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Year: 1869

In a group Of hundred distinguished
men. Mr.. Brady's large head would at
tract attention.


Behold what length of brain for
ward of the opening of the eal! How
heavy the brow! How round and full
the middle part Of the forehead! how
massive the upper part! The whole fore
head was large, showing breadth OF
thought, capacity to comprehend and re-
tain details to master the principles OF
law. and also all its facts and history.
His Language was large, and backed up
rs it was by such wealth of fact aud
strength of thought, he had splendid
field for the exercise of his ardent inn
agination and for the full play of his
glowing and impulsive feelings. His
Bene violence was one Of his crowning
excellences. He was liberal in hand and
in heart generous and beneficent TO
fault. He made friends of everybody
who came within the sphere of his word
or the generous beaming of his eye. His
Veneration gave him strong religious
tendency. His Hope was exuberant; he
was always cheerful and joyous. His
wit was brilliant and his taste remark
able. He had the elements Of courage
and force. and, for lawyer and poll
tician, he was singularly free from the
narrowness of party spirit and the pre-
judices and partiality of the mere attor-
ney. He was patriotic. large-hearted,
lover of his native land, and m ardent
supporter of the land of his ancestors.
Though an American by birth. and pat
riot, he was an Irishman by sympathy
Year: 1869

Going away" think you said:


With never a word for me;
Going away. and turn my head
In vain, for the sun in the West is dead
All dead on the darkling sea.
Why did he leave like this? God knows:
Weary, think of his love:
He left me a kiss, and a new plucked rose
And for the f;mcy's sake | suppose
Gave him my violet glove.
The ships sail over the seas. | know.


Too far for maiden's sight.
The ships sail on, the strong winds blow.
And some to the lands of the Oriental go.
And--some to the starless night,
| look. and over the waves afar,


The white sails flicker and CLEAN.
And the ship rides gaily over the bar;
But the night is black. with never star.


And my heart is sad With its dream,
Only the dim of the seas far strand,


Only the dark see;
For he left me here, by the trodden sand
With only a rose in my little hand


And never a word for me!
Year: 1869

ING nothing but the subscription price. And here
is fine way to do ii for a cent year. Make two


light flat sticks the length of your paper. Bore four


small holes equally distant from one another, and


an inch from the ends Of the sticks. Pass the ends


Of two shorstring> through the holes i'll one of the


sticks. and through the paper to correspond: pass
the strings through The other stick and tie When


the next paper comes take of the last stick. put on
the paper and the stick. tie as before The sticks
keep the papers together and stiff AS a bound book
We preserve Il half dozen different papers in this
way With no more trouble than putting on and tv
ing the shoes.


There are two good reasons why want The


readers of this paper to begin the thing now: One
is. it is the beginning of 4 new yolume-No. 4. VOL
f0 and it will look better to begin your book with
the beginning. Any who may wish 10 do 50, and


have lost tile preceding numbers of this volume,


will be supplied gratis at this Office. if applied for
Inow.


The other reason is: In treating the various sub


ccts Which belong 10 This department, we have
found. Is we shall in the future. great difficulty in
avoiding the of scientific terms. with which the
general reader is usually familiar. To the aver
age farmer and gardener the most valuable books
and papers on these subjects are about useless,
simply because a few terms as carbon, nitrogen &c..
are moi explained and understood. To meet this
great need. we shall commence next week, to be
followed through several weeks, Il short article de-


lining those Terms. &c. So that by preserving the
paper, You viii gct dictionary of words ncccS-
>ary 10 be learned for thousand purposes: and TO
which You can again and again refer till they be-
come as familiar as the multiplication table For it
is with words and all knowledge as with our learn


inc that table; only ly constant repetition did we
master it-talkin@ it. singing it, crying it: somc-


times rubbed in through the back and the palms.


And then when the volume closes. what school
good for a young person. or for anybody, as to
take the book. page it with ink. and make good


index to if.-so that you can find any item rcadi- |
ly word in the dctionary,-besi,les the other
great advantage of noting the things, as you would
have to do. more atcnvcly than at the first read
mo
Year: 1869

Few things are more useful, and mere abused than
this common instrument. Who speaks good word
for thi> poor. dumb thing: but what are all your
boosted things of art. from the mower and reaper
10 ladies needles. without the grindstonc? As
we'll might they he sleeping among their native
ores in their lone mountain beds. Among all
the hardshps of Robinson Crusoe none were so
hard as the grind>tonc want; and when his inge-
nuity had eNtemporized one, he found in ii a source
both of life and of happiness.


