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Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
The Early Home OF Jesus.

Four miles south of the strong Greek city Of
Sephoris hidden away among gentle hills, then
coveredfr from the base to the crown with vine
yards and fig trees, laid a natural nest or basin
Off rich red and white earth star like in shape,
but mile in width and wonderously fertiie.-
Along the sacred and chalky slope of the high
est of these hills spread small and lovely village
which, in land where every spot seemed to have
story, is remarkable as having had no public
history, and no distinguished native name No
grestsroad led up to this sunny nook. No traffic
came into it; no legions marched through it,
Trade, war, adveutursy pleasure, pomp, passed
through it flowing from east to west along the
Roman road. But the meadows were aglow with
wheat and barley. Near the low ground ran a
belt of gardens, fenced with stones, in which myr-
lads of green figs, red pomegranates and golden
citrons ripened in the summer sun. High up tn.
slopes; which were lined and planted like the
Rhine at Bingcn, hung vintages ofpurPle grapes
In the plain, among the corn and bsaeath The
mulberry trees and fgs shone daisies, poppies,
tulips, lilies and anemones, cndlesssin their pro-
fusion, brilliant in their dyes
Low down on the hillside sprang we'll of wa
ter, bubbling, plentiful and sweet, and above this
fountain oflife, in long street, struggling from
the fountain to the synagogue, rose the home
steads ofmsny shepherds, craftsman and vine
dressers. 1t was lovely and humble place, oi
which no ruler, no historian of Israel had ever
yet taken notice. No Rachael had been met and
kissed into love at this well; no Ruth had gath
cred up the sheavcs Of barley in yon folds; nc
tower had been built for observation on this
height; no camp had been pitched for battle in
that vale. That one who would become dearer
to the fances of men than either Ruth or Rachae
thea walked through these fields, drew water a
this spring, passed up and down the lanes of this
hamlet, no seer then could have surmised. The
place was more than obscure.
The Arab may have pitched his black tent b,
the well, the magistrate of Scphoris must hav,
known the village but hamlet was never men
toned by the,Jewi1h scribes. In the Bible, in
the Talmud, in the writing of Josephus, We
search in vain for any record of this sacred place
Like its happy neighbors, Main and Endor, i
was the abode of husbandmen and odresscrs
whose lives were spent in the synagogue and tht
olive grove away from the bright Greek cite
and the busy Roman roads. No doubt it haC
oace been possessed of either an Arab or Hebrew
name, but we do not know the name except in it
Hellenic form. The Greeks called the town Max
aret or Max eth.-We Holy Land By W. Hep
porM Diron.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
Mysterious Incident.

Nothing in human life is more remarkable,
than the prophecy or prediction of events, and
while many of them bear the impress of divine
power, and are in accordance with revelation,
there arc others that seem purely supernatural.
It Is no uncommon occurrence for persons TO feel
that at some particular hour or moment great
calamity has happened. They can not account
for this feeling, trace it to any known cause,
but such impressions in very many cases often
become realities. Here is sad evidence of what
we say from "Scntinel," of the Worid, and as
the writer says, it is always easier to doubt than
to explain:
III have just had sent to me the sad narrative
of drowning in Crooked Lake. near Penn Yam,
of two young boys, whose death, thus from the
flush Of their opening life is desolation TO the
hearts of their kindred but it is not for this fact
| that mention it. At almost the very hour o.
their death, child, playing with its doll in &
residence about twenty miles from the plac'
where the deaths occurred suddenly spoke tc
its relative in an exclamation that her cousin
meaning the youngest of the boys, was drowned
Here was the fact and the manner of it stated al
if by revelation-under the circumstances
where there could be no invention and scarcely
imagination.
The exclamation was sudden and repeated
and SO impressive as to terrify the lady who wa
present. In few hours the telegraph told ii
confirmation of that morning. l make recort
Of this, because know all tho parties, and il i
so near us in occurrance that it deserves TO b
laid away in the proofs, most sustained, tina
either very strange chance occurred or yer,
deep mystery. When Charlotte Bronte des
cribes Jane Eyre as rushing forth to follow til
voice of Rochester, declaring her hearing of il
we admired or smiled over it as daring picture
Sometimes the voices Of the air may speak,
Macauley blames DR.. johnson for not utterly dis
crediting Highland second.sight. The old doc
tor was the most profound philosopher of tn
| tive.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

