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Year: 1867

How TO ENJo1 Ir.-In a very learned
and clever article on kissing" Charles
Astor Bristed says Finally, the man who
really enjoys this beautiful interchange of
and hearts must not practice it promiscu-
ously. There should be no limit to the
number of kisses, but very decided mum
Der of kissed. Make it common and you
debase and destroy it at once.


We do not know but what Bristed is
right. We are are making up a small and
select circle to whom we will confne our
kissing attentions. There is room for a
few more ladies In it, who may leave their
names, residences, and cartes de 0isite at the
Democrat office until further notice. The
Bristed theory may be correct one--we
propose to give it a fair test.--La Crosse
Democrat.
Year: 1867

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We have probably all Of US met with in
stances in which a word heedlessly spoken
against the reputation of females has
been magnifed by malicious minds until
the clouds have become dark enough to
overshadow her whole existence. Those
who are accustomed-not necessarily from
bad motives but from ughtlessness-tO
speak lightly of ladies. we recommend
these ''hints'' as worthy of consideration.


Never use a lady's name in an impro-
per place, at an improper time or in mixed
company. Never make assertions about
her that are untrue or illusions that you
feel she herself would blush to hear. When
you meet with men who do not scruple to
make use of a woman's name in reckless
and unprincipled manner, shun them for
they are the very worst members of the
community lost to every sense OF
honor. every feeling of humanity.


Many a good and worthy woman's char
acter has been forever ruined and her
heart broken by lie, manufactured by some
william, and repeated where it should not
have been, and in the presence of those
whose little judgment could not deter them
from circulating the foul and Dragging re-
port. A SANDER is soon exaggerated, and the
smallest thing derogatOry to a woman'a
character will fly on the wings of the wind
and magnify as it circulates until its mon
strous weight crushes the poor unconscious
victim. Respect the name of woman, fol
your mother and sisters are women, and
as you would have their name untarnished
and their lives unembittered by the slam
derer's biting tongue, heed the i'll that your
own words may bring upon the mothe.
the sister, or the wife of fellow orea
| tureo
Year: 1867

Fowl BorLED WITH OYsTERs.-Fill
young fowl with oysters, put it into jar
and plunge the jar into kettle Of wafer
Keep the water boiling steady round it for
about an hour an hour and half. There
will be large quanty Of gravy IN the jar
from the juice Of oysters and fowl sea-
son and make it into sauce with the ad-
dition of little -four and butter Of milk
and egg. A fowl boiled in the way will be
very white aud tender, and of-6ue favor
the gravy will be stiff Jelly If left till next
day.
Year: 1867

If you are in any trouble or quandary,
tell your wife-that is if you have one
all about it at once. Ten to one her inven-
ton will solve your difficulty sooner than
all your logic. The wit of woman has
been praised, but her instincts are quicker
and keener than her reason. Counsel with
your wife, or with your mother or sister,
and be assured light will flash upon your
darkness.


Women are tso commonly adjudged as
verdant in all but purely womanish affairs
No philosophical student of the sex thus
Judges them. Their lntuitions, or insights
are the most subtle, and if they cannot see
a cat in the meal, there is no cat there. In
counselling man to tell his trouble to his
wife, we would go farther and advise him
to keep none of his affairs secret from her.
Many home has been happily saved,
and many fortune retrieved by mans fall
confidence in his "better-half" Woman
is far more a seer and prophet than man,
if she be given fair chance. AS gene
raj rule, wives confde the minutest of their
plans and thoughts to their husbands, hav-
ing no involvments to screen from them
Why not reciprOcate, if but for the pleas
ure Of meeting confidence with confidence =?
We are certain that no man succeeds so
well in the world as he, who, taking part
ner for life, makes her the partner of all
purposes and hopes. What is wrong Of
his impulse OF judgment, she will check
and set right with her almost universally
right instincts.


"Helpmeet" was no Insignificant title,
as applied to mans companion. She is
meet-help to him in every darkness, diff
Guilty and SORROW of life. And what she
most Graves, and most deserves, is conf
deacs-without which love is never free
from shadow.
Year: 1867

the present Brown subsists, and whether
his chances for future subsistence are
unclouded.


