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Year: 1870

TIE manufacture of boxes for
grapes has become quite a branch.
of business. One firm in Wes-
tern New York has made more
than three hundred thousand such
boxes during the past season.
Year: 1870

The wind came up, the wind came down,
And over the garden wall;
Why should pretty maiden frown
IF a lover choose to call y -.
The rufflad roses bowed their heads
In = shower Of fragrant dew;
But under the skies you couldn't surmise
NI,h way the sweet wind blew.


II.
It's hey, for tossing buds and leaves
When the winds of morning blow
Tell US how long lover grieves
Whena maiden answers-No!
For another step was at the gate.
And the hearts that met were true;
BY many a sign you could divine
Which way the sweet wind blew.
Year: 1870

A little four year old boy was seat


ed ut the table eating his dinner. A
small cut of beef steak was given him
and taking it up in his hands he reso-
lutely endeavored to get bite of the
end Of it. 1t being pretty tough-as
beef steak sometimes happens to be
he pulled and jerked aud grunted at
tie task little more than was cou.
sistant with modern ideas Of polite
dining. Alter few earnest strug-
giles all in vain, he turned to his moth
er with e look Of mioelod energy and
Year: 1870

REVERENCE OF THE PARsEEs FOR AM
MALs.-Although the COW is the snly sa.
cred animal lof the Hindoos reverenced
by the ParseeS, for they pay no special
regard to the monkey or the other ami
NAL divinities oftheir neighbors, they are
the protectors of the whole animal king.
dom, dogs and pigeons being their most
esteemed proteges. Bombay is the para
disc of both the bird and the quadruped.
At certain hours of the day, at feeding.
time, it is almost impossible to walk OF
drive through the streets without treading
on several Of these birds, rendered fearless
by the long-continued immunity from
harm. On the green, as the open space
in the center Of the sky is clouded by the
countless blue wings swooping down 70.
their food. Statisticians have frequently
demonstrated the enormous waste Of hu


man food that occurs daily on this one
spot. Enough, they assert, to feed q
whole village of human paupers but tn,
Parsees persist in their whim, for it ha.
nothing to do with their religion, in spit,
Of the pleadings Of political economy. L


there be some poetical feeling at the bot


tom Of their love for their pigeons, which
We may say here, are the same species q


our own wild-pigeons, there can be u
Year: 1870

Take the open air,


The more you take the better;
Follow natures laws


To the worry letter
Let the doctors go


To the Bay OF Biscay;
Let alone the gin,


The brandy and the whiskey.
Freely exercise;


Keep your spirits cheerful
Let no dread of sickness


Make you ever fearful.
Eat the simplest food;


Drink the pure cold water;
Then you will bo well


Or n least you ought to.
Year: 1870

There is one rule to be observed in
taking exercise by walking-the very
best form in which it Gun be taken by
the able-bodied of all ages--and that
Is, never allow the action of respira-
ton to be carried on through the mouth.
The nasal passages are clearly the me-
bium through which respiration was


aesighed by Our Creator to be carried


God breathed into mans nos-


lis the breath of life" previous to his


Booming living creature. The diff
ference in the exhaustion Of strength
by long walk with the mouth firmly
closed, and respiration carried through
the nostrils instead of through the
mouth, is uncomfortable to those who
have never tried the experiment. And
this mischieyous ADD really nm
natural habit Of carrying on the work
OF inspiration and expiration through
the mouth, instead OF through the M
sal passages, is the true origin of al
most all the diseases of the throat and
lungs, as congestion, asthma, bron-
chitus, and even consumption itself.
That excessive perspiration to which
some individuals are SO liable in their
sleep, which is 80 weakening to the
body, is solely the effect of such per-
sons sleeping with their mouth unclos-
ed. And the same unpleasant and ex-
results are occasioned to the
animal system from walking with the
mouth open, instead of, when not en-
saged in conversation, preserving the


lips IN state of firm but quiet COM
preston. As the action Of the heart
md velocity of the blood through the
ungs depend almost entirely upon the
quantity os the atmospheric air inhaled
With each inspiration, and it is una
that it should be taken in vol
ime, by the mouth, while it can only
,e supplied IN moderate quantities and
ust in sufficient proportion to serve
he purpose of healthy, respirative nc
ion, while supplied through the nos-|
rils, it is clear that the body must bel
much higher and cooler, and also the|
breathing is much freer and easier
when the latter course rather than the
ormer one is adopted. Children ought
never to be allowed 10 stand with their
mouths open for besides the vacant
appearance it gives TO the countenance.
{ is the certain precursor of colds,
coughs and sore thronts.
Year: 1870

