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Year: 1869

Woman's love, like the rose blossom


ing in the arid desert, spreads its ray
over the barren plain Of the human
heart, and while all around it is black
and desolate, il rises strengthened from
the absence Of every other alarm In
no situation does the love of woman
appear more beautiful than that of the
wife. Parents, brethren and friends
have claims upon the affections
the love Of wife is distinct and diff.
fcrent nature A daughter may yield
her life to the preservation Of parent
IA sister may devote herself to suf


fering brother; but the feelings which
induce her TO this conduct are not such
us those which lead wife to follow III
husband of her choice through every
pain and peril that can befall him; TO
watch over him in danger, to ch,er him
in adversely, aud ever remain unaltera.
bic at his side in the depths of igno.
miny and shame. 1t is heroic devo.
tion which woman displays in sdhe


renee to the fortunes of hapless hus.
band. When VIC behold her in domes


tic scenes, a more passive creature oi
enjoyment, an intellectual joy, bright.
ening the family with her endearments
aud love for the extreme jey which that
presence aud those endearments are
calculated to impart, we can scarcely
credit that the fragile being who seems
to hold her existence by thread is
capable Of supporting the extreme ol
human suffering; nay, when the heart
of man sinks beneath the weight Of
agony, that she should maintain her
pristine powers of delight. aud by her
words of comfort and patience lead the
murmurer to peace and resignation.
Year: 1869

Put an Englishmah into the garden
of Eden and he would find fault with the
"whole blafsted consarn .; put Yankee
in and he would see where he could alter
it to advantage; put an Irishman in and
he would want to boss the thing; put Q
Dutchman in and he would proceed al
once to plant cabbage.
Year: 1869

The siTth no boomer had begun
About the beast to grope
ethan, seizing on the 'swingfaf tail
That fell within his scope"
81 see," quoth he, "the elephant
Is very like rope 70
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Through each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong


MORAL.
Too oft in theologic wars
The disputants, ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
0fAGat ety4 other mean,
.dnd pirate about an elephant
None Of them has seen
Year: 1869

WEArHER IN ALAsKA.-The Alaska
Times, published at Sitka, in late issue
describes the weather 10 that region as
very mild for the latitude. The sum-
mers are spoken of as warm and pleas
ant, and the winters, with exceptional
dashiug raias, as delightful. The editor
goes into raptures about the climate in
the following glowing strain:


'The air is balmy, never too hot,
never too cold, but really just the
weather to swell with delight the heart
of the traveller, and to fill with rapture
the soul of the poet. From the first to
the middle of August, while Governor
Seward and party were here, rain pre-
vailed, and it was only occasionally that
the sun broke through the cloud riffs
which almost constantly overhung The
sky. Since that time until the present
day our skies have had all the softness
of the Italian heavens, the air has been
genial, and every one in the country,
even the growler, have expressed their
astonishment at the delightfulness OF
the weather"


Surely Mr. Stewards land Of "ice>
cream icebergs" must be a heavenly
couutry, the testimony of skeedsdlers
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Year: 1869

From the Knoxville Press and Herald. 3d.


The loyal citizens of Blount county
have not yet got over their aversion to
hearing the ministers of the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches of the South
ern branches preach the gospel. Prob
ably it might be of advantage to ''Parson
Nasty" to mix in with these loyalists for
time. He will discover family of the
genus "damphool," far superior to that
of the Confederate ID Roads, in that the
Blount county specimens have q real ex'
istence, and truth is stranger than fic-
ton"


The "Smith" whipping case is fresh in
the memory of all our readers Aveng-
ing justice is sometimes swift to punish
evil-doers, even in this world.


Parson Neal of the Southern Methodist
Church, was tied to tree and whipped,
nearly fifteen months ago. 1t will be re-
membered that while returning from
church he was set upon by a gang of des-
peradoes, stripped, tied to tree and
brutally hogged with hickory switches,
for no other offense than his connection
with the Methodist Church, South.


The civil authorities being loyal, SYM
pathised with the villains rather than
with their innocent victim, and the
strong arm of the law was never invoked
against them. But stronger Power
than that which administers human law
witnessed their crime, and in the mystic
rious dispensatiens of His providence
has brought retribution upon them. or
the rufiiaus, three have since died, one
was recently thrown from his horse and
mortally wounded, while the fifth is in
Jail for crime.


Even the tree to which Mr.. Neal was
tied by his prosecutors has been since
smitten by the same unseen but ever
watchful power, and is now dead.


