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Year: 1868

The first great lesson young man should learn is that he knows nothing. The earlier and the more thoroughly this lesson is learned the better. A home-bred youth, growing tsp 'in the light of parental admiration, Wirh everything to foster his vanity and self esteem, is surprised to find, and often unwilling to acknowledge, the superb ority of other people. But he is com pelled to learn his own insignificance !; his airs are ridfctied, his blunders ex- posed, his wishes disregarded, and he is made to cut sorry figure, until his self-conceit is abased, and he feels that he knows nothing.

 When a young man has thoroughly comprehended the fact that he knows nothing, and that, intrinsically he is of but little value, the next lesson is that the world cares nothing about him. He is the subject of no mans over whelming admiration neither petted by the one sex, nor envfcd by the other, he has to take'care of himself. He will not be noticed until he becomes notiec- able; he will not become noticeable until he does something to prove that he is of some use to society. No re- commendation or introduction will give him this; he mvst do something to be recognized as somebody.

 The next lesson is that of patience. A man must learn to wait as well as to work, and to be content with those means of advancement in life which he may use with integrity and honor. Patience is one of the most difficult lessons to learn. It is natural for inc mind to look for immediate results.

 Let this, then, be understood at starting, that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which young man seeks in life, but essential also to that preparation of the mind requisite for the enjoyment of success, and for retaining it when gained. It is the general rule in all the world and in all time, that unearned success is a curse.
Year: 1868

AG~The radical party does not thank the Louisville Journal for it's scheme ofsalvation. The Journal cannot point us the road to heaven; it tcould perhaps show us the way to hell.--Canton Re- publican.

 Certainly we can; keep straight ahead; there IS no road to put you out. Journal.

 -General Enthusiasm and General Grant do not run on the same ticket.
Year: 1868

white rose, talk to me


I don't know what TO do;
Wby do you say no word to me
Who say so much to you!
I'm bringing you little rain,


And | shall be so proud
If, when you feel it on your face,
You take me for a cloud.
Here | come so softly


You can not hear me walking;
If I take you by surprise


Imsy catch you talking.
Tell all your thoughts to me,


Whisper in my eaf;
Talk against the Winter


He shall never hear.
I can keep a secret


Since was five years old;
Tell if you were frightened


When first you felt the cold.
And in the splendid Summer,


While you flush and grow,
Are you ever out of heart,


Thinking of the snow?
Year: 1868

learn from the Journa! Of the fourth


I that from that date Colonel James
b, the founder of the paper, and the
er Republican editor in the State Of
Bsippi, would terminate his connection
the press of the State. We can find no
Etion in the Journal Of the successor
lonel Dugan, nor any statement wheth-
! paper is to be continued or not.
Year: 1868

velers TO the Ridge by the way of Ca
reet railway suspended animation for


hours Sunday, in consequence of a
" bridge refusing longer to perform
Pc. There is more than that bridge on
line deep in rottenness, ready without
Ping TO slip load Of passengers into a
Of something that is neither solid nor
bid, neither land nor water. a mixture
tridity and excFement that even is too
10 breed maggots.
Year: 1868

the second instant nearly three hours


spent in the Senate in a debate on al


3 the Western Pacific railroad to take
sion of the Yerba Buena or Govern


ISLAND in the harbor of San Francis


q the course of the debate it was
( that this was the most valuable
of land the government ever owned.
Horton opposed the bill earnestly, but
> passed BY large majority.
Year: 1868

The New York Cricket Club will have their opening
day and celebrate the first match of the season on
Thursday the 2sth nst' The grounds of the club
situated at tie foot OF Ninth street. Hoboken, within
a short distance Of the ferry, where the wickets
win be pitched at eleven O'Clock. Should the
weather, so uncertain of late prove prOpitious,
large gathering can be depended upon by those who
participate In the enjoyment OF this manly game.
Year: 1868

With the view OF engaging In another business,
1have determinedto close out my ENTIRE STOCK
OF DRY GOODS, which is very large, for a short
time only, AT AND BELOW COST.


