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Year: 1869

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How beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel OF peace, and bring glad It'd
lngs of good things" Romans X. 18th.
Respectfully inscribed to c. A. Thomas d. d.
In the 94th year of his ministry


BY OLIVE f. p. THOMAS.
Arouse thee, my harp for the silence Of


slumber.
Hath dwelt mid the chords OF thy music too
Let loves holy melody breath o'er thy num-


bers
Awakening TO beauty thy loftiest soug
Thy theme be of blessing for him who deny


ing
This life OF earths honor and pleasure and rest,
Goes forth as the herald of One who in dying
mansion prepared where the faithful are


blest


No theme more sublime In the annals Of


story,
No mission so pure, as the chosen Of God,
No crown Of earth's monarch or hero hath


glory
Like that which ilumlnes the path he has trod.
How fair are his footsteps, how sweet are the


tidings,
Whose soft echoes steal DER the ruins OF time
A joy for the lowly a rest for the weary,
A hope for the valiant of victory sublime
Our Pastor With reverent and sacred emo
ton,


We breath forth the name that our hearts hold
so dear
And pray that the stars which shall crown
his devotion,
Beam brighter far brighter in each fading year
Thy smiles for his hesrt,ohl our Father stsr
Thy strength for his arm in the conflict today
Thy presence, thy power, thy fullness super
| Abide in his soul and illumine his way
Long years hath he stood on the watch-tow-
or of Zion
While sims angry waves have been tossing
| so high
In falthfulness warning, in tenderness
pointing
| To a harbor Of safety, the morning on high
| Long years in the labor oflove never wearied
Mid life's changing scenes has his presence
been dear,


At the ireside, the death bed, the grave, aud
the bridal


To hallow ourJoy, and drop sympathy's tear.
| While many brave hearts as tho days have
been speeding
| Have lent their last aid TO his labor of love-
| While many fair lambs of his flock have been


heading


The call of the Shepherd of Israel above.


He lingers where accents of daily petition
With fervor, affection and hopefulness blend u
That many more years he he spared to oui


circle


A preacher. a brother guide and a friend.


A blessing oh J. God tin his brief mission EN-
| ded


Thy glory shall crown him with the rich


est reward,


TIN the host of high Heaven shall shout th'
| glad welcome


OF" Enter then into the joys OF thy Lord r
Year: 1869

A SHIFTLEss MAN.-In the spring of
1871 l was searching for a studio in which
to set up my easel. Ny ''house-bunting"
ended at the New York University, where
| found what 1 wanted in one of the tur-
rets Of that stately edifce. When had
fixed my choice the janitor, who accom-.
panied me in my examination of the
rooms, threw open door on the opposite
side of the hall and invited me to enter.
l found myself in what was evidently an
artists studio, but every object in it bore
indubitable signs Of unthrift and neglect
The statuettes, busts, and models of vari-
GUS kinds were covered with dust and cobs
webs; dusty cany ases were faced to the
wall, and stumps of brushes and scraps of
paper Uttered the floor. The only signs
of industry consisted of few mastery
crayon drawings and little luscious studies
Of color pinned to the wall


"You will have an artist for your neigh
Dor, said the janitor. "though he is not
here much of late; he seems to be getting
rather ahftlesS; he is wasting his time over
some silly invention, machine by which
he expects to send messages from one place
to another. He is very good painter,
and might do well if he would only stick
to his business; but, Lcrd !"he added.
with sneer of supreme contempt ''the
idea of telling by little streak Of light.
ming what a body is saying at the other
end of it His friends think he is crazy
on the subject, and are trying to dissuade
him from it, but he persists in it until he
is almost ruined.


Judge of my astonishment when he
informed me that the ''shiftless' individu.
al, whose foolish waste OF time so excited
his commiseration, was none other thar
the President of the National Aca denny ol
Design-the most exalted position, in my
youthful artistic fancy, ii was possible foI
mortal to attain. f. B. Morse. since
much better known as the inventor of the
electric telegraph. But little while af-
ter this his fame was flashing through the
world, and the unbeIievers who voted him
insane were forced to confess that there
was at least "method in his madness. -
EDToR's DRAWER, Haper's Mdqdsiae.
Year: 1869

who is willing to stand half the cx.
pense and not many that are able.
SILL, persistence in any case is bound
to succeed. He was very infcror
farmer when he first began, but a
prolonged and unflinchins sault up
on his agricultural difficulties has
had it's effect at last, and he is now
fast rising from aflpcncc to poverty.
Year: 1869

this, and looking to God all the time, in
every act and plan, we will prevent the
white man from being cnslavcd by the
causes which made the black man free
we will prevent the continuance OF the
causes which separated the Methodist
Church as the precursors Of the attempt.
ed separation Of the whole country, and
we will cause the whole country 10 be
stronger, and safer, and freer than it ever
was or could be before.


