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Year: 1869

Januarv.-He that is born in this
month will be labor;ous, aad a lover OF
COOL wine, but subject to infilelity !; he
may too often forget to pay his debts
but he will be complaisant, and withal a
fine singer. The lady born in this
month will be a pretty, prudent house
wife rather melancholy, but very good
tempered. , s,se. 7...r H.


February man born in this
month will love money much, but the
ladies more; he will be stingy at home
but prodigal abroad. The lady will be
a humane and affectionate wife and ten
der mother.


March-The man born in this month
will be rather handsome, he will be hon
est and prudent. but will die poor. The
lady will be p passionate chatter box,
somewhat given to fighting, and in old
age too fond of the bottle.


Aprii-The man who has the misfor
tune to be born in this month wiz be
subject to maladies. He will travel to
his advantage, for he will marry rich
and handsome hei.ess, who will make
what, no doubt. you all understand The
hdy will be tall and stout, with little
mouth. little feet, little wit, but great
talker, and withal great liar.


May.--The man bern in this month
will be handsome and amiabie. He will
make his w ife happy The lady will be
equally blessed in every respect. 1o4
June.-The man will be of small stat.
nre. passionately fond of women and
children, but will not be loved in return.
The ladve will he a giddy parsonage,
ford of coffee she will marry at twenty
one, and he q sool at forty five.
Julv.--The nan will be fair; he will
suffer death for the wicked woman he
loves. The female of this month will
be passably handsome, with sharp nose
and sulky temper. ts rses,s.sa#


August.-Tne man will be ambitious
and courageous, but too apt to cheat.
He will have several maladies and two
wives. The lady will be amiable and
twice married but her second husband
will cause her to regret her first


September He that is born in this
month will be wise, strong and prudent !;
but too easy with his wife, who will
cause him much uneasiness. The lady,
rour.d faced, fair haired, witty, discreet,
affable, and loved by her friends.


October The man born in this
month will have handsome face and
forid complexion: he will be wicked in





his youth, and always inconstant. He
will promise one thing and do another,
and always remain poor. The lady will
be pretty, o little given to contradiction,
a little coquettish. and sometimes lit
tie too fond of wine-she will give her
preference to EAU DE VIE. She will have
three husbands who will die of grief !;
and sue will best know why. -


November The man born now will
have fine face, and be q gay deceiver.
The lady of this month will be large,
liberal and full Of novelty.


December.-The man born in this
month will be good sort of a person,
though passionate. He will devote him
self to the army, and be betrayed by his
wife The lady win be amiable and
handsome, with q good voice and well
proportioned body: she will be married
twice, remain poor, but continue honest.
Year: 1869

Each season hath its own rare joys,


Each wears an aspect bright;
And all fair scenes enchant the heart,
And lofty thoughts refine,
In every shade or forest z lade
We trace the a nd Divine!
Year: 1869

QUICK CURE FOR Many
years ago learned a cure for founder
in horses, which is so simple, and has
proved so successful in my hands that
| send it to you, thinking it may be
of service to some of your readers.


Clean the bottom of the foot thor
oughiy, hold up the leg so as to bring
the bottom Of the hoof upward, hold
ing it up firmly In a horizontal posi-
ton, pour in, say teaspoonful OF
spirits of turpentine, if the cavity OF
the hoOf will hold that much-if not,


put in what it will hold without dan
ger of running over; touch the
turpentine with a red hot iron,
(this win set it on fire. hold the
hoof firmly in position until it all burns
out. Great care must be taken that
none runs over on the hair Of the hoof


lest the skin be burned. If ali the feet
are affected burn turpentine in each o.


them. Relief will speedily follow and
the animal be ready for service in g
short time. / once applied this rene
/ dy to a horse that had been founderec
Year: 1869

twenty-four hours before / saw him,
and he was promptly relieved. In
another case where the animal could
hardly be induced to move, his suf-
feFing was so great, he was treated in
the same manner as soon as his trouble
was discovered, and less than an hour
afterwards he was hitched to a buggy
and driven some twenty-five miles
the same day-his lameness having
disappeared after he had travelled a
few miles.-SOHtheTR CulfUaior.
Year: 1869

