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Year: 1870

We were standing In the doorway


Ny little wife and l.
The golden sun upon her hair


Fell down so silently;
A small white hand upon my arm,


What could ask for more,
Than the kindly glance Of loving eyes,
As she kissed me at the door?
know she loves with all her heart


The one who stands beside,
Aud the years have beon SO joyous
Since first called her bride
We've had so much of happiness


since We met in years before,
But the happiest time Of all was


When she kissed me at the door.
Who cares for wealth Of land or gold,
or fame or matchless power;
1t does not give the happiness


OF just one little hour
With one who loves mo as her life
She says she Gloves me more
And thought she did this morning,
When she kissed me at the door.
At times 1t seemed that all the world.
With oil its wealth of gold,
II very small and poor indeed


Compared with what hold!
And whom the clouds hang grim and dark,
only think the more
OF zone" who waits the coming step
To kiss mo at the door.
If she lives till age shall scatter


The frost upon her head,
know she'll love me just the same
As the morning We were we'd;
But IL the angels call her,


And she goes to heaven before,
shall know her when meet her,
For she'll kiss me ct the door.
Year: 1870

The following extract from soldier
on the plains to friend in Milwaukee
is printed in the Euening Wisconsin of
that city:


awe are after the Indians hot blast,
and tell You, the man who picks these
fellows up for dogans finds himself woe
fully deceived. A part of oIr troop had
been OH trail of small band of Sioux,
and they had lodged us, and 5etrothed
us, and beat us, Until we determined to
have them, let come what might. One
day we come upon them. and /; appear
cd. so suddenly, too, that there was no
chance for them to escape. Each man
seated himself squarely in his saddle,
and with revolver in hand, we dashed
on. There squat each identical Sioux
on his pony Just as though we were
miles away, and as stoiealiy Indifferent
as though they did not care n continent
tai. As we at full gallop, drew near,
the officer i'm command felt that we
were riding into some trap, but it was
too late to sound a retreat, and on we
went.


81 think the distance between us and
the Sioux and their ponies Was just
twelve feet before single redskin had
moved muscle; then, quicker than
you could say seat off fron, the slleul-
ders of each identical Sioux came the
fiery red blanket he wore, and up and
down it was shaken vigorously in the
very taceso of our horses. We had boast
ell a great deal over those horses, and
they would do anything we wanted
them to--tlat is to say, they would
drive through prairie fire. alonss de
a bull buffalo, through prairie dog vii
lage and over dead Indians, but tell
YOU, you onght to have seen them, to n
horse, turn tail and run from those
blankets. We we're going along so nice
ly, and each trooper was so eager to
make dead sure thing OF his redskin,
that we let the horses have n,uch their
own way and we repented OF it. Just
us frightened as they could be they paid
no attention to curb, and away they
went in every direction.


Troopers were sprawling on the
ground, and others were clinging to
horses name, with both feet not only
out of the stirrups. but pointing up in
the air. 1t was the worst stampede /
ever saw. and have looked on at some'
in my dav. II the Sioux had followed
ND. they might have made few scalps,
but they seemed so we'll pleased with
the result of the trick that those who
we're unhorsed near them say they dis
appeared as il they had gone down
through the earth. When our troops
assembled, we, one and all, declared
that the thir O was the best of the kind
ever heard of, but determined that we
would pay them back tor it one of these
d,vS and wa will ~
Year: 1870

Children need more food in proper
tion 10 their size than adults do, for
they have not only to supply tho waste
of the system, but to furnish besides
material for growth. Plan hearty
food and all they want OF it, is right
for healthy children. Many mothers
OF the present dsy implant disease and
a craving for stimulants In their child
rem IN weakening their constitutions
hy insufficient or improper food. There
shonld not be so many half starved and
tightly dressed ones.
Year: 1870

Boil bit OF veal that will make a
fricassee, pie or hash; when tender,
take out the meat and slip .oHt tho
bones, put .hem back in the kettle and
boil gently two hours; .hen strain the.
liquor. and let it remsin until the next
day; when wanted, take of the fat.
pu: the soup into clean pet, add pep
per salt and onion half a teacup OF rice
tablespoonful of -four mixed in water
dry bread and potatoes.
Year: 1870

