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Year: 1868

For several Thousand years the oh
iect for which the Great Pyramid.
was constructed was 4 mystery to the
whole world, and many of the most
learned savans have exhausted sur
mise and speculation in their fruitless
efforts to solve the riddle A few
years ago n gentleman in London, n
Nj. Thomas Maylor, conceived the
idea that the structure was inspired
by Divine Providence to afford the
Egyptians a standard for theirweiohts
and measures. This, theory found
but few proselytcs among sientilic
men i'm Europe; but fanciful and far
fetched rs it is, it has recently found
an advocate on this side of the water
in the person of Professor Eaton, of
New York, who read an elaborate es-
say ON the subject the other day be-
fore the University Convocation at
Albany. In support of this view he
said that the pyramid was perfectly
symmetrical, with five sides and FIVE
angles. 1t was originally 7G2 feet
on each side, and is now the highest
and largest building erected by man.
Sir Isaac Newton had devoted his
time and labor in analyzing the an
cient cubit, and came to tlIe conclu-
sion taht it was % inches and a little
more. The circle which forms the
correlative to the pyramid consists
of 1861 of these cubits, thus cores
ponding to the year.


The pyramid was made plane to
the meridian, without hierOglyphics
or secret inscriptions, as all burial
places of antiquity did have, which
are found everywhere else The box
which was found in the centre OF the
body has been commonly supposed
to be a sarcophagus, but there is no
appearance to bear this theory out.
No procession of priests could enter,
and it is indeed difficult for any one.
The granite of which portion OF the
pyramid is made is not found near at
hand, and indeed not closer than
Mount Sinai. The structure seems
to. be built on the most correct prin-
ciples of geometry. 1t includes in
pointing with the North Star, or that
star which, in the procession oil the
equinoxes, four thousand years ago,
was the North Star Professor Eaton
then proceeded TO show that the tenn
perature of the central room was un-
form throughout, thus affording q
place for keeping weights and meas


ures; that the box affords an exact
liquid measure; that water was found
i'm the pyramid itself, thus giving pure
material for careful examination thai


the opening in the pyramid looked


out on the lower elimination OF the


North Star at tie time OF its erection


and not on the upper, because thu


Pleiades would interfere with thi:
view and that it is on the exact spo
for the purpose of taking astronomi


cal observations.
Year: 1868

The first .plow Is supposed to. have


been the rude branch-o a tree, cut


so as to have cleft end, the point
which dragged along the suface Of


the ground, scraping furrow into


which seeds were thrown. 1t soon
occurred to the husbandman that he


might relieve his own labor by yok


ing an animal to the long arm of the


primitive instrument then arose the
necessity fora handle, affixed to the
bacl,.sso that the plow might be guild
ed. The strength OF the animal soon
wore away or broke the cleft of the
branch, and thus necessity gave rise
to the invention of movable shares,
first wood, next of stone, copper or
iron, worked into shape adapted
to the cutting Of burrows, SO as to
avoid the excessive labor arising
from the plowman's having to lean
with all his weight upon the plow, to
press 1t into the earth. Just such an
implement as these conjectures indi-
cate was used by the Saxons.


Some OF the facts connected with
the history of the plow are almost
Incredible.


In Ireland there once prevailed a
custom of ''plowing with the horses
tail" The dranght pole was lashed
to the tail of the horse, and, as mol
harness was employed, two men
were necessary, one to guide and
press upon the plow, the other to di
rect the horse, which he did by walk.
ing backwards before the miserable
animal, and beating it on the head on
either side, according TO the direc.
ton required. This custom, prevail
ed for considerable time, in spite Of
. law which was passed IN the early
part of the 18th century, imposing
severe penalties upon persons guilty
of "plowing by the horses TAIL" as
in the act mentioned and described.
From the Reverend Cesar Otway's
"Sketches in Erris and Tyrawly," it
appears that the barbarous practipe
fingered in the remote west of Ire
land as late as the year lT40.


And from a paper "On the Breed
of Horses in Scotland in Ancient
Times" printed in the first volume
of the Transactions OF the Society of
Aatiquaries of Scotland, We find that
tie same custom was practiced in
that country as late as the year 1892.
Homestead.
Year: 1868

And, By the way, did my shoes come
thomc last night and has that man
been to fix the front door =


MY head aches so bad, said Mary,
'that 1 can't remember anything
Biddy will tell you.' srt


We'll I am sorry for you,' said
Smith tying his cravat at the glass.
The very best thing for you is to
keep quiet, and l will take myself out
of the way. Sleep is the thing for
yol.'


