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The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

planted those acOrns in the royal gardens With his
own hands; where, after the lapse of quarter of
a century they are probably rising into majestic
form and renown, and whose leaves, Gcd grant,
shall be for the healing of the nations.
''Now, my young friend, is there any thing can
do for you in return for your noble present., said
Nicholas. 1--WE read, Mr. Emperor, of famous
city of yourn, called Moscow, which that old
scoundre Boneparte burnt, and Eve seen picter
of the big bell that fell there in the fire. I'd like to
see that ere place. How fur is it?' " About 500
of your miles," replied the car go, dear, that's
a big walk" sad the boy Walk! YOU shall ride
in one of my carriages, Sir, there and any where
you wish to go; and as long as you remain in my
country make yourself at home here at my house
with my family And when Mr. Dallas saw him
in one OF the state carriages, as above stated, he
was actually on his way to Moscow. After, in this
way, making the tour Of the empire, he returned
10 have the run of the royal palace Where he be-
came the pet by his simple manners, good sense
and Yankee shrewdness; imparting to the en-
peror and - all the folks as he told Mr.. Dallas,
more real and solid information, because simple
and artiess, of our nation and its affairs than he
had ever obtained from all the glowing accounts
from the many snowy and formal persons he had
ever met with.
One bright day in the June before the last, we,
like the boy stood in wrapt gaze beside Washing
TONS grave at Mt. Vernon. 1t is Il low, humble
tomb of common bricks; such as the average citi-
zen would not use as place Of sepulture; but
around, and towering far above it, stood those
same glorious old oaks, through whose myriad
wayv leaves shimmered cool the bright Southern
sun. Long and diligently we, too, sought the
acorns to beautify and cheer the cemeteries of the
American, as before of the Russian North. In
van because out of season; and the strict rules
Of the place very properly forbade touching sin
Gle leaf twig or flower. we gathered few sere and
yellow leaves of the past and hold them as pre-
eious memorials of the place and Of them-GEoRGE
AND MARTHA WASHINGTON whose remains
side by side, are reposng there.
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

merchant prince of New York-a port
ly siX-tooter of great manly beauty, who
never dined without his brandy and water
nor went to bed without a terrapin or oyster
supper, and who was never known to be
drunk, died OF chronic dialThoea-a common
end OF those who are never intoxicated and
never out of liquor. Halls Journal of Health
gives this account of his death:
Months before he died-he was a year in
dying-he could eat nothing without distress,
and ut death the whole alimentarv canal was
a mass OF disease in the midst of his millions
he died OF hamilton, That is not the half,
reader. He had been a steady drinker, a
daily drInker, for twenty-eight years. Scrof-
ula has been eating up one daughter for
fifteen years; another is in the mad house
the third and fourth were of unearthly beauty
there was a kind OF grandeur in that beauty
but they blighted, and paled, and faded-lnto
heaven, we trust-in their sweet teens; an
other is tottering on the verge of the grave.
and only one is lett with all senses, and each
OF them rs weak as water.
The same periodical instances another case
that should supplement the one lust given
A gentleman of thirty five was sitting on
chair, without any specially critical symp-
toms present; still he was known to be II
'dssipated young man" He rose. ran fifty
feet, fell down and died, The whole cover
ing of the brain was thickened, its cavities
We're filled with a fluid that did not belong to
it, enough to kill half Il dozen men with
apoplexyi great portion of one lung was
IN q state OF gangrene, and nearly all the
other was hardened and useless; blood and
yellow matter plastered the inner covering Of
the lungs, while angry red patches of destruc-
tive inflammation were scattered along the
whole alimentarv canal. Why, there was
enough of death in that one mans body to
have killed forty men,
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A most singular circumstance occurred in
the town of Winchester, Mass, Monday A
well digger named Winn, was employed in
walling up q well. The well had been sunk
to the depth of thirty eight feet and Mr.
Winn was in the act of sinking a curbing for
the foundation when his feet began to settle
in the sand at the bottom He did not at
first mind this, until he had occasion to shift
his position, when he found to his dismay that
his feet were imbedded fast in the sand He
gave the alarm, when assistance came, but
all efforts to disengage him from his perilous
position proved unavailable until yesterday
afternoon, when he was extricated alive,
The sand in which the nan was held is pos
sessed of great adhesive properties. 50
tough and tenacious is it, that 1t was found
impossible to withdraw an iron bar sunk in
it to the depth of fifteen inches
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CORNING MEAT---AN EXCEL eNr WAY

