Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-05

next President lie knows how Douglas,
Packer, Foruey, Hickman, &c. would stab
him. lie fears worse defeat than John
Tyler's And SO hc has-formally- y-and
oficially-withIrawn from the field !!
Another Game Of MADNESS.
Late arrivals from Costa hica state that
at Cbiriqui gold idols and trinkets were
found in some Indian graves. WhereupOn
q great excitement was attempted TO be
famed, by rumors that Spauiaris in days
Of yore had there buried heaps Of gold,
and every Indian grave was mine. If
there be or be not anything in the rumor,
hurdreds Of the lazy, the reckless, the
unprinciplei, the dupes Of every idle lie,
will rush to Chiriqui, to make fortunes
by robbing Indian graves. They'll risk
the dangers of the deep, of fevers, Of star
walton, of revolutionary, guerilla wars, Of
assassination, Of centipcies, &c. Ne, all in
the hope that by invading the sacred
tombs of the dead they can iud among
their putrid and moldered remains, gold !!
lt-like Pixies Peak, &c-wiIl doubtless
eat up more money than it gets aye. and
more Americans than Indians bones will
be picked, too
"THE FIREsIDE MoSTHLY-W. W.
Hall, Editor. New York: II. B. Price,
8, Everett House" This is q new 50
page magazine, of which the July No. is
really excellent. Its price is 81, 80 year
rather high for the amount of matter it
coutains, but VIC know no magazine of a
better quality of reading, We believe all
original. 1t is just the thing needed, but
should come much cheaper to reach the
masses. We believe the Editor is also
the editor of the popular and useful "HaUs
Journal of NcaLM." We extract few
of the shorter items Of the "Fireside"
from the No before US
EGYPT, in 1859, has population Of
over five millions, and Alexandria near
four hundred thousand its cultiyatablo
area is seventeen thousand square miles,
while the area of New York is nearly
three times as large.
DIET AND QUIET, are said, by "NaNS
Journal Of Hooith," to be the most cfli-
cient remedies in the bowel complaints of
eating nothing but rice parched
brown, like roasted coffee, and prepared
for the table in the usual way.
WASHING CLoTHEs.-A handful of
refined borax in ten gallors Of boiling wa
tor, is a saving of one-half Of soap it soft
ems the water, without injuring the texture of
tbeclothing; it is especially good for cam
brics, laces, crinoliues, &c, if stronger
solution is used.
TEMPERANCE SoCIETIES.-Thc second
in the United States seems to have been
established at Allentown, New jersey, in
1908, by the Rev. E. Page, of Trenton,
called tho "Sober Society,"" with fifty
eight signatures. The first, in 1.S9, at
Litchfeli, Conn.
WnITEwAsu fer out doors: one ounce
Of white vi,riol, four pounds Of good fresh
lime. and three ounces Of table salt, in as
much water as will give it the consistenco
Of good thick cream.
THE Germanic Confcderacy, in eight,
cen hundred and fifty eight, contains, in
round numbers, twenty millions Of Prot
es'ants and twenty three millions Of 10
msn Catholics.
NEWSPAPERS in the United States are
said to number about four thousand, Of
which some five hundred are published |
caily. Not SO many Of this last, We think. |
DRIED FRUIT-It is said, that hand |
ilI Of sassafras bark mixed with bushel
o. dried fruit, will preserve it from worms
ior years.
HAIRS NUMBERED.-In blonde, no. |
VOV; brown, 100, 40; black, 102, 900 |
'sd, eS,1i0-counted by German.
NEBRAsKA.-The Republican Central
Committee Of Nebraska have called State
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