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Year: 1860




have turned away in disgust.


The four hundred, after they had secured
their own tickets, should have taken care of
the youth and beauty of New York. In
place of sending tickets to Firkins and his
wife, they should have dispensed those COW
eted bits Of pasteboard to the young Firk-
inses of both sexes. The four hundred
blundered wretchedly; and so they had q
ball without dancers. The aunts and grand
mothers of Fifth avenue, dressed up in
snuffy laces ever their parchment tinted
necks and shoulders, left the plump and rosy
checked granddaughters and nieces pouting
at home. Young America masculine was
served just as bad (; the governors went
themselves, and with weak l,ams and sherry
eyes according to Hamlet) monopolized the
floor.


Terpsicnore was indignant, and, as she
left the temple of her sister muse, gave 80
emphatic stamp that the very floor fell
beneath the gouty and marrowless old legs
that crowded it. We had hoped that the
ball would have been not only splendid in
its decorations and appointments, but would
have done justice to the grace and elegance
of New York. AS it was, it only exhibit.
ed its wealth and respectability Grabbed
age surrounded the juvenile Prince, and
painfully reminded him of Holbein's famous
professor of the saltatory art with whom all
OF US, peasant and Prince, must take our
final jig.
Year: 1860

III tell you the queerest thing that ever
happened to me iD business. One evening,
about twenty years ago, l Iwas. going home
along the City Road to my own house at
Pentonville Hill 1t was near the end of
December. l had staid balancing accounts
in my Office some time after the Stock Ex-
change closed. A frosty night, with half
fog in it, had fallen; and there was a rather
valuable pocket>book safely buttoned up in
the breast-pocket of my great coat, for
had that day sold five hundred Western
Canal shares, which, in common with all
such property, the railways were rapidly
bringing down. They belonged to one of
my best customers, had been advantageously
disposed of, and l was carrying home the
bank notes, thinking my own house was a
safer place than the Office, as the gentleman
had not pleased to mention his banker.
The City Road is not solitary place at 5
Pm. walked on, summing up the days
transactions and the probabilities of the
morrow, looking into the windows of all
newsmen and stationers for the evening pa.
pers l thought most reliable, and occasion.
ally seeing that my great coat was securely
buttoned.


was engaged in the latter occupation
within sight of that notable inn, the Angel,
Islington, when I became conscious of being
watched and followed by man who seemed
determined to keep bis eye on me. His
dress and appearance belonged to the shab-
by-respectable; himself and everything
around him looked as if they had seen better
days. His figure was tall and thin, bis face
long and sharp; his hair was perfectly gray,
yet felt convinced that his years did not
much exceed my own, and was then on
the sunny side OF fifty. 1t was strange, too,
that be made no attempt at concealing bis
pursuit of me; indeed, there was nothing sly
or cunning looking about the man. Still,
had my pocket-book to take care Of; and as
we reached quieter part of the road skirt
ing the New River Company's Water
Works, resolved to let him know be was
observed, by turning abruptly and facing
him in the full light of a street lamp.


Had it been any description of woman
hood, instead of a gray haired and evidently
not well-to-do man, l shoald have gone home
to Mrs. Rugby more puffed up with vanity
and self-conceit than that honest woman
was accustomed to find me, for the best
dressed specimen of beauty and fashion in
all Belgravia could not have been greeted
with gaze of greater admiration and de.
light than that be bestowed on my cane.
colored whiskers and almost carroty hair
Was the man mad, or making game Of me
Somehow, be did not look to be either
there was an appearance Of perfect earnest.
ness and sincerity in his demonstrations, as
if his whole heart was in the business, and
be neither thought nor cared for anything
else. a..
ado you do anything in the Stock Ex
change, sir?" said be, before could make
up my mind what proceedings to take.


"Yes," said I, astonished out of all my
caution. "Why do you ask 7"


because, sir, I want little business
Year: 1860

Another View Of the Ball to the


Prince.