n I
Many are the directions for this important busi.
ness most of which are worthless, we have found
ON trial. But for many years we have used this
plan. and can recommend it as excellent if all the
conditions are complied with.
For 100 lbs. of beef from which all blood and 9th.
er impurities have been well washed in cold water,
take lbs. rock salt; b. brown sugar. 10 o. salt
petre-those who dislike the sat-petre can omit il
ana add ~ Id. more salt. Boil these in water
enough to entirely cover the meat skim and when
e3u pour over the meat, in sweet vessel, of course
good enough for the king every wav-because
pe'nS M ]ust right to boil without any g freshenng .
tii JUS goodhess remains in it while bv the common
iiiethou Oh sa!tlng" all of the best of the meat is
thrown out in the freshening process.
| But mark two or three things This method will
preserve meat only in cold weather saw. from De-
cember to March and it should be kent in the cold.
don't freeze too hard An ice house is the hest
place. Don't allow single particle ever to oct
above the pickle, as during January thaws these
will hurt" and spoil the whole; so pnt ovor the
meat board like the follower in cheese nress
and on this good sized stone and on this stone y
small bag of salt one corner of which lust touches
the pickle; for salt is heavier than water, and So
sinks to the bottom, leaving the surface too fresh
and so spelling the meat even when, as q whole
too much salt has been used. When cold weather
breaks, if you have any meat left-which rarely
happens if properly cured by this method-re-sait
and re-picke as in warm weather methods
Unless you are willing to follow carefully all
these drections-and It'll less trouble than to write
them out-We advise you to keep on in the old
salt mess method which makes even Jack Tar
vince and scold.
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Beecher says a certain offender whom he
mentions should be made to ''sit for four
mortal hours in a cold church. and listen to a
sermon read by near-sighted man who had
lost his spectaclesr' And he says he don't
see what in hell could be worse than this
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

A New York druggist says he has at least
twenty regular customers. all belonging to
the middle or laboring classes, who purchase
opium of him. Nearly every druggist could
probably tell the same story.
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

A Wisconsin genius has invented a lazy
mans tire-kindler. 1t operates like an alarm
clock, and will strike a match and light an
oiled wick in the stove CRATE at any desired
hour,
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

The two New York policemen who robbed
a man of several hundred dollars in the
streets of that city, have been sent to State
prison for five years.
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06
|EVAPORATING WATER ON STOVES AND
FURNACES

