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Year: 1869

But an eagle has the power OF altering
the focus of his eye just as he pleases; ne
has only to look at an object at the dis
tance of two feet, or two miles, IN order
to see it with perfect distinctness The
ball of his eye is surrounded by fifteen
little plates. called sclerOtic bones They
form complete ring and their edges
slightly overlap each other.


When he looks at adistant object this lit
tie circle expands, and the ball of the eye
being relieved from the pressure, becomes
fatter; and when he looks at a very near
object the little bones press together,
and the ball of the eye is thus
squeezed into a rounder or more convex
form The effect is very familiar to ev-
erybody. A person with very round eyes
is near-sighted, and only sees clearly an
object that is close to him; and person
with fat eyes, as in old age, can see moth
ing clearly except at distance. The ca
gle, by the mere will can make his eyes
round or fat, and see with equal clear
ness at any distance.
Year: 1869

The eyes of all birds have a peouliari-
ty ofstructure which enables them to see
near and distant objects equally we'll, and
this wonderful power is carried to the
greatest perfection in the bird of prey.
When we recollect that the eagle will as
cend more than mile in perpendicular
height, and from that enormous elevation
will perceive It's prey and pounce upon 1t
with unerring certainty, and when we
see the same birds scrutinizng, with al
most microscopic nicety, an object close
at band, we shall at once perceive that be
possesses the power of accommodating his
sight to distance IN manner to which
our eye is untitled, and Of which it is
totally incapable.


If we take printed page we shall find
that there is some particular distance,
probably ten inches, at which we can read
the words and see each letter with per-
feet distinctness; but if we move the page
to a distance Of forty inches, we shall find
it impossible to read it at all; scientific
m would, therefore, call ten inches the
foo Is or forced distance of our eyes. We
cInnot alter this focus except by the al
Of spectacIeg.
Year: 1869

4 good wife rose from het bed one morn,
And thought with nervous dread
Of the piles ofclothes to be washed, and more
Than a dozen mouths to be fed
There 5 the meals to get for the men in the field,
And the children to fix away
To school, and the milk to be skinned and


churned;


And all to be done this day.
1t had rained in the night, and all the wood
Was wet as it could be;
There were puddings and pies to bake, besides
A loaf of cake for tea.
And the day was hot and her aching head


Throbbed wearily as she sand,
'lf maidens but knew what good wives know,
They would be in no haste to wedW
"Jennie, what do you think told Ben Brown?''
Called the farmer from the well;
And flush crept to his bronzed brow,
And his eyes half bashfully fell;
sit was this" he said, and coming near,
He smiled, and stopping down,
Kissed her cheek-'"twas this, that you were


the best,


And the dearest wife in townl"
The farmer went back to the field, and the wife,
In smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs,
Shed not sung for many day,
And the pain in her head was gone, and the


clothes


We're white as the foam of the sea;
Her bread was light, and her Butter was sweet
And as golden as it could be.
just Think" the children all called in breath
"Tom Wood has run off to sea
He wouldn't, I know, if he only had
As happy a home We"
The night came down, and the good wifesmiled
To herself, as she softly said
otis SO sweet to labor for those we love,
It's not strange that maids will wed p
Year: 1869

Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for moan,
To be heard in the streets of the crazy town,
Gone man in the joy ofsnow coming down;
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With bed and shroud of the beautiful snow
Year: 1869

The Thirty-frst volume of this popular
weekly will commence with the New Year, and
the proprietors propose to make it the most
brilliant, varied and entertaining budget of
current literature that has ever been submitted
to the American public in the form of Family
Newspaper. Better original stories than are to
be found in any of the magazines viii grace its
columns; and, already in advance of all con
temporaries Of its class in size and amount of
reading matter, it is intended that it shall
eclipse them all in every department of liter
ature included in the programme of first rate
Household journal.


