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Year: 1866

~, M lew moments more the hard labor ceased
me prig rIghted, the ttia.ts had grown
straight and the sails had done straininp.-
Inc water moved only in long swells, and
as the men looked abroad through the falling
ram, they saw the smooth haven ,tretcbino
up INTO land-a haven into which the south.
ern storm demon could not come, but where
the weary bark could be at rest. 1t was the
long narrow inlet of Kilmore.


AT length sail was taken in, the anchors
dropped; and the men crowded about the
fair pilot to bless her for the service she had
done them. But she asked net their thanks.
though she could not refuse their gratitude.


I" | have saved my father" she said, I" and
that is all in all to me. Let us both 90 on
shore now p


6 But not in this storm" urged the Cap.
tain.


Yes" persisted Flora "We are not at
home here, but on shore shall find a shell
tering roof, and open arms to receive hs. y


Captain Thornhill felt too grateful to
make any objection, and he had boat low.
cred at once


"God bless you v' he said as he grasped
Flora by the hand; and when in time to
come, We call each other to mind, l trust you
may feel something of the friendliness toward
me which | must ever cherish for you"-
Then he turned to Donald" and to you,
Donald Kenmore. let me say, God grant l
may never meet you again when the duty of
my station could make you my enemy
Farewell !"


And in few moments more the smuggler
and his child were on their way to the shore.
A sheltering roof soon spread its protection
over them, and warm friends welcomed them
to the freside.


Donald Kenmore and John Thornhill
never met again, for Kenmore's noble
daughter. shortly after the startling adven-
ture we have recorded. gave her heart and
hand to a man who had loved her long and
truly, and their father found home with
them
Year: 1866

Tn. following is from the pen of man
who loved not wisely but to well, /" and got
married


"The way to judge of womans charac>
ter at first sight is to ascertain the color of
her petticoat A black petticoat indicates
low spirits, hatred of washtubs and ac-
tivity, and taste for dy.peptic literature
and quietude. A lady who wears a black
petticoat could no more understand this
paragraph than she could suck up the At
lantc ocean with three cent syringe
A white petticoat shows n character just
opposite-an unsullied mind and taste
for romance A woman who takes natur-
ally to white petticoats and never wears
any other, is an institution to which young
gentlemen of connubial proclivities should
lose no time in paying due attention The
red petticoat however is something Of which
mankind should beware. Itisthe insignia
of Xantippe, style of women who cut their
toe nails with their husbands rszors."
Year: 1866




WHAT THEY W6N'T Own To.-There
are several thing which you never can, by
any accident. get 4 lady be she young or
old-to confess to. Here are some Of
them:


That she llccs tight


That her shoes are too small for her.
That she is tired at bali
That she paints.


That she is a. old as she looks.
That she has been more than five min.
utcs dressing.


That shc bushes upon hearing a certain
persons nane mentioned.


That she ever says a thing the does not
mean.


That she is fond of scandal.
That she can not keep 4 secret.
That shc--above all other persons in
the wide worlds in love
That she dosen't want a new bonnet
That she dosen't know every thing.
That she can DO with one single thing
less when she is bout to travel
That She hae not the disposition Of an
angel, or the temper Of saint, or how else
could she 90 through with one>half of what
she does.


That she doscn't know better than anv
one else what i. best for her.
That she is fiirt or coquette.
Year: 1866

The OYSTER TRADE OF New YoaK.--
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says:


The oyster trade is one of the great fea-
lures of New York, and to any not thor
oughly posted around its market and oys-
ter stands, it may seem 'Munchausen" to
state that the average number of baskets
of this delicacy, brought to that city per
day, last season excepted, was FIVE hun
dred thousand. The trade now, however
is beginning to spring up, and great prepa-
rations are being made for the coming
season. To give some idea of this busi-
ness, and the statement is within limits,
there are employed in the oyster trade Of
this city alone one thousand sail, of YES
sells, that is, about five hundred in the
great South Bay, two hundred and fifty in
the East River, and the rest around Staten
Island. For the management Of these
vessels, the planting and gathering of the
oysters, about FIVE thousand men are re-
quired, and there are no less than twenty
thousand men engaged in buying, selling
and serving them after they are landed.
The prospects for the coming season are a
heavy crop at lower prices than any time
since the beginning of the war.
Year: 1866

