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Year: 1869

| TIE ROYAL DAIRY IN ENGLAND.


'sBurleish" writes to the Boston journal an ao-
count of his visit to Prince Alberts model farm at
Frogmore:


Frogmore is within the Royal Park at Windsor
The palace is plain country residence, with moth
ing to distinguish it from thousand others in
England. The sight is superb and the surround.
ings interesting Not far from the mansion is the
mausoleum of the Prince Consort-a tall, square,
brick tower with pointed roof No one is allowed
to visit the tomb except on the anniversary Of the
Princes death. Then the trades-people Of Windsor
are allowed to visit the shrine. The common peo'
pie loved the Prince very much and they had rea-
son to, for he was kind master. In portion OF
the royal grounds Prince Albert laid out his model
farm He erected superb buildings and introduced
all modern improvements, tried all modern expert
ments and gave the country the benefit OF bis ex-
perience. When the sharp eye and vigilant hand
of the Prince lay cold in death, the beauty Of the
farm began to decline, was there on Thursday,
and the stiffness of Pompei reigns over the place
The exquistely arranged quadrangular buildings
were deserted One side, where the ffty-one dairy
COWS are kept, was in prime order. The rest show
ed neglect A few pigs sporting in pen exhibited
all the life to be seen on the farm.


The royal dairy alone remains in active use.
The building occupied as dairy resembles alodge
at the gate of palace The interior is exqusitely
fitted up The walls and floor are of the finest china
The royal arms and medallion likenesses Of the
entire royal family surround the room. Fountains
play, and ingenious arrangements have been made
for ventilation and to keep the temperature even
at all times of the day and all seasons of the year.
The presiding genius of this establishment is q
Welch woman, scrupulously neat, in the peculiar
garb of her country the conspicuous part Of which
was low-crowned peculiar-shaped hat. The milk
used on the royal table at the Castle and in London
is obtained from this dairy. The pans about fifty
in number are Of china and of peculiar shape,
made from models furnished by Prince Albert
The milk from the twelve Alderney cows ID kept
by itself for the Queens special use. From this
the butter is made that is placed on the royal table
It follows the Queen wherever she goes. Daily the
couriers from Downing street start with their box
of dispatches for Osborn, Balmoral, London, or
wherever her Majesty may be. Just as regularly
starts the messenger with the royal butter to find
the Queen. At Osborn and Balmoral the Queen
has her own dairy for milk, but the butter she
must have from Frogmore. I saw rolls Of golden
butter ready to be sent of. Itwss very tempting
to the eye and sweet 10 the tooth. The churn used
at Frogmore is metallic one, in shape like bar
rel, and rotary. Pans, pals and cans all bore the
royal monogram-"V. R." The dairy is called
the modern dairy. But no one without royal
revenue could afford such an arrangement Con-
spicuous in the room, in gold letters, is the an.
nouncement that the dairy was constructed by
Prince Albert in the twenty first year Of her Maj
estys reipn''
Year: 1869

MEN WITHOUT HEAR1s.-We sometimes meet
with men who seem to think that any indulgence
in an afectionate feeling is weakness. They will
return from journey, and greet their families
with distant dignity, and move among their chill
dren with the cold and lofty spendor Of an iceberg
surrounded by its broken fragments There is
hardly more unnatural sight on earth than ope of
these families without heart. A father had bet
ter extinguish boys eyes than take away his
heart WHO that has experienced the joys Of
friendship, and values sympathy and affection,
would not rather lose all that is beautiful in ma
ture's scenery than be robbed Of the hidden treas
ures Of his heart? Cherish, then, your hearts
best affections. Indulge in the warm and gushing
emotions of flial, paternal, and ftaternal love.
Year: 1869

THE MMD.-Tbe mind of man, in its progress
toward it's higher destiny, is tasked with the physi-
cal earth as problem, which within the limits of
life, it must struggle to solve. The intellectual
spirit is capable of embracing finite things. Man
is gifted with powers for studying the entire circle
of viaibse creation and he is equal, under proper
training, to the task Of examining much Of the Sc
cret machinery that stirs the whole.
Year: 1869

There Is many rest In the road Of life,


If we would only stop to take IL;
And many tone from the better land,


If the querulous heart would make II!
To the soul thai ts full Of hope,


And whose beautiful trust meier faueth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the winter storm psevaileth
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted!
There never was night without day,


