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Year: 1870

Those women saw that proce ssion pass.
How could they smile when they beheld
The banner on the breeze that swelled,
Whereon in rustic letters stood


That legend of the Brotherhood,


Above the "Heart and open Hand"


Which marks the Orders first command:
Watch ye the sick -entonb The dead,


Light o er the windo,os path,cay she'd,


Protect the trusting tdtherless-


Relteue The stranger IN Distress"


How could they smile, who soon might be
A dying fathers legacy?


For them. Ger all that pageant brave


There fell the shadow of grave


The mothers head was sadly bowed,


And May, the daughter, wept aloud.


But Anthony--nothing of this though he
He only saw the Fraternity


Passing by on their jubilee


And proudly swelled his honest heart
That even he could bear a part,


And even his humble cottage display


A share in the Joy Of that glorious day;
Not all the grandeur that poets tell


Of fields where empires rose or fell,


With plumes and banners and armor sheen
Had ever presented so fair scene!


With painful effort he strove to rise,


A feverish light in his sunken eyes.


But the smile on his pain worn face, III me
Was sadder than woman's tears to see.


From the little window leaning out


u


The sound was feeble, but from the crowd
An answer thuuderei wild and loud


And then, still and sudden awe
Fell On the ranks, as If they saw


In the weeping women at his side
Their Orders claims personltied,
| The holy work for which they reared
Transhgured in that scene appeared,
Those grateful ears were blessings sown
To consecrate their corner stone.
What wonder that sturdy hearts s.ood still


And manly eyes began to I'LL,
For something the lightest could understand
Spoke in that sick mans wasted hand


AS he Geckon'd and waved to the marching
band:
| While his wan lips seemed to be telling o'el
His tavorite words from sacred lore


"And the nations shall learn no more


And still he gazed till the latest passed


AS one who is looking on earth his last,
1 And then, in the little cottage there,
: Arose the murmur of woman's prayer.
/ Throughout the festival all that day
, Kind thoughts went back to Anthony Grey
! While they spoke his maine in that gentlel
! tone
/ We use for those who have now passed on ;
=. For though they knew that his earthly eye!
Might never behol, the temple rise,
Still his willing hand and earnest heart
Had borne In the work Brothers part.
Three days went by, then came the call


To meet once more in the dingy hall


For the gavel that all mankind obey
. Had called silence for Anthony Grey.


And so, ere the temples walls had grown,


They reared another memorial stone
: The guard of a faithful Brothers sod
, But simply carved with a symbol odd


Only the triple links to tell
, OF one who loved their counsels we'll.
MARCH, 1870.
Year: 1870

The following are the resolutions dis
banding the American &ntiSlavery
Society adopted at its last meeting in
New York:


ResoEUed, That in the ratification of
the Fifteenth Amendment we see the
fulfillment of the pledge which the
Anti-Slavery movement made to the
colored population of the United States,
to secure to them all therights and priv
ileges which belong to them as men and
as American citizens.


Resolved, That the social prejudices,
anarchy and the rule of the assassins at
the South, and the ignorance, lack of
organization, and landless poverty
which must for time weaken the
black will all contribute to make the
exercise of these rights neither easy nor
always safe for years to come, still ,sincs
the voting class is never permanently
wronged without its own consent, we
feel that we may safely trust our clients
to the general influences of civilization
and Christianity.


Resolved, That, thanking Almighty
God for the marvellous and unexampled
uuickness with which it has pleased
Him to do His great work, penitent for
the guilty past and grateful for tri-
umphant and undeserved present, we
welcome our wronged equal to our side,
promising him henceforth to make
every effort to secure to him safe ex-
ercise of his rights the present oppor-
tunity for social enjoyments, for intel
lectural and moral improvements; relax
ing no whit of our watch and aid until
no vestige is left in social, civil, and
religious life of that hateful prejudice
which has hitherto poisoned and dis
.graced our entire legislation, and we do,


Therefore, Now disband the Ameri-
can Anti Slavery Society.
Year: 1870

The terms lady and gentlewoman are
often in our mouths, but the true mean
ing Of them is but little understood.


