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Year: 1868

CURE FOR BALD,HEADEDNEss.-A miner
furnishes the following hint in reference to
a cure for badness A friend of mine who
had the misfortune to be baid-headed, know
ing that there is a wonderful invgorating
power in the suns rays, last spring threw
away his hat, and worked in the gulch all
spring, summer and fall bare-headed For a
few days the rays of the hot sun on bis head
were almost unendurable; after that time be
experienced no uneasiness whatever. The
result was that in the fail he bad a good
head of hair. And in this experiment be was
not alone-several of his acquaintance, who
were bald headed. having followed the same
plan, were all fortunate enough to experience
the same result
Year: 1868

CHING CLOSE TO THE RocK.-A long
train of cars, fourteen or fifteen were recens
tlv passing over the Allegheny Mountains,
on their way eastward. They were crowded
with passengers. As the iron horse snorted
and rushed on, they began to descend. and
needed no power but the invisible power Of
erayitation to send them down with terrific
swiftness. Just as they. began to realize
their situation, they came to a short curve
out of the solid rocks, a wall of rock l5ing
on each side. Suddenly the steam whistle
screamed as if in agony: tPut on the brakes,
but with no apparent slackening of the cars.
Every window few open, and every head
that could be was thrust out to see what the
danger was, and every one rose up in their
places, fearing sudden destruction. What was
the trouble? just as the engiue began to turn
in the curve, the engineer saw little girl and
her baby brother playing on the track. In
moment the cars would be upon them. The
shrek of the whistle startled the little girl,
and every one looking over could see them.
Close to the track in the upright rock was
little niche, out of which a piece of rock
had been blasted. In an instant the baby
was thrust INTO tnls nlene, anu as tno oaie
came laundering by, the passengers, holding
their breath, heard the clear voice of the
little sister, on the other side of the cars ring
out, Cling close to the rock, Johnny, cling
close to the rock ? And the little creature
suugglsd in, and put his head as close to the
corner Of the rock as possible, while heavy
cars whirled past him. And many were the
moist eyes that gazed, and silent thanks
giving went up to heaven.
Year: 1868

COMING IN AND GOING OUT.-A servant.
girl writing a letter asked her master if the
next month had come in yet; he laughed.
WELL said she, what mean, is-has the
last month gone out yeP
Year: 1868

This distinguished orator and SOL
dier will address his German fellow
citizens this evening, at Turner Hall
Large and commodious galleries hav.
been placed in the building, which
now is amply capable Of aceommo-
dating about fifteen hundred people
Were Mr.. SCHURz to speak in Eng
lish, the Hall would not begin to ac-
commodate the people who would
flock to hear him. As it is, we hope
TO see the Hall filed to its utmost ca
pacity with our German citizens.
The ladies especially are invited to be
present. We are inclined to envy
the Germans the rich intellectual
feast that will be spread before them
on this OCCASION No German, what
ever may be his politics, will lose so
excellent an opportunity of listening
to one of the most eloquent men in
the country.


The Crescent City Silver Band will
furnish music, and arrangements have
been made for a pleasant meeting.
Year: 1868

p operly put to the House, and that
the Clerk had no right to read from
the printed copy. The original could
not be found, faving been lost by the
committee to whom it was referred.
This created great co fusion. Motions
we're made and appeals taken from
the decisions of the Chair in rapid
succession, amidst much disorder.
The House adjourned until to-mor-
row. The passage Of the bill was
considered doubtful.
Year: 1868

Governor Holden, OF NorLn Carolina, con-
cludes his inaugural address as follows:-


"Cherishing neither malice nor resentment
for anything that has occurred In the past,
shall eDdeavor to do my duty. shall keep
constantly in view the welfare of North Caro-
lima. love the Union, because 1t is the first,
the last, the only hope of my state; and love
my state, because her people nave been good
and kind to me, and because her sky is above
my home. as IL will be above my grave. II
have enemies, that does not make me an enemy
based on resentment or revenge. 1 follow the
principles OF Washington, who founded and OF
these principles cease To lead, shall cease to
follow. May the God of our fathers have us In
His holy keeping; may He govern and not we;
and may the future OF our beloved State be as
bright and as glorious as the last seven years
have been disastrous and unhappy"
Year: 1868

