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Year: 1870

Those real old houses, say n hundred
years old, are perfect curiosities. Every
door has separate handle, and no
two will be likely to he in the same
place. 1t is on the right-hand here, on
the left-hand there. 1t is on one door
three feet from the ground, and on the
next, four feet. SO that in the night
you will have TO explore for the handle,
up aud down, right and left, like a sur
veying party seeking a blind channel
Some doors will be armed with old-fash.
ioned latches, some with locks and
knobs, some will stick at the top and
some at the bottom, and all of them
squeak, opening or shutting. The cell
ing will be low, and upstairs lower yet.


Then an old home gives you so many
things to do, that for years you have a
job on hand every day. A new house,
finished up to the last nail, becomes very
dull. Everything is finished. There is
no play for the Imagination. Everything
is just right, and you have to sit down
and enjoy yourself the best way you can.
You long to cut window somewhere,
to open some surprisingly convenient
door, where the blockheaded architect
should have put it at first. But, alas,
the new house is stuffed full of protec-
tion. The doors are in the right places
there need be 10 more windows the
halls run Alright and as for closets, the
house is as full of them as sportsman's
coat is of pockets.


Do not buy farm already finished,
nor house just built, nor an old house
improved till there is nothing to change.
Buy house that, like a smart boy, needs
a deal of bringing up, and then, in
either case, you will have busines.
enough to occupy your leisure hours
ard some also of your busy ones.
Year: 1870




Prof J. S. Newberry has an article on
this subject in the American Naturalist
for June. We have space only for the
following conclusions:


lst. That in period probably sny-
chronous with the glacial epoch of Eu-
rope, at least corresponding to it in the
sequence of events, the northern half of
the continent of North America had a
climate comparable with that of Green
land so cold that wherever there was a
copious precipitation of moisture from
oceanic evaporation, that moisture was
concealed and formed glaciers WHICH
flowed, by various routes towards the
sea.


I'd. That the courses of these ancient
glaciers corresponded in general way
with the present channels of drainage.
The direction of the glacial burrows
proves that one of these ice rivers flowed
from Lake Huron, along a channel now
filled with DRIFT, and known to be at least
one hundred and fifty feet deep, into
Lake Erie, which was then not lake,
but an excavated valley into which the
streams of Northern Ohio flowed, one
hundred feet or more below the present
lake level. Following the line of the
major axis of Lake Erie to near its east
ern extremity, here turning northeast,
this glacier passed through some chan
mel on the Canadian side, now filed up,
into Lake Ontario, and thence found its
Year: 1870

In the silence of the dawning,


Ere the stars have vanished quite,
And the shining tears of angels


On the greensward glisten bright
Comes a Presence, pure and holy,
Fresh from realms beyond the sky
Giving strength TO weary mOrtals,
Bringing hope and courage nigh
And il seems TO whisper to us


Words that rouse us into life
Bidding us be up and doing,


Making ready for the strile,-
For the way is long and toilsome


That we have to travel yet,
And though flowers are strcwcd along 1t,
They are oft with !ear-drops wet
But the morning comes to cheer us


With a language not of earth,-
That was sent from yonder Heaven
Where the morning stars had birth
And it gives us dimmest visions


OF the morning that will come,
When our earthly life is ended,


And the angels call us home.
Let us then with courage hasten


Onward TO the rest of love-
For each thorn that's in our pathway,
Flowers shall bloom for us above;
There's no need of tardy waiting,


Though the storm clouds vent their spite
For beyond their darkening shadows
Lies the shining Land of Light
Year: 1870

SYMPATHY.-Whotv yer that has loved,
but has felt, for the object of his passion,
a secret longing arise strange even to
himself? He could no more account for
it than the vine-were it gifted with
speech-could say why it clings to the
elm, or the loadstone why it is attracted
to the iron.


