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Year: 1870

Henry Ward Beecher preached recently
on Late hours and the Unfruitiul Works
of Darkness.


"If you want to make the ruin Of a child
sure give him liberty after dark. You can
not do anything nearer to insure his da'nna-
ton than TO give him liberty to 60 where
he will without restraint. After dark be
will be sure to get into communication with
peop e that will undermine all his good
qualities. do not like to speak to parents
abou, their children. The child cannot,
will not lie, when his tongue Is like tht
bended bow; he will not drink when there
is not a saloon within mile of his fathers
house where he is not as well known as one
of lis own decanters; he never does iuiqni-
tous things, when he is reekng il filth
Nineteen out Of every twenty allowed per-
feet freedom at night vii! be wounded by IT,
There is nothing more important than Tor
child to be at home ut night. or II he Is
abroad, YOU should be with him. II he is
TO see any sights or take any pleasure,
there is nothing that he should see tha. you
should not see with him. 1t is not merely
that the child should be broken down, bat
there are thoughts that never ought to lind
a passage into a mans brain. As an eel,
il he wriggle across your carpet, Will leave
his slime which no brushing can eyer ef.
face. so there are thoughts that never can
be got rid cf, if once permitted to enter;
and there are individuals going round with
obscene books and pictures under the lap
nels Of their coats that will leave ideas IN
the mind of your child that will never be ei.


ny, H., I,, i,-.,, Il
salacious song, ard they will never forget
it. They will regret having heard it to the
end OF their lives. do not believe in n
childs seeing life, as it is called, with its
damnable lust and wickedness, to have all
his iminagnation set fire with the flames of
hell. Nobody goes through this fire hut
they are burned, burned, burned; aud they
can't ret rid of,he scars.
Year: 1870

When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night and be kissed;
Oh, the little white arms that encircle
NY neck in tender embrace
Oh. the smiles that are halos of heaven,
Shedding Sunshine of love on my face!
And when they are gone sit dreaming
Of my childho too lovely to last;
OF love, that my heart will remember,
Whom it wau es to the pulse oe the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
partner of sorrow and sin,
When the glory of God was about me,
And the glory of gladness within.
Oh, my heart grows as weak as woman's,
And the fountai OF feeling will flow.
When think of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must 60 ,
OF the mountains OF sin hanging Ger them,
OF the tempest of Fate blowing wild;
Oh there is nothing on earth half SO holy
As the innocent heart Of a child!
They are idols Of hearts and OF households; /;
They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still glcams in their eyes;
oh, those truants from home and from


heaven,


They have made me more manly and


mild!


And I know how Jesus could liken
The kingdom of God to a child.
ask not life for the dear ones.
All radiant. as Others have done,
But that life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare of the sun;
would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to my


self;


All a seraph may pray for sinner.
But sinner must pray for himself.
The twig Is so easily bended


l have banished the rule and the rod
have Taught them the goodness of knowl-


edge,


They have taught me the goodness of


God;


NV heart is dung con of darkness,
Where shut them from breaking rule
My frown is sufficient correction


Ny love is the law OF the school.
shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more:
All how shall sigh for the dear ones,
That meet me each morn at the door
shall miss the good nights and the kiss


es.


And the gush of their innocent giee.
The group on the green, and the flowers
That arc brought every morning to me.
l shall miss them at morn and at eve,
Their song in the school and the street;
| shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And death says, "The School is dismiss


ed"


May the little ones gather around me,
To bid mo good night and be kissed.
Year: 1870

With rapid shoot of purple wings.