DAsTARDLY ACT.-Just as the night Express
left the depot at Ottawa on Sunday morning, q
shot was fred into the train by some iend osn-
csaled in the cattle yard. The gun or pistol was
loaded with slugs, which came crashing through
the window of a passenger car, fortunately hurt
ing no one, though several heads must have escap-
ed by hairs breadth. No clue has yet been dis
covered as to the author of this outrage.
Year: 1868

10 BY patience, perseverance,
and wisdom, let us endeavor to
supply the place of the labor, of
which we have been robbed, by
cheerful!y laboring ourselves. Let
us be sure to raise plenty of bread
and meat, and cotton and wool
enough to clothe ourselves, and
manufacture these clothes our
selves; but let us not raise a
pound Of cotton for expectation.
Some say-"How can we obtain
money without raising and ex-
porting cotton?" Money is not
an article of consumption, and
people may be happy without it.
How does England obtain money
without raising cotton? How
does France obtain money with
out raising cotton? How do the
Yankees obtain money without
raising cotton? We. can raise
cattle, and export hides and tai
low, and horns, or we can manu-
facture them at home, and then
export them. We can raise and
export the finest wool in the
world, or we can raise and manu-
faoture it, and then export it. We
can raise and manufacture as
good wine as France, Germany,
and the Azores, and export that.
We can raise and manufacture
sugar, and export that. And,
best of all, we can raise d hardy
thrifty, enterprising generation Of
Southern ladies and gentlemen,
Injured to thrift and industry. We
can encourage white labor to
come and help us. And as we
have the best soil and~climate in


the world, we can become great
and happy, and independent, by
patience, perseverance, and wis


dom; for Gods laws will soon


take precedence Of Yankee OPP


preston and misrule.- Hender-
son (Texas) Times.
Year: 1868

u The Boston Post says:
Crime is terribly prevalent in
New England. Every few daysour
staid cities and quiet towns are
startled by some deed of blood,
some revelation of beastliness or
ofrascality. Our Southern breth
ren living in the midst of anarchy
and turmoil might with reason
sneer at the morality of New
England as shown in its daily re
cord OF crime.
Year: 1868

70 What Southern man not a
coward or fool would give en-
ployment or encoura cement to
negroes voting and acting in IA
vor of his disfranchisement and
degradation and the confiscation
OF his property to their own usess
Year: 1868

10 It is hardly worth while
for the radicals to talk any more
about the confiscation of South
ern lands. Those lands are as
good or as bad as confscated
already. They sell for a mere
song. A nimble nigger in a favora-
ble location can steal enough prop
erty over night to buy forty acres
Of ground early the next morning.
Year: 1868

q The New York Herald says:


But let the Southern whites
who are now under the heel of
radicalism be firm, let them keep
up their courage, let them be pa
tient and await the hour Of their
complete redemption, which every
sign protends viii occur within a
twelyemonth.
Year: 1868

the new year, we wish to say a
few plain words to our readers,
and hope each and every one of
them will take it as personal. The
prospect before youisvery gloomy.
There are not provisions enough
in the country to feed the people
until the first of May, and there
is no money with which to buy
from our Northern cousins. Last
year the merchants bought corn
and meat from the North west
and sold it to you on a credit I'M
til your crops were gathered. The
cotton crop failed to a great eX-
tent, and what little you made


did not bring you half as much
as yOu expected. You are now
without money, provisions or cred
it. Your merchant is not able to-
assist you. Your failure to pay
him for that he furnished last
year has ruined his credit in the
North. You cannot pledge your
lands to Northern capitalists for
money or provisions, because
they have no faith in the stabili-
ty of our government. You can
not raise money by selling your
stock because there is no money
to buy with. What, then, is to
! be done, in order to keep from
starving? Go to work, every
mothers sen fyou. Pull off your
coats-roll up your sleeves-take
hold OF the plOw handles, the hoe,
the spade, the rake or the axe.
Get up early, and go to work be-
fore sun up. Work steadily all


day. Work with a will. Work
without gloves on. Don't mind


sOiling your hands. Work at
anything you can find to do. If
it don't pay much, it will at least
keep you out of mischief. There
is too many dr0nes in the hive.


