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Year: 1870

Is there no secret place on the face of the earth,
Where charity dwelleth. where. virtue hath birth
Where bosoms in mercy and kindness will heaye
And the poor and the wretehed shall TASK and
Is there no place on earth where a knock frem
Win bring kind angel to open the door9
An. search the wide world wherever you can,
There is no open door for a moneyless man.
Go look In yon hall, where the chandeliers light
Drives offwith its splendor the darkness of night
Where the rich hanging velvet in shadowy fold,
sweeps gracefully down with its trimming of gold
And the mirrors of silver take up and renew,
In long-lighted vistas the wildering view
60 there, in ysur patches and find if you
welcome OF smiles for a moueyless man!
Go look in yon church of eloud-reaching spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same look of
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous
within,


Go down the long aisle-see the rich and the great,
In the pomP and the pride of their worldly es-
Walk down in your patches and find If you can,
Who opens the pew TO a moneyless mani
Go, look to yon judge, in his darBshowing gown,
With the scales VIII rein law weigheth equity down,
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on the
And Furnishes right while he jsSllHes wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have laid,
To render verdict they've already made
Go there, in the courtroom, and find if you can
ANY law for the cause efa moneyless man!
Go, look in the banks, where Mammon has told
His hundreds and thousands 6fsiiYer aud gold;
Where, safe from lhe hands Of the starving and


poor,


Lies pile upon pile of the glttering ore;


Walk up to the ceunter-ah, there you may stay,
TIL your limbs grow old and your hair turns gray
And you'll find at the banks no one of the clan
With money TO lend to a mOneyless mani
Then go to your hove; no raven has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for her bread
kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death frost
From the lips OF the angel your poverty lost;
Then turn IN your agony upward TO God,
And bless while II smites you the Christening rod;
And you'll find at the end of your lfe's little span;
There's welcome above for a moneylesS man!
Not onty above, but also on earth,


Is there one spot at leat where virtue hath birth
Where bosoms, in mercy and kindness will heave
And the moor and tho wretched shall "ask and


receive"


Il is Charity's Home meath the Mystical Arch,
Where Peace, Love and Unity constantly march.
Go there-giYe the Grand Hailing Sign-ifyou can:
And welcome yonll fnd-though a moneyIess


man.


Not outward adornments; no ancestral name;
No money or bonds; titular fame,
An entrance can gam to that sacred retreat
Where, on true points offellowship, brethren meet
On the common level-tried by the same plumb,
Are all who, within those precincts e'er come;
Due and truly prepared, must all be nor
The door remain closed 'gainst moneyless man.
Year: 1870

Walk with the beautiful and with the grand;
Let nothing on earth thy feet deter
Sorrow may lead the weeping by the hand,
But give not all thy bosom thoughts to her.


Walk with the beautiful!
hear it say-''The Beautiful" what is it,
y. thou art darkly ignoranti Be sure
lis no long weary road its form to visit,
For thou cans't make it smile beside thy door,


Then love the Beautiful
Ay, love it; it's a sister that will bless
And teach thee patience when the heart is lonely
The angels love it. fer they wear its dress
And thou art made little lower only,


Then love the Beautiful
Some boast its presence in Grecian face;
Some, ia n favorite warbler of the skies.
But, be not fooled whate'r thine eye may trace


Then seek 1t eVeryWherel
Thy bosom is its mint, the Workmen are
Thy thoughts, and they must confer the blessing
The Beautiful exists in every star,
Thou mak'st 1t so, and art thyself deceiving,


II otherwise thy faith.
Dost thou see Beauty in thy violet's cup7
I'll teach thee niraclesl Walk on this heath,
And say to the neglected flower: Look up,
And be thou Beautiful" II thou hast faith


twill obey thy word.
One thing warn thee-boW no knee 10 gold;
Less innocent, it makes the guileless tongue.
1t turns the feelings prematurely old,
And they who keep their best affections young


Best love the Beautiful
Year: 1870

A WISE PRovERB-Buy what thou hast
no need OF, and ere long thou shafts sell thy
necessaries.


FoReIvENEss.-Laws are only proper
to infiet revenge; forgiveness is power
beyond them. and it is nobler gem in the
royal crown than that Of condemnation.


