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Year: 1868

.~When the strength ofnerve-powerris
already worn out or up, the digestion
Of food only makes a fresh demand
npop it, and ifit be unable to meet the
demand the food is only burden upon
it, producing mischief Our bodies
have deem compared to steam engines,
the food being the'fuel and the steam
produced the nerve power The anal.
ogy holds good to a certain exte t. If
when the steam is low because the
fire is low,y pile in too fast quantity
Of coal, you put on your fire and if you
have depended upon steam power to
fan your fires, that is also extinguished
Beyond this the comparison fails. You
may clean out your furnace and
begin again, but in the body the con-
sequences of this oyerloading are dan
gerous, and sometimes fatal. No cause
of cholera is more common than eating
freely when exhausted. The rule should
be to rest for time, and take some
simple refresbment, cup or part OF
cup of tea, a little broth or even piece
of bread, anything simple and in small
amount, just to stimulate the stomach
slightly, and begin to restore its power.
After rest, moderate quantity will be
refreshing.


Never eat full meal when you are
exhausted. Take first small quantity
of anything simple, which may be
handy, and rest. Then, after a while,
proper food will be a blessing, not 8
burden. The fires will burn; the steam
will be up, and you can go onyour way
safely. 1t is not amiss to say in this
connection, that children would avoid
many a feverish night, and many an at
tack Of disease, if fmothers would follow
this rule O5seTper. ... .-.s
Year: 1868

GREASE Spors IN WooLENs.--Taks
the yolk OF egg, entirely free from
the white; mix it with s little warm
water. (be sure not to scald the egg
and with a soft brush apply the mixture,
and rub it on the spot until the grease
appears removed or loose Wash of
the egg with moderately warm water,
and finally rinse off the whole with
clean cold water. Should not all tn.
grease be removed, which may arise
from being on a long time, ornot suffi-
ciently washed, dry and repeat the OPP
Grafton.
Year: 1868

FALSE ALARM.--The alarm of fire last
night at about 10 o'clock was caused by what
very few people could find out. There might
have been cause for it, but after diligent in
quiry we were unable to discover 1t. A fire.
alarm telegraph is what Richmond needs.
Year: 1868

BE GENTLE AT HoME.-There are
few families we may imagine, anywhere,
in which love is not abused as furnish
ing the license for politeness, A bus
band, father or brother, will speak harsh
words to those be loxessbest, aud those
who love him best, simply because the
security of love and family pride keeps
him from getting his head broken.


1t is shameful that man viii spaak
more impolitely, at times, to his wife or
sister, than be would to any other to.
male except low and vicious one, Il
is thus that the honest affections Of
mans nature prove to be weaker pro-
lection to- woman in the family than
the restraints of society, and that q
woman is usually indebted forthe kind
est politeness of life to those not belong
ing to her own household. Things
ought not so to be The man who, bes
cause it will not be resented, inflicts his
spleen and bad temper upon those of his
hearthstone, is small coward and q
very mean man. Kind words are cir-
culating mediums between true gentle
men in society; and nothing can atone
for the harsh language and disrespect-
full treatment too often indulged between
those bound together by GoIs own ties
of blood, and the still more sacred bonds
of conjugal love. # VS.
Year: 1868

M
Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house,
Not creature was string, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
care,


In hopes that ST. Nicholas would soon be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced through


their heads;
(. And mamma in her 'kerchief and In my cap,
Had Just settled our brains for long winters


nap


When out in the lawn there arose such a clatter,
/ sprang from my bed to see what was the


matter;
Away to the window few like fash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave the lustre of midday to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should ap-


pear,


But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,
With little old driver SO lively and quick,
knew in moment it must be st. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whipped and he shouted and called


them by name.
"Now Dasher! now Dancer now Prancer !


now Vixen;
On Comet on Cupid on Donderl on Blixen
To the top of the porch to the top OF the wall
Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!
AS the leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to


the sky,
So up to the house-top, the coursers they flew,
With sleigh full of toys-and st. Nicholas too;
And then, in twinking, heard on the root,
The prancing and paving of each little hoof
So drew in my head and was turning around,
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with a


bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his


foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes


and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like pedlar just opening his


pack;
His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, now


merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like


cherry.
His drOlt Ilttic mouth Was uTdWh uP iiNS WV,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the


snow.
The stump of pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like


wreath.
He had broad face, and little round belly,
That shook when he laughed like bowl full OF


jelly!
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And laughed when saw him, in spite of my


self E# Af
A wink OF his eye and twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know had nothing to dread.
He spoke not word, but went straight to his


work,
And filed all the stockings-then turned with


ajerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving nod up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave


whistle,
And away they all few like the down of this


tie, ....,
But heard him exclaim, ere he drove out Of


sight,
ga MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD


NIGHrp'
Year: 1868

DHThe Democracy fattered themselves, before the election, that they had fair chance of carrying Kansas That State gives 1s,0oo Republican majority. About as much as we could reasonably ask of one Congressional District. Moreover, the State Senate is unanimously Republican and there are but two Democrats in the House
Year: 1868

ANNIVERSARY OF THE OAKwo0D MEMO
RIAL Assoc1ATIoS.-The anniversary of
this Association, which falls this year on the
Sabbath, will be observed on the previous
day. e., on Saturday next, the 9th instant.


