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Year: 1870

After all, is the world so very alb


surd in its love of pretty women p


Is woman so very ridiculous in her


chase after beauty? A pretty wo-


man is doing woman's work in the


world, not making speeches, nor


making puddings, but making life
SUMMER and more beautiful. Man


has forsworn the pursuit of beauty
altogether. Does he seek it for him
self, he is guessed to be frivolous,


he is assumed to be poetic, there


are whispers that his morals are no


better than they should be. In a


society resolute to be ugly there is
no post for an Adonis but that of a


model or 4 guarlsman. But wo-


man does for. mankind what man


has ceased to do. Her aim from


very childhood is to,be beautiful


Even as a schoolgirl she notes the
progress of her charms, the deepen


ing color of her hair, the growing


symmetry of her arm, the ripening
contour of her cheek. We watch,


with q silent interest, the mysteri-
Gus reveries of the maiden she is
dreaming Of 4 coming beauty, and


painting for the glories of eighteen.


Insensibly, she becomes an artist,


her room studio, her glass an
academy. The joy of her toilet is


the joy of Raphael over his canvas,


of Michael Angelo before his mar


BILE. She is creating beauty in the
silence and the loneliness of her
chamber she grows like any great
art-creation, the result of patience,
of hope, of a thousand delicate
touchings and retouchings. Wo-
man is never perfect, never complete.
A restless night undoes the beauty
of the day; sunshine blurs the
evanescent coloring of her cheek
frost nips the tender outlines of her
face into sudden harshness. Care
plows its lines across her brow
motherhood destroys the elastic
lightness of her form; the bloom of


her cheek, the quick flash of her
eye, fade and vanish as the years go
by. But woman is still true to her
ideal. She won't know when she is


beaten, and she manages to steal
fresh victories even in her defeat
She invents new conceptions of wo-
manly grace; she rallies at thirty,
and fronts US with the beauty of
manhood she makes a last stand


at sixty, with the beauty of age
She falls, like Cesar, wrapping her
mantle round her" buried in wool
en-! 'twould saint provokew Death


listens pitifully to the longings of a


lifetime, and the wrinkled face
smiles back its last cold smiles with


something of the prettiness of eigh-
teen. -
Year: 1870




One of the exquisite wonders of
the sea is called the opelet, and is
about as large as the German aster,
looking, indeed, very much like one.
Imagine very large double aster
with ever so many long petals of a
light green, glossy as satin, and
each one tipped with rose color
These lovely petals do not lie quiet
ly in their places, like those of the
aster in your garden, but wave
about in the water, while the opelet
generally clings to rock. How in
nocent and lovely it looks on its
rocky bed! Who would suspect
that it would eat anything grosser
than dew or sunlight? 'i.


But those beautiful waving arms,
as YOU call them, have other uses
besides looking pretty. They have
to provide food for large open
mouth which is hidden deep down
amongst them-so well hidden that
one can scarcely find it. Well do
they perform their duty, for the in
slant foolish little fish touches one
of the rosy tips, he is struck with
poison as fatal to him as lightning.
He Immediately becomes numb, and
in moment stops struggling and
then the other beautiful arms wrap
themselves around him, and he is
drawn into the huge, greedy mouth,
and is seen no more.


Then the lovely arms unclose and
wave again in the water, looking as
innocent and harmless as though
they had never touched q fish.
Year: 1870

Accident on the Pennsylvania RsiIroad-NeRll-


sence Of n Cenductor-A Brakeman Killed.
Special Despatch to The Eue,i,,s Telegraph.


LANCASTER, May 24.--The Philadelphia ex-
press train going east this morning at o'clock
plunged into an lemigrant train going west,
which was standing at Leaman Place. The
switch connecting the two tracks had been left
open by the criminal neglect of the conductor
of some freight train which had passed over the
road during the night, and the express train at
sharp speed was thus led from its own track
directly against the locomotive of the emigrant
train. The only person killed was a brakeman
of the express, named Thomas Swayne, of
Philadelphia, who died at his post of duty, and
deserves the honors of q brave man. He had
been married but five months. Two German
emigrants were injured, and were sent to Lam
caster by special car as soon as possible. The
express baggage and mail cars were tossed
across the track, and all the inmates escaped by
jumping. Some of the emigrant cars were
driven by the conclusion quarter of mile to
the rear of their own train. The accident is
one which no foresight on the part of the COM
pany could have prevented, and the officers of
the road owe it to themselves to prosecute the
criminal to the full extent of the law. 4.
Year: 1870

Corporation Creditors After the Mayor of


WnshinGton- His Check Dirhonored.


