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Year: 1864

II Is now the settled determination OF the
ncoplc Of the North to stand by the Admins
fration and help It fight out this war to
successful issue. Coppcrheada, If they
viii not help, should at least hush their craven
clammoring for peace and cease any further
outward attempts ut opposing the efforts of
1he Govetnment The way to peace is now
open and with the coming spring our armies
should snovc- rapidly and strife elcctuaus-
The blows should be short and sharp and the
DAYS Of the rebellion will soon be ovcr. with
a played out currency, disconnected army, a
lack Of faith in their leaGars, q large proper
lion of the people threatening open violence,
and three States knocking at the door Of the
Union for re-admission, 1t needs only few
more vigorous, telling blows TO overthrow
the whole rotten fabric Of the bogus Confed-
eracy and plant anew the authority Of the
Constitution and the laws.


To effect this We must present an unbroken
front 10 the enemy. The only hrcad OF hope
npon which the rebels are hanging their
cause is that at the expiration Of the three
years term of service our men would not
Teenlist. Dut in this they arc sadly disap-
pointed. Our gallant veterans are rc-entsf~
ing almost en- ,nax~e, and We must sun 1ar-
thcr aid them by. filling up the places
of tLoec Who have been killed
in oattle OF By disease The splendid and
war-worn regiments returning from their
daily, must go back to the field filed
up to the maximum. They must oppose full
ranks TO the depleted and wasted rebel reGsi-
mcuts.. With the return Of Spring, tens Of
fbousands of new bayouetS must glIstcn
over the border, and as the old flag once
more goes forward, victory will follow In Its
train. The rebels can raise no more men.
We have but begun 10 touch our resources
Fill up the regiments then and forward The
very sight ofthcse old regiments coming back,
1lled up again, will be worth the best battle
Of the war In Its moral effect, and will turn
the discomfort already prevailing in the South,
into despair. The rebel cause is tottering;


new is the time to strike.
Year: 1864

THE peculiar tsint or
infection which We
call ScRoFULA turks
in the constitutions Of


multitudes of men. Il


either produces OF is


produced by an en-


teebled, vitiated state


of the blood, wherein
that fluid becomes in
competent to sustain
the vital forces in their
vigorous action, and
leaves the system to
fall into disorder and
Year: 1864

4 TEST OF CHARAoTER.-The use of money
has come in modern society to be test of char
acter. As men use money, they use everything,
and everybody. If they are honest and equita-
BILE in that they will be honest and equitable in
other things. If not, not. The intense and
universal pursuit of society, it follows that men
will manifest in it what manner of spirit they are
Of The eagerness with which they pursue 'the
main chance absorbs all other feelings and de-
sires. Even the eternal laws and ordinances of
God, which have been established as a bulwark
against the mad assaults of human passions, are
no barrier to the master-passion. 1t may be
that the test comes in matter of mills, or of
millions; but whenever it comes, and however
large or small the transaction is, how few COM
paratively out of the immense multitude en-


gagged in business can lay their hand on their
heart and say, ~ have not oYerreaehed or taken
advantage, or put a cent into my pocket thatwas
not honestly and clearly my own l'i How few
have so scrupulous sense of honor and homes
by, that they would no more oYerreach the gov
ernment than their own brother For besides
the amazing ambition to get rich, another feel
ing comes into play. To gain the better of
man in a bargain is accounted smartness. The
FLIP of great intellectual keenness is added
to the love Of money. There is something pc
culiarly fascinating in being quicker earlier,
brighter, faster than your neighbor. 1t is not
that you care so much about the stfilthy lucre,n
oh no, but you are resolved not to be beaten in
trial of wits. Thus it is that false intellectu-
al pride often joins with the dominant passion
of riches to trample the golden rules of honesty
and fair dealing under foot. But in spite cf So
licitations, how beautiful beyond compare is
answering uprightness.- Christian Inquirer.
Year: 1864

