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Year: 1870

| with christian fellowship and zeal.
4 But next inimportance and closely


associated with parental influence, il


that of Sabbath Schools, These are


verify the nurserys Of the church, and
| should correspond in measure with


the fireside having the same end IN
viek, the religious education of our


youth, and this is why they arc the
fields Of labor. prs.enineDt for par


6nts, as they come from the home


circle and from the family altar, fully


imbned with the spirit Of their work,
freshly baptized from tho fountain
head of Inspiration, and eager, for. the,
ga&b herring Of souls for the Master.
Hheif very presence lends impetus TO
The gi0rioHs work, and brings the


whole church into family relation one
with another. Again children ere


initiative, and If father and mother
are found in their places at the Sab.


bath school, the children will be


there also, il they stay away listless


and Indifferent, it is very natural that


the children follow suit, and here is


a point ve would make impressive,


adding to diligence in business, fer
vent enthusiasm of spirit. If half


tho enthusiasm we have in the seeu.


lar affairs Of life be added to our


work in the Sabbath school cause, we


should see results yet unparalleled.--


We too, often feel it a mere duty and
an irksome one at that. We verify
drone through our task, and feel en-
liyened when done, as a consequence
the chilaren catch the spirit and go
away from our presence with a
vague feeling of unrest and dissatis-
faction, when you hear teachers COM
planning that they cannot interest
their classes, yon may rest assured that |
they are not interested themselves,
th6re is not that fervency of spirit, |
that enthusiasm that is contagious, !
that like an electrical current spreads
from heart TO heart, Then we con-
slider one distinctive feature of 3 |
parent teachers mission, a reaching |
ont after souls immortal, in the BY
ways and waste places of earth,
gathering in with q cherishing care,
'bcgotten Of their own parenthood,
the forsaken, the down-trodden and
vile. Do you feel at rest when your
own little ones are being fed Of the |
bread of life while others are starv.
ing, dying for the want OF care that |
you 20 easily could bestow. Oh we
beg Of you go bring them In to the
warmth and light OF yourlove, where
the story of tho cross may reach their
ear, where the glad songs of salvation |
will fill their hearts with music and
the young wayward feet learn to
tread the paths of peace, on the
millenial threshold TO day. /


We thank God for a living Savior
and for his great compassion for the
sons Of men, inasmuch as there is no
highth but his presence illuminate,
or losthsome depth but his feet has
trod. He is with us and for us-a
master workman rounding off dis
jointed parts into one beautiful whole.
Brothers and sisters, in Christ, let
us enlarge our borders, strengthen
our walls with the graces Of the
spirit, and we shall yet sing with the
Prophet, Beautiful for situation,
the JOY of the whole earth, is Mount
Zion, the city Of our King /
Year: 1870

EFFECTS OF RAILROADS ON THE
WEATHER-Thc opinion seems to be
gaining strength that the Pacific Rail
road is working great change in this
climate on the plains. Instead OF con-
tinuous droughts, all along the railroad
rain now falls in refreshing and abun-
dance. This result has been remarked
upon in other sections of the west. 10
central Ohio, for example, it is said the
climate has been completely revolu-
tionized since iron rails have formed
net work all over that region. Instead
Of the destructive droughts formerly
suffered there, for some four o. five
years there has been rain in abundance
even moro than enough to satisfy all
the wants Of the farmers. This change
is thought to be the result of an equi.
librium produced in the electric cur
rents, which has brought about more
uniform dispensation of the rain It
is fact within the observation Of all
who remember anti-railrcad times, that
we have now few or no such thunder
storms as were experienced in olden
times. The iron rails which touch aud
cross each other 10 every direction,
serve as conductors and eqpalizcrs Of
the electric currents, and SO prevent
the terrible explosion which used to
terrify in former years. The telegraphic
wires which accompany the iron rails
every where, also act an important part
in diffusing electricity equally through
the atmosphere, thus preventing the
occurrence of severe thunder storms.
Year: 1870


To understand this unique specimen Of poetry
II is first necessary To read the lines successive
ly, when you will find it an exquisite eulogy
upon the fair sex, BY reading the first and
third, and second and fourth lines, directly
opposite impression will be conveyed
The bliss Of him no tongue can tell,
Who in 4 woman doth confide;


Who with a woman scOrns to dwell,
Unnumbered evils will betide.


