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Year: 1867

The FATE OF MAxrNILLAN.-The report
is current in this country that the Impe.
rialists under MACMILLAN raised the
black flag and showed no quarter. If this
be true poor MAX. is ere this, if captured
of which fact there is little doubt, quietly
sleeping the sleep that knows no waking
The world will not expect it to be other
wise in the event that his followers raiseC
the black flag.
Year: 1867

The Irishmen do not make all the


bulls. 1t was a Scoth woman who


said that the butcher Of her town on
ly killed half a beast at a time. 1t
was Dutchman who said pig had
no ear marks except a short tail and
it was British magistarate who, be-
ing told by vagabond that he was
not married said, That's good thing
for your wife" At prayer-meeting
in New Hampshire worthy layman
spoke of a poor boy whose father was
drunkard and whose mother was a
widow. a bsyrsser a3s vea y.
Year: 1867

BAKED BEANs.-Few people know
the luxury Of baked beans, simply be-
cause few cooks properly prepare
them. Beans generally, are not cook
ed half long enough. This is our
method: Two quarts of middling
sized white beans, two pounds Of salt
pork and one spoonful of molasses.
Pick the beans over carefully, wash,
and adj a gollon of boiling hot soft
water; in the morning put them in
fresh water and boil gently till
the skin is very tender and about to
break, adding a teaspoonfuI of sale
ratus. Take them up, dry and put
them in your dish SO as to have the
beans cover all but the upper surface
turn in boiling water till the top is
just covered; bake with a steady fire
four or five hours. Watch them. and
add more water from time to time as
it dries away.-[Thc foregoing is a
first rate receipt. Those who don't


like the idea of the molasses, may


omit it, though it adds to the perfec-


ton of the dish.
Year: 1867

The BLACK CRoOK.-This far-famed and
much-talked- spectacular drama will be
produced tonight at the Theatre by the
Seton Combination. The Norfolk papers
speak of the company as good one, but
we prefer to wait until We have witnessed
the performance before We venture any
opinion either as to the piece or the troupe.
Year: 1867

GENERAL SCHoFIELD returned to the city
from Fortress Monroe on yesterday. lie
will probably leave for Washington to-day,
to receive final instructions in regard TO
the registration Of voters-ample notice OF
the commencement of which will be given
throughout the State.
Year: 1867

A REPORTER CAGED.-A few days ago i,
a pertinacious reporter of one of our city
papers, while hanging around the po-
lice station in search OF an item, inadver-
tautly stepped into cell, and the door
being closed by waggish friend, found
himself securely Gagged. The prisoner was
not brought before the Mayor, and We have
not as vet seen the item in his local CO.
hmm
Year: 1867

THE northern capitalists, of whom We
gave an account in our issue of Monday,
paid flying visits Yesterday to various points
of interest in the city and surrounding
country, and expressed themselves as
pleased with their excursion. In the after
noon the whole party visited Hollywood,
and spent an hour pleasantly in roaming
through its shady avenues and over its
gravelled walks.
Year: 1867

"now," and the ceremony was duly performed
by certain Squire standing by. After the
excitement Of the moment had subsidized,
some one suggested that it was pity the
Squire hadn't license to marry them, as 1t
was too bad to have such joke spoiled Tor
want of the necessary papers. %kereupon the
Squire drew from his pocket "the papers,
and soon convinced them that there was no


joke about it, but on the other hand a reality.
The bride" was perfectly nonplassed for q
moment, upon learning the true State OF the
case but finally allowed she could stand u,


if he coua. At the last accounts, they had


shown no signs of repentance for their hasty
marriage. s.'-2-'
Year: 1867

AuCY-Brownlow evidently spprs.
ciates his success in Tennessee. In q
speech at q jolli6cation at Knoxville, be
said the law did not specify the length ol
time be should hold the Office Of G Governor,
and that he meant to hold it ten years
that the Conservatives had always called
him . despot, and now he meant to show
them be could be one.
Year: 1867

tEg We have received the first mum
ber of the Chase County Banner. issued
at Cottonwood Falls, in this State, by
Theodore Alvord d Co. 1t is neat six
column paper. and announces itself in fa-
vor of the suffrage of oil loyal people.
without regard to color or sex. As this
paper is published at the home Of Sam.
Wood. We presume We can now receive
woman suffrage doctrine fresh from the
fountain head.
Year: 1867

