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Year: 1864




In graceful human step the heel is


raised before the foot is lifted from the


ground, sf the foot were a part Of a


wheel rolling forward; and the weight cf
the body, supported by the muscles Of the


calf Of the leg, rests for a time on the


fore part of the foot and toss. There is


then bending of the foot in certain


degree. But when strong wooden shoes
are used, or any shoe so stiff that it viii
not yield and allow thes bending of the
foot, the heel is not raised at all until the
whole foot raises with it; so that muscles
Of the calf are scarcely used, and in con
sequence, soon dwindle in size and almost
disappear. Many English farm servants
wear heavy, stiff shoes, and in London it
Is striking thing to see the drivers of
country wagons with fine rubust persons
in the upper part, but with legs that are
Heshless spindles, producing a gait that is
almost aWkard and unmanly The broth
ers of these men who are otherwise en-
plOyed, are not so misshapen. What
pity, that for the trife saved, fair nature
should be thus deformed An example
of this kind is seen in Paris. There, as
the streets have few or no payements, and
the ladies have to walk almost constantly
on tip-tOe the great muscle Of the
calf, has given conformation Of the limb
and foot to match with the Partisan bellies
proudly challenged all the world--not
probably that it is defect in their city to
which the pecuGarity of their form is in
part Owing.-Scientifc american.
Year: 1864

Leisure is never so enjoyable as when it
comes unexpectedly, ike the visit of a long
absent friend. And to be sweet it must
be short. Too much Of it Injuries the
appetite. Luxurious as warm bath, it Is
also. as enerYating. He who finds himself
suddenly poss ssed of leisure in great
plenty, will do well by setting him
self seriously to work. Systematized ae-
tiVity is enc of the best preservatives
against 'dull care" Leisure is but a sauce
of life, which helps to make work more
palatable and digestible--the one apart
from the other soon becomes disgusting.
Men Of leisure, as they are called, are most
commonly restless, fgety and VI happy men.
The kindest thing which can be done to
them is to deprive them if possible, by
hook or crook, Of the greater part of their
leisure. At first sight, it does not seem
so, but very short experience will prove
that it is so. Much leisure infers the alb
senee Of a purpose, and life without pur-
pose is a perpetual burden.
Year: 1864

No human being can be isolated and self
sustained. The strongest and bravest and
most hopeful have yet Acknowledged and un-
acknowledged to themselves, moments Of
hungry sOul-yearniHg for eompanionship and
sympathy. For the want Of this wrecks of
humanity iestrewn about US. Youth wasted
for the mocking semblance of friendship
Adrift at the mercy of a chance, for the want
Of a grasp Of a true, firm hand and kindly
loving heart to counsel It is affecting to see
how strong is this yearning 50 fatal to its
pOssessor, if not guided rightly, such life
anchor is safely placed, " "Friendless %
What tragedy may be hidden in that one
little word. None to labor for; none to care
whether we win or lose in life's struggle. A
kind word or a smile coming to such an one
unexpectedly at such crisis of life, how Of
ten has it been the plank Of the drowning
man, lacking which he must surely have per-
ished. These, surely, we may bestow as we
pass those less favored than ourselves, whose
souls are waiting for our sympathetic reeog-
Fe7n
Year: 1864

Many meadows are seriously injured by
stock in the spring months. They are per-
mitted to run upon them when the frost is
leaving the ground, which is soft and easily
cut by the hoofs Of horses and cattle. The
seanty picking they get will not begin to COM
pensate for the damage they cause the mead
ows, When the ground is soft, as it is al
ways in the spring, stock should be carefully
excluded. 1t is also very bad policy to pas
ture meadows in the fall. Every sprig gis gen
orally eaten of, and the ground and roots are
left cold and naked. If the growth after cut
ting the grass had been left, it would have
acted as a mulching, keeping the roots warm
and uninjured by the severely Of winter A
good coating of aftermath laying upon the
ground all winter is equivalent 70 covering
Of snow which al know to be beneficial to
land VALLEY Farmer.
Year: 1864

