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Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle writing from Parkersburs, West
| Virginia, tells this lamentable story about
an old German woman he had met in the
cars; {''e-
Her son, who resides in Portsmouth,
sent Tor her to come to America, and
eight weeks ago she arrived. But his
wife did not like her; she was too old
| (seyenty-four), and her hands too rough :;
and now he sent her back, alone, with
no provisions for her comfort or passage,
except tickets through to New York, and
the following words written on some old
business cards: please direct the bearer
of this. an old woman, to the proper office
to get to New York, and there TO 6S Broad
way street, to the General Agency OF the
Nolth-German Lloyd, the General Agent
This was without signature. As 1t was
written in English, of which she under
stood nothing, she had no doubt that it
was all that was necessary to get her safely
back to Germany. But still she, was al
most heartbroken, for she had no home
now even in 'Faderland,' as she had sold
her little all, which she had spentyears to
collect, and given @240, all that was left
when she got to Portsmouth, to her son.
Now she was sent back without her trunk
even. with only five dollars in her pocket,
and no means of getting further than New
York. All that could be done for the poor
woman's comfort on the cars was done,
and she stayed overnight at Parkersburg


The next day several prominent citi-
zens of Portsmouth took her case inland,
and she was taken to comfortable quarters.
They know of her son, and confirm the
old ladys story that he is well off. and
they are determined he shall do what is
right tor his poor mother.


When Mr.. DeBarr read the writing on
the card, and told her what 1t was, she
could scarcely believe it, and when at
length she comprehended it, the mothers
distress at the thought that child could
treat her SO cruelty was sad to witness.


Oh. said she. when she could speak. he
said that ticket would bring me money in
New York
Year: 1870

A correspondent says: Commence
dropping the heaps two and half PAGES
from one side of the land to be manured,
and drop the heaps FIVE PAGES apart. the
whole length. Drop the next row FIVE
PAGES from the first, commencing half way
between the first two heaps, breaking
joints as it is called, and SO continue until
the whole is finished This takes 100 heaps
to the acre. Ii it is desired to manure
pretty heavily, drop five heaps from a
one-horse cart, which will take thirty-two
loads to the acre. Six heaps from the
cart take twenty-seven loads. Eight heaps
twenty loads. An ox-cart or "a two-horse


wagon will hold one or two heaps. more.
The quantity required on an acre must al
ways depend upon the quality OF tho


manure, the condition of the land, and


the kind OF crops to be raised" -
Year: 1870

1t is often asked, My is it that the Universal
Wringer is so much more durable, works much
easier, and wrings articles drier than any other
wrnger? We reply The Universal Improv ed has
Ro.elfs Patent Double Cogs on one End q
the ron in combination with the Patent stop,
(which is in no other wringer) TO prevent the Dou-
bic Cogs from separating far 10 lose their
power.


These Patent Double Cog- have very long and
strong alternating teeth, and raise sufficiently
to let through the largest article easily yet cannot
separate 50 far as to disconnect and lose their
power, but always retain complete control over the
rolls, which is OF the greatest Importance TO the du
rabillty of the machine and ease Of operating.
Year: 1870

and carpenters are the parents whose daughters
follow the practice TO the degree and M The order
legitmate, and outside or Paris about one-eightn.
over half OF those born in the city cannot write their
Names and one half are between the ages OF twenty
and twentySeven. These rens statistics filed with
the Project OF Police have shown practise their call


ing but q few years and then sink INTO premature
graves. The causes or the evil IN Paris have been
traced by an eminent medical authority to be the
following IN figures which we nave taken the liberty
OF modifying 30 as 10 preserve their value for the
Year: 1870