There is little doubt that the great ball
in New York, to the Prince, was in reality
a great humbug, and for reasons set forth
in the NeaUs as follows:


If the Princes Grand Uncle,
once known as the first gentleman in Europe,
had been present at the Academy of Music,
on Friday last, he would have praised Del
monico, and enjoyed the culinary bon bouehes
placed on his plate: But would the fat
friend of the Great Brummel have appreci-
ated the scraggy old women who thronged
around for dance with the youthful scion
of his house? Liberal as the Beau's friend
was as to the ripened charms Of forty, he
had also respect to that adipose quality in
feminine shoulders which be disliked at
tributed to his own august person. But
when fifty or sixty had dried up the bust
and withered the complexion, we fear that
Year: 1860

All through the night
The subtle frost hath piled its mystic art,
And in the day the golden sun hath wrought
True wonders; and the wings st4norn ana even
Have touched with magic breath the changing


leaves.
And now, as wander the dilating eye
Athwart the varied landscape circling far,
Of sor burs apon he rs2scd ah
Year: 1860

From the Philadelphia Press we learn


that the Prince of Wales behaved like a
good boy while in that city, writing long
letter-it took him two hours to finish it
to his mother, while he was in the Quaker
city. he has also kept private journal
during his tour. But be is only mortal,
after all. Speaking ofhis attendance at the
Year: 1860

ADVICE TO CHlLDREN-A little boy (if he
is only good little boy and don't tell
naughty stories) needn't learn how to spell
in ''a-b abb or parse any more. When he
gets big enough he must take an axe and
go right into the woods somewhere and
split rails, and keep splitting till he has split
full thousand. Then when he grows up
to be a great, tall man he will stand chance
of being elected


president of these United States,
To lick molasses candy and swing upon the


gates"


What do you think of that, my fine fellow?
Now every good little boy who wants to get
along in the world must remember what we
tell him. When your mother wants to make
you learn ugly, hard words, don't you do it,
but go right off into the woods and split
rails.-Chicag K. r. Gazette.
Year: 1860

Rat story.


A man in Troy, n Y, tells rat STORY
that smacks little Of the marvellous, bus
as it comes from respectable source wc
make note Of it. He put his gold watch
and chain upon the table near his bed, on"
night last winter, and the next morning tn
watch was missing. Six months passed
away and having occasion to repair his house
he found the watch under the floor, between
the joists, and snugly slowed away anon
bits of paper, cheese, bread, rags and Il
other ct ceteras that make up the necessary
furniture and stock in trade Of respect
ble old rat! The watch and chain were
good order with the exception Of . broke
crystal and dent on tho face.
Year: 1860

,W~ 1t is beautiful saying Of somebody
that Gratitude is the music of the heart,
when its chords are swept by the gentle
breeze of kindness" Many hearts, how
ever, might as well be strung with bed
cords for any music of gratitude that ever
comes from them.
Year: 1860

.-Y" \ poet out West, says: "It is a
world of bliss fenced in with pretty girls.



If the above is true, and we should be
so fortunate as to get there we intend to ask
permission to sleep in the fence corner
Exchange.


Being married man we are non commit
tai, and therefore would like to be consider
ed son the fence"
Year: 1860

INTERESTING TO LAGER BEER DRINKERS
Our lager beer drinkers who absorb ut the
rate of a barrel per- diem have rivals in Chi
ma. A story is told Of a celestial wine
drinkcr who was wont to sit at n table all
day, and after imbibing sufficient to float a
small yacht, rise and walk to his apart
ments without the least unsteadiness in his
legs. The Emperor, determining to test
these marvellous powers of inhibition, had a
brass image corresponding in all its dimen-
sions to the mans anatomy, and invited the
latter to dinner whenever his guest drank a
cup of wine a similar cupful was poured
down the throat of the figure Long before
the conclusion Of the dinner, the brass i'm
age overfiowed, while the man drank on and
finally took his leave perfectly sober This
story, if true, is worthy the attention of
philosophic minds. They can determine
whether the phenomenon is owing to the
fact that clay is more absorptive than brass,
or to the gutta percha qualities of the hui
man stomach. In any event, the story is
somewhat singular-if true. Its truth OF
ialsity, however, can readily be determined
by trying like experiment on one of oul
aldermcn.-N r. Times.
Year: 1860

The New York Erening Post, a leading
Republican organ, but devoted to free trade
principles, construes the Tariff resolution
of the Republican Chicago Platform to mean
reciprocal free trade and threatens to
finish the Republican President, when he
shall have been elected, if he does not act
upon that construction. 1t says:


"Thc construction we have placed upon
this resolution we shall hold to firmly. If
the Republican party should elect its cam
didate, he must act on that construction, or
he will soon find himself encountered by an
opposition by which he will be overwhelm-
ed"


The Journal Of Commerce advises the
Post ogive itself no uncasiness about what
shall be "if the Republican party sh houltl
elect its candidate, and adds that the story
Of the milk mail with her lacteal burden,
which was so uncerimoniously scattered
upon the ground may be worthy of the
Posts Observation-Disclosures Neecs.
Year: 1860

was perpendicular. Through all this the
fortitudc of the ladies never deserted them.
They were cheerful and hopeful when the
men who accompanied them were ready
to despond. After two hours of almost
supcrhuman exertion the blue skv appear
ed above them, and the fragrant air filled
them with delight. Thank Godl they
were saved.


But what an appearance did they pre-
sent! From head to foot they were COW
cred with mud and filth. Their clothes
were in tatters, and their hands were lac
Grated and bleeding. Night had descend
cd, and they were three miles away from
home, in the midst of a wilderness.
But the greatest danger was passed, and
with cheerfulness which almost banish-
ed their fatigue, they commenced their
homeward journey. At length they
reached the circle of their friends, who
had suffered an anxiety almost as painful
as their own terrible experience. 1t was
not till the haven of rest was reached,
where fearful faces welcomed them, that
the peril being all over and the occasion
Tor heroism past, feminine delicacy re-
sumed its sway, and those who had borne
so much and so nobly, sank into a swoon.
Year: 1860

The Republican leaders are laboring
with might and main to make it appear
that the Missouri Compromise was made
solely to prevent the further spread of
slavery, and quote Mr. Jefferson as fav-
oring their position. The extract below
will show what Jefferson thought of the
real object ofthe compromise. In speak
ing of the old federal party he used the
following language:


"On the eclipse of federalism with us
although not its extinction, its leaders
got up the Missouri question under. the
false front of lessening the measure of
slavery, with the REAL VIEW OF PRODUCING
> GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISION OF PARTIES WHICH
NIGHT INSURE THEM THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
The people of the North went blindfold
into the snare, followed their leaders with
a zeal truly moral and laudable, until they
become sensible that they were inuring
instead of aiding the real interests of the
slaves, they had been used merely as tools
for electioneering purposes, and the trick
Of hypocrisy then fell as quickly as it had
been got up"
Year: 1860

A farmer going to get his grist ground
at mill borrowed bag Of one of his
neighbors. The poor man was knocked
under the waterwheel, and the bag with
him. He was drowned; and when the
melancholy news was brought to his wife
she exclaimed; ........


"My glacious what a fuss there will
be about that bag"
Year: 1860

A TRUrnruL AND CHEAP BARoxETKR.-Take
clean glass bottle and put in It small
quantity Of finely pulyerized alum. Then
iii the bottle with spirits Of wine. Tho
alum will bc perfectly dissolved BY tho
alcohol, and in clear weather tho liquid will
be as transparent rs tho purest water.O On
tho approach of rain or cloudy weather. tho
alum will be visible in haky, spiral cloud
In the center of tho fluid. reaching from tho
bottom TO the surface. This Is cheap simple
and beautiful barometer, and Is placed within
tho reach of oil who wish 10 possess ono.
For simplicity of construction this altogether
superior t9 the frog barometer In general uso
In Germany.
Year: 1860

FFTY-FRsT DAY. July 2O.-ConsideratiOn of the
Appropriation bill being resumed in Committee Of
the Whole, at the Department of Education, it was
moved to insert $4,000 for the suppor. of the Hilo
bows boarding school, sgreeably to report of Com
mittee upon Education recommending the same upon
the memorial of the Protestant Mission. Mr.. Dow
sett read the report He would inquire it, upon the
Government assuming support of this school, the
Board of Missions would eede all its interest in the
property and control to the Government. The Ian
guage of the Report not clear in this respect.