have written enough. and you are
welcome to weave these views into those
of my first letter, and print them to-
gether.


have examined your pamphlets, and
thank you for them.


Very truly and respectfully yours,
). Henry A. WISE.
Year: 1869

feet Of him, he seemed TO cover the distance
knife by sweeping under cut passing as
quick as thought, its keen edge across the
owels OF the largest Indian, aud deep into
the throat of the younger brother at tie
SAFE time the knives Of the two brothers
sank deep into the breast of Nochumpkah,
who fell upon his face dead.


The youngest Of the two Indians had
sunk down upon tie ground in a sitting
posture, aid was fast bleeding TO death !;
while his elder brother sat near him irving
TO force back through his long cut wound
across his bowels, the entrails tha, we're
protruding from it.


Finding that he could not acom?lish il
and knowing that the period Of bis lf. was
near its close, he called bis brother but re-
ceived no answer---when be arose npon his
feet, grasping his entralls in Lis left hand
and arm, staggering towards the siakein the
angle over which he had fallen. Drawing
il from the ground, he returned and with q
single blow dashed in the skull Of his Younger
brother. Then turning upon bis heel, he
started for his camp, shouting and calling
TO bis wife to come and go with him. His
father, on old and infirm Indian, who had
snct left the camp, seeing his son approach II,
with bis entrails slringing down between his
fugers, knew that be was coming with the
intention Of killing his wife ard child, that
they might accompany him to the far oil
spirit land Of the Indians Accordingly,
when he had appros ched within few fee,
Of The camp, the father elevated l. is rifle mp.
on him and killed him.


It is uow twenty years since this scene
took place. That part OF the land embraced
in the triangle, from which the younger
brother started, is now occupied ty the saw
mill of John CARRIER. A few reds from the
mill, lear tie bank Of the river, the three
graves Of the duclists may be seen.


A few days since xhile passing in tile
vicinity Of the scere, we stepped nside to
look upon the grave Of Nochlmpkah. We
knew him well. Often had we hunted and
encamped together. And when in 1875.
the scalping knife of the Sank had struck
down his three brothers, we went with him
many lies up the volga, through the deep
SHOWS Of winter to assist in burying tile
frozen bodies.
Year: 1869

Do not imagine that an extra ribbon tied
about the neck can remedy the defect Of q
soiled collar or an untidY dress.


Should your hands be Drowned by labor,
do not envy the lily fingers Of Miss Fuss and
Feathers, whose mother drudges in the kit
chen, while the daughters lounges 10 the
paIlOr.


Should your dress be inconveniently long
and gentleman steps on it, don't be angry,
but meeKly beg his pardon as you ought.


Always cherish partiality for the smell
OF dish water, Il is more conducive to health,
and far less expensive than "banquet."


Should dandy with a cigar between his
fingers asG you il smoking is offensive to
you, tell him emphaticalIy, eyes" The
habit should be, if the odor is not.


Do not judge Of the intelligence OF fe.
male acquaintance by the number OF yards
Of trimming on her dress.


DO not waste your tears on the imaginary
sorrows Of Alonz) and Melissa, nor the trials
or the dime novel herones. Seek rather to
alleviate the woes Of the suffering ones on
earth.
Year: 1869

which divides them. "Magdalene Homes,
| and institutions Of that lk, are not th'
places for the down-trodden they do not
when attempting to recover, want forever
paraded before them the dead past-let tha
be forever ont Of sight, and begin by tell
ing what one may be, not what they hav'
been.