Or an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, as the prOverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There Is many gem in the path OF life,


Which we pass In our Idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser's hoard OF treasure;
II may be the love Of little child,


Or mothers prayer to Heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup Of water given.
Better TO weave In the web Of life


bright and golden filling,
And TO do Gods will with ready heart,
And hands that are ready and willing;
Than to snap the delicate, minute threads
OF our curious lives asunder,
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Year: 1869

BE FIRM. The winds and the waves may beat
against the rock, planted in troubled sea, but it
remains unmoved. Be you like that rock, young
man. Vice may entice, and the song and the cup
may invite. Beware stand firmly at your post
Let your principles shine forth unobscured There
is glory in the thought that you have resisted
temptation and conquered. Your bright example
will be to the world what the lighthouse is to the
mariner upon sea-shore; it will guide hundreds
to the point Of virtue and safety.
Year: 1869

TIE FIRST PRINTED observation-disclosures the
inventor of the art of printing; and the very first
use to which the discovery Of printing was applied
was the production of the Bible. This was &C
complished at Mentz, between the years 1850 and
1856. This Bible was in two folio volumes, which
have been justly praised for the strength and beau
Year: 1869

EDUCATION. suppose that every learned
man is an educated man. No such thing. That
man is educated who knows himself, and takes &C
curate common sense views Of men and things
around him. Some very learned men are the great
Year: 1869

TEMPERANCE This cardinal virtue can not be
too highly estimated. It is that due restraint up
on the affections and passions which renders the
body tame and governable, and frees the mind from
the allurements of vice." This term has wide
signifcation Not only should it be observed in
its popular sense, and the immoderate use Of ar
dent spirits be avoided but we should be temperate
in all our relations in life. We should cultivate an
amiable disposition, and should not indulge to ex-
cess in any thing which, being good in ITSELF may
become injurious by abuse. "Be temperate in all
things" is a good motto which, we fear, is too
often overlooked. It is the duty Of those who pre-
side over the lodge to nculcate this teaching not
only by words appropriately spoken in the lodge
room, but by their conduct in the world Upon
them devolves sacred duty which cannot be slight
ed.-Masonc Paper.
Year: 1869

On CATCHING CoLD.-Catching cold is a COM
mon phrase for an attack Of catarrh, but it is q
very incorrect one. One year suffered so very
severely from series of colds, that my attention
was drawn specially to them. Iwasthen lecturing
on medicine, and nearly every night from five
o'clock to six during the winter months had to turn
out from warm room to go through all weathers,
lecture for an hour in theatre heated by stove
and lighted by gas, and then return again to my
snuggery at home. When I felt fresh cold be-
ginning, tried in vain to account for it, until &C.
cidentalIy saw in Copeland's Dictionary that the
most fertile cause Of cold was coming from a
moist, cold air 70 hot and dry room. This at
once explained to me the reason of my frequent
suffering, for I had invariably gone into my hot
room straight from the cold. I, of course, soon
changed my habit; dawdled in the hall while Ia
king off my great coat, perambulated the rooms
which had no fire in them, went up and down
stairs, and the like, ere I went into my study,
whose temperature was also reduced. Since then
I agree with friend who says that acold comes
from catching hot and ] am disposed to think
that there IL strong analogy between chilblain
on chids toes and cold in a persons nose,
throat and lungs.-Dr. Thomas hn'an.


LET Us HELP One ANorHER. little SEN
tence should be written on every heart and stamped
on every memory It should be the golden rule
practiced not only in every household but through
out the world. By helping one another We not
only remove thorns from the pathway, and anxiety
from the mind, but we feel sense Of pleasure in
our own hearts, knowing we are doing duty to a
fellow creature. A helping hand, or an encoura-
gng word is no loss to us, yet it is benefit to 9TH
ers Who has not felt the power Of this little SEN
tence? Who has not needed the encouragement
and aid of kind friend? How soothing, when
perplexed with some task that is mysterious and
burthensome, to feel gentle hand on the shoulder
and to hear kind voice whispering: 'Do not feel
discouraged; see your trouble, let me help you.
What strength is inspired, what hope created,
what gratitude is felt, and the great difficulty is
dissolved as dew beneath the sunshine. Yes let
us help one another by endeavoring to strengthen
and encourage the weak and lifting the burden of
care from the weary and oppressed, that life may
glide smoothly on and the fount of bitterness yield
sweet waters; and He, whose willing hand is ever
ready to aid us, will reward our humble endeavors,
and every good deed will be as "bread cast upon
the waters to return after many days, not to US,
to those we love.
Year: 1869

ed into her veins, the "Theodora" speeds from tht
danger like frightened race-horse.


