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Year: 1870

Day by day the contest over this ques.


tion becomes moro and more exciting.


Both the public mind and public men are
studying it with an intensity not equalled
by the feeling which prevailed at their in
auguration. More and more clearly the
people begin to see that the Roman Catho-
lies are determined in one form or other, to


put an end to the whole system, and com


pei the appropriation of money to schools
where their religion can be taught as an es-


sential element of public instruction. The


effort of that persuasion is not to put
an end to the raising of money for the sup
port of schools, for that would destroy the
sources from which the power comes to
provide education at all. The Roman
Catholic people pay. but a small proportion
of the money which is raised for this pur-
pose and, yet they have in proportion by far
the greatest numbers of children. The
plan is to raise the money by taxation,
when it comes chiefly from the pockets of
the Protestants, and then have it applied to
the Catholic education of their own chill
dren. For years past they have compelled
the Legislatures of New York and some
other States to grant them large subsidies,
and with each year the demands have been
larger as the Legislatures become more and
more obsequious The political principles
of the adherents of this church were worn
most loosely, obeying the dictation of their
1aa nd unfipfr I, told This
made their market value high priced one,
and political men have generally been ready
TO pay it in concessions like those to which
we have alluded. Million after million has
been granted to these people, while the
Protestants were compelled to first pay this
bill and then support the public system be-
Sides


The Romanists have also long insisted in
the exclusion of the Bible from the public
schools, and but recently there was every
appearance of success in the city of Cincin-
natti. This once accomplished and success
elsewhere would be easy. But here unex-
pectedly a new element came into play,
which destroyed all the calculations Of the
politicians. To the utter surprise of every
body the negro vote, enfranchised by the
fifteenth amendment, came out squarely on


the side of the Bible in the public schools,
and more than neutralized the votes on the
other side. If this vote may be taken as
an indication, and we see no reason to the


contrary then there will be more than
votes enough from the colored people to
overpower those of the Irish, and on the
question of public morals and education,
| the public will largely be the gamer So
| far the voting of the black people when
questions of morality have been concerned,
| has been given fairly upon that side, and if
it should continue thus the nation will have
added to itself an added moral force in the
voters of the colored race. If this shall
prove to be the case we have no hesitation
in saying that we prefer black mans bal
lot when cast on the side of order and mo-
rality, to white mans cast on the other
side, and welcome those votes as strong sup
ports to our system of public instruction in
our common schools. s
Year: 1870

This gentleman, the colored representa-
tive in the United States Senate, from
Mississippi, was announced to lecture
last evening in Horticultural Hall, Philadel-
phia, on the "Press." His friends had ap-
piled for the Academy of Music, but the
proprietors of that snobby institution re-
fused to allow it to be polluted by the pres
ence of man with black blood in his
veins. To US this is unmitigated nonsense.
A man, who despite his color is recognized
as a scholar and gentleman-who is the
official peer of tho proudest Senator Of any
State of the Union--who occupies a seat by
the side of the nation's most noble and
brilliant mems certainly competent to be
permitted to occupy the boards of an acad-
emy where play actors and actresses are
the aristocracy. Evidently Philadelphia
wants another Academy of Music, where
the proprietors are not ounces, and whore
the people can 60 to hear a lecture that
they may desire without being snubbed out
of it by an Academy of Music.
Year: 1870

A BEAUTIFUL OMNIBUs.-John NJ El-
well s. Son have just had their omnibus re-
paired and repainted 1t is now the hand
soonest carriage of the kind in this section
of the country. The colors are very beau
tiful and two large portraits adorn the sides.
The Messrs. Elwell deserved to be well pa
tronized for their spirit of progressiveness in
so faithfully accommodating the wants Of
the public
Year: 1870

s- The attention of farmers and fruit
growers is called to the advertisement of
Smalley & Beckhardt, Raw Bone Dust
Manufacturers. Their place of business is
at the foot of Broad Street, near the new
bridge, West Bridgeton. We have visited
their mills while in operation, and know
that nothing but the pure raw bone is used
in the manufacture of their really excellent
article. Farmers if you wish to patropize
home industry buy your fertilizer of them.
Year: 1870

