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Year: 1870

The following scene at the rail
road depot in that city is thus de
scribed by the st. Joseph { Missouri)
Herald, of the 10Th:


A woman with a baby six months
old in her arms, alights from an ON
nibus in the dusk of rainy evening,
when up steps gentleman, with a
quiet but firm manner, and says
"Let me take him into the cars. y
The mother resigns him with calm
indifference, to the gentleman, who
takes him into the car of the train
which is ready to start. 1t needs
no further information than is atfor-
ded by the fond caresses lavished
upon the child to know it is in the
arms of its father, and the sweet lit
tie thing is delighted, too, while the
mother sits aloof and gazes coldly
out of the window. Soon the bell
of the locomotive rings, the con-
ductor's voice is heard warning the
passengers to get on board, and the
man, kissing the baby wild kiss
places it in the lap of its mother,
whispers low goodbye" to the
woman, and leaves the car. As the
train moves off the prattling face of
the child. is seen at the window by
the father, and it's little hand is ex-
tended toward him. He touches it
a brief moment, with the remorse-
less movement of the train, which
doing the behest of hateful circum
stance, tears it away forever. The
man retires from the notice of the
crowd, his head is bowed upon his
bosom, and his great frame is sha-
ken with the weight of greater
grief. He weeps.


This scene was witnessed at the
depot last evening. 1t was the IL
nal to a divorce suit that was re-
Gently decided in our circuit court.
What is the matter with the wo-
men.
Year: 1870

and it is a mercy if there are not two


However, do wish that all Christ


ians would be Industrious, for relig
ion never was designed to make Ii.


idle. Jesus was great worker, anC


his disciples must not be afraid O


hard work.


As to serving the Lord with colo


hearts and drowsy souls, there has


been too much of it, and it causes
religion to wither. Men ride stays
when they hunt for gain, and snails
when they are on the road to heaven.
Preachers go on see-sawing, droning,
and posing, and the people fall to
yawning and folding their arms, and
then say that God is Withholding
the blessing. Every sluggard, when
he finds himself enlisted in the
ragged regiment, blames his luck;
and some churches have learned the
same wicked trick. 1 believe that
when Paul plants and Apollos wa
ters, God gives the increase, and l
have no patience with those who
throw the blame on God when it
belongs to themselves.


Now / have come to the end Of
my tether. l am afraid 1 have been
watering a dead stake, but l have
done my best, and a king can do no
more. An ant can never make honey
if it work its heart out, and l shall
never put my thoughts so prettily
together as some do, book-fashion;
but truth is truth, even when dressed
in homespun, and SO there is an end
Of my rigmarole.
Year: 1870

o shallow were the waves that beat
Their music on the pebbly strand,
And fragile was the tiny fleet


They brought to land
Softly broke the silver thread
That drew its line along the shore,
Itseemed the echo of tread


On crystal floor.
Soft zephyrs played among the trees,
Their whispers every leaflet stirred,
Andyet above the tuneful breeze


Sang many bird.
And lightly did our hearts prolong,
A summer mornings melody,
While gently swept the wings of song


Ger land and sea.
Thus 10 the conscious soul there steal
Those undertones, so deep, so grand,
That Natures majesty reveal


On sea and land.
A summer wave, that scarcely wakes
An echo as it glides along,
Is but the overture that breaks


In oceans song.
These threads of melody we twine
When Youth and Hope are in their spring
Are preludes to theme divine,


Our souls must sing.
o poets, who with subtle speech
The prophets of all time appear,
Have We no tones that never reach


A human ear?
Year: 1870

but in foul corners of idle mems
lamentations, where the devil can
hide away unseen like an old ser
pent as he is. / don't like our boys
to be in mischief, but / would Soon
er see them up to their necks in the
mud in their larks, than sauntering
about with nothing to do. If the
evil of doing nothing seems to be
less to-day, you will find it out to
be greater tomorrow; the devil is
putting Goals on the fire, and so the
fire does not blaze, but depend upon
it, it will be bigger fire in the end.
Idle people, you had need be your
own trumpeters, for no one else can
find any good in you to praise. I'd
sooner see you through a telescope.
than anything else, for l suppose
you would then be a long way off;
but the biggest pair of spectacles in
the parish could not see anything
in you worth talking about. Moles,
and rats, and weasels, there is some
thing to be said for, though there's
a pretty sight of them nailed up on
our old barn, but as for you-well,
you'll be of use in the grave, and
help to make a fat churchyard, but
no better song can / sing in your ia
vor than this verse, as the parish |
clerk said, "all of my own compos-
ing
Year: 1870

