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Year: 1870

The up-country Pacific coast papers
are running over with the latest phase
Of railroad building, which has per-
manently established itself in Wales.


The novelty of the thing consists in
making a road and rolling stock of
one-third the usual size and weight
and cost, do as much business and as
speedily as two-thirds of that done on
our large-sized roads, cars, etc. The
advantages of this system in rough
and crooked country like this coast,
cannot be over estimated. AS feeders
to main lines, and for penetrating ev-
cry nook and corner of the country at
comparatively trifing st,-there has
never been anything like it suggested.


Now, who do we hear first of engag-
ing in it? San Francisco that never
built any but It's own street railroads,
ard hae none too many of them


Your San Francisco capitalists can
organize more important schemes on
paper) than any city of its size in the
world. They are eternally spanning g
"the bay with suspension or other
bridges by which to reach the main
land, but the structures never get be-
yond the wind-work, or franchise to
sell out. San Francisco must have
the credit OF being a very liberal city
Oh the subject Of mines, and perhaps
if she can once get u small bit Of small
railroad started, she will get to like the
business of internal improvements on
a large scale, and at least not throw
cold water on those enterprises Of mer-
it either in or outside her own State.


Let US be hopeful that the tur ming
point has at least been reached.
Year: 1870




DR.. Josiah Campbell, who lived for
many years on the Western Reserve, in
Ohio, was a skiIliul physician, but withal
one of the most eccentric and abseut-
minded persons in the world, except Mar.
garet, his wife, and she vas fully his
equal. One Sunday moruing the doctor
was caught out in a tremendous shower,
which dreuched him to the skin. 1t soon
cleared off, however, and Dr. Josh rode
into his own yard, where he took the dfir-
ping saddle from his horse and let lin go
adrlft into the pasture The saddle he
placed on stout log Of wood which was
elevated some four feet from the ground on
two posts, where the doctor had begun to
build platform to dly his pc ches on.


After having got his saddle fixed so it
would dry, he took the bride, and putting
the bit over the end Of the log, he stretch
ed out the reins. and hitching them to the
horn Of the saddle, went in to change his
wet clothes and get breakfast. Josiah,
Jr., and Margaret, Jr., were away from
home on visit, and so the two seniors
sat down to the morning meal. When
they were about half through, Jim At
wood, a farmer who lived about eight
miles distant, came ln telling The doctor
he wished he would 60 over % his house
as he recko1el he nigh: be wanted over
there, and then went off to the village in
hurry after some necessary 'tixens.


When the djctor finished his meal he
took his saddle bags and out he went in;o
the yard, where he deliberately mounted |
his saddle and set out in lmag glnatiOn for |,
J i'm Atwcod's.


For long time he rode on in silence. |
with his eyes intently fixed on 'Buchan's |
Practice, which lay open before him. At |
length he began to feel the effects oi the !
fierce rays of midday sun, and on looking |
up from his book he discovered a house
close by him, upon which he sang out lusti, |
ly for a drink of water.


Aunt Margaret, who had been for the
last two hours very busy in the garden,
soon made her appearance with a pitcher
OF mix, and after the thirsty stranger had
taken long draught, they entered into an
animated conversation, the doctor launch
ing ont into rapturous praises OF the scenery
about the place, the ueatness Of the build,
ings, the fine orchard Of peach and apple
trees, and the lady. who had caught
glimpse of the saddle bags, made great
many inquiries about the health of the
nei ghbol hood, etc


The doctor finally took his leave of the
lady, assuring her that he would call on
his return and have some further conver.
sation with her, as she reminded him so
much of his wife, who, he was sure, would
be very happy to make her acquaintance


The lady turned to enter the house. aud
the doctor had just gathered up the rcins
when Jim Atwood dashed up to the gate
with his horse all in lather of foam


'What on earth arc you doing, DOCTOR"
Ycic1 Jim; got off that log and come
llong."


