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Year: 1868

committee rooms to good advantage.
In this respect Mr, Clarke has been
signally fortunate. He seems to have
a natural aptitude for public business,
and has shown capacity for the
work that has, come tos hls hands that
has surprised his most intimate
friends. He has been Is close student
of the legislation of Congress, for the
last four years. The speeches he has
delivered on various subjects have in
variably been listened to with respect,
and have been highly commended by
the leading newspapers of the cOun-
try. More important than all is the
fact, that he has entered with the ut
most fervor into the Congressional
plan of reconstruction, and is thor
oughly eonversant with all the bear
ings of that great question, upon the
final decision of which rests the future
destiny Of the nation.


All the various phases Of public
sentiment in the South have been ar
it were daguerreotyped on the minds
of the public men who have lived in
Washington during the last three
years. Not only the general outlines
Of the case and the general progress
of events, but the minutest details Of
the great civil contest between the
rebel and loyal plans of reconstruc-
ton have been indelibly impressed on
their minds. It is clear to any un-
prejudieed mind that so valuable an
experience should not be lightly
thrown away; and that no new man
coming to the next session of Con-
gress would be able to act with the
same knowledge Of affairs, the same
discretion, and the same sagacity as
would a member who has been here
through the whole contest, and made
himself familiar with all its details.
1t is confidently hoped that the Union
men of the 9th District, in selecting
their candidate for the 41st Congress,
will see and feel the necessity of re-
tanning men Of experiencein Congress,
and that Mr.. Clarke may be renomi-
mated to the position he now so worth
lily fills.


There is still another reason for re-
turning Mr.. Clarke and one which
in my Judgment will commend itself
to the favorable consideration of eve
ry Union man; that is, that he is in
full political sympathy with, and an
intimate personal friend of General
Ulysses S. Grant, who has already
been nominated in the hearts Of the
people as our next standard bearer in
the campaign, and who will, without
doubt, be our next President.


In conclusion let me say that while
there are many men in the 9Th Dis
trict of undoubted ability, patriotism
and moral worth, who would faithful
ly represent the Union-lOving people
of the District, 1 am clearly of the opin-
ion that at this crisis of our Nations
history, when the work Of reconstruc-
tion begun by the 39th Congress, and
gloriously carried forward by the 4Oth
is yet incomplete, the best interests Of
the country, of the State of Ohio, and
of the 9th District, call for the renom-
ination of Hon. R. W. Clarke. B.
Year: 1868

The Horticulturist says: Peach trees
should be carefully examined afthis sea-
sou, and the worm (egeria) taken away
from its harbOring place near tho crown
Of the tree. Remove tho earth couple
Of inches deep, and observe any gummy
or punctured spots; and then, ten to
one, BY cutting with a sharp knife, you
will find small white grub or worm
that as yet has done but little or no ma
terial injury, but if left unmolested by
the coming spring, will be found to have
almost completely girdIed the tree. Dig
out the grub now, wash the wounds with
soft soap to destroy any worms that the
knife failed to reach by reason Of over.
sight on ths' surface, then draw up the
earth in mound form about one foot high
close 10 the body, which mound, If lev.
eled next April, will exhibit at once any
worms which now have been left.
Year: 1868

THE LAND SLIDE AT NAPLES.


A private letter from gentleman of this city,
dated at Sorrento Italy, January 81 gives the following
particulars OF the land slip at Naples


I'VE have had a wonderful escape from death A
mountain over 600 feet above the road fell just We
reached the spot and after had crossed the barcado
In the road the remaining portions OF the mountain side
came down with the Of artillery But this Ia nothing
10 what just occurred at Naples Bay0rd Taylor and
family resided at No. n Santa Lucia, and went
twice TO the house TO apartment there and the
situation very lovely and should certainly have
resided there IL the rooms had been large enough.
The house stood the principal street = the
Chiaia-and stretching away up over it was q
bi With house above house. for several hundred feet
Taylor thank God came Sorrento few days 10
ace us; and Yesterday the whole side OF the bill on the
Chaia gave way and 80 persons lost In the ruins
Tayor house s entirely buried beneath the wreck OF
three upper and am sorry TO say that an omnibus
coming from the railway, and containing among others
two Americans was passing at the time and that all the
nossengers perlshed went into Naples to-day 10
The scene OF the disaster aud sick at heart lam dis
inclined 10 stay for any great length Of tme for
seems II the mountains were all tumpnng dowR ana
think Vesuvius is at the bottom OF II all
Year: 1868

JOHN BRIGHT ON EDUCATION.


Mr.. Bright participated in public breakfast
NJ Birmingham on 5h Of February and thus expressed
himself on the Education question. He said;


Mr. MAYOR: with regard 70 the purpose OF this meet
ing feel myself rather as II bad been entrapped
this OCCASION because my mind has not been running
much for long time past on the subject OF education
and find myself in the state Of Of the Conservative
friends OF who being dragged on at rate which
feversh anxiety abroad to do something the question
of the education OF the people Now years ago In discus
stare Of ignorance in which find very large proper
ton of our population was In itself fact strongly
unpopular character really OF the present Gov
ernment. Ventured 70 make prediction more
10 this country thorough representation the people


Il speak not BOW Of any particular franchise be Il uni
representation which should DC a large and fair and
honest representation OF the peopethree years would
not elapse before should have established gem
era system OF instruction. not for the rch for every
body but for the great Of the people who live upon
their labor aud upon their weekly wages Well have
had bill passed which approaches in the limits Of the
bOrOughs 10 that which the most democratic have asred
in the extension Of the franchise and before that
bill has come into operation, ana whIe people are
only looking at and wondering what ol ~ WI WI
has found out that the people not educated,
and there is general rush into a new field OF
has existed I'm any previous time within memory IL
y very happy thing 70 say that good many obstruc
toDs-cObweDs, may call them, though something more
formidable and stIongerare beiqg swept away % nnoeI
the influence OF this new feeling Hear hear beneve
OF the pOns of jealous members OF the Estab
lshed Church with regard 20 the question OF education
are being abandoned and some o. the serupuons obec
tone held by zealO among the Nonconformsts are
also found 20 be things that not enane ana they are
disappearing from the field But still with all ones Rrath
like pTseiptaney and rasbnsss in the propositions
Nhch are being submitted 20 the public, ana


srav ,nn 5nsh Se Obliged before nt 9S%h ,St 70
eeing kald and which some men zeaOusly advocate.


aDd bo m sSsytng being done by he Govern


aiu speSeh Oi the gentleman who has taken euch
ssHSn'sneo part N the Panb Exhibition rather sur
Year: 1868

FIRST CLASS THREE STORY AND BASEMENT
brick House in Thiry-bIs street, near Second avenue
10 let the whole part just in complete orcer has all
the modern Inquire 549 avenue
the shoe store.
Year: 1868

EDGERTON AND GoNSALVO.
"lih her sweet eyes tenderly set,


And her soft bosom sN elling in woe
Did she stray the copse Till the evening met
In the beautiful Vale of SUMO:
Ana young Cyril all glowing and free,
with Kisses and smiles TO his love
Ger The wavelet sailed BY the twilight gay
All rapture - all pure as Tie dove
Year: 1868

At the recent session of the Maryland Leg
islature an act was passed which caused con.
siderable interest among the members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t was sun.
pl3ment to the religious corporation laws
and read as follows:


A majority of the white male members o4
any church or religious society in the State
whose estate may be vested to trustees. shall
have power to change said trustees by appoint.
ing others IN their stead, at a public meetinn
OF the white male members of said church or
religious society above the age of 2l wears
called by any five or more members thereof
after giving notice for four weeks to all the said
white male members, either by written notice
set up for four weeks prior to the day of meet.
ing at the church door, or the place of pnbIic
worship of the congregation where such elpc.
ton is to be held.


Another clause invests the trustees so elect.
ed with all the right and property which had
previously vested in the trustees superseded. >"
The object of the act was to give the propertv
of the Methodist Episcopal Church over to the
Methodist Church South Gov. Swami was
induced to withhold his signature from the
bill, thus rendering it null and void Had sucb
an unjust law been put upon the statute books
serious difficulty and much litigation woulI
have resulted.
Year: 1868

The DELEGATE MEETING Saturday
afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, the Union votes of this
county are to meet at the voting places in the
respective Hundreds to select forty Delegates
to the State Union Delegate Convention. We
hope there will be full attendance at these
Hundred meetings, and that active men will be
chosen Delegates


We believe that Grant men" will he sent
to the State Convention, who will instruct the
Delegates to the National Convention at Chi
eago to vote for the General. He is evidently
pelaware's choice, as he is the choice of the
country. Every State that has selected Dele
gates up to the present land a majority of them
haVe) have instructed them to vote for him.
Year: 1868

The government and people Of the
United States have had great reason to


become dissatisfied with the questlona-
bic good which had been derived from


the West Point Military Academy, in
comparison with the expense and re-
sponsibility of keeping il up. 1t is
well known fact, that the moral and
social influence of the training which


was there given to young men, up to
the time of the rebellion, greatly pre-
pondersted in favor Of the doctrines Of
pro-slavery, State rights, chiFalry, seces-
sion, and all manner of deViltry. Al
most the entire corps Of instructors.
from its foundation to the year 1861,
belonging to the most extreme Calhoun
school of politics; and as might have
been expected, no sooner did such an
opportunity as the one afforded by the
late rebellion present itself, than these
men, educated at our national military
school, rush by the hundreds into the
ranks of the enemy. But if we should
give credit to the letters which have
been written of late from West Point,
there are well grounded fears TO be en-
tertained that the usefulness Of the in
stitution located there remains as
problematical as ever; 80 much 30, in
fact, as to make it at least q debstsble
question as to whether it be not nearly
as well to include the discontinuanee
of this academy of the national expense,
among the retrenchment measures of q
more economical government Perhaps
a lively discussion Of this question in
l.. Il -. 81
form in its management if it did not
result in ccnsigDing the school to 8
place among the excised members of
our body polite. From these recent
accounts, we are warranted in the con-
clusion, that the assaults which are
made upon the morals of boys and
young men sent there for q military
education, are more terribly damaging
than any which, in turn, they are like
ly to make upon the armies and fortih-
cations of the foreign foe. Lately one
Of these writers in letter to the Chics-
90 Tribune says: "At West Point there
Is no moral influence. Not even the
common barriers of society are there to
check and restrain the strong tendency
towards vice. Religion there ID not
even a name, save to be scoffed at ana
derided. The natural result of all this
is immortality, yulgsrity, profanity and
to. q fearful degree.
Much Of this is checked by the strict
confinement and rigid discipline, but
it bursts at every opportunity, and
nothing can ever change the moral
atmosphere of West Point but a
thorough recognizing Of the whole
course of training. Young men go
there every year with good habits, with
unsullied regulations, and ere SIX
months have passed they are debauch-
ed-their ideas are all changed. The
principles which were as dear to them
As life, are broken and forgotten. Nor
ally they are shipWrecked, and those
who come after them imbibe their ideas
and follow their bad example"
Year: 1868

A PLEA FOR THE HoG.-The hog is not
a hog because it loves the mire; he
seeks it to cool his heated sides; water
is preferable, and the cooler he can get
it the better he likes it. Although he
is of hot nature, be is not therefore
to be turned out in the cold-intense
cold, rain, sieet, etc.-left to shift for
himself; often suffering, yes, suffering /;
and he is not slow in manifesting it
whining, squealing reproaching you
He has not the patience of other stock.
If hog, he is an intelligent one.


On your farm you have no animal
that will improve upon feed as much
as he-that will respond to good treat
ment as readily as he. he is not a
"hog, IN the Ill sense Of that word
His owner, from time immemorial, has
made him such he has done it by
abuse, by neglect. But the hog is SEN
sitiVe, intelligent, good natured, clean,
if you give him chance for cleanliness,
of more clesnly habits than any crea-
ture on the farm, and some human
creatures that We wot of included.


The wise man takes care Of his pig
as of other stock. He is proud of it.
he gives it good quarters-expecting
the same in return. He loves to see it
thrive; and it does thrive successfully
under his care. Piggy here is no "hog, "
but one of the family at large of the
farmer, and profit to him because
treated with regard.
Year: 1868

TURKIsH PROVERBs.-A small stone
often makes great noise. A foolish
friend is, at times, q greater annoyance
than a wise enemy. You'll not sweet
en- your mouth by saying "honey." If
a man would live in peace, be should
be blind, deaf and dumb. Do good
and throw it into the sea, if the fish
know it not, the Lord will. Who fears
God need not fear man. If thy foe De
as small as a guat. fancy him as large
as an elephant. A man who weeps for
every one will soon have lost his eye
sight. More is learned from converse
ton than from books. A friend is OF
more worth than q kinsman. He rides
seldom who never rides any but bor-
rowed horse. Trust to the whiteness
of his turban Who bought the soap on
credit. Death is a black camel that
kneeIs before every mans door.
Year: 1868

AWestern cotemPorary remarks that
be is glad to receive marriage notices,
but requests that they be sent soon
after the ceremony, and before the
divorce is applied for. BE has had
several notices spoiled in this way.
Year: 1868

DIAMOND ENT.-This a most excel.
lent material for repairing broken china Or
naments, jewelry and nicknacks. Take half
an ounce of gum ammoniac and tablespoon
ful of water; melt them together till they
form milky fluid. Then take one ouGce of
isinglass and six wine -glassfuls of water
hoil together till the quantity is reduced one;
half; then add glassful and a half of
strong spirits Of wine. Boil this mixture
for three minutes, and then strain it through
muslin, adding after, while hot, the ammoni-
acal fluid formerly made Finally, add half
an ounce of tincture of mastic resin. The
cement thus made is best preserved in small
phials, in which it sets when cold When
required for use it can be liquifed by plac-
ing the phial 10 cup of boiling water.
Year: 1868

A very subtle and terribly fatal disease
is now raging among the cattle, in some por-
tions of Illinois Over one hundred head
have fallen victims to it within the last few
days 1t usually kills in a few hours. No
premonitory warnings are given, and
although all the skill il possession of ordi-
nary practitioners has been brought to bear
upon it. it yields to no remedy or treatment,
and is fatal in every instance. Its name
and nature have not yet been determined.
Year: 1868

The sound of young hammer, says
Franklin, at five in the morning or at night.
heard by a creditor, makes him easy six
months longer, but if he sees you at Bill
lizard table, or hears your voice at tavern,
when you should be at work, he will send
for his money the next day.
Year: 1868

DURING the war, a lady passing from cot
to cot through the wards of hospital was
shocked to hear one fellow laugh at her.
She stopped to reprOve the wretched patient.
why, madam, said be, you have given me
a tract on the sin of dancing, when L have
got both legs shot off
Year: 1868

Tue OLD MAN.-Bow low the head, boy
do reverence to the old man Once like
you. the vicisstudes of life have silvered
the hair, and changed the round merry face
to the worn visage before you. Once the
heart beat with aspirations co-equal to any
that you have felt; aspirations crushed by
disappointment, as yours are perhaps des-
tined to be. Once that form stalked proud
ly through the gay scenes of pleasure, the
beau ideal of grace now the band of time,
that withers the flowers of yesterday, has
warped that figure and destroyed the noble
carriage. Once at your age he possessed the
thousand thoughts that press through your
brain, now wishing to accomplish deeds
equal to book in fame and imagining life
like dream, that the sooner he awoke from
it the better But be has lived the dream
near through. The time to awaken is very
near at hand, yet his eye ever kiudles at bold
deeds of daring, and the hand takes frmer
grasp of the staff. Bow low the head, boy,
as you would in your old age be reverenced.
-TrotoeL
Year: 1868

The large quantities of excellent wheat and
-four which have been shipped from this place
to San Francisco the past year, Indicate the pros
ductiveness and extent of our grain>growing
lands and the climate and soil are equally fas
vorable to the production offruit and vegetables.
Even 10 the raising Of grapes we can almost
compete with California in quantity and quality.
only hope they will not prove so juicy as to
lead our people into the temperance experiment
Of wine making. Not that we do not sadly need
temperance reform but have no more conf
dence in the accomplishment of this result by
means of good wine than have by the means
Of " Good Templars."
Year: 1868

A LUXURY IN SALAsKA.-Soap>alley berries, or
soap berries, are to be found iu immense quan>
titles throughout Alaska, They grow on a bush
about the same 10 appearance as whorteberries
When ripe, they are red, of juicy and qunine
taste, and generally biennial. One quart taken
and placed in tub the size of a bushel, will
when stirred, completely fill said 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 a knife. 1t is eaten with horn or
wooden spoons, all the family sitting round the
tub, 1t is undou ubtedy acquired taste, but
the commodity is much sought after. The froth
is of beautiful pink color. Green berries will
make nearly the same amount of frotb, but it is
Of a white color, and is not so highly favored
Foreigners stir it with port or sherry wines, and
add sugar, in which case it is II delicious lux,
ury. Large quantities are dried, by being placed
in tub with ;heir leaves, forming cake, which
is placed in wicker tables, with light 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 a water pail, will fill it
full of froth, of dark pink color.
Year: 1868

How TO CURE A CANcER-A Milwaukee
paper states that some ei5ht months ago,
Mr.. Il. b. Mason of that city ascertained
that he had cancer on his face the size of
a pin. 1t was cut by By DR. Wolcott, and
the wound partially healed Subsequently
it grew again and, while he was at Cinoin-
natl on business, it attained the size Of
hickory nut He renal led there since
christmas. under treatment is now per
iectly cured. The process is this: A
piece Of sticking plaster was put over
the cancer. with a cifc liar piece cut of
the center little larger than the can
Ger, so that the cancer and a small cir
cular rim of healthy skin next to it were
exposed Then plaster made of chlo-
ride of zinc. blood root and wheat flow
was spread on piece Of muslin the size Of
this circular opening. aud applied to the
cancer for twenty four hours. On remov.
ing it the cancer wi he found burnt into
and appear of the hardness and color of an
Old shoe sole, and the circular rim out.
side Off wifi APPEAR white and pa rboile
Asifscalded~ ~by hut steam. The plaster
kills the canccr,so that it slOughs out


like dead flesh and never grows in
again. The remedy was discovered by
DR.. Fell, of London. and has been used
hy him for six or eight years with unfail
ing success, and not case has been
known of the reappearance Of cancer
where this remedy has been applied.
Year: 1868

beach with SIX or eight men aud one pair
Of o r, will leave the shore aul proceed
to where the water is eight or ten, or even
thirty fathoms deep; for those found in
shallow water are very inferior.


II re they stop, aud the divers prepare
to descend. Eeach one pats a hooparoupd
his neck. and to this fastens bag in
which The sponges are pat as they are
gathered. In very deep water the diver
uses rope with heavy stone to it. lie
sinks tie stone to the spot he intends to
reach. and this holds tie rope steady.
he uses to a>sjs' himself in coming up
again TO the slrf-ce. Af or bel busy
thus I'LL uoon, they return TO sonic Of those
pleasant little uooks which abound on the
shores Of the Archipelago, to prepare what
they have ga:he.ed fit for ale.


The frsl thing Is TO press out the soft
part Of The animal, and then to bleach out
tie remainder in the sun; 50 they beat
them. and stamp them till there IS no
more life left The ske'etoo part Is then
washed and spread in the sun until it Is
quite clean. a, d grows TO be this dull yel-
low color; then it is packed in bags AID
sent to the market flr slle-seat - Ill
parts Of Asia, Europe and America.