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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
OLEOPOLIS.

Boiler ExpIOsiOn-Ons Man Killed
and Several Injured.
On CrrY, Pa, April 21.-At 8 o'clock
this morning the boiler of Prather's saw
mill, between Oleopolis and Pit Hole,
bursted, killing clapper and injuring
several other men slightly.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22

SIS my face dirty" asked young lady
from the baekwoods, while seated with
her aunt at the dinner-table on a steam
boat running from Cairo to New Orleans.
sDirty! No. Why did you askP" "Be-
Cause that insulting waiter insists upon
putting a towel beside my plate. I've
thrown three under the table, and yet
every time he comes around he puts
another before me"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
IRELAND.
Results of radical Rule.

DUBLIN, April 21.--Several cases of
agrarian brutality are reported in the
county of Meath.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22

The Indians are more quiet and cOnfne
operations of cattle stealing. The mining
news in the vicinity of Prescott are favo-
rable, new discovery at Camp Dale Greek
creating much excitement.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22

A STRANGER, observing an ordinary
roller-rule on the table, took it up, and,
on inquiring its use, was answered, sit is
q rule for counting houses" Too well
bred, as he construed politeness, to ask
unnecessary questions, he turned it over
and over, up and down, repeatedly, and
at last, in paroxysm of baf1led curiosity,
he inquired. 'eHow, in the name of
wonder, do you count houses with this 2"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
Going into the Divorce Business
Jolly l.PntiIcS.
ARIZONA.
SmaIIpox and silver,

SAN Francisco, April 2l.-Late Arizona
advices states that the smallpox have sub
sided at Tuscon and vicinity; the native
population suffered most.
The excitement about the new silver
mines in New Mexico are spreading
throughout the territory, there are over
three hundred men in the mines.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22

An old negro preacher in the West,
preaching against money, concluded his
sermon by saying: "And finally, breth-
rem, you can judge of what God thinks
of money by the class of people He gives
il to- -
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
ILLINOIS.
EruitIeSs.

CHICAGO, April 21-The cold weather OF
the last week has destroyed nearly all OF
the fruit crop but apples in the Alton, ILL.,,
district, and probably two-thirds of the en-
tire peach crop in Southern Illinois.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
Reconstruction Needed,

Last night vigilance committee forced
the Marion county jail, at Selma, ILL.,, and
took and hung notorious desperate named
Hawk Leonard alias Rogers, who was
awaiting trial for the robbery of farmer.
The Ground swell Against Taxa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-09-24
Fame.

The love of fame is as inherent in the ma
little school boy who cons his tedious task
with the hope of obtaining the silver medal
which shall pronounce him the saoant of
his class, is inspired with the same passion
for applause as that which in after life
prompts him to seek distinction at the bar,
in the senate or in the field. Whatever
acts as an impetus in urging us on in liter
airy pursuits, has a beneficial tendency both
to the mind and character of man, improv-
ing the one and embellishing the other
But whether the sum of human happiness
is augmented in favor of those talented
few who are by nature, aided by education,
confessedly superior to the generality of
their fellow beings, is a questions which
admits of doubtful reply. Nothing
sooner engenders envy, jealousy, and even
hatred in society towards an individual,
may be, suddenly advanced to a station of
honor. The world Immediately regards
him with the scrutiny of an Argus-no al
lowances are made for the imperfections of
humanity, nay even the most trihing faults
are often magnified into sins as Il counter
balance for his reputed talents and virtues.
If he is a politician, motives Of private in
terest will be ascribed to every effort which
he makes to benefit his country. If a di-
vine, his creed was adopted rather for his
popularity or the display of his theological
powers, than for its purity or truth. If a
lawyer or a physician, he sacrifices either
his clients or patients at the shrine of in
terest or ambition; and finally, if an
author, the critics march forth in stern az
ray, prepared to show him no mercy, but
to exhibit him to the public as often as
possible, Osborn of his BEAMS" and with
all his imperfections on his head" These
are few of the blessings which attend
notoriety. The happiest situation is that
which from its retirement from the great
world exempt us alike from its envy and
admiration, which will ever be found joint
attendants upon persons possessing either
real or fancied talents
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Wine vs.. Cannon.
Wendell Phillips, in an address in Music
Hall, Boston, once said:

Wendell Phillips, in an address in Music
Hall, Boston, once said:
81 know a soldier in the Army Of the
Potomac. who was picked up in the streets
of Philadelphia, one year ago, complete
wreck-a confirmed inebriate-but who
was, by the love of a sister of charity of a
Boston home, placed once more on his
feet.
''He was at Balls Bluff, and three
times, with mloaded musket, charged
upon the enemy. He was one of the six
who heroically defended and brought away
the body of the fallen leader of that bloody
fight.
"The captain of the company to which
he belonged died in his arms, receiving the
last words of consolation from his lips
He was afterward conspicuous in the con-
tlict, until orders were given for each enc
to seek his own safety. Removing some of
his apparel, he plunged into the inhospita-
ble river, and after great exerrion landed
on the opposite bank, seven miles below
the encampment. Nearly exhausted, half
clad, half starved, he finally reached the
camp. The captain of the next company
to which he belonged kindly said to him,
pouring out glass of wine, Let me give
you this; you will perish without it, 4
thank you SIR said the soldier, 'but l
would sooner face all the cannon of the
enemy than that glass of wine.'"
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The Hague and its Sights.

1t is real relief to anybody but an anti
quarian to get out of such stagncnt little
cities as HARLEM and Leyden. They are
quite similar in both history and appear
ancc, and the dead past seems to cleave to
every bright tile on pavement and roof, to
every old elm lining the streets, and to
every curious bridge spanning the dull and
Shiny canals. But at the Hague You find
the past crowded into the background by
the absorbing and busy present. The
streets are full of life and work. Some of
the shops vie with London and Paris in
splendor and variety, while the blue blouse
of the laborer and the piles of bales before
the warehouses would Indicate that hard
work and the brisk buying and selling of
staples play an important part in the life
of the Dutch capital
There is one store in the Hague which
surpasses anything of the kind | have ever
seen. 1t is De Beers Bazaar. There is
almost nothing that one could wish to buy,
from a clild's toy to diamond, OF a paint
ing by the D2St L lemlSn afllSt, WHICH Call
not be found there. You go from one
suite of rooms to another, wondering how
much beauty, utility, and diversity could
lie gathered under one roof. The Japan
csc and Chinese collections, the bronzes,
and neutrality-suspicious., are particu-
larry noteworthy. What is more, as you
enter from the street, there is no sign over
the door to indicate what you are going to
see thought our cabman had made a
mistake, for the house had every appear
ance Of being 4 private residence. While
this was store, it was more interesting to
me than any museum l had seen in Hol-
land. The prophet or has been enlarging his
premises from year to year. The choice pic
ture gallery has been added only lately
You ascend no flighs eff stairs, and the
stranger is treated with great civility,
whether he wishes to buy or only to in
spect. | know nothing of the prices,
whether high or low, for my object was,
like that of many others, merely to look at
the strange miniature of the art and in
dustry of all kinds.
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THE WONDERFUL SILVER SPRING IN
FLoRIDA.-The Key West Dispatch says
this grand and natural curiosity bursts
forth in the midst of the most fertile county
in the State. 1t bubbles up in a basin near
100 feet deep and about an acre in extent,
and sending from it stream 60 to 100 feet
wide, and extending six or eight miles to
the Ocklawaha river. In the spring ITSELF
fifty boats may lie at anchor-quite a fleet.
The spring thus forms natural inland
port, to which three steamers now run reg
ularly from the st. Johns, making close
connections with the ocean steamers at
Palatka.
The clearness of the water is truly won
derful. 1t seems even more transparent
than air: you see on the bottom, eighty
feet below, the bottom of your boat, the
exact form of the smallest pebble, the out
line and color of the leaf that has sunk,
and all the prismatic colors of the rainbow
are reflected. Large fish swim in it, every
scale visible and every movement distinctly
seen. If you go over the spring in boat
you will see the assures in the rocks, from
which the river rours upward like an in
verified cataract.
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Too Much for Him.

