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Year: 1869

Nobody is more like nm honest man than
p thorough rogue. When you see man
with a great deal of religion displayed III
his shop window, you may depend upon it
he keeps II very small stock of it within.
Do not choose your friend by his looks;
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
Don't be fond of compliments; remember


.'Thank you, pnssy, and thank you,
pussy" killed the cat. Don't believe
Ill the man who talks most, for
mewing cats are very seldom good
mousers. BY no means put yourself III an
other persons power; ifyou put your thumb
between two grinders, they are very apt to
bite Drink nothing without seeing it, sign
nothing without reading it. and make SINE
that ii means no more than it says. Don't
go to law unless You have nothing to lose;
lawyers houses are built on fools heads. In
any business, never wade into water where
you cannot see the bottom. PutnO depend
ence upon the label of a bag: and count
money after your kin. See the sack open
before you buy what is in it; for he who
trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Keep
clear of the man who does not yalne his
own character. Beware Of the man who
swears, he who would blaspheme the
Maker would make no bones OF lying or
stealing Beware of no man more than of
youselfi We carry our worst enemies with
as. When new opinion OF doctrine
comes before you, do not bite I'LL YOU know
whether 1t IS bread or a stone; and do not


he sure that the gingerbread is good be-
cause of the gilt on it. Never shout


halo till you are quite out of the
wood: and never cry fried fish until they
are caught III the net There is always
time enough TO boast wait q little longer.
Don't throw away dirty water till you have
cot clean; keep ON seraping the roads till
YOU can get better work; for the poorest
Day is better than none; and the hUmblest
Office is better than being out of employ
ment. Always give up the road to bulls
and madmen, and never fight with a GOA
heaver, OF contend with a base character.


for they will be sure to blacken you.-Rev
| q II. SDlly'ueO3
Year: 1869

From the Albany Knickerbocker, Aug. n.


We have Just heard of n rather romantic
story which has transpired in this city, the
truth of which we can vouch for, notwlth-
standing its sensational proclivities A
few years since, a girl living as domestic
in an aristocratic and wealthy family Of
Liverpool. England, won the affections Of
the son of that family. The young man
became smitten Of his inamorata and re-
solved upon marrying her. When he made
his intentions known to his parents, Sc
rious opposition was manifested. The
girl, although q good one, virtuous and
honest, was not in keeping with the fam
ilv standing In society. To marry such
q one was considered disgrace in Eng
land, especially when the family oi
the young man is Of the highest
blood. Notwithstanding all this, the young
man cast aside 5ll family ties, and married
the poor girl of his affections who was
only q servant IN his fathers house. The
result was, that the boy was driven from
the parental root, and took up his humble
abode with his wife. They lived together
in peace and happiness a long while. A
son was born out of this marriage. Final
ly, the husband Of the girl was taken sick
with that terrible disease, consumption,
and died, leaving the girl q widow, with
her child. During the illness of her hus-
band, the latter received kind considera-
ton at the hands of his parents, although
they never in person, visited his bedside.
Soon after the death Of her husband
the widow and child came to this country
with her father and mother. They set
tied in this city The father and mother
took up home for themselves, while the
widow went out to service in a well-known
family living on Washington avenue. She
had been there for long time, and was
honored by her employers Last week she
received letter, Announcing the fact that
thewhole of the estate of her husbands
father, amounting to $500 600, had been
bequeathed to her son. Arrangements We're
at once perfected, and on Wednesday last,
the servant girl, accompanied by her father,
sailed from New York to Liverpool, to look
after the fortune coming to them.
Year: 1869

A GEM OF A uoUSE-THREE STORY HIGH sToo


"A brown stone pleasantly located East Sevsntythir
street Central PARK for sale low with ar without al
part Furniture Apply at i3 Broadway, room
Year: 1869

A good wife rose from her bed one morn,
! And thought with nervous dread
/ Of the piles OF clothes to be washed, and


