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Year: 1869

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experienced and witnessed many surprising ana
beneficial produced theinva who were n


seve inquiry and investigation obtained full history


delighted and surprised and after his own recovery
which soon occurred determined possible the sole right manufacture
sell il in the United States.


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celebrated made known the world PLAN
TAoN HlTTER being article founded principles and
relying for its medicinal effects worked rapid re7ou
household word al over the civilized
Tlssox tasnan Of health and the demand Tor
PLANTATION BTER far exceeded the abilities Of the rroet supply
Notwithstanding large importation st. z Rum made expressly tor the COM
pounding quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
abroad should made and
dispatched to st. purpose fortunate securing and


leasing several the largest and most productive estates On the
presses erected as BY which utterly aston
and natives oftheland
the PLANTATION BTTERS position
supply laboratory with all the perfectly cz Rum needed in anac
turing the GREAT IaoaATR The above cut represents
crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills and presses


Fever and Intermittent and Malaous Feve Dyspepsia and
other diseases sTERS unsurpassed the
history disposed annually They
female agreeable TASTE and always
immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

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

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to its original color
aciM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1869

Every form and feature of these prevalent and
stubborn disorders is eradicated locally and entirely
by the use of this emolient; warm lamentations
should precede its application. Its healing quail
ties will be found to be thorough and invariable.
Year: 1869

Last year we were testing the capaC-
ity of the Early Goodrich, and laid of
one acre, exactly square, for this pur-
pose. In our practice we find it most
profitable never to tell our men it is
none of their business to think, but
merely do what we tell them" We like
to encourage thought in them and fire.
quently allow things to be done we dis
approve of, if it is likely to educate
them at no great cost to themselves.
50 when the potatoes were in season
for hilllng we found there was a disa-
greement between the superintendent
and the plOughman. The former was
for billing up, the latter-a good Mont
gomery county farmer-for leaving them
on the surface. We agreed with the
latter; but ia order TO respect the opin-
ion OF the superintendent, decided that
only every other row should be hilled.
On digging, the crop was found TO be
very evenly distributed over the whole
square In every row of hilled ones
t1ere was more than in the others
ABOUT nall bushel generally-making
On the nall acre total gain of seven


teen bushels over the Hat cultivated
ones, though every other circumstance


was exactly the same. The whole eron


was I'll bushels on the acre; had thev
all been hilled, there would have hae1
rs bushels. We plant very wide apart:
rows three feet, aAd potatoes two feet
apart, and soil stony hill top.-P-sss
Year: 1869

the right OF any eleetor OF such District, or OF
either OF the cities. u hold any once or to he
rejected and TO serve as Juror be- and the same
y hereby. repealed and It shall be unlawful
for any person or officer TO enforce OF attempt
10 enforce such limitation after the pass,g of
this act IApproved, March l8, 1869.
Year: 1869

SECRETARY BOUTWELL, BELIEVED To ER
SAFE.-There was painful rumor here this
morning that Secretary Boutwell, had been in
Jured, by the railroad accident at Annapolis
Junction last night, but as no news has been
received at the Treasury Department to that
effect, and as none of the lists of wounded so
far received here contain his name, il is be-
lieved that he was unhurt. He was not in the
car with the Presidents party.
Year: 1869

PRESIDENT GRANT will attend the opening
ceremonies Of the National Peace Jubilee in
Boston, and will be the guest Of the city. Gov
ernor Clsfiin has ordered q military escort tor
the occasion. The city government will give
the President grand banquet during his stay.
Year: 1869

MINERS ON THE RAMPAGE.-A telegram from
Treasure City says:


L" The Miners Union visited all the principal
mines yesterday, and the four-dol!ar men were
everywhere driven out. Some miners working
on contract for the Aurora Consolidated were
compelled to stop work The men working in
the blacksmith shop for the same company were
also made to stop. Three men working on the
Mazeppa mine were captured and marched over
to the California mne where four more were
compelled to fall in, and the whole then marched
up to the Eberhardt mine, where they were
finally liberated. At the Eberhardt all the men
employed in any capacity were forced to stop
work; even the men engaged in hauling ore
with teams were prevented from loading the
wagons
Year: 1869