There is too many consumers for
the number Of producers. There
is too many young men studying
professions. There is too many
able-bodied men trying to live
without work. The lawyer, the
doctor and the merchant must
take hold OF the hoe handle. Get
up before daylight in the morning
and work in the garden until
breakfast is ready. By working
one hour every day-before and
after business hours-you can
make vegetables enough to feed
your family during the summer
months, and it will give you an
appetite to eat them when they
are brought to the table. Make
your children work in the garden
before and after school hours. 1t
will do them good. Don't make
little half-acre garden, but a
two, three or four acre garden, if
you have that much land. Manure
and work it well, and it will be
worth ten acres planted in cotton.


Our women, too, mast go to
work. We don't mean go to work
| in the field, or at the wash tub,
but you must learn to cook and
do your own sewing. When your
fathers were rich they could af-
ford to hire servants to wait on
you and to do the cooking and
house work, and mantua makers
to make your dresses, but that
time has passed. We are all poor
now, and you should not compel
your fathers and husbands to toll
day and night for money to pay
others for doing your work. You
all dress too fine for the times.
Your fathers can't afford it. The
ribbons, laces, buttons and bugles
Year: 1868

Not only did preachers go out from tn
valley, to proclaim the glorious gospel, bu
humble, pious peddlers, or itinerant mer
chants, Of whom there were many in tn
middle ages, scattered the truth by carrying
some leaves OF the word Of life, or SOM
manuscript tracts beneath their merchandise
which they engaged those whom they iounC
1avorably disposed to receive and read. The
following beautiful lines, descriptive of this
traffic, were published afew years since In
The London Christian Observer
so, lady fair, these silks of mine


are beautiful and rare,
The richest web of Indian loom,


Which 1beauty's self might wear,
And these pearls are pure and miidto behold,


And with radiant light they vie,
] have brought them with me weary way


Win my gentle lady ouyr'
And the lady smiled on the worn old man


ThroJ her dark and clustering curls,
Which veiled her brow, as she bent to view


His silks and glittering pearls,
And she placed their price in the old mans


hand


And lightly turned away;
But she paused at the wanderers earnest


call


my gentle lady, stay"
40, lady fair, i've yet gem,


Which a fairer luster filings
Than the diamond fash of the jeweled crown
On the lofty brow Of kings
A wonderful pearl of exceeding price,


Whose virtue shall not decay,
Whose light shall be as spell to thee


And blessing on thy way"
The lady glanced at the mirroring steel,


Where her youthful form was seen,
Where her eyes shone clear and her darS
locks waved


Their clashing pearls between,
a. Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth,
Thou traveller gray and old,
And name the price of thy precious gem,
And my pages shall count thy gold.'
The cloud went off from the pilgrims brow,
As small and meagre book,
Dnchased with gold or diamond gem,


From his folding robe he took.
Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price,
May it prove as such to thee,
And keep thy gold, for l ask it not,


Fer the word of God is free !"
The hoaFy traveller went his way,


But the gift he left behind
Hath had its pure and perfect work


On that high born maiden's mind,
And she hath turned from her pride of sin,
To the loveliness of truth,
And given her youthful heart to God.
In her beautiful hour of youth.
And she hath left the old gray walls,


Where an evil faith hath power
The courtly knights of her fathers train
And the maidens Of her bower.
And she hath gone to the Yaudois vale


BY lordly feet untrod,
Where the poor and needy of earth are rich,
In the perfect love of God
Year: 1868

The present telegraph Companies Of the country
have been consolidated into one huge monopoly,
and are now earning over sx millions of dollars pc
year, or over one hundred per cent on the actual
cost Of their lines their present capital having been
watered over one thousand per cent
Year: 1868

A SUBSCRIPTION paper lately
circulated with the following
object in view:


owe subscribe and pay the
amount set against our names,
for the purpose of paying the
organist and a boy to blow the
same"
Year: 1868

but now that he seemed so perfectly II
her power sue lowered her rifle AM
stepping from behind the tree climbed
he fence briskly, and commenced ap,
preaching the savage.


The surprise and Indignation Of the
Indian at the sight of the girl was in.
tense, ard forgetting his supplicating
Try, he put his hand behind him and
drew forth his tomahawk to throw at her.


Leonora's eyes were sharp as an ca
gle's She saw the treacherous move,
and just as the bright blade of the
halclltt glramed for the throw, she raised
her rifle and shot the taithlcss scouudrel
dead in his tracks.


With the speed of deer she now
bounded forward to the lake.


Harry Watson shouted " Glory, hal
leluiah I knew it was Nora y and the
father cried for joy as her 1.-the form APP
pearrd on the bluff, rifle in hand.


