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Year: 1868

~ Pinch OF SALT.-Salt is the great
regulator Cf the health of the world.


w Without 1t the seas would be impure and
the land desolate scene of destruction;
nan would not be able to live, and the
beasts OF the field, with the plants that
feed them, would no longer be seen.
The little grain of salt, at which we
hardly glance, is thus of vital importance
in the great household of nature. But
1t shares the fate of all Indispensable
things by which we are surrounded :;
habit makes dull the sensibiIity of our
senses, and with it the activity of thought
That depends on such impressions. Only
What Is rare and unusual attracts bril-
iiahey and useless beauty. The spark
ing diamond is sure of admiration: set
In bright gold, it is esteemed above all
Things, and serves to enhance beauty. to
display wealth or to symbolic supreme
power. The unattractive twin-sistsr.
black coal, has to do the work in the
kitchen, the workshop, the factory, like
a true Cinderella, and yet on coal and
not on the diamond rests the true wealth
OF Il nation, the foundation of the happi-
ness OF countless millions. Thus it il
with the tiuy grain of salt; rich and
poor see it day by day on their table,
and enjoy it with every thing they eat
and drink, but few ever inquire whence
1t came, and what accident or what ne
cesSIty brought it there And let If be
missing but for single day, and how
We would sUtftr.-Put1taDt's Magazine.
Year: 1868

Speaking of the longing of hopeful
ChcagOans for the advent of Cinnamon
to do heusework, which has been men
toned III our news columns as one of
the milennial prospects opened up by
the Pacific Railroad. we are reminded
of the wellauthenticated fact that John
Chinaman has proved to be the coming
man for the house keepers Of California.
He will do the kitchen work promptly
and without grumbling. In fact, he
never worries with your complaints,
discussions or impertinence. He cannot
talk English, except in tho smallest and
most necessary way. He understands
you almost by instinct, no matter how
different may be your requirements of
him from anything to which he has been
accustomed. He will do the washing
and ironing neatly, perform all the mis-
cellaneous family sewing, and put in
any little job of general utility with
the utmost pleasure. He would rather
do it than not. lie does not cars to be
idle. He is not easily tired and Is yeIy
seldom sick.


John is the model house-serYant. He
believes in mans rights, and in his ca
pacity to do any indoor work as well rs
woman. Ho is dexterous with his
fingers and quick on the toe. He is
content with moderate wages. Living
costs little or nothing in China, where
$500 in gold would be to man of the
humber class an independent fortune
for life. a FIVE dollar gold piece slowed
away as surplus earnings will make his
face shine with happiness all the year
round.


This Is according TO the testimony we
have received, and which we verify be-
liere We therefore sympathise with
the Chicageans who long for the COM
pletion Of the Pacific Railroad, and the
appearance of almond-eyes and pigtails
in the household Bridget will mourn
over the decline of her ascendency; but
she has domineered long enough. She
mast take on lower tone, or else give
way. Let us have the shortest route TO
Chicago hurried through. The quicker
the domestic john Chinaman gets here
the better.
Year: 1868

LIME AROUND APPLE-TREEs.-The
Cincinnati Enquirer says:


"W We have known some farmers to
make regular practice for succession
OF years to THROW caustic lime around
their apple-trees in the spring and sum-
mer. w esonce noticed that tree stand
ing In the Immediate vicinity had all at
once put forth with renewed energy, and
we were at Il loss for some time to define
the cause. On examination we found
that quantity of lime, which had acci-
dentally been spilled and rendered worth
less by becoming mixed with the refuse
Oh the stable floor, had been thrown at
the foot and ar. und the tree, and to this,
a. the principal cause, We immediately
accredited the reviviscence and renewed
fructification of the tree.


