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APPLRs, IL eaten At breakfast with coArse
bread and butter, without meat or flesh, re-
move constipation, corre:t aecidites, and
cool of -febrile conditions more eH.cIually
than the most approved medicines. They
prevent debility, strengthen digestion, cor
rect the putrefactive tendencies Of nitroRe.
nous food, avert ssurvy. and strengthen the
power Of productive labor.
To MAKE paper stick to whitswAshed walls
make q sizing Of common glue and water, Of
the CONSISTENCY Of linseed oil, and apply with
whitewash or other brush to the walls, talk
ing care to 60 over every part, and eIpecial-
y top and bottom. Apply the paper in the
ordinary way as soon az you please, and Ii
the paste is properly made II will remain
firm for years.
To KEEP grapes through winter take boxes
the size Of candle boxes, nail pieces on ends
to lay Stats on put 10 the bottom q newspa-
per. Have ready dish Of bot sealing wsx,
and dip the ends VI the stems in this. Pu.
in n layer in the box carefully, then n paper,
then put IN your stats, then . paper, then
grapes again, and so on till full, not more
than three layers in btx. Nail up tight /,
keep IN q cool, dry place, until cold weather;
then place in q dry cellar. Grapes Ia this
way will keep till March.
lcE.-HOw to preserve ice for Q considers
bic length Of tune, for domestic purposes,
and especially the sick room, il told by nm
exchange thus "Make two bags OF stout
WOODEN fabric the inner one shot ID be at
least two inches wider each wsy. After
placing one inside the other, stuff feathers
between the two. and sew bags together at
the top"
CANNING FRUIr.-I send my method or
canning fruit hich have practiced for the
past two years with success. It Is thns !:
Place your glass cans (there is no need of
dipping them in hot WAter) on q wet tOwe:
folded once or twice, and ill wi the boiling
fruit. Care should be taken not to have the
air strIke them. As soon as one can 10 hlled
the fruit should be returned to the stove
that every can may receive the fruit perfect
" bJiling hot. You will no doubt expect
every moment to hear q crack, there Is no
danger. | have practiced this method and
find it the brst and easiest way. have
seen fruit clnDel In this wAY and tumblers
filed with hot jelly and bottles With ketchup
in the saEe manner and have never had one
break or spoil. ADA
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Ashland, Pa, June, 1859.
TO Bg CONTINUED.
From The Soldiers Friend.
The WOFkIngmenss Party.

Among all the political developments of
the day, there is none more pregnant with
grand results, than the movement OF the
workingmen Of New York towards the for.
nation Of political organization especially
devoted to their interests, the members aod
nominees OF which shall be bona fde. cenu.
inc workingmen. There will be no leading
of bIswny armed and sooty faced mechanics
by kid-gloved gentry who ape the manners
that they may have The support OF the shops.
The trades organizations OF New York CITY
alone can cast between seventy aud eiehtv
thousand votes, which would turn the scale
in favor Of almost any candidate on an inde-
pendent ticket. The workingmen If this
city are power IN the laud, if tLel can be
made to act honestly, consistently, and
together. 1t certainly would seem az though
the object to be gained was important enough
to overshadOw all petty qusrrsls and trades
union jealousies. Let the workingmen nom.
mate the right kind Of people and their suc-
cess is assured. But they must beware
Of those who would lead them for self IN
ends, who would use them as q ladder
which they would throw down after use
Let them select the honest, practical. right.
minded men who are 70 numerous IA ths
w0T Tkshops of the town, aud then, with
union and perseverance, they can conquer
success.
There is to be q mass meeting OF thes.
people at the Cooper Institute on the evenins
OF October IL, and We have no doubt an
organization will be effected and a tickeI
nominated. Let the hard Hsted sons y
Labor turn out in their strength and show
the politicians what honest men can do
There will be stands erected outside 70,
those who cannot get into the hall 10 hear
the speakers, who will oil be members Of
trades unions.
We have heard Of Nelson W. Youne
mentioned as q d: representative Of his
class. No doub: he 10 strong end able, and
be has already secured the iodorsemens oI
some Of the prominent journslA
But be 10 not the only one we could men.
tion. There ID Mr.. Blissert, Of tie taiIorr,
Mr.. Eunis, OF the Plastersss, Mr. Tsosr, oi
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Of stores which workingmen have erected,
Alled with goods Of all kinds that working
men created. How many Of these belong to
workingmen. Not one. 60 along, street
aftet street. mile after mile of streets, and
ask at any moment, does this build
ing belong to q workingman ?" No. the
workingman has no heritage In the costly
structures of cities, the ships on the ocean,
or the railroads that unite all sections.
