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Year: 1869

AGE OF THE EARTH.-Among the as
founding discoveries OF science is that OF
the immense periods that have passed in
the gradual formation Of the earth. So
vast were the cycles of time preceding
even the appearance Of man on the sur
face Of our globe, that our own period
seems as yesterday when compared with
the epochs that have gone before it. Had
wesonly the evidence Of the deposits of
rocks heaped on each other in regular
strata by the slow accumulation of materi-
ais, they alone would convince US of the
long and slow maturing Of Gods work on
earth but when we add te these the sue
cessive population Of whose life the world
has been the theatre, and whose remains
are hidden in the rocks into which the
mud, or sand, or soil Of whatever kind on
which the lived. has hardened in the course
of time-or the enormous chains OF noun
tains whose upheaval divided these periods
of quiet accumulation OF great commissions
or the changes Of a different nature in
the confguration OF our globe, as the sink
ing of lands beneath the ocean, or the
gradual risiDgs Of continents and islands
above-or the slow growth Of the coral
reefs, those wonderful seawals raised by
the little ocean architects, whose own
bodies furnish both the building stones
and the cement that binds them together,
and who worked so busily during the long
centuries, that there are extensive coun-
tries. mountain chains, Islands and long
lines of coasts. consisting solely Of their
remains-or the countless forests that
have grown up, hourished and decayed, TO
fill the storehouse Of coal that feeds the
fires Of the human race. If we consider
all these records Of the past, the intellect
fails to grasp chronology OF which our
experience furnishes no data. the time
that lies behind as seems as much an
eternity to our conception as the future
that stretches indefinitely before US.
Year: 1869

REUNION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
Inc basis OF reunion was accepted last evening
unanimously by the New School, and with bui
seven dissenting voices in the Old School
Assembly, both in session IN New York.
During the discussion in the New School Rev
Dr Pratt maintained that there was q differ
ences in the doctrine, but none In the phiIoso
Phy OF the doctrine between the two branches
Rev. DIR. Howard wished that the union should
not De hurried through. He also expressed a
hope OF union with the Southern Presbyterian
Church. Rev. DIR. johnson wished 1t to be
understood and borne in mind that there Were
real differences between them and their brethren
OF the Old school, but the union takes place
Notwithstanding.


In the Old School Assembly Rev. Dr. Lowrie
opposed the union, on the ground that strict
orthodoxy and Calvanism should be main-
tanned.
Year: 1869

METHODIST WOMEN To NoTR.-The great
question of lay delegation IN the NethodIst
Episcopal Church OF toe United States will
probably be al rest for ever next month. The
contest will be one VI the most important an
the history OF this demon nation, and n will
he marked by a peculiar feature. which NAV
he regarded as significant sign OF times. Tne
sisters OF every church have been empowered
10 vote on the subject, and they Will doubtless
exercise the franchise the first time an casting
their ballots TO change the present mode OF rep
resen alton. Ii is optional, We believe, win
the churches 70 hold the elections ~ any time
IN une, but the vote must be taken before Au-
gust.
Year: 1869

LOUISVILLE, May 2S.-The Republican State
Convention met yesterday, at Lexington and
nominated E-Rumsey (Whig) for State Treasu.
rer. The resolutions adopted regard the ad
ministration OF President Grant aa wise and
sound and pledge that the party will support
him heartily. They recommended the speedy
ratification of the fifteenth amendment as CON-
ducive TO the welfare ofthe country; advocate
the payment OF the national debt and claim
that the colored population have the right 70
TESTIFY in all cases upon the same footingiwitn
whites -
Year: 1869

DAVIS PAIN KILLER has won for itself n
reputation UNSURPASSED in the history of medic al
preparations Its instantaneous effect in the erxi-
ication OF pain, and the verbal Testimony Of the
masses in It's favor have been and are its own best
advertisement Every family should keep it in
heir homes in Gaze Of sudden attacks OF mauy dis
Eases In which 1t 70 an q n tidote nv 22Im
Year: 1869

t~A Norwich merchant bought dog OF n
sailor the other day. who wanted the money 10
help him on TO Boston. paying ~ for the
animal; but the sailor had hardly got out of
sight when the dog shot out OF the door after
his old master, and the owner has not seen
either since. How many times the dog mas
SOLD IN buying the dog. Is matter OF specula.
ton.
Year: 1869