They Gil each leisurablo day


With joy and innocent delight:


With cherries gloom and misery
Are none possessed while In their sight.
They make the dali path OF life


pleasant journey strewn with flowers;
dreary scene OF painful strife,


They quickly change with matchless power
Domestic Joys will fast decay


Where female influence Is unknown;
Where'er a woman holds her sway,
man is in perfection shown.


She's never failing to display,


Truth in its native loyeliness


heart inclined to treachery


A woman never did possess,
Year: 1870

GooDPLAIN COOKING There should
be this in every family, and where it is
not, poor indeed must be the table com.
forts from which SO much enjoyment is
to be expected. Where there is some
Intelligence and common sense in a
family, we will almost invariably find
two very important objects, tidiuess and
good plain cooking Aud wherever
these exist, we will likewise find econ
omy aud substantial comfort. In my
own experience in housekeeping, and
knowledge of others, have been FIRE.
quently panied at the utter ignorance
shown in the way of general cooking.
No matter how good the material for a
dinner may be, it is somehow contriyed
to be ruined. And when you come to
bread, pies, tea, and coffee, etc, it is
still worse. A good article is never
seen upon the table Of these poor
cooks.


A good plain cook will prepare a
comfortable meal from about one half
the materials that poor one will
Mothers cannot be too particular in
bringing up their daughters to know
ledge how good cooking ought to be
done; aud if they are not proficient
themselves, they should enlist the ser,
vices of those who arc. - Germdntolrn
telegraph.
Year: 1870




STANDING BY A FRIHSp.--In tho
flush times of Yieksburg when the
phrase "hard case" meant something
more than it does now, Harvey Jenkins
was admittedly one Of the hardest. By
some strange accident Harvey found
himself at church one evening. The
sermon being over, the preacher reques-
ted all who were friendly to religion to
rise aud hold up their right hands.
The whole audience apparently we're on
their feet. After they were seated the
minister continued /:


Snow. if there is single one hers
who desires to see Satan and his king.
dom prosper he will rise and hold up
his right hand"


Harvey with some difficulty, got 10
an erect position, and said:


"Had the vote been less unauimous
| should have retained my scat but
make it point of honor never 30 abas,
don friend under adverse circumstan
ces."
Year: 1870

MODES OF misunderstanding
persons move slow +; their hands move
alternately from side to side, while they
occasionally stop and turn around.


Careful persons lift their feet high
and place them down, pick up some
little obstruction, and place it down
quickly by the side of the way.


Calculating persons generally walk
with their hands in their pockets,
and their heads slightly inclined.


Modest persons generally step softly
for fear OF being observed.


Timid persons often step off from the
sidewalk on meeting another aud always
60 around stoue instead of stepping
over it.


Wide awake persons "toe out" and
have long swing of their arms, while
their hands move about miscellaneously


Lazy persons scrape about loosely
with their heels, and first on one side
Of the walk and then on the other.
Year: 1870

God has written on the flowers that
sweeten the air on the breeze that
rocks the flower upon the stem upon
the rain drops that refresh the sprig
Of moss that lifts its head in the desert
upon its deep chambers upon every
penciled she'll that sleeps in the cavern
OF the deep, no less than upon the
mighty sun that warns aud cheers
niliona of creatures which live in its
light, upon all his works, he has
written, None liYeth for himself
alone"
Year: 1870

THE CHINESE AS HOUSE SERVANTS.
have had glowing accounts lately of the ad-
mirable qualities of the Chinese as house
servants, but there seems 10 be an diverse
side to the picture. The New York Mail
prints the following extract ofa letter from
a lady who recently went to San Francisco,
In which this matter is treated


