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Year: 1864

CHEAP AND VALUABLE LIN1MENr.-The
following recipe, originally given nearly
one hundred yearsago, has been constant
ly in use. in one family for more than
eighty years: One quarter of pound Of
camphor and the same quantity of pure
CASTLE soap; mash the camphor and add
to it wine glass full of high-proof BRAN
dy or alcohol; scrape the soap fine, and
put both into a junk bottle, and add a
pint of. spirits of turpentine. Put in the
cork, not very tight and set the bottle in
warm water, increasing the heat until the
contents of the bottle are amalgamated.
This liniment is excellent for bathing
sprains and bruises, and for internal sore
ness-eighteen drops taken in spoonful
of sugar will be found highly efficacious.
am confident that all who will try this
simple medicine will ever after keep it
constantly on hand, as ready, safe and
certain remedy.
Year: 1864

KEEP Your EYE on Your NEIGHBoRs.
Take care of them. Do not let them stir
without watching. They may do some
thing wrong, if you do. To be sure you
never knew them to do anything very
bad, but it may be on your account they
have not. Perhaps if it had not been for
your kind care they might have disgraced
themselves and families long time ago.
Therefore do not relax any effort TO keep
them where they ought to be: never mind
your own business-that will take care Of
itself. There is man passing along-he
is looking over the fence-be suspicious OF
him-perhaps he contemplates stealing
something some of these dark nights /;
there is no knowing what queer fancies he
may have got into his head. If you find
any symptoms of any one passing out of
the path of duty, tell every one else you
can see, and be particular to see great
many. 1t is good way TO circulate such
things, though it may not benefit yourself
or any one else particularly. Do keep
something going-silence is a. dreadful
thing; though there was silence in heaven
for the space of half an hour, do not let
such things occur on earth; it would be
too much like heaven for the inhabitants
of this mundane sphere. If after all your
watchful care, you see nothing out of the
way in any one, you may be sure it is not
because they have not done anything bad
perhaps in an unguarded moment you
have lost sight of them-throw out hints
that they are no better than they should
be-that you should not wonder if peo-
pie found out what they we've after a
while-then they may not carry their
heads SO high. Keep it agoing, and some
one will take the hint, and begin to help
you after while-then there will be mu-
sic. and everything will work to charm.


Exchange.
Year: 1864

WOMAN .CIvILIzER.-If q cd were to
take the sun, moon and stars out of the hea-
vens, the chances of husbandry would be
better, than would be the chances for civil
ization and refinement. were God to take
woman off this planet. Woman carries
civilization in her heart. 1t springs from
her. Her power and influence mark the
civilization of any country. A man that
lives in a community where he has the
privilege of womau's society, aad is subject
to woman's influence, is almost of necessity
refined, more than he is aware of; and when
men men are removed from the genial in
fluence of virtuous womanhood, the very
best dege nerate, or feel the deprivation
There is snmething wanting in the air when
you get west of the Allegheny Mountains of
a sultry day of summer. The air east of the
mountains is supplied with sort of pabulum
from the salt water of the ocean, by which
one is sustain ed in the sultriest days of mid
summer Now what this salt is to the air.
that is woman's influence to the virtue of a
community. You breathe It without know
ing it. All you know is that you are made
a man unless won an helps him so to be-
One of the mischiefs of camp life is, that
women are removed from it. The men
may not know what lets them down to a
low state of feeling, or what that subtle in
fluence was that kept them up to high
state of refinement; but it is the absence OF
woman In the other. Woman is a light
which God has set before man to show him
which way to go, and blessed is he who has
sense enough to follow it.
Year: 1864

