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Year: 1869

CHEERFuLNEss.-1ry: for = single
day, 1 beseech' you,:to preserve your
self in an easy and cheerful frame of
mind. Be but for one day, instead Of
fre-worshipper Of passion, the sum
worshipper Of clear self-possession, and
compare the day in which you have
rooted out the weed of dissatisfaction
with that on which you have allowed it
to grow up; aud you will find your
heart open to every good motive, your
lifo strengthened and your breast armed
with a panoply against every trick Of
fate ; truly you will wonder at your
own improvement.-Jean Paul Rich
Year: 1869

The city of Newburyport, Mass, IS in fever
Of eX element over what is, view il as cOolly as
you please, certainly most remarkable phe-
gomenon in crime. For. fifteen or twenty
years evhurypoTt has had an incendiary.
-Four churches, and smaller structures un-
numbered, have perished by his destroying
hand He takes pride in his work, and in
Every fire of the long series has been set by
the same apparatus. An odd little box, SEEM
ingly made by the mysterious man him.
self, is IN each instance filled with kercsens
oil. saturated kndlIng wood, and other highly
infiammable substances. A candle end is
placed in this. and so lighted that in a few
minutes the whole will be in flames Year after
year. at irregular intervals, this little contri.
vance is employed in the work of destruction
which this man is bent upon. After every con-
quered fire, this little box is found where the
confiagration began. Yet in all this time the
men who make the boxes, who carry them
about and fire them, has successfully defed
all the agencies of discovery, all the detectives
employed in the interests of justice. or for
the defence OF property, and there is not
q suspicion who is OF what is the motive
at the bottom Of his acts. OF course
he must be citizen OF the place, and one no
longer young. Perhaps he is one OF the most
prominent in the arrangements for his own
capture. His extraordinary crimes and extra
ord mary success in alluding pursuit would
make splendid basis Tor a sensation novel HIS
last attempt, happily an unsuccessful one, dates
back only to last week His familiar box was
set on fire against church, the destruction OF
which, nigh wind prevailing, would have
carried with IL half the city. 1t was discovered
in time; but no traces of the men were left.
The excitement over the matter naturally
grows with each repetition of the arson.
Year: 1869

SHARP PPACTICE.-A colored woman from
Providence, who arrived in Boston on Friday,
took q hack at the Providence depot, and was
driven all about town before the hackman dis
covered that she was visiting her colored
bretherD, and attempting to borrow three dol
lars. The hackman demanded his pay. She
said she had nothing. The hackman then
asked where she was going, and upoE saying
'sNewburyport." he drove her to an express
station There he left her baggage, to be sent
to Newburyport by express, receiving from
the express company IS, which was to be COL
lectsd on the goods at Newburyport. Then
Year: 1869

COLONEL WEBSTER, Acting Assistant AdJu-
tant General Of General Grants staff, is at his
post again. He has been confined TO his house
tor several days. suffering from a severe attack
OF throat disease.
Year: 1869

MAKE Up YOUR INCOME LIsT.-Our citizens
will b. called upon some tine this month in
reference TO their income for the past year, and
therefore 10 would be well to prepare their
statements for the assessors now, as to avoid
n aking up their return in q hurry.
Year: 1869

DENT PIERCR.-The navy yard and arsenal
are closed day, and a majority OF the COM
positors a. the Government Printing Office held
a meeting this morning, and decided to cease
work TO- day, as tribute Of respect TO the MEM
ory OF the late Franklin Pierce. The Mayors
office and other ofices AZ the City Hail. were
closed TO day by order OF Mayor Bowen.
Year: 1869

We think parents lose much, both Of
pleasure to themselves and OF influence
over their children, by assuming too
great degree Of dignity. ExcIusiveness
is Il bar to all confidence, and the child
who feels too great awe to give It's conf
dence freely 10 IFS parents, will soon
learn to deceive We do not believe in
encouraging children to tell each little
incident or conversation with its play
mates or friends this would lead TO
gossip, one OF the lowest OF all petty
vices. And a child who is taught to
tattle, by this means will soon, very
naturally, learn to tell untruths for the
very purpose OF giving you pleasure.