HoLLowAY's PnLs Dis
csrding the other theory adopted BY the
modern physician in the treatment of the
gradual decay or wasting Of the human


body. Holloway's medicines seize on the
direct cause of the disease-the blood


They purify and enrich it-they stimulate


and invigorate the exhausted system. by
giving life to each tissue. strength to tht


muscle, energy to the invalid, elasticity
to the spirits. and the bloom Of health to
the pallid cheek. Sold BY all Drug
gists. z
Year: 1867

SEC IL And be it FURTHER eracted That if
any person residing within the jurisdiction
of the United States. owing debts provable
under this act exceeding the amount of three
hundred dollars, shall apply by petition, ad-
dressed to the Judge of the Judicial district
in which such debtor has resided or carried
ON business for the six months next immedi-
ately preceding the time Of filing such petit
ton. or for the longest period during such
six months. setting forth his place of resi-
dence, his inability to pay all his debts in
full, his willingness to surrender all his es-
tate and effects for the benefit of his credit
ors and his desire to obtain the benefit OF this
act and shall annex to his petition schedule,
verified by oath before the court, or before a
register III bankruptcy, or before one of the
commissioners of the circuit court OF the
United States. containing a full and true
statement of all his debts, and, as tar as pos
sible, TO whom due. with the place of resi-
Year: 1867

odd Place for an Eye.-A man stopping
at hotel IN st. Louis recently, took out bis
glass eye before going to bed, and placed it
in a tumbler on the washstand, beside the
pitcher full Of water. Another traveller ar
rived at the hotel, and was shown bed in
the same room. lie awOke very thirsty du-
ring the night, and going to the washstand
In the dark, filed the tumbler with water,
which he swallowed in a gulph, glass eye
and all. Traveller No. / awOke at daylight
and missing his eye, dressed, and after break
fast went to purchase a new one. Meantime,
the other traveller, who had passed an IN
comfortable night, ana was restlessly dozing
In the morning, awOke at clock with
severe pain in the stomach ana doctor was
cent for Various remedies were tried with
out avail. when an emetic was resorted to-
which, to the astonishmsnt Of the sufferer,
brought up the glass eye, which be had an
consciously swallowed in the night
Year: 1867

HIGn WATER.-The Nashville Press and
Times of the 9th says:


On the Nashville and Chattanooga road
the cars 90 only as far as Stevenson. The
water is up even with the bridge at Bridge
port a large working party is engaged in
preventing the accumulation Of drift-wOod.
Every effort is being made to save the bridge.
In some places the track is submerged to the
very top of the telegraph poles


On the Western and Atlantic road the
Chickamauga bridge is considered unsafe,
and trains do not now attempt to pass.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imme-
diate interest in the markets Of the country, and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly ad-
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets, a.
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply
and the relative condition Of the currency, Is
exposed to constant loss, and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors. In order to make cur paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue to
make this SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports, domestic and foreign, by tele-
graph, and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense have challenged the cOmmendation OF
our best business men; while our current Finan-
cial Reports from ell the leading money centre


of the country are fuller than have ever


published By any other journal in Tennessee.
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be seifreliant. and shall do what we
may be able to induce the establishment of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
duets. To this end we win pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves TO encourage the diyersih
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources
Year: 1867

And kindred topics. we shall also give an s1
tensive variety Of valuable and interesting nat
ter-ths best adapted to the farming classes o.
our State, which will. in q great measure. sup
ply the place Of a family agricultural paper.
Year: 1867

If you fail to sell your butter at the high
est market price, you may be certain that
it d. not of the best quality and that the
fault is all in the making There are a few
simple rules, which, if followed strictly, will
insure good butter and top prices-the first,
and most important of which, is, perfect
cleanliness in every stage Of the process OF
making. Without this, all other conditions
will be fulfilled in vain.


