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Year: 1865

THE LAST MEssAGE-A soldier came into
our rooms in Nashville to get an envelope
lie said he had letter to send home for one
Of his comrades. He drew from his blouse
small package, carefully wrapped, and
opening it, held sp scrap of leaf from a
memorandum book. 1t had bloody finger
prints on it. and few words hastily written
with pencil. The writer was the soldiers
partner, he said. In the charge on kenesaw
Mountain he found him staggering back from
the line. the blood streaming from his mouth,
and covering his hands and clothes. A
MIME ball had cut off his tongue at the root


He tried to speak, but could not. Finally.
by motions, he made his partner understand
his want-paper and pencil 4 scrap was
torn from the diary. and on it the boy, held
up by his comrade, with fingers dripping
with blood, and trembling in death, wrote:
Year: 1865

Gen. John Cochrane, in note which we
print to-day, denies The Uorids statement that
he is in favor of the Copperhesd ticket Though
not active in the canvass, he is ;or the Union
cause and for Impartial Suffrage. Such being
the case, We very gladly withdraw anything
we have said that might seem to reflect upon
him, and rejoice in the faith that ne is all right
Year: 1865

The best Family Machine.-we would call the
attention of readers the GROVER BAKER MACHINES
Their reputation is well established for attempt


word in their favor but would advise any person want
ing reliable Family Sewing Machine to investigate the
merits of these before buying. word the wise
sufficient" 4I.v9
Year: 1865

LABOR EvERLAsTING.-The San Francisco Ee-
dniner would impose upon its friends the never
ending task of Sisyphus. 1t says =" Reader,
if you have Democratic neighbor, or one who
is a moderate Republican, do not rest until you
have induced him to take good Democratic
newspaper. Sac. Bee.


Here is case in point only that the party of
the second part wouldn't be - induced" A
friend applied to us for waste paper to be used in
packing winter fruit. Among the rest was a copy
of the Examiner, which he in due time returned
with the assurance that he - wouldn venture to
use the id thing in connection with good fruit
nor for any other purpose We asked his
pardon.
Year: 1865

HA- Hope for the Amicted.-IS another part Of
this paper will be found the advertisement of the celebrated
Institute established by Dr. c. Young in 1885, In this
Of deceit and charatanism it boon the suffering to


point out to them where they Of obtaining the wish
ed for relief and Under the of the skul Doctor
the sick and troubled dvet themselves of their burdens
of pain and shame lay aside their and secure health
and happiness If sick in trouble do not hes


tate Read the advertisement and follow the advice Do not
forget the number the Of directing letter
CONSULTATION OFFICE $40 Washington street San Fran
cisco. I43m.sn.
Year: 1865

ANOTHER OF THE - RESULTS. THE Methodist
Episcopal Church is making rapid advances IN
the South, and will eventually drive out the
negro-trading institution of hypocritical barba-
rians known as the - Methodist Church South
At recent camp meeting in Tennessee, over SIX
hundred members were added to the Methodist
Episcopal denomination, and the membership OF
the church had strikingly increased in other dis
Year: 1865

DR.. John Chapman, in the London Med
ieal Times and Gazette, among other con-
clusions, holds that the primary cause of
cholera is, as a general rule, the excessive
heat of hot climates in summer when chol-
era prevails" that ''the proximate cause
of cholera is Of precisely the same nature
as that Of summer or cholera diarrh9a.
but that it is far more developed, and con-
sequently that its action is proportionately
more powerful and intense;' that ''chole-
ra is neither contagious nor infectious i'll
any sense whatsoever, except through the
depressing influence of fear" and "that
cholera may be completely ayerted, and
when developed, cured by the persistent
application of the spinal ice-bag along the
whole spine so long as any symptom OF the
disease continues"


The Opinion Rationale, of Paris, in an
article on cholera, SAYS that recently two
captive balloons were sent up, one of them
over Alexandria, the other over a village
on the Isthmus where cholera had not
made its appearance. From each of the
balloons was suspended a piece of fresh
beef cut from the same OK. After the bal
looms had remained up for some hours,
they were both pulled down, and the beef
suspended over Alexandria was complete
ly tainted, while that which had been sus-
pended over the village was as sweet and
as good as ever. This experiment is sup
posed to corroborate the theory of the at
mospheric origin of the cholera.
Year: 1865