The Washington Star of last evening says


At the January term of the Circuit Court,
Thomas Murray and wife obtained Judgment
against the corporation of Washington for inju-
rfes sustained by falling down an embankment
for $500; and said judgment not having been
paid after the counsel for plaintiffs, Mr. Brad
ley had informed the Mayor by letter, the
Marshal levied on the lot on G street, between
Four-and-a-half and Sixth Streets to satisfy the
same.


This lot is known as the "Spring Lot, and
was purchased by the corporation because of its
containing never-failing spring of pure water
The property was advertised to be sold to-day,
but on Saturday the Mayor drew q check on
the First National Bank for the amount of judg-
ment and costs, amounting altogether to over
seven hundred dollars The bank refused to
pay the check, and twas returned to the Mayor,
who was in quandary what to do. Cook,
Morse, and the rest of The gang assured him
that it would never do to have the fact get out
that he had allowed this valuable piece of cor
poration property to be sold by the sheriff. and
finally he, with great reluctance, made dive
into bis own pocketsfor the money to satisfy
the judgment.


There are score of other hungry creditors
waiting to get clutch at the same spring pro-
perty, but Bowen is consoling himself with the
thought that there will not be time for them to
get It under the sherif's hammer before the
election comes off. H
Year: 1870

service, even could Spain spare the troops,
which she is in no condition to do. Thus, then,
it must be clear that the last resources are now
in the field, and that If the present campaign
does not suppress the rebellion IL never can be
suppressed Cuban OOrrespondsnce
Year: 1870

HORTICULTURAL AND PoMoLoGICAL So
cIErY.-The regular meeting of this Society
will be held on Tuesday next at their rooms
This is an important meeting, and it is
hoped that as many members as possible
viii be present. Arrangements will be made
for holding strawberry feast and festival
about the latter part of this month similar
to that which proved such a success last
wear. Should the Society, in this enter
prise, meet with the success which they de-
Serve, it is the intention of the Executive
Committee to have exhibitions Of all the
fruits as they riDen.
Year: 1870

CHANGE OF BAsE.-Our panic-stricker
Legislature have at last found Il safe and Sc
cure resting place, and on Monday the Sen
ate returns to their hall in the Capitol. BY
that time the repairs will have so far been
completed as to justify their return.


The House yesterday gave birth to joint
resolution lin which the Senate concured),
appointing a committee for the purchase oi
the Sycamore church, at cost not exceed
ing $4,000. In this church the House pro-
poses to hold their sessions until adjourn
Year: 1870

MONROE W ARD CONSERVATIVE MEETING
A meeting of the Conservative Club OF Mon
roe Ward will be held on Monday night
at st. Adams Hall for important business.
a full attendance is earnestly requested.
Year: 1870

| OkKwOoD MEMORIAL DAY. - Tuesday


next, the 10th of May, has been set apart
by the ladies of the Oakwood Memorial AS


sociation for their annual tribute to the
Confederate dead buried in the cemetery
from whom the Association takes its name.


Ladies and children from all parts of the


city are requested to bring their floral Of


terings to old st. Johns church at 10 o'clock


In the morning. There procession will be


formed, and all persons desiring to go to the


cemetery will be conveyed thither in vehi-
cles provided for the purpose. Those from
Shockoe Hill will find it convenient to ride
in the street cars to the corner Of Twenty
fifth and Main streets, and no difficulty
will be found at any time during the day in


making the connection with the omnibuses
running from St. Johns church to Oak


wood, the distance from the city railway to
the church being only three blocks. 1t is


to be hoped that the day will be generally


observed.


