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Year: 1868

ABOUT twenty miles from New York
lives a rich man, who has fine estate and
an enterprising family, ofwhich the eldest
is a beautiful young lady, her fathers pride
and hope Last year, while his elegant
mansion was building, young carpenter,
who had just finished his trade, and whose
sole property consisted in pair of large
hands, stout, good heart, and habits of
industry and soberness, came to work upon
the premises. Very naturally the young
knight of the broad-ax soon fell in love
with the young lady; and, not strange to
say, the young lady fell equally in love
with hlm. She spent considerable time
every day IN watching the progress of the
work, particularly that performed by the
young mechanic, and he found his greatest
incentive and joy in working under the
watch of her loving eyes.


The secret, however, soon becama an
open one, and finally was broken to the
young lady's father lie heard the sad
news without apparent concern, but in a
few minutes, set off for the village. where
he made diligcnt inquiry respecting the
young carpenter, who, he learned, was the
only son and support of awidow, but was
an intelligent, capable, promising young
man. The father returned home, and
calling his daughter TO his room, asked hel
now the matter stood between herself and
Year: 1868

A PARTY in New York sends us cir
cular announcing what he calls his "new
method of key writing and secret tele-
graph correspondence" for which he
states, he has secured copyright. The
circular says: "It is peculiarly adapted to
the necessities of commercial men, such
as bankers, brokers, produce and commits
sion merchants, in telegraphing the rise
and fall of stocks, and Instructions to cor
respondents, etc. While thousands are in
possession of the same secret method,
there is no possible way in which any
communication, telegraphic or otherwise,
can be deciphered except by the person
to whom it is addressed. Every word
that letters can form is key, and any
communication may be written in as many
different ways as there are words or sylla-
bles in any language. To open CORES
pondence it is only necessary to send to
the person with whom you desire to cor
respond a chart, and decide upon some
word for key, such as day, night, land,
ocean, or any other word. Once in pos
session of the chart and key-word, your
correspondence may 60 on indefinitely
without the possibility of disclosure"


In the Democrat of April IS, 1864, we
published an original article on "Secret
Writing" which was widely copied into
exchanges, and in the course of which we
described a method of correspondence by
cypher, which is undoubtedly identical
with the one now claimed as new and
original by the party alluded to above.
AT all events, it answers the description
which we have quoted, and will do all
that he claims for his. We transcribe the
following directions from our article of
four years ago:


Take a square sheet of paper, of con-
venient size, say foot square. Divide it
by lines drawn at right angles into five
hundred and seventy-six squares, twenty
six each way in the upper horizontal row
write the alphabet in its natural order, one
letter in each square; in the second hori-
zontal row write the alphabet beginning
with B. There will then be one square
left at the end of this row; into this nut
A. Fill the third row by beginning with
c and writing A and B after at the end.
So on until the whole sheets filled. When
completed, the table, if correct, will pre-
sent this appearance: In the upper hori-
zontal row, the alphabet in its natural
order from left to right; in the left hand
vertical row, the same from top to bot
tom; and the diagonal, from upper right
to lower left hand corner, viii be line
of rs.


Each party must have one of these
tables. A key-word must be also agreed
upon, which may be any word in the Eng
lish language, or from any other language,
if it can be represented by English letters,
or, indeed, it may even be a combination
of letters which spell nothing.


Now, to send message, first write the
message in plain English. Over it write
the key-word, letter over letter, repeating
it as many times as are necessary to cover
! the messages. Take simple case as an
Year: 1868

illustration. Suppose the key-word to be
Grant, and the message We aage f0e days
provisions. 1t should be placed thus:


Grantgrantgran tgrantgrant


Web avefiv dayspr visions.


Now find, in the upper horizontal row
of the table, the first letter Of the key
word, G-and in the left hand vertical
column the first letter of the message, w.
Run line straight down from G. and one
to the right from w and in the angle
where the two lines meet will be found
the letter which must be written as the
first letter of the cypher. With the second
letter of the key-word, r, and the second
letter of message, E, find in the same way
the second letter of the cypher.


The correspondent who receives the cy-
pher goes to work to translate it thus: He
first writes over it the key-word, letter over
letter, repeating it as often as necessary
Then finding in the upper row of his table
the first letter of the key-word, he passes
his pencil directly down until he comes to
the first letter of the cipher; the letter op-
posite to it in the left vertical column is
the first letter of the translation. Each of
the succeeding letters is found in similar
way.


A third party, into whose hands such a
cypher might fall, could not read it, though
he possessed a copy of the table and knew
how to use it, unless he knew the key
word. The chance of his guessing this, is
only one in millions And there is no
such thing as interpreting it by any other
method, because there are no repetitions,
and hence all comparison is at fault. That
is to say, in the same cypher, in one place
a letter, as for instance G, may stand for
one letter in the translation, and in another
place G may stand for quite different
letter.


