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Year: 1870

"Oh, do you want one Of mine aun.iG
said Eddie, looking up delighted.


"Yes | said, II want one to keep that
may show it to you when you are man.
People say Of our nation that We are
writing history every day. You have
been writing history today. Your face is
full OF it now-the whole picture is full OF
it. You have written great deal for
small boy only six years old. Your face
is hard and cold, and all scanned over with
scars of battles and of fights, in which
pride and selnshness are the victors. Anv
one looking into your face would know
that you are bad boy and coward, ana
that there was not much promise in your
young years of noble manhood. You
man, and may see the time you will blush
with shame when you look at this pic
ture"


If little boy has good, kind, loving
heart, his face will appear handsome; no
matter how sunburnt he is, or how freck-
led or how irregular his features are, the
goodness and sweetness will shine out
just as the light shines out of lantern. It
will illuminate the paths of others too, and
he will make every one with whom he as
sociates happier and better.


Every child is of real use in the world,
even if he is blind, cr has to walk on
crutches, or so crippled that he cannot
walk at all God has work for him to do.
He can comfort some one who is in trouble,
or he can be so cheerful that his influence
will be felt by the whole family


l have known some little children who
seemed to be all the sunshine that there
was in their honpc all tho oonforf and
blessing that their parents had-little
hands always ready to help, and little feet
ready to run on kindly errands, and dear
little hearts overiowIng with love and
tenderness and goodwill.


The blessing Of God goes with such
darling children, and if they love Him and
confide in Him as their friend, His grace
will be sufficient for them even unto the
end .-CIIdrens' Hour
Year: 1870

which, the Professor informed US, is the
true result; and we have faith TO believe
1t is without making the calculation ia the
old way. According 10 this easy and sim
pie mode of arriving at the square OF any
number which repeats Itself by three
figures, a number in billions may be
squared by itself in less time than Dexter
would trot a mile-the rspidity of the
process increasing in each case with the
degree Of dexterity. We feel, for our own
part, that it is an intense satisfaction to
understand just how this thing is done,
and, therefore, publish it that our readers
may experience the same satisfaction
Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1870

such all through the South, where he
made his extensive theft" Here he bowed
to BrOwler, who bowed back again.


81 have been known in the South as an
uprigh: but sadly unfortunate merchant
who was ruined by the Vaccinations of
his principal clerk. Now l briefly say,
that lam the criminal and Mr. Van Colt
the innocent man. / was the forger, the
wrong doer, and l thought my operations
were unknown to any but myself, but was
mistaken. Van Colt knew me; Van Colt
imagined had all to lose if l was dis
covered, and by the earnest entreaties of
his brave sisters he did steal a CON-
paratively small sum and fed, leaving a
letter for me explaining his conduct, and
sOlemnly assuring me that all hopes
of discovering him would be useless
The storm broke, l remained passive and
let it ferllent and settle as it would. The
odium was heaped on Van Colt, and l
escaped l settled according to law, and
have since been able to re-make my
broken fortunes, just as the savior of my
name s discovered and thrown into jail
for a ;me he never committed. He sends
for me, having kept track of me, and here
I am, beginning to rectify the infamous
yet generous error of his reputation, by
setting him right with those who will be
the happiest to know the truth"


We all made dash for old Browler
and his sisters, vOwing as loud as our thick
voices would let us that we knew all
along that he was shamming, and
begging he would forgive US. He was
guilty of little dampness and his three
sisters of great deal.


Young ONeil was very penitent, but
BrOwler told him he did just right, and
was pretty smart at it too, and they were
great chums after they got settled again.
Mr.. O'Neil settled up dollar for dollar, and
took BrOwler in as even partner


They said Van Colt got perfect ova-
tion when he went South, and his sisters
married off with a vengeance. Baxter
says be believes it was a regular put-up
job all around, but he only stands by that
as bluff, as Baxter's stock is awfully low
with us fellows since the bullets and
hackles.-Putndm' Mdgazine
Year: 1870

