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Year: 1870

TIE notorious DOM Piatt has been
rusticating during the present summer.
His account of Saratoga belle is laugh
able, but it is too indecent to publish in
the Standard His account of the sports
at Lake George, is good reading.
Here is a specimen, from one of his let
ters to the Cincinnati Commercial:
Year: 1870

Pat AND LEAN PEoPLE.-It IL a striking fact
that most people want to weigh more than they
do, and measure their health by their weight, as
II man were a pig, valuable in proportion TO
his heaviness. The racer " not fat, the plOw
horse has but a moderate amount OF flesh.
Heavy men are not those which experienced
contractors employ TO dig railroad and dig
bitches. Thin men the world over, are the men
for the work; for endurance, they are wiry aud
hardy; thin people live the longest. The truth
1t, fat is disease, and proof, fat people are
never well day at a time-and are not suited
for hard work. Sull there il a medium between
being as fat as a butter bali and a. thin and
juiceless as a ran. For mere looks, a moderate
rotundily is most desirable, TO have enough
flesh TO cover all sngularities. To accomplish
this In the shortest time a man should work but
little, sleep great part Of the time, allow
nothing TO worry him, keep always in Joyous,
laughing mood, and live chiefly on albuminstes,
such a. boiled cracked wheat, aud rye, and
oats, and corn, and barley, with sweet milk aud
buttermIlk and meats. Sugar is the best fat
tener known.-JOUTR0l Of Good LiriHg.
Year: 1870

METHODIST CLERGYMAN named r.. W.
hirkham, from GAINESVILLE, Wis, where he had
but recently held the position as pastor OF a
Methodist church, has been wandering about
Winona for a week or two in a state of insanity.
His singular conduct attracted the attention of
the police, and he was taken i'm CHI arge and hIs
friends Informed of his condition. In response
to the inquiry as 20 whether he had any money
about him, he drew from an inside coat pocket
a common pass book, in which he had ~ 500.
he had been I'm several saloons, drinking beer
very freely-seyeral glasses at a time, and when
asked why he drank so much he said, alt WAS
a new drink 10 him, and he rather liked itn
Year: 1870

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
J. F. Hartley, will leave here in a few days for
his old home in Maine. After spending week
there he will make tour OF the lakes, returning
to Washington the latter part Of August.
Year: 1870

MARRIED WoMEN's PRoPERTY.-In England
at the present time. says All the Year Round a
married woman, SO far as the possession of
property is concerned. il, i'm the eve of the Law. .
simply a non-eXistent parsonage. At common
law there is but one person in matrimonial
partnership, and that person is the husband
Under this singular system a wife, on her
marriage, is supposed to make her hus-
band an absolute gift OF all her prop
erty. He may do what he likes with it,
and she has no sort of claim upon TX
from the moment of the marriage. If she be
fortunate enough to be possessed Of real estate
a spinster, il will avail her little in her
changed condition. The husband is entitled to
receive the rents and profits OF the wfe's estate
and to spend them ss he pleases. There is OBJ
yiously, little mistake in the marriage service
somewhere. 1t Is, in fact, the wife who enCiews
her husband with all her worldly goods IL is
true that the husband processes to endow the
wife, but that is nothing but pleasant fiction
a merry little Jest. This irresponsible power
which the man enjoys over the womau's pro-
perty applies not only to such property as she
may have brought with her at her marriage
but to anything and everything she may ac-
quire afterwards. The wife, being a nobody in
law, is incapable OF entering into a contract,
she cannot sue or be sued, and is, consequently
quite unable legally to earn anything whatever
Ii she work for wages, the wages are her hus-
bands. IL she writes hook. she has nothing
to do with the profits. If she paint q picture,
the price OF 1t is not her own. And here is one
Of the most fertile sources of hardship; here is
the tyranny Of man, of which we hear so much
unmistakable for once. The bad husbands there
is no doubt, have 1t all their own way.
Year: 1870

NAVAL ORDRRs.-CommanderW VIM. G. Tenn.
pie has been detached from duty as a member
OF the ordnance board recently in session at the
Navy Department and ordered to duty in the
Ordnance Bureau.