F1zzL1Na Our OF TIE g. 0ssI. r. rSrz-
the. Irish Republic
and the Chief Organizer Stephens appear
to have all suddenly collapsed Few SEN
sible people, We presume, anticipated any
other-termination to the affair athan that
announced 1.-THE meeting g,ofthe represen-
tatives of the organization on Sunday that
Stephens, the G. O. l. B., had turned out
to be h-u-m-b-u-g and had become san
enjant p.rdue, his whereabouts lhndiJhe
funds in his possession being mystery to-
the circles and centres Of circles. AFeni-
an ism made a good dsaI of noise in its day
and it has gone out ofsightin a most igno-
minioas fashion. % A few miserable pre-
tenders succeeded in intriguing cut Of tho
NOV ement the only two sincere men Who
probably ever intended to- put Il to ANY
honest uses-O O'Mahony and General
Sweeney. Falling into the hands 'ofthe
Philistines its fate was only a matter Of
time. We trust that the exposure" will
serve as warning to our honest, warm
hearted and patriotic Irish citizens, labor
ers, mechanics and servant women NOT to
be led astray again by selfish and design
ing fellows who play upon their GENEROUS
natures in order to line their own pockets
aud make little notoriGty. IVY Herald.
4 .7 susf r r Ns.F t..a Tor ss aks
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

A merchant in Belfast had at one time in his
employ anaIrishman possessed of a good deal
more zeal than knowledge. His employer gave
him the key of his post-ofice box one mornin 6
with directions to Ego to the post-oficc and ge,
the contents of forty" Pat vanished, but pres
emily came back with pockets, hat, and hands
filed with miscellaneous collection of letters,
&C., and the explanations:
az couldn't open forty boxes, sir, but open
ed all could, and here they bel'
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

A French wsrk recently published, main
tains that every ten thousand years the waters ei
the sea pass from one pole to the other, submerg-
ing and overwhelming in their passage the earth
and all its inhabitants. The auther states that
the last deluge occurred 1000 years ago, and he
has sufficient regard for the comfort of the pres
ent generation to postpone the next deluge TO a
period 5000 years hence. ..t..
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
sAMBo's PSALM OF LIFE.
AFTER toHgFftLow

a. Dent you tell me what q biessin'
IT'S for niggers to be free;
Freedom don't bring bread and bacon.
,st Things amt like they used to be.
-, rttles is the thing--without 'em
!. Liberty amt wuth a cuss; -.
~ Readin', writin' and sch doins
Wasn't meant for folks like us.
sss2. yi-a. - % .r
Oh Loafn' round and doin' nothin'
e,t Amt what we was born to do;
. Bat to work, SO that our childun
Night have close and vittles too.
~ Snmmers's short, and winter Is comm
''oa And though now We re mighty bold;
-If Then we II wish we d had some gunptiop.
,,,E And a-worked when 'twant SO cold.
In the cotton patch or corn-held,
'Taint wuth while to Try to sh'rk;
a,- Don't you be lazy nigger
.s' For you'll starss unless you work.
.ggs -,ar r .H.E
rs Don't yen trust the Freedmen's Bureau,
a's That won't git you close to wear; a..
Work, work while you've got chance to
You amt got no time to spare.
o. Lives OF other niggers show us
ig,1e We can make our laber pays
And, by workiu' now, can lay up. .
Somethin' for rainy day.
Ssmethin' for our wives aud childun,
When ms men can't work NO more;
For them everlastin' Var kees
Ain't gwiHe to feed 'em ehore.
49, Let's get up and 60 TO work, then,
t.SsiFor to works nigger's fate;
=. And we'd jest as we'll go at it, .
'Taiat agwine to pay TO wait.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