We should not neglect the 10000 brave
soldiers OF the South whose bones are in
tered in Oakwood. While the turf in IIol-


lywood is annually covered with floral Of
ferings, let no grave in Oahwood be with


out 4 flower.
Year: 1870

A well-known United States detective
was riding in street car, when we'll
dressed pickpocket entered Judging
from the detectives careless manner and
genteel appearance that he was pigeon
worth plucking, he seated himself beside
the little man, and in a very dextrous
manner commenced lingering his vest
pocket. The detective took hold Of the
soft hand Of the thief, and shaking it cor
daily, said my dear friend, how do
you do2 I'm very sorry, but you will
have to go to the other side Of the car,
as haven't got cent about mel" The
pickpocket made his exit without wait
ing to ring the bell.


The most popular woman's paper-a
paper Of pins.
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!
And the years have been 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 Ofland or gold,


or fame. or matchless power?
1t does not give the happiness


OF Just one little hour.
With one who loves me as her life


She says she ''loved me more"-
And | thought she did this morning,
When she kissed me at the door.
At times it seems that all the world,


With all its wealth Of gold,
Is very small and poor indeed


Compared with what hold!
And when the clouds hang grim and darl


only.think the more
OF zone" who waits my coming step,


To kiss me at the door.
Year: 1870

An editor, soon after he went to
the printing business. and became enti-
tied to the usual fiendish appcIlatiun
(printer's devil) assigned to the young
est apprentice, went to sec preacher
daughter. The next time he went to
meeting he was considerably astonished
at hearing the minister announce as his
text: MY daughter is gricvously tor
mented with devil
Year: 1870

A Chicago man was attacked one
night, and injured by what he supposed
was vicious dog. and thinking the
dog was mad, lie applied mad stone
to the part affected for two weeks, at
an expense Of 5000, and was cured.
What was his surprise to learn that in
stead OF being bitten by rabid dog
he had been butted in the rear by a
Billy goat. How they do bother him
about H.
Year: 1870

The Temperance people of Indiana
are urging the passage of law to
prohibit the sale of Intoxicating Liquors
within three miles Of any institution Ol
leaning. This is styled en- effort ia
promote pedestrian exercise among the
students of the SAFE.
Year: 1870

"There is Colonel Granger, now,
who would be glad to marry you, ana


nut you in q better position than either
of your sisters is in. A most respecta'
Lle man. too, II be is not young. tie
smoke to me on the subject Yesterday
said he should have Offered himself ere
Year: 1870

Hers pay. We believe it because we
have proved it But they need care and
good feed as much as any thing else the
farmer keeps The man who plants out an J.
orchard; lets the land grow up to grass and
weeds, gives it the run of cattle, and does
nothing to make the trees grow and pro-
duce-might be expected to say that or
charding don't pay" Aud the farmer
who expects to make hens pay by not feed
ing them, BY letting them have free use of
his own and bis neighbors garden, and By
not providing for their wants, will tell
About the same story. ,a9a


We are satisfied however that hens, Ike
COWS and apple trees, will "pay" if rea-
sonable amount of attention is bestowed
upon them But they must be confined in
Summer True, upon large farm they
can be fenced out of the garden, and given
the range of the estate About barns,
yards and grass fields they do no harm. Z
But we have seen grain crops, when sowu
near farm buildings, so badly injured by
the hens that the amount of damage was
greater than all their profits for the sea-
son. 1t is safe upon the whole to have q
place for them, even on the farm-in vii
lagos and thickly settled communities it is
the only way to escape neighborhood
rebellion. ..l-


Build hen house, or provide special
apartment for their use in the barn or
some of the out, buildings They are q
nuisance when kept confined any where
but in their own quarters. 1t the former,
build it for the hens, not for yourself.
Let it be well lighted, the windows being
upon the southern, not the northen side.
The former admits the warm sun of Win.
ter, which is better for hens than food.
In Winter it is not so much the light the
hens need as the direct rays of the sun.
Our hens have laid all Winter. There
have been but few days we have not had
an egg to each hen, per day. From sun
rise to ten o'clock, A. NJ, they have had
the sun shine, epou them, when there has
been any.


In Summer hers need frequent change
of food, and to have their quarters cleaned
out at least once week Adjoining the
hen house should be yard which they
cannot fly over. The size of this yard can
be regulated according to the space there
is to build it, the number of hens kept,
and the fancy of the owner But howe, er
large or small it may be, it will soon get
trodden over and filthy.