And when souls commune together in
sympathy how blissful it is! When a
secret attraction, as if by magnetism,
draws them together, how they gaze and
love, the more deeply the longer they
examine. Their hearts are attuned to
the sweetest harmony. Nature has the
same charms for both. The pure azure
of the heavens, the balsamic flowers, the
blooming landscape, the silver light OF
the moon, the lofty aspirations of the
mind, spiritual beauty, order, goodness,
innocence, virtue, all these affect both
in the same manner How delightful is
it to them 10 unlock to each other their
innocent thoughts How readily do
they comprehend them! How speedily
does each feeling find an answering emo
tion in the heart OF each other! There
is no great thought, no beautiful percep,
ton, no joyful hope, no noble deed, that
they do not share III common. There is
no dissonance in the one, which is not
changed INTO harmony by the sympathy
OF the other.
Year: 1870

A good story is told concerning Wis
it made several years ago by party OF
prominent Republicans OF Delaware to
President Lincoln. Our Delaware friends,
with proper appreciation OF their po-
sition as representative gentlemen of the
party, informed the President that they


were all influential citizens, and among
the heavy men Of the upper part OF
Year: 1870

To INCREASE THE Flow OF MILK.-A
writer who says that his COW gives all
the milk that is wanted in family of
eight persons, and from which was made
26O Lounds of butter IN the year, gives
the following as his treatment: "If you
desire TO get large yield of milk, give
your COW, three times a day, slightly
warm, slightly salted, in which bran has
been stirred, at the rate of one qnart to
two gallons of water You will find, if
you have not found this by daily prac-
tice that your COW will gain 25 per cent.
Immediately under the effect of it, and
she will become so attached to the diet
that she will refuse to drink clean water
unless very thirsty, but tins mess she
will drink almost any time, and ask for
more. The amount Of this drink is an
ordinary water pail full each time, morn.
ing, noon and night. Four hundred
pounds of butter are often obtained from
good stock, and instances have been
mentioned where the yield was even at
higher figure"
Year: 1870

WoMAN's GRAvE.-I can pass by the tomb
Of man with somewhat of calm indiffer.
encc, but when | survey the grave of female,
sigh inyoluntarily escapes me. With the
holy name Of woman associate very soft,
delicate and tender affection. think of her
as the young and bashful virgin, with gves
sparkling and checks crimson with each
passionate feeling of the heart as the kind,
afectionate wife absorbed in the exercise of
her domestic duties ; as the chaste and virtu-
Gus matron tired with the follies of the world,
and preparing for the grave into which she
must descend Oh there is something in con-
templating the character of a woman that
raises the soul far above the common level Of
society. She is formed to adorn and humanize
mankind, to sooth his cares and strew his path
with flowers. In the hour of distress she ia
the rock upon which he leans for support, and
when fate calls him from existence, her tears
bedew his grave. Can look down upon her
tomb without emotion ? Man always has
justice done to his memory, woman never.
The pages of history lay open 10 the one but
the meek and obstrusive excellencies Of the
other sleep with her unnoticed in the grave.
In her may have shone the genius of poet
with the virtues of a saint She, too, may
have passed unheeded along the sterile path
way of her existence and felt for others as we
now feel for her
Year: 1870

claim to have seen proof sheets Of the
volumn declare that it was unsurpassed
in the bitterness Of its invective and in
its contempt for the intellectual capacity
of the President. Butler was, however,
persuaded to suppress the book for a
time
Year: 1870

Abrupt Termination to the Festivities-A Lady


Frightened to DeDth.


The Dubuque lines of the 10th inst has the
following


few days ago an old and respected citizen
of the First ward sickened and died. The friends
and relatives of the deceased considered the
matter over and concluded that the best manner
in which they could signify their respect to the
memory ofthe departed would oe to hold regu-
lar old fashioned wake over the remains, and in
accordance with this resolve a summons was
issued for all far and near to attend.