We stated at the time that this method,
though not generally known, was neither
new nor original. We had seen it several
years before in an old publication, and re-
vived it from memory. 1t is the only alb
solutely safe kind of cryptography, or secret
writing, that we have ever seen. Those
which are based on simpler methods of
substitution can almost always be deci-
phered by experts-Rochester (M ~
Democrat.
Year: 1868

Bazzel accounted for this, saying he pur-
chased it of man having those initials.


There appears to be regularly organ
lied band in Bell county for the oppression
and determination of the Union element
BY referring to the statement of Judge
Allen it will be observed that these words
are erased, viz: "John Barr, the Revenue
Collector, informs me that the friends of
Jackson said that it would take six of
these horse thieves to pay for Jackson" !"
The Judge is positive that this was said,
but would not swear to it, or allow it to
be known that he or Barr had mentioned
the subject, for fear of being mobbed by
the party; and thus it was with everybody
with whom 1 conversed-they are in such
dread of this mob that it was with the
greatest difficulty that could get any facts
whatever.


From all that I could learn, it is very
evident that the rebels in Bell county have
determined to kill or drive every loyal
Union man from. the county. This they
are doing every day, and after they get
rid of the men, they seize their stock, or
whatever they can lay their hands on, so
that instead of killing horse thieves, they
prove to be thieves and murderers them
selves
Year: 1868

MONEY is a good thing, especially in
these hard times, but there is something q
thousandfold more valuable. 1t is charac
ter - the consciousness of a pure and
honorable life This it should be mans
first aim to preserve at any cost. In times
of commercial distress, while some arc
proved and found wanting, others come
forth tried as by fire. Here and there one
comes ont of the furnace far more of a.
man than before Amid the wreck OF his
fortune he stands crect-a noble specimen
of true manhood. We have occasionally
witnessed an example of courage in such
crisis, of moral intrepidity, that deserved
all honor. Let it be the aim Of every bust
ness man, above all things else, to keep
this purity unstained This is the best
possession-this is capital which can
never be taken from him-this is the rich
est inheritance which he can leave to his
children
Year: 1868

Do You love the merry music
OF the village bells at morn,
When the dew sleeps in the sunshine,
The shadows in the corn?
Do you love the careless cadence
OF bird-song clear and low,
In the garden or the greenwood
Greeting you where you got
Do you love the quiet murmur
OF the river wide and deep
The whispering of.its flowing waves
That never, never sleep:
Do you love to hear the breezcs
Go singing past your door,
Kissing each leaf that they have kissed
A thousand times before?
Do You love the swallows chirping
Under the cottage ewes,
Or the robins earliest matin
From out the clustering leaves?
o rich and fair, on EARTH in air,
Of the free, glad sunshine born
Are the sights and sounds whose daily rounds
Make glad the summer morn.


Little Corporal.
Year: 1868

A Coop HABIT.-The habit of looking
on the bright side Of everything is one of the
most valuable that can be formed. 1t makes life
20 along far smoother, and helps keep the
WriAlsles out Of your face. Try it.
Year: 1868

PROTECTION TO PEyssIAS EMIeRANrs: ANTS. We
learn by late dispatches that the North Ger
man Consul General is about to visit this
country for the purpose of making arrange
ments with our government for tire protection
of emigrants. There is no doubt that the
whole system of emigration requires y thor
ough overhaulng. Our government ought to
be able to afford ample protection to all emf
grants from every country in Europe. There
are laws enough on the statute books covering
this question. but it unfortunately happens
that these laws are not discriminatory carried
out. We have Commissioners of Emigrs-
tion aud emigration societies, the former regli-
larly appointed and the latter legally char
tered, yet we find abuses of the most fragrant
description existing both on board of emigrant
ships and in Castle Garden On board ship
sanitary regulations are constantly violated,
and the morality Of the passengers receives so
little attention that female emigrants are not
safe in the pest holes OF the emigrant ship.
All these abuses require correction, and il is
no doubt because of the glaring fact that they
do exist that this consular official from North
Germany comes here to invoke the interference
OF our government. Wcf " Of
Year: 1868

