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Year: 1870

SIXTY THOUSAND SEWING WOMEN IN New
York AND BROOKLYN.-At a recent religious
meeting in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, one Of
the speakers said it was estimated that there
we're sixty thousand sewing girls in the two
cities of New York and Brooklyn, and that q
gentleman connected with the trade expressed
the opinion that the average earnings Of thes
girls did not exceed three and half dollars
per week, with which they we're expected to
find bread, LODGING, dress and other necessa
ries OF life. The speaker remarked that in
view of the temptations thrown in the way OF
this class of persons it was a marvel how little
vice there was among. them. He said that
while this was a most important field Of labor
in view of the future good morals of the two
cities, there was none so entirely neglected
by the church" The speaker did not spare
his own (Plymouth) church, which he said
numbered two thousand members, not three
hundred of whom, he observed. did any activ,
work with the church. except to attend TIN
Sunday services to hear the eloquent discourse
of Mr.. Beecher.
Year: 1870

LOST ON THE PRAIRIE.-A True Story
Some years since, a party of surveyors had
just finished their days work ia the north
western part of Illinois, when a violent snow
storm came on. They started tor their camp,
which was in grove of about eighty acres, in
large prairie, nearly twenty miles from any
other timber.


The wind was blowing very hard and the
snow drifting so as to nearly blind them. When
they thought they had nearly reached their
camp they all at once came upon tracks in the
snow. These they looked at with care, and
found, to their dismay, that they were their
own tracks.


1t was now plain that they were lost on the
great prairie, and that, if they had to pass the
night there 10 the cold and the snow, the
chance was that not one OF them would be
alive in the morning.


While they were all shivering with feal
and with cold, the chief man of the party
caught sight Of one of their horses, gray
pony, known as "Old Jack"


Then the chief said, :" if any one can show
us our way to camp, out of this binding snow
| Old Jack can do it. | will take off his bride
and let him loose, and we will follow him.
think he will show us the way to our camp.


The horse, as soon as he found himself free
threw his head and tail in the air, as if prou'
of the trust that had been put in him. Thel
he snuffed the breeze, and gave loud snort
which seemed to say, Come on boys. Fol
low me. I'll lead you out Of this scrape;
He then turned in new direction, and trot
ted along, but not so fast that the men coul
not follow him. They had not gone more tina
a mile when they saw the cheerful blaze Q
their camp fires They all gave a loud huzza
at the sight


They felt grateful TO God for their safety
/ and threw their arms round Old Jacks nee
10 thank him for what he had DONE
know that this is true story, Tor my fathe
was the chief of the party on the OCCASION
I LITTLE NltTsey7L .t.
Year: 1870

around on her weeping children--nO reproach; ;
only, 6 how could you, how could you?" Ihave
seen the law forced into many loving homes,
where its head, by recent crimes, brought sud
den woe, but never did witness so narrowing
scene as at this miserable engraver's dwelling
She kept twisting her fingers together, and
sobting and moaning " tomorrow is Sunday ;
0, what Sabbath for me, my children, my
husband IL


She was lady by education, birth and asso-
citation, and this blow struck her to the earth
She could endure and conceal hunger and pow
erty, but this prison crime the world must
know, and the Mortified grief and shame was
hers to bear as best she might. The State
prison surely awaits the rather, and death the
mother, if the face she carried to his cell that
Sabbath morning was an index to the suffering
within. And the bright-eyed boy, the crawl
ing baby, and the beautiful girl what will be-
come of themP The late counterfeit uproot-
ing tore guiltless woman heart asunder, and
let it be warning to other tempted men who
have a fine devoted family to peril in their
disgrace and ruin.-Neto York Cor. Philadel-
phiG Press.
Year: 1870

How HE FELT-In a lecture at Buffalo, the
other evening, Olive Logan remarked: II
never saw pretty girl in my life, one upon
whose cheeks the roses were blooming, but
that wanted to fold her in my arms and kiss
her. This was too much for one of the male
audience to bear in silence, and ignoring the
propriety of the occasion, he exclaimed 81
feel just so too" Tremendous applause
Year: 1870

