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Year: 1869

from the Boston Journal, jan 27.l


In the case OF George Seddons, tried In the Supe-
ror Court Judge Lord for leaving the STATE for the
Kelly at the Isle OF Shoals the Jury returned the fol-
lowing written verdict at the opening OF the court
this Rorning, viz.:-'Guilty, but the jury are not


The Court remarked that the verdict, as rendered,
was equivalent to mot guilty." the place where
New York-was one Of the most important points
In the case. and If the jury all agree that 1t
aas Is ssr vsrSc where ne
The Court then directed the jury to retire and
see II they all agreed as to the place where the
sence OF over hour the jury returned into court
and reported their inability to agree upon verdict
and the papers were taken from them. They had
previously been In consultation seven eight hours
and the verdict they returned this morning was un-
der seal.
Year: 1869

~ About four miles northwest of the city
sef Cork. in ireland, is the small village
Il Of Barney, celebrated for the beauty of
b its environs, and still more for the remains
; of an ancient castle, in which is won
:. drous stone, thought to possess the power


Of impartiug to any who kisses it q fluent
persuasive, and not over-honest tongue.
= The exact position of the stone in the


ruins lis q matter Of dispute. Some say


that it is lying loose on the ground others
kallege that'R is at the summit of the large


square tower which was originally the don


jon or keep of the castle; while there arc
yet others who maintain that it is inserted
d in the wall at such height that he who
= would kiss it must consent to be suspen-


ded by his heels from the top. When or
how it first got its singular reputation is


not known; but the superstition concern
ing tits firmly fixed in the minds of the
q Irish peasantry, hundreds of whom resort
Ito the castle every year for the purpose of
&, kissing stone enduel with property so


marvellous 1t is said that, in the early


part of the seventeenth century, the lord


Of Castle Blarney, having been taken pris-
oncr by the English, made repeated prom
ties that he would surrender the fortress


but whenever the fulflment of his pledge
i was demanded, he invented some smooth
s1and plausible excuse for delay; and thus


the term Uarncy became by-word, and


was used to denote a soft, insinuating, and


dcceitful manner of speech.
Year: 1869

All work of money making in the Mint
Of Japan-which issues coinage of $70,-


900 day--is done by hand. The cut


ting, the punching, the milling, the
stamping, are all by process of the SIM
iplest manual labor. Few foreigners have


ever been allowed to enter the Mint An


English diplomat who had this privilege
E writes one Of its curious regulations:


While every operation is performed in


this primitive manner, perfect order pre-


vails in the establishment; every man


goes through his portion of the work in


silence and with the regularity of clock


work, and many evince considerable skill.


There are about three hundred hands en-
y ployed in the building. When the men
Y enter in the morning they are made to
s.divest themselves Of their own clothes,
and put on others belonging to the Mint.
aflAt the end Of the days work gong sounds
wheuthe somewhat curious spectacle is
presented of three hundred men spring
eF ing from the ground on which they had
been seated, throwing off tEei' clothes,
Il and rushing, a naked throng, to one end
of % yard. Here they pass through the
salfollowing ordeal: Their back hair is pull


led down and examined; they wash their


hands and hold them up to view; they


drink water and then halloa; and lastly,


they run to the other end of the yard,


clearing two or three hurdles on their way
latter which performance they are allowed
q to put on their own clothes and depart.
Year: 1869

The demand FOR scmural residences must be considered
prominent characteristic OF the present ACTIVITY 10
estate, but q also evidence that the increasing popaa
the city Of New York will suburbs In 'ispen
sable auxiarcs Il Is not doubted that part OF Westminster
county embraced by the contemplated sale win become
mart az tho great and growing CITY of
Year: 1869

American. Well, 1t may be accepted from the
result, that the Thames "styls' is predominant
on the Thames and the very best thing for
those waters. The race has proved this OF
all events, If nothing more.


