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Year: 1868

To tan any kind Oflskin with hair
on we knOwgof no more cheap and
simple process than to apply to the
ffesf1y-sfde, when fresh and wet, a
mixture of two parts of saltpeter and
one part of alum. These should be
finely pulverized over every part Of
the skin t; double in flesh to flesh, roll
up and let it lie a day or two; then
with duh knife remove the meat and
fat if any has been left. e..


After about half dry, commence
rubbing and continue working until
dry; the skin will be found very nice,
white and pliable, and the hair firmly
set. There is no process for making
leather equal to that of the regular
bark tanning mode, and all large
hides. or skins should be thus treated.
Small skins may be tanned by first
packing in wet ashes TO remove the
hair, and then Kept few days in old,
soft soap; wash thoroughly, and rub
while drying. Skins thus tanned are
very tough and pliable, and answer a
good purpose for flail-strings, whip
lashes, etc., if kept dry. 80. 80


There are several modes of quick
tanning by use of wheat bran and
acids; but for common uses the above
are cheaper and more simple, and an
swer as good purpose. Ohio Former,
Year: 1868

In consequence OF the severity Of the weather yessr
day tho services OF the religious denominations
iu this and adjoining cities poorly attended Below
will be found interesting reviews OF the sermons and
ceremonies n several OF the prominent Churches
and TO which We ask the attention Of those who take an
interest in the religious movements OF the time.
Year: 1868

/ THE ART OF MAKING MoNEy.-A


sensible writer says: Of all the arts


that have ever interested humanity,


this is the one which nine.tenths of


the civilized world most desire to


understand and practice. Lectures


have been delivered upon it by prac-


tical men; but it is not on record


that the people who listened to them


ever made as much by the lesson


they received as they paid for the


tickets of admission. The truth is,


that to call money making an art is


a mistake. To make money on any"


thing like grand scale requires a
\ special faculty or a combination of


faculties, with which not one man in


a thousand is endowed. Whoever


has this Qualification can make


fortune. though he may possess but


the rudiments Of an education who


ever lacks it will probably fail to. do


SO, though his mind is store-house


Of learning. What people mistakenly


call the art Of money making is sim
I'ply the application Of an innate
knowledge of human nature to pecu-


mary purposes. This inborn faculty
Of reading the brain, and of the un-
derstanding how to make the most
of the perusal, is great gift, and
may be turced to account in nobler
ways. perhaps, than as means of
reaping golden harvests. The man
uer of the direction depends upon
the other faculties. If its possessor
loves riches more than fame it will
make, him rich; if fame more than
wealth it will make him famous.
But, reader, if you have it not, don't
try to become Cresus by coup
de main in finance. The chances
are "all the world to a China orange"
that you make a disastrous and
ridiculous failure. Don't trust to a
"stroke of good luck" to make up for
that Midas gift which turns what
ever it takes hold of into the circu-
lating medium. Strokes of luck, in
the strict sense of the word, are
much more rare than solar eclipses
or any other uncommon celestial
phenomena.


CAUTION TO DRuGGIsTs.-It is
believed that the druggists Of Mobile
are very cautious in all things Incl
dent to the putting up Of medicines,
but practical lesson is never thrown
away. A negro girl the other day
called at drug store for a phial of
paregoric, for some person living
near by, and was about to take it
before the label was put upon it, but
was prevented by the druggist. After
she had gone, he remarked to gem
tleman present that one could not be
too particular about such things, and
mentioned that he had recently re-
ceived an order for an ounce Of cblo-
roiorm, which he sent. The physi-
clan WHO had ordered it, on looking
at the label, Immediately recognized
his own mistake-it was alcohol he
had wanted The story was hardly
finished before the girl returned with
the paregoric. 1t was not paregorie
that was wanted, but laudanum. In
both these cases the mistake, if un-
letected, might have been harmless,
but it is easy to see how many fatal
mistakes might be made through
neglect of this precaution.-Mobile
Register.
Year: 1868

When Democrat begins to whine about
oppressive taxation, ask him who inaugu-
rated and fought the war which made the
taxes necessary. tt


When they prate of their deviation 10 the
constitution, ask them who fought four
years to destroy that instrument and set up
the little bastard Mentgeners cencern in
its place.


When they begin to talk about their 10y
atty. just ask them who nominated and yo-
ted for banished traitor for Governor Of
Ohio.


Ii they profess 10 be in favor of rcstcra-
tion of the Union. ask them who steadily
voted against the admission of the revolt
ed States.
And whenever they claim to be in favor
of peace end prosperity, ask them who it
Is proposes to ovcrturn the reconstructed
State governments and inaugurate another
war.


Should they still claim that Seymour
was loyal during the war, ask them who
made it necessary to withdraw an army
from the front to suppress the riotsi in the
rear.