DEATH OF THE ANTI-SLAyERY SOCIETY.
On Saturday last the American Anti-Sla-
very Society formally gave up the ghost
and adjourned to meet no more. With the
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment its
work was considered done, and there was
no use in delaying the burial after the fune-
raj had taken place. twenty-five years ago
when the society was organized, the advo-
cacy Of its principles was met with tar,
feather, imprisonment, and not unfrequently
death-now they are the accepted senti-
ments Of the majority of the nation. Verify
the world passes through strange variations,
and this one is one Of tie most important
Of all.
Year: 1870

The Ministers connected with the New
Jersey NJ. E. Conference, at their recent
session completed their Aid Society, or In
surance Company which to many of our
readers is novel thing. The idea of life
insurance is incorporated in some of our
philanthropic and benevolent societies, In
which each one pays one dollar on the death
of member, which amount is appropriated
to the widow and children of the deceased.
The sucIeIy organized by the members OF
the Conference is somewhat on the same
principle. Each member pays twenty-five
cents initiation fee, and there are no other
expenses connected with it until the decease
of member, at which time each one is no
tilted, and pays ten dollars, which in the
aggregate makes very handsome sum,
there being about one hundred and fifty
members in the Conference. No accumu-
lated fund or capital is needed, no superfiu-
GUS or complicated calculations, or high
salaried officers and enormous rents are req
uisite, but everything is reduced to the ut
most simplicity. The greatest disadvan-
tage which we can see is with the younger
members of the Association, who are less
liable to die than the older ones, but as the
younger men of the Conference have ex-
pressed their willingness to go into it on an
equal footing with those more advanced in
years, it shows a magnanimity on their
part, which would not be accorded where
the idea of benevolence did not enter.
This society was organized at the previous
annual session of the Conference, but was
not perfected until the late session, at which
time Rev. DIR. Tiffany gave considerable
valuable information and advice, he being
member of similar organization in one
of the Western Conferences, which had
worked successfully for many years.


The President of the Association above
referred to is Rev. Charles E. Hill, and a
more worthy and efficient officer for that
position could not have been chosen. The
Secretary, Treasurer, and other officers are
well qualified and responsible men, and
there is no reason why it should not work
like charm.


One of the nagnanimous incidents con-
nected with the specification of who should
receive the amount due in case of death,
was that of DR.. Tiffany, who desired that
one half of his should be appropriated to
the worn out preachers fund of the New
Jersey Conference, the DR.. having already
received his transfer to the Newark Confer
ence.
Year: 1870

NEW SUBsOIL PLow.-The Los An
geles News calls attention to the model of
new subsoil plow. invetned by L d. Ga
witt, Of that city. 1t consists of an ord ma
ry steel plow, such as most farmers use for
the cultivation Of their land, with a small
er plow OF the same pattern Immediately
underneath the larger one, with a lever so
arranged that the smaller and lower plow
can be adjusted at will by the man who
guides or holds the larger or main plow-
The two operating together looseus the
earth twice or three times as deep as the
ordinary plow, and operates precisely as
though a furrow had been run with large
plow and followed Immediately by small
er one for the purpose of being deepened
If the invention works, and there is every
reason to believe it will, it will do the work
OF two men at once and furnish sure
means by which the farmer can plow aud
stir up the soil to any reasonable depth
In country like this where deep plowing
is SO necessary to overcome the drouths
that to some extent deprive the farmer OF
the benefits of his labor, the invention OF
Mr.. Gavitt gives promise Of very impor-
tant results.
Year: 1870

DoN'T EAT WITHOUT AN APPETITE
1t is wrong to eat without an appetite for
it shows there is no gastric juice in the
stomach, and that nature does not need
food and, not needing it, there being no
fluid to receive and act upon it, it would
remain there only to putrefy, the very
thought of which should be sufficient to
deter any man from eating without an ap-
petite for the remainder of his life. Ifa
tonic is taken to wet the appetite, it is a
mistaken course; for its only result is to
cause one to eat more, when already an
amount has been eaten beyond what the
gas ric juice supply is able to prepare.


