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Year: 1869

Nobody is more like an hon
est man than q thorough rogue.
When you see o man with d
great deal Of religion display
ed in his shop window, you may
depend upon it he keeps a very
small stock Of it within. Do
not choose your friend by his
looks; handsome shoes often
pinch the feet. Don't be fond
OF compliments remember,
THANK you pussy, and thank
you pussy" killed the cat
Don't believe in the man who
talks most for moving cats
arc seldom good mousers. BY
no means put yourselfin an
other persons power; if you put
your thumb between two grin
ders, they are very apt to bite.
Drink nothing without seeing
it; sign nothing without read
ing it, and make sure that it
means no more than itsays.-
% not to law unless you have
notiugh tolose. In any business
never wade into water where
You cannot see the bottom.
Put no dependence upon the
label OF a bag; and count mon-
ey after your kin. See the sack
open before you buy what is i'm
it ; for he who trades in the
dark asks to be cheated. Keep
clear of the man who does not
value bis own character. Be
ware Of every man who swears.
Beware of no man more than
OF yourself; we carry our worst
enemies with us. When a new
opinion of a doctrine comes be-
fore you, do not bite till you
know whether it is bread or a
stone; and do not be sure that
the gingerbread is good be-
cause of the gilt on it. Never
shout halo till you are quite
out of the wood; and never cry
fried fish until they are caught
in the net. There is always
time enough to boast-wait a
little longer. Don't throw away
dirty water till you have got
clean; keep on scraping the
roads till you can get better
work; for the poorest pay is
better than being out of en-
ployment. Always give up the
read to bulls and madmen, and
never fight with a coal HEAVIER,
or contend with a base charac-
ter, for they will be sure to
blacken you.-[C. FL. Spurgeon.
Year: 1869

dsAtA1OIOO w A4OOtAASS AL 0ohF SA-
tions and talking transcendly
about the rights of the work
ingman and the dignity of la
Dor, are intent upon nothing
so much as to devise methods
by which they may be able to
shirk hard work of any kind.
Of course, they are not to be
blamed for trying tosmooth the,
path of toll and to obtain the
largest product with the least
effort. But let them be frank
and consistent. Why do they
vex the public ear with rant
and cant against men OF capi-
tai and men of leisure, when it
is the supreme study Of their
lives to reach, by some kind of
short cut or sharp practice,
what they imagine to be the
beatitude Of the capitalist and
the idler7 The fact is that the
object Of all intelligent laborin
civilized society is the attain
ment of the means of throwing
off the yoke of labor. The
hardest worker is he who most
earnestly desires to earn the
possession of capital and the
enjoyment of leisure. The
hardest worker is he who is
most powerfully melted to
Struggle tor these conditions
by the aspirations Of finding
lin them the means Of blessing
Others and making himself
more worthy Of happiness. II
is to be feared that hass work
like that, and noble work like
this are rather cut Of fashion
with many thousands of the
ingenious youth Of this coun-
try who are rising up to claim
its richest possessions without
contributing anything to the
estate. In the West, as we
read in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, the farmers engaged in
getting in the heavy harvest
that has blessed the land this
season, have been sorely strain
ed for lack of labor. From two
to three dollars a day, with
board, have been offered in
vain for help. And yet all this
while, remarks the same paper,
sour towns and cities have been
crowded with men complaining
of a lack of work. The fact is,
| we are cursed throughout the
land by a desire to make a liv-
ing or to get rich without labor.
Were it not for the foreign ele-
ment and the negro, the Amer
lean people would be in q bad
way, indeed. Women will lstarve
under the name of seamstress,
rather than live as domestics.
The hard-handed, knotty-head-
ed young men, once known to
|


the country, who labored in the
summer for a schooling in the
winter, and made our better
class of citizens, seem to be
disappearing, and in their stead
we have swarms Of young fel-
| lows with a thin-skinned vanity
who wear bobtail coats, smoke
cigars with the view Of appear
ing busy, and expend as rapid
Ily as possible the earnings o1
Year: 1869

Strangely enough, the Iowa Agri-
cultural College ia closed for the
winter. The next session does not
begin till next March. ,,-.....


