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Year: 1870

A SUNBEAM.-The greatest of physical
paradoxes IS the sunbeam. 1t is the most
potent and versatile force we have. and yet
it behaves itself ike the gentest and most
accommodating. Nothing can fall more
softly or more silently upon the earth than
the rays of our great luminary-not even
the feathery fakes of snow which thread
their way through the atmosphere as if
they were too 6lmy to yield to the demands
Of gravity ike grosser things. The most
delicate slip of gold leaf, exposed as tar
get to the suns shafts, IS not stirred to the
extent of d harr, though intauts faint
est breath would set It into tremulous mo
tioD. The tenderest of human organs-
the apple of the eye-though pierced and
buffetted each day by thousands ofsu
beams, suffers no pain during the process,
but rejoices IN their sweetness, and blesses
the useful light. Yet few of those rays,
lnsinuating themselves into mass of iron
ike the Britannia Tubular Bridge, will
compel the closely knit pa ales to sepa-
rate. and will move the whole enormous
fabric with as much ease as giant would
stir straw. The play of those beams
upon our sheets of water lifts up layer after
layer into the atmosphere, and hoists whole
rivers from their beds, only to drop them
again in SHOWS upon the hills or in fatten-
ing showers upon the plains. Let but the
air drink in little more sunshine at one
place than another and out of it springs
the tempest or the hurricane which desc
lates a whole region in its lunatic wrath.
The marvel is that power which is capable
of assuming such diversity of forms, and
of producing such stupendous results,
should come to US in so gentle, so peaceful,
and so unpretentious a guise.-British
Quarterly Rerielc,
Year: 1870

How IT WAS DoNE.-The Detroit Post
tells good story as follows: a short
time since, while our reporter was visiting
a town IN the interior, he made the ac-
auaintance of well-to-do-farmer, who,
after making some inquiries in regard to
the growth and prosperity of Detroit, in
quired if there were any pickpOckets in
the city. The reply was Of course in the
affirmative. The farmer laughed quietly
a moment, and then said don't often
tell my first experience in seeing the lions
of your great city, but L am not as sensi-
tive over it now as | used to be, and I'll
tell you about it. Some years before my
father died, he went to New York city
on business, and while he was there he
bought himself gold watch. He wore it
as long as he lived, and when he died a
few years ago, he gave 1t to me. OF
course l was strongly attached to the
watch, and not little proud of it, espe-
cially when put it in my pocket upon
the occasion of my first visit to Detroit.
l haven't any doubt that | looked at it a
hundred times day, and you will not be
at all surprised when l tell you that l had
not been in the city two hours before it
was missing, chain and all.


| informed the clerk of the hotel where
l stopped of my loss, and as [ remembered
not of being jostled by any one, and could
give no clue to the thief, he said there
was no use in an officer. He advised me
to offer a large reward for the return of
the watch, and add that no questions
wonld be asked. put such an advertise
ment in the morning papers, and during
the day l received note informing me
/ that if would be at the corner Of B
and I-streets that evening at O'Clock
with the reward (S100) my watch would
be returned to me. The note also stated,
that l must come alone, and that If du'
ring the day [ made any attempt to In
form an officer, the writer would not meet
me,-that would be watched all the
time and the only way that l could recover
my watch was by doing precisely as
advertised. At seven o'clock was at
the spot indicated, and after waiting few
moments a well-dressed man, in passing
asked me the time of day. replied that
j il was seven O'Clock. At that he asked
me to walk along with him short dis
tance, and as we walked he inquired II L
had brought the 800. [ replied in the
affirmative, when he handed me my watch
received the money, and was about to
leave me, when I stopped him, and told
him l would give him $40 more to tell
me how he managed to pick my pocket.


oh said he placing his finger on hi;
lip; you promised to ask no questions


but would show you if it wasn't for thai
Year: 1870

4 MID VIEw-There are some ma
lures that never grow large enough to speak
out and say that bada is bad act, until
they inquire into the politics or nationali-
ty of the man that did it, and they are not
really scarce, either,-Cain is branded
murderer so heartily and unanimously in
America, only because he was neither
Democrat nor Republican. The Feejee
islanders abuse of Cain ceased suddenly
when the white man mentioned casually
that Cain was Feejee Islander. The
next remark of the savage. after an arkward
pause, was: Well, what did Abel come
fooling around there for.
Year: 1870

