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Year: 1859

The Home Journal has been almost
unavoidabIy "behind time for several
weeks, but we arc now nearly up and
will strain to be ont at the regular
time hereafter. Besides, we shall
have more time to devote to its cdito-
rial management.
Year: 1859




TO cure pain in the breast--pro-
cure % well made calico or delaina
dress, with an equally well construct
cd woman inside Of it and press close
Iy to the part affected. Repeat the
application till the pain ceases. Said
to be kill or cure receipt.


A lady friend Of ours says she has
tried the above experiment and yet
received no benefit. We advised her
to procure blue coat with brass but
tons, such as some OF our young men
wear. and press closely as above sta
ted. She did so and was healed Of
her pain--for n little while.
Year: 1859

Insects generally must lead a truly
jolly life. Think what it must be to
lodge in lilly. Imagine place OF
ivory or pearl, with pillor OF silver
and capitals Of gold. all exha|ing such
perfume as never rose from human
censor. Fancy again the fun oftucE-
ing yourself up for the night in the
folds OF a rose, rocked to sleep by tho
gentle sigh Of the summer air, nothing
todo when you awake but wash your.
self in dewdrop and fall to and cat
your bcdclothes.
Year: 1859

MEssRs EDIroRs The committee
on assessments recommended the raising Of
s. 600. as a suffi cient amount to carry on
the schools the present school year. This
calculation is based upon the use Of the
school fund for next year which becomes
available in April, by drawing orders
against it with ten per cent interest, and
then the teachers selling them for S5 cents
on the dollar This was the case last year
and must be 80 this year up to April. Thus
every dollar of our teachers fund is take


over 25 per cent. by being used one year
before its appropriation. The amount thus
needed is some $4,000. l expect that the
bare mention of this fact will cause Judge
Grant to hold M his hands in holy horror.
lhe idea OF paying twenty five per cent on
so large sum will call out his injunction
at once and thus spoil the whole thing.
Year: 1859

HOsoR TO WHOM Honor IS DUE
Onr Street Commissioner, Baker, with his
excelleat assistant Mr. Clark, is doing good
work Oh the streets. On Harrison, north OF
Locust, Mr.. Clark has worked four DAYS
with squad Of sixteen hands, and has
nearly made half mile of good road which
was last winter impossible for teams most
Of the tine. The work is done with as
much economy to the city as is consist ent
with the public good. and though am to-
tally opposed to extravagant expenditures
on streets, especially on unimportant cross
streets, yet the work now doing on the
northern limit of the city is right and
proper, ard no man can be obtained more
efficient tfan Mr.. Clark for such work.
Year: 1859

The TWO CoBBs.-The proposition that the
distinguished Howell Cobb, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Sylvanus Cobb, Romancer of
the New Y York Ledger. should exchange pla.
ces, has been so extensively circulated by the
newspaper press, that an approximation to
the sentiment of the country in regard to it
may now be reached and after a careful
survey of the premises we are satisfied that,
so far as regards the idea of putting Howell
out of the Treasury Department and Sylvia
nus in it is concerned, it would command the
enthusiastic approval of the country, for it is
generally conceded that any change would
be for the better. But unfortunately, on the
other hand, it seems that Mr. Bonner and the
million readers of the Ledger are decidedly
hostile to the proposition, because they dis
trust Howell's capacity to entertain them as
agreeably as their present favorite, and on
this account it is to be feared the arrange
ment will not be effected Philadelphia
Press


Should vacancy occur, we nominate
Aaron Cobb, of this city. to fill it If one
of the Cobb family must be in, Aaron is the
man.
Year: 1859

The cholera is said to be making destruc-
tive progress in Hamburg. TheLondon Ned
zeal Times states that from the Goth to the
3lst of July, there were four hundred and
twenty-four cases in that city, of which three
hundred and thirty-three were fatal. The
European Times, of the 18th of August, says:


The cholera has again appeared in this
country, and it comes to us, as usual, from
Hamburg. We see that during the last week
twenty-four deaths are stated to have occur
red from this cause in London. We seem to
know as little as before about this grim and
mysterious stranger, but we know enough to
avoid his track, and even to defeat him should
he attack us. He fastens for the most part
upon those who can not or will not protect
themselves. Great and beneficial sanitary
changes have taken place in England since
the cholera first invaded this country, nearly
thirty years ago; but we are not yet in state
of complete defense; yet if half as much
money were expended in protecting us from
the cholera as we now see lavished in pro
tecting us from the French, the choleraic
visit of 1859 would be the last.
Year: 1859

A sensible article on the piano in the HON C
Journal has suggested to me that further in
struction from q practical tuner and repairer
would be of service to the large class who
have these instruments.


