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Year: 1871

TLTON ADMONIsHED BY A WOMAN
What, Mr.. IIton, do you mean by your
declaration tina you will not let the law
OF the land hold you to q contract which
YOU wish to violate? If you mean GRIM
NAL outrage, you will find the law of the
and able to hold you, or at least able to
brand YOU as a monster. In the last issue
Of The Golden Age you argue the matter
again. You say that - Love is love-not
liking, not friendliness. not kindness, not
esteem, but love-and if a man ha, ceased
10 feel 1t for the woman who sits at the
other end Of his breakfast table, which is
the most moral-or the least immoral, if
YOU will-tor him to break the chains
Shich bind him, break them as gently and
unse fshy as be may, but ia some wise set
himself free, put himself in position to
live a true life or to wear his letters un-
compl dningly silently, bat invoking mean
while all the lfghtnings Of heaven to do for
him what he has not the courage to do for
himself2" If this were meant for the per-
: flge of gay rake, justIfying variety lat
the head of his breakfast table l could
understand it. You speak of the man on
~. as if the woman were not of much acss





her cheaper than men of free lives common
IL hold a mistress Her honor, which you
cannot give back, her wIfehood, which
rests on her honor. her motherhood, which
must continue aone the less for your deser-
ton, and to which you owe eternal fidelity,
these YOU make Of no account-she merely
"a sits at the head of your tahle''-and 1t is
a question of leaving her to sit alone, or of
drivJnr her out into the world. And that
you call the Age of Gold. 1t looks to me
more like the time when tools we're first
made Of bronze after the coarse patterns
Of the Age of Stone. There is not so much
mauliness in your Wh importing appeal to
the moral law as ruled the breasts of rude
cave dwellers, who would have broken
your head with 4 stone hatchet, and served
you right if you had thus proposed to quit
your marital obligations. YOu might cas-
be set down as half fool and half
knave IN this plea, if it were possible to
see that IN either character you are at all
4, d,fcient. You sit there wishing her dead,
you confess that what you thus do has
the spirit of murder IN it. You quote a
church member who said that II was i'm
possible for human nature not to cherish
this murderOus wish under such circum-
stances; and then you tr,umphantly ask
whether it IS better to murder the woman
or to put her away. Either may be bet
ter for the woman, but the question is what
yOu are bound to DO, not what is worst Of
the crimes you say you intend to choose
between. 4 LADY n Chicago Journal.
Year: 1871

TnIck~ OF JUGGLERs.-A traveller al
Kinsai was entertained by the Viceroy, the
Amir kustai, ana this was one of the
amusrmtnts


Tuat same night 4 iuggler appeared,
who vas one of the Great Khan's slaves,
and the Amir said to him, 'Come and show
Us some of your wonders = Upon this he
took 4 wooden ball with seven holes 10 it,
through which long thongs were passed,
anu laying hold ofnne of these, slung It in
to the air 1t went so high that we lost
5 ght OF it altogether. lit was the hottest
season of the year and we were outside in
the middle of the palace COURT There
now remained My short end Of a thong
in the conjurer's hand, and he desired one
of the BOYS who assisted him to laV hold of
it and mount He did so, climbing by the
thong, aud we lost sight of him. TIE con-
iurer then called to him three times, but
getting no answer, he snatched up a knife,
as if IN q great rage, laid hold of the thong
and disappeared in his turn. By-and-by
he threw down one of the boys hands, then
a foot. then the other hand and the other
foot, then the trunk, and, last of all. the
head Lastly, be came down himself, puff
fng and blowing, and with his clothes all
bloody, kissed the ground before the Amir
aud said something to him IL Chinese. The
Amir gave some order in reply aud our
friend then took the lads limbs laid them
together in their places and gave a kick
when presto there was the boy who got up
and stood before US All this astonished
me beyond measure"
Year: 1871

There are some hearts like wells, greenmOssed and
deep


8 ever summer saw:
And cool their water is-yea, cool and sweet;


But yuu must come to draw.
They hoard not yet they rest in calm content,


And not uusought will give;
They can De quiet with their wealth unspent


SO zefcontained they live.
And there are some like springs that bubbling burst


To follow dusty ways,
And run with offered cup To quench his thirst


Where the tired traveller strays,-
That never ask the meadows if they want


What is their joy to give
Unasked their lives to other life they grant


SO sei-bestowed they live
And one is like the ocean, deep and wide,


Wherein all waters fall;
That girle7 the broad earth, and draws the tide,


Feeding and bearing all;
That broods the mi-ts tn sends the clouds abroad


That takes again to give;
Even The great and loving heart of cod,


Whereby al love doth live.


