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Year: 1869

1t is astonishing what numbers of
foolish people there are who govern
their conduct by the silly sayings
handed down from "ye olden time.
A woman in Raymond, who was mind
full of the old adage that ait takes q
bushel of corn to fatten hogs tail,
actually cut off the tail of her hog as
a matter of economy. She was some
what surprised, on going to the sty il
a couple of hours to find "hoggie'
dead from bleeding after the loss of
his narrative"
Year: 1869


to kindness.


More than half the population of
Wisconsin are Roman Catholics.


A German presbyterian theological
school has been founded at Dubuque.


Only trust thyself n d another
shalt not betray thee.


A faithful friend is one who will
give me one loaf when he has but two.


We do not want precepts as much
as we want patterns.


A sharp tongue is the only edged
tool that grows keener with constant
use.


Strive to make every body happy,
and you will make at least one 80,
yourself.


The snakes poison is in his teeth;
the slanderer's in his tongue.


Sorrow is the furnace that melts
selfish hearts together in love.


Most misfortunes may be turned
into blessings by watering the tide of
affairs,


Better than he who wipes away
a tear, is he who prevents it from
starting.


All human virtues increase and
strengthen by the practice and exper-
ience of them.


To do good to our enemies, may
be said to resemble the incense whose
aroma perfumes the fire by which it
is consumed.


The worthiest people are most as
sailed by slander; as that is the best
fruit the birds have been picking at.
A word of kindness is seldom spo-
ken in vain, while witty sayings are
as easily lost as pearls slipping from
broken string.
Rev. Sidney Corrett lectured in
Quincy, ILL.,, announcing as subject,
Mud" and as his text, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord
Disappointment feed and nourish
US in the desert places of life, as did
the ravens the prophet III the wilder
ness.


See that each hours feelings, tho'ts
and actions are pure and true, then
will your life be such.
A man that has the love Of God in
his heart, s like the sun that shines
and warns, though it does not speak.
If you have been tempted to evil,
fly from it; it is not falling into wat
er, but lyi3g in it, that browns.


Sin is bad in the eye, worse in the
tongue, worse still in the heart, but
worst of all in the life.
No company at all is preferable to
had We are more apt to catch the
vices of others than their virtues.
| The good mans life, like the mount
ain top, looks beautiful because it is
near to heaven.


Some minds are like sieves; they
retain all that is worthless, while that
which is good passes through .hem.


Harsh words are like hailstones in
summer, which if melted, would fer
tilize the tender plants they batter
down.


A man is not like stepped tea leaves;
but the more strength and virtue you
draw out of him, the more is left with
in him.


You may gather rich harvest OF
knowledge by reading, but thought is
the winnowing machine.


He who is master of the fttest mo-
ment to crush his enemy, and magnan-
imously neglects it, is born to be a
conqueror.


Land is so cheap in Arkansas, that
a local paper says you have to look
sharp or they will smuggle an extra
forty acres or so on you in making
out the deed.
Year: 1869

The Burlington Sentinel is respon-
sible for the following good story of
a prominent lawyer i'll Franklin Co.
and who served as a colonel during
the late war:


at is said that when he first com.
menced the practice OF law he was
fond of sOciable game of euchre, and
on one Saturday evening while engag-
ed with three friends in quiet game,
he was called upon by a worthy mem
ber of the church who requested that
he should attend church on the fol
lowing day and read the sermon as
the pastor could not be present-tO
which he consented, and on Sabbath
day, performed the duties of his new
appointment with credit to himself
and to the entire satisfaction Of the
audience. But it was soon nOised
about the village that while playing
cards he had accepted Of request tc
read the sermon in church-a great
ofcnse in the eyes Of maryland it was
found necessary for the young lawyer
to explain himself. Meeting one Of
the deacons on the street, he com
menced his explanation, when the dea
con, smiling said: That reminds N,
of certain choir when some of it
members desired to purchase a violin
and the subject had to be lef, to the
elder for decision, who abruptly re
piled "a fiddle in the choir a fiddle
in the choir by all means, | wish


could bring all the instruments Of The
devil into church to serve the Lord :


