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Year: 1869

THE Don Carlos, whose partizans are at
lacking the new government Of Spain, is a
son of the Don Carlos who resisted the acces-
sion of Isabella TO the throne The old Car
list wars, SO famous in history, were waged
between the elder Carlos and Christina. moth
or OF Isabella, during the minority of the lat.
ter The renewed troubles in Spain, though
at first thought they seem matter for regret.
are not altogether so. They may compel the
present constitutional government, the adher-
ents Of which prefer a Republic to restora-
tion Of the Bourbons, to unite themselves with
the Democratic party. Thus the cause of free
government may be promoted II it should
be otherwise and If there should prevail
among the nations of tho world any consider
able apprehension of a restoration Of any
branch of the Bourbon family to the Spanish
throne, ahe cause of the Cuban insurgents
would be likely to receive something more
than the moral support of the rest of man
kind ri
Year: 1869

IMPORTANT TO FisHERMEN.-The Spanish
government has abandoned its monopoly of
salt at Cadiz alter the first of January next
1t is anticipated that the scope thus given to
commerce viii extend the salt works all over
the nation, double the crop in short time
and materially reduce the price.
Year: 1869

GONE of the silly journals of New York are
writing down the English actor, Fechter, who
is coming to this country, apparently for no
other reason than that Charles Dickens has
written him up.
Year: 1869

At dinner yesterday l helped my
self to piece of pumpkin pie. The
gentleman who had been SO oblig-
ing as to amuse me at an expense of
seventy five dollars, observing me
eat the pie. rose from the table with
a heavy frown on his face. When
had finished my dinner and walk
ed forward to the Social Hall, he
approached with a drawn bowie
knife and st.rnly demanded of me
where l was from. told him, after
a slight hesitation, that l was born
in Albermarle county,, Virginia. and
that l was a nephew of Colonel


He then said, eff that is
the case, sir, you may continue to
live; but, sir Thought you must
be id Yankee from the way you
eat that pumpkin pie, and in that
case should have regarded it as a
duty to my country to cut your
throat"


thanked him very politely for
the high regard he manifested for
the place Of my birth and my family
connections. He then asked me If
l took part in the rebellion. said,
yes. He inquired on which side. l
replied on both; !; that was visiting
a relative of mine by the name of
John NJ. Bolts at the time the war
broke out, and that 1 remained
there until the war closed. He
seemed satisfied with my answer, and
asked me to introduce him to Gen
Blair. He told the General he was
the first man he ever voted for that
he had fought against; that the
South could never have been con-
auered if he-Colonel Jay Hawker,
l think he called himself-had been
in command, or if they had been all
like him. He had lost very heavily
by the war. ! think he said he had
lost an uncle, nigger, a watch, and
some thirteen dollars in Confederate
money.
Year: 1869

The Signora Laura recognized
the desk, and related that she had
given it to the Russian Prince Alexis
P, in exchange for pearl col
lar. 9t.ss.4..s 1- sesg


The Viscount set out for ST. Pc
tersburgh. He was very happy,
now he had something to do-to
find the true owner of the hidden
money. He placed it at interest in
order that it might not run the risk
of being loss. .si-t


Prince P---knew the desk, but
declared he had never concealed
bank note in it. He told the Wis
count that on leaving Italy, he had
given the desk to a danseuse of the
opera, Louis P, who was not
in the habit of concealing m oney.


Robert returned to Paris There
he learned that, after life of gal
lantry and luxury, Louis P---had
died in misery, and that her furni-
tire was sold by her creditors. 1t
was ut that sale that he bought the
desk.


What to do now? He could on
ly think that the maker of the desk
had placed the money there, or that
it was there deposited by the Span
ish robbers who stole it.


The maker in London wrote that
he knew nothing of it, and the Wis
count learned that the Spanish rob-
bers had all been hung.


All perhaps it had been deposit
ed there by the Mexicans. He went
to Mexico. from whence he returned
two months ago.


He discovered that one of these,
into whose hands it had fallen, was
a trappcr, who carried on considera
BILE trade in skins with the Ameri-
cans. This was sufficient He
must have been the man. who con
cealed the bank notes.


