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Year: 1870

perfect man, for Divinity has announced
that it twas not good for man to be
alone"


Marriage gives laudable and happy
object in life, the provision for wife and
children, their present comfort and fu-
ture welfare, the enjoyment in witness
ing their happiness, and the daily and
hourly participation in affectionate in
terchange ofthoug hit and sentiment and
sympathy; these are the considerations
which antagonize sorrow and Tighten
the burdens of life; thus strewing flow
ers and casting sunshine all along its
pathway.


Voltaire said THE more married
men you have the fewer crimes there
will be. Marriage renders man more
virtuous and more wise. An unmar-
ried man is but half a perfect being,
and it requires the other half to make
things right; and it cannot be expected
that in this imperfect state he can keep
the straight path of rectitude, any more
than boat with one oar can keep
straight course. In nine cases out Of
ten where married men become
drunkards, or where they commit
crimes against the peace of the
community, the foundation Of these
acts was laid while in a single
state, or where the wife is, as is some
times the case, an unsuitable match.
Marriage changes the current of mans
feelings, and gives him centre for his
thoughts, his affections and his acts.
Here is a home for the entire man, and
the counsel, the affections, the example
and the interest of his better half keep
him from erratic courses and from fall
ing into a thousand temptations to
which he would otherwise be exposed.
Therefore the friend to marriage is the
friend to society and to his country.
Year: 1870

II WEST TWENTY EIGHTH STREET, CORNER or
j 4 Broadwsy.-suit Of Handsomely furnished pleasant
front Rooms com-nunicating bath convenient hot and
cold water with without first class Board terms mode
Year: 1870

In January, 1864, Abraham DeBond,
of Washington county Kentucky, was shot
in the forehead with a minnie ball in =
skirmish at Fair Garden, in East Tvnpes-
see' and was taken from the battlefield to
the hospital. The ball entered the fore
head Just above the right eye, and, as
there was an opening in the temple, just
in front, and slightly above the right ear,
it was supposed that the ball had passed
entirely through.


The man did not die, and he soon so far
recovered as to be sent home. Thewound
did not heal up, and there had been a
continual discharge from it ever since its
inhiction. Recently his suferings have
been so intense that he consulted physl'
clan, who said that the pain arose from
the dead bone, and that it would have to
be removed before he could obtain relief
Debond went to Cincinnati and placed
himself nnder the care of physicians, who
decided that it was necessary to perform
the operation Of trephining, and day or
two since undertook the operation. DUR
ing the process Of the operation they de-
tected tho presence Of lead, and with tho
forceps extracted a minnie ball, aattened
into the shape Of a chestnut, from tho
mans skull. 1t had entered the lateral
sinus and fractured table, and was resting
on the brain. 1t is supposed that a frag'
ment of ball had been Clipped off the
bali and passed out through the tamplo.
leading to the belief that the bali had
passed entirely through the skull. The
removal of the ball gave great and immcr
diate relief, and DeBond is now at st.
Johns Infrmary, on Fourth Street, with
every prospect of a speedy and peFfQct re'
! aOVerV
Year: 1870

A young Partisan aboutsto marry wrote
a farewell letter to his goddess, queen
of the demi-monde. In revenge, the lat
ter bribcd his footman to substitute fsr
the box Of postage stamps on his mastsr'a
table another precisely like it, the only
difference being that this second box con-
tanned stamps which had previously been
dipped in . poisoned substance. Tie
young man came near dying after quitting
one of the stamps in his mouth. He had
no difficulty in divining who was atthe bot,
tom of the plot, but nevertheless refused
to prefer a charge against this grapddaugh,l
ter OF Madame de BriRvillers. He only
sent her word that she must leaye France
for time. po u
Year: 1870

The Rocky Mountain Herald dishes up
the following modest hint to debtors
"Several men who are owing us little bills,
said they would call and pay us last week
if they were alive. They still appear on
the streets, but as they did not call, it is
naturally supposed that they are dead, and
are walking around to save funeral cxpen
SeSN
Year: 1870

Republicans who feel an interest in
good government. and desire to keep
the county out of the hands of the
party which has made our city admin
istration so ridiculous and burden.
some, will make sacrifices to remain
at home until the election is over.
Certainly, every good Republican can
so arrange his business as to not lose
his vote. IF business seems TO call
any away before next Tuesday, bust.
ness ought to be made to give way to
the duty of voting. Republicans must
remember that the way to achieve a
great victory is to poll every Republi-
can vote. No one should leave the
city until after next Tuesday.
Year: 1870

