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Year: 1859

WHIrEwAsu-Taket two quarts of skim
med milk, two ounces of fresh Stacked lime,
two pounds of whiting, or the same proper
tons for any large quantity. Put the lime
into a stone vessel. and pour upon it a sutf-
cient quantity of milk to make mixture
resembling cream; then add the remainder
of the material. When this is done, crum
be and spread the whiting on the surface
of the fluid, in which it will gradually sink.
1t must then be we'll stirred, or ground, as
and other paint BY the addition of any
coloring matter, you may make it suit your
fancy. 1t must be put on with apaint brush,
and when dry, second coat should be given.
The quantity named is sufficient for twenty
five square yards.
Year: 1859

with or without iron frames, have, in their NEW
SCALE AN IMPROVED ACTION power and compass
of ton equalling the grand, with the beauty and
durability of the square piano The Press and
first Music Masters have justly pronounced them
equal if not superior to any other make They
are guaranteed to stand tte action Of ecery eli
Year: 1859

'You think now; with the memory of your
illness fresh upon you, that yol love me;
but / come of too naughty blooi, though
poor now, to marry even wher, / might
love on so sudden and questionable at
tachment You are rich, fashionable,
and with influence; i am the last Of a
line prescribed ever since Cullodcn.-
Your place is the gay world, where you
will be surrounded by troops of friends;
mine is in the humble cabin, where a
few more dependents have been my only
companions ever since my father died.
If you really love me, you will return at
the end of the year; and if you forget me,
l shall live here, with the neither and
muircock as l have lived before


Her lover was therefore compelled TO
submit. There was proud independ-
ence in her banishmcnt of him, which
became, he said to himself, the daughter
of chieftains who had fought at Ban
nockburn and Flodden Field, and sacri-
feed their all at Culloden.


Two weeks from that time Donald
and his friend left the Highland cabin,
and Helen was alone. Never before had
she known what it was to be alone
She never knew how much she loved till
her lover was away.


But even year will pass, and just a
twelve month from Donald's departure
Helen sat at the spring side, which she
had named for the trysting spot if her
lover proved faithful. She had been
there already for many hours, watching
with an eager timid heart, half trembling
at her own folly in expecting him, half
angry with herself for her doubts; but
now, as the glooming came on, yet no
Donald appeared, her bosom swelled nigh
to bursting. She rose frequently, and
looked up the bridal path, but nobody
was in sight. AT last the stars began to
come out; the wind grew chill; and with
an almost broken heart she rose to re.
turn to the cabin.


Il might have known this she said,
sadly. DO not all my books tell me
the same? Ever the old story of trust.
ing woman and deceiving man"


AT this instant an arm was thrown
around her waist, and well remembrd
voice whispered in her ear--"Now, Hell.
en- dear, one of our cruel sex, at least, is
falsifed, ! thought to steal on you una
wares and surprise you; and SO went
round by the cottage to leave my horse
there. Had you looked behind, instead
of before you you would have frustrated
my little scheme by seeing me. / have
waited whole year impatiently for this
day, and find you mine at last"


a month from that time Sir Donald
Alleyne introduced his bride to his am
pie domains in England, and never had
u iairer wife entered the splended halls
Of his ancestors.


In the great gallery of the castle is a
picture of Scottish girl, with a half pc
sive face, sitting by mountain spring;
and the old housekecper, as she goes the
rounds with visitors pauses before the
portrait to say, "That is the likeness of
the last Lady Alleyne, and lovely she
was, and as good as lovely. BY her
husband, the late baronet she was al
ways called the Lily of the Valley
Why, / have never heard,
Year: 1859

A pretty girl attended ball out west,
recently, decked off in short dress and
pants. The other ladies were shocked.
She quietly remarked that If they would
pull up their dresses about their neck a.
they ought to be, their skirts would be
as short as hers!
Year: 1859




Srsric1oN very rarely occupies the
bosom Of innocence.


GIVE wise man health, and he will
give himself everything else.


TRuE gallantry grasps an instrumen, o f
husbandry oflcner than sword or rifle.


NoTnNa renders the mind so narrow
and SO little, as the want Of social inter.
course.


TIE poorest education that teaches self.
control is better than the best that ner.
lccts it,


SociErY like shaded silk, must be
viewed in all situations, or its colors will
deceive us.