The mills of the gods grind slowly,
but Justice, though tardy, always
comes and this is the reason why a
a baggageman at Cleveland got hole
in him while smashing up trunk in
which there was a revolver.
Year: 1869

The ladies ofthe Episcopal Church OF
the Holy Trinity, in Nicksburg, Miss,
will hold fair early in December, the
proceeds of which will be used in the
erection of their new church editice.
Year: 1869

CoNsIDERATE JUDGE,-A learned
and compassionate Judge in Texas, on
passing senteuce on John Jones, who
had been convicted of murder, conclud-
ed his remarks as follows:


"The fact is, Jones, that the Court did
not intend to order you to be executed
before next spring, but the weather is
very cold our Jail, unfortunately is in
a very bad condition much of the glass
in the windows is broken; The chim-
neys are in such a dilapidated state that
no fire can be made to render your
apartment comfortable; besides owing
to the great number Of prisoners, not
more than one blanket can be allowed
to each TO sleep sound and comforts
Bile, therefore, is out of the question
In consideration of these circumstances
and wishing to lessen your suiierings a,
mnch as possible, the Court, in the ex
ercise Of its humane compassion, here
by orders you To be executed Tomorrow
morning, as soon after breakfast as ma,
be convenient to the Sheriff and agree
able to you"
Year: 1869

Soup berries are to be found in immense
quantities throughout Alaska. They grow
on bush about the same in appearance as
whortleberries. When ripe they are red, Of
juicy and quinine taste, and general bien-
nial. One quart taken and placed in a tub
the size of bushel, when stirred, will com
pletely fill the tub with froth, and the more
it is stirred with the naked hand and arm
the sitter it becomes, until you can cut it
with knife 1t is eaten with horn or wood
en- spoons, all the family sitting around the
tubs. 1t is undoubtedly an acquired taste,
but the commodity is much sought for. The
f.oth is of a beautiful pink color. Green
berries will make nearly the same amount of
froth. but is of white color and is not so
highly favored. Foreigners stir it with port
or sherry wines, and add sugar.in which case
it is a delicious luxury. Large quantities
are dried, by being placed in tub with
their leaves, forming cake, which is placed
on wicker tables, with lighted fires under
and the sun overhead. When dried they
will keep in dry place for some years. The
dried berries are black and look dirty. A
piece two inches square, beaten in water.
pool, will fll it full of froth of dark pink
color.
Year: 1869

One is impressed to seek reason for the
numbers of murders and sudden death which
are now so frequently reported, and in doing
so there is one frightful source TO which to
trace the cause of the evil. and that is the
amount of made-up and poisoned liquors
now sold to the public as beverage. In a
very large majority of the cases of murder
reported, the murderer has been found to
be laboring under species of insanity, pro-
duced by the fiery poison of made-u up
stuff called liquors. At any corner you may
find compounder of poisons, and it is too
tempting business to be easily prevented
Ten cents worth of strychnine or other
poisonous drugs viii impart to barrel of
beer double the strength of that value of
hops, and with the present skill in chemical
cal preparations, hardly gallon of pure Ii
quor is necessary to produce thousands of
gallons. The city is flooded with these poi,
sons, called by all sorts of names. The best
brands of champagne are wholly produced
in this country in such perfect limitations.
that the genuine cannot be detected if per.
chance a bottle should be mixed with it.
The California wines offered for sale are
very large, but the made up manufacture of
certain establishments in this city. So with
other wines and liquors. Nor are these ex-
aggerated statements they can be verified
any day by the assessors of internal revenue
and the examination of the liquor. But can
nothing be done to stop this wholesale poi
soning of the community Must every man
who takes glass of wine become possible
murderer, an insane homicide? The evil is
one which cannot be overlooked.-N y
CommOnlc edlth.
Year: 1869

Spa" said young hopeful the other day
didn't hear you say you wanted cider
press?''


