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Year: 1869

Mrs. Elizabeth Katydid Stanton will prob.
ably make haste to congratulate herself and
other women Of her sex on the accession of
President Grant to the ranks of female suf,
frsgists, In his inaugural address, be made
this pointed declaration "The question OF
suffrage is one which is likely to sgitate the
public so long as a portion of the citizens OF
the nation are excluded from it's privileges
in any State" OF course the President will
not allow that women are not citizens; if be
should he would at once be suspected OF
having read the Dred Scott decision, and
that is not at all probable.
Year: 1869

Gen. Grant evidently considers himself a
sort of Mahomet, for he asks the mountain
of Congress to come 10 him and help him
retain Stewart as Secretary Of the Treasury
instead Of going to the mountain with a
new nomination. Ifauy man in tbs United
States comes within the purview Of the act
sought to be repealed and the mischief
sought to be prevented, that man is A. T.
Stewart, and Congress, it is hoped will not
yield to the wishes of Grant and remove his
disabilities.
Year: 1869

1t is said that there is not homogenity
sufficient among the journalists Of New
York to make press club that will stick to-.
gether. The complaint is that there is too
many grades of men and too great diversity
Of tastes among the various grades. A
member Of the Reporters club has been ex.
PEELED because he dressed too we'll another
was afterwards turned into the street be.
cause he had not changed his linen for a
fortnight. GothsmiteS Of the quill are
freakishly fastidious.
Year: 1869

so-called privilege. They agreed to this
proposition, and have bought the news
from the agent of the Associated Press
ever since. They were in the position of
persons allowed to come into the restaur-
ant, and enjoy a portion of the fare pre-
pared for the original participants in the
feast. The privilege accorded by the New
York Associated Press was generous. 1t
might have been denied altogether, and
the journals published in other parts of the
country would either have been compelled
to make their own combinations to obtain
news, or have been condemned to use the
intelligence published in New York, a day !,
or days after date.
Year: 1869

We presume most of our readers have
been annoyed, as we have, by the contin-
ned breaking of kerosene lamp-chimneys,
which crack upon the slightest expansion
by the heat on first lighting the lamp.
We are reminded by an exchange of the
cause. These chimneys are made of sill
cate of lime instead of silicate of lead, be-
cause the former material is very much
cheaper. They are the "shoddy" in glass
manufacturing, and have no strength to
withstand the expansion and contraction
Those made of silicate of lead may be
known by their clear, ringing, bell-like
sound, one of which will outlast dozen ot
the others.
Year: 1869

When straw bonnets first became gen
eral, it was common to trim them with ar
tifcial wheat or barley in ears, on which
custom the following lines were written
Who now of threatening famine dare complain
When every female forehead teens with grain
See how the wheat-sheaves nod amid the plumes
Our barns are now transferred to drawing rooms
And husbands who indulge in active lives,


To fill their granaries my. thrash their wives
Year: 1869

THOUGH the colored men have never had
their pictures either on the bank notes or the
postage stamps, they are now getting their full
share Of such notoriety on the new tobacco
stamps about TO be issued. The colored man
is displayed on these stamps in all his phases
and conditions.
Year: 1869

POSTMASTER GENERAL CRaswKLL met with
a severe &C ccideEt yesterday, a. his home near
Elkton, Nd, we regret to say, by which his
LETT arm was broken. The chair in which n 2
was seated being too near the edge of the
porch tell Of, throwing him violently on his
arm
Year: 1869

A QUEER BIGAMY OAsE.-Mr. August
Rechter is being tried in Saline county,
Kansas, for bigamy. The most interesting
part Of the story is that the second marriage
was suggested by the first wife Seeing
that she was destined to die childless, and
desiring that one Of the firm should be repre-
sented in pOsteritJ, she advised her liege
lord to try another helpmeet and as Barkis
was willing, and the other woman was right
there, the matter was soon settled to the
satisfaction of all concerned. But now just
as the prospects of the affair began to appear
quite hattering, and all parties are in high
hopes that the transaction is about to culs
inmate in the most complete success, the
officers of the law step in with their 'injunc-
ton, and propose to put stop to further
proceedings.
Year: 1869

Let's have the old bend and not have the new
Let's have the bend that our grandmothers knew
Over the washtdb and over the churn,
That is the bend that our daughters should learn
Let's have the bend that our grandmothers knew;
Over the cradle like good mothers true;
Over the table, (the family round
Reading the Good Book mid silence profound.
Let's have the bend that at church they did wear,
Bowing them lowly in meek, humble prayer;
Not sitting erect, with the modern-m miss air,
With the I" love Of bonnet" just perched on


one hair.