A REVOLVING BATTERY TO BE Worn
ON THE PERsoN.-Wc clip the following
from the Partisan correspondent Of the
New York Mercantile Journat:


"The newest inventions of double re-
peating pistols and impenerable breast
eclipscd by the suggestion of a facetious
mechauist, who proposes to furnish, at
comparatively light expense, a reoofre,
battery belt, which the individual using
it has merely to fasten around his body
in order to be nearly as formidable as a
whole squad of armed men. He may
have as many as six rows of revolver bar.
rels, one above the other, issuing from
the belt, and, by the aid of a spring ;-car
fire and reload them all at once. There
would be pleasant customer in crowd!
Year: 1870

WATER on THE SrovE.-It is custo.
mary to put an open vessel of waite,
on stove to prevent the air of room
in winter from getting too dry; thus
by filling the air with steam, it is rem
dered ju as much less nutritious to
the lungs and blood as if filed to that
extent with the fumes of dead car
cass. This damp atmosphere has
something of a steaming process on
the skin, and thus renders the person
extremely liable to catch cold as soon
as he goes into the open air. We
want the air of a stove ventilated,
changed for pure air from without,
not to fill it with the vapor of water.
The only way yet known to improve
the air of any room warmed by artif-
cial heat, is to open a door or window
from time to time, as while the family
are at table eating their regular meals.
Halls Journal Of Heath.
Year: 1870

MAxIMs. Think before you speak
before whom you speak; what you
speak. Hate not each other because
you differ in opinion, rather love each
other; for it is impossible that in such
variety of sentiments, there should
not be some fixed point on which al
men ought to unite. We should new
er blush at owning that we have beer
in fault, for it is equivalent to saying
"I am wiser to-day than I was yes
terday."
Year: 1870

A New Orleans woman used kero-
senc to kindle fire with, and now
she is gone where the grapevine
climbeth, and her husband is looking
for woman just her size to wear out
her calico dress, and soforth.
Year: 1870

ows and their children may not come to
want ard be kicked from sorrow to suffer
ing all tho years to CONS. We love the
men who are kind to the widows-ths wo
men who care for lhern and speak kindly TO
them-ths society which gives them en-
ployment and good p.v-the men who love
their wives well enough to care for theu.-
to provide them with home, as every man
does and will do who really love. the wu-
man of all others he processes to love most.
We love the man who, reading this, think
ing of the past and of his loved ones. dare
neny himself dissipation. aud dare lshor
earnestly, that bis his wife may love him
better here, his widow may not suffer
should he be first called to rest. ea7ing
her load of sorrow to bear from his Eter-
nal morn till her final Saturday Night
Brick" PoAkRoY.
Year: 1870

ALARM ON THE UPPER TECHE, JUST BELOW
n Breaux Bridge parish of St Martin, LA arpents,
fronting the bayou This includes ten of fine
cypress timber land. dwelling comfortable and
strongly built all necessary outhouses kitchen, pantry
barns all in perfect order. This land is above all
hows and easy of cultivation That next to the town
may be sold in lots. The town is prosperous and will


doubtless soon become the seat of Justice 35
Year: 1870

The Vermont State Temperance Society
has voted that although the use of unfermen-
ted cider as beverage may be harmless in
itself, yet. it is of a dangerous tendency,
as it is liable to lead to the use Of fermented
cider. and the formation Of an appetite for
for other alcoholic drinks.
Year: 1870

An officer in the English army who wrote
to this country recently. making inquiries
concerning the estate of his deceased
brother. said he dii not know where the
the property was situated. but it was ..near
the seat of war;
Year: 1870