1t is needless TO say that the attorne.
made no further explanation.
Year: 1869

Private letters from London received
in New York ascribe the decline in bonds
in that market, on the 9Th of May, to a
letter from Goldwin Smith, in which he
represented the American people as ter
ribly excited about the Alabama claims,
and advised against English emigration
to this country. London papers assign
the speculation in American bonds as q
a reason for the recent advance in the
discount rate of the Bank of England.
The London Times, of May 8, in its city
article, says:


"An extraordinary degree of initiation
has been prevalent for long period in
America, and is fostered by money
drawn from this side, in the shape either
of investments in, or loans on, United
States bonds. So long as this continues
there can be no collapse in New York,
and it must be expected to continue until
the rate here rises to point so nearly
equivalent to that at New York as &c Of
fer no temptation to borrowers. Whether
the advance of the bank rate to AZ per
cent. will create pressure and distrnst
sufficient to check the ardor of those who
are placing their money in these securi-
ties is the point to be solved. All
that can be positively known is, that if
Al per cent. will not suffice, the move
ment will go on to the requisite point
whether that point be or 10 per cent.
We cannot keep up the New York inha-
tion beyond certain range, any more
than we could perpetuate the London in
hation of 1866
Year: 1869

in color, and who had abandoned his own
wife and children about the same period,
in the same neighborhood. Acting on
this suspicion, the anxious and distressed
father arrived in this city yesterday,
in search of his absent and misguided
child. Making known the object OF his
visit at police headquarters, he was &C,
corded such CO. operation as soon placed
him in possession of painful yet positive
knowledge of the correctness OF his sus-
picions. Boyd, with a heartlessness only
equaled by the cruel abandonment OF his
wife and children, by insinuating over
lures of marriage, had induced the trust.
ing girl to forsake her home to join and
share his uncertain fortunes in this city.
Arriving here, he provided her with a
home of questionable comfort, in rude
shanty on Bay street, near Sibley' alley:
BOYD, we are informed, has manifested
great uneasiuess since his arrival here,
lest the father of the girl should pursue
and overtake him, and has been making
diligant inquiry as to the best means by
which he and his companion could escape
| from the city on the free list, as he claim
ed not to have dollar ia the world.


When the father and the officers visited
! the house, yesterday morning, Boyd was
said to be absent at work in Hamburg
Failing to get glimpse Of him, the father
succeeded in inducing his daughter to
return to her home, without having any
collision with the man to whom she had
committed herself. ...
Year: 1869

posed of series of whirlpools. Into this
seething vortex Of eddies the boat disap-
pearcd, and when next seen it was shat
tered aud bottom up, the men clinging to
the wreck for dear life. The scene was
intensely exciting, the boat being at the
complete mercy of the undertow with
scarcely prospect of the men saving
their lives.


A boat was sent out from the shore to
attempt a rescue, but it proved abortive,
it being impossible to extend relief.
There was hardly witness of the scene
but expected to see the men meet with a
watery grave. In the midst of the danger
Davis proposed quitting the shattered
boat and trying to swim ashore; but
Marston being an expert raftsman and
not for one moment losing his selfpos-
session, told his companion to hold on
and he would get them both out o.
the trouble. And he did. By skill
fuI and dexterous use Of the paddle
which he had resumed during the exi
gency, he worked the boat out of the
| foaming and dangerous surge, and in
| few minutes they came ashore amid the
| widest shouts of the crowd.


Had it not been for Marston's familiar.
ity with river driving it is highly prob
able neither would have reached the shore
alive. Marston has offered to go oveI
the dam at the same place again on loG
] if purse of twenty-five dollars can bs
made up for him. But it is hoped that
the city authorities will put a stop to Q
repetition of such rash and reckless ex
| nloifs t
Year: 1869

A preparation of roots and her bs, warranted to
be strictly vegetable. and can do no injury to
known for the last thirty i've years as one of
the emostreliable. efficacieus and harmless prep
Year: 1869

TnE CHINESE THE "MoDEL DOMESTIC
The New York Journal Of Commerce
publishes letter from gentleman of very
high standing in California, describing the
Chinese, according to the Journal, exactly
as they are in every variety of the service
in that State. Whilst according them
credit in various departments, it would
seem that in that sphere for which there is
so great demand in all parts of this coun-
try, domestic service. they especially shine.
The statements give ground for hope that
the "model domestic" is at last coming to
the rescue of distressed housekecpers
without exception the families who have
made experiment of their service have
come to regard it as great and blessed
relief in the matter of housekeeping. lie
says he has had this service for many
months in his home. The new servants
are neat, cheerful, careful and cconom-
zeal they put on no airs; they stipulate for
no privileges; they entertain no company ;
they look sharp after all the "odds and
ends" They are satisfied with very
humble commissariat for themselves.


They make no complaint of large wash
ings, or much company, or sweeping days,
or Irregularities in the family, such as
many have heard for years. They take
hold of the task of each day, no matter
how heavy, with the same accomplishing
cheerfulness, and carry them patiently
through to their consummation, with a
quiet acquiescence which is most admira-
bic. They never answer back to your
instructions except with the simple hear
ty call right" which assures you that
they comprehend and will do what is told
them. Any new service, beyond their
experience, when once shown, they ac-
complish with an initiative dexterity that
makes it pleasure to teach them.
Year: 1869

1t is found that the loss of currency by
wear and tear is more than sul6ciat to pay
the expenses of printing and issuing it.
The average life of bank note is three
years, and that of currency "a much short
er time.
Year: 1869

TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF WESLEY ALLEN.


Wesley Allen, one of the Allen gang of
thieves who has been arrested criminal charges at
least twenty times within the past few years. but has
always managed TO elude justice by Of political
influence has at last been dealt with he deserves He
yesterday brought TO trial before the Kings County
Court Of Sessions for larceny committed years
at the hat and fur store Of Joseph Williams, No 336 Full
tonst At the opening Of the trial IL was found that the
counsel FOR the prisoner was not IN attendance.
IN spite Of this fact Allen expressed his Willingness
that the trial should proceed saying that there was only
lawyer who knew anything about the case ana rs ne
could be present 1t might as well proceed without
counsel The Distrct-Attorney then briefly related inc
circumstances attending the larceny. and called Mr.
Joseph Williams the first witness, His testimony was
to the effect that OH the day preceding the larceny Two
and woman called at his store and priced some
furs Ono OF the men had a green patch over his eye
They left without making any purchase, but the
missed the identical furs which these people
had been examining On questioning his son
(who reached the store before he did, he ascerained
that the parties mad been there that morning ana
He went Immediately the Central Office To report the
larceny, and returning I'm company Win his son
when the latter the fur prcers In fuOn-aVe car
aud pointed them ont 10 him. The witness Jumped Oh
the rear platform OF the car he did the prisoner
pulled the strap left the m 'front.' and ran lie pur
pursued him until an officer effected his arrest Inc s0u
Of the witness seized the but was unable 70 h0d
her. The testimony OF this witness cOrTObOaed Dy
that Of his Officer MastersOn testified TO the ar
rest the prisoner threw two NUTS away on DOughty-s,
which were subsequently identified as the property OF
Mr. williams; on the way TO the station House the pris
Oner took card from his pocket ana attempted 70
destroy this card bore the address OF the St Cloud HO
tel OF Prince and Mercersts After the exanlna


On OF several other witnesses the case was given to the


Judge Troy sentenced Allen 10 term OF four years and
seven months III the State Prison.
Year: 1869

To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: In the course of my rather desultory read
ing lately discovered the fact that Sir Newton
while yet lad made small cart with four wheels, in
which he could drive himself by turning wndlass"
Was this machine in construction different from the hand
car at present used by workmen railways Is any
thing known Of the machinery Of Sir Tsaacs "sma eart
And If so might not the principle be applied to the
iu,nrovement Of velocipedesl Corr.
Year: 1869

WHO cares for nothing, alone is free,


Sit down, good fellow, and drink with me-.
With careless heart aud II merry eye,
We will laugh at the world as the world goes by,
He laughs at power, at wealth and fame,
He laughs at yIrtue, be laughs at shame,
He laughs at hope and lie laughs at fear,
At Netnorys dead leaves crisp and sere,
He laughs ut the future, cold aud dun
No earth nor heaven is dear TO aim.
%, that is the cou.rade fit for me
He cares foe nothing his soul is free
Free as the soul OF the fragrant vine;
Sit down, good fellow, my heart is thine,
For heed not custom 5 creed or law.
! care for nothing ever saw.