Is Broken NECK CURABLE A Lon
don letter in the Chicago Evening Jour
nal has the following: The old saying that
there is no cure for broken neck has
just been practically disproved by sur
geon at Greenock. He was called In TO
see young girl who had just fallen dis
tance of eighteen feet, and thoroughly dis
located her neck. When he reached her
the face was nearly reversed, and looking
over the back. He promptly supported
the back with the left knee, took grasp
of the head, and began to pull gradually
and pretty strong, whereupon the girls
eyes opened and there was an effort at
breathing. Increasing the pressure, the
parts suddenly came to their natural po-
sition, and after minute or two regular
breathing was established. Close atten-
ton was afterwards paid to the case, and
after much fever and occasional eonvul-
sions, the child recovered, and is now as
well as ever. believe there is not an
other similar case on record. Of course,
much time must not elapse between the
injury and the treatment
Year: 1866

AT party, recently, noted wag found
himself in the course of the evening, in
general conversation with nervous-look-
/ ing stranger. Pointing out to him gen.
tleman of an inquiring turn of mind in
another part of the room, he said:


"Do you see that man therea He has
a mania--a very unpleasant one, too. He
is possessed of the idea that he must bite
off strangers ears, and it has caused q
dreadful amount of trouble. I do not
know whether he will show any of the
symptoms tonight, but seeing you are q
stranger, deem it my duty to put you
on your guard; don't let him approach
very close to you"


The expression of horror that spread
over the face of the nervous man clearly
proved that he had heard the warning.
A little later the benevolent informant got
an opportunity to tell the inquiring mai
that that man (pointing out the warned
individual, J was physical wonder, as a
roaring noise could be distinctly heard
proceeding from his ear by getting with
in eighteen inches of him. Our curious
friend was struck with such an unheard of
phenomenon, and very properly began to
work himself close enough for personal
investigation. The movement was seen
by the nervous man, and great drops of
apprehensise sweat oozed out from his
brow and trinkled down his cheeks. Near
er and nearer approached the one, and
more terribly intense grew the horror of
the other. The space between them slow
ly but surely lessening. The curious man
within an ace of the ''roaring," when the
agony of the ''roarer" reached its crisis,
and clencbing his fist he landed it between
the ''lookers" of the unfortunate searcher
after physical wonders shouting at the top
of his voice:


"Bite off my ears, will you !"


The effect Of this upon the astonished
audience was very affecting.
Year: 1866




HoRRrBEs DEArB.-Mr. Robert Walker
and his wife, riding in wagon with two
seats, were crossing railroad track in
Detroit Michigan, Friday, when the gem
tlemaD, who sat on the front seat driF:z.Z,
while the lady sat behind him, suddenly
discovered that train Of cars was rapidly
approaching. He whipped his horses,
and they sprang quickly forward This
unexpected movement threw Mrs. Walker
out of the wagon She fell upon the
planks between the rails, which serve to
enable teams to pass, and in an instant
after the train was grinding her body al
most to jelly The remains of the un-
fortunate victim were found beside the
track, the entire train having passed over
them. They were shapeless mass.
Year: 1866

AN Oregon Copperhead sheet VS." Within
the past month we noticed in our exchanges sew
eral reports of Reverends who commenced by
nreaching the nigger glori6ed, and ended by run
ming off with other mems wives or daughters.
Papers of that ilk are given to indulging in gen
eralities, but they hardly ever show particular
case in support of their assertions. We call the
attention of the editor of the Eugene City Ners
to the following paragraph from late number
Of the Missouri Democrat:


The daughter of wealthy farmer OF Saline
county. in this State eloped few days ago with
a negro The girl was rampant rebel during
the rebellion.
Year: 1866

AN editor down South, who has recently seen
it tried, and who publishes an announcement un-
der the " marriage heading, as the sequel, e1-
had as soon try to 60 to sea on a shingle, make
ladder of fog, chase streak OF lightning thro
a crab-apple orchard, swim up the rapids of Nj
agara river, raise the dead, stop the tongue of An
old maid set Lake Erie on fire with locofoco
match, as to attempt to stop two young people
from marrying when they take it into their beads
to do so.H Who wouldn't?
Year: 1866

