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Year: 1870

I cannot imagine why duck should be q
term Of endearment, but goose one Of re-
proach. Which bird is better dead must
Of course be matter Of taste; but living,
the goose has very much the advantage,
both morally and Intellectually. Stupid
or silly, geese certainly are not, however
they get the credit of being so. No fowls
are so affectionate among themselves as
they, and they are the only fowls, that
apart from fear or interest, manifest any
attachment to as. could tell ofa goose
that led blind woman about, Of gandcr
that would single out any fowl pointed out
BY his master, and lead it to him by tho
wing; Of many friendships between them
andhuman beings butspac does not serve.
Faalts of temper they certainly have. Nc
one can deny this who has ever looked
into the ganders's steelblue eye, the very
color Of the sky of a clear winters day
or who has, for interfering with the gos.
lings Of his milder-eyed partner, got a
peck from her sharp bill, delivered with
the whole force, and~exchapging conf
dences with them through the chinks of
the door see their cxultation when at last
they bring out the goslings to him.
Strange goslings he would also welcome,
did the geese allow it; but they, upon
whom it devolves to keep the distinction
Of society, not only keep such at = dis
tance themselves, but oblige5 him to do so


too. There is probably no community


into which it is SO hard for a stranger to
find entrance as one Of geese ? but they


are most afFcctionate and united among
themselves. They hardly ever wander
about, separately like other fowls, but herd


together aud they cackle to each other,


not only all day, but, the day not being
long enough for all they have to say, half
the night through. No birds are so wake


ful.-Oncc Week. te s a snAgl
Year: 1870

DoN'T Go Too FAsT.--In this fast age
everybody tries to outstrip his neighbor in
appearance and show. The charge can
not be very heavy against our people, at
present, but as We grows in wealth and
population we can look for the application
of the following lines. The extract is
from correspondent in large Eastern
city to one Of the journals: ! .,. -.


81 never saw a garment too fine for
man or maid there was never chair too
good for cobbler or cooper, or king to
sit in never house too fine to shelter
tho human head. The elements about US,
the gorgeous sky, tho imperial sun, are
not too good for the human race-elegancc
fits man. But do wo not value these
tools of housekeeping little more than
they are worth, and sometimes mortgage a
home for the mahogany We would bring
into III? would rather eat my din
ner off the head of barrel. or dress after
the fashion of John the Baptist In the
wilderness, or sit on block all my life,
than consume all myself before I get't o
home, and take so much pains with the out.
side that the inside was as hollow as an
empty nut. Beauty is great thiug-the
beauty Of garments. House and furniture
is very tawdry ornament compared with
domestic love. All the elegance in the
world will not make home, and I would
give more for o spoonful Of real hearty
love than for whole ship-loads Of furniture


and all the gorgcousness that all the up


holsters Of the world could gather to-


gether." N'--' +"' 'At.'S 'Ha -
Year: 1870

Merry's Nascum.-Wc have received
the April number of this Boston maga-
zinc. About year ago we received a
number of the same periodical, with re-
quest to notice and exchange. Wcgavc
1t handsome notice, but never saw an
other copy of the Museum till the one
now before us made its appearance.
Some other periodicals have practiccd
the same dodge; but no one of them has
done 1t a second time with us yet.
Year: 1870

The President has lately said that he
is not in favor Of some of the features of
the Senate Funding bill. He opposes
the ninth section, and the funding of
the greenbacks. lie prefers to fund the
bonds bearing high rate Of interest
into those ofa less rate, but he is oppos-
ed to converting obligations which bear
no interest into those which require the
payment of intcrest.-Erchange


We trust the above is correct
statement, and it is so like the uni
form good sense manifested by the
President on all public questions,
that we confidently believe it to be
true.
Year: 1870

The Ohio Educational Monthly for
April is full Of the usual excellent mat
ter. This periodical is doing a good
work for the schools of Ohio and would
do better if every teacher in the State
was a regular subscriber.
Year: 1870

A stage struck damsel a. Rochester re
Gently sent E note to Miss Maggie Mitchell
asking her for a position with her troupe
An idea of her ability may be formed from
the following THE People around Wher
live Say have got good voice if you thinl
What say is foolish send some one Whit
Note if Possible or send some one AM
tell me Wer you Board at all Events le. M
here something from You
Year: 1870

