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Year: 1868

There are few things more disprace.
ful in children that to be crue! TO those
harmless creatures which are unable to
defend themselves. II / see child pull
of the wings of an insect, or throw
stones at the toads or take pains to set
his foot on worm, am sure there IS
something wrong about him, or that he
has not been well instructed. a.......


There was once boy who loved to
give pain 10 every thing that came i'm
his ~ny, over which he could get any
power. He would take eggs from the
mourning robin, and torture the unS
tiedged sparrow-cats and dogs, the
peaceable cow, and the faithful horse.
he delighted TO worry and distress.
do not like to tell the many cruel things,
that he did He was told that such
things were wrong. An excellent lady
with whom he lived used to warn and
reprove him for his evil conduct. But
he, did not reform. When he grew up
he became soldier. He was never
sorry to see men wounded, and blood
running on the earth. lie became so
wicked as TO lay plan to betray his
country. and 10 sell it into the hands Of
the enemy. This is to be a traitor
But he was discovered and fed. He
never dared return to his native land,
but lived despised, and died miserably
in foreign CLINE. Such was the end
OF the boy who loved to give pain to-
animals. His name was Benedict Ar
mold. lie was born at Norwich, Conn: >.
and tue beautiful city of his birth. is
ashamed Of his memory.
Year: 1868

The Chicago Republican of August says:-
Nearly tour months ago, in the cold. gray
dawn OF pitiless April morning, the shoulder
ing, blackened hull of that which o few hours
before had been a staunch steamer drifted
helpless wreck upon the icy waters of Lake
Mit higan, and soon sauk forever into its
chilling embrace. Almost one hundred souls
went out that morning to meet their Creator.
and of the poor spirlt-deserted tenements of
clay left floating upon the surface, or sinking
into the deep dark depths of the lake, only enc
has as yet been recovered. Until within a few
days, no steps have been taken towards ex-
amIning the fate OF the Rl-tated Sea Bird.


Last sabbath morning the propeller G. j.
Truesdell, belonging to the Goodrich line.
steamed from this city to the closing scenes of
that fearful disaster, and on arriving there,
soupdings were made for some signs of the
sunkeD boat. 1t was found lying iu the same
spot where it has lain since it went down, about
three-fourths of a mile from snore, and som @
four miles tb is side of Waukegan.


An expert diver had been taken on board the
Truesdell, and, having made the necessary ar.
rangements, he was lowered to the wreck. He
bad been below but few N oments when he
made SIGNS to have stout line let down to
him, and this being DONE, one end of it was
made fast to the iron safe of the Sea Bird
which was soon landed ou the deck of the
Truesdell. The diver returning, reported the
sunken vessel to be lying partially on her side,
broken in twain about midshlps, and that after
Il careful search he had been unable to find any
bodies. The safe was broken open, aud dis
covered to be entirely empty, the terrible heat
of the burning boat having entirely consumed
all the papers, including the passenger list,
stored in 1t, and thus destroying every clue as
to the exact number VINO persisted. The safe
itself is nothing but stout iron box, intended
TO be burglar-proof, but not made to stand
extreme heat. 1t is badly rusted aud battered,
and now lies just outside the Office of the Good
rich line, near Rush street bridge.


Having finished the examination of the safe.
the diver was let down for the second time and
attached the line to the anchor of the Sea Bird,
which was also hauled on board the propeller.
Further investigation was brought to a close by
the rising of q. high wind, and the Truesdell
returned to this city. There is a probability
that the search will be continued at some future
day, though the certainty of not being able to
discover anything additional concerning the
number and names of the lost will tend some
what to deter further inquiry. There can be no
stores of value lett upon her, and as the bodies
OF those passengers that were carried do Wn
with the boat have all been washed away there
is little left upon the sunken hulk of the i'll
fated Sea Bird to tempt continued investigation.
Year: 1868

The Detroit Advertiser of August 4 says:-


Before the close of the present week iC is
highly probable the hull of the ill.fated steamer
Morning Star, which was la ely sunk by collision
with the barque COrtlandt, will have been raised
IRON her bed IN the bottom of Lake Erie, and
placed in Campbell, Owen & Co.'s dry dock, in
this city, where she is to be repaired. On Friday
last her bows we're raised entirely out of the
water, go as to expose portion of the engine
room, and the hull was dragged by the North
west distance OF twenty or thirty feet, with
the hope that the motion might cause the stern
part to come to-the surface. 1t did not, how
ever; the steamers hull remained in the mud,
and the fact necessitated the employment of
additional buoys to raise her entirely.