Yes, man is fearfully al lss Z
fully made, as the scriptr as -
ard women a are good oe.. ..Ao
him. Now all Diseases rises in
the stumach, and a body must
keep a takin' medicine to keep um
out, and if anybody hadn't any
stomach why there'd be no dan
ger of their bein sick and they
wouldn't have to take medicines.
And that is true seyin' that AN
ounce Of prevention is worth a
pound of cure only l think in Or
der to make it all sure it's best to
take the ounce and pound afore-
hand, sfore the evil day cometh,
as the scripters says, fur you can't
tell aforehand what sickness or
ai.ing a day may bring forth, as
the scripters says. Now Provi-
dence as provided an arb or root
to cure every disease flesh is heir
TO; though when I told Zedekiah
SO, he said they must a ben crea-
ted then after father Adam got un-
der the wrong apple tree. and con





cluded to move out of the garden,
and quit the fruit business and q
playin' gen lemen, and go to farm
in cause they'd q ben no use for
them afore that, and q nothin's made
in vain as the scripters says, but
he's always askin' questions jest
to make everybody and every
thing look ridiculous, till l don't
pay any attention to his nonsense
any more, but as I was savin'
there's medicine to fit every dis
ease. only we can't always jest tell
what it is, cause it may be one
thing and it may he another, SO I
Jest i've Ill of um I can think Of.
cause if one don't hit it why who
knows but another will; jest as !
thrash all the yonngins when one
of um has been cuttin' up, SO as to
be certain Of getting the right one,
and then two to one they all de-
serve it for some mischief or least
ways will deserve it afore a week
over, fur children's as prone to do
mischief as the sparks is t. fy up
the chimney as the scripters say.
Year: 1870

battery for medical purposes He
is also the possessor of large in
telligent cat, which is 8 great fav-
orite, and so allowed the freedom
of the house. One day the battery
was prepared for use; as it began
to hum, kitty became very uneasy,
arose and walked about the room.
She listened attentively, with head
first bent on one side and then on
the other, and eyed the table sus-
piciously. At last the box con-
tanning the battery was placed up
on the floor. Now was kitty's op-
portunity. She cautiously ap-
preached the box with head up
and nose extended, snufing the
air. At last she stood by the box,
listening intently. Then raising
one paw, she clapped it on the
suspicious spot, which happened
to be the connecting wires of the
battery. or course kitty was
shocked, and with q cry Of alarm
and fear. she bounded over the
box and fed from the room. For
a long time after, whenever the
battery was put in use, kitty would
evince strong desire to leave the
room. She was satisfied.
Year: 1870

A GsM.--The following Rul>
paragraph which . friend hande &c,
contains q whole volume Of truth
and suggestion, and IL well stud
led and acted upon, would prevent
much unhappiness in this world,
and prove q most effectual remedy
for much that now exists: cit in
the easiest thing in the world to be
happy il men and women would
only think SO. Happiness is only
another name for love; for where
love exists in q household, there
happiness must also exist, even
though it has poverty for q close
companion. Where love exists
not. even though 1t be IN a palace,
happiness can never come. He
was a cold and selfish being who
originated the saying that when
poverty comes in at the door, love
flies out at the window" and his
assertion proves conclusively that
he had no knowledge Of love; for
unquestionsbly, the reverse of the
axiom quoted is nearer the truth.
When poverty comes in at the
door, love, true love, is more than
ever inclined to tsrry and do battle
with the enemy. Let those who
imagine themselves miserable, be-
fore they find fault with - '"t-
roundi-e~, search IN their own
hearts for the true cause. A few
kind words or q little forbearance
will often open the way to food
of sunshine in q house darkened
by the clouds of discord and un-
Year: 1870

This Saturday night, after the
work Of the day was done, walk
ing out with a friend, we came TO
a crowd of men and boys assemb-
led in the street.


What is the trouble-why this
crowd2'


Only drunkard the boys are
having some fun with


And that was all. There he vas
in the gutter, staggering as he
held to a lamp post. A working
man evidently. Perhaps ten years
our junior. His coat was torn
his hat muddy as were all his
clothes. The playful boys who
might be sons of drunkards, or
might not, were pelting him with
mud, sticks, oyster shells, and any
thing else they could find on the
street to throw-were tearing his
already torn garments, and mock
ing him with jeers and jibes as he
tried to catch them as they came
within his reach.