''Yes, my son; where can get one?'
asked the parent.


why you jest try Jake Stokes. By the
way he hugged sister Sal the other night
out by the gate, 1 should think he might be
about the thing you want"


Sal suddenly left to see to things in the
kitchen, and the old gent recollected that he
had not "seen to the piece of fence that
neighbor Jones critters broke down t'other
dau -
Year: 1869

After the ntlamaory symptoms disease have been
suhdued and the patient has been pronounced .out of
danger there is s;l the prosraion which always follows
fever to contend with. The whole art and mystery cf
medical treatment does eradicatiug mala
dy Indeed the violent operation of the drugs admins
tered for that purpose sometimes reduces the sick persons
SO terribly that is found impossible create reaction
and they sink and die from sheer exhaustion In dipthe
ria for example, the weakness which succeeds the remoy
al of the o5Structons from the throat often proves fatal


What the fehle convaIescent medicine that will
brace the nerves stimulate the appetite and tone the
stomach Nature always makes gallant effort to retrive
herself after the pressure disease has been taken of hut
it is unwse to leave her fight alone in her disabled and
dropping condition He must rally with the utmost ac-
tive and thorough of iuvgorants.
Year: 1869

In order to guard against dangerous impositions the
puoc are requested to take especial of bcaut
engraved prorrIeor stamp, through which the Govern.
ment Of the United States officially autlentcates every
bottle Of HoSTETTER'S BITTERS. This shield thrown
by the Government over the proprieors and the public,


for their joint protection is placed conspcuousy across
the cork and the neck each bottle and cannot
to strike the eye of tn" casual observer Moth
ing that purports to be H0STETTERS BITTERS can be
genuine unless the stamp is there.


1t is also proper to state that the BITTERS are sold ox
crsvey in glass and never, under any circumstances
by the gallon barrel. Imposters and limitations are
abroad and the oay safeguard the public have agains
them is see that the
Year: 1869

wonderfully adapted to the relief of the difficulties
which they are subjected. The preparatonin of
this Kind has double operation 1t only controls the
local irregularities which occasion the distress but act
ing simultaneously upon the whole system checks
the tendency to hysteria and dsponcncy which almost
always accomanies such disturbances


Sickly wives and mothers advised to give the mel
cine trial They earnestly assured that contains
no ingredient that can possibly do harm the fees
OF their rumer. while it undoubtedly inv
Grating principle which their systems require


Let them beware of the cordial drops nctures
ten prescribed for invalid ladies All these medcns are
mainly composed ofcommon alcohol. and are therefore
injurious The liquors ORDINARILY given onics still
worse, being all detcrorated with poisonous drugs
Year: 1869

medicine that excites appetite without promoting di-
geston is always injurious Its effect impose task
on te stomach which unable to perform and the result
chronic arrangement of that organ and dcpcn
dents-the liver and bowels. The oncratnn of
Year: 1869

In other words, Its effect is To PRESERVE THE PHYS
lCAL POWERS IN THEIR FULL vIGoR beyond that
period when untsssed nature begins succunb TO the
canker OF decay As stomschic, it is altogether the
best sknown. Its depurave tendency particularly evil
dent in bilious which purge the blood
Of supcrfuou bile and that cearness of complex


ion which only coexist with a healthy circulation


Certainly thercis advertised tonic corrective which
completely vindica;cs the efficacy botanical treat
Year: 1869

General Grant naturally does not like the
city Of Washington at this season, however he
may when the weather is cooler; and he has
spent summers enough in hot places in the
national service to be fairly entitled to spend
one where he pleases just now. He chose
wisely in giving good share of his furlough
to Long Branch, where the air is cooler, the
cookery finer and fashion better bred and tho
horses faster than at such resorts generally.
He will change his recreation this week, as
our chronicler tells US, in visit to Secretary
Fish. This may to some seem like giving up
Of the holiday. It may be thought that heavy
problems of fState-reconstruction and, above
all, our foreign policy-are to be discussed
between this visitor and host but there is no
danger. Secretary Fish has SO slight an &C.
quaintance with these topics that he will
naturally lead the conversation into other
channels, and Grant will be too polite to do
anything but smoke and follow. We know
nothing about Fish's stables. By the goth Of
this month Grant will be at Saratoga, and we
trust he will take plenty Of the water. 1t has
the happiest possible effect on the liver, and
as Grant has now been President Eve months
his liver must need attention.
Year: 1869

Our cable dispatches from Madrid are not
so reassuring as they once were regarding the
final success of the present revolutionary


movement. We cannot refuse to admit that


the party now in power have worked wonders.