Like crescent arrow heads they fiy,
And cut the soft blue deep rs if


To them belonged the endless sky.
Now high and soaring near the dome
That spreads in azure down to earth
Now low along the river wide


That mirrors all the summers mirth.
Now skimming over meadows rich


With waving crowds Of golden flowers
Now STOPPING close. moments rest,
On lichcncd rail in orchard bowers.
Then up and swift again they hunt


Through deserts of the air and light.
Where bluest space and yielding breath
Stretch wide around their utmost flight
Oh who can Ger suck gladness show
As that which fills the swallows breast
When all the land in morning lies,


And skies above tho sun hath dressed
Or who with such n reckless dive


The sea immense of heaven would dare
Aud rush on fearless winds to taste,


The glorious freedom of the air.
Year: 1870

Some very pretty new honnets are seen on
the street. One is OF white straw, with bo der
turned up with white -ilk, under which h' re
is a bow of white ribl on and a small bunch
of daisies. On the crown of the bonnet there
is large bunch of dtises, continued in long
sprays trailing down in the neck. White rib
bon strings. This bonnet is suitable only to
a very young lady.
Year: 1870

The Courier Journal tells Of a young
fellow in that city who, last winter, was
so hard up that he had no shirt to wear,
but who about six weeks ago got i've
dollars and went for the tiger so sue
cessfullv as to make it S26,7oo. The
Courier.Journal does not tell oftne thou
sands who commence this business with
a great deal more than S26,700, and get
down to paupcr's grave at public e1-
perse.
Year: 1870

constructed habitations, costing
the inhabitants years of hard Ia
Dor to build up with their primi-
tive tools, ornamented with car
wing in wood of most singular and
elaborate workmanship, painted
with curious imagery, and provi.
ded outside end in with many OF
the convcniencies of civilized life. .
Our men went to work at the
word Of command, and canonaded
this village with shot and shell
continuously from two o'clock un-
til da~k Of one afternoon, and
from daybreak next morning un-
til 1T was thought a sufficient les
son had been given to a popula-
ton who, so far as we can per-
ceive, had no more to dc with the
killing of the white man or the
original offense than anybody in
New York has. This, at least, is
the substance Of the report made
by the Indian Commissioners to
the Government; and we should
like to know whether this is the
sort of policy by which we pro-
pose to bring the indians within
the pale Of civilization and hu-
mainly? Biting a finger is pun
ished by death. The crime OF an
individual is avenged by the bonn
bardment of a village. And yet
these Indians do not believe that
we are just and merciful, and
mean them well
Year: 1870

FLORENCE, ITALY, January 25th, 70.
ReU j. Leighton wilson, d. d,


Dear Sir,-I had intended to have written
to you sometime ago, but the sudden death
of our dear friend, DIR. DeSanctis, rendered
me entirely unable to carry on my work
steadily. In the midst of our great grief,
we must not, however, forget the great and
numerous reasons we have to bless God and
take courage. The first is, that in the midst
of these remarkable days, when the man that
sitteth in the temple of God wishes to be
proclaimed God (infallible) by the six or
seven hundred of his creatures whom he has
gathered from the four quarters of the globe,
we are permitted to have in all the principal
towns in Italy, except Rome, which is the
seat of the beast, large meetings that assem-
BILE to hear the pure gospel, and protest in
the manner most worthy of the disciples of
Christ-that is, by protesting openly his
pure and holy truth, as it is revealed in the
Bible, and praying fervently for the triumph
of the gospel without any bitterness or hatred
towards the enemies of Christ The infor-
nation | receive from the different stations
of our missions is most encouraging Every
where very numerous meetings are being
held with reference to the Gcumenical
Council, Such thing has never before
been seen since the commencement of the
Papacy. Even in Italy we can publish, in
spite of the Man of Sin and under his very
eyes, without the slig ghtest obstacle, the doc
trines which he abhors. Have we not a
right to expect from such extraordinary facts
results that will exceed our most sanguine
hopes?


All those that have co0perated actively in
the work of Italian evangelization, if even
they should see no other fruits of their sac
rifceS and prayers, ought to be satisfied to
know that they have helped to obtain in this
land more than thirty evangelical councils
most of them more numerously attended, and
certainly more serious, than the one at Rome.
While all our stations continue to develope
and become consolidated, it is remarkable
and cheering fact that the two which have
been organised within the last two or three
years in the two extremities of our country
have hitherto been the most successful, and
hold out the most cheering hopes. The
evangelist at Venice writes that the brethren
there have decided to resist the attacks o.
the enemies of the gospel in two different
ways, namely, by weekly prayer meetings
which they hope will continue even after the
close of the Roman Council, and also by 8
series of popular lectures on the doctrines o.
the Church of Rome, which have been ad
! vertised throughout the town, and thus be
Year: 1870

Have committee to procure books for
the classes whose teachers are absent.
Some give ten minutes for the exchange
of books, near the close of the school, when
the librarian passes around with his basket
and gives to each teacher the books for his
class.