AN Unlocking fellow was asked how he
could account for natures forming him so ugly.
nNature was not TO blamc," said he, 'for when
was two months of age was considered the
haudsomest little child in the neighborhood but
my nurse, to revenge herself upon my parents
for some ancied snjury at their hands, one day
swapped me array for another boy, belonging to
a friend of hers, whose child was rather plain
looNing.n
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

MIscEaxSArIoS.-"A good-loking, intelligent,
we'll dressed, tidy and prepossessing white girl"
of Ohio, has married big S.mbo, about seven
degrees blacker than bucket of coal tar. Ma
ted doves.
"Two souls with but single thought,
Two colors mixed as one.'
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

WHEN 70 Sow PLASTER. The fright
time to SOW plaster on the clover IS ih'tte
fall, say in October; after the clover sown
in the spring; or early the following spring.
apply moderate coat Of plaster; about
barrel on fifteen acres. I think is suf-
fcient. In, my 6rst sowing of plaster. [
applied it very spariagly on the 6rst two
acres sown; on the remainder Of fthss fsld
put more than double the quantity Irput
on those two acres, yet tho resalt seem cd
to be the same; the crop Of clover ON: the
whole fcld nearly all fell ;down easily [
think the advantage in sowing ieariyiis to
have it sursly melted or dissolvedasaau'l
absorbed by the ground it will psytKell
if either a dry or wet season. .oi Iatn,encs
sowed plaster onlmy meadow about, tho
FIRST Of May. AMI the season sremaine
dry until harvest; att harvest j fsayh the
PLASTER yetilaying on the ground; inosthas
way think it did uo,sooi. Ia applying
plaster GU corn I.usually put about o. tea
spoonful on hill; IN this way I suppose
barrel Of plaster will suffice for twenty
6vo acres, which think will be foupd to
do as vsll as double the quantiiy.7rT. @.
is Rural Ancrfcesai tsl6 eds 10 yoailo
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
The r,efuIusss ofDiamsnlIs. ;

Many persons suppose that aiancnds
are only used as jewelry-for rings and
other articles Of personal aiorumcnt. anil
that, they aroreally Of no essential value
whatever in the practical arts qhis-.is:a
mistaken notion; they are used for great
number OF other purposes in the arts
Thus, for cutting the glass Of our windows
into proper sizes. no other substance can
equal it, and it is exclusively tised for this
purpose, A natural edge. Of point. as n
is called, is used for this work and thou
sands Of such are annually required in our
aIsss f,ctor;asi ft3h b Ha' 'n"i9 M fho@
Diamond points are also employed for
engraving on cornelians, amethysts and
other brilliants. and for the finest cutti ngs
on canoes and seals. Being very hard.
the diamond is also used in cbrononaeters
for the steps of piyots; aud as it possesses
high refractivc power and little longitudi-
nal alteration, it has, been successully
employed for the small. deep lenses Of sir-
gle microse opes. -..s ,..-. 5-,..u
The nagnifying power of the diamond
in proportion to that ofplate glass. ground
to similar form. is as, eight 70 tn res.7-
For drawing minute lines on hard steel
and glass, to make micrometers, there is
no substitute for the diamond point. "a.
The rough diamond is called bort. snd
the points" used for glass-cutting are
fragments of the berts. {. Great care and
skill are necessary in selecting ths cutting
points, because the diamond that cuts the
glass most successfully has the cutting
edge of the crystal placed at right angles
to each other and passing thro'i point Of
in tersection made by crossing the edges.
A polished diamond however perfect
may be its edges, when pressed upon the
surface of glass, splinters it with tho sligh-
est pressure; but with'the natural diamond,
the most accurate lines are produced on
glass, and their surfaces are'se finely bur
nishcd, that if ruled closed together they
deeompose light, and afford the most beau
tiful pris,natic effectLall the colors ofths
rainbow fash from them as from the lsiivery
interior of pearl oyster-shell. 7aasiss'Ff
Diamonds are also employed as dill
points to perforatc rubies, and bore holes
in drew plates for fine wire, and also "for
drilling in hard steel. Some impurities
have been IN ade recently in regard to u.s.
ing them as sutstita te for steel picks in
dressing mill stones. We apprehend that
they are altogether too expensive. for this
purpose at present; but If some of bur in
ventors would make the discovery of man
ufacturing diamonds as chsaply as wemake
ch areoal, which is of the same compositlon.
We might be able to recommend them to
our millers. .aIsge.sJ 3 .as.aa:aqA
The coke obtained from the interior OF
gas retorts, in many cases, is found so hard
that it will cut glass, but asits pointyen-
dures but for short period, it tleannot be
made available as substitute for the, nat
ural diamond for such purposes in'thsatts.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