\ COMPETENCY BETTER THAN ABUN-
DANCE.-I have not far to go to my house,
therefore l need not make much provision
for my way; food and raiment will be
sufficient for my journey-superfuity will
bnt prove burden. While Jacob had
only his staff, he went on freely in his way
but when he had his focks and herds, he
drove but slowly. We see it daily, that
rich men either lose their paths or ride
but little ground while poor men run the
way of Gods commandments. am well
enough if [ have but enough to carry me
well to heaven. | will therefore desire no
more than will mend my pace, and serve
me in my journey.-Dicine Breathings
U750l.
Year: 1870

LIES JOURNEY.-Ten thousand human
beings set forth together on their journey.
After ten years, one third, at least have
disappeared. At the middle point of
the common measure of life but half are
still upon the road. Faster and faster, as
the ranks grow thinner, they that remain
till now become weary, and lie down, and
rise no more. At three score and ten a
band of some four hundred yet struggle
on. At ninety these have been reduced
to handful of thirty trembling patri-
archs. Year after year, they fall in dimin-
ishing numbers. One fingers, perhaps, a
lonely marvel till the century is over.
We look again and the work of death is
finished.
Year: 1870

.h.rce TO vote once, and no moro; whcn
throw great obstacles in the way OF election
frauds, and interfere in no way with any
honest citizen which party is trying to break
down those lawsf


A number of bad characters have been ar
rested for gross and palpable attempts to vote
illegally which party is pniting forth ali IT'S
strength to get them clear, not on the ground
~. thew are not guilty, but on pleas OF legal
informally


The Federal Government has resolved to sup
port the officers of election in the discharge OF
their functions of keeping order and enabling
every voter to deposit his ballot in peace;
which party shreks with rage and terror at
Federal usurpatiOns" :"


The laws of the United States appoint GER
tain officers to watch for frauds against the
suffrage and prevent them: which party is now
threatening, through its leading organ, to cause
those laws to be declared unconstitutional by
the State courts, and then punish the officers
with the utmost severity for acting under
themf


In a word which party has steadily opposed
all attempts to purify the sufiragci Which
party has now retained number of eminent
lawyers to act as counsel for all arrested re-
Deaters2
Year: 1870

We have become so accustomed to the an
nouncements each month of large reductions in
the National Debt, that the statement for Oc-
tober is just little disappointing. To be
sure, no other modern nation has ever been
able to reduce its public debt at anything
like the rate of $5,OOOOOO per month-S6O,OOO
600 year-which marks our decrease for the
last month but this country has done such mar
velOus things in the matter of finance during
the past decade that we are disappointed If
each succeeding monthly statement is not
fresh surprise. 1t should not be forgotten,
however by those disposed to compare the
present with any previous statement that the
falling off in the total amount of the debt
cancelled is the very natural result OF the
great reduction of taxes and tariff which was
made at the beginning of last month.
Year: 1870

The registries being now closed, our next
duty is to inspect the lists tomorrow,
and make our preparations to challenge all
whom there is reason to suspect of registering
falsely. Probably great many of the Tam
many repeaters have been cOlonized in the
uptown wards, as the census makes it dan
gerous for them to heap up their suffrages in
the tenement precincts with the same bold
ness as heretofore. The roll of names is to
be open to public view tomorrow, and every
voter has right to examine the register in
his own district, and point out the names of
those whom he suspects of fraud. .... rf
Year: 1870

Mysterious is marriage in Illinois. For instance
az Bloomington young gentleman bearingthe prim-
tive name of Adam, leads ayoung woman to pri
yate altar, and is surreptitiausly joined to her The
new made pair keep their secret. and the virgin wife
returns to the residence OF her papa Becoming i'm
patient, the bridegroom goes to the parental man
sion, produces the certificate and demands mmedi-
ate possession Of his better moiety Upon this the
ungratefu bride seeing tornado gathering upon her
fathers bsaw, with an mpudence which does credit
to her soA actually denies that sha is married at ALL


