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Year: 1864

We mean all you sneaks who are ma
king your arrangements to flee this
country and seek an asylum in Cana
dian thistle fields. We tell you if you
want to avoid an honest draft by run
ming away, now is your time, Don't
wait until your name is drawn from the
wheel, and then trouble your pas, mas
and brothers to gather up a little filthy
lucre, with which you can get away, but
go now. "Stand not upon the order of
your going, but go at once" We advise
you thus, because, as we are informed
by the New York Tribune, the Govern
ment will soon issue its mandate re-
quiring every man going to Canada, to
show his passport, before he can cross
the boundary which divideth that land
from ours. We rather think, gentle
men, you will want some strong letters
of recommendation from we'll known
and responsible parties before you can
get that little "pass." So all you
sneaks, who are about to leave the
country for the country's good, take up
your bed and walk. We hope there is
no mistake about this contemplated ac-
tion of the Government. Until the
coming draft is completed, let no man
depart to the refuge of rebels, pirates
, and Northern sneaks without an au.
thenticated passport. 3e
Year: 1864

nea. There have of late been quite a
number of deserters to the enemy from
the Army of the Potomac, mostly from
among the alien substitutes. Four of
these, who had been recaptured, were
hung on Friday, and their fate, it IS
hoped, will be warning to those who
were tempted to follow their example.
Year: 1864

For his rule over his family. and for
his conduct to wife and children, subjects
over whom his power is monarchical, any
one who watches the world must think
with trembling Of the account which many
a man will have TO render. For in our
society there is no law to control the king
of the freside. He is free to punish, to-
make happy or unhappy, to ruin or to-
torture. He may kill wife gradually and
be no more questioned than the grand
seignior who browns slave at midnight.
He may make slaves and hypocrites Of his
friends or freeman; or drive them into
revolt and enmity against the natural law
Of love. have heard politicians and.
coffee house wise acres talking over the
newSpaperhand railing at the tyranny Of
the emperor, and wondering how these.
who are nonarchs too in their way, govern
their own dominions at home, where each
man rules absolute. When the annals of
each little reign are shown the Supreme
Master under whom we hold sovereignty,
histories will be laid bare Of household
tyrants cruel as Amurath, savage as Nero,
and reckless and dissOlute as Charles.-
Thdckeray. p, .-. .. ..-. a.... ..
Year: 1864

YEAST Put a handful of hops in tin
basin and pour on them little more than
quart Of boiling water Bill them 6ve
or eight minutes, then strain of the water,
throw away the hops. and add to the water
six potatoes, pared and sliced, boil them
till they are very tender, then pour the
water on q half pint of -four; two table.
spoonsful sugar; one teaspoonful salt; one
teaspoonsfui ginger. Mash the potatoes fine
and add to the other ingredients. Set the
mixture in moderately warm place to rise.
and in three days you will have some ex
cellent Yeast that will keep a long time in
cool place. Tie cloth over the crock
while it is rising: but when fully risen
cover close. BY adding 8 teacupful Of
yeast this will rise in one day.
Year: 1864

The School Directors of the county will do
well to notice the following, given in answer to
the question: cat what time does the term of
office OF directors who are elected Mt the winter
or spring elections, commence for 1861"


was enacted April %, 1868, that from and
after the first day of January, 1864, the term
OF office of School Directors should commence
on the first Monday of June in each year. AL
30 that the term of Office of school directors
then in office shall severally be extended until
the first Monday of June of the year in which
their term of office expires. BY this law direc-
tors who are elected at the winter or spring e.
an ie F 9s Monday ea aa sfstsa in h Patgad
whose term of Office expires this year are to
continue to act with the board until that date.
Any action of board in which the newly elect
ed members took their seats before said first
Mondayin June is Illegal the business thus
transacted should be acted upon again by the
old board.
Year: 1864

W appear credltably before-the Institute, addi
tlonal acquisitions should be provided for
teachers will thus be compelled to subject them.
selves to professional study, or have their igno.
rance and carelessness exposed. An additional
amount OF labor is thus imposed, to which the
true teacher will willingly submit. We are on
ly successful by Iaborious effort.