We have been shown private letter from
Galloway County, Kentucky, says The Louis
Vile Journal, which tells a sad tale Of the
persecution Of Union men by guerrillas in
that portion Of the State The bands swarm
through the counties and depredate on the
citizens without meeting with any opposition.
In the latter part Of March, over fineen Of the
citizens Of Galloway were caught and hung
by the neck for refusing TO tell where proper
~, real or imaginary, was secreted. The OBJ
iect Of the guerrilles appears to have been
10 torture them to make n confession, for, in
each instance, the victims were cut down be-
fore life was extinct One man refused to
submit to the torture, and they deliberately
shot him dead, The Union men have become
alarmed for their safety, and are almost Rni-
versally leaving TIE county, and seeking
refuge n other parts Of he State.
Year: 1864

The meek and benevolent spirit of our
religion has a powerful influence in ref
ming and sweetening the comforts of fsocietY.
Christianity commands not the suppress
sion only, but the extinction, Of every in
delieate thought, arrogant emotion, and
malevolont purpose. Would conversation
stand in need Of any further refinement,
were this law as punotually fulfilled as it
is earnestly recommended What is more
eficacious than habitual good humor in
rendering the intercourse Of society agree
able, and in Keeping at a distance all in
ten perate passion, and all harshness of SEN
timent or language?
Year: 1864


~ men Of Illinois the Emancipation
Proclamation was extorted from him bv
the outward pressure, and particularly by
the delegation from the Christian Conyen-
ton that met at Chicago. Now the fact
is this as had it from his own lips. He
had written the proclamation in the sum
mer as early as June, [ think-but viii
not be certain as to the precise time-and
called his Cabinet together, and informed
them that he had written il, and meant to
make it; but wanted to read It to them
for any criticism or remarks as to It's fea-
lures or details. Afr having done so.
Mr.. Seward suggested whether it would
not be well for him to withhold its publ
cation until after we had gained some
substantial advantage in the field, as at
that time we had met with many reverses.
and it might seem a cry Of dispair.
He told me he thought the suggestion a
wise one and so held off the proela-
nation until after the battle Of Aniietam.


" I mention this as a sample of a great
many others"
Year: 1864




Now that coal has reached a price which is
almost unprecedented, and that the dealers
have raised it the past winter to a very high
figure, there are hundreds Of families who
viii thank US heartily for the following di-
rections, which, if followed viii give them
good fire during the whole winter, on a guam
tity Of coal so small that it viii cause some
to marvel. The directions are as follows:


The aches or cinders are not to be thrown
away, but dampened 20 kind Of mortar, and
again placed on the FIRE. They burn readily,
and by 30 doing, there is the economy Of hav-
ing hot FIRE with one-tenth Of the fuel be-
sides not being troubled to convey the ashes
to a receptacle. We do not know Of stove
that can not make ashes enough to supply
itself, only q few nuggets Of coal being used.
First make o FIRE in the usual way, and when
it begins TO burn freely, place lump Of coal
lthe best) near the stove door sr front Of the
CRATE, then heap on the wet ashes or cinders,
and pack them down, the vent below being
unObstructed. The process is simple, and a
few trials will satisfy the unbelievers. Dust
coal may be used in the same way, and we
are assured that many cellars have mines Of
wealth il. the refuse OF former years While
coal is 50 scarce end so costly, should not
economy prompt q trial OF a plan pointed out,
which is attended with so little trouble and q
spaTing Of labor?
Year: 1864

f,s We are authorized to announce Captain
READ FLETCHER as a candidate TO repre-
sent the Third Congressional District in the
Congress of the Confederate States. Election
9Th day Of October.
Year: 1864

New YORK, Oct. 13.-The TFibuae's


correspondent with Butler writes that
the evidence of exhaustion and disor-
ganization in the rebel army seem to be
greatly on the increase. Over so desert
ers have come into these headquarters
to-day. They report great dissatisfac-
Year: 1864

WATERING HORSES Tho quantity as well
as tho quality of tho water given horse
will greatly affect his condition. Perhaps
no animal is moro distressed by thirst than
the horse, fact not generally known, or il
known not generally appreciated. Horse:
should bo watered regularly, when not al
work as well as when at work, provided, il
the attor case that caro- is ;aken not to lie,
him have it when overheated by work. Ir.
regularity in the supply of water is often
followed by refusal to partaka of solid
food, and more frequently by collie and
founder, in consequence of his drinking in.
ordinately whom an opportunity offers. For
horses, when they are not at work, it is per.
fectly safe to keep supply of pure water
always within their reach but, as before re-.
marked. there is some danger in this plan
when they are worked or driven, and are
likely to become overheated.


