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Year: 1862

A novel method of stopping bleeding at
the nose was RECOMMENDED twenty years ago,
by a DR.. Negrier, of Algiers. 1t is so simple,
and is said to prove 60 certain to stop the
beeding, that il may be tried with more than
the usunl confidence. 1t consists in elevat.
ing both hands high above the head, so as TO
grasp SOMETHING, and keeping the hands in
that position until the tendency Of the blood
TO escape at the nose is overcome. Some
times the hands must be kept elevated for
half en- hour, or even an hour or more. The
position must be resumed whenever the
bleeding commences again.


TO COLOR IVORY on BONE.


In the manufacture of articles from ivory
or bone, it is often desirable to give them
permanent color. This can readily be done,
as both ivory and bone are sufficiently porous
TO receive many kinds Of coloring matter.


TO Color Red-Soak the ivory for few
minutes in water that is made moderately
acid with few drops of oil of vitriol Then
place them in a dye composed of weak
hartshoIn, in which plenty of cochineal has
been added.


Another Method-Make a red dye with
Brszil wood, and boil the bone'or ivory in
the dye for three hours, then add alum to
the dye, and boil an hour longer.


To Color Purple Steep the ivory in a
weak solution Of terchloride of gold.


TO Color Blue.-Boil them in a strong
solution Of logwood, and then steep them in
water in which blue vitri0l has been dis.
solved.
Year: 1862

The committee appointed to receive Par
son Brownlow At Grand Rapids, the other
day, performed comedy of errors which
was extremely amusing to those who wit
messed it. Deeply impressed with imper-
tance Of the event as an era in the history Of
that usually quiet city, they assembled in
the morning and arranged the preliminaries,
and took an omnibus for the depot. Upon
arriving there they ranged themselves and
waited with feverish anxiety for the train,
which was little behind time. As the cars
came up, the committee Termed itself into q
semi circle on the platform near tho track,
the chairman. a short Pumblechookian sort
of man, standing in the centre, speech in
hand ready to pounce upon the parson as
soon as he appeared.


About the first man to alight was Parson
Brownlow, but as the committee did not
happen to know him from any other man."
he was allowed to pass quietly to the rear.
Four or five more people stepped cut, and
then well dressed gentleman appeared at
the door, with servant bearing his valise.
A committee man pokcd tho chairman and
the chairman alghtsd, and rs soon as tho
individual alighted he commenced reading
the welcome address ; but before he had fin
ished the first paragraph, he was astonishsd
by the announcement from the stranger that
he wasn't Parson Brownlow, but the agent
for quack nostrums. The chairman open
ell his mouth in smazemcnt, but at this point
Mr.. Brownlow, who had been watching the
proceedings, came forward, and, introducing
himself, said to the chairman that they had
better go to the hotel and he would listen to
the address when they got there. So tho
party took possession OF the committee om-
nibus and drove Off some Of them feeling
decidedly fiat, and more especially the chair
man who had made such a ludicrous mistaks
in the presence Of large crowd Of specta-
tors. 81 I'll. ..f" r"
Year: 1862

STAND BY THE GovERNMENT.-TheN N. Y.
Journal Of Commerce says:


Every form of opposition to the Constitu-
ton of the United States 10 disloy atty. Ev.
cry proposal TO overthrow the Government
of the United States is reasonable in days
like these. Stand by the President As the
representative of the governmental power.
Whether you like him or dislike him-wheth.
er you believe in his policy or disbclieve in
it--whether he p1rsues q plan you like or a
plan you dislike let not your Loyalty bs con-
dtional There is no safety foI US now out
side Of the Constitution. We 10 not bslieve
there was ever an hour when the people
looked to it SO losglngy, with such devotion
as to day. We have seen it struck at, ard
We cherish it. We have heard it ridiculed,
and We gather under it for protection. We
have no other future, no protection. We
have no her future, no other present, and
we have-thank God for tin that Const-
tuition past whose glory penetrates the
present gloom and reaches yet before us
Stand by the Government, then, ye who
would hereafter be known as loyal American
citizens.
Year: 1862