The Milwaukee Democrat states
that some eight months ago. Mr..
T. b. Mason, Of that city, ascer-
tanned that he had cancer on bis
face tho size Of q pin. II was cut
out by DR.. WoIcott. and the wound
partially healed. Subsequently it
grew again, and while be was at
Cincinnati on business, it attained
tho size Of a hickory mt. He re.
maincd there since Christmas'un-
der treatment, and is now perfect.
ly cured. Tho process is this; A
piece Of sticking plaster was put
over the cancer, with a circular
piece cut out Of the center q little
larger than the cancer so that the
cancer and a small circular rim of
healthy skin next toit were ex
posed. Then a plaster made of
chloride OF zinc, blood root and
wheat -four, was spread on a piece
OF muslin the size OF this circular
opening and applied to tho cancer
for twenty-tour hours. On remov.
ing it, tho cancer will be found
burnt into and appear Of the color
and hardness Of an old shoe sole,
and the circular rim outside Of it
will appear white and parboiled,
as if scalded by hot steam. The
wound is now dressed, and tho
outside rim soon separates. and the
cancer comes out in hard lump,
and the place heals up. The plas.
ter kills The cancer. 50 that it
sloughs out like dead flesh, and
never grows again. The remedy
was discovered by DR.. Fell, Of
London, and has been used by him
for six or eight years, with uutail-
ing success, and not a case has
been known of the re appearance
OF the cancer when this remedy
has been applied.
Year: 1868

An exchange gives the following
startling exposure from an in
dignant young man, who was ia
kcn from a lager beer saloon,
where he got eight" without
knowing that lager would intoxi.
cate, and was put through a course
of cold water treatment by the
Good Templars a few evenings
since. This, he affirms, is thcir In.
itiation ceremony:


In the first plauco, the victim for
initiation is blindfolded, bound
hand and foot and put into a cider
press for five minutes. This is
done for the purpose of clearing
his system of old drunks. He is
then taken out of the cider press
and by means of force pump
'gorged with cistern water, after
which a.scaling plaster is put over
his mouth and he is rolled in q
barrel four or FIVE times across
the room, the choir at tho same
time singing a cold water song.
He is now taken out of the barrel
and hung up by the heels till the
waterlruns out through his ears;
He is then cut down and bcauti-
full young lady hands him a glass
of cistern waters A cold water
bath is then furnished him, after
which he is showercd with eistern
water. He is then made to read
the Water Works act ten times,
drinking o glaas of cistorn water
between each reading. After
which the oaken bucket is hung
around his neck, and fifteen sisters
with squirt guns deluge him with
cistern water. He is then forced
to eat a peck of snow, while the
brothers stick his ears full of lei
clos. He is then run through q
clothes wringer, after which he is
handed glass of cistern water by
a young lady. He is then again
gorged with cistern water and his
boots filed with the same, and be
is laid away in a refrigerator AT
ter remaining in the refrigerator
for the space Of halt an hour he il
taken out and given a glass of els
torn water, run through q clothes
wringer, and becomes Good Tenn
plar.
Year: 1868

The House yesterday pa hill
making it a crime for planter fo


charge his laborers for refusing to vote
the ticket he desires them to. The bill
provides that one-half the fine, by which
the ofense is made punishable be
given to the informer; the half is
to go towards upholdingaRg black and
tan school system of nat saint among
the Radicals, Parson Conway. If the
State ever obtains one cent of revenue
from this source we are much mistaken.
There are some matters that legislation
cannot touch, and this is one Of them.


Crescent, 18Th.
Year: 1868

PovERry-A great many persons
calling themselves Christians and pro
Tossing to follow The meek and lowly
Jesus, shun the poor and needy and
often spurn and insult them because
they are poor, as if some sort of dis
grace attached to poverty. Such is not
the case. There is no dishonor in pow
erty, since it may be purely the result
of misfortune which no sagacity could
avert. Men or women lose none OF their
manly or womanly qualities in being
poor. For all this it IS no desirable
state to be in. It is said to develop
some of our attributes. Does it not
also very often develop some others not
the best? The old saw, that it is no
disgrace but very inconvenicnt to be
poor, is true. The state of competency
Year: 1868




Soft falls through the gathering twilight
The rain from the dripping caves,
And. .stirs with tremulous rustic


The dead and the dying leaves;
While afar, in the midst Of the shadows,
Ihear the sweet voices of bells,
Come borne on the wind of the autumn,
That ftfully rises and swels.
They call and they answer each other
They answer and mingle again
AS the deep and the shrill in an anthem
Make harmony still in their strain;
AS the voices of sentinels mingle


In noun tainous regions Of snow,
Till from hilltop chorus


Floats down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the ire-light of even
The sound Of the rains distant chime,
Come bringing, with rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts of shadowy time;
The slumberous sense Of secusion,


From storm and intruders nloof,
We feel when we hear in the midnight
The patter ofrain on the roof.
When the spirit goes forth in it's yearnings
To take ull its wanderers homo;
Or, afar in the regions Of fnncy,
Delights on swift pinions to roam,
quietly sit by the fire light


The freight so bright and so warm
For l know that those only who love me
Will seek me through shadow and storm.
But should they be absent this evening,
Should even the household depart
Deserted, should not be lonely;