About two weeks since, during a storm
of thunder and lightning, the house of
William Goddard, about seven miles from
Maryville, was struck by lightning. Mr..
Goddards son, who is under indictment
for being concerned in the whipping, was
stricken down, and for some time was
believed to be dead. After time he
partially recovered and is now able to be
about. A hired lad of the family was
killed by the same fash The strangest
part of the story is that during the same
storm, the tree to which Mr.. Smith had
been tied was struck by the lightning,
rent in twain down its massive trunk, and
the tree is now dead The warning was
close one, and will probably have the
effect of deterring, for time at least, the
wicked acts of these worse than pagan
wretches.


Though the mills of God grind slowly. yet they


grind exceeding small;


Though with patience He stands waiting. with


exactness grinds He all.
Year: 1869

The enterprising proprietors of the
Mammoth Cave, at which many of our
people will spend the shot period" this
summer, anticipating and ever ready to
cater to the wants and comforts of their
guests, are fitting up magnificent ball
room, Just inside of the mouth of the
great cavern. Where this ball room is
being constructed, the thermometer
stands ct sixty degrees during the hot
test weather ever knewn in that locality.
The hall will be provided with every
modern convenience and comfort, and
for summer use will prove one of the
most attractive features of the cave. A
grand Inauguration ball will be given in
this magnificent dancing hall on the 10Th
instant. Everybody is invited, of course,
and a general good time is anticipated.
Perhaps no occasion during the season
will offer better inducements or opportu-
mites for pleasant excursion than this
Inauguration ball at The Mammoth Cave
on the l5th.-LoUisrilie Express, 5th.
Year: 1869

P. Rodifer's, gentleman of honor, in
tegrity and high education-a Virginian
by birth, a scholar by education, and en-
inently qualified to fill any position in
the gift of the people. Whether he will
respond or serve, in this matter, is an
other question; but it is to be hoped that
men OF his ability will not withhold their
names in q crisis like this. Our next
Legislature can and must be filled with
men who are not lost to every sense of
honor, and who will represent the people
of the State and not the penitentiary
convicts, perjured rebels, carpet baggers
and villainous office-seekers who have
for 80 many years sucked, like vampires,
the life blood from the State. ANDRE.
Year: 1869

The n. Y. Times has the candor to dis
credit the bugaboo stories told by Greeley
and the Apti.Slavery couventonists about
the prosecutions of "loyalists' in the South.
1t says that life and property are as safe
there as in the North and that for every
murder committed in that section it will
undertake to find a murder here.
Year: 1869

Money is in fairly active demand in New
York bui the surplus was abundant yesterday
at per cent. with loans TO government houses
al per cent Bank and Trust Companies are
able 10 employ their capital at the full legal
Iare. The bar ks are taking paper quite freely,
and prime paper Is disc unt ted a. : TO per cent
Year: 1869

| The physicians OF the State have long talk
ed about establishing General Hospital to
meet universal want Of the neople They
have urged it on all occasions where oppor-
tudity has offered, and we are heartily glad to
find it still cherished in their scheme for ele-
waiting the character of the profession and
promoting the best interests Of the people.
The discussion Of this subject ON the occasion
of this last meeting of the medical ssociety


was OF surprising interest, and it lis evident
that the plan is most earnest and tondly
! cherished by every member of the fraterni-
ty. Especially earnest and hopeful are our
Portland physicians, and what was once an
I idle dream of some of the earlier ones is now
almost certainty.


I We have the promise OF an early, full and


eminently practical discussion of this great
theme during the present season. Every
physician in the State is committeeman to
canvass his own region for aid to this most
needed and most valuable Of all the institu-
tions of people. 1t would not require so
very vast sum to make beginning in re-


spectacle way, and without the slightest hurt


b" FL. II
to the symmetry of the ediliee it could be add
ed to with case any time when more capacity


was demanded, and more funds should be


raised. "a, .lI-.d,f 3sa.s ...ls B.. $50 sa. Aau
r Every other State, almost, in the whole


North has General Hospital where the poor


and suffering are treated better than they


could be treated by private means, and where
those who are able to pay for services OF ply
siean and nIrse may do so to the advantage
of the institution and themselves. The
whole plan of the General Hospital, as un-


derstood in our country and in Europe, is
born of the best types of modern civilization
and is glorious matter to humanity at large,
as well as to the sick and suffering and the


profession most directly related to it. X lsa
We hope, ere long, to be able to announce
that the ideas of our worthy physic ;ans have
taken shape and that somebody has given
tangible expression to good wishes in the way


OF the first gift for this noble purpose. W.
| understand that several medical gentlemen il
the city have information on the subject
which is no doubt valuable to the public, and


let us assure them that they shall find wei


come here il they can use these columns in
the way of advancing this great and goot
| work. l5s4a 4ras..a., .a.t s.if f
Year: 1869

a Goob GARtEN.-Row ID the tlmo to
lay tho foundation Of good garden. This
consists In giving liberal allowance of ma
nnrc and deep working. Dccp digging can.
not be dispensed with. A good garden
must be good in July dnd August as well
as in April and May. How few really good
gardens arc found during midsummer l.!
Whenever one is known you may bo sure
that deep working at the start Is the origin
of il.
Year: 1869

