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Year: 1870

1t is easier to be good business
man than a poor one. Half the ener-
gy displayed in keeping ahead that is
required to catch upwhen behind will
save credit, give more time to bIIsi-
ness, and add to the profit and repu-
tatiop of your work. Honor your en-
gagement. If you promise to meet 4
man, or do n certain thing, alta certain
moment, be ready at the appointed
time. If you go out on business, at
tend promptly to the matter ON hand,
and then as promptly go about your
own business. Do not stop to tell
stories in business hours. sg.ll ...l .-...


If fyOu have a place of business, be
found there when wanted. No man
can get rich by sitting around stores
and saloons. Never "fOoln on busi-
ness matters. If you have to labor
for a living, remember that one hour
i'm the morning is better than two at
night. If you employ others, be on
hand to see that they attend to their
duties, and to direct with regularity,
promptness and liberality. Do not
meddle with any business you know
nothing of, Never buy a thing SIM
ply because the man that sells it will
take it out in trade. Trade is money.
Time is money. a good business
habit and reputation is always mon
ey. Make your place OF business
pleasant and attractive; then stay
there to wait on customers. .-r


Never use quick words, or allow
yourself to make hasty or ungentle-
manly remarks to those in your en-
plOy, for to do so lessons fheir respect
for you and your influence over them,
Help yourself, and others will help
YOU. Be faithful over the interest
confided to your keeping, and all in
good time your responsibilities will
be increased. Do not he in too great
haste to get rich. Do not build until
YOU have arranged and laid a good
Foundation. Do nOt--as you hope to
work for success-spend time in idle
ness. If your time is your own, busi-
ness viii suffer if you do. If it is Civ
en- to another for pay, it belongs to
him, and you have no more right TO
steal it than to steal money. Be Obli-
ging. Strive to avoid harsh words
and personalities. Do not kick every
stone in the path; more miles can be
made day by going steadily on than
by stopping to kick. Pay as you so.
A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bond. Ask, but never
beg. Help Others, when you can, but
never give when you cannot. afford
to, simply because it is fashionahle.-
Learn to say no. No necessity of
swapping it out dog fashion, but say
it firmly and respectfully. HaYe but
few contidants, and the fewer the het-
ter. Use your own brains rather than
those of others. Learn to think and
act for yourself. BE vigilant Keep
ahead, rather than behind the time
Young men, cut this out; and if there
is a folly in the argument, let us
know.-ErchdRge.-
Year: 1870

An old lady, who pretends TO know
all about it, says the only way to pre-
vent steamboat explosion is TO make
the engineers Hbile their water on
Shore In her opinion "all the Dustin,
is done by cooking the steam Oh board
the boat"
Year: 1870




The dew is off the full blown rose,
And the wind will fOut it before he goes;
And the down is brushed from the yellow peach
And the purplest grapes are out of reach; M
And L am as sad as sad can be , as
For the one sweet thing that is lost to me.
Dear, my frendl it Is none of these; ADS


For after the wind will come the bees s.a eeal
And the peach that ripens toward the South
Is just as sweet for an eager mouth;
But am as sad as sad can be,


For a sweeter thing is no more for me-
Why will you make me say it twice? 81
Leave my life to its own device
An, you say that my hand is cold;


say that my heart is numb and old


l say l am sad as sad can be-,


That love, sweet love- is no more for me-
But II would love you, if could;


l would nestle to you in tender mood.


| am so weary of being alone, .sa
| needs must make this piteous moan;
My soul is famished so utterly


For the one sweet thing that is not for me-


You should have come in the Long Ago
Before my heart went under the snow =; Ted
You should have come while the violets bloom
Ere the sweet blush-roses were all entombed-
Before 1 was sad as sad could be


While love, sweet love, was the world to me.
Now, for the good l should receive s +
l have SO little left to give,


l am ashamed that your love should lie
Low at the feet of such as /


Let me be sad as sad can be


That this sweet thing is not for me.