Once more the darkness settles around US; still
every second we expect shot We listen for al
alarm we look for rockets and signal lights. L
scarcely seems possible that We should have al
most'run the enemy down and not been discovered
yet it is even so, and half hour later we have the
qualification of accompanying Captain Oakley tc
the cabin, where he communicates to the anxious
occupants the cheering news that we are beyono
the reach of immediate pursuit. 1t is nearly three
o'clock in the morning, and over q stifly brewed
punch we unite our congratulations in the little sa
loon and retire to rest.


Three days more we arrived at Nassau, N. p
the Paradise of blockade runners and spectators.
Here We saw another Of our tormentors in the
shape of small schooner employed by the New
York Insurance Companies to assist vessels In dan
ger and save their cargoes when wrecked and as
we steamed in with the Confederate flag flying bold
ly at the masthead, she made for us. In the dead
calm which prevailed, our piston rods and paddle
wheels had the advantage of the Yankee skipper
sweeps, and he looked biliously blue when we af:
forwards met him at the hotel in town. 1t is an
interesting historical fact that this island was orig
inaly included in the grant of North and South
Carolina, and was regarded by the King of Eng
land as natural outpost of these colonies. Strange
it is that after the lapse of two hundred years the
late war should have demonstrated the value which
the king attached to the place.


Our object in touching at Nassau was to transfer
the. Commissioners and their families to the Eng.
lish steamer "Coronac," then plying once month
between New York, Nassau and Havana, but un'
fortunately she had left a day or two before. We
accordingly sailed that afternoon for Cuba. We
had crossed the Great Bahama Banks, and passed
the Double Head Shot Light, when Captain Oakley
came aft and said large steamer was bearing
down on us to the southwark and westward, and
that possibly it might be Federal cruiser. Long
and anxously did we peer at that stately stranger
through the ships glasses, wondering and wonder,
ing in vain as to her character and intentions. II
was one of those beautiful October days, in which
it is hard to be unhappy about anything, but fan


! II Il S6o
Year: 1869

Any druggists..in the country will tell you, take the trouble to enquire, that every one that buys bottle of Ooe's Dyspepsia Cure for them speaks in the most unqualified praise of its great medicinal virtues.
Year: 1869

Do not delay procuring and immediately taking Goes Cough Balsam, when troubled with any of the above named difficulties They are all premonitory symptoms of Consumption and if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you away into the valley of shadows from which none can ever return
Year: 1869

Come, in beautiful dreams, love,
OH come to me Oft,
When the white wings Of sleep
On my bosom lie soft;
OH come when the sea,


In the moons gentle light
Beats soft or the air,


Like the pulse of the night
When the sky and the wave
Wear their loiticst blue,
When the dew's on the flower
And the stars on the dew.
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
OH come, and we'll stay
Where the whole year is crowned
With the blossoms Of May
Where each sound is sweet
As the coo of a dove,
And the gates are as soft


As the breathing Of love;
Where the beams KISS the waves,
And the waves kiss the beach,
And our warm lips may catch
The sweet lessons they teach. bsf
Come, in beautiful dreams, love.
Oh 1 come, and well fly,
Like two winged spirits


OF love through the sky;
With hand clasped in hand, a
On our dream wings wellgo, M
Where the starlight and moonlight
Are blending their glow;
And on the bright clouds we'll linger,
OF purple and gold,
Till the angels shall envy


