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Year: 1866

mo dogs admitted, sir" said the porter
TO u gay assemblage, as a young man and
his dog appeared at the entrance. "You
must leave him behind you if you go in"


Every well, said the young man ''stay
about here, Prince, till | come back"


And he joined the crowd within.


By-and-by the young man wished to re-
fer TO his watch, when, behold the chain
had been snapped In two, and the valuable
tlmepiece was gone. He considered the
case a moment, and then sudden thought
flashed through his mind.


So stepping out, he whispered the fact TO
the porter, and gained permission to take
his dog in for minute or two.


'I,Ook here. Prince" said he, s'you know
ing dog, my watch is stolen" and he show
ed him the empty pocket and the cut chain.
"Do you understand old fellow? In there,
sir, is the thief You find il, my good dog
gle, and I'll get You famous treat. Nou
understand, do yOu?"


Prince wagged his head and tail, and
gave his master a wonderfully knowing
and acute look, and then the two stole
quietly into the place.


Quietly this dumb detective glided
around among the people, smelling away
AZ this ones coat and that ones chain, until
at last he set his teeth firmly into the coat
skirts of gentle-looking-man, and could
not be shaken OF.


The young man quietly made known the
case To the bystautiers, who gathered
around him, and had the thie7s pocket du-
Is searched. Six other watches were
found upon him which he had gathered M
In the course of the morning, and which
their rightful owners were very glad 10 get
their hands on.


Prince selected out his masters property
in twinkling, rs that was all he cared for,
and gave Il to him joyfully. IL would have
taken very Keen policeman 10 do the
work so neatly and quickly, and all agreed
that he merited as good dinner as a dog
could have. A good beef bone aud a bowl
of milk, however, abundantly satisfied all
his wants and then he was just as ready to
do the same favor again.
Year: 1866

STRENGTH of character consists of
two things-power of will and of self
restraint. 1t requires two things, there
fore, for its existence, strong feelings and
strong command over them. Now, it is
here that we make great mistake; wo
mistake strong feelings for strong char
acter. ~ man who bears all before him,
before whose frown domestics tremble,
and whose bursts of fury make the chill
dren of the household quake; because
he has his will obeyed, and his own
way in all things, we call him a strong
man. The truth is that he is the weak
man; ii is his passions that are strong;
he, mastered by them, is weak. You
must measure the strength of man by
the power of the feelings he subdues,
not by the power of those which subdue
him. And hence composure is very
often the highest result of strength.
Did we never see a man receive n flag
rant insult and only grow little pale,
and then reply quietly? That is a man
spiritually strong. Or did we never see
man in anguish stand, as if carved of
solid rock, mastering himself? Or bear
ing a hopeless daily trial remain silent,
and never tell the world what cankered
his home peace? That is strength. He
who, with strong passions, remains
chaste; he who, keenly sensitive, with
many powers of indignation in him can
be rcproved, and yet restrain himself,
and forgive these are the strong men,
the spiritual heroes.
Year: 1866

A HORRIBLE DEED.-A most shock
ING murder was committed in Nichol-
as county, Kentucky. on Sunday last.
The wife of a young man named Alex.
IT. Stewart, living three miles from
Blue Lick Springs, had been in the
habit of visiting the orchard ofa neigh
Dor to get apples. She had the per-
mission of the owner of the orchard,
an old gentleman whose name our in
formant could not learn, to take the
hruit: but on her last visit to his
premises she undertook to carry off
more than he was willing she should
have. Some hard words passed be-
tween them, when she went home and
informed her husband that the ole
man had insulted her. This greatly
enraced Stewart, and he armed him
self with a butcher knife and went IL
search of the owner OF the orchard


Finding him leaning back in a char


at his home, Stewart caught him b


the head and cut his throat from ca


to ear.


The murderer was arrested mex
day and lodged in Jail at Carlisle
The tragic affair created great excite


ment throughout Nicholas county, an


there was strong talk among the cit
a zens of taking the prisoner from tt
: Jail and lynching him, but ON Wedne


day he made his escape oy knockI
g the jailor down.
Year: 1866

CUTTING FOoD FOR CATTLE.-A di-
versity of opinion exists among our
farmers as to the length which hay or
straw is most advantageously ly cut for
cattle-one part contending that one
inch is short enough, and the other
Just as certain that it is not We are
inclined to the former opinion, and
will give our reasons.


