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Year: 1870

New RECRUITS. The Sheriff of Rocking
ham brought down three new recruits for
the Penitentiary yesterday; two negroes
aud one white. The darkies are in for
twelve calendar months each, one for IL
licit dealing in other peoples dry goods
and shoes, and the other for his immoder-
ate fondness of bacon.


The white man, Sam, franklin, IS in for
it for twelve years for taking too much
liberty with another mans horse. Sam is
a character, and takes things very coo1ly.
He Gays that if John Thompson, of For
sythe, is in the Penitentiary and he can
get in the same cell with him, they will
soon get out.


He saws he used to be an honest man
and a Democrat, until he went up to the
neighborhood of Jamestown and was in
duced to join the leagues, after which he
lost self-respect and fell into the course
which has brought him to his present con-
dition.


Sam is pretty hard on Judge Tourgee.
He says he had thought that the Judge,
from his own experience of Penitentiary
life, would not have been so hard on him
as to sentence him for twelve years for
merely stealing horse. To use Sans own
Year: 1870

XNE nov offer for sale the GENRE


w WHEEL STEAM FERRY BOAT
WHITE CLOUD. with all the rights belong
ing TO the same. Said Boat il two years old
in fine condition. complete running order, and
doing good business, with splendid prospect
for the future. IL is not TO be taken from this
place. Reasons for selling made known Oh
application.
aepg9s6
Year: 1870

H We have received the 6rst num-
Der Of the Emporis Daily News. which
will start on its regular issus 10 few days.
Emporia and South Western Ksnsss are
boiling over with prosperity. and the News
is fair index of it.
Year: 1870

~ The Democracy. in their wsr
sginst tariff. are particularly severe up
on what they call the exorbitant tariff on
salt. This is easily accounted for. They
object to being heavily tsxed upon sn
article that is an absolute necessity in
getting up an approved Democratic thirst.
Year: 1870

All schools have their vacations except
street schools, where fighting, swearing, drink
ing and debauching are learned. These
schools give no recess, nor do the deluded
pupils desire it.


American students are rapidly increas-
ing in the universities of Europe. AT pres
ent over four thousand Of our young country
men are studying in the most famous colleges
of the Old World.


Sickness is often the want Of will, or
rather the result of that want. Men and wo-
men in whom the will-power is strong, resist
disease, and fight against it when attacked
Courage and determined purpose will often
times prevent the approach of illness. The
mind, the Imagination, is wonderfully power
full to affect the body. In times Of prevail
ing sickness it is well to bear these truths il
mind


The Boston Journal of Chemistry CALI
attention to the dangerous character Of gal
yanized iron pipe for water which is to b.
drank or used for culinary purposes. Thi,
is serious matter, as this kind Of pipe Il
largely coming into use among those who
have become frightened at lead poison. II
the Journal Of Chemistry will now tell ui
what we can safely use for pipes, it will dc
Us lasting benefit.
Year: 1870

In company one evening, when the song,
" Would | were boy again was called for,
grey headed old boy discoursed thus


4 boy again Who would be boy
again if he could TO have the measles, itch
and mumps to get licked by bigger boys and
scolded by older brothers to stub toes to
slip up on the ice to do chores to get your
ears boxed to get whaled by thick-headed
schoomaster; to be made to 90 to the Ounce
block for the amusement Of the whole school,
and to be told how miserable, weak and stu
pd you were when you were born, and to be
asked what would have become Of you at that
interesting point Of life, if your parents had
not been so patient with, and so kind to you
to eat at the second table when company
comes to set out cabbage plants and to thin
corn because you are little, and consequently
it wouldn't make your back ache so much
to be made to 90 to school when you don't
want 10 TO lose your marbles to have your
sled broken to get hit in the eye with frozen
snow-balls, to cut your finger to lose your
knife to have a hole in the seat Of your on