!. Your milk pals, pans, cream pot and
churn, must be washed perfectly clean every
time they are emptied, and then thoroughly
rinsed in boiling hot water, wiped with a
clean towel and dried In the san and fresh
air.


?. Before milking brush the cows bag
before you set the pail under, and get off the
loose, fine hairs, which will otherwise fall
into the milk; aud if the teats or bag are
dirty, wash them clean with cold water.


3. Set your milk In a cool, airy place
where it will be secure from smoke, SCOT
ashes, dust and flies, and take off the cream
before it turns to clabber. To get all the
cream before the milk turns, it is an excel
lent plan to set the pail into kettles over thC
! fire with a little water IN them, and heat th'
milk nearly to the boiling point, and stir i
/ before straining. By this means you vii
! get all the cream in twelve hours, perfectly
! sweet and free from Jumps of clabber.
4. Every time you add fresh cream to tht
churning, stir the whole well together anC
! keep the cream excluded from all manner o
dirt and foul or hot air.


5. When churned, work the butteTmill
thoroughly out Of it. To do this, some worl
it In cold water, believing that it require
| less manipulation to accomplish 1t, and re
I suits in less injury to the grain of the bu
ter. which is injured by excessive working
but if water IS used, care must be taken {
/ work that out, or it Will be as bad as ID
buttermilk in its effect upon the butter
Pure rock salt, if ground fine, is as muc
Better for butter as it il for pork / ! ID


coarse state salt freely, but not excessively


Butter that is too fresh is insipid, hOweve


perfect It may be in other respects.


6. Pack closely in perfectly tight, clea


crooks or tubs, scalding them thoroughly iu


before they are brought into use, and kee


the butter covered with a strong brine


rock salt.


These rules faithfully followed VIII cau'


your butter to be sought after at the highe
prices. But If, on the contrary, you was


YOUR milk things in tepid, greasy dish wate


wine them with a greasy dish cloth, and 81


them for use without scalding-lf you !
ali the hairs and dirt 60 IN that viii IN mil
ing strain through something that has holl
Year: 1867

A short time ago a female at Anamosa,
Iowa, was supposed to have a snake in her
stomach, but a post BlOrtenl examination
revealed the fact that she was the victim of
consumption. This disclosure seemed to
satisfy the public for brief time, but the
sensation has been revived in the person of a
man at Chicago, who earnestly believes that
while indulging in a draught of refreshing
water he swallowed, a lizard. He states
that he felt the animal, as it wiggled and
twisted down his throat, and that the feeling
was decidedly unpleasant, similar to that ex-
perienced in eating blue beef The beIiev-
ers in the theory that animals can live in a
mans stomach are springing up In large
numbers, and numerous cases are cited in
proof of the assertion. All the instances of
snake, lizard and insect swallowing that
have ever been reported are raked up and
presented to the view of the alarmed Chi
cagoan, who writhes, and retehes and throws
himself into improbable shapes, in vain at
tempts to dislOdge the formidable creature
that has sought an asylum within his stOm-
ach


First we are treated to the statement of
Mr.. Peter Lyke, who says that while in the
army, fighting for the honor of his country,
he swallowed small water snake, and that
since that eveDylul period he was unable to
sleep without first drinking gallon Of wa
ter He finally resolved to dislodge his
snakeship, and to this end he took violent
emetic, which had the desired effect, and
brought fort a young serpent over a foot in
length, sprightly as an eel and endowed with
all the deviltry of the temper of Eve. Nu-
merous other witnesses have come forward
who testify that they have known such un-
eouth animals to live in the stomach for
years, and that they rather appeared to like
hnIr a Yola nd ave
being common, and it would be well for in
dividuals who experience an uneasy sensa-
ton in the region of the stomach to subject
| themselves to thorough examination,
What passes for dyspepsia may be some
frightful monster sporting around, much to
the detriment of their health, and should
| be looked after-St Louis Times
Year: 1867

