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Year: 1868

A little boy who heard the quotation,
IA little learning is dangerous" wish
ed to stop going to school because he
was afraid he should not learn enough
to get past the dangerous point.


A brilliant aud lovely young mar
ried woman In New York, aged twenty
Ave, now sports her fourth husband,
having sought relief through the divorce
courts from conjugal unpleasantnesses
three times since her first marriage, in
1880


n@-FAsHIoN has decreed that wheu
a friend calls OH friend who Is not at
home (either absent in body or in lie)
the friend No. must leave q card tlrat
that has the corner turned down. If
otherwise left the recipient takes 1t as
an expression that you called upon her
merely from politeness, and not from .
wish TO see her. Fashion Is Just as ca
pricions and arbitrary about its visiting
past.board - it Is about frills and bon
nets, and her devotees will pleas take
motto and cut corners accordingly.
Year: 1868

Mr.. P, wealthy man, retired from
business, was urged by friend to engage
in mercantile scheme, from which large
profits we're apparent. "You are right"
said be, "as regards the probable success
of the scheme, but shall not embark in
it. | have too much money already"


He was asked to explain and remarked:
eyes. | would not cross the street to
gain thousands. I should be happier if
my income were less. am old, and in
a year or two, whatever l possess will
avail me nought. My daughters are
dead, and | have three sons whom |
dearly love. My own education had
been neglected; my fortune was gained
by honest labor and careful economy; l
had no time for study, but l resolved that
my sons should have every advantage.
They each received good classical edu-
cation, and then gave them the choice
of a profession. The eldest would be a
physician; the second chose the law; the
third resolved to follow my footsteps as
a merchant. This was all to my mind:
| was proud of my sons, and trusted one
day to see them distinguished, or at least
useful to their fellow-men. I had spared
no expense in their training; they had
never wanted for money, for l gave to
each liberal allowance. Never had
men fairer opportunities; but look at the
results. The physician had no patients;
the lawyer no clients, while the merchant
instead of following my examples
above visiting his counting-room! In
vain | urge them to greater diligence
What is the response? There is no
use, father-we shall never want money;
we know you have enough for ALL Thus
instead of being energetic and useful
members Of society, my sons are mere
idlers and men of vain display. Had
they been forced to struggle against diff
culties to gain their professions, and
were, even now, dependent on their own
exertions for support, they would, in all
probability, have done credit to them
selves and me-"
Year: 1868

Home is one of the sweetest words that
was ever uttered, and around which
cluster the pleasantest associations. If
parents would make their homes what
they should be, there would be fewer
complaints Of hardened and abandoned
children, or children ruined by bad as
sociations. 1t is one thing to have a
home and another to have pleasant one,
surrounded by those charms which give
relish to ones enjoyment. Home in its
true sense is not merely the place of shell
ter; it is where the heart is made glad
by the presence of loved ones where in
nocent amusements are encouraged, and
where the graces and re6nements of life
are necessary. Home should not be
looked upon as prison house.


Parents ought to feel that no pleasure
to them is equal to the companionship of
their children. They should unite with
their songs, enter into their sports, and
share their merriment. They who do so
will have their children love them; they
will not feel it inconsistent with their
dignity to enter into their childish sports;
they who do SO will have no cause to com
plain that their children seek amusement
elsewhere.


Every anxious parent has the means
Of making home pleasant within his reach.
How many at the Christmas season will
spend hours in preparing the Christmas
tree and in decorating the apartment
with greens !? This is right. Select such
games and books for gifts as will amuse
and instruct. The time spent in render
ing home happy will be the most profit.
able investment that can be made. 1t
will not only save those heartaches which
parents have whose children are ruined
by evil associations, but it will make
children honor their parents memory,
long after the latter shall moulder in the
dust Parents, adopt such course as
we have above indicated, and give your
children good education, and you will
do more for them, by Gods blessing,
than all the wealth you can leave them.
Year: 1868

There is house in Newburyport,
Mass, that was shingled eighty-fve years
ago this summer, and though the north
east storms have beaten on it all that
time, and in many of these storms spray
from the river has dashed upon it, it is
tight to-day as though the shingles had
been put on within one month.
Year: 1868