Captain NJ. b. Woolsey has been detached
from command of the receiving ship at New
York and ordered to Washington DC.
Year: 1870

The PRESIDENT received a large number of
visitors this morning, and at noon the Cabinet
met, remaining in session most of the after
noon. This is the last Cabinet meeting for sew
eral weeks probably, as the President leaves
here for Long Branch on Thursday.
Year: 1870

TEXAS EDITOR WHO COULD NOT AprRR-
CIATE A CLEAN SHIRT.-Wheneyer anybody
does anything particularly absurd he is imme-
diately located in Texas, and IL some person
wishes to perpetrate joke, as to whose excel
lence he is somewhat in doubt, he ascribes il to
a Texas editor, thereby clearing his own skirts
Of all responsibility in the premises. The Texas
editor s made to suffer in various ways and he is
accordingly most convenient creature. "Edi-
tors" We are told, for instance by some exceed
inglydroll writer shave afirstrate time inTexas


The ladies OF town out there have given to the
editor OF the paper an embroidered shirt which
contains pictorial history Of Texas, including
the war with Mexico, and meeting of the first
legislature anu also pictures Of the fruits and
cereals Of the State, all worked in red and
w0rsted. The editor never wore q shirt in his
life, and he thought it was q banner for the
temperance procession which was to come off
the next week So he made little speech of
thanks, IN which he said he would "fing il out
forever to the breezes Of heaven, that they
might kiss its folds, aud that, until his hand
palsied, 1t should never be trailed in the dust
never!" The ladies didn't understand him; and
when he talked about its trailing they blushed,
and said they were very sorry they made ii too
long. But q committee man took the editor
aside and explained the shirt to him in q whis-
per, and the next day he appeared at the office
with that shirt mounted over his coat and wrote
four columns Of explanation for his paper. The
shirt is much admired by the boys Of the town,
and whenever the editor goes out for a walk
they follow him in regiments, studying the his
tory Of Texas and the fine arts OF the back of it.
Year: 1870

ALDERMAN CoNNoLLY's sEXPLAHATIoN.-N-
dermsn Connolly, who seems to have a good
deal to explain, rose to personal explanation
last night, in which he had considerable TO say
about THE STAR. His allegation that the mem
orable proceedings OF the Noble Eight found
their way into THE STAR through the sugges-
ton er dictation of his colleague from the
Third Ward, is singularly childish. And
Mr.. Connolly certainly could not have been
so ignorant as he professed of the position occu-
pied bv Mr.. Shepherd toward TIE STAR. He
knew, or ought to have known, that Mr.. Shep-
herd is associated with three other gentlemen
in the ownership of THE STAR, no one of whom
has prepOnderating share. And, 50 tar from
Mr.. Shepherd favoriug us with suggestions, we
have to say that our complaint is quite in the
other direction. We have that high appreciation
of his sagacity and practical. oommsn-sense
ideas that we should like to :" interview" him
much Oftener than We are able TO in his busy
career. IL Mr.. Connolly has any intu uence over
his colleague, and viii induce him to report at
least once day at The STAR Office any sug-
gestions that occur to him we will cheeriulIy
forgive Mr. &. all the harsh things he has said
about this paper. But Mr.. Shepherd seems to
prefer to express his views from his seat in
the Board OF Aldermen; and no one can
say that he does not express them with
aoiity anu very much 10 the point
AS for THE STAR, it has been in the habit,
during our entire knowledge Of it-and We
have been connected with it for more than
fifteen years-of showing up all sorts of hum
bugs, frauds, dead-beats, political shysters,
TurveydrOps, knaves and noodles, without
fear or favor, and very much to the satisfaction
OF the public 1t is not quite likely that so live
and active a newspaper would need any prompt
ing to enter upon so rich a field of plean-
ing as that presented by the action of the Ne
gative Eight in the Board Of Aldermen.
We were indebted to the junior Alderman from
the Third Ward, however, for the mischievous
suggestion that glance in the direction Of his
colleagues desk would show that gentleman in
the act Of laboriously consulting the list OF
nominees, provided to enable him to vote ac-
cording to programme.
Year: 1870

Official journal. constitute part Of The
policy Of the Radicals in Texas. A bill
before the Legislature anihorizes the Gov
error TO designate The journals in which
the official advertising of the State shall
be published in the different Judicial Dis
tricfs. The editor Of the -Houston Union,
writing from Austin, says, this viii carse
the establishment Of Republican journals
in each Judicial District. As a matter OF
profit such journals may succeed, but from
the specimens We have already had, we
should say that they viii do The party far
mose baf-n than good Cal Civilian
Year: 1870

