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Year: 1869

We hear a good many sermons
nowadays, from the text that the
chief duty of a woman is TO render


home attractive to her husband. No
doubt any good wife will make this
her crowning pleasure; but where
duty is in question, there is another
phase of the matter which is sadly
overlooked-the duty of the husband
l.ta-the- wife. As a very small portion
of his time is spent in the house,
where his wifeis whole life is passed,


it would seem quite as important that
her convenience and tastes should be
consulted as his In their capacity as
head of the family men think that
the ordering of the house naturally
belongs TO them. They build to suit
their own taste and convenience, and
lay out the grounds 70 suit their own
fancy, and manage things generally
with some Difference to their wives
wishes, il is true, hut a great deal
more to their own. And sometimes
their caprices conflict wofully with
the comfort of the household.


The house should belong to the
wife. and she should plan the house,
arrange the furniture, lay out the
garden, and order all the details.
She knows from experience better
than her husband can possibly know,
what arrangement best conduees te
her housekeeping convenienees. 1t
would be lust as absurd for her 10
undertake to be the architect of his
warehouse, and to place the desks,
drawers and pigeOn-holes of his count
ting-room, as for him to locate the
spot for her cupboards. In the same
manner, if trees are TO be cut down or
left standing, or flower beds TO be
laid out around the house, her taste
should be consulted first, for the sight
OF these things must delight or chafe
her all the day long, while they are of
little practical consequence to the
husband in the evenings, which are
his chief time at home. Again, the
homestead should belong to the wife
in fee-simple: she has a right to the
home in which she rears her children,
and ought to be assured that it can
never be torn from her by any of
those reverses of fortune to which, in
thiscOuntry, all are so liable. Women
all feel this. and if their comfort and
convenience were made paramount at
home, if they were quite certain that
the spot to which they are so often
advised to confine their aspirations
really belonged TO them, and was
wholly within their control, they
would gladly assume the respOnsibili-
ty, and strive with much greater
alaerity than they do now, to force
their husbands to acknowledge the
ability of their generalship, and to
appreciate the delights of home.
Year: 1869

READ THIS To YOUR SwEETHEARTS.
The character of the young men OF
a community depends much on that
of the young women. If the latter are
cultivated, intelligent and accom-
plished, the young men will feel the
requirement that they themselves
should be upright, gentlemanly and
refined; but-if their female friends are
frivolous and silly, the young men
will be found to be dissipated and
worthless. But remember always,
that a sister is the best guardian OF a
brothers Integrity. She is the surest
incubator of a faith in female purity;
As a daughter. she is the true light OF
the home. The pride Of the father
oftenest is eentered on his son, but his
affection is exI ended on his daughter;
She should therefore be the sun and
centre Of all.
Year: 1869




y SENSIBLE FATHER.-SOme years
ago wealthy gentleman of Boston
gave to friend this narrative of his
experience, which is well worth re-
peating once year, in these days of
eXtravagant living:


He had an income of ten thousand
dollars a year Ia large sum then, but
not considered so now, a house in
town, and a country seat a few miles
out. He had several ehildren-a
coach, fine horses and q driver; and
he took pleasure in riding every day
with his children. One day, when
riding. the thought struck him that
each one of his children would expect
to have q fine house, and coach, and
horses, and u driver, as their father
had before them, and TO live as he
lived; if they did not, they would be
unhappy. He did not think that all
of them could have things as he had
them, or live as he was living; and he
rode home, sent his coach and horses
to market and sold them, bought a
cheap carTyaIl, and became his own
driver.


With emphasis he declared that no
amount of wealth cuuld induce him TO
return to his former mode of living I;
for if any of his children should hap
pen to be poor, as in all probability
some of them would be, they should
not suffer in their feelings by the re-
Election that their father rode in his
coach, while they had to rough it on
foot. The example he gave them
afforded him a satisfaction greater
than his wealth had 10 bestow.
Year: 1869

