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Year: 1869

"A sick room is no place for Gu
ricsity. II no good word can be
said, or kind services can be rem.
dered.in a sick or dying room, it
is the last place to which one
should 60 as mere SPECTATOR
Every new face, the tread of every
uncallcd tor, footstep, the demands
npon the air for breath, even the
breathing of such as must he in
attendance, is an injury in sickness,
and especially when debility is
great. DO .,a.a s....-


Nine out of ten feel as> if it was
an act of rude neglect if they were
not invited into a sick room, and
a direct insult if told they must
60. Some persons go into a sick
room and 81. hour after honr with
eyes fxel OIL the sick person,
occasionally whispering to some
equally indiscreet, one that may
chance to be nigh. This is abso-
lutely intolerable. Others will
hang about the door and peep at
the sufferer, as they would steal
q look at some show. This, too, is
intolerable. ........ =.


Another practice, when the pa.
tient is very sick, is that of feeling
the pulse and the finger nails, ex.
anining the f:ot, with other acts,
all of VIII ch are accompanied with
a very wise look, sigh and a
whisper. This, too, is intolerable.
A sad mistake, common in a
dying room, is to suppose that the
dying person had lost perception
and also his senses. because un-
able to speak. So far from this
reing the case it is believed that
the perceptions are more keen and
delicate than when in health. AL
ways let it be remembered, in a
dying room, that the departing
friend may hear all and sec ali,
when the persons present will little
suspect it. How important that
everything in a dling.chamber
should be made what it ought to
be, for the salvation and quiet oi
one who is being broken away
from all dear on earth, and ap,
preaching all that is serious in
eternity. The sacredness and
quiet of the scene ought to be dis.
turbed with great care.


A word more in regard to a
sick room. A great mistake is
made in regard to the length of
prayers, and loud, excited speak
ing in prayers in the sick room.
This is an error, and often an
occasion of great suffering to the
sick.-Church Messenger.
Year: 1869

favorable concition ana the state bonds are at
considerable premium.


The great advantages OF the present school law
are set forth. The amount OF school tax last year
was more than double tho amount ever raised
before in any one year. The amount raised for
building school houses exceeds tnat raised during
the preceding fourteen years. Tne valuation
Sialssss, s0 the GSS namSer Of chi Children a between
hve and eighteen years 240,370. The Gov
ernor recommends that the school fund be dis
trputed 70 those townships only that provide full
ceived account OF the right Of the State TO lands
under water be credited TO the school fund.>
The Normal School, Agricultural College and
geological survey are all warmly commend
tenn Is recommended. The Governor believes
that not only iS corporal punishment and physical
torture OF prisoners repugnant TO humanity but to-
tally inadequate to accomplish the end In view. He
also advocates the change IN the appointment Of
officers 30 as to insure greater competence perma-
hence and freedom from partisan control. A re-
movall OF insane prisoners to the asylum Is also
psson Is a Pse e sns
prosperous condition: It Is noble charity
and should be literally supported The number OF
patients during the year was 715 OF which 80 died.
commissioned officers. The ocean shore requires
attention from Congress to lessen the constant and
alarming loss OF life and property, especially at
water as Of growing Importance. Large sums have
been added to the States revenue from this source
The railroad and canal companies have just
given their bond for $500.0OO to the. State as
them on the Hudson river to increase their depot
and terminal facilities. Attention s called to the
gross frauds in voting at the late election, and reg
istry law recommended. The Governor closes with
ing administration and predicting future order,
peace and prosperity.
Year: 1869

whether the extension of the franchise TO the blacks
could be considered .poltic.n Was not s9eh action
on the part OF men who called themselves fepuD-
licans poison to repubcanismy While speaking
on this subject Miss Dickinson said that she would
call the attention OF the audience to the TACT that se
had been assailed by an obscure weekly paper for
her views regarding marriage between whites ana


blacks. She was not an ethnologisi, nor DID she
want to await until learned ethnQogfsts should de-
termine whether or not Frederick Douglass, for IN


stance, was sponge, an ape or man; Dut what sne
which nronibted s' White ' man 'g from marrying