There is very certain way of determining
when horse has been neglected. If the
master, on entering the stable and lifting
tho water bucket, finds the animal placing
himself in an attitude of expectation, and
eagerly gszing at the vessel. it is point blank
evidence that his usual supply of water has
been withheld. Whenevor it is possible let
the horse have water from running stream.
Journal
Year: 1864

Tobacco is an expensive luxury" just
now-and the chewing of fit habit frem
which at least some of its vota:ies NAV do.
sire to break loose. The following. cut
from an exchange, may aid such (: A friend
of mine overcame the habit of chewing to-
bacco by substituting a bit of cracker FOR
his accustomed quid. He bad previously
tried chamomiIe flowers and othor means
without success, and adopted the cracker.
upon the Recommendation of a casual stage
coach companion somo years ago. His ham
kering for tobacco was soon overcome, and
be has never had relish for it since. He
gave up the use of the cracker also in few
weeks, and as his adviser had also been
cured by the same means, am induced to
offer the remedy for publication.
Year: 1864

AN APT ILLUSTRATION The Chicago Tri.
bune dashes off the following apt parallel,
based upon local incident of some notori-
ETY.:


"When you hear a copperhead bewail the
expense of this war, and assert that it must
be stopped to save an enormous war debt,
tell him the lamentable story of old Green,
the Chicago banker, who. most of our Chi
cago readers will remember, was tried for
his life on the charge of wife murder The
most frightful feature of his situation was
the invasion of his cherished boards. A new
trial was granted him on technical grounds.
He forthwith called a council of war in his
cell in the Chicago Jail, and gravely dis
cussod with his attorneys the probable cost
of going on with the case. Thoroughly
alarmed at tho financial exhibit, he hanged
himself in the cell tho same night to sape
The erptnse The peace demagognes would
bring this Union to the same fate on like
grounds.
Year: 1864

FEMALE DELIoAcY.-Most delicately and
appropriately does the Family (London
Herald descant about The above subject.
We take pleasure in introducing it to oul
readers:


"Above other features which adorn
the female character, delicacy stands
foremost within the province OF good
taste. Not that delicacy which is perpet.
ually in quest Of something to be ashamed
OF, which makes merit of blush, and
simpers at the false construction its own
ingenuity has put upon an innocent re.
mark: this spurious kind OF delicacy is as
far removed from good taste as from
good feeling and good sense; but the high.
minded delicacy which maintains its pure
and undertaking walk alike amongst wo-
men as in the society of men-which
shrnks from no necessary duty, and can
speak, when required, with seriousness
and kindness, OF things Of which it would
be ashamed TO smile or to blush-lhat
delicacy which knows how to confer a
benft without wounding the feelings oi
another, and which understands also how
and when TO receive one, that de,icacy
which can give aims without assumption.
and which pains not the most susceptible
beieg in creation"
Year: 1864

Fling forth that proud banner whose glorious light
Trumphantly shines DER every ocean and sea;
Its stars will blaze brighter, darker the night
Spreads its gloom o'er the brave Of the land and


the tree. ...
Fling forth that proud bannsrl--ah whence was


that cry?


And hark to the summons the valleys reply,
+" Unsullied forever its brightness and fame l'
Flag of our country thou standard of glory
When menaced by traitors thy honor to save,
We welcome the field though so dreadful and CORY,
Ay welcome the combat, and welcome the grave.
Think of the blood which your fathers have she'd
Think of the blood which that banner has cost;
Then swear by their tombs and the fields where they


bed,
Not star shall be dimmed not tear shall be lost
When to battle aroused by the shrl trumpets sound
And the shouting of thousands come thundring afar
When the furious steeds with their charge shake the


ground


Midst the rage of the fight and the storm of the war
Oh, look to that banner its sight will inspire,
Your souls to high deeds of heroic renOwn--
Oh, look on that banner environed with fire,
And remember that flag is your cOuntry's-your own
Like a condor alarmed for the fate of her young,
From the cliffs of the Andes she darts through


the air


The clouds by her pinions all backwards are flung,
To the spoilers her bring alright and despair
Ye souls of the hills, from your mountains descend
In a whirwind of flame, like your fathers of yore,
On the foes of the banner and swear to defend
Its stripes and its stars until time be no more.
Year: 1864