A thrifty farmer, whose exper-
fence enables him to speak in such
matters, and who believes in maxi
ing old things last in these hard
times, gives the following piece of
information for the benefit of
property owners:


"There is one thipg that near
ly every body knows and hardly
any body attends to, that is to
sprinkle Stacked lime on their roofs
once a year, either in fall or in
spring. If the shingles are cov-
cred over SO thick with moss, the
lime soon clears it off leaving the
roof clean and white, and good for
a dozen years longer. 1t ought to
be put on pretty thick, and a rainy
day is the best for the work.
Strong wood ashes will answer
almost as well. To keep roofsnew
and to make shingles last three,
or four times the usual period,
they need only to be soaked a few
days in a tank half full of thick
lime water, which must be stirred
up well before the shingles are put
in"
Year: 1868

A man living in a Vermont vii.
lage made a false key that would
unlock neighbor's store, and then
making his daughter fourteen
years old) dress herself in boys
clothes, compelled her and her
brother OF seventeen to take the
key, and 60 to the store at night
to osteal some valuable goods. The
brother and sister were detected
and arrested, the truth came out,
and the father himself was caught
and thrown into Jail.
Year: 1868

CURE FOR SELF SUCKING Cows
A Steuben county correspondent
OF the Genese Farmer says that
he cured a three year old heifer of
sucking herself by smearing the
teats night and morning with soft
grease, and then dusting Their,
thoroughly with pulyerized cay
enne pepper. The applications
were continued about a week, and
q perfect cure affected.
Year: 1868

To CURE HORSE CoL1c.-A cor
respondent of the Ohio Farmer
gives the following, which has
succeeded with him in all cases
when given in time: AS soon as
it is ascertained that the sick
horse has the collie, give him a
dose of pure pine tar, by pulling
out his tongue and spread it over
with tar. AS quick as the poor
animal begins to swallow the tar
be will get relief.
Year: 1868

IF milk be introduced into bot
ties, put into pan with cold wa
ter, and gradually raised to boil
ipg point. and after being allowed
to cool, be taken out, corked, and
set away in cool place, it may be
preserved perfectly sweet for up
wards of half a year. The reason
is said to be that heat deprives
the sugar of its power Of changing
into Tactic acid.
Year: 1868

A married man in Constantinople
had a difficulty with five of his wives,
which be settled by tying thcm up in
sacks and throwing them into the
Bosphorus His thirty-eight other
wives have given him no trouble since
that bit Of Turkish house-cleaning
came of
Year: 1868

When the summer day of youth is
slowly wasting away into the nighiall
of age, and the shadows of the past
year grow deeper and deeper as life
wears TO close, it pleasant TO look
back through the visias of time upon
the Joys aud sorrows Of early years
If we have u homo to shelter, on
hearts to rejoice with us, and friends
who have been gathering around our
fireside, then the rough places of our
wayiaring will be worn and smoothcd
away in the twilight Of life, while the
bright sunny spots we have passed
through will grow brighter aud more
beautiful. Happy indeed are those
whose intercourse with the world has
not changed the course Of their holier
feelings, or broken those musical chords
OF the heart whose vibrations are so
melodious, so tender and 80 touching
in the evening of age.
Year: 1868

DEwDRoPs OF WIsDoM-Habit is a
cable. We weave thread of it every
day, and at last we cannot break it.


He who is false TO present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
iind the flaw when he may have for
gotten its cause.


Our minds are as our faces; we are
travelling to one destination-uIa uIap.
pincss; but few are going by the same
road.


The proudest triumph in a mans
life is when he makes friend of an
enemy. Tho joy is then akin to that
which angels feel as they rejoice over
a sinner that rcpenteth.


Do not heighten your present sor.
rows by morbid imagination. You
know not what day may brig forth.
The future is likely to be better than
you expect, as well as worse.