While the principal object of the Institute
should be professional improvement. parents and
citizens generally should be induced to attend.
On such occasions exercises of more general
nature should be introduced-not merely for
their present entertainment but for giving cor
rect views upon educational topics in regard to
which misunderstanding exists. -


TO insure regularity. and puuctuality in at
tendance, correct minute of the proceedings
OF the Institute should be kept, which should
at all times be open to the inspection of direc-
tors, or synopsis of these minutes be monthly
presented to the District Secretary. A failure
to perform any reasonable duty assigned should
be treated as failure to perform any of the
usual school room duties a


The want of professional reading is felt by
many of our teachers, and this can only be sup
piled by establishing libraries in connection with
the District Institute Many of those now en-
S"oSN =" 'S''ohiiis5 arc LOO poorly compensated
to make much outlay for this purpose In no
other way could directors better dispose of a
small portion of the funds of the district than
by adding, annually, few we'll selected vol
umes to an Institute Library; thus insuring to
every teacher constant supply of reading mat
tel upon educational topics


Difficulties in the way of successfully cstab-
fishing Institutes in all OF the different districts of
the State may lead to notifications of the gem
eral.p plan of operation; but many of these are
imaginary. The county which represent has
reasonable share of these difficulties, yet we
have an organized Institute in every district,
with an attendance of at least 80 per cent. of
the teachers employed. Where there are real
difficulties in the way, liberal construction
should be put upon the law, and the district, as
much as possible, relieved.


Objections are frequently ur.ed, and with
some plausiblity, that the Institutes, owing to
the conduct of the members, often entirely fail
in accomplishing the desired purpose, and send
away persons completely disguised with their
proceedings Teachers who act in this way de-
serve censure If they cannot conduct them
selves with proper dignity and decorum while
engaged in exercises for mutual improvement,
they are not YarLhy the -'aa.as ~>--
Year: 1864

wish was an Editor,


really do indeed;
Ii seems to me that Editors


Get everything they need.
They get the biggest and the best


OF everything that grows,
And get in free to circusses,


And other kinds of shows
When a mammoth cheese is cut,


They always get slice,
For saying Mrs. Smith knows how
To make it very nice
The largest pumpkin, the longest beet,
And other garden stuff;
Is blown into the sanctum by


An editorial puff;
The biggest bug will speak to them,
No matter how they dress,
4 shabby coat is nothing if


You own printing press;
At Ladies' Fairs they are almost hugged
By pretty girls who know
That they will crack up everything
The ladies' have to show;
And thus they get blow out free
Atsevery party feed,
The reason is because they write,
And other people read
Year: 1864

It is said that there are eleven govern
ment contractors who have taken the small
pox in Washington. The rascals got in
such bad way of taking things, that il is
no wonder they took the small pox.
Year: 1864

Sometime ago the New York Tribune wanted
to know, because the New York Ne,cs printed
McClellan's report, why it was, if he was not a
atraitor, that he received the support of traitor.
Ii Lincoln does not believe that the Constitu,
ton is league with death and covenant with
hell why does Garrison support him If
he does not believe our flag is s'flaunting lie,'
why does the Tribune support him? If he is rot
miscegenationist why do the sixty-four spins
ters at Port Royal, who are reported to have
practically applied the doctrine, support himi
Year: 1864

eyWhen the steamer Cosmopolitan returned
to Beaufort, South Carolina, with two hundred
and forty wounded and dying men from the
Florida battle field, a grand ball was in full
blast, at which were present General Gilmore
and Saxon. "Dance all night to the broad day
light, and" bury the dead in the morning.
Year: 1864