IIomcly and mpoetcal Il thing as it is vet by its
usefulness endowed With Il soul far above many be-
ingS who claim that attrihute.-wc lift our pen to
ask better treatment for good a friend


Even fgooa ones. most of them. you notice, fail
TO wear evenly on ali silc>-onc side grinding away
faster than the other; so that each time il revolves
il resembles the rising and falling waves of the
ocean. And many time does it get badly abused
Tor tins freak. when il is all your fault. For
ica lg 1t ont n1he sun and wind. as we generally
see, causcs the side exposed TO the heat to grow
much harder than the other. thus causing the soft
side to grind more rapidly away. and to produce
this bad motion. And twice as fast does this evil
increase if, aS is frequently done. it stands in a
trough of water. This softcning the stone on its UNI
der side still more. Keep them ALWAYS under COW
er then. and equally wet all sides. Don't fear
that they Will blow mp. For not long ago a person
having heard that q large one somewhere rcyolv-
ing with great sWincS>, burnt from that cause as
often happens, and killed several workmen-ortler-
ed it out of the cellar, and nj Il safe distance from
all buildings. lest il should blow them all up some
night.


There is much also in the way of hanging it to
turn easily for itself and the operator Most peo-
pie have the axle rest simply on wood. This from


lis soflne>S gives large friction and greater labor.
Some men of large experience in such matters adj
wise two methods to ohviatc this One is ati-frcton
rollers, which consist Of two small iron wheels so
placed that the axle rests upon and between them.
As these wheels themselves rcvolve as well as the
axle, the friction is greatly diminished. We have
seen small eight year old boy turn a large grind
stone having this fixture. with more ease than a
man could much smaller one hung in the old way
and as we go around we have learned by extensive
observation that there is in not one of the for
mcr to ninety-nine of the latter. The apparatus
costs less than Il pound Of tobacco and may be had
al any hardware store.


lfyou want anything cheaper, and some better
than wood, make a groove to suit the axle in some
pieces OF hard bone which fl, into the frame This
being harder than wood, and having great affinity
for OIL reduces the friction and saves labor.
Year: 1869

yet In store. You como from the grca!
valley which Is to give, soon, law and
destiny to the Republic. 1t will soon
TEEN with such wealth, population and
influence rs almost makes one giddy to
contemplate. You are q great fayorite
with your State and party, and may as
pire 10 the highest honor which the Re
public has In store for any Of her sons.
Now. having said this, Douglas, / have
this further to say-and do so In all SINGER
ity-you have my best wishes for your
success. and / shall venture to give you a
little advice, and It Is Just such rs ! would
give to my own son under the same cir
cumstanccs. In the debate tho other day,
In which you made rather smart speech,
thinking to get from mo reply. and Mt
the same time some degree of honor from
little controversy with IN opponent who
Is regarded, perhaps, rs u leading Sena.
tori fully understood your motive-and
II I had been disposed, could have made
You appear In light you would not COW
ct. had that idea In my mind, but re-
frnined ont Of sincere kindness for you.
Now this Is what l wish TO say to you
you are too much Of man to enact such
y part In public affairs. 1t Is not neccssa-
ry for you to do so. Your success would
not be promoted but rather retarded by
IL. Besides, senatorial honors are never
80 won. Never speak. except from con-
viction, and when you have something to
say on the subject under discussion; then
freely and forcibly say what you have to
say, and. whatever the case may be. you
can never be discomfited."


Said Mr.. Douglas /; 81 felt how excel
lent was tho advice, but. above all, how
noble and disintercsted was the heart that
dictated It. From that hour to the close
Of Daniel Wcbster's great career / never
failed to feel how far superior he was to
any other man had ever known In oil
those characteristics which 60 to make u
great, q noble and good man."
Year: 1869

am indebted TO my dear parents (both now
in hcaven) for having had habit, of order AMI
regularity in~tillcl into me at q very early age


In that happy by-gone time I was taught to
keep my hair tidy at all hours Of the day and
and night. sni 70 fold up every article OF my
clothing carefully, In the same order, on the
same place at the foot of the bed, before retiring
to rest. An entry Of the days events in my
little diary invariably preccied the folding up
The Evening Hymn (repeatel in bcd) invAria-
sleep OF childhcod invariably followed the Even
ing Hymn.


