida that Yield WhUky at S.I Centa a Jug. Tallahassee. Nov. 1. From mv hotel window I can look out almost any clear dav and see a dim column of smoke io the far Southwest. I have asked the cause of it and have been told that it is the vanor from a boiling spring, which has never been found. owing to the impenetrable nature of the swamp in which it is situated. My informants say it frequently deceived blockade runners during the war. The runners would suppose it a signal Irom the shore and run into certain rapture. I suggested one day that perhaps there might be some illicit whisky distillation going on in that swamp. Tho possibility, and even the probability, was admitted. "Then none of you. I presume." I asked, "saw that column of smoke before. or during tho war?" None had seen it until the tax on whiskey was levied, for, they said, they had never bad their attention called to it uuiil of late years. 1 accosted a gray-haired negro on the sub ject of tho smoky column: "Well, sar," say he, "if you was down in de neighborhood of whar dat smoke is, and you should leave a jug alongside de road wid a quarter tied to de handle, you'd be mighty an' to find dat jug filled wid whisky next day. 'V here would the quarter be, unele.7 ' Dat would be gone, sar.-' "And could I spend a quarter that wav every day?"' "As many as you like. If you tie a half a dollar dey'll gib you half a dollar' worth of whisky, and dey 11 gib you goa measure, sure. "Do they do much business in that line?" I asked. 'I don't know nuflin about dat, sah. I only knows dat you get ns much whisky in de jug ns the money on do handle will pay for." I don't want the readers of this to discredit the existence in Florida of great springs, natural bridges, or sunken lands making room for lakes, for these are natural phenomena and can be seen nnd verified. Hoop Again. Naw York Correspondence Chicago Tribune. Hoops the old-time hoops have appear ed on rntn avenue again, it is quite a common thing now to see the heavy-swell young lady with a ballon-extension bobbing up and down, and keeping time with the jaunty step of the wearer. A few years ago there was a hoop mania. Hoop-skirt lactones sprang up all over JNew England. Many lacky Yankees got rich making hoopskirts; then the "pull-buck" came, and our young ladies grew smaller and smaller, till, by-atid-by the hoop-skirt factories all stopped and hoops became obsolete. When an atrocious fashion comes, nnd you hear all the ladies eny: "Well, I'll never wear such a scarecrow as thnt," j'ou can make up your mind tbat tbey are all going to have it within three weeks. - Little Mies Vanderbilt appeared with a woolen Derby hat, one hot August day in Saratoga; and in less than four weeks, every young lady between New York Mnd Omaha had one. Every hat fuctory in New England went to mnking round-cornered Derbyhats. Now that the same little Miss Vnnder. bilt has been seen on Fifth avenue in a hoop skiit, you may be sure that every young lady will be wearing an iron-cage before Christmas. Let tbe hardware men lay in a stick of steel. There will ba no iron for tho lightning rod man in a few months. A Boy's Idea of Pins. John B. Gongh In Tempsranc Banner. They tell us that alcohol gives strength and nourishment. No, it does not; it gives stimulus. You sit down on a hornet's nest, nnd it may be quickening but it is not nourishing. A man once said to a friend of mine: "You are fighting wbisky. Whisky has dune a grent deal of good. "Whisky has saved a great many lives." "What do you mean?" said he. "Why, whisky has saved a great many lives." "You remind me," said my friend, '-of a boy who was told to write an esay about a pin, and in bis boyish way said: 'A pin is a very queer sort of a thing. It lias n round head and a sharp point, and if you stick them into you they hurt. And women u-o them for cuffs and collars, and men us them when their buttons are off. If you swallow them they kill you. For five cents you can get a packet of them, and thy have savd thousands of lives.' The teacher said, 'What on earth do you mean? How Lave they saved thousands of lives?" 'By people not swallow-in-; them, answered tho boy." . v .... - . Honored and Blessed. When a board of emirent pbyiicl.t' and ch-mists annouoced Ihe dfcovery ;ht by combining some well known va!nb a reme dies, the most wonderful ratilcine was orodnced. which would cure such a wire range of diseases tbat moat all other reme-' dies con!d be dispenred with, many wre Skeptical; bnt proof ot its merit by aclnal trial bas dispelled all doubt, and 10 day ice discoverer of tbat gret medic'ne, Hep Bitters, are honored and bles&ed by all is benefactor. ' Neither failing teeth, nt,r .tbe peeping tickles of time, a fi-rcibly tll of advanc ing y-srs as y..ur gray bair. -Ayer'a Vigor restores it color at-d makes your appearance more agreeable t others, as well ss yonrself With fren. luxuriant hair, tbs lcnrmitits of age are far les noticeable. Colus. N. Y., Feb. 10. 1879 Gkxtlkmes We ohnrued one gallon of cr am u-Jay at a temperature of 56 decrees, using vnur OiH-ttdije Batter m-kt, time of churning, 16 minute result, i pounds uf butter. Color, good As we bave net previously weighed nur hntwr, of Course we can P' t tell wr tier tiers. ia a Defer per cent or not, but appearance indicate it. and the quali'y is nt least two cent per pound belter. Y-ur. e t; ' M E. WlLBkK. . ' ' Propnt tor of Collins' Creameiy. ' tbe Greatest Kemedy Known. ' Dr. King' New Discovery for consumption is cer'ainly tbe greatest medical remedy ever pl ced within the reach of Buffeting numanitv. Thousands of once hopehss tnffer era now londlv n roc. I aim their praise for tbls wonder'nl dirovery to which tbey owe tbeir Uvea Not only dos It po-dtiveiy cure con .nmntlnn hut oonehs. colds, asthma, bron chins, bay fever, hoarseness) and all affectinna nt tha throat, chest and lung yield, at once to it wnderful enrative power a if by magic We do not ask you 10 ony a large bottle until you know what you are getting. ASTEIHAI 8 m . are ...r.i,ma,.v If aeeo-r t anled wlih Bronchitis?

and Preshj ter" ol Cincinnati eaya of . 11. W. IliVIIt'e ASTHMA CUKE AND T 1? AT MWWT. Why Htir.at.1 Tan HwOer Mad fce trinrd by y FitT "Pr. Hair, who la a brother of Rev. Gilbert Pair, of Pitt sonrg, and ! JJ mI.e' Sa of( hlco.aufre.e..f.n. aa hroae-r lly.a- J-la ca-e wa. . one of the " T;5V?ad S mm irurn puianlng b a practice a a pbyacin. He mfo as-hina a eon-taut "" an .tuny for jeara. and with tniei.-S ear- noied tne.yroptoma c7":,n ' ' 5 caa H we. led to adopt - n- w pa- hol-gv of t-e dla in regard to t.a pie Mrnp and can.e.a. d he cnairnoted tol remedy and treatment on thl baala. His mccra In tola own anU other case verlfle hts thtory. . , , HAT'HKAOTIOV ATAVA8 OURNTriED. rnnanltatlonaniadvleefew. fiedd Treatise oont lnln testimonials and alao the most on?qun Power of my treatment, from many peraon. of hUjn character and lnieUfenoe whohave been cured. ; Address w H IB HMntfM, Obi.' Bend your Name, Potoffle, and Oonnty, with nearest Express' Office, p'lalnly written.

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fn.in first to last aagremlve Ordinary treat menta worM than useless. If neglected wolle a cure I ma rautiitv rievelon Into couaumptton isora 'Throat or Catarrh. Kead what the-Ueiald