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Year: 1870

1t Is burning shame that the Official Can
yass OF tins City and Brooklyn is habitually
spun out for two weeks instead of being fin
ished in two days, just to enable the Can
vassers to run their arms a little deeper into
the treasury. The public Inconvenience is very
great the State Canvass is inevitably DELAYED .
if there had been vacancies to fill in orr
present delegation to Congress, the new mem
bers might not have been seasonably provided
with credentials-all without the least excuse.
We wish Mr. Tweed thought he could afford
to let sn act pass lLis Winter requiring each
Year: 1870

On the theory, apparently, that there are too
many Republicans in New-YOrk City, the
rival Committees held sessions, the only result
Of which is to diminish the number. 1t would
be- a great comfort if we could have, for
once. a General Committee of the Republican
party in New Orl, which is not a nuisance.
Year: 1870

a poor excuse is generally great deal worse
than none. The discharge of Theodore Allen,
after a long and unjust confinement to satisfy
the whims of Taminany leaders, would doubt
less have escaped notice had not Judge Car
dOzO insisted unnecessarily on explaining that
the delay was owing tO press Of business ,,
Year: 1870

The following article which we copy
from the editorial columns of the Free
Press and Times, we commend TO the CON
sideration of the good people of Vermont,
and especially to those who take an inter
est in our public schools and other oduca-
tional institutions in the State:


Is the American theory Unpopular educa-
ton the true one? Is it the right and duty
of the State to see thai all its embryo citi-
zens are in training for the intelligent eN-
ercise of the responsibilities Of citizenship?
Or should the church or churches Interfere
TO supplement or assume entire control of
the work which the commonwealth has un-
dertallen? So far rs elementary education
is concerned, there seems TO be substantial
agreement, among all Protestants at least,
At the University too, the State pursuos
the same comprehensive policy rs is fol-
lowed in the lower schools, filling the
chairs of instruction with men Of various
UNCONVENTIONAL preferences. Nowhere he
tween the primary school and the bachol-
Year: 1870

walked rapidly on, his heart cheered and
strengthened by that little act of sympathy.


When the next Sabbath came, however,
it found him worn down with his unaccus-
toned tasks. A young man in the store,
with whom he had formed pleasant ac-
quaintance invited him to take stroll
about the city.


"Tll show you some Of the sights, and
treat you to dinner of oysters down in
saloon know of, where they keep open on
the Sabbath. The shutters arc bowed, out
of respect to the day, you know; but there
is plenty to cat and drink inside on all
days and hours. They have all kinds of
liquors, too, and make splendid punch"


Robbie felt lonely enough that day. His
thoughts ran back TO his old home, and
more than once the tears started to his
eyes. The young man seemed so pleasant
and friendly, ho was just ON tho eve Of
yielding to the temptation 'just this once"
but then the thought Of the minister J
words about this day being turning point
in his life came back to him Just in time.
lie politely declined the Invitation, and
found his way to the morning Sabbath
school to which he had been directed.


Ever alterward lie felt that he had a home
in that great city. A kind superintendent
and warm hearted teacher, who welcomed
him with cordial grasp of the hand, ollcc-
tually "anchored" him in the Sabbath
school. His career in after life was useful,
honorable and successful very marked
contrast with the Sabbath-breaking boys
who ran down the scale of dissipation until
they reached the level of the common
drunkard. Sabbath breaking and liquor
C0naughey.
Year: 1870

TIE WEST POINT INvEsTIGArIoN.-The
Cincinnati Gazette says, editorially, under.
the head of West Point blackguards: West
Point is supported by the government.
There young men are educated free Of
charge. Recently colored man was APP
pointed cadet. He passed an examination
and was admitted. Thereupon the white
cadets, or a portion of them, began to per-
secute him, and he being only one while
they were many, it was supposed lie would
be driven from the institution. Finally,
the officers took the matter in hand, and
Congress ordered an investigation. This
gave to the affair a serious turn, and the
young black guards, who prosecuted the
young man because of his color. begin TO
bss to In forgiven, and ask the victim OF
I tIfSir .kleanness to withdraw the charges.
This, 1t is tqbe hoped, will not be done.
Let the investigation go on; and let the
guilty be punished by expulsion from the
institution. Young men who will combine
to persecute one man because Of his color
have bad blood in their veins, and should
never be permitted to wear the insignia OF
an American soldier. Let tho institution
be purged Of at least the leaders OF this
cowardly affair,
Year: 1870