Boil rabbit; cut all the meat as thin
as possible. Boil two ounces of mac
caroni very tender, two ounces of Par
mesan or common cheese, grated, n 4
little onion chopped fine. pepper and
salt to taste, not quite half pint OF
cream. Line mould. sprinkled with
veimicelll. with good paste. Bake
an hour, aud serve it with or witheut
brown sauce. Cold chicken or cold
game may be used for this pie instead
of n rabbit
Year: 1870

Just fair enough to be pretty,


Just gentle enough to be sweet,
Just saucy enough to be witty,


Just dainty enough to be neat
Just tall enough to be graceful,


Just slight enough for q fay,
just dress enough to be graceful, q.
Just dress enough to be ay.
Just meek enough for submission,


Just bold enough to be brave,
Just pride enough for ambition,


Just thoughtful enough to be grave.
Disdain to put down presumption,


Sarcasm to answer fool,
Cool consumption shown to assumption, =
Proper dignity always the rule.
Generous enough and kind hearted.


Pure as the angels abov
Oh, from her may 1 never be parted,


For such is the maiden j love.
Year: 1870

~A party OF twelve young ladies In ALBANY
have formed themselves into q braSs band.
They are under the instruction of Q careful
teacher, and hope to appear in public during
the coming iall. Their uniform will be some
what after the Zouaye style only that the
material will be Of Highland plaid for winter
wear, with beaver hat and feathers similar
to lady's riding hat.
Year: 1870

The delegation of gentlemen sent here
by the people of Charleston, on the
Mountain Boy, as an escort for the State
officers on their journey to that place,
met the Governor and other officials at
the McLure House yesterday morning.
Senator PATRICK, on behalf of the COM
mittee, communicated to the Governor
the object of their mission, and after
confessing that the State officials must
experience deep regret at severing the
ties which had SO long bound them to
Wheeling and her good people, ex-
pressed the hope that the hospitslities
of Charleston would soon mitigate, il
they did not dispel entirely, the
sadness incident to breaking up of
these old and tender associations. Got
ernor STEVENSON briefly responded in
appropriate words, after which the
company spent pleasant hour in social
converse. The remainder of the day
the State officials spent in completing
their preparations for departure, and
last night shortly before twelve, were
all safely aboard the Mountain Boy,
ready to depart to tseir new field of
action. Some time during the night
the boat was to leave, and by this time
We presume the party are far on their
way to Charleston.


The gentlemen holding the various
have all made hosts of friends in this
city, and their departure is accepted
with regret. We wish them O safe
journey and happy residence in the
future Capital.
Year: 1870

Happy Jo Jefferson That is, if the
fcllo wing ambros ana seat be not great
" oyerdraMn: Within q stones throw
of the mausion he may catch fish of
every variety known to our waters,
fresh aud salt, and drag forth from their
marine retreats the most delicious fat
oysters; ard at any hour of the day,
during the season, can bag bali dozen
brace of the fattest ducks. Then, with
the delightful and soothing sea breeze,
fresh from the Gulf to fan his brow, and
the thick evergreen of the orange and
lemon groves to keep off the too ardent
gaze of the sun, he may indulge In q
siesta as profound, if not as prolonged
as that of his renowned hero, the bi6u-
lous and sonnolent Rip Van WiDkle."
Year: 1870

ALosT ART REvIvED.-It is said that
the Roman ladies embrowned their
faded hair with transparent fluid, but
the secret of such composition was
unknown to any modern chemists until
Phalon discovered and produced his
Vitalia, or Salvation for the Hair. Sold


by all druggists and fancy goods dealers
Year: 1870

; The latest advertitipg dodge is the
publication of book IN which the
reader is led on by the interest Of well
ted story to its close. This is abrupt,
and he turns over the page toan appen,
dix, in which he is told of the peculiar


advantages of his investing his money
in particular life Insurance company.
Year: 1870

