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Year: 1869

a certain sunday school teacher was
IN the haoIt OF making a collection in
the Juvenlie class for missionary money.
He was not a little surprised one day to
find counterfeit shilling among the
coppers, and on asking the class who
put it there, the donor was pointed ont
to him by one who had seen him de-
posit it. "Didn't you know il was COOL
for nothingi" said the teacher. Yes y
answered the boy" "Then what did
you put it in the box fori" The how
coolly replied 81 didn't know the little
heathens would know the difference. so
thought it would just be as good for
them.
Year: 1869

Mrs. Lincoln did nothing while she
was in the White House to entitle her
to pension eight or ten times as large
as the widow of any gallant man who
gave his life to his country, serving in
the army or navy, during the war,
There certainly is nothing il her man
ner of leaving it, nor in her bearing
since, to excite especial commentator
Again, she has liberal income already;
althou gh it may not be equal to the e1-
pense her vanity would crave, we have
no doubt it is equal to whatever money
can do to render her position becoming
to her relations to soCiety.-BOsIOn Post
37th.
Year: 1869

Thirty-six years ago man in For
syth county, North Carolina, newly
married, was arrested for some offence,
but made his escape, and not being
heard from afterwsrd, his wife mourn
ed him as dead. A few weeks since an
old gray-headed man stopped at the
house where she had lived and inquired
for her, and upon her appearance he
made himself known as her long lost
husband; and now they are living to:
gether as happily as a newly married
couple.
Year: 1869

The object Of this Association Is to secure 4
ash payment within forty days after the death
II q member Of ss many dollars as there are
members in the class 70 which he or she belongs,
% his or her heirs.
Year: 1869

"NOt yeti said little boy ss he
chased the bright.wingcd butterfly from
flower to flower, or bounded after his ball
over tho smooth lawn, or sent his kite to
toy with the clouds and sail with the wind
mot yet, LIN only a little boy now
when l grow older I'll think Of my soul


The little boy grew to be young man.


Ho had gathered the wisdom of centuries
and tho dialects Of many lands from books.
lie had drank deep Of the fountain Of
knowledge, and now turned his steps in
the paths Of the hard, earnest, practical
world. "NOt yet," said the young man,
II sm about to enter into business. When
l am once floating in full tide Of prosper.
ity, and can see my way clear before mo,
I will have more time. Till then my
soul will not suffer-


Ills business did prosper. Every.
thing be touched seemed to turn to gold.
Riches grew upon him, keeping pace with
the growth Of his years. "Not yet"
said the man Of wealth, mot yet. My
children must have all my care. When
they are settled in life, I shall be better
able to attend to my souls welfare


He lived to be an old gray haired man.
His "hildren had grown mp to DO mcu
and women, had all married, and were
now growing families Of their own.
"Not yet," said the old man, mot yet. I
shall soon retire from busincss-shall
turn it over to the boys-and then ahall
have oil the balance Of my days to devote
to my soul, and have nothing else to do
but to Ct myself for the other world"


Death came in the uight, and left the
old man q corpse. "Not yet! not yet I"
cried the old man to his terrible visitor,
mot yet! I ON not prepared to die I"
But death.had no heart, no pity, no com.
passion. lie struck and the old man fell
dead. He had put of that which should
have been the crown Of his childhood,
the trust Of his youth, the support of his
manhood, and the comfort Of his old age. |
"Not yet" had been his tane, his crime.
lie voluntarily kept God out of his life
and heart and at the last God knew him
not.


Reader, We have written but few lines,
yet in those lines VIC have penned the
history, from childhood to the grave, Of
seventy.6ve out Of every hundred human
beings who have lived and died since the
murder on Calvary.


Little children remember thy Creator
in the days Of thy youth, before the evil
days draw nigh"
Year: 1869

Soon after 4 o'clock yesterday morning a
freight train of the Hudson River Railroad bound down.
stopped on the track and Eleventh
ave. The customary precauton Of sending back man
TO warn approaching trains not complied with, ard
consequence another freight tram soon after into
Of the first ran smashing several and do
ing great deal Of damage. Before the railroad
pOy6s had recovered from their surprise at the
Ouences Of their carelessness third freight train
the Of the second also doing considerable dam
age Fortunately no person was injured The track
was soon cleared and the arrival and departure Of trains
was NOT much deranged.
Year: 1869

COURT NOTICE.
The Clerk of the Special Term wishes the
attention Of the Bar TO be called the fact that there
will be Court the fourth Monday Of this MONTH at
which Mr.. Justice Barnard will preside
Year: 1869

The only excuse for the slim
amonnt Of reading matter in this weeks
issue is that the annual Novber election
has occurred since our last issue our
Office has been almost turned upside
down printing tickets and our devil has
suddenly disappeard. We mean to be
all right next week and on time.
Year: 1869

OOOLPaO, NOV. q.