/. II would be useless to attempt to enumerate any
particular goods or prices, and will only say that
the stock is complete In all branches, and every ar
ucle MUST be sold regardless Of cost; and what
ever remains unsold within short time will be
disposed Of at auction. e.,:s


This 10 a chance rarely offered to consumers Of
dry goods and win be to the interest OF all in want
to call early at ISAAC HUTZLER'S,
.si jes No. $40 Broad street, corner OF Sixth.
Year: 1868

RATHER CoNF1DING.-A gentleman from
New York city arrived here yesterday, and
placing too much confidence in the honesty
Of o freedman gave him his check, with
instructions to bring his trunk to a certain
place. Neither the trunk nor the freedman
have since been heard from. ~
Year: 1868

RECORDS OF CRIME.-Thieving and steal
ing is carried on in our city at this time
with greater vigor than ever before. We
have never recorded so many cases at any
other period as we are now daily called
upon to chronicle. Of those who are de-
tected and punished the daily reports of ad'
Indicated cases before the Mayor furnish
an example. A glance at our adver,
tising columns of to-day will show Sia
cases where the culprits are still Gun
whipt of justice" One gentleman ad,
vertises stolen stallion, another has lost
two valuable horses, and still an
other has furnished to this gang n highly
priced cow. One gentleman cffers re-
ward for box of labels stolen from him
and another advertises terrier which he
supposes was stolen from him.


This list would no doubt be very much
heightened if all who have lost property
of various kinds were to advertise, but
knowing that those who steal seldom return
stolen property, the losers in many cases
fail to make their losses publicly known.
Year: 1868




FEELING DEoIpkD, CONVICTION that the
affairs of the Republican party in New York
City might have been better managed, and
that the immense majoritics which the De-
mocracy have of late succeeded In accumu-
lating, were not all due to cheating, but in
some degree TO Republican mistakes, we are
glad to sec that there is prospect of uniting
the Radical and Conservative wings, in a
common and earnest effort for General
Grant. At the meeting of the State Central
Committee ut Albany, on Wednesday, steps
were taken 10 effect this result, which it is
believed will be successful. The most en-
couraging reports were received from all
portions of the State, and it is asserted that
the Republicans of New York have never
gone into battle with SO much unity of coun-
Gil or greater confidence of success.
Year: 1868

instrument completes the business. New
er thrust your heal out of q window and
shout watch. 1t only alarms the family
and brings no relief. Your unwelcome
intruder ccolly ties up his plunder aud
walks off while you shout.


Never put your pocket. book or watch
under your head at night. There is where
our midnight visitor looks for them. New
er be alarmed. Your house breaker is
more afrail than you possibly can be and
when You catch him only say quietly, be
still or shoot.
Year: 1868

was struck in England with the silence
Of the people when they had nothing to
say. One time, travelling in the same
carriage with q nobleman, asked him
his opinion of the ballot" He replied.
II have not considered that subject yet" !"
"You might travel oil over America
said my friend, "and never hear man
say that" But the American girls gene
rally know little of everything, and
their general Intelligence and vivacity
make them very delightful companions.


had an idea before going out that the
New England ladies spent time over in
tellectual pursuits to the neglect of house
hold duties. I did not find it so. Com
pairing class with class, they are quite as
good housekeepers as / have seen any
where. They had need be, for service at
present is in very wretched condition
in America, so much SO that middle class
families in the country often dispense
with servants altogether. The young la
dies can make up beds as we'll as demon.
strate propositions, and their mental
philosophy, whatever it amounts to,
never interferes with the perfection OF
their pies. Samuel johnson used to say
that man would rather that his wife
should be able to cook good dinner than
read Greek. But he does not seem to
have anticipated time when woman
could learn TO do both.
Year: 1868

worse were it dish rag, to be worn by
him as badge Of disgrace. 1t is
happy time for him when lie gets to
church and sits down with bis coat tail
under him; but he is still spprehensive
with thinking of the Sunday School, and
wonders il any Of the children will ask
him to swing bis long tailed blue.


