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Year: 1870




(TABLE MOUNTAIN, ls7o.)
Which wish to remark


And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heather Chinee is peculiar,
Which the same-I would rise to explain.
All Sin was his name;


And shall not deny
In regard to the same


What that name might imply,
But his smile it was pensive and child-like,
As frequent remarked to Bill Nye-
1t was August the third;
And quite soft were the skies,
Which it might be inferred
That All Sin was likewise;
Yet he played it that day upoiewilliam
And me in a way despise.
Which we had a small game,
And All Sin took a.hand;
1t was Euchre. The same
He did not understand;
But he smiled as he sat .,y the 1a''le,
With the smile that child-ifse and bland
Yet the cards they were stocked
Ia way that grieve,
And my feelings were shocked
Al the state OF Nye1s sleeve:
Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers,
And the same with intent 70 deceive.
But the hands that were played
By that heather Chinee,
And the points that he made,
Were quite frightful TO see
Till at last he put down right bower,
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Then looked up at Nye,
And he gazed upon me;
And he rose with "A sigh,
And said, " Can this be
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor
And he went for that heather Chinee.
In the scene that ensued
did not take a hand,
But the floor it was strewed,
Like the leaves ON the strand
With the cards that All sin had been hiding
In the game he did not understand
In his sleeve, which were long,
He had twenty-four packs
Which was coming il strong,
Yet 1 state but the facts;
And we found ON his nails, which were taper
What is frequent in tapers-that's wax.
Which is why I remark


And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar
Which the same / an free 10 maintain.


-OrerlaHd Monthly.
Year: 1870

The VARNIsH TREE.-The beautiful
black varnish which is so much admired
the world over, is the production of tree
which grows wild in japan, and China as
WELL 1t is cultivated in plantations, and
is so much improved by the treatment 1T
receives, that cultivated trees afford three
times more of this valuable product than
the wild ones. The tree has some resem-
blance to the ash, with leaves shaped like
those of the laurel, of light green color,
Year: 1870

writing from


6 At the foot of the pyramids, imme-
diately below us as we sat on the lodges,
there rises out of the verdureless sand
one of the most singular idols that human
ingenuity ever imagined one of the awk-
wardest bodies and one of the most massive
heads that human hands ever carved. No
line of beauty has it anywhere to exhibit.
The ears are enormous the nose is gone !;
the mouth is ragged the beard is broken;
the open eyes stare blankly and closely
down upon you; the wig bags fatty and
faringly out on either side the chin has
lost half its stony hair, and all its SEM
blance of dignity, the face was formerly
painted aud the red Is washed off on the
weather side; altogether the structure has
pretty much gone under the effects of age,
and has quite the look of used-up piece
of property. But there yet remains a
tranquil majesty in its mien that every one
recognizes and feels the moment he sees it.


Coarse in its construction, uncouth and
stiff in every lineament, it is yet able to
impress the soul of every traveller, even
the most careless, who behoIds it, 1t is
better seen from below the first sight of
it, if FROM the top of the pyramids, belit-
ties and dwarfs its proportions; if from
the long and winding approach of the old
path, it is best of all. This figure is the
colossal form sculptured roughly in yellow
ish stone-nummulite full of minute and
perfect shells-of brute's body with a
human head. The body recines at length
| in the sand the head is finely erect in the
air. There used to be an altar between
the forepaws, located precisely where the
sweet SAVIOR of sacrifice might mos
easily be supposed to reach the nostril.''
Year: 1870

commander, Brigadier General Adel


bert Ames elected himself to the Senate


and to ensure his admission to that body


from its Radical majority, he brought


a negro along with him as his collea.