PosTERITY.-The greatest man is he
who troubles himself the least about the
verdict that may be passed upon him by
hls contemporaries or Posterity, but who
hnds IN doing good honest woIk to the
| best OF his ability under existing condi-
tions Its own exceeding great reward"


The WoRLD.-Seek not to please the
world, but your own conscience. The man
who has a feeling within him that be has
done his duty upon every occasion Is far
happier than he who hangs upon the
smiles Of the great or the still more tickle
faVors of the multitude.


A TRUE FRIEND. - What is a true
friend2 A true friend is he who not. only
shows himself SO when the frowns of mis-
fortune fall upon US. but even when we
treat him as foe builds friendships altar
higher and frmer with the very stones cast
against him by our folly or PerVerseness.


ERRORS. WHEN DANGEROUS. - Errors,
to be dangerous, must have great deal Of
truth mingled with them. 1t is only from
this alliance that they can ever obtain an
extensive circulation. From pure extrav-
agance, and genuine unmingled falsehood,
the world never has and never can sus-
tain any mischief
Year: 1870

allowed to each member and Senator to
pay the postage on the correspondence Of
each session.


The amendment was ordered to be prin-
ted, IN order that the House may act up.
on 1t to morrow.


The House adjourned at o'clock.


SENATE.


The following bills were introduced and
laid on the table.


By Mr.. CONKLING-To o encourage and
promote telegraphic communication be-
tween America, Asia and Europe. The
bill gives the American and East India
Telegraph Company the exclusive right
for q years to construct and maintain a
line or lines of telegraph cable on the Pa
cihc coast of the United States, to connect
the American and Asiatic coasts, provided
the said company begin to lay said cable
within one year and complete it within
three years from the passage of the act,
the navy department to assist in making
the surveys by detail of one or more
steam vessels. The government is to have
the priority of the use of the lines and to
protect the same from injury. Mr. Conk-
ling stated that he introduced the bill
without IN any way committing himself
to it.


By Mr.. CARPENTER-To amend sec.
ton 29 Of the Bankruptcy act of March
2, 1867, by striking out the words "and
within one year" so as to remove the linn
itation of the time in which bankrupt
may apply for discharge.


Several memorials were presented, ask
ing for compensation for property taken
by the Federal authority in Kentucky and
Tennessee during the war It was agreed
to make calendar of the daily order of
business on and after Monday next until
it is finished. All the unobjected bills
will be considered in their order, and each
Senator is allowed to speak once on each
question, and five minutes only.


The Senate at 1890 adjourned.
Year: 1870

NAPOLEON DAEcIEo.-Napoleon was
no dancer. On one occasion a ball was
given him in honor of his great victories
The temptation to dance with a certain
countess, however, was irresistible. At it
the conquering general went, and succeed
ed about as well as horse marine. He
had no taste for light fantastic movements.
At the close of the dance he turned to his
partner, and thus addressed her:-"I am
very sensible, charming countess, that /
have acquitted myself very indiferently
but the fact is, my forte lies not so much
in dancing myself as in making others
dance"
Year: 1870

THREE young men recently entered a
house in Utica, New York, via. the cellar
window The lady of the mansion quietly
pointed a revolver at them, when they had
got as far as the drawing room. Rather
than be shot they consented to crawl, one
by one, out of that cellar window again,
while the good lady looked on and com
mended their industry. After the last one
had crawled out be felt ike "sassing" that
woman, and turned about to do SO, 6utone
look down the barrel Of that revolver viii
ted his determination. Such women as
that are handy to have in the house"
Year: 1870

A woman travelling on the cars saw a
man in front of her put her hesd out Of
the window, and asked him if he wonldn't
please keep his head in, as she had a new
silk dress on, and she didn't want it al
spattered up with brains and and such
stuff.
Year: 1870

A wedding was TO take place at Nash
vile one evening lately, and the bride,
parson, and guests were ready, when it
was announced that the unhappy bride
groom was on q jury which was unable to
agree, and had been locked up for the night.
Year: 1870

And FULL LINE Of all other goods belonging


to the trade.