The leading feature of the new volume will
be a powerful story by


1s=.o AZ n oDaDDnN
Year: 1869

II have great faith," says a cor
respondent of the Practical Far
meer, Gin the education of ani-
mails"


~ believed in the efficacy of the
gentle touch long before I knew
Of Rarey's method. His success
has been but confirmation Of my
theory. It may be set down as a
fixed fact that whenever a horse
or a COW or an OK is timid and
shy-will not allow person to
approach or handle, unless it is so
| situated that it cannot escape-a
wrong system Of treatment has
been pursued. The animals Of
the farmer are naturally disposed
, to be docile and affectionate.-
recognize the hand and voice of a
friend as soon as a human being
would, and manifest their affec-
tion in variety of ways, which
none but the kind master or
keeper will observe. Have you
not seen teamsters who could
manage their teams by a soft
word far better than others could
do by blows and harsh words p
Have you not seen milkmaid
approach a cow with a bucket
without the slightest evidence of
a disposition on the part Of the
animal to evade her? And have
you not seen the same cow make
every effort to escape from the
next milkmaid who approaches
her? l have, and the reason was
that the first had always treated
her kindly and gently, while the
latter had pursued the opposite
method. Animals almost invaria-
bly, partake Of the character Of
their masters. The kind, gentle,
and considerate master will gene
rally have kind, gentle animals;
while the rude, impetuous and
cruel master will rarely fail
to have animals whose dispo-
sitions will mate with his own.
Is not gentleness the true method2
God has given those poor brutes
for our use they minister to our
wants. are patient and uncom-
planning, and certainly deserve
such treatment at our hands as
will show that we properly ap-
preciate the kindness Of the Al
mighty in giving them to US for
the purpose Of adding to our COM
fort"
Year: 1869

The daughter marries either
the richest man she can get or
the most fashionable one of her
set, or she is married for her fa-
theirs money. Her wardrobe is
the most costly that can be found.
Her honeymoon is passed in cars,
steamboats, and hotels, in a whirl
of fatigue and excitement. Not
being able to keep house in the
same style as her father-and
nothing less luxurious would suf:
fee her-she goes to q fashionable
boarding house to reside. There
she is surrounded by expensively
dressed idle woman, who seem 10
have No apparent object in life
but shopping, dressing and gos-
siping. She soon makes an init.
mate friend of one of them, and
commences the same vapid, aim
less, unsanctifed life. Her little
children born in this goddess ex-
istence are left to the charge of
nurses, and sometimes escaping
from the vigilance of Bridget or
Lisette are seen wandering around
the forbidden precincts of the par
lors or halls, with the sacred look
of little criminals evading the
police. No morning and evening
sacrifice of prayer and praise has
fallen on their ear a hurried
prayer to nurse, while balf asleep.
as they are going to bed, is all
know or have been taught of the
higher duties Of life. On Sunday
the caravanseras, the household,
with few exceptions, arise too
late to attend morning services
or if they do, it is only another
ministration at the shrine of fash
ion. Dinner on the Sabbath is a
full dress affair, and the converse
tion is just as worldly as usual.


[Brooklyn (N ~ Monthly.
Year: 1869

HuM1L1rY.-Pride and Humility
are the very opposite ofeach other
Whatever the one denotes, the
other means the very reverse.
Humility is a Christian grace
pride is the gift of Satan. The
former is an evidence Of moral ex-
cellency-the latter proves the ex-
istence of moral deprasity. Humil-
ity is most pleasing God-pride
most hateful. Humility is sub
mission to God and his law-pride
is rebellion against the supreme
ruler of the universe and contempt
for His law and government. The
humble man loves God-the proud
man hates him. Humility is an
evidence ofgood sense. Pride is
an infallible proof Of ignorance.
The wise man is humble On &C
count of his moral poverty and
absolute dependence on his ma
ker and preserver for anything;
The fool is proud Of his moral
penury and depravity.
Year: 1869

l believe there are few thought
full men who have not come to re-
gard as one Of the least explicabls
among the great riddles of the
earthly economy the rarity Of
well-assorted marriages. Itmight
be so different, one cannot help
thinking. The adaptations for
harmony 80 wonderful The ele-
ments of happiness so manifold
and so rich Yet how Often
how miserably sometimes-it all
miscarries ! The waters of Para
disc turned to fountains of bitter
ness-the gifts of Heaven per-
verted 10 curses upon earth!
l do not mean that there are
few unions yielding reasonable
comfort, friendly relations, life
free from open>quarrel or secret
heart burning, but l speak Of
very marriages, without flaw or
jar--a mating alike of the ma.
terial, with its. intangible af6nities
and it's wondrous magnetism, and
Of the immaterial principle with
in..that survives the death-change.
I speak of q heart-ho pervaded
by harmony not only unbroken-
immutable as that of the spheres;
felt to be so by those whom it
blesses, calms, satisfies; a social
state to which, when man and
woman attain, there remains
nothing in the way Of earthly
need or acquisition, save daily
bread, to be coveted Or prayed
for.