CLEANING OF Classic clean a
glass thoroughly, and restore its orig
inal lustre, after the ordinary meth
ods have failed, recourse may be had
to hydrofiuoric acid, such as Is sold
by the chemical establishments in
small gutta percha bottles. This is TO
be diluted with four or five times it's
volume of water. A few drops of tie
solution placed upon wad of cotton,
and the surface of the glass thorough
rubbed over with it, and then washed
off with a good deal of water, the sur
face of the glass will be dissolved by
this application, and new one laid
bare. This process is well adapted to
restoring the brightness of lenses of
spectscles or spy-glasses, dimmed by
age. If concentrated solution OF
this acid be allowed to remain for
some time upon glass, a cavity will be
produced, remarkable for its brilliant
lustre.
Year: 1869

YONG CHICKENS One Of the
most scientific and successful poultry


breeders of Germany says, in a recent


number of the Poultry Journal that
young chickens should never be fed


with boiled eggs, nor should they have
access to water, otherwise than mixed
with their food, until several days
old Many people on the farms with
US are in the habit of mixing dough


with cold water. This is. wrong. The
Indian meal ought TO be cooked, or at
least scalded. Many lose their young


chickens from neglect to scald sne
meal, and wonder what the matter is-
Year: 1869

A certain cure for founder in a
horse. saws a correspondent of the
Rural World, is to stand him in wa
ter to his belly. al have known this
course successfully practieed for fifty
years.
Year: 1869

A common fault is toa use too coarse wood for kinding, and too much of 1t. This, while it generally succeeds in light ing the coal, leaves bed of ashes below the coal which interferes with the draft unless raked out; an operation which al- ways retards the combustion of ignited coal. The wood should be of some rapid 1y burning variety which gives quick and high heat, and should be split fine. It should be so placed that the coal will re- main on the top of it, and not fall through the grate, leaving the kindling on the top of any part of the coal. The amount of kindling wood required depends much up on the size of the coal A common mis- take is to use too large sized coal. A good rule, where stoves or furnaces have good draft, is to use coal as small as can be used without inconvenience from its sitting too freely through the grate.

 Crates should have their bars closely set for stoves that are cleaned out daily, and have fires lighted in them each morning, while those which are intended to have fires kept in them continuously for days or weeks will not admit of fine grates, OR account of the accumulation of ashes and small s'clinkers." There is much differ ence in coal in regard to the formation of clinkers These are nothing but vitrified, or partially vitrided earthly matters, lc and only can form when high heat is main tained; they are too apt to be troublesome when there is too great draft. A coal stove or furnace should therefore be so construc- ted that it's draft can be perfectly control led. The bottom draft should admit of being closed air-tight, as nearly as is possible to make it, and there ought al- ways to be provision made for top draft. If, however, the draft of 8 chimney should be So strong that air in too great quanti- ties is drawn in at the bottom when the dampers are closed, damper the pipe which will close it partially must be em- ployed, though in sluggish chimneys such damper is apt to force the gases of com bustion into the, room, and, therefore, it ought always to be avoided when possi- ble. -s .r... a.....

 The practice of putting ashes on the top of fire to keep it, is very productive of clinkers, though it answers the purpose very we'll in other respects. Damp coal screenings are better, and may be econom- ically burned in this manner. If coal fire gets very low, the quickest way to ex- tinguish it is to rake it at the bottom. To preserve fire under such circumstances, Q little coal should be placed on the fire, and when it has caught more may be added, and the raking deferred until it has got we'll ignited. ,r.s.-.- .-.f,.;

 When the fire-bricks have become bur- dened with clinkers which have fused and adhered, they may be cleaned by throwing oyster or clam shells into the fire-box when the fire is very hot, and allowing the fire to go out. The clinkers will generally cleave off without the use of much force the next morning. From two quarts to half peck will be sufficient for most stoves, and the operation may be repeat ed if some of the clinkers still adhere Scientifc American. eS ,al.A.1o aa.sir
Year: 1869

A general Indignation meeting was
held at the Jeffe rsonville railroad
depot, in Jeffersonville, Monday, over
one of those little dramas in real life
which have of late become so common
in some parts of the country as to at
tract little or no attention, but
which in this latitude create more than
an ordinary sensation. A report got
about that well-known bigamist was
about to leave for st. Louis, having in
his charge pretty German girl from
Louisville, whom, it was alleged, he
was running away with" The girl, it
was said, had taken French leave of her
relatives on this side of the river, and,
with capital of only $500, was about to
begin life with the man in whose com
pany she was seen.


