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Year: 1867

There is a pretty love story told in con-
nection with the introduction of the
manufacture of fine lace into Brussels,
which We copy: "A poor young girl was
dying for love of young man whose
wealth precluded all hopes of marriage.
One night she sat weeping, 3 lady en-
tered her cottage and without saying q
word placed in her lap a cushion with its
bobbins filed with thread. The lady
then with perfect silence, showed her how
to work the bobbins, and how TO make
all sorts of delicate patterns, and COM
plicated stitches. As daylight approach
ed the maiden had learned the art and
the mysterious visitor disappeared. The
price of the maiden's lace soon made her
rich on account of its valuable patterns,
and she was able TO marry her love-
Many years after while living in luxury
with her numerous family about her, she
was startled by the woman entering her
comfortable house-this time not silent,
but looking stern, who said: Here you
enjoy peace and comfort, while without
are famine and trouble. 1 helped you.
you have not helped your neighbors.
The angels weep for you, and turn away
their faces So the next day the wo-
man went forth with her cushion and
bobbin in her hand, and going from cot
tage to cottage, offered to instruct in the
art she had so omysteriously learned. Sc
they all became rich, and their country
also.n
Year: 1867

ADvTBrfsING.-Fosney's Press, one of
the shrewdest and ablest of newspapers,
has the following sensible idea on adver-
tising: .r#. p"


ave have for many years studied the
art of advertising, and still it remains 10
US a marvel that there is not one hun
dred times more of it. We never yet
knew man to advertise his wares lib
orally and steadily, that did not pay
Yet there are thousands of manufactur-
ers and tens of thousands of men having
articles which they declare ought to be
Sin every household in the country who
advertise as gingerly and closely as
though they had at heart no faith in it
at all. How can they expect to get their
goods everywhere unless some knowl-
edge of the articles gets into the family
first, through the family paper? If We
waited till people learned from their
neighbors, we might wait for years be-
fore the most wonderful and useful in
ventioais beoaIne KNOWN
Year: 1867

The New York Citizen, edited by
Democrat, gives the following glance at
the means whereby the vote was so
swelled in New York city at the recent
election:


"It is notorious that the Tammany or
ganization, utterly unscrupulous, and
with uncontrolled access to the City
Treasury, must have spent an aggregate
of not less than $500, 900 of private and
public money in the recent contest. All
the pay-rolls of the citydepartments for
the past two months have been length
ened and strengthened by thousands up
on thousands of sinecure inspectors"
and other e-holders-assigned to
nominal duty, bat really with no other
charge than to electioneer for the Tam
many candidates. Apart from these
sources of public or place-holding cor
ruption, we have reason to know beyond
any question, that the friends OF one sim
gle Tammany candidate subscribed and
paid out in his behalf, and for his private
benefit, in the late contest, sum more
than four times the aggregate of the en-
tire sum in the hands of the Democratic
Union treasurer for the conduct and or
ganization of our entire campaign.


at is notorious, also, that with the
enormous money power thus placed un-
der its control, there was an enormous
illegal or repeating vote organized and
registered in the Tammany interest
saw not less than from 1900 to 10000
fraudulent votes-of which not less than
from 10000 to 1900 reached the ballot
box in favor of the Tammany candidates;
the remainder being either scared off by
the activity and early arrests of the po-
lice, or being unable, from sheer lack oi
| time between sunrise and sunset, to vote
in as many election districts AS they were
registered in-one case having been trust
worthily reported to us of man who
was registered in no less than So election
districts! Holding, these facts in view
! let us now consider and review what wal
the fate of our candidates"
Year: 1867

Grand Master Doyle, Of Rhode Island,
recently deliUered an address before the


Grand Lodge Of that State, 6y yJrh'ch his
UielUs on this important question t0eTe
Endorsed and adopted. He said:


Upon the inyiolable secrecy OF the
ballot no argument is necessary; nor Is
it a question OF dispute, that Brother
voting in tavor OF petitioner cannot,
under any circumstances, disclose the
fact: because il that were permitted in
case Of rejection, the rejecting Brother
could be easily detected and bis secret
disclosed. Upon a clear ballot every
Brothers. vote is apparent, and how each
one voted is no secret; but when the box
Is foul, then there is a secret which is
tie property Of him who cast the mega
tive vote, and be cannot De compelled to
divulge the fact. His secret, however,
he can Of his own free will and sccOrd
commit to the keeping Of his Lodge, or
to the Master, at his discretion but it


must be done without fear or cOmpuisiOn,
ard from bis own sense Of duty.