Some think that, in this trial.
phase Of our existence, no such
state of harmony and happiness is
to be found. Among the few who
do find it none of these skeptics
will have place. No entrance in
TO that temple except for those
who believel Without faith in
the Good and Beautiful-the Good
that is felt, not seen; the Beautiful
that must be conceived before it
is realized-a man is shut out
from the highest enjoyment,
And such q man can do little to
meliorate the world OF elevate his
race.-"Beyond the Breakers" in
Feb. No. Of Lippincott'e Magazine.
Year: 1869

OUT OF DANGRR.-The little SON of Mrs.
Chich, whose thigh was broken on THURSDAY
last, by the giving way Of a balcony on which
MANY were stan ding viewing the funeral pro.
cessiou OF the late Secretary Rawlins has re-
covered sufficiently to be now considered OUT
Of DANGER
Year: 1869

Over andoy again,


No matter which way turn,
| always find in the Bookof Life
Some lesson have to learn.
] must take my turn at the mill,


/ must grind out the golden grain,
l must work at my task with resolute will


Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need


Of even the tinnest flower,
Nor check the flow of the golden sands


That run through single hour.
But the morning dews must fall,


And the sun and the summer rain
Must do their part, and perform it all


Over and over again.
Over and over again


The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again


Theponderous mill wheel goes, -E
Once doing will not suffice,


Though doing be not in vain;
And blessing failing us once or twice


May come if we try again
The path that has once been trod


Is never so rough to the feet;
And the lesson we once have learned


Is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,


And the heart to its depths be driven,
With storm and tempest, we need them all
To render us meet for heaven.
Year: 1869

Hope and Memory are a pill
lar of fire and cloud, accom-
panying us through life, differ
ing from that which attended
the Hebrews i'm the wilderness
in this particular, namely, that
the Israelites saw the cloud in
the day and fire at night, each
when it was most needed; but
we have the fire of Hope in the
morning of youth, and the
cloud Of Memory darkening the
twilight of old age.
Year: 1869

AS storm following storm
and wave succeeding wave,
give additional hardness to the
she'll that encloses the pearl, SO
do the storms and waves Of
life add force to the character
of man. .
Year: 1869

your capital, and they will as certainly
come to us from you as that they origi.
nally came from Europe to you. These
are quick times and States will grow
and develop with railroad speed. The
future will not resemble tho past in
scarcely any particulars. So look out
about the programme you are marking
out for US, and make it big enough,
broad enough and liberal enough for
not only the present but the future OF
us all, your children and mine.


Was this not more statesmanlike
talk than Southerners were formerly
wont to use, either at the North or at
homer 1t sounds, L fancy, like the ut
terances of the looming man" of the
New South. There Is a day not far
distant when well-paid labor and cheap
livelihood will unite to develope that
country. At present it is not SO. La
bor has been too long crushed and de-
graded. But what was once written in
England is being rewritten in the
South. "Surely as much food as man
can buy, with as much wages as man
can get, for as much work as man
can do, is not more than the natural
and inalienable birthright OF every
man whom God has created with
strength to labor, and with hands to
WorkD e.
Year: 1869

A wealthy gentleman in the seventh ward died
Of the eglsnders on the 18th. This is the fourth
case d death of human being from glsnders
since he organization OF the board Of health.
Year: 1869

IFrom the New Orleans Bee creole organ) Feb. ~


The Social Equality bill, imposing penalty upon
all who deny to negroes the right OF entering and
barrooms and other places OF public resort was dis
cussed IN the Senate yesterday. Senator John Ray
was the only white man who advocated this law to
degrade his own race. IL was opposed by Senators
Bluckman and Ogden.


