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Year: 1868

PEOPLE who indulge in the use of
chocolate probably have no idea of
what a disgusting mess they are finding
so delicious. We know young ladies
who would be shocked at the idea of
Using chewing gum, which is really
no worse than chocolate. In the
preparation of this condiment, cocoa
nibs, sugar, fat, flour, sago meal, starch,
arrow root, honey and hiolasses are
used ;'cf course this conglomeration
does not retain the desired chocolate
color, to obtain which venetian red,
umber and the deadly poisonous me-
talic salts, cinnabar and red lead are
employed after this the fatty unc-
tious taste of the original chocolate is
lost, and must be obtained by mixing
in tallow and hogs lard. After all
this is boiled and poured into moulds,
and when cold it is "a dainty dish to
set before queen" or any of fthe young
ladies who so Glove chocolate. Some
body that don't like IL.
Year: 1868

Pay your small debts. You do not
know how much good is frequently
accomplished by adopting this prin-
ciple. 1t was honest old Ben Frank
lin, we believe, who, as Il matter OF
experiment, followed up a small
amount which he paid to tradesman.
In very little while he ascertained
that the money paid tile tradcsman
had passed from hand to hand until
the number of bills of nearly similar
amount settled with it reached some
fifteen or twenty. 1t may not be pos
siblc to do as Franklin did, and trace
up the history of a small amount of
money in the way of debt paying, but
it may be set down as fixed fact that
the prompt payment cfsmall debts is
the initiative step toward paying cash
for everything. Generally speaking
these small debts are due to persons
who need all the little capital they can
command. To such, they are of i'm
mcnse Importance and it may be said
of the person who allows these trihing
obligations to remain unpaid, while
having the means to discharge them,
that he is not, in the true sense of the
word, an honest man, unless, by ex-
press contract, a time for payment Las
been fixed, and that time not arrived.
Pay your small debts, and your big
ones too. 1fyou would be happy and
comfortable, sleep soundly, eat hear
tily, and enjoy that peace of mind
which only men with good consciences
are supposed to enjoy, pay your small
debts.
Year: 1868

In Roxbury, Mass, a cradle and a
coffin factory are located side by side.
The name of the town may perhaps
account for this coincidence, Rox
standing for cradles and bury for the
coffins.'
Year: 1868

In recent number of the Rural Nelc Yorker
we find the following excellent lesson taught
and moral emf reed. The thoughts were sug-
gested by the incident mentioned. with which
we are all familiar, aud every youth who reads
this article would do well to remember and
act upon the impressive truths told. Excelsior
should be the motto of every one who desires
to attain honorable manhood


"You have all doubtless read about the boys
at the Natural bridge in Virginia, carving their
names upon the massive abutment Of that great
monument of a higher power Knife in hand,
they draw themselves up and cut their names
above those of many full-grown men who have
left their autographs upon this solid tablet
But one, more ambitious than the rest, spying
above him a name that has a monument far
more enduring than brass or marble, deeply
engraved upon the American heart, he deter
mined to write his name by the side Of our
Washington. On he climbs until he is above
all other names upon the rock, and there he
carves his own in large capitals But he is not
satisfied, and goes on cutting his name in larger
ger letters at every step, until he finds he can
not descend and must keep on to the center of
the arch. His blade is almost worn out. No
longer able to grasp it, he lets it fall from his
nerveless hand and it strikes upon the rocks
below. What is TO be done? He is at the
height Of a thousand feet, hanging over m aw-
ful abyss, almost into eternity. Help has been
summoned and a man, leaning far over the
bridge. lowers a rope The fainting lad slips
his arms through the moose, and in another
moment the cry " lie is safe" (" resounds from
the top of the bridge and through the rocky
gorge.


WE are each carving our names upon the
rocks upon which form the great bridge that
span the gulf between this world and the next.
Let them be craven in living characters, en-
blazoned by noble deeds Feeling, as did the
youth at the Natural Bridge, that all must
come from above let US climb steadily, ever
looking forward, 50 live that our names may
he written upolflovng hearts in letters Of gold.
written for eternity in the Book Of Life; and,
when wearied with life's labors, we can climb No
farther. God viii open the door f m above and
voice will call: Come mp hither.'
Year: 1868




A chap at Louisville issued leap year In
vitation and sent the following notice to tho
contractors for publication in the Courier.