A TEST CAsE.-ldaho Territory has foreign
miner s license law very similar to that of Cali
fornia, the tax being FIVE dollars per month
The Chinese miners of Idaho Territory have COM
bined to resist its collection. Able counsel
has been employed, and the Foreign Tax Col
lector enjoined from enforcing its payment. 1t
is objected to the tax that it is contrary to the
provisions of the Bartingame treaty, and the
opinion of the United States Supreme court will
undoubtedly be invoked. There is little doubt
but the Supreme court will decide against the
collection OF the tax.
Year: 1869

So VIOLENT is the opposition in the third dis
trict of Georgia to the assessment of the United
States internal revenue, that no man can be
found who will accept the Assessorship. The
government will probably have to send troops
to that rebel district to secure the enforcement,
of the revenue laws.
Year: 1869

THE San Francisco Examiner says that I" Sc
rious disaffection exists among the Democracy
Of this city is known to every member of the
party, and cannot be concealed or pooh-poohed
by the press. As goes the city so probably will
go~the State. There is great danger of losing
the State if we lose this city,
Year: 1869

LooR Our.-Republicans cannot be too eau
tous about believing stories which, if true,
would prejudice the voters against individuals
on their ticket Whenever you hear anything
of the kind demand the proof and make the fab
rcators or retailers of false and slanderous
statements face the music. A number of in
stances have come to our knowledge where un-
reasonable and malicious statements have been
given currency for the sole purpose of injuring
the Republican ticket
Year: 1869

1t is understood that in addition to the existing
statutes prohibiting the importation of Coolie
labor, bill will be introduced at the next session
of Congress rendering all contracts with foreign
ers, made in foreign countries, for labor, null
and void on the arrival of the laborers in this
country
Year: 1869

FRUITFUL FAMILY-President Grant must
have married into fruitful family for he has
an abundance of brothers-in-aw as per news
paper reports. It is now stated that the Col
lector at New Orleans holds that relation to the
President
Year: 1869

John Newton once said "Sometimes
| compare the troubles we undergo in the
course of a year to great bundle of ia
gots, far too large for us 40 lift. But God
does not require US to carry the whole at
once. He mercifully unties the bundles,
and gives US first one stick, which we are
able to carry to day aud then another
which We are able to carry to morrow,
and so on. This We might easily man
age it we would only take the burden ap-
pointed for US each day but We choose
to increase our trouble by carrying yester-
days stick over again to-day, and adding
to morrow's burden to our load be fore
we are able to bear it,
Year: 1869

Cases OF poisoning ofton occur in which
life might be saved, and hours Of agony
averted, of we only knew what to do in
season. If a poison burns the throat and
acts violently upon the stomach, swallow
half pint of sweet oil, or melted butter
or lard, and, within five minutes, take
half pint of warm water, in which has
been stirred teaspooonful of ground
mustard and salt The oil arrests the ac-
tion of the poison, and the mustard aud
salt causes vomiting. If the poison swal-
lowed does not burn the throat and act
with instant violence, but causes sickness,
stupor or faintness, swallow the whites of
three eggs; also quantity Of the strong
est coffee it is possible to make, and in a
few minutes take the warm water and
mustard and salt as before mentioned. An
eminent physician says that with prompt
use of oil, and white of eggs and strong
coffee, and the emetic as above directed,
the fatal result of any poison likely to fall
in the way Of man or child, may be al
ways ayerted. These remedies are, in
themselves, harmless, and might all be
taken into the stomach at once, in any
quantity without damage to the system /;
and they are things that we always have
at hand. But while using these things
don't fail to send for physician. And
above all, and first of all don't have any
poison around.
Year: 1869

HORRoRS oE THE SILENT. SYSTEM IN
PRIsoNs.-Mr. James Greenwood has
published in London frightful account
of the silent system, which is in operation
at the Holloway Model prison in London;


1t is an offence for Il prisoner to speak
one word, and he was never addressed ex-
cept in whispers, so that he may be in
the prison two years without hearing one
natural sound to the human voice The
effect of this is so terrible on the mind
that the prisoners will speak out in des-
peration at the risk of any punishment,
rather then endure that horrible silence.


