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Year: 1870

The CLEVER YOUNG MAN.-The clever
young man from the country, considered the
brightest in his neighborhood, who about this
season of the year focks to the city with a
tatuity like that of the moth futtering in the
flame, is again making his appearance in great
numbers. He has heard of large fortunes
made almost in day, and honest farm-work,
with sure returns, independent position, and
ample leisure for self-improvement, has grown
diStasteful.


He may have also have heard how in all the
great cities every occupation is Overcrowded !;
that the thousands of experienced business
men and skilled mechanics are out of employ
ment, and struggling desperately with want,
and that those who, more luckily, have situa-
tiOns are working at starvation wages. But
with the foolish confidence of inexperience, he
expects to be rated as highly in one of the
great commercial centers as in his own school
district, and, though ignorant of business and
OF city life, to find early opportunity to carve
out his fortune quickly. Every one of these
fine young fellows, who have so much good
material in them for frst-cass citizens, is most
ardently bent on this carving-out process; and
he plunges into the great current of life in the
city, only to find that In the midst of competi-
tiOn sharper than he ever thought of, he is an
unimportant parsonage, who has vastly over
rated himself, and is not adapted to his sur
roundings IF he is right full of grit, he may
succeed, though the chances are much against
him, in getting an under-clerkship, at wages
which will enable him to subsist at sloppy
cheap boarding house, and even then his stu.
alton is precarlouS.


If he bad stayed at home, wisely content
with the farm, he would have enjoyed manly
independence, could have earned comfortable
living, and. in a few years, saved enough t.
buy home for himself TO all these yOunl
gentlemen who are so eager to get into The
cites, we say, if you can make living where
you are, stay there. Your surroundings ar
better, so are your prospects, and you are like
ly to be better, more useful and happier maj
may have taswork hard, but you can find wOr
to do, whicHis far from always being the cas-
in the city. Cincinnati Tines
Year: 1870

The attempt to make canal across the 18th.
mus or Darien, the dream and the dispair oil so
many centuries, is, beyond doubt, the most
formidable enterprise Of this very enterprising
age. The way of the Suez Canal, along the
level sands OF a marshy desert, was childs play
in comparison with work that must be forced
through wilderness OF savage hills lying be.
tween Caledonia Bay and the River Savanna


the region in which Lieutenant Strain and his
party suffered so terribly. The very survey
will be an achievement for men of courage ant
ability ..g -..lt... .. M
Year: 1870

A contribution was recently taken in one of
the churches and on the day following a man
who counts his property by the thousands
called on one of the elders and said: - made
a mistake yesterday, and put into the box ten
cents, when | meant to put ia FIVE cents.
Year: 1870

HUSBAND AND. .WFE.-Husband and wife
who have fought the world side by side, who
have made common stock of Joy and sorrow,
and grown aged together, are not unfrequently
found curious alike In pitch and tone Of voice,
just as twin pebbles on the beach exposed tc
the same tidal Influence, are each Others self


He has gained feminine something which
brings his manhood into full relief She has
gained a masculine something which acts as q
foil 10 her womanhood. Is
Year: 1870

Some months since statement was publish
ed to the effect that Miss Gray, a milliner Of
Fort Edward, near Troy, had become the for
tunate heir to nineteen million dollars, which
her lover, a young Englishman had willed to
her upon his dying bed. The main fact in the
case-the heirship-is true but we now learn
that it was not to the lover, but to his father,
that Miss Gray is indebted for her extraordi-
nary good fortune. Il seems that the lover on
his return to England, like too many others,
proved incOnstant, and married another lady
against his fathers will. Whether it was re-
morse at his faithlessness or from other cause,
certain it is the young man died in about year
after his marriage, and left all his property to
his father. The old gentleman was without
heirs; and not having become reconcied to his
daughter-in-law, upon his death he left one
half of his property to the Government Of
England and the remaining half, nineteen mil
lion dollars, to Miss Gray, the Fort Edward
milliner. The sum was so large that many
people were disposed to doubt its truth when
it first appeared in print; but Miss Gray has
already received the first instalment Of her
fortune, trihe Of FIVE million dollars, from the
British Consul in New York.
Year: 1870




Vxnia Mississippi and Texas vote Of the people. and
said constitution. and members Of Congress,


