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Year: 1866

RASPBERRY VINEGAR Every house
keeper should endeavor to have at least a
small quantity of this delightful beverage
In cases of fevers it is indispensable. and
viii often quiet and soothe when nothing
else will. Put two quarts of re.i raspber-
ries, nice and fresh, into a jar, and pour over
them quart of good vinegar. Lett stand
twenty four hours. Strain through fan
mel bag. Pour this liquid over two more
quarts of fresh berries and again let it stand
wenty- four hours. Strain again. Allow 4
lb. of loaf or good white sugar to every pint
of juice. Stir we'll into the liquid, put into
a stone lar, cover closely, and set TO stand
in kettle of boiling water to be kept boil
ing for an hour Strain it,and bottle ready
for use A teaspnontul TO tumbler of
cold water Is the manner of using it.
Year: 1866

PATRICK HENRY-This eminent Virgin.
ian left in his will the following important
passage Il have disposed OF all my prop.
erty to my family. There is one thing moie
/ wish | could leave them, and that is the
Christian religion. If they had that, and
| had not given them one shilling, they
would be rich and if they had not that.
and had given them all the world, they
would be DOOR
Year: 1866

Ii there is heaven on earth, it is on q
soft couch by your own 6reside, with your
wife on one side, and smiling baby on the
other; clear conscience a, dozen cigars,
and knowledge that you are out OF debt,
and don fear the tailor, or sheriff, or ths
devil
Year: 1866

When washing calicos. infuse three gl1s
Of salt in four quarts of water; put the cal
leo in while hot. and leave it till cold, ana
in this way the colors are rendered perma-
nent. and win not fade BY subsequent wash
ing
Year: 1866

MEN AND WoMEN-Women may talk
Of their inherent rights as much as they
please, but they can't overcome nature
they may preach about the equality Oft the
sex, but they can't overcome facts and
originations. Men and oaks were made
to be be twined, and women and ivy were
to twine about them. Though an equali-
ty were to be established between calico
and cashmere, it would not be week be-
fore all the officers would be men and the
soldiers women. Females are perfectly
willing to 60 ahead, provided the men go
first. Set fire to steamboat and not u
yard of hIhity will bulge till cashmere
sets the example. So long as the men
cling to the vessel, the women will cling
to the men. But il the men will plunge
overheard, chemiscttes will plunge too.
AS we ssid before, reformers may prate
as they may about equal rights, but can't
alter the regulation of God. ltisi impos-
sibc for women to cut themselves loose
from men. as it is for steel dust to free it
self from its attachment to magnet.
Year: 1866

S 1t is blessed thing for poor
man to have q contentcd, loving wife
one who will not wish to live in style
beyond her husbands income, just be-
cause her next door neighbor does -one
who can bo happy in the love of her hus.
band, her home, and its smiles or its favor
Year: 1866

Panic is to pestilenc what gale is to
conhagratiou. It spreads and intensifes
the evil. Since the cholera started from
Turkey in Asia on its western march,
bastard fear has been its most potent ally
there has been most mortality, from
set Of the disease had everywhere been
met with resolution aud sustained with
fOrtitude, its ravages would have been far
less deadly.


There are TWO ways in which panic
tends to fatal consequences during the
prevalence of epidemics. In the first
place, 1T embraces and partially devital-
ICES the animal system, thus depriving it
Of the power to resist the action of at
mospheric poisons and in the next place,
il renders its victims forgetful of the pre-
cautions which the self possessed and
thoughtful adopt as a means of ayerting
danger.


Cholera patients who have the wisdom
to assume a horizontal position at the
first twinge of the disease, and to lie
perfectly still in bed for two days, in Eve
cases out Of seven escape the worst phase
of the disease and are well within a week
or ten days from the date of the attack
1t is by no means certain that the seoUrge
will reach our town, but it is quite certain
that if it should come, the measure of its
virulence and the period of its duration
will depend, under Providence, to con-
siderable extent upon ourselves. Those
who live a sober, cleanly and moral life
will have least cause for fear and those
who fear least viii be in the least peril.
Year: 1866