Quickly she descended to the canoes
and unbound the two men. who EN-
braced her and cried over her in the most
extravagant manner.


But they felt they had no time to
lose, and hastily gearing up their teams
and loading up their valuables they set
out for Minneapolis, where they arrived
safely, and where Nora and Harry Wat
son were Immediately made one flesh.


Old Walter Brown and Harry Watson
both did good service in the Indian bat
ties which followed, and when the sava-
ges were finally exterminated they all
went back to their old home on Green
Lake, where they now live. They have
one Of the largest stock farms in the
State, and Nora, though happy wife
and mother, clings to her beautiful re-
volving rife, and yet occasionally uses
i; to keep herself in practice.
Year: 1868

There's tunctul river


In Erin's Isle,


Where the sunbeams quiver


With sivery smile,


Where the leaves that fall


Meath the Autumn sky


Grow grmlike all


And never die.
And such is the stream by truth enlightened
That leaves the breast by wisdom frightened,
Where even the joys that storms cissever
Are turned to gems that glow forever
There's darklng tide


In the Indian cline,


BY whose herbless side


There's sulpbery slime;


To the flower that it touches
A scorching wave,


10 the bird that approaches


A weltering grave.
And such are the waters of bitterness rising
In the desert bosom Of dark Disgusting,
And the bird of JOY and the flower of feeling
u ust perish wherever that wave is stealing
Year: 1868

The latest bymeneal fashion dispenses
with groomsmen, and the edict is for the
groom to appear in full promenade suit


frock coat, light trousers and colored
scarf. The fashion is not favorably re-
ceived among the gentlemen.-Cresceut.
Year: 1868

nevoted to Literature and General News
~ The Discussion Of State and National
Iopics-The Welfare of the Planting Interest
The Progress of Southern Commerce, and
the Regeneration of Prosperity in the South
ern States.
Year: 1868

EGARDING THE TEETH OF THE
h f1rst Importance to health, comfort and beauty,
we cordially invite you to call at pleasant Dem
tai rooms, No. Is East Broad street.


Your intelligence will discriminate between the
ignorant pretender and the properly qualified Den
tist. -


Artificial teeth made by us are worn with COM
fort and serve the purposes of speech. mastication
and beauty. AS Dentists aim to be the best and
furnish all that's good. u


. Teeth extracted without pain. y7-w6m
Year: 1868

TERRIBLE AccIDENT.-The Alta of Friday
says that Mary Ellen Lane, aged fourteen
years, whose parents reside at No. 152 Te-
mama street. met with shocking accident at
her home yesterday morning about O'Clock.
ohe went into the kitchen to build fire, and
after lighting the kndling, she took can,
which was partially filled with kerosene oil,
and poured some of the oil upon the wood.
as she had frequently done before, to make
1t kindle quicker. The child had 60 sooner
touched the burning emhers than the flame
shot up the stream into the can, which ex-
ploded with terrible force. scattering the fluid
IN every direction, completely saturating the
clothing of the girl. In moment she was
enveloped in flames, and her piercing cries of
torture as she flew out of the doors for help,
were heartrending, and brought the neigh
bors and passers-by to her assistance. Blank
cts were hastily procured and wrapped
around her. and the flames were finally extn-
guished. She was then taken into the house.
when it found, although the flames had
been put out, yet her clothing had been so
saturated with the oil that the fire still crack


led and burned deeper and deeper into her
flesh. The girls clothing was torn off as
rapidly as possible, but with it came the skin
in great patches, showing at glance that
the flames had produced results which would
undoubtedly prove fatal. The scene of suf.
fering and anguish was enough to make ones
blood run cold, and many turned from the
scene unable to witness it. Last evening she
was very low, and her physician thought she
cuuld not live. at the most not more than a
few hours. She is said to have inhaled the
flames; and even if she had not, the shock to
the nervous system is so great that it is prob
able she could not recover from it. The
girls real name is Mary Ellen Ray. Her
father died some years since, and her mother
is now married to Mr.. Lane, driver OH one
of the Omnibus Railroad cars.