The doctor was greatly astonished a,
first but after few minutes it got through
his head that he had been all the morning
riding beech log in his own door yard
Year: 1870

NEVER be sorry tor any cenerou. thing
that you ever did, even If it was betrayed
Never be sorry that you were m2gnani-
nous Never be sorry that you gave. It
was right for you 10 give, even if you were
imposed upOu. You cannot afford to keep
on the safe side ty being mean.
Year: 1870

In Germany as the terrific losses of
the battles came to be known, to which
may be added the losses by sickness and
strageling general gloom is beginning to
diffuse itself among The population. In
the city OF Berlin, the seat of court and
nobility, thele is even enthusiasm but
even there the enormous slaught
of officers, who are almost all members Of
noble houses, is bcgiRDing to tell. The
impatience to close the war on any terms
Is becoming general
Year: 1870




The R-ftaHnift, speaking Of the Lack Of
physical development Of English girls, tells
them how to bring about better state Of
things: On the continent things are very
different, There are TO be found numerous
gymnasiums 10 which women are trained to
all kinds Of athletic sports-where we find
fair damsels of all ages, in elegant and suit
able costumes, disporting themselves In doz-
ems, under the superintendent of trainer
or traineress. Bot surely you would not adyo-
cate the Introduction Of such a system in
this country we can hear the shocked Eng
hsh materfamiliaz say The idea Of any
modest woman being dressed in knieker-
bockers, and twisting herself into all kinds
OF positions 10 gymnasium! And WHY? we
ask. Is there anything half so horrible in
a woman being dressed appropriately. and
going through movement drill which
will bring into healthful play every muscle
OF her body, give bloom to her checks,
aud develop the beauties of her form, as in
her going 10 any one of our theatres to view
unbluShingly the nakedness Of modern bal
let's and listening to the barely-coyersd in.
decency of modern dramas? We know we
stall be called heretics We know the
proper young woman of the day will read
this article with adherence, but we also
know that we are working in good cause,
and that the day viii come ere long when
even the greatest prude will 90 TO her dril
as regularly as nowadays she does to her
studies. Then and not until then. shall
we see that most pernicious of all fashions.
tight lacing, receive its death blow. Eng
hshWomen will then see what fearful de-
tormity small waist really Is The practice
Of athletics win soon teach them what the
human form should be, and they will learn
to appreciate the beauty of nature far more
than they now, admire the deformity Of
fashion.
Year: 1870

blessings and favors which We, as people,
have long enjoyed, that PENNSYLVANIA may
be ever ready to extend her sympathies tc
those struggling for liberty, to succcf the
helpless exile, and be an asylum to the per.
secuted and oppressed, and thus forever
identify herself with the cause OF equal
and with the interests of universal freedom,
justice and humanity Then can we with
truth and pride proclaim, Long live the
Commonwealth, whose guiding principles
are found in the motto Of our State, 'syIR-
TUE, LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE.
Year: 1870

MANY rough persons as well as animals
have usually some tender spot in their feel
ings A man once had very fierce dog,
within the length Of whose chain ii would
have been dangerous for a stranger to have
veatured; but notwithstanding hisapparent-
ly savage disposition, brood of ddcklings,
reared in the yard in which he was kept,
became SO fond of him that whenever, from
his barking, they apprehended danger, they
would rush toward him for protection, and
seek shelter ia his kennel.
Year: 1870

HONE CHEERFULNEss. Many a child
goes astray, not because there is want of
prayer or virtue at home, but simply be-
cause home lacks sunshine A child needs
smiles as much as a flower needs sunbeams.
Children look little beyond the present
moment IF thing displeases they
are prone to avoid it. IF home is the
place where faces and words are harsh, and
fault finding is ever in the ascendant, they
viii spend as many hours as possible else
where. Let every father and mother then
try to be happy Let them look happy.
Let them talk to their children, especially
the little ones, in such way as to make
them happy.
Year: 1870

We often suffer ourselves to he put out Of
all our bearings by misfortune, moi Of the
most serious kind, which, looks very black
at the time, but which frem It's nature, can
not be lasting. We are thus like ignorant
hens that insist upon going to roost in mid
day because there IS brief transitoTy
eelirss Of the sun.
Year: 1870

As that servant was grieyously punished
who had received talent and went and dig
ged in The earth and hi1 it, even so such
Christians as have received any gifts Of
God, and do not employ them to the profit
of the people Of God, shall receive heavy
and gr;eyous judgments of God.
Year: 1870

IT has been calculated that, in actual
waste Of tissue, one hour mental labor is
equivalent to four hours physical exeriion.
If this is correct, and taking the eight hour
scale-a day labor for journalist should
only be tTo hours.
Year: 1870