SIMPLICITY IN STYLE.-A letter fell into my
hands which a Scotch servant girl had written
to her lover, Its style charmed me. II was
fairly inimitable; l wondered how, in her cir
cumstances in life, she could have acquired so
elegant and perfect a style. l showed the let
ter to some of my literary friends in New York,
and they unanimously agreed that it was a mod
el of beauty and elegance. / then determined
to solve the mystery, and l went to the house
where she was employed, and asked her how it
was that in her humble circumstances in life,
she had acqcired a style so beautiful that the
most cultivated minds could but admire it,
"Sir," she said, 81 came to this country four
years ago. Then did not know how to read or
write. But since then have learned how to
read and write, but have not yet learned how
to spell; so always, when sit down to write a
letter, choose those words which are so short
and simple that I am sure | know how to spell
them" There was the whole secret. The re-
ply of this simple-minded Scotch girl eonden-
ses a world of rhetoric into nutshell. Sim
plicity is beauty. Simplicity is power.-FYtz
Greene HaJEeck.
Year: 1864

We beg Of every American not 70 lose
sight Of the Right Of the Majority consti,u-
tionaliy expressed, which this war for the
Union upholds and must establish, or Free
Government utterly perish. The Ken
lucky Breckinridge we'll said in recent
speech:


If Mr.. Lincoln was the worst President
that ever lived, it is the duty Of the Ameri-
can people to re-e!ect him because it is the
duty Of the American people to put final
and crushing termination upon this idea
that there is TO be faction and insUrrec-
ton every time man is elected that mi
nority in the nation don't like. What is to
hinder another outbreak of the Kind If
Mcclellan should be elected, what is TO
hinder faction from repeating the same
scenes? It is the ruin Of the
country, this doctrine of State Rights, that
a State can come and go as it likes. They
talk about q permanent cessation Of arms,
to make peace with men who
have.had no ether object than that they
would no. have this President TO be their
President. Ny friend who has preceded
me calls them my Southern bretheren.'"
Year: 1864




THE USE OF MAN-The world was
made to be inhabited by beasts, but stud
led and contemplated by man; It's the
debt of our reason that we owe unto God,
and the homage we pay for not being
beasts. Without this, the world is still
as though it had not. been, or as it was
before the sixth day, when as yet there
was not creature that could conceive, or
say there was world. The wisdom Of
God receives small honor from those vul.
gar heads that rudely stare about, and
with gross rusticity admire his works
Those highly magnify Him whose judi
cious inquiry into his acts, and deliber.
ate research into his creatures, return the
duty of devout and learned admiration.


Every essence, created or uncreated,
hath its final cause, and some positive
end, both of its essence and operation
This is the cause grope after in the work
of nature. On this hangs the providence
of God. To rise SO beauteous a structure
as the world and the creatures thereof was
but His act; but their sundry and divid-
ed operations, with their predestined ends,
are from the treasury of His wisdom


There are no grotesques in nature not
anything framed to fill UP empty cantons
and unnecessary spaces. = What reass
son may not 60 to school to the wisdom,
of bees, ants and spiders? What wise
hand teacheth them to do what reason
cannot teach US? Ruder heads stand
amazed at those prodigious pieces of ma
ture, whales, elephants, dromedaries, and
camels. These, l confess, are the colos-
suses and majestic pieces of his hand
But in these narrow engines there is more
curious mathematics and the civility of
these little citizens more neatly sets forth
the wisdom of their Matg. l could new
er content myself contemplation with
those general pieces of wonder, fux and
rehux Of the sea, the increase Of the Nile,
the conversion of the needle to the north;
and have studied to match and parallel
those in the more obvious and neglected
pieces of nature, which, without further
travel, l can do, in the cosmography of
myself. We carry with us the wonders
we seek without u.s., There is all Africa
and her prodigies in US. We are that
bold and adventurous piece of nature,
which he that studies wisely yslearns in o
compendium what others labor Al. in d.
vided piece and endless volume SIR
Thomas Browne.
Year: 1864

THE OURANG-OUTANG.-In Sierra Le-
one is species of Ourang- -Outang SO
strong and SO industrious, that when prop
erly trained and fed, they work like SER
wants. They generally walk upright on
their two hind feet Sometimes they are
employed to pound substances in NOR
tar, and they are frequently taught to go
torivers, and to bring water in small pitch
ers. They usually carry the water on
their heads. When they come to the
door of the house, if the pitchers are not
soon taken off, they let them fall; and
when they perceive they are broken, the
poor fellows sometimes weep like child,
in anticipation Of the fogsing they are to
receive.


