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Year: 1868

There are women who cannot grow
old women who, without any special
effort, remain always young and al


ways attractive. Their number is
smaller than it should bo, but there is
sufficient number to mark the wide
difference between this class ard the
other. The secret of this perpetual
youth lies not ia the beauty, for some
women possess il who sre not at all
handsome nor in dress, for they are
frequently careless in that respect, 80
far as the mere arbitrary dictates Of
fashion are concerned nor 10 having
nothing TO do, for these ever-young
women are always as busy as bees,
and it is very well known that idle.
ness viii fret people into old age
and uginess faster than overworS.
The charm, We imagine, lies in the
sunny temper neither more or less,
the blessed Kin Of always looking Oh
The bright side Of life, and Of stretch
ing the mantle of charity over every
body's faults and feelings, II is not
much Of asecret but il is all that. we
have seen and wo have watched
such with great interest, and deter
minadon to report truthfully for the
beneii, Of The sex. ltis very provok.
ing that il is something which can
not be corked up and sold for fifty
cents a bottle. But this Is impOssi
bic, and is why the most Of us will
have 70 keep on growing old and ug.
y and dissgrsssbls aBusual
Year: 1868

IA A man who had borrowed 4
bag of neighbor to 20 to mill with
was knocked into tho water and
drowned, and the bag was lost.--
When the news was brought to bis
bereaved wife, she exclaimed my
gracious what fuss will be made now
about that bag
Year: 1868

That heroic and noble old Virginian, VIM
CENT W1TcHER, now we suppose over eighty
years of age, addressed his fellow. countymen
of Pittsylvania at their last court A cores
pondent of the Danville Times furnishing a
brief sketch of his speech, says Tl Il +


The people were delighted TO see the old
man here on the field of battle once more, and
cheered him vociferously as he made his we'll
timed and irresistible attacks upon the infer
nal constitution sought to be foisted upon the
good people of the State of Virginia And
really, it did the heart good to see this white
haired veteran-thc noblest Roman of them
all-buckle on the armor of his youth, and
enter the political arena as the champion of
true liberty and justice, the vindicator of
good government, and the uncohqtered and
unconquerable foe of all Radical agrarianism
and 3aeobihical ideas. In the Radical ranks,
he said, the best evidence of fitness for Office
was, to have been convicted of stealing. He
asked if there was white man in that crowd
SO base as to be willing to be placed under
the negro, to avoid paying $4,000 of his just
debts. If there was, he desired him to show
himself. But no one appeared. He then
concluded there was no one in the crowd 80
base. He said he had on his estates forty





of whom he would dismiss if they voted the
Radical ticket. For how could he support
those who advocated his own disfranchisc-
ment? How could he be expected to main
tain his enemies? Sooner would he nurse a
viper in his bosom. He did rot wish to have
the negros for his slaves, and so help him
God, he did not wish to be slave of theirs
He again asked where was there White man
who would sell himself for $4,000; and if
there was one, he would tell him, the courts
would set aside the sale as fraud, and lie
could not get his purchase money. Negroes
were indebted to slavery for the little civiliza-
tion they havei The lion is never tanned in the
forest, nor the bird in the air, nor the savage,
when left to his own free will. When God
freed the 1sraeltes, he did not turn them
loose upon their former masters, as their SUI
periors; nor did he at once give them COM
plete liberty, but he made Moses their die
tator, giving him tie power OF life or death
over them, and led them away from their for
mer masters into the wilderness, there to
wander for forty years, until they were pre-
pared for liberty. If he lad the strength he
once had, he would take up the constitutions;
by section, and expose it1 iniquity.