Shame on you men! To laugh
at misfortune! Why not help
him?'


He is only drunkard!


But what are they who love
him?'


And we walked with him the
distance of block; till police>
man was met, who took him to his
home on Sixth avenue.


Only drunkdrd!


Is not that enough? The amuse-
ment he was furnishing to those
who looked on was at the expense
of those who loved him-at the
expense of innocent ones. We
saw him in his home. He was q
shoemaker by trade. Living in
the fifth story of a sort of tena-
ment house-in two little rooms.
He had a wife, half starved, sick
lv, half-lifeless wife, whose eyes
were red with weaping rs she help
ed remove the clothes from his
lstless, limsey body. And he
had two o little children, boy and
q girl The former, wonder.
full little fellow; the latter, a baby,
who looked with its wondering
eyes to know what was going on.


Only drunkard! That was all
at least that is what the 10 an in the
crow d told us. But he was more He
was a man--as we are. A husband
and father A working man who
had himself and his Lived ones to
support lie was man who
should have had a better home
than le had. Then he would have
been happier. His growing pride
would not longer have kept him
here in two little rooms when he
needed more


The boys and the men laughed
il the streets, but his poor wife
wept when she saw him. The lit
tie boy stood silent and in tears
behind the door. The innocent
baby was too young to know what
all this meant. The poor, half
starved wife and mother, over
worked and under-f fed, wept and
sobbed as she removed this article
and that, looking tearfully at him
she loved more than at the work
OF mending and cleaning she must
do before he could go again to his
work. More hours of toll for her
when she needed rest.
Year: 1870

there, speaking eloquently of the
happy change which has brought
the sunlight of prosperity back to
that household.


And those who to-day stoned
him on the street-those who look
upon him as lost, will soon see and
know that for all he was ''only a
drunkard," he was and is more of
a man than they, for he will dare
do right and be rewarded. And
then comes the last night of the
week--as we rest that We may en-
joy Gods morrow--he can look
upon his bright-eyed loved ones
upon the happiness he has crea-
ted, and may praise God for the
ability to promote happiness here,
and to gather q rich harvest which
will be ripe for him to rest in when
he goes 'over the river where the
Home will be so different, and the
ones there assembled SO much
happier than were the ones we saw
in their tears and their trouble this
Saturday night Brick Pomeroy.
Year: 1870

There is an energy of moral
.uasion in a good mans life. pass
ing the highest Of the orators
genius.


Deal gently with those who
stray Draw back by love and
persuasion. A kiss is worth .
thousand kicks.
Year: 1870

George Au, age so, has resided for the last
ak months with his family in the rooms of the third
floor of No. IL Iudlow-st Au at one time in compar-
atyey good circumstances, but recently misfortune has
oyeraken him. and he has lost one situation after an
other in most unfortunate manner. Like many under
similar circumstances he endeavored to throw away his
care by drinking and drank often that at last he be-
came a confirmed drunkard. His wife endeavored TO
restrain him from his evil habits but Au fancied that she
was intimate with another and refused obstinatey
All advice Yesterday afternoon the domestic troubles
oulminated in suicide Mrs. Au was engaged In her
household duties when her husband, VINO nad oeeh
drinking hard for number of days, entered the room


He sat down on a chair and deliberately pulled an od
fashioned revolver from the breastpocket OF ms coat
and before his wife could seize the weapon, he discharged


the contents of one barrel into his heart Death ense


almost instantly The neghbors who heard the report
bannened The police Of the Tenth Precinct were imme-
daely informed and conveyed the body TO the Morgue
Year: 1870

Wm II. Gordon, who attempted to murder
his wife and child Monday night was conveyed at the
time of the murder Bellevue Hospital for treatment OF
his own wounds. Yesterday he so much recovered
from their weakening effects that Warden Brennan did
not think he could the responsibility or keeping
him i'm the hospital any longer and accordingly had him
taken TO the Penitenary Hospital on BaekwePs island


where he will remain until he Ia sufficiently recovered TO
be brought to Court. MI,