Y We confess that we do not under
stand this. If there is any season OF
the year when Farmers sons and
hands can spare the time to go to
school, it is the winter; and this
should be the most attractive session,
as it would be the most largely at
tended, of the year. We are aware
that there was much difficulty in
getting the huge building properly
warmed last winter, and much mon
ey was wasted on swindling heaters.
This is no excuse. II the great no.
tells in Chicago and elsewhere can be
kept warm, certainly this College
should be. 1t is to be hoped that the
Legislature will not permit this In
stitutiOn to be closed another winter.
1t is the most important season of
the year for farm students to study
theory, which is as necessary for
Farmers as for the Professions. Prac-
tice can be had at home. Hdckeye.
Year: 1869

It is stated that Secretary Bout
Wells reason for believing that the
time is near at hand when specie
payments can be resumed without
serious embarrassment to the cOun'
try, is, that the large and increasing
exports of cotton and breadstuffs are
depressing the price Of gold at a rate
that makes it a drug in New York
because, with such large exports of
products, there is no export demand
for gold, while our increased exports
tend to reduce the balance of trade
now standing against us-a state OF
affairs for which we should be truly
grateful. The values Of gold and
greenbacks are undoubtedly being
equalized by making the former
more abundant because retained here.
Another good cotton and grain crop
will do more toward bringing US to
specie payments than all the fats OF
Secretaries or the legislation of Con-
gress; vet the latter body can, and
when it meets next month probably
will, initiate measures and perfect
previous legislation that will greatly
aid the return to a coin basis.
-HatUkeye.
Year: 1869

.a Immortal spir'a was drawn. Thus when his crcum-
stances chadged his happiness was gone. He
became wrerk. That was strange expression Of
ST. Paul When he spoke OF the Christians Of his time
as being sorrowfnl yet always rejoicing, and
doubtless many Of them wondered how that thing
itself. Let them for Q moment follow the footsteps
OF Paul and Silas in Philippi as they were dragged
down to the dungeon with their backs lacerated.
Let them plant themselves in imagination by the
side OF that prison house ana listen. II they could
hear the colloquy between the two sufferers then
what would be the resultf Harki They clearly
heard hymns Of praise, and then 1t
swelled up to heaven an expression OF the inner
Joy of the hearts OF the two sufferers. Now then,
there Paul and Silas, who were sorrOwful; and
yet though they heard but the clank Of their prison
chains all around them; though their backs were
sore from the ctors rods yet these elements OF dis
tress and persecution had not touched the basis OF
this JOY. What were the grounds of the Christians
joy9 How could the Christian be brought to rejoice
at all and what were the causes OF his JOY the
themes upon which he was speaking to them. The
fundamental portion OF this theme which he had
been attempting to describe was full apprehension
IN the mind OF Gods Plan OF recovering mercy IN
concluded by adverting to the mysteries OF religion,
holding that If there were stories the Christian
religion should be thrown aside.
Year: 1869

Sermon BY the Rev. DR.. Morgan.


At st. AIMS church, in Eighteenth street, near
Fifth avenue last evening, the Rev. w. +. Morgan,
d. D., delivered o sermon before delegates from
church societies OF different colleges, who were pre-
sent. Before the sermon the announcement was
made that meeting Of delegates from the church
societies Of the colleges, held on Saturday evening
last. in Trinity chapel, an association was formed
and designated ''The Brotherhood OF the Holy
Crossn The objects OF the association are to encour
age the formation of church societies in colleges and
the propagation Of the faith generally.


