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Year: 1870

P. G., otherwise P. GieaS9 the polite
and competent treasurer of the St. Charles
Theatre, left the city last evening for st.
Louis, where he will take charge of the box
Office at DeBar's Opera House. During the
theatrical recess he will amuse himself in
angling for fish in Like Mihnetonka. away
up in Minnesota. We wish him good luck
till his pleasant face can be seen here again
Year: 1870

There was sensation in the audience. He
looked at tho choir and they looked at him;
but such was his faith in Watts hymn that be
undertook it again, commencing with the same
line There was another sensation IN the au
dieuce. Looking at it again, and then at the
congregation, and then at the choir, said be-,
Brethren it is in the regular order in Watr's
Hymns and We will sing it any how.
Year: 1870

WOULD SING iT-A story is told of an old
clergyman who bad the most unbounded faith
in Watts hymn book. He was toud of saying
that be could never open to any page without
finding an appropriate hymn: A mischev1us SIN:
of bis thought it would be good joke to- test
his father faith. So he took an old song and
pasted it on one of the pages of, the book, over
a hymn, so nicely that it could not be easily de:
tected. At church one Sabbath morning the
minister happened to open at that very page,
and commenced to read -
Year: 1870

Bad thoughts are worse enemies than


lions and tigers for we can keep out of
the way Of wild beasts, but bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. The cup
that is full will hold no more; keep
your heart full Of good thoughts, that
bad thoughts may have no room to enter.
Year: 1870

Funeral Speech.-Here is funeral
speech which Paris paper assures us
was actually, pronounced at Montmartre
the other day, by father at the grave
of his son:


Gentlemen" said the father in a
voice full of emotion, "this body was
that of my son. He was young man
in the prime of life, with sound con.
stitution, which ought to have insured
him hundred years. But misconduct,
Drunkenness, and debauchery Of the most
disgraceful kind brought him, in the
flower of age, to the ditch which you see
before you. Let this be an example to
you and your children. Let us 60
tence.p
Year: 1870

Some one writes, both gracefully
aud forcibly: ~ would be glad tosee
more parents understand that when
they spend money judiciously to i'm.
prove and beautify the house and
ground about it they are paying theil
children a premium to stay at home
as much rs possible to enjoy 1t; but
when they spend money unnecessari-
ly on fine clothing and jewelry foi
their children they are paying them a
premium to spend their time from
home-that is, in those places where
they can attract the most attention
and make the m ost display"
Year: 1870

A DEMOCRAT in the Mississippi
Legislature offered this amendment a
few days since to the exemption bill


"Be it further enacted, That there
be exempt To the head OF each family,
forty acres of land and one mule, In
accordance with II contract heretofore
made and entered into between the
Radical party and the late enlran-
chised citizens of color.n
Year: 1870




The hanging of the horsethief and
murderer at Charlton, Iowa, bya mob,
has afforded occasion for ReluLiica,
papers to say that the spirit of mobs was
born in the South under Democratic
auspices, and is a relic of the Democratic
party.


The men who avenged TIE death of
Lyon may have been Democrats and
their act may have been bad.


We care not. We only refer to the
matter to correct a habit into which
papers of both parties have grievously
fallen. ..s


Ifa Republican is guilty of social
crime, lin.e noted case recently in our
own State, forth With Democratic papers
insist that his fall was he result OF his
political principles, and the ressponsioia'
ty is charged upon his party.
lion the other hand a Democrat goes
aud does likewise, Immediately the
whole party is vilely traduced AID made
to share in the crime.
So if church member stray or q
minister become less than immaculate
the cup Of his communion is at once
poisoned, and those who broke The
solemn bread with him, with him must
Year: 1870