Than a dozen mouths to be fed;
There's the meals to get for the men in tht
And the children to TX away
To school, and the milk to be SKINNED and
And al to be done this day.
It had rained in the night, and all the wood
There were puddings and pies to bake, be


sides


AsIoaf Of cake for tea.
And the day was hot, and her aching head


Throbbed YEARLY as she said,
If maidens but knew what good wives
They would be in no haste to wed ,"
Jennie, what do you think told Ben


called the farmer from the well;
And flush crept up to his bronzed brow,


And his eyes half bashfufIy fell
SIT was this y he safd-and coming near,


He smiled and STOPPING down,
Kissed her cheek" Twas this: that you
And the dearest wifein town ~
The farmer went back to the ield, and the


wife,


In a smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches OF tender little songs


shed not sung for many aday.
And the pain in her head was gone, and the
2 Were white as the foam OF the sea:
Her bread was light and her butter was
= sweet,
! And as golden as it could be.
''Just fhinll.' the children ali called in a
.'Tom Wood has run on to seal
He wouldn't, 1 know, If he only had


As happy home as We"
The night came down, and the good wife
' smiled
To herself as she softly said.
- aTis so sweet to labor for those we love,
It's not strange that maids will wed %


. e--f Boston Transcript
Year: 1869

Secretary Borie has addressed letter
to the House Committee on Naval Ar
fairs, recommending that the eight
hour law be repealed. He says that he
can get a far greater amount or WORK
done under the old system, as he can
employ first-class mechanics VINO are
willing to work ten or II hours a day.
Year: 1869

mires your industry, and fJrQets that the
time will come, when he laws asic most
Of his active labors, that he will want
that in you he can not fiud-an intelli-
gent companion. You forget that Won
will soon be distanced by your children
in the acquisition Of knowledge, and they
will be sure TO make the sad discovery
that mother is more ignorant than they /;
and, with this discovery, generally comes
che loss Of respect for her judgment and
opinions. Women seldom rest, except
TOR a few hous at night; yet they need
it, and should take pains TO secure it. 1t
IS not wasting time TO rock and read,
without the knitting. You husband
would think it hard TO work so steadily
at all hours and, in consequence Of their
hours of rest, men do not often grow old
so fast as women. The frailest sex work
the most necessarily, and the work is
lore arduous when there are but one or
two little ones than when the family be-
comes larger, aud some are old enough
to assist the mother. II you do not love
reading, still practice it Till you do love
it; and you will soou become interested.
In addition to the Bible, which we hope
no mother will reglect, let valuable
books be read when they can be; but for
those who have as little time as the
housewife, newspapers and magazines
must form the staple reading, as the
short articles and items are well adapted
to the spare moments that can be
snatched here and there. Woman must
be intelligent, if she would win both re-
spect and love from her husband and
children. She must constantly improve,
if she would he what she should be, by
no means considering her education fin
ished when she gets married"
Year: 1869

i never bet on the man who is always
telling what he would have done if he
had been there; have noticed that this
kind never get there.


The fear of the law here and the law
hereafter has furnished us some very
clever specimens of Christianity.


Fools don't know their strength if
they did, they would keep STILL


True happiness seems to consist in
wanting ali that we can enjoy, then get
ting all we want.


Beauty never dies it is like truth
they both have an immortality some
where.


Truth is radical, fiction is conserva-
tive.


If you would make yourself agreea-
ble, wherever you go, listen to the griev-
ances of others, but never relate your
own.


Men never seem to get tired of talk
ing of themselves; but / have heared
them when thought they showed signs
of weakness.


Commoa sense is most generally des-
pissed by those who haven't got it.


Although mankind worships wealth I
will give them credit for one thing-they
seldom mistake it for brains.


Monuments are poor investments-the
poor don't deserve and the good don't
need them.


The best way to keep secret is to
forget it.


1t isn't so much trouble to get rich as
it is to tell when We have got rich.


If a man wants to get at his actual
dimensions, let him visit the graveyard.


don't care how much man talks, if
he would only say it in few words.


