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Year: 1870

Kate was sitting by the window.
/ was sitting beside her. 1t may
be we'll to state here that Kate was
young lady, and that / am a
young gentleman. Kate had large,
lustrous dark eyes, which just then
were covered with fringed, droop-
ing eyelashes. She had braids Of
dark hair wreathed around her
head. a soft pink color in her
checks, and a rosebud mouth, wo-
manly, fresh, and lovely. Kate
was clad in a pink muslin dress,
with tiny white ruffie around her
white throat. She was armed with
four steady needles, which were so
many bright arrows that pierced
my heart through and through.
Over her fingers glided a small
blue thread. which proceeded from
the ball of yarn 1 held in my hand.


Kate was knitting a stocking,
and surely, irrevocably she was
taking me captive already l felt
myself entangled by those small
threads.


We were the inmates of a board
ing house. X ate was a new board
er. I had known her but a few
weeks.


The evening was warm, and I
took up a palm leaf fan, and fan.
ned her. She thanked me.
looked at her white hands, gliding
in and out under the blue yarn
there were no rings on those fin
gers. 1 thought how nicely one
would look upon that ring finger
tiny gold circlet, with two hearts
joined upon it, and on the inside
two names written-hers and nine.
Then l thought of Kate as my
wife. always clad in pink muslin
dress, always with her hair in just
such glossy braids, and knitting
stockings to the end of time.


Kate shall be my wife, l said to
myself, in rash pride, as l famed
her more energeticallv. l did not
know that the way to a woman's
heart was more intricate than
labyrinth but l had the clue in
the blue yarn which / held in my
hand. / little knew what nnder
took. Kate was shy as wild deer,
timid as fawn, with an atmos-
phere of reserve about her which
one could not well break through


For whom are you knitting
those stockings, Miss Kate?' l
asked.


For a soldier, Mr.. Armstrong;
she replied, her eye kindling with
patriotism.


If l will be one of the Home
Guards, and stay and take care of
you, will you knit me pair p


Never. / feel abundantly able
to take care Of myself. / wish you
would enlist, MIR. Armstrong
When you do, will knit you a
pair


1T would be almost worth the
sacrifice I replied.


Sacrifice! Would you sacrifice
yourself for pair Of stockings ?
Have you not patriotism enough
to offer yourself upon the altar of
your country ? If / were q man,
l would enlist in nom ent, though
had ten thousand q year, and a
wife and seven children
/ will confess 10 you, gentle
reader, that was not such a era
ven as / appeared. The fires of
patriotism were smouldering in my
bosom, and l needed only a spark
from Kate's hand to light them in
to life and action. Kate rose and
left the room, her cheek glowing
with spirit, and I sat and famed
the chair where she had sat, for
Year: 1870

bivouac made of poles and corn
stalks. My desk is rude bench


1 have just finished my dinner OF
salt junk and potatoes. On my feet
is that pair Of stockings. Profanity
and almost every vice abounds ;
there are temptations all around
me, and l feel that l shall be shield
ed and guarded, and kept uncon-
taminated, true to my north star,
which shines so brightly to me
true to my country and my God.
Year: 1870


Air: "Little Drops of Water"
From the sunny morning
To the starry night,
Every look and motion
Meets our Fathers sight.
From our earliest breathing
To our latest year,
Every sound we utter
Meets our Fathers ear.
Through our earthly journey,
Wheresoe'r we go,
Every thought and feeling
Doth our Father know.
Let us then be careful
That our looks shall be
Brave and kind and cheerful,
For our Lord to see.
Let US guard each accent
With holy fear,
Fit our every saying
For our Lord to hear.
Let no thought within as,
Hidden or confessed,
Ever bring a sorrow
To our dear Lords breast.
Help US, o our Father!
Hear our earnest plea
Teach thy little children
How to live for Thee


i Hearth and Home.
Year: 1870

Our correspondence from Rio Janeiro
published this morning furnishes interesting
details of the killing of President Lopez Of
Paraguay on the frs day of last month by the
Brazilian forces under General Camara. This
went was the cause OF great rejoicing in Rio,
where professions were the order Of the day.
rhe Princess Imperial, wifs of the Cunt
l'Eu, under whose command the allied army
put ali end to the war, was the recipient Of
two demonstrations in her honor by the
enthusiastic ladies' of the capital who de-
livered addresses and wound up with huzzas
for the Princess and Brazil. Dom Pedro too,
had received Numerous evidences Of his popn-
larity with the people. His Majesty had
declined to sanction the erection of an eques-
TRAN statue Of himself, as proposed by num-
Der of gentlemen residing at the capital. In
letter forwarded TO the promoters of the pro-
ject he requests them to expeud the money
collected for the statue in the construction Of
primary schools, which evidence Of Dom
Pedro's devotion to the cause of public educa-
ton deserves the praise it has received.