S. COVE & co. are the Oldest Whole
sale Liquor House in the the county, and have
been In the business sixteen years. This is the
only House too in the county that makes a speci-
atty Of this business. Their large experience is
warrant TO the Trade that they understand It,
and their success is the result Of this and their
fair dealing.


They warrant their goods represented, and
they have never dealt in unrectiaed spirits
knowing as they do that raw spirits invariably
contain faSii oil deadly poison.


In addition to their Wholesale Trade they have
a large assortment OF their


Best and Pure Brands
put up in bottles. and for sale for family use
These are sold by the bottle to accommodate pri
vate families.


us-An goods sold strictly in accordance with
the law. aagu-tE
Year: 1870

AGSSAe HAeANae SA AAN -NA1Ns


Much has been said, both in public and
in private circles, during the last year, con-
cerning the proposed new Customhouse at
this place As deep As has been the general
concern regarding an improvement, IN the
commencement and completion of which
all are interested, and as thoroughly as the
enterprise has been canyassed, there is a
vast deal Of light lacking upon the subject
yet. Notwithstanding the repeated as
severations that the work would be put IN
| der contract at an early day and pushed
forward to speedy completion, there is an
| apparent and manifest tardiness in the mat
| ter calculated to produce no very sanguine
hopes that the edifce IS to be finished very
soon. Some time since, Mr.. A. B. Mullet,
the supervising architect, was here. Soon
after, the location for the CustOmhouse was
selected The deeds of conveyance were
drawn, and under official notification the
removal of the old buildings that encum-
bered the grounds was commenced. Thus
far, things looked well, and prospects were
that the ediice would be speedily put
under contract. At that time everything
looked favorably to the pushing forward of
the work. Short time since the dispatches
informed US that the subject of the Nash
VILE cuStOmhOuse, In connection with other
public buildings was brought up for official
consideration, and that definite action was
postponed as regarded the adoption of a
design for the building, in consequence of
the smallness Of the appropriation made
for the purpose. Here the matter rested.
The postponement of action In adopting
design, even, on account of the paucity Of
appropriations, does not augur well for the
enterprise. Mr.. WiIlet, who we believe
occupies the position of Assistant Super
vising Architect, reached the city a few
days since, and although he is sanguine
that additional appropriations will be made
sufficiently large to construct the building
according to elaborate designs and capaci-
ty, there is no evidence that such viii be
the case. These appropriations cannot be
made till the assemblage Of the next ses-
sion of Congress, and probably they msy
not be made, if made at all, till late in the
session. In all the circumstances it Is not
unreasonable to infer that regular opera
tions will not be commenced on the Gus
tom house at this place before next spring
or summer, desirable as it is that it should
be completed at once.
Year: 1870

New Years Hint to Police Headquarters.


Yesterday morning MIR. Twomey, so Beekman
street, accompanied by Detective Tiey, applied to
Judge Hogan for an order for the restoration of
$500 worth Of files which had been stolen from the
premises or Mr.. Twomey and found in the possession
OF a man who was convicted of the robbery.


The Judge ordered the files to be given up to the
owner at the time Of the committal. On Mr.. Twomey
applying to the properly clerk headquarters ne was
told that he could not have the es without an order
from the Judge Judge Hogan refused to give this
order and SAID that there seemed TO be every Obsa-
Gle thrown in the way OF respectable people by the
officials at headquarters. Thieves and gamblers
had no trouble In getting their property, and
Mr. Barrett, the property clerk knew very well
that there was no need Of any order this ,case.
O11cias at 300 Mulberry street seemed to think that
everybody was at their beck and call, and he cer-
tainly w0uld not be told what he must do by any
OF the understrappers at Police Headquarters II the
applicants property had sustained any damage, he
would suggest that he sue the police authorities.