The Viscount continued his search
and at last one day found at Vera
Cruz very pretty young girl OF
seventeen, the daughter of the Mex
ican by French woman, who had
come to Vera Cruz as a milliner. In
answer to his questions she told
him that she knew nothing of her
father, but that he was killed by a
Texan ranger.


She was excessively pretty, and
like sensible fellow, he married
her, and having at last something
to do. returned to France with hel
to enjoy the fortune of which 6
singular chance had brought him in
to possession.
Year: 1869

My heart is waiting for somebody's;


Somebody. where can he bes
Somewhere on earth he is waiting.


Waiting and watchir g Tor me.
My heart shall be faithful and true. then,
To that somebody, wherever he be;
Yes my heart is lock ell firmly and fast,
But there's some one posses sing the key.
How shall know who's the somebody?
My heart ill tell faithful and true;
You wonder no can be the somebody?


Well somebody, darling, is you.
Year: 1869

To cheat the printer, is regarded
by some people small matter; but
honest people regard it as a very
mean and small business. To SUBJ
scribe for and read newspaper de-
voted to the interests of commu-
nity, and then try to sneak out with
out paying for it, shows very bad
character. Such men generally
have hard getting along in the
world. They soen get know by the
community, and are watched, and


se,.,1iom trusted, thus losing more
than they make. Honestly is always
the best policy depend uponi 1T.
Year: 1869

Much interest is now being taken in


the question of the introduction OF the


earth clrset; and it has occurred to rs
| IA limited experience on the subject


confirming our idea) that the applica-


tlon OF the same principle to the cow
stable, the horse stable, and, indeed. to


every place where live stock is kept, is


perfectly feasible, and will be attended
with the best results. Much is said in


favor of the use ofswamp muck in and


under stables; and, indeed, too much


cannot be said in its praise. But, for


the consolation OF those to whom muck


IS inaccessible, we are glad to be able


to say that, although common surface


soil contains within itself probably less
actual Iertilizing material, yet it is even
better absorbent Of the escaping gases
Oh the manure heap and of its Soluble
iertliizlng ingredients. A few cart
loads OF good, fertile soil taken up dur
ing the dry season in July or a i,gust.
screamed through a coal-screen. or sift-
ed with an ash-sifter, and pu. away
under shed where it will not get wet.
will afford better material than muck.
charcoal dust, or plaster, to be sprinkled
III stables and thrown upon the accu-
mulated droppings in cellar or ma
nufe shed. While, probably, the value
OF this addition to the compost heap, in
view OF the absorbent qualities, will be
quite as great as that of muck, the effect
upon the atmosphere of the stable Will
be even better. In the hog-pen, the
use OF dry earth will accomplish equal
ly beneficial results and even the
ground under the hen-roost, or the
fioor OF the hen-house, supplied with
this material in sufficient quantity to
cover and absorb the droppings, the
mass being forked over once or twice q
week, will be productive of the most
desirable effect. 1t will amply repay,
IN the increased value OF the manure,
the labor that it requires; while the
purity of the air of the poultry house,
and the beneficial influence of this on
The health of the fowls, will be greater
than could be attained in any other
Way.-AmeTicdn AgriculturiSt.
Year: 1869

WIFE.


What constant jealousy gnaws your heart


1t tires me out day after day
Some little worry from nothing YOU start


Something's hidden in what 1 say,
Something's hidden in what l do;


That heart of yours is never still,
1t cannot be sure that 1 am true,


But spies and prizes about for i'll.
Frankly speak the whole OF my mind


Once for all-let it serve or not:
am not one of that snowy kind,


Fair outside with an inward rot.
l love you'll VIII not that suffice?
| No! must say it again and again,
And embroider il over With batteries,


Or all that l have said and done is vain
| Trust me! trust my simple love!
If you suspect me, that love will die,
1 cannot bear to be forced to prove


Every moment its honesty.
All! you say I'm so still and cold!
Well! / cannot be other than what am:
cannot squander my lump of gold


A could little tinsel sham.
You your jewels must always wear:


What is their use if they are not shown /?
L keep mine with miser's care,


And love to count them DER alone.
cannot abide that the world should observe
What it thinks is nothing to rae;
L was born with sense OF reserve
That is shocked by loves publicity.
You have richer heart, if you-will,
That scatters about its wide largess;
Your love keeping like mine would kill
All that you feel you must express.
Your love seeks for the light and sun.
And gives its perfume to every breeze;
The bees get its honey-every one
It's beauty whoever passes sees.
Mine, like well, is still and deep;
Cod, you say it is, like well;
But though like brook it will not leap
And joy for ever one tale to tell,
1t still is real; and when the year
Hath silenced the brook with its shallow


laugh,


The wells cool waters will still be clear,
Where those who trusted may surely quaff.
cannot. like Sarto, publish your face
In every Madonna, Sibyl, and Saint,
or praise to the world your beauty and


grace


In thousand sonnets sweet and faint,
But this is the heads work more than the


hearts;


Skill and genius they show, no doubt;
But the painter and poet may give TO their


arts
What they leave their lady, perhaps, with


out.
Trust me, dear, with your eyes SO black
And full of passion-these eyes of blue,
fhough your excess of expression they lack, |
Are not the less sincere and true.
cannot fondle you every hour
With many pretty and gallant phrase,
taln out my love as u cloud its shower
But trust me and leave me my English


ways.
Year: 1869

The durability of the soles of boots
and and shocsmay be greatly increased
by coating them with gum copal var
nish, which also have the effect of max
ing them waterproof. Four or five
coats should be given, allowing each
coat of varnish to dry before the sue
ceeding one is applied. Soles thus
treated possess twice the usual dura-
biiity, and generally outlast the best
uppers. The leather uppers of boots
or shoes may be rendered soft and wa
terproof by rubbing into them while
warm before the fire a mixture compos-
ed of four ounces Of hogs fat and one
ounce of rosin.
Year: 1869

The young gentleman who sang:


"My heart and lutte are all the store


That L can bring to thee"
was solemnly assured by the young la
dies parental relative that it would be
quite impossible to support a family
from the receipts of such a store, and
was earnestly enjoined not to under
take the experiment with any member
OF that household. The heartless
wretch
Year: 1869

government and the administration, my ac-


hons Will be determined by my convictions of


duty" This is something like applying the


antldote after the poison has had its effect


and alter the corpse has been lowered into It's
grave. 1t means simply this EFF es-Presi-
dent johnson should be elected United States
Senator in place Of Fowler 1, Parson Brown
low, his colleague, will shake hands with him,
present his credentials and welcome him into
the Senate Chamber, no matter whst may
have been our previous misunderstanding,
and those who do not like it may say or do
what they blessed please" With Andy John
son and Parson Brownlow yoked in the same
team and Ben Butler in tandem rig of his
own, the Senate Chamber during the sessions
of lS71-72 is likely to prove the arena of ex-
traordinary and piquant political controver-
sizes. Meanwhile the Senter men oongratu-
late themselves that the lifting Of the fog
shows them to be, like the mystiAed mariner,
in so eligible position for good land-fali,
and declare that so far as their wing of the
republicans of Tennessee is concerned the
''brethren are satisfied"
Year: 1869

The Philadelphia Water Fawine-A Remedy.


In the great distress of the Philadelphia
people we have sent them one of our fire and
wrecking steamers to help pump water from
the Schuylkill into the Fairmount reservoir.
She can do it at the rate of eight thousand
gallons minute, and thus relieve the turbine
wheels for little time, which are exhaustng
the waters that might be supplied to the city
by working the machinery. II we had not two
fire steamers on hand here we could not sup
ply our Philadelphia brethren with the efficient
aid of the John Fuller. In addition to furnish
ing the steamer we can furnish some good ad-
vice to the managers of the water works in
Philadelphia, and that is to use steam engines
In pumping water into the reservoirs instead
of wasting thousands of gallons Of water on
their turbine wheels. There is an abundance
of the fluid in Philadelphia, but as long az
four-fifths or thereabouts of the Schuylkill
river is used in turning the machinery en-
ployed to keep the reservoirs full, and then is
permitted to run w0rthlessly to the sea,
water famine must be inevitable when dry
season comes. We are very kindly disposed
towards our sedate representatives of brotherly
love, but we cannot always spare them fro
steamer. 10 keep them in cold water on an
emergency like the present. And such mis-
fortune may come upon them at any time IL
they do not take our advice and economize
their water for city purposes, by using steam
engines for pumping it into the reservoirs.
Coal is cheap in Pennsylvania. Recent events
have proved to the residents Of Philadelphia
that it is cheaper than water
Year: 1869

