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Year: 1867

From the Detroit Post. of November 7th.l


A gentleman who arrived from Chica-
go Oh Tuesday morning gives the follow
ing particulars in relation to an affair
Which transpired on the train, and if the
circumstances are as stated they are sad
indeed. A middle aged man came into
the sleeping car just after leaving
Chicago on Monday night and
ordered berth, and it was observed
by his fellow travellers that he
seemed in great mental agitation, and
would often press his hands to his tenn
Piles, at the same time muttering to him
self aunintelligible words. After enter
ing the berth he commenced groaning,
aHa-was then asked the cause of his
trouble. when he stated that he was the
captain of the boat which had laid up
for the winter at Milwaukee, where he
had been paid his wages, amounting
to two thousand dollars, but he had
been enticed into gambling saloon
and had there fallen a victim to
two sharpers, who introduced that
n)vel game known as "three card mon
te," and left him penniless. From
friend he had borrowed money enough
to bear his expenses to Buffalo, where he
has wife and three children, whose
subsistence during the coming winter
was to have been the money he had
lost. He repeatedly exclaimed, "Oh !
r my poor family, what will become of
them this winter? They will starve,
they will starve!"s He then laid down
and nothing more waseiheardo from him
for some time, when the conductor of the
car was alarmed at hearing the crash of
Aglass, and rushing to the berth of the
unfortunate man, found that he had
smashed the window and endeavoring to
climb through. He was pulled in again,
when it was found that he was raving
maniac, and it became necessary to bind
= him. His ravingssare described as fear
full, and upon reaching Jackson it was
found necessary to remove him from the
train, and he was delivered to the au-
thorities for safe keeping. 73eis'
Year: 1867




Gold in the minutest particles is used for
ornamental purposes in the form OF plating,
Leaf, wash, ETC., but one oi lts most delicate
applications is that Of a tae thread either
woven into a fabric OF siikj used Tor en-
broideries, twisted into iringe or netted into
lace. In none of thcsetorms, however is the
thread hlament or wire oi solid gold; the
thread is gilded and consists Of two metals
and core Of silk. Wire fpr gold thread Is
Of silver with a coating OF gold so infnites-
simally thin as to be beyond our comprehen-
sion A rod of silver is coated with gold to
thickness of about one hUndredth part Of
that Of the silver, and thea this silver gilt
wire is drawn down to wire much finer
than the finest human hair. and yet it will
be then perfectly coated vita the gold, still
maintaining its relative thickness Of enc
h'7s'lre9dth- mart one tentl1eae thickness OF
fine gold leaf.


This gilded wire is then passed between
highly polished and hardened steel rollers
and flattened preparatory to being spun
upon the silk thread. la this form OF film
ike ribbon it is SO light that handful of 1t
tossed into the air will float in the atmoS-
phere of a room like gossamer This fattened
wire (if its diminutiyenes deserves the name)
is spun around thread of silk, covering it in
a spiral coil, SO closely laid that it appears
like a solid gold thread while in fact the gold
is as nothing compared to the other material,
This thread is 50 delicate, although Of triple
composition, that it can be easily threaded
in a fine needle and used for embroidering
purposes. 1t can be woven into silk or into
gold lace, or spun and twisted into cord,
bullion, and fringe. The lace that decorates
the uniforms of our soldiers, the bullion
fringe of their epauletttes, which has such
massively rich appearance, is but this fine
hair ike thread of silk, silver and gold.


But the larger part of our gold lace and
other ornamental gilt material is base, hay-
ing not a particle of gold in its composition.
That which represents gold is merely one Of
the compositions having copper fora base,
ductile aud tenacious, and worked in the
same manner as in the true gold thread.
This wire, however. has no silver core, nor
is 1t usually spun upon silk but on orange
eolored cotton. This is largely manufaetur-
ed in this country, and when just from the
workman's hand is very rich in appearance,
but soon furnishes, and, if exposed to mois-
ture, turns green from oxidation, which
quickly rots the cotton core.