The New York Herald argues that owing
to the vacilation and uncertainty of all legis-
lators, it will be prudent for those who desire
to take the benefit Of the Bankrupt Law, to
lose no slime in acting under it. It says that
a resolute effort will be made by heavy
capitalists to obtain IT'S repeal at the next
session of Congress. It adds:


While it lasts, however, the law will be
the millennium of insolvent debtors, and viii
prove a great advantage to the country. Il
win not decrease the value of property, but
will free capable and enterpTising business
men from the incubus of debt which weighs
them down, paralyzes their energies and
prevents them from redeeming their for
tunes


It viii do more than the Reconstruction
act itself to relieve and settle the Southern
States, and not the least Of its advantages
will be the influence it viii have IN clearing
away all unsound banking associations and
bogus stock companies, and creating more
heaIthful condition In all the monetary insti-
tutions Of the country. But there should be
no delay on the part Of those who desire to
take advantage of its provisions; for there
is no knowing how soon they may be de-
priYed of the opportunity.
Year: 1867

The river is dark and the cold,
The boatman is pale and the bark is old;
'Tis the burden that's brsathed from lips Of clay,
And the spirit shudders to launch away,
To ungrapple the chains from the shores of Time,
With an outward bound for an unknown cline;
To loose its grasp from the realm of Real,
And be drifted away to the dim IDEAL
But the mystical voice that the deep life hears,
Would scatter such doubts and would Danish she fears
1t talks to the soul in different way,
And it says that the rays from the regions of Day
Give warmth to the that dream cold,
And the river is glinted with gmmers of gold
That the rippleB bronzed by briIIiancy bright,
Unswept by the shadows that darken Times flight.
And it says that the bark. though a fairy thing.
Is a masterpiece of the heavenly King
And though light as a cloud in the ether blue.
And clear the air, it is strong and true.
A nd ngels' wings the sails that fan
The longing Life to a IoveIier land;


And the music that drifts from the world of bliss
Makes the spirit forget all the music of this.
And this is the way our bark shall ride
Over the murmuring, musical tide;


And a host Of souls the other side,


So pure and fair, and gIorided,


With anthems of rapture shall welcome in


Another Life from the land Of sin


And the spirit released shall nevermore


Regret its change to the fadeless shore.
Year: 1867

Hard TO Decide.-A traveller stopped at
a public house ia Vermont, for the purpose
Of getting dinner, knocked, but received no
answer Going IN, he found @ little white
headed man, in the embrace Of his wife. who
had bis head under her arm, while with the
other she was giving her little lord pound
ing. Wishing to put an end to the fight, the
traveller knocked on the table aud cried out
in a loud voice, Halo, here who keeps
this house p The husband though much
out of breath, answered; Stranger, that's
what we are trying to decide.
Year: 1867

A curious discovery has recently been
made in England and patented for practical
purposes 1t has been known that siliciOus
rock dissolved in caustic soda at high tenn
peratures produced liquid silex; but it was
recently found that this liquid silex, known
as flint soap could be made intensely hard
in few minutes by the addition of chloride
Of calcium. Rock can thus be made of any
size or shape, and so hard that it viii give
out semi metallic ring when struck Such
rock can be used in buildings, in the manu-
facture of cornices and mouldings The
sills Of doors and windows, mortuary monu-
ments, and for many other purposes. It is
hard, durable and less susceptible than most
common rock to atmospheric influences lt
costs about twice as much as brick, and
about One-third as much as uncut stone and
one-tenth as much as most fine cut stone
work A company has just been formed in
this city to purchase from the Baltimore
patentee the right to use this concrete stone
In this section Mr.. J. T. TrezeYant who is
an active member Of this company, states
that by mixing sand with the flint soap, and
then adding chloride of calcium, he can Ia
a few minutes produce a stone that is very
hard, and that would be well adapted for
paving. BE has made model to show small
pyTamidal blocks Of this stone with the
interstices between them filed in with gravel
in coal tar The blocks could be set directly
upon sand foundation, and this pavement
would be almost perishable-yet have all
the advantages of the Nieolson Some idea
of the relative cost of this new material and
other stone may be had from the fact that
curbing with this Ransom's concrete stone
would cost seventy-five cents per foot, while
the curbing for the Nicolson is to cost from
81 60 to 81 70 per loet-Aemphis AUal0-
71che
Year: 1867

The Other Side.-Once in happy home,
a sweet, bright baby died On the evening
Of the day. when the children gathered
round their mother, all sitting very sorrow
full Alice, the eldest, said


Mother, you took all the care Of baby
while she was here, and you carried her
and held her in your arms al the while she
was i'll; now, mother, who took her on the
other side?'