The piano is now very common, but its in
ternal economy is little understood, and, of
consequence, it is abused from ignorance of the
natural laws which govern it.


The piano should be placed against inner
rather than outer walls, in a room of even
temperature. Extreme artificial heat is very
injurious, and alternate heat and dampness
are nearly ruinous to the piano. Dampness is
the greatest enemy; in fact so injurious is il
that in those tropics where winter is the "rainy
season." tho piano is so swollen and racked
that it can never be brought into general use


To keep out damp and dust, close and cover
the piano when not in use. If the treat
ment is not in frequent use, occasionally open
it, in dry weather, to air. Avoid laying pins,
scissors and other hard substances on or in
tho piano, as they are apt to fall upon the
sound board and jar Shockingly, and to jar
even upon the outside; also, to scratch the
varnish.


1t is generally thought that the "drum-
ming" of children untunes the piano more
than the playing of adults. This is simply
absurd. The playing of Thalberg untunes the
strings in proportion as his playing is louder
and more brilliant than that of the child.


Many people think that an untuned piano
is good enough for children to practice upon;
but this is vitiating, nay, ruinous to the musi-
cal sense, to be constantly playing tuneless
instrument, and such practice is worse than
lost; skill thus acquired is simply mechanical
-, - 4.
use of the piano puts it out of tune. The re-
verse is the fact. Use tends to climber" the
action, but untunes the strings. Tuning
should be done as often as necessary-say
frou once month to once year. A piano
much used should never go untuned more than
three months. If never played, once year
will preserve it from injury, but if played, it is
an abuse to let it get SO shockingly out of tune
as it must in a year. If people cannot afford
to tune their pianos, they had better dispose
of them.
Year: 1859

The Philadelphia Ledger of August 26, says:


Yesterday afternoon an interesting experiment
took place at New Castle, Delaware, with a sub
marine salvage boat, invented by Mr.. Villeroi,
who descends to the bottom Of the river with
out any arrangement for receiving supply Of
fresh air from above, the boat being intended
to supply itself with the quantity of air needed
while under water, enabling 1t to remain sub
merged any length of time required. AS sin
gular as this may seem, the experiment yes
tcrday showed that it was perfectly practicable,
for eight men went down in the boat, and re-
mained there an hour and three quarters with
out any communication from above. The mode
of generating air to supply the boat is yet a
secret, but it is belived to be by some chemical
arrangement. The boat is made of boiler iron,
and is perfectly round, and shaped somewhat
like fish. 1t is thirty.fve feet long, forty
four inches in diameter, and propelled by q
screw three feet in diameter. II has two rows
of bulls eyes on the top for the purpose Of
giving light to the interior. On each side, near
the bow or head, are placed pieces of iron
about eighteen inches square, which are moved
like the fins of u fish, and arc intended to di-
rect the boat up or down when under the wa
ter. The only place of ingress or egress in
this singular boat, is through trap-door on
the top, and when her crew Of twelve men en-
ter, 1t is covered with heavy iron cap and
fastened on the inside, thus shutting out all
communication from the outside preventing the
admission of air. To sink the vessel, after
everything has been prepared for submarine
voyage, water is pumped by machine into
large gutta-percha bags, within the boat, until
sufficient quantity has been obtained to sink
her, and as soon as this takes place, the screw
is set in motion, by means of straps worked by
six men, and at the same timeth inventor sits
near the head, to give it direction by the fms
before mentioned. After the boat reaches the
spot where it is intended to operate upon tho
bottom of the river, trap door is opened in
tho bottom Of the boat, and the workmen get
out, taking with them the means of obtaining
full supply of fresh air from the boat, which
is kept stationary by means Of piece of iron
in the shape of cone, which is lot down from
the bottom.
Year: 1859