Gold thread and its manufactures are
costly, not so much for the material employ
ed as for the skill and care necessary in its
production. 1t is wonderfully strong when
properly made, aud if protected from mois-
tnre the lace and embroidery viii retain
their luster for years.
Year: 1867

We must come back to our point, which is
not to urge all of you to give yourselves up
TO mission work, but to serve God more and
more in connection with your daily calling.
have heard that woman who has a mis-
sion makes poor wife and bad mother;
this IS very possible, and at the same time
very lamentable; but the mission l would
urge Is not Of this sort Dirty rooms, slat-
ternly gowns and children with unwashed
faces are swift witnesses against the sinceri-
ty of those who keep others vineyards and
neglect their own. have no faith in that
woman who talks of grace and glory abroad
and uses no soap and water at home. Let
the buttons be on the shirts, let the chill
dren' socks be mended, let the roast NUT
ton be done to turn, let the house be as
neat as a new pin, and the home be as happy
as home can be and then, when the can
non balls, and the marbles, and the shots,
and even the grains of sand. are all in the
box, even then there will be room for those
little deeds of love and faith which in my
master name | seek of you who look for
his appearing Serve God by doing COM
mon actions in heavenly spirit, and then,
if your daily calling only leaves you cracks
and creyices of time, fill these up with holy
service. To use the Apostles words, 'As
we have opportunity, let US do good unto
all men. II SpurgeoH.
Year: 1867

Amid all the denominations and illustra-
tions Of the dark side of fallen humanity,
seen at the station-houses, says the Boston
Hsratd, one occasionally witnesses a scene
IN which the ludicrous or affecting stands
out In the strongest colors. An incident of
the latter class came under our observation
recently. While in one of the statiOn-hou-
seS, our attention was attracted to a little
boy Of three OF four years of age, neatly
dressed, playing on the mating with a cat,
and apparently utterly indifferent to the fact
that he had wandered away from home, got
lost on the streets, and had been brought in
as ''lost child by the police. He was
talking in his childish way to the persons
who noticed him, and no one would have
dreamed that the fountain Of suppressed
grief was bubbling up so near to the smiling
surface. just then plainly dressed woman
raped at the inner door of the Office, and
was invited in. She had hardly time to ask,
in an agitated tone, if anything had been
seen of lost darling boy, when the little
fellow caught sight Of her, and bounding to
his feet, ran like a scared deer to her arms;
then elasping his littlearms around her neck,
broke forth in long pent-up agony of tears,
exclaIming-'I could not ind you, mother
The scene was over IN less time than we can
tell it, but the effect produced on the by
ISLANDERS, judging by what we sawson the ia
ces of bearded men, viii not soon be forgot
ten. The little fellow was the only child,
and had wandered in search of his mother,
who had been compelled to leave him few
minutes alone in the house.
Year: 1867

As the trials of life thicken, and the
dreams of other days fade, one by one, in
the deep vista of disappointed hope, the
heart grows weary Of the struggle and we
begin to realize our insignifcance. Those
who have climbed to the pinnacle of fame;
or revel in luxury aud wealth. go to the
grave at last with the poor mendicant who
begs pennies by the wayside, and like him
are soon forgotten. Generation after gen.
Grafton, says an eloquent modern writer,
have felt as we feel, and their fellows were
as active in life as ours are now. They
passed away as a vapor, while nature wore
the same aspect of beauty as when her Crea-
tor commanded her to be. And so likewise
shall it be when we are gone. The heavens
viii be as bright over our grave as they are
now around our path; the world viii have
the same attraction for offspring yet unborn
that she had once for ourselves, and that she
has now for our children. Yet a little while,
and all this will have happened! Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and song
will be heard in the very chamber in which
we died; and the eye that mourned for US
viii be dried and viii glisten with joy; and
even our children viii cease TO think of
us, and viii not remember to lisp our name
Year: 1867