SOLDIER SmoT By GENERAL Pillow
" Shadow" the army correspondent OF
the Mobile Register, writing from Flo
renee under date of the 22d, says that,
while stopping at house in that vicinity
a few days ago, General Pillow was in
formed by the lady of the house that a
soldier was killing her hogs He imme-
diately went out and ordered the soldier
off. The latter refusing to obey, General
Pillow told him who he was and again
ordered him to let the hogs alone. De


termined not 10 leave without supply
of pork, the soldier shot one of the hogs,
whereupon General Pillow drew his pis


tol and fired, killing him on the spot.
Year: 1864

Such is the heading of Yankee plant
over the lost opportunity for making
some odd dimes by showing the tomb of
Washington to curious strangers. A
letter from Alexandria says


In one respect, three years of waT
have made no difference in this vicinity,
so far as guerrillas are concerned. In
1861, it was deemed unsafe to go from
Alexandria to Mount Vernon, and there
is the same danger now The guerrillas
are very bold around here, frequently
coming to within five miles of the
city limits; and if a courier is met by
them on any of the high roads, he is
unceremoniously robbed, though seldom
receiving bodily harm unless resistance
be made. The farmers in the vicinity
have lost heavily in their stock, these
rebel robbers having a great nredileclon
fo.- -,ss..'..s5 s.Ii the horses they can lay
their hands upon.


From the suburbs of Alexandria you
can see range Of hills, on which can
also be discerned the tower Cf Fairfax
Seminary and beyond that tower it is
very unsafe to travel, fer the region in
the vicinity is infested with guerrillas,
some of whom may, as you look towards
those very hills, be gazing therefrom
with covetous eye upon the city, and
only kept from entering it by the Union
troops stationed there. And as to Mount
Vernon, it is now very rarely visited
There are no longer tourists from all
parts of the country gathering to do
homage at the shrine of Washington
The negro hack-drivers in the streets OF
Alexandria prudently decline to drive
anybody out there, no matter how large
is the profered pay. 1t is fortunate that
the Prince Of Wales visited Washing
toms tomb before the war; for it would
have been rather humiliating to have
been obliged to send with him large
military escort to Mount Vernon to save
him from the rebels prowling around in
sight of the National Capital.
Year: 1864

MT Office TO Tho
IN taxpayers in the Twelfth Collection District,
composed Of the city west of Sixth street. hereby
notified that those OF them who have heretofore
failed to make due return of their income aud pro-


fits for the year 1868, have failed to submit the
same to referees in case of disagreement with the
assessors, and who shall continue to do for ten
days from this day, and also those who shall fail
to make payment Of the same for twenty days from
this date shall be deemed and held TO be in default
and the penalties for such default will be enforced,
forthwith r. A. WOODS,


de l2-20ts Collector for the Twalftn District.
Year: 1864

r LICENSED aUCTIONEER, IS PREPARED
IL to give attention to the sale Of all kinds of property
throughout the County the most reasonable terms
Office in the Blue Store Race Bridge, Main Street.
Cedar Falls, Iowa. left
Year: 1864

lS Idaho nothing goes as a circulating me-
dun but gold dust. Every man carries his
little buckskin pouch, and, no matter what


his purchase is, he pays FOR it IN the precious


legal tender OF the realm which is weighed
on scales kept for The purpose, whether the
article bought is cigar, n drink Of whisky.
or something Of more utility and value.
Year: 1864

The world must be amused. Is is entire.
ly false reasoning to suppose that any hu-
man being can devote himself exclusively
to labor OF any description. II will not do.
Rest alone will not give him adequate re-


lief. He must be amused. lie must enjoy
himself. He must laugh, sing dance, eat,
drink, and be mcrry. lie must chat with
his friends, exercise his mind with exciting


gentle emotions, and his body in agreeable
demonstrations of activity. The constitu-
ton of tho human systoin demands this. II
exacts variety ofinnuences and emotion. 1t
will not remain in health it cannot obtain
that variety. Too much merriment affects
it as injuriously as too much sadness; too
much relaxatiou is as pernicious as mons at
oil. But, to the industrious toiler, the sun
shine of the heart is just as indispensable
as the material sunuhins is to tho floweri
both soon pine away and die If deprived OF
Year: 1864

not see Little did I think when stood
blmdfolded by your side a. the altar that
was rejecting such treasured"