The Butte Record in alluding to the
incorporation of the company proposing to
extend the Vallejo railroad to Red Bluff,
says:


The construction of this as now contem-
plated, and the extension Of the Oroville
road to Chico, will pretty effectually drain
the Sacramento Valley and center it at
Vallejo 1t will as completely destroy the
California. and Oregon road for the business
Of the upper Sacramento Valley as if that
road had never been built Fore seeing
this the Central Pacific Railroad Company
have caused "A rumor to prevail to the effect
that they intend building branch road to
Benicia I" 1t is undoubtedly a canard, +"
says correspondent Of the Union, "put
into circulation by that large-souIed cor
poration to annoy the Vallejo road. The
exhibition of malignity and meanness dis
played by the Central people toward the
California Pacific railroad is unworthy of
child, and proves to what petty spites Il
railroad company, intended to be national
in It's character, can stop. Not content
with fattening sf of the generosity of the
government and people and expressing the
localities through which it passes, it must
try and crush out road that interferes
with its grasping propensities. The rapid
lty with which the California Pacific rail
road has been pressed toward Marysvile,
and the possibility Of its Ultimately beconl-
ing part of the Union Pacific road, is
where the shoe pinches, and we may say
God speed the day when such conclusion
may be arrived al"
Year: 1869

SAVE something; no matter how little
1t may be, always save something Never
turn away your head from small savings
they are the foundation of all great ones


Many man would rather throw away a
penny than pick it up. if it lay before him


Yet penny day is nearly eight dollaIs a
year; eight dollars is the interest Of be-


tween one and two hundred dollars capital


!" Waste not want not" is an old saying;
and he who is extravagant enough to cast
away what can be made useful, though il
be but trife, may expect to see the day
when even that trife would be acceptable
Year: 1869

WHITE PINE ExCENTRIcITIEs- Here
is a little chapter from the White Pine
News on +" fastidious people,"


Some people are 50 particular about their
surroundings that there's no getting ong
with them. In new country like this,
where every man cannot have house to
himself, II is necessary for people to haul
IN on the sharp corners Of their natural
dispositions, and accommodate themselves
to an association, sometimes, with those
who are not exactly what they would fancy.
We aeard man object to Peter Toft' S
nabit Of carrying his change Of socks, be-
fore and after changing, in his pantaloons
pocket, to be used occasionally as hand
kerehlef. Another man up in this camp
had bed in the same room with a man
from Sonoma The Sonoma man had q
habit Of sottening his sock in the morning
betor putting them on He was in the
habit OF going TO bed early, so as to give
his socks a chance; and then, instead of
taking them in shape, after drying, aad
wearing them rights and let's like Chris
tian, this man from oonoma insisted on
softening his socks every morning. The
way he did it was by hammerlug them on
the bedpost till they began to crack, then
rubbing them briskly in his hands-wash-
ing, like Sir Jacob, with Invisible soap.
and imperceptible water" Our friend in
the next bed is a late riser He would be
sleeping his best about sock time, but the
dust would wake him The dust each time
filed the room worse than the food of light
that Ben Adhem saw. This thing was
troublesome, but looms were scarce. Our
friend could get good sleep in the morn
ing only by getting up il the night and
sprinkllng down Sonoma's socks, 80 they
wouldn't dry by daylight. But Sonoma
concluding that the roof leaked, took to
sleeping with his socks under his head,
and soon got the room to himself
Year: 1869

Some 'horrid wretch having ventured on
the opinion that "a woman who loves unsought,
deserves the scorn Of the man she loves, is
shot dead by the following from lady cores


Heaven forgive me but may the man who
penned that never see another bonnet! May
no white dimpled arms ever encircle his era
vat, or buttons vegetate his shirt. May no rosy
lips ever press his moustache and the fates
grant that his dicky strings break short off ev-
cry morning. May no woman's heart ever
learn to beat faster at the mention of his name
and may his stockings always need darling.