The object to be obtained is larger
supply of gastric juice, not a larger supply
of food and whatever fails to accomplish
that essential object, fails to have any eff
tciency toward the cure of dyspeptic dis
eases The formation of gastric juice is
directly proportioned to the wear and
waste of the system, which it is to be the
means of supplying, aud this wear and
waste can only take place as the result Of
exercise. Tne efficient remedy for dys-
pepsia is work-out-door work beneficial
and successful in direct proportion as it is
igreeable iuter esting and profitable =
Hall 5 Health by Good Living.
Year: 1870

THERE is now building an iron Lighthouse
spr a harbor on Cape Cod, which VIII be
torty five feet in diameter at the base. and is
= weigh one hundred tons. The average
t'ickne-S Of the iron walls will be about
three quarters Of an inch
Year: 1870

Thou ling g'ring star, with less ming ray,


That l0v'st to greet the early morn,


Again thou usherest in the day


My Mary from my soul was torn.


o Nary dear departed shade


Where is thy place of bssful rest?


Seest thou thy lover lowly laid?


Hearst thou the groans that rend his breast


How every line of this verse speaks the
deserted and sad heart. Wife, the one
who should have filled the place in his
heart once occupied by his Mary; chill
dren, SO many pledges of love which
should have called away his heart from
the one now in Heaven, were all forgot
ten, and his whole soul goes out in an
agony of desire after his long lost but
still loved Mary.


O Mary dear departed shade?


Where is thy place of blissful rest2


Seest thou thy lover lowly laid?


Hearst thou the groans that rend his breast |


His heart was not with the one who
had placed her hand in his, and whom he
had borne to his humble home as his we'd
ded wife, but away off in the woods of
Montgomery.


That sacred hour can | forget;


Can forget the hallowed grove,


Where by the winding Ayre we met,
To live one day of parting lover


The whole scene, the gurgling brook
with pebbled shore, the thickening green
woods, the fragrant birch and white haw-
thorn; the flowers springing wanton to
be prest by the feet Of his loved one; the
singing of the birds in the trees overhead,
the faithful kiss of love, the plighted faith,
the sacred embrace, the parting full ten
der, came again, and he continued his
song:
Still DER these scenes my mem'ry wakes


And fondly broo's with miser care
Time but tn impression stronger makes,
As streams their channels deeper wear.


Burns hastencd, through dissipation, to
an early grave. In life remarkable for
vicssitudes there are but few bright spots,
and the brightest of these is his love for
Mary Campbell. Had she lived, she
might have redeemed the pledges her
strong faith and ardent love gave, that
she would have reformed him and caused
him to give the world something greater
by far than everything he ever wrote.
Even to her death we are indebted for two
of the sweetest and sublimest poems ever
written, Highland Mary" and "To Mary
in Heaven"
Year: 1870

How TO CoURr IN CHURcH.-A young
gentleman happening to sit at church in
pew adjoining one in which sat young
lady for whom he conceived a sudden and
violent attachment, was desirous of enter
ing into courtship on the spot, but the
place not being suitable for formal de-
claration, the case suggested the following
plan:


He politely handed his fair neighbor a
Bible, opened, with pin stuck in the
following text: Second Epistle of John,
verse s.:


"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as
though I wrote new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the be-
ginning, that we love one another"


She returned it, pointing to the second
chapter of Ruth, tenth verse:


"Thcn she fell on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground, and said unto him :
Why have l found grace in thine eyes,
that thou shouldest take knowledge of me,
seeing I am a stranger p


He returned the book pointing to the
18th and 14th verses of the Third Epistle
of John:


"I had many things to write, but
will not with pen and ink write unto thee.
But trust shall shortly see thee, and
we shall speak face to face"


From the above interview marriage
took place.
Year: 1870

TRUE PHILosoPHY.-Often as we have
read this little gem from the pen of deep
thinker and ready writer, we never tire
of its perusal, there is SO much about it to
admire and approve. Reader, try to in
fuse into your own soul the spirit and sem
timent of the author:


When look upon the tombs Of the
great" said Addison, "every emotion of
envy dies within me. When I read the
epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate
desire goes out. When I see the tombs
of children, I rejoice that they have es-
capped the evil to come. When I see the
tombs of the parents themselves, I consid-
er the vanity of grieving for those whom
we must SO quickly follow. When I see
kings lying near those who deposed them;
when see rival wits placed side by side,
or holy men who divided the world with
their contests and disputes, reflect with
sorrow and astonishment ON the little COM
petitions, factions and debates of mankind.
When / read the several dates on the
tombs of some that died as yesterday, and
some Of six hundred years ago, I consider
that great day when we shall all be con-
tomporaries, and make our appearance to-
gether."
Year: 1870

DELus1oNs OF GIRLHooD.-The follow
ing is bit of Fanny Ferns experience -
" used to belive in school friendship.
That delusion ended when Arabella Trip
let told mutual friends that l was years
and years her senior, knowing what a
dreadful fb she told. l used to suffer
pangs of anguish because of woes of beg
gars. Since that I have seen one unstrap
his wooden leg in an area, and run off
gaily on two legs of his own. Another
threw a loaf of bread in the gutter. and l
saw third, who had all day been yelling.
I" Please assist the blind" carefully exam
lining his collection of ten cent stamps by
the light of friendly apple-woman's can
die. I used to put the greatest faith in
lovers VOWS. Now, I do not believe a
man means anything he says to woman,
unless it is something disagreeable. l
used to believe in faithful servants Since
then I have hired girls from intelligence
offices, and lost all my handkerchiefs but
one. used to believe in beauty. Since
then have seen bewitching belle take
off her hair, all her teeth, the best Of her
complexion, two pounds of cotton batting
and corset.
Year: 1870

Happiness is not plant Of earthly
growth. Wealth, health, fame, friends.
will not secure it. Good and i'll are SO
strangely mingled, that In all situations
and in all the relations of life, joy and
sorrow come alike to all. This is mans
lot He who accepts it with checrfulness
and contentment fares the best Be sober,
be honest, be industrious, be frugal, be
faithful, be respectful. In a word, do as
you would be done by Reverence Him
who made you. You will thus make the
most Of life, and quit it, at the end, with
assurance of bliss supernal. Think of it,
Year: 1870

During the examination Of witness
as to the locality of a stairs in house,
the counsel asked hint


(Which way do the stairs run p


The witness very innocently repliedI


Zone way they run up stairs, but the
other way they run down stairs"


The learned counsel winked both eyes
and then took look at the ceiling,
Year: 1870

EwsPAPER PROrERTY--WHAT IT
Is.-Thc ST. Louis Democrat, n few
days after destruction OF the Republican
newspaper establishment by fire in that
city, made some comments in reference
to the vHlne of the good will ofa news.
paper, which may be interesting to the
public. 1t says:


The Missouri Republican is wor'l,
over half million OF dollars, but all the
property belonging to the establishment
which fire can destroy is worth scarcely
more than one hundred thousand dollars.
II there was not cent Of insurance, and
and if all that could be destroyed wrrc
q total loss, the paper would ncverthc.
less be Issued again in few Days, with
tho same circulation, rho same revenue,
tie same influence, and would be worth
just as much money rs before, the only
losH being the sum required to replace the
building and material. What other
property is 40 imprcgnablo? What
other institution can lose everything
visible and tangible belonging to IT and
atill DO worth as much as before
There is something here worthy OF re-
fcction.
Year: 1870

The Baton Rouge Gazette and Comet of
the thirty first, says:


No definite action was taken at the meet
ing of the stockholders of the Baton Rouge,
Crosse Tete and Opelousas Railroad, ON the
twenty-siXth instant, in the matter of dis
posing of that road to the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Company.
There will be another meeting held on
Friday next, the third instant, when in all
probability the question will finally be de.
termined. If the interests OF the city OF
Baton Rouge and this section of country are
consulted, the sale will certainly be con-
summarized.
Year: 1870

Canal street is profuse with beautiful la
dies who promenade there daily, arrayed in
costly dresses specially adapted to the
season. Most of these dresses are neither
too short at the top nor too long at the bot
tom, but perfect lifting snd tasteful.
Year: 1870