lexpect that / could aid would take
Icare of her, at least, as well as she
was accustomed TO, and in manner oi
independence, ut least. And now, NJ
circumstances are, the thought is toe
humiliating for me to bear. Il may
require great deal of frmness for q
man in his right mind to voluntarily
take his own life, but it requires still
more to live out his right number OF
days and endure the Sights of his for
mer friends, and the remorse of his
own conscience. Another thing is,
know that Julia will be cared for, sur
her own sake, il not for mine, for it is
impossible to know her and not love
her.


/ have shed many, many scalding
tears over my follies, on account of the
trouble That / have given those who
love me.


This is world Of love and wicked
ness, and hayc had more than my
share of love bestowed upon me, and
have certainly acted my part of the
latter. l am just MS cool and calm NJ
ever was, and not excited, nor out of
my head in any manner.


have written more than intended
when commenced, but it has been q
relief to me.


Tears will come ns ! write, not for
myself, but for you and for julia, and
all who l think will drop one in return
for fallen one. But as said before:
Do not mourn for me, but rather for
get me, for /, who should have been
blessing, have proved curse TO you
in your old age Read this to Lii
burn and tell him, receive no credit
for anything, unless he knows where
and when he can get tho money TO
make his word good. And above NIL,
tell him never to acquire a habit of
playing any game at cards or billiards
FOR whisky.


Oh ! my poor forsaken wife May
He who protects the widow and the
orphan, give her strength TO bear her
lot better than / have mine. ] have
no reproaches to offer any one except
myself ! have been treated better
than deserve. have ruined myself
and made my frinds unhappy.


But / have been sufficiently punish
ed in my own mind already, and IL il
should please God that VIC meet again
in brighter, better land, 80 be it
'Tis more than can hope for.


/ know il will be hard for You to
read letter like this, but thought it
would be some satisfaction to You TO
know that my last thoughts were only
kind ones for you all.


Kiss Julia for me. Good bye.


Your erring son.


JAS. r. CRU2P.
Year: 1870

Don Piatt thus describes the person
oil appearance of James Fisk, Jr., while
before the 'tgold corner Investigating
Committee at Washington: Fisk, Jr.,
rolled into the committee with the life
and uproar of steam-tug. His short.
fat person was set off in the loudest of
clothes" A diamond cleaned from
his cascade of white linen, like o head
light from locomotive, while q huge
cable gold chain fell in festoon from
his neck, as far down as that part OF
his person where the leg ends and the
body begins. His plaid pantaloons,
Of the pronounced pattern, and the
black velvet jacket were of the sort, in
the WY of costume. one sees in low
comedy upon the stage"
Year: 1870

A correspondent sends the follow
ing to the chronological Journal.


Ifyou would have loving wife be as
gentle In your words after as before
marriage; treat her quite as ten
derly when q matron as when q
miss; don't make her maid of all work,
and ask her why she looks less tidy
and neat than when "you first knew
her; don't buy cheap, tough beef, aud
scold her because 1t does not come on
the table "porter house; don't grum-
BILE about squalling babies, If you
can't keep up a nursery" and re-
member that "babyu may take after
papa In his disposition; don't smoke
your nerves, and spoil your temper,
and make your breath nuisance,
and then complain that your wife
declines to kiss you; go home joyous
and cheerful to your wife and tell her
the good news you have heard, and
not silently put on your hat and go
out to the "club" or "lodge" and let
her afterwards learn that you spent
the evening at the opera or ut a fancy
ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife,
be patient; remember you are not
perfect, buttry to let whisky, tobac-
co, and vulgar company alone; spend
your evenings with your wife, and
live decent, Christian life, and your
wife will be loving and true-if you
did not marry heartless beauty
without sense or worth; II you did
who is to blame il you suffer the con-
sequences?
Year: 1870

One Of the most remarkable cases
that we have heard of lately was told
us yesterday, the truth of which
was fully confirmed at the Police
Court during the afertoon. 1t ap-
pears that girl named Mary Ann
Fitzgerald, who lived on Canal street,
has for long time been afflicted with
that tirrible disease known as con-
sumption. Under its direful influence
her system gradually wasted away,
until she was a walking skeleton,
and her life appeared to hang only by
thread. All hope to administer re-
lief through medical aid had disap-
peared, and her demise was daily
looked for by her relatives and friends.
A few days since q sudden change
came over the person of the girl. Her
declining appearance was transform
ed into one of health and vigor. Her
emanciated form assumed evidences
of health and full womanly proper
tions, and great rejoicing was mani
tested by her relatives over her Won
derful and unaccountable improve
ment.