But never let the duties of the teaching
hour be interrupted by the librarian, or by
anybody.


One speaker said a weekly paper, if we
had one, would be the best book for the very
little children.


This multiplication of human books is
doubtful good. But the books do abound,
and if we give not the good to the children,
they will read others which are worse.


The Convention passed a resolution, re.
questing those speakers who had presented
prepared addresses, to publish an abstract
of them in whatever way they should think
best
Year: 1870

Among the most noteworthy items of in
terest in the foreign journals are the notices
respecting DR.. Dollinger's letter in reply to
the petition of the Bishops for the declara-
ton of Papal infallibility. The letter itself
is a courageous protest and mastery argu-
ment, and will be valuable for centuries to
come as transcript of the so.called Ger
man Catholic mind, which has felt something
of the general effect of evangelical charity
and Protestant freedom of thought. In
looking over the extracts which have been
published, we are impressed with the scathing
earnestness of the man in dealing with this
question, and the merciless severity with
which he exposes the fallacy of the preten-
sions on which the dogma is based. He be-
gins by saying the Bishops are signing ad-
dresses in which the Pope is besought, on the
part of the Council, to declare himself infal-
lible; that is to say, Gone hundred and
eighty millions of human beings are hence
forth to be forced, on pain of excommuni-
cation, refusal of the sacraments, and ever.
lasting damnation, to believe and profess
that which the Church hitherto has not be-
lieved, not taught" He argues that the
declaration of this dogma as an article of
faith affects the whole foundation of the
Church, and openly charges the trainers of
the petition with saying what is not true in
asserting that according to the general and
constant tradition of the Church, the iudg-
ments of the Pope are unalterable, because
the Church has always first examined the
dogmatic utterances of the Popes, and then
either agreed to, or rejected them, as was
done by the Fifth Council in 553 and by the
Sixth in 601. He charges them with mutila.
ton of their quotations, and denounces the
Jesuits as the originators of the whole plot.
The faithful in Rome say that DR.. Dollinger
is the Antichrist
Year: 1870

e rather think our Indiana Dem
tic Congressmen put their foot
the other day, when they open
heir mouths to vote against the
q resolution of their national plat
of 1865. Our friend Niblack
40 to be more careful how be re-
ates the national platform of his
y. It Is dangerous to be always


q against everything presented to.
Houss by Republicans.
Year: 1870

CLEVELAND, March &C. S. Hobbs
who was quite recently a prominent
railroad man here, shot himself
through the head last night. Lit IS
supposed it was accidentally, as no
cause can be given for the act.
Year: 1870

A BROKEN DOWN AND NEGLECTED AMER
IcAN GENERAL.-The cable dispatch from
France about the dangerous illness Of Gen,
Robert Anderson, of Fort Sunpter fame, is
almost tragical, in view of his physicians
direction for change of climate as the means
OF saving his life. Gen. Anderson was broken
IN health, if not in heart, when he was COM
PEELED TO leave New York year ago. He
was unable to pay his very moderate expenses
here out of the petty income allowed him by
Congress, after his retirement from the army,
and he went abroad for the purpose of living
as economically as possible, in some small
town in Germany or France. He lost his
property during the war, though he tried
hard to get some remuneration for it from
Congress, he failed. He was greatly dis
couraged by this, and also at the way in
which his patriotic services at the opening of
the war were slighted. Before leaving here
he offered his private library for sale as
means of meeting the expense of his family
on their passage TO Europe. There were in
his library many valuable books of a military
and scientific kind, for which he hoped to
obtain good prices, But though his friends
of the press called the attention to the sale,
he realized very little from it, few of the
books bringing one-quarter their cost or value.
lie lett here poor man, shattered in consti
tuition, and with an income soSmall that he
had very hard work to cover the necessary
expenses of his family. He has been living
for sometime past in humble way, at the
French town of Tours. from which we now
receive reports of his dangerous illness. 1t
seems strange that some of the rich men of
New York, who have lately raised large
sums OF money to keep the families of Stanton
and Rawlins. alter Stanton and Rawlins were
dead, have not made up patriotic fund in
the name of Robert Anderson, while he is
yet alive. | here has been no secret about
his poverty or about ithe insuficiency of his
income, and the reason for his going abroad
have been repeatedly published in the papers.
= New York Correspondence Cincinnati
Commercial
Year: 1870