French paper relates a thrilling scene,
which lately occurred in a Partisan naairie.
A couple presented themselves to be mar
ried, the bride about eighteen years of age,
and possessed of considerable personal at
fractions the bridegroom an extremely
small man, aged forty-five. When the GER
emony WIS concluded, the door of the hall
was burst open, and woman of gigantic
stature, accompanied by thin damsel Of
fifteen, burst into the room and elbowed
her way through the semicircle of guests.
"Wretch, scoundrel, thiefr' she cried, ad-
dressing the husband, who turned as white
as sheet ; this is how you leave me in the
lurch, who have sighed during fifteen years
for the day when might call myself your
wife, Saying this she seized the unhappy
man by the collar and .erked him up under
her left arm, as though he were crush
hat, taking no notice of his struggles
She addressed the mayor in voice of thun-
der, Do arrive too late" ''The mar
riage has taken place." replied the mayor,
"and request you to release NJ. Augustin,
and to retire" Not" said the giantess,
"without giving his deserts to the villain
who leaves me with this girl here No,
no, that girl is not mine,' howled the little
man. lie had better have remained silent.
The giantess frantically raised him in the
air, and whirled him round her head
"Repeat what you have said - she shrieked;
this child who is as like you as one pea
is like another-is she yours or not?' M.
Augustin did not open his mouth. His
executioner then seized his nose with her
left hand and wrung it violently. About
this time two Of the guests, moved by the
entreaties of the bride, attempted to inter-
fere; but the enraged woman. using the
bridegroom as weapon, and brandishing
him at arms length, charged her opponents
with such fury that she put them speedily
to fight. "Call the police" cried the
mayor. "You need not give yourself the
trouble hoarsely calculated the giantess !;
Il will let 90 the rascal of my own accord.
Here, my beauty addressing the bride,
sis your little bit of man. l have not
broken him. We have no further business
here. Follow me, Baptistlne,' and so say
ing she flung down her victim at the feet of
two agents of police, who at that moment
appeared at the door. 81 CO. she added !;
"but let him ever appear before me on his
wife's arm, and l will take him between
my thumb and foYeinger and make but one
mouthful of him. ''This little Incident
says the paper relating the circumstance,
least quite a gloom over the assembled
guests, and no one dared even to pick the
fainting bridegroom from the floor until
the last echo Of the heavy footsteps of the
injured fair one had died away in the dis
tance, when they raised him to his feet,
and in solemn silence took their departure"
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no other answer than an obstinate rcrsc-
vcrance in his declaration he had early
formed the resolution never to retract.-
PSalmanazar howeve" understood what he
owed to the public. and he crowned all his
frauds by Il new and gigantic one can
Historical and Geographical Description of
the Island of Formosa, with an explanation
of the Religion, Customs and manners of
the Inhabitants BY George PSalmanazar,
a Native of that Island The work APP
peared at London, i'll the English language,
in 1104 and was soon translated into French
and German. In the French it passed
through three or four editions. 1t was
adorned by the famous alphabet, a map of
the island, plates representing divinities of
the country, costumes, religious ceremo-
MES, editices and vessels -Ha1per's Maga-
zine fer Octobcr
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There are professional destroyers of YER
min who contract by the month or quarter
to remove rats, mice, and reaches from
hotels, restaurants, etc. Some hunters of
small deer also furnish live rats in large
numbers, within twenty-four hours from
order, for the exhibitions of dog-pits.-
They do not keep the rats on hand, but
catch them as required. 1t is generally
believed, and is perhaps true, that they use
some bait or attractive scent in trapping
the vermin. Such is not, however, the ex-
PLANTATION, as the writer heard it from the
lips of one of the most skilled in this voca-
ton.
81 never use bait or drugs. Ihave stud
led the ANIMAL Here he drew himself up
in the consciousness of superior knowledge,
and proceeded with lofty air. "No man
nor are fancy rat-traps of any account
Look at rats nest 1t is hid behind a
wall. 1t is near chimney or heat-flue,
so that it is kept warm. 1t is lined with
SUI SIull-ldSS, uthii, iihp, VIII PePSi'
Would you catch rats? Make nest for
for them. Use box having sliding door
to small aperture. Put rags in the box,
or saw-dust, or both and leave it in the
warmest part of room that the rats fire.
quent, covered with an old carpet, the aper-
ture left open. No one must disturb the
room: the longer things are thus left the
better. There will be a time when you can
walk in quietly, drop the sliding door, and
carry off the box under your arm with
every rat inside that was in the building"
CAT what hour of the day or night do
you find all the rats in 81 we inquired.
"You would not ask the question if you
had studied the rat" was the somewhat
evasive reply.-Harpsr's Magazine.
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The Boys who Want to be Clerks.