To CoNTRAcroRs.-The undersigned, feeling
the need of some one to find fault with and
grumble at when business matters go wrong;
and being lonely, with no one to hate him, and
whereas, having arrived at the proper age he
is therefore determined to " come out"


Sealed proposals viii be received till II
o'clock midnight, of the slst December, 1868.


Applicant must possess beauty, or its equi-
valent in currency.


She must possess a sweet and forgiying dis
position, and when one cheek is kissed turn the
other, that is, if the right man is kissing.)


She may not chew gum.


Nor wear long dresses on the street.


Nor frequent sewing circles.


Nor go around begging for charitable pur-
poses.


Nor read the paper first in the morning.


Nor talk when | am sleepy.


Nor sleep when am talking.


Nor trade my clothes to wandering Italians
for flower vases.


Nor borrow money from my vest pockets
while sleep.


N6r hold looking-glass over my face, at
such times to make me tell all know.


She must believe in the sudden attack of
chills, and make allowances for their effects on
the nervous system.


When her old bear" comes home from
meeting a few new friends rather affection
ate, she must not take advantage Of his state
and whecdle him into trips to watering places.


And above al, she may not on such occa-
sions put ipecac into the coffee she prescribes
for his poor head


She must not sit up for him when he hap
pens to be detained till late hour on his COM
mttce


But when he does return tired and sleepy,
she will be expected to roll over to the other
side, and give him her warm place.


A lady possessing the foregoing qualifca-
tions, positive and negative, can hear Of some
thing to her advantage by inclosing red
stamp.


All proposals must be accompanied by sat-
isfactory evidence of ability of the applicant
to support husband in the style to which be
has been accustomed
Year: 1868




What world Of meaning there Is IN poor
old Rip Van Wrinkles query, after waking from
his twenty years sleep to find that no one re-
cognized him: care we so soon forgotten =
When uttered by Joe Jefferson, this simple IN
quiry has almost supernatural effect, which
no one who has heard it can ever cease to feel.
This reminds us that George Cooper wrote
these pertinent lines:


How Soon We Forget!


How soon we forgetl
The glory Of the summer fades,
The dead leaves rustic in the glades,
And mournfully the lone wind grieyes.
Our memories are fallen leaves,
Though green and fair but yesterday,


Now swept away.


How suon we forget
The kiss Of one who left our side
Will il remain till eventide,
Unsuied, unforgOtten stillf
Though fairer skies NAV dawn IN oil
Our days Too frail to bide decay!


1t fades away.


How soon we forgetl
Vain dreamer when the year shall keep,
Its glories mid its winter sleep;
when that we name as Love shall bloom
little while above our tomb.
For fame hope thOu-leaf of to-day


Soon swept away!
Year: 1868

WAR.-Give me the money that has been
spent in war. and will purchase every foot Of
land upon tho globe will clothe every man.
woman and child in an attire Of which kings
and queens would be proud will build a
school-house on every hillside and in every
valley over the earth will build an academy
in every town and endow it collegein every
State. and fill It with able professors; will
crown every hill with place Of worship. cou-
secrated 10 the promulgation Of the Gospel Of
Peace will support in every pulpit an allie
teacher NJ Righteousness. So that IN every Sab
bath morning the chime on one Hill should an
swer to the chime on another around the earth's
wide circumference-and the voice of prayer
and the song Of praise should ascend like a
universal holocaust To Heaven. - Rnfas S'erens.
Year: 1868




We never read anything more beautiful than
the following from the pen Of George d. Prem
tice "There is but breath Of air and beat
Of the heart betwixt this world and the next.
And in the brief interval Of painful and awful
suspense, while we feel that death is with us,
that we are powerless, and death all powerful,
and the faint pulsation here is but the prelude
OF endless life hereafter, we feel IN the midst Of
the stunning calamity about to befall US, that
the earth has no compensating good to miti-
gate the severity Of our loss. But there Is no
grief without some benificent proyisionto soft
en- its intenseness. When the good and lovely
die, the memory Of their good deeds, like tho
moonbeams on the stormy sea, light UP our
darkened hearts and lends TO the surround
ing gloom beauty 50 sad, so sweet that we
would not, If we could dispel the darkness tha.
environs il.
Year: 1868