The prisoners never see one another,
but remain in perpetual solitude. One
poor wretch, driven to desperation by
nine mouths solitude and silence, broke
out in Mr.. Greenwood's presence in these
words:


"For Gods sake, Governor, put me in
another cell Put me somewhere else |
have counted the bricks in the cell | am
in till my eyes ache ~


The request of the tortured wretch was
refused


There is fine hole in each cell, and as
the wardens wear shoes with India rub
Der soles, the prisoner can never be sure
that he is alone.


Those condemned to the treadmill have
to ascend twelve hundred steps every al.
ternate twenty minutes for six hours
And this in place so hot and close that
prisoners often lose in perspiration three
stones in as many months Every day the
prisoners are taken to chapel so arranged
that they can see no one save the chap.
liam, and him only through an iron graf
ing. And this is the order of devotion
observed; "Wardens are constantly on
the watch lest they, through the whole
of the service, depart from the rigid rule
of eyes right" They must look steadfast-
ly at the preacher; must raise and lower
their prayer books with elbows square
and all at once, like soldiers at drill
They may not scrape their feet without
having afterwards to explain the move
ment They may scarcely wink an eye
or sigh without danger of rebuke or pun
ishment. God help them, poor wretches !!
Year: 1869

Happy New Year." kind Patrons
All Gents, Maidens and Matrons,-


Is the wish of him who so cheerfully CLEANS
From the North and South through,
And the East and the West too,


The good things which weekly the Jed7s col


umns sheens.
As the past has been rateful
OF things for which grateful


Each mortal among us should cheerfully be,
So, too, may the grim future,
Right steadily too, sure,


Bring Joy and content to thee and to me.
May peace and prosperity,
Without lifes austerity,


Gather around each Palace and lowly Cot;
And May health too and wealth too,
And the blessings of Love true,


Throughout the New Year be our own happy


lot.
And may we, gentle Patrons,
Gents, maidens and good matrons,


Remember mid blessings in purse and instore,
That the God who thus gave us
From grim, drear want to save us,


Also gave to our care the suffering poor.
The cold chills of December,
We should each one remember,


Begin the sad season when suffering gaunt
Stalks forth through the land
And lays his hard, heavy hand


Unkindly upon the sad children Of want.
1t is these we should think of
Whilst we are in the midst of


Our season of merriment, pleasure and glee,
We should seek them and greet them,
And with kindness meet them,


And with acts of good cheer set their sad


hearts free.
Not in words should we Go it,
Not in words, lone, pursue it,


But in deeds, unmixcd with bitter alloy,
Should we join with soul and heart,
And act right bravely our part,


In making the poor feel radient with JOY.
Then will we feel we've earned
That peace, not to be spurncd,


Which finds its way to each true feeling heart
Which tells by its joyous throbs,
That good deed never robs


Him of purest JOY who doth well act his part.
Then let Us seek out the poor
Well find them close by our door


And spare them freely of our God giv'n store.
The deed cannot us distress
Indeed cannot fail to bless


Both them and Us too now and forevermore.
Year: 1869

Us in the hope that strife'll soon cease
And our land enjoy perfect peace.
Let us have peace" is the command
OF one who by his word will stand;
And Grant will soon unfold plan
BY which the rebel Ku-Klux- Klan
VIII soon, soon be, at one fell swoop,
Like Lee and Johnson gobbed up.
Then may the sons of North go South
With open hand and open mouth
Then will the ebon sons of Ham,
Without fear and without sham,
Stand boldly, in the light of day,
As free as any other clay
Then will our land regain its smile
Which treason smother'd for while,
And North and South and East and West
VIII soon again be richly blest,
And we people gain shall be
Happy in our prosperity.
Why then should we in sadness set
Why NOPE along and fume and fret
The prospect is too bright for that.
No one but hard-shell Democrat
(Our neighbor round the corner might
Would, surely, ever think it right
To scold at the decree offate
So plainly told in sixty-eigh,.
No, let us be merrily glad