A prudent man will invest in neither
house nor land until the title of such be
clear. A prudent woman should call no
man friend or acquaintance until his til
tie to the name of gentleman be as clear
as honesty can make it. There may be
romance in new acquaintance, but most
romantic young men desert their inam-
oratas when romance ceases to be pro-
fitable.


Brothers and fathers owe 1t, no less q
duty to their daughters and sisters than
to themselves, to find out the character
of the young men who frequent their
houses. Only rascals would object to
this, and honest men would seem all the
brighter for the investigation.


II daughters would be more careful in
the selection of their friends there would
be fewer divorces and desertions, seduc-
tions and heart:breakings in this wide
world, and we might therefore have a
great deal more of sunshine and much
less of shadow.
Year: 1867




What close observer of the ways of
society has failed to notice how soon an
introduction is followed by the invita-
tion. ~ would be pleased to have you
call and see me, sir"


A comely face and pleasant address
are the only essentials necessary for a
stranger TO insinuate himself into the
society of the most select of Our daugh-
ters. If he is seemingly occupatiOnless,
the better are his chances. From idle
ness on the part of the male, the infer
ence of wealth, is generally drawn by
the opposite sex. Men, as a general
rule, are more careful in the selection of
their friends than are women. We
have frequently seen gentlemen delib-
erateiy cut handsome roue upon the
street, who, ten minutes after, would be
raising his hat in acknowledgment of a
graceful nod from said gentleman's SIS
ter. r.... ...


Under home influences, woman is shut
out and kept apart from much of the
worlds wickedness: but as the warmest
clad are always the most susceptible TO
taking cold, so are those looked after
the most liable TO neglect looking after
themselves. With all woRan's worldly
wisdom, she is seldom worldly wise.
The purest in mind seem to succnmb
The soonest to the magnetism of impu-
rity. They are careful only to be care
less, and wise only to be entrapped.
Mothers know this. and the more beau
tiful and bashful their daughters, the
more they fear fer them. A romp of a
girl, the boy girl of our school days.
seldom causes uneasiness at home. She
protects herself by her abandon, and
learns modesty in fearlessness. so
muLh for the shell, now for the keruel


In large cities like our own, young
ladies can lot he too careful 10 inquire
into the anteeedents of gentleman be-
fore admitting him to their homes.
Meeting a stranger at fashionable
party is far from proving him a gentle
man. He may be waIf, first seen BY
your friend amid the flotsaRl and jetsam
of some summer resort, or his acquaint-
tance may have commenced by the as.
sidnity with which he picked up falling
gloves, or the stcadiness of his stare al
the church door on Sundays, which
would admit only of recognition or in.
suit, and the former was preferable as
the least of the evils. The probability
is that an agreeable and well-informed
stranger Is a geRtleman-the chances
are he is q rascal. The fact that = man.
name is Brown and that he is well
dressed, is not sufficient. 1t must bt
ascertained whether his parents wers
named Brown, how they subsisted, bow
Year: 1867

bullies dictate the course of the party,
and nothing is left to the rank and file
from the interior but to follow.


They dictated the State and Congress
sional tickets at Parkersburg last Fall.
with degree of ease that surprised
everybody, who thought that the nu-
merous parties who opposed them had
any manhood OF independence. They
will in all probability "rule the roost"
again in the matter of Convention.
and even should it be held, there is
hardly Radical nerve enough in other
parts of the State to prevent them from
running the machine, as they have run
it before, in the manner that best ac-
cords with their own private purposes
and interests.
Year: 1867

The Board Of Health met yesterday afternoon Presi-
dent Schultz In the chair The report Of the supsrn-
tendent which, but for the nattenon Of clerk PasnsV
might be given in detail was read and ordered g
Ole The report that during the past week shrss
yfour private dwellings and workshops and stores
had been examined by the Inspectors During their N
spectons they discovered and reported upon the follow


ing causes 0f complaint Unhealthy condition Of 49,
enty tenement houses. ten private dwellings, New
Haven Railroad trnck seventeen horse stables ssv
oral streets and alley wsys.