A Brother from wrong information or
from 8 mistake in the identity Of the
patitioper aud how liable this latter
cause is to occur ia cities, may have cast
A black ballot against worthy and ex-
emplary man. Satisfied afterward that
he has made q mistake, that he has Kept
from the Lodge one whom he would be
glad to welcome there, is be 10 De denied
The privilege OF confessing hia error aud
making known the reasons which inliU-
enced them2 Certainly not. To forbid
him would be to deny " that standard or
boundary of right which enables US to
render to every man bis just due with
out distinction - Upon this view Of the
case eminent Masonic writers have al
ways agreed.


A Brother has a perfect right to declare
in open Lodge that be will vote against
candidate if be should be proposed.
What law for5tds it? Who can prevent
nYs Itis optionsl With him whether be
will object secretly or openly. He has
the right to sAo1C the negative ballot
before depositing it, If he pleases. lie
has the right to make known at any time
that he did cast it. It may well happen
that it may become q duty for him to do
so, in order to save Brother supposed to
have cast it, from personal difficulty or
enhancement. 1t seems TO US singular
perversion Of law to use against a
Brother voting in the negative that
which has no object in the world but his
own protection and the securing theinde-
pendence Of action on his part. 1t is
curious logic to argue that because you
cannot compel Brother to vote openly
in the negative, therefore he shall not
have the TioAt to DO so or to make known
that he has done so.
Year: 1867

ALMOST RAILROAD SLAUGHTER-AbOut noon yes
terday OF the Hoboken cars containing number OF
passengers narrowly escaped being demolished at the
Groves crossing in Jersey City The gates up and
a train Of cars approaching, which was not by the
driver Of the hOrsecar until nearly the track and
Just lie passed the dangerous point, the train Of cars
rushing by just grazing the rear end Of the horse
The inside passengers were greatly alarmed aud
attempted 10 make their escape but were unable 10 do
before the danger had passed The passengers expressed
themselves freely upon the gross negligence OF the gate
tender for negectDg 10 lower the gate he should have
done Last year, Hoboken car, filled with passengers,
was broken into hundreds OF pieces 10y passing tain
but fortunately the inmates although scattered In all
DpjJqSl,
Year: 1867

The Board of COuncilmen were to have held a meet
Ing O'Clock yesterday afternoon but upon the calling
OF the roll quorum appearing. the President declared
the Board adjourned to next Monday afternoon, at
o'clock
Year: 1867

FOUND DRAD.-At o'clock yesterday morning
Jacob George found lying dead on sofa in his mp
holstery store at No Astorpace He is supposed to
have died on the previous night The body was moved
10 the residence OF his family, at No iG Pcrryst where
Coroner Schirner was notified to hold an inquest De
ceased was native Of Sweden aged 80 years and leaves
n wife and three children lie Is supposed to have ded
from disease OF the heart
Year: 1867

against a candidate flushed with military
glory, is a question that will have to be
satisfactorily answered previous to the nom-
ination being made. 1t is possible that the
democracy may yet settle down to the con-
victiou that it is necessary to have military
chieftain as their standard bearer, in which
event it is quite certain that General Sher-
man will be the man. Not BY any means in
sympathy with the radicals, it will not be
strange if in the end General Sherman is
selected to lead the conservative hosts to
victory
Year: 1867