Leave the camel his hump-he wears it for use
Leave the donkey his pannier-and cut your"


selves loose


From fashions that lower deform and degrade
To hide some deformity most of them made.
Let our heads of false hair and hot yarn skeins


be shorn;


Let our garments be easy and light to be worn ;
Don't shake in December and swelter in June,
Aud appear like unfortunates struck by the moon.
Let's spend the time n things higher than dress
Time that was given US to aid and to bless;
Time that is fleeting and passing away;
o let us work while we call it to-day
Let's have the old bend instead of the new;
Let's have the old hearts, so faithful and true
Away with all fashions that lower and degrade
To hide some deformity most of them made
Year: 1869

A HUNDRED years ago fast men used to
drink bumpers to the health of lady out of
her shoe. The custom has fallen into disue>
tude; but correspondent of London paper
says that less than twenty years ago be was
present at a dinner Of Irish squires, when
the health of beautiful girl, whose feet
were as pretty as her face, was drunk in
champagne from one of her satin shoes,
which an admirer of the lady had contriVed
to obtain possession Of
Year: 1869

u
employed in village, where he was well
known, to dig well, pro bono publico.


The contract was made that be was to be
paid certain sum per foot, and warrant a
free supply of water.


At it he went with a will, and his daily
progress was intently watched by interested
parties.


Early and late he delved away faithfully
deep down in the earth, full of confidence in
the speedy completion of his labors.


He had reached the depth ofabout twenty
five feet, and soon to strike water


Early one morning Pat repaired to the
scene Of his labor, and horrible to relate, it
had caved in, and was very nearly full.


He gazed with rueful visage upon the
wreck, and thought of the additional labor
the accident would cause him.


After a moments reflection, he looked
arnestly around, and saw that no one was
stirring then, quickly divesting himself Of
hat and coat, he carefully hung them on the
windlass, and speedily made tracks for a
neighboring eminence which overlooked the
village.


Here, hiding amid the underground, he
quietly awaited for the progress of events.


As the morning wore on, the inhabitants
began to arouse and stir about.


Several were attracted to the well, thinks
ing that, as Pats hat and coat were there,
he was, of course, below at work.


Soon the alarm was raised that the well
had caved in, and that Pat was in it.


The crowd collected and stood Mortified
at the fate of poor Pat.


A brief consultation was held, and spades
and other implements were brought with
which to dig out the unfortunate man.


To work they went with will. When
one set became wearied with unusual labor,
dozen other ready hand grasped the imple
ments and dug Justify.


Pat quietly looked on from his retreat on
the eminence, while the whole village stood
round the well and watched, with breathless
suspense, the work going bravely on.


As the diggers approached the bottom,
the excitement of the bystanders grew in>
tense, and they collected as near as safety
would admit, gazing fearfully down the well.


With great care precaution the dirt was
dug away, and, when the bottom was at
length reached, no Pat was to be found


The crowd, before so anxious, gradually
relapsed into broad grin, which broke forth
in uproarious merriment, when the veritable
Pat walked up, with smiling countenace,
and addressed the crestfalen diggers, who
now stood weary, and soiled with their
labor.


BE jabers, gintlemen, and it's Pat Pagan
sure that is much obleeged to yees for doin'
of that nice little job of work p


The fact can be better imagined than de.
scribed, as the most active of the young men
skunk of; several low breathed mutterings
broke forth that sounded very much like
sold.