Kiss me but once, upon the brow


Promise to be my friend from now;
Pity me that cannot love-


Pity me all the word abovel


Leave me as sad as sad can be fa Il
For the one sweet thing that is lost to me. e
Year: 1870

Thackeray says it is better for you to pass an
evening once or twice week in lady's draw
ing room, even though the conversation is rath-
er slow, and you know the girls songs by heart,
than at club or tavern. All men who avoid
female society have dull perceptions or gross
tastes, and revolt against what is pure. =
Year: 1870

A Pulaski, Tenn. physician, questioned in
court, said: "A power of attorney is the
strength of mind of any particular lawyer; and
absolute conveyance is hack or omnibus, or
railroad car, or something of the sort
Year: 1870

1t is the easiest thing in the world to be hap
py, if men and women would only thiuk co.


Happiness is another name for love, for wnere
love exists in a household there hardness
must exist, even though it has poverty for a
close companion. Where love exists not. even
though it be in a palace. happiness can never
come. He was a cold and selfish being who
originated the saying that when poverty
comes in the door, love flies out of the window
and his assertions prove conclusively that ne
had no knowledge OF love, for, unquestlocaby,
the reverse of it is true, and love is more than
ever inclined to tarry and to battle with the en-
emy.1 Let those who imagine themselves mis-
cradle, before finding fault with their surround
ings, search their own hearts for the true cause
A few kind words, or little forbearance, viii
often open the way to flood of sunshine in a
house darkened by the clouds Of discord and
unamiability The Churchnadn. 4 FL
Year: 1870

How divinely full of glory and pleasure shall
that hour be, when all the millions of mankind
who have been redeemed by the blood of the
Lamb of God shall meet together and stand
around Him, with every tongue and every
heart full of joy and praise How astonishing
will be the glory and joy of that day, when ali
the saints shall join together in one common
song of gratitude and love, of thankfulness to
their Redeemer. With what unknown and in-
expressible satisfaction shall all who are saved
from. the ruins of sin and hell address the
Lamb that was slain and rejoice in his pres
ence.-Dr. Watts i-Ns-
Year: 1870

Counterfeit fractional cur.
rency notes are as thick as bees.
Some of the denominations OF
the last issue of fractional cur.
rency have already proved a
failure through the facility with
which they are counteHeitcd.
1t is said that in consequence
of the number of counterfeits
on the new fifty cent fractional
currency, the Treasury De.
partment has resolved to can.
eel all that come back to the
Treasury. The Treasury De
partment is in possession of ev-
idence that the American and
National Bank Note Compa-
uies at New York have in their
employ men in league with the
counterfeiters. Some time ago
a fifteen cent note was gotten
up by the Treasury Depart
ment, and subsequently sup
pressed upon the detection of
one of the engravers in
the act of making an impress
sion with the plates.
Year: 1870

There is some Washington
gossip kto the effect that the
Administration are in favor Of
reducing the tariff twenty mil'
lionssof dollars and the internal
revenue thirty millions. These
reductions would be but a drop
in the bucket. We now raise
one hundred and eighty five
millions of dollars from the tar
lff. This upon our foreign
trade (four hundred million
dollars) is at the outrageous
rate of forty eight per cent. A
reduction Of twenty millions
would still make the duties
forty per cent. This is Just
twice as much as it should be.
That would be eighty fiaAllions
or collars a year, q sum amply
sufficient to to defray the ordi.
nary expenses of The Govern.
ment. The internal revenue
receipts should he reduced ff
ty millions at least. We should
then have enough from that
source to pay the interest on
the debt. But the reduction
can be carried infinitely further
by taxing the bonds and abol.
ishing the N ational Bank notes,
substituting greenbacks in
their place. These measures
would give us sixty millions of
dollars that we now lose. We
would urge upon the people to
send on petitions to Congress
in favor Of these revenue re-
forms.
Year: 1870

The receipts from all sources
for revenue to the General
Government, to be squandered
in feeding and spelling free ne
groes-keeping up a standing
army in the South SO as to give
an excuse for reconstruction
to be used in paying Govern
ment bonds at one hundred
and twenty dollars for every
one hundred dollar bond, and
to keep the tribe of office hol-
ders to eat out the substance OF
the people, amounts to $751;.
1913, ,095, of which the people Of
Ohio had to contribute eigh.
teen million forty thousand
nine hundred and eight dollars
double the amount of the
entire State debt. This vast
amount the people of Ohio pay
for the great pleasure of hav'
ing Radical rulers.
Year: 1870