The entrance into society may be said
to take place after boyhood has passed
away, yet many take the initiative before
their hearts are penetrsble. IL is great
trial to tender or tough age. For
any overgrown boy to 20 to door, know
ing there are dszen of girls within, and
knock or ring with absolute certainty that
iu two minutes ell their eyes will be upon
him, is severe test of courage. To go
before these girls and make satisfactory
tour Of the room without stepping on
their toes, and dispose of ones hands
without putting them in ones pockets, i'd
an achievement which few can boast. If
any boy can get so far as to measure of
ten yards of tape with one of the
girls, and cut it short at one end,
he may stand q chance to spend pleas.
ant evening; but let him not fatter
himself that the trials of the evening are
over. There comes at last the break up.
The dear girls don their hoods, and put
on their shawls, and look so saucy, so
mischievous and unimpressible, as il
they did not wish any one to 60 home.
Then comes the pinch, and the boy
having the most pluck makes up to the
prettiest girl, his heart is in his throat,
bis tongue clinging to the roof of his
mouth, and crooking bis elbow, stammers
out the words: Shall see you homer
She touches her fingers to his arm, and
thus they walk home about foot apart,
feeling as awkward as goslings. As soon
as she is safe inside her own doors, he
struts home, and really thinks he has
been and gone and done it.
Year: 1868

NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILES
or the lire West from Omaha are now completed,
aud the work is going threugL the Winter.
As the distance between the finished portion of
the Union and Central Pacific Railroads is now
less than 400 miles, and both companies are push
ing forward the work with great energy, employ
ing over 30 Coz there lie no doubt that the
whole


GRAND LINE TO THE PACIFIC
Will he open for Business in the Summer OF
Year: 1868

The GLASS BLowERs exhibit at LsClairs
Hall every evening this week They are At
tracing considerable attention. The glass
steam engines brilliantly lighted and oil in
motion are q marvel Of beauty. None
should fail Of seeing them. Take the little
folks ont to the matinee tomorrow after
noon.
Year: 1868

Carl Shurz, in a recent speech at St. Louis,
thus described the variety of influences the
Democratic party could bring to bear on the
" greenhorn " vote;


"They are like gang of sharpers, as you
see them on the streets of New York, setting
trap for a greenhorn fresh from the country.
How can they best deceive the unsophstlcated
creature? How can they best fatter his
faneies to win his confidence, to decoy him IN
to dram shop, make him drunk and then to
rifle his pockets? That seems to be the on
ly question before the Democracy in council.
Has the greenhorn a secret itching of rascali-
ty in him? They have nice bit Of repudia-
| ton to offer him, and will introduce Pendle'
ton as a capital fellow. Has the greenhorn a
liking for blue cloth and brass buttons
They will quickly doif their Confederate gray
and dress up in Hancock's regimentals. Ii
the ereenhorn one of those proud Caucasian
who are afraid of negro competition They
will give him powerful dose OF white man
government well seasoned with the mos
savory damnings of the Niger Does tn


greenhorn feel kindly toward the emancipate'
slave and the colored soldier2 They arr


ready to put drop of negro suffrage into tn


white mans government and get up plea
sing visible adnixture,' Does the green


horn after all feel somewhat dstrustful anon
such strange and sinister iellows2 They vii


show him a respectable face behind the bar
J the kind face Of good old Uncle Chase-t


quiet the misgivings Of the victim. Any
thing to make the poor fellow unconscious Q
himself and then 90 through him"
Year: 1868

Au eccentric old gentleman in Proctorsyille,
a miller by trade, is erecting his own monu-
ment, and has placed thereon the inscription
under which he wishes to take his final rest.
The monument is in two sections The base
is milestone, as well as the cap Of the first
section, which is also the base Of the second
section, the base and cap being symboical, we
suppose, of the super and neither mill-stones'
of which we read. AS whole it is very
fine monument the two sections being of d
stone resembling red sandstone, On it IS the
following inscription, which is copied cer5at'0
et Meratim;


Thou am dead yet speaketh for here il
rest upon this milestone top | set this noble
block to let the world know what hay done
it is ever been my heart desire to do unto yo'
as would that you should do unto me so cas-
the beam out of your-own eye and let me lii
in peace and sing my redeemers love com
my sweet companion meet me here.
Year: 1868

Whatever your lot ON earth, is it not better
than YOU deserves and amidst all your troub-
les have you not much to be thankful for
There are sadder hearts than yours go and
comfort them, and that will comfort you.
Are you i'll or suflering2 BY your gentle pa
tience and cheerfulness, be an example to
those who are suffering too. Ii is the selfish
manner in which we live, engrossed by ouI
own troubles, which renders us so unmindiul
of those Of others; we hurry through the
streets intent on some business Of our own
needing not the many little acts of kindness
we could do one for another, which would
send US home with light hearts.
Year: 1868

side they favored. Aim low =! says
the commander to his green boys in
battle. The canvasser has nothing to
do with those who are already infex-
IDLY committed either to his side or to
the other. His work is to convince that
small segment of the body polite who
stand halting between two opinions
that they ought to vote with him, not
with his adversaries This done is
well done, though not single shout
has been elected, and the hurrah boys
condemn the speech as tedious.