UNPREcEDENTED DROUGHT IN MATNE.--Our
Machias correspondent writes that the drought
in Maine is very severe. In many towns the
wells are died up, brooks that never were
known to be dry are now entirely dry, and
people find it difficult to get water for family


purposes. Fires are raging in the woods, and
the atmosphere is thick with smoke in many
of the towns in Washington County. Vessels
that arrive in port report very thick smoke
along the coast; at two miles distance from
land the smoke is thick as sea fog. The rivers
are very low, and no lumber can be sawed
until the fall rains Boston Advertiser, Aug. 20.
Year: 1859

Gsf' Tradition insists that corsets were first
invented by brutal butcher Of the thirteenth
century, as punishment for his wife. She
was very loquacious, and, finding nothing
would cure her, he put pair of stays on her
in order to take away her breath, and so pre-
vent her, as he thought. from talking. This
cruel punishment was inflicted by other heart
less husbands, till at last there was scarcely a
wife in all London who was not condemned to
the like afiiiction. The punishment became SO
universal at last that the ladies, in their de-
fense, made fashion of it, and so it has con-
tinued to the present day.
Year: 1859

NAUvoo.-The Icarian community at Nau-
VOC sold all their property few days ago, it
having been previously assigned for a debt of
eighteen thousand dollars. They realize
about ten thousand dollars moro than is neces-
sary to meet the debt. The old Mormon
temple lot, and what remains Of the temple,
sold for one thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars,
Year: 1859

be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
The man must be prodigy who can re-
tain his manners and morals undepraved
by such circumstances. And with what
execration should the statesman be loaded
who, permitting one half the citizens thus
to trample on tho rights of the other,
transforms, these into despots and these
into enemies, destroys the morals of the
one, and the amor patrie Of the other
For,f slave can have country in this
world, it must be any other in preference
to that in which he is born to live and la
Dor for another; in which be must lock up
the faculties Of his nature; contribute, Is
far as depends on his individual endea-
vors, to the eyanishment Of the human race
or: entail his own miserable condition on
the endless generations. proceeding from
him. With the morals Of the people the;,
industry is also destroyed; for in warm
climate, no man will labor for himself who
can make another labor for him. This is
So true, that Of the proprietors of slaves
very small. proportion indeed are ever seen
to labor.


And can the liberties of a nation be
thought secure when we have removed
t heir only firm: basis, 4 conviction In the
minds Of the people that these liberties are
the gift Of God? That they are not to be
violated, but with his wrath? Indeed, I
tremb.e for my country when reflect that
God is just; that his Justice cannot sleep
forever; that, considering numbers, nature
and natural means only, revolution of
the wheel of fortune, an exchange of sit
etation, is among possible events: that it
may become probable by supernatural in
reference. The Almighty has no attri-
butte which can take side with us in such
Ia contest. But it is impossible to be tenn
perate and pursue this subject throu gh the
various considerations Of policy, of morals,
of history, natural and civil. We must be-
contented to hope they will force their way,
into every ones mind. =, I think change
already perceptible since the origin Of the
present revolution. The spirit Of the mas
ter is abating, that Of the slave rising from
the. dust; his condition mollify fyiny; the way
is, I hope, preparing, under the auspices
Of Heaven, for total emancipation; and
that this is disposed, in the orde. ofeyents,
to be with the consent of the masters rath-
er than by their extirpation." 4


And again, in letter to the Governor
OF Indiana, on the subject of emancipation,
he says '~-


"The hour Of emancipation will come;
but whether it shall be brought about by
the generous energy Of our own minds, or
by the bloody process Of St. Domingo, is a
leaf III our history not yet turned over"
Year: 1859

THE " NoRTH STAR" which on her las;
trip came near being lost on coral reef, is
said 10 have been so badly Injured that but
few passengers were willing to make the re-
turn trip in her to New York. 1t is feared
that those who took passage in her may see
troublesome times before they reach that
city.
Year: 1859