The Muscatine Journal describes the
appearance of counterfeit one dollar green
backs in circulation there as follows: 'Ex-
cepting few minor discrepancies, the
spurious note is an exact ,Jte simiEe OF the
genuine bill. The general appearance of
the bill is also very good. The green ink
is of Il somewhat lighter shade than that
used on the genuine, and some parts of
the notes look scratched and blurred
The figures -" on the green scroll work
on the lower right hand quarter of the note
are printed in green; in the genuine they
are white. The face of Chase, in the eoun-
terfeits, is badly executed. We advise
our merchants horeabouts to be on the
lookout for this spurious money!"
Year: 1865

APPLE ECHAMrAIGNE-A VALUABLE Re-
cIpE.-We have recently learned ofa very
simple and cheap process ofmaking Cham
paicne Wine directly from apples; and as
the coming Fall will furnish an abundance
of the necessary material the recipe may
prove interesting to farmers and profitable
to dealers.


The Juice is pressed directly from sound
apples without previous grinding. because
the hruising or the fruit in short time
disrolors the Juice and produces such 9TH
or chemical change, by exposure to the at
mosphcre. as to prevent the practical work
ing of the process, while the juice pressed
from sound apples is nearly rs limpid as
weter.


The Juice runs directly from the press
into filter, consisting of a suitable box
about foot deep hv six inches square,
filled with a mixture of pulverized char
coal and clean sand or fine gravel, about
half and half. A thin layer of straw is put
into the box before il is filled with the fl
'cring material. and the bottom of the box
is perforated with fine holes.


The juice passes through this filter into
the bottles which should be Immediately
corked to exclude the atmosphere, which
gives ii the appearance ofreal champagne;
and our informant, who has used the pro-
cess, assures us that the wine, after re-
manning in the cellar for while, presents
the action and flavor of the imported ar
ticle, with the advantage of being much
more healthy beverage. while its cost does
not exceed two cents quart bottle where
apples are plenty. Imported champagne
of the ecommonest quality cannot be bought
in this market for less than two or three
dollars bottle, while its genuneness and
purity are very questionable to say the
least.


To crush and press apples at one opera.
ton rsquires a very powerful pross.
Year: 1865

from the London Pail Mall Gazette.1


A conflict has occurred between the con-
stabulary and the Fenians, at a place call
ed Dangan, in the County of Cork. The
police, seven in number, had arrested a
drunken and disOrderly man during the
morning. it being fair day in the village,
and some two hundred people attempted
to effect his release by force. The police.
however. were successful in resisting this
attack, and repaired TO n cabin in the vici-
nifty with their prisoner. At this stage a
young peasant. jumping ON an elevated
part of the ditch near, addressed The crowd
calling on them rs ''true Fenians" not to
be afraid of "handful Of policemen" but
show ''that they were able to fight for the
freedom of Ireland" The crowd then at
tackled the cottage into which the constab-
alarv had entered, breaking the doors and
windows with stones, and threatened to
set fire To the house. On this being at
tempted The police discharged their rifles.
three of them firing two shots each, three
others one shot. and one not firing at all.
The result was that three persons in the
crowd was seriously and one mortaliy
wounded. There are great many sworn
FenianS i'm the county of Cork. but this is
the first occasion on which they have done
worse than drill and march by moonlight
Year: 1865

An average of four thousand letters per
day are sent TO the dead letter Office be-
cause the postage is not prepaid. 1t is as
tonishing how many stupid people there
are i'm the United States. They know
enough to write letters, but do not know
that prepayment is absolutely required,
although the latter fact has been published
a thousand times
Year: 1865

SALT MINEs.-The salt mines of Ca


COW were discovered IN 1851. The


length of the mines from east to west is
above six thousand feet; the breadth


from north TO south above two thousand,
and they are eight hundred feet in depth.