In very few minutes after we left the man
uscript for publication touching the matter of
the Northern Lights, we were aware that we
had thrown down the glove and invited con-
tsovsssy, although unaware of it at the time
Of wrising.s As to the thing itself we have
only treated it as a surmise. Lest, however,
some one claiming 10 know something about
portunity to explain and defend all we have
said in relation to this matter. Calico was
expelled from the Romish Church and had his
life threatened for saying that the earth re-
volyed around the sun instead of the sun
around the earth, and a more modern astron-
omer Symms, maintained that the earth was
hollow and consequently open at the poles.
He was quite successful lecturer upon the
subject for some years. We had the pleasure
of hearing him ourselves. The science of the
first Il the only admitted one at the present
day, It is still doubtful how the other will turn
out; if not already condemned. Now we claim
that although the sun takes those very posi-
tions we spoke of in our first, yet it never gets
SO 1AI HOTtE as 10 pt ulIcCtiy oNcI
pole On the 22d of June it is 90 degrees and
80 minutes north of the equator and conse-
quently must shine there night and day for
three months or mere. On The I'll aad of Deeefn
Der it is precisely the same distance alluded to
above south of the equator, and consequently
would not shine there ut all for the same pc
riod of time.


The grand object Of the exploration of
the open polar sea by Franklin, Kane, and
Hays has been to discover an open sea where
by we might navigate from ocean to ocean.
You will perceive that the sun shines upon
the northwestern polar sea number of hours
after it is sun set with us, and so all the year
round except the short period before alluded
to, when its great southern latitude will not
admit of it. Now il is well known that there
are no other sources of natural light in the
whole universe of God except sun, moon and
stars, and it will not be claimed that the stars
have any thing to do with this matter and al
most as much can be said of the moon.


Since writing the above we have read very
Interesting communication signed observer,
aud the conclusion he comes to is entitled to
great respect, and is worthy of much thought,
still We think the sun has something to do with
the matter


AN OLp CITizES.
Year: 1870

A BEAUTIFUL PAseAGE.@The following
is from the .'Reveries Of a Bachelor" by
Ike Marvel:


A poor man without some sort OF religion,
is at best, but poor reprQbats. the foot ball
Of destiny. with no tie linking him to in6nity,
and the wondrous eternity that is even worbe
"a fame without heat, a rainbow without
color. flower without perfume. A man may
in some sort, tie his hope and his honor to
this shifting ground tackle, to his business.
or to the world, but woman. without that
anchor called faith, is adrift and wreck.
A man may be in some sort Of moral respon-
sibility ou. of relation to mankind, but a
woman, inner comparatively isolated sphere,
where affection, and not parpose is the con-
trolling motive, can find no basis in any
other system or right action but that Of faith.
A man may craze his thoughts to trustful-
ness in such poor harboragc as fame OF
reputation may stretch before him, but q
woman. where can she put her hopes, iu
storms, if not in heaven And that sweet
trustfulness-that abiding love-.that endur.
ing hope, mellowing every page and scene ID
life, lighting them with radiance, when the
worlds storms break like an srmy with can


non. Who can bestow its al bu. holy sosl


tied to what is stronger than an army will
cannon! WHO has enjoyed tie love of Z
Christian mother, but will echo the thought
with energy, and hallow it with tearsl
Year: 1870

The Chicago Tribune says: Never was
Chicago so crime ridden as now. A black
cloud of terror seems to hang over the city.
and our law abiding citizens with one accord,
as if their feelings were connected by some
subtle sympathy, npprchend the danger, and
cast about them for remedy. Crime is
fearfully on the increase. and assumes q
bolder aspect with every succeeding deed.
Criminals are literally in possession Of the
city, and movc and act according to their
own sweet will. A score Of burglaries is a
poor nights work; half dozen cases of gar-
roting in the course of an evening is scarcely
worthy of comment, and nothing short of a
Pantin horror would startle our citizens just
now. SO Injured have they become to the sight
of wickedness and crime.
Year: 1870

PRAcTICAL PHUosoPHi.-SOuthcy says, in
one of his letters, 81 have told You Of the
Spaniard who always put on his spectacles
when he was about to eat cherries, that they


might look tile bigger aud more tempting.


