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Year: 1867

How TO GET Up EARLY.-Place basin
of cold water by the side of your bed /,
when you first awake in the morning, dip
your hands in and wet your brows, and
sleep will not again seal you in its treacher
Gus mbrace. This is the advice given by
an aged man, who had been in the habit Of
rising early during long life.


BY attending to this advice, you may
learn to rise every morning at five o'clock.
The editor has found it a better plan to 90
to bed at one regular hour. Leave your bed
the moment you awake yourself, after day
light; nature will thus regulate the sleep
to the exact amount required by the sys-
tem.-Hairs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1867

Throw away your false rizzes, your switches, youi


wig
Destructive of comfort and not worth fig:
Come aged, come youthful, come ugly and fair,
And rejoice in your own luxuriant hair
Year: 1867

~ Z a. d ~ /.
DIsTREssING CAsE-About ten o'clock on
Saturday morning of last week, child of PAT.
RICK NEyINs grocer on La Sale street, little
boy about 10 months old, that had been playing
around the yard, was suddenly missed The
mother made anxious search around the house
and in the street, and not finding the child, re-
turned to the yard, where, to her horror. the
child was found, head downward, in a swill bar
rel that had been sunk, about half way down, by
former tenant, and which was half full of
water. The child had been playing with ham.
mer, which had fallen into the barrel, and lean
ing over to recover it, had doubtless fal len in
head foremost. 1t could not have been over five
minutes before the child was found, but though
still apparently alive when taken out, was too
far gone for resuscitation.
Year: 1867

AT JOHN SToUT's.-In spite of the general
complaint Of dull times it looks lively at John
Stouts, Cameron & Eberhard's old stand. His
new goods excite general admiration, and are
sold at such tempting prices that to see them is
to buy. Besides, he continues to push off that
bankrupt stock of boots and shoes at prices that
put broad grin on the face Of every purchaser
Year: 1867

BAD CONDITION OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
RAnwAY.-A London paper contains this item
ga coroner's jury has condemned the atmo-
sphere of the underground railway. They do
not go the length of verdict of manslaughter
but they say that the atmosphere accelerated
the death of a woman named Dobner, who
resided at Eton. She travelled from King 8
Cross to Bishops road, and on reaching the
latter station, was taken i'll and died suddenly.
One of the surgeons who made the post-mortem
examination, said she was labOring under
disease of the bronchial gland, and undoubt-
edly the sufooating air of the underground
railway had accelerated death. The coroner
said he had experienced the depressing effect
of that railway, and therefore avoided it as
much as possible. The tunnels and stations
should be ventilated, but he supposed that
would not be done until some shocking loss of
life from suffocation had occurred"
Year: 1867

The Cabinet had stormy session OF over two
hours to-day, and President johnson had occa-
sion TO exhibit all his nerve and fOrbearance


This he is said to have done in characteristic
style An issue was made by General Grant on
the wording Of the Presidents order removing
Year: 1867

Within the dark valley the weird shadows lay, And danger and darkness encompass the way, At the end of the vista the frsil flowers bloom, And the smile of our Savior disperses the gloom. Down the dark valley, as day succeeds day, The pure and@he beautiful are passing away Passing alone, down the pathway of tears, Bearing within them the love of long years. Ts kiss thsir cold lips, and VIC clasp their

 cold clay; Ere they're borne from our presence away; And hope disappears and we sink with the And the future seems dark with the presence

 of woe; Yet peace will return, and the gloom disappear, Anda smile will inhabit the place of tear. 'Tis the dark lonesome road all are destined

 to tread, Ere they bssk in the sunshine eternal ahead. Ere they sit down to rest by the river of peace, Where sorrow and trouble forever shall cease. Then bear brave heart in this twinkle of

 light,

 There is rest for the weary, for the blind thero

 is sight, Though the shadows are dark and the sun

 shine be dead, There is rest, there is hope, there is sunshine

 ahead.