Taking the hint from the incident. we
purchased twelve casks of lime, and ap-
piled half bushel to each of the trees In
our orchard, AID found that it produced
immediately beneficial effects. Not the
health OF the trees only, but the quality
OF the fruit also was greatly improved.
This application Will be especially bene-
ticlal III soils where there is redundancy
OF vegetable NATTER We would advise
our farmers in some places, especially in
new forest lands recently cleared, and on
low lands, to make trial of this expert
ment, and see whether it is not deserv-
ing of the high recommendation it
secures"
Year: 1868

THE DoCroR's TAsK.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes says: "Why particular families
should run down, and taper off, and die
out, is not always easy to say; but we
can all see that the process is continually
going on around us. When nature has
made up her mind that she has had
enough of II particular stock, and thas
its room Is better than its company, the
work of patching up the constitutions
of its offspring and keeping them alive.
if they can he called so, is one of the
most desI crate tasks assigned to the
healers of men. How many lives, ply
siologically speaking, are great deal
more trouble than they are WOrth-be-
longing to animated machines no more
fitted from the very first to keep vital
time than the watches sold 1T a Broad
way meck-auctiou den are to tell the
time OF the day."
Year: 1868

How TO TAKE CARE OF TEETH.-We
think it safe to say, that a majority of
people pay too little attention to their
teeth; and the result is, that dentists
find plenty OF employment, and numer-
Gus are the diseases of the teeth and
gums. The teeth should be cleanssd at
least twice a day with soft tooth pow
der (precipitated chalk is the bestl aid
little soap. Unless this care is tsken,
tartar Is liable to form upon them, and
ii suffered to accumulate, it causes infam-
nation and absorption OF the gums, and
gradual loosehing OF the teeth, which
can only be prevented by observing the
above simple practice. SWhen tartar,
which is deposit of salts OF lime and
organic matter from Tie saliva, is allowed
to accumulate, it becomes hard and can
only be removed by the scaling instru-
ments Of the dentist-Sci. Am.
Year: 1868

RosEBUDs in W1NTER.-A method
employed in Germany to keep rosebuds
fresh into the winter consists in first
covering the ends of the recently-cut
stem with wax, and then placing each
one in closed paper cap or cone, so
that the leaves do not touch the paper.
The cap is then coated with glue, to ex-
clude air, dust and moisture, and when
dry is stood up in drawer in a
cool place When wanted for use,
the rose is taken out OF the cap and
placed in water, after cutting off the
end, when the rose will bloom in few
hours.
Year: 1868

One Minute.


Will our Republicans friend stop one
minute and read this articleo One minute
is IL short period OF time. There are sixty
of them in an hour. New each minute OF
time costs the government one thousand
dollars. Your minute is up and our friend
needn't read any further, unless he might
be interested to know who it is that is
spending this thousand dollars a minute.
The government is in the hands OF the
Republican party. Not one hundred OF
the ten thousand Federal Office holders,


but voted for Lincoln and Johns m. The
executive sees tho corruption and rascali-
apply the remedy. A Republican Senate
removing and appointing power, and all
he can do is to look on and view the ruins.
If the thousand dollars a minute was
all, the case, though bad enough, would
| not he so very bad. We must add to this
sum full as much moro stolen from the
Treasury. No government beneath the
sun can stand 80 extensive robbery long.
To steal one thousand dollars minute and
spend another thousand minute in ad-
ministering the affairs of the govern
ment, would swamp the nation in time,
even If dollars grew on trees.


Two thousand dollars q minute taken
from the pockets OF the people, are the
fruits Of Radicalsm. And the people are
cooIly asked to continue the party in pow
er which squanders the larger part OF one
thousand dollars y minute and makes a
wholesale thing of bodily stealing another
thousand q minute. We don't blame
those who have their fingers in this rich
pie, laboring to prevent the pie being ta-
ken from them but we do blame the peo,
pie who furnish the ingredients, for csm-
planning at the thieves and then allowing
them to continue their stealing. The peo-
pie can save one half Of the thousand dol
lars minute and prevent the stealing of
the greater part of the other thousand by
going 70 the polls and serving ''ticket
Of leave' notice ON the present incumbent
Of the Government Offices II the people
don't want this, let them stop their grum-
bling and allow the stealing and extraya-
gance to 60 on unimpede3.-lo,caA Age,
Year: 1868

NEw YoRK, Aug. 29.-Adyices from
Key West state: that no sickness had
occurred in the town this year. a
case or two of yellow fever were re-
ported recently, but 1t turned out to
have been on board OF vessel anchor
ed mile below the quarantine.
Year: 1868