The object Of using the straw cut
ter is to prevent waste and to tacill-
the process of mastication 1t is not
enough that the food is put into the
stomach, but that it should 90 there in
a proper condition for digeStion-in a
perfectly masticated form, with the
fibre broken and thoroughly incorpo-
rated with saliva. 1t is uniformly en-
joined upon persons who are sickly to
chew their food well that it may more
readily digest; and we see cattle that
are fed high upon whole grain void
the perfect grain without its having
benefited them in the least. Whether
this could or would be the case with
fine cut hay we cannot say positively,
but it is our opinion that it would be
so. AT all events there can be no
doubt that all solid food should be per-
fectlv chewed and mixed with saliva
and if we cut the hay or straw too
short the animal will not masticate ii
properly. but will swallow it without
the proper amount OF chewing, and of
course without being properly mixed
with saliva, hence it cannot be digest
ed to a healthful extent. We have
seen half inch hay and straw come
through both horses and cattle appar
emily unchanged in either form or con
dition, but never saw such to be tht
case when the fodder was not cut les
than one inch; in such cases we hav,
more than once seen it tinged witt
blood. We should therefore recon
mend an inch as the best LENGTH


Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1866

BE KIND TO Your MoTHER.-She
guarded you when well, and watched
over you when sick. She sat by you
when fretful, and put cooling drinks
to your lips, and spoke soothing words
to your ears. She taught you to pray
and assisted you in learning to read.
She bore with your faults, and was
kind aud patient with your childish
ways. She loves you still, and works
for you every day you live. No one
lis so kind or so patient with you as
she. No one loves you so much
Are you kind to her? Do You love
her? Do you always obey her?
Year: 1866

A keg of powder exploded in a
buggy in which two men were riding
near Winona, Mimi, the other day
and blew the buggy to pieces, the
hair out of the horses tail, and burned
off the whiskers and hair of the men
but did not seriously injure them.
Year: 1866

We are enjoined to pray without casing
We ought to be in so constant commnuica-
ton with Him that whenever slight trial
comes, whether of faith, or patience, or love,
and whenever little blessing flutters its wings
over our heads, we shall Immediately, natural
", without hesitation, lift up our hearts to God.
Thus only can we obtain all things which God
prepares for us. lie has opened for US the
fountain of the water of life. If we draw only
at intervals, even though they be regular, we
shall often walk athirst We should keep the
little rills always trickling thence into our
hearts, that SO there shall be in us well OF
water springing up into everlasting life.
Year: 1866

A painter once wanted apictureo Innocence


and drew the likeness of child at prayer. The
little suppIicant was knecling beside his mother
the palms of his uplifted hands were reverently
pressed together; hisrosy cheek spoke of health,
and his mild blue eye was upturned with the
expression of devotion and peace. The portrait
Of young Rupert was much priced by the pain
ter, who hung it up on his study wall, and call
ed it Innocence" Years passed away, and
the artist became an Oldham. Still the picture
hung there He had often thought Of painting
a comterpart,-th picture of guilt,-but had
not found the opportunity. At last he effected
his purpose by paying a visit to neighboring
goal. On the damp floor Of his cell lay a
wretched culprt, named Randall, heavily iron
ed Wasted was his body, and hollow his eye;
vice was visible in his face. The painter sue
ceeded admirably, and the portrait of young


Rupert and Randall were hung side 10y side,
for Innocence" and Guilt" But who was
young Rupert and who was Randall Alas
the two were one. Old Randall was young
Rupert led astray by bad adcompanions, and end
ing his life in the damp and shameful dungeon.
Year: 1866

When flea is made TO appear rs large as an
elephant, we can see all the wonderful parts OF
its formation, and are astonished to find thatit
has coat of armor much more complete than
ever warrior wore, aud composed Of strong
polished plates, nicely fitted over each other.
each plate covers like tortoise shell, and
where they meet, hundreds of strong quills pro-
iect like those on the back of porcupne or
hedgehog. There arc the arched neck, the
bright eyes, and the Transparent cases, piercer
to puncture the skin sucker TO draw away
the blood. six iointed legs, four Of which are
folded on the breast, all ready at any moment
to be thrown out with tremendous force for that
lump which bothers one when they want to
catch him, and at the end of each leg hooked
claws TO enable him to cling to whatever he a.
lights upon. A Aea can jump hundred times
his own length, which is the same as il man
Jumped to the height of six hundred feet and
he can draw load twenty times his own
weight
Year: 1866