The ladies are making arrangements for
floral procession, and request all who feel
interested to assemble in St. Johns church
yard, Church Hill, at 10 o'clock in the
morning, and bring all the wreaths and
flowers that they may be able to provide for
the occasion. These win be laid upon the
graves but the members of the Association
desire that there may be more permanent
memorial Of the observance than fading
leaves, which must wither in very few
days. They therefore appeal to all their
friends, and ask that they will bring or send
as many roots as possible of suitable
flowers and shrubs to be planted at the
graves.


A general invitation is extended to the
people of Richmond to join in the process
sion and visit the cemetery. If the day is
fair, the walk will be an agreeable one, and
will give to all an opportunity to enjoy the
fresh air and the beauties of spring, and to
see, what comparatively few have not yet
seen, the vast array Of headboards and the
improvements to the grounds which have
resulted from the perseyering labors of this
praiseworthy Association.


AS they anticipated, the ladies who have
this important affair in hand have had
great difficulties. Though matter of high
concern, the care of the dead has yielded,
with most of their fellow-citizens, to the alb
sorbing interests that affect the living, and
the public feeling on the subject naturally
declines with the lapse of time. But the
anniversary in contemplation will have a
tendency to call forth the emotions which
originated the effort, and will renew, We
hope effectually, the zeal so needful to its
further prosecution. Let all bear in mind
the laudable efforts of the Association, and
do what they can by their presence, and in
every other way, to assist it.
Year: 1868

The PROSPECT FOR FRUIT.-After the
usual yearly alarm about killing frosts and
the certainty of short crop Of fruit, we are
now cheered by the intelligence from several
different sources that the apples, peaches,
and pears look promising, and full yield is
expected,
Year: 1868

A CONTINENT FOR KILPATRIcK.-In d
late letter from Valparaiso gentleman to
resident of this city, we find the following
compliment to General Fitzpatrick There
was rather laughable thing which came off
here last Fall at the Office Of the American
Consul At the Fall races General Kilpat-
rick and the Consul were out to see the
sport on horseback. and a party of English
men noticed the Generals riding and as
one of them was interested in race to come
off he went to the Consul's Office the next day
and asked if that young chap lived there who
the Consul to the races on such
a day. He was informed that that chap
lived at Santiago. WELL said Johnny
Bull, have race coming off in few DAYS;
do you think could get that .telloic to ride
my 'orse I'll give him $40 and pay his
expenses We'll don't know said the
Consul, but if you write to him he'll an.
swer you.' Well, hile write to i'm said
the Englishman, what's is name /? The
Consul handed him Kilpatrick's card with
his full title. when the Britisher' looked
and turning on his heel went AWAY
muttering bloody my hies 'es the best rider
hi ever saw benny way.'n
Year: 1868

A MOTHERS LETTER.-The Virginia Tres
pass says, one day last week we published
the notice of a man named Hynson, or Hin
son, having been hung by mob in Montana.
lie was accused of horse. stealing and gener.
al bad character. He may have been guilty.
as accused, and still, as we remarked at the
time. have been better man than the muir.
derers of him. On his person was found
the following truly pathetic letter from his
mother That alone ought to have spared
his life-certainly from precipitate taking
of by men not even legally constituted mur,
derers, as we have them in the better regu-
lated communities


"MY DEAR Son Your father dreamed
that you was in trouble and that he had
written to your lawyer in reference to you
and received the answer that your case was
a hopeless one. God forbid that it should be
anything else but dream l, your poor;
broken-hearted mother. am kept in suspense
on your account. For Gods sake, come
home -
Year: 1868

Our readers know, but only by casual
newspaper paragraphs, that the Central
Pacific railroad has already crossed the
summit Of the great Navada range; but
they do not know with what remarkable
scenes and extraordinary triumphs of en-
gineering that work has been accomplish
cd. Indeed, if we had not the testimony
of witnesses, we should hardly believe
that even amid the great achievements of
our country, SO remarkable one had been
accomplished. Bat we have before us
the letter fan eye witness. which describes
in detail the railroad crossing the Navada
AS this was very novel scene, both In
nature and in civil engineering. we think
the reader will be interested in it. About
the lst of October, Pavmastcr Charles ID.
Mansfield with three other officers OF the
Pacific Squadron, paid visit to the sum-
nit of the Nevada, by way Of the Central
Pacific railroad. From this letter we ex-
tract the following description Of that work
and its scenes. He says:


"Our party consisted of four, and we
went as far as the summit of the Sierra
Nevada mountains. The central point of
operation for the Central Pacific is Sacra
mento. Here the engine houses and MA
chine shops are located. Those in present
use are only temporary structures; but
they are laying the foundations for the
most extensive buildings OF this descrIp
zion in the United States. The circular
engine house will contain over one hun
drcd stalls. There will be two machine
shops, three hundred by one hundred feet.
The foundations of these buildings are
sunk deep in the ground, and are of great
thickness and solidity, being laid Within
mense blocks of the splendid granite with
which this country abounds These
buildings will be enlarged, as occasion
demands, and it is thought that it will
require three hundred locomotives to
run the road to Salt Lake and the branch
es to Oregon and San Francisco The
latter place is one hundred and seventeen
miles from Sacramento. The locomotives
u-ed on the mo Intains are the largest
ever saw, some Weighing seventy tons
The fare is enormous, being ten cents per
mile.


SAT half-past six in the morning we
took the cars The first twenty miles of
the road lay over level bottom tract of
land lying between the Sacramento and
American. rich grain growing and forest
bearing country. The first station, Rose
vile eighteen miles, is the junction o.
branch road leading off toward Marys-
VILE Soon after passing this station we
began to ascend, and in the distance were
plainly to be seen the snow capped peaks
of the Sierras. Behind us lay the rich
valley OF the Sacremento, its vineyards
and its orchards, its meadows and its
fields of golden grain-the frost of winter
and the warmth of summer seen t. geth-
er. At first the grade is gradual and the
ground rolling: very soon. however; the
grade becomes heavier, the hills more
abrupt, the gorges there called canousl


breaking between them, their perpendi-
cular sides rising to height of one thou
sand feet. just before losing all sight Of
he yalley-in fact, our last glimpse of ii
Year: 1868

the great staple articles of life, his won
der really knew no bounds, but this great
ignorance can only be accounted for on
the ground that the ancient and brief
axiom (where ignorance is bliss, tbs
folly to be wise was much more easily
learned than the general geography of
our country.


The usual receptions took place, al
though the day was anything but profit
ious The rush at the Executive Man
sion was the smallest for many years,
whilst the friends of Grant, Seward. Chase
and numerous Senators, came in crowds.
The last two weeks has been season of
unusual dullness in Washington, and
starving Landlords and anxious lobbynaen
till Congress shall reassemble.


The great question that seems to en-
gross the public mind at the present time
is the great contest which is to decide
whether we as a nation are to continue
on the march OF improvement, or failing
to fight it out on this line, take one long
retrograde step that shall land us at least
a hundred years down the rugged path
way we have for the last eight years been
climbing.


DuG OHe ieducT is Ilstlllcu Uy all IOVeTS
of equality, CT justice the man who
without ostentation, could bring order
out Of confusion, success from defeat,
and when the murdcrous minions of trea-
son had been vanquished on every hand,
and the glory of the old flag made more
precious to every true American, with
that same calm modesty that had char
acterised every movement, he dismissed
to tens of thousands Of homes the brave
hearts that had shared with their honor
ed leader the danger and toll of the long
life struggle of our nation. And when
the great question shall come before the
nation-can we look for any other solu-
ton looming down from the mountain
side, echoing from every valley, sweep
ing like one prolonged tempest over the
broad prairies, will come the trumpet
tone of the ballot-box which will give to
treason its final quietus, and the Admin
istrations Of the Executive for the next
four years to u S. Grant


WANDERER
Year: 1868

The tide which has set in III favor of
General Grant for the Presidency prom
ises to sweep everything before It, and
carry that gallant hero to the highest
point of honor in the nation. Every
true lover of his country will rel at
this-will rejoice that the great majority
of our people do not synipathize with
rebellion, nor take stock in THE Lost
Cause Grant has shown that he i; a
hero. Coming from the humble walks
of private life, meeting a want which the
whole nation felt, he fought his way to
eminence and renown. But he is not pulled
up by his greatness; he seems no better
pleased than when he succeeded in piling
,lp cordwood to his satisfaction, and this
is the man whom the people delight to
honor
Year: 1868