There is no fortune so good but
that it may be reversed, and none so
bad as it may be better. The sun
that rises in the clouds may set in
splondor, and that which rises in
splendor may set in gloom.
Year: 1868

What is the difference between good
manners and good morals Will good
manners make man or must he be
possessed Of good morals alsoy If
good manners be genuine they are
good morals, for they are founded on
the law of justice and kindness But
there is much base coin in circulation
in the sphere OF manners, and there
are many pretensions TO goodness
therein which cannot be admitted.
There is not a thing so offensive as a
false heart refusing in polite manner,
TO do simple and easy act Of kind
ness II reminds us of one lady abus-
ing another in the most ceremonious
style, curtesying with great dignity,
but at the same time, with contem-
tuous sneer upon the lips, and most
reverential "madam" upon the tongue
Most ladies would prefer a corporeal
onset. But they know one another's
feelings, and that this mock civility is
the most CALLING and efl'ectual ven
geance they can take. The good
manners OF many people are somewhat
Of this sort, heartlessness, clothing it,
self in the garb Of kindness, and pre-.
tending TO feel deeply for you, when it
wishes you TO Coventry or Jericho.
Now, this we call bad manners, and
yet men who can play this part well,
and "bow you out" as they say at
court, are supposed to be very accom-.
piished, finished gentlemen. After
all, it comes TO this that good morals
are good manners. You will find no
better standard for manners than this.
But still, there are degrees of good.
ness; there is a more or less graceful
manner of showing it I; and the more
graceful is better than the less graceful.
The best manners, therefore, are the
more graceful good morals. We can
not admit any falsehood or heartless
ness into the idea Of good manners.
These invariably deform them, how
ever pure they may seem invariably
defle them, how beautiful soever, how
graceful soever, the air which they
employ, or the dress they put on.
Year: 1868




a GOLDEN TmoUGHT.-We know not
the author of the following, but it is
one Of the most beautiful productions
Of the human mind we have ever read
Mature will be reported All things
are engaged in writing their own his
tory, The plant and the pebble 90
attended by their own shadows. The
rock leaves its scratches on the noun
tain side, the river its bed in the soil
the animal leaves its bones in the stra-
tum, the fern and the leaf their mod
est opitaph 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
characters more or less lasting a map
Of its march; every act Of man in
scribes its memories on its fellows and
his own face. The air is full of sound,
the sky Of tokens the ground is all
memoranda, signatures, and every OBJ
ject is covered over with hints which
speak to the intelligent"
Year: 1868

tendent Miller Tor uss IN the public schools, which
b supplied with cold cir nom outside the building
temperature in all parts Of the room win be made
uniform, and child might lay Its face against the
outside Of the stove without sustaining any injury
1t needs but little attention, as the re can be kept
alive during the entire season. and experiments have
shown that in cost Of making and saving OF fuel at
least nve hundred per cent can be economized. Re-
ference is made to 1t here SO particularly because OF
the great benefit to the health Of the large number
of attendants of the public schools which will accrue
from its Introduction to the schools well as for
the reason that an important item In the mainte-
nance OF the schools Will be materially decreased
In crowded localities and In school rooms and
houses in which extra means OF ventilation are ne
cessities the introduction Of this apparatus will be
positive blessing.


The scoo under consideration, besides the piece Of
furniture last alluded 10, will be finished In good
style, with all necessary accommodation for almost
as asany children now attend all the other schools
set apart for theuse OF colored children and will he
80 completed as to add q pleasing feature 10 the
locality. The work has been already commenced
and the school viii be ready for occupation by April
o
Year: 1868

The Congressional Committees Report ON


the Proposed New Metropolitan Post Office
The Immediate Erection OF the structure
Recommendations Exhibit of the
Increased Postal Business Of the Country


and the Prospective Failure Of New York;
Interesting Comparative Statements and
Year: 1868

CAUTIoN.-The next time a gallon
ofkerosene oil comes home pour out
some into a saucer, light match and
when it is thoroughly on fire drop it
into the saucer. IF the oil eXtin-
guishes the match without taking
fire-use it, You can rely on it being
as safe as powder, at least. If how
ever the oil ignitcs and blazes up
like spirits. send it out of the house
Immediately, for it would explode
merely from the friction of turning
down the wick. Such oil should moi
he used, especially by servants and
children.
Year: 1868