There is good news for those interested
ia petroleum. A series of official exper-
iments have been for some time in pro
gress at Woolwich, England, and the re-
suits have been Of the most gratifying
character. The object of these expert
ments was to test the capacity of petrol
cum as a substitute for coal in the pro-
duction of steam One grand conclusion
arrived at is that by the use of the oil an
engine of one hundred horse power be-
comes exalted into one Of 140 or $50, the
gain being from 40 to so per cent. It has
also been satisfactorily determined that
the oil may be carried to sea in tanks, and
be incapable ofignition, even though a red
hot cannon-ball went through the mass.
The furnace required for the use of oil
would be very SMALL so that large
amount of storage room would be saved.
The reports states that the first great ma
val power that adopts petroleum, will
have an immediate advantage over all
other nations, and the latter will be COM
PEELED to accept the invention, however de-
termined at first to deny its value.-RWraL
Nea1 Yorker.
Year: 1866

wealth and position, He also gives to
most Of such persons folly and vanity,
which entirely destroys the happiness
that they might otherwise enjoy You
poor people that sit quietly by your own
freside after the days work IS over and
read the Racine journal or the Bible, say
your prayers and go to rest, know but


little of the agony suffered by those (who
think they are rich, at least, whose whole
life Is spent in a round Of folly, and in
making themselves miserable in trying to
go somewhere with more clothes on than
their neighbors, and do something that
nobody else can.


Yes, you ought to thank God that you
don't have all day to get ready to go to
the opera and set four hours in misery,
all the while trying to make yourselves
believe that you are happy, and like it
We say to you that pleasure is more even
" distributed than you imagine


Some lady friend in Chicago informed
US that this was a very poor opera. That
was our opinion; we hope the rest Of
them are better.
Year: 1866

The last China mail is full Of accounts
of cruelties practiced on criminals at
Amoy- some of which are almost too re-
vching for belief A letter thus speaks
of one of the most recent of these out
RACES which was probably no more bru-
tal than others constantly occurring


: < The Hai-Hong wrote down
their names and ordered them to be
hogged-the rebel 300, and the other cul-
prit zoo blows with the bamboo. The
rebel having received his 300 blows, and
borne them without d murmer, was taken


to a cross that had been erected for that
purpose, and being securely lashed to it.,
in an upright posture, with his arms eX-
tended, the eXeeutIOner commenced ms


horrible butchery by first cutting OF the
flesh above the eyes, next the ears, and
then the breasts then he cut through
the muscles Of each arm, laying the sill
very white bone bare, and the flesh not
being cut of, but left hanging the blood
spirting out and actually bespatterlng the
executioner at each pulsation of the heart!
Then the muscles of the thighs were cut
in the same manner After the execu-
toner had performed these tortures upon
the Door wretch, he laid his small knife
aside and took another. about ten inches
long and about an inch broad, and cut
gashes on each side of the mans chest


laying the ribs bare. Then he made sew
eral hourishes with the knife, and then
ran it through the poor victim body,
entering just below the steTnum, In the
middle of the chest, to the full extent OF
the blade This [ thought would prove
the coup de grace But no, for the man
still breathed, and the executioner still
continued his bloody task, cutting down
ward with his knife and letting out the
eutrails He then slashed and cut open
the stomach Then giving a yell, ran his
hand in and seized the mans liver, and
cut it out, passing the bleeding, qulverlng
mass to his assistant as cody, and IN as
business like a manner as though he were
ished the torture, and the executloner
left the victim in this mutilated state not
yet dead, for [ saw him give several gasps
for breath afterwards. He then cut the
sapmans head off, at the foot Of the cross,


with a single blow, and then returned,
and letting loose the rebels head which
fell forward, he decapitated him, certain
ly the most merciful stroke he had given
that day The bodies were exposed on


the same wharf, with their legs tied to
posts, for FIVE days atterWard, to the
great annoyance of the Europeans, who
occupied the houses adjacent. The poor
rebel bore his inhuman tortures most
manfully not a moan or cry escaped him,
during ali the time. The only movement
he made was a slight quivering OF his
! whole frame, and the movement of his
! head to and fro otherwise a spectator
might have questioned whether he were
alive or dead, during the horrible exhl-


