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Year: 1870

The case of New York pickpocket,
upon whose person had been found a let
ter from an accomplice, advising him to
see a certain official and give him fifty
dollars to have the charge set aside, was
thus summarily disposed Of by Judge
Bedford last week. You are one Of
those who claim to have enough political
influence TO escape all punishment for
your crimes. To show the falsity Of
these staiements.I ] will send you to toe
State prison for five years.
Year: 1870

In most cases, the wise and good men
viii com down. but never give up. The
heroic thing to say is this: Things are bad,
but they may be worse, and with Gods
blessing [ will try to make them better"
Who does not know that by resolute adhe
renee to this principle many battles have
been won after they have been lost2 Don't
the French say that the English have con
quered on many fields because they did not
know when they had been beaten; in short,
because they would never give up?


Pluck is great quality Let us respect
it everywhere; at least whenever enlisted
on the side of right Ugly is the bull dog,
and indeed, blackguard looking; but ad-
mire one thing about tit viii never give
up. And splendid success has often come
at length to the man who fought on through
failure, hoping against hope. Mr.. Disraeli
might we'll have given up after his first
speech in the House Of Commons; many
men would never have opened their lips
there again. l declare, 1 feel something
sublime in that defiant 'The day will come
when you will be glad to hear me, when
we read it by the light Of events. OF course,
only extraordinary success could justify the
words They might have been the vapor-
ing of conceited fool.


Calico, compelled to appear to come
down, did not give up. Still, it moves.
The great Nonconformist preacher, Robert
Hall, broke down in his first attempt to
preach, but he did not give up. Mr.. Ten
nyson might have given up, had he been
disheartened by the sharp reviews of his
earliest volume George Stephenson might
also have given up when his railroad and
his locomotive were laughed out of the Par
lament committee. Mr. Thackeray might
have given up when the publishers refused
to have anything to do with Panty Fair-


The first articles of men who have become
the most successful periodical writers have
been consigned to the Balaam box. Posi-
bly this was in some measure the cause of
their success. 1t taught them to take more
pains. It was taking down. 1t showed
| them that their task was not easy; IT they
would succeed, they must do their very best.
And if they had stamina TO resolve that
though taken down, they would not give up,
the disappointment was an excellent disci-
pline. | have known students at College,
whose success in carrying off honors was I'M
ezampled, who in the first one or Two com
petitions we're ignominiously beaten. Some
would have given up. They only came
down; they went at their work with a viii,
and never were beaten more. County Par,
| son.
Year: 1870

INFLUENCE man cannot sin without
having the influence, and in some sense,
the punishment OF his sin fall upon others
Thus a man cannot indulge in the use OF
strong drinks without having sad conse-
anense rest fearfully upon many helpless
and innocent dependents. The bitter crime
and treason of few have brought iudes-
cIibable and innumerable disasters upon
all the inhabitants of great and once pros
porous nation. Under the moral govern
ment of God, the results of moral action are
not limited to tie agents of those actions
They spread and spread, and when wrong
act is committed there is no such thing as
determining where its influence will stop.
Wicked men do not stop and think what


trains they are starting, and what eonse-
/ quences will follow their rash and foolhardy
conduct. Drop bottle in the sea and you
do not know 10 what shore the unseen cur
rents of the deep viii drift it. Utter tb,
feeblest word and you cannot tell over wha


hearts il may breathe, and into what form
\ it win crystalize and live forever,
Year: 1870

I made man of snow and set him in the
glow


Of warm meridian sun,
And be really looked quite trim for I'd fash
ioned well each limb,
And thought my work well done.
But when the day was spent, and to see my
man / went,


He did'n look SO gay,
For beneath that glowing sun, my man had
been undone,


For he'd melted quite array.
| built castle in the air. most elegant and
rare,


Whose turrets reached the skies,
And its chambers did unfold such mass of
shining gold


That it dazzled quite my eyes,
And so much il did me please that thought
I'd take my ease
When such treasure had found,
But ere was aware my castle SO elegant and
rare,