Through the kindly aid of his fellowcitiz>
ems, Pat soon finished the we'll, and it remains
among the monuments of his genius to this
day.
Year: 1869

ENCOURAGE THE YoUNG.-If a young
man deserves praise, be sure to give it to
him, else you not only run chance Of driving
him from the right road by want of encour
agement, but deprive yourself of the happiest
privilege you will ever have Of rewarding his
labor. For it is only the young who can re-
celve much reward from mems praise the
old, when they are great, get too far beyond
and above what you may think of them.
You may urge them with sympathy and sur
round them with acclamation, but they will
doubt your pleasure and despise your praise.
You might have cheered them in their race
through the asphodel meadows of their youth;
you might have brought the proud, bright
scarlet to their faces, if you had cried but
once, Well done as they dashed IN the
hrst goal'of their early ambition But now
their pleasure is in memory, and their ambi-
ton In heaven. They can be kind to YOU,
you can never more be kind to them.
Year: 1869

TEST FOR WINE.-According to Ger
man chemist, very simple test to determine
whether wine has been coored arti6cially or
not, is furnished by adding powdered super
oxide of manganese to the suspected liquor,
shaking them together for quarter of an
hour, and then iltering. If the liquid be
then light colOred and transparent, the color
is natural if darkened, the contrary is the
Year: 1869

Health is most important; and the afflicted
should not use an advertised medicine, or any
remedy, unless It's contents or ingredients are
known to others besides the manufacturer, or
until they are satisfied Of the qualifications Of
the party so Offering.
Year: 1869

The ancient eonduits about Jeru-
salem are Of wonderful structure
One, the lower level conduit, formed
of stone, follows the conto of the
country for twenty FIVE miles, pass


lug along the bend of depression iu
one case Of So feet depth, and enter
ing the city at an altitude of 2,450
feet. The other, the upper level con.
duit, is tunneled through Hill at
one part, and The blocks arc so keyed
together as to form a complete siphon.
Year: 1869




The San Francisco Bulletin says:-


1--WE have heard of several instances lately of
the first use made of the good fortune which has
attended some of the White Pine adyenturers
that show the better side OF human nature
One man who had lost his grip and had be-
come worthless by drink, was accosted one day
by friend and told that he could do nothing
here; he had no credit and no influence and few
friends; he had better 90 to White Pine. His
adviser offered to furnish money enough out Of
his own moderate earnings to take him there,
and would look after his family ia the mean
time. The man went under promise not to
spend dime of the money so furnished for
drink. After while he got hold of some claims,
began to make small remittances to his friend
enough in all to iquidate the Indebtedness for
his outfit. AT still later day he returned to
the city, paid all arrearages for family expenses
met his old friend and told him that from the
hour he had been taken by the hand he had
never spent a cent for liquor. If he had not
done much, he had become Il sober man. The
friends parted at the steamboat landing; the
White Pine man returning In the hurry of the
moment he recolected that he had q small
package for his friends wife, which he had
nearly forgotten. The package contained a
deed for the house and lot occupied by his bene-
factor. The property was worth about eight
thousand dollars.


"An0ther dead broke man recently returned
from White Pine, and, meeting one of his credi-
tors began to talk about the old Indebtedness.
The creditor said that the account was long ago
C@,.aNSd, aIG ae AG3 quite lc:s- SEA tie pa:.l-
Year: 1869

the throne, according to the Constitution. The
Prince of Asturias will take the same oaths when
he attains eighteen years of age.


Article So The Cortes will exclude from the
succession those persons who may be incapable
OF governing, or who may have done anything
to merit the loss of the right to the Crown.


Article 81 When female reigns her husband
will have no part in the government of the king
dom.


Chapter vI-Of the Ministers.


Article 81. All that the King commands and
disposes in the exercise of his authority will be
signed by the minister to whom it corresponds.
No public functionary will give compliance to
what is wanting in this particular.


Article SS. Ministers who do not belong to one
or other of the legislative bodies cannot assist at
the sessions of the Cortes.


Article 80. The Ministers are responsible to
the Cortes for derelicts committed in the eXer-
else of their functions. To the Congress it be-
longs to accuse, and to the Senate to judge
them. The laws will determine the cases of re-
sponsibility of the Ministers, the penalties to
which they are subject, and the mode of proce-
dure against them.


