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Year: 1868

1Ou can never forget her. She was so very
young, and innocent and pretty. She had such
a way OF looking at you over her hymn book in
church. She alone of all the world did not
think you boy at eighteen but wondered at
your size and learning, and your faint for
Shadowlng OF a sandy moustache, and your
every inch man. When at those stupid even
ing parties, where boys who should have been
IN the nursery, and girls who should have eaten
supper of bread and milk aad gone to sleep,
hours before, waltZed and tlirtcd. and made
themselves i'll over oysters and champagne, you
were favored by glance Of her eye, or "A
whisper from her lip, YOU aSceudcd to the
seventh heaven Immediately. When once.
upon certain memorable eve, She polkaed
with the druggist clerk, and never even look
ed at you, how miserable you were. 1t is fun
ny to think of now, but it was not funny then,
tor you were awfully in earnest.


Once at picnic, she wore white dress,
and had roses twined in her hair and she
looked 50 like bride that you fairly trembled.
Sometimes you thought in just such snowy cos
tune, with just such blossoms in her hair, she
might stand beside the altar and you, most
blessed of all mortalS, might place a golden
ring upon her finger And when you were left
alone with her for a moment, some Of your
thoughts would form themselves into words,
and though she blushed and ran away, and
would not let you kiss her. she did not seem
angry. And then you were somewhat parted
for "A little while, and when you met again, she
was walking with a gentleman, large, we'll
whlskeled man OF twenty eight or thirty, and
neither word or smile for you And some we'll
meaning gossip informed you shortly after,
that she was engaged " to the tall gentleman
with black whiSkerS, and that it was a splen-
did match. 1t was terrible news to bring you
then, and sent you off to some great city far
froC your native place, where after a good
deal of youthful grief and with many rrsolu-
tionS to die and haunt her. you recovered your
equanlmity and began to make money and to
call love stuff and nonsense.


You have a rich wife Of your own now, and
grOwn-up childrcn-aye, even two or three
grand-chidren-abou your hearth your hair
Is gray, and you lock your heart up in the fire
proof safe at your cOuntng-houSe when you
90 home at night And you thought that YOU
had forgotten that little episode of your nine
teenth year, until the other day, when you
read OF her death in the papers. You know
she was a stout lady, who wore glasses, and
had daughters older than she was in that odcn
time; but your heart went back, and you saw
her smiling and bluShing, with her golden hair
about her face, and yourself a boy again.
dreaming Of wedding robes and rings; and you
laid your gray old head upon your office desk.
and wcpt for the memory OF your first sweet
heart.
Year: 1868

CHARACTER.-We may Judge mans char
acter by what he lOves-what pleases him. If
person manifests delight in low, sOrdid OBJ
we may at once determine the complexion Of
his character. On the contrary, if he loves
purity, modesty, truth--if virtuous pursuits
engage his heart and draw out his affections
we are satisfied that he is an upright man.
When we see young man fond of fine clothes
and making top of himself, it is a sure sign
that he thinks the world consists of outside
show and Ostentation and he is certain to make
an unstable man without true affection or
friendship, fond Of change and excitement,
and soon wearying Of those objects and pur-
suits which for time give him pleasure
Year: 1868

Some persons fall on the highway of life be-
cause they cannot be this or that eminent per.
son. Why not be willing to be themselves?
live, is without influence. Why not make the
most of that? Since you cannot grasp that
which you wish why let what you have slip
through your fingers? No per on in the
world is exactly like you. You have your own
exccllencies. Give them air Because YOU
are not poet, should you not be good mer-
chant? Because you can not 90 to college,
should you therefore forSwear the alphabet?
Because you cannot build palace should You
not rejoice in your own humble roof, and that
because it is your own?
Year: 1868