que; this, too, at a time when there


was no pretence that a negro was eligi-


BILE 10 any Federal office, for the


Fifteenth Amendment had not then


been adopted. 1t was "iorce'-sheer,


lawless force-that put a nonresident


Brigadier- General and an ineligible
negro into the Senate, to represent Mis-
sissippi, and legislate for Pennsylvania
and all other States OF the Union.
This is what the government is coming
to by which the people, through their
chosen representatives, conduct their
public affairs. II is becoming 4 close
corporation Of men whose villainy is no
longer disputable, and who, having got
power by force" keepit by the same
means. This is the condition OF things
that makes rejecting men Of all parties
tremble for the future of our country.
This it is that gives personal interst
TO every man at the North in the events
that happen at the South. The Radi-
cal game has Leen cry always we are
only robbing and expressing your
enemies But in the Divine govern
ment Of the world il is so ordered that
those who connive at injustice, sooner
or later, have themselves TO endure
is evils. The form and character OF
our government is gradually changing
under the system that Radicalism prom
ised should only oppress the South;
1t was formally put into the Radical
platform of 1868 that negro suffrage
was to he inflicted on the Southern
States a. a punishment for rebellion,
but the loyal States were to retain
their constitutional control Of the ques-
tion-"the question of suffrage in all
the loyal States properly belongs TO the
people of those States How this
pledge Of the Radical party was violated
as soon as the election was over, we
need not remind anybody. This, and
many other things, have at last taught
the Northern people that the curse of
Radicalism reaches them, and Is no
longer visited wholly on the South. This
gives us a personal interest in the con-
dition of affairs, in which, five years
after the war, Radicals can boast that
they are governing States and electing
Congressman by force" They are
giving us, instead of government by
the people, a government founded on
force and fraud; and no man, woman
or child, North or South, escapes the
evils of this prohigate and corrupt sys-
tom IA,
Year: 1870

We see that the National Republican Com
up that very bad and disgraceful custom Of
taxing government employees on their salaries
for campaign purposes. This was always
shabby practice, and this Republican Committee
ought to be ashamed of Itself to renew it.
The present autocratic announcement, tina.
every clerk holding Office by The viii Of this
supreme council must pay one per cent on
bis income, has nearly created rebellion in
that class Of faithful servants within the party.
They protest against the tyranny. They think
that when Presidential election is on the
tapis it is time enough 10 exact o portion OF
their wages from them, but az no such event
is in the immediate future it is untimely, and
would seem 10 indicate weakness in the party
TO put on tie screws just now.


The whole system is wrong and always has
been. 1t demorslizcs the public official 10y de-
grading him into mere serf Of the party,
paying tribute for The right to live. We are
surprised TO find party Of so much intelli-
gence ard virtue as the National Republican
Committee represents lending itself to the
continuance Of this practice. To be sure, it
has drawn much of its life aud the sustenance
thereof from this source heretofore, but has
not the time come TO abandon it2 Are there
not pickings and perquisites enough in the
rious public Offices, the contracts aud the
wje margin for plunder which the immense
jnc ne of the government offers, without
nulcing tn, poor clerks? We repeat, 1t is q
chubby proceeding altogether.
Year: 1870

The fact that the American securities de-
cllnel from the highest point just before the
noise of war was heard to the lowest point
since, about twelve per cent shows how iati-
mately connected the monetary affairs and the
stocks of our grea! nation are with those Of
other nations. There hos nothing occurred in
the United States to cause decline In securi-
ties Indeed, the credit Of the government
was rising every week and month with the In
creasing prosperity Of the country and accu-
mulating resources Of the Treasury. The
debt is being lquidated at the rate of one hun
dred millions year, and people both at home
and abroad see that it is bat bagatelle to this
rich and powerful republic. Everything tended
to raise the market value of our securities as
lar as the condition, means and prospects of
the country 60. Yet they declined abroad
twelve per cent, and relatively at home, in less
than month. The disturbance in Europe is
the sole cause-a disturbance with which we
have nothing to do, and which is not likely to
have any damaging effect upon our prosperity.
II anything, 1t win in the end increase our
trade and Importance in the world Govern
ment stocks, that are floating In large amounts,
are like any other commodities. The market
may be glutted by the desire to sell and realiz,
money in such a crisis as the present one in
Europe, end it is this tendency in the com
mencemeut, and uncertainty of the struggle,
that has affected American stocks, as well as
all others. So, too, our stocks may huctuate
for time with the events Of tae war; but in
the end they win recover and rise to their in
trinsic value. They have already recovered
over two per cent in the markets of Europe
from the lowest point they reached few
days ago, though the prospect and immi-
nence Of q terrific war has not in the
least abated. Should the war spread and be
prolonged even they must rise after the first
perturbation Is over. Whoever among the
people Of Europe may be able to hoard money
in this crisis, or whoever may want safe and
well-paying investment, will certainly prefer
to invest in United States bonds. They will
cast their eyes across the Atlantic and sec the
stability Of our government, the boundess
resources Of the country and the wonderful
future that lies before us, and they will place
all their available means hero and in our
stocks. We conclude, therefore, that what
ever may be the temporary effect Of the war
upon our securities, or however they may
fuctua:e for time with the events of the war,
they cannot remain long depressed and must
riss in the end higher than they have yet
reached.
Year: 1870

