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Year: 1866

A correspondent gives the follow
ing recipe for scratches IN horses,
which he has tried on many hors-
ses for several years, and never
failed in an immediate cure: Take
a shovel of hot ashes wood ashes),
and throw them under the fetlocks
and aboue the hoof, the part al
ways first affected. If the horse
be badly off with them, raise the
foot and pour them on, dropping
the foot directly. In two hours
the horse will move with ease to
himself, however stiff. he may
have been. The disease is imme-
diately cured by the application.
The cracks in the skin require a
few days to heal,
Year: 1866

Among the innumerable anec-
dotes related of the ruin of persons
at play, there is one worth relating
which refers to Mr. Porter, a
gentleman who, in the reign of
Queen Anne, possessed one of the
best estates in Northumberland,
the whole of which he lost at haz-
ard in twelve months. Accord
ing to the story told of this mad
man-for we can call him nothing
else-when he had just completed
the loss of his last acre, at q GAM
bling house in London, and was
proceeding down stairs to throw
himself into carriage to convey
him home to his house in town, he
resolved upon having one more
throw to try to retrieve his losses,
and Immediately returned to the
room where the play was going
on. Nerved for the worst that
might happen, he insisted that the
person he had been playing with,
should give him one chance Of re-
covering or fight with him.


His proposition was this: That
his carriage and horses, the trink-
cts and loose money in his pockets,
his town house, plate and furni-
ture-in short, all he had left in
the world, should be valued in q
lump at certain sum, and he
thrown at one single cast. No
persuasion could prevail on him
to depart from his purpose. He
threw, and lost; then, conducting
the winner to the door, he told the
coachman there was hismaster, and
marched forth into the dark and
dismal streets, without house or
home, or any one creditable means
of support. Thus beggared, he re-
tired to an obscure lodging in q
cheap part of town, subsisting part
ly on charity, sometimes acting as
the marker at billiard table, and
occasionally as helper in a livery
stable.


In this miserable condition, with
nakedness and famine staring him
in the face, exposed to the taunts
and insults of those whom he had
once supported, he was recognized
by an old friend, who gave him ten
guineas to purchase necessaries.
He expended five in procuring
decent apparel; with the remain
ing five he repaired to q common
gaming house and increased them
to fifty. He then adjourned to
one of the higher order of houses,
sat down with his former associates,
and won 100000. Returning the
next night he lost it all, was once
more penniless, and after subsist-
ing many years in abject penury,
died a beggar in st. Giles,
Year: 1866

THE HOPED SKIRT AND BAPTISM.
AT Detroit last week q rather
amusing scene took place during
the baptism of a young lady by the
pastor of the Tabernacle. The
minister requested her to assume
the dress peculiar to such occa-
sions, but she declined to take off
her hooped skirt. The minister
told her of the inconvenience that
would result from her obstinacy,
but like a true female she persist
ed; but when she came to descend
into the bath the inflated skirt
touched the water, and rose up
around her like balloon. Her
head was lost to the congregation;
she was swallowed up in the swell
ing skirt. The minister then tried
to force her down into the bath,
but she was kept above the sur
face by the floating properties of
crinoline, and was buoyed up SO
successfully that it was not until
after much difficulty, and many
forcibRe attempts to submerge the
lady, that the minister succeeded
in baptising the fair one. Final
ly it was effected, to the relief of
the minister and seriously inclined
audience, who could not keep from
chuckling in their sleeves and
laughing in their pocket handker-
chiefs.
Year: 1866

What most prize IN woman
Is her affection-not her intellect.
Compare me with the great men of earth,
What am /? Why pigmy among giants
But if thou lovest-eiark say lowest
The greatest of thy sex excels thee not!
The world of affection is thy world
Not tha. of mans ambition. In that stiffness
Which most becomes woman-calm and holy
Thou sittest by the ireside of my heart,
Feeding its fame. The element of fire
Is purs. 1t cannot change its nature;
But burns as brightly in gypsy camp
As in palace hail.
Year: 1866