A Richmond girl hinted to gentleman IL at
her thimble was nearly worn out, and asked
try. He made answer next day by sending
her new one, with the following lines


/ send a thimble for fingers nimble,


Which hope will fit when you try it;
1t will last you long, if it's half as strong


AS the hint which you gave me to buy it.
Year: 1870

A new arrival at Sweetwater, Wyoming, was
waited upon by gentleman as soon as he had
registered his name at the hotel, with the offer
of the position of deputy-sherif On inquir-
ing why he was so much favored, he learned
that the last incumbent was shot the night be-
fore, and his predecessor on the day preceding.
"How long does deputy sheriff live in these
parts ~" Oh, about twenty-four hours" The
stranger declined the appointment
Year: 1870

views OF PRESIDENT GRANT.-At the din
ner of the New England Society, 10 New York,
on Wednesday night, Attorney General Hoar,
in the course OF his address, said that a few
days ago President Grant expressed himself
about as follows at the close of conversation
touching the present and future condition Of Of
every man in this country may have the pow
ar To EXPRESS his own opinion, to follow whom
he uleases, to vote as be likes, and to have his
vote counted without moestation, or hindrance,
or insult. five can only unite in aiutaininO
public faith and credit our political difference
will not be Of much account"
Year: 1870

A San Francisco Chinaman was caught by his
queue, as he jumped through the hatchway to
escape the police in pursuit of him. He dang
led for an instant, and then drawing his knife
ward, with q handful Of hair.
Year: 1870

An incorporated society hired man to blast
rock, says Mark Twain, and he was punch
ing powder into hole with a crowbar, when
premature explosion followed. sending the man
and crowbar out of sight Both came down
again all right; and the man went to work
again directly. But though he was gone only
fifteen minutss, they docked him for lost time.
Year: 1870

A SIMPLE BUT SURE REMEDY FOR CoRNs
ON THE TOES Oh FEET-When a young man.
[ used to be very much annoyed by those pain
full excrescences called ''corns' on the toes and
feet until was told of very simple but effec-
tual remedy for them by some person. 1t was
to bathe the feet we'll in tepid water to soften
them then pare them off very closely with a
sharp pen-knife. then rub on we'll green peach
leaves; when, after continuing the rubbing on
once or twice a day, the corns will entirely dis
appear, and not return, without the cause
which first occasioned them. | have often
tried the remedy, and never found it to fail yet
1t seems to be the prusic acid in the peach
tree leaves that takes them away A good
corn salve could no doubt be made for winter
use by bruising the peach tree leaves when
green, then boil them in water until the
strength is extracted, then take out the leaves,
strain the water off the sediment, and add a
sufficient quantity of common resin, beeswax,
tallow and lard oil to make it soft enough to
simmer down, without burning, until the water
is all evapOrated. Soften and pare the corn,
as before directed, spread it on a small piece
of cambria or linen, and apply, putting on the
sock or stocking carefully, so as not to rub il
off. Keep applying until they disappear
Exchange
Year: 1870

MIsERIEs.-Wrting an appointment to Ia
dy and disappointment to tailor, and cross
directing them Paying your rent punctually
on quarter day to your landlord. and being
dstrained on the next day by his landlord.
Abusing person whom you have never seen,
to stranger, who quietly observes that he is
the man.
Year: 1870

TUESDAY, Aug. ..
The river Is almost down to low water mark
and navigation to this point suspended until
another rise. Weather cloudy and frequent
showers.