If they say that Grant is no statesman,
ask them how it is that in all the impor-
tant positions he has held, he never made
a mistake. tf


And whenever they tell you that Gran
is not good soldier, ask them how it was
that he so thoroughly cleaned out Lee,
Johnson and other distinguished Demo-
Gratis.
Year: 1868

The following beautiful passage is from
Henry's Commentary on the Bible:


'sAdam W as first formed, theE Eve; and
she was made of tie man and for the man,
all of which are urged as reasons for nd
mility, modesty, silence and submissive
ness Of that sex in general, and particular,
ly The subsection and reverence which
wives owe to their husbands.0


Yet man being made last of the creation,
as the best and most excellent of all, Evc
being made after Adam and out of him,
puts an honor upon her sex as the glory, 6f
The man. 1fman is the head, she Is tire'
crown; a crown 10 her husband. the crown
of the visible creation. The man was dust
refined, but the woman. was dus, doubly
regned, one further remove from the earth.


Woman was made or q rib taken from
the side of Adam; not made out of his head
to top him; nor out of his feet to be tram
pied upon by him; but out of his side, to
be eqaal with him; under his arm 10 be
protected; and near his heart. to be loved.
Year: 1868

live are successful in the approaching
contestw we shall regain all that we have
lost in the lost cause. We shall be freemen
once more. We shall have country. We
shall be able to reverse the iron rule which
has been imposed upon us,'and turning the
iron into brands and hurling them back on
The heads of the flagitious wretches who
have inflicted so many foul and fragrant
wrongs on our bleeding country. Once
to the breach-yct once more. And when
tho cloud shall have cleared away from
the flaming field, our fiag-ihe grand old
Confederate Nag-will be seen in all il
glory, streaming like the thunderbol
against the wind. Let us then rally once
more around she dear old flag which We
have followed so often to glory and to yic-
tory. Let us plant our standard in Tho
midst Of the field, and let us once more
raise the war cry, ':Ie who doubts i:
damned, he who dallies is a dartard. y
No bile Tribnne.
Year: 1868

"The editor is one of the happiest an
imals in the known world. He can go to
the circus and other shows, afternoon and
evening, without paying cent also to
inquests and hangings. He has free
tickets to picnics and strawberry festi-
walls, gets wedding cake sent him, and
sometimes gets licking, but not often,
for he can take things back the next is
sue, the which he generally does 1nev-
er knew only one editor to get licked.
His paper busted that day and he could
Mt take nothing back.


"While other folks have to go to bed
early, the editor can sit up late every
night, and see all that's going on. The
boys think it's big thing to hang out
till ten o'clock. When / am man /
mean to be an editor, so can stay out
nights. Then that will be bully. The
editor don't have to saw wood or do any
chopping, except with his scissors. Rail-
roads get up excursions for him, knowing
if they didn't he'd make 'em git up and
git. In politics he don't care much who
he goes for if they are only on his side.
If they amt he goes for EN- anyway, SO it
amounts to nearly the same thing. There
is great many people trying to be edi-
tors who cant, and some Of them have
been in the profession for years. They
can't see il, though. If was asked if |
had rather have an education or be cir
Gus rider, would say, let me go and be
an editor"
Year: 1868

1t has become sort of popular-al-
most national-faith that it is not posi-
BILE to be truly happy unless you drink.
Among certain classes-and they are by
no means exclusively the lowcst-drink
is the beginning and end Of everything.
The very name of liquor is held to be
synonymous with enjoyment, and the
dearer the liquor the more it is priced
and coveted. Yet every man who is not
downright drunkard is well aware that
the pleasures of drinking are, beyond
certain point, a mockery, delusion and
snare. / put it to any one who has
spent half the night at a porter-bar or
sat half the night in a club room, drink
ing, smoking, and bandying reckless talk,
if the enjoyment of such an evening has
been anything like that of few quiet
hours spent at home with book or news
paper? The evil influence Of tavern plea
sure ON the health is too obvious to be
denied by any one, and the illusory ma
ture of the pleasures themselves would
be undeniable also, if the persons who
indulge in them did not deceive them


selves and put truth out of sight.