The Income Tax law has gone into the
Courts, at last, on a test Of its constitu-
tiODality. The case arises in the United
States Circuit Court in this city, bin in
equity having been fled by citizen whose
property was levied upon for the amount Of
tax alleged to be due from him to the United
States on account of income The aver
ment in the bills Is that the law conflicts
with that provision of the Constitution
which declares that no capitation or other
direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion
to the census or enumeration hereinbefore
directed to be taken" The argument is set
down for the first Monday in June. The
case will be watched with a great deal of
interest There Is a general belief that the
income tax is unconstitutional, and its pry-
ing, spying, meddling character renders it
peculiarly offensive to the American people.
During the war it was submitted to with a
good grace, as would have been the case
with any tax regarded as necessary for the
prosecution of the war and the support of
the Government But the rebellion has now
been ended more than three years and if
the expenditures of the Government are
kept up on a war scale and the debt and
taxation of the country increased, it is owing
to the blunders, dishonesty, corruption and
incapacity of the men who are governing
the nation. For these the people are not as
willing to be burGened, and they will rejoice
if a tax so odious, un-Amcrican and now so
unnecessary as that upon incomes shall be
swept away by judicial decision.-Phila-
dekphia Shipping List
Year: 1868

A USEFUL REcE1PT.-The fruit season has
again returned, and with it that usual con
comitant of the hot season and an excessive
indulgence in its luxuries. The following
receipt, says the Memphis appeal, will be
found a sovereign remedy in all cases of
cholera morbus, gripping pains or dysentery,
and every family living in the country espe-
cially, should have it by them


Put in large PITCHER two tablespoonsful
of carbonate of soda and four of loaf sugar,
pour on these pint of hot water, when
they are perfectly dissolved add half a pint
of cold water, then put in a tablespoonful Of
pulYerized Turkey rhubard or two ounces of
the tincture, teaspoonfuI of laudanum,
eight drops of the oil of peppermint or
enough of the tincture to give it percepti-
bic taste and lastly, pint of good French
brandy. Bottle up carefully. and administer
to the patient IN doses equal to half a
wine glass full three times day, or as often
as the bowels are moved.
Year: 1868

a writer in an exchange says: Not a
week ago We saw a. baby of three months
that had had its tender little ears pierced
and earrings hung from them. Loops Of
gold clasped its sleeves, bracelets were hung
upon its arms, and rings pressed upon its
little fat fingers but the cruelty Of the ear
ring operation was l!ttieshort of barbarous !;
the nurse of the child wept bitterly over it
and protested against it, but the vanity of
the young mother triumphed over every
other consideration. She thought that ear
rings would look 50 cunning upon such
little babe.
Year: 1868

A dashing young widow in Detroit pre-
pared pleasant surprise for her Suitor, a
few evenings since. Expecting call from
him, she hid herself in a convenient corner,
and, as he touched the knob of the door
bell, sprang out in the darkness of the eve
ming and nearly smothered him with
kisses. His cool reception Of her caresses
startled her with recognition of the fact
that, instead of her lover, she had been Law
ishing her sweetness upon the conductor OF
a street car, who had come with a note ex
planning an unforeseen absence. Being a
widow she omitted to faiat
Year: 1868

The Pope has sent an agent to the United
States to enlist troops for the Papal army
Garibaldi has written several earnest letters
to friends and the authorities of the United
States entreating them in behalf Of the
Liberal party of Italy to discourage the
Droiect
Year: 1868

The funeral of Mr.. Buchanan was very
imposing, the procession being a mile and a
half long. New York city sent her Mayor
and fifty aldermen. Republicans We'd with
Democrats in honoring the. dead. In his
death the poor have lost true friend, but
he left bequest, a permanent fund to buy
fuel for the destitute.
Year: 1868

Blackberry Wtne-In answer to an in
quiry for the best and most economical
method of making wine" ] viii give my
naodus operGndi After many outside at
tempts l have settled on the following
method: First, secure good berries, good
kegs, for casks, and good Havana sugar
The berries should not be green nor frosted,
but perfectly ripe. The kegs must be per
feetly clean. a good way is to wash with
boiling water and common soda Extract
the juice by pressing in a cider press, or
even a cheese press but do not run the ber-
ries through the apple crusher, as that
breaks many seeds and gives a bad flavor to
the wine. After expressing the juice, strain
through a cloth strainer add to every quart
of Juice three pounds of sugar, and water
sufficient &c MAKE one gallon. total. Add no
less than three pounds Of sugar, otherwise
the wine will grow acid. Place ycnr mix
ture in a kettle, and bring it to boil skim
as soon az it bOils, then allow it to cool, and
FL your kegs about two thirds full, and
keep in moderate cool place.
Year: 1868