That sixty-eight had so smooth run


There was little in it to make sad,


But, Jeemes thinks, enough for rare fun.
Good-by then my jolly Old Year,
We greet your departure with cheer;
For the good you have done our thanks
Are yours, unmingled with pranks.
You have given us Grant to. lead,
With Colfax to 'sist us in need,
And you've boldly said to A. J.
Haste, haste thee sad traitor away
To the spot far way from the sea,
To thy old haunts in Tennesse.
What reason have we, then, for care?
'Tis the Democrats only who swear.


But, faggots and slim fiddlesticks,


Why should l dirty my hands?


Jeemes deals not in grim politics,
He thrives best in harmonious bands.
No longer, kind reader, will multiply words


But bid you good-by, as l 'orter"
And pocket as quickly as with dignity cords


Your greenback or half or cen quarter.
have faithfully serv'd you Throughout the past


year;


l have brought you the news at all times;
But if with the greenJGcks you don't see your


way clear,


I'll as cheerfully pocket the dimes.
Pint ha II lreeob1cE or half or ouarter or Dime


Or neither, that athwort my eye CLEANS,
The wish that you may all have happy, good
time
Fills the heart Of your humble friend
JEEMES
Year: 1869

SHE WASN'T AFRAID.-A matronly
lady, with physiognomy indicating that
she was strong minded, was on the wit
ness stand at New Haven recently to tes.
tify in case of trial Being pestered a
little by the counsel for the defence, she
exclaimed, raising herself up to her full
height, and with CLEAN of triumph in
her eyes, II aint afraid of the whole of
you you cant scare me. have lived
in Chicago ten years, and any one that
has lived in Chicago ten years needn t
be afraid Of the devil"
Year: 1869

A gentleman who owns a country seat,
nearly lost his wife, who fell into a river
which flows through his estate. He an
nopnced tha narrow escape to his near
friends, expecting their congratulations.
One of them--an old bachelor, wrote as
follow:


Il always told you that river was too
shallow y
Year: 1869

You heard them, reader, Eve no doubt
The cracking noise and merry shout
The booming gun and merry bell
Reverb rating DER hill and dell
The fuss and clacll of happy boys,
Who find no fun where there's no noise
Who kept it up with main and might
And put old Morpheus to fight
From sun down, (sure it wasn't right,
Throughout the live-long, weary night.
The boys were bent, YOU see, with din
Tsnufi Old Year out, and New Year in.
And they succeeded. But, alas
That it should ever come to pass,
That little chaps scarce quite knee high
Should thus disturb both you and l
Without remorse. Now here's shame
For which some one is, sure, to blame.
What think YOU, now, these kids would shout
If ask d." Did mother know y'were out"
And what will mothers some day say
When little darlings, led estray
By such indulgences as these
Their little Adam whims to please
Are some day caught in the sharp claws
Of the great States insulted laws?
All! then the fun will not come in
All! then there'll be another din
The din of wailing and of tears
Al thought that darling's tender years
Had not been watch'd with greater care
Ere he fell in the fowlers snare.
But why thus moralise? j VOW
I surely did not mean to, now;
But only thought to rhyme good cheer
At coming in of the New Year.


Then away with all dolesome cant


Then away with all sickly cheer,


For Jeemes, in his joyfulness, can't


Wish ought but '1Iappy New Year"
Year: 1869

RECENTLY as a man and his wife were
at work in a field in Iowa, their child,
which was in basket near them, was
heard TO CRY, and the husband asked his
wife to 20 and see what the trouble was


She intent upon her work, delayed few
minutes, and then, to her horror, found
her child dead, with large snake cooled
around it. The husband, in the frenzy
of his anger and grief, struck bis wife
with hoe which be held in his hand
and killed her instantly. Inf ...
Year: 1869