| rect and reliable paper-the Boston journal of
Chemisty-lersist in maintaining that the evapor-
alton Of water in heated rooms is not necessary; :;
in fact is more injurious than beneficial to health
aid comfort-which view as we believe and tried to
| show in our recent article warming dwellings,
is not only erroneous, but coming from authori-
tative source and so rapidly spreading by adop-
F! ton through numerous respectable papers, is in-
| ilicting great harm on the public
| The journal Of Chemistry argues that no water
other than is naturally in the room is ever needed,
because, it says all the heating neither changes,
except 10 a rarer state, nor destroying particle of
the Water there; that in proportion as you heat the
air its capacity for holding water increases; that
if for example, 1000 cubic feet Of air at the temper
atare Of 60 degrees has, say, two quarts of Watery
yapOr in it, heated to 100 degrees would still have
this same TWO quarts of water as before. Hence it
follows that there is no real dryness, and no ad-
ditional water is needed, it atiirms.
| Now this is, we believe, correct statement OF
the law which governs in the expansion of liquids
and fluids; bnt the tallacy and the mischief are in
AT" ''-''i'' 'l"f ""nthnr law comes in here that de-
stroys The truth OF the other, viz. that all this
| por, partly by reason of its grett dNisibility and
more by the power with which the forces of heated
air seize and retain it, is i'll shape and under con-
ditons to be of very little to vegetable and an
imal life.
proi.o,, .ho s,,,,o +,;, aoo, =; ,;,,,o. 81 ,,oo.
Aieelseis 'ne S'c ln'is ~ seen III tilliea vi great
drouth The Journal of Chemistry and those who
agree with it will say--It is all idle to talk about
the air being dry and parched in these drouths.
| Why, aS You see by the ponds and streams being
| low by eyaporatjon. the air never, had in If more
,,to, ,an ~, t1,is i1o -
'" no" an ''iis 'oca Vi ofyiies eAists Is
III The deuSlon OF the feelings and not in fact. But
the common sense of the people will say-s' We
know nothing abouf vour fina-snp theories hn,
40 1,,o,,, tlo oatt,a
we uo Aho" INC e'''e anu Nese'i'ioh are uslhS ana
people suffering in health and comfort, because all
this water in the air persists in staying there and
1 ,;e. o,o, o .,; . ,- ~ -
| cong nonouy VI tlllls any Soou. anu an must
sTo & tie III urouh u; m Les an lis wef a III tle ar
asans noli.iii? ~, ps d cliahsG il tg iorces anu
tl ' Mlch len II III .lit nSh solulloh IL as
s"llca NoF, 'lie sil,pe Vi Jew sapoI anu ran.
NO" room much heated by artl1lclal means Is
only an ARTIFICIAL drouth; obeylng precisely the
same laws ana cohdltlons as natural ones; and no
more IN te one case han the other Is this extreme
y rar1ied water of any apprecable account to veg
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Farm, Garden, and Household
CONDUCTED BY PUTNAM sIMONTON.

ss- Our friends who may have communications, OBJ
servation facts SUGGESTIONS or anything of interest,
pertaining to this department requested to commu-
ncae the to DIR. Putnam Simontou, Searspor who
will prepare the for publication ii of sufficient i'm
VOrtAncr,
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06
EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II .
Inc heaviest earthquake ever experienced
IN Eastern California and Nevada, occurred
ABOUT SIX o'clock last evening. The shock
was felt with more or less severity at Sacra-
mento, Marysville, Grass Valley. Virginia
City, Iowa Hill, Stockton, and other towns
At Virginia City, Nevada, walls were thrown
down, door bells rung, and the consterna
tlon was general. The shock was felt Sc
verely on the lower lines of all the mines
The vibrations were north and south, and
lasted about ten seconds, AT Reno, the
shock was preceded by low rumbling,
which lasted nearly two minutes, alarming
the inhabitants. The express train bound
west was detained about an hour between
Wadsworth and Reno.
Second Dispatch
the earthquake last night was felt through
out Western Nevada The shocks continued
all night. The Virginia City down train on
the Carson road. was thrown from the track
The Republican journal., 1870-01-06