Commissioner Swinburne offered the following pream-
BILE and resolution which was adoptcd:-


Whereas all experience In the Administration Of quarsn-
proper protection to the public health which require
and secure the detention OF passengers who have been
posed to ccniaeoas o. Infection. diseases but are net
Of infection 10 which they have been exposed during the
voyage until By proper lapse OF time they shown b
year has demonstrated that during OF much SICK
the objects of such detention be fully attained
by the OF hulKs vessels and that their Tor
State well 10 the aud conegneos Of vesse
and s often productive Of actual increase Of dscase and
another warm season viii bring with return OF the fear
full epidemic Of cholera which appeared midst dur
past summer and the State destitute any suitabe
the disease may BE- lawfully detaned: therefore.


Resolved, That in the judgment Of the Board provion
location on land FOR the detention of psssensers undsr
quarantine who not actually Sick but have exposed
70 contagious or infectious Diseases and thai full and
Of Quarantine some other suitable officers 10 obtain ss
for that purpose bHan exercise Of the OF eminsnA
domain, n u cannot be acquired by purchase


copy Of this memorial was ordered 70 be signed By
the President Of the Board at the time announo
and 10 be Afterwards forwarded 10 the LegsiaturA


Tho Board then adjourned.
Year: 1867

TO move any arnendment the address myself but II
there any gentleman who entertained a different
disposition. and to whom might without impropriety
offer recommendation, would earnestly beseech him
forbear from executing such an intention. tHear
Passing however to The subjects-the numerous and


important subecstouched upon IN the speech from the
throne am anxious TO offer some remarks para
graphs which the speech contains And first Will dwell
for that very momentous question, the cor
Kingdom and the government Of the United States, In
reation 70 questions pending between the two countries
which questions have out OF the late civil war.
And wish 10 convey an assurance 70 the noble lord
the Secretary Of state Foreign Anhis on the part OF
all with whom have had an opportunity OF commun-
he may propose TO do the subject will be judged not


in the narrow spirit Of exacting from him or endeavor


ing TO exact from him precise conformity TO the steps
we ourselves have taken, but that, as long as his
measures and his policy may in view DO consistent
with the honor and conducive TO the nterest OF the
country. everything which may proceed from MN ana
his colleagues will receive at our hands most favorable
consideration Hear, hear.)
Year: 1867

vAsDAIIsH-$50O REWARD.


The Board OF Aldermen met yesterday afternoon Pres
ident Shannon chair Before organizing the door
keeper the attention Of the members to outrage
which had been perpetraed since their last meeting by
some parties unknown defacing tho full length portraits
OF John jay and Alexander Hamilton These portraits.
which long decorated the Adermanc chamber were cut
with knife and mutilated that feeling Of general
indignation pervaded the room.


Alderman McGISSls, as soon as the Board was organ
zed offered resolution requesting the Mayor to oner
reward Of $500 for the arrest and conviction OF the OF
ender but strange to the resolution was laid over In
stead OF being adopted on the spot.


wasHINGToS's BIRTHDAY.


Alderman Fly offered preamble and resolutions IN
relation to the celebration OF Washngtons birthday
The resolution regretted that the Legislature had decided
TO off usual appropriation this so that there
could be no public demonstration but advised tho cti
observe the day holiday, and suggested that
public buildings and shipping be decorated with the
national ensign.


TnENEw JERSEY CENTRAL RAILROAD CASH


Street Commissioner Mclean sent in commun cation
in reference usurpaon Of the New Jersey Central
Railroad Company mt piers ID and 10 North river A
resolution had been adopted asking the Street Comms
soner by what authority the Central Railroad Company
extended the piers in question, built ferry houses upon
them and were running a ferry 70 Communipaw ana
why he had removed these obstructions in accord
ance with former resolution Of the Common Council
In reply the inquiry of the Board Mr. Mclean admits
that these improvements OF the Central Railroad ire
without authority aud should be removed; but he re-
gres that the appropriation for the removal OF oo-
sructons is wholly exhausted, and he Is rendered pow
erlcss the premises The communication was referred
Aftcr the transaction Of como unmportant business
the Board adjourned until Monday next
Year: 1867

Suicides are becoming decidedly fash
ionable. st. Louis, Cincinnati and Chi
cago have taken to "the style" with
special kindliness, while the mails from
every other direction inform us of some
unfortunate mortal, who has concluded
TO shuttle off this mortal coil 10y dieting
on landanum or dancing at the end OF a
rope. This is not a pleasant state of
things to contemplate, and some meas
ures should be devised, if possible, to
check a crime which is now frightfully
on the increase. Human life seems to
have lost its sacredness, and is sacrificed
with the utmost recklessness by those
who imagine that they have been the
victims of misfortune, and that the
world has no place for them worth their
keeping.
Year: 1867

Many people, in fact most people,
think it very difficult matter to raise
plums. As usually cultivated, it is of
little use to plant plum trees. The
young plums all fall a prey to the cur
culio. This is the experience of all
who plant a few trees, And but few
persons plant more than five or six or
eight or ten trees. They think these
will afford enough fruit for tho family.
But the family never see any of the ripe
plums. The curculiO wants all these
few trees produce.


Now, there is secret about plum
raising. We have discovered it in
travelling over the country. We never
visited large plum orchard in all our
life that we did not find plenty of the
fruit. And we never visited any place
with eight or ten trees and found a
good crop of this fruit. Now, these
facts set us to thinking; and the result
of our thoughts is this: that is very
easy to have all the plums you want to
eat and sell. The secret connected with
plum raising is to plant plenty of trees,
so as to give fruit to the curculio and
to yourself also. If you will plant fifty
or hundred or two hundred trees, you
will have fruit enough for everybody.
EverSsuch orchard that we ever visited
had plenty ofripe fruit. Some even
complained that the curculio did not
thin out the fruit enough-that the
trees were overloaded


So we say to our readers, if You plant
plums at all, plant fifty or one hundred
trees-then. you viii be sure to have all
the fruit you want. 1t sells for five to
ten dollars bushel in the st. Louis
market, and is one of the most profta-
BILE crops raised.-Rurat U0rld.
Year: 1867

CATTLE.-Our success in grazing de-
pends much upon making proper selec-
tiops. Any directions that may be
given---the most careful descriptions to
those not experienced-can only be par
tial helps. The experienced grazier
needs no proper description to make
proper selections; his eye is sufficient.


Both quality and weight will be deter
mined with wonderful accuracy. The
first thing that will naturally strike
the eve will be the haif-the outside
covering of the animal. This should
present a healthy appearance-thick
mossy coating of hair. COlors are but
little regarded. The skin should have
q soft, mellow fell, The head short, muz-
zle small, the top of the head rather
wide; o mild quiet eye, neck round; q
broad fat neck is indicative of weak
ness; the body shoald be cylindrical;
the back straight and wide, and the
legs short and sufficiently large to indi-
cate a growthy beast. Docility is a very
important quality. Avid bullock new
or fattens well. Athorough knowledge
of the proper qualities Of q bullock is
not only Of service in selecting but also
in fixing tine value of herds of cattle.
The grazier generally buys his cattle
in various sized punches, and it is
necessary to note carefully the number
of Indifferent or poor ones, and throw
them out; or if they must be taken good
and bad together, as is frequently the
case, then the price must be fixed ac-
cording to the quality Of the whole.
Year: 1867

peace can be secured by merely giving suffrage
TO colored men, while that sacred right is denied
to millions OF American women That scanty
shred Of justice, good far as it goes Is utterly
inadequate to meet the emergency Of this hour,
Men OF every race and color may vote, but III
the women are excluded our legislation will
slill lack that moral tone for want OF which the
nation Is to-day drifting towards ruin. aiH ~


There is no other name given by which the.
country can be saved but that OF woman. "Gov-
ernments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed" Women are gov
erned. Negroes are governed, and should give
their consent VIII men never learn that
principle which God has made true RE has
also made II safe TO apply? Ay, more, that q
principle He has made true, 10 Is not safe not to
apply The problem for the Am etican states
men to-day is no narrow question Of races, but
how TO embody In our Institutions guarantees
for the rights of every citizen. The solution is
easy. Base government on the consent of the
governed, and each class III protect itself. Put
this one great principle of universal suffrage.
irrespective of sex or color into the fopndation
Of our temple of Liberty, and ttwln rise In fair
and beautiful proportions. without the
sound of q hammer, or the noise or any tnstru-
ment," to stand at last perfect and entire,
wanting nothing" Omit IL, and only ne Wh0
sees the end from the beginning" knows
throu what other national woes we must be
driven, before we learn that the path of justice
is the only path to peace and safety u
Year: 1867

A comparison OF these figures shows that,
although the increase in the population has
been only little over 800 per cent, the increase
IN the number OF prisoners received yearly has
peen more Than 200 per cent, while the indica-
lions OF the last two years are that the percen-
tage Ia the increase of conYicts will not
diminish. -, -