The girl died on the following day.
Year: 1868

REcovERING-Jerry Moody, the pioneer
hunter, is slowing recovering from the wounds
he received in his recent scrimmage with a
bear, near Round Mountain. He gives this
account of the affair: He and an Indian
heard hog making unusual noise in a
pen near the house in which they were stop
ping and took up their guns and started out
to see what was the matter. On reaching
the pen bear was discovered fighting the
hogs, when the Indian quickly fred and
distress. Moody dropped his gun or hearing
the howl, and commenced climbing a tree,
while the Indian took to his heels At that
moment huge she bear rushed out of
thicket, and maddened by the cry of her
wounded cub, sprang up the body of the tree
which Moody had climbed about ten feet,
and seized him by the leg and pulled him to
the ground. Knowing that his life depended
upon keeping perfectly still, he feigned
death, and the bear. after striking him blow
or two with her enormous paws, left him.
After laying still for few minutes he jump
ed up and started to run, but the bear,
which was watching at a distance, gave a
loud snort and came laundering after him.
On overtaking him, the bear seized him
around the waist with her fore legs, and tax
ing his arm in her mouth, crushed the bone
between her teeth. Although suffering ex-
crutiating agency he feigned death again.
and took care to keep still until the Indian
came in search of him, when be was assisted
home and physician sent for, who dressed
his wounds. Moody avows his intention to
get even with the . varmints" when he re-
covers, but thinks he will play strategy on
them hereafter
Year: 1868

Poor IMITATION Having witnessed the
success of the Soldiers and Sailors Conveu-
ton, at Chicago, when Grant was nominated,
the Democratic managers have attempted to
get up a rival Convention at New York, as
a tender to their National Convention, but
the affair was poor imitation of the Chicago
assemblage. Reference to the Army Regis
ter reveals the fact that two-thirds of the
eighteen signers of the call for the Demo-
cratic Soldiers Convention either held no
commission during the late war, were not in
active service, or were cashiered for miscon-
duct. The composition of the Convention
shows it to be made up principally of those
who failed or were disappointed in achieving
fame during the war. The rebellion was
suppressed without much assistance from this
class of soldiers
Year: 1868

BEAR CHAsE.-A few day ago bear passed
close by the workmen engaged on Petty's
mill, on Eagle Creek. and four men and
dog started in pursuit of the animal, two be-
ing armed with axes and another with gun
After a chase Of abont two miles, the bear
took refuge in thicket, and after holding a
parley the pursuers came to the conclusion
to retire fromi that locality, which they did
in good order, the dog leading off handsome.
" in the retrograde movement.
Year: 1868

PARDoNED.-President johnson is still en-
gagged in making treason odus-in his own
peculiar way. His last effort in that line
occurred on the 4th inst, and consisted of
proclamation pardoning all persons who par
ticpated in the rebellion. except such as are
under indictments in u S. Courts for felony
and other crimes. This proclamation con-
ficts with certain laws of Congress which
prescribe how disabilities may be removed
from participants in the rebellion. We give
the proclamation


Now. therefore. be it known that I. An
drew johnson, President of the United
States, do, by virtue of the Constitution and
in the name of the people Of the United
States, hereby proclaim that Internationally
and without reservation to all and erv per-
son who directly or indirectly participated in
the late insurrection or rebellion, excepting
such person or persons as may be under
presentation or Indictment in the United
States Courts having competent jurisdiction
upon charges of treason or other felony, full
pardon ana amnesty for the offense of trea
son against the United States. or of adher-
ing to their enemies during the late civil war.
with the restoration of all rights except as to
slaves, and except also as to any property of
which any person may have been legally di-
vested under the laws of the United States.
Year: 1868

The FouRTH.--The orator of the day on
the Fourth at San Francisco made casual
allusiOn to the name of Gen. Grant, in the
course of his review of the Nations rise and
progress; whereupon Democrats became
highly indignant and created a disgraceful
disturbance Affairs have come to pretty
pass when the name of the chief soldier
of the war for the preservation of the Gov
ernment cannot be mentioned on the ami
versary of the Nations birth without ava
kening a storm of Kisses and creating DEM
ocratic uproar. The names of Grant, Sher.
man, Sheridan, and other heroes, are insep
erably linked in with the history of the Re
public, and neither the objections nor malice
of Democrats can blot out their noble record
or obscure the brightness of their fame.
Year: 1868

DANGEROUS SPoRT.-Lately as a steamer
was going from Chicago to Milwaukee, in
rough sea, an insane woman was discovered
riding On the walkng-beam She liked the
dangerous sport, and it was hard work to
get her down.