] verify believe there is not sweeter word
in the Bible than the word Come" am
sure that when it fell from the lips Of Jesus,
when the Spirit and the Bride uttered it, when
it was echoed by the tongues Of the apostles
and saints, and in all these cases was addressed
to the weary and heavy laden-to those who
were atbirst with spiritual needs-it was so
full of grace and truth that it could not be ex-
ceeded in pteciousness by any word in human
speech: and this word " Come" is the key note
Of the Gospel "Come" |" With whatever
thirst You faint, "come and drink; come and
take the water Of life freely
Year: 1866

The Valley Virginian, speaking of the late
Philadelphia Convention, says =" While ac-
quiescingin and sustaining thisgreat movement
80 far as we can consistently, there are other
and far more important matters for the South
ern people to attend to- AS far as the so-cailed
National politics of the country are concerned,
we have no business dabblng in them, only so
far as to let our Conservative friends North
know, as we have just done, that we are with
them, heart and soul, in their efforts to over
throw the worst enemies a country ever had,
the Radicals. As to the best means to accom-
psh that much desired object, the Conserva-
tives North have decided upon them in this
Convention, and as they make the fight for us,
it is as little as we can do to holdup their hands.
The great necessity of the whole country now,
is to break up and root out the Radical party
the only hope we see of obtaining that object
is the platform, no matter how distasteful in
some respects, of the Philadelphia Convention,
and we bid the Conservatives North God
speed" in the good work"
Year: 1866

1t is worth while for all farmers, everywhere,
TO remember thai thorough culture is better than
three mortgages on the farm that an offensive
war against weeds is FIVE times less expensive
than defensive one that good fences always
pay better than lawsuits with neighbors that
hay is a great deal cheaper made in sumner
than purchased in the winter that more stock
perish from famine than founder that scrim-
ping the feed of fatting hogs is waste Of grain;
that cows should be MIXED regularly and clean;
and that over-fed fowls won't lay eggs.
Year: 1866

To Cure SCRATCHES Is HoRsEs.-Tell your
subscribers who have horses which are troubled
with scratches, to try simple remedy viz
Keep the fetlock clean with CASTLE soapsuds.
and then wash twice day with butterinilk.-
Give them good rubbing at each time.


American Farmer.
Year: 1866

M. Victor Foucher, the youngest Justice of
the Supreme Court of France, fell dead of ape
plexy, ON the bench, fow days since. M Vic
tor Hugo married his sister, and it was in his
house the poet lay concealed during the storm
of the coup detat


1T is said that number of mills in the Ash
ton-under-Lyne district, in England, which
have been wholly or partially closed since the
outbreak of the American war, are about to
commence full time.


The London Times announces that a mar
riage is about to take place between Her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge and
His Royal Highness the Prince de Teck, son of
the Duke Alexander of Wurtemburg.


"A portfolio containing the autograph let
ters written by various sovereigns to the present
Pope, has been lately stolen from the Vatican.
1t is said His Holiness had threatened to make
public some of these letters, and their sudden
disappearance may not be uneonnected with
that fact.
Year: 1866

The members of the Third Parish Church
held meeting last evening to, see whether
the Church would concur with the Parish in
reengasing Rev. Mr.. Walt IN and continue him
as their pastor. When the question came up
there was evidently deep and earnest feeling
upon the subject. Several speeches were
made, or rather remarks were offered by sew
crai, ror arru usurnsp renewing rne can - Dur
all were characterized by moderation and
Christian propriety. Mr.. Walton was handled
very tenderly by those who voted against con-
curing with the Parish, and those who voted
for him seemed to be actuated by that spirit
which breathes in every line of the New Tes-
lament. The meeting was very pleasant
one, and all seemed to be anxious to do what
is best for the interests of this Church and
Society and for the advancement of the cause
which all profess to love 10 well.