RIGA are interesting. Brazilian politics were
IN their accustomed muddlei condition; but
the conservatives were stronger than ever,
probably because OF the successful termina-
ton of the war for Brazil and her allies. Rio
was agltated on a question of the right Of
moaasic institution to retain nuns within its
convent walls against their will, and public
sentiment was almost unanm us in favor of
their release. The matter had been referred
TO The Couacil Of State for final decision.


The Argentine Confederation, under the
able rule of President SarmientO, continued to
move forward in the path Of prosperity. The
SINE cannot be said Of Uruguay, which is
threatened with another rebellion, and will not
unlikely fall prey to Brazil.
Year: 1870

FROM JAPAN AND CHINA we have mail de-
tails of the news to the 22d of March. The
advices report some few melancholy after Incl
dents of the Oneida disaster in noticing the
burial of q few of the victims. The CONNER
cal and political items are interesting and
rather important.
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT ARRIVAL OF CELEsTIALs.-The
San Francisco papers of the 14th inst. contain
the announcement Of the arrival in that city of
a large number of Chinese merchants and
other dignitaries from the Celestial empire.
They are, of course, welcome to our shores,
and, undoubtedly, will be doubly SO when they
reach the city of New York, the commercial
emporium of the nation. Let them come and
let them be cordially welcomed. Eastward"
the star of commerce is setting its way.
Year: 1870

LUCK AGAINST BrAISs.- The San
Jose Mercury man is not at ease. He
has too much brains and not enough
luck; hence he growls thus:


Luck and brains have always been
at war in California, and for many
years luck seemed to get the better Of
the fray. As q rule, the rich men of
the State owe their success entirely to
luck, while the intelligent and cul-
tured poor owe their failure to the
inability of brains to conquer luck.
But we believe this state Of things is
being gradually reversed, and that
some day brains will put OH new vigor
and overcome its old adversary, and
overthrow him entirely. The time IS
coming when the wealthiest and most
favorably situated men will not be the
biggest Doors, when sagacious brain
power will not be at a discount but
will receive its reward, and when luck
will be compelled to take back seat
and disappoint all who trust in 1t.


Brains has been trumps and the
winning card on this side of the
mountains.
Year: 1870

A YOUNG lady who was rebuked by
her mother for kissing her intended,
justified the act by quoting the pas
sape: Whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even so
TO them."
Year: 1870

IT Is said that within a circuit Of l25
miles around the White Sulphur
Springs, on the line Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, there Is more iron
ore than In the whole Of Great Britain,
Year: 1870

Jim Fisk, Jr., who has had some in
tcrr9t and connection with Bratllcboro,
Vermont, in times past, was applied
to for Il contribution to aid in building
an iron fence around the cemetery in
that town. But, tvaI declined on the
rather irrcvcreI 1tbut witty plea that
the cemetery dos not need any fence


as those inside can't get out and those
who are outside do not want to get in
Year: 1870

Blenheim, carrying his wife with him:
but causing it to be reported in Rome
that they had gone TO Milan. Shortly
after the birth of his child, he himself
strangled the newborn babe in the
mothers presence; the sight of her
murdered infant deprived the poor
Countess of reason. He then placed
her under the care of tho old hag with
whom she was found, thinking, perhaps,
she was as safe there as in her grave;
and by this means tried to quiet his con-
science by not having deprived her of
life. The only being to whom he con-
iided his secret was his sister, but she
was in no way rartaker of the deed, mot
having heard of it till after his second
marriage. The weight Of this dreadful
secret broke her heart.