TIE VALUE OF ACCURACY. 1T is the re
suit of every day. experience, that steady
attention to matters of detail lies at the root
OF human progress, aud diligence above all.
is the mother of good luck. Accuracy is
also Of much Importance, and an invariable
mark ofgood training accuracy in obserra-
ton, accuracy in speech, accuracy in the
transaction Of affairs. What is done in
business, must be well done; for it is better
to accomplish perfectly small amount of
work, than half do ten times as much. A
wise man used to say Stay little, that
we may make an end the sooner" Too
little attention, however, is paid to this
highly important quality of accuracy. Asa
man, eminent in practical science, lately OBJ
served. 1T IS astonishing how few people
[ have metin the course of my experience
who can define fact accurately. Yet in
business affairs, it is the manner in which
small matters are transacted, that often de-
eide men for or against you. With virtue,
capacity and good conduct in other respects,
the person who is habitually inaccurate can
not be trusted; bis work has to be done
over again, and he thus causes endless
annoyance, vexation and trouble.
Year: 1870

Nisi Prius- -CAi.f Justice Thompson.


The Girard College Passenger Railway Company
vs. the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger
Railway Company. This case came before the
Court on an Injunction to restrain the defendants
from laying track on Master street from Fifteenth
TO Ridge avenue. Their original charter gave them
a complete circuit, and adds the optional privilege
OF laying track along Master street from Fifteenth
to Ridge avenue. For ten or eleven years they
merely used their circuit, and only recently began
laying the connection track. The cOmplainants
argued that they had lost this right by nonuser.


The case OF the Seventeenth and Nine seenth
Streets Passenger Railway Company vs. The same
defendants was argued at the same time on an in
junction to restrain them from laying track on
Columbia avenue west OF Seventeenth street, and
to restrain the Union line from laying such track
for their use.


The Chief Justice holds that the Thirteenth and
Fifteenth Streets Railway Company have lost .heir
right to connect with the Girard College Railway
under the option they had in their original charter,
by falling TO exercise it or to extend their franchise
in a reasonable time, aud also upon the
implied revocation OF it by the Legis-
latuTe In granting the line OF right to
four other companies before the attempt to act
under the privilege by the Thirteenth and Fifteenth
Streets Railway Company had been made. That q
mere option TO exercise privilege or extend
franchise may be lost by nonuser, although posi-
tive grant may perhaps not be- and a defendant
may set up loss OF such option by want OF exercise
as defense without having IL declared by the Com
monweath as lost; so also may its revocation be set
up. Mainly on these grounds the companies en-
bIaced " tbs 4pl are epIolned.
Year: 1870

over the City Involved.


From the Memphis Avalanche, July TO-


The Fort Pickering property excite
ment is not abating. There can hardly
be less than four million dollars worth of
property involved in this trouble. Claim
ants are continually turning up; men who
bought property at the United States sale
at low figure, and fully expected to have
it; but when that cruel war was over the
original owners came back and rudely
thrust them forth, without even paying
the tax that had been due, much less pay
ing the amount bid at the sale, as the oc-
cupant had right to expect. You can
touch up mans politics without iniur-
ing him much; you may even sheer at
his religion, in most cases, without rails
ing his ire; but the sore spot in all men is
the pocket. This will be bitter con-
test. Property all over the city is in
volved, and those who paid their
four or five hundred dollars six
years ago are anxious to get
possession of what they purchased.
There are all manner of people on both
sides. Some of the most rabid seces-
sionists in town at present, who were
here speculating and money making then,
want the Government to declare those
sales valid and turn the property over to
the purchasers. The fight and the feel
ing grow warm. Thousands upon thou
ands of acres outside the corporate limits
are involved. Ryder and half a dozen
others rushed off to Washington
last night upon receipt of in
telligence to the effect that the
Government fully intended to keep its
faith to the letter with those who brought
property at the sales referred to. The
haste to make compromises was like a
panic yesterday, and it is reported that
number of settlements have been effected
upon very saltry terms A number of
stiffnecked fellows who regarded their
money as lost, seem to be the worst now;
they say they are bound to have what
they purchased, or nothing. 1t is posi-
lively asserted that the property involved
is valued at four million dollars.
Year: 1870

Speaking of the crops in Washington
county, the Jonesborough Herald and
Tribune of the 7th inst says the wheat crop
which is now nearly harvested in that
county is one of the best, if not the very
best, that has been raised since the war.
There is some complaint of smut but upon
the whole the farmers are very well satisfied.
Oats promises well. The rains during the
month of June revived this crop and there
is a prospect for fine yield. Corn is also
looking finely and the present prospect is
favorable.