1t was none of your common, tame affairs,
but rousing, stirring wall of lamentatlon, the
noise of which could be heard for squares
Around the coffn which was placed on table
in the centre of the room, sat the grief-stricken
mourners; behind them were the friends, and
still further back such careless spectators as
chose to gaze upon the solemn proceeding.
Evidently some difficulty was experienced in
striving the soul in a proper manner, and pro-
curing the proper certificate of admission to
the realms of the blessed, for the exercises,
which should have been concluded in one night,
were prolonged to three. On the third
night the wake was resumed bat it was
soon destined to come to an abrupt ter
mination. The remains, from being kept
in a warm room, decomposed rapidly, and
finally the body swelled to such dimensions
that it burst the coffin with a report which an
eye witness describes was as loud as that of
musket. 1t so happened that at the time of the
accident one of the walkers" was entertaining
the rest with very gloomy ghost story and
he had just arrived in the most dismal part
when loud crash was heard, and, looking
round, the terror stricken people be-
held one side of the coffin collapsed,
while at the same moment one Of the
arms of the corpse, relieved of its fastening. fell
down aside. Words fail SO depict the dismay
| and confusion that ensued. Some OF the party,
| laboring under the impression that the corpse
had come to life, bolted for the door and rushed
into the middle of the street. while Others tainted
outright. One lady, whose name we were unable
to obtain, was SO badly frightened that her life
| is despaired Of 1t is needless to add that the
incident put summary stop to the watching
corpse where it should have been placed long
| before, underground.
Year: 1870

Rumored Resispatlon of Secretary Boutwell,.
Special Despateh TO The Soenf'lg Telegraph


1t is rumored in official circles that Secretary
Boutwell, has sgnifed to the President his intention
OF retiring from the Cabinet within a week, or as
soon a successor can be appointed. The alleged
reasons for Boutwell's course are q disagreement
between himself and the President about the fnan-
cial policy and the strong prejudice which exists
against Boutwell, in the West on account OF his
contraction OF the currency and his keeping up the
taxes for the sake of paying of the principal OF the
public debt rapidly. 1t is not known who will sue
ceed Boutwell,.


The Georgia Business.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The Senate judiciary
Committee resumed the investigation of the Georgia
business this morning, with the view to decide the
dentals were presented to the Senate yesterday
and referred to the committee. 1t Is not probable
that any action will be taken until after the State
election in Georgia.


The Nomination OF General PIeasantou,
as Commissioner OF Internal Revenue was consi-
dered by the Senate Finance Committee to-day, and
will be reported to the Senate favorably. There will
be no opposition to his confirmation.


The Amnesty Question.


Owing to the fact that members from Southern
States are not united upon the question of amnesty,
1t is not probable that any bill Will pass at this
sion. Butler has given notice that he will oppose
any bill of this kind, except the one he has pro-
posed


The San Domingo Affair.


The President is very anxious to have speedy ac-
ton on Morton's resolution relative to San Domingo
in order that commission may be appointed to go
there once and return in time to have the treaty
sent to the Senate before the close of the session.
Morton will endeavor TO call up the resolution this
week. 1t is understood that Sumner will not object
to sending the Commissioners to San Domingo, pro-
vided proper men are appointed.


N. NCentrRl Railroad Scrip.
Despatch to the Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-In the Senate Mr.. Nye
submitted and asked present consideration of a
resolution requesting the Secretary OF the Treasury
to communicate to the Senate the proceedings that
have been had relative to the collection of the tax
on the forty1ve millions scrip dividend of the New
Central Railroad lOmnanV Whathnr
tax has been paid into the Treasury Of New York,
which was adopted.
Year: 1870

OPENING LETTERS Many people seeing
letters advertised arc in the habit of thinking
there must be mistake in the address and call
for and open letters belonging to other par
ties. There are also letters that occasionally,
through haste or mistake, get into che wrong
boxes and are opened by parties to whom they
do not belong. 1t would be as well to know
that the penalty for any person opening letters
not addressed to bimset varies from fine NOS
exceeding $500 to Imprisonment for ten
years.
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON, July7.


The opposition to Murphy for Collector
Of the Port Of New York among such sup
porters Of the President as have no inter
est in tho Fenton aspect Of the fight, is
giving way, under conviction that 1t Is un-
wise to make q fight which would only
embittcr tho feelings Of both parties, but
vigorous opposition Is by no means want
ing. The most difficult circumstance
which Murphy will have 10 meet in the
Senate, will be proof Of his support Of
Governor Hoffman in 1885. If the Senate
can be convinced that this was IN overt
act Of party disloyalty he will be rejected,
otherwise he will DO confirmed. Opinion
last night was in his favor.