81 must tell you about the Cinnamon.
They are very numerous, very industrious,
and very asarisious. They will leave you
ut any moment if they are offered twenty
five cents more than you are giving them |;
no matter what you are doing; whether you
are sick, or have house full of company, is
all the same to them. My sister had splen-
| did servant he was first-class cook, and
nerteclly neat. Some one offered him more
wages and off he went. She demonstrated
with him, but it was of no use Me get you
one better good boy as me, he said, and
that was all he would do.


| "Another lady had one that she would no,
part with at any price, as he understood
housekeeping thoroughly. All at once,
while child was very i'll, he said he mus
go home to China, but he brought another
man so better as me- He sailed last Wed
nesday, and on Tuesday night the family
were robbed of oil their silver. They think
it was arranged between him and the new
boy, but cannot prove It,


s'Some of the Cinnamon are very apt t,
learn show them once and they do not re
quire second telling, but a great many ar
very stupid and dirty. Servants are wors
here than in New York, and that is entlrel,
unnecessary. Everybody complains Of ser
wants, and changefrom white TO Chinese an


from Chinese to white again, without better


ing themselves
Year: 1870

Dr. Letheby, in an article on the water
supply OF London states that water of mod
crate hardness, like that used in London,
PARIS, Vienna, and some other European
cities, is always TO be preferred to that which
is entirely soft, as being best suited for
domestic purposes, on account OF being
brighter TO the eye and more agreeable to
the taste. He also makes the singular an
nouncemcnt that the French authorities are
so well satisfied of the superiority of hard
water that they pass by that Of the sandy
plains near Paris, aud go far away to the
chalk hills of Champagne, where they find
wafer even hardtr than that of London
giving as a reason for the preference that
mere Of the conscripts from the soft wafer
districts are rejected on account of the want
of strength OF muscle. than from the hard
water districts. from which they conclude
that the cslcareous matter is favorable to
the formation of the ,i.sues-
Year: 1870

.ia-A photograph room isn't o goodplace
to sulk in A short time since boy,
employed as assistant at Erie, got spunky
because he couldn't have a holiday, and
leaned against the door-post in 4 brown
study. The photographer is quiet joker,
and instead Of berating the boy, be slyly
adjusted the lens, took negative, and


the next day presented the youth with d
copy Of the most life-like illustration Of
sulkiness ever seen.
Year: 1870

Our community was startled on Tues.
day morning last, by the announcement
Of the sudden death Of this estimable
gentleman. lie had been suffering for
some time with disease of the heart,
aud was fully aware Of the probability
of sudden death. lie was seen upon
our streets on Monday last, seemingly
iu his usual good health, but complain.
ed some 10 the evening. Before retir-
ing, however, he expressed himself as
feeling much better, and spent an hour
or two pleasantly in the company Of
some friends. He retired about eleven
O'Clock, aud 10 the morning when the
servant, as usual, went into his room,
he vas found TO be rigid in death. He
was much esteemed by all who knew
him, and his death will be lamented by
our entire community.


The funeral will take place this
(Thassday) morning, at 10 o'clock, at
the Catholic Church, in this city,
Year: 1870

In January, 1854, abraham DeBOnd,
of Washington county, Kentucky, was
shot in the forehead with minnie
ball i'm q skirmish at Fair Garden, in
East Tennessee, and was taken from
the battlefield to the hospital. The
ball entered the forehead just above the
right eye, and, as there was an OPEN
ing i'm the temple, just in front and
slightly above the right ear, it was sup
posed that the ball had passed entirely
through.