Having really nothing wonderful to re-
late, he will invent something. This l.
the true source OF GOSSIP among grown
up people. Not beng sufficiently III
telligcnt TO lead conversation into the
channels of literature, science, or art,
they naturally (as poIiteness and de
sire to please require that they talk OF
snmething) converse about their neighbor
and their atiairs-and i'll case they know
but little of these, they imagine a great
deal and tell it for the truth


But children should be spoken to free
Iy about their little joys and sorrows
and as they need great deal of sympa-
thy III their troubles, and of encourage
ment in their endeavors, it should Ger
tainly be given them. We pity the man
or woman who cannot remember the Joy
Il little petting and Il little appreciation
gave when lie or she was child. The
hunger of the childish heart is almost
fearful in its lonely, unloved life, as many
are fated to know and kindness can
mould them into any shape you desire,
as the warm summer sun will soften TO
your purpose the hardest wax. BenJa-
min West said that his mothers kiss
made him painter Who can calculate
the number Of children whose souls have
starved for sympathy until they grew
reckless of everything and ceased to ''try,
try again." simply because they had nc
incentive to try.


When we grow too old to remember
Year: 1869

All enlisted men detailed rs clerks in
the War department and its bureaus are
to be dismissed on the fifteenth OF July.
This will make Il material reduction in
the force of that Department.
Year: 1869

bred and well-mannered, in short, is to
keep down the ego upon every occasion;
to control every expression of strong
feeling; to be of noiseless bearing and
gentle speech; to abstain from all that
may hurt the feelings or prejudices OF
others; to make small sacrifices without
seeming to make them in word, to re-
member that in society one lives for
others and not for oneself. f.,r


But politeness is not robe Of state,


to be worn only on occasions of cere-
mony. In no place do the laws of eti-
quette bear more gratifying results than
in the home circle, where, stripped of
their mere formality, tempered with love,
and fostered by all kindly impulses, they
improve the character and bear their
choicest fruits. A true gentlewoman will
show as much courtesy, and observe all
the little duties of politeness as unfail- :
ingly, toward her parents, husband and
family, as toward the greatest strangers.


A true gentleman will never forget that
if he is bound to exercise courtesy and
kindness in his intercourse with the
world, he is doubly bound to do so in bis
intercourse with those who depend upon
him for advice, protection and example" "
Year: 1869

At the recent Imperial ball at Saint
Cloud, the Duchess de Mouohy wore a
white gauzs train robe, marked with sill
YER, over which is square bodice and
shirt tonic, red currant color, kept on the
shoulders by diamond straps or epaulets.
On the right shoulder began q scarf Of
silver foliage which draped the bosom
aud fell crossways down the left side all
over the skirt The Duchess wore $780,
900 worth of family diamonds on her
head, ears, neck and arms; the diadem
and earrings were mounted with pear
shaped pearls hanging from the diamond
clusters,
Year: 1869

The chief thing wanting between
men and women, as IL seems to me, is
friendship. OF love and poetic admi-
ration there is abundance, Of course,
and to spare. The world could not 90
on without these pretty amenities bu,
we wan: friend-hip far more than all
these-lbe afectionateness which has
no relation to love. but which would
ensure equitable treatment from each
10 each. We could have no better gift
than the reception and bestowal Of such
a feeling. But to obtain II we ought
TO make ourselves more 6t for il than
we are at present. For though we
were certainly not sent into theR world
solely TO supplement mems lives aud to
have no original Object Of QUE own.
still, we cannot do without their liking
and it is only right that we should Sc,
our watches by their time. They are
clearer-headed than we-iess prejudced
If less conscientious; more generous
when generous, and more tender when
tender. Being the stronger, they are
larger in all things-evon in their love.
When they love, they love better than
we love, but less absotbingly. We
give the whole of our lives to love ;
they keep one portion Of theirs for work,
and another for ambition. Still the
half measure Of gallon is more than
the full measure Of a pint; and weight
for weight, the mans love is greater
than the woman's. This is a tremen


dous heresy. I know, but Il is a truth
Notwithstanding; and we ought to be
able to recognize all truths W ben we see
them, how disagreeable soever they
may be to our prejudices or our pride.