STRONG MEN.-StreDgth OF character
consists Of two things-power Of will and
power of sefrestraint. 1t requires two
things, therefore, for existence feel
ings and strong command over them. Now
we all very often mistake strong feelings for
strong character. A man who bears ali be-
fore him; before whose frown domestics
tremble, and whose bursts Of fury make the
children of the household quake, because
he has his own way in all things, we call
him strong man. The truth is, he is a
week man; it is his passions that are strong;
he, mastered By them, is weak. You must
measure the strength of a man by the DOW
er Of the feelings he subdues, not by the
power Of those that subdCe him. And
hence eomposure is very often the highest
result of strength. Did we ever see a man
receive fragrant injury, and then reply qui-
city? That is a man spiritually strong. Or
did we ever see man In anguish stand as
if carved out of solid rock, mastering him
self? or one bearing hopeless daily trial,
remain silent, and never tell the world what
cankered his home peace? That is strength.
He who, with strong passions, remains
chaste; he who, keenly sensitive with
manly powers Of indignation in him can be
provoked and yet restrain himself and for
give, there are the strong men, the spiritual
heroes.
Year: 1867

Ages upon ages ago the tide was out, and
the muddy beach lay smooth as this sheet Of
paper before me. A cloud passed over the
sky, and a shower Of big rain or hail came
down, and pitted the mud as thick as leaves
on the trees. A strong wind drove the
drops, so that the impressions were little
one sided They bad written their short
history as plain as my pen can write; and
even the direction from which the wind blew
was recorded, Some great frogs and lizards
which used to live there came hopping over
the mud, and left their tracks also deeply
printed on the shore BY and by the great
waves came softly stealing up, and cover
ed the whole surface with tine sand, and so
the tracks were seen no more for ages upon
ages. The clay hardened into solid rock,
and so did the sand; and after these thou
sands ofyears had passed away, some masons
came upon the curious inscription Men Of
science, who are skilled IN reading these
stony leaves of God great book, read, as
plainly as if they had been present, the story
of that passing shower. 1t had been written
on the softest clay, but il was read on solid
rock So your hearts TO day are like the soft
clay. Everything stamps them, but the
stamps are not so easy 10 remove. They
viii be there when you are grown up to be
man or woman. O. what deep, dark prints
the bad words Of evil associates make? But
how lovely it will be to recall the record
which kind aud loving actions make upon
the SOUL
Year: 1867

There noble creature whispered
friend to US, pointing to a handsome woman
in the prime Of life, who stood conyersing
with an aged man.


There is something majestic about her,
was our reply.


The majesty of goodness exclaimed
our friend. How low and soft her voice.
and what a world of love in those dark eyes
And her lips mark their fine but firm out
line | tell you she stands there q true
woman; and though now splendOr surrounds
her, and wealth is hers. she renounced fash
ion, fame and riches, for man who was
glorious in his attributes, but poor in pocket
He had no splendor TO offer her-nOthing
but priceless heart. She wasliyely, witty,
and very much accomplished. Her parents
had bestowed upon her all they had, to give
her a liberal education, yet she was never,
| because Of their old fashioned, simple ways,
and unpublished conversation, ashamed of
| them, for in all that makes nature noble
! they excelled, and IN spite Of their bad
grammar, she loved and was proud Of them.
/ l have seen girls-charming girls intellectu-
| ally and physically-who never cared to
| know what made the eyes Of the poor old
mother dim, or what kept her SO silent in
| their company, and / know she was thus





! tempt Of these charming daughters-alas
but her old mother was no slave to her dar-
/ ling aud beautiful child for she sat down
smiling in the cheerful sitting room, while
the sweet voice Of her daughter carolled
forth from the neat, holnely kitchen


They married, and very soon came press
ing want. Sickness blighted the strength of
/ her husband; but she loved him, aud loving
what will not a true woman do2 With her
own hands she toiled, with her hopeful
words encouraged, until the clouds parted
and the sun shone again.