In later Life (alasD the Hymn has been sue
Year: 1869

On the 2Sd inst in the Sixth District Court, q nice
legal point will come up for decision. tits whether
q case can be transferred directly from the Third
District Court to the Sixth, without going through
the Seventh Court. 1t is to be argued before
Judge Cooley.
Year: 1869

We are glad to learn. and we presume our
readers will share our pleasure, when they are
made conversant with the facts, that the new
track which is now being laid down on the Canal
street neutral ground, will not impair the beauty
Of the boulevard near 80 seriously as has been
generally supposed. In the first place, the side
Wake which they have torn up, have only been
removed SO as the bed of the road may be prop
erly laid and will be restored as soon the track
is completed, after being raised four inches,
which will be rather an advantage than other wise.
Then the trees, which IL was feared would never
more be seen on Canal street., are not to be taken
away entirely, but to be removed some two feet
towards the center Of the neutral ground, which
will place them equi-distant between the present
track of the City Railroad ano those to be laid by
the Claiborne Street Railroad As for the iron
posts and chains, we have been informed that
they were removed by the surveyor. They can
not be replaced on the neutral ground, as the new
track will run 8sAsu5posre,-n Iii dsrys
stood. i,venience that the puohc whi s uei,se az
grsssh sha pss 95 The line will comPe"sies Psssasies


We are informed that all the property
holders on Canal street, who sued out the iujunc-
ton restraining the railroad company from laying
the track, except Mr.. F. Tilton, have Withdrawn
from the suit Mr.. Tilton, however, we learn,
will institute another suit.
Year: 1869

The tunnel through the Hoosac Noun
tain, in Massachusetts,, is now more than
mile in length, and after numerous delays
and litigatOns the work is again making
good progress. \ correspondent of the
Rochester IN. " Union writes an inter-
esting account of trip through the tunnel
in the last week of July. He says:


" Before entering the mountain we ex-
amined the works at the rivers side by
which the tunnel is making its way toward
North Adams. We found, in building
called the Compressor House, four
immense alr-condensing machines, each
working four cylinders, by which air is
driven through a pipe more than a mile
into the tunnel, and there made to do the
work OF steam in drilling the rock at the
{ heading, as the remote end of the tunnel
is called, Such a wheeling, putting and
groaning you never heard air make. And
no wonder. 1t was obliged to be crowded
into an Immense number of atmospheres,
and made to travel 500 feet through an
eight-inch pipe, and jerk and twist steel
drill into q vein of quartz rock almost as
hard as adamant. 1t labored very severe
ly to do this work, so when we get our
short trunk line from Rochester to Boston
we cannot be too grateful to the vigorous
air winch gives us the Hoosac tunnel.
We must also thank Deerfield river, which
is all used up in working the compressors


More thoroughly is it absorbed by the ca
nal from the dam above the tunnel than is
Year: 1869

4 Saratoga correspondent says that the
ly this season, AID have now stolen two more
articles of male attire. They wear iaunty
sailor hats, which are tarpaulin in style, and
are of every conceivable shade; but the girls
do not wear them as an old salt would, on
the back of the head, for they incline them
over the nose at an angle of IS. They also
sport the most elaborate little sailor jackets.
The skirt is decidedly Hindoo affair. The
gentlemen (of the very fancy noodle school)
thinking fair exchange no robbery, have
stolen the ladies' blue wells, and wear them,
in little puffs, around their straw hats, Civ
ing them very snobby look.
Year: 1869

TORONTO, June 11.--Goldwin Smith, in o
speech at the ahnualdinn OF the University


yesterday, paid high compliment to America
and the Cornell University. He said Mr..
Sumner had quoted his remarks to substantiate
his denunciations of England, but he alone


took up the cause of England, and for this had
received pretty full amount of abuse, and es-
neeIaliy from the press, But, as he was under
The safe protection Of the British flag, he might
saw that the American press is not universally
naners that had been particularly fiery in its
denunciatiops of him had the day before q
brilliant article bearing on the hat and boots o.
rival editor. He sincerely hoped the storm
would blow over, and the more he saw Of the
American people. the more he was convinced
q fair and honorable spirit Ali he feared was
the extreme virtue OF some Of the politicians