1t was known tbet the man had al
ready two wives, one in Cincinnati and
the other in New York, and the sight of
the poor deluded girl so exasperated the
citizens that but for the disrepute into
which lynching has recently fallen, the
bigamist might possibly have then and
there been effectually disposed of for all
time.


The impression was general that he
intended to marry the girl before leav-
ing Jacksonville, and Officer Price was
about to arrest him; but he showed that
he was her guardian, and that she could
not lawfully be taken from him. This
becoming known, the crowd finally
concluded not to molest him, and when
the train started the bigamist and his
prospective third wife were aboard
Courier.
Year: 1869

The Pacific Railroad company have
initiated the necessary arrangements for
a grand excursion through from New
York to San Francisco, commemorative
of the completion of the road. The
time is not fixed yet, but it is expected
to start on or about the 1st of July.
Invitations have been extended to many
of the leading railroad capitalists and
bankers of Europe, but in no case will
the crowd exceed two hundred and fifty,
including the delegation from Wall
street. 1t is thought quite probable
that President Grant will be one Of the
party. Two trains are to leave stimuli.
taneously; one from this end and the
other from San Francisco.
Year: 1869

of the bonds as possible while the cnr-
rency is ample and the revenue large
In all other respects or for any other
purpose the currency and bonds should
be let alone. The bondholders are well
taken care OF and not likely to suffer. 1t
is the overtaxed people that Congress
should relieve by suitable legislation
instead of tinkering with the finances
for the benefit of bondholders, few
CAPITALISTS and stock jobbers.
Year: 1869

The Wentzville Ne,rS has re-opened
the controversy regarding the author
shin of the poem, "Once l Was Pure,
bv the following statement: at was
written in the fall of 1859, by young
gentleman of st. Louis, who was lying
sick in boarding house on Pine street
at the time, and wrote the piece fol
amusement. 1t was headed Once / Was
Pure as the Beautiful Snow and after
his recovery the lady of the house
discovered the manuscript and sent
it to the Erening Ners for pub
lication, where it first appear
ed in print. We could give the
authors name if he was willing that II
should 90 before the public"


We happen to know something about
this poem and its author, the late
Henry w. Faxon. The poem has been
familiar to us for fully fifteen years. Ii
was written by Mr.. Faxon, while he
was a telegraph operator ut Troy, New
York, and published in one of the city
papers there, to which he contributed
occasional verses, over nom de guerrc.
This was in '52. A couple ofyears later
he was the local editor of the Buffalo
RepubIiC, and reproduced the poem
over his own name. There was
never any question as to its authorship
until fraIl actress claimed it as her
own. and the circumstances of her life
gave coloring of probability to the as
sumption, as it vividly told her own
story. She has since confessed to a
brother of the real author that she DID
not write it. A dozen or more people
have set up pretensions TO being It's
author. The last one is the st. Louis
invalid, who don't want his name
known-a. very proper precautlon To
prevent the imposture disgracing him
Any person who couldlw write so exquisite
a poem would have written something
else of merit, which would be corrSbo
rative evidence of the validity of his
claim. But, as in the instance of Mr.
Ball, of New Jersey, who pretended to
have written, "Rock Me to Sleep
Mother" or, of the clergyman's young
daughter who,insisted that Nothing
to Wear" was her production, none Of
these parties who have attempted tC
father the poem in question ever wrote
bit of verse that could give a color tc
their assumption.


Henry w. Faxon wrote enough good
poetry to fill volume, much of i,
almost, if not quite, equal to the one il
controversy, and many in a similar
vein. As in the case of Thomas Hood
he was externally humorist and wag
but had a deep vein of tender feeling
which he could express most pathetical
" in verse. Many of the late author
friends, we'll acquainted with thes,
facts, living at Buffalo, New York, ant
elsewhere, have testified publicly tha
they knew that Mr.. Faxon was th'
author of "Oace l was Pure," and it il
time that sick young men and other pre-
tenders to its authorship should cease
trying to gain Immortality by tilch
ing the productions of other people,
| brains
Year: 1869

announced from Washington that
the decision of the Supreme Court, In
New York, to the effect that contract
made for coin must be so paid, applies
only to contracts made prior to the pas
sage of the legal tender acts.
Year: 1869

1t is a well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
Wse their own expression, never feel we'll
They are languid devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous and have no appetite.


