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Year: 1870

The quiet enjoyment of colored picnic
at Cincinnati was disturbed by the pro-
duction of razors and the commencement
of scalping as soon as liquor had been alb
sorbed in sufficient quantity.
Year: 1870

W. NJ. X. constantly in the New York and
Philadelphia markets, enables him to procure all
new and desirable goods at the lowest rates, and
as he buys direct from the importer in large lots,
it is to his advantage to sell cheap, that goods
may be turned out fast, thus keeping the stock
new and lively all the time.


All are invited to CALL feeling assured that
they will not be disappointed either in assOrt-
ment or prices.
Year: 1870

thing came to me-something which the
good lawyer had saved for me in spite of
my neglect,-but it did me no good. The
blow had fallen too heavily for me to rail-
ly at once, and went down. Oh! went
down very low-very, very low! down
until the lamp was almost out. But.
thank God the vital spark was not ex-
tinguished. True friends found me and
gave me the fraternal, helping hand. |
have come from the dark valley and my
feet are fixed upon the rock of resolu-
ton which am sure is strong unto sal
valion.


| am saved,-I have gained back my
lost manhood but all that is lost shall
never regain. All one Of the sad PEN
alties am doomed TO bear is that voice
from the past, continually whispering to
me,-"Ir MIGHT HAVE BEEN y n. Y.
Ledger.
Year: 1870

BE careful of the reputation of 9TH
ers one word idly spoken may deprive
a man OF that which all men should hold
most dear-reputation and character. AS
a rule the slandered is far better than the
slanderer. The former may be virtuous
and true, the latter is more dangerous IN
the community than the incendinry, and
merits the respect of no decent person.
Year: 1870


Inoticc THAI the members of the bar in
this city are considering the question of
making suggestions to the Assembly in re-
spect of the propriety Of remodelling, in
some sort, the several courts here, and more
clearly defining their respective jurisdic-
tions.


Without going at all into the merits of
the question, desire to call attention to
one provision of the Code which is wholly
unlike that existing in most States, and is
in It's effect unjust.


Under the law as it now stands the cir
cult court of this city has jurisdiction in
all cases of contract entered into here but
has no power to send its summons to another
county for service. Ordinarily, State
courts having jurisdiction Of cause
have power also to require any person re-
siding within the limits of the State, and
complained of in cause of contract, to ap-
pear before it in obedience to its summons
and make answer. But it seems that hith-
erto and now, in such cases, person re-
siding i'll q county other than that in which
the court is holden is regarded in the same
light as one residing in another State, and
tae courts only take cognizance of such
cause when personal service is made upon
the defendant in this city.


BY this means. person voluntarily con-
tracing money obligation which he fails
to discharge may subject his creditor to
such trouble and expense in the manner of
enforcing his rights rs to leave them of no
actual value when attaine'l. 1t is obvious
that when one living in distant county,
or any county, comes to Richmond and
contracts debt, the understanding is that
that debt is to be discharged here, where it
was contracted; and if the debtor persist
emily refuses to fulfil his promise he is the
party in delicto. and there is no sense or
reason in obliging his creditor, who is not
in wrong, to follow with his witnesses the
defaulter into other and distant parts Of
the State, at an expense and inconvenience
never reimbursed by any taxable coats he
may be so fortunate as to recover, in order
to obtain judicial recognition of the just
ness of the claim he asserts.


If the circuit courts of this State were
given jurisdiction Of all causes of a civil
nature contracted within their several ter
ritoral limits, or in which either of the
parties resides, with power to send out sum-
monses, render judgment, and issue exccu-
ton, to be enforced by the proper officers
wherever the person or property of the debtor
is to be found, it wonld be found as benei-
cial and just here, and as saving i'll unne-
cessary costs, as it has been found in other
States.