United States Congress assembled That the
President Of the United States may
framed 6y the convention which met in Richmond Virgin
hud and the Set S ss
the said submission for ratification rejection;
stuop as he deem BEST such vote to be taken either
upon each oi the aa alone or In connection with
direct -


And be further enacted That election
the of SAID State for and
general assembly of said State and all the officers
and tue officer commanding the district Of Virginia shall
rgd and such election according law
and TOR that purpose may appoint such registrars he
thereof made in the manner provided by the of Congress
And be further enacted. the President of the
United states may 10 like manner submit the constitution Of
he direct either the entire
provisions Of the provided in the first this
act to separate vote and at the election the
for and elect the members Of the legislature and all
S Of Congress Provided also That no election shall be held
said State OF Texas for until the President
And be it further enacted That the President the
sss may IN ike manner resnbm the Ct
he may direct, either the entire
Of this act to separate vote the same election the
@ 5 nay vote 0s and elect the members Of the legislature
SEC S And be it further enacted That If either of said
constitutions shall ratified such election the legislature
Of the State ratiying elected provided act
dry The ocia p o e On a BY she
And further Enacted That before ststes of vir
gina and Mississippi and Texas shall
hereafter lawfully organized shall ray the iteenth artcs
" mas been 6y the several States
SIC And ee 1t further enacted That the proceedings
restoration thereof until their action respectively shall be
xpUroyed An io issQ
Year: 1870

WALL STREET,


TUESDAY, June Id p. NJ.
ne various markets continue extremely dun.
General Schenck, the chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and custodian Of the new Funding
BILL passed through the city on his return to Wash
ington from West Point. He was quiet spectator
OF the markets, ana was recognized by only few Of
the brokers. He made no public expression Of his
opinions, and left the street after brief visit In
Decd there were hardly brokers enough in the Stock
Exchange to make respectable audience had he
been invited to address them. The yacht race down
the bay was the attraction for the Wall street com.
munity to-day.


GOLD STRONGER.


A nominal advance In the rates for sterling pro-
duced stronger gold market to-day. Before the
board sales made as low as 112x, offerings at
that price being encouraged by the attitude OF the
administration the subject OF acknowledging the
belligerent rights OF the Cuban insurgents During
the board the price advanced to 113 under consdera
BILE purchases by the ''sh0rts to cover outstanding
contracts and upon advces from Washington unfa-
vorable to the currency contraction bill. Later
in the day the price again gave way
under the pressure of the normal influences
operating for decline, especially when toward the
close 1t was announced that our bonds In London
had suddenly risen to 9oh, against sos yesterday
morning. This is O remarkable fuctuat.on, by tho
way, for the London Stock Exchange particularly
when the investment, foreign one is taken into
consideration. and shows tie direct effect Of the
combined Influences Of the decline here in gold and
OF the effect abroad Of President Grants Cuba mes
sage. Late In the day, upon the announcement that
Senator Banks was making very vehement speech
in opposition to the message, and that his remarks
in favor Of neutrality We're loudly applauded, gold
became strong again. The course Of the market Is
shown In the tablet
Year: 1870

