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Year: 1869

what charm there Is about 1t! How
husband and children love it. How
pleasing a picture it makes for the
chance caller, provided it is joined with
q cheerful moral atmosphere.


There are many young housekeepers
who sigh after this desideratum, but
seem never to have the talent to attain
1t. Indeed, it seems to DO gift which
some women have Of making every
thing look snug, even under the most
unfavorable circumstances. I saw a
mother with family of four persons,
who for several months were compelled
to live in one moderate sized room, in
which was stored furniture enough to
furnish several rooms well; yet there
never seemed the least confusion about
it. How she managed l could never
fathom, but she certainly had uncom-
mon 'knack.' If you have not this
knack by nature, yet it is com fort
that great deal may be acquired by
study and practice.


Do not imagine, dear girls, that your
studies are to be laid aside because you
have become mistress Of your own home.
There is scarcely anything that de-
mands more untiring, patient study
than housekeeping. To have things
put in their places is the first grand ele-
ment of tidincss. If you are in the hab.
it of laying things down wherever it
comes handiest when you are through
using them, your rooms will always
seem in confusion. I know this is a
hard matter where there are li:tle chill
dren about, but remember their play
things are all in order-no matter if
they are in every chair in the room.
1t is your hood on the chairs back,
your brush and dust pans before the
stove, your basins and tins out of place,
that make the room seem disorderly.
Give the dear children playthings in
abundance; nobody will complain of
them, unless it is some precise old maid,
who would consign the children lis well
as their toys to the attic or wood-shed.
But set them the good example of put
ting your things always in place, and
they will soon catch the idea, and try to
initiate it in measure in their own lit
tie domain.


A well-swept and well-dusted room is
very important if you would have it
look tidy. Then !thc paint is often
wiped with soft cloth wrung out Of
warm suds, it will need little scrubbing.
1t takes but few minutes time to do
this in the morning, but when it is
long neglected half days scrubbing
will be needed to bring up the
arrears.


1t is for want of study and economy
of time that SO many homes are render
ed wretched by the evil genius of disor-
der. Learn to improve the odd min
utes in setting to rights little things out
of place, wiping dust from the mantel,
or the oilcloth, hanging up garments
the children may have left down, put
ting books into their places, and thou
sand little things that are always de-
manding a mothers attention. and the
formed. Then all will become easy
and delightful, and home will be the
happiast spot to all your home circle, if
with it ALL you keep a warm and sunny
| heart. An icicle order about a house is
freezing to all home affection. But the
genial order of blooming flower bor-
der, cheers every eye that beholds
! it
Year: 1869

IhILNO1sl1I
Gen. Grant arrived this morning. and
He is SO fatigued from travel and his
labors in New York, as to be unable
to attend a wedding in this city, at
which his presence was promised.
Year: 1869

BY and by, when the harvesting
shall have come to an end, the ter
ritorial Democracy will be ready to
give their attention to politics, aud
we shall soon be able to arrive at
some conclusion as to the result of
the canvass. That it will be pref
ty close contest we do not doubt,
unless the Republicans poll their
full strength, in which case the re-
election of Hayes is certain. 1t
would be well for those who have
not given attention to the matter to
consider what it is that each candi
date represents The Governor
was from the. beginning an ardent
Union man. He threw up the prof
table practice of his profession to
enter the army. and was justly pro.
noted for his services. Since the
war he has steadfastly stood by the
Government, to defend which he
periled his life upon more than one
dangerous field He represents the
Union and army sentiment of Ohio,
has made a good and efficient Gov
ernor, won personal friends by the
thousand because of his sincerity,
honesty and prbanity, and deserves
re election.


Mr. Pen Teton is the reverse of
this picture, politically considered.
He was against coerclve measures
to put down the rebellion he was
not recognized as friend Of the
Government in the hour of its per-
il. and as a candidate for the Vice
Presidency in 1864 he represented
that part of the Democratic party
which declared the war failure.
and demanded negotiation with the
rebels and peacs at all hazards
| Around his name to-day cluster the
hopes of every Southerner who is
dissatisfied with the policy of Con-
gress, and secretly cherishes an ex
pectation of day when, with the
aid of the Northern Democracy,
they may rule the whole country.
Every repudiationist, every seces
sionist in Ohio, every one who ia
vors discrimination in legislation
against the colored people, will vote
Year: 1869




In the small hours of yesterday
morning, when there was a chill
brcez from the north sweeping down
Vine street toward the river, a poor,
dilapidated wretch was stumbling
along Fifth street market, grooming
over many sorrows, and shivering
as the cold air struck him through
the many rents of his garments.
Often he stopped in front of the all.
night house, the peep of day
drums" of the square, and blinked
at the stars and then at the blue and
red sign-lights that told of poison
that could be had for cash. Sway
ing back and forth on the curb, tot
tering along the CUTTERS edge, or
stumbling into the saloon doors. he
was miserable specimen of broken
down humanity at best-not crush
ed out yet, completely, but badly
flattened. Twice his trembling
hand drew from pocket a dirty
paper containing a rusty razor and
pair of squeaking scissors, which he
offered for just one drink. But each
time he was refused.