No one ever brought any good out o


drinking-bout yet. 1t is short, fe


verish spasm of animal enjoyment, whicl


leaves nothing behind but moroseness
regret, bad temper, self-reproach, ant


headache. I should like to ask you, sir
if you say your prayers when you COM


home in that shape? No--you don't
, You are ashamed to say them. fo'
postpone them till you have purged your
self. your mind and your lips, by NOR
sober and rational behavior. Next nigh
when you pass the hours quietly at hom
! with book or friend, you feel tha
you have had real enjoyment, and tina
the time has passed pleasantly, that yo


have learned something, and that 70


have not injured your health. You ar
not ashamed to say your prayers, an
E you get up next morning with clea
: head. good appetite, and an increases
t faculty for work and enjoyment of life


AUhe Year Round.
Year: 1868

"Give me-" says one, "the money
that has been spent in rum, and l will
purchase every foot of ground on the
globe. will clothe every man, woman
and child in an attire that kings and
queens might be proud of. / will build
school house upon every hillside and
in every valley over the whole earth. |
will supply that school house with COM
petent teacher. Twill build an academy
in every town and endow it; acollege in
every state, and fill it with able profes-
sors. l will crown every hill with a
church consecrated to the gospel ofpeace,
and support in its pulpit an able teacher
of righteousness SO that on every Sab
bath morning, the chime on one hill
shall answer to the chime on another
around the earth's broad circumference
and the voice of prayer and the song o.
praise shall ascend as one universal offer
ing to heaven.


This is no voice of enthusiasm, but 9
simple utterance of what is literally true
and practicable, as any one can see WHIT
will consult facts and history.


Pass it round, then, We lovers of tenn
perance, and let the people eewhere tn
money goes to that might feed the hun
gry. clothe the naked, and give to all ma
tions the bread of life. Pass it round
and let all see that intemperance waste
more, by untold millions, than ambitio
grasps or avarice covets; and they tha
/ find fault with our benevolence, or on
social organizations, let them learn tha
the social disorganizations, crimes an
miseries, which intemperance produce
are a thousand fold mere extensive an
grievous to be borne.
Year: 1868

Nhatist the limit OF propriety IN water
ing place trunks Ten to each lady or
twenty! Perhaps modest medium of
fifteen is the proper thing. One lady
certainly has reached Saratoga this season
with fonrteon trunks. Some of them
were as large as our writing desk-which |
is not very small one. There was a
two-horse truck full. Many trunks at
Long Branch stand in the halls because
tney are too large to be carried through
the room-doors. So long as our water
ing-place season is made mere repeti-
ton of the winter season, in gayety and
fashion, it is idle to talk about reducing
the number of ladies' trunks, or their size.
On the contrary they willincreasein both
respects in the same proportion as social
extravagances increase.


There are but few women who can take
advantage of the summer months to ap-
pear more charming in simple attire than
they ever are in jewels and laces. Most
ladies need artificial ornaments, and they
realize this necessity. Of those too, whose
natural charms render them independent
of ornaments, but few have tact enough
to see that it is the absence of ornaments
only that they are fully superior to their
palmer sisters. Those few beautiful and
graceful women who have this tact, in
variably appear at the watering places
with small trunks and but few of them.
They dress simply, whatever their wealth,
and are still the most admired and the
most courted upon the veranda or at the
beach. During the winter, fashion re-
quires that they appeal in society attired
in some degree according to their own
wealth, and the average wealth of the
circle in which they work. AT the sea
side, however, or at the springs, they are
at liberty to claim the privileges of the
season, and they may dress very plainly
and charmingly. Such women, however,
are, as we have said, but few in number.


Most of the more beautiful ones fail
to see their advantages, and try to rival
those who resort to jewelry and satin to
supply the charms which nature has de-
MED them. We may take it for grant
ed, invariably, when we see large pile
of baggage belonging to one lady, that
1 she lacks either charms or tact. The ma


iority Of our watering-place bellies dc


lack one or the other, and we may look


as we have said, fer no dimunition i'll the


amount OF baggage, so long as the fash


ion and social dissipation of winter Is
repeated in the summer.


But when will American watering,
places become what European watering


places are-places Of rest and recupera
ton? Our young girls need rest-when
; will their mammas insist that they shall
t take it? If they will have beaux a
, their sides, let the beaux take the youns
] creatures as they find them, as they dC
!. in England--in their easy dresses, read,
for romp or dance, whichever hap
/; pens in the way. When our watering
! places are made genuine resting places
q instead of fashionable combinations o
4 the city, we may expect reduction il


the number, size, and value of ladies
o trunks.-N Y. Euening MaI.
Year: 1868

THE ART OF NOT HEARING-The art
of not hearing is fully as important to do
nestle happiness as a cultivated ear, for
which SO much time and money is ex-
pended. There are SO many things which
it is painful to hear, many Of which, if
heard, will disturb thetemper and detract
from contentment and happiness, that
every one should be educated to take in
or shut out sounds atwin. If a man falls
in passion and calls me all manner Of
names, the first word shuts my ears, and
hear no more. If in my quiet voyage OF
life am caught in one Of thosed domestic
whirlwinds of scolding, | shut my eyes
as a sailor would furl his sails, and
make all tight, scud before the gale. II
hot and restless man begins to iDfame
my feelings, / consider what mischief
these sparks might do in the magazine be-
low, where my temper is kept, and in
stantly close the door. Does gadding
misunderstanding fellow begin to inform
me what people are saying about me,
down drops the portcullis Of my ear and
he cannot get in any further. Some peo-
ple feel verv anxious to hear everything
that will vex or annoy them. If it is
hinted that any one has spoken Of them,
they set about searching and finding it
out. If all the petty things said of one
by needless or ill-natured idlers should
be brought home to him, he would be-
come walking pin-cushion, full Of sharp
remarks. should as soon thank man
for emptying on my bed bushel of net


ties, or setting loose swarm of mosqui
toes in my chamber, or raising pungent


dust in my house generally, as to bring
upon me all the tattle of spiteful people.