The vote stood twenty for concurring with
the Parish and fourteen against it. And it is
but just to say that several who voted against
concurring, remarked that they should have
voted on the other side if they could have
been assured that Mr.. Walton would accent a
new call. The members of the Church are
evidently much attached to Mr.. Walton, and
the ties that bind them to him are hard to be
broken. But we believe from all that we have
heard upon the subject that these ties are al
ready sundered and not to be mended. Mr.
Walton has no desire to swing the Church
into an independent position and destroy thai
fellowship with other Churches which ha.
heretofore so happily existed. To continu,
him as their pastor must necessarily tend Il
such result, and it is far from his heart to b.
instrumental in bringing it about.
Year: 1866

MAY DAY ENTERTAINAiENTs.-Fo the
benefit OF the Fair an entertainment espec-
tally designed for children will come off at CITY
Hall this afternoon. This evening there win
be grand Promenade Concert, which win at
tract a crowded house.
Year: 1866

THE ARREST OF A MAN SUPPOSED TO BE
QUANTRELL.-It has already been stated that
man supposed 10 be Quantrell, the notorious
Kansas guerrilla, has been arrested in New
York, sent TO Washington, and committed to
prison. 1tappears the prisoner was stopping
at q private boarding house in New York,
under the name of Hamilton. He denied that
he was q Quantrell, but acknowledged that be
bad served in the Confederate army durir he
war. Letters and documents of an important
character are said to have been found in mis-
possession. Soon after his arrest Senator Lane
and Mrs. Lane, of Kansas, had an interview
with him, but failed TO identify him as q uan-
tell. The Tribune says:


Mrs. Lane had seen and talked with q uan-
trelI when he burned down her residence, du-
ring one of his raids in the summer of 1861, but
she was so nervous and excited At that time,
although she gave a very accurate description
of his appearance, when brought face TO face
with the prisoner she could not identify him
He was taken to Washington in irons.


The prisoner, in his manner and personal
appearance, bears a most striking resemblance
to the guerrilla leader. he is a tall, weII-ma
man, about IS years of age, of pure blonde
compile xion, golden hair and beard, and bright
laughing blue eye. His manners are refined
and gentlemanly, and he speaks with a very
pleasing address and quiet persuasive eIo-
quence, and in this respect more than any other
trait does he resemble the guerrilla O uantreII
Whether he is the rebel they take him for. or
merely the victim of an accidental resemblance.
time alone will discover.
Year: 1866

WHAT GENERAL GRANT THINKs-The Ga
lena Gazette for March 14th closes a long arti
Gle on Gen. Grant with the following decIara-
hon: I'VE know all his hopes and sympathies
are with the great and patriotic Union party
OF this country. In feeling and sentiment he
Is thoroughly Identified with the millions of
loyal people who, IN the long years of war.
carnage and blood, gave their hearts their
blood, and their treasure to their country. He
mas neither sympathy nor federation for any
party, nor any set of men, who were against
the country in its terrible time of trial and
peril, through which 1t has safely passed"
Galena, our readers will remember, is The home
Of Gen. Grant.
Year: 1866

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE--A correspon-
dent of the Hartford Times says he was sur
prised 10 meet in Hartford the other day a SOL
dier whom he had helped bury and read the
burial service over in Virginia in the fall of
1863. This fellow was IN trance when he
was buried, partly ding himself of his very
shallow grave, was discovered by the rebels
helped out and sent To Richmond as prisoner
for year and then TO Georgia until the war
ended.
Year: 1866

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Year: 1866

j volt.


The people will nowhere find more clear


and compendious statement Of the several steps
I-unforced and carefully premedisased-by
which restoration was begun and continu ed.
First, tho courts, with their machinery: then.
tho mails, with their indescribable conyeni.
ences next, the reopened custom houses and
free and unrestricted trade from the cosst
90 the interior and. finally, 90 far 6 the Of.
holal and proper Recommendations of tho pres
ldent can advance that es sential act of per-
fect reunion, the admission of representatives
from the southern states, on the distinct re-
quest OF the people of those states. into the
national legislature. No man of intelligence
can peruse the brief sentences in which the
president reoApitulatss the grounds and again
argues the question Of admission, and be at
further loss to distinguish between what be-
longs to justice and night, and what is the in
splration OF the most shameful partlzanship
that ever constituted an epoch in peoples
history.


