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Year: 1870

From time immemorable the fraternity Of Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons has enjoyed an almost
exclusive privilege OF performing those rites attend
upon the laying OF the stones in the erec-
tion Of pubic buildings and national monuments
Yesterday the craft had grand gala day in the
practice OF their impressive and imposing cere-
monies onshe occasion OF laying the -'frst OF
the corner at the foundation OF a Masonic temple
whlch ltls anticipated viii outshne n magnifcence
any structure for similar purpose in America.
Never at least in this country since the day when
upon the trestle board TIL the present, there
witnessed such hurrying To and fro such lutter
O. excitement and such gathering OF the bands.
When ane reflects that Freemasons are understood
no beeclectea from the OF men, not only by
reason or their physical perfection, but by virtue Of
Vhar intellectual qualifications, and have, as
Distinguishing mark, been invested with
q badge more honorable than the Golden
Fleece Roman eagle, and that, in addition TO this,
the members OF the Grand Lodge are those who
have been especially selected from their brethren
and advanced step by step in reward for unblem-
Ished honor and faithful discharge of every duty,
then, and then only, does gain just idea OF the
dignity and importance OF such assemblage as
that OF yesterday in the Masonic mind.


Considered from a broadly political point Of view
sthe Grand Lodge OF New YORK represents an aggre
: gate constituency Of rs. 600 men,


THE GRAND LODGE


. resumed labor at eight O'Clock yesterday morning
and was opened by the NJ. W. James Gibson in am
Year: 1870

in New-York. An eelderly gentleman was completely
prostrated with paralysis. palsy His physician a
once suspected from his tha the
patient had been using wheaton grits for Dyspepsia, anu
that the first duty of the cook In the morning ha had
soak them, preparatory TO boiling them sne nhu,
therefore, used daily the water which had stool m


in the pipes. The occurrence OF consderape ~
solution, is additional argument for the use vi ~
though II will OF he useless to employ ihen u


they are frequently reversed that they ma! pe
Year: 1870

COMPARISON OF THE TAX LEvIEs OF 1870 AND loo9'
The items in the Tax Levy this year are IN
ted IN manner 30 different from usual, that II Is
diecut TO make up comparative table; put we nave
Year: 1870

When we are suffering we want a
remedy that will cure at once and with
out making us sicker than before we
took it. We don't want to lose time,
suffer on a sick bed, and get up with
all our faculties impaired. Avoid all
this; use Rosenheim's Stomach Bitters !;
the Great Western Remedy.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, October A specia'
dispatch from Harpers Ferry states
that the water in the river is again
rising and is much higher than it ha:
been heretofore during the present
freshet.
Year: 1870

READER, if you have sick horse do not
dose him witL CONDITION Powders" con-
tanning antimony, which is just as useless
and injurious to him as is the constantly
swallowing of poisonous compounds to the
human system. It is more humane to knock
a horse on the head at once than to kill him
BY inches through the action of antimony
which accumulates in the system, and thus
sooner or later produces death by antimonial
poisoning. Remember reader, there is no
antimony, nor any other poison in the "Eq.
uine Condition Powders" Their action,
under all circumstances, is physiological:
therefore they can be safely used in all forms
of disease whether acute or ohronic) with
decided benefit to afflicted animals.


Send to the nearest Druggist, or to LORD
SMITH l. Co., Sc Wabash Avenue, Chicago,
for a copy OF the Horse and Cattle Opner's
Guide, giving valuable information ON the
treatment of all kinds of stock
Year: 1870

The great cause of SO many young peo
pie being gray headed is on account of their
baving used the vile compounds which have
Hooded the market so long. NATURES HAIR
RESTORATIVE is q sure remedy for this.
ctedr as crystal; no poison; perfectly sweet,
clean and reliable. All druggists sell it.
See advertisement
Year: 1870

II has been decided by 90 to 43 to i'm
peach Holden, Governor of North Carolina
He will be suspended from Office during the
impeachment trial. Chief Justice Psrsoua
will preside at his trial by the senate.
Year: 1870

Reflect that y sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites u promote connubi-
al happiness, Indeed, without these the jour
ney through life becomes & weary pilgrimage,
the prospect hourly dsrkens to the view, ihe
mind becomes shadowed with despair, and hlled
with the melancholy reflection that the happl-
ness of another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1870