 LIZZIE.
Year: 1867

TouRNAMENT.-From their advertise ment it will be seen that the people of Cotton Plant design having grand tour nament. on the 9th of September. The cause to which the proceeds of this enter tainment is to be appropriated, is noble one, and should elicit the appreciation of every one in whom charity has existence. The arrangements are complete, the list ot prizes good, and as the ring is open to all, we trust that the managers of this af- fair may realize handsome sum, that good may be done, where good is needed
Year: 1867

He might furnish volume of certificates but the public have long since learned to esti- mate such things at their true value. The safest plan is for every one to test for himsch the virtue of new medicine.
Year: 1867

Is potent to cure no matter what the disease may be. While DR. BULL is not prepared to endorse this extravagant pretension, he IS nevertheless satisfied from thorough exam ination of the evidence relating 10 it's virtues that as a remedy and preventive for all dis cases arising from exposure, either 10 changes of weather and climate or to the miasmatic influence, 1t
Year: 1867

RELIEF FOR SHIPBUnDERs.-The following
is the text of the resolution offered by Mr.
Lynch last week, in the national House of
Representatives. We copy from the Congress-
ional Globe:


Whereas the agricultural and manufactur-
ing interests of the country were during the
war OF the rebellion protectedj stimulated and
improved, while our great commercial interests
were nearly ruined for lack of that protection
which the government was unable to afford /:
and whereas the restoration of our commerce.
is OF great national importance and essential
to the maintenance OF our position as a first
class power; therefore,


Resolced, that the Committee of Ways and
Means be, and they are hereby, instructed to
inquire into the expediency of allowing a
drawback on all duties and taxes upon ali ar
ticles used in the construction of steam and
sailing vessels.


The resolution was received by unanimous
consent and agreed to. 1t seems to us, that
the enquiry can have but one result. Our
shipbuilders must be furnished with the
materials they need, at prices which will
enable them to compete with yards In the
British Provinces, or the business will pass
from our hands and the carrying trade with it.
MIR. Lynch is moving in the right direction,
and will doubtless secure such relief as Is due
to great interest seriously imperilled.
Year: 1867

The legend, as it is called, of the Mas.
ter Mason, is one of the most touching


and beautiful in the great drama Of life.


Founded, as il is, upon the mysteries
! and ceremonies Of the ancient Egypt


ians, il has come down to us as the very


embodiment and substance of Masonry.
1t is the impressive exemplifca.ion of
| the birth, the life, the duties, the death
aud the resurrection of man. 1t stamps
upon the intelligent Mason the sublime


doctrine of the Immortality of the soul;


and II was wise provision Of all Grand
Lodges, that that degree should never be


given in part only, but should be COM
pleted at every undertaking. To omit
this legend is to omit the degree ITSELF


and for its omission the ordinary excuse,


not even the ignorance of the master,


who may not have the talent or industry


to learn il. This legend is the grand


land mark, the unfailing beacon Of Ma


sonic centuries, II is never changed; it


will adGit Of no removal, for it is the


true point of the universal Brotherhood.


1t conveys thought, and furnishes food


for the reflective mind down to the grave,


and as simple drama stands unequaled


beside any Of the productions Of genius.


No Mason ever participated in and for
got it; he felt its moral upon his soul,
as though it were touch OF Divinity,
and when properly understood, it in
spires a solemnity second only to the
scene of death.


THE GREAT SECRET OF MASONRY.


An anecdote is related of Master
Mason, well known to most of our rea-
ders, noted as he is for his many acts of
charity. He is withal q man OF good
presence and great favorite among the
ladies--so much so as to cause some de-
gree Of Jealousy on the part of his worthy
spouse. One evening, not long since,
bundle came to the house for him, label.
ed private" OF course this was sufi.
cient for female curiosity, and therefore
she indulged in an inspection. Horror
of horrors Blankets, baby linen, ETC.,
greeted her astonished vision, and dreams
of two families hoated through her brain.
The husband soon came in, and after
tea, when the wife had discovered in his
eye the treachery of his conducts she
supposed--he took the bundle and went
out, but not alone, for the jealous wife
was on his track. The faithless husband
little imagined that she who supposed
herself SO foully wronged was lowering
after him. He halted before a small |
which he entered. Here she
paused to hold council of war. What
tactics to follow she was in doubt; but
she at once determined to storm the cit
adel, boldly knocked, and brushing past
the little child who answered the sum.
mons, she stood in an instant before her
husband, the embodiment OF injured in
nocence. Her feelings were about to
find expression, when the scene before
her caused her to pause. A pale and
careworn man shivering over the expir-
ing embers of scanty fire, psor wo-
man on sick bed, babe not old
enough for christening, aud two little
girls snugly slowed away on some straw
in corner, met her ferocious gaze She
read the story at glance, and returned
home with her husband a better and
wiser woman, satisfied that she had dis
covered the great secret of Masonry.
Year: 1867