EDITOR OF TRANSCRIPT.


The election passed off very quietly
here to-day, with the exception of e. few
minutes. The appearance of one Of the
muffled- headed old Ring leaders here
to induce true Republicans to vote the
Democratic ticket, caused a little dis.
turbance, but it was only for a moment
He soon found that he had got in the
wrong pew, and left with an awful
whisky scowl on his face. Below you
will find the result Of tho vote in this
town:
Year: 1869

CUNNING OF THE FOX.-A hun
ter who was one morning keeping
watch in the forest saw u fox max
ing his approach toward the stump
of an old tree. When sufficiently
near he took high and determined
Jump Oh to the top of it, and after
looking round q while, hoped to the
ground again. After Reynard had
repeated this knightly exercise sew
eral times, he went his way but soon
returned to the spot, bearing a pretty
heavy piece of dry oak in his mouth,
and thus burdened, as it would seem
for the purpose Of testing his vault
ing powers, he renewed his leaps on
to the stump. After a time. how
ever,and when he found that weight.
ed as he was he could make the as.
cent with facility, he deslsted from
further efforts, dropped the piece of
wood from his mouth, and coiling
himself upon the top of the stump,
remained motionless rs if dead. -
At the app oach of evening an old
SOW and her progeny, five or six in
number, issued from II neighboring
thicket, and pursuing their usual
track, passed near to the stump in
question. Two of her sucklings
followed somewhat behind the rest,
and just as they ncared his ambush,
Michel, with the rapidity of thought,
darted down from his perch upon
one of them, and i'll the twiLkling
ofan eye, bore it i'll triumph to the
fastness he had so providcntially
prepared beforehand. Contounded
at the shrieks of her offspring, the
old SOW returned in fury to the spot,
and until late in the night made re.
pcated desperate attempts to storm
the murderer's stronghold; but the
fox took the matter coolly, and de-
voured the pig under the very nose
of its mothcr.-Ndturdiist in Nor
iCdy.
Year: 1869

The Legislature of New lamp.
shire has passed a bill allowing lime
per cent. or any less rate of interest,
by special contract, provided the vo.
ters of the State approve the bill at
the next election. II is not easy t.
see why 'nine per cent should have
been fixed rs the maximum. II
per cent. is arbitrary, 8 is no less so
and any limit whatever takes money
out of the rank of u commodity to
be bought OF sold in open market
AS the Tribune pointedly puts it 1:
No Legislature would think of pass.
ing II statute irreyoeably fixing the
price of wheat or coal. Money, It
may be said, is different matter
Very well, if this be 50, the question
arises whether six or seven per cent.
is not about as much as any ordinary
business can afford to pay
Year: 1869

The Sprague breach of promise
case which has filled the Chicago
papers for week past is ended in
the Court below, and a Judgment
rendered against the defendant for
the full amount of damages claimed
100000. The sum is large one:
apperantly disproportioned to the
damages actually sustained in
health, comfort or reputation and
in the opinion of thinking persons
will be considered unduly exempla-
ry, and enormous.


The defendant, Sprague, was old i,
llliterate, unattractive i'll mind and
person, but the single recommend
alton of wealth. The plaintiff was
young, intelligent, we'll educated,
and pleasing in person and manners
but lacked the adventitiOus charms
of fortune. In business partner.
ship for life his cash would have
been fair equivalent for her accom-
plishments, but the world will be
slow to believe that love would have
had much to do in cementing the
uniOh. Observation and experience
both establish tn fact that i n
matches such as this, the aged suit
or brings the entire cabital of attec-
tion invested in the concern. The
damage to any complainant in
such case is merely nominal, and
the plea of 'blighted affection is not
the ground upon which swinging
damages are usually awarded by
juries.