THE ONLY BASIS OF Freedom AND JUSTICE AT
THE SoUrH.-It is remembered that President
Johnson not many monthsago sent Carl Schurz on
a tour of general observation through the South.
His report abounds with assertions of general in
terest. Speaking of the feeling existing there
Immediately after the close of the war, he says
they would have regarded favor a readmis-
sion on any condition. He found four classes
First, those who, being compelled to yield, hon
esty endeavor to accommodate themselves to the
new order of things; second those who eager
TO have their State readmitted with the design of
fixing matters to their tastes afterward third
swaggering young men, loiterers and idlers, who
still assume to hope for Southern independence !;
and fourth the multitude of persons who have no
definite opinions, and are apt to be carried along
by those who know how to appeal to their i'm
pulses and prejudices. All these classes, he
says agreed that further resistance is useless,
and, therefore, all movements for separation
have been abandoned He thinks this loyalty of
a negative character, and adduces letters to show
that the people hostile in places where troops
have been Withdrawn.


In reference to the freedmen he thinks justice
can only be done by extending to them the cleo
tive franchise, and claims that their cmancipa-
ton is rather matter Of form than of fact, and
opposes, as unprecedented in history, the dis
position of the Government to instrust the de-
veopment of their freedom to the States lately
hoISng them in bondage. Of the manner in
which their emancipation is regarded by the peo-
pie of the South, and any attempt on the part of
the whites to deprive them of their rights, he
says:


sThe loyalty of the masses, and most of the
leaders, of the Southern people, consists in SUBJ
mission to necessity. The emancipation of slaves
is submitted to only in so far chattle slavery
in the old form could not be kept up. But, al
though the freedman is no longer considered the
property of an individual master, he is consider
ed the slave of society and all independent State
legislation will show tendency to make him
such


Practical attempts on the part of the Southern
people to deprive him of his rights as freeman,
may result in bloody collisions, and will certainly
plunge Southern society into restless, huctuating
and anarchic confusion


lie concludes by saying that the solution of the
problem will be very much facilitated by enab-
ling all loyal men and free labor elements of the
South to exercise a healthy influence upon legis-
lation. 1t will hardly be possible to secure the
freedmen against oppressive class legislation
and private Persecution, unless he is endowed with
a certain measure of political power.
Year: 1866

Being desrous of extending the influence of their pnblca
tons in this the Publishers MAGAZINE
and WEEKLY will pay particular attention subscriptions
from the Pacific States and subscribers may rely upon the
prompt arrival of their Magazines by mail


The Publishers have perfected system mailing by which
they supply the MAGAZINE and We promptly those
who prefer receive their periodicals directly from the Of


fee Of Publication The postage RPERs MAGAZINE is
81 year. which be paid the Subscribers post
Office.
Year: 1866

WELL ANswERED.-A fellow went to the parish
priest and told him, with long face, that he had
seen ghost. q When and where?" said the
pastor. "Last night was passing the church,
and up against the wall of it did behold the
spectre p " In what shape did it appear o. ask
ed the priest % 1t appeared in the shape of
great ass 4" Go home, and hold your tongue
about it, rejoned the pastor "you are very
tmd man. and have only been frightened at
your own shadow
Year: 1866

The Methodist people of Eureka, Humboldt
Bay going to build new church edifce,
which the Journal man says is to be model Of
architecture. We have a building up here which
just fills the bill, and which the Eureka people
can have cheap.
Year: 1866

THE TRAITOR BUCHANAN IN THE Cry OF THE
DoGEs.-The Venice correspondent of the New
York Euening Post writes that in the stately room
of the Palace of the Doges, in that city, which
is hung with pictures Of all ilustrious men who
held the chief magstracy of the city, there is
one face turned to the wall, and the frame that
holds i: is draped in Grape. dark and solemn
square of black in the midst of the impressive
and splendid figures, is all that marks the place
of Falieri who has stirred up sedition against
the government. So in the history of our Pres
idents, sixteen in all, some have been weak like
Pierce some contemplate like Tyler, but the face
of only one-Buchanan-has been turned, by
pretty general consent, to the wall. Popular re-
port, if not more conclusive authority, accuses
him Of connvance with treachery in the admins
traton of the noble nation committed to his
care, and the place of his picture is blank
Year: 1866