How Mad Feels During an Earthquake


The Boston Traveller publishes the fol-
lowing extract of a private letter from Ma
nila, giving the writer's personal experience
and sensations during the late terrific earth
quake which visited that city


sit would be impossible to give you an
Idea of the late earthquake, for though
have read the accounts Of many severe on es
never could realize the position until
had felt one, and never knew what dread
ful destruction it could make until the Sd
OF this month. / have heard nothing
talked about but earthquakes for the past
ten days, every body telling their expert
ence and giving their idea of causes and eff.
fects of earthquakes in general. My ex-
perience was that had finished my soup
and was hel ping myself to fish, when three
or four tremendous up and down bumps
came. l ran for the Azotea, (plazza cover
ed with iron roofng). Then came the fear
ful swinging motion from north to south.
clung TO the pest (wooden. which sup
ports the iron roof) to keep myself from
falling, expecting every moment that the
stone walls which support the Azoeta would
give way, and that should be thrown into
the river with the house on top of me-





minute, but it was an eternity to me. The
falling Of stone houses and tile roofs was
terrific; part of our roof (weighing seventy
tons) fell in. About three hundred feet
from whore I was the tower of Bnondi
Church fell through the roof of the church;
this tower was one hundred and fifty to two
hundred feet high, built of solid stone four
to six feet thick. Yet the din from falling
churches and houses was so great that did
not distinguish when it fell. When the
shock was over the air was so filled with
dust of lime that could scarcely breathe
and there was not breath of air. When
the moon arose. later, Manila was a fright
ful and dreary sight to see. Every body
was in the streets praying or fleeing, with
what they had saved, into the country
For days after the people walked the streets
without speaking. And there was no noise
Of carriages and no bells in the city where
there were thousands moving before at all
hours"
Year: 1864

A story is told by distinguished Ameri-
can sculptor of the cool reception which his
mother gave to his first attempt at the plas-
tic art. 1t was the figure of a woman look
out upon the sea, as if trying to get glimpse
of the vessel that contained her sailor hus-
band. The figure was scarcely demf -draped
the neck-which seems to have been the
only point which struck the good iady's at
tention. well, what do you think of herr
asFs1 the eager expectant of mother
praise. L think said the matren, WIN oe-
csion, shat no decent woman woulo De
seen ont of doors in such plight!
Year: 1864

WHY CHILDREN DIE.-Oue reason why
children die is because they are not taken
care of. From the day Of birth they are
stuffed with food and choked with physio,
sloshed with water, suffocated in hot rooms =,
steamed in bed clothes. SO much for in
door. When permitted to breathe breath
of pure air once a week in SUNNI er, and
once or twice during the cold months, only
the nose is permitted to peer into daylight
4 little later they are sent out with no
clothing at all on the parts of the body
which most need protection. Bare legs.
bare arms, bare necks, girted middle, with
an Inverted UMBRELLA to collect the air and
chill the other parts Of tho body. A stout
strong man goes out in cold dav with
gloves and overcoat, wooden stockings, and
thick, double-soled boots, with cork be-
tween and rubbers over.


The same day a child Of three years old,
an infant flesh, blood, bone and constitu-
ton. goes out with shoes as thin as paper
cotton socks, legs uncovered to the knees
neck bare; an exposure which would disa
BILE the nurse, kill the mother outright and
make the father an invalid for weeks. And
why? To harden them to mode of dress
which they are never expected to practice
To accustom them to exposure which a
dozen years later, would be considered
downright foolery. To rear children thus
for the slaughter pen, and then lay it or
the Lord is too bad. We don't think the
Almighty had any hand in it. And tc
draw comfortIfrom the presumption that lie
bad an agency in the death of the child Is
PROCLAMATION.
Year: 1864

That quaint genius, Judge Estill, of the
Holmes County CO., Farmer, is responsible
for the following. OF course it is truei


SOUND AS YOUNG TIMBER.-Once on a
time not long ago, nor so far from Millers-
burgh as it might be, good hearted man
and his long-tongued, style talking wife
attended a social party. About every three
minutes the wife would check het husband
thus:


Now, William don't talk so loud!"


"Come William, don't lean back in the
chair that way"


"Now, William don't get noisy over
there!"


"Say, William, let the girls alone and
sit bysne."


At last forbearance ceased to be virtue
and the husband who was really pitied by
all in the room, arose and said


''I beg pardon of the company, but as my
wife insists in being boss all the time, it is
right she should have these!"


And he deliberately took off his pants and
handed them to her and sat down in his
boots and drawers.