Much has been said, says the Country
Gentleman, about working butter, but a
trial of both ways has led us to believe that
in warm weather, better butter can be made
by washing than without On this question,
Andrew Havens, an experienced butter
maker, gives his opinion in a recent Ohio
Cultivator, which we condense for our read
ears as follows: Some say they would rather
leave the milk in the butter than to wash it
that washing makes it rancid bat it is a
mistake Milk that's in butter will surely
sour and the butter become strong, besides
it is as easy to work out the water as the
milk, and if not worked out combines with
the salt to make brine which will help to
keep the butter sweet In cool weather we
can work out the milk very well without
water, but in hot weather we cannot get the
milk out very well without washing, and
hardly with. A great deal of butter is
spoiled by the way it is worked. Some
work it too much-this makes it greasy like
lard, and after standing awhile it turns
white and loose in its flavor When work
ing butter never draw the ladle over it, for
that will make it greasy, but cut and press
with the ladIe to work out the milk. Made
right, butter always stands up, and will cut
smooth and clean, and not daub the knife,
but poor butter win stick to the knife an /
throat Butter should never be packed
down until it is solid, il put down solid
viii remain so.
Year: 1868

Il Short Petticoat BaH-The Paris cor
respondent of the New York Herald says:


We have had the short peticoat ball;
such an exceptional ball all married ladies,
not a maiden blush presen6 The skirts had
prescribed limits They were not to come
a thread lower behind than the top of the
heel of the back of the satin shoe, and not
a line shorter in front than the bone of that
part of the side of the foot called an ankle
Geometrical shoemakers have kneh and
measured the prettiest feet in Paris for that
ball 1t was given by Nine. de Pourtales,
and her sumptuOus apartmen were one
glare of light on dazzling white. it was a
Godsend to gentlemen how they kicked
about; how firmly they put their feet no
where excepting in places fit for human
feet; how they applauded the waltz q deuS
temps what a queen they made Of Nine
de Pourtales But alias how many fat
feet came to wax light, and oar-iike, pad
ding feet, and safe beat feet and slender
feet, no one who has never been 70 a petit
coat ball can know
Year: 1868

If our readers do not think that it re
quires nerve to edit a newspaper out West
let them read this, the experience Of zone
Of them fellers," as told by himself.


Il One evenirlc--it was moonlight IN the
summer tine-we sat alone on the porch by
the cottage door, holding that little white
hand in gentle pressure5 one arm had
stolen around her waist. and silent song Of
iov. ike the music of the night, was on
our soul Our lips met in sweet delicious
kiss, and, bending softly to her ear. we whis-
pered tale Of passionate devotion-sge pro
posed. In moment she tore her hand
from ours, and with a look of ineffabIe seorn
said. What! marry an editor7 You cit
outr We slid
Year: 1868

One of the Chicago resolutions adopts the
Declaration of Independence as part of
the platform of the Republican party.
Another resolution, apparently intended to
be the logical sequence of the first, guaran-
tees the right of suffrage to the 'troOIy loil -
people of the South But, unfortunately,
the same resolution declines to guarantee
the right of suffrage to the negroes of the
North.
Year: 1868

LOOK Ur AS WELL AS DowN.-''O father
o mother! the moon is drowned; she is.
indeed; we have seen her lying trembling
in the lake, cried the owlets, bustllng back
TO the tower, where their parents sat among
the ivy. Children" said the old birds,
t'you looked down and saw the image in
the lake if you had looked up you would
have seen the moon herself in the sky; but
it is the way with novices to be led astray
by the representation of subject, which a
little further inquiry would have shown
them were wholly deceptive" - Leisure
EoWTs.
Year: 1868

find n man who has ever heard of a saw
age being seen in the last thirty years.
/ have tried long and faithfully to hnd a
man who ever saw one, but thus far i
have failed completely.