The weather is delightful for active
trade, and some dealers are as busy as
they can be, although the demand is
sanguine market. However, it is in a
healthy state, and any cheap lots offer
ing are readily bought. Its very ap-
parent now that prices have found a
level, and there are fewer bargains of
prints available. Some poor styles OF
nearly all the leading makes are being
still bought at 121<c, butno first class
prints can be obtained in quantity for
less than l31zc.
Year: 1868

Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South
Carolina; in all of which States they probably
and in the last three certainly, have so large
majority of the population that the admission
of all Rebels to vote would not prevent the
Radical vote from carrying those States we
doubt, therefore, if the exclusion OF the
few Rebels who are shut out from the
polls really affects the result in any one State
1t certainly does not in any except Virginia
and Georgia. We have always believed that
the clauses excluding Rebels from voting
would result in great cry and little wool.
They have already greatly prejudiced us IN
the Northern elections; and we think we could
to-day more easily and proftably carry the
Southern States without them than with thenl.
We doubt if they exclude seventy thousand
votes all told in all the nine Southern States
We wish they were all repealed. Nevertheless,
we have no fit terms i'll which to characterize
the monstrous lying which would represent the
entire White population OF the South as ds-
franchised. The complaint that, unless inc
ninety-nine choose to vote, the hundredth man
will have everything his own way, Is ike
complaiuing that, unless the sane people OF the
State Of NewYork choose to vote, the lunatics
will elect all the officers. Under every system
of suffrage yet accepted by nations Us JuS' Vi
wise it is those who vote, not those VINO st''y
at home. that control the results. we know Oh
no party that profits more by this than the
Democratic. which IN the Northern States Is al
WAYS ready enough to vote, and Will be equally
ready to vote at the South when silence ceases
IN he accepted instead.
Year: 1868

If we want to talk about horses or tobacco, we
may find him the most voluble of men. Not
one word upon the question that racks the
heart of the country! "Take me if you Will,
"as Ulysses S. Grant, General, and when am
President / shall do as 1 please" Per
haps we must take min, but we do not feel
like cheering over it certainly not SO long as
great statesmen remain in our ranks. "Glve
"us Grant because we can elect him." Again
that cowardly argument. Friends, is there
nothing in this great party but oflce-hunger
Is the chief end of man the post-o6ice and rev.
enue service Are we willing to follow
doubtful leader into an uncertain battle Tor
unknown principles


We expect to do as much as anybody else
to elect whoever may be nominated. THESE
very leaders are only too glad to have us labor
in season and out of season when the nomIna-
tions are made. Everybody is popular" in the
white heat of a Presidential canvass. just
now we prefer to follow the path of duty, and
lead the patty into it. Perhaps it is new and
strange 1t will be tramped and beaten soon
enough.
Year: 1868

II Is n great while since n new year has
opened upon severer depression of business
than the present. The holidays have lacked
much of their accustomed mer1ment; the shops
have not worn their usual Christmas gayety;
the purveyors of gifts have for the most part
contented themselves with furnishing up their
old stock and making as decent show with IT
as circumstances would permit; and the streets
have been less crowded than is their wont
about the close of the year with busy people
choosing presents for their friends and families
Almost every branch of trade has been dull all
the past season, and there is little prospect of
revival before Spring. Then we trust better
times may be in store for us.


We are not alone in our misfOrtunes. From
the Old World comes the same complaint OF
commercial stagnation. and from many oil the
English and Continental towns, no less than
from our brethren of the South, arises the cry
of tho starving. America indeed is not, and
for many generations cannot be, liable 10 the
periods of distress which every now and then
fall upon Europe. When trade Is dull In En-
gland and men are thrown out of employment,
hunger and misery follow as surely as night
follows morning. But here, If all else fails,
the boundless West is always open to the
emigrant: fertile homestead lands invite the
laborer TO work; wealth is always to be wrung
from the teemng earth by industry; and dis
tress can never be general or long continued.
The cities and towns may contain for q time
more operatives than they can find profitable
work for, but the surplus is soon drafted OIL
TO the farms; the Territories receive fresh
wave of immigration; the social balance re-
adjusts itself and all business rcvives.


