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Year: 1867

STRIKE THE KNoT.-'Strike the
knott said a gentleman one day to
his son, who, tired and weary, was
leaning on his axe over log which
he had in vain been trying to cleaye
Then, looking at the log, the gentle
man saw how the boy had hacked
and Clipped all round the knot with
out hitting it. Taking the axe, he
struck a few sharp blows on the knot
and split the log without difficulty
Smiling, he returned the axe to his
son saying:


always strike the knott


That was good advice. 1t is good
for you, my children, as it was fol
the boy to whom it was first given
1t is a capital maxim to follow wheI
you are in trouble. Have you got tt
face difficulty? Have you a HARD
sum to do at school? Are you leav
ing home to live for the first time
among strangers2 Strike the knot
Look your trouble in the eye, as tn,
bold lion hunter looks in the face o
q lion. Never shrink from a painfu
duty, but step right up to it, and lt
it. Yes, strike the-knotrl Strike tn,
knot, boys and girls. and you vii
always conquer your difficulties.
Year: 1867

SELF DKPENDENcE.-Many an un.


wise parent works hard, and lives
sparingly all his lite for the purpose
of leaving enough to give his children
a start in the world, as it is called.
Settling q young man aaoat with
money left him by his relatives, is
like tying bladder under the arms
of one who cannot swim, ten chances
to one he will lose his bladders and
go down to the bottom. Teach him
to swim, and he will not need the
blsdders. Give your child good
education. See to it that his morals
are pure, his mind cultivated. and
his whole nature made subservient
to the laws which govern man, and
you will..have given what will be of
more value than the wealth of the
Indies. You have given him a start
which 70 misfortune can deprive him
of. The earlier you teach him to
depend upon his own resources and
the blessing of God, the better.
Year: 1867

DOVER, N. H., July 22,1s55.

 Dr. Poland-1 received your letter inquir- ing as to the effects of your medicine on sea sickness. 1 am happy to say that I think it is ' the medicine" for that dreadful sickness. tried various prescriptions, but found none that settled the stomach and cleared the head like the Hunaor Doctor. I felt as though I could hardly wait to get, ashore. to entreat you to introduce it into the ship chandlery stores. that it may find its way to those who suffer upon the mighty deep from sea-sickness. Ii captains who take their families with them or carry passengers, should try it for once, they would never be willing to voyage with out it.

 have used it in my family since it's intro duction to the public for bilious habits, headache, and humors about my children. and have always found it sure cure. -at

 am not fond of having my name appearin public. and would not consent to it on any ac- count but to relieve the suffering; but, if the foregoing will be of any service to you or the public, you can make use of it. *.
Year: 1867

BOARD OF ALDEKWLN.


The Board met ut o'clock Yesterday afternoon
pursuant adjournment President Shannon In the chair
The Board concurred resolution OF the Councilmen
authorizing Gov Fenton 10 select artist 10 paint his
portrait for the City OF York. provided that the city
expenses shall not be increased thereby.


Mayor Hoffman sent In communication to the effect
that he ordinance making provision for blind persons
was so irregular and ndistmc In its character that IL
cannot DC carried into practical effect ordered on file
The Board OF Health sent in communication incoslng
one from the Cf6tOn Aqueduct Board recng that the
condition OF the pavement between the tracks o the Belt
Railroad In Fiity-nnth and other streets can only be
fTme3ed by he passage of an ordinance by the Common
Council as at present Is clause IN the charter or
the company requiring them 10 keep the pavement IN
repalr Referred To the Committee on Law.
4 number OF resolutions presented In favor OF
having with the Nicholson IaNencht anu
they all laid over. ,,.. ,,.t,..s ,ho
After going through quantity OF routine business the
Board adjourned 10 Monday next
Year: 1867

timent the sentiment Of brotherhood in truth. he
a very imposing spectacle | have not the s'lSnles,
doubt very dear brethren that this idea OF the Grand
Orient of France will he appreciated and That flcG-
masOns will forward and respond to ths apHal'
the links Of the chain which binds them together ana me
more brilliant will their festivities be pray you, very
dear brethren make this communication pubic rs
possible. Accept the OF my esteem ana i'
terua affection. MELLlhEl,