marrying a white man. If the two pers9ny
forbade their bands at the altar was an outrage as
was the public sentiment which condemned the
and mSDosd the The which
rise to the riots OF 1858 and all the ignorant abhOr-
renee OF men with black skins. The question as to
no more mooted one. Black men as well as white
IN the days Of Christ had bowed their knees and
gasnerea about the cross and no one said then that
human beings. AT any rate, they received the same
commandments given 70 all !; the same judg.
Of the black man. and the same eternity. awaited
oil, without regard 70 color. Then taking up
the thread o. her discourse as TO giving the ballot 70
gress should pass law declaring suffrage universal
throughout the land-women not TO be excepted In
the general form. Nor should this Suffrage be given
In exchange for universal amnesty, for the idea OF
making II thing Of value and sale was altogether
TOO repugnant To- every loyal heart 70 be thought Of
for moment. The nation during the war had been
able to read the character OF the black man that
OF brother, by the fires OF the camp, Port Hudson,
Fort Wagner, Petersburg and the names OF death on
many battle fields Black hands had borne the
same arms, black men had died in the same ditch
with white men, and the battle sod had been
drenched with the blood Of both, and the wrongs Of
the and the rights OF the other had been buried
together. The lecturer then, after arguing that If
Congress had no right 70 override State constitu-
ttons and laws as to civil rights It certainly had the
right to override them as to political rights, con-
cluded by asserting that the change made by uni
versal Suffrage In the system polite would add to
Year: 1869

Lecture by Annie Dickinson mt the Cooper


Institute.


Miss Annie Dickinson last evening delivered lee
ture with the above title IN the large hall OF the
Cooper Institute. There was a large audience the
greater portion being ladies. The fair lecturer who
was very tastefully attired In black silk Dress with
black velvet surtout, was quito warmly received by
the audience. SHE opened the lecture by quoting tho
saying OF Nelson that the best way to overcome an
enemy was TO 90 near TO him as possible and then
hight him TO the death. The United States, sne said,
had at present an enemy 10 contend against which
was by far more formidable than the French had
ever been to the great English admiral, an enemy
which nRhts power with canning and argument with
prejudice. The name OF this enemy was caste. II
was near enough TO body TO allow Of all its
enormities TO be exposed TO view and inspec-
tion, and II Il were permitted 10 have its own way
and were not fought down and tramped IN the
dust u would prove the ruin OF the republic.
slavery, 1t was true, had been destroyed but the
spirit OF despotsm aud prejudice, enRendered by IL
when In its fun life, was yet living, and striving TO
overcome liberty and Justice. In America The lion
of Southern slavery had been slam, but II people had
not q care the liberties 10 which the death OF the
hon gave birth would be certain TO be devoured by
the wolf OF national prejudice. Few people could
like the celebrated bird spoken Of IN story always
ny IN the air without rest. They could not always
soar nigh up In the clear regions of Justice, above
the petty narrow mlndcdness OF human nature and
a9 consequences with the great lessons OF the war
the man Win q black skin stIii preyaIed. And
why should this be no In a free countrys In
land calling itself democratic .onc-egnth OF the
people was 0stracized because OF physical pecu.
Iiarityf Under te circumstance how could the lib
erea ~ the country be considered secure for what
was destined 10 be one day ts strongest foundation
was now ucapiscd and disregardedf Laws newer
worked o Tue destiny OF people, but the spirit OF
n government was always its surest safeguard. When
the liberty OF Que man FOR any whatever could
be restrained at the pleasure OF another every.
body stood in Jeopardy. " was not necessary to in
nOculate poison into the whole system 10 produce
death, for the point OF needle dipped In the vrns
would do all the work. Yet the American theory
was that neither brtb talent profession nor d,frrv
cnce VI social pOsifi0D should exempt any man from
equal justice, and the black man refused the ballot
IN the loyal NORTH SIMPLY necayso 1t was question
VIII hoioe great atd reverend authorities just now
Year: 1869

PAPER FROM SHAVINGS AND SAWDUST.
DIR. Matthicssen, wcll.known saront
now appears in the character of inventor
and patcrtec in England of an important
Improvement lie submits wood when in
a state of division, such as shavings, saw
dust, or disintregated wood, to what is
known as rotting process, that is to say,
the wood in state of division is stepped
either in running or stagnant water, and is
allowed to undergo rotting or fermenting
process, by which process certain constitu-
cnts of the wood will be decomposed and
removed, and subsequent treatment of the
rcsidul ligenous fibre for the production of
pulp or paper will be thereby rendered
more economical, and the process of boiling
and bleaching is more easily effected.
Year: 1869

only the fashion Women in Syria mount
themselves on kubobs, but those are at
least level, and they are easily slipped off.
Perhaps the Druce horn is a better parallel
to tight boots and high heels. Wondrous
merit there is in sclftortnre! Good night -
Year: 1869