The Jonesborough Herald and Tribune
of the 7th instant says oats in Washington
county excel anything of the kind eyer
introduced in that section. The editor
visited the field of Capt. Geo. Mcpherson
a few days ago which was sown in black
Norway oats, and says he has never seen
any grain to equal it in Tennessee.
Year: 1870

now complete in every department of the


trsde- Our Goods viii be found most


elegant and superb, unexceued and un-
rivalled in excellence, embracing Foreign


and Domestic Fabrics of the choicest and
test designs. being mostly handmade
and warranted in every instance to give
entire satisfaction. We earnestly invite
the attention of all who desire good goods,
which are manufactured with a special
view to frst-class retail trade.
Year: 1870

THE COMING SYSTEM OF EDucAr1oN.-
1 am as convinced as man can be that
the system of public education is ON the
eve of very extensive reform The
world has been taught words dictated
by authority thus far. The world needs
and training in independent
thought, and it is only the study Of ma
ture which will give us the last. But I
am satisfied that the basis of the future
of education will be the contemplation
of the works of nature-no longer the
study of the languages, no longer the
study of the human mind, no longer the
process of mathematical reasoning, for
though they must form part of libe-
raj education, they should come after
the organs have been trained through
observation, and the mind taught to ar
que by comparing these observations
Professor Agassiz.'
Year: 1870

To begin with the lady: Her locks
strand upwards over an immense cush-
ion that sat up like an incubus on her
head, and plastered over with pomatum
and then sprinkled over with q shower
of white powder. The hight of this tow
er was somewhat over foot. One sim
gle white rosebud lay on its top like An
eagle on haystack. Over her neck
and bosom was folded lace handker-
chief, fastened in front by q bosom-pin
rather larger than a copper cent, con-
tanning her grandfather miniature set
in gold. Her airy form was braced up
in q satin dress, the sleeves as tight as
the natural skin of the arm, with q
waste formed by bodice, worn on the
outside, whence the skirt flowed off and
was distended at the top of an ample
hood. Shoes of white kid, with peaked
toes, and heels of two or three inches
elevation, enclosed her feet, and glitter
ed with spangles, as her little pedal
members peeped curiously out. Now
for the swain: his hair was sleeked back
and plentifully befowered, while his
queue perfected like the handle of skill
let His coat was sky-blue silk, lined
with yellow his long vest of white sat
in, embroidered with gold lace his
breeches of the same material, and tied
at the knee with pink ribbon. White
silk stockings and pumps with laces, and
ties OF he same hue completed the ha-
bill. .ents Of his neither limbs. Lace
cuffies clustered around his wrist, and a
portentous frill worked in correspond
ence, aud bearing the miniature of his
beloved, finished his truly genteel ap-
pearance. -.7a5
Year: 1870

STANTON DIED PooR.-These words
contain the great mans best eulogy.
With opportunities to accumulate mil
lions, he sacrificed his private income as
he did his personal health, in the public
service. Not only did he scorn the arts
Of money making in high office, and
keep himself 80 clear that the rankest
rebel never accused him Of corruption,
but he refused New York gift of one
hundred thousand dollars, and that so
quietly that the fact was not known until
after his Death Commercial.
Year: 1870

Once out Of the grounds, with long
breath of relief, 1 put my horse into the
swift, loping sallop to which he had been
trained.


The solitariness, and vet the hopeful
ness of that long ride The lonely roads
lay bare before me i'll the white moon
light my horses hoofs sounded reg
ulrly in the stiffness the only other
s s)und was the occasional piping Of some
bird of the night which made the still
ness, more marked.


At last I became aware that I was
approaching the camp to which my err
rand led me, and Immediately after, my
horse was stopped by u picket, with a
suddenness that. appeared supernatural
, to me, for I had not at first seel the 80
der.


Instantly heard, after down the line,
the quick report of two or three muskets,
then silence as peaceful, as quiet as be-
fore.