An Ohio paper tells Of a convict whose
body is full Of needles. stuck into him by
hi. brother thieves to punish him for
"poaching." +
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

DREAD RErRIBUrIoS.-During the war DEM
ocratic editor in Dayton, Ohio, Bollnyer, was
murdered by an Aboltionist, without auy pro-
vocation. An Abolition Court tried and acquit-
ted the murderer. The whole trial was dis
graceful farce, and all who participated in it were
guilty of official perjury. Some three years have
elapsed, and the County Clerk, the Sheriff, and
about one-halfof the jnry, are dead, while the
Infamous Judge who outraged justice at the trial,
is an idiot in a unatic asylum Jim Lane, while
his hand was yet smoking with the blood OF
murdered victims, was elected to the office of o.
S. Senator by Puritanic Legislature. For one
of his murders he was tried and Of course acquit-
ted. He has fallen by his own hand. 1t 10 now
believed by most OF mankind, that Mrs. Surratt
was gulltIess of participation in the murder of
Mr.. Lincoln. When she wa. under sentence of
death, after a trial which will be considered a
blot on our country and age Mr.. Preston King
prevented access to the President, and denied
admission TO her daughter, who almost shrieked
and sobbed her life away on the steps of the Ex-
ecutive mansion. few months afterwards,
Preston King stlled a remorseful conscience in
this world by selfmurder.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

NATIONAL BANKs AND How THEY pAY.-Ac-
eording to the reports from about 800 national
banks for the last quarter we see that about hall
of the banks have declared seml-annual divi-
dends of five, six, eight, ten and some as high
as fifteen per cent, besides carrying from ten to
twenty per cent. of net profit to their surplus
funds. In regard to the lawful money reserve
of the national banks, the amount now held is
sufficient with very few exceptions, allowing
them the privilege heretofore extended of hold
ing compound interest rotes as a reserve for all
proposed circulation as well as deposits; but Sc
rious objections arising to the holding Of COM
pound interest notes as reserve for circulation,
besides the absolute prohibition contained in the
law authorizing the issue of such notes, the comp
troller has called the attention of the banks to
the necessity of keeping legal-tenders on hand to
protect their circulation, and is rcquiringa strict
compliance with the law in this respect. An
other noticeable fact in connection with this sub
ject is that the banks are holding largely in
creased amount of specie as compared with that
reported tefIre. This is no doubt owing to the
fact that rs the temptation of high premiums on
gold is not so great formerly, the coin interest
on bends is retained instead of being Immediately
sold. The old circulation in most of the States,
which was assumed by the national banks on
their co version from the State system is now
reduced to such very small amount that il can
scarcely te called outstanding circulation.
Though having these general returns of the
national banks, they are not in such detail as to
particular localities as is desirable. As regards
Boston, however, there is return by State
officer which gives this desired information
This return shows that in Boston the whole num-
her of national banks is forty five. This quar-
tcrly report gives the aggregate capital at s'42,
$780, 900; surplus found, $o l16, 900, equal to 2ll
per cent of the capital stock; total deposits,
Sal, 553, lG7. The outstanding circulation, in-
cluding State bank notes, is $40, ,37G, 1856; specie
and legal tenders on hand, S7,9Ts, 44O; COM
pound interest notes on hand, $40, G5s, $40. By
this it will be seen that the Boston banks have
in legal tenders and specie about % per cent oil
their circulation. These $42, $50, 600 OF banking
capital have the following sources of revenue
and profit viz
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

