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Year: 1870

NNIE excitement in the town was ten
on the occasion of the testator's sudden
death Our post-office was besieged, and the
clerks piled with questions, while I kept
myself safely out of sight in the inner Office,
brooding in perplexity over the singular
occurrence. Icould arrive at no other conclu-
sion than that the packet must have slipped
into wrong bag, and so been missent.
OF course there were worrying inquiries
made by the London authorities, to which
could give no other reply than this sup
position. The affair was of such impor-
tance that official circulars were despatched
to most Of the offices i'll the kingdom, re-
quiring any information concerning any
missent letters and in the course of few
weeks a handsome reward was offered for
the discovery Of the missing document.


About five weeks after old Lawrence's
death | received a summons to present my
self before the surveyor of the district, Mr..
Talbot, who lived sixteen miles OF so from
Thornbury. He too, was an old friend of
our family, and had assisted in obtaining
the postofice for my father. He was one
of those jovial, courteous old gentlemen of
n past generation, who liked to make his
own, and every ones life as easy and agre-
able as possible, and who had somewhat of
an aristocratic contempt for the exacting
public,-far less exacting then than now.
| received a cordial greeting from him, was
set down to a good dinner, and forbidden to
speak of business until he began, which he
did over our wine.


"Now, Harry, just tell me all about it as
shortly as possible" and I obeyed him.


''But this is deuce of mess r' he ex-
claimed, when had finished "The will
must be found, sir. The authorities insist
upon it, and | will not answer for the con-
sequences if there is much longer delay.
Do you know what your townsfolk are say
ing, my boy?"


His manner had changed from consterna-
tion to anger, and then into compassion, as
he spoke; but only looked into his friend
ly face and shook my head in reply


"They say just this" he continued
'neither more nor less,-that the will is in
your possession. They say you are going
to marry Parson Lawrence's only daughter
and by keeping back the will you expect
him to come into possession of all the prop
erty."


81 should be a fool if / did," answered,
stammering for this phase of my position
had not failed to occur to me.


s. A confounded fool" he added dryly
p" the estate will be thrown into Chancery,
and the lawyers will get the best pickings
out of it, Come, Harry, we arelold friends
Year: 1870

The report of the examination Of the
master and second mate of the bark Frank
Wheaton, charged with abetting in the muir
der of sailor on that ship while on the
voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, may
be found on the sixth page of this mornings
REPUBLICAN, United States Commissioner
Urban discharged the accused.
Year: 1870

On Prince Arthur's visit to Stcw4rls great dry go0ds store on Thursday, is was ero.atsI with ladies' Most ofthem, on learnt, 2 thas tn royal youth had set foot in the bai4ing. made grand rush for him, surrounding hiss Gil ell sides and staring at him with a brazen eErontory that we did not think American women capable of If they had forgotten to blush, however, the Prince manifested that he had not, for rhs turned very red and seemed much confused by this ex traordinary conduct on the part of the mob he supposed to be composed of ladies, according to his strict Interpretation of the tern. Stewart, a Policeman and several c.3rks were necessary to clear the way through this crowd, that the royal visitor could paas oS his tour of inspection. He was followed by .he crowd, however, and when he went up ON tde elevator there was another grand rash of he graceless females, the clerks only succeed ing in expressing the throBg with dea of Dresses were torn, hair was derang- ed and some Of the ladies came out of the struggle in a sad state ofdilapidation. It was a melancholy sight-one most diseracef4l 10 our woman; those of them indeed, who are supposed to be of the mest intellectual elass and who consequently skould know better. N

 r. Star
Year: 1870

RAILWAY afe dG1ayeu on UTMOST every TIP by coal
"dumps' oil the track.


An unfortunate wretch named William Marena
was found lying in helpless state OF intoxication
yesterday morning on the sidewalk in South Third
street, Jersey City. He taken to the First pre-.
cnct station and placed In q cell, and when the
officer made his rounds at three O'Clock in the AFTER
noon he found Marena dead. Coroner Burns viii
hold on inquest.