Article 80. For indulgence to the Ministers
who may have been condemned by the Senate
there must be proceedings by petition of one of
the legislative bodies
Year: 1869

culars. White Pine said that made no difference


He had come down with $15, 900 in hand TO pay
his debts. His first business was to hunt up
every creditor, paying him principal and inte-
rest, declaring that he had no right to count n


1--WE have heard of many other instances ouite
as notable. Now, If White Pine is going not
only to develop millions of treasure but is really
going to help develope whatever is best in human
nature, there VIII be no estimating the value of
these new discoveries. II NAV vet fall to the lot
Of some ingenious moralist to consider White
Pine as a means of pracn ~
Year: 1869

The prctticst fashion We have had for many
day is the universally popular and universally
becomius fashion of wearing white, and it will
be carried into the fall and winter as far as
practicable. White cloth cloaks and white
plush sacks will enliven our promenades, while
white Jackets and basques will give July as.
pect to the frostiest day in January.
Year: 1869

reflect that - sound mind and body are the i-ost
necessary requisites to promote connublal hap
pincss Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; tho
prosp ct hourly darkens to the vjsV, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed wit
the melancholy reflection that the happiness a,
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1869

in the center for the workmen with the raft
and on either side the banks were lined, nav.
we're packed, with spectators. There were
thousands upon thousands present, all eager
curious, and yet sympathetic. Avery appeared
as on the day before, still hopeful, eating and
drinking what was sent down to him, motioning
with his hands and arms, and watching all that
was done on the bridge and the shore.


| The crisis of the excitement arrived when
about the middle of the second day, the second
raft was launched from the bridge upon the hur-
rying food Strong and willing hands held the
ropes and it was cautiously lowered until it al
most touched the spot where the castaway stood.
With bound he placed himself erect on the raft,
and then arose such shout of rejoicing from
the lips of that multitude that it was heard even
above the roaring of the waters.


1t was short-lived joy. The ropes were manned
by all the hands that could find place, and the
raft struggled up little way in the teeth of the
rapids and then furious volume of water b-oke q
over and upon it, washing it from end to end
and hurling Avery bodily into the rapids One
faint, desperate hope remained tor him as the
irresistible current hurled him down, he might,
by stou. swimming make the shore of Chapin 8


island, some rods below, ard to the West of him
1t was furious, terrible struggle for life and
while the multitude held their breath and looked
on, it seemed at first as though the man might
still save himself. He almost reached the shore
OF the little island, but he never gained it,
Some said that the brush upon which he'laid his
hand broke in his grasp, others thought that his
strength left him when few more strokes wonld
have saved him. He yielded himself to the fury
of the rapids, and an instant later his body was
hurled over the fatal abyss amid the shudders
and groans Of the heart-siek spectators


Those who were nearest the spot where he
went over were certain that his dying shrek,
full of the horror of despair, articulated the
name Mary.-Packard's Monthly.
Year: 1869

lady writing from New York city to jour-
numerous in the great metropolis, and moralizes
little as follows


Fully one-half of the girls who are now filing
situations in stores Offices, etc., go there in the
first place in order to be able to dress better.
They live in plain but comfortable homes, and
must help with the housework or the children
OF their own kin but they hear the glowing ac-
counts of the city, they want the hnery that is
denied them, and they want to go from those
peaceful home lives, from the kind guardianship
of parents, to the tolls and temptations of the
ten-hour system.


They 60 plain country girls, with modest,
blushing cheeks and smooth, shining hair.
They stay there year or two and their cheeks
are pale and their hair is frizzed. They have
lost the gaucherie of blushng and are bold at re-
partee. They dress somehow, but they have
hours of dependency that make them old. 1t
is one long struggle with labor and temptation,
and how they preserve their integrity God only
knows.