You are right when you say "what We
want is more social intercourse and a more
scholastic union Of the sexes. Men and
women will ever have to be together while
the world exists, and if they were made bet
Ger acquainted with each other than they are
through the Intellectual and scientific attain
ments, there would be, as you say, far less
danger of the animal predominatiOn which
must inevitably sink both male and female
very far lower in the scale Of true man
and womsnhood. Place man and woman
side by side, begir ming at the A B G class,
and give both the same chances in life, an
we shall see . higher state Of society, less
misery and less vice. The idea Of q woman's
Inferiority leaves her less basis. and because
q few have been ridiculed by men because Of
becoming absolutely different in dress, man
ner. etc., it is no reason why al should be
made the martyrs to ignorance and pru-
derry.


My letter is already iong, yet bear with
me, one more sheet. Another, AMI ono Of
far greater import than the Government il
willing to admit, IS the Indian question:. As
existing to day, they are called but q hand
fnl, and yet they defy all the wisd ,m, skill
and foresight of the nation, and in shis nine
teenth century nothing is left but mn expen-
sIve warfare in which nothing was gained
don't propose plan, nor will I weary you
with further suggestions, believing as I do,
that all these points will be wisely deter
mined in your councils, and once fairly be-
fore the people will be wisely AMI jaStly set-
tied. My object is simply TO hold the mir
ror up. We, the people, are said to have the
power, and all the world is looking % ~
even now. Hopes and Iears which had ht-
Tie or no outer expression, have an inward,
silent form, which will catch the spark Of
lioerty and life from the life and form Of
the National Labor Union, outworking M it
must, into the future life AMI power Of thls
nation. And to the bondholder and capital
lst OF to-day, who are now trying 70 sever
tne nation, and make this unfathomable
ABYSS between capital aud labor, We can and
Will say that they have become 50 trsnspa-
rent to US, to the laboring classes, that we
nave no longer lear or respect for them.
Iney knew not they were being weighed in
q balance, but they will know ere long that
sney are found wanting the power which
their selishness has driven far beyond their
reach.


Your friend aud CO worker,


HoRAcs II. DAH.
Year: 1869

Resolved, that the extreme penury of work.
ingwomen, like the indigence Of xorkingmeu. is
not SO much the fault Of individual EMPLOYERS
implicated in the crime as the natural result Of
system which makes ches'ing lucrative and
honorable, most Of all to rob the weak and AZ
Year: 1869

Few people are aware Of the fact that
our principle morning Journals are not
printed directly from the type, but from
stcrcotypcs taken from the regular forms.
The whole time consumed In making the
forms Is about twenty minutes. II Is ac-
complisl,ed thus; Each page Is made up
In separate form ON table In size and
height expressly adapted for the purpose
the legs Of this table are furnished will,
castors, and As soon as the forms are lock.
ell, the table Is rolled into tho stereotype
room. The form Is then removed to the
moulding table; the latter has hollow
Iron bed, the cavity Of which Is filed viii,
steam, as heat Is one Of the requirements
In facilitating the operation. Amer the
right temperature Is attained the form Is
removed again TO the imposing table. aud
two or three sheets Of peculiar kind Of
paper are laid over tho surface ofthe typo
and they are then beaten down with q
proof brush.


The form Is then again slid upon tho
moulding table, another and heavier sheet
OF paper placed over the first, this Is cov-
cred with = blanket, and then sllpped un-
der the press attached to the moulding
table, and the power applied. This II done
almost Instantly, when the form Ii again
Year: 1869

A few days since Mr.. Barnard Hanavan


proprietor of wine cellar on Seneca


street, had occasion to draw some Hunga-


rian wine from butt; there Is nothing


remarkable In this statement, but attach


cd to It Is little incident we never remeu,-


bcr to have seen mentioned In natural his
tory, and one which Beard or any other
artist may use fhc chooses,in illustrating
the disgraceful habits Of the lower anl.
mails. A drunken man Is Often denounced
by the teetollars, rs being worse than q
dumb brute because the brute will not
drink Intoxicating liquor;' but that asser-
ton so derogatory to the human species
will no longer carry any weight rs TEN.
perancc argument In this section of the


world, for It can now bc proven that the


lower animals will not only drink wine


without any previous education Of their
tastes, but drink TO excess and then mis-
behave. As stated above Mr.. II. drew
tho sweet wine, but did not close the tap
completely, rs It seems, and soon after
ward he discovered an old topper Of q
rat sucking the juice Of the grape which
had fallen on the floor. On perceiving the
blped the quadruped scampercd Into his
hole. Being naturally Of an inquisltirc
and experimental turn Of mind, the land
lord examined the fawset and found that
the wine had been falling In drops upon
the floor. and that the rats had lmb'bcd oil
they could securc. Giving the wine lit.
tie more vent he then retired and through
the glass door watched the course Of
events.