IL On one occasion when the en-
peror Augustus was passing through
the baths of Rome, he saw a veteran
who had fought with him, rubbing him.
self, after bathing, against one Of the
columns. The Emperor inquired why
be had not boy to do this ? AMI being
told that he was too poor, ordered him
the means of paying one. On the next
visit he saw at every column an old
man rubbing himself; and on making
the same inquiry, be received the same
reply. His rejoinder, however, was not
what they expected, for said he, "WelI
gentlemen, as there are so many of you
| should advise you to rub one another. >
Augustus here taught them sound wis
dom; he taught them not to depend on
the caprice Of a patron, but to help one
another.
Year: 1866

BY W. A. ENDAL.
Let him whose soul is quick with thought,
Who walks aloof with high desire,
And gHmpses through the smoke has caugt
Of the ETHEREAL inner fire,
Still keep the elevated way,
Wherehe discerns the most of day
Let him whose soul is dull and blind,


Who plods the slums of grosser sense,
And pierees not the earthly rind


TO TIE sublfmer reeompense,
Still kssB ohe lower path, nor sigh
To grope his way aleng the high.
For unto him of vision keen,


The lower path is base and void,
And all its 'broidery of green


Is mould of dust and damp alloyed;
And all the flowers of praise that blow
Exhale but odors vile and low.
And, unto him of vision weak,


The upper path is bare and cold,
No interests to his nature speak,


No radiant promises unfold;
Nor does he hear the dulcet voice.
That bids the lofty soul rejoice.
To each the others gold is dross,


Insane to each the others greed;
Each counts the others gain as loss,


And wise is each in his own creed
Nor both are false, nor both are true,
And one will come to bane and rue.
Year: 1866

C"rrER DAN A California editor
parNc'pa'ng in debate as to the best
method Of building a certain bridge OBJ
l"c'ed to Golfer dam for making the pier.
be said he early formed a prejudice
against the thing; his uncle once had a
COW choked with a turnip. and for long
time 1t was thought she would cofsr daa.
head Of.
Year: 1866

present state of the country let him
join military company at once, and
drill as often as he eats; and if he is
not of that age, but has boys that are,
let him call them to him on the first
opportunity, and looking them fairly in
the face, decide which of them, or how
many of them he is ready to see die
rather than have Andrew johnson
President of the United States till the
4th of March, 1869.
Year: 1866

The war has produced many strange
stories, but few more singular than the
following one, related by Colonel Ellis,
late of the First Missouri Cavalry, in
st. Louis paper: A few days after a
fercely contested battle, a party of SCI
diers belonging to the First Missouri,
took a iaunt over the battle field, and
came up to spot where the rebel dead
were buried. In one place the hair of
a mans head was seen sticking ont Of
the ground like tuft of grass, and
near by hand was seen protruding up
wards, which evidently belonged to the
corpse that owned the head of hair.
One of the cavalrymen remarked to his
companions, in spirit of thoughtless
levity, "See, theresa dead rebel reach
ing out for something; let's see what he
wants" In the same spirit of wanton
mischief, almost recklessness, the cav
alrymen took hold of the mans hand,
and hauled the body out of the grave,
the loose dirt falling back into the shall
low hole. Soon after the man began to
stir and manifest signs of life, to the ut
ter astonishment and horror of the res
urrestionists. The man was taken by
his reseuers to their tent, and was rub
bed down, washed off, and in few days
became as g good as new" He said
that in the battle he was stunned by the
passage of a she'll, which knocked him
senseless. He was picked up among the
dead and buried like the rest. Not a
scratch was found on his body. He
said that he had joined the rebel army,
and fought the Federals long and well,
but as this was the second appearance
on earth, he would now Join the Fed
erals and fight for them. He according
ly enlisted in the First Missouri, did q
good deal of tough marching and hard
fighting, and last September was mus
tered out of the service and paid off at
Benton Barracks.
Year: 1866