CURE FOR THE ToOTHAcHE.-Ata a meeting
Of the London Medical Society, Dr. Blake, a
distinguished practitioner, said that he was
able to cure the most desperate case Of tooth
ache. unless the disease was connected with
rheumatism, by the application Of the follow
ing remedy: Alum, reduced to an impalpable
powder, two drachms; nitrous spirits Of ether
seven drachms; mix and apply to the tooth.
Year: 1868

In these times Of rabid dogs, the following
receipt for the cure of hydrophobia may be OF
service to the public; The bite must soon as
possible be bathed with warm vinegar and wa
ter and when this has dried few drops Of
muriatic acid poured upon the wound will de-
stroy the poison of the saliva, and relieve the
natient from all present or future danger.
Year: 1868

A wonderful thing has happened in Tur-
key The Sultan has gone out to dinner
with subject--sa mark of favor and con
descension unprecedented in the annals of
Oriental history. Hamil Pasha issthe for
tunatc man who has been gratied by this
new honor. But it will probably soon be
shared by many others, as the Sultan ap-
pears to have entirely thrown away all tie
conventional restraints of his rank and his
religion to mix freely and ha6itualy with
other people 1t is a bold experiment,
and one which will appear of very doubtful
prudence to most persons intimately ac
quainted with the manners and prejudices
of the East 1t il not many years since the
guards at ambassadors palaces refused to
salute them. The popular theory among
the Turks Of the old party was, that who
soever slew Christian did good service to
Allah. They were BY no means scrupulous
as to the number of such services, and rem
dered them very freely upon every possible
occasion. They had no respect for any but
armed men Of their own creed, ard the
Sultan not only enjoyed supreme power as
a despouc sovereign. but was universally
held to be the direct representative of the
profit, and as sdch the chief of religion.
Year: 1868

MIXING FLOUR WITH MILK The deal
eT in Chicago are charged With mixing low
with middlings, so as to make -four more
fair and thereby getting one or two dollars
more per barrel for il. Flour mixed in this
way may be readily detected by mixing
thinly in water aud leaving short time to
settle, when the corn meal will settle to
the bottom Of the glas.
Year: 1868

No Truth IN IT.--A. Washington Dis
patch says that the story that the Recon
struction Committee is about to present ar
ticles Of impeachment, or that the cor
respondence between the President and
General Grant is considered as warranting
such proceedings, is a piece Of extravagant
sensationalism Some members of the
House talk in that fashion, and MIR. Sc
yens is among them but Governor Bout
we'll and Mr.. Bingham, constituting the
sub committee to whom the correspondence
has been referred, both declare that there
is no warrant in anything the committee or
a majority of it has yet done or said for this
Year: 1868

ny" Dispatches from Washington state
that the New British Minister to this coun-
try, Mr. Thornton, was introduced to the
President on the 7tb by the Secretary of
State Ip the course of his reply to Thorn
tom pleasant address, the President said :


The people of the United States will
believe that Her Majesty is entirely sincere
in the kindly message which under her
command you have delivered to me, and
this belief will encourage them to hope for
speedy and amicabc adjustment of the
matters in difference between Her Maes-
tvs government and the Government of
the UEited States"
Year: 1868

Tunnel UNDER BRoADWAY-T latest
plan for the relief of traffic on Broadway,
New York, is to tunnel it, supporting the
present road-bed on arches of masonry and
iron columns. In this tunnel there will he
room for four tracks; and an extension on
Fourth avenue to Harlem river, with six
tracks, is intended to enable all the trains
on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven
Railroads to run at undminished speed
to the heart of the city. The scheme is
before the Legislature for charter The
cost is about 50 900, 900 per mile
Year: 1868

When night shall again draw its sable
mantle DER the earth it will shut out the
light of day forever from the year 1868.


The last day of the old year! How
sadly it sounds! Three hundred and
sixty-fiye days and six hours more, with
all the records of cares and sorrows, COM
forts and joys, have been rolled together
like scroll and laid away in the vast
archives of Time, there to remain in
silence and gloom till Time shall be no
more.