A young and pretty girl stepped into a
store where a spruce young man, who had
long been enamored but dared not speak,
stood behind the counter selling dry goods.
In order to remain as long as possible, she
cheapened everything and at last remarked,
Il believe you think am cheating you. 90,
no. replied the youngster, to me you are al
ways fair well whispered the lady blush
ing as she laid an emphasis on the word. 1
would not stay so long bargaining if you
we're not so dear.
Year: 1864

The following toast is said to have
emanated from soldier at Camp Union; b


"To JEFF. Davs-May he be set adrift in
an ouen boat, without rudder or oar; and
may the boat and contents be swallowed by
a shark, the shark by whale, and thewhale
by the Devil and the Devil by Hell, With
the door locked and the key lost; and may
jeff be placed in the southeast corner with
a northwest wind blowing ashes in his eyes
to all eternity"
Year: 1864

The author of a lately published work,
Social life IN Munich, speaking of the
marriage laws of Bavaria remarks: lLh


Gretna Green is quite out of the question
because by an article Of the Police Code ey-
cry man that gets married abroad without
the permission of the mother country is liza
BILE to fine of hundred forins, or thirty
days Imprisonment In the Falitiuate there
is perfect freedom in the matter of marriage
and establishment, but only for the natives
of the place. Immigrants from the other
provinces of Bavaria are treated accordingly
to their own laws, and many poor couples
who have been denied the right of marrying
at home have spent their last savings in jour
neying across the Rhine, hoping in vain to
find liberty there. The Bavaran Govern
ment do evrything in their power to enforce
the rule the minute surveillance of the pO-
lice in every town is such that secret marri-
age could not by any possibility be made I;
unmarried couples may not live together, ex-
cept Kings and Lola and other highest Lord
ships The consequent immortality makes
of Munich place where the illegitimate
sometimes exceed the Legitimate births in
number. Here is another Illustration of the
workings of the law


have heard of case of two poor people
having to wait fifteen years for permission
to marry, and spending two hundred forms
on applications, One of the writers on the
subject gives the following instance.


An operative earning II shillings week
was engaged to girl earning shillings,
and owner of house valued at Gl20 and a
COW. They applied for permission to marry
and were refused means of subsistence
not assured" Time went on; they had two
children, and still their application was re-
fused on the same ground. The owner Of the
manufactory took up their cause and plead
ed it himself with the official, saying that
this refusal was not what was intended by
the Government. The official replied curt
ly, What does that matter to US the Gov
ernment may have its own ideas on the sub
iect but we have ours, and | in particular
am of opinion that such marriages are neith-
er right nor useful" the author from whom
quote this adds, While am writing, my
servant girl aged fifteen years, comes in
dressed for feast day, and says that her
father and mother are to married to-day,
and she must henceforth be called by her
fathers name Twelve times her fathers
application for license to marry was rejected
and each time he had to pay fees and expen-
ses, lawyers bills" etc.
Year: 1864




EVERYTHING GOING UP.-The following
spicy, humorous, and sensible article we clip
from the Piscataquis Observer Everything
up and going up-everything edible and
wearabe-things of use and things of fancy
things tangible and things intangible
The good man of the house takes look at
his last years coat, and concludes to have
the button-holes re-worked and new buttons
put on, and it will do very well for another
season. His thrifty helpmate overlooks the
household gear, and determines to cut down
the bigger children's clothing for the little
ones but she makes an exception in favor
of the young ladies, for they certainly must
have new bonnets and dresses. Economy is
installed as presiding goddess in every we'll
regulated family; not the false economy that
enwraps itself in robe of selfish and con-
temptible meanness-unheeding the cry of
want and helplessness, cutting off the book,
the newspaper, and the benevolent contri-
button, and pinching the seamstress and the
laborer-but the discreet economy that
guards against waste, and prefers to deny
the senses rather than slight the mind and
starve the soul-the prudent economy that
will not indulge in a luxury that has not
been honestly earned and paid for-the in
dispensable economy which, universally prac-
ticed, will carry us through the impending
crisis ..... ..f rr
Year: 1864

You can stop a clock at any moment but
you cannot stop watch. This same remark
my bretheren, applies to the stopping of the
talk of man and woman. He is a great
coarse ugly machine, but you can silence
him. She is a beautiful, fragile, jeweled
thing-but she will run on until she stops
herself. .. .r....
Year: 1864

DON'T Rock THE BABY.-If all the ul-
innate consequences of ones acts are to be
laid to his charge, the man who invented
rocking cradles for children rests under a
fearful load of responsibility. The DOWN
right murder Of tens Of thousands of in
fants, and the weakened brains Of hundreds
of thousands Of adults, are huaoubted re-
suits of this invention. To rock child in
a cradle, or to swing him in a crib, amounts
to Just this the rapid motion dsturbs the
natural flow of the blood, and produces stu
por or drowsiness Can anybody suppose for
moment that such an operation is a health
ful one Every one knows the dizzy and
often sickening effect of moving rapidly in
swing; yet wherein does this differ from
the motion child receives when rocked in
cradle 1t is equivalent to lying in a ship
berth during a violent storm; and that sick.
ems nine people out of ten, 99 risr-.