In this case we have not far to
look for the facts which controlled
the jury. The contract of marriage
was not denied by defendant, but he
undertook to release himself from
its legal obligations by defaming
the woman he once professed to love
AS an excuse for the nou u-tut tillment
of his marriage engagement he i'm
peached the chastity of the plaintiff,
and failed to sustain his allegations.
There is no instance on record in
which such an attempt and failure
has not reacted with tenfold force,
and led to larger awards than could
otherwise ever have beer obtained.


BY common consent the traduceI
of female virtue is placed, by this
act, outside the protection of law.
The Sprague case affords an instance
of traduction n weak attempt at
justification and the severest pos
sible punishment under the circum
Stances Milwaukee News.
Year: 1869

NOVEL WAY OF STOPPING A
RAILWAY TRAIN.-The Albany Ar
gus of Thursday morning relates the
following story of the last resort to
stop a railway train


a friend informs us Of the novel
mode adopted to stop railroad train
in Vermont the other day. He was
at Centre Rutland, a way station,
where the train did not stop except
upon the signal of a red flag. 1t
was early in the morning, and the
station man had not arrived. A wO-
man with two small children came
to take the cars, and was anxiOusly
waiting their arrival. The time was
nearly up, and yet no appearance Of
the station master. The woman
grew more anxious. She said there
was no signal, and she must take
that train at all hazards. "Why,"
said she, +" L can now hear the cars
cOming-what shal! l do! must
go on this train" This appeal was
addressed to our friend, who, by the
way, is over six feet tall and 'well
proportiOned." After thinking %
moment he asked the woman if she
did not have something red about
her, shawl OF something. She re-
Piled that she had not. In q mo-
ment thought struck her, and she
said-'yes, have on me a red pet
ticoat; will that dor Certainly
said our friend y will elevate it
on my walking stick, and if that
don't stop the train then there is no
virtue in woman's expedients." The
experiment was tried, and the en-
3lem Of woman's rights brought tho
rushing train to stand Oh time
The woman was delighted with her
success, and laughed as heartily over
the repetition of the story as any Of
the passengers on the train.
Year: 1869

BE A CooK.-Why are young ladies taught the
use of the celestial globe, bat never cookery? If
| was young clerk, lawyer without briefs,
how much rather would I marry girl who
could give me good omelette, until we could
afford to keep artistic, then one who could
speak French with an English accent, or play
indifferently on a cheap piano. Talk of ro-
nance! In all the courtship OF fiction, what is
more touching than the making of a becfsteak
pudding by Tom Pnch's sister? And this is
attraction, remember, that remains when beauty
has departed, when the beloved object has
grown old, and there is not enough hair left at
the back of the head to cover the frisettel 0
woman, woman take good advice and learn to
cook Then shall your gentle ministrations be
as q sweet SAVIOR in the nostrils of your husband
Teach all your girls to cook, ana you shall be
blessed even by the generation that comes after
you. The teachings of the just smell sweet.
Or if moral considerations have no weight with
you, reflect how infinitely preferable it is for
your daughters to be culinary artistic and ruler
de facto of her own household, than to be
music teacher with half salary, or poor wife
suubbed BY servants.
Year: 1869

RICHARD GRANT WHITE says in the last Gal
airy: alt is rot generally known, we believe
that the story history on which Shakespeare
founded Macbeth, mentions Lady Macbeth as the
wife of Duncan. The Thane of Cawdor was a
frequent visitor to the castle Of Duncan and, as
he was a brave soldier and gallant and inter
esting gentleman for that time, she fell in love
with him. After long intrigue she planned
the murder of her lord whom she had grown to
hate inspired Macbeth with her idea by appeal
ing to his ambition and passion, and SO urged
him to the bloody deed, in which she assisted
Such plot, however would have been too much
like Hamlet, already written and produced ON
the stage; and Shakespeare, therefore, who was
more an artist than has ever been shown
altered the original story for thu sake of variety
and to suit his own purpose.
Year: 1869

THE DANGER OF BEYZ.NE.-Familes should be
informed that the liquid called benzine, which
they freely in removing grease and stains
from clothing, is very dangerous article. Itis
one of the substances distilled from petroleum,
and is highly volatile, iafammable, and, when
the vapor is mixed with air, explosive. very
small quantity is capable Of doing irreparable
mischief. The contents Of n four-ounce vial, if
overturned and vaporized, would render the air
of moderate sized room explosive; or, if igni-
ted, whole family might be seriously burned or
lose their lives from it. It should never be used
in the vicinity of flames and it is important to
remember, that through the medium of the es-
GAPING vapor, when the vial is uncorked. flames
will leap to it through space of seven feet.
Benzine is often sold under various fanciful
names; and therefore any article procured from
druggists for removing oil grease from fabrics,
should be handled with the utmost care
Year: 1869