A Wealthy citizen of Lockport who had a
preseh'iment tht his first railroad journey
would cause his cath, chartered hack last


week to take him his wife, and his child to
Syracuse, and dting severe snow storm
the vehicle was overturned while entering
Auburn by consct with the embankment
of the Southern :entral Railroad, tumbling
the passengers il b the snow. and apparently
giving con6rmabn to his railroad theory.
Year: 1870

RI-ANTA TIaE TWO AN ONE HALE NILES
n from W Washington, parish of St Landry, ON Bayou
Crocodile near its junction with Bayou BGuf one thou


sand acres four hundred and fifty open and under
rood fence all but one hundred and fifty above
overflow large dwelling in good repair, stables, out


houses ETC. Cotton sugar. rice tobacco and other
crops do well on this place would make superior
stock farm It is fine hog range. convenient to ship
ming point and healthy Plenty of seed and corn
ON the place, IL
Year: 1870

SAVE THE AS Es.-Now that the cold
weather is approaching we hope every far
mer will take carto save all the wood ashes
that come fromlhe fires of the house. If
there are any moi a. hand, put them around
the fruit trees q upon the garden. They
will serve gool purpose in either place.
Even coal asheslfe worth saving. They
are good around lpple trees and upon the
garden walks Ploughman.
Year: 1870

1t will be my aim. with your continued ak.
to exercise due vigilance and discretion on
this point, not usually considered in connec-
ton with Life Assurance. With another
good crop | am sanguine of being able to
double the business Of the past year. Re-
lying on continuance of your valuable in
huence and interest in forwarding the good
work, l shall enter upon my second years
la6ors with renewed hope and energy.


have the honor to remain your obediept
servant, B. B. SHINES, State Apent
Year: 1870

a TRACT ABOUT ONE MILE FROM BAYOU
a Teche parish of St Martin ITO arpents fine woodland
and about 200 arpents of prairie rich and easy of
cultivation There no improvements on the place
except two double cabins E36
Year: 1870

Among the wise sayings of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher are the following:


"The moro fact that you arc Obliged to la
Dor is not a misfortune. The thing that
you desire in alleviation would be the
greatest curse to you. Do not be ashamed
of that place where God has shut you up.
God has put your tasks upon you, and re-
member that your enjoyment is to consist
in the essential of your nature. 1t is to
consist in the active use of those forces
which God has endowed you with, wherev-
er his providence has put you. And if he
has withheld from you some OF those enjoy
ments which he has granted to others, be
assured, if you are faithful, that in some
way they will be made up to you. Do not
be ashamed Of hardness. Stand to it and
fight out your battle. See to it that what
ever you lose-whether it be money, or
place, or whatnot-you do not lose your
manhood, or courage, or honesty, or sim
plicity, or truthfulness. Stick to them.
They are half your life.


think, if you were to go from man to
man, in all the ordinary channels OF life,
you would find very few men, if you took
them at that hour when they made their Sc
cret complaints, who did not labor under
the impression that though they should be
resigned to their condition of misfortune
that they were obliged to exert themselves.
The young man beginning in life says to
himself: Il am obliged to rise early and sit
up late, and labor necessarily; but hope
for better time Ahl yes; that better
time is the FOOLS paradise of laziness He
is obliged to work now, but he looks for
ward to the time when he will not be under
the necessity of working. He points to the
favored sons, as he calls them, of rich men,
who were not born to.work, and who are
useless in society, and laments that, instead
of having their good fortune, he is doomed
to q life of severe toll. But tell you, what
you call good fortune has been thoir ruin,
and the necessity Of laboring has been your
salvation. It has been that which has made
you what you have been, and what you are
still. 1t has been token Of Gods mercy
to you; and instead of bemoaning your
condition, thank God for it,"
Year: 1870

OF the way in which Mr.. Webster pre-
pared himself for great legal argument,
we have an account from the pen of his
friend Mr.. Ticknor, which Mr.. Curtis has
done well to insert in his volume:


In the spring of 1924 Mr.. Webster was
much concerned in the discussion then GO
ing on in the House of Representatives at
Washington upon tho tariff. One morning
he rosc very early-earlier even than was
his custom-to prepare himself to speak
upon it. From long before daylight till the
hour when the House met, ho was busy
with his brief. When he was far advanced
in speaking, a note was brought to him
from the Supreme Court, informing him
that the great case of Gibbon V. Ogden
would be called on for argument the next
morning. He was astounded at the intelli-
gence, for he had supposed that after the
tariff question should have been disposed
of, he would still have ten days to prepare
himself for this formidable conflict, in
which tho constitutionnlity of the laws of
Now York, granting a steamboat monopo-
ly of its tide waters, would be decided.


He brought his speech on the tariff to a
conclusion as speedily as he could, and
hurried home to make such preparation for
tho great law argument as the shortness OF
the time would permit. He had then taken
no food since his mornings break fast but
instead of dining no took moderate dose
of medicine and went to bed and to sleep.
At 10 p. NJ. no awoke, called for bowl Of
tea, and without other refreshment went
Immediately to work. To use his own
phrase, the "tapes had not been off the pa
pers for moro than a year" lie worked
all night, and, az he has told mo more thar
Year: 1870

| do not like to take them presents: 1t is
better to forogo the pleasure of the giving
than to divide the welcome between your
self and the gift. Let that follow after you
are gone.


To love children is TO love childhood, in
stinctively, at whatever distance, the first
impulse being one of attraction, though IL
may be checked by later discoveries. I'm
less your heart commands at least as long
range as your eye, It is not worth much.
The dearest saint in my calendar never en-
tered a railway car that she did not look
round for baby, which, when discovered,
must always be won at onco into her arms.
If it was dirty, sho would have been glad
TO bathe it; If i'll, to heal it; it would not
have seemed to her anything worthy the
name Of love, to seek only those who were
wholesome and clean.


When think of the self-devotion which
the human heart can contain-of those
sanity souls that are in love with sorrow,
and that yearn to shelter all weakness and
all grief-it inspires an unspeakablo conf
dence that there must also be an instinct of
parentage beyond this human race, heart
of hearts, cor cordium. AS we all crave
something to protect, so we long to feel our
selves protected. We are all infants before
the Infinite; and as turned from that cot
tage window to the resplendent sky, it was
easy to fancy that mute embrace, that shad-
owy symbol of affection, expanding from
the narrow lattice till il touched the stars,
gathering every created soul into the arms
of Immortal Love.-T. ". Higginson.
Year: 1870

If were to choose among all gifts and
qualities that which, on the whole, makes
life pleasantest. l should select the love Of
children. No circumstance can render this
world wholly solitude to one who has this
possession. 1t is a freemasonry. Wherev-
or one goes, there are the little brethren and
sisters of the mystic tie. No diversity Of
race or tongue makes much difference. A
smile speaks tho universal language. "If
l value myself on anything" said the lone
ly Hawthorne, ait is on having smile that
children love-" They are such prompt lit
tic beings, too they require so little pre-
ludo: hearts are won in two minutes, at
that frank period, and so long as you are
true to them they will be true to you, They
use no argument, no bribery. They have
n hearty appetite for gifts, no doubt, but it
is not for these that they love the giver.
Take the wealth of the world and lavish it
with counterfeited affection; l will win all
the children's hearts away from you by
empty-handed love, The gorgeous toys
will dazzle them for an houri then their in
stincts will revert to their natural friends.
In visiting house whore thore are children
Year: 1870

"WHEN DID You SHAvE.'-In one of
the towns of Arkansas, a man had been
drinking until late hour at night. When
he started for home, honest folks were in
bed, and the houses were all shut and dark.
The liquor he had taken was too much for
him, and he did not know where TO go. He
at last staggered into an empty wagon-shed,
and fell upon the ground. For long time
he lay in the Inconsistencies of a drunken
sleep, and would undoubtedly have frozen
(for the snow on the ground showed the
night to be very cold had not others less
inseusible than himself been around him.
This shed was a favorite rendezvous of the
hogs, that rushed out when the newcomer
arrived, but soon returned to their bed. In
the utmost Kindness and with the truest
hospitality, they gave their biped compan-
ion the middle of the bed, some lying on
either side Of him, and others answering
the place of a quilt. Their warmth pre-
vented him from being Injured by the eX


posuro. Toward morning he awoke. Find
ing himself comfortable, and in blissful ig-
norance OF his whereabouts, he supposed
himself enjoying the accommodations of n
tavern, in company with other gentlemen.
He reached out his hand, and catching
hold of the stiff bristles Of hog, exclaimed:
"Why, mister, when did you shave last2"
Year: 1870

The FIRST INvADERs.-On one of the
picturesque old postroads leading from
Brussels TO AK la Chapelle is the quaint
old city of Tongres. This was originally
founded by the Tungi, who according to
Tacitus) were the first German tribe who,
crossing the Rhine, expelled the Gauls and
settled themselves in their country. This
was the commencement of the struggle for
the left bank of the Rhine, now being car
ried on.
Year: 1870

Peter Cartwright the western backwoods
preacher.


Glance now at the cabin. It's upholstcr-
ing was furnished by A. t. Stewart at that
tmo an enterprising young tradesman,
keeping little seven-by-nine shop in
Chambers street. Though the luster of
tho goods has long passed away, its dura-
bility remains, to attest to the honesty and
good judgment of the young dealer, and by
which ho has since risen to be the foremost
merchant In our country.
Year: 1870




COMMODORE SCUDDER, of the United
States Navy, had a double-nosed pointer
dog of which he Dragged a good deal, and
for which he would have refused larger
sum than was ever offered for dog since
the creation of the world. But he Is dead
now-not Commodore Scudder, but the
dog. Like the famous hound Gelert, he
died a martyr to his high sense of honor.
The Commodore told me the story:


day." he said, and took the dog along.
We,hadn't much luck at first, but after
awhile Buster-that was the dogs name
stood and pointed at covey of the finest
birds ever saw in all my born days.
They were squatting down in the low
grass, a dozen yards off, in plain sight, and
l determined to fire at them as they lay. /
lifted my gun, took deliberate aims and
would have killed a dozen at least; but
before could pull the trigger q courier
dashed up with dispatch which he said
required Immediate attention.


reserved my fire and read the dis
patch. 1t was an order from the Navy
Department to proceed, without q mo-
ment's delay, to Philadelphia, to take
command of q squadron which wae about
to sail to the Mediterranean. was so
much excited, you understand, that laid
down my gun right on the spot, and went
of, leaving Buster there pointing at those
birds like they were North Stars and he
was mariners compass, 80 to speak.
forgot all about him but he was faith
full dog, Buster was-and, like Casabian.
ca, he wouldn't have left even a burning
ship without my. orders.


"Well, / went to the Mediterranean
and cruised around for three years, hay
ing first rate time. When ! returned
Year: 1870

The ice patches at the poles OF Mars
which have been observed to Increase
and decrease regularly as each pole is
alternately turned away from the sun or
towards him, are almost conclusive evi-
dence of the existence of an atmosphere
similar to that of the earth, in which the
processes of evaporation and ainfaI,
melting and thawing, are perpetually
going on, as in the case OF the earth But
the amount of solar heat and solar evap-
Grafton must be much more variable than
with us, owing to the great eccentricity
Of the orbit of the planet. This viii also
give rise to much greater differences OF
extreme and average temperature IN the
two hemispheres than with US, and hence
give possibility Of far wider range, and
much greater differences in the modes of
existence than are known on the earth.
From this we may infer that the number
of classes and species Of vegetables and
animals is much greater, while the num-
ber of individuals of each order is much
smaller on the surface of Mars than on
that of the earth, and 1t Is very probable
that the majority are monsnnial-having
an existence limited to one year OF Mars
life.


It is also noteworthy that the positions
of the ice formations indicate that the
poles of Mars are the regions of greatest
cold, which Is not the case on the earth's
surface, the point of minimum tempera-
ture in our Northern Hemisphere lying
ten or twelve degrees from the pole,
toward the American Continent, while
our magnetic poles show an equally wide
departure from the poles of rotation. It
is already known that the position of the
magnetic pole is deducible from study of
the lunar motion, and 1t is highly proba-
BILE that the position of the points of least
temperature will yet be traced to the same
cause. Mars being unattended by moon,
there is, in his case, no apparent cause for
difference in the average locality of the
several poles of rotation, magnetism, and
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