PRACTICAL H1NTs.--A coating of
three parts lard aud one part resin ap-
piled to farm tools of iron or steel. will
eflectually prevent rust. Common nails
heated red hot and dropped into cold
water will clinch and answer the purpose
OF wrought nails. The sharp corner Of a
coumon Indian arrow head or flint will
cut glass quite efiectua!Iy. A good wag-
on jack may be made of two pieces of
boards, two or more feet long. Place the
board in front of the wheel, one end on
the ground, and the other just under one
of the spokcs, close up to the felloc, then
take hold of the spoke on the opposite
side of the wheel and lift it, at the same
time placing the second board under the
axle. In this way loaded wagon NAV
be lifted with case. Rusty nails may be
drawn from wood without difficulty, bv
first giving them blow hard enough to
start them little. A gun will not need
cleaning for years, if the muzzle is tight
ly corked, and a piece of rubber kept up-
on the tube under the hammer when
standing idle
Year: 1867

A pupil of the Abbie Sicord gave the
following extraordinary answers:
What is gratitude?


'Gatitude is thememory of the heart
What is hope?'


Hope is the blossom of happiness
What il the difference between hope
and desire


Desire is tree in leaf hope il a tree
in flower, and nioyment Is tree in
fruit


What Is eternity


n day without Il yesterday or to NOR
row-a line that has no end


what is God


'Ihc necessary being the sun of etern-
ity, the machlnist of nature. the eve of
justice, tire Matchmaker of the universe,
the soul of the world
Year: 1867

temperance ticket successfully. In the lOIneI
city it openly fought ssue, and the success OF te
Temperance people is much reoiced at In these ces
the Councils Will vote such license that the liquor e
VIII have to abandon their business The various temper
organizations of the state have been working lhue
fatgably for than year. and are just now reapng
their reward much greater effect could be had II tney
all worked in harmony. But there is great difference
among them to the best plan of operating. Some SUN
have faith in moral suaslOn" Others for high license
and others still for stringent prOhbitOTy law Iuese
last threatened the Legislature last Winter that II such
law not passed, they would organize temperance
party and run temperance ticket at every election


Indiana offers TO fill the next Presidential vacancy;
Three OF her most prominent citzens-pfOmlhehI
throughout the West throughout the whole country |
might say least of them for the honor OF tue
place Schuyler COfaX, and Senator Qate DOyeIT4op
Morton from the Republican party, ana senator i uen
drcks from the Democratic party will be urged ny @ tnear
friends for the nomination, according to present luV"
fapa
Year: 1867

ScHOoLMARMs." We are very sorry
when We see the boys hooting at these
persons along the streets, and are glad that
we have only witnessed it once. We like
to take it for granted that every one who
appears in female attire is q lady until she
is proved not to be so, and to treat her with
all proper respect. We recommend
this suggestion to our young friends,
and hope that their parents and teachers
will impress upon their minds that no good
can come of their shouting Freedmen's
Bureau" at the Yankee schoolmarms."
Such thoughtless sport is the ground of
many Of those frightful stories of pcrSecu-
tion which 60 to the North to exasperate
the fanatics of that section against us. Be-
sides, it i. undigniiied in any young gentle
man-and the youngest boy ought to be a
gentleman-to disturb females in the street.


