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Year: 1869

A mother on the green hills of Yer.
mont vas holding by the right hand a
son, sixteen years old, mad with love OF
the sea. And as he stood by the gar
den gate one morning she said ".Ed-
ward, they tell me-for | never saw the
ocean-that the great temptation of a
seaman's life is drink. Promise me, be-
fore you quit your mothers hand, that
you will never drink.


And" said he, (for he told me the
story gave the promise, and went
the globe over, Calcutta and the Medit-
erranean, San Francisco and Cape of
Good Hope, the north pole and the
South. saw them all in forty years,
and / never saw glass filled with spark
ling liquor that my mothers form by the
gate did not rise before me, and to-day
am innocent of the taste of liquor"


Was not that sweet evidence of the
power Of single word Yes that is not
half.


"For," said he. yesterday there
came into my counting room man of
forty years"


" Do you know me ?"


mo"


Well" said he, 81 was once brought
drunk into your presence on shipboard /;
you were passenger they kicked me
aside you took me to your berth and
kept me there until had slept off the
intoxication you then asked me if /
had a mother. said Inever aad known
a word from her lips. You told me of
yours at the garden gate, and to-day 1
am master of one of the packets in New
York, and came to ask you to como
and see me "


How far that little candle throws its
beam That mothers words in the green
hills of Vermont o, God be thanked
for the mighty power of a single word
Year: 1869

Paddle Your Own Canoe"
Up in this world, and down in this world,
And over this world and through,


Though drifted about,


And tossed without,
Why, paddle your own canoe"
What though the sky is heavy with clouds
Or shining field of blue;


If the bleak wind blows.


Or the sunshine glows,
Still paddle your ownranoe."
What il breakers rise up ahead.
With dark wave rushing through,


More steadily Try,


With steadfast eye,
To paddle your own canoe"
If a hurricane rise in the midnight sky.
And the stars are lost in view


Glide safely along,


With smile and song,
And paddle your own canoe"
Up in this world. and down in this world,
over this world and through


Though weary and worn,


Bereft. forlorn.
Still paddle your own canoe"
Never give ap when trials come
Never grow sad and blue;


Never sit down


With tear or frown,
But paddle your own canoe"
There are daises springing along the shores
Blooming and sweet for you,


There are rose-hued dyes


In the autumn skies
Then paddle your own canoe"
Year: 1869

IDA LEWIS AT THE WASH TUB.-The
editor of the N. Y, Independent, while
at Newport few dayr since, visited Miss
Ida at her light house, and thus chroni-
cles the interview.


We found the heroine at her wash-tub
and we say it to her praise for if she
had never learned to make such use
of her hands, she might never have
known how to rescue eleven drunken
and drowning m en- who owe to her their
precious and useless lives. Our Grace
Darling was not ashamed to say, in su-
luting us. "You will excuse my appear
anc, for ! have been helping my moth
er at her washing" And this was a
more eloquent speech than any we heard
at the convention. Hereafter whenever
the fashionable ladies at Newport gaze
over the bay toward Lime Rock, and see
row of white garments hanging on the
clothes-line and swinging in the sea-
breeze, they may know that Ida has been
helping her mother on washing day and
let us hope the sunlight, as it glitters on
each pockethandkerchief and snow-white
chemise drying in the wind, will reflect
to the eyes of the Newport bellies an in
springing ray of Ida's shining example.
We solemnly assert that the " girl of
the period" ought to know how to wash.
a clean shirt is one of womans best gifts
to man.
Year: 1869

We will hrs; consider In lite capacity q. q special
lty our far famed remedy, Railway o Ready Relief,
symbolfzed throughout the civilized world under
The significant ALTERATION x. y. X. This remedy
is happily possessed OF properties that give imme


iete ana positive proof of its excellence that the
most ekeptical can feel its power in few nds
especially where the sufferer 10 the victim Of ex
cruciatinR pain. Ii is not q question with this
remedy OF time 10 takes TO remove the perception
or sensation of pain. or of the cost; for the mo-
ment IL 10 applied to the part Of the body where
pain exists the patient Is relieved. And IL the
pain is from an established disease. q cure will
oon follow.


