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Year: 1867

SKILLED LABoR-The market value of
skilled and educated labor in some depart
ments of mechanics is enormous. In the
window glass factories of Pittsburg, blowers
and hatters receive as high as $3.50 per
month; while few of the most skillful often
receive as high as $40 per day for their ser
vices. Some of the meters in steel works
receive from $50 to so per day. Glass
silverers where the largest and most expen-
sive mirrors are required, receive very high
wages. In fact, it is said that there are not
half dozen of the really proficient in this
kind of work on the continent Not one IN
a hundred of those who make the attempt,
ever arrive at the requisite degree of pro
fciency in this business, to turn out first
class work. The skill in both this and steel
melting, is in the quick and proper percep-
ton of the eve. The same remarks are also
true of die-cutters for type founders.-Scien-
tifc Press.
Year: 1867

one OF THE OLD ONEs.-A funny story is
going the rounds in Paris: A lady in the
first society, was recently obliged to dismiss
her nurse on account of an excess of fremen
and private soldiers too often repeated
After choosing as successor to this criminal
a very pretty girl, the lady, explaining why
the first was sent away, enjoined it on the
second not to do likewise. She admitted
that she shouldn't. 81 can endure great
deal" said the lady, "but soldiers l won't
endure" After week or eight days, the
lady came one morning into the kitchen,
opened cupboard and discovered a youth
full military character. "Oh nam ~ cried
the frightened girl, 81 give you my word |
never saw that soldier before in all my life
he must have been one of the old ones left
over by the other girl ~
Year: 1867

EcoNoMY.-When Spaniard eats peach
or pear by the roadside, wherever he is, he
digs hole in the ground with his foot, and
covers the seed. Consequently, all over
Spain, by the roadside and elsewhere, fruit
in great abundance tempts the taste, and is
ever free. Let this practice be initiated in
this State, and the very wanderer will be
blessed, and bless the hand that ministered
to his comfort and joy. We are bound to
leave the world as good or better than we
found, it and he is selfish churl who basks in
the. shadow and eats the fruit of trees which
other hands have planted, if he will not also
plant trees which shall yield fruit to the
coming generations.
Year: 1867

This charge will be the same as at the Mint,
half of one per cent.-and which is paid by us te
that institution. But there will be no charge il
future for making fine gold silver bars from
bullion refined by u.s.
Year: 1867

Established expressly to afford the afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatmen
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases Case:
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1867

r Quite an excitement was occasioned in
fashionable circles in New York few
days ago by an affair which called for the
interference of the police detectives and
minister of the Gospel before its cumina-
ton. A wealthy gentleman of Cincinnati
last week left that city resolved upon en-
gaging in business in the metropolis, and
before doing so had occasion to visit a
certain family with whom he had been
for a long period OF time on terms of
friendly intimacy. LII this family was an
interesting young lady, for whom he had
evinced an attachment of a more tender
character than that of mere friendship
and who, happily for his fortunate self, re-
turned his affection with all the feeling
or youthful heart. On hearing OF the
departure of the one she held so dear, after
in vain attempting to make him desisG from
his intended journey, she formed the reso-
luton of accompanying him unknown to
her parents. The gentleman endeayored to
induce her to abandon her wild idea, as he
termed it, but she would listen to no ap-
peal and made all the preparations neces-
sary to leave her home clandestinelys with
him, after having made him promise that
he would not reveal her project to any
member of her family. The pair arrived
safely in New York city and put up at the
Metropolitan Hotel, the gentleman treating
the Young lady with all the respect due a





apartments for her exclusive occupation.
They had not been in town over two days
when a dispatch was received from her
father by the authorities at police head
quarters, requesting that the gentleman
who had "eloped" with his daughter
should be arrested. Under instructions
from his chief, detective Elder arrested the
gentleman at the hotel, and he was held in
custody at the Central Office until the ar
rival of the young lady's father. The old
gentleman was very naturally in state of
great perturbation, but on learning how
matters stood, and that there was really no
such thing as criminal elopement, he ap-
peared to be somewhat relieved from his
fearful apprehensions, and to satisfy his
daughter and the man for whom she had
abandoned home and family, preparations
were made for the marriage of the pair.
All parties to the transaction were thus
rendered happy. The wedding was cele-
brated in due form at the residence of Cap
tain John Young.
Year: 1867

cor, Henry Benssl by name. He lo7es
beautiful Emma with true, ardent love.
At present they are living very happily
in the city Of W, Georgia is faith
full companion to his noble father. He
still continues to keep his pet rabbit. 4
Year: 1867