The Communpaw abattoir sends an Alderman to
attend to the interests of the establishment in the
Jersey City Common Council. He is member of the
Committee on Health, o most anomalous position at
time when the Grand Jury are discussing the ques.
tiOn whether the concern should be abated as pub
llc nuisance.
Year: 1870

Mother, will he everything Ia you
that ] can be; promise you that


The boy lifted his head. A light Of
high resolve made the young brow man
like in expression. Not yet had ten
summers deepened the gold on those
fair locks. The earnest blue eyes look
ed fOndly in the faded face that bent
over him. There was Il world of love
in his sOul-a love that was not only lip
deep, but was proved, by acts of self-de-
nial,


The words are beautiful enough to be
repeated. Henry Locke smiled, because
as he spoke there came tears to his
mothers eyes. He had that morning
been promised place i'll Il country
store, five miles from the cot, OF rather
cabin, where they lived 1t was but a
small pittance; but of late the mother
had grown 50 feeble that she could earn
nOthingI she could scarcely do the little
that order and neatness called for at her
hands.


One dollar week! II was very
little sum, but better, much betrer than
nothing. Besides, Henry was to have
his meals with his employer and could
if he choose, sleep there. But he didn't
choose. For glad smile from his
mOtherisfUr the pressure of that feeble
hand; for the tender Christian words
that came from those pale lips, lie was
willing, after the hard work, tu walk
the five miles, dark and tedious though
The way was. Often he came home
bringing somelittle delicacy that he had
earned, and which was sweet to the in
valid because he brought it.


One night the sky was cVrtaincd with
clouds. The widow looked ffOm her
little window facing the hilly road along
which the hay wagons went their way
to the city, and said rs she saw tho twi-
light deepening earlier than Its wont!
'He will not come tonight


No; he would not surely come that
night. The wind blow fiercely and sent
the branches of the old apple tree rat
tling against the claphOardS, and threw
the rain, rs with spite, over the little
windows, shccting them and making
Year: 1870

y poor little newshoy, while attempt-
ing to jump from a city car, the other
AFTERNOON, fell beneath the wheels and
was learfully mangled. As soom as the
child could speak, he called piteousIv
for his mother, and messenger was
sent at once to bring her to him.


When the beTeaved woman arrived
she hung over the dying boy in an
agony Of grief


Mother whispered he, with a pail
lul effort 1 sold four Hewspapers-aUd
the money is in my pOcket.'


With the hand of death upon his brow,
the last thought Of the suffering child
was for the poor, hanlworking mother,
whose burden he was striving to tighten
when he lost his life.
Year: 1870

streaming from the brightness Of her
glorious home, Il slender beam seemed
to come, trembling to his very feet


Then he knew that the light was placed
in the window Of heaven. e.. B..


Once more he knclt in the little room
where he had left her. Nothing was
moved but Oh how much was wanting
There on the window sill stood the lit
tie lamp that brought the tears afresh.
But he teOlI his mothers well-wOru BIZ
bic, and, kneeling by her bedside, as if
the could hear him, he conSccrated him
self to a life and work of righteousness.
From that cottage he went out into the
world carrying his grief, as sacred
memorial, but seeing always, wherever
his word led him, his walking mother
and the lamp in the window of heaven.
Year: 1870

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condition, by the use Of these remedies and no dis


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TESTINTON


Like the following was never before offered in behalf
Year: 1870

The fireside is % school of infinite
importance it is important because
il is universal, and because the edu'
cation it bestOws, being woven in
with the woof of childhood, gives
form and color to the whole texture
of life.
Year: 1870

A YOUNG lady in Newark, when
her jealous admirer sent back her
letters with % request that she
should return his, answered that
she could not comply Immediately
as she had lent them to Il young
gentleman to read.
Year: 1870

How few people seem to know what Il costs
to run q newspaper. This is an ejaculation
often heard in newspaper counting rooms e..
ter the departure Of somebody who has tried
to conhscate paper or get in puff Of some
body on the strength Of old friendship or
some imagination equally as strong. BY
some uuaccountable misapprehension Of facts
there is a large class of people in the world
who thinks that it costs little or nothing to
run newspaper, and that il they buy a copy
from q newsboy, when too far to come and
beg one, they are regular patrons and entitled
TO unlimited favors.