One Of the fundamental differences
between us and men lies in the differ.
ences there is between instinct and pas
sion. We are instructive, and men are
passionate. Now, passions admit Of
the modifying power Of reason better
than do instincts, because of the peri


DDS Of cessation. The most passion al q
man is not always at blood heat, raving
and ramping about the world like an
unloosed demon; but instinct ceases.-
1t is eternal, continuous, unchanging
deaf aud blind TO all but itself--a great
amorphous giant, with only one eye in
the midst Of its forehead, and that eye
turned inward. Reason regulates in


stinct--as much as an infant may lead
q lion And is not this complete sub.
jugation by instinct one OF the reasons
why women are so difficult to manage,
and so possessed by any affection they
may hayef - 70. . '.'.' -: .
Year: 1869

No egg is fresh that will shake; this
Is because 1t has lost some Of It's albu>
mel. No egg has ever been preserved
over a month that will not shake ex


cept il be air r,rooted, which is term
not generally understood and is new
process. The egg has been coated
with every conceivable composition,
evea with solid stone. vet the watery
material escapes. The philosophy Of
this is that there is air in the egg be


fore it Is treated, and this uniting its
oxygen aud carbon produces decompo.


sition by carbonic acid gas, the yellow
Of the egg first breaking, then follows
the destruction. Eggs are naturally
designed 10 last as long as the hen re-
quires to get her brood, and the life
germ can be preserved q few weeks
seven or eight-but no longer. The
egg itself may be kept in a preserved
state for two years by greasing with
butter, oil or lard, but fiom the time il
is thus pIt up TO the end Of two years
il will daily lose its albumen by trans
piration, and while its carbonic acid
escapes 10 a certain extent. the egg
meat will be reduced two-thir6s, and
will shake. For culinary purposes
they will do well. But we want a
whole egg, not a half one, and we want
them fresh. Butter and lard and suet
have been used for half century, still
nothing has recommended itself over
the lining system in a commercial
point Of view. The theory has always
been. and still Is, that 10 keep an egg
fresh the air must be excluded. II is
the only philosophical treatment Of il
that can be made. Externally kept
from the air, the latter is powerless 10 do
harm. but the air inside no mortal can
prevent, and that alone IN time will de-
sethe egg.-Seientife american.
Year: 1869

IDLE MURMuRINos.-Tbose who are
poor in worldly goods are too much
disposed TO complain. Poverty is the
crucible in which manhood il iested.-
You may be poor but II you have
honor and industry and energy, you
will succeed. All the envy and malice
aud hatred and petty meanness of your
enemies cannot prevail over true man .
hood, We care not how humble may be
its garb. --s..s. g..


DO not stop 10 brood over your mis-
fortunes. Poverty may be misfor>
tune; we dare say it is. But do no;
add TO your woes criminal Weakness
Go resolutely to work. Look not at
your present poverty. The proud, dis-
dsinful glances Of the rich the malig-
nifty Of your enemies. (all honest men
have enemies y the jesrs Of those who
plume themselves on their doubtful
lineage; should but strengthen YOU
discrimination TO place yourself Ear
above them all.
Year: 1869

Observe your mother when she is
packing a trunk, and you will see
whatever she is most. afraid will be
spoiled, she is most careful to, put in
the middle, that it may be least ex.
posed TO accidents. And this is what q
kind Providence has done, with the ar
teries, which have the utmost cause 10
dread accidents, while the veins, which
are much better able TO bear rough
usage are allowed 10 wander abou,
freely just under the skin Bot when
the bones happen TO take up great
deal Of room and come near the skin
themselves, as is The case in the wrist,
the artery is forced whether he likes Il
or not, TO venture to the surface, and
then we are able TO put our fingers
upon him. And there are others in
the same sort Of situation The artery
Of the foot for instance. y 49,. -.,'r, =


You feel quite sure blood is red do
you mott Well, II is no more red than
the water OF stream would be if you
Were to fill IL with little red fishes
Suppose the fishes to be very, very
small--as small as. a grain Of sand
and closely crowded together through
the whole depth of the stream; the
water would look quite red, would il
noti And this is the way in which
blood looks red; only observe one
thing; a grain Of sand is a mountain
in comparison: with the little red Rshes
in the blood. If l ere 10 tell you they
measured about the three thousand two
hundred,h part Of an inch IN diameter,
you would not be much wiser, SO pre-.
fer saying 10y way Of giving you
more perfect idea of their minu,eness)
that there would be about million iI
such drop Of blood as would hang on
the point Of needle. say so on the
authority of a scientific Freucbman-
Nj. Bouillet. Not that he has counted
them, as you may suppose, any more
than have done +; bu, this il as near
an approach as can be made by calcu.
lation 10 the size Of those fabulous blood
fishes, which are the three thousand
two hundredth part Of an inch in di.
ameter. ..... .-.n --..
Year: 1869

When milking. be sure your hands
are clean. Strain and place in crooks
in a cool place in a good milk-house.
Some srgue long crooks are the best ;
some that shallow are the best. Al


though the shallow crooks will raise
cream the quickest, they are not SO
good. Let them stand in the water
until the cream is perfectly separated,
then skim aud put tho cream into q
large cream crock, where il is allowed
to remain until il Is perfectly sour.


