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Year: 1870

! unites all the nations of the world, of
the railroad which spans continents
and covers the territory of all civilized


nations like network, and of that
wonderful printing press which diff
fuses intelligence all over the earth,
| like the light of the sun and almost


as rapidly. The continents which
now hold instantaneous converse with
each other through submerged threads


of wire were not known even to the
ancients. Countries and people re-
mote from each other are brought in


communication more easily than


neighboring towns were q few years


ago. Look also at the thousands of
inventions in machinery, which per-


form more work than all the combin-


ed labor of mankind could, and at the


manufactures. which have. given


new phase to life and which have en-


larged commerce to a degree that no


one formerly could have believed pos
sible. We might refer TO the almost


godlike power of man in modern


times in exploring the bowels of the
earth and realms of space, in count
ing the years of age of the globe, in
analyZing the rays of the sun and


telling the composition OF that body,
and in all the astonishing discoveries
in chemistry and other branches of
science, as evidence of the incompar-
able superiority of the present over
every preceding age; but it is only
necessary to call attention to facts so
well known. The most important


feature of our modern civilization,
however, is the social and political
revolution which has been effected
and which is still going on. In all
former times and under every phase
of their civilization the masses of the
people have been little improved or
their condition ameliorated. Most of
the ancient republics even were oil
garchies, where privileged few gov
erned and the majority had no voice
in the government. Now the rights
and power of the people are generally
acknowledged; yes, even under mon
archical forms of government, where
concessions of political rights have to
be wrung from the rulers, Under the
potent influence of the telegraph,
press, steam communication and the
other agencies of this age the masses
of mankind are becoming enlighten-
ed, the principles of political equality
are being universally diffused, and
rulers in all civilized countries have
to yield to the voice of the people.
Still, we see only the dawn of the fu-
ture. The mighty revolution has
only commenced. All the nations and
races of mankind will be brought in
close communication with one anoth-
er, intelligence will be universally diff
fused, modern civilization will spread
over the whole face of the globe, po-
litical power will be used through
and for the benefit of the masses, the
financial theories and systems of the
past will be revolutionized and science
will unveil more and more the secrets
of nature. This is no fancy picture.
These must be the inevitable results
of modern progress. We have enter
ed upon this new and wonderful age,
and both in the development and ad-
vantages of it our own country is des-
tined to be foremost. We might well
rejoice, like Simeon of old, that we
have lived to see this salvation and
the glories of this nineteenth century.
Year: 1870

\ funny story is going around at
the expense of Brick POmeroy. He
avowed that he had once worked
alongside of a negro printer, and
thereupOn an American citizen of AT
rican descent writes from Tallmadge,
Ohio, to say that he is the printer, and
that he wishes Brick would pay S27O
borrowed money which the negro lent
him at that time.
Year: 1870

The result of over eating is tighr-
ness in the boots. The exact reverse
follows upon over drinking. The
tightness flies from the feet to the
head, bus not with heeling in its
wings
Year: 1870

4 Bachelor had the blues, and
applied to a doctor for some medi-
cine. The doctor inquired into
his case and wrote a prescription
in Latin, which the bachelor took
to drug store. Translated the
prescription read, "seventeen
yards of silk, with a woman in it,
The bachelor proposed to a lady
that evening and was married in
two weeks.
Year: 1870

Vaccination is not compulsory
in Russia, nor would it seem to
be very generally practiced voIun-
tarily. The result is seen in the
fact that 1O,35O,0O0 persons have
died Of smallpox in that country
during the last seventy years. In
Ireland vaccination is compulsory,
and there were only eighteen
deaths from smallpox in all that
country last year.
Year: 1870

The latest thing in fashion to
take the place made vacant by
theretirement Of the Grecian bend;
is the sBoston Dip 1t is simply
a limp with the north foot. A
woman with the Boston dip acts
as though she were foundered.
Year: 1870

Keep out of debt-out of
quarrels-out Of bad company
out Of LAYOUT ofthin shoes
Out of damp clothes-out OF
reach Of brandy and water
out Of matrimony, unless you
are in love-and keep clear OF
cheating the printer out Of his
due.
Year: 1870