The appearance of the Wreck-aS much of it
as can be scents that of great destruction, and
the fact of her going down so soon after the
collision is now easily accounted tor. Her
stem, including the forefoot, lockwood, plaL Ks
and timbers, for distance of twenty or twenty
five feet, is entirely toru away, leaving tire.
mepdous hele, through which the wa .er must
have poured with fearful velocity. 1t is possible,
however, that the steamer may have struc6
heavily on her nose when she reached the
bottom, which would aid materially in dlsplac
ing her timbers. Her upper works are pretty
generally smashed up, but have been held to the
main part of the ship by the rudder chains. The
air in the cabin becoming compressed as the
steamer went down, seems to have had much TO
do with breaking them up, aud it is possible
the hull may have been similarly affected
When she is fully raised, however, this will be
fully determined. The steamers engine does
not appear to have been injured much. Her
boilers are badly damaged. The hot plates haV
ing come suddenly in contact with the cold
water. contracted greatly, and aided by the
immense pressure OF the water, were dente1
inwardly and broken in several places. This
discovery was made by an attempt to pump air
into them to exclude the water and make them
aid In buoylng up the hull.
Year: 1868

Special Despatch TO Tie KOentn0 IeIegrdph.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 6.-The question as
TO whether the subject of enfranchising the
Rebels should be taken up at this called session
was discussed in the House during the entire
day yesterday. At its close resolution was
adopted by the decisive vote of "a to IS, de-
claring that it was not expedient to take up the
question. The decision has occasioned good
deal of feeling and not little belligerent talk
from the coercionists. Nothing OF consequence
was done in the Senate.


1t is understood that the House Military Com
mittee will report a bill in a day or two giving
the governor fall authority to call out all the
force that may be necessary for the enforcement
of the laws and the protection Of citizens,
Year: 1868

Northern Democratic letters have evidently
been received i'll the Office of the Richmond
Examiner. The issue of last Saturday reads the
ex.Confederate officers a severe lecture for their
late speeches. and says their only effect will be
TO supply their enemies at the North with excel
lent ammunition.
Year: 1868

What our Republican friends In Maine can
do in the pending campaign is apparent from
what they have done in the past. At the State
elections OF the last four years the total votes
and the Republican majoriues have been as
InllnMe.-
Year: 1868

A FIENDIsH PLoT.-Seven men recently
entered into solemn written agreement to
throw the pay train on the Jacksonville, Ind -,
Railroad from the track, murder all the per-
sons in charge of the train and divide the con-
tents of the Paymaster's safe, which it was
expected would amount to about S3o,0cO They
also agreed to kiln any one of their number
who might be wounded in the engagement
with the men in charge of the tram, or any
one who might betray them. One of their
number, however, informed the railroad Of
ticials OF the plot. and the conspirators got
wind oft and abandoned their plan. Most of
them have been arrested, and they certainly
deserve the severest punishment.
Year: 1868

The Raleigh IN. c. Star is reasonably phi
losophical over the ratification of the new
Constitution of North Carolina. 1t recon-
mends everybody to bear in mind that, how
ever much they may dislike it, they have got
to live under it till they can get better one,
and the sooner they go to work to make the
best of their condition, the better for them.
Year: 1868

The Pail Mall Gazette is apprehensive that
the United States will soon be without rep
resentative at the English court. Mr.. Adams
is tired of waiting for an appointment of
successor, and win not long delay lis return
to this country.
Year: 1868

The GENUINE DEMOCRATIC RoosTER.-The
Dayton journal is responsible for the follow
ing story-the Sleepy Hollow legend of Chick
endom:


MIR. Whit. Herr, of this city, has shown us a
letter from a relative in San Francisco, giving
an account Of rooster that had his head
chopped of Oh the 2Sth Of February, and was
alive at the date of the letter-March I'd
and walking around as large as life! The his
tory of this most wonderful affair is briefly
this On the 2Sth of February. the cook of
restaurant in San Francisco decapitated three
roosters, and on going out into the yard again
a few moments alterward, he could find but
rvo chickens On looking around more close
ly, he discovered the missing rooster walking
around without his head. The propretors of
the restaurant were acquainted with the won
derful circumstance, and they Immediately
had the rooster carefully taken care of, and fed
him boiled milk by means of small tube in
serted in the throat. Strange as 1t may seem,
the rooster was thriving nicely, and the sever
ed neck had nearly healed over. The chicken
was placed on exhibition in a popular garden
IN san francisco, and thousands of people
were admitted daily to TO see it. The cores
pondent from whose letters we derive these
items, saw and critically examined TINS head
less rooster, and certifies to the truth OF this
relation. We haye heard no theory advanced
to account for this passing strange case.
Year: 1868

A special to the Worehester Spy says it is
is rumored that there are enough Republican
Senators to hold the balance of power, who
are determined that a verdict shall not be
given until Mr.. Wade will pledge himself that
he will not call to the Cabinet any member of
Congress. 1t is claimed that to do so would
shock the nation, for the reason that no man
IN the Senate or House should profit by his
vote for impeachment II it were proper, it is
believed Mr.. Wade would give a such pledge,
but he asserts positively that he won't discuss
such question with anybody.
Year: 1868

In the operations of the farmer, tne
great secret of his SUCCESS is the facillty
and cheapness of the manure neap
which is made out of the waste materi-
ais thar accumulate or exist about niIni
This material is always accumulating,
and where agriculture is badly carried
on. there is usually proportlonate
neglect of manures. A country is i'm
noyerished in its agriculture Just in pro-
portion as its crops are removed and the
waste is unsupplied to the soil now un-
dercoing exhaustion. Hence country
that carries its products TO the city, ana
where the waste of the city is alioweu-
to run into the sea, Is in great danger
of being run out.


like nature herself, the farmer should
allow nothing to run to waste u1i'. ne
must learn to utilize everything. Inc
sncients when engaged in mining ops-
rations frequently performed tneir VOTE
very snskillfully, and 1t Is SAID INA. 'iic
silver mines that were wrought Ill
Grace in the DAYS of Xenophon are
now worked over again by making use
of the waste materials of that day.


Poor farming only partially uses the
waste materials OF the farm; good
fs rminr saves the whole. just as the
skillfu{ miner works out all tire goio
from the ore.


1t is hard finding farmer at the pre-
sent day who will allow stream TO run
through his barn-yard and carry on ms
liouid manure, or who will set hre 10
his heaps Of straw, or who will allow !.
his chip-yard to accumulate load alter
load OF refuse matter. These faults Oh
the farmer are rarely to be seen at tile
present day, but the great question VIII
arise in the minds OF most farmers, now
they shal. add to their manufes ana
how they shall treat them.


An important rule Is to make the
manure heap q common receptacle OF
everything otherwise useless about the
house aud barn.


1t is surprising how great an accumu- !.
lation of manure attentive farmers CAN
make by watching every opportunity
| to save it.-Maine Farmer.
Year: 1868

A SURRHPTITIOUs IssUB OF NATIONAL
BANK NoTEs..A New York city bank recent
ly received on deposit a fifty dollar note Of the
First National Bank Of New jersey, and sent
II to that Bank for redemption The officer of
that Institution returned il, saying that the sig-
natures were forged The plate being enuine,
and the bill bearing the treasury stamp, there
was no possible way for the public to guard
against the fraud, and the holders of the note
sent II on to the Treasury Department al
loss. Mr.. Hubbard, Comptroller OF the
Treasury, in his reply, writes as follows:


81 can only state that in my iud gment the loss
must rest upon the party who deposited the note
with your bank, until such party can be relieved
through its acceptance by the preceding holder,
and so on. from hand TO hand, as prior holders
can be ascertained. The tact is established that
this impression Of $50 was surreptifiously
taken from the office. At present, however. no
provision Of law, nor money appropriation
exists, to enable this Department TO redeem the
note or in ndemnify its holder. The $50 note re.
ferred TO is returned herewith
Year: 1868