Upon the whole there is not much reason to
regret that this terrible conflict between Eng
land and America should have taken place
just in this shape. There might have been
more serious consequences--for example, If
the issue had been staked upon the Alabama
claims, the conquest of Canada or any other
belligerent question. As long as the greatest
excitement Of the day is only to be found in
the battle involved in . boat race on the
Thames, we may congratulate ourselves that
we are living in time when the motto under
which the government is supposed to be con-
trolled Is, 'Let us have peace!
Year: 1869

A HINT IN BEHALF OF PRINCE ARTHUR. -
The London Times thinks that the time has
come for the consideration of the question
whether Canada might not be permitted to
assume her appropriate position as an inde-
pendent power. In other words, If the Cana
dams are ready TO proclaim Prince Arthur
King Of the New Dominion her Britannia
Majesty's government might consent to the
arrangement. Some such idea may be at the
bottom Of the present mission Of the good
Prince Arthur. Who knows?
Year: 1869

Mexico AND THE EAGLE OF THE NORTH
A late Mexican paper says that the local affairs
Of that country are getting worse and worse
every day. and that ''when revolutions have
destroyed the republic, when our Gelds, laid
waste shall be saturated with the blood Of our
brothers and the eagle OF the North shall
swoop down upon the corpse Of our country,
its treacherous politicians win go abroad to
enjoy the pleasures which their riches Will
purchase, while the poorer sons Of Mexico will
be dragging In the dus. the chains of slavery"
But this picture is too gloomy. When the
eagle Of the North swoops down upon Mexico
II viii be 10 llberate her people from the chains
Of anarchy, to take OF their rags OF poverty
and wreiehedness and TO clothe and feed them
from the fat Of the land. This Is what follows
when the eagle Of the North swoops down
upon any country to gobble II up.
Year: 1869

NEVER BETTER-The general health OF the
city. We owe something Of this to our health
authorities, but much more to the favorable
character of the season itself. The summer,
so far, has been comparatively mild, and in
this quarter neither too wet nor too dry nor
too hot nor too cold in the long run. 1t has
been genial and fruitful summer, and the
country at large has never been so rich in all
the essentials of life and health and strength
and wealth as it is to-day, thank God
Year: 1869

CoAL.-The strike in the mines having
ended, the miners in the region owned by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company will 60 to work again on Monday at
Scranton and in the vicinity. This resumption
Of work will probably be followed by the
miners in the employ Of the Delaware and
Hudson Company and Of all the other compa-
niles mining coal In the Wyoming region.
There Is no danger that there will be any
scarcity Of coal next winter. The strike of
which 80 much has been said was In large
measure a bogus strike. Its object was to
alarm consumers into hurrying to lay in their
winters supply at exorbitant, fictitious prices.
But the prompt exposure Of the scheme by the
newspapers put the public on their guard
against this cunning dodge. Consumers have
delayed their purchases, and they may safely
delay them until October. Alarmed in their
turn at the unexpected result Of their combina-
tons, the coal dealers have al lengihIchanged
their base and the bogus strike is at an end.
Coal dealers Win In due time learn that in
their operations, az well as in all other opera
tlons for supplying the community with arti-
cles Of prime necessity, honesty is the best
policy.
Year: 1869

Remarkable Meeting at Damascus.


A public banquet was recently given at Da-
mascus in honor of the Governor of Syria, to
which members of all religions subscribed in
discriminatory. 1t is fact worthy OF mention
that these subscriptions were volunteered,
equally freely by Mohammedans, Jews and
Christians; moreover, the Ulema, the Great
Rabbi and the Greek and Catholic patriarchs
all sat around the same table. Not long since
that same city Of Damascus was the scene Of
bloody strife between religious factions. On
referring to history it is easily proved that re-
ligious differences have perhaps caused more
bloodshed than any other-for instance, the
Crusades, the rule Of Cromwell, and still more
recently the rebellion in India. May we hope
that the partakiug Of the bread and salt of hos
pitality may tend to a permanent understand
ing among the various religious sects9 Coming
events cast their shadows before them, and the
above incident may well be regarded as one of
the steps of progress initiated by the great
events now occurring around us. The opening
Of the Suez Canal will cause people hitherto
almost unknown, and deprived Of the means
of communication with the more civilized ma
tions Of the earth, to be brought into more
immediate contact, and the ultimate results
cannot fail. On the other hand, prelates and
messengers of peace and brotherly love are fast
assembling in Rome from all parts Of the globe
In order to take common counsel on the most
prominent points whereby to obtain unity Of
opinion on religious matters. We are now
passing through an era of wondrous events,
and it is to be hoped that the results will be
fraught with benefits to the uaiverse at large.
Year: 1869