A New CAUSE FOR GRATITUDE TO GoD.--
Rev. DIR. Storrs, in his address at the ami
vcrsary exercises of Mount Holyoke Semi.
nary, that returned prisoner lately remark
ed that while at the South he could easily en-,
dure the taunts of the men, but that he had
never before realized what and how terrible
was the singing hate of woman, so intense
bitter and beyond all belief, and he had come
back with one additional mercy to thank
God-that the Decik was not a CONAN
Year: 1862

WINTER GARpES.-Mss Matilda Heron's new play, "Ths
Belle Of the Season. will be produced at this establish
tonight the fair authoress sustaining the part q
Florence hyperion he Belief The piece has been sue
eced 10 good deal Of criticism by the provincial press,
and the result proves that it drama Of substantial
merit Mrs. Gladstone, actress Of great personal At


fractions and who stands high In the favor OF the Boz
ton and Philadelphia publics, will mako her first ap
pearance before New York audience this occasion
The cast otherwise very strong one. and the pises
will have every advantage that the OF this ws
managed establishment afford IT,
Year: 1862

Commodore Vanderbilt gave notice to-day to the Post
master General that he would carry the Central American
and South Pacific mails his line Of steamers provided
he could be protected against parties who smuggling
the California mails over hs line for which he receives
no payment
Year: 1862

The Devil came up to the earth one day,


And to the court house wended his way,


Just as an attorney with a very grave face,


Was proceeding to argue the points of his case.'
Now, Lawyer his Majesty never had seen,
For to his dOminons none ever had been


And he felt very anxious the reason to know


Why none had been sent to the regions below.
Twas the fault of his agents his Majesty thought,
That none of the lawyers had ever been caught;
And for his own pleasure he felt desire


To come to the earth and the reason enquire.
Well, the lawyer who rose with a visage so grave,
Made out his opponents consummate knaVe,
And the Devil was really greatly amused
To hear the attorney so stoutly abused.


But as soon as the speaker had come to a close,
The counsel opposing then iercey arose,


And he heaped such abuse on the head of the first
That it made him villain of all men the worst.
Thus they quarreIed, contended and argued so long
Twas hard to determine which of them was wrong
And concluding he'd heard enough of the fuss
Old Mic turned away and soliloquized thus
" If all they have said of each other be true
The devil has surely been robbed of his due
But Pm satisfied now, it is all very we'll
For these lawyers would ruin the morals of hell!
They've puzzledthe court with their vlainous cavi
And I'm free to confess they would puzzle the devil
My agants are right to let lawyers alone
II l had them they'd swindle me out ofmy throne.
Year: 1862

BENEFITS OF AUTUMN PLowINe.-The
London Agricultural Gazette says:


The tillage and drainage of the soil are
very closely related to each other. So, in
deed, are the tillage and manuring the soil.
And these, not merely as cause and effect,
are related-though drainage does enable
tillage, and tillage does alter composition
but as being operations of the same class
and kind. And thus Baily Denton, though
engaged in lecture upon land drainage,
could not hel p referring to the steam plow
as the great tillage implement of the flu
ture. And we had from him, too, the stri-
king fact, bearing on the composition of a
fertile soil, that in a state of perfect tilth
one-quarter of its bulk is air. Smith of
Lois-Weedom says that in all clay soils
containing the mineral elements of grain,
perfect tilth dispenses with the need of ma
nure; and there cannot be doubt that a
deep and thorough rillage enable soil to
draw immensely on the stores of vegetable
food contained in air and rain. The Har-
dys again say that perfect tilth dispenses
with the need Of drainage, and there can be
but little doubt that deep and thorough
tillage facilitates the operation Of whatever
drainage may exist, whether it be natural
or artificial. In both these cases the use
full lesson is we'll taught, that it is true
economy rather to put the cheap and copi-
Gus storehouse of natures agencies to its
fullest use, than by laborious and costly ar
tifcial means to initiate extensively their
operations.
Year: 1862