The more we circulate among the peo-
pie the better we become convinced that
Vallandigham is the choice of nineteen.
twentieths of the Democratic masses--of
far more in this county. In urging the
election of Mr.. Vallandigham We would
not say word derogatory to either Of the
other distinguished gentlemen who have
been named in connection with the Sem
atorship; nor do We propose to go any
farther than to express the feeling of the
Democracy of this county, We consid-
er it improper for an editor to say more in
a contest between Democrats. We ethink
editors do wrong to express themselves
in favor of one man when the masses are
for another. We have reason to believe
some of our editorial brethren are not
correctly representing their constituency
VIXEN they claim themselves opposed to
Neutrality-suspicious. County Farmer,
Year: 1867

As the time approaches, it would be well
Tor our farmers 20 take Into consideration
the kind Of crop they will put in the pres
ent season, so as to make the most Of their
land and labor. The usual practice, we
know, is to sow wheat and plant corn year
after year with scarce change, because
these crops are thought to require less la
Dor and skill than any other grain. Wheth-
c. tbs BE correct or not we shall not now
stop to inquire. Our impression is that
majority CT farmers making these grains .
speciality for ths want OF proper attention
to their cultivation, do not always get a
ELL crop, No dolbt this mostly arises
from the mistaken idea that if the seed is
put into the ground, no matter how, the
earth will yield its strength to the desired
crop. If lands are not we'll titled we car
not expect full crops and a large return fof
the seed and iabot u is ret OR Intention
at this time to write homiiy cn Tie p.ac-
tice many OF our farmers have of cultiva-
ting their lands. Assuming that wheat is
not the most profitable crop we can raise, it
becomes our farmers to t,oE around and
select such crops as will pay best. We
have LARGE range Of crops which can be
Brought into requlsition from which to Sc
lcct in order to make farming profitable
1t is true more labor viii have to be bestow
ed upon most OF them than on the wheat
crop, yet they viii pay. Among them are
fax, hemp hops, &c.


Another fault among the tillers of the
soil is, they do not rotate their crops cnough
OF change Their seeds as frequantly as they
should For instance, i potatoes are plant
ed on the same ground year after year,
they will run out and becon.e subject to tho
rot, while if the seed should be changed
each year or two by bringing it from dis
tance the crop can be kept up to its best
yield ty good cultivation, and the potatoes
remain healthy. Agricultural chemistry
tells Is that some crops are more exhaustive
to the soil than others. Then it is evident
tic soil Oh Which these crops are raised,
should be fed in order to restore its power
OF production. This fact most Of our far,
L,ers understand, yet too many Of them
neglect to act upon this knowledge. The
result is that in a few years their lands show
signs of failing or wearing out, wher by g.
judicious system of feeding they maintain
their vigcr and richness through genera
tions. There is one great fault among
many Of cur farmers, a fault which causes
them much ii ne AID money, and that is
the practice OF attempting to cultivate too
many acres. In doing this they fail to do
justice to the land and crops. 1t is mis-
taken notion the larger the crop yo.: pit
in, the greater will be the profits, unless
you have the force 20 cultivate the land
well. 1t is not in every case that our
farmers are able to do this : nan that
cultivates forty acres as it should be VIII
make note clesr profit than lac who pre-


tends 70 til double that an 5ur:t and leaves
it to the tender mercies Of the weeds
Peoria Trqnscgip..
Year: 1867

The Three R,rers Reporter says that d
girl named Ada Bradley, seventeen years
of age, committed suicide at that place 4
few days ago by taking strychninc. She
gave as reason for the act that the SIAN
derous gossip OF her neighbors made her
unbearable trouble, and left letter with
instructions to "tell them who tried to in
jure me that they now have the privilege
oyer my grave
Year: 1867

impeachment is gathering nostrength. Mem
bers of Congress appear in little knots in search
OF winter quarters, and they are eagerly
sounded on this subject. From all that can be
learned, they stand as they did at the close OF
the last session. In the New York delegation
there are certainly converts TO impeach-
ment, and a leading member of the Senate,
now here, said yesterday that from all he could
learn, he did not believe there were half a dozen
changes in the House on the subject, and he
knew of none at all in the Senate.