Arrival Of n Large Gang at BelIeyiIre, N,J


AT midnight on Tuesday night the village OF Belle
by the roll Of dozen wagons over the road AN un-
usual noise for the hour In the quiet town. Two
of the Celestial Empire had landed from an Erie
train at Santiago Park, takiog from q freight car
which accompanied their train boxes and bundles
enough to supply regiment The strangers, as
they moved noiselessly about gathering together
their luggage, spoke to each other only in Ian
the persons connected with the railroad service at
the depot They were dressed in the national COS
wooden shoes forming a marked contrast to the
style OF dress worn by the lookers-on The persons
explanation or information as to their destination,
the gentleman who had contracted for their SER
had been troubled by the circulation OF report,
places. SO to prevent his help from leaving him
he had to deny the report publicly, and
was brought into the vicinity was due due
to this fact not less than to the fear that the nof
openly through the country. at Port Jervis, where
they arrived early on Tuesday, they were detained
under cover of darkness Even the conductor and
brakemen were not acquainted with the real dest-
nation OF their passengers but surmised that they
were part CT the large force contracted for by the
contractors OF the Midland Railroad, and that they
were brought to Santiago Park to be sent thence bS
to Pompton. Thus the Chinese came '1ike a thief
in the night" and were sent to their fu-
ture home at Belleville in wagons. They
to be employed in the great laundry at Bellevle
the proprietor, Captain Hervey, having contracted
with Mr.. Koopmanschap for their services for term
OF years. The establishment of Captain Hervey is
one of the largest in the country, and gives employ
ment to eighty or ninety hands. The proprietor
retired sea captain who has for fifteen or twenty
years followed his present business, and has made
large fortune thereby had learned by long expert
ence that the labor Of white girls and men was un-
steady and unreliable and that great saving could
be erected by engaging hands at stated price for
alengthy period. Learning OF the efforts that were
being made to Introduce Chinese labor into
the Eastern and Southern States, he became
interested in the subject, and made
diligent inquiry relative to the capacity
adaptability and industry OF the Chinese aborers
The result OF his inquiries was most satisfactory,
and he entered into a contract with Mr.. Koopman-
schap for seventy hands, for whose services he
agreed to pay eS per month and ratons of rice,
bread, pork, ETC., amounting in cost to an equal
sum- Quarters will be provided for the new help
near the large laundry building, and the newy.im-
ported laborers will have things their own way.
The men and girls hitherto at work in the factory
have been discharged, their successors being so well
accustomed to similar work as to be able to COM
mence at once. Considerable excitement has been
caused in the vic nifty among the laboring people,
who have heard of the new inroad Of cheap labor,
but no demonstrations have yet been made against
the newcomers.
Year: 1870

The three previous drawings given entire
the people Of tho West who have bought largest
Der OF tickets and drawn the most valuable przsa


There few tickets sold in New York for the
drawing that was made December ~. The following
nnfpa At drew
Year: 1870

DIR. Franklin was quite indifferent TO fame.
Some of his most characteristic writings were
never intended for the press, very few were
published under his own supervision, and
nearly all appeared anonymously.
Year: 1870

A gentleman ordered q suit of clothes
from tailor, and specially enjoined him
that they must be made by the next Tues
day, and must be made in the finest style
and that unless the tailor could have them
ready to certainty beyond paradven-
ture to the day, that he must not under
take them; but Snip promised faithfully
that they would be finished. Tuesday
came and no clothes; the enraged man
flew to the cabbage mans house and said
What's the reason my clothes are not
ready as you promiseds Here you have
kept me in the city at a loss of time and
business only to disappoint me; now, if
we had you in our part of the country, 1
tell you what they would call you they
would say you were perfect squirt"


The humble knight of the goose ex-
planned that the only competent workman
that he had, capable of making the suit,
had wife lying at deaths door, and he
could not possibly leave her. The out
ragedigentleman was not able to smother
his disappointment, and berated the tailor
pretty sOundly for failing in his positive
promise. The ninth fraction of the "genus
homo" could not stand this, and plainly
told his customer to go to the caloric re-
gions of Pandemonium.


The customer, red with rage, rushed
across the street to a lawyer, and in an
excited and hurried manner, said:


"Do You know Snip, the tailor, across
the way?"


Yes, 1 know him." answered Brief.


swell, now, want your advice" said
the gentleman 81 want to know what
you would do in such case. That old
stitch louse has kept me here in the city on
expense, to the great detriment of my
business, and disappointed me in suit of
clothes; but when l went to demonstrate
with the fellow about it, what do you
suppose he said to me? He told me to go
to -"


With these words he laid down ten
dollar bill on the desk, and said, "Now,
sir, what would you do?"


do you mean this for retainer P"
asked Brief.


IL do" was the reply


Then" said Brief. quietly folding up
the ten and putting it into his pocket, ''he
told you to go to =. Well, my opinion
and advice to you is, don't do it. There
is, moreover, no statute or local law that
can compel you to a specific performance.
say, don't you 90 it."
Year: 1870

OUR heroine lived in Bartlett, New
Hampshire, and was a descendant OF the
old Crawfords Her father was Craw
ford, ard followed the profession OF 9
guide among the mountains Her name
was Bessie, and she was the only daugh'
ter remaining at home-a dark-eyed
brown haired girl, OF slight but compac,
frame, just entering her nineteenth year
Her mother had been dead several years
and upon her devolved the whole care OF
the household.