The Fort Gibson came up to the foot of Van
Buren, bar last Thursday, but being unable to
get over put or her freight and returned to
Little Rock.
Year: 1870

warned Europe Off from all Intervention In
American affairs. We have declared ourselves
the ''inheritors OF the unfulalled renown" Of
the illimitable American future, with all its


bright promise to the myrads of sufferers in
less favored lands whose eyes turn towards
this republic as the eyes Of praying Moslem


turn towards Mecca. Yot We stay our hands
in tho doing Of our appoIaSed work. We
'spass by on the other side" whilo the blood OF
American brothers Is being shed by the


assassins who sgnalize their last hours OF
sway on the new lands they defiled for centuries


by horrors that so appropriately crown their


long reign OF darkness aud sorrow, Of crime
aud tears and blood. Surely 1t is time that these
things should cease surely there will come to
Us retribution if we, who represent peace,


virtue, liberty aud light, slumber SO loag while
the adversary is consummating his unholy
work.


The decisive moment has come The new
Spanish King will not dare to run counter to
the wicked Spanish determination to hold
Cuba at the cost Of sacrifices, however heavy,
to the ancient Moloch Of their idoatry. And
President Grant has entered upon that
two years of critical time which will deter
mine his reelection to the Presidency Of the
Union he did SO much to save, and his final
place in the history Of the magnificent nation
whose headship is the greatest prize that ever
fell to the ambition of mortal man. He wields
the irresistible power OF people that never
failed to respond to o generous emotion, and
breath Of God over the sick worlds chaos, TO
create the long wished-for dawn when the
evil beasts Of tyranny shall cease from vexing
tie men whom He made. Let him be wise in
time and speak in time, for the sands are run
ming fast through the glass, and tho scythe
viii be blunted ere long in his hanls, and the
night will soon come when he will have privilege
to do Americas work no more. He may Il ly
crown his career with noble and saving
deed or he may sink into that hell OF mo-
diocrty which never looks so lurid and bale
full as when a great mans great work Is f)l-
lowed by Doubt hesitation, vacilation and
feebleness which cast dishoaor on all that was
previously dgnided and great in his life aud
achievements. Come, President Grant, VIC
tor In hundred battles, respond to our call
Let intrigue and hesitation cease, and say the
word which liberates America from Spain at
last aud stamps you forever in history as the
hero who not only saved the Uliol but re-
NAMED glorious and faithful to the end. Let
it not be said, for the SAKE of us al! as for
your own, let it not be said by some causiic
Tacitns of the future, sThis soldier might
have been pronounced great man ii he had
not been President OF the United States"
Year: 1870

A METROPOLITAN PARADE GRoUND.-This
subject was again discussed at the regular
monthly meeting of the Brennan Society of
Bloomingdale on Wednesday evening, and a
strong interest was manifested in the matter.


The entire First division of our State militia
are moving in line in favor Of the project, and
the Board of Public Parks are expected to
take some action, in, the premises Immediately.
Year: 1870

a WARNING TO CHALLENGERs.-Challc
gers of the different precincts will take no.
ticc that George Chahoon stated, ut the
third precinct in Madison Ward, oil the
last day of registration, last week, that there
were 200 negroes to be brought up on the
York River railroad TO register. Watch out
for them
Year: 1870

STKAwBERRIEs.-It will be pleasing to the
lovers of this delicious fruit to learn that
this season will be most plentiful one


Large numbers of them arc being brought
to market, and greater quantities are being
sent North than have been known Of fol
many years. A carload was sent of by the
York River line yesterday morning for this
mornings marketin Baltimore, and to-mor


row morning in Philadelphia and Ne"
York. Several carloads will be sent OIL to
Year: 1870

MADISON WARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
There will be IN important meeting of the
Conservative Executive Committee OF
Madison Ward at the Office of Green 4
Allen, corner of Seventh and Grace streets,
this morning at 10 O'Clock.
Year: 1870

The Gazette says the directors of the Knox
anc Lincoln Railroad held meeting in Rock
land last Tuesday. One of the objects of the
meeting was to find a suitable route for ex-
tending the track to the water, from the pres
ent terminus of the line in that city, but no
decision in The matter was reached. The work
on the road is progressing favorably, though
there is still much heavy work to be done,
which must necessarily take time and hard
work for it's completion.
Year: 1870

