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Year: 1871

You think you love the man who is coming
this Sunday night to visit you And he acts
as if he loved you Suppose he declares him
self, and asks you to be his wife, Are you pre-
pared to say to him, II love and will trust you
through life with my happiness, and the lives
and veal of our children?


He is jolly, gay and handsome, and all the
darts of Cupid are twinkling in his eyes, but
will those eyes always find expression from the
love Of true s1uIY


Tonight he says many pleasant things and
draws pretty pictures of the future


Does be go Tomorrow to work, which gives
promise of the ful6llmen} of your desires in
life.


Do bis ambitions and achievements satisfy
you?


Does his everyday life shine with the noble
endeavors of trustworthy mani


IF you think, and desire companion in your
thinking-one who can unlock the deepest
depths of your mind-to what strata of hu-
manity does he belong in the scale Of excel
lence and morality?


Is he doing all he can to build up future USE
fulness and happiness, in which you can share
and feel blessed


These are the questions which the experience
of after years make many women weep in bit
terness of soul that they had not thought of be-
fore they answered Eyes.
Year: 1871

Marian May was our hamlet's pride,


Worthy queen TO be,
For of all the maids in the country side


Was none so fair as she.
Her hair was like silk, and her eyes like wine
Liquid and dark and deep;
They sparkled and danced in the broad sunshine
Or melted in rosy deep.
Lovers by scores for her white hand sighed
OF high and low degree;
And many came riding from far and wide,
Her sweethearts fain to be.
The squire had plenty of golden store


Such as for him was meet;
And he wished no better, and asked no more,
Than to lay it all at her feet.
But she put his gifts and vows aside


Laughing and out spake she,
81 never was bern for rich mans bride,
So cannot mate with thee"
The parson he came, with his face SO grave,
Gentle and sleek anG prim,
And said the best way her soul to save


Was TO take and marry him.
But she only opened her eyes full wide,


Wondering. and QuOth she,
"Were there never man In the world Deslde
You'd be far too good for me-"
The Colonel he swore right round oath
Little one, be my wife!
I've scars and pension enough for both,
If yOuli share a soldiers life
He vowed that he would not be denied


Low on his bended knee;
But she tossing her head with pretty pride,
Said, u never will wed with thee"
Robin came back from the sea one day,


Out of the distant West,
And the child with whom he used to play,
A woman he clasped to his breast
She sobbed and kissed, and she laughed ane


cried


"Welcome, my love-" said she;
''For woe and for veal, and for whate' er betide
I will fare the world through with theeW
Year: 1871

Ii is not legally necessary to say on note
for value received"


A note on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from a person
IN state OF intoxication cannot be collected.


1t note be lost or stolen, it does not release
the maker he must pay it.


An endorser of note is exempt from liab;l.
ity if not served with notice of its dishonor
within twenty-four hours of its non-payment


A note by minor is void.


Notes bear interest only when so stated.


Principals are responsible for the acts of their
agents.
Each individual in partnership is respons;.
ole for the whole amount of the debts of the
firm. WV
Ignorance of the law excuses no one


Ii Is fraud to conceal fraud.


The law compels no one to do impossibilities
An agreement without consideration is void
Signatures made with lead pencil are good
elusive 'e"' JUL
Inc acts OF one partner bind all the others.
CONTRACTS made on Sunday cannot be en-
forced


A contract made with a minor is void.


A contract made with lunatic is void.
Year: 1871

A DISAPPOINTED MAN An old man of sew
enty living near Newport, Indiana, quarreled
with his wife, and taking down his shot gun,
announced that he would commit suicide forth
with. He went into the yard, lag down or the
ground where he could be seen from front
window, fired the gun off in the air, and re-
mained motionless for an hour, during which
time he silly watched the door and window for
the appearance of his grief.strlcken wife,
but he was sadly mistaken, says the old gen.
tleman's home paper. 'They did not come
out to see whether he had blown the top of his
head off or not This was more than the old
man could stand. He lose up, went into the
house, and made things hot for the old woman
and the children for while. He'd show them
whether they wouldn't come out when he had
killed himself"
Year: 1871