A very gentle, slow motion, may some
times be soothing, though always of doubt
ful expedieney; but to move the cradle as
rapidly as the swing of pendulum three
feet long-that is, once in a seconds pos
tive cruelty. We always feel like grasping
and staying the arm of the mother or nurse,
who, to secure quietude, swings the cradle
or crib with the rapidty equal to that of a
pendulum a foot long. If any mother ia
disposed to laugh at our suggestions, or
consider them whimsical, we beg of her to
have bed or cot hung on cords, then lie
down on it herself, and have some one swing


it with the same rapidity that she allows the
cradle to be rocked. What she will expert
ence in both head and stomach is just what
the infant experiences.---Er. ---l
Year: 1864




a SINGULAR EPISODE OF THE WAR
Years ago, two New England brothers,
named Moody, left their Eastern home to
push their fortunes in the world of useful
ness and business. Being men of education,
one took to the Bar, the other entered the
Pulpit The Lawyer settled in Mississippi
the Pastor in Ohio Both won distinction in
their professions, and both became promi-
nent in their respective States. And, du-
ring all the years that passed, their mutually
fraternal regard remained intimate and ten
der s aH un nlr


The war of rebellion broke out Both
brothers took up arms the Lawyer in behalf
of the rebellion, the Pastor in behalf of the
Union They both received commissions, the
Lawyer as Captain George Moody and Chief
of artillery in Longstreet's army, the Pastor
as Colonel Granville Moody and commander
of the 47th Ohio Volunteers. At the battle
of Stone River the two brothers met each
other in battle array,-the Rebel Captain
under Bragg, the Union Colonel under Rose
GRAMS Subsequently COL Moody resigned
his commission and returned to the duties of
the Pastor Capt Moody continued with
Longstreet till he made his ill-starred assault
on Knoxville There being disabled, he was
left at a farm house on the line of retreat,
was ia ken prisoner, and sent to camp Chase,
of which his brother had been commandant
In the military prison attached to this camp
he now lies tortured with infamatory rheu-
matism, to which his exposure in the field
rendered excruciatingly acute Thus situa-
ted, in suffering and prisoner, the rebel
captain sent for his brother, the Union col
onel, to come to his assistance. The true and
loyal brother came, bringing with him such
material aid in the form of creature com
forts, as well as with fraternal counsel, as
would make his brothers situation comfort
able. And Colonel Moody is now engaged in
measures for his erring brothers release on
parol in view of taking him to his own
house, so that he can there minister to his
comfort and restore him to health; and with
fair prospect of success.


Such is one of the singular incidents of this
rebelion.-O. s. Journal.
Year: 1864

An Er1roNE OF JEFF's LIFE.-Jobn Went.
worth at a late meeting at Chicago, said;


Jefferson Davis entered Congress about the
same year that did. | have met him often
and knew him well. But there was this differ
ence between JEFF Davis apd mel paid for my
education, JEFF didn't for his He was taken
at tender age and placed at West Point, and
your father and mine were taxed to pay for the
instruction that rescued him from oblivion. We
made the very common mistake of juding by
bis head rather than his heart, and did not
notice the viper that was coiling there. and
which was nursed into life to sting US, if posi-
ble, to death When bis scbool-boy days were
over, JEFF was sent out West-out West here
at the Government expense-and spent year
or so surveying around Calumet, fishing and
lounging, and shooting grouse at Government
expense, and eating them himself. tLaughter.)
He then married into the Government his
wife berg daughter of General Taylor, who
was supported by the Government; went to
the Mexican war and returned TO be Secretary
of State and TO viify the gallant soldiers of
Illinois for their part upon the field of Buena
Vista For this Governor Bissell called him
out, but on this particular occasion JEFF didn't
come out (Great laughter-1