Had tanaJIea 10 the ground,
went unto the strand and I bnilt dan, Of
sand


IN rivers bed quite dry,
And toolishly did dream that it would stay the
stream


When the waves we're running high,
But when the freshet came, my effort proved
quite lame


Ny dam 'oas loashed array,
And not single trace could find about the
place


Where its foundation lay.
My house on fire caught and remedy
sought


To stay the eager fame,
But how woful the mistake then aud there
did make


tell it to my shame,
For the tor that l cast on iu moment was
all gone


From my bewildered gaze.
For the fire fercer grew as on the same I
threw


And higher went the blaze.
Once had friend on whom / did depend;
He was generous and kind,
And | never had a thought that his love would
come to nought-
To him was I so blind
But the snnshine came and 1Cent and my faith
did repent


I thought it could not be
When adrerse ,oiads did blow; when my
hopes we're lain low,
Oh where, alas, was he?


MORAL.
He who trusts in friends on broken reed
depends,


For they will melt away,
And the castles that We build with evanes,
cence filed,


viii crumble to decay.
Vain as dam of sand or limsy hempen
band,


When wave and fame are high.
0h how sad to feel that life is so unreal
And we are left to sigh


RUM is POISON.
Il will rob the head Of sense,
1t will rob the purse Of pence,
It will rob the mouth of food,
And the soul of heavenly good.
1t viii scar the tender heart
Make the young from good depart;
Change the honest into knaves;
Year: 1870

IT is estimated that the transfer Of Meth
odist ministers each year costs in tho aggre-
gate one million Of dollars, Might it not
be wise to make no exchanges for year or
two. and devote this money to charitable
and religious purposes2


0uR births and our deaths are but changes
IN the great life we are living the life of
imnortality.
Year: 1870

Il will rob the head Of sense,
1t will rob the purse Of pence,
1t will rob the mouth of food,
And the soul of heavenly good.
1t viii scar the tender heart
Make the young from good depart;
Change the honest into kuaves;
Dig for sots untimely graves.
Year: 1870

"Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel" is the language of the Bible
Whoever expects to succeed in any un-
dertaking, must enter into it with a
hearty and earnest will to do his best
When a trade or profession is chosen,
obstacles, be they large or small. must
not be allowed to stand in the way of
mastering that trade or profession. How
ever much we may deprecate the old


time custom of indenturing apprentices,


the system, in its practical results, oper-


ated almost always for the lasting good


of the apprentice. Generally, it insured


to him agood trade and wholesome dis


cipline that fitted him for success in bus
iness. At the present time, very many


young men abandon it, because there are
unpleasant duties to be performed and


obstacles to beovercome. They consider


themselves accountable to no one, and go


and come at the bidding of caprice, or


an unsettled, uneasy mind. The result


of this is to send out into the world


Young men who have not half learned


their trades, of unstable character, who


drift from post to pillar, and who sue.


ceed in nothing but strolling along the
highways Of life, melancholy wrecks OF


men. We would earnestly entreat every
Young man, after he has chosen his vo-


cation, to stick to it; don't leave it be-
cause hard blows are to be struck or dis


agreeable work performed. The men


who have worked their way up to wealth


and usefulness do not belong to the shift


less and unstable class, but may be reck-
oned among those who took off their
coats, rolled up their sleeves, conquered


their preiudices against labor, and man
fully bore the heat and burden of the
day. Whether upon the old, worn-ou'
farm, where our fathers toiled, diligently
striving to bring back the soil to pro
: ductiveness; in the machine-shop or fac
, tory. or the thousand other business
, places that invite honest toll and skill
: let the motto ever be-Perseverance anc
!. Industry. The baby training of the
nursery was good in its place, but II
f won't answer all the demands Of an &C
4 tive life This is not baby world. w
: must expect to be jostled and knocked
5 about in the stern conflict, and get rul
d over, if we are not on the lookout an'
e prepared to meet the duties of life witt
n a purpose not to shirk them, but to ful
o fl them. A young man with goo'


trade or honorable profession, as he goe
I. forth into the world with his mind mad
i up to stick to his trade or profession,
,. not obliged to ask for many favors. IL
% will hew his way to success while the VI
;, stable and shiftless will grow tired, de'
t. pair and fail.
Year: 1870