A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT The sea is the lar
gest OF all cemeteries, and its slumberers sleep
without monuments. All other graveyards, in
all other lands, show some distinction between
the great and small, the rich and poor, but in
the ocean cemetery the king and clown. the
prince and peasant are alike undistinguisbed
The same waves roll over all-thc same renui-
em by the minstrels of the ocean is sung to
their honor. Over their remains the same
storm beats and the same sun shines, and there
unmarked, the weak and powerful, the plumed
and unhonored will sleep on until awakened by
the same trump.
Year: 1871

A burglar was caught in a neigh boring town
from the circumstance of meeting young lady
IN one of the rooms in her night clothes On
seeing him she tainted and fell in his arms, and
when the people of the house came in he was
trying to bring her to with bottle of camphor
de said no gentleman would 90 off and leave
a lady in such condition as that.
Year: 1871

Church. aud stated that as the pastorate vacant he
would bring some duly qualified minister to present the
candidates for confirmation. To this the wardens re-
ned that Mr. Cheney their Rector and would rece We
Tho Bishop and present the candidates Soon after it
was stated that Mr. Cheney would be conveniently ab-
sent ON the occasion Of the Bishops VISIT Warnns
of the Church have sent letter TO Bishop Whtchouse
DENYING any such intent on the part of Mr. Cheney The
WaTiens say that adhering To the position already
stated they take this mode OF dsabuslng the Bishops
mind OF any possible impression that Mr.. Cheney will
not Oicate Rector OF Christ Church whenever the
Bi-bop shall hold visitation.
Year: 1871

ST. LOUIS, Aug 27.--The Woolen Exposition
TO be held here in connection with the Agricultural aud
Mechanical Fair during the first week of October prom


ses to be great Already 5000 feet OF space
have been engaged, and applications for room from all
sections OF the country being received daily Inc
expostion will be held In building assigned especially
for that PURPOSE and there will be abundant room Tor
all who desire TO exhibit their fabrics The display OF
AGRICULTURAL machinery promises to be unusually large
Fifteen acres OF ground beside building 2So rect IN
9Th will be allotted for this department.
Year: 1871

In regard to colors we are far behind the
ancients. None Of the coorS in the Egyptians
paintings of thousands Of years ago are in the
least faded, except the green. The Tyrian
purple OF the entObmed city of POmpei is as
fresh to-day as it was three thousand years
ago. Some of the stucco, broken up and
mixed, reverted to its original ustre. And
yet we pity the ignorance of the dark-skinned
children of the ancient Egypt. The colors
upon the hall of Nero's festal vault are as
fresh as if painted yesterday SO is the
cheek OF the Egyptian prince who was con-
tempOraneous with Solomon, and Cleopatra,
at whose feet Caesar laid the riches of his
empire.


And in regard to metals The edges of the
statues of the obelisks of Egypt, and of the
ancient walls of Rome are as sharp as if but
hewn yesterday. And the stones still remain
SO closely fitted that their seams, laid with
mortar cannot be penetrated with the edge
OF peuknlfe And their surfaces are ex-
oeedingly hard SO that when the French
artists engraved two lines upon the obelisk
brought from Egypt they destroyed, in the
tedious task, many Of the best tools which
can be manufactured. And yet these ancient
monuments are traced all over with in>crip-
tons placed upon them in Olden time This,
with other facts of a striking character, prove
that they were far more skiiuI in metals than
we are. Quite recently, it is recorded that
when an American vessel was on the shores OF
Africa, son of that benighted region made
from an iron hoop knife superior to any on
board the vessel and another made a sword OF
Damascus excellence from piece of IRON


Fiction is very old; Scott had his counter.
part two thousand years ago. A story is told
OF warrior who had no time to wait for the
proper forging of his weapon but seized il
red hot and found to his surnriSe that the
cool air had tempered his iron into an excel
lent steel weapon. The tempering of steel
therefore, which was new to US century since
was old two thousand years ago.