IT is well for the humble when they
have sufficient education 10 render them
calous TO contempt.


AMBITION often puts men upon doing
the meanest Offices 80 climbing is per-
formed in the same posture as creeping


AS some men gaze with admiration at
the colors Of tulip or the wings of a
butterfly, so | was by nature an admirer
of happy human faces.


TnERE is nothing worth having that is
not difficult. The life ofevery man who
has worked with hand or head, has been
one long contest with difficulties, and none
OF rs wonld be the men we now are, il we
had tamely allowed difficulties to CON.
quer us.


\ BEAUTIFUL provcrb runs thus
" with time and patience, the mulberry
leaf becomes satin" How encouraging
is this lesson to the patient and despond.
ing And what difficulty is there that
n man should quail at, when worm can
accomplish SO much from mulberry
leaf.


A MAN should neither be a hermit nor
a buifoon human nature is not so miscr.
able as that we should always be melan-
choIy, nor SO happy as that we should
always be merry. In a word, man
should not live as if there was no God in
the world; nor at the same time as if
there were no men in it.
Year: 1859

AN old lady, on being witness before
a magistrate as to her place of settlement,
was asked what reason che had for suppo-
sing her husband had a legal settlement
in that town. The old lady said; "He
was born and married, and they buried
him there; and. if that amt settling him
there, / don't know what ISL
Year: 1859

TmUMPH OVER EyrL.--We are rewarded
for every triumph we make over tcmpta-
ton. | will suppose there are many who
have struggled against the vanity Of vain
pleasures many who have put down evil
thought with strong will many who,
altera long, and it may be an uncertain
conflict with the seduclions of the world,
at length have triumphed. Twill put it to
them whether. when they have combat
ted and SO prevailed against the evil, their
hearts have not softened within them,
whether they have not felt within their
bosoms seraphic influence? They have
so felt, and so it will ever be. No sooner
shall they have driven from them the
tempting demon of pride, Of vanity, of
angcr--no sooner shall the evil have left
them, than angels will come and miuiste.
unto them.-JerroH
Year: 1859

IFrom tie Brussels nord


We have reason to contradict the reports
which have been current relative to the
approaching return Of the Emperor to Paris
We understand that such thing has never
been thought Of His Majesty is actively
occupied with the plans Of the new cam
paign and the concentration Of the troops.
In few days the blanks in oil the reei-
ments viii have been filled up. Prince NJ.
poleon, whose attention has been up to the
present time absorbed by the organization
Of the Fifth corps favmss under his com.
mand, il impatient to distinguish himself in
the second series Of operations which are
about to commence.
Year: 1859

NAPOLEON IN THE FIELD.-A choice
lot of Kentonian.apples, for sale at CURRY s
establishment, corner of Second and Brady
streets, and we have no doubt that such a.
will favor him with q dime or even FIVE
cents will do 90 again, as he is courteous
and gentlemanly to his customers, particu-
larly to ladies and children, and he is ever
thankful to those who leave him only q
penny. Children will do we'll to favor him
with their: patronage, as they may rely on
getting the worth of their money. We
know it by experience as We visit him oc
casionally, and more particularly as We are
fond Of good apples. 1w
Year: 1859

STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.-Ast the Al
hambra was coming up yesterday, and
while opposite Fort Madison, the shaft at
tached to the stern wheel broke, and the
wheel fell out. She was laid up, having
shipped her passengers on board the Tug
Resolute. and the freight on the Ben Camp
bell.
Year: 1859

VERMONT SCENERY.-Vermont is now put.
ting on her best attire. Her wooded hills and
pleasant groves present scene of unsurpassed
beauty. The admirer of Nature cannot pass
along the margin of the beautiful lake, which
skirts her western border without having his
soul stirred to its utmost depths, with an in
spiration awakened by the prospect continually
spread before him. And in no section of the
State can there be found clustered together, in
a single locality, so many scenes of rural beau
ty and loveliness, as in this immediate vicinity.
Whether the object be pleasure seeking or
health seeking, or both combined, there are IA
ciities furnished in this region, at this partcu-
lar season Of the year, and 50 on through the
summer, not cxceled by those retreats, which
have gained such an extensive notorety in the
world. We are surprised that this matter has
received so little attention from our own resi-
dents, or from the multitudes of seeking health
inspiring locations, where they may pass the
summer months. In fact, many who have pass
ed a score of years or more within the very
sight of this delightful scenery, know nothing
about it from near examination of the num-
erous points of surprising loveliness, which
meet one at every step, who finds time to take
few hours relaxation from the daily tolls of
life, and seeks "to drive dull care away" Time
thus improved will bring rich return in bless
ings of far more value, than wealth can pur-
chase. If many who spend their time abroad,
would live and breathe among the beauties of
Nature, the number of half-invalids would be
greatly diminished, and the substantial plea
surcs of life enhanced thousand fold.-S
Adams Messenger.
Year: 1859




