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Year: 1869

THE Lexington Observer and Re
porter says The farmers are complain
ing bitterly Of the bad faith of great
many Of the negroes, who pay no respect
whatever to the written contracts they
enter into. The employer suffers not
only an annoyance, but often a serious
loss by hands leaving him at moments S
warning. Those who act in this way
should be made to suffer for it, aud not
a dollar ought to be paid to them. Let
there be some concerted action on the
part Of the farmers and we will soon
obviate the difficulty
Year: 1869

SENATOR spRAGUE said in a Speech
the other day, that Kentucky was the
most prosperous State in the Union, and
referred to her condition as the result Of
that financial policy which he advises
tie Government to adopt. This is won
derful in Radical Senator-advising
the Government to adopt the policy Of a
Democratic State. Radicals say Sprague
is drunk or crazy. The truth is, he has
too much money to be bought, and is
only desirous of making for himself an
honest and upright political record.
Year: 1869

Prom the Washington correspond
ent Of the AeW York Citizen dtd
Round Itlbke, we take this in reference
to the dirty libel OF Mrs. StOyey so
much has been said of late respecting
the BYrOn-StOWe scandal, that ! am
afraid am treading upon unpleasant
ground. But IN an the recent articles
on the subject, 4 have s6en no men,
ton made of an article by Miss Hsr-
Piet lIsrtineau, which appeared in the
London Daily Aetrs, at the time Of
Lady ByrOn's death, The following
attract is made from the sTticle, with
this simple suggestion: that it is ex-
ceedingly strange that such an inti-
mate and intellectual friend as Miss
Martinaau was to Lady Byron, should
have been kept By the latter in 81
berian fog respecting the separation
from her husband, and the Whole his
tory revealed to a foreigner and COM
paratlYe strangerg She loved him to
the last with a love which II was not
in his own power to destroy. She
gloried in his fame, and she would not
interfere between him and the pubile
VINO adOred him, any more than she
would admit the public to judge be
tween him and h6F. As We have said,
her love endured 10 the last. 1t was
her fortune which gave him the means
OF pursuing his mode Of life abroad.
He spent the utmost shilling Of her
property that the law gave him while
ne lived; and he left away from her
every shilling that he could deprive
her 0f by bis Will; and what the
course of life was, which he thus sup
ported, he himself has left on record.
Vet. after all this, the interview which
she had with his servant after his
death shows whats depth of passion
Law concealed under the calm surface
of her reserve. Ii viii be remembered
that when Byron knew himself to be
diving. he called to his man Fletcher
and desired him TO go TO Lady By
ron and Here his utteranee be
came unintelligible, till he said You
will tell hez this;' and Fletcher was
obliged to reply, u have not beard
one SYLLABLE that you have been say
iEg Good Godp exclaimed the dy-
ing man, but it was too late for more.
Fletcher did .ge 70 Lady Byron but
during the whole interview she
walked up and down the room, trying
to stife her solls, and obtain power to
ask the questions which were surging
in her heart. She could not speak,
and he was obliged to leave her. ;"
Year: 1869

The Hindoos in Bombay have late
ly been much disturbed by veloei-
pede rider whom they mistook for
their god Vishnue. The story runs
thus: The god had several times been
seen at night whirliHg past on eeles-
tial wheel like flash of fire. As ne
approached the faithful prostrated
themselves in the dust. Yet all the
time it is rot really Vishnu; it is only
a certain Mr.. Kemp, ambitious to be
the first velOcipede-rider under an
Asiatic sun, has provided himself with
one of these vehicles, but finding that
the heat rendered it an encumbranee
rather than luxury in the day time,
is compelled to take his exercise upon
il at night, by the aid of a lantern.
Year: 1869

The Platte Valley is wonderful,
section Ct country. You may ride al
day in the express train and the same
broad expanse of plain, as far as the
eye can see, presents itself. Its capaei-
ty to sustain immense numbers of cat
tie, enough to supply n hundred mil
lions of people with beef. can never
he exhausted
Year: 1869