The Ready Relief is Q vegetable remedy. IL is
sure, safe, and innocent Ii s quicker in subduing
pain and making the patient comfortable than
Morphine, Chloroform, Ether, Opium. or any other
agent: Its simplicity Of application renders it .
valuable household necessity, and its usefulness
covers the entire range Of family accidents that
liable to occur at any moment. The Ready Relief
should be kept in every house. for il any injury or
accident occurs to child grown person, its use
will prove of immediate service. 1t matters not
what the difficulty may be. Burn, Scald, Fall,
Bruise, Out. Wound, Poison, Sprain, Strains
Pain, Ache, Cough, Cold, Group, and q hundred
other annoyances that are Constantly taking place
In every family, this READY BELIEF will, in q
few minutes, prove its value. IL suddenly seized
but wish for doctor the Ready Relief will SUE pend
Or check the progress Of the disease once and in
ainety times out Of one hundred cure tho patient
before the doctor arrives. II can never do harm
out will always do good.
Year: 1869

To MAKE LEY HoMrNY.-Select
good sound fint.corn, shell it, TAX
ing care to pick out the faulty
grains and bits f cob; pour over
It strong ley, sufficient to cover it,
set it ON the fire and let it scald
until the husk or bran is loosened ;
TRY it occasionally by pressing il
between the thumb and finger. r.
Frequent stirring win aid largely
in removing the husks. Whom
scalded enough, dip it ont into O
tub of clean water, stir it around
pour 10 off and put, in fresh, az
often as Is necessary to thoroughly
cleanse il from the ley; in the
meantime rubbing through the
hands. Let it soak over night
and boil till tender.
Year: 1869

A good joke is told of preacher in
Nebraska, who had dined with a friend
Just before afternoon services. As il
happened, this friend occasionally luxu-
rated in a smile of the ardent, and some
times carried morocco covered flask in
his overcost pocket.


By mistake the minister took the
friends overcoat for bis own on his de-
parture, and walking into the pulpit,
began the exercises without doffing the
garment, it being rather chilly in the
room.


Looking very ministerially over his
congregation from behind his spectacles,
be began drawing from his pocket, as be
supposed, his hymn book, with the in.
troductory remark that the congregation
would sing from particular page which
he had selected beforehand.


The minister held the supposed book
up in full sight of the congregation, and
attempted to open it sideways, but it was
no go.


The situation was realized in o mo-
meut, but alas too late.


His reverence was dumbfounded, the
audience giegied, and the whole scene
made ludicrous by fellow in the back
part of the congregation, not altogether
too sober, who drawled euti


Say, mister, kin We all (hic) jine in
that ar hymn ?"
Year: 1869

doctor was frequently obliged to
accept the hospitality of the officers On
the occasion referred to, she plainly stated
to General Carroll her intention of tarry-
ing at his headquarters for few days,
for the laudable purpose of looking after
the sick. OF course the General con.
sented, and being as gallant as he is
brave, offered her the sole use of his tent,
which she accepted. So far so good.


Early on the morning after her arrival,
field officer of the Seventh West Vir-
ginia, of Carroll's brigade-a bluff, hon
est, brave, devi!-may-care old backwoods-
man-took walk over to brigade head
quarters. and noticing that the flies of
CAROLS tent were still tied, thought it
somewhat strange that his commanding
officer, generally an early riser, should
remain in bed at 80 late an hour. i
have it," said he, thinking a moment /;
and approaching the tent, he quietly un.
tied the canvas doors, winking at the
same time to several staff officers who
were near by endeavoring to control their
risibiities. The face of the sleeper was
hidden by the bed covering, and the oHi-
Ger quietly lifting the clothes at the foot
of the couch, and encircling two warm
ankles with his brawny paws, while he
watched the head of the bed intently to
see if the sleeper awoke, shouted at the
top of his lungs rs he dragged the body
completely out of the bed to the floor,
Carroll, you lazy cuss, get up here 1ts
eight o" The rest of the sentence
was lost in piercing scream, such as
only female in distress can furnish at
short notice, and the jolly old officer,
abashed and dumbfounded, bounded from
the tent like stag struck by o three
ounce bullet. The joke was altogether
too good to keep, and the result was that
every soldier in the Second Corps soon
knew the story about Colonel -, of the
Seventh Virginia, pulling DR.. Mary
Walker out of bed.
Year: 1869