y pair of pants when your pretty cousin from
the city comes to see you to be called a
coward at school if you don't fight to be
whaled at home if you do fight at school to get
stuck after a little girl and dare not tell her;
to have boy too big for you to lick tell you
that your sweetheart squints to have your
sweetheart cut you dead and affiliate with that
John Smith, when you hate particularly be-
cause he put your nose out Of joint the week
before to be made to 20 to bed when you
amt bit sleepy; to have no fireworks
Fourth Of July; no skates on Christmas to
want a piece of bread and honey, and get
your ears pulled to be kept from the circus
when it is in town and when the other boys
90 to get pounded for stealing roasting ears
to get run by bulldogs for trying to nip wa
ter melons to have the canker rash, cate
ohisms, stone bruises to be called to kiss old
women who visit your mother to be scoded
because you like Maggie Love better than
your own sister to be told what a scorching
time the boys will have who tell lies, and are
not like George Washington; to catch your
big brother kissing the pretty schoolmam on
the sly, and wish you were big so that you
could kiss her too-and- and-why who'd
be boy again ?"
Year: 1870




Let parents talk much and talk well at
home. A father who is habitually silent in
his own house may be in many respects a
wise man but he is not wise in his silence.
We sometimes see parents, who are the life
of every company which they enter, dull,
silent, uninteresting at home among the chill
dren. If they have not mental activity and
mental stores sufficient for both, let them first
provide for their own household. Ireland
exports beef and wheat, and lives on potatoes;
and they fare as poorly who reserve their So
cial charms for companions abroad and keep
their dulness for home consumption. 1t is
better to instruct children and make them
happy at home than it is to charm strangers
OF amuse friends A silent house is a dull
place for young people, a place from which
they will escape if they can. They will talk
or think Of being " shut up" there and the
youth who does not love home is in danger
Year: 1870

When in the mood for humorous character
zatlon, Dickens hilarity was most amazing.
To hear him tell ghost story with very
iiorid imitation Of very pallid ghost, or
hear him sing an old-time stage song, such as
he used to enjoy in his youth at cheap Lon.
don theatre, to see him initiate a lion in me-
nagerie-cage, or the clown in the pantomime
when he hops and folds himself up like jack
knife, or to join with him in some mirthful
game Of his own composing, was to become
acquainted with one of the most delightful
and original companions in the world.


On one occasion. during a walk, he chose
to run into the widest Of vagaries about con-
rerSation. The ludicrous vein he indulged in
during that two hours stretch can never be
forgotten. Among other things he said he
had often thought how restricted ones con-
yersation must become when one was visiting
a man who was to be hanged in half an hour.
lie went on in most surprising manner to
imagine all sorts of difficulties in the way
Of becoming interesting to the poor fellow.
" Suppose said he, sit should be rainy
morning while you are making the call, you
could not possibly indulge in the remark,
. We shall have fine weather tomorrow, SIR
for what would that be to him? For my
part, think" said he, " should confne my
observation to the days Of Julius Caesar or
King Alfred"


At another time when speaking Of what
was constantly said about him in certain
newspapers, he observed | notice that
about once in every seven years become the
victim of paragraph disease. 1t breaks out
in England, travels to India by the overland
route, gets to America per Cunard line,
strikes at the base Of the Rocky Mountains,
and rebounding back to Europe, mostly per.


shes on the steppes of Russia from inanition
and extreme cold" When he felt he was
not under observation, and that tomfoolery
would not be frowned upon or gazed at with
astonishment, he gave himself up without re-
serve to healthy amusement and strengthen


ing mirth. 1t was his mission to make peo-
pie happy. Words of good cheer were native
to his lips, and he was always doing what
he could to tighten the lot Of all who came


into his beautiful presence. His talk was
simple, natural, and direct never dropping


into circumlocution nor elocution. Now that
he has gone, whoever has known him in
timately for any considerable period Of time
will linger over his tender regard for, and his
engaging manner with, children; his CHEEKY
" Good Day to poor people he happened to
be passing in the road his trustful and earn
est " Please God" when he was promising
himself any special pleasure, like rejoining
an old friend or returning again to scenes he
loved. At such times his voice had an ir-
rosistibe pathos in it, and his smile diffused
a sensation like music When he came into
the presence of squalid or degraded persons,
such as one sometimes encounters in aims
houses or prisons, be had such soothing words
been most hurt by the archers' listened
gladly, and loved him without knowing who
it was that found it in his heart to speak so
kindly to them.--From Atlantic Monthly for
AMQltst.
Year: 1870

