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Year: 1864

TIE following extract from the journal of
Captain Spoke, the discoverer of the source of
the Nile, may not be unin,eresiing to our
readers think of the : virgin modesty
with which the delicate creature submitted
TO have her legs. &C., measuredl There was
no excess Of delicacy about her. She is
of a tribe that dwells high up the Nile, and
ain afraid to show herself:


After long and an amusing conversation
with Rumanica in the morning. | called on
one of the sisters in-law, married TO an elder
brother who was born before Dagar assembled
the throne She was another of those won
ders of obesity, unable 10 stand excepting on
all fours. | was desirous to obtana good
view of her. and indnced her to give me fa-
cilities for doing so by offering IN return to
show her bit Of my naked legs and arms.
The bait took as | wished it, and after get
ting her TO sidle and wriggle into the middle
Of the hut did as promised, and then took
her dimensions. as noted. Round the arm.
one foot eleven inches chest. four feet four
inches; thigh, two feet seven inches calf.
one foot eight inches: height, five feet eight
inches. All of these are exact except the
height, and | believe | could have got this
more accurately if could have had her laid
on the floor. Not knowing W. at difficulties
| should have had to contend with. in such
piece of engineering | tried to get her height
by raising her up. This, after infinite exer-
tion on the part of us both. was accomplish
ed. when she sank down again fainting. for
her blood had rushed into her head. Mean
while the daughter lass of sixteen. sat
stark naked before US, sucking at milk pot.
on which the father kept her at work bv
holding rod in his hand, for as fattening is
the first duty of fashionable fem lie life, it
must be duly enforced by the rod. if necessa-
ry- got up a bit of Irritation with missy,
and intuced her to raise and shake hands
with me. Her features were lovely, but her
body was as round as ball.


just think of a l6 year old daughter naked
at a milk pot. g Beauty unadorned." &c.
Year: 1864

How TO GET RID orYouR CoRNs.-Bub them
over with toasted cheese, ana let your feet
hang cut Of bead for "a night or two, that the
mice may nihble them. If the mice do their
duty the remedy will be sufficient.
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body are the most neces-
sary requisites to promote connubal happiness. In
deed, without these the life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect noury darkens TO the
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and


ed with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes bgkted with our own,
Year: 1864

A telegraphlc statement in one Of the New
York papers a few days since, purporting to
be the conclusions Of the House Committee Of
Ways and Means on taxing tobacco, was
wholly untrue-the committee having not yet
discussed the subject, and will not until
next week. Some hearings have been had on
the matter, hut nothing more.
Year: 1864

lizard was produced contrary to the opinion OF
various ancient writer's and common vulgar he
lief, that they are received into the system BY
drinking water or some other natural cause Of
that description. lie has likewise sent to The
same gentleman series of questions to pro-
pound to the Gipsy where the other cases oc-
Cured were they similar in formation to those,
etc. ETC., he having been put in possession of
all facts when the specimens were sent him.
Mr.. Ferguson, we believe. intends to present
his specimen TO the St. John Natural History
Society; it will probably be forwarded 10 the
Curator by the first careful person going to
your city, when you and others will have an
opportunity of seeing the reptile. | have sent
a copy of this letter to The Gteanea for inser-
ton. INDEX.
Year: 1864

TIE CoUP DE GRAcE.-ln certain sense,
and to a certain extent, the rebellion is very
strong-stronger than ever before, perhaps
But its strength is in its concentration, and that
makes it more vulnerable. If the blows are
only heavy enough, as there are but few points
to be aimed at, they will be victorious. Does
any sane man believe that Lee and Johnston
are to he whistled into deteatP No. But
then, again, does any sane man believe that
Lee and Johnston routed, there is any kingdom
left for jeff. Davis, any more life or strengthin
his conspiracy? No. Well, has not The North
the power to defeat them, ii the North will on
iy exert that pawsr al once? This power is in
and with the PEOPLE. Ii they are for saving the
country first, they can offer it to the govern
ment, ard by the very offer compel the govern
ment to WELD il. 1t often happens in the case
of nation, as well as in the case of an indi-
yidusl, there is a critical moment when one
thing only is needed to relieve it from its great
est danger. Is not this such a moment for this
republic P-BoSton Transcript.
Year: 1864

ANOTHER AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
The reaper and mower invention reyoutionized
the harvest field, and now we have an invention
that bids fair TO reNolutionize the plow field.
According 10 the Prairie Farmer, il is n roller
of cast iron, little more than three feet long,
and weighing half ton, with moveable teeth
or spades foot in depth, SO fixed TO its sur.
face as to enter the ground with the most force,
and leave it with the least resistance as it re-
wolves this with the necessary apparatus for af-
fixing the motive power constitutes the whole
Spader. With four horses attached the Spa
der can plow and harrow the ground in once
going over it, and sow II too by attaching I
seed drill or cornplanter, thus performing the
three operations at once.