Every honest man who contracts a debt
to be discharged in future is Interested in
having the credit given him discharged Of
as many burdens as is possible. The great
est Of these is the enhanced price which
the merchant charges him as q contingent
margin in case the debt is not paid and col
lection has to be made abroad.
Year: 1870

The general interest excited by the DIS
cussion of the question Of proposed new
lines of railway in the State is my only
excuse for forwarding you few thoughts
relative to it. We desire to be very brie1
and strictly to the point. We regard the
cor. pletion of the Chesapeake and ohio
rail ray and the construction OF the Rich-
moud and Lynchburg airline as fixed facts
Year: 1870

Gentlemen. You are no doubt greatly
exercised on the subject Of the county
iudgeships, and your perplexity arises from
the large number of appointments propo-
sed to be made and the paramount neces-
sity Of selecting the best men to I'LL them
men "learned in the law OF the state"-
without at the same time increasing our
taxation to an extent which the people are
unable to bear. Permit plain country
man, who appreciates your embarrassment,
to offer few plain suggestions; which, to
his own mind ut least. would relieve the
subject of most OF its difficulties


Instead Of appointing separate Judge
for cuch county with population OF S,QVV
Year: 1870

INTERNAL REvENUE.-Those who have
been unable to make returns of income in
consequence of the rush upon the asses-
sor's Office will not suffer the penalty for
non compliance if their returns are made
within few days.


The assessors will commence on Monday
next to issue licenses for 1870, and they
desire that all interested shall 20 to the
Office and register their names.
Year: 1870

A VERY PRETTY and simple arrangement,
by which gold fishes and canary birds are
made to appear to be JOINT occupants of a
huge vase Of water. is getting to be popu-
lar part of household ornamentation It is
very simple; the bottom of the vase is con-
cave-eonvex, the apex rising about fifteen
inches above the base of the circumference.
This dome forms the 8uperstructure of the
bird cage, and the bottom, supplied with
drawers and properly ventilated. serves as
a pedestal for the vase.
Year: 1870

Badness, not hereditary, is often produced
bv sickness Or humors of the scalp, which dry
up the hair producing glands or folicles, and
the hair falls out with what is generally called
a chair eater:' at the end. The root is alive
but dormant. To awake it to new energy and
life, some cooling or stimulating property is
needed Rings Vegetable Ambrosa is the
preparation more universally successful than
anY article in the market for this purpose.
Year: 1870

Captain Farnsworth, of the Colorado,
seeing the impossibility of getting the
passengers aboard through such surf Gt
was beating almost over the wreck with
every wave), went only near enough the
shore to give those thereon notice of his
intention of reseuing them by way of Santa
Maria Bay.


THE PASSENGERS WALK TO SANTA MARIA BAY.


The Colorado was at once put about and
headed for the bay, in which having found
safe anchorage, she dropped her anchors,
banked her fires and prepared for the good
work of saving the unfortunate. Night
came rapidly on, and the first officer, Cap
tain Nolan, with a crew went ashore to
light signal fires, and find the lay of the
land, if possible. They remained all night
faithfully keeping watch, while rockets were
fred from the vessel. Long before daylight
Year: 1870

AN ACT to amend section 16 of chapter 81 of the


revised statutes, entitled of cemetery associa-


TONS


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate aud assembly, do enact as follows:


Section l, Section 10 of chapter 81 of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by striking ont the
words 'fOrevar thereafter" and Inserting in their
place the words, while any person is buried there
on so that said section shall read as follows:
Whenever the lands of any such association shall
be laid out in lots, and such lots or any of them
shall be transferred to individual prOprietors aud
after there shall have been an ntermeut in any lot
transe red, such lot from the time such inter
ment shall, while any person is buried thereon be
inalienabe, and shall upon the death Of the pro-
preor descend to the heirs of such proprietor for
ever, but any more of such heirs may release
to any other of said heirs, his her their interest
in the same. A copy Of such release shall be fled
with the town clerk of the town with the register
of the city within which the said cemetery shall be
situated The BODY of any deceased person shall
not be inferred in any such lot unless be the body
of a person having at the time of such decease an
interest in such lot the relative OF person
having some interest," the wife Of such person OF
her relative, except by the consent Of all persons
having an interest in such lot.


Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be ia force
from and aft er its passage and publication


Approved March 8, 1870.
Year: 1870

Out on the Pacific railroad, the
other day, a Kickapoo Indian saw
a locomotive coming down the
track toward him at the rate of
forty miles an hour. He thought
it was an imported breed Of bufia-
10, and he was anxious to secure
it, so as to take the prize at the
next annual exhibition of the
Kickapoo Agricultural Society,"
So he fastened one end of bis laSso
to his waist belt, and when the
engine got near enough, he threw
the moose nicely over the smoke
stack. Perhaps it is not necessa.
ry, but we may as well relate that
the locomotive did not stop. The
engineer and fireman witnessed
the most successful attempt to do
the flying trapeze made by any
Kickapoo Indian upon the plains
since the first of January, There
was an aboriginal funeral at the
next station when the engine ar
rived. The grave was not large,
for they only buried a small piece
of copper colOred meat tied, to a
string and enclosed in sardine
box.
Year: 1870

A court in Michigan has decid-
ed that a physician is not a war
rantor or insurer of case, and he
is not to be tried by the result of
his remedies. His only contract


and duty is to treat the case with


reasonable skill and diligence.
Year: 1870

A two dollar note was taken to
one of the Lebanon banks for red
emption last week, which had been
taken from the intestines of a cat
in Montgomery county. The cat
had stolen the note aud swallowed
it, was caught and SHOT, and the
note recovered. %
Year: 1870

During the next three months the


planet Saturn will be visible from sunset


till after midnight. At this moment il
is slowly retrograding over the western
confines of Sagittarius, between the forks
of the Milky Way which cross that region
of the heavens, in nearly the same decli-
nation with the bright red star Antares.
This conspicuous star is about twenty
four degrees west of Saturn, in the heart
of the Scorpion. While the brilliancy
of Antares and Saturn is nearly alike,
the latter is distinguishable by the white
ness Of its light, and by absence Of
twinkling, so common to all the stars.


Saturn is by far the most interesting
of oil the planets, being surrounded by
an unique system Of luminous rings of
vast dimensions, 6rst discovered by Gal
ileo, and first explained by hgyeens, As
the planet sweeps round the sun these
rings alternately disappear andreappear;
they lie Dot in the line Of
vision, and after some years moline so
that their circular form is perceptible.
They are now in a position to be seen
with better advantage than they will be
again for the next dozen years. The
beauty and grandeur Of this marvellous
and favorable position Of
Saturn, incite those who have telescopes
to look at this planet on these clear even
ings.
Year: 1870

A Sunday school teacher in Mime
sofa, inquiring of one his Juvenile pupils
what he had learned during the week
was electrified by the answer that he had


learned not to trump his partner
ace"


A rich old uncle who had two nephews
left his will as follows: "To my nephew
William ! leave my whole fortune, be-
cause | know he will bestow it on the
poor. To my nephew Albert ! leave
nothing for the same reason.


Braids for the hair have now gone al
most out of the fashion, and rolls and
linger-puffs have come in again. Many
ladies have adopted the simple style of
hair-dressing, which is merely their own
hair tucked into a small net,


In consequence Of great scarcity of
clergymen in North Germany, the proper
authorities have been directed by the
government to favor as much as possible
the exemption of theological students
from military duty.


Land on the Mississippi is by no means
real estate. A town was recently found
on the other side of the river from its
previous day s location, the river having
cut off bend in the night; and planters
frequently find themselves on a small
island, or even miles back from the bank
BY similar freaks of the Father of
Waters.
Year: 1870

very natural motion TO make. In my
address to Rosencrantz | throw over his
neck in disgust the miniature. That ac.
ton has been criticised, but it is natural
and proper. There is not an attitude
nor situation that is not ain effort to ex-
press what | regard to be the meaning of
Shakespeare


One OF the company suggested that the
speech in the second act to Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern should be soliloquy and
not defamation.


Booth-l think Shakespeare meant to
have it declaimed, because when Hamlet
says, Man delights me not, nor woman
neither, Guildenstern laughs He asks
him, Why do you laugh?' Now, if he
had been musing or soliloquizing, of
course Guildenstern would not have in
terrupted him.


One of the company asked him what
he thought of Fechter's Hamlet


Booth ~ 1t is altogether new. In
some respects like revelation. know
Fechter and like hip very much. hope
he will play in my theater before he re-
turns


j It was noticed that Mr.. Booth did not
desire to enter into criticism of Fechter,
and rather avoided the subject.


Correspondent Does an audience
affect you?


Booth = No; play as carefully to
ten as to ten thousand.


Correspondent = DO you believe an
actor can thoroughly learn part so that
itcannot become a routine to him?