Search out the iron and coal mines, the
forges, the manufactures Of cotton, or
leather, or glass, or other commodities. Do
workingmen own them 2 No, they have
erected them, and toll in them from bow
hood to the grave, but own not q stone In
their walls. There is a " working class''
that create all these good thugs, and pro-
ht and interest G. g that own and enjoy
them.
mo
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MAUD AND MADGE.
BT JULIA o. D. DoRK.

M ead In . crimson velvet chair
trings her pearls on . sIken thread,
kile lovingly lining her golden hair
Non airs wander about her head.
81 has dlken robes Of the sOftest aoV;
8he has jewels rare and . chain OF gold
Ar her tWo white hands hlt 10 and fro,
air ~ the dainty toys they hold.
ehA has tropical birds and rare perfumes
PICTURES that gpoak 70 the heart and eye;
Eel her each flower OF the Orient hleo@s,
for her the Socg and the lutte swell high,
Brl dsinsily stringing her cleaning pearls,
1ne dreams 70 day In her velvet chair.
WKle the sunlight sleeps m her golden curIs,
ghtly stirred By the OdOrO0s air.
DohFn on the beach when the tide goes out.
Eadge is gathering shiny sheIs,
TIT see breeze blows bar locks a6cut,
Yer bare brown ieet the white sand sWellS.
ccfreeet serge b her gown Of gray,
TAdod and torn her apron blue,
AM there 10 the beautiful dying day,
1hs girl still thlnks d the work 10 do.
ShknS Of labor are on her hands.
lEost In the young SSrms airy grace,
An standing there on the shiny sands,
lou read her fate In her weary face.
Cpkwith The dawn 70 toll al day,
IxR meagTe fare and place 70 sloep.
Se&On . momsnt 70 dream or play,
And little leisure 70 laugh or weep.
Be. e.atiful Maud, you think, maybe,
IkiAG back IN your velvet CHAIR,
Thare 10 nAught In common tWixs her and thee.
1ou &C arce could breathe In the self same air.
Bak, Ah the blood In her girlish heart
'ssapS quick a. yours at her natures call,
An ye, though moving % fhr apart,
ust share one destiDy after all.
Lcfs shall come TO you both one day,
pr still mast What aye hath been,
Ank under satin or russet gray,
FeArts win open 70 lot HIN In
M4heRhot with its joy and Voc,
tAch must compass through burning pAins
HC talr Maud, With ysuF brow Of mow,
adge with her brovn hands labor ssains.
Esk shall sorrow, each shall weep,
Though one In q hovsl, oDe In hall,
OvHr your gold the frosa ahall creep,
As over her iet the moWs shall fan
ER1isite Maud, you hft yonF syes
Madge oat yonder under the sum,
Al yes throw, By the connslsm lies
common NomAnhe0d, you ere ona
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Humboldt.

The following description Of the appear
ance OF Alexander Won Humboldt is from
the pen Of Bayard Taylor, who saw ham in
November, $50, three years before his death.
lt was at Sis interview, it 10 said, that Hum
boidt remarked that Mr.. Taylor had travelled
farther and seen less than sny man be ever
met:
As looked at the majestic old man, the
line OF Tennyson, describing Wellington.
came into my mind: oh, good gray head,
which all men knew The fret impression
made by Humboldrs face was that of q
broad and genial humanity. His massive
brow, heavy with the gathered wisdom Of
nearly century, bent forward and over
hung his breast like ripe ear Of corn but
when you looked below ir q pair Of clear
eyes, almost az bright and steady as child's
met your own. In these eyes you read that
trust In man, that immortal youth Of the
heart, which made the snows Of eighty
seven winters lie 90 lightly upon his head.
You trusted him utterly at the first glance,
and you felt that he would trust you, if YOU
" ere worthy Of il. had approached him
with natural feeling Of reverence, but in
five minutes found that loved him, and
could talk with him as freely as with q friend
Of my own age. His nose, mouth and chin
had the heavy Tsutonic character, whose
genuine type always expresses an honest
simplicity and direct0ess. His wrinkles we're
few and small, and his skin had smooth
ness and delicacy rarely seen In old men.