DR.. Morgan took as his text portion Of the twen-
tyth verse Of the first chapter OF the general epis
tie OF James-"Being not forgetful hearer but a
deed"


The reverend orator demonstrated that the relig-
ion Of Christ was more religion OF works than OF
words; OF doing rather than OF hearing. 1t was
and whose works did more TO prove His divine
origin than words could DO The religion was pre-
served and d. transmitted By those who worked or % an,
Ages may appear to us to have been dull and slow,
but the works In which they were engaged were
tnfie traditions OF the faith were works whose i'm
portance can now be fully appreciated The present
age often styled and justly So the age Of reason
fihhsN ihs latin Il s remain behind i4. the great
march of advancement ..'e reverend Relusel9a9





the work on which their Brotherhood had entered
was the work of the reformation Of the whole
world; that the time was coming when Christianity
should rule supreme throughout the universe. TIE
Brotherhood should not be discouraged, but should
go on with their labors. lnfdels would tell them
their movements were slow, out right thinking
Christians would assure them that their work was
advancing. God is very slow in his works, but He
Is very sure. In their labors they would have OBJ
staces to overcome, but by perseverance they would
succeed. These obstacles would come principally
from inides, or persons outside OF the Church,
but there would be obstacles thrown in
their way by parties who are in the
Church, persons In the Church who do not regard
the Church as only Christs messenger, but who ac-
tually reverse the divine nature and make Christ the
Church and the Church Christ. These would prove,
no doubt, to be great obstacle but as great one
would be those who might be called latltudinarians.
He would rather have the bigot than the sophst,
and an inlde rather than one Of those loose Chris
tians who call themselves liberal Christians or those
with whom intellect measures everything C0nclud-
Ing the reverend discOurser asked that God might
bless the Brotherhood and bless it abundantly and
he adured them to cling to the truth of God as writ
ten by Him with a hand OF iron on the rock Reason
could not originate that truth; then let not reason at
tempt to question it,
Year: 1869

the stones which composed solomon's Temple and
said that that grand historical edhce cost sum OF
money equal to four thousand millions Of American
dollars. At the conclusion OF his sermon Mr.. Henry
gave doleful account OF the religious condition Of
his c0untrymen. He said the present population OF
Ireland was about six Millions four millions and
half Of whom were Roman Catholics instructed by
three thousand priests. These priests are now put
ting forth extraordinary efforts to perpetuate their
religion in that benighted land. They have
eleven colleges for the education. Of the
youth OF the country for the priesthood, and All
hallows College, near Dublin, turns out annually
hundreds OF well trained missionaries. In the town
OF Londonderry they are erecting an ediflce which
surpasses In grandeur the cathedral OF The Estab-
lisned Cnurch. Although its cost 10 enormous they
did not 60 out OF the parish to collect funds. Now
tnat the state Church is to be abolished, large fields
viii be lef solely IN the hands Of the Romish priest
hood At the present day there are one hundred
ana seventy thousand persons who can only speak
the irish tongue. The province OF Connaught
Is almost exclusively Roman Catholic and there
was no Protestant place OF worship In 1t up to late
period AT present, however, there Is a dourisning
mission there, and many converts are made notwith-
standing the assertion that Roman Catholic never
abandons his faith. Mr.. Henry appealed for aid for
the reclamation OF that unhappy land. He attributed
the benighied condition of the people to il-judged
and tyrannica legislation.


The services were brought to close by the Rev.
Mr Hanna who offered q fervent prayer for the In
haDltantS OF "the gem OF the sea.n
Year: 1869

From the Louisville Courter-Journal.l


At 1855 o'clock Sunday morning,
railroad time, as the train from Nash
viIls, Frank Sterling engineer was near
ing Eizabethtown, something very re-
marksble happened. The train was
probably within two miles Of Elizabeth
town and was going at the rate Of thirty
five miles sn hour, when all OF a sudden
the headlight of the locomotive vanished,
leaving nothing but the showers of
sparks from the smOkestaek to light the
WaY. The engineer, at loss to count
for the disappearance of the light, which
had apparently been "snuffed y out by
some Invisible hand, reversed the engine,
whistled "dOwn brakes" and the train
stopped. Immediately he began an in
vestigation. and found that hole, six
inches in diameter had been made in the
front glass, round, and apparently made
by a large pistol ball. The chimney of
the lamp was broken, and thrusting his
hand into the compartment, to his as
constituent his fingers touched some
thing that seemed to be bird crOuching
in one corner He drew it forth, and up
on examination found 1t to be jack
snipe. The bird was alive and did not
appear to be the least hurt by It's collision
with the locomotive.