The new fifty cent notes,
which we were told could not
be initiated, have been coun.
terfeited so accurately that the
government officials cannot tell
the difference between the spu
rious and genuine stamps. We
allude to those with the Lin
coin head, and the fiat has gone
forth that they must all be
called in and no more stamps
of that kind will be made.
Year: 1870

Under this heading the Gin,
cinnati Chronicle says 'that
the seat formerly occupied by
Jefferson Davis in the Senate,
is now more worthily filled by
negro Senator" Is it possible
to imagine a greater offense
against common intelligence
and decency than the above!
Carried to its logical sequence,
if a bahoon should be elected
to succeed the negro Senator,
provided the latter did not pur-
sue q course in concurrence
with the views Of the Chronicle,
it would be an improvement
from its standpoint, n Now
these are not the ideas Of SEN
sible and reflective persons
They are not so welded to a
party as to suppose that it
would be any gain tokhave the
successor of John G Calhoun OF
Jefferson Davis a negro--or a
balloon. That is all there is Of
Year: 1870

Over one million of skilled
workmen are entirely out Of
employment in the United
States, with constantly decreas-
ing demand for laborers. -
What's to be donep 1t will
not do to build up an army Of
hungry, discontented men in
the land. There is danger in
that cloud. The path of safety
lies In the defeat of a party, the
legislation of which has but
one effect, to make the rich
man more wealthy, and the
poor man more dependent up
on the former class.
Year: 1870

We, to any considerable ex-
tent, have not thought it worth
while to discuss the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Federal
Constitution. Conceived in
fraud and sin, and born in in.
iquity, it has been manifest
from the first that Congress
would declare its ratification by
the requisite number of States,
and proclaim its adoption as a
parl of the Constitution. The
text of the amendment is as
follows:


ARTICLE Ky.


SECTION /. The right Of citizens
of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States, or by any State, on
account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.


Sec, 2, Congress shall have pow
er to enforce this article by appro-
pirate Hesitation.


The object of these provis-
ions was simply to secure the
votes of the negro for the dom
inant party, and to obtain for
the same party, having a major,
ity in Congress, the right to
regulate and control the elect.
i've franchise in the Southern
States. Among the States
which are said to have ratified
the amendment, and whose con.
sent is necessary to make it
valid, are Georgia, which is out
Of the Union, by Radical rea
soning, and Virginia, which is
out of it by the same logic,
when the ratification was ac-
cepted. The whole business
is a farce and a fraud, which
we decline to discuss seriously.
Dayton Ledger.
Year: 1870

Lord Byron little thought he wa
prophecying when he pcnned his ode Of
Napoleon Bonaparte. But in a mos
happy manner he has portrayed that
which By a singular concurrence, has com
to pass. A new Napoleon did arise Il
shame the world again. In his pride h,
sent Maximilian to Mexico, and mad
war on King William because he woult
not prevent, by his official act, the nomi
nation of Prince Hohenzoleern for tn,
throne of Spain. He overleaped his am
bition and lost his own throne.


dreamed not of the rebound"
France is to-day republic, and is off
cially recognized as such by Spain, Italy
and the United States.


'Tis done-but yesterday q king


And armed with kings to strive;
And now thou art nameless thing


So abject-yet alive!


Is this the man of thousand thrones,
Who strewed the earth with hostile bones,


And can he thus survive?


Since ho, miscalled the Morning Star,
Nor man nor fsud hath fallen 50 far.
The triumph and the vanity,


The rapture Of the strife
The earthquake voice of Victory.


To thee the breath Of life;
The sword, the sceptre aud that sway
Which man seemed made but to obey,


Wherewith renown was rife
All quelld!-dark spirit what must be
The madness Of thy memory
The desolator desolate,


The victor overthrown,


The arbiter of others fate


suppliant for his own


Is it some yet imperial hope


That with such change can calmly cope


Or dread Of death alone?