In this privileged land, were we ack-
nowledge no distinctions but what are
founded on character or manners, she
is q lady who, in inbred modesty and re-
finement, adds scrupulous attention
to the rights and feelings of others. Let
her worldly possessions be great or small
let her occupations be what they may,
such an one is a lady, gentle woman;
whilst, on the other hand, the person
who is bold, coarse, boisterous, and
inatteutive to the rights and feelings of
others, let her possessions be ever so
great and her style of living and dress
be ever so fashionable, will always be
looked upon as q vulgar woman. Thus
we may see a lady sewing for her liveli-
hood, and a vulgar woman presiding
over most expensive establishment.


A we'll bred lady must carry her good
manners every where with her. 1t is not
Il thing that can be laid aside and put
on at pleasure. True politeness is uni
form in every situation of life, accom-
panied by calm self-possession which
belongs to a noble simplicity of purpose;
and, unless it is is cultivated and cXer-
cised, it will never become part of ones
self. Fit is attempted to be assumed for
some particular purpose, it will sit awk-
wardly and fail at the utmost need.


The charm which true politness sheds
over person, though not easily describ-
ed, is felt by all hearts, and responded
10 by the best feelings of our nature. 1t
is a talisman of great power to smooth
our way along The rugged paths of life,
and to turn toward us the best side of
all We meet.
Year: 1870

A boy watched a large building, as
the workmen from day to day carried up
bricks and mortar.


My son." said his father, "you seem
taken with the bricklayers. Do YOU
think of learning the trader"


mo, sir, was thinking what a little
thing brick is, and what great houses
are built by laying one brick upon an
other"


Very true, my son; never forget it.
So it is in all great works. Ali your
learning is one lesson added to another.
If man could walk all around the
world, it would be by putting one foot
before another. Your whole life will be
made up of one moment upon another.
Drop added to drop make the ocean.


Learn from this not to despise little
things. BE not discouraged by great
laboIs. They become easy if divided
into parts. You could not jump over a
mountain, but step by step takes you to
the other side. Do not fear, therefore,
to attempt great things. Always re-
member that the large buildings went
up only one brick upon another"
Year: 1870

An eminent physician in the Hearth
and Home says; Death from heart
disease is efalarming frequency. Almost
daily we hear that friends or acquaint-
ances or public men have suddenly
d ed, and on inquiry it is found that the
lit art was at fault. This fact has fire.
quently given rise to the remark that it
is strange the heart should SO often be
the seat of mortal disease.


But the truth is, we attach far too
little Importance to this organ and its
functions. 1t performs its great Office
so quietly and so uninterruptedly that
we even forget its existence. From a
period anterior to birth until death,
during sleeping as we'll as waking
hours, ceaselesslv and roislessly, with
steady and measured rythm, it circu-
lates the vital fluids through every It's
sue of the body. Seventytive times it
pulsates in q minute, or los, 900 times in
the day, without exhaustion or appar-
ent need of repose.


The heart is q hollow, muscular or
gan, weighing but ten ounces, and is
suspended in the cavity of the chest by
delicate ligaments. And yet it per-
forms, quietly and nciselessly, and with
but the slightest jar, an incredible sum
of labor. In twenty-fOur hours it is es-
timated thnt the heart accomplishes
more than three times as much work as
a common laborer in ten hours. "Three
old women sitting by the fire." says a
recent scientific writer, alternately
spinning and sleeping, do more work
by the constant beating of their hearts
than can be done in o day by the young
est and strongest laborer." He adds:
mo labor that we can undertake is re-
garded as more severe than that of the
muscles employed during boat race;
and yet this labor, severe as it is, is only
three-fourths of that eXerted day and
night, during life by each of our hearts
If the entire force of the heart were eX-
pended in lifting its own weight verti
cally, it would be raised 10,754 feet in
one hour. Compare this with the exer-
tions of an active pedestrian, who can
raise his own weight but 1000 feet per
hour, and we find the heart cXerts about
twenty times as much force; or with the
best locomotive, which can raise itself
2,700 feet in an hour, which is but one
eighth part Of the human heart.


TO reflective mind, it cannot be
Year: 1870

The following is bit of Fanny FERNS
experience.


fused to believe in school friendship.
That delusion ended when Arabella
Triplet told mutual friends that l was
years and years her senior, knowing
what terrible fib she told.