And when his nerves are unstrung by dis
ease, and his head throbs with pain, as though
an earthquake were brewing in it, may he have
nothing in his sick chamber but boot heels and
see not one inch of muslin or crinoline


Give her love unasked? D, with true
hearted man this would, methinks, be the
reason Of reasons why he should love her. She
gives to him her whole heart, for in those things
woman does not work by halves; not from
gratitude because he loves her; and from pity
or charity, because he has begged it of her !;
but because-because dear me it will take
more of philosopher than [ an to account for
the undeniable fact that women do sometimes
love the horrid creatures called men,.
Year: 1869

Gone, gone, are the days Of my childhood
And gone is that youthful band
Which wandered with me through the wildwood
When life was all hopeful and young
Their voices are gone from the playground,
Their faces see there no more,
But the school-house is standing as brown,


And the creek rolls on as before
Gone! are the feet which traversed its shore.


And swung on the trelsing vine;
Its time-worn banks shall echo no more


Their footsteps, bent hither with mine;
Gone are the feet which sought the woods thro


In search of each berry and grape
Needless of time, how swiftly it flew


How often we rambled too late.
And I smile as L m thinking it O er-


When returning with nuts and haws,
How the master would come to the door,


And scold us for breaking his laws.
Gone is the schoolgirls laughing face


Those childish sports forever yer
And those l meet in womanly grace


TAey-are those little girls no more
Gone! is the schoolboy's shout at play


In answer to his comrades call;
With the men of earth he stands to-day
/ He's laid by his paddle and ball.
Those who are left of that broken band


All those who were spared through the war,
Are scattered here and there through this land,
And others wandering affair."
True, voices still ring through that forest,


And their shout is Of childish glee,
But alas tell you they are not


The children that played there with me.
For gone are the days Of my childhood,


And gone is that youthful throng
Which wandered with me through the wildwood,


When we were all children quite young.


EDNIE,
Year: 1869

AliS LII diAS " ..


Finding that the freights by Railroad lines
completely prevented the importation Of the
ready made tile from the Factories In New
Jersey, my attention was called to a substitute,
which should be under the control of every
farmer Some years ago, when Superinten-
dent Of the University of Va, | required
drains of a cheap character, and had made at
our own brick yard, lot of grooved or gutter
brick, which, when covered by the same article
reverted, gave me a perfectly circular pipe drain
inches in diameter. The same article when
covered with slate gave a semi-crcular drain OF
that diameter, ofhalf the capacity. AS these
articles answered the purpose at that time, L
wrote to the distinguished Drainage Engineer,
COL Waring for his opinion. His answer was:
''If your gutter bricks are made true they will
answer a good purpose, but OF course the slate
covering should be strong enough to bear the
pressure of the earth | have ascertalned
that gutter brick II inches long can be made
on the farms for S.. 80 per thousand, clay and
wood being furnished so that the actual cost Of
3 inch drain will be $lI per thousand feet,
and the half size equivalent to two inch drain
will cost say including the rough slate covering
$6 so per thousand feet The factory prices
for these being severally $45 and $35 for the
best, to which add so per cent for transporta
ton, and at these high prices there is such a
demand for the article that it would probably
be some months before enough could be OBJ
tained to make fair trial. Those who desire
to do this should Immediately contract for the
necessary bricks and have the trenches dug, so
as to be ready for corn planting on the i'm
proved land. AS it is not profitable to burn less
than 80 thousand, we recommend our friends
to have $4,000 common and $4,000 gutter
bricks burnt together, so that they may have
both kinds as they require them. ~
Year: 1869

TRIBUTE TO WoMEN.-Place her among
flowers, foster her as tender plant, and she is
thing OF fancy, waywardness and sometimes
folly, annoyed by dew drop, tretted By the
touch of a butterfly wing, and ready to faint
at the rustic of beetle; the zephyrs are too
rough, the showers are too heavy, and she is /,
overpowered by the perfume ofa rosebud. But
let real calamity come-rouse her affections
enkindle the fire of her heart and mark her
then; how her heart strengthens itself, how
strong is her purpose. Place her in the heat
Of battle, give her child, "a bird, anything she
loves or pitles to protect, and see her, as in an
instant, raising her white arms and shield it as
own blood crimsons her up-turned forehead
praying for life to protect the helpless. Trans
plant her in the dark places of earth-awaken
her energies to action, and her breath becomes
healing, her presence blessing She dis
putes, inch by inch, the stride of the stalking
pestilence, when man, the strong and brave
shrinks away pale and affrighted Misfortune
daunts her not; she wears away a life of silent
endurance, and goes forward with less timidjty
to her grave than to her bridal