To provide for that change necessary
for the health of the hens, make small
movable coop, about two feet high, four
feet wide and as long as can be convenient
ly handled. Connect this with the main
yarl and let the hens run tito it. Move
it into new place once week, that they
may have clean run, fresh taste of
grass, and new place to burrow in Give,
in addition to good food, sufficient pure
water ~


Lastly-we mention it last only because
We wish it remembered as of more import
ance than anything elsc-get good breed
of hens. The White Leghorns are our
fvorites. III Maine Farmer.
Year: 1870

We know minister who was generally
able to keep his congregation wide awake,
but who on one occasion-t was sultry
Summer day-observed number of them
asleep. He resolved to nip the evil prac-
tice in the bud. So taking good survey
Of tie scene before and around him, he
exclaimed, 81 saw an dvertisement last
week for five hundred sleepers for a rail-
road l think l could supply it with at
least fifty, and recommend them as good
and sound. 1t is perhaps needless to add,
that supply instantly vanished. oa em'a
Year: 1870

PORTLAND, July 15.-The purchase of
the railroad franchise on the west side of
the Willamette Valley by Ben. Holiday
gives him control of the railroad system Of
Oregon. Work will shortly be commenced
on the west side road, and the two roads
running parallel with each other on oppos-
lte sides of the Willamette River will unite
at or near Eugene City. From there a
single road will be built to the California
line
Year: 1870

REPUDIATIoN-The Cincinnati En-
quirer, the Democratic organ of Ohio, in
reference to the Democratic State platform
says:


The Democracy of Ohio are now divi-
ded, and only divided, upon the point
whether any portion of the debt should be
paid at all. A large and perhaps a con-
trolling section of the larty, here and in
the West, are for open and undisguised
reputation. Another division adheres to
the old views, and favors the payment in
greenbacks, not par in gold, but grcebacks
worth what they were when the debt was
taken. The diversity of sentiment was
such that it was thought advisable not to
make any distinct declaration this time.
Year: 1870

positively, to our knowledge. We
only urge, as often before, that
the first question with regard to any
candidate should be, Is he a good
man for the place? and the second,
Will he carry the full strength of the
party: The first qualification should
never be omitted in any case; and
the second one becomes important
when the two political parties are so
evenly divided as in this County.
We believe there are men enough in
the County who can fill the bill in
both respects; and among such let us
make selection.


The people Of this County will also
have to vote on the adoption or re-
lection Of the new Stock Law and Of
the new Ale, Wine and Beer Law,
at the ensuing election. Both OF
these proposed Laws have been duly
published in this paper, and are fairly
before the people ortheir individual
consideration; and each elector will
vote on them according to his per-
sonal opinion, without regard to par
ty, as neither one Of them is party
issue.


Finally, it does not now appear
that the ensuing campaign will cause
any unusual excitement here; but we
hope that this will not result in leth-
argy and Indifference. The interests
Of the people demand attention as
much now as ever, and they should
not be neglected. There need be no
fret and buster, but there should be
no relaxation of vigilance.
Year: 1870

and here be given any explicit assur-
ance, in writing, in regard to this
depot business. The parties who
could make such contract are not
here, and can't be got at in time, so
far as we know. But we feel reason
ably sure-that is, as sure as a man
reasonably can feel, under the cir
that if Indiana TIP. votes
the Tax there will be depot at or
near Attica. On the other hand, If
Indiana rejects the Tax, it will re-
duce the prospects for the Road very
materially, perhaps knock the whole
thing in the head; but if the Road
should yet be built Notwithstanding,
the prospects for depot in Indiana
Township will be at best exceedingly
slim.


Consider these matters, friends.
You may say we are "always talking
Railroad" and that it is sour inter-
est to do So" True enough. But 1t
is your interest just as much as ours,
and even more SO. Every Farmer
in Indiana TIP. will get more direct
money benefit from the Road, dollar
for dollar, than we ever will. But
Railroad is too big an enterprise to
be carried through here by a few
persons. Our interests are united in
it, and we must pull all together If
we would get it. There's no use in
leaning back and saying that "the
Road will come anyhow" 1t won't
do it. Such argument and such ac-
ton will leave us all forever out in
the cold together. We are not on
any great through route. If we get
Road we will have to help build it,
! most assuredly.