They have accomplished great revolution,


and, for the first time during one hundred


years, Spanish revolution has been attempted.
and accomplished without immediate anarchy.


Those who remember the revolution of 1912,


and the anarchy that followed, making the re-
turn Of the King a seeming blessing, the
revolution Of 1920, and the anarchy that fol-
lowed, making the occupation Of the country
by the French under the Duke d'Angouleme
seem happy deliverance, and the later
revolution under the Carlists, which,
though it cost Spain much blood and
treasure, was yet signal failure, cam
not deny that the present revolution
has been wonderfully successful. For little
while it did seem as If the success were COM
plete. We have no reason to say that there
are any signs that indicate immediate failure.
Serrano and his colleagues seem to hold the
reins with firm hands. But this Carlist rising.
although 1t has not yet had any marked sue
cess, somewhat blurs the perspective. It Is
notorious that the Church is with Don Carlos
and that his return is earnestly prayed for BY
all those who 60 in fer the divine right of
kings. The will of Ferdinand VII. has been
winked at by Prim, but it has never been
formally sanctioned. When we take into con-
sideration the financial condition of Spain,
which Is as bad as it well can be, Carlist
rising may yet plunge Spain into the widest
anarchy and leave it open to Napoleon to play
the part which was played by the Holy Al
lance in 1928, and to restore Isabella to her
throne. We have no great faith in the Car
lists, but we dread anarchy and we cannot
conceal from ourselves the fact that if the
Carlists are at all successful anarchy is cer-
tain. We wish we'll to Spain; but it is because
we wish well to her that we cannot call tho
present state Of things satisfactory or the Inn
mediate future hopeful.
Year: 1869

SOUND ON MISSISSIPPI. Grants position in
regard to Mississippi, as given by our Wash
ington correspondent, is good. He desires the
success of the party that will carry out in good
faith the reconstruction acts ratify the fifteenth
amendment and give protection to life and
property in Mississippi. We have never had
occasion to complain that Grant was given TO
talking one way and acting another, and We
hope we shall not have to begin that COM
plaint lust now.
Year: 1869

SHAKING UP THE QUAKERs. of the
Shakers who conduct manufactures on the
communist plan have returned the income Of
their society in one sum, as they keep no indi-
vidual accounts, and they claim that they are
entitled to an abatement on this of the thou
sand dollar allowance for each member Of
their body, but the authorities allow only the
allowance for one person, as 1t is only one ac-
count. The difference will be very great.
Certainly the government decision is not
strictly just, and the authorities have no right
to discriminate against communism, az they
seem to by this decision.
Year: 1869

RURAL SCENERY is protected by statute
from the impudent boldness of the bill posters,
but alas! no spot in the city is equally well
cared for. Some time ago we called attention
to the way all parts of the Park gates were
hidden by the stratiacation Of the posters, and
there was spasmodic and futile attempt to
abate the nuisance. Now we invite the official
eye to Tompkins Square. Around that seeth-
ing waste there is handsome railing, with
granite posts Of reputable appearance. These
posts are fast disappearing under that dreadful
visitation, the advertisement of quack reme-
dies.
Year: 1869

TAXING BONDS HELD ABROAD. The pro-
posal to deduct tax from the coupons of all
bonds that are held abroad Is likely to come
under the consideration of Congress next ses-
sion. The present state Of the law unques-
tionably tends to make foreigners our principal
boudholders-the worst we could have, as they
yearly drain the country of its gold. We do
not see why they who reap the profits should
altogether escape the burdens because they
chance to be foreigners; and since the holders
of bonds in this country pay a tax on the inte-
rest, it is neither just nor reasonable that the
others should be exempted. Congress, we
hold, has right to impose such tax, and
there are few who will question Its expedency
as a measure tending to keep our bonds and
our gold out Of the hands of foreign specula-
tors.
Year: 1869

QUAOKERY.-We are told that the state Of
the law is to blame for the fourishing con-
dition of quackery in this city. If this is so
the law should be amended and the Board of
Health should amend it. That body was cre-
ated to have the charge Of all matters relating
directly to the public health, and possesses legis-
lative power within its sphere. 1t can make
such regulations in regard to persons treating
disease az will rule imposture out of the field.
Year: 1869

The DAILY HERALD Will be sent to subscribers
for one dollar month.