"These facts" says the Report, "fail in any
teaching, If they do not awaken in the refiective
mind the conclusion that penal science is be-
coming Of necessity an element In civilization.
All efforts to attain true civilization must
assuredly iail, unless directed 10 the Individual
condition OF each member of the community


The highest state OF social condition being tie
objective fact TO be reached, it can only be
attained by the conviction that society is but
the aggregation Of individuals In harmo-
nious unity. Therefore II is the theory
of the Pennsylvania system of penitentiary
discipline rests on the philosophy OF the indi-
ViduaI and personal relation of each convict to
this system. For nearly quarter of century
the advocates of the separate system OF peni-
tentiary discipline have not only expressed
their faith In this theory, but they have also
yearly presented facts by which to Prove its
truth. After such period of experiment, It may
now be permitted 70 state, as the result ascer-
tained, That the best system Of punishment for
crime is the Individual system, as distinguished
nom class or congregational discipline. The
Idea which for 10 long time has occupied the
Year: 1867

The performance was highly impressive, and
the audience shared the feeling OF regret which
Madame Ristori exhibited Enthusiastically dur
ing the scenes, and which later was verbally
expressed by her in the subjoined felicitous
Year: 1867

The result OF this comparison is very favor
able to Philadelphia. And when we remember
that the actual increase in the population of
this city is much greater than the above esti-
mate, the figures become even more favorable
to our own moral condition; while 1t is well
known that New York has actually decreased
in population, although the number OF its con-
vicled criminals has increased by nearly 81 per
cent.


The operations of the Eastern Penitentiary
for the year 1856, as compared with 1865. were as
Year: 1867

NOT A FEW


of the worst disorders that affect mankind arise from
the corruption that accumulated In the blood. OF all
discoveries that have been made TO purge out,
can equal In effect Hell BOLDS COMPOUND EX-
TRACT OF SAIlSA PARILLA. It cleanses and reno
the blood instils the vigor of health into the
and purges.o out the humors which create dis
ease 1t stimulates the healthy functions of the body
and expels the disorders that grow and rankle in
blood.
Year: 1867

that the questions of secession and sla-
very were forever settled, and under no
circumstance would countenance any
effort to revive them. In conversation
used the words consolidated govern
ment" when speaking of the United
States Government. meant, of course,
a common Federal Government operat-
ing under the Constitution as interpreted
by the Supreme Court of the United
Statesn
Year: 1867

CoLLTsIoN.-A collision took place in
the passenger depot in this village about
noon yesterday between a couple of loco
motives Of the Rensselaer, & Saratoga
Railroad. AS neither of the engines
were running at very high rate of
speed, little injury was sustained.
Year: 1867

DELAYED.-The train due at this place
over the Troy & Boston Railroad at 5:l5
last evening, was delayed about two
hours in consequence of the forward
trucks of the engine "Wallomsac" get
ting off the track near Manchester,
while switching on to side track, in
order to allow wood train to pass.
Year: 1867

Wr trust the meeting ut the CIrb
Room tonight will largely attended.
4 great deal of important work remains
70 he done, in order to get all things in
propcr trim for the election, and we
hone sufficient interest may be felt in
these prrlimimaries to induce general
turnout. The speaking will certainly
come off as advertised, and it is proba-
BILE that other gentlemen besides those
whose names are given above may be
present to offer word of counsel and
exhortation. Let all who can, be on
hand nj the Club Room this evening.
Year: 1867

The concert Of the German Manner
ohor last evening was well attended,
and if the rounds of applause which
greeted the singers may be taken as an
indication, the music was excellent
The instrumental music was especially
fine. Not having very good knowl-
edge of the Germa n language, We are
unable to speak Of the sentiment of the
nieces snnp.
Year: 1867

There was false alarm of fire last
evening about nine o'clock, which was
caused considerable commotion. The
fire companies were promptly out and
assembled in front Of the McLure House,
where a large crowd soon gathered, but
dispersed upon learning that the alarm
was false. Ii there is anything calcu-
lated to make man ''cuss,' it is to ruin
a half mile ut the top Of his speed,
helping TO drag hose carriage, and
then find that there is no occasion for
his services.