Now would not these girls be happier as the
wives of farmers or mechanics? Would not one
word OF genuine love outweigh ton of admira-
tion? Would not smile of little child be q
thousand times better than the gaze o. lber-
tine? Is it not easier to work for ones own
than for strangers-to feel that you are king
in your own estate, if it is only one story cot
tage? Woman independence will work dead
lier wrong than any bond she has borne.
When she steps beyond the fair threshold Of
womanly power, the arcbetypal home, where
God has made her supreme, to fight the demons
of political commercial life, she lays down a
sceptre to take up chain whose iron eankeP
will eat into her soul. -


That was a true and beautiful reply which
one of our strongest advocates of suffrage in this
city gave to gentleman who called on her at
her Office and demanded to know the meaning of
womans rights. She looked up with troubled
face-the face of delicate, thoughtful woman
from the pile of exchanges aud manuscripts
which lay before her, and answered with ear
nest solemnity, g give you its entire def
milton in two words, Home and Peace j "
Year: 1869

1T 1t very terrible thing to begin to let con-
science grow hard, for it soon sears as with a
red hot iron. 1t is like the freezing of pond.
Inc hrst film of ice is scarcely perceptible; keep
the waters stirring and you will prevent the ice
from hardening; but once let it film over and
remain so, it thckens over the surface, and it
thckens still, and at last it is so solid that
wagon might be drawn over solid water. 30
with conscience, it films over gradually, and at
last becomes hard, .unfeeling, and it can bear up
a weight of ANTIQUITY
Year: 1869

JOHN STANLEY, the musician, lost his sight
when only two years of age. He had so correct
an ear that he never forgot the voice of person
he had once heard speak. An instance is given
in which he recolected the voice of person he
had not heard for twenty years, who then accos-
ted him in an assumed voice. IF twenty persons
were seated at q table together, he would ad-
dress them all in their regular order, without
their being previously known TO him. Riding on
horseback one of his favorite exercises,
though it would seem very dangerous one for
the blind; and towards the close of his life,
when he lived in Epping forest, and wished to
give his friends an airing. he would take them
the pleasantest road and point out the most
agreeable prospects. He played at whist with
great readiness and judgement. Each card was
marked at the corners with point of a needle
but these marks were so delicatey fine as
scarcely to be discerned by any person not pre-
viously apprised to them. His hand was gen
orally the first arranged, and it was not uncom-
mon for him to complain of the party that thev
were tedious in sorting their cards. HI could
tell the precise time by watch. He knew the
number of persons in a room when he entered it
would direct his voice to each person in par
ticular-even to strargers-after they Rad once
spoken, and would miss any one who was absent
and could tell who that one was.
Year: 1869

HEARTS are not trumps 10 the great game Of
life. As sentiment the heart is commonly re-
garded as pretty, but a fact of little account.
It is quite the thing to splurge about the little
beater, but the world really holds it in no more
estimation than did Shyiock. Money is the trump
card, and to which ali others in the pack pay
homage: Hany dispute this let him open hla
eyes and look about him s,saa
Year: 1869

CHICAGO, Dec. 9-The following act
was passed by the Wyoming Terrific
rial Legislature, on Tuesday last,
and signed by the Governor Any
person in the employ Of any railroad
Ia this Territory who may be injured
or killed while in the performance of
his duties or otherwise, shall have.
or his widows and heirs shall have.
the same right of action for damages
against said company as if such per
son was not in the employ OF said
company. and any agreement, written
or verbal, to hold such company harm
less, or free from damages, shall be
null and void.
Year: 1869

At meeting held in Milwaukee on
Saturday evening last at which were
present some of the leading Seandinavians
of the State. the following resolutions
were adopted.


ReSolred, That in our opinion The in
tercst of the Scandinavian people is iden
teal with and inseparable from that ol
the state.


Resolrea, That we regard the Repub
Iican party as the best medium by which
to maintain, develop and promote the
true interest of the state, both as regard
the welfare of her citizens individually
as also of the state at large.


ResolUed, That as long as that party is
bound together by love Of liberty, truth
and justice. the question OF equal divis
ion of Offices Of profit, honor and trust
among her citizens of different nativity
is of minor importance


ReS0tued, That we denounce all and
every attempt to withdraw, wether in
part or whole, the support of the Sean
dlnavlan people from the Republican
party at the coming election, on account
OF not being represented on the state
ticket, as jeopardizing the success of our
good citizens in the state


Resoired, That we adhere to and faith
fully carry out the resolutions, plcdging
our fidelity faith and support to the Re
publican party, adopted in Convention
at Madison, on August 3lst, 1869.