But however strongly We may condemn
the boys, we more strongly condemn those
females who, when thus assailed, turn
and retaliate, screaming at the top Of their
voices at the boys, and uttering as they go,
for the length of whole square, epithets
abusive and insulting to the southern pco-
pie. Such retaliation is very rare, and
when it occurs, proves that the persons
who engage in it are deficient in sense, in
prudence, in refinement, and cannot be fit
persons to be sent here, in the present state
of the public mind, to perform the duties of
the delicate and responsible Office commit
ted to their care. They ought to be sent
home at once by the parties who control
them. One is led strongly to suspect that
| those who retaliate in this way are dis
posed to invite aggression. A woman
bawling and quarrelling in the streets will
bring discredit upon the sisterhood repre-
sented, and soon become public nuisance.
This hooting of the boys and bawling of the
schoolmarm occurred on our streets yes
terday ~"
Year: 1867

VALUABLE FAMILY RELIC.-1verson
Lewis, negro, was arrested on yesterday
having in his possession watch-seal sup
posed to have been stolen. He had at
tempted to dispose Of it at two jewelry es,
adjustments, and a citizen gave the infor-
nation to the police and he was arrested
From the coat of arms on the seal and its
antiquated appearance it is supposed to be
an old family relic. 1t awaits claimant
at the office of the Chief of Police.
Year: 1867

A CRASH, WITH A MoRAL.-On Saturday
evening gentleman of this city, his excel


lent wife, and several visitors were sitting
in back parlor enjoying that colloquial
pleasure which is the inevitable result
when so many agreeable people are congre-
gated IN warm room during such weather
as this. Suddenly there was noise, ab
rupt, loud, and so full or shatterfng sounds
as TO indicate that glass was breaking and
things generally were failing to pieces.
EVERYBODY arose. The devoted mother
thought first of her children, and rushed
toward the stairs, in which direction the
noise evidently was not. The gentleman OF
the house, who has fixed idea about keep
ing the toes Of his slippers turned toward
the door in case Of an emergency, opened
the door to the front parlor, where the
noise seemed o,be.


A picture had fallen from its place over
the nlantel. In its fall it carried down a
very large kerosene lamp and other parlor
ornaments, while from the general wreck
on the rug there rose a most extraordinary
smell of sulphur, which soon filled both
rooms. The match box had been struck
and ignited, and every match was burned
in an instant. SUCH an event as this might
have occurred in the dead Of night. 1t
might have resulted in disastrous confa-
grafton, the origin Of which would ever
have remained mystery. Upon such q
slender thread do human affairs hang
suspended, which, like the string that held
the picture frame, may break at any time,
and startle us in the hours of security.
Year: 1867

Snow SLIDE.-A heavy slide of snow
fell from Powers's drug store yesterday
morning, and completely buried ayoung
man who was coming out of the door at
the time. Wonderful to say, he sustained
no injury, but emerging from the avalanche,
continued his walk up the street.
Year: 1867

AccIDENT.-A young lady slipped and
fell yesterday on Eighth street, striking her
head against the ground with such force as
to render her for time insensible. She
was carried home, and her injuries were
found not TO be serious.
Year: 1867

THE PUBLIC DEBT.-A special Washington
dispatch says that the public debt statement
Will not be ready before tomorrow, and possi-
by not before Monday. The Secretary is stronp-
~ inclined to avail himself of the privilege of
contraction, and will probably withdraw his
four millions of greenbacks The statement
VIII show but small reduction of the debt
this month, as the drafts from the Pension
Bureau have been pretty heavy. The amount
OF com In the Treasury is increased, and that
OF currency is decreased. Several millions
Will be at once Withdrawn to pay the Novem.
Der interest.
Year: 1867

ARRIVALS AT THE HoTELs.-At the request
OF some OF the merchants on Commercial
street we commence this morning the publica-
ton OF lists of arrivals at the principal hotels
in this city; and shall continue them da;lv
Year: 1867

MORE CoNsoLIDATIoN.-Citizen of WASH
lngton claim that the rate of increase of pop
ulation in that city has been as large as that of
any place on the continent. Not content with
this they now propose to absorb Georgetown,
as Boston has absorbed Roxbury. s..sa,
Year: 1867