Men and brethren think OF these
things There are at least one hundred
thousand set speeches to be made for
Grant and Colfax before November. If
they shall, in the average, each induce
one hesitating voter to go with us, our
victory must be overwhelming:-The
Independent.
Year: 1868

MEMORY OF THE AD.-It is an ex-
quisite and beautiful thing in our naf
ture, that when the heart is touched and
softened by some tranquil happiness o
afectionate feeling, the memory of the
dead comes over it most powerful and
irresistibly. 1t would seem almost as
our better thoughts and sympathies
were charms, in virtue of which the
soul is enabled to hold some vague and
mysterious intercourse with the spirits
of those whom we loved in life. Alas
how often and long may these patient
angels hover around us, watching for
the spell which is soon forgotten.
Year: 1868

A rather fast youth was relating the
experience of his voyage across the
ocean to sympathiziug friend. Said
he, ! tell you what, old fellow, there's
one good thing about it, though. You
can get as tight as you please every
day, and every body thinks you're only
sea sick
Year: 1868

er can do the work we'll, and live by it
has call to it. ''Ability to speak, and
willingness Of the people to hear, consti.
tutes CALL" Like any other profession
Or trade, the first years are full of mistakes
in doctrine and duty.


Making sermons is an art making
good ones is a difficult art; making one
hundred faultless models in a year is i'm
possible. No man ever did it, doubtless
never will.


Daniel Websters fame rests on six ora
tions, delivered in the space of thirty
years. Five years to each grafton. The
lecturers that travel the west through the
winter, enlightening the villagers with
wit and wisdom, have each had summer
to press into an hours talk. That one
lecture is the one blossom of summer S
labor. The hurried sermon cannot rival
the deliberate speech; We need not expect
it.


Pastoral work-visiting-is an art, I
might say gift, so difficult is it to acquire
Now, Of these branches of a minister
work, many men excel in neither The
country is overrun with them; every va
cant church is besiegcd by a crowd OF
hungry applicants, boastirg more picty
than intellect. A few men excel in pul-
pit work, few in pastoral labor, very sell
dom does one man excel in both If a
man is always visiting how can he study
II he cannot study, how can he preach ?
BY study do not mean that lie shut him
self up, aud pore over books, and con
struct pretty sentences. l mean that he
think. No difference how or where he
does his thinking. The street is an excel
lent place. Every one has right to his
own peculiar habit Of thought. If he
can make a sermon and 90 fishing at the
same time, there is nothing in the exam
pie of Peter to prevent him. In view OF
the impossibility Of excelliug in all tho
points Of ministerial labor, he is wise who
attends the most important, and neglccts
the least; and the church is wise which
allows him to do so. \ man with keg
Of old sermons of all shades. from modern
white and black to the oscar aud yellow
Leaf could do pastoral work from Mon
day morning till Saturday eve. But a
young man with no ancient manuscripts.
and desiring to say every word IL season.
must either study or steal
Year: 1868

The village of Hudson, Mich, lost at
the beginning of the present year, preach
of no inferior character. lie and his
congregation could not agree. From the
text, " Can two walk together except they
be agreed 7" he preached farewell. The
following is that part not directly bearing
on their local troubles, which will interest
the reader. Mr.. Reed is an independent
man.


We never see perfect men, women and
children except in dreams. We never
read Of them except in novels, which arc
written dreams. They are all such as
dreams are made of, and vanish in the
shining of the every day sun.


Even the chosen people are wicked
enough to mourn. Even Moses, meek
and patient, is weak enough to be angry.


The ideal church is composed Of sinless
beings. ftly joined together in heart and
mind; loving the same things, and be-
lieviDg the same things one in thought
and deed, with Christ and with one an
other.