YANKEE SHREwDEss A friend related tc
us the following DER true tale of n resident OF
ef Little River, disclosing one of the keenest
lodges ever charged to the cutest people that
ever inhabited this tarnation earth The
hero OF the story, who shall be nameless.
was possessed of horse--also of a sweet
heart The horse run in Mrs pasture.
and the young lady occupied the same old
gentleman parlor. The old man was pretty
close, and insisted upon charging his daugh
ter's suitor two dollars per month for the
pasturage of his horse. This tariff our hero
who was somewhat economical himself. de
sired to get rid of, and bit upon plan for it's
accomplishment which proved to be perfect
success. lie had already proposed to and
had been accepted by the daughter where.
upon he made her present of the horse.
The father of course would not charge his
daughter the animals feed, so our enterpris-
ing friend got pasturage free until the we'd
ding came off, which event occurred some
time ago. If one knows of sharper stroke
of business than the above handsome pre-
MUM may be obtained bv communicating it
to this Office e.-Mendocino Dispatch.
Year: 1870

WILL POULTRY PAY.-It has been sa ID
that "hens time isn't worth much but it
is worth 500, 900, 900 year in the United
States, and this without any decided sys-
TEN, or a clear eye to results or profit, ex-
cept in few issolated cases. Nearly all
the poultry produced, and their eggs, are
accidental or subordinate to other branches
of farming. In no known instance is poul-
try raising for market on an extensive scale
made special occupation; and yet it is
an undoubted fact that any good practical
man who goes to making eggs and poultry
as a business can on ten acres Of land, make
more money by it than he can make in
raising cattle. sheep or pigs Five thou
sand hens can be kept in a state of health
on ten acres of land and they will pay at.
market prices a net profit of 81 per hen, or
$4,000 per year. There are more than
hundred varieties of domestic poultry to
choose FROM and all tastes can be suited.
There is growing love for fine birds in
this country as objects of beauty aside
from their value as patient workers for
Mans delectatiou. The poultry shows have
done much to foster taste for superior
breeds of poultry; but to the few men,
professionals and amateurs, who have de-
voted time and means to the improving
and breeding Of the bcst fowls, do we owe
purity of blood and improvement of varie-
ties according to the highest standard Of
authority.-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1870

A general order from the headquarters of
the army states that the fourth military
district has ceased to exist, and, by direction
of the President, the state of Mississippi is
attached to the Department of the Cumber
land, Breves Major General Cook command
ing. This order is a necessary sequence
to the admission Of the state to representa-
Year: 1870

Gold is dropping SO is real estate; and
so is everything but taxes. Is it not about
time that the country should have little
relief from the exactions of the tax gstherer?
Let Congress begin by refusing to restore
the income tax
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or grey
hair as soon restored
to its original color
'ciM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.


Thin hoi,. is thick.
Year: 1870

An exchange bids farewell to his non-pay-
ing subscribers in the following strain


This week we strike out about 20 names
who viii not pay their ,l,ics to the Printer. In
dping them so We take them by the hand, with
tears in our eyes, bid them an affeetionate fare
well, Good bye old subs Take care of
yourselves Sometimes think Of our paper
which you have had SO long for nothing
Sponge upon other printers now for a while.
a change of political diet will doubtless, be
good for you. Poor old fellows