SLEEP.-The man who sleeps little,
repairs little. A man who would be
good worker must be good sleeper
A man has as much force in him as he
had provided for in sleep. The quality
of mental activity depends upon the
quality OF sleep. Men need on an aver
age eight hours Of sleep day. A lynn
phatic temperament may require nine;
nervous temperament six or seven. A
lymphatic man is sluggish, moves and
sleeps slowly. But nervous man acts
quickly in everything. He does more
in an hour than sluggish man in two
hours; and so in his sleep. Every man
must sleep according to his temperament
but eight hours is the average. Who
ever by work, pleasure, sorrow or by any
other cause, is regularly diminishing his
sleep, is destroying his life. A man may
hold out for time but the crash will
come and he will die.
Year: 1870

A fool, barber, and a bald-headed
man were travelling together. Losing
their way, they were forced to sleep in
the open air, and to avert danger it was
agreed TO watch by turns. The lot first
fell on the barber, who, for amusement,
shaved the fools head while he was
sleeping. He then awoke him, and the
fool, raising his hand to scratch his head
exclaimed, "Here's pretty mistake =
YOU have awakened the old bald-headed
man instead of ms"
Year: 1870

THE SORROWS OF OTHERs.-There is
no question that habitual cheerfulness is
great blessing. But when cheerful
people are lauded, let it be remembered,
as a general thing, that they are no more
to be commended for it than person
for the possession of pair of beautiful
eyes. Cheerfulness is matter Of health
and constitution. An invalid or ner-
vous persona very sensitive person,
easily affected by atmospheric and other
nHuences--cannot be uniformity cheer
ful. He may do much toward endeavor-
ing to be SO, it is true, but it must be q
thing of effort. Many people are cheer
full because they are apathetic. The sor-
rows of others, not being their own, are
easy to bear. We do not wish to decry


his social sunshine; but let us not for
get that there are very sweet flowers that
fouish and give out perfume in the shade
and at intervals.
Year: 1870

Two fashionable young ladies Of HART
ford, Ct, have been laid up for repairs
from wearing high-heeled shoes. and the


doctor thinks he has got job that will
last him year, to straighten out their
little toes. One of the girls was to have
been married soon, but the ceremony
will have to be performed sitting down
If at all, as she can't stand on her feet.
Year: 1870

quietly speculating how to get more of
the almighty dollar, 10000 days for trav-
cling by steam and horse power. and 100
days in waiting for means of transporta-
tion. The latter number is by no means
over-estimated forthe inhabitants of New
York, Philadelphia, or other large cities
of the Union.


THE ART OF RETrCENCE.-Bu there
is art, the most consummate art, in APP
pearing absolutely frank, yet never tell
ing anything which it is not wished
should be known, in being pleasantly
chatty and conversational. yet never
committing oneself tie statement or an
opinion which might be used against one
afterward. 1t is only after long ac-
quaintance with this kind of person that
you find out he has been substantially
reticent throughout, though apparently
SC frank. Caught by his easy manner,
his genial talk, his ready sympathy, you
have confded to him not only all you
have of your own, but all you have of
other peoples; and it is only long after,
when you reflect quietly, undisturbed by
the magnetism of his presence, that you
come to the knowledge of how reticent
he has been in the midst of his seeming
frankness, and how little reciprocity there
has been in your condolences together.
You know such people for years, and
you never know really more of them at
the end than. you did in the beginning.
You cannot lay your finger on fact
that would any way place them in your
power and though you did not notice
it at the time, and don't know how it has
been done now, you feel that they have


never trusted you, and have all along
carefully avoided anything like conf


dence. But you are at their mercy by


your own rashness, and if they do no


destroy you it is because they are reti


cent for you as we'll as toward you per


haps because they are good-natured, per


haps because they despise you for YOU


very frankness too much to hurt you
but above all things, not because the,
are unable. In manner genial, frank