-ChriStiat Union.
Year: 1871

According TO Dr. Doremus we are not the last OF
our race, but the world Is to 20 on improving in
definitely In proof OF this agreeable theory the
Doctor in his lecture last night, in twenty
second street, first called the science of
considered it disgraceful to New York that there
was no observatory connected with any Of its scien-
tinc institutions. The lecturer next spoke OF the
geological changes Of the Earth. showing taa there
had been gradual growth taking many millions Of
years. He remarked that In


THE CARBoNIFEROUS PERIOD


there were no plants mat were sweetsmelling or
vide coal for future ages or the geography OF the
Earth much Is yet unknown. Win regard
to light some wonderful discoveries have
lately been made showing thar after
ray has been separated into its elementary hues,
the red has most heat, the yellow most light, and
the blue most phosphorus. In this century the gall
telegraph given to the world, and heat, light ami
electricity matters Of modern revelation As yet
we know very little of medicine. With all the pathles
no man can tell now !,


PIECE OF BREAD AND BUTTER \
is TRANSMITTED into blood and bone. we are only
beginning to learn the beautiful story of science.
No one can tell what few centuries Will develop.
From the great results OF modern science ana th6
world gets older the lecturer deduced the cor clul
sion that the race Is but beginning course that IS
to culminate in triumph. But as millions Of years
have been occupied In bringing our planet and itss
inhabitants to its


PRESENT DEGREE OF PERFECTION,
so 1t IS lalr 10 conclude that ages OF development
VIII yet elapse before the final consummation. The
present war In Europe was referred to as proof
the disposition or scholars to dig into the graves VI
the anclenis instead OF studying Gods laws In
nature and in their own bodies was considered I'd
be PROOF OF depraviy, OF at least grave error IN
uuGmeut.
Year: 1871

The ball Of the Caledonian Club will come of this
evening at Irving Hall. The club will be in full
form and In all the glory Of kilt and sporran and
plaided shawl with blazing caymores girt to their
.foot it" until early dawn, and between the music,
the supper and the dancing, all will 'gang awa''
no doubt well satisfied with their nights sport.
Year: 1871

OcTosER. 25th. 1870


SIE,-In answer to your communication Of
October 24tb, to1ching the Australian Steam
Ship question, have TO say that the Minister Of
Finance. in whose Department the matter more
Immediately rests, Is out Of toVn at present and
the Attorney General Is on the eve Of departure.
but have consulted informally wiih His Msjesiy
the King. ard the Minister Of Foreign Affairs
and they concur with NE, as I have no doubt
Eill the Minister Of Finance on his return. in
saying that it Is The intention Of Government 10
pay IL good faith the subsidy recently voted By
he Legislature 10 hne Of Steam Ships running
hence to the New Zealand and Australian Colo
MES. which shall remain here Sufficient tine to
take cargo which Is ready for Shipment, and which
shall take the cargo al such raies as shall not
render it mpracticabe for producers to avail them
selves Of that mode of transportation. You
are not TO understand that We propose to dictAte
The price Of freight. bot viii pay the subsidy if
orr people are able TO avail themselves Of the
opportunity.


With regard to wharfage and other facilities we
see 10 reason Why the same privileges should not
be accorded as are nov given 10 Mail Steam
Ships arriving at this port


Communications have already been addressed
to the Minister of Finance BY Nr Hall Who is
the pioneer in this business. whose Efforts the
administration regard most fayorsbly. and feel
that be ar ~ has strong claims upon it for
consideration
Year: 1871