In connection with the original report or this rob-
berry IL was stated that Mr.. w. +. Bright, OF 1S9
South street. had purchased the files from the thieves
at q reduced rate, which must have shown to him
that the PROBABILITY was that they stolen Mr..
Bright denies that the rate was below the average
market price for goods Of the quality Of that stolen
and therefore, denies tnat from that or any other
cause could he assume that they were not the law
fu property OF the persons who disposed OF them to
hun,
Year: 1870

The Atlantic and Great Westcru Railway


Company to BE Wound Up-Suit Against


the Company.


suit has been brought In the Supreme Court by
the people Of the State OF New York against the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway, under the
statute which provides for the dissolution OF lnsol-
vent corporations 1t s alleged that the corporation
had been insolvent and had neglected and refused
the payment Of Its notes and debts Tor year;
that the liabilities of the company many millions
OF dollars ana that all OF Its assets are insufficient
TO pay the same. A motion was heard yesterday IN
the suit at Special Term TO appoint q receiver TO
wind up Its affairs, as provided by statute, which
motion was opposed by the cOmpany's counsel,
Messrs. ALBEIT 4 Fuller OF this city, who insisted
on an adjournment on account OF the shOrtness Of
the notice. The Court refused to adjourn the hear
ing. stating that 1t was not proper case for ad.
journment, the Court having judicial knowledge OF
the utter and hopeless insolvency OF the company.
several technical objections were also unavangly
urged by the counsel for the company, and the case
was then argued on its merits BY s. Fl. Hammond,
Deputy Attorney General, for the notion and w. j.
A. Fuller In opposition thereto. At the conclusion
OF the argument the Court took the papers and sub
sequently granted the motion and appointed Addi-
son G. Rice receiver.


8. ii. Hammond and W. II. Morgan for the people,
Albeit n FCIer for the company.
Year: 1870

The Boards and Conrts They Will Be-The


Makers and Administrators Of the Law in


tho Metropolis.


To-day the government OF the city goes under the
direction OF an almost entirely new set of men-tnat
Is to say, the new Boards OF Aldermen and Assist
ant Aldermen are, with few exceptions, entirely
new men in their respective POSITIONS Comment on
the members individually is yet somewhat out OF
order But while the public ia for the present un-
doubtedly regardless OF the peculiar styles OF the
members OF the new Common Council they might
perhaps like to know, at least their naInes satisfied
shat they VIII all 90 as they bid by the gentle
men who gave them their places. The new Common
Council which assumes possession OF the Alder
manic and Assistant Aidermanic chambers are as
folI
Year: 1870

EXPERIENCE TEACHES NoTHING.-So with love
man sees his comrades futtering like en-
chanted moths about some stately man-slayer


some fair and shining light set like false bea-
con on dangerous cliff to lure men to their de-
struction he how they snge and burn in
the flame of her beauty, but he is not warned.
If ones experience teaches little or nothing
the experience of the Others goes for even less
and no man yet was ever warned off the de-
structive fire of love because. his companions
had burnt their fingers there before him, and
his own are sure to follow. 1t is the same with
women, and in greater degree They know all
about Don Juan well enough they are perfectly
well aware how he treated and B and and
ID but when it comes to their own turn, they
think that this time surely, and to them, things
will be different and he in earnest and so they
slide down into the allurng fame, and bHrn their
fingers for life by playing with forbidden fire.
But have we not all the secret belief that we
shall escape the snares and pitfalls into which
Others have dropped, and among which we
choose to walk that fire will not burn our fin
gers, at least SO very badly, when thrust
them into it? and that by some legerdemain OF
Providence, we shall be delivered from the con-
sequences of our own folly, and that two and
two may be made to count fiys in our behalf
Who is taught by the experience of an unhappy
marriage, sayE No sooner has he got himself
free from the pressure of Que chain and bullet


than he hastens to fasten on another, quite sure
that chain will be no heavier than the dainties
little thread of gold, and this bnliet as light and
sweet as q cOwslip ball. EVERYTHING will come
right this time that had gone wrong before and
the hot bars of close association with an uncom-
Portable temper and unaccommodating habits
will be only like juggling trick, and will burn
no ones heart or hands .--.Sdturday Reriew.
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to ats original color
sctM the gloss and
freshness of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