B6y- 1t seems to be the opinion of some
that tht weather is fighting ur battles for u.s. tits
true that an army can make no advance over such
roads as il would now have b travel but as the
Confederate policy is defensive, any circumstances
that may prevent the enemy finn advancing, is a
calamity. Whenever they yhaveattempted It, defeat
has been their lot and will continte to be; therefore
we ought to desire their advance the readiest way
to the ultimate triumph which awaits our arms
Inactivity, too, is to be deprecatedas the means Of
filling our hospitals and abating tie ardor of our
troops and if this evil can be remedhd only by the
enemy's advance, let them comel
Year: 1862

seA- Some of the Northern papers insin-
uate that CSmeron's resignation grew out of the
fact that he proved to be an enormous tibet. The
fact squcstioned nowhere, but no ono familiar with
Yankee character can be cheated into the belief
that it is the true cause. The negro thinks it no
moral wrong TO steal from his master, aud the Yam
zee looks upon stealing from his government as a
legitimate display of ''cueness' The black and
the white slaves present many other points of str.
king resemblance
Year: 1862

R2- The Charleston Mercury fayors the
location Of the permanent seat of the Confederate
Government at, or near, Huntsville, Alabama. We
think the fIst thing to be done is to establish the
Government ITSELF and then provide seat for it,
Year: 1862

psa- The Louisville journal is very much
afraid that England will make the stone blockade
a cause of war He need not be scared; for if
England orders it old Abe will have the suuken
vessels raised and the stones put right where he got
them.
Year: 1862

The existing regulations at tho Mint in rola-
tion to the purchase OF silver bullion are Just
published by the Director. Tho Mint price of
silver heretofore 12l cents il now raised to
122l. ceuts per ounce Of standard dnoness. This
rule applies as well to the Assay office a. New
York as to tho Mint at Philadelphia. For the
information Of the public, it may be stated that
according to the above rate of purchase, the
yield Of various classes Of coin or bullion will he
about as follows;
Year: 1862

exceedingly small. However, l saw ci-
der barrel going, and thinks I to myself,
if half or quarter has got any show
on this boat, that barrel must be the
place. So after pushing and jamming,
and punching, and pulling myself through
the crowd, in the course of an hour and
half | had the good luck to secure cup
full of cider, an excellent article There
was less than pint, and as it only cost
quarter, felt relieved after l got my
self out Of the channel and breathed free
ly again. Just then l met one of the
stark naked customers, and he had a
pound Of cheese in his arms. What
did you pay for that" asked. "75
CENTS" "Pll give you dollar and a
half for it now," put in ragged rusty
looking by my side. "N No you don't, u
said the cheese man, "Pd rather charge
a rebel battery than go naked through
that crowd again


While this conversation was going on
an officer came along with bottle of bran,
dy peaches. "How much for that some
one asks" Two and half" "Can you
get any more Yes, you, can but | can't
unless you lend me the money. In little
while soon observed movement extraor
dinary near the bow of the schooner
Crowding along up, I soon learned what
the matter was. A squad of boys, more
liberal in their views of trade and traffic
than the proprietor of the concern, lac
knocked in the head of cider barrel anc
were vending the fluid without money
and without price, and before the news
came to the ears of the suttler, they haC
sold out. | then stood round the hatch
way again and looked in amazement upor
these customers packed around, tier above
tier, buying their wares. Fully thir(
of them were swimmers, some Zouave
with their circus riding uniforms, an(
the balance a crowd of sharp witted
money sbending soldiers, the whole groul
making a tableau such as no artist ha
ever painted. Tired Of all this, yet
would not have missed it for an interes
in the 1riLaeueS gun factory, set sal
for camp, arriving just in time to settl
up my cash account-75 cents for q drinl
of cider-and write up my correspondence
for the Freeman and other parties neare
home.
Year: 1862

Seldom has the story of woman's er-
casting off of true heart
been 50 briefly and completely told as in
;he following by Elizabeth Merritt Brown
ngs--


Sweet, thou hast trod on heart,


Pass there's a world full of men;
And women as fair as thou art


Must do such things now and then.
Thou only hast stepped unaware
Malice, not one can impute;
And why should heart have been there
In the way of a fair womans foot? ,rN
twas not a stone that could trip,


Nor was it thorn that could rend:
Put up thy proud underlip


Twas merely the heart of friend.
And yet peradventure one day @


Thou, sitting alone at the glass;
Remarking the bloom gone away,
Where the smile in its dimplement was,
And seeking around thee in vain


From hundrds who fattered before,
Such word as 'Oh, not in the main


Do hold thee less precious but more ~
Thoul't sigh, very like, on thy part,


'Of all have known or can know,
wish had only that heart


trod upon ages ago !" ....
Year: 1862

For Newsdealer.