The movement recently inaugurated in favor
of obtaining concessions from employers in re-
gard to the hours Of labor and the rigid rules
goods stores in New York are subjected de-
serves hearty encouragement. Miss Meta
appeals in behalf Of her toiling and suffering
sisters may be slightly exaggerated, owing to
the enthusiasm. which is natural to every advo-
cate of a new reform. But no reformer with
out enthusiasm can ever hope to catch the
public ear. Making all due allow ances for her
somewhat highly colored statements as to the
petty tyranny which the saleswomen have hith-
erto been compelled silently to en- lure, we are
convinced that there is too much Sad truth in
the complaints uttered by Miss Meta. There
is no argument in favor of early closing, enc
cesgfully nrge5 by the young men who formed
the "Dry Goods Clerks Early Closing Associ-
ation," which might not be urged with equal
force by The saleswomen. The latter need far
greater indulgence than the young men in re-
spect to the ''iberty Of sitting down" for coca
sional repose. Eosh classes of clerks should
nave ample IL1t 10 taL tnciT IuStB. MOTcOVcT


work should be paid according 70 It's value, ir-
respective OF sex. Employ will themselves
by and by agree that woman who does the
same work, and does it as we'll, as a man, is
honestly entiled to the same wages. Indeed,
we should like to see the employers holding q
meeting aud unanimously volunteering to lessen
tbe number Of hours during which the sales
women are now kept al work, and otherwise TO
crafty their reasonable demands. We should
prefer such meeting to tho one Of which Miss
Meta was vice president the other evening.
That her meeting was not very numerously al
tended does not prove any lack OF interest or
sympathy on the part Of the saleswomen.
Many, it is said, did notventuro to attend lest
they should be dismissed by their employers.
Let the employers themselves meet and win
thanks from the saeswomen and praise from
the public by recognizing the claims Of Justice
and by showing that there Is really no ''rre-
pressible conflict" between labor and capital
The interests Of both are mutual
Year: 1870

Coroner Rollins was yesterday called to hold an
inquest at a5s Cherry street on the body OF Timothy
Collins, an infant fifteen months old, whose death
resulted from scalls by the accidental upsettinG
upon him or boiler OF not water while the mother
was engaged In washing clothes.
Year: 1870

sTHosE who burn kerosene oil should ex- ereise the utmost care in purchasing. There are in the market great variety of brands and qualities; some that are good, but more that are positively dangerous to use We can hardly take up newspaper that we do not find therein the record of some KEROSENE HORROR, until it is a fact sub. stantiated by figures, that more deaths re. suit each year from this one cause, than from steamboat and railroad accidents combined We cannot, then, be too care ful in the oil we burn. Pratt's Astral Oil is a perfectly safe Illuminating oil--it is pure, being free from adulterations and impurities of all kinds; burns in the ordi- nary kerosene lamp with a clear and bril- liant flame. and emits no objectionable odor. If 2 lamp filled with Pratts Astral Oilibe upset and broken, the contents will not explode nor take fire. s ss
Year: 1870