We thought that we had obtained the ne
Plus ultra of arithmetical ingenuity, when we
got our Railroad Ticket Press which registers
numbers every ticket it prints as intelligibly as
clerk with pen and ink and with infallibe ac-
curacy.


But we have been shown to-day an invention
in which the principal of arthmetica combna-
ton is carried out and applied to a new use
with surprising results. This is bank lock
which absolutely defies the skill of Hobbs.


1t works in this wise. Around the door knob
of the bank is small brass index on which are
numbers from l to 100. You lock the door
and then set the index to any number you
please, (say 27,) by turning to the right. You
then set it to a second number (say 9j) by turn &.
ing to the left and then third number (say
lS) by turning to the right again. You then
give twirl and go off and leave it.


In the middle of the night, up comes bur
glar with his dark lantern and skeleton keys
No use for skeleton keys, for there is no key
hole TO put them in. No use for gunpowder,
for there is no place to put it. There is round
brass knob with figures round it. That is all.
Clearly his only way to get in, is to turn the
knob to the right number.


He begins to try. He turns it to every num-
Der on the index, from to 100, trying the door
each time. No go. He turns it back to every
number from 100 to /. Still no go. When he
reaches the right number, there is no click or
any other intimation that he has reached it and
he is as likely to go past as to stop. Granting
even that he accidentally hits on the first num-
Der he must lose it in trying to find the second
and third. He has to find the right three num-
bers and find them in the same order that YOU
set them and keep each when found-in other
words he must find the right one out of over
million combinations Of figures, If the night
was as long as Methusaleh's life the morning
would find him at his unavailing work.


AT nine o'clock you come along, turn the
handle to the right numbers in succession, open
the bank with perfect ease and attend to busi-
ness.


1t is no use to knock down tho Cashier on
his way home at night, in order to rob him of
his key. lie has no key. The key, such as it
is, is left in the door All the cashier has, is
the memory of certain figures in his head where
they can't be got at.


Neither does its excellence depend on COM
plex and secret mechanism. 1t is very simple.
Anybody can understand it and the more thor
oughly he understands it, the more completely
he comprehends the impossibility of unlocking
it.


One of the chief troubles of bank locks is
that they get out of order. A cog is worn or
spring talters and the lock won't turn, and then
the bank officers are kept out as well as the
burglars. But this one has no spring. 1t must
turn when the right numbers are known, and
no amount Of strength can turn it when they
are not.
Year: 1859

SMITH OBRIEN TO TIE PEOPLE OF ALBANY.
"Of one practice that is prevalent with you, l
wish to say word It's that of shaking hands
Since my arrival in the country | have been
surrounded by crowds of well wishers, whose
greatest desire seemed to be to have a shake
hands with me. In Ireland, this practice does
not prevail; but here it seems to be a universal
custom. ] may have offended some bv neglect
ing to observe it, and of such, if there be, beg
pardon. | am lover of labor and the friend
of laborcrs, and would as readily shake hands
with the poor man as with the rich, but this
shaking hands so often, have found to be be-
yond my physical ability. | assure YOU that on
one occasion recently, found it so extremely
laborious that after having thus recognized
very large crowd of friends was literally un-
able to hold up my hand. l hope, therefore,
that not one Of you will be offended because of
my shortcomings in this respect on the present
occasion but If there is one who has taken of
fence on this account, ! can only hope that he
will sometime be made Mayor or State repre-
sentative, or some such dignitary, the election
to which office will involve this laborious duty
Of shaking hands. He will then learn what an
extraordinary exertion is requisite to keep it up
it from sheer exhaustion. Men in the habit of
welding, daily, sledge-hammer that weighs
twenty-five or thirty pounds, come and shake
hands, and assure you that the squeeze is like
that of vice. In this respect am not soli-
citing your forbearance so much for myself, as
for your public men,
Year: 1859