WENDELL PHILIPS last Yankee notion
is thus explained: when we get black
man in the place ofSecretary Of State Fish
(of a cold -blooded race was the Fish
we would have a Minister sent to the
Court of st. James with differentinstruc-
tions than those given to Mr.. Motley; we
would have different relations with
Spain than now; we would stretch our long
arms around the globe and clasp them on
the other side, and they would be sc
magnetic that the oppressed every Wher
would cling to them" What lot of DI'
nahs such a hug would enclose.
Year: 1869

The Yuba District, South Boise ls
deservedly attracting much atten-
ton, we have not had the pleasure
of examining any of the rich ores
recently discovered in the Atlanta
ledge, but are assured BY reliable
parties, that at a depth Of one hun
dred and twenty feet in what Is
known as theAdkins claim, the ledge
is twenty feet in thickness and that
the best pay streak is full two feet
of very rich chloride and ruby ore


One block two feet long, one foot
wide and six inches thick, was
brought to Boise City by one OF the
company. We are assured by Hon.
Thomas Hart who examined it, that
it was so tough with native metallic
silver, that it was chiseled OUT
square and true, and tn at no place
ON il had suffi cient rock of any kind
in it to cause it to break, but that
all uneven places and the sides
where it had been torn loose from
the adjacent lode leaving fibrous
silver on the surface, were so near
lv pure as to to be hammered d own
smooth after the manner of finish


inc lp a bar of assayed bullion.
Year: 1869

In a recent lecture, Col. HigginsOn
said that all his life he had believed in
immortality; he had never had u doubt
about it, and he was as sure as an y one
could be that Il was siHpiy An instinct.


People who when in health Were the


most Mortified at the idea of death, lose
all that repugnance as it approaches. He
never heard of person who, as the
time of death drew near, was afraid to
die and he mad seen death in many
forms, and had talked with many fanil-
lar with disease. BY the various paths
the human race, in its various tempera-
ments, comes to knowledge of immor-
tality. In proportion as they attain it,
their life becomes larger Ind wider, and
they live on, regardless of the little fact
of death. They feel sure that in what


ever sphere they live there is something
for US to do and it makes little difference
where we do it. When a person be-
lieves in Immortality sincerely, it makes
little difference to him whether he stays


here to do some pal ticular work, or goes
somewhere else to do another. He is
like the sailor on board ship, whose duty
il is not to his own will, but the will of
his master. A deep and abiding belief
in Immortality makes fame and fortune
alike Indifferent to US. When one lives
nobly day by day, he feels that he M ay
one day look back upon all our joys and
emotions here, and say to his compan-
ions in another sphere, "Do you remem-
Der yonder plannet where once We went
to school together, and what happened
in that school,"
Year: 1869

We may rever know of the anguish
hidden beneath smiiing eyes.


We may never know of the weary
hearts beside Us, day by day, whose only


prayer is for strength we wait till God
shall say '-Well Done" We may sit
down by the same fireside, clasp hands
at the same social band, look into each
Others faces-yet none can see the heart;
and who can tell OF the striviDgs after
good. the many sad failuTes-ihe soul
sick, pining for Fathers hand TO lead
neside still waters of peace aTd rest


Ali never till we soar beyond the
stars, and all the tears are wiped from
our eyes, shall we understand that in
scrutable mystery, the human heart
Ab. despair not when life seems hard
and dreary; for by-and-by the shadows
will fall apart-the fetters that bind
us be discovered--Ihe burden be remov-
ed, the tired hands be folded and sleep
with her healing wings shall hover over
US, and rest be won.


The flowers of spring shall blossom
over the restless heart. The birds Of
summer warble plaintiff lay, the stars
smile down in a pale calm beauty, on
thousands of faching hearts when yours
is at rest forever-on thousands ofthrob-
bing brains when yours is no Ienger
busy-On thousands of weary feet when
yours have completed their journey.


Thank God for the rest of the quiet
grave. Thank God for the home be-
vend it; and be sure when ye awake in
his Likeness ye shall be satisfied then.