Little wives if ever half-suppressed
sigh find place with you, or a half.unloving
word escapes you TO the husband you love,
let your heart 60 back to some tender word
in those first love days remember how you
loved him then, how tenderly he wooed you,
how timidly you responded and if you can
feel that you have not grown unworthy, trust
him for the same good love now. If you
feel that you have become less loyeable and
attractive than you then were, turn, by all
that you love on earth Or hope for in heaven
turn back, and be the pattern of loyeiness
that won him be the dear one" your at
fractions made you then. BE the gentle,
loving, winning maiden still and doubt not,
the lover you admired will live forever in
your husband. Nestle by his side, cling to
his love, and let his confidence in you never
fail and my word for it, the husband will
be dearer than the lover ever was. Above
all things do not forget the love he gave you
first.
Year: 1870

-


The less we expect from this world tho better
for US. The less we expect from our iellow-mcn,
whether of spiritual help or of inspiring ex-
ample, the smaller will be our disappointment.
lie that leans on his own strength, leans on a
broken reed We are always going to be
something stronger, purer, and holier. Some
where in the future there always hangs in the
air n golden ideal Of higher life that We
are going to reach but as we move on, the
dream of better things moves on before us
also. 1t is like the child's running over be-
hind the hill to catch the rainbow. When he
gets on the hilltop the rainbow is as far off
as ever Thus does our day dream Of higher
Christian life keep floating away from US !;
aud we are left to realize what irail unrelia-
Year: 1870

"A little boy, three years old, whose father
was irrelgious, spent several months in the
dwelling Of goodly family, where he was
taught tho simple elements Of divine truth.
The good seed fell into good and tender soil,
and the child learned to note the difference
between prayerlesa and Christian DWELL
ing One day, as some one was conversing
with the little fellow about the great and
good God, the child said, ave haven't got
any God at my papas house,"
Year: 1870

lamps do not talk, but they do shine
A lighthouse sounds no drum, it beats no
gong, and yet far over the waters its friendly
spark is seen by the mariner. So let your
actions shine out your religion.
Year: 1870

We have not only dressed the columns Of the Daily
Journal and the watehman and State Journal, in an Gu
trely new dress but are furnishing Job Department
with all the materials necessary for the execution the
Year: 1870

ABSENT MINDED An old farmer lv-
ing In Lake county, Ohio, who is some
times subject to a temporary alteration
of mind, lost valuable white mare the
other day. He had tied her to load of
hay drawn by his oxen, and was quietly
hudging, along the road, when it occur
red to him that he might as well ride as
walk. Accordingly he vaultcd upon the
back of the marc aud drove his oxen,
while himself on horseback. Presently
he chance to look to the rear Of his load
Of hay, and 10 /! the mare was not ambling
patiently along behind. She had proba-
bly, broken loose aud slipped out Of sight,
perhaps away to pastures new. Where
was she, and how could he leave his oxen
and hay to find her? just then the ar
rival Of friend relieved his mind, and
be eagerly inquired if he had seen his
"criuer going anywhere ?" Mastering all
his gravity, his friend replied that he
had not. Suddenly the absent mind
returned, and with it the white mare be
found himself seated thereon, and as the
cavalcade would along the dusty road hi,
voice came back to his friend, "Well, le
her CO."
Year: 1870

whats the size Of this place r. gravely
asked a New Yorker of the conductor, Just
after the brakeman sung out O-pe-li-ca at a
Southern station, where not a house was
visible among Il pines, excepting an eating
saloon. sits about as big as New York, hui
it isn't built up YETI was the ready answer
Year: 1870