From the Water Valley (MissJ Eagle. 27th.l


About the lst of August, ls40, VIM.
G. Brownlow, who was then Methodist
preacher "in good standing" but already
jauntily wearing the cloak of heaven to
serve the devil in, started on horseback
with a number of ''fast" young men from
Knoxville to go to the great mass con-
vention of the Wings at Nashville.
Those we're the days of Harrison and
Hard Cider "-of Tippecanoe and
Tyler, too" and the whole country was
ablaze with political excitement. Leav-
ing Knoxville about the time of the de-
parture of the regular tri-weekly mall
coach running to Nashville (which said
mail. coach was loaded down with bag
gage), and having after journeying few
miles got up "a full head of steam" by
means of free application of the COM
bustible fuel known as "old rye" Brown
low and his wild companions resolved
that they would keep up with the stage
coach all the way to Nashville, although
they would have to ride night and day to
do so.


That night, just before reaching the
town of Kingston, by the csrelessness of
q drunken driver, the coach was upset
and partially broken. While waiting at
Kingston for it's repair, Brownlow and
his crowd stopping too, q young me-
chanic who was going to be married the
next morning to o young lady whose
father kept the breakfast stand for stage
coach passengers, some twelve or fifteen
miles further on, hearing that "Parson
Brownlow" was along, resolved TO ask
him to perform the ceremony. Brown
low, of course, consented, and the young
man mounting his horse, started off with
the preacher and his gay party an hour
or two ahead of the coach. Previous to
that time the young man had borne an
excellent character for industry and So
briefly; but that ride of twelve or fifteen
miles before sunrise, with the reverend
devil and his companions, proved fatal
to bis hopes of happiness; for Brownlow
and company, before arriving at the
house of the brides father, made the
poor fellow besstly, uproariously drunk,
like themselves; and when they all got
there in that condition the old man not
only refused to allow the marriage to take
place, but drove his intended son-in-law
from his house with blows, and, getting
his gun, ordered the rest of his compan-
ions to march on, which they were con-
strained to do. When, some hour or two
later, the stsge-cosch with its fifteen
hungry passengers (of whom the writer
was one arrived at the breakfast stand
they found the landlord still in great
rage, the young bride that was-to-have-
been and her mother in tears, the whole
house in state of revolution, and, of
course, no breakfast to be had, without
waiting several hours, which the driver
refused to do. So, pocketing their now
ravenous sppetites, they were fsin to
mount the coach and push on to the din
ner stand some twenty-five or thirty miles
distant before they could hope to get any
thing to eat


Such is one of the characteristic early
"reminiscences Of 1.-THE abominable
Brownlow," Ex-Governor of Tennessee,
and present wearer-thanks to the new
Republican doctrine that Ignorant mi
norities shall rule"-of the Senatorial
toga first worn by Hugh L. White, Felix
Grundy and John Bell.
Year: 1869

General Grant received by express
Monday morning a stout new three
stringed broom, with red, white and blue
handle, from the factory at West Mills
Grove, Ohio. Several persons we're
present in the Generals room when it
Was handed to him, aud numerous jokes
passed Is to its being an intimation that
he should sweep clean, bat the General
expressed no opinion.
Year: 1869

A convict in Sing Sing made an efhgy
of himself out of some old clothing aad
stood it up in the corner OF bis cell
When the convicts were taken to be
locked up for the night, one OF new ep-
pointess in The pfison, pot being up-,o
their tricks, vas deceived BY the dnmmy
figure. and the prisoner made good bis
escape.
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

HOCsR-NUMBRRING BY PPOsPHORUs--A
French chemist has invented a method of
making the numbers of houses as distinctly leg
ihle by night as by day. II consists in rubbing
the figures with a preparation Of phosphorus
which " i'll render them luminous The applica-
ton need not be renewed only once month, an d
may be ne elected altogether when the family Is
cut OF town The effect of q long street scintil-
Isting with phosphoric figures would Certainly
be striking; but The matter of utility oyerrides
that OF appearance, and few people who have
biuncered up and down a dark street on a cold
night IL search OF a number that does not show
itself. Will fail 10 accept gladly any practicable
ezpsdient that can be supplied for making the
numbers visible.
Year: 1869

Before Judge Batchford.