Grand Master Of the Masonic order in France.
Year: 1867

CAIRo, March 13.-The levee near
Mound City broke this morning with
a breach of forty feet wide and six
inches deep. The citizens are sink
ing boat in the crevice, and doing
all they can to prevent an inundation
Of the town. The levees about Cairo
are intact, and believed to be capable
Of withstanding the flood.
Year: 1867

NEVER make use of woman's S
name in an improper place, or at an
improper time, or in mixed company.
Never mako assertions about her that
you think are untrue, illusions that
you feel she herself would blush to
hear. When you meet with men who
do not scruple to make use Of wo-
mans name in a reckless manner,
shun them, for they are lost to every
sense of honor.
Year: 1867

Young ladies, nowadays, when they are
preparing for a walk, ought not to keep their
lovers waiting as long as they used to do,
for now they have only to put their bonheti
half en-. L b. q. h INN
Year: 1867




THE BEST INHERITANCE. The
following paragraph we clip from one
of Henry Ward Beecher's recently
published sermons: &" r". u.


"Not money, not honor, not even
a good name is the best inheritance
Of a child. Far above all secular
gifts is parents good name !; but
there are some good things that are
better than that, namely, those trans
missable moral qualities which put
tAe sole, from. the first, under the
dominion of the higher Instinct
From my mother l had a legacy
which Igwould not be able to thank
G. d enough for in this world, if [ was
to live for long ages. Have you not
reason to thank God that you sprang
from such parents as yours were? And
do you not know that the nature which
they handed down to you was one that
represented, as it were, in our jour
nal, the point at which they left the
conflict having gained victory upon
victory that your warfare might be
less and your victories easier And
that which you-have inherited offend
encies towards things noble and true
and away from things selfish and false
vou may transmit with augmentirg
power. Here is a great lesson Of
life.
Year: 1867

lngs of the people, or the subversiOT
of the government, SO he may reaE
and rule. He was a traitor to the


Union, a traitor to the Confederacy


and would sell the honor of the peO


pie who trusted him-all for greed
and for place--tirSt, from his own
people and then from his peoples
0ppreSSOrS. How can such a man be
moved by the voice of honor or be
made to listen to the appeals OF
| patriotism /? How can he, whose
ambition seeks only his own good,
be turned from his purpose by the
exhibition of wrongs to others ?


The fiery flames of sulphurious
hell could not burn the lusts of pow
er and peIf from the minds of ambi-
tious Luciter and his fallen followers.
How, then, can truth, though naked
stripped--or sarcasm, though born
III gall-or woolng appeals, though
they come from millions wronged-
be expected to open to the mind, or
reach the conscience, or shake the
purpose of the hardened wretch
this political Lucifer-whO is willing
to make a Pandemonium OF his coun-
try, because,


To reign is worth ambition, though in


He'll"


But the wise, the good the patriotic
and the truly brave will take warn,
ing. These alone can save the cOun-
try. The thoughtless, the selfish :,
the fanatical and the ambitious are
its destroyerS. This mad attempt
by military measures to force an un-
resisting people into self degradation
for no purpose but party aggrandize
ment, must produce fearful calami
ties which no pen can describe.
Actual events will shame my
language for very weakness in this
feeble attempt to forecast the future.
But from all these horrors there is ii
way of escape. There is bit one wdy.
Trust to no party, listen no longer
to men who have deceived you, who
have been false to every promise;
faithless to every principle, and
treacherous to every government.
Return, oh, my deluded and pros
trate countrymen, return to the
Constitution 1t alone is safe. 1t
is safe for all colors and safe from
all dangers. Every blessing comes
from its observance, every woe from
its violation. Let us all resolve to
accept whatever is according to its
provisions, and reject everything
that is contrary thereto, and then
fear nothing. They alone are dis
loyal and traitors who violate the
Constitution, and they the vllest OF
traitors who use the power of the
government to aid and shield them
i'll the violation,
Year: 1867

The Charleston NccS is evidently
becoming nauseated with the Con
greSslonal scheme of reconstruction
The Ne,eS says;


The action of Sheridan, coupled
with that of Pope, Schofeld, and 9th.
ers nearer home, would seem to indi,
cate that the Radical policy is to be
carried out in the reconstruction OF
the Southern States-that the policy
of the Presdent-a policy of justice
and humanity-is to be totally ignOr-
ed.