Lamartine tells story that exquisltely
illustrates a mothers love: In some
spring freshet, river widely washed lis
shores and rent away bough whereon
bird had built cottage for her summer
hope. Down the white and whirllng
stream drifted the green branch, It's wicker
cup of unfledged song, and fiuttering be-
side il as it went, the mother bird. I'm
needing the roaring river, on she went,
her cries of agony and fear piercing the
pauses in the storm. How like the love
OF the old-fashiOned mother, who followed
the child she had plucked from her heart,
all over the world Swept away by pas.
sion that child might be, it mattercd not,
though he was bearing away with him
the fragrance of the shattered roef-tree,
vet that mother was with him, a Ruth
through all his life, and a Rachel at his
DEATH
Year: 1870

A WRITER in the Ecdngelical Messenger
estimates the amount spent yearly in the
United States for Intoxicating drinks at
nearly billion and half of dollars. He
shows that this sum would build $4,000
churches and parsonages, and supply "a
minister to each; would support 10000
home missionaries; furnish every man,
woman and child in the country with a
copy of the Bible; would build a high
school wherever there is post Office, and
do multitudes of other things to elevate
and bless the race
Year: 1870

and that before the time of the attack witness
indesoh OF any intention the part Of any OF the
Cadeie 70 cause any difficulty with Cadet Smith


cadet r. B. RobertsOns resembled that Of the
previous witness although given under the
OF natural timdity he saw Smith strike Wilson four
blows TO the best his recollection witness had
spoken nor quarreled with accused.


Cadet H. NJ. Andrews gave version like the preced-
Ing one: he was eye witness TO the contest the
blows exchanged and cadets rushing TO the spot Smith
bad pushed the pail against Wilson In an angry manner


A frequent intervals during the day the room was
cleared and the Court went into brief secret sessions
over disputed ponts At O'Clock the session adjourned
salute Of II guns in honor Of Gen Howard, fired
from Battery Rnggold.


Iieut-Col Parsons did not volunteer counsel for
Smith but aoceded 10 the desire Of the Court to act in
that capacity,
Year: 1870

A NEW TRICK.-A gentleman stepped into
jewelers. shop in Berlin, the other day, and,
pointing to his ring, said he wished to choose
a stone for it, lie was fashionably dressed,
had an air of distinction, and, while speaking
German fuen! y, yet gave the impression that
he was foreigner. The Berlin Mr.. Rudy,
therefore, feeling sure that he had found a
customer who was worth attendeding to, at once
freely displayed his treasures After long con
slderatlon,, the gentleman at last selected
stone, and leaving his name-a very hIgh-sound
ing one-and address, he went away. Filled
with alarm, that worthy at once sent the dis
tinguished looking foreigners purchase to his
hotel. Alas no such person was there known.
Too late the jeweler remembered that his Gus
toner, pretending to be very short sighted, had
kept his face in close proximity to the goods
displayed to him, and had at one moment been
seized by fit of coughing, when his handker-
Ghlet had been brought into great requisiton
1t was evident, therefore, that the point of his
nose must have been previously rubbed with
some sticky substance, and that the missing
jewel had been thus abstracted
Year: 1870

THE VIOLIN AMI THE PIANo.-The Louis.
vile Courier journal says: There IS no
doubt that music-not vocal alone, but instru-
mental should be introduced into all our
public schools as regularly and as systematical
ly as algebra and prayers. The pano-forte
especially should be given over to boys, whom
1t will chasten and refine, but whom it cannot
corrupt, likesthe violin, which ought to be sur,
T! rendered to the girls, The fiddle as a mascu-
line instrument, is the devils recruiting Off
arm and gad about skylarking and drinking,
dancing and making donkey of himself. Be,
sides, no girl has the nervous strength and
muscular agility sufficient to excel on the plane
whilst every girl Of musical taste is equal to
the violin; The instruments and their devo
tees should be reversed, and thus the one
might be made moral teacher and the other
an element of harmless beauty and grace.
Year: 1870

A colored preacher commenting on the pas
sage, BE ye therefore wise as serpents and
harmless as doves, said that the mixture
sneuld be made in the proportion Of a pound
OF dove to an ounce Of serpent
Year: 1870