Now as to the economy oft. NJ. l.. Snlli
want, formerly the great farmer OF Franklinton
near Columbus, Ohio, and now one of the mos
successful cultivators of the soil in Central Hi
nois, has tested the Spadng Machine, and OF
his immense prairie farm the entire cost o
planting and tilling an acre Of corn until read.
to harvest has been reduced by the improved
machinery to eighty tour and a half cents MI
Sulivant measures his corn fields by the thous
and acres, and he has reduced the work and ex
penses and carefully kept accounts. 1t mus
OF course cost more upon smaller farms, wher
things cannot all be done at wholesale bu
the Farmer says il is safe TO infer that the re
latve saving will be as great upon smaller e.
tates, and that the Rotary Spader will effect


saving of one in the cost of raising crops, an
create as great revolution in Agriculture q
did the Reapng Machine.
Year: 1864

The following sensible article on domestic
philosophy we find IN one OF our exchanges :


IF the ultimate conseQuencesof ones acts
are to be laid TO his charge the man who
invented rocking cradles for children rests
under fearful load of responsibility. The
downright murder Of tens OF thousands of
infants, and the weakened brains of hun
dreds of admits, are uudoubted results of his
invention. To rock child in q cradle or
to swing him in crib, amounts TO just this :


the rapid motion disturbs the natural flow
of blood and produces stupor or drowsiness.


Gan any body suppose for moment that
such an operation Is a healthful one! Ev


cry one knows the dizzy and often sicken-
ing effect of moving rapidly In a swing yet
wherein does this differ from the motion
child receives when rocked in a cradle ? 1t
IS equivalent to lying IN ship berth during
a violent storm, and that sickens nine people
out Of ten \ very gentle, slow motion
may sometimes be soothing, though always
OF doubtful eXpedlency, but to move a era
die as rapidly as the swing Of a pendulum
three Ieet long, that Is once IN second, is
positive cruelty. We always feel like grasp
ing and staying the arm of the mother or
nurse who to secure Quietude, swings the
cradle or crib with a rapidity equal to that
OF pendulum foot long, # any mother
Is disposed to laugh at our suggestions or
consider them whimsical, we beg of her to get
her bed hung on cords then lie down in it
herself and then swing it with the same rap
idity that she allows the cradle TO be rocked.
What she viii experience in both head and
stomach is just what the infant experiences.
We insist that this rocking of children is
a useless habit. If not accustomed to
rocking, they will go to sleep quite as well
when lying quietly, as when shaken in era
die. fthey do not, there is trouble from
sickness or hunger, or more likely from an
overloaded stomach and though the rock
ing may produce temporary stupOr, the
trouble is made worse thereafter by the un-
natural means taken oproduce quiet for the
TING hping -
Year: 1864

/ The labors of seed time ALWAYS crowd the


farmer, so that the earlier the plow begins


Its work, the better. On soils of sandy
ana porous character, plowing may be best
done as soon as the frost Is out of the


ground, Where clay preponderates, or in
SOILS rich In humus, the action of the sun is


needed for several days 1t is very bad to


ploW clay ground too wet, and all that sur
lace and under drains can accomplish, will
not do away with the necessity of the driving
northwest winds and clear weather Cooked
Tor about these days. Thorough draining
often makes difference of weeks and even
months IN the time the land is fit for the
plow. In plowlng sward for spring grain,
turn it fiat and deep, so that the harrow or
seed drill will not disturb it. IF manure is
to be plowed under on an old piece of
ground, bury 1t with shallow furrow, Just
deep enough to keep the strawy portions
out OF the way. Very strawy manure on
land TO be sowed with wheat, oats or barley,
may well be spread in the furroWs behind
the ploW, Where very nice work is to be done