ltseems a little thing to slander
our neighbor; to repeat all the
harm we have heard of him, to
whisper away reputation, and to
stab in the dark. Yet it is a great
matter to him, though . small
thing to US. We can never know
the amount Of repeating all the
harm Of him that we have heard.
The human heart is prone to elan
der, and we should watch our.
selves carefully when we find that
we are about to speak of our neigh.
bors. We heard a lady once say,
II make it a rule never to repeat
anything bad that I hear of anoth.
er l am resolved that I will nev.
er take part in injuring any one"
What a wise resolved Would that
all made it the golden rule of their
life. How much misery would be
spared, how much more kindly
would be our intercourse with each
other. Why, the world would be
like Eden without the serpent.
But instead of hiding the evil that
we have heard, how eagerly we
spread it; how we gloat over the
story how glad we are to pour in
to the ears which open so gladly
to receive it. Deprive ms Of thai
great staple of conversation, Sian
der, and some of us would be ut 8
loss what to talk about. Would
that we were only as anxious to tel
the good we know of our acquain
tances as we are to tell the bad
| what a charming thing society
really would be. There are peo
pie to whom slander is the very
breath Of their life; ; social spiders
hideous and, venomous in secret
and in darkness they weave their
webs of distraction. They are 6
curse to society, a canker 70 theil
friends, and a disgrace to them
selves.
Year: 1870

The HUMAN HAIR.-Gray hairs
sell for q cent apiece. Hair dres-
sers inquire of their customers for
them, and beg that they may be
saved from the comb in dressing.
Gray hair is the most expensive
and difficult to obtain. There is
now a strong motive for young
women to cultivate the growth OF
fine heads of hair, as their tresses
in moments of difficulty may be
worth a dowry to them. Mothers
are warned against cutting their
children's hair too often. If it is
of good thickness at first, scissors
should not be touched to the head ;
cutting makes the hair grow thick.
er, but coarser. Frequent brush
ing while the hair is of moderate
lengh, and washing once a week
with a teaspoonful of liquid am
monia in a large bowltul of warm
water, is the best treatment posi-.
BILE. Keep it done up loosely, so
that the air can move through the
hair freely. If any stimulant is
required, half an ounce of dry
ammonia, rubbed into a pint Of
olive oil, is the finest dressing to
be made, surpassing bay rum and
any mixture of spirits and OIL
This dressing prevents the hair
from turning gray, if anything
will do 80, and urges its growth.


[N. Y. Citizen.
Year: 1870

CREASE ON CARpETs.-There is
rothing that annoys tidy house


keeper so much as to have her car.
pet spotted with lamp oil or grease,
and we therefore make known for
their benefit the following receipt
for extricating oil or greRae spots
from carpets and clotbs:


Cover the grease spots with


whiting, and let It remain until 1t
becomes saturated wirh the grease ;
then scrape 1t off and cover il
with another coat Of whiting, and
If this does not remove the grease.
repeat the application. Tbr 0 Q
coats OF whiting will, In most cases,
remove the grease, when it should
be brushed off with a clothes brush.
So says one who pretends to know.
Year: 1870

Walt Whitman, who embalmed "Lesves
Of Grass in poetry, has now an opportunity
to turn over o new leaf and write about the
Leaves of Absence" which are figuring so
much nowaday in Congressional proceed
Year: 1870

We especially commend the follow
ing extracts to the thoughtful study
ofthe young. Nothing is so disgust.
ing and ropugnant 10 the feeling of
the noble and good as to hear the
young, or even the old use profane or
low, vulgar language. The young Of
our town are particularly guilty Of
profanity In our day It seems the
"boy" docs not feel himself "man"
unless he can excel in this great sim