Ventilation is deemed very modern art
But this is not the fact, for apertures, unques
uonably made for the purpose Of ventilation
are found in the pyramid tombs of Egypt
Yet thousands of years ago the barbarou
} pagans went SO far as to ventilate their tomb.
while we yet scarcely know how to ventilat
our houses. Cabinet Maker.
Year: 1871

Dr. Hall, in one of his "Health Tracts"
gives the following eaSOns why marriage is
favorable to health:


Bachelors are always in state of unrest !;
they feel unsettled lfindoors after supper,
there is a sense Of solitariness, inducing 4 sad
ness, If not settled melancholy, with all its de-
pressing influences; and many, many hours in
the course OF the year are spent in gloomy in
activity, which is adverse to a good digestion
and a vigorous and healthy circulation His
own chamber or house being so uninvitng, the
bachelor is inclined to seek diversion outside
in SupperS with friends, in clubs which are in
troduct0res to intempcranCe and licentiOus-
ness or to those more unbluShing associations,
which, under the cover of darkness, lead to
speedy ruin Of health and morals and when
these are gone, the way downward to an un-
timely grave is rapid and certain. On the
other hand, marriage lengthens man life by
Its making home inviting, by the sOftening in
tluences which it has upon the character and
the affections; by the cultivation Of all the bet
ter feeling of our nature, and in that proper
ton saving from vice and crime. There can
be no healthful developement of the physical
functions OF our nature without marriage it is
necessary to the perfect man, for Divinity has
announced that it was not good for man to
be alone"


Marriage gives a laudable and happy object
In life, the provision for wife and children theiI
present comfort and future welfare, the enjoy
ment in witnessing their happiness, and the
daily and hourly participation in affectionate
interchange of thought and sentiment and sym
pathy these are the considerations which an
tagOnize sorrow and tighten the burdens of life
thus strewing flowers and casting sunshine al
along its pathway.


Voltaire said, 1.-The more married men yor
have the fewer crimes there will be. Marriage
renders man more virtuous and more wise
An unmarried man is but half Of perfect be
ing, and it requires the other half to maxi
things right and it cannot he expected that il
this imperfect state he can keep the straigh
path of rectitude, any more than boat will
one oar can keep a straight course. In min
cases of ten, where married men become drunk
ards, or where they commit crimes against th
peace of the community, the foundation 0
these acts was laid while in single state, O
where the wife is, as is sometimes the case, a
unsuitable match. Marriage changes the cur
rent of mans feelings, and gives him cente
for his thoughts, his affections, and his act.
Here is home for the entire man, and tn
counsel, the affections, the example, and tn
interest of his better half keep him from el
ratio courses, and from falling into thousan
temptations to which he would otherwise b
exposed. Therefore, the friend to marriage
the friend to society and to his country,'
Year: 1871

How TO SPELL-Ofton in writing simple
word is required, of the orthography of which
the writer is not sure. The dictionary may be
referred to-but is getaways convenient. An
easy mode is to write the word on a bit of
waste paper, in the two or three ways of which
you are in doubt. Nine times in ten, the mode
which looks right IS right. Spelling-particu.
larly English spelling, is so completely a work
Of the eye, that the eye alone should be trust
ed. There is no reason why receive" and
believe should be spelt differently, yet
sounded alike, in their second syllables Yet
write them receive and believe" and the
eye shows you the mistake at once. The best
way for young people, and indeed people of
any age to learn to spell, is to practice writing.
Cobbett, the famous English radical, taught
his children grammar, by requiring that they
should copy their lessons two or three times.
These lessons he himself gave them in the
form of letters and his French and English
grammars are two of the most amusing books
in the English language. OF course I" learning
to spell came in incidentally.
Year: 1871

A great deal of the dredging perfoamed in
the Mississippi and other Western rivers, at
great expense to the Government, is entirely
useless owing to the frequent changes in the
channels of these rivers. At point near
what is known as Cubit's Gap, on the Missis-
sippi where in 1866 a river steamer passed and
found four feet of water, there is now an
island nearly if not quite mile long, by several
hundred wards wide
Year: 1871

A very curious mode of trying the title to
land is practiced in Hindostan. Two holes are
dug in the disputed spot, in each of which the
plaintiffs and defendants lawyer put one of
their legs, and remain there until one of them
is tired, in which case his client is defeated.
In this country it is the client and not the law
yer who puts his foot in it.
Year: 1871