Button saw an ourang-outang that per-
formed multitude-of funny tricks. He
would present his hands to lead his visi-
tors about the room, and promenade as
gravely as if he was one of the most i'm
portant personages Of the company. He
would even sit down at the table, unfold
his napkin, wipe his lips like any other
gentleman, use spoon or fork in carrying
food to his mouth, pour liquor into glass
for it seems he had not become con-
vert to the principles Of total abstinence
aud touch his glass to that of the person
who drank with him, When invited to
take tea, he brought a cup and saucer,
placed them on the table, put in sugar,
poured out the tea, and, after allowing it
to cool, drank ii with the utmost propriety.
Year: 1864

STRANGE HANGING A MAN. WITH
A Cur THROAT. Before the execution some
anxiety was felt among medical men as to
the effect of the long drop upon Myers. Ny
erS was a man Of enfeebIed constitution, and
in the attempt to commit suicide by cutting
his throat Immediately after the murder, be
had injured the windpipe. Notwithstanding
the long interval which had elapsed between
thut actand the time Of the execution, it was
apprehended that the wound might reopen
under the jerk If the rope. This fear had
only proved too we'll founded. At the time
when the crowd had left, and when from the
motion of the rope, the outer public had
supposed that the unfortunate man had ceas-
ed to live, he was found to be still alive, his
breath coming heavily and at regular
intervals for upwards of half all hour through
the fssure in his throat. The spectacle is
described by one of the witnesses of the
scene as frighttul in the extreme. Nothing,
he says, could be more heartrending. The
rope, of course, held tightly round the sus-
pended mans throat, but the air to and from
the lungs worked in and out of the aperture
thus made Myers never quivered nor attemp-
ted to raise himself but continuedto breathe
in the way described for fully baf an hour.
TO put an end to this shocking state Of things
the wound was bandaged up, and the aper-
.ture being thus stopped the lungs ceased to
act and the wretched man soon EXPIRED
Sheffield Telegraph.
Year: 1864

BALM OF GrLEAD.-Many New England
readers of the drawer recollect cid Elder t.,
of Westinghouse building nUtoriety, and
those who were accustomed to hear him
preach will remember with what peculiar
JUNCTION he used to hold forth from the text,
/" Is there no balm ia Gilead, and is there no
physician there Z" More than once has the
writer hereof found the saut tear trickling
down bis check while listening to the de-
livery of this sermon by the good old elder
on varions occasions. Meeting the old mai
at the sewing circle one night, in the course
Of our conversation spoke of the impression
produced on my mind on hearing him preach
few Sabbaths previous. "Well," said he,
II have preached that sermon a good many
times and, with one exception, have faith
to believe the effort was blessed but on that
occasion could only hope for the best.
Once" said he, I" on d begging tour to raise
money to build church, | stopped to preach
ope Sunday in the town of Gilead, and wish
Ing particularly on that occasion to produce
A favorable impression, chose my favorite
text. Now it happened that among my hear
ers was an old negro who had lived great
many years in the family of the village doctor
-and nothing would rile the old fellow so
quick as the mere suggestion that the doctor
didn't know everything. Every time re-
peated the text, noticed the old darkey
manifested much emotion, which Iattributed


to the peculiar fervency of the African tenn


peramtnt but, warming with the subject, |
repeated the text. with unusual pathos-" Is


there no balm in Giead and is there no ply
eiciau there2" Old Pomp could stand it no
longer, and, springing to his feet, said, Dun
no noffen about the balm, massa, but dere is
ljes as good a doctor here as dere is in de


world"
Year: 1864

Az eastern paper gives the following
seasonable and excellent rules for young
men commencing business.


The world estimates men by their sue
cess in life, and by general consent, sue
cess is evidence of superiority.


Never under any circumstances assume
a responsibility you can avoid consistently
with your duty to yourself and others.


Base all your actions upon principle
of right; preserve your integrity of char
acter and in doing this never reckon the
cost. s- se


Remember that self-interest is more
likely to warp your judgment than all
o. her circumstances combined; therefore,
look we'll to your duty when your inter
est is concerned.


Never make money at the expense OF
your reputation.


BE neither lavish nor niggardly; of the
two avoid the latter. The mean man i,
universally despised, but public favor il
stepping stone to preferment; therefore
generous feelings should be cultivated.
Say but littia@thiEk much and dc
more


Let your expenses be such as to leave
balance in your pocket. Ready money
is friend in need. fa
Keep eles of the law; for even if-yor
gain your case you are generally loser


Avoid borrowing and lending.
| Wine drinking and smoking cigars arr
bad habits, they impair the mind ant
pocket, and lead to waste of time.