Tae fact of the bird being uninjured is
accounted for by its exceeding swiftness
At this time Of year it emigrates from
the South to the North, and ia said to
pass through the air at the rate of sixty
or seventy miles an hour. The bird,
then, must have been making better
time than the locomotive so that all the
force of the iron monster was lOat on the
Iittla foatherad Wandprar of the air


He is now in possession OF MIR. James
Murphy, the fireman, and is said to be
doing well. 1t is hard to believe that
his snipeship escaped with so little harm.
No doubt, il the truth were known, he
experienced at least mild headache for
a short time after the collision. Railroad
men never will quite adss:. ad.;s:. mat any one
or any thing is injured.
Year: 1869

The subject of the repeal of the, ordinance
prohibiting running OF street cars on Sunday n New
ark came before the Common Council last evening
The proposed repeal had excited great deal OF oppos
tion and a special election ordered by the Common
Council 10 decide whether the should or should not
be run The election, which held on Tuesday last
resulted majority OF nearly 5000 IN favor OF the re-
peal The ordinance for repeal was put upon It's hna
passage last light aud received the unanimous vote OF
the members present "a voting in its favor. Two mem
bers absent,
Year: 1869

The effects of the imagin ton were
well illustrated in the case of young
Stevens, who endeavored to commit
suicide in the Park some days since
Having discharged the pistol at his breast,
he fell backward, and was apparently in
a dying condition. When, however, he
had ascertained that the ball, instead OF
piercing his vitals, had glanced off and
lodged in the f1eshy part of his body
near the shoulder, he quickly revived
sprang up, walked off, and being fur
nished with funds. took the first train
for his home in Bridgeport, Conn. A
French soldier was at one time condemn
ed to death for desertion. The day OF
execution arrived. The platoon of sol
diers took their places to fire, and the
condemned was blindfolded and placed
in front of them. Asthe order was about
being given, reprieve arrived. The
General commanding, however, thought
he would inflict a scare upon the desert
er, and accordingly ordered the men to
fire over the reprieved mans head. The
poor fellow dropped instantly, and when
they proceeded to pick him up they
found he was dead, though untouched
by single ball. knew of a man who,
a few years ago, dreamed that he would
die upon certain day. AS the time
Irew near his belief in the dream grew
stronger and stronger. His physicians
and friends sought in vain to dispel the
hallucination, and. sure enough, when
the day arrived he did die. Mortimer
s., a prominent lawyer of Western
New York, could at any time be forced
into the belief that he was sick. One
had but to tell him that he looked sick
and he would fancy that he was, and
soon became SON. Y. Cor. Chicago
.IOnrnal
Year: 1869

In Erie, Pa, there is large manufac-
tory of workers in brass where the ma
chinery is driven and the buildings
lighted by the gas from an unprOductive
oil well. For more than two years the
proprietors have brought the gas by
means of three-inch iron pipe from all
unsuccessful oil well one thousand two
hundred feet distant from the nlanufac-
tory, and used it as fuel for their boil
ers and as lights for their works. The
flow, il is stated, has never stopped never
changed in amount of pressure; the gas
is of good lighting proprieties, and
when at night or on Sunday the works
are stopped, the gas is still supplied and
at night is lighted 1T the mouth of the
pipe OF two or two and a half inches IN
diameter, situated near the top of the
main building. Thislight issufficient to
illuminate several streets and squares
in Overy direction and the escaping gas
makes d noise as if escaping steam, that
may be heard alta long distance, while
the gas fame is not less than four or five
feet high. These facts have been cited
as strong proofs o the theory that the
interior OF the earth is filled with Con-
densed gas, under q heavy pressure
The solid crust OF the earth, il is esti-
mated, is thirty miles thick, or one
two hundred and and sixtieth, part OF
the diameter. AS the average rate oi
increased temperature is one degree
Fahrenheit for every foot of descent be-