EVENING SCHooLs-We called attention
few days since to the establishment of a new eve
ming school here, ,remarking that with so many
private and free day schools as We have 1T seemed
unlikely that the enterprise could succeed. The
remark was incorrect. There is in our popula-
tion a not inconsiderable element of active,
ambitious young men and women, too old to go
to school with children, and besides too busy
to sacrifice any part of the day, who can profit
ably devote their evenings to repairing the de-
fects of their education, and we learn with
pleasure that many are disposed to avail them
selves of the opportunities now offered them.
The rates of tuition vary with the size of the
classes, and as these are always smaller than
the day schools the rates are proportionally
higher There are now three evening schools,
one for girls exclusively at two dollars month,
and two others for both sexes at three and four
dollars month. The GorrmorciaI College last
winter, for special instruction in the studies of
its course, charged five dollars a month. In
Lawrence, Mass, we are told that free, evening
schools constitute part of the regular system
of public education; and though prevention is
better than cure, it is evident that the cure of
the disease of ignorance is an undertaking not
unworthy of municipal favor.
Year: 1867

FACTS are stranger than fiction, and we can
assure the Portsmouth Chronicle that we
were not "romancing" when writing OF that
old music composer, Maxim, and OF the Old
Folks concert in this city.
Year: 1867

These extracts very fairly represent the
whole poem There are many passages which
are graceful in expression and tender in feel
ing, some really vivid touches of description,
and good deal which is merely fanciful com
monpiace mnsically expressed. 1t is book
which will depend for its power of pleasing
very much upon the mood of the reader when
he takes it up One in sympathy with the
sentiment it expresses will be apt to find gem
uine pleasure even in those portions which
would be distasteful to the colder critic al


The outward appearance of the book is ex-
quisite. The illustrations, which are by Hen
messy, McEntee, Shattuck, Gary. and others,
are charming in design, and have been en-
graved with rare delicaey. Few prettier gift
books are likely to appear this season. For
sale by Hall L. Davis. s
Year: 1867

CURIOUS PHENOMENON IN IRELAND.-
Rev. Patrick Malone, parish priest in
Ireland, furnishes Dublin paper with an
account of a curious phenomenon which
occurred on the Irish coast recently. He
thus describes it:


s. The side of 4 mountain was raised from
its bed, and suddenly breaking up into huge
fragments, proceeded down the inclined
surface, carrying destruction in its course,
until it spent its fury in the waters of the
Atlantic. The portion of mountain which
broke up contained an area of about forty
acres, and the elevation was not more than
one foot in fifteen, the great altitude from
which the subterranean current descended
accounts, he thinks for the irresistible
force which attended it. Hundreds of
large fragments, some of them measuring
two thousand cubic feet, are now to be seen
thrown in on either side and strewn upon
the undisturbed plane, without the appear
ance of water having accompanied them
there. His explanation of the phenome-
non is that the great drouth of the preced-
ing two months created a vacuum between
the peat surface and its gravelly substra-
tum. The heavy fall of rain being pressed
into the cavity produced the eruption.
Several families had narrow escape Of
their lives, some persons having been car
ried forward distance on the moving and
breaking ground The bog debris is scat
tered over the crops of several poor men,
road is blocked by the fragments, dale
closed up and valley created where moth
ing but mountain appeared before
Year: 1867

How LORD DERBY FIRST ENTERED PAR
LIANENr-In recent speech, Earl Derby,
the British premier, gave the following ac-
count Of the circumstances under which he
first entered parliament and public life:


Ny lords, | must confess that | myself
entered parliament for the first time as a
very Young man, under circumstances some
what anomalous. 1t so happened that a
West Indian proprietor of high tory princi-
pies found himself as West Indian propri-
etors sometimes did even before the passing
of negro emancipation, in pecuniary dlffl-
culties. He was the possessor OF property
which included borough, over which, al
though nominally there was voting of scot
and lot, he had absolute and entire control.
1t happened also that wealthy whig peer
was desirous of increasing his political in
fuence, and he requested me, then young
man and without the slightest connection
with the borough in question or with the
neighbOrhood, to accept the seat which he
was ready TO place at my disposal. And
so far, my lords, was the tory proprietor
from feeling any shame at the transaction
that he not only vacated his seat in the
middle of the session, but also went down
in person and introduced to the constituent
cv whom ne had sold the nominee of the
whig peer to whom he had sold them.
laughter | am obliged to confess that
a few years afterwards | was guilty of snch
ingratitude as to vote for that borough being
placed in schedule \. lavgh.