Count Won Silberstein hastcned back
after this foul decd to Rome, and there
caused it TO be circulated that his wife
and child were dead. A few months
after he sought from Monsieur Dugue
the hand Of his fair daughter; the am
bi tious old merchant was dazzled by a
glittering coronet, and forced his reluc-
tant child TO marry the Count. The
poor maniac had always occupied the
Black Cham ber.' The first night |
have introduced her as making her app
pearance there, the nurse had gone TO
feast in the lower stories, and think
ing she had left her charge asleep, ven
tured down the private passage l have
described, the existence of which was
only known to herself. The wretched
creature, missing her guardian and see
ing the door open, fastened down the
steps; pushing tn other door back, she
instantly recognized her own room;and,
thinking sh saw her husband in bed,
in the fren ~ of the moment put the
fated ring on his finger, and then re.
turned, before she was detected, into
her own apartment. The next time
she was not so fortunate. The second
visit was when her nurse was engaged
in similar manner as before, and she
gave, as she thought, to her husband
his murdered child. 1t was just then
the woman discovered her and took
her away.


My poor friend Auerbach's health
improved only for a short time; the So
lu tion of the mystery came too late.
The shock his constitution had receiv-
g from that strange visitant, and the
indissolublc contract by which he had
supposed himself TO be bound to a SUI
pernatural being, were too much fol
his strength, which gradually gave way
and in less than year he died.
Year: 1870

GRAVEL AND CEMENT RooFING.-
George Crumbacker would inform the
public that he is still engaged in the
Gravel Roofing bushes, and that he is
prepared at any time TO put on Roofs
either large or small, on the shortest
possible notice, guaranteeing his work
for a term of wears He has now been
engaged in the business for seven years
mast and his work has outlived halt
dozen other Patent Roofs. The demand
for his work is increasing from year to
wear. He put on, during the past year
1900 squares of his Roofing in this city
which has given satisfaction in every
respect. Address me through the Post.
Office. or call at nv brick yard. head OF
Lindsey street. All orders will he at
tended 10 promptly.
Year: 1870

THERB are thousands of persons who
let a diarrhoea run on them, when a
bottle of Rosenheim's Stomach Bltters
the Great Western Remedy would
cure them. They are pleasant to take
and act at once, and permit YOU TO 90
about your business a; once, and do you
no harm. See Advertisement.
Year: 1870

1t is now ascertained that the jury of
women in Wyoming were opposed TO
woman suffrage A Laramie news
raper states that there is not woman
in the city who aiheres to the move
ment. Ii is moreover stated that jury
service was not sought by the lad es,
who accepted it with much misgiving
Their greatness was thrust upon them.
Year: 1870




Pending the Mcfarland trial Mr..
Horace Greeley published a card, in
which he said: Ny interest in this
case centers not in the living, but the
dead. Albert D. Richardson was my
friend. I have travelled with him
when we were almost alone upon
the vast solitude of the plains, and
knew him as brave, generous and no
BILE. I never heard any one breathe a
whisper. to his discredit until this
trouble arose. That he could be gull
ty of seducing a wife from her hus-
band, is contrary to all L ever knew or
believed of him. That he could de-
liberateIy resolve TO install a woman
known to him to be lewd and want
on, as the mother of his children, is
to me utterly incredible. I am sure
that the truth which underlies this
tragedy has not yet been told ; at all
events, is not generally understood.


"Richardson is dead ; he cannot
speak for himself; his memory must
be vindicated by the efforts Of his sur
viving friends or not at all, and those
efforts must be put forth under great
disadvantages. The other story has
possession of the public ear; powerful
influence and interests are enlisted in its
support. Every scoundreI who looks
upon woman merely as an instrument
of his lust, and never aided one in dis
tress except with intent to make her
his prey, rushes instinctively to the
conclusion that Richardson was a Sc
ducer. He wants no evidence of this
but such as he finds in his own breast,
and every one accustomed to look on
wife merely as a species of property
whereof the title cannot be alienated
by abuse any more than if she were q
horse or a dog, naturally incIines to
the same verdict"
Year: 1870

Religion was never designed 10 be-
put on stills; and one half of its power
is lost in affectations of sOlemnity,
which are Unnatural, and therefore un-
gracious. The teachings and example
Of Christ are not earnal, and yet they
are thoroughly human. He was UeyY
man. All that is grand and God-like
in character rays through his example,
for he was also tery God. All His life
is as far from affectation as unsuIlied
simplicity can be. The perfection of
gOdly sincerity was His. Those miLT
listers of Christ are most successful who
have learned to love and initiate the
sweet charity that was always intent
on doing good to the souls and bodies
Of poor sufferers, seeking no honor
from men, but rendering its kind Of
fees, all for love, and nothing for re-
ward.
Year: 1870