But this joy, this satisfaction, this
mysterious change In the health and
general condition of the girl was of
short duration. Another change fol-
lowed that produced as much, II not
more, sorrow than even her demise
from consumption could. While in
a bewildered state, she called upon
one of the physicians who had been
attending her, and who had pre-
viously given up her case as beyond
cure. Imagine his surprise on seeing
the improved and lively condition.
But he was satisfied that the poor
girl was doomed to n worse fate
While thus i'm the enjoyment and vig-
or of new life, her reason suddenly
was dethroned, and she is now raw
ing maniac. Yesterday afternoon
Drs. Boulware and Bailey made an
examination of her case, and, as we
are informed, declared her insane
Instead OF becoming the occupant OF
grave, she is that next to II, the in
mate of lunatic asylum, where, un-
doubtedly, she will eke out misera-
BILE existence. The case Is indeed "A
remarkable one.--At6any Ricerbook-
ar 26th.
Year: 1870

A ROMANTIC INCIDENT OF THE
WAR.--In the blooming, beautiful,
balmy May of 1861, one of those broad
battle-stained years never to be for
gotten, Gen. Tilghman fell, shot dead
at the battle Of Champion Hill, gall
lantly struggling in defence of cher
ished principles. His nobel life ebbed
away upon the spot where he fell and
the sad earth drank his blood with
greedy thirstiness. But upon that
immediate spot grew a peach tree that
reached maturity while its roots steep
ed themselves in the martyrs blood.
Singular to relate, the leaves and
fruit of this tree are blood red color.
The tree was transplanted and is now
in the orchard of DR.. John l.. Hebron,
of this county. The propagations
from the same are also of the peculiar
color. There is certainly something
remarkable about this. We have
seen the leaves and must confess that
they do look and even Ito us) smell like
blood. The fact can be witnessed by
those taking the trouble Wchsburg
Herald.
Year: 1870

MoTHER.-The mirror does not
more truthfully reflect the features
of the face than does the child the
mother. We know the character Of
the mother when we have learned
that of the child who has grown up
at her feet, and walked with her
many days along the household
paths. The mothers words, and
smiles, and manifold influences are
absorbed by the heart Of the child,
and just as the tree drinks In the dews
and rain drops and sunlight, giving
them forth again In bud and blos-
som and rich fruit In after days so does
the child's manhood and womanhood
yield back her influences with gener-
Gus fruitfulness in the years to come.
Year: 1870

"Color has much to do with the
value ofa mule. The deepest colored OF
any color are generally the best. The
white mule is the least hardy, though
an iron gray Is almost invariably a
serviceable animal. Cream mules,
with hair, name and tail all OF the
same color, are frail; but those with
black stripe across the shoulders and
the back, are more apt to resemble
the jack than mare. Pintos, or spot
ted mules, are the least valuable OF
their race.n
Year: 1870

"I'm sick of hoeing In the corn,


And following the plow; Ata-l
oi working hard from dewy morn


TIL eve, with heated brow.
Nc longer will stay TO NOW


Cf pitch the scented hay;
To The great city will go,


Where wealth is gained by play"
Tut, tut, my man, hush mp that song;


Let wisdom be your guide;
That dream of wealth may lead you wrong
And wreck you on the tide.
Sit down with me upon this stone


Your team will make no harm;
IL we are not king upon throne,


We are king upon farm.
Gods healthy breezes round you blow,


His birds your music make;
And sweetest rest Is yours you know,


When night doth over-take.
The harvest will your toll repay;


Those fields of waving grain
And growing through the sunny day


And in the summer rain.
Men work az hard as you, in shade,


Ger book and papers bent;
The work OF life IL easy made


Only by sweet content.
1t may be news, my. friend to you,


But tits the truth tell:
All work Ii very hard to do.