DRUNK But ONCE.-'You have but five
minutes to live" said the sheriff, ''If you
have anything to say, speak now" The young
man said: II had one little brother He had
beautiful eyes and tiaxen hair, and loved
him. One day got drunk-the last time
in my life-and coming home, found my
little brother getting berries in The garden.
aud became angry without cause, and ]
killed bin with one blow of the rake. did
not know anything about it till the next day,
when awoke and found myself bound aud
rguarded, and was told my little brother was
found dead. Whiskey had done it. 1t had
ruined me. l never was drunk but once.
am going to my Judge. lay to young per.
soHs never, never touch anything that can
intoxicate." In another moment the Young
man was ashereti into the presence Of God.
Year: 1870

CHOOSING A W1FE.-Matrimony is powerfully in the
ascendant, and to advise young man what kind Of
lady to choose is about profitable business bonn
harding Gibraltar with qoiled peacs," but any way,
picked up the following somewhere, and give it fo
what it is worth


Keep your eyes open boys when you are after wo
man. If the dear little thing is and scolds her
mother in the back room, you may be sure that you
will get particular fits all around the house. If she
apologies for wping the dishes you will need girl to
fan her. If you marry woman who knows; sothing
but to manslaughter the piano, you may have got
the poorest piece of muslin gotten up. Find the
whose mind is right and then pitch in. Don't be
hanging aronnd like sheep thief though ashamed
to be around in the day, but walk up like chicken
10 dough, and ask for the gal like man.
Year: 1870

POISONED BY Cow.-Says the New York Sun, OF
the 18th:


The people residing in Whitestone are greatly excl
ted over singular case of supposed poisoning. On
Wednesday evening a COW belonging to William Fran
els was milked nothing being to occasion suspicion
concerning the animals health. On the following
morning the COW was found to be greatly swollen, and
Mr.. Francis applied several remedies to reduce the
swelling, but all to no purpose. After death the vis-
eera was removed and portion of thrown to cat,
dog and pig all dying in about an hour after eat
inp Of the same 1t also ascertaned subsequently
that the families of Edwarp REILLY and Patrick Train
er were made sick from using the milk on the same
night. They are not expected to recover
Year: 1870

The editor of the San Antonio (Texas) Herald has
been shown pocket pistol, the barrel and principal
parts being composed of brass. The length of the
barrel about two and half inches; and although
the tooth of time had devoured the entire Stock the
barrel and most of the metallic portions remain in
fair condition Of preservation This relic found
on Padre Island, the Gulf coast aud from the date
of several pieces of coin found in the vicinity
there is doubt but it was one of the weapons Of
warfare carried to Mexico BY Cortes in the year 1519
The pistol is of the fintlock variety and of good
work manshin
Year: 1870

On THE LEGAL TENDER CAsEs.-The Washington
correspondents profess to be in possession of reliable
information that the Supreme Court has not vet held
any consultation on the legal tender cases, socalled
and not likely to do present. as they have not
been reached and it is thought by some persons that
they to be again argued after two more Judges are
ut on the bench
Year: 1870

1t Is stated that the French government wants to
compromise with the Post Master General on the orig


nai proposition of tie latter for new postal treaty


The Post Master General refuses to compromise on the
terms offered - ~
Year: 1870

REMOVALS BY THE PREsIDENr.-The criticisms on
the President, which made days since for his
not giving the Senate his for the removal of
officers when he sent in his new appointments rested
on false assumption. Washington exchange
states that he is not required by the present tenureof
office act to give any reasons, unless they are called
for by the Senate. The old law required him to make


statement in writing, but that of last April gives him
power to and appoint on his own motion, sub
ect merely to the consent of the Senate which can do
as it peases about asking the Presidents reason His
reasons have not been asked for in any this ses
sion, and so, of course have not been furnished
Year: 1870

WARMorH ROASTED, SrEwEp AND FRIED.--The New
Orleans Bulletin, in controversy with the Times takes
occasion to do up Warmoth in the following manner


We do not mean to affirm that Gov. Warmoth IS
officially corrupt but we do say that there are some
circumstances surrounding him which, until prop
erly explained, will afford ample room for conjectures
of all kinds. Here is young man in our midst VINO
report says, is living in princely mansion and ID
princeIy style. He drives fne carriage and costly
pair of horses. Every thing about his manner OF nv.
ing indicates not only comfortable MEANS but atuent
circumstances He has recently buta large and costly
manson-and some say costing eighteen thousand dol
lars others thirty thousand dollars without counting
price of ground.