IT is customary in some churches for the men
to be placed on one side, and the women on the
other. clergyman in the midst Of his sermon.
found himself interrupted by the talking of some
of his congregation, of which he was Obliged to
take notice. A woman Immediately rose, and
wishing to clear her sex from the aspersion said,
" Observe, at least your reverence, it is not on
our side" " So much the better, good woman
so much the BETTER" said the clergyman, ii.
will be the sooner over"
Year: 1866

Coon ADvIcE.-The Marysvile Appeal ven
lures the following advice, which will meet with
hearty response from every true Union man =
1t behooves Union men to-day to be firm
and unyielding in his Union thou ghts, words and
deeds as ever to the common cause of Union,
Liberty and Equal Rights to all men, regardless
of race or color and to this end to let their
motto ever be, In Union there is strength. =
That there are Iscariots in the Union party, who
for the sake of Office or gain, would sell their
country there is no doubt. But, that there IS
virtue in the masses who compose that party, is
equally certain, and all they have to do in order
to insure ultimate harmony, union and success
in the restoration of the Southern States, is to
be true and inhexible to the cause of liberty and
justice, and avoid the Communications and praise
of the self-styled Democracy, both North and
South. 1t is hoped that the prescience of An
drew Johnson will bring to his mind wildly the
unenviable memory of John Tyler"
Year: 1866

The following are the circumstances of a
murder recently committed in Litchfield,
Montgomery county, nl.:-A bound girl of
the age of 10 or IA was one morning week
or so ago scolded pretty severely for some
misdemeanor, and finally was whipped with a
small rod Everything passed Oft in the
morning we'll enough without any further
difficulty The girls special duty was to take
care of three little children; and going out to
the barn, as was her usual custom, to swing
that had been prepared for the children's use,
she took the youngest child "a boy and hung
him in the swing until dead, then ran to the
house and told the mother of the child that a
man came into the barn, took the child and
hung it. But as there could be no trace of o
mans track found in or about the barn, the
girl was arrested, after which she confessed,
and said that she took this method of redress
for the punishment she had received IN the
morning She now awaits trial in Jail.
Year: 1866

The Sandusky Register says


The warm weather, Immediately preced-
ing the cold snap, caused the peach buds to
swell to such degree that when the cold
spell came they were killed. 1t is Thought
by competent judges that the peach crop
will be an entire failure throughout this sec
ton of the country. Cherries have also been
greatly damaged, and with the exception of
a few varieties, the buds are destroyed.


The Toledo Blade says:


We conversed day or two ago with
gentleman of experience in fruit growing
who has made extensive observations. He
informs us that he had no doubt the peach
crop in this vicinity was entirely destroyed.
Year: 1866

There is a girl in Troy whose lips are so
sweet that they stick together every morn
ing by the honey they distill, and she cannot
open her mouth until she has parted her lips
with a silver knife. She will be treasure
to her husband, not only on account of her
sweetness, but because she can occasionally
keep her mouth shut.
Year: 1866

How TO MAKE GOOD BUrrER.-Leo. OF
Raymond, y. IL, writes to the Rural New
Yorker:


at is well known fact that a good loca-
ton aud cleanliness are among the ,rost
essential points in making good butter. Every
dairy should be located that il may be cool
and shady, with good draft of air circula>
ting through it. A large dairy and wen filled
ought TO be the moss" of every farm house.
As soon as the milk is brought in it should
be scasded, as we get more cream aad better
by so doing. Batter comes better and is not
SO liab, to be scft and sticky As soon as
taken from the churn it should be thoro u yhly
worked left until next morning and worked
again. Next salt in the following way Take
two quarts of good salt, one o1nce Of sugar,
one ounce of satpeter Use one ounce of this
composition Tor one pound OF butter. 1t
should be stamped and left to cool before put.
'tingi it in jars. Bntter prepared in this way
should not he used for two or three weeks.
You will find that your butter will be very
fine. as it will have no brittle or salty look or
taste. BY following this course your butter
will keep the year through, in warm as well as
cold weather"
Year: 1866