LITTLE HEROINE-The rare faculty of
presence OF mind was recently manifested in So
eXtraordinary degree by little girl upon one
Vi me lake steamers that it is worth recordino
"A Chicago lady, accompanied by her daugbtrT,
dSeu Twelve years, were among the passengers
on the last trip Of the boat from Chicar0 to
Bultaio and, when day or two out. the girI
IN roaming about the vessel, found her way
mo the kitchcn, and remarked to the cook that
sue thought the stove smoked considerably. to
MIlch WI the cook replied that she was mistaken
ne G''lio had heard her mother say that she
dreaded travelling on boat for fear of fire
and with tins in her mind, and taking another
look at the place where the smoke seemed TO
come from, she discovered that it did not issue
Ir9in the stove. Going on deck, she discover
co the woodwork around the smoke-stack on
Mnre' ~ ana the flames just eating their way into
Cle cabin Without giving any general alarm
she Went to the steward and told him the boat
was on nTe. lie Informed the mate, who ga
eu the deck hands aft, and extinguished the
nIe without one OF the passengers being aware
that anything Of the kind had occurred There
We're twenty two ladies sitting on deck in the
DOW OF the boat, among them the mother of
anne Whlle this was going on. Alter the
work had been done, Annie went to her moth
er ana SAID, Don't be frightened, mother
Che boat has been on fire, but it is all over
now lhe captain was SO greatly plea .ed
WIN tne cool, calm, and quiet manner in which
the child performed her part, that he refunded
the passage money of both, and offered to take
them back to Chicago free Of charge. 1t was
brave act, to say the least, and had She
screamed Fire as most persons would have
done, with so many ladies on board the conse-
quehces might have been OF very serious ma
tuIe.
Year: 1870

JEHIAL SLABS REMARKs.-W those
Christians who follow the tarthest off. They
always deny the soonest.


- You will find one popularity very prominent
II you undertake to so to the devil-the path
leading to him always points, as the swine
went, down hill


Men rpen much like apples Here sum-
mer, there an autumn, and, over yonder. n
variety later still-a kind that never mcllows
mt for use till after the frost and chill of winter
come.


lou may get on to a man and push him
deep under the murky waters of calumny.
But, be sure of this the deeper he sinks be-
meath your feet the higher he will rise again
when you step off from him.


Don't wait till your body is about ready to
plug up hole in the ground before you begin
your charities. 1t is too much like starving a
week to make room for good rouSing
Thanksgiving dinner. Somebody, somewhere,
will be sure to have to suffer for it.


Make monument of good deeds as YOU go,
and your dust will not want for friends TO see
to the marble in after years.
Year: 1870

James II. Leech was placed on trial in the
Kings County Court OF Sessions yesterday on the
charge Of resisting an cfheer and committing as
sauit and battery on him. Constable johnson tes.
titled that on the 4th OF May he wen, to the resi-.
dence OF the accused for the purpose OF serving a
summons The accused would no. allow BIN to
read the paper, and his further attempting TO do
so snached II out OF his hands, tore his coat, broke
his watch and turned him out OF the house. On
crossexsminaon 1t appeared that tie date at which
the summons was made returnabc was A..
terel and that the complainant had been
drinking. Judge Troy declined to hear any
testimony Tor the defence. and charged that under
ordinary circumstances, suatching a copy Of sum.
mons from q constable without rendering the legal
fees was technically assault and battery and that the
laying OF hands upoo the Constable was the same
onenoe. But the alteration OF the date without
authority made II entirely different, and rendered
the process void. and therefore the Constable be.
came rcspasser, and might properly be elected.
lie was aware It was common practice to alter the
dates OF processes In this way, but the practice was
a pernieious one aud ought not 10 be allow ed.
Under this ruling tie jury rendered verdict Of net
guilty
Year: 1870

GOING, GOING, GoNE.-This is the last
day of grace for pick-pockets and vasrants
generally. All of the widely-celebratcd
members of the refugee tribe were notified
several davs since to pack up their effects,
if they had any, and to emigrate. Most of
them took the warning in very good part,
ana the particular portions of the city they
were wont to infeSt now know them no
more. But there are still lot of them
hanging on, thinking no doubt they may be
taken souls" you are spotted as the leop-
ard, every mothers son of you, and just so
sure as there are no pick-pockets i'll heaven,
and no vagrants wandering about the
streets of the celestial city, so surely will
Major Poc.and his corps pounce upon you,
and you will have comfortable job OF
stonc-brcaking on the south side Of the ba-
sin. If you know what is healthy you had
best depart to fields more green and pas
tIIroS new,
Year: 1870