The ideal minister is an intellectual
saint, in whom is no fault; whose way.
are perfect. Wiser than any serpent
more harmless than any dove. The idea
minister is alwas looking for such a church

The ideal church is always looking fol
such minister.


On either side it is q vain looking
The treasure on earth is carried about il
earthen vessels, and in an awkward hu
man fashion. Always has been will 10
some time be. Unit. ministers and church
es are born, and not made, they will fai
10 be perfect. They may agree to wall
together they may agree not to find faul
with route or step; but without scme com
promise, there can be no joint journey


A minister is one, church is many
How can there be perfect harmony wher
differing men insist each on his own way
No broad, high wall can be made of cot
bIe-stones that refuse to lie still, whcl
will not meet except at an angle ,ani objec
to mortar!


So it is casy to see why ministers ar
without churches, and churches withou
ministers.
Year: 1868




have finally cum tew the conclusbun
that lager beer as beverage is not intox-
icating.


l have been told so by German who
said he had drunk it all mite long, just to
try the experiment, and was obliged to go
home entirely sober in the morning. l
have seen this man drink eighteen glasses,
and if he was drunk he was Adrunk in
German and nobody could understand it.
1t is proper enough to state that this man
kept a lager beer saloon, and could hav no
object in stating what wa, not strictly
thus.


L believed him to the full extent Of my
ability. never drunk but three glasses
ov lagec in mi life, and that made mi he'd
ontwist as tho it was hung on the end of
string, but was told that it was owin
to my bile bein out ov place and 1 guess
that it was so, for [ never billed over wus
than l did when got hum that mite :.
My vile thot I wuz goin to die, anl | wuz
afraid | shouldn't, for it seemed us though
everything | had ever eaten in mi life
wuz cummin tew the surface; and | believe
that if my wife hadn't pulled off my boots
just as she did they would have come
thundcring up too


O.how sick wuz! II years ago, and i
can taste it now.


never had so much experience in SO
short time.


If any man shud tell me that lager beer
wuz not Intoxicating should believe him !;
but if he shud tell ne that wusn't drunk
that mite, but that gly stummick Was out
Of order, shud ask him to state over a
few words, jest how man felt and acted
when he was set up.


If want drunk that mite, I had some
ov the most eternal simtums that q man
ever had and kept sobe:


In the first place it was about so rod
from where drunk the lager beer to mi
house, and was over two hours on the
road, ard hole busted through each one
of my pantaloon neez, and didn't have any
hat, and tried to open the door by the
bell and hiccuppipg awfuIly, and saw ev-
erything in the room trying to get round
on the back side Of me and in setting
down on a chair, didn't wait long enough
for it to get exactly under me when it was
going round, and sat down little soon
and missed the chair about II inches, and
couldn't get up soon enough to take the
next one that come along; and that ain
all my wife sed wuz drunk as a beest
and az i said before, l began to spin uT
things freely.


If lager beer is not Intoxicating, it used
me mean, that know.


Still hardly think that lager beer i,
Intoxicating, for hcv ben told so ; and
am probably the only man living who ev
ell drank emmy when his liver was no
plump.


don't want to say cny.hing agln ;
harmless temperance bevridge, but if
ever drink any moro, it will be with IN
hands tied behind me, and nj mouth prlot
open.


don't thiuk lager beer is Intoxicating
but II remember rite, i think it tastes
like glass of soap suds that pickle haC
been put .ew soak in
Year: 1868

A woman has 10 natural gift more be-
witching than sweet laugh. 1t is like
the sound of flutes on the water. 1t leaps
from her in a clear, sparkling rill and
the heart that hears it feels as if bathed in
the cool, exhilirating spring. Have you
ever pursued an unseen fugitive through
the trees, led on by fairy laugh, now
found? We have; and we are pursuing
that wandering voice to this day, Some
times it comes to us in the midst of care
and sorrow, of irksome BUSINESS; and
then We turn away the evil spirits of
mind. How much we owe to that sweet
laugh. 1t turns prose to poetry; it
filings flowers to the sunshine over the
darkness of the wood in which we are
travelling; It touches with light even our
sleep, which is no moro than the image of
death. but is consumed with dreams that
are the shadows of Immortality.