ANY body can tell where lightning
struck last, but it takes smart man to
find out where it is going to strike next
time; this is one of the differences be-
tween learning and wisdom.


have got first-rate recollection, but
no memory. can recollect very dis
tinctly of losing ten-dolIar bill, but
can't remember where, to save my life.
There are some folks whose thoughts
can't be controlled; they are like twins,
they can't be had, and they can't be
stopped.
Year: 1869

INVENTORS TRIALs.-Arthur Helps,
in number of Good Words, sketches
the possible experience of the inventor
of the first soheel in perfecting his inven-
tion. The supposititious trials of this
protector may serve as an illustration of
the actual vexation experienced by those
who devise new apparatus in these later
days. Says the chilling old conservative
to whose notice the device is first
brought:


ave seem to have gone on very we'll
for thousands of years without this roll
ing thing. Your father carried burdens
on his back. The King is content to be-
borne on mems shoulders. The high
priest is not too proud to DO the same.
Indeed, question whether it is not ire
ligious TO attempt to shift from mems
shoulders their natural burdens. Then,
as to its succeeding, tor myipart, I see no
chance of that. How can 1t go up hill ?
How is one to stop it going down?
How often You have failed before IN 9th
er faneiful things of the same naturel
Besides, you are losing your time; and
the yams about your hut are only half
planted. You will be beggar, and it
is my duty, as friend, to tell you so
plainly. There was Nangchung; what
became of him? We had found fire for
ages in proper way, taking proper
time about it, by rubbing two sticks to-
gether. He must needs strike out fire at
once, with iron and flint; and did he die
in his bed \ Our sacred lords saw the
impiety of that proceeding, and very
justly, impaled the man who initiated
heavenly powers And even if you
could succeed with this new and absurd
rolling thing, the state would be ruined.
What would become of those who now
carry burdens on their backs ? Put aside
the vain faneies of childish mind, and
finish the planting of your yams."
Year: 1869

A GoLDRN RN THoUGHT. will be
reported. All things are engaged in
writing thsr own history. The plant
and the pebble, go attended by their own
shadows. The rock leaves its scratches
on the mountain side; the river its bed
in the soil the animai leaves It's bones
in the stratum, the fern and leaf their
modest epitaph in the coal. The falling
drop makes its sepulchre in the sand or
stone; not a footstep in the snow or
along the ground but prints in charac-
ters more of less lasting, the way OF its
march; every act of man inscribes its
memory onEits fellows and his own face ;
The air is iuil Of sound, the sky Of TO.
kens the ground is all memoranda, sig
natures, and every object is covered with
hints which speak to the intelligent.
Year: 1869

We should never remember the bene-
fits we have conferred upon others, nor
forget the favors we have received from
our friends.


By sure contradiction, no system of
philosophy gives such base view of hu.
man nature, as that which is founded on
selfloye. So sure is selflove to degrade
whatever it touches.


Every young man should remember
that the world will always honor indus
try. The vulgar and useless idler, whose
energies of body and mind are rusting
for want of occupation, may look with
scorn-it is praise his contempt is hon
or.


There is enough in the world to CON-
plain about and find fault with, if men
have the disposition. We often travel
on hard and uneven roads; but with
cheerful spirit, we may walk thereon
with comfort, and come to the end of
our journey in peace.


Be more prudent for your children
than, perhaps, you have been for your
self. When they, too, are parents, they
will initiate you, and each of you will
have prepared happy generations, who
will transmit, together with your mem
ory, the worship OF your wisdom.


Few subjects are more nearly allied
than vulgarity and affectation. 1t may
be said of them truly, that ''thin parti-
tions do their bounds divide" There
cannot he surer proof of an innate
meanness of disposition than to be al
ways talking and thinking of being gem
teel iI


Bad thoughts are worse enemies than
lions and tigers for we can keep out of
the way of wild bests, but bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. The cup
that is full will hold no more keep your
iead full of good thoughts that bad
thoughts may find no room to enter.