NEAT SIMILE.-A paper puts a
matter which it wishes to enforce in
tho following neat similc: "You
might as well attempt TO shampoon
an elephant with, a. tbimblc full of
soapsuds as attempt TO do business
and ignore advertising"


Another writer puts il thus: airy
ing to do business without adyertis-
ing is like winking through pair
of green goggles. You may know
that you are doing it, but nobody
else docs"
Year: 1870

w Newspaper subscriptions are
infallible tests of mems honesty. If a
man is dishonest he will cheat the
printer in some way-say the money
was lost by mail--or, will take the pa
per and not pay for it, ON the plea that
he did not subscribe for it, or will
move off leaving it to come to the
postoffice he left. Thousands of pro-
Tossing christians are dishonest, as the
printers books will tell fearfully at the
Judgment day. How many who read
this paragraph will be guiltless of the
offense?
Year: 1870

~ADemocratic editor of Beaver,
Pa, made it special business to ad-
vocate the doctrine of repudiation
which is now the favo-ite principle
of the influential portion of his party.
He was so eloquent and plausible in
his arguments that his patrons came
to believe that it was the true theory
of successful and honorable business,
and refused to pay their subscrip-
tion and advertising bills. The re-
suit was that he quit editing a Demo
cratic newspaper.
Year: 1870

E@ One of the census takers
asked an old gentleman what the
given name of his wife was. he
stammered little, and finally said
81 declare! I have called her moth
er so long that have forgotten her
name" He finally hunted it up.
Year: 1870

~ A gay deceiver in New York
is disgusted at the legal decision
that the fact of his living with wo-
man and calling her his wife makes
her such to the extent that he will
have to paw for her board.
Year: 1870

re- Paley quantity observes that
the difference between the rich and the
poor, is simply this: The poor have
plenty of appetite, but nothing to eat
the rich have plenty to eat, but no ap-
petite.
Year: 1870

EAsroN, Pa, April II, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HEGALD:--


see by t6sdays issue that you have an article in
regard to the railroads OF the United States; there
fore wish you would give the stockholders OF the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey some Information in
regard to the management of it. We are aware
that the plea is presented that the rolling stock and
motive power have been Increased to an enormous
extent, and that through 1t we have not derived q
dividend. But the inquiry we would make is why
It was and what reason prompted the managers to
lay up such large surplus or rolling stock-enough
to last for the next five years. Why should an out
lay OF this kind be made unless ulterior object
aim was III viewp Every one was aware that
the prices OF material were coming down
TO sound ba5ls and that the price of
labor was getting cheaper. But Notwithstanding
this fact the superintendent has bought at least
thirty new locomotives and other equipments In
proportion. After strict inquiry the road has on
which there is no use even when The road is work.
ing to It's full capacity. Why have the managers
so much waste on hand2 The money which Is in
vested rottinG away iOr want or usage Can such o
rulnous mode Of management prevaIS No. We,
the stockholders protest, and VIII say 1t ought no
longer be submitted TO. And change IN the man.
agement ought to De made or else might lust as
well sell out the stock hold and seek some other
place to invest our money, where our chances Tor
realization are improved. We arc inclined to think
that The course wncl has been pursued was ruluous
to the interests OF the road


We hope that vOu Will publish this letter or take
these acts aud give rs au article so tnat justice may
prevail. GEO. RsNDoLPH,l stoatt o,dsrs
Year: 1870

The weather yesterday was very unpropnous the wind
being from the eastward which, together with the thick
weather. obliged many to keep OF Shore thus reduc
Ing the arrivals via Sandy Hook very materially.


The steamship Union, Capt Dryer of the North German
Loyd which arrived this port yesterday and detained
Quarantine by Health Officer because Of the sickness Of
the passengers has been thoroughly fumgated, and will
up to the city this morning


Captain VIM Henry, of the steamship Mississippi which
arrived at this port yesterday reports that he also passed
sunken schooner OF Barnegat referred to previously He
reeraes the statement that Ii in exceedingly dangerous
position, being in the track of all vessels bound along the
would that matter of this character should
receive the attention Of authorities and
taken to destroy such wrecks at Numerous like
instances along the coast have occurred within year
two and mariners cry aloud for relief In the premises.