Here we may notice that the crooks
and all vessels used should be scalded
every time before they are laid after
using. In cold weather ii is sometimes
needful TO warm the sour cream before
churning. but il is seldom the case
Freezing and scalding both spoil the
cream for making good butter. Churn
in an up d-down churn, which is un.
doubtedly the best churn there is 10 be
found. Never use scslding water, as il
ruins the butter, but give good elbow
grease till done. s -ss ~, go


Although, in dairies Of moro than
one or two cows, a dog or horse power
may be added, which saves a great
deal Of hard work. Take out the but.
ter Immediately, ard work out all the
milk possible; then add little salt,
and ie: stand until the next morning,
when Il should be worked over again,
allowing no milk to remain in it. Then
have your. butter crock scalecd and
rubbed with salt. Place the butter in
il, packing as tight as possible; cover
with fine piece Of muslin, and cover
ing with brine which is TO be made
Of salt and water.--iStock Journal.
Year: 1869

Thc secre: of the successful farmer is


hidden to a great extent in the COM


post heap. Many persons wonder az.


the exceeding fruitfulness OF some


fields and at the immense crops which


are produced, in comparison with the


yield of other strips of land. We


think we can explain the mystery 1t


is fonad not 50 much in the quantity of


the manures which are applied as in


the quality of the fertilizer. Some
times the cause of failure is in the over
dose Of the stimulant,. so we have seen
field ft3orn destroyed by applying
too much of the guano of the hen roost.
The compost heap is accretion of vari-
GUS kinds Of sertiIizing ingredient, and
the advantage is, that one Ingredient
acts as the complement of the other
and fuldis all indications which tho
wants of the plant demands. Tho
careful agriculturist will see that as
little fertiliZing matter shall be lost as
possible. If he has deciduous trees
about his lawn, or in his patch of wood
land, the leaves will not be suffered to-
20 to..waste. but will be made to serve
either as bedding for the cows. or be
put into the barn-yard. Soap-suds
and dish water will all be made to
yield their alkaline and animal matter
and the ashes. will add the IL tribute to
the general fund. The Europeans ac--
compllsh wonders by ,he liquid ma
nures. and it is time that our farmers
should not only kno ", but act on tho
known value of this prime fertilizer.
1t is given to plants in such state
that they can readily absorb the nour"
ishment which it contains, and the gar
dener is thus enabled to follow the
growth of vegetables more rapidly than
by other means.
Year: 1869

Among the many experiments made


to guard against smut in wheat, per.


maps none has been more successful


than tlat OF saturating the seed in


brine. Its use is very old, and the dis


eovery of it wholly accidental. In 1870
a ship laden with wheat was wrecked


near Bristol, England. After being


soaked some time, tire cargo was res
cued and sold to farmers, and most of


it sown. The following harvest the


wheat crop in England was generally
damaged by smut except that obtained


from the wheat which had been soaked,
ILL salt water. This marked differences
was sufficient to Justify the experiment
again, and its success has kept il in
practice ever since.


The following came under our own
observation 1.-Two farmers procured a
fine sample of wheat for seed and di-
vlded it equally between them. The
one soaked his wheat in brine, the 9TH
er having no faith in it neglected to do
SO. The former had not smutty ear
in his whole crop, while the yield of
the latter WAS almost worthless on ae-.
count OF IT. Cther causes may have
existed to produce this difference, but
none that were apparent, and from the
remarkable difference in the two re-
suits we are led to believe that it WAS,
effected by the means employed in tho
one case. 1t has Eeen fully ascertain
ed that this preventive will not avail
when the seed is effected with smut,
unless the season is very favorable,
which alone will prevent smut.