We have labored in our columns
to prove that our people are not de
serving of these harsh and iniquitOuS
measures. We have stated that the
only sure way of curing the ills to
which the South has been subjected
is to let it alone politically, and to
aid it by pecunlary means-that it
was not wise to intetere with its local
administration, laws and customs.


But time has shown that this poll
cy is just what the Radicals will not
have. They are as determined now,
and, we think, even more, as they
ever were, to keep up an agitation
| in the South between the negroes
and the whites, and to array one
race against the other in active. un-
relenting hostility. This they claim
it to be right to do, and if the poor
South evInce a dislike to it and at
tempt measures to protect itself
from this despotic interference, the
Federal Generals are at hand to Ell
force a compliance with radical ideas.
and to compel oHr people to agree to
and practice radical teachings. And
this is called reconstructing the
South Why, this is precisely what
the Gar of Russia is doing in Poland,
and the whole civilized world com
plains of it as cruel, tyrauniCal and
despotic. This policy is that of the
old feudal despotS. a brave and ell.
lightened people will never become
used to it. The time will never come
when the Southern people will acqui-
esce in the degradation and humilia-
ton to which they are being subject
ed. Time, instead of wearing away
the sense of outrage and wrong, will
only increase the bitterness Of feeling
which the endurance of outrage has
produced. So it always has been in
every subjected people, and so it will
ever be while human nature animates
mankind.
Year: 1867

You (of the SOuth) hare no right to
gjre array aHy part Of yOW herjtdge
| Of frccdom. You boW it IN trust for
the coming generation, You 5rW still
hare the right Of reclamation Of that


ckere0f y0U hare been robbed. What
you gire array is gone from yoW for,
Memphis Appeal.


In these few, short, terse sentences
is world of argument which all the
Orrs and Browns and PattonS in the
Southern provinces cannot contute
or evade.j


The idea which is here enunciated
with so much clearneSS and power,
covers the whole ground of duty, the
whole field in controversy, and no
Southern man who once graSpS it
can hesitate an instant as to his
course.


Congress claims absolute pOrer
over the people and the provinces Of
the South, and might enact in the
! form of law whatever system OF local
governments over us should seem
proper in the sight of a majority of
its members; but the radical leaders,
who control Congress, know very
well that government thus imposed
upon the people of this section,
would be illegal, and their acts would
be declared null and rOjd in any
court before which they should be
brought, and have adopted thepend-
ing so-called reconstruction plan as
means of forcing us TO distranchiSe
thousands of our most intelligent
citizens, to enfranchise other thouS-
ands utterly unfit to exercise the
right of suffrage, to convict the
pureSt and best among us of perjury
in the adoption of the proposed con
Stitutional amendment. to consent to
perpetual misrepresentation in the
national councils by excluding there
from all who could represent us, TO
approve all the measures Of outrage
and oppression to which we have
been subiected-of forcing us to put
ourselves on record as doing all this
of Our oicn free cW and accord.


If we do all this, if we call con-
vention, and frame and ADOPT a con
Stitution in accordance with the
recent acts of Congress, ace make the
gOrerRmeRt thus established oar O1cR,
and no matter what changes there
may be in the political sentiment of
the North, no matter what relief
might otherwise be sought through
the court we cut off ourselves by our
onw action. Louisville Journal.
Year: 1867

u Eight hour laws have been
passed in three States, New York,
Illinois and Missouri. Al these
laws simply prohibit men fFQm work
ing more than eight hours, unless
they wish to do so, and are therefore
of about as much value as an act per
hitting the working man to have
roast turkey and pumpkin-pie for
dinner when he thinks he can afford
if
Year: 1867

E Passionate reProof are like
medicines given scaldin- hot; the
patient cannot take them. If We
wish to do good to those We rebuke,
we should always labor ,Or meekneSs
and wisdom, ana Use soft words for
hard arguments.
Year: 1867

IT seems that the greatest complaints
OF the disfranchisement of a large por-
ton of their citizens come from States
where those who had the right 10 vote
refused to register So as TO entitle them
selves to the privilege. They hold this
privilege bu: lightly when It Is within
when it is denied to them. There is a
good deal of human nature in this.
Year: 1867

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green,
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass queen,
Then fly for boot and horse, lad.
And round the world away;
Your love must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
When all the world is old, lad,
And all the trees are brown,
And all the sport is stale, lad,
And all the wheels run down,
Creep home and take your place there
The spent and mai,ned among
God grant you find a face there
You loved when you were young.