The Queen of Holland, Immediately
after the cession Of Venitia, and while
the war in Bohemia was still going on,
wrote to the Emperor Napoleon the fol-
lowing letter. July l3, lS66.-You give
way to strange delusionsl Your prestige
has been damaged more during the past
fortnight than during the whole continu-
ance Of your reign. Allowing the feeble
to be destroyed, you let the insolence and
brutality of your next neighbor grow to
extravagant proportions. You accept a
present, and you don't know how TO give
a good word to him who presents 1t to
YOU. | regret that you think me inter
ested in the question, and that you do
not see the great danger of one powerful
Germany and one powerful Italy. 1t IS
the dynasty which is threatened, and it
is that which must bear the consequen-
ces. say this because it is the truth,
which you will learn too late. Do not
think that the misfortune which over
whelms me in the disaster Of my country
makes me unjust or suspicious. Neneta
ceded. YOU must aid Austria, march to
the Rhine, and impose your conditions.
Let Austria be slaughtered, and you
commit not a crime, but more--a blum
der. This, perhaps, is my last letter, l
would, however, consider myself wanting
To an old and sincere friendship If | did
NOT saw one last time the whole truth. l
do not expect that it will be listened to;
but / wish to be able one day to say that
| did everything to prevent the ruin OF
what inspired me with so much faith aud
affection"
Year: 1870

Miss Fanny Claflin, of the New York
firm of Woodruff & Clafin, was in Gin
cinnati the other day, and below will be
found some interesting notes of a con-
versation she had with reporter of the
Enquirer:


1t is about year ago since we opened
our bank on Broad street, and went
to dealing in stocks on Wall street.
People said, why, amt you afraid to
be mixing in down there, where there
is nothing but meny We said, No,
what do we care for menY There are
five sisters of us-myself, Tenny and
three others-and we all work. Mr..
Bennett invited us to see him, and he
said he felt like assisting us, because
we were eminently practical women,
and deserved success. Would you be-
lieve it, Tenny is Mr.. Benefits family
physician, and SO she is Commodore
Vanderbilt's. AS for being a doctress,
| am sure there is nothing wrong in
that. Tenny has doctored some of the
best people in New York, including ex-
Mayor Kingsley. We are isolated and
cut off from society, but what do we care
for society," Why, came near commit
ting suicide, when little girl, because |
found out how corrupt my sex was. Oh,
you have no idea of the corruption and
evil of the female heart. You would ne
surprised if would tell you what know
of society in New York-drunkenness,
the = WELL no matter. Only a short
time ago there was an effort made among
the ladies in that city to raise sum of
money for some charitable purpose. One
Christian lady thought she could raise a
larger sum than anybody else by calling
upon the keepers of bad houses. She
visited one, and the proprietress said to
her: Why didn't you try to save me be-
fore ! came to this? | was left a widow,
with children and an aged mother to sup
port. / have given them bread, but l
am not here because | wish to be. Now
you come here to ask me for my dishon-
ored money" heard of that incident,
and went and hunted up that woman,
procured her a home, and placed her
where she could earn an honorable liv-
ing.


That the kind of life / proposed to
lead. For doing this many of my ac-
quaintances cut me, and one young lady
in particular was very savage with me.
| told the detective in our bank to keep
his eye on that virtuous young lady.
He did so, and tracked her to two assig-
nation houses in less than week. Talk
about women purifying everything when
they get the ballot have lived in the
East nearly all the time, and only used
to pay visits to the family when they
lived here, to see father and the rest of
them. ] was dealing in stocks in Wall
street in 1868, and made money at 1t.
Merely opened our house down on
Broad street because our business in
creased so. When we first went into
Wall street to buy stocks in our firm
name, we could hardly catch anything,
because they all knew that Vanderbilt
was backing us that sent them up. |
used toxbe on the stage myself, and
played through the West a few years
ago, under an assumed name. | left
the stage because father gave me no
peace, but l expect to go back to 1t this
fall. | shall assume Yankee characters
and light comedy. / am not as hand
some now as / used to be, but still | may
be able to succeed.
Year: 1870