AWFUL EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING STROKE.
During a severe thunderstorm on the 18th ult,
the residence Of DIR. George b: Smith, near
Benevolence, Ga, was struck by lightning, and
the entire family prostrated and stunned BY the
shock. To those who first recovered an appal-
ing spectacle presented itself: There lay the
head of the house with his neck broken, q life
less corpse. while the mother and two. OF her
little ones were grievously injured and blacken-
ed by the fluid. To add to the horrors Of the
scene, in an instant the entire dwelling was
wrapped in fame, and almost before the dead
safety, the whole pile was consumed, and a
smoking ruin all that remained of the pleasant
home of that happy family.
Year: 1870

The VOTE BY BALLoT-Frse Exercise Of N


Electire Fsuaehise.-In the House tO-das, Mr.


Lawrence introduced a bill, which was referred
to the Reconstruction Committee, for the pro-
lection Of the free exercise of the elective fran
chise, which provides that no citizen Of the


United States shall be required to write, print


or place his name on any ballot, or cause the
same 10 be done, or otherwise do any act by


which the pame or identity of any person cast


ing any ballot may be ascertained or KNOWN the


law of any State to the CONTRARY notwithstanding:


and fixing the penalty for a violation OF the pro-


visions OF this bill whether by judges of election


or any other person, at a fine Of enc thousand


dollars or Imprisonment for one month, or sub


jectionto both punishments, In the discretion of


the court havsng jurisdiction.


AUTHORIZING A SUBSCRIPTION BY THE CRY


TO PHE A. L. & II. RAILROAB-In the Heas,


to-day Mr.. Mckenzie introduced bill, which


was referred to the District Of Columbia Com


mittee, "To authorize a subscription by the cor
posate authorities of the city of Washington to
the capital stock of the Alexandria, Loudon and
Hampshire Railroad Company, OF Virginia Or
the Washington and Ohio kailroad, as the case
may be !" which provides that the said cOrpcrat
authorities may subscribe and pay for not ex-
ceeding ten thousand shares OF one hundred dol
lars each of the capital stock of either Of tn



the same privileges and subject to the
same restrictions as the other stockholders pro
vlded that the consent of a majority of the
qualified voters of said city who may vote there
upon be first obtained thereto. Also that for
the purpose of raising the funds requisite for
such subscription the corporate suthori-
ties are empowered TO issue their bonds,
payable within and not exceeding thirty
years.in the ordinary form OF bonds bearing
II t.rest at per cent per annum payab either
taif yearly or quarterly. Said bonds can be
Delivered to the said company in payment of the
subscription either wholly or Ia part The
coporate authorities are authorized to raise by
specific taxation annually the required sum in
addition to any dividends derived from the
stocks, to pay the interest the bends together
with one per centum on the amount thereof for
n sinking fund for the reduction Of the princi-
pal; the proceeds of said specific taxation
t. he applied only to the payment of the
interest and redemption of the principal
OF said bonds and to no other pur pose


1t provides also that for the special tax so paid
the person paying the same shall receive atcer-
tifeate for the amount SO paid, less five per
cent for the expense of collecting setting ont
the valuation Of the property and the amount
oil lax SO paid. The company authorized to
extend and operate their road, with necessary
turn-Outs and switches, to such point as they
may select in the city of Washington for their
depot, by and upon such streets and avenues a.
they may deem eligible, provided the consent
of the corporate authorities be first obtained to
the use of said streets and avenues
Year: 1870

THE hEGAL TENDER CASE IN THE SUPREME
OouRT-In the Supreme Court this morning
mr.. Potter, one of the counsel in the legal ten
Ger cases, the decision on which the Court re-
Gently Ceopened for new argument, stated
mat MT. Carlisle was absent on legal business


and another Of the counsel detained on account
OF sickness. The Court therefore ordered ,ha
the argument be postpo ned until next Monday
Year: 1870

ing appeals from the District Court,
shall apply IN like manner and with
like efftct to appeals from the Circuit
to the Supreme Court, subject to the
provisions Of this Act. &aT


Provided: Further, and when the
time for appeal from the District or
Circuit Courts to the general term IA
provided by Chapter SO Of the Acts Of
the Twelfth General Assembly has
expired, before the taking effect Of this
Act. and no appeal has been perfected
that the right of appeal Is not revived by
this Act and no appeal shall lie. I'd


s3. The District Judge Of each
Judicial District shall on or before the
first day Of December. A. ID. 1871, and
every alternate year thereafter desisna
by an order made under his hand, the
times for holding the terms OF each
Circuit Court in his district for the two
years ensuing, which order shall be filed
with the Clerk Of the Circuit Court In
each county In each judicial District.