"We would guard the young
against the use OF every word that is
not strictly proper. Use no profane
expression--alude to 40 sentence that
will put TO blush the most sensitive
You know not the tendency of habit.
ually using indecent and profane Ian.
guage. 1t may never be obliterated
from your heart When you grow
you win find it at your tongues end
some expression which you would not
use for any money, 1t was once used
when you were quite young, By
using care, you will save yourself n
great deal of modification and
sorrow. Good men have been taken
sick and become delirious. In those
moments they used the most vile
and indecent language Imaginable
When informed Of Il after restoration
to health, they had no idea of the pain
they had learned and repeated the ex.
preston in childhood, and though
years had passed since they had been
indellibly stamped upon the heart
Think Of this, you who are tempted
to use improper language, and never
disgrace yourselves.
Year: 1870

Among the drol sto,ics told by the
western papers is one that a farmer
cut his throat on account of the severe
and protracted drought, and that
they buried him in a pelting rain
storm which lasted twenty-four hours.
Year: 1870

The Brooklyn Eagle announces the
remarkable discovery by sewer dig
gers, twenty four feet below the sur
face Of Monroe street. of the body OF
n potriticd whale, within which was
found an iron box cotaining II small
quantity Of old Spanish gold coin.
Year: 1870

press was ever suppressed. This party of
yesterday, when they came into power,
found constitution under which the peo-
pie Of this country lived for seventy-fTe
or eighty years in the enjoyment of all the
blessings of civil and constitutional liberty.
they foundthis constitution, made by the
great and wise men who laid the founda-
tlons Of your government deep in the prin-
ciples of constitutional liberty, and with
out any experience in so great a work
they set to work patchingi it up, until now,
If the great men who made It could rise
from the dead, or descend from heaven,
they would scarcely recognize the instru-
ment they had made. But, sir, will not,
unless further provoked, indulge longer in
this line of remark. It's foreign, admit,
to the subject which ought to be the le-
gltimate subject under discussion 1 have
only made these remarks because. day af-
ter day, we in the minority in this cham
Der, have heard Recommendations of the party
to which it is our pride and honor to be-
long, by gentlemen on the other side of
the chamber. Sir, if blows hereafter are
given, blows shall be returned
Year: 1870

AS many are suffering with rheumatism,
thought could do nothing better for
your readers thar, 70 give them recipe :.
that l know is gOOdssfIn the spring and
summer 1885, my wife was 50 afflicted
with it that she could not use her right
arm, and was unable to raise herself ppIin
bed. We tried many hniments, recipes, &
and medicines, but 70 no avail. Doctors
said nothing could be done, only to give it
time and let it wear Itself away. One day
an old German veterinary surgeon told me y
to take equal parts of the best Oil of juni-
per and spirits of turpentine and apply to
the parts affected. did so, and in q few
weeks the rheumatism had entirely disap-
peared rnd my wife was well "A few
weeks after, while at picnic, she caught
cold and was soon as low as ever Again. :
did we apply everything that we could get,
galvanic batteries and all. We got the
above recipe filed at Joliet, but both were
of poor quallty-quite yellow, and did no
good. We then got some in Chicago, both
the oil and spirits being as clear as pure
water, and IN few days she was again
well and remained so for over two years.
would like mnch to have such of your
readers as would like much to have such


OF your readers as mao use this, give the
result to the public but always be sure to
use only the best quality of the oil and


spirits, when trying 1.-THE yellow being
! utterly worthless. -.
Year: 1870

It is fully established that sonnambu-
lists go wherever they please without hes
ltauon, read and write, and give ample
evidence OF a power of perception indepen-
dent OF the usual organs of vision. Per-
sons subject to attacks of catalepsy fire. Z
quently show the same peculiarity' NJ,
Desplne, late inspector of the mineral Wa
ters OF AK, IN Savoy, mentions the fol-
loving among many other cases: mot
only could our patient hear by means Of
the palm of his hand, but we have seen
her read without the assistance of the eyes,
merely with the tips of the fingers, which
sne passed rapidly over the page that she
wished to read. AT other times we have
seen her select from a parcel of more than
thirty letters the one which she was re-
CURED to pick out also, write several
letters, and correct, on reading them over
again, always with her finger ends, the
mistakes she had made; copy one letter
word Tor word, reading it with her left ell
bow, while she wrote with her right hand
During these proceedings a thick paste
board completely intercepted any visual
ray that might have reached her ewes. The
| same phenomenon was manifested at the
soles of her feet, on the epigastrium, and
| other parts OF the body, where sensation
Of pain was produced by mere touch.''
Persons who have become blind have
also also been known to acquire the same
power, and Harriet Martineau tells of an
old lady who had been blind from her
birth, and yet saw in her sleep, and in her
waking state described the color of in
dlYiduals correctly.