conversational, sympathetic--in sub


stance absolutely secret, cautious, neve
taken off their guard, never seduced int
dangerous condolences, as careful 70


their friends as they are for themselves
and careful even for strangers unknowl
to them-these people are the salvatio


as they are the charm of society; neve
; making mischief, and, by their habitus


reticence, raising up barriers at whic


gossip halts and rumor dies.-Saturda
J Rerieao.
Year: 1870

halloos of men, made it seem as though


pandemonium was loose 1t is soon
announced that the victims belonged


there. Who are theyT "Joe


Pleros and Billy -" is the reply.


Then wild wall of agony rent the air,
answered in every direction by cries of
sympathy and terror, as all thought Of
the desolation Of home where wife
and five children mourned one who had
died the awful death OF a drunkard


They were quickly removed from the
car, both still alive, but one in dying
state his skull mashed (and bones from
which were found in the car after his
removaD, arm broken and otherwise
horribly bruised. The other revived
little, was calling in the intervals of
drunken delirium, for God to have
mercy on him. Terrible as was the
bodily pain, stupefed by whisky as he
was, above ALL the appalling fact of the
souls danger, was source of greater
terror to him than the pain or death Of
the BODY. They had been to some grog
venders Internal den, soaked themselves
with the vile poison, filled their jug and
started for home. Stupefed and sense
less, they seat themselves on the edge OF
the rail, few rods from bridge, where
the road makes short curve, and were
seen just as they met their fate-too
late
Year: 1870

New YORK, Sept. esterday
morning it was discovered that the great
safes in the rooms of the Board Of Mis-
sions OF the Methodist Book Concern,
No. sos Broadway, had been robbed,
and property to the amount Of Sl50,0O0
carried away On entering the room
in the morning, a scene Of confusion
presented itself. The floor was thickly
strewn with papers, large leather wal
lets and bill books, and here and there
tin box was forced open and emptied
of its contents. Among many papers
thrown about the room, were found to
be large number of registered United
States bonds. No clue to the perpetra-
tor or perpetrators of the robbery seemed
to present itself to any Of the reverend
secretaries.


On examination, the safes were
found to be emptie,l OF everything Of
value, including a service of silver
plate, belonging to Rev. Mr.. De-
pew, and other articles of silver ware,
the property of clergymen, who had
used the facilities offered by the two
large safes as a sort of safe depost.
Small wallets containing the savings of
life time of frugality and economy by
humble parish preachers, and other
larger ones, we'll filled with the
surplus accumulstions of fortunate and
fashionable prelates, were stolen. Such
Of the bonds as were registered were
quietly thrown over the floor, and
those which were payable to the bear
er, were removed


The largest single loser is one Of the
Secretaries of the Missionary board,
who was robbed of $4,000. 1t seems
very strange to casual observer that
the robbery should have been so sue
cessiully performed 10y one not well
acquainted with the arrangements and
familiar with the place. There are
two night watchmen, one outside of
the building and one on the inside, and
the only persons having rooms on the
floor with the exception of an
artist, and one other person, are church
men connected with some OF the many
Methodist concerns. Money ofthe socie-
ty was deposited in different place, and
that of the book concern was in safe
in another part Of the building. 1t is
therefore only individuals who lose 1t
is now thought that the loss may be al
most irreparable to them. and sweep
away the savings Of the best part OF
their lives.


The officials Of the Book Concern are
very reticent and stated to the report e
Yesterday that they did not choose to
disclose anything in regard to the affair
for publication at the present time and
that they had been advised by the de.
tectives to withhold all infor nation for
some days. They also demanded the
suppression OF the above statement.
There ia some reason TO suspect that il
the robbery was perpetrated by parties
IN the employ Of the Book Concern II
was accomplished at least by expert
burglars, as they were shrewd enough
not to appropriate any of the registered
United States bonds.