To those who do 1t well.
In speculation you must stand


The rough commercial shocks;
You may In safety reach the land,


You may land on the rocks.
Your pay Is certain OH the farm,


Though grain may not be sold
In panics You feel no alarm


Wheat Is rs good as gold.
Pick up your whip, and bid your team


Drag on the noble plow,
And do not let an idle dream


Becloud your youthful brow.
In years to come, when children roam,


You'll take them by the arm,
And say, You'd better stay at home,


Upon the good old farm"
Year: 1870

DOVER FURNACE.-These works
are undergoing thorough reconstruc-
ton, a large force Of men are employ
ed towards the accomplishment of
this end; we understand that almost
a new stack takes the place Of the old
one, besides other repairs of some
manitude, which is being done at an
heavy outlay, 1t supposed they will be
in running order again by the latter
part of October next.-Dover Record.
Year: 1870

A FELLOW on the race-course was
stagk ering about with more liquor
than he could carry. Halo! what
is the matter now /" said chap, whom
the inebriate individual had just run
against. 'Why-hie--why, the fact
Is lot Of my friends have been bet
ting liquor on the race to-day, and
they have got me to hold stakes
Year: 1870

AN Atlanta stove dealer offers q
seventy-five dollar stove to the young
lady between thirteen and eighteen
years of age, who shall, during the
Georgia State Fair; best illustrate her
knowledge of the use of such articles
by cooking dinner for six persons on
the fair grounds.
Year: 1870

To be angry about trifles Is mean
and childish-to rage and be furious
Is brutish-and to maintain perpect-
ual wrath Is akin to the practice and
temper of fiends, but to prevent and
suppress rising resentment is wise
fnd glorious-is manly and divine.
Year: 1870

In one of the towns in Arkansas, a
man had been drinking until a late
hour at night. When he started fOI
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 he fell upon
the ground. For a long time he lay in
the euncOnsciOusness OF n drunken sleep
and would have frozen, tfOr the snow
on the ground showed the night to be
very cold), had not others less insen-
sible than himself been around him.
This shed was a favOrite rendezvous
of the hogs, that rushed out when the
new conner arrived, but soon returned
TO their bed. In the utmost kindness,
and with the truest hospitality, they
gave their biped companion the mid
die OF the bed, some lying on either
side of him, and Others answering the
place of 4 quilt Their warmth pre-
vented him from being injured by the
exposure. Toward morning he awOlIe.
Finding himself comfortable and in
blisSful ignorance of his whereabouts,
he supposed himself enjoying the
accommodations of tavern, in COM
pany with other gentlemen. He
reached cut his hand, and catching
hold of the stiff bristles of a hog
exclaimed =" Why, mister, IrheH did
UOU share last g'i
Year: 1870

Spotted Tail wrote cncouragingly to
Mrs. Spotted Tail. In his last letter
home he said THE white man Is like
the sands of the sea. His huts are like
the trees Of the forest. His horses are
iron. Their speed Is lightning. lie has
a little wire that goes over the great
country. Itreaches hundred nations.
He blows through the wire. The white
man is a great blower. The words of
his mouth go to the ends Of the earth.
They call up warriors and summon
men to the council But the soul Of
Spotted Tail knows no fear.n
Year: 1870

ston, and some others named will also canvass
the State of Maryland. Should Maryland go
Republican, Mr.. Creswell's chances of political
preferment will loom up prominently.


In Kentucky the colored vote of SO, 600, though
not enough to overbalance the heavy Democratic
majority of 10000 given for Seymour, is still
formidable enough to enable the Republicans
to count upon carrying several of the Congress
sional districts.


In some half dozen other States where the
vote is close, the colored vote, though small, is
vote is about 1900, enough to carry it either
Republican or Democratic as the colored voters
may choose; and as both parties in that State
refused them suffrage, they are in a position to
act impartially.


Indiana is another close State, and there the
two or three thousand colored voters will very
likely turn the SCALE as will the ten thousand in
Pennsylvania, the five thousand in New Jersey,
the seven thousand in Ohio, and twenty thou
sand in Missouri, and the twelve thousand in
New York.
Year: 1870

The Chicago Tribune of the 4th inst. says


Yesterday occurred the second trial between
the chemical fire engine and steamer from the
City Fire Department. The result was twofold
more disastrous to the reputation of the chemi-
cal engine than the first.