Ifyou would be happy, when among good


men, open your ears; when among bad


shut them. 1t is not worth your while


to hear what your servants say when


they are angry; what your children say
after they have slammed the door; what
your neighbors say about your children


what your rivals say about your busi-
ness or dress. have noticed that q well


bred woman never hears an impertinent


or vulgar remark A kind of discreet


deafness saves one from many insults,
from much blame, from not little appar.


ent connivancc in dishonorableconversa'
| ton.
Year: 1868

We shalt constantly admonish tho Southern
people to be selfreliant, and shall do what We
may he able to induce the establishment Of
manufactories In our midst for our home pro
ducts. To this end wo win pay special attention
10 the COST and srArIsrIOs Of manufacturing,
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversif-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

The Democratic papers say it is


Because he is a Democrat.


Because be is a Conservative.


Because be is q second jackson.


Because be is a soldier.


Because the Democratic party failed TO nominate
the right man.


Because the July Tammany Convention made a
criminal mistake.


Because the Democratic party undertook to carry
a revolutionary burden,


Because Wade Hampton and Forrest dictated the
Tammany platform. e


Because old fogies led the Democratic party.


Because no man could have been nominated who
would have beaten Grant.


Because il was question of men, not of princi-
pies


Such are few of the reasons given why the De-
mocracy did not succeed and the Republicans did.
Now if the former continue to advocate repudia-
ton of the national debt and the overthrow Of the
reconstruction measures of Congress by revolution,
it is not improbable that party will learn that the
people of this country detested the principles and
spirit of the Democracy quite as much as they ad-
mired and hon0red Gen. Grant Chicago Repubti-
can.
Year: 1868

A NEW apparatus for heating railway cars has just
been tried on the Michigan Southern Railroad 1t
consists of series of pipes passing along the sides
and beneath the seats of the cars, connected with
cylindrical tank inclosing coal-burning heater,
and partly filed with water, which is gradually
converted into heated vapor, which readily passes
through the pipes, circulating through them, and
returning TO the tank impartng heat to every part
of the in proportion TO the temperature to which
the vapor is raised. The apparatus is capable of
holding enough coal and enough water TO last "a
hours and is said to require little no attention
during the trip 1t is reported to have served its
purpose admirably in the trial that has been made
There is no doubt that We require some other mode
of heating railway cars than the dangerous coal
stoves which last winter, as in previous winters,
produced such terrible disasters and destruction of


life. Tho companies ought to see to this matter be-
fore the arrival of the very cold weather.
Year: 1868

Under this inspiration the education of the peo-
pie moral, religious and POLITICAL has been turned
into channels wherein all might unite in common.
The punishment of the South resulting from the
war and its concontants, the emancipation of the
slaves snd consequent loss of substance the ambi-
guilty and uncertainty of political rights and nal-
cal values, as well personal rivalries, have all
combined TO strengthen the efforts Of pernicious
teachers The evil done has been great, and 1t Is
not discernable that an immediate improvement
may be expected
Year: 1868




w Father Ryan uses the fol-
lowing manly language in the sa-
lutatory with which he launches
his new paper, 'eThe Banner Of
the South" May all success at
tend a journal that makes such
principles its guide ag .haa 81


"We stand by the past of our
country and cause, and we accept
no Future which will not accept
that Past. There are men who
desert the altar of a Lost Cause
around which they once stood
with the blood in their hearts
painting for libation, and who
kneel to offer homage at the affairs
of successful wrong. There are
! men who trample uuder foot the
very standards that once t1oated
proudly over them. There are
men base enough to lift their
hands against the very rights for
which they once uplifted swords.
We are not such. For us, princi.
pie is principle, right is right
! yesterday today tomorrow
forever. Submission to might is
not surrender of right. We yield
to the one-but shall never yield
up the other. 5wagb 59la b
| We shall do our best, therefore,
to save from oblivion the memo
| ries and traditions of the Confed-
eracy. Whoever is ashamed OF
these had better not read The
Banner of the South" Amid the
| questions that agitate the present
we should never lose pride in our
past. 1t is too grand to be forgot
| tea. Pass down its memories
they should live forever. t @ 4