W hen the land needs liming-and before a
crop OF wheat,a dressing of lime is often of
great service sow the lime before blowing,
rather than to be subsequently narrowed in.
Though on ground rather cold and full of
vegetable mold it is well to plow under say
fifteen or twenty bushels of lime to the acre
and top dress with eight or ten bushels af-
terwards


Back furrowing is practiced by many good
farmers to prevent the accumulation of
mass of rich soil against the fences. This
is done by marking out the lands, of course
as large as possible, aud throwing couple
of light burrows together through the cen
tire, and then plowing right about, around
them. If the first turned furrows do not GO
to the end Of the field, at the proper time,
the plowman may begin to plow across the
culations are made, the field may be left
without dead burrows, except where it NAV
be necessary to have two or more lands in
the same field This, where the land ad-
mlts Hat culture, requires no dead burrows
or ridges.
Year: 1864

1t is graceful habit for children to say
to each other, viii you have the goodness?'
and 1 thank you We do not ike to see
prim, artificial children; there are few
things we dislike as much as "a miniature
beau or belle. But the habit of good man
hers by no means implies afectation or re-
straint. 1t is quite as easy to say, Please
give me piece Of pie, as to say Il want a
piece OF pie The idea that constant polite
hess would render social life stiff and res
trained, springs from false estimate of it.
True politeness is perfect ease and freedom
1t simply consists in treating others just as
you would Ike to be treated yourself A
person who acts from this principle will al
ways be said to have sweet, pretty ways
with her. 1t IS Of some consequence that
your daughter should know how to enter
and leave room gracefully; but it is Of
much more consequence that she should a.
void what IS offensive to others, and always
prefer their pleasure to her own.
Year: 1864

THE PRESIDENT has acknowledged char
acter for saying good words in good time.
and his recent tribute to the women of A
merica Is an instance of this. He spoke for
all the men Of America when he invoked
the blessing which concludes the following
manly and Characteristic speech:


L am not accustomed to the use of Ian
guage of eulogy; | have never studied the
art of paying compliments to women, but [
must say that if all that has been said by
orators and poets since the creation of the
world in praise of women were applied to
the women Of America, it would not do
them justice for their conduct during this
war. God bless the women of America ~


This is compliment, to besure; but every
word Of it Is true.
Year: 1864

The Germantow Telegraph says: eve
have heretofore heard various opinions ut
tered in regard to the quality and value OF
this potato. These opinions were all more
or less favorab bic, but not of so decided a
character as to cause the variety to be cult
waited to the extent their solid merits wa :
ranted: Having laid i'll our winters stock OF
peach blows, for the first time, last autumn,
and having eaten of them daily since, we
feel as though we possessed some right to
give our opinion of it, in saying frankly that
we regard it as the best potato we now have
in this region We pronounce it to be quite
equal to the best Mercer, and in point of pro
ducing capacity far surprising it. We desire
no better article. The proportion of small
ones in the crop is very small, comparative-
~ They are all round and smooth, the eyes
being very shallow So far we have not
seen a single unsound tuber Theyroast and
boil white and mealy; and those who desire
to enjoy the flavor in protection, should eat
with butter and salt the hot skin of roast
ed one. We repeat that we desire no better
potato and we shall lay up no other for our
winter store SO long as it retains its present
character. Farmers should take the hint.
Year: 1864

There is something wicked, and almost
| reasonable, in the efforts now making in


certain quarters to destroy the confidence of


the people and the army in Maior-General


Meade. The trumping up, at this late day.


of charges relating to the battle of Gettys-


burg, which occurred eight months ago,


should be sufficient to satisfy the country


that the charges are groundless But even
if they were we'll they should not be


published while General Meade is in COM
mand. The success of his army depends,
In great measure, on his retaining the con-
tidence of his troops and this cannot be if
such publications are made The Commit
tee on the Conduct of the War isnot fit for
the trust conided to it if it cannot keep
such charges secret until they are either
proved or refuted. 1t is plain that the
President, the Secretary of War and the
Commanding General do not believe the
charges made against General Meade, or
they would not retain him at the head of
our most important army The best gen.
erals, who served under him at Gettysburg,
deny them emphatically. We are quite
sure that General Meade will be amply vim
dicated but, in the meantime, the efficien-
cyof his army may be greatly damaged
by the mere circulation of the malicious re-
ports started by his enemies. .-Bullettn.
Year: 1864

FACTS FOR FARMERS. you invest
money in tools and then leave them exposed
to the weather, it is the same as loaning
money to aspendthrift without security
a dead loss in both cases.