In prosperity she is bud full of odors. wait
ing but for the winds Of adversely to scatter
them abroad, pure gold valuable but united
In the furnace. In short, woman is MIRACLE
mystery, the centre from which radiates the
great charm Of existence
Year: 1869

Suppose we saw an army sitting down before
granite fortress, and they told US they intend
ed to batter it down We might ask them,
How? They point US to cannon-ball. Well.
but there is no power in that 1t is heavy, but
no more than hundred-weight, or half hun
dredweight If all the men in the army were
to throw it, that would make no IMPRESSION
They say: 'No, but look at the cannon
Well, but there is no power in that it is a
machine, and no more. But look at the DOW
der! Well, there is no power in that; child
may spill it, sparrow would pick it up. Yet
this poweress ball is put into this power!ess
cannon one spark Of fire enters it, and then, in
the twinkling of an eye, that powder is a flash
of lightning, and that cannon ball is thunder
bolt, which smites as If it had been sent from
heaven So it is with our church machinery
of the present day. We have our instruments
for pulling down the strongbolds, but o for the
baptism of t.fre!-Reo W. Anhur
Year: 1869

THE WORLDS MADNESS. When | lool. a.
round upon a busy, bustling world, eagerly
pursuing and counting disappointment, neglect
ing nothing so much as the one thing needfu
and who, in order to have their portion in this
life, disregard the world to come and only treas


ure up wrath, it makes me think of farmer.
who should, with vast labor, cultivate his lands,
and gather in his crop and then thrash it out.
and then separate the corn from the chaff, and
then sweep the corn out upon the dung-hill.
and carefully lay by the chaf Such person
would be supposed mad; but how faint shadow
would this be of his madness who labors for the
meat that perishcs, but negects that which
endureth unto everlasting life ? 1t is madness,
the whole race OF men labor under, unless, and
until, divine grace works the cure -T Scott
Year: 1869

FAMILY WORSHIP. Family worship should
be brief 1t should consist of the reading of
few verses of Gods holy Word-not a long
chapter the singing of few lines of some
familiar hymn, and then hort prayer, offered
to the Lord of all, in a soft, subdued tone of
voice should conclude the services. We have
noticed in those families where these things are
observed that the time of worship was precious,
the influence sweet, result lasting. Long pray
ers are the result of habit, perhaps, more than
anything else, and as such may be easily cor
rected By doing unto others as they would have
others do unto US, though we remember having
heard minister say that it seemed to him that
he was accomplishing nothing unless he prayed
long-as though a prayer or sermon were no
thing unless long.
Year: 1869

Not long since party was given
near Hannibal, when a misehievOus
young woman thought to enjoy the
fun to be derived from passing herself
for a young man Just arrived from q
strange locality. But the male por-
ton of the party penetrated the dis
guise, and Immediately set their wits
to work to have little sport over the
affair. 1t seems that horses had been
stolen in the neighborhood, and they
caused the report to be whispered
about, taking good care the disguised
woman should hear it. Finally the
report that the thief was probably in
the room went the rounds, the young
lady was pointed out and the yell was
set up "there he is, now" Revolvers
were drawn in an instant, and the Ia
dy presuming they were really seri-
Gus, and not wishing to be exposed in
company, also fearing they would
shoot her without ceremony, sprang
out of the room and ran furiously for
home. The pistols were fired in the
air, and the fugitive presuming the
next shot might be fatal, pulled off
her cap, let down her hair, ana
screamed at every jump, "I'm a wO-
man, don't you see my hair?" The
boys were so excited by laughter that
they could neither shout nor longer
run. They halted, but the disguised
female continued to run, screaming at
the top of her voice, "I'm a woman,
don't you see my hair ?"-HdnRibaL
Courier.
Year: 1869




Not by tumbling into the river and
dragging home wet as a drowned rat;
not by being plunged into the mud,
or spilled out in the snow in sleighing
time: not by walking for hours, over
shOe-top in mud not by soaking in
the rain, without an umbrella; not by
scrubbing the floor until the unname-
able sticks to you like a wet rag; not
by hoeing potatoes until you are in a
lather of a sweat; these are not the
things which give people colds; and
yet they are all the time telling US
how they caught their "death-eOld by
exposure.