1 used to suffer pangs ofanger because
of woes of beggars. Since that L have
seen one unstrap his leg in an area, and
run off gaily on two legs of his own.
Another threw loaf of bread in the
gutter, and | saw third who had all
day been yelling, PLEASE assist the
blind" carefully examining his collec-
ton of ten cent stamps by the light of a
friendly apple-woman's candle.


| used 20 put the greatest faith in low
ers' VOWS. Now, l do not believe man
means anything he says to woman,
unless it is something disagreeable.


l used to believe in faithful servants.
Since then l have hired girls from in
telligence offices, and lost all my hand
kerchiefs but one.


I used to believe in beatty. Since
then I have seen a bewitching belle
take off half her hair, and all her teeth
the best of her comptextion, two pounds
of cotton batting f.rd corset.
Year: 1870

fully supporting the old lady, undaunted
by the immense yellow muff, or the old
socks, or the queer bonnet, both their
taces were full of new respect and af-
fiction for their playmate.
Year: 1870

A Partisan eorrespondentofthe the Lon
don Court Journal writing on the sub
ject of ladies' dress in that city, states
that long trains have been abandoned
and describes a new fashion called 'la
robe ronde," which consists of a gown
made quite plain, about a yard too
long, before and behind. There can
be no doubt that this garment is al
most admirably ineOnvenient design,
but it is impossible to hear of its adop-
ton without hemelaneholy reflection
that it must nearly have exhausted
the ingenuity which devises articles
of female attire that do not and are
not intended to fit the wearer. We
have already seen gowns too long, too
short, too narrow in fact, for years,
no one has ever seen a gown which
was not too vast or too scanty, and af-
ter ''la robe ronde" has had its day
there is nothing else which can be
done by the ladies but to have their
clothes made the proper size. 1t is
true further developments might be
attained by extension upward-gOwns
might begin at the top of the head,
and by means Of a pole or brass rod
might be carried in that direction to
an immense altitude. Apertures
would of course be necessary for the
eyes, and a costume of this nature
would produce a novel if not a pleas
ing effect. Beyond this there is absO-
lutely nothing which can be suggest
ed in the way of misfit, and the time
cannot now be far distant when we
hope to see women clothed and in
their right minds.
Year: 1870

/ think the most piteous thing in
this world is never written. I have
read many poem and novel that made
me cry, whether they were true OF not
it wasall the same, but of all the affect
ing poems and novels and tales, /
think life itself is equally affecting
common life, just as it turns out in
the world. And when l go to meas
ure men, say to myself as one after
another, pass before, Suppose that
man should drop out of life, what
would become of him ?" 1t pains me
to see how men stand in life, and what
they were. I am sometimes called to
perform the burial services over men
OF whom I could not say word, and
Of whom had l expressed what should
be said: 81 bless God at his having
gone, the world is better OFF for his
having been taken out of it." Look
at human life, break through all the
sentimental ways of society, weigh
men as you weigh gold, unmixed with
dirt or quartz or other substances, take
men up and see how many there are
of them that really answer the end of
life to come, and how many that, dy-
ing, would not be missed. How few
there are, dying, would make the
community feel poorer? How few
there are that being dead would yet
speak?
Year: 1870

The King of Prussia recently visit
ed a needle mandatory in his king
dom, in order to see what machinery
combined with the human hand could
produce. He was shown a number of
superfine needles, thousands of which
together did not weigh half an ounce,
and marveled how such minute OBJ
jects could be pierced with an eye
But he was to see that in this respect
even something still finer and more
perfect could be created. The bOrer,
that is, the workman whose business
it is to bore the eyes in these needles
asked for hair from the monareh's
head. 1t was readily given and with
a smile. He placed it at once under
the boring machine, made a hole in it
with the greatest care, furnished with
a thread, and then handed the singu-
lar needle to the astonished King.