Booth - have never found it so. |
lind new meaning in Hamlet every
time | play it-some subtle shade of
feeling that comes suddenly upon me.
| should feel that if was not playing my
part better this year than last was neg
lecting my profession.


The conversation ran along from act
ing to other topics, which probably
should not be introduced here. This
was during the fourth act while OpheRa
was dying. We could hear no sound
save the echo of her voice when she
sank. Finally door opens and boy
screams out; " Fifth act, stage waitsl'


Booth arose, retired to an adjoining
room, and returned furred and draped
for his journey back to England. While
bidding his friends a pleasant goodbye,
the door again opened and the voice
came. Stage waits for Mr. Booth! In
a moment he vanished through the door,
and in another we were back in our
seats listening to the wonderful scene
between Hamlet and Hordtio in the
Year: 1870

The nutchcr's Block as a Resting Place.


AT eight O'Clock last night Wilhelm Kutz, aged
eighteen, apprentice in the employ OF G. Wolf a
German butcher, residing at $50 Third street, COM
misted suicide by cutting his throat with knife
The unfortunate youth arrived In this country six
months ago. when he first employees himself as
laborer, living almost destitute, Us he rarely
found SUFFICIENT employment 10 live beyond
want On The 10TH OF october last WOLF his late en-
ployer, issued an advertisement for young German
butcher, which Wilhelm answered, though he had
never served day at that trade. On making ap-
plicatlon, however, VOL was SO pleased With the
appearance ol the young man that he employed
him at u salary OF eight dollars u W eek and hts
board. The apprentice was found regular In his
duties aud willing TO learn every department Of the
trade. His disposition was retiring and dull lie did
not draw any OF his salary until Sunday last. when
he requested his masters permission to go ont OF
town ior a few hours and asked for TWO dollars.
lie returned at all early hour and employed him.
self until bedlme in reading foreign newspaper.
saloon beside his butcher shop to have q glass
Of lager. The boy complied, but appeared
unusually moody and silent He attended
to lis BUSINESS with his accustomed regularity until


turn and melancholy. On account Of the disagree
able state OF the weather there was business


doing and Wolf sent his apprentice alter supper
the cellar 10 make some pickles. During the boy u


absence Wolf remained In his parl0r at the back or
the shop reading paper AZ lengtA he remark ed


to Tue cellar TO md What delayed him. On entering


found the body Of Wii6elnl lying beside thss CHOP
| ping bleck with his throat cut and his head
| lying over tub, which must have been placed
there Intentionally 10 receive the poor victims
! blood. Wolf was astounded, and first rushed to
the street TO inform the policeman on the beat OF
and word to the Seventeenth precinct station
whence the Coroner was notified.
Year: 1870

City Sanitary Inspector Morris has written letter
to Marshal Sharpe recommending that in future the
census be taken in single day. and that the census
takers should also ascertain the social condition OF
the SICK IN each house visited by thcm, their
age. &c.
Year: 1870

THE ART OF RETIcENCE.-Among other
classiheations we may divide the world into
those who live by impulse and the undirected
flow of circumstance, and those who map
cut their lives according to art and definite
design. These last, however, are wonderful
ly rare, few people having capacity enough
60 construct any perSistant plan of life or to
carry it through if even they have begun one
lit being 50 much easier to follow nature
and drift with the stream, than to work by
rule and square, and build up even a bea-
ver's DAM Now, in the matter of reticence
how few people understand this as an art,
and how almost entirely it is by the mere
chance os temperament whether a person is
confidential or retieent, with his heart on his
sleeve or not to be got at by a pickaxe, irri-
taiagly silent or contemptibly loquacious.
Sometimes indeed we DO fiud one who, like
Talleyrand, has mastered the art of an elo-
quent reticence from alpha TO omega, and
knows how to conceal everything without
showing that he conceals anything; but we
find such person very seldom, and we do
not always understand his value when we
have him. Any one not born fool can re-
solve to keep silence on certain points. but it
takes a master mind to be able to talk and
yet not tells Silence. indeed, self-evident
and unmasked, though safe method is bu,
clumsy one, and to be tolerated only in
very young people. "Le silenee est de ps1i
Plus sur poar celia qni sc defie de soi-meaae, =
says Rochefeucauld; so it is total abstinence
for him who cannot control himself, vet we
do not preach total abstinence as the best or
der Of life for wise and disciplined person.
any more than we would PIT strong ancles
into leg-irons, or forbid a rational man to
handle SWORD. Besides, silence may be as
expressive. as tell tale even, as speeches, and
at the best there is. not.aft in shutting ones
lips and sitting mate; though indeed too few
people have got even SO far as this in the
art of re,icence,. hat tell everything they
know as surely as water flows throus a sieve,
and are safe iest in proportion to their iSno
rance.
Year: 1870