CARRors A SUBSTITUTES FOR EaGs IN Pup
DISos.-lt is not generally known, and will not,
perhaps be credited that boiled carrots. when
properly prepared, form an admirable succeda-
neum for eggs in the making of puddings. They
must, for this purpose, be well boiled and
mashed, and afterwards passed through coarse
cloth, or horsehair sieve. A pudding composed
partly of the above material will be found to be
considerable lighter than if the same had been
made with eggs, and will impart far more
grateful and agreeable favor.
Year: 1869

To CLEAN GLAss.-Common newspaper is the
best article. The chemical preparation of some
Ingredient of the printing ink gives beautiful
polish. Slightly moisten a piece of paper, roll
1t up and rub the glass, then take dry, soft
piece and repeat the process. No lint will ro-
main az in the case Of using CLOTH
Year: 1869

How BEDS SHOULD srAsD.--Aphy-
sician writes to the Dublin Journal
of Medicine in support of the old


notion that people sleep much better
with their heads to the north. He
has tried the experiment in the case
Of sick persons with marked effect
and insists that there are known tc
exist electric currents, always cross
ing in one direction around the
earth, and that our nervous systems
arein some mysterious way connect


with this electrical agent. Let tn


beds all head towards the north pole
Year: 1869

DoN'T TAKE NEwspAPERs.--The
Little.en, California, Republic says:
"The man who does not take q
newspaper was in Littleton the other
day. He drove up to the Methodist
church to get his horse fed, called
at the post Office for ginger bread
and cheese, inquired at DR.. Watson's
drug store for yard Of muslin and
for q handkerchief, looked in at the
book store to see if he could not get
a little tea and coffee, went to the
express Office to buy a pair Of boots
and wound up by calling at Burgess
harness shop for a peck Of corr
meal"
Year: 1869

A Mr.. Burnett, of Rienzi, Miss,
made o wheat experiment worth
reading. A piece Of land was select
ed Of tie most barren quality. Upon
this land thirty bushels of cotton
seed were sown per acre, then the
wheat in the ordinary way, and
turned under with a turning plow


His crop is now ready for harvesting
and it ia reckoned twenty bushels o
| GOOD wheat per ocre will be gathered
Year: 1869




II will be remembered that the
Empress Eugenie, a few years ago,
was so profoundly moved BY the
sudden death Of her sister that she
intended to descend from the throne
and enter into a cloister. She did
go in deep mourning to Scotland,
where she refused to see anybody.
and lived for a short time in the
most unpretending manner. The
Duke dc Persigny had the utmost
difficulty in pcrsuadips her to return
to France. 1t has now been ascer-
tained that the young sister in quss-
ton committed suicide in q fit Of
jealousy, caused by the thoughtless
conduct of the Empress, and hence
her Maesty's remorse. MI
Year: 1869

The NEW TvENTY-FIvE CENT CURRENCY.
small lot OF the new twenty live cent notes
have been received at the Treasury Depart
ment, but they will not be finished and ready
for circulation for sc verai days.
Year: 1869

not have to lament the death of the only
male companion whom she had cherished
during ell her maidenhood. Nothing
more natural than to prosecute the Arion
for damages, and if Mr.. Eugene Haas
cannot prove that he is innocent of Pol.
ly's death, be evidently will have to pay
the twenty-five dollars claimed by Miss
Kunigunda.


The second suit is told in less words,
though the facts in the case, when it will
come into the Court, will evidently be
much more interesting. In reporting it
we follow the German papers of yester-
day, who gave the details in full.


Among the many uptown visitors OF
the first musical summer night of the
Arion, who expected to be brought to
their homes after the concert had ended
by the promised extra cars, was also the
well known Captain julius Muller, who,
after having lost one of his legs in the
nations struggle against the rebellion,
provided himself with a wooden leg, and
acquired the habit of walking with it as if
it were grown to his body. Disappointed
in their expectations to find the prom
ised extra cars, Captain Muller and
some others of his uptown friends, con.
cluded to swallow their anger at Tony
Faust's, and nobody can tell the number
of glasses required to brighten up their
minds and fortify themselves for a walk
up to Market street. Suffice that the
party on their way up town at various
points measured the breadth of the street,
until Captain Muller unfortunately STUN
bled and broke his wooden limb. What
| tee nature of the damage may be, besides
the manufacture of new leg, we do not
know. We only see from our German
contemporaries, that Captain Muller sued
the President of the Arion for $4,000
damages, stating that if the promised ex-
ira cars had been on hand, Captain Mul.
Ter would have travelled home directly
and would not have been put 10 condi-
tion to break his leg.