When crops have been damaged bv
smut, an excellent expedieut is to se->
ltct seed from different soil, having
it well cleansed. Experience tells us
that selecting seed wheat from differ
ent localities is beneficial is many re-
spects. 1t is best to bring it from
strong clay soil, no matter on what
kind of soil it is to be sown. A change
from red clay to white clay works
well, so also from a white to a red clay.
Changing seed from sandy soil to clay
has not been successful, and it is an old
saying that this is no change at all
Diefs'S Farm Journal.
Year: 1869

Take your daughter on one knee and
your sou on the other, and say tt
them, ,''ehildren l am.going to 7ote fol
Governor who will compel you to &C
to school with negro boys and girls, to
sit on the same benches with them, to
study together, play together, to bring
them home with you and to let them
sleep in the trundle bed with you.-
Yes, This Governor will force me to
send you to this school whether l want
to or not, and you will have to 90
whether you want to go or not. What
DO you think of that, children? Don't
you think am good father ?''


There viii. be a wild and piteous out
cry, "Oh Pa! please, pie 'se don't do
that. Don't vote at ALL"


But ou will say, mo, my children.
am not going to be sneak. 1 am not
going to keep my opinions in my head
ana my vote in my pocket, and be a.
shamed or afraid to take sides in life
and death Struggle like this. No; not
voting for Walker is The same thing as
voting for Wells and if l am to do a
thing, am going TO do it openly and
above boardf like Il man, not like a cow
ard. Walker is a gentleman and
know it, but | don't want gentleman
to govern me and my family. don't
set up to be gentleman myself, and |
don't intend that my children shall ev-
er become ladies and gentlemen. No;
they must to the day of their death as
sociate with the lowest class of society,
just as am doing"


Try this experiment and see what
ill come of it.
Year: 1869

al am not afraid to live alone, -
sail q noble woman, "but 1 dare not
marry unworthily."


Is there no fine heroism here? I
think that to submit cheerfuily to
single life where circumstances have
bsen unkind, to choose it from high
sense of duty, or to accept it for the
sake of loyalty to high ideal, is as
brave thing as woman car do. But,
after all, the woman who does this
simply desires 70 urge her innocence
and her desire to be let alone. She
urges no claims upon admiration, de-
clining to be the target of crazy wit
and idle bufoonery.-Er.
Year: 1869

This jnquisitorial blackmail upon
every mans resources expires by it's
own limitation on the 3Oth of June
next. It has not fulfilled it's mission
of sxacting and successfully collect
ing an equally distributed tax upon
all the incomes of the country. In
many instances men of large incomes
by their system of Investments,
avoided the tax altogether. With
others the oath and schedules
Of property and resources are
false. The oath being looked upon
as q mere. matter OF form, carries no
moral force with 1t whatever, and the
list Of properties is generally about
AS near the truth IS any lie is. The
tax isregardsd As unequal, burden
some and as of but little real benefit
to the country. If it should not be
continued by Congress, it will go by
tie board and probably be the initial
load lifted from the shoulders of the
people, and the material wealth of the
country.
Year: 1869

A wise old gentleman, who knew
all about it, on retiring from business
gave the following sage advice to his
son and successor


"Common sense, my son, is valu-
able IN all kinds Of business-except
in love making"
Year: 1869

A BREAcH.Y OcroGENARIAS.-Here Is letter
from the rich New Jersey octogenarian. who was
sued BY the recipient, widow Of fifty, for breach
of promise: Tuesday Morning, 10Th. 1884,
Mary-I received letter from you. in which am
told of being without principle, and to have made
myself look ridiculous and subject to the criminal
law of the land. fear that l shall be like Cain.
whose punishment was greater than he could
bear. Oh can not imagine that q man could
be punishable for saying nothing and doing less
than thst-or. in other words, to be invited from
the public road into your house, and there sit aud
have pleasant chat for a short time, aud then
leave for home, was a crime. / wish to remind
you of one thing more, you being highly educated
and myself only q common farmer, but there Is
something to learn from it, viz: if you wish TO
catch a shy horse. not TO let bin see the long gad
you intend to lay over his back after you have
him. Better take an ear of corn first, and then
punish him afterwards when there is no escape.
Another thing wish to remind you of. notwith-
standing the temperament Of which you are pos
sessed, / am much easier to be eoaxed than
forced. | shall here close for the present.
FREELAND.n The jury failed to take this common.
sepse view of the suit, and awarded the female
$4,000 for the damage she sustained in entrapping
old gentlemen into "ssying nothing and doing
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