THINGS UNNECESSARY TO DO 1t is
never worth while to do unnecessary things.
Never grease fat SOW, or praise proud
man Don't make clothes for fishes. or
coverings for altars Don't paint lilies, or
garnsh the Gospel Never bind up
mans head before it is broken, or comfort
conscience that makes no confession
Never hold up candle to show the sun, or
try to prove a thing which nobody doubts.
| would advise no one to attempt thing
which will cost more than it is worth -
You may sweeten a dunghill with lavender
water, and bad-lving man may keep up
good character by an outward show of re-
ligion, but it will turn out losing business
in the long run. If your nation were SEN
sible, it would sweep out good MANY ex-
pensive but useless people, who eat the
malt which lies in the house that Jack
built they live on the national estate, but
do it little service. To pay man pound
for earning a penny is a good deal wiser
than keeping number of bishops who
meet together by the score and consult
about the best way of doing nothing. If
my mas er's old dog was as sleepy as the
bishops are, he would get shot or drowned,
for he wouldn't be worth the amount of a
dog tax However their time ofreckoning
is on the road as sure as Christmas is COM
ing.-John Ploughman's Talk.
Year: 1870

The President has decided to pardon all
the Fenian prisoners who were engaged in
the late raid, and by the 18th inst they
will all be free, Gen O'Niel among the
rest. This is done by the President be-
cause be thinks they have been sufficiently
punished. and because they promise to
respect the laws Of the country in future
The petitions for the pardon of these n en-
have come from every portion of the coun-
try, and from all classes of tie people.
Year: 1870

"Aien may live long and in health who
never taste meat, but. thew can never excel
in anything which requires energy. The
nations which eat 10 meat, as to the IN sses,
are always inefficient and degraded The
hundreds Of millions Of Japan and China
have failed in the centuries of the past in
all that makes nation or an individual
grand in conception or magnificent in
accomplishments They are to day what
they were ages ago, and they live mainly
on rice and other veg tables"
Year: 1870

Blown Through the Ground--Opening of the


Pneumatic Railroad.


Two hundred yards or so OF the pneumatic tunnel
under Broadway. beginning at Warren street, COM
peted up to the present time were thrown open the
public and the car was Kept running intervals Of
ten minutes all through the day. or course the pur-
pose Of the opening is to show conclusvcly to oil
who care to visit 1t the


sOUNDNEsS OF THE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM
OF motive power. After short time the company
will again suspend operations until they obtain au-
thory from the Legislature 10 carry their track up
town.


The general working Of the road is now in the
highest possible state Of efficiency, and the glowing
promises Of the company quite equalled by
achieved facts Owing to the shortness Of the track
however, the car can only be propelled at rate Of
about seven miles an hour. Various improvements
In the air csmpresslng machinery have been intro.
duced. One great advantage this road will possess
ever an underground railroad worked by lOcomo.
tives 10 the


PERFECT PURITY OF THE AIR
in the tunnel The track can also be carried along
at gradients, which would be altogether lmpracuca-
bic for locomotives.
the scheme for which the company propose to get
authority from the Legisa ture, cOntempatcs
double line Of tubes from South ferry, along Broad
way, for the whole length Of the island. with .
branch at Union square, under Fourth avenue, to
pensive to construct-at least $1,000, 900 mile for
the section below Twentythrd street and 81, ,0oo 900
Deyond.


During the day crowds Of visitors thronred the
in the handsome and inspected the massive and
somewhat complicated locking machinery. The
opinion seemed to be unanimous that the system
introduced in this instance is perfectly feasible, and
would, IL extended, as the company propose, be a
decided improvement in the way OF safe aud rapid
transit.
Year: 1870

the Cabinet, and the Cabinet thinks the time IN
oppOrtune.


The Paris Gdulois says that the Diplomatic corps
now meets daily in that city. The English Embassy
IN that city is anxIously awaiting the favorable mo-
ment to introduce proposals of peace It's SAID tnat
LEI the turn of events be what it may the interposI
tion will certainly be made and that before the end
of this month
Year: 1870