Many of our youth are afflicted with the
infatuation that city clerkships are the
most eligible positions, while the trades
are not respectable Let them learn
that intelligent mechanics have better
chance of securing wealth, eminence, and
influence than the Overcrowded clerkships
can afford The present and last Governor
of Connecticut, each, in his boyhood,
learned trade, and thus became thorough
master Of the business in all its details, in
which each has achieved brilliant success.
The most extensive manufacturer of silver
ware in the world, John Gorham, of Provi-
dence, declined the position of clerk in the
counting-room, that he might master the
trade in his fathers shop as q regular APP
prentice, where he learned thoroughly how
to do with his own hands all that he has
since had to direct others in doing. A
multitude of similar facts might be cited
to show that the mastery of trade is one
of the best preparations for practical life
and prosperity in business. Clerks are
paid less than skilled mechanics, are less
independent. In their precarious posi-
tions, they are liable to disappointment and
humiliating struggles with the thousands
of others looking for place. Every adj
vertisement for n clerk brings a whole
swarm of applicants. How pitiable the
condition of this superabundance of book
keepers and exchangers wasting their lives
in waiting for place." while our fac
tories, railroads and trades are clamoring
for educated superintendent, foremen,
ENGINEERS, skillful managers and cunning
workmen. The position of tho well-trained
and educated mechanic is far preferable to
that of average city clerks. The latter
may dress better, talk more glibly, bow
more gracefully, not to say obsequiously,
but they compare unfavorably with eur
best mechanics in manly independence,
vigor of thought, and strength of charac-
ter.
Too many eff our young men leave the
homestead on adventures less safe and re-
liable than the arts of industry. A good
trade is more honorable and remunerative
than peddling maps, books, pictures, pat
ent-rights, and clothes wringers; or in
city store, to be cash or errand boy, store
sweeper, fire kinder and counter jumper
generally. Without in any way disparag-
ing the useful position of the clerk, our
young men may properly be cautioned
against crowding this already "plethoric
profession" To the boys in the country
we say, instead of aspiring to an uncertain
and precarious clerkship, stick to the
farm, or learn a trade and you will lay the
broadcast foundation for prosperity. Those
who have well improved the opportunities
now offered in our free schools can we'll
afford to apprentice themselves at sixteen
years of age, supplementing their educa-
ton by evening schools, or by self-training
in their evenings and leisure hours.-B. G.
Norttrup, IN Hearth and Home
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MOrning.GlOries.
BY ANNIE d. GREEN,

Gayly the fragile, aerial blossoms
Open, in rose and in purple arayed,
Bright with the hues of the clouds of the
morning,
Transient as lovely, unfolding to fade:
Soonest they wilt where the sunbeams are
falling;
Longest they linger within the deep
shade.
So with our spirits: the hopes that are
purest,
Hopes with brightness that is not of
earth,
Which, from our nOblest and best aspira-
tions,
Spring in their heavenly beauty to birth,
Git cheer us most in the darkness of sor-
row,
Often fade first in the sunlight of mirth.
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Culinary REGIMES.