Tho President sent the following nomi'
nations to the Senate today: Porter G.
Bliss, Secretary of Legation to Mexico ;
Marsh Geddings, Of Michigan, Consul
General to Calcutta.


Tho Indian delegation had Council
with Commissioner Parker today, friend
lysentiments were expressed on both sides.
Tho Indians leave tonight for homo with
presents for their families.


Conference on the Funding Bills-The


Change of Attorney Generals.


The Committee .ot Conference OH the
funding bill had q long discussion today,
the principal difference being the rate OF
interest, the House committee insisting on
four per cent, and Senate committee ar
guinc that there could be no negotiations
at that rate Tho Senate committee want
foreign agencies, and exhibit letter from
tho Secretary Of the Treasury laVoring
them, They also disagreed to tho gold
clause Of the bill. .. ..


Nj. Akerman' this morning took
tho oath as Attorney General before
Associate Judge Wiley, Of tho Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia. Judge
HoaEleft for Boston this afternoon.
Year: 1870

Il Editors have o firstrate time in Texas


The ladies OF town out there have given
to the editor Of the paper an embroidered
shirt which contains q pictorial history Of
Texas, including the war with Mexico,
and also pictures Of the fruits and cereals
Of the State, all worked In. red worsted.
The editor never wore o shirt In his lie,
and he thought 1t was ., banner for the
temperance procession which was to come
of the next week. SO he made little
speech Of thanks, In which he said he
would fling 1t out forever 70 tho breezes
Of heaven, that they might kiss itS folds,
and that until his hand palsied 1t should
never be trafled in the dust-ncver !"
The ladies didn't understand him; and


when he talked about its trailing they


blushed, and said they were sorry they
made It too long. But q committeeman
took the editor aside, and explained the
shirt to him in o. whisper, and the me- Et
day he appeared at the Office with that
shirtmounted over his coat and wrote four
columns Of explanations for his paper


Tho shirt is much admired by the boys of
tile town, and whenever the editor goes
out for walk they follow him in r0gi'
ments, studying tho history Of Texas and
tho fine arts of the back fit. Ci.
Year: 1870

Of pack hungry csyotes him at any
people struggling for liberty


The House then resumed the consideration of the Our.
rency bill


Mr.. Ingersol, who was entitled to the floor expressed
his that the House had limited the debate today
to 10 minutes the most important that
gress could discuss He suggested hour debate
continue to day and that the debate con-
fined to 10 minute speeches.


Mr. Dawes objected and stated that at the session last
evening when he the hall there but two
members present-the gentleman who speaking and
the gentleman who had charge of the bill Mr Gared)-
little interest did members manifest the subject
Year: 1870

According to the ethics of the Bulletin it
is indispensable for an enlightened system
of public education that loyal citizens shall
have achancc to hide as much of the school
fund as they can in dark places.


If any man can point out the dark
places in which the salary of the teachers
was hidden away last year, when the
Bulletia's party held the city's strong-box,
he will confer a benefit on the public.
Eight mont pay was disposed of in mys-
terious manner, Of which all that is known
is that it did not go into the pockets of the
the Republicans when they shall have be-
gun to follow the example Of their prede-
cessOrS
Year: 1870

Louis Napoleon's bulletin that he would
only eturn to Paris victorious or dead, y
proves to be a plagiarism from that OF the
Fenian General O'Neill, who used language
almost identical when he undertook to in
wade Canada
Year: 1870

A strange tragedy is reported from
North Carolina. On Saturday last j. w.
Stevens, an ex-State Senator, attended a
public meeting tn the town of Yancyville
and as he did not return to his family in
the evening, search was made in every d.
rection throughout the night without avail.
on Sunday morning the search was re-
sumed' and after looking everywhere else
the Courthouse was ransacked. The
keys to all the private and jury rooms
were found except one, and that room
was locked. The door was burst open and
MIR. Stevens was found dead, dangling
from beam, with rope around his neck
and his clothing saturated with blood. A
deep cash in his breast showed that he
had been stabbed to the heart, and an
other wound showed that the assassin's
dagger had penetrated the unfortunate
victims throat