To this class of persons the BIrTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

Mr.. MORTON, the Senator from Indi-
ana, in discussing Mr.. SHERMAN's bill


in relation to the public debt and cur


reRcy, said that the committee seemed


to have been at less for an appropri-
ate title for the bill, and that he thought
they might have better called it bill
to improve the value of the bonds of the
country. Mr.. MORTON hit the nail
fairly on the head that time; for the
principal object, if not the only one,
of the SHERMAN bill is to raise the value
of United States bonds and TO increase
the property of the bondholders. In
deed, to have named it right, it shoul(
have been called the bondholder's bill
From the extraordinary efforts made b!
the financial quacks in Congress to ben
eft the bondholders it might be sup
posed by the ignorant that these bond
holders are suffering and oppressed
class of people-that they have been anC
are treated very badly by the Govern
ment. These poor, hard pressed people
gave three or four years ago from sixty
to ninety dollars for bonds worth now
hundred and ten, are exempt from tax
ation, and draw regularly six per cent
interest in gold, or more than eight pei
cent. in currency. The greater part o.
the bonds have nearly doubled in value
over the price paid for them originally
The interest on the capital actually in


vested at first amounts to something
like fifteen or sixteen per cent, to say
nothing of the exemption from taxation


which is two or three per cent. more
Yet this is the only class in the commu


nifty in whom many of our leading Con


gressmen appear to be interested or fol-
whom they care to legislate. They al


begin at the wrong end, and are befog
ged by the old bullionist theories of cur


rency and finance. The first thins
should be to reduce the interest on the
debt and to buy up and cancel as many
Year: 1869

THE appointment and confirmation of
General Longstreet TO be Surveyor of
the port of New Orleans, il the first in
stance of a rebel officer being appointed
to position. 1t is generally esteemed by
the Republican press as highly cons
mendable. He served the rebellion
faithfully. but submitted to the arbitra-
ton OF the sword, and has since labored
earnestly to restore fraternal relations
between the North and South. He is
we'll qualified to- discharge the duties
and is poor.
Year: 1869

The 81. Joe UHioa says the editress
of the GhicdgoidH is trying TO convince
the world that the marriage institution
is failure. This is the burden of her
song. In recent issue of that paper,
we find the following upon that subject:


Marriage, under its present law and ussge
has become only legaliEed prostitution, and
its Ignorant victim need not turn up its dain-
IL nose quite so high at more honest forms
of its own aesh and blood. The poor, soiled
rags of womanhood, that move by chance
the full depths of pity or dete.tation in every
manly heart, are every whit as good as the
welded Wantou, who, with lie in her heart
and vain formula on her lips, sells herself
at wholesale once and for all nc the marriage
altar, and insnlts heaven by calling il tn wit
ness her pro-titution-
Year: 1869

The Tenure of Office Law struggle is
ended, The feeling on each side was
hard but brittle There is nothing now
To- prevent the nominations which have
been withheld until a conclusion had
been reached on this question, and the
next few days will determine who are
the ''ins' and who the "outs." The
lateness o. the receipt of kilograms and
their completeness of detail, prevents
further notice
Year: 1869

portion OF the house. where they operated 30 noise
lessy as not TO awaken the slumbering nmates


ANOTHER CONVICT REGAINs HIS LIBERrY.-About
ten O'Clock last Friday evening one of the Sing Sing
Prison guards stationed at the centre post on the
river side, saw man in cOnvict's clothes run past,
who on being hailed did not slacken his pace. The
guard sprung for his revolver, which was yihs
convict had disappeared In the darkness. An alarm
was raised, but to no purpose. 1t Is generally oe
leved that the escaped Is other than the one
who, having feigned Illness secreted himself as re.
ported IN the HERALD OF last Monday. Believing tnat
he was somewhere on the grounds strict watcn
has been kept up nightly by the prison OIcers, ana
this nocturnal scrutiny unfortunately Withdrawn
for the first time on the occasion named. OF WHICH
the willy convict hastened to take advantage.
Year: 1869