Mr.. MeCully said he confident it was the in
tenton Of the report so to stafe-he knew that such
the purpose of the Board. 1t was its settled
policy with regard to the schools in this Kingdom
which had been founded or aided by it to throw
them upon ourselves. This Kingdom had long ago
reached position where it should support its own
high schools. When we vote an Appropriation bill
Of more than S300000 per annum, we should not
expect or receive the benevolence of foreign socie
ties That of course was admitted In regard to
this school at Hilo it is emphaticay the Seminary
for Hawaii Its pupils are taken proportionaly from
Year: 1860

GINGER CRAcKERs.-A pint of molases,
two cups of butter, one and half of sugar.
one teaspoonful of saleratus, and two of GIN
ger; add -four enough to make it easy TO
roll out. Stir the butter and sugar together
boil the molasses and pour it into the pan.
and stir steadily until the butter and sugar
are melted, then put in few handfus of
flour, and add the saleratus. Stir it few
minutes, and then work in all the -four. To
be rolled very thin, and baked but a few
minutes.
Year: 1860

CELESTIAL TRAIr.-Sombebody saw a
Chinese steward at a hotel in this county
squirting water from his mouth upon a towel
in which he subsequently wrapped some bis
cult to he placed in the stove for steaming.
Somebody says, "that day l ate no more
biscuit" HydrduEc Press
Year: 1860

There are at least two opinions about the
usefulness of sawdust in stables One is that
t Is an excellent article to absorb the urine
of animals, and to save it, and likewise to
prevent the etfluvia Of stables, which is so
dsagreeable to man, an ! SO unpleasant and
hurtful to beasts. And besides, it is an ex-
cellent ingredient, in the compost heap de-
caying, and becoming manure itself. Con-
slider, too, that it is easier to manage than
straw litter, in cleaning out the stalls; easier
also to shovel over in the compost heap, and
easier to spread upon the soil and to mix
thoroughly with it.


Another opinion is, that it is not so excel
lent an article for the stable, because its great
dryness causes 1t to absorb, not only the
urine from the floor, but also the natural
and bealthful moisture from the hoofs of
horses, and renders them brittle and liable
to crack. But how ran it absorb moisture
from hoof, any more than sponge would
absorb! The urine and sawdust may pro-
duce fermentation, and SO nt1ame the horses
feet. Bu: frequent cleaning of the stalls
would obviate that difficulty.


1t is also objected, that when sawdust is
thrown out with the dung, violent fermea-
tation is produced, which sends off the am
monia into the air, and dry heat, or ''fre-
fanging" succeeds, which is very injurious to
the manure. Trifing harm of this sort will
ensue, if little plaster, or inc, or muck,
or any common soil be occasionally thrown
upon the manure heap. or if the heap is now
and then turned over and trodden down.
Let the hogs Lave free access to the heap.


Plainly much more can be said in favor
Of the use of sawdust, than against it. For
those who have not an abundance of straw,
peat, or other absorbents this article may be
used to very good advantage.


american Aqriculturist,
Year: 1860

BEE HIVES IN SACRAMENTo.-To give an
iaea of the magnitude of the beehive busi-
ness in and about Sacramento, we mention
the fact that at one establishment here, near
$4,000 feet of lumber has been paned for
this purpose alone within the last three
months Each hive requires about 25 feet,
making 40 hives to the 1000 feet of lumber,
giving a total of 1000 hives. Nor will this
near cover the Who'll. number, as many are
making hives who do their own planning, ard
it is considered that it would not be out Of
the way to put down the monthly product
OF this article in this vicinity at 900 hives


Sacramento Bee
Year: 1860

VINEYARD PLANTING.-If the cuttings are
kept nowin shaded spot, the planting may
be continued until the end of March.-We
have seen successful plantation in which
every cutting lived which Was planted by the
18th of March, If holes are dug, the
ploughing this year may be light, and be
deferred until convenient season in April.
Year: 1860

N Rivers and mountains on her spotty giobe.n Is


bA larger moon than was ever seen by


mortal eyes was projected upon the screen.


The picture Of the half moon, the vol


canic hollows, one side of which the sun
was lighting while the other remained in


gloom, made splendid show. In the
full moon, besidethe great seas, the most
striking object was the mountain Tycho,
from which the great mountain ridges of
light streamed in every direction like
rays from sun.fj
We should think that this magic lam
tern exhibition of planetary landscapes,
five may call them such, might add a
great charm to the study Of astronomy in
our schools.-N T. Post stg
Year: 1860

EARLY EDUCATION 1t is related of
two members of Congress, that in So
ciaI moment each boasted over the other
of his early advantages, and especially
of his religious education, when one
staked hundred dollars that the other
could not accurately repeat the Lord s
Prayer. The bet was taken, and the
money put up, and he who was to recite
Year: 1860