Two or three Jews of Washington have
so far forgotten or forgiven Grant for his
celebrated army order bsnishing the Israel
ties from the military lines, as to call on him
TO request that he use his influence to So.
cure the revocation Of ukase by the Gar
OF Russia, bsnshng 1000 Jewish families
Year: 1869

Don Piatt thinks Chandler's bust should
be made of brass, with pedestal OF pan
copper, taken from the protected mines Of
Michigan, for the profit Of which this great
statesman makes us pay tribute.
Year: 1869

The Cardiff giant has gone to Albany. 1t
is due to his character to state that bis visit
there is in no way connected with New \ ork
politics and that he has no idea of accepting
seat in the Legislature Of that state. He
next progresses to do the metropolis, and
accept its hospitalities.
Year: 1869

Too Much BREAD.-Many dietetical reformers
make serious mistake when they leave off the
use of meat. They think that bread is the
staff of life, and that they cannot well eat too
much of it. They should remember that Man
should not live by bread alone" and practice
accordingly. have known many persons to
leave off eating meat and live almost exclusively
on bread. The consequence was-their diet being
too concentrated-tha they took far too much
nutriment into their stomachs, their systems be-
came obstructed and their health impaired
thereby. certain quantity of bread is good
but to live upon it exclusively is ruinous to the
health Less bread, and more fruit and vegeta-
bles, should be the rule for the above class OF
persons-Journa{ of Health
Year: 1869

IL the Island of Goa, near Bombay, there is a
singular vegetable called the "sorrowful tree, +"
because it only fourishes ia the night. At sun
set no flowers are to be seen, and yet after half
an hour the tree is full of them. They yield a
sweet smell, but the sun no sooner begins to
shine upon them than some of them fall off and
others close up; and some continue Towering in
the night during the whole gear.
Year: 1869

HAIR AND WOMEN" Your hair wants cut
ting" quoth the barber.


~ don't want it cut. You BARRIERS are after
mans hair the moment it grows out of your
stereotyped regulation clip"


"When the hair gets too long it is apt to fall
off. Your hair is coming out now"


"That's the story BARRIERS have been telling
me for the last twenty years. Now 1 want to
know why, if keeping mans hair clipped so
closely, as demanded by the fashion of the pres
ent day is necessary to its preservation, why the
same rule does not hold with regard to women.
AS a general thing, they allow the hair to grow
as long as Nature wants it. Do you see many
bald headed women? am inclined to believe
that this constant cutting and clipping has
something to do with the badness so prevalent
amongst men. You say the hair is a sort of
plant. If you keep up constant practice of
shifting off the top of any plant, it will finally
die down to the root. There's such thing as
over-pruning."


AT this juncture the barber grew metaphysical.


"Qute a mistake" said he. ats a man s
brain that so often kills his hair. Men think
more than women. They worry and fret about
their business. They use their brains more.
Fact is, they have more brains. Well, using the
brain much keeps the scalp heated. This
dries up the roots of the hair. So the shorter
you keep the hair, the cooler it must be and the
longer it will last. But women do not think so
much as men. You give woman plenty to eat
and dress her as she likes-that's nearly all she
wants. Her brain is not so active. So her
skull is not heated up like mans, and the hair
is kept healthy. That's the reason of the differ
ence," said the barber, triumphantly.