To die princeor live o slave
Thy choice is most ignobly brave
lie who of old would rend the oak,


Dream'd not of the rebound,
Chain'd by the trunk ho vainly broke


Alone-how look'd he round
Though in the sternncss of thy strength
An eqna deed hast done at length,


And darker fnte hast found:
He fell, the forest providers prey;
But thou must eat thy heart away
Thine evil deeds writ in gore


Nor written thus in vain
Thy triunphs tell of fame no more;


Or deepen every stain;


If thou hadst died as honor dies
Some new Napoleon might arise


To shame the world again
But who would soar the solar height
To set in such starless night
Year: 1870

FoR GRANTS RE-ELEcrIoN-T New
York Herald, generally quite politically in
CONSTANT, adheres to President Grant. In
discussing tn chances of Gov. Hoffman for
the Presidency, it says:


Nor do we believe that with my ticket they
NAV nominate for the succession the Dem.
ocratic party can shake the solid popularity
of General Grant. We think that he is as sure
of a second term as General jackson was in
his day against comers and all combinations
He is backed, too, by a party which has be-
come the party of the nation in far higher
degree than was the old Democratic party
even under Jackson. The record Of Jack.
sons administration has nothing larger OF
more conspicuous than the sitting of the
South Carolina null i6ers and the overthrow
of Biddle's national bank, while General
Grant, his party and his administration
identified with grandest, the most imposing
and the most important events and achieve
ments of any nation in any age of the world.
Year: 1870

GIVE SoMETRIN0 BAcK.-ls it any wonder
that some wheat lands of California have
fallen IN their apnunl i trnm forty and
fifty bushels per acre to utIeen and twenty
For nearly twenty years nia.my fields have
every Spring been laid down 10 this grain.
aud in all that time not a pound Of manure
or fertilizer Of any kind was put upon tue
lIhi. All WaS taken fran it that 1t could
otfer but nothing Was given back and the
z Sc that laid the gul lea egg became ex-
hausJed. Eyen the straw which was thrown
in great stacks from the thresher, was burn
ed where it fell and turned to no practical
use Rich as any land might be treatment
like this would saon impovers it. This
greed or laziness or bad management could
not fail to produce its natural results, and
the consequence is that for first class crops
or cereals we have now to look to virgin soil
or to lands not yet exhausted.


A change of crop, rest such as Sum
mer fallow, or a laying down to grass for
grazing purposes, or u coat of manure, or all
these is needed by many Of our oven tasked
fields. And the lesson is forcing itself upor
our husbandmen. We try to cultivate to-
much and do not cultivate well.
Year: 1870

the hotel; in fact, safe nowhere AT last
Benjamin advised Boyle to make up two
packets exactly alike-one containing the
diamond, another containing nothing; the
former to be sent by post to Bogles friends
in Paris, the latter to be boldly carried by
him to the hotel, and deposited there for safe
ty with the landlord


''Bogle accordingly made up the two par
GELS, and under the pretence Of not knowing
the way, requested that one OF the Pacha' S
armed servants might show him to the
British Consulate, where he might entrust
some one to post the precious packet, as a
common commercial letter. This he man
aged all safely. and with the false packet in
his breast walked back to his hotel. His ab-
sence for the whole night had of course been
duly noted, and his dragoman made most af-
fectionate inquiries as to his health, hoping
he had not got into any mischief.


'''Oh no, Nicholas, said Boyle; i met
q friend who took me home to supper, and
would not let me 60 through the streets at
night, SO | remained with him. | think |
shall start for Odessa by the first steamer
and shall be obliged by your going and in
quiring when she starts


"Of course Boyle intended to forfeit the
passage-money to Odessa, and to take an
other passage by the first steamer to Trieste.
which he knew left in day or so. He went
that morning and secured his berth, and re-
solved to stay in his hotel during the remain
der of his sojourn in Constantinoplc, and not
expose himself in any way. He never could
make out how his purchase had oozed out,
but that night he heard u rustlng in his
room, and had Just time to fire one barrel Of
his revolver at some one who had evidently
been prowling about with intent. He had
left the false packet in the breast pocket of
his coat, and in the morning he found it was
gone 1t was evident that his secret was
known, and he trcmblcd for the letter which
had been sent by post. He had just taken
his breakfast, when the landlord of the hotel
came to him in the most excited manner, and
informed him that Turkish official was
waiting at the door. Boyle went down to
him, and was at once arrested on the charge
Of dealing in gems without paying the gov
ernment tax. OF course no diamonds Were
found on him. or in his boxes, and after
bribing every one all round, so that no fur
ther inquiries might be made, he was allowed
to depart