When stranger wishes to visit these


mines he is habited in a suit of Miners
clothes and let down by machinery a


perpendicular descent of six hundred
feet. The place is very dark, and the
miner, who descends as a guide, strikes
light and conducts the stranger forward
through several gloomy winding pas
sages, at the end of which they descend
by ladders two hundred feet lower into
large cavern; through this cavern they
enter upon an open plain, peopled by
the miners and their families, together
with their horses, dogs, and other
domestic animals. Nothing can exceed
the brilliancy Of this place illuminated
by thousands of lamps refecting their
light upon the beautiful and transparent
surface of the salt in every varied color.
Year: 1865

Boatman boatman my brain is wild


As wild as the rainy seas
My poor little child, my sweet little child,
Is a corpse upon my knees.
No holy choir to sing so low


No priest TO kneel in prayer,
No tire-woman to help me sew


A cap for his golden hair.
Dropping his oars in the rainy sea,


The pious boatman cried,
Not without Him who is life to thee,


Could the little child have died.
His grace the same, and the same His power
Demanding our love and trust,
Whether He makes of the dust a flower,
Or changes a flower to dust
On the land and the water, all in all
The strength to be still or pray.
To blight the leaves in their time to fall.
Or light up the hills in May.
Alice Carey.
Year: 1865

A friend just returned from New York


tells US the following pretty good story


OF an Illinoisan who was stopping at the


same hotel. On Sunday the Western
man, being desirous Of hearing several of


the more famous pulpit orators of the


metropolis, went in the morning TO Dr.


Chapin's church, but heard stranger
preach from the text: "But Simon's
wife's mother lay sick of a fever" In
the afternoon he went TO Beecher's Plym.
outh Church, and heard the same dis
course from the same preacher. Going
in the evening to DIR. Osgood's church,
he found the same preacher and the
same theme "Simon's wife's mother
lay sick of fever" The next day the
patient hearer of the thrice told discourse
was crossing to Brooklyn in a ferry boat,
when the alarm bell in the Park agitated
the air with its great shocks of sound,
a rnan behind him inquired why that bell
was tolling. Looking up, he saw the now
familiar face of the preacher, and was
prompt to reply, 81 think Simon's wife's
mother must be dead 1 heard three
times yesterday that she was sick of fe-
ver."
Year: 1865

AL night the dews in silence wept


And through the pane the moons pale bean
Played on the floor in silver streams, ja..r
While by my side my baby slept.
So soft, so sweet the midnight stole,


1t stiled the breezes on the lea,
And hushed the murmur of the sea,
And hushed the strife within my soul;
And silenced all the questions wild


That come between our faith and God,
And bade me lie beneath the rod
Calmly as lay the sleeping child.
Then sumber on my eyeids pressed,
And dimmed the moonbeams silver clear,
And hid the sound loyed to hear
The breathing of the babe at rest.
Till o'er the sea in rosy light,


The flush of morning slowly crept,
And whispering breezes softly swept
The silent shadows of the night.



Then wrapt in dreamland far away, +.
saw the angels come and go,


And iutter of their white wings show
Like ocean bird at dusk of day.
They came and looked within my eyes,
With their sweet eyes so pure and true,
And sang low songs all strange and new,
The music of the eternal skies.
But waking, To- a cherub smiled,
Heaven in her soft eyes azure deep,
And radiant from her rosy sleep,
An angel half, and half a child.
And little hands were touching me,
And tiny rills of laughter broke
From lips that kissed me as I woke,
And called my name in baby glee.
And all the vision Heavenward swept
Lost in the gold and crimson sky,
Their farewell whispers floating by
One angel in my arms kept.
Year: 1865

BEAUTIFUL ANswERs.-A pupil o
Able Sicord gave the following extraor-
dinary answers:


'What is gratitude?


Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
what is hope p


Hope is the blossom of happiness
What is the difference between hope
and desire p


Desire is tree in leaf, hope is tree
in flower, and enjoyment is tree in
fruit


what is eternity?'


"A day without yesterday or tomor-
row-a line that has no end'
what is timer
"A line that has two ends-a path that
begins at the cradle, and ends in the
tomb
Year: 1865

HUMILITY.-When poor soul sees it.
self lost, and comes to God, TO the free
grace of God, he does not come on horse
back, nor on foot either; he falls down
at that throne and sovereignty of God !;
he will be gracious TO whom he will be
gracious Goodscia.
Year: 1865

The issue Of FIVE cent fractional cur
rency has been stopped by'order Of Sec
retary McCulicch, and it is expected
that the Treasurer and Sub .Tutasurers
win be supplied with two and three
cent coin to meet the wants Of .hs
community in lieu Of the paper issue
withdrawn.
Year: 1865

autioned not To buy or negotiate for the follow.
ing certificates of stock In the Original Hawkeye
Gold and Silver Mining Company, ,Sas the saine
have been sold for assessments according to law,
and will mot be transferred on the books Of the
Year: 1865

yefv strong and htarty-but We should not
feel confident to Its ability to Withstand
another such. Happily, it is in little danger
of being subjected to 80 Eacking an ordeal
N. T.. Tribune.
Year: 1865

CHICKEN PIE.-Dress the chickens us
for frying. Boil in hot water till tender,
then set away till sufficiently cool. Make
. crust the same as for good short bis
cult, and line the pan with it. Season
the chickens with plenty Of butter,-salI
and pepper to taste. Let the pan be
about one half filed with gravy, Ohe
remainder to be tbickened with butter
and Aour.) Cover with crust; bake in
moderate oven one hour.
Year: 1865

The world is crazy for show. There
is not one person in a thousand who
dares fall back on nothing but his real,
sim pie self for power to get through the
world, and extract enjoyment as he
goes along. There is too much living
in the eyes Of other people. There is
no end to the nping, the mimiery, the
false airs, and the superficial arts. 1t
requires rare courage, we admit, to live
up to ones enlightened convictions in
these times. Unless you consent to JOIN
in tho general ohoat, you are jos'led out
ofreach. There is no room for you among
the great mob Of pretcnders. lfa man
dares TO live within his means, and is
rcsolute in his purpose not to appear
more than he really is, let him be ap
plauded. There is something fresh in
such an example.
Year: 1865

If you would have a right account
of things from illterate people, let
them tell their story in their own way.
If you put them upon talking accord
ing to logical rules, you will quite con-
found them.
Year: 1865

There is rs much connection be-
tween the words and the thoughts
as there is between the thoughts
and the actions Tho latter are
not only the expressions of the
former, but they have a power to
react upon the soul, and leave the
stain of their corruption there. A
youDg man who allows himself tl
use one vulgar or prolane word has
not only shown that there is q foul
spot upon his mind, but by the ut
terence of that word he extends
that spot and inlames IL till; by
indulgence it will polute and ruin
the whole soul, BE as careful Of
your words as Of your thoughts.-
If you can control the tongue that
no improper words arc pronounced
by it, you will soon be ablo, also,
to control the mind, and save that
from corruption. lou extinguish
the fire by smothering it. or by
preventing bad thorghts from
bursting ont into language. Never
utter a word anywhere which you
would be ashamed to speak in the
preseace of the most refined fe
male, or the most religious man.
Try this practice little while and
you will soon have command OF
Yourself.
Year: 1865

WHEN people understand that
they must live together, they learn
to soften, by mutual accommoda-
tion, the yoke which they know
they can not shake off. They be-
come good husbands AMI good
wives, from tho necessity ofremain-
ing good husbands and good wives;
for necessity is powerful master
in teaching the duty which it i'm
poses. II it were once understood
that upon mutual disgust married
persons might be legally separated,
many couples who now pass
through the world with mutual com.
fort, with attention TO their com
mon offspring, and to The moral
order Of civil society, might have
been at this moment living in u
state of mutual unkindness, in a
state of enlargement from their
common offspring, and in state
Of unrcserycd immortality. To be
sure, if people come together in
marriage with the .extrayagant cx-


pectations that all are to be halcyon
days; tie husband conceiving that
all is to be authority with him,
and the wife that al! is to be accom-
modation to her; every body sees
how that must end; but they come
together with a prospect of lappi.
moss, they must come with the re-
flection that, not bringing .perfec.
ton in themselves they lave no
right to expect it ON the other side
that having respectively, many
infirmities Of their own to be over


looked, they must overlook the in
| firmities of each other.
Year: 1865

The vicious die early. They fall
like shadows or tumble wrecks and
ruins into the grave often when
quite young, almost always before
forty. "The wicked livcth not
half his days" The world at once
rat fies the truth and assigncs the
reason, by describing the dissolute
life of "tast men," that is they live
iast--they spend twelve hours in six
getting through the whole before
the meridian. and dropping into
darkness while others arc in the
glory oflight. "Their sun goeth
down while it is day." And they
might have helped it. Many one
dies before he need. Young men
of genius like Burns and Byron, to


whom, when dissipatcd and profit


gate, 81 years is fatal, and your
obscure and namcloss wandering
stars, who waste their time in ILL
ertine indulgence they cannot
live, they must die carly. They
put on steam till they blow up the
boiler. They run at such a rate
that the fire goes ont for want OF


fuel. The machinery is destroyed
by rapid speed and reckless wear.
Nothing can save them. Their
physical system cannot stand the
strain they put 1t to. willie the state
of their mind is often such that the
soul would eat the substance ofthe
most robust body and make for it.
sell a way Of escape from the in


cessant hell of its own thoughts.
Year: 1865

When the battles fought and lost


Grin and bear it.
Count not over what it cost


Grin and bear it.
Think Of those who by you stood;
That you did the best you could
We're the laurel won you'd wear it


Grin and bear it.
Though your money bet is gone


Grin and bear il.
And your pile looks quite forlorn-


Grin and bear it,
While your foe may count his gains,
Yet your honor still remains.
If you bet you cannot share it


Grin and bear it.
What though all your foes may jeer-


Grin and bear it
Though you're deafened with their cheer


Grin and bear it,
In a gallant fight you fell.
Working manfuly and we'll.
And with pride you can compare it


Grin and bear it.
When your old chums turn aside


Grin and bear IT.
Drifting onward with the tide


Grin and bear it.
First it ebbs and then it flows.
And the wind is i'll that blows
Neer good 10 those who dare it


Grin and bear it,
Year: 1865

= MOTHER. where is that going TO sleep
asked girl of fifteen of her mother, who had
just promised traveller nights rest in their
out OF the way hut. s'lll have to put him IN
with you and Jack and Kate and George and Sue
and Dick and Bet and John, suppose, was the
reply " II 1t is too crowded. one or two OF
you must turn in with me and dad and Sally and
Tommy and Lizzie and the twins
Year: 1865

THERE is a law in the State of Maine that anv
person who will set out, and properly protect
shade trees along any public highway that runs
through his premises, shall have an abatement
of bis taxes.
Year: 1865

A Patent Horse to carry his master


Needs no spur to make him 60 faster;


Runs along cheeriiy as soon you stride him,
Ready to go wherever you~guide him.


IuiESE horses run rapidly over any good
i road, sidewalk or park grounds, with grace
fuI .cahtering motion. propelled mainly by the
freight Of the rider, alternating motion from the
saddle to the padals, the act of rising to the
motion of the horse, and with about the same
ut of exercise to the rider as in riding a live
horse, and with about the same amount of exer-
else TO the rider as in riding live horse. They
may be started, stopped short, controlled in
going down hill, by the rider. They will up
a moderate ascent, if the road is hard and firm
They are directed by the bride. As the m otions
are Identical, it is good mode Of training for
equestrianism. They unequalled a means
for agreeable and healthul out door exercise, all
the year round, for adults well as for girls nd
boys OF two years old and upward. Girls ride by
using the side-saddle horn-those under ten years
old usually ride astride The size fer boys Is strong
',nough to carry man of 800 pounds weight. On
the sidewalk or level ground. light carriage with
a child in it can be attached and drawn. ANY per-
son having but one leg ride perfectly well.
For prices enquire at the office OF this PAP er, or
send stamp for circular and price list.


STEPHEN w. SMITH.


%9S Broadway New York.
Year: 1865

The mockery of trial by which Miss Harris was acquitted, i'm Washington, of the murder of Burroughs, was sad commentary upon the course of justice in our civil courts '.'h'

 Miss Harris shot her faithless lover, in the Treasury building, some months since. She ! was brought for trial before Judge Wylie, the same magistrate who issued the writ of Habeas

 Corpus for Mrs. Sarratt, and before whom the

 friends of Jeff Davis are anxious to bring his case. Her counsel attempted to prove that

 Burroughs engaged himself to her with wicked designs that he endeavored to induce her to visit house of ill fame; and finally that this treatment resulted in insanity, under which she committed the murder: It failed to appear in the evidence, that they were ever really on gagged to be. married the anonymous letters that she received inviting her to the house of prostitution, could not possibly have been writ ten by him there was mo evidence, that we can see, that he had ever treated her dishonor- ably or ungentlemanly; and even her insanity

 was not firmly established before the court. In

 the pleas, the judge allowed her counsel the ut

 most limits in their appeals to the sympathy of the jury, and to the feelings and passions of the

 audience, but the District Attorney was not al

 lowed the most common privileges of advocates

 at the bar. The. court was frequently inter

 rupted with the clamor of the crowd of tspecta tors The jury, without deliberation, pronounced

 the woman not guilty her senior counsel ern-

 braced and kissed her, the crowd cried hi! hi ! and the court, that had made itself contempti-

 ble in the eyes of all respectable people, ad t.