"a. All appeals pending or taken to
the General term at aud before the
passage Of this Act. and which reua'u
undisposed of, shall be deemed pending
in the Supreme Court without further
notice, and the Clerk of [the] District
Court having charge Of such records
shall immediate ly certify the same to
the Supreme Court, aud the Clerk OF
the Supreme Court shall docket the
same as though the appeal had been
taken directly to the Supreme Court,
and In all cases wherein the Judges OF
either Court have reserved their decisions
under Section - Of Chapter SO, Acts OF
the Twelfth General Assembly, and
said General term Court has not yet
acted thereon, the said causes shall be
returned to the Court in which said
causes have originated; but in such
cases where appeals have been taken to
the Supreme Court after the General
Term Court had rendered decision
thereon, then the Supreme Court shall
hear aud determine the same with the
Same force and effect rs provided In
Chapter S6 aforesaid.


a.. This Act being deemed Of imne-
diate importance shall take effect aud
be in force from and after its publication
in the Ddiy State Legister aud Daiy
Des MOines Statesman, newspapers pub
lished in Des Muines, Iowa.


Approved March 30, 1870.


l hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Duty State
Register April l, and in the Daily Dcs
MOines Statesman March 81, 1870.


ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.
Year: 1870

The best and the only safe way to
preserve the brain and every other
organ Of the body. Is to eschew alcohol
and all narcotic poisons, eat temperate
ly of such food as has been found by
experience to agree with the stomach,
avoid late hours, late suppers and night
study, aud sleep as much as nature
reauires
Year: 1870

GRATING THE TOMATO ON TIE PoTATo-A
correspondent states that be succeeded perfect
ly in grating q scion OF the tomato upon the
potato vine. He cut about one third OF the
potato shoot of, just above leaf' taxing a care
not to ininre the bud at it's base. The scion,
beioe shielded from the sun, was every day
sprlpkled with little water, and it took readl'
ly. 10 The fall the tomato was loaded with
ripe and unripo fruit, and had grown to
large size.
Year: 1870

Believe in travelling on step by
step; don't expect to be riclSin a
jump. Slow and sure is better than
fast and flimsy. Perseverance, by
it's daily gains, enriches man fa1
more than fits and starts of fortune
speculation. Little fishes are sweet
Every day thread makes a skein
in a year. Brick by brick houses
are built. We should creep before
we walk, walk before we run, and
run before we ride. In getting rich,
the more haste the worse speed,
Haste trips up its own heels. Don't
give up a small business till you see
that large one will pay you better
Even crumbs are bread. Better a
little furniture than an empty house.
In these hard times, he who can sit
on a stone and feed himself had
better not move. From bad to worse
is poor improvement. A crust is
hard fare, but none at all is harder.
Don't jump out of the frying pan in
to the fire. Remember, many men
have done well in very small shops.
A little trade with a profit is better
than a great concern at loss; a
small fire that warns you is better
than a large fire that burns you. A
great deal of water can be got from
a small pipe, if the bucket is always
there to catch it. Large hares may
be caught in small woods. A sheep
may fat in a small meadow, and
starve in a great desert. He who
undertakes too much, succeeds but
little.
Year: 1870

There would be no tight lacing if
girls could he made to understand
this simple fact-that men dread the
thought of marrying woman, who
rs supJpctto fts-of irritable temper,
to bad headaches, and other ailments
we need not mention, all of Which,
everybody knows, are the direct and
inevitable product of the compress
sion of the waist. Men like to see
small waist, certainly, but there is
Il very great difference between the
waist which is well formed and in
proportion to the rest of the figure,
and q waist which is obviously and
artifcially compressed to the des-
truction of that easy and graceful
carriage which is one of the chief
charms of woman's appearance.
An unnaturally " compressed waist is
far more certain of detection than a
mass of false hair or faint busting
of violet powder. The rawest youth
who enters ballroom can pick out
the women who have Strengthened
themselves artificially. If the young
lady who, to obtain the appearance
of dragonfy, has been subjecting
herself to considerable physical
pain, and who has been laying up
for herself a pretty store of ailments
which only want time to pronounce
themselves, could only see the stare
of scarcely disguised contempt, and
understand the scornful pity which
greet the result of her labor, We
should have change of the fashion
and it is merely a fashion.
Through all changes women remain
true to only one fashion. Whether
her clothing is as long and lank as
that of a Grecian virgin, or whether
she builds around the lower half of
her figure rotund and capacious
structure of steel, she is forever
faithful to the tradition of a small
waist; and she will weaken her cir
culation, she will make her hands
red, she will incur headache, she will
crack her voice, and she will ruin
her digestion, all to produce a NAL
formation which wise men regard
with pity and fools with derision.
Year: 1870