Now the question is asked by business men and the
public generally, where does the Governor obtain the
means which appear to be at his command? Hecame
here mere adventurer; his first position of promi-
nence was one from which he was ignominiousy
elected by his military superiors. Next, in 1866 he
runs for Congress delegate from the Territory OF
Louisiana and was then poor that the negroes who
voted for him had to deposit with their ballots twenty


five cents to help deray his expenses to Washington.
He was not allowed to occupy seat in Congress. Next
we hear of him lawyer in this city; but in that
capacity his efforts seemed to have been principally di-
rected to defense of suits against bimself. OF a
criminal nature in case, and in another of civil
nature brought by his andlady for room rent. Since
his advent to the Governorshp bis salary has hardly
PNASt
would not account for bis rate ofiving We do there


FORE assert that the manner of Gov. Warmoths living,
taken in connection with the knowledge every pcs
of his utter want of when he came here,
affords grounds for suspicion And it to Us that
the Times ought to perceive that in relation to money
matters there possibly very little difference between
Warmoth and Wcklife; and that in other matters,
Wicklife is preferred by the people.


Again, in the specifications of charges made by the
Governor against the Auditor the most hagrant acts
of official mafeasance complained of involve the in
famous printing bill, of which Governor Warmoth was
the author and worked most zeaousy for its passage
He himself has derived the greatest profit from it, As
to the Pension Act he made that law, and when
called upon by the Auditor to correct its abuses re-
fused to do Why did he not veto these outrageous
bills that have been the cause of so much robbery Of
the State Treasury? If contemporary of the Times
will defend his Excellency against these and other
charges it would be satisfactory, and perhaps,
would be more effective in directing the Democrats,
whose political conduct just now, seems to be under


the special guardianship and control of the Times, if
take its threats as an evidence of its right to
speak for the party.
Year: 1870

UNITED STATES CoURT-Jndge Wood, the new Judge
of the Fifth District Circuit Court, commenced his
court in Mobile the 10th. The will be short
the docket is light After the close of his court in
Mobile he will hold term in New Orleans.
Year: 1870

ITO leftover THE DRUG STORE CORNER or


Twenty street and Tenth avenue well Ked
Floor for housekeeping. Seven six light and ayj
parior sitting Kitchen and four bedrooms. Rent SiG
living in the house.
Year: 1870

ITO LET-A COMPLETE LITTLE HOUSE OF ITSELF; ;
the Upper Part of handsome brown stone house, con-
sstng of parlof dining with large extension Kitchen
with elevated stationary tubs separate meter bath
with two large connecting third 1oor hail
bedroom II desired hot and cold in every room with
abundance Of pantry room all IN good orders the lower part
occupied will be rented to family of adults
2c5 Forty-nint street.
Year: 1870

Head aches, nervous as we'll as others,
arise from torpid state of the stomach,
liver and bowels. Never take any min
erals or morphia for it. They hurt more
than they do good. But take Rosenheim's
Stomach Bitters; the Great Western
Remedy, and you are sure of cure.
See Advertisement.
Year: 1870

The Assistant United States Treasurer received


proposals to-day for the sale to the government OF
one million Of bonds for the Sinking Fund. IL was
expected In some quarters that in thus closing the
May programme the government would purchase at
least two millions, but during the afternoon the
award was made for only the million specified in the
advertisement. The total bonds offered were less
than four millions. The accepted lots were as fol-