In the meantime how are business men to
keep ahoatP Prudence and economy. of course,
are the two great lessons to be learned; bat
there is one part of these lessons which in dull
times is especially apt to be forgotten. BE
sure of one thing: whatever you have to sell,
there are many people ready to buy, even in
the most depressed seasons. Find them out /;
show them your wares; persuade them to buy
of you rather than another. When buyers are
reluctant, sellers must be active. 1t is neither
cheap nor sensible to sit still behind your counter
and wait for the hustle of trade to revive.
When business is dull, that is the very time to
advertise. In the first place that is when You
most need to advertise and in the second, that
is when people devote most time to reading
the newspapers, and when your advertisement
consequently is most generally seen. a few
dollars invested in the columns of THE TRIBUNE
will do more to revive a sluggish business than
anything else in the world.
Year: 1868

by one hind leg Thereby dislocating the joints,
and bleed them slowly to death by cruel
wound in the neck; and he inquiries whether
the Jewish law will not allow that the animal
shall first be struck insensble by blow on
the head Mr. Isaacs positively denies that
any such odiOus practices as his correspondent
describes ever occur among the Jews, and gives
an account of what the law really requires
This will be found interesting, and the cor
respondence will probably lead to good results
though at present the two gentlemen are utter
ly at variance about the fundamental facts.
Year: 1868

Louis Napoleon, as usual on New Years day,
received a call from the Diplomatic Corps, and
made to it brief address. If the Cable faith
fully transmits the substance of the address. it
was not worth the expense of its transmission
over the Transatlantic wire.
Year: 1868

No petty mountain but The World has been
in labor for now six entire days-as long
time as went to the making of world as i'm
portant even as this-and at last the ridiculous
mouse ia born. For its dimensions, and aspect,
and features see tho card signed August
Belmont, which we print elsewhere. We
learn from it that Seymour is
great statesman, but we regret to say that
we do not learn from it that Blair is great
statesman, or that he is q great soldier, or
indeed that there is man by the name OF
Blair. We learn also that one victory will be
enough for the Democracy, which, consider
ing the paucty of their supply in that
line, strikes US as happy adaptation
of their desires to their means They are evi-
IDENTIFY in the condition to which the economist
brought his bOrse--they are ready to live on
one Oat day aud be thankful for that. But
if that Oat should fail them, -


They take great pains to inform us that they
mean peace-in fact. peace is the burden Of
their song. We beg to inform them that
they are in error; and that the ext0rted
explanation Of O mere executive committee
of party in the eleventh hour OF the
battle and on the verge of the manifest de-
feat Is not an authoritative exposition OF
that party's purpose. Francis p. Blair, jr.,
is their candidate for the Vice-Prosidcncy. They
have not dared to revolt against him. and they
cannot pretend to be in favor Of Blair but OPP
posed TO his enforcement. Mr.. Bair's voice is
NOT for peace The National Conventions voice
was not for peace. The one said the Recon-
structIon legislation was unconstitutional, rev.
olutionary. and void, and the other said
it must DO trampled into tho dust,
and now, in fresh and elaborate letters. de-
fends his declaration. That il tho position
of the Democratic party, resolved upon in Ma
tiopal Convention, and carefully written down
in the platform. That is tho opinion OF siie
candidate selected by that Convention to place
upon that platform. No Executive Committee
can deny the one or ignore the other; the
business of such Committee is to execute or
ders, not 10 undo the work OF the body that
created it.


Mr.. August Belmont has discharged his last
gun. and is already fleeing from the field.
From the safe retreats beyond the Atlantic he
can the more pleasantly contemplate the rout
Meantime Republicans will press bard the
fight. Their antagonists are in utter and
hopeless confusion against their
leaders, but not daring TO depose them-shirk-
ing their platform. but not daring to cancel 1t
-shufiling when they should be flghting-try-
ing to persuade the public, as the best they
can say. that their deliberate utterances here
tofore have been meaningless While they
wrange, let Us seize the hour OF victory.
PUsn THINGS!
Year: 1868

Stephen A. Douglas took the stump IN 1aVo
Of himself as candidate for the Presidency
He carried two States Horatio Seymour aiter
begging off for weeks, has at last yielded, anu
il about to take the stump in favor OF himseg
"a a candidate for the Presidency.