They passed their honeymoon in the little
cottage and the Duke was not sent to the
Bastile.
Year: 1864

ff a r-r


If all the ultimate consequences Of ones acts
are to be laid to his charge, the man who in
vented rocking cradles for children rests un-
der fearful load Of responsibility. The
downright murder of tens of thousands of
infants, and the weakened brains of hundreds
Of thousands of adults, are the undoubted re-
suits of this invention. To rock child In a
cradle, or to swing him in crib, amounts to
Just this; the rapid motion disturbs the natu-
raj flow Of the blood, and produces stupor or
drowsiness. Can any suppose for a moment
that such an operation Is healthfulg one
Every one knows the dizzy and often sicken-
ing effect Of moving rapidly in a swing; yet
wherein does this ditiar from the motion a
child receives when rocked in q cradle 1t is
equivalent to lying in berth during violent
storm, and that sickens nine people cut of
ten. A very gentle, slow motion may some
times be soothing, though always of doubtful
expediency; but to move q cradle as rapidly
as the swing Of q pepdulum three feet long
that is, once In aseeond--is q positive cruelty.
We always feel like grasping and staying the
arm Of the mother or nurse who, to sea.,. sseanra
quietude, swings the cradle with the rapidity
equal to that of a pendulum foot long, If
any mother is disposed to laugh at our sug-
gesti0ns, or consider them whimsical, we beg
her to have q bed or cot hung on cords. then
lie down In It herself aid have some one
swing it with the same rapidity that she al
lows the cradle to be rocked. What she will
experience in head and stomach is just what
the infant experiences. 'ifae' bas 1eh'oe


We insist that the rocking of children Is
useless habit If not accustomed to rocking
they will 60 to sleep as well when lying quiet
ly as when shaken In cradle. If they do
not, there is trouble from sickness or hunger,
or more likely from an noverloaded stomach !;
and though the rocking may produce tempo
rary stupor. the trouble is made worse there
after, by the unnatural means taken to pro-
duce quiet for the time being. fHalps Jour


nal of Health. a'a 'iS4 - fA0JI BA9
Year: 1864

WHENE'ER meet an orphan boy, say
Within my heart Lord bless this desoiate


child,


And be his guide in all his heavenward way;
Oh, bid the winds to this lone one be mild,
And burning suns to gently beam on ihim
Let lowering clouds make not his pathway dim
May stony ways be soft beneath his feet,
And bitter waters to his taste be sweet -
A waif of heaven cast upward by the sea
On this drear shore, how pitiful his lot
Nay heavenly watchers bear him company,
And help and cheer him, though we see him not
Year: 1864

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, May be found at his Of
81 flee in his shoe store opposite Lean, Thomas Co.'S
Store, during all business hours ready to attend to all
business in his line. ,n2Sy1
Year: 1864

We may be sure, if we die to-day the
sun will shine as brightly and the birds
will sing as sweetly tomorrow. Busi-
ness will not be suspended for moment,
and the great mass will not bestow
thought to our memories. ''Is he dead z"
will be the solemn inquiry of few, as
they pass to their work. But no one will
miss IT'S except our immediate connexions;
and in a short time they will forget us,
and laugh as merrily as when we sat be-
side them. Thus shall we all, now act
i've in life, pass away. Our children
crowd close behind US, and they will soon
be gone In few years not living
being can say, Il remember him." We
lived in another age. and did business
with those who slumber in the tomb
Thus is life. How rapidly it passes |!
Oh, blessed are they who are held in
everlasting remem mbrance
Year: 1864

We have often heard half grown-up
boy say pettishly to his mother. II don't
like to be seen carrying big bundle
through the streets" But true pride is
ashamed of such littleness of mind. Mr..
Astor, the wealthy millionaire of N. Y,
was reluctant to sell some goods to q
young man, except for cash. The young
man paid for them and took them on his
back to carry them off. Mr.. Astor looked
in surprise; but before the young man.
who was a merchant, had gone man,
steps. he called him back. saying. "You
may buy on credit to any amount. I
can trust you, sir. A man who is not
ashamed to do his own work is sure to
succeed" Here is a good lesson of false
pride.
Year: 1864

Twenty years ago an old house was
still standing in Cologne, which showed
to the street frontage of five small win
dows 1t the house in which the
first painter of the French school, the i'm
mortal Rubens, was born, 4. D. 1877.
Sixtyyears later than this date, the ground
floor was occupied by two old people,
shoemaker and his wife. The upper story,
which was usually let to dodgers, was
empty at the time we write of. Two,
however, occupied the garret. The even
ing was cold and wet, and the shoemaker
and his wife were sitting together in the
room below.