II was possible that they might do something
too disinterested and sublime. AaN ns ~.
Year: 1869

ST.. LOUIS, june ia special dispatch from
Nashville to the Democrat says that the Press
and Times heretofore the organ Of Stokes,
came out strongly this morning for Senotorial
and universal suffrage. The old editors of the
Press and Times have all ceased their connec-
tion with it, and the leading article declares
that hereafter it will be the organ of no man
or set of men, but will boldly ami independ-
entity advocate whatever the conductors think
polite and right.
Year: 1869

A young man in Texas was
counting a daughter of a Mrs.
Roach. The mother objected to
his visits and he shot and killed
her, but in such a secret manner
that it would have never been
known who committed the deed,
but that piece of newspaper
which had been used as the "wad-
ding" in the pistol was picked up,
scorched and blackened, near the
murdered lady. In the pocket
of the murderer's coat was found
a newspaper which was folded
together; one corner of the pack
age was torn of, and left a hole
near the center of the sheet
The strip picked up exactly fitted
this place, SO perfectly indeed did
it that when both pieces were
spread out in their proper places
the matter could be read with ease.
Upon this evidence Judge Lynch
pronounced sentence and his off,
GERS executed his edicts by instant
hanging.
Year: 1869

ROADSIDE GRAVES IN TURKEY.
The number of graves by the
roadside in Turkey attracts the
attention of travellers. A Turk
ISL friend, Colonel Shayin Bey,
called my attention to the circum-
stance, that whereas an inhabitant
is buried in the village graveyard
or family graveyard, it is the prac-
tice to bury stranger by the road
side. The reason is this : that the
inhabitant is sure to profit by the
prayers recited by his kin three
times a year; but in order that the
stranger, dying away from home,
may not fail of prayer, he is bu-
ried by the roadside; and as it is
the practice of Mussulman to re-
cite prayer on passing a grave or
cemetery, the stranger thereby is
assured of the benefit of commem-
orative prayer. This singular act
of charity accounts for tOmbs met
with so constantly in the roads,an
sometimes even in the streets.
There is one in Constantinople, in
the streets leading from the Gus
tom House to the port, on the site
of the late great fire.
Year: 1869

A striking passage IN q recent
letter of Gen. Early is its tribute
to Gen. Lee. The idea that Gen,
Lee was cautious to a fault on tho
battlefield, and betrayed indecis-
ion in leaning upon his subalterns
for counsel, has been disseminated
much too widely. The strong
testimony of General Early on this
subject is so admirable that re.
here reproduce it:


"There is another reason, which
is to me a most potent one, and
that is because / know that the
boldest man in his strategic move
ments and his tactics on the field
of battle in all the army of North
ern Virginia, Stonewall Jackson
not excepted, was Gen. Robert E.
Lee. Yes, under that calm and
dignifed exterior there beat one
Of the boldest hearts and one of
the most daring minds that ever
inspired the commander of an ar.
my. He required no council of,
war to urge him to deeds Of bold.
ness, and l never heard of a coun-
Gil of war during the whole histo-
ry of that army under his com
mand. 1t is true that he often
conferred with his corps command
ers, and sometimes with subordi.
mates intrusted with special duties,
but it was not to catch inspiration
from their councils, but to instil
into them portion of his daring
spirit. Gen. jackson had his con-
fdence to a pre-eminent degree,
because he was always ready to
second with alacrity the plans of
the Commanding General; and no
one felt the loss of that individual
Lieutenant more than General
Lee himself did.


"To satisfy any one of what l
say in regard to Gen. Lee it is only
necessary for him to examine the
yet unwritten history of that un-
paralleled campaign to the James,
of the line of defenccs around Rich
mOnd and Petersburg, and the re-
treat for more than a hundred
miles to Appomattox Court House
"a place that will remain forever
famous, not as the scene Of triumph
tor the invader with his untold le-
gions, but to the scene of the strug-
gle of that great heart and that
great mind which so reluctantly
surrendered the small remnant of
less than nine thousand of the ar.
my of Northern Virginia with
arms in their hands"
Year: 1869