10 every city my cup quaf,


And over NY liquor | riot and laugh.
laugh like the cruel and turbulent wave,
laugh in the church, and | laugh at the grave
l laugh at joy, aud well know


That merrIly, merrIiy laugh at woe.
terribly laugh, with an oath and sneer,
When think that the hour of death is near.
For kaow that death is guest divine,
Who shall drink my blood as / drink this wine,
And be cares for nothing a,king is he /!
Come on, old fellow, and drink with me
With YOU | will drink 10 the solemn past,
Though the cup drain should be my last
/ will drink TO the phantoms of love and truth
To ruined manhood aud wasted youth.
| will drink to the woman who wrought my woe1
10 the diamond morning of long ago.
To heavenly face in sweet rePose
To the hlly's snow and the blood OF the rose
To the spleuder caught from the Orient skies,
That thrilled in the dark OF hazel eyes
Her large ewes wild with the fire of the South
And the dewey wine OF her warm red mouth.
! will drink to the thought of a better time
To innocence gone like death bell chime!
! will drink to my soul in its terrible mood,
Dmly aud sorrowfully understood.
And last of all, to tie Monarch Of Sin,
Who has conquered that place and reigns within
Nv song is passing, it dies away,
| cannot tell is it night or day
Nv heart is burned and blacked with pain,
And horrible darkness crushes my brain.
Through awful chasms plunge and fall
Your hand, good fellow, die-thats all.
cannot see you-the end is nigh
But vel laugh together before die
Then cover me-wilI you with grassy sod,
The feared of man, the accursed of God
Year: 1869

SHOULD ORCHARDS BE PLoUGHED =
The most plausible argument that can be
advanced against the practice Of ploughing
the ground around fruit-trees af any kind is
the fact that every tree will send out sysl
TEN of coronal roots just beneath the surface
OF the soil, which will again throw out branch
rootlets in horizontal direction, all of which
will continue to multiply until the entire sur
face of the ground is completely occupied
with open mouths of hungry rootlets, ready
to driuk in the first supply of nourishment
that is dissolved by the falling showers 1t
is as much legitimate habit of fruit-tree
to provide close network of roots, near the
surface of the ground, as it is to send other
roots downward into the earth. Every fruit
tree, most deciduous ornamental and timber
trees, as well as eYergreens Of all kinds, when
growing on dry upland, will send down
long tap-root, for the purpose of reaching
moisture, to supply the growing branches
during dry period in the growing season.
Let the tap-rUOt be removed, and the tree
will make but slow growth, because its habit
has been interfered with. The same is true
touchiDg the upper system of coronal, or
secondary roots, near the surface of the
ground. These are what are properly called
the feeders of the parent stem. They should
not be mutilated nor removed. as they usual
ly are cut of and torn away by the plough.
All vegetation should be kept down around
fruit>trees as far from the body as the ex-
tremity Of the longest branches, By hoeing
the surface over frequently, or by the apph'
cation of few inches il depth Of mulch.
Year: 1869

q VELocIPEDIANA.-W gather the follow
ing from lengthy article in the New York
Mail on this most exciting novelty A
glance at the strugglers upon the uppOr floor
before we leave Pearsalrs. This is the nur-
sery. The room is of the same size as that
below, and the babies also are Of goodly size,
but their movements are neither SO swift nor
so graceful Here is the timid toddler, who
makes his, first essay on low-wheeled mas
chine, thus enabled to use his feet upon the
ground when the stirrups are obstreperous.
He falls frequently during the first four or
FIVE hours practice, but does it pleasantly,
and gathers himself up with an agreeable
Consciousness that it isn't for long. Here is
also the wary wabbler be is in the second
stage of progress; he mounts higher steed,
aud touches the stirrup with some assurance,
but he wabbles, be has not yet established
harmonious relationship between the legs
below and the arms above. The guiding
wheel, therefore, very frequently misbehaves
itself and is given to an intoxicated wiggle
which might alarm mammas considerably il
they saw Tommy do it. And here, also,
and this is the last stage in the nursery, is
the Go,it- Graceful, who, having mastered
the guide post aud the stirrups, holds up his
head like a man, and makes his curves and
straight lines creditably, coming to grief only
when over ambitious to do the crooked things
he saw down stairs. 1t is surprising to the
uninitiated to see how easily, after all, the
thing is done. a few hour praetice-say
two hours per day for three dsys-will en-
able almost any one possessed of a little
pluck TO move safely aud steadily, aud witt
considerable speed Ten days practice o
two hours per diem will assuredly be sufi
cient to give such command Of the velociped,
to its rider that be may set upon his trip NJ
town or down, or visit his friends in thI
country, with the utmost confidence in th'
good behavior of the silent steed