EF-The Breckinridgers are fond of,elling
US that the President, all the Democratic
Senator'S and most of the Congfessmen
are for them Who is the President. and
who are these Senators and Congressmen
that they should be used as authority?
We. the people, know them all. and The
more we know them. the less is the weight
Of their authority Most Of them are but
big demagogues. with the President AT
their head, and entitled to no more credit
than the thousand little demagogues that
infest the country.
Year: 1860

HAPPY OLD FARMER.-Said a venerable
old farmer Of eigh. y years, 10 relation on
a visit 10 him: II have lived on this farm
for more than half century. ! have no
desire 10 change my residence, | have no
wish to be any richer than | now am. |
have worshipped the God of my father
with the same people for more than forty
years. During that period | have scar
cely ever been absent from the sanctuary
on the Sabbath, and have never lost more
than one communion season. have beer
confined to a bed Of sickness for single
day. The blessings of God have been
richly spread around me- and ] have made
up my mind long ago. that if | wished to
be any happier must have more religion
than | have at present"
Year: 1860

PRETTY EXPERIMENTAL an acorn be gus
pended BY Il piece of thread with half an inch
of the surface of some water contained In q
hyacinth glass, ana so permitted 10 remain
without being disturbed, it will in few
months burst, and throw 4 root down into the
water, and shoot upwards its tapering stem
with beautiful little green leaves young oak
tree growing in this way on the m2ntel shell
of a room Is Ii very in,e1esting object.
Year: 1860

The subscribers respectfully iher customer
and tho Planters general they always prepared to
furnish them with NEGRO CLOTHING Of the very
sarias and at most reasonable prices.


The large patronage they receive from this and neghborng
States induced their establishment as t5
any Increase Of business and in order to be able to supply
their patrons with the and best descrptonsof Of ma
eas they made with several Of the most prom
nen manufacturers the South and shall hencefoh be abe
TO supply Planters with goods Of uniform quality.


They feel confident that they will give entire satisfaction to
athoso may patronze their emnenty Southern enterprise
and solicit ORDERS shall receive immediate attention.


jals 6m HEBRARD d CO.
Year: 1860

Almost every day in summer one hears
or reads Of deaths by drowning. which
could not have occurred if the victims had
known how to swim. 1t is strange that
three fourths of the civilized world should
be ignorant of an art so important to the
personal safety of every human being, as
that of swimming, seeing that it is so ca
silly acquired, and that its practice is con-
ducive to health and enjoyment. Yet
such is the fact Mariners, it might be
supposed, would be experts in the exer
else, and yet the proportion of strong
swimming among sailors is said to be
smaller than among landsmen. Ladies,
especially American and English ladies,
are generally as helpless in the water, as
newborn babies and considering how
fond our bellies are Of steamboat excur-
sions, water picnics aud sailing parties,
their neglect of this branch of physical ed
ncation is very uawise. Loyal and chiv
alrous squires Of danes" are, of course,
expected to attempt the rescue Of their
charges at all hazards, in case of ship or
boatwreck; but many cavaliers ale inca
pable Of even saving themselves in
such dilemmas, and DE capabes are some
times more mindful of the first law of ma
ture than of the cries of sinking beauty


The truth is, that it is no easy task, even
for a powerful swimmer, to buoy up a
frightened woman in the water. Her
dress, if she is moderately gifted with
presence Of mind, will for a while help to
sustain her on the surface, but when the
garments are once saturated, they drag
her downward like bags of ballast. Then
the ladies are apt to shrek on such occa>
sions and as each expulsion of air from
the lungs is followed by submersion, du-
ring which a considerable quantity of wa
ter is swallowed, the burden upon tie
! swimmer who attempts a rescue, becomes
heavier at every stroke. 1t is, therefore,
very desirable, on many accounts, that the
feebIer sex should learn to swim. This is
An acc of feminine self reliance We are told
certainly no man will question the right
Of every woman to acquire an art which
will enable to rel y upon her own skill and
energy for the safety Of her own life. If
ladies were taught to swim and dive, brave
and buoyant denoiselles might occasion
ally snatch their lovers from "watery
grave" and what triumph for the
sroHg minded sisterhood that would be-.
If for example, at the cry of" a man over
board" a beautiful vision in crinoline
should leap from the deck, and drag up
his "drowned honor by the locks how
all christehdom would ring with the
achievement.


In Paris, and in many of the cities of
Germany there are women's swimming
schools" " where ladies are taught the use
Of their limbs in the water. Why should
we not have such institutions here!