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Year: 1867

A large audience assembled last night to
witness the third appearance Of Lady Don in
the admirable burlesque of " Kenilworth,"
and the sparkling farce Of the Pretty Horse
breaker" The entire audience were unan-
nous in their praises of the splendid per-
formance of the star of the evening and of
the support of the company and the adjuncts
and accessories furnished by the manage.
ment The same bill will be repeated to-
nioht
Year: 1867

The CASE OF GEN. RossEAU, nominated for
Brigadier General in the regular army, was
not acted on yesterday. We learn that the
Senate, in executive session, yesterday spent
three hours in debate upon point of order.
The result was the passage Of a resolution
asking The President to renew nominations
ofcandidates for office, which will be neces-
sarY in many cases where the nomination
was not disposed Of in the previous session.
Year: 1867

The dew lay gittering on the grass,


A mist lay on the brook:
At the earliest beam of the golden sun.
The swallow his nest forsook.
The snowy bloom on the hawthorn tree


Lay thickly, the ground adorning;
The birds were singing in every bush


AT five o clock in the morning.
And Bessie, the milkmaid merrily sang,
For the meadows were fresh and fair;
The breeze of the morning kissed her brow
And played with her nut brown hair;
But oft she turned and looked around,


As if the silence scorning;
Twas time for the mower to whct his scythe,
At five o'clock in the morning.
And over the meadow the mowers came.
And merrly their voices rang
And one among them wended his way
10 where the milkmaid sang;
And, as he fingered by her side,


Despite his comrades warning,
The old, old story was told again,


At five o'cock in the morning.
Year: 1867

IYFLrENcE or WIVES was not all a
dream which made the wife Of Julius Caesar
so anxious that he should act 60 to the Sen
ate Chamber on the fatal Idcs of March F.;
had he complied with her entreates, he
might have escaped the dagger Of brutus.-
Disaster seemed to follow disaster, in the
career of Napoleon, from the time he ceased
to feel the balance wheel of ,Josephinc's in
ilucncc on his impctuous spirit. General
Washington, when important questions were
submitted to him often has said that he
should like to carry the subject to his bed
chamber before he formed his decision and
those who knew the clear judgment and Gle
waited purpose OF Ms. Washington, thought
all the better of him for wishing to make
her his confidential councillor Indeed the
great majority Of men who have acquired
for themselves good and great name were
not only married men, but happily Walricd
both paired and matched.
Year: 1867

geFA Quaker lady recently explained to
her new domestic that washing day came ON
every Second day. The girl left in high
dndgeon. She didn't go to the washing
every other day. Not she.
Year: 1867

~" Take a look at the advertisement of
auction in our paper. The assignee OF this
Estate of IIumes d Hamilton. Fort Smith, will
offer for sale their extensive Stock of Goods
continue until all are sold. These goods will
be sold at some price and great bargains are
in store for somebody.
Year: 1867

The Tribune publishes the testimony
of Gen. Grant, Judge Chase and Secreta-
ry Seward on the impeachment case
Gen. Grant said: II have seen the
president very frequently in reference to
the condition of affairs in the rebel states
When | was asked to be at cabinet
meeting it was because some question
was up in which, as general of the army,
| was interested l am not aware Of any
interview with the president on amnesty.
| have occasionally recommended a per-
son for amnesty. ! thought myself, at
that time, there was no reason why, be
cause person had risen to the rank Of
general, he should be excluded from am
nesty any more than one who had failed
TO reach that rank | spoke on that
point did not see much reason for the
$4,000 clause These are the only two
points that / remember to have spoken
on at that time | afterwards, however,
told him that l thought he was much
nearer right on the $4,000 clause than |
was. was present when the proclama-
ton was read in cabinet, but my views
were not asked. Inevcr gave any opin-
ion to the president that it would be bet
ter at that time to issue q proclamation
of general amnesty"


Question" Did you ever give your
opinion to the president that his procla-
nation interfcred with the stipulations
between yourself and Gen. Lee2"


Answer" No sir. frequently had
to intercedc for Gen. Lee and other pa
rolled officers on the ground that ther pa
role, 50 long as they obeyed the laws of
the United States, protected them from
arrest and trial The president at that
time occupied the ground, viz: that they
should be tried and punished. He want
ed to know when the time would come
that they should be punished. l told him
not 50 long as they obeyed the laws and
complied with the stipulations. That was
the ground took


