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Year: 1870

One lovely afternoon, early in the month of
June a little girl, not more than eight years
old, sat at window overlooking a beautiful
lawn and fish pond. She had been reading
but the book had fallen from her hands
There was a sad expression on her counte-
nance; for she was thinking how she used to
love to run about in the green fields, and play
with her hoop or her skipping rope. But
those she had to exchange for a crutch she
was a cripple.


just then some little sparrows came to pick
up the crumbs which the child had thrown
from the window. She watched them with the
deepcstnterest as they hoped about in happy
freedom; till at length, having satisfied their
hunger, with chirp they few away to join
their companions


The little girl turned away sorrowfully
from the window, and stopped 10 reached her
crutch, which had fallen to the floor. In vain
did she try to drive back her tears they
would come and covering her face with her
hands she wopt bitterly Whilst thus troub-
led, she felt handlaid softly upon her head
and, looking up, she saw her mother bending
over her with a mingled look Of anxiety and
love in her face


What is the matter with my Nellie ?"
she asked in gentle voice.


o mamma exclaimed the child as she
threw her arms around her mothers neck,
" it is Of no use for me to live. now that am
lame. can never be of any use"


The mother, breathing silent prayer to
God for a blessing on her instruction, seated
herself on a low chair, and, drawing Nellie
on her lap, whispered words of comfort to
the troubled little one She told her Of the
Redeemers love to children Of his suffer-
ings and death on the cross. She told her
also Of the lame aud the blind, the deaf and
the dumb, who we're brought to the loving
Savior, and were healed and then with
mothers tenderness she pressed the child to
her heart, and tried to show her in how many
ways even a cripple might be useful She
told her Of the glow-worm whose tiny light
cheers the traveller on his way in the dark
night.


But mamma" said Nellie, " am not
n gow-worm.


" No, dear said her mother; " but you
may do what the glow-worm does,-you may
. let your light shine Have you forgotten
those lines which your papa taught you not
long ago p


DO what YOU can, being what you arc,


shine like gOw-Worm, II you can't be a star.


You cannot do much, know, and yet,
by your example, you may be made a bless
ing to others. You may SOW the seeds of
kindness and love, and mercy and truth, which
by and by will, with the divine blessing, grow
up bright and beautiful flowers, that shall |
bloom throughout eternity"


But, mamma, how can | do this ?"


Well, my dear" replied her mother,
d" by giving up your own will for another's
pleasure, you SOW the seeds of love and kind
ness by Immediately coufessing when you
have done wrong, you sow the seeds Of truth;
aud you were sowing the seeds Of mercy when
you gave your dime to the poor blind man at
the door this morning"


With a bright smile of hope, the child |
looked up into her mothers face and, press
ing a warm kiss on her check, she said, |
ID Thank you, dear mamma | lOiH try TO be |
more happy and seful."-Chiidren's Guest
Year: 1870

Tue DAY FOR WoRK,-I think the judg.
ments formed at night are never SO solid aud
fresh as judgments formed in the morning
If in the morning man is without charity,
if he is despondent, if ho is dull, if he is un.
neryed, you may be sure that he is living
wrong For the order of nature is, that a
man should rise from his bed in the morning
as birds rise, singing, and in perfect health.
Fancy for the night Judgment for the day
And would say to every young person whom
it concerns, form, if it is a possible thing, the
habit of doing your study in the day time,
and reserve your nights for lighter tasks, and
keep early hours with your bsd.-Beseher.
Year: 1870