I endeavoring to escape. In another
house, near the centre of the city, l
saw the skeletons of four victims,
hard asby substance, retaining the
human form, and in position indicat-
ing great agony in death. The streets
IN Pompeii are Just as they were
eighteen hundred years ago, in
many places showing deep
Futs worn by chariot wheels.
The floors of the dwellings we're nearly
all in mosaic and the walls frescOed,
some of the paintings well preserved
and beautiful still. At one time POm-
peii must have been Immediately on
the sea shore; now it is fully mile
away. Nesuvius has The credit of
creating the intermediate soil. After
leaving POmpeii | made the ascent OF
Nesuvius to within one hundred feet
Of the great crater, where / could dis
tinctly hear the peculiar rumbling
sound Of the subterranean fires, and
watch the light column of white
smoke as it curled upward from the
summit. At this point are immense,
beds of lava, and near the summit fi5-
sures through which steams the heat
from within. There is an observatory
now near rthesammitin which is placed
an instrument that Indicates increased
or decreased activity in the crater,
acting as a sort of Barometer, and
allowing the watchmen a chance to
give the signal of approaching danger.


am told that the eruption that de-
stroyed Pompeii was not from the
present NeSuvius, but from the great
crater Of the extinct volcano adjOin-


My return trip to Rome was Of lit
tie interest, except to give me fur
ther insight into the customs and
manners of the people, of which l
should like to speak, but | must
already apologize for little breyity
and less wit in this. For this eacas-
dhes Scri5eTldi let my apology or excuse
be like that Of the little boy who
assured his teacher in school that "he
didn't whistle, it whistled itself.n 4
have no better.


JAUNDTCE
Year: 1870

At asoeial gathering, on Monday


evening last, a buc0lsc young lady
asked what woman's sphere meant.
Answer Woman's sphere is bounded
on the north by q husband, on the
south by a babyi on the east by a
mothernsin-laW, and on the west by
an an old maid sister. Within this
sphere any woman may find enough
to do to keep her usefully employed
all the days of her Lief and, should
sbe prove faithful to her ssdnties, she
will be certain of reaching Heaven a
last, which, after all, is the chief end
of life. le.i r. -
Year: 1870

How the Jersey Railroad Monopoly was Es-
tablished-A Bribe Of S27S,OOO-The ssOId


Man of the Streeto Called For.


No one will venture to deny that one good at least
will! result from the railroad war now being waged
in New Jersey. The railroad stockholders and the
public at large will be enlightened many points
that have been to them mysteries heretofore The
people will learn by degrees the secret workings OF
the great monopolies which have crashed out com.
petition and have raised an aristocracy OF wealth
which In New Jersey has controlled legislation to a
large extent.


The original suit between the Erie and the Della
ware and Lackawanna was brought to determine
the question whether the latter had legal right TO
pass through tho tunnel without payment Of tolls TO
the Erte Testimony was taken In this suit yester.
Gay before MI. Douglass Master in Chancery, at
dated railroads OF New Jersey, or as they are tech


UNrfkb RAILROAD COMPANIES,
testified among other things tnat the New Jersey
Railroad Company paid In monthly instalments 70
the late Edwin A. Stevens the sum Of $27s,0OO, In
build q railroad as to effect junction with the
New Jersey Railroad east OF the Hackensack which
ne was authorized to do by charter he OBJ
accordingly threatened 10 build a railroad accord
Ing TO his charter; but this resolution he never car
tions with the Morris and Essex Railroad COMPANY
But the New Jersey Railroad Company mad carried
their point In


CRUSHING OUT ALL COMPETITION
and laying the foundation or the railroad monopoly
which to-day virtually controls the State Of New
Jersey.


Mr.. Guppy, Assistant superintendent OF The Erie
was placed on the stand and testified to the nego-
tiat Ons between the Erie and the Morris anu Essex
potpresent He sent an apology that owing to the
great pressure OF business the streetn he could
Mr. Leon Albeit appeared for the Erie and Chan
cell0r Williamson ior the Delaware and Lackawanna
Year: 1870

The weather still continues extremely dry
and the country all about us is suffering
severely from fires.


Passengers down on the Piscataquis Rail-
road tonight, report buildings on fire along
the line of the road, and the whole neigh
borhoods are turned out fighting the fires.


1t is reported to-day from up river, bu
with what decree OF reliability | am unable
10 ascertain, that the West Branch drive o
logs containing twenty million feet whicl
were hung up by the drought. are on fire
Dense volumes OF smoke from that direction
give color to the report.
Year: 1870

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 81.


The receipts of the revenue for August
will exceed seventeen millions, which is ten
million more than the corresponding month
last year.


The Alaska Commercial Company have
filled their bond of $500 900 for the faithful
Performance Of the fur seal contract recently
awarded them


The work of reducing the officers of the
army under the new line is rapidly gong
forward.
Year: 1870

4 POCKET BOOK containing a small sum OF
n MONEY and pack OF visiting cards marked
''Miss Laliy.n The owner can have the same by
calling at this Office and paying Tor this advertise
iuput st
Year: 1870

stance-that IS, organic-7nd the I'M


ference is that good part oft comes


from the decomposition of our own


bodies as the process of life goes on. at


any rate, we are breathing in this organic


matter pretty much all the time, OF, as


the Professor elegantly remarks. "Al-


though we do not see the nastiness, we


are churning 1t with our lungs every day


and minute of our lives. A very small
portion of it may be fatal to man. Among


this dust the germs Of disease often float,


until they meet their proper food in some


human body, whereupon they enter and
set up growth, Just as the acorn, does
when ii is cast into the soil Cholera,
scarlet fever and smallpox are believed
by some to be so propagated If this is
50, Professor Tyndall shows how by a
very simple eXpedient, the risk Of contag-
ion may be greatly diminished; for by a
respiratOr of cotton wool, these minute
particles of organic matter may be caught
and prevented from entering the system.


If the poison of disease IS a gas, this
contrvance would have no effect; but
Professor Tyndall thinks it is not, and
that such respirator viii give fhc air
breathed by patient in a sick-room a
state of purity equal to that ofthe highest
Alps At all-eYents. he say he should
not be afraid to test its efficacy in his
own person, and would feel reasonably
secure in that case, from the danger Of
infection.


All this speculation grows out Of the
scOrching of a few notes in beam Of
light; and though the positive inforna-.
non contributed to science by this lecture
Of Professor Tyndall, in which he de-
sCrbed his experiment and inference, is /
but small, it will set everybody thinl1ing
about the matter, and will add another
to those already current IN
favor of fresh air and thorough ventila-
ton. We wish it might also give our
city authorities a hint about getting rid
of the smallpox; but if not, it ought to
show them, and all other filnctionVries,
that Of all the diseases that threaten the
public health the worst are those that
spring from foul air and oVercrowded
lodging-houses, in which the floating
dust becomes a blood poison as fatal as
the famous powder of succession, of
French and italian renown.
Year: 1870

There IS a charm about a handsome
little women, one of those beflte. .gossips
that always carries a man by storm, no
matter whether he is old or Young. The
tai stately lady, looking a queen in her
attire and Inein, impresses you with awe
aswel as admiration. She is calm. and
speaks methOdically, and saunters slow
ly and so quietly along that you scarce
~ note her progress. If she has Il lover
she never allows him to go beyond the
bounds of a mere speaking acquaintance,
and, if married, and a mother, she fon-
dies her child in public, at least, as if
she was its aunt, come from long way
off to look at, but not Caress it, for fear
its little wee fingers would disturb a col
lar or pluck one of those frigid flowers
from her bonnet.


All is different with little women. If
they want charitable subscription, you
can give it out the moment they enter,
for they never leave without it. They
go at you with a rush, know you in a
minute, and, so long as you are a gentle
man, they will rattle along, gossipping,
chatting of fashions, music and business
in way that makes old hearts pinch
and ache to be young again. They have
no false dignity. IF they want to run,
they run they toss a baby as if he was
a cat, sure, if he fell to alight on his feet
without harm. and if clothes are ruff1ed
or ribbons pulled away, they don't care,
for little woman never looks any other
way but handsome, dress herself as she
will. And how they coaXl They are
veritable lawyers TO argue and dispute
you with the coolest audacity, laugh at
your arguments, and, as a last resort,
put on 'pout'' that is a clincher on
anything belonging to the human fami-
".