Men call every day at newspaper Offices to
get copy of the daily paper, Just from press
for nothing, who would never dream Of beg
ging pocket handkerchief from dry goods
store, an apple from fruit stand, or a piece
OF candy from confectioner, even upon the
plea of old acquaintance or having bought
something before. One is not much, but q
hundred day amounts 10 something in tho
course of time. But this is u small drain CON-
pared with the free advertising a newspaper
Is expected to do. Some men who have paid
two dollars at an early period of life for an
advertisement worth four or five, appear to
think they are stockholders in the establish
ment for eternity. They demand the publi-
cation of all marriage and funeral notice es,
obituaries and family episodes for the next
forty years gratis. Speak Of pay and they
grow indignant. Don't | patronize your
pnpert' Yes; but you received the worth o {
your money for what you paid" But" says
the patron, ''it will not cost you anything to
put this ill.," which is just rs ridiculous as to
ask a man TO grind your AK on his grind
stone. and grnciOusly tell him that in won't
cost him cent. II takes money TO run "a
newspaper as we'll AS any other kind of busi-
ness. and no paper will succeed financially
that carries a dead-head system. Any men,
ton OF the peoples affairs that they are an1-
ious to see in print, is worth paying for, and
when printed is generally as any investment
OF the same amount.


The newspaper business is very e1acting on
all connected with 1t, and the pay is compar-
ativciy small; the proprietors risk more mon
ey for smaller profits. and the editors and re-
porters and printers work harder and cheaper
than tue same number of men in any other
profession requiring the given amount of in
telligencc and trimming and drudgery The
life has its charms and its pleasant associa-
tons, scarcely known by the outside world;
but 1t has its earnest work and anXieties and
hours Of exhaustion which likewise, are not
known to those who think the business all
fun. The idea that newspaperdOm is
charmed circle where the favored members
live life of ease free from care and go TO the
circus at night on u free ticket, and TO the
Springs on free pass in tho Summer, is all
idea which we desire to explode practically
and theoretically. Business is business and
the journal that succeeds is the one that is
run on a square business footing, the same as
banking or bull lding bridges. keeping hotel or
running a livery stable.-.Nsmphis ArdLlnche.
Year: 1870

feel that fellow citizens our prosperity is
mutual | have caught the idea of this canal
since came here, and shall have grsnd re-
port to make when | return to our little city
that washes her feet in the Atlantic. have
no doubt Of the final result Of this scheme.
believe if this canal is built Burlington will ul-
timstely be one of the great cities Of New Eng
land. Some of the passages in the history of
Portland may benefit you in this connection


We have done but very little in the line OF canal
building, but with population of only Is, 900
we invested $4,000, 600 in the Grand Trunk
railroad, and it has already been nearly paid
back TO US We have doubled the value of the
property destroyed in 1855 and had popula-
ton greater by 5000 This canal when CON-
Year: 1870

A Coon MUFF SToKY-A California
paper tells of an excursion got up by a
party of young gentlemen and ladies for a
donation or surprise visit to some of their
acquaintance. They went in sleighs. and


the party was so numerous that some of
the vehicles had 10 carry three passengers.


In one case lady and two gentlemen oc-
cupied the sleigh. The gentlemen ofcourse
would not allow the lady to take an ex-
posed seat; /; she therefore sat in the mid
die AS the night was extremely cold,
gentleman No. / quietly passed his hand
"a remarkably small one by the way) into
the lady's muff. As the muff was not very
the lady quietly removed one of
her hands from the same In few mo-
ments she felt movement on the other
side, and found gentleman No. attempt
ing to pass his hand into the muf on that
side. She then quietly withdrew her haud
from the muff and allowed him to do so.
What took place in the mutf she is unable
to say. But each gentleman privately re-
ported to a small circle of friends how
warmly the lady had returned the pressure
Of his hand in the muff, while the lady IS
privately reported to q small circle of
friends the capital sale she made of both
gentlemen.
Year: 1870