Question" Did you not also insist
that it applied as well to the common
soldiers p


+ Answer" OF course 1t applied to
every one who took the parole; but that
was not canvassed, except in the case Of
some leaders. | claimed that in surren-
dering their armies and arms they had
done what they could. A portion of
them could have escaped, but they sur
rendered in consideration Of the fact that
they were to be exempt from trial as long
as they confined themselves to the obi;
cations they had taken, and they were en-
titled to that"


Grant said that was his view-still the
president disagreed with him, lie insist
ed that the leaders should be punished,
and wanted to know when the time tor
their trial would come. Grant replied
when they violated their parole, bu'
these terms did not apply to Jefi. Davis
as he did not take any parole. Inc
president contended for the trial OF Gen
Lee, but Gen. Grant insisted that woul(
violate the parole. Gen. Grant had urg
Year: 1867

IS j. r. FITCH, editor of the Fort Smith
STANDARD, gave US Il call on Friday last. Our
friend Fitch is looking as slick and fat as a
seal. We are pleased to learn that the Stand
ard is a permanent institution. Make it a
white mans paper and success is sure.
Year: 1867

- Persons. going to Fort Smith, to spend
d day or so and wish to while away an hour,
will find that pleasant and popular resort
The RialtO'-under the management of
CHARLEY ROBINSON just the place. And for Il
lunch no better place could be wished for.
See the Rialto's card in our paper.
Year: 1867

A little incident, says the Hartford Courau',
occurred not long since in one of the cars of
the Hartford aud New Haven Railroad, which
gave gratifying proof Of the Difference paid
by young to the wishes of the ladies. and
their readiness to supply want as soon as it
becomes known. The car in question was
nearly filled, as cars are apt to be in this day
of travel. Its aoor n ear the door Was covered
with tobacco juice, Is, alas, car floors are
likely to be in this day when the use of the
vile weed so much prevails. At one Of the
way stations we'll dresse lady entered the
car, looked with unconccaled disgust ut the
pools Of yellow and Shiny juice on the door,
then raised her dress slightly and picked her
way across. The only vacant sitting in the
car was on q seat occupied in part by o
young man, who at once made room for her
by his side As soon as she was seated, with
look Of relief, mingled with one Of solici-
tude, the lady asked her scat mate, "Do you
chew tobacco?n "No ma am was the reply,
''but can get you chew, if You like
The look Of disgust again crept over the
lady's face, while those sitting by smiled
audibly.
Year: 1867

1t is a commonly received notion that hard
study is the unhealthy element Of college life
But from the tables Of the mortality Of Harvard
University, collected by Professor Pierce
from the last triennial catalogue. it is clearly
demonstrated that the excess of deaths for the
first ten vears after graduation is found in
that portion of each class inferior in scholar
ship. Every one who has been through the
curriculum knows that .Eschuylus and polit>
ical economy injure one, late hours and rum
punches use up dozen and that the two lit
tie fingers of Morpheus are heavier than the
loins OF Euclid. Dissipation is swift and
sure destroyer, and every young man who
follows it is as the early flower exposed to un.
timely frost. Those who have been inveigled
in the paths of vice arc named s.Legion," for
there are many-cnough to convince every
novitiate that he has no security that he shall
escape similar fate. A few hours Of sleep
each night, high living and plenty Of
''smasher' make war upon every function in
the human body. The brains, the heart, the
lungs, the bones, the lesh-every part and
faculty-are over-taxed, worn and weakened
by the terrific energy of passion and appetite
loosed from restraint until, like dilapidated
mansion, the ''earthly house of this tabcrna-
Gle" falls into ruinous decay. Fast young
men, right about!
Year: 1867




A correspondent Of the Irsirie "a, mer,
writes:


"Affer some years experience, I find I have
had the best success by taking the lamls csf
from the ewes about the frat of September and
turning them into the corn field, with one or
two old ewes as leaders, TO make shcn gentle
and learn them to eat, and leave tiem eiss.e
until grass comes next spring. They then
need but little attcn,ien cxceF. - salt encc
or twice week, aud to feed few times dur
ing severe storms, when they will ast venture
far enough from their shelter, behind seiae
hedge or fence, to find their food.