&1- Medical Advfce.-DR WM K. D0HERTY'E
Medal and Surgical Institute is becoming QUA ION


e the welfare of State and health of citizens
and his rapidly spreading reputation although may
cite surprise but the signal of Skill and follows the
natural effect of such cause. We personally
quainted with gentlemen who have suffered for years


der chronic disease and who had taken advantage
available that promised relief but without
until they they upon Dr. Doherty who in iucrea


IDLY short of tme has given them entire relief 1t
is gratifying this fact because the Doctor
gentleman who seeks not by defamation of Others
tabsh his repuaton to the supeIsructure Of his
upon the ruiz. of anothers fame The Doctor
ducts his Institute in such that wus be ratify
ing to all his patients. lie examines advises and
mends without charge and the patient after hearing his
terms for treatment can accept cect at pleasure In
does the Doctor make charge unless he effects
This he is able to do, because be feels tie conf
dence which long experience has given and doubt the
consolation which appertap to that onhdence Persons
afflicted with either accute chronic disease, would do
we'll to consult the Docor at all events tcan do harm,
as consultation he asks fees does he insist on
obedience his advice unless the patient places himself
under his His offices Sacramento street.
posite the Pacific Mail Steamship 0Hice.-S. f. News
Year: 1870

LET THE CHILDREN ALoNE.-Let your chill.
dren alone when they gather around the fam
lily table; it is cruelty to hamper them with
manifold rules and regulations about this,
and that and the other. As there conduct
is harmless as to others, encourage them in
their cheer.ness. If they dosmack their lips.
and their suppings of milk and other drinks
can be heard across the street, it does not
hurt the street-let them alone. What if
they do take their soup with the wrong end
of the fork? 1t is all the same to the fork
let them alone.


Suppose child does not sit as straight as
a ram rod at the table; suppose a cup or
tumbler slips through its little fingers and
deluges the plate of food below, and the COB
let is smashed, and the table-cloth is ruined,
do not look thousand scowls and thnnders.
and scare the poor thing to the balance Of
its death, for it was scared half to death be-
fore; it 'didn't go to do it." Did you nev-
er let glass slip throug your fingers since
you were grown? Instead of sending the
child away from the table in anger, if mot
even with threat, for this or any other lit
tie nothing, be as genercns as you would to
an equal or superior guest, to whom you
would say, with a more or less obsequious



That would be the form of expression even to
a stranger guest and yet to your own child
you remorselessly, and revengfully, and an
grily metc out a swift punishment, which for
the time almost breaks its little heart, and
belittles you amazingly. The proper and
more efficient and more Christian method of
meeting the mishaps and delinquencies and
mproprieties of young children at the table
is either to take no notice of them at the time,
or to 60 further, and divert attention from
from them at the very instant if possible. or
make kind apology for them but after
ward. in an hour or two. or. better still. next
day. draw the child's attention to the fault,
if fault it was, in friendly and loving man.
ner; point out the impropriety in some kind
ly way; show where it was wrong or rude,
and appeal to the child's selfrespect or man.
illness. This is the best way to correct all
family errors. Sometimes it may not sue
ceed; sometimes harsh measures may be re-
quired but try the deprecating or the kindly
method with peafect equanimity Of mind,
and failure will be of rare occurrence.
Year: 1870

At the Fenian meeting last evening, for
the purpose of raising funds to assist on the
movement on Canada. the scene was one of
intense interest, everybody, with single ex-
ception, seeming to be thoroughly in earnest,
and to be willing to do all in their power for
the success of the movement. The exception
noted was that of the choice mcuntebank
Train, who mounting the stand, frothed for
an hour, in something like the following vein:


s.Hoop 10 Here We are again. lis |,
be not afraid. Delenda est OMAHA.