A CALIFORNIA INDIANS DINNER.-Mr
Cheever, who spent many years among the
California Indians, and studied carefully
their history, and manners and customs,
gives the following illustration of their
habits. in the Ma number of the Natural
ist He saw an Indian come to the banks
of the Feather River. one afternoon. He
was hungry. but had not particle of food
to eat. His 6rst movement was to start
fire. He next turned over some old logs
and hunted up some grubs. He then pull
ed up some dry reeds. aud plucked few
hairs from his own head and tied the grubs
to the bottom of the reeds. surrounding
them with circle of loops. The reeds
were then stuck lightly into the mud. in
the shallow water of the stream. and the
Indian squatted beside them motionless.
Presently the top of one of them began
to trembIe, when the watcher put his thumb
and finger upon it. and tossed fish out
upon the grass and so he continued to
watch and to catch fish until he had enough
for his dinner all going to show, that the
man who wants but little here below may
get that little easy-provided he knows as
much as q California Indian
Year: 1870

well-paid hands to do the work, and he was
drawing fat salary for seeing them do it.
Laughter and applause


Mr.. Chairman, have trespassed upon the


courtesy of the committee l fear too long,
certainly much longer than had any idea of
when commenced, [cries of" Go on ~ s. Go
on" yet there are one or two thoughts
further that would like to suggest. Sup
pose, sir, that we do feel like exercising
liberal generosity in this matter, are we in a
condition to do so ? A wise and prudent busi-
ness man who contemplates the bestowal of
a large charity will be sure to examine bis
balance sheet before he does it. He will ex-
anime his resources. lie will consider his
liabilities. He will foot up his handbook
and count over his money. Now, how does
our account stand We are informed by the
Secretary of the Treasury that our bonded
debt amounts to about $500, ,OOO, 900.
Have you, sir, any conception of the magpi-
tude of that sum Has any gentleman here
| make no imputation upon your intellect
when | say you do not. Try if you can
realize it unit by unit. Can you do it? Sir
it is not within the power of the human in
tellect. The brain reels beneath the immen-
e The sonssPsiea 1Ss s On c sBe ed dia Of
eternity.


There is one way, however, and only one
way by which the human intellect can ap-
proach realization of the magnitude of this
sum and that is by comparison. Each
greenback dollar bill is about seven inches in
length. Now, place two thousand five hun
dred millions of them in a line, and you will
find it will be over two hundred and fifty
thousand miles long Geographers tell US 1t
is twenty-five thousand miles around the
earth. Our public debt would therefore
make band of greenback dollars that could
encirclc this globe more than ten times. 1t
is said TO be two hundred and forty thousand
miles from the earth to the moon. If this is
so, our debt would make a rope of greenback
dollars long enough to cable the moon to the
earth, and have over ten thousand miles to
sag Laughter
Year: 1870

VIsrT TO SILK MILL-A visit to


silk mill disoloses the fact that there is no


such thing as cheap silk, any more than


there is cheap gold. 1t is true, we find


sham silks and dollar jewelry in the mar


ket, and both bear exactly the same rela-


ton to the original. An ounce of pure
silk is worth its weight in silver all over
the civilized globe. Italian silk is the
best, not only because it is finer. but be-
cause it works better and consequently
causes least waste. 1t is often raised from
the eggs of japanese worms and it is
curious that such worms, when working on
Italian soil, make exactly the same quality
of silk as their brother Italian worms.
This, however, il probably because they
are all fed on the same soed-the leaves of
the ltaliAa mulbers-sss @ fashioned
days, before our = --fathers
understood the perlSs-s~Sl k<y IN
dyeing, they too had 81 Iseuing TO make a
pound of silk weigh something more by
artificial means; SO while the young girls
were spooliRg the silk for filing in they
dipped their fingers in a preparation of oil
and lamp-black. By this means two
ounces or more were added to the pound.
When they happened to get on so much
that the boxes which held the fabric were
oiled. these silks were pronounced oil
boiled To-day there are clerks in the
store who will talk to US about oil-boiled
silks adding that this kind of silk wears
After the silk is dyed, little oil is some
times used for sOftening purposes, but any
thing additional is positive injury to the
silk. When twice the necessary weight of
dye is added, the silk is deprecated just
half in value IF thrice is added, the silk
is deprecated three-fold.
Year: 1870