'Nevcrrelate your misfortune, and neve
grieve over what you cannot prevent.
Year: 1864

TUNE" Coming through the Rye"
IF you meet, no matter who,
Coming up to vote
Withouta a niger on his ticket,
Take him by the throat.
IF he viii not vote for Abe,
Pray what right has he
Where the bayonet rules the ballot
And the polls are free (to all that


vote for Abraham)?
IF be offers to resist you,


From your pocket draw
The test oath; should he dare refuse it,
Swear he's broke the law
And quickly brand him as traitor,
For what right has he
Where the bayonet rules the ballet
And the polls are free (to all that


vote for Abraham)?
IF this from the poll should drive him,
Mark him on your card;
But should he still persist in voting,
Call the Provost guard,
And let him take him off to prison,
For what right has he
Where the bayonet rules the ballot
And the polls are free (to all that
sae vote for Abraham)?
When election day is over


You may let him slide,
And swear it was a fair election
On the winning side.
Shoddy papers will sustain you,
For the sake of fee,
Where the bayonet rules the ballot
And the polls are free 0o all tha


vote for Abraham.)
Year: 1864

nsa- An old woman of Brussels, says a
journal of that capital, was in the habit
of refusing invitations with the answer of
q am so illp A magpie which the old
lady kept caught the phrase, from hear
ing it SO frequently, and uttered it when
ever it saw stranger A short time ago,
the old lady died; and the magpie, having
no longer protector, strayed into the
fields, where it Jared so badly as to be
worn almost to skeleton. In this state
it was found by peasant, who, taking II
up, and psrceiving that it was mere skin
and bone, exclaimed, Poor thing, how
thin you areF' upon which the bird cried
in piseous tone, al am so illl'' The


peasant took to his heels. in alarm; and


on arriving at the village, declared that


he had seen the devil in the form of .
magpie.
Year: 1864

Regardless of the hireling's cry
OF Copperhead, and all that,
We still despotic power defy,


And dare to speak for all that.


For all that, and all that,


The traitor band, and all that,
We still believe the South have rights
As we'll as North for all that,
We love the Constitution, too,


We never will deny that;
Although the Abolition crew


Would willingly destroy that.
For all that, and all that,


In spite of threats, and all that,
The Constitution as it is


Shall still be ours for all that.
State rights we ever will uphold,
Free speech, free press, and all that
Hard cash of copper, silver, gold,


With no discount on all that,


Yes, all that, and all that


We still adhere to all that;
No military necessity


Shall rob US yet OF all that.
The freedom of the ballot-box
From baycnet, oath, and all that,
With no tyrannic power that mocks
at justice, Peace, and all that.


Yes, all that, and all that,


We claim and will have all that;
White men, nc matter rich or poor,
Have still the right to all that.
Let towards wear the gilded chain,
Amalgamate, and all that;
The Democrat its links disdain,
Loves freedom more tnan all that.


Yes, all that, aud all that;


Peace, justice, truth, and all that;
Our glorious Union as it was,


We love it still for all that.
Year: 1864

his curly head pressed close to my wicked
heart, even then swelling with hatred of
my enemy, he began to murmur in his
delirium:


"Our father who art in heaven"


| was rough, bearded man. 1 had
been an orphan for many years; but not
too many or too long to forget the simple
hearted prayer of my childhood-the
dim vision of that mothers face, over
which tho grass had grown for twenty
changing summers. Something tender
stirred within my hardened heart. 1t
was too dark to see the little face, but she
young lips went on brokenly:


''And forgive US our trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us.


Invent through me like knife-sharp-
ball. God was merciful to me, and this
young child was the channel Of his mer-
cy.


"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us"


l had never understood the words be-
fore. If an angle had spoken it could
scarcely have been more of a revelation.
For the first time the thought that might
be mertally wounded that death might be
nearer than [ dreamed-struck me with
awe and horror. The text of long for
gotten sermon was in my ears:


at is appointed for all men to die; and
after death, the judgement" :"


Worse and worse. What measure Of
mercy could / expect, if the same we've
meted out to me that l had meted out to
my enemy. The tears welled into my
eyes and tickled down my cheeks, the
first that had shed since my boyhood L
felt subdued and strangely moved.


The rain was still falling; but the lit
tie head upon my breast was gone. He
crept away silently into the darkness
His-unconscious mission was done. He
would not return at my call.


Then l lifted myself with great effort
The old bitterness was crushed, but not
altogether dead.