CHINA, July I, 1870.
DEAR JOURNAL. II send you some of the
doings of our Temperance Society on the
Fourth of July. The meeting was held in
the Methodist House at China Village. The
house was pretty well filed, but not as well
as we should have been glad to have seen,
probably on account of the Moose Island ex-
cursion and the horse trot at the Trottng
Park. The meeting was called to order by
the President. Minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. Singing by the choir
Prayer by Elder Thompson. Singing by the
choir, then followed some very interesting
speeches by Eli Jones, Elder Thompson
and Alfred Jones. to which the people listen
ed with much interest. Then the Temper
ance pledge was passed around, and about
forty names were added to the Society; the
meeting then adjourned to the Friends meet
ing house on the east side Of the Lake, on
the first Tuesday in August, at three P. NJ.
Also adjourned to the same place at three
p. NJ. for the remainder of the exercises of
the day. The meeting was called to order
by the Directors. Elder Fish opened the
meeting by prayer, and made some interest
ing remarks in the cause of temperance
Elder Thompson delivered lecture which if
listened to with interest would make the
stoutest rum sellers heart ache He depic-
ted the awful horrors and wickedness of the
rum traffic and the heart aches of the wife at
the night of the drunkard's return home full
of the hellish poison; full of the envy, malice
and hatred Of a demon. The poor wife does
not only have to undergo the disgrace of be-
ing drunkard's wife but the awful sensation
she has to undergo from Geld, hunger, naked
ness, and perhaps, kicks and blows and
sometimes loss of life. Closing remarks
by Eli Jones with the usual eloquence and
warmth hearted feelings that flows from pure
temperance mans heart. When Eli Jones
speaks, the people win listen with interest,
but when the pledge comes round the rummies
back to the door and side off, perhaps to the
grog- shop for the comforts which will make
all rummies happy. Before the close of the
meeting the pledge was passed around which
added to our list thirtyseven names. Then
closed with the pleasant assurance that the
meeting had decoyed some from
worse resorts. The young people will have
some place to resort to, and if we can make
temperance their resort we think we have
done a good work. c. X. f.
Year: 1870

Every person should cultivate a sense
of honor. In a hundred different ways
the most fitting adjunct Of the true lady
or gentleman is often tried. For instance
one is guest il family where, per.
haps, the domestic machinery docs not
rln smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsuspected by the bhteF world.
Sometimes it is dissipated sou, whose
conduct is shame and grief to his parehts;
sometimes relative whose eccentricties
peculiarities are cloud on the home. Or.
worst of all, husband and wife may not
be in accord, and there may be often bit.
ter words spoken. and harsh recriniina-
tions. In any of these cases the guest is
in honor bound to be blind deaf, so far as
people without are concerned. If gen.
tie word within can do any good, it may
we'll be said, but to go forth and reveal
the shadow of an unhappy secret to any
one, even your nearest friend, is an act of
lndeicay and meanness unparalleled. Once
in the sacred precincts of any home, ad:
mitted to its privacy, sharing its life, all
that you see and hear is a sacred trust.
1t is as really contemplate to gossip of
such things as it Would be to steal the sill
yer or borrow the books and forget to re-
turn them.
Year: 1870

Before Judge McCunn.-COrey agt. L0ng-A
question in this to whether a state court
could turn over property which was in the hands Of
receiver appointed by that court to the United States
Marshal, in the proceedings in bankruptcy to an
assignee appointed in the proceedings The action
commenced III January last to declare partnership dis
solved, and portion of the relief sought, receiver
OF the property that had belonged to the firm of Walter
=. Long & CO. appointed in February. Issue had
been Joined in the action and had been placed upon the
calendar of this Court for trial for the March term On
the 30th day of April last under proceedings commenced
III bankruptcy in the United States District Court both
plaintiff and defendant adiudged blkrupts. This
the firm that the assets in the hands of the receiver
should be delivered by him into the hands of the United
States Marshal to he held subject TO the appointment of
assignee In bankruptcy and that the action should be
declared abated by the proceeding iii bankruptcy. The
defendant opposed the motion the ground that the
property in the hands of the receiver in fact nd
vdua property and relied upon the decision of Justice
Mcneil in the case OF Clark agt Bninger Court reserved
decision.
Year: 1870