The poor repudiated husband is ferociously Kicked
out of the front dooe by the enraged pater famias
Recovering his center of gravity, he proceeds to in
stitutS action for divorce. This shows that under
the rude treatment TO which DO has been subjected
his love land who can wonder at itO has been
changed to bitter hatred. u it were otherwise why
in the name Of common sense, did he not sus out O
writ of habels corpus, which would speedily have
placed the young woman with the short memory in
his armsf Moreover, il is extremely difficult to see
upon what ground poor Adams libel for divorce can
be obtained Certainly, there has been no desertion
for the knot is only three weeks old But frst-rate
action. with nice prospect of damages, might be
brought against the passionate parent-and that is
what we should have recommended.
Year: 1870

If the gentlemen now supporting Alderman
Whiting for Congress mean to elect him, that
is fair and laudable undertaking. If they
mean by running him to elect Gen. Slocum,
that is altogether another matter. In every
case, we consider it best to act exactly as you
mean. Gen. Slocum is respectable citizen,
though his apostasy from the Republican
cause in the darkest hours Of the War, and
his support for President of the General who,
when our brave boys were being moved down
by Rebel batteries in unequal fight at Grove
ton, coolly proposed to "tet Pope get cut Of his
"scrape," while Ire looked to the defenses of
Washington, seems to US little less than trea-
son. Still, we say, let any one support Gen.
Slocum who considers that the best thing to
be done; but let there he no false pretensc
about it. In the actual condition of things, it
seems to ms that every earnest Republican
ought to do his best for the election of the regn-
lar Republican candidate. L. ID. Webster.
Year: 1870

To The Electors Of the IXh, 1Ph, and 1FIm bo'ds'


FELLOW -CITIzENs l am advised that have
been unanimously agreed as a candidate for your
surages 10y two wholly independent Nominating Conven-
tons by which has not found practicable TO unite
upon any one else Up late hour had hoped that


different result would be attained but this is longer
probable That have nowise sought the position thus
assigned me- you already know but cheerfuly accept
It, Inrm health, If other consideration must pre-
cude my going among you to solicit your suffrages,
and shall make novel professions or pledges in the
hope of thereby commencing myself to your favor.
Wishing you TO understand distinctly that any who
may seek to promote my election by personal attacks
upon abusive Trades against my competitor will
thereby subject himself my most emphatic rebuke and
reprehension, / will only add that, should it be your
pleasure that represent you in the next Congress,
will do so 20 the best Of my ability. Yours


Hes- York, Nov. 2, 1870 HORACE GREELEY.
Year: 1870

Mr. George Ticknor Curtis's argument against
the constitutionality of the late act of Congress
regulating naturalization and enforcing the
right of citizens to vote, will be read with in
terest, but we imagine with little profit 1t
will command more attention on account of
the importance of the issue than respect for
the logic advanced. The fact is that people
generally recognize the pending action in the
United States Circuit Court as desperate
attempt on the part of Tammany to evade the
law, and the basis of Mr.. Curtis's argument as
the weakest part of the effort.
Year: 1870

NJ. .Auguste Laugel is one Of that band Of
liberal, hopeful. enthusiastic Frenchmen, who,
friends of ours in our time of need, have
right to appeal TO our friendship in theirs.
We gladly give space to his plea for the moral
support of America in behalf of his bleeding
and distracted country. We do not accept his
views; but we do very heartily respect the
man and his motives
Year: 1870

Fling down the faded blossoms of the Spring,


Nor clasp the roses with regretfu hand;
The joy Of summer is a vanished thing


Let it depart, and learn to understand
The gladness of great calm-the Autumn rest,
The Peace-of human joys the latest and the best
All! remember how in early days


The primrose and the wild-flower grew beside
My tangled forest paths, whose devious ways


ruled me with joys of mysteries untried,
And terror that was more than half delight
And sense of budding life, and longings infinite.
And remember how, in Life's hot noon,


Around my path the lavish roses shed
Color and fragrance and the air of June


Breathcd raptllre-now those summer DAYS are


fled,


Days of sweet peril, when the serpent lay
Lurking at every turn of life's enchanted way.
The light of Spring, the Summer glow, are DER,
And rejoice in knowing that for me
The Woodbine and the roses bloom no more,
The tender green is gone from field and tree;
Brown barren sprays stand clear against the blue,
And leaves fall fast. and let the truthful sunlight


through.