There still would be guests in my heart.
The faces of friends that cherish,


The smile, and the glance, and the tone,
Will haunt me wherever wander, -
And thus I nm never alone.
With those who have left far behind them
The joys. and the SORROWS of time
Who sing the sreet songs of the angels
In purer and holicr cline
Then darkly, oh evening of autumn
Your rain aud your shadows may fall
My loved and my lost ones you bring me;
My heart holds feast with them all.
Year: 1868

a HINT TO EMrLoYERs.-The eman-
cipation of our slaves has worked many
Inconvenience to our people, but-none
SO marked in its personal discomforts
as those which flow from the constant
changes in our domestics. No house
keeper has any assurance that the ser
wants of to-day will be at their place
tomorrow. Every thingis uncertainty
when a servant is employed, no one,
such is the dcmoralization, regards it as
permanent. AS Nhousc-keepers we hive
N N constant dread of waking up each
morning mlin,es help. And this state
of things is peculiar to the South. No
other people on earth are thus annoy
ed with the uncertainty of servants.
Nor does the fault rest with the SER
wants themselves. The fault rests sole
ly with our people, they :" love to have
it SO. Day after day we hear Of one
family tempting the servants of another
to leave, Such conduct is decidedly
small and contemplate. 1t is indica-
tive of bad breeding, and is conclusive
of the fact that the offender knows but
little of good manners. Aslong as this
abomination is INDUCED in we shall
have trouble with our domestics. The
poor, weak creatures are naturally fond
of change, and as this temptation is con-
stantly thrust at them they will be
everlastingly changing. Our people can
remedy all this inconvenience by lit
tie common sense, mixed and shaken up
with considerable good naanners.-Char.
Courier.
Year: 1868

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says: 1T is now un-
derstood that if General Grant is elect
ed President, one Of his first movements
will be to call France to account for the
establishment of the empire in Mexico.
This is an old sore with Grant, and it
is the one thing concerning which he
may be said to have policy" He is
known to have been in favor of driving
the French troops from Mexico by force,
and would have been very glad to use
what he had learned to consider as his
army, for that,purposeimmediately after
the surrender of Lee and the close of
our war"
Year: 1868

A LAWYERS TRIcK.-We have fire.
quentlv observed that many Of our
prominent lawyers are fond Of dogs
perhaps it is because they can treat a
dog. as some of them do witness
bawl at him and abuse him, and then
make him answer to their call, and
bark when they give the word. One
Of our lawyers had o fine dog stolen
from him a few days ago, and he hit
upon plan to get him back at atriAing
expense. He put an advertisement in
one of the papers offering a reward of
500 for the return of the dog, which
he described. Instead of putting his
own name to the advertisement, he used
the name Of friend. Before ten o'clock
the next morning this friend received
call from O man who led in the law
yer's dog.


Here is your dog, said the man,
Z" 1 want the 500 reward. "


That is not my dog; that dog be-
longs to Lawyer Brief, and if you don't
want to be arrested for larceny, you
had better take him home.


The man took the dog to the lawyer
and claimed the reward.


That's my dog, said the lawyer; he
was stolen from Inc; I offered no reward
for him but think l shall have you
arrested for having stolen property in
your possession"


The man did not wait to be arrested,
but left suddenly, and the lawyer recov-
cred his dog.-Exchange.
Year: 1868

How TO CATCH RArs.-For catching
rats in cheap and effective manner,
we recommend the following: Cover q
common barrel with stiff, stout paper,
tying the edge around the barrel; place


board so that the rats may have easy


access to the top sprinkle cheese par
ings or other feed, for the rats on the
paper for several days, until they begin
t, believe that they have rightto their
daily rations from this source. Then


place in the bottom of the barrel q
piece Of rock, about six or seven inches
high, filling with water until only enough
of it projects above the water for one
rat to lodge upon. Now replace the pa
per, first cutting cross in the middle,
and the first rat that comes on the bar
rel top goes through into the water, and
climbs on the rock. The paper comes
back to place, and the second rat follows
the first. Then begins fight for the
possession of the dry place on the stone,
the noise of which attracts the rest, who
share the same fate.-iScient5fc Farmer.
Year: 1868

tie opposing representatives. MIR.
Stevens says that with free schools and
universal suffrage he will trust the
future. Intelligence and equal rights,
those are the objective points of the
dominant party. Caste andig9prance,
as its necessary condition, are the pol
icy of the Opposition. Let any man
compare the character and scope of
the arguments and appeals made by
the two parties. Those of the one are
10 the noblest principles, the most gen.
erous emotions, and in support of a
policy which is off the plainest ne
cessity, and of practical utility. These
of the otherare to the lowest passions,
and in favor of a course which all ex-
perience, and our own immediate his
tory, show to be fatal to the national
welfare. When the condition Of pub
lie affairs allows party to strengthen
its political position with the moral
sentiment, it will be impregnable
among intelligent men. But if it
disdain that source of strength it will
inevitably lose power.-Harpers Weekly