Edward E. Cheever, in the May
number of The Naturalist, gives most
interesting paper on the "Indians of Cal
ifornia," in which we find the following
passage: In tracking white men, they
(the Indians) cannot make mistakes The
white mans foot is deformed, made so by
the shape Of his boots and shoes, and even
when barefooted, his toes are turned in
ward. The Indians foot, never having
been compressed, has the toes naturally
formed and straight, as our fingers are,
and he can even use them to
hold arrows when he is making
them. When he walks, therefore,
each toe leaves its imprint in the
dust or sand, the imprint Of the little toe
being as straight, perfect and distinct as
the largest"


This paragraph might be made the text
for an article. We wish we knew of some
plausible reason why Indians deserve bet.
ter formed feet than white people, but we
do not. No doubt it is matter of acci-
dent, rather than of choice, but SO it is.
And, surely, the white race, with all their
glorious achievements IL the sciences and
the arts, might easily construct boots and
shoes on such models as would allow ma
tllre full play and we believe they would
if they had proper understanding of
the subject, and a higher ideal Of what a
glorious state physical perfection is, and
the degradation of deformity. The foot
is not so degraded member of the body
that we should neglect it, and it cannot
grow into perfect form if pinched and
cramped by bad shoes, and the sooner
people know it the better. 1t is no ex-
cuse that it is kept SO much out of sight,
for the true artist recognizes deformity,
even though covered by finery and leather.


VIII not our mothers who have the care
of children look into the subject, and il
they have been in error before, at once
apply the true remedy ?-6e6enkJtc AmGsi-
can.
Year: 1870

"A red lead manufacturer Of France
has discovered that the use Of milk at
their meals, which he has made obligatory
on his workmen to the extent of one litre
daily, preserves those employed in lead
works free from any symptoms Of lead
disease. He youches for the truth and
correctness Of this communication,
Year: 1870

One of our contemporaries publishes an ac-
count of Mr.. Dickens's intercourse with royalty,
giving as full description of his last
interview with the Queen as though the
reporter had been furnished with private
quarters behind the back door: During the
"long interview" we are told, "Mr. Dickens
remained half kneelng on the sofa, while the
"Queen stood" We are afraid this most
willing of reporters has drawn upon his
Imagination for his facts, and that his imagin-
alton has extracted its Yankee ideas of royalty
from Mother Goose OF Lothian, in which
Queens and Duchesses wear their scepters and
strawberry leaves, i'll or out of bed, as faith
fully as Captain Cutie his tarpaulin hat. Is the
reporter sure that motherly Mrs. Victoria is
not served by captive princes on bended
knee. and does not take a morning bath in in
fant's blood, as is recorded of some of her
ancestors7 Why did he not describe Mr..
Dickens az fiat on the carpet, shaking himself
in and out, according to Chinese etiquette
The picture would have been more effective
and quite as probable. Majesty, whether wisely
OF not, is being fast stripped of its externals
in England that the old riddle is not fulfilled
and that it is not thereby left ga jest" is ow-
ing more TO the respect for the personal char
acter of the Queen, than any undue apprecia-
ton of her rank or its insignia. If Mr.. Dick
ems was invited to the palace in order that
Victoria might do him honor and present him
with her book, she certainly did not leave
him kneeling on a sofa, like a fowl going to
roost but received him as simply as
any wel-bred woman would receive we'll
bred man to whom she wished to show h0spi-
tality and kindness.


Nothing, by the way, more clearly marks
the increasing disappearance of this old sub
seryiency to rank in England than the sig
nfcant contrast Of the ceremonies attendant
upon Dic1ens's burial and that of some other
interments occurring about the same time.
Lord Clarendon died-a good man and able,
who had played not unsuccessfully role in