The bliss they behold.
Year: 1869

One Of the amendments to the city char
ter provides that the Common Council shall
choose from their own number presiding
officer, who shall exercise the powers Incl
deaf to such Office. A rule OF bylaw Of
the Common Council provides that the
standing committees OF tEat body slall be
appointed hy the Mayor, at the beginning
Of each municipal year. An Impression
seems to e11st that tho new presiding om-
Ger Of the Council, &hen he shall be
chosen, will hare the power to appoint the
committees But it is evident that under
the existing bylaw the Mayor will still havo
The appointment OF the committees. We
cali attention TO this fact, not for the puy-
pose Of suggesting a change in tho rulc Of
the Council, hut to correct an erroneous i'm
preston which seems to prevail even among
tie Aldermen themselves.
Year: 1869

fact that no effective measure has vet been
adopted to counteract bribery leavea no
room to hope for reform except in some
measure moro radical md searching than
any heretofore applied.
Year: 1869

DIvERs.-The greatest depth to whicha
diver can descend is about LOO feet, and
for this heavy weight is disposed about
his person, The average depth at which
he can work comfortably is about 80 feet,
which was near the depth at which the
operations upon the Royal George were
conducted In the water from 60 to 70
feet deep the men can work two hours at
time, coming up for 10 minutes rest, and
doing a days work of six or seven hours.
An English diver went down in the Med
iterranean to depth of 155 feet, and
remained there % minutes; and Green
Inspected a wreck in one Of the great lakes
at IA depth Of lie feet but his experience
was enough to convince him that he could
not work on it without danger Of life At
this depth the pressure Of the water on the
hands IS 50 great as to force the blood to
the head aud bring ON fAinting fits, while
the requisite volume Of air inside the dress
to resist the outward pressure of the watef
is so great it would speedily suffocate.
Year: 1869

ORIGIN OF THE gSANDwICH.-Thes sand
wich is said to have derived It's name from
the Earl of Sandwich, very rich and
misery nobleman of the time of George IL.
He loved the excitement of horse racing,
but did not relish the expense attendant
upon good dinner. He, therefore, in all
his excursions to country races, carried
with him his meals in the shape of slices Of
ham placed between slices of bread and
butter. This trifing trait-immortalized
man who would otherwise have been for-
gotten the day after his funeral
Year: 1869

both BY precept and example, may we
study that our words may be all powerful.
Nor is this the only Improvement this
century can boast OF. Love of country
and liberty has risen to the grandeur and
power OF a national passion. The Union
has been made doubly precious by the
blood it's maintainance has cost, and has
attained a strength that no mortal force
can destroy. The chains of the weary
bondsmen have been loosed and he is
now enjoying that liberty which he has
SO long longed for Freedom, formerly
the abstract political theory, has become
household benefit, out ofwhose content
ment flow peace and happiness, and we
now live amicably under one common
nationality.


As we look back into the vista Of past
ages we have seen the light of knowledge
gradually dawn, growing brighter and
more resplendent; but our rivulet has not
become Niagara, nor has it yet reached
the ocean of intelligence And what
mighty agent has accomplished all this !?
Education both moral and intellectual
Then how important that we should be
interested in the education of the youth
Exertions should be constantly made to
elevate the standard of public education.
Men Of education and influence in this
great Republic, if you wish to see peace
and plenty reign, and the bright hopes of
the future realized, look well to the edu-
cation of the youth in our land uphold
and sustain our public schools-manifest
an interest in them, and ace, who hold
the responsible position of cultivating
these immortal minds, these great store
houses into which thoughts must be gar
nered, let US try to preserve that liberty
which our fathers through Gods
blessing, have won, and aim to impress
upon their minds the lessons Of truth and
justice, and our land may yet be blessed
with true loyal sons and daughters, whose
watchword will ever be ''God, immortali-
ty and Progress"
Year: 1869

READING ON MISUNDERSTANDING per-
sons injure their eyes by reading on
swiftly-moving trains: So much litera-
ture is sold on the cars; we are so pressed
for time; it is SO convenient to peruse our
morning and evening paper as we come
from or go to our homes in the suburbs;
that, in spite of warnings to the contrary,
we yield to the temptation. It may do
no harm to glance at the headings, and at
the loaded print, but let any one, taking
days Journey ON the cars. as from New
York to Boston, undertake to read a book
or paper in small type, for the whole dis
tance, and if his eyes are not sore at the
end of the journey, they are stronger
than those of ordinary people.-N r
World.
Year: 1869

