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."
uaIly he was of eqlable temperament
His voice was low and musical, and his
ready command OF words and power of
imitation made it pleasure to- his
friends to listen to him, when Of an
c,ening they gathered around the social
board and conversed ofmen and events.
Walter was a gentleman Of leisure -
His position gave him access to the
most refined society, aud among bis ma
ny female friends was Emily Bond, a
giri who was fair and beautiful as nature
could make daughter of our great Mo
ther Eve. Constant associans with EN-,
lily assured Walter that in all woman.
hood he could not select one who would,
like Emily, make him so anliable and
loving a friend in his journey through
the world. ....
Like all heroes. he OF course fell des.
pcrateIy in love with the pretty girl
lie wooed. and ! had satisfied myself
oy general reasoning, however, that he
had won her, aud long before I had re.
cognized him in the bay of San Francis
co, even when wandering along the
skirts of the Celestial Kingdom, deter
mined in my mind they were long since.
according to the phraseooGy Of the
church. d" bone Of one bone, and flesh Of
one flesh"
Toward the close Of the day, just as
the golden rays Of the sun were kis-
sing the purple crowned hills of the
coast, | placed myself in the boat of the
schooner, by the side of its captain, and
was landed on the beach near the line
Of what is now called Montgomery
street, the Wall street of the metropolis
Of the western side of our continent. ;:
a few minutes walk, aided by the di
rectiou Of persons | inquired Of in the.
street, brought no to the Plaza, an open
space, bounded on its westerly side by a
long abode building, which had been
devoted, previous to my arrival, to a va
riety Of government purposes, but
which had been turned into an indiffer.
ent sort Of stable at one end, and
house OF entertalnmen' Tor children ol
ASIA who had, about the same time
with those of Europe, been attacked
with the orc terer, and must needs come
to California to participa in the iabu,
lou7 wealth which itswas supposed to
yield with no grudging hand.to to ali who
worshipped at the shrine Of hiammon.
on toe eaSteriy side were the FL Dorado,
the United States, DennIson Exchange
and the PaLkar IteuSe'. Into the last
named unhcSIt'tInGIy entered
| found myself, on ascending a flight
of stairs, in a spacious saloon, around
the walls of which, and through the
centre were placed " monte, - faro"
and "roulo'te' tables. On each Of
these we're pisced, in REGULAR order,
piles ct Mexican silver dollars, golden
enzas, American eagles aud bags of va
liopS S.Trs aud Shaoe' =! made OF every
concs'vhO.e c nl'!eI'aL MED win aurl.
ferrous n'e'a' "h,2n those VINO taf star
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-15

70 MAKE nAUD SoAp.-Pour lou~
gallons Of boiling water over sig pounds
Of washing soda (sal soda) and three
pounds of unslacked lime. Stir tn
mixture well, and let it settle until it IS
perfectly clear. 1t is better Ia ls5 il
stand all night, as it takes some me
i>r the sediment to settle. When c,elr,
strain the water put six pounds o, lat
with it, aud boil it for two hours, stir
ring it most Of the time. II it does not
seem thin enough, put another gallon Of
water on the grounds, stir and drain OF,
and add as is wanted to the boiling mix.
ture. Its thickness can lee tried by oc.
ca.ionally putting little on a plate to
cool. Stir in a handful OF salt just be.
fore taking it OF the fire. Have 4 tab
ready soaked, to prevent the soap from
Sticking, pour it in, aud let it settle uu.
i'll solid, when YOU will have from the
above quintity Of Ingredients above !og-
~ pounds of nice white soap.
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f, COFFEE CRUSHED vs.. GRouND.-Tha
ioIIowingis iropi the. -1uNuM Of S,iea.
ty.c DiScogety:
It is not kno@n generally that cof3c
that has been beaten is better than that
which has been ground Such, howoy-
cr Is the TACT, aud in This brief article on
the subject Savarau gives what he
considers the reason for the difference.
As he remarks, mere decoction of
green coffee is a most insipjd driak, but
carbonizqtion develops the aroma, and
an oil which is the peculiarly Of the
coffee We drink. lie agrees with other
writers that the Turks excel in this.
they employ no mills, but beat the ber.
~ with wooden pestles in mortars.
When ioag used, these pas,los become
precious aal bring great pr.cos. He
determined, by actual experiment, which
OF the two methods is the best. He
burned carefully a pound of good No.
cha, aud separated it into two equal por.
tlonS. The one was passed through the
mill, the other was beaten after the
Turkish fashion in mortar. lie N de
coffee Of each. Taking equal weights
OF each, and pouring On an equal weight
OF boiling water, he treated them both
precisely alike lie tasted the coffee
himself aud caused other competent
Judges to dc So The unanimous opiu.
ion was, that coffee beaten in mortar
was Far better than that ground in mill.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-15