So Smith put on his heaviest pair
of boots, and went all oyer the house,
and let the doors bang, and whistled
the Stars and Stripes and ate his
breakfast, and then came up to her to
discuss the respective elaimsof pork
and beef and the chicken for that
days dinner, closing by another re
commentator to keep quiet, and not
bother herself about anything.


No betterr asked Smith reproach-
f.lly at six o'clock that evening mo
better? / thought you'd be well Ger
tainly, by this time, after a days
quiet Quiet? She had the whole
of the kitchen retinue after her all
day, asking<her more questions than
there are in the Assembly's Cate
chism, and the front door ringing as
if by order of the fire department
but she said nothing about that; if
she had, Smith would have replied
with that lordly wave OF his hand
with which men dispose of such
things: You shouldn't allow such
trifles to trouble you


NO better, then ? Smith inquired,
as if in gratitude to him, he really
deserved modification of her former
reply-'No better? Well, sleep. af-
tel. all is the best thing; and, as |
can't do anything for you, think,
as 1t is such q lovely night, that ]
will stroll out awhile. There, there
said he patting the end of the banket,
go to sleep now And close upon
his retiring heels she heard the thun-
dering bang of the front door.


After divers and msny comparisons
between male and female headaches,
and seeming lncongruity on the male
mind of the same course OF treatment
for both, Mrs. Smith fell asleep, to be
walked about twelve by Smith, who
thumped up stairs in his boots, and
advise her again as to the efficiency
of sleep in case of female headache.
Then Smith went to bed and slept the
sleep of the just, with not glimmer
ing of an idea that he was not the
unselfishest and lovingest of hus.
bands. Indeed, had his wife qdes-
toned it, he would have pointed her
to that column in the daily papers
where accounts are given Of husbands
who make it practice to crack their
wives skulls once week; and
placing his arms akiInbo, with stern
look, would asked her, with his nose
close to her face


what if she had such a husband
IS that p.
Year: 1868

Socrates lived before his time, and
perished in conflict with error. One
of his prayers which is left US, beau.
tifully illustrates the character of the
man "Father Jupiter, give us all
good, whether we ask it or not; and
keep us from all evil, though we may
not pray Thee so to do. Bless all our
good actions, and reward them with
happiness and success"
Year: 1868

PAYING THE DEBT OF NATURE
No, it is not paying a debt; it is
rather like bring ging note to a bank
to obtain solid gold for it. In this
case you bring this cumbrous body,
which is worth nothing, and which
you would not wish to retain long ;
you lay it down, and receive for it,
from the eternal treasury, liberty,
victory, knowledge, rapture.
Year: 1868

Hon. John Forsyth is the editor O


the Mobile Register. He an able


man and bitter rebel. lie has ne.
Gently been visiting Washington, and
while there consulted with prominent
Democrats 'as to the action of their
party, should it win the administra.
tion in the November contest, i'm ref.
erence to the Federal policy towards
the South. He writes to his paper
concerning the matter, al follows:


i get but one answer to the inaui-
ry, and that is, the Democracy will
be swift to sweep from the statute.
book the whole system OF military
and African reconstruction as Utterly
null and void and Of no effect, and a
once TO recognize the existing white
constitutions of the Southern States,
and re admit the latter to their full
into the Unie9. Imust con
fess that / did not personally need
such assurances, for when policy and
good faith both point to one course,
the result is seldom doubtful. But
some Southern friends did deem them
necessary. think that, before Con-
gress adjOurns, the Democrats in that
body will make further declaration
and pledge to the effect.