Mark Twain has advice for young men
with literary aspirations "Write wi.hou'
pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody
offers pay within three years, the candidat'


may look upon this circumstance with the
most implicit confidence as the sign thai
saving wood is what he was intended for
Year: 1870

Coon for Pennsylvania The Harris
burg Patriot, of the 18th, says that on tbs
popular vote the democracy have carried
that state by over fire thousand majority
How is that for high tariff, radical Psnnsyl
Year: 1870

lie Figaro gives the following account of the
state which the Imperial apartments of the Tueres


The mob broke through the great gate OF the Tueres
Garden the side looking toward the Place de la Con
corde They had previously torn down the eagles by
which 1t was Ornamented. The attacking party
headed by the Garde Mobile and the iade Rationale
large number Of the Gardes Mobiles had met in the
morning the Place de la COncode near the statue OF
tho City Of Marsees When they had passed the grand
basin they could the uniforms OF the light infantry
In the private garden where NJ Louis Rayenez or the
Garde Mobile had appointed TO have interview with
the soldiers He proceeded thither with white hand
kerchef at the end Of his gun and was Joined on his way
by NJ VictOren 5ardou, and subsequently by another
gentleman. Gen. Melinet was on the terrace Of the
private garden. M Ravenez went up to him and spoke
In the following words The Republic is proclaimed
come the of the people and the National Guard
10 demand entrance into the Palace, which IL our
properly We undertake TO respect It's III every


Then the mob approached and Gen. Mellinet, who
then standing a chair. said "Gentlemen, do not
wish for anything better than to order my troops away
ON condition that their posts should be taken by the
National Guard Furthermore declare To you that II
any of our soldiers "a molested, am their General
and shall do my duty"


bds PBmpereur! :" was the reply OF tho mob. We
will enter the Palace Then they rushed In between
the Gardes Mobiles and the National Guard, shouting
any deeds OF violence destruction In the Palace the
the Sous Pslas de Saint Cloud Sec
reary OF Cen Lepe be gave up the Key, o. the pri-
The gentleman who had given up his charge deeply
affected the incident "Ah Monsieur said he this
IA terribe The poor Empress how basey she has been
abandoned! Every one on whom she showered fayors
has deserted herr





in aspect but the people In the Place du CarrOuse could
see that the windows were without curtains. In the
ground floor the disorder WAS simply indescribable.


NJ Ravenez's opinion was that the Empress had Just
taken departure. On tho other hand we have been
o'clock on the morning Of the previous day. However
that may have been there were traces everywhere OF
precpate flight. and In evidence OF lt the Imperial
boxes In passing through the suite OF rooms which had
belonged ~ tho Emperor and bis SON. the nr thing that
attracted attention was obilds sword lying sofa
haf drawn from tho soabbard while on the floor IN the
the OpniOa NaOna aud the Hgaro, lay the holster of
revolver In all the drawers broken jowelcases
10 bo seen In the Empresss drawing room was disoOy
cred the Palace diary with the page relating to tho 9Th
VI boptoIuDor half torn away Ia Tue cVrld0rA which
Year: 1870




The money market was easy at four to six per
cent. the latter being an exceptional rate paid by
some Of the smaller houses late In the day. The
government houses were supplied with large bal
ances at four per cent. In discounts there was no
change and prime paper was quoted to per cent.


FOREIGN EXCHANGE Low Err.


The foreign exchange market was dull, as usual on
Saturdays, but sales were forced on the market at
further sharp decline in rates. Prime sixty day ster.
ling bills were sold at 1o9% 1o9A. The decline was
not SO marked in sight bills.


GOLD 112I 113I.


The efrectof this decentralization was further de.
cline in gold, which fell to 112sl, at which point an
active movement to speculative sales set in and
the price ran back to 113H, which the opening
price at the board. Later in the day the market be-
duh and the price settled to 1l2H The operators
In the Gold Room seem to move without reference to
the war news from Europe and entirely with refer
ence to the home influences affecting the mark ct.
The course OF the premium to-day is shown in the
foiIoyjno fable of tho chief ductuationa.-
Year: 1870