Holding firmly to such opinions, inspired
by such sentiments, devoted to such . theory
of republican government, and full of faith
in the future for the nation,it 10 q dull proph-
ct who should presume to say that the people
of the country will not come bodily 10 his
support. and give ell possible strength to the
arm that is doing such valiAas service for
sAo&As AAO cPO0Aa bUe AAo tIutu W00Q no Q0-
claros that he is fighting the spirit Of oonsoli-
dation now, % he fought the spirit Of disun-
ion before. Both would be tyrants in our re-
publican system, bent on overturning the fa
brio OF popular liberty. 1t needed no more
evidence to show that he would be found op-
posing the one than that he did boldly oppose
the other.


Ii is refreshing, after dreary spell of
doubt and distracted feeling on the part of
the people, for them to catch such strong
words of buoyant and courageous patriot
ism as President johnson has just spoken to
the soldiers and sailors at Washington. No
one OF us ought to despair of his country 3
continued freedom, when the executive him
self stands in the breach which the tyranny
OF faction would make wider, and calls ON the
people to come to the rescue of liberty. He
lie, for the moment, but one against an organ
lied force; but he stands for constitutional
freedom instead of power and prerogative
and to such an issue the American people
cannot, if they would be indifferent.-Boston
Post.
Year: 1866

The great object of persons who have de-
bilated and feel forewarned of disease, is q
remedy. Many think that billiousness is the
cause, and use medicine which but feeds the
disease. To oil who feel thus, we suggest
that they try bottle of the Red Jacket Bit
ters, which will invigorate the system and
produce perfect health.
Year: 1866

Seoomdly-I expect to keep at all
times a Full Stock of everything in
my line of INDEPENDENTLY of the
very best makes of Staples. In Fancy
Goods the Stock will be as attractive
as can be found west of Chicago.
Year: 1866

ner. concluding with the following quota
tiOn:


woman dear woman, whose form and whose
Are the spell and the light Of each path we purSmns n
Whether summed In the tropics or chilled 81 tne
II woman he there, there's hsppiness too


AT the close of Colonel August's remarks
the meeting adjourned and the party
returned to the city. This affair passed
off very quietly, and we may say, without
invidi0us distinction, more pleasantly than
any one of the kind We have yet attended.
We regret that time and space will not al
low rs to give more than a passing notice
of what happened, or to give more of the
remarks made upon the occasion. Suffice
it to say, that the speeches were all well
timed and appropriate, and filled with elo-
quent and feeling passages. Everybody
seemed to have enjoyed themselves fully ;
and with their twenty second anniversary
asW criterion, we will always look forward
with pleasure to the annualcelebration of
the Grays.


DISTRESSING PovERTY.-On Monday night
last, at about IL O'Clock, az Sergeant How
ard was going his rounds, his attention was
arrested, near the front of the First Bap-
tist Church, on the corner of Twelfth and
Broad streets, by the rather unusual sight
of couple lying in the gutter sleeping as
quietly as if they were on a couch of down,
and covered with a thin shawl. He woke
them from their slumbers, and, upon qlies-
tioning them, obtained the following facts
from them:


The man and his wifc-he could not learn
their names-were emigrants from Eng
land, and arrived in New York in Novem-
Der last. Finding no prospect OF making
living there, they came TO Richmond a
week or two since, and have been struggling
hard to keep alive. They became per-
iectly destitute, and neither of them were
able to get work. On Monday night, after
fasting for two days, they were walking up
Broad street searching for some place in
which TO rest their wcaricd frames, when
they became completely exhausted, and
sinking down on the side of the
pavement, were soon lost to all re-
collection of their misery. They were
taken by the sergeant to the station-housc,
where they were provided with a more
comfortable resting place. The English
man was described 10 us as a man of good
appearance and manners, and possessing
considerable intelligence while his wife,
by her beauty and devotion to him-as
shown by many little acts-cXcitcd the
deep sympathy of those who saw them.
Yesterday morning they were supplied by
the sergeant with money enough to pro-
cure them breakfast, and discharged.
When they reached the station house on
Monday, they were actually sick from
hunger, aud refused offers Of food but
yesterday morning, as they expressed it,
they awoke with sharp appctitcs. Their
situation is deplorable one, and it is to
be hoped that kind Providence may guide
them from their misery to some way OF
making an honest living.