Mono LAKE.-The lake, says an exchange, is
certainly one of the greatest curosities in the
State of California, if not n the world The
lake is eighteen miles in length, by thirteen in
width. Its color in the center is dark bottle
green; near the shore, of an alkai coIcr. On
the western shore numerous streams empty into
it. On the northern and northeastern shore in
Vulnerable springs boil up from the bottom. One
of these springs is twenty-five feet in diameter,


and comes to the surface with such force that it


is impossible to keep boat on the top of it. 1t
is One-half mile from the shore, and in twenty
eight feet of water. On the shore of the lake
numerous columns of rock, resembling coral


rise from the water. They are from five to fifty
feet in height, and supposed to have been formed
by the fresh-water. springs which, in almost
every instance, burst from beneath them. They
of different diameters, and have been worn
by the wind and woven into the most fantastic
shape, then encrusted by the calcarous deposit
of the water, which gives them the appearance
of marble columns, or the ruins of some mag
nifcent temple. Two or three miles back from
the shores the same rock exists, proving that
the lake has been at least one thousand feet


higher than at present. M I q j ..
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
Year: 1870

CAUSE OF THE Cool WEATHER.-A writer
for the Chicago Tribune, whom we suppose to
be one of its regular editorial staff, accounts
for the low temperature which has prevailed
this season by the increased number of dark
spots covering the disc of the sun. After
careful telescope examinations, he makes
these out to be about five times as large as
the area of the earth, and equal to the one
hundred and thirty-second part of the suns
face as presented to the earth. These sun
spots are pointed out upon a diagram, and
are eighteen in number. Their location up
on the face of the sun is about thirty degrees
from a line representing its equator aud the
same from points representing its poles. The
article is logical in its reasoning, quite inter
esting to science, and made simple enough
for the common understanding. 1t conclues
as follows


It is q singular fact that the magnetic
needle and the frequency of auroral displays
on our earth have cycles of variation exactly
corresponding with those of the sun spots,
and are doubtless produced by them, or by
the planetary causes common to both.
Whenever these violent connections are visi-
BILE on the sun our magnetic instruments are
correspondingly excited and so close is the
connection that we can always know Of the
presence of spots on the sun by looking at
the magnetic needle; we need no telescope to
assure US of their existence.


Modern science has revealed to us the exist
ence of closer snd more delicate bonds Of
union between all the members of the great
solar family than were previously supposed
to exist. 1t has shown us that all are mu-
tually dependent. and leads us to the conclu.
sim rhat no one nnmher of tho vo ar CON cc ron
can be affected without producing some ap.
preciahle effect upon the rest. It has shown
us that heat, light and magnetism are not
material substances, but forces resulting from
the movements of material forms throughout
the vast expanse of the universe. In the
light of this knowledge it is not difficult to
comprehend how reduction in the terrestrial
temperature may be due to the presence Of
spots on our sun, which must now take rank
as a variable star. 5
Year: 1870

ANOTHER SORT OF RED MAN.-The follow
ing is going the newspaper rounds We
don't know who tells It. bat it sounds much
like Mark Twain: ga friend Of ours, who
took trip to Californis, said he was not
afraid of the Indians because he belonged to
the Benevolent Order of Red Men, and knew
all the passwords and winks, and the figura-
tire language and things, and TO savage was
going to touch him, initiated and fixed up in
regalia as be was. He hadn't gone more
THAI a hundred miles from Omaha before a
baud of Indians came at him and scooped
him up. He took the chief aside and whis-
pered the password in his ear and gave him
the grip twenty-six times on both hands, and
made some observations about fifth moons
and happy hunting grounds The chief re-
piled In fraternal manner by tornahawkirg
him and iabbing his butcher-knife irto his
vitals. Our friend remarked these ceremon-
les were not observed in his lodge hut the
chief wanted to show him all the pecuharities
of the Western system, so he scalped him
and chopped off his nose, and was about to
baild bonfire on his stomach. when, some
soldiers arrived and rescued him. He Is now
the bald-headedest Red Man this side of the
Pacific ocean, and you never saw person 20
disgusted with secret societies and Indian
poetry. lie is going to sue his lodge for pass
ing coauterfeit grip on him. and for dam
age done by the loss of his hair.
Year: 1870

A thin shawl can be made warm by fold
ing newspaper inside of it. The paper is
impervious to the wind and cold air from out
side, and prevents the rapid escape of the
warm air from beneath il. IF you suffer from
cold feet on a journey, fold piece of news
paper over your stockings; this is better than
rubbers. If you are cold in bed. the news
paper for which you paid a few cents in the
cars, spread under the upper cover, will serve
as an additional blanket.