MEANNEss OF HUMAN NATURE
The possible meaneness Of human nature
is problem hardly solved yet, but an aid
to il was afforded in South Adams. lately.
A widow who rented half her house to an
eminently respectable couple-man and
wife-got out a search warrant to find
frewood Of hers which she alleged they
had stolen. The abode was ransackcd
and nothing found, of course Unsatisfied
With this farce, she procured another war
rant, remembering that wood. floor in
their half of the cellar had not been lifted
up. and had another abortive search.
Still suspicious, she strove to get yet an
other warrant, to search the house Of a
married daughter of her tenants; but
this time she failed to find justice to
help her Interesting, isn't it
Year: 1869

A Mothers who are in the
habit of doing up the hair of their child
rem in papers to make it curl, and young
ladies who chiefly delight in "frizzing''
and making their heads look as big as a
half bushel, would do well to read and
prof. 10y the following upon this subject,
written by some one who knows whereof
he speaks -'Pstting up the hair of
children in curling papers breaks and
checks its growth often pulls it ou, at the
roots. Curling irons are fatal to the hair
of both children and grown persons.-rhe
heat saps up the juice out Of the fbres as
eifectually as fire or frost saps the vitality
of green branch, leaving it but dry,
witherei skeleton. The practice with
hair dressers of frizzng out the hair with
a comb, to make the most of it, is one of
the most cruel I'M uries that can be inf cted
on the living hair. The comb cuts it in
the act of frizzing it. You can test the
truth of this 10y combng out the hair after
it has been SO dressed. The hair sometimes
comes out by handiuls and, further, this
process tangles up the hair, and great
deal Of it is broken and pulled out in try
ing to comb it straight again."
Year: 1869

SToRMs-If farmers and others inter-
ested, would carefully watch the tele


graphic reports after the opposition lines
shall he laid in different directions, they
will he able to fore disc ,ver the coming OF
great storms, in time to shape their en-
ployments to provide for them. We
almost always hear of the coming storm
from the east a day or two before it breaks
over US, and the more telegraphic lines We
get the more will such information be sent
aud disseminated through the country. In
Great Britain they have stations and
watchmen whose business it is to observe
the rising and direction of storms, and
report the same in every direction. The
fishermen in harbor are often detained
from leaving in calm morning to find
themselves preserved from dangerous
afternoon at sea,-and farmers gather in
the hay and |. rain at the telegraphic signai
that rain is advancing towards them.-E1.
Year: 1869

FELINE FARsIGHTEDNESs.-I have in my
possession white (nearly true bred) An.
CORA tom cat, about four or FIVE years old,
which being great pet is in the habit OF
sleeping in my bedroom, and is let out
every morning as soon as the servants are
up, about seven o'clock. One morning,
some three weeks ago, having been at a
ball the night before, l was sleepy, and
did not hear the servants, or the ca,
scratching, as he usually did, at the door


There is bellrope at the bed head, nea,
the door. The cat, finding his scratching
of no use, must have stood up on his hind
legs for the rope is some distance from
the ground) and caught ut this. At all


events he pulled tho bell with such 9
clash that l heard it; the maid of course
came, and the cat was let out. This was
probably accidental. but the curious thing
is he has rung the bell every morning
since. and on more than one occasion
twice when the first pull has failed. It j,
q considerable effort for him to do 90, q,
he has to stretch up at full length Il
watched him without his being aware !;


he then gets the tassel between his paw'
and let's himself down with all his weight
and generally clashes the bell so that it i,
heard over the house.-Land and Water
Year: 1869

PLEASURES AND PENANCEs OF WILD
Duck SHooTlNa.-In the haze of cool
autumn morning, with the sun lying
mistily on the sea and on the ready inlets,
there is something deliciously exciting in
moving small punt warily through the
creeks. sheltered by the tall sedgcs, and
expecting at every moment to see string
of teal rise suddenly into the air with the
overwhelming noise that stuns everyone
but the experienced sportsman, whose
nerves are proof against any surprise.
Then the quick right and left-the splash
of the dead or wounded duck into the
water-the joyous eagerness OF the dog,
and his pride as he comes swimming back
with his prize in his mouth. That the
disappointments of wild duck shooting are
many and bitter. must be known to every
one who is familiar with the alertness and
rapidity of flight of the wild-duck.
Sometimes you round creek only to find
the last Of the string ofbirds disappearing
into the faint yellow sky. Sometimes,
with prodigious labor, you manage to
steal upon flock, and only bring down
one, and that one is not to be found by all
the retricver-power you can bring upon
it. Sometimes you mark down a large
flock of wild-iowl at particular SPOT on
the lake or on the coast, and are at simply
indescrbable- pains to reach them. You
get near the p!ace-havins crawled on all.
fours for quarter of a mile, and being
thoroughly wet and dirty-and, elevating
your head few inches, discover that not
a single bird remains within sight. At
such moment the mildest mar (soaked
with water and incrusted with mud) is
likely to make US Of peculiar species Of
language which need not he indicated
here.
Year: 1869