We have no interest In either coffee
house or grocery, and cannot be accused
of malice or selfishness in suggesting that
tea and coffee are more healthy beverages
during the hot weather than whisky, mixed
drinks or very cold ice water.
Year: 1870

During this period there Ont three New-Ycar
Days when the ponds deemed III for the exercise
1890 6l2 COL and on the last occasion the esti
is that $4,000 people embraced the opportunity
The record OF the Park does not include all the skating
days many private ponds have been in when the
Commissioners denied adntaDce 10 the Park lakes but


being the only reliable table existing its information
valuable. II will be noeed that in the Wuer of 1927
there but days Of skating, while In 'CS there
less than G Although there has been skat-
ing at the Park this present Winter some of the shallow
ponds kept by private parties have been used
lees for ID days thus far The thermometer the Lower
Park Lake stood at 40 in the shade Yesterday at pn
aud the water clear Summers day.
Year: 1870

OF all the days in the year there is not Que
regarded with great favor by the skating fraternity
first But unfortunately sufficient ice could yes
terday be found in ali the lakeand ponds combined
make a sherry cObbler Such condition OF the Central
Park lakes has not been known since their opening,
although in the Winter Of 1869 the public were not ad
United The ice until the 9Th OF January. Below Ia
bic showing the DAFT Ut whCh tho Commissioners threw
the lakes open for the skatng season. the date OF closing
and the number OF skating days in each year since
Nks,,,V.V ~ "A
Year: 1870

THIS NEW AND POPULAR SALOON is


L now open for the accommodation Of the pub
lie, who have already occupied the premises in
force, and proceeded to make themselves at home.
The people know good liquors when they taste
'em and good cigars when' they smoke 'eni; and
therefore when they have once been TO the
UNION they are bound to call again and repeat.
The proprietors will keep none but the best arti-
cles and they Aatter themselves that they know
how to mix aud serve thcm. Call. o2.-tf.
Year: 1870

A PLEASANT and largely attended eocal' dance
came of at the American Hotel in this town on
Monday evening last. This is said to have been
the largest and most pleasant of the many social
parties that have taken place at this popular
house.
Year: 1870

AccIDEST.-Robert Gillespie. a gentleman re-
siding at Y nkee Jims, sprained his wrist and
band, short time since, and procuring bottle
of Sweets Infallible Linment be wet cloth with
il and bound The hand up; while holding It near
the stove TO warm the lniment, as directed, and
near foot from the stove it ignited from the
heat and burned his hand and fingers almost TO a
crisp before 1t could be quenched. 1t is feared
that he will lose the use of bis right hand, even
If amputation should not prove to be necessary.
Year: 1870

WEATHER, ETC. We have had plenty Of rain
within the past ten days to set the miners and
farmers at work in the central aud western por-
sions OF the county. but the weather has been
too cold in the mountains to furnish water in The
upper bitches. Since the rain We have very cold
nights, ioggy mornings and pleasant afternoons.
1t is not growing weather but the farmers are
ticpation of warmer weather.
Year: 1870

Mrs. Walter c. Lyman, in lee
ture in New York recently, said:


Few persons know how to breathe
so as to promote perfect and thor
ough publication of the blood, and
still fewer suspect that the want OIL
lack of proper breathing is the prin-
cipal cause of the inactivity of the
liver. Men breathe more naturally
than women, having greater freedom
of action, and taking more regular
bodily exercise, the mode of dress
also giving them greater expansion
of the thoracic and abdominal Wis
cera. Hence fewer men than women
suffer from lung and liver complaints.
The lungs contain about six hun
dred millions of air cells, composed
of the most delicate tissues, which
shrink and expand according to the
action of heat and cold, exercise or
rest, thus making sudden change
from an over heated atmosphere to
sharp cold, dangerous and certain
ly trying experiment. Women, as a
general thing, breathe only with the
thoracie muscles, allowing the lower
and larger portions of the lungs to
collapse and harden, and thus weak
ening their power of resistance. This
breathing power may be restored
even at an advanced age, by judicious
muscular exercise and by admitting
to the pulmonary system the largest
amount possible of fresh air.