The nan did not die, and he soon so
far recovered as to be sent home. The
wound did not heal up, and there had
been q continual discharge from it ever
since its infiiction. Recently his suffer-
ings have been so intense that he con-
suited physician, who said that the
pain arose from the dead bone, and
that it would have to be removed be-
fore he could obtain relief. BeBond
went to Cincincinnati and placed him.
self under the care of physicians, who
decided that 1t was necessary to per-
form the operation Of trepbining, and
q day or two since undertook the ope-
ration. During the progress OF this OPP
Grafton they detected the presence Of
lead, and with the forceps extracted .
minnie ball, fattened into the shape Of
q chesnut, from the mans skull. 1t
had entered the lateral sinus and frac-
tural table, and was resting upon the
brain. 1t Is supposed that q fragment
of the ball had been Clipped Off the
ball and passed out through the tenn
pie, leading to the belief that the ball
had passed entirely through the skull.
The removal Of the ball gave great and
immediate relief, and DeBond Is now
at St Johns Infirmary, on Fourth ST.,
with every prospect Of q speedy and
perfect recovery. $50
Year: 1870

As rule, the little woman is brave.
When the lymphatic giantess falls into
n faint, or goes off into Mysteries, she
storms, or bustles about, or holds on
like a game terrier, according to the
work on hand. She will fly at any
man who annOys her, and bears her
self as equal to the biggest and strong
est fellow of her acquaintance. In
general she does it all BY sheer pluck,
and is not notorious for subtlety or
craft. Had Delilah been a little wo-
man, she would never have undertaken
to shear Samson's locks. She would
have defied him with all his strength
untouched on his head; and she would
have overcome him, too. Judith and
Jael were both probably large women.
The work she went about, demanded
certain strength of muscle, and tough
ness of sinew but who can say Jezi-
bel was not a small, freckled, auburn
haired Lady Audley of her time, full of
consecrated fire, the electric force, the
passionate recklessness of her type
Regan and Goneril might have been
beautiful demons of this same pattern !;
we have the example of the Machion-





spiritual deviltry can exist with the
face and manner of an angel direct
from heaven; and perhaps Cordelia
was u tall, dark-haired Girl, with pair
of brown eyes, and long nose sloping
downward.


On tile whole, then the little women
have the best of it. More pettied than
their bigger sisters, and infinitely more
powerful, they have their own way, in
part, because it really does not seem
worth while to contest a point with
such little creatures. There is nothing
that wounds q mans self-respect in
any victory which they may get or
claim. Where there is absolute inc.
quality of strength, there can be no
humiliation in the self-imposed defeat
of the stronger: and as it is always
more pleasant to have peace than war,
and as big men for the most part rath-
er like than not to put their necks un-
der the thread of tiny feet, the little
woman goes on her way triumphant to
the end, breaking all the laws she does
not like, ard throwing down all the
barriers that impede her progress, per-
fectly irresistible and irrepressible in
all circumstances and under any con-
ditions.-SdttECldy ReUieaO.
Year: 1870

A gentleman ordered suit of clothes
from tailor, and specially enjoined
him that they must be made by the
next Tuesday, and must be made in the
finest style, and that unless the tailor
could have them ready to certainty,
beyond peradventure to the day, that
he must not undertake them but
Snip promised faithfully that they
would be finished. Tuesday came and
no clothes; the enraged man flew to
the cabbage mans house and said I:
What's the reason my clothes are
not ready as you promised ? Here
you have kept me in the city at loss
of time and business only to disappoint
me; now, if we had you i'm our part of
the country, 1 tell you what they would
cali you, they would call you a perfect
squirt"


The humble knight of the goose ex-
planned that the only competent work.
man that he lad, capable of making
the suit, had q wife lying at deaths
door, and he could not possibly leave
her. The outraged gentleman was not
able to smother his disappointment,
and berated the tailor pretty soundly
for failing i'm his positive promise. The
ninth fraction of the "genus homo" |"
could not stand this, and plainly told
his customer to 60 to the caloric regions
of Pandemonium.


The customer, red with rage, rushed
across the street to lawyer, and in an
excited and hurried manner, said:


"Do you know Snip, the tailor,
across the way? ?"


ayes, 1 know him." answered Brief.