within week after his Inauguration. But
BY first desroiling the principal Office in
his gift, and then making haste to confer
other important and valuable Offices upon
near relations and personal cronies, he
subj himself to the charge of nepot.
ism. The senate was not slow to perceive
that in contest growing out Of the
tenure-of-ofdce law they had all the ad-
vantage, because the people would be
quick to observe that the appointing
power was not judiciously exercised, and
would not so readily comprehend the
viciousness of the principle underlying
the obnoxious statute. Hence the law was
not repealed.


Why. it may be asked, do we say these
things? The answer is two-fold. In the
first place they are already known
everybody is talking about them, in the
streets, on horse cars, in the railroad
trains, in the club rooms, around euchre
tables, and everywhere except in the ex-
ecutive mansion. The facts cannot be
more public than they are. In the second
place, it is necessary. as we conceive, that
there should lie q change. There must be
a cabinet with craftsmanship in it, and
there must be ON end to nepotism in the
government, because the respect and con-
fidence of the public cannot be retained
where the former is wanting and where
the latter abounds. Without the respect
and confidence Of the public, no admins
tration can have any vitality. "This," as
Mr.. Lincoln said to the southern com
missioners, els our common country
Gen. Grant is our chief magistrate. His
services have been too great, his princi.
pies are too high, his responsibilities are
too vast. to be dwarfed and jeopardizcd
for the want of little plain, unvarnished
truth. If any apology is required from
US, we have nothing better to offer than
this: that we are sincerely attached to
our president, and to the principles upon
which he was elected, and we cannot per-
nit the usefulness of the one or the sue.
cess Of the other to be put in peril by a
series Of petty mistakes, so easily repair
ed. if we have any power to avert the
catastrophe.
Year: 1869

The western branch passenger train of the
Central Pacific Railroad ran into the western
bound freight train, near Boca, on Thursday
morning, knocking seven freight trains off
the track, badly smashing the engine on the
passenger train and knocking the platform
of the express car, but fortunately. none of
the passengers or employees on either train
were injured.
Year: 1869

than did before, and on my way home
I gave the publishers Of the paper call.


"I begin to think. my friend" said l
II began in the wrong direction to curtail
expenses. and was indeed, penny wise
and pound foolish, when withdrew my
patronage. Our interests are more in
timately connected than / could have
believed. until | made the experiment.


Thereupon was again enrolled on his
list OF subscribers and half column
devoted 10 my business. And / freely
confess have no reason to regret the
expenditures. My old customers and
many new ones began to revive, and ere
long I felt warranted in the expense OF
securing m assistant.


My family was gratifed at the appear
ance of their old friend, the newspaper,
and am resolved that sooner than part
with it, will give up ''ale and cigars,
which for me would be quite sacrifice.
prize more highly than ever my news
paper.
Year: 1869

named .Tom. % who were liberated shortly after his
own term expired, and the letter addressed 10
am he Is OF the opinion was sem Dy sone pefson m
leaving the place. by some OF the men IN the lime
kiln through visitors sloop men or liberated convcts


Granting that the letter was sent to aim IN TINS man


ne ne unable to account for the fact that when


found the seal OF the envelope was broken ana the


During the whole conversation Logan seemed in


no wise troubled and acted as though ne was


very very certain that his innocence would IN .