kfhe old bug bear of negro equality Is
coniured up by the enemies OF the meas
ure. If we increase the schooltax' they
say Congress may force the negro INTO
the schools. The men who use this ar
gament are plainly the enemies OF the
measure. aud wish TO use the negro as
scare crow. This stuff about the negro
il false-it is nonsense--it Is the worn
out STYLE OF the demagogue. We have
had free schools in Kentucky before and
since the war. During the four years OF
bloody strife, when Radical power, hate
and mahgnity, was at its zenith, they did
not demand the admission Of the negro
'iuto the schools The people of Ken
tucky of themselves are not likely to ad-
nit the negro. In fact the very bill upon
which we vote, excludes the black man
The white man and the white mans prop
ertv are aloLe taxed for the school, and
are alone TO be benefited The Demo
cratic majority in Kentucky is not likely
TO change the bill We have no fears
that the Conservatives will lose the as
cendancy in this State for years, but
when they do, what protection would We
have against the fears expressed Z Wi
voting against the school tax protect u
from all the horrors connected with the
negro fears" But they say the FEEDER


al government will take military e01srs
7 OF kentucky, aud force negro equality


Bosh Such contingf fncy is hardly


within possibility. Beside if it should


the most radical of the Radicals have


never claimed that the Federal Gocern


n,eItt could do more than give the negr'


equal protection oc his person and prop
crty. And, granting their worst fears t.


be true. what protection do We find II


not voting the tax?
Year: 1869

THr DIRECT LAND TAX AT THE
Is some talk, says the
New York Herald, of enforcing the col
lection of the direct land tax in the
South. The Southern States share OF
,his tax-which amounted to twenty mil
lions among all the States-was six mil
lions. Of this sum only about three
million has been paid into the treasury
from the Southern States It will be re-
membered that when this amount had
been collected, President johnson sent a
message to Congress setting forth that III
view of the poverty produced in the
South by the war it would, ius many in
stances. be ruinous to that section 10 en-
force the collection Of the tax at that
time, and recommending that it be sus-
pended for some time, so as to allow the
Industrial interests Of the South to recu-
.Srate 1t is stated that the limit Of sus-
fIon fixed by Congress has now pass.
a the law providing for the levying


Nection of the tax comes into full


b. 1t il argued by those who


Ibceediug that the industries


m have greatly improved in


S1that the crops are abun-


ere is no longer any ex-



- is all these Radical cor


Il. Whether the Secretary of


will act upon the advise


n in this matter remains to
Year: 1869

Had our legislators and platform ma


kers understood the difference between


basing positive laws upon theories and
enunciatlng mere scientific theories as
positive laws, an immense deal of trouble
and mischief might have been spared to
this Government.


The various States Of the Union are
to be by the Fifteenth amendment for
hidden to make any legal discrimination
on account of race, color or previous con.
dition of servitude Here we have a
theory raised TO the significance Of a law.
1t applies to the negroes, but it applies
also to the Chinese, and it would equally
apply to the Hotteutots and the Caffres
IL they were to appear among us, either
slngly or in immense numbers. They
never could be made our equals as far as
the relations of family and society are
concerned, but according to the Radical
theory, as laid down in the Fifteenth
amendment, they are entitled to the bal
ot If they submit to the requirements of
he naturalization laws.
Year: 1869

THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE POLICE
FoRoE.-The Hastings Court Of Magistrates
on yesterday adopted the following paper !:


"Resolued by The undersigned, the Board
Of Magistrates of the city Of Richmond,
that we do earnestly request the Council OF
the city not to alter the laws relating to the
present police force unless said alteration
be with view of increasing said force and
that copy of this resolution be presented
to the said Council at its next meeting by
fhe clerk of this cnllrt.N
Year: 1869

Do mot allow your wife TO toll and bend over her
work sewing nv hand Or into the night when she
aught to be a. rest. Bry her q HOWE sE"fsso.
MACHINE and gladden. her heart and Hghtcn aer
toll for all future time. Office so5 Main strees'
under Spotswood Hotel.
Year: 1869

,owhtch invite the especial attention OF ladies
md all others who wish 10 get something nice for
n-csent either for the old or young friends. Be-
low we give partial list OF what may be found in
our store: