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Year: 1870

A gentleman from Norwich Ct. being
in neighboring town and not feeling well
vontured to try glass of bar-room whisky.
Before swallowing, he saw a fly in the tnm-
bier. and incautiously inserted his finger
to remove the insect. But ah horror of
horrors the fiery liquid took off bis finger
nail and it was floating before his eyes on
the surface What became of the fly Is
not stated but it is very probable that it
rarished
Year: 1870

TIME lost too often in = controversies


may be more usefully employed hereafter
in seeking for the means of increasing tho
moral and material wen being Of tie grcat..
est number. - SD tie
Year: 1870

The Committee on Territories have
perfected the bill to punish polygamy
In Utah. and to enforce the laws Of tho
United States. 1t defines polygamy to
be q crime against the laws Of the Uni
ted States. and provides that, in order to
enforce this and other laws of the United
State, the President shall order into
Utah Territory sufficient body of
troops and he is authorized to raise
twenty-five thousand militia in the Ter
ritory. The bill provides that the prop
erty Of such of the Mormons as leave
the Territory, because of the existence
of this law, or are confined in Jail for
resistance to any Of the laws of the
United States, may be taken and used
for tho benefit of the families of such
Mormons.
Year: 1870

A "merchant prince" of New York


portly '.six-footer" Of great manly
beauty, who never dined without his
brandy and water, nor went to bed with
out tarrapin or oyster supper, and who
was never known TO be drunk-died Of
chronic diarrhea, q common end OF
those who are never Intoxicated and
never out of liquor. Halls Journal Of
Health gives this occount of his death
Months before he died-he Was year
in dying-he could eat nothing without


distress, and at death the whole alimen-


tary canal was . mass of disease in
the midst of his millions he died Of in
anition. That is not the half, reader
He had been q steady drinker, . daily
drinker. for twenty eight years. Scro-
fula had been eating up one daughter for
fifteen years another is in the mad.
house; the third and fourth were of un.
earthly beauty; there was a kind OF
grantlure in that beauty; but they blight
ed, pa:ed and faded-into heaven, We
trust-in their sweet teens; another 10
trotting on the verge Of the grave, and
only one son is left with all the senses,
and each of them is as week as water.


The same periodical instances another
case that should supplement the one just
given


A gentleman Of thirty. five was sitting
in chair with no specially critical sym
ptoms present; still he was known to be
dissipated young man. He rose, ran
fifty feet, feel down and died, The
whole covering Of the brain was thick
ened, its cavities were filled with fluid
that did not belong to it, enough to kill
half dozen with apoplexy; great
portion of one lung was in state Of
gangrene, and nearly all the other was
hardened and useless blood and yel
low matter plastered the inner covering
of the lungs, while angry patches Of de-
structive inflammation were scattered
along the whole alimentary canal. Why
there was enough of death in that one
mans body to have killed forty. Tho
doctor who talks about guzzling liquor
every day being s'healthy" is perfect
disgrace to the medical name, and ought
TO be turned out to break stone for the
term of his natural life, at shilling
day, and find himself.
Year: 1870

The WAGES OF LABoR.-Before the
discovery of America, money was so
scarce that the price Of a days work
was fixed by act of the English Parlia-
ment in 1851 at one penny per day and
in 1914 the allowance of the chaplain to
the Scotch bishops (then in prison in
EngIand), was three halfpence per day.
At this time, "a eggs were sold for q
penny, pair of shoes for four pence. q
fat goose for u pence, hen for a PEN
ny, wheat three pence per bushel, and q
fat OK for six shillings and eight pence
So that in those days, days work
would buy hen or two dozen eggs two
days work would buy pair Of shoes,
and fat OK cost eighty days work. On
the whole, human labor bought in the
average about half as much food and
perhaps one fourth as much cloth or
clothing as it now does.


On the whole, we guess 'the good old
times were not worth recalling.


The above facts are given in Adam
Clarke's Commentary on Matt. XXX. 2
IN. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1870

Now.-Now now For time is short,
and death is near, and Judgment threat
ened. Now for in eternity it will be
too late, and your very next step may
la7d you there! The only season of
which you can be sure is now. The
purpose may not last till morrow
fulfil it now. Fresh difficulties will
food the channel tomorrow; wade it
now. The chain Of evil habit will bind
you more tightly tomorrow snap it
now. Religion is at work fer every
day; begin it now. Sin exposes to
present miseries; escape them now
Holiness confers present joys. seize them
now. A God of love entrea.s; be rec
onciled now. The Father from his
throne invites return now. The Savior
from his cross beseeches; trust him now.
The Holy Spirit is striving in your
hear yield now. Behold, now is the
accepted time; behold, now is the day
Of salvation !-[Newman Hall.
Year: 1870

A medical magazine in England an>
nounces a new remedy for the infirmities
Of old age. Thus far it gives q report
Of only one case, but the publication of
this will probably make ether smelling
bottles common among persons of ad
vanced age, particularly if they are also
irritable and cross. The account of it
is as follows:


Sir Frederick Pollock, best known to
his countrymen as the late Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, has long been remark
able for great mental and physical ener-
gy. He is now eighty. six years OF age,
and to the great wonder and joy of his
friends his strength scarcely in any way
fails him. Still some years ago he suf-
fered from the indefinable nervous mai.
aiss which is incident to old age, and
which sometimes makes itself known in
painful spasms more or less connected
with the digestive system. 1t was nee
essary to find some drug that would be
at once stimulant and narcotic in it's ef-
feet, such as tobacco or opium. These
drugs, if taken in moderation, are often
found of great benefit in old age, as
soothers of its nervous troubles but
unfortunately they failed to suit Sir
Frederick Pollock or they did not pro
duce the desired effect. He therefore
tried ether-the best rectified ether
which he inhaled from an ordinary bot
tie applied to one nostril and let us
state, in passing, that the safety Of the
experiment to some extent depends on
the inhalation of the spirit through only
one nostril.


"A few whiffs taken in this way re-
moved spasm and pain. and induced a
general tranquility of the nervous sys>
tenn. Sir Frederick goes on with the in
halations every day, and enjoys in con
sequence magnificent health, The guam
tity of ether which he uses is variable
sometimes it amounts to several ounces
q day : but. how much of this escapes
and how much Of it is absorbed into the
system it would be difficult to estimate.
1t is supposed that but very small quan
titles of ether can enter the system in
such inhalations rs we have described,
since not only does much escape at once
into the air, but also of that which is
actually inhaled large proportion is
again exhaled. Never in any case is so
much of the vspor absorbed as to disturb
consciousness or to cloud the intellect.
Nor is sleep in any way at all compelled,
although by the removal of nervous ir-
ritability it is favored.


sSir Frederick Pollock is, we observe,
able to sleep for as many as eleven
hours out Of the twenty four-but this
includes a regular mid day siesta
Whether the rem edy which be has found
SO happy in its effects on himself will
suit others who may suffer from the ir-
ritability of advancing years is ques-
ti0n in which London medical men are
just now much interested
Year: 1870

There is more real humanity, more Of
true religion, more Of all that is worthy
in man. in the following "appeal' writ
ten by Lady Byron, . few years before
her death. regarding abandoned women.
than ever her departed husband wrote
in all his life. It contains tho charity
that suffering long and is kind =


s.APPEAL."


I'VE are taught by St. John that love
for fellow creature is the absolutely
necessary condition Of love to God and
that the forgiveness of sin is bound up
with our having loved much. All expert
cnce OF amendment attests the truth OF
principle Apply it then to the caseof fall
len women. Toward whom can they ex-
ercise such affection as the Gospel
speaks of? Toward the authors Of
their ruin Toward their associates in
guilt9 Toward those who repudi-
ate them as outcasts or would ignore
their existence II the impure could
love the innocent-if they could feel 'yir
tue in her own form how lovely, might
they not offer that tribute No; it would
be rejected as an insult, scorned as hy-
pocrisy; we deny them the means. the
very possibility Of being freed from sin
and SHINING no more. In fact, we say let
them remain unconverted, rather than
pollute our atmosphere; it is enough to
give them a refuge apart and mercenary
care. Is there; then, no higher Chris
tian grace than this !? Could we not be
more virtuous that they might be less
vicious? Dare we not after making it
possible for them to love US, by tender
ness, succor and consolation, to allow
them to love US, to see in our eyes the
witness of holier kindness than they
have yet known2 Yes let Us give sisters
to the sisterless, aud through that bless
ed sympathy, God to the goddess.


'Asylums are BOD. missionaries bet
ter organization indispensable; but
what profiteth all without charity
Gratitude is the answer of heart to heart.


ut resolves itself into prayer to God
and service to man. The grand secret
of redemption, divine or human, lies in
the words: Who first loved VS.


'Go forth hen, woman, strong in that
faith go forth to learn even more than
to teach; and if you have never felt
common boud between you and these
degraded one. recognize it now. While
bumbly thankful for your happier lot.
lay your privileges at the feet of those
who have forfeited theirs, and take upon
you their burdens so shall all be
brought nearer to Him who gave Him.
self for US, the just for the unjust"
Year: 1870

CURIoUsLY Our OF FAsHroN-In these
days Of multitudinous divorces, we are
relieved to hear of singular character,
in New Jersey, who never can be mar-
ried often enough. although it is always
to the same woman. Once q year, this
perennial bridegroom sends for the par
son and has the nuptial knot tied over
again He buys q fine new bridal dress
for the wife Of his bosom, without gard
to expense. and has a marriage table
furnished forth for his friends. We IAN
only account for this amiable eccentric
ity by supposing that the good man
lives in perpetual apprehension of being
divorced without knowing it, fate
which has, through kindness of the
courts of law, overtaken more than one
careless and unsuspicious spouse. If
he errs, it is creditably on the side of
precaution; and we can but wish him
many happy returns of the day.'-[N.
7. Tribune
Year: 1870

Then since the color we must wear il


England's cruel red,
Sure Ireland's sons will ne'er forget the
Blood that they have shed.
You may take the Shamrock from your hat
And cast it on the sod:
IL will take root and flourish there,


Though under foot it's trod.
When the law can keep the blades Of grass
From growing as they grow,
And when the leaves in summer time


Their verdue dare not show,
Then will change the color


wear in my caubeen;
But till that day, please God Il II stick


To wearing Of the green!
Year: 1870

But if at last the color should


BE torn from ireland's heart,
Her sons with shame and SORROW from
The dear old soil will part.
I've heard whispers of q country


That lies beyond the sea,
Where rich and poor stand equal in
The light of freedoms day.
Oh Erin, must we leave you, driven
BY the tyrant'a hand!
Must ask . mothers welcome from
A strange but happier land,
Where the cruel cross Of England's
Thralidom never shall be seen,
And where, thank God we'll live and die
Still wear ring of the green.
Year: 1870

At a late meeting of the Ayrshire Far
mers' Club in England, Mr.. Caldwell, one
of the members, gave the following as en-
bracing the points that constituted model
plowing:


''Plowing matches are held for the pur-
pose of encouraging and rewarding by
premiums, those who excel in the art of
turning up the soil in the way best adapt
ed for producing a good crop, and for most
effectually keeping down grass and weeds
The plowing which practical judges
approve of is that which is
straight, evenly held, well packed, the
grass well put in, the seams between the
furrows close and clean, the seed-bed as
deep as possible at the given width of fur
row, the burrows SO set that when measured
the face or socket of the furrow will meas
ure about half an inch more than the back
or cutter-cut, the finish neat and narrow,
and the ridge SO plowed that when you
stoop and take an angle view of it every
furrow will meet your eye in its proper
order. Many of you have heard that
the plane of the furrow should describe
an angle of forty-fve degrees; but this
is shape of furrow I have never seen,
and so acute an angle is altogether imprac-
ticable. The shape OF furrow that good
Judges approve OF is, nnd, ABOUT bU de-
grees. If cut much more acute the plane
will be too thin, the back weak, and the
furrows will want that body and substance
necessary to give the plowing the required
solidity. If cut much more rectangular or
square we lose that depth of seed-bed and
twine of furrow so much priced in first
class plowing and the nearer we approach
the square, brick-shaped furrow the pillow
gradually loses command, the grass is near
the top, the burrows sit on their edge, and
are generally badly closed and shaky. The
latter is, in my opinion, the worse of the
two extremes
Year: 1870

AN EXTRAORDINARY incident has just oc-
Cured at Lerida, Spain. The banker,
Jose Nunez, had two strong rooms, one in
ordinary use, and the other, which was
only had arcourse to when any heavy pay
ments in gold had to be made. Originally
two keys were provided for the latter, but
some time ago one one of them was lost.
A few days back a necessity arose to visit
this reserved safe, and to the intense as
tonishment Of the cashier, he found key
in the lock. He Immediately informed his
employer, and the two together opened
the door, when they found inside the
corpse of man who had formerly been
employed in the bank. He had probably
stolen the key, and visited the depository
with the intention of robbery, but the door
had accidentally closed, and as It fastened
with spring, he had died miserably in
the midst of the wealth he had desired to
appropriate.
Year: 1870

Do YOU think the proprietor of Dr. Sages
Catarrh Remedy would offer $500 reward for
a case of Catarrh which he cannot cure. if he
did not positively know that his Remedy would
cure Catarrh2 Preposterous ideal Sold by
druggists; or send Sixty cents to DIR. r. Y.
Pierce, Buffalo, N Y, and get package by
mail
Year: 1870

1t is an lnd1sputable physiological truth
that if the instincts of nature were yielded
to in the spring; were cherished in her de-
sire to take less and less food as the wealth
er grows warmer, as they are yielded to in
the autumn in taking more, very large
amount of the diseases of spring and sum-
mer would be avoided. The great practical
lesson to be learned in reference to the
subject q question of health and disease,
yes, in multitudes of cases a question of
life and death, is simply this: as the winter
passes, and the balmy spring time comes
on, do nothing to increase the appe-
tite; eat no more than is called for;
do not be uneasy because you have little Or
no relish for your food; eat less and less
and less every ~. The very best way to
increase your pleasure of eating is to
change the quality of the food; use articles
less carbonaceous, less warming; send
from your table the pork and bacon, and
fat meats and oils, and sugars and starches,
and saeo and the tapioca pudding, and the
dumplings and the rich pastries; get mold
of the early ''greens, tie spinach, the sal
adG the turnip-tops, the radish, the early
berry and the early fruit, and lean meats
pay increasing attention to the cleanliness
of the skin; be more in the open air, sic ep
in better ventilated rooms, let your windows
be raised higher at night, and your inner
doors be left wider open.-HaTs Health bu
Good Lioing.
Year: 1870

il will let in fresher air and commonplace,
wholesome sunshine. With sectarian or doc
trinal differences we have, of course, nothing
to do; but we note such facts as this with
eager emphasis, as we do in any place
symptoms of more simple and healthful rela-
tions between man and his brother man, both
standing on the same level platform before
God. 1t is a curious evidence, too, of the
domination of absolute truth over any partial
teaching that few colleges devoted to the ex-
elusive promulgation of the tenets of any sect
have prospered, keeping within the prescribed
limits, while on the other hand no attempt
has ever long succeeded to divest a curriculum
of all religious teaching. Out of the Catholic
colleges in France some of the most decisive
hereses in that church have sprung; Wesley
ism grew out of Church of England Uniyer-
sty, and in our own Girard College the Union
Prayer Meeting Hymns are daily deyoutly
sung. 1t is quite as useless to attempt to re-
strict the inquiring young mind to any formula
of religious doctrine as to prevent its search
after truth altogether.
Year: 1870

Little of Importance, but much that is new
ertheless interesting, was developed yesterday
in the Nathan Inquest. There has been as
yet no revelation whatever which indicates
with any certainty the character of the mur-
derer or the motive for the crime. Efforts
were made to prove that the dog" was not a
burglars instrument, and that IL had been seen
about the house or stable before the murder,
but were not wholly successful. 1t would
seem from part of the testimony that sus-
picion has been directed toward the house
keeper and her son, but nothing was elected
80 connect them in any way with the murder
MIR. Washington Nathan, one of the sons of
che murdered man, was examined and related
the circumstances of the discovery of the
murder. The examination is to be continued
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Year: 1870

ten except by man who was little crazy.
But Napoleon has written and said many other
things equally absurd. His address TO the
fleet was not much better The trouble is not
that his brain is disOrdered, but, like most of
his cOuntrymen his sense of humOr is defect
i've The fatal step between the sublime and
the ridiculous is very popular in France.


1t is evident from the dispatches this
morning that the danger in Paris for the last
few days has been much more serious than
has generally been supposed A rigorous
supervision is exercised over telcgraphlc mes
sages, and we have no doubt the mails are
tampered with as far as they can be.


The fact that kindred spirits consOrt with
each other as naturally as birds OF a feather
" flock together is sufficient TO account LOT
the hearty sympathy of our Democracy WIN
the cause of Napoleon. Mr.. Sweeny having
established his despOtism i'll New YORK, MAUI
rally betook himself to the Tuilenes Tor IN
struction in the art of autOcratic government,
and il would be strange if the pupil, with his
followers, did not give all possible support to
the great master who for twenty years has
successfully administered in France system
of government which is yet an experiment
with the Democracy of New York. 1t will be
bad for Sweeny if the original happens to be
destroyed by Prussian cannons before he gets
his imitation into fair working order


One of our Paris correspondents states that
the plan of the French campaign was laid
down by the Emperor, and was not commune
Gated to the chiefs of the corps until his
arrival at Metz. This story, which was a
rumor when written, seems confirmed by SUD-
sequent events Evidently it was not the plan
of any of the French Marshals familiar wi'h
the great Napoleon's maxims, In one OF WHICH
stress is laid on the danger OF concentrating
too near the enemies position. The french
line ON tbc frontier extended over fifty miles
of territory. and corps were in several IN
stances separated by full days march, ms
was a faulty disposition of his forces wnicn
would have invited attack from a less enter
prising foe than the Prussian.
Year: 1870

The banks of the MOselle no longer demand
our first attentiOn;-the interest OF Europe cen
ters on the banks of the Seine. All France Is
i'm uproar, and Paris is revolutionary.


A French levy en- maSSe is terrible and
dangerous thing Men now from one end Of
France 10 the other are rushing together,
clamoring for arms and leaders, chanting the
Marscillaise, and shouting 4 bds la PruSSe !"
A real enthusiasm for wal has seized upon the
whole nation There is no doubt that the
Government, if it had means of transportation
and subsistence, might to-day throw upon the
prussian lines almost every FreDchman capable
Of bearing arms, and these men would fight to
The death to drive back the hated invader. But
a populace in arms is not an army. A large
nrOportion of the new levies are doubtless men
who have served already in the army or the
national guard, and could soon be made effect
i've soldiers. We are told, also, that the
French are a people of military tastes, which
IL ouite true yet the average French peasant,
before he has been made over by drilling and
discipline, is one of the most unmartial
creatures in the world. a long stay in camp
or barracks is necessary to fit him for the field.
Go if the full strength of the Empire is now
called forth. only small part OF it will be i'm
mediately available at the front.


On the other hand, levy of this kind, If not
Immediately formidable to the enemy is very
npt to be formidable to its own commanders
The patriotic enthusiasm kindled by dlsaster
does not readily brook delay, and the french
populace, in their present temper, IL not leu AZ
once against the Prussans, will be apt to turn
their arms against the Government that mas
got them into trouble. They are not satlshed
TO enlist quietly and go where the generals
want TO have them. They insist upon taking
the reins into their own hands, and declare
that in a crisis like this every citizen must be
earned and ready" 1t is easy to see what
this means. If another victory should be won
by the Prussians, those arms would never again
be under the command of Napoleon. The
soldiers would overtun the throne for the sake
of saving the country. The events of last week
have shaken the dynasty almost to its fall, and
He see little probability that Napoleon will
Year: 1870

Brown has scarcely time to count the bles-
sings the Board of Health pour upon him with
such profuse prodigality. Very often of late
that body has made orders to pay him more for
doing less, but yesterday it ceased to be par
ticular, and directed that the Street Cleaning
Committee, without further authority from the
Board, make such arrangements for such addi-
tional cleaning of the streets as in the judg-
ment of the Committee may be necessary. To
the general public this may SAVIOR of vague
ness, but to Brown and the Ring it is definite
enough. They know that it means "A maximum
Of money for minimum of service.
Year: 1870

We attach little importance to the report
that Austria and Italy are about to send
troops to the relief of Napoleon. Whatever
the Emperor of Austria or the King of Italy
may think, the armies Of those countries and
their people are already able to see that Ma
poleOn is beyond the reach of help. One OF
our correspondents, indeed, tells us that Victor
Emanuel may order in vain-the Italian Army
will not march to fight against their late allies
or support the falling Emperor.