One day, late in summer, Mr.. Craw
ford went, with party of travellers, away
to the head waters of one of the many
mountain streams that empty into Saco
and Bessie was left alone. Even the dogs
had all gone with the pleasure seekers
Near the middle of the afternoon, while
the girl was sitting by an open window In
the front room, engaged in sewing, a man
came up from the road and asked her il
she would give him drink of water
Bessie had seen this man before, ami had
not liked his looks He was a stout
broad -shouldered, ill-favored fellow, and
the bits of moss and spikes of the pines
upon his clothes indicated that he had
slept in the woods.


But Bessie did not hesitate She laid
aside her work and went to get the water
When she came back, the man had enter
ed the room. She did not like this, for
she was sure he had come in by the win
dow; but she handed him the tin dipper
without remark. The man drank, and
then set the dipper down upon the table
Then he turned upon the girl, and drew::a
broad-bladed knife from his pocket.


Look ye, my young lady," he said, "l
know there is money in this house; and
know that you are alone. Show me where
the money isl If you don't, l shall Kill
you, and then hunt it up myself I'm in
earnest, and there is no time to waste
Don't make fuss, for if you do, you'll
feel this knife quickl"


Bessie shrank back, and looked into the
mans face, and she could see that he meant
just what he said.


eff 1 show you where the money is, will
you promise not to do me harm?"


"Show me, honest, and / won't harm
you"


"Then come with me. But you will
take only the mOney-you won't take my
fathers papers,"


"Only the money, girl"


Bessie led the way to small bedroom
Oh tne GROUND DOOr, Wnere tnere was ar
old mahogany bureau, the upper drawer
of which she unlocked. The man, when he
saw this, thinking doubtless that Crawford''
gold was within his grasp, shut up his
knife and put it into his pocket. The girl
opened the drawer, and, quick as thought
drew forth large navy revolver-ons
with which she herself had killed a trapped
bear-and cooked it.


"Villain" she exclaimed, planting bel
back against the wall, and aiming the
weapon at his bosom, "many wild beast
have 1 shot with this good pistol. and III
now shoot you if you do not instantly
leave this housel will give not even Q
second Start, or tirei''


The ruffian could read human looks rs
well as could the maiden, and he could
read very plainly in the firm-set lips and
in the flashing eye-but more clearly in
the steady hand which held the pistol
that shs would not only fire as she had
Year: 1870

to go, and Ernest gave il up directly.


But he lost nothing by it. Whatever he
did was successful snd even when he
was quite young man he was able TO buy
a carriage for his mother to ride in. He
was very good man, and when his
mother grew quite old she died blessing
him. AS for Ernest, he lived great many
years, and won the respect and love of all
who knew him. Do you know why?
There was one commandment which be
never forgot: "Honor thy father and
thy mother, that thy days may be long in
the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee o-GOI1en Ho,f~,
Year: 1870

promised, but her aim would be a sure
and fatal one.


And he backed out from the bedroom
backed into the sitting -room-then
leaped from the open window and disap-
peared


Bessie kept her pistol by her side until
her father and his guests came home; and
when she had told her story, search was
made for the ruffian. But he was not
found. Our heroine had so thoroughly
frightened him that he never came that
way again.
Year: 1870

AMONG the contents of Harrys stock
ing on Christmas morning he found n
pair of bright-red mittens, with long
wrists that came up SO far under his jack
ct sleeves, he thought he should never be
cold with them on. Not one of his pres
ents pleased him - much as these beau
tiful bright soft mittens that his aunt
Anna had knit and sent TO him from Bos
ton.


1t was a clear, cold morning, with cap
ital coasting, and Harry tied bis tippet
close around his throat, put on MS new
mittens, took his sled and started for a
coast.


All day long no one was so happy as
Harry. He gave his little. sister Lucy
long rides, was always ready to draw the
sled of Johnny Bell, the lame boy, up the
hill for him, and his merry laugh rang out
clear and full on the cold, sharp air.
In the evening, when all were looking
over each others presents, Lucy asked


Why, Harry, where are your new NIT
tens :"


Harry blushed, and continued on read
ing his book as if he had not heard her
question, and she soon forgot it in laugh
ing with Willie over the fUnny pictures in
his new book.