'Water-waterr moaned Richard With
ers in his agony.


dragged myself closer to him.


"God be praisedI' 1 said with a sol
emn heart. "Dick, old boy! enemy no
longer! God be praised l am willing
and able to help you!-Drink, and be
friends"


1t had been growing lighter and light
er in the east, and now it was day-day
within and day without. In the first gray
glimmer of dawn we looked into each
others ghastly faces for a moment and
then the canteen was at Richard s mouth,
and he drank as only the fevered can
drink. I watched him with moist eyes,
leaning upon my elbow and forgetting
the bandaged shoulder He grasped me
with both hands.


Blood-stsined and pallid as it was his
face was ingenious and beautiful as a
child's.


Now, let me speak" said he, painting
you have misjudged me, Rufus. 1t was
all mistake; | found it out after we
parted, meant to have spoken this morn
ing when | grasped your rein, but
but"


His generosity spared me the rest.


The wound my hand had inflicted was
yet bleeding in his head; but for the
blind passion of the blow it must have
been mortal. Was vengeance so very
sweet after all? felt something trick
ling from my shoulder. The daylight
waS gone again-how dark it was


"Forgive me, Dick" / murmured
grouping about for him with my hands
Then | was blind-thcn | was cold al
ice-then | tumbled down an abyss; anc
every thing was blank.


ha Ill
Year: 1864

BEST MATERIAL FOR DREss.-In all sea-
sons of the year, and in all climates, the
best material for dress, for old and young,
for strong and weak, is wooen 1t is the
poorest conductor of heat, and therefore Sc
cures the most equable temperature. This
is the principal object of dress. The supe-
riority of woolen clothes for babes is even
greater in July than January. In the
warmest days single thickness Of soft fan
mel will suffice But if linen or cotton be
worn, the garment is soon moistened by per-
spiration, and two or three additional thick
nesses are needed to protect the child against
the effect of draft. In warm weather we
find it necessary to wear woolen garments in
the gymnasium, as protection against a
chill from drafts while perspiring. Black
smiths, glass-blowers, furnace men and 9TH
ers exposed to the highest temperature, find
woolen indispensable. Few practices will
do so much to secure the comfort and pro-
tect the health of children as dressing them
in flannel night and day the year round. 1t
NAV be Objected that flannel irritates deli
cate skin. This is ofteG so as the skin is
now treated But there is no bays SKIN
so thin and delicate that bathing and faith
ful friction may not remove this extreme
susceptibility; and as the skin is the organ
upon which the outer world makes Its I'M
pressions, nothing is more important than
that all morbid susceptibility should be re-
moved DR., LeVis.
Year: 1864

WORTH KNOWING, LADIEs.-William
Hutton, the celebrated mathematician, was
called upon by respectable looking coun-
try woman, anxious to speak with him She
told him, with an air of secresy, that her
husband behaved unkindly to her and sought
other company, frequently passing evenings
from home, which made her feel extremely
unhappy; and knowing Mr.. Hutton to be
wise man, she thought he might be able
to tell her how she could manage to cure
her husband The case was common one
and he thought he could prescribe for it
without losing his reputation as conjurer.
"The remedy is a simple one, said he, "but
[ have never known it to fail AJaoqys treat
your husband aoih smile" The woman
expressed her thanks, dropped a courtesy
and went away. A few months afterwards
she waited upon Mr.. Hutton with a couple
of fine fowls, which she begged him to ac-
cept She told him, while tear of joy and
gratitude glistened in her eye, that she had
followed his advice and her husband was
cured.
Year: 1864

If marriage is a lottery, prizes are
are apt to be drawn in the following
method as any other:
At wedding, recently celebrated,
were present some twenty five young
persons, all Of them in condition
which, for various reasons, they gen.
orally concured in regarding as un.
desirable the "unengaged." One of
the gentlemen Of the party suspect,
ed the prevalence among them Of feel.
ings that might easily be exchanged
for other infinitely more fixed and
agreeable. He accordingly proposed
the choosing Of a president, a person
worthy Of all confidence, whose duty
It should be to receive from each in.
diHidual folded paper, inscribed
with the name of the person handing
it in, and also with the name of a.
mother person of the other sex, whom
the first would be willing to marry


The president, in addition to the re-
straints Of his own sense Of honor,
was to be put under solemn pledge
of eternal secresy. All 6efdsiDg to
accede to the proposition were forth