STRANGE PHENoMENoN.-We learn
from Bob Whittle that one of the
strangest freaks Of nature occurred, last
Saturday, in the Klamath river, about
two miles above killebue's ranch, or 10
miles above the Jacksonville road. He.
with others, tied his canoe at the bank
of the river, and very soon after was
much astonished and awe-stricken to
observe the bed of the river rise up, and
the hill a short distance from him back
of the bank sink down so as to make
level ground, without disturbing the
large trees or river bank where he stood.
The ground presented gradual rise
from the river, and was thirty feet high
where it sunk and broke off, leaving an
abrupt bluff some fifty feet back of the
old bank. The bed of the river, rising
on the river side of the trees, formed a
large bar, and turned the water into a
new channel about fifty feet on this side
of the canoe, leaving it high and dry.
The earth raised up in the river COM
-prised mass of chalk formation, with
large boulders Of rock, making an i'm
mense bar above the level Of the river.
Those who witnessed the unprecedented
convulsion secured large quantity of
fish suddenly elevated from their element
by the occurrence, and our town was
literally supplied with messes of fine
trout. No cause is known or surmised
for this depression and elevation, and
the subject is open to scientific research.
1t may have something to do with the
late earthquake at San Francisco, or the
eruption Of Mount Hood, and the next
phenomenon may be the eruption of
Mount Shasta. Who knows ?-Yreke
Journal.
Year: 1866

TAKING HINT FROM THE MINERS.
The engineers on the Central Pacific
Railroad, have adopted new process
of grading. Ata place near Gold Run,
where there is long, deep cut through
earth and gravel, they have rugged up
a hydraulic, and are taking away the
earth ten times as fast as it would be
possible to cut it away by the ordinary
process. They are supplied with water
from the South Yuba Ditch, and last
week running about four hundred inches.
Parties accustomed to railroad grading,
were astonished at the rapidity with
which the work was done by the hy-
draulc. This, we presume, is the first
time the hydraulic has ever been used
for grading railroad, and It does the
work so rapidly that the engineers will
hereafter use it at all practicable places.
.Nerada Transcript.
Year: 1866

From the Lake County Democrat we learn
that rich cnnabar lode has been discovered
in that county, near Uncle Sam mountain.
From the same source we learn that the Call
fornia Borax Company have commenced
the reduction Of SUI ulphur. At present, the
yield Of refined sulphur is about three tons
per day, but it is anticipated that in short
time the yield will be at least ten tons. The
bed from which the sulphur is taken covers
near four acres Of ground, and is thought to
be inexhauslibe.
Year: 1866

SURE CURE FOR WARrs.-We have heard
several times, says the Territorial Enterprise,
that washing in the water that potatoes have
been boiled in would cure warts, and day
or two since we saw a practical dem6nstra.
ton Of the truth of it. A friend of ours
had been troubled for some time with large
sensitive and extremely annoying warts on
his hands, and after Intellectually trying all
sorts Of torturing means to get rid of them,
he had the curiosity to try this remedy,
which was recommended to him by others
who had tried it with success, when to his
agreeable surprise, in less than three days
all his warts began to disappear, and cortn.
ued to do SO until they were gone entirely
The remedy is certainly a simple one, costs
nothing and is no ways painful.
Year: 1866

THE MONSTER MoNopoLY.-It is stated,
that the Central Pacific Railroad Company
have bought controlling interest in the
Steam Navigation Company. If such is the
case. it will greatly delay the construction ol
the Northern Railroad.
Year: 1866

and wheat, and dried venison hung in
the corner of the room, and bears
meat was lying frozen under the snow,
easily made ready for use. s@aaG


They prospcrcd. The hand of the
diligent maketh rich He that tlleth
bis land shall be satisfied with bread
We have the testimony of the wisest
man to this. Also, the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom. and
the Waldens made this good begin
ming.