Now we shall have richness! In dulcet tones
the sage of Utica will tell US that Blair doesn't
mean anything. With charming rhetoric ne
will prove that Wade Hampton didn't mean
ANYTHING BY logic beyond question he VIII
show that the National Convention didn't
mean anything And thus, by steps so easy
that a child may take them. he will lead
his hearers along path so plain that
the wayfaring men in his audience, though
every one of them should be fool, cannot err
therein to the certain conclusion that he HIM
self does mt mean anything. This is the present
hight of Democratic craftsmanship. Inns
is the "grcat word" for which 1he Wor'd
has been clamoring at Gov. Seymour's door for
a week. Shall we now have to wait much
longer on Gen. Blair for that chivalric action
Or must we begin to suspect that he Is pup'i
of Stantons and means to sticky
Year: 1868

ceeded with it down the river-in pursuit
getting ready meanwhile for fight, their sur
geon taking out his instruments for work, and
everything Indicating a thorough preparation
for their piratcal undertaking. Contrary to
their apparent expectation, there was no resist
ance to their attack they held armed possession
of tho boat till all the muskets had been de-
stroyed, and then abandoned it.


The full particulars of this extraordinary
occurrence are given in another column, but
the above are the essential facts. Some inno-
cent persons object to the phrase sometimes
used, "The New Rebellion" Will they please
tell US under what more appropriate heading
an occurrence like this could be classified
And when they have made that explanation,
perhaps they may be able to dwell with the
pleasing JUNCTION that always marks their per-
formances in that line upon the long suffering,
meek and peaceable character Of our perse-
cuted Southern brethren of the Seymour and
Blair (or Chase and Adams, Or any other man)
nersuasiOn.
Year: 1868

We know him, at last. Genius like his can
no longer be hidden. Stand forward, Samuel
j. Tilden, and receive the plaudits Of an ad-
miring people! You have been the arithme-
tician of The World; and with sublime
courage, far beyond the capacity of the
conductors of that tmOrous journal, you
still stick to the cipheiing. The World
rejects you ; but you proudly take your appeal
to that smaller corporation, the Democratic
party Of the State of NewYork. We PRINT it
for you, and applaud. Long may you live to
reckon up your gains. Ohio, last year three thou
sand Republican, il this year only sixteen thou
sand. which you find to be great Democratic
gain. Pennsylvania, last year nearly thou
sand Democratic, Is this year only ten thou
sand Republican, which you find to be q
Democratic gain of the most magnificent pro-
portions. From such gorgeous gains you
call upon the Democracy Of New,York 10 be
inspired. SO do we. May the inspiration be
wide spread and enduring!
Year: 1868

Certain arms, purchased for the State Of
Arkansas, were recently shipped from Memphis
for their destination They had boen kept on
the wharf several days; numerous threats had
been made that they should never reach
Arkansas; and the Ku-Klux Democracy OF
Memphis had kept close watch upon
them. Shortly after the boat carrying them
had left Memphis ting was seized by
an organized party thoroughly drilled
aud under strict military discipline. They pro-
Year: 1868

We print this morning full report OF the
brilliant address of ex-Minister Motley on the
ssues of the Presidential canvass, delivered IN
Boston last evening. 1t is well worthy of the
distinguished historian as literary produc-
ton. and is one of the strongest arguments for
the Republican party and its candidates which
the canvass has brought forth.
Year: 1868

did not tell the President that Stanton was
no. going to give up the Office, or such was
witness opinion; did not show him Stan
toms letter; did not think it necessary;
what he said to Wilkinson about applying
to General Graut was only boasting; what
he said to Burleigh about breaking down
the doors, he felt inclined to do so; changed
his mind ou this point before he was arrest
ed; the arrest did not produce the change;
his intent to use force was in reverse of the
Presidents order; never expressed to tho
President his belief that he could not OBJ
tain possession without force; suggested to
the President that the best way TO get pos
session of the papers and mails was by is
suing an order through General Grant; the
President has never said any thing to him
about his published expression; the Pres-
dent has not acted on his suggestion how TO
obtain possession Of the papers. he had ad
uitted before the House Committee that
karzners testimony was correct, hut ex>
planned that he used the words playfully.


dissemination continued.


Adjourned at 5:2O.
Year: 1868

War. She seemed to feel throughout
the rebellion that he had been raised
up for the particular purpose Of that
war, and that the same Power that
had raised him up, would protect
him.