The UNDERTAKERS have seldom received
such a severe blow as that dealt to them by
Mr.. Dickens will. " | emphatically direct
that L be buried in an inexpensive, unostenta-
tioua, and strictly private manner, that no pub
lIc announcement be made of the time or place
OF my burial that at the utmost not more than
three pialn mourning coaches be employed,
and that those who attend my funeral wear no
scarf, cloak, black bow, long hatband, or other
such revolving abaurdity." This is plain
speaking; and the grim ravens who hover
round the house Of mourning with the view Of
turning tears into cash will be all in a futter
when they read this expression ofopinion with
regard to their trade, uttered by one whose
voice has none the less influence because it
proceeds from the grave. Lord Derby, Lord
Clarendon, and Mr.. Dickens have all set an
example. which the vulgar and ignorant will
DO We'll TO follow, of simplicity in their tuncr
ais. The day will come when we, or rather our
descendants will wonder that undcrtakers were
ever permitted to trade upon our sorrows in the
present diSgracetul fashion. In nine cases out
OF ten, when the head Of family dies, every
slXpenSe Is OF value and nothing more lamen-
table can be conceived than that the hard-earn-
ed savings intended to provide for the necessi-
ties of a wife and children should he sduander-
ed on black kid gloves and silk hat-bands for
second cousins, doctors, servants, and others,
who are mere puppets IN the hands OF the un-
dertaker to help him plumber the family of the
deceased. If one or two dukes and duchessess
would have the kindness to direct that their
remains were to be deposited in the ground
without having a brick vault specially made to
receive them, the middle classes would at once
consent to be buried in a similar manner; and
this would ut off the bricklaycr, who, with the


haberdaahcr, joins the undertaken in the work


Of extortion. Brick vaults are but attempts


to fight with Nature, who in the long run viii


be victorious. We have much to learn an(


much to unearn upon this subject but tn,


day will come when We shall conquer our preju


dlccs and not be afraid to say to the porty un


dertaker, as he solemnly stalks through tht


streets at the head OF funeral procession


My dear sir, instead of being as you imagn


an imposing object, you are, in the words 0
Mr.; Dickens, simply a revolving absurdity.


Pal Mail Gazette.
Year: 1870

Must it not be very romantic to be on your
knees before a lovely one Of Eve : daughters
heaving up a torrent OF sweet words between
her glowing parted lips, raising roses on her
cheeks hy the acre, bringing tears Of pleasure
to her eyes at the identical moment when she
is going to Swoon away in your arms to hear
her anxious mother cry. You Sal, have you
fed them ere hogs ?'
Year: 1870

The scene of the following romance is laid at
Yonkers, New York: A young lady who
was engaged to he married soon, on passing a
barber shop, saw her intended in a chair and
barber tanning him. She supposed he must
be sick, 50 she rushed in and threw herself in
his arms, and found he was only having his
moustache dyed. She got some of the stuff
on her face, which colored her fair cheek, aud
so disgusted her that she broke off the engage
ment
Year: 1870

Father IIyacinthe protests as resolutely as
ever against the dogma of Papa infallibity.
In the long letter which he has lately published
he denies that Catholics are bound to accept
the dogma, because, in the first place, for an
Ecuncncal Council to have any athOrity it
must be perfectly free and in his opinion the
recent Council has not been free, as is proved
by the repeated protests of many illustriOus
bishops and, In the next place, the represcn-
tatiye character of the Council will not be
admitted by the Church at large, inasmuch as
the bishops who are the witnesses of faith,
are limited beforehand by that very character.
They can therefore only exercise their func-
tions on truths which have always and every


where been acknowledged. He believes that
they have exceeded the powers confded to
them; that the Church cannot recognize the
arbitrary work accomplished, and the Council


will remain without authority. lie inferS that
there is now greater dangerof schism than there
has ever been before. He appeals to a council
really free and ecumenicaL Above all, he ap-
pcalS to God. Men, he eXclaims. have 'bcen
| impuissant to secure the triumph of truth and
justice let the Almighty arise and take his
cause in hand and judge it. The Council,
which was to be a work OF light and peace,
! has intensified the darkness and unclaimed
diScord in the religious world. War responds
! to it as a terrible echo in the social system.