If they have not sufficient range they win
want little corn during the last few weeks
Of winter and early spring. But have had
flock Of between forty and fifty fine woolcl
lambs go through the winter in THIS way in
an eighty acre field, with only two or three
feeds Of corn, from grass to grass, and come
out in the spring fat enough for mutton, with
out the loss of lamb, and show an average
of FIVE pounds Of washed wool. And scarse-
ly missed the food they ate, as they found
most of it along the hedges, turn rows and
fence corners, and no doubt turned to good
account . considerable amount Of weeds and
weed seeds. One cause Of their thriving -
we'll l attribute to the great variety Of feed
they were treated to, which was very gratis
flying to their appetites.


1t is also good plan TO select all the thin
weak yearlings, and At the beginning OF fee,l-
ing time turn them with the lambs, as it i.
about as difficult to winter these as the lambs
Year: 1867

To the query, "does not cutting off the tap
root shorten the life Of tree ?" the n r. FAR
mers club makes the following reply and
suggestion.


I'm this part Of the country are occasions
ally to be seen apple trees which are "a T. A0C
years cd, while all the orchards that h,lxse
been set out fifty years have died out. Two.t
years ago saw q tree from which Ate ap-s
Piles more than fifty years before. This tree
had grown up in the forrest, and when the
land was cleared was left standing, and was
probably thirty years old when | fret saw it.,
And there is q tree in q ucighboring town,
which bore Sc bushels Of apples in the year
lS20-41 years ago-and it has been good
bearer ever since, and this year is loaded
with fruit. The practice always has been to
cut off the tap root when setting out tree,
and my opinion is that these ancient trees
came up where they now stand, and their tap
roots were left to penetrate into the subsoil.
The standard pear is . long lived tree; now,
If you cut OF its tap root the other roots will
run down into the subsoil and penetrate into
the hard pan, and into the seams OF Lodges,
From all this I conclude that a tree needs
something for its support besides what it gets
from the top soil. wish some young person
would experiment on the subjcct-say, take
some trees one year oil, and be careful that
none Of the tap roots are broken, and plant
.hem in one row: and plant another row Of
the same kind, from which let the tap roots
be cut off, and make record, so that the next
generation may know the result -


1t may be worth while to inquire whether
in country like the Northwest, where apple
trees fail at best, the cutting of Of the tAp>A
root in transplanting does not weaken the
constitution Of the tree, and render it moro
exposed to the climatic influences with which
it has to contend.
Year: 1867

About half past six last evening while sew
eral persons were crossing Kinzie street
bridge, great excitement was caused among
the pedestrians by man named Pierce DELHI
erately leaping over the guard Of the bridge
into the river. lie disappeared from sight
beneath the water for several seconds, and on
his coming to the surface screamed and yelled
franticly. Every now and then he would
strike out for the river bank, aud would in
his course dive as if endeavoring TO avoid
somebody. When almost exhausted some by
ISLANDERS succeeded in rcscuing him. When
in the boat he struggled as much as his vast
ed strength would allow him, groaned deeply
and seemed to suffer horrible mental torments
lie was conveyed 10 the Union street station
where he was questioned as to the cause Of
his strange conduct. lie replied in most
excited manner, all the time looking around
the room. that the Captain Of ship in which
he had been sailing had followed him about
for months past in the shape Of fend and
with loaded revolver always pointed at him.
Yesterday he was in saloon drinking, and
on suddenly looking around saw the fend
peering at him from behind the door and in
the act Of presenting the revolver at him. He
ran out into the street, the fend after him.
The enemy was within few rods Of him
when he reached the bridge, and would have
shot him had he not jumped into the river
Even while there the demon fired two or three
shots at him which he cluded by diving.


1t was very evident that he was victim Of
intemperance, and was suffering from an at
tack of the delirium tremens He was taken to
the Washington Home Chicago Journal.
Year: 1867

There many methods practieei in Keep
winter We have tried packing in bran and
saw DUST When either is used it should he
thoroughly dried in an oven or stove. Of ALI
moisture. but care taken not 10 scoHch it,
Have the fruit fresh and dry from the vines;
and pack in shallow boxes, say about five
inches in depth and from one TO two fest
square, and place the boxes in a cool Cry
place, safe from frost. The lower the temper.
ature of the room above the freezing point the
better. -


An other method is, and one We prefer over
any other, to pick the fruit when perfectly
dry and ripe, aod pack carefully il. shallow
boxes between layers Of Gotten batting-putt-
ing not more than three or four layers in :
box and c.ver tight. We also CLEAN the fol-
lowing from our exchanges:


FTst-lnto the bottom of a small keg OF
nail cask put layer Of grape leaves fresh
from the vines. On these carefully place a
layer Of sound ripe, dry grapes, then leaves
and grapes in alternate layers till the keg is
full. Head up the keg and bury it in same
we'll drained ground, below the depth Of tire
frost. Like other things excluded from the
light and air, they will change rapidly on ex>
posure, and hence wheu the keg is opened aud
they are found good use then freely.