The company was astonish ed-the wo-
man burst into tenrs-the happy couple soon
went home, but neither of them wore the
pants.


How the affair was settled we cannot
tell, but the last time we saw William he
had the pants on. We are inclined to think
she will not again boss him In company in
hurry.
Year: 1864

How Soon WE FoRGET.-A leaf torn
from the tree by rude gale and borne away
to some desert spot to perish. Who misses
it from among its fellows? Who is said
that it has gone? Thus it is with human
life. There are dear friends, perhaps, who
are stricken with grief, when loved one is
taken; and for many days the grave is wat
cred with tears of anguish. But by and by
the crystal fountain is drawn dry, the last
drop oozes out; the stern gates of forget
fulness fold back upon the exhausted spring,
and Time, the blessed healer of sorrows.
walks over the closed sepulcher without
waking single echo by his footsteps.
Year: 1864

DARING IMPIETY.-Thcre is a man by the
name of Wiley, member Of Congress from
Western Virginia. q Senator, we believe,
who recently made speech in favor of i'm
mediate and unconditional abolition. He
closed his harangue with the daring and
shocking assertion that "if he believed the
Bible sanctioned slavery, he would curse
God and die" A moments reflection is
necessary to comprehend the full measure
of the blasphemy of this remark, uttered in
the Senate of the United States, aud copied
with commentator in leading Republican
papers. We are not surprised at it, for it is
in the very spirit of the party to which
Wiley belongs; but we copy it to ask if the
wretch who uttered, and the party who ap-
prove 1t. are not fully prepared to resolve,
as did their prototypes the French j Jacobins,
that there is no God,' and that death is an
eternal sleep?' Both of these resolutions
would pass the present Congress any day. if
dictated by the necessities of the two
Houses represent Empire.
Year: 1864

Desert not your friend in danger and dis
tress Too many there are in the world
whose attachment to those they call friends
is confined to the day Of prosperity. As
long as that continues they are, or appear
to be, affectionate and cordial. But as soon
as their friend is under cloud, they begin
to withdraw and separate their interests
from his. In friendship of this sort, the
heart has assuredy never had much concern.
For the great test of true friendship is con-
stancy in the hour of danger-adherenc in
the season of distress. When your friend
is calumniated, then is the time openly and
boldly to espouse his cause. When his sit
uation is changed, or misfortunes are fast
gathering around him, then is the time of
affording prompt and Jealous aid. When
sickness or infrmity occasions him to be
neglected by others, that is the opportunity
which every real friend will seizeot redoubling
all the affectionate attention which love sug-
gests. These are the important duties, the
sacred claims of friendship, religion and vir-
tue on every worthy mind. To show your
self warm in this manner in the cause of
your friend, commands esteem, even in those
who have personal interest in opposing
him. This honorable zeal of friendship has,
in every age, attracted the veneration OF
mankind. 1t has consecrated to the latest
posterity the names Of those who have Civ
en- up their fortunes and have exposed their
lives in behalf of the friends whom they
loved while ignominy and disgrace have
ever been the portion of those who deserted
their friends in the hour of distress.
Year: 1864

An extremely singular circsmstance,
which has no parallel that we are aware of,
| took place yesterday by which a man lost
$2l4, and COW lost her life. As the story
is extraordinary in several respects, we de-
vote some space to the details. ,..,.
A driver, walking in front of bis herd,
near the Brighton House, in taking some
tobacco from his pocket, inadvertently drop
ped roll Of Treasury notes amounting to
$500. One Of the cows, either because of
hunger or desire to appropriate her own
ers money, picked itup, and after adequate
mastlcation swallowed the precious morsel
just at the moment that the drover through
one OF his assistants, became aware of the
fact that be had lost his money, and that
the COW had eaten it, An immediate search
discovered some small pieces of the notes
about the teeth and lips Of the avaricious
ruminant, but deglutitiou had placed the
money beyond the present reach of its owner.