bition. sz.
Year: 1866

Slight irritation of the throat may be


relieved hy slipping little slippery elnt


tea, or by sucking piece Of gum arabic


These rticles coat over the mueas mem


brane and prevent the irritation Of the
air. A very few drops of paragoric heid
in the mouth, and allowed to trickle down
the threat, will allay coughing. The best
cough medicine for children, one of which
have used for several years with entire
satisfaction, is the following: Mix in a
phial equal parts of paregoric, castor oil
and syrup of ipccac. Always shake well
just before using. A few drops Of this
swallowed, and not washed down by water
or other fluid, win almost always sooth a
cough. Repeat the dose as often as the
cough returns. From one-fOurth to one
half teaspoonful may be given when a
lesser quantity does not suffice. A large
dose after full meal may produce a little
nausea. Children who are subject to
coughs should eat very little supper, and.
indeed, all children should eat much less
and simpler food at night than at morning
or noon. The above mixture may be
kept on hand ready prepared, as it does
not deteriorate if kept corked. 1t may
interest those afraid Of mineral medicines,
(though they partake freely Of common
salt, which is a mineral), to know that
the ingredients are all egetable.-HaLFs
Journal Of Health.
Year: 1866

Two little pairs of boots, tonight,


Before the fire are drying;
Two little pairs of Uired feet


In a trundIe bed are lying.
The tracks they left upon the floor
Make me feel much like signing!
Those little boots with copper toesl
They run the liveIong day;
And oftmes almost wish


That they were miles away;
So tired am to hear so oft


Their heavy tramp at play.
They walk about the new p1owed ground
Where mud in plenty lies:
They roll it up in marbles round,
They bake it into pies,
And then at night upon the floor
In eUery shape it dries!
To-day I was disposed to seoId;
But when look, tonight,
At those little boots before the fire
With copper toes SO bright,
And think how sad my heart would be
To put them out of sight.
For in a trunk up stairs I've laid
Two socks of white and blue;
If called to put those boots away,
o God what should do?
I mourn that there are not tonight.
Three pairs instead of tsCo.
[ mourn because thought how nice
Ny neighbor cross the way
Could keep her carpets all the year
From getting worn or gray
Yet well know she'd smile to own
Some little boots to-dayI
We mothers weary get and worn
Over our load Of care;
But how we speak to those little ones
Let each of US beware,
For what would our firesides be tonight,
If no little boots We're there!
Year: 1866

The Law, we believe, cannot overtake
the guilty pair, but at least the repro
baton of society should, alike here
and abroad, be directed on the head of
the Italian villain, while the heartfelt
and most practical sympathy Of the
community, both here and in Wash
ington, should be bestowed upon his
unfortunate but most estimable wife.
Year: 1866

BUREAU OF RELIEF.-The Board Of
Missions connected with the Episcopal
Church, have set on foot q movement for
the relief of the suffering clergy of the
South. This Bureau is under the manage
ment of the Rev. VIM. Croswell Doane,
who, assisted by the counsel of Bishops
Talbot, Atkinson and Lay, have already
done much good In letter to the
Church Journal he makes the following
appeal and statement:


With funds almost exhausted, l have
before me four appeals, so searching that
they ought not to be resisted; from four
of the Southern Dioceses, only one made
made bv the sufferer himself, and all
thoroughly indorsed. They tell the same
story of faithful work done in the midst
of every privation, among people entire
ly unable to support the ministry or to re-
lieve ministerial suffering. And the pic
ture they paint is that of absolute want
aggravated by illness want involving
wives and children in the poverty Of the
laborers that are worthy of their hire.
OF course the names cannot be made
public, but surely the needs will not be
suffered TO remain long unrelieved.