The work of dredging and blasting to receive the coossa
casson for the East river bridge uninerrupedy
the Fulton ferry, Brooklyn. Already the excavation has
reached the depth of eighteen feet high water and the
png enclose the space allotted the casson than
onehaf completed The bottom Of the river at that pac
ular point has been found to be of the in the world
for object intended worked with the greatest dill
Guilty Huge boulders met with almost daily and Of
these weighing fourteen been removed from
their beds and placed sde Of the way. The only
In which the bottom of the river be worked to
that degree which the enerprsing gentlemen in charge
Of It have desired is to take huge bar
of ron "a feet long and inches in diameter and drive 1t
into the rocky material pile driven to the depth
of twenty feet diver In submarine then
descends and when the iron wedge s withdrawn inserts
into the cavity made of POWDER which Is subsequently
exploded of electricity
of harms way Several of these charges of powder
used Saturday and the explosions caused the crowds
that the ferry inquire the speculate
There in position and worked Saturday for
tme FIVE of the air COMPRISING engines designed
supply the workmen in the cason when the subse
quen excavations shall be going In its compartments
Everything along smoothly in this work of get
ting ready the casson end should huge boulders
hereafter bo met with will probably be In position by the
1st of May.


New YORK week ending Saturday, April 16 The
es ports where from and the number brought by
Year: 1870

Captains Pursers Of Vessels arriving this port
please deliver all packages intended for the HERALD
regularly authorized agents who attached to Steam
Yacht fleet


The New York Associated Press not collect marine
reports attend to the delivery of packages will be
by the following extract from the proceedings Of the
regular monthly meeting held March 3, 1861


Resolved, That after April 1885, the Associated
Press with discontinue the collection of ship In the
harbor OF New York Passed unanimously.


Letters packages for the HERALD should not,


therefore, be entrusted the charge Of pretended agents
OF the New York Associated Press.
Year: 1870

1t is most painful spectacle In fami-
lies where the mother Is the drudge, to
see the daughters elegantly dressed,
reclining at their ease, with their draw
ing, their music their fancy work, and
their reading; beSuiling themselves Of
hours, days and weeks, aud never
dreaming of their responsibilities, but
rs a necessary consequence of neglect OF
duty, growing weary OF their useless
life, laying hold of every newly invent
ed stimulent to amuSe their dropping
energies, and blaming fate when they
dare not blame their God for having
placed them where they are. These
individuals will often tell you with IN
air of compassion-for who can believe
it real?-that poor dear mama is working
herself to death. Yet no sooner do you
propose that they should assist her, than
they declare she is quite in her element
in short, that she would never be
happy if she had only half as much to do.
EEchunyc.
Year: 1870

immense beds Of coal, and abundant
facilities for transit by rivers and rail
roads-certrinly afords one Of the finest
and most desirable positions on earth for
the settlement and progress of an enter.
prising, industrious and religious
population"


Lying between the two great rivers of
this continent, it is the paradise 'Meso-
potama' of the Western World. 1t
must become favorite abode Of some Of
the happiest of the tribes of the
great new nation here growing into
mighty manhood; and the larger the
proportion of its families that may be
furnished from the old family home, the
better, l believe, it will prove for it and
for them"
Year: 1870

a common Chinan,an has no other
idea of life than to work steadily, do his
own cooking, washing, ironing and
mending, and spend great deal less
than he earns. His father and all his
ancestors, as far back as to the time OF
Aaron or Abraham had no other idea of
life. A hut, Il few yards of cloth, double
handful of rice or wheat, a slice of pork
a frying-pan and strip ofrush mating
for IA bed, is all he expects, all he ever
had, or all he ever wants.


In the evening when work is over he
loves to cuddle down by little fire
where some rice and the legs and head
of a hen are boiiing-sinoke his pipe,
and chatter about the events of the
day, winding up with a hope that his
bones may be laid beside the bones OF
his fore fathers under the grim smile OF
some heather god.