"A TURKISH BEAUTY. | enjoyed the pleas
ure this morning of being introduced to a
very handsome Turkish lady, in order to give
an opportunity OF witnessing perfect speci
men OF Oriental beauty. After good deal
OF persuasion she allowed me to copy her pro-
file Her eyes and eye-lashes were intense
ly black, though | suspect the latter We're
stained of a deeper dye than the natural one
Her complexion was beautifully fair, with
the slightest tint of carnation sutfused over
her face. Her lips. sweet lips. that made us
sigh even to have seen such. Her glossy
halr, which was bound with kalemkier or
painted handkerchief, representing a whole
parterre Of flowers, fell in loose curls upon
her shoulders and down her back She wore a
short black velvet jacket, embroidered with
gold lace; trousers of sky blue and under
Jacket OF pink Grape, and one of those beauti-
ful transparent shirts which ravish the be-
holder, and half reveal the charms they fan
would hide
A magnificent Persian shawl encircled her
waist, which had natures own form, never
having been compressed by the cruel bandage
OF stays. Her feet were in slippers, and two
or three ugly rings deformed her white and
slender fingers, the nails of which We're dyed
with henna. Around her neck she wore Il
Gouble row OF pearls, from which hungan
amulet Her skin was very white and beau
titul; the constant use Of the dry vapor bath
having reduced it to a fineness which can
only compare to a highly polished marble,
and it looked as glossy and as cold She was
well pleased with the drawing l made, and
on rising to go away she put on her yellow
boots over the beautiful white foot and ankle
which it was a sin to conceal; then donning
cashmere and cloak, she bade us adeu with
q grace and elegance which few English la
dies could equal. No wonder the Turks sigh
for paradise, when they believe heaven to be
peopled with houris such as these Auldio's
Visit TO Constantinople.
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,aGosGaIJa3sE@
;F6l.iXYTtIf3NAHj
TKs NGSrt co5ErcssmaSS.'' =

We copy elsewhere letter and some
editorial comments from the Moundsyille
National, touching the next canvass for
Congress. The merits Of Gen. Corr Us
tlleoomtng capdidstein tls district have
bcsns sC6a8 Sbly caava "a in thiRf fly
during the paSt isw week., and ne feSl'
Ing is very generally in his favor. he Is
considered not only a6aVailabld man, but
good man on his own merits. He GER
lainly Is, so far as we can Judge, the only
man yet in the field who Is strong oil over
the district We believe It is ApdcFPpa
here that Wheeling lhas no candidate 10
present, and our Republicans generally
recognize the .foEes Of the geo graphical
argument, and conced6 that TIC Harrison
end of thu, district, II 1t presents good
n&59 b5r entitled 10 tho jcaHldidlatc! ttl
GEN. Corr Is o lawyer of ability, and
lsnow the District Attorney Of the United
States. HHe .was in The House Of Dele
gates here d couple Of years ago, and
there, us well as In the canvass Of 1858,
showed himself an effective talker., Hp
lIas the energy, the pluck, and the force as
a public speaker that will win; and with
suclra a candidate there would be no doubt
at Ill about our Carrying the district
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Cincinnati Market.
CrNorNNAFI, Aphl q.