In these cases. no doubt, perception is,
as usual, in the brain but either all the
nerves of the surface have the power of
conveying the impressions of light to that
organ, or some special parts of the body


as the ends of the fingers, the occiput, or
the epigastrium, assume the Office of the
eyes.-Dr. Clark, IN Hours al Home for


February. x
Year: 1870

are We sowing the seeds of kindness Q ~
Ihey shall blossom bright ere long.
Are we sowing seeds of discord
They shall ripen izto wrong.
Are we sowing seeds of honor a9
They shall bring forth golden grain.
Are we sowing the seeds of falseheodY
We shall yet reap bitter pain. -


Whatso'er our sowing be,


Reaping, we its fruits must see.
We can never be too careful &
What the seed our hands shall sow:
Love from love is sure to ripen,


hate from hate is sure to grow
Seeds OF good or Ill we scatter


Heedlessly along our way;
But bad and grievous fruitage


Waits US at the harvest day.


Whatso'er our sowing be,


Reaping, we its fruits must see.
Year: 1870

The Easton (Pa.l Free Press tells the
following beautiful incident eve heard
of an incident concerning the alarm at the
school building the other Says which so


well illustrated the noble part of human


nature that We give it publication, In
one of the schools there Is a young girl
who is cripple. It is the custom of the
teacher to allow her, when the scholars
are dismissed, always to pass out first, IN
order that she may escape from the con-
fusion attendant upon the dismissal of SO
many children. On Monday last, when
the alarm of fire. was sounded, all the
school rooms were at once emptied of their
contents. In the one where the lame
child was there was perfect quietness and
order. All the scholars, Notwithstanding
the noise and apparent danger remained
| quietly in their seats TIL their lame COM
/ panion had gotten safely out and was Sc


cure from the rush, when they with q.
bound cleared the room They Thought Of
!. her safety before their own, neither fright


1arsEs nrzs ind dlQiile hs-n iae
I foF themselves pntil the. saw her secure


from peril Such display ofeensideFation


and kindness we have not heard of for
many Q day; and when we remember that
i it came from children, it becomes all the


more touching and beautiful k-u
Year: 1870

operations is now on Trout river, eleven miles
from here, which intersecting stream forms the
boundary line. The main body crossed the
river this afternoon and citizens here who have
visited the scene of operations state that the
advance is fully four miles on the other side,
and within seven of the village of Huntingdon
General Gleason, who arrived this afternoon
from New York, has also gone 10 the front. He
states that fully 10000 men are on their way
from various points. Nearly all who have put
in an appearance here are in uniform and out
on the front. They appear to have plenty of
arms, and have already secured two small pieces
of artillery, though the source is as yet un-
known. Ammunition is also abundant,


THE CANADIAN POLICY.


Judging from the tenor of the remarks made
by the Canadian officers near Franklin Centre,
and by our own officers at st. Adams, the move
ments on Trout river will not be spoiled by so
sudden a check on the line. No doubt the pre-
sent invading column will be permitted to march
well into the territory of Canada, only that it
may be the more effectually shattered and dis
persed. At all events that is the only advisable
policy for the Canadians and one which, if
followed up, will extinguish the Fenian move
ment forever.
Year: 1870

"A stranger in o printing Office asked the
youngest apprentice what his rule of punctua-
tion was. II set up as long as l can hold my
breath, then put in comma; when l cape
insert semicolon; and when want chew of
obacco make paragraph"
Year: 1870