-Haemalan;s Magazine.
Year: 1867

BRICK MAKING BY STEAM.-We ex-
amined Yesterday with much careful
ness a steam brick making machine,
which has been put up at the Novelty


Works, corner of Delord and New Levee,
where it is ON exhibition. 1t consists of
a revolving plane containing steel
moulds. which are filed from a receiver
of common clay or batture earth, without
previous tempering or mixing. The clay
thus received is subjected to a pressure
which may be made equal to ten tons if
desired, and thus pressed. passes around
to where it is opened up to be borne of.
We counted sixty -four bricks made IN
minute, and they were as well made as
any we ever saw; yet the clay was nei-
ther tempered nor worked before it went
into the machine. The brick were baked


up Immediately after being taken from
the machine. The saving in labor may
be imagined from the fact that &c, 900
brick can be made with eight men in ten
hours. We also saw some brick made at
Pittsburg and burnt. They were un-
commonly smooth and regular in edge,
and thoroughly burnt, and could with
difficulty be broken, which is properly
attributed to the heavy pressure which
had given them solidity. The machines
are made at Pittsburg at cost of SIS 90,
and the right of use for the State is now
offered for sale here. 1t will make for
tune for somebody.-[N. O. Picayune.
Year: 1867

n At a recent discussion in the New
York Farmers Club, correspondent
states the following cure for in1amma-
tory rheumatism: A woman's arm was
swelled to an enormous size, and painful
ly infiamed. A poultice was made OF
stewed pumpkin, which was renewed
every fifteen minutes, and in a short time
produced o perfect cnre. The fever
drawn by the poultices, made them ex-
tremely offensive as they were taken off.
know man cured of severe infama-
tion of the bowels by the same kind Of
implication.
Year: 1867

In some parts of Germany, such is
the general dread of being buried
alive, that a system of precaution
against this premature act is in vogue,
by which more than one person has
been restored to life and friends after
being mourned as dead. The plan is
for the corpse to be placed in com
Portable apartment, with face uncov-
cred, and with cord or wire attached
to the hands in such a manner that
the slightest movement will cause the
tinkling Of. little bell in an adjoining
apartment, where some one is always
on the watch till there are either signs
of life or decomposition, to give the
assurance of hopeless death. This
custom has led to some striking scenes
and curious revelations; and one of
the most remarkable of these we are
now about to put on record, as we re-
ceived it, not long since, from the lips
of the narrator:-- ya1a ,gg


I had two bosom companions, and
we three were nearly always together
when our circumstances would permit.
We were not alike in scarcely any
particular, and for this reason, per-
.haps, we liked each other all the bet
ter. We differed on nearly every
point in science, art, literature, philos-
ophy, and religion, and argued every
point we differed on.


On one thing, however, we did
agree, and that was the possibility of
being buried alive, and the unuttera-
BILE horror which must attend. the con-
seriousness Of the fact. So, in health,
we solemnly pledged ourselves. that if
within reach Of one another at the
supposed decsase Of either, the living
Year: 1867

How TO HELP A PApER.-We writo
for ourelsves and all our BRETHREN
We are writing, dear reader, to you'll
If you want to help a newspaper,
always pay your subscription in ad.
vance, Lice right up to this rule
Send the editor at least one new sub.
scription besides your own, and as
often as may happen, you can pick up
half dozen among your Deighbors
and friends, do so. Such things make
printer grin from ear to ear, they
make his heart light, they make him
feel young, they make him work with
new grit; in short, they make him
happy,-HoImes County Farmer.
Year: 1867

accidentally sitting down on this, had
sealed his doom; and his subsequent
groans and terrible efforts to burst
from his narrow prison were tho
strange noises which had so disturbed
us the second time"