4 GREar WRoNG.- WhAn drssi-
pated youth goes a>tray, lreuls gather
around him, in order to .re4.oge him to
the path OF virtue. Gontaoes7 and
kindness are layished upon h.m to win
him back again to innocence Had peace.
No one you'd suspect thar he had ever
stunned, But when Il poor coniding
girl has been betrayed she receives the
brand OF society, and Is he1eeiorfh driv.
en- from the ways Of virtue The be
t7aycr is honorel, respected and esteem
ei bnt his rGiued, hear.brokcn victim
knows there is no rest for her this side
af the grave. Society has no helping
hand for her-r-uo spiie Of pepcc-nc
voice Of fJr5jveucss. 1heso are entity
moralities-they are unknown Of Heav,
en-. There is deep wrong in them, aud
fearful are the consequences The ip,
justice Of society is viyidlya brought to
MUD in the case deiueateda. ....
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-15

-Hbat to do with the nstionnl debt
leave it a loan,
Unpopular Soldiers Private Pique
and Corporal Punishment. '
Why is uibbIei cheese ike cou-
cluded treaty? Because it has been rat.
fled. "..-- E.-ar.aa-s.
1t is suggested that the graduates
of female colleges be- dubbed AZ Mo
Artful Maidens. res
The key to the mothers heart is
the baby. Keep that well oiled with
praise, and you can unlock all the pan
tries in the hause. u h.r f~7s''
1t Is the belief of old cotton factors
al Nashville that not more than forty
thousand bales viii reach that city
this season.
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~ ,,al T.
.., oA' | = CooA -''!\ 1t Is a sad defect "hen
yVG"5 ,So;.. naoIo' are lnoaPaoie or directing
'nc'r own seLPahts--3hoes without soics,
=, o "'Is'oInuS I without S9Irt are 1at
lo2lS 3ls,.yTl u5f'esS thfl one ot these. O4o
Vay shortly after ms thayriagc, a yo11s
'SI uicf'"uI1 went ,hono,aadseefag no din
Ho' ~, 'eaty' ana ms "l'e appearing an&-
''', :, [,t,, S,iI '?n'Tseu' ,isl "sAeH s
~ -. = . .'.g ilr''or ~ s-, ...l..,,s.,,,,
n,or,,ine,} rcnliod LIS | ,gir, .o,' .o,i tL,
rlamha2m,ii inv. ro ',n ,n',% - ah,'. ,'t
c,yyia,, a Jionas' ,5,n ,,,,, :" ,',"
mon, " " '''' 80
"Cya'la'f she h,ys dan, !. nola,
.r,,,r ,t;,.y5s ;--9., -
your "'Etctipl l4ituei the husband
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-15

Those tto,' '.lik4 mysoiG had been
watclipstle gape74onc Of ihem ua,
hesitatingly accepted the. seat vacated
by Walter--did rot seem to be affected
by his losses. They simply regarded
his ill.fortpue, as a matter Of course, az
one of those "runs of ittmck" which
all who court the 6ckle goddess are ez,
pected to experience. s-sg 30 yg7is o..
Walter hurried from the table and
seemed anxious to get cut OF the Suffo,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