The second curious needle is in pos
session of Queen Victoria. 1t was
made at the celebrated needle manu-
factory of Reddish, and represents the
column of Trajan in miniature. This
well known Roman column is adorn-
ed with numerous scenes in sculpture,
which immortalize Trajan's heroic
actions in war. On this diminutiye
needle scenes in the life of Queen Vic
tOria are represented in relief, but so
finely cut and so small that it requires
a magnifying glass to see them. The
Victoria needle can, moreover, be open
ed ; it contains number of needles of
smaller size, which are equally adorn-
ed with scenes in relief.
Year: 1870

How To CHOOSE BLACK SILK


When a woman is about to choose
black silk, it is well to pull a thread
out of the "tram," or filling. She
must try the strength of the thread
iii breaks easily, the examination
has gone far enough; it is wisdom to
look further. We will suppose the
thread has been tried and indicates
some backbone, then it is necessary,
if the woman is right brave, and dares
to do such thing with a handsome
pair of clerks bearing down upon her
like a privateer upon a poor little mer-
chantman, to seize the silk by the cor
ner and rub it just as the washerwo-
man would do when she intends TO
remove a stain. If this awful ordeal
can be performed to perfeetion-re-
msmber some muscle must be brought
into play-the silk is honest and Ie-
gitimate. Ifit is heavy with dye, if
held up to the light, slight traces of
disaster may be discerned.
Year: 1870

Gen. Sherman declares that in his
opinion NauvOo is the proper place
for the Federal Capitol. NaUvOO is
between two and three hundred miles,
by the course of the river, above st.
Louis. 1t is the finest site for 4 city
with grand and snowy architecture to
be found on that stream. In choosing
it for the mundane headquarters Of the
Latter day Saints" the Mormon pro-
phet exhibited the aesthetic taste of
the true artist, as well as the Judgment
of the man of business. For not only
is it magnificent site for grand city,
but in that vicinity are found the most
extensive quarries of the best building
sJone in the Mississippi Valley.
Year: 1870

Inv oaD AAOh NOA0 ~


The vaults of the sub-treasury in
New York are two in number, and
situated on the main floor of the build
ing. The sides and roof of each are OF
eight feet of granite masonry, and two
feet of iron plates. Between the plates
are musket balls laid in loose. The
floor is thirty feet of masonry and two
feet of iron plates, also with a layer of
musket balls. Each vault is closed
with four iron doors weighing two
tons each, and is fastened by tive COM
binatiOn locks to each door. The three
inner doors are locked without a key,
while the locks on the outer ones are
operated by means of an instrument
about an inch long by half an inch
wide, which may be carried in vest
pocket. Each vault is about twelve
feet square. On the sides Ofeach apart
ment are built chests of iron, each of
the capacity of a quarter of a million
in gold coin. Each chest, when full,
is closed with an iron door, and fasten-
ed with lock which is sealed, so that
the door cannot be tampered without
breaking open the seal.
Year: 1870

The most important measure which
it will be your duty to consider at
your present session, is the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States. do not feel called
upon to discuss its merits. The great
body of that part of the people of Ohio
who sustained the laws for the recon-
struction of the States lately in rebel
lion believe that the Fifteenth
Amendment is just and wise. Many
other citizens who would not support
the amendment if it was presented as
the Inauguration of a new policy, in
view of the fact that impartial suf-
frage is alRady established in the
States most largely interested in the
question, now regard the amendment
as the best mode of getting rid of a
controversy which ought no longer to
remain unsettled. Believing that the
measure is right, and that the people
of Ohio approve it 1 earnestly recon-
mend the ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. r. B. HAYES.


January 3, 1870.
Year: 1870

Before Judge Jones.


Pale Nauonat Bdnn or Ne,c Haren rs. j. A.
Wetsse- This action was brought by the plaintiff to
recover the amount Of note made by the defendant
for $4,000, ana which was passed to third party,
who repassed 1t to plainti. The defence interpOscd
the note for q consideration, and that the person
who passed 1t to him had obtained 1t from the
defendant BY fraud. During the progress Of the
trial the testimony Tor the defence developed the
fact that after the discovery or the fraud up
the answer he had voluntarily renewed tue nOte
upon which tho present suit was brought.