In like manner, make the most of my en-


jOyments; and though l do not cast my cares
away, pack them in as little compass as


can, and carry them as conveniently rs 1 can


for myself, and never let them annoy others
Year: 1870

An Indiana citizen, while complaining


about the unjust abuse" heaped upon the
divorce laws of his State, cOnfesses that they
cannot be obtained by discOntented foreign
ers without a good deal of shenanigan" The
meaning of shcnanigan is somewhat obscure
but perjury is perhaps not the definition.
Year: 1870

80 you are going to keep a school y
said d young lady to her old aunt. 'WeI
for my part, sooner than do that. l would
| merry a widower with nine children" 81
should prefer that myself" was the quiel
reply; "but where is the widower
Year: 1870

'.Never he critical upon the ladies'" was
the maxim of an old Irish peer, remarkable
for his homage to the sex: "the only way in
the world that true gentleman ever will at
tempt to look at the faults of a pretty
| woman is to shut his eyes,"
Year: 1870

Saws the New York Times: There is not
the least necessity for that exaggerated


alarm which some people are trying to dis


seminate in reference to the coming panics
and failures. The dry goods dealers are Of
opinion that if gold went down to par it would
cause no further disturbance Of their busi-
ness. The year 1869 was one of average
prosperity in all departments of trade, and
If profits have not been so large, it Is owing
to the fact that merchants and dealers have
not brought down their expenses in proper
ton to the fall in gold and prices. Rent for
instance, is very high, and unavoidable
charges generally press very heavily upon
all Glasses of business men. The lookout
for 1870 is by no means one to create de-
spondency, aaa4;f people would only give up
frightening themselves about shadows. trade
would soon settle down Of itself into its ordi-
nary safe channels. ban .sU'...-I 'stlL
Year: 1870

A PLANTATION TWO AND 9Sg Hale NILES
ssn seres four hundred and fifty open and under
rood fence all but hundred and hfty acres above
houees etc Cotton sugar rce tobacco and otnef
croos Do well on this place andit would make superior
slock arm II is ne hog range convenient to ship


ping point and healthy Plenty Of seed cane and com
Year: 1870

Paris hesoiVed To 20 or Die-The Gay City


A Paris correspondent OF the London Standard


city in state Of siege aud besIeged city are
not Synonymous terms. Paris is the former as
write, SuasbOurg the latter. ANY place can be put
only by its enemies. On occasion OF internal disturb
ances, the state Of siege can be proclaimed, the
meaning OF which reduces itself to this, that the
legislative, executive, and judicial power are con-
centrated in one man. the military governor swhose
wl Is "a de%spotc % and VINO s sasweraoie an Win his
to the public safety to coin money out OF old iron and
fcrce its currency he can DO so and nobody has the
right TO complain. But II he fail in his task OF de-
tending the city properly he orfets his life. Under
the state Of siege the public safety is the supreme
situai In Paris at present. and provided the city be
eventually besieged the position is not so terri
bic, or General Troehu, the Military Governor, is
nota


but very courteous Christian gentleman, and far
more urbane and accessible 10 reason than most
commissaries of police. Gold is scarce, but provi-
sions, except potatoes, are not; indeed, the most
serious alteration in market prices to be noted since
two in the lvre about one penny in the pound)
in sugar. And If the enemy does come, an accident
do not by any means anticipate, We are prepared
for him. We have enough flour in stock to make
bread for the whole population OF Paris during forty
days. And after that? Why, If the enemy be out
side the walls STILL the booJmakers windows appear
TO be pretty abundantly furnished. But the popula-


oE Of Paris would very sensloiy DIMINISH OF It's own
some of our prudent bourgeois have sent away their
families, such of the foreign and mere fashionable
colony as remain would depart. Lais, who naunts
trcOlored ceckade over her powdered face by gas
light, ould seek fresh pastures; and besides, the
moment Bogy, in the shape OF three Uhlans, is sig
nailed within three days march OF US, General
Trochu is empowered by his ofhce to free the city
from bOuehes iTuttles, said useless mouths being
those the faces OF age and childhood and woman
kind, and such as are not competent TO defend the
walls. Let me photograph You one night aspect on