To FArrEN Fowls IN FoUR Or FIVE
DAYs.-Set rice over the fire with skim
milk, only as much as will serve one day


Let it boil till the riceis quite swelled out,
aud add Il tea-spoonful of sugar, but it will
do well without. Feed the fowls throo'
times day in common pans, give them
only as much as will fill them at once
When you put fresh, let the pans be set
in water, that no sourness may be con-
veycd to the fowls us that prevents them
from fattening. Give tlfem clean water or
the milk Of the rice to drink, but the less
wet the rice is, when perfectly soaked, tho
better. by this method, the flesh will
have clear wl,itcncss which no other food
gives, and when it is to be considered how
far pound Of rice will 20, and how mnch
time is saved by this mode, it will be found
cheaper than bare ey-meal. The pen should
be daily cleansed. aud no food given, for
sixteen hours before the poultry be killed.
Year: 1869

No Reward fur tie Apprehension al the Pcr-


retrators OF the Election Frauds.


The Board OF Aldermen met yesterday. Alder
man Thorn moved the adoption OF the reso-
luton found In tue minutes OF the previous
meeting, providing that the Mayor offer re-
ward OF $1,000 for The apprehension Of any
person guilty OF altering the vote aud tamperng
with the returns OF the late election. Alderman
Bergen opposed its adoption on the ground that
there was no money In the city treasury applicable
for that purpose, and for the offered by him
two weeks ago. Alderman McGroarty said that
the resolution was simply piece or 'bunkrm" OF
the Alderman Of the Twentieth. That was the duty
OF every citizen TO make known fraud wherever 10
exists. lie had been about the polling places Of his
ward during the canvass ana satisfied That there
no attempt fraud there. The District Attorney
he did not think had so much evidence OF fraud as
was stated ana II he had he would like TO see him
prosecute the guilty persona. Several other mem
bers voted against the resolution, on the ground
that there was not money enough In the treasury
available TO such purposes. Alderman Wniting said
he would vote aye because the Common Councii was
IN the habit OF Offering rewards ald tue Prosecuting
Attorney 10 democratic otilcIaD had proclaimed to
the people OF this city that extensive frauds have
been perreirated, and that men who have received
certificates OF their election 10 Oce. IN some lnStan
ces, not elected by the people, as the District
Attorney had stated that he had PROOF that IN one
instance candidate declared elected by the Com
mon council was not elected. This measure or
Offering reward was IN unison with pubic opl-
nion ana it the duty OF the Board to do every
thing to ferret out the evldoers and bring them TO
justice In the past resolutions had been offered for
the apprehension OF murderer5, comparatively In
significant matter conpareu with frauds at the cleo
ton, but now when effort was made to reach the
perpetrators of this crime remarkable devotion to
the Charter was exhibited by the dominant party OF
the Board, The resolution was finally voted down
oy vote OF IL IN the negative and In The afilrma-
Year: 1869

On Wednesday, a lady named Robert
child, little boy about years old, play
ing in one of the rooms of her house and
went to a house several rods distant. After
half an hours absence she returned, and
on entering the house she beheld sight
that nearly made her heart cease to beat
There on the floor sat the little boy Harry,
his face, hands and clothing covered with
blood, and bleeding profusely from num-
Der of deep and gaping wounds In his
hands he held an open razor, which he
showed to his mother on her entering the
room, and said, Mamma, I've dot papas'
shaver" 1t seems that the boy had, by
means of chair, climbed on the table and
from there had reached his fathers razor,
which was in its accustomed place on a
shelf The nearly distracted mother seized
her child in her arms, and rushing to the
door screamed at the top of her voice for
help. She then laid him down on the bed
and ran to the nearest house, and soon re-
turned with number of neighbors. A
surgeon was sent for, and on arriving
found that little Harry had inflicted
wounds that will distigure him for life.
There was a wound about three inches long
on one of his cheeks, another deep cash in
the neck, several slight cuts on the face
and hands, and five or six long and deep
wounds on each of the fOrearms For
tunately no large arteries were cut.-.San
Francisco Times.
Year: 1869

equally so to the stomach. Now, candy is
but little less irritating than pepper; it
creates the same redness, the same grade
of Inflammation, and there is the same de-
mand Tor water to quench the ineXtinguish-
able flame. In such a stomach, healthy
digestion ceases; the appetite fails; the
blood becomes poor and watery, and the
tissues are all impoverished. 1t is not the
sugar that does the harm, for pure sugar
is healthy it forms part of the milk of
the infant, and enters largely into many
of our best vegetables. 1t is the sugar
mixed with various other articles, often
poisonous and the process of manufacture
that render candy so injurious.