For me the hooded herbs of Autumn grow,
Square -stemmed and sober-tinted mint and sage,
Horehound and balm-such plants as healers know
And the decline of life's long pilgrimage
Is soft and sweet with maroram and thyme,
Bright with pure evening dew, nor serpents gilt


tering slime.


And round my path the aromatic air


Bfeathes health and perfume and the turfv ground
Is soft for weary feet and smooth and fair,
With little thornless blossoms that abound
In safe dry places, where the mountain side
Lies the setting sum- and no i'll beast can hide.
What is there to regret: Why should mourn
To leave the forest and the marsh behind
OR toward the rank, low meadows sadly turn
Since here another loveliness find,
safer and not less beautiful-and blest
With glmpses, faint and fair, Of the long-wished-


for Rest:


And so drop the roses from my hand


And let the thorn-pricks heal, and take my way
Down hill, across fair and peaceful land
Lapt in The golden calm of dying day;
Glad that the night is near, and glad to know
That rough or smooth the way. l have not far to co.
Year: 1870

Eight lucky people in New jersey and
New York are rejoicing over their good
fortune, having just ''tallcn heirs" to an
estate in Scotland, variously estimated at
from twenty to thirty millions of dollars.
The person who gave the information to
the "hers" was a man named Smith, who
makes it his business to look after and
collect claims of this kind. Some of the
heirs are in good circumstances, but most
of them are poor, and when the news of
their vast inheritance in the old country
reached their ears they could not believe
it was true, and for u time nothing was
done, and the matter was dropped. One
of the party, however, wrote letter to a
prominent member of the House of Lords,
England, making inquiries as to whether
any such estate had been left In the
course of two or three months he received
an answer, stating that such an eetate had
been left to William Innis, and that if the
heirs could prove their claims there would
be but little difficulty in getting their mon
ey. Since then one of the heirs has visit
ed England, and found that both the state
ment of Smith and that contained in the
letter were true Able counsel were con-
suited, who state that if the claimants
could produce the old family Bible, with
the records, it would be the best evidence
as to the title. The gentleman returned
home and commenced searching for the
kew to the vast estate-tho old Bible \
few days ago the sacred volume, in {
double sense to the heirs, was found in the
hands of an Innis living in Pennsylvania
with the family record complete. Th'
Bible was printed in Edinburgh in 1922
and is in good state of preservation
A number of persons named INNS hav'
heretofore laid claims to the estate, which
are of course set aside by the discovery o
this old relic.
Year: 1870

Mr. EDIToR-in your issue of May 7th
/ find an article from the Columbia Spy,
in which the writer says Gin speaking OF
the Peach Borer) if we would box in our
trees and cover the top of the box with
some thin muslin, it would prevent the
f1y, from which the borer is hatched, from
laying its eggs around the trunk of the
tree, and we would thereby get rid of the
greatest enemy known to peach orchards
the peach borer.


Now, | know of no way to prevent the
fly from laying its eggs, but do know,
by experience, a process by which the
eggs can be prevented from hatching,
thereby accomplishing all the peach grow
er desires. My plan is this-take plow
and throw the furrow from your trees,
then have a man to follow after with a
hoe and clean away all the dirt from
around the trees which was left by the
plow; then have man to follow after the
hoeman with dull knife and scrape of
all the glue and small worms which he
may find around the trunks of the trees
after this, apply half gallon of wood
ashes to each tree. If your orchard is
young, make the second application, ant
YOU will not be troubled with the peacl
borer any longer. The fly may lay it
eggs, but the ashes will prevent them from
Matching The remedy is both simple
and cheap, as the ashes can be bought fo
sixteen cents per bushel, making cost o
one cent per tree. Try it, and | thinl
YOU will find you have been well paid fol
your trouble. II. n. T.
Year: 1870