This is frank certainly, and should
be understood. The Democracy pro-
pose the demolition of reconstruction,
the restoration OF the rebel element
of the Southern population to pollti-
cal supremacy. and the reman ling OF
the freedmen to a condition of serf-
dom.
Year: 1868

BED BUGs.-The following is said
to be an effectual remedy for this
pestiferous vermin: Add a quar-
ter pound of cayenne pepper for pail
full of boiling water; let it stand to
settle, when it is ready for use. For
papering walls, mix the same with
flour paste, and the bugs will'not nes!
under the paper. a
Year: 1868

The friends of "a wit expressed sur
prise that with his age and his fond
sess for the bottle, he should have
thought it worth while to marry. IA
wife was necessary" lie said "they
began to say of that i drank too much
for a single man.
Year: 1868

The author of a novel just out,
wishing To say that her heroine opened
her mouth, thus expresses herself
The pretty coral doorkeeper OF her
words gave way. and low, mocking
laugh ran out from them
Year: 1868

DIuAPIDATED BRIDGE.-The bridge across Mill
Creek, at the intersection of Second street, is in
sadly dilapidated condition aud should have
the prompt attention of the city authorities. In
the event of any accident to life or limb the city
would be held responsible in damages. In this
case a hint should be sufficient
Year: 1868

We doubt whether so great concourse of peo.
pie had ever collected together at the Fair
Groands race stand. IL is estimated by some,
good at judging numbers, that between nine and
ten thousand persons we're in the assemblage of
yesterday.


The Cricket Game.


Meanwhile, regardless OF the mule race, twenty
two athletic men, half in white cricketing dress
half in the hzse ball uniform, were busy with bat
ball and wicket, c0ntesting game of cricket the
greensward, some two acres of which had been
inclosed by stake and rope for their benefit.
Their presence added wonderfully to the pic
ture quensss of tie scene. and after the the
ropes were lined with interested spectators, two
or three rows deep. The game lasted until almost
dark, end concluded with victory for the Cres-
cent City Cricket Clab, by l43 wickets in two
innings to 81 made by their opponents, the
Southern Base Ball Club, in one inning. We may
in justice state the latter could hardly be expected
to show an equal proficiency In the game of
cricket to that which they customariy display in
their own particular species of sport. The fol.
lowing is the score:
Year: 1868

fire, at which shc may warm her numb fin
gers and put on her skates when she arrives
on the ground, and to which she may retreat
in intervals of fatigue; so she catches cold
and perhaps sows the seed which with air
tight stoves and other appliances of hot-house
culture may ripen into consumption.


What provision is there for the amuse-
ment of all the shop girls, seamstresses, fac
tory girls, that crowd our cities? What for
the thousands ofyoung clerks and operatives
Not long since, in respectable old town in
New England, the body of beautiful girl
was drawn from the river in which she had
drowned herself--a young girl only fifteen,
who came to the city, far from home and
parents, and fell victim to the temptation
which brought her to shame and desperation
Many thus fall every year who are never
counted They fall into the ranks of those
whom the world abandons as irreclaimablc.


90 Let those VINO have homes and every ap-
pliance to make life pass agreeably, and who
yet yawn over an unoccupied evening, fancy
lively young girl all day cooped up at sew
ing in close, ill-ventilated room. Evening
comes, and she has three times the desire for
amusement and three times the need of it
that her fashionable sister has. And where
can she 90? To the theatre, perhaps, with
some young man as thoughtless as herself,
and more depraved then to the bar for a
glass of wine, and another and then, with
a head swimming and turning, who shall say
whcrc else she may be led? Past midnight
and no one to look after her-and one night
ruins her utterly and for life, and she as yet
only child


q John Newton had a very wise saying
Here is man trying to fill bushel with
chaff Now if | fill it with wheat first, it is
better than to fight him This apothegm
contains in it the whole of what [ would say
on the subject of amuscments.
Year: 1868

ToUGH YARN-The Berkshire Eagle
says: A man in Beckett, while in the woods
for timber, had the misfortune to " lodge"
tree, and in order to get it down hitched
his oxen to the butt and made them pull.
The tree fell into the fork of another near
by, when the top over-balancing, the other
end was jerked twenty feet high in the air
carrying the oxen with it, where they re-
mained suspended in imminent danger of
being choked to death Perceiving the
tree to be very nearly poised, the man at
tempted to drag them down by the tails,
but one of these failing, he had recourse
to a fifteen foot pole, with which by reach
ing up to the top he could so raise it that
the oxen's hind feet could touch the ground,
thus enabling them to catch breath Be-
ing unable to sustain the top for any length
of time, he adopted the see-saw motion,
causing the tree to vibrate up and down
often enough to give his cattle chance
for air. He continued this operation four
hours before aid arrived. He then climbed
up and out on the tree, cut off twelve
log, which falling released the oxen, and
he " snaked it home without even unhitch::
ing"
Year: 1868

words, and said he would do it in few days.
but never thought about kicking Mr. STAN
ton out