Second-Take clean, small boxes, pick off
the punches of grapes carefully and pack them
in dry grape leaves. Keep the boxes in dry
cool place, being careful not to let them freeze.
We generally have grapes TIL May.
Thrd-Cut the branches carefully of the
vines, dip the stems where cut into melted
wax, then wrap with paper or CLOTH. Put .
layer Of cotton on the bottom Of your box,
then layer of grapes, and layer of cotton
aud so on. Set the box where the grapes will
not freeze, and they may be kept good till
spring.


We are inclined to think this last process
the best Of all. We have never tried tie Wax
ing and papering when packing in cotton
iord Homestead.
Year: 1867

Come to the place Of prayerl
Parents and children, come and kneel before
Your God, and with united hearts adore
Him whose alone your life and being are.
Come to the place Of prayer!
Ye band Of loving hearts; q come and raise
With one consent your grateful song Of praise
TO him who blessed you with lot SO fair
Come in the morning hour
lie who hath raised you from the dream of


night;
Whose hand hath poured around the cheering


light;


Come and adore that kind and heavenly


power


Come Mt the close Of day
Ere wearied nature sinks in gentle rest;
Come, and let your sins be here confessed;
Come, and for His protecting mercy pray.
Has sorrows withering blight
Your dearest hopes in desolation laid,
And the once cheeful home in gloom arrayed?
Yet pray, for He can turn the gloom to
light. & L.


Has sickness entered in
Yourpeaceful mansion then let prayer ascend
On wings Of faith, to that gracious Friend,
Who came to heel the bitter pains Of sin.
Come to the place Of prayer!
At morn, AT night-in gladness or in grief
Surround the throne ofgrace there seek relief
Orpay your free and grateful homage


there.


So in the world above
Parents and children all may meet at last,
When thus your weary pilgrimage is past.
To mngle there their joyful notes Of love.


PEACE.
Come gentle peace, come fold thy wings.
And rest within my heart
Come with thy dove like gentlencss.
And from me mere depart.
When morn's first rosy beams are seen
And from slumbcr iise.
let thy qucr, soothing tenderness,


ssN my dreamy eyes.
Nh.g hours OF business and OF toll!


In weary ceaseiess round.
My mind and body euervate,


Within, sweet peace, abound
Let Others boast of gold and fame,


And deeds of hi Oh rcnown,
Give me but unpretentious peace,


Tis all ask--my crown.
Year: 1867

A lawyer who consumes three
hours in arguing question of law
relating to the ownership of barrel
of apples, is indignant at the preacher
for exceeding twenty five minutes in
unfolding one Of the greatest princi-
Piles of morality, in the observance
of which the tolerable existence of
society depends. The Judge who
fills two hours with his sopinien" on
the right of the counsel to challenge.
a witness, grum5les at the minister
because he has prolonged the discus
sion of fundamental laws of human
progress to thirty minutes. The
physician who takes ten minutes to
prepare the medicine for a head ache
is nervously restive if his minister
spends only twice as many in at
tempting to relieve achronic heart
ache The belle who has spent
how long?--in adjusting the bows of
her bonnet is remorseless in her crit
icism on the minister who does not
finish his meditation on the Father.
hood of God, in fifteen minutes
The fop, who has combed, and
stroked and perfumed, and waxed
his mousLaehe for half an hour, is
mortified past endurance if the poor
minister is not through his discus
sion of the immortal life ''inside' OF
twenty minutes.
Year: 1867

re- Suppose A borrows Of B
Thousand dollars, giving his note
payable in two years with six per
cent. interest Now the note falls
due, and B applying for his money
A tells him, 'here is new note for
this money bearing no interest, and
payable at my pleasure, take this or
nothing" Is it not BIS unavoidable
conclusion that A is either fool or
a knave? And as he would scarcely
take upon himself the reproach OF
having trusted fool, would he not
be compelled to set down A as an
unprincipled swindler and villain ?
But it is exactly in AS relation to his
creditor that the Democratic party
insists on placing our Government
with respect to those of whom it has
borrowed. Now which is the william
and scoundrel, our Government and
the Union party, which refuse to
perpetrate this dishonesty, or the
Democratic party, which proposes
and insists upon it.-DsI. Gazette.
Year: 1867

mo, we will go together-we must
not be separated"