We have no condemnation for the colored man In
this matter We desire TO be kind to him. He Is only
seeking 10 improve his condition and TO elevate him
self. This Is praiseworthy and TO ne commended. But
what shall we say OF white men who concerned In
itf Are they seeking improve their condition and
10 elevate themsevcs2 Tue white man VINO ass0-
cates with the negro is despsed by the negro, be-
cause even the negro feels that the white man
degrades himself by so doing Who has not seen
instances OF thiss Is 1t not well asccrtanel fact
that white men, women and children who associate
on footing OF equality with negroes speedily lose
not only the respect OF the negroes, but their own
respecR There is great distinction between tue
negro and the mulatto, ana there is greater dis
like between them than Is felt by either ior the
whites.
Year: 1869

PERSUADED INTO MARRIAGE.-Last
week one of the youpg men residing
near Hartford, Warren county, was
persuaded into marrying one of his
neis shbor's daughters, under circum.
stances like the following: The faith
CT of the girl had been suspecting
some thingsabout theirin-goings and
out-comings which were not alto
gether as they should have been. One
evening his suspicious were verified
to his sorrow, and, like a prudent
man, he kept his own counsel and
cleaned up his revolver. In the
morning he sent for the youth, who
came TO the residence of his soon to
be father in,law without any thought
as to what was coming. As soon as
he had entered the room the old gen.
tleman locked the door, pocbeted the
key, and deliberately leveling re-
volver at his head, gave him the
choice of either marrying his daugh-
ter Immediately or of being sent to
that bourne from whence no bad
young man has ever come. AS the
youngster did not want to make that
trip just at this season of the year,
when all the hard summer-w work was
done and the sports of winter just
commencing, he kindly consented to
become a son.in-law on the spot. He
proposed travelling Immediately to
the county seat for q license, but the
old gentleman couldn't see that any
thing was to be made by letting him
go alone, and as kind of a guard of
honor, accompanied the young man
to the commissioning office, and saw
him safely and quickly married to
his daughter before the cocks crowod
next morning. Young men who do
not wish to be hustled off into matri-
mony with such a rush, should be a
little careful how they go in on such
expeditions.-Register.
Year: 1869

Nothing is more common than TO
hear people talk of what they pay
newspapers for advertising, etc, as
SO much given in charity. News
papers by enhancing the value OF
property in their neighborhood and
giving the localities in which they
are published a reputation abroad,
bereft all such particularly if they
are merchants or real estate owners,
thrice the amount yearly of the mea-
gre sum they pay for their support
Besides, every public spirited citizen
has laudahle pride in having a pa
per of which he is not ashamed, even
though he should pick it up in New
York. A good looking, thriving
sheet helps property, gives character
to the locality, and in many respects
is a desirable public convenience
II from any cause the matter in the
local or editorial columns should not
be your standard, do not cast it aside
and pronounce it good for nothing,
until satisfied that there has been no
more labor bestowed uponi. than is
paid for. If you want u good read
able paper it must, be not supported,
in spirit of charity either, but be-
cause you feel it a necessity to sup,
port it. The local press is ths power
that m yes the people. -Hofac.
Greeley.
Year: 1869

Laboring man! Where can you invest the
same amount and insure your family COM
Without insurance, what would be the lot Of
your wife and little ones Ask yourself these
Questions seriously, and you will not hesitate
long in making the best investment that man
ever made.
Year: 1869

Nahomet is the only founder of reli-


gion, of whose personal appearance We


possess authentic details. He was a


little above medium height, strongly but
sparely made, with broad shoulders and


a slight stoop; his hair wgs black, and


in the prime of life clustered over his
ears his mustache and beard were also


black, the latter abundant and reaching
someway down his chest; his forehead
was large, with a vein on it, which
swelled when he was angry; his COM
plexion was fair for an Arab his eyes


were large, black and piercing, but blood
shot and restless his teeth were white
and well-formed, but stood apart; his
walk was so rapid that people had to
run to keep up with him, and his gait
is described as being like that of man
down hill. He was simple in
his apparel he never wore silk but once
in his life, and threw it aside in disgust,
saying it was no fit dress for man.
His general attire was white and red,
Or stripped cotton; like all Arabs, he
had no taste for comfort, and the luxu.
rious refnements of artificial life we're
not known to him, or would have been
despised had they become so bed of
palm-tree- fiber, a low, hut of burnt
tiling with palm-tree roof, would have
been by him preferred to a palace. Still
he was in some things of extremely del
AGATE and sensitive taste, as in the use
of perfumes and in his distaste for un-
pleasant odors. At Medina he one time
sent back dish of mutton untouched,
because it was favored with unions,
saying they Were disagreable to the an
gel who visited him; he never travelled
without toothpicks and antimony for
his eyes he was good listener in con-
and never in shaking hands
was the first to withdraw his own; he
Vas not addicted to any of the ames or
sports of which the Arabs were passion
ltely fond, and was. in all things, most
mike the heroic ideal Of Arab charac-