Cross -examination-From March, 1863 to
February Is, 1868, did not perform the office
duties of Adjutant General Mr.. Stanton
took to the President General Grant recon-
mendation to retire the witness, but there
was unpleasant feeling between them E; had
no lntimation before the 18th of February
that the President wished to make him Sec
retary of War ad interim sworn by mistake
to the contrary when examined by the House
Committee, but corrected his evidence after
ward he swore then that he had received
intimation to that effect about two weeks
previously, from Colonel Moore told the
President at the time of receiving his APP
pointment that he would obey orders; did
not expect to receive any particular order
WI hen he received the note from Colonel
Moore, February 81 , he did not know what
the President wanted him for: after return
ing from the War DeparT ment he did not tell
the President that Mr.. Stanton was not go
ing to give up the office, that such was
witness opinion did not show him Mr..
Stanton's letter. did not think it necessary :;
what he said to Wilkinson about applying
to General Grant was only boasting what
he said to Burleigh about breaking down
doors he felt inclined at that time To do ;
changed his mind before he WAS arrested the
arrest didnot produce change his inten-
tion to use force was in reverse of the Presi-
dents orders; never expressed to the PresI-
dent his belief that he could not obtain pos
session without using force; sugge'ted to
the President that the best way to get posses
sion of the papers and mails of the office was
by issuing an order through Gen. Grant
the President has never said anything To him
about his published expressions ; the Presi-
dent has not acted on his suggestion how to
obtain the papers; had admitted before the
House Committee that karSner's testimony
was correct, but explained that he used words
attributed to him playfully


The cross-examination being concluded the
Court adjourned at 500 clock.
Year: 1868

BY J. K. LOWELL.
Men say the sulIen instrument
That from the masters bow,
With pangs of joy woe,
Feels mItsies soul through every fibrelsent,
Whispers the ravished strings
More than he knew or meant.
Old summers in its memory glow;
The secrets of the wind it sings,
1t hears the April IoOsened springs,
And mixes with its mood
All it learned when it stood
In the murmurous pine wood


Long ago.
The magical moonlight then
Stepped every bow and cone;
The roar of the brook in the glen
Came dim from the distance blown;
The wind through its glooms sang low,
And it swayed to and fro,
Full of dreams, as it stood
In the wonderful wood


Long agoi
o my life, have we not had seasons
That only said live and rejoce2
That asked not for causes and reasons,
But made Us all feeling and voice:
When we went with the winds in their blowing
When nature and we were peers,
And our days seemed to share in the flowing
Of the inexhaustibIe years
Have we not from the earth drawn juices
Too fine for earth's sordid uses?
Have 1 heard, have 1 seen,


All feel and know
Doth my heart overween'
Or could it have been


Long ago.
Sometimes a breath floats by me,
An odor from Dreamland sent,
That makes the ghost seem nigh me
OF splendor that came and went
OF life lived somewhere, know not
In what diviner sphere
OF memories that stay not and go not,
Like music heard once by an ear
That cannot forget or reclaim it
\ something so shy, it would shame it


To make it a show:
\ something too vague could name it,


For others to know;
~ il I had lived It or dreamed il,
-As if had acted or schemed it,


Long ago.
And vet, could I live It over.
This life that stirs in my brain
Could | he both maiden and lover,
Moon and tide, bee and clover,
A. I seem to have been. once again
Could but speak i, and show it,
This pleasure more sharp than pain


That battles and lures me So
The world should not lack poet,
such as it had in the ages glad,


Long ago.
Year: 1868

Apropos of the ice pcultice in sea-sickness, we
notice that an Irish medical journal reports case
of successful treatment OF delirium tremens by
this remedy. The ice was applied from the fourth
cervical down to the fret lumbar vertebrs. In a
short time the following phenomena were OBJ
iremors. 8. The regulation OF the hearts ac-
ton. 4. The cessation Of sweating. 8. The pro-
duction of rise in temperature all over the body,
with a return of the natural color to the face.
The patient fell asleep soon after the application,
and slept the greater part Of three days, during
which time the ice-bag was applied three
time daily. He always found II to strengthen him.
and said it made him feel as fresh as ever. TWAS
discontinued for the reason that it caused so much
depression Of the circulation. Recovery was
rapid and complete without the use Of stinulants.
Year: 1868