1t will cost you dollar to buy bottle of EDWARD
WILpRRs COMPOUND EXTRACT Wild GERRY. which
has been known TO fail in giving rapid and
Bronchitis, Laryngitis, Asthma and Phhsic it gives
admirably adapted to the relief of the cough and diff
fculty of breathing in consumption. In Pneumonia
Winter Fever Pleurisy and every conceivable form OF
Pulmonary disease, it is Indispensable and should
always be kept in every household.
Year: 1870

To CLEAN PAISr.--There is a very
simple method to clean paint that has
become dirty, and if our housewives
should adopt il, it would save them a
great deal Of trouble. Provide plate
with some of the best whiting to be had
and have ready some clean warm water
aud piece Of flannel, which dip into
the water and squeeze nearly dry, then
take as much whiting as will adhere to
it, apply il to the painted surface, when
little rubbing will Instantly remove
any dirt or grease. After which. wash
the part well with clean water, rubbing
it dry with soft ehamois. Paint thus
cleaned looks as well as when frst laid
on, without any injury to the most del
icate colors. IL is far better than using
soap, and does not require more than
half the time and labor CoacIsmaker' 5
.TouradL
Year: 1870

TRUE Franklin once remarked that
a man us often gets tive dollars for The
one he spends in informing his mind as
a dollar laid out in another way. A man
eats a pound of sugar and il is gone,
and the pleasure he has enjoyed is en-
ded But the information he gets from
newspaper is treasured up to be en-.
joyed anew, and to be used whenever
occasion or inclination calls for it. A
newspaper is not the wisdom of man, or
Of two men lit is the wisdom Of the
age, and Of past ages too. A family
without newspaper is always behind
the times in general information; besides
they eau never think much or find much
to talk about. Aud then there are the
little ones growing up without any taste
for reading. Who, then, would be
without newspaper.
Year: 1870

CONSISTENCY "A father never gains
the affection Of his children BY refusing
to decide their disputes, or settle them;
but he loses a vast deal Of their respect
if he evades or shuus the subject. And
those opinions expressed before the
younger members Of the family should
be held consistently It will not do to
state one thing 10 theory, and allow your
children TO see you reYerse it 10 prac.
tice daily and hourly; by such meth
cd one thing is insured contempt
and contempt is alike fatal to love res
pect, or imitation.
Year: 1870

There is M old adage, Of Scotch
origin, VIC believe, that "a green Christ.
mas makes fat graveyard aud there
aresame superstitiously inclined persons
who have great laiih 10 IT, There is
not much danger, we apprehend, that
we will have II green Christmas, this
year, for almost everything green has
already disappeared from the face Of the
earth, but the real meaning Of ii o
adage is this that when there is no
snow on Christmas, the season will be
unhealthy, and consequently more space
required in our graveyards than usual
We have but little faith 10 this old
saying, as il is some time since we have
had snow about the holidays, and we do
not kuo@ that we have, on any occasion
experienced serious loss Of health. in
consequence thereof This season many
people believe, aud it has been hinted,
it not expressed, by scientific men, that
there will be little, it any, cold weather
until after the first Of January, and the
sun ceases TO be the ruling planet, and

there seems to be seine plausibiliiy, at
least, in the opinion. We cannot deny
the doctrine Of planetary influence eud
there is no doubt the special rule Of the
great orb Of day, had much to do with
the intense heat of the past summer.
On the first Of January the moou will
take the place of the sup, as the ruling
planet aud the former is known to be as
cold and Iifeless, as the lattcr is hot aud
scorching. A cold winter, after the
FIRST of January, with abundance Of snow
aud rain, a mild and pleasant Spring
and Summer, aud plentiful yield OF
the fruits Of the earth, may therefore
be among the looked for things Of 1871.
- York True Democrat.
Year: 1870

To the EditOr Of The Tribunt.


SIR The disaster in the Bay of New-York
yesterday evening to the Norwalk is but the
forerunner of others far appalling if authori
tatye prevention not speedily furnished Thousands OF
innocent persons daily aured by flaming advertise
ments andcheap fares TO paronze excursion boats that
reposltiyey floating rotten Shells M hardly to sustain
the weight OF their machinery and boilers without the
additional tunnage of human freight. The Norwak is
dangerous boat and steamboat who know her well
long since pronounced her So She has been sunk
befure searching investigation should be made into
the habits OF her officers. There ia steamer plying
excursions up the Hudson carrying several hundreds
each trip that ia positively manrsp. When she is
laden her hull buckles like q withe; her cop
and her builder has been heard to say that
he knows not the hour abe Will break her back More than
quite close to eternity, with nothing but rotten plank
between them and the other world There are BOATS oats
could drive marlinspke through the iron plates. SAM
pies have been by the writer at the NavyYard and