It is nothing new, Of course, to hear Of
revolution in Hayti, for internal dissensions
and wars among rival political chiefs are
almost normal in that country The last gen.
eral war that occurred there was but year or
two ago, and resulted in the overthrow and
execution Of Salnave, the President. Now 1t
seems they have originated new row at
Port au Prince, the capital, and although


the revoutienists were defeated at the first
onset there is little doubt that It is the kin
ding OF great fame that will renew
the fiery scenes of Salnave's time unless
some friendly nation interferes. One Of the
chief causes Of this outbreak, we do not doubt,


is the present threatened annexation of st.
Domingo to the United States There are
numerous little cliques of warrior politicians
in both ST. Domingo and Hayti who get up
revolution on any shadow of pretext merely
to effect some change in the Office of the Presi-
dency, to which they all aspire, and that so
important question as the annexation of one
Of these Slamese twin republics to the United
States could be even broaohed without war
10 simply preposterous. The consequence is
that the appointment OF Ben Wade's Commits
sion has fired the Haytien heart, and they
have jumped at the chance Of putting some of
the disappointed politicians back into
Office again. One result Of this new fight has
already shown itself, and that is a strongly
expressed wish on the part Of the respectable
citizens who desire permanent peace to bring
about annexation with the United States. If
st. Domingo should finally be annexed Hayti
would evidently have to fall in line the same
way. That this would be best for these rud-
derless republics, which are too weak to de-
fend themselves against foreign foe and too
unmansgeable to keep the peace within their
own limits, is beyond question, and 1t Is
equally beyond question that the United States
needs "a strong a foothold among her own
Year: 1871

the English journals hope for the most excel
lent and beneficial results, both to England
and America, from the labors Of the members
of the joint High International Commission.
The political atmosphere is to be made
clear" That will be healthful and pleasant
even of itself, not to speak Of any other good.
1t is rumored in Washington that Sir John
Rose being unable to serve on the commission
his place will be filed by the appointment Of
Deyonshirc.
Year: 1871

The Question Of Religion Approaching to


Serious Issue.


A special HERALD telegraph letter from
Florence, which we received yesterday
through the cable and publish to-day, reports
the exciting and rather alarming fact that
the question Of religion in Europe is likely to
be brought to point of issue, and this by
means Of a system Of arbitrament which
may perhaps involve all Christendom in agita-
tion and turmoil before its termination. We
are told that Roman Catholic league has
been formed in Belgium having for its object
an armed interference in behalf of the Papal
temporalities and for the vindication of the
sovereign lay authority Of the Pope. It is
asserted that the promovants Of this asso-
citation, or organization, have already
extended its ramifcations into Austria,
Spain, and some of the provinces of
France, and that its operations are
directed by secret conclave, which is
assembled on an island In the Mediterranean.
The movement is absolutely against the SOW
ereignty Of King Victor Emmanuel His
Majesty is, consequently, on the alert, and, as
is stated In the telegram, his government Is
already informed very extensively as to the
intent and means of the conspiracy.


Busy rumor may, possibly, in this instance
be mistaken. 1t may be that the very active
political intrigues which are being carried on
by the Bonapartists in the neutral centre Of
Belgium, and which have become still more
lively as the day Of the complete assembly of
the French Parliament approaches, have been
mistaken by the outside world for Catholic
Church movement Bonaparte may have, as he
has personally in former years, sought the sane
tuary Of the altar; or, in other words, endeav-
ored to cloak his cause under the garb of the
vestments of the clerics. This would be GER
tainly very unworthy act; but q desperate
case, as we are told by the physicians, needs
desperate remedies.


Should the case prove to be exactly as
stated, however, the results will be most Sc
rious to the entire social system Of the world
as at present constituted. It will bring the
question Of religion to the homes and fresides
Of the peoples for discussion. 1t will un-
sheath the sword of St. Peter, leaving out Of
sight and out Of mind the healing influences
which were exerted by the Great High Priest
to heal the wound which the. weapon of his
overzealous Apostle had inflicted. For the
words of the Sermon on the Mount will be sub
stituted the orders, ''draw swords" and elk
bayonets" Of modern war. The worst pas
sions of humanity may triumph for time over
the scriptural beatitudes Of charity, joy,
peace and patience; and this, too, after the ex-
ercise of an evangelism Of love during eighteen
hundred years. We can hardly believe that
it will come to this. We incline to our first
theory-that Bonapartism is agitating Chris
tianity selishly and unnecessarily, and we
sincerely hope that our inferences may prove
correct.
Year: 1871