Which stops not on the way


For either oats or hay,


a =. Al. 4 A.
Year: 1869

LIKE morning dream, life becomes more
and more bright the longer we lives and the
reason of everything appear, more clear
What has puzzled us before seem less mys-
terious, and the crooked paths look straight
err as we approach the end.-Rtchter
Year: 1869

Ira man all his life long should do no
other good thing than educate his child
nobt in the fear Of God, then l think this
nav be an atonement for his neglect the
greatest work which thou canst do IS even
this--that thou educatest thy child WE'LL
Luther.
Year: 1869

From the Detroit Free Press, 4th.


The news was received here by telegraph
early yesterday forenoon, that the fine pro
peller Boscobel, belonging to the Northern
Transportation Company, and plying be-
tween Buffalo and Chicago, had been de-
stroyed by fire on St. Clair river, at a point
about three miles below the city of that
name. Later particulars We're received
during the day, and some facts were also
cleaned from the Captain of the Canisteo.
which boat arrived here OF 5 o'clock in the
afternoon.


The Boscobel passed this point on
Thursday night about II o'clock. taking on
neither freight nor passengers, and only
stopping long enough to throw on supply
Of wood at Bissell's dock. The vessel took
fire from her furnaces, and the flames
caught quickly and burned upward very
rapidly, as the engineer and fireman were
driven out of the hold with their clothes on
fire. In their torture they jumped over
board, and during the excitement and sur
prise, were left to drown. The second en-
gineer, George Ruehle, who was on duty at
the time, was a son of Alderman Ruehle,
Of this city, and the father passed up on
the steamer Dove yesterday to ascertain
further particulars, and to endeayor to Sc
cure the body.


Inc names OF the Otnof men lOSJ could
not be ascertained, though it is known that
the fireman lost is p native of this city,
while the assistant then on duty resided at
Buffalo. There were ten passengers on
board, but the boat was headed for the
Canada shore, and ran to the bank in time
to land them and the balance Of the crew.
She was still burning at noon yesterday, ly-
ing stern on to the bank, and the propeller
Free State was anchored near by, to which
were being transferred the passen-
gers and such of the goods as had
been saved. Most of the per-
sonal effects were lost. The Boscobel was
one of the staunchest boats on the line,
very large and her loss at this season of the
year will be severely felt by the company.
She was loaded with eighty tons of general
merchandise, consigned almost wholly to
Chicago merchants, not pound of which
was saved. She also had on board one
hundred and seventy tons of pig iron. The
boat hes SO near the bank that the wreckers
can easily recover the iron, but the boat
itself is total loss. She was commanded
by Capt ]. ?. Hodges, whose wife was a
passenger on the trip.
Year: 1869

Gus that his election is tantamount to
banlshment, or even death. And in all
this they have a ready answer to any com
plant that may be made on behalf Of the
victim by the missionary or his consul
why, says the magistrate, these men
are our servants and subjects and who are
you to interfere between us?


cor, the church may work the govern.
ment power in yet another way. The
serbs, who are certainly the worst class of
Copts, trained as they are from their youth
III all kinds of deceit and intrigue, over
reaching and lying, invariably take the side
OF the church, and when any case in which
Protestant is concerned comes before the
court IN which they officiate Judgment is
sure, sooner or later, to go against him.
They have even been known to turn a mu-
deer Cor sheriff. from being decidedly favor
able TO Protestant plaintiff, right round
to indignant denunication, and by means
OF forged documents and prepared witness
es, succeeded, if not in obtaining a judg-
ment of acquittal for the Coptic defenders,
at least IN shelving the case altogether.


'ILey got the magistrate to take the
case (as Scotchman would say to uUiz0fd-
am, and took good care that it never got
back!


IL, therefore, the provinces of the
South offered some advantages to the Chris
tian worker, and in some respects hold ont
prospects of success, they present also their
own difficulties and drawbacks. To be
sure, there are in the towns men of suffi-
cient position and wealth to command free
dom of religious thought and action for
themselves, but even they cannot do so
without difficulty, and IN many cases con-
siderable sacrifice"