John Hussey who shot In the arm ny John FRANK
lin in Waterst on Monday night is rapidly recovering
and is esteemed out Of all danger. Hussey was shot
hronoh the bones OF the elbow joint He declares that
M asanlt was entirely unprovoked, and that Franklin


as standing off from him 20 feet at the time he fired
Year: 1870

Shortly after 8 last evening fire broke out
on the upper floor of the machine and pattern shop the
Brooklyn Nayy-Yard The building large stone ed-
fee covering over 200 feet Of ground and stocked
with valuable machinery and patterns. Chief-Engneer
present with several OF the city engine
companies and after hours hard work subdued the
flames Machinery to the value of 100000 was destroyed
or made worthless. The hose belonging TO the Navy
Yard apparatus proved to he worthless and but for the
prompt arrival OF Brooklyn companies the loss would
have been much greater. The cause OF the hre IL un
known and was first discovered by policeman pa
trolling Sands-st, near the Navy-Yard wall
Year: 1870

In On old churchy ard stood stone.
Weather. marked and stained;
The hand of time had crumbled it,.
So only part remained.
Upon one side just could trace.
"ln memory Of our mother -
An epitsph which spoke Of "home"
Was chiselled on the other.
Id Razed on monuments OF fame,
High towering 10 the skies
III seen The scul lpiored marble slone
Where gres. hero lies;
But by this epiisph paused,
And read il DER and DER,
For had never seen inscribed
Such words as those before.
"She always made home happy" what
A noble record lef
A legacy OF memory sweet,


To those she left, berei,.
And what lie, timony given


By those who knew her best
EnRrsven on this plain, rude stone
That marked their molhers rest.
1t was humble resting place.
| know that they were poor,
But they had seen their mother sink,
And patiently endure.
They had marked her cheerful spirit,
When bearing one By one,
Her many burdens up the hill,


Till all her work was done.
So, when was stiIled her weary heart,
Folded her hands so white,
And she was carried from the home
Shed always made so bright.
Her children raised monument
That money could not buy,
AS witness of noble life


Whose record is on high.
A noble life but written no,


In any book of fame
Among The list OF noted ones


None ever saw her name.
For only her own household knew
The victories she had uon,
And none but they could testify


How well her work was done.
Better than costly monument


OF marble rich and rare,
Is that rude stone whose humble face
Such uords of honor hear
Oh !! may we chisel on the hearts
OF those OF home we love,
An epilaph whose truth may be


Witness for Us above.
Year: 1870

Idaho Territory will soon have govern mcnt Assay Office in full blast Arizona ought to have one, but Mccormick will, we fear, never get one for us from Congress, and if he did, he would have it located in his own house at Tucson. What bastard Dele gate Mac is, and what fools our people are for having elected him.
Year: 1870




To the Editor of the Nea0 Orleans Times
My attention has this day been called to an
article in your columns of this morning,
headed 1.-The case OF Messrs. A. Thompson
& Co., in Loudon.'


The opinion of the Vice Chancellor, as
taken down in short hand. al substantially
as published by you reached me by mail of
yesterday. I Immediately wrote my solicit
tors in Liverpool on the subject, and as the
matter is of crave interest to many citizens
of New Orleans, creditors of this bank
have deemed it my duty to hand you copy
of this letter to my solicitors, and ask It's
publication, The case will go to higher
court. where I have every confidence the
ruling of Sir Vice Chancellor Stuart will be
reversed.


With q full knowledge of all the testimony
which has been taken, the conviction has
been and is strong in nay mind that the cred
itors of this bank, who are seeking to enfore
payment Of their claims in full in the Court
Of Chancery in England, should be required
to share with all others pro rata; that they
show no case of special hardship to take
them out of this general and equitable rule
Of our National Currency act. This convic-
ton has been and Ia go strong with me that
I have felt and still feel it my duty, on be.
half of all creditors, to resist these claims.
These views may warp my judgment, though
] have no pecuniary interest in the result
but certainly am so confident that would
willingly risk my professional reputation or
the decision, ii the questions we're pending
before the Supreme Court of the United
States have so long been taught to rev
laefence the Court of Chancery in ENGLAND
Year: 1870

A petition has been presented to the Span.
ish Cortes by a deputation representing the
workingmen of Madrid, requesting the gov
ernment to take steps to relieve the distress
from which the petitioners allege they are
suffering. They state that at the present
moment more than forty thousand opera
are in great danger of perishing of hunger
for want of work. They therefore urge the
CUrtes ''to settle the social question without
delay" by whatever means they may deem
best, and thus save the working men from
''certain DEATH and the country from
, e"serious Conflicts
Year: 1870

CHARITY COVERS MULTITuTE OF SINS


SwINDLER ON HIS TRAvELs-Some foul


weeks ago Mr.. B. II. Cook, had his hand
hurt while at work in Bufords Plow Works,
and has been unable to do anything since.