A little while after, Mrs. May sat down
by Harry, and asked:


"What has become Of your new .mittens,
my son -


ooh, mother" said Harry, and the
bright color came into his face, " Tom
Wilson was out cOasting this morning,
and he looked so cold-he had no tippct
and no mittens ON, and the sleeves TO his
jacket were so short and ragged, his hands
were sore and looked so bad-I gave him
my mittens. DO you think aunt Anna
will be angry with me, mother But you
know Tommy has no father, and his moth
er is poor ; and then, mother, he had no
Christmas present | guess my brown
ones will last out this winter, for they
have not one hole in them yet, and you
know my new jacket sleeves come down
long on my wrists. You are not sorry,
mamma ?" and Harry gave her good
hug and kiss.


MY dear boy" said Mrs May, you
have done me more good this day than
any gift you could have given me would
have done, for you have shown me that
you could give cheerfully what was dear
to yourself.


always remember, my boy, that God
loves cheerful giyer. ."-Ihc CtIdffn's
Hour
Year: 1870

THERE was once an awful little girl
who had an awful way of saying awful
to everything. She lived in an awful
house, in an awful street in an awful vii
lagc, which was an awful distance from
any other awful place She went To an
awful school, where She had an awful
teacher, who gave her awful lessons out
of awful books. Every day she was So
awful hungry that she eat an awful amount
of food. so that she looked awful healthy.
Her hat was awful small, and her isot
were awful large. She went 10 an aN iul
church and her minister was an aw.al
preacher When she took an awful walk
she climbed awful hills, and when she got
awful tired she sat down under an awful
tree to rest herself In summer she found
the weather awful hot, and in winter,
awful cold When it didn't rain there
was an awful drought, and when the awful
drought was over there was an awful rain.
So that this awful girl was all the time in
an awful state, and if she don't get over
saying lawful" about everything, | am
afraid she will, by and 10y, come TO an
awful end -Erchanoe.
Year: 1870

An enterprising Prussian has talked
the matter over with Bnrlingame, and
has obtained from him, upon the
strength of what authority we know
not, the privilege of laying down tram
ways in all the cities in the Empire. AT
this rate, the familiar image of that
municipal vehicle will soon possess the
world. The visitor to Samarcand will
be howled at by conductor aud be-
sought to take his seat in car built,
perhaps, in Albany or New Haven. II
Xanadu or Heliopolis were yet existent,
they vonld doubtless be gridironed IN
similar fashion. The horse car is an in
strument of civilization, and we shall
be glad if it substitutes the palanquin
throughout the Flowery Land; but
there is reason to apprebend that the
populace may misconceive the purpose


of the preliminary work i'll laying down


the ways. They are On impulsive peo-


pie, addicted to throwing stink-pots
first and soliciting au explanation after
wards. Such precipitste and hostile
usage might seriously impede the enter
prise of the Prussian, even If 1t did not
suffocate hiri. Considering that the
business is determined upon, it is per-
haps to be regretted that the pigtsiled


persons who are to derive advantages
from it have not less odOrous ways OF
tessifying their aversion to innovation.
Year: 1870

The Directors of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Company have applied to the
Circuit Court of st. Louis, Mo-, to have
the S25, 1000 bond, given by George +
Leighton with the Hudson Bridge Gem
pany as security in their late injunction
against the above road, declared forfeit
ed for the benefit Of the company in par
payment for damages sustained grow
ing out of their action.
Year: 1870

A cemetery in Pennsylvania contains
seven graves, side by side, in which re:
pose the lifeless remains OF a man and
bis six wives. When the first wife died
the third was three years old, and the
fifth an infant Of twelve months; while
the last wife was not born until the year
following the death of the first
Year: 1870

Head aches, nervous as we'll as others
arise from torpid state Of the stomach
liver and bowels. Never take any min
erals or morphia for it. They hurt NOR
than they do good. But take Rosenheim'
Stomach Bitters; the Great Western
Remedy, and you are sure of q cure
See Advertisement.
Year: 1870

A prodigious sensation is Matching in
Washington society. Two gentlemen,
well known, but for the present name.
less, are to fight dnel. A lady is said
to be in the question, and the duel 10 to
the death. Three days will probably
develop the matter, The fight is to be
with pistols, and is sure thing.