The scarcity Of money is the burden
of nearly every conversation you hear
on the street. Those who have money
hold on to it under the impression


that times are going to be tighter.
Under the present circumstances the
best way to get along and make bust


ness better, is to keep the money in
circulation. Let every man who has
a dollar keep it moving and it will
eventually come back to him. Money
is of no account whatever unless it is
kept in use. Hoarded up it is a curse,
kept in circulation it is a blessing.
Let every man pay his debts as fast
as he can, and money will be plentier.
Year: 1870

WIT.-Witis is the most dangerous
talent a woman can possess. 1t must
be guarded with great discretion and
good nature, otherwise it will create
you many enemies. Wit is perfectly
consistent with softness and delicacyj
yet they are seldom found united
Wit is so fattering to vanity that they
who. possess it become intoxicated,
and lose self-command. HumOr is a
different quality. It viii make yorfr
company much solicited; but be eau
tious how you indulge it. 1t is often
a great enemy to delicacy, and sill
greater to dignity of character. 1t
will sometimes gain you applause, but
it will never procure you respect.
Year: 1870

Most people think that the Sc
lection of suitable matter for a news
paper is the easiest part of the business.
How great an error. To look ovei
and over fifty exchange papers daily
from which to select enough for one,
especially when the question is not
what shall, but what shall not, be Sc
lected, is no very easy task. If e7-
cry person who reads q newspaper
could have edited il, we should have
less complaining. Not unfrequently
it is the case that an editor looks over
all his exchange papers for something
interesting and can find absolutely
nothing.


Every paper is drier than a contri-
butiOn-bOX, and Jet something must
be had--his paper must be ont with
something in It, and he does the best
he can. To an editor who has the
least care in what he selects, the writ.
ing be has to do is the easiest part 6i
his labor. Every subscriber thinks
the paper is printed for his own
benefit, and if there is nothing
that suits him it must be stopped-it
is good for nothing. As many sub
scribers as an editor has, so many
tastes he has to consult.


One wants something very smart,
another something sound. One likes
anecdotes, fun and frolic, and the next
door neighbor wonders that man ol
sense will put such stuff in his paper
Something spicy comes out, and the
editor is a blaekguard. Next comes
something argumentative,and the ed
itor is a dnll fool. And so, between
them all, the poor fellow gets g. fits. y
They never reflect that what does
not please them will please the next
mani but they insist that if the paper
does not suit them it is good for moth.
ing and will stop it right off.
Year: 1870

A verdant youth who walked from
the south side of Holmes county to
Wooster few days ago says. "Golly
if the world is as big t. other way as
it is the way I came, it must be a
whopper."
Year: 1870

Miss Evelyn Goodbee, of Memphis
Tenn, while talking with some other
young ladies, took a pistol in her left
hand, and, in a spirit of sport, thrust
the muzzle against her body, with the
exclamation; Where is my hearth"
when the weapon exploded, sending
the missile Of death through her
heart
Year: 1870

An exchange says: "YOung men
should never settle down for life in the
place of their nativity. They rarely
get to be men if they do, but are al
ways known as Billy Tommy and
Johnny and with ever so much merit
will find it difficult to rise above the
dOllY status.n
Year: 1870

A "TALL'' ARTIsT.-An artist paint
ed a dog 80 natural that the animal
had the hydroPhobia during the hot
weather. He's the same man that
painted a copy of beer bottle with
such skill that the cork few out Just
as he was finishing it. And after he
was married, he painted q picture Of
his first baby so life-like that it criedr
and his wife spanked it before she dis
covered her mistake.
Year: 1870

If any young woman wastes in triv-
ial amusements the prime season for
improvement, which is between the
ages of sixteen and twenty, they will
he fer bitterly regret the 10. s, when
they come to feel themselves inferior
in knowledge to almost every one
they converse with; and above all,
if they should ever be mothers, when
hey feel their inability to direct and
assist the pursuits of their children,
they find ignorance a severe mortifea-
ton and a real evil Let this animate
their industry; and a modest opinion
Of their capacities be an encourage
ment to them in their endeavOrs after
knowledge. A moderate understand.
ing, with diligent and well-directed
application, will 90 much farther than
a more lively genius, if attended with
that impatience and inattention which
too often accompany quick parts. Il
is not for want of capacity that SC
many women are such trifing, insipid
companions, so Unqualified for the
friendship and conversation of a sen
sible man, or for the task of govern
ing and instructing a family. It i:
often from the neglect of exercising
the talents which they really have
and from emitting to cultivate a taste
for intellectual improvement.
Year: 1870