PRAcrIcAL HIN Ts.-A coating of
three parts lard and one part rosin,ap-
piled To farm tools Of iron and steel,
will efectually prevent rust. Com
mon nails heated red hot and dropped
into cold water will clinch and answer
the purpose ofwrought nails. Rusty
nails may be drawn from wood with
out any difficulty by first giving them
a blow hard enough to start them a
little. A gun will not need cleaning
for five years if the muzzle is tightly
corked aud a piece of rubber kept
upon the tube under the hammer,
when standing idle. Take your
home paper and pay for it in advance.
No one can be intelligent without a
newspaper, and there is no proof on
record that any man ever went to
heaven who died in arrears to the
printer.
Year: 1868

NASHVILLE, May 31.-The State
Central Committee Of the Republican
party of Tennessee, announce in the
Press and Times tomorrow, the fur
ther postponement of the State Con
vention from the 10th Of June to the
second Wednesday in August. The
Convention is called to nominate an


electoral ticket.
Year: 1868

WELL NAMED.-The OregOniaE terms
the Federal officials of that State the mer,
oenary brigade" The term will apply with
singular fitness to the Federal officials Of
Washington Territory, as certainly from
Howe down they are all actuated by The one
single purpose of feathering their own nests.
At the commencement of the quarrel between
Congress and the President, they all sided
with the latter, but just as soon as the tenure
of Office bill became law they topped over.
This mercenary brigade" is ever ready to
shout "goOd Lord or good DEVIL" for the
man who promises them their "bfead and
butter"
Year: 1868

AMONG the first business introduced at
the opening of the session of Congress was
bill for the repeal of the tenure of.ofice
law. This was a pet measure with the rad
icals when the Executive was opposed to
them, but now that the President is likely
to be with them they change front and throw
aside as useless rubbish the pet of yssssr,luy. l..
When the radicals have purpose to serve
they have little regard for either consistency
or decency.
Year: 1868

l renew the accommodation contained in my
communication to Congress, dated July last, u
copy of which accompanies this message that
the judgement Of the people should be taken on
the propriety Of so amending the Federal Consti-
tuition that it should provide for election Of
President and Vice President by the direct vote
Of the people, instead of through the agency of
Eleetors, and of making them Ineligible for a
re,eleetion TO a second term for distinct desig-
nation of the person Who shall discharge the
duties OF President in the event Of q vacancy in
that Office BY death, resignation or removal Of
both President aud Vice; for election of Senators
to the o. s. Senate directly by the people of
the several States instead Of by Legislatures,
aud for the Limitation to period Of years Of
che terms of Federal Judges. Profoundly i'm
pressed with the propriety of making these i'm,
Portant notifications in the Constitution, l
respectfully submit them for the early and ma
ture consideration Of Congress. We should, as
tar as possible, remove all pretexts for a viola


uon OF the organic law By remedying such i'm


Perfeetness as time and experiences may develop.


ever remembering that the Constitution which


al any time exists until changed in an explicit
Year: 1868

IHE WESTERN CATHoLIc.-This sprightly
little paper has been upon our desk for some
weeks and notice of it accidentally omitted.
1t appears to be full of excellent reading mat
ter and very tastefnlly printed with good, clear
type. We congratulate the Catholics of De-
troit-where it is published-upon this acces-
sion to their domestic comforts and their So
cial protection. We gladly welcome q new
champion in the lists of journalism, where the
current of the age is drifting the great and
never ending battle of truth with error The
more papers the better.
Year: 1868