~ Some Of the English papers insist that there
should he another Arctic expedition to ascertain ,e
fate Of the remainder Of sir John Franklin comrades
-.very one Of whom, it is said hasa claim upon
hi. country great as he had 1t is also proposed
that government reimburse Lady Franklin fot her
OUTLAY
Year: 1859

his heart and closed the door of conceal
ment upon it,-forever2 No, but until he
should wish to amuse himself with the
STRIPPING, which he did not doubt his all
powerful will could crush at any moment,
should it become troublesome. At pre-
sent it would prove an invaluable ally to
drive away ennui, too often superinduced,
Of late, by. his repeated draughts atthe
fount of pleasure, which began to pail up
on his taste. teEa0 Hr


He dreamed nnot that the stripping
might one day become the strong man
armed of the castle, subjugate the power
full will in whose strength he felt secure
and make it forge the letters which should
bind him captive, but


"Who can read the human heart,


It's strange, mysterious depths explors2 q


What tongue can tell what pen mpart


The riches of its hidden lore 2.


[Tobe Continned,1
Year: 1859

A
n Medical Ofce-To the Ahliced-ln this age of pro
progress when science is almost miraculous everything in
place looked upon not worth notice In view
of this fact Dr. Young (corner of Montgomery and Cali
forna streets up stairs has concluded to leave the beat
track hitherto pursued by most scientific physicians
(hat of waiting for the public to find you aone and pub
lish to the world much may be, his knowledge OF
the healing art to let those in need of assistance know
where they find relief without being imposed upon
In continuation of this subject, Dr. Young would say,
that for the past ten yess he has pursued the practice of
medicine in of the largest cities in the United States
with the highest success and that his standing ply
scan is without reproach having at time been lee
turer at the University Of venrea diseases
Upon these considerations DIR. Young has confidence in
introducing himself to the public knowing that they will
sustain well earned merit.


The following few of the many testimonials which
have appeared in the public journals within the last few
years:


From the Boston Medical Journal


Although are opposed to the system Of advertising,
to that Dr. Young is of the most Industrious
indefatguabe votares of medical science in the United
States.


from Professor Jaelson.l


The subscriber is personally acquainted with Dr. Young
ard has much of his practice, and bear testimony
TO his merits as practitioner


From the New York Herald


The eminencc of this distinguished gentleman in his pro-
fession and the very extended opportunities possessed by
him for the observation of venerea disease makes services
invaluable to those afflicted with the above complaints.


From the Wing and AlyertiserI


All afflicted with private complaints should if possible
consult DR.. Young, whose medical education is not
passed by any Physician in the Country. In his skill hon
or and integrity all may rely with safety while most of
respectabity their protensons being grounded in gno
rauce and assumption.
Year: 1859

There are multitudes of dumb poets in the
world thinkers of beautiful thoughts, whose
hps strive in vain to fashion into utterance the
ideal conceptions that make rythm of glad
ness In their own souls-men and women, whose
outward walk and conversation give no evil
dence of the deep emotions which are embraced
in the inner life, and which, like the silent
chords of The Lutte. awaken to harmonious vi
brations at touch. 1t is mistake in true
genius to believe that its earnest efforts are ev-
er unappreciated. The human heart is the
same in all ages-an instrument varying, it
may be, infinitely in its dapasons, but capable
of concordant sounds from the highest to the
lowest scale and it is hardly pardonable
egotism in the most gifted, to believe that their
fner emotions aud aspirations are their indi-
vidual heritage and not the common property
ofhumanity. 1t is the province of genius to
translate these emotions into audible voices,
and the power of the orator and poet consists
only in giving expression to the thoughts which
we recognize as our own. and which lie slum-
bering in every heart-they but adorn the dim
images of the ideal we have worshiped, and set
the pictures of Memory where the light of per-


eeption falls upon them in richer coloring
aud more artistic contrast. How many poor
stammering souls have endeavored to give ex-
preston to the wealth Of feeling they enshrin-
ed, and felt the martyrdom of silence when
they would give to their infinite yearnings and
beautiful conceptions the wings of speech-'Oh,
for the gift of wordsp Who shall limit their
power? They are the links in the electric
chain which connects the dead dust of the Past
with the sentient life of to-day and the syla-
bled fire which warmed the listening Roman to
deeds Of valoTous empires still thrills the pulse,
and sends down its quickening glow through
centuries of time The master spirits of the
world who have fashioned their words into
burning eloquence or impassioned song, have
welded sceptre more powerful than that of
empires; and while they have perished from
earth they yet rule in the hearts of men. 1t is
intelligence and thought not men, that rule
the world, and to those who are gifted with the
power of expression comes the responsibility OF
human Advancement Kreka Union.
Year: 1859

