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Year: 1868

A New York correspondent allirms
that it is a very difficult matter now-a-
days to obtain an article of tobacco not
adulterated with some pernicious sub
stance. No smoking tobacco that is fit
to use can now be purchased in the city,
at retail, for less than two dollars
pound. Cheaper priced tobaccos are
sure to be impregnated with dangerous
ingredients. These ingredients, which
are added to the weed to give flavor and
a bright color, enyender diseases of the
skin, seriously effect the coating of the
stomach, produce violent headaches and
are productive of very many other dis
eases. Two friends of mine recently lost
their appetites, We're troubled with
nausea and Indigestion, beclouded brain,
Being of temperate habits, they We're ut
II loss to discover the cause of their dis
temper" They finally found that it
proceeded from the use of some most
villainous tobacco, which they had pur-
chased at a dollar pound OH Third
avenue. 1t smoked freely and left no
unpleasant taste at the time; but, upon
analysed, it was found to contain some
most pernicious ingredients.
Year: 1868

The mantle of charity ought to be
thrown around the faults of our fellow
being. ''rhy sins be forgiven thee"
should be the answer for us to give to
those who have sinned against US and
wish to be taken back to our bosoms and
be as they once were, pure and sinless
Forgive and forget; memory will not
let us forget, but it is in the power of ex-
alted human benevoence. Saddening
scenes will often pass themselves upon
our attention, even when we do the best
to prevent them. SO scenes of iflhu-
manity between ourselves and our hu-
man relations will arise in the soul,
Notwithstanding the presence and in-
iluence of the principle Of Christian
charity which should inspire every
human soul with its divine effulgence.


Yet memory, however faithful to her
trust, will not prevent Us from being
lenient towards the faults and follies ol
others, and even to forgive their depart
ure from true life.
Year: 1868

HIGH MORAL GRoUND.-In one Of
the courts a few days since, man was
testifying regarding his connection with
case where offers had been made to
him to club man, but he declined the
job. With great solemnity, the counsel
asked, as if anticipating a high moral
reason for his refusal, why the witness
did not commit tho assault. "Well,
sir" was the candid reply, I'm little
lame, aud was afraid the police would
catch me-"
Year: 1868

beat and the tongue lie silent in the grave. Tho
death angel may spread his gloomy palfovcr MS and
the storm king howl around Us, yet the stars will
shine brightly above and the moon will shed her sill.
very light around our lonely resting place, marked
only by sprig Of Acacia, at most by the crumbl


ing marble. Yet. o, mortal man, fear not! for thou
art allied to angels and shall learn at last that
there power in the Lion Of tho tribe Of lsras to
awake the sumberipg dust, roll back the curtains of
deaths chamber, and Undue his followers with ever.
lasting life. Such are some Of the lessons are
taught in lodges And now, brothers and sisters,
let from this time onward endeavor fully to
exemplify the great principles OF our Order. Let
be like angels Of mercy to poor fellow humanity,


wherever found And to do this successfully wo
should have living faith In Him who went about
doing good. Then, when lfes trials are over, and
earth's work is DONE we will scale the ladder jacob
saw. and mount with angels to the Temple not made
made with hands-eternai in the heavens The
brghtwinged Seraphs will meet with golden harps,
and songs of holy triumph to lead beside tho river
of fe--whose waters clear as crystsl-or let US
under the shade Of those evergreen trees which
yield their twelve manner of fruits and listen to the
song-birds sweetest notes, while We inhale the fra.
GRANGE Of a thousand flowers, waited by the gentle
Iephyrs over the Eysian Fields Of Glory. Then We
will bow in grateful alteration before the worlds Re.
deemer, and bring forth the Royal Diadem and crown
Him Lord Of All. -..
Year: 1868

NY wifs 10 the Casss Of Il.


1t is now more than forty years ago, that
Mr.. l. called at the house Of DR..
B, one cold morning on his way to
H.


Sir" said the doctor, "the weather 10
very frosty-will you take something to
drink before you start2'


In that early day, ardent spirits were
deemed indispensable to warmth in winter
When commencing a journey, at every
stopping place along the road, the traveller
always used Intoxicating drinks to keep
him warm.


NO." said Mr.. L., never touch
anything OF the kind my wife is the cause
Of it."


had been in the habit Of meeting some
Of our neighbors every evening for the
purpose Of playing cards. We assembled
at each others shops, and liquors were
introduced. After while We met, not 80
much for playing as drinking, and used
to return home late in the evening more or
less intoxicated My wife always met me
at the door afectio1atcly, and when I
chided her for sitting up so late for me,
she kindly replied


L prefer doing so, for cannot sleep
when you are OUT


This always troubled me. wished in
my heart she would only begin to scold
me, for then would have retorted, and
relieved my conscience. But she always
met mo with the same gentle and loving
spirit.


Things passed on thus for months, when
at last resolved that would, by return
ing much intoxicated, provoke her dis
pleasure so much as to cause her to lecture
me, when meant to answer with severity
| and thus by creating another issue between
US, unburden my bosom Of its present
trouble.


returned in such plight about four
o'clock in the morning. See met me at the
door with usual tenderness, and said:


Come in, husband have just been
making warm FIRE for you, for knew
you would be cold. Take eff your boots
and warm your feet, and here is cup Of
hot Coffee ..t .o
g Doctor, that was too much. l could
not endure it any longer, and resolved
that would never touch another drop
while lived, and l never will"
lie never did. He lived and died prae-
ticing total abstinence from intoxicating
drinks, in village where intemperance
has ravaged as much as any other in the
| State. ..
That man was my father, and that wo-
man my mother. The facts above related
were received from the doctor himself,
when on q visit to my native village not
long sinse.
Year: 1868

Waterfalls.


These beauteous ornaments of lady
head-gear are finally yielding to the ridi
cule of the press and the pantaloon-ists
1t is strange that the fashion in its extreme
hideousncss has lasted as long as now
Ladies usually dress in manner to sui
the expressed opinions Of gentlemen, bu
this last card was not success. In its
decline to propositions of reason, q FRIEND
of ours desires to give the old style q small
poetic kick in words following, to wit:


"a recipe for the manufacture of a
waterfall - .r.t.. --..
pound of rags and bunch Of old shavings,
An old tin pan and a bundle of straw,
Then an old hat-crown of somebody's leaving,
And swear it's your oWn to get clear of the law.
Now get an old stocking and stuff it with paper,
And il it is possible, put in a mole,
Then get few chairs and nutmeg CRATER,
And make all these UP in nice little roll;


Put all these traps in q net Of light led,
With glistening beads to cover them all;
Fasten the compound on the back Of your head,
And 10 what love of = Waterfall!
Year: 1868

Rules OF Sleep. - a.. ~


DR.. Winslow says there is no fact more
clearly established in the physiology Of
man than that the brain expands its ener-
gies and itself during the hours of wake
fulness, and these are recuperated during
sleep. If the recuperation does not equal
the expenditure, the brain withers-this
is insanity. Thus it is that in early Eng
lish history, persons who were condemned
to death by being prevented from sleeping
always died raving maniacs thus it is also
those who are starved to death become
insane-the brain is not nourished, and
they cannot sleep. The practical Inference
is, that those who think most who do
most brain work, require most sleep, and
that time ''snved" from necessary sleep is
in:allibly destructive to mind. body and
estate. Give yourself, your children, your
servants-give all that are under you, tho
fullest amount of sleep they will take, by
compelling them to so to bed at some reg
alar hour, and to rise in the morning the
moment they awake and in fortnight,
Nature, with almost Il G regularity of the
rising sun, will unloose the bonds Of sleep
the moment enough repose has been secur-
ed for the wants of the system. This is
the only safe and sufficient rule and as
to the question how much sleep any one
requires, must be rule for himself-great
Nature will never fail to write it out to
the observer under the regulations just
given. al#A o..
Year: 1868

Getting Married.


There is nothing in life so important as
getting married, and yet it is rare that you
see two persons who have recently expert
cnced that delightful transmutation which
6guratively turns ''two into one," without
noticing a sort Of sheepish softness, kind
Of calclike stare, as though they were
ashamed of each other or that their interior
satisfaction was so immense that they had
no mind for any subject outside the new
kingdom which they had fallen heir to-
Our editorial window is opposite to, and
on a level with, the balcony Of the Evans
House, and it is frequently our luck to
notice on that balcony couple of human
curiosities who have fed from either an
eastern or western locality to enjoy the few
first days Of excitement in tho hope per-
haps that their fondins would be the less
noticed by strangers than by their home
acquaintances or, what is quite as pro-
babie, to escape that Internal din of char
ararie-(shiuaree, as Americans call it, y
which puts any quiet man out of patience
with his rac,. We often have the luxury
Of witnessing these delicate attentions
which married folks will pay to each other
for the first few days at least, and it is
not uncommon for US to moralize at length
mentally, on the curiosities Of this pairing
off influence. We dare not say much
about it in the paper because it is seldom
We allude to any subject having bearing
on the intimacies of the sexes at all. One
thing we venture to state, and that is that
the ladies, when first married, are invari-
ably the most sensible they enter into
the subject as though they were born tor
it, land so they are, for woman without
II house is miserable,) and that only bu-
siness arrangement had been consumated !;
but the man appears as though he had
gone daft, and in nine cases out Of ten he
looks as if he was not sure whether he
was entitled to hat or bonnet, so com
pletely has he been transformed. This
"getting married" is a wonderful Alternative
Of the social habits Of men.
Year: 1868

PLEASANT RECEPTION ScENE.-The Ore
gon Legislature lately met, agreeably to joint
resolution, in joint Convention to receive and
welcome to their Halls Gen. Crook, Military
commander of this Division. He was thus
briefly but very happily welcomed by Ex-Gov-
ernor Whitsaker, Speaker Of the House:


GENERAL--It is my pleasant duty as well
as privilege to welcome you to the Capital Of
our State, and tender you it's hOspitalities. In
dong this, General we are going through no
empty form, but giving expression to our deep
and sincere feelings. The name of General
Crook must ever be dear to the people of this
State, but especially to those of Eastern Oregon.
By his gallant services, that part Of our State
now reposes in all the security, from savage
murders, that this Capital enjoys, and am
proud, General, to be the organ of generous
people who. through me, tender you their
thanks. On behalf of the people of Oregon,
and their Legislative Assembly, I welcome
you to Salem and tender you the hOspitalities
of the State while here.
Gen. Crook, who is modest man, and not
half SO much an orator as Indian fighter, briefly
thanked the Convention for the compliment
bestowed upon him by this reception. He said
he had served on this coast fourteen years ago,
he felt deep interest in its safety, welfare
and progress. In his late service he had but
done his duty; but he was gratifed to know
that the people of Oregon placed so high an
appreciation upon what he had been able to
accomplish.
Year: 1868

To keep full record of the lies that are
circulated in regard to Secretary Stanton
would be difficult undertaking. There is
a aJohnson mill at Washington, which grinds
them out to order, and thence they are sent
flying over the country. The President is
mad: his Cabinet Ministers are mad his
supporters are mad, and great many peo-
pie who profess not to be his supporters are
mad, because General Grant did not hold
the War Office, make direct contest with
Congress, and thus do for the President
what the President is very careful not to
undertake. Failing in this the Presidents s
friends are bitter on Grant, and, Of course,
they are also furiously bitter on Stanton
They are very anxious to have the latter
resign. Decency, they say, should prompt
him to resign. And in order to make this
point appear strong they reported that
Generals Grant and Sherman advised him
to resign. The latter report, we have high
authority for saying, is not true. 1t is OF
a piece with the falsehood that Stanton i'm
mediately upon taking the Office, had drawn
pay for the time he was out.


Now, it is safe 10 say that every man OF
sense knows that Mr. Stanton, if he con-
suited his own feelings, would resign, and
that be retains the Office only because it is
important for the interests Of the country
that he should remain.-Cin Gazette.
Year: 1868

We rarely hear of any serious efforts
being made for the permanent improve
ment of our pasture lands. In many in
stances, in my region, where the soil is
we'll adapted to pasture, they are suffer
ed to remain for half century without
receiving even so much as n dressing of
plaster, TO say nothing of the more eff
cieut application of lime, which re-
gard as very valuable for the purpose.
As to plowIng or breaking them up, it
is rarely done and seldom thought of,
even by the mere judicious. Old usages
and old prejudices hold us with most
tyrannical grasp, and under their influ.
ence we often close our eyes to matters
which a moments candid and dispas-
siOnate reflection would convince us to
be of the greatest practical Importance.
1t is true that the deterioration Of soils
devoted exclusively to pasture is much
slower than that of those under cultiVa-
tiOn; much of the produce is returned
Immediately in the form ofmanure, and
there is generally an accumulation of
green vegetable matter annually, result
ing from the decay of the unconsumed
grasses upon the surface. Yet were we
to plow once every five, six or even ten
years-apply limited quantity of man
ure, harrow thoroughly and SOW mix
ture of seed-Say of the more hardy,
durable and nutritious grasses, ard then
top-dress at least once every other
spring with some cheap, concentrated
fertilizer, we should find that no portion
of the estate would better repay the
cost.


The extent of surface required to sus-
tain COW or an OK, would be, by this
process, diminished nearly twO-thirds,
while the feed would be vastly enchan-
ed in suceulence and value.


1t is now becoming quite common, on
most estates, to separate the varleus
kinds of animals, and to permit cows
and oxen only to run together in one
enclosure. These, especially If to i'm
prove blood, require extra pasture. The
"ShOrt Horn" never can be of value un-
less provided with extra fare, and the
same is perhaps equally true OF other
species of improved stock. The cost of
plowing and manuring pasture grounds
is not sufficient to render it any Obsta-
Gle when contrasted with its manifold
advantages. OF these one of the most
obvious and prominent after the increase
of product is the cleansing of the land
by the eradication of bushes, and such
vegetation in the shape of
sorrel, weeds and worthless grasses.
These always ohtrude upon lands devo-
ted to the pasture of cattle, occupying
the soil TO no advantage, and poisoning
and communicating q bad flavor TO the
feed.
Year: 1868

n conspiracy Against the Frcsiucat'
Washington (Jan l5) Correspondent Boston


Post


Facts which have been developed
within the last few days tend to prove
the existence of deep-laid conspiracy
against President Johnson. The i'm
peachment plot of Ashley has failed,
but the impcachers have not relaxed
their efforts or abandoned their pur-
poses to seize upon the Executive
Department of the Government. 1t is
now understood that series Of meas
ures have been agreed on, all looking to
collision with the Executive by fore
ing Mr.. johnson to become the aggres-
sor. A few days since resolution was
introduced into the Senate directing
the Judiciary committee to inquire
into the eIpsdiency of pro-
viding by law for the suspension of
an officer during his impeachment, and
arming the Senate with power to en-
force its orders. Then we have a bill
muzzling the Supreme Court, so that it
shall not interfere to arrest the progress
of the plot; while the Reconstruction
bill, now under consideration in the
House, strips the President of all his ex-
ecutive powers and clothes the General
commanding the armies with absolute
authority. The same bill makes it q
misdemeanor for the President to inter
tere with the exercise of this authority,
so that any attempt on his part to pro-
tect or defend the executive preroga-
tives, under the Constitution, becomes
o misdemeanor for which he may
be impaached. Thus, it is hoped,
the President will be forced
into q collision which will re-
suit in disappointment aud suspension
while Mr. Wade will quietly assume
the duties of President, with General
Grant to support his usurpation. As
this plot is now rapidly developing it
self, good men have become alarmed
lest the country be precipitated into a
civil war before the people can apply
the eorrectivss at the ballot box. The
Radicals now declare their purpose to
move ON boldly and TO accomplish their
ends by direct and positive legislation"
admitting that they have been seriously
damaged by former timidity and hesi-
tation.
Year: 1868

MCDONALD and McCULLocu are running in


eohoot,
Each to help the other, but both are bound to
root
Hog OF die" for neither will reach the public


crib.
Or hide with office fatness any ieanness Of the


rib
Year: 1868

We are requested to give notice that


business meeting of the Young Mems
Democratic Club will be held at the


Club Room, corner Market and Monroe,
this evening at seven o'clock. A full
is desired.
Year: 1868

Julia Ward Howe, seeing in Boston
the sign Charitable Eye and Ear Infr-
mary" expressed her surprise and skep.
ticism, saying she did net believe there
was charitable eye or ear in the whole
city.
Year: 1868




THE WEsT-especially the greater
part lying between the Missouri river
and the Rocky Mountains-is emphat-
icaily new country. To ftit for the
abode of civilized man, everything
save the soil itself-is to be made;
and even that is to undergo a kind of
preparation. How important, then,
that all making their homes in the
Great West" start Alright. Having
selected your particular locality, the
favored spot" you are heneeforth to
can BY the endearing name of home,
SEE to it that all your plans and caIcu-
lations, all your labors, shall tend to
make this one spot so that there shall
be "no place like" it, so attractive in
all your recollections. Arrange every
building and field, set every vine and
shrub and tree, plant every seed
whether for flower or fruit, shape if
possible every surrounding, so that
when tired with the labors of the day,
you can sit down and contemplate
with cheerfulness, the work your
hands have done. Or, when
travel-worn and weary, you return
from your wanderings, and come in
sight of the farm, the field, the grove,
the orchard, the garden, the yard
where sweet scented flowers fill the
air with perfume, you will cheerily
exclaim-''This, this is home. "Home
-home-sweet-sweet home there is
no place like home"


This is not the work of an hour,
day, or year. And yet each year,
perhaps each day or hour, demands
something at our hands that may
contribute towards the grand result.
1t is truly ysuprising-and yetnOtmuch
to be wondered at-how much our
happiness is made to depend on what
we do ourselves. How important then
that we start Alright, and keep the end
home and happiness in view.


COUNTRY JOE.


Out Here, Dec. l. 1853.
Year: 1868

In CONVERSATION with friend and
farmer not long since, he expressed
the opinion that we "run to fruit" "
We confessed then, as now, to a touch
of ''fruit on the BRAIN" While we
like and are interested in any and
everything connected with the farm,
we expect while we live to give good
share of attention to fruit growing
and while we have the privilege OF
writing, to write more or less about
fruits and flowers. OF course grain
growing and stock raising shall have
their share of attention.
Year: 1868

In order to aid in planting and
growing trees and vines in Nebraska,
we win receive and forward orders for
those Wishing, procuring them at the
same price charged at the nursery,
the party obtaining paying freight.
We will charge nothing for our trouble.
Year: 1868

another note, to fall due at a future
time, If it does not it repudiates to
the exact degree that the note diff
fers in value from the other. In ad-
ditiOn TO these measures for increasing
the value Of the paper, I would require
the National Banks to keep their re-
serves in legal tender and also to keep
these reserves out Of the speeulations
Of Wall street. y
Year: 1868




WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE question of


Universal Suffrage
will be sgitated early and earnestly in the next
session OF Congress. Judge Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, is preparing bill, which he will intro
duce as soon as Congress meets, providing for
universal suffrage in all the States. The subiec-
IS being carefully considered by the leaders of
the Republican party in both houses of Cont
gress, as well as those outside. Within few
days two or three prominent politicians have
had interviews with


General Grant.
with view to ascertain if he will favor such
policy. Grant, of course, was very guarded,
but he is said to have discussed the question
quite freely and one of those who couversed
with him about il asserts very positively that he
tavors it. There is difference Of opinion as to
the truth of this, but the statement comes from
a gentleman who is a warm friend of General
Grant, and who labored earnestly in the cam
paIgn to secure his election.
Year: 1868

come from the gentleman from New York.
Mr.. Brooks.


L wish to hear no more warnings OF the
uprising of the Democratic party. wish to
hear no more proclamations of that party
being majority of the people of this coun-
try. | recognize no party by any party name
in this proceeding, but the people themselves,
of whatever political party | take it the
people of this country upon the question of
the supremacy of the law are the party of
the country, and in the majority upon that
question to-day they were in the late con-
fct with armed rebellion. the men who lifted
their handssn madness against the holy tenn
pie of our liberty. | leave the issue with the
House, | leave it with the country, satisfied
that it is our duty to proceed firmly, impair
TALLY, honestly, to Judgment in this House,
and leave the final issue where it belongs
under the Constitution-with the Senate-tO
determine whether the President has been
guilty of violation of the law, of willfnlly,
deliberately, criminally violating it, and vio-
lating as well the Constitution of his coun-
try, and disregarding as we'll the obligation
of his oath. With that final d. cision | shall
be content, and | doubt not the gentleman
from New York, Mr. Brooks, upon refiec-
ton, will be content, for the simple reason
that it will be their judgment, speaking
through their duly-appointed agents, who
clothed with the power to decide it and
to bind all the parties concerned by their de-
cisiOn.