think Chief Engineer Wood OF the United states navy
has some specimens on hand now. There should be a
thorough inspection OF these excursion boats and only
time. Had any accident occurred Monday last when
100000 people were board the craft in harbor who
would have rescued them All the boats there were
crowded that it would have mpereled any vessel that
would have gone to render assistance Onehaf yes two
thirds Of all the socaled febOats attached 10 excursion
unfit for the service they may be called upon
al any moment 10 perform.


For the sake OF humanity lend your helping hand to
avert the horrors which hourly stare us in the face.
write knowingly having been for nearly thirty years IA
niliar with steamboats, and steambOatng. There
plenty OF good excursion boats and temperance captains
and pilots Let the public know who they are, and let
the public patronze them The Government has locked


the safety valves that the dangers OF boiler e1plO
siOns races have been lessened. Now let some
thority guard human life against rotten, broken backed
and papershell boats, and some guarantee he given that
the good boats shall be managed by sober who
feel the awful responsibility imposed upon them while
carrying thousands OF Their fellow beings NAuIICus.


Netr- York. Aug. 49, 1870.
Year: 1870

TO Inc EdftOr OF Ihe


SIR: / should think it would appear rather
strange those who have labored so hard for recon-
sructon to read the comments Of the Southern Press on
the candidates whom they he editors propose to Con
gress and the recommendations they give them in order
to secure their election in this part OF the coun-
try cannot be elected Doc Peer" unless he has good
Union men and " Radicals" We would like TO send a
good Republican from this District TO Congress- one that
does not have TO be relieved OF his dsaDes ana lhe
oin the Democratic party under the plea Of Conser-
yatisIn and abuse the administration and Radicals
Generally and one too who was not delegate at the
Conyenton that nominated Seymour for the Presidency
Conservative oh Conservatism when wilt thou appear
In thy true garb and cease to do mlschiel c. W. IL


Marion, Va, Aug. IL, 1870.
Year: 1870

NON1INATICSs.-O reasons for
urging n nomination arc these:


LIST. 1T is the only way we can
defeat the opposition, and we will
not more than accomplish this
great result with tho most perfect
harmony. The Republican party
is now waiting the fixed division
of our party, SO when this is COM
pletc they will make an easy race
on the middle track.


End. Even if we arc a perfect
unit, they arc nevertheless, work
ing the wires for tho inside track,
and they are not without considc-
rable show Of success.
3rd. If we arc divided they will
run between, and whether they
arc elected OF not, q reasonable
vote given will induct every ono
of them into oiHcc.-Cisabor3se Id
U0c0tc.
Year: 1870

The folly of forcing a negro
cadet upon the military academy
at West Point is best illustrated
by his treatment and conduct
The army is the last place in the
world for such experiments in So
cial equality. fit is absolutely
necessary that negroes should be
educated for the military service
at the expense of the government,
let us have black school at once.
1t is worse than nonsense to mix
the races at West Point, and will
inevitably impair the efficiency
and dignity of the institution, from
the simple fact that no sensible
negro who understands the true
position of things will consent to
go there, and the time will como
at last when no honorable white
boy will accept a cadetship under
conditions of such degrading as
sOciation.
Year: 1870

President Grant then being called on, stepped
forward and said:-I am very happy to see so
many of my old comrades of the Army of the
Potomac, and would be glad If / could properly
express my feelings on this occasion. l can only
return my thanks for this kind reception.
Year: 1870

To the Editor Of the Press:


l was much interested in some of the items
Of an article, in late issue of the PRESS ON
the ''Decline of Farming in Maine" The de-
crease in population in the farming regions of
our State, as set forth in the article referred to
is sober reality; and the small number of
children now found in many of our schools in
the country indicate more rapid decrease of
population than the census figures show. III
districts where were large and fourshiDg
schools not many years since, we see now but
small groups of children. That the decline of
farming and lack of prosperity in our State, is
an evil that should be looked .squarely in the
face cannot be denied. And in connection
with this subject, would it be improper to ask
what are some of the principal branches of
business that we as a State are engaged in.