He said all sensible negroes were interested
in good government. and would go against
the constitution. That the negroes did not
own this country, and if they did they could
not hold it, Money is scarcer now than it
was last year, and will be scarcer next year
than it is this. The Radicals might take his
property, they might take himself, they might
kill him, yea, they might cut him to pieces,
but they could never degrade him, and his
last breath would be liianly one. This is
the merest abstract Of the able effort OF this
octogenarian, who, for more than fifty years,
has been one of Virginia's ablest statesmen.
Year: 1868

IIME ARoUNb AppLE ThEEs.-The Gin
cinnati Enquirer says: 1--WE have known
some farmers make it rsgjilar practice for
a succession Of years to throw caustic limo
around their apple trees in the spring and
and Summer. We once hoticed that a tree
standing in the iftmcdiatc vicinity of our
dwelling had all at once pitt forth with re
newcd energy, and we were dt loss for some
time to define the cause. On examination
we found that quantity Of lime, which had
accidentally been spilled, and rendered worth
less by becoming mixed with the refuse on
the stable floor, had been thrown at the foot
and around the tree, and to this, as the prin-
ciple cause, We Immediately accredited tho
revivesence and renewed qualification OF the
tree.


"Takihg the hint from the iheident, so
Purchased twelve casks of lime, and applied
halfa bushel to each of the trees in our or
chard and found that it produced immediate
beneficial effects. Not tho health of tho
trees only, but tho duality of the fruit also
was greatly improved. This application will
be especially beneficial in soils where there is
arcdundancy Of vegetable matter. We would
advise our farmers in some places, especially
in new forest lands recently cleared, aud on
low lands, to make trial of this experiment
and see whether it is not deserving OF tho
high decentralization it secures"
Year: 1868

10 DESTROY TIRE Cur WORM Tho
Practical Farmer says an excellent plan to
keep off the cut worm from corn is to drop
about tablespoonful of coarse salt on tho
top of the hill soon after planting This il
carried down by the raihs, and acts as fer.
tilizer, besides killing tho cut worm.


Salt is peculiarly cbhoxious tot his class Of
insects, and perhaps all cIasses Instead of
puttihg the salt on the hill, some farmers
spread about btshels to the acre broadcast,
upon their corn field after piowing in and be.
fore narrowing. This is a very profitable ap
plication. Farmers should bear these facts
in mind when they plant corn this spring
Year: 1868

DECISION IN THE SHEPHERD WILL CASE
IN New ORIEANs.-The Orleans Times Of
May says: -


Judge Thomas yesterday delivered very
lucid decision in the Shepherd will case,
which was argued last week by some of our
most distinguished lawyers. The decision is
in favor of the heirs of r. d. Shepherd on
all the grounds set up by his counsel. The
famous sealed letter is decided not to be d
will, having none Of the characteristics of
such an instrument, and its tenor, as proved,
leaving r. D. Shepherd full discretion in the
disposal of the property bequeathcd to him
by his brother. On the point whether such
letter created substitution, Judge Thomas
decided that if it were so it would only be
vulgar substitution, which under the law was
without effect. On the point of the alleged
concealmentand suppression of the said sealed
letter the judge said that the testimony showed
that the letter had not been concealed or
disposed Of in any manner to justify the
presumption against II. D. Shepherd that he
had acted as spoliator. 1t had been in the
possession of Jonathan Montgomery and
Judah Touro, and had been shown to One Of
the heirs Of James Ii. Shepherd who freely
communicated its contents.
Year: 1868

We sometimes hear farmers remark that
blowing deep they get less grain that, brius>
ing up the new mellow soil, their crops suffer.
1t would be very strange if this were not the
case for this soil, even if ever so mellow, il
raw just like manure when it is ''gTeen" or
"lopg" 1t is not yet converted or changed
into plant food. 1t needs just what the long
manure needs to be changed by the heat
or the air-that is, decomposed or rotted.


When the top-soil is less fertile than 1t used
to be when the land was first titled, you may
rest assured that this under soil is always
better than the upper soil, because the upper
soil has deteriotated, while the under has
not, but rather improved.


1t is therefore inadvisable, nay suicidal in
some soils, to turn up deeply the underground
in the spring or in the fall at sowing time
The cold, cheerless ground will not help the
grain, and were it not for the other soil mixed
with it, an almost total failure would be tho
result.


But turn it Up in the fall, and let tho frost
and the elements take hold of it, and you
have another soil. 1t is turned into manure,
a good part of it, A little lime mixed with
it, scattered and narrowed in, or manure,
or both. would facilitate the process. In the
snring sow either with or without another
nIowing and you will find no more occasion
to complain. We have great fertility to draw
upon from below, but it requires managing.