AT Delhi, Chic, on New Years night, maH
married his own sunt he being the son Of her
sister.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

An old bachelor says the NEST difficult par
Of surgery is to take the jaw out of = woman.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
Total. s 100, 465, ,9l


That productive investments to the amount of
100000, 600 should earn handsome dividends
on $40, COO 600 is certainly net surprising, and
why bank shares command handsome premium
is sufficiently evident. The manner Of making
these investments pay so well is the custom,
more or less prevalent among New England
banks, of refusing to lend their discngaged funds
in their own neighborhood at six per cent which
is the legal rate in New England, prefcrring to
send their funds for investment to New York,
where they can get seven per cent for call loans
and where they can occasionally buy very good
paper at 8al2 per cent. The Philadelphia Led
ger charges that some of the Philadelphia banks
are doing the same thing, and says:
"This is a hazardous operation, and like some
of our national banks, namely, that of speculat-
ing in goll and government securities, deserves
the severest apprehension. The better portion of
the banks in the Philadelphia Clearing house
Association see and hear of operations of this
character with much dissatisfaction, and will
avail themselves of the first opportunity TO APP
ply to a corrective. Many of the transactions Of
the character complained of are for very large
amounts"
This is not banking, but the most dangerous
sort of SPECULATION and on this subject late
letter of the Comptroller of the Currency says
GAS the law confers no authority upon ma
tional bank to establish a branch, or to carry on
the business of banking at any other place than
the one where it is located, 1t must follow that
all such banking at other points is irregular and
| in Of of tba 10 Q,,cb
banking is also in violation of section thirty,
which restricts national banks to the same rate
of discount or interest allowed by law in the sew
eral States where they may be located. .i-BaIl
| Sun.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31
Gossip with Contributors.

No notice will be took-from this date here
aftcrwards-of letters that hain't got postage
stamp onto them.
Don't write only on ones side of the manu-
skript, and don't write much onto that.
Don't send manuskript unless you can read
it yourself after it gets dry.
We pay all the way up hill, from len cents tc
one dollar for contributions, according tew heft
All settlements made promptly at the end o
the ensuing year.
Poetry and prose pieces respectively solicited
The highest market price paid for awful rail-
road smashes, and elopemcnts with another
mar s wife. r..
No swearing aloud in our paper.
Isaae-Yonr article on ''frogs'' is received.
1t made me laff like lightning.
Your idea "that frogs might be increased by
propagation is bully. .....
Your idea "that frogs was discovered by Mr.
Christopher Columbus in the year 1922 hal
slipped my memory.
You also say "that frogs grow more bobtailed
as they grow older" This is too. cussed goot
| to he entirely lost. ......
Noah-We very humbly decline your essay
on the food. ......
Your remarks might possibly lead one more
man to think as you do, and we don't want ou
columns to be held responsible for increasing thu
number of fools.
The world has already got more fools thar
there is any need of.
There amt no doubt in'my mind but that thu
flood was perfect success, and I have though
thet another just such an one would pay we'll ii
some sections Of the country Josh Billings.
Maryland free press., 1867-01-31

"A mammoth hotel, to contain 5,oeo rooms,
Is talked ofin Paris.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-07-13