There was maniac CLEAN in bis
eyes that the bar keepers didn't like.
The poor devil was terribly disap-
pointed. He wanted, just then,
something for which he would pro-
hably have signed away his soul.
Out in the street again he tottered,
into the path of party Of men to
whom he proposed to sell the cut
lery for a dime, ''for I must have
whisky or the horrors The ugly
cleaning of his blood-shot eyes in
creased, and his fingers were tear
ing at his neck tie, that seemed to be
choking him. The men saw his
condition, and thinking that sharp
edged instruments were not proper
pocket-pieces for such case, made
the purchase. Clutching the dime,
the poor fellow dived into a saloon,
gulped down a glassful of something
resembling 3itriol, surrendered the
money, and staggered off to his
attic closet to toss and groan
through his fourth night of terrible
debauch, to face the black cat and
the man with the poker, to see his
boots transformed into imps with
green eyes, to froth at the mouth
and yell murder until daylight
Cin Com. +
Year: 1869




The clover having gone, there was no
secoud crop to cut in 1866, and for this
reason the experiment ended with the
fifth moving.


From these statements we' have the
wonderful fact developed that two BUSH
els OF plaster-of-paris produced nearly
two and a halt tuns of hay, and that
three bushels of salt produced 1927
pounds of hay, over and above the guam
tity produced on the unmanured land
! 1t is true that 20 loads of horse and 20
loads OF cow manure each produced more
hay than the plaster or the salt, and they
evidently were benetitting the timothy
! hay more at the end of the trial than
either the salt or plaster. Many farm
ers suppose that plaster does no good to
timothy grass, while there is no dispute
as to the usefulness of barn yard manure
on this grass. These experiments 20 to
show that plaster does greatly promote
the growth of timothy. Had clover
seed been sown on this land, when the
clover began to fail, applying it to only
part OF each piece of land, some light
would have been cast on the obscure
point of the manner in which plaster per-
forms lis work. 1t ,caS ,,so,on ION cLorer-
plants that lie only t,cO yelrs. When they
die. will newly-sown clover-seed be bene-
fitted by plaster sown before the second
crop OF clover-seed was sown? Our own
experience leads Us to think not


1t is worthy of being noted that this
College land was not poor, for .the un-
manured portion gave an average annual
yield Of nearly tun and a-half per
acre.


The wood ashes disappoint US, prov
ing to be OF less comparative value than
had been supposed but they certainly
showed that they were worth too much
to be sold for any price usually paid for
them.


These experiments might have result
ed differently on different .soil, and it
would be quite unsafe to accept the re-
suits as applicable to all soils and locali-
ties. But they must be applicable, at
least in part, to a very large proportion
of our country.


Let us see how the College farm may
be benefited by the knowledge derived
from this trial of manures. BY using
two bushels of plaster to the acre On their
pastures and meadows, the cow manure
made on the farm may be nearly doubled.
Ii plaster is costly, salt is not and it
may be used. Salt combined with muck
would make the fields wonderfully pro-
| ductive. But in view of the cost of
handling and applying the muck, the
salt alone may be the cheapest manure.
What is true at Lansing, Michigan, is
true of many other places and certainly
there are few districts of country in
which salt Or plaster would not be found
of great value in increasing the hay
crop.


The grass crop is the basis of all i'm
provement, wherever it can be be made
to grow well. Good crops of grass once
obtained, barn yard manrre follows as
its product, and improvement thence
forth becomes comparatively easy.


Before farmers purchase extensively of
manIres, COS ing from $40 to 500 tun,
it would be well to determine by trials,
easily made with sufficient accuracy to
satisfy the maker, whether he has not
the means nearer home, and at much
lower prices, and of undoubted purity, to
make their farms more productive.
Year: 1869

\ good description of a boarding house
was given by an old typo, since gone to
his long and we trust tappy home said
he; The vermin were the size of the
wash basin, and they had the impudence
to insist in helping me OH with my pants;
and the rats kept me awake all night
playing on .Iim's fife, and dancing cotil-
Ions ard hornpipes-and one of them got
me by the nose, hauled me out of bed,
and made me call Oft the dance"
Year: 1869

y pupil in defamation, having been
told to gesticulate according to the sense,
IN beginning piece with The comet
lifts his fiery tail, )" innocently raised his
coat tail, and looked around for applause.
Year: 1869