THE MANNER CHOIR give their initial en-
tertainment at Spring Park on tomorrow
evening. There are no people under the
sun who know more how to enjoy them
selves in innocent amusements than the
Germans, and we venture to say that II the
weather be fair there viii be u go0dly crowd
at the Park. We suppose there will be a
plenty OF talking Of U7sser Fritz ind das
VdteTtd7,a, @a
Year: 1870

If OUR lady readers wish to keep q
bouquet fresh, let them drop teaspoonful
of powdered charcoal into the water intend.
cd for the stalks, and they will keep their
freshness and perfume for several days, and
look and smell the same as those just gath
crcd The charcoal settles at the bottom of
the vase. the water remaining clear.
Year: 1870

ALL THE leading New York dailics-the
Herald, the Tribune, the Times and World
may be found at the Raleigh News Compa-
ny's under the State National Bank. This
company are making the newspaper business
a speciality and therefore the public may rely
upon an unfailing supply.
Year: 1870

DISEASE AMONG THE CHICKENs.-We
learn that some fatal disease has attacked
the chickens of this section which has caused
in some instances an utter breaking up of
the chicken family. The chicken becomes
feverish and dies while this fever is upon it.
Persons should be careful in killing chick
ems while they may be feverish.
Year: 1870

PREMIUM LIsT.-The premium list OF the
Roanoke and Tar River Agricultural So
ciety is being arranged, and will be placed
In the hands of the people as soon as pub
lishcd. The Committee upon this list, says
the Roanoke Meas, have determined to give
il good deal of attention to stock. as THIS Is
a subject that should be of considerable I'M
portance to the people of this portion OF
North. Carolina
Year: 1870

THERE MUST have been good deal of
borrowing from Republican printing offices
in this State, Judging from the number of
Growing roosters in the Democratic papers.
They never had any use for them before,
Republicans being the only ones using them
heretofore.
Year: 1870

TuEsOld North State whiskcy distillery
near Charlotte, is again under way, and
working up large amount of corn into
spirits Groot & Scarlet arc energetic men,
and will go ahead with their business.
Year: 1870

TIE WEATHER. our neighbors
of the bordering States are crying out gen.
orally against the drought, it is gratifying
to be able to state that the weather in this
section has been everything that could be
desired. and that our farmers are in high
expectation of realizing for their labors the
finest caops ever seen.
Year: 1870

I This world has its roses and thOrns,
/ Made up both OF pleasure and sOrrOw.
And often the saddest to day
Is found to be joyful tomorrow:
SO varied she changes we see
While twenty-four hours are gliding,
I That wiser that mortal will be,
| Prepared for whatever betidins.
Then halt not, though rough be the ground


Then fall who are fearful OF stumbling;
As hard as your lot may be found,


Did you ever know good come by grum-
bling:


The man who doth rise with the lark,


And seeks, like the bee, for the honey,
Finds something turn up before dark,


Thai brings TO the pocket the money.
The soil must be titled for the grain,


The net must be cast for the fishes,
As only by striving, it's plain
VIII fortune fall in with our wishes.
Then halt not though rough be the ground
They fall who are fearful of stumbling;
And hard as your lot may be found,


Did you ever know good come by grum-


bling?


Don't always depend on your friends
Who iy al the tidings Of sorrow,
But rather your purse touch with care,


And see that ii yield for the mOurow;
In fact, be a friend to yourself,


And thus by self-efTort succeeding,
You soon unto Others can say,


''Many thanks, but your aid I'm not


needing"
Then halt not, though rough be the ground
They fall who are fearful Of stumbling;
And hard as your lot may be found,