Slander now joined hands with envy to
aid in trampling out the brave heart, but in
the end they made it much stronger Like
the little flower that sends forth rarest per-
fume when crushed, so that gentle heart
loved and trusted more exceedingly And
when that malignant sisterhood hedged up
the path Of her husband. she had only TO
smile, and they burst out; she had only to
speak, and the thorns bowed themselves,
turning outward the down that shrouded
their stalk


And they saw that with such a wife, that
man could not be conquered, or even for a
moment cast down. So they ceased their
machination, and fortune smiled; and friends
came with better times, and the true woman
stood before the world a model wife and
mother


gazed toward the subject Of N. seulogy.
and as | gazed | Yenerated. How m&ny
such. thought !, ''can our land boast Of in
this day and generation? p


TALKATIyE MEN seldom read. This IS
among the few truths which appear the
more strange the more We reflect upon
Year: 1867

a TBUTH STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN.-An
Indianapolis letter writer say:


While passing through the Union Depot
a few days ago Twas acco.ted BY a one armed
man in faded army blue. His apparent
familiarity surprised me at first, but | soon
recognized him as an old acquaintance. This
is not the place for biograpy, but the his
tory Of this man is sufficiently exceptional
and interesting to deserve at least passing
notice.


Fourteen years ago first saw him work
ing at a windass in the gold diggings of
Australia. He and bis three partners hois-
ted by that windlass, from a single shaft,
more than eight hundred thousand dollars
\ few months later | babe him good bye, as
he sailed from Melbourne for New York,
with two hundred thousand in bills of ex-
change in his pocket next saw him a
wounded rebel soldier lying on the battle field
of Antietam A little more than year la
ter, saw him as a Union soldier, lying in a
hospital in Tennessee. I, day be is help
less wanderer dependent On charity for din
ner.
Year: 1867

A GENTLE WFE's ExPLANATIoN.-In
the police court of Chicago, a wife thus
ingeniously explained very serious charge
of harsh treatment towards her poor hns-
band:


One day when she was running across the
room, with a fork in her hand, he jumped in
the way, and struck his wrist against the
fork, wrencbing it from her grip by the
tines, which he ran into his wrist Then
he undertook to strike her, but she held up
pan of hot dishwater between them and he
spiltit all over his head. Then he got still
more angry at this accident, and started to
jump at heI, but bis head came against her
hand and he fell down. She took hold of
his hair to raise him up, and the hair was
moistened by the hot water 50 that it came
off Then she saw that it was of no use to
reason any longer. and she left the house
Year: 1867

GIvISe JOY TO A CRILD. Blessed be the
band that prepared pleasure for child,
for there is no saying when and where il
may again bloom forth. Does not almost
everybody remember some kind hearted man
who showed him kindness in the duleet
days of his childhood The writer of this
recolleets himself at this moment as a bare
looted lad, standing at the wooden fence of
apoor little garden in his native village.
while with longing eyes he gazed on the
flowers which were blooming there quietly
in the brightness Of a Sunday morning.
The possessor came forth from his little cot
tage. He was wood cutter by trade, and
spent the whole week in the woods. He
had come into the garden TO gather flowers
to stick into his coat when he went 10 church.
He saw the boy and, breaking off the most
beautiful of his carnations-it was streaked
with red and white-he gave it to him.
Neither the giver or the receiver spoke a
word, and with bounding steps the boy ran
home. And now here, at a vast distance
from that home, after so many events of so
many years, the feeling of gratitude which
agitated the breast of that boy expresses
itself on paper. The carnation has long
since whithered, but now it blooms afresh.
Year: 1867




HANDKERCHIEF PREACHING notice
in some cases a handkerchief habit in the
pulpit, which has led me to inquire if the
use of that very necessary article is a part
of theological training. notice that some
ministers take it out Of their pockets as they
do their sermons, and lay it on the pulpit.
Some spread it out lengthwise through the
middle of the Bible; some roll it up and
tuck it under the Bible; some shake it over
their heads as if they were going to throw
it at the audience; and some keep crowd
again, with a nervous movement, as if they
did not know what use to make of their
hands | once went to hear popular
young preacher, and as much as half his
sermon was made up of pocket handker
chief, and the most of the other half was
gold watch and bits Of poetry. - Christian
Reflector.
Year: 1867

Look on the bright side. 1t is the best
side. The times may be hard, but it will
make them no easier by wearing sad
gloomy countenance. ID the sunshine and
not the cloud that makes the flower There
is always that before or around us which
should cheer and fill the heartwith warmth.
The sky is blue ten times where it is black
once. You have troubles, it may be. So
have others. None are free from them.
Perhaps ii is as wen that none should be.
They give sineW and tone to life-fortitude
and courage to man. That would be a
dull sea, and the sailor would never get skill,
were there nothing to disturb the surface
Of the ocean.