Judge Jones held that this act or the defendant
was waiver Of the original fraud, ana directed the
Jury to find for plaintiff, when tney did IN the
OF Sb.443 10.
Year: 1870

seps In The sum Of 5000 for the ALLEGED Illegal
seizure OF her store III Jersey CITY. Tho deIeDdant
DOWNING made The seizure under q bankruptcy
warrant AMI By order OF the Marshall The jury
tOdnd for OC.endauta
Year: 1870

The Psussiaus have also been as lavish in their
preparations to care for the wounded Railroad
cars we're fitted up especially for the purpose Of
conveying them back to Germany. The fourth
class carriages on German lines are entered by
doors at each end, and thus .. considerable
amount OF free space can be cbtaiuel When the
seats are removed. This space is made avail
able by screWiu- into the opposite sides Of the
carriages stout hooks. from which the field
stretohers bearing the wounded are sus9endel by
elastic rings. There i, therefore, no transfer
Of the patient from one bed to another, and the
motion Of the carriage Is very little felT less
even than on board ship in a hammock
correspondent speaks Of visiting the hospital az
Darmstadt and seeing the Princess Alice Hesse,
Queen Victoria s daughter, niinistering to tbe
wounded with the tenderest care.
Year: 1870

Atlantics vs. White Stockines-The Brooklyn


ties Badly "DOue for'' by n Score Of 9
tO4.


The White stockings, OF Chicago, that great club
who succeeded In scoring more defeats, In the


early and middle part OF the season than any other
In the United States yesterday defeated the Allan.
tics in the home and home game on the Capitone
grounds by q score OF more than two to one. The
first game Of the series was played In Brooklyn
some time in June and resulted In victory
for the Atantcs by score OF 80 to 20. The second
was played in Chicago about six weeks since, when
the tablos were turned upon the Br0oklynltes and
very much to the surprise OF every one. they were


done for' the tune Of - to A. A short time pre-
vious to this however, the Mutuals had turn with
the $4,000 chaps, the result Of which was the
scored nine '.skunks," "Chicagoes" "duck eggs''
them. Very few, indeed, were those who expected
to see the game yesterday result as 1t did. Many
were fearful that the Ataptics would lose it but no
is there any excuse for it. The score at the end
Of the ninth inning should have been s to
1t Is not so is the fault of Mr.. Start
and Mr: Pike. Up to the commencement
Of the 66s m tine was as ne ea one
season. The score then four to four, and there
had been seven errors made in all, four OF which
gave man his run. The fielding too, had been
very sharp, and all the indications were favorable for
q magnificent game to the end. During the eighth
inning however, great change took place. Meyerle
went first to bat and made his first bag on a
good drive 10 centre field. Pinkham followed him
and made first hit to left field, sending Meyerle
to second. Duny next took the bat and sent a hot
one from 1t, which bounded over Pixies head and
went down centre field to Hail. who picked 1t up and
gong to second, Pinkham to third and Meyerle
home. Now, instead Of Pike throwing the
ball to the pitcher, as he should have done,
he blazed away at Charlie Smith on third,
possibly thinking he could put Pinkham who was
standing about four feet from the base, out but In
stead OF this the ball went at least twenty feet be-
hind Smith and the result was that both OF the men
who were on their bases ran home. Comment is
unnecessary. After this foolish play McAtee went
to bat and struck weak one to right short field
which Joe Start deliberately ran nearly to second
base AFTER leaving his own base uncovered and thus
allowing the striker to make his first bag, because
there was no one there to prevent him doing so.


Below is the scOre-
Year: 1870

The play during the game between these clubs at
the Union grounds yesterday was disappointment
to those who attended expecting to witness such q
display Of fine nelding and batting both are capa-
BILE Of making. II was supposed that as this was a
home and home game the members Of each club
would make their greatest endeavors to win, in
stead OF which the game was played with very little
earnestness on either side. That the accident to
their catcher Lennon, who struck In the eye by
the ball during the second inning and compelled TO
playing, may have, In degree injured the
Pastmes chances OF winning the game, is possible;
not because the substitute, Barrett, played less skill


fully than lennon would have done, but because Of
Its weakening the confidence of the other players in
their ability to win the game The stars played a
very uneven game, at times showing that proficiency
which has gained their reputation as will be noticed
the score showing them to have allowed their oppo-
nents TO gain runs only In three innings, and at
Others playing like the veriest OF ''mufs."
Year: 1870

Tho leaves u tho oak and the willow may fade
Re scattered around. and together be laid
And the young and the old aud the low and the


high.


shall mouldcr to dust, nnd together 'hall ilc