As often as look at my ''hospital
diary" l am reminded OF the woman
who was maid, wife, and widow in
the space Of one day.


The above incident is literal
fact Washington Chronicle.
Year: 1867

How TO HAVE MEALY PorAToEs.-Pare
the raw potatoes and let them stand an hour
or 80 10 a basin Of water to which pinch OF
sal. has been added. Boil quickly, when
done drain off The water carefully, and re-
place The potatoes upon the stove in the
same vessel 10 which they were cooked, to
dry for five or ten minutes. When ready to
serve, take each po,atoe and squeeze it gen
tly-but not enough to destroy the form =
10 dry napkin, and place Immediately on
the table. The squeezing in the napkin
takes out, all The water and leaves The pota.
toes that were before wet and heavy, dry,
mealy and delicious,
Year: 1867

Coal DISCOVERY IN ALAMEDA County,
Mr.. John s. Royal has recently made what
bids fair to be a valuable coal discovery in
Corral Hallow, in township three east and
three south from Mount Diablo meridian.
The coal was discovered at point 10 a raw
inc near where the late rains had washed out
the earth some thirty feet deep. Mr.. Royal
assures US that the vein is fully eight feet
thick. Being near the surface, it is, Of course,
very much decomposed, and shows the un.
changed coal only in thin seams, one Of which,
however. is some six or eigh. inches thick.
The character of the samples brought in gives
evidence Of most promising vein, and its
position is such that it will require but q
small amount of capital to develop it. 1t
is convenient Of access by an excellent road
already constructed TO the San Joaquin River,
while the line of the Pacific Railroad from
San Jose to Stockton is located within four
miles of the mine. Coal has been known TO
exist in this vicinity for several years past,
and several hundred tons have been brought
from thence to this city. 1t is a portion of
the Mount Diablo coal bed, but has been
elevated by an east and west up throw. It
is evidently Of very superior quality, con.
tanning less sulphur and more bituminous
matter than most of the Mount Diablo Goals.
The discovery is certainly most promising
one, and we'll worth the attention Of capital.
lists, whose assistance is needed for its devel.
opment. Mining and Scientific Press.
Year: 1867

A MoNGREL UUMoRlsr-There is an idiotic
individual, says the Crisis, recognized as the
Abolition humorist Of The time, known as
Nasty, who has published book containing
letters written with an imbecile idea Of
ridicolug the Democratic party. His style
OF photography is stolen outright from
Artemus Ward as to the wit or fun there
is neither in the book, which is much puffed
by the Abolition newspapers. The man who
can read Nasby's idiocy, and find enough in
it to provoke laugh, must be on the intel
lectual level Of mule, and bis popularity
isa fair standard of the literary imbecillty
which prevails among the half educated and
wholly infatuated philanthropists. who look
at the world through goosequil, and sea
nothing but little niger dangling at the
end OF cotton string.
Year: 1867

Ew The question occurs to the miner
who sinks down shaft for three or four hum
dred feet, "How far might descend without
being burnt out or frozen out, and which?"
To answer this, the student Of natural sci.
ence has only to bear in mind that the in.
crease Of temperature is estimated at about
one degree of Fahrenheit for every fifteen
yards Of decent. The increase is said 10 he
in geometrical progression; and, taking as
correct the present observed rate of increase,
the Temperature would be as follows:


Water will boil at the depth Of 2,43o
yards.


Lead will melt at the depth Of 8,40o yards


Red heat will obtain at the depth of seven
miles.


Gold will melt at the depth of tweuty-ous
miles.


The standard works on pyrometry, or the
m measurement Of heat, have i. that the plan
ct is fluid at depth Of one hundred miles
from where we stand. If this should be So,
we are not so far from "heI upon earth"
as old bachelors and ip6dels imagine.