81 think it the grandest sight ever saw. We
visited it about midnight. We saw the light
some time before we reached the house, and
were informed that the gas had iguited of itself
or by means unknown to the family There are
three openings in the top of the well, the largest
about the size of pail. From the largest as
cends flame about three feet high, which burns
very clear and as bright as heap of shavings.
From the other aperturcs the fame was smaller,
but equally bright, and all over the surface of
the well are cracks through which issues flame
resembling burning sulphur"


About seven miles from Chatham there is an
other well dug in the same manner as the above
described which exhibits nearly the same phe-
nomena, and in which, although the water in
and above the clay is very hard, the water is as
soft as rain water, and is drawn to quite dis
tance in summer by the ncighbors for washing
purposes The gas in this well has been on fire
several weeks at a time.
Year: 1859

periments on shingle, and let it dry. We
have been told that green must not be mixed
with lime. The lime destroys the color, and
the color has an effect on the white-wash, which
makes it crack and peel. When walls have
been badly smoked and you wish to have them
a clean white, it is well TO squeeze indigo plen-
tifully through bag into the water you use,
before II is stirred in the whole mixture. If
larger quantity than five gallons be wanted, the
same proportion should be observed.-Maine
Farmer
Year: 1859

VALUAaLE PRACTICAL INVENTION SHOE
xAKKs-Mr. Henry Still invented in this city.
some time ago. system for cutting shoes, of all
kinds and sizes. from measure. with maihainati-
cal accuracy. which would perfectly fit the foot.
We made notice of at the time Ii has since
been worked out and prepared for practical use.
and in Mr. Dukes shop has been employed on
all varieties of work. vii b complete aud uniform
success. The system is simple and easy of
comprehension, and with it a shoe of any kind
can be cut III space of time not covering over
one two minutes, with the certainty of an
exact fit. With the system before him. the
shoemaker can himself. with the utmost facility


cut series of average patterns. for all kinds oi
work. cut particular and peculiar patterns or
cut oct work directly. Singular readiness oi
application TO all kinds of work simplicity and
unvaryIng accuracy. are the results of the IN
vention- A patent right is to be applied for at


once, and the invention brought before the pub
lie. IL would seem TO Us, 1t does 10 the
members of the shoe craft who have examined
and tested It, that 1t could not fail of proving a
very useful invention to the trade aud very
profitable one TO the owners-heo1ak G",e Cay-
Year: 1859

CAMELs.-The Mobile Tribune notices
the arrival at that city of twen,y-one cam.
els from Texas. Eight of them have been
engaged, and the remainder are for sale
for plantation use. 1t is said one of then,
ca easily carry two bales of cotton on lis
back at the rate of twenty five miles a
day. over road which would be impass-
able 10 an empty wagon drawn by pair of
mules. The cost of keeping them is very
LILLE, and In endurance und-r labor and
prlvation, no animal can excel them.-
They are also gentle in disposition.
Year: 1859

s- A new discovery having been an
nounced, the photography of sound" a
Philadel phian would like to see the shape
of a good long snore; pig squealing un-
der a gate of a thousand brick falling
an alarm of fire ; of the bursting of bar
rel of sour krout; or the first cannonade
along the line of the Ticiuo
Year: 1859

EH@ There is a dew in one flower and
not in another, because one opens its cup
and takes 1t in. while the other closes it.
self and the drop runs off. God rains his
goodness and mercy as widespread as the
dew, and if we lack them, i, is because we
will not open our hearts to receive them.
Year: 1859

SALr.-The application of two to four
hundred pounds of salt to the acre has
been found to be of grea, advantage in
promoting the growth of all plants and
trees. Warm soils of the inland districts,
and especially those that have been dress
ed literally with animal manure, are the
most benefited. A dressing of salt upon a
grass lawn will often increase growth and
thcken up the plants far more than a
coating of animal manure.
Year: 1859

Et9 The resident musicians of Phila
delphia are to give grand musical fes,l-
val on the 2Olh and 2lst of this month
The object of this festival is TO bring for
ward The entire wealth of musical talen,
IN the city and TO show of what the Gun
ker metropolis is musically capable.
Year: 1859

Ee3 II is stated that there are now
printed within the limi,s of our Union no,
less than four thousand newspapers, at
least five hundred of them daily, mad Ave
hundred semi-weekly About half pay
their way
Year: 1859