Hope is vigorous principle; it is fur
nished with light and heat to advise ard
execute; it sets the head and heart to
work, and animates a man to do his ut
most. And thus, by perpetually push
ing and assurance, it puts difficulty out
of countenance, and makes seeming
impossibility give way. .a a...s


To study what one does not love that
is, to contend with ennui, weariness and
disgust, for n good ii at We do not de
sire; to lavish tie talent, that we feel is
created for something else, in vain, on a
subject we fear that we cannot succeed
is to withdraw SO much power from one
where we could make progress.


Some employments may be better than
Others, bu. there is no employment so
bad as the having none at all. The mind
will contract rust ard an unfitness for
everything, and a man must either fill
up his mind with good, or at asst limo.
cent business, or it will run to the worst
sort Of waste, to sin and vice.
Year: 1869

from the Troy Timea, Nov I. .r". ."..


Yesterday afternoon, while service
was being held I'm the lecture room


of the Congress Street Methodist
Church. and just as Rev. DIR. Butler
had concluded an address, smoke
was discovered issusng from the reg.


listers In volumes. It was immediate


ly surmised that fire was In pro-
gress In the room below; an effort
was made to discover the truth In the
matter, but very approximately some
stumbling individual accidentally
jumped against one of the registers.
making loud noise, which startled
the congregation and perpetrated the
most intense excitement, many sup.
posing that portion Of the flo, had
given way, An immediate rush was
made for the door, and fearful and
indescribable scene ensued. The
larger number OF children present
were In danger of being crushed To
death, and cries of frightful import
rang through tho building. A num-
Der OF the more quiet of the congre-
CATION stood upon their seats and en-
deavored to quiet the assemblage.
AS ii was evident that the danger
from fire was not immediate, some
one struck up familiar tune which
was taken up by others, and during
the singing partial quiet was restored,
and a less expeditions egress Of the
audience took place. 1t is somewhat
remarkable that no one was injured
during the confusion. A large hole
was cut into the floor To enable the
firemen to get at the fire. but the
damage will not exceed $500; fully
insured. s
Year: 1869




Tie following maxims or rules Of
action might, IL strictly observed,
go far to increase the happiness, or,
at least, to diminish the inquietudes
and miseries of life: sSaE


Observe inviolably truth in your
words and integrity In your actions.


Accustom yourself to temperance
and be master Of your passions.


BE not too much out Of humor
with the world; but remember it is
u world OF Gods creating, and how
ever sadly 1t is marred with wicked
ness and folly, yet have found in 1t
more comforts than calamities, more
civilties than affronts, more instan.
ces of kindness towards you than of
of cruelty.


Try 10 spend your time usefully
both to yourself and others.


Never make an enemy nor lose a
friend unnecessarily.


1uitiNatC sucu nduftudi SHccTlui-
ness of mind and evenness Of temper,
as not to be ruffled by turmoil, in
conveniences and crosses.


BE ready to heal breaches In friend
ship, aud TO make Differences and
shun litigation yourself as much as
possible. for he is an ili-calculator
that does not perceive that one ami
cable settlement is better than two
law suits.


BE it rather your ambition to ac.
quit yourself well in your proper
station than to rise above it.


Despise not small honest gains,
and do not risk what you have on
the delusive prospect OF sudden
riches. If you are in comfortable
thriving way keep In it, and abide
your own calling rather than run
the chance of another. In a word,
mind to '.use the world as not a0us-
ing it." and probaly you will find rs
much comfort In ii as is most fit for
frail being who Is merely journey.
ing through 1t toward an immortal
abode.
Year: 1869

From the Hearth and Home. #. aa.|


In nine cases out of ten ii pays TO
sell farm products as soon as they are
ready for the market. The aggregate
loss 10y holding is at least ten times
the aggregate gain, taking the ex-
perience Of any hundred farmers 20
gether. 5....s a..s


Take grain. In the natural order
of things, the supply is equal to the
demand. The exceptions are when
war takes from the producing class,
and adds to the consuming class.
which, In addition to the waste aud
expense of transportation, inevitably
augments the demand while decreas-
ing the production, and of course In
creases the price; or when a failure
Of some crop I'm some section places
the supply below the needs of that
section, and other and more or less
remote districts are under the nects-
sity of making up the deficiency.