His hairs although snow-white, was still
abundant, his step slow but firm, and his
manner active almost to restlessness. ]
could not perceive that bis memory, the first
mental faculty to show decay, was at all
impaired. He talked rapidly, and with the
greatest apparent ease, never hesitating for
. . word, whether in English or German, and,
intact, appeared TO be unconscious which
language be was using, rs be changed FIVE
or six times in the course of the con-
versstion.
"You have travelled much and seen
many runs SAID Humboldt, as be gave me
bis hand; snow you have seen one more.'
Not ruin,' could not help replying, shut
Q pyramid For l pressed the hand which
bad touched those Of Frederick the Great, Of
Foster, the champion of Captain Cook, Of
Klopstock and Schiller, of Pitt, Napoleon,
Josephine, the Marshals Of the Empire, Of
Jefferson, Hamilton, Wieland, Herder, E vet
tie, Cuvier, La Place, Guy Lussac, Beetho-
ven, Walter Sco;t-in short every great man
whom Europe has produced in three quarters
Of 9 century"
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cHAPrER TX.


Rumors now began to reach the distriet,
that total suspension OF work, throughout
the anthracite coal region vas i'm contem-
plstion. Other unions bad sprung up at sd-
joining collieries. These unions spread over
the entire anthracite coal field. and we're ra-
pidly becoming consolidated into one macs,
that was termed the Miners Benevolent AS
sociation. Your men bad received visits
from their committees, who had made ad-
vances to them but your men for some rea-
son, did not join them at once; they we're
then too much divided on the subjecs. just
lately committee of these monomaniacs
who visited your dissrict in order to solicit
your men to cooperate with them, and to
join their union to the Miners Benevolent
Association-had the audacity to visit you
Mr. STRIVING, in your Office with the inten-
tion Of explaiDg their g grounds Of action"
But Mr.. Fish had been with you the evening
previous, ID you knew all about their
" grounds Of action" You let the rascals
know this much too, before yen showed
them the buttons on the back Of your coat,
which you did to express your just indigna-
tion. You did not kick the rsscals out Of
your august presence: possibly you had
sublime reasons for not doing so. Since
you first drew breath In that New York
garret, it is thirty i've years, you never had
been so indignant never bad met with 90
much reason to be 90.
Here was a deputation-of what you had
lately been taught to consider the dross or
scum Of society-sent to dictate az these
suspension advocates entertained towards
you. You became at once notorious, among
the miners Of q certain populOus county in
Pennsylvania. These raseals will propagate
your name into the future. You do not seam
likely to propagate your own name in the
ordinary way for you have not been blsss-
ed with ary little Stirving's you know; and
il the miners OF the aforesaid county, do vou
this however, you ought to be proud Of il.
t. N. W.
Ashland, Pa, June, 1869.
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An ElOq uent Tribute,

@Alderman Mackey, Of Charleston, South
Carolina, the noted high Free Mason, 10 hte
speech, paid the following beautiful tribute
to the Catholic Sisters Of Mercy. lie said !:
When the ploughshsre OF war had mark ed
your streets with it's red burrows, these gooi
women moved BY day and night amid the
nameless horrors Of your prisons and hospi-
tails, bearing food for the famishing body, and
words Of comfort and OF healing for the
stricken soul. To the Sisters Of Mercy il
mattered not whether the sufferers were
cloven down beneath the bars, while strik-
ing with a courage that rose more respenI-
ent rs the cause il maintained grew more
hopeless, or whether they fell while uphold
ing the starry symbol Of our country's SOW
ereiguty but saw in them only the human,
and made them all ore under the banner OF
the Gross They shrsnk not from the path
OF duty during the four years sic ge Of this
devoted city. The shot and shell Of the un-
firing besieger-shattering that they might
reach, and reaching that they might shatter
spared not the roof that sheltered these
apostles Of humanity, but in their pitiless
and far-reaching fight involved the innocent
and the guilty as victims in the same com
mon calamity Yet when many Of the
brave soldiers Of that besieging army fell
into your hands by the ever varying fortunes
OF war, these Sisters of Mercy were the
first to minister to their wanLs-like the
sandal tree-tbat breathes out fragrance 10
the axe that fells il.