The COW was now too valuable 10 be sold,
at least on the hoof Digested "green-
backs" would hardly pass current in Third
street and yet all he had were in danger of
becoming thus worthless. be conceived the
notion Of taking them from the stomach of
the COW. Proceeding to slaughter. house
she was killed, the stomach opened and the
money found. Thus far the theory proved
a success, but the condition Of the notes was
still such ss to render them unfit for the
ordinary uses of commerce.


The mass was washed. straitened out,
picked to pieces, overhaulod and minutely
examined. There it was, recovered, but
with an immense falling off in its appear
ance and Dimensions. After cleansing it the
drover took hismoney to the Collector of
Internal Revenue for the First District,
where by patching, the unfortunate drover
succeeded in saving Sl86 out of the four
hundred that had been eaten. The meal
was rather an expensive one to both the
COW and her owner for it cost the life Of
one and s2l4 of the pecuniary wealth of
the othor-the facts, as stated, being bal
anced on the other side by an extremely
singular experience and this paragraph
ICin. Gaz NoY. g.
Year: 1864

ANOTHER STATE. Henceforth there will
be additional star in the Geld of blue on our
glorious national banner. Another State is
added,to the GALAXY OF the Union. Presi-
dent Lincoln has issued his proclamation
declaring that, the people cf Nevada having
adopted Constitution aud complied With
the conditions of the act of the last session
of Congress, passed for the purpose of en-
abling that hitherto Territory to become a
State, she is admitted into the Union on a
footing of equality with the other States.
Year: 1864

The following short and beautiful
quotation is from the pen Of the elegant,
the benevolent, tac inspired .Macken-
zie. Speaking Of those who profess q
disbelief in religion, he expresses him,
self in the following heart touching
manner:


"He who would undermine those
foundations upon which the, fabric of
our future hope is reared, seeks to beat
down that column whish supports the
feebleness Of humanity: let him but
think a moment and his heart will
arrest the cruelty Of his purpose. Wou-
ID he pluck its little treasure from the
bosom Of poverty? Would hs wrest its
Year: 1864

q Henceforth, We fly the banner Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the next Presidency,
choosing that far rather than the disunion
and quarter Of century Of wars, or the
Union and political servitude which our op-
ponents would give Us. Let the country
shake of IFS apathy let Il realize what is
the price of defeat-a price neither We nor
the world can afford: le; II be understood
how near We are to the end OF the Rebellion.
and that no choice IS left Us now but the in
strument put into our hands, and that with
that We can and must finish il. We grant,
from our own convictions, much that can be
said in criticism of the present Adminis,ion ::
for the sake of argument, We Will grant any
thing that any honest and loyal man can say.
And then this is our rejoinder-Nr. Lincoln
has done seven-eighths of the work after his
fashion; there must be vigur and virtue
enough left in him TO do the other fraction.
The work Is in his hands; if il passes out Of
them. il will be, as there are no better, bu;
far worse, to receive il, to our utter ruin


We MUST re-eleet him, and, God helping us,
We wILL-N. 7. TrloEss.
Year: 1864

The editor of the Bulletin gets angry
over the lille item in our last. noticing
the failure of the Times and Conserra-
tiVe TO reach US as they formerly did Of
late. and uses great many hard words
which hurt body but himself. We
simply stated fact, which all our cit
izens are familiar with, and then re
marked that there was wrong some
where, and suggested that it must be
in the pos,-ofice We did no, say what
office, for we did no. know, but asked
for information aykere the wrong was
and who is to blame for it. Certainly
there is nothing in this at which any
honest man. fairly attending to his bu-
sinsss.can take exceptions. The wrens
may be at Leavenwor,h or scme other
office On The route. The office here is
not blamable; the papers don't get here
But, since the editor of the Bulletin
without any cause on cur part, or chargs
from US, has made himself ridiculous BY
beating the air in his defense, We are
strongly inclined TO think The evil lie:
at his own door.


If We were disposed 10 descend ts
his level, and indulge in his style. We
have ample room to do so--ws could
very easily array his murdered victim:
before him, and ask if an oath Of office
is worth much in case of one who take:
the life of his fellow-being. But We
viii do no such thing. We leave him
with his crimes and his conscience.