CINCINNATI ApEIl II
GRAIx-WhCatI6all al 81 1oa1 la. COn-In
good demandA At 6A60Oc; receipts light, Oats
Plrm4t @8e0e Rye-Flrm At& 9Ge, Barley
Dali Ato1d4tt o.. Itlt Sfaa
C0FFoE Unchanged; middlinE 4ke.s %
ToBACco-Aetlye; supply not equal TO the de-
mGnd: Hales TO hhd6 AE Is 80fb9I 90
WuIsKY-Firm at 81 0l0I %; sales 900 bbls.
PROVISIONS rCeeded shade, but In
better damaHd; was OF At tho close, but holders
remained firm, Mess Potk-S0ld at $48 30 for
aFBt class city brands and but foW Bellera. Bulk
ShOuldeFa sold 70 the extent Of 10000 lha a. IOH
GNiie, chiefly At tho latter rate; 10000 lbs sIdes
sold 1t l3kc for rih and l4kc for clear RIB; cleAF
held at I6c; no aalOs. HAcOn-PlFm but quiet;
shoulders Il&6lAc; sides l6K6IBHC for clear
rib and clear; buyers offered Nc less.
LARD-SOld TO The extent OF 600 Iletce1 At lS1i
AlGc, chiefly a. the latter rate, and there were
more buyers than sellers on Change At theSH
rates, but tho market was not 20 strong this RC.
tsFnUon. s.
BUFFRR-U Unchanged and steady, Id. ..
CHBESE-UnehAnged aud steady, Ie
R0GS-lTC and dull -,,I -. g
Ous.-LlnSeed oil-Dull at ea09Oc, Lard oil
-PIFm at 81 2501 q, -..-..r'... 80.
0ROqERIEs.-SugAT-In good demand At i0H0
I9Kc. COdeo-FlTm at 1a693c, .t De-. fn
BKEP CAFTLB-ScaFCe and hFIu at $8b7 %,
HOGs-In good dGEhAnd at g 6O09 81, the lat!
ter Eats for extra corn faltGnel.
GOLD-ll2k buying. .D. ....I...
ExCHANaE-FIFm Gt par buying.
NONET-MaEkOt easy at06l0 per cont.
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FIOuR-Flrm and faIrly active on shipping &C.
count; prices without material change
GnGIN-Wheat-Dul but hFm; carly sales ol
No. at R2SC, seller Nay, and b2e caah; SubsO,
qucntfy prices dRindied, closing at 6OXc for lAt.
tCT; optional aales at 81 6G2c, seller Nay; 68k6
83Sc, seller June; other grades 10 fAlr demand Rt
0Oc for No. !; and 7Gfb96Xe for No. 3; during tbs
afternoon the market was steady at Sic for No. z
cash; and 81 tHt9tIc, seller May. COru-Quiet
and aa9Kc lower: EaiG9 at .6t&B85Hc for No. 2:
8IKfH86c for now; aud 7l0G4c for no grade In
store; closing At $40 for No. !; optional sales at
8t5<dS6C, SGilor May; 6eXc, seller Nay and June;
In The afternoon market du1l and unsettled at 6II
fIe No. cash; 70c bid for no grade. OatH-FAlE
demand at decline Of &c; sales At 43KG46o eash;
4SN@44{, seller month; 4tf6 6ASc, seller NAY
4GC buyer Nay; clnling q 49ko cash. RyB-gull
aud steady; closing AE 56c t0E fresh No.&. baf'
lUy@-FIEm 1t t50ab9c for No, ~ u. -.
UATfLE- LIZ 345e higher; e5 20 for cows; 20 99H
GS7 Is for fAlr TO medium; S760@T 70 for good 10
Hoes-FlEm aud GtOaly SS 5Oas eS for fair to
Medium; S nos 90 for good smooth lots.
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Financial Measures In congress.

From he Philadelphia Ledger. "'' l."- "
The Banking and Currency Committee
meet almostHeVery day but reach no re-
suits. Tho proposition now under con:
sidGfation Is a bill consolidating the Sen.
atc Currency bill, and the House nlantla-
tory request for an increase of circulation.
1t will be remembered that some time
since, the Senate passed d bill retiring the
forty!tivc millions three per cents md au.
tllorizing the issue Of the slime amount Of
additional bank circulation. n Subsequent
ly, the House peremptorily ordered the
Committee to report q bill increasing the
circulation by the amount OF fifty millions.
The aim of the Committee has been 10
harmonic these two measures, and It is
now proposed that q bill be reported in.
creasinE tho National bank circulation
ninety-liYe millions, with q corresponding
withdrawal Of grcenbacks, and thus cover
both points above mentioned. This has moi
been agreed upon, however, and there Is
much diversity Of opinion upon the sub
iect. Some members favor throwing open
the subject, so aBto permit The South aud
West to absorb asYmnch Of the capital as
they desire, retiring gfeenbacks in the
SAME proportion. BusthiswiTltbe warm
ly opposed n, the House, which still re-
CARDS the greenbacla with a jealous eye.
It is, therefore, impossible to say what
will be the result on this matter at this
season. The impression Is spreading that
the matter is we'll enough as II Is, and
that 1t will do 10 Let well enough alone for
the present at least II b certain that nc
more greenbacls will be issued, and 1t i
almost equally certain that no moro bank
circulation viii be issued beyond the three
per cents until Congress consents thai
grcenbacks may DO retired pro rata. The
Funding bill makes as slow progress, as
do the other financial measures, and with
the Tariff, now bids fair to take shelter ID
tho same harbor Of "let well enough
alone"-an which ia favorable to Tic
maintenance Of y cheap currency and
higher prices generally. u u.n 1
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THIS Berkeley county Teachers As
ISOLATION want tie proposed State Inst.
tutc held at Martlnsburg, and have ad'
dressed Prof. Williams on the subject
A SMALL child Of Mr.. Charles Lambert,
Of fMArtinsbnrg, drank some ly0 last Thurs
day, and Is In q prccariOus condition.
THE colorcd men Of Martlnsburg will
not be allowed to vote ut the approaching
municipal election. They have not been
registered.
Tue Morgan Mercury says two young
gentlemen Of Berkeley Springs, caught
forty first.clasS Bass, In o few hours, In
The Potomac, last week. The Shepherds
town RgiIter says BGH are being caught
at that point
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CANADA.