A rather strange circumstance OF the
depredations, is that the safes were in
no wise injured, but were opened by
KEYS: and as they were fitted with com
bination locks to open them, the
thieves must" have obtained the combi
nation numbers or characters. The saie'
were of Marvins make, and were con
sidred first class of their kind.
Year: 1870

Under Democratic President and
Democratic Congress, the largest
amount expended was about ninety
millions n year. This sum alarmed
the country and raised the cry Of dem
ocratic cxtravagancc Now Grants
administration asks for threo hundred
aud fifty millions Of dollars a year -
An excess Of three times tho amount
Of the most expensive Democratic
Administration
Year: 1870




PRoBLEMs.-lIow many inches
square Of an area would the pressure
Of th5 air require to raise three tons
in vacuum


A man has two sons whose ages arc
as follows AS age is TO BIS as 3 isto
4. The sum of the squares Of their
ages s 400, and the square OF the
sum u their ages is 7S4, Require
the age Of each.


In large buildings there is brace
supporting tho principal rai(er, and
which the raftor rests on midway be-
tween the comb Of the root and the
squari Of the building, and is supper.
ted oil the square tic q third way from
either end. The brace is better
l,nova among builders as "roof stool, -
and tloy say that the length cannot
be ca lulated, but can only be asccr-
taincl by measurement which is a
mistaken idea. The perpendicular
height Of the roof is one-third tho
brcadlh Of The building al its square,
now be length Of a square tie of a
cortah building is As feet Required
tho lChgth of the roof stool.
Year: 1870

Not many cities can boast of having their streets literally streWn with gold Los Ange- les is onesof the shining and golden exceptions. Near the Post Office as is well known a large amount of gravel has been dumped for the pur- pose of constructing walks and raising street grades. Yesterday citizen noticed among the thousan nd and one pebbles upon the street, one which gittered in the sunlight. He stop ped, picked it up and found it studded with gold. This specimen IS a greyish quartz, bear ing traces of silver, and weighs probably three ounces. Whether the gravel of which the street is composed was hauled from the hill above town, or from the river banks is unknown. At all events, it is but another evidence of the oft proclaimed belief that ths ectire coast range will be found to be gold and silver bear ing. Any doubter of the truth the above may be convinced by calling at the NeuS office where the specimen now remains.
Year: 1870

Henry Ward Beecher preached re-
Gently on "Late Hours and the I'm
fruitful Works of Darkness :"


"Tf you want to make ruin ofa child
sure, give him liberty after dark You
cannot do anything nearer to insure
his damnatiOn than TO let him have
liberty to go where he will without
restraint. After dark he will be sure
10 get into communication with peO-
pie that will undermine all his good
qualities. L do not like to speak to
parents about their children. Their
child cannot, will not lie, when his
tongue is like a bended bow; he will
not drink, when there is not a saloon
within a mile of his fathers house
where he is not as well known as one
of its own decanters; he never does
ubiquitous things, when he is reeking
in filth. Nineteen out of every twenty
allowed perfect freedom at night will
be wounded by it. There is nothing
more important than for a child to be
at home at night, or, if he is abroad,
you should be with him. If he is to
see any sights or take any pleasure,
there is nothing that he should see
that you should not see with him. 1t
is not merely that the child should be-
broken down, but there are thoughts
that never ought to find a passage in
to a mans brain. As an eel, if he
wiggle across your carpet, will leave
his slime, which no brushing can eff
face, so there are thoughts that can
never be got rid. of, once permitted to
euterj and there are individuals GO
ing round with obscene books and
pictures under the lappel5 of theiF
coats that will leave ideas in the mind
of your child that will never be eff
faced. There are men here who have
heard a salaciOu5 song, and they never
viii forget it. They will regret havs
ing heard it to the end of their lives.
1 do not believe in a chiId's seeing life,
as it is called, with its damnable lust
and Wickedness, to have all its imag-
ination set on fire with the flames Of
hell. Nobody goes through this fire
but they are burned, burned, burned
and they cant get rid Of the sears"