Napoleon, from his luxurious captivity at
Wilhelmsh0he, has declared to the world that,


betrayed by fortune" he has kept "a pro-
found silence, which is misfortunes g mourning. "
To say the least Of it he places his situation
and accounts for his silence in most delicate
and touching manner. The time has come, how
ever, when he declares he will no longer remain
silent before his countrys disasters. If we
may anticipate his future productions by the
proclamation now before us Napoleon will
neither add to his friends nor strike terror to
his enemies by the publication of such papers.
How the empire was overthrown and how the
Unauthorized government" that succeeded it
was established is piece of intelligence neither
new nor interesting and though the captive
Emperor may console himself with the patriotic
reflection that his dynasty was q secondary
consideration altogether when his country was
In distress, still we cannot lose sight of the
fact that when he became captive after
Sedan the power which, for long years, he
exercised over the destinies of France disap-
peared like vision. OF what avail, then,
would have been the voice of Napoleoa9 To
whom could he appeal? The armies he
had commanded We're prisoners, and the
tcontinued defeats which the French
forces sustained previous to the final
disaster at Sedan had undermined the little
popularity which the French people en-
tsrtained for their emperor. Napoleon could
not have accomplished anything by pursuing a
different course to what he did. He reposed
in silence In the shadow of the disasters which
he himself brought on the country, because he
knew he could do nothing else. This is
the plain English Of his situation.
France should be united to her wishes, I"
says the captive. Does his Majesty mean to
hint by this that the French people wish him
to resume the imperial purple and again WELD
the sceptre Of an empire? Though Napoleon
''has no room for personal ambition" it is
probable that he still clings to the idea Of re-
turning to Paris and again resuming the
power which was wrested from him by the
prowess Of German arms.
Year: 1871

THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of
the Union League are to meet in Philadelphia
next week, and the members imagine among
themselves that there are great evils for them
10 remedy in the social and political atmos-
phere of the South. Among other things they
think that general amnesty must not be
thought Of for the present. There is too much
hard feeling toward Union men In the South
ern States, and the prospect Of democratic sue
cess Is too imminent. 1t is now nearly six
years since the close Of the rebellion, and we
would like to PROFOUND this question to the
learned statesmen of the Union League If
such Is the state Of affairs in the reconstructed
South as you represent it to be- after Eve years
OF military and political and social reconstruc-
ton under the leaders of your own League
itself, does such reconstruction serve its pur-
pose, and Is 1t best to continue it? And
another lis it likely that the rebel soreheads
who rule the majorities In the rebel States
would have had any majorities at all to back
them by this time IL full and generous
amnesty had been extended to the Southern
hse0ls Ave vears ssof
Year: 1871

The WEATHER SIGNAL SERvIoE.-The War
Department has decided to furnish forecasts OF
the weather hereafter on the basis Of the three
daily reports which are now received from all
the telegraph stations In the country. 1t Will
certainly invest the dry details Of the reports
with Qreater interest TO all the people. "a well
Year: 1871

A New AGITATION IN FRANCE. peo-
pie Of Nice are in tumultuous agitation for q
repeal Of the union with France. They wish
to obliterate the consequences of Napoleon's
work after the Italian war. The Nizzards
want to return ts their first allegiance to Italy


They have had city meeting for the attain
ment Of this object. French troops were
called out and dispersed them at the point Of
the bayonet. Avery cogent argument, indeed,
but in glaring contradiction to the French
democratic principle of the right Of popular
self-government as it has been expressed by
the men who now attempt to rule the republic.
Year: 1871

man occupation, for time, Of Metz and other
strong places thereabouts, as material guar
antees" for the payment Of heavy indemnity,
we have been repeatedly told and also that
some OF the best iron-clad ships Of her navy
will have to be surrendered to Germany. That
the Germans will be somewhat exacting is
certain, with their recollections of their re-
peated humiliations and spoliations from the
first Napoleon, and not forgetting s'the rectif-
cation Of our Rhine frontier intended In this
war by Napoleon the Third. But there is no
visible alternative to France but the choice
between losing little, comparatively, as the
price Of peace and hazarding even her exist
ence as nation from the resumption Of the
war.