DELAWARE CoLLEGE.-This Institution
will reopen under its new organization,
on the 14th of September. 1t should be
matter of State pride with all the citi-
liens of Delaware to see this Institution
reestablished on an efficient and enduring
basis. BY the provision of recent act
OF the Legislature, each Hundred in the
State is entitled to the free tuition of one
student in the College; candidates must
make application for the appointment to
she member of the Legislature from their
respective Hundreds.
Year: 1870

Wendell Phillips is conceded to be
one of the most effective speakers in
the country perhaps unequaled in
the United States as lecturer. A
young man wrote to him desiring
advice on the method of acquiring
the gift Of effective public speaking.
Mr.. Phillips replied;


II think practice with all kinds of
audience il the best teacher you can
have. Think of your subjects care.
fully, read all you can relative to
them, MI your mind, aud then talk
simply aud naturally to an audience.
Forget altogether that you are going
to make speech or that you are
making one. Absorb yourself into
the idea that you are to strike blow,
carry out q purpose, affect an object,
impress an idea, recommend plan
then having forgotten yourself, you
will be likelier to do your best for
your purpose. Study the class of
books your mind likes. When you
go outside of this rule, study those
which give you facts ON your sub
jects, and those which YOU find most
suggestive. Remember To talk up to
your audience, not down, the COM
monest audience can relish the best
thing you can say, If you know how
to say it properly. BE simple, be
earnest; and you will not fail to
reach the masses.n .
Year: 1870

The FISH STORY OF THE CENTURY.
He came into the breakfast room one
morning and in moment it was seen
that cloud was on his brow. There
sat the lady-like wife waiting for him;
the table fairly groaned, not with plated
silver, but the solid material. The cloth
was white as snow, the family were
seated around in pleasant expectancy;
everything was smoking Lot, and not
an article there but even pampered
appetite could revel on. But the mans
favorite dish was not there. Closer he
came to the table, and with the inquiry,
'sDid you not know that I wanted shad
for breakfast ?n he raised his foot and
overturned the whole table on the floor.


at is at the fire being kept warm fer
you," replied his wife in her quiet, lady
like and coEquering way.


In an instant the naughty husband
comprehended the situation; the next
,,e was on his knees, eXclaiming, "Dear
wife. you are nothing less than an angel
born"


Not great while after that he died.
HIS, will was opened; his wife was ex'
ecuted, he left her all he had-$2, ,000, 900.
HALLS Journal of Health.
Year: 1870




Tn one of the boarding houses upon
the east side of Main street there occur
red a singular incident last Monday
NIGHT A very respectable young gen.
tleman and refined young lady, who had
resided in the house for six months as
single persons and mere acquaiutances,
suddenly announced to their fellow
boarders that they were man and wife,
and had peen so for some time. The
following little circumstance the young
oen tleman related as to the cause oftheir
Secrecy. Two or three years ago he had
boarded in the family of a very wealthy
old gentleman at Nashville, Tennessee.
This old centlemaI quarreled with his
wife and having taken strong liking
for the Young gentleman in question,
informed him that he would will all OF
his property to him on condition that
ba would marry his only daughter
This the Young man refused to do, as he
loved another, and that he knew that
the daughters affections were centered
elsewhere than upon him. But the old
gantlemau. whom ill health had made
irascjble. stoutly asserted that unless he
world agree to the transaction he should
lasve his money to some charitable In
stitution. and the young man, who was
not yery well posted in legal matters,
tbinkinr to do the wife and daughter a
seryic !, agreed to the proposition and
the will was made and the old man came
to the eastern part OF this State 10 re-
ceive medical treatment. The young
man shortly afterward married the lady
of his choice and came here to live, but,
as he saws. in order to prevent the old
gentleman from willing his property
away to charitable institutions, his mar
riaoe was kept secret, and his wife and
himself lived together in the ssme house
for months as friends simply. Last
Sunday, however, q TELEGRAM was vas re- re,
Gentleman, and the young man, having
made over all of his right and title to
the extensive estate of the family of the
deceased, now publicly announces his
marriage, and is happy. 1 Buffalo Ex-
press. a