The New York election will unquestionably
have much effect on the subject, and II the
State is lost or carried by the Republicans by a
close vote, that will be the last of the impeach-
ment. Only If New York is carried by ma
jority which Republicans dare not hope for,
will the impeachment sentiment increase
among members of Congress. AS heretofore
stated in these dispatches nothing has been
developed from the Judiciary Committee, of q
reliable character, indicating any change of
views on the part of any of its members.


A member OF Congress- in speaking of the
Virginia election, yesterday, pointed to 25 900
Republican majority in that State as forcibly
illustrating the power of Congress in spite OF
the Presidents opposition, and as rendering
the necessity for Impeachment less apparent
than ever. The proposition for q continuous
session Of Congress to the end OF Mr.. Johnson's
term is favorably received by the Republican
members who have been here.-N Y Times.
Year: 1867

A terrible accident occurred on the junction
and Breakwater Railroad last night, which re-
suited in the death of at least one man, and
probably others. A construction train loaded
with nails and material went down from Mil
ford to the end OF the road yesterday afternoon,


All the cars were unloaded but one, and the


train started back at about dusk, having the


car loaded with rails ahead, and quite a mum


ber OF laboTers, mostly colored on the empty


cars. AS they were coming along pretty


rapidly some of the rails slipped off.


IL Is supposed from the manner in


which they were thrown that one end


of the rails slipped Off, and then striking


the ground they were shot back amongst
the men. In some manner anyhow, quite q
number of rails were thrown amongst the
laboreTs, knocking number OF them off the
cars, killing one Instantly, cutting both legs
of another, breaking the thigh OF another and
in all severely ipjuring from twelve TO ffteen
men, several Of them IL is thought very seri-
ously Our informant left the scene OF the dis
aster Immediately after the accident; aud we
could gather no further details. The train was
entirely in charge and under control of the
Junction and Breakwater Railroad Company.
Wilmington (DeL) Commercial, 26th.
Year: 1867




J Doubtless the tunnel of the Eastern Rail-
road, just east of the depot in Salem, has
been the scene of numerous amusing Incl
dents, but we doubt If any ything of a more
ludicrous character has ever taken place
in it than the following: 1t seems that a
few days since, alady and her sister, and a
grown up son of the latter, took the cars at
Boston for the east, the sisters occupying a
seat together, and the young man the one
behind with another person. Upon enter
ing the tunneb the aunt, to have little
fun, rose up carefully, reached over to the
seat the young man had been occupying,
seized some one by the collar, shook him
sOundly, and then resumed her seat.


The sister, surprised at her vigorous
movements, asked what she had been do
ing. and was informed by the other that
she bad been attempting to brighten her
nephew. Her feelings can be imagined
when the other made her acquainted with
the fact that the young man left the train
at Salem, AMI that she had been shaking
up the wrong passenger" $500" aiif--r -.
3 When the train emerged from the tun-
mel, the person who had been mistaken tor
the son was observed adjusting his neck
tie and collar, and remarking that he did
not know what the matter was with the
ladies in front of him, but thought one of
them must be insane for she had just given
him a severe shaking, torn off his necktie,
scratching his face and disarranging his
hair, and he was alta loss to give any other
account for the sudden attack that had
been made upon him. b. I'D sH1 ---nls
Year: 1867


In rosewood cradle a bal y lay;
Its mother was sti, Itching, stitching away
On little robe of white.
One foot on the rocker, she hoped to keep
Her frolicsome baby fast asleep,
To finish her work that night.
In every stitch of the garment she wrought
That loving mother fastened thought
Hopes for that little one
And smiled on her babe with happy pride
And it slept in its cradle by her side,
Till that little robe was done;
Then she folded up the cambric and lace
And kissed her little ones chubby face,
That smiled in its infant glee.
She tossed it up and down in the air;
"low pretty you'll look, little babe, when


you wear


That new little robe" said she.