REMARKABLE PREsENTIMKNr.-At Law
renee, Mass, about six " 7eks ago, a resident.
who had been sick for some time, told his
friends a dream that be had the night before
IL was that he was very soon 70 lea We this
world, and take with him his grandson, then n
healthy boy at school. About two weeks af,er
the lad was taken sick, and the grandfather
was so firmly convinced that his dream would
be fulfilled, thai be warned those about him
that medicine would do the boy no good. The
lad died day or two ago, Notwithstanding ali
efforts to save him, and his relative remarked
that be should follow lin in q few hours He
died the next day.
Year: 1869

ago. physician visiting
Island Of st. Z for their health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced the nvads who ks


lve seeking health and inquiry and investigation obtained full history
its medicinal delighted and surprised and his recovery,
which determined possible the sole right
sell it in the United States.


The result Of his rs glorious for himself and suffering humanity
for BTTER thus PLAN
TAToN being principles and


relying wholly world for its medicinal effects worked
ton in the history medicine and became household word all the civilized
world cabasc TlssoX anan health and the demand for
the PLANTATION BTTERS far exceeded the abilities Of the proprs supply
Notwithstanding the large importation Of st. cz Rur made expressly for the
pounding these Bte the quantity Inadequate therefore became
that extensive scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched Thomas that purpose fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected ash BY which utterly aston
hed the natives The experienced and natives oftheard
cured and the rrs the PLANTATION BTERs position
supply their laboratory with all the perfectly needed nu


turing GREAT DYsPEPTIc vIGoRAToR represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills


ando Fever Intermittent Maou
other kindred diseases the the PLANTATION BE the
history the world Over five million disposed annually They
adapted old and male and female They agreeable
rToiuce immediate beneficial result.
Year: 1869

WINE BIBBERs IN RHINELAND-
Goethe tells the following story, which
amusingly illustrates the capacity for drink
of the Rhinelandcrs. The Bishop of May
ence once delivereda sermon against drunk
enness aud, after painting in the strongest
color the over indulgence, concluded as
follows g But the abuse of wine does not
exclude its use, for it is written that wine
reioices the heart of man. Probably there
is no one in my congregation who cannot
drink four bottles of wine without feeling
any disturbance of his senses but if any
man at the seventh or eighth bottle SO far
forgets himself as to abuse and strike his
wife and children, and treat his best friends
as enemies, let him look into his conscience
and in the future always stop at the sixth
bottle. Yet if after drinking the eighth
or even ten or twelve bottles, he can still
take his Christian neighbor lovingly by the
hand, and obey the order of his scriptural
and temporal superiors, let him thankfully
drink his modest draught. He must be
careful, however, as to taking any more
for it is seldom Providence gives one the
special grace to drink sixteen bottles at q
sitting, as it has enabled me, its unworthy
servent to do without either neglecting my
dutiesI or losing my temper"
Year: 1869

Davenport, whssc the citizens e Rock Island
and tu surroundings will find great bargains in
tho popular One Dollar Sale. TO onumerate the
class and quantity Of goods that are offered for
only one dollar for your choic would occupy
more than one eide u this paper. Az this pop
ul4r business has b9en established all over the
country, from the east 70 the ia. west, 10 one
should let the opportunity pass BY not calling
Year: 1869

Celery is often greatly injured when
stored out of doors. If frost or water
reaches the tops, the leaves and stalks will
decay. Select dry day, when the earth is
not wet, and make ridge of the soil as
high as your celery stalks are long-say
eighteen inches to two feet in height, point
ed at the top. Now dig up your celery,
taking great care not to shake the dirt from
the roots, and place the heads of the celery
on both sides Of the ridge, roots up, heads
down, pack them closely together the whole
length of the ridge, and cover the stalks
and roots with dry earth. Now place
another layer of celery, then covering of
earth, and SO continue until all are buried.
Cover the whole with earth to the depth
of eighteen inches or two feet. Before the
snow falls deep, place hemlock- -boughs,
straw or leaves thickly over the whole-the
former being the most frost-proof. Three
tiers deep is enough for one ridge. Celery
will keep in this manner fresh and clean
Some prefer to cover the stalks with dried
leaves before the earth is put on, thinking
thereby they prevent trusting"
Year: 1869

Turkeys for fattening may be treated
much like fowls. They must have very
clean coops, and plenty of fresh air. 1t is
well to put charcoal in their feed. The
addition of a portion of fresh, chopped beef
suet hastens the fattening. Feed no pork
scraps within ten days of killing time. 1t
makes the fat soft, and is apt to give an
oily look. Ducks.-For our own table it is
well worth while to feed with mealin which
chopped celery leaves are pretty libcrally
mingled. Get the ducks in the habit of
coming to the call, then feed them as often
as you can-certainly once i'll two hours
They will do much better than if confined,
and fatten very rapidly. 1t will pay to buy
young live ducks and feed them for table
use, if not for market. In feeding, have
basin of water close at hand, and feed
late at night and early in the morning.
Geese should be confined for fattening, fed
often, and on rich feed, have fresh water
and be kept clean.