They had done good work in their
day. They were large and round,
so that when she saw thing she saw
it. There was a crack across the
upper part of the glass, for many a
baby had made them a plaything,
and all the grandchildren had at
some time tried them on. They
had sometimes been so dimmed with
tears that she had to take them off
and wipe them on her apron before
she could see through them at all.
Her second sight had now come,
and she would often let her glasses
slip down, and then look over the
top of them while she read. Grand
mother was pleased at this return of
her vision. Getting along so well
without them, she often lost her
spectacles. Sometimes they would
be for weeks Untouched on the shelf
in the red morocco case, the flap up
lifted. She could now look off upon
the hills, which for thirty years she
had not been able to see from the
piazza. Those were mistaken who
thought she had no poetry in her
soul. You could see it in the way
she put her hand under the chin of
a primrose, or cultured the geranium.


Sitting on the piazza ono evening,
in her rocking chair, she saw q lad
der of cloud set up against the sky,
and thought how easy it would be
for spirit to climb it, She saw in
the deep glow of the sunset char
lot of fire, and wondered who rode
in it. She saw thin vapor floating
away as though it were a wing as
cending, and grandmother muttered,
in a low tone, "a vapor that appear,
eth for a little season, and then van
isheth away" She saw a hill high
er than any she had ever before seen
on the horizon, and on the top of it
a kings castle. The motion of the
rocking chair became slighter and
slighter, until it stopped. The spec
tacles fell out of her lap. A child,
hearing 1t, ran to pick them up, and
cried, Grandmother, what is the
matter?'


She answered not. She never spoke
again. Second sight had come. Her
vision had grown better and better.
What she could not see now was not
worth seeing. Not now through a
glass darkly. Grandmother had no
more need of spectacles.
Year: 1870

1t is 4 sad time just now for many
who depend upon their salaries fol
the support of themselves and fam,
lilies. So many men are thrown out
of employment because the times
are so dull; their services are not
needed in stores and workshops
But some men and boys are always
retained. Do you know who are-tht
fortunate ones? Those who are most
useful to their emplOyers-those
who do their work the most thor
oughly, and are the most obligine
and economical.


These young men who watch the
time, to see the very second theil
working hour is up-who leave, nc
matter what state the work may be
in, at precisely the instant-who cal,
culate the exact amount they can
slight their work and yet not get re-
proved-who are lavish of their en-
ployers' goods, will always be the
first to receive notice that times are
dull, and their services are no longer
wanted.


Whatever your situation, lay ii
down as a foundation rule, that you
will be faithful in which is least. "
Pick up loose nails, bits of twine,
clean wrapping paper, and put them
in their places. Be ready to throw
in an odd half hour or hours time,
when it will be an accommodation,
and seem to make a merit of it. Do
it heartily. If not word is said,
be sure your employer makes a note
of it. Make yourself indispensable
to him, and he will lose many of the
opposite kind before he will part
with YOU.
Year: 1870

If the poorhouse has any terrors
for you, never buy what you don't
need. Before you pay three cents
for a jewsharp, my boy, ascertain
whether you don't make just as
pleasant a noise by whistling, fol
which nature furnishes the ma
chinery. And before you pay seven
ty-fve dollars for a coat, young man
find out whether your lady love
would not be just as glad to see you
in one that would not cost half that
money. If she would not, let hel
crack her own hazel nuts and buy
her own clothes.


When you see q man spending
two or three dollars q week foolishly
the chances are five to one he'll live
long enough to know how many
cents there are in dollar, and il
he don't he's pretty sure to bequeath
that privilege to his widow.