Tne court was engaged during the greater portion
OF the day IN dsposing Of revenue business. In the
case OF the United States Eight Cases and Four
Caddes OF Tobacco. found at No. s5 Warren street,
the jury found verdict for the government for
p0rnon OF the property, giving the balance Which
had been seized to the claimant.
Year: 1869

OUR private -adViees from the Capt.
tai are to the effect that the opponents
of Mr.. CUMBACK claim fourteen Re-
publieaDs who will bolt rather than
permit his election. We apprehend
this is simply game of bluff, adopted
by the old party leaders, to affect the
tinid and prevent them from voting
for Mr. CUMBAoK in the caucus. We
believe the threat will fail to accom-
plish the end designed. Mr.. CUM
BACKS opponents must be hard press
ed when they are compelled to resort
to such tactics. While he may not be
the first choice of many Republicans,
they will not endorse a resort to dis
reputable means to secure his defeat.
He is not unpopular among the great
mass of the people, who, we appre-
hend, if compelled to choose between
the two, would much prefer him to
the Republican Senator who has been
so active against Mr.. CUMBAoK, and
who would be a candidate for the
Senate himself could he muster
enough friends to make even a show
Of support.


The fact that the Democracy are 50
unusually anxious to defeat Mr.
CUMBAeK, shows that they have vim
dictive remembrance of the hard blows
he dealt them during the last can
vass. Att-le
Year: 1869

In the opening OF your Educational
Column" offer you the following
scrap OF my own experience in rela-
ton to the plan Of managing children:


| had been troubled, from the be-
gining of my term, with the sullcn-
ness OF boy about twelve years old.
had punished hlm slightly for several
offences which did not appear to grow
out of a spirit of mischief or malice,
but out OF sort Of stubbornness; and
l had resorted to numberless devices
to gain his confidence and good will,
but, to my grief, failed in all. was
sorely tried, for was sure that, as he
was cheerful when playing with the
other boys, l had not the key to his
character. At last, friendly storm
came which detained us within doors
during the noon hour While at their
plays, one of the children played what
they call" sharp trick" upon him,
which he was about to return in the
same spirit. But it suddenly seemed
to strike him that I was present, for
he glanced at me with a distrustful
look and stood still. Liking to see
the tun so on, laughed and nodded
encouragement to him, and-presto-
there he stood before me a different
boy. Bright and sparkling were his
eyes, and it seemed to me as if his
whole heart was warmed-mme was,
lam sure-,for he understood me and
l him tor the first time. From tha,
moment his confidence was gained, and
| have had no occasion to reprove him
for anything since. ..~


DO not the majority of the difficult
ties OF managing our schools arise for
want of properly understanding our
scholars? TEACHER.
Year: 1869

New HousE.-Sub-D District No. ], OF
the District township Of Otter Creek,
which has one of the FIVE log school
houses OF the county, is to erect
suitable frame house during the pres
ent summer. The plans are not yet
agreed upon, but will be soon, and the
house will be ready for school during
the winter term.
Year: 1869

A good black board is indispensable
in school-room, and children cannot
be accustomed to use it too early. It
often happens, however, that the
wooden black-boards in use, have be- J
come SO smooth as to be useless, and
appeals to the Director to re-paint
them are not complied with. In such
cases the teacher should have some
means Of dong the work cheaply him.
self


These old boards can be easily re-
generated by first washing them with
hot water and soap, and then painting
them with mixture Of iampblack in
thin solution OF glue in water. In
quart OF water, containing two ounces
of glue thoroughly dissolved, stir
enough lampblack to make good
paint and you have preparation that
will do for any kind Of wall or board.
Year: 1869

The St. Louis committee has made final
decision not to charter the propeller vii.
mington for a trip from New York, but do
not abandon the idea of direct trade with
New York aud the other points. Owing to
the difficulty of obtaining vessels adapted to
the trade, it urges that bonus Of $4,000
be raised and given to any one who will
build an iron vessel at that point that shall
meet in point of draft, capacity, and other
requirements, what is needed for a successful
seagoing and river steamer. 1t believes
trade can be built, and is extremely anxious
that some shipbuilder shall iuaugurate the
movement
Year: 1869

Do not delay procuring and immediately taking Goes Cough Balsam, when troubled with any of the above named difficulties. They are all premonitory symptoms of Consumption and if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you away int) the valley of shadows from which none can ever return. T G
Year: 1869