On yesterday the rival engines met on per-
fectly equal terms, the difference if any, being
in favor of the chemical, which used prepared
water, its antagonist taking its liquid ''plain."


The steamer used by the Fire Department was
of the same pattern as that used by the chemi-
cal engine, and they both played through the
same sized hose. The day was fine one. There
was scarcely breath of air stirring. The build
ings to be played upon were the same as those
used before, and which had been repaired for
the occasion. The arrangements were so per-
feet that there could be no advantage
was fred by the opposite party and
the time which the building should burn before
word was given to play was settled by the
umpire. In each case the time was four minutes.
The chemical commenced work first, and after
the building was well on fire, began operations.
In thirty-fve minutes it had subdued the flames,
and time was called. But the building itself
was in terribly demoralized state. It had
burned so much that the mere force of the
water, during the last few minutes when it was
thrown in the building, threatened to bring the
entire structure down. The east side was almost
entirely demolished.


About twenty-five minutes to five, the other
building was fired, and, after giving it the same
IT,,
Chicago steamer turned its stream on the ter
ribly hot building. So well did the Chicago's
boys manage at the hose, and with the pipe, that
inside of twenty minutes the last spark was ex-
tinguished; and when the smoke died away the
structure upon which it had been playing looked
but little the worse for its terrible contest with
both fire and water.


The management of the chemical had nothing
to say to mitigate the defeat. 1t was conceded
that fair play had been shown, and that the
rules which were to govern the contest were
perfectly observed. There was some plausibility
in the assertion that the Chicago had better
trained men, but this should be more than
counterbalanced by the pretended difference in
the effect of the water. Taken altogether the
contest yesterday resulted in the most signal
defeat on record.


This chemical engine is worked by a force
pump, and is not self-acting Its chemical
effect is that derived from a solution of the
sulphite of soda, taken up by the water as it
passes through the engine.
Year: 1870

There is a very stringent law against gam
bling in Louisvisle, says the Journal of that
a heavy penalty if he permits gambling on the
premises. Apparently the law is enforced, and
the authorities have no official knowledge of any
gambling hells, yet they flourish and thrive in
many parts of the city. Some of them are con-
Quoted almost publicly, any one almost being
permitted to enter. Others are more private
and select, only the favored few being
admitted within their portals. The princi-
pal gains of the sharks are from clerks,
mechanics, and other workingmen, who are
lured to the dens by the hope of doubling their
scanty earnings; but in nearly every instance
the hope is q delution, and their hard earnings
60 to swell the Golfers of the keepers, while
perhaps their wives and children are suffering
for the commonest necessaries of life. In many
rare instances, however the tables are turned,
and some 'lucky" fellow wins large sums,
though, as general rule, it is again staked at
play and lost, as the winner seldom has the good
sense to let well enough alone. One of these
rare instances, where the winner was able to
resist the temptation to continue playing and to
save his winnings, occurred in this city last
week, and has created great excitement in sport
ing circles.


The fortunate fellow is a young man who,
during last winter, was compelled to ask shelter
from the cold of people whom he could not call
friends, for then he had none. 1t is said that he
could not borrow nickel from anybody,
as all who knew him thought he could not repay
them on account of his extreme poverty. He
was so hard up at one time during the winter
that he could not buy shirt to wear, and for
weeks went with his coat buttoned around the
neck in order to hide the naked fact that he had
no shirt. About six weeks since he got pos
session of about five dollars, and, having no use
| for SO small an amount, thought he would try
| his luck at faro, and he acted accordingly. At
the first sitting he won upward of $22O0, and this
| gave him start He deposited nearly all the
| money securely, and returned to play the same


bank another game and at this sitting won about
| $700, when the bank refused TO allow him to
| play longer, and closed up. He tackled the
| tiger" in other 6ens again and again with the


same remarkable luck until last Tuesday night,


when, for the first time, the tide of fortune


changed, and he lost 5000. At subsequent


encounter he pocketed over 10000 His aggre-


gate winnings in the last six weeks amount to


500, 700 and on yesterday he announced his firm


determination to renounce gambling forever


and proposes TO make good use of the money


He gave an unfortunate brother $5O00 and has


invested largely in real estate. One good


feature of the affair is that, by his fortunate