"1ou mean to do well by your child, but
you are slowly and certainly eficcting her
ruin. At this critical period of her life,
when, for proper development and growth,
she needs large supply of nourishing and
easily digested food, you give her these de-
tcstablc compounds of burnt sugar and
poisons, which not only slowly poison her
system, but, worst of all, deprive her of
appetite and even of the power of diges-
ton. If you persist in this course, it is
not difficult to predict the result; the
chances that your child will reach woman
hood will be diminished tcn-fold; if she
reach adult years, it will not prove adult
life in her case, but rather dwarfed and
imbecie maturity. Her certain inheritance
will be dyspepsia, morbid appetite for
crude and indigestible articles, and chronic
and incurable diseases which will render
her irritable and peevish, and lead to pre-
mature old age and death in mid-life.


"The cure is certain, and the remedy is
at hand: remove the particle of dust from
an inflamed eye, and the redness soon dis
appears; so cease to apply to the surface
of this inflamed stomach the foreign sub
stance which irritates it, and it will re-
cover; the thirst will subside; her appe-
tite will be restored; her lips and cheeks
will become red, and she will regain the
flesh which belongs to her-An Eminent
Physician, IN Hearth and Home.
Year: 1869

THE proprietors of the Boston Saturday
Eceaing Express have recently engaged
the services, rs a permanent fixture of
their establishment, of a fighting editor.
They thus announce the fact:


1--WE have the sublime pleasure to an
nounce to the deputy State constables,
and all others interested, that we have en-
gagged at an immense salary, one of the in
dispensable adjuncts to an Independent
newspaper establishment, to vita fight
ing editor. This course has been taken by
us in order that we may have an equal
show with all belligerents who desire to
get proper satisfaction for anything we
may say. The gentleman engaged for this
purpose informs us that he has been i'm the
business for some fifteen years, and that he
Is fully competent 10 attend to all the du,
ties required IT him. Az o reecnamends,
Year: 1869

THERE is reason to believe (says Miss
Florence Nightingale) that not few of
the apparently unaccountablc cases of
scrofula among children proceed from the
habit of sleeping with the head under the
bed-clothcs, and so inhaling air already
breathed, which is further contaminated by
eXhalations from the skin. Patients are
sometimes given to similar habit and il
often happens that the bed-clothcs are so
disposed that the patient must necessarily
breathe air more or less contaminated by
eXhalations from the skin. A good nurse
will be careful to attend to this 1t is an
important part, SO To speak, of ventilation.
1t may be worth while to remark, that
when there is any danger of bed-sores. Il
blanket should never be placed under the
patient. Never use anything but light
Whitney blanket and bed-covering for the
sick. The heavy impervious cotton coun-
terpane is bad, for the very reason that it
keeps in the emanations from the sick per-
son, while the blanket allows them to pass
through. Weak patients are invariably
distressed by great weight of bed
clothes, which often prevents their getting
any sound sleep whatever.
Year: 1869

teenth made by the representative of the
Journal.


WARREN, Pa, July 6.


Mr.. Kings balloon Hyperion" which
ascended from Buffalo yesterday after
noon, descended last night upon the sum-
NIT of Rock Robbie, one Of the Allegheny
Mountains, in Hamilton, Mexican County,
near the line of Kinzua, Warren County,
Pa, about fifteen miles from this place.
The trip was one of the most eventful
balloon excursions ever made in this
country. After leaving Buffalo the "Hy-
perion" went out over Lake Erie six or
eight miles, and there attained height OF
at least mile and halt.


la running lower to take advantage OF
more southern current, as the upper cur
rent led toward the centre of the lake, two
dips were made in the water, but without
serious results. A wire drag rope, which
Mr.. King intended to use both upon water
ard land, was unfortunately lost, After
being over the water nearly two hours the
land was regained and the Hyperion !"
took southerly course, the greater part
of the time quite high. Immense tracts
of woods were passed over, and no invit-
ing places for landing presented them
selves In the darkness the balloon
seemed to be passing backward and for
ward over particular piece OF woods, but
in reality it was journeying south at the
rate of thirty or forty miles an hour.