Tom Hood has happily told us of peacock
that ''felt the eyes of Europe on his tail" but
that peacock and his vanity are destined to
become insignificant by comparison with the
astonishing Karsner and ''the eyes of Della
ware" Adjutant General Thomas testimony
gives us a happy glimpse of one of the
humors of our national politics. Thomas
was once the great man of an hour. Dur,
ing that hour we see him face to face
with the inevitable bore ''from his own
town." There are two thousand men in
the United States at this time who are telling
to every one they meet, with an air of great
consequence, that they were born Sin the county
with General Grant"-so of General Sherman,
Andy Johnson and everybody else. There
are even men who have boasted of having been
born near where Butler was 80 also Thomas
had his townsman to bother him in his hour of
greatness. The townsman foresaw the conse-
quence it would reflect on him when he went
home able to tell of his conversation with the
Secretary dd Interim" He accordingly
rushed for Thomas hand Thomas with
drew it; Karsner seized it again, and
again and again, not to be shaken off
by slight efforts, and, questioning Thomas
all the time as to what he proposed to do, at
last bothered him into admitting that he would
''kick" Stanton. He evidently felt that he
would do anything that Karsner desired if
that illustrious bore would only carry himself
off, How common, how ridiculous, how hu-
initiating is this scene in all our public assem-
bies where the great men of political maneu-
vres are present And such an incident is made
part of the evidence to show that President
of the United States should be ousted from his
nlacei
Year: 1868

The Christian world rejoces to-day. After
forty days of penitential exercises, fasting and
prayer, the Church filings aside the sombre trap
pings Of woe and arrays herself in the gayest
and brightest dress, to do homage towards her
divine Founder, risen from the dead. From
ten thousand religious temples the glad halle
lujahs go up to heaven in joyful commemora-
ton of the event, and .he smoke of ten thou
sand censers floats through the aiaes of many
stately cathedral in Earope The observance
of Easter as great festival dates from an
early period Of the Christian era; and although
many of its usages and customs have died out,
yet reverence for the day itself is still deep
seated in the hearts of every Christian commu-
nifty. The day upon which the festival
occurs is never earlier than the 22d Of
March and never later than the 25th OF
April, and is celebrated now on the first
Sunday after the full moon occurring on or
Immediately after the 2lst of March. This
mode of determining the day f.r this festival
was established by the Council of Nice, A. d.
325. The celebration of Easter Sunday in the
metropolis is principally, if not wholly, con-
fined to the churches 1t is the ambition of
every pastor on this day to have his church
decked out in the handsomest manner possible,
Of every organist to have choir Of extra merit
and musical services of the highest character,
of every church committee to look after the
collection and of every lady member Of the
congregation to weave together beautiful
decorations for her church. The musical
services at all the leading churches to-day
promise to be attractive and brilliant. The
details of the programme by which they purpose
to celebrate this festival may be found in
another column of the HERALD. Many Of the
choirs will have orchestral as well as organ
accompaniment, and the greatest works of old
and modern composers will be given.
Year: 1868

The facts which we published yesterday,
relative to the case of the poor woman who
was locked up all night in cell of the
Fifteenth precinct station 1buse, with her dead
infant in her arms, suggests the idea that the
system at the police station houses is all wrong
and needs thorough reformation. The cir
cumstances Of this case are certainly very
extraordinary, and exhibit a considerable lack
OF humanity in the police authorities who had
to deal with it. 1t appears that this woman,


while performing the religious duties appro-
pirate to Holy Thursday in church, with a
sickly infant In her arms-having probably no
| one to take care Of 1t at home-got crushed in


the crowd and upon extricatlng herself found


the child dead. With the anguish natural to q
mother she raised q piteous outcry, and was
arrested by the police and hurried off to the
station house for committing breach of the
peace and on charge of intoxication. often too
heedlessly made by the police. Although the
sergeant, seeing the state Of the case, hestated
to put her and her dead child into cell with
vile criminals and drunkards, the captain of
the station, il Is stated, peremptorily insisted


upon her incarceration and SO the living and


the dead passed that dismal night in cell.
On appearing before the Justice in the morning


no charge whatever was sustained against the


woman. This is matter which the Commits
sioners should look into. The station house
system is evidently irregular and inhuman.
Year: 1868

forward a witness to prove that nothing like
force was intended the Impeachment Managers
object to the reception of the testimony, and the
court sustains the objection. So far as we can
see this is simply refusal to permit the
President to defend himself Common decency,
if nothing more, should in our opinion, have
induced the Senate to receive the testimony.