RULE No cnnverssti0n shall be slfwed otherwise than
In q whisper within the Reading Room


Ruiz 2 No person shall be permitted 70 smoke In the
Library he Reading Room, 10 de o. damage or injure
Year: 1868

We the Subscribers young Of the city New Orleans,
being Of adopting efficient extend inor


upon mercantile and other subjects Of general utility
associated ourselves for the purpose OF establishing
Library Reading Room, for government have
adopted the following
Year: 1868

fhe object company construct otherwise pro
and maintain steamships, 10 constitute line
lines Of steamships be owned and controlled In the city
New Orleans and to trade between said city and any
OF ports the Atlantic coast or Gulf Of Mexico.


The Of said company shall be the
whom ctstons legal process where
IN the said Company may be interested
Year: 1868

An Act to extend the time for the


construction OF the Southern Pacific


railroad IN the State of California.


BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives os the
United States Of Ameriea IN Congress
assembled, That the Southern Pacific
Railroad & mpany Of The State OF
Calilornia shall, instead Of the times
now fixed By law for the construction
of the first section of its road and
telegraph line. have until the FIRST day
OF July, eighteen hundred and sew
enty. for the construction Of the first
thirty miles, and they shall be requir-
ed to construct at least twenty miles
every year thereafter, and the whole
line OF their road within the time now
provided BY law.


- A pproved. July %. 1863.
Year: 1868

THE OLD WOMAN.'-Once she was
Mother aud ii was Mother, I'm hungry
Mother, mend my jacket Mother put up
my dinner and Mother with her loving
hands, would spread the bread and butter,
and stow away the luncheon, and sew on the
great patch, her heart brimming with affec-
ton for the imperious little curly pate that
made her so many steps, and nearly distract
cd her with his boistrous mirth.


Now she is the 'old woman but she did
not think it would ever come to that She
looked OH through the future years, and saw
her boy to manhood grown, and be stood
transfgured in the light of her ewn beauti.
ful love. Never was there a more noble
son than he-honored of the world, and the
staff of her declining years.


Aye, he was her support, even then, but
she did not know it. She never realized
that it was her little boy that gave herstrength
for daily toil-that his slender form was all
that upheld her over the brink of dark
despair. She only knew how she loved the
child, and felt that amid the mists Of age
his love would bear her gently through its
infrmities 10 the dark hall leading to the life
beyond.


But the son had forgotten the mothers
tender ministrations now. Adrift from the
moorings of home, he is cold, selfish, hearts
less, aud Mother has no sacred meaning to
the prOdigal. She is the old woman
wriukled, gray, lame and blind


Pity her, o grave, aud dry those tears
that roll down her furrowed cheeks! Have
compassion on her sencitive heart, and offer
it thy quiet rest, that it may forget how
much it louged to be dear mother to the
boy it nourished through a careless child>
hood, but in return for all this wealth of
tenderness has only given back reproach.
Year: 1868

can reduce sl5O,OOO, 900 a.yOur taxation,
and yet be able to pay the three hundred
millions which falls due in 1s74.-T Then
you eau reduce your taxation two hundred
millions more, and by retiring your green
backs as the great burden of taxation is re
duced, you will be able to pay the debt ma
turing in 1881, and at the same time to call
in your greenbacks and return to the consti-
tutional currency Of the country.


And yet you see that have not proposed
to increase the taxes or add one larthing to
the currency.
Year: 1868

Coop MANNERs.-Young folks should
be mannerly, but how to be is the question.
Many good boys and girls feel that they can
not behave to suit themselves in the presence
of company. They are awkward, clownish
and rough They feel timid, bashful and
self distrhstful, the moment they are address
ed by stranger, or appear in. company.
There is but one way to get over this feel
ing and acquire easy and graceful manners
that is, do the best they can all the time, at
home as well as abroad. Good manners are
nst learned, so much as acquired by habit.
We must be courteous, agreeable, civil. kind
gentlemanly and womanly at home, and then
it will become a kino of second nature to be
so everywhere. A coarse, rough manner
at home, begets a roughness which we can.
not leave off, if we try, when we go among
strangers. The most agreeable people we
have ever known in company, are those who
are the most agreeable at home. Home is
the school for all the best things.