Napoleon to tho viceroy-Peace ON Any


We have the news from London that the
Khedive OF viceroy Of Egypt has promptly
telegraphed to Constantinople his assent to the
severe conditions of the Sultan, military,
financial and tributary, insisted on in the
recent ominous letter of the Sultan, thus
leaving no excuse for any hostile action on his
part. At the same time the Khedive was on
his way to the Sultan, to make assurance
doubly sure. This of itself would simply
signify that Ismail Pacha Is not in position
to defy the Sultan; but it means much more
in connection with what follows. 1t appears
that the French Minister at Constantinople had
telegraphed the main points Of the Sultan's
letter to the Khedive before he reached Alex
andria, at the same time urgently advising him
to submit to It's terms.


From this we perceive that Napoleon de-
sires peace for the present between the Sultan
and the Viceroy, however offensive to the
latter the terms may be. And why? Because,
it may be said Napoleon is apprehensive that
rupture between Turkey and Egypt at this
crisis would not only involve all the great
European Powers, but might be followed by
serious internal embarrassments in France.
All such conjectures, however, touching this
Egyptian question are trifes to Napoleon now
compared with the very delicate question Of
his health, and the crisis which his death may
bring upon France. It is doubtless in view
of this possible crisis that the Emperor
Of all things desires peace with his neighbors
and peace on the Eastern question. He wishes
to reserve his strength intact for the conflict
with the radical republicans of France and all
the factions opposed to the empire. Hence
this advice of the French Minister at Constan-
tinople to the Egyptian viceroy. Hence 'thc
empire is peace" because the internal condi-
ton Of France and the convulsion threatened
in certain event demand it. There has never
been an occasion in which peace in France
and peace in Europe depended so much upon
the slender thread of single life as they de-
pend upon the life of Napoleon at this crisis.
Year: 1869

respectable and influential democratic papers
in the South casting aside their old preju-


dices and pronouneing unreservedly In


favor Of measures heretofore hated and


srr;;rned; while we see all these evidences Of


the intentions of the Southern democracy to


let the dead past bury its dead, to recognize


the positive fact Of the progress Of the age,


and to aim at the realization of the rich fruits


and blessings Of time of peace, the rewards


of frugality and industry, the Introduction of


new energies into the whole industrial system


of the South by the aid Of capital and labor


from the North and other more distant places


while we see these things, we say, it is both


shameful and mortifying to witness In the


democracy of the North a desire to revive q


spirit of hostility among the Southern democ-


racy against the North, to hold out to them
hollow prize in the shape of hope of over
turning the decisive national legislation of the
past four years.


1t will not be long, we dare say, before the
South, with it's expectant revenue of three
hundred millions this year from it's great
staples, will be in condition to dictate terms
to the democracy and all other parties in the
North. And when the Southern democracy
say they are in favor Of negro suffrage, now
that they cannot well get rid Of it-and from
experience thus far, they are more disposed to
like 1t than dislike It, believing that it will in
The end become an element Of strength to
themselves rather than to their enemies
when the Southern democracy say this, it is
manifest that any attempt on the part Of the
Northern democracy to make them change
their purpose, or to interfere with their plans,
Is both mischievous and dangerous. 1t Is even
In political circles that the radicals
begin to apprehend that they have caught
Tartar in this question of negro suffrage, and
hat, instead Of the enfranchised negroes in the
South clinging TO them like wax, they are
likely to drop them like hot potatoes and
homes and adhere to the interests of their old
masters. Therefore the rampant Northern
democracy should listen to the significant
voices as they come borne upon the genial
breezes of the Southern cline, beseeching
them not to disturb the South in its present
career towards unexampled physical and pecu-
mary prosperity, and eventually to reunion
with their Northern brethren that will re-
establish the power Of the democracy upon
q national foundation that will endure for half
a century. Meanwhile let the old democratic
keep on whirling until proper
Time for recoupling arrives, when. again
united in bonds Of steel, they can fly along
,nce more upon the same broad guage track
10 victory and glory.