But We pity him-we pity any mar
who is SO unbalanced in mind and So
perverted by prejudice. tina, he canno
see auy thing as j. is. aud gets excitet
without reason. and acts n,adly wiihou
provoca.ion. Yes, We pity and com
miserate the poor fellow and wish hin
no harm.
Year: 1864

HALF SHEET-Our readers will get
a half sheet this week; but the matter
on the outside is very full Of interss, to
our literary readers. and We give all the
features Of the news up to the hour Of
going 10 press { Thursday EVENING" SO
that this half sheet will be worth pre-
serving. We hope no: to repeat the
size again soon; but this time We could
not we'll help ourselves.
Year: 1864

Lei not the friends Of freedom set
down in self.satis6ed confidence .ha,
Slavery is dead. and permit things to
take their course. The great work Of
the times is not yet completed. Slave
ry is wounded apparently unto death.
but it is not dead. A few more vigor-
Gus bows well aimed and sent home
will terminate its existence; but it is
essential that these blows should be
giyen-given with . will and so surely
that no earthly power caa withstand
them.


In the first place the constitution
must be SO amended as TO purge it o'
tho very appearance Of the evil. Ther
no State which hangs on to the Infamous
carcass, now out Of the Union. must b,
permitted TO return. The curse mus
be put away before any seeded Sta.
is again represented 10 the hslls Of .h'
national legisla. ure.


And the people must see TO It tha
the right kind of men go 10 Congress
this fall. Let not copperbead dis
grace the nation in either house.


And now is The time to arouse an
work for these ends.
Year: 1864

Senator Fessenden. Of Maine. sue
ceeds Mr.. Chase in the Treasury De-
partment. He is an able man. but he
has no, the ability Of his predecessor.
Chase was the best man in the Cabinet;
but he was too radical for the admins
tra,ion, it is said. and hence could not
peaceably occupy a place among the
Presidents advisers. If Mr.. Lincoln
does not stand up to the loyal sentiment
Of the country, il he attempts to recede
FROM one advance position in the name
of Liberty. there will be reaction on
the par. of the people which will yet
sweep him from power. The earnest
men u the nation are determined to kill
slavery, and die it must. Any man
who stands in the way Of this decree ol
the people will be crushed by their IN
diguation.
Year: 1864

We regard the resignation Of Secre-
tary Chase as q national misfortune.
We do not believe his place can be fill
ed BY any other public men. He is
able and full Of resources, and has the
confidence Of the people in . very high
degree. We have not seen the reasons
for this step as yet. but they ought to
be very grave ones. indeed. 10 justify
Mr. Chase in taking such step.


We have faith in Mr.. Chase's intesri'
~ as well as in his ability, and have
no doub, but he acted from pure and
patriotic motives IN this matter. and ye
we can hardly feel reconciled TO hi.
resignation.
Year: 1864

We have fever sick in proportion to
the numbes OF our army. while the
facilities We enjoy Of removing AL per-
maneutly disabled men from the army
to distant hospitals gives us q great
advantage. A desperate effort in the
offensive is predicted on the part Of
the rebels to relieve them Of their en-
barrassm INT.
Year: 1864

circumstances, and who is not ready to
breathe prayer that when he goes back
to that country he may find it fFee inde-
pendent and happy. Perhaps, at some
day, not far distant, he may have the
pleasure Of being present at an archery
meeting in his own native land, which
will recall to his mind the present scene.
He may, it is true, observe with sorrow
the many blanks that war has causeds in
the circle of his friends, but, though
great the sacrifice, the knowledge that
they died lighting for liberty and home,
and through the terrible struggle in
which they engaged their native land in
herits freedom, this will remove the pain
which such saddening retrospect would
otherwise bring to his mind. Applause
present this valuable jewel, according
to the conditions arranged by Mr. Mason,
to the lady having the highest score OF
the meeting, but who never won prize
before. Miss Sankey, find with great
pleasure, is the young lady entitled to
receive it, and | am sure she will join
with us in wishing speedy and happy
issue to the war with the Confederates.


MIR. Mason here presented his prize to
Miss Sankey, with whom he cordially
shook hands