"You had better go up stairs again"
said the man to his wife, land see how
the old lady is. The old gentleman went
out early, and has not been in since. Has
she not taken anything"


sit is only half an hour since went
up stairs, and he has not come in. l took
her some broth up at noon, but she hardly
touched it, and l went up again at three;
she was asleep then, and at five she said
she would not want anything more"


Poor lady this time of the year, and
neither fire nor warm clothes, and even
not decent bed to lie on; and yet l am
sure she is somebody or other. Have you
noticed with what respect the old gentle
man treats her?'


"If she wants for anything, it is her
own fault. That ring which she wears
on her finger would get her the best of
everything"


Then came knock at the door, and
the woman admitted the old man they
had just spoken of, whose. grizzled beard
fell down on his tarnished velvet coat.
The hostess sadly wanted to have a little
gossip with him, but he passed by, and
bidding them short good night, groped
his way up the steep and crooked stair
case. On entering the chamber above,
feeble voice inquired the cause of bis
long absence.


Il Icould nes help it," he said. II had
been copying manuscript, and as / was on
my way here, servant met me, who was
to fetch me to raise horoscope of two la
|


dies who were passing through; they were
ladies whom l have known before. I
thought I could get a little money to pay
for some samples which will be of some
service to you."


II am cold"


"It is fever cold. I will make you
something which you must take directly" !"
The fame of small tin lamp sufficed
to heat some water, and the patient. hav-
ing taken what the old man provided,
was diligently covered up BY him with
all the clothes and articles Of dress he
could find. He stood by her motionless
ill be perceived that she was fast asleep
and indeed long after; he then retired
Year: 1864

The Scientific american thus shows
how time has been economized by the
application of machinery.


One man can spin more cotton yarn
now than four hundred men could have
done in the same time in 1896, when
Arkwrght took out the first patent.


One man can make as much -four now
in one day as hundred and fifty could
a century ago.


1t now requires only as many days to
refine sugar. as it did months thirty years
ago.


II once required six months to put the
quicksilver on glass; now it aeeds only
forty minutes.


A first class iron clad frigate engine
will do as much work in day as $4,000
horses.
Year: 1864

CoUNTERFEITs.-We caution our read
ears to be on their guard against an ennis
sion of spurious fifty cent notes (the new
plate) which has been put in circulation.
They can be readily detected. They are
an eighth of an inch shorter than tho
genuine; the words "ffty cents" which
surmount the head of Washington, are
very pale and indistinct in the counterfeit.
while the letters are very brisk and dis
tinct in the genuine. The bronze black
around the head in the counterfeit can
hardly be seen, while the genuine is 3
deep color. The spurious, though in
distinct in all its outlines, is darker than
the original.
Year: 1864

A FAST BoY.-We learn that ON.
last evening youngster OF this city,.
about twenty years of age, being in
need Of funds, drew a revolver and
presenting it to his own father de-
manded money or he would blow his
fathers brainS out And under this
shameful duress his father was com
PEELED TO give the young scamp eight
dollars. The affair causing some ex-
element several citizens came about.
whom the ferocious william kept AZ
bay by threatening to shoot any one
who would come inside the yard
Calls were made for the police, and
raps made long and loud upon tho
lamp post to summon an officer, but.
as usual no OIL. could be found.--
A more shameful outrage could not
well be imagined, perpetrated, too, In
open daylight in sight Of many pee
pie, but with no officer to be found TO
interposs.--Columb,ls Journal.