APPLE JELLY.-Fall pippin apples are
decidedly the best for jelly. To one peck
of apples, after they are peared and quar-
tered, take three pints of water and the
juice of one lemon, with very little lemon
peel; stew until soft, then pour into jelly
bag and let drain; to every pint of juice
add a pound of sugar; set it on the fire;
take off any scum that arises; let boil
twenty or thirty minutes, stirring occa-
sonally with a spoon to see if it jellies.-
If ready to put in glasses the syrup will
drop thick.
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For Tie TVClI " ing.
On Visiting Philadelphia after Pro.
lOnged Absence.
BY AGRICOLA.

These scenes, left in boyhood, | revisit
with pain,
On Momory's tablet so firmly imprest;
For there's many Il dear one, that never
again
Can show the fond welcome once felt in
his breast.
IT'S sad thought to know that the land
of our birth,
Though it holds many treasures, still
many are lost;
And think of those friends now no longer
on earth,
We feel our young prospects too early
are crossed.
Among those who remain, how many have
changed
By absence and time, or misfortune
And some l once loved have my image es-
stranged
From their minds, when to sight l no
longer was near.
Yet few were still left who received ME
with joy,
On whom time could effect no change of
the heart;
Whom to meet with was pleasure without
an alloy,
Save the chilling refection-we shortly
mus: part.
Released from my school, I've been amply
repaid,
To ramble along the meandering stream
Of the Schuylkill, whose cedars afford y
sweet shade,
Tricky planted by Nature, on carpets
of green.
The Schuylkill rolls on, as it did in those
days,
It's banks are as blooming its waters as
clear;
And in the house once my fathers
stranger now stays,
Who values not scenes to my feelings so
dear.
But why call back to mind what 1 ought
to forget,
Since fate has ordained me home in the
South?
To her doom let me bow, though sigh of
Must escape for those pleasures so cher
ished in youth
Adieu then, loved city, long last adieu.
return to my home on a far distant
Friends l must now sever-my heart is
with you,
Could l follow its dictates, we ne'er
should part more
Topn Point, Sept. 1870.
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In Bessbrook, manufacturing town
near Newry, in Ireland there is no public
house. The town was founded by Mr..
Richardson, member of the Society of
Friends. He set up spinning mill, which
now employs 5000 hands. Yet there is no
public house in the place, and the working
people are all sober and orderly; and there
is not policeman in the town. No public
house, and no policeman!
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THE FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF YORK, PA.-This Company
is one of the best Mutual Companies in the
country. The business of the Company is
conducted in the most prompt and accurate
manner, and losses paid without litigation
or delay. Applications for insurance left
at The Wing office, forwarded, and the pol
icies procured, without further cost or
trouble to persons desiring to insure prop
erty in the Company.
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To PICKLE RED CABBAGE.-Take head
of the darkest red cabbage and slice it very
thin, shake on it a little coarse salt and let
it rest twenty-four hours to drain. Boil an
ounce of black pepper and an ounce of all
spice in quart of vinegar, and when cold
pour it over the cabbage; then pack it close
and keep it well-covered.
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The first chapter in a Western novel
has the following: "All of a sudden the
fair girl continued to sit on the sand, gaz-
ing upon the briny deep, on whose heaving
bosom the tall ships went merrily by,
freighted-ah! who can tell with how much
of joy and sorrow, and pine lumber, and
emigrants, and hopes, and salt fish,"
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CURING "DRIED BEEF. Take eight
pounds of coarse salt, four gallons Of water,
four ounces Of saltpetre, four pounds coarse
brown sugar; boil for one hour; strain,
and when cold pour ever the beef. Let it
remain eight or ten days, then hang up to
drain, and may be hung up in warm
room for two weeks, then smoke if it is
desired.
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APPLE TARTs.-Stew eight tart apples
as FOR sauce, sweeten and add cinnamon
and tablespoonful of butter while hot;
when cold add half a teacup of bread
crumbs, and the yolks of four eggs, well
beaten, with cup of sweet milk; bake
with under crust; when done beat the
white of the eggs and four large spoonsful
of white sugar, and extract to suit taste,
beat stiff, pour over the tarts, set them in
the oven to gain light brown.
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