The farm was fertile and fair to look
upon, lying on the banks Of wild
little river that went rushing into a
larger one. Sons were born in the
forest, and laborers on the farm in
creased. Emigrants from Massachu.
setts and New Hampshire were at
tracted thither, and the Walden farm,
large enough, at first, for township,
was pieced out TO the settlers for a
good price. A fiourishing town start.
ed up. Mr.. Walden was a father to
the new Corners. He was greatly re-
spected, and in process of time became
Judge of the probate court. The town
bore his name, and still stands and
hourishes in the green heart of Yer.
mont You need not look for it on the
map, however, for have not given
you Judge Walden's real name, only
his veritable history and, as finish,
especially commend to the attention
Of such young ladies as it may concern
the true, courageous heart that was
the secret of the Judges success, as
heroic and truly TO be held in admira-
tion, it seems to me, as is Grace Oar.
ling and those akin to her in high pur-
pose and daring deed


The heart of her husband did safely
trust in her so that be should have no
need of spoil. She did him good and
not evil all the days of her life.
Year: 1866

The passage of the civil rights bill
over the Presidents veto will have a
salutary effect in promoting the work
of restoration 1t will teach the peo-
pie of the South what they. in com,
mon with others, seem tn have forgot
ten-that Congress is the constitutions
ally recognized legislative branch Of
the Government. A prominent South
erner, now in Washington, gives it as
his opinion that the only chance for
restoration Of his section is through
Congress, and that tie earnest men
of the South avoid affiliation with
Northern Copperheads and array
themselves on the side Of the Union.
lists. He further asserts that he will
use all his influence to impress this
idea upon the minds of his Southern
cOuntrymen. f
Year: 1866

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One Of our contemporaries most
truthfully remarks that = popular idea
among our people is that all their sons
should seek clerkships, and the adop,
| ton of the business of bookkeeping
as means of obtaining their liveli-
hood, and every effort is made to give
them an education to that end So far
as the education of their children in
the science of keeping proper accounts
is concerned, the idea is good one,
as every young man should have suf.
ficient knowledge to properly manage
his own books, should he ever embark
in business, but to make book-keepers
and clerks Of our boys is a grand mis-
take. Better place them in a good
workshop, mill or foundry, where they
can learn independent trades, which
at all times will secure them employ
ment, and pecuniary compensation for
which will be worth at least as much,
if not more, than the business of ac-
counts. We earnestly advise all pa
rents to teach their sons trades, no mat
ter what, so that it's an industrious pur-
suit, and let US in the future be spared
the pain of seeing so many stout able
bodied young men ont of employment,
and seeking situations only where the
pen can be used. There is dignity in
labor, and an honest trade is the best
legacy parent can bestow upon his
child for it will secure his bread where
all else may fail.
Year: 1866

HALF SHEET.--W " print only a half sheet
this week, owing to the fact thatou typos
availed themselves Of the Holidays Next
Saturday the Balletin viii enter upon the
new year with an increased determination
to successfully labor for the good of this
people and we hope that cur efforts viii
meet with the appreciation of all. 1t viii be
eur purpose to leave no duty unperformed
that would tend to advance our pecuniary
condition. OF the proceeds of our labor
We hope and expect to realize that which
every right minded man desires home
and its comforts We ask the business men
and the public generally to assist US in keep
ing afOat our little barque, promising them
that we viii, at all times, so direct our eff
forts as to visibly exhibit our determination
to battle for the Right, and though we may
distrust our ability to handle all the various
subjects that may be brought before this peo-
pie during the coming year still we viii
print paper worthy of support-one that
will be welcomed to the family fre-side, free
from prejudice and unstained by deceit We
ask the people to assist US, for without the
aid Of this community no paper can be sus-
tained here Heretofore, the largest por-
ton of our income has been derived from
abroad it rests with the citizens of Uarde-
man to say whether a change is to be made
or rot
Year: 1866

GREAT LAND SALE.-Bear in mind that J.
B. Harriss, clerk and master. of our county
court, sells, at the court house door to-day,
a large amount of valuable land, most of
which lies immediately west of town, and is
admirably situated for residence lots. All
those who desire to secure a home near the
thriving town Of Bolivar should attend the
sale The lots win be sold for ] cash, bal
ance in one and two years.
Year: 1866

In Spain the art of adulterating food is car
ried to perfection. Butter in that favorite
latitude is composed of tallow, remnants Of
cheese, the juice of the petals of marigold
and raw potatoes seraped and reduced to
pulp This delicious compound is made
into cakes, and outwardly provided with a
layer of the genuine article.
Year: 1866