But the hour which records the death
of the Old, heralds the birth of the New,
and ere our eyes are dry from the tears
shed at the departure of the former we
turn with rejoicing to greet the advent
of the latter Such is life The past
can no longer be of service to US; the
privileges it offered, have been accepted
or rejected the opportunities it afforded
have been improved or spurned aside
We all feel this, and with an intense long
ing we turn to the Future to discern, if
so we may, what it hath in store for us.
'Tis well. With our hearts purified by
past affiiction, with our better impulses
stimulated by its joys, let us enter upon
the duties before us, trusting we shall
make advancement in wisdom and enjoy
to its fullest extent the HAPPY, GLAD
New YEAR!
Year: 1868

The Milwaukee Wisconsin has an
attack of "magnanimity' in its most
malignant form. In regard to the forma-
ton of Grants cabinet it gives expires
sion to the following:


Gen Lee at the head of the Indian
Department or at the head of the Inter
ior would form fitting star in the con
stellation of great men whom the Repub-
lie expects and demands shall surround
a President from whom is required the
performance of higher, larger and more
far reaching duties than were ever be-
fore devolved upon chief magistrate OF
this or any other country"


And when this is accomplished let it
next be promulgated by the Government
at Washington that the rebels were all
christian gentlemen" and that hereafter
they must have the highest seats in the
synagogue for their praisewortby, though
unsuccessful, attempt to destroy free
government and build on TIE ruins there
of slave oligarchy.
Year: 1868

There Is German proverb which
says, Argue not with your interiors lest
they lose their respect for you. We
consider the remarkssof Republican
in our neighbor of last week too con-
temptible to be worthy of notice.
Year: 1868

= The Oshkosh Northeastern feels
badly because we said that whoever
charged us with selling out Sawyer for
the County printing lied. The North
aoestesn claims it has never made any such
charge. Very well then, it has no reason
to wear the coat if does not fit. But
other papers say the animation is plain
how is that neighbor? BIT We do not
consider this discussion exceedingly prot
liable to our readers and shall drop it un-
til IN prop,1a persona, we can discuss ii
at length.
Year: 1868

"A neighboring paper says the people
of its section will pay no more for good
paper than they would for a poor one.
We are among more enterprlslng people
people who have sense enough to dis
Germ improvement and reward it accord
inply.
Year: 1868

ator of the Unl,e ed States called on Gen.
Grant to-day and asked favor, which
the General declined to grant, because il
was impossible. The Senator remarked
that he was going away, aud would not
return for some weeks. The General
replied that he was sorry he was going,
but if he was in favor sof expending any
more money from the Government Treas
ury to aid Pacific or other railways, he
hoped that he would go and stay away
Several members of Congress were pres
ent, and brief discussion ensued on the
subject of Government subsidies to rail
roads and other corporations. The Pres
ident elect spoke with emphasis against
any further aid being given to the Pacific
Railroads He said, substantially, it was
very apparent to every man in the country
that our finances needed the closest at
tention, and that it is vitally important,
if we intend to pay off the national debt
and tighten taxation, to practice the most
rigid economy, and the place to begin
with is the bills that are pending in Con
gress granting further subsidies to h e
Pacific and other Railroads. No matter
what may be said about the prospective
benefit we are to derive from these roads,
it is too long to wait, and we should make
the best possible use of our present re-
sources, without increasing the burden of
our debt by incurring expensive risks
which are hazardous The congressman
who were at the interview, were astonish-
ed at the frankness with which the Gen
eral expressed his views, while they one
and all pledged him their support. The
General at the same time gave his opin-
ion that there should be an extra session
of the XLlst Congress. The existence
of the present Congress is for SO short
time that there will be just barely time to
pass the appropriation bills, and it is
doubtful whether the great question of
our finances can be properly cared for.





J0hnsOn's Christmas Present to the


Rebels.