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the printers, and some very strong and intel
hgent men among the German unions. We
have no particular preferences. Be It Young,
Blisssrt, Troop, or Ennis either might be
elected 0y close enthusiastic canvass
q the Trades Uni 10; but whether their
election would be benefit to their confreres
or Of service to themselves remains TO be
seen. Oaly by their works can they be
judged.
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CRUGLrY TO CHLD.-Ths Mayor of Co
lumbus, Ohio, on Saturday fined man and
women twenty dollars each, under q city or
dinSnce, and then bound them over in five
hundred dollars each, for intense crulety to
. step-ehild-a little girl or tender years.
The little child was found in q dark, damp
cellar, very much emaciated. and covered
with vermin and filth.
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The SunfOwer a Cure for Fever and
Ague.

Agues
Mr.. Martin, in q paper read before the
Therapeutic society of France, states, as a
proved fact, that the common sunflower pos
sesses the faculty Of freeing the atmosphere
from the animal and vegetable germs sup
posed to constitute the miasms productive
Of.fever and ague. lie says the experiment
has proved successful in the low districts
near Rochefort, and that the Dutch have
proved lis value 10 9eutralizing the nOxious
effects OF marsby civilizations. The sunhOwer
has long been appreciate as a father Of
poultry, and supplying food for bees, etc,
and many people cultivate them chiefly for
that purpose. But il Mr.. Marlin's theory be
correct, We expect to see 1t more largely
cultivated, especially in low-lying districts,
and the hOmely- looking flower will be bless
ed BY th Ousands, who now look with horrid
soticipation for the return Of their regular
shaking day. The theory, apparently new
In Europe was long broached here.
A SINGULAR PATENT.-A London firm OBJ
tanned q patent for q method for catching
whales by means of electricity. Every
whale-bost is provided with galvanic bat
terry. Wires from opposite poles ran down
to the points Of each set Of harpoons.
When the whale 10 sufficiently near two har
poons are thrown as nesr r,simult ten eously a.
possible, aud, when imbedded, the flesh Of
the monster kcompletes the !circu,t. Tha
charge IS expected to be Sufficiently mower
fui 20 paralyize the animal. 20 thar .,ha
small boat may advance and dispatch him At
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NEwsPAPzRs.-The great Americau states
man, Webster, was right when he aaid !:
" Small is the sum required to patroniEs a
newspaper amply rewarded 10 its patron,
no matter how humble or unpretending il
the journal he takes. It is next to impos-
sloie TO I'LL q sheet with printed matter,
without putting something into it that il
worth the subscription price.
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Written for the ADvccAsn
THE COAL COMPANYss AGENT.
CRAPTRR VII.
FIsH AND BLACKSMITH.

ElSn AmU BbACk6H8Bf.
Mr.. Fish had been visitor Ut your Office
for sometime. Mr.. Fish was fat, but not
foolish. he had . good temper, an oily
tongue and pleasant comicsl features.
When you saw Fish you would be more
inclined to laugh than to cry. He
was agreeable, and actually interested your
clever wife. She was amused by him, in the
way one is, by the gambols Of certain ami
mails. More than being amusing be was
useful, Fish caught news and told stories.
He was fitting receptacle for these
mean in these matters he had capacity /: he
was true genius. He was favorite with
the miners, and much trusted by them. He
appeared deeply interested in matters con-
nected with the union, and in conse ouepca
was placed Ia the most important Offices. He
was thus well versed in all the details Of
action, past, present, and prospective. At
the mines be did well, had constant work.
and received high wages. He always had
good contracts lie had the right side OF
Crooks, and was trusted with the most i'm
portant jobs. There we're those who envied
him. Some said he was not skilfui. Some
said be was treacherous but these were not
the prevailing ideas. Those in possession
Of such soon found it was better for their In
terests to Seep their suspicious to them
selves. One thing however was well known
among the miners, that every contemplated
movement was known 70 you Mr.. Stirring.
shortly after it had been decided on. The
proposers Of such were NIL known to you
Still Fish was never suspected or being q
traitor or a tale bearer, or q blackeheep.
On one occasion, three men, good steady
workmen had been picked on and discharged
for taking an active part il movement that
resulted in favor O. the workmen. This oc-
casioned strike Of week in duration, un-
til those men were allowed to resume work.
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French Soldiers Eaten By CannlbaIs.