It is the custom in Mexico for the
church to require foreigner, wishing to
marry native, to bring proof that he il
not already married man. A Scotch
man, about to marry senorita Of very
good family, was required to furnish prooi
Of his being bachelor. Not finding any
Of his countrymen who knew him suiii.
ciently we'll to this fact, he determined to
supply the deficiency with the cath Of a
native. Meeting Mexican in the st,ce|
whom he had never seen before, he pro
posed to him that he should swear to hi,
being unmarried, for the consideration O.
five dollars. The senior. after a moment.
consideration, told him to get down OF
his hands and knees and creep about
Not exactly understanding what he wa
at, the Scotchman oheyed, much to th'
detriment of his unmentionables. Th'
Mexican then told him he was all right
he would swear that he had known hin
since the time he crawled
Year: 1869

IlKCs


Now is the time Of year, of all others,
that everybody should institute careful
examination Of all stove'pipes, chin.
neys and Aues, to see that they arc in
good order for winter. Particularly where
the pipe runs into the garret, it should be
carefully fastened in its place. so that no
jarring will cause it to separate and leave
an opening. And every chimney SHOULD
be carefully examined to see that there
are no cracks where it passes through the
ceiling and roof, which frequently occurs
from settling, and the rain washing out
the mortar. SO as to leave the wood expos
ed to sparks driven through these cracks
by the wind. There have been more fires
originated in this way i'm West Union than
in all others combined. Particularly
should these cautions be observed in towns,
where blocks of buildings are exposed
and are liable to be destroyed by the care
lessncss Of one man. In such cases
negligence is crime, as no man has q
right, by his own negligence, to destroy
his own property, much less that Of his
neighbor. With the miserable facilities
we have for extinguishing fire, caution
which is the best safeguard, anyway, il
oil would practice it-must be the only
ground upon which we can base our hopes
of escaping the fearful ravages of the
devouring element.


Would it not be we'll to have commit
tee appointed to visit every house in town,
and see that these and other precautions
are observed and act upon the wise
theory that an ounce Of preventive is
worth pound Of cure p Wost Union


Union.
Year: 1869

The low price Of wheat will have q
decided effect on the demand for pork,
much greater than dealers have calculated
on in fixing the present prices. Pork is
mainly consumed by the laboring classes.
and necessity will compel them to eat less
meat and more bread. at present prices.
Year: 1869

Burbnrism in Baltimore.A rs,- Man Tortured to
From the Baltimore american Of Saturday.


An outrage worthy of the most cold -blooded
Ku-KluX in the land was unearthed at the
Southern Police Station yesterday afternoon,
and if the statement of the injured party be
true, the perpetrators of the crime deserve q
lengthy sejourn in the penitentiary. Yesterday
morning Officer Streckfus was called upon to
arrest Henry Sample, colored, charged with
stealing $50 from John Kelso, of the Schooner
John Scarboro, plying between this port and
Accomac county, Va. Sample, who was en-
ployed on the boat, states that q short time
since, while the schooner was lying at Light
street wharf, Kelso accused him of stealing the
money, but did not again refer to the affair until
the boat had proceeded to the Pongoteague
river and was on its return to Baltimore. When
out on the bay Kelso, assisted by one William
Mister, tied the thumbs of Sample with rope
and suspended him to the mast about three feet
from the deck. He was asked to confess to
having stolen the money, but denied in the most
positive terms having seen it. Three times
was he thus outraged, and when released from
the mast he was in so weak condition that it
was with difficulty that he could stand. The
next day Kelso and Mister placed a rope with a
stone attached to the neck of Sample, aud fas-
tened another rope to one of his arms. He was
then asked to confess to having committed the
theft, and again denied He was thrown over
board, but prevented from drowning by the two
men retaining hold of the rope fastened to his
arm. Refusing three times to say that he was
thief, Kelso drew from his pocket knife, and
remarked in substance that if Sample did not
confess to being thief that he (Kelso) would
sever the rope and let the man down. Sample
fearing that if he persisted in attempting to esta-
blish his innocence he would be murdered
said that he did steal the money, and that he
had thrown it overheard. He was then hauled
on board, and that night Keso forced him TO
place his hand in the pocket of man who was
asleep, in order that he might be detected in the
act of stealing, and when the boat arrived at
Light street yesterday Sample was arrested aud
committed for the action of the grand jury
Captain Fry, upon hearing the statement of
Sample, deemed it his duty to cause the arrest
of Kelso and Mister. They were arrested and
after hearing before Justice Boone, released on
security for further hearing. Captain Fry
kindly (and for which he deserves thanks) en-
deavOred to alleviate the acute pains in the
thumbs of the maltreated negro by amounting
them with liniment,