How TO CATCH RATs-For catching rats in
a cheap and effective manner, we recommend
the following: Cover a common barrel with
If, stout paper, tying the edges around the
ba rrel: place a board so that the rats may have
sy access to the top, sprinkle cheese parings
or other "feed'' for the rats on the paper for
s,veral days, until they begin to believe tina t
they have right to their daily rations from
this source. Then place IN the bottom of the
barrel a piece of rock, about six or seven inches
high, filling with water until only enough of it
projects above the water for one rat to lodge
cross in the middle and the iirst rat thar comes
on the barrel top goes through into the water
and climbs on the rock. The paper comes back
TO its place and the second rat follows the first
Then begins a fight for the possession of the
cry place on the stone, the noise OF which at.
tracts the rest who share the same fate.-Seien.
tifc Fdrmer.
Year: 1868

~The So called Autier sympathetic ink, for
without previously moistening the copying
paper, consists, essentially, Of a decoction Of
Brazil wood and glycerine. When any paper
is written upon with this ink and laid on tissue
paper, the simple rubbing over with the IN ger
Is sufficient to produce the desired transfer.
Year: 1868

SOFT WATRR FOR HoRsEs.-Youatt, in his
book entitled The Horse" says this animal
will never drink hard water If soft il within
reach that he will leave clear, transparent hard
water for pool or stream Of soft, even though
the latter be dlscolored with mud. Very cold
water, from the well will make the hair rise MP
and not unfreQuently cause an attack OF gripes.
Give soft water when practicable, especially If
The animal be aillinR.
Year: 1868

A HUMoR has been circulated this morning
to the effect that an early suspension of the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue is probable.
1t doubtless has its origin in the wish of some
anxious individual.
Year: 1868

THE vExED QUESTION q appointing Super.
visors Of Internal Revenue is still undecided


1t is very evident that Secretary McCulloch
and Commissioner Rollins experience some
difficulty in harmonizing their views in the
Year: 1868

Better than grandeur, better than gold,
Than rank and u title n thousand fold,
Is n healthy body, mind ut ease,


Aud simple pleasures that always please
heart that can feel for anothor's woe,
And his joys with genial glow,


With sympathy large enough 10 enfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold Is a conscience clear,
Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere,
Douhy blest with content and health,
Untired by the lust and cares Of wealth,
Lowly living aud lofty thought


Adorn and ennuble n poor mans cot,
For mind and morals in natures plan
Are tho genuine tost of gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet ropose
OF the sons of toll when their labors close
Better than gold is n poor mans sleep,
Aud the balm that drops on bis slumbers doop
Brings sleeping draughts 20 his downy bed
When luxury pillows his aching head.
His simple opiate labor deoms


A shorter road to the land of dreams.
Better than gold is the thinking mind,
That in the realms of book can hnd
A treasure surprising the Australian ore,
And live with the great aud good Of yore-
The sago's lord and tho poets lay,
The glorics of empires passed away,
The worlds great drama will thus unfold
Aud yield pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is the peaceful home,
Where all the fireside charities come,
The shrine Of love. the heaven of life,
Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife,
However humble the homo may bc.
Or tried with sorrow by heavens decree,
Tho blessings that never were bought or sold,
And centre there. are better than gold.
Year: 1868

Put into some water. proof vessel, one.
fourth of pound of lard, or soft grease
like lard, one.fourth Of pound of tallow
beef or mutton tallow-onc- fourth Of a
pound of bccswax, half pint of linseed
oil, three or four tablespoonfulls Of lamp.
black, and piece Of pulverized gum cam.
phor as large as hens egg. Melt the
ingredients over slow fire, amp stir them
thoroughly after they are melted. Never
heat so hot as to make it boil. Soft grease
which has salt in it will not injure the
leather. Now have the leather warm,
and warm the grease not so that it will
flow, but have it so soft that it may be
applied with brush. Should the leather
seem to need it, give the shoes or boots an
oiling occasionally. 1t is not best TO dry
the shoe grease in before the FIRE, but al
low it TO remain on the surface of the
leather. A light coat of this kind OF
grease will exclude the water, even II boots
arc exposed TO wet all day. This shoe
grease will not injure leather by render
ing il hard and inelastic. When man s
boots are exposed to wet all day, be should
wash them clean at night, and hang them
up in the kitchen, where the leather will
dry gradually, aud put on little grease
every morning. 1t is far better to grease
little often than to grease bountifully
every ten or twelve days. Leather should
not be allowed to become very dry before
greasing. Always apply the grease as
soon as the leather is almost dry; then
the leather will be mellow, and never be-
come hard. Nothing Injuries boots and
shoes moro th@n to set them aside to dry
when covered with dirt. Keep boots and
shoes away from the fire, where they are
liable to be heated. Heating leather in
jures it.
Year: 1868