What is that firing " l asked.
al expect it's somebody firing on the
pickets," he said indiGerently.
still sat listening, u vague alarm STIR
ring at the depths Of my heart.
In moment, some petty officer came





hu :ryihg along, saying as he passed his
coinrade, Tom, our captains hit -"
then passed out of sight, giving an iu-
stant's stare at me as he went.
The soldier passed his hand across his
eyes and muttered, "Damnm I! then
turned his back On ME.
Why did not ride onward? Why did
lnger in this camp of soldiers? I did
not know; felt no sense of prescience or
of warning; only did not wish to go just
yet


Down in that fickering shadow of trees
saw two men approaching, bearing care :
fally wounded man between them. l
looked at them with dilating eyes; as they
emerged into the clear moonlight, / saw
more distinctly the slight figure, the bright
brown hair of the man they carried
Then knew why / had fingered


slipped from my horse and went to
meet them, reaching him as they laid
him down upon the ground.


He looked Up at me ss / knelt dow n
by him, my soul pouring itself through
nv eyes as they met biz


This is happiness. ne whispered,
taking my hand and putting il on his
Year: 1870

You've AUTHOR Yes, Agassiz does
recommen1 authors to eat fish. because
the phosphorus in it makes brains. So
far you are correct. But | cannot help
you to decision about the amount you
need to eat--at least, not with certainty.
If the specimen composition you send is
about Your fair usual average, I should
Judge that perhaps couple of whales
would be all you would want for the pre-
sent. Not the largest kind, but simply
good niddhng-sized whales.
Year: 1870


Farewell we may not meet again


As We are parting now
l must my beating heart restrain


Must veil my burning brow.
o, must coldly learn to hide


One Thought, all else above -
Must call upon my womans pride


TO hide my woman's love
Check dreams never may avow
p Be free, be careless. cold rs thou !
o, these tears are tears Of bitterness
Wrung from the breaking heart,
When two. blest in their tenderness


Must learn to live-apart-.
But what are they to that long sigh


That cold and fix'd despair,
That weight OF wasting agony


1t must be mine 10 bear?
Methinks should not thus repine,


III had but one vow of thine,
Icould forgive Inconsistency 81,
To be one moment loved by thee !
With me the hope of life is gone


The sun of JOY is set,
One wish my soul still dwells upon


The wish It could forget.
Iwould forget tina, look, that tone


My heart hath all too dearly known.
But who could ever vet efface


From memory, loves enduring trace.
All may revolt, all may complain


But who is there may break ths chain
Farewell Il shall not be to thee


More than passing thought.
But every Ii ne and place will be


VITA thy remembrance fraught
Farewell . We have not often met


We may not meet again /!
But on my heart the seal is set


Love never sets in vain
Fruitless rs constancy may be,


No chance, no change may turn fron
thee
One who loved thee wildly. we'll


But whose first love vow breathed-


farewell
Year: 1870




The average value Of gold, as COM
pared with the national currency for
the whole of the year l869;was about ia,
and for eleven months of 1870 the same
relative value has been about is. The
approach to specie basis is very graf
flying, but the tact cannot be denied
that the instability Of the value of our
currency is prejudicial to our prosperi-
ty, and tends TO keep up prices to
the detriment Of trade. The evils Of q
deprecated and huctuating currency are
30 great that now when the premium on
gold has fallen SO much, it would
seem that the time has arrived, when
by wise and prudent legislation Con.
gress should look to a policy which
Year: 1870

A GENTLEMAN recently tried to sell,
at New York jewelry store, beautiful
diamond ring which he had bought there
few weeks previous, saying that, as the
engagement was now broken off, he had
no fur her use for it. In consideration of
his sutferings they allowed him halt price
for it.
Year: 1870

y WIFE IN DISTRESS.-'Pray tell
me, my dear what is the cause of
those tears ?


'Oh such a disgrace y


What is it, my dear. don't keep
me i'll suspense


oh have opened one of your
letters supposing it to be addressed
to myself. 1t certainly does look
more like Mrs. than Mr.


Is that all What harm can there
be in wife's opening her husbands
letters p


mo harm in the thing itself, but
the contents F.! Such disgracer


who has dared to write me q
letter unfit to be read by my wife !"


'Oh no; it is couched in the most
chaste and beautiful language. But
the contents the contents .


Here the wife buried her face in
her handkerchief, and commenced
Sobbing aloud, while the husband
eagerly caught up the letter and
commenced reading the epistle that
had nearly broken his wiic's heart.
1t was Il bill from the printer for
three years subscription for the
newspaper.