Faithfully your brother,


WM. CRosWELL DoANE.
Year: 1866

xy'- The following anecdote exhibits
the late Emperor of Russia in a charac-
ter as well as records enc Of the most
happy escape from al awkward position
that wit and presence of mind afford:


Some years ago, there was very eel
ebrated comic actor at st. Petersburg
named Martinoff He had the most ex-
traordinary powers Of imitation, and was
so great favorite with the public as
sometimes to venture interpretations of
his own, instead of following the advice
of Hamlet to his phyers, to speak no
more than is set down for them The
Emperor had Hbh Chamberlain, or
persons filling similar office, named Po-
loffsky. Whether fol fun or malice Mar
tinoff., while performing, conceived to let
fly some puns agaist this great man,
which were warmly eceived by the au-
diencc. The conscience was that as
soon as the play WIS over, the actor
found himself in the custody of guard
OF soldiers, who tpk him to prison
where he was told hid was to be confined
for fortnight Not content with this,
Polotfsky either told Ehe Emperor him
self or contrived thatit should come to
his ears, that the player had the actual
presumption to indulge in limitations OF
his Imperial Majestvl


On his liberation hhrtinof went to pay
his respects as usual and the Emperor
told him Of the ACQUISITION, which he de
MED.


Well" said the Emperor, d" if you
never did so, let me lave an imitation of
myself now. We know you can do so
if yOu choose.


This was an awkward position for the
poor actor, who felt he should get into
trouble for falling short Of, or OVERRIDING
the character Still the autocrat was de.
termined, and there was no escape. Sud
denly a bright thought struck the actor
and drawing himself up, he assumed the
exact bearing and manner of the Emper-
or, and in voice which made every one
present start, said:


Pololsky! give NartinoH (himself)
thousand silver roubles y


Stop" said the Emperor; Il have
heard quite enough. The imitation is
admirable, but the entertainment promi
ses to be too expensive; give him the
roubles, Pololsky; and now, mind, sir
let this be the last time you ever dare to
mimic me. here, or elsewhere"


1t is Of course, unnecessary to say
Martinoff was too glad to pocket the
money, and escape so we'll
Year: 1866

BY MRS. Is. A. HIERSON.
! wait the joyful coming,


As did in days of old;
l sit beside the hearthstone,


But the fire is dim and cold
The very stars look weary,


The night is far, far spent
The world has been but dreary
Since thy loving presence went.
wait to tell my sorrows


As told my joys before;
And hear thy loving answer
All my trustfulness restore,
And still | keep them lonely;
For | know that we shall meet
A day our parting only,


Reunion doubly sweet!
see beneath the starlight,
True and radiant faces
And my spirit wanders back
To silent hallowed places
Where saw my hope depart,
And wait thy coming near
But the throbbing of my heart
Is the only sound | hear.
Year: 1866

A MOUSE IN THE PANTRY-When /
used to be out of temper, or naughty in
any way, if grandfather was here, he
would call to me, " Mary, Mary, take
care there's a mouse in the pantry y


often used to stop crying at this, and
stand wondering what he meant. | often
ran to the pantry, too, to seeif there was
really mouse in the trap; but ! never
found one. One day said


Grandfather, don't know what you
mean l have no pantry, and there are
no mice in mothers, because | have look
ed ever so often" He smiled, and
said


"Come, little woman, sit down here in
the porch by Inc, and I'll tell you what /
mean Your heart, Mary, is the pantry.
The little sins are the mice, that get in,
and nibble away all the good, and that
makes you sometimes cross and peevish
and fretful, unwilling to do as your mo-
ther wishes; and if you do not strive
against them the mice will keep nibbling
till all the good is eaten away. Now, |
want to show you, my little girl, how TO
prevent this To keep the mice out, you
must set trap for them-the trap of
watchfuiness and have for the bait good
resolutions and firmness."


"But, mother" said Nancy, now quite
interested in the story, wouldn't they
nibble the resolutions away after a
while y


"No, Nancy; not if the watch was
kept strictly, and the bait good one |
did not exactly understand it when grand
father first told me, for was such very
little girl; but knew it was meant for
me in some way, and after while be
gan to find out what he meant He told
me that ! might store my pantry with
good if / watched it well. Do you know
what that means, Nancy?"


"To be full of good always" said
Nancy, whose tears were dried now


"Yes; to store it with good princi-
plies, good thoughts and kind feelings"
Early Days.
Year: 1866

to be devoted to His worship and praise.
| always attended service at church when
! could; but now can go no more" He
desired the family to 90, as many as could
and charged them to continue the Sabbath
School after his death. He considered
this system of instruction of vast impOr-
tance, and spoke with an emphasis which
showed his anxiety to impress it on
the family. A part of the family went to
church. The General looked out of the
window, and said: "This is apparently
the last Sabbath | shall be with you.
Gods will be done-He is kind and mer-
Icitul." He prayed to be sustained in
this hour of dissolution, and his look was
often fixed with peculiar anection on his
grand daughter Rachel, named after his
wife 50 beloved, and whose memory he TO
the last most tenderly cherished.