To MAKE COURT -PLAsTER.-Never
having seen IN print an excellent substi-
tute for court-plaster, for cuts and bruis-
es upon hands in cold weather, I give
you the following: "Take half dozen
pigs ieet well oleanedfor cooking, and boil
them to aJely ofabout half pint or less
then spread with brush on any waste
scraps of silks, and We find it equal to
any adhesive plaster we have ever used
Any fatty substance n the boiling of the
feet raises to the surface. and when cold
can easily be removed.n
Year: 1869

An Ohio editor is getting particular
about what he eats, and expresses him
self after the following fashion: "The
woman who made the butter which we
bought last week is respectfully reques-
ted to exercise more judgment in proper
tioning the ingredients. The last batch
had too much hair in for butter, aud not
quite enough for waterfall. There is
no sense in making yourself bald, headed,
if butter Is 35 cents pound
Year: 1869

At recent meeting IN this city, at
which no ladies were represented, man,
in responding to the toast on Woman, !,
dwelt almost solely on the fralitg of the
sex, claiming that the best among them
were little better than the worst, the
chief difference beingin the surroundings
At the conclusion of the speech gentle.
man present rose to his feet and said ;:


Il trust the gentleman. IN the applica-
ton of his remarks, refers to his own
mother and sisters, and not to ours"


The effect of this most just snd time
ly rebuke was overwhelming-the malig-
ner of woman was covered with confusion
and shame. o-


This incident serves an excellent pur'
pose in prefacing few words which we
have for long time had it in our mind
to say. Of all the evils prevailing among
young men we know of none more blight
ing in its moral. effects than the tendency
to speak slightingly of the virtue of
women. Nor is there anything in which
young men are so thoroughly mistaken as
the low estimate they form of the integri-
ty of women-not of their own mothers
and sisters, thank God, but of others,
who, they forget, are somebody else's
mothers and sisters.


AS rule, no person who surrehder5 to
this debasing habit is safe to be trusted
with any enterprise requiring integrity OF
character. Plain words should be spok-
en- on this point, for the evil is general
one and deep rooted. If young men are
sometimes thrown into the society of the
thoughtless, they have no more right to
measure other women by what they see of
these than they would have to estimate
the character of honest and respectable
citizens by the developements OF crime IN
our police courts.


Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No worldlywls-
dom, no misanthropic philosophy. no gen.
eralization, can cover or weaken this fun
damental truth. It stands like the re-
cord of God himsclf-for it is nothing
less than thi8-and should put seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slightingly OF
women-Packdr6'S Monthly.
Year: 1869

TRADE IN SCOTTISH PEARLs.-1t is
! chiefly during the last seven years that
pearls of Scotland have bulked largely
in our gem commerce, although desul-
tory kind Of collection had been carried
on for half century. Many a peasant
used to have a few of these exquisite
gems slowed away, perhaps in an old pill
box, or disused teapot; these the guide
wife would dispose of to chance travel
er for a few shillings, obtaining maybe
a pound note for the lot, or she would
barter them with a packman for a shawl
or gown. But now, good ready money
can be obtained for any quantity of Scot
tish pearls, there being no lack of buyers;
and, as most newspaper readers will see
from occasional paragraphs, considerable
sums are occasionally paid to the finders
of marketable pearls. A quarter of q
century ago, fve-pound would have
been considered munifcent reward for
the finding of any single pearl, however
beautiful in shape or pure in lustre; but
specimens have been taken within this
year or two that brought ten times that
sum-indeed, it has been whispered that
one or two gems have been found in Scot
tlsh waters which were sold for mora
than hundred guineas each, and any,
body can read that in ireland at one time,
specimens of pearls were frequently OBJ
tanned of the value of from four to eighty
guineas. - CdSSeWs Mdoazi1,e.
Year: 1869

George Francis Train is one Of our
most noble women. His appeals in be-
half Of her sex are both powerful and
convincing. No one can read her speech
es without being convinced he ought to
vote
Year: 1869

The Thirtyfrst volume of this popular
weekly will commence with the New Year, and
the propretors propose to make it the most
brilliant, varied and entertaining budget of
to the American public in the form of Family
Newspaper. Better original stories than are to
be found in any of the magazines will grace it's
columns; and, already in advance of all cor
temporaries of its class in size and amount of
eclipse them ali in every department of liter
ature included in the programme of a first st-rate
Household Journal.


The leading feature of the new volume will
be a powerful story by