A little woman never lives to old maid
enhood. They can't help but marry, for
they have to do it to keep the peace, and
settle the veXed question among their
adorers. Where a handsome tall wo-
man waits for one lover, the little befifs
runs away with the hearts of twenty
They never go out without exciting adj
miration, though they are not coquettes.
They are born to attract attention, and
they know it. and how they sympathize
Let child fall on the walk and the little
woman rIbs off the dirt, adjusts the
clothing, chases away the tears, and
rattles on with "poor child, "nice boy,
"there, don't cry, in a way that makes
the urchin dream every night for a month
of fairy forms and angel beings. If
sick, the form of little woman is like
sunbeams, her little boy is all over the
house, her sympathizing voice ever in
your ear, and one must get well out of 4
feeling that the act viii oblige her.


Little men are ridiculed by the female
sex, and they do look odd. but little wo-
men are a whirlwind which blow the
worst old bachelor into the sea of matri-
mony, in spite of any grip he may take
on solemn VOWS to live a single and
wretched life. If there are angels in
Heaven, and the Good Book tells us so,
they surely are the blithesone spirits Of
the merciful, dutiful and winsome little
women
Year: 1870

The following from the Cincinnati


Commercial is just as applicable in this
locality as anywhere


A great many excellent people are of
opinion, that when they are engaged in
an enterprise that they assume is chari-
table in its nature, they are entitled to
free advertising and unlimited puffery in
the newspapers; and the newspaper pro-
prietor who objects to placing himself at
at their service is regarded as an inten-
sely improper person, uncharitable, un-
f'6t for treason, stratagens
and spoils. Beneyolept persons are
not entirely correct in this judgBeBt The
manager Of a. newspaper is entitled 10
his Judgment as to what enterprises are
really charitable and judicious. He is
entitled to regard the columns Of reading
matter under his control as valuable for
the information Of public. and so far as
he can make them so. sacred from in
hrusion even under pretenses Of pure be
nevolence. He has large expenses, and
has alright to look upon his advertising
columns as sources Of revenue not to be
abatcd at the suggestion that II Is done
in the name of charity and sweet good
will to mankind. And the manager OF
A newspaper has a right TO regard HIM
self as engaged in a legitimate pnEt9,..e
bnsiness. He is not necessarily a p0nhC
Sb5raCtcr. and is as clearly entitled TO
his privacy, and the exclusive conduct
of his own business, as the keeper OF a
grocerD, or drug store. If he is pros
ferrous. it is reasonable 10 expect HIM to
be charitable; bat he must claim the
privilege of discriminating in his charities
as other persons do. and Of doing il in his
own way. He will probably prefer to
pay his subscriptions in aid Of charitable
enterprises, in cash, and to demand for
the advertising that is done for those en-
tcrprises "the regular rates; and If he
editing his newspaper. he
viii resist the tendency TO RUM his local
department with stupid notices that be-
long among the advertisements. Ii may
be well 20 add that we mean these OBJ
serTatons especially for a large number
of most worthy people in this city, who
have misunderstood. rs we think, the re-
latlons Of the newspaper to society.
Year: 1870


lFrom the Springfield Mass. Republican,


Professor Tyndau, of London, who
has climbed the Alps for the sake OF the
glaciers. set gas-jets singing to the tune
of "God Save the Queen, and burnt
into the popular mind a conviction that
heat is nothing but a mode of motion,
has just been lecturing upon dust. "Dust
thou art, to dust rcturnest, in his opin-
ion, is as true in our lifetime MS it is af-
ter we are buried Every body has
noticed the particles that float about IN
sunbcams as they enter dark room
and we all know thatthe air IS constant
In full of such notes. But nobody, DC
fore Professor Tyndall. has undertaken
to experiment upon them. lie was led
10 study their nature by the necessity OF
gcttinp them out of his way FOR the pur-
pose Of an experiment. He was inqui-
ring into the decomposition of vapor,
with the help OF beam of light and 1t
was an essential that this DUST which
scattered the light, should be got rid Of.
Thinking that it was of mineral origin,
he forced the air containing It through
several media which he thought would
retain the particles. but without success,
they still floated about as lively as
ever. At last he tried his spirit lamp,
and they were instantly burned up.


This shows that these invisible COM
panions are of animal or vegetable sub
Year: 1870

government Is continually created anew.


What an immense advantage it would


be to our own country, if We should


adopt this institution of China Mr.


Jenckess Civil Service Bill proposes to


do this. Instead Of making Offices the


prize Of impudence, political manage


ment, and party services, let them be


Competed for by all who consider them


selves qualified. Let all offices now


given by appointment be hereafter be-


slowed on those who show themselves


best qualified to perform the duties.-


Each class Of Offices would of course re-


quire different kind of examination.