A DIsINFECTANT WORTH KNOwING.-We
illustrated Midland Ne,os), dare say very
few persons are aware that coffee is valua-
BILE disinfectant. Experiments, however,
have proved that it is the most powerful
means, not only Of rendering animals and
vegetable eff1uvia innocuous, but of actually
destroying them. A room, in which meat in
an advanced state of decomposition had been
kept for some time, was instantly deprived
of all smell on an open coffee. .roaster being
carried through it, containing pound Of
newly roasted coffee. In another room, ex-
posed to the effluvium occasioned by the
clearing out of a manure pit, so that sulphu.
retted hydrogen and ammonia in great
quantities could be chemically detected the
stencil was completely removed in half a
minute, on the employment of three ounces
Of fresh roasted coffee. while the other parts
Of the house were permanently cleared Of
the same By being simply traversed with the
coffee roaster, although the cleansing of the
pit continued TOR severa! hours after. The
best mode OF using the coffee as disinfect-
ant is to dry raw bean, pound it in mortar,
and then roast the powder on moderately
heated iron plate, until it assumes q dark
brown tint. when it is fit for use. Then
sprinkle it in sinks, or cesspools, or lay it on
a plate in the room which you wish to have
purified. Coffee acid, or coffee oil acts more
readily in minute quantities.
Year: 1870

THE KILLING OF THE NEGANs.-We ad-
wise those who desire to get at the truth
about this sad occurrence, and also some
knowledge of the Indian Ring and the white
roughs, to examine the official documents
in the Army and Many Journal of the
twelfth instant. Some Of the details are
unfit for our columns, and the whole story
is too long to be copied for general readers.
But such as are interested in the question
will discover, by following our suggestion,
that the military are driven into difficnlt
and delicate position, and that. in the
necessities of the case, the humanity
is with them. The policy General
Sheridan has to follow, appears to
be forced upon him by unmitigsted
white rascslities and unmitigated savage
outrages. If that policy seems, for the
moment, horrible, it is not of his choosing
or making. apparently; and if his stern
treatment of the aborigines awakens atten-
ton to the villany of the civilians dealing
with them with cool bloodshed, treachery
and avarice, the country may be the gamer,
by being shocked into something like
honesty and justice. The conspiracy to de.
fraud alike the government and the red men
does not seem to have abandoned its ne.
farious purposes, and to that fact may be
ultimately attributed the sharp action of the
army and the consequent efforts to malign
the commanding Generals. Tran
script.
Year: 1870

EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT OF FEMALE
BLACK MAILER Sarah Gore, a white
woman, convicted in Philadelphia of per.
jury, has been fined five hundred dollars
and sentenced to the Penltentary for seven
years. Judge Paxton. in passing sentence,
thus addressed the prisoner:


"You deliberately and falsely charged q
respectable citizen with high crime upon
your person. And having made it, you
brought him into this court on trial, and
upon that trial you committed wiliful, de-
liberate and corrupt perjury, in order
to convic. him. You did all you could
to consign an innocent man for long
term of years to the Penitentiary, and to
blast his reputation for all time. Nor is this
all. l have Judicial knowledge of the fact
that you have made similar charges against
several other respectable citzens for the
purpose of extorting money. and that in
some of these cases you have been success
full, but Dir. Weiner did not submit to your
demands: He appeals to a Jury of his fel-
low.citizens, and they have vindicated him;
and he has also brought you to the bar of
justice, for which he deserves the thanks of
every good citizen.


'YOur ofense is one which can receive no
mercy here. While we give burglar the
extreme penalty of the law, we can do no
less in case like this. 4 man had better
have twenty burglars in his house than one
such woman as you. A burglar may steal
the property of citizen. You would rob
him of his good name to make him infamous
in the community, as we'll as sow the seeds
of disCord in his domestic relations
Year: 1870

The Ebensburg (Pennsylvania) Anegha-
naGa informs the people that a citizen of
Cambria county recently sold his wife to a
peddler for two cents. The husband re.
ceipted bill OF sale, received the two cents,
and the peddler carried away the wife. The
peddler is said to have family living in the
eastern part of this State. The editor
vouches for the truth of the story.