The geological survey Of the State
has been resumed since the opening of
Spring, and as fast as the condition OF
the roads and fields will favor, is to be
pushed forward by the corps and Sec
tions engaged.
Year: 1870

The Odd Fellows celebration at Column
bus May 10th was one of the most pleas
ant occasions ever enjoyed by the order in
Ohio. The welcome address was made by
Gov. Hayes, a member of the fraternity
Nothing occurred during the day or even
ing to mar the good feeling that prevailed


the great assembly. The Grand Secreta-
Year: 1870

Cultivate an agreeable temper; many
a man has fallen dead in a fit of pas
sion.


Eat regularly, not over thrice day
and nothing between meals.


Go to bed at regular hours. Get up
as soon as you wake of yourself, and
do not sleep in the day time, at least
not longer than ten minutes before
noon.


Work always by the day and not by
the job.


Stop working before you are Gagged
out. "


Cultivate a agenerOus and accomodat-
ing temper.


Never cross a bridge before you
come to it. This will save you one
half the troubles of life.


Never eat when you are not hungry,
nor drink when you are not thirsty.


Let your appetite always come I'M
invited.


Cool off in a place greatly warmer
than the one in which you have been
exercising. This simple rule would
prevent incurabIe sickness and save
millions of lives every year.


Never resist a call of nature for a
single moment.


Never allow yourself to be chilled
through and through; it is this which
destroys so many every year, in few
days sickness from pneumonia, called
by some, lung fever or Inflammation of
the lungs.


Whoever drinks no liquids at meals
will add years Of pleasureabie exist
ance to his life.


OF cold or warm drinks, the former
are most pernicious; drinking at meals
induces persons to eat more than they
otherwise would, as any one can veri-
fy by experiment, and it is excess in
eating that devastates the land with
sickness, suffering and death.


After fifty years of age, if not day
Iaborer, and sedentary persons after
forty, should eat but twice a day-in
the morning and about four in the af-
ternOOn; persons can soon accustOm
themselves to a seven-hOurs interval
between eating, and thus give the
stomach rest; for every organ without
adequate rest will soon give out.


Begin early in life to live under the
benign influence of the Christian reIig'
ion, for it "has the promise of the life
that now is, and of that which is tC
come" e."-THall's Journal of Health.
Year: 1870

Much has been written and published


during the past year upon the subject Oi


building ice-houses. Aud I hope it may


coatinue to be written upon until every


farm throughout the length and breadth


of our land shall have an ice-house upon
| il. Last fall I built one which did not
cost me over fifteen dollars, all told, and
! it kept ice finely the season through. The
| following is the plan:


First a cellar SXlO, feet deep; then a
curb of old boards against the sides to pre-


vent caving of earth while building-next
an inside wall of twO-inch plank, IKE,
leaving a space all round of one foot be-
tween this and the outer wall. This should
be we'll packed with sawdust or spent tan
bark. or turning chips. Let both walls ex-
/ tend two feet above the ground, then lay
on g good plank for each plate, and roof it
as YOU would any other Out-building.-
! Now put in sleepers that will bring the
/ floor a foot above the bottom, pound the
/ spaces between them full Of sawdust, bark
! or chips, and cover with a loose plank
door. Such a house will keep ice enough
| to allow twenty-five or thirty pounds tC
! be used every day the season through.
In regard 10 location, would say build
| in the most convenient place, regardless
| of tree or shade of any kind. In filling
the house with ice cut the pieces about


two feet square, and place them in layers,
pounding the cracks full of broken ice
Continue thus until full, and then cover
with dust or bark about foot in thickness


or depth and your ice will be secure.
The door, which is in one of the gables,


is best always open when ice is in the
! house:


The advantage of building below in
stead of above ground is, the packing is 81


much easier-it is not so difficult to tbrou


ice dolOn as it is to lift it agp.-LRural New
Yorker.