The London Daily News says: II any of
Us look forward to being eaten BY cannibals,
be may wish to be informed how be 10 likely
to be cooked. IL is a comfort 10 know Tf1aT
the savages who may devour him are by no
means devoid of refinement in their culinary
disposition. Some French soldiers were
lately taken prisoners by the Kansks, and
one Of them was killed and eaten. His COM
rades described the process. The Kansks
first decapitate their victim, matter of no
small difficulty, considering the bluntness of
their hatchets: Ten to fifteen blows are me-
cessary. The body is then hung up to tree
by the feet, and the blood allowed to run
out for an hour. Meanwhile hole a yard
and half deep, and a yard wide is dug in
the ground. The whole is lined with stones,
and then in the midst Of them q great FIRE is
lit. When the wood is burned down q little
and gl0ws with heat, it 10 covered over with
more stones. The man is then cleaned out
and divided into pieces about foot long,
the hands and feet being thrown away as
worthless. The pieces Of the man are placed
on the leaves Of large rose tree peculiar
to the tropics. meat is surrounded
with cocoa nuts, banana, and some other
plants noted for their delicate favor. The
whole is then tied together firmly; the fire
is removed from the pit the meat is placed
in among the hot stones, and thus, carefully
covered, is left to cook for an hour. Wo-
men DO not partake Of this warriors feast.
Men alone are permitted to enjoy so great
an honor and 80 rare a delicacy."
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General Wlnn on the Labor Question.
At meeting Of the Washing toE, d. O.,
Worklngmen's Assembly, Gen. Winn, Of
Cahfornia, delegate to the Labor Congress,
during speech Of some length, referred to
Chinese labor in the following terms
Cheap labor 10 q curse to the country.
The laboring man is thereby made a slave,
while the rich man Is not benefited by it.
It was the cry for cheap labor that first in
troduced slavery into this country, and
which came near being its destruction.
Now the country is aroused upon the sub
jcct Of Chinese labor millions of Cinnamon,
without wives or children, can be and are
being introduced into this country. They
can live on ten cents a day, and sleep in a
place two feet by six. They wear the same
kind Of clothes that their fathers wore q
thousand years ago. They worship idols,
even In this country, and are thieves and
prostitutes by nature and practice. The
white man or negro, with their wife and
children to support, getting but two dollars
day, are driven from employment, while
the Cinnamon are introduced in his place at
less than 81 per day, price at which no
man can support q family. Chinese labor
" Is carker on society its presence is
everywhere marked by vices, diseases and
cegeneracy." They are owned by masters
IN disguise, who hire them out, receive their
pay, and pay them what will support life
without luxury It is too dreadful to contem-
plate. When the Fifteenth Amendment
shall have been adopted we look forward
i've or six years, when the hundred thou
sand now on the Pacific coas. will control
the elections and establish the worship OF
Josh, and the religion Of the country. unless
revolution shall before that time deluge the
country In blood, and free the people from
their political miasmatic influence. He ap-
proved OF the eight hour system, claiming
that the man who stands in the way OF re-
form must expect to be run over. In Cali.
fOrnia they had worked with q rapidity in
relation 20 the eight hour movement that has
never been equalled in any portion Of the
world. Prior to 1857 the ship. working
trades had been working but eight hours for
q day but in January Of that year the
house carpenters organized and fixed the 81
OF June following as the day when they
would commence the sight-hour system oI
labor, and the eighr-hOIr leagues of San
francisco united IN q grand procession on
that day. Over 5000 appeared 10 the
streets with soul-stirring music aud bin-
ners flying. Twenty -four hundred carpen-
ters banded together have sustained the sys.
tenn against the combined power Of their
bitter opponents. In the Fail of 1867 an
election for Representatives and Senators
aroused the mechanics to action, and nc
man was elected in that city that did NOT
favor tne Wishes and interests Of the laborng
! man. They saw, however, that their efforts
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THE VIRGIN.-In the ecclesiastical histo-
~ Of Nicephorus Callixtus, he has inserted
q description Of the Virgin Mary, which he
declares to have been given by Epiphsnius,
who lived in the foarth century, end by him
derived from more ancient source 'sShe
was Of middle stature, her face oval, her eyes
brilliant 'AAd Of an olive tint, her eyebrows
arched and black, her hair was pale brown,
her complexion fair as wheat. She spoke
but lIltle, but she spoke freely and affably
her speech was grave courteous and tran
quill, and her dress was without ornament"