Over the river they beckon to me- 1~- y
Loved oHes wh0've crossed to the farther side
The gleam of their snowy robes see,


But their voices are drowned in the rushing
There's resi- one " itt rinelets of sunny gold, -
Andleyes the reflection of heavens own blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view
We saw not the angels who met him there
The gates OF the city We could not see:
Over the river over the river. ga l-L1 =
Ny brother stands waiting to welcome me
Over the river the boatman pale


Carried another-the household pet
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie i see her yet. =.
She crossed on her bosom her dfmpled lands.
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We watched it glide from the silver sands
And all our sunshine grew feartully dark.
We know she is safe on the farther side,


Where all the ransomed and angels be
Over the river. the mystic river


My ehildhood's idol Is waiting for me
For none return from those quiet shores g. O.
Who cross the stream with the boatman pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars
And catch CLEAN of the snowy sail, =
And 10 they have passed from our yearnine


heart ... f,T... ~.
They cross the stream, and are gone for aye
We may not sunder the veil apart,
That hides from our vision the gates of day
We only know that their barks no more
May sail with us DER life's stormy sea-
Yet somewhere, know, on the unseen shore
They watch and beckon and wait for me
And sit and think, when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hin and shore,
L shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound OF the boatman oar.
shall watch for gleam Of the tapping sail
/ shall hear the boat as it gains the strand
1 shall pass from sight with the boatman pale,
To the better shore of the spirit land
I shall know the loved who have gone before
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river, the peaceful river
The Angel OF Death shall carry me.
Year: 1866

NEW YoRk, March 5.-Geperal Scott was some
what injured though not seriously while on the trI
from Key West to New Orleans, by fail from his
berth. He recovered slowly and was able to attend
church ON the 25th ultimo. though still feeble.
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HousE.-We take great
pleasure in calling the attention of readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of Messrs. Smith. Bros.
&c Co., No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when we say their present stock OF clothing
cannot be excele6. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of all who may want goods in theii
line. They sell at small profits. and deal on the
snuare with everybody
Year: 1866

PHILADELPHIA. March 5.-Gen. Meade says, over his
own signature. in letter to the editor Of the Epenng
Telegraph that there truth in the report circu-
lately from Washington that he has consented at the
request of the President to allow his name to be
sented to the Democratic Convention as a candidate
for IF
Year: 1866

er, or for the speedy execution of any of the
powers by this act conferred on a court of equity


Sec .. BE 1t further enacted, That the filing by
or on behalf Of any Bank, of bill in the court of
equity, under the provisions of this act, shall,
upon the appointment and qualification of COM
missioner hereunder, be deemed and taken to all
lntents and purposes to be surrender by such
BANK OF all the corporate rights and franchises
granted to such Bank; and all laws by virtue of
which any such Bank then exists as u corporation
are hereby repealed, and such corporation shall
be thereupon dissolved, and all the effects and
consequences following or incident to the disso-
luton OF corporation at common law shall ensue
thereon; and any statute law of this State to the
contrary notwithstanding. Popided ho,ces,er,
Ihat the estate, property, and rights of action
vested IN the commissioner, as provided by this
act, shall not be in any way diverted or impaired
thereby, nor shall the rights of any creditor of
the estate or effects vested in him, be thereby
impaired or in any way affected, and such COM
missioner shall thercupon be considered as the
plaintiff in the pending proceedings; and, pro-
ttded further, that should there be any balance
remaining in the hands of any such commissioner
after the satisfaction of the claims of such credit
ors, the commissioner under the direction of the
court shall distribute and pay the same to and
among those who shall be justly entitled thereto
as having been stockholders members of such
corporation at the time of it's dissolution as afore-
saia, or their legal representatives.


Sec y. BE 1t further enacted, That all suits on
debts due the Banks contracted with a branch
Bank shall be brought in the comfy where the
branch was established, and if brought in any
other county may be dismissed on motion


Sec 10. Be it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratification


IRatihed the 18th day of March, 1866