WHEN TO SELL FARM PRoDucTs.-In
nine cases out of ten, as soon as they are
ready for the market.


The aggregate loss by holding is at least
ten times the aggregate gain, taking the
experience of any hundred farmers together


The principle that should underlie this
department of farm operations is: raise the
best, when the crop is ready for market, if
offered fair price, let it go.
Year: 1869

Asparagus.-If the beds are not already
covered, put on coarse manure or litter.


Rhubar5.-Transplan if new beds are
needed and the ground is open, rather than
wait until spring. Cut up old roots so as
to have an eye or bud to each piece, and
put out in rich soil.


Cola. .frames.-The plants in these are
more apt to be injured by too much heat
than by too great cold. The object is to
keep them perfectly dormant and safe from
injury by alterations of freezing and thaw-
ing. During this month the sashes are
usually required over the plants at night
only.


Celery.-Store for the winter in trenches
a foot wide, and of a depth equal to the
hight of. the plant. The roots are set in
closely without any earth packing. When
cold enough to injure the tops, cover with
straw.


Cabdages.-Select a place from which
water will drain off. Plow away couple
of burrows, set the cabbages on the ground,
heads down and roots up, then throw the
earth towards them with the plow, and
finish off with the spade. The earth should
be from four to six inches thick over heads.
Cabbages should not be buried in this way
before cool weather comes on, and there is
prospect that the ground will soon freeze.


Spinach and Sprouts. the winters
are severe these viii need covering of
straw or sal; hay, but not enough to smoth-
er them and cause decay.


Clear Ip.-Dispose of all sorts of rubbish
and do every job that will save an hours
work III spring


Manure. This is the key to success in the
garden, and every leak and waste of ferti-
lizing material should be stopped. A home
made earth closet, will save valuable and
generally wasted manure. Have the hen
houses SO arranged that there shall be no
loss here.


SoA.-Spade or plow up stiff soils, and
leave them rough or in ridges, that they
may be well exposed to the action of the
elements. Prepare a supply of soil to be
used in hot beds, and place it under a shed
OF in heap covered with boards or sods.-
A light loan, with one-third fine manure, is
best. If the soil is dispeoed to be stiff, add
sand
Year: 1869

A correspondent of Hearth and Home,
writes as follows on butter making:


To make butter in perfection in the sum-
mer months, place of suitable tempera-
ture is the first requisite, and that the best
Philadelphia butter is made in the spring
house is, think, unquestioned and unques-
tionable. The uniform temperature of the
water in mine is 54c, and of the air about
CO.. The cream is kept in the deepest part
Of the spring, and is thoroughly stirred
each day; and if any one detail in the pre-
cess of butter making is of more Importance
than another, it is certainly the manage
ment of the cream; for if this is spoiled,
all subsequent care cannot make good but
ter; and in order to accomplish this desira-
BILE result, three essentials are requisite
1t must be kept in temperature not high
er than So. Each cream-pan must be
stirred every day, and it must be separated
from the milk after the latter has stood not
longer than thirty-six hours; and I much
prefer the milk to clabber, which result
can be secured by the addition of small
quantity of bonnyclabber to each pan
of milk. also at the same time add
small quantity of cold spring water which
has a tendency to raise the cream the more
rapidly.


Once week we churn by horse power,
and when "the butter comes the milk is
drawn off by means of bung- hole in the
bottom of the churn. The butter is then
thourougly washed by churning it in cold
water, several times repeated; and this
process we think is necessary in freeing the
butter from the buttermilk, for if any
remains the caseine and sugar contained in
in it are subject to decomposition: the for
mer becomes rancid, and the latter is
changed to acetic acid, and thus the butter
becomes truly "poor sort of grease


We then salt the butter, and let it stand
till the next day, that the salt may be
thoroughly dissolved; it is then finally
worked and i'll an artistic manner done up
in pound balls, Philadelphia fashion; and it
is important that the hands of the person
SO moulding and working it should not
touch it: wooden paddles should be used
with dexterity which can only be acquired
by practice. Butter thus made, we think,
instead Of being a shame and disgrace,
is truly golden luxury, and worthy a
place on any table.