- A Youso LADY sstsssiag 70 ~
cosntry heAa. sitw sqjcssa n : ~
nostAs y he city, ~ hardly ssesgslIu1
b, s.s :a -, j.. xssrs + 81 nv CO. O.:
plsxtoo d slaost nsssts ssasothsss, aad
iasasAd u tssaty tAsss, ~ rsally sppesr
u ~ sightsss. Upos iaesisy y 10 ~
cass q 70 great s6aaoA, - phlsly toli
thsa ~ - ~ ~ ClRoA0SIAN
BAIM, asa soast1ra u = iavalsaAls
aeqahatlea 70 ssy ieAyt tslls1 BY IL
- sny lhdy o. geatIsaas - iapsovs
thak eessaaa s9QeasAscs ~ hsa1Rsd
~. u b siae,s u ~ saeetsstIos, =
Netsss hwssH b slnp,s, ~ ssssspaassd
+ ~ a1easy h dsauiag npssieies ftoa,
~ hoallng, easaming ~ Asastib ~ ~
skh I'D eenpasaiea. BY IL direct aetise
- ~ esoisll Il dgass )koa h u ID -
pssitin, kiidly hsalaG ~ ssns, ssd
Ieavlag ~ ssSiAce q Nalsss islsasied II
sAseld b, slsas, ~, snss4A ~ bssslt-
NJ. Price o., sDst y nan q sxpssu.
% Fsssipt n - srdw, By r Z
W. l. CLARK / CO., CAanbA,
Ne. , Wssa 1ayeD1s stsssl,
0Ssnonsu, N. T.
m ssly Aussieas sgssh h IL -
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-07-13
Tattital:
Fer ~ Tssas Rspsbliras.
10 rU Uooa.

FER ~ Tssas Rspsblaras.
10 ru1 Uooa.
sAise "a, fair Mooa, tAoa oss d light
Hi6h in the Asars sky,
aAise On, for naaslsd - the nigAs
ny eager sosl vssA ~,
Fas, fas, bsyosA tAh vals Of sAss
To dwell h realms Dose FIR
To rsvei h tAaa world d Light
Ana nss$ Viii lovsd oess tAsss
sAise %, tAir rolling orb Of light
Wen n4y'ss tAos lovs " sAsA
ny higAssa nys asosaa ~ Psass
OF ~ Departed ~,
With wisds amid he willow sigh
AID gsssls sspAyn phy,
AFossl ~ how'd oass 4scA Hays love
To shed sAy ssatls ray.
aAt.s 90, &c na'st ~ siivssy light
l hia vosh Aish Il dhsss
who slssp bsssssA the sch grssn tssa
Wrapped In their - reposs,
Thsy calnly ssssr, thsy swsstsy slssp,
Low In The nAsTow toob
q Nooakght !oss 10 laess tasss,
And Wild 6owsn loss 70 bleoaL
VIVA.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-07-13
CRISPER COMA.
o. I ~ was besstilsi saA fair,
VIII stassy syes asd radAss bels.
Whose s1sIisg tendriis ~. estvissd.
Hnrha5oed III vr~v he>pt ~ mind

Encbeseeo tne very heaft "a Mind.
CRISPER COMA,
For Ckrline ~ Heir II Esaaw Sec
isae Wesy asi 0iossv ktAoasts, 3
on Asssy Asssfss Oris T"
BY usiag TIN asticls, laain asa gsstle-
- CO bsastily thrass,vo . tAessasd
~. Il b ~ esly ssstsis b IL vosl4
~ viii ssa slssigha hais, 81 u IL
sass ans Giys Il . Asssstaal. gsssy ap
passaasa n Cdspw Ceaa ~ eeiy
essh ~ hAi,, ses isviFossa.. hs.s.ie.l
psrssasj. and ! IL nost eonsasts al.
Oh u ~ kisd evx oorssd 70 ~ Aussi.
90 people. The Crispes ConA yin b
ssas 70 any addrss, eealsd al post-pai1,
II 81. Address an osdsss 10
W. L. CLARK 1 20, CAsnish,
Ma , Wsst Faysets street,
nahi6ly Syrsssss. N. Y.