7 2Hs OTtf--TNSHlOHY Y
OTTAWA, April %.
Father Ricllat and II. Scott are accused
Of being accessories TO the murder OF ThoS.
Scott In the Red River country. They
were admitted TO bail. -., .4r., .r..l, :.
aIaeQUEBBC, April %. .
Tho volunteers arc still under arms
The 65th and 60th battalions have offered
their services for the Red River expedition.
/ MONTREAL, April 90.
Four men were arrested on'thc arrival
Of the American train last evening, on
suspicion Of fenianism. More troops for
the frontier. s. /, .4Ie . II, :. 81
..o. stsr1 s4 TORONTO, April 80.
A dispatch from Ottawa states that In.
striictions arc issued by tho militia do
partment 10 withdraw the volunteers
from the 'front.' no trouble appearing to
exist there. ~ Z fHe.Ii
u94gCANPBELLFoRD, April %.
The country In this neighborhool Is
completely inundated. The draws and
piers on the river are swept away, bust
ness SUSPENDED, and factories and shops
along the river arc flooded: The damage
to property is very great
mn ,n"r0,i MONTREAL, April g.
The police profess 10 have discovered
a plot to seize Prince Arthur and carry
him of To an obscure place on the United
States frontier, To be held as hostage tor
the good treatment Of Fenian prisoners
who may fall into the hands Of the author
tiles. i'F va .'l''t .a u
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MONTREAL, April %


N hlLWAUAEEsI hPI' @A'
The facts Of a shocking tragedy near
this city have Just transpired. Over o
year ago Miss Lydia Chapman married
i Mr. Duville. They lived in great hos.
tility until recently, wien, by mutual
agreement, lie settled upon her twenty
five thousand dollars with divorce. Yes.
tcrlay morning Duville, came 70 town,
saying lie had not seen his wife for .
week. An officer went to tho town Of
Greenfield, where the parties resided, and
searching the premises, found Mrs. Du:
vile suspended by tho neck and a panel
In the door Of the room broken In. The
indications were that she had hung there
for q number Of days. She was tho
fourth wife Of Duville. A week ago she
visited the city and appeared quite cheer.
full on account Of The promise Of the
satisfactory result Of her suit for divorce.
Duville Is under arrest The corOner's
jury in the matter Of Mrs Duyille's, sui
eide tAiled to agree, and the prisoner was
discharged. ,On,I,F la.. p0r
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Commercial and Financial.
CnncellatIon OF stamps. :

Commissioner Delano has m9ditlcd Ills
order previously made, permitting the
public to use only Wheeler's Patent can.
ccller. He now permits the Use Of three
other machines. Tho Commissioner now
orders that for ule purpose Of cancelllng
adhesive stamps used upon instruments,
documents and papers described in
Schedule B, Internal Revenue, laws, tle
following machines may be used: Wheel
eFs Patent Canceller, E. D. Chambcrlin's
Cutting and Dating Stamp, Hollis Self.
mixing Cancellcr, Hills Patent. Revenue
Cancelllng Machine. "a ~ ti1sn'as"s ts1.