Chief Justice Chase, radical though he is,
has actually given decision which makes
stealing unlawful, even though committed
by "loyaT man. Chase is going back


ward, unquestionably; he is relapsing into
fogyism he is away behind his party's no
tions of progress" Such a decision, coming
from the highest judicial tribunal in the land


must canse a profound sensation of uneasi-
ness among a very large class of men who
afortime, regarded stealing as a virtuous vo


cation, provided the thief was "loyal," and
the thing stolen was the property of rebel


a rebel sympathiser or 'copperhead." We
shall now expect to hear the radical press
denounce Chase, much in the same style
that they have denounced Greeley
Year: 1867

The conductor of Baltimore city car
thus tells how his cash was short one day
the fare of one passenger:-"All paid except
one fat old lady, who sat next the door, and
who seemed to be reaching down, as if to
get something she had dropped on the floor.
When her time came to pay she raised her
head, and thus addressed the blushing youth
Il alters when travels, carry my money
in my stockin', for yer see nothing can get
at it thar, and I'd thank you, young man,
Jest to reach it for me, as I'm so jammed in
that can't get to it. The youth looked al
the other passengers, some of whom were
laughing at his plight; one or two young la.
dies among them blushed scarlet, and he
beat sudden retreat, muttering something
about not charging old ladies, etc.
Year: 1867

In trial ofspeed at race in Bennington
between a famous walker and fast horse Of
that place, in which the man was to walk a
quarter of mile in less time than the horse
trotted one-half mile, the first heat was won
by the horse, but the man took the next two
with ease in .23 and La.
Year: 1867

By the explosion of a steam boiler in a
cabinet mandatory in Philadelphia, large
FIVE story building was demolished, and
twenty or thirty persons buried in the ruins,
most of whom perished
Year: 1867




The brute in human form, the Rev. Joel
Lindsey, who whipped his little boy to death,
taking two or three hours to do the work,
and then carefully covered the manned,
bruised and blackened corpse, and placed it
himself in the coffin, after being once convic-
ted of his crime was granted a new trial at
Albion, N, Y, last week, and the jury-dis-
eliminating men-failed to agree. Satisfied
with the doubt his lawyers had succeeded in
throwing about his wickedness the Reverend
scoundrel and murderer was good enough to
plead guilty to manslaughter in the fourth
degree, and was promptly sentenced by the
court to pay fine of $50! Whether the
costs were also included is not stated but it
was certainly cheap at the price. Hereafter
little children in New York State may be
slowly tortured to death by inhuman creatures
for what may be considered slight cost for
the gratif cation thus afforded to atrocious
and barbarous instincts. The stricter code
of Justice might have imposed, if not hang
ing, at least series offoggings which would
have allowed the reverend Joel fair COM
prehension of his little child's sufferings or,
if his tender system revolted at such disc-
pline, an Imprisonment permitting him re-
fection-remorse he could not probably feel
would have been salutary. But these are
singular days. The child was white and SO
was his parent. Had he been a southerner
and the victim of his cruelty black boy not
entitled by relationship to any special affec-
ton the papers would have rung with de-
mands for severe penalty. But color con-
dones.
Year: 1867

The railroad connection between Omaha and
the East is now complete, and the earnings of the
Union Pacific the sections already finished for
the first two weeks in May were $4,000. These
sectional earnings the road progresses will
much more than pay the interest on the Compa-
ny's bonds and the through business over the on
ly line of railroad between the Atlantic and Pa
eifc mast he immense.
Year: 1867

A dispatch from New York, of June 7th


states that new wheat from Georgia has


made its appearance on Change in that city


The latitude where this wheat was harvested
is about 600 miles south of Rock Island. In
fifty days from this time, new wheat grown
in the west on the latitude of this city will
be coming into market. The ripening OF
the ''staf of life" will move steadily north
ward about twelve miles per day, like q
wave, until it sweeps up to the northern
margin of the great wheat belt. Twenty
days hence the golden grain will be falling
before the reaper, in Egypt" A marching
regiment in Georgia, starting for the north,
could barely keep before the ripening wave,
and if they halted day to rest, it would
pass them. The wave stretches east and
west across the Union, from the Atlantic to
the Indian Territory. And as it moves
north it will grow longer and denser. The
prospect now is that the largest wheat har-
vest ever gathered in the United States will
be the present one. Let those who are pay
ing famine prices for bread wait a little long
er, as there is a "good time coming" when
| cheap food in abundance will bless the peo
ple
Year: 1867