Leave half an inch Of stem on GU
cumbers-wash them in cold water
Immediately pack with alternate lay
ers, salt next to tho wood; one barrel
Of salt to five of cucnnbers. Fill
barrel full, putting salt on top cut
. wide broad board SO a. to Just 6t in
side the barrel-bore half o dozen
halt inch holes through-placc it on
pickles with a stone on, which should
weigh at least twenty-five pounds. so
as to keep the pickles always in the
brine. Take off all scum which.ri.
ses. Keep the barrel in the shade,
and in fonr weeks take off the stone
and ill to tho top, as they will settle
some. Put more salt on. head then,
up, and they arc ready for market.
Cider Makers Journal.
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Carolina
Farmer saws that he would not be
careful to select for peach orchard
northern, southern. eastern or western
exposure in particular but would pre-
fer to plaut, if possible, on opposite
ground at the same time. For exam


pie: one of his neghbors owned h'g /
hill which sloped north and south ne
had peach orchards on both sides OF
the hill. He has seen the orchard on
both sides Of the hill. lie has seen
the orchard on the north side burden
ed with fruit, while on the south side,
the frost had completely destroyed the
crop-and vice Ue"sa. The same may
be seen on eastern or western exposures.
Year: 1870

A good article of prepared glue, SO
useful to have about every house, may
be made " ilh gum arabic dissolved in
strong vinegar. 1t will keep in good
condition a long time. Common glue
dissolved IN the same way will keep
from fermentation several weeks.
Year: 1870

Gov. WARMoTR's OPINION OF THE
CoLoRED PEoPLE.-W We clip the fol.


lowing from the Independent, Radi-
cal paper edited by the ex'edilor Of
the Ascension Republican, an official
journal Of the State.


Colored men may read and ponder.
1t is as plain as pike-staif that they
are made the tools Of those who will
finally ruin them. by impoverisMng
white and black alike. When it is too
late, the African will wake up and find
himself the worst fooled darkey in
creation. Here is what the Indepen-
dent says


When we had the great misfortune
of assuming the publication of the As
cension Republican. Warmoth recon-
mended US the following:


Don't you ever speak in favor of
the colored people. They are of a low
and inferior race which should be kept
out OF the way. Be careful to avoid
in your writings as much as possible
TO raise up their ambition. fo- they are
inca pable of governing themselves with.
out our aid and to form Judgment by
themselves. Before anything else.
preach in favor of the white man from
the North. This is not the advice, but
the order I give to each officia! paper.'"
Year: 1870

The Stock Law. BY a law,
which took effect May lst, 1865,
it is made unlawful for any per
son being the owner or having
charge of any horses, mules,
cattle, sheep, goats, swine or
geese, to suffer the same to run
at large in any public road,
highway, or any street, lane or
alley, or upon any unclosed
land, under a penalty which
for repeated violations is severe.
The county commissioners are,
however, authorized to grant
general permission for the run
ming at large Of such animal
in the county, or the township
trustees may authorize the same
thing in their respective town.
ships. We call attention to
this matter SO that our readers
who own stock, may place
themselves on the safe side, as
we notice that in Morgan coun,
ty a flock Of sheep was impound'
ed for running at large, and the
owner was put to an expense
Of some $35 to have them re-
leased.
Year: 1870

All I! ha 1T is coming, is
it ? Threats of a reconstruc-
ton of the ballot-boxes of New
York City, by the Washington
despots, come over the wires,
in consequence Of the late re-
buke which the people of the
city and State have given the
political knaves, thieves and
scoundrels now holding power
by a title Of what is called
government" None Of your
threats, Grant & Go. Send
your troops into the State of
New York, as you have into
Georgia, if you dare The
people of the South are under
your heel; but the people of
the North are not, and do not
intend to be. You and your
"Grand Army of the Repub-
lie" will play a very damaging
game when attempting the
reconstruction of Northern
ballot.boxes." You will be
crushed like egg-shells by the
mighty grapple Of q million of
freemen who have too long put
up with your infamous, uncon-
stitutional encroachments upon
their most sacred rights. Do
not attempt force, Messrs.
Grant q Go, Bow to public
opinion; the will of the people;
and in 1872 give way grace
fully to another set of men,
with another set of measures.
The handwriting is on the
wall. The voice of the ballot.
box in the State of New York
hath spoken its meaning. Be,
lieve it, and prepare 70 retire.
We are henceforth to have a
White Mans Government.
Year: 1870