THE DEACON's STORY, OR THE INI-


CENT CONDEMNED.


1t was on Stormy day in January 1858
the wind was in the south and the snow
was fallin fast and all that was going on
was thay that was near to public places
ha thare got to tell their storys about
that some one had done. When dea-
con come from back Of counter and set
his chair in the ring around the Stove,
now ] will tell you story. Some few
years ago my wife had some very nice
collars, she wash them in one fine day in
May and she had spred them on the bush
es in the yard and forgettin to bring them
in at Evening she went out in the morn
ing and there was nothing on the bushes
nor could be found far or near and the
first thing was that they ware stole, and
the one was Miss ----- for Mrs A.



sled she had stole from her when she work
thare and she was turn off for that and
the next Sabbath she was to Church ard
had collier on and not being of the well
they class she was the thief and we got
our Maid to go and borrow the collar by
tellin that my wife was about gettin some
new one and she had seen hers last Sab
bath and like the flyer of hers, (And all
was KEEP secret among we three but on
comparin them with that one wife had il
was nothing that we ever had in quality
and we sent the maid home with it, and
to tell Miss --- that wife was well
please to see her collar & thought she
should buy her some like them when the
peddler come round, and all things past
off. Notrace Of collars. Ata sH3 81
Year: 1862

Ministers love a joke sometimes and
a Western correspondent sends us the
best one we have read in many day:
9 81 would like to tell you short story,
that will prove that even the best of min
listers love fun, even if it should raise a
laugh on an earnest, eloquent, little dom
inie whose burning words and noble life
have accomplished much for Christ's
cause in the West. n ae4


81 was spending the night in a hotel
in Frceport, Illinois. After breakfast I
came into the sitting room, when | met a
pleasant chatty, good-humored traveller,
Year: 1862

who, like myself, was waiting for the
morning train from Galena. We con-
versed freely and pleasantly on several
topics, until seeing two young ladies meet
and kiss each other in the street, the con-
versation turned on kissing, just about
the time the train was approaching.


"Come,' said he, taking up his carpet
bag, since we are on so sweet subject,
let us have a practical application. I'll
make proposition to you. I'll agree to
kiss the most beautiful lady in the cars
from Galena, you being the judge, if you
will kiss the next prettiest, | being the
Judge 4.uH


The proposition staggered me a lit
lie, and | could hardly tell whether he
was in earnest or in fun but as he would
be as deep in it as | could possibly be-, l
agreed, provided he would do the first
kissing though my heart failed somewhat
as [ saw his dark eye fairly sparkle with
daring.


eyes, said he, I'll try it first You
take the back car, and 60 in from the front
end, where you can see the faces of the
ladies, and you stand by the one you think
the handsomest, and I'll come in from be-
hind and kiss her.


,"I had hardly stepped inside the Car
when I saw at the first glance one Of the
loveliest looking women my eye ever fell
on. A beautiful blonde, with auburn
hair, and a bright, sunny face, full of
love and sweetness, and as radiant and
glowing as the morning. Any further
search was totally unnecessary. |
Immediately took my stand in the aisle
of the car by her side. She was looking
out of the window earnestly, as if expect
ing some one. The back door of the car
opened and in stepped my hotel friend.
pointed my finger slyly to her, never
dreaming that he would dare to carry out
his pledge; and you may imagine my
horror and amazcment when he stepped
up quickly behind her, and, STOPPING over,
kissed her with relish that made my
mouth water from end to end.


a expected of course shrek of ter.
ror, and then row generally, and q
knock-down; but asonishment succeeded
astonishment when saw her return The
kiss with compound interest,


"Quick as flash he turned to me, anC
said, Now, Sir, it is your turn point
ing to hideously ugly, wrinkled old wo
man who sat in the seat behind.