"Wen,' said Maxwell, that diamond
reached Paris safely, and Boyle, going home
through that city, had the satisfaction of tax
ing it with him to London, and placed it one
fine morning before his astonished partners
eyes 1t is now for sale for E40,000 in one
OF the Presidency towns in India, and will
probably be bought by some native raiah, to
be hidden away in Il secret place, perhaps to
see the light and run another course of adyen-
ture q century hence.'
Year: 1870

The season having returned when it is desirable
fo the farmers family to lay in store their annual
supply OF cucumbers for pickles, enquiry is made,
GLOW shall lay them down and preserve them in
salt: l have put them down in clear salt and can't
keep them so; they rise" The trouble is owing,
in all probability, to the neglect of complying with
one small item essential to their preservation.
will again repeat directions which | have proved
successful III preserving cucumbers from year TO
year. and for several years. quite sound and good.


Procure suitable cask-it may be oak, pine.
ash or other, provided it be clean and will hold
meat and you have the essentials for preserving.
Put the cask in the cellar, as you would your pork
barrel. Gather your pickles. from day to day, cut
them from the vines with half an inch of stem. all
sound and fresh, cleanse them of all dirt, Ne,
sprinkle i'll the bottom of the cask a half inch of
salt tumble in your pickles, three or four inches
deep. and put on salt you would in sailing pork


fill in thus till the cask is full or the desired quanl-
ty Is stored-you can lay them in as you gather
them, once. twice, thrice or more times week :.
only they should be fresh picked. If any on top
soften pick and throw them out. In few days
brine will form sufficient to cover the pickles. now
comes the essential often neglected; procure
a board to fit or nearly So the inside of the cask,
and it from the first putting in OF pickles, place


it with stone or brick on it, on top OF the pickles
to keep them under the brine, and there is no pos
sble danger of their spelling or injurinS; few on
these should be thrown out when occasion calls to
the pickles. onr people have kept cueumbers
in this way, sound and good, three or four years
when Use them they are taken up, rInsed, scald-
cd and soaked several days. to freshen before hay
inc vinegar put to them The foregoing is the best
way of preserving pickles. where they are to be
kept over winter; not very strong brine TO put
them in will preserve them for a few months, and
they are thus often put down when to he marketed
within two OF three months. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1870

A correspondent in the Germantown Telegraph
thus sets forth the blessings of well cultivated
garden


''IIalf an acre of hand i'll well cultivated garden
will produce us much towards subssting farm
crS family as any three acres on the farm, besides
which The advantage in The cultivation Of it would
crafty diversity Of tastes, and contribute much TO
the blessings of health, and the labor can be
Shared also by those too Young or too od to toll in
the heavier operation of the field and occasionally
by the female inmates of the house, or the plough
man from the field by way of relaxation from leg
toll. without any material impediment to other
lahorS Every farmer will best promote his inter-
est 10y bestowing on the garden due share of at
tpntion.
Year: 1870

Tho best soil is Il cold black muck. The land
must not be made toodry. If you cut with bitches
these should he kept half full of water; and dam
i, necessary 10 flood the patch i'll winter, and to
Kill The worms The best results follow a top
dressing of white sand, the cleaner and whittier the
better. sand does good in two ways. 1t keeps
HE patch clean of grass and weeds, and it keeps
the muck below cool and moist. The top dressing
OF sand should he renewed once in two or three
wears.


The plants cost about S! barrel, and set out
eight barrels TO an acre. like cabbage plants, tive
feet apart each way Ifyon have sand mixed Will
the muck naturally and the ground is too wet
plough, barrow. and set out; then keep clean witt
hoe and hand. Boston Cultivator
Year: 1870

CHEAP LAGER BEER. The following is a receipt
fora very cheap and healthy beverage which relish
es well during the hot weather We made it al
most every other day through the hay season: Boil
two ounces hops with one quart wheat bran; strain
and add one pint of moasseS; when ukcwarm stir
in one rtp yeast This is for two gallons. EX.
Year: 1870

When once this last effort of the French
horse had been made and had tailed-tailed.
though pushed gallantly so far rs men and
horses could go-the French infantry fell
swiftly back toward Sedan. 1t fell back be-
cause it saw that the chance Of its carrying
that Gcrcely-contested hill was gone, and
saw also that the Prussians holding the hill
were browning it with guns so that their own