We are a little sorry to turn you out upon
the dark night, without lamp, but it must be
50. Stride for the nearest neighbor's light
He may let YOU in and feed you for year or
two, upon the strength OF your honorable
po nises to pay at the end Of that time. For
ourself VIC have enough of those curious
pledges to supply our cabinet for the present.
We have labeled them carefully, and they are
open to general inspection. With many
thanks to your sclf-sacrifcing indulgence to
US and your honest appreciation of the obli-
cations existing towards this Office, we again
and finally say farewell forever"
Year: 1870

Mrs Stowe is hitting a good many points,
which occur in good society" in her story Of
Pink and White Tyranny in Old aud New,
and in none does she lay bare e more impor-
tant, though often unrecognizA Arutl, than in
the following:


There comes time, after marriage, whom a
husband, If he be anything of a man has somc-
thing else 70 DO than make direct love to his
wife. lie cannot be on duty at all hours TO fan
her. and shawl her and admire her. His love
must express itself through other channels
He must be full man for her sake, and, as a
man, must go forth to a whole world Of inter
ests that takes him from her. Now, what, in
this case shall woman do, whose only life lies
in pcttipg aud abortion and di,piays7
Year: 1870

I strolled through bower Of roses one morn,
With a maiden modest and fair,
And plucked the rarest of all the flowers,
3. To place in her golden hair; t.,,.
But the bloom on her cheek has faded nov,
And she meath that bower repo,es,
For they have lain my darling down to sleep,
All alone among the roses.
Yet another flower as frail and fair,


picked from its parent stem, 8
And since have worn it near my heart,
And hold it a priceless gem;
Though its leaves are withered and faded now,
Yet they recall the hour,
When the maiden and were all alone,


Beneath her rosy bower.
But those withered rose leaves vet retain


Their color and sweet perfume,
And sometimes think on that maiden's cheek,
The roses are still in bloom;
Though the flowers do fade and die away,
Their fragrance they still retain,
So NAV the soul in those brighter worlds,
Feel the thrill OF love again.
How precious the hope, we yet may hnd,


In some celestial grove,
The angel form the kindly heart


OF the one We foBdly love;
A spirit transferred TO purer cline,


Which blooms with fragrant bowers,
Where love still fingers around the heart,
As perfume round the howers.
Year: 1870

In purchasing = collar for your horse, it is
important to get one that fits him, as both the
animal and yourself will thus he saved much
annoyance The Horse and CHr7iGye Jour
nal says: The plan adopted in tie West,
and which, We are assured by men who have
been long in the collar business, does not in
jure the collar in the least, is to dip in water
until the leather is Thoroughly wet, then put
it on the horse, secure tlle names firmly, keep
ing it there until it becomes dry. 1t is all the
better if heavy loads are to be drawn, a, that
causes the collar to be more evenly fitted to
the neck and shoulder Ffpossible, the collar
should be kept on from four to FIVE hours,
when it will be perfectly dry and retain the
same shape ever afterward, and as it is exactly
fitted to the form of the neck, will never pro-
ddce chafes or sores on the horses neck"
Year: 1870

The authorities in Paris find the question
of food quite as perplexing as the presence
and force Of the Germans il alarming.
They have regulated its consumption az
ingeniously as it could well be done. To
have placed the entire population upon an
equality absolutely rs to quantity and
quality would have been impracticable.
The system adopted is thus explained by
the New York Times: Each butcher re-
ceives every morning a certain supply of
meat, the quantity being determined by
his average sales. Against this supply the
butcher issues coupons to his customers.
lasting for the week, The customers cut
OF a ticket daily and draw their allowance.
They get no more beyond this, nor can any
one not customer get any at all. Thus
an artificial scarcity is produced. Many
persons can get no tickets, and so can get
no meat The restaurants cannot get
enough for their customers, who have
money to pay. But the consequence is a
great economy in the use of the supply.
French cooks have long been famous for
making animal food go far, and their ira
ditiona' skill viii now be taxed to the ut
most The amount Of meat in Paris is still
very large. There is also a vast quantity
of salted beef and pork, and in addition to
the rest there are 22,Oooooo pounds of
horsehesh. Thus, butter is selling at five
francs pound a pair of ducks cost twenty
francs, n goose the same, chicken ten
francs, ham three francs the pound, and 10
on. OF course, few can pay these prices.