to which il shall be subjected at the average
aggregate value OF the contents OF the bale,
bag or package, and when bales Of different
qualities are embraced in the same invoice at
the same price, wher eby the average price shall
be reduced more than ten per cent below the
vslue Of the whole, shall be appraised accord
ing to the value of the bale of the best quality
and no bale, bag or package shall be liable to
less rate of duty in consequences OF being in
voiced with wool of lower value and provided
further, that duty upon ~ool Of first class,
shall be imported washed. shall be twice the
amount of duty to which it would be subjected
if imported unwashed, and that duty upon
wool Of all classes which shall be imported
secured shall be three times the amount Of du
,y to which it would be subjected if imported
unwashed.
On sheep skins and Angora goat skins, raw
or manufactured, imported with wool on,
washed or unwashed, duty shall be thirty per
cent. ad valorem, and on wooden rags, shoddy,
mungo waste and locks the duty shall be twelve
cents per pound.
Besides the above provision to prevent cheat
ing in the quality of foreign wool, the bill also
contains stringent provisions to prevent frauds
in valuation, in addition to existing laws, con-
sistiug Of penal duties, forom 30 to 90 per
cent in some oases, and in others forfeiture
of the goods.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04
The Growth and Resources of the
United States.

Sir Morton Peto : book mas served Il useful
purpose IN England. uis acknowledged
sagaoity and his business-IIke way OF COL
siderlng the question of national resources
impress the English with a feeling of respect
which is seldom dieplayed towards any writer
so tavorably disposed toward the United
States as Sir Morton.
The London Reader remarks that " if q
strong reaction were 70 take place in England
in favor OF American prlnci plies and American
securities, and If the old and not altogether
ill-iounded reputatiC of some al least of the
states for repudiative, tendencies was to be
altogether displaced, it would only DE in the
natural order OF things and adds:
"And yet if such a revuision of feeling
were carried very much further than We at
present see any symptoms of. 1t could scarcely
lead to any very exaggerated estimate of the
resources OF America, and the stability of her
institutions. The capital of her debt is not
much less than that of our own the annual
interest almost the same ; ana 1t has only
just been incurred. Yet already the cry of
the whole population is that - the debt must
be paid, and can be paid, while 1t is only
alter fifty years OF peace that We are our
selves w ioUh OuT IldDiilli0S sIGdUllY
in the face, and realize the fact that We are
spending the inheritance of our posterlty."
The Pail Mall Gazette makes the book the
text of long article, IN which the rapid
growth aud the inexhaustibIe resources of
this country are dwelt upon. IL remarks:
''Is is sufficiently Dry and repuisive to read
the numbers of bushels CT corn, he tons OF
cosi or the bales of cotton pre- duced annually,
especially for people vino have very vague
Ideas OF the meaning of bales and tons and
bushels. Still, after going through the labor,
and comparing the statistics with those of
other countries, We gradually find that our
mental picture has become more lively and
detailed. Ii j. worth undergoing some
trouble to obtain this result, and the United
States are particularly rich in the necessary
sta sistlcs. Sir s. NJ. Peto has put some OF
the main facts into plain and readable form
for those who wish to spare themselves the
pains of laboring for themselves In the sratis-
tlcal mines they are we'll worth the attention
of any one who would study some of the
most remarkable phenomena of our time
The main conclusion may of course be summed
up by saying that the resources of che United
States are wonderful, Incredible, extraofdi-
nary, and fit to be designated by any other
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