Last Sunday afternoon five young ladies got
into a boat that was tied TO a tree on the pond
of the upper dam i'll Ware In rocking and
pushing the boat around. the fas,enings became
ioosened. and they drftcd out into the stream
In moment they saw their peril before them
was the brink OF high dam. at the foot of which
were Jagged rocks over which the w-ier boiled
anu loaned with destructive fury. T.te cries OF
the young ladies' drew together hun Ireds of
spectators who watched with fearful an iety the
ooa- drifting slowly towards the edge of the
dam. No other boat was at hand aud "A speed V
death seemed certain 10 the young Indies. A :
the boat with lis precious frcigh, neared the
dam the spectators seemed dumb with horror
Each looked to the other lmplorirg help. know
ing that help was next to impossible, while the
shrieks of the young ladies' in the boat pierce.
the hearts of their friends with terrible anguish
Among that crowd of men and women was there
no heroic spirit to attempt escueg


Presently there was a stir among the specta-
tors. aud young sailor appeared, who boldly
plunged into the water. He swan along just
above the flush boards. but it was extremely
doubtful whether he could reach the boat in
season to prevent il from going TIE dam.
1t was moment of fearful suspense. The youn.
man struggled through the water and the boat
came sweeping down upon the current. In an
other instant the boat the edge of the
dam. The young ladies threw up their arms
IN terror, a.sd many of the spectators turned
their eyes from the fearful sight. But 1t the
same instant the strong arm of the young sailor
seized the boat and bracng hinis If against the
edge of the dam, held it from going d,wu upon
the rocks. The ladies were saved! Then there
arose from the crowd on either shore a wild tu-
mnltuous shout, which was taken up bv the
hills arornd and echoed back to the ears of the
joyful multitude. Slowly, yet surely the young
sailor and hero drew the boat to the shore and
delivered to their friends the Young ladies he
had rescued. We have not the name of the
young man, but We hope t" publish it sometime
alongside the name of one of the ladies he has
saved. among our matrimonial oticcs-Paimer
Mass. Journal
Year: 1859

- For Garget in Cows. take quart of
cornmeal and six quarts of soft water soak for
one hour and stirring occasionally wash the
udder three times day. rubbing well with the
hand or soft cloth. | have never known it to
fail III twenty years
Year: 1859




Sheriff Walker offered his vote last
Tuesday at the Lawrence polls, but it was
refused. He had been registered in Le-
compton township, had recently removed
to Lawrence, and had neglected to be reg.
istered. Many Others were cut off from
voting by the operation of the registry
law. Voters who have not been regis.
tered should see to it that they apply per-
sO''aRy at the Office of the township clerk
for registration on the 18th or 11th day
before the December election.


The law is defective 80 far as prevent
ing frauds is concerned, from the fact that
1t does not require the voters of each cleo
ton precinct to be registered separately.
The main end of the registry law is to
prevent the importation of voters from
one precinct to another, yet the defective
registration Of this township does not set
up any bar against the importation of
voters from one precinct to another, nor
from the township outside of the city, at
city elections. This requires the same
process Of challenging, to prevent illegal
voting, as when there was no registry
law.


The township clerk can remedy this
deficiency BY classifying the voters &C.
cording to their residence in the CITY or
out of it, and in the different precincts.
Let US have a fair registry, an effective
registry law, or none at all.
Year: 1859

The Estate Record' tells about Old
John Browns wife and family, who came
to Kansas; were broken up, and their
homes destroyed. Will the editor tell us
the particulars about that affair, since he
seems to be posted Z? Our understanding
always has been that he never brought
any "wife or family" to Kansas, and that
his home was with his SONS while here !;
that he came here, as he stated at Har-
per's Ferry, "because of the difficulties" {"
and that here would have been the last
place in the world for such man to have
brought family when on such mission.
Please post us and the public fully on this
subject; for, since the name of Old John
Brown is to fill an important page in his
tory, it is but just that we should have the
facts. Redpath says we owe our freedom
in Kansas more to "Old John Brown than
to any other living man." If the horrid
massacre on Pottawattamie creek, or the
running of of slaves from Missouri has
given us freedom, then let us know all
about the man that we may sing peans to
his memory, and erect monument to per-
petuate his fame.