er.
Year: 1869

POVERTY AND GENIUs.-The history
of those who. by their genius and untir


ing energy, have taken the sting FROM
poverty and won for themselves a place
in the catalogue of the illustrious, must
ever be interesting TO the sons Of toll.
The greatness Of real. worth to such
characters; apart from high birth and
proudly swelling titles, from the splen.
dor of wealth and station, and frequent
ly without the advantages of early edu-
cation, the children of penury march on
to honor, patiently triumphing over the
obstacles Which impede their; progress
The working man. may we'll glory in the
new and noble aristocracy which his
gifted companions at the loom, the plow,
and the anvil have helped to establish,
and be stimulated by their example to
show himself worthy Of the fraternity to
which he. belongs.-St. Louis Home
Journal.
Year: 1869

The Virginia election is commented
upon as though it was an inscrutable
mystery. Enough has already been
written upon it to make several huge
and ponderous folios. All the editors
and politicians in the country have been
giving it their attention. One interprets
in one way; another in a different way
and SO they go. There is really no
mystery about it. The thing is as
plain as pike-staff. We defeated Wells
not because he was Republican, but
because he was Wells-because when
nominated he was known to hold pro-
scriptivet opinions, and excepted his
nomination under a platform (that of
Petersburg) which declared in favor
of the adoption of the constitution
'' without modification Or ch pnge," This
platform was adhered to by the bulk of
his party. He quietly decendcd from
it during the canvass, and mildly spoke
against the test-oath We could not
trust him. and no man knows now how
he voted whether fer or against the
test oath. We had various other rea-
sons for voting against him, alluded to
elsewhere We voted for Walker be-
cause We respected him, because his
views were liberal, because he was a
Republican, Grant, administration Re
publican, who could not be objected to
at Washington-because he was an ad-
vocate of, and not an obstacle to, recon-
>truction, and because he was Northern
settler. We hoped by eecting him to
satisfy the country of three things-fr>t
that we sincerely desired reconstruction
even on the Congressional plan; second
ly that we so little deserved tie appel
lation of Democrats as to be perfectly
willing to elect {, Republican and, third
ly, that we not only were not opposed to
Northern men, but ON the contrary, would
cordially welcome and highly honor hon
est Northern settlers. We had another
object in view, and that was to show to
President Grant that we had adopted
his noble MOTTO" Let US have peace


Such was the meaning Of the Virgin
ia election. In it we rose above party,
We conquered all oil and new prcju-
dices, and made ourselves the pioneers
in a great patriotic movement which
fools cannot and mere politicians will
not understand, but which will challenge
the approbations and admiration of all
true patriots and large minded states.
men -IALmond TThig.
Year: 1869

ropeon Powers may ere long have to
consider the case of the "sick man of
Turkey" again not, however, on the Bos-
porus and from fear of Russia this time
but, with regard to Ismail's ambition
and the future of Egypt. What will
they do in such a case? What will
France do? What England Vastly
important and valuable as the Suez Ca
nal will be to commerce, there is in it
the germs of serious complications that
may lead to wars, that may change the
political condition of Egypt, Turkey,
and the whole of that part OF the world.


N Y Hcral1.
Year: 1869

RR-EsTABLIsHfNG THE SOUND DUES
pilots Of this port had once sort Of lien on
our commerce In the shape Of Sound dues.
Vessels coming or going by way Of the Sound
and through Hell Gate had to pay the pilots,
though they did not need pilots and did not
always employ pilots. Ships had to purchase
Of these worthless the privilege Of coming into
New York, though there Is common notion
abroad that we possess our freedom. The i'm
position of the pilots was abrogated by law,
and now they are before the Legislature seek
ing to have the old abuse renewed and claim
ing that its correction has robbed them Of their
bread and butter. Keep the law and send the
men who have no bread and butter to the aims
house.