An editor in New Jersey had little
nephew only six months old, and the
little nephew died. Some Of the editor
friends considered it would be a good
thing to give the afflicted uncle a sub
stantial expression of their sympathy
so they contracted with a local sculptor
for grave-stone. The design consisted
of an angel carrying the little one in her
arms and flying away, while a woman
sat weeping upon the ground. 1t was
executed horribly. The tombstone was
sent to the editor. with simple request
that he would accept it. As he was alb
sent the junior editor determined to ac-
knowledge it, although he hadn't the
slightest idea what it meant. So the
next day he burst out in the paper with
tho following remarksl


FART NEws.-We have received from
the hands of our eminent sculptor,
Felix Mullens, q comic bas relief, de-
signed for an ornamental hreboard. 1t
represents an Irishman in his night-shirt,
running away with the little god Cupid,
while the Irishman's sweetheart hides
hen head indifferently in the corner.
Every true work of art tells its own
story; and we understand, as soon as we
glance at this, that our Irish friend has
been coquetted with by the fair one, and
Is preparing to transfer his love to other
quarters. There is a lurking smile on
the Irishman's lips which expresses his
mischievous intentions perfectly. We
think il would have been better, however,
to have clothed him in something else
than a night-shirt and to have smoothed
down his hair. We have placed this chef
d'muyre beneath our parlor mantel-piece,
where it viii surely be admired by our
friends when they call. We are glad TO
encourage such progress in local art


This was painful A committee called
on the editor when he returned, and ex-
plained the tombstone to him; and that
night an assistant editor was seen coming
down stairs six steps at time, and ny
ing up street without coat or hat, with an
editor-in-chief close behind with a club.
Persons desiring the services of an assis-
tant editor can probably find this man
by hunting him among the summer
boarding houses on the banks Of The
Yang tse Kiang river He viii remain
IN Asia until the New Jersey saele eools
Oh.
Year: 1870

1t is an instrument of great versatility
in its operations. twill hem, fell braid,
cord, gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use, without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work
Year: 1870

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator tohandle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorirequlr.e
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to healthy and are bard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1870

All that excess OF natDerlnH anu pet
ting of which women are so fond becomes
a bore to man if required as part of
the daily habit Of life. Out in the world
as he is, harassed by anxieties of which
she knows nothing, home is emphatically
his rest place, where his wife is his friend
who knows his mind, where he may be
himself without the fear Of offending,
and relax the strain that must be kept
up out of dooFs; where he may feel him.
self safe, understood, and at ease. And
some women, and these by no means the
coolest or the least loving, are wise
enough to understand this need of rest
in the mans harder life, and accepting
the quiet security as part OF the condl-
tions of marriage, content themselves
with the pndemonstratiye love into which
the fever Of passion has subsidized. Others
fret over it, and make themselves and
their husbands wretched because they
cannot believe in that which is not for
ever paraded before their eyes. Yet
what kind of home is it for the man if he
has to walk as If on egg-shells, every
moment afraid Of wounding the snscep-
tibilities Of woman who will take moth
ing on trust, aud who has TO be continu-
ally assured that he still loves her, be-
cause she will believe that to-day is as
yesterday OF one thing she may be
certain; no wife who understands what
is the best kind Of marriage demands
these continued attentions, which, vol
uniary offerings Of the lover, become
enforced tribute from the husband. She
knows that as wife, whom 1t
is not necessary 10 court OF TO
naiisr. she has a nobler place
than that which is expressed by the at
tentions paid TO a mistress. Wifehood,
like all assured conditions, does not need
TO be buttressed up; but o less certain
position must be supported from the out
side, and an insecure self-respect, an un-
certain holding. must be perpetually
strengthened and reassured. Women
who cannot live happily without being
made love 10, are more like mistresses
than wives, and como but badly Of in the
great struggles Of life and the cruel
handling Of time. Placing all their hap
piness in things which cannot continue,
they let slip that which lies in their
hasds. and in their desire 10 retain the
romantic position Of lovers, lose the
sweet security Of wives. Perhaps, ifthey
had higher aims in life than these Eith
which they make-shift to satisfy them
selves. they would not let themselves
sink to the loyel Of this folly, and would
understand better tbap they do now the
worth OF realities as contrasted With APP
yoarances. And yet we cannot but pity
the poor, veak, craving seals Who long
so pitifully for the freshness Of the morn
ing to continue far into the day and eve
ming, who cling 50 tenacioBsiy 70 the
romaaces Of youth. They are taken BIZ
Year: 1870

The NEWSPAPER is emphaticallv the
poor mans lyccum. his library, and his
best instructor. The newspaper brings
To him vast treasure OF information.
which he cannot read without being IA
wiser and better man. 1t has been apty
said that a newspaper Is as good as q
lesson 10 the thoughtful.