Knoxville Township has led Off
right, Pleasant Grove has responded
nobly, and Liberty has done best of
all. Shall Indiana stand in the way
and block the wheels: Come, friends,
all who realize the great need OF our
County and the true state of affairs,
put now your shoulders to the work,
and help US out. The vote next
Saturday is the crisis. Let no fair
effort be spared; and may success
crown the day.
Year: 1870

Indiana Township votes on the
Railroad Tax question next Satur-
day. The last OF the Townshipsthus
far to hold its election, we earnestly
hope its voice may join favorably
and well with the noble chorus from
Knoxville, Pleasant Grove and Lib
erty. The success Of this Railroad
enterprise depends in great measure
upon the vote in Indiana. We say
"in great measure" because we
mean just that precisely. With a
favorable vote in Indiana Tp., there
will yet remain Monroe County to
hear from, and the Subscriptions to
hsxained iDutItiing 4 Railroad Is no
small bnsiness. 1t takes work, time
and money. But what is asked Of
us is not beyond what we ought to
do. If however the vote Of Indiana
TIP. should be against the Tax, it
makes the case just $l2,Sl0 harder
just so much more doubtful-just so
much. heavier burden on the rest Of
the people if the Road should still be
built.


But there are some in Indiana Tp.,
we learn, who say they will vote
against the Tax because they do not
feel assured that they will have IL
depot at Attica. Now, there is no
person here, we believe, who can just
at preset and positively give this
assvra.ce. Mr.. Grinnell could come
nef.rer doing it than anybody else
and we hope he may yet be in Attica
before the ynte comes Off, and refer
to this. But the citizens Of Indiana
can easily see that, if they take hold
and help build the Road, the mem
bers Of the A. X. & ID. Co., living
right here in their own County, will
do their best to secure all possible
benefits and advantages for the whole
! County. And further, it is no more
| than reasonable and natural to take
| it for granted that there will be a
depot at or near Attica, even without
any especial assurance from the Com.
pany. The distance from other
points, and the amount OF freightage
required by the Township, would
indicate this.


But now, If Indiana TIP. should
refuse to vote aid for the building OF
the Road, and If the Company should
still 90 at work and build the Road
nevertheIess-we 90 not say this will
happen, or that 1t may probably
happen; but supposeitshould happen


certainly the people Of Indiana Tp'
could not in that case expect the
Company to go to the expense Of
putting up a depot there, fitting up
the side-tracks, &c. For the business
must come to the Road anyway. Let
us explicitly state here that we are
not speaking for the Company, or by
its authority in any way, or by any
body else's authority. We are SIM
ply canyassing facts and possibilities
as the people Of that ZIP. ought to
canvass them before they vote next
Saturday.


Suppose, then, that this case should
come to pass that there should be
no depot between Marysville and
Knoxville how long would Il take
the citizens Of Indiana Up. to pay
out the $4,000 In hauling TO and
from the Railroad?


we regret that there cannot now
Year: 1870

The European mail at this port yesterday landed
our special correspondence and newspaper reports.
have the following narrative in continuation OF
history N the war between France aud Prussia
Year: 1870

The WARDS ISLAND INEBRIATE ASYLUM
An interesting conversation has been re-
ported by which we find that the principal Of
this establishment regards it as absolutely
worthless for the purpose for which it is kept
up. From his view it would appear that all
such establishments are ultimately useless
because they never accomplish what they are
intended to, and what is done with them
can be done nearly if not quite as we'll without
them. He holds that few persons or none are
ever permanently cured of s'the passion for
whiskey," and that no person can be cured
unless he ''has the will to relinquish his bad
habit If a man 'shas the will" 1t is easy
enough to see that he needs no asylum. From
this conversation appears the important fact
that the authorities have placed in charge of
q hospital established for the treatment of a
particular disease a man who does not believe
in the existence of that disease-for Dr.
Fishers words point distinctly to the idea that
he has no proper conception Of dipsomania as
based upon pathological condition and amena-
BILE to remedies.