For some, physical culture as well as
mental might be required. Persons who


wished diplomatic situations should be
prepared in a knowledge of foreign


languages, as we'll as Of International
law. All should be examined on the
Constitution and history of the United


States. Candidates for the Post-Ofice
Department should be good copyists,
quick at arithmetic, and acquainted with


bookkeeping. It IS true that We cannot
by an examination obtain certain
knowledge Of moral qualities but in
dustry, accuracy, fidelity in work, would
certainly show themselves. A change
from the present corrupt and Corrupting
system Of appointments to that Of com
petitive examinations would do more
Just now for our country than any other
Of reconstruction which. can he I
The permanenee of Chinese
Institutions is believed, by those who |
know best, to result from the influence
Of the literary class. Literature IS natur- /
ally conservative; the tone of the Iitera- |
ldre studied IS eminendy conservative
and the most intelligent men in the en-
pire are personally interested in the con
inuance of the institutions under which |
hey hope to attain position and fortune.
Year: 1870

w Z have had our banner on the
outer wall, with PRICES SO Low that
no firm ip the state QfsohiO u4derte9k e
meet Us. We have driven our foe to the
wall, and Occupy the field without fear.


We have sileneed all men who years ago
assumed some power rofeeinpetieon. They
are now willing 10 confess. eonhdentialIy
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
US in prices, because we are game on a
Clothing ''set-to." Their only hope is in the
Ignorance OF their customers, who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs, which amounts toa least
Year: 1870

That letter was to Paul Vane what a green
and bossoming oasis is to a weary traveller
across the barren desert, and cheered and re-
freshed by it, he pressed forward with renewed
courage over the waste of years that lay be
tween him and rest.
Year: 1870

THERE seems to be no doubt that
Congressman Butler OF Tennessee,
who, was charged with selling a CADET
ship to West Point, but escaped ex-
pulsioh, has been guilty of d more
serious 0ffense. He is charged with
forging the name of poor widow to
papers to the pension bureau, and
drawing the money due her without
her knowledge. The offense is one
of the most flagrant character, and if
the Congressman is guilty, as, there
appears to be no reason to doubt, his
punishment ought to be swift and Sc
we're.
Year: 1870

COLLEGE students have a legend of
a mechanical and perhaps sleepy par
son. who prayed at morning prayers,
that the inefficient may be made
efficient, the ihtemperate temperate,
and the industrious dustHous.a
Year: 1870

An exchange furnishes the following
preventive against bydrophobia in dogs,
which, in view of the cheated tern" may
be of use to some of our readers: 8. Hold
the dogs head under water for three
quarters Of an hour, and he will never
die of hydrophobia, even il bitten by a
mad dog.n
Year: 1870

Ladies who are afraid to sit on the pi
azzas in bright light for fear of spelling
their complexion, makes people suspi-
cious that 1t Is not so much from that
reason as from fear of having it discov-
cred that the complexion can be taken
CT and put Oh like y dress or bonnet.
Year: 1870

TNHE undersigned would hereby respectfully
l. beg leave to return his sincere thanks to the
Democratic and Conservative voters of New Cas-
tie county for their partaiiy in selecting him as
their candidate for the Sherifalty, from among so
many other gentlemen, whose names were pre-
sehted TO them on Saturday last, any one of
whom would have done honor alike to the office
and the great party to which they so long and
faithfully adhered.


1t would afford him great pleasure to visit his
friends in every Hundred in the county and to
tender to each, personally, his thanks for the
honor conferred upon him but as circumstan-
ces, which are best understood by those who are
most intimately acquainted with him, render this
impracticable, he adopts this as the only availa-
BILE mode of expressing his gratitude to his fel-
low-ctizens for their past support and of solicit
ing continuation of the same at the ensuing
general election, pledging himself, that should
he be so fortunate as to be elected to the said of
fice, he will discharge its duties with honesty, f.
deity, and to the best of his humble ability


JAMES ARMSTRONG.
Newark, Del. June II, ls70-te
Year: 1870

The PREPARATIONS for the Emery ratifica-
ton meeting are progressing on a scale showi
that it win be the most imposing political de-
monsfration ever made in Washington. The
people have taken the affair in hand and mean
to make'it a big thing.