Tasteful gardening properly belongs
to the Ladies. 1t is their peculiar pro-
vince they are the arbiters of taste,
and 1t is to them that we must look up
to as the patrons and promoters of this
delightful occupation. You are aware
that to display correct and becoming
taste in the establishment Of our gar
dens-it matters but little about the
size, whether it be on the eighth part of
an acre, or on ten acres, the principle is
the same. Seeing then, that the size Of
the garden is but of small account pro-
vidiDg true taste is exhibited, what is to
hinder the ladies from taking hold of
this subject in earnest, for you all know
what weight the force of example carries
with it. A few enthusiastic ladies' will
accomplish more through their zeal and
example than hundreds of theorists.


Let me present to your imagination
some OF the delights to be derived from
even small garden. Here is one of
only quarter Of an acre in extent, with
! beautiful lawn for the groundwork
lnterspersed with elegant towering
shrubs and graceful winding walks.
Embroidered on this carpet Of grass are
beautiful flowers set in beds of chaste
and elegant design, in which the differ
ent varieties Of Verbena, Geranium, and
other choice bedding plants, vie in color
with the Dahlia and the Rose in their
numberless tints. Here is the classic
fountain from which the water gushes,
forth pure and translucent as crystal,
sparkling in the sunlight like shower
of the brightest diamonds. Also beau,
tltul Roses and other odoriferous flow
ering plants in all their richness of color
and wealth Of perfume, scattered around
with liberal hand, and masses of Vio-
lets, Heliotrope and Migonette, which
by their fragrance attract thither the
delicate humming bird and ever busy
bee, to draw nectar from their cups, and
revel in their sweets.


Rustic seats and arbors embosomed
in green, invite the languid to repose;
while vases Of beautiful design are rem
dered conspicuous by the beauty of the
flowers which hang SO gracefully down
their sides. Have oYerdrawn the pic
turel by no means. The scene may
be familiar to many of you, and / do
hope the day is not remote when every
town and village throughout our whole
country can boast of any number of just
such landscapes as the one l now pre-
sent to your Imagination.
Year: 1867

1t is usual to review books as soon
as they make their appearance in the
market. Some are 50 insignificant as
not to be reviewed at all-only notced''
Some are reviewed after lying a long
time on the shelf Five years in book
history Of this fast age is antiquity We
drag a little book to the light because
it is oM-(ten years { or more)-and
curious.


Madame Ida Pfciffer, according to
her account of herself, was not born to
keep still. She was boln-we suppose
somewhere in Gernany-predestined
to take a journey to Palestine; and after
ward, with appetite whetted for sight
seeing, to go all alone to Iceland. Had
she been born in Iceland she would
have mouned to make herself uncom-
Portable in the more refined society of
Vienna or Of Berlin.


In the first place, Pfeiffer avows that
her nature can scarcely worship God
unless her eyes see sights To appeaSe
her curiosity is the first element of her
idea of worship, So, after her return
from Palestine she undertakes. as slim
ulus to her devotion, journey to Ice
land. After she gets there human ma
ture makes her mad. The government
officials do not receive her according to
her fancy. She gets tired riding over
aya-Eelds. The Icelanders are lazy,
ignorant and dirty and there are not
enough Of them The hot springs do
not spout high enough. Hecla is not
grand enough. The island has not
half enough vegetation. She evidently
thinks that the Lord and the Icelanders
make the island very uncomfortable.
Still she saw things that she had never
seen before, and is thankful. Curiosity
is not ,uicked, generally; but we are yet
to be convinced that merely to satisfy
curiosity hightens devotion. We are
half inclined to think that Pfeiffer's in
stinct to travel is heaUca- born in the same
manner that a ducks instinct to take to
the water is heaven born.