Sydney Smith once told friend that be-
tween ten and seventy years OF age he had eat
en- and drunk forty-fnur one horse wagon loads
of meat and drink more than would have pre-
served him in lite and health, and that the
value Of this overlooking was something like
e7OOO
Year: 1871




A couple of hunters, with their rifles
over their shoulders, seeing the smoke
of our camp fire. followed it through
the woods and joined our circle. They
were typical mountaineers- -outeasts
from society,". diScontented with the
world, coInfOrting themselves in the
solitudes of nature by the occasional
excitement of bear hunt One was a
half-breed Cherokee, rather over six
feet high, powerfully built, and pictur-
esquely dressed in buckskin breeches
and green jacket; sort of Trovatore
hat completed his costume and gave
an animated appearance. The other
was unmistakably a Pike Countyian
who had dangled into pair of butter
nut jeans. His greasy flannel shirt
was pinned together with thorns in
lien of buttons, and his hat having lost
its stiffness By continual wetting, was
fastened back in the same way. The
Cherokee had long, manly stride, and
the Pike rickety sort of shuttle. His
anatomy was bad, his physical condition
worse, and Ithink he added to that a
sort of pride in his own awkwardneSs.
Seeming to have principle of ofsuspen-
sion somewhere about his shoulders
which maintained his head at the
right elevation above the ground, he
keptupa a good rate in walking without
apparently making any effort. His
body swayed with peculiar eorkscrew
motion, and his long Mississippi rifle
waved to and fro through, tie afr,,S,,


We al! noticed the utter contrast be-
tween them, As itf1d the two men appr0aclr-
e our fire. The hunters tacittrnityis--
a well -kno w d role, but they had ,eyi


IDENTIFY livediso long an lated life that
they were too glad Of any company to
play it unfaillingly: so it was they who
opened the con yersatior. We found
thatthey were now camped only a half
mile from US, were hunting for deer
skins, and had already accumulated a
large number. They offered US plenty
of venison, and were greatly interested
in our proposed journeys into the high
mountains From them we learned
that they had themselves penetrated
farther than any Others, and had only
given up the exploration after wander
ing fruitlessly among the cd7lofls for a
month. They told us not even Indians
had crossed the Sierra to the East; and
that if we did succeed in reaching the
summit we would certainly be the first.
We learned from them also that.a mile
to the North was great herd OF cattle
in charge Of party of MeXieans.
Fleeing before the continued drOuth of
the plains all the cattle men of Califor-
MIA drive the remains of their starved
herds either tofhe coast or to the high
Sierras, and Craze upon the summer
pastures, descendin1 in the Autumn
and living npon the dry foot Hill grass
es until underline influence of winter
rains, the plains again clothe thenhseIy-
1es with pasturage. II Atlantic Aenthlsi
sfo1. June. -.sls tn.as u
Year: 1871

& The symptoms of Liver


Complaint arc uncasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stoln-
ach is effected with loss of
appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costivc,, some
shines alternating with lax
L with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation OF hav-


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining of
weakness, debility and low
sspirits. Sometimes many of
Year: 1871

It is our desire to have
The JOURNAL reach every
household in Northern Min
nesota. It is devoted to the
interests of this part Of the
State, and we intend to make
it of interest to the people
who live here, and to those
abroad as we'll.
Year: 1871

HavinG isolated Fort d'Issy, Marshal Mac
Mahon is attempting TO reduce it by regular
approaches, and its early fan seems probable.
In the mean time, operations on another part
Of the line of the Commune have been success
fully begun. An important outpost OF Fort
Ivry has been taken, and the siege of that
defense, the extreme left of the Commune line,
will speedily follow. The fall of either Fort
d'Issy or IvIy viii compel the withdrawal of
the main line of the Commune to the walls OF
Paris, but the other forts can be held for some
time by detachments. They offer, however,
only the slightest obstruction to an advance
of the Versailles army against the western
walls of the city.
Year: 1871