". Y. EeeHinJ Post.
Year: 1868

"A lady correspondent of the editor Of
the Winchester Times, writing from Buffalo,
n. Y, makes the following reference to that
noble Virginan, General Jubal A. Early:


IA few days since visited Niagara, and
learning that General Early, of Confederate
fame was boarding at Drummondvlle, Canada
him, not having had that pleasure since saw
him at the head of his army in Winchester.
Accordingly, in company with friend, we
procured carriage and started. The ride
from the Falls to Drummondvlle was through
pleasant farming country, and when We
arrived there were directed to a small brown
cottage, simple and unpretending in appear
ance, yet of great consequence to me as being
at present the home of General Early.


HE came out when told we were at the
door and when introduced myself and told
him I was formerly from Winchester, he
seemed delighted to see me, as he said he was
glad to see any one from the dear old town.
His form is bent and he suffers considerably
from rheumatism otherwise his health is
good. He still wears the gray. When he
spoke of the South his eyes frightened, and
he seemed still deeply interested in her well
fare, especially in the future of the Shenan,
doah. Valley.


"The battlefield of Lundy's Lane is almost
in sight of Drummondville, and when l re-
marked to the old General that we were quite
near celebrated battle field, he said, oh,
yes, but nothing like the battle-felds of the
Shenandoah valley He again thanked us
for calling to see him, and we bade him good
bye and returned to Buffalo"
Year: 1868

Don't be afraid ola little fun at home good
neople. Don't shut up your house lest the
sun should fade your carpets and your hearts,
lest hearty laugh shake down some of the
musty old cobwebs there. If you want to
ruin your sons, let them think that all mirth
end social enjoyment must be left on the
Threshold without, when they come home
at night. When once bcme is regarded as
ONLY place to eat, drink, and sleep in. the
work is begun that ends in gambling houses
and reckless degradation. Young people must
have fun aud relaxation somewhere; If they
do not find it at their own bearthstones, is
will be sought at other aud perhaps less prof.
table places. Therefore, le. the IRE burn
brightly at night. aud make the homestead
delightful with all those Little arts that paEeuts
SO perfectly understood. Dou't represa tbs
bu6yant spirit Of your children. Half az
hour of merriment, round the lamp ard fire.
light of home, bIots out the remembrance OF
many caro-, and annoyance during the day :;
and the best safeguard they can take with
them into the world is the unseen infu-
ence of bright little domestic sanctum- a
home With mirth and eheerfulness Is one OF
the dearest of earth's possessions.
Year: 1868

- We were shown by one Of the gentle
men engaged at the deep cut" on the rail-
road, near town. curiosity which Barnum
in his palmest days could not have surpassed.
1t was a piece of iron, apparently bolt head,
circular in shape, about one inch and quar-
ter in diamater, and half inch thick, taken
from the center of rock about two by two
and half feet. The rock was perfectly solid
and bore no evidence of an opening of any
kind through which the iron could have been
inserted As to when and how it came there.
are questions open for discussion.-RocAtng-
ham Register.
Year: 1868

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-We clip the
following beautiful sentiment from an ex-
change =


Sorrow sobers us and makes the mind ge-
NAL And in sorrow We love and trust our
friends more teuderly, and the dead become
dearer to US. And just as the stars shine
out in the night. SO there are blessed faces
that look at us in our grief. though before
their features were fading from our reeoiiec-
ton. Suffering! Let no man dread 1T too 90
much, because it is better for him, and 1t VIII
help to mako him sure of being immortal
1t is not in the bright happy day; but only
in the solemn night, that our worlds are to De
seen shining in the long. long distance. And
il is in sorrow-the night of the soui-that
we see the sarthest, and know ourselves ma,
tives of infnity and sons and daughters OF
the Most High.
Year: 1868

SAD SNAKE SToRY.-A young lady in
Snyder County, Pennsylvania, was in the gar
den picking berries. A piercing scream from
her alarmed the rest of the family who, were at
the tea table. Fastening TO the spot, they found
her lying on the ground inseasible. She was
carried into the house, and, sad to relate. ey .
animation proved that she was dead Her
friends, on proceeding to prepare the body for
interment. were horror stricken to find an i'm.
mense black snake coiled tightly around her
person. underneath her clothing. There being
no eyidlnce of the snake having bitten her, the
fright.
Year: 1868