But Madame enjoys the journey
She is capable of making such journeys
She has strong limbs as we'll as a de-
votional heart; and we can overlook
the preface to her book which magnifes
curiosity into Divine Worship. She
tells us many facts about Iceland She
minutely describes little things She
tells us how the barren hills appear;
makes mention Of each swamp touches
slightly on the stupidity and knavery
of her guides; is careful to give us all
the distances in German miles tells us
how she slept each night, and what she
ate each day (though it was bread and
cheese all the timeG but we did not
learn much about the IcelaaderS. As to
any lessons of human nature, we sim
ply learn that Madame Ida PfeifFer is a
singular being--So singular, that in the
absence Of definite information concern
ing the Icelanders, if you get weary of
Year: 1867

| yaior OF our armies, nor a word Of CON
demnation of the leaders of tie rebellion.
And as a direct insult to the govern
ment that in its own defense had ar
rested and tried him for disloyal prac-
tlces, his party made him their leader
while the country was in the very midst
OF war for its own preservation. In
that campaign Judge Thurman and the
men now associated with him upon the
State ticket, supported Vallandigham,
thereby becoming parties to the crimes
for which he was undergoing punish
ment.


One Of the favorite planks in the
democratic platforms during the war,
was the charge that the Administration
had destroyed the freedom of speech
aud OF the press, and placed a guard
over the ballot box. The last reply to
all this is the mere mention of the fact
that here in Ohio one hundred and
eighty-fye thousand democrats voted
for Vallandigham without molestatiou,
and the party press advocated his cleo
ton


But to detail more evsdences of the
disloyalty Of the democratic party at
this time, would be simply cumulative,
and would not tend to strengthen our
present purpose. We only desire to
illustrate, from time to time, the we'll
known and now historic fact of its com
plicity with treason. The Union party
has fought them successfully for years,
and at the same time subdued a most
powerful foe in the battlefield. The
latter conquered, need we fear to cope
with the former single handed? Let us
keep in view their past history, and
their efforts to overthrow the govern
ment, and then press right on to secure
beyond question the fruits of our dearly
bought victory. H


The mower mows GU though the adder may


writhe,


And the copperhead coil round the blade Of the


scythe."


We know their designs, their argu-
menus, ana lhelr desperate necessities.
We have defeated their owners, the
rebels-we can confound their argu-
ments; tlen why fear their despairing
efforts for success! Enough is known
Of them to Danish them the enjoyment
Of the commonest rights of citizenship,
to bar them the most ordinary social
enjoyments. or even the protection of
the government, and even to make ''the
common damned shun their society"


We will take an early opportunity of
showing why the democratic party was
disloyal, which, so far from being pal
liative Of that crime, will tend rather to
show it up in bIacker colors. rs.-Columbus
J0mmdi. ..
Year: 1867

Cows should run dry six weeks be-
fore calving, if MIXED closely toward
calving, the calves will be poorer.


A COW newly come in should not.
drink cold water in cold weather, but
moderately warm slop. Calves, intend
ed for raising, should be taken from the
COW within a few days, and they will
be less liable to suck when they are old
Feed them first on new milk for
while, then skim milk, taking care that
all the changes are gradual, by adding
only portion of the first .a2 d


Hearty eaters are desirable for cows,
and may usually be selected while
calves. A dainty calf will be dainty
COW


Heifers dried up too early after calv-
ing will always run dry about the same
time in after years-therefore, be care
ful to milk closely the first year, until
about six weeks before calving
. Spring calves should come in while
they are yet fed on hay, and before
they are turned to graSa which will be
more likely to prevent caked bag and
milk fever.
Year: 1867

E%When DR.. johnson asked the
Widow Porter to be bis wife, he told
her candidly that he had no money, and
that he had an uncle hanged. The
widow replied that she cared nothing
for his parentage, that she had no mon
ey herself, and that though she had not
a relation hanged, she had fifty who
deserved hanging. So they made a
match of it.