Many ago. lines and invalid physician while visiting the
health experienced and witnessed surprising and
produced Of the nvahas who (ks
ourse seeking health and upon inquiry and investigation obtained full history
medicinal Ee delighted and surprised and after his recovery
possible the sole right manufacture
it n United


The result his labors glorious for himself and suffering humanity
for the celebrated PLANTATION BTTEaS thus made known the world PLAN
TATToN BTTEas being article founded principles and


relying wholly vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked rapid u-
ton in the history medicine and household word all the civilized
world The cabase T-X tasman health and the demand tor
the PLANTATION BTTERs exceeded the abilities the rrceto supply


notwithstanding the large importation st. cx Rum made expressly for the
pounding B quantity inadequate therefore became
that arrangements scale abroad should made and agent
was dispatched st. Thomas for that fortunate in securing and
leasing several plantations Of the largest and most productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected if magic which utterly aston
shed the natives The experienced and natives theand
cured and the prs the PLANTATION BTERs position


supply their laboratory with all the perfectly St. cz Rum needed manuae-


turing the GREAT DYsPEPTIc represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing presses


AS ande Fever and Intermittent and Maous
other kindred diseases the the PLANTATION
history Of the world Over five million bottles disposed annually
adapted old and male and female They agreeable
voduce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

LOVE AT SEvENTY.-A Boston cores
pondent tells the following:


Here is a touching little romance Half
a century ago, two young people-youth and
maiden in a country village-loved each
other. Unkind fate prosecuted and de-
MED the legitimate reward of mutual
affection. Both married aud lived in
widely separated towns, children grew up
about each, and the cares of life came
upon them; but the spark of that early
love burned in both bosoms. Once in a
great while they exchanged letters. At
last his wife died his children grew up
and went to the bad, aud he was left a
lonely old man, poor and comfortless. This
Summer her husband died. Soon as the
blessed defunct was put comfortably under
the sod, the widow packed up her goods
and started for the home of her first love.
She arrived one afternoon and was directed
to his house, but its master was absent.
Nothing dauuted, she went in and sat
alone till he returned. Imagine the meet
ing of the tender old creatures of 20, who
who had been faithful to each other through
so years. She remained in his house few
days; then they were married; and the
neighbors say, that never did humanity
afford such similitude to two very senti-
mental turtle-doves as in the welded bliss
of these absurd old people. They are
living now stepped in happiness, it would
seem, no doubt, fully believing in the
maxim: " Better late than never"
Year: 1869

LADIES' ExTRAvAeANcE IN DREss-WHo
is To BLAME "A writer in the current mum
Der of Packard's Monthly, charges the young
men with being the canse Of the follies of dress
of the ladies'. The ladies have by others teen
accused of extravaganza in dress, not to please
the gentlemen. but to make other ladies en-.
vions. The writer says:


You know very well in your hearts that
virtue is above rubies, and that modesty is
pearl of great price, but for all that. in ball
room you crowd around the girl vino dresses
in the most marked and extravagant manner,
and who carries off her conspicuous toile;
with an air Of selfassertion and an Gplomb
which nothing can daunt. You preach quiet
ness, simplicity and good breeding to your
sisters and sweethearts, and bluster if they
show a bit of their shoulders above the rim
Of their dress waists; and then you turn
around and pay especial court to the most
decollettee woman in the room-the readiest
tongue. the most unscrupulous repartee-
and then you are indignant to see that your
womankind are trying, as in them lies, to
initiate that very woman in what you have


o much admired
Year: 1869

A CURIOUS MARRIAGE CEREMONY
The following curious custom of the Mes
torian Christians is commended to the
serious attention of the young gentlemen
and young ladies Of our country who pro-
pose to commit matrimony:


After the marriage ceremony has been
performed the wedding party is taken in
wagons from the church to the house of
the bridegroom father. When the second
wagon, in which the bride is seated alone,
reaches the gate opening into the yard in
which the house is situated, it is halted,
and the bridegrooms mother comes to
meet it, with baby and three suits of
baby clothes in her arms. She throws the
child and clothes into the arms of the bride,
who is required to dress and undress the
baby three times in the presence of her
mother-in-law, who watches every move.
ment as only mother-in-law can watch q
daughter-in-law. If the newly made bride
does not perform the operation to the
satisfaction Of her severe judge, she i:
considered unfit for her new position, the
wagon is turned around, and she is sem
home for further instruction, and the pool
bridegroom is compelled to live in single
blessedness until his wife is educated ur
to the proper standard.
Year: 1869

The following is one of the many good
things from Dickens pen:


The first external revelation of the dry
rot in men is a tendency to lurk and lounge;
to be at street corners without Ineligible
reasons; to be going anywhere when met ;
to be about many places rather than any !;
to do nothing tangible, but to have an in
tention of performing number of tangible
duties tomorrow, or the day after.
Year: 1869