One r. c. Tunison who has


lived here off and on Tor
the past five years, engaged IN the tailoring
business, thought Mr.. Cooks case an ex.
ceilent one for charity. He accordingly
started subscription paper for Mr.. Cook s
benefit. We met him several times, and
admired his skill in telling a very pitiful
story for Mr.. Cook. The kind hearted we're
affected and down went their names and
into his open palm went the stamps ranging
from one to FIVE dollars. Mr.. Cook hearing
OF the charitable efforts in his behalf went
70 him and told him to stop. This was on
election day. he asked to see the paper,
and was told that another person had it.
Hunting up the other person he found the
story false. This aroused suspicious, which
were further confirmed to-day, by finding
Tunison had sloped, gons-subscrition paper
and all. How much he got out of the spec
ulation is not known, probably not more
than S25, as that was about the amount we
saw on the paper on Tuesday. he left a
letter with the wHtchman on the Island
bridge, telling him to go to his shop and
secure few traps and keep them, also bid
ding him good bye, as this place would see
him no more. Good bye Tunison, thy
charities covered a mighty mean specimen
Of mortality.
Year: 1870

Last week the labors of the persons who
had been boring for the last eighteen months
in Lincoln, the capital city of Nebraska, for
salt water, were crowned with success. AT
the depth of six hundred feet below the
surface in stratum of sandstone, a lead of
the great subterranean sea Of salt water was
struck, and the briny current came strug-
Cling up around the auger and shot up into
the air some eight or ten feet. 1t has since
flowed strongly and steadily, and with great
force and increasing strength, forming a
briny rivulet 1t is believed by the experts
who have seen the flow, that when the auger
is withdrawn and tubing inserted, a stream
OF water will be projected from the well to
the height of fifty feet, making it the most
magnificent artesian well of salt water in
the world.
Year: 1870

Use OF LEMONS. When persons are fe-
verish and thirsty beyond what is natural,
indicated by metallic taste Ia the mouth,
especially after drinking water, or by viii,
tish appearance of the greatest part of the
tongue, one of the best coolers" internal
or external, is to take lemon, cut off the
top, sprinkle over it some loaf sugar, work
ing it down into the lemon with spoon,
and then suck it slowly, squeezing the lem
on. and adding more sugar as the acidity
increases, from being brought up from a
lower point. Invalids with feverishness
may take two or three lemons day in this
manner, with the most marked benefit, man
ifested by sense of GOODNESS, comfort, and
invigoration. A lemon or two thus taken
at tea time, as an entire substitute for the
ordinary tea of summer, would give many q
one a comfortable nights sleep, and an
awakening of rest and invigoration, with an
appetite for breakfast, to which they are
strangers who will have their cup Of tea and
hearty supper.
Year: 1870

THE LITTLE Boys REBUKE.-There was
once a very old man who lived in a house
with his son The old man was deaf, his
eyes were dim, and his legs weak and thin.
When he was at the table he could hardly
hold his spoon, so much did his hand shake;
and at times he would spill it on the table
cloth All this vexed his sons wife; and
they made him sit in a corner behind the
stove. Then ne ate his food from an earth
enware dish, and he had not too much to
eat, as you may guess.


Well, one day his trembling hand could
not hold his dish. Ii fell to the floor and
broke At this the sons wife was so vexed
that she spoke harshly TO the old man. His
only answer was a deep sigh Then she
bought bowl of wood, out Of which he ate
his food Not long after this his grandson,
a boy about seven years Of age, was seen
at work following out log of wood His
parents could n guess what he was trying
to do. The little boy said nothing to any
one; but kept at his work Oh the log, and
looked very grave, as If he had some work
on hand


"What are you doing there ?" asked the
boy father


The boy did not want to tell. Then his
mother asked:


What are you doing there, my son ?'


20, said he, Il am only making a
trough, such as our hogs eat out of. -


But what are you making it for?


4 am making it for you and father to eat
out Of when l grow up a big man." said the
boy.


The parents looked at each other, and
burst into tears. From that time they
treated the old man well. He had the best
place at the table, nice dish and plenty of
food.