THAT SPLENDID LINE OF PROMENADE


between the pillared Madeleine and the angle iu
front of the Theatre OF the Gymnase. The broad
pavement is black with crowds moving slowly "a
and fro. The inhabitants OF Paris are essentially
an open-ar people; they ock TO their favorlte BOu
leVards ever in this hour OF trial. only there is
strange reserve IN their manner. The crowds are
client ana the dress s0mbTe. Nobody INDUCES u
Year: 1870

A desperate outlaw, who has long been
terror in Los Angeles county, CAL, was recently
shot six times through the heart, BY Deputy
Sheriffs, sent out to take him alive. de was IN
the act of drawing his revolver upon them when
they fred.
Year: 1870

Engledow's Beehive.


DEs MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 25, '69.


IT. 8. ENaLEDow:


DEAR SIR More than q year ago,
in the summer of 1s6S, as you will
recollect I received bee hive from
you, and of course you are aware of
the correspondence that followed
During my long connection with the
Northeastern Farmer, and with the
Homestead, / was bored out OF all
patience with proffers of bee hives.
! tried almost everything, and did
not feel like trying any further to get
hive that bees worked in to, sent
me and almost made up my mind
that / would go back to the old, sasn-
pie box hive. The worst trouble 1
found with all, was that the bees
would build comb anywhere outside
the frames, sticking them to the side
of the hive, and then to get the
honey board off was q half hours
work almost with the aid of butch
er knife. To sum all up, I come to
the conclusion that an immense
amoun. of labor of the bees was
wasted in making so much wax and
to make such useless use OF it. Then
again some hives were not the right
shape for bees to work economically.


This last season late swarm came
off and L had no hive of any kind ut
hand, / bethought myself of yours
put away in the barn, / at once de-
termined to use it, i accordingly
placed the swarm In it, and now
say freely and honestly that con-
slider it the very best hive / have
ever used. 1t is entirely free from
the objection of other hives named.
The bees have con fined their work
and literally inside the comb
frames, not particle of comb or wax
deposited outside. The ends and
tops of the frames are as clean as
before a bee saw the inside of the
hive. / shall furnish an article COM
of your hive, to one of the
Chicago Agricultural papers for pub
should / not conclude to
have bee department in my new
paper, which / have been desired to.
l am about as much interested in
bee culture as fruit, and feel very
much like devoting one page of my
paper to that subject. / think bee
culture and fruit 60 together first
rate. AS there were no sub honey
boxes put into your hive for the bees
to work up into, and | being absent
a great deal of the time for some
months past, have not looked in
side since the bees were put i'm till
day or two since, I thought l would
see what they were about and wheth-
er they had stores enough for winter,
l was truly most agreeably disap-
pointed in the working of it. Ishall
hereafter use it exclusively, and re.
commend it to others-all of which
| can do most conscientiously.


/ do not know whether you take
any interest in fruit or not. I shall
be pleased, however, to have you do
something In the way of circulating
my paper. Yours Truly,


MARK MILLER.
Year: 1870

more; and George was eucred out Of any
part or lot in the expedition after he had
engineered it. The real fact, however,
according to my judgment as pretty
old politician, is that Sanders had more
ability as diplomatist than any man in
the South not excepting Slidell who was
the strongest and the deepest man
amongst us.