FIRE+Aceidenf TO an Enqine. About 10K
O'Clock this morning alarm of fire was
turned In from box 8, corner Of q street north
and 4th east. which brought out the depart.
ofnot understanding OF mistaking the alarm on
the eongs, were not on the ground very
promptly. The fire originated in a small
frame buflding In the rear OF the residence of
MI. Richard Burch, on Massachusetts, avenue,
between I'd and Sd, occupied by q shoemaker,
which was totally destroyed, and two adloin-
ing out-houses belonging to Messrs. Sullivan
ana beall Were torn down to save further
damages. The firemen worked to great dis.
advantage, there being but little winter in the
plugs.


As engine No. lUnion) was turning from
18th street into Pennsylvania avenue, the
driver, In attempting to pass car Immediately
in front, turned out of the track, but turned so
suddenly as to unfasten one of the trace chains.
De Immediately let the reins drop, thinking TO
stop the engine, or by some other means fasten
the dangling trace chain. As soon as the horses
attached TO the engine felt the loose rein they
started on on their own hook, and in passing
the street car mo. 30) the engine ran against
one OF the horses inJuring MIN very much.
They then were heading direct for the line of
carriages in front of Willard's, which caused q
stampede among the hackmen, when the driver,
recovering himself, seized hold Of the right
horses toward the south side Of the avenue.
where they brought up on the pavement in
front OF the American Tea store, and were
finally checked~by a passer.by whe caught
hold OF the reins while the animals were still
on the sidewalk.


Some Of the fire apparatus from down town
came up the avenue at a rapid rate-of course
going away from the nre-but those In charge
found out their mistake when they had reached
18th street, and, turning about, started of
not seem TO have exactly the hang OF the new
school house YET
Year: 1868

HURRY UP The citizens on F street south
between oth and 11th west, are very anxious
that the work OF laying the foot pavements or
that street should be expedited and finished uT
before the frosts come. The street has been In
an almost impossible condition for a long time
and they do not care to have 20 suffer the evil
another winter
Year: 1868

THERE Is TINE FOR EvRRYTHINe, but 1t
Is getting high time for You to save your money,
and this you can do by going 10 the original
Franc, 494 Seventh street, between ID and E
and buy your gents Furnishing Goods, % per
cent. less than in any other store In this city.
Remember the place-i9i; with large plate glass
front. 1:
Year: 1868

Courtesy begets courtesy.


They that give must take.


Sleep is the best cure for waking
troubles.


He that falls to day may rise to
morrow.


The jest that gives pain is no jest.
Oh, maddening sting of jealousy,
how deadly thy efforts.


Justice must needs be a good thing
for it is necessary even among thieves
That pastime should not be indulg-
ed which tends to the detriment of a
fellow-creature.


The fire is discovered by its own
light; so is virtue by its own excellence
Virtue demands our homage wher-
ever it is found.


Women are commonly impatient
and inquisitiVe.


By mans action may be seen the
true disposition of his mind.


There is q remedy for all'things ex-
cept death.


Between said and done


A long race may be run.


He whom heaven favors may ST.
Peter bless.


Good expectation Is better than bad
possession.


Great hearts should be patient un-
der misfortunes, as well as joyful
when all goes well.
The sin will cease when the tempta-
| tion is removed


The heart will not grieve for what
the eye doth not perceive.


1t is the part of a good servant to
sympathize with his masters pains.


Better kill me outright than break
my back with other mems burdens.


Devils, play or not play, win or not
! win, can never be content.


The ass will carry the load, but not
| q double load.


81 will give thee" is good; but
''Here take it, is better.


Railing among lovers is the next
nelghbor to forgiveness.


History that is good, faithful and
true, Will survive for ages but should
il have none of these qualities, It's
passage will be short between the
cradle and the grave.


The best thing to giVatO your enc
my is forgiveness /; to your opponent
tolerance; to friend, your heart tC
your child. good example TO a ia
ther, Difference; to your mother, con
duct that will make her proud of you
to yourself respect; to all men, char
ity.