1t is supposed that he was invciglcd into
the room by his assassins, on the plea of
business. and then foully murdered. No
clue to the perpetrators of the bloody deed
has yet been obtained. The people of all
political opinions express great regret at
this horrible occurrence, and active efforts
are being made to ferret out the murder
ers.
Year: 1870

STRIKE For HIGHER WAcEs.-The
hands at work grading the railroad below
Easton struck on Monday for higher wa
ges. The work will be discontinued until
the terminus of the road is fixed, and the
hundred men late) y at work on it can now
turn their attention to agriculture.
Year: 1870

Contentment is a very. GOOD
thing in its place, but it is said
that virtues carried to excess be.
come wees" Some people have the
vice OF contentment very bad. As
Hugh Miller justly remarks of the
Scottish Highlanders, their con.
tentment was certainly no virtue,
when it had the effect of arrest
ing all improvement. 1t is also
perilonsly allied to great suffering.
when the men who exemplify it are
so thoroughly happy amid ;he me
dlocrities of the present that they
fail to make provision for the con
tingencies of the future"


There is no merit In being con.
tented with, an old lcaky root and
patched windows; house with
loose clapboards, and a tangled
door yard. whose one hinged gate
gives free ingress to cows and piys.
unless all these things arc positive.
ly unavoidable. "1he field of the
sluggard" met with no commen.
datlon from the wisest of men,
The shittless contentment of the
lazy man is nU akin to the rcsipna.
tiun of the true Christian, who sub
mits humbly to the Lords will.
even when inclination is sorely
crossed.


The best sermon to preach to
some people would seem to be the
duty OF discomfort with .heir pres
ent surroundings. There ia no
hope OF arousing them to improve
ihent Till they can be shook awake.
and made to open their eyes to the
wretchedness their sluggish con-
tent has brought them into; have
them dissatisfied if you can with
the crazy old house and broken
fence, the sorrel grown fields, and
garden Of nettles. Show them the
Improvement a pound of nails and
a half days labor would make
on the house and yard. and il need
oe lend a helping land to start the
ball OF Improvement. You will
never lose time by such good
deeds, and it will give You salts.
faction every time you recall it
When you have done your best to
improve yourself and your condi.
ton, then is the time and place for
contentment to C me in. Then
you may cheerfully leave the re.
suits TO a higher power, satisfied
tiIas You will not receive the con.
demnation OF the slothful SER
vant." 'i
Year: 1870

OLD SISTERS AND YoNuo Broth.
EEs-Sisters, do not turn OFF your
younger brothers as if they were
always in your way, and any serv.
ice which they might ssk of you
were q burthen. Perhaps the
hour may come when, over a cof.
fin that is strangely longer than
you thonght, and over a pale brow
where often, half unwittingly and
perhaps with petulant push, yon
parted the hair-you bend with
binding tears and sobs that shake
your very soul, while remorseful
memory is busy with the bygone
hours. You will wish then that
when he came aud asked yot, to
help him in his play, or to lift him
on your lap because he was tired.
or take him out because he wan.
ted to see, you had laid aside your
book and made the little heart
glad.-Aikman's Life at Home.
Year: 1870

Experiences were last year made in France
with a shell which, on bursting, spread a
mortal poison around in the form of me-
phitic gas; in few minutes fight of pig
cons, in the midst of which ball full of
this frightful substance burst, fell dead on
the ground; another day the projectile PEN
etrated the body of horse, and so poisoned
its blood that the body was in state Of pu-
trefaction two hours after.
Year: 1870

Captain James Broadwell has made au
application to the Governor for the reward
offered for the recovery of the Digby child.
He was requested to make his application in
writing, and to state the proofs upon which
he based his claim.
Year: 1870

The Shreveport Southeastern tells this
story with the simplicity Of belief in its
truth:


We yesterday heard of one of the most
remarkable incidents on record. 1t seems
that a freedman living near the head of
Texas street was whipping his daughter, n
girl fourteen or sixteen years old, when she
actually bit his tongue off at the root. Her
statement is that he was beating her, and
thrust his tongue in her mouth to prevent
her screaming. Another person present
states that the man thrust his tongue out to
mock her. and when putting his face close
to hers, she snapped at it and bit it
off. The man himselfcan say nothing. DR..
Taylor has the tongue preserved in alcohol.