How TO BE NoBoDK.-Tt is easy to be
nobody. and we will tell you how to do it.
Go to the drinking saloon to spend your
leisure time. You need not drink much
now Just little beer, or some other drink.
In the meantime play dominOes, checkers,
or something else to kill the time. SO that
you will be sure not to read any useful
book. If you read, let it be the dime
novels of the day. Thus 60 on keeping
your stomach full, and your head empty,
aud yourself playing time-killing games,
and in few years you'll be nobody, un-
less, las is quite hkely,) you should turn
out drunkard or q professional gambler,
either of which is worse than a nobody.
There are any number Of young men
hanging apout saloons. billiard rooms and
other rum shops just ready to graduate and
be nobodies.
Year: 1870

A Doc SAVES s5000.-Two droyers went
to sleep in caboose car at Fort Wayne,
not long since, hanging up on a pin a
carpet sack containing $4,000. Some fel-
low who saw it reached in and got the sack,
but afterward went in through trap door
to get another one. He was seized by a
bulldog. which stepped up behind him.
One of the drovers, waking up, saw the
situation of affairs, drew big knife, and
threatened to cut the thiefs head off if he
did not tell where the other sack was
He told, of course, that it was outside, and
despite his pleadings the man was left in
the custody of the dog until it was secured.
He was then released, minus about quart
of blood.
Year: 1870

Carving is very desirable aceomplis h
ment for both ladies end gentlemen, and
should be taught. One cannot learn it by
tuition, but by practice, joined by small
slice OF theory. 1t is iiue that the French
| style Of serving the meat sliced is fast ban
ishing the necessity Of carving at the table
of the rich; bat in middle life, where such
elegancies are not practise5, knowledge
of carving should be part of boys or
girls education. How often do we hear g
person say: "Oh, excuse me, can't carve:
l never tried" Or, if it be attempted,
one soon finds himself sadly embarrassed


He grasps the finife and fork desperately.
He has learned that a slice OF breast Of a
turkey Is a dainty; that wing is good; the
, second joint also; that the leg is not so
good. But it is not an easy task to sepa-
rate them, and he thinks he would rather
chop wood than dress turkey. He does
not know that on the back lies a delicate
morsel called the opster, and the side
bones below the second joint are consid-
cred tit-bits. This must be taught him.
Ladies ought especially to make carving a
study; at their own home the task often de-
wolves upon them, and they should
be able to perform it with ease
and not be forced to accept the
assistance of visitors, who would prob.
ably dread the opreation. The platter
should be placed so near the carver that he
has full control over it; if far off, nothing
can prevent an ungraceful appearance. A
sharp knife is requisite, aud thin and WELL
tempered blade. In carving turkey. cut off
the wing nearest to you first, then the leg
and second joint: then slice the breast until
rounded. ivory-shaped piece appears, in
sert the knife between that and tie bone
and separate them; this part is the incest
bit of the breast next comes the "merry
thought" Alter this. turn over the bird a
little. and just below the breast you will find
the oyster, which you separate as you did
the inner breast. The side bone lies be-
side the rump, and the desired morsel can
be taken without separating the whole
bone. Proceed the same way with the
other side. The fork need not be removed
during the whole process. An experienced
carver will dissect fowl as easy as you can
break an egg or cut a potato. He retains
his seat, manages his hands and elbows
artistically, and is perfectly at ease. There
is nc difficulty in the matter: it only re-
quires knowledge and practice, and these
should be taught in the family, each child
taking his or her turn. Chickens and
partridges are carved in the same way.