When a man asks you to buy that
for which you have no use, no mat
ter how cheap it is, don't say yes
until you are sure some one else
wants it in advance.


Money burns in some folks pock
cts, end makes such a big hole that
every thing that is put in drops
through past finding.
Year: 1870

The best mode of resting when
fatigued, depends upon the fatigue
and the condition of the person at
the time. There is one thing, how
ever, which will always rest a tired
person, and that is asponge or towel
bath over the entire surface. Of
course the temperature of the water
and the vigor and amount of rub
bing must be graduated to the
strength of the person. 1t is gener-
ally best if given by a second person.
When the fatigue is mental, arising
from over-exertion of the brain, the
muscles should be called into action,
as by walking, horseback riding,
rowing, playing ball, pitching quoits,
gymnastics, DC. General muscular
fatigue is quickly relieved by laying
on the face and having some one rub
and purcuss the back vigorously
Also, but less readily, by laying fiat
upon the back upon a hard couch or
bed, or upon the floor, with the
hands back of or under the head,
but the head not otherwise raised,
and taking full, deep breaths.
Year: 1870

and feeble, and his back was bent.
And one night as he lay upon his
bed, his children standing around
him, he cried as he had cried so
long ago:


:. see the starr


And they whispered to one anoth-
er, He is dying


And he said, Il am. My age is
falling from me like a garment,
and | move toward the star as 4
child. And o, my Father, now l
thank Thee that it has so often
opened to receive the dear ones who
await me"


And the star was shining; and it
shines upon his grave.
Year: 1870




Sweet moon love thee, yet grieve
To gaze on thy pale orb tonight;
1t tells me of that last dear eve


Ipassed with her-my souls delight
Hill, vale and wood and stream were dye!
In the pale glory of thy beams,
As forth we wandered side by side,
Once more to tell loves burning dreams.
Ny fond arm was her living zone,
Ny hand within her hand was pressed,
And love was in each earnest tone.
And rapture in each heavine breast.
And many a high snl fervent vow
Was breathed from her full heart and mine
While thy calm light was on her brow
Like pure religions seal and sign.
We knew. alas. that we must part,
We knew we must be severed long,
Yet joy was in each throbbing heart,
For love was deep, and faith was strong.
\ thousand memories Of the past
Were busy in each glowing breast.
And hope upon the future cast


Her rainbow lines--and we were blest.
crayed a boon-Oh, in that boon
There was Il wild, delirious bliss
All, didst thou gaze. sweet moon.
Upon 4 more impassioned kiss:
The parting camc-one moment brief
Her dim and fading form / viewed
Twas gone-and there stood in grief
Amid life's awful solitude.

Tell me sweet moon, for thou can'st tell.
If passions still unchanged is hers
Do thoughts Of me her heart still swell
Among her many worshippers?
Say, does she sometimes wander now,
At one beneath thy gentle flame,
To rise to heaven her angel brow
And breath her absent lovers name:
oh when her gentle lids are wet,
Ipray thee, mark each falling gem,
And tell me if my image yet


Is pictured tremblingly in them?
All, tell me, does her bosom thrill
As wildly as Of yOre for me
Does her young heart adore me still,
Or is that young heart changed like thee:
Oh let thy beams, that softest shine,
If still my love to her is dear,
Bear to her gentle heart from mine
A sigh, a blessing and a tear.
Year: 1870

All who have real estate for sale or to LET,
and those desiring 10 purchase such property


will find 1t TO their interest TO advertise in THE TRIBUNE
It's aggregate circulation exceeds that OF any other new.
paper and in addition 10 this advantage The TRIBUss
will be found not only in New York and all its cities and
villages but in every State and Territory throughout the
Union. The advertisement should be brief az will
allow Of the advantages claimed being made clear TO thu
reader We would especially dwell the fact that tho
subscribers for the three editions OF THE TRIBUNE Daily
semiWeeky. and Weekly. comprise individuals in every
business profession consequently Advertisements each
are read by all classes THE TRIBUNE devOtes especial
attention to reports Of sales Of real estate both in city
and country thus adding greatly to the value Of its col
umns advertising medium. The charges for adver
Using are as follows DAILY TRIBUNE rs cents per limo
for each insertion WEEKLY TRIBUNE ., per line SEMI
WEEKLY TRIBUNE. IS cents per line. About ten words ID
our wide columns average line Terms cash In advance