If the case is not settled amicably, the
whole G. A. r. will escort Captain Null
Ter to the court and strengthen his case
by the moral effects of their presence
We hope that the two cases may be tried
the same day-no jury in the world
could resist the tears of Fraulein Kune.
gunds and the martial appearance of
Captain Julius.
Year: 1869

How 10 Revive Drowned Persons.


As the bathing season has now begun,
and accidents by drowning are likely to


sometimes happen, we reprint from a
high scientific authority the following
directions for the resuscitation of per-


sons rescued from drowning before life is
entirely extinct. They may possibly
prove useful in saving valuable lives,
and should be preserved or remembered:
l. Lay the drowned man at once fiat
on his stomach, with his face to the
ground, and q folded coat or bundle under
his chest
2. Place your hands fat between his


shoulder blades and make firm pressure,
so as to squeeze the air out of his chest;
then turn the body slowly on to one side
and little beyond. Replace him quickly
on his face. Count four, to mark four
seconds Of time, and then repeat the


process, commencing by squeezing the
air out Of the chest again. =.


3. Wet clothes should be removed and
dry ones substituted, each bystander con-
tributiHg The body TO be rubbed dry
briskly, and the face kept from contact
with the ground by an assistant.


4. Do not squeezs the air out OF the
patients chest, il be is breathing, but
wait and watch, merely drying the BODY
and changing the clothing.
Year: 1869

be given at the Council for the defence Of errors
which have already been condemned and that we
could not have invited non Catholics TO discussion.
hut have only urged them ito avail themselves OF the
opportunity afforded by tins council. In which the
Catholic Church. TO which their forefathers belonged
gives new proof OF Its close unity and invincible
vitality and to satisfy the wants OF their souls by
Withdrawing from a state in which they cannot be
sure OF their salvation" II, by the inspiration of
Divine grace, they shall perceive their own danger
and shall seek GOD with their whole heart they will
easily cast away all preconcelyed and adverse
opinions and, laying aside all desire OF dsputa-
ton, they Will return 70 the Father from whom
they have long unhappily gone astray. We. on our
part, viii Joyfuy run 10 meet them. and, embracing
them with fathers charity, we shall rejoice, and
the Church Will rejoice with u.s. that our children
who were dead have come to life again, and that
they who were lost have been found. This, indeed,
we earnestly ask Of God; and do you venerable
brother, join your PRAYERS to ours.


In the meanwhile, as token OF the Divine favor
and OF our own especial benevolence, We most
lovingly give TO you and TO your diocese our Apos-
tolic blessing.


Given at ST. Peters. in Rome, this Attn day OF Sep
tember 1869, in the twenty fourth year of our Pom
titcate. POPE Plus TX.


The Letters Apostolic OF September s 1885, addressed ITO
all Protesants and other nonCaiholics."
Year: 1869

The battle over the Tenure of Office
bill wakes warm, in the papers and Con
gress, with the anti-repealists evidently
in the ascendency in the Senate. In this
day when good laws are not any too
plenty, 1t is not right to wipe out good
ones. We think the Tenure law a good
one. The following defines the position
of the New York Tribune on the ques>
ton, and suits us:


If there be those who supported the
act of March 2, 1867, regulating the Ten
ure of Offices simply or mainly because
Andrew johnson, then President, had
proved a renegade and a traitor, and
was bent on thrusting from Office those
who did not unite in his apostasy, they
may with perfect consistency now favor
the unqualified repeal of that measure;
but we are not Of them. We heartily
supported that act because we believed
IL substantially just, benefcent, and in
tended to arrest q baleful practice based
on an assumption of power unwarranted
by the Federal Consultation


These convictions, we need not say,
were formed long before we ever heard
OF Gen. Grant, and are no wise affected
by the circumstance that he is Presi-
dent. We have never asked nor cared
what he thought of the Tenure-of-Of,
ice act. nor whether he preferred its re-
tention, its modification or it's repeal.
We arc not accustomed to recast or
twist our opinions to adapt them to the
merdian OF the White House. r4o