In rosewood coffin the baby lay
Its mother had wcpt the night away,
Watching its dying breath.
With it clasped to her breast she prayed


to keep


Her darling baby from going to sleep
In the cold, cold arms Of death.
They buried the babe in tho garment just


wrought
Whose every stitch held a hopeful thought
From that loving mother, sight
On the marble stone, she wrc with tear,
"How many hopes lie buried'here,
In that little robe of white"
" + +
In the Saviour's arms baby lay,
From its rosewood coffin far away,
In the realms of love and light
The angels garment had folded about
Its little form which will never wear out
A seamless robe of white.
Year: 1867

do not insult him by saying that
SIT does not look a bit like me .!n--
You might as well tell him that he
knows nothing about the business,
or that his camera is in fault. II
you take a child to him to be pho
tographed. do not be angry with
him because he can not keep it
still, when you cannot do it your
self; and, after trying half a dozen
times without success, and wasting
more time and material than the
price of the picture, do not forget
to MGak him for his trouble.


When you sit for a picture, do
not arrange your hair entirely diff.
fersnt from your usual mode of
wearing it, and then say that your
picture does not look at all natural.
If you wish to know how your hair
will look in this or that style, con-
suit your mirror before you go to
the gallery; for an artist has some
thing else to do than to try expert
ments just for your accommoda-
ton, even though no one else
should happen to be in. He has
his printing to attend to, glass to
prepare, chemicals to mix and keep
in order, and an hundred other
things to do.


Be sure, if possible, before you
leave yonr home, that your dress
is of suitable color for the pur,
pose. Blue, purple, pink, yellow,
light green, light red, and light
brown, will take either white or
very light. Dark green, dark
brown, dark red, and dark orange,
will take very dark,


A very fair person may dress
much lighter than one who has
dark complexion; but let no lady
deceive herself with the notion
that the use of cosmetics will add
to the beauty of picture. 1t is a
delusion that has been fatal to
many a photograph that would
have been good, and not a few la
dies have wondered why they
could not get as good pictures as
others. The best cosmetic is good
soft water, we'll applied, with lit
tie good soap occasionally. We
should have better compilations il
all others were abolished. We
never could see that they added to
any ones beauty, and if any think
differently, they know at the same
time that it is all sham, and just
how much it is worth. But ladies
may do as they please, and we
shall not quarrel with them, but
they must not find fault if theil
photographs do not look as clear
as they ought. B.
Year: 1867

IT has become so universal a
custom for every person to be pho
tographed, that few rules and in
structions for those who wish to
secure pictures of themselves ard
their friends, will not be out OF
place.


Many do not get what they wish,
and 90 home disappointed, just for
the want of little information as
to dress, &c.


1t is not known to every one
that there is lack of symmetry
in the faces of most persons in
fact, scarcely one in a hundred has
perfectly symmetrical features, yet
there are but few who notice any
irregularity in the hundreds of tac-
es they see every day, unless it ap-
proaches to a deformity. But, let
any one have small picture taken
by a photographer, and the reduc'
ton IN size will make it more cas-
lily perceptible, and the person will
then, for the first time, learn that
both sides of his face are not ex-
actly alike, but not, perhaps, until
he has blamed the artist with max
ing his face crooked, when the fault
was with his mother or nurse, in
allowing him 10 lie too much on
one side when a child. A close
scrutiny before good mirror will
generally convince him that the
fault is not in the artist, nor in his
camera. Sometimes the eyes are
not horizontal, or one side of the
face is longer or fuller than the
other, and some are afflicted with
strabismus; but they would rather
have their eyes appear straight in
picture, when it can be done. A
good artist sees all these things al
a glance, and knows how to rene.
dy them, in part, if permitted to do
so. Some persons look well in any
respectable position, but there are
more who do not; and most per
sons will make a better picture in
some certain position, than in any
other. With all these facts in view
is it not unjust to compel an artist
to take your portrait in any posi-
ton that you may fancy, contrary
to his better taste and Judgment
His business is to give you the best
position for a picture, and has, per
haps, devoted years to the study o.
his art, while you have not given
| it one hours thought. If you have
any preference as to position, it il
right that you should state it; but
allow him to decide whether it il
expedient or not, and do not per
sist in standing when he says you
ought to SIT. 1t is not every one
who can stand gracefully, neither
does every one dress tastefully ol
becomingly, for a picture in tha
position; and we are often com
PEELED to mentally exclaim:


"Oh wqd some power the giftie gle us,


To see ourselves as ithers see us;


1t wad from many blun6er free us,


An foolish notion"


If you sit for photograph, giv'
the artist an opportunity OF MAX
; ing the best picture Of you that HI
can; and, after he has done bis best
Year: 1867

SINCE the time when the Ancient
Mariner told the terrible tale of
the curse-laden ship with her crew
of ghastly corpses, no more thrilling
story of the sea has been related
than that of the whale ship Diana,
that recently drifted into one of the
Shetland Islands. A year ago she
left Shetland, on a whaling voyage
to the arctic regions, having on
board fifty men. From that time
nothing more was hard of her. The
friends of those on board became
alarmed. Money was raised and
premiums offered to the first vessel
that would bring tidings of the
missing ship, but all to no avail.
Hope was almost abandoned. On
the I'd of April the people near
Rona's Voc, in one of the Shetland
Isles, were startled at seeing a
CHASTITY wreck of a ship sailing into
the harbor. Battered and ice-crush-


ed, sails and cordage cut away,
boats and spars cut up for fuel in
the terrible Arctic winter, her
decks covered with dead and dying,
the long lost Diana sailed in like
ship from the Deadman's Land.
Fifty Men sailed out of Lerwick
in a bright May morning last
year. All of the fifty came back in
her on the second of April, this
year; the same, yet how different.


Ten men, of whom the Captain
was one, lay stifened corpses on
the deck; thirty-fve lay helplessly
sick, and some dying; two retained
sufficient strength to creep aloft;
and the other three crawled feebly
about the deck. The ship was
boarded by the islanders, and as
they climbed over the bulwarks the
man at the wheel fell faiuting from
excitement; one of the sick died
as he lay, his death being announc
ed by the fellow occupant of his
berth feebly moaning 'Take away
this dead man." On the bridge O


the vessel lay the body of the Cap
tain, as it had lain for four months
with nine of his dead shipmates by
his side, all decently laid out by
those who soon expected to share
their fate. The survivors coulC
not bear to sink the bodies of theil
comrades into the sea, but KEEP


them so that when the last mar
died the fated ship that had beer
their common home should be theil
common tomb. The surgeon OF th'
ship worked faithfully to the last
but cold, hunger, seurvy and dys
entery were too much for him.
The brave old Captain was the frs


victim, and died blessing his men
Then others fell, one by one, unit
the ship was tenanted only by thu
dead and dying. One night more
at sea would have left the Diana
floating coffin. Not one of the fitt.
would have lived to tell the ghasti.
tale. rr..
Year: 1867

The exhaustion Of the British coal
fields proceeds at the rate of nearly
one hundred million tons per annum,
or five times the present product Of
the American mines. On the other
hand, the extent Of the American
coal-felds is more than twelve times
that of the British.
Year: 1867

Has just received fine assortment Of
spring goods of the latest styles and is pre-
pared to give perfect satisfaction in bleach
ing, coloring and all kinks ofwork in that
line of business.


People of New Oregon and vicinity are
requested to call and satisfy themselvesi in
regard to work and prices. n2O-S
Year: 1867

mature deliberation, it is apparent TO them
that much might be saved by merely passive
conduct on the part of the people of Vir-
ginia as to the mode of providing for the cleo
ton of members to such Convention to form a
new State Constitution, under the provisions
of that act and to leave that machinery to the
power and supervision of the military COM
mander of the District.