The Chinese have no original ideas
They do thing because they have seen
it done before. AS an illustration o
this, we have the following: When the
Chinese Quarter burned down a short
time ago, they hired an American car,
penter to put them up one house. As
he worked they stood by and watched
like SO many cats. when the work was
done they paid him his price, and then
fell to work with saws and hammers
and put up whole row of houses exact
ly like the pattern. They copied him


inch for inch, board for board, nail fol
nail and shingle for shingle. They are
perfect imitators. Nothing more. -
Nothing less. They pound their drum
in the Joss House just thirty eigh
times, thirty.seven would be impiety
thirty nine a sacrilege. If they see ;
carpenter drive five nails in certain
board they ever after use the same mum
Der. Six would not do at all.


| Their religion is mainly a dim fear o
! ill-luck from the vengeance of some
gloomy deity. And to appease him, OF
certain days they set off millions of fire
crackers and burn the richest OF
perftlmes
Year: 1870

"Hold on to your tongue when you are
just ready to swear, lie, or speak harsh
ly, or say any improper words.


"Hold on to your good name at all
times; for it is more valuable to you
than gold, high places, or fashionable
attire.


"Hoid on TO the truth; for it will
serve you well, and do you good through
out eternity.


"Hold on to your virtue; it is above
all price to you in all times and all
places.


"Hold on to your good character; for
it is, and always will be, your best
wealth.


"Hold on to your temper when you
are angry, excited, or imposed upon.'
Year: 1870

them, and succeeded In destroying
three or four hundred Of them "A few
days since, while talking with n neigh
about how many he had killed, the sub.
ject Of the county bounty on gophers
was brought up; the man knew nothing
OF such a bounty. Why said the
neighbor, didn't you read in the county
paper that that bounty was offered on
Oh gophers' No, was the reply, don't
take the paper. Upon figuring up the
matter it WAS found that the regular
bounty on what he had killed would
amount to over twenty dollars"
Year: 1870

MARrIIA'S NEED. Tho mistress of q


house needs more than almost any one


else to breathe the spirit of Divine love


which said, Behold, l am among you rs
one that scrveth." She Is the one who
must set everything right, and keep
everything from going wrong. She must
watcn over every ones daily comfort,
and ii Is ten TO one whether anybody
thinks of hers. If the meals do not
please her family, they appeal to her.
lfthc servants have any complaints to
make, they make them To her. Ii the
children are aiipg, she is the one who
must lose rest in consequence, nor can
she relax her care in the day, no matter
how fatigued at night. And many
house has been kept by a mistress who,
although i'll, felt that she could not rest
even on her sick bed. All others may
have the blessed repose of lying down
and taking no thought, because it is
home; but she must take thought
because it is home; She must carry her
care about with her by day, and lie
down with it at night. 1t is bl .ssed
discipline of self-abnegation if used
Alright, but what wonder that self, seek
ers are not able TO bear it? One can
readily see how it is that some elevate
marriage to the dignity of sacramental
means of grace, and why others rail at
it and seek to loosen its bonds. Mrs.
Year: 1870

u CONWAY wishes to inform the citizens
-. OF Tipton and vicinity that he has opened
4 shop in the City Drug Store building where
he will he found always on hand and will try
to please all who will give him II call Ladies
hair cut or shaInpoOed at shop or residence
Long hair purchased a nd made up to order in
q switches curls or waterfalls no
Year: 1870

THE CURoULIo.-A writer says ON
strong, vigorous-growiug trees, tho fruit
soon outgrew the crescent-mark, while on
trees that made only feeble growth, a
great deal of the fruit was injured. am
thoroughly satisfied that the jarring pro-
cess will not protect the fruit from the ra-
wages of this insect. The best safeguard
is to keep the ground in the orchard rich,
so that the fruit may have abundant nou-
rishment. This, with thorough system
of thinning the fruit, are the only practi-
cal methods that 1 know of to grow fruit
to perfection and profit, beside thorough
culture.
Year: 1870

D0LICIES ARE NOT FORFhITED IN THE
L UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
fAN1 by failure TO pay the Premium when due
but are continued in force by the Non Forfeiture
Law of the State Of Massachusetts,, of April, 1861
Year: 1870

REMEDY FOR EARkCHE.-There IL
scarcely any ache to which children are
subject, so bad to bear as the earache Bu,
there is remedy never known to fail
Take bit of cotton batting. put upon it q
pinch Of black pepper, gather i, up aod tie
it, DIP il in sweet oil. and insert il in the
ear Pat flannel banda-e over the bead
to keep it warm. 1t will give immediate
relief.