LAYING THE Next ATLANTIC CABLB.-The
10th proximo The Great Eastern will be ready
to sail from Valentia, to attempt once more lay
ing an electric cable across the Atlantic. This
event is SO near at hand that very soon public
interest will be excited in anticipating the
suit at the date mentioned the shore end
will be in readiness. on board the steamship
William Cary. which. with the Great Eastern,
the screw steamer Medway carrying a por-
tion of the old cable), the screw steamer Al
bany, and the Terrible, man-of-war, will con-
stitute the cable feet. When the ends of the
new cable are joined at Valentia, the Great
Eastern and her consorts will start on their
course, taking the precaution to keep about
thirty miles distant from their former route,
to avoid crossing the old cable. The Great
Eastern has been most thoroughly equipped,
the remainder of the fleet is fully prepared,
and of the $500 miles of new cable, nearly
all was on shipboard at last accounts.
Only 800 miles remained to be completed and
the Telegraph Construction Company was
turning that out at the rate of 12O miles q
day. English papers speak minutely of the
internal fittings of the great ship. The chief
solicitude has been to remedy faults which
proved fatal IN former expeditions, rather
than to attempt an Improvement in the cable
itself The paying out and picking up ma
chinery is the product of the best skill that
England could bring into requlsltlon for the
great emergency, the recovery of this cable
now submerged being an object at all times
kept prominently in view. The labor bestow
ed upon the apparatus specially designed for
this object shows that the telegraph company
have confidence that their missing property
will soon be included among their available
assets. This expectation, of course, is based
upon the supposition that no injury has been
done BY Old Naptune or by any other deni-
Iens of the deep. The - double drums - Of
the hauling ID machinery are entirely new
and of enormous strength, calculated for a
strain of sixteen TONS, and worked by 40
horse power truck steam engines. Dynamo
ters carefully adjusted with weights and
scales will indicate the exact strain to which
the cable is subjected. In addition are the
graphing ropes, twenty miles in length, made
of the same strands the cable; also FIVE
miles of buoy ropes for temporary use. The
management of the Great Eastern ie iDtrust-
cd TO Can't. Anderson, before. assisted by
Capt. MOriartv at the compassess. Mr. Beck
with again has charge of the ships engines.
The renowned Mr.. De Sauty is superseoed by
Willoughby Smith as electrician. Mr.. Can
ming and Mr.. Clifford responsible for the
handling of the cable Nothing has been
neglected. so far as appearances now indicate,
that in any way hazards may contribute to
the success of the expedition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04
What "TricilinIasIs is.
HOW WORMS GET INTO HUMAN MUSCLES.

DIR. Wynrer's recent work contains a paper
about the unpleasant rrichiniass caused By
the minute worm I'rlchin9 SDirdiis, which
Professor Owen found as long ago AS 1885 In
muscles taken to him from the dIssectlng
rooms Of Guys and ST. Bartholomew's Hos
pitfalls IN London.
How the worm got int the muscle was un-
known till Zenher, IN 1860, connected cause
with effect by tracing the trIchIDae In the vol
untary muscles of girl who died, to the
trlchina in raw ham and sausages that she
had eaten. Pork is the dangerous meat the
pig gets trichIna by eating dead rats and other
garbage, and if the pigs flesh be NOT so thor
oughly cooked as to xiii the worms 1t may
carry living trichin8 into the human stomach
whence they will pierce their way to the mus
cular tissue DIR. Wynter says:
After entering the alimeutary canal the
parasite finds its breeding ground, and brings
forth immense numbers OF y0ung, which i'm =
media tely begin to make thel. way through
the coats of the intestines and migrate into
the muscles.
'' 1t is a singular tact that these 0isa greea
bic adventuFers always select the voluntary
muscles, or those which moved at our Will.
The heart and kidneys. an4 those paris of the
vlscera which act Independently of the will g,
are scarcely ever effected. Ii is, indeed a
matter OF dispute how the worms get distrib-
uted so generally over the body some antot-
omists asserting that they make their way
directly by boring as the ship-worm bores
through piece of timber; but DIR. Thud-
ichum, who was appointed in 1864 to investl-
gate the subject by the medical officer Of the
Privy Council asserts that they enter the CIR
culation, ami are III this manner distrIDu ted
equally over every part OF The body. 10 use
his words, Arrived in the capillaries (ter-
minai blood-vesseD, they penetrate their TWO
coated walls, separating the flores as man
separates the branches of q hedge when creep
ing through il, and are now either ut once IN
muscular tissue, their proper feeding ground,
or get into inhospitable tissues aud cavities,
and there either perish o: escape from them
By q renewed effort at iocomotion, enter the
circulation a second time, and ultimately
perish in the lungs, or arrive IN some muscle
to obtain late asylum.
:. This hypothesis certainly seems the most
reasonable, as it is In agreement with the
known means by which other entoza migrate.
Arrived at the muscular TISSUES, it seems again
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