The above is no work of fiction. 1t is real
ity which transpired in this city last Wednesday
1t is useful, as it shows an estimate of hair and
especially women, held not only by single bar
Der, but probably large class of which he may
be a fitting representative. - San Francisco
Figaro.
Year: 1869

The mist that crawls over the river,


Hiding the shore on either side,
And, under the vailing mist forever,


Neither hear see We the tide.
But our skiff the will of the river,


Though nothing is seen to be pass'd;
Through the mist may hide it forever, forever,
The current is drawing fast.
The mathis sweet from their far-off town


Fill the air with their beautiful dream;
The vespers were hushing the twilight down
When we lost our in the stream.
Year: 1869

MAN who was arrested for stealing goods at
fire the other day pleaded in excuse for an
extenuatlon OF his Conduct that he had been
IN the place but few days and hadn't learned
the rules.
Year: 1869

We are too far removed as State
from any market In the East To raise
wheat and receive for II, one year
with another, price above the cost
OF producing IL, or equal to that which
can be obtained for the price of any
other crop Ii fed on the farm or sold
within = reasonable distance Of it,
The difference against wheat Is not
less than twenty. FIVE per cent. We
estimate that the average cost of pro-
ducing bushel of wheat I'm Iowa IL
not less than 80 cents. The census of
the State for 1868 gives the average
production Of spring wheat per acre
at ten bushels, but the average for n
series OF years 10 twelve bushels
Those who produce fifteen or twenty
bushels per acre may save Themselves
and obtain something handsome over
II they can get 81 q bushel for IL ut
their nearest town. But let us be
correct as possible on this matter of
raising wheat, as IL has become Sc.
rious question for the consideration
OF wheat growers, and 10 do this we
call upon those who have eou n ted the
cost TO give us their exl.erience. -
/0sUQ Homestead.
Year: 1869

READ AND PosDER.---We find in
the following much good sense and
advice which should be needed by
every community:


" Encourage every one, especially
new men, to come and settle among
yeu; particularly those who are ac-
quainted and worthy, whether they
have money or not. Their labor
alon0 Is worth money. Those who
have capital will buy lots, build
houses, or tear out and remodel the
old ones. Go To work and stimulate
every legitimate enterprise by giving
1t all the encouragement you can, or
by uniting your Industry, influence
ard capital In the common cause. -
Cultivate public spirit and talk less
than you work. Help your neigh
Dor. III he Is In danger of breaking
down, prop him up In some way
1fhe Is fairly down before you know
his situation, set him on his feet
again. Encourage your local author
tiles In making public improvements
for the good Of the town, etc'u
Year: 1869

GOOD BRHAKFAsr RoLLs.-A hot roll for
breakfast is q most toothsome article Of diet
when made right, otherwise they are only fit
for the pigs. l make mine as follows, and 1
think them hard to beat: Take two q uarts of
flour, make q hole in IL and pour in one mint
Of cuId milk that has been boiled with one cup
Of butter melted in 1t, and half cup OF good
yeast. Let 1t stand without mixing two or
three houp; then salt and knead IT and let il
rise few hours; then mould it and Let 1t rise
again in the pans before baking Bake in .
quick oven about fifteen nminutes.-Germantos
Tele0rdDh
Year: 1869

THE RICoNsTRUCTIoH COMMITTEE met this
morning, and were engaged In the preparation
of their report upon the admission of Mlssls-
s'ppi. The majority OF the committee will re.
port against the admission OF the State
Year: 1869

In THE SENATE, this morning, Mr. Nye, from
the Committee on Railroads, reported back the
bill 10 incorporate the National Railway Loan
and Trust Company, and the committee was
discharged from further consideration of the
same
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efficctual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to its original color
aciM the gloss and
.Teshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1869

bill only to the Erie Railroad but the friends of that
Corporation were assured that Vanderbilt would
fight Them and they concluded TO incorporate IN the
provisions the Central and Hudson River Road.
The bill is intended to keep in the hands of Gould
and Fisk the Eric Railroad direction. no
matter how the stockholders may decide
at its next annual election. Judge Folger
wanted Mr.. Gould to amend the BILL so that it
should go into effect after the next annual election
for Erie Directors. but Mr. Gould would not consent
The bill was pushed through the Committee of the
Whole in few minutes, ordered to third reading.
and then an cngOssod copy was read and passed. all
within Is minutes. The following is tho vote;
Year: 1869

ont applications successful that at some future day.