yet there are other disadvantages,


says some good Southern man, who has
returned from Brazil dissatisfied and
perfectly disgusted. Although they
have slavery in Brazil, yet they have a
great many free negroes there, who are
permitted to vote, and some OF them to
hold Office Well, this is true. The
qualification for voters here is prop
erty qualification, and when the free
negro possesses that qualification he is
allowed to vote, and when he possesses
certain requisites he is sometimes ap-
pointed to office; but he is not like the
American negro, taught to believe him
self the superior of the white man; on
the contrary, although his father and his
grandfather before him were free, yet
true to nature and TO natures laws, he
has set to his seal that God is true, in
that he has at all times and
in all ages, made and designed
the white man superior to the black
one; and / do most solemnly aver that |
have never in the whole course of my
life. (even when slavery in the South was
in its, palmest and most unquestioned
power), found the negro more ready and
more willing to acknowledge my right to
supremacy and command, than | have
found the free negroes of Brazil since l
have been within the limits of the en-
pire. They have made me the trustiest
and most faithful servants | have ever
had. But honestly and sincerely believe
that freedom is the worst curse that can be
put upon the negro, whatever the cline
or country in which it is done. True to
his native instincts, he shuns labor, and
toiH net cork, save only when driven to
it by stern necessity.
The true men Of Brazil have already
seen the horrors of emancipation and
amalgamation, and they are hailing with
shouts of joy the arrival in their midst
of true men from the South. Fear not:
everything is going right. Let our peo-
pie emigrate to this country, and all will
be we'll. We shall have no trouble upon
this question, in our little colony, for
there are very few persons living in its
limits, either white or black. There are
more than two millions of slaves in
Brazil, and l see no indications Of gen
eral emancipation. If the tide of emf
grafton that has set in from the South
should continue, the day of emancipa-
ton in Brazil will be postponed until God
Almighty sees proper to order It; and If
we are true to our race and lineage, to
the religion of our fathers, and to the God
of the Bible, we shall swell that tide
until it assumes proportions as grand
and sublime as the causes which have
impelled us to this exile. But enough !
Brazil is thousand times better than
the United States in every particular
which can interest US. Let that suffice
Year: 1868

UNDER the caption of startling ru'
NOR the Cincinnati Times (Rad.) thus
speaks of Chief Justice Chase and his
actions in the impeachment trial:


The rumor is telegraphed that Judge
Chase has come to the conclusion that
his functions as President Of the Court
of Impeachment are of the nature OF
those of judge presiding upon the
bench, and therefore it is his right to
decide the legal questions that may be
raised during the progress OF the trial.
1t is also stated that the judges OF the
Supreme Court concur with the Chief
Justice in this opinion.


If this be 90, the country may anuci-
pate one or more exciting scenes during
the trial 1t is certain that nearly every
Republican in the Senate will vote
against such a claim, and refuse TO even
respect any legal opinion which the pre-
siding officer may hold that does net &C
cord with that Of the majority Of the
Senate


should the Chief Justice claim the
right to decide all questions Of law, and
bis claim be ignored, as Il will be, We
nay fairly imagine some decided course
on The part Of the Chief Justice. l. is
asserted By the Democracy that the Sen
ate will, ID such an event, strip him u
his constitutional powers, as u has, in
conjunction With the House, stripped the
President sf his rights. Il Is not likely
ths Mr.. Chase would quietly submit 70
be thus shorn Of What be may really be-
Eeve 10 be bis rights. What then VIII
be leave the Court without . presiding
ofhcerf IL %, What theuf
Year: 1868

TnR MoRE goods firm buys the cheaper
they can sell. We talk of Eastern prices
IS though Davenport prices we're not just
as good. They are when Davenport firm
can handle the quantity Of goods that an
Eastern firm can. A look through the
large establishment Of w II. 4 C. T. Webb
in LeClsire Row, viii convince any one
that such is the case with them. Their
stock presents magnificent display Of rare
and costly goods. such as are in demand at
al times. There is crockery Of every
imaginable pattern, style and price tho
most approved cutlery fancy articles that
defy description OF enumeration pur
silver ware, both solid and plated, suitable
for the dining room. or for handsome pres
snts, in fact almost everything nice. Call
and see.
Year: 1868

When trade grew slack and notes fell
due, the merchants face grew long and
blue I; his dreams were troubled all the
night, with sheriffs, balifs all in sight.
At last his wife unto him said, q Rise up
at once and get out Of bed, and get your
paper, ink and pen, and say these words
unto all men: "M Ny goods / wish to sell
to you, and to your wives and daughters
too; my prices they shall be so low, that
each viii buy before they CO." He did as
his good wife advised, and in the paper
advertised. Crowds came and bought all
that he had his notes were paid his dreams
made glad, and he will tell you to this
day, how well did printers ink repay. He
he saved by printers ink. The other in
place as tight, contented with the Press
to slight, he did not let the people know
of what he had, or where to go. His
drafts fell due and were not paid a levy
on his goods were made; the store was
closed until the sale, and for some time he
was in jail. A bankrupt now without
cent, at leisure he does deep repent, that
very foolish and unwise, he did not freely
advertise.