Even above " What to have for dinner q"
is the great social question of the houT i'm
perative above all tariff and currency and wo-
man rights questions Those we can settle
once for all, when we come to them. But,
what to have for breakfast? ? is an everlasting
question. We have not the statistics of any
insane asylum at hand but we doubt not if
the truth were known the majority of 'lunatic
women are made so by the incessant repeti-
ton of this query. We Americans insist on
beginning the day with a meal as substantial
as Queen Elizabeth used to cat in the morn
ing, and we want it to have nearly the variety
Of dinner The simple people Of the earth
make light of their early meal, and do some
work before they take full load into the
stomach. Well, if it il true that we eat more
than any people in the world, it is also true
that we have more to eat. But as for this
worry about breakfast, there is needed pa
tent bill of fare, adjustable to all the seasons,
which can be hung up in all kitchens, and re-
lieye the mistress Of the house Of one of her
greatest perplexities. One Of the greatest
" wrongs" of women in this age, which men
would find intolerable, is the knowing every
meal what is on the table before they come TO
it, No surprises for them. Breakfast can
never come to the housekeeper as n pleasant
novelty. A resolution is needed on the
subject, but we are at a loss what to resolve.
-Hartford COUrant.
Year: 1870

Is the price Of Health we'll Of Liberty Be your


guard against poisonous hair dyes.


ChriNadoros Excelsior Hair Dye
l. the only that has stood e chemical analy
At the store Of the proprietor Astor House y. y,
may be the certificate Of that able teal chemist


PROFESSOR cHiLTON,
testlfying that il contains harmful ingredient On
the other hand in the Journal Of Chemistry" may be
found the statement that there upwards Of thirty
poisonous hair dyes before the public Choose the only
safe and sure one.


CRisrADoRo's HAIR pREsERyArtvE, as Dressing, acts
like a charm on the hair after dyeing Try H. 1919
Year: 1870

The cases ofthe assistant marshals whose
accounts with the census bureau show them
to have been guilty of making fraudulent
entries in order to increase the per capita
compensation allowed by law are in the
hands of the Attorney General, and in
structions will accordingly be issued next
week to the district attorneys of the sever
al districts in which they reside to institute
proceedings against them, and press for a
conriction in every instance Other SINH
lar frauds have been perpetrated by assis-
tant marshals in thinly settled districts of
some of the Western States, but detection
following them, they will be prosecuted.
About seventeen cases are already on the
table of the Attorney General, and five or
six more will soon be forwarded from the
census bureau.
Year: 1870

INTERESTING DECISIONS BY THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT hington,
November 21.-United States Supreme
Court, No. 211.-The National Bank of
the Republic VS.. Millard: error to the
Supreme Court of the District of Columb a.
The defendant in error sued the bank on a
check drawn in his favor by paymastcr
in the army, on the bank against funds to
the credit of the drawer Among other
matters, the court below refused to charge
the jury that Millard could not recover
unless the defendant, the bank, had ac-
cepted or promised to pay the check. The
verdict was for the plaintiff.


AS the bank brought the case here, this
court now reverses the Judgment, holding
that the holder of u bank check cannot
sue the bank for refusing payment in alb
sence of proof that it was accepted by the
bank or charged against the drawer. The
relation of banker and customer is simply
that of debtor and creditor, and does not
partake of judiciary character There
can be no foundation for an action on the
part of the holder unless there is a priyity
of contract between him and the bank,
and there can be no such privity where
the bank owes no duty and is under no
obligations to the holder The holder
takes the check on the credit of the draw
er and the bank is not connected with the
transaction. Mr.. Justice Davis delivered
the opinion.
Year: 1870

TRYING A GRAND JURY.-The counsel of the
defendants in the fraudulent election cases in
days ago, in desperate strait, they changed
their case into trial Of the District Attorney,
and now they are trying the Grand Jury.
They charge that its secret feature is contrary
to our enlightened civilization and subversive
Of the ends Of justice. This is all very well !;
it shows legal acumen to present such points
when delay is required, and it is probably a
fact that Grand Juries are rather inquisitorial ;
but the main question is, are the defendants
guilty or not guilty, and which are the de-
PENDANTS, the Grand Jury, the District Attor-
ney or the individuals charged in the indict-
ments?
Year: 1870

Such topic as that of old barrels should be
very suggestive one to the whole public.
There are many points in which the people
feel that they cannot afford to inquire too
curiously. They are conscious that to go
minutely into the history Of many articles that
are very prescntabie at table might be to
deprive themselves Of satisfactory appetite
and to destroy their faith in their fellow crea-
t'lres. It would 'rise the gorge" of the cater
to suddenly make him familiar with the promi-
nent events in the career Of any one of our
dainties. We are certain that it would quite


destroy the market value of figs to give an


extensive publicity to DR.. Maddons account


of his visit to Turkey. But there are some


articles 80 necessary that any suspicion
thrown on their history does not for moment
make us think Of giving up using them, but
only Of tho consequences Of such continued
Year: 1870

THE NEW WATER STREET REVIVAL.
the missionaries get into full possession of Kit
Burns dog pit, as they have arranged to do
next month, it is to be hoped that they will not
worry the sinners into religion as Kits best
terrier would worry a rat. Let them be ear
nest and liberal-not liberal as the free love
Christians are, but liberal to forgive, and lib
eral in showing the attractive side Of morality.
There Is no misery and unhappiness to equal
that Of the inmates Of the slums, and they arc
apt to clutch greedily enough at prospect
for something better; but if they are called on
only to exchange their own misery for the
hypocritical misery Of Aminadab Sleek, they
will be apt TO hold on to the misery they are
most used to.
Year: 1870

use to ourselves and how to avoid the danger.
No one, OF course, supposes that he can get
along without flour. 1t is, therefore, all the
more uncomfortable to have to face the dis
covery that much Of this soft, absorbent,
readily poisoned powder is sent to market in
barrels that were emptied of rotten garbage
not long before the -four was put in. It is
useless to make any appeal to the dealers,
for old barrels are cheaper than new
ones 1t Is equally useless to resolve that
you will be vigilant and viii positively buy no
barrel Of -four where you are not sure the
barrel is new. How can you tell, with the
outside well scraped, and supposing you make
due allowance for the inevitable soil Of all the
handling between tho mill and your front door |?
Moreover, II it be admitted that your acuteness
has discovered some infallible point of dis
tinction, are you sure that you can count upon
the baker for equal vigilance? Alas you
must finally make up your mind to take your
typhoid fever, or other result Of slow poison,
as 1t comes, and comfort your soul so much as
you may with the reflection that the subject is
now before the Legislature.
Year: 1870

1t 10 probable that we are getting ourselves
slowly poisoned all the time. Men ought to be
beginning to look askance upon all the evi-
dence that the chemists present in murder
cases that is founded upon analysis Of dead
mems bodies; for If the chemist do not find
any poison 1t may justly be doubted whether
he is good chemist, and if he do fnd it then
there are SO many different ways to account
for the presence Of poison in the human body
that If man is hanged on such evidence it La
the fault of his counsel. II was a startling
fact when in the late analysis Of the body OF
Mr.. Caller the chemist DR.. Doremus, found
plenty of poison, but did not for moment be-
lieve the wife had given it, though no suspi-
cion had fallen upon any other person.
Can it be, then, that there is no
just suspicion, even with poison in the
body? Is it natural and commonplace for our
bodies to contain poison9 It appears so in
this city In that case great deal of lead
was found in the body, but 'not more than
could be accounted for by the use Of Croton
water conveyed through lead pipes" This
was the report Of the analysis. AS lead is not
soluble in water, how does the water get il
into our bodies? Our water is river water,
and al river water into which the leaves of
trees have fallen, or into which vegetable
substances of any sort decay, contains carbonio
acid. The carbonic acid in the water COM
bines with fllm Of the lead to make car
Donate of lead, and in this form the lead il
soluble in water. Hence the constant opera
tion of our slow poison. To how many
in feeble health does this lead poison furnish
the final feather that topples them into the
grave? Is not this evil of lead pipes one that
calls for some recommendation from the Board
of Health? Since in the tin-lined pipe now
coming into use we have an admirable substi-
tute, this poisoning has no longer the poor
excuse of convenience in its favor; for we
are convinced that the objection we recently
made to the tin pipe-!hat It was more liable
to burst than the common lead pipe--was
made in error.
Year: 1870

THE BLEEoKEg STREET SHOOTING AFFRAY.--
The Russian who was shot in Bleecker street
on Saturday night is lying dangerously i'll at
Bellevue Hospital The case has developed
phase much like the sensational feature Of
the Mcfarland case. A young woman dressed
in a widows garb arrived at his bedside to
watch yesterday, and it is said that she insists
on his marrying her.
Year: 1870

PRINCE Arthur is to arrive in Washington
on the 23d or 9th inst. The notion that his
visit has political significance is ali wrong
His mother has simply directed him to can on
us as q neighbor and leave her card.
Year: 1870

THE FEMALE OPERATORS, who are disposed


to take their chances with the other telegraph


strikers, are well able to assert their own dig
nifty, as appears by their card. They expect
some especial persecution because the COM
pany-as it formerly gave them employment
against the opposition of male operations
thought they would be less likely to- turn out.
They argue, however, that if they ever had any
special favor from the company they have paid
for it by working number Of years for hall
the compensation given to men. They promise,
therefore, that if the company singles them
out for victims they will make some interest
ing disclosures. We have thought they might.
Year: 1870

SOMETHING Coon FROM TENNEsSKE.-It is
proposed from Tennessee that the clause of
the constitution that provides for the amend
ment Of that instrument shall itself be
amended. The point it is desired to secure is
that amendments submitted to the States shall
only be acted upon by Legislatures chosen
after the amendment is submitted. It is GER
not made in the spirit intended when that
amendment did not enter into the canvass in
which the Legislature was chosen. Amend
ments so accepted never really received the
proper assent Of the people. The proposition
IL therefore good oue.
Year: 1870

The Northern negroes, quicker


than their Southern brothers to


comprehend the new political sit


uations produced by the fifteenth


amendment, are already moving


in behalf of a separate political


organization in harmony with,


but not of the Republican party.
They do not intend to be swal-
lowed up as a helpless atom, a.
mong the mass of Republican
voters, but aim to hold the bal
ance of power between the two
great contending parties, coquet-
ting with either entirely in their
own interests. That this course
is a wise one, as new political
move, none can doubt, any more
than they can the certainty of the
example spreading through the
South. As natural result of en-
franchisement it is useless to dis
cuss it, as the natural and una
voidablc antagonism Of race pro-
duced thereby will produce new
issues and complications, before
which the present ones are but
of pigmy Importance.
Year: 1870

A curious story is afoat about


the Baron James de Rothschild


having sat for his picture some
years ago, to AIRY Schefer, in tho
character of a beggar. 1t is added,
to complete the romance, that a
chance visitor, seeing the baron in
the artists studio made up for a
sitting, and, believing him to be
what he appeared, slipped a louis
into his hand. The pretended
model took the coin, kept it invest
ed for ten years, and then sent
back to the donor ten thousand
francs as the accrued profit, with
a note to the effect that q good
action always brings good fortune.
A distinct corroboration from the
giver of the louis, published in
respectable Paris journal, alone
prevents this tale from being in
credible.
Year: 1870

Dubuque furnishes US a tale


with a moral ; it is a man who left
his wife and six small children for
the purpose Of spending a year
South on business. He was a de.
ceiver and intended to 90 to Ipdi-
ana and get a divorce and marry
a younger and prettier woman
than his wife. He went, but re.
tribution overlook him in the
State Of divorce, with chills and
fever and shook him into arepent-
ant state Of mind. He went back
again to his home, was forgiven,
ald everything was lovely once
more. Chills are good for some
thing, after all.
Year: 1870

Vaccination direct from the
heifer is all the rage in Paris, and
with the eternal fit
ness of things, as we'll as to avoid
dis6guring their arms, the French
ladies insist on being vaccinated in
their calves.
Year: 1870

research, which is the gift Of the
successful man Of science. And
for this purpose we must combine
scientific education as far as pos
sibfe with education in business.


81 One Of the ways by which a
people may be forced into a full
development Of its material re-
sources is by foreign conquest,
shutting out from it every other
avenue of progress-and it may
emerge from such subjugation the
conqueror Of its conquerors.
Year: 1870




A rainy day for an election usually de-
presses the republican vote which is gem
orally strong in country districts where long
rides or walks are necessary in many instances
to reach the polls. The weather consequently
depressed the republican vote in Connecticut
yesterday, and it did not make as strong fight
as it might have made. As it is the democrats
have carried tho day and English is elected.
But it would be very niggard spirit, indeed,
that could not permit the democrats an cleo
ton some time or other, especially in this case,
where the negroes did not vote under the
fifteenth amendment.


In Ohio yesterday the negroes appear to
have taken to the ballot with considerable
zeal, the question being, at least in Cincin-
natl, partly on the Bible in the public schools.
In Princeton. New Jersey, charter election
was held and the negroes undertook to vote,
but an argument ensued, the hard-cider
democracy not liking such an assertion of
political equality on the part Of the new citi-
zens The Mayor Of Princeton seems to have
been considerably muddled by the unusual
aspect of affairs, for his wits went wool
gathering along with the democracy, and he
telegraphed to the Attorney General OF the
State to inquire If the negroes really could
vote. The Attorney General telegraphed
back that he thought they could, and
evidently they did.
Year: 1870

ANOTHER DROP IN THR TREASURY BUCKET
That little sum of ten thousand nine hundred
and fifty-seven dollars, and few odd cents
thrown in, interest on the city deposits, which
Peter B. Sweeny paid into the city treasury
for the month OF March, making grand total
of two hundred and nine thousand four hun
dred and one dollars dropped into the same
bucket, which used to 60 different way be-
fore Mr.. Sweeny was Chamberlain. Would
Jack Morrissey do as much for the city if he
occupied that little black walnut corner in the
new Court House?
Year: 1870

The eliminating scene of the tragedy that
compassed the death Of Albert D. Richardson
commenced in the Court Of General Sessions
yesterday with the trial of Daniel Mcfarland
before Recorder Hackett. The case is yet
fresh in the public memory. 1t created such
interest and excitement at the time Of the
killing of Richardson that it needs, now, no
review Of it's details to conjure up the whole
case clearly to all newspaper readers OF the
day. The domestic features Of the affair, the
political and social standing Of the parties
directly involved and Of parties less directly
involved, the deathbed marriage and other
strange adjuncts of the killing, were univer-
sally detailed at the time, and served to
make up q connected narrative that
enchained the attention at once and was
not likely TO be forgotten in the short space OF
time that has since interviewed. The universal
interest in the trial was plainly shown yester-
day, not only in the crowd of spectators in the
court room and in the array of legal acumen
that is in harness on both sides, but also in
the difficulty that obtained from the first in
selecting jury. OF panel Of one hundred
and seventy five, nearly hundred Of whom
answered, only five jurors were chosen, the
others who were called having either formed
an opinion or shown bias one way or the
other. 1t is almost impossible in commu-
nifty where newspapers are so generally read
to find jury legally qualified to try even
an ordinary case of life and death,
and great care must necessarily be evinced on
both sides in finding the right kind of jury
in case like the present, of such absorbing
interest that few men of intelligence COULD have
failed to form an opinion Upon its merits.
When the jury is finally found the trial will
probably go on slowly and cautiously to con-
clusion, every inch Of ground carefully sur
veyed by the counsel for the prisoner and for
the prosecution, every shred Of evidence sue
cinctly disclosed to the select twelve, and
every inner movement of the absorbing tragedy
closely scrutinized, and on the law and the
evidence thus presented depends the life of
Mcfarland.
Year: 1870

WAKING UP.-Our country contemporaries
are waking up to lively sense Of their own
interests. AT the recent convention Of the
editors of the weekly papers of Central New
York it was resolved to adopt, after the LIST Of
January next, prepayment on all subscrip-
tions. The wonder is. that the system Of
advance payment on advertisements, as well as
subscriptions, has not been adopted long since
by all the respectable newspapers in the
country. If advertisements are worth being
published at all they should be invariably paid
for in advance.