Emboldencd by former draughts, prob
ably, one old fucker soon put In his ap.
pcarance and renewed his attack on the
liquor, even standing on his hind legs to
reach the wine, which was now flowing a
little faster. Others soon Joined their lead
or, and then followed real ratification,
the like OF which was never seen before In
the town. They squealed, scratched, bit,
fought, and struggled for the possession OF
the tap, until many Of them, one after the
other, became tight rs bricks, dead
drunk, and lay upon the floor In utter
At this stage Of the carous-
nj Mr.. H. again entered the cellar and
made vigorous onslaught. His appear
ance created as much CONSERVATION
among the gentleman rs the entrance OF 4
squad of policemen would do among the
sporting fraternity of tan-barn cock pit.
Some OF them were frightened Into de-
gree of sobcrncss that enabled them to
reach their holes. where they undoubted-
ly slept of the effects OF the liquor and
woke up next morning with terrible head
aches. Four or five Of tho brutcs, how
ever, were too far gone for locomotion,
and they became prisoners and were all
condemned to death instantly, save one,
which was placed In n cage for exhibition
and experiment. On recovering himself
from his stupor he seemed to be not ono
biz ashamed Of his conduct, but refused TO
take n smile Of whiskcy' that was offered,
though he did sip little Of the wine. The
rat will, we understand be turned over to
a Humanitarian Good Templar, Initiated
Into the secrets OF the order, md then
turned loose to reform his brother tip
Express.
Year: 1869

ET The Circuit Court for this county
did not commence its session yesterday
on account Of the indspositien of Judge
HAM II he is not well enough to-day to
take his seat it is Understood, that q
Special Judge will be elected, to try the
cases in which Judge Ham is interested.
With this arrangement the business of
the Court will. not he retarded


Sheriff ANDERSON 10 up and able to give
his attention to the Court. In his alb
sence w. L. TAYLOR, Deputy Sheriff, a
gcntlemanly and well posted officer, will
give sttention to all business in connec-
tion with the Court.
Year: 1869

ET The Mountain Echo, has nearly a
column in reply to n correspondent in
the Press Of last week. II the Doctor
is so dead" as the Echo writer's would
great delight in kicking dead" men,
But We arc thinking, before the canvass
Of 70 is over, the " Mountain Bard" if
he should survive the ravages of time,
will find in the Doctor, the most lively
corpse he ever witnessed.
Year: 1869

~ Our friends of the Fort Smith
Herald are very jubuilant over the arri-
val Of the new Ferry Boat and skipped
their old hats into the river and "cut up
generally" And you want us to come
over with our new hat do you? when
you shoot men down without cause "
and call it an unfortunate occurrence"
too. Well wait awhile till you get cool
ed OFT "old man"
Year: 1869

tdaons the price Of gold during the few weeks show
very clearly that the yellow metal has after ALL no stable
value How different II Is In that respect from xNOx'S
Hats hs worth q which lessons while their beauty
Year: 1869

In the National Board of Trade, yesterday, a
Proposition frcm the Chicago Board for the con-
struetion, under a charter from the General
Government, of a double track railroad, to be
Used exclusively for the transportation of offreight
from the centre of the grain and produce supply
Of the West to the Atlantic seaboard, evoked a
long discussion upon the merits of rail and wa
ter transportation and the question Of a
Southern Pacific railroad. A resolution was
Offered in favor of the construction of railroad
along the Seth parallel from San Diego to Nor
folk and another in opposition TO Government
aid to railroads. Gov. walbridge spoke strongly
in favor of the latter. Without any action the
Convention adjourned.
Year: 1869

The correspondent OF the New York Tyw,s.
Who discusses "MinQr Matters at the Capital. -
does 30 fairly and intelligentiy for the most
part, but errs in speaking Of the mixed school
difficulty here as one solely of caste. IL was
natural, perhaps, that this mistake should be
made, and we see that other papers throughout
the country have fallen into the same error; but
really the question of equality has very little to
do with the matter in its present shape. 1t is a
question Of equity. There Is q system of white
schools and a system Of colored schools estab-
lished by Congress. Congress has also prescribed
the manner In which the money raised by the
city for the support Of the schools shall be
divided between the white and colored schools.
In consequence Of the poverty Of the mass of the
coiosed people, 1t naturally happens that the
most Of the money for the support of the colored
schools is raised by taxes upon the white citi-
zens- This, though a heavy burden on the
whites because of the immense number Of COL
ored people brought here BY the war, is one that
should be cheerfully sustained, because it is for
the advantage of the entire community that all
elBldren should be educated. 1t is better to be
taxed for their education than for their support
In the almshouse or the Jail.