The mans death was a fearful retri-
button, and the discovery of his dead
body spoiled an otherwise wonderful
ghost story.
Year: 1867

A YOUNG man in Madrid quarreled
with the mother of his sweetheart,
stabbed her on the spot, cut the girls
throat, and let his own life out with
the same dagger. Such is a family
quarrel in Spain. g'M
Year: 1867

Consider the advantage Of having
beets or parsnips to feed the cows be-
fore the pastures are ready for graz
ing. and make sure Of some for next
year. New mileh cows need such
succuleus feed before grass comes.
but do not hurt the pastures for all
summer BY feeding them of too early
in the season,
Year: 1867

Reeves must not be. allowed to fall
away in the least, hut their meal, if
anything, be increased. Al hrst let
them have but an hour or two day
at grass, making no difference in their
feed Gradually increase the grass
and decrease the meal.
Year: 1867

Yachting In EnsIand-A Chance for the Now


York Yacht Club.


We perceive that the Royal Thames Yacht
Club has made arrangements for . grand
regatta in June. Some Of the races are for
schooners and others for boats Of any size. The
courses set down on the programme include
run from Gravesend round the Mouse, from the
More light outside the Goodwin Sands to
Dover; channel match from the More to
Havre, and cutter race from Gravesend round
the More and return. A notable feature in the
programme Of these contests Is that they are
open to yachts Of the New York Yacht Squadron.
Here is fine chance for our yachtsmen to con-
tend for the prizes with English yachts In
British waters. There are already three Of our
yachts over there, and II, as is expected, half
dozen more should tempt the dangers Of the
deep by transatlantic voyage this summer
which is not half 50 disagreeable at this season
as trip across the English channel, with Its
chopping seas--the English regatta will un-
doubtedly assume q very interesting inter-
national character. We notice that in the race
across the channel to Havre there Is no
allowance Of time.


We can imagine the curiosity with which the
French people will watch the arrival Of the
winning yacht, and the establishment and salts.
faction with which they will hail her II she
should happen TO carry the colors Of the New
York Yacht Squadron at the main. We should
not be surprised to hear Of crowded excursion
trains running from Paris to Havre to witness
the result, which will no doubt excite equal
interest at both sides Of the channel.


We do not see why the widgeon, Alarm,
Phantom, Halcyon, and other new yachts
that are now being completed on the east side
Of the town, should not go over and try their
mettle In the regatta Of the Thames Club,
which, we may add, is considered second In
rank TO the Royal Yacht Snuadrons
Year: 1867

The subject Of mediation in the affairs Of


Mexico attracted some attention In the execu-


tive session Of the Senate on Thursday, but no


definite conclusion was arrived at The de-


bate occurred upon resolution Of Reverdy


johnson, and Summer and other Senators sup


ported It. It seems pretty clear to US thai


mediation on the part of our government


would be most timely just now. The imperial


cause is evidently on its last legs; but It does


not follow that the defeat Of Macmillan Is sure


to bring permanent peace to Mexico or secure
. settlement Of the disturbed elements which
have kept that republic In a volcanic condition


for so many years. In fact we do not see tie
end Of Mexican troubles In the vanquishment
Of the Austrian Archduke. On the contrary,
We anticipate perpetual internal discord, ana
hence the necessity Of some sagacious inter-
ference on the part Of our government, at this
crisis, which would tend not only to an imme,
diate cessation Of hostilities, but to q permsl
nent reconstruction Of the Mexican republic.
Il Il no secret that the existence Of the Juares
government during Its conflict with European
Intervention is due to the moral support which
II received from this country. Without that
tho efforts Of its soldiers in the field would have
been vain against the French and Austrian
troops, although II received no material aid
from us. Without it there would have been
little chance even Of keeping what is called
patriotism in Mexico true to the liberal cause;
for II Was our moral assistance which gava
stability and hope to that cause. Therefore the
win Of our government ought to be law to the
Mexican Cabinet We have right 70 presa
our mediation upon the consideration Of
Juarcz and that portion Of the Mexican people
who adhere to the only form Of government
which we have ever recognized in Mexico, and
we are justified In expecting that II the cons,
templated mediation should BE- offered II wiz
be accepted In spirit Of friendship anjS