drawn from the treasury OF the state will be used as


means TO secure renewed and increased appropriations


for Ike purposes. IL s confidently alleged That the peo


pie Of the state will do approve of these enormous
APPROPRIATIONS and are willing to have imposed upon
pisesthe direct profits OF which viii insure benefit
OF private capitalists. do not believe It. But even IL


were So am confident that hereafter when the fever


ism period Of speculation shall have passed away. and


sounder public sentiment shall prevail, they would, II


sanctlOned The legislation 70 which now object hold
accountable and responsible for falling 20 protect them
against great expenditures in regard to which the proba


bty OF waste aud extrayaganco is much greater than
the possibility OF prudence and determinations 1t must
be remembered that under the Constitution, 1t in
State the question whether they are willing to aid
these enterprises by the creation Of State debt Such
lnoue OF coming TO their relief would admit Of
larger grant OF money and q more systematic and
eqtaOe application OF TO the different sections Of the
state Inc taxation required To meet the outlay could
DO extended over period Of ls years instead OF being
has been brought forward during the time the State aid
poc mas been pressed strong evidence that the adyo
not approve OF H. III ths be so, tho people wOud GER
tany resent proposition 20 collect at once, and without
asking their approval the large proposed TO be


levied upon hem For the reasons therefore, that 1t Is
not easy TO discriminate so clearly between this measure
and those OF similar character pending and perhaps
awaiting the decision OF this onc rs to make this an eK.
ception that 1t presents question OF general policy In
strucon local railroads when the burdens OF taxation
are too great TO admit OF the heavy addition which
Constitution provides wise and just method by which


the people Of the State take upon themselves the de-
uated according the magnitude OF the improvement to
which aid Is given; that the measure may be deferred
when the affairs OF the State and country will be in
more permanent condition. when taxton Will only bo re-
settled prosperity shall be established am constrained
m6 amy SGn upon lGe IN e t OF ne


freely that the region through which the road will
pShy Of the Whole State and that the construction 81


railroad through It would contribute very greatly to the


my Signature " anu 70 JOHN JOHN T. + horTMAS m D'
Year: 1869

The FALLING LEAvEs.--" Leaves
have their time to fall" They also have
their uses. In cities and villages they
accumulate after falling in the cutters,
on the sidewalks, and beceme nuisance
instead of a benefit. The very worst
means to get rid Of them is the one too
often practiced, that of raising them into
heaps and burning them. The smoke
annoys passers by, and often is driven in
to dwellings to fret tidy housekeepers.
The fires kindled by the youthful gener-
alton are often dangerous, especially
when there is breeze to carry sparks
into alley-ways and by-places. Horses
are often frightened by the fitful flames
of the thick volumes of smoke, and the
occupants of carriages have their lives
endangered by the means. The best use
for leaves is in the garden. If thrown
in and covered slightly with earth in the
fall, they will be sufficiently decayed by
spring to break up and incorpoa in the
soil, rendering it lighter and richer then
before. There is no better fertilizer for
the garden than leaf mould. Those who
burn leaves should try this plan once,
and we think they would be convinced.
Year: 1869

To the Editor Of the Press:


A recent editorial in your columns in refer
ence to woman's rights convention held at
West Falmouth does manifest injustice to e.
II. Starbird, Esq, of that place. 1t is beyond
all question gross misrepres sntation of facts
SO far as Mr.. Starbird was concerned in getting
up the meeting. 1t is also an unworthy fling
upon gentleman whose moral character and
position ON questions of humanity will bear
the closest scrutiny. 1t is very apparent to
my mind that you have been entirely misled
andI envy not the position Of the person on
whom rests the responsibility. 1t may be we'll
to commend him to prudent husbandry of
his resources" FAIR PLAY.


[The above note is from the pen of gentle
man upon the correctness cf whose statements
we rely with perfect confidence. Mr. Starbird
is not known to us personally, and we have no
doubt from what we have since learned that
we did him injustice in our account of the
West Falmouth meeting, though there was
little beside good-natured raillery in what we
said of that assembly.