Well, under this allotment of money the col
Ored schools have received their full share ac-
cOrding TO the number of colored children in the
city The money, for instance, for the educa-
ton of the daughter of the Rev. Sella Martin
has been paid over to the colored school fund
IL makes no difference whatever If the child is
admitted as a white child. She has already been
reckoned in the colored quota and the money
has been allotted there for her education.
When, then, any cOlored child is admitted to a
white school it deprives some white child of the
means of education, BY taking the money allot-
ted for that white child i'm the division of the
fund. This is not equality, but inequality
with a vengeance


Further, it should be stated that the issue is
not made by the colored people of Washington.
who prefer to have their own school system lust
as they have their own churches, their own be-
neyolent societies, Masonic Lodges, &c, Sc:
but by the National Colored Mems Executive
Committee, who consider Washington CITY the
most favorable point TO force the adoption of
mixed schools, and who seem in planning their
eamI aign TO have entirely overlooked the fact
that, under the provisions of the law of Con-
gress apportioning the school funds, mixed
schools are impossible. Doubtless they see this
fact now, and We presume their new line of tao
tics viii be to effect a change in this law.
Year: 1869

Henry Ward Beecher is hauled over the Goals
deSeryedly by the press of the country for mix
ing himself up in the dscreditable Richardson
Mcfarland affair, and taking part in the mis-
cradle mockery of marrying the dying man To
the wife Of the man who shot him. Beecher Ia
50 hiied with the fussy vanity for display that
he seems to be willing to fasten himself to the
tail OF any nasty sensation kite.


HE truth is that none of the parties. nrinci
lais or Spectators in this miserable affair. have
any reason to pride themselves on their part in
it, 1t is quite time that the press and the pulpit
should speak out in the name of morality and
common decency to rebuke the attempt to gloss
over the shocking but legitimate results of free
love and the pursuit Of - affinites without re-
gard to the marriage tie-the attempt to make a
martyr OF the man who fell by bullet from
an injured husband.


Suppose Richardson had been simply ros-
uated by disease, or by some ordinary accident.
would there have been this extraordinary rush
o. DiVines, Bohemians and distinguished Of
heials to his bedside; and would the telegranhic
wires have been so loaded with gushing mes
sages Of sympathy from Tom, Dick and Harry
Not likely. There would have been wanting
the high-mounting sensation OF intrigue and
assassination for the siekly sentimentalists to
fasten 10.


ENOt HaOltttls ago tHeES was u paragraph
IN the papers illustI alive OF the free and easy
relations existing between husbands and wives
and other wives and husbands in a set CT ar
lists, BohC miaEs, and literary men of New York
city. A singular exhibit was presented of the
lcOseneS> of society under the modern teach
ings depreeiatory of the sanctity of the mar
riage tie. Ii seemed the commonest of events
in this circle for a wife to switch off from her
husband and children To seek her =" affinity in
some other husband, and rice reTsa. There was
hardly husband wife in the whole crowd
who had not been more or less divorced" In
this set Nr. Richardson was named, and we have
never he ard that he took any pains to dsavow
tie Osition and associations assigned him there.
IL IL said now By his apslOgists that he ssid not
hold to the loose moral ideas which have been
ascTibcd to him. and IN proof the fact Is
brought forward that he offered to marry the
woman Ii is a curious illustration of the social
Progress we are making, that il Is brought for
NaId - proof of the morality OF a man that he
made the shameless public avowal that there
was ''an understanding between the wife OF
another and himself that he would marry her so
soon "a she could 90 through the form of a di-
vOrce by the cheap and rapid process provided
by the laws of Indiana tor the affinity people,
In every aspect of the case it is simply disgust
ing and shocking, and the attempt to espouse
the cause of a man who perished i'm the act of
desOlating the hreside Of another Is calculated
TO show its detestable features in vet stranger
light