Nicotine is the active princl-
pie in tobacco, and in a concen-
trated form is one Of the most
virulent poisons known. Not
withstanding this fact, entirely
different opinions have been en-
tertained by the most respecta-
ble medical authorities respect.
ing the effect of tobacco on the
system many asserting that its
use in any form is baneful in
the extreme, while others con-
tend that moderate indulgence
in the narcotic weed is not only
harmless, but positively bene-
fetal to the health. The truth
is that the effect it produces
on different constitutions is
various. Some people may
smoke almost continuously
without exhibiting any i'll eff
fects, while others are sensibly
affected by the use of two or
three cigars a day. A cigar is
more likely to injure one than
a pipe, because the cigar dis
charges directly into the mouth
of the smoker everything that
is produced by the burning
And there are those who, from
an over indulgence in the ques-
tionable habit, live in constant
state of narcotism, or narcotic
drunkenness, to the serious det
riment of their mental organi.
cations.


Perhaps no stronger argu-
ment against the excessive use
of tobacco could be produced
than that afforded by the mel,
ancholy example of a man Of
the highest position, whose
case is now exciting great alarm
in the minds of his friends
This individual, whose name
we suppress from motives OF
delicacy, only eighteen months
ago was in the full possession
of vigorous intellectual powers,
and was the object of general
regard. For the last year,
however, he has smoked SO in,
cessantly that as a natural con-
sequence his faculties appear to
be rapidly failing him, and the
gravest apprehensions are en-
tertained lest he should finally
fall into a condition of absolute
insensibility. This ] sad case
should be a warning to the
young.
Year: 1870

Pullman's new train of eight
palace cars started on Monday
week ago from Boston with an
excursion party for California.
A daily journal is to be print.
ed on the train during the trip,
and a billiard table will be one
of the means of enjoyment.
Year: 1870

Corn BEER.-Boil two quarts Of
shelled corn soft; pour of tho water;
put the corn in q stone jar, with
one quart Of molases and five gal
Ions of warm water; let it ferment
for FIVE or six days, when it is ready
for immediate use; or If put in a
keg and bunged tightly, it will keep
pood for n wear.
Year: 1870

cy of the Black Republican
party has been to negro wor-
ship. This infatuation has in
creased from year to year, un-
til that party has about lost
sight of the rights Of the white
race, North and South. If a
negro in any of the Southern
States, in a drunken revel, is
injured or killed, the whole
party is ready to exclaim-
"The Ku Klux Klans still
survive, and the military must
hold sway over the conquered
provinces"


The theory is now rapidly
gaining ground in Republican
quarters, that it will be unsafe
to permit the white race, here
after, to rule the Southr To
this end, every means will be
used to harrass, annoy and ex-
asperate that people, by recon-
struction acts, by military sur
veillance, by placing over them
upstairs, cobblers, carpet bag
gers, negroes and robbers, that
an excuse may be had to defer
their admission into the Union
until the complete ascendency
of the African can be secured
and the white populations of
the South be put beneath his
rulel


So far has this idea spread
abroad in Republican ranks,
that we see in our exchanges
evidence of extreme jealousy
at every advance made by time
serving, untrusty Democratic
thimble.riggers, and trimmers,
toward the negrol That any
sound Democrat could 80 far
humiliate himself as to seek
negro votes and acquiesce in
the infamous Fifteenth Amend
ment, we do not believe. That
there are men pretending to be
Democrats, who would be will.
ing to court the influence, even
of the devil, for Office, is posi-
BILE, but we trust they are not
numerous.


The Republican party is the
exponent Of negro principles.
We want that party to take
charge of its bastard brat. We
want it to court and marry the
negro. We want to see the
progeny it will bring forth. 1t
has fought the negro battle
1t is entitled to all the fruits of
that war. 1t prefers him to
poor white men, to white me
chanics and lsboring men, 1t
looks after the interests of the
negro and forgets the white
race. Let the Republican par
ty and the negro kennel togeth.
er.


We want a white-man's par
ty. The white man can, and
must rule America. He will
rule this country, if he has to
exterminate the negro to do
so. White men, loving their
own race will scorn to be the
associates of hybrids and mon
grels. They will be infexible
in their opposition to the social
or political equality Of the ra.
ces. The white masses of this
country will never yield to the
demand of the Republican
leaders, to degrade themselves
to the level Of the mongrels of
Mexico, Central America, and
the West Indies.