as described in the Mayors proclamation, about


hve feet four and half inches high, and seems to


build and rather unprepossessing in countenance,


not TO say repulsiye. Captain Hedden knew Logan


OF the notorious Nineteenth street gang OF rowdes in
the sixteenth ward, one OF whom named Ward was


some time ago sent to the State Prison for life for


killing ofcer walker, OF the Twenty ninth precinct


About three years ago, when Captain Hedden was


in command or the sixteenth precinct, Logan. with
second street and Seventh avenue, and was cap
tured block or two from the place while running
away from the officers who had discovered the
young men at their s.work in the store. Logan was
tried and convicted and sent to State Prison for
three years. One OF the other Young men named
committing another burglary and was also sent to
State Prison, from which he escaped. sincesLogan
left Sing Sing the police have not heard much
about him. He says himself thaC he had
been. working Just previous to the Presi-
yer, but the weather being too severe for him he
abandoned the occupation after working eight days


and returned 10 this city. What he has been doing


The Coroner was notified Of the fact OF Logan's 8


having delivered himself up, and II IS supposed mat
tie adjourned iuuuest will be resumed to-day, when
the suspected man viii be confronted by the negro
il Is very doubtful however whether or not the


police can put much faith the boys evidence even
II he should identity Logan as one of the TWO men


he saw attack Mr. Rogers, when II Is taken indo con-


day he said that he rallen was the smaller or the
two ruiians, and when the fact = that Logan w'aa
Year: 1869

The greatest amount insured in any one risk,
The greatest amount allowed by the rules of
the Company TO be insured in any one city,
town or village,
The greatest amount allowed to be insured in
any one blCcx,


mo arbitrary rule on these points This
Company is governed by prudent regard tor
The construction, occupancy and exposure of
Year: 1869

A pleasant story which does credit
in a small way to woman's honesty,
has come to light. In 1856, South
ern lady spending the summer at the
North. became interested in d poor
seamstress. Sewing machines were
not as attainable as they are nov, and
the lady bought one for her protege,
that she might pay for it in time, if she
chose. Nothing was heard from her
till the war, when the benefactress
came North, in the condition of many
refugees, almost penniless. To her
surprise she found the money for the
sowing machine in the hands of
friend waiting for her, and it formed a
grateful addition to her funds Trust
in the poor is not always basely rewar.
ied.
Year: 1869

The Prince Of Wales announced in
the speech be made at the cattle sho "
IN Mnnchester, that he had turned over
new leaf in the volume Of his life,
ana intended in future to give his At.
tent'on solely to the interest and gov


ernment of the people. This is uidss-
stood TO mean that he will SOW 20 more
Wild oats. 1t is certainly high time
for change, II the tenth Of the stories
told Of the princely scspegrace are true
Year: 1869

The following is description of the
scene witnessed by Mr.. Campbell and his
party in the north of Norway as they
stood on cliff l, 900 feet above the sea.
The passage is unsurpassed in graphic
beauty:


The ocean stretched far away in silent
vastness at our feet: the sound of its waves
scarcely reached our airy lookout; away in
the north the huge old sun swung low
along the horizon like the slow beat Of the
pendulum in the tall clock of our grand
fathers parlor corner. We all stood silent,
looking at our watches. When both hands
come together at II o'clock midnight, the
full round orb hung triumphantly above
the wave-a bridge of gold running due
north spanned the water between us and
him. There he shone in silent majesty
which knew no setting We involuntarily
took Oft our hats; no word was said. Com
bine, if you can, the most brilliant sunset
and sunrise you ever saw, and its beauties
will pale before the gorgeous coloring which
now lit up ocean, heaven and mountain. In
half an hour the sun had swung up percep-
tibly on his beat, the colors changed tO
those of morning, fresh breeze RIPPED
over the flood, one songster after another
piped up in the grove behind us-we had
slid into another day.
Year: 1869




A good story is told of a Presbyterian
church member, at Maiden, that is too good
to be lost 1t seems that the gentleman,
like many other pious individuals we have
heard of, had contracted the habit of
''propping up" for nap during the time of
the minister's most earnest efforts to inter
est his hearers in matters pertaining to the
future. A few Sundays ago, the sleepy
member aforesaid had prepared for his
usual repose, and after the sermon COM
menced showed signs of a visit to
the dreamy land The good minis
ter was determined to wake him up,
and said in a loud voice that the brother
was proverbial in nodding assent to almost
every point he made but he feared he did
not clearly understand the subject. The
remark occasioned smile, but the sleeper
continued on his journey, unmindful of pas
sing events. The minister determined not
to dismiss the contest with one gentle eff
fort, and therefore shouted at the top of his
voice, Lazarus, come forth p The charm
was broken; the sleeper jumped as if shot
and-run his elbow into a pane of glass,
slam-bangl There was moment. s confu-
sion-an audible titter-and the sermon
proceeded with an additional listener. The
incident creates no little amusement at Nal
den,
Year: 1869