The newspapers of town are its life
blood. Without them they can not pros
per. The better they are supported at
home, the more powerful their influence
win be abroad. To the merchant they are
indispensable, as those who have made use
of them as a medium through which to
reach the public, well know. And they
contribute largely to the prosperity of ev-
cry citizen, for their influence is felt in
thousand different ways, and exerted in a
thousand different directions.
Year: 1868

PASTORAL CoLDNEss. lady recently,
in giving her views of the preaching of a
minister to whom she had listened several
times, said ''I thought it was the business
of the minister to feed the sheep. This
man don't feed us; he sends us bleating
and hungry home" Many one might
gather useful hint from this as the pro-
per mode Of dealing with the flock of Christ.
Harshness, severity and fault-fnding ac-
oomplish but little good in the family, the
church, or the world. True, it is the pas
tors duty to admonish and rebuke, to cor
rect error and reform sin, but always in the
spirit of the Master. A scolding minister
never yet succeeded in anything but scat
tering the flock, and weakening his hold
upon the affections of his people. There is
a magazine of power in an affectionato spir-
it and kind words. .-Spayyeoa.
Year: 1868

A young man asked an old gentleman
for his daughter in marriage. The ans
wer was was, eco into the orchard and
bring in a number of apples. Give me
one half of the whole number, and the
mother one half of the balance and half
an apple over, and to the daughter one
half of the remainder and half an apple
over, and have one left for yourself, with
out cutting an apple, and then if she is
willing you can have her." He solved the
question, and how many did he bring?
Year: 1868

A PUZZLED DARKEY.-In flush times,
down South, passenger on river boat
accosted little negro boy with an inquiry
not unusual at that day, " Who do you be-
long to?" "Don't know sir" answered
the boy. "Why don't you know"
"When I came aboard I b'longs to Massa
Sam White; but he went me last night on
two little par, and the clerk of dis boat
win me. Den Sol Sniff he beat de clerk
on bluff, an he had me last; SO can't
tell, sir, who l blongs to till de game
close"
Year: 1868

When skies are growing warm and bright
And in the woodland bowers
The Spring-time in her pale, faint robes


Is calling up the flowers;
when all with naked little feet


The children in the morn
Go forth, and in the burrows drop


The seeds of yellow corn,
What a beautiful embodiment


of ease devoid of pride,
Is the good old-fashioned homestead


With doors set open wide
But when the happiest time is come


That to the year belongs,
When all the wales are filled with gold,
And all the air with songs;
When fields of yet unripened grain


And vet ungarnered stores,
Remind the thrifty husbandman
Of ampler threshing floors;
How pleasant from the din and dust


OF the thoroughfare aloof,
Stands the old-fashioned homestead,


With steep and mossy roof
When home the woodsmnn plods with axe
Upon his shoulder swung,
And in the knotted apple tree


Are scythe and sickle hung;
When low about her clay-built nest


The mother swallow trills,
And decorously slow, the cows


Are WenullB uOhh tiic MIN
What a blessed picture of comfort


In the evening shadows red,
Is the rood old-fashioned homestead,
With its bonnteous table spread.
And when the winds moan loudly,


When the woods are bare and brown,
And when the swallows clay built nest
From the rafter crumbles down;
When all the untrod garden paths


Are heaped with frozen leaves,
And icicles, like silver spikes,


Are set along the caves;
Then when the book from the shelf is brought,
And the fre-lights shine and play,
In the good old-fasioned homestead,


Is the farmers holiday.
But whether the brooks be fringed with flowers
Or whether Il Q dead leaves fall
And whether the air be full of songs,


Or never a song at all
And whether the vines Of the strawberries
Or frosts through the grasses run,
And whether ii rain or whether itshne,
Is all to me as one,
For bright as the brightest sunshine


The light of memory streams
Round the old-fashioned homestead,


Where l dreamed my dream of dreams.
Year: 1868

Senator HOWARD moved tIAt tie OlOI oA t-c CUM
sci for the accused be laid on the table.
Senator DRAKE made thy question of order that u was
In order To move 10 lay on the table proposition oI
the counsel FOR the accused, or OF the Managers


The CHIEFJUsriCE sustained the point of order, ana
the motion not received.


The question REQUIRED the application or Counsel Tor
the that they be allowed 30 days TO prepare for
the trial.