A traveller who has been shaved
in China says that the barber first
stropped the razor on his leg, and
then did the shaving without any
lather. The customer remonstra-
ted, but was told that lather was
entirely useless, and had q tenden-
cy to make the hair stiff and tough,
and was therefore never used by
persons who had any knowledge
of the face and its appendages.
After the beard had been taken
of-and it was done in q very
short time-the barber took long,
sharp, needle-shaped spoon, and
began TO explore in his custom
er's ears. He brought up from
numerous little crevices bits of


wax and dirt that had accumula-
ted since childhood. The barber
suddenly twisted his subjects neck
to one side in such a manner that
it cracked as if the vertebr@ had
been dislocated. "Hold onp
shouted the party, alarmed for
the safety of his neck. Gall
right" replied the tonsor, "me no
hurt ycu;" and he continued to


iarlr and fvist tho paok unfiI -
was Timber as an old woman's dish
rag. He then fell to beating the
back, breast, arms and sides with
his fists, and pummeled the mus
cles until they fairly glowed
with the beating they had received.
He then dashed a bucket of cold
water over his man, dried the
skin with towels, and declared his
work was done. Price two cents.
Year: 1869

A CONVICT in Sing made an
effigy of himself out of some old
clothing and stood it up in the
corner of his cell. When the
convicts were taken to be locked
up for the night, one of the new
appointees in the prison, not being
up to their tricks, was deceived by
the dummy figure, and the prisoner
made good his escape.
Year: 1869

A method Of sewing boots and
shoes with copper wire instead of
the common thread, has been pat
ented, the advantage being that at
a very small increase in expense
the strength and durability Of the
work are much improved.
Year: 1869

A very good member of the
General Assembly of Rhode Island
once moved to translate all the
Latin phrases in the statute so
that the common folks could under
stand them. The exquisite folly
of such a measure was by no means
obvious to the great body of the
assembly. 1t was as likely to pass
as not. A good solid argument
against it would probably have
carried it through. The late Mr..
Opdike took the ground that it was
no advantage to have the people
understand the laws. They were
not afraid of anything which they
understood. 1t was these Latin
words they were afraid of. "Mr.
Speaker, there was a man in South
ern Kingston about twenty years
ago, perfect nuisance, and no.
body knew how to get rid OF him.
One day he was hoeing corn, and
he saw the Sheriff coming with a
paper, and he asked what it was.
Now if he had told him it was a
writ, what would he have cared ?
But he told him it was capiaS ad
satistacie,sdum, and the man drop
ped his hoe and ran, and has not
been heard Of since" Nor has
the proposition to translate the
Latin words in the statutes.
Year: 1869

A late Philadelphia paper COM
pliments Massachusetts by assert
ing that its Legislature is the most
honest in the country, and gives
as a reason that it has so many
members that no body can afford
to bribe them all.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the Maine
Farmer writes: "If Ihave a COW
or heifer which is inclined to
kick, l take my stool and sit down,
with my milking pail between my
knees, with my left Land hold of
one hind teat and my right one
hold of fore teat. l then CON-
mence milking, and if she tries to
kick, hang on to the teats and
keep on milking, as she can neith-
er hurt me, the pail nor herself,
nor prevent me from milking. l
keepon milking until | get through.
By thus persevering few times,
she will see she can do no harm,
and will abandon the idea of kick
ing"
Year: 1869

How TO FIND THE PULSE OF A
Cow OR HoRsE.-The best place
to feel the pulse in the oX-tribe is
the left side of the chest, a little
within and behind the elbow
The average puIsation of healthy
fulI.grown animal is about 40 per
minute. The pulse of the horse
is found by placing the finger on
the vein that lies across the under
side of the jaw bone, about Md
way between it and the gullet.-
The average pulsation is 40 to 42
per minute.
Year: 1869

The oldest and one Of the neatest
printed papers on our exchange list, is
the "Rlchmond Palladium it having
been published at Richmond for the past
thirty eight years is sufficient evidence
Of the upright character Of it's prorrie-
tors Indeed we believe them to be
christian or at least conscientious gen
tlemen, from the fact that they advertise
at "living rates" In fact their rates are
fifty per cent lower than many sheets
that are mere infants in comparison
with it. Why this should be so we can
not fully comprehend, but we are of the
opinion that the day is not far distant
when advertising rates will be uniform.
We commend the Palladium as worthy
of patronage either as an advertising
medium or for family reading.-Ma'ion
Mirror.