A CURIOUS PHENoMNoN.-The Og,
densburg Journal is responsible for the
following: Some of the youngsters in
this city have made the discovery thai
every good, large, plump field cricket is
the abiding place of small, living snake,
about as large in circumference as an or
dinary knitting needle, and from five to
seven inches long. By pulling off the
head of the. cricket it may be taken out
alive Some are light colored and some
a dark brown, and if placed in bottle OF
water will live twenty -four hours Here
is an item for naturalists. Ever young
ster is after the crickets for the purpose
of dissecting them to see the snakes. The
discovery was first made by observing in
clothes press couple of these snakes
and some crickets. One of the cricketa
was killed, when the third snake squirmed
out Of his body
Year: 1868

REMEDY FOR A BONE FELoN.-The
editor of the Savannah Republtcan has
been handed the following remedy for
this most painful affiiction, which we re-
commend our readers to cut out and Jay
aside, for it may be found useful in fu-
ture day. The gentleman who handed it
in tested its efficacy with complete sue
cess. CAS- soon as the pulsation which
indicates the disease is felt, put directly
over tho spot fly blister about the size
of five cent piece, and keep it on for six
or eight hours, at the expiration of which
time, directly under the surface of the
blister viii be found the felon, easily ia
ken out with the point of a lancet or nee
die.
Year: 1868

Every intelligent. progressive farmer


takes u paper. This is fixed fact |


is tobe hoped, too, that he has halt dozer
journals, of one sort or another, comiue
every month but however that may be


when he reads them over he often says
d" Now | wish ! could remember tha


item, and put il in practice next season


| believe | will cut it out and save il


somewhere" He does cut it out and


puts it ia his vest pocket, or between tho
leaves Ola book, or in some odd, out.of


the-way place, where there is little chance
OF his ever seeing it again.


Now, when he cut it out, he took q
step in the right direction Why did he
not 20 little further, and paste it into q
lscrap-book Then it would have been
permanently saved; aud very convenient
for reference Preserving papers 10 file,
would save all the articles, but few would
ever take the trouble to look all through
them fsr some point they wished TO read
over again. Ii would seem to much ike
looking for the prOverbial needle in the
hay-mow"


The scrap.book gives you the very
cream of your papers. There are usually
only few articles in each one which
seem to have been written expressly for
you, and you do not care to save those
belonging to everybody else. You do
not care to read the columns on bee.
keeping, when you never owned bee in
your life; but probably your neighbor
takes more interest in that department
than any other 1t is the beauty of a
good paper that it has something in it for
every one.


The house mother can never buy US as
good receipt book as she can make by
carefully saving the useful recipes and
suggestions she meets with in her weekly
paper. The book should have simple
classification the recipes for cooking
should be placed by themselves, those for
general housework may be placed in
another part of the book-thc same for
directions on gardening, care of children,
&c.


Such book is great means Of econo-
mizing in the course of year. Just the
right thing in the right place often saves
dollars of money and dollars worth of
time and trouble. Just such hints aud
directions we meet with from week to
week in every good paper, and it is the
carrying them out into practice that
makes the difference between the thrifty,
successful farmer, snd his opposite. OF
course if they are forgotten they cannot
be put in practice. The mind, unless it
has been severely disciplined, is apt to
hold knowledge much as a sieve does
water. Itneeds many helps to make the
memory useful. The very act of cutting
out the slip and pasting it in, is a great
help toward recalling it; and if the de-
tails are forgotten, there is the article
itself-you can turn to it readily. Thus
you can benefit by the experience of hun
dreds of people you have never seen, but
who have kindly noted down their own
success or failure in the various depart
ments in which you are most interested
Year: 1868

sails have been circulated for the formation 81 n
company to lay down q new telegraph line he
tween Europe and America, to be called the
Information Peoples Cable. One part of the
arraugement is that the sHbecribers are to ~
ceive bonds which will be accepted in payment
for the TRANSMISSION Of messages when the line
is in working order.