HAVE CONFIDENCE.-Dr. YOUNG Will
IL guarantee perfect and permanent in the follow
orrhoea Structures of the Ureha affection of the PROSTATE
Gland Weakness of the Genital Organs Impotency Ster
ity, both in male and female Spermatoria Seminal
Indigestion, Fever and Ague, cpent Consumption and
all Irregularities in emaes together with all diseases of
Women and Chidren also Nervousness Palpaton of the
Heart, &C., &C.


Persons affected with symptoms after being treated
should consult Dr. Young at once disease is cured
unless the patient feels perfectly well If there part
Gle of disease left in the system it will break at some
future time, when least expected be handed down
the innocent offspring Persons who have been treated
with mercury should be very cautious in believing that
they WELL for is scientific fact that the mercury
will minge with the venerea and form disease great
deal worse than the original All those who have reason
think by bad feelings that they have thus been treated
should consult DR. You've and he wexamime their
and tell them at once how they stand.
Year: 1859

A few brief years shall pass away,
And all trembling, weak and gray,
Bowed to the earth, which waits TO fold
My ashes in the embracing mold
Hhaply the dark will Of fate
Indulge my life 50 long date
Nay come for the last time to look
Upon my childhood's favorite brook.
Then dimly on my eye shall gleam
The sparkle Of thy dancing stream
And family on my ear shall fall
Thy prattllng currents merry call
Yet shalt thou flow as glad and bright
AS when thou met'stm my infant sight.
And shall sleep--and on thy side,
As ages after ages glide,
Children their early sports shall try
And pass to hoary age-and die.
But thou unchanged from year to year,
Gaily shall play and glitter here
Amid young flowers and tender glass
Thy endless infancy shall pass
And singing down the narrow glen,
Shall mock the fading race of men.


w. G. BRYANT.
Year: 1859

FORETHOUGHT.-If a man faints away, in
stead of yelling out like q savage, or running
to him TO lift him up, lay him at full length on
his back on the floor, loosen the clothing, push
the crowd away so as to allow the air to reach
him, and let him alone. Dashing water over a
person in simple faintng-fis is a barbarity,
and coils the clothing unnecessarily. The phil
osophy of a fainting.it is, the heart fails to
send the proper supply Of blood to the brain ;
if the person is erect, that blood has to be
thrown up hill, but If lying down, it has to be
projected horizontally,-which requires less
power, is apparent


If a person swallows poison deliberately or
by chance instead of breaking out into multi
tudinous and ncoherent ordinations, dispatch
some one for u DOCTOR meanwhile run to the
kitchen. get half glass of water in anything
that is handy, put into it teaspoonful of salt
as much ground mustard, stir it in an instant,
catch firm hold of the PERSONS nose, the
mouth will soon fly open, then down with the
mixture, and in second or two up will come
the poison. This will answer in a larger num-
Der of cases than any other. If, by this time,
the physician has not arrived, make the patient
swallow the white of an egg, followed by cup
OF strong coffee (because these nullify larger
number OF poisons than any other accessible
articles,) as antidotes for remaining in the
stomach.


Ii limb or other part OF the body is severe
ly cut, and the blood comes out by spirits or
jerks, per Sakem. as doctors say, be in hurry.
or the man will be dead in five minutes there
is no time to talk or send for physician say
nothing, out with your handkcrchie throw it
around the limb. tie two ends together, put
stick through them, twist it aroHnd, tighter and
tighter, until the blood ceases to flow. But
stop, 1t does no good. Whyi Because only a
severed artery throws blood out in jets, aud the
arteries get their blood from the heart hence,
10 stop the flow, the remedy must be applied
between the heart and the wounded spot-in
other words, above the wound. If vein had
been severed, the blood would have flowed in
regular stream, and slow, and, on the other
hand, the tie should be applied below the
wound, or on the other side of the wound from
the heart, because the blood in the veins flows
towards the heart. and there IS no need of such
great burry.-HalPs Journal Of Health.