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Year: 1868

IMPLICATION OF FEMALE SERyANTs.-Miss
Maria S. Rye recently brought out from Liv-
erpool to Montreal and Quebec a cargo of one
hundred house servants, for whom she easily
found situation at s. and So per month in
gold. Pleased with her success. she announ-
ces it in letter to the London Times, which
predicts an increased emigration of English
servant girls. We see no reason why few
thousand more should not come. We are
paying in New York from SO to Sl3 per
month for ordinary house servants, and some
what higher for good or first class cooks
The abolition of slavery, which its opponents
predicted would flood the North with cheap
labor, has raised the price of all labor, and
especially of that of household servants. bv
enabling a race of people wEo before worked
without pay to demand wages Many thou
sands Of colored servants have returned from
the North TO the South since the close of
the war, aud from one end of the North to
the other, domestic heln was never in so great
demand nor so well paid The deficiency of
both male and female help among the far
mers of the West is serious embarrassment.
and whoever will import from quarter to a
half million ordinarily intelligent men and
women from Western Europe to the United
States, will find no serious difficulty in plac-
in gthem where they can earn living
n. J. Tribune.
Year: 1868

WE suppose the reason why the telegraph
failed to convey us the hymn sung in the
National Democratic Convention after its
opening prayer was because that institution
objects to transmitting poetry over the wires.
We have received the hymn by mail, how
ever, and gives the first stanzas:


Great God. and are we yet alive


And do yet rebel


lis wenderous, It's amazing grace


That we are ont of hell
-Teritoriai Enterprise.
Year: 1868

YOUNG Countess in Paris recently ran
of with a handsome tenor, who had given
proof of his devotion by accompanying her
ever since last fall. in the disguise of the liv-
cry OF her husbands servants to opera. con-
cert and ball, whenever he was not privileg-
ed to be of the party in his own character
Real servants were in the confidence of their
mistress and the pretended valet always
rode inside the carriage when the husband
was not of the party.
Year: 1868

LAMP CHIMNEYs-Often crack
by being fastened on too tightly
The screw being applied while the
chimney is cold, often SO tightly
as to prevent the glass moving at
all Of course, when the chimney
is heated, there is no room for
them to expand, and consequently
they must break or crack. Al
ways see that the glass is secure,'
and at the same time moves easily
in the holder. ...-.. ......>-...s
Year: 1868

THE BOYS DEscR1PTloN-lll
tell you how it was. You see Bill
and me was down: to the dam
excuse me-catching fish, though
we didn't catch any; | got one
bite, and Bill told me to scratch,
but I didn't: Well, I felt in my
pocket and found my knife and it
was gone, and =. I said, Bill, you
stole my knife, and he said I Was
another, and I said gothere your
self, and he said it was no such a
thing, and said he was a liar,
and could whip him if 1 was big
germ him, and he said he'd rock
me to sleep mother, and | said he
was a bigger one, and lie sald |
never had the measles, and SAID
for him to fork over that knife;
and he said he couldn't sec the
fork, and I said Id fix him for a
tombstone at Markwalter's, and
he said my grandmother was nc
gentleman, and l said he dersent
take it up, but he did, you bet


you never-well, You never did
then I got up again, and said h'
was too much afraid to do i . cain
and he tried to, but he didn't, ane
1 robbed him and throwed hin


down on top Of me like severa


bricks, and I tell you it beat all
and so did he, and my little dos


got behind Bill and bit him, ant


Bill kicked at the dog, and tn


dog ran, and 1 ran after the dos
Ito fetch him. back, and didn'


catch him till, / got clear home


and I'll whip him more yet. i


my eye very black )? ....
Year: 1868

About six miles from Houston, Texas, in
low, wet prairie country, but itself on quite
high aud dry ground aud surrounded by fine
little forrest, is o small lake whose diameter
may be counted by rods, the waters Of which
are SO sour that it is almost impossible to drink
them. A number Of wells have been dug in
the immediate vicinity, and the water of these
contains iron, alum, magnesia, and sulpburic
acid.


Notwithstanding the difficulty of reaching
the place and the poor accommodations, large
numbers of nvalidS 90 there from the Southern
States to drink The waters of the wells and
bathe in the Lake; and they experience i'm
mediate and remarkable benefit. The effect
of the baths is sedatiye, and the persons who
have not slept comfortably for weeks, after
taking bathe in the lake in the evening, enjoy
refreshing nights rest.


The water beGames more pleasant to the
taste after few glases, and may be bottled or
mt in wooden caskets without losing its
strength. The soil is so strongly impregnated
with the same qualities as the water, that il
the mud be dissolved in pure water and a lit'lc
soda or saleratus put into it, it will foam and
saervesce, and will be as sour as lemonade.


Before the war a number OF gentlemen were
considering plans for building large hotel at
the place but since then the project has been
POSTPONED. A number Of gentlemen bought
the property of man who died about twenty
FIVE years ago; but according to the laws OF
Texas man cannot sell his homestead without
the consent of his wife, and lady Of Chicago,
claiming to be the former owners wife, has
brought suit to recover it under that law
The matter'is still in litigation.
Year: 1868

The idea of the poor Irishmsn ia beaad'nl
one" There is a silver lining to every cloud. -


Beauty and goodness toward which all
hearts grayi,ate, are as broad as the universe,
and boundlessly mutiform.


The civilized was the natural state, so long
as man continued in communion with God
The savage state was the awful consequence of
,lcser,ing God.


! Every human heart has some ptesgurcd,
ideal choice-certain qualities Of form, Of ex-
preston. OF endowment, which this ideal OBJ
iect presents as supremely desirable.


Let the domestic circle be the scene Of wo-
mans ministrstion,, her infant group the sub
iect, for whom she legislates, and home the
sphere where her influence is exerted by a we'll
ordered life and godly conversation.
l, i.dif,cult to conceive anything more beau
tiful than the reply given by one in afiiiction
when he was asked how he bore it so well. "it
lghtens the stroke" said he, to draw near 70
Him who handles the rod"


Every deed that is performed. every word
that is spoken, is either on the side Of the true
or the false 1t may be but an atom in the
scale, vet it is an atom, for the cause Of right
eousnoss, or so much added to the power of
wrong


The love Of the beautiful, though natural in
some degree to all, like other faculties Of the
mind, requires cultivation to insure its growth.


II there be one position in the whole round
of human action which more than another re-
quires cautious preparation and sound wisdom
combined with jealous efforts, it is that of him
who ministers to a congregation from the pull
pit.


We cannot see a bird ny in the air, but with
its wings it makes the sign of the Cross, teach
ing us thereby, that if We also seek to rise above
this world, il can be by the means Of the same
holy thing.


lie who can cnll books around him, though
poor despised and lonely summons to his Ere
side guests Of greater worth and rarer wit than
all that wealth, or pomp or power alone can
call to their owners side.
Year: 1868

Dow, Jr., thus closes one of his patent SER
mons my respected friends, there are many
among you who, to be self-satisfed, ought to
have been born hundred years ago, aud others
who ought to be born hundred years hence.
They appear to have been cast upon the earth
at the wrong period, and in the wrong place,
ike ducks egg dropped by the margin OF
some muddy pool They find no food suited
to their taste upon the sumptuous table spread
before them They either had rather go back
and pick the bones Of the past, or stick their
fingers in the unprcpared dishes Of the future
than partake Of the rich bounty the present
provides. Such folks are born before and az
ter their time, and have no business at this ex-
act period but the fault Is not theirs; and it
is not my province TO cast blame upon the pa
rents. We should all, my friends, bestow lit
tie thought upon what has been and what Is
TO be. but make the best Of what is, and Joy,
peSce and contentment shall be ours in the
end. So mote It be :"
Year: 1868

Only drop on n woman's check
Told the depth of sorrow there,
Only a drop in fathers eye


Showed his parental care;
Only a drop as dear friends part,
And they brush it quickly aside;
Only u drop, but they think Of it Oft,
As down hfe's stream they glide.
Only drop from the cloudy sky
Our thirst will oft allay;
Only a drop as we journey home


Will stop us oft on our way;
Only a drop in the sea OF life


Will turn our hearts above;
And we all are drops in Eternity,
Filling the Ocean of Love.
Year: 1868

It has cost the people about s25OO since the
war for each negro that has been made a voter
for the benefit Of the Radical party. White
laboring men in the North work FIVE days for
themselves and one for the negro each week.
Year: 1868




Fruit growers who are so fortunate as
to have winter epples, can prolong their
keeping by packing in saw dust, other
than pine, if possible. Put it in some
dry PLACE for several weeks before using,
spread opt thin, so as to be perfectly dry.
Keep your apples on the trees as late as
possible, not to be tonched by the frost.
Pick in the middle of a pleasant day,
when perfectly dry. Handle with care
and leave all the stems on. Pick no
bruised, wormy or defective fruit Pack
in barrels. Take them and the sawdust
to the place of packing. Sprinkle an inch
of the latter on the bottom of the barrel.
Place the apples in layers very carefully
on the sawdust-a row next to the slaves,
and row next to those, and so on till
you finish in the centre with a single ap-
pie. Cover this layer with sawdust, and
so continue until the barrel is full, with
layer of fruit and a layer of sawdust,
leaving an inch or more of the latter on
the top. Put the head in with light
pressure, gently shaking the barrel and
keeping the contents perfectly tight. Re-
move to some outbuilding and keep there
till hard freezing weather comes on, when
the barrels should be stored in dry eel
lar, placed on blocks or planks SO as not
to touch the ground.


In this way the latest keepers will be
perfectly sound the fourth of next July,
and they will be perfectly fresh, in perfect
order, and flavor unimpaired. Packing
IN sawdust has many advantages over
sand. First, it is SO much lighter, and
adds nothing to the expense of freight.
Second, the sawdust absorbs all the
moisture and sweat from the apple. Third,
if by chance an apple rots, it cannot con-
taminate its neighbors by coming in con-
tact with them. If the barrels are made
as tight as they should be, the fruit will
be kept from the air, and come out as good
as if canned. The above is no theory or
guess work, but has been tested for sew
eral years.
Year: 1868

FALL TREE PLANTING. earlier in
autumn that tree-planting is performed
the better, provided the wood has matured.
1t is not requisite that the leaf should have
fallen; but in transplanting, the leaf
should be removed ere the tree is dug
from the ground; keep the roots from dry
ing cold winds or clear hot suns, and when
setting spread them out regularly, and see
that fine earth is next each and every f.
bre; for where one root is laid against
another without any soil intervening, it is
liable to dry and decay, and often destroy
the whole tree. Do not pour water in
among the roots at this time of the year,
but press and mingle the earth carefully
with the hand and spreading fingers.
Mound up around the tree earth about
eight inches high, to assist it in retaining
its upright position, and also to carry off
surplus water, for no matter how carefully
the tree be planted. if water is permitted
to stand around it and soak the roots from
day to day, it may be expected to die
The horticultural.
Year: 1868

WooD ASHES AS A FERTILIzER.-This
is one of the most valuable fertilizers with
in reach of the farmer. The unleached
article has the more potash, but the leach
ed is thought to be quite as valuable.
In leaching, they shrink good deal, and
lime is usually added, which increases
their value. They are generally sold, too
at less price. Ashes are well suited to
all farm crops. and are very beneficial in
the fruit-yard and orchard. Most farmers
still sell wood in the cities and villages,
and rather than go home empty, they
should carry back ashes and other fertili-
zers, to replace the potash, lime, and
phosphoric acid that have been carried off
in the crops and animals sold Ashes
show Immediate effects from their applica-
ton, and at the same time last long in the
soil: They are very highly appreciated
in the onion growing districts, but may be
applied with equal advantage to ordinary
farm crops They should be kept as near
the SURFACE as possible, spread and har-
rowed into the seed bed, Or applied directly
to the growing crops. Mike business
of saving, buying aud storing ashes du-
ring the winter for the next seasons op-
rations.-American Agricultwist.
Year: 1868

A Doc SroRY.-Henry Ward Beecher
is responsible for the following A cleri-
cal friend of mine, on whose veracity I
could fully rely. assured me he was once
fortunate enough to see the whole affair
His little terrier was set upon and badly
used by large dog. When he and it re-
turned home he saw the little dog make
up to a greyhound in the same yard, and
whine about him in a ameaning sort of way.
Presently the two trot off together in a
business-like manner. My friends Curl
osity was excited, and he followed them
to the large dogs yard, and arrived in
time to learn that they had both set npon
the aggressor, and given him thorough
dressing.
Year: 1868

SECOND PERIOD IN THE LIFE OF Boy.
The second great period in the life of a
young map-the first being tail-coat and
cheroot--is when he gets a girl, SO to
speak, About that time most sidewalks
are most too narrow for his outspreading
taps, two chairs on whole sofa are hard
ly equal to seat. and the stars must look
out sharp or they will get rub from his
lofty tile. Quiet, modest people, should
not think il strange if they 6pd themselves
walking in the street, or elbowed out of
breath at the concert and lecture-rooms,
and drowned in their orders for cream and
coffee at the saloon.
Year: 1868

We understand that a couple are to be
united in marriage this evening, in this
city, who have never yet seen each
other. The bridegroom, who is a man
of talent and considerable wealth, came
from his home, hundreds of miles west
of the Mississippi River, to meet his be-
trOthed for the first time. The bride is
a Boston lady, possessed of rare accom-
plishments, and one greatly admired for
her disciplined mind and prepossessing
appearance. The engagement was
brought about in q manner partaking
somewhat of the romantic. The bride
groom while in the army advertised in
Boston literary paper for lady cor
respondent, stating it to be his object
only to eniven the dull hours of camp
life. Among the many answers to his
request he selected one from a lady
in Boston with whom he kept up live
" correspondence, which continued af-
ter his departure for the West, until it
finally resulted in an engagement. Por-
traits were interchanged probably, but
il is a fact in eur knowledge, that the
lady and gentleman had never seen each
other until to-day. From what we
know of the parties, we are inclined to
believe that the marriage will be hap
| py one.
Year: 1868

The process by which the Radicals
hope to win in West Virginia was ad'
mirably illustrated before the Board oi
Registration in this city on yesterday


Numbers of voters were registered fol
the first time at the last city election


The books containing the city registra-
tration have mysteriously disappeared


They were not used by the Registrars
in making up the present lists. The
result is that number of votes
heretofore regularly registered are not
now upon the books. Strange to say,
among the omissions we have not heard
the name of single Republican. Those
Democrats whose names, heretofore
registered are now omitted in the man
ner stated, must spend day after day
dancing attendance upon the pleasure
of our county Board, or lose their votes.


Where are the city books Why
have they not been used in making up
the present lists One would think
from the success with which disfran-
chisement is now being conducted in
this county that we had q Barbour
county Board to rule over us, instead
of a tribunal of impartial and high
minded gentlemen. Produce those
books and stop this grand outrage
which appears to be in contemplation.
Year: 1868

The New York World shows conclu-
sively that the election of Grant to the
Presidency cannot give the country
"peace," for the reason that his conduct
as President and his policy as party
leader would necessarily be determined
by the extremists and revolutionists
who have him in hand. 1t claims that
the following would be the results of
Grants election:


Perpetuation of this present chaos.


Prolonged disunion.


Four wears more of fruitless conten-
ton against the national consequences
of the intellectual, moral, and physical
superiorities of tho Southern white, and
the like inferiorities of the Southern
INSTRUMENTATION fruitless and exhaust
ing like that of men who should de.
vote themselves by millions to holding
c9rks under water.


Four years more of crippled indHs-
tries at the South-eight millions of
people thus prevented from enhancing
our prosperity and sharing our debt bur
den. For Northern capital, shy and es-
pying afar off, could not be seduced into
the ten States; their very governments
in vain go hand in hand through all the
Northern cities, and not one Republican
banker will loan ten dollars towards
the pay of carpet-bag Governor.


Four years more of corruption, blum
dering incsmpetency, profigate expen-
diture, and increasing debt; for whe so
foolish as to expect of the Republican
party anything different, should it be
endorsed by the people, from that which
its two thirds majorities have cursed the
country with since the wheels of the
rump revolution began to roll toward
their dUomi


Four years more of all this, and at the
end nothing settled, peace not attained,
the Union not restored, the breaches in
the Constitution not repaired, the
sword not scabbarded, stable govern
ments not established, because volunta-
ry self-government itself solely is or can
be stable here.


If the future may safely be predicted
from the experience Of the past, the
| World does not overestimate the calam
tiles that would crowd one upon anoth-
er in the event of the success of the Con.
gressional usurpationists. Three years
ago Gen. Grant certified to the country
that peace was practicable upon the ba-
sis Of self-government conceded to the
citizens of the Southern States as their
right; and the common bond of perpet-
ual Union. The Radicals rejected
"peace" on this basis. They refused the
righ thand of fellowship proffered by the
white men of the South, and sought
alliance with the black race for the pur-
pose of revelutionizing and reconstruc-
ting the Government. The conse-
ouences have been chaos at the South,
military rule with its millions of worse
than useless expenses, usurpations by
Congress of the right of States to con-
troll the elective franchise, and yet, as
the UorId says "all the bayouets of all
our armies cannot even now, in some OF
ten States, pin the negro tightly on top
of the white" and it is patent to every
one that without military support the
whole system of reconstruction would
topple into ruin. The election of Grant
can only have the effect to make it still
more imperative to strengthen and
tighten the cords of military despotism
1t cannot give the country peace"
Year: 1868

We have heretofore alluded to the
fact that the Radical party of this State
was prescribing the laboring classes OF
the community. The act DISTINGUISHING
men in the service of incorporated
companies has clearly this object. 1t
provides in substance that men in the
service Of incorporated companies shall
net be deemed residents by reason OF
their employment in any township OF
the State, nor be registered unless at
the time of entering such township they
gire notice of their intention to become
residents thereof.


A case in point was presented before
our Board of Registration yesterday
CHARLES THRAsuER came to this city
from Indiana something over year
ago. He was employed by the Street
Railroad Company, au Incorporated
concern. Applying to the Registrar of
his township, he was denied registration
on the ground of his employment by
an incorporated company. Yesterday
his case came up before the Board up
on his appeal.


He stated upon oath the facts OF
which we have given the substance
He was asked if he regarded this city
as his residence He replied that he
did. He was asked if his residence
here did not depend upon his employ
ment by the Railway Company He
replied that he would work in any
other service here that was remunera-
tive. He was asked where he would
90 if he left the State 7 He replied
that he weuld go to his mother in Indi-
ana, meaning that her home would be
his next choice after his present resi-
dence. He was asked if he had "given
notice, when he came into the State, of
his intention to reside here" He re-
piled that he had not. His interroga-
tor, Mr.. BLAIR. one of the Board, stated
that the law required such notice. Mr.
BLAIR was asked to state the date
at which the law was passed. He re-
piled, "July 18th, 1863" or nearly yedr
after Mr.. THRAsHER came into the State
A more embarrassed position apublic
officer seldom occupied. To confess be-
fore an intelligent public that he was
attempting to disfranchise legal voter
for noncompliance with law which
had no existence at the time he came
here, is to admit that law, honesty and
decency are at an awful discount il
Radical estimation. To add insult K
injury, Mr.. THRAsHER was insolently
informed that if he applied at th'
polls on election day he would learr
whether he had been DISTINGUISHED"


Without desiring to be over-critical
we will state the general opinion a.
expressed by eye-witnesses on yester'
day, that the treatment of Mr.. THRASH
ER was outrageous. His crime Is his
vote; his mode of earning his bread i:
the pretext for his disfranchisement
The course pursued in his case was
marked by the utmost brutality Of
amer, and the result is almost with,
out parallel even in the history Of
West Virginia registration. If the


Ohio county Registrars desire to receive


particle of that respect which i:
claimed for them, let them not descend
10 tricks SO pitiful and to outrsges 81
unjustifiable.


Inc faoorlng classes of this city should
now understand how completely Radi
cal legislation has placed their rights
at the mercy of the Registration Inqui
Year: 1868

The following "rules of the road" are
based upon legal decisions, and ought to
be universally made known: The courts
have decided that applicants for tickets
on railroads can be elected if they do
not offer the exact amount of their fare
Conductors are not bound 10 make
change. All railroad tickets are good
until used, conditions good for this day
only" or otherwise admitting time OF
genuineness, are of no account. Passen-
gers who lose their tickets can be eject
ed from the cars, unless they purchase
second one. Passengers are bound to
observe decorum in the cars, and are
obliged to comply with all reasonable
demands to show their tickets. stand
ing on the platform, or otherwise viola
ting the rules of the company, render a
person liable to be put of the train. No
one has right to monopolize more seats
than be has paid fer; any article left IN
a seat while the owner is temporarily
absent. entities him to his seat on bis
return.