Thought engenders thought. Place
one idea on paper, another will follow
it, and still another, until you havt
written page. You cannot fathon
your mind. There Is q we'll o
thought there which has no bottom
the more you draw from it the NOR,
clear and fruitful it will be.
Year: 1868

THE London Times, in its notice Of
the career of the Marquis Of Hastings,
lately deceased, relates the facts of
his life with frankness as refreshing
as it is rare. The instinct which
dead fs a generous one. but it should
not be carried so far as to run risk of
corrupting the living. This is evil
IDENTIFY done when fragrant vices and
wrongs are CLOSED over as trifles.
Year: 1868

ELEVENTH HOUR DIsCIPLEs-There is a
cons siderable accession of new recruits to the
number OF Grant men here this morning
whether the eleventh hour men will fare as
well in politics as in religion remains to be seen
AT any rate the original Jacobs of the Re-
publican faith seem rather disguised by this
sudden accession to their ranks now that the
heat and burthen of the day is over.
Year: 1868

Charles Lamb tells us his sad experience
as a warning to young men, in the follow
ing language:


1.-THE waters have gone over me- But
out Of the black depths, could / he heard,
would cry out to all those who have set
a foot in the perilous flood. Could the
youth to whom the flavor of the first wine
is delicious as the opening scenes Of some
newly discoveIed paradise, look into my
dissolution and be made 10 understand
what dreary thing it is when he can feel
himself going down precipice with epcn
eyes and passive will to his destruction,
and have no human power to stop it, and
feel it all the way emanating from himself;
to see the godliness emp,iel out Of him,
and yet not be able to forget a time when
it was otherwise; bear the piteous specta-
Gle of his own ruin; could he see my fe-
vered eye, fevered with last nights drink
ing, and feverishly looking to to-nighfs
repeating folly: could he feel the body Of
death out of which [ cry hourly to be de-
livered; it were enough to make him dash .
the sparkling beverage to the earth, IN all
the pride of its mantling temptation. s'i""
Year: 1868

A soldier ''training" with the modern
Democracy, is as completely out of his
element as fish is out of water, or mem
Der of the Peace Society in rcgimcntals.
So clearly defined has the position Of the
rebel Democracy been, ever since Sumpter
was fired on, that the soldier who casts his
lot with that party, feels at once chill
and shadow passing over his military
spirit and his military fame. He finds
himself soldier, but associated with men
who opposed him through all his martial
career. The patriotic glow which carried
him into the field and won him honor and
renown, dies out in the presence of man
who coldly discouraged his efforts and i'm
peded his success. He knows that the
Democratic party rejoiccd over all his
failures and defeats, and mourned and de-
cried his victories. He knows that what
ever of encouragement, aid and sympathy
he and his cOmrades-in- arms received du-
ring the war, came from the men whom
the Democracy now, as then, denounce,
malign and abuse. He knows that but for
the patriotism and enduring loyalty Of the
Republican party, the cause of the Union
must have been speedily lost; and he
knows that the politicians and office seek
crs, who will gladly use him for their own
selfish ends. hate him for every blow he
ever struck at the rebellion. This is the
plain truth. The soldier who puts himself
into aflilation with modern sham Democ-
racy, cannot possibly hope to retain his
personal self respect. He must stand be-
fore the community and in his own esti-
nation as one who fraternizes with and
asks favors from men who gave him the
cold shoulder when he needed comfort and
support, and who had no heart for the
canse in which he periled his life. The
more of a soldier he is, the wider is the
gulf between him and the party which now
seeks his aid. AS he falls into their ranks,
he feels that he must change his step. He
is no longer marching TO the eNulting mu-
sic Of the Union, but to the dismal croak-
ings and groans and sighs that filled the
camp of the Democracy with every new
loyal victory. 4 real soldier, willing to
be lifted into any Office, no matter what,
on the aims of fcopperheads, sustains ia
tai loss. He should forever after hide his
title and uniform, and avoid the associa-
tlon and acquaintance of those to whose
devoted patriotism and zeal he owes his
military existence and fair fame. a loyal
soldier and a Demccractic Office seeker
are two things rs foreign 10 each other as
fire and watcr-Erchdngc.