Hyou invest money in fine stock, and do
not feed and protect them, and properly
asre for them, it is the same as dressing
Your wife in silk to do kitchen work.
and do not cultivate it well, it is the same as
marrying good wife, and so enslaving her
as to crush her energies and break her heart
Year: 1864

Float on float on, my bonny bark,


Upon lifes silvery stream
Nor heed the clouds thar upwards rise
Nor the lightning's ftful CLEAN.
Float on float on we soon shall gain


a heaYen of safety and rest
Where flowers spring, and bright birds sing
BY zephyrs softly pressed
Float on float on, we'll leave behind
The world and its scofing crowd,
Where hearts arei bought with tinsel,
And heads to Mammon bowed.
Float on float on, OUR home shall be
realm of fairy beauty
Our shrine shall be a loving cart,
That owns no faith but duty.
Year: 1864

WHILE Union soldier was bathing in Elk
river, five of Bragg's soldiers came to the
bank and took aim at him, one Of them
shouting, Come here, you old Yank ,out of
the wet, The poor fellow thought he was
done for, but obeyed the order ''You sur
render as prisoner, do you?" Yes, of
course | do. That's kind. Now we
surrender to you'll And the five stacked
arms before him, their spokesman adding
we are done with EN-, and have bid Old
Bragg good bye. Secesh is play'd out.
Now you surround us and take US into
camp
Year: 1864

At hotel in New York, the other day,
an old gentleman came down stairs and in
quired of the clerk whether he had any tallow
candles. Being informed that he could be
supplied with tallow dips, the gentleman
said, 'Then | wish you to give me some :
| want something that l can blow out for /
have been blasting away at that pesky jigger
in my room till [ have no wind left, -
Year: 1864

The President has received dispatch
from Arkansas announcing that over twelve
thousand of the inhabitants have taken the
oath prescribed in his amnesty proclamation,
preparatory to the reconstruction of the state
government on the one tenth principle.
Year: 1864

LONG EARs.-In report of the proceed
ings of the Agricultural meeting at Spring
field we find this astonishing statement: {:
A man who grew one hundred and thirteen
bushels of Dutton corn per acre, had ears
from twelve to fifteen inches in length
Year: 1864

TIE New TAX LAw.--wc devote . considera-
BILE portion Of our paper this morning TO the
publication Of . perfectly correct and reliable
alphabetical table Of sis tsress imposed BY the
new lp.srnsl Revenue Law, than which there
are few documents Of greater present In
terest We have not space TO oall attention
to particular taxes; each reader will End for
himself in the table. the information he needs
Year: 1864

ENGLISH MpART1HTY.-The English papers
Judge Of the war here just as they judge of the
fight between the Kearsarge and Alabama.
Their impartiality is all on ono side like the
handle Of q jug, and that side is always the
rebel side
Year: 1864

FoR SALE AT AUcrIoN.-The peace party of
tho North. Who bidsi This is . small but
noisy faction, and will make as much mischief
IS is possible under the circumstances Who
bdsf VIII the republicans or the Chicago
Convention take this lotf
Year: 1864

G.. Burton, in the Rural New Yorker,
gives his method of making home brewed
ale as follows =


"The art of brewing is very easy to be
understood, for it issexactly similar to the
process of making tea. Put handful of
malt into a teapot then fill it with water
the first time rather under boiling heat.
After it has stood some time, pour off the
liquor just as you would tea, and fill up
the pot again with boiling water. In a
similar manner pour that off, and so 60 on
filling up and pouring off till the malt in
the pot is tasteless, which will be the case
when all its virtue is extracted. The Ii
quor or malt tea must then be boiled with
a few hops in it, and when it becomes
cool enough-that is about blood heat
add little east to ferment it, and the
thing is done. This is the whole art and
process of brewing; and to brew large
quantity requires the same mode of pro
ceeding as it would make tea breakfast
for regiment of soldiers.