Did you ever know good come by grum-


bling?
Year: 1870

s. r. Miller, conductor Of the mail
train on the C.. S. & c. R R, Is the
hero of the following story. On his
trip from Dayton to this city, recent
ly, the incident happened At Patter-
son eoupleOf ''dead beatsr got aboard
the train and took seats, one directly
behind the other. When Conductor
Miller passed to collect their fare the
first one handed him ten cents, the
fare being fifteen Conductor said he
mnst have five cents more, vhereup-
on ID. B. offered q ten-dOllar bill. Con-
duetor preferred not to change il, and
told him he might 60 ON this time but
he should not serve him thesame trick
again. He then passed to the second
ID. b. and was met by precisely sim
liar offer. The Conductor began TO
smell rat, and saw that it was put
up job. He then pulled the bell.rOpe,
the train stopped, and the two dead
beats ordered to get OF, which order
they Obeyed. On his next trip down,
Mr.. Miller was spprised OF the fact
that these two men had got out 3 war
rant for his arrest on 3 charge Of as
sault and battery. Arriving at Forest,
the appearance Of things at the depot
would have led one TO suppose that
prince Arthur was expected on the
train and that the citizens had turned
out to do him snObbish honor. 1t was,
however, only posse cO8litGttEs, st
the head Of which was the sheriff Of
the county, armed with the authority
which is the glory Of our Republican
form OF Government, and in his side
coat-pOeket document folded length.
wise and standing as stiff IS adandy's
shirt collar. The conductor stood on
the platform Of the smOking-car IS the
train came sweeping up to the station.
No sooner had the driving-wheels
ceased their revolutions than the sher-
if stepped up to the conductor and,
pulling the document from his pocket,
told Mr.. Miller he must submit to an
arrest. NJ. said he was carrying the
United States mail, and could not be
detained. Sheriff insisted, whereup>
on M. stepped into the car, the sheriff
following. NJ. caught hold Of q seat
and the sheriff caught hold Of him.
By this time the ear was filed with
the inhabitants Of "the FOrestn all
eager to see the fun. Miller hastily
seized the bell-rOpe and gave it jerk.
The engineer was upto snuff, and let
ting on steam with q viii, the train
fairly leaped from the station, giving
no time for the crowd to get of. The
jig was up, ss far as the sheriff was
concerned, and now it was the con-
ductor's turn ''to havea little fun with
the boys.u He accordingly went about
his business, and collected fare from
every one Of them to the next station,
improving the condition Of the Com
pany's Treasury just that much. On
their return tripit was further imprOv-
ed.


The joke was fairly on the sheriff
and the citizens Of Forest who took
the ride. Afterwards, we understand,
Mr.. Miller made his appearance and
gave bonds to appear at the next term
of court; but, as there was no assault,
the charge cannot of course be sustain
ed.-SdndsLsky Journal.
Year: 1870

One hundred and seventy years ago
an elegant Parish church at Ather-
stone, England, was, as all houses of
worship had been, entirely open and
available to all worshippers; bat it
entered the mind of an elderly lady
that she would prefer to know where
to sit. 1t was unpleasant to think
that anybody should be placed beside
her. She accordingly begged to be
allowed to put up a piece of boarding
to screen herself from the rest of the
world. No sooner did this appear
than another wanted a partition, to
enable her to enjoy as her own some
particular spot. Then an old gentle
man thought he would like to have
some accommodation reserved for
him. This closing in of the church
for private purposes gave its interior
such an irregular and patchy appear
ance, that it was presently resolved
TO pew the whole building, which was
accordingly done, large share of the
expense being betrayed by family
well known in the neighborhOOd.
And so the pew system has grown
and grown, until it has become in
grained in English church life.
Year: 1870

The great want of this age is men.
Men who are not for sale. Men who
are honest, sound from center to cir
cumference, true to the hearts core
Men who will condemn wrong in
friend or foe, in themselves as well as
others. Men whose conscienees are
as steady as the needle to the pole
Men who will stand for the right il
the heavens tOtter and the earth
reels.


Men who can tell the truth andlOOk
the world and the devil right in the
eye. Men that neither flag nor finch.
Men who can have courage without
shouting to it. Men in whom the eOu-
rage of everlasting life runs still, deep
and strong. Men who do not cry nor
cause their voices to be heard on the
streets, but will not fail nor be discOur-
aged till Judgment be set in the
earth.


Men who know their message and
tell it. Men who know their places
and fill them. Men who know their
own places. Men who will not lie
Men who are not too lazy to work,
nor too proud to be poor. Men who
are willing to eat what they have
earned, and wear what they have
paid for.
Year: 1870

The stationary engine which Is to operate tue west
Side Elevated Railway was completed Thursday.
the last shaft beng now In position. There IS but
little more 10 10 before the company announces the
GATE at which travel Will commence upon the line.