The time for taking your cold is af-
ter your exercise the place is in your
own house, or office, or counting
house. 1t is not the act of exercise
which gives the cold, but it is the
getting cold too quick after exercis-
ing. For example, you walk very
fast to get to the railway station, or to
the ferry, or to catch an omnibus, or
to make time for an appointment; !;
your mind being ahead of you, the
body makes an extra effort to catch
up with it, and when you get to the
desired spot, you raise your hat and
find yourself in a perspiratiOn; you
take seat, and feeling quite comfort
able as to temperature you read a
newspaper, and before you are aware
of it, you experience a sensation of
chilliness, and the thing is done you
look around to see where the cold
comes from and find an open window
near you, or a door, or that you have
taken a seat at the forward part of the
car, and it is moving against the
wind. strong draft is made through
the crevices.


After any kind of exercise, do not
stand a moment at street corner, for
anybody or anything; nor at an open
door or window. When you have
been exercising in any way whatever,
winter or summer, go home at once,
or to some sheltered place; and how
ever warm the room may seem to be,
do not at once pull off your hat and
/ cloak, but wait awhile, five minutes
or more, and lay aside one at time,
thus acting a cold is impossible. No
| tice a moment: When you return
/ from a brisk walk and enter a warm
room, raise your hat and your fore
head will be moist let the hat remain
a few moments and feel the forehead
again, and it will be dry, showing
that the room is actually cooler than
your body, with your out door cloth
ing on, you have really cooled off full
soon enough. Many of the severest
colds have known men to take were
the result of sitting down to a warm
meal in a cool room after long walk;
or being engaged in writing, have LEI
/ the fire go out, and the first admOni-
ton of it was the creeping chilliness
which is the forerunner of a severe
cold. Persons have often lost theil
lives by reading in a room where
there was no fire, although the wealth
er outside was rather comfortable
Sleeping rooms long unused have de-
stroyed the life of many a visitor anC
friend. Our splendid parlors and Oul
nice "spare room" help to enrich
many a doctor.
Year: 1869

Rev. Edwin Clay, NJ. D., writes
from Pugwash, Canada, as follows:


On Friday night last Mr.. Cornelius
Crowley retired with his family to
rest, a little after dark. About 10
O'Clock they were aroused by the
sound of fire somewhere in the build
ing. On springing from his bed he
found the whole body of the house in
flames. His first thought was to get
help, so he ran at once to the barn.
where two of his sons were sleeping.
On his return he found it impossible
to get up stairs, where five of his fam
lily were sleeping, or to his fathers
room, where the old mar and a little
son were sleeping together. But Mrs.
Crowley, with her babe in her arms
succeeded in arousing some of those up
stairs Her brother and sister threw
| themselves out of the window, forget
/ ting the three children who were still
/ asleep in another bed. The mothers
| screams awakened the eldest daugh-
/ ter, and she came to the window and
asked what she could do, when her


mother urged her to throw herself
down from the window, but she re-
piled, mo; my brother and sister


must be saved" She then returned
| through the heat and smoke, and took
| her sleeping brother, q little younger
| than herself mine years. in her arms,
/ and carried him to the window, with
no injury except q slight seOrching of


his face and hair. She then returned
/ through the floor and brought a still
/ younger sister (seven years. to the
/ window, and here the dear girl had


more than she could do, for her sister


in her fright refused to be thrown of,


and with the flames coming up around


her, she struggled with her until she
put her out off the window, and
the child dropped helplessly to the
ground. After hanging a moment or


two upon the window sill, she drop
ped down herself, distance of near


ly sixteen feet. When she rose from
the ground she said II am done, moth


er; but have saved my brother and
sister from being burnt up.U The


mother, with her burnt children, then


walked q distance of six hundred and
seventy yards II had it measured), to


the first neighbOr's house, in a state Of


nudity, for they had not saved any


clothing. was soon sent for, and, in
! about three hours after the fire was at


tending to the wants of the suffering
/. children. / saw there was no hopes


of saving the dear girl. From her


forehead to the bottom of her feet she


was one mass of burnt flesh. This,
/, with the fearful shock received from


jumping so far, and walking such q


distance in the cold (the night being


chilly, caused her to sink very rapid
: ly, and at six in the morning she died,
} aged eleven years and eight months,
. martyr to the love of her brother
. and sister.