II have seen George Sanders, the Met
ternich of the South, at the Charleston
Convention, sitting in little room about
as big as a travelling trunk, and start fifty
propositions in the space of half an hour,
every one of which he put in motion with
as much energy of action as of thought.
He was to Democratic politics what
Leonard jerome or Jay Gould is TO Wall
street; and he filled Charleston with such
conflicting rumors, and backed them up
so adroitly, that the convention at last
broke up, like theworkmen on the tower
of Babel, when they were struck by the
confusion of tongues


George Sanders has no moral char
acter, but a good deal of that disposition
to stick to his friends which often passes
current amongst politicians for princi-
pie and his intellectual endowments
were so brilliant, speaking politically,
that they used to keep us who were more
fortunate in worldly thrift, in amaze
ment. But he has had his day here,
with Ike Fowler, Isaiah Rynders, and
all that old set of New York politicians
who hourished anterior to Sickles, and
Wood, and Hoffman, and the rev Tam
many set but when they come to sum
up the big fish in politics at the break
ing out of the war, they must count
as amongst the biggest that humorous
vagabond George Sanders"
Year: 1870

A sick man in Michigan was found in
the morning with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He had once had a brother
buried alive, and his wife explained that
the last request of the dying man was
that she should Immediately after his
death cut his throat to make sure of his
decease. The neighborhood accepted
the story, and attempted no investiga-
Year: 1870

PRIVATE PRAYER.-The root
that produces the beautiful and
flourishing tree; with all its
spreading branches, yerdant
leaves, and refreshing fruit
that which gains for it sap, life,
vigor and fruitfulness-is all
unseen; aud the further and
deeper the roots spread beneath
the more the tree expands
above. Christians, if you wish
to prosper, if you long to bring
forth all the fruits of the Spirit,
strike your roots deep and wide
in private prayer. That faith
and support, that strength and
grace which you seek of God in
secret, that it may be exercised
in the hour of need. God will
in that hour give it you before
man. Exchange.
Year: 1870

In a village near the southern
State line, a few days ago, a nice
young man put sheet around
him to scare a Dutchman. The
Teutonic gentleman says, II just
Jump off my wagon, and vip der
ghost all the time. I would yip
him if he wasa whole graveyard" !"
Some one asked the young man
what allied his black eye, and he
said he had received bad news
from Germany.
Year: 1870

evil in the world, giving it pro
minence, and eternally lament
ing it, with doleful shakes of
the head and a grim lengthen-
ing of the viss ge, which are
as much as to say that they are
the only good things on the
earth, is not only foolish and
silly-it is besides a great waste
of time and emotion. 1t was
not intended that all should be
Jeremiahs, to spend our livesin
lamentations over the wicked
ness of others. Our first and
chief duty is to do right our
selves. That this world is not
what it should be, is unhappi-
ly most true; but we are not
altogether responsible for its
defciencies-any more than a
grain of sand in a mountain is
responsible for the mountains
unfortunate confguration. The
main question with us is, are
qC6 what we should be? If not,
then we had better set about
reforming ourselves, and leave
the world to paddle its own ca
noe. The world is as big as it
is bad. It's force of inertia is
tremendous. Archimedes said
he could turn it over if he only
had a lever large enough, a
fulcrum strong enough, and a
place to stand on while he made
the attempt But Archimedes
did not have the lever, the full
crum, and the standing ground,
and so the world was not cap
sized. What the great Syracu-
san engineer could not do, we
are not likely to do. We may
lament the worlds wickedness,
and shake ouh heads at it for
ever-and the wicked world
will only laugh at us, and go
OH in the same way. In abso-
lutte truth, it matters not what
the world is to us, provided we
are right. Our duty to its Ma
ker, to it, and to ourselves is
always plain that is our spe-
cial business. If mankind will
not do their duty-if society
will persist in remaining wrong
ly organized-if public opinion
insists on being perverted, we
need not waste our time in dis
NAL denunciations of them
This would be ne1gleeting oul
duty, to supervise the duties o1
others. Let mankind, society
and public opinion be what
they may, there isalways room
and latitude for us to be what
we ought to be, and to do what


we ought to do; and this is oul


chief concern. An example Q


consistent honesty, righteous


ness, temperance, innocence
and gentleness in all that W.
f owe to the world; when w
!, furnish that we do our Who'll
d duty to it, and we may leav
n the result to Him who place
It us in the werld.-[St. Ioul


Home Journal.


y, The San Antonio Herald say


the amound Of cattle that will /