War is a scourge of God; but in bringing the
chastisement may it not therefore prepare the
remedy? In removing the ancient editice may
it not clear the ground on which the Divine


Spouse OF the Church will construct the New


Jerusalem? 1t is manifest that in making


this solemn protest against the dogma Of infal


liblity Father llyacinthe has not had bctor,


his eyes the fear of the POpe's Legates, who


have just issued formal condemnation Of " The


writers who deny the liberty OF the deibera
tions of the Council. Meanwhile Father


Ilyacinthe, after having left the pulpit, ha


as private in a company of volunteers fol


the defence or Paris-N T. Herald
Year: 1870

The SiTUAuoN--On Sunday morning,
in autumn, Father Scarf brought his
breechss down from the garret, but tho
wasps had taken possession during the
summer and were having nice time Of it
in them. BY dint of effort, he dispersed
the intruders and dressed for meeting. But
while reading the scriptures to the congre-
CATION, he felt dagger from one OF the
small-waistcd fellows. and jumped around
the pulpit slapping his thighs. But the
more ho slapped and danced the moro it
stung. The people thought him crazy, but
he explained the matter by saying Breth-
rem, don't be alarmed the word of the
Lord is in my mouth, but the devil is in my
breeches '
Year: 1870

A CoNTENTED WoMAN-A whining
peevish man, who was always trying to get
on the sick list, although apparently as
healthy as any man in the army, went to
the chaplain one day in his doleful STYLE
and requested that letter be written to his
wife, telling her Of his condition "Tell
her, chaplain" said the soldier, "that am
too sick to write myself. and have got you
TO do it for me. Tell her | have all kinds
of diseases, and am near my last hour. Tell
her that should die to-day, I'm sure, but
for the desire have to wait and see her
once more before l die" The chaplain
wrote as directed, and after few days he
called the would be-sick soldier to his tent,
and handed him this answer to his mourn
full letter.


Rev. -: Dear Sir-Tell John not
TO wait for mo, as ! have already set up
housekeeping with an other man"
Year: 1870

BABIEs.-We love babies, and every
body who does leve baoics. No man ha,
music in his sou! who den. love babies
Babies were made to be loved, especially
girl babies, when they grow up. A mar
isn't worth shuck VINO hasn't baby. and
the same rule applies to woman. A baby
is a snrirg day in winter hot-honse in
mid-winter; ray Of sunshine in frigid
winter; and, if your own, it is bushel Of
sunshine, no matter how cold the weather
A man cannot be helpless case so long as
he loves babies-one at time We love
babies all over, no matter how dirty they
are. Babies were born to be dirty. We
lore babies because they are babies. and
because their mothers were loveable and
lovely women. Our love for babies is on
ly bounded by The number of babies in the
world. We always look for babies, we do,
with anxiety and patsrnal affection we do,
indeed we do. We always have sorrowful
feelings for mothers who have no babies
Women always look down hearted who
have no babies; and men whe have no ba
bies always gamble and drink whiskey and
stay out at nights trying to get music in
their souls but they can't come it. Babies
are babies, and nothing will take their
place. Pianos play out, and good living
plays out unless there's baby in the house
We've tried we know and say there's no
thing like baby. Babies are productive
subject and we intend to talk more about
babies in the future. We intend to tell
our friends if they want to be happy in this
world they must have baby in the house ;
one OF their own is preferable, Babies
stimulate exertion; they make Young man
scracth for a living and in this view ofthe
case, they are all the while laying golden
eggs. A man is hardly ever worth three
red cents until lie gets wife anu baby.
They push him to it. While he is max
ing enough for their support, he is sure to
have something over.
Year: 1870

What u a Year?
What is year? 'Tis but wave
On life's dark rolling stream,
Which is so quickly gone that We
Account it but dream.
'Tis but single. earnest throb
OF Times old iron heart.
Which tirclcss now. and strong as when
1t first with life did start.
What is a year? 'Tis but turn
OF Times old hrazen Wheel
Or but page upon the book
Which death must shortly seal.
IT'S but step upon the road
Which we must travel Ger;
A few more steps and we shall walk
Life's weary round no more.
Year: 1870

"A little boy once said to his aunt :
Aunty should think that Satan must be
an awful trouble to God" He must be
trouble enough indeed, l should think so"
she answered. al don't see how he came
to turn out SO, when there was no devil to
put him up to it,"
Year: 1870

THE REASON WHY.-A youngster afte,
deep meditation, broke out to his father
Pa ! know why colorcd people have
white palms to their hands and white soles
to their feet When the first colored man
was made, he stood on his all fours while
God was painting him ?"