Let us have a WHITE
MANS PARTY.


Let all white men, regarding
the future Of their children,
and their country, demand a
white mans party. Let that
party by millions rebuke the
fanaticism of the hour by
driving into retirement the
present abject and dastardly
Year: 1870

On Thursday afternoon a
gang of six or eight prisoners
made a desperate attempt to
escape from the State Prison at
Joliet by running through a
gate while a team was passing,
The guards fred on them, kill
ing two. The balance was cap.
tured.
Year: 1870

GINGER BEER.-One ounce and a
half of bruised ginger, one pound of
loafsugar, and one lemon sliced
Put them into an earthen pan, and
pour on them one gallon Of boiling
water, when cold, add q table
spoonful of yeast, and let it stand
until morning, then skim and bot
tie it, md in three days it will be
ready for use.
Year: 1870

Let all white men, regarding
the future of their children,
and their country, demand a
white mans party. Let that
party by millions rebuke the
fanaticism of the hour, by
driving into retirement the
present abject and dastardly
Congress.
Year: 1870

4 Berlin letter in the London Telegraph
says: Mark one instance of the German
practical spirit as proof OF the fashion
after which these Teutons prepare to fight


In recent wars popular feeling mas demand
ed that rank and file, captains and gene
rails, shall be equally and impartislly men,
toned in the lists of the slain; bat difficult
ties have aris en-, because the enemy cannot
know the dead mems names, and, when
the muster roll is called efter battle, the
missing may be only wounded or prison
ers. Germany has, in her solid, calm man.
ner, arranged, in view of this difficulty,
that each vile and mother shall speedily
know the best or the wolst OF those who
&c to fight "with God. for King, and Faith
eria nd" Slips of parchment, like luggage
labels, have been prepared, on which the
name of each German soldier is plainly
written, and one of these will be
fastened inside his coat when he goes info
action. After the day is decided, the enc
my, If he be master of the field, will be
requested to collect and return these labels,
OF which rbout million have been provid-
ed, grim ickets for an unknown journeyl
Think OF the German wife or mother sew
ing it on-the battle ticket of her stake in
the quarrel-the address of her particular
material OF war" the awful travelling label
whereon no loving hand may write. with
care, seeing that its bearer goes into the
Valley of the Shadow. to come forth again
or not as heaven shall decree. Sewn on
with German thread, ripped of, perchance,
with French knife. whole packets and par
GELS Of these little human memoranda will
surely be returned; but yet every man who
buttons his coat over the label of death
has looked his fate full in the face, and
made himself 'ready for the burial"
Year: 1870

1t is well known that at times there Is O
great mortality among fish, the cause of
which is not generally known. This NOR
tality has prevailed to o great extent on
Lake Ontario. whore fishermen have OBJ
served that fish apparently in health rose
to the surface of the water, foated about
in helpless condition for few hours and
then died. This has been particularly mo-
ticed among the herring. q handsome sill
ver-colored fish taken in nets. The true
cause of this mortality has not been known.
or at least has not been publicly announced
to our knowledge. The fishermen have
charged it t. leeches or other parasites
fastening themselves upon the scales of the
fish and suc'.ipg the life blood. A
short time since Seth Green, the noted
pisciculturist gathered some dying her.
ring floating upon Irondequoit bay and
made q careful examination. He found
fastened near the gills worm which had
eaten into the vitals and was drawing the
blood from the heart of the fish. Under
the microscope this was disgusting look.
ing creature, so made with power to ad-
here that once fastened upon a fish be-
meath the gills it could not be ehaken of.
When this parasite takes hold OF an ex-
posed surfac, the fish dashes himself
against q rock or hard substance and tears
it of, sometimes taking the scales. These
wounds have been mistaken for the real
cause of death in the fish. Of course there
is no remedy-no way to prevent destruc.
ton to fish thus attacked. But il is well
enough to be informed as to the real cause
of fish mortality.
Year: 1870

A CITIZEN of Buffalo takes humane view
Of the organ grinding nuisance. He pro-
poses to establish national fund for the
maintenance Of the grinders" as the most
effectual means of getting rid of them.