But both of these causes are ex-
ceptionai.--The world is slowly bat
surely learning that the worst use
that can he made of men IL to form
into regiments and set them to shoot
ing at each other. And as to the
f,ilure of the grain crop In any Sec
tion. II has almost become an axiom
that when corn or wheat Is below the
average. something else that can
take the place of one or both is above,
and thus the general average, except
In rare cases, is preserved.


Then as to potatoes. They are gen.
eraIly less in the fall than In the
spring. but the larger price In May
rarely if ever nets as much as the
smallest price of October. The
shrinkage In the six months is never
less than Is per cent. under the most
favorable circumstances, and Is likely
to he much greater.


Take wool. Generally the clip II
bought up In July and August. If
not sold then, 1t must be held till the
next year, and although there il no
shrinkage, II properly kept. yet there
IL some trouble, the interest OF the
money. and the possibility of even q
less price which the possible advance
In very large majority Of cases
never cover; and thus In every de-
partment OF the farm.


The principle that should underIie
this department Of farm operations
Year: 1869

GRAND JURY This DO dy was in session. for
the first days of the week. and had but little
bushes on hand, but one case we believe, dis
posed Of that looked through the county estab-
lishme ents, wrote out their report and adjourned
like sensible men, rs they were The report re-
ally contains nothing that is information to the
public that would justify its publicat ion, and we
omit it.
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to ais original color
'c'M the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1869

One day this week a wife in Mil
waukee, who for some months had
suspicioned her husband, and charged
him with infidelity, was told by her
I liege that he was going to Chicago on
business, to remain three-days. Later
in the day she saw him in a carriage
with n young lady drive rapidly by
the house of a friend where she was
calling, stop at the depot, and enter,
with the young lady, a sleeping-car
for La Crosse. Indignant, with this
proof of his treachery before her eyes.
she ran out of the house with a thick
veil over her face, and took passage
west on the same train, occupying the
coach next the sleeping-car. She
asked the conductor if such a man and
woman, describing them, were in the
car, and where they were going. He
replied that their tickets were for La
Crosse.


The guilty pair sat talking till they
neared WatertOwn, before retiring, a
they did together, while she sat like q
tigress nursing her justifiable wrath.
On learning that they had taken the
same berth, she waited till the curtains
were closed and the couple behind
them had time to fall asleep, when
she rushed in, tore the curtains aside,
scratched the face of the young wO-
man, tore a handful of whiskers from
the face of the man, and raised the
duce generally. The occupants of the
berth shouted Murder The wO-
man screamed:


"Oh, you wicked brutes, I've
caught you at last!"


The passengers rushed to the scene
of conflict, when it was discovered
that the brute of a man was not her
husband, but st. Paul gentleman re-
turning East from a bl'idal trip in
company with his wife! The ''On-
pleasantness" was brought to an end,
and the victim of jealousy stopped at
the next station for return trip to
Milwaukee.
Year: 1869

Senator Morton, of Indiana, has
replied to Mr.. Greely's letter, address
ed to him on the 2lst inst, and
concluded his response as follows :
The fact is, our bOndhOlders under
stand perfectly well that whatever
may be the law on the question, the
bonds on any considerable part OF
them cannot be paid i'll coin while
the currency remains deprecated /;
that it is folly TO talk about paying
the bonds i'll gold, if the Government
cannot procure gold enough where
with to redeem the greenbacks that
the redemption of notes and return to
specie payment is a necessary cOndi-
ton precedent To the payment of the
bonds in gold, and they look much
more to the return to specie payment
and the establishment of our finances
on a solid basis, than to the mere
form of the contract rs to how they
shall be paid. Gold payments should
begin with thedebt that Is due-which
is the currency-and not by shaving
bonds that Will not be due for four
teen years. The currency lies at the
foundation Of the whole financial
structure, and if it be unsOund, the
structure above must be insecure and
dangerous. When it becomes good,
by being made convertible into gold,
tie national debt may be funded, by
which One-third OF the present vol
ume of interest can be saved, and the
nation will carry the burden with an
ever increasing ease, until Its hnal
discharge shall come"