Five or six days before his death, Gen.
Jackson sat awhile to Mr.. Healy; who
had been sent by Louis Philippe (then
king of French, J to paint his portrait 1t
was the design Of that monarch to place
it by the side Of that of Washington,
watch then hung in his gallery-at that
time the most celebrated and Interesting
historical gallery in the world and to
surround them with the pictures of the
most eminent American Generals and
Statesmen-No Republican.
Year: 1866

Ey~ Young wives ore greatly in
demand in the neighborhood of the
Rocky Mountains. A healthy woman
will bring any price in that region. The
bachelors have grown desperate and rag
ged, and they have determined to perish
or marry.
Year: 1866

A MERITED REBUKE.-The N. Y. Tri-
June finds it necessary now and then to
hit it's brother Republicans and fellow la
borers a rap. For instance


1--WE have had terrible civil war, but
we have fought it out and there is the
end of it. To persist in hating and insul-
ting each other because of the by-gone
quarrel is not the way of brave men but
Of towards"
Year: 1866

RAILROAD ACcIDEST.--On yesterday, the
bridge on the Southside railroad over Buffalo
creek gave way as freight train was going
over, and the engine and seven freight cars
were precipitated into the creek, which was
very much swollen at the time The last
heard Of the engineer and conductor was
that they were on car in the middle of the
creek The fireman is missing. The South
ern Express Messenger saved his life by a
dexterous leap. So much for the gymnasium
which the employees Of that company have
established The Southern Express Company
lost twelve thousand dollars in two freight
cars which went over. As yet, we are unable
TO report any further losses.
Year: 1866

The following publications. made apparently
by authority, in the National Republican Of this
morning;-


''The President is necessarily engaged upon
important public matters, preparatory to the
early assembling of Congress, and will have no
time until after the meeting of that body 10 give
the slightest attention to applicants for Office All
such are referred to heads of the different depart
mente. Ofiice-seekers and their friends can save
themselves much time, labor, and expense by
acting upon the above hint, and will relieve the
President from the unpleasant necessity of de-
clining to entertain and examine their applca.
tions. IL is a physical impossibility for him to
prepare his Message and at the same time trans.
act the detail business appropriately belonging
to his Cabinet Minister'S
Year: 1866

Inc Loydt Georgian of Oct. 13, after speak
ing OF the horrible outrage recently COM
mltted on Mrs. Roda Ann Childs, the de-
talls OF which are unfit for publication,
adds the following particulars:


we learn from various parts of the State
that whipping as punishment of crime. is be-
coming very common. We wish to shield no
one from the rigors of the law and Just pun
lshment when, by bad conduct he incurs
themi but we do, in the name of humanity,
ana Tor the sake of good government in
Heorgia, protest against all such relics of
Darbarism as the whipping post.


AT Bell-Air last week, a colored man was
shot IN the left arm, and his wife in the
right breast, by a white man, simply because
they dared to inquire the cause of noise
the white individual was making in neigh
poIlng house tenanted by two or three mulatto
girls We are glad to know that, although
the wounds are very severe, thev are moi
mortal. From the reports which have come
to our Office within the past week, it appears
quite evident that the freedmen in Edgefield
district, South Carolina, are suffering the
same hellish prosecution now that they suf
Tered last Winter. We have reports that
murders are very frequent; and it is said that
seven freedmen were killed in the vicinity
OF Edgefield courthouse the first week. n
lhis month we give this only as a rumor'
and, while we most sincerely hope that It'll
only rumor, we have no doubt that some
have been murdered; but we do not pretend
to give the number. A freedman from Edge
field presented himself in the city on the 9th
inst, who had been taken from his house
the night previous, tied to a tree, and most
Drutally lashed from neck to heels. His
back was so lacerated that he was scarcely
aDie TO walk. He was threatened with death
il he reported the case to the Freedmen's
Bureau.