A peck of malt and four ounces of hops
will produce ten quarts of ale, and of a
better quality than can usually be pur-
chased"
Year: 1864

At lively village in Illinois, not far
from Woodstock, they have benevolent
association, one of whose objects is to
watch with and take care ofits sick mem
bers. Last fall an unmarried young lady
was admitted to membership. In cou-
pie of months she was blessed by bright
eyed babe, and was very sick. Some Of
the young lady members expressed to the
chief officer of the association their indig-
nation, and asked him if he really thought
it their duty to visit the unfortunate one.
"Well,' said he, after much deliberation,
81 suppose not. You are not obliged to
watch where there is contagious dis
'easew
Year: 1864

A preacher not long since asking to stay
all night at country house was forbidden by
the lady. Knowing her to be member Of
the church and generally pleased to enter
tain ministers, he began to quote Paul tc
her, hoping that she would understand by
this that he was a preacher. He hardly goi
out, "for thereby some have entertained an
gels unawares," when she said. 81 know
sir, but angels would not come with tobacco
stuck into their mouth" The preacher lef,
without further ceremony.
Year: 1864

saS $50 far from believing that slave
ry must die" says the Richmond Whig,
1--WE have long held the opinion that it is
the normal and only humane relation
which labor can sustain towards capital.
When this war is over we shall urge that
every Yankee who ventures to put foot
on Southern soil be made a slave for life,
and wear an iron collar, as badge of in
feriority to the African. Slavery will
stab itself to death about the time the
Yankees learn to tell the truth, and no
sooner"
Year: 1864

What is the use of trimming lamp,
Ifyou never intend to light it!
What is the use of graphing wrong,
If you never intend to fight it!
What is the use of removing your hat,
If you never intend to tarry!
What is the use of wooing maid,


If you never intend to marry?
WHAT'S the use of buying a coat,


If you never intend to wear it 7
What is the use of house for two,


Ifyou never intend to share it!
What is the use of gathering gold,


If you never intend to keep it,
What is the use of planting field,


If you never intend to reap it!
What is the use of buying book,


If you do not intend to read it?
What is the use Of cradle to rock,


If you never intend to need it!
Year: 1864

On very rainy day, man entering
his house was accosted by his wife in the
following manner:


"Now, my dear, while you are wet go
and fetch me bucket of water"


He obeyeds brought the water and
threw it all over her, saying at the same
time


"Now, my dear, while you are wet go
and fetch another"
Year: 1864

B9 1t is stated that the commerce. of
the world requires 100000 able-bodied
men to be constantly travsrsing the sea.
The amount of property annually moved
on the water is from fifteen hundred to
two thousand millions of dollars; and the
amount lost by the casualties of the sea
averages twenty five millions of dollars
Year: 1864

IL A lady who had read of the ex-
tensive manufacture of odometers, to tell
how far carriage had been run, said she
wished some Connecticut genius would
invent an instrument to tell how far hus-
bands had been in the evening when they
Just step down to the Post Office.
Year: 1864

The movements of the various armies


East and West, which commenced almost
simultaneously about the first days OF the
prrsent month, were brilliantly conceived,
and have thus far been gallautly executed


General Grant maturedr his plans for them,
and took his position with the Army of the
Potomac in the field to superintend the
immediate operations of that body, intrust'
mo 10 his hemtenants elsewhere the duty
and responsibility Of carrying out his or
d,rs. Therefore, while all these movements
are under the immediate direction of corps
or department commanders. Gen Grant is
supposed to exercise a general supervision
over the whole.
Year: 1864

was an important Co operating movement
intended TO materially assist Gen. Meade
It met with brilliant success, and must
have proved highly annoying to the rebels
His dash upon the Notifications Of Rich
mond, whether or not it was part of The
programme, was bold venture, and de-
serves the highest commerdation. His raid
and that Of General Kautz, have cut every
line of railroad leading from the rebe
capital have prevented reinforcements
reaching Richmond or Ice, and thoroughly
paved the way for the forthcoming siege Of
the rebel capital
Year: 1864

of these combinations is shown in the de.
spatches which load the wires from almost
every quarter, From the extreme Easterly
end of the grand line at Fort Darling to the
far West at Dalton, it nas been laundering
all arouna. A line Of 6re,so to speak, has
been drawn along the whole course mark
ed by the great railroad communication be


tween the Northeastern and Southwestern
portion of the Iebellious States, and every
locality has been made to feel the tighten
ing grasp of the folds of the great ana
cOnda. III.