Assuming. then, that this National Assembly
will restore peace on the general terms indi-
Gated, will 1t next proceed to the restoration
Of the Beurbons or the Bonapartes, for appa-
rently Gsmhetta and Garibaldi have spoiled the
case Of the republiop But this Assembly,
elected for the single object Of peace, may
adjourn after this object is accomplished and
after providing for new election for
the reorganization Of the government
with the removal Of the German
armies. In the event of the adoption Of
this course the return home Of the three hun
dred and fifty thousand French imperial SOL
diers now held as prisoners Of war in Ger
many may turn the scale. 1t is possible, too,
that the conditions imposed by Germany In
reference to the return Of these prisoners may
enable them by a coup dftat to restore the
empire. AL that we know is that this National
Assembly has been exacted by the Germans as
a responsible national body with which to treat
for peace and all that we are reasonably sure
of is that peace will be made, and that, after
securing her conditions Of peace from this
Assembly, Germany will retire from France.
After this new French government may be
quietly established or chaos may come again.


Which Is it to be, order or chaos, who can tell
Year: 1871

bons and ''the reds, this new Assembly may
come to compromise on the empire.


The object, however, named in this fast ex-
piring armistice, as the only object of the
election Of this National Assembly, is respon-
sible national body with which Germany can
treat for peace. Count Bismarck expects a
definite issue from this Assembly, peace or
war, by Sunday next at noon, and be is ready
for either alternative. If the French ask for
brief extension Of the armistice, in view Of
treaty Of peace, 1t will, we suppose, be granted.
We expect that the Assembly, within day or
two, will meet at Bordeaux, and that, as in
conjunction with the present Government Of
National Defence, it will at once proceed to
consider the terms Of peace offered by the
German Emperor. The issues involved are
tremendous; but the necessity for action is
urgent, and so these great questions which,
under other circumstances, might occupy
twelvemonth Of discussion, may be settled in
single day, after the usual fashion of treaties
as between victorious army and badly de-
feated army still standing face to face. But
should little more time be asked it will no
doubt be granted; and inasmuch as the object
Of this Assembly-named beforehand to the
French, and with some general understanding
Of Germany's ultimatum-is treaty of peace,
we expect from this convention definite
ending of the war.


M. Thiers, we dare say, will bs appointed
in behalf Of the Assembly as the head of the
committee TO confer with Count Bismarck,
and the report of this committee will be rati-
fed by the Assembly. NJ. Theirs will under
stand the exigencies Of the case, and will
make peace on the best terms be can COM
mand. He will know that Bismarck has the
game in his hands, and that the turn has come
to France to be cropped and shaved by q
foreign barber. That she will be shorn OF the
province of Alsace, with its million and more
of inhabitants, who, though French In their
sympathies, still mostly retain their old Ger
man speech, Is morally certain; that she will
haze to csnseat to the demolition or to q Ger.
Year: 1871

BUMBLE BEEs-Boys think it glorious
fun to fight humble bees, but they should
not be encouraged in the warfare. Bum
bic bees, like all the hymenoptera, play an
important part in the great field of ma
ture. The vein-winged insects which fly
from flower to flower do not injure or de-
stroy the flowers. but make them produc-
tive by disturbing their pollen. They
also rid US of innumerable noxious cater
pillars and other insects, which they con-
vert into wholesome food for their off.
spring.


The ordinary honey bee performs its
work well in the fertilization of white
clover, but its proboscis is not quite long
enough to enable it to reach the hectares
of the red clover. For the fertilization
of the red clover, we must rely to a great
extent upon the humble bee.


Darwin has called attention to the init
mate connection between the number of
cats in a given district and the yield of
red clover seed. The mice destroy the
humble bees, and the cats destroy the mice
therefore the more cats the more bundle
bees, and the more humble bees the great
er is the red clover yield. ln order to
make red clover grow more abundantly IN
New Zealand than 1t does. some enteTpris-
ing gentlemen are talking of importing
colonies of humble bees from England.
Our young friends will thus see how earn
estly the humble bee is desired in countries
where he works not Then should we not
protect what we have, and which perform
such important services in our fragrant
meadows? We think 50, even if it does
interfere with the wild pleasures of care
less boyhood. Field and Farm.