On the other side of what, AliceY'


"On the other side of death; who took
the baby on the other side, mother; she was
90 little that she could not 90 alone


Jesus met her there, answered the
mother. at is he who took little children
/ into bis arms to Bless them, and said Suffer
/ little children to come unto me, and forbid
them not for of such Is the kingdom o
/ Heaven
Year: 1867

I" God Bless. You "A crippled beggar
was striving to pick up some old clothing
that had been thrown from the window,
when a crowd Of rude boys gathered about
him, mimicking his awkward movements,
and hooting at his heplessness and rags.
Presently a noble little fellow came up, and,
pushing his way through the crowd, helped
the poor crippled man to pick up his gifts,
and placed them In a bundle Then as he
was running away, voice above him said.
Little boy with straw hat, look up" A
lady leaning from an upper window said
earnestly, God bless you, my little fellow,
God will bless you for that As he walked
along, he thought how glad be had made his
own heart by doing good. He thought Of
the poor beggar's grateful look; of the lady
smile and her approval; and last, and better
than all, he could almost hear his Heavenly
Father whispering, Blessed are the mercifuI,
| for they shall obtain mercy. Little reader,
when you have opportunity of doing
| good, and feel tempted to neglect it, remem-
| Der the little boy with the straw hat
Year: 1867

New York, according to a correspondent,
Is at present puzzling itself Oh the question,
{" which is the worst enemy Of society, the
family that keeps a parrot, or the one whose
eldest son is learning to play the bugle p
Year: 1867

An old poet gives the following instruc-
tions upon the subject of how men should
treat women When thou art married,
seek to please thy wife; but listen not to all
she says. From a man. right side a rib was
taken TO form a woman, and never was there
seen a rib quite straight And wouldst thou
straightcn it2 1t breaks, bat bends not.
Since then, tis plain that crooked is woman's
temper, forgive her faults and blame her
not; nor let her anger thee, nor coercion
use, as all is vain to straighten what IS curved
Year: 1867

as large as your finger, set your milk where
your bacon should be, and where it viii
catch all manner of dirt, and let it stand till
it viii stand alone before taking of the
cream-you need not wonder that nobody
wants to buy your butter--Wis Farmer.
Year: 1867

The following address delivered by
President Lincoln on the occasion Of
dedicating the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg, has been pronounced by the
Westminster ReUieJD one Of the most, if
not the most eloquent speech ever uttered
by mortal lips. Itcontains truths which
Ohio voters will do well to ponder at
the present time:


FOurscore and seven years ago, oul
fathers brought forth upon this conti-
nent new nation, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal Now we are euz
gagged in a great civil war, testing Wheth
or that nation or any nation. so cOuCeiVa
ed and so dedicated, can long endure
We are met on a great'battle-deld of that
war. We have corhe 20 dedicate a pOr-
tiOn of that field as final resting place
for those who have gave their lives that
that nation might live. It is altogether
fttiug and proper that we should do
this. But IN a larger SeuEe, we cannot
dedicate, we cannot eOuseCrate, we cans
not hal1ow this ground. The brave
men, living and dead, who struggled
here, have Consecrated it far above our
power to add or detraot. The world
viii little note nor long remember, what
we sag here but it can never forget
what they did here. Tt is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far 50 nobly adj
vanced- 70 is rather for Us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before us, that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion that we here high
" resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain that this nation, under
God, shall have a new birth of freedOmt
and that government Of the people, 5V
the people, and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.