meath the surface of the earth, point
would soon be reached where the most
refractory metals can only exist in the
form of vapor Hence, the globe may
be considered vast gas holder.
Year: 1869

A man in California proposes TO manu-
facture silk from the original vegetable
fiber of the mulberry tree, without wait
ing for the slow process OF its nafura
changes first into foliage, thence through
the digestive and, other organs of the
worm into cecoons to be carefully un-
rolled and spun. The inventor takes the
inner bark of young saplings, and, by
mechanical and chemical treatment. re-
moves all portions of it except the fiber.
which is then refined, washed, dried and
combed ready for spinning. The staple
thus procured is said to be fine, soft color
aud Considerable lustre. 1t is said that
Californians are about to undertake this
new manufacture on an extensive scale.
The process is an interesting one, and
may yield valuable material for textile
manufacture but it is, we suppose, err
roneous to call it silk, as the physiological
processes of animal and vegetable life
have never get been successfully mitiga.
ted by artificial means. and this product
is not likely to prove an exception. 1t
would no doubt be found, on microscop-
ical examination or chemical analysis.
to differ materially from the genuine
produce of the silk worm, through it
may bear considerable resemblance to
it in general appearance and mechanical
properties.
Year: 1869

In iumbago they act like charm. In few
hourf violent cough is relieved by Plaster
applied to the chest Many persons believe
cold cannot he taken while a plaster is worn
there this We 40 know, they greatly assist in
the cure OF neglected cold, 30 often the intro
duccr Of Consumption


Cure Of Lesion Of tho Liver.


A gentleman, after severe sickness. had le.
sion of the liver, Every quick movement or
sudden jar gave him severe pain, often laying
him up for days. Hence he was unable to follow
any occupation with regularity.


In this condition, he applied over the part
affected an Allcooks Porous Plaster. At first,
it seemed to irritRte, 40 il was taken off. But
the marked improvement he experienced after
ward gave him courage TO try again, and he
therefore applied another plaster. In a few
days something gave way--''sliPped," to use the
gcntloman's own words. There was sumo sore
ness for a few days after, then his health was
perfectly restored. Upon being sounded by his
the adhesion or lesion was found to
be gone.


Principal Agency, Brandreth House, New
York. Sold by oil Druggists.


iAnl6dwlm.
Year: 1869

the man.


will give only one more illustra-
ton of this character, Roe wishes to
study law with Doe, aad offers to pay
the customary fee when he shall have
won his first suit at law. To this Doe
agrees, and Roe bcomcs student =
Doe gets tired of waiting for his fee
and determines to sue Roe for the
amount. Doe reasons; 'If | gain the
case, Roe Will be compelled to pay me
by the decision of the Court; if | lose
it, he will have to pay me by the con
dition of our contract, as he will have
won his first lawsuit" But Roe also
reasons: "If succeed, and the award
of the Court is inmy favor, of course |
shall not have TO pay the money; if the
court decides against me l shall not
have to pay it, according to the terms
of our contract, for I shall not then
have gained my first suit at law"


The discerning reader will easily
perceive that great many of the
metaphysical, political and doctrinal
discussions which are gong on in the
earth get their principal fuel in the diff
ieren sense OF wordsand phrases. l will
not moralize extensively or this prop
osition, though there is abundant op
portunty to do 50. | deem lllustra-
ton more entertaining than disscrta-
ton The Galaxy.