President johnson has issued a procla-
nation of pardon and amnesty to all
who directly or indirectly participated in
the late rebellion against the government.
The proclamation, divested OF its where
ass reads as follows:


Now, therefore, be it known that I,
Johnson; President of the United
States, by virtue of the power and au-
thority in me vested by the Constitution,
and in the name of the sovereign people
of the United States, do hereby proclaim
and declare, Internationally and without
to all and every person who
directly or Indirectly participated in the
late Insurrectlon or rebellion, a full par
don and amnesty for the chense of treason
against the United States, or Of adheriug
to their enemies during the late civil war,
with the restoration of all rights, privi-
leges and immunities under the Consti-
tuition and the laws which have been
made In pursuance thereof.
This proclamation as will be seen par
dons jeff, Davis. Breckenridge and all
the other arch traitors.
We do not believe that it eyer was the
of the Government to bring
jeff Davis to trial and convict him for
treason, and it is better to pardon him
than go through sham trial.
Year: 1868

In speech in Ohio the other day, ex. Gov
ernor Tod said:-"There is not man in all the
country that prefer to General Grant have
known his family well. My mother had the
teaching and training of old Jesse Grant. He
came 10 live with my mother at twelve or
fourteen years old. When she thought he was
old enough she advised him to go and learn q
trade. He took her advice. She wanted me 10
learn trade, too but. unfortunately, L turned
my attention 10 the law, and though have
would have made better blacksmith. That is
the trade my mother wanted me to learn. am
well acquainted with General Grant. He pos.
attach you to him. do not speak of his clsims
as military man. but we may all be certain of
one thing, an ordinary man would never have
achieved what he did,


AT Plainfield, N j.. there was fine Grant
meeting on Thursday. Senator Frelinghuysen,
Major Haggerty, and others spoke.
Year: 1868

A SwINDLER CAPTURED. Yesterday after
noon q young man called at the residence Of
Bishop Wood, and showed that gentleman
telegraphic despatch. requesting him to give
the bearer $3.50, the equivalent OF which would
arrive by mail Being suspicious. the reverend
gentleman directed him to call again this
morning. In the meantime inquiry was made
at the telegraph office, when IL was ascertained
that no such despatch was ever received. On
calling this morning the young gentleman was
taken into custody, and he will have hearing
at the Central Station this afternoon.
Year: 1868

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The body of a woman
was found floating in the Hudson river near
Constitution Island, which is supposed to be
that of Miss Maggie Page, who jumped from the
steamer Vanderbilt on Monday night near West
Point
Year: 1868

Our nelghbor OF the hegsSter has pre-
judged the character of the reports Of
the official Reporter Of the Convention,
and suggested that he telegraph for a
stenographer. 1t is not in his power
pecuniarily to doso, unless the Conven-
ton should express unequivocally its
intention to employ such Reporter
We think the article unfair in many re,
spects. faa}9ii b1a 5.ss77s! -'.i.'sHh


We can say, with truth, that the re-
ports for this paper have been fair and
no objection has been raised to them by
any one reported. In their condensation,
whatever was immaterial has been el-
minated, and whatever was important
has been retained, which has been best
proven by the fact that ourneighbor has
copied from them copiously. 80


4, In one sense, the President and all the
officers of the Convention are partisans.
In the same sense, the Reporters par
tisan; but if one officer can discharge
his duty honorably and impartially,
why not another? 1t will he time
enough to complain, when the Reporter
of the Standard reports unfairly, that
he is doing "partisan job.''r Il sgr
The depletion of the treasury by
stenographer would probably amount
to two thousand dollars, or more. The
present reports will not exceed two
hundred and forty dollars; and if fair,
impartial and correct, as they have
been heretofore, will surely be worth
that amount to the people of the State.
: The resolution for disappointment of
a Reporter provides that he must re-
port the proceedings in a condensed
form. Well, that is not easily done,
but it seems that it has thus far been
satisfactorily done in the .Standard.-
Fairly done, also. If not, name the
speech, or line, or debate, or report of
committee, OF anything else, given in
condensed form as required, that has
not been satisfactorily or fairly rendered.


ltis important that full and fair re-
ports should be made of the proceed
ings. The Convention will mark the
beginning of a new era in our history.
Future generations will recur to its
proceedings with interest, and they
should be preserved for instruction and
guidance. The people Of the State
have right TO be fully informed as to
the action of their delegates. They
want to read the arguments, to see the
votes, and to observe step by step the
action of the body in forming Consti-
tuition. They feel that this is necessary
to afull understanding of what is being
done, in order that they may vote In
telligently on the new Constitution
There is nothing partizan, it seems to
us, in this view. The reports in the


Standard are for the benefit of the


whole people of the State, and not for
that OF any particular party.