Over Erie County, in the town OF Eden,
Mr.. King made descent in answer to in
vitations from the citizens, and after de-
lay of fifteen minutes the trip was resumed.
An altitude of two miles or more was
soon reached, and the balloon continued
to travel south for the greater part Of the
time quite high from the ground.


At II o'clock preparations were made to
land in partially cleared spot The
anchor struck the ground, but tore out
and caught in the very top of tall tree.
1t was found impossible to reach the
ground, as the balloon was suspended fifty
feet. Here the aerOnaut party was COM
PEELED to pass the night. As there was an
entire absence of wind near the surface,
this was accomplished with safety, al
though the danger of being precipitated
to the ground was at all times imminent


When it became light enough to see the
surroundings the anchor was cut away
and left in the tree -top-the basket with
its occupants descending rapidly, though
safely, to the ground. The balloon was
torn to shreds, and it will be necessary to
cut the tree down to regain the anchor
and netting. ~


1t was found, very much to the surprise
of the excursionists, that the balloon had
descended upon the top of the tallest tree
upon the summit of the highest mountain
in either Mexican or Warren counties


The balloon was in the air six hours and
three-quartes, and in the tree-top six hours
and quarter.
Year: 1869

Graded In the darkness OF the world with no light
around but It's own, amid none OF the amenities OF
civilization This work, with the Almighty Ior us
patron, stands before this and all Christian ages as
truly wondr0us. 1t has not struggled Tor pre-eInl-
nence used the devices OF man Tor It's increase,
yet it stands before the world the masterpiece OF
creation. neven eqnaled and which never can ne.
This work Is the wonderful Word OF God, tne
parent Of all civilization and TO when al
ages kneel III reverence. Growing up In It's own
natal vitality. the Word. unheedlng the persecution


ing the spirit or Gods grace 1t never dies III lmport
ance, but IL Is Hls promise OF everlasting lile. his
VIII bid the word live as the uterances OF his own
heart, writing the name OF God and OF Jesus upon
the banners OF the age and holding up to the worlu
the picture OF Its future destiny. This word OF Goa
has accomplished results which shame the WISDOM
OF the wise. Ii must be plucked from the hands OF
the people; 1t must not abide IN the house or tne
chamber; 1t is the living power OF God and superstl-
tion. bigotry and Intolerance tremble when tneir
victim reads the word. lJ always awakened tne
spirit OF darkness and history Is full OF attempts TO
check its light and Its glorious course. Inc
Word OF God viii never rest until oil lies are ex-
posed and every people shall be as full or the KNOW
ledge OF the law as the sea Is covered with water,
and the fasehoods Of the day shall have perished
as those OF old have perished. While decay was
written on falsehood eternal life was written on
truth and on the Word OF God. II Is the fulcrum
holding up the moral world, and may well be the
living wonder. Though error may flourish and draw
failing and Will be triumphant. The speaker drew
apt Illustrations from the MahAmmedan mosque NJ
Damascus ana from Luther's refusal OF the ald OF
the sword, and closed with urging the necessity OF
preaching the Word from the testimony OF Jesus US
Its GROWING attraction.
Year: 1869

united II ft ever accomplished anything. Tne
Catholic Church was the champion OF liberty, ana
the supremacy OF the Pope and the inialll6iity OF
his DEGREES involved the very existence OF lloerty
He could show that the Catholic Church never had
prosecuted, but that 1t had always been the me-
diator between offenders and the state; that tne
Spanish InquIstion was not the work OF
the Church. but OF the State. and that all
the triumphs Of civilization, all poetry ana
painting and statuary were creatures OF the
Catholic Church. lie believed that a Cathollc
conscience would soon control America that In less
than fifty years this would be the grandest Cathoic
country in the world that the Capitol transferred
from Washington TO more central LOCALITY In the
West, would be the palace of the Catholic worids
Primate, and that while Germany and England ana
New England were casting up their hreworks 10
perish In darkness, rhe Catholic Church would Dc
grandly advancing In glory and immortality.