AS matters now stand the game for the sue
,ession is in the hand of General Grant, and
he only hope for the Northern democracy lies
n q reunion with their advanced brethren Of
he South.
Year: 1869




It appears that another attempt is to bo
made in the fine art department of tho
General Post Office to give us a respectable,
ineligible postage stamp. The present
miserable experiments in blue, with a meaning
less legend, are to be recalled, and something
new, in red, Is to be substituted. The old
heads of Washington, Jefferson, jackson,
Franklin and Lincoln are to be restored.
II is about time that some definite form and
design of postage stamp should be adopted,
so that people may know to certainty
what mucilagated square of paper will carry
letter to its destination or what will not.
If there is not genius enough in tho Post
Office Department to invent a good design,
which may be permanent, let the authorities
advertise for one. They will find plenty Of
people able to supply them; and when
once adopted, let the new design remain In
use. Every other country has been able to
fix upon an intelligent postage stamp, recog-
nizable all the world over. Can 1t be that
the spirit of jobbery 80 prevails in our Post
Office Department that we must have a new
design every six months or thereabouts?
Year: 1869

RIGHT AND PROPER-The abandonment by
General Grant Of his proposed visit to Senator
Conkling's hospitalities at Utica and the
Generals immediate departure from Saratoga
for the bedside of his dying Secretary Of War
in Washington, and the Generals letter on the
subject Is that of the faithful friend and fellow
Year: 1869

Southern Democracy.


The administration of General Grant, all
through considered, is getting on very WELL
1t is reducing expenditures aud the debt, in
creasing the revenue receipts, ferretlng out
frauds and looping of excrescences from the
Treasury; it is going smoothly and In
conciiatory spirit with the work of Southern
reconstruction, and Is keeping withal q sharp
eye on the Cuban question, Notwithstanding
the fact that the President has, apparently,
been devoting the whole summer to pleasuring
excursions to the seashore, the mountains and
the springs. We expect that he will make q
good report of his stewardship in bis first
annual message to Congress. Meanwhile the
republican party, excepting few disappointed
spoilsmen and carpet baggers, is satisfied with
General Grant; but what Of the democracy?
What is the prospect for them?


The national democracy is like couple of
exhausted locomotives on q pair of railroad
turntables. The Northern and Southern wings
having switched off on separate tracks, after
time they find themselves whirling around cir
Gle in order to discover point at which theycan
again join, and, once again on the same track,
getup steam and dash away as they did Of yore,
which means the days before the war; But
time and the progress Of the last few years
have made wonderful changes in the essence
and activity of the pure democracy. In the
South ten years ago it was high treason to talk
against slavery, and the idea of negro suffrage
would have suggested a wholesale human bar
becue of those who should dare to entertain
the horrible heresy.


The old bunker democracy of the North at the
same time joined hands with their brethren OF
the South, and, If not quite 80 bitter and vim
dlctive, they were fully as intolerant as the
Southern Hotspurs and ire-eaters. During the
time that has since elapsed, however, the
Southerners, educated by the inexorable expe-
riences of the war, have cooled their blood,
toned down their high temper and been brought
at last to look their position fairly and
squarely in the face. Beaten on the Held and
their foes in full possession of the govern
ment in all its branches, they have been
obliged, however unwillingly, to yield to the



quiesce In the new order Of things. And it Is
strange to see that while the old Southern
leaders, like Lee, Joe Johnston, Wade Hamp-
ton, Longstreet, Beauregard and many others,
have announced themselves content, even
though perforce, and that while the rank and
file In Virginia have been marching to the polls
in the same line with liberal republicans, and
electing Governor and State Legislature of
their own, and that while in the State of Mis-
sissippi, the home Of JEFF Davis-who hasn't
yet been hung on sour apple tree but Is
living in clover like a nabob across the water
we have seen old democrats coming forward.
accepting the situation as 1t stands-Gfteentb
amendment, negro suffrage, hearty endorse
ment of General Grants administration. and
all-and uniting with the moderate republicans
Ia order to defeat the radicals; and further
mote. while we see numbers of the most