1t is the duty Of every one to extract all
the happiness and enjoyment he can with
out and within him, and above all he should
look on the bright side of things. What
though things do look little dark? The
lane viii turn, and the night end in the
broad day. In the long run the great bal
ance rights itself What is wrong, right.
Men are not made to hang down their heads
OF lips, and those who do, only show that
they are departing from the paths of true
common sense and right. There is more
virtue IN one sunbeam than whole hemis-
phere of cloud and gloom Therefore, we
repeat, look on the bright side Of things
Cultivate what is warm and genial, not the
cold and compulsive, the dark and morose.
The Iron Duke was right. Don't neglect
your duty; look on the bright side; live down
prejudice.
Year: 1867

SOME men are very entertaining for a
first interview, but after that they are ex-
hausted, and run out; on a second meeting
we shall find them very fat and monotonous
like hand-organs, we have heard all their
tunes.
Year: 1867

The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times writes that for some time it has been
observed that the Archduke Budolf the
heir apparent to the Austrian throne, has
lost much of his fresh color and healthy
appearance but the cause Of the change
in the child health IL only now known to
the public. 4 few days ago, DIR. Ioschner,
a physician in whom the Emperor and EN-
press have great confidence, vas summoned
from Prague and, after having carefully
examined the little patient, recommended
temporary change of air. and a total change
in the system of education. The Archduke


who is not seven years Of age, was not long
ago taken out Of the hands of his ala. or
governess, and entrusted to the care Of
General Count Gondrecourt, who lost no
time in beginning to give the child such an
education ''as would speedily make a man
ofhim The little boy was practically taught
five languages at one and the same time, by
means of attendants of FIVE different nation
alities; he was regularly drilled and every
now and then he was awakened in the night
in order that he might learn to have his wits
about him The results of such an absurd
system of education we're soon apparent,
and the heir to the Austrian throne is now
at Ischl for the benefit of his health. Gen
eral Count Gondrecourt, who knows how to
handle a brigade as we'll as any man in the
service, has got leave Of absence, and the
chances are, that he will soon cease to be
ago, or tutor, to the Emperor only son.
Year: 1867

The New York Tribune comes out in a double
loaded editorial for Chief Justice Chase Tor Pres
ident. 1t is well for individuals to make their
nominations now, because the Republican party
will take the field by and by.
Year: 1867

The public sometimes asks of US,
What are those ceremonies which
Freemasons prize so greatly and preserve
so sacredly among themselves? We
reply, "These would be of no use to you
even if we could communicate them
They have a special meaning to those
wko are first prepared in heart. The cry
of the little one in its cradle, which to
you, its mother, is so fraught with mean
ing has little meaning to others. The
love look of the maiden, which to her
lover is expressive of such world of
tenderness, conveys but little meaning
to me. And SO it is with those signs
and other methods Of Masonic recogni-
tion they only serve purpose to those
who are prepared to understand and to
respond to them, but would convey no
meaning to you.


Yet we will communicate to you some
signs and passwords and ceremonial
form full OF Freemasonry, and equally as
binding upon you as they are upon us.


Ist. When from the lips of parent or
Christian friend you hear the words OF
solemn counsel, warning, rebuke or ex-
hortation. answer those words, we charge
you in the name of God. by refraining
from evil practices and drawing nearer
to the cross of Him whose spirit has put
III into the neartS OF loving friends thus
To do you good. Those words of coun-
sci are the true words of Freemason-
ry, ancient as the warning words which
God addressed to our erring parents in
Eden.


2d. When upon the convulsed face of
suffering humanity you perceive the
tears slowly trickling down-when you
see the hands painfully clenched under
the agonizings of human sorrow, and
hear the choking sob and heavy sigh.
answer those signs, we charge you in
the name of God, answer them quickly
and give such sympathy and aid as it
are the grand hailing signs of Masonry
ancient. as the day that RachaA sorrowed
in her death-pangs, and universally bind
ing upon MasOns and anti-Masons, man
and woman, ito the last syllable of re-
corded time. Nat. FF'C6nds0R