The postage being only thirty-nve cents q
quarter. country subscribers by this arrangement,
furnished in the city.
Year: 1869

THE RADICAL SPIRIT. The programme of
Wells, of Virginia, indicates the peculiar direc-
ton in which radical fancy ever runs. He has
been beaten at the polls, and is nowhere before
the people. No matter; he must have the re-
suits Of victory just the same as If he had the
victory. Candy must not announce the result
till Congress meets, and Congress must hold
the matter in suspense till the session goes
over and thus continue in Office the present
powers, defeating the whole purpose OF the
election This highwayman's plan comes from
the present Governor himself
Year: 1869

LAND JOBS AND PACIFIC RAILRoADs.-A
Washington correspondent has given an expo


sition of big land job connected with the


Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and we


have little doubt there is something in it. But
has there not been the biggest sort of land
jobs with all the Pacific railroads, and, for


that matter, with many other railroads? 1t


is quite possible there may be job even in


this apparent hostility to the Southern route


and company on the part of the other great


Pacific Railroad land jobbers. We are against


all landQpbs but think the Southern Pacific is


the best route and entitled to as much con-
sideration from the government as the others.
MISTAKES OF GOVERNMENT AGENTS. "A
large amount Of sugar has been seized in


Chicago and New Orleans by government
agents for alleged infraction OF the revenue
laws. II seems from The recent testimony of a


sugar expert in New Orleans that it is diff
cult for All inspector to tell whether certain


grades of sugars are imported or are OF do


mestic manufacture Therefore the subject
should be handled with care. The internal
revenue laws are sufficiently rigid and burden
some without having them unjustly and i'm
properly enforced, especially upon an article
| that enters so extensively into family consump.
: ..n as SUGAR.
Year: 1869

a VAST SUBrERRANEAN NCONFLAGRArIoN.-We
learn from parties in whom we believe We may
place the most implicit confidence, that great
coufagratiOn is now at the height of its progress
in the celebrated Miller Coal Mines, on the Mon
ougahela river at the mouth Of the Youghlog-
heny. fifteen miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The
fire began some time since, aGd great effort have
been made to extinguish it, but to NO purpose.
An attempt to check its fierce career was made by
the erection Of mud walls and the in pumping Of
large quantities Of water, and by this means the
tire WAS partially smothered, but the heat be-
came 20 intense and the pressure Of gas great
that the walls we're burst, and the flames are
now sweeping onward with greater force than
ever. The fire is spreading through the old mines
AT the rate Of sixty yards per day. and it is fear
ed the entire field may be destroyed. So much pro
gress has been made by the flames that it Is esti-
mated that the cost Of extinguishing them before
they have spread over space ofa thousand acres
will not be les than Sl5O,Oo0 Twenty-Five
loaded wagons and all the tools of the miners
have been lost thus far. The Miller mines are
carried on by A. Miller X Co, Of which firm Mr.
Charles Miller, Of this city. was formerly
member.


The coal field over which this great subterra-
mean deluge Of fire is sweeping is one Of the Ilost
valuable on the Monongahela, and extends dis
tance Of some eight or ten miles. 1t is difficult
to say what will be the result Of this under
ground confagration if it is not checked very
soon Wherever vein of coal extends the FIRE
must follow it, and the whole Pittsburg coal
region may yet be endangered. Let some great
lake of Pennsylvania oil be touched by the resist
less stream Of fire, let the underground gas be
turned on, let the vast beds Of coal throw
out their strength, and the old Keystone State,
or at least large portion of it, will form the vent
Of subterranean hell inferior only to those
which in other quarters OF the globe break out
in blazing volcanoes from the surface Of the
earth.-LOHisrIlIs Courier, January 7h.