AGE OF SHEEP-How DErERMryED.-"The
age of sheep may be known by the front
teeth. They are eight in number and appear
all of size. In the second year the two mid
die ones fall out, and their place is supplied
by two large ones. In the third year a small
tooth on each side. In the fourth year the
large teeth are six in number. In the fifth
year the whole front teeth are large. In the
sixth year the whole begin to get worn. In
the seventh year the whole fall out or are
broken. Ii is said that the teeth of ewes be-
gin to decay at five or six those Of wethers
a, seven"
Year: 1866

Oile great cIIOI lLtt VIC CouiiiiA
is that we drink too much at oul
meals. Before we have sufficient
ly masticated and insalivated oul
food to enable us to swallow it, we
force it down by taking water OF
warm drinks. This not only di
lutes the saliva, but weakens the
gastric juice after the food gets in.
to the stomach.


Many persons take swallow of
fluid with almost every mouthful
of food. Look along the side of
the dinner table in any of our ho-
tells, and fashionable private di.
ming rooms, and you will be sur
prised at the quantities which are
drank during the meal, and if
your mind be not taken up with
observing the errors of others, you
may discover the same evil in
yourself, and thus be led to correct
it. This habit, sooner or later,
ends in producing dyspepsia and
constipation, than which there are
no afflictions more destructive Of
health and comfort.


When we are thirsty, at our
meals or at other times, we should
drink to allay such thirst only.


All solid food should be thor
onghly ground and mixed with sa-
Iva in the mouth, unaided and un-
diluted by water or other drinks.
Rely upon it, this apparent neces-
sity for drinking is mere haiti,
which we can correct at will, and
all who prize health at its true val
ue will not consider its preserva-
ton or purchase too high at the
cost of attending to SO simple a
matter.


In this age of tobacco-chewing
and smoking, the salivary glands
seem to be turned to a new Office
that of cleansing this filthy mar
>cotic from the teeth and gums.
Who can wonder at the hollow
and wan cheeks of mankind, when
such continuous draiu is estab-
lished upon them?-a kind of per-
petual catarrh or lacrymesis of the
mouth. Take warning by what
we say: If you would have good
digestion, proper action of the sys-
tenn, and full ruddy cheeks, eat
slower, masticate your food better,
drink less at your meals; and you
who smoke and chew, if smoke
and chew you will, avoid splitting
as much as possible.
Year: 1866

Talleyrand's snuff box was
double, two snuff boxes joined to-
gether by a common bottom. The
one was politely offered to an ac-
quaintance; the other, never to be
polluted by the finger and thumb
OF another person, was reserved
for himself. Here we recognize
the diplomatist, SO eternally4 on
his guard, that when a lady re-
quested his autograph, he wrote
his name on the very top of the
sheet of paper handed to him.
Year: 1866

A Boston Judge recently refns-
ed to divorce a husband and wife,
whose complaints Of ilI-temper
and incompatibility were mutual,
on the ground that it never would
answer to allow such uncomforta-
BILE persons a chance to get others
into such scrape as marrying
them would involve.
Year: 1866

A writer in the Prairie Farmer
says: In the first place she should
be square built, have a short nose,
and short ears, short legs and back,
with the latter hollow or bent
Shoulders should be quite heavy
and deep. Never let her raise
pigs until she is year old, and
never but one litter the first year.
Then if she proves a good mixer,
let her raise two litters per year.
Ispeak of her being good milk
er. This is as essential in breed
ing SOW as in a good mare. Such
an animal will raise better pigs,
and, of course, her progeny will
be better for market. / find that
hasty pudding and milk for sup
per and breakfast, and corn for dim
ner, constitute a very good diet
for the breeding sow. A great
many farmers have fallen into an
error in not allowing plenty of
straw for bed. Many build a
warm pen in order to AVOID giving
her much straw. Let her run to
a straw stack and she will t'build"
a nest to suit herself. IF this is
not convenient, she should have
plenty of straw in the pen. At
tend to these matters, and / will
warrant no trouble in raising pigs
in the coldest of weather.
Year: 1866

A young wife, of Michigan, after
a honeymoon of only "a hours, left
her husband, and applied for di-
vorce on the ground that "her man
was not as rich as she thought he
was" and the Court granted it.
Year: 1866

1t is said that the negroes of Mo.
bile established savings bank a
short time since, and got on swim
mingly until a circus came along,
when the depositors drew all the
money out in order to attend.