"'Oh, you must excuse me you mus
excuse me = | exclaimed. I'm sold thi!
time. I give up. DO tell me who yot
have been kissing


"Wcll,' said he, since you are MAI
of so much taste, and such quick percep
ton, I'll let you off.


And we all burst into general pea
of laughter as he said, This is my wife
| have been waiting here for her. | knew
that was safe proposition


/" He told the story to his wife, whc
looked tenfold sweeter as she heard it.


Before we reached Chicago we ex
changed cards and j discovered that my
genial companion was popular Episco
palian preacher Of Chicago whose nam'
I had frequently heard.


!, Whenever go to Chicago | Away
60 to hear him, and q heartier, more nat
ural, and more eloquent preacher it il
hard to find.


He was then but young man; he i
now well known as one of the ablest di
vines of the Episcopal denomination il
the West"


MARRIED IN A HURRY.
Year: 1862

Coop The Stockton Independent says
Having run the servant girl discussion quite
into the ground the great question with the
San Francisco papers now is, "does a quart
can really hold a quart Of milk" This is
proper question for calves to decide.
Year: 1862

one, who offered himself sacrifice for his
Country. And to what cause, more than
any other, can We ascribe the existing state
of things! Slavery! will be the response
of every right-minded man. Verify, that
which requires such sacrifices, is barbaroas


The fighting thus far has all been done
by Western troops. Western Generals
entertain the idea that fighting is as neces-
sary to achieve victory as strategy, and
consequently they have in rout before them
demoralized army, which was led BY the
ablest Generals in the rebel service, while
the Grand Army" is still on the Potomac.
We tervently hope and pray that General
Mcclellan may win some signal victory IN
a short time, that he may save the army Of
the Potomac from the disgrace which his
inactivity is inevitably bringing upon it.
Year: 1862

Yes, mark them; that is the word. Let
those that have not been with US in the
struggle for the maintenance and honor oi
the Nation feel the iron weight Of q loyal
peoples contempt resting upon them.-
Read what the White Cloud Chief says Of
this class who, under the guise of Democ-
racy, seek to divide the North by prating
of an outraged" Constitution, the "de-
generacy of a once noble and bene6cent
Government" and BY raising the bugbear
howl of Abolitionist." The following is
what the Chief says:


Expelled 'Secessionists are beginning
to sneak back into Kansas, and those who
remained here, cowed into silence, are gain.
ing courage to snarl. There is . way by
which you may know them. Throw up trea.
son to them, and they will prate about the
Democratic party. They will tell you that
Democrats are in the army fighting for the
Union, and that the President has had to
call to his aid = Democratic Secretary of
War. And yet had these fellows been
allowed to carry out their true sentiments,
all those Democrats who are in the army
would have been assassinated long ago, and
there would have been no Government for
the Democrats to assist the President in
Year: 1862

ing or pasture. To persons desirous of
finding a home away from the strife and
turmoil of this war and the taxation attend
ing it, this locality offers great inducements.
Real estate here is only valued at its selling
price, and that is very low at present.
Consequently on taxation is comparatively
light. The proximity of Fort Riley and
the rapidly growing city of Junction, afford
us good market, and when the trade to
Colorado Territory is brought within the
limits of settled laws, we will have better
market than Eastern Kansas for pork, lard,
cheese, &C., &c. 1t is rather drawback
on this country that timber is SO scarce.
But its scarcity is greatly compensated for
by the abundance Of coal, which only needs
a little capital to be used to make it cheaper
than wood for fuel, and the operations of
the hog law" makes fencing come easy.
Notwithsta anding the hard times the prices
of farm produce compare favorably with
Eastern Kansas. Potatoes 40 cents per
bushel, corn 20 cents per bushel, butter Is
cents per pound, eggs 10 cents per dozen,
and other things in proportion. But l am
trespassing to much on your valuable space,
so l conclude. Yours truly,


MYLCHREST.