Where newspapers arc seen upon The
table in the family circle. there will be
found intelligence and virtue.
Year: 1870

nT We read OF man in Lafayette
who was badly scaldcd by kicking over
. kettle of boiling water while pulling
on his boot. One of his children had put
kitten into the boot. which had objcc-
ions 10 being squeezed in that way
There smoothing III the world So sweet
as innocent childhood
Year: 1870

matter. There was little piece of caus-
tic that had no, been dissolved, aud as
soon as he saw it he said


'ilts no use washing, Polly All the
soap in New York can't wash that black
off, -


I That was the truth. squire soap and
rags had no more effect than it would on
native African. auc all the chance was
to wait for it to &c. white again. 1 never
found out, but one thing I do know" he
continued, getting up to go, "the next
time saw the doctor had the hardest
Eight and come higher getting whaled
than ever.I did in all mJ born days"
Year: 1870

There is nothing more beautiful in tho
young than simplicity of character. 1t is
honest, frank, and attractive How different
is alfectation The simple minded arc always
natural They are at the same time original.
The affected are never natural. AS for origi-
nafity, if they ever had it, thoy have crushed
it out and buried it from sight, utterly. Bp
yourself, then. young friend To attempt to
be anybody else is worse than folly. 1t is an
impossibility to attain it. 1t is cOntOmPtiblo
to try! But suppose you could succeed in
Initiating the greatest man that ever figured
in history, would that make you any better p?
By no means You would always suffer in
comparison with the initiated one, and be
thought of only rs a shadow OF n substance
the echo of a real sound-the counterfeit
of pure coin DIR. johnson nptly compared
the heartless imitator-for such IL he who
affects the character Of anoiher-to the EN-
press of Russia, when she did the freakish
thing of erecting palace Of ice. Il was
splendid and conspicuous while it lasted
But the sun soon melted it, and caused its
attractions to dissolve into common water,
while the humble stone cottages Of her SUBJ
jects stood firm and unmarried? Let the
fabric Of your character, though ever so
humble, be at least real. Avoid affecting
the character OF another, however great
Build up your own. BE what God intended
you to be-yourself, and not somebody else.
Shuu aGectation.
Year: 1870

- Many child goes astray not because
there is want of prayer or virtue at home,
but simply because home lacks sunshine q
child needs sunshine as much as flowers need
sunbeams. Children look little beyond the
present moment. Ifa thing pIeases they are
apt to seek it; if it displeases they are prone
to avoid it, IF home is the place where faces
are sour, and words harsh, and fault finding is
ever in the ascendant, they will spend as ma
ny hours as possible elsewhere. Let every
father and mother. then, try to be happy
Let them talk to their children, especially the
little ones, in such way as to make them
happy.
Year: 1870

County PAPERs.-We beg to remind our
Democratic friends in every section of the
State of the very important duty of giving the
Democratic paper printed in their own county.
a liberal support. 1t is no less matter of
party policy than matter Of duty to the pub
fishers, that you do this. County papers con-
tain many items of interest to citizens of the
vicinity in which they are published, that
will naturally cause them to be read even by
men Of the opposite politics. The reader be.
comes interested in the paper, naturally drinks
in some of its teachings.


Give your own county papers a generous
support, and the publishers will give you
paper, we'll worthy of general circulation
We feel like calling earnestly upon the Dem.
ocratic Committees and liberally>disPosed
Democrats in every county in which paper
of their own party faith is published, to take
immediate steps to place it in the hands of ey-
cry man in their respective counties who will
read it WheeliMg Register
Year: 1870

A darkey gives the following reason
why the colored race is superior to the white
race: "AlI men are made of clay, and Ike
the meerscham pipe they are more valuable
when highly colored -