THE New YORK Sun tells the story of a
deacon who lived in the good old days
when everybody on the easterly side of the
Hudson drank New England rum. This
deacon was accustomed, for the space of
fifty years, to take his II o'clock and 4
O'Clock refresher of that orthodox bever-
age. At these precise hours he was wont
to 90 to the well, and with an old oaken
bncket that hung from the antique sweep,
draw pail ofwater to cool and mollify his
morning and evening dram. In process OF
time, full of years and honors, the deacon
was gathered to his fathers But this well
sweep still lived; and such was the force OF
habit upon it, coupled with its incapacity
to forget anything it had once learned, that
for long years after the deacon was dead
the well sweep continued to go up and
down so regularly at II and o'clock that
all the fools in the neighborhood set their
watches by it.
Year: 1869

"FRFsH AS A MAIDEN's BLUSH is the pure
peachy Complexion which follows the use of
Hagan's Magnolia Balm. Tt is the True
Secret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladies in
Society understand this.


The Magnolia Balm changes the rustic
Country Girl into City Belle moro rapidly
than any other one thing.


Redness, Sunburn, Tan, Freckles, Blotches
and ali effects of the Summer Sun disappear
where it is used, and genial, cultivated,
fresh expression is obtained which rivals the
Bloom of Youth. Beauty is possible to all
who will invest IS cents at any respectable
store, and insist on getting the Magnolia
Balm


Use nothing but Lyons Katharion to Dress
the Hair
Year: 1869

"THE Day OF SMALL THINGS. "A tall
chimney had been completed and the scaf-
folding was being removed. One man re-
manned on the top to superintend the pro-
cess. A rope should have been left for him
to descend by His wife was at homo
washing. when her little boy burst in with
Mother ] Mother they've forgotten the
rope and he's going to throw himself
down J" She paused-her lips moved in
the agony of prayer-and she rushed forth.
A crowd was looking up to the poor man
who was moving round and round the mar
row cornice, terrified and bewildered. He
seemed as if at any moment he might fall
or throw himself down in
despair. His wife from below cried out
''Wait bit, John"-the man became calm
-"take off thy stocking unrayel the wors-
ted; and he did so. 'fNow tie the end to
a bit of mortar and lower gently" Down
some the thread and the bit of mortar,
swinging backward and forward. Lower
and lower it descended, eagerly watched by
many eyes. 1t was now within reach, and
was gently seized by one of the crowd
They fastened some twine to the thread
'fNow pull up" The man got hold of the
twine. The rope was fastened on. stPull
away, again" He at length siezed the rope
and made it secure.


There were q few moments of suspense,
and then, amid the shouts of the people,
he threw himself into the arms of his wife
sobbing: "Thou has saved me Mary
The worsted thread was not despised-it
drew after it the twine, the rope the res
cuei Ah my friend, thou mayest be sunk
very low in sin, but there is Thread of Di-
vine Love that comes from the Throne of
heaven and touches even thee. Seize that
thread. It may be small but it is golden
Improve what you have, however little, and
more shall be given you. This thread of
love, if you will not neglect it. shall lift
you up to God and glory 'fWho hath de-
spised the day of small things?"
Year: 1869

DEAR SIR.-It is with much pleasure that
say to you that l consider the PLANTATION
BTTTERs Of untold value. In the fall of 1867
was taken with Chills and Fever, with the
most severe pains in my chest and head. 1t
was with great difficulty that [ could breathe.
My lungs were greatly distressed, and there
was severe pain in my right side, by spells. I
could hardly get up from my bed. called a
doctor, who attended me all winter without
the least benefit About the 1st Of August l
commenced using your PLANTATION BITTERs
"a wine glass full three times day-and
have used it most of the time since, and am
now well and strong, able to do all my own
work and the care Of large family.


Yours, &c., SUSAN NILSSON.