HARD AND SOFT WATER--The boundary.
line b.tw1t hard and soft water is six degrees
of hardness. Blow this assumed point water
il. soft, and above il it IS hard. This quality of
hardness depends upon the presence of lime
salt, either sulphate or bicarbonate, in the
proportion of grain 10 gallon. The lime
antagonizss the soap used in washing, and every
degree of hardness neutralzes an ounce of
soap in every forty gallons of water. Hencs
the greater adaptation of soft water than of
hard water to washing purposes; and the com
nercial or economical advantage of ths for
mer may be estim.ted at the worth of two
ounces of soap in every forty gallons OF water
for each degree of its hardness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

A Car SToRY.-The Marlborough .NstDs
tells the following story :-'' 1t is old saying
that cats love fish but will not wet their feet to
catch them However correc. this reflection
upon the feline race may be in general, it is
not true of certain puss in this village. MIR.
George ii. Wiggin, his cat that catches her
own fish. A day or to since she tugged hravely
from the Lake, big horned pout. The fish
wa. live aud puss had evidently been under
water and the exhausted condition of the cat
showed that the contest bad been a severe one.
We told this is not the only only instance
in which puss had furnished herself and family
with mess of FISH iron the Lake"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

POISONED BY PAPER COLLARS The Port
land AdUerhser says that its marine editor
was recently affilctei with painful breaking
out in the neck and face in the form of large
pimples. Ii became painful that he appli-
ed to DIR. Chadwick, who informed him that
it wss from the effects of the poisonous pro-
perties Ot articles used in the preparation of
his en.n,elied collars, which, by sweating,
was. absorbed in the system. By the appli-
cation of some powerful nutralizing liquid
the swelling was subdued. This occurred
some days yet the effects are quite visible
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

At Hoboken, a few nights ago, lady got
up from bed and opened the window to look
out, when the noise awakened her husband,
and seeing some person at the open window
be supposed it to he burglar, and snatching
a pistol from under his pillow he fired twice
before discovering the fearful mistake he had
made. Both shots took effect, inficting NOR
tai wounds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

The intelligence and education OF . people
are the passports OF country TO emlnenss
and prosperity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04
Compensation.

SO" penSiAt1Om.
The lovely vioIe- smiles more sanity
After the rain:
Nor golden mes after the summers heat
The waving grain
And purer sill, from out the furnace gloom,
Cometh The gold;
And brighter to the wanderer CLEAR his home
Through storm and cold.
How fair 20 watch he whi'e ship seek the strand,
That left once in tears:
How thrilling is the clasping of hand
After long years
How dearly prisel the love that stays to light
Our lonely way:
" hiIe othefs-fsIse one.-fsded as the night
Before the day
And sweeter yet are kisses when from lips
Not pressed for years:
AMI closer far the cIaspiug of an arm
After ong grief and tears.
20, look n backward o'er the weary road
Our feet hav. Prest
A hu ndr-d times more lovely seems at last
Eternal Test
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

The Committee ON Pensions has reported
back the bill granting pensions to soldiers OF
1872, with recommendations that is do not
pass. MI. Perham showed that under the
proposed bill about 1OO, 600 people would be-
come entitled to pensions, and that the draft
on the Treasury would be not lees than Len
Millions of dollars annually, which, with fne
present bebt we would rather not Pay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04

GAIL HAMILTON has just issued from the
press of her publishers, Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields of Boston, new volume especially
adapted to Summer reading, and bearing the
taking title of - Summer Rest. :" Most of
the articles In this volume are for the first
time printed, and will be found equal to any
of the authors most brilliant essays. Hali-
carnassus appears again on the carpet; and
his exploits in the way OF gardening and 9th
er domestic matters are made very amusing.
Gail Hamilton is never dull. Possessed of a
sharp and ready wit, speaking boldly, and
that too upon topics wherein women have
been supposed to have but little interest, she
has already gathered about her An audience.
which, by its hearty appreciation OF her writ
ings, attests the truth OF many OF her convic-
tions. The success of her various volumes of
essays has been without parallel In TACT
she is the most successful writer of the day.