An impartial observer could not deny, that
importing bread stuffs, exporting young men,
and horse trotting are at least three of our
principal branches of business. The statistics
that would show the amount of bread stuff
annually imported into the State would have
shocking bad look. We get nothing for the
young men that are sent abroad, and have
the privilege OF keeping our young women at
home to become old maids; "a state ofthings
most .assuredly not very favorable to the
growth of the Stale. Horse trotting is a mean
and Improbable business anyway; and it
seems to me that our Agricultural Societies,
are somewhat in the wrong in giving so much
announcement to this and so little to the
raising of crops of corn, grain, hay and pota-
tos. In the good olden time when farming
was much more prosperous than now, we
used to hear much about premiums on large
crops and donkey trotting was hardly in the
calendar. flour Agricultural Societies would
cut clear from all such miserable stuff and
give more encouragement to the raising of
crops believe it would be an advance in the
right direction; and that farming in our State
would thereby be brought up to higher
standard of excellence.


Wehave all over the State large deposits Of
muck. which if rightly applied to the soil
would tend very much to increase its fertility
A good premium given to the man who should
get out and apply to his soil the most acres Of
muck would be more real and lasting beae-
tit to the State and country, than the same
premium given to The owner of the fastest
nag. aa saIt4. G..
Year: 1870

"TuERE is not single Confederate prisoner
in the custody of the United States anywhere
at this time." So says Adjutant General
Townsend in response to an inquiry as to
whether there are any Confederate prisoners
in the Dry Tortugas,
Year: 1870

The details of the late frightful mas


sacres in China, as given elsewhere, are
most painful, and their consequence must


eventually be very terrible to the people of
that country. The attack at Tien-Tsn appears
to have been directed against the Christians,
and most of the victims were Chinese children
attending Roman Catholic schools. Numbers
of French and Russians were also slain, but no
Americans. On another page we give an
account by a Yokohama correspondent OF mas
sacres of Christians in Japan. 1t is, perhaps,
unnecessary that we should declare that we do
not share his opinion, that the interference of
foreign powers in the affairs of Japan is demand
ed by the persecution of the Christians of that
Empire. The condition of the Church there IS
without doubt very painful, but its protection
will not Justify this or any other country III
the armed invasion of Japan. AT the same
time, we cennot question that it would be at
once humane and polite in the United States
to urge upon the Government OF the Mlkado
the duty of protecting instead of prosecuting
his own people. And it is imperative that this
Government take prompt and effective mea-
sures to extend protection to its own citizens
there. AgaixSt the inhumanity Of the Mkado
Year: 1870

Everybody is Justify berating the last exhi


biton of the rapacity of the ice monopolists !;
but nobody, so far as we can learn, is doing
anything practical to prevent repetition of
the extortion in. future seasons. The most
vigorous and universal denunciation of the
outrage will merely amuse the monopolists ;
but the formation of cooperative associations
by which our citizens can supply themselves
with ice at cost will accomplish the desired
ends of present moderation and future secArity.
Now is the time to apply the remedy tor ills
Year: 1870

There must be some error in the statement
that the French iron-clad feet is unable to
approach the Prussian coast because it draws
too much water. If true, the only explana-
ton of so glaring a miscalculatiOn that we can
suggest is that Napoleon himself planned the
campaign by sea as well as that by land,
which has resulted in the advance from Metz
upon Berlin by way of Paris. Now we sup
pose the fleet will be ordered back to Cher
bourg that the troublesome bottoms may be
fal
Year: 1870

The usagcs of war may Justify the expulsion
of the German citizens of France. We suppose
they do, as they justify great many other
cruel acts But Napoleon cannot reconcile
such measure with the true principles of gov
ernment, and in the end it will serve to make
him all the more obnoxious to the Paris mob,
TO which the order of expulsion is thrown as a
measure of temporary pacifcatiOn.
Year: 1870

A boy in San Francisco recently sat
down on leaky can of nitro glycerine,
contrary to his mothers express orders
The lady placed the youngster on her
knee for the express purpose OF spanking
him. but at the first blow frightful ex-
plosion took place, whereby the woman,
her ill.fated son, and her house were
shattered to atoms. How long will it be
before Government takes effective meas
ures to abolish the manufacture and use
of so dreadful compound.