Some of our exchanges who believe
that it is good policy to have every
thing we need manufactured in some for
eign country, come to us bewailing the
fact that on the Atlantic seaboard the
ship building interest is dying out, and
speak Of it as dire calamity. We look
at it just in the opposite light; for. of
course, if it is becoming Improbable to
build vessels for ocean sailing it must be
that there is not so much carried between
this and foreign lands as heretofore. 1t


is true great many men are being gradu-
ally thrown out of employment by the
change, but SO is capital, and it is quite
reasonable to suppose that it will speedl-
ly be invested in some other direction
where it will pay just as well, give en-
ployment to just as much labor, and the
final result be of infinite more service to
the country. Now what does this ship
ping interest amount to? Just this; it
is maintained for the purpose of taking
material from here. that might be used
at home. and carrying it thousands of
miles and then bringing back goods which
we might just as well manufacture our
selves. This seems senseiess oper-
alton, but it is precisely what four-fifths
OF our ocean commerce amounts to. 1t
strong corporation should undertake to
build a railroad to the North Pole for the
purpose of furnishing cheap ice, people
would say it was a crazy movement, but
it would not be whit worse than taking
wheat from Wisconsin and other western
states to Europe and in return bring back
loads of ready made clothing i'll order to
furnish cheap article, because we have
here erety facility that is possessed there,
aye, even greater facilities, we have
cheap water power in great abundance,
we have broader fields in which to pasture
sheep, the expense of living need not be
near half as great here as there, all class
es of people here, are, as a general thing
more enterprising, and more ingenious in
the construction Of useful implements
and machinery, than in the old world
where each is expected to do just as his
father did 1t follows then that should
the capital AMI labor now cngageu in
ship building, sailing anil other occupa-
tions which resui; from those means of
traffic between this and foreign couutrlco,
be employed in manufacturing those arti-
cles which are mostly brought hithcr. VIC
should soon see 4 ,l:tGcrent stage of al
fairs. There would be a home mu5ket FOR
all the produce we would raise, eur cloth
ing and many other necessarl.s would b.
reduced in price and mankind would be
made happier and better by the change.
But We cannot expect the change will
take place in all Instant. Time is rcquir
ed to effect any remarkable OF desirable
difference III long settled affairs, hut TIA:
the change is taking Place can be seen
in the mourning of the Free Traders over
the falling off in the shiilbuiiding inter
est


We car never be great free and indie
pendent nation un.il we are self-support-
ing, self-reliant, Industrious, economical
and willing to be government by just
principles, but when this shall be the
case our land viii <urpass all others on the
earth in richness, beauty and true great
ness.
Year: 1868

bers of the bar of this city have, by a SER
les of resolutions, publicly expressed their
unanimous feeling of deep regret for his
decease. He was one whom they both
esteemed and loved


The new democratic paper enterprise
has met with another hitch. After en-
gaging part of their editorial force, they
fnd that they cannot get into the associ-
ated press without they buy out some
other paper, and nobody wants to sell.
So they are stuck. Don.
Year: 1868

is better known, he replied that he was no coward;
that he had always been gambler and always
would be one; that he had also been prize fight
err that he had been in the lowest brothels in the
country; that he had been the companion Of thieves
and cyprians-but that he was never in quite so
bad company as when he went into Wallstreet,
among the bankers and brokers. He said there
was less honesty and more trckery and thieying in
Wall-street than among his former associates, and
he did not want them to misunderstood him. He
wanted to be taken at his worst, and had, there
fore. chosen the designation of banker.
Year: 1868

ALLEGED INSANITY OF Mrs. L1NcoLM-Pn-
yate letters received from Chicago state that Mrs


Lincoln is insane beyond al doubt She recently
sold all the furniture in her house, and has two old
men as body guard, believing she will be robbed
and murdered. Her mania is for selling, and q
dread lest she come to want. All her friends are
said to be conscious of her mental condition, but
think, 80 long as she is harmless her removal to
lunatc asylum would increase her arrangement.
Year: 1868

THE Pound FISHERIES. The fishing
season in this vicinity this year has proved
far from profitable. While those engaged
in the business north and south from here,
nearer the ends of the lake, have done un>
usually well this summer, scarcely enough
have been taken here to supply the local
demand. Fishermen at Two Rivers, who
last year at this time had shipped four or
five hundred barrels, tell US that they have
not caught this year over Fifty or seventy
five barrels. From point seven or eight
miles north of Two Rivers south to this
place there are not less than ono hundred
men who with their families, are depend
ent on this branch of industry for liveI>
hood. We hope they will 6nd the latter
part of the season profitable enough to
make up for their losses heretofore.
Year: 1868

BoDY FOUND. We learn from Messrs.
HEZE HUGnEs and PERRY EDWARDS that
the remains Of human body we're found
on the beach one half mile south of BoDE' S
pier, in the town of Newton, on Monday
last The body was in such terrible state
of decomposition that it was impossible to
recognize it, the head being absent, and no
clothes of any kind being visible. From
the size Of the chest it vas evidently that
of man.