Established expressly to afford thu afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure Of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Gases
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders
Year: 1869

flag was hoisted, but | knew Ital-
ian skill had shaped its hull, and
now controlled its course. 1t was
a perilous enterprise to board it
alone, and even if we succeeded
in finding the boy, it was still more
doubtful if we could escape. Still
| had no thought of abandoning
the enterprise. Just, however, as
we were meditating plan of ap-
proach to the vessel, an old man
appeared on the deck, leading the
child. / knew the child at once.
The ebon curls clung round fair
young face, on which the trace of
the mothers. beauty yet fingered.
A moment more and they had de-
.scended the gangway and sought
the shore. Now was our time
It took but an instant to. snatch
the child from the old mans hand
and lift him to the carriage. But
In the moment of our triumph a
shot was fired from the vessel

it shattered the glass of the door,
and buried itself in the temple
of the child. ] Isprung from the
vehicle with the bleeding child in
nay arms. The old man saw it,
and raised his hands with gesture
like triumph sprung down the bank
and into the ship. That night it
sailed. / returned the child to its
parents, yet alive, hat it died
within an hour-a victim of plots
and ambitions its spirit had never
known-liie a sacrifice to human
pride. N


The parents yet dwell in New
Orleans, and age has hallowed
their grief, and softened their sor-
row, into memory; but the wife's
beauty faded with the life of her
child, and her great black eyes


look sed from beneath her snow


white hair, To her the joys of


life are gone, and hope beckons


from the sky.
Year: 1869

STRANGE Coincidence. - The
Syracuse Courier tells of a strange
coincidence which happened in
the family of a respectable gentle
man of that city;


The birth of a little child oc-
CURED some nine months since.
It's mother was i'll at the time of
consumption. Since the child
came into the world it has followed
the physical condition of It's moth
er with marvellous precision
Would she be taken with vomit-
ing the child would be afflicted
in the same manner; did her
health improve for few weeks,
marked Improvement was noticed
In the child; when her health de-
clined, the child's would also be-
gin to decline, at nearly the same
time. A short time since the
mother was taken much worse ;
the symptoms of the child were
of a similar character. Finally
the mother died, and only a few
seconds after breathing her last
the last child followed into eterni-
ty. The case is a strange one,
showing how great influence an
unconscious sympathy may exert
over physical conditions.
Year: 1869

A Milwaukee paper tells a story
of how a young table girl year
ago took such good care of a young
man from an Eastern city, who fell
sick at a hotel there, that he re-
covered, Full of gratitude to his
young nurse who disappeared be-
fore he was able to be out, he left
note of thanks for her, including
a lottery ticket, which was all ne
had left. Unexpectedly it drew j
prize of about S., 700. on receipt of
which the girl went to school at
the convent, when after some
eight months, through the post
master, who managed her affairs,
she received a letter from the
young man whom she had cared
for, offering his heart and hand,
n hich she is now waiting in happy
mood to receive.
Year: 1869

A countryman exposed his
watch OH the corner of a street in
New Haven a few days ago, when
a bystander offered to bet So that
it was not gold. Countryman
accepted the bet, and it was taken
to jewelers. and pronounced a
gold one. The stranger handed
the countryman the money saying:
"You have won; here's your money
and WATCH" and then left. After
he had disappeared the country
man found himself in possession
of a galvanized watch instead of
his gold one.
Year: 1869

A persistent young man of Hart
ford who was opposed in his incli-
nations to marry the girl of his
choice by her parents, at last sue
ceeded in winning reluctant con-
sent, and the date of the marriage
ceremony was fixed. After the
arrival of the company upon the
happy day appointed, the young
ster gravely proceeded to address
the astonished assembly thusly
owe are much obliged for this gath,
ering on our account, but let me
suggest that there is no necessity
for any other business, as we were
married three weeks ago!
Year: 1869

A young man Of New Orleans
agreed to become a prize in lot
terry at a ladies' fair, upon the
understanding that it should be
arranged for very nice young
woman to "draw" him. There
was some mistake, by which an
elderly spinster claims the prize,
and talks of a breach of promise.
Year: 1869

A lew days since a well-known
lawyer of , Waterbury, Conn.,,
bought a railway ticket for New
Haven and after taking seat in
the cars, found on looking over
his change, that the agent had
given him one dollar too much.
He accordingly returned, and in
forming the agent of his mistake,
handed back the money. For a
moment the agent stood speechless,
then he grasped him by the hand
and exclaimed, "Please stand still
one moment, sir, and let me look
at you--and lawyer, too."
Year: 1869

An inhuman emigrant, passing
through the county of Appawoosa,
Iowa, in order to punish horse
that baked with a wagon in a
actually hitched span of
mules TO the tongue of the horse,
and made them pull the tongue
out of the poor animals mouth,