"Well, now / want your advice" !"
said the gentleman, ~ want to know
what you would do in such CASE
That old stitch louise has kept me here
in the city on expense, to the great det-
riment of MY business, and disap Dint-
ed me in a suit of clothes, but when i
went to remOnstrate with the fellow
about it what do you suppose he said to
me? He told me to go to-"


With these words ne laid down a ten
dollar bill on the desk, and said, "Now
sir, what would you do?"


Do you mean this for retainer 2"
asked Brief.


81 do" was the reply.


"Then," said Brief, quickly folding
up the ten and putting it in his pocket,
che told you to go to. We'll, my
opinion and advice to you is don't do
it. There is, moreover, no statute or
local law that can compel you to a spe-
cific performance. 1 say, don't you do
II ~
Year: 1870

Never eat when very much fatigued.
Wait until rested.


Never eat just before you expect to
engage I'm any severe mental or physi-
cal exercise.


Never eat when in hurry, if you
can prevent it. If Obliged to eat hur-
riedly, eat lightly.


Never eat while i'm a passion, or while
under any great mental excitement,
whether of depressing or elevating
character.


Never eat just before taking bath
of any kind.


Never eat just before retiring for the
night.


Never eat between regular meals
Herald of Health.
Year: 1870

One of the most notable improve
ments introduced by the new trotting
rules is the stoppage of shouting among
the drivers while trot:ing races. Here
tofore it has been the custom of every
track-driver to shout and halloo dur
ing the race, according to the points
likely to be gained by it; sometimes to
wake up and stimulate his own horse
to the utmost, but more frequently it
was resorted to as a means of breaking
up and over-exciting the contesting
horse. Many q close brush has been
won more by the superior voice and
lungs of the driver than by the superior
ability of his horse. 1t is decided i'm
provement to see this habit abolished,
and race is far more enjoyable to the
spectators than when shouting and yell
ling formed part of the entertainment.
M Y. Herald.
Year: 1870

There are few things more dreasy than
to ride through the cold and darkness. of
winters night on railroad train. The
10y blast freezes you as you essay to miti-
gate the horror Of bad air BY an inch Of
open window Dim, fantastic shapes glide
out of the darkness and vanish as you
speed by. A sense of rushing blindly at
the unseen comes over the mind. 1t is
as if some comet in beadlong race had
caught up and whirled off victim. Far
away you see the fash of candles ins4dis-
tant windows, and somehow il adds to
your forlornity. There is cheer and eom-
fort in which you have no share. and peo-
pis are vsrm ard happyi while yuu, .
Year: 1870

Votes Registered Yesterday In the Various


Wards OF the Cify-sambo Asserting His


Rights.


Registration was carried on quietly yesterday.
The only feature Of Importance the registration
OF colored men. Sambo appeared on the field Of
each ward, and stood check by jowl with his white
shouder-hittcrs. II must be SAID that his conduct
was most exemplary. The following statement
rpUistarei '~'~'
Year: 1870

An inquest was held at City Island, Westchsster
county, yesterday by Coroner Bathgate on the rc>
mains of man VINO had been found floating In
Long Island Sound at that place. As the body was
perfectly nude all speculations to identity wero
ignored and the Jury returned verdict OF found
drowncdn IL II stated that an inmate OF the hos
pital on Hart's Island disappeared suddenly q day
or two ago, and 1t Is not Improbable that deceased
Is tile missing patient. The remains would Indicate
those oJ q man about twenJ-slx yesys old.
Year: 1870

Last night ~ me sting OF the Democratic General
Committee Mr. Hugh Mclaughlin took occasion TO
realiate District Attorney Morris for what he had
said at the Brooklyn Atheneum on Thursday night.
He said there was no more corrupt politician In the
county than the District Attorney and there was no
truth N tAe wholesale charges lie had made In hts
speech aganst that organization The District At
orney II he desired 10 lessen The taxes might save
ave thousand dollars per year IN hts own ONCE.