The sudden restoration of Mr.. Jay Gould's
memory as to the whereabouts of the Erie
records, and the recovery of his powers over
them, which were effected by Judge Blatch-
ford's attachment, are the lates. legal miracle
and mystery. The Erie President appeared
before the Master in Equity yesterday, ac-
companied by all the books and subordinates
required by the order, and the hitherto un-
willing tongues of the latter were loosened
and wagged freely enough to put the counsel
on the track of other important records.
Not the least singular effect of this conver-
sion is the expressed readiness of Mr. Gould
to end the suit as soon as possible-an
amiable weakness which would have been
more admirable if it had been evinced sooner,
but which will now be suspected, no matter how
bitter his repentance. He is held to bail to
answer the charge of contempt on Saturday
and meantime can reflect how vain thing is
litigation outside of his own cheaply purchased
State courts.
Year: 1871

If our dispatches from Versailles are to be
credited, Mr.. Theirs has thought it necessary
to give an effective denial to the stories of
Orleanist intrigues in the Government, by
ordering the princes of that family to leave
France. Suspicion is the invariable growth of
time of civil turmoil like that which now
convulses Paris, and the insane popular fear
of a restoration is now directed rather toward
the House of Orleans than toward the late
Empire. 1t is most natural that Mr.. Theirs
should find himself embarrassed by suspicion
of completely with schemes for the restoration
of those princes to whom he has been devoted
through life. Even his well-knOwn integrity
and probity have not been enough to defend
him from such aspersions. But the popular
apprehension descends into absurdity when
the handed rioter and conspirator Cluseret
is deposed and court-martialed by his associates
upon the same charge of plotting to reestablish
a demolished throne for the family of Louis
Philippe.
Year: 1871

Tie World remarks that "in view of the inn
"mense number of passengers carried by them,
"there is very little rowdyism on any of the
"lines of city railways. 1t is thoror ghly well
"knOwn that women can travel in the cars
"alone, and at any hour of the night, with
"perfect safety.n 1t seems to us that, in view
of the narratives of personal experience with
which the newspapers have teemed for the last
week, these are most extraordinary statements.
There is no reason why any rowdylsm at all
should be allowed on the street cars, and when
we say that on some lines there Is great
deal of it, we speak from our own observation,
and not from vague rumOr. To suppose "that
ga woman can travel in the cars alone, and
"at any hour of the night, with perfect
Safety" is mistake which nobody could
very well make who has INDUCED a great deal
in the luxury of horse-car travel. We don't
suppose an unprotected girl who ventures upon
a night ride, say on the Third-ave., or the
Broadway, OF the Belt line, is in much danger
of robbery or murder, but she is not safe from
insult.
Year: 1871

Some suggestions were recently offered in
these columns respecting the lessons which the
general public might learn from the unfortu-
nate few who had suffered doleful experience
at the hands of a life insurance company. Va
rious exceptions were taken to the points
raised in that article by gentlemen engaged in
the business of insuring other peoples lives,
based chiefly on the ground that the proceed
ings of the agents in the case in question
were exceptional, and that body of honor
able men should not be held responsible for
the acts of few who were dishonorable; but
many expressions of approval and not one
line or word of objection came to ,s from the
public-the insured. At the second meeting of
the dissatisfied policy y-holders of the Knicker-
booker Life Insurance Company, as reported in
yesterdays TRIBUNE, little that was new in re-
spect to their grievances was developed and a
doubt was expressed whether the testimony
would he forthcoming which, their counsel says,
is requisite to give them good case against the
Company. On the other hand, much was there
alleged respecting the standing and condition
of the Company which is fatty cOntradicted
Year: 1871

A shallow plea set up by his counsel, yester-
day, betrays the weakness of the murderer
Fosters defense. II was apparently put for
ward only to gain time; but Judge Cardozo,
before whom it was made, promptly overruled
il, and set down the trial for next Thursday.
The summary proceedings in this case doubt
less possess a terror for the prisoner and are
calculated to produce a depressing effect on
others of the criminal class. They contain, also,
agreeable assurances for the general public,
which depends for protection on the laws, that
they are to be vigorously enforced for time